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VOLUME V HOLLINS COLLEGE, NOVEMBER 19, 1932, HOLLINS, VIRGIN!A NUMBER 5 PEACE PROGRAM IS MRS. MOONUGHT TO RARE PORTFOLIOS ILYNCHBURG PLAYERS SHERWOOD EDDY TO CONVOCATION TOPIC BE GIVEN TO-NIGHT GIVEN TO LIBRARY WILL PRESENT PLAY DELIVER SERIES OF OF DR. FRITZ MARTI Nancy Ray Takes Lead as Mrs. BY MR. S. H. McVmy Hollins Graduate is to Have a Y.M.C.A ADDRESSES Sarah Moonlight Leading Role ARMISTICE DAY SPEAKER VALUABLE ORIGINALS ARE EUROPE AND ORIENT TO SAYS INTELLECTUAL WAR The fall play, Mrs. M oOlllight, by INCLUDED IN NEW The Lynchburg Players will presellt BE DISCUSSED ON Ben W. Levy, will be presented to-night Death Takes a H oliday in the Hollins MUST END WAR , at 8 :30 in the Lime Theatre. The play COLLECTION Little Theatre on November 26th. This FRIDAY is under the direction of Miss Susie play is being sponsored by the St. John's On Wednesday evening, November Blair, while Page Rudd is student coach, Visitors who come .to Hollins III the Guild, of Roanoke, and the proceeds will Sherwood Eddy, world' famous Y. M. 9th, under the auspices of the Inter­ with Betty Shalett assisting. The chair­ future will want to spend some moments go to the church. C. A. worker and author, will give a national Relations Club, Dr. Marti spoke men of the committees are as follows: of uninterrupted leisure in the Charles L. The Lynchburg Players is an o rgani ~ series of addresses at Hollins Friday; at Convocation on the much discussed Costumes, Anne McCarley; Make-Up, , Cocke Memorial Library, in order to zation interested in dramatics, which November 25th. He will speak at 8:00 topic of bltertlational Peace. , Beth Durkee; Lighting, Ann Jones, and examine the collection of folios assem­ gives a series of plays annually, in Lynch- A. M. on The Danger Zones of the Dr. Marti began by telling how, in Properties, Juliet Gentile. bled by the Society of Foliophiles, the burg, but occasionally makes outside en- Present Social Order,' at 11 :00 A. M. on the fall of 1913, thirteen boys graduated The cast is as follows: gift of Mr. S. H. McVitty, of Salem, gagements. It has played previously at The Dallger ZOlles of the East: · Japan, f rom the Gymnasium at Bern. A young Sarah Moonlight ...... Nancy Ray Virginia. . Hollins, presenting The Bad Man and Chilla, Ma1lchflria and Russia, and at Parisian lad seemed to possess the Tom Moonlight ...... Mildred Raynolds Placed in five beautifully made hinged Three Wise Fools. Several faculty mem- 7:00 P. M. on The Present Crisis m quickest spirit and from ali points seemed Edith Jones ...... Eli~abeth Dawson cases of heavy paper board, each portfolio bers of Randolph-Macon and of Sweet Europe. to be the most worth-while member of the Minnie ...... Hannah Reeves contains a number of exhibits encased in Briar, as well as several Hollins alumnre Mr. Eddy is eminently qualified to group. In February, 1915, though, the Percy Middlebury ...... Helen Stephenson a separate folder. are very interested and active in these . speak on Europe and the Orient by reason young Parisian, who loved the barbarous Jane Moonlight . . . . Mary Anna Nettleton The first portfolio contains "Pages theatricals. One of the leading roles in of his years of service there as a Y. M. Willie Ragg ...... Susanna Turner old tale of Walter, Prince of Aqllitallia, from European Literature," each of the Death Takes a Holiday will be taken, C. A. worker. In 1896, five years after Peter ...... Henrietta Worsley was killed by a German shell. But, then twenty folders holding an origiual leaf furthermore, by Dorothy Dickerson, a he was graduated from Yale, he went to so were many more millions. ----io----- taken from a book or manuscript that is Hollins graduate. India as National Secretary of the Y. M. "What we need," Dr. Marti believes, either rare, famous or important typo­ According to all available "dope," C. A. He worked among the students "is a war to end war, a silent, trite and Min Cornelia Skinner graphically, or typical of some distinct this play will be exceilent entertainment there until 1911 when he was appointed weary war to be engaged on the dirtiest, Captivates Audience period, going back to the earliest times. and Hollins students are urged to attend. secretary for Asia. He then served as stickiest battlefields of absolute opinion