NUMA 1930

Boreham Library University of Arkansas • Fort Smith

Numa FORT SMITH JUNIOR COLLEGE

1930

In Recognition EDITOR-IN-CHIEF HAZEL PKESSON

BUSINESS MANAGER HAROLD MOTT

FORT SMITH HIGH SCHOOL PRINTING DEPARTMENT

THEO. R. HARMS INSTRUCTOR

Omitting the usual, ponderous "wherefores" and "hithertofores" we submit this Numa for your pleasure. We sincerely hope that you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed compiling it.

G. C. HARDIN PRESIDENT FORT SMITH SCHOOL BOARD

Dedication Mr. Hardln, we as a of our our of In of the Fort College.

to for you Junior

MINI STRATI

J. W. RAMSEY PRESIDENT OF JUNIOR COLLEGE

Our President and School Board Mr. Ramsey, the superintendent of the schools of Fort Smith has helped to make the Junior College a bigger and better institution. He was, from the first, a strong advocator of the college because he realized the need for one in Fort Smith.

Mr. G. C. Hardin, the president of the school board, has also been active in furthering the Junior College movement.

The other members of the board, Rudolph Jones, Fount McGee, Garvin Shipley, C. M. Geren, and Dr. Chas. Holt, have helped in every way possible to make our college one of the leading junior colleges in the state.

Mr. Ramsey said, "The Board of Education, in providing the Fort Smith Junior College feels it is acting in direct response, not to a local need, but to the expressed wish of a great many Fort Smith citizens."

ADMINISTRATION

ELMER COOK Dean B. A. Baylor University M. A. Columbia University.

The result of his uctiritics and cooperation arc shown in the quality of the icork accomplished hi/ the Junior College students this year.

CLARENCE McGINN Dean of Boys Education and Psychology B. A. Ark. State Teachers College M. A. Columbia University.

A gentleman irifh hiuh ideals and a noble character. He has worked faithfully irith //.s in the classroom and has supported us in all our activities.

MISS M A R Y K. SETTLE Dean of Girls B. A. Hardin College Graduate work U. of A. and Columbia University.

Miss Settle* h-as iron the admiration and respect of evert/ student in Junior College by her sympathy and interest.

FACULTY

NEIL F. SHELL Mathematics and Science B. S. Kansas State Teachers College.

M. S. University of Kansas.

"Noble character, great intellect, and leadership—he has them all."

MISS RUTH HAMILTON Foreign Languages B. A. Galloway College Graduate work in University of Iowa. "/ must do my oivn work, and live my own life in my own ivay because I'm responsible for both."

MISS LUELLA KREHBIEL English B A. University of Kansas M. A. University of Kansas Graduate work in University of Chicago.

"The pursuit of the perfect, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light."

FACULTY

BEN I. MAYO Physical Training for Men B. A. Hendrix College Graduate work in University of Michigan.

"He studies ax though he will live forever; and lives as though he would die tomorrow."

R. A. COX Social Science B. A. Arkansas State Teachers College.

M. A. George Peabody College for Teachers.

"It stirs the blood ,of a youth's heart and nuikcs his i>ulsc //.//, to catch the thrill of a liuppy voice, and the light of a pleasant eye"

MISS GENE BLAKEBURN Physical Education for Women B. S. E. University of Arkansas.

"Happiness consists hi ad i rift/; such is the constitution of her -nature,' it is a running stream and not a stagnant pool."

GLADYS GUTTRY APRIL 29, 1930 '

Sophomore President As we turn from page to page in this class book it seems fitting that we should pause for a brief interval in fond remembrance of the sophomore students who received t h e i r diplomas on the high school stage one night near the end of May 1930. That group will always be remembered because it was the first sophomore class, just as it had previously been the f r e s h m a n class—it blazed the trail, as it were, for all classes that were to follow.

Symbolic of everything that the group stood for, its traditions, its ideals, and its inspirations, and standing out as being typHAROLD W. PINCKNEY ical of the best that was in the class, both intellectually and socially, is the president—Harold Pinckney.

In your wanderings about the lower corridors of the building it may be that you have seen a short person dressed in a striped suit of oxford gray (or perhaps it was the light gray or the blue), neat black shoes, and a monochromatic blue tie. This person was probably none other than the sophomore president. I know not how Harold (as the students know him) would have had himself described. Indeed, I find myself when attemped to define Don Marquis—but I shall take a chance.

He has always impressed me as being very singular, the friend, and the man. I have said that he is a scholar; perhaps he is not. At least he is an exceptional student—his grades show that. He is a persistent reader, and may often be seen ampling about the library examining all the books from those on the fine arts down to the interesting conversation— and he is; his ability to reason sometimes aspires to heights of brilliancy.

