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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Hollins Student Newspapers at Hollins Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Hollins Student Newspapers by an authorized administrator of Hollins Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. no Not Miss ((The A ttcl1d Odd and n HI/ //lall A d7'C l1 t Itfe Hollins Student ·Life E7'C1£ Rallies = VOLUME IX . HOLLINS COLLEGE, VIRGINIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1936 NUMBER 4 :; Hollins Riders Draw Dramatic Association Gives Laughs with GYl11khana Archaeological Film Will be Shown Here by A. A. U. W. First Play of the Season I'HYSJ AL EDU TI N DE­ • ------,~ . ~ . l RTMENT SP NSORS 1 Little Opportunity Given Gerald Wendt Addresses AFF I'R I RI JG Junior Prom and Dansant Epic of Man Directed by Outstanding Performance Honor Students' Dinner Slated for Decem ber 5 Charles Breasted Saturday afternoon, November 14, the PRESIDENT ENTERTAIN S Physical Education n epartment of the JIMMY POYNER T BRING SCENE LAID IN EAST MODERN THEME AT HOTEL ROAN KE college sponsored a gymkhana in the -- Riding Ring, directell by Capt. C. o. OR HESTRA AND ROO JER The Human A dventure, an eight-reel On Saturday evening, November 14, Dr. Gerald Wendt, Director of the Graves and Miss Dorothy White, with talking picture sketching man's rise from savagery to civilization, will be presented the Hollins Dramatic AssoCiation pre- American Institute in ew York City, Mr. Turner as annOUllcer. Many visitors The Junior dances scheduled for on Thursday evening, November 19, sen ted the first play of the season, Nine was t.he speaker at the dinner given by from Roanoke attended as well as a Decemher 5, promise to be the best in at 8:30 P. M., in the Little Theatre under Till Six, by Aimee and Philip Stuart. Presirlent Randolph for the honor students numher of students and faculty. many years. All the girls in college, the auspices of the American Association This three-act play, written for a cast at the Hotel Roanoke, Noveml~ er 12. The first two events were a drill in excepting about thirty, have signed up to of University Women. Produced by the composed entirely of women, was first Dl:. Wendt, in opening his address, which twelve riders . trotted through go; and dates will be arriving from all over Oriental Institute of the University of produced in London in 1930, and imme- "The Place of Science in Modern Think- various formations, and form riding at a the east. Chicago, the picture was written and diately hecame popular among colleges ing," gave as his sub-title, "Too Good To walk, trot, and canter. The third event, M iss Martha Pearce, chairman of the directed hy · Charles Breasted, whose and other women's dramatic clubs. While Be True," because, hesaid, the remarkable simila.r to "going to J erusalem," won by dance, has been working with the various (ather, the late James Henry Breasted, a there is very little plot, the general achievements of science are indeed al- Mary J ane Hunter, was called Musical committees to perfect preparations. prominent author and scholar, was the theme is the problems which confront the most too good to be true. After dis- Chairs. This amusing .contest was fol­ Elise Quinby and Eugenia Lee, of the in­ founder and, during his lifetime, the modem business woman in both her cussing the wide diversity in scientific lowed hy the Wheelbarrow Race, won by vitation and ticket committees, respec­ scientific supervisor of the Institute. public and private life. methods and their products, Dr. Wendt Sarah Lee Sullivan pushing Rubye tively, announce that money for the Three years were spent in making this Mrs. Pembroke, proprietress ' of a said that the utilitarian value of science Ratcliffe in a wheelb .~ rrow and ' leading tickets will he collected Wednesday and film; two special jou~neys were made to fashionable millinery and dressmaking was only one of its phases. I t is the their two horses. The Balloon Contest, Friday, of Thanksgiving week, and that shop, hires two new girls on the same day. research behi'nd these material ~esu lt s next 011 the program, proved to be the the ear East; nearly forty thousand feet invitations to the dance will be sent out of film were consumed; and over nine Both of them seek work as an escape from which furnishes inspiration and ultimate highlight of the a ternoon. Although on Tuesday, November twenty-fourth. their respective but quite opposite en- value to the scientist. Research, more- vaguely reminiscent of a polo game, thousand miles of flying was done in Roberta Cover announces that Jimmy specially chartered planes. The expedi­ . vironments. Unsophisticated, eager Gracie over, is the scientist's method of attaining mallets and balls were replaced by Poyner and his fourteen-piece orchestra Abbot wants a freer, more sociable life truth, and from this method he derives balloons tied around the riders' backs and tion made its headquarters in the re on­ from North Carolina State College will structed harem of Darius' palace. with the companions she has' been denied his philosophy, and out of it comes his fly. swatters. The Red Team, consisting of furnish the music. Key Scales, crooner, A s this pictorial "epic ,j unfolds, the by her family; wealthy and beautiful creative activity. When Dr. Wendt· had Bell, French, Heberling, Schnaitter and will come with them. Though the decora­ Bridget Penarth, on the other hand, finis..bed hi discussion of what he believes Sullivan, was victorious. In the sixth audience is carried to the lands where tion committee would make no announce- civilization saw its beginnings-Egypt, thoroughly bored by just the kind of life is the future of science, the faculty and event, the Costume Race, Rubye Ratcliffe ments, it is certain that no one will recog­ Gracie admires, takes up work as a students present joined in que~tions and was again a winner. This was followed by Palestine, Syria, Anatolia, Iraq, and nize the gymnasium after the decorations Persia. Included are action pictures of a divertissement. A series of thefts, in- informal discussion. When asked about a Potato Relay Race won by Polly French are finished! The scheme has something volving both girls, and the ardent defense' the relationship of science to metaphysics, and Peggy Buhr. The eighth event, art flight in Iraq during a sand storm which to do with the> weather. Ruth Burnett reached the heights of 15,000 feet, of of each by her particular friends leads Dr. Wendt admitted that there was Obstacle Race in which the riders blew up and her committee will place specially exca vat ions revealing the fourteen" layer­ to a climactical scene. When Gracie is "another door to be opened" but as his a balloon until it burst. rode the length of arranged flowers on certain tables in the cake" cities, with a Stone Age village at unjustly accused, the real thief, Freda, field is chetnistry, he said he was unable the ring carrying a lemon in a spoon, ate a dining room, and on the refreshment tables the bOttom and the remtiins of- an ~y whO n ' s ul1."Cffi.