The Agonextra Pay Your Budget WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1937. L. Coit Welcomes Freshman Class For Government Hello, there, Freshmen, and other new students! Student Government wants to wel- come each one of you new students to our campus. We are as thrilled over meeting you and getting to know you as we hope you are over being here. We've thought about you before you ever reached the grounds and won- dered what you would be like. Now we are looking forward to finding out. We want you to look us over too, and feel that we are really your friends, ready and anxious to help you and know you. We are interested in you both as a group our freshman, and also as in- dividuals with potentialities to enrich the life on the campus, as well as your own personalities. Our life here is four-fold: spiritual, mental, physical, and social. We each want to grow in all four ways, to be worthy of our name, an "Agnes Scotter." In case you hadn't realized it, you'll soon be a member of Student Govern- ment Association yourself, with a right to express your own ideas and thoughts. We want you to feel that you are a part of Student Government and discover our purpose, ideals, and work. We are here not to guard and punish, but to understand and help you. We are sincerely happy that you are here with us. Laura Coit, President of Student Government Association. Alumnae Greet Class of 1941 The Agnes Scott Alumnae Associa- tion extends heartiest greetings to the new students who are entering Agnes Scott. We trust that this will be a most delightful and successful year in your college life; we, as alumnae, are ready to do all in our power to make it so. The Alumnae House, its guest rooms, the tea room, the garden, are all at your disposal. The alumnae on the campus are your friends, and are eager to convince you that there's no better life to be lived than that of a college girl, until you get around to the alumna stage! Luck to you! Day Students Receive President's Welcome Dearest Hottentots: If you've managed to recover from Monday's hectic sessions and I'm sure (?) you have by this time won't you stop for just one more moment while we send you greetings from all our day students? We are glad to have every one of you here. Do remember that we shall be glad to do anything in the world we can to help you; don't fail to call on us. Zoe Wells, President Day Students. The Spirit Walks A Dormitory Drama in One Act The setting is in Freshmen Hall. The time is midnight drear. The character is Freda Frosh, Homesick and filled with fear. Freda (trembling) : I'm lying in this strange new bed, Upset by all I've seen. I'm scared of learned pedagogues, I know they must be mean. I'm scared of rules I must obey And all sophomore demands. I'm scared of teas where I must shake That endless row of hands. I'm frightened silly at the thought Of handbook tests and such. I wish that I were safe at home, I don't like college much. (Enter slowly and vaguely spirit of Agnes Scott.) Freda (continuing soliloquy still trembling) : What is this strange phenomenon, This ghost within my room? I can't seem to distinguish it From all the dark and gloom. Spirit of Agnes Scott: I heard your moans and mumbling And I have come to say That every Freshman feels like this On registration day. It's just the newness of it all That makes you feel afraid. When you have been here several days Your fears will be allayed. You'll love the learned pedagogues; They're human just as you. And don't be scared of Sophomores, Next year you'll be one too. Don't let these rules and handbook tests Cause you to groan and gasp. And please remember rows of hands May hold a friendly grasp. Freda (not trembling any more) : I wish you'd tell me who you are, I cannot see your face; But since you've come this college seems To be a different place. Spirit of Agnes Scott: I have no hands, nor feet nor face. Spirit's all I've got. I'll haunt you always with the phrase, "WELCOME TO AGNES SCOTT V s The curtain falls with sombre flop. This stirring act is through. But give us one more bow to say We're glad that you're here too. TomOrrOW and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Wednesday, September 22: 10:00 A. M. Opening exercises in the Chapel. 11:00 A. M. All Freshmen meet in Chapel. President McCain's talk. Moving pictures shown by Miss Wilburn and Miss Palmour. 8:00 P. M.Musicale Chapel. Thursday, September 23: 8:00 A. M. Classes begin. 10:00 A. M. Chapel. 4:30-6:00 P. M. Y. W. C. A. tea Alumnae Garden Formal. 6:45 P. M. Vespers in the Chapel. 7:00 P. M. Dancing in the Gym. Friday, September 24: 8:00 A. M. Classes. 10:00 A. M. -Chapel. 6:45 P. M. Vespers in the Chapel. 10:00 P. M. Floor party in Inman. Saturday, September 25: 8:00 A. M. Classes. 10:00 A. M. Chapel. 8:30 P. M. Reception in Murphey Candler Building. Sunday, September 26: 9:3 0 A. M. President McCain's Bible Class for Freshmen. 10:00 A. M. Church. 3:00 P. M. Tour of Atlanta. 6:00 P. M. Vespers in the Chapel. 7:00 P. M. Discussion of Stunt, Inman Lobby. Monday, September 27: 4:00 P. M. Handbook classes for Day Students Murphey Candler Building. 5:00 P. M. Day Student discussion of Stunt. 6:45 P. M. Vespers in the Chapel. 9:30 P. M. Handbook classes for boarders in dormitories. Tuesday, September 28: 4:00 P. M. Handbook classes for Day Students Murphey Candler Building. 4:3 0 P. M. Alumnae tea for new students. 9:30 P. M. Handbook classes for boarders in dormitories. Local Ministers Inaugurate Agnes Scott 1937-'38 Term The opening exercises of the 49th session of Agnes Scott took place in Gaines Chapel this morning, Septem- ber 22. President J. M. Richards, of Columbia Theological Seminary, de- livered an address, and Chairman J. K. Orr, of the Board of Trustees, wel- comed the students. Miss Daisy Fran- ces Smith, President of the Alumnae Association, gave the welcome address to the new students from the former students of the college. Ministers from the Decatur church- es who took part on the program were: Dr. Polding, of the Christian Church, who read the scripture; Dr. Moncrief, of the Baptist Church, who led in prayer; and Dr. McKibben, of the Methodist Church, who gave a welcome address to the college com- munity. The glee club concluded the program with several musical selec- tions. Y.W.C.A Cabinet Explains Purpose Of Organization A sincerest welcome to the new stu- dents! Many times during the harum- scarum rush of these first few days many of you will wish for the magic gift of the wishing ring. You could wish yourself straight through Mr. Tart's office and down the line in no time at all! And you could wish your room into perfect order with all the trunks in, the curtains up, the rugs down and the trash out! But there is no wishing ring. And yet for this your first year at Agnes Scott, we would make for your three wishes, because many a wish though called a wish is more than a wish! The first is for Personality that in living from day to day with other girls, strong and ambitious, as you are, you will unconsciously grow into a richer character, with a finer per- ception, and a more sincere under- standing. The second is for Purpose. "With- out a fixed point outside myself I can- not live." And so, this wish is that you may search and discover in Living one integrating end toward which all your effort knowingly or unknowing- ly, is bent. And last of all, having discovered yourself, your Personality and the one great Purpose to become the standard of decision and action, there is the wish that you will find the Power. And Power comes from only one Source an invincible faith in Christ as Savior and Master of all that you are! So there are our wishes for you ideals yes! But what is life without them? The Cabinet. Young Women's Christian Association. A. A. Foretells Fun for Frosh Dearest F res hies: This is a wide open letter to tell you that A. A. would like to hug each one of you individually, to say "How- dy!" and "we're awfully glad you came!" But we'd have a little trouble doing that, so we're just sending this note to the Agonistic, hoping the kind editors will help us greet you. Last year, like all other years at Ag- nes Scott, was so much fun that we've about decided it's impossible to do any- thing but enjoy a year here. All the girls of A. A. (and you are a member too, don't forget) are putting heads together and planning lots of good times. Hikes, outdoor suppers, swim- ming, hockey, and basketball just be- gin to hint at the happy days we'll have. And that ping-pong table we acquired last year isn't losing any of its popularity. They are all yours, so come on out and play with us. Sincerely, Jean Chalmers, President of Athletic Association. Phone Dearborn 4205 JOSEPH SIEGEL "Dependable Jeweler Since 1908" DIAMONDS - WATCHES - JEWELRY SILVERWARE Watch, Clock and Jewelry Repairing All Work Guaranteed 111 East Court Square Decatur, Ga. For the best and quickest Shoe Service, come to BURSON'S in "Little Dec" All Freshmen Will Use PANAMA TYPEWRITER RIBBONS THE TIDWELL COMPANY Factory Branch Hurt Building Atlanta, Ga. R. L. Tucker WA. 4898 W. Hirshberg Remember to Come to MRS. COOPER at the WOMAN'S EXCHANGE For Cards and Gifts Have Your Watches Repaired at COURT SQUARE JEWELRY SHOP in Decatur 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 BOWEN PRESS COMMERCIAL PRINTING AND STATIONERY TYPEWRITERS AND RIBBONS Blotters Note Paper Poster Paper Office Supplies 421 Church St. De. 0976 Decatur, Ga. r VOL. XXIII knows all and tells it at the least provocation. The "Guess Your Weight" booth realized amazingly heavy gains, despite hopes to the contrary. The freak booth dis- closed some of the rarest creatures ever seen this side of Inman a brunet bearded lady whose facial foliage was glamorously blonde, an extremely elongated creature tall- est personality in Main, and a sim- ply huge fat lady. My dear, her tonnage was atrocious! The mem- ory of having seen her will make us count three next time we're tempted to order a third cheese- burger! After Ringmaster Chalmers and Big Apple Expert Merrill succeed- ed in shouting a few more fresh- men out of Inman and down to the tent, the main show was on. A triple trained seal act (best in the Rebekah Scott collection), a fiercely strong Amazon who could heave two immense iron weights above her head with almost no ef- fort, a tumbling bunch of acro- bats and so many other stupen- dous attractions it would take all the Aggie space to describe them. Well, you should have been there! Some of the caged beasts deserve mention. We were simply terrified at the sight of them. All but one was awful. This one, an untrained blue checkered monster, reputed to be the wildest of its kind ever cap- tured in Boyd, grew strangely lim- pid and lifeless as the show pro- gressed. The trainers were dis- tressed. They couldn't decide why he displayed so little Fite, until they noticed that all his favorite beverage, kerosene, had spilled on the Flora. And you can check us on that detail, if you're doubtful! Before closing this little chat, we must include a word of com- mendation to Bandmaster Castle- berry, who produced the musica hits with graceful gusto, in spite of the current odds against her. Sometimes, above the din of the surging circus mob, you could al- most hear the soothing swish of a Castleberry swing. The girl's a born electrician! There are week-ends that con- sist of just another day or two, or maybe one "red letter" day. But the week-end that thirteen Hotten- tots and a faculty member have just spent at Smyrna will be re- membered often as this year rushes on. Last week-end found the Y. W. C. A. cabinet and Miss Virginia Gray planning the year's activities. Read about it between the dots . . . Winifred in "Little Llewellyn" (Bert Palmour's pride and joy on four wheels) rolling helplessly backwards into a funny old mule . . . Thirteen girls and a faculty member eating "African" toast (every-day toast plus the smoke of a kerosene range) . .. . Doug Lyle hard at work "taking down what other people say" . . . Primmie, Grace W., Martha Long all in one bed, buried under every coat, blan- ket, and pillow in the cabin . . . Amelia and Mamie Lee arguing over who snored the loudest . . . Millie sputtering with her mouth full of toothpaste suddenly realiz- ing that the water "just isn't" . . . Julia and Henri trudging toward the well with arms full of pans and pitchers . . . Mildred screwing up her hair and blossoming out with adorable curls in the morning . "Cat" and "Bobbie" trying their best to secretly rub the soot off the cheese with Winnie's only clean towel . . . Everybody out under the trees talking and planning . . . Singing echo "Taps" across the lake under a full moon . . . Thir- teen girls and a faculty member playing, marching, and praying to- gether for two glorious days . . . Another Y. W. C. A. retreat is We Think (Editor's Note: The We Think column is conducted for the purpose of giving an out- let to student opinion. The staff is in no way responsible for what is printed in this column and it is by no means to be taken as the editorial opinion of the paper.) B. S. U. Council Athletic Board Enjoys Annual Fall Retreat We've been thinking for a pret- ty long while now and we've de- cided that the time has come to mention the unmentionable, to dis- cuss the lowest of practices Boot- licking. What is bootlicking any- way, and how can it be distin- guished from common courtesy and a sincere desire for friendship? Bootlicking has been defined as: flattering a teacher in order to get a good grade . . . yessing a superior to make a good impression ... or kotowing to anyone to raise your- self in that person's estimation. It's a despicable habit and, we think, a habit so looked down on by stu- dents today that on many campus- es it has placed a sort of barrier be- tween the teacher and student. What has happened to the once popular custom of Sunday after- noon open houses when groups of students called at the homes of fac- ulty members to talk with them about things outside the classroom, and to become better acquainted with them? It has been discouraged and destroyed by a whispering campaign. Today, if a student is seen walking with a professor, playing tennis with her, calling at her house, the word somehow gets around and another victim is added to the list of bootlickers. Agnes Scott professors are se- lected as much for their ability to deal with and understand students as for their ability to teach them facts from books. It seems rather stupid then, on our part, to miss one of the greatest opportunities of a college education. That of be- coming acquainted with some of the best well-stocked, well-rounded minds with which it will ever be our fortune to meet. The Baptist Student Union Council of Agnes Scott College had its annual fall retreat Sunday, September 19, at Mr. Grady Lee's farm near Decatur. The council received inspiration for this work during the coming year through addresses by several Baptist leaders carrying out the theme adopted for the year: "The Maximum Christ- ian." The speakers included: Mr. Henry Robinson, of Agnes Scott College; Dr. Ellis Fuller, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Atlan- ta; Dr. A. J. Moncrief, pastor of the Decatur Baptist Church; Mr. D. B. Nicholson, state B. S. U. sec- retary, and Mr. William Hall Pres- ton, south-wide student leader. loss of her father early in the sum mer and with Wayne Lewis, who also lost her father. The class of '37 was deeply saddened by the sudden death of Betty Hollis, June 27, 1937J Chooses Three To Lead Work At a meeting early in the fall the 1937-3 8 Athletic Board chose Lettie McKay to be song leader, Mary Nell Taylor to manage ten- nis, and Mary Eleanor Steele to manage basketball, filling vacan- cies left by Mary Past, Helen Car- son, and Stell Cuddy. These girls join the board in getting under way a full and exciting program for the fall sports season. Fouch Brinton, hockey manager, has announced the following class managers of hockey: Nell Allison, senior; Emma McMullen, junior; Penn Hammond, sophomore; and Ruth Hancke, freshman. The hockey season began last Monday. Practice hours for each class are posted in the gym. Virginia Milner, swimming man- ager, announces three