The Glenville Mercury MUSINGS Stude Nt News P a Per • GLENVILLE STAT E COLLEGE • • • H.L• • Tifier Volume 14, No

Support the Red Crou Drin! Support the ERCURY The Glenville Mercury MUSINGS Stude nt News p a per • GLENVILLE STAT E COLLEGE • • • H.l• • TIFier Volume 14, No. 21. G lenville, Wut Y ir1inia, Tueaday, March 28, l TB! PAST WEEK there w.. t.alk ==~==~~==~==~==~ about the nearinl Eatter ~ac:atton Miss Sigrid Sc hultz whl<~ w,~no Tburaday, Apn l 6, at Harrison Will Be nooa aDd tut. until Tuesday, A pril 11 al 1:00 a. m. Then, 1 auppoae Guest Speaker At I t~t ..,.,.,on~~ hurd aLout •rttac.ician' WaMa StndeT, who, while batting Rotary Luncheon the IOftball in the gymnuium, c:auatf it to toar Into apace hitting Elbert freoh- an ullrhted bulb at the top of t he J'Y'IIIautum . .. and presto! There wll U,ht 1 Miu Ivy Lee Myen wat telltnr enryone about her 'mornin2' r lorill' t~ at were In bloom. And, the Virll were still arcuing about which oM of the Roth qua rtet was t heir pill. W~lle looking through the Jlll'f'VJ ftleaf I ound aome of the old April Fool copies. Believe me, - .,,. cood f or .everal laughs. ftr 1 look at them, make your way • life Ole Lab." You're wel.comel 11\CKSO!If'S MILL i> again t o be die lite of tbe Area Conference of tM etadent Christian movement thit y- whleh Is t o be held April 14, 16 and U . Those of us who have at t.eaded like conferences be1ore know what a rrand experience it b . One aot only has a wonderful time but rteelvH grand training and the op portunity to mee!. many fi ne people, both ttudents and leaden. Repre •atative" from all YMCA, YWCA, ICA, Student Volunteer, Ministerial A~toeiations , etc.. from all colleges In West Virginia will be there. . INCIDENTALLY, I noted that .Jane Farwell is listed among t he 10t here are some thin luders ... And, all of ua who know A Hst of candidates selected by not be r aJorted." Mill Farwell realize what that the nominatinr- committee for the Fo~)I"Jwin~ the t~~ddr , there wa J means-a good time will be had by 1944-1945 Student -council has been brief C" urten A o~iation meetlna: all-if she bas anything to do about revised somewhat because several with u-~ J're~ident, C th rlne \Vi h· it. You may l:e assured she shall, sturtenl! whose names were listed en. in t:"'arge too! Sh has appea red here on the t he past week aaid they were not campus several t imes under the aus planning to attend College next pices of the YMCA, YWCA and 4- \'ear. Miss Schultz' Book Is Subject of Lead H trroups. She's an artist in the rec Candidates now include: Presi· reation field, because it takes an ar dent, Jannettc Cunningham. David Editorial In the Clarksburg T elegram t ist to take a mixed g-roup, give them Tewell; vice-president, Margaret a game to play, make each and Sweeny, Charles Mcintosh ; siJe.re Mrs. Frank Poole Miss !=;iJrrid S ... hultJ. vete.ran real fac and fore which ltd every r>ne participate, and above all tary. Thelma Ryan, Mary Alic:e Ameriun newapaperwoman, who tbe econd World War, and la to .. . like it!! Wagner ; treuurer, MariO' Jack, Re-Elected Local will come to Glenville May 8 and vinted that th y ha" alrud IU ~ I N TRAVELTNC today, especial Helen Cox ; sergeant-at-ar m , Betty speak on a lyceum prognrn at Glen· ed work on World Wu HL ly by means of public transportation, Gainer, Homer Paul Hecker.. PTA President ville ~ate College, received fa•or- he funu h~a da.qul tlncly eon· one notices that women . . . and not No additional nominations were able C<•rnment in a leadinc editorial 'f'indnl' proof that aa far back u men . . . are becoming the Sir W al Mn. Frank Poole was re·eleeted made from the floor during a stu· in the ' fnrch 23 iuuc of the Clarb.- October 1940 lb Cern-an "aenl ter Ralei~tb s in a great many eases. president of t he Parent ea ch~n As- dent body meeting following usem burg Tel,.Jrram. inc Lh po tt•tlity of Women give up their seats to other •oeiation for next year at the meet- bly, \Vednesday. Entitled '"Will Germany Try It failure, wut ma.kinc plan t.o coo women with small children, to those ing Jast T hursday. Other ofl'i cera . The tentati ~e date for the ele~· Again?" the editorial, ref rrinl' ·.. rt dt:ful into vit'l.OTJ', ~utl17 11 older than themselves AND often· ('lee ted were: Vice president, Mn . h on of Coune1l offieen has been set ehitofly •'"' the ound v-iew~ expl" d l~ Y dld-aod M • hulu m.al. ttmes to old men a nd men in service. Carla nd Brannon: secretary, Mn .l for April 10. in Miss Schult&' recent nat•on·wide th1 clear, too-i" 1818, In my opinion, women are t rying to Richard McClung ; a nd treasurer, ------, popular book, stated: lliu Schultz that tb make up for their inabi1ity to t ote a 1 t.lt••• Mrs. Wilbur Beall. Mrs. Earl R. Thelma R yan S • • • preparatl ns for the n •• war wfU run or pilot a plane b'y doing a g reat Bogg, was chairman of t hf' n\lmin3t- G many ittle things, such as these cour df h n· j meet Wlth th ~oopt:rat a of nto« iog cotT.mittee. ran at er tes How a~u~ readin a book! A of tbt c man populace, tb.at •.. 