~ n~ tlfe grrr, to go beyOnu tile pUySre'm' world. "~, gra am crac er, returned to the middle ot in the rooms off the gym. Several members comes to the rescue. Her motive, she ex- however, extremely interested in telep- the ring and whistled, was first completed of the faculty and a few class officers will Christian temple at the top; of the famous plains, is precisely that which Gracie has athy, and has himself done considerable by Jane Bigelow. In the finale the winners assemble in the Drawing Room before stables of King Solomon; of wheat from - to have those things she has been denied research and experimentation along that of all the preceding events displayed their the. dance to receive the guests. the days of Joseph; of the mighty all her life. With the serious illness of her line. When questioned about techno- horsemanship. The tea dance will be held from 4:30 to Nineveh, famed for its riches; and of the invalid son preying on her mind, Mrs. logical unemployment and other social Between the events Mr. Turner's two- 6:00 P. M., and the evening· dance from legendary Garden of Eden. This picture Pembroke calmly hears both sides of the problems which science has created, Dr. year-old colt was exhibited, and Lita 8:30 to midnight. ends with the first professional cinematic problem, then metes out the verdict she Wendt disclaimed any moral responsi- Alexander and Dorothy Schnaitter, both record ever made on standard size film of deems just. bility on the part of the scientist, and riding on "Jane," put on a comedy act. Persepolis, capital of the Persian Empire, Though the play is an interesting study said" you religiouis people" must find the The committee for the gymkhana which was built by Darius the Great about of a current theme, it is a difficult one to solution. consisted of Dorothy Schnaitter, Chair- 500 B. C. Thus the directors of this picture have attempted to make a con­ cast. The part of Mrs. Pembroke, a~ a Dr. Wendt, who took his. Ph.D. degree man, Lita Alexander and Mary Stat Music Board Revises very level-headed yet kindly business at Harvard has been active in research Jefferson. tribution to the field of education as well woman, is especially troublesome for work as well as educational administration. Former Constitution as to that of fascinating public entertain- amateur actresses. The other parts, too, Before he became Director of the Ameri­ ment. must necessarily be chosen from types; can Institute, he served on the Board of Tickets which will be priced at thirty­ The Music Board has held several im- hence, there is very little opportunity for Membership and the Board of Managers, five cents each will be sold by agents on Miss MacArthur Speaks ' portant meetings in the last few weeks to outstanding performances. Although the He has also been instructor of chemistry each hall up until noon Thursday. If it discuss and plan the reorganization of the acting was a trifle slow at points and the at Rice Institute and the University of is impossible to obtain tickets before that on Japan to 1. R. C. Hollins Music Association. For the past diction poor, the production as a whole Chicago and Director of the Battelle time, they may be purchased in the Little several years there has been a definite breach was creditable and interesting. (Continucd on Page 4, Column 4) Theatre from Chapel" until 8:30 p. m., On Sunday, November 15, the Interna­ between the Music Board and the students when the movie will begin. tional Relations Club held an open meet­ who comprise the Music Association, due, ing, at which Dr. Kathleen MacArthur primarily, to the fact that the Board, in Violin and Piano Duets Reorganized Riding Clu b spoke informally on "Changing Customs whom the executive power of the Associa­ in Japan." Dr. MacArthur is particularly tion is vested, has worked as a unit apart Degas Drawings Shown Heard in. Convocation Plans Entrance Tests well qualified to discuss this subject, as from the students whom it represents. in Keller This Month she has herself lived in that country for The Board, therefore, in cooperation with Miss Mary Campbell Leiphart and Mr. The Hollins College Riding Club, at its several years. After the talk, both faculty the music faculty, has been working to The Art Exhibition in Keller this month Arthur Talmadge of the faculty of the last meeting, elected officers for the year and students joined in an informal dis­ correct this situation. Having drawn up a consists of informal pastel drawings by Music Department will play violin and and decided to give the riding tests neces­ CUSSIOn. constitution clearly defining the function of Degas of tHe French Romantic Realist piano duets in Convocation tonight, sary for membership in the Club at 4 Although J apart is now one of the great t~e Music Board in relation to its Associa­ School of the late nineteenth century. Wednesday, November 18. Their first o'clock during the week of November 16. powers of the world, it has not yet, tion, they have announced the following Degas delighted particularly in unusual group of numbers will include an A ir from The new officers are Lita Alexander, according to Dr. MacArthur, emerged changes: The Board plans to work with angles, bizarre compositions, and awk­ the Concerto in A Minor, by Goldmark, and president, Mary Statler Jefferson, vice completely from the shadow of feudalism the Music Association in the same manner ward positions in his representation of A ubade PrOtJencal, a Kreisler composition president, and Sadie Rice, secretary­ which only three-quarters