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Stringed Quartet Will Give Progaa March 22 As Third Lyceum This Year ------. MISS TAYLOR'S MOTHER The Bart Bouaa Striq Q.. REMAINS SERIOUSLY ILL w:ill present the third. lrceum JI'O" gram of the year tn the eou ...... itorium, Wedneeda:y, March H, Helen Taylor, 1\otereury editor, wa' at 8:15 p. m., u:ys Bunter Wbltlq, callud to her home in Weston for f aculty lyceum chairman. the !lccond time Tuesday because of The program wW be open to tlt.e the continued serious illness of her mothe'r, Mrs. Hayward Taylor. Mn. pubJic and there will be. no adftDft" sale of tickets; admislion price ....,.. Taylor, who is afflicted with a rare blood diseau, has been confined in be paid at the door. Student. wDl H admitted upon preaeatation of ... a Weston hospital for ~everal weeks. tivity ticket.. Members of the Bart Boun S~ College to Offer Quartet, long recognized u oae ef the leading enaembl•, IBeiHe Summer School Of James Levey, flr.rt vioUa; Blllll7 Milligan, second vioUB.; Allud .. 2 Five-Week Terms Ridder, violiniot; Boria Jluobe cellllt. Glenville State College will offer Founded in 1824 117 tht llllld a summer sebool of two five-weeks Honorable Vinceut llaaseJ, C... term~ with dasses scheduled to dian High Commts&loner of Loadoll, met't six days a week, it is announced the quartet has visited enrr prw here by the dea·n, R. T . Crawford. Faciaa 11n urw"min1 link .. SO yard• whh a ltmu nraun, 24-)'nr-uld lie!trL ince of Canada, leading dtlu et tlr Prospective students will note O.rid C.' Waybur. Piedmont. C.UJ .. kno ~kcd lbd tank out or commU.ion and United States, and the major atulc that they ean earn a maximum of ... rapen..iblc ror lhc upture or thr« o1hcn ill me Sidli an campaip. Now centers of Europe wilert th_,r ~ t"•elve hours of college eredit in the ruowen:d rrom wuuncb ruei¥ed, ba h the 6m to win the Concreuional Medal acclaimed as one of the ••i~ ten weekfl by vi:rtue of the new plan ..._ ol' Honor on Eurof"'m 10iL Lei'• all Bark the Auad. wilh thai ~Xfra War Rond. ~a ni zations in the realm of elua~tlac ror ebtl!Se!!' for the 'lix days a week. mu!ic. In addition, the Hut .c ha Heretofore the College has offer· Quartet hu made many neo• the ed a regular twelve-week.a summer for Victor recorda. aoat ~eho ol and arranged for students to I M" F' k W"ll complete the !le.el'nd six weeks work ISS UO I in five by attending Saturday classes. ~lub Plana Party II Solt'ct' t Funds The traditional three-weeks inter· For March 8th I Mercury-440229-1.jpg each Tuesday during the school classes in journaliam. Entered at as second claae mall. Subaerlption year ia ,1.00; for the semester, a11 communications to : The Glen Glenville, West Virginia. HELEN TAYLOR Managing Editor STAFF MEMBERS Messenger, Catherine Withers, David Gray Barker, Janette Cunningham, Ryan, Hayward Groves. Lbva':S: l;lickman ...... Faculty Adviser fluaial bo mid-air .;.., • au Ilia ...... bo llaiJ, IL J..... L c..Jr, Erl1011, New Yorlc, JlniU)ed 10 ldek ... ._wheal~- 111 ...... _ had jammed. U...We 10 - lho wbla p- aa dte ,.-. .. - ..._ l>ack bolD dte pl,.e ID help doe WD11Died pUol make • "--llollr hauliaJ .rely. Don't tun roar baS • dae Freai-Bar More WIU' ..... u.s. Notes From. The Robert F. Kidd Library BJ' JaneHe C-'-1'.... .------LIFE magazine Ia DOW publiehJDir A NEW column b7 Marquis W. an ut.iele each week from ChUd-., 40 year-old ace WaShington A. Beard'• new book, THE BEPlJB. eonespondent for the St. Louis L!C. "'In this book, oae of Ameri Poat-Dispakb, is being otreJ"'!!d the n"• great hiltoriaa and tbiDken 180 newsrJapera which carried Ray outlinoe tbe bule foeti ed prlneiplea mond Clapper's United Features of the AmeriC&D form of lrft'em a:rndleated column. Cbilda wu 1 ment in a Jeriea of ID1'ormal Frid&J'- fliiend "f Clapper. 