of the class managers of swimming. They are Kat Brittingham, senior; Esthere Ogden, junior; and Bryant Holsen- beck, sophomore. Alumnations (Continued from page 2, col. 3) Business College in Atlanta. Julia Thing has just finished a business course. "At home doing one tfting and another" is Mary Jane Tigert's sit- uation. She is waiting until she's twenty-one when she will be able to enter the University of Florida. One of our Phi Beta Kappa's, Frances Wilson, has received a teaching fellowship at Mt. Holy- oke, where she is taking her mas- ter's degree. There were quite a few of the '37 class who decided travel was more interesting than a summer school. Louise Brown visited in Dallas, Texas; Frances Cary made a more extensive trip by going to Europe, and taking the Mediterran- ean cruise, too. Dorothy Jester and Sarah Johnson also spent the sum- mer in Europe. Sarah has resigned a teaching position in the Atlanta public schools to become Dr. Ful- ler's secretary at the First Baptist Church in Atlanta. As would be expected, many alumna are now teachers in vari- ous towns. Mary Buckholz is doing cadet teaching in Miami, Fla.; Cornelia Christie is instruct- ing seventh grade at Cuthbert, Ga.; Jane Estes and Barton Jack- son teach in Chipley, Ga.; Mary Gillespie at Donalson, /Ga.; Martha Head and Kitty Jones at Monticel- lo High School, Monticello, Ga., and they're rooming together. There is also Jean Kirkpatrick teaching at Beton, S. C; Florence Lassiter at Jefferson, Ga.; Vivienne Long has a first grade at Doraville, Ga.; while June Matthews is at Symrna, Ga., and Marie Stalker at the Samuel Inman School in At- lanta. Both. Mary Jane King and Fannie B. Harris are enjoying their teaching in Dalton, Ga. Mary Jane claims she still misses Virgil and Chaucer in the atmosphere of an elementary school; however, Dal- ton is so full of Agnes Scott alum- nae that it is possible to talk over such matters with sympathetic Hottentots. Two former students enjoy medical work. Wayve Lewis works for three doctors and lives in De- catur, while Betty Willis is fur- thering her medical study at the University of Virginia. It seems fifteen Hottentots are at Southern Bell in Atlanta, the most recent being Nellie Margaret Gilroy, Martha Summers, Mildred Tilly, Florence Little and Kitty Printup. Mildred and Kitty are also going to night school. Everyone who knew the presi- dent of student government must want to know what Alice Hannah is doing. Hannah was a counselor at Juliette Lowe Camp for Girls this summer and is now attending the Assembly Training School in Richmond, Va. She has been ex- cited about a job in a mission sta- tion in Africa, but is not going for a while. Then, the May Queen, Lucile Dennison, is working in the regis- trar's office at Emory, where she has a two year fellowship. Sadness entered several of the girls' homes since they left Agnes Scott. 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SANDERS in -LANCER SPY" CAPITOL NOW JACK OAKIE ANN SOTHERN in "SI PER-SLEl TH" STAGE Loretta Grey's Revue Starts Sunday "HOPALONG ( ASSIDY RIDES AGAIN" With WILLIAM BOYD Plus S UiK Acts Vodvil 8 ATLANTA'S ONLY VAUDEVILLE! 4 THE AGONISTIC SPORTING Little girl blue, Come grab a stick Your class team awaits you down on the hockey field in a peppy game of sticks next Friday afternoon at 3:30. So hurry and meet your practice classes and snap into good form. With practically a whole team of freshman players on the field who've had previous hockey experience in various pre- paratory schools, there's a distinct challenge to every other class to drill its team to the limit for good sprinting form and accurate crack shots. Miss Wilburn is overjoyed to see so much enthusiasm at prac- tices. She says there are more freshmen who have played before this year than ever before. Betty Moffat, Grace Moffat, Julia Lan- caster, Ella Muzzen, Nancy Wimptheimer, Nancy Willstatter, Hilda Woodard and Dusty Hancke have all played high school hockey. And Golf Miss Wilburn also gives a very favorable report on the golfing ac- tivities at A. S. C. While we were snooping around the gym and in- cidently sliding up and down the new gym floor (ain't it elegant?) she mentioned that the advanced group of golfers were planning a visit to one of the popular lighted links some night soon. Personally we're jealous of such skilled peo- ple. (You see, we're only in the be- ginners' class and we have to practice on the bedroom floor, and sometimes the lights go out on that right in the middle of a putt, too!) Miss Mitchell responded crisply and concisely to our demand for "a statement for the press" about archery and tennis. "Both are go- ing over with a bang and we hope it will continue." We're waiting for exciting activities in both sports, especially in the way of a tennis tournament. Tournaments And as to tournaments we gath- ered some good news. Attacked in the middle of a cheeseburger the other night, Mutt the yet pend- ing ping-pong champ confessed to plans for a rousing tournament in that husky art soon. But Mutt- sie will probably have to shift this responsibility, due to her stren- uous duties as sargeant-at-arms for the Worthy Miss Johnson's open forum. What with this extra load to carry, along with that inflicted by Miss Latimer and her cold "frankfritters," this poor delecta- ble star will be forced into quiet retirement. And for that, Mutt, we suggest the stacks in the li- brary where you can stay for days without once being discovered. Or you might try Nell Allison's fire escape, which means absolute se- clusion and divine solitude. Or, for even greater solitude (?) you might try any one of the fresh- man pep meetings. An Invitation to Opening New Shop HOTEL CANDLER BLDG. October 15-16 Mrs. Cooper WOMAN'S EXCHANGE Modern Fireproof HOTEL CANDLER EUROPEAN PLAN T. J. Woods, Mgr., Decatur, Ga. BAILEY BROTHERS SHOE SHOP 142 Sycamore St., Decatur, Ga. Swimming Club Names Date of Yearly Try outs The swimming club has an- nounced the following dates for prospective members to try out: Monday through Thursday (Oct. 11-14) at plunge period, 4:30; and Monday through Wednesday (Oct. 18-20) also at plunge period. The list of requirements is ap- propriately thorough and exacting. Those for form include: Five lengths of the pool with front crawl. Three lengths, back crawl. Two lengths, side stroke. Two lengths, breast stroke. Three dives. The test for endurance involves a half mile (36 lengths) with any stroke. For speed and form there is the forty yard dash plus three racing dives and turns. Life sav- ing tactics are important, and they are tested on three points: artificial respiration, three good surface dives, and one approach and one carry. Members of the swimming club participate annually in the water pageant and represent A. A. in such athletic conferences as the Alabama Swimming Conference held last year, and the sports' day program held at the University of Georgia last spring, both of which included excellent formation swimming by the Agnes Scott stars. Present members of the club are: Jean Chalmers, Bee Merrill, Peek Brown, Nell Echols, Virginia Mil- ner, Carolyn Forman, and Jane Moore Hamilton. They are heart- ily looking forward to the admis- sion of new members, and they urge all sophomores and upper- classmen interested in the water arts to try for membership. Miss Jackson Speaks At A.A.U.W. Meeting Associate Professor Elizabeth Fuller Jackson, of the history de- partment, recently attended a meeting of the Executive Board of the North Carolina branch of the American Association of Univer- sity Women. The meeting, held in Raleigh, N. C, was deyoted to the discussion of problems of state ed- ucation and to the functions of committees on improvement. Miss Jackson, who is Director of the Social Lights "Home James!" yelled Jane Luthy to the Americus-bound bus driver this week-end, while Bee Sexton gathered a flock of happy seniors in her golden chariot and delivered them home to the wait- ing mamas. Sue Bryan gave Cal a hint and Reynolds was their desti- nation. But we who sat at home refused to sit still except for Eloise Len- nard who got so tongue-tied and addle-brained that she couldn't solve the equation: Chi Phi house mother and Phi Chi dance versus Phi Chi house mother and Chi Phi dance. Callie Carmichael, Nancy Moorer, Jean Austen, and Mickey Warren learned how to say the formula and took the Phi Chi dance by storm; while Jane Moore Hamilton, Bee Merrill, and Jane Guthrie rushed for a rival frater- nity and presented their pretty selves at the AKK dance. Kay Ricks left school Saturday night with a happy look and a stunning costume to make hey-dey at the Military Ball. Three hours later she returned, looking slightly taken a-back. "Nice dance," she murmured, "only it ended before we got half way down the receiv- ing line." But at least Governor Rivers got to shake hands with one of the fair Agnes Scott dam- sels. Rebecca McCree stands by and adds charm today at her sister Sally's wedding in Trenton, Ten- nessee. Sally graduated from Agnes Scott in '36. Which brings to mind that among this year's senior class, there are at least four en- gagement rings worn in public and several summer weddings planned rather nebulously. South Atlantic section of A. A. U. W., gave a report on recent improvements in the methods of education ranging from kinder- garten through college. Next week Miss Jackson will attend the convention of the South Carolina branch at Converse. VOGUE BEAUTY SHOP 154 Sycamore St. Shampoos and Finger Waves 50c Agnes Scott Girls Welcome Miss Lewis Will Pick Winner of Aurora Contest Carol Hale, editor of Aurora, has announced the annual contest for a design for the cover of the literary magazine. Entries will be due Wednesday, October 27, and a prize of $2.50 will be given to the winning drawing. Miss Louise Lewis, of the art department, will judge the covers. Last year the cover contest was won by Jane Guthrie. Material for the first issue of Aurora is also due October 27. Students are urged to contribute short stories, poems, essays and articles for publications. Contribu- tions, as well as cover entries, may be placed in the Aurora box in Buttrick Hall. The editor has also announced a contest extending throughout the year, in which prizes will be given for the best poem, short story, and non-fiction article published in Aurora during the year. Sears, Watkins are Poetry Club Heads Poetry Club elected Evelyn Sears president, and Violet Jane Watkins, vice-president at its meeting on Wednesday, October 6. At this meeting the club began its year's business and arranged* the regular meeting which was held last night. Students Make Gym Honor Roll For This Term 15 Sophomores and Juniors Make Average of "B w and Get Cuts The physical education depart- ment has announced the 1937-3 S honor roll in physical ed, chosen on the basis of last year's work. Those in the group are, in the sophomore class: Elizabeth Davis, Carolyn Forman, Lorraine Guinn, Sarah Lee, Mary Matthews, Nell Pinner and Ruth Slack; and in the junior class; Jane Moore Hamilton, Douglas Lyle, Helen Moses, Betty Price, Ailleen Shortley, Sara Thur- man, Harriet Von Gremp, and Peggy Willis. Each of these honor students made an average of at least "B" on her physical education an4 pos- ture last year. Each has the privi- lege of unlimited cuts in gym dur- ing this year. History Forum Meets The Current History Forum had its first meeting yesterday after- noon at 4:30 in the Murphey Cand- ler Building. Professor Philip Da- vidson, of the history department, led a discussion of the Supreme Court issue, in general, and Justice Black in particular. Ph, larnson s rnarmacy Luncheonette and Fountain Delicacies Call Us For Special Delivery 309 E. College Ave. Decatur, Ga. AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE DECATUR, GA. 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Hortense Jones and Elizabeth Blackshear were the Agonistic delegates; while Carol Hale and Ola Kelly represented the Aurora; and Virginia Watson and Joyce Roper attended from the Silhouette. The convention studies were divided into three groups: news- papers, annuals, and magazines. The newspaper meetings were further divided into sessions for dailies and roundtables for week- lies. The program of the conven- tion included speeches by many well-known journalists. Mr. Upton Close, prominent writer, made the opening address, his topic being America's inter- est in the Sino- Japanese conflict. Other features of the program were: a tour of the city, a trip through the Herald -Tribune, a banquet* a dance, and a floor-show from the Tallo-Ho room of the Medinah Club. Front Row by Jane Guthrie DEADLOCK: At the meeting of the Non-intervention commit- tee in London, Italy offers to with- draw Italian "volunteers" from Spain. French and British hopes rise, but fall again as Italy states conditions. THE conditions being that the same number of volun- teers must be withdrawn from the Loyalist side. The evasion is as ob- vious as it is clever. Italian volun- teers outnumber Loyalists six to one, and excluding even a thou- sand members would leave the Italians still in the majority. An- thony Eden's speech is regarded by Italy as a threat to reopen the Py- renees and supply the Loyalists with arms. Peace seems farther away than ever. And the deadlock continues. MEDIATION: An American Delegation sails today for the Nine-Power conference called by Belgium to he held in Brussels, October 30. Norman H. Davis, American Ambassador at Large, heads the group as the only offi- cial delegate. Russia and Germany are to be included in the interna- tional peace conference. Japan may or may not accept bid to attend. ' She sees no need either for peace project or for mediation. JUVENILE: Like a childrens' quarrel is the struggle between the C. I. O. headed by John L. Lewis and the A. F. L. headed by Will- iam Green. Both parties seem to have forgotten the original pur- pose of the argument and are now fighting apparently for the sake of fighting. The C. I. O. offers con- ciliation on the terms that the A. F. L. accept their Industrial UnioQ rights. A. F. L. dubs this move propaganda, and retaliates by sending peace proposal on own terms. Sophomore "Cutting Romance" Qets Black Cat, Winning Over Freshman "Appalling Freshella" Approximately eight hundred people were present to see the soph- omore class win the Big Black Cat in the annual stunt contest be- tween the freshmen and sophomore classes Saturday night in the Bu- cher-Scott gymnasium. Henrietta Thompson was the chairman of the sophomore stunt, "A Cutting Romance, or Two Hearts In Three Quarters" while Pattie Patterson was the chairman of the fresh- men's "The Appalling Freshella." The plot of the winning stunt was taken from the story of the Martin and Coy feud of old Ken- tucky. It was slightly changed by substituting the freshmen and the sophomores for the two families of the original story. Jane Moses, as Soy Soph, had the male lead, while Georgia Hunt was the heroine, Flossie Freshie. Nettie Lee Greer took the part of Grandma John- son, who always helped the fresh- men in time of distress. The sophs were: Jeanette Carroll, Frances Abbott, Mary Evelyn Francis, Mary Elizabeth Leavitt, Ernestine Cass and Shirley Armentrout. Freshies were: Gary Home, Susie Blackmon, Eloise McCall, Ruth Eyles, Virginia Milner, Julia Mose- ley and Hazel Solomon. A quan- tity of campus idiosyncrasies such as freshmen meetings, poached and scrambled eggs, fried chicken, Robert's Rules of Order, and bat- tles of wits were added to thicken the plot. The freshman stunt, "The Ap- palling Freshella," was a parody on the problems of a freshman. First, Freshella, played by Lib Barrett, was assailed by upperclassmen who borrowed her possessions, then troubled by books which haunt her, and finally was rudely treated by Sophie, who was Janet McKim, and Senie, Schelle Parham. But the end of the stunt was gay, for Em- ory Tech, who was Beverly Cole- man on this side of the footlights, claimed Freshella as his own. Other characters were played by Louise Sams, Martha Watkins, Frances Butt, Bitty Waitt, Mar- garet Murchison, Suzanne Bellin- grath, . Rowena Barringer, Lillian Schwencke, Nancy Wimpfheimer, and Betsy Myers. The