There is no doubt that he is a friend. If he is respected alike by the freshman and the sophomore, the student and the teacher, it is because he has never given anyone the slighest cause to show him disrespect. Finally, Harold's most important characteristic, he is great in character; every inch, every ounce of that diminutive physique goes to make up a powerful individuality always striving for things higher, who, as Wordsworth says— not content that former work stand fast, Looks forward, preserving to the last—.

—by a Freshman

Mary Louise Stough "The face, the index of the feeling mind."

Sigma Chi Gamma (Pres.)

Chorus Club '29 Basketball '29 Tennis '29 Athenian (honorary member)

Nellie Mae Barrow "We are friends, My mind and I" Library Work.

Sigma Chi Gamma

SOPHOMORES

Virginia Hawkins "/ have a heart with room for every joy."

College Play '29 Basketball '29, '30 Chorus Club '29 Who's Who '30 Most Popular Girl '29 Annual Staff '29, '30 Tennis '29 Columbian (honorary member)

Harold Mott "So much do I love wandering, so much I love the sea and sky, That it will be a piteous, thing, in one small grave to lie."

Debate '29, '30 College Play '29, '30 Sigma Delta Chi Chorus Club '29 Basketball Who's Who '30 Most Studious Boy '29 Business Mgr. Annual Tennis '29 Lions Din Staff Catalinian

SOPHOMORES

Margaret Whittlesey "For it is well to sing."

Sigma Chi Gamma Chorus Club '29 College Play '29 Tennis '29 Basketball '29

Judson Greer "Make haste to live, and consider each day a life."

Chorus Club Sigma Delta Chi

SOPHOMORES

Leona Marsh "All the beauty of the world, 'tis but skin deep."

Debate '29, '30 Basketball '29, '30 Sigma Chi Gamma Chorus Club '29 Student body treasurer '29 Student body secretary '30 Who's Who Tennis '29

Margaret Carpenter "It is to hope, tho hope ivere lost.'1 Debate Sigma Chi Gamma Chorus Club '29 College Play '29

SOPHOMORES

Pauline Czarlinsky "Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are."

Sigma Chi Gamma Chorus Club '29 Class Play '29 Tennis '29 Secretary of Class '29

Jack Templeton "None but yourself—who are your greatest foe" Vice President '29 Basketball '29 College Play '29

College Officers

H'AROLD MOTT LEONA

MARSH

Harold Mott Arthur Cunkle...

Ben H. Lobdill...

Pauline Czarlinsky...

Leona Marsh .

Carrie- Harrison...

CARRIE HARRISON BEN H. LOBDILL

PAULINE

OZARLINSKY

President . .Vice-President (First Semester) ...Vice-President (Second Semester) .. Secretary (First Semester) Secretary (Second Semester) ..Treasurer

FRESHMAN OFFICERS

Gilmer Dixon President "Gilmer's alluz playin' jokes An actin' up, and foolin' folks."

Debate College Play Basketball Sigma Delta Chi Who's Who Annual Staff

Fred Wilburn Vice-president "7 would help others out of a fellowfeeling."

Basketball Captain '29 Debate Sigma Delta Chi Annual Staff Business Mgr. of plays Quill and Scroll (Honorary Member) Lions Din Staff

FRESHMAN

Evelyn Peninger Secretary "The thing that goes the farthercst towards making life worthwhile, That costs the least and does the most is just a pleasant smile."

Debate College Play Blackfriar Tournament Play Basketball Sigma Chi Gamma Who's Who Annual Staff Lion's Din Staff Columbian (honorary member) Quill and Scroll (honorary member) National Honor Society (honorary member)

OFFICERS

Virginia Sumpter Treasurer "The love light in her eyes."

College Play Sigma Chi Gamma Basketball Who's Who Athenian (honorary member)

FRESHMEN

Francille Harrison s "Thou who hast the fatal gift of beauty."

Who's Who College Play '30 Freshman Secretary '29 Columbian (honorary member)

Betty Dodd "The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give F째r we that live to please, must please to live" Sigma Chi Gamma College Play '30 Blackfriar Tournament Play

Harold Chaffin "Unconscious humor" Basketball

FRESHMEN

Ruth Brewer "Nay, but her hands and feet speak."

Basketball Athenian (honorary member)

Maydclle Miller "Hear the mellow wedding bells, golden bells!

What a ivorld of happiness their harmony foretells."

Wesson Scoggin "An honest man's word is as good as his bond."