'aU.. teies on bu se ~ which in the long run Mrs. Myrtle McConnell. state A S H book toy s .... nd Schultz, a veteran m Wl:l retain a 1fT at appeal for Lhe wUI mean a great deal to the nation I' president of t he P'l'A. was the guest t pencer Offie ne"spa ~rwoman, forme.rly head of Gtorma . ,.,.." In dt! at.' Hta~•. at u a whole. speaker a nd talked on juvenile d(' the Be: hn office of tre h•eaco the fh•t• llfll flf w tneu DR. D. L. HAUGHT has had a 0 linqu t- n ~y. Funeral services were conducted 'German) rart. ht la c •DTlnced, .,';II table in his outer office fixed on ~.ihune Accor~i~g t~ 1 t,; Mu!ic was furnished by the Mad· Wednesday for Attorney Thoma! " 1B Try It Apm (wh1t"h enu to It are in. For ,..-...ln .. read ap-o ••~h to place p!lmpblets. paper and rlf;!al SinJtn s· under the dir: c:ion nf Perry Ryan. grandfather of Thelma have drawn ~hee from all quar I peueme.nt. no n ical talk about books of all kinds that he receives. Ma r~ L r> u i.~ t. Lewis. Tb ey saag ''The Ryan, staff member, at the Vandale ten) we'd ~tter make pr tlJ aorf' the • od c rrnanJ.' " .., These booklets are on subjects rang I!ell,.' a.,J. " Drink to Me On\y With Funeral home in Spencer. Mr. Ryan. about Ger~any, unl . we wan' tha our main t11em7 Japen, a nd fill from democracy to some phases Thine Eye!!.'' This was the first ap 74 yean old, died Monday, March them bnd•nv at ~Hanttc 1ty and an)· indu:atlon of d a.Jty t 81110 1 In education. They are placed here -pearance of the group. The Rev. and 20, at the Cordon Memorial hol- Palm Bea:b ome tame around 1 65 n•ted NatJor'\ tor both t he faculty and students to Mn . Lloyd Arehart sang a duet. pital. Mi ~C"b!1 1 h t ink we're ill 'To fooled oD<"• UM. As Dr. Haught put it : uNo Mrs. A. H. Moore was in charge of He was widely known in law cir· dreamy~yed ahout tb• Ge:rmanL ~1-;ul· "To ~harges if worn out." the program. ele! throughout Central Wut. Vir· IN THE jP EOPLE Section' of be ys that oar G rman enemies anfof'C'In 1 • T he junior home room won the at ~nia and wu a native of Roane 'have succe ded in camouftacinl' the Time magazine for March 6 there is tendance b3nner. County. He is survived by his wid· an inspiring article about Ethel Wat ow. M rs. Fannie Drennan Ryan ; two en whom Time tenned a 'dusky MAy HA V£ c . W . MARSH son' Attorney William S., and ~hanteuse'. They spoke of her draw· AS ASSEMBLY SP EAJ(ER Thomas P. Ryan, both of Spencer; in.r record crowds at the same nigbt I one daughter, Mn.. Maude Cou.lte. f.pot in which she first sang on Pla:l!l for a social event to be held o! Charleston; one brother, C. L. Broadway 20 years ago. Then, they in t he gymna.sium in the near fu. Ryan of Reedy: two siste.n, Mrs. told of a f ramed poem which she ture. and a n sssembly with Mr. C. Kate Creenlief of Hannony, and bad placed on her dre ing table en· W. MaNh of Glenville u guest M ~ Ida tuta of Ripley, and five titled, uTell God About Jt''- l t' s speaker. were made by memben o1 gnndt:hildren, two of whom are Mill Worth Reading. the Chemistry Club at a meeting Ryan and ber brothe:r, Tbomu. Tue day at 4 o'clock, according to The Commut e.r.a' Club met yester Mary Allee Wagne.r, procnm e.bair- day in the Girls' Lounge at 12:30 p. man. m. The presi d en~ Miss Wanda tra der, presided. t a meeting of the E'nglish d& Mrs. A. W. M(:ConneU, presiden• partment Thursday. instruetora con· of t he state P. T . A. from Weirton. sidered course to be gi•en duri~ was a visit or on the eampu.s Friday. the coming summer tennL No defi. men The W. A. A. girls will play bad nite announeementa b.a•e been made, minton at 6 p. m. in the College as plan! for the work a~ still tenta. Learn.btJ' without thoucht is labor gymnuium th" e\·enin.c. tiv~ lut.-CoaiM a.

