1939-02-07

              BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1939
Dr. Schacher to speak on
Czech erisis Thursday night
Noted Prague
journalist, author
on lecture course
"I Saw the Czech Crisis in
Prague," will be Dr. Gerard
Schacher's subject when he lec-tures
at Presser hall on Thurs-day,
Feb. 9 at 8:30 p.m. Since
his arrival in America last
month, he has broadcast twice
on National Network from New
York City and following his ap-pearance
at Syracuse university
three weeks ago, he was widely
quoted in the newspapers.
Dr. Schacher, the eminent
Prague journalist and the Lon-don
correspondent for The
News Chronicle, The Economist,
The Financial News, and Man-chester
Guardian Commercial is
the noted author of "Germany
Pushes South-East," published
in England, which has been a
European best-seller.
Emphasizes Economic Aspect
In his books, as well as by
his articles in prominent British
and American journals, he writes
on Central European problems,
pointing out their great import-ance
in international relations,
emphasizing that they have so
often provided the spark ignit-ing
a greater conflagration.
Having long observed Ger-many's
insidious influence pene-trating
the countries of South-
Eastern Europe, and having a
first-hand and intimate know-ledge
of the means and methods
she uses to gain her influence,
there could be no one better
qualified to put a clear picture
of the Central European situa-tion
before the American public.
Nazism is Menace
Dr. Schacher's startling state-ments
and predictions bearing
the stlamp of truth and sound
reasoning will grip and thrill
his audiences. They are warn-ings,
brilliantly delivered by a
man who is a specialist in his
subject, of the menace of Nazism
not only to Central Europe, but
to the peace of the entire world.
Holding degrees of Doctor of
Law and DoctOr of Economics
from German universities, Dr.
Schacher is a splendid speaker
and handles the English lan-guage
perfectly. His recent lec-ture
tour through England was
a great success. He addressed
The House of Commons, The
Royal Institute of National Af-fairs,
The New Commonwealth
Institute, The Liberal Council,
and many other important
groups.
Former Argus editor
on newspaper staff
Miss Charlotte FitzHenry, who
was editor of the ARGUS in
1937-38, has recently become a
reporter on the staff of the
Daily Pantagraph.
Dr. Gerhard Schacher
Changes in
faculty made
Due to the departure of Miss
Melba Johnson, several changes
have been made in the Wesleyan
faculty this semester.
In the liberal arts depart-ment
Coach Harry Bell has tak-en
over stage craft ,and make up
classes formerly taught by Miss
Johnson, who has gone to North-western
university to continue
her studies in dramatics.
Coach Bell has also added
journalism writing to the curri-culum.
Miss Ethel Gunn is re-placing
Miss Johnson in the
speech department.
In the School of Music Walter
J. Freedman of Chicago is in
the instrumental department re-placing
Donald Sandifer.
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MAY I INTRODUCE. ..
He, They, It. He is Kenney
Layne, better known in North
Main circles as Kenney Lither-land;
they boys are all real
swing-cats that can cut a rug
and groove a platter with the
best of them; it is the band
that is gaining a reputation for
being out of the world when
they blow hot. Well, what I'm
trying to say is that for the
next dance at Memorial Gym
on February 17 you'll be swing-ing
to straight jive from Ken-ney
Layne and his orchestra.
Kenney was telling me about
the band the other day. It
seems that he plays piano and
keeps the outfit rolling without
friction. Aside from that he
says the credit all goes to his
men, Perhaps first in his esti-mation
is "Chuck" Loomis.
Chucky is that trumpeter from
Ken Gore's band that used to
play on the roof-garden of the
Hotel Peabody in Memphis,
Tenn. You've never heard jam
until you've heard him send
those hot licks.
Sitting beside Chuck is Byron
Baxter, 1st trumpeter, who can
really get off gutbucket rides.
Seated next to "Bax" is Bill
Book, a mighty fine slush-pump
man. 4
Playing the three foghorns
are Morrie Johnson, Bob Smith,
and Al Ameday. Morrie is Ist
sax man and was with Chuck
down south in the Hotel Pea-body
orchestra. Bob plays tenor
sax-come and listen to him
give out on Rigamarole.- Al is
holding down the 3rd sax chair
and doing a swell job of it. He
used to play at the Inglaterra
in Peoria.
,Back on the suitcases is Chuck
Bishoff. He is one of the best
drummers in town and you
really can't afford to miss his
drum solo in -White Heat-Gene
Krupa the second is what they've
begun to call him.
Oladerdonk presents
rfleture
by ann tilton
I listened to Kenney and his
boys the other night and they
made an amateur alligator out
of me. First, they got warmed
up with Loomnis holding the
spotlight with Clyde McCoy's
Suga Blues up. Then they
settled back to some mighty fine
sweet music with Miss Anita
Rahn singing Deep in a Dream.
They took down their hair on
the next number which was
White Heat. Honestly, you've
never heard such torrid swing.