Basketball Sigma Delta Chi Annual Staff

FRESHMEN

Dorothy Sumpter "7n all my travels I never met with any one Scotchman but was a man of sense."

Sigma Chi Gamma Lion's Din Staff Athenian (honorary member)

Hazel Presson "A face ivith gladness overspread, Soft smiles by human kindness bred."

Basketball Who's Who Editor of Numa Editor of Lion's Din National Honor Society (honorary member) Quill and Scroll (honorary member) Columbian (honorary member)

Laws Galloway "O man! while in thy early years How prodigal of time!

Mis-spending all thy precious hours, Thy glorious youthful prime!"

Basketball '29, '30 Sigma Delta Chi Chorus Club '29 Who's Who Annual Staff Lion's Din Staff Tennis '29

FRESHMEN

Evelyn Wood "7 go on my way complacently as self-respecting persons should."

Basketball

Louise Oliver ""There was a bonny lass, a bonnie bounie lass and she loved her bonnie laddie dear."

Athenian (Honorary Member)

Gerald Kennedy "The sweetest joy is love."

FRESHMEN

Ru 4 h Coomcr "Let me live now, for who can live youth over?"

Basketball

Frankie Matlock "Thy fair hair my heart enchained" Vice-president Freshman Class '29

Eugene McComack Stevenson "For he was studious—of leisure" Who's Who

his

FRESHMEN

Pauline Mullen

Reba Mae Vines

"Speech is great but silence is greater."

Basketball

"A thing seriously pursued true environment."

Basketball

Dennis Harris

"Vex not thou poets mind With thy shollow wit; Vex not thou the poet's mind For thou canst not fathom it."

affords

FRESHMEN

J LaFornc Jones "The mildest manners and the gentlest heart."

Basketball

Lassie Youmans "Let gentleness my strong enforcement be."

College Play Basketball Lion's Din Staff Columbian (honorary member)

Ben H. Lobdill "A tune is more lasting than the voice of birds.

A song is more lasting than the riches of the world."

Who's Who Vice Pres. Student Body College Play Blackfriar Tournament Play

FRESHMEN

Helena Keller

Gladys Guttry

"Friends depart and memory takes them To her caverns, pure and deep" Basketball

"Silence sweeter is, than speech" Sigma Chi Gamma

Lester Dobyns

"An honest man, close buttoned to the chin, Broadcloth without and and a warm heart within"

FRESHMEN

Marguerite Dean "Laugh and be merry; remember, better the world with a song."

Annual Staff Athenian (honorary member)

Carrie Harrison "Smiling, frowning ever more, Thou art perfect in love-lore."

College Play Who's Who Annual Staff Lion's Din Staff Treasurer Student Body Sigma Chi Gamma Columbian (honorary member) National Honor Society (honorary member)

Claude Eggleston "O it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tryannous to use it like a giant."

Who's Who

FRESHMEN

Mary Frances Buzbee "Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined."

Basketball

Wilmer Jones "Tho modest, on his unembarrass'd brow, nature has written '"Gentleman."

Sigma Delta Chi Basketball

Librarian and Library Miss Mary Hynes is one of the most popular librarians in the southwest. She has been with the high school library for a number of years, and for the last two years has been working with the Junior College. She received her training for library work at the St. Louis Public Library and also at the Western Reserve University, at Cleveland, Ohio.

The library, at present, includes about five hundred volumes. It is complete in varied subject matter, if not in the number of volumes. There are more history books than any others; however, there are volumes on education, science, novels, biology, and literature in general.

The progress which has been Miss MARY HYNES made toward establishing a successful library in the Junior College should be attributed, to a great extent, to Miss Hynes.

To become a standardized library and a member of the North Central association of libraries, it will be necessary to acquire three thousand volumes. Efforts are being made to reach this requirement by the first of January.

The Lion's Din The Lion's Din, the official publication of the Fort Smith Junior College, was founded in the second year of our institution. Volume I, Number 1, appeared on November 8, 1929. Hazel Presson is the editor of the paper and is assisted by the following students: Fred Wilburn, Harold Pinckney. Evelyn Peninger, Harold Mott, Louis Galloway, Carrie Harrison and Dorothy Sumpter. Mr. Cox sponsors the paper.

The Lion's Din was represented

by Hazel Presson at a meeting of the Arkansas College Press Association in April and applied for membership in the organization. Membership in this association places the Lion's Din in the class of progressive press inHAZEL PRESSON terests in Arkansas colleges.

Distinguished features of the paper are its size, italicized decks of headlines, and columns of Roars and Newrsettes.

