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Th e La w r e n t ia n Vol. 28. No. 19. Z 821 LAWRENCE COLLEGE, APPLETON, WIS. Friday, February 14, 1941 Elect Student Hold Annual Best Shurtleff Is Coeds Expect to 'Defense for Loved Banquet for Named to Post Get Even With Boys Democracy' Is Body Prexy Popular Seniors At L.W.A. Dance February 25 Shhh—it’s a secret. But at 6:30 On Lawrentian “Oh sure. I’ve got my date for Chapel Topic Wednesday, February 19, you too the L. W. A. squaw dance. Did I can find out who the best loved New Co-M anaging M ust Present Platform s girls at Lawrence are. At the an make Bill squirm! I asked him if Fischer, D arling, nual colonial banquet the four best he had a date before I asked him. To Lawrentian on Editor Is Active loved girls will appear and do their I guess he’ll learn to ask for a date W eston Give Views Tuesday, Feb. 18 traditional minuet as George and In New spaper W ork after this without inquiring about On Present Crisis Martha Washington and James and my social status first. The election of the student body Dolly Madison. Gordon Shurtleff was elected Co- “How can we best defend Amert« Because of the limited seating managing editor of the Lawren “I called the greenhouse, and can democracy today” was the president will take place a week they said that they were getting in capacity of Brokaw, only a certain tian at a meeting of the Lawren theme of the round-table discus from this coming Tuesday, February number of tickets will be sold. At a special shipment of onions and tian board of control last Tuesday sion held in convocation, February 25. The executive committee had Ormsby tickets are being sold by garlic just for that night. I can take 11, by T. L. Beyer assistant profee« originally planned to hold it a week Jean Adriansen, Byrdie Chamness, afternoon. Bill out in the bus for a nickle; a sor of English; F. E. Fischer, in from yesterday, but John Messenger Dorothy Hansen, Carolyn O’Conner, Shurtleff has been active on the taxi would cost twice as much. structor in English; A. H. Weston, and Ruth Schulze. Dorothy Ahrens- I’d make him walk like he usually wanted that chapel for a basket* Lawrentian staff for two years and professor of Latin and Greek; and feld and Elizabeth Spencer will does to me, but I’m going to wear S. F. Darling, professor of chemia- ball pep meeting. Candidates will was head of the administration my new pumps.” have tickets at Peabody. Jean Al- staff this past semester. He will act try. present their campaign speeches in tis, Carol Kay, Patty Ladwig and “Bill says he’s going to bring his in the capacity of managing editor Beyer, leader of the discussion Chapel Monday morning, February Marion Pietsch will sell tickets at tooth brush, camay and comb—not asked Weston for his point of view Sage, and Betty Harker has the for one of the semi-weekly editions. that I’d put it past him ” 24. on the subject. “The way the quee- tickets for Sage cottage. Duane Schumaker is the managing “I think I’ll cut in on Mr. Cloak. All juniors on the executive com The Cloaks and the Shermans are tion is put, there are two assump editor for the other edition. chaperoning. That’ll be fun. I’m tions made; namely, that there is mittee are automatically eligible, The board of control also voted a need for defense and that there and also any other student lor going to leave Bill standing out in is a will to defend our democracy. Six Debaters to change the membership of the the middle of the floor. That would whom a fifty name petition is sub board. In the future the student re What is the danger that threatens be good for him—if he’d surely fol it? There are two dangers: one la mitted. These petitions must be presentation of the board will con low me.” handed in by Tuesday noon. Febru Enter Tourney sist of only three men: the editor- that of foreign attack and the oth “Oh yes, I’ve got my date, have er is the danger of attack from ary 18 to Jack White, and the can in-chief. the business manager and you?” didates are to have their platforms Beginning Speakers the president of the student body. within. I believe we should do all turned into the Lawrentian by 9:00 Formerly, the editor-in-chief, the we can to give prompt and gener p. m. of the same day. Go to W hitew ater business manager, the managing ous aid to Britain. To protect our editor, the president of the student selves against the second danger the Voting will take place all after For D ebate Practice