Mr. G. M. L. Brown, who has assembled Remember the date, November 26th! an honorary worker without salary, and barbarous mental behavior." This the collection, is the author of the de­ working a.mong the students of Japan, war, however, can never be won because Cornelia Otis Skinner captivated her scription of each exhibit found on the --~a--. - Korea, China, the Near East and Russia. audience men are not born with adult minds. at the presentation of her own outside cover of each folder. The para­ While in China he addressed by request sketches in the Little Theatre, at Hol­ Dramatic Aaaociation Quoting from St. Pa~l, "When I was a graph calls attention to points of special the Provincial Par·liaments, the Board of child I spake as a child, I understood as lins, on November 11th. By her grace significance-either in design of type, the Plans Year's Work Trade and certain government institu­ a child, I thought as a child: but when I and attractive appearance, she' charmed "layout," the paper, t~ subject matter tions. her audience from the time she appeared became a man I put away childish or some noteworthy fact ;Wout the author The proiram of the_ Dramatic: As­ From 1915 to 1~1 M.r: Eddy was with' on the stage unt11 after the curtain fell things." This, hOwever, is not true of or printer. Me. Browl. s deSCriptions have sociation for this year, which prom : ~ {!s the British Army as Y. M. C. A. secre­ on .her last number. all men. The great majority of them served to humanize for us what other­ to be a milestone in dramatics at Hollins, tary. In 1917 he transferred to the She began her program .with The Eve never grow mentally out of their child­ wise might have remained "what was was presented by the president of ' the American Army and worked with them of Departure, the frenzied last-minute hood and childish behavior in adults is merely a leaf from a dull old volume.'l Board, Nancy Ray, III Convocation, in the same capacity. duties of a fashionable woman sailing the main cause of war, Dr. Marti said. Opening the first · folder in the first November 16th. Last year, at the request of Chinese from Paris to New York. It was then Children love to fight, often staking all portfolio there is a page from a Breviary At Commencement, an al fresco play, leaders who thought that Christianity that her delightful humor first appeared. but, like Walter, when the battle is Manuscript of five hundred years ago, A Midsummer Night's Dream, will be might stem the tide of Communism, he Her swift, precise movements, devoid of over they feel no more malice and hatred. (COtttillued on Page 2, Column 4) given in the Forest of Arden, . while spent five months in China under the unnecessary action, made the entire scene But the economic and social problems of Little W omm is scheduled as the spring auspices of the Chinese Y. M. C. A. a vivid picture in one's mind. With no ----ial---­ the present day cannot be washed down production. He was in Manchuria during the change in her flowing gown of white silk with a battle and a cup of wine. Yet, we Miss Ray introduced :Miss Blair, who Japanese invasion and was an eye witness crepe, except for the addition of a lace Second Senior Forum are perfectly satisfied with the education defined and gave the purpose of dra­ of the invasion of Mukden. scarf, Miss Skinner next became an which teaches us loyalty to king and flag Proves Successful matics. She said, in giving the definition, Besides his work in the Orient, Mr. elderly woman with her husband in a I and childish chivalry without the in- that she was reminded of a little girl Eddy has made six visits to Russia, two gondola. Her understanding of the (C ontinlled 011 Page 2, C o lu 111 11 3) The Second Senior Forum, held Wed­ who said the soul, to her, was a "gizzard during the Czarist regime and four to . actions and emotions of this character nesday afternoon, had as its subject The with wings." "This is my text," said Soviet Russia. While there he has had could only have been obtained by keen Student Behind Campus Projects and Miss Blair, "Dramatic Work is a Gizzard ample time to study all the phases of the observation and unusual insight into stressed the necessity of campus-wide with Wings." \ Soviet system. He now conducts selected human nature. The irrelevant chatter of public opinion to support