Because there is no journalism class in the Junior College, the publication of the paper is entirely in the hands of the students and is an extra-curricular activity. Consequently, many difficulties hinder the publication of the Lion's Din, but the staff is most optimistic, realizing that the extreme youth of the college makes regular press work hard.

"Great oaks from little acorns grow"—and the Lion's Din will grow with the college.

Debates One of the most outstanding activities of the Junior College, this year, was debating. The tryouts were held during an assembly period in February so that the chosen teams would have sufficient time to work out the debate.

The question for debate this year was Resolved: That installment buying as practised in the United States is both socially and economically desirable.

ABOVE: Evelyn Peninger AT RIGHT: Harold Mott BELOW: Margaret Carpenter

From the preliminary contest were chosen Evelyn Peninger and Harold Mott, who took the affirmative side of the question, and two negative teams, Gilmer Dixon and Fred Wilburn, and Margaret Carpenter and Leona Marsh.

Our affirmative team, which was the first to debate went to Russellville Thursday, March 21 to meet the Arkansas Tech team. The decision there was two to one in favor of the negative. They went to Arkadelphia the next day to debate

Debates Ouachita College. The negative won two to one.

Our negative team, composed of Gilmer Dixon and Fred Wilburn, debated here Thursday, March 21 with Henderson State Teachers Callege. The affirmative won two to one.

The last debate was given by Margaret Carpenter and Leona Marsh, the other negative team. It was held in the assembly Monday,

ABOVE: Gilmer Dixon AT LEFT: Leona Marsh BELOW: Fred Wilburn

March 25 against Arkansas Tech who won the decision by a two to one vote.

All the members of the teams worked constantly and diligently on the debate and made a wonderful showing for the Junior College.

Mr. Cox, who coached, gave all of his time and energy to help make our efforts successful.

The Junior College now belongs to the Arkansas Junior College Forensic League.

"The Duchess Says Her Prayers'

BETTY DODD

BEN H. LOBDILL

EVELYN PENINGER

"The Duchess Says Her Prayers'' The Junior College play "The Duchess Says Her Prayers" brought back two rewards in the Blackfriars theater tournament at Fayetteville. One award was a trophy won for having the best play presented by junior colleges in Arkansas. The other award was a cup presented to the group attaining the biggest excellence in stage diction. This was open to competing senior and junior colleges—and we won that too.

The cast of the play, directed by Miss Margaret Montague was as follows: Duchess of Bari, Evelyn Peninger; Duke of Bari, Ben Lobdill; Cecilia Gallerani, Betty Dodd.

The players accompanied by Miss Montague went to Fayetteville Friday, March 28. The Blackfriars gave a tea for all representatives that afternoon at the Chi Omega house. Since our play drew first place, the cast presented the play at 8:15 o'clock on Friday evening. Those coming up to help with the property, and to lend mental, moral, and otherwise support were Fred Wilburn, Fulton Robinson, Laws Galloway, and Gilmer Dixon. On Saturday, the Blackfriars gave a luncheon with out of town visitors as their guests. Saturday night the representatives were special guests at the Freshman-Sophomore dance.

Sunday morning a tired bunch came home—but proudly bearing their spoils!

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The Importance of Being Earnest"

"The Importance of Being Earnest," by Oscar Wilde, was the title of the second annual play which was presented by the Junior College students at the Senior High School, Friday, November 22, 1929. Because the play proved to be such an unusual success, it was taken to Mena, Arkansas, and presented on Thanksgiving day.

The part of the old maid was portrayed by Evelyn Peninger. She not only saw that each young girl had a successful love affair, but managed somehow to get a dashing hero for herself.

The part of Lady Bracknell was played by Lassie Youmans, in Fort Smith, and by Francille Harrison in Mena. Both portrayed the character well. Lady Bracknell *was the domineering mamma who tried to prevent the love affairs in the play.

As in all plays, there were the charming young maidens and their lovers, to furnish interest. These parts were played by Carrie Harrison and Betty Dodd, the lovers were Harold Mott and Ben Lobdill.

CAST John Worthing Guendolyn Fairfax Algernon Moncrieff Cecily Cardew Rev. Chausable Miss Prism Lady Bracknell Merri Man Lane

Ben H. Lobdill Betty Dodd Harold M'ott Carrie Harrison Arthur Cunkle Evelyn Peninger Lassie Younrans Virginia Sumpter Gilmer Dixon

Boys' Basketball

TOP Row: Scoggin, Galloway, Chaffin, Dixon.

BOTTOM Row: Mott, Wilburn, Jones.