of a century that the Executive Council works with the backstage scenes. These characteristics are in the style of Couperin. Though the A u­ treasurer. ago completely enveloped it. In short, Student Body. The officers, other than seen clearly in" D ancers,"" In the Wings," bade was originally thought to be a trans­ Candidates for adtnission to the Riding Japan is a melting pot for the old and the the president, who is electesuperstition, Chris­ dent Body, will be chosen by members of of entertainers, without the glamour composer, it has recently been determined and skill by passing to the satisfaction 0'£ tianity and Buddhism-all war for su­ the AssociatiQn, instead of appointed by of the footlights and the stage, engaged in to be his own work. The height of the the committee the following tests: Mount­ premacy. Dr. MacArthur gave several the outgoing Music Board as heretofore. the details of preparation for their per­ musical will be reached in the Sonata in ing and dismounting; walking, trotting, specific illustrations from her own per­ The actions of the Board will be reported formances. Degas always preferred the A Major, by Johannes Brahms. In the and cantering; cantering in a figure eight; sonal.experience. Once, it seems, she met a to the Association in regular meetings. characteristic but ugly face to the merely last grouT? will be another Brahms com­ and falling off at a walk, trot, and c.anter. young Japanese doctor, well versed in the At present, it is debatable whether or not pretty one, and the over-developed, mus­ position, the Hungarian Dance No. 2, The committee is composed of the advisors latest medical knowledge, who, never­ the Association shall include all music cular body of the dancer to the smoothly arranged for violin by Joachim, and a of the Club and the officers. In addition, theless, was · carrying a spotted wooden students. In the event that only the music rounded figures used by more conventional contemporary composition by Charlotte the candidates must pass a comprehensive dog, which he was going to place near the majors will compose the MusicAssociation, artists. In his quick studies as well as his Ruegger, a professor under whom Mr. test on horsemanship given by Captain head of a ·new-bom child to ward off evil students who elect applied music will more careful ones, Degas shows remarkable Talmadge has studied, In the Moon­ C. 0. Graves. These tests must be passed spirits. In his own words, he was "taking automatically become associate members. ease in simple but convincing handling lit Gardens of Villa d' Este. In view of the in correct form and on two horses. no chances." Then, too, when a fire broke' With these changes it is hoped that the of line and value. Each figure, however performances given heretofore by Miss It is hoped, from the enthusiasm shown out at the National Sunday School Con­ Music Board and Association will cooper­ rapidly done, is adequately and accurately Leiphart and Mr. Talmadge, an excellent for riding this season, that many will try vention, several of the men rushed to a ate in creating an alive and stimulating represented. The drawings are well-se­ program is expected. out, and successfully pass the tests. (Continued on Page 4, Column 4) musical interest on campus. lected to make an universal appeal. 2 HOLLINS STUDENT LIFE, NOVEMBER 18, 1936, HOLLINS COLLEGE. VIRGlNIA HOLLINS STUDENT LIFE, OVEMBER 18, 1936, HOLLINS COLLEGE, VIRGINIA 3 Moderns and Old Campus Shows Interest Why Don't You Read? Hollins Student Life Masters Exhibited ALUMNiE in Party Politics • L.-_U:_n_de_r_t_he_V_o_m_e ---.JI L-1_9_R_A_N_D_S-T-'A-N_D----.J An American DOdO~. Odyney Norton Publislred for'"iglrtly durillg the college year On Friday, October 30, the student 10:45 I( Germany, Russia, and Italy would VICTOR Hl-:JSER, M. D. by a Slaff composed enlirely of sl1ldenls Contrasts and similarities between body, faculty, administration and SU\IT • NEWS • She smolhered a yatun, she gla1lud al her mOvc ,, 11 their equipment into Spain and Reading this book is like carrying on an modern paintings and acknowledged mas· gave President Roosevelt a majority in a THE STAFF R UTH Crupper REEVE. , '13 ",alch, do their fighting there, it would save informal conversation with the author, terpieces are strikingly illustrated in the straw vote hcld on the campus, antici­ MARY MORRIS WATT, '37 ...... Edilor-ill-Clrief Extwlive Secretary, 107-108 Chapel She said she had IuuJ a hard day; tearing up some new battlefields. "casually carpentered" describes its tech­ current art exhibition in Presser Hall. pating correctly the result of the national ELEANORA AR MI STEAD, '37 } She said Ihat her roommate had IOllg bee" - LOllisville Courier-J 011 mal nique and reveals as well the secret of its MARGARET MCCORMICK, '37 ...... _ ...... AssOI;iale Edilors Grouped in pairs a nd in threes, similar election. J\lthough Roosevelt ran far in The following is a letter from Harriett in bed, charm. With unassuming modesty, Dr. MARGUERITE MONCURE, '37 subjects by painters working as much as the lead in the campus popular vote, 236 • • • Ann Jackson, written for publication in the fie said that he'd be on his tvay. Heiser talks about his adventures in forty­ MILDRED EMORY. '39 ...... _ ...... •...... Feattlre Edilor five hundred years apart are chosen to to 142, the balloting o( states left him An anonymous bit of wisdom: " Don't EI.IZABETH STREET, '39 ...... · · · .. ··· ...... News Editor Class Letter Columns of the QUARTERLY. She sighed 11.oith rel;ef, but smiled as site five countries of the world as a medical illustrate changes in techniques and con­ deadlocked with the Republican nominee, worry about what people are thinking :-IARTIIA PEARCE, '38 ...... Business Manager Since it brings news of friends of the whole said. officer of the United States Government MARY COCKE, '39 ...... A ssislant Busilless Mallager ceptions. Alfred 1\1. Landon. Each won eleven about you, for they are not thinking about student body, excepting the freshmen, who "Oh, really. llOU!, please can't you stay?" and as a director of the International ELEAl'WR (; RAFF, '39 ...... Chairman of A dvertisillg If the exhibition is to be considered as a $tates, while three statcs were tied. Voters you, but wondering what YOll are thinking no doubt, have also come