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THE ARGUS ILLINOIS XVESLEYAN UNIVERSITY VOLUME XXXVII BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1930 Titans Leap Second Barrier with 7 to 0 Victory Dr. Wil ANNOIINC[MI 001 AFTI Much of 1 in 1921 I Presi 'liam J. Lavidson Uutlines Weslepan 's Financial Troubles [NTIS GIVEN Alpha Delta to Hold Council Meeting Here [R DISTRICTMME IT fraAtleprhnai ty,D welitlal , honladt ioa naml eetjinogu ronfa lthiestic national council on the Wesleyan donev Subscribed campus, Saturday, October 18. S Yet, Newell Dailey, Who graduated from Jnavailable Yet, Augustana last 'ear is the national dent Says. president. Madeleine Anderson, editor-in- chief of the Argus, is national xice- One of the chief reasons for the need president, and Eldred Olson, national of more money at Illinois Wesleyan secretary. J. Howard Dunker of Brad-university is the fact that a great deal ley is treasurer. of the subscriptions given in the 1921 Augustana wil lbe the scene of the campaign for funds at the school were second national convention of the or-in time paper, which is not yet avail- ganization in February. Schools that able, Dr. William J. D)avidson, presi- will sen delegates to the convention dent, said Thursday following a meet- are Bradley, WVesleyan, Breanau Col-ing of district superintendents of the lege, Gainsville, Ga., and Parsons col- Mehodist Episcopal church and others lege, Fairfield, Iowsa. It is expected at the school Wednesday. I that several other colleges will have The 10 district superintendents and active chapters of the fraternity be-group leaders, who met Wednesday, fore the date set for the convention. adopted resolutions emphatically in fa-vor of the present one million dollar Teachers of Speech drive which is to close )ec. 20, and pledged their full suIpiort to the drive. Organize Association "In 1921, Illinois Wesleyan univer- The teachers of speech of Illinois sity was favored with the memorable high schools and colleges organized a Bloomington-McLean county campaign state association Saturday at Peoria. which yielded subscriptions amounting They named Prof. NV. P. Stanford, head to $692,453, given on condition that the of the speech department of the Uni-school remain in Bloomington and that versity of Illinois, as president and sel-the trustees secure later additional sub- ected Miss Robierta Poos of the Vood scriptions to the amount of one million River high school as secretary treas-dollars," Dr. Davidson said in explain- urer. ing the need for the present drive. Prof. William M. Fulton, Illinois Time Paper Unproductive WVesleyan delbatceo ach, was named edi- "Half the subscriptions given in 1921 tor for the state group's affairs in the were estate notes and other long time magazine to be published jointly by paper not yet productive for Wesleyan. the Illinois and Indiana associations. Likewise half of the subscriptions se- The Indiana teacFiers, organized about cured by the trustees in meeting the two years ago, already have a publica-million dollar condition were similar tion and its scope will be extended to long time paper, not yet productive. It include activities of the Illinois group. thus happens that Wesleyan has not The teachers are to meet annually, had half the ready cash for her work but place or date has not been speci-which all those would imagine she had, fied. who do not know" how much long time paper was written in her favor, which Wesleyana Cover Wins paper will be productive some time," Substantial Cash Prize the president continued. "Out of the proceeds of the Bloom- For Small Universities ington-McLean county campaign of The cover of the Wesleyana of last 1921, it was necessary to pay the costs year won a substantial cash prize in a of the campaign, amounting to about nation wide contest in clas three which $30,000 and sustentation of the Wes- included colleges the size of XVesleyan leyan, amounting to $50,000 before any Miss Lucille Condit, head of the art funds were available for the erection department in cooperation with the of the gymnasium, or the purchase of staff and the D. J. Molloy Company, a square foot of additional campus. makers of annual covers, designed the "Since 1921 the Memorial gymnasium Veslevana cover. has been built and paid for at a cost of It was of modernistic design, done over $200,000; the Buck Memorial lib- in black and gold. rary has