1926-11-18

              THERE'LL BE WEEPING
AND WAILING NOW
LAUGHS THE I THE PROF.
ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, NOVEMB
CAMPUS LEADERSHIP CollegeEditors To Bloomington Is
IS RECOGNIZED Meet At Illinois Home Of Many BY Problems that confront student Famous People
AWARDS OF SCHOOL speucbolnicda tiaonnnsu awl illm beee tidnisgcu ssed of thaet Nthe a-belBtlo omcinlgatoinm, s to theh avheu b porfo dtuhec edcorn
tional Colil ege Press Congress com- larger number of people who have at-
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and annuals throughout the country, This claim is well supported by the
INDIVIDUAL PI'IZES AWARDED FN. ovPermiebbeer '1287 , top r2e0s iodne ntth eo fc atmhep usC,o nA-. iftasc tr etshidate ntBsl omomenintigotnoend hians tehlee v1e9n2 5o-f Phi Kappa Phi is not the only gress announced. i2t6s erdesitiidoenn tso f m"Wenhtoio'sn eWd hino itnh eA 1m9e2r5i--
source of Scholastic attainment for Five hundred invitations to partici-ca" as well as many other famous
Wesleyan students. A cup is award- pate in the meetings have been residnts resent and past. In poli
ed each semester to the fraternity mailed to student editors and busi-and
sorority whose members, carry- ness managers representing colleges i r ie ur, a i h
ing at least twelve hours of work per
semester in the College of Liberal
Arts, average highest with respect to
the following qualities:
1. Scholarship as evidenced by
scholastic attainments.
2. Athletic or physical vigor as
shown in outdoor sports and in other
ways which relate to the physical de-velopment
of the body and mind.
3. Qualities of character such as
truth, courage, cleanness, sympathy,
unselfishness, fellowship, and sub-stantial
promise of leadership.
4. Extra curriculum activities,
reasonably limited in Illinois Wes-leyan
Ulniversity with evidence of in-terest
in the honors of Illinois Wes-leyan
and in the promotion of the
ideals and traditions of the school
and with evidence of consistent and
loyal effort to promote the spirit of
the school and to work for its good,
both on and off the campus.
When a cup is won three semesters
in succession by a fraternity or sor-ority
it becomes the permanent pos-session
of the winning organization;
otherwise, it passes semester after
semester to the organization attain-ing
the highest. average. The cups
have been awarded for the past two
semesters to Tau Kappa Epsilon and
Alpha Gamma Delta.
Individual awards are made every
(Continued on page tour)
Collegiate Reveals
Himself In Desks
Desks of college students, in gen-eral,
are very similar. They tare
usually the resting place of text-books,
paper, pencils, a magazine or
so, a calendar, some returned quiz
papers, a dictionary, and perhaps a
typewriter. Photographs often hold
a prominent place, but these, it is
found, are not conducive to study.
Here is a typical fraternity house
desk.
It is merely a table with a box
topping it said box being divided in-to
pigeon holes. A typewriter occu-pies
a space of its own, with another
space for handwriting or drawing.
A ruler, a tube of paste, and a pipe
occupy individual corners, and a
tobacco-pouch, a bottle of ink, and
an ash tray are distributed careless-ly
about. Over the pigeon holes, a
pair of book-ends hold a dozen or so
volumes. A photograph of a come-ly
young woman is placed upon the
books. On one side of the box is a
Pile of common typewriting paper,
and on the other side is a pile of let-ters,
envelopes and stationery. The
pigeon holes contain such a hetero-geneous
collection of articles as to
defy enumeration-dance programs,
receipts, post cards, directories, li-brary
cards, etc.
of every state. Staff heads of all reg-ularly
organized student publication;
are eligible to membership in the
Congress.
Speakers who are specialists in col
lege publication work will address
the meetings and round-tables will be
held to discuss problems that appear
in student publication work, such as
advertising rates, staff promotion on
the merit system, policy formation.
and subscription management, Priebe
explained.