to know many of Health Service of the Rockefeller I nsti­ competition between the moderns and the from the District o( Columbia favored Since listening to music is fast be­ about them." REPORTERS the personalities referred to we felt that Betty Brand a nd Lelia Cocke went to • • • tute. Though he has done much in the Nancy Penn, aIter remarking that she old masters, neither side can claim a com­ Landon, while those from Canada backed Princ'leton this week-end. coming a favorite campus indoor sport, BETTY l:lH usll JEAN WRAY KATHERINE O'KEEFE you would enjoy reading it: eradication of disease, his chief work has heard ponderous footsteps in the theater plete victory. The unprejudiced observer Roosevelt. There was one vote cast for it seems fitting that ye columnist should This might be a good subject for debate: discovered that they actually were Pon: . \NNE BOWE~ DOROTHY KIMLER SAD IE RIC E "The Class of 1936 seems to have .. been in the field of health educatK>n. As is apt to conclude that, while modern paint­ the Communist nominee, Earl BrowNelson, and government to deal with . economic dances. any disadvantage in class the next day. subject be "What boys like in a girl" or "The racial question." The joy ers lose little in reproduction, while the I t.. is a sure sign of recovery when the moving narrative. Miss MacArthur told uS that since the driven out to inspect the marvelous new • • • The head should be dropped to the chest, of argument, of vivid discussion is a call to all the powers of thinking. It subtle harmonies and the complicated problems. was a question raised hy Dr. customers st.1.rt asking the clerks, "Are Sadducees didn't believe in the Resurrec­ Hollins which is strangely minus a gr .... one elbow leaned on the arm of the chair, • • • may cau se the awakening of inte rest in a subject heretofore unknown. technique of the old masters are only Dowell. He pointed out that govern­ Taylor's grandmother and you sure this is the best you have?" tion, they were sad-u-see. drawing room. Tish, it seems, is going to and the head rested lightly on the hand. Heads and Tales Scribners In any event, it is thrilling. partially revealed even in the best prints. mental form always lays behind social f ",'andf"ther came Saturday, from Atlantic spend the winter in Wilmington, Dela­ The eyes should be closed and the face • MALVINA HOFFMAN • • • H ere at H o llins there seems to be a definite though not too obvious This fault is particularly noticeable in the and economical changes. A flexi ble and • • We are undecided as to whether this ware, where she will live with her sister • • should assume a soulful expression. From . Prospective buyers gasped at the beauty To Malvina Hoffman was given the task attempt to prevent the formation of cliques by constantly moving people paired portraits of young men by Titian dynamic constitution he deems advis­ • item, h:lIlded in by a new reporter, belongs a nd take a commercial course. able, since it can adjust itself to changing time to time the eyebrows may be raised of the new 1937 automobil es on display at of creating a sculptural "Hall of Man" around. Y ou may arrive a lonely little freshman, eager to find one person and Vincent Van Gogh, where the Van Jean Chapin's brother was here last 10 Socuty or Camptls Crumbs: Cynthia "Lelia Berkeley is going to 'just have as if in expectation, but this must be the New York and Chicago Auto Shows for the Field Museum of Chicago. Out of to cling to, but soon you have m et many others like yourself in group Gogh outshines the Titian as it could never conditions. week-end from Greenbrier Military ·Acad- A,:"istead and Marge Porter are spent (un' for a while and is then planning to followed by a look of complete familiarity which opened this week. M'ost interesting her adventures while obtaining material meetings, at the table, at classes, at the" T ea House" and are ready to do in a ju xtaposition of originals. In spe.'lking of international problems, thiS week-end in Philadelphia. take a business course. Virginia Lee also for her sculptures grew this book. She join in one of the numerous conversations on any subject, some hu­ This exhibition will continue in Presser Dr. Randolph said that since a first .. • • with the music. At the conclusion o( the of all, though, was the fact that cars this has planned along a stenographic line. Rele<-tion it is prop~r to allow the rest of year look safer. drive safer and are safer. deals in the first part, it is true, with her • • • morous, some intelligent, many abou t home, wherever it is. Another Hall over Thanksgiving week-end. Next :.ldminiso.tr!l.tion i!: us:u::l.11 y involved in Olivia Pratt and Sadie Rice will spend According to Alice Reid, the stalks Frances Peace, too, is going to stay at the audience to applaud, while you re­ own early life and her training' to be an thing which prevents the formation of select groups here is the variety of month's exhibition will be the original domestic questions, foreign affairs are • • • hring the little ears of corn. home and take typing and shorthand. next week-end in Staunton, Virginia. artist and to create art. As Royal Cor­ activit ies, and the ease with which a new student becomes a part of them. drawi!1gs for two children's books by Lois not often a strong point in presidential main quietly aloof, apparently in a "As M ai ne goes," so goes a popular Marilou Weeks, aIter a summer at Myrtle tissoz says, in "Books," however, Miss Shc h as only to pick her activities and tell the heads of the organizatiolJ. Lenski. policy. She discussed brieRy what she • • • trance. When the concert is over walk hallucination. Beach, and a week's visit from Florence in ch arge of t hem of her interest. Immediately she becomes an active feels to be .some of the maii, questions ~larjorie Livingston is going . to New home slowly and absent-mindedly. Look • • • Hoffman" has done well to give the major Shelley during the latter's vacation, was part of them. In t he informa lity of play practice, in the spirit of good facing the administration: settle;"'ent of next week-end to attend the Yale­ as though you were utterly spent by the part of her book to touches of portraiture, Hotel Patrick Henry going to drive Flossie north and then settle Cheer up, those of you who bet and lost bringing