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VOL. IV. WINONA, MINNESOTA, FEBRUARY 9, 1923 NO. 5 DECIDING GAMES FOR EXCELLENT PROGRAM OF WINONA FIVE COMING ONE-ACT PLAYS GIVEN ST. CLOUD RETURNS 17th BY WENONAH PLAYERS

A number of very important games on the An interesting and highly artistic program basket-ball schedule are still to be played. The was presented by the Wenonah Players Club, most important games, from the standpoint of Friday evening, February 2, at the Masonic rivalry, are soon to come and it is very possible Temple. The entertainment consisted of three that Winona will still come out on top. The one-act plays of unusual merit. The first of games played thus far have been with teams these was "The Wonder Hat," a Harlequinade somewhat out of our class but they have given with the scene laid in a moonlit park. A magic the team some very valuable experience which slipper which made all men become infatuated could not have been obtained if weaker oppon- with the wearer and a wonder hat which made ents had been chosen. the wearer invisible, furnished many humerous On the 10th, the team travels to Faribault to situations, all centering around the love affairs battle our ancient rivals of the Shattuck Mili- of Coltimbine. The cast was as follows: tary Academy. The defeat that Shattuck ad- Harle in Eileen McGuire ministered to us last fall in footb 11 still lingers Pierro Annette Hanna in our memory and a victory in b sket-ball now Punchinello Seraphine Martin would partially even the score. The team is Columbine Beatrice Peters determined to duplicate the Mankato game and Margot Ethel Givens bring home this very important victory. This play , was followed by "Overtones" by A still more important game is to be played CHARLES McKENNA Alice Gerstenberg. It showed the sham and here on the 17th., when St. Cloud comes to try unsincerity of the modern woman by contrast- to repeat the first game played at St. Cloud. ing her with her more primitive and emotional Winona will be more than determined to win this S. E. M. E. A. ANNOUNCES self. The cash was as follows: game for many reasons. In the first place, a victory over our most deadly rival, St. Cloud, Harriet, a cultured woman__ _Elizabeth Shackell would be much the same for us as the victory in A STRONG PROGRAM Hetty, her primitive self Dorothy Magnus a Yale-Harvard game. Then there is a possi- Margot, a cultured woman Florence Hall bility that the Teachers College championship The destruction of the Main Building at the Maggie, her primitive self Lois Everts of the state is at stake. In addition a victory Winona State Teachers College will not lessen (Continued on Page 3) for Winona would clear up a number of defeats the effectiveness of the program planned for March 15, 16, and 17, Friday and Saturday at given by St. Cloud in the past. _ The last games on the schedule are to be Winona. The Educational Association was FOURTEEN IN CLASS TO BE played on the 23rd and the 24th, with the supported by resolutions passed by the Teachers Rochester Junior College and the Mankato College and the Winona Association of Com- GRADUATED MARCH 9th Teachers College, respectively. Th se games merce. The program will be held at the re- are return games and will be staged on foreign maining college buildings, the New High School, Friday morning, January 26, two students floors. The battle with Rochester will probably the Masonic Temple, and the Armory. Laura Potthoff and Irene Winter, were gradu- be the closest, if the first results can used as Speakers '- ated. BiA.op Wesley Burns of Helena, Mon- be■ ' criterions. In any case, we are expecting favor- A long list of educational leaders is announced tana was to have spoken at the exercises but as able returns from both games. for the general and round table programs. Among he was unable to be here at the appointed time, them are U. S. Commissioner John J. Tigert, Mr. Maxwell took his place and delivered an SPELLING TEST RESULTS SHOW Washington, D. C.; Dr. J. Paul Goode, Univer- address on the individual character. He LARGE IMPROVEMENT sity of Chicago; Miss Theda Gildemeister, Win- brought out the important phases of character, "These are the times that try men's souls" or ona Teachers College; President Charles Mc- the moral, the physical, the social, the intel- at least the souls of those who are now struggling Kenna, Normal School, Ypsilanti, Michigan; lectual etc., and developed each in the order of with the 7:55 spelling class. This class is the Prof esson Hugh Graham, Professor Francis its value; result of our much-discussed spelling tests which Gross, and Professor August Bogard, Teresan Those to be graduated on March 9th. have were given in chapel recently. Although it University, Winona; Professor John Guy Fowl- been announced as follows: has proven necessary to have such al class, the kes, Madison, Wisconsin; President J. C. Brown, Nellie Bang Amy Cross