FiVe I. W. V. Music
Students Elected
To M usical Club
Five students of the College of Mu-sic
were recently elected members of
the Bloomington Amateur Musical
club as a result of the try-outs held
by the club. Elizabeth Cummins
was admitted to active membership
through the excellence of her piano
work. Hazel Yockey and Alta
Barnes won student membership in
piano also. Adah Claudon has be-come
an active member on the merits
of her voice and Virginia Plummer,
a student member was accepted as a
violinist.
Students of any musical school
were eligible to try out for active
membership, if they were twenty-one
or over, or for a student membership
with any instrument or the voice.
SINGS IN NEW YORK
Miss Elizabeth Schafer, gym in-structor
at Wesleyan last year, is
now singing in Frank Harling's mu-sical
comedy, "Deep River," in New
York City. While teaching here
Miss Schafer was a voice pupil of
Dean Westbrook.
Hockey Increasing In
Favor, Says Coach
Hockey in the United States has
improved immensely, is the opinion
of Miss Cicely Warner, English hock-ey
coach, who is spending some time
in this country.
"But even now you do not play as
scientific a game as we English do,"
she continued. "American women
do not seem to have the pace, and
I believe it is due to the lack of run-ning
games offered them in high
school. Another difference that I
have noticed is that, in the American
came, there is a great deal of hard
hitting. We do not stress this in
England but practice stick work and,
"s a result, we have a better control
of our sticks than the American
player."
pro :e5snald and1 IllnU, l1 lltes, ,
this city in the heart of the second
richest agricultural region in the
world has its representati In
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3ER 18, 1926. NUMBER 9.
Gestalts And Pep STUDENT COUNCIL
Feature Chapel
A crimson Titan in football armor
nonchalently vanquishing twenty-one ON PERMANENTtBASIS
gl amdb olincg fose s, an e ebulsli enpt cheser-leader,
cheers, an earnest professor,
gestalts, apple-pie and cheese, beef- Takes Annual Show From Hands of
steak and onions, more cheers; the Wesleyana, Adopting Rules
these are the impressions one carried For Procedure
from Amie chapel last Friday morn-ing.
TO IBE HELD EARIER
The session opened with a dramat-ic
allegory of Bradley's football The Stunt Show at Illinois Wes-record
of twenty-one consecutive vic- leyan university will be held again
tories concluded by what was fondly this year, but will be in charge of the
hoped to be a Wesleyan victory. Student Council according to plans
"Nate, the cheer-leader," then hove recommended by the faculty and
in view with his usual verve and led adopted by that organization recent-the
wild huzzas. Prof. Schanck
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e Two sons of Bloomington have at- composed of things that went to-r
tained the high honor of vice-presi- gether like apple-pie and cheese, and
dent of the United States. These beef-steak and onions." Crabtree
men were David Davis and Adlai E. rose with his customary, "All right
Stevenson. The former also became inow, gang. Make it big," and
chief justice of the United States Su- chapel closed with the ringing of
preme Court. Joseph W. Fifer and cheers.
John M. Hamilton became governors
of Illinois. Two other Bloomington
men have become governors of other Silk Now Being Worn
states: John L. Routt, a Civil war
veteran, became the first governor of By Roughest Of All
Colorado, and John M. Pattison On Dry Football Field
practiced law in Bloomington before
going to Ohio where he was elected Silk football pants are the new de-governor.
Judge Fitz Henry is now parture in grid-iron regalia. Head-judge
of the United States court of coach, Jimmy Phelan at Purdue Uni-appeals.
Six generals in the Civil ersity invented these new shiek
war were from Bloomington and at breeches after developing the idea
present James G. Harford is a major- during the 1925 season.
general in the standing army. For- Notre Dame and many other
eign ministers, senators, congress- schools throughout the country have
men, and judges have all gone out to adopted these trousers, and the pre-represent
Bloomington in political diction of many coaches is that in
circles. the future they will be used in school
In journalism Bloomington's claim colors the same as jerseys are at
is well upheld. Chester Rowell is present.
(Continued on page seven) The idea was born of necessity.