Although the Junior College basketball schedule was not extremely heavy this year, the Lions came through with a small, but snappy, squad that made up for lack of experience by an unsurpassable amount of pep and push. The only games played were with high school class teams and St. Anne's Academy, but plenty of competition was offered, and every score was close. Only two games were lost, one to St. Anne's by a score of 28-26, and to the Cubs 17-16. The other seven games were against class teams and all resulted in victories.

The success of the Junior College Lions was due at least in part to the service of Mr. Shell as coach and Fred Wilburn as captain of the team.

The Lions entered the school intramural tournament with a good record behind, and a good chance of success ahead of them.

Girls' Tennis

TOP Row: Wood, Patton, Busbee, Guttry, Vines, Youmans, Sumpter.

BOTTOM Row: Mullen, Coomer, Peninger, Presson, Brewer, Marsh.

Girls sports in the Junior College have been carried on in several different fields. The first of these activities was soccer. Then in succession came basketball, volleyball, tennis, and golf.

The basketball season was very successful—the Junior College ranking second in the tournament. The team consisted of Reba Mae Vines, Captain; Gladys Guttry, guard; Ruth Coomer, forward; Evelyn Peninger, referee; Pauline Mullen, guard; substitutes, Hazel Presson, LaFern Jones, Virginia Sumpter, Mary Frances Buzbee, Lassie Youmans, Virginia Hawkins, and Evelyn Wood.

With the advent of spring, tennis and golf were taken up with enthusiasm. A tennis club was formed and instructions in golf were given.

Almost every day found groups of students on the golf links or on the tennis courts.

Although the girls won no great honors, they thoroughly enjoyed their sporting activities.

Girls' Basketball

TOP Row: Coach Gene Blakeburn, Coomer, Vines, Brewer.

2ND Row: Wood, Mullen, Marsh.

BOTTOM Row: Patton, Peninger, Guttry.

Numa Staff

PRESSON DEAN

SCOGGIN

DIXON

HARRISON

Hazel Presson has been working diligently on this bock since the day she was elected editor in chief. She had the entire responsibility of the annual, but her ability and pep helped make it a success.

Laws Galloway has actually worked hard to get ads. We're sure he had to walk quite a lot, but he didn't seem to mind窶馬ot this time anyway.

Really, we don't see how anyone could refuse him because he is so good-natured.

Fred Wilburn has had to do double duty, getting ads and also writing.

He looks rather weary, but we know it is from outside activities and not from study.

Virginia Hawkins is not a journalist by choice, but any staff is bettered when Virginia turns in her copy.

Wesson Scoggin has been working on this book a long time. He had the difficult task of getting us to have our pictures taken before the last minute. Wesson is dependable and capable, two qualities that make him a place on any staff.

Numa Staff

MOTT

GALLOWAY

PENINGEE

HAWKINS

WILBURN

Marguerite Dean, typical gum-chewing stenographer of the Junior College, has been indispensable in the work of getting out our annual. She has typed all of the material for the paper, and did it willingly—that's what counts, too.

Carrie Harrison has written up several features for our annual. She is a capable member of the staff because she knows everyone.

Evelyn Peninger would be good on any staff because she is always in every activity and knows what everyone is doing.

Harold Mott has obtained ads for the paper from a great many business houses. He seems to have a way with people—girls in particular.

Gilmer got ads for the annual, too. We heard that several men gave him money without requesting an ad, and now we're left to wonder if he did his spectacular monkey scenes for them!

Sigma Chi Gamma

TOP Row: Stough, Marsh, Keller, V. Sumpter, Czarlinsky, Whittlesey.

BOTTOM Row: Peninger, Harrison, Barrow, Carpenter, Dodd, D. Sumpter.

At the close of the school term of 1928-29, a group of Junior College girls formed a society to which they gave the name of Sigma Chi Gamma.

The colors of the society are yellow and white. An oath for formal initiation was formulated by Margaret Carpenter and Margaret Whittlesey.

Officers of the society are Pauline Czarlinsky, president; Mary Louise Stough, vice-president; Nellie Mae Barrow, secretary; Helena Keller, treasurer. Other charter members are Gladys Stone, Leona Marsh, Margaret Carpenter, Margaret Whittlesey, and Nellie Joyce.

The society met every two weeks throughout the summer and held regular meetings once a month during the school term.

At the beginning of the first semester 1929-30, a group of girls were initiated into the society. They were Carrie Harrison, Virginia Sumpter, Dorothy Sumpter, Helena Keller, Betty Dodd, and Evelyn Peninger.

The Sigma Chi Gamma plans to keep on functioning as a regular college society. The constitution has been adopted and a standardized pin selected for members.

