vH sc o i H£oTÖ7i'CAL Th e La w r e n t ia n VOL. XLV. N LAWRENCE COLLEGE, APPLETON, WI& ber IS , 1927 Carl Sandburg To Veteran Coach Retires First Caging Lecture Here Jan. 18 Guild Actors Mark Catlin, Viking Grid

Carl Sandburg, poet and author, will Game Of Year give a lecture-recital January 18 at Present Play Coach, Withdraws Following Peabody hall, under the auspices of the Appleton Teachers’ association. Here Friday A poet and author_of international Wednesday Twelve Seasons Of Service fame, Mr. Sandburg has achieved an admirable reputation as a lecturer and Full Time Instructor W ill Be Lawrence Basketball Squad To has gi ven leeture-recitals in over fifty ‘The Silver Cord” To Be Given Six Women Initiated Meet Northwestern Of colleges and universities in the coun­ by New York Theatre Into Tau Kappa Alpha Added To Educational Watertown try. He uses the guitar in his reeitals, Guild Staff Next Fall and also plays the banjo, is acquaint­ Wi.h the addition to the squad of From the Guild Theatre, New York, Six women, the first to be admitted ed with the ocarina, and has a large B y Jack R udo lp h Elnter Ott, former Kaukauna high the Theatre Guild Repertory company into membership in the local chapter repertoire of negro ballads and spirit­ Mark S. Catlin has retired. The school basketeer, and the shifting of with George Gaul and Florence Eld- of the fraternity, were initiated into uals which he sings. veteran Vikiug mentor, who first took Jerry Slavik, the Elgin guard, to cen­ ridge, will appear in “ The Silver membership in Tau Kappa Alpha, na­ His ability as an author and poet is c^er the destinies of Lawrence o»: the ter, prosjHM ts for sending a fairly Cord” , a comedy by Sidney Howard, tional honorary forensic fraternity, well known. His first book “ Chicago Monday. gridiron seventeen years ago and who strong combination against North­ at the Lawrence Memorial chapel on Poems ” not only won for him the has remained at the helm for tw’elve western college of Watertown, in the December 14 under the auspices of Those initiated are Mrs. W’ilson S. title of “ the modern poet of Chica­ of the seventeen years, has withdrawn first game of the season here Friday Lawrence college at Appleton. Naylor, ’95, Appleton; Mrs. C. F. go’ ’, but is considered one of the most from the game wrhich in which he has night, have been strengthened consid­ In “ The Silver Cord” , the theme is Karnapp, Winnetka, Illinois; Eunice consequential volumes of American been active for nearly thirty years of erably, according to Coach A. C. one that goes back to “ Hamlet” and Davis, ’27, Myrtle Ellis, ’27, Agnes poetry since Whitman and Emerson. Hubertv, ’28, and Ramona Fox, ’28. his life. The announcement was made Denny. the famous mother-son scene; even Mark S. Catlin His poetry has been translated into by President W’riston Saturday morn­ Although Ott has played almost no vastly beyond that to the Oedipus The new members of Tau Kappa several foreign languages. ing. basketball since his high school days, myth from which Freud took his Alpha all have distinguished them­ Among his other publications are Inform al All-College he is a veteran of many athletic con­ “ mother complex” . It is a familiar selves in the field of forensic activity. Full Time Instructor “ Abraham Lincoln’ ', “ Smoke and tests, and should lend to the squad story to most folks; there* is one in Dance Set. For Tuesday Mrs. Naylor was the winner of the At the same time, Dr. Wriston an­ Steel’ ’, “ Slabs of Sunburnt West” , the pep and confidence that has been every couple of blocks. The mother state oratorical contest in 1895, and nounced that next September Law­ and “ Rootabaga Stories.” lacking among the younger and more who holds her son to her apronstrings; The first all-college dance of the Mrs. C. F. Karnapp won first place in rence will add another full time in­ inexperienced men. Ott has l»een the sons who, due to their mother’s year will be held Tuesday, December the state oratorical contest held in structor to the Physical Education working out at a guard post. Will Honor Memory influence, never quite escape, seek her 20. at Armory G. Twelve o ’clock hours | 1906. Mrs. Naylor and Mrs. Karnapp department. This man will be in Slavik to Center image in the women they marry, and have been declared for the occasion. were the only two women to represent charge of football during the fall sea­ By shifting Slavik to center, Denny are held in a sort of mother bondage, The dance is to be informal, cut-in Lawrence in forensics until the or­ son, and the rest of the time he will will have a pivot man who is especial­ Of Eben E. Rexford, resulting in endless life complications. dances being the chief feature of the ganization of the women’s debate assist Athletic Director Denny and team in 1927. ly adept at controlling the ball, and Famous Song Writer The play shows the lives of two evening. George Christoph in their intra mural who is also a fair shot at the hoop. sons on the verge of ruination as the The committee, headed by Ray Agnes Huberty and