Sunset Elects noon in Main hall and the Conser body and the desk editor constitut people should be informed and en thused about democracy. Any of vatory. Wednesday evening. February 12, ed the student representation. Dean John S. Millis and Ralph New Members us who are influential have a moral a practice debate was held with duty to express our convictions. It Ripon here. There were two teams Watts, business manager of the col lege. represent the administration Eleven Students are ue can reawaken American con on both sides, both affirmative and sciousness, we should try to do so." Small Crowd negative, and the subject debated in the board. Chosen in Recognition Gallop Poll was “Resolved, that the nations of Fischer stated his convictions aa Enjoys Music the Western Hemisphere should en Exhibit to Show Of Fine Past W ork follows: “I was Interested in a re ter into a permanent union.” cent Gallop poll which a»kcd ‘Do Today and tomorrow six students, Works of Noted On Tuesday night, February 25. you wish to enter the present war?* Of Symphony all beginning speakers, will go to 1941, Sunset will initiate the fol The young people of the United Whitewater for practice, in the lowing new members: Betty Lin States answered ’nor Why did they A much improved Lawrence Sym Whitewater tournament. City Architect quist. Jeanne Foote, Marjorie Hark answer this way? They want to phony orchestra made its 1941 de On February 19 Lawrence college A special exhibition presenting a preserve democracy. There are two will present a round table for the ins, Lou Heinritz, William Hogue, questions which trouble them. One but at the Lawrence Memorial Neenah Kiwanis club. retrospective showing in photo Alice Kemp, Florette Zuelke. Dave chapel Tuesday night, Februcry 11, graphic form of the architectural of these is whether or not this war Austin. Marcia Litts, Milton Prom- is a war to save democracy and Under the direction of Dr. Percy Nam e W akefield to design of George Fred Keck will er and Margaret Hall. to insure its future. These people Fullinwider. The crowd, rather be on the stairway of the library These people have been chosen are afraid that through war we will •mall, consisted of an appreciative Executive Com m ittee in recognition of the fine work that lose some of the principles of de \ from February 20 to March 1. they have done in the past. These group which enjoyed the varied Dave Wakefield has been named Keck is a modern architect of mocracy. They also want to know Chicago and is rated as one of the new members were selected from if this is an anti-fascist war. «It program chosen for the occasion. to the executive committee as fresh a much larger group of capable and man representative. He replaces Art six or eight most advanced and cre in brief, a struggle between two The soloist for the evening was interested people, but many were imperialisms. Below, who has resigned. Jack ative Architects of this country. He tabled until an election in the fu WiUiam Hogue, tenor, who raised White, president of the student is also a teacher of architectural de “Secondly, what will happen In sign in Moholynagy's School of De ture in order that Sunset mty con this country if we do have war; his standard of performance still body, and Dean D. S. DuShane re tinue to keep its standards at its another notch. counted the ballots cast last fall, sign in Chicago, successor of the will we lose our popular liberties present high level. our democratic ideals and will our The program opened with the and Wakefield had the next high Bauhaus in pre-Hitler Germany. It may be of interest to many to est number of votes. The exhibition should be of par education be attacked?" forceful “Bouree” by Bach—its fa learn why these people were se Darling stated, “I look upon the miliarity putting the audience in a ticular interest at the present mo lected. They have indulged in a ment, partly because the residence present crisis as I would upon • receptive mood for the balance of Calls M eeting great variety of work in the dra neighbor whose house has been set the program. A little reserve was of William Kellet of Menasha, de matic field: acting, working back Jack White, president of the stu signed by Keck, is just now near afire; instead of sending water to evident in the execution of the ing completion, and partly because stage, judging plays, giving read put out the fire, we’re sending forzandos.

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