OCTOBERS, 1943 THE SOUTHW~$T STANDAKD •• iealreatares How IHate to Get Up in the Moming Choir Enjoys Picnic Abbott-Costello On Ice As Sung by Drowsy Collegia.te.s With Reduced ~enu .By JEAN HEYLE by J eaneiie Nina-s 1the way she wakes me," The college choir held its first 'Veahvays have supposed that Seeing Iva Payne, groping her social meeting last night in Phelps Filled with laughs and music, the other STC students, being mortal, way down the hall, we stopped her Grove Park. Invited to the picnio latest Abbott and Costello comedy know the never-to-be-equaled feel- and asked, 'Who wakes you up in. were choir members, their guests, "Hit the Ice" starts today at the Gil- lng that comes about 7 A. M. each the morning, and do you eat break- and the music faculty. The group lioz Theatre: Featured top ..ranking morning when you realize that fast 7" gathered at 5 :00 to eat sandwiches, entertainers who add to the musical crude jangling sound you hear isn't Iva blinked, "Breakfast," she ask- potato chips, doughnuts, and hot hilarity are Ginny Sims, Johnny Glenn Mlller in a musical mood. To ed, "what's that?" coffee. Afterward all persons attend- Long and and his orchestra, Patric curl up in a hard knot and stay in Paul ine George's story we just ing joined in group singing. Knowles, Elsie Knox and Marc Law- bed all day is your fondest wish. can't believe. She has no roommate In charge of plans for the ..picnic rence plus a myriad of skating beau- You really don't mind the alarm: it and says that she gets herself up were Rosina San Paolo, vtce-presi- ties. becomes very soothing, almost like without the aid of an alarm clock dent and social leader of the choir. As amateur photographers, Bud a lullaby in effect. This halcyon and is unfailingly on time to her She with' a committee composed of and Lou get some prize films of a spell is broken by the words of your 8 :00 class. 'Gertrude Gilbert, Eloise Schofield robbery after which there is a hilar- roommate, 'Turn that thing off!" Eleanor Hoff admits that it takes and Jeanette Ninas went to the park ious chase into a ritzy mountain re- she snarls and turns over to con- brutality to get her up. "011, stuff early to build a fire and make hot soft which is also the hide-out of the tinue her nap. (The unfeeling crea- like pulling off all the covers," she coffee. gang. When things really get ture never has an 8 :00 class). said. Contrary to the usual plan of hav- dangerous Lou, with his usual in- This morning when we had wak- Louise Roberts gets up when she ing a weiner roast, each choir mem- genurty, becomes a human snowball ened sufficiently to see (about 8:45) is called to her breakfast, which she ber was asked this year to bring and traps the crooks. we decided to settle this thing. Do never misses. However, she stated sandwiches so that it would not be other people bound cheerfully oue that she is awakened at a much Included in the hit musical score necessary to use ration stamps. are "I'm Like a Fish Out of Water," of bed in time for breakfast or do earlier hour by Dixie Lee Drake's "Slap Polka," "Happiness Bound," they also suffer? radio which is turned on about 6 :45 and "I'd Like To Set You To Music." We found Joanna Kithcart Carter's each morning. Completing the program is the red head nodding over her counter- "It takes real persuasion plus par- Jays Triumph Over latest and funniest in the "Blondie" point. We laid our notebook and ental determination to get me up," series "Footlight Glamour" in which pencil on a window ledge and shook sighed Mary "Uncle Tom" Burns. Dagwood and Blondie decide to take her a little, "Say, who wakes you Mary has learned from experience Sarcoxie Team up, or do you wake yourself up?" never to tell her father When she to the theatre to aid Mr. Dithers in The Greenwood Bluejays pounded we inquired. Joanna opened her wants to get up. "He starts calling an important business deal. In their out a 31-0 victory over Sarcoxie last eyes, "Tiger wakes me," she mut- me anywhere from 30 minutes to usual roles are Penny Singleton, Ar- Frl~.!ly as they tuned up for the re ... tered and went back to sleep. Wel two hours early," she lamented. thur Lake, Larry Simms, and Mar- turn game with Bolivar today. jorieAnnMutchie. thought some of the tiger's pals Well, what about the Man? We might come around to see how 30- c aug h t It walking unattended The Jays completely outclassed Another of the truly great stories anna was doing, so we left hastily. around the campus and cornered It. their lighter opponents from the of the sea, of the gallant fighting We had no way of knowing that "Who wakes you up?" we asked very start as they took the opening ships, and of the brave men who give Tiger was a little gray kitten. Gene Moore. , kickoff some 50 yards up the field, them a heart is the thrilling drama "Mother tickles me," smirked I "My conscience," lisped Gene shy- not to relinquish it until they reg- "Destroyer," starring Edward G. Frances "Sleepy" Johnson. "Of Iy, "I always get up at 6 :00 to get istered a touchdown. Robinson with Marguerite Chapman, course, I don't get up, but that's breakfast for momma and poppa." Greenwood, operating from the Edgar Buchanan, and Glen Ford, "T," continued to roll past Sarcoxie which starts Saturday at the Elec- whose defense crumbled under the tric Theatre. heavy assault of Greenwood line As one of the tough men of the WHO'S WHO ON THE CAMPUS plunges, Before the half ended the "Old Navy" to whom his ship is As we chased along beside Iva said. Yes, I shall fairly dangle my- Jays had scored twice again with everything Robinson leaves his job Payne, trying to find out something self in the predial, the bucolic, the the halftime score reading 18-0. in a ship yard to go back to sea and about the inner workings of a cam- Boeotian and I shall give myself up During the second half Coach Col.. try to instil some of the old fighting pus celebrity, we learned that an to goeponics, agronomy, and the lins' second team saw action as Sar- spirit in the navy. of today. Adding important person IS a busy person. like. " coxie failed to threaten seriously. The big boys in the Greenwood at- the romance are Glenn Ford, a These are the ingredients that Iva has long considered teaching tack were Jerry Pickering who was young sailor, and Marguerite Chap- have gone into making one of the history as a career. (His tory is her good for three touchdowns, Clarence man, daughter of the harsh but truly most outstanding and popular people major, speech her minor). But she Hudson, and Charles Rich who each tender Robinson. at STC: feels that it would take longer to travelled into the end zone. In a typical pre-war setting of Her home is in Goodson, Missouri. earn enough money to retire as a campus-life, when men's dorms were Goodson is a country town and life teacher than it would as a lawyer. still occupied, is Ben Ames Williams' there is preferable to city life, Iva With a law career in mind she has Have You Mel · · · : popular story "Someone to Remem- feels. She attended school in Louis- studied a good deal of Latin. MARY ELLEN GARNER .. tall, ber," starring Mabel Paige, John burg, which is close to her home "F'uit justiatia) ruat caelum/" she dark-haired beauty from St. Louis Craven, and Dorothy Morris, which town. She was outstanding both in often remarks, "et in status quo:" "F-Square pledge president . completes the program at the Elec- grade and high school. There her The College Theatre has been one ~.:alented musician . , played in ,bp.l' tric Theatre. forte was athletics, principally bas- of Iva's chief interests ever since dad's radio band , . collects auto- In the role of an elderly lady who ketball and volleyball. ' she came to STC. She has had an graphs of orchestra leaders . . Car- refuses. t~ lea:e her apa~tment when In general; Iva's tastes are simple. important role either on or off stage .dinal fan ' . has a special interest the buildlng IS tur~ed Into a dorm For example, she likes croissants) in every play that has been present- in an aviation student. for boys, Mabel Paige soon becomes. pate de joie gl"as) and eclairs. ed here since she came, eight terms the favorite of the whole house. ago. Her notable poise and dignity, This week in the oration contest, "My taste in foods," she comment .. The mirthful musical fan t a s y, along with her sparkling sense of Iva's ingratiating personality, her ed, "is exactly like my taste in all "Cabin in the Sky," starring Ethel humor, have made her a natural for soft, firm voice, and her unusually other matters. When I've made Waters, Eddies "Rochester" Ander- parts in a number of plays; parts lucid writing caused her to be judged enough money to retire, I shall re- son, and Lena Horn, will show Sun- ranging from a handsome, stately among the six highest ranking con- treat to strictly pastorale scenes. day through Tuesday at the Landers racketeer to a hilarious queen. testants. Sancturn as the Romans Theatre with the mystery thriller somctorum, Besides her many campus activi- In addition to these lesser activi- "Sherlock Holmes in Washington," ties, Iva is prominent in Springfield ties, Iva is president of the junior which features Basil Rathbone and will show at the Landers Theatre church circles and she finds time to class. She takes the job seriously Nigel Bruce. Wednesday and Thursday with a write letter after letter. and she is living up to the best tra- Returned by popular demand is first-run hit; the musical comedy HOne might say," she admitted, dition of class presidents. She is, the. Teehmcolor film of the fighting "Redhead From Manhattan," star- "that my epistolary is rather well in fact. '