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Bingman Is oly Rollers EA President Will Be Guest Of Head Cheerlead r College On Tuada , OctobeT 20 Jinle ~ 1111>~· H This W k G tAction In The eo~· ma, of Creoi.OD. wu tleciA!d bU4 ere ee bave a boll or • l•U• chHrltadtr tor 1!1e CoUece In a ors oa Tuaday, OC:t. •tudt!lll d eeUoo hdd Wfd.o- - S~vage Drive 20. when A. c. , ora, claY by tbt Btlldenl eoondL T At&brt7 • loe cii- presl~nt of lbe lla MU. s~·· UlllNnla roctor of w AJliUIOSA 1' Ill IIC!raP ~coDeCr.loO 11J Mercury-421013-1.jpg THE GLENVILLE MERCURY The Glenville Mercury II Campus Cartoon II Collefiate Student Newspaper of .. ,-,..,..,.,:::-:=-:-:--:-::::-=:=::-:.;::;::;::;;=-:;-;;c-::=-:o.::=-===-..., Glenville State. Teachers . . College r. Publlsbed weeltly during the school year bY the c:laMes In· Journalism. Entered at the post office at Ole.nvllle, West Virglnla, as second claas mall. Subscription price for the year Is $Ul0; for the semester, SOc. Address commUni cations 10 the Mercury, Glenville, West VIrginia. PRODUCTION STAFF Frances Myers (managing editor), CW!ord Stalnaker, William Whetsell, Earle Spencer; Patois-Poor UnderataDtllq Betty Arthur, Janie Bingman, John McCutcheon, That this war l.o too big for IUJ-IMilve Anna Faye Moyers, Sammy " Wllllams, Eloise like "appalllng," "devutatlne" Wolfe, and Sol Levln. Linn B. Hickman Uaculty lng" Is the opinion of Dr. Gilbert adviser). dent, Internallonal CODIDllttee Winston Shelton-Stair Photographer. Cooperation. He thl.nka a return In ' deserlptlon, to the restraint ot ment, would be more graph1c. Newsboys Doing Their Part "The shock of the horror YIIC&bular7, he, "was tremendous at llrst, but JnduaUJ Tbe newspaper of today is an important asset lost much or Its meaning." He t.IJinka W1l to-all democratic thlnklng peoples in that It per· come to a greater degree or undentacemeD& forms an economic and a social infiuence rep we have ever before permitted 0une11-. resenting the best Interests of the community lt ''For one thing we need a clear lta.udiUlU.IIlii 1111 senes. English , because English Ia bound to Durlng the present emergency, newspapers ond language In the Allied countries all over the country take it upon themselves to war." Dr. Murray l.o emphatic In h!a advertlse the dlfterent 'drives' in colleetlng of patois Is a poor basis for undermndln1 a.utiODII'Iill! scrap metals, and rubber, and in the selllng o! peoples. war bonds and stunps. According to State War Savings Administra tor Roy F. Yoke) West V!IIglnia's newsboys rank Colleges In War Eftorl eighth In the United States as war bond and Fourteen Tennessee colleges unlted ln a stamp salesmen. ''Newsboys," he said, "have sold llian defense tralnlng program wbieh bonds or stamps to 37 per cent or the popula out 4,500 Instructors who are now pasalq tion of the state .. . Our newspaper carriers de to 225 ,000 volunteers. sene the commendation of every West Virgin Jan for their magnlllcent contribution to the rre~=~~o,;:l•:~d ":,~~:W~:t.::. a "'I~·IIIWI!i rall-out' effort for Victory," Mr. Yoke sald. ===NOTES FROM:::==:::::::::::::==:::::::::::::==== students l.n the subject the flrst Clllrord Stalnaker. Michigan State College's Denalrta~e~~,t The Robert F. Kidd Library Speech helped 10 enlist l,600 speakers ---- age 6,000 speeches a month on varlou Education to Move Ahead Miss Wlllerma White, College. Stephen Leacock wrote "Out ot t.he war e.ft'ort. • librarian, believes that students llnes of Everything," wbleb In Stephens CoUege girls have organlud That publle school education wlll continue to should read more essays, "Ot squadrons" to stage discussion programa em progreas in spite of war conditions Is the opln course It takes a Uttle time to cluded "Shakespeare•s Works," alms at rural schools and cllurch.. . lo nof Dr. Walter Anderson, professor of educa get Interested, but they are well "The Theory or Evolution," and Northern Dllnols Slate Teacbers eon.p Jau tlon'at Northwestern University. worth one's tlme," she says. many others. Don't let them conducted 29 three-day Institutes In nnrllf