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VOLUME-XXXI.
Teachers Prove Acting Ability
Prominent Faculty Members Granted Leave of Absence!
Ethusiastic Response From \ Student Body
NORWOOD ACCEPTS PO-, MISS LYON TO ATTEND PEABODY SITION IN TEXAS
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ery co~,sp.ic.uou:S on our camp.us / Miss Mon.a Lyo.n, assistant registrar, this year is the loss of one of the leift Saturday, September 21 on a students' "friendlieist" \friends, Mr.. year's leave of absenc8) for the George Norwood. .Mr .. Norwood.' . who has\ Peabody College. for teachers, .at, been a teacher m our Trammg school Nafthvi11 81 Tennessee, where she wiH for several ye,ars hall transferred to work for her Master's degree in the a similar. pos~tion in .another training! Ec1ucation Department and specialize school in San CarloiS, ·Tex,as. Wei shall! in work for registrars. miss Mr. Norwood hut we have had Miss Lyon, an A. B. .graduate of Pethe good fortune to reg.ain an old Pe-1 rn, has held the position olf Assist.ant r.u studeint, Mr. John Bath, to take his Regi,5tr.ar here for three years and of place. : registrar for onei year, during the .Mr. Bath graduated from Peru in I absence of .Mr. Hayward in 1933-.34. 19132. He went directly to the Uni-! Mfos Marjory •West of Unadma will versity of Nebraska, where he o)Jtain- i act ais assistant registrar during Miss ed his Ma$ter cJf Arts de.gree, after Lyon's absence. .MiE1S West is a gr.awhich time he ,acce1pted the position . du.ate of Per.u with the clas,s cif '28 and of superintendent of :the Garland 1was formerly pri.ncip.aJ at Ed.gar, Ne.school. He stayed there for two year,s, ! br.aska. 'res{gning this year to take Mr. NorHo.noring Miss Mona Lyon who dewood's place here in Peru, during the parted this we.ek for Peabody College, latter's absencei. Mr. Bath ;says it felt like returning the Misses West, Marsh, and Gockley to the home fold when he came hack, were hosteis.ses .at a waffle supper at ailthough he says thait it looks drner- the home elf Miss Marsh, Thursday ent !from the other end of the hick- night. Refreshments were served to three tahletS of couples. ory stick. , De.an and M1is. Delzell entertained 1
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Freshmen Are welcome
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o·..·al'! Fr··.es.h.m·_en' at t·h·..·e esday evening, by President Pate
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T,-'l>-1\t<e':::>f.ne'l'ti~~~~ l~-rYTa1'tt>111Ynti'S'l1lli'·-gcromortr;g · elcQm~ ~ condse re.v,iew of the: val- the Pedago.gian again this y-ear. The
eis awmtmg the Froohmen who apply hemselves. A short program, made up of Freshan mmnc.al talenti, and under the irection of .Mr. Benfordi, Wais present1herl'ore the: Pre:sident':s talk. The .gi;am consisted of ,a trombone solo Jac,k Hazelton of Penu; two vocal
Whether ,it wa,s mere ciuriOiSity, .a desire to criticize, peirhaps laugh .at their su·periors, or .a belief in their .acting .ability, the entire school, and a good representation of the town crowded the ,auditorium, in spite of the hot we.ather, to see "The Late. Christopher Bean." The audience laughed :unchecked, at the "little skirmisheti," ;shall we say, .between Dr. and Mrs. Haggett. Dr. Konig, as the mother, Mrs. Haggett, showed the effectiveness that may be bro,11g-ht o.ut through detaiJed actions and minor, 'but important mannerisllll). The father, G. Holt Steck, g.ave evidence of a broad b,ackground of public appear· ances. His mastery of that fae:ulty ca·lleid "presence of mind" smoothed the play over d,ismptions that might have resulted in .a 1serious outcome. Mona Lyon controUed the understanding ,sympathy .of the crowd through her impetuousity in Jove, the youthful love df Susan Hag.gett. The .underlying be.auty, the plaintive ten' derness were brought up through the I humor of the play and pressed into I .the heart.s of the ,audience 'by the unpret·entiou.s Abby, played by Marion i Marsh. Miss Marsh is an alumni membe1r of this dramatic c1ub and her acting on this occasion personified the goal of the most aspiring actressa'>. I Dorothea West surpriised her admir1 ers with an astonishingly diff1erent portray.al of character. On the ;stage, she 'became thP pamper.ed, cr,nceited, yes, despicable Ada Haggett. Warren Creamer won the hearts df his J watchers. Warren Creamer was played, .and played well, by Eldon Hayward, anotheir P. D. C. Alumnus. D. J. Nabors, our veter,an of the stage, was not content .until he brought the hatred of the house on to his head. Mr. Nabors was TaJlant! the villain. The aiudience witnessed, but not in an impooing way, that finished qu.3!lity for which actors are constantly striving. Mr. Benfordis character probably astonished the watchers more than any other. He w.as Ro1sen,, the J-ew, and we have heard more than one person wo.nder as to wheth, er .a Jew co,uld be any more Jew.i;sh. Mr. D.ave1I1port, the .gentleman, was we1l characterized by Ralph ChateJ,ain. Mr. Chatelain a1so is a former dramatic dub mem'ber. It is diffic.ult to criticise such a play a1s this. It reached above the amateur level of plays. The prod1uction re,. ceived ,so great an approval at its fir,st pro.d:uctio.n that it was given, this !fall, as a budget event ,and many of thooe who saw it ,in its first presentation were happy for the opportunity of viewing .it a ;9econd ti.me. The action in the. first presentation seemed a bit more .natural and realiistic, perhaps, but the confidence of the .actors on their Jines was a little more as&ured in the second performanc•e. It .is hoped it won't 'be .another seve1n years belfore the fac,ulty membe!'s g:et up ·enough courage to produce a play for UJS again.