002_R.jpg T- THE GLENVIlLE MERCURY The Glenville Mercury OFF THE Student W eekly ewapaper of Glu.ville State CoJiege REEL

Published e-. ·h 't'uesday during the choo1 Comments on Movie year by the cl e · in journalism. Entered at the post offie~ second cia mail. Sub criptiot. Shorts and Features price for the )'ear is 1.00; for the emester, 50c. Addre a I communications to: The Glen ,; lie llercury. Glenville, We t Virginia. By Gray Buker I !•t;t't there one movie ~· ou've seen that in your HELEN TAYLOR op1mon tops all others? That i what the writer Managing Editor . ~> k < d t~e followmg students when he could STAFF MEMBERS ·· • ~l' ht m long enough for an inte •iew a oret Ruby Me er.gcr. Catherine Withers, David Y ha d task in these days of test-cram~ing. Tewell. Gray Barker, Janette Cunningham, \ aher Pidgeon and Greer Garson seem to Thelma Ryan, Hayward Grove . have the amp us under their thumbs: for two .ud ·I>;, Detty Jean Coe. and Ella Ve t a IF'itz Linn B. Hickman ...... Faculty Adviser " ate•. picked the stars' first two teaming pic t u: •. ·. aossoms in the Dust,'' and "Mrs. Mini . ·" re,1 ectively. The former was done in Student Christian Federation ,h ni co l ~ , was Just as charming, in my opin Providing Work Program IOn. as the famous "~lini\· er ." ' The lat est Pidg t!On-G arson offering i~ ''Madame Curie," which 1 >t\\v recently. Although not following the ac " ummer work" by college students to help t u~ l story of the French scientist to the letter, meet the man ~n wer shortage i• the cry of the , 1 ~ "" , . theless worth seeing. Pidgeon has a tudent ChriotiF n ederation. Food is e en long black b ard this time, has the role of Dr. Seriously wou~dc~ by an expl o~ins grenade. h rine Gu11n~r AnJUI R. tia!. and in 01 dLr to meet the increasing need Pierre Curie, a ,-ery bashful young man in the of people all over the world, the producti\•e Gou .or T11mpa, Flonda, brned pomt-Lionk cntmy 6re to chaq11e an cne.. J opening reels. This he does very char.mingly. I machane sun en~pl ar:em~n t in a cove. Single handed. he wiped out hpanue capacity of the farmland in the United States ue Amo• was impres ed by "Stage Door gunnen and •en1 per w1th. o sub·nutd1ine gun, liB\'ing the li\'C:I o( bit unlt. mu t be increa •~ d. This is most d ifficult with Canteen,'' the picture with the bevy of stars Aogut Con II dcad- )cQ\'mg a Novy <.:rou ror "indomitable 6ghtina tpirit farm labor being drained into industry, the and e'Ctreme courage... ll aueb beroit m doe n't deserve an extra War Bond. that dazzled us some week ago. Sol Lesser , \•hot ol of"b? armed service and other activity. The cry goes producer. recently turned over to the Ameri thus: ''Thousands of workers are needed! A hie . '1 'J'neatre Wing the tidy sum of $1,000,000, bodied men and women students who are not 1ts cut of the profits. HHyward Groves says he in school should work fnr pay in agriculture or lik :! "Duke of West Point," better t han any industry or do volunteer or paid work in com thcr pictu e. although he said it was only a so Notes From . munity service. :-Jo nne should be idle." called ·• B" picture. The Federation i• not only 'crying help' but " now \Vhite and the Seven Dwarfs," now The Robert F. Kidd Library it is providing a means by which students can being. reissued. i t.aking in even more money •.------help and also be helped while doing so. It is than Jt d1d when tirst r eleased, according to By Janette Cunninr ham Big Party Planned providing in many tales work projects of all e arl ~· repor . • would probably choo e it as the "A • And Don't Overlook sorts. Many arc ju. t work group where one 1Je ·t fi lm I have evE: r seen, if I didn't brPak personal record of more than The April 1st Angle may volunteer an hour or two of work a day; ~o,yn and ~ay , _"Gone \Vit h the \Vind," which, seventy-five years of o life 'allied to others offer several weeks of valuable training. mcJdentallv, will be released once again in eternal causes' " is Bishop Edwin The Social Committee will, Satur These work groups that extend over everal 19 .5. D'.'vil SPiznick. "Wind's" producer, has Holt Hughes' autobiography, I WAS day. April 1, give a party announced weeks are often-time called " tudent-in-Indus a new picture to release which has about thP MADE A MINISTER. A book which as "absolutely unprecedented" by try Seminars." uch a group i~ located at Hart sam e • unning time. Named ''Since You Went has been favorably reviewed, it con Miss Alma Arbuckle, College librar· ford, Conn. Its work which will start at the end . wav.'' Claudette Col bert and Shirlev Temple tains much human interest and is !ult ian. The program, now being ar of June and end in the middle of August will a r e in the cast. ' of tributes t o men who .have inspil'ed ranged by Janette Cunningham, 41 be in industry, war plants or otherwise, but the .. ahara." coming to the Pictu.reland soon. its author. Relating school days in promises to be R most unusual one," seminar will be spent in learning about human ~ ho u ld be.a very good war film, considering 3 11 Boston bro_ught memories of Phillips To provide a "gleam" to the par relationships on personal and impersonal lev ' he ha,lly hoo it has been l'Pceiving. It was select- Brooks, Ohver Wendell Holme•, Ed ty, many "stars" have been engaged els, and across cultural, national, religious, ra :-d l.,y thE' New York Times' critics as one of the ward Everett Hale and other great to appear on the program, in addi cial and economic barriers. ten best movies of 1943 and is all about tank'I men , and, as president of DePauw tion, of rourse, to regular games This would be a great opportunity for stu fighti g in the d e~Prt. "Yes. t anks, brother, Co ll ~ge, he . was associated with and dancing. dent who would like to help the war effort and ~a nks!" "YQ..l.l're welcome." Pres1dent Ehot of Harvard nnd A s usual there will be no admis learn something of value at the ~arne time. In ------1 James Whitcomb Riley. He has had sion charge f or students, but every formation regarding such work may be bad will enter into a short period f t- f. a p~rson a l acquaintance. with every one is urged by Miss Arbuckle to i.ih ,. ..,a t ·on ou 0 season pres1dent except one smce Grant, bring some pennies in order to U\ke upon request from the Federation. 