Myrtle Ellis sports program. To date Lawrence DeGoy Ellis, another Elgin man, is the result of a devouring mother passion. Richards, has not yet obtained an or­ were captains of the 1927 coed debate has been the only college in the mid- Native of Wisconsin Author of “ Sil­ alternate at center and will no doubt She herself has been cheated of ro­ chestra, but promises one of the best. teams, and Ramona Fox and Eunice dlewest without a fulltime coach in ver Threads Among the see action against the Lutherans. The mance through the early death of her A couple admission of seventy-five Davis were members of the 1927 de­ football. G o ld ” bate squad. most promising guards on the squad husband, so builds her romance life cents will be charged. Coach Catlin, who is a practicing are Pierce, Voecks, Ott, and Posson. around her boys. To hold them she Election to Tau Kappa Alpha is re­ attorney in the city, has been unable A memorial in honor of the memory “ Zeke” Reinmel, former Menasha invents physical weak »esses, and a garded as the highest honor iu the to serve on a full time basis in the of Eben Rexford, of Shiocton, au­ Lawrcnce Lutherans high school star and a member of last lifelong myth of sacrifices. Then one collegiate forensic world. Only those past, being associated with the college thor of “ Silver Threads Among the year's yearling squad, is showing abil­ marries and the other becomes en­ Organize Society colleges and universities that have only during the football season. Dur­ Gold’ ’, is being considered by a com­ ity at a forward position. Remmcl is gaged. This is the fascinating problem exceptional records in the field of for- ing these tw'elve years he turned in mittee of prominent citizens of this ensics hold charters. a clever floor man, and although he from which Howard has evolved his A “ Lawrence Lutheran Students* six state titles and finished second vicinity who have been appointed to has had some trouble in locating the play. Society” was organized November 27 nearly every other season. In three promote this project in honor of the basket this year, the old eye is gradu­ at the Mt. Olive Lutheran church, for of the six championship years the Uni­ poet and writer. The movement was • The Theatre Guild has assembled a ally finding the rim, which is a prom­ the purpose of promoting friendship Five Are Elected To versity of Wisconsin was the only originally begun by the Outagamie brilliant cast comprising of Molly ising symptom. Among the other for­ Pearson, as Mrs. Phelps; George Gaul, between the Lutheran students of eleven able to cross the Viking goal County Pioneer association. Ijiwrem*)* (’«llegp. Phi Sigma lota, Honor wards are Jackola and Hoffman, two Two suggestions receiving most as David; Florence Eldridge, in the line, and In 1924 his team held the inore stars from last year ’¡É frosli ride of Christine; Frederic March, as The Lutheran society will have powerful University of Iow-a to a 13 consideration by the committee are • business and social meetings every Language Fraternity quintet; Schlagenhauf, Bendt, and the the publishing of some of Rexford’s Robert; Hortcnse Alden, as Hester to 5 score. two Hydes. and Dorothy Fletcher as the maid. third Sunday from 7:30 to 9:45 p.m. Gridiron Fame unpublished writings, and the erecting The meetings will include religious Named Members On Basis Of Excel­ As far as ability is concerned, Laura H o j h * Crews directed the pro­ Catlin first w’on fame on the grid­ of a statue of the writer in his native discussions and afford opportunity for lence in Romance Language Northwestern is an unknown quantity duction. iron as a star end and batk-field man city, where his old home is still pre­ social activities and entertainment. W ork as this is the first year that the cage served and where each year hundreds at the University of Chicago in the game has been played at the school as Gordon Bubolz was elected presi- of his admirers come from throughout Dean Naylor Writing Elbert Smith, ’26, Norma Burns, early 1900’s. As captain of the an inter collegiate sport. However, Michigan its own famous eral years. Because of his close friendship with ganization will be a special Christmas Lawrence college, where Rexford came orary romance language society. The 2 to 0 trimming that year. As an end Frosh Preliminary Game Bishop J. C. Hurtzell, l>ean Naylor is party, Thursday evening, December as a young man to study; Walter announcement was made in chapel this he was given consideration for All- Another feature on the program for writing the biography of this man, 15, at 7:30 p.m. The committee asks Olen, Clintonville manufacturer; C. C. morning. American by Walter Camp. He was Friday night will be a preliminary who has served so notably as Bishop those desiring to attend to bring a ten Nelson, Appleton publisher; and A. G. Elec tion to Phi Sigma lota is based a team-mate of Walter Eckersall. game between the green and tan of Africa for twenty years. In 1903- cent gift with an appropriate verse Meating, '02, Outagamie county su­ upon excellent