'VF.WSWEilK'S Febraaey Zl isoue telh tidt!Ughts never before reYea1- .. d eonceminl' the peace-making fol· lowin)!" tbe first World War. They 'l: re t.,ld in the .,secret diary'" of Stephen Bonsai, who wu Preaidu1 Is Important-That's Wil!'ntl'~ confidential interpreter at the eonteencea lD 1918-19 and who. But It's True '-'ml'elf, made public ee'rtain exeePpte from l-i!l diary. · 'rime Ia one ot our moat precious gifts yet probalil one of the moat wasted ones. An aver- I • age 1ndfvidual wm waste, to be conservative, Someone May Wnte Ponderous Tome On at least one hour a day. By wasting, I mean the 'S" 1 · p · Th h C 11 E t• h' 1aek" of doing that which ill helpful to himself mg e- OOtq:tg roug 0 ege ng IS or society. Advert~enta such as, ''Take your time." An imminent German aeientirt "What is a minute in a lifetime?" are placed onee wrote an interutinc book. footing•• ia the next "l!'llll"f! they can be obRerved by the public con "Rom rin~ Through Phyaies,'' whieh "trotting'' "'almost jars one's JIN>tl,y. Here at home a minute may not mean rt>rrind~ ,,, that 11ometime a member out." aeeordlq to him. IIWCh, but to a squad of men pinned down by of Mr. H. L. White's 8 p. m. English 4'When prepariDg to ride a *"biDe gun fire in some isolated place in the ~ 02 ( 1ass m!ly be inspired to write a ter'," said Kr. White' Q&le a minute more to live ia considered in- .. onderou• tome entitled, "'Single-. weighlq each word ia the balanee v-'uallle. Footing Through Engli.ah. '" of diction, "one should rhorteu the . Here-. on the home fro'nt if just half the pop For hi! students were required to 'ltirropl' a bit." ulelon 11f the United State~ would make use ,f demonstrate everything ranging The type of -walk moat comfortable ten mbiutes a day that would ordinarily be from 4 trotter to a goo...atep one for 'th hone was not di~euued , w~d it would · solve innumerable problema. afternoon as a visual aid in teaching it probably was auumed t.he bone la Thiak how many hours it would mean if 66 mil the tonnotations of the word, 11Go .•• alway• feeUng all right except at ion people would give ten minutes of their Glennis Marie Hudkins Jt.arted the Umes when there iJ a bur under the time for the war effort. Bottlenecks in prod uc :Show movinl' with her expert demon u ddle. Then the clock R.ruek and tion would be eliminated and there would be !ltration of the art of running to tbl! Mr. White strode to open the door. more of everything that ia needed by our service door and back, after wbich Pear Everyone left wonderina wb,. no me;. Williams gave the elau her inter one had mentioned the Lambeth It would mean that our relatives, our friends, pretation of the word, ••strut," giv Welle. and thousands of people like us could return to ing many tU impreu ion of seeing no~al living quieker than we will be able to a bantam rooster. Mae Anderson did ESTELLA BONNER ON unle8s SOJIU! of this wasted time ia used. not know how to 11 totter," but did CHEMISTRY CLUB PROGRAM "'- minute in a lifetime cannot be overlooked manage to "stagger." John Wagner even though ie does not mean much to an indi and Wanda Strader gave the class Estella Bonner, senior, dlseuuecl vidual hinlaelf but because others who are de and posterity their demonstration of propertil!'s of the new d~. pendent on him must suffer the results of hill sroose stepping, (llr. White deftne!l cillin, at a meetlnc of the inefficiency, time is important, even a little it 11 estreme imitation'") and the try Club, Tuesday at 4 time. If we all were to underotand thia we could geese are reported to ha,ve turned lowing her talk, elub membera put an end to thia struggle between nations over in their grans. further piau for a pme party to more quickly and more readily.--Hayward No one knew how to "amble," sponsored bJ' the organization Groves. whieb, when Webster was consulted, April. proved to b1 a type of walk peculiar What is defeat? Nothing but education, to four-let:ged animals only. But cuss WITHDRAWAL DEADUNE nothing but the first step to something better. that did not faze Mr. White. who -Wendell Philips. immediately deviaed a complu ays- Anyone withdrawing from clau Our deed.- determine us, as much as we dew tem of jumping atUr lected and after Mareh 6 will be cre4ited wiU termine our deeds.--Genrge Eliot. whirling in various way• to compen- a failure. Thb date was set b7 DeaD · It ia much easier to be critical than to be sate for the two extra lop humane R. T. Crawford the put Mondey. 