been erected and paid for out of the Buck estate; the Y. XX. C. " A. Hut has been made available for its vast variety of uses; Kemp lodge has BLOOMINGTON come into being as a residence hall for women; and Presser hall has been Has Celebrities in National Gov erected and equipped at a cost of over $200,000 and has taken its place as a (Continued on page 2) •Howv mans' X'esley aix studemnts knows Shaw Takes as Topic anything abouit the history of Bloom-' Troubles of Premier' iinngdtuosnt,r ieitss, cthhieef palaccceosm polfi shimmteenretss t, iittss. James H. Shass, oI the class of '86, citizens haxe. made? for many years a' resident of Bloomimig-ton, amid now living in Tejunga. Calit., Those wsho have chosemi Bloonmington discussed the "Troubles of a Prenxier" as the scemie of their college life should at the Tuesday niorning chapel at Illi-k mnw Bloomingtoni. Bhoomimngtoni has 'nois NWesley an university. beemi represeiited imi legislative circles This was the first meeting of the bs David Davis. one-tinie xice presi-week. Thursday's chapel will be given dent, James Ewing, representative to to an address by Dr. Otto Baab, new Belgium, Joseph Fifer, governor of head of the English Bible department Illinois, Judge Louis Fitzhenrv and by at the university, and Friday Prof. countless others. On the operatic stage Arnold Lovejoy of the music school were Kate Condon and the famous will lead the assemblage in singing uni- Marie Litta, whose portrait hangs in versity songs. the reception room of Presser Hall. Mr. Shaw has traveled widely in Eur- Lyrll Barbour, concert pianist, is even ope and America, as a chautauqua now appearing before applauding aud-speaker and commercial tour organizer iences of others nations. and director. His speech Tuesday In the circus world the Flying Wards dealt particularly with the present ter- have for y ears ranked anong the most ritorial troubles of England, and was prominent acrobats. Richard Henry based upon observations made in recent Little, of journalistic fame, claims visits to England. Bloomington as his birth place. So BEG PARDON! Through a very grave error the wrong name was announced for chairman of this year's Homecoming. Prof. Fred L. Muhl is chairman of the faculty committee. He is working in conjunction with a group of WESLEYAN'S GROWTH IS REVIEWED BY PRESIDENT Dr. \V. J. Davidson reviewed Ves-lcyan's growth for the last decade at cvhaarypienl g eTchotnirosmdaicy . conHdiatinodnisc apapnedd lanbdy depreciations Wesleyan has added three new buildings and doubled the acreage of the campus from 1920-1930, said Prexy. alumni and the student council. I In 1920, Springfield, the state capitol, The green-clad Titans fri ,1; The line of events has not been presented an attractive offer to WVes- Wesleyan hurdled their second infer decided upon as yet, Mr. Muhl levan to move the university to that ence foe Friday night under the arc says, but announcement will be city. In reply to that offer, the people lights, 7 to 0, but they will cai: the made soon concerning the plans of McLean county and Bloomington battle marks through the rest of the which are being worked upon organized a campaign for one million season. The St. Viator eleven, inspired now.idollars. Through this campaign the as is usually the case in the event the ,4 Memorial gynmasium became a doud- are playing \Veslevan outfought and out. Sigma Kappa and nTahnet cafmeaptuusre acoref agWe ewslaesv aanls'so inccarmeapsuesd. chhaalfr geadn d thed ogTgietdanlys thhurnogu ghoonu tu ntthile tfhires.t; Sigma Chi Lead to txsice its previous magnitude, Dr. gave out in the third quarter and Wes Groups at I. W. U. DaDviudrsionng caonn teinnudeodw. ment campaign in IMcyc Awllaiss tera bler utsoh epdu shi n ovseorm ea lmonoer e talrley-. Sigma Kappa social sorority, Sigma 1912-14 Mrs. Martha Ann Buck sub- serves, however, and the Titans were Chi social fraternity led the liberal arts scribcd enough to build a library and held for the rest of the game. group at Illinois WVesleyan university a working budget of $100,000. The es-in scholarship standings for the last tate of the late Mrs. Martha Ann argVtus meenntt htahroo tighin ht heth ee nteirtee gamc an( semester of the last school year and Buck of Decatur and her husband was wgacty a Delta Omicron musical sorority led the settled and in the "early twenties" the hmc ie ciis o sic , music groups, according to