And finally they gave that uni-versal
favorite, Stardust. I'm
really hard to please but there's
nothing better than Kenney and
his lads doing this sad tune
of Hoagy Carmichaels.
It seems I've rambled on and
on about your next maestro and
his great band, but I'm sure
you'll agree after you've heard
them that their slogan of "Nuff
Said" is an apt one.
diers went off as if to a great
game, and how, often, they were
not even buried.
Don't Sell Munitions
Dr. Onderdonk begged all stu-dents
to sign petitions after
Chapel, asking that the United
States refrain from selling war
implements and munitions to
other countries, particularly the
aggressor nations.
According to Dr. Onderdonk,
our only hope of ever achieving
peace lies in the League of Na-tions.
but it can only be brought
about by the .full cooperation of
all nations, particularly the
United States.
VOL. 45
ILLINOIS WESLEYA UNIVERST
L-134 NO. 16
Many new students
come as others
are re-enrolled
The new semester has brought
many new faces to the Wesleyan
campus, as well as showing a
loss of some of last semester's
students. According to the latest
reports 29 students are enrolled
for the new semester at Wesley-an
who were not here at the
first of the school year.
Those who have previously at-tended
Wesleyan and who have
re-enrolled are: Betty Barnes,
Minier; John 'Christian, Peoria;
Dorothy Hatfield, Bloomington;
Robert Kaiser, Braidwood; Mar-garet
Lantz, Congerville; John
Lenz, Peoria; William Mammen,
Bloomington; John Pilkis, Cic-ero;
Mary Ann Roozen, Nor-mal;
Byron Smith, Flora; Rus-sell
Tambling, Dwight; Frances
Turley, Clinton; and Ed Woz-niak,
Chicago.
Many New Freshmen
Freshmen who have enrolled
are: Harry Ahlers, Mt. Vernon,
N. Y.; Joseph Alfone, New Ha-ven,
Conn.; Leo Benson, Lincoln,
Neb.; William Blumberg, Collins-ville;
Lewellyn James, Blooming-ton;
Florence John, Galesburg;
Elenore Lane, Chicago; Robert
Nemetz, Marshalltown, Ia.; Mrs.
Catherine Pearson, Taylorville;
Joseph Spring, Chicago; Richard
Woehr, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; Ralph
Zeitz, Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
Several Transfers
Others who have transferred
to Wesleyan are: Lee Adel Jeff-ries,
Lexington, from Northwes-tern;
Raymond McGrath, Joliet,
from Joliet Jr. college; Donald
Olson, Chicago, from Wilson Jr.
college, and Gale Roberts,-Illi-oplis,
from University of Illinois.
Diasia postponed
The Diasia Hop, a dance for
all campus women, has been
postponed until April 14.
Horrible atrocities
are displayed with
March of Time
Severed arms and legs, seared
skin, broken and crushed bodies,
homes in flames and children
starving-these were sights that
made Wesleyan students shud-der
when Dr. Francis S. Onder-donk
brought his movies of the
Chinese war to Chapel yester-day.
Part of the films were
talkies and for the others Dr.
Onderdonk supplied a running
commentary of explanation.
Unbelievable 'atrocities were
shown, along with a great many
shots of the bombing of civilians
particularly in Shanghai. But,
said Dr. Onderdonk, "We may
hate militarism, or hate the mil-itary
dictators of Japan, but we
-must not hate the Japanese
people."
Torture Chinese Prisoners
Dr. Onderdonk told of cruel
tortures to captured Chinese by
the victorius Japanese; of pris-oners
tied up and used for bay-onet
practise; of people tied
and dumped into ponds to
drown; and of large groups of
40 or 50 people tied together and
set fire. Several who managed
to recover from this last ordeal
were shown, with most of their
arms and legs burned away.
Besides Chinese pictures, Dr.
Onderdonk showed a last year's
March of Time reel of the
League of Nations, endeavoring
to show that although the
League has made many mis-takes,
it has done a great deal
of good, particularly' in sup-pressing
opium trade, disease,
and slavery.
Why the League Failed
According to this film, one of
the reasons why the League of
Nations has not succeeded so
well is because of the indiffer-ence
of the United States and
her refusal to join because of
fear of "entangling alliances."
Another reel brought out the
whole futility and absurdity of
the World war, showing how it
came about and how the sol-
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Dr. Francis S. Onderdonk
Courtesy of Daily Pantagraph
Coach Bell
host at tea
Coach Harry C. Bell and the
journalism class were hosts at
a tea given in the Student
Lounge last Thursday afternoon
from 3 to 5. The Lounge was
decorated with white tapers and
fresh flowers. Miss Genevieve
White and Mrs. Norman Elliot
poured.
The entire student body was
invited, but especially those in-terested
in journalsm or ltera-ture.
BULILETIN
The Titan quintet dropped
a game to Macomb Teachers
last night by a 53-39 score.
The absence of Bud Monohan
from the aggregation was sore-ly
felt.
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