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VOL. XL
GEORGEOWN, TEXAS. Tuesday, Dec. 17, 1940
NEWS OF THE DAY
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It would seem that the United
Nations meeting now being held in
New York is to be successful af-
ter all. The Big Four seem to be
agreeing on a few things after
months of bickering. l atest matter
upon which agreement has been
reached is the arms limitation
plan. The only point of friction
remaining is the frequency which
the reports will be submitted, and
that is e: petted to be smoothed
over within the next few days.
As per usual Great Britain and
Russia are doing most of the ar-
guing. Great Britain favors a per-
iodic report on the strength of
the various r.’inies of the great
powers, while Russia is standing
pat for only one report. All powers
are i ubstardirilv agreed on the
questions of inspection and control
of the worlds rrms.
, The foreign n in'sters of the Big
Four will meet ir Moscow next
March. The p:mtry aim of this
meeting is to d»cw up a peace I Above are members of the ADPi Sorority who presented “Varga” girl skit for Vets. Pictured left
GOVERNOR-ELECT JESTER
ADDRESES KAPPA SIGMA
Tuesday night, December 10, at Kappa Sigma was founded, “You
the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. j get out of anything in the pro-
Buehnlz. the Fola Chapter of the; portion that you contribute to it,”
| Kappa Sigma Fraternity was priv- i |,e said. “In my lengthy tour of
heged to have as guest speaker
I tor its annual Founder’s Day din-
ner the honorable Beauford ,Jes-
| ter, Goverroi-clect of the State of
I Texas.
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duty as an officer in the Kappa
Sigma Fraternity I have expended
much time and effort in its behalf,
but I am sure that it has been
v;ls' | worth even mere to me than to
George Bradley, Grand Master, the fraternity.” He pointed to the
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va toastmaster for the occasion.
Brother Marsh Smith, one of to-
las distinguished alumni and for-
i ler mayo'- of Georgetown, gave
tie invocation. A brief history of
'lie '’paternity from the date of its
fact that many Kappa Sigs hold
places of importance in public life
today as they have in the past.
‘The five founders of Kappa Sig-
ma,” h? said, “were no ordinary
men — I would encourage you to
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founding in 1869 up to the present! read the biographies of those men
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Ir^LJrZ ™ > L*ht are.Joan Woods, Joyce Birkelbach, Jeanette Hall, Vivian Simmons, Virginia ‘ Syitzer, “Sandy
to
it appeared that the meeting would
not be held oecause Russia did
not Want the small l otion of Eu-
roge to participate. Secretary of
State Byrnes held out for repre-
sentation for' the small nations
up to the point of saying that the
United States would not be a par-
ty to the fixing of any boundaries
for Germany unless the small coun-
tries were heard.
I* seems that some sort of laws
will be set up in the near future
to prevent a recurrance cf the
just concluded coal strike. Both
the Democratic and Republican
parties are agreed that there must
be a law that will make arbitrat-
ion compulsory and that would for-
hid strikes in disputes that affect
the public welfare. President Tru-
man is against labor laws that will
have a puntitive tone, but he
feels that labor unions and labor-
ers themselves must be shown the
responsibilities they have to the
public and the national government.
Civil war is raging in Iran, with
the government forces moving in-
to Azerbaijan province to
. the troops qf the “Democratic”
leader, jafa Pishevari. This pro-
vince revolted against the Iranian
government during the time it was
occupied by the troops of Soviet
Rusia, and nothing has come of the
negotiations begun some thirteen
months ago. It all apears to be a
test of strength between the gov-
ernment of Iran and the Commun
ist forces left behind by the Soviets.
Tyson, Mildred Rogers, Bettye Cooper, “Jay” Collier
“VARGE SKIT” PRESENTED BY ADPl’S
CLIMAXES SUCCESSFUL VET YEAR
Members of the Veteran’s Or- Rights,
ganization of Southwestern were Discussion of these facts was
entertained last Tuesday, Novem- 1 preSented to the audience by Mr.
her 26th with a skit presented by Whitmore. An “Open forum” was
the Alpha Delta Pi Sosority. j held as to discussion of housing,
The show, which came as a sur- subsistence checks, and various
prise to the Vet audience, was a veteran problems.