work in advanced The Viking mentor first came here freshman squads, which should be a 04 Dean Naylor, while getting ma­ attached for the Christmas grab bag. perintendent of schools. courses in romance languages, and no in 1910, from the University of Iowa fast exhibition of basketball. From terial and background for his book one whose general average in scholar­ where he had been head coach. In all reports the present yearling squad “ Day Break in the Dark Continent” , Lawrentian Office ship is less than a B may be elected 1910 he developed his first title team, is one of the most promising that the John Catlin Member traveled with the bishop through to membership. and repeated iu ’11, ’12, and ’13, school has ever known, and under the Of Haresfoot Chorus many of the African States. Does Not Resemble Two Wisconsin Chapters these last three elevens keeping their tutelage of Pete Briese, and Eddie Bishop Hurtzell, w’ho is now retired Phi Sigma lota, which wras estab­ goal lines uncrossed by a college op­ Kotal, two strong outfits have been John Catlin, Appleton, sou of Mark and living in Blue Ash, Ohio, has Home Of Immortals lished at Allegheny college in 1927, ponent. In 1914, 1915, and ’16 his developed. It is Coach Denny ’s plan Catlin, is one of the eight men who spent practically all of his life in work Character analysts who have always has only two chapters in Wisconsin, teams finished second, and in 1917 he to have the Frosh play curtain raisers have been chosen for the male chorus with the negroes. One year after his loved to determine the man by the one at Beloit and the other at Law­ completed eight years of service by to each of the varsity games this of “ Feature That” the musical com­ graduation from Northwestern, he ac books in his library, to determine the rence. The Iota chapter w’as estab­ winning another championship. year, thereby giving the customers a edy of the Haresfoot club which will eepted' a pastorate of a white church family by the* pictures in the living lished here last spring with Dr. L. C. Returns in ’24 double show, and at the same time, be presented in Appleton December in New Orleans. While there he be­ room, to determine the boy by the Baker, Misses Charlotte M. Lorenz, In 1924 he returned to the scene of getting the Frosh accustomed to play­ 21. Other members of the chorus are: came interested in the work with col­ pennants in his bedroom and the pic­ Elizabeth Denyes, Elizabeth McCon- his former triumphs and immediately ing before a college crowd. This Edgar Weibrecht, Robert Michels, ored people, and spent twenty-six tures on his dresser, would have a key, Jessie Mae Pate, Eunice Davis, added another pennant to his collec­ game will start at seven o ’clock. Charles Lueth, Ira Fender, Ter Swan­ years among the negroes in the South. hard time in determining the Lawren­ Helen Diederrich, Leona Palmbach tion. The past three seasons, handi­ son, Wilbur Peterson, Lawrence Mey- From there he went to Africa, w’here tian staff by its office in the basement and Herbert Webster, all ’27, and capped by only average material, he Existence of God” Is eriag. he has worked among the natives on of Main hall. Amy Howser and Lola Payne, both has had only fair success with his Besides the male chorus, there will almost every coast— Liberia, Portu­ Discussional Subject To judge by appearances the Law­ ’28, as charter members. The organ elevens. be a “ pony” chorus and a show girl gese East Africa, Southern and North­ eastern Rhodesia, and Constantine in rentian room would seem more the ization has for its aim the stimulation Lawrence teams under Catlin have “ Proving the Existence of God” chorus with eight men in each. The Algeria. haunt of prizefighters and intellec­ of interest in scholarly wwk and at­ gained national fame as being hard was the problem which confronted selection of the members was made tuals,, roisteres and mechanics, than titude toward language study. as nails, due to his refusal to allow' thirty Lawrentians at the Sunday after six weeks of practice and re­ a journalistic office. Its desks support The officers of the local chapter are his men to wear headgear or shoulder morning discussion group. Cumula­ hearsal under the director of Archie Former Conservatory not only typewriters and copy paper, Dr. L. C. Baker, president; Lola pads in practice or on the playing tive evidence showing that there is an Scott. The tw’enty-four men were Students Broadcast but bottles of denatured alcohol, Payne, vice-president; Miss Jessie field. Catlin has also received atten­ intelligent power making the law's and chosen out of one hundred candidates. lubricating oil, and cheesecloth; tooth­ Mae Pate, treasurer; and Miss Char­ tion through his defense of the “ no- running the universe, was set up over Lelia Boettcher, a student at the brushes as well as assignments hangs lotte Lorenz, secretary. scouting” agreement. against evidence to disprove the ex­ Thirty-two American I^awrence conservatory of music last on the sport writers’ hooks, boxing Another election will