Obstacles are many, Dr. Anderson points out, She recommends Bacon's es mislead you-they are purely towns to train leaders of wartime foruma. and hindrances to pwgress necessitated by war says for deep thinking; Emer satirical. - Dramatic students at Wayne University baft condltlons can become a powerful drag or even son's for phUosophy. Robert One reads essays every day In cooperated In lbe development of plays on wv be a backward influence. In an effort to curtaU Bencbley, a living author and the form of editorials and artl themes !or commu.n.lly audiences. expenses, the slze of classes has been increased, actor, says in satire the ~blngs ctes without being aware of lt. laboratory work .has been decreased, and mod you think but can't lind words Miss White suggests that we try =Campus======i:Ki ern practlces of many kinds eliminated. to express. Try h1s "Treasurers' losing ourselves ln the essay Men are being drafted from the teaching pro Reports," urges Miss White. world. fession · women are leaving 'lt tor hlgher-pa1d Capers posltlorls. The result Is a shortage of good teach The scrap metal dilve, which haa beell Ia ers, and a crop of younger teachers replacing A Freshman's Idea of Complete progress around here tbe past week. haa made them. campus Ufe a little more exciting . . . 1'aiiiiM Dr. Anderson believes that, In spite of ob News Coverage on College Camp_us Burke makes a lovely "Salvage Q-" ... vious blnd.rances, "modern schools wur not only ---- Let's give the Court the credit it deJenea ••• A& surVIve-they will progress during the war-and John Tyson, red-beaded Plo-.sels will be taken to eertaln least students and faculty have afterward.'; neer who camped ~ut recently, house on campus and beat to conscious, what with the noise at The challenge clearly lies wlt)l educators to Is taklng an extension course death. The problem to be dis- being pitched on the pile beb!nd Admbllilil"""llklll;l make the best of material that can be had; and, cussed at the next meeting will under the direction of some of be "What to do when tbe lights Hall. to bring It closer home. It Is the prlvUege of Home-coming Queen .rune Wilson evety future teacher to prepare himself to carrY tbe local males. Probably you go out." All girls must come in princesses, Velda Betts, Pauline Burke, on the democracy or the world by being a good bave noticed the laboratory ses- .when the "bell rings." teacher, ln the best sense of the word.-Frances Brown, and Edith Lockard, ruled over ....,.,.."l.llol slons which meet before meals Needed urgently at o s T c . com.lng events ln true .. Pioneer" falh.ion. Myers. when Tyson Is .. being violently Slugs for telephones ~ do,:,m; Earle Spencer Is stU! on the casualty shaken u~. ln Ultra-Advanced shorter periods between "'dlngs" cause of a knee Injury .. . BlDy KaWllol>ll Cooperation Needed Always Tumbling. at mealtime; more nights out sportlng a bruised colJar bone, or News trom the "Big House" : for gals; broadcasting station f!nger? . . . Ray Orvllle At a_ "house warming" recently for Mcintosh and the boys or Jesse Lilly are branded "lady··klller•s" Ba.sLs of good student government is the con in Verona Mapel Hall, girls soundproof rooms ln dorm · 'tess stitution behind It-the machinery with which A. F. Rohrbough . .. Wllllam Kaler to put It Into eftect. Coliege students are fortun unanimously decided to abstaln semi-Important upper-clasSmen the Naval Reserve a tter a from "kissing boys '-"peated)J," who make It their business to ate enough to have both. around by Navy doctors . .. Cornellus But, not au depends upon these two phases; "petting on the campus," and check up on the frosh ; freshmen went one step ahead ot lbe Draft when taking Turkish baths. Romeos to follow aforementioned and ed lhe Army Reserve tbe past week •. . the CouncU must have the cooperation of stu who instst upon throwing peb- "shoo" the Illes oft with a palm dents, and facuUy, too. We can.not have a suc Rohrbough may have 10 leave us ror NaYJ bles at tb~ windows of fair dam- leaf.-0. B. ceasflil government wltll factions pulling In op soon ... Let's hope 1t Isn't too soon ~ posite directions. We students must show our The "'Fidler Victory Bell" went to the w11llngness to cooperate. By this method we may Says Newswriters Quick pUe the past week only to be reeJalmed ... be able to iron out our dl.lferences to the satis Mr. Carey Woofter, College registrar, why it faction of aU concerned. Problems which may Show Improvement removed from Ute heap. come up as the year progresses should be pre QUIPS President D. L. Baugbt Issues strict sented to the CouncU so that It might work out "In general, news writing 1n against court[ng on the campu.s ... Mila a sultable solution. We need not be backward college newspapers has been William Whetsell Bell relays It to the girls In the hall. a·bout presenting such problems; we may rest Improving constantly. Sen Holy Roller Court Sol Levin and Steryl Brown are leading assured that we wlll f!nd the Council more than tence structure Is tighter, the Dear Judge: collectors thus far. They have a ton to wWJng to consider any matters concerning the thought Is more concisely set Using the Fidler VIctory Bell credit ... Nice going, fellows . .. Coach welfare o.f the students. down. excess wordage has bough says, "We want scrap, and we are The COuncU ha-s received some critlcl.sm con been eliminated. Paragraphs ~":t s;;~~nm~~~~ :~ b~u~r\'t'tslo~ to get It" ... By the wa.y, he Is re!IJ)O.nsilili cerning punlsbrnents for the breaking ot fresh have been made shorter t-o mission, It will be. the Axis pow all or Gilmer County's scrap man rules. Council members wlll not play fa sustain reader Interest. And ers that lose. vorites with any freshman or groups of fresh stlll the writing Isn't of suf Yours, men; they have been elected to carry out the ficiently high quality. QUICKSILVER. duties or their oftlces to the best of their abltl "Here, perhaps, Is the great tlea, and when they lmpa.e a penalty for In est single opportUnity for Im FRIENDS AND ENEliiiES fraction o.f a rule, they weigh the possiBle good provement. Only by the pain Wlse man, is there any way It wlll accompllsb. They are trying to help ful drudgery or learning words He who bas a thousand friends 1 ean stretch the edge ot day? freshmen become adjusted. and the.ir uses, only by mas Has not. a friend to spare Wisdom lies In bow you fit Why don't weJ in the future, try to cooper tering spelling and grammar While he who has one enemy Life in\o the days o! lt. -Kleth Thnmas. ate wU.h our Student CounclJ members by ex - and syntax, only by writing Shall meet him everywhere. tending them our cooperation in carrying on and writing and writing and -Ralph Waldo Emerson. student government. This Is the way by which . then rewriting, can the stu It's not what you'd do with a mllllon we can best help student government to suc dent learn to write. There U Remember the Sabbath Day lf riches should e'er be your lot, ceed.-Willlam Whetsell. no short-cut."-F[j!d L. KU and It wUI keep you holy .-Phli But what you're doing at present dow, assistant prbtessor ot Ups Brooks. Wi th the dollar and quarter you've got. Iowa State coUege shorTt courses drew a total journalism, University of Min It does not take much of a -8ource forgotten. or 12,602 persons to the campus last term. nesota, underfc!ores •the polnt man to ·be a Christian, out It Harvard University ls the oldest men's col that writers are made, not takes all there Is or blm. lege In tbe United States. born. Approximately one out of every Thomas Huxley. dents at Hamilton College Is taking Only tour men have been twice elected cap Every believer Is God's mlra tain of University or Wisconsin football teams. lege work. lntended to prepare him Buy War Bonda and Stamps. cle.-Ba1!ey. service. Mercury-421013-2.jpg ======THEGLE~EMERCURY======I 13 Score Nation's Athletes, Too, Will Be Hit Lose By 20 to By Coming ~ share-the-Meat' Program NEW ORCHESTRA MEMBER Olenvllle football players and !or tbe battles or the gridiron GSTC Quarterback ___....__ those throughout lbe U. B. may may s brlnk In lilze so enou&h Karaatonis- Is Richard Riggs, Paden City, Is not experience the elfect of tbe food wW be a vallable lor tbe government's "sh are ~ lhe·mea tlt wln.n.lng or struggles on foreign t: new member Jn the. College p· Cross band. He plays the baritone. program tbls fall, but other fields. Tbe OPA bas reduced paclt QIJonents' Goal JN CLEVEI..AHD COLLEGE AND LOCALLY: ers' d.ellverles of meat to relall The share-the-meat pro- outlets by about 20 per cent and -~beaD The Mercury received a sub gram Is a problem or two has asked clvillans to hold their Q~.m~VJLLB, oct. 10. - The scription !rom Boyd ("Sammy") dimensions; first, to get consumption a t 21'2 pounds per . OleDYllle Pioneers fell from the Lamb, A. B. ·u . the past week. enough meat even tor the person per week, a.n aYeraa:e raakl of Ule undefeated by a 20 _ Lamb, who Is assistant dl 2Y2 pounds per person aver peacetime quota. 13 ICCinl here today at tbe hands vlslon manage·r In the 8. K. age; second, to get each stu There wW be plenty of other or the HWtoppera from west Willman Company, Cleveland, dent to see the importance toods, however, an.d there are Liberty In a local 121!1 annual o .. which does aircraft and tank of sharing a plate of meat no restrictions on liver, ltldney Home-coming game. work, bas enrolled In night . with all others al the table. and other delicacy meats, nor TbeJ could not Check Ule .school at Cleveland College. on casing meats, such aa aaua,.. puRl or Leo Zilla, one of tbe squads who use tbe training age. &reaLest pauera that West Vlr l table wlll rrom now on. The athletic d1re_ctor at. one linl& baa -n In a loDI time; USO Nets $212 The Office of Price Admlnis- nationally-mown achool eaU and a continual bolllllardment of aerial fireworks enabled tbe From Pro~eeds traUon points out tbat "the Im a tes the members o.! bls root. HWtoppers to score I touch lhlck steaks an d Juicy roasts ball squad at tbe training table downs. OlenvUle tool< a last lhat were set. before ravenous pu t away at least twlce a.s much mtnute "do or dle 11&11d" and Home-Coming Tilt football players at larger schools food as a ll l Mercury-421013-3.jpg 6======THEGLEN~LEMERCURYf~~~~~~~~~~====~~~~~ _ _ ~ , _ J ITraining School SookiJ Glfa, I'~ Teachers Enjoy --~------~~~==~-- Demonstrations Ellllice Wilfong Leads GLENVILLE WILL Dale Haven, ~epresenta ti ve of YWCA Chapter Program t Contioulld From Paa• 0D•) Ginn ' & Company, Columbus, To check some of the late de 0 ., conducted a series of mualc Velda Belts led devollonals tails. Ch airma n Boggs a nd demonstrations fn Glenvme and Eunice wurong led tbe pro members of the local command High Bebool, October 5 and 6. gram, both centered arouQd. the section met at the control cen Mr. Haven used the teachers home, at. a recent meet!ng of ter last night at 9:30 o'clock. as the pupils and divided tbem tbe Y. W . C. A. Into t-hree groups, primary, in Included in the devotional was When the county-wide dim termediate and upper grade. scriptu[e, read by Mary Louise out comes on t.be 21st, MaJ or The first de monstration was Fluharty: musical reading, Ev Easley, represe11tative, F ifth Service Command, U. S. Army, with the primary group Mon elyn Reese, accompanled by day arternoon: the second was Janie BLngman; talk, Velda will be here to check activities Monday night; the third was Betts; and a duet, Janie Bing and advise tor fu ture programs. Tuesday afternoon. man and Neva Cross, accomp OCD classes have been In Mr. Haven, head ot the de anied by Velda Betts. progress here tor several weeks. partment of mus!Ao at Oblo Sta te On the program were Noma and OCD chairman, Earl Boggs, says Troy community clttzens u·ruverstty for ftve years, also Conaway, who pictured "Tlle taught at Rochester University, Ideal Home"; and Anna MaTy bave asked that arrangements New Yort . Mearns, who described "The be made for offering slmllar Gilmer Counw wUI have a Happiest Home f Know." classes t.here. cou nty-wide mualc program to In progress h ere, with H. Y. reach every pupil soon, announ Methodist Youth Clark, of the College, ln charge, ces Miss Mary Louise Lewis, fu Organize Here is a second series of classes structor, who wlll also have which started Thursday even- charge of other demonstrations Methodist students and stu- lng. Special group meetings tn the near tuture. dents who are members of de- were held Friday night, and norn1nat.lons not represented In last night a class in gas defense ,CHANGE MADE IN OlenvWe were served supper at B was given. Other classes AIR M&IL SERVICE the Methodist Church Sunday scheduled include: Flre defense even1n, Oct. 4. The meal was B, tonight; Ore defense A on Effect.lve since Monday, Octo followed by a period or fellow- Thursday; and the general ber 5, air mau will leave the lo ship and a program. course on Friday. All classes are cal post otrlce at 11 :55 a. m. go The Methodist Youth Fellow- held a t the court hous eand be Ing south, and 3:55 p. m . going ablp was reorganized Septem-~ gin at 7:30 p. m. Volunteer north. bet 28 and after a short pro- workers who expect to qualily gram..the following o1flcers were ror civUla n defense work are LOUISE PREYSZ HONORED elected: President, Evelyn Wag- asked to a ttend classes cequlred ner; vlce-prealc!ent, lrltne Hess; If or their respective duties. On the required reading list and secretary-treastlrer, Caro- tor students of American dia lyn Sims. Buy WAR BONDS and STAMPS lect in colleges and un.iversltles ls "Dear Teacher," latest book by Louise Preysz, A. B. '96, of Ho;me-Coming Offers Many Sidelights Eltlna. And Highlights For Mercury Readers ---- SENIOR JUNE WILSON Home-eomlng came and went,. Katy , were tn for the day; be ' (Coatlaul!d From P... Oael or tbe junior class; and Velda but not wltho\lt Its Interesting from Point Pleasant, sbe from Betts, senior, walked with aspects, sldeUghts and blgb- Ellzabeth. President Earle Spencer. llghts, some of whJch are offered Carey Woofter, registrar, and Campus and otr- the-campus here: Dr. R. T. Crawford, dean, had shutterbugs snapped pictures or Student Prexy Steryl Brown to be ln SummersvUle for tbe various phase! ot the corona was a busy man; he helped plan morning and therefore missed blon while along the sldell.nes and execute, was aetlve In judg- the coronation, though both the past year's Home-coming lng freshman signs Friday made It to the game . . . Mrs. queen, Miss Madelyn Conrad, night, led the royal party to tbe Crawford was seen tn the now ot Washington, D. C., and throne Saturday, Carr ied the bleachers .. . Dean Crawford sat E. G. Rohrbough, Glenville's medicine kit and threw ln the out at the dance, explaining president emeritus, who crown rtowels at the game, and escort- that Mrs. Crawford was home ed her. watched with more ed Peggy Shell.ne's big sister, witb the baby daughter. tban casual. Interest. Lois, to the dance . . . The U. S. There were pleasant yells Though the crowd was small Marines, Air Corps and the when Jack Luzader, local boy, er than usual-leaders here had ---jf-.::::7.::::::-::-:;:;;;--~r--t-:;;:;::;;;;-;;;;;-t--j : :-..- .....: Navy were prominent through- went Into the game, took the not urged out-of-town visitors f'IMir...... out the day as former students, ball on the D.rst play and ran to attend because or the ration ln the service •but •bacli: on fur- for a touchdown . . . Sports Ing program and other war lougb, attended actlvltles . . . Editor Jobn Mccutcheon was emergency measure~there was Men ln service uniforms, two busy every minute ln the press Interest ln all activities and __fllllll American .flags whlcb waved ln box, covering for the Mercury, there were several new features ----...... the breezes over the stadium several dallies and getting the that made the day unique...... entrance, and the high school customary 100-word leads and Students otrered a rousing pep ...... -...... - band's playing of '"''he Star line-ups to be sent via Western meeting Friday evening, saw .. ,...... Spangled Banner" lent. a patr(- Union to Pittsburgh. lreshmen compete 1n a contest otic atmosphere to t he game. Cheerleaders Janie Bingman, tor the best sign featuring the Mrs. D. L. Haught, wife ot tbe Peggy Oal,per and Mercury-421013-4.jpg