ERU PEDAGOGIAN TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1939
arge Enrollment Breaks ormer Winter Records
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FRESHMEN WIN ROLES 254 Freshmen Take Bows
IN ~10ME COMING PLAY
In Get-Acquainted Affairs
"Night of January 16th" Has Novel Ending
lhalL The program was in the foITll. of radio quiz similar to that of ProHomecoming Plans.Vex fessor Quiz and Kay Kyser, Ruth Men Outnumber Women New Student Council Nine Freshmen will make their Peru Crone and Mary Liz Werner presided "Where shall the Homecoming Hop s~age debuts in Professer R. D. Moore's A surprise party welcomed and of- as hostesses, and Margery Evans In Jr. and Sr. Classes be held?" is the problem confronting forthcoming play', "Night of January 1 fic:a!ly opc;n;od Freoh'1len wec:k, 11-16 played the piano as an aid in the the newly organized Studrnt Council. 16", to be presented here as the annual' on the Trailb1g Schoel Lawn Mon- musical questions. After the program, 1 Although the Freshman class is Ernest Galloway president; Phillip Homecoming Production. , d~y evenir.g, September 11. 'the girls danced, and later refreshaller than last year, the entire en- Lurk vice-president; and Maxine A caurt room in the superior court, On Septemb 2r 12, the ;s::iwanis Club lments were served. . llment has been increased as shown Pershing, secretary-treasurer, with the of New York serves as a settmg. The and the Business Men of ?cru, span-' The Y. W. C. A. mformal tea y the figures designating the. number aid of class representatives Richard play' s unusualness hits a new high sored a scenic drive in honor. of the closed tLc series of freshmen activities \:of students entering on registration Kingsolver, Helen Dahlke, June Mod- point in that its ending is de~ermined freshmen. Approximately 2,10 fresh- which had been conducted since the fday, 419 last year, and 517 this year. tin, Gail Miller and Edna Mae Peter- by the jury chosen from the audience. men, riding in 40 cars \ieat w Brown- first of the week. The freshmen girls ' Returning for their fourth year are son are diligently working to find a When the play was running in New ville whe;·e a number of them ferried vere welcomed Thursday afternoon by 53 seniors. The junior class reports a solution. No definite plans have been York such famous personage as James acro~s the river and back. After the Faye Bouse, the president of Y. W., af1 sman enrollment of 61 members. The made. Roosevelt, Jack Dempsey, Ricardo new b:idge had been inspected ,a re- ter which she introduced the Y. W. of' sophomores are holding their own Cortez, Babe Ruth, and Helen Keller presentative of the Al:-Sa:·-Ben Fruit ficers. Lillie Mae Collins, acknowledgwith a membership of 158. served on the jury. Even on one occa·, co., conducted a tour through a large ed the welcome with a response, The "Men outnumber the women in the sion four United States congressmen orchard. '11le cl~ss proceeded to the group was entertained by two violin upper two classes 62 to 52. However, were among the jurors. paddng warehouse, where it was pro- selections from Mr. Jindra and four the large number of freshman and Whether Karen Andre killed Bjorn v;ded with apples through the court- vocal solos by Leora Libhart. sophomore girls make up for the deF'aulkner, or whether she, in order to esy of the fruit company. They i The first Y. M. C. A. retreat of the 'ficit to bring the total to 29 7 girls and avoid bankruptcy, planned to take the were shown methods by which apples year was held Thursday night, in the 229 men. . . suici,de of the international financie: are r,acked. The process of washing wooded section west of the Training " th Sixty students enrolled from Peru The first step in the freshmen m_I- and then escape with him t o ...,au• and assorting them according to School. A .get-acquainted party en, ) make it the town with the largest tiation was taken last Monday evemng America with a fortune in cash and sizes was of particular interest, Follow- sued, after which refreshments of repres entation. Other towns with when over fifty freshmen attended. the cre~it will be up to the judgement . of· ing this activity, the group returned wate11nelon, were .served. Mr. Reed large numbers enrolled are Auburn 32 , upperclassmen's _"welcome party•: give~ the audience-jury. They shall decide co Peru. and Mr. Mathews, sponsors of the orFalls City 21, Nebras_ka City, 20, Hum- in front of the girls dorm. With Hutch whethe1· she i·s an i·ngeni·ous periurer . t·10n, made a f ew remar ks. Mr. · on Tuesday evening, the freshmen gamza Te- Hutchinson as master of ceremomes,, th . h. boldt 13, Omaha 11, ·tShubert 11, d V th ,,,. . of the evenm·g stai·ted off and murderess or