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Prince Albert S~~~ The colorful, Christmas-packaged one-pound tin of Prince Albert is just the gift for pipe smokers and those who roll their own cigarettes. Long known as the National Joy Smoke, P. A. is America's largest selling smoking tobacco. R. I . ReYllold. Tobacco Company. Winston-Salem. N. C. GREETINGS Guys and Gals. you have seen it advertised, what h ave y ou. talked about, and t he wh at h ave you; well, Right now our staff is not complete and that here i.t is--A magazine publish ed for the hurts. You people who are interested in work students of Western and B. U. ing with us come on around and talk shop w ith The editors of this magazine and its staff are us. The more the reporters the more gossip, goin g to try and present to you each month a and we all love that gossip. little 'bit of the latest gossip about the students This great 'book of humor will be ready for going to school around here and all the good distr ubution on the first of every month, ten jokes we can get our hands on. We hope to ::, e months 'a year. That means that ten times each able to give you a little bit of alumni news, year everybody will be rolling in the aisles sports, and club activity. We want to add, if from the humor that is going to appear on the you have any thi.ng that you want to see in pages of this work of ????? Besides giving a p rint or any good ideas 'an d suggestions, don't little cash for naming our good book, we will be h esitate in send in g it to us or just drop it it runni.ng different contests each month w ith a the boxes that will be sitting around with our few pieces of pewter for the winning contest name on it. D on 't forget, just anything that en ant. ters your mind we want to know about. The success or failure of this magazine is all We don't h ave a name for this great periodi up to the students of this area. If you all th ink cal and it is going to be up to you cats to name that it is a good thing and that it is wh at we this gre'at work of journalism. 11here is going need, fine. Everybody is asked to give h is to be t wenty-five hogs, dollars that is, to the suggestions and bits of news to our reporters student that suggests the best name for it. a nd the gossip you h ave on mind will be of There is more to be said about this on page great help. In case one of the reporters can't be 13, so you intellects get on the ·ball in order found; just w rite it on any kind of paper and that we may have a n ame for this thing. d rop it in the boxes t hat will be arou nd the IWe, the editors and staff, sincerely h ope that schools for this purpose. this magazi.ne will cre'ate a great and lasting This is about all we have to say except, that friendship between the students of Western we si.ncerely h ope that you will enjoy this and B. U. , and th at we can all ,get together and magazine and you will cooperate w ith us in have socials and all kinds of fun together. We making it one of the best college humor ma,ga know that it w ill t ak e a little time, but it can zines in this count.ry. Now all the bla bla is ,be done. Through this magazine, the students over prepare yourself for the rolling. of the schools will know what other students Thanks are doing and who is going w itlh who's gal and The Editors and Staff CHRISTMAS 1948
(Editorial) that same Chr istmas Eve, ·but they will ,go to We all h ave plenty of time for joy a nd ,bed with a h eavy h eart, for there will be no laughter, but never do we give any thought to real Christmas for these t ots. No toys, no the other side of life. Everyone in America gifts, only Vhe horror of trying to s'truggle will celebr ate Christmas, but will they think through another day. on that day of happin ess? Yes, we h ave plenty to be thankful for. We What will Christmas mean to most of us in hope that each end everyon e of you will re America- It will mean a day of rejoicing and memlber that on Christmas day in all of your exchange of gifts-a day ·of plenty. We know joy and laughter. It will n ot only be Christ what our Christmas will be, ·but do w e know m as, but it will ,be a day of thanks for every what Christmas will be to the people all over the person livi.ng in America. world w.ho are not fortunate enough to Eve here in ou r ,great land of plenty? No we don't, but you can be certain it will be one of misery MERRY CHRISTMAS in every respect. And A 'Children in our country will go to bed Chr istmas E ve knowing that when they aw.ake, HAPPY - PROSPEROUS the n ext morning many gifts and toys will be under the well decorated Christmas tree for NEW YEAR them. The youth ·of other nations will go to bed
b 2 December, 1948
The Staff
PAUL R. MA DDOX, Editor-In-Chief BERRY B. DOBSON ...... B. U. Editor, Business Mgr. JIAMES CLEGG ...... Western Editor, Sports Editor BETTIE HARJDIISON ...... Associa'te Society Editor VlLCKI RATCLI Steaks. Chops. Chicken. Country Ham Maple Lanes Regular Dinners Bowling Green's Top Recreation ARCH WAY INN 527 State Street And Entertainment Spot Bowling Green. Ky. BOWLING We Cater To Private Parties, And Banquets, Dances and Club REFRESHMENTS Luncheons UNDER NEW MiANtAGEMENT Arnold Creson. William McClave. ,Mgrs. % M lliES WIEST ON HIGHWAY 68 PHONE 968-W December, 1948 3 Mr. Meany: Now thats for free . . .. * :to: * want some gnapes for my sick husband COMPLIMENTS do you know if any poison has been sprayed on these you have? No, Ma'am-you'll h a.ve to get that at the of drug.gist's. * * .. How did the lightening bug feel wh en he flew backward into the fan ? 'ID e-lighted-no end" Pushins * :;: * A chinaman opened a laundry ·between a chemist's and a restaurant. The chemist had a The Governor of the state one day appeared sign : ''We never close." The res'tau rant a n before the convicts of the state prison to make nounced : "Open at all h ours .. " So within a a speech.. Forgetting his a,udience, he began few days, the laundry exhibited this sign : " Me in the usual manner: "F ellow Citizens"- -a No Sleepy Too". murmur of laughter ran a·bout the hall. The * :;: * Governor became confused, and began: "'Fel Notice in a Scotch Church: Those in the habit low Convicts". The lau ghter increased-"Oh, of putting ·buttons instead of coins in the col you .know who I mean." h ~ stamm ered "I lection plate will please p ut in their own but mean I'm glad to see so many of you here." tons and not buttons from the cush ions on the UPROAR. pews. .. * .. A woman trying to maneuver her sedan out 'Dazed F at her Cloo king at triplets the nurse had of a parking space banged into the car ahead, just brought out): then into the car behind and finally, pulling "We'll take t he one in the middle." into the street, struck a bypassing delivery * * * truck. A policeman who h ad been watching THE CONCEIT OF MAN approached her. "Let's see your license," he Woman (in subway): "I wish that good-looking demanded. young man would get up and give me his seat." "Don't be silly, officer," she said archly. Six m en got up. "Who'd give me a license?" * * * * * .. When you see this, it's a ci nch HIN.TS TO GIRLS That the editor w,as in a pinch The only way to make a man t rustworthy IS And u sed it to fill-up an inch .. . to trust him; and the surest way to m ake h im * * :;: untrustworthy is to distrust him and show When the eyes say n o, your mistrust. and the lips say yes. .. * .. You're a fo ol if you stop and guess. "What's the matter?" the cartoonist asked the * * :;: sour edi·tor. "It's a good joke, isn't it?" M i.dshipman-"What's wrong with this egg?" "It's a very good joke," replied the