1 ° Not too much can be said in favor of such a A y~ · and has represent ed American Meth- part in a special "function" to be program which aids the nation materially and B£'tty Faulk e "I' · h d , odism abroad. The stor y of such n announced later. She said that therP )fa .. v Alice ~v~'gne m ~~S~ng. 0 e an_H S-eep.1 , life could not but interest and inspire was no need worrying-there would also aids , tudPnts in utilizing their work exper G1 ience in understanding the social and economic so exciting." r, ay m en VI e- tts a reader. '>e no penny pitching. The fact that the party falls on the first day of aspects of our common life.-Helen Taylor. Mis~ R o~e Funk, "Clean house." Among other things which makC' April !!l hould not discourage anyone'a W:l nrla f;trader, "Quit studying and have a the book of special interest to us is attending, as the Social Committee good time. '' the fact that Bishop Hughes is a na-. We Are Sorry to See You announces that absolutely no one ~ lJ" Amos, "Stay at home-I might sing at tive of West Virginia, having been will be fooled. Go, Mr. C. L. Arehart h :trch in the Ea ter Choir." born in Moundsville in 1866. He is rrornf'r Paul Heckert, " Go to church and see a cousin to Mrs. Margaret Bolt MISS ROTH IMPRESSED WITH 110' • f"""rtn\' uretty girls are there." Early, Weston, and ex-Senator Ruth Students, faculty members. and local towns BEAUTY OF COLLEGE CAMPUS people have expressed regrets concerning the Anne Withers., "Just loaf!'' D. Holt, formerly a t eacher in the Rev. Carl Lloyd Arehart's leaving our locality. Charlotte Ryan, "Hope it'· nice wE.'ather so training school. Two aunts, Mrs. I can go fishing.'' Laura A. H. Doyle and Miss Margar- A frequent visitor to the local In speaking for them, we who regard Mr. Are ~1 a dge \Yard. 11Sleep late every day !" et Holt, and an uncle, Mr. John Holt, Red Cross chapter, Mi!!IS Virginia hart as a mini ~ter, an instructor, and above all Roth, field representative, wM a a friend, can •incerely say we are sorry to Bob Bennett. " Hard to say ... '' were long residents of Glenville. se~ Glennis Hudkins, " I might go to Ritchie Bishop Hughes returned to Glenville guest of Miss Rose Funk, College in him go. May hi new position be an advance County." .!!everal years ago to conduct the stru('tor, the past Tuesday afternoon. ment, and may his success ~ a citizen be as Nina CraigC', "I'd lo\·e to go to Washington funeral of hHss Margaret Holt o.nd Visiting the Campus for the first great there as it has been here to see Ruth (A Ben).'' has been a speaker at the .College time, Miss Roth expressed her ad To the Rev. Gilbert B. Moore who is replac .Johnny \Vagner: "Sleep!" and in Glenville churches on several miration for its beauty. The Lounge ing the Rev. Mr. Arehart. and is becoming a of Loui' Bennett Hall, which she member of our College faculty, we extend a Ruth Groves, "I plan to spend my time at other occasion.!!. His brother, Mat- home, probably reading scientific books." thew Hughes, was also a bishop in termed, "remarkably well-furnished "holesome welcome. His achievements and Cor College activities," particularly Jack Harriaon, "It' a militarv ecret-con- the Methodist Church. character are known to many of us already impressed her. through our contacl• with him at ch urch. May fidentially I might go up to Cowen." OTHER NEW BOOKSo Wm. L. his success as Mr. Arehart's uccessor be with WHAT, NO EA TER EGGS, OR NEW EAS White'• QUEENS DIE PROUDLY out setbacks.-Hayward Groves. TER Fl:-IERY ON DISPLAY ? ? .... Boecop's THE KING'S TREE: Nothing burns up a country town . . . Koestler's ARRIV M. AND DE more t han to see a young man who has been deferred to work on a fa1m ~ --On ------SIDE GLANCES PARTURE, Morris' LIBERTY T or variety in hair-do's (and very becoming) STREET, Malaquais' WAR DIARY, spend the major portion of his time THE CAMPUS we point to Estella Bonner and Bobbv Jean Al~xander Dumas' THE JOURNAL in town. Coe-"little-girl" pig t ails last week ariel short OF MADAME GIOVANNI, arvl t bP By Ca therine Withera feather bobs t his week. ' first supplement to the DICTION Mercuryite According to ans weN to the question "What The t error of the volley ball court is diminu ARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPH.Y. do l'OU pla n to do during the Easter vacation ?", th·e, Katy Sleigh, Richwood High School alur.l Of the Week the majority of Glenville tate College students na .. . Do you eat WHEATIES. Katy? HAROLD BOSTON CANDIDATE FOR HOUSE OF DELEGATES C- ait is well-known. l r. Weaver, his bi~ mistake wbieh do"-·n the aitle with the bride, to ut Collece Freahman Ia Word has been reeeived here that R-eally has a 'nose' for news. enten wit~ the g room ! Given ' Hone' Lau.cb placed h1m in the category •'ith the A- ble photographer. So Mr. Weaver proved to be a Harold Boston, College alumnus, Aa Tall Tale Teller proYer~ ia! bull !n the proverbial Y-ea, be's a sophomore. bigger bull (in a china shop) than (blind) is a candidate for the Rouse of Delegates on the Democratic china shop wv forgetting hit panU he had ever realized himself to be, tickeL He is unoppoaed in the pri B--oy! What a vocabularyl G u .r Weaver, f r man frvm on the day t:e was to be the "best definitely winning the prize for the mary, as is his Republieatl opponent. A-d ~pt at punning. pe cer. proved to be a biggtr man" at a wedding. But then be told best "bull'' •tory of that day. ••b.n- Wn he had wuppoeed when about walking down the ai le wi~ Roy Douglau, who defeated him R-eads constantly. K- ind and courteo.rs. he p ve an oral c mpo&iu n, ' "A Bull I1he bridf', at wbieh point a snicker I two years ago. in a Clu!!a p."" in hit! Ea.c~ 10! ~roke out a onong ia daamatt'll For Uncle Sam needa your sa'rinc•l Mr. Boston'• home is in Eliubetb, E-xcellent cinema authority. R-egular church goer. ~ tM put YH-k. AttOrd.i.nc to 1t f!Hm.l e t man doe. not walk CJ.y W ~ r Bomb and Stamps. IWirt County.