Sigma Delta Chi

FROM LEFT To RIGHT: Greer, Jones, Galloway, Mott, Wilburn, Dixon, Scoggin.

Although Sigma Delta Chi is not strictly a junior college fraternity, practically all of the group are senior members, with only one or two exceptions.

This fraternity has been one of the most active social organizations of the college during the past year. The organization has given numerous weiner-roasts, informal parties, swimming parties, and hay-rides, besides the regular annual Christmas and dinner dances. A large number of meetings have been in the form of stag parties given by members.

Officers of the fraternity are Fulton Robinson, president; Harold Mott, vice-president; Fred Wilburn, secretary and treasurer; Gilmer Dixon, corresponding secretary; Wesson Scoggin, sergeant-at-arms.

Caesar Caesar is dead. Arrangements for his funeral are yet incomplete, but 'it is relatively certain that I shall act as grave-digger and pall-bearer, for such loathsome household duties invarably fall on me. To say the least I am satisfied that he died a natural death, and that there is no blood \ whatever on my hands.

Caesar is a cat. I mean he was a cat before he became suddenly extinct— not an Angora, nor a Persian, nor a Manx, nor a Maltese, but just one of the ordinary variety that could trace his ancestry back to his great-grandmother's mother-in-law, and be content with that. But understand that I am not the least bit sorry that he is dead. Neither would you be if you had been forced to get up-at all hours in the frigid nights of winter to expurge your bed of grimalkin, or to hurl a shoe at a band of obliging feline serenaders just outside your bedroom window. A cat is just like an alarm clock— you can never tell when its going to start a disturbance.

I can just see him now (for I am looking right at him), and I remember L im as he used to lie with every inch of his two and a half feet stretched out before the fire, dreaming of milk and bread. He had no visions of mice and sparrows, for he was too lazy to exert himself, even in orler to eat, and work very seldom pervaded his dreams. When it did, he had a nightmare.

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Caesar's height was as great in proportion as his length. He was about a foot high (two feet when he was angry or excited, which makes an average of one and a h.alf feet). In his eating habits he was gluttonous (he ate more than I do), which,was.one of the reasons that I am glad to be rid of him. He was as fat as a middle-aged woman on an eighteen-day diet. Normally he weighed three pounds and four ounces, but once when I weighed him directly after a meal (I mean his meal) he pulled the balance down to an even six pounds.

All together, if my account is correct, he robbed me of. twelve hpurs (three full nights) of sleep, and has caused me more trouble than he would be worth if he were solid platinum. . Moral:.The best kind of cat is a dead one.

—Dennis Harris

Junior College Calendar September 12, 1929. School opened and every one wondered who everyone else was. At least it was exciting to guess.

September 18, 1929. Freshman, Sophomore, arid Junior College officers as a whole are elected. Nice, but not a bit exciting.

September 20, 1929. Sophomores entertained Freshmen at a party. We didn't have to guess now wTho everyone was—we knew—or rather we thought we knew.

October 2, 1929. We had a weiner roast on Mount Vista. It was a very nice party—only one person came back with a gash over her eye.

October 15, 1929. Mr Cook helped to select a mascot for the Junior College.

We chose the lion. Our paper is called the ''Lion's Din" and our annual, "Numa."

October 29, 1929. A hollowe'en masquerade! In spite of the fact that a certain person's costume was very, extremely tight, everybody had a good time. Harold and Evelyn got the prizes for the "tackiest" and "cutest" costumes.

November 1, 1929. Tryouts were held for the Junior College play "The Importance of Being Earnest" and the cast was chosen.

November 8, 1929. Lion's Din birthday. Three cheers for Hazel and the staff!

November 13, 1929. We h.ad a swimming party and a weiner roast. Gee! don't people look queer in bathing suits?

November 22, 1929. "The Importance of Being Earnest" went over big with our audience and the cast was given a party afterwards—not less than fourteen peeople went in Wesson's car!

November 23, 1929. Ben H. Lobdill was president of the Boston Store project. We certainly were proud because he had this hpnor conferred upon him. Hazel and Harold spent Saturday morning moving properties for the play.

November 27, 1929. Mena bound! Whoopee!!

November 28, 1929. Thanksgiving day and we presented our play at Mena.

Someone wins six bets by a daring feat performed on Arthur Cunkle.

Guess who?

Junior College Calendar, Continued December 4, 1929. After being informed the day before, the Junior College presented a program in assembly. For being planned on such short notice it was very good "and enjoyed by all," especially the Junior College students.