a shrewd, for ng t cla~s presented a "Talent Night" pro- Reed spoke on the meaning of the cumseh lI, Pawnee Ci y 10, an ere aual!'s woman. gram to which all students of the "True Friendships," with a bang! (of a Padd!e, ) don 10. , t The cast is as follows: college were invited. The program .was He said, "Friendships exist between t Late registrations caused the fol- The first item on the enter ammen . t D . St kebaum . titl d "Warm Pnson Ma ran .. , . ans ar composed entirely of Freshmen talent, people having common interests of a lowing omissions of names in the stud- card was a llttle game en e .. M'lt Schultz and mao" arram:ed and presented by common ideal. When students share 1 includ- Bailiff · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · on " ~ ent directory·' Roy Kellogg, Senior, the Paddle". Several freshies, d "Tiny" Judg·e Health ...... Anselm Johnson Professor R. T. Benford. A piano Christian interests or a common ideal, Peru; Max ,Manifold, Freshman, Papil- ing Atwood, Bauman, an . that are ·e lucky enough to re- Defense Attorney , , .... Myrton Hall solo, "Valso. Bleue"-Marcus, was the resulting friendships lion; Robeit Preston, Freshman, Ne- Johnson Wel f d 'll b 1 t· d t' · cei·ve a white "x". These boys were His secretary . . . . . . . Virginia Trively played by Gertrude Nicholson of Falls orme WI e ever as mg an s 1mubraska CitYc; Edwar d Sh or t ' J unwr, f latmg to both parties. Arapahoe, ~. nd Ardith Viox, Freshman, given the social attention of all upper District Attorney Flint ...... , . . . City. Muriel Reuter of Syrac~se 0 Talmage. classmen. , ..... , ....... , . Thomas Chinnock fered a violin sqlo, "Largo" by Handel The remarks of Nir. Mathews were, Following this, everyone went to the His Secretary ..... , Genella Howard followed by "Igloo'', a vocal solo, by i.n the main, directed to the importdorm steps to serenade. Since Fresh- Clerk of the Court ....... Pat Henry Nancy Henderson, of Rockpcn, 1fa;- ance of being affiliated with Y. M. C. -· ·· , · A K A. New freshmen members were in atv;,J1i,,.cJ:".i:NDX. W. SPONSOR· mell are-allowed no-dates ,uncn ·after Karen· Andre .. :M:ai'gery ·Ann Kinsey souri. Margery nn msey gave a Home coming, "Brick" Llewellon led Dr. Kirkland , , , ..... , . Edwin Nc,;e'.i: humorous re~.ding,, "Good-bye, Sister,'' tendance, 'CE CAMPAIGN them in a very appropriate song en- Mrs. John Hutchins ..... Lena Bouse by Means. A vocal solo, "By the Wat'iQformed then keep your titled "I Have No use For the Wo- Homer van Fleet ... , .. Carroll Jones ers of the Minnetonka," by Lierance .ors and Representatives inform- men." Elmer Sweeney . . . . . . . . Lloyd Dunlap \,'as sung by Geneieve Gerd of Cook. This is the purpose of the peace As an added specialty, Atwood, Gar- Nancy Lee Faulkner .... Janet Harris Geneva Lawson of Glenwood, Iowa, .n.paign that is being sponsored by ber, Hubbell and Manifold responded Ivfagda Svenson ... , .. , .... " . . . . . . p'ayed a concert arrangement of Je Y. M. and Y. W. G, A. not only on with a completely new and different ... , . . . . ... Mary Olive Richardson "Dark Eyes" by Brooms. 'his campus but in other colleges as arrangement of "I've Been Working on John Graham Whitfield . Wesley Huff Marvin Hunzeker. from Humboldt The Freshmen class met Monday the Railroad". ·Jane Chandler .. , , Norma Jean Hays offered a vocal solo, "Be the Best of and elected the following officers: 1 well. In keeping with the peace action, a Refreshments of cold water thrown Sigurd Jungquist ...... , . Dean Karr Whatever You Are." by Wells, Doro- president, Patrick Henry, Wymore; joint Y. M. and Y. W. peace meeting· from a dipper were served. Larry Regan ...... , , . James Sandin thy Hendricks, Dawson played a cellc vice-president, Wesley Huff, Brattonwas held Tuesday evening in the Music Since a number of Freshmen did Robert van Rensselaer Felista Handley ~olo "Nocturne", Op. 9 No. 2 by Union, secrekry, Margery Ann KinHall. After devoting Dean Jimerson, not answer roll call at the party the stenographer ...... , . Gladys Nofsger 1 Chopin. Virginia Clarke of Pawnee sey, Shubert; treasurer, Mary Alice chairman and Mr. A. L. Hill and Dr. upperclassmen have some very special Policeman ......... Keith Thornburg City played a violin solo, "Scene de Hacker, Auburn. C. M. Brown led an informal discus- entertainment prepared for them be- 2nd Policeman ..... , Horace Rzehak Ballet", by DeBeriot. The program President Henry is majoring in ccmsion on the possibilities of peace, the tween now and homecoming, court Attendant . . . . Harold Dallam was concluded with a piano solo by merce. He lists dramatics as his outpending embargo act, the reporters by i The play written by Ayn Rand and Charle3 Hinman of