be held during A successor to Coach Catlin will be istence of such a power. year, and now studying at the New gloves as well as exchange papers the second semester of this term. chosen by President Wriston and his The members of the group meet at Rhodes Scholars Named England conservatory of music in Bos­ .stuff the pigeon holes, and the latest board of advisors on athletics within 9:45 every Sunday morning in Dr. The names of thirty-tw’o new Amer­ ton, played several selections on a novels and most criticized biographies the near future. Denves’ classroom in Main hall to dis­ ican Rhodes scholars from as many .seventeenth century violin over sta­ lie* next to forgotten text books. cuss what they consider the important The BILLBOARD mid-western states were announced tion WEEI in, Boston recently. problems to be found in religion. Chapel Program yesterday by Dr. Frank Aydelotte, Ruth Justin, also a former conser­ Sunset Meeting Tonight Dec. 14, Wednesday—The Silver Cord. Professor John Ross Frampton, pro­ vatory student, sings every evening president of Swarthmore university The Sunset club will hold its meet­ Dee. 17, Saturday — Kappa Alpha fessor of pianoforte at the conserva­ over station WEAF in Milwaukee. Ariel Subscriptions and American secretary of the fund. ing at 8:30 tonight in the Little Thea­ Theta Formal. tory of music, presented four selec­ Subscriptions for the Viking One Lawrence student. Albert Du- ter instead of tomorrow night, owing Theta Phi Formal. tions from the “ Consolations” of Ariel of 1928 will be taken in Main Bois, ’28, Neenah, was entered as a Katherine Schwingel and Lucille to the presentation of the “ Silver Phi Kappa Tau House Party. Liszt, at convocation on Monday hall all this week, from 9 to 12 candidate from Wisconsin, but did not Austin, both ’31, visited in Green Bay Cord” , which is to be given Wednes­ Children’s Christmas Party at morning. a.m., according to an announce­ secure a place in the final selection. Tuesday evening. day evening. Ormsby Hall. ‘ ‘ The Gondoliers ’ \ also by Liszt, ment made by Oswald Gunderson, Clyde Kluckhorn from the University “ The Rising of the Moon” by Lady Dec. 19, Monday — Ormsby Formal was played by Everett Roudebusch, business manager. of Wisconsin was the successful can­ Albert Dubois, ’28, spent the week- ¡ Gregory, will be presented at the Christmas Dinner. from the studio of Professor Framp­ didate from this state. end in Madison. • m eeting. Dee. 21, Wednesday—Haresfoot. ton. 2 THE LAWRENTIAN Tuesday, December 13, 1927

Best Sellers” Make PERSONALS Inanen ration Of Th e Law rentian Attractive Presents Mary Powell, ’31, visited at her home in Milwaukee over the wTeek- Hamline President end. Published every Tuesday and Friday during the college year by The Law­ I t ’s the same old story of what to Dr. Alfred F. Hughes, successor to rentian Board of Control of Lawrence College, Appleton, Wis. give for Christmas—but you needn’t Anna Mae Halgrim has been con­ Dr. S. F. Kerfoot as president of Ham- give the same stories this year that fined to the infirmary for the past V. CHRISTENSEX Editor-in-Chief week. line University, will be inaugurated BURTON BEHLING Business Manager you bought for the liome-folks last this afternoon. Christmas. Books are always among Helen Hageman, ’31, spent the A professor, not a student, is re­ week-end at her home in Kaukauna. Dr. Hughes graduated from Ohio MARY GREGOR'’ News Editor the most acceptable things on the list sponsible for our Golden text for the Eileen and Kathleen Garot, both Wesleyan in 1907 and then took up JOHN WALTEh Headlines and Editorials of gifts and can be had at all prices, weak: ’31, spent the week-end at their home graduate study at Boston University. Copy Editor on all subjests, and for all members ELIZABETH EARLE Tin* more students study the higher in Green Bay. He .was elected president of Moores Sports of the family. the average. Lorene Peters, ’31, visited at her Hill College in 1916, at which time Jack Rudolph Editor Among the better books which are The higher the average the higher home in Marion over the week-end. the institution had an enrollment of Royal La Ruse Robert Beggs Hayward Biggers Vincent Jarrett sure to please on Christmas morning the standard. Magdelen Bohr, ’31, spent the only twenty-five students. Dr. Hughes W om en’s Sports are: Editor The higher the standard the lower the week-end at her home in Clintonville. was instrumental in having the col­ Helen Ziegler For F ather marks. Evelyn Taylor, *31, was a patient lege moved to Evansville, Indiana, Departmental Abraham Lincoln—Carl Sandburg. Dustpan Editor Therefore: The more students study at the infirmary this week-end. where it now has an enrollment of John Hamburg Trader Horn—A. A. Horn. Doris Gates Society Editor the lower the murks. Thelma Perry, ’31, spent the week­ four hundred and fifty pupils. Book Reviews Canary Murder Case—S. S. Van Dine. James Ford end in Milwavkee. Some of the speakers of the day Millicent Marsh Exchange Editor Woodrow W'ilson—B. S. Baker. And our parents sent