production of the stunts represents four weeks of thinking, writing, casting, and rehearsing on the part of each class. The com- mittees of the sophomore class were writing, program, scenery, property, decorations, costumes, dances, music, stage, and cheers. Members of the writing committee were Sophie Montgomery, Mary Matthews, Betty Alderman, Elea- nor Hutchens, Jane Salters and Evelyn Baty. Those on the pro- gram committee were Louise Hughston, Sam Olive Griffin, Bar- bara Lee Murlin, Mary Elizabeth Leavitt, and Louise Sullivan. The scenery committee was composed of Mary Reins, Mary Clay Price, Lillie Belle Drake, Martha Zellner, Mildred Joseph and Julia Moseley. Mette WiUiamson, Bryant Holsen- beck, Sarah Smith and Anne Enloe made up the property committee. The members of the decoration committee were Ruth Slack, Mar- garet Hopkins, Harriet Stimson, Gary Home, Rebecca Drucker and Sarah Nicholson. Costumes were made by Lucille Scott, Elizabeth Davis," Grace Ward, Nettie Lee Greer, Joan Brinton, Eleanor Deas, Irene Phillips, and Ruth Kaplan. Marjorie Boggs, Hazel Hirsch, Sara Lee, Sally Parker and Lois Sexton were the composers of the dance of the eggs. Mickey Warren, as chair- man of the music committee had as her assistants Louise McCall, Eloise Lennard and Shirley Armen- trout. Evelyn Baty was the stage manager; Mickey Warren and Betty Jean O'Brien were the soph- omore cheer leaders. The freshman class also had numerous committees and man- agers. The business manager was Tommay Turner; the treasurer, Grace Moffat; the cast manager, Elaine Stubbs. Members of the writing committee were Gene Slack, Harriette Cochran, Vir- ginia Williams, Ella Muzzey, Sa- bine Brunby and Tine Gray. Those on the costume committee were Louise Musser, Gentry Burks, Betty Moore, Molly Oliver, Marcia Mansfield and Virginia Hickman. Betsy Kendrick, Ruth Brady, Miriam Bedinger, Martha O'Nan, Betty Sloan, Helen Klugh, Frances Breg and Allie Malone. The stage committee was composed of Freck Sproles, Ann Millican, Nina Broughton, Winnie Finger, Lucille Gaines, Ann Tatum, Dorothy De- bele, Ann Mapother and Val Neil- son. Composing the decoration committee were Edith Henegar, Nita Woolfolk, Onie Smith, Mar- garet Woodhead, Ann Fisher, Nelly Richardson. Jean Dennison was chairman of the dartce com- mittee; Marquerite Ingly, Beryl Healy and Nancy Willstatter were on the make-up committee; Grace Walker and Caroline Strozier had charge of music; Mary Bell and Helen Jester were cheer leaders. The cost of each stunt, which averages twenty dollars, is met by class dues. This year the freshman budget totaled a new high, $21.68. E. Little, J. Harvey Post "Black List" Yesterday, October 19, Ellen Little and June Harvey, student treasurers, posted the "Black List" which contains the names of those girls who have not paid their stu- dent budget. These girls will not be allowed to participate in the activities of Student Government, Pi Alpha Phi, Agonistic, Aurora, Silhouette, Athletic Association, Y. W. C. A., Mortar Board, May Day, Lecture Association, or In- ternational Relations Club. Miss Leyburn is to Speak at Investiture Miss Ellen Douglas Leyburn, in- structor of English at Agnes Scott, has been selected by the members of the senior class to be the speaker for Investiture, Saturday, Novem- ber 6, in the Gaines Chapel. The class has also chosen its mascot, who will be Louise McKinney Hill, the grand-niece of Miss Louise Mc- Kinney, professor emeritus of Eng- lish. 4 On Friday, November 5, the seniors will celebrate "Little Girl's Day." Mrs. Svdenstricker Is Officer Of Club For the second time Mrs. Alma Sydenstricker, professor of Bible at Agnes Scott College, has been elected vice-president of the Chau- tauqua Woman's Club of Chau- tauqua, New York. This club is a part of the General Federation. The president, Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker, was formerly presi- dent of the General Federation. Last year the club had over six- teen hundred members who came from all parts of the world includ- ing England, Scotland, and India. Cut System is Again Adopted Because of the favorable re- sults of the experiment with the cut system in the third quarter of last year, the faculty has re- adopted the system at Agnes Scott, giving the privilege of cuts to the student body this year. Dr. McCain states that on an average the students took only one-third of the cuts which they were priv- ileged to have. Freshmen will not have cuts un- til the third quarter of this year. The only changes in the system from last year's is that absence from each laboratory period shall count as two class cuts; and lab- oratory cuts may not exceed fifty per cent of the cuts allowed in a given course. Exams Will be Given To High School Pupils The three competitive examina- tions consisting of one on English, one on either Latin or French or Spanish, and one on algebra, American history, chemistry, or physics, will be given to high school seniors who wish to take them on March 4, 193 8. The two awards, a $700 scholarship and a $500 scholarship will be based 75 % on the results of these examina- tions and 25% on personal quali- ties and participation in school ac- tivities. Applications should be made for the necessary blanks as soon as possible. Winners of the $700 scholarship for the past four years are Eliza King ('3 8), Cora Kay Hutchins ('39), Evelyn Baty ('40), and Pattie Patterson ('41). Richard Crooks Will Sing in City Atlanta Club To Be Hostess Making his first appearance in Atlanta since he .has been recog- nized as America's foremost tenor, Richard Crooks will give a concert Tuesday, October 26, under the Atlanta Woman's Club. Mr. Crooks began his career as a boy soprano soloist in his church, then several years later he made his debut as a singer with Mme. Schu- mann-Heink in Asbury Park, N. J. In 1922 he appeared as tenor with the New York Symphony Orches- tra under the direction of Walter Damrosch. He made his operatic debut on the continent in Tosca, Hamburg (Germany) Opera in 1927 and in this country at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1933. Y.W. Budget For Session Is Enlarged Syrian Chapel In Atlanta And Class Cabinets Receive Fund Grand Total Is $1,500.00 The Agnes Scott Benevolent Budget has been arranged with an increase over last year's. This year more attention is to be devoted to providing good speakers oftener and the programs promise to be ex- cellent. The Syrian chapel in At- lanta and the freshman and sopho- more cabinets will all receive a fund, and the money set aside for the all Southern conference at Blue Ridge has been increased. The grand total amounts to $1500.00, and it is further divided up as fol- lows: I. Our missionary (Miss Emily Winn) $500 $ 500 H; Contacts with other asso- ciations and student training : (a) National Student Council 180 (b) World Student Christian Federation 25 (c) Training for Service (Student Conferences) : 1. State Cooperation 15 2. All Southern Confer- ence (Blue Ridge) 125 3. National Training National Student* As- sociation 50 (d) Deputations to other schools and colleges 50 445 III. Christian Life on Our Campus : (a) Week of Services in Spring 100 (b) Additional Fund for Speakers 120 220 *V. Syrian Chapel in Atlanta. 50 50 V. Special Services for Students : (a) Student Handbook, Sil- houette, Other Printing.. 100 (b) Receptions for All Occa- sions 50 (c) Committees, Incidentals, Books, Emergencies 100 (d) Freshman Cabinet 25 (e) Sophomore Cabinet 10 285 Grand Total $1500 Lec ture Qroup Picks Members The Lecture Association of Agnes Scott has elected its repre- sentatives for the year 1937-193 8. Lutie Moore is the sophomore rep- resentative, and Kay Kennedy has been elected representative from the junior class. Charlotte French, from the junior class, is the new assistant publicity manager. Grace Tazewell, president of the association, is not ready to make an announcement concerning their speakers for this year. Council Meets To Decide New Year's Policies The Presidents' Council, com- posed of the heads of all classes, clubs, and associations on the campus, met Monday, October 11, to decide its policies for the year. "Inactive membership" in clubs was approved, thus providing that girls who have too many points to take part in clubs may be mem- bers, paying dues and attending meetings, but not taking active part in the work of the club. It was further decided that no clubs, except Granddaughters and Cotillion Clubs, may admit fresh- men during the first quarter, al- though freshmen may visit the clubs. Other business was the revision of the schedules of club meetings to avoid conflicts and the election of Carolyn Forman, sophomore president, to be the secretary of the organization. 2 THE AGONISTIC l)e Agonistic PUBLISHED WEEKLY Museum to be Y.W.C.A. Hobby Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. Entered as Second Class Matter at Decatur, Georgia. Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5c. 2937 Member 193S Ftesocided Golle&ide Press STAFF Hortexse Jones Editor Jane Guthrie Mary McCann Hudson Associate Editors Mary Frances Guthrie Marie Merritt Assistant Editors Elizabeth Skinner Make-up Editor Elizabeth Kenney Asst. Make-up Editor Giddy Erwin Eeature Editor Mary Wells McNeil Asst. Feature Editor Mary Anne Kernan Current History Elizabeth Warden Book Editor Elizabeth Blackshear Business Manager ESTHERE OGDEN Advertising Manager Frances Castleberry Jeanne Redwine Alice Reins Eugenia Bridges Circulation Managers Alice Cheeseman Sports Editor Mary Reins Exchange Editor Jeannette Carroll Alumnae Editor Louise Hughston News Editor Evelyn Baty Club Editor REPORTERS: N. Allison, E. Baty, M. Chaftn, M. L. Dobbs, G. Duggan, M. L. Gill, N. Hemp- hill, L. HOUGHSTON, E. HUTCHENS, C. K. HUTCH- ins, R. Hurwitz, F. Lee, E. McCall, P. Noble, 'M. L. Ratltffe, A. Reins, H. Solomon, S. Stein- bach, V. J. Watkins, L. Young, D. Weinkle, M. Merlin. BUSINESS STAFF: M. Chafin, H. Hirsch, N. Echols, J. Flynt, M. Williamson, F. Abbot, M. Oliver. An Indictment Agnes Scott advertises that she is noted for the "interesting character of her student activities. " However, judging from the stu- dent attendance at the stunt last Saturday night, an outsider might have good reason to think that this activity was not considered by many of the students as interesting. And, in reality, the stunt is supposed to be the most entertaining campus program of the year. Of course, the freshmen and sophomores turned out in all their glory. But what hap- pened to the other half of the junior class and where were the seniors for whom the sophomores so cleverly won? We do not mean to infer that some stayed away on pur- pose, but rather that, being not directly con nected with the plans of the stunt groups, they were indifferent to the whole affair. In fact, it seems that the average Agnes Scotter is impervious to anything that does not pertain to her directly. The general atti- tude seems to be that anything that is any- one else's business is none of my business. The stunt, however, is not alone in being supported so poorly by the non-participants. Blackfriars' plays, debates, recitals of the Music Department, timely lectures by the Lecture Association, and other worthwhile activities come in for some of this niggardly student support also. The Debate Club, for example, has found it difficult to secure even a small attendance for its public debates. And perhaps the only time these debates have good support from the student body is when there is the wit of the English debaters as a drawing card. Students say that they never know any- thing about the questions being argued, that they cannot appreciate the elevated and tech- nical music of Bach, or that the lectures are often too dry. But it seems that the truth of the matter lies in the physical and mental inertia of most students when they are called upon to do something outside of their re- quired course of study. Unless they are ob- ligated to attend these extra-curricular ac- tivities, they manage to find reasons for not doing so. The usual thing to do after criticizing an existing condition is to propose some method of reform. But the solution this time does not lie within the power of this editorial staff. The problem rests not upon just a few, but upon each one of us as students inter- ested in the advancement of our school. Only when we all solemnly agree with ourselves to be loyal and enthusiastic backers of our cam- pus activities will we correct this evil and encourage a school spirit that is worthy of so fine a college as ours. "Come and see the new mu- seum!" That is what we hope you will be hearing some time this year, and who knows perhaps you will want to be a contributor yourself. Of course, there are mu- seums and museums, but as for your own pet museum, nothing surpasses that, and here is your chance to have your own pet on your back campus. This museum is the Y. W. C. A.'s latest idea, and is to be a hobby group for the whole school. The origin of the idea is slightly vague but it seems to have leaped completely armed (like Minerva) from a choice trunk of museum material hidden in the basement of the science building. The museum is to be further supplemented by a store of African drums, elephant whiskers, baskets, et cetera, coming from the big black trunk of Winifred Kel- lersberger. "After all," says Winie, "I can't carry them around all the rest of my life." Qlee Club Qives Two Cone erts The Agnes Scott Glee Club, un- der the direction of Mr. Lewis H. Johnson, has begun its activities for this year by giving concerts at two conventions. The special chorus sang at the southwide con- vention of the Audio- Visual Edu- cation Association in the Henry Grady Hotel on October 14th, led by Mr. Johnson. On Saturday, October 16th, a sextet from the special chorus sang at Indian Springs before the Appalachian Trail Club convention. Miss Eve- lyn Wall was the accompanist. The choir, with Mr. Dieckmann at the organ, is working on a Christmas carol service to be given before the holidays. It has been announced that Gil- bert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" will be the operetta. Practice starts this week, although the leading parts have not yet been as- signed. Headlines Of the Past Three years ago this week Pi Alpha Phi announced that it would meet the English debaters on the abandonment of isolationist poli- cies. Marion Calhoun and Edith Merlin upheld the negative of the question, with Brooks Spivey as al- ternate. Two years ago this week the Academic Council voted to replace the semester plan at Agnes Scott with the quarter system, effective in September of 1936. One year ago this week Mortar Board entertained the college com- munity at a reception to mark the completion of the Murphey Cand- ler student activities building. Vogue Contest Is Announced For the third successive year, the editors of Vogue are announc- ing a career competition open to members of the senior classes of accredited colleges and universities throughout the country. As in the past two years, there will be two major prizes, each of- fering a position, with salary, on the staff of Vogue magazine. The winner of the first prize will be awarded one full year's employ- ment with Vogue; six months of which will be spent in the New York office, the remaining six months in Vogue's Paris office. A second prize of six months on Vogue's New York editorial staff will be awarded the runner-up. Both the first prize winner and runner-up will be eligible for per- manent positions on Vogue's staff after completion of their trial periods. Last year's Prix de Paris was awarded to Miss Virginia Van Brunt, of Horicon, Wisconsin, a senior at the University of Wis- consin. Second prize went to Miss Alice Schultz of Wellesley, Mass., a senior at Smith. Besides the two announced awards, one contestant received a job. Invitations cn the Bookshelves In these days of books, with new volumes appearing at an over- whelming rate, the average reader cannot possibly read all that is published, were all of it worth reading. Confronted with innum- erable books in the fields of fic- tion, biography, history, poetry, drama, travel, science, and art, he must choose. So, the question arises, What shall I read, How can one decide which books are the most worthwhile. In answer to this query, various magazines and papers devoted exclusively to the reviewing of new books, publish periodically a list of the books which have been "best sellers" in the past few months. The follow- ing list was taken from the "New York Times Book Review" and shows the most popular books for the months of July and August. Fiction 1. The Citadel, A. J. Cronin, Little, Brown, $2.50, published September 10. 