them. The In presenting the purpose of the Dra- parties of clergymen, students and in­ Dr. Odum Speaks a woman striving to shut out reality was three main points discussed were Honors mati~ Association, Miss Blair impressed terested people through Russia each year. an action typical of a life from which at Honors Banquet Courses, Compulsory Lectures and a the Impor~~nce of gOO? .sch?las~ic work , Having spent his life in work among romance had long since fled. The futility Foreign Exchange Student. Led by Kay as a reqUisIte fo~ pa~tlclpatJon m pl'qys. students the world over, Mr. Eddy num­ of approaching old age was felt, as one Field, Adelaide Dana,' Margaret Weed People c?me prImanly to college 'for bers among his friends such world Dr. Howard W. Odum, former mem­ found pathos set off by occasional humor and Rosamond Larmour, the Forum study ~ thIS must come first. But a stu- ,leaders as Einstein, Ramsay MacDonald, ber of President Hoover's Commission that in itself had a poignant touch not proved worth while in its constructive dent, If s~e plans her work carefully, can Ghandi and Kagawa. In addition he has for Social Trends and Chief of the Social entirely amusing. approach to these projects. As a means take part .m dram~tics .as well. Dramatics published ~any books, the latest ~f which Science Division of the World Fair to (Continllcd on Page 4, Co /umll 2) be held in Chicago, spoke at the Honors of engendering the necessary student sup­ have theIr function III college life, al- are: The Challenge of Russia and The though secondary to academic work, for Challellge of the East. Banquet Thursday night on The Task ----iat---- port it was suggested that open discus­ they have an educational value. It is Limitations of the Social S(:il?llces in sions after Student Government meetings Hockey Play Day' is interesting to know that Shakespeare did Troubled World. and joint class meetings be held. ----4at------"-- not receive a degree for writing his plays, The Honors Banquet, given by Miss The idea of Honors Courses, though Held at Sweet Briar but students often receive degrees from Matty Cocke in honor of the Honors not a new one by any means, met with theses written about his plays. There is Bruce Simonds to Students, was held November 17th, in The annual Virginia-North Carolina universal approval, and the Seniors voted also the non-academic standpoint of dra­ he Green Parlor at Hotel Roanoke. The Hockey Play Day was held this year at to petition for it in the spring. Although Give Piano' Recital Sweet Briar College, on Friday and the Class of '32 will not be here to back matics, which is sponsored by the Dra­ scheme of pink and green was matic Association. out in the flowers and the tapers. Saturday, November 11th and 12th. Those the project, the support of the lower. The Music Association will present (Colltinued 011 Page 2, COIUIIIII 3) Williams'on presided. from Hollins who were present at this classes may be easily obtained. Bruce and Rosalind Simonds in a recital The speaker was introduced by Dr. occasion and'took part in the tournaments In the djscussion of college lectures, -----Iat---- of music; for two pianos, on November Phleger Smith, of Hollins. Dr. were : Persis Crowell, Anne Jones, Jane it was decided that a more mature at­ Watch the Squirrel 21st, in the Little Theatre. Their pro­ took her doctorate under Dr. Plitt, Alethea Patrick, Peggy Wood­ titude might result if they were not com­ gram will be as follows: who is, at present, Kenan Pro­ ward, Eleanor Cadbury, Eleanor Webb, pulsory, although the problem of getting Family at W. & L. COl/certo in B flat ...... Handel of Sociology at the U niversity of Adria Kellogg, Miss Chevraux and Miss new girls to attend was admittedly a big (in five short movements) If Carolina. Dr. Odum, one of the Ervin. The first hockey matches were one. notices were posted on the back The campus of Washington and Lee Musette de Tavemy ...... Couper in campus bulletin board or given out con­ liberal and progressive of southern held Friday afternoon at 2 :45, being con­ University may soon be overrun by albino Dfteitino COltCertallte ...... Mozart tinued Saturday morning and afternoon, vincingly in Convocation, the attention of squirrels, distinguished by their white was formerly Dean of Liberal Romance } . at Emory University. Director