announce- building was completed. panic cotildlhe determinetd on statistic ment made at the registrar's office. Presser Ilall, the latest building add- the center of the field gaier yardage The highest average of any group el to our campus, was a result of an waas inthgat of Delta Omicron which had endowment gift of the Presser Founda- means little if not conxerted ito first h downs and several of them in a row. The a ratiig of 2.4164 points, antI Sigma tion ($75,000.00). The people of Cen- Kappa was second highest with 2.3927 tral Illinois subscribed enough to pay -esleyaacnk s reeler off 228 yards points. Sigma Ci's aerage as 2.0761. for the remainder of the cost of build- from scrimmage for 12 first downs as Standings for other sororities than ing and furnishing, approximately compared to 60 yards for the Irish and Sigma Kappa were as follows: Beta $190,000.00. Dr. Cook, president of the txo first doxns, hut the Green t nd Sigma Omicron, 2.3915; Kappa Kappa Presser Foundation, in the dedication White machine only twice was wits 0in Gamma, 2.2804; Kappa Delta, 2.2573, speech last February compared it to scoring distance and luckily it cashed in and Alpha Gamma Delta, 2.2350. Fra- conservatories in Europe and rated it on one of the opportunities. ternity standings for other than Sigma o n e of the best in the United States. Score in Third Period Chi were as follows: Delta Alpha Ep- WVesleyan has had a difficult time in After a scoreless first half, in w. silon, 1.1877 ihi amma Delta, 1.9797; keeping ahead of the varying economic the ball was jockeyed up and dow.: Beta Kappa, 1.9723, and Tau Kappa conditions but has always remained on the center of the field most of the time Epsilon, 1.9056. Sigma Alpha Iota mu- top because of its spirit. It is consid- the Titans started their touchdown driv IRISH BRACE AND HOLD W[SL[YAN TO LOW SCORE Green and White Line Hold St. Viator to Two First Downs sic sorority had a standing of 2.3691, and Phi Mu Alpha, music fraternity, had 2.2494. The policy of the university in award-ing cups to the organizations rating highest scholastically, formerly prac-ticed, has been abandoned, according to Dean William Wallis. Four points signifies an A rating, or the highest given at the university three points, a B rating; two points, a C rating, and one point a D rating, it was explained. NAMESAKE OF SCOTCH BARD ENROLED AT WESLEYAN Interesting among the names of this year's Freshmen are those of Robert Burns and of Winston Churchill, the former the namesake of the popular Scotch poet; the latter of both a fa-mous American author and an out-standing British diplomat. ered and rated one of the best Class A colleges in the United States. The president completed his speech by an appeal to the students to "talk up \Vesleyan" and catch and pass on the spirit of XXesleyan. Phi Kappa Phi Plans for Work of the Year Phi Kappa Phi, national honorary scholastic fraternity, considered plans for the year's work at a meeting held in room 12, Illinois WVsesleyan univer-sity, Monday morning. Dr. Mildred Hunt, head of the mathematics depart-ment and president of the fraternity, presided. At present the organization is com-posed wholly of faculty members, since all students elected from the senior class each year are graduated. Selec-tion of new members for the fraternity will be made next spring. IS PLACE OF HISTORIC INTEREST ,ernment, Stage, Literary World, Drama, and on Athletic Fields Margaret O'Malley Gives Review does Sidney Smith, cartoonist, Major ers of him are to be seen in the mu- Powell. the great explorer, lived here. seums at the Court House and the Ranking high in their professions on McBarnes Memorial building. These the legitimate stage are Rachel Cro- collections have many other interesting thers and Margaret Illington. These features and they are alhays open to are but a few of those who have \Vesleyan students. brotht fam e to lnln-,,t- The Passion Play presented annually bsy the Consistory players under the di-rection of Dehmar Darrah has brought international attention to Bloomington XXith such a background, Blooming-ton has some very prominent history art and literature clubs. Chief among those which offer associate member-ships to all interested students are the Art Association, the Garden Club. the Amateur Musical club, and the Coix-munity Players. Historically speaking, Bloomington is at the front. Perhaps the place of