us here to Beryl Mauer was a patient at the will be Delton Howard, Ph.D., of Our Times—Mark Sullivan. Bernice Case Proofreaders study! infirmary for a few days last w’eek. Northwestern University, Prof. R. C. • * • Father and Son—E. Gosse. Robert Valentine ^ Elmer Rehbein, *24, visited at the Brooks of Swart hmore College, Reportorial Said the sophomore as he gazed up­ For Mother Delta Sigma Tau house over the week­ Pennsylvania, Bishop Lock of the Elsa Grimmer Carrol McEathron Nellie Chamberlin on his deflated pocket book: “ Who en­ The Cathedral— H. Walpole. end. Methodist Episcopal Church. Glen Opperman Marian Howland Robert Beggs Letters from a Private Diary — J. Bertha Greenberg Anna Marie Perschbacher tertains at these sorority formals, the Margaret Joslyn Steger. Ervin Marquardt Mildred Elwood Ramona Fox Bernice Case women or usf” Kllsworth Eiiingboe Francis Nemacheck Alvin Lang Ruth Lewis • • » How to Enjoy Pictures — J. Little­ First Poppa: Do you think your son johns. Business Staff will forget all he learned in rollege? The Grandmothers—G. W’estcott. IK WIN WEN8INK Assistant Business Manager Now East, Now West—Susan Ertz. - Assistant Business Manager Second Poppa: I hope so; he can’t EDGAR KOCH Life’s Minor Collisions—F. Warner. Harold Cripe Oscar Fredriksen Henry Stowe make a living necking. The Journal of Katherine Mansfield— Sylvia Solinger Paul Haring James Spindler —Exchange. Announcing Beatrice Miller Wayne Hallett • • • J. M. Murrv. There is a difference in college men My Life Here and There—Cantaeu- the Opening of the after all. At Lawrence the stage- zene. OUR PLATFORM door sheiks have turned to Sage door For Big Brother Loyalty To Lawrence sheiks. Royal Road to Romance — Richard Rehbein Millinery « • • llaliburton. Better Inter-Group Relations Old Grad (sorrowfully)—These stu­ Beau Geste, illustrated by McKie— Non-Partisan Elections dents are not what they used to be. C. Wren. Cynie—No, they used to be children. Les Mist*rabies—V. Hugo. Catering Particularly Gradual Extension of Student Government —-Exchange. Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. * * * Americanization of Edward Bok—E. To College Girls OVER PRODUCTION SPEAKING OF DUST Bok. It is said that if all the dust from From Immigrant to Inventor—Pupin. One of the little incidents of campus life which aids in increas­ all the Bibles in all the fraternity We Invite You In To Get Acquainted ing any slight element of friction between students and faculty, that For Big Sister houses of Lawrence campus were put occasionally crops out in the best of colleges, is furnished at Law­ The Little Book of English Verse—J. on one pile it would be the height of rence by a scattered group of instructors who have attracted their B. Kitten house. our proposed new gymnasium. The Forsyte Saga—Galsworthy. 111 N. Oneida Street Across from Western Union share of criticism by their attitude in regard to assignments. A l­ » * • though the average student usually affects a “ hard boiled’’ atti­ In (^uest of Youth—J. Farnol. OLD STUFF tude towards his professors, which tends to minimize the possibility An American Saga—Jensen. “ My wife is like a stableful of of any too amicable feeling existing between the two, his slight Etiquette, Funk— E. Post. decrepit horses.” knowledge of the law of averages prompts him to suspect that in the Road to Xanadu—J. L. Lowes. *4 H ow come f ** long run his instructors give him as even a break as those dealt to Far from the Maddening Crowd—F. “ Nag, nag, nag.” Hardy. his fellow students. • • * For Little Tots Nevertheless, there are several members of Lawrence’s faculty, That sign denoting the loss of a The Adventures of Pinocchio—C. Col- who, while pursuing their work with an even tenor which is satis­ sorority pin has been adorning the lodi. factory to both students and themselves, nevertheless are apparently bulletin board for a long time, but we Now We are Six—A. A. Milne. forgetful, at intervals of reciprocal succession, that their fellow just woke up to the fact that sorority 1 Know a Secret—C. Morley. members on the faculty are also giving assignments, and are also pins aren’t the only ones made with Treasure Island, illustrated by Dulac expecting that a moderate amount of work in their departments be poor clasps; fraternity pins have also — R. Stevenson. completed. been lost so we have been told. In America, this is meant to imply that some faculty members * * * The Cock, Mouse, and Little Red Hen — F. Le Fevre. are attempting to ride rough shod over the curriculum by failing to Something tells us that probably all A Child *s Garden of Verses—R. L. recall that the majority of students are carrying work other than of them were not lost in the process Stevenson. in their own course. Increasing criticism has been heard, affecting of undressing. Hans Brinker—M. M. Dodge. the work of faculty members, who have been giving daily assign­ • • • Rebet ea of Sunny brook Farm—Kate ments to full time students which six hours of hard work could Apple»- You have ultra-violet beau­ D. Wiggin. barely