“Varga Girl Skit” and presented „ ,. ... ,
to the attentative audience ADPI ! ™e ?et 3 Organization will hold
. , , its last meeting tonight for the
girls representing each month of , " ". ... ,
D ,. ,, ..I year of 1946. The meeting will be
the year. Representing' the months , ,, . ~ , T . ..
- V. T held in the Cody Library Auditor-
,n “ eay fash,on were ,oyce Rh°- ium „t the schedule,! time of 0:30.
des, January, Margorie Laws, Feb-
ruary, Joan Wood, March, Jeanet-
te Hall, April, Joyce Birkelback,
May, Vivian Simmons, June, “San-
dy” Tyson, July, Mildred Rodgers,
August, Bettye Cooper, September,
At tonights meeting plans will
be made as to what steps should
be taken in regards to telephones
in the veterans’ housing. As mat-
ters stand neither the government
“Jay” Collier, October, Dolores < or school has considered place-
Duerson, November, and Bettye j mer*ts of telephones in these build-
Mason, December. “Scotty” Ga-1 'nKs-
ger and Virginia Switzer acted I Southwestern’s Veteran’s Organ-
as mistresses of ceremonies. j ization has gained much strength
The skit was well presented and i since its organization this year,
met with great approval from the The organization was responsible I
Veteran audience. The " “Varga for many of the activities held
Skit” constituted another presen-
tation held by the Veteran’s Or-
ganization of Southwestern Uni-
versity.
during the fading year.
A football dance sponsored bv
the Vets has been deemed one
of the best events of the year. Meet-
Special Vespers
Slated Dec. 18
day was giver by Brother Grant
Scoggins Acknowledgements were
made bj Bradley to Mrs. F. E.
Buchloz, Mrs. F. C. Smith, Mrs.
Stiles Byrorn, Miss Pearl A. Neas,
Mrs. R, M. Medley, Mrs. H. G.
Scoggins, and Mrs. Grant Scog-
gins for preparing and serving the
dinner.
Brother Jester, past Worthy
Grand Master of Kappa Sigma,
was ably introduced by Charles
There will be a special Vespers
service on Wednesday, December
18, at 7:00. Following this special
Service, a distinguished speaker,
John Deschner, President of the
United Christian Youth Movement,
will be introduced.
— they were all successful in their
fields of endeavour” Brother Jes-
ter emphasized the fact that a
fraternal spirit \ rcvails among all
Kappa Si ymas re; ardless of age
or position and concluded by urg-
ing the brothers present to know
their fraternity better and to re-
new their efforts toward its im-
provement.
Mr. Jester told the group that
he had asked Bishop A. Frank
Barr. In his address, Brother Jes- j Smith, Southwestern Alumus, to
tei stressed effort, loyalty, and give the invocation at his inaugur-
adherence to the ideals on which ation.
MASK AND WIG PRESENTS
ONE ACT PLAY NIGHT •••■
The Mask and Wig group of more experienced east it would
Southwestern University present-( have been the proverbial “belly-
ed three one-act plays Friday, De- , laugh” parade. The cast: Rose-
cember 13, in the main auditorium. I mary Morris, Don Reed, Bud Ren-
The nlays were “20th. Century! froe. and Scotty Cager. Direction
Lullaby”. “The Sound and the was hy Sue Lane.
ion.
Increased Salaries Key
To Teacher Shortage
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Austin, Tex. - (T. P. -) In
crease in teachers’ salaries, to be
accompanied by increased certi-
fication requirements and other
improvements in teacher quilifi-
cations were pointed out by Dr. B.
F. Pittenger. dean of the College
of Education at the University of
Texas as the only reliable solut-
ion to the shortage of school teach,
erq throughout the country.
“This solution of the problem of
having adeouately-trained teachers
is slow,” the. dean admitted, “and
it will take several years for the
effects of better salaries to man-
ifest themselves clearly to
high school graduates to attract
them into the teaching field.”
Another possible solution, he
said, is a plan now *n effect in
Florida, where $400,000 was ap-
propriated by the Legislature an-
nually to finance fellowships in
state teacher-training institutes for
1,000 selected high school gradu-
ates. Information from Florida in-
dicates that these fellowships have
been a great stimulus to enroll-
tions there.
fhent in teacher-training institu-
“Possibly the Florida plan is the
solution for the immediate prob-
lem,” Dean Pittenger observed.