2. And So- Victoria, Vaughan Wilkins, Macmillan, $2.5 0, July 27. 3. Northwest Passage, Kenneth Roberts, Doubleday Doran, $2.75, July 1. 4. You Can't Have Every- thing, Kathleen Norris, Doubleday Doran, $2.00, August 20. 5. The Nutmeg Tree, Margery Sharp. Little, Brown, $2.50, Aug- ust 2 3. 6. The Seven Who Fled, Fred- eric Prokosch, Harpers, $2.5 0, August 26. 7. Gone With the Wind, Mar- garet Mitchell, Macmillan, $3.00, June 20, 1936. 8. Twenty-four Hours a Day, Faith Baldwin, Farrar and Rine- hart, $2.00. 9. Storm Girl, Joseph C. Lin- coln, Appleton-Century, $2.00, August 13. 10. The Case of the Lame Canary, Erie S. Gardner, Morrow, $2.00, September 8. General 1. Life With Mother, Clarence Day, Knoff, $2.00, August 23. 2. How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie, Simon and Schuster, $1.96, Nov ember 5, 1936. 3. On Gilbert Head, Elizabeth Etnier, Little, Brown, $2.50, July 26. 4. Orchids on Your Budget, Marjorie Hillis, Bobbs-Merrill, $1.50, June 9. 5. The Return to Religion, Henry C. Link, Macmillan, $1.75, March 24, 193 6. 6. Conversation at Midnight, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Harpers, $2.00, July 21. 7. Ordeal in England, Philip Gibbs, Doubleday, Doran, $3.00, August 20. 8. The Story of Ferdinand, Munro Leaf, Viking, $1.00, Sep- tember 1 1, 1936. 9. How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, Irving D. Tress- ler, Stachpole, $1.49, August 30. 10. Live With a Man and Love It, Anne Fisher, Dodd, Mead, $1.50, August 17. F. D. Roosevelt Explains Special Session Of Congress President Roosevelt spoke to the people again last Tuesday night; completely equip- ped with fireside, microphone, and his usual patient friendliness he explained, almost too simply, his reasons for calling a special ses- sion of Congress. He said in effect, if we might paraphrase the current New Deal sa- tire 'Td Rather Be Right": "Congress take a train to Washington. We've got to figure out what the trouble with the country is." Actually, of course, there are apparently valid reasons for the premature session. Opening on Nov. 15, only six weeks before the regular session Jan. 3, it has five major (questions to consider, according to Roose- velt's recommendation. The President's ob- jectives were stated to be these: wage-hour legislation, crop control, governmental reor- ganization, regional planning, and a curb on trusts, with foreign policy also under consid- eration. NO SURPRISE The President's proclamation calling for a special session of Congress and his talk to the nation did not come as surprises to those who had been following his movements the last few weeks. Arthur Krock, writing in the New York Times, comments on the masterly publicity build-up Roosevelt has given this latest announcement. On his trip through the West he made numerous references to the necessity for regional planning, some form of crop control, an equitable wage for all, and, more recently, world peace. The President rarely relinquishes an objective, but gradually prepared the people for its ac- complishment. Certainly the legislation to be considered by Congress is important, but the proclama- tion for a special session seems a little un- usual since no emergency was declared. The only other such session during the present administration was called in the summer of 1933 during the bank holiday. Apparently the President feels that Congress ought to get its desks cleared, particularly of his cherished proposals, in order to effectively tackle taxation and balancing the budget in the regular session. Behind all this also may be the fact that next spring and summer the entire House and one-third of the Senate will be elected. Many Congressmen are anxious to have the opportunity of doing intensive personal campaigning for re-election. As a matter of fact, this session of Congress is necessary possibly because of the general in- efficiency of Congress and because of the confusion caused by the Supreme Court ques- tion which retarded the business of legisla- tion. It is regarded as significant that the President made no mention whatsoever of the Court in his last speech. The silence was impressive, but perhaps not unexpected. It is time now to consider things more immedi- ately concerned with the people. AGRICULTURAL NEED Agriculture is at present most obviously in need of government aid. While the South is faced with the second largest cotton crop in its histbry, 17,573,000 bales according to the latest estimate, the President explains the need for crop control, prevention of soil ero- sion, and other activities planned to create a "balanced abundance." In regard to this agri- cultural program the United States News says : "The aim is to clothe the spirit of the invalidated AAA, which still can be felt in Washington, with the flesh and blood of reality." Wage-hour scales are related to the main economic question, since higher wages would tend to raise the standard of living. Regional planning is likewise related, conser- vation and efficient use of natural resources, certainly a part of this, pertain finally to a great many people. The curb on trusts is bound up with the wage-hour question per- haps, and certainly must contribute to the "balanced abundance." The plans for gov- ernmental reorganization are entirely separ- ate; they are more mechanical and promise more efficient government. NOTHING OF BUDGET This seems to be a comprehensive pro- gram, yet with all this Roosevelt made no mention of balancing the budget, which after much stream-lining shows a probable deficit of between $400,000,000 and $500,000,000. This rather important item is to be left to regular session. Congress has an intensive program mapped out for it. This is perhaps wise in the light of the current situation. It is to be hoped that the work will not prove too burdensome for efficiency and that Justice Black will not furnish too great a temptation for oratory. THE AGONISTIC 3 A.S.C. Teachers Write New Books Soon to be Published In spite of their many varied duties as professors, several mem- bers of the Agnes Scott College faculty have found time to work on books which will soon make their appearance. For example, Miss Dexter and Miss Omwake, both of the Psychology Depart- ment, have completed a book en- titled "An Introduction to the Fields of Psychology." This work is already in the hands of Prentiss Hall Publishing Company, and has been forecast both by this com- pany and by Macmillan to be quite a success in the educational world. It is designated to supplement any general text in Psychology and will be used for the first time in the General Psychology courses at Agnes Scott in the spring quarter. For the past summer Dr. David- son has been getting ready . for publication a volume entitled "Propaganda in the American Rev- olution. " This subject is one in which Dr. Davidson has been do- ing research for sometime, so the volume promises to be valuably authoritative as well as extremely interesting. In addition to these two books soon to appear, Miss MacDougalPs high school text-book on Biology is almost ready for press. Also, Miss Christie's work on Bellarp is nearing completion. Likewise, Dr. Wright's articles on taxation, for which he has been gathering ma- terial all summer, will soon make their appearance. The public will also see very shortly the results of Dr. Christian's research at Har- vard this summer. Two members of the faculty are away on leave of absence to com- Fan est I THEATRES 0/flCCTtQN 0= Now Playing! PAUL MUNI in "THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA" Preview Saturday Night 11:30 P. M. Eddie Cantor June Lang, Tony Martin Louise Hovick "Ali Baba Goes to Town" Now! Dick Powell Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians AVith Rosemary and Priscilla Lane in "VARSITY SHOW" Swell Tunes and College Cuties CAPITOL 1 : - Now! WILLIAM BOYD in "HOP A LONG RIDES AGAIN" On the Stage All Southern Revue Starts Sunday "CHARLIE CHAN ON BROADWAY" With Warner Oland and Joan Marsh, Phis 8 Big Acts of Vodvil -8 ATLANT/CS ONLY VAUDEVILLE plete research work. As a result of her study in France, Miss Phy- thian will publish a volume relat- ing to the geographical back- ground of French n6vels. Miss Laura Colvin, in connection with one of her courses in the Depart- ment of Library Science of the University of Michigan, will pub- lish a manual giving instructions in the use of the library, with special attention to this need at Agnes Scott College. In the fields of Music and Art, also, the Agnes Scott faculty members have been distinguishing themselves. Professor Dieckmann has had accepted for publication two original compositions, an an- them and a solo song. Miss Lewis, head of the Art Department, has completed quite a number of un- usually fine paintings, many of which are on display on the fourth floor of the Agnes Scott College Library. Finally, the mathematical form- ulas published by Dr. Robinson are now being used by the United States Artillery Department. Picture Shows Work Of Community Chest Depicting typical scenes from the activities of its thirty-three agencies, the Atlanta Community Chest presented in the Gaines Chapel October 8 a moving pic- ture entitled "Wake up and live for Others." President T. Guy Woolford and Leader Harry Summers announced that Chest funds are swelled an- nually by over 46,000 contribu- tors. Of each dollar given, 53.9% is used to care for needy children. Some of the child, agencies sup- ported by the Chest are: Hillside Cottages, Atlanta Child's Home, Child Welfare Association, He- Along The Colonnade In case anyone has been won- dering at the strained and slightly baffled expression on the faces of the Agnes Scott student body, let him wonder no longer, for we have found the explanation it is an in- evitable result of viewing the "proofs" of Annual pictures for the first time. In fact, if it is true that the proof is in the pudd- ing, we personally wish that ours had stayed there! Seriously speak- ing, the pictures this year are per- haps better than ever before; and we vote a rousing cheer to both the Silhouette staff and to Mr. El- liott. However, there is still a great deal of numor also room for sjze A inferiority complexes in the way most of us look with our bare faces hanging out full of that insipidly vague expression we acquire just as the "birdie" is on the wing. During the past week, however, there have been many events stim- ulating enough to rouse the alleged students from contemplation of their own vicious visages. For in- stance, the Stunt as usual brought to a climax the friendly Fresh-Soph rivalry in a charming way, with both classes offering de- lightful dray-mers. Also, there's the never-to-be-forgotten Ponselle concert, in which a piano-arrang- ing usher became the recipient of overwhelming though mistaken applause, the artiste became her own accompanist, and the accom- panist became completely con- fused. The audience, needless to say, became appreciatively hila- rious! brew Orphans' Home, and several day nurseries. The Chest also does much work among the unemployed. Such or- ganizations as the Y. W. C. A. classes for unemployed girls, train- ing for the blind, and the Com- munity Employment Service, give help to society's disinherited ones Little Sisters at A. S. C Moan Lack of Individuality Astutely pursuing knowledge on our fair campus, there is a small group of people who long both day and night for individuality. Each of them is known as so-and-so's little sister. Merely that and noth- ing more. Nellie Richardson, when asked if she had a sister who had once come here, gazed prayerfully up- ward and gently murmured, "Not one, but four." Sad is the state of Nellie and poor Mary Bell, for ex- perience has taught them that teas and receptions bring no joy to the heart. Upon such occasions they are forced to stand first on one foot and then on the other and to smile angelically while faculty members go into a huddle with themselves over whether they look like their sisters or whether they don't. Nothing escapes comparison. Everyone tells Mary Ivy that she certainly doesn't talk as fast as Claire did. Meanwhile, Susan Bellingrath asks in a hushed voice if they are going to compare grades. Jean Dennison fears the same fate for sister Lucile made Phi Beta Kappa. People are so helpful, too. They all smile and say, "Oh, I certainly would hate to be in your shoes." Helen Jester and Jean bewail the fact that they have to tell their sisters every little thing that hap- pens, and Jean says that her sister can ask more questions about things of which she knows abso- lutely nothing. Arline Stienback doesn't have to tell Selma the cur- rent events of the campus, but she has her troubles, too. No one ever understands how she can get home- sick when she has a perfectly good sister on the campus. Now the saddest of all these in- teresting cases is that of Grace Walker. When you even mention the word sister to Grace she starts waving her hands in the breeze and exclaiming in her Charleston ac- cent, "Isn't it terrible!" She is re- membered by the faculty as that cute little four-year-old who play- fully threw sand on the audience at the senior play when she came to see big sister. In short, our Grace is a living example of the fact that your sins will find you out. Eta Sigma Phi Has Five New Members Eta Sigma Phi, national honor- ary Greek and Latin fraternity, received five new members at its meeting on Tuesday, October 19. Those elected were: Evelyn Baty, Sarah Joyce Cunningham, Mary Primrose Noble, Eva Ann Pirkle, and Julia Porter. ' Laura Coit, president of Student Government, was unable to accept membership Small church colleges, by bring- ing together young men and women of the ' same cultural level, are indispensible allies of Mr. Cupid. B. Ames to be Emory Speaker Ben Ames, noted European cor- respondent of the United Press, will be the first speaker on the 1937-3 8 schedule of the I Student Lecture Association of Emory Uni- versity. Mr. Ames' lecture will be given sometime early in Novem- ber. The definite date will be an- nounced later. 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Sizes 9 to 17 . . . 17.95 THE JUNIOR DEB SHOP, THIRD FLOOR DAVISON -PAX ON CO. Atlanta affiliated ajitk MACY'S, JVeou (Joi^^. 4 THE AGONISTIC Juniors, Sophs Are Victors in Hockey Games Seniors Need Experienced Players; Frosh Offer Peppy Combat Last Friday afternoon at 3:50 on a crisp and sunny field the first hockey game of the season was played with the juniors victor- ious over the seniors, 3-0, and the sophomores over the freshmen, 4-0. Without a right halfback, and with four new players, the senior team met the well equipped junior team with good courage but no points. During the first half there were such notable individual plays as a long dribble by Flynt, and the shot for the first goal, by Dryfoos, won after a struggle against determined senior fullbacks, Johnson and Chalmers. Benson scored a third point after a slight lull in the game. Also in the first half was a remarkable dash by Erwin in the wrong direction. The score at the end of this half was 3-0, in favor of the juniors. In the second half the teams were much slower and more awk- ward. Neither team scored, and perhaps the only commendable play was L. Coit's long drive down more than half the field's length, to a hasty interception by the juniors. The freshman-sophomore game was a thrill to both grand stand and coach. Miss Wilburn remarked afterward that it was "the best initial freshman game we've ever had!" After a slow beginning the freshmen pepped the playing up with a good run by Wimpfheimer and another by Hance, the latter being intercepted by the excellent guarding of the sophomores. Will- statter played her wing position very skillfully. Toward the close of the first period, and after a half-field dash, Moseley went down to the benefit of the fresh- men, who didn't use this oppor- tunity for points. After substitut- ing Muzzey for Wimpheimer, dis- abled by a sprained ankle, the half ended with a double "long corner," and a loss of excitement. The score stood at 1-0 in favor of the sophomores. The second half began with a near-goal, and exhibited good run- ning by Forman and Salters, and excellent defending by Wilds. Wil- liamson and Brinton together scored three points for the sopho- mores, and brought the score to 4-0. A mishap during this half resulted in an injured knee for Willstatter, Butt substituting. The line-ups in these two games were as follows: Seniors Juniors Douglas R.W Flynt Merrill I.R.