December 13, 1929. Our Christmas party! They must have collected all the mistle toe in the country—at least that's the way it looked. Gave Mr. McGinn and his fiancee a wedding gift. Oh, and we had a big Christmas tree, but it had a mouse on it!

December 18, 1929. "We want to tie the knot," said Mr. McGinn—so the preacher married them. Ring out wild bells!

December 18, 1929. All out for the holidays. Junior College spirits reign supreme. We hope to tell you that we had a good time.

January 2, 1930. The whole class came tottering back today. It wouldn't be quite the thing to have Christmas holidays more than once a year!

January 21, 1930. Gave a suprise party for Evelyn because it was her birthday. Gee, it surely was some party.

January 23 and 24th,1930. Snow, snow and more snow! First staff meeting.

Adjourned to the Sumpter's house.

January 25 and 27, 1930. Exams—"Nuff said."

January 26, 1930. Sledding party. Ended at Adeline's. Mr. Cox thought he was lamed for life.

January 27, 1930. Sledding party number two at Leona Marshs'. Hazel took a little sled down all alone.

February 14, 1930. Saint Valentine's day and Who's Who election. Some of us were more popular than we thought—WHO sent those valentines ? ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. Shell entertained for thb Freshman class at a party, and not a new collegiate present. Can Mrs. Shell make good candy?

February 26, 1930. We all got excused for the afternoon and went up to Mount Vista to take pictures for the annual. Whee! We are good Alpine guides. Mount Vista is a nice place.

February 28, 1930. Had a weiner roast at the pump station. Couldn't get the gas going so we cooked our weiners in the boiler room. We had an interested audience of three men and a dog. Then we went to Hazel's. Gee, we had a good time!

Junior College Calendar, Continued March 1, 1930. Our second wedding in Junior College—Maydelle Miller married Leonard Combs and went to Tulsa to live.

March 6, 1930. Girls won second place in class basketball tournament.

March 7, 1930. Sigma Delta Chi weiner roast. Fulton appeared on the scene.

March 11, 1930. Saint Patrick's day bridge luncheon given by Margaret Carpenter for the Sigma Chi Gamma, honoring Pauline Czarlinsky— lots of fun.

March 12, 1930. Party at Margaret Whittlesey's. How many people will Winner's car hold?

March 20, 1930. Debate at last, after long hours of practice, Fred and Gilmer at home, Harold and Evelyn at Russelville. Debate adjourns at Hazel's. The visitors were good at debating, but better at dancing.

March 21, 1930. Harold and Evelyn debated at Arkadelphia. Oh, what, we couldn't do to those judges?

March 24, 1930. Margaret Carpenter and Leona Marsh debated against two boys from Arkansas Tech. We staged a party for the debaters, but they left, and instead of the party falling through, it went ort uninterrupted. Ruth didn't know what it was all about when we piled in.

March 28, 1930. Cast presents "The Duchess Says Her Prayers" in the Blackfriars play tournament at Fayetteville. What would we have done without our property managers?

March 29, 1930. Do we rate? Our cast brought back the cup for having the best play in Arkansas Junior Colleges and a trophy for having the best stage direction of any group. And they are going to make us a trophy case—maybe.

April 1, 1930. April Fool! Mr. Shell exercised more than his rights in chemistry lab.

April 4, 1930. Lester had a party at Stigler. We like Lester's parties.

May 23, 1930. Banquet for graduates.

May 30, 1930. Sophomores graduate! Gee! But we hate to see them go.

Birthday party for Ruth.

Everybody had a new dress—Staff meeting at Hazel's—Little done.

Childish Chatter GILMER DIXON: The habit of "Singing in the Bathtub" was started early in life by Gilmer.

(His monkey stunts were acquired later).

VIRGINIA SUMPTER: Looks as though she were ready to talk. No wonder she's in such good practice now!

DOROTHY SUMPTER: Goo! Goo! I surely put on a nice big smile for the camera man.

BEN LOBDILL: I wanted everyone to see my little feet, so I stuck them out. Who doesn't see them?

HAZEL PRESSON: Do I look like singing, in the tub? I like to swim, but not this way!

EVELYN PENINGER: See my pony? Guess I'm "kinda big" now, all out riding and everything.

EVELYN WOOD: I'm always happy. That is why I'm so sweet!

REBA MAE VINES: The million dollar smile baby.

LEONA MARSH: I started riding when I was little.

LAWS GALLOWAY: I must have been born lazy, because I always manage to find a chair so I can rest in peace.

MARGUERITE DEAN: Let me play and sing, for dreams don't last always, you know.