of and were terminated by an exhibition students mjght more readily be attracted fur and pink eyes, if Dr. William D. Valse ' ... : ...... Arettsky Southern Regional Study of Social game between the Washington Club. and to them and they might arrange to attend Hoyt, head of the biology department Ritmo (Andalusian dance) ...... Infante Council, he is the author of an all-state college team, picked from the them more easily. succeeds in his experiments with the first Barcarolle ...... Rachmaninov important books on social Questions. two hundred college representatives The project of exchanging students of this variety that he has ever seen. He Scotch Cap: English country these are : Negro Workaday present at the Play Day. Cadbury and with a foreign university was enthusias­ plans to mate his newly acquired biologi­ fblk dance ...... Simonds 5'OllgS, American Epoch, Rainbow 'Round Patrick were chosen for the all-state tically received and will also be petitioned cal treasure with a Washington and , Lee VariatiollS 011 a Themc (Co fltinfted 011 Pag.e 3, Columll 2) team and Kellogg made the reserve team. by the class. squirrel and study the factors of he~edity . by B eetho'1!e ll ...... Saint-Saens 2 HOLLINS STUDENT LIFE, HOLLINS COLLEGE, HOLLINS, VIRGINIA, NOVEMBER 19, 1932 HOLLINS STUDENT LIFE, HOLLINS COLLEGE, HOLLINS, VIRGINIA, NOVEMBER 19, 1932 3 PEACE PROGRAM IS RARE PORTFOUOS Eleventh Annual Delegate. are Sent to Mrs. E. F. Brown, Mrs. H . .B . HOLLINS STUDENT LIFE CONVOCATION TOPIC GIVEN TO UBRARY Thompson and Mrs. R. S. Parker, of N.S.P .A. Convention Atlanta, were on campus to see their P"blisllrd / ortllig"'I)' during th e college )'rar OF DR. FRITZ MARTI BY MR. S. H. McVITrY ALUMNAE Y. W. C. A. Conference Society •• b)' a staff composed Clltirrl)' of studcllts • • daughters, E. C. Brown, Maude Thomp­ MU.rlC (Conti""ed fro... Page 1, Col,,"'n 1) (Co ..ti,.ued fro ... Page 1, Col .. ",n 3) Held in Cincinnati Last Saturday, several members of son and Helen Parker. THE STAFF • NEW.r • NOTE.r tellectual courage of a mature and toler- out of the Middle Ages. The finger- Rutlt C. Rewes, '13, AI"",_ Hollins' Industrial Commission attended Editor-ill-Chi'f ...... ELIZABETH COLEMAN, '33 ant doubt about their virtues, marked margins of the ancient paper The National Scholastic Press As- Emy Lou Wilson spent last week-end News Editor ...... •...... , . . MARGA RET W EED, '33 Exec",ive Secretary, 107 Chopel a conference in Lynchburg concerning with Jane Plumb in Bronxville, New Everyone except a few abhors war, point the way back to half-remembered sociation held its eleventh annual con­ industrial problems. Randolph-Macon Feat"" Editor ...... · . . . . ·· · ··· .JA·NICE MARSHALL, '34 yet when their patriotism is scrutinized history of the time of the crusades, and vention in CiAcinnati, Ohio, November York. While there they attended the Jean Bird gave an informal violin ' re­ M QllO gillg Editor ...... •...... , ...• ...... ANN TAYWR, '35 Woman's College, Sweet Briar College Yale-Princeton football game. cital in the Drawing-Room Sunday night, BII.,illess Mallager ...... •...... SUSANNA T URNER, '35 they say it is attacking courage, faith and even the rich reds and blues of the il- 3d, 4th and 5th. ' Anne Taylor, of Sylvia Susseles was married last week and the industrial girls of Roanoke and Assistant BusillPSs M alla.Cla ...... •...... ANN H EMPHILL, '35 loyalty, its best ideals, These ideals, said luminated capitals agitate one's desire to STUDENT LIrE, was the first girl to to Mr. A. Harold Frost, of Brooklyn, November 6th. Her program included Lynchburg were represented. . J ean Sayford, Jane W eightman, Har­ these numbers: Dr. Marti, are all right for children. rebuild in mind pictures of the period out represent a Hollins publication at this New York. The Commiss ion sent a delegation riett Ann Jackson, Anne Hart, "Bebo" REPORTERS The majority of the people, however, of which it came, I conference, to which delegates from all W allhe"'s Pri::e SOllg ...... Wagner Marjorie Colwell, '34 Nancy Long taught riding in a camp from_ Hollins, consisting of H elen S t~­ Weaver, Mary H elen Hirschfield, Sarah ValSf S ent imental e . . .. . Schubert -Franko Adria Kellogg, '34 Henrietta Worsley, '35 staunchly believe in them. Since we are The next is a page from an old la w