“Probably a million dollars a year
spent in Texas *-'r scholarship#
for prospective teacn*r» «oOiu be
more productive in the immediate
future than the same amount of
money would be if spent in any
other way.”
Dr. Pittenger has had repeated
illusiraUons of two fundamental
laws governing the supply ot tea-
chers in relation to the demand
during his 20 years as dean of the
College of Education. One law is
that the supply of teachers is,
generally speaking, inversely re-
lated to the economic conditions
prevailing in the country. 'The
second is that the relations bet-
ween supply and demand at any
one time are different for dif-
ferent subjects and school levels.
During the past 20 years, for
instance, the . supply of well-quali-
fied high school teacheis has been
relatively
Mr. Ralph Whitmore, head of ; ings have been sparked by several
the Faculty Veteran’s Committee, ' entertainers and sneakers and has
addressed the Vets. Mr. Whitmore ben clamixed by the A DPI’s Var-
had recently attended a confereq- j ga Girl Skit”. Plans will he layed
ce in Waco and had gathered infor- i down soon for the activities to be
mation on facts regarding the in-! presented by the Veteran’s Or-
terpretation of the G. I. Bill of ganization for the year of 1947.
Science Soc. Presents
Assembly Prog. Tues.
Assembly this past week was in
charge of the Science Society. The
program was in the hands of Dr.
M. C. Godbey, sponsor of the soc-
iety and David Shaw, president of
the society.
Bill Jack Marshall presented the
history of the Science Society. It
was organized in 1917 by Dr.
Godbey and was known as the
Southwestern Chemical Society. In
1919 the society became official-
ly the Southwestern Science Soc-
iety. In 1937 the Science Society
sponsored the organization of
strictly collegiate division of the
Texas Academy, and in November
1938 received the first charter
in this new organization. Many
members of the society have dis-
tinguished themselves in various
fields of science. Bill Jack con-
cluded his talk with the qualifi-
cations of a member of the Sc-
ience Society.
At this time certificates of mem-
bership were presented to nine
new members by the secretary, Lois
Beane. Those receiving certifica-
tes were C. T. Adams, Frank Cham-
bers, Merle Cartwright, John Mc-
Neely, Ben Weiss, Ruth Young,
Wade Greathouse, Bill Jefferson,
and Henry DeWald.
It was an honor to have as the
speaker of the morning, Dr. C. F.
Arrowood of Texas University. He
spoke on “Science and the Good
Life”. Dr. Arrowood attended the
initiation of the Science Society
three weeks ago and stated that
he enjoyed being on the campus
very much. The program was con-
cluded with the singing of the Al-
ma Mater.
Pre-Meds. Elect
Group Officers
The Pre-Medical Association, a
new organization on the campus
held a meeting Thursday night,
December 5.
Officers were elected including
Vice-President, Iloyd Rounds and
Secretary - Treasurer, Lois Beane.
The President, Joe Albright, hav-
ing been elected at a previous meet-
ing.
The three man program com-
mittee was elected consisting of
representatives from
of the 3 branches of the Society:
Pre-med, Joe Fisher; Pre-Tech-
nician, Janice Tippett; Pre-Den-
tistry, Bill Kennedy.
VA Adds New Life
Insurance Clause
Music Students Present Pi Gamma Mu Initiates
Recital Tues. Dec. 10
I Students of the School of Mu-
The Veterans Admiinstration has ft*! pave a ®liort recital Tuesday
28 New Members
reminded veterans who have Nat-
ional Service Life Insurance that
afternoon, December 10. in the
studio of Dean Henry Meyer. Par-
they now may he insured against ^ selcctions are 33
total disability.
Bernice Scherer - “Minuet”, by
Total disability income benefits Hobekirk; “Valse in D Flat”, hy
authorized by recent legislation Chopin.
#nay be added to any plan of NSLI, Frances Jo McMahon - “The Lit-
upon application, proof of good I lte White Donkey”, by Ibart.
health, and payment of an extra Betty Lacy - “Arabsque”, by De-
premium, VA said.