'ment of eorrect.-Diaraeli. Ido not have. Of coune. he did not Of all It ia by faith that poetry, as well as devotion, demonstrate. but did go on to ••- When • ....,. won"t let p, thia hour, ia the soars above this dull earth; that imagination plain dilferent wei lUI of bona, In-~ stande a clwlee to win out at laR. IFroude. }lreaka through ita clouds, breathea a purer air, cluding "pacing/" which be tumed You woa't beY• time to lnd faalt A little noDHMe now and .1111d Jives in a softer ligbtr-Henl")' Gllea. tbe moet comfortablo type Of walk wilh othen If yoa keep at ..,Jr. Ia rellahed bJ' the w'-t Mercury-440229-2.jpg C!XtlteCt~!d Here This Week- College to Offer COLLEGEPROPHETS PICK THE WINNERS School Tournament School Of David Tewell: ••J think Spencer Normantown to l" will win!"' Edith Hinterer: "1 think It will Kina Orajgo: "I want Glenrille to be between Spencer aud Sand J'ork." Fork twice ill recular season play, win but I'm afraid Normantown Norita Gallien: "The Red Tu with Tanner. At 7:80 o'clock •.he will!" ron." . Glenville Red Tenors face Troy and Jack Harrison: "Spencer.'' Charles Melntoah: "Spencer. .. at 9 n"clock Spencer, the only anp year many emergency were luued in an efl'ort to oye.reome Catherine Withers : uweU, I think Beatriee St ewart: "I with Nor defeated team to the tournament, at lea.st a part of the ehortage. Many it wil1 be neither Glenville nor Nor mantown would, but I think SpeDCU' play• a redrawn team. Saturday's mantown!" will!" semiplnal pmes wlll begin at 2 and teachers who were granted tbe emer gen Mercury-440229-3.jpg four THE C,LENVIU..E MERCURY -P res., Mrs. D. L. Haught, Members of On The Land, In the Air, And on The Sea Student Body Hear Mrs. RoQsevdt Speak ( ContinufJ d -from page I) ... David Tewe11'a c:onst&nt playinc Wit J:t Our Friends In The Service (.Con tinued from page 1) in mo~t parts. And we have to rec of the disc, " Plant a Little Garden have fini~ h ed and a-re start ~ ng lheir ognize o·ur place in the world as tbt' In Your Own Back Yard." When the real work . How proud we are; strongest ; there.(orc we have more record is played, he just aete the By J anette fCu nninrham I have done many things nnd ·. is ited 3nd how ;:n·oud we will be j,, the fu- respon.tibility." pick-up arm back at the becinllina Pvt. Kermit Fisher, who has been many places that I had longed f -; be lure." Mrs. RooJ:evelt's last remark!' once mor" • . . The edg~ d ne.rver stationed at Camp Fannin, Texas, fore. It's true there we1•e !<:tcrifices She said she had seen boys in the were: 1'May God be• with them a ll waiting for the inst ructor to diamiu for the pa~-t stn ~l mo n th~ . is spend often. even to the point it hurt. but a nd bring them back to us as quick· class a fter the clock strikes. ing a ten-day furlough at his home that's to be expected in war. lt's an Mn . Roo•e•elt appeared in ly as the. war can be brought to an :n Glenville. Pvt. Fisher states thal ugly busines!l. Glen•ille • few yean aro and end. Thank you, and Good Day." T he rounds; .First buds trying to ,~W,est Vjrginia look!'! wonderful' ' (' Highli ghts of my travel include •poke to •hadent.', faculty and ri•· T he Rev. Mr. Cox then presented peep at students through t tle wi n- an d that Hit!s swell to be bsck." Ho a trip to t he Holy Lnnd, Jcru~a l em itor'l. Her appearance here wa• a her three glasses made by Louie Idows of Administra tio_n Hall , , . The expects tc be tran.sfl'rred from Camp and Bethlehem in Palestine. H an~ regular lyceum feature a nd. the Glass Co. and the C. A. Borchert buJl etin board, much wounded by Fnnnin so.,n. where Corp J ack Con ing Gardtns and Taj Mnhal in India, auditorium waa &lied. to c:apadt y. Glass Co. o! We!!to.n and told her thumb tacks . . . The silent, black tad is stationed. the Lion'!t Den and the r ui ns of En route to W a•binr !on from that tv.•enty-four of each were a l- _e xpanse o! t be cemetery threati!l"· S 2.