sections of the United .States are sent . . henson, Chairman, Miss Charles Sara Edith Wriggins, '35 Persis Crowell, '34 in Vermont this summer. Worsham, Marion Walker, E lizabeth E .. Batcau ...... Debussy Mildred Raynolds, '34 all children at times, it is our conscience book printed in Venice in 1495, on paper Speakers o f national and international Gilliam, Mid Raynolds, Marjorie Sparks Sarah Gilliam, '34 Virginia Messmore, '33 Nan Cooke Smith, '34 Carol Faulkner and H e)en Fleming Ross, Dorothy Brooks, Beth Durkee Ave M aria .... , ...... Schubert Marion H amilton, '35 which makes us uncomfortable when we for which the mills of nearby Padue were importance, such as Vicki Baum and Sir Julia LaMar is doing kindergarten Charlotte F letcher, '35 Elsbeth E llis, '33 and Alethea Patrick. The meetings cen­ attended the dances and football game at Elizabeth Coleman and Mary Coll ier at ~ EIcg l.c rusu ...... Goldmann are childish. It is the conscience which famous: Following pages from notable Norman Angell, figured on the program, work at the H enry Street Settlement in tering around the subject "The Ins ~urity Episcopal High, Alexandria, Virginia, tended the V. P. I.-Virginia football Thc editorial staff u'isll.s to call altelltio" to tlt e fact lhot: (1) 0,,1), siglled. speaks to us and has the choice of words volumes from the German and French while the round-table discussions were New York City. articles will be published in th, 1'0,."",. 011 11 °"911 the IIam, of the writer will be of Workers in Present-Day Industry," last week-end. game in Blacksburg last Saturday. to name our deeds. W e have succeeded, and Spanish presses of the Sixteenth led by renowned authorities. The Gibson were held Saturday afternoon. kll ow .. only to the rditors alld will II 0t be p"b/ished .. (2) th c staff reserves the right Victoria FitzGerald is taking a Tech­ to witltllOld from publicatioll any article wllich it deelJ!-S "'!-SlI itable for publication nevertheless, in training our conscience Century is a page from "A Work on Hotel was completely turl)ed over to the UBeckie" Huber, of Sweet Briar, was Dorothy Sorg, May Ruggles Nelson nicians course in a clinic this winter. ----Rowena Mildred Mitchell was married on "Bebo" Weaver, Anna B. Rankin who have gained special merit according to those standards, is not the important journalists eagerly supplied. pleasure and interest, as will also the leaf a play and music. Doolan, Elizabeth Durkee, Charlotte and A. E. Philips spent the week-end in You cannot go through To-day we are no sadder and wiser from "The Republic Series," a pockel Friday morning and afternoon were October 19th to Mr. Edward Wyatt, Jr. Mary Fletcher, Helen Garber, Sara Gil­ Washington, D. c., where she attended Harriett Grant, Elizabeth Turnbull and point fo r us to consider here. Rather let us examine the quality of intellectual life I Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt will reside in Balti­ because the same old ideals o f war are librar )" if you please of travel books devoted entirely to round-table discus­ liam, Marguerite Harwell, Kate Holland her brother's wedding. Nancy Ray went to the Hampden-Syd­ lived on our campus. more, Maryland. ney-Roanoke College football game in the season fashionably Let us sum up the aim of our education as self control, appreciation of beauty still preached : loyalty, love o f country printed in Leyden in 1626. sions. Each delegate chose the topic Lelia Hornor, 'Dorothy Huyett, Ros a~ Mrs. ,"'!'. !--. Packard was on campus Salem last Saturday. Phoebe Mc- and self expression. Slowly and laboriously we learn to discipline our minds by and democracy. Yet we all want peace. Here is the Vulgate edition of the which he thought would be of most Kitty Lewis and Evelyn Sale have mond Larmour, Katharine L~ k e What can we do about it ? Nothing in it Bible from the famous Plant in Press in benefit to him, whether it was newspaper, recently vlslhng her daughter, Lucy Lee. C1augherty was hostess at a buffet supper din t of long hours of toil ing in fres hman comp and the sciences. Gradually, at the returned from a summer trip to Europe. Katherine Mann, Mary Anna Nettleton: without going same time, comes an appreciation of beauty. F or if education does nothing else, it hurry, Dr. Marti stated, will make peace. Antwerp, 1628. A leai from