003_L.jpg Girls o Meet Hall SPORT NEWS Quintet Thursday and

The us hooting Stars," Commuter VIEWS Club girls. wiJI try to "even a _score" with the Verona Mapel Hall guls on B y Thel'~ a Ryan the local court Thursday at _7 :30 ~· Wit~ women outnumbering men m. when the two teams meet m ~hc t r on the campuses of the state col second basketball game of the leJ?eS: a~pl'o:ximate l y five to one, spring !ntercollegiate sports are be se~r;:;ough both the Commuters and ing practically abandoned. the Hall girls may be handicapped ThE' ,,.,)y s+a~e colle~e planning to by the respective absence_s. of Mes have interco1legiate baseba11 is West senpr and Ryan. an exciting game Virl!in;a Te"h. Coach Steve H arrick is predicted. In the fi rst g:lme the announced that if !Uitable playine Hall girls trounced the Commuters, material was available, opponents 22-U, and the "Shooting Stars" are would be scheduled. expected to make a desperate effort Ath!etic Oirecto:- Roy (Legs) to renrse the coun t. Hawley said that golf and track AI an added attraction, there wilJ would be the only intercollegiate be perfonna nces by st udent eheer Dr. Hakes Will sports this spring at West Virginia leadera on behalf of each team. Universitv. / A ~mall admission will be charged Speak at College Marshall. Glenv1lle State and Fair- ~ Pictured above is an exciting Virginia Maneuver Area, Elkins, aad U.e proceeds wlll go t o the W. mont State will riepend wholly upon moment from the recent basket by a .:;core of 84-45. L ocal playen, A.. A. A referee has not been chosen. Assembly Exercise intramurals for contests, with ten ball game in the College gymnas left to right, are Harry Pritt, Jack n is, tr:1ck. badminton and softball ium wherein the local 11Pioneers" Dr. J oseph H akes, pictured, above, leading t\je list of prospective spQrtS.' Harrison, Hayward Groves, C lar Collier's Magazine t rounced a team composed of ence Underwood, Jr., a nd John is a Glenville guest this and next Sbenhe.. d State, Alderson-Broad Army Engineers from the West 1 Wagner.-Photo by R. Coope. Has Article By week and tomor row will be tl:e I dus, Wesleyan, Mor ris Harvey, Sa ~peaker at the College's weekly as- I tem and Davis and Elkins have dis------Miss Sigrid Schultz sembly exercise. continued all varsity competition f or PRES. HAUGHT ATTENDS With him will be Mrs. Hakes, con- the durat ion. Rationing Board MEETING IN WHEELING Of interest to those planning to tralto. who will sing several solo heU Miss Sigrid Schultz, scheduled numbers. Special music also will in With only two mont hs of school Makes Survey Of Dr. D. L. Haught, College presi to appear in the College auditorium, clude a vocal duet by the Rev. and remaining this term, plans should be dent, attended an E ducation and In May 8, is an art icle, "Invasion Lies," Mrs. Gilbert Moore. started soon fror competit ive sports Price Regulations dustry conference on Friday, Ma!ch written by her and published in the Dr. flakes, formerly of Hunting in the College. There are enough 17, at the McLure hotel in Wheeling. Jfar<:h 25. 1944, issue of COLLI'ER'S ton, is now devoting full time to ('ampus organizations for each to A check-up of f ood stores in Gil MAGAZINE. In this article, Miss evangelistic services and has already have a representative team on the mer County hst week by the Price The indu$1:rialists and manufact urers Sehultz gives a t imely warning of mapped out for him an itinerary tennis court or on tl)e softball dia- Pa nel of the County W. P. & R. of t he state who attended this meet· the tricky propaganda weapons that which will keep him on the road un mond. Let's kep active in sports in Board and Heir Agsistants renaled ing and who numbered seventy-five invited a like number of educators will be used by the Axis powers in til late fall and will take him into the Co!lege this spring! hilt most of the dealers (nearly all, the coming months. most of the eastern states. P. S.-A marbles tournament. in fac-t) are in fo.vor of price regu from all over the state. Or. Haught received a n invitation and thus a~ On page 68, of the same issue is !l This week and next he. is conduc" would be loads of fun--even foJ lation. Th& investigation was carried picture and brief biographical sketch ing evangelistic services. at the Glen- college students! out to rJetermine extent of compli tended the conference which had three sessions, the luncheon, confer of the author. Concer ning Miss ville Baptist Church each night at ·------ance with reg ulations, rea~ons f ot ence and summation sessions, in Schultz it says: eight ~>'c lock for all persons who T HEY FAVOR OPA non-Co!""'pli.:lnce, and faults as well "Sigrid Schultz numbers among wish to attend. The services bega.n 1'1 n recent announcement the as other weaknes,.es in the fystem. which both groups discussed Uleir her acquaintances Hitler, Goering March 26 and will continue through Price Pa nel of t he local War Price Somf' r:f the dealer expression<:. problems and gave advice to each other. and Himmler. As chief of the Chi April 9. Special music will be pre I& Rationing Board stated that near were: "Within tl•irty d:~ys, without cago Tribune's Berlin Bureau f rom sen ted by t he Church choir, by Mrs. lv all of the for ty-nine county food this regubtion, prices would be in :1. Miss Ernestine Hyer, 1925 until the outbreak of war, Miss Hakes, contralto, and by a mixed dealers are in f avor of !)rice regu- state of confusion"~. "Uncontrolled Schultz of ten talked with these men, quartet. lation. purchasing without rationing would Charles Tulley Married and wrote stories det ailing t he steps res~lt in some person's getting all of their rise to power. She was they want if a comm odity while Miss E r nestine H yre, College among those Cassandra prophets who others would ~et none at all"; uwc alumna, daughter of Mr. an-d Mn. warned a heedless world of the A TINGE OF HUMOR could not even guess at what prices Jason Hyre of Burnsville, was mar- t rouble brewing in Germany . .. A would be next month, next week, or ried March 4, at St. .Bridget's Catho student of international law, she i!. .,Why is a crack in a C"hair like a Il anky Texan nbout the stockyards. even tomorrow, :r all controls were lie Church, Goosepen, to Charles A. also-strange for a woman- an au traffic cop?" "Aw. we have branding corrals big- removed"; ''Without some such a:r- Tulley, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. P. thority on arms and armament." "They'll both pinch you if you ger t han t hat" said t he Texan. 