__ Benson (1) Coit, L C.F Moses Erwin I.L._ Dryfoos (2) McKay L.W Coit, M. R.H Jane Jones Allison C.H MacGuire Rodgers L.H Marshall Johnson R.B McMullen Chalmers L.B Hamilton Robinson Goal Kenny Substitutions: Doty, Campbell, and Short ley for the juniors. So pho m o res F resb m c n Eyles R.W. Willstatter Heaslett I.R. Wimpfheimer Brinton (2) C.F. Hance Williamson (2)LL Bell Forman L.W Vaughn Salters R.H Woodard Milncr C.H Moffat Reins L.H Walker Thompson R.B Wilds Watkins L.B Wallin Case Goal O'Ran Substitutions for the sopho- mores: Montgomery, Moseley, and O'Brien; for the freshmen: Muz- zey, Henry and Butt. Athtetic Board A. A. Discusses Picks Members Over-Organization At an Athletic Board meeting held October 12, Lou Pate, arch- ery manager, announced the four class managers of archery as fol- lows: Eloise Estes, senior; Alice Sill, junior; Eloise Lennard, soph- omore; and Virginia Hickman, freshman. Lucy Hill Doty, hiking manager, announced that Bea Sex- ton, senior; Ella Hunter Mallard, junior; and Jane Mases, sophomore, are three of the class hiking man- agers. The freshman manager will be announced at a later date. Also at this board meeting Mary Nell Taylor, tennis manager, announced the appointment of Peak Brown as senior tennis man- ager, and of Elizabeth Kenny as junior manager. The other two managers will be chosen later. French Club Admits Seventeen Students During the club try-outs last week, the French club chose sev- enteen new members and the Ger- man club, sixteen. Those accepted by the French club were: Betsy Banks, Marjorie Boggs, Jeanette Carroll, Mary Louise Dobbs, Mary Evelyn Francis, Mary Lang Gill, Hazel Hirsch, Gary Home, Louise Hughston, Eloise McCall, Lutie Moore, Mary Reins, Jane Salters, Lucille Scott, Hazel Solomon, Har- riet Stimson, Mickey Warren. The new members of the German club include: Jean Codding, Giddy Er- win, Mary Elizabeth Galloway, Cora Kay Hutchins, Phyllis John- son, Ruth Kaplan, Elizabeth Kenny, Eunice Knox, Bertha Mer- rill, Irene Phillips, Nell Pinner, Evelyn Sears, Mary Pennel Simon- ton, Harriet Simpson, Elinor Tyler, Florence Wade. Outing Club to Visit Mountains On the much discussed subject of over-organization on the A. S. C. campus, the Athletic Associa tion submits this explanation of its stand on the topic. In an ef fort to discourage over-participa tion in the four athletic clubs, A. A. has established the follow ing regulation: A student may have active membership in only one of the four campus athletic clubs during a quarter of a scholastic year. That is, a student may, during the course of a quarter, be an active member in either Swimming Club, Tennis Club, Archery Club, or Outing Club; but she may not be- long actively to more than one of these at a time. She has the privi- lege of establishing her name on the inactive list of the club she is leaving to become actively con- nected with another for the suc- ceeding quarter or quarters. This regulation is a strong ef- fort on the part of A. A. to curb the tendency at Agnes Scott to- ward too much organization. It is the hope of the association that this stand is clear to the entire body, which constitutes its mem- bership. Benson Opens Contest Adelaide Benson, snapshot editor of the Silhouette, has announced the prizes for the annual snapshot contest. A first prize of $2.50 and a second prize of $1.50 will be given for the best pictures of cam- pus life. There will be another prize of $2.00 for the best candid shot which is turned in. The con- test will last until the beginning of spring holidays. You're Sure To Find Your Favorite TOILET GOODS at i JACC Stores All Over Atlanta WALTER BALLARD OPTICAL CO. DISPENSING OPTICIANS Three Stores 105 Peachtree Street (Clock Sign) Medical Arts Bldg. (382 Peachtree St.) Doctors Bldg. (480 Peachtree St.) ATLANTA, 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 On October 7 the Outing Club met at Jeanne Matthews house for supper. During the evening the members discussed plans for a trip to the nearby mountains in the future, and also for putting a firev place on the four acres of land re- cently bought by the college for a camping ground. The fireplace will be part of the foundation for a cabin, which the club hopes soon to erect. This land is situated directly be- hind ,the campus, its proximity re- lieving somewhat the problem of chaperonage on overnight and week-end hiking trips. The fact that it is so near the campus, how- ever, is one of the most frequent objections to this beautifully wooded strip of land. Dr. McCain has mentioned a lake there to make the lot even more attractive to Agnes Scott- campers. Pop Warner, the "old fox" of intercollegiate football, won his 3p0th victory in 43 years of coaching when his Temple Univer- sity team beat Virginia Military Institute, 18 to 7. N.Y.A. Will Give Increased Aid For Students 220,000 Will Be Helped By Youth Administration In Colleges Washington, D. C (ACP) The National Youth Administra- tion will spend 20 million dollars during this school year to help 220,000 students earn an educa- tion. This is an increase over last years allotment of 28 million dol- lars for 310,000 students. Every state will share in the stu- dent aid funds and several special funds have been created. College aid allotments now be- ing forwarded are expected to ap- proximate $10,700,000. Employ- ment quotas for colleges will be about 80,000. This year, graduate students have been eliminated from direct student aid. A college may, how- ever, at its discretion, allot a por- tion of its funds to graduate stu- dents. A special fund of $70,000 has been set up to aid Negro graduate students in states which do not of- fer advanced courses for Negroes. Harrison's Pharmacy Luncheonette and Fountain Delicacies Call Us For Special Delivery 309 E. College Ave. Decatur, Ga. Time for Sleepy-Tynie Gowns, Pajamas By Gluv-tex, only at Rich's ^ ^^j ^ To keep you snug" and warm, now that nights are chilly. Tuckstich, long sleeves, high necks pajamas with ski bottoms. The sweetest shades: blush, blue, blush-blue. Small, medium, large. Gluv-Tex Shop Street Floor RICH'S Your Pledge 2Tf) Agonistic For Y.W.C.A. Budget VOL. XXIII AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1937 Z115 No. 4 Front Row By Jane Guthrie MONKEY WRENCH: Russia upsets the Spanish Non-interven- tion Committee's "Love Feast" by announcing her refusal to recog- nize belligerancy of the Rebels un- less all volunteers ' are withdrawn from Spain. Italy follows this up by demanding unanimous support of the British plan from all nine members before entering agree- ment. Germany and Portugal back her. Russia accuses Britain of treating Italy with a "plague of Politeness," and reminds the members that any delay in the withdrawal of volunteers from Spain is distinctly to General Franco's advantage. BUDGET DILEMNA: Roose- velt's latest budget estimate is 256 millions below his estimate last April. This is attributed to the de- cline in tax receipts, and to con- gressional profligacy. On the other hand, government savings are above the April Forecast. Monthly expenses have been re- duced from 274 millions to 200 millions. But added expenditures have wiped out this again and leading economists estimate the national debt will be 695 millions by June, 193 8. Meanwhile Roose-r velt faces a new dilemna. Business activity is falling off and the list of unemployed will consequently increase. If tKe President acquieses in new employment plans the re- vised budget will be disarranged. And if he does not comply, social trouble may ensue. RED INK: The Japanese cabi- net has approved reductions of 59 millions in government expenses for the remainder of the fiscal year. Her trade balance shows 250 millions in the red. Commodity prices are rising. Taxes are going up. Yet members of the Japanese Economic League declare, "The story of Japan's instability is a pleasant fiction of our enemies. We no longer are a poor nation." By aggression, substition and gold mining, Japan plans to meet all the problems of the future. And where these methods will not work, as in the case of the wool supply, Japan states she will sim- ply "do without it." Dr. Philip Davidson Addresses Council Blackfriars to Give Drama November 20 Chafin, Cousins, Bailey, and Flynt To Act in New Play By Levy With Myrl Chafin in the title role, Blackfriars, under the di- rection of Miss Frances K. Gooch, associate professor of English, will on Saturday, November 20, pre- sent in Bucher Scott gymnasium, "Mrs. Moonlight," by Ben Levy. Jeanne Flynt, Elizabeth Cousins, and Jean Bailey will portray Jane, Emily and Minnie, respectively. The male characters, some of which will be played by Emory students, have not yet been as- signed. "Mrs. Moonlight" is the story of a woman, who although she wished to grow old, could not. The action starts in 1890 in the days of the Gibson girl and passes through the pre-war period to present day times. The cast is ordering cos- tumes from New York. Three sets, one for each of the periods por- trayed, will be used. Miss Carrie Phinney Latimer, as- sistant in Speech, will assist Miss Gooch in directing the play. History Professor Delivers Lecture Series Professor Philip Davidson, of the history department, is giving a series of lectures sponsored by the Council ob Jewish Women, the first address having been made on October 26 at eleven o'clock at the Standard Club. He will con- tinue his lectures on successive Tuesdays. The tentative program, subject to change by the wishes of the group, is as follows: 1. Birdseye view of the situa- tion in Europe and the relation of the states to each other. 2. Bri- tish foreign policy since 1918 as determinant in world affairs. 3. Frightened France in European af- fairs. 4. The role of the Fascist states in Europe. 5. The oriental complex Russia, China and Japan. 6. The United States as a world power Europe. 7. The United States in South American affairs, and 8, the United States and the orient. Sophomores Will Be Honored at Hallowe'en Fete Spooks and witches will reign tonight, October 27, when the members of Mortar Board enter- tain the boarding students of the sophomore class and their dates with a Hallowe'en party at the Murphey Candler building. The members of Mortar Board have divided into groups in plan- ning for the party. Jean Chalmers is in charge of securing spooks; Winifred Kellersberger and Vir- ginia Watson, decorations; Laura Coit, invitations; Jean Barry Adams and Lib Blackshear, dates; Eliza King and Mary Lillian Far- ley, food. The hostesses are plan- ning games in the different rooms of the Murphey Candler Building in place of the proms of former years. President Goes On Convention Dr. J. R. McCain left his duties at Agnes Scott Thursday and Fri- day, October 21 and 22 to attend a meeting of the Southern Associa- tion of College Activities at Birm- ingham and to address the mem- bers of the Women's College at Columbus, Mississippi, at the Founders' Day program which was held Friday. May Day Group Has Five New Officers At its recent meeting on Octo- ber 22, the May Day Committee chose five new officers for this year. Miss Ellen D. Leyburn, Miss Emma May Laney, and Miss Cath- erine Torrance will be the faculty auditors; Helen Kirkpatrick, the publicity chairman; Mary Mat- thews, the Scenario chairman. Anne Thompson, chairman of the committee, will announce the Scenario contest sometime around the Christmas holidays. Publication Heads Form New Council Blackshear To Give Report From Press Group In Chapel Body Will Decide Policy Believing that the interests and aims of their activities are similar, the six heads of the three campus publications have formed a press council, which will outline and direct, along parallel lines, the policy of all three issues. Friday morning in chapel, Elizabeth Blackshear will make a report from the council, speaking on the broadening, concrete scope of college life. The council will consist of Hor- tense Jones, editor, and Elizabeth Blackshear, business manager, of the Agonistic; Carol Hale, editor, and Ola Kelly, business manager, of the Aurora; and Virginia Wat- son, editor, and Joyce Roper, busi- ness manager, of the Silhouette. They conceived the idea for the council at the national convention which they attended in Chicago, where the excellent work of such councils on other campuses was reported. Who's Who Lists Seven Students Seniors Begin Year's Duties As Chaperones Thirty-one Sign Agreement of New Responsibility For Students Organ Gives Honor Rating To Campus Leaders The Agnes Scott students in- cluded in Who's Who Among Stu- dents in American Universities and Colleges this year are Jean Chal- mers, Winifred Kellersberger, Hor- tense Jones, Mary Lillian Fairley, Eliza King, Ann Worthy Johnson and Laura Coit. To be included in Who's Who, a student must have a combination of character, leadership in extra- curricular activities, and scholar- ship to indicate that she is out- standing and an asset to her school. Y.W.QA Sends Two to Macon Mary Hollingsworth and Cary Wheeler went last week to a Synod at Wesleyan as Agnes Scott Y. W. C. A. delegates and spoke at a vesper's program on the subject of "Persecution in a World of Struggle." The Macon college en- tertained them at an informal sup- per. It is a part of this year's Y. W. C. A. program to send dele- gates frequently to other col- leges. Freshman Y Cabinet Is Chosen by Class The freshman Y. W. C. A. cab- inet for 1937-3 8, recently elected by the freshmen class, consists of the following girls: Gene Slack, Gene Dennison, Pattie Patterson, Grace Walker, Mary Scott Wilds, Edith Henegar, Tommay Turner, Nancy Gribble, Louise Musser, Miriam Bedinger, Tine Gray, Louise Sams, Martha Dunn, Shirley Gay Swagerty and Anne Garrett. These fifteen girls have already begun their duties in directing the Y. W. C. A. projects of the class of 1941, under the leadership of Louise Musser, president. As the result of popular request, senior chaperones have become a reality at Agnes Scott. The Stu- dent Government Association has been working on the idea since last spring, and Thursday, October 7, the student body voted on a list of senior chaperones which was then approved by the Administrative Committee. The seniors whose names were approved were re- quired to sign an agreement to fol- low strictly the rules of the col- lege and to be personally responsi- ble for the underclassman or un- derclassmen whom they are chap- eroning. The reason for this innovation is that Agnes Scott has been severely criticised for permitting her girls to impose on people in Decatur and Atlanta by spending the night at their homes or using them as chap- erones. The Dean's Office and Stu- dent Government feel that through the use of senior chaper- ones, this imposition will be les- sened. Those seniors who are chaper- ones are: Jean Barry Adams, Tom- mie Ruth Blackmon, Catherine Brittingham, Martha Peak Brown, Laura Coit, Mildred Davis, Mary Lillian Fairley, Anna Katherine Fulton, Martha Alice Green, Jane Guthrie, Nell Hemphill, Mary Mc- Cann Hudson, Ann Worthy John- sen, Ola Kelly, Eliza King, Ellen Little, Jean Matthews, Bee Merrill, Mary Primrose Noble, Frances Norman, Frances Robinson, Sa- mille Saye, Elizabeth Skinner, Julia Telford, Mary Venetia Smith, Anne Thompson, Virginia Watson, Mary Belle Weir, Dixie Woodford, Jane Wyatt, Louise Young. Students, Dates Are Entertained At Open House Last Saturday night the Mur- phey Candler