Premium rates for the disabil-
ity coverage range from 6 cents
to 94 cents a month per $1,000 of
insurance, depending on the in-
sured’s age and type of policy.
Benefits are $5 a month for each
hussy.
Margie Fernandez - “Prelude in
G Minor”, by Rachmaninoff.
Patsy Morris - “Spinning Song”,
by Mendelssohn.
Ann York - “Danse”, by De-
hussy.
Joan Wood - “Brehidium In F
$1,000 of insurance and are pay- Minor”, hy Mendelssohn; “Cat and
able after the veteran has been i Mouse”, hy Copeland.
totally disabled continuously foi.
six months or more. The benefits
will continue as long as the insur-
ed remains disabled.
The face value of the veteran’s
Dr. Gamble of Georgetown gave .. ... . , , , .
. . .. . . . i policy will not be reduced by any
a very interesting lecture on the: .... .
Economics of Medicine and Dentw 1 ^iHty I,ayments h° mi*ht re
try. He pointed out the hardships C V *
of both young doctors and den- Veterans with service-connected
tists, and what courses are most disabilities less than total in de-
important to take prior to med- I gree are not prevented from taking
school. Dr. Gambel also discussed advantage of the new provision.
George Brigman - “Butterfly”
Etude, hy Chopin.
Beverly Hollingsworth - “Pas-
torale”. by Sibelius; Vienesse
Dance”, by Friedman-Gartner.
American Colleges To
Reach Peak in 49-50
Troy, N. Y. - (I. P.) - Predicting
that. American colleges and uni-
versities shall reach a total maxi-
Initiaiion services for Pi Gam-
ma Me, Honorary Social Science
were pi Id Wednesd-u evening, De-
cember 11 in the student office.
After the formal ceremonies, a
short business meeting was held.
Those initiated Wednesday even-
ing were as follows: Josephine
Maudell Barfield, Betty Jeanne
Barkley, Sue Bethany, Grace Fish-
er Bethea, Elmer Van Blissard,
Jr., Mary Lee Cannan, Gloria Clar-
ice Gordon, Ray Garland Green,
Herbert Fred Groth, Helmuth Win-
frid Hermann, Dorothy Louise Kil-
gore, Eugene H. Lott, Harold El-
zworth Massey, John Richard Neu-
man.
Mary Virginia Palmer, Mildred
Gene Rogers, George Francis
Smith Bertha M. Smyers, Alex-
Steel man, David Karl Switzer, Da-
phna Pearl Towler, Ouida Waddell,
Harvey D. Watts, Ola Mae Wiese,
Robert Patterson Wilcox, and Hat-
tie Lee Withers.
Tommy Lee Miles, President,
Marianne Barcus, Vice-President,
and Marilyn Cooper, Secretary pre-
sided over the initiation services.
the two main obstacles of young provided they apply before January | mum enrollment of two and a half
pre-med students; grades and mon- 1,
ey. Included in his lecture was
brief discussion on synthetic
drugs and Antibiotics, mainly Pen-
1950.
icellen and Streptomycin. Dr. Gam- j v^lVll oerVICe oeeks
ble concluded his lecture with the
advice to each individual to be
sure he likes medicine and wants
to study it before he undertakes
the work.
million in 1949-50 — a half mil-
lion more than the present peak—
Dr. Frances J. Brown, evecutive
Pre-Meds To Hear
Dr. H. E. Holtz
1 Veterans Administration have been
All students who are eligible are announced hy the Board of U. S.
urged to attend the meetings which Civil Service Examiners, Veterans
are held every second and fourth Administration, Dallas, Texas.
Wednesday nights of each month I a . i - .. ... , . ,
7.on „„„„ oc • .. c> • Salaries for the positions, which
at 7:30 in room 25 of the Science . .... , . ’ .