greatest interest is at Front and East streets where a tablet marks the spot where Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous "lost" speech. Lincoln was often in Bloomington. Several remin, Situated in the heart of Illinois and in a county of great agricultural fame, Bloomington has many industries. The largest and most famous are probably the XXWilliams Oil-O-Matic, the Mead- ows \Vashing Machine Plant, Belch's Candy Factory, the American Foundry, Furnace Company, and the Chicago & Alto shops. A sight-seeing trip to some of these places, past the 21 schools and the 36 churches, Bloomington is proud to claim and to such beauty spot as High-land Park, Miller Park, and the various residential districts would undoutedly prove interesting to the Vesleyan stu-dent who at the same time wn, ' bably broaden i. in the third period. Richard Presley, the speedboy from Carbondale, returned a St. Viator punt from his own 35 yards stripe to the Irish 40. The Titans then reeled off three consecutive first downs with Sweasy and Presley toting the ball. From the 15 yard line Presley cut back through tackle and plowed his way over the Irish goal line for the only score of the game. Wesleyan had only one other chance to score and that came in the last quar-ter when they advanced within the Viator 25 yard stripe. The advance was not productive, however, and the Green lost the ball on downs. St. Viator's only chance to score was in the first half whet Sweasy fumbled on his 35 yard line and (Continued on page 6) I_-SPICE-President's Reception for Fac-ulty . . . Page 3. W. A. A. Intramural President Is Elected ... Page 8. Apollo Club Selected. about it on page 2. Read Intramural Basketball Schedule Is Announced . . . Page 6. Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Epsilon have party for their children Page 3. What do you think about night football . . . Page 4. Suggestions are made for col-umn name . . . Page 5. Fraternity "paddling" is discussed on page 4. Prexy outlines financial cam-paign . . . Page 1. Abe Martin Comments on Hard Times . . . Page 5. Have you read Burow's Brays on page 7. Mildred Eichman revie" NUMBER 3 r i I' I r I I I i1 ij I i I I i Now. 71 TI T"77" T 7% " 7 ,., 1 7"
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Full Text | THE ARGUS ILLINOIS XVESLEYAN UNIVERSITY VOLUME XXXVII BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1930 Titans Leap Second Barrier with 7 to 0 Victory Dr. Wil ANNOIINC[MI 001 AFTI Much of 1 in 1921 I Presi 'liam J. Lavidson Uutlines Weslepan 's Financial Troubles [NTIS GIVEN Alpha Delta to Hold Council Meeting Here [R DISTRICTMME IT fraAtleprhnai ty,D welitlal , honladt ioa naml eetjinogu ronfa lthiestic national council on the Wesleyan donev Subscribed campus, Saturday, October 18. S Yet, Newell Dailey, Who graduated from Jnavailable Yet, Augustana last 'ear is the national dent Says. president. Madeleine Anderson, editor-in- chief of the Argus, is national xice- One of the chief reasons for the need president, and Eldred Olson, national of more money at Illinois Wesleyan secretary. J. Howard Dunker of Brad-university is the fact that a great deal ley is treasurer. of the subscriptions given in the 1921 Augustana wil lbe the scene of the campaign for funds at the school were second national convention of the or-in time paper, which is not yet avail- ganization in February. Schools that able, Dr. William J. D)avidson, presi- will sen delegates to the convention dent, said Thursday following a meet- are Bradley, WVesleyan, Breanau Col-ing of district superintendents of the lege, Gainsville, Ga., and Parsons col- Mehodist Episcopal church and others lege, Fairfield, Iowsa. It is expected at the school Wednesday. I that several other colleges will have The 10 district superintendents and active chapters of the fraternity be-group leaders, who met Wednesday, fore the date set for the convention. adopted resolutions emphatically in fa-vor of the present one million dollar Teachers of Speech drive which is to close )ec. 20, and pledged their full suIpiort to the drive. Organize Association "In 1921, Illinois Wesleyan univer- The teachers of speech of Illinois sity was favored with the memorable high schools and colleges organized a Bloomington-McLean county campaign state association Saturday at Peoria. which yielded subscriptions amounting They named Prof. NV. P. Stanford, head to $692,453, given on condition that the of the speech department of the Uni-school remain in Bloomington and that versity of Illinois, as president and sel-the trustees secure later additional sub- ected Miss Robierta Poos of the Vood scriptions to the amount of one million River high school as secretary treas-dollars," Dr. Davidson said in explain- urer. ing the need for the present drive. Prof. William M. Fulton, Illinois Time Paper Unproductive WVesleyan delbatceo ach, was named edi- "Half the subscriptions given in 1921 tor for the state group's affairs in the were estate notes and other long time magazine to be published jointly by paper not yet productive for Wesleyan. the Illinois and Indiana associations. Likewise half of the subscriptions se- The Indiana teacFiers, organized about cured by the trustees in meeting the two years ago, already have a publica-million dollar condition were similar tion and its scope will be extended to long time paper, not yet productive. It include activities of the Illinois group. thus happens that Wesleyan has not The teachers are to meet annually, had half the ready cash for her work but place or date has not been speci-which all those would imagine she had, fied. who do not know" how much long time paper was written in her favor, which Wesleyana Cover Wins paper will be productive some time," Substantial Cash Prize the president continued. "Out of the proceeds of the Bloom- For Small Universities ington-McLean county campaign of The cover of the Wesleyana of last 1921, it was necessary to pay the costs year won a substantial cash prize in a of the campaign, amounting to about nation wide contest in clas three which $30,000 and sustentation of the Wes- included colleges the size of XVesleyan leyan, amounting to $50,000 before any Miss Lucille Condit, head of the art funds were available for the erection department in cooperation with the of the gymnasium, or the purchase of staff and the D. J. Molloy Company, a square foot of additional campus. makers of annual covers, designed the "Since 1921 the Memorial gymnasium Veslevana cover. has been built and paid for at a cost of It was of modernistic design, done over $200,000; the Buck Memorial lib- in black and gold. rary has been erected and paid for out of the Buck estate; the Y. XX. C. " A. Hut has been made available for its vast variety of uses; Kemp lodge has BLOOMINGTON come into being as a residence hall for women; and Presser hall has been Has Celebrities in National Gov erected and equipped at a cost of over $200,000 and has taken its place as a (Continued on page 2) •Howv mans' X'esley aix studemnts knows Shaw Takes as Topic anything abouit the history of Bloom-' Troubles of Premier' iinngdtuosnt,r ieitss, cthhieef palaccceosm polfi shimmteenretss t, iittss. James H. Shass, oI the class of '86, citizens haxe. made? for many years a' resident of Bloomimig-ton, amid now living in Tejunga. Calit., Those wsho have chosemi Bloonmington discussed the "Troubles of a Prenxier" as the scemie of their college life should at the Tuesday niorning chapel at Illi-k mnw Bloomingtoni. Bhoomimngtoni has 'nois NWesley an university. beemi represeiited imi legislative circles This was the first meeting of the bs David Davis. one-tinie xice presi-week. Thursday's chapel will be given dent, James Ewing, representative to to an address by Dr. Otto Baab, new Belgium, Joseph Fifer, governor of head of the English Bible department Illinois, Judge Louis Fitzhenrv and by at the university, and Friday Prof. countless others. On the operatic stage Arnold Lovejoy of the music school were Kate Condon and the famous will lead the assemblage in singing uni- Marie Litta, whose portrait hangs in versity songs. the reception room of Presser Hall. Mr. Shaw has traveled widely in Eur- Lyrll Barbour, concert pianist, is even ope and America, as a chautauqua now appearing before applauding aud-speaker and commercial tour organizer iences of others nations. and director. His speech Tuesday In the circus world the Flying Wards dealt particularly with the present ter- have for y ears ranked anong the most ritorial troubles of England, and was prominent acrobats. Richard Henry based upon observations made in recent Little, of journalistic fame, claims visits to England. Bloomington as his birth place. So BEG PARDON! Through a very grave error the wrong name was announced for chairman of this year's