student activities building was formally opened to girls and their dates, when Mortar Board held open house for about fifty people. Various games were provided for entertainment, and hot chocolate, cookies, and candy were served. Mildred Davis and Anne Thomp- son had charge of the entertain- ment and refreshments; while Mrs. Emmie Ansley served as chaperone. Sociology Students Go To Copper Hill On Thursday, October 21, five cars filled with Agnes Scott So- ciology 305 students under the leadership of Dr. Arthur Raper, acting professor of Sociology; Miss Emily Dexter, associate professor of Psychology, and Miss Kather- ine Omwake, assistant professor of Psychology, left the college for a trip to Copperhill, Tennessee, to study the social problem of the intelligent use and the conserva- tion of the natural resources of the United States. They spent three hours in this region of big gullies, where fumes from the copper mines have des- troyed all vegetation. M. F. Guthrie, Hopkins are Debate Team Austin Will Be Alternate When Pi Alpha Meets Englishmen Fray To Be December 10 At the tryout of members of Pi Alpha Phi Debating So- ciety for a position on the Ag- nes Scott team meeting the Oxford-Cambridge debate team on Friday, December 10, Margaret Hopkins was chosen by Dr. George P. Hayes, faculty advisor for the club, to uphold with Mary Frances Guthrie the affirmative of the question, Resolved: That the power of the trade unions has in- creased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished. Gene Austin will serve as alternate. One of the Englishmen, James A. Brown, is an Irishman, and the other, Ronald V. Gibson, is a Scotchman. The former, represent- ing Oxford, was educated until he was 18 years of age, in Northern Ireland, where his home still is. Then he went to Germany and studied at Heidelberg University for several months. For the last four years he has been at Balliol College, Oxford, reading for the Honours degree of Modern History and being actively engaged in poli- tics both inside and outside the University as president of the University Liberal Club and also of the Oxford Union. He' an- nounces that he intends, as his life work, to practice as a barrister. Although he was a Scot by birth, Mr. Gibson was reared in England. He spent a few years in Insurance before he went to Cambridge three years ago to read for the Econom- ics Tripos. He, having been brought up a Liberal and now be- ing a moderate Socialist, supports an alliance of the Liberal and La- bour parties and has developed an organization in the University for this purpose called the Democratic Front. He has been president of the Cambridge Union Society, sec- retary of the Socialist Club and president of the Union. During his residence at Cambridge he has maintained his business connec- tions and intends to spend some time on the staff of a London daily newspaper before taking up a post as Parliamentary Private Sec- retary. Miss Sturdivant Speaks at A.S.C. Executive Committee Is Host To Personnel Worker Miss Sarah M. Sturdivant, pro- fessor of education at the teachers college of Columbia University, arrived at Agnes Scott today to speak to the student body and to the executive committee of stu- dent government, her official hosts. The executive committee will entertain Miss Sturdivant at tea this afternoon, at which time she will speak to them on the general theme of student government as an intellectually inspirational rather than a penalizing organiza- tion. At the student government chapel tomorrow, Miss Sturdivant will speak on "How Student Gov- ernment Trains for Citizenship." 2 THE AGONISTIC "Island Magic" Holds Gav Charm and Humor "Island Magic," Elizabeth Goudge, Cow- ard-McCann, Inc., New York, $2.50. True to its name, this book is full of magic, in both senses of the word. There is magic in the second sight of Rachell, and there is magic in the scenes from the Guernsey coun- tryside, in storms and wrecks and picnics. The story is laid in the Channel Islands in the eighties, when the people there lived in a world all their own, leading a quiet existence, and clinging to the folklore and superstitions of the past. It concerns Rachell du Frocq, who, through her wonderful gift of second sight, managed to save her farm from ruin, in the face of censure and ridicule from her husband, Andre, and from her friends. Of all the characters, perhaps the most charming is the eight-year-old Colin. "Colin had not the smallest objection to telling lies. He liked things to be pleasant and agreeable all around, and he had found from painful experience that the giving of truthful ans- wers to direct questions bearing on his re- cent whereabouts and behavior invariably led to unpleasantness. Therefore in conver- sation he aimed always at giving pleasure rather than accurate information, and was throughout his life universally beloved." Be- sides Colin there are four other children Colette, Michelle, Peronelle, and Jacqueline all as different as they can possibly be. "A really charming book, very human and humourful, with five of the most real chil- dren . . . ever met in fiction, and full of the most gorgeous descriptions of life in Guern- sey." <&t)c Agonistic Innovations Spice Routine of College Exploring the news of other colleges this week we find that Agnes Scott isn't the only one that can recognize outstanding person- alities. In the Emory Wheel Lucille Denni- son's picture under the headline "Seeks New Fields to Conquer," made known the fact that another "campus queen" had been added to the graduate school at Emory. From the Colonnade, we learn that a Golden Slipper in- stead of a Black Cat takes up all the time and worry of the sophomores and freshmen at G. S. C. W. These two classes compete for the Golden Slipper by presenting original plays, written and directed by members of each class. At Alabama College, a group of students are pursuing culture in a big (and rather ex- pensive) way. Every third week of the month is set aside as Culture Week and during that week any lack of courtesy, refined language, or lady-like behavior shown by a member of the group costs that member a penny and up according to the offense committed. At the end of the article, the Alabamian comments that that part of the dormitory is fast losing its reputation of being the nosiest on the campus. It seems that the pursuits of culture is highly beneficial. From The Triangle we see that the senior students are planning to get profits by opening the "Jolly Joint" where candy, drinks, and chewing gum will be served dur- ing the day. They even plan to serve dough- nuts and coffee for the "late breakfasters." While seniors may have tijne to run a cam- pus store, poor freshmen are buried under common troubles on all the campuses. At the Florence State Teachers College in the "Open Forum" column of the paper a iresh- man makes a wail over certain teachers' hobby of having thirty or forty textbooks from which students get only vague, scramb- led facts. She ends her letter with this wise remark: "It's easier to take a huge book home with you to study than stay all night at the library waiting for a book on reserve (they're always in use)." The most unusual article was found in the Flor-Ala from Florence State Teacher's Col- lege. It announces the request for limericks which "May be sung in chapel programs. Students and faculty members are invited to contribute limericks to be used in this way." Two limericks already contributed were printed. Imagine a student singing this in chapel : "There was a young man from Lynn Who was so exceedingly thin That when he assayed To drink lemonade He slipped through the straw and fell in." PUBLISHED WEEKLY Owned and published by the students of Agrnes Scott College. Entered as Second Class Matter at Decatur. Georgia. Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5c. 1937 Member 1938 Pissocided Golle&iate Press Lost Horizon "The time has come/' we chant with Lewis Carroll, "to think of many things." And though we realize that in this voluble age many people have said many things many times, w T e yet raise our quavering voice. In spite of (or rather be- cause of) the fact that nobody reads editorials, we neverthe- less think that the time has come to speak of many things among them the college student, his world, and what he does there. It is only through such assemblies as the recent national convention in Chicago that we come to realize that there is a student world a whole sphere of activity built in, around, and for the pursuit of higher learning. It is an artificial state, constantly shiftly in population, lasting only four years for the average person, yet withal remaining, on the whole, static. The attributes of such a world are, of course, determined chiefly by its occupants. Students take up a unique position ; they are social parasites. It is not through any grace or vir- tue of our own that we are enrolled in Agnes Scott, but through the fortunate financial conditions of our families. For each girl who sits at one of our library tables, nine others take up stations behind store counters and at telephone switchboards. Not from any personal superiority, but from the lot spun out by the three fickle sisters of destiny, we re- ceive, as birthright, privileges which are denied to nine- tenths of our generation. Moreover, we do nothing lucrative to gain these privileges ; everything w r e have or do is paid for by somebody else. How, then, justify our existence? Simply on the premise that in the future we will repay society for. the extra time and money it has spent on us. Last year Dr. Davidson pointed out to us the need for dynamic and creative leadership; it is this that society wants from us we say it without boast. j There is going on in all phases of social life a process of crystallization of economic groups. We see this in interna- tional labor movements and in organizations like the Liberty League. It is a horizontal rather than a vertical stratifica- tion. Youth, too, has its part in this movement; and we find the militaristic, dictator-directed young people in Germany and Italy, the "New Life" movement in China, the Youth Congress in America. Only in recent years have students realized this growing youth consciousness and taken their place as leaders of the movement. They have inaugurated peace demonstrations, ef- forts toward academic freedom, and work with the National Youth Administration. There is growing a definite feeling of internationalism, as evidenced by such things as: the sys- tem of exchange students, the English debates, and interna- tional youth congresses. To the spluttering publicists who have pointed a quivering finger and screamed "Red Communism" at what we have done, we recommend the memory of our perhaps saner an- cestors who offered an amused tolerance to youth's rose-col- ored glasses. Perhaps we are a trifle preposterous ; perhaps we are ap- plying feeble matches to rivers. Nevertheless, we dare to claim that we are old enough to know what kind of a world we want: We covet, first of all, absolute academic freedom. Believ- ing that it is intellectual suicide for a nation to lay over its best minds a muffler which derides our claim of freedom of speech, we aver that a teacher's classroom is his castle. Desiring recognition of the fact that, while we are a part of the American people, we are primarily members of the human race, we affirm the sacredness of humanity and claim the right to live, thus outlawing the wholesale murder in- volved in war. We wish to cultivate the ability to look at facts creatively and at ideologies matter-of-factly. Finally, we would remind ourselves of the thirteenth-cen- tury scholar who sold his coat to buy books, and shivered in cold that he might burn his last candle at the shrine of learn- ing. And what is ~ mellowing, a loosening and a restraining a liberal arts college but a tempering and a 4 on*iiMrY o -nrJ o rocf ro in in or ? Hortenae Jones Editor Jane Guthrie Mary McCann Hudson Associate Editors Mary Frances Guthrie Marie Merritt Assistant Editors Elizahfth Skinner Make-up Editor Elizaheth Kenney Asst. Make-up Editor STAFF Elizabeth Blackshear Business Manaper Esthere Oprden Advertising Manager Giddy Erwin Feature Editor Mary Wells McNeil Asst. Feature Editor Mary Anne Kernan Current History Elizabeth Warden Book Editor Francis Castleberry Jeanne Redwine Alice Reins Eugenia Bridges Circulation Managers Alice Cheeseman Sports Editor Mary Reins Exchange Editor Jeannette Carroll Alumnae Editor Evelyn Baty Club Editor REPORTERS: N. Allison, E. Baty. M. Chafin, M. L. Dobbs. G. Duggan. M. L. Gill. N. Hemphill. E. Hutchens. C. K. Hutchins. R. Hurwitz. F. Lee. E. McCall. P. Noble, M. L. Ratliffe. A. Reins. H. Solomon. S. Steinbach. V. J. Watkins. L. Young. D. Wein- kle. M. Merlin. BUSFNESS STAFF: M. Chafin. H. Mirsch. N. Echols. J. Flynt. M. Williamson, F. Abbot. M. Oliver. A Letter Written by A Freshman's Daddy \ Editor's Note: A freshman's father sent the following letter to the editor, and feeling that it is a sincere tribute to one of the finest attributes of our Alma Mater we are printing it.) I decided that I would go back to college again this year as a freshman and that this time I would try a girl's college instead of a boy's. And I'll tell you what it was that surprised and impressed me most. It was the spirit of kindness that was everywhere like the warm sunshine of the opening day. Kindness es- pecially to us freshmen! My former experi- ence at a boy's college was that the poor freshmen had to go it alone, find their own way with fear and trembling, and be laughed at and ridiculed and treated like the tradi- tional "red-headed step-child." But this time I found it entirely different. The kindness of kind hearts had prepared for me just the op- posite kind of a reception such a reception that, instead of being like undergoing an op- eration in a hospital or entering a peniten- tiary, it was one of the most delightful ex- periences of my life. Now in the midst of it all, this spirit of kindness was specially focused upon me through one whom I know as my sponsor. She is an upperclassman who was appointed to, shall I say, big-sister me ? Well, whatever you may call it, what she did was to write me a welcome letter before I came ; and, when I arrived, there she was and she took charge of me directing or guiding me in all of the, to the freshmen, unknowns of college life. And so the first course that I received upon entering this college was one that was given to me, not in books, but in persons. It was a course in kindness, unselfishness, though tf ulness of others, love for others all expressed in kind words, kind deeds, and kind faces. And it seems to me that kindness is the best thing of all. It meant more to me than anything else did in my rather dreaded experience of entering college it made a de- lightful experience of what I had feared would be a most trying one. And I rather think that I shall learn no finer lesson in my four years here than the lesson of kindness which I have learned at the beginning. And I have determined to practice it all the way through college and through life. I am certain that Tennyson was right when he said, "Howe'er it be, it seems to me, Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood." Headlines of the Past ^hree years ago this week, the Atlanta Civitan Club celebrated "Agnes Scott Day." The college special chorus sang for the Civi- tanians, and President J. R. McCain spoke on "Extra School Education." Two years ago this week, the Bucher Scott gymnasium celebrated its tenth birthday with an open house. One year ago this week, Lecture Associa- tion announced that Stuart Chase would lec- ture at Agnes Scott on November 13. Looking Backward, We Stumble Ahead Of the score of students whom we ques- tioned on the Sino-Japanese war, nearly all replied that they didn't' know anything about it because they don't read the newspapers. This self-confessed ignorance reveals the crying or should we say bellowing need for the current events bulletin board which has been planned by the Current History Forum. Dr. Davidson has often explained that we study history primarily to interpret the pres- ent. Thus, even though we master all the