us face to face with remote peo­ fellowship on the athletic field, in the striving for a common goal in the international problems, the determination Harvard game and the Princeton Tiger force of your emotions. These few sug­ "The Meeting Place of Roanoke" down to a life of leisure- for a while at on the election! Perhaps you will have Young Women's Christian Association , wide friendships are made. Four Plays Presented of a policy of neutrality in the event of dance. gestions, if followed carefully, wilt be ples. She does that superbly in the least. Then 'maybe' she'll go to a secre­ • • • better luck on the Joe Louis-Jimmy Brad­ In our opinion the efforts to mix people together and prevent the by Freshman Casts another war, and participation in, or sufficient to insure your social success bronzes assembled in the 'Hall of Man. tarial school. Flossie writes that she is dock fight in February. This book makes a worthy achievement MODERN IN EVERY DETAIL formation of cliques is representative of the Hollins Spirit. support of, an effective, continuous in­ Elise Quinby will attend the Princeton­ concerts; and you will find that you have with the H anes Associated Mills, doing attained a reputation for having a sen- • • • there." Her book is more than a narrative ternational organization. Dartmouth game next week-end. You will enjoy the food and pleasant Saturday evening, November 7, was numerous jobs, and greeting prospective sitive H e...'l f," With politics gradually fading into the of travel, for it conveys to the reader the surroundings in our second annual Freshman play night at buyers. Berkeley Moore, the last time I • • • • • • background, we must catch up on our insight she gained into the simple and • saw her, was thinking about a fall trip to Martha Pierce's mother and sister MODERN COFFEE SHOP • STUDENT FORUM Hollins. Since last year's one-acts were so Heard and overheard: Miles agreeing reading of Mrs. Simpson and the King. fundamental realities that underlie the the Poco nos to see Patty Smith and then of MUSIC visited on campus last week-end. successful, the play production class, with Miss Chevreaux that we ought to instincts and intuitions of primitive peo­ going to Washington to start in at the • • • A. B. MOODY, Manage,. under Miss Blair's direction, again pro­ • • • make the most of our" posturabilities" ... ples. Washington School for Secretaries. Patty, ~ NOTES ~ The 'Thirteen Club, of Wheeling, West ARE YOU SURE? duced four short plays, in which only new - - Virginia Betts attended the V. P. I.­ Dr. Janney's poetic rendering of " Of Thee I hear, expects to take a secretarial course, Virginia, held its regular meeting at I rr======iJ [!,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A rccent editorial in STUDENT LIFE deplored, and rightly, the students were cast. Virginia game iast week-end. I Sing, Baby" .. . Parsons affirming that Although these plays were necessarily this winter, do her provisional work in the Members of the Hollins Choir and thirteen minutes past twelve, Friday, for if present situation of scholastic eligibility u sed here at Hollins. You a ll • • nobody could argue her into believing P R I N TIN G limited by their few rehearsals and the Junior League, and take a light course in Choral Club assisted in the singing at the • November 13. One of its members, know the rules, players must h ave class standing to be eligible, but if they l\lary Jane Shellenberger spent last that she didn't exist ... Theresa Rath W.tch for Our Yellow Truck short period of time in which they were World Politics. Martha Cargille says she, Armistice Day Program held Sunday charged with being superstitious, stroked STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS a re not eligible for their own class team they may play with the team week-end in York, Pennsylvania. and Joe Canaday having a fight the other produced, they were, a$ a whole~co nsidere<;l too, has developed ambition and is even Afternoon, November 8, in the Roanoke the back of a black cat thirteen times to GIVEN SPEGIAL The IDEAL LAUNDRY AHD DRY below. A passing glance shows this idea is both cock-eyed and unfair . It night on faculty row? even better than those give;' last year. now taking shorthand and typing. Louise • • exonerate himself. ATTENTION CLEANERS have .. specl.1 hand­ was adopted several years ago as a compromise between those who City Auditorium. • Of the four, Joint Owners in Spain, by Tompkins is teaching in Sunday school, Beverly Dillon is spending this week-end • • • washing and pressing dep.rtment favored scholastic elig ibility and those who were against it. • • • Alice Brown, and directed by Mary Black­ and doing some dramatic work. At the Chapel service conducted by in Ithaca, New York, where she will attend And did you see Westie asleep on .the for .ll silk undergarments. Granting that the. present system is off, what are we going to do The Stone Printing and erly, was particularly popular, judging by "Technical and laboratory work claims Miss MacArthur, Friday, November 13 , the Cornell-Dartmouth game. back porch of the Library ? . about it? Shall we abolish scholastic standing as a team requirement or Manufacturing Company the enthusiasm of the audience. The cast at least three of the Class of '36, and each Miss Leiphart and Mr. Talmadge played Special price for B pieces or more shall we tighten up on our eligibility requirements and make them really • • • • • • included Elizabeth King, Anne Johostone, is going to a different place, far afield. the Andante Contabile movement of a 'PHONE 66,p + ROANOKE, VA. at a time. mean something. If we a re to abolish class standing requirements we Mary Griffith had Tom Tulders, of TRAGEDY AND WOE! Frances M iller and Sue Thomas. Espe· Willie is at the Lewis-Gale Hospital in string quartet by Tchaikowsky. This Cotillion Club Gives (Opposite Hotel Roanoke) must con sider fi rst just what this action m eans. Is it really the standard Philadelphia, as ber guest last week-end. The Yellow Truck can collect any Roanoke taking a technician's course and duet on organ and violin gave to the service I Lux my undies every night, P"U'TEItI or Shule,,' Life we want at Hollins? True, it would increase participation in athletics, and cially noteworthy were the portrayals by Fall Dance in Keller