Building. You will find it very en beIftll.e<! ,n VA, a*en?,es ,n
joyable as well as beneficial. Texa8’ .Loul8,a"aQ
range from $3397.20 to $7102.20
______I per year.
secretary of President Truman’s
Commission on Higher Education,
in an n'l(,’-ess at Russell Sage Col-
leire here recently, warned that
“Higher education must move for-
. , , , . . . h snme revolutionary at-
jobs as Vocational Adv,sors in the titude whirh chnrateri7es the en-
Vocational Advisers
Civil service examination for
HOWE SERIOUSLY ILL
The Pre-Medical Association,
one of the newest organizations on
the campus will have their regular
meeting Thursday’ night, Decem-
ber 19, 1946 In room 26 of the
t thnn that of good Science Boilding. \
(Continued on Page 6) *«r him a speedy recovery.
i Applications' must be on file
! with {he Executive Secretary,
Word has reached the Mega- Hoard of U. S. Civil Service Ex-
phone office that Dr. Q. F. Howe, arninen* Veterans Administration,
Teachers College, New Britain, Branch Office $10, 1114 Commer-
’Connecticut, formerly the comman- c® street, Dallas, Texas, not later
ding officer of the Navy V-12 than December 17, 1946.
unit here at Southwestern univer- j Applioation forms and further
sity, is ill. His many friends on the information may be secured at
campus and in Georgetown wish I any first or second-class post of-
at iistnn«l«f mno/wMtui Mi__
jkkh
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tire structure of American life.”
Speaking before the administra-
tive officers and faculty of eleven
area colleges in an open meeting
of the Russell Sage Chapter of the
American Association of Univer-
sity Professors, he declared: “High-
er education is faced with two al-
ternatives either it will seek to res-
tore the smue complacency which
too often charaterized pre-war
ednention. or it will move for-
ward with courage and vision not
only to reflect changes in our na-
tional and international life hut to
give strong positive direction to
these changes. If higher education
seeks to return to the good old
days, it will fail the individual, the
nation and the world.”
In wtwriai to the predicted
Southwestern to Enter
U. T. Debate Tourney
Southwestern University enter-
ed a debate tournament held at
Texas University last Friday and
Saturday, in the second appear-
ance of the debate squad this year.
In an earlier tournament, Hob
Coleman and Oglesby together with
McDonald and Minnox participat-
ed for the University.
The question for the debate will
he on federalization or sociali-
zation of medicine. The teams of
Oglesby and Coleman and Minnov
and McDonald will be joined hy
Fore and Lynnox and Lewis and
Gilliam in the Austin meet-
peak enrollment, he said: “This
level will be consistently retained
through at least’ another decade.
“If there is a period of recess-
ion in employment there will be a
still further temporary upswing in
enrollment amounting to perhaps a
quarter of a million-an increase
which will be held for a period of
several years before a depression
would begin to decrease enroll-
ment. '• ; , ,
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The Caroling Service, sponsor-,
ed by the S. C. A., will depart ( Fury” and “Jacob Comes Home.” Closing out the evening was a
from Laura Kuykendall hall at rw,,™ r ..n.w • f rotentially great one-act play,
7:45 p. m. on the evening of Fri-1 “ th- C< ”tury LulLaby is a fan- «Ja(.ob Comes Home”. The inex-
day, December 20. After caroling | J® jS4,-1? Jccs the perienced cast failed to take ad_
throughout the campus and Geor-1 . * ‘ ld f|°m vantage of all the dramatic possi-
getown, the groups will return to lf what ever is ,n store 1)i]itics in tellinp the story of a
Laura Kuykendall dining hal11 t .’Xl! T"* The persecuted Jewish family during
where they will be served refresh-. ‘ a ™3’ ^lane JJat^Wn’ one of Herr Hitler’s bloody pog-
ments. Other entertainment is also 11 ~ ™ 1 *aiTls> Kenneth Bass roms durinR the ycar of Th
.planned. In!a S lrast: ™1 Robinson. Bernice Nel-
The regular Christian . Activi-1 “Babe” Pitts. ^ ^ j son» Linda Longoria, Gwen Med-
*ies page wilL. be continued with' *<Thn „ a ,i r ley> an<* Char'es Piland. Direction
the next edition, again present-1 J T and Fury”, a . was by' Howard'Young.
ing six of the Ministerial Associat- j £ realK d^v^cnmi pre®°nJatJon; Something new was added bet-
A really dizzy comedy, it pleased ween plays. The audience was al-
the audience with its totally unex- lowed to see the sets being chang-
pected ending. In the hands of a I ed and the actors being made up.
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