Homecoming. Prof. Fred L. Muhl is chairman of the faculty committee. He is working in conjunction with a group of WESLEYAN'S GROWTH IS REVIEWED BY PRESIDENT Dr. \V. J. Davidson reviewed Ves-lcyan's growth for the last decade at cvhaarypienl g eTchotnirosmdaicy . conHdiatinodnisc apapnedd lanbdy depreciations Wesleyan has added three new buildings and doubled the acreage of the campus from 1920-1930, said Prexy. alumni and the student council. I In 1920, Springfield, the state capitol, The green-clad Titans fri ,1; The line of events has not been presented an attractive offer to WVes- Wesleyan hurdled their second infer decided upon as yet, Mr. Muhl levan to move the university to that ence foe Friday night under the arc says, but announcement will be city. In reply to that offer, the people lights, 7 to 0, but they will cai: the made soon concerning the plans of McLean county and Bloomington battle marks through the rest of the which are being worked upon organized a campaign for one million season. The St. Viator eleven, inspired now.idollars. Through this campaign the as is usually the case in the event the ,4 Memorial gynmasium became a doud- are playing \Veslevan outfought and out. Sigma Kappa and nTahnet cafmeaptuusre acoref agWe ewslaesv aanls'so inccarmeapsuesd. chhaalfr geadn d thed ogTgietdanlys thhurnogu ghoonu tu ntthile tfhires.t; Sigma Chi Lead to txsice its previous magnitude, Dr. gave out in the third quarter and Wes Groups at I. W. U. DaDviudrsionng caonn teinnudeodw. ment campaign in IMcyc Awllaiss tera bler utsoh epdu shi n ovseorm ea lmonoer e talrley-. Sigma Kappa social sorority, Sigma 1912-14 Mrs. Martha Ann Buck sub- serves, however, and the Titans were Chi social fraternity led the liberal arts scribcd enough to build a library and held for the rest of the game. group at Illinois WVesleyan university a working budget of $100,000. The es-in scholarship standings for the last tate of the late Mrs. Martha Ann argVtus meenntt htahroo tighin ht heth ee nteirtee gamc an( semester of the last school year and Buck of Decatur and her husband was wgacty a Delta Omicron musical sorority led the settled and in the "early twenties" the hmc ie ciis o sic , music groups, according to announce- building was completed. panic cotildlhe determinetd on statistic ment made at the registrar's office. Presser Ilall, the latest building add- the center of the field gaier yardage The highest average of any group el to our campus, was a result of an waas inthgat of Delta Omicron which had endowment gift of the Presser Founda- means little if not conxerted ito first h downs and several of them in a row. The a ratiig of 2.4164 points, antI Sigma tion ($75,000.00). The people of Cen- Kappa was second highest with 2.3927 tral Illinois subscribed enough to pay -esleyaacnk s reeler off 228 yards points. Sigma Ci's aerage as 2.0761. for the remainder of the cost of build- from scrimmage for 12 first downs as Standings for other sororities than ing and furnishing, approximately compared to 60 yards for the Irish and Sigma Kappa were as follows: Beta $190,000.00. Dr. Cook, president of the txo first doxns, hut the Green t nd Sigma Omicron, 2.3915; Kappa Kappa Presser Foundation, in the dedication White machine only twice was wits 0in Gamma, 2.2804; Kappa Delta, 2.2573, speech last February compared it to scoring distance and luckily it cashed in and Alpha Gamma Delta, 2.2350. Fra- conservatories in Europe and rated it on one of the opportunities. ternity standings for other than Sigma o n e of the best in the United States. Score in Third Period Chi were as follows: Delta Alpha Ep- WVesleyan has had a difficult time in After a scoreless first half, in w. silon, 1.1877 ihi amma Delta, 1.9797; keeping ahead of the varying economic the ball was jockeyed up and dow.: Beta Kappa, 1.9723, and Tau Kappa conditions but has always remained on the center of the field most of the time Epsilon, 1.9056. Sigma Alpha Iota mu- top because of its spirit. It is consid- the Titans started their touchdown driv IRISH BRACE AND HOLD W[SL[YAN TO LOW SCORE Green and White Line Hold St. Viator to Two First Downs sic sorority had a standing of 2.3691, and Phi Mu Alpha, music fraternity, had 2.2494. The policy of the university in award-ing cups to the organizations rating highest scholastically, formerly prac-ticed, has been abandoned, according to Dean William Wallis. Four