editor. Steward's mate- ''lDon't ask me, I only laid "The first time I heard it I laughed until the the taJb le." tears rolled down my bib." * * :I: * * .. Said the cat wa tching the tennis match, "You Wife: It is getting very cold and so I thoughi know it takes real guts to be in that raaket !" that we might go and look at fur coats. Husband: Good-we will go to the Z oo this afternoon. Compliments Of .. * .. Flash-- MORRIS JEWELRY STORE Gallup and Roper make history! "Poles go to the dogs" (B. G's. Oldest And Best) Compliments Of Headquarters For Christmas DODSON CLOTHES Jewelry And Gifts 408 Main St. Phone 443 211 Main Bowling Green, Ky . • 4 December, 1948 We think it is only appropriate to m ention the various Compliments of CARPENTER,-DENT,-SUBLETT DRUG CO. SERVING BOWLING GREEN SINCE 1910 Seven Convenient Stores s December, 1948 5 • • • Men of Distinction • • • JOE M. PHILLIPS Western's contribution to the "Men of Distinction" is Joe M. Phillips, President of the Senior Class. J oe hails from Franklin, Kentucky, and is a graduate of Franklin High School. He was president of the senior class, and as sistant editor of the high school section of the county weekly. Joe was alIso a member of the Beta Clulb, a N aEonal Hon or So ciety, a't Franklin High. Mr. Phillips had one quarter at Western before entering the Navy in 1945 . Most of his navy time was spent in the Pacific. When Uncle Sam released him in 1946, he reentered Western in September of that same year. J oe will graduate in June with a degree in agriculture. Joe's soci,al acotivities are centered around the Baron's Club, of which he is treasurer. HARRY PEART We are proud to present Harry Peart as one of this month's Men of Distinc1ion. Harry is President of the Senior Class at the Business University. Hailing from Chattanooga, Tennessee. His high school days were spent at Auburn, Kentucky, and Tullahoma, Tennessee. Graduating from the Tullahoma High School in June 1943, Harry was President of his senior class and a member of debating society, as well. Entered the Army in September of 1943, serving with the petroleum pipeline engi neers and in the E. T. O. Harry, also is a mus'ician, playing trombone in an Armed Service Force Band. Peart entered Bowl ing Green College of Commerce in Sep tember, 1946. A member of Beta Pi, Hon arary Fraternity and Rho Omega Alpha Social Fraternity. Mr. Peart married Jean Hope Lewis, then a student of Western State College, in June 1947 . • 6 December, 1948 gel's like me.-J. Lewie Harman, J r. had better get a new top for his convertible or A Round With "Dutch" someone is going to tell him that he's all wet one of these days and really mean it. Maybe Greetings and Hallucinations, ladies and he's waiting for it to rain "pennies from heav gentlemen, and faculty. This column is going en."-----As usual the monthly stockholders to .be for you. Your gripes, secrets, love life, meeting will be held the first weekend after friends actions, etc. will be aired in this col payday at Van's. Subject of the meeting will, umn each month. I am also going to try to in of ,course, be liquid ation.-~I wish the char crease yours and my knowled,ge of the clubs, acters who sit n ext to me in a 2:40 class would fraternities and activities on the campuses of stop snoring. The noise keeps me awake.-- Western and B. U. I sure would appreciate it if t he fraternities, sororities, and clubs on the hill Would someone tip the chunky little high wo uld send me a report on the age, -back school girl who giggles so loudly at the Inn eve ground, pUI'pose and activities of these or,gani ry afternoon that she doesn't have to be loud to zations so that I may give everyone equal re be seen.--Mr. Hill should have been in th e cognition. Just send these articles to Dutch Navy. The swab he was totin' down the h all Isert, Business University, Bowling Green, Ky. the other day looked like it fit his hands per Also send along any items of interest or just fectly.--Jack McCarty and his square h eaded tell them to me on the street. If your roommate friend, Flat top, both of Western were seen has a new boy or .girl friend, we'd like to know coming out of the elite domain P ark City ~ , bo ut it. . Hotel the other day and into a taxi. Tell me ,In increasing our knowledge of the organi boys, which one is good in the 3rd at Latonia. zations today's lesson will be about the Pi --Charlie Hibbits was seen conversing with Tau Nu is, except for its sister sorority, the a gorgeous doll at the Inn the other day. W'hat's Delta Theta, the oldest organ ization at B. U. her phone number Charlie?--Have any of It started off as the P entagon Club about 1920 you heard Ed Minor play the piano for the and in about the year 1935 w,as changed to a Red ,and Grey? He's sharp and also a promis Greek letter fraternity. The Pi Tau Nu's were ing musician.--It was interesting to see how the first to have a fraternity song, and they many girls w ere in line at the midnight movie were the first to elect a Dream Girl. The the other night. All I ,got out of the movie was rea.uirements for admittance are: Good ch a,r a had cold ; I didn't even get in the door. They acter as judged by the faculty and members, could make ,another fortune if they'd bring it a B average, the aJb ility to "m ix" socially, and back.--And Doris G., smile once in a while, the willingness to work hard, for ever.y year Things can't be as bad as all that.--We ,sure finds the members of the Pi Tau Nu among the do miss Peggy Neal Morrison's black eye. outstanding students in the inst.itution. The How did you say you got ,that P eggy?-- fraternity encourages athletics ,by having Won't it be nice to go home for Christmas. team s in softball, basketball, and touch foot Just think of all the the parties, good times ball. A recent first of the P i Tau Nu's is in and toasts to the New Year. T hink I'll stay augu rating the annual Sadie Hawk1ns Day here. All kidding aside, I hope you all enj oy activities at the Business University. this colum,n and will contri'bute to it. I won't That just a'bout covers all that I can say for be writi.ng until after the holidays so I'd like the fr.aternities today; so let's ,get on with the to take this opportunity to wish you all a very P erson alities----JWillie Combs of Western was merry Christmas and a most prosperous New seen playing a piano in a popular music store Year. See you next year. downtown the other day. Don't worry Willy, Sincerely, someday you'll be able to play with two fin- Dutch THE BEST IN FINE FOODS MAKE THE AT MODEST PRICES MANSARD HOTEL DIXIE CAFE YOUR HOME IN AIR CONDITIONED BOWLING GREEN On The Square George Williamson, Jr., Mgr. - • December, 1948 7 Qossip • • • • HARNED BARBER SHOP Every.body knows what this column is go ing to be about, and when y,ou say it is gossip 108 Main St. Phone 1662-J that is exactly right. If you know of some love, and think that every good studeIllt should know We Accept Appointments about it, tell one of our staftf and everybody will ,be in on the know. What happened to you Luther? We saw you Platter Chatter limping and wondered if Mag. hit you? You What's this Thing Called Love ...... say you slept on it wrong? Sammy Brenner What does "Tomorrow ,Night" mean to Jim Sunrise Serenade...... Jim LeGrande Young? King Size P apa ...... Jack Williamson Wlhere did Reid Moore get the nickname Radar? Stars Fell on Alabama ...... lFrances Walker We hear the mouse, Bill Sleamaker, didn't get Tennessee Waltz ...... Charlie Hunter to play this week-end because the cat was The A rkansas Traveler ...... Carolyn Johnson home. I