'I'hat rangement. money would soon lost: Tulley of Orlando. don't park rig~t!"• • Ini ght.. the Ch;cago. boys put som• e big both v~ l te and signific-ance"; "Ceil- Mrs. Tulley, who •has been em- Questioning l h T ing pri,es snd ration roints may be played for several years as a teach- Simple SusiP wants to know whe- snappmg turt es 10 t e exan s bed. nuisan t"e<:.. 1-ut they save much more er in Braxton County, is at present I asked the New Year, " What am I ther a rabbit dragging ;tself out of , One cof them grabbed a toe. "Wliat's in cash than they cost in time and teaching at Green Hill School. a burning forest might be said to this?" asked the Texan. " Illinois bed bother." Mr. Tulley is a f armer of the Or- to do ha ve been defurred. bugs," wu the reply. The r~nge- lando section, where the couple wil1 The whole year through?" I hand scratched his head a mmute The answer came: Aroand the post exchange, some and then came back: " Must be Chairman Robert Daughton of t ht: 1 m_a_k_e_t_h_e_ir_ h_o_m_e_. ______" Be true." boys from Chicago were telling a young 'uns'." IH ouse ~l.lys and Means Committee. - l asked again, uAnd what am I to S8J i~ !'pe~lrin: in favor of the lower tax and not Japan as is commonly sup To those who pass my way?" btll sa1d: You can shear a sheep posed. The name J apan does not re- ••The kindest words," he said, ,yea r after year, but you can only fer to a single island upon which "That you can say." sk in him once." Tokyo is located but to all t he is · "What thoughts am [ to think, day HERoES I AN :he ·•ame ~f the island upon lands and territory under J apanew long, year long?" wh1eh Tokyo IS located is Honshu dominion. And clearly as the quick-struck gong The answer : "Think no wrong." "And what road3 take across t he earth's worn sod Where many f eet have trod?" t"JHV NOT TRY Swift came the answer: "'[!hose that lead to God." -Grace Noll Crowell, via C<.. CHECKING Presbyterian C h u r c h bulletin. ACCOUNT? The best means of prevention of another WPA after this war is to keep the private enterprise system I' C-:-nvenient c oing on a scale that there will be no need or place f or a nother WPA. A f ew years ago the hope of t.l)e Safe nation was that there would be a chicken in ever y pot. The hope to day is a pot for every chicken. A good way for a man to get Courteous, Efficient Service :- t All Timea ahead is to save his money and put it to work. The ~est way to put mon- , ~~~ ~ork these days is to buy War I Wben war broke out. Marine Sgt. Maier J. RothschiJd of New York City 5 was studyinr; journalism at niPlt, sellinr; 11oclu in Wall Street daytimee. On We have heard a lot about 11civil December 31, 1941, 24 daya a£ter Pearl Harbor, he enlisted. Be't been awarded ian sacrifices" but so far we have • the Purple Heart Cor wounds rec.eived in band to band bayonet c.ombat. and KANAWHA UNION BANK never seen any. Compared to what the Navy Crou fo r fi ghting off and killing 95 out of l SO o( the enemy storming a machine-gun emplacement. Be'a not r;.ivin1 up until we win. And you ? Are t he men at the front are putting up you still b~yinJ that extra War Bond? U.S. Trta'Dj,, Dt,tJrlmnsl (Me mbu Federa l Depo.i: lnaurance Co~ . ) with we haven't e,ven begun to sac rifice at b.ome.

004_R.jpg Four THE GLENVILLE MERCURY Tu....Iay, Marcia A-S John Baker Ellis On The Land, In the Air, And on The Sea FROM THE MERCURY'S FILES

With Our Friends In The Serv~ce By Thelma Ryan Iof the State Board of Education, was ------:------~·~~~ - 1932 : Student teachers in the a visitor on the campus today. -----= fourth grade and their pupils pre- _19 38: Loui~ Romano, junior, re By J anette Cu n n in gahm wood, and their five-mont"s-old daughter are at Parris Island with sented a pageant in assembly. Miss cetved a unammous vote for the Cpl. James Collins received his him. He plans to practice den.istry Maysel Whiting was in charge and I ~11-Tournament :earn when the Na wings" immediate_ly before leaving somewhere in West irgi!lia after t hose ::tssisting were: Kathryn Rohr- ttonal Intercollegiate tournament of- Yuma, Ariz., on a seventeen-day fur- the war. hough, Virginia Smith, Donald ficials selected an All-Sta1· team. Co- Iough which he is_ spending at _his John Baker Ellis:. Air Corn'i avia· Trout and Richard Eakle: I captains, Robert 'Red' Davies and home near Gl~nv•\le. Cpl. . Colhns, tion student, has recently bee~ trans 1933: Initiation for eleven Oh-1 Albert 'Abe' Lilley were given who has been 111 the# service ten j !erred frcm Shepr!l.rd Field Texas nimgohow Players was held last phces on the second team and Lil months. an~ has re~eived trainin~ at It o San Antonio, Texns,. wher~ Tuesday evening. Those participat- j ley was !'lamed cap~ain .. Keesler F1eld, Mtss., and Stoux he will receive adv!l.nced prc-fl iaht i!'lg were Harr iet Keith, Helen Bode, l 1940 :_H. ~; W•bJte Will speak o~~ Falls, S. D. He is a brother of Wins- training . - "' Virginia Riffle, J oy Bailes, Ruby t he subJect, As Others See