The Purdue coach found that his
light-weight eleven in 1925 must ac- President Takes cordingly have lighter equipment,
Many Trips For and after experimenting with various
naterials he found that balloon-silk
Office Duties best answered his purpose. The first
President Davidson is a busier man real test of the new equipment came
than many people realize. He is in the Navy game early last month.
Even though these new trousers
traveling over Central Illinois most
of the time in the interests of Wes- weigh a pound and a half in com-leyan.
parison with the eight pounds of the
Last Friday Dr. Davidson was old canvas type, they have proved to
Last Friday Dr. Davidson was
present at the inauguration of the be better shock absorbers. The
latther pads of the canvas pants are
new president of Carthage College, leathr (Coonn tinued on cpaagnev affoourn)ts are
Carthage, Illinois, where he gave
greetings on behalf of all the dele-gates
from other colleges. Lit. Digest Quotes
Saturday Dr. Davidson was in
Chicago on business, Sunday he spoke Thrasher on SurVey
at the Grace Methodist church, Pe- The Literary Digest carried in its
kin, and Wednesday at the Jennings issue of November sixth an article
Seminary, Aurora. This Friday he on Professor Thrasher's study of
will be the speaker at the meeting of gang life. More exactly, it was a
Wesleyan alumni at Champaign. retelling of an article by Professor
He will preach at the Salem Metho- Thrasher featured in the October
dist church of San Jose next Sunday. fifteenth number of the Survey. This
A very few of the things that the article in turn contains some of the
president does have been mentioned material set forth in his book, "The
here. In two weeks a different sort Gang." The article dealt with Pro-of
work will take him on a trip fessor Thrasher's concept of the in-
South for a few days. He will travel terstitial environment and its effect
through Louisiana, Alabama, Mis- on those who grow up in these
sissippi, and Tennessee inspecting "cracks of society."
five negro schools of the Methodist Professor Thrasher's renown as an
church for the Board of Education. authority on matters of collective
He is one of a commission of four behavior and the gang is fast grow-members
whose duty it is to inspect ing. He is in demand as a writer
the negro schools of the United and lcturer on these and kindred
States twice every year. subjects.
f
ly.
A set of rules have been drawn up
and adopted as a means of regu-lating
the performance. These rules
will eliminate the large expenditures
of money that have occurred in past
years will thus place the Stunt Show
on a firm foundation for years to
come.
The following are the regulations
as adopted by the Student Council:
1. Control-The Stunt Show shall
be placed under the control of the
Student Council and one-half of all
proceeds remaining after defraying
the necessary general expenses such
as publicity, advertising, prizes, etc.,
shall be distributed equally among
the competing groups.
II. Cost-The expense to any
group for staging its stunt shall not
exceed $25.00.
III. Faculty Supervision-A fac-ulty
committee consisting of one
man and one woman, shall be ap-pointed
by the President, to censor
the stunts and arrange a practice
schedule.
IV. Practice-All practice off of
the campus shall be held only in
private homes and fraternity
houses.
(Continued on page eight)
Students Indulge In
Variety Of Reading
Outside assignments do not encom-pass
student reading. Of course the
amount of reading varies with the
person, but there is no one who
confines himself to prescribed work
alone. Everyone reads some paper
or other; a few limit their newspaper
reading to the Argus, while others
indulge in as many as five papers.
The majority of college students
read magazines, every kind from
Slimy Stories to the Sunday School
Weekly. Last year a census was
taken among the freshmen apropos
of the popularity of periodicals;
Cosmopolitan and Saturday Evening
Post proved top-heavy favorites.
There are a few who are vora-cious
readers, reading anything and
everything. On the otlher hand,
there are those who get by with a
modicum of reading and are still
fairly well informed.
At the library, fiction is in con-stant
demand-all kinds of it.
Poetry and good literature too are
popular. Books of science and art
draw many. who read them, not only
for instruction, but for pleasure.
Minnesota sororities did not an-nounce
pledges this year in accord
With the initial move of National Pan
Hellenic Council to shun publicity,
,d be groups have agreed to avoid
7?,hn'c't . on minor social functions.