May Be Wrong ...... "Hoot" Holland Why does Maw Coh'ell keep h er fingers cross That's What I L ike About The South ...... ed? What strange fascination does c'ard playing Carl Gene Thomas have to Chinn and Bueuna? Georgia on my Mind ...... Jim Fortune What's this about Sara Cummings wearing Gimmie a Little K iss ...... "Tutt' Snodgrass Spider's ring? GeoDge and Sara h ave been seen r Got Rhy thm ...... "Chick Loc·khar t together quite a bit lately. We hear that Mag Blue English ...... Mrs· L ively and Luther are getting or have gotten married. Some Sunday Morning ...... ,Jean Hill Is it tr ue? What is so iIllteresting in Central R ed Hot Mama ...... Conchita Gongalez City that everyone likes to g'o there on the K it Kat Cuban ...... Adolfo Garcia ,week-ends? J ane Martin seems to be involved Mississippi Mud ...... Bonnie Keller in quite a triangle. Whatcha say J ane? Why H ail, West Virginia ...... Ruth Ann Dean does Betty LeaJthers swoon every time she goes :Smoke, Smoke, Smoke that Cigar-ette ...... to meet Don Hazelwood? L ouie Harman, Jr. Sue Smith's boy friend must be something Night and Day ...... Carlos & ,Ibis pretty special as she .goes home almost every T.he Bells Are Ringing . . . . Char • 8 D ecember, 1948 Miss B. U. The Crystal Ball On Thursd ay night, Decem ber 16, at the an Worried? Love-sick? Forlorn? L.onesome? nual Christ mas party some lucky girl will be Do you want to know you r secret love dates? ch osen Miss B. '(J'. for 1949, Do you wan t to know certain phone numbers? Miss B. U. will be sele~ t e d from the contest Do you h ave a secret passion for someone? ants n amed by the student body, Each girl, L en d m e your ears and I'll tell you how to re whose n ame has teen submitted, will be quali lieve these symptoms- Each month if you wi.ll fied to enter in t he judging, Each fair maide n ,put your letters and questions in the boxes n ominated should take part in the contest. w hich 'will be located around the school, I'll ,Judging from the n umber of n ames already look into my secretive crystal ball and 10, and su l:: mitted, th is year's competi.tion will t ruly behold, I'll came up with th answers your be fast and f'urious, The judges are really go heart desires! ing to have a rou gh time deciding just who is Madam U ~ASK - IT the m ost outstanding beauty, Mi£s Jean Junkin was the 1948 contest w in T here is a way of tell ing how m u ch m oney n er. Several of the contestants of last year will your gi.rl h as by the size of h er pocket book." certainly be battling for the h onor this year. " Oh, nonsense!" The judges will be local persons chosen by "Y es, If she carries a large pocket book, the!'e the P arty Committee of which J. Louie Har is no money in it; if it is medium, it is empty,; man, Jr. is chairm an. and if it is a sm all one, she's brok e." "So you went to law class this morning." "What makes you t hink so," REMEMBER! "Your suit looks as though it h ad been slept in." 1\1eet Your Friends * • * I can love girls w ith blue eyes and greenbacks, at :): * * Advice: The way to h ave a friend is to be one. * * *' VAN'S First student (in a math exam.). How far are you from Vhe correct answer? Second studen t. ACROSS FROM THE HELM T wo seats, one arm. * • * There was a young lady named Floren ce, Beulah: Endicott, w hy do you dislike your Who for kissing professed gr eat abhorrence, wife so much? Eut when she'd been kissed Endicott: Well, I just can never forgive her And found what she'd m issed, f.o r the nasty thing she said wlhen I asked h er She cried till t he te'ars came in torrents. to marry m e. B eulah: What was it? * * * J can't say much for my skin, but I h ave a .poc Endicott: " Yes!" ket book th at they love to touCh. * • * The Union of the S tates and the Union of t h e " Ah's sorry, but Ah jes' kain't give nothin' to Sex es: The one was the beginn ing of man 's in the church righ t now, A h owes nearly every dependen ce; the other was the end of it. 'body in dis 01' town n ow." "But don 't you think you owe the Lord some W,hen a speaker h ad f inished a man cam e up to thing, too?" him and s·aid: "A'h does. Ah cert ainly does. But he ain't "Professor, w ould it be an insult if I called push i.n' m e like the rest 0' m ah creditors is," you an ass?" From Good Hum'or "'Why, of course." "And if I called a n ass a professor w ould it be an insult?" BLEDSOE PRINTING CO. "No." A Beautiful Line Of "Tha nk you very m uch, professor." 'Personalized Christmas Cards 307 Main Phone 340 Advice to Damsels: Never let a fool k iss you an d never let a kiss fool you ! Ie .------ December, 1948 9 CHARM M ISS DOROTHY WINKLER BUSINESS UNIVERSITY FROM OWENSBORO, KY. MISS BETTY TOPMILLER WESTERN STATE FROM BOWLI~G GREEN 'I ! '/ 2 December, 1948 THE B. U. \COMPLIIMiENrrS Bowling Green Business University was not located in Bowling Green when it was found HALL'S MEN'S STORE ed; instead it was founded by A. W. Mell at Glasgow, Ky., in 1874. Ten ye'ars later after the 422% Main school had grO'wn beyond the size of its build ing in Glasgow, the University we know was WH: (We trust and pray), So I told her II loved moved to Bowling Green on College Street. her and that we'd be married in the summer. In Hl92 H. tHo Cherry took charge of the Nit: July? school. Despite many handicaps Mr. Cherry W,it: No, I meant it. succeeded in his attempt to improve the school. * • * H . tHo Cherry was joined by his brother, T. C. The worst thing about inflation is that out Cherry, and together they gave fame to B. U. rageous prices make us do without so many IThe first catalog of the school offered the necessities in order to ibe able to buy our cus following subjects: tomary 1uxuries. "Spelling, penmanship, English grammar, * • * 'arithmetic, debating, composition, single and "Heck," exdaimed the contractor as one of the double entry bookkeeping, commission Ibusi new houses collapsed, "I told those carpenters ness, banking compound partnership, com not to take down the scaff,olding until after the mercial terms and business correspondence." wallpaper had 'been put on." These subjects hardly compare with the numer * * * ous ones from which we may choose today. Mistress---'IMary, we'll have Ibreakfast The cost of attending oR U. when it was first promptly at eight o'clock." founded sounds amazing when compared with New Maid-"All right ma'am, if I ain't down, the present day expenses: don't you all wait." Cost of first year: Tuition-$15.00, Board $45.00, Bodks and Stationery-$5.00. * • * Through the untiTing efforts of its numerous Johnny: "Hey, Tommy, aren't you coming out educators, the Business University has estab to play?" lished a rating with the best in the .field of Tommy: '~NQ, I have to stay in and help my iBusiness and Accounting. father with his home-work." B. U. has had many names, and several A certain tailor sh op never seemed to s·haTe in presidents of distinction. 'Dr. J . Louie Ha,rman, general prosperity and finally went bankrupt. Sr., Past President, is one of them. He served .one partner was sadly surveying the premises longer than any other P resident, retiring in '45. just before the padlockin g. . This is only a fragment of the lengthly his "I can't understand it at all," He mused. "Here tory of the Business University. we go busted, and only yesterday I read where In the :fiuture we hope to bring more news IPresident TruJrn'an was saying that business was to our readers concerning the people that never better." founded and directed B. U. through the many "Maybe," suggested his brother, "Truman had years. a better location than ours." * • * ":May I ask what your SQn is doing?" one club Visit Our woman ·asked another. '\But of course," was the reply." He's a naval surgeQn." GIFT DEPARTMENT "Goodness! cried the first. "how doctors do specialize! " FOR THAT EXTRA * • * "So you imagine you know as much as your SPECIAL PERSON professor. "How is tih'at?" "He himself said, thai he couldn't teach me anything." Warren County * * * Hey! Carl Gene, why so blue lately? Someone sending gossip back to Betty? Hardware Co. When Bonnie K . kisses Pete V. he blows out smoke. High-powered, huh!