complete. ty. Although the “ drudgery’’ of college life has been made a joke, Peach—How poetic, but what does Dr. W. A. Ganfield, pre titlent of and students are continually reminded that “ things were different it mean! Carroll College, was a guest of Dr. in another day”, there is nevertheless a limit to professorial expec­ Apple—Invisible to the naked eye. Henrv M. Wriston Friday. tations, and apparently some instructors are abusiug the privilege. * * * This statement may call for a certain well-phrased set of denials Modern transportation has nothing from those it is intended to touch, and it is merely desired that all on us. A contemporary journal of the Sewing Machines bought, sold, instructors realize that practically all students studying under them Civil Wrar period says: Lincoln wrote rented and repaired. Agent for are carrying from twelve to twenty hours of college work. his Gettysburg address while riding Singer Machines from Washington to Gettysburg on an Wiegand Sewing Machine and Hemstitching Co. MARK CATLIN envelope. * • • 113 N o rth M orrison St. Twelve years of faithful service form the background of tradi­ tion which has been given to Lawrence college by Mark Catlin, re­ They are going to have to take the Ore, l^iwrentian picture over again be­ Wisconsin! tiring coach of football. The record stands for itself. Several cham­ pionships in strong years, and several creditable schedules in lean cause the contributors didn't get there seasons, constitute a clear mark of achievement on the V’iking grid­ on time. The same may be true of Jack McGrath give« a vivid picture of Wis­ iron. An era of Lawrence football has come to an end. The season this column if more of them don’t consin in the January College Humor. All of 1928 will usher in the future. show up. about its students, fraternities« problems» Its H am . COZY great and near-great. Another milestone of the 1927-28 dramatic year will be passed tomorrow night when the curtain goes down on “ The Silver Cord”, Barber Shop Other special features includeBack to Mother Sidney Howard’s three act drama. The best in histrionic attainment ELITE by Wallace Irwin« a complete novelette of two is guaranteed its audience by actors and actresses of the New York young people which shows all the tenderness theatre guild, an organization the accomplishments of which stand THEATRE Hair Cuts and dismay of the first year of marriage. bond to its worth. Now Showing THE DUNCAN SISTERS W ill Please You Peter B. Kyne’s first story for this magazine in the Motion Picture “ TOPSY AND EVA’* appears. Grantland Rice writesAll-Am on er­ Tie FIRST NATIONAL BANK ican of All Time, and there are many others. FrL, Sat., Sun. OF APPLETON “ WILD GEESE’* CAPITAL AND SURPLUS 9600,000.00 From the Prize W inning Novel $2,000 art contest closes Jan. 15,1928 by Martha Ostenso with Belle cmeat in College Humor following issue. Bennett, Anita Stewart, Don­ ald Keith, Eve Southern. 851 College Ave. The FIRST TRUST COMPANY Coming Monday OF APPLETON Constance Talmadge in Opposite Elite Theatre “ BREAKFAST AT CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $200,000.00 SUNRISE’’

EAT GNEINER’S FRESH HONE MADE CANDIES Tuesday, December 13, 1927 THE LAWRENTIAN 3 D.I.’s Take Volleyball Sig Eps Leading CLUBS Greek Sport Race Dr. A.L. Werner CIRCULINE Trophy By Defeating DENTIST Modern Plumbing Miss Bethurum to Read Room 231 Insurance Bid*. PERMANENT Miss Dorothy Bethurum of the Eng­ By virtue of their tie with the WAVE Phone 3819 APPLETON, WIS. and Heating Sigmas On Saturday lish department will entertain the D.l.’s for first place in volleyball the Now $10.00 members of the Amos Lawrence club Sig Eps have jumped to the front in Playoff is Tight and Well Played; H»ve yon tried the new with a group of readings at the regu­ the interfraternity sports race, nosing Featheredge Bob? W. S. Patterson Phi Kaps Defaulted to lar meeting of the club Sunday even­ the Theta Phis from the top into third Sigmas place. The Sigmas are in the lead DRESELY’S ing at the Parish hall. Bauer Printing Co. BARBEE AND BEAUTY Company with 142,/£ points, while the D .I.’s “ Printing of Character** Team W. Pet. 213 E. College Ave., L. Tourmaline Club are close ou their heels with 140 mark­ 118 8. Appleton St. TeL 1602 SHOP Delta Iota ...... 6 .857 110 N. Oneida St. Tel. 4129 Appleton, Wis. 1 Hermit Clark, will give a lec­ ers, tirst and second plaee points in Sigma Phi Epsilon ...... 6 .867 volleyball being split between them. 1 ture on “ The Value of Museums in Theta P h i ...... 5 2 .714 The Thetas were tied for third place Education” at a meeting of the Tour­ Beta Sigma Phi ...... 5 2 .714 by the Betas, dividing these points, maline club—which will be held this Psi Chi Omega ...... 3 4 .428 I Our Bobs and evening iu the geology lecture room which relegates them to third position Phi Kappa Tau ...... 2 5 .286 with 121 2/3. in Science hall. Phi Kappa Alpha ...... 1 6 .143 The nearest rivals of these three Haircuts Speak M ajestic East End Delta Sigma Tau ...... 0 7 .000 leaders are the Betas, who trail in Addresses Tuesday Club For Themselves 10c—Always—15c fourth place with 62 2/3 points and Barber Shop Dr. L. Baker, professor of mod­ In as tight and as well played a the Phi Kaps with 60. The Phi Taus Wed.-Thurs. ern languages, gave an address at the Kumr of volleyball as Alexander gym- and Delta Sigs eaeh have thirty points, WERE NEAR regular meeting of the Tuesday club CONWAY HOTEL Viola Dana nniuuni has ever seen, the D.I. ’s ob- while the Psi Chis are in eighth place THE CAMPUS tuiacd revenge for an earlier season at Xcenah, on December 6. His sub­ with 20. “ THE LURE OF THE ject was “ Kacine, the French Dra­ BARBER SHOP