cul- ture and knowledge of the past, we are not educated if we have not arrived at an intelli- gent interpretation of the present. For the major events of the world today, discriminat- ingly chosen and attractively presented, we refer you to the current history bulletin board in the library. If we fix our eyes on the ground we have already covered, we can be expected to stum- ble over the steps in front of us. THE AGONISTIC 3 Girls Disclose Deep Desires Of Childhood Do you remember what you wanted to have or to be most when you were a little girl? What was the height of your ambition? It seems that most of the fair damsels at Agnes Scott started out with the desire to be missionaries, and then as the years passed and the tender age of about ten was reached, they decided they had rather be great actresses. Bunny Marsh and Grace Duggan wanted to be missionaries to the darkest part of Africa emphasis on the dark. Helen Moses and Susan Goodwin felt the lure of the foot- lights when quite young, and Net- tie Lee Grier said that at one time or another she wanted to be every- thing from a toe dancer to a mis- sionary. Giddy Erwin after a few mo- ments of fluttering contemplation came to the conclusion that she has always wanted to be a novelist. Aileen Shortley said that she had felt that urge, too. Don't tell any- body but Aileen once wrote a poem in memory of her pet gold- fish, Ella, who did a swan dive over the goldfish bowl. According to the author, the poem was ex- ceedingly good. Although Ruth Slack never harbored any desires to be - a poetess, she did want to teach kin- dergarden. Kay Toole wanted to be a surgeon and slice up people. From the vicious let us go to the gentle. Virginia Kyle always wanted to be a lady. Surely that was a worthwhile ambition. She also wanted a pink dress, a pink car and a pink house. Kitty Cald- well was Virginia's kindred soul because her chief aim in life was a pink hat, dress, and shoes. Eliza- beth Shepherd did not care whether her 'dress was pink but it did have to be long like the ones her mother wore and of course she wanted high heeled shoes to match. Shoes played an important pare in Corky Hutchin's life also, for to her mind nothing could be more wonderful than red shoes just like the ones Mrs. Lyle bought Douglas every year. Not all the small girlish hearts were turned on frills and flounces, however. Flossie Wade didn't want any ole dress. In fact, her dearest wish was to be a boy and from day to day Flossie's poor mama would shake her head and say, "Tsk! Tsk! What have I here?" Why that child of hers wore overalls, went barefooted, and even chewed liquorice! Pen and Brush Club Wants all Try-outs Tomorrow is the last day to submit try-outs * for Pen and Brush Club, a group organized by the students of the art department to stimulate interest in individual art work on the campus. Try-outs may be given to Jane Wyatt, Jane Guthrie, or Henrietta Thompson. Unofficial Traditions (Not found in the Handbook, but an in- tegral part of Agnes Scott life): The ten-fifteen (A. M.) train wheezing by during every Chapel speech. Six Fur 'CI ad Agnes Sc otters Meet TaxUDrivers, Musicians in ThrilLP ached Visit to "Windy. City Social Flashes Last week Agnes Scott added six more puffs of hot air to the "windy city" of Chicago when the Alma Mater bade farewell to Hor- tense Jones, Elizabeth Blackshear, Carol Hale, Ola Kelly, Joyce Roper and Virginia Watson. After embarking for the Chicago Press Convention, the six girls, each wrapped in a swanky fur coat, (two of which, by the way, were bor- rowed a la Agnes Scott tra- d i t i o n) , were swept away by a three day whirlwind which seems to have included a delicious mixture of wierd taxi drivers, baffling telephone slugs (not thugs!), the Big Apple, foot- ball games, Kay Kyser, Russian Artists, Fred Waring, "Snazzy" chums, and "You Can't Take It With You!" Believe it or not, the girls actually took time off from these important activities to attend over eight stimulating Along The Colonnade Weekly Whopper The Ironic Tragedy in which heroines Irene Phillips,^Mary Bell, Margaret Bell and their cavaliers drove gallantly through a red light in a "do-or- die" attempt to return to the cam- pus before Time-Limit, only to be arrested by an unsympathetic offi- cer of the law! News Flash Jean Austin de- cided to be the "clinging vine" type, but the vine turned out to be poison ivy so she's reverting to her old poisonality! Silly sallies Ernestine Cass re- ceiving a book-knock for signing up as attending the "Church of the Air" . . . Polly Hazlitt receiv- ing a male visitor who rode all the way from Albany on a motor cycle (No, it's not the "eternal tri-cy- cle!") . . . Ellen Stuart receiving the unbelievable a box of candy from a "blind date"! Committee of Tea House Begins Work With Associate Professbr Emma May Laney of the 'English depart- ment and Assistant Professor Les- lie Janet Gaylord of the Mathema- tics department as faculty repre- sentatives, and Caroline Armistead and Regina Hurwitz as student delegates, the Silhouette Tea house committee has begun its year's work. At its meeting last week, the committee discussed prices and service. Chairman Caroline Armis- tead announces, that student criti- cism and opinion will be wel- comed. Modern Fireproof HOTEL CANDLER EUROPEAN PLAN T. J. Woods, Mgr., Decatur, Ga. BOWEN PRESS COMMERCIAL PRINTING AND STATIONERY TYPEWRITERS AND RIBBONS Blotters Note Paper Poster Paper Office Supplies 421 Church St. De. 0976 Decatur, Ga. D meetings in three days which ought to set up some kind of rec- ord! The round of adventures in Chicago apparently began when an ancient taxi driver with a mariner-ish gleam in his eye more or less kidnapped Hortense, Carol and Lib because he was so anxious to show them the colossal new bridge. He drove them around for miles, spinning yarns of Al Ca- pone's village, Cicero, where the street-cleaners had to arm them- selves with blotters to soak up all the blood; while all this time Ola, Gina and Joyce were at the Medi- nah Club (convention headquar- ters) tearing half their hair over the whereabouts of their friends and the other half over their vain attempts to unravel the mysteries of Lost Foyers and regis- tration desks and so on. ' 1 T h e first im- pression of the convention," says Carol Hale, "was the way in which those Northerners looked when they heard our Southern accents. They were all so nice and friendly to Southerners; but I didn't think our accent was any funnier than the queer slang they used. For in- stance, everybody was everybody else's 'chum' and everything was simply 'snazzy.' Also 'scuddly- wucks' and 'Zip! You said it' were favorite expressions." One bewilder- ing thing about the whole affair, as Carol says, was the way in which all the Agnes Scotters took everybody seriously when they were joking and vice versa. An example of the aforesaid vice versa is an incident which Business Professor Goes To S.C. Meeting Miss Jackson Conducts Round Table Discussion Miss Elizabeth Fuller Jackson returned to Agnes Scott on the seventeenth after spending several days in Spartanburg, S. C, where she attended the meeting of the South Carolina Division of the American Association of Univer- sity Women. An enthusiastic member of the Association, Miss Jackson took a prominent part in the meeting and in the activities surrounding it. Friday night she gave a lecture at Converse College on Fellowships, A Contribution to Democracy, Manager Blackshear will never for- get. It seems that the girls were tired of being fooled, so they ap- pointed Lib to be the spokesman at a drugstore where they wished to use the 'phone. Determined to ac- cept no nonsense, Lib asked the man in a business-like voice it they could telephone there. The man answered to the affirmative, but suggested that they might wish to purchase a slug from him. Sus- pecting foul play, Lib declined with much squelching hauteur, only to discover that slugs are the sine qua non of phoning in Chi- cago! Of all her convention adven- tures, Joyce recalls most vividly the excitement of the Northwest- ern-Perdue game, which was "just like a movie! She also became quite enthusiastic over Kaufman's play, "You Can't Take It With You!" as did all of the girls. The thing that appealed to Ola most was the monopolization of the floor by all the Southerners at the convention 7 dance Fri- day night during their rendi- tion of the Big Apple, to the amuse- ment of the Yankees. Hortense and Carol were both literally entranced by the revolving doors and escalators at Marshall Fields. The others testify that Carol and Hortense spent an entire afternoon during the edifying convention running up and down and around these peculiar transportational facilities. Gina's most vivid impressions are of the dynamic people she met (the powerhouse!), including Fred Waring and Kay Kyser who re- membered going to school with her brother at Chapel Hill. The most memorable person she met, how- ever, was a Russian artist who in- quired casually (and just to set himself straight) whether "Geor- gia was the capital of Alabama or vice versa he never could remem- ber which!" RIALTO STARTS FRIDAY, OCT 2 <> CARY GRANT FRANCHOT TONE JEAN HARLOW in "suzr An M-G-M Picture For "HIM".... For "HER" is p .ijiliiJJ mm IP the clothes you prefer! Geo.Muse Clothing Co. THE STYLE CENTER OF THE SOUTH After freezing at the Auburn game Saturday afternoon, Agnes Scott thawed out at the many and various dances that night. Gay Cindcrellas dashing home on the stroke of 12:30 were: Julia Porter and Sue Goodwyn from the Em- ory Theta dance; Jane Jones from the Chi Phi dance; scores of girls from the AKK dance, including Freshella Dusty Hants; and the usual delegation from the Anak affair. Meanwhile, the campus was alive with color namely two glamorous Auburn buggies, fan- tastically engraved and loaded with uniforms. Pixie Fairley, wel- coming them into the Murphey Candler building, caught the eye of Grace Ward's Auburn brother, and lo! We see another family af- fair to add to the list where glow the names of: Callie and Nick, Nell and Bob, Mary Ellen and Barclay, Mary Venetia and Phil, and Jean and Paul. Bee Merrill's little sister, who visited* her this week, had the sig- nal honor of "looking exactly like" Jane Moore Hamilton, Julia Porter, Mary Scott Wilds and, of course, Bee. Next week-end will see Anne Thompson off to the Davidson- Furman game at Davidson. Ursula Mayer Speaks To German Students Ursula Mayer, the German ex- change student at Agnes Scott, spoke to the German club at its meeting on Wednesday, October 20, about the youth movement in Germany. Mrs. Haager, from Lii- beck, Germany, also gave a short talk. FINEST THEATRES Now Playing EDDIE CANTOR in 'A LI BABA GOES TO TOWN" With TONY MARTIN JUNE LANG LOUISE HOVICK Saturday Night Preview 11:30 P. M. Ginger Rogers Kathryne Hepburn in "STAGE DOOR" paramount Now Romance - Comedy Gay Songs Chas. (Buddy) Rogers Betty Grable Ned Sparks in "THIS WAY PLEASE" With Radio's Famous Stars Mary Livingstone Fibber McGee and Molly CAPITOL Now "CHARLIE CHAN ON BROADWAY" With WARNER OLAND JOAN MARSH Stage Broadway Vanities Starts Sunday "SATURDAY'S HEROES" With Van Heflin and Marian Marsh Plus 8 Big Acts of Vodvil 8 Atlanta's only vaudeville! 4 THE AGONISTIC Sporting No game. No hike. It rained. P.S. (1) Ruth Slack never did return those clothes she misap- propriated the other day. But she needn't think Milner hasn't found them yet. Poor Milner, why, it was excruciating even to think of her going to lunch in that c-c-cold, wet t-t-towel! P.S. (2) Also Excruciating was it to see that silly barefoot citizen galvanting b'twixt the library and Main last Friday night. Supposed- ly hunting her shoes, she had all the earmarks footprints, rather of being a freedom-of-the-foot ad- dict, but that is entirely the wrong conclusion to have drawn. The truth is that Jane Moses had "misplaced" the child's shoes. Per- sonally we think Eric should have taken an iron hand in the case. Members of Classes Of Late Years Have Interesting Offices Juniors and seniors who knew the members of the classes of 193 5 and 1936 will be interested in this news which has been received from them. From the '3 5 group, two girls especially have made marked prog ress. Mary Virginia Allen re ceived her certificate of etudes superieuses from the University of Toulouse in the spring after taking her final exams. She was one of nine foreign students who passed the exam and one of two who won honors. Betty Lou (Houck) Smith has been playing in the Atlanta Thea- tre Guild productions and was one of the group from the Spoken English Department of Agnes Scott who attended the Speech Convention in Nashville, April 22. Congratulations, Mary Virginia and Betty! Mary Summers was married to Dr. Curtis Langhorn of Smith- field, Va., last June. Dr. Langhorn is associate professor of psychology and assistant registrar at Emory University. Much has happened to the grad- uates of 1936: Lulu Ames, the class secretary, has been working at the Decatur Clinic for negroes since the middle of the spring; Mary Coarnely has finished her course at Peterson's Business College in Greenwood, S. C; Virginia Gaines worked and studied at Emory until August; Lita Goss, who taught school the BAILEY BROTHERS SHOE SHOP 142 Sycamore St., Decatur, Ga. Cotillion Adds 27; Therese Poiimaillon Speaks i Virginia Milner At French Club; Erwin, Kernan, Entertain B.O.Z. Tells Plans of Aquatic Meets A talk by Therese Poumaillon, French exchange student, and the initiation of new members were two parts of the French club meet- ing on Monday, October 18. Therese told of her impressions of American girls, and the new mem- bers presented original skits of col- lege life. Associate Professor Louise Hale, of the French depart- ment, also talked. The head of the French department at Emory Uni- versity and two of his students were visitors at this meeting. Spanish Club Elects Eight New Members At its social and business meet- ing on Thursday afternoon, Octo- ber 14, El Circulo Espanol re- ceived eight new members, who are: Evelyn Baty, Katherine Britt- ingham, Mary Virginia Brown, Lillie Belle Drake, Adele Haggart, Janet McKim, Sara Lee, and Annie Houston Newton. The program, one of a series planned to increase the members' appreciation of Spanish art and customs, consisted of a talk by Sarah Thurman on some famous composers; a Spanish song by Jeanne Red wine; and selections by Jane Clark, a graduate of Agnes Scott, accompanied by a former president of El Circulo Espanol, Louise Brown. The entire club also joined in several familiar Spanish songs. Cotillion Club, the only purely social organization on the campus, chose twenty-seven new members at its try-outs on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons of last week. The girls, selected from each of the four classes, include: Caroline Armistead, Rowena Barrenger, Frances Butt, Caroline Carmichael, Alice Comer, Eleanor Deas, Nell Scott Earthman, Jeanne Flynt, Mary Hollingsworth, Frances Jernigan, Jane Jones, Eloise Len- nard, Martha Long, Jane Luthy, Jeanne Matthews, Betsey Myers, Vai Neilson, Primrose Noble, Mar- jorie Rainey, Aileen Shortley, Ruth Tate, Anne Thompson, Mette Wil- liamson, Peggy Willis, Anne Wheaton, Cary Wheeler and Lydia Whitner. The Cotillion Club entertains its members at a number of tea- dances during the year. This year the group is headed by Mary Vene- tia Smith, president, and Frances Abbot, secretary. past year, studied German and English at Emory. Lillian Grimson is away in Buenos Aires where she, her sister, and a friend have an apartment, which is lots of fun. Lillian still enjoys her work and claims she'd still like to hear from "all the Agnes Scotters." Augusta King is doing fine in her work as N. Y. A. adminis- trator for Columbus, Ga. Having finished a year at the Baptist Women's Missionary Union Training School in Louisville, Ky., Lois Hart went to Ridgecrest, N. C, to the Baptist Assembly ground this summer and is now in Johns Hopkins training to become a medical missionary. It is deeply regretted that Janet Gray was killed near La Rochelle, K.U.B. Holds Meeting At its first regular meeting, on Wednesday, October 13, K. U. B. initiated its three