the Heb;ew magazine or annual. In the morning, the N~cy Ray, Mildred Raynolds, Margaret Betty Shalett went to home-coming I following this game. . To act, as ladies and gentlemen should, Pentateuch, printed in Geneva in the particular attraction was Laurie Erskine's Mary Elizabeth Perry was recently SmIth, Nan Cooke Smith, Helen Stephen­ should instill ",sthetic appreciation. F inally, the re is the joy of discovering that dances and the football game at David- in a quiet, sensible endeavor to know our- second decade of the Seventeenth Cen- address on Writillg to Live and LiYJll9 married to Mr. H ogan Lovelace. Mr. son, Susanna Turner, Winnie; Weaver through those early hours of writing and rewriting sentences, paragraphs and essays, or of son, North Carolina, last week..cnd. i and, Mrs. Lovelace are residing in High. and Margaret Weed. painstakingly recording the facts of each experiment, have flowered into a control of selves and others, is our most successful tury, and a specimen of an ancient work to Write. TRY HANCOCK'S weapon. "The work for peace is the . on the natural history of "Both Indies." Besides a banquet and dance Friday P oint, North Carolina. Among the guests we.re : Mr. and Jean Bird, Dorothy Perkins, Virginia thought that makes se lf expre5S ion possible. T here is a real and conscious satis­ quiet work of. int e l1ig e n~e of the spirit. \ ! wo hund ~ed of t~i s portfolio have been night, Vicki Baum, in her broken Mrs. McVitty, of Salem, and Mr. W . B. Bowman and Miss Burnham will attend faction in writing TIf the thrill that comes from soaring into the realms of poe try Virginia Pleasants will be with the FIRST If war overtakes us aga1l1 none can defi- Issued whIch obVIously end the edition English, gave a fascinating description Smith, Editor of the Roanoke World­ the concert given by Fritz Kreisler at on the wings of Shelley; or from "yearning heavenward" with the philosophy of Cooperative School for Students and nitely say what he will do. But, as in fo r all time. of her life. Miss Baum stayed for the Charlottesville, Virginia, November nd. Teachers in New York City, where she News. Members of the faculty and ad­ Socrates and Plato, or from standing awed at the majestic plan of life unfolded the last war, we will probably revert to The second portfolio contains speci- dance and was, of course, the center of ministration attending were : M. Estes "'Tlt e Best Place to Sltop will do nursery school work. Marguerite Harwell spent the week­ in the theory of evolution. childhood, because it is more comfort- mens of Oriental manuscripts. Mr. attraction. Coc~e and Mr. Turner, Miss Bayne, Miss end at her home in Petersburg, Virginia, After All" This is what we should be getting from college. What, then, arc we putting able." a ' Brown tries to show in this collection At noon Saturday, after more r~und- Sydney Adams will be an assistant in BlaIr, Mr. Bolger, Miss Burnham Miss into it ? One of the facts we too seldom consider is the eff ect that the depth and "the development of the various Iangu- table di scussions and a talk on TM Press, the Modern Language Department of Colfelt, Miss Cox, Miss Fa rn s ~orth, Bettina Rollins spent the week-end at energy of our intellectual pursuits have upon the life of the college as a whole . In DRAMATIC ASSOCIATION ages, as well as the beauty of the cal- the P"blic and Chaos, by Sir Norman the Cumberland University, at Lebanon, M,ss Ha!ward, Miss Hearsey, Miss Sweet Briar with Harriet Carr's sister. proportion with the vigor of our attack upon the inertia of our ignorance is the Iigraphy itself." Angell, the formal closing of the con- Tennessee. Knox , MISS Maddrey, Dr. Marti, Mrs. momentum of our intellectual life accelerated. We have reason to be proud of the PLANS YEAR'S WORK The first exhibit is a page from a vention took place. Anne Hart, Sarah Simms, Jane Rath and Miss Wilson. Jefferson Street at Frankli.. Road standard set by generations of students in the past, their eager search 'for knowledge (Colltill"ed fro1ll Page 1, Col,,"1t! 4) Nestorian Syrias manuscript, written Next year the N. S. P. A. will meet Antionette Moseley is a member of Weightman and Irma Cook went to and their gradual building of higher and finer intellectual goal.. Yet we cannot There are many phases ill the work with a reed pen on