Us, ton Collins, College !:'Ophomore. _A] 1st Lt. J ames B. Heater, U. S. Ramsey, Hugh Fultz, Isadore Nacb- 1 when he addresses the Gassaway radio opera~or and Tgunner, he wt~l~ Marine Corps, with five o~her Weston man, Anthony Leeber, Frank Coop-~ Chamber of Commerce and a group report to. Lmcoln, Neb., when hiS boys whom he knew, took part in the er, Willard Ellyson and James Price. of Boy Scout~ and their fathers at furlough IS over. invasion of the Marshall Islands. l!l3-1: Iva n H. Bus!!. Jr., Myrl(' Ga~~~~'~Y t~:~feht. Sgt. J oe A. Marra sends his thanks I Mrs. Oleta r:'ollins Davis of Lock McClung, Mary Eileen Jarvis and Spencer, F orest for th~ Mercury which ubrings back · ney received a cablegram Sunday. Pictured. above, is Aviation Stu- Ralph Burton were on the pro(Z'l"am White. Helen McElwee, Mary Agnes memOTJes of the good old days spent M arc~ 19, statihgJthat her husband, dent, John Baker Ellis, a former at the Chemistry Club meeting T ues- ~::~~:~da:: ~:~~o~~~izer spent tOe at G. S. C." He says that the name M-Sgt. Leroy Davis, Intelligence Ser College student and <1 son of Mr. day night . 1942: A quartet of Negro singers ~ercury is a~prop riate for ·:~he be~t, vice. Air Corps, has arrived " safely and Mr;;. Ray Ellis of ~orthv i ew Ad- 1936: Miss Willa Brand, H unter from Buckhannon sang at YWCA h ttle paper m the country for 1 somewhere overseas." travels all over the world. H ere are some new :HI dresses: cl ition, Glenville. ~ou?g Ellis, who Whiting and Curtis Baxter were vesper services Sunday. The inspira f~rmerlyl was stat1oned at Sheppar_d judges for oration and poetry inter- tiona! reading was given by H unter " I am stationed somewhere in Sgt . Nicholas Murin, 15067826. Sqd. England and like it here very much. No. 390 , A. P. 0. 125570, c-o Post F1eld, Texas,_ then Alv~, Okla.,. IS . pretation at the seventeenth annual Whiting. advancm_g pre-fhg.ht meet cof the Interscholastic Public 1943: Jake Fitzpatrick directed a E ngland is a very beautiful country. master, New York; Pvt. Raymond ~ ow co~pletmg I .. T he people are very kind and W . Boyles, ASN 35()172145, Co. "C", mstruct1on at San Antomo, T exas. Speaking Contest for the sixth dis-~ dramatized interpretation of '"Cin- their hospitality overwhelms you. 28th Tng. Bn .. M. P. R. T. C., Ft trict. derella" at an Ohnimgohow meeting They ar e very br ave people who nev- Custer, Mich.; William Z. H Karen· · HEREAND THERE 1937: Mr. David Kirby, secretary Wednesday evening. er give up. I n my estimation, they ton is, AA F'FGS, Ft. Meyers, Fla.· are tops." S-Sgt. Bantz W. Craddock. J r .. P vt. Jack Keith has returned to 3 VMF312, MAC 32, M <~ rine Aircraft By Hayward Groves College Alumnus Has Papers Dating Back ~eorgia training sta~i on afte~ spend- Hawaiian A rr>n. c-o Fleet P . 0 .. San It now looks as if everyone has mg a :~rlough at hts home 10 _Sa?d 1 Francisco ; Sgt. James H. Moore, had his chancE:: to forecast spring To Glenville's 'Male and Female Smeinary' Fork. H1s wife, the former MISS 35428566. 506th Ftr. Bomber Sqd., and ha$ had "mom" nature prove he Anne Amick, A. B. '41, is a teachet 404th Ftr. Bomb Gp., APO 9680, guessed wrong. Oh ! well, if we just By Gray Barker will be paid to Natural Philosophy. in the Sand Fork graded scho~J. c-o P ostmaster, New York; S-Sgt. have patience, spring will be here during the Spring. A good CDbinet S-Sgt. Gabe 8 Chabut, who I S now Gabe A. Chablit. Finance Sec., 8 llth eventually. It has never !ailed us A prominent Glenville citizen a nd of instruments, that are bran-new, in overseas service. writes that after MP Co., APO . c-o Postmaster, yet. College alumnus, expressing wishes 955 and of t:he best (E. S. Ritchie & reading his copy of the Mercury he San F ran cisco; .Pfc. Geo. w_ Adsms, to r emain anonymous, recently gave Son's) make, Wm ren-der the study pass:es it on to ''another GJenville 634th Engrs., Homer Heckert won t he prize for the Mercury two yellowed _and tat- ~575933 4 . Lt~Equip. more than ordinarily interesting. graduat e" who is stationed near h,im. l Co., Indio, Calif.; Lt. (j[f') Harry being the most "poKer faced" fibber I tered anno~ ncements published in ... T he principal's Cabinet of Ores, Raymond W. Boyles,. S. N. 3 ~· Rober t Gibson, Dental Dispensory, on the campus the past week. He the Colle_ge s early years, even be- Precious Stones and Minerals, from former State Trooper, IS n ow a pn- Parris Island, S. C. ; Pvt. Fred H. c eat d a to that R T fore the mstitution became a normal 0 8 I ndia, Europe, Sout h America, and vate in t he army. He is stationed at Shreve, S. W. G. F. M. F., 15th Oef. ~a~ord w:ul~y be gone ;o~ a ~eek school. elsewhere. will be a special attrac Ft. Custer, Mich. _His wife, the fo~ - ~ Battalion, 5th Amphibious Corp., c-o and that he would serve as his sub- The oldest of these, heralding the tion in the study of Physical Geog mer Miss Madeline Woodford, 13 Fleet P. 0 ., San Francisco (Mailed stitute for that period of t ime, real- opening of school on "Monday, raphy . . . Its special design is to Jiving at the home of her father, Mr. in confor mity with POD order 1Y CO!lvincing numerous students March the 12th, 1866,'' was headed, prepare persons for t he Profession H. G. Woodford, in Glem•ille. She is 19687) i Ensign J ames Satterfield, that it was a truthful story. Such "Glenville Male and F e.male Semi and P ractice of Teaching, and it also a former student. USNR, 16 Lo~a 11 St., Charleston 40, acting ability as that should attract nary." The ornately printed page claims to present the most r ecent J oe Herold, of Richwood, has been S. C.; A-S John B. Ellis, 151 72425 our dramatic director'!! attention. then states the tuition charged in metrods of school arrangement and ~n leave at his home. there. A Mar· Sqdn. l13, Flight B, AAFCC-] • • • the various courses for th~ term of instruction, that have been tested by . me. he has been stationed at Camp SAACC, San Antonio, Tex.; 1st Lt. . !'fi s~ B erth~ E. Olsen has compe- twenty-two weeks, ra_nga,~g f~om experience. It also claims, that per LeJeune, N. C. .James B. Heater. Co. I'F" 2nd Bn .. tJtlon m hr p•ano clas:s, even though S10.00 for the course m Readmg, sons so instructed, are able to do A-C William 0 . ~' B ill" Whetsell i! 24th Marines, 4th 1)iv. FMF, c-o I~he may not bE:' aware of it. A young Writing a~ d Sp~ lli.