Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 21 May 1931, p. 27

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ii 1s4ip k.i~u .. . .. . Dili* oulS**" - H Humor .......... DàVe Lott Inquiring Reporter ..ý......Jane Orr Book Reviews........Ruth Jackson Reporters Alice. Altscliul, Ethel Anderson, Jo hn Barden, Emma Bickhaù,ý Bud HoWard, Bob ýHutchings,I Virginia Lotz,, Harry Kinnie, Willardi Kus, Jack*Mee,' Meta Miller, Earl M.foss, Mazie Mouat, Jane Norman,. Georg Ogan, Babe Ricli, Virginia Riehei-1 mer, Leila Whitie, Jame Yost, Helen Putt, Tom, Elvin. LIBRARY BOOKS An xrml serious attitude lias dcveloped -in regar(l to the treatmnent 'of library books. Xot onily have t he books been, di-sappearing b)ut there lias ,been considerall nisqtreatnieflt ofteeTl. Students delileratelv. fail them> froin the shelv',es and returnipg theili in hsae a. \ ,ere -tijis an attitude of car-eless- niess tiiere Nvotild lie no excuse for undue wvorry. A certain degree of carelessness-. liowever regretable, is inevitable in a schiool of this' si. Hwever, the. action of ýthis utidesir.- able elemnent (forthe attitude is con-,. fined to a small lnmber-), seem to: be- * motjvatçd bv viciousness and diýs- *The gravit\- of this situation was einphiasized ini an interview with the * persons directlv concerned. While this attitude continues there cani be smnall , hope of further additions to teljb)rary list. 'Must we resort to the svstemi emn- ployed by Chicago libraries? . ,This sv5tem involves the services of guards placed at the doors to inspect books being takeni out.. Another feature is the inst.alla.tion of shelves ohtside the entrances to allowthe library-boutid individual to deposit the too conven- ient .satchel and text books 'Which prde so excellent a mnealis foir 'I. walking off witli school. piroperty., Such a system would not only be *. intolerable to the student body, but would also be destructive of .those nvricilP which. ve regard as essen- MORE ABOUT COLLEGE An editorial was written last weekd on wliy fot to go to college. Ther tone oi this editorial seemed to imdi- cate that a college eduication was rather useless. There are however ( nîanv benefits which' can ble gai edç fro*m college by a, conscientious stu- dejit, and tfhere is the necessary men-t tal and cultural improvemeit.a. col- lege educati on1 gives o né.. Advancedc ,tutly sucb. as -on e a cquires .at colleget trains the min« and stimulates thes intellect. The. student is better able to apl)reciate' the arts and sciences after graduation. Al ii .ail, if the stU(lent is interested in getting the mnost that.1le cat f roin college,,lie2 should inake évery effort to attend.ý,l S hort ht W'ell, folks, ye editor of ye Goodei Hunior Columie (mot an ice-cream) is ini a predicarnelt and tl4at, 0 ye of lîttle learning (seniors included) mIeans' that ye ed. isi a pickle. The. reason for the aforesaid ghýerkin is that Ibis'suliscrîiÎong to College-lu-1 mor, Purpie Parrot, Lif e, judge, and1 Whiz, Bang-ail cxpired at once last'I * ot, leaving him itlo ny, jokes ( ? 1 to put in this columil for *the amusement, hiei, hehi, of its manly 1avid readers. Happily, therewas a baniquet lheld 'within the Confine!; of the institution and so;in desperatiofi, 'e, ed. will iiss along a f ew of the choice bits of scintillating xit whicli lie overheard at the aforesaid feed- f est. Speaking of predicanients reininds ye 'ed. of a littie domnestic story whicli, hen flrst heard, alios 1cauised.him to. split an infinitive. It 1seemns that Jolin.%vas married and .consequeqntfr had a wvif e. Now it so Lhappens that jolin was also an ar- dent, eqüestriafl-YOU :kno.w, like. the Prince of W ales, one. of tliose. fel- :lows who dismounts on the back of, :lis neck. One~ night john blew into 1the house ini lis riding togs and bis 1 if e said, 'Johin where. have you been?» At anther conference." thime ofthte entire banquet was ll Good .Slip Public Speaking. The decorations were enougli to make a real sailor feel at home. The speecies were based rninilv on tlie idlea that the public speaking stu- dents liad embarkedion the ship last Septenîber and were.,about to«leave it this june.' The talent, displayed tîrouglhout the banquet by tie 'toast- mistr7ess, jean Hall, aý wel.l as the vani- ous> speakers and entertainers, *showeéd that their. year of training in public- speaking by Mliss,,Payton, their able instructor, had not been in vain. The banquet. started- at 6.i 0 clock lakst. Friday: evening. The ",banqueteers" gathereti together in the large mess hall awaitinig the. eal to -board the sh.ip. At the set: tîme they mfarched slawly Up the gang plank andi foundti t4em- selves in the mnost delightful surùound- inge., There were anchors. here anti there,, shlp lights, life boats, ,masts, beils and seiveral other pieces. 