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·edfy;oriial staff of the paper con1sists HIGHER EDUCATION-AN INTERPRETATION of Mi19S Josephine .Rogers, editor; and M~ss Eugenia Sunita, make-up editor. 'Ihe .seventeen members of the News- I "What the 1university can do i:s alo.ng manly ·lines. It can cure writing class will write the articles. Anyone wishing any account..of meet- the boy of petty vices and childish trickery by making him a man, by ings or any other businern is asked to turn his materia1 in to Miss M1lrsh or giving him higher ,ideals, more serious views of ·life. It may win .by in-
ctions by Helen Mnrg.aret Larson, Miss Rogers. ,sµiJ'ation, not by fear. It must strengthen the •Student in h~s 1search for of Per.u; a harmony offering by I The IPeru Pointer prints the Pedatrio of DeWitt .girls, Ruth NicholaJS, gogian and L. J. Hacker wiU be ad- t:nuth. It must encourage manliness in him through the. putting .away of ,]i.a Norton, .and Jean V•enric~; and vertising manag1er. Mr. Hayward, re~ childish things. Let the t'ho.ughts of the studient be as free as air. Let t11umpet JSolo by the "Hoo;s.ier" 'boy, g}str.ar,, w[!J :sponsor the college 'buiSihim prove .all thing•ll, and he will hold 'if.ast to that which is good. Give him nard Weiss. ness of the paper.
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not fear for him." David Starr Jordan in "The Trend of the Americ.an Un,ivensity." ---TRYOUTS HELD FOR Auditorium, Saturday evening, Sep[ HOMECOMING PLAY itember 21.
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I .Tryouts were held Wednesday .after-1 ng-ht to suggest a pro'bable theme-
September 17, ior the Home- song for the new orchestra. !coming play, "Hickory Dickory" by I Guest chaperons were Mr. and Mrs. !Dorothy Nicho1s. •Benford, and Mr. and Mrs. Shu1
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This play, a trenchant, witty satire 1 mard. on the haste with which one runs 1 -----from one thing to anoth~, is to be \NEW COUNCIL giv:n Octo'ber 19, with the following \' rIEADS DORM mam cast:, r \ Judson Quinby __ Harold Pritchard Prisci!La Quinby __ Ruth Sc·haffer Tuesday e.vening, &eptember 17, the
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Elna Trent ~------. - F.i'l:her s.chw,ab foJ!ow,iing girl:s were elected' to the. Roberta Q.umby - Lucille B1cknell dormitory councH: Sophomores, BlanHenry Quin'by ____ Clayborn Mort I h · · t ad n k .c e Freeman, and Dons Gray; Junior:;, -~H oward Arm1s e _ 1'1:.t1am '°ur e 1 .. Berth.a Bunting --------- Lila Fry 1 Lucille Brook1s ,and Evelyn Jones; Pe.te McKinney ___ Robert Weber isenior,s, Hele.n Ehmen and .Rachal PRESIDENT PATE GREETS SCHOOL Mmor parts have not yet been a.IS- 'Adamson. The two membens elected Introducing Charles King signed, Doris Gray is to 'be business from each floo.r are: first floo11, Ruth n .. th M h ff Huston King150Jver is making his T o yo.u who ar.e enrolling at Peru this year for the first time, I extend manager .an d. iv« ·e .a ey wi11 .act Howe and Ruth Sprague; ,second floor, d b as student director. Ruth Mehaffey .and Marian M .. · re ut this year .as Charles King, the m(lSt cordial weilcome; .and thi:s same spirit of cordtal welcome is felt to- T ts d . . · · •Unn, leader of the new college dance orwo. 1se , one third floor· ' Josephine Br;"Se11 . .and ha d . a mo erm.st1c .apart. ,.., ., ·and He! - ch·estra Th h t rd you by tf.aculty members and former studentJS who are returning to ment m the1 city ,and the other the m- !en Miiers. Anne WiHiams w.ais elected h" h ·n · e ore es :·a t . f w· ter h, . I b ! w IC p1anrS ,to book other towns will l1U to o 1 t th . W d erwr o .a es n ranc . wil e Ico.uncil memb.er .at Iar.ge. b k " . . c mp e e · e'lr courses. e are g!.a indeed t.o hav1e you with constructed for the play T·h . Is J e nown as Charles .Kmg and hJrs · j •. e g.1r _a so m. ade plans /for the OrchE1Stro " ·.We hope you wm fi.nd heire just the environment that will enable yo.u 1 "" . • • • . . ·Besides six of last year's "Peek1SOCla ~eason, dec1ded to z:nak_e .necesmake the moist of thlJS opportunity to attend colle.ge. We welcome you First College Dance Held /sary cnanges m the constitut10n; .and ster'1s",_ this year's orchestr.a. will boast Peru. . -- . : planned to .adopt the Proctor ~ystem. the aid of Dale Nichols R K 0 c· "Charles Kmg .and his orchestra" I Evelyn Jones fa president of the it · · . Le d 'w '. .. irW. R. PATE, I!furnished th . f th fir t 11 I <ltl musJCJan, onar eiss, a team.dent ! ' · · e mwuc or e s a - I co.uncH and HeJ.en Mier is the ,secre- mate of N[chols, a d Alf d T presl [college dance in the High S"hool t_a{y\t~{jrer e1 d d' rf n re own· 1 ~LJ p l· s n , .a ra 10 pe ormer.
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