~g, Written and more and better teaching, than any !'oon to receivE' his wings at Bain- Fleet Postoffice New York· A-G !'di s~ f 1·om Verona Mapel Hall is h er Mental Anthmet1c, to $25.0{) for not thus specially prepared for the bridge. Ga. Formerly a member of Earl R. Stalnak~r, Aviation 'Cadet I competitor. All that remains to be I " D~aw i ng and Painting, or Eithe:·'' Profession." c'ollege football and basketball Pre-Tech. School, Sq. G, Sect. 12, seen now is whether "jazz" or t he Inctdenta! expenses for the entne The announcement plays up the teams, A-C Whetsell entered the ser· Seymour Johnson Field, N. C. clas~ic s make the most progress. term ~vere 1isted as fifty cents. A ~ 11 1 financial advantages of attending vice in March, 1943, while a student Second Lieutenant Earl Soencer • • • that time Wm. H. Wood, A. M. the school thus: "This is the school here. He has previously been stat ion- was recently gradunted a pil~t a.nd The too common cold has attack- was principal, and Miss Julia A. 1 for these times--the one, of all in ed in North Carolina and Tennessee. commissioned at IBlythevjlle Army ed numerous College students again. Wood, vice principal. I the State, where the least Pvt. Maurice 0 . Miller was a visi- Air Field, Ark. Lt. SpE'ncf'r, wh o Dig out those pill's and other rente- T he other a nnouncement, printed mo~ey will secure the most knowledge. Tui · tor in Glenville while on a twelve- qualified as an aviation cadet Aug~ dies so w,ar can be declared against J an_uar y 1, 1877, belonged to .a l~ter tion, according to grade, is 55 cents, day furlough from Ft. Riley, Kan. ust 5. 19 2. i <~ snen-:l in ... a furlough it. A cold can sabotage a grade as a per1od when the school had gamed 4 65 cents, or 80 cents per week. where he has been stationed with a at his home in Richwcod. Nazi does a f actory. the name, "Glenville Normal Cavalry unit. H e visited at his home School," had for its principal T. Board, with full accomodations, at from $2.5G to $3.00 per week, in at Tanner and in Char leston at the The ability to reason is always a Is it true that most College stu- Marce11us Marshall, remembered by home of his brother, George Miller, real power. dents at'e working harder this semes- most citizens of Glenville. The word- private families, or at Hotels." .Jr., A. B. '3"7. His wife, who was a ter than ever before? That seems to ing, part of which is reproduced be- The individual who lent the papers student, has withdrawn from classes Ibe the genera! opinion of senior low, i~ a far cry from that of pres- to the Mercury staff has an extensive and will return to Kansas with him. F o r D e lic ious class members. ent bulletins of the College. collection of similar documents and Before entering the service the past "After four years of a n existence, has offered to give them to the Col October, he was coach at Burnsville PLA1'E LUNC H E S Eve was the unluckiest woman amid the financial embarrassmenU lege library providing a suitable High School. AND DINNERS tl"at ever lived. She couldn't throw which have brought the general cry method for preserving them can be On leave from t he Great Lakes and that it up to Adam that she mi~ht have of 11hard times" into all t he land, arranged. (Ill.) Naval Training Station, Wit- GRAHAM CRACKER manied a better man. thi:> EtJucational Institution is enter- liam Kafer visited at his home in PIE ! n~ llpon its fifth, with increased fa- .Jane Lew. He is a brother to Lieut Stop at ~~wot the heck a re you grinning cilities f or its work . .. The course For Wartime August Kafer, U.~ S. Navy, who wae- ~ about, ~oldier?" of study is a broad onE', ranging killed in a plane crash in the South LOG CABIN "Well, Sarge, I used to be a milk- from tbe element.; to Rhetoric, High- Nourishment Pacific December 27, 1943. RESTAURANT man and now I can sleep until 5:30 er Algebra, Trigonometry, World's A-C Earl Rymer Stalnaker has in the morning." History, & c . Special attention HOME-MADE BREAD been transferred from Iowa Univer - !.;:======:::i ~,------~? ,:i!:Yn:.~uru!~h;::~:ri:!~ o~d~: r .,, YOUR MONEYCAN EARN MONEY ·~;· along with a group from Iowa. We Here's the Pla ce graduated from the Pre-Meteorology I course there and, since advanced to Find that **** meteorology training has been can- Wh N S S ' A celled. we wer• transferred here for EASTER OUTFIT y ot tart a avmgs ccount ' communications training. Manv With Us? thanks for the Mercury and keep 'em l.l- eoming." A-C Stalnaker entered the service Febr\J.a'ry 5, 1943. DRESSES You Will Get Courteous, Lt. H. Robert Gibson, A. B. '38, COATS Efficient Service. We Stock is now at the Marine base at Parri~ the Best Grades Island, S. C. He enlisted in the Naval HATS Reserve While an undergraduate at of Elour and the Baltimore College -of Dental * * * Surgery, University of Maryland, • Glenville Banking~ T rust Company ·I Meal. and. upon graduation from that in Gle nville Midland Glenville, W . Va. stitution the past November, re l Company I (Member Federal Deposit lnaurance Corp. ) R. B. STORE ceived a commission. His wife, t he former Miss Maxine Lyons of King- ----~ .! ------:.,

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