semlwat~rproof-...per, in Chicago, at the World's Fair, where the faculty in the Toccoa Public Schools dances and the football game at An­ Toccoa, Georgia. ' stop to rest on thei r laurels. That is one of the most glorious features of education. of the Dramatic Board, the chief of manufactured in ancient times at Damas- the Executive Board is already planning OLLINS} napolis last week-end. cus. an even more successful conference. ORNER all.say W e, too, must make our contribution to deeper and keener thought on the campus. which is to interest as many girls as Mary B. Hollins, '10, is studying · for GALESKI'S Let us take stock of {J ur intellectual life and 'see whether it is worthy of a college possible in dramatic productions. For this Here are manuscripts from the la­ ----11:11---- H ARLAN patronize her M. A. Degree in Peabody Nashville campus and particularly of our own. Then with renewed zeal let us return to our reason, the spring play, the first in which borious pens of Armenian MO.nks in Asia Tennessee. " for, style and comfort in DYE WORKS quest for knowledge, spurred on by the realization that the more we acquire from Freshmen may participate, will have a Minor, Hebrew manuscripts from Con­ The Phi Beta Kappa L 0 E B L IKe. college, the more are we able to give back for its intellectual life. large cast. Besides the cast, there are stantinople, a bit of an Egyptian Koran Life Span is Longer Hollins graduates who received higher also the committees, whose members are in the ancient style of chirography known degrees in June, 1932, are: ... .. GLASSES changed each play so that every girl may as Naskhi. There are Persian manuscripts --__ The Phi Beta Kappa can expect to From Columbia : Elsie Griffin, Eliza­ Hotel Patrick Henry have a chance to do her part. It is true made in Kandahar in the year A. H . 883, betb Porter, Mabel Uzzell, Mary Price The S. Galeski Optical Co. that everyone may not act, but everyone or 1478 of the Christian era, and a page live two years longer than the major " The Hotel of PersorJai Service" • and Helen Irvine. 'PHONE 1150 • STUDENT FORUM can take part in back-stage work, which f rom a Manuscript Gulistan or Rose letterman, according to statistics based ROANOKE, VIRGINIA B.FORft\AJt on the life of 38,269 graduates of eastern is just as necessary for a successful pro­ Garden of Sa'di, one of the most beauti­ From Radcliffe: Dorothy Quarles. 300 ROOMS 300 BATHS Medical Arts Bldg., 30 Frankli" Road colleges, and compiled by a national life Gift Department duction. There is no reason for anyone ful poems in the Persian language, From George Washington : Catherine Circulating Ice Water, Ceiling Fans ROANOKE, VIRGINIA SONS insurance company.. HORSEBACK RIDING i to waste her talents. Participation in . Here are specimens from Aramaic and Lewis. Garage, Air-Conditioned Coffee ' Pay a visit to our Gift Department I dramatic work is open and accessible to Sanskrit, from the Early Chinese print­ Shop and Terrace Dining Room ----11:11---- From the University of VIrginia: on your next visit to Roanoke. ------Horseback riding has this year assumed a place of such moment on our campus all. ing by movable blocks as well as of Social and Civic Center of All Activities Patty Godsey, Elizabeth Saunders. that a consideration of its ranking as a sport would seem to be in order. Through Besides the acting and the back-stage Japanese block printing, and even earlier Interesting Relia Radio in Every Room New and varied lines of Gifts gradual and persistent effort, riding classes were established and the riding club work, there· is also another way to show Oriental manuscripts of China and Japan. Elizabeth Saunders is the second Hotel Patrick Henry Operatlnll Co. for all occasions PRINTERS formed, firs t with only eighteen members. This ye ar, due to the new low rates, a one's interest in dramatics ; that is, by Burmese and Sinhalese manuscripts ill of Put SMOOTH~ Hollins student who has graduated with Direction Robert R. Meyer much larger number of girls have an opportunity to indulge their taste for this being a sympathetic audience. "A tree Pali, the ancient priestly language of the distinction in medicine at the University Spol'tin& Goodll­ Liquor flasks, rat traps and "",rk,el James S. Clarke, Manager TO most fascinating exercise. makes no sound when it falls