new members, Eleanor Hutchens, Anne Enloe, and Jane Salters, and also those who were elected last spring. After the secretary had read the Constitution, setting forth the purposes and rules of the club, the new members repeated and signed the pledge to support K. U. B. in all its activities. Miss Christie, the club sponsor, gave an informal talk, suggesting various ways of expanding home town news. After a discussion of these suggestions, the club ad- journed downstairs for a social hour. in France in an automobile acci- dent, June 5. Janet had been con- ducting classes in conversational English at a French school, L'Ecole Normale d'Institutrices, at La Rochelle. Catherine Bates attended the Baptist World Youth Conference. An athletic young lady is Ann Coffee who took to skiing in lieu of her beloved ming. She also seeks recreation at baseball games and the zoo. Emory Delicatessen Opposite Emory University Hospital SANDWICHES and DINNERS OUR SPECIALTY Come to DECATUR BEAUTY SALON For Your Permanents 408 Church Street H, Ph, lamson s rnarmacy Luncheonette and Fountain Delicacies Call Us For Special Delivery 309 E. College Ave. Decatur, Ga. Meet Your Friends at Cox's Prescription Shop Between Paramount and Grand Theatres, Atlanta AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE DECATUR, GA. A college for women that is widely recog- nized for its standards of work and for the interesting character of its student activities. For further information, address J. R. McCAIN, President B. O. Z., the creative writing club on the campus, has set No- vember 1 as the last day for sub- mitting try-outs. Any essay, short story, sketch, play, or other form of literary composition will be considered in selecting the new members. Giddy Erwin and Mary Ann Kernan were hostesses at the last meeting. Jane Guthrie, president, led a discussion on criticism, and Giddy Erwin reviewed some of the work she had in criticism at Col- umbia University last summer. Nell Allison, Mary Ann Kernan and Julia Sewell read. Eastern grid officials will have to go into training if they expect to work any eastern college games this fall. They must produce a physician's certificate attesting perfection of sight, hearing and general condition. Current Swimming Classes and Club Should Enter Two Contests The swimming heads have an- nounced the dates of two swim- ming meetstfor the coming month, the first of which is scheduled for November 11. Virginia Milnefr, swimming manager, urges all members of current swimming classes, as well as swimming club members, to begin regular practice on the fundamental strokes and dives. The meet should give every swimmer on the campus an oppor- tunity to participate. The second meet will be Novem- ber 22. Good Evening! Weather: Cloudy and Unsettled. BOOKS CLOSE TONIGHT Warm for the Game . . . and you can see how pretty! Jr.-deb Woolens 7 95 This Is only one of four styles ... the kind that puts you in rah-rah spirits with their gay colors, their clever de- tails and slim lines. Soft rabbit hair wool and rayon fabrics ... as soft and light as eiderdown. Sizes 9 to 15. In lovely Boutonniere. Colors: Tulip Red, Hyacinth Rose, Cornflower Blue, Zinnia Gold, Sweet Pea, Dahlia Red, Stem Green, Iris Blue, Chrysanthemum Beige. junior deb shop for groups and signing the pledges were explained in the vis- its, and nearly all of the student body signed. The groups that the students have joined are: industrial group, social service group, social com- mittee, world fellowship, mission interest, music and publicity. The industrial group works a good part of the time with the Atlanta In- dustrial girls, and at each one of the meetings there will be a speaker or a report on some book dealing with industrial problems. The group also goes on visits to factor- ies in and near Atlanta. (Continued page 4, col. 3) Investiture Is to Honor 83 Seniors Miss Leyburn Will Address Class; Dr. Fairley To Make Prayer Service Will Be In Gym The college will officially express its confidence in its upperclassmen Saturday when 83 seniors will don their aca- demic caps and gowns for the tradi- Two Innovations are To Mark Investiture Two changes will mark In- vestiture this year. Since the Gaines chapel is too small to seat the steadily growing In- vestiture audiences, the audi- torium of the Bucher Scott gymnasium will be the scene of the occasion. And the traditional capping ceremony, fashioned on the medieval accolade, will be per- formed by Assistant Dean Car- rie Scandrett rather than Dean Nannette Hopkins, who is tak- ing a rest cure. tional Investiture service, to be held this year in the Bucher Scott gymnasium. Miss Ellen Douglas Leyburn, instructor in English, will make the address of the occa- sion; while the Investiture prayer will be led by Reverend Dr. T. L. Fairley, father of senior Mary Lil- lian. In the absence of Dean Nan- nette Hopkins, Assistant Dean Carrie Scandrett will perform the traditional capping ceremony. The academic procession, which will form on the porch of Inman, will be headed by the sister-class, the sophomores, dressed in white. Little Louise McKinney Hill, class mascot and grand-niece of Miss Louise McKinney, Professor Emer- itus of English, will lead the pro- cession. Investiture, which was orig- inated at Agnes Scott and has been borrowed by other colleges, is one of the school's oldest traditions. It was begun as a simple service expressive of the college's trust in its seniors, but the years have brought it such added prestige and expanded audiences that the chapel will no longer seat all the people who wish to attend the service. Therefore the ceremonies will take place in the gymnasium this year. Educators o f South Attend Session Here Conference Delegates Visit College For Luncheon In Dining Hall Agnes Scott to Have Booh Week From Sunday, November 14th, through Sunday, November 21st, Agnes Scott will be richer in books of biography, poetry, fiction, cur- rent problems, and drama. These books, which are lent by Davison's, Millers, MacMillian's and Rich's for the annual Book Week, will be displayed in the browsing corner of the library. Such titles as The Devil and Daniel Webster, The Making of a Scientist, Men, Women and Tenors and The New Culture of the Chinese give intimations that many of the more current books will be worth investigating. Other best sellers are by or about such men as Clarence Day, Emile Zola, and Edward VIII. Agnes Scott College was hostess to the delegates and visitors of the Southern University Conference at a luncheon in Rebekah Scott Hall, Monday, November 1. After luncheon the Conference met for its afternoon session in the assem- bly room of the library. Dr. Har- vie Bronscomb spoke on the Li- brary and the Teaching Program of the college and Dr. H. F. Kohl- man led a discussion of the topic. The Southern University Con- ference held its Monday morning meeting at Emory University and its Monday evening and Tuesday morning sessions in the Biltmore Hotel. President J. R. McCain, of Ag- nes Scott college is Secretary- Treasurer of the Conference. The presidents and vice-presidents are, respectively, Chan'cellor-Emeritus J. H. Kirkland, of Vanderbilt University, and President H. W. Cox, of Emory University. Thir- ty-eight southern colleges and uni- versities sent delegates. Alumnae Give Radio Program Agnes Scott's radio program, "Three Girls in a Room," is now well under way with its weekly broadcasts every Wednesday from 9:00 to 9:15 A. M. over WSB. Sponsored by the^ Alumnae Asso- ciation and written by Betty Lou Houck Smith, the skit includes four characters, representative of types of college students. Three of these are roommates: Peg (Betty Lou Houck Smith), a junior; Pudge (Mary Freeman Curtis), a sophomore; and Ginger (Frances James), another sophomore. Mic- key (Carrie Phinney Latimer), is a freshman befriended by the roommates. Typical Agnes Scott students, the four girls encounter all the usual events of a college year. This week's adventure was a visit from Marge, a last year's senior, who di- vulges news of her engagement. Dale Carnegie Will Lecture in Atlanta Mr. Dale Carnegie, author of the recent best seller, How to Win Friends and Influence People, will arrive in Atlanta today to speak at the Georgia Theatre at 8:30 P. M. Ticket prices range from $1.10 to $2.00. H- S. Ede to Speak Here In January Curator At Tate Gallery To Be In United States For Lectures Lecturer To Speak On Art On January 25, 1937, the Public Lecture Association of Agnes Scott will present Mr. H. S. Ede, Curator at the Tate Gallery, London, and a widely- known artist, author, and lecturer, in the first of its year's series of lectures. Mr. Ede will arrive in the United States early in 193 8 for a two months' lecture tour under the auspices of the Institute of In- ternational Education. In England, where he is well-known as a stu- dent and critic of modern paint- ing, his home is a rendezvous of artists and people interested in art. At Agnes Scott he will deliver a lecture on art appreciation and will illustrate with slides. The Lecture Association chose Mr. Ede as the first speaker in ac- cordance with the requests made by students last year in the ques- tionnaires. Art was found to be most popular among lecture sub- jects, physchology second. The as- sociation has not yet secured a speaker for the second topic. The third favorite request was for a man of letters. James Hilton and Pearl Buck have been asked to visit the campus, but no definite answer has been received yet. Asso- ciate Professor Emma May Laney is hoping to secure Sinclair Lewis at some time during the year and is considering the Grand Duchess Marie. However, the only definite engagement is that of Mr. Ede. Emory to Hear Monologuist of Note Saturday Cornelia Otis Skinner will pre- sent her original "Modern Mono- logues" Saturday, November 6, at the Glenn Memorial Auditorium under the auspices of the student lecture association of Emory Uni- versity. Miss Skinner's presenta- tions consist of short dramatic sketches which she wrote herself. She plans her programs so as to represent comedy, satire, and pathos in balanced proportion. Besides presenting her mono- logues, Miss Skinner is also a radio star and an author, having re- cently published a book of amus- ing commentary entitled "Excuse It, Please." Fundamental Requirements for Class Standing are Made Clear By Mary McCann Hudson Now that the first tests of the school year have been taken, the question of requirements for class standing makes itself heard. The necessarily complicated system, which its makers very patiently explain, is based upon the funda- mental requirement that to grad- uate, a student must have made at least a passing grade on 189 quar- ter hours, and she must have at least a merit grade on 90 of those 189 quarter hours. To prevent overcrowding of work, a freshman is allowed to take no more than 48 quarter hours and no less than 42; and advanced students may take as many as^ 5 1 quarter hours a year. To be promoted to the sopho- more class, a freshman must have either (1) at least passed all her work, or (2) she must have at least passed 30 quarter hours (not including physical education) and must have merited 1 5 of those 30 hours. To receive promotion to the junior class a student must have (Continued page }, col. 3) 2 THE AGONISTIC Carl Crow Describes A Picturesque China "Four Hundred Million Customers/' Carl Crow, Harper and Bros., N. Y., 1937. Happily called "the diverting adventures of an American advertising man in China," this book tells of many interesting customs and habits of the Chinese people. "Carl Crow went to China a quarter of a century ago as a correspondent of the United Press. He re- mained to conduct his own advertising agency there, and to meet oriental human nature in many intrigu- ing guises, all the way from Shanghai debutants to the lowly scavengers of the streets. He even learned what the Chinese are too polite to say about certain Occidental traits." One feels, after reading this book, as if he, too, had been to China, been barked at by twenty-five Chi- nese dogs, who disapprove heartily of the Westerner's odor, and eaten shark's fins and ancient eggs. One of the most interesting traits of the Chinese people is their ability to make use of anything and every- thing rusty nails, cigarette stubs, buttons, worn- out horseshoes, old clothing, tin cans, paper, bottles. With their native ingenuity, the Chinese salvagers are capable of turning the most unpromising article into something of cash value. "The harbor of Shang- hai is not only one of the busiest, but one of the cleanest, in the world. On its surface will be found none of the flotsam and jetsam of other harbors, no broken fruit crates, half-submerged gunny sacks, de- cayed oranges, and odds and ends of lumber. All these valuables are rescued from the harbor by sal- vage boats that ply about. The crew invariably con- sists of the owner, his wife, and such children as are too young to be usefully employed ashore. The en- ergies of the entire family are devoted to the rescue of wrecks from the sea. It is because they do their work so thoroughly that there are no seagulls in Shanghai. These useful scavengers thrive on the thrifty coast of Scotland, but they would starve to death here." " Tour Hundred Million Customers' is an amusing study in human nature, of which the 'London Times' says: 'An unusual book, because so much of it is practical good sense and so much of it is just good fun. The reader who wants enlightenment and laughter . . . will neglect it to his loss.' " Brisk Fall Weather Invigorates Colleges College students everywhere are taking time out to enjoy the spirit of autumn, for at G. S. C. W. the whole school is getting excited over the big Hal- loween carnival to be put on by the school Recrea- tional Association. Fortune Tellers, Spooks, Music, and Food are the big attractions. But at Mount Holyoke, Mass., we learn from the Mount Holyoke News that students are getting ahead of our season by spending delicious week-ends at various nearby colleges learning to ski-waltz and cut fancy figures on the ice. Perhaps our expert Big Appiers and their expert Ice and Ski Waltzers should get together and swap knowledge. The traditional Sophomore-Fresh- men feud is being carried on in a new way at G. S. W. C. In their paper, the Campus Canopy, we dis- cover that the Sophomores have started the hunt for the old battered hat of a former president of the col- lege, by hiding it in some out-of-the-way place on the campus. If and when the freshmen find it, they will in turn hide it from the sophomores; every Thursday from the first of October to the first of February is put aside for the hunt. On the last Thurs- day, the class who knows where the hat is wins a party from the other class. One of the most original ideas we've come across was found in the Kadcliffc News. One of the Rad- cliffe students conceived the plan of having a pri- vate bulletin board in her own room. It has become one of the popular sites on the campus, for she filled it with caricatures of overwhelmed college stu- dents, baby pictures of her family, a rattle, a cross- eyed zebra, poems, and a list of Do's. As one of her visitors said, "It was an expression of her personal- ity" (such an expression of personality might be a good outlet for the pent-up opinions of modern youth) . In the Howard Crimson is an interesting report of recent chapel programs which featured discussions on good grooming. It is particularly interesting in that Howard is co-ed and that the masculine part of the school seemed as interested as the feminine part. One of the warnings given the boys was: "The biggest insult to modern women is to find her escort for the evening improperly attired." The article on "Getting Along With Freshmen" was the most un- usual we found this week in exploring the college news. It was in the Salctnifc from Winston-Salem College. It commences by stating that "Freshmen are queer people"; after a long explanation of their various moods ("modest as a violet, or superior as Methuselah") and of how to be sure to let them know that sophomores are sacred people, the article ends with "but they arc human, yet Freshmen are queer people."