results of the test are very gratifying Despite St. Cloud Teachers College; Professor Albert B. Lula Felien Pearle Hammer the fact that the range of marks w9 from 100 Morris, Miss Margaret Cooper, Mankato Mary Hanna Nina Leighty to 37, our school has the high average of 95. Teachers College; Professor W. H. Burton, Eva Husby Haughlum A special test was given at 3:15, Thursday, President G. E. Maxwell, Winona Teachers Margaret Monroe Dorothy Nehring Jan. 25th. for those who could not take the test College; Dr. Stuart Adler, Winona Clinic; Pro- Marcella Peterson Orvilla Risser in chapel. fessor Homer J. Smith, University of Minnesota, Regina Simmer Minnie Thiele Of the total number taking the test, there and Mr. P. C. Tonning, Deputy Commissioner Eunice Wirt were 32 perfect grades. This is a record of of Education, Minnesota. On April 30, Mary Gray Thorne will be which our school can be justly proud. (Continued on page 3) graduated. THE WINONAN THE WINONAN COLLEGE WINS HONORS IN WINONA QUINT LOSES WINTER CARNIVAL OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION OF THE The Teachers College took an active part in WINONA STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE the Winter Carnival held in Winona January FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1923. SEVEN GAMES;WINS TWO 18, 19, and 20. A half holiday was granted on Friday, January 19, in accordance with the plan William Ott Editor-in-Chief An almost unbroken series of defeats has mark- Orville Risser Assistant Editor followed by the other institutions of the city. Avery Barr Business Manager ed the beginning of the basket-ball season at The college turned out "en masse" for the par- Clara Kornek Dormitories the Winona State Teachers College, but with ade and gained honorable mention from the Lillian O'Dell Pewee Section each defeat comes the satisfaction of knowing judges. The Teachers College section was es- Dorothy Magnus Feature" News that the team has made a good fight against Emma Kolstad Organizations and General News pecially impressive with the purple and white Huldah Henning Main Building opponents of superior caliber. "Old man Hard head dress supplied each marcher, the float, Sherman Mitchell Men's Athletics Luck" also seems to play a part as in fully half and the drum corps. Robert Sonneman Exchanges the games lost, Winona has outscored her op- Marion Bagley Women's Athletics Besides taking part in the parade, the school Helen Deterling Special Assignments ponents during the last half but has been unable to overcome a commanding lead piled up earlier was represented by a number of athletes who Mail subscriptions $1.00 per school year or 50c per competed for skating honors. A men's team in the game. The team does not seem to "get term. composed of Wall, Po tthoff, Sontag, Zimmer- going" until too late in the game, but if this man, Larsen and Gross won first place in a relay defect is overcome, and the last game seems to EDITORIAL race with St. Mary's College. Wall, the "lead show that it has been, serious trouble is in store The selecting of the staff of the school annual, off" man for the W. S. T. C., was able to gain a for future opponents. The Winonah, has now been completed. There commanding lead over his opponent and thus In only two games out of nine played, has are several things which both they and the started the team to victory. This lead was the team been able to chalk up victories, against school at large may rightly expect from the somewhat lengthened by the rest of the team the Alumni on December 20, and Mankato student body. The staff will undoubtedly do and Gross, the last racer, crossed the line far in Teachers College on February 3. The season its best work but here as in the majority of the lead. For this victory, each member of the school affairs, active student cooperation is was opened with a game at Eau Claire but proved disastrous as far as the score was concerned. team received a sliver medal from the Carnival imperative. The students naturally desire a Association. good annual but perhaps not all see the neces- Winona out played Eau Claire in the second half Not only did the men race but the women of sity of they themselves working for it. You but this sudden improvement could not reverse the college also held a meet of their own. In will be asked for various material, pictures, the result. Another one-sided score was suf- this meet Miss Luella Meyers, of Minneapolis, jokes, and literary. work, and it is possible that fered in the La Crosse game when the team had a proved too much for all opposition offered and you may make the all to familiar response of revelation of excellent basket shooting but never- won each event on which she was entered. Miss "Let George do it," but such an attitude is not theless gave La Crosse one of the hardest bat- Muriel Gordon of Zumbrota also did some ex- going to secure an annual of which you can be tles of