in the Buddhist countries. These last mentioned of Virginia. Elizabeth Cole, A. B., '24, baskets, all made of stone and Stationery Interest in riding on our campus was born of the Sophomore Class of 1929-30. forest if no one is there to hear it." This are written on the prepared leaves from havlllg preceded her with like honors in back to 143 B. c., have been uu'car",,:U A nnouncing -and Radios THAT'S ME It was largely through the enterprise of such keen spirits as the Schmidt sisters may be applied to the cast and the the Taliput palm with a sharp stylus upon 193O-and the second to win an intern­ HOLLINS by D~ . Leroy Waterman, of the Uni­ and Leonora Alexander that arrangements for riding were made with Mr. Graves audience,' between whom, if the play is which a pigment is applied in order to ship at the University hospital. No small Kathleen Mary Quinlan' 8 and the Blue Ridge Hunt Club, in February, 1930. The following year the Riding to be successful, there must be a vital vers ity of Michigan, at Seleucia, in Meso· bring out the characters and render them potamia. . honor, and particularly difficult to achieve Treatment Line Club proper was set up, and in the spring the Hollins H orse Show successfully sympathetic contact through the bond of legible. at the University of Virginia. Inelegant and very bad For all women born to be lovely ... For for Many Years inst ituted. So it is that now, three years later, one may see riders setting off almost imagination. Tracing the history, one might say the all women who wish to guard or cultivate any a fternoon for a canter over the autumn trails of Little Tinker. Everyone is interested in acting and romance of printing, the third portfolio In the fifth portfolio there are ad­ English, but it surely Now admitting the value and availability of the sport, it seems that it should plays, because this interest is inherent the precious gift of beauty .. . Kathleen holds specimens of the woodcuts 'Ind the ditional Oriental specimens including Mary Quinlan Beauty Preparations were expreuu the thought be given it s place among the other activities sponsored by the Athletic Association. in human beings. Everyone likes at some later copper plates introducing tqe first Mongol manuscripts and specimens of Beautiful Flowers For Every Occasio .., Freslt CUI Daily created. Surely this stimulating and exhilarating. exercise fullfils the purpose of the develop­ time to be what he is not. Max Rein­ illustrations accompanying the subject writings by the monks of the -and my price ment of "skill and good form" and "a high standard of sportsmanship." Hence, hardt said, "In every man there is the matter, ranging in dates from 1485 to Monasteries and the lamas of the FALLON-Florist Sold Excl'lSiveiy i .. RoarJaize b)' FOR THANKSGIVING it is only fair that an attempt should be made to work out some scheme whereby conscious or unconscious desire for trans­ 1697. The rise and decline of both the hist temples of Tibet. is only EVELYN GUEVEII, R epresentative We are always inuresteiin the athletic awards would be made for proficiency in riding as well as in archery or formation." Man is , i~prisoned in ma- woodcut and the copper plate may be These interesting and . fa:scilnat:ing 'Phones 1687-1688 ];'tatterson Drug Co. or Class Parties Nothing More tennis. T hat thc time for this adjustment has come might be seen in a comparison terial things and acting is one way he followed as one goes through Mr. portfolios came into existence 308 South Jefferson Street printing requirements of escapes from this prison. To most people Appropriate Than of the general interest shown in-say the Red and Blue game and in the annual Brown's selections. 'The total abstnce of Ithe efforts of a. group who .call~ HoI/ins Students and H orse Show. When even intramurals ( including horse shoe pitching I) are in­ there is only one moment of blissful perspective in the early printed picture selves the SocIety of Fohophiles. cOrporated into the athletic point system, it does seem too bad not to recognize love, of greatest joy, in their entire lives. CLOVER BRAND Organizations 50 But through acting they may catch these produced some strange and astonishing pu~~se wa~ to se.lect for Gifts, Books $16. horseback riding as a sport, especially one so typical of Virginia. results. ortgmal foltