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This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks @ SeattleU. It has been accepted for inclusion in The peS ctator by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ SeattleU. PROPERTY OF SPECTATOR SEAnLECOLLEGELIBRARY SEATTLE COLLEGE ■ Vol. VIII.— No. 18. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1941 Z— Boo SILVER SCROLL TO CONFERENCEELECTS Plachta Takes Austin AppointedProgram Agent; GIVE TEA SUNDAY OFFICERS; COLLEGE FirstPlaceIn QuartetandTrioToAppearatQ.A. Music Will Entertain PAPERSDISCUSSED Linfield Tourney;Balch HitsFinals Faculty Members Fr. Daniel Reidy S. J., this cital during the first week of Pettinger And Anderson Tops Speakers From week announced the appoint- March. It will be held at the When the faculty are honored at Act- As S. C. Delegates Pledge Initiation Schools In Impromptu ment of Phil Austin as program Providence Nurses Home in the the Silver this Sunday, reception room. Scroll tea manager at Peggy Jr. Men's Speech Event for the quartet and The dean urges all of stu- the home of Miss Anne Returning from the meeting of the McGowan from the hours of four Off A SN Set Al Plachta, besides taking the trio. The first appearance dents to take a course in music Ithe Western Conference of Private of these two groups in their appreciation of to six, a custom will be in- ;Schools, held at Spokane Saturday, part in debates on the Pi because its augurated. purpose forthcoming series of programs great The of this February 22, Bill Pettinger and Delta question, has cultural value. Two cours- is to acquaint For Tonight Kappa will be at Queen Anne High es survey tea better the fac- Tom Anderson,SeattleCollege rep- will be offered. The ulty brought back to Seattle Col- School this Thursday. They opera with one another since it is resentatives, gave many interest- of and music drama will formal initiation of the first-place trophy will present two programs of a be a to difficult for the teachers to be- ing reports of the conference. Co- Ilege the in 2-hour course be held at acquainted during meeting ges of Alpha Sigma Nu, na-' half hour each. The quartet 10 o'clock. This willbe a three- come school hosts for the were Gon-Kie the junior Men's Impromptu hours. University Holy tional Jesuit honor society, will be and trio intend to make appear- credit course. For further ad- and Names Speaking.As a finalist he also ances the students of all The Misses Mary Doherty and ege, with Cheddy Thompson held at 5:30 this evening in the before vice on these courses, you are Room of the high schools in the city. Reidy, Peggy Anne McGowanhave charge Miss Eleanor Tracy, respec- Mirror the New Wash- won a plaque,along with Ros- asked to refer to Fr. fac- ington present officers, Pupils of Mr. Walter Aklin, ulty director of the music de- of this tea. The reception com-' student body presidents, act- Hotel. The coe Balch, who competed with presented piano partment. mittee consists of Father Corkery, as personal hosts, John Robinson, president; Joe Mc- will be in a re- Murray, president; Al Plach- Al Plachta in the impromptu president of the College; Fatheri le conference sessions opened vice ta, secretary and "Larry McDonall, finals. McGoldrick, dean of studies; Doc-1 : registration in the morning Werby, by separate morning ses- treasurer, will initiate the new Varsity Intercollegiate De- tor moderator of the Sil- wed members, they The ver Scroll; Eileen Mcßride, presi- s of the editorsand presidents, after which will be bate squad of Seattle College took CARTOONIST AMUSES formally accepted into the society of Gug- le editors' conference was con- part in the debate at ASSCAmendment dent the club and Nadine by Father E. Flaherty. Paul J. tournament gins, secretary-treasurer. ed in round-table style with Linfield College last week-end. SODALITY TONIGHT Mulligan of the Gon- Pival of Creighton will be present 110 thp Those pouring are Frances Me- editor along Over teams competed for j zaga Bulletin, as chairman. Many at the initiation with Bob many trophies and plaques. These Tonight Sodality Proposed Guire, Peggy Anne McGowan,j Masenga and Addison Smith, the will hold Is For common college paper problems teams, with many orators, and its first meeting of the lenten sea- Mary Doherty, and Mrs. Leonard.\ discussed, practical charter members of The Seattle Serving Rosemary Weil, t»j were and solu-1 impromptu and extemporaneous son Peronteau, are Lor- College Chapter. and Father moder- tions for these problems were ex- . speakers, represented 24 Univers- ator, promises evening rayne Eisen, and Nora Keavy. In an both in- ShakyTreasury changed by the editors of various j The initiation will be conducted ities and Colleges from all overthe teresting and instructive. charge of refreshments are Betty Editorial polices and fi- prescribed Germer, Fuchs, Ganzinni, schools. 1 according to the secret Pacific Coast. Mary Ellen Petrich will speak Ida Ida i papers were the Sigma Nu Betty nances of the ritual of Alpha and is on "The Intentions for the Month,"i There has been initiated a very and Kumhera. questions which received the great- the solemnity cal- The Debate Team— Joe— Mac- , important amendment to the Con- conducted with Murray and Roscoe Baleh reached whileRoscoe Balch willdiscuss the The Music Department of the est amount of attention. culated to impress the new mem- timely question, "Spirit of Lent in[ stitution of the ASSC. This re- College will provide the entertain- dignity of the society's the semi-finals in the Senior Di- gards a method of building a solid At the same time, the presidents jbers with vision. Joe Murray reached this Modern Day." Nora Kevy willI ment during the afternoon. meet- aim, the honor of being chosen a Mac , treasury for the ASSC so that con- of the student bodies were the semi-finalsin extemporespeak- conclude the speaking part of the ing to discuss the various problems and theduties undertaken meeting ', stant fear of debt may not be membership ing. These honors were gained in with "The Missal in the pressing. which confront them in regard to accepting accord- competition Mass." At the same time, the year's initiates, the af- with schools where methods employed by amend- 'Wooden' Anyone school activities and administra- to last speech courses are accredited, A special this weighty prob- will be long remembered by attraction of the eve- ment in no way tion. Most of their I while Seattle College forensics are detract from the " pledges, will be the playing, from[ just rights of classes and clubs in lems were those arising from fi- strictly extra-curricular. Many of records, of a group of musical College. Following Like Some Shoes? nancial, social, and political diffi- formal initiation itself will these other schools were not so by Seattle is a faculty be selections collected Father Nell copy proposed amendment, culties and relations. by an informalbanquet fortunate as the College, go- Effinghton, of the ollowed some of Illinois. These which will be discussed at the Judging by Following luncheon in the Gon- he Coral Room of the same ing away empty-handed. pieces are reproductions of the; the activities of Bel- next student body meeting. larmine Hall girls this past week, zaga Refectory, the editors and 1, at which thepledges willfre- College squad folk music of several European joint Inber, keys The Seattle con- presidents convened in a ses- e their and certificate and countries, and it is hoped that they Article I. Every social activity one would be inclined to believe sisted of: Joe MacMurray andRos- sponsored by any organization, that the hall had suddenly become sion at the newly opened Holy become all pledged members. This will meet with the complete satis- following Juniors, Tom coe Balch; A! Plachta and Bob club, society, or class at Seattle the "Little Dutch Mill." From Names College. The res- year's initiates are: Grieve; Moran and TedMitch- faction of the sodalists. adopted by body: I Anderson, Bud Bader, Bill Ber- Bill College for the general patronage every side has come the query, olutions were the ell. They brought back with them Prefect Bill Moran announces1 " Mongrain, Petting- of Seattle College shall be taxed "Would you like to owner 1. That the name be changed ridge, Ray Bill unprecedented publicity as a re- that Peter Jepson, well known and be the " er, Stapleton and one Sen- 15 per cent of net profit. of a pair of wooden shoes— real to "Western Conference of Pri- and Bill sult of their achievement. popular cartoonist among Seattle ior, Bill Moran. College students, present Article 11. Said 15 per cent tax wooden shoes? Only five cents a will be 2. That only Catholic colleges at the meetingandwilldraw amus- shall begiven to the treasury of chance."— Many five centses were j ing the ASSC. collected $15.00 in fact. But, as is be eligible for representation in j caricatures of the members. jfche Radio Club Sets Tuesday Article 111.- Tax shall -not apply the c?.se, onh- one pe

1 McCann and Bill Herman . . . cra::y UMUgfa individually ... but RadioProgram Wildeyed Workers Weave Wonderous Web oven crazier collectively ... Lucy !and Johnny ... Nora and Bob ... Fred War-ing's Pleasure Time (Jregor and Kay . still combina- (Leading NBC Stations) Wrestling Weekly With Winged Words tions ... Bill Berridse with two Mon. Tues. OMMENT |dates at once...confusing to Bay Thur.. Fri. Wed. CANDID the least! ... Everybody celebrat- 8 p.m.. PAT. 4 p.m. P.S.T. Cosmology, with its mysteries of Matt.-r and Form, hold no terrors for the Spec- (Continued) ing Shrove Tuesday at Campion tator staff. They wrestle with the problem of Matter and Form every week; and that Hall ... Well, not everybody! G. M Her* Moonlight Serenade word 'wrestle' is no metaphor, but the cold, unadorned truth. sounds as if it will start a riotous Set you next week! (Leading CBS Stations) tradition. (Even if they won't let T:ics.. Wed., Thur. 7 p. m. P. T. The process really begins on Thursday afternoon with a list of events posted up on us be in it!) It's the first of its kind at S. C. and we're anxious Professor Quiz Spectator office, assigned to reporter.Hope springs Sstations) the door of the each a staff writer or to see the outcome. BILTMORE FLORISTS (Leading CBS Tuesday, m., eternal in the human breast, and even the long, long bludgeoning of cruel fact has not Incidentally, March 7 is black- H:3O p. P.S.T. Former Hollywood Specialists wholly quenched the spark in the Editor's h_art, the faint glimmer of hope that perhaps out night. We know some indi- this time the stories will be in on the deadl ne. Editors are a Spartan race; they are the viduals who intend to whip out to Corsages and Flower Kay Francis, Cary Grant, and Magnolia Bluff and watch the are made of; and so, as Editor Macgregor gazes on the weekly Arrangements Bill Powell possess & rare charac- stuff that heroes Chief lights go out at 10:30. Why not past bitterness Reasonably Priced teristic among actors and actress- list,he refuses to despair; as he sits at his d sk and remembers the in the join the little crowd? In fact es. When one of their pals has a of his heart, his head is bloody, but unbowed. why not make it a party? We'll Open Evonings and Sundays new story, they like to give him a you NEWSHAWKS Ibring the potato salad . .. buildup and urge him to say his bring the matches. Cor. Spring at 12th EA. 9935 Monday: The prime matter has enough; who are we that we should she does. Well, she does not make piece. begun to trickle in. That word be expectedto possess an infallibil- the blocks for the advertisements; " Congratulations to Virginia 'trickle'...but see paragraphone. ity that not even the pope may and she does not actually operate Gemmil and Lary McDonnell for On paperruled and unruled;typed, claim? We do our best. a printing machine. Hers must be a super-Winter Informal. One handwritten, or just plain scrawled, Tuesday afternoon: the tide is the nose for news, the keen scent fetching Senior insisted that she representing the facts for the most flowing. At his desk sits the edi- that smells events when they are hadn't enjoyed any other dance part adequately, but now and then, tor withthe air of oneto whom has still a very long way to windwardU much. (And she was with the oh how inadequately! Our report- been handed a hunk of primeval so that she may set her news- (same person, too!) As a Junior ers, the eyes and ears of the chaos with the request that he hounds on them. She lives in a put it, "George and Martha Wash- school, have been going their construct a universe. He sees in world of word-counts, her exist-ington and all the little Washing- rounds, dropping in at meetings, his mind's eye the front page of ence is measured in column-inches.itons would have been proud of the corralling secretariesin the angles his dreams, the front page thatedi- The paper must be filled, and she celebration!" And so again the of tKI halls, interviewing faculty tors in Heaven spend their time in must fill it; the columns must curtain falls. members with one eye on the clock constructing. "Ah, but a man's come out right, and she has to " Sodality tonight ... 8 o'clock and one hand on the knob of the reach must exceed his grasp, or make them come; leads must be ... chamber room of Casie hall classroom door, asking, exhorting, what's a heaven for?", asked snappy and she has to make them ... Why not attend every meeting cajoling, scraping together the Browning; and the editor goes'snap. From the first amorphous during Lent? scribbling it on note- jscribblings to set up and news and in back to his task of bringing the the form " Pett, of book pages between squared plus locked for the machine, she must Bill Editor the 1941 objective into as near an approxi- Aegis (or did you know?) finding y and the psychology of dreams, mation to the ideal as the prime watch over the whole paper; and gathering together the pieces of then she must sit down sound out an hour later that the chance matter on his desk willallow of. and bought was the weekly jigsaw of the College. the tally-ho for next week's hunt he on a par of wooden CROSSWORDS OR CODE? I shoes ... Ronnie McHugh in high THE HOMERIC NOD Ifor news. At point must off heels . .. Jim Bowman working But this we take Pity the poor sports editor. Bill plenty-good Homer himself sometimesIour hat to the faithful band of typ- [out a skit for afore- nodded; and even the sharpesteyes Berridge, condemned to make mentioned Variety Show The ists. These are the unsung hero- any ... ears may now and then fail to Ibricks without straw. If man strangely candy and ines of With unfailing program bookstore void of perceive correct outline of the the staff. longs for a full athletic sticking the patience and never-faltering ener- at College, . . . Nan Standish to news that they must shoot at on Seattle it is he. Some- "Bill's" Ida Ganzini 'The Lady gy they take the script that is how— ask me not how— every week ... the wing. We remember a recent it out In Red" last Friday eve ... Rita student-body handed to them and hammer the page is filled. It is not forme meeting.. . but into readable pages. And what a Gies's net skirt bursting into flame to attempt to raise the veil from Jungle, script they have to handle. It was secrets for a moment at the and — the hid beneath those au- the waitress rushing over and written in a hurry perhaps burn locks. An Alexander, sigh- when the writer would have been fiercely informing all at the table Student Observer ling for,greater worlds to conquer, they trying morelaudably engaged listening resignedly that should stop to in he balances on the start a jernt to Father Peronteau explaining the of fire in the ... that back legs his chair and from an it wasn't right and they (Continued from Page 2) metaphysics of causes, or to Mr. inadequacy matter his would of evolves please behave! That's what Murray expatiating on the beauties weekly contribution. ... out of my backyard but Istill get equations. We call adding insult to injury ... mudpies yours." of differential Such her to make in !circumstances do little to mitigate STERNER Mike Scheubert with four baby Such are the effects of a war STUFF fris' or were they a possibly innate tendency to il- | ... orchids?... nerves, fear-inspired mental And so work goes on; Don getting of a legibility. Tradition has it that the theII Steele his wrist attitude that abandons sensible typist brought piece of script trickling streams are damned and slapped by the above mentioned Here's a drink that is unique. It j£fl thinking. people one a canalized, sedately When sacrifice to laundry got and at last run waitress when he waltzed around Hk^ they not a Chinese and two never loses the freshness of rights today that would shirts on it. Take a bow, typists, in the long lines of the galley- with a glass of water ... The ski fll^| P^s^^ years ago at a more criti- proofs. group sacrifice take several. | The staff leaves the of- running into the Linfield appeal that first charmed you. jfr#/V cal time, whan can be the cause of ifice, with fingers crossed sets debate troup in Portland Vr£ n!^fsflm:. PRESENT and ... so the such a condition? It can't be lack AMONGST THOSE out for the printers. Were 1 a ski-group say . . Everybody going You drink it and enjoy an after- LaLanne,the . V^Sh^^Q^Um^B of education, say some, we are the Present also is Bob Milton or a Homer Icould scarce on trips . . . except those who sense of complete refreshment. most literate country in the world.!now feature editor. His is the fea- do justice to the drama on which stayed at home... like this scribe YP^liS^^Si^^ There are probably a number of ture page; and he has not even the the curtain is now raised. Some-I.1 .. Roscoe Balch (one of the trav- So when you pause throughout items contributing to the one news to start from. News happens day when the Muses are kind, eling debaters) Bending a telegram the day, make it fne pause ihat single effect. Perhaps lack of in- and the newswriters find and fol-. when inspiration is strong and the to Ruth Butler which re::d .. . terest in the government, in world low it; the features must be madeIwords flock to my bidding; when (and we quote) ... "1,2,3,4,5,6, refreshes withice-coldCoca-Cola. YOU TASTE ITS QUALITY conditions; that is, a lack of inter- to happen. The next time you the divine fury falls on me and 7,8,9, (signed) Roscoe" ... It depth of problems think creation is easy, try making possesses my soul; est in the the the fine frenzy seems that the rate was so much Bottledunder authority ofThe Coca-Cola Company by underlying our government and the feature page. then, but not till then, shall Isit per ten words ... Hans Hansen world conditions. And the news editor, Mary Wil- |jdown in all humility to try to put ]jcreating a real sensation with his COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. Americans are too willing today Hams ? It would be easier to say into words the Epic of the Print- |11941 convertible maroon coupe ... to be led and not to be leaders. what she does not do than what inghouse. Iwe sigh in admiration ... Tom SEATTLE, WASHINGTON There are too few Thomas Jeffer- sons and Daniel Boones. What a radio commentator, a newspaper columnist, a famous man, or a par- tial publicity agent says is tooj readily accepted as Gospel truth.| There is a lack of the proper an- alysis of (iroblems. There is a lack > of good philosophy upon which to base one's thoughts and actions. I shouldn't say the lack of a good philosophy. Rather, the abundance of too many slipshod Dorothy JopHonowJorCJiesterfield Thompson philosophies,and the re- j fusal tq,accept a Monsignor Sheen philosophy. 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