0f'equlp-. mient- whichi would commionly be founti on a gooci ship. After a most delIious dinner, Jean Hall, toastmistress, in- tiroduced . thé first speaker of the eve- ning,MEt Dierks, wha told of the map, Couése -and destination. SMeta Mfiller thien gaVe a. talk on the value of the pilot, wIio of course ivas Miss Payton. Following- this Miss Pay-ý' ton returned with a speeh telling ail the publice speakers that they wëre 'ler, little golti nuggets, ,%vlereupon Eugene Hildebranld, Nwho. lhad benselecteti to ,present Miss Payton' wlth a ýgift- in appreciation, arose -and sal If they were the golid nuggets. she -Was, the. crowti jewel. : 1The regular prograili then contlnued wýith a talk on stormy weeather by Jimn Enright. 'Following titis Marth'a Wlen tolti about fair wveather on the Good Ship Publie Speaklng. Margaret Bick- hami pro-phesied the future in ber talk on. the steerlngr wheel. And in clos- ing Dorrance -Nygaard wisheà a "o voyage" to everyone. The banqueteers then went down the gang plank to the dockr (the mess hall) where Betty Buckett,. entertallullent chairman, , introduced ,HEugh Mlddletofl who sang a solo, accomipaied on the piano by Edith Green. FEffie James surprlsed the group wlth a rather un- urmal type of entertainient, namnely, 'whistllflg. Lois Goldsteifl accompapied, ,ber.' Sllm Holten anid Trudie Bruner ,entertaitied the gronulth an InteÉpre- tatiofi of "Stay In your own' back yard,"- with Ed Dlerks at the piano. The group tho.n dan.ced untîl 9.. AU agreed. that they coul d easily ,see Why' the stud ents of formner years who at- 1tendeti this annual baniquetenjo.yed it iso much. and so the evening-waé voteti a suCCess. 'A nnual Part y !-eld Birown oy tne lnter-..,uu oai behlf. of the student body ini appr- ciation for lis services as principal during the past' year. The list of awards and recipients follows: Barnett Civics prizes-Firjt, prize $10), Guy Robbins for essay, 'ýOur Van- ishifg Forests"; second prze $5, Rob- ert-Buet-he,ý "The, Monroe Doctrine"; t-hird prize '$2.50,. Llewellyn Jones, "'The ItalIan GCýovernitent'; .honorable men- tion, Lois.Goldstein, "Senise andi Senti- nient." . arnett Bird prizes-Frst prize 3$10, Davis Lott, "Ornitholtgy My H-obby'"; second prize $5, John Davldson, "My Interest in- Birds"; honorable. mention,, ,Ewing Johansen, "Herring: GuÛîs.." William K. Tencher Award for Ef- fort-Pirst prize $10, Arthur Rice ; sec- ond prize $5, Donald Pavlicek. Tri-Shlp award-'-Cup, Guy 'Robbins. League of Nations, prize, first prize $10,e Jacinta Kainpmeier; seconid prize $5, Janie Norman. Harv ard Book prize, book, John Derneh! (Namne of book-'The Adams FamilY"). eState., Bank Business, ro-, ficiency, prizes-first prize $25, Mary Ferrarini; 'second pize $15, Marjorle Mergenthaler; third, prize $10,i. Lila Johnson. Solon Reily tiebate trophy-cup, IPaul iNetterstrorn. Elmer Baker memorjal-cup, John Curýtis. Debate emnblems- Erneat Enchel- mnayer, manager; Barton Smni'th, assist- ant anagr; Paul Netterstroni, Wil- liam Freeman, Tom Antrim, .Albert Ackermann, Lambert Ma ;uire, Don Nelson, Ada Pancoe, John. Curtis, John Grljftlth, Betty Buckett and Bob Liv- l4ngston. F orensie ln-rtes nchelmayer, Barton Smith, *Betty Buckett, Leonard Krupnlck and James Will. Service club - Florence Anderson,. Gertrude Bruner, Mary Fowler, Flor- ence Gripe, Jane Rankine, Agnes Halley, Miltrect Hemple, Helen Hodg- 'kins, Margaret Kahler, Christina Llnd, Lois Lyon, Meta Miller, Lorraine Moore, Mazie Mouat, June Nelson, Nancy. Nordorf, Betty Schwarm, Louise Wag- ner andi Dorothy Wlnzenberg. Band - Bert Falkenburg, Wlllard 1K,us, Russell W yle, Hugo Hartman, ,Ted EHosking, William Kîid, Mark gimontis, Bob Walpoile, Ted Nakutin Charles Meicher, Ben Olds, Donald Andrews, Frankîlin Taber, Arthur Rice, Paul Hlos.kingJeromne Straus, Janet Wright, Donald Eaiterberg, Hlenry Hunt, Bb bMleneéy, Warren Cozzens, John'Davldson, Ewlng Johansen, Scott Thomas, Dwght Green, William Myersi George Hunt, Lester Kornblith, Jack Van der Vries, Bruce Karnes, Hubert Pelott, Fred Riobînsoli, Andrew Russe and Angus Steven. .AnnouIiCemeIit of state track cham- pionshps won at Charrpagn on Sat- urday, May 16: George Qunlan-WoII In 220; Second hIn100; Henry Beùdei- .Won Icw hurdles. 1 q l u;dtion of folk soIIgs. The of enthusiastic. people expresdter ation for the morals of the printer. emjotionis by indulging in a little boo- Guess that's al, ing and whistling. Perîaps the lat-_________ ter were trying tO imitate the birds * ALUMNI NEWS outside the premises. We can îardly attribute the samne desire to thec Jane Burrili '28 has' been elected "boders." There is -no creatiure that président of tIc student body at wecan thinkof at.the- moment which. Rockford college. T[le main periormance onssit of a cr.oup of f'olk dances. These were given ini costume Iv the xnem- bers of .tlie athietie department. Tliey were Mrs. Abbot, and the Misses Fogg, Biesemeier, Fraeser and, -Mickey. Miss Adelaide Jones gave a beau- of t I News Flashes Continued on, Pages 35 &43 1 lý

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