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M&R m T h e L a w r e n t i a n Vol. 57. No. 22. Z 821 LAWRENCE COLLEGE, APPLETON, WIS. Thursday, March 21, 1940 Jameson Says That Executive Committee BURGLARS FAIL TO CRACK SAFE Announce Winners Holds Open Discussion A meeting of the executive com C ollegians Don't mittee has been called for 7:30 to In Music Contest night at Hamar union. The amend ment to the constitution concerning Know How to Read the election of the student body At Conservatory president and the coming election Consultant at Library of of the president will be discussed. Contest W as. Divided Into President Ken Buesing has request Congress Discusses ed all students who wish to join in Five Different IV- the discussion, as well as members Language as Tool of the executive committee, to be p a r t m e n t s present. Obtaining facts and making in The Conservatory acted as a test formation available to the public is ing ground for fifty seven partici the life work of Raymond Jameson, pants in the Lawrence Conservatory Plans for W aring Music Scholarship contest held on Consultant in comparative litera Saturday. March 16. The eager com ture at the Library of Congress. Chapel Program petitors vied for top honors in five Who addressed the Lawrence stu different departments. The divisions were in wind instrument, string in dent body in last Monday’s convo strument, organ, piano, and voice. cation program. Near Completion Announcement of the winning par The Congressional Library has ticipants of the contest served as lent the services of Mr. Jameson to New Lawrence Song W ill the climax to the conservatory tea held at Brokaw hall at 4:00 p. m. Association of American col the Be Heard at 6 O'clock on Saturday. The list of the prize leges to determine, through h i s contest winners is as follows: travels throughout the country and March 29 Wind Instrument by his intimate contacts with 5200-First Prize — James Santilli, Plans for the Fred Waring chapel Milwaukee. Wis. academic America, just what sorts program March 29 are well under 150-Second Prize — Robert Sager, Of research are being conducted in way. it was announced by Chair Appleton, Wis. man Howie O’Donnell of the War $100-SpeciaI Prize — Kenneth Stro- Amcrci today and to present to ing committee. As it appears now, fill students a better account of the shane, Ashland. Wis. the program will begin at five $50-Honorable Mention — Mary library facilities found in our coun o'clock Friday afternoon. Entertain Laughlin. Iron Mountain, Mich. try today. According to Mr. Jame ment will be provided in the form String Instrument of the Pep band, the interfraternity $200-First Prize — Annabelle Dor son, “a student today can always and intersorority choirs, the Theta have a book of some sort, whether man, Appleton, Wis. bottle-symphony, the Beta Swing- $150-Second Prize — Ruth Mary he bo in the crowded city or in a quartet and the A. D. Pi trio. Kamerling, Milwaukee, Wis. shack in the wilderness.” Loud speakers will be placed $100-Speciai Prize — James Glo<i Stating that “the putting of ques throughout the chapel to facilitate Manitowoc. Wis. tion is the task of the research hearing the Waring presentation of Lawrence college authorities marked "failure” on the "report cards” of $50-Honorable Mention—Ellen Mae man'*. Mr. Jameson went on to say the new Lawrence school song the burglars who Monday night attempted to blast open a safe in the ad- Arnold, Appleton, Wis. which will be introduced on his ministrative office in the library. The burglars succeeded only in tearing „ that he "believed in the value of amam ik* am!*« sIaaI «h# ika <Iaab f I a auilh A !»!• f AP research, and even in research that program from 6:00 to 6:15. A re open the outer steel sheet of the safe door and fled with a big Msero” for $200-First Prize — Ruth Ellen Roul- is silly.” As a reason for the spirit cording will be taken of the song theii efforts. College authorities said that no money was kept in the safe. ey, Elgin, 111. Of uneasiness which pervades aca as it *•»>ires over the air. 5125 Second and Special demic America today, he offered the The arrangements for the pro $125—Prize —Ken Duchac, Antigo, explanation that many questions gram arc not yet complete, but from Michigan Glee Club Burglars Fail in Wis.