d.y. Jean Forrest is doing the same at tbe Col­ a restful atmosphere conducive to medi­ • • • I never have B. 0., would probably improve the standard of the games but its disadvantages Elizabeth King and Sue Thomas of the Cynthia Armistead and Marge Porter lege of Physicians and Surgeons in New tation. I get my lift from Camets, elderly and talkative inmates of the home. • • • spent this week-end in Philadelphia. would g reatly outweigh its advantages. York City. Betsy Hill has also started in A nd I'm not so very slowl Fo,. Holidays Of' Class First, the time question: we r ecognize the fact that many people Glen H ugh's play, For the Love of On November 6, eight music students • • • Michael, which [ancy Penn directed, her technician's course at the University Why is it only otlrer girls The Cotillion Club gave its first dance Parties Nothing M o,.e ineligible for teams play ever a fternoon any w ay, b11t they a re not re­ gave a recital in the Chapel. The program, Those who attended the Virginia open­ Appropriate Than should also be especially mentioned. Mary of Virginia and writes that she can hardly including organ, voice and piano, was in­ To Protlls al Blacksburg go? in the new season in Kellet, Saturday, B.FORJt\AM quired to atte nd these practices. They may study if they wish. Athletics ing last week-end were: Betty Brand, CLOVER BRAND ICE Jane Evans, Brown Moore, and Olive bear to leave the bacteriology lab at November 7. New members taken in this interferes only because they wish it to. On the other hand, if they were teresting, appealing more to the intellect Jane Hildreth, Emily Overstreet. Lucy • • • CREAM Holms, the latter being a very good four-thirty as it is so fascinating! fall, as well as many other students, were out for the team, thcy would be required to attend a certain number of than to the emotions. Each selection was Singleton, and Lib Williams. This col umn is sponsori ng a contest SONS mother-in-law, made up its cast. Although ",:J)ickie' Richardson visited in Rich­ present both as stags and dates. There Clover Creamery Co. practices each week. REGARDLESS OF THEIR OTHER WORK. difficult, and although all were done with between the Doodlers and the Ofillers. Two Slatterns and a King, by Edna St. mond this summer with J ane Botts, but • • • were also many old students present in­ INCORPORATED Secondly, social privileges are denied those who do not have their class studied polish, The Lamplighter, by Man­ We have a champion doodler in the person I don't know what either is planning for the Barbara Doty is s~nding this week-end cluding Lelia Berkeley; Lucy Neal Brooks, standing. Officially they are rated with the class below. Why should they Vincent Milloy, was hampered by the ning,and the ChansondeFlorien, by Godard , of Miss Knox of "one dollah" fame. poetic quality of its lines, to which the winter. Peg Clark was in Europe this sum­ Baltimore, Maryland. Martha Cargille, Mugs Dawson, Beverly ,Jrnllr/~'ty/(J for Ihe Co/ltgtc.7lfiJI be permitted to play with the team when they a re not officially members excellently sung by Mildred Cole, were Will some member of the Faculty who is cast was unaccustomed, and the play by mer, as was Zoe Powell. Peg now has a • • Reeves and Mary Lou Weeks. of the class? Thirdly, athletics at H o llins have a lways attempted to work most outstanding. This is only tht! first • an ORller please come forward? WELCOME! Ethel Van der Veer and Franklin Bigelow, teaching position in a private school in Margaret Jamison and Louie Brown The cup for the best dancer, competed in cooperation with the faculty a nd the academic side of school. In doing in a series of student recitals. . - The Seal. NATALIr.sHOPPE Flushing, Long Island. Frances Bradley ~ 'lichael spent last week-end at Chapel for annually at the Fall Cotillion was won away with scholastic r equireme nts, we would be m oving in the opposite Ld it Burn, could not be rehearsed suffi­ went out to Arkansas this summer and department store, and is to tra"el in where they attended' the Duke­ by Maria Tracy, dancing with De Nysse Tinker Tea House 301 SOUTH JEFFERSON STREET direction f rom our chosen policy. Finally, we must think of the reputation ciently, both performances were creditable. plans to play this winter. Lib Matthews Mediterrane<'ln countries later in the win­ University of North Carolina game, and Wortman. After the cup was awarded, of H o llins outside. What is the stand of the Southern Association on Geraldean Welch directed the former, in which Mary Glenn Stone, Carolyn Gog­ wrote me that she was going to 'j ust ter. the dances. the winning couple gave an excellent ex­ eligibility rules? Although they have relaxed their rules somewhat in the sit,' but she also said that she was read­ "B6bC Holland writes she has been • • .. hibition dance. At the end of the figure, last few year s, they still advocate eligibility requirements and most gins, Francys Peters and Mary Jane Newlon were cast, while the latter, under ing Gone with tire Wind which sounds like 'centennialing' all summer, but some of Kate Spruill and Elizabeth Williams led by Elizabeth Williams, the new presi­ sou them colleges adhere to this stand. enough of a man-sized job. Jidge Welling­ her enthusiasm has waned. Marjorie spent last week-end at Kate's home in dent, and Helen Martin, her date, Cor­ If there a re to beanyrealadvantagestoboth the individual and Hollins the direction of Janet Reynolds, included Varney Keer, Virginia Dinwiddie, Fanny ton was to visit Lelia the first of October Wells has a job with a New York Insur­ Rocky Mount, North Carolina. They sages were given to the girls as favors. athletics. it's worth the work of trying to put it over. Let's think before 314 S. Jefferson Street Halbert, Rosella Dammeron and Barbara and then to return to Alpena for the ance Company by day, and is taking a attended the Duke-Carolina game and Music was furnished by Locklaye.r's we act, and not be swept off our feet by our emotions and unthinking S 10 Jefferson' St., S. ROANOKE, VA. CaNdies - . Gifts • . . FountaiN Service Higgins. winter. Esther Sicard has a position in a commercial course by night." dances. Orchestra. enthu siasm. 4 HOLLINS STUDENT LIFE, NOVEMBER 18, 1936, HOLLINS COLLEGE, VIRGINIA MISS MAcAR THUR SPEAKS Landis Winston A warded Leave your films for ON JAPAN TO I. R. C. MASTER PHOTO F I NISHING Dramatics Honor Key with MARGUERITE W ATERHOUSE . ~ .. (Contimsed frotn Page 1, Colun,,' 3 ) , .~. cJPORT cJLAN TS Room 201 East nearby temple, brough t out t he image of Service by Landis Winston was recently made a t he fi re god, a nd dragged him around the member of the honorary dramatics asso- burning building, banting a Buddhist R oanoke Photo F inishing Co. If you are so very unattractive and course ba'k from the ows- the su cess of iation, Yc Merrie Masquers. In making prayer for rain. (Oddly enough, it did uncute that you are not joining the general golf at Hollins is assurcd. W edne. day this announ ement between the acts of rain, but too la te to save t he building.) trek off campus next week-end, t here is afternoon's the tme - in case you've for- Nine Till ix, Nan y Penn, President f ] n this miniature ountry, also, Dr. still hope that you may find yourself. gotten. ,. the Dramatic Board, mentioned thc rc­ Maci\rthur sees a great amalgamation of FLO WERS Thr :\thlctic Board is giving a Sl'Uvenger • q uirements which must h ful fi l\ ed in infl uencc. T he resul t is a German govcrn­ hunt for al\ those who "remain on ()ur own Elizaheth Williams S ms to order to wi n this honor. She t hen prc­ mental and edu 'ational systcm , and a For Every Occasion campus." We promisc the thrill of hockey, hav impressed the powers of Virginia sented l\1i ss Winston with the symholie French law code, t he Code apoleon. the cleverness of the gymkha na and hockey. he played in the All-Western­ key. British influence comes t hrough literature, here's a tip-off, the whole thing is a stroke All-English game, a nd now has I een but t he primary American ascendency F AL L 0 N, glorist of genius, and really hils the bull's-eye, it asked to play in the East-West coll egiate TITANIA HAS NOTHING ON LEE lies in the number of Ford motor cars. hats a nything ever offered on campus be­ game next Saturday. Congratulations, AND CLARKSON As yet, t he labor problems need JANET REY NOLDS RO ANOKE, VA. fo re a nd whate\'er he your athletic ability Libhy, we're proud to know you. T he gates of fairyland will fli ng wide adjustment and the dream of democracy Agent or status, you'd hetter jfit it in with your • • • F riday night when P eggy Lee and H arriet is far from being attained. To t he ma­ plans, In a n editorial last issue, ST DENT LIFE Clarkson, arrayed in pink gauze, will jority of J a panese, t he E mperor is still a * * * questioned the present stand of the Ath­ flu tter t hrough to M rs. Bower's school. god. T o quote Dr. ~ I acA r t hur, "eighty­ .\dvertisement hrings success. Four fac­ letic Board on scholastic eligibility. T hat T hese apparitions, who will tell fairy five million J apanese can't be wrong. " ulty members journeycd out to join t he editorial is answered in this week's fo rum. stories to the children , will be representing In concl usion, she illustrated the sense archery c1ull. Do we see visions of the This eligibility has long h en a sore spot, t he Hollins Y . W. C. A. The occasion is of interna tional friendship perfe tly from restoration of the Bl ack and Blue game? aJid it seems to us that it's high time a Parent-Teacher Association meeting. her own experience. After a n earthquake something was done. The way we stand • • • ~n old peasant woma n, who had walked t wenty miles to return a little American * * * now, we're on the fence. W hatever we DR. ALDRICH UNABLE TO KEEP boy to his parents and lay dying of The golf cl ub is reall y flourishing and may think, let's at least take a definite Y. W. C. A. ENGAGEMENT exhaustion, was asked why she had done whate\'er may he lacking in professional stand, have an opinion. Do we want Dr. Donald Aldrich, who was to be the this for a foreigner. She had learned the ability is made up in the fun everyone scholastic eligihility or not? Let's hear fall speaker on the Y . W . C. A. calendar, meaning of Christian broth erhood 111 a gets out of it. 1£ we can c\'er win the golf some opinions. T IIf (! f to,., o( IlIdi'vidual ,Jhops was tmable to keep his engagement for Mis ion School was her a nswer. Monday and Tue day, November 9 and P. A. OHers Aid to 10, due, to a death in his congregation at I,aw and Order? or w. the Church of the Ascension, New York GERALD WENDT ADDRESSES Order the Law? College Playwright City. Although the student body is disap­ HONOR ST UDENTS' DINNER pointed , it is hoped tha t D r. Aldrich will (Co" tilUled from Page 1, Co ilimn 2) be able to visit Hollins in the spring. Flowers for A ll Occasions The coming year will instit ute a Memorial Instit ute. At P ennsylvania The hearings of the La Follette Civil na tion-wide campaign to encourage and • • • State College, he was dean of the school of Kimmerling Bros. Liberties Committee ha\'e been tempora- develop latent talent among t he under­ DR. WENDT ENTERTAINED AT chemistry and physics, director of the :Florists Til yadjourned pending the assemblage of gradua te playwrights of America, Fra nces BREAKFAST division of industrial research and assist ­ new mat.erial. These hearings have been Bosworth, director of the WPA Federal MISS EUZABETH WILUAM S On Friday morning, ovember 13, the ant to the president in charge of research. College Representative . 1 very interesting to attend- providing one Theatre Project's Play Bureau, announced Hollins Curie Chemical Society had the The author of "Matter and Energy," has a strong stomach. The tales told the recently. This organization will afford the pleasure of entertaining a t breakfast Dr. 1930, he is at present editor of " Chemical Committee, composed of Senator La college playwright an opportunit y of Gerald Wendt, Director of the American Reviews." Follette a nd Senator T homas, absolutely seeing his play produced, and thus enable Institute of New York City, who had been IIcl\~~00~ revealed new lows in human depravity. him to take cognizance of t he fl aws in the the guest speaker for t he Honor Banquet YOU ARE INVITED -- Searching interrogation of a constant technique and construction thereof. Play s JebJelers on Thursday night . To visit M me. Grayeb's for Fashions of true stream of witnesses brought out some very which are not accepted for production by individuality • •• where quality i. never ucri­ Gifts for A ll Occasions • • • fi ced to price • •. anI! where you are .ure tco find 209 SO UTH J EFFERSON STREET pleasant bits of info rmation. One witness WPA Federal Theatre Project units the correct clothes for every occasion • • at described in great detail the neat trick of throughout the country may be submitted RIDERS CAUGHT IN THE RAIN the price you want to pay. playing li ve steam from hoses on striking to the Studio T heatre, a division of t he A number of the girls interested in rid­ Mme. Grayeb's French Shoppe CUT PRICES workers and the beneficent results to be WPA Theatre, which will present the ing, went to a picnic a t Cloverdale F arm, 410 South Jefferson Street on Drugs and Toilet obtained thercby. Another method men- plays at no obligation to the author. the home of Captain and Mrs. C. O. Preparations tioned as useful in gently diminishing the W hen a play is accep ted by the WPA Gra ves, Sunday morning, November 8. determination of strikers, consists of run- F ederal T heatre, or by any of its units, it T hough the rain prevented picnicing out­ College Printing PATTERSON DRUG CO. ning electricall y charged wi res along , a is rented at the rate of $50 weeki , and y doors, around the fireplace as planned, STUDENT PUBLICATIO NS, PROGRA MS, 308 South Jefferson Street fence. J ust imagine the striker's surprise the a uthor retains sole possession of his everyone enjoyed the lunch on the porch, E FFICIENCY FOR MS, ALL TYPES when he finds himself electrocuted on play. Potential playwrights who wish to examining t he interesting old house a nd OF ADVERTISI NG what he believed to be an ordinary fence. take advantage of this newly conceived games around the library fire. Walters Printing and Mfg. Co. T he witnesses nearly all agreed that skull- laboratory are' asked to submit their Dial 2-2563 110 Kirk Ave., W. cracking and knee-groining are also very manuscripts to M r. T erwilliger at New 12()~ 4L '=U £? §1i()1) efTective methods of " peaceful persua- . York headquar ters, 303 West 42d Street, F urs Stored, Cleaned sion," though, of course, there is nothing N . Y. C. and Remodeled Toiletries, Cosmetics like the good old state militia with its ma- Furs Made to Order DRUG STORE REQUISITE S chine guns, ear gas, fl ame bombs, and M any interesting ways of selling strike­ 406 South J efferson Street legality. breaking services or materials were brought RO ANOKE, VIRGI NiA H. C. BARNE S, Inc. An interesting variation on a theme by to light. Bribery of purchasing agents of No. 2 South Jefferson St. , Lake Erie chemical laboratories is planned police and state militia seems to be about by the Anthracite Institute, the coal opera­ the most effective. Becoming a member of fie! :first tors t rade associa tion. In Southern Penn­ Dresses, Hats, Suede lackets the police force is also a good way of seil­ sylvania the coal miners, desperate due to MAKES THEM ing the materials. But probably no goods Knowing that shoes set the pace lack of work, have been digging coal by FEEL AND LooK or services of this nature would ever be for her whole costume, the woman LIKE N EW themselves in little holes hardly fit to. be The "Kick-Off" sold were it not for the word" Commu­ called mines. This practise is known as who is truly smart considers her nist." W hen all else fails, a little hint to Garland Made of genuine Bucko, the .. bootlegging" coal, and is disliked in­ FEET FIRST. the effect that the strikers are! ' Commu- CLEANERS - DYERS leather that can stand all kinds of tensely by the mine operators, though it is FURRIERS nists " almost invariably results in large ({B eautiful Shoes/' Hosiery, T oo! weather and rough treatment. Rust the only way by which the poverty-strick­ orders from police, militia, and outraged or Brown. The newest bootee for en miners manage to k eep alive. To stop business men. football games and general campus this •• bootlegging, " the mine operators Propst-Childress Shoe Co. All these vicious activities are excused wear. evolved the cute trick of surprising the ROANOKE ---- VIRGINIA on the grounds t hat they are necessary miners by filling all the little holes, during M ake Your H eadquarters Shoe Salol1. lst noor to uphold " law and order ," a phrase which one night, with gas. A gas bomb explod­ was continually repeated throughout the at Our Store when ing in a miner's face will sharply curtail hearings. Yet six officials of t he R ailway HORNE'S his' • bootlegging " activities. S. H. HEIRONI~US @ Audit and I nspection Company, a great in Roanoke The stori es recounted by the witnesses, , 410 SOUTH J EFFERSON STREET Campbell. Reary. Klrk- strike-breaking fi rm, by refu sing to com­ though vile enough to make one physically 3 EDtrUlces ply with the committee's subpoenas t o Hats Made to Order ill , were not as bad as the bland way in ROANOn:. VIRGINIA a ppear before it, in effect told the highest which they were told. M aiming or killing HATS REBLOCKED AND REST YLED "la w and order " agency in the land, t he HATS READY TO WEAR FORTY, YEARS OF working people who happen to be on U. S. Senate, to t ransport itself into war­ strike is a business, just like everything mer regions. Could it be con eivabl y pos­ DEPENDABLE else, so why get excited about it? Perhaps HOTEL ROANOKE-with it. man), sible that instead of wanting " law and t he ma tter-of-fact way in which the tales comforts, excellent food in the Palm order" so passionately, these reactionary SERVICE Dining Room and E nglish Garden. of horror were unfolded is due to the fact Ipacious assembl), rooms, wide gentlemen want to " order the law"? verandas. beautifully landstaped that many of the witnesses were alumni - NSFA Syndicate Features grou nd,-i. the ideal .pot for from Sing-Sing, Atlanta, Leavenworth, or dances, banquets. social gathering., or a visit with "the folks from some similar accredited institution. One home." 1 And remember, the Hollins Suit. of the witnesses, however, not as seasoned is always available for ),our con­ as the others, broke down and confessed TWENTY-THRF;E W . CHURCH AVE. venience and comfort. that,' • This is a rotten business. ' , I t was Roanoke, Virginia rumored that he was sharply reprimanded HOTEL ROANOKE at once by his colleagues for admitting such H ollius Sttldmts May Smoke Here ROANOKE, VIRGINIA a statement of fa ct. 105 SOUTH J EFFERSON STREET