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tained the Appleton alumni chapter w inter booklists: two on BIS by S. G. Tallentvre, and Bobispierre at a Christmas party Monday even­ MARCK, one each of NAPOLEON by Hilaire Belloc. Motto: Kill a king ing, following the regular business SOCIETY Browsing Tkrougk the Bookshelfand WILLIAM IIOHENZOLLERN, and make a killing in best-sellers. meeting. ßyJAMES COLLIER FORD and something called GENIUS AND But France and Germany can’t Faculty Members Hold CHARACTER. Look at the ads of hold the center of the stage. There Delta Iota entertained Dr. S. J. Christmas Party most any company and you’ll find one has to be a balance of power. So two Klochn and Alden Johnson, both of Christmas decorations of miniature SHIPS, An Anthology of Lawrence nounces his arrival with just the right of his books; two are Putnam’s. books are out on FRANCIS JOSEPH, Appleton, at dinner Sunday. trees, holly, red streamers and candles V'erse. Compiled by Theta Sigma mixture of pomposity and elegance in Putnam also is publishing three bi­ the erstwhile emperor of Austria. suggested the coming holiday spirit at Phi. the pages of F. J. Hudleston’s GEN­ ographies of central figures in the They are by Eugene Bagger and Otto Dr. W. S. Naylor, E. C. Moore, and a dinner party given by the Campus Creative writing or work of any TLEMAN JOHN BURGOYN. He French Revolution: TALLEYRAND Ernst, published by Putnam and Professor C. Heule were dinner guests club at Russell Sage hall Saturday kind is all too seldom these days upon Gilbert-and-Sullivan’s his entrance in by Anna Bowman Dodd, MIRABEAU Stokes respect ively. at the Delta Sigma Tau house Sunday. «•vening. the college or university campus. very nearly such a parody—as close to Following the dinner a program was When such a venture is launched upon the original as any one consulted on Actives and pledges of Kappa Al­ held in the parlors of the dormitory, the Lawrentian sea, a voyage into the Lawrence campus could remember pha Theta were entertained at dinner and gifts were exchanged. Miss “ strange, far lands under the arched, of those pre-modern days that seem by the alumnae association of the sor­ Francis Moore, K. C. Moore, and Mrs. white sails of SHIPS” , the Ancient almost before the ark. GORDON HOSE < . MeCreedy entertained with musical ority Monday evening at the home of Mariner himself forgets the albatross The jacket says “ Lord George Ge- selections; Miss Lucille Welty read, Miss Mary Thomas, College avenue. and whistles for favoring winds in main is the villain of this piece” and Solves Your Gift Problem and Dr. K. L. Baker led in singing the “ red night of a sailor’s delight.” Miss Katherine Wisner entertained indeed he is. But there must be such Christmas carols. Theta Sigma Phi cannot be commend­ several members of the faculty at din­ a be-whiskered scoundrel lurking be­ ed too highly for sponsoring and pro­ hind the potted palms to set off the Kappa Delta Gives ner at Russell Sage hall Sunday. ducing such adventurous odysises. brilliancy of the hero. The language Formal Dinner-Dance The Hosiery Shop that Mr. Hudleston uses in speaking Forty couples attended a formal Psi Chi Omega SOME CHINESE GHOSTS by La of George Gemain ought to make that (Over Western Union) dinner ilance given in the Crystal Announces Pledging fcadio Hearn. The Modern Library, gentleman turn over in his grave sev­ room of the Conway hotel Saturday Psi Chi Omega announces the pledg­ Inc. $.95. eral times. In faet, one rather doubts by Kappa Delta. Decorations were ing of Kenneth St. Clair, *29, Apple­ “ The humble traveler enters won- if he ever rested quietly therein, if carried out in the Christmas style, ton. deringly into the vast and mysterious Mr. Hudleston’s account is accurate. ami n confetti dance was of special pleasure-grounds of Chinese fancy, Drinking and women, the defeat at MON., TUES., WED. entertainment. Versatility Contest and culls a few of the marvellous Saratoga, and the trotting dash of vic­ f M S C M E R g Mat. 25c—Eve. 50c The chaperones for the dance were flowers there growing—a self-luminous tory at Valentia d ’Alcantara, a great Children 10c Dr. am! Mrs. W. Crowe and Mr. and Opened by Magazine hwa wang, a black lily, a phosphoric diamond—the gift of a King of Por­ Mrs. Eugene right. Music was fur­ rose or two—as souvenirs of his curi­ A versatility contest has been tugal, and all