—Irene Brooks, Green Lake, are untrue because of the tricky what has already been outlined by Wis. I language used in their presentation. the committee, we can gather that Piano His research thus far has been to it will be a real pep session. Any Will Sing at ChapelAttempt to Blast $200-First Prize—Dayton Grafman. determine how to ask real instead further plans will be announced in Chicago, 111. of pseudo questions, and conse next week's Lawrentian. The University of Michigan Glee $150-Second Prize—Dorothy Villa. quently this has led him into the club will appear in Appleton April Open College Safe Iron Mountain. Mich. field of literature. Wriston Declares U. S. $100-Special Prize —Wesley Tepley., Conducts Experiments 10 at Lawrence Memorial chapel Manitowoc. Wis. , To strengthen him in his belief Directly Responsible under the auspices of the University Police Attempt to Link $50-Honorable Mention — Maurice that there is different physical For Peace Restoration of Michigan alumni club of which Levine, New London, Wis. structure in all poetry, the noted Them W ith Gang Oper Marilyn Cuendel, Chicago 111. Responsibility for restoring order J. D. Reeder is president and Ed librarian conducted experiments ating in This Area Voice with poets in the Neurological Hosand lasting harmony to a world dis win West, secretary. The glee club $200-First Prize — Betty Lechler, pital for Mental Diseases in Lon rupted by wars in Europe and Asia is directed by David E. Mattern, Lawrence college authorities Glen Ellyn. 111. don, where, he says, “I found that falls squarely on the shoulders of Tuesday were wishing that the $150-Second Prize — John Baum, the United States, President Henry professor of music education and all poets have a peculiar psychosis head of the deportment in the burglars who attempted to crack a Oconomowoc. Wis. and nothing can be done for them.” M. Wristcn of Brown university told school of music and education at the safe in the administrative office on SlOO-Special Prize — Mary Yost, | Continuing, he related how the students assembled for Brown's par university. j the second floor of the college lib- Byron, 111. question of what is communicated ticipation in World Affairs week. $50-Honorable Mention — Richard The former Lawrence college The glee club, which was organiz- ! rary building Monday night had was suddenly brought to the pub ed in 1859 and is one of the oldest done a more thorough job. Whinfield, Sheboygan, Wis. head blamed the United States for Mary Edna Evans Racine. Wis. lic’s attention 18 years ago when laboring under "false concepts” of traditional organizations on the The nitroglycerine blast tore off Professor Crane of the University Michigan campus, will present, by only the outer steel sheet of the The high standards of competi its concern with problems abroad door. The combination was knocked tion created a number of exciting of Chicago stated that graduate stu and declared that it was our "disil*- population demand, Gilbert and Sul dents of universities still did not livan's 1-act operatta, “Trial by off the safe, and officials were won situations in judging the final re lusionment and abdication of moral dering how to enter it to get rec sults. Second and special prize in know how to read. Professor Richjudgment” which kept us from do Jury,” fully staged, sung, costumed ards of Cambridge, to determine if and acted in burlesque style. ords. No money was in the safe, they organ were divided equally and ing our share in establishing a distributed to the two winners on this contention was true or false, workable peace after 1918. In past years the club has made stated. conducted experiments at certain trips to many cities in the United Entrance to the library building an equal basis. The judges in all He challenged current statements was gained through a window and universities in England, America, that the wars will be followed by States, the concert tours taking departments expressed the wish of and China, the results of which social collapse and world-wide to place during the rccesses of the uni- <he office door ock was forced open, wanting to award more prizes than were truly disastrous. talitarianism. maintaining there is versity. The scope of the trips has ?°ap^used by the burglars to plug were provided by the rules of the “Reading”, asserted Mr. Jameson, still time for the United States to been widened until the club has j the holes in the safe was littered contest. Judges of the wind instru "is not an exercise of the vocal throw its weight behind moves for traveled over the greater part Df j ab"»1 r°om by blast ment and string instrument depart Cords. To be useful, it must be a the country from *the Atlantic to1 The burglars are believed to be ments were Professor Cyrus Dan assuring a "brighter future for all the same who attempted to blast process of getting behind sounds nations.” the Pacific coasts iel, Dr. Percy Fullinwider, Mr. J. to the things which they represent.