Liberty. His se- side interst. He will appear in the whom we might keep informed, and Last Friday's convocation got off toa first produced at the Ambassador lec'.ion was "Rhapsody No. 2", by Eomecoming play as clerk of the the stand we should take concern- howling start with the Freshman class theater in New York City on Septem- Friska-Liszt. court. ing foreign affairs. singing "John Brown's Body" to open ber 16, 1935, was chosen the most pop- The freshmen girls were royally en- Wesley Huff will portray a banker in ·an all college sing. The student body ular play of 193'8 and 1939 as deter_- tertained by Gamma Chi, Wedne,sday the Homecoming play. He plays DR. BROWN ATTENDS responded whole heartedly to the pep mined by a poll conducted by Players evening, September 13, at seven basketball and is a member of the MONTREAL CONFERENCE 'songs and especiaily the Color Song. 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PAT HENRY HEADS THE CLASS OF 1943
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August 31. Although the delegaJ?s, university and college professors from the United States and Canada, concerned themselves chiefly with questions of inter- Thirteen years as freshman class national doctrine and juris-prudenc2, sponsor and Miss Grace Tear still gets they spenNhe final days of the meet- a thrill out of seeing her freshman as ing, when a European war seemed """"""'"""'"'inevitable, in discussions of war and politics. Dr. Brown said that, while the German-Russian non-aggression pact came as a complete surprise, the partition of Poland by these two powers was almost unanimously predicted.
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l t . ~~ o the Peru Players and has a role in The "Learn-to-Dance" club is one of freshman through all the year." the Home-coming play. She is also the newest. Besides her interest in freshman, a member of the Learn-to-Dance Freshman week and separate en- Miss Te2.r has a number of hobbies. Club and the Y. w. C'. A. rollment of freshmen have been Among them she lists reading, ·g·atden- Freshmen elected to the Student achieved but Miss Tear suggests i11g, cc'.lecting antique furniture Advisory council are; Helen Dahlke, further improvement: writine: and a liking of photo,, rapl1v. Auburn and Richard Kingsolver, Peru. "We need more guidance that will She also ~wims and driw.s her car. Helen Dahlke is a member of Peru tend to keep every freshman here Miss Tear gave a series of unique Players and the Y. w. C, A. She is throughout the four years. The classes dinners last year and u~ed everything taking a one-year course and is in:i.re larg·e and need mo;·e personal o!.d 0 fashioned from the butter plates terested in writing. guidance in educational problems-this and cake stand to the menu. She The other member of the Student may keep on through the four years. st'.crted collecting her antique furni- Advisory Council, Richard Kingsolver It would be a great improvement if ture, glassware, china., and silver when is an amateur radio operator. He plays With the opening of School the colphotos were taken of every freshman ohe acquired some of it as an in- a trombone and is enthusiastic about lege cafeteria passed under the new u, St · Mr they enter college and fit themselves and ~ntered upon the records. heritance. engineering. managemen t of Mr . .uarry emer. . Bradley Kenrick, formerly first cook into activities. "Keep in touch with other colleges Writing as a hobby, she had poems in the CCC Camp at Pawnee City, is Miss Tear started as the freshman as to freshman ~ark and activities and publish~ recently in three different ~uth Crone,. senior , from Beatrice employed as chief cook. In addition advisor in 1927. The next fall, that of profit by others experiments; com- anthologies. this week received a silver trophy for nearly thirty students assist with the 1928, freshman clubs were begun to pare them with our system and im- When Miss Tear went abroad m 1,winning the women's tennis singles six hundred meals served daily. help fit the newcomers into the life prove upon ours. \1922 for three months, she visited\ championship of the Beatrice Tennis Miss Petersen entertained the of the campus. The clubs have con- "More upperclassmen helped this France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, I Club. The trophy has a figure of a library desk assistants at her home stantly changed, according to tlie de- year than ever before and it is a good Germany, Holland, England and the \player in action and is engraved with . es and needs of the new classes. start toward helping and guiding Isle of Man. the name of the club on the base. SIT Sunday, September 24, 1939. u
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