points signifies an A rating, or the highest given at the university three points, a B rating; two points, a C rating, and one point a D rating, it was explained. NAMESAKE OF SCOTCH BARD ENROLED AT WESLEYAN Interesting among the names of this year's Freshmen are those of Robert Burns and of Winston Churchill, the former the namesake of the popular Scotch poet; the latter of both a fa-mous American author and an out-standing British diplomat. ered and rated one of the best Class A colleges in the United States. The president completed his speech by an appeal to the students to "talk up \Vesleyan" and catch and pass on the spirit of XXesleyan. Phi Kappa Phi Plans for Work of the Year Phi Kappa Phi, national honorary scholastic fraternity, considered plans for the year's work at a meeting held in room 12, Illinois WVsesleyan univer-sity, Monday morning. Dr. Mildred Hunt, head of the mathematics depart-ment and president of the fraternity, presided. At present the organization is com-posed wholly of faculty members, since all students elected from the senior class each year are graduated. Selec-tion of new members for the fraternity will be made next spring. IS PLACE OF HISTORIC INTEREST ,ernment, Stage, Literary World, Drama, and on Athletic Fields Margaret O'Malley Gives Review does Sidney Smith, cartoonist, Major ers of him are to be seen in the mu- Powell. the great explorer, lived here. seums at the Court House and the Ranking high in their professions on McBarnes Memorial building. These the legitimate stage are Rachel Cro- collections have many other interesting thers and Margaret Illington. These features and they are alhays open to are but a few of those who have \Vesleyan students. brotht fam e to lnln-,,t- The Passion Play presented annually bsy the Consistory players under the di-rection of Dehmar Darrah has brought international attention to Bloomington XXith such a background, Blooming-ton has some very prominent history art and literature clubs. Chief among those which offer associate member-ships to all interested students are the Art Association, the Garden Club. the Amateur Musical club, and the Coix-munity Players. Historically speaking, Bloomington is at the front. Perhaps the place of greatest interest is at Front and East streets where a tablet marks the spot where Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous "lost" speech. Lincoln was often in Bloomington. Several remin, Situated in the heart of Illinois and in a county of great agricultural fame, Bloomington has many industries. The largest and most famous are probably the XXWilliams Oil-O-Matic, the Mead- ows \Vashing Machine Plant, Belch's Candy Factory, the American Foundry, Furnace Company, and the Chicago & Alto shops. A sight-seeing trip to some of these places, past the 21 schools and the 36 churches, Bloomington is proud to claim and to such beauty spot as High-land Park, Miller Park, and the various residential districts would undoutedly prove interesting to the Vesleyan stu-dent who at the same time wn, ' bably broaden i. in the third period. Richard Presley, the speedboy from Carbondale, returned a St. Viator punt from his own 35 yards stripe to the Irish 40. The Titans then reeled off three consecutive first downs with Sweasy and Presley toting the ball. From the 15 yard line Presley cut back through tackle and plowed his way over the Irish goal line for the only score of the game. Wesleyan had only one other chance to score and that came in the last quar-ter when they advanced within the Viator 25 yard stripe. The advance was not productive, however, and the Green lost the ball on downs. St. Viator's only chance to score was in the first half whet Sweasy fumbled on his 35 yard line and (Continued on page 6) I_-SPICE-President's Reception for Fac-ulty . . . Page 3. W. A. A. Intramural President Is Elected ... Page 8. Apollo Club Selected. about it on page 2. Read Intramural Basketball Schedule Is Announced . . . Page 6. Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Epsilon have party for their children Page 3. What do you think about night football . . . Page 4. Suggestions are made for col-umn name . . . Page 5. Fraternity "paddling" is discussed on page 4. Prexy outlines financial cam-paign . . . Page 1. Abe Martin Comments on Hard Times . . . Page 5. Have you read Burow's Brays on page 7. 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