manner of things won­ nished bv the Lyric Ramblers. ous voyage ’ ’ when he reads in the On the Stage Dolores Costello opened by the “ Writer”, an author’s derful to behold chase each other legendary tales, SOM K CHINESE through this most amusing, wise, and Held over by popular re­ Annual Beta “ Brawl” monthly forum. “ The contest,” in GHOSTS, of Lafcadio Hearn’s. original of biographies. Johnny was quest, THE TWO JACKS ^CoOegeWdoMr Held Saturday the words of the editor of the maga­ from WHT. They will have Lafcadio Hearn, that strange mix some boy and F. J. Hudleston appre­ Cartoons, signs, red lanterns, sacks, zine, “ is open to everyone, but we a brand new reportoire. ture of Irish and Greek, grasps the ciates the fact very much. This li- and sawdust transformed the Beta are especially eager to discover new exotic feeling of Chinese literature—* brariau in the British War Office has ASSUMER BROS PRODUCTION Sigma Fhi house into the Kelly stables talent and believe that much of it mystical in expression — which is certainly made much of the copious of Chicago for the annual Beta will come from the college group.” THURSDAL AND FRIDAY catching on more and more with the material he had at hand. And if war “ Brawl” held Saturday. A bootleg­ A prize of $25.00 for the best prose Get ready to crack your grinningest grin for intelligentsia. Of any occidental writ­ offices make for such incredibly know­ Reginald Denny’s coming in town again. ger’s dance, in which the girls drew or verse contribution is offered each er, Hearn is best qualified from the ing sayings, then at once let a few the names of their partners, was a month, for January, February, and viewpoint of background, Greek heri­ more contemporary biographers hie REG IN A LD „ feature of the evening. March, 1928, for manuscripts sub­ tage, and life in Japan, to interpret themselves to the most convenient Miss Dorothy Bethurum and Dr. mitted in these fields; brief familiar the oriental. sanguinary departments and make John H. Maciiarg were the chaper­ essay, informal personal sketch, tab­ DENNY Anyone at all familiar with Chinese loid book review, humorous or satiri­ themselves accessories unto the deeds ones. Music was provided by Hank writings cannot fail to substantiate cal sketch, sonnet, rondeau, triolet, done in connection therewith. The Johnson’s orchestra. the authenticity of H earn’s legend* and humorous verse. As a final prize, dust that lies heavy upon the pigeon­ ings. The tcmplc-bclls, the sandal­ at the end of the contest, on April 1, holes and the red tape wound around First Freshman wood incense circling hazily through 1928, $.”>0.00 will be aw arded to the exits and everything else doesn’t seem Girls’ Party the vague teak timbers of the roofs, writer who has shown general excel­ to cumber the minds of the function­ Christmas decorations, a great var­ the indefinable air that is the Orient, lence in both verse and prose writing aries there—at least, not those of the The Upstairs Dress Shop iety of special features, and a toe is in them. Once breathed, this subtle in these same fields. Mr. Hudleston type. dance by Marguerite Graass, *31, < harm will ever work its spell. 218 E. College Avenue There is no limit to the number of helped to make the freshman girls' manuscripts which one person may GENTLEMAN JOHN BURGOYNE, BOOK TIPS Anticipating your needs for the HOLIDAY SEA­ party to be remembered. A hundred submit, although each one should be by F. J. Hudleston. Bobbs-Merrill. Emil Ludwig must be harvesting a SON, we have a lovely selection of dressy styles, and seventy-five attended the affair signed with a pen name and be ac­ $5.00. bumper crop of royalties this year. which was held in the dining room of in georgettes and chiffons, featuring all the new companied by a sealed envelope con­ “ I’m Lord Johnny Burgoyne, The man certainly goes in for mass Ormsby hall Friday. high shades—$ 1 4 . 5 0 to $ 6 5 0 0 taining the author’s real name, ad­ K.CB., Major-General in the King’s production like Henry Ford himself. The party was sponsored by the dress and occupation. Army”. Thus General Burgoyne an­ He has five books on the fall and Freshman Commission and Hank All contributions should be sent to Johnson’s orchestra furnished the the Contest Editor, 311 College House, ¡WSEÍI music for dancing. Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massa­ chusetts, before the fifth of each m m A.A.U.W. Meets month. Further information may be At Ormsby Hall obtained from Miss Olga Aclitenhagtn ü The regular meeting of the Ameri­ of the department of English compo­ can Association of University Women sition and journalism. a was held Saturday afternoon at Orms­ Special Groups of by hall. Following a business meet­ ing, Miss Helen Mueller, instructor at Marquart Gives Sermon the’ conservatory, entertained with a At Baptist Church group of Christmas songs, and several members of the Sunset Players pre­ Lovely Winter Coats Irvin M arquart, ’29, assisted by sented ‘‘Upon the Waters’*. 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