the season. Our hardest defeat to bear, cellent work winning a second place and skating proud. For the Seniors this will be a memorial however, came at St. Cloud. The final score with Miss Meyers in the tandem, which they of your whole college life; for the Juniors it will was 24-17 and only partially evidences the won. be valuable experience toward similar work next fierceness of the game. St. Cloud had a fine The results of this meet were as follows: year. In every way then it is to your advan- team, having defeated Macalester, the conqueror tage to make this response the fullest and the of the University of Minnesota, but Winona 220 yard dash: First, Luella Meyers; Second, finest possible. There is excellent material this showed a team nearly as good, and when the Muriel Gorder; Third, Eva Welch. year from which to build an annual—get busy final game is played at Winona, the result may Tandem race: First, Meyers and Gorder. and help get it out. very possibly be reversed. St. Cloud enter- Second, Werner and Stobaker, Third,. Welch tained the Winona team at a party after the and Gerecke. game and showed her visitors a fine time. Dramatic Club changes name, adds 440 yard dash: First, Meyers; Second, War- new members The personnel of the team has been Nelson at ner; Third, Hedstrom. center, McCaffery and Chinski at forwards, and The "Wenonah Players" is the new title of the Pellowski and Risser at guards. This combina- Teachers College Dramatic Club. For a num- tion has been working smoothly of late, and and Nelson did much of the scoring besides play- ber of years the organization had simply been with improving ability in locating the basket ing a hard fast game. Risser and Captain Pel- called the Dramatic Club, but when it was should prove stiff competition for the remaining lowski did some very effective guarding as can decided to secure pins the question came up as teams on the schedule. be shown by the low score of Mankato. Coach to what initials should be put upon them. Many Everts used substitutes quite freely after the The team came out of its slump on Feb. 3 and names, old and new, were suggested, but "We- score began to get one sided. Among these, sent the Mankato Teachers College team home nonah Players" was chosen as having special Wall and Streiff showed to good advantage; significance as an organization of this school. on the short end of a 32-10 score. The game was quite close for about the first ten minutes, but Streiff, dropping in a very neat basket soon after Accordingly, the letters W. P. were placed on he got in the game. the pins, which consist of a gold mask and sabre. it was soon evident that Winona would not have Credit must be given Mankato for the clean, The semi-annual. try-outs for membership in any great difficulty in winning from her sister sportsmanlike game that she played; not a the club were held in the Training School Jan- college. Our team showed superior ability in personal foul was called on the team. Winona uary 16. Three applicants, Helen Dotterweich, shooting, teamwork, and defensive play; in did not do so well but nevertheless the game Gust Wall, and Charles Vermilyea were successful fact, it excelled in all departments of the game proved to be clean throughout. and were pledged January 18. Initiation with and the score represents fairly well the relative probably take place soon. strength of the two teams. Following is a summary of the season thus far: There was no outstanding star on the Winona Eau Claire 40 W. S. T. C. 24 JUNIORS PLAN PARTY team and more effective team work was there- Alumni 15 AV, S. T. C. 22 To all appearances the Junior party, scheduled fore the feature. Apparently the team had Luther Seminary _29. W. S. T. C. 19 for February 24th is to be one of the biggest found its shooting eye because a larger number Rochester Jun. Col._27 W. S. T. C. 21 events of the year. All plans are shrouded in of baskets were made than in any previous game. La Crosse 46 W. S. T. C. _26 mystery and all that can be learned is that However, some improvement can still be made, Stout.. 28 W. S. T. C. 17 social, decoration, and refreshment committees for several easy tries were missed. Chinski Luther Seminary _ _20 W. s. T. C. 15 have been appointed and are now at work. The played a good floor game and cleverly evaded St. Cloud 24 W. S. T. C. 17 Seniors await the affair with much interest. the Mankato defense several times. McCaffery Mankato 10 W. s. T. C. 32 TIHE WINONAN

S. E. M. E. A. ANNOUNCES STRONG SECOND TEAM PLAYS OUT-OF-TOWN PROGRAM DORMITORY NOTES GAMES (Continued from Page 1) The second team, following the example of Special Features Alice Payne has gone to her home in Wabasha their superiors (the first team) were unable to A number of especially attractive features where she will remain until the beginning of the win any of their games played so far this season. vary the speaking programs. These begin on spring term. The first game was played at Arcadia with the Thursday morning with a Subject Conference Merle Pomeroy, who is ill, has gone to her Arcadia High School, and the result was an in Reading, an illustration of work in the different home at Minneiska. overwhelming victory for Arcadia, the score grades with discussion by training school teach- Lilla Buckingham visited her sister at Weaver, being 34 to 12. The team could not seem to ers. This part of the program has been com- Minn., last week-end. "get going'-" and did not play the usual brand of mended in the past as very helpful. The Red Wing Club enjoyed a hike across the basketball exhibited in its practice sessions with Thursday noon a luncheon under the auspices lake, followed by a delicious dinner, Saturday the first team. of the Association of Commerce, which men of night. The next game in which the "seconds" took the Association are invited to attend, will give an Miss Lela Carpenter is at home this week be- part was at Eyota, against the Eyota Athletic occasion for the citizens to hear Dr. J. Paul cause of illness. Club. This proved to be a very close and ex- Goode, one of the best speakers for such occa- Miss Marcia Dodge entertained eight of her citing game, as the score, 15 to 13 in Eyota's sions in the country. girl friends at a delightful birthday party last favor would indicate. The team showed great Although arrangements have not been com- week. improvement over the Arcadia game, but seemed pleted, yet it is expected that the Kiwanis Club Mrs. C. A. Bystrom of Milan, Minn., was the to lack the necessary punch to win a victory. will similarly entertain Dr. John J. Tigert on guest of her daughter, Edna Thompson. Shortly after this the same outfit journeyed Friday, March 16. Miss Clara Corcoran, who is training at the northward to Wabasha and engaged in a tilt Miss Dorothy Waterman, of the Physical Ed- State Hospital for Cripples at St. Paul, spent with the Wabasha High School. Again luck ucation Department of the Teachers College, part of her vacation here the guest of her sister. was against Winona and Wabasha emerged will present a group of young women in aesthetic Belle Corcoran. from the fray with a 17 to 10 victory. Inability and folk dances. Misses .Edna Lidgerding, Stella Olson and to shoot fouls.was partially a reason for Winona's Delightful music will add to all the general Bertha Peterson all of Red Wing, visited with low score. programs. Ruth Lidgerding recently. The men that have been used to represent this Festival Program Miss Dorothy Dean of Carleton visited her team have usually been chosen from the follow- On Friday evening there will be a splendid friend "Kelly" Quast last week-end. Saturday ing: Wall, Lund, Passell, Streiff, Zimmerman, program of music which will be presented by the evening she was entertained at a delicious dinner Benson, Kline, Twieto, Bourne and Barr. Not Winona Boys' Municipal Band of sixty players given in the Social Room at Shepard Hall. only does the second team play a few occasional under the direction of 0. W. Reese, a concert by Mrs. Potter graciously entertained the girls of games of its own, but it is also to be found work- the MacPhail trio consisting of Lora Lulsdorff, all the dormitories at a wonderful party Thurs- ing with the first team nearly every afternoon. contralto, Mrs. Margaret Gilmor MacPhail, day evening after study hours. A delicious doing its best to develop a winning first team. piano, and Mr. William MacPhail, violin, and lunch was served. Three `rahs' for Mrs. Potter. More recognition and credit should be given an address on "Qualities of Merit in Teachers" The Slick, Slippery Seven gathered in room the second team than is ordinarily done. Let's by John J. Tigert. nine, January 17 to partake of food which was keep better track of our second team! The MacPhail Trio will also give an afternoon crated and shipped from Minneapolis. The concert for the children of the community. large delicious chocolate cake was ornamented sacrifice as a burnt offering to the Lord for his The program has been so arranged that there with hearts on which clever saying described victory over the Ammonites who ever first comes out of the door of his house to meet him. His are very attractive features and addresses o.n the guests. each of the three days. It was on January sixth, daughter was the first to greet her father and Round Tables The place, room number five, Jeptha is forced to keep his vow. Twenty-five The chairmen of the round tables, which will That laughter and eats were mixed, persons took part in the productions for which hold their meeting Friday afternoon, two o'clock, Till we wonder we're still alive. special music and dances were provided. March 16, have built full and strong programs. The following took part: Arrangements were made so that each of the There were potato chips and dates, Jeptha, a man of Gelead______Harold Kelly twelve round tables will have some big speaker; Pineapple, chickens and jam, Sheilah, his only child Marcella Peterson but it was also arranged that many class room Coffee and two kinds of cakes, Elad, his father Lovering Flannery teachers should appear on these programs and As well as lots of boiled ham. Dinah, Sherlah's nurse Mary Erwin present papers. Plans are being made to add h, The fun began at seven thirty. Amasa, an elder in Israel Avery Barr parent-teachers round table. The company came at eight. Nathan, his son Mark Elliot The officers and Executive Committee are Do you think the crowd was flirty? Rachel, Amasa's daughter Sybil Yates Supt. Anton Fischer, Wabasha, President; They were cuz they stayed so late." Tirzah, girl of Mizpeh Marjorie Holland County Superintendent Mollie Remshardt, Red Many a dark cold morning, when seven Zebal, the singer Charles Vermilyea Wing, Vice-President; Robert R. Reed, Teachers o'clock breakfast is far too early an hour, you Josiah, comrad of Jeptha Alfred Boeff College, Winona, Secretary; Supt. G. C. Hoard, may see smoke, from the burning toast pouring Rich Man Horace Zimmerman Stewartville, Treasurer; Supt. R. B. Irons, out of the window of room nine; and smell the Dancers: Misses Hinkley, Ellison, Perrard, Winona, Supt. P. K. Cesander, Rushford; B. F. coffee boiling. Every one knows room nine to Barry, Doebler, Peterson, Stegner, Arnold. Stalcup, Teachers College, Winona. be THE dining room of North Lodge, as that's Soldiers, people of Mizpah: Messrs. Benson, where the husky Norwegians live. Kline, Larsen, Passel, Tiedemann, Twerto, W. A. A. FORMS WINTER CLUBS The long of it; Passell. Snyder. The Women's Athletic Association has within The short of it; Jackie. Neither time nor expense were spared in the last month organized a skiing club, a skating securing the proper costumes, scenery and club and a coasting club for the purpose of giv- EXCELLENT PROGRAM OF ONE-ACT lighting effects. The new curtain of neutral ing the girls interested in athletics fair chances to PLAYS GIVEN BY WENONAH PLAYERS color, purchased for the performance, was used earn points. For these clubs the association (Continued from Page 1) as a background for the entire program and lent has bought a pair of skiis and two toboggans. "Jeptha's Daughter," a spectable play and itself admirably to delicate lighting effects. These may be used by those who desire to earn prize-winning biblical drama, completed the Costumes for "The Wonder Hat" and "Jeptha's points for their letters. Ten points are given program. It is a dramatization of the Bible Daughter" were secured from Chicago and it is for 12 hours of participation of any of mentioned story told in the latter part of the eleventh estimated that the cost of the whole production sports. chapter of Judges, when Jeptha fulfills a vow to will amount to about one hundred dollars.

THE WINONAN THE PEEWEE VOL. IV. NO. 5 McCaffrey—"Do you like indoor sports?" First—"I think he dances like a miser." H. CHOATE & CO. Streiff—"Yes, if they go home early." Second—"How's that?" First—"Pretty close." The store of 100% Service. Mr. Owens—"What is a mechanically writ- ten letter?" She—"Why do they put corn meal on the Full value for every dollar Dahl—"One that is typewritten." dance floor?" spent with us. He—"To make the chickens feel at home." A.—"What do you expect to be when you get through College?" Whiz—"Don't you feel a little chilly? Hadn't B.—"An old woman." you better have something around you?" Bang—"Well, wait till we get a little farther Mr. Sandt—"Why are you late?" out in the country." Kuba—"The class began before I got here." SHOES N.—"Oh, don't you just love driving?" Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, of all kinds at all prices G.—"Sure, but we're in town yet." Writing his final exam. ROGERS & SCHUSTER Working his bluff, he looked on his cuff, Lives of Seniors all remind us 57 W. Third And said, "What a bright boy I am." We can strive to do our best And departing leave behind us Sib. says: Notebooks that will help the rest. I love its gentle warble, THE PARISIAN I love its rapid flow, Streiff—"I've been studying my Psyc. for I love to wind my tongue up, tomorrow." Home of College Girls and Boys. I love to hear it go. McGuff—"What's it about?" Try our Noon Day Luncheon. S.—"The author hates dreadfully to tell." Candy Ice Cream Confection Mary—"Did you ever take chloroform?" Papers Magazines Stationery Mr. Stalcup—"Where are the Philippine New Student—"No, who teaches it?" HOT AND COLD LUNCHES Islands?" Jennings—"Why is an engineer different from B. L.—"I dunno, but I think they're some- REASONABLE PRICES a teacher." where out in the ocean." Tonjy—"I do'no." WHITFORD'S Jennings—"One minds the train, the other Of all sad words that were ever "spoke," 451 Huff St. Phone 702 trains the mind." The saddest are these—"another stale joke."

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