- 934 State Street Another Western and B. U. rom'ance is Val Doris Booth and Lee Burgess. - December, 1948 11 dent, is going around looking awfully happy this week. Could it be because Mary Frances "BOOST THE TOPPERS" was up fior Homecoming? Oould be . . . . Sam Boyd, who did you take riding with you the second week you were up here? What about that Mildred?? ... 1 hear Peroxie Mc FOR QUALITY Clain and Danny Flowes had a good time cele brating P eroxie's birthday . Did you spend all At Low Prices It's your money Pogey??? Yes, Underwood, you liked to scared Dee to death in the stadium the other night, didn't HOLLAND DRUGS you??? . . . .. JW e hear "iNig,ger" Ward is going steady with Betty Topmiller. What about that " Nigger"? , ..... IWho's the bunch of ,gilrls in Gossip West Hall that get together so much at night GConti nued ,F rom Page 7) and eat viennas? You can tell by the extra poundage they've gained. (Wei,ght, that it.) bilt way, Tommie??? We hear J ean McCubbin Sam Boyd, are you crazy a,bout Lou Nell?? went to hear Paul Whiteman's concert in Nashville. Mighty fine. Betty J,ane Miller has . ... M axine Ly tlle went home last week-end and she really had a ,good time with Mel. What been walking with her head in the clouds for albo ut tha,t Maxine? the last two weeks. We wonder if the reason for this c,ould be that she is expecting a certain male (not mail) this week-end. "W'hat is ratio?" Shannon M'urphy seems to be a rather popu "Ratio of proportion." lar figure around Potter Hall these days. What " W'ell, what is proportion?" about this, girls? Arthea Morgan had her B. A. " Propor tion is ra,tio'> ' this week-end. but it wasn't a Bachelor of Ar ts. "Then rwhat are ratio and proportion?" It was her boyfriend Bob Archj,bal from home. "I can ,answer only one question at a time." H ey Ginny Garmon ....1 1 he'a!' you had a date * * * with George Hainlaine Sunday nite. What a She: The way to a man's he'art is through h is bout this? It looks like serious business between stomach. Lou Nell Russell and Gene Rhodes. It is tr ue He: 1P1ease put the knife down when you talk w hat I hear about you? ..... Seems I heard a to me. girl talking about a real cute boy that she sits '" • * ,beside in F rench. What about that Jimmy "What gown h ave you decided on wearing to Withers? . . . Natalla Ho.ward and Earl Meador that dance?" are an inseparable pair around the "Hill" these "So f,ar, I have decided on nothing." days. From wh at I hear they have a big quail "Will you dare?" hunt planned for the Thanksgiving holidays. Mr. Meany: That remains me of a story about We hear P auline Scott received one dozen roses, with "his" heart in 'beside them last week for her birthday. She has them beauti- fully arranged on her dressing table ...... his he'art, too ...... We saw Margaret Hall and MEET YOUR FRIENDS IErnie P aine at the ball game Saturday night having a gay ole time! 'We hear that two Westerners are planning - at- to get married December 27th. It is going to be announced real soon. Can you guess who it is? Mary Alice Summers went to Vandenbilt, last week-end for their homecoming. She visited 12th STREET GRILL h er hoy f.riend Albert McClanahan. She really did look happy when she got back Sunday. Did you have a good time, Mary Alice? (Silly FINE FOOD question) .. , . We hear that Professor Howard is going to be married soon. Is her name Polly? Dine, Snack, or Lounge lIt seems that Betty Cameron hlas been dat iI1lg W;ilbur J,ones quite a bit lately. What a bout that Betty? . . ... Clara Hor n and Sonny In Comfort Bullard are always together. Mighty cute couple. , . . . .. Pat Shaver, the Freshman presi- 12 D ecember, 1948 Let's i et back to some that are really going st rong. The word was passed to us that Harold SABOTAGE .G reenfield and Ginger R. are really getting a Guess wh o we saw strolli ng down College long fine together. We just love to h ear that. street holding hands the other day? Yes, it was Cn the way to town the other d ay a couple of C. J. and Dot Winkler. They sure d o go good us sa'w Chick L ock hart and L averne. What is together. Always la ughing. F or t hose of you t his going to develop into, Ch ick ? w ho don't know it already, Mickey Mounce II w ish Ted S. would tell us all about his trip and S'am Malone are engaged, and our under to Kash ville to "ee H arry J ames, an d compan y. standing is that the fa tal step is n ot fa r away. It is our understa nding that you and Eva h ad How 'bou t that Sa m ? a n ex cellent time. Ted had plenty of compan y It is so m uch fun w riting about love an d on his trip to the big town, but we don' t know people. Speakin g of love and people h ow do you w ho. like that swell couple, Oscar Talmadge and You know Glenn K . an d J ack ie H amilton E e·!;ty M. F ine as wine so the Editor says. Say, sure d o m ake a cute cou ple. We are sure that we won:ler who J o Ella Junken is cary ing the this w.ill be one of those last ing romances. Tha t torch for? I know a lot of fellows that would is the only w ay it can be. jl'ct love to know. How 'bout telling someone H ave any of you ever seen Doug. B rindle J o! and Betty Ethridge? We have seen them a Some of the staff were out the other night thousand times a nd they are still going strong and saw some swell couples. The love bug h as each time w e see them. Gee love must be fine . rcally been on the loose around this town for Eow n ice it would be if every lad an d lass had sue. 1£ you don ' t believe m e j.ust look 31t Ed a tr ue love. This would really be a fine world. L'ecker and Margie R. They su re are fine two There is no doubt in our minds that a lot of w me. What we need is more like them. Some new romances w ill start building during the ,of you free m en should be looking around. m onth of Decem ber with all of the d ances an d Just t o m ention one or two fine looking YOLl,!1'g parties "chedule:l, an d on top of the dances ladies t hat are not going steady are Pat McIn and parties the Chr istmas h olidays will be toch, Carolyn C. , and Virginia Human. What coming along. Gosh ! It is really something to is the m atter fellows? (C ontinu ed on P age 24 ) SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR MAGAZINE *** Six Issues DURING SPRING SEMESTER $ 1. 0 0 *** CONVENIENT TERMS Mail $1.00 To P~UL MADDOX, B. U. HARTIG &UINZEL JEWELRY AND SILVERWARE Bowling Green, Ky. SINCE 1919 December, 1948 13 COMPLIMENTS \ OF J " The Store ALL Women Know" Bowling Green, Ky. $25 NAMING CONTEST Students here is you r ch an ce to win twenty T he winner of the contest will be announced five ($25 ) dollars. and it is just as easy as fall in the J anuary Issu e. ing off a log. The decision of the two impartial judges and This contest will be limited to students only. the staff will be final. A ll ent ries will become Not only 'will the winner get the twenty-five the p roperty of this m agazine. ($'25) buoks, but the lucky 'person will h ave his picture and life's story p ublished in the next issue. We hope th at the n umber of suggestions Name Contest Coupon will ,be so great, th at the judges will h ave to st ay up all night decid ing the winner. I think t,bis Magazine should be called: All you have to do is think of som e name \ that involves B. U. a nd Western, or any title , that y ou think would win. The nam e does n ot have to be long, but m ust be original. You can enter as many n ames as you wish , but each Na.rr..e ...... one should be su bm itted ·on the coupon ·below. You guys an d gals start thinking, and you ,Address ...... m ay be the on e to have this cash p rize as your unexpected New Years p resent. Here are the simple r ules to follow: (i) Name must be on coupon. Phone ...... (2 ) Every entry must be in before noon. De cember 13th. Detach and Enter Before Noon Dec. 13th (3) Drop entries in boxes located at the Inn. Goal Post. and B. U. hall. 14 Decem ber, 1948 Basketball Is Here in the top tilt at Louisville's Arm ory. The complete schedule fo llows: IDec. 6 Kentucky Wesleyan home. 'Dec. 9 Emporia, K ansas State, home. ,Dec. 11 Bowling Green State University, home. Dec. 13 Morehead Kentucky State at More head. Dec. 15 Eastern Kentucky State at Richmond Dec. 1,8 Was'hington & Lee UI1Ii.versity at Louisville, (J efferson County ,Ar mory). IDec. 27 Canisius college at Buffalo, New Yerk, (Memorial Auditorium). 'Dec. 30 Long Island university at New YOl'k City, (Madison Square Garden). J an. 1 St. Josephs college at Philadelphia, Pa. (Convention Hall) . J an . 8 Berea college, home ,J an 10 Universi.ty of Louisville, h ome J an. 13 Evansville college at Evansville, Ind. Jan 18 Memphis State college, home J an. 21 University of Miami at Miami, Fla. J an. 22 University of Miami at Miami, Fla. J an 29 Eastern K entucky State, home. ED DLDDLE J an. 31, Kentucky Wesleyan at WI1nchester. Western K entuoky's nationally famous bas ,F eb. 2 University of Louisville at Louisville. ketball team is all set to open another season :Feb 5 Murray Kentucky State, horne. on December 6, with "Bullet" Wilson's Ken Feb. 8 Evansville college, horne. tucky W esleyan Pa nthers furnishing the ml Feb. 11 Baldwin-Wallace college at Cleve tial opposition, on the Hilltoppers' ,court. The land, Ohio (Cleveland Arena). Diddlemen, winners of third place in the Na 'Feb. 1,2 Bowling Green State university at tional I nvitation Tournament at Madison Bowling Green, Ohio. Square Garden last March, w ill play a formal Feb. 14 Mun ay Kentucky State at Murray . schedule of 25 games~n at home and 14 on 'F eb. 19 East Tennessee State, -hom e. the road. IFeb. 17 More'head K entu.cky State, h ome. As expected, the Toppers will make the Eastern trip again , meeting Ca nisius in Buffa lo, Long Island U. in New York, and St. J oOs Greenfield: "Ed, you should be careful. Y au eph's in Philadelphia. In addlition, they show know what Kipling said: "A woman is just a in Cleveland, 'Miami, Florida, and Bowling rag, a bone and a hank of hair." Green, Ohio, with Baldwin-Wallace, University Davis: "Well, that's fine. I'm i n the junk busi of Miami and Bowlin g Green State, respectlive ness." ly, as the opponents. W-as-hington and Lee's * * * classy Generals will co-feature with Western " Do you really believe girls like conceited m en better than the other kind? ' What other kind?" South on 311-W Phone 2851-W * * * "YoOu say your father is a Southern Planter. EAT AT 1D0es he have a cotton plantation?" "No. He's a Southern Planter. He's an under Murray's Drive Inn taker in Atlanta." LOST RIVER ICOMPLIMElNITS Next To Lost River Motor Court HALL'S MEN'S STORE Earl Murray, Prop. Bowling Green 422 % Main December, 1948 15 HATS OFF ,because of ren ewed confidence . . confidence in their coach a nd themsel'ves. And a WINNING SEASON is the result! To the players we offer our highest esteem and heartiest con gratulations! H's hard to single out an o utstanding performer as there were several. Scintillating at en ds were Wall heiser and Browning .. two first-raters on any body's team; Green. Tally. Wells. Diachenko (how about Nick's T. D. run of 81 yards against Georgetown?), Lloyd. Cowan. Threet. Arnold. Bean and others on the line. Schrenk. Under wood. Murphy. Clayton and Hancken turned in fine performances in the backfield. And, of course, that peerless foursome of " Pitch in" Jim Pickens. Pat McNeil. Hal Taylor and Son ny Jones. This quartet thrilled the fans time and time again with their electrifying feats on the ground and through the air. Consistently spectacu1ar were the h igh-stepping, smashin g McNeil and the swift, e lusive J ones. The speedy, deceptive Taylor showed his heels to the baf fled opponents numlbers O'f times ,to cross the goal lines and rank as a top scorer in the con J,AtCK CLAYTON ference. We especially liked Hal's ,brilliant HATS OFF! Yes suh, we proudly doff our three-touchdown performan ce against Louisi sombreros to Gentleman Jack Clayton. head an a College. coach of Western Kentucky's up-and-coming IJim P ickens was a star all along, with his football team! Hats off . . to the players and bullet passing, fine kicking, generalship and assistan t coaches! defensive play. But his heroic a·ll-around play F or the first time since 1940 the Hilltoppers on Homecoming D ay against Eastern will be boast a winning season .. accomplished through talked about f.or years on the H illtop. His many a n ew coach, a new system, and a new spirit. pass completions, including the two touchdown And, to the pleasure of students, alumni and aerials to Jewel Browning (which gave conver alumnae, and the good citizens of B owling sion-specialists Tom Montelli his chance to sup- Green and surrounding hamlets, even better things are in store for coming years. (Con tinued on P age 1,6) Coach Clay ton, a graduate ·of Louisiana Normal a nd L. S· U .• came to W estern as assist ant footba,ll coach last year, after a highly su c cessful tenure as head baS'ketball and baseball mentor at Centenary College in Shreveport. For Good Food When J esse Thomas resigned after the 1947 sea son to accept a position with the state revenue EAT AT department, Clayton was elevated to J esse's previous oapacity as top coach. J ack immedi ately switched systems .. from the short punt to the popular " T " formation, mean while, e ventually landing a shrewd, experienced assist. Bewley's ant in Tur ner Elrod. End-Coach F r ank Gr iffin. the old stand-by, and Ray Mills gave Clay ton an d Elrod i.nv.aluable aid as this foursome Steak House worked patiently and diligently to field a for midable eleven. Off to a slow start w ith two I Mile North Bowling heart-lbreaoking losses, the boys began to find themselves and good coachin g, along with an On 31 - W Green invinci>ble spirit, began to pay divid ends. The true ability of many of the players came out 16 December, 1948 HATS OFF (Continued F rom P age 15) ply the winning points .. and he DIID !), and his fine kicking were a good afternoon's work for Western Lunch any first-class back . . but not for J im Pickens. "Pitchin" J im became "Catchin" Jim to come up with four spectacular interceptions and stave off what began to look like certain defeat. The Room fans gave a mighty ovation to J im P ickens . .. Homecoming H ero! Student's Choice Yes suh .... HATS OFF . . .. to coach Gentle man J ack Clayton, his staff and the memlbe rs For Excellent Food of the squad! Things are picking up on the Hill to::> and we're mighty proud! At Economical Prices Steaks and All Kinds of Short Orders-Home Baked Pies Basketball Contest 1411 Center st. Basketl1::: all Fans-Attention! J,ust w hat do you think of the new edition of Coach Ed Did dle's H illtoppers? The publishers of this m agazine are going to A THINKING FELLOW run a little contest each month which will not only test your ability to pr ognosticate but might 'add a few frogskins to your roll. It costs CALLS A you nothing to try and the rules are simple. Here they are: Between thi.s edition an d the n ext, Western \A~; . ll play n ine games. They are listed below. All you h ave to do is pick the ,winner of each Yellow Cab contest-the entry picking the most w inn ers, of course, will take the prize, which is FIVE DOLLARS. In order that a tie, or ties, may not occur, Phone 1000 each entry must include you r estimate of the total number of p oints Western will score i.n YELLOW CAB COMPANY these nine games. Get your guess in the mails by midnight of 817 State Street D ec. 8· Anyone can participate with only one entry. Just fill in the form below ('or a reason able facsimile) and mail to BASKET'BALL OONTEST EDITOR, 709 Ogden A venue, Bowling Green, Kentucky. The winner wil be adjudged on J anua'r y 3 and announced in the BE SMART--GO THRIFTY F ebruary issue. (Indicate your choice with "X " in space be fore team listed) --- W estern Vs. --- Kentucky Wesleyan --- Western Vs. --- Emporia K a nsas St. Thrifty Dress Shop --- Western Vs. - -- Bowlin g Green State Western Vs. ---Morehead Western Vs. --- Eastern Western Vs. - -- Washington & Lee THRIFTY HAS Western Vs. --- Canisius --- Western Vs. --- L ong Island U. THE VALUES --- Western Vs. --- St. J oseph's I predict Western w ill score a total of-' - points jJ1 the above nine games. ame ...... 915 College Phone 838 Street address ...... City ...... State ...... December, 1948 17 ------~------FOOTBALL MEMORIES The ,1,948 foot ball season has come 'and gone the open ing kick-off one hundred yards for a - except fo'r a few scattered December dates touchdown .... only to have the play called an d the bowl games on New Year's Day. Bas back for some r ule i,nfraction. But Army kicked k etball moves in to attract the interest of the 'again and Thorpe on ce more ran one hundred sports-minded public b ut t here are many who yards for T. D ...... the unforgettable wrong like t o re-play the games of the p'ast; to recall way run by Roy Riegels. California center, in great teams of by-gone days; to compare the the Rose Bowl game of J anuary 1, 1929, which stars of yesteryear with those of today ; and to resulted in a n 8-7 victory for Georgia Tech reco unt the outstandin g accomplishments of over the Bears . . . . one of the classic football football history. Some of these will remain on upsets of all t ime when, in 1921, "Uncle Char record books indefinitely, such as ...... the lie" Moran's P tayin' Colonels of Centre Col greatest feat in the annals of football w hich 'was lere defeated an unbeaten championship Har performed by Sewanee (University of the vard team by a 6- 0 score .. . . the highest score South) during the season of 1899. Playing five in collegiate football when, in 1916, Georgia games in six days, on a three-thousand mile Tech t opped Cumberland Un iversity, 222-0. At road trip, the Purple Tigers defeated Texas, one stage of the game a Cumberland back Texas A & M, Tulane, L. S. U. an d Mississ fumbled and yelled to a team-mate, "Pic'k it ippi .. . . punning up 113 points to n one for the up!" But the cautious team-mate roared back, opposition ; ...... the 99 consecutive con ver- " Hell, N'O! I di.dn't drop it!" sions by "Red" Weaver, great Centre College immortal, of the "Bo" McMillam era . .. . "Red" N at long ago a local studen t was very short of Grange's big days against Michigan in 1924 cash. Since it was only the third of 't he montn and Pennsylvania in '25. Opposin g the Wolver- he didn't dare ask h is p arents for money. Th~ ines, h e ran for five touchdOlw ns ...... four -of only solution was to sell something. So the them in the first twelve minutes, and passed young man advertised an article for sale in the for another. That afternoon he carried the ball local paper. The ad read as follows: "For sale: for a total of 402 yards. In his senior year, against the powerful Quak ers, he raced for One good-looking sport coat. $25. Size 41. A three sensation al touchdowns and set up a superi.or coat, and I need money. Alpply at n other .. in a sea of mud! He gained 363 yards at University Inn or Goal Post." on 36 tries and not once was he t ackled from T wo days later a special delivery letter ar in front, the P enn players catching him from rived from F ranklin, contain ing the adver behind every time he was stopped . ... the game 'between the fa:bulous Carlisle Indians and Army tisement, a check for $25 and the terse com at W est P oint in 1,912, wh en Jim Thorpe ran ment: "1'1 bu y the dern coat. L ove, Mother." CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PUBLISHERS OF THIS MAGAZINE -From- THE UNIVERSITY INN GOOD FOOD IS GOOD HEALTH George Wilcoxson December, 1948 Students Enjoy Gala Homecoming Homecoming, that long awaited weekend, Duffy came down from LouisviHe. finally arrived. Western and B· U. combined, Pat Bohannon and Tom Montelli, IPhoebe kept things quite active around our dear old Welch and Greg Colson, Bobbie York and stomping grounds. ,Johnnie Oldham and many other Western stu Western started its weekend by a bonfire, dents were having a big old time. and pep rally, with a ·big Home coming Dance That's all for now. Some weekend, huh! Good in the 'Physical Education Building with music they don't come too often, but gee, it's nice 'by the "Red and Grey". Many old students and when they do roll around. Until next time- graduates of Western were welcomed back for so long and have fun! the 'weekend. Including: Virginia Hundey, B. S. '48; ,Nancy Ashby; Neva Kenner, B. S. '48; Jessie: I didn't intend to be married until ,I'm Betty Campbell, A. B. '48; and Anna Saunders 30. a former student, now teaching at Shepherds ,Bessie: I don't intend to ,be 30 until I'm mar ville. ried. Saturday afternoon all those who could man IShe asked him to accompany her on a shop age to keep their eyes open after the Sunrise ping trip. He agreed. So she took him to the Ball at the Quonset Hut, were present to wit milliner's; she took l1.im to the furrier's; she ness one of the 'best games of the year. Western took him to the jeweler's; and, eventually, she won over Eastern 14-13. Need more be said? took him to the cleaner's. At the half, a very clever circus skit was pre * * * sented. 'Remember the horse? No, that wasn't !Calculistics: '\'W,hirlaway", but our old friends Charlie Tutt, Mr. Blandings built a house with a parlor and quarterback in front, and Gerry Witten in the a square dining room; The parlor was four feet rear. Charlie 'and Gerry kicked the field goal. wider and six feet longer than the dining room Nice going fellows! and had twice the area. How hig was the din Ray Mills and Lyman Mouser requested yours ing room? truly to say they apologized for any misconduct You work it, please and save my life. on their part during the weekend· Some one * • * has said they had a most e njoyable time. Hom·e: A place where a man is free to say any oA. number of couples decided to go to Nash thing ·he pleases, ,because no one will pay the ville, to hear the music of the one and only slightest attention to him. "Harry James", playing at the Hrppodrome. * * * Some of the couples from B. U. were: Georgia Him: '~No darling, it wasn't your fault that the F'annin and Jim :Fortune, Marjorie Rombeau donkey threw you on the road." and ·Ed Decker, La Verne Pierson and Chick Her: "Well, whose fault was it?" ,Lockhart, Liz Wilson and Al lI3askett, Mary iHim: "The .asphalt." Donta and Paul Reiner, Eva Hammond and Ted * :1: :;: 'Stewart, Ginger Riche and Harold Greenfield Customer: "Let me have some winter under lBetty Ethridge and iDoug Brindel, Dotty Jack~ ·wear." son, former Western student, and Willis Devers, Clerk: "Yes sir. How long would you like Wanda Brown and Harry Goodman, Alma Gill them." ey 'and Cor.ky Smith. B. U. being 'Well repre !Customer: "Say, I don't want to rent them, I sented, as you can see. want to buy them. Things were still happening on the home front, for Western presented a 'Shadow Hop Saturday night at the Physical Education ,build ing. Music w.as furnished by the Red and Grey HUNT'S Orchestra. Some of those attending this dance were: Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Collins, Lynch, ,Ky. sister and brother-in-law of Ray Mills. OYSTER BAR Bill Paine and Albert Marshal former West ern students, from Guthrie. Bill is now a law BE TREATED student at Vanderbilt. WITH A TREAT 'Punk Kimmel escorted Jeane Grable, f.rom ,Drakesboro; Mr· and Mrs. Follis Whitney ar 207 E. Main rived from Whitegate Farm to attend the dance. Bowiliing Green, Ky. Johnnie Baker and his good looking brother, December, 1948 19 Ten Dollars To Be Given For Best Student Short Story Each Month CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR First Entries Due BUSINESS UNIVERSITY By December 12th The students of B . U . will ·be the guests of the .Each month on this page will ·be a short the A dministration and faculty Thursday n ight, story written by one of the students in this December lr6th at the annual Christmas party area. The person who writes the story we tentatively scheduled for the sch ool building print will receive a $.10 .00 cash prize. This con at 8: 00 p. m . test will run from month to month, and each Not only will there ·be dancing, but games time there will be a different winner. Any of all k inds will be held in the variou s class type of story will .be accepted, serious, humor rooms. ous, and what have you. Music this year will be furnish ed by th e Red We hope, by having this contest each month, and Grey Orchestra fr()lffi the 'IHill". Everyone to stimulate sh ort story writing by the stu has heard the Red and Grey and know that dents. We know that a great number of stu they have a fi ne band, so be sure and wear dents are excellent writers. It is our desire to your dancing slippers. show other people the ability of these writers. Mr. J . Louie Harman. Jr· chairman of the so T·he rules are simple and anyone can enter cial committee, expects this to be on of the best a nd w in. The few simple rules are: 'parties ever !Sponsored by the school, a nd they (,1) 1N0t over 750 words· ar.e expecting a ca'pacity tur n-oUit by the stu (2) Must be typewritten and double-spaced. dent body. (3) M ust be in by the twelfth of each mont h. ,Don't forget y·ou B. U . s1rudents that is Thurs (4) Drop entries in boxes located at the day night. December 16th at 8:00 p. m. Be sure school, or m ail to 709 Fairview, Bowling and make a date for this gala Christmas party. Green, Ky. The judges will be two impartial persons and the editors. All entries will become the Many students: "U 's a sad ·case?" p'roperty of this magazine unless accom'panied "What is?" by a self-addresed, stamped envelope. Hurry "A dozen empties." and start thinking, the t welfth is not far off' * * * Ve t ~A - Wren s to stude n t husband: "Listen, are 'Have you heard that P resident Tr uman h as you sure you didn't marry me for my job?" changed his theme song from "Missouri Waltz" G. I. Husband: "Lordy, no. You just ,go ahead to "It's Magic"??????? and keep your job ." * :;: :;: * * * You all k now why Mickey Mouse commited We hear that man is made of dust. Along suicide, don't you? Well, for the ones who don't comes a girl with the hose, and his name is ,know, it is because he fo und out that his ;fath mud. er was a rat .. * * * * * * F or newlywed, the first tlhousand ,biscuits are 'Platonic friendship: The interval between the the hardest. introduction and the first kiss. SOUTHERN KENTUCKY'S ONLY CUT-RATE JEWELRY "Where Cash Is King" Bonded And Registered Diamonds Nationally Advertised Watches Alvalon Jewelry and Loan Co. 319 Main St. Bowling Green, Ky. Phone 2663 20 D ecember, 1948 Lil' Abner Loses "S adie H awkins Day 1948," at B. U. was cli " Marrying Sam", had an unprof itable day as m axed with a fine dan ce sponsored by the ,Pi m ost of the unf.ortunate bachelors, (but n ot for Tau Nu, fraternity, at Beech Bend. for lon g), h eld out for the so called (cheap The winners of the D og P atch characters con miserable 50 cents) w eddings, "Sam " finally test were "Little Abner"- Raymond White, of won out wh en h e promised, to ,jump fr om a William sbur,g, K entuok y, and "D aisy Mae" . Vic church steeple into a fountain pen if som eone ki Ratcliff. of D allas, Texas. Tied for first place would tak e a $2 deluxe wedding. "P ig B ack" in the characters from g'reater D og P atch were ,McS wine, was seen cautiously sneaking down Douglas Kirpatrick, as "Pig B ack McS win e", 1,2th street at 7;10 a. m ., F riday m orning, in a from L aurel, Mississippi, and Margarite Tog m ost humorous m an ner. This was only the b e ares, of H avan a, Cuba, as "M oonbeam M c ,ginning of a hi'larious and unusual day. In his S w ine. " Pig B ack tl'Uly deserves much credit wonderings about B. U. on the t rial of " Moon for a great show. In this w riter's (? ) opinion, ,beam ", "Pi,g B ack" vir tually wrecked num er Ki'r katrick stole the "sh ow". "Moonbeam (I'm ous classes. so r ed) Togares is to be con gratulated. The (schmoo) with eggs and b utter, w as one of " Little Abner" Johnsen and " Daisy Mae" Rat the best dressed characters. (Never did k n ow h is or her name.) cliff wer e m arried in a m ock ceremony con d ucted by "Marrying Sam" Snodgrass. A We all look fo rward to next year and the an steady drizzle didn't slow any of the fleet-foot nual "Sadie H awkins Day", it is hoped that ed ,gals from D og P atch, in the m ad dash for a every student will take p art in this d ay of days. poor m iserable skunk. " Daisy Mae Eva Ham mond, and " Abner" White, got h ite'hed, in the What nation ality ? traditional mar'.i.ng cerem ony. H alf Scotch--half seltzer. December, 1948 21 II heard the sad case of a Scotchman who was engaged to a girl who became so fat he wanted Fraternity to ,break the engagement. But the girl couldn't get the ring off, so he had to marry her. * .. * Row "I've just slho t a d og. " The Barons were organized J anuary 28, 1934, "Was he mad?" and a t that time its membersh ip consisted of ''Well, he wasn't very pleased." nine young men who were attending W'estern . * .. * The first P resident of the Club was Bill Bass Say, wh en I was born, I was so sur prised I who designed the crest which is still in use· couldn't talk for a year and a half. Through the ye'ars the Barons h ave grown. * .. * Associates now number approximately 150, and "Do you want to see something swell?" there are 15 actives this semester. They are: "Yes." Roy G. Cooksey J r., Bowling Green, Robert "Well, put a sponge in a bu cket of water." Cr omwell, Morganfield, Tom Follis, Bowling * .. * Green, Arnold Guess, Morganfield, Phil Holl "My brother has a gold metal for r unning and, Bowling Green, B ill L ewis, Frank lin, B!Jl five miles, and one for ten miles; a silver metal Newman, Hend rson, L inden P aul, Louisville, for swimming; two cups for wrestling, ,and J oe Phillips, F ranklin, Al P reston, Madison badges for boxing and rowing!" ville, Bobby P reston, Bowling Green, Coo per "He must be a wondenful athelete." Smith, Bowling Green, Tom Sparks, H opkins "He's no athelete at all. He k eeps a pawn ville, an d Jack Wells, Green ville. shop." J ack Wells is the p resident, R obert Cr om * .. .. well vice-president, Bill L ewis, Secretary, an d During a tempetuous political gathering a big J oe Phillips, treasurer. st ic k of wood was hurled at t1he speaker. The actives welcomed the associates b ack Luckily the 'aim was amiss and it fell with a during the recen t homecoming with a series of th ump on the platform. parties at Camp Baron. Camp was recently re He picked it up and with unusual 'presence built for the second time. It was destroyed by of mind exclaimed; fire in May 1941, a nd April, 1947. "Great heavens, one of our opponents h as A conclave for actives and associates is being lost his head!" determin ed n ow. .. .. * Doctor ,Dodson; "I believe you missed my class THE BETA OMEGA OHI CLUB yesterd ay." The B eta Omega Chi Club was organized by Coleman : " Why, no, I didn't; not in the least." a group of college girls 10 years ago, after * .. * wh ich a selected few were pledged each se " I h aven't an y lead for 1Jhis test, today." mester. These pledges were ta,ken into the club " Wha t would you think of a soldier who went because they were w ell liked amon g their asso to battle w ithout a rifle or ammunition?" ciates, fair in their dealings with others, and "I'd think he was an officer." could b e trusted. The members of this club work for the very best in girlhood. Their ideals are those of truth, sociab ility, service and self-reliance. Theil' WARREN POST No. 23 highest aim is to ensure friendship among their classm a tes· AMERICAN LEGION (Continued on P age 22) SHOES Pay Your 1949 Dues FOR THE CAMPUS CUTIE NOW Eligible Veterans Welcome Dues $3.00 Post Priv. 428 E. Main 22 . iDecember, 1948 FRATERNITY ROW Bart Hagerm'an, Bob Proctor, Words on Sosh, Tom Agnew, Bob Simmons, Harold Matthews (Continued F rim Page 21) P rentice Gott, Walt Whalin, Bill Wilson, Mor The Beta's have three annual parties: A ris K immel, Bill Anderson, J oe Durbin, Bab Christmas Dinner Dance, a Valentine's Dance, Richardson, J immy Hudson, Bud Brown, Bob and a Spring Formal. This year there w ill be a McCormack and Frank Weidmer. special celebration in honor of the Beta's Tenth Anniversary. They are expecting many of the Congratulations to P hi Tau Nu. "S adie Haw associ.ates of the club to be present for this cele k ins Day" was a big success, and a grand time bration. by all. The staff wishes to Daisy Mae and There are only 12 active members this se .L ittle Ab ner the best in preserved turn ips, mester as five m embers graduated the past fried 'pork chops, an d may the schmoos be year. There are approximately 15 0 or 200 asso contended any'way. ciate m embers. B. U. student (upon parting from Mr. Holland, feelingly ) : THE THIRTEIEN CL UB Sir, I'm indebted to you for all I know. On F ebruary 1·3, 1939, thirteen boys feeling Mr. Holland: Pray don't mention such a tri.fle. the need of closer bands of f.e llowship met for * * '" the purpose of organizing themselves into a To be college bred means a four-year loaf re club with a threefold objective in mind. This quirin.g a great deal of dough as well as plenty objective was the promotion of friendshi'p, of crust. scholarship and socia.bility among its members. * * * Walter Alexander w as elected· first president L ast year we h ad an elect ric Christmas. of the THIRTEEN Glu·b. Work began imm edi What do you mean? ately on the construction of the constitution. Well, my little brother got an electric train, By the end of the semester thirteen suitable my sister got an electric iron, m y mama got an articles had been written and the constitution electric washing machine a nd papa got the e was formally adopted along with the design of lectric chair. our first pin. Our initial social effort as the. * * '" THLRTEE CLUB came in the form of a pic Your sister seems to be a sensible girl. Where nic in l"ate April. Other social functions were can I get hold of her? held, such as our first formal dinner dance and I don't know- she's awful ticklish . summer camp at Herrington Lake. From Thesaur us Of Humor With the foundation well laid and the spirit * * * of the club intact, we got off to a successful At Christmas time, every girl wants her past start in our second year under the leadersh ip forgotten and her present remembered . of Porter Raley. Pl"ans were made for the changi.ng of our club pin to conform with the '" * '" design of the newly adopted plaque. I can tell you how all of the veterans can get a Through the years the club has carried on its bonus. It is really simple. All they have to do business in the same efficient and praise-wor is m ove to England or F rance-then Congress thy m anner as was originally in tended. Now we 'W ill think they are foreigners and pay them. are in our tenth year with 'an entire new gen * * '" eration of club members. Because of the firm "I'm a West P ointer." foundati.on laid by our predecessors .. because "You look like an Irish Setter to me." of their interest and willingness to sacrifice for * * '" the well-being of our fraternal organization, Well, I see you went to a fraternity. and because they leave us the spirit that h as Oh, no. I just sat on a stove by mistake. been the life blood of the '.DFUIRTEEN CLUB in the past, we look with confidence to the fu ture knowing that we are ever approach ing CHRISTMAS CARDS the goals set for us by the original 'DH:IRTEEJN ERS! 48 Norcross CARDS WITH NAME The club has a state ch arter which was ob ONLY $1.70 tained in August, 1947. The present clu.b offi EATONS STATIONARY cers are : John Sklepovich, 'President; Torn Montgomery, Vice-President; William Myles, SHE.A!FFER. PARKER. EVERSHARP Secretary; Herb Camp, Treasurer; Dave Baker, FOU'NT AIN ,PENS Corr. Secretary; and ·Quintin Billingsley, His torian. Kelly Office Equipment Other actives are: J oe Bates, Greg Coleson, 1004 State St. Phone 543 J . H. Cow}.es, Bob Curry, Hugh iDo ugherty, December, 1948 23 Some kiss hot. Some kiss cold, ALUMNI NEWS Some don't kiss Everybody likes to know where the ,grads Until they're told. are and what they are doing. Well, we are go Some kiss fast, ing to tell you all a,bout them each month in Some kiss slow, this column. Those that don't kiss, One of the best W1ays for us to know about 1 don't know. some of the grads, will be from the readers of * * * this column. If any of you happen to know Sir, I 'want your daughter for my wife. about some of the grads f'rom Western or B. U. And I, sir, am not willing to trade. just drop a note mar ked aLumni in the boxes * * * located around the Inn and Goal Post. Hello there, Judgie, old boy, old .boy. D on't get so familiar--the election is over. * * * IFamiliar words: When does the band get here? A f unny thisng h appened to my mother in New Orleans. W,hat should one really talk about? If you I thought you said you were born in Mississippi· ta'lk about yourself you're conceited. If you * * * talk about your b usiness you're ,a shop talker. Imagine my embarrassment when, according to I At The Portrait Photography "TOPPER HOP" Commercial Photography BEECH BEND PAVILION Photofinishin'g December 3, 1948 Photo Supplies Informal 9:00 til 1:00 930 ~2 State Phone 212 Admissionl $2.50 Per Couple Bowling Green Kentucky COURTESY OF EDITORS LINCOLN MERCURY Bowling Green . Lincoln-Mercury, Inc. SALES----SERVICE BODY WORK REPAIRS ALSO LINE OF GOOD USED CARS Louisville Road Bowling Green, Ky. V. J. Bettersworth, Pres. Roy Holland, Sec.-Treas.