LASSIE YOUMANS: I have learned a great deal in this world although I haven't lived here long.

FRED WILBURN: Fred got a real good start, so no wonder he's our pride and joy now.

HAROLD CHAFFIN: You can tell by my expression that a methematical mind will be my chief talent.

MARGARET WHITTLESEY: "Innocence Personified." But Oh! How looks betray.

MARGARET CARPENTER: I acquired my sweet smile when I had nothing to do but laugh at the world.

When We Were Very Young

Who's Who

Who's Who

The Road With heavy beating- hearts And knees that scarcely bend, We've plodded along with weary steps Following the road to the end.

On! on! on!

Our heads held high in air; We've proudly struggled on and on We've won and played it fair.

On! On! On! While the clouds above roll by, And On! on! on!

"Till the shades of night draw nigh.

There's joy in doing well; We've borne a Christian load Though the weaker behind have tottered and fell We've traveled on down the road.

On! on! on!

Urged by some driving go^d On! on! on!

O'er the hot, thick, dusty road.

Slave, toil, and work Work, toil, and slave With never a thought of duty to shirk We work on to the grave.

Determined yet we plod along, So may a struggling soul, Uphill and doiwn, through mud and mire Trudging on to the goal.

The sun is sinking yet And still another bend Our brow is covered with bloody sweat 0 God! will the road never end?

With heavy beating hearts And knees that scarcely bend, We've plodded along with weary steps Following the road to the end.

On! on! on!

Our heads held high in air; We've proudly struggled on and on We've won and played it fair. —Harold Mott

"Where'd you get the wonderful musclestennis?"

"No—Virginia."

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Ben: "Just think! A man came into the music room and said, 'Not a sound or I fire!' " Dennis: "Were you just going to sing?"

Registration Fall Session

"The boy stood on the burning deck . . ."

How often have we said it!

But may I add, that famous lad, deserved a lot o>f credit?

He did a lot—that red-hot tot—he coined a phrase, in sooth, For though the sheiks and shebas reign these later days, it's very plain That he forever will rem'ain The foremost Flaming Youth!"

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Day calls from golden skies, "Sluggards, arise! arise! arise!

To fetch and carry."

The brooklet through the meadow flows And cries, "A rose! A rose! A rose!

Would I might tarry."

The lover frantically prays, "Please, sir, a raise! a raise! a raise!

I want to marry."

Credits may be transferred to any institution of higher learning.

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Marguerite: "It's snowing and sleeting and I'd like to buy some chains for my tires."

"I'm sorry—we keep only groceries."

"How annoying! I understood this was a chain store."

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"—An' fer ten years, Miz Perkins, Wilmcr Jones ain't viz his hand agin me."

"My, Oh My, He mus' be good natured!"

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Wilmer Jones (Proud possessor of a bantam hen) : "My chicken laid an egg!"

Laws Galloway: "Huh! that's nothing. My father laid a cornerstone yesterday."

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Fred: "Dad, you are a lucky man."

Mr. Wilburn: "How is that, Fred?"

Fred: "You won't have to buy me any school books this year. I have been left in the same class."

Harold Mott: "Do you pet?"

Virginia: "Sure—animals."

Harold: "Go ahead then, I'll be the goat.'

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Fred: "Do you think they can hear us all right?"

Gilmer: "Yes. Somebody's just closed a window."

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Marguerite W: "Do you really love me."

Mac S: "What do you think I was doing last night, shadow boxing?"

OUR MOTTO: NOT THE LARGEST BUT THE SAFEST

She was just an optician's daughter. Two glasses and she made a spectacle of herself.

Then there was the absent-minded prof who poured coffee in his lap iand tried to drink his napkin.

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Harold M: "One of you fellows has turned against me."

Harold P: "Which one of us was it?"

Harold M: "It was Dennis. He talked about me to my back. He is two faced.

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Louise O: "Gerald told me I was the eighth wonder of the world."

Margaret W: "What did you say?"

Louise: I told him not to let me catch him with any of the other seven."

Mr. Cox: "Can you tell me who discovered America?"

Gladys: "Yep. Cleveland."

Mr. Cox: "No, No, No! It was Columbus."

Gladys: "Well, I knew it was some place in Ohio."

"H-h-h-hhow f-f-for is it t-t-to B-b-b-basham?" the gentleman asked a traveler in the smoker.

The man stood up without a word and went back to his chair-car. Another passenger answered the question, then sought out the unfriendly one.

"Why didn't you answer his question just then?"

"D-d-d-do you want m-m-me to g-g-g-get my f-f-f-fool head kn-n-n-nocked off?" was the reply.

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