-c Arlena Waltor. will be sta Car~hage ; also. Cairo. Alexandri3. her vi sit a t Weston and Jaclaoo'• ready on their way to the White mg students as they pass at night. tioned at Bainbridge, Md., after Tripoli. Tu ni!l , and Algiers. All of Mill, MTI. Roosnelt wa• Oown to Rouse. to which she replied, "I'd .. . Tbe biology lab with ita strange ;:pe nding n seven-day furlough at her would I g!adly give fnr any littlE P ittsburgh by Carl B. Woodford, like to say a word of thanks for jus -oJ specimens. looking like , a home at Cox's Mills. She has been .!!pot of t hi! United S.tutes. Truly, a former Collero student. A I'Uel• t them. I'm sure the President an ~ aiJ classic nig htmare • . . The pencil !ttationed priot· l" this time at Mil t"hen" is no pl~ce in the world that pauenr e-r was the RCn . Mr. ox Ol!r guest~ wil l be proud to use them , ah arpen~r. sometimes biting otr t he ledgeville .• G..a .. can compare with our homeland. I ~'s who • l•o i• well known in Glen- at the White R ouse." end of a p encil i.D anger. Chief Speciali~t Frank Martino, the best. USNR, h By Haywa_rd Cro•e• . .. FROM THE"MERCURY'S FILES The enormous roar e+f Niagara WHYNOTTRY Falls, according to H. P. Heckert, is often simulated here on our campus. 13~ F;O!J1!1]':EN Y Ef.RS AGO 1937 SE VE N YEARS ACO All one needs to do to hear it is A CHECKING Coach A. F. Rohrbough, Bernard " Idlenes.s is one of the greatest make an attempt to sleep in a room Hayhurst studen-t manager, Linn cause!' of c.ri'me," s ne-~e s ted J udge next to the shower room and be sud H ickman, publicity manager, and J ake Fisher, of the Four·tcenth J u denly awakened (presumably aboct ACCOUNT? the players, Capt. Harrison, Rogers, dicia l District, in an inf')rmal rnter two a. m.) by an early morning Lindell , Burk, Rafferty, Hines, Deitz. view at the courthouse, where he bather. Jan eS; R t!cke 1·t and Vass, •left i n the presided over t he Fellruat·y term tbe Gilmer Co unt y Olrcuir Court. He Convenient school bus for a three day basket A window cleaner perched brave ball trip--through southern West Vir wns interv i ~ we d by Vorl<'y Re xroad ly on a third, story ledge of Verona of the Merr·• r·v staff. ginia. Mapel Hall ga~e out. some logical Safe L "1 931 ••TH IRTEEN Y E ARS AGO 1938 S IX YEA.RS ACO reasoning the other day when she ~ ....: ·1Wi§!: ""Oli ~e ...o"'ne n . ... Miss: Gladys Ruby l amb and Ma;y He.! en Stal .said she was doing her spring clean JUstice and Mjss Katherine Hammer nakei·, both sophomores, were elect ing and window washing early this were speakers meeting of the ed pre!>i den t and S-ecretarry.treasur I ! 1 't! year so that maybe old man wi nter er, respectively, of the Current Courteo1,1s, EffiCient Service at All Times ' Y. W. C. A. would take the hint and pass out of I 193Z T WELVE YEARS AGO Events Clu b. the picture and ullow spring to hnve , .Toiln tiu-sk, f .r"eShma n, w~ ap- 1939 FIVE Y EARS ACO . pointed: assistant. manager of at'hlet- Orris Stutler, Imogene Dye and its fling: I 1ie s by Coach Natus Rohrbough to Marguerite Moss were declared \vin The fir!tt robin of i.he year on our ~ assist B erntnd ~ Hay'horst. who had ners in a co ntest of the " Professor campus was !~potted the past Thurs K.l\N.AWHA UNION BANI I served as managor for the past three Qu iz'' type which was sponsorf'd by day by Betty Faulkner. She has the G·Club during a ~semb l y period. f ye3rs. Edith Hinterea· M backing for any · ).93.3 . £.'-'.EVEN YJ;: ARS AGO ' 1940 FOUR Y E A RS AGO and all unbeJi;ver:. , Miss Crace Lor ~}ltz. aotrs. Phyll is The Glenville Pio neers ended their : Rohrbough,' William Lorentz and basketball season by defeating Al Twelve years ago tht: co mplete ' All'drew Whiting · attendert thP derson-Broaddus on the Glenvill e water system, a n insanitary one, on W.u_r,n~ . heard that the * t * * J':-' -20. • •• proper way to enter a bank is J OE REED IN V-5 P ROGRAM Glenville Bankipg 8 Trust Company 1936 EIGJtT' )'EARS AGO through the door instead of break --- I J oe Reed . whfl attended College Miss Winifred White, freshman, ing out a window. Glenville, W . Va. was appointed Coll ege. cheerleader the past semester, left Sunday for ( Member Federal Depoait lnau r ance Corp. ) to succ.eed Delnres Morgan who re· Yours, Bethany Co ll ege, where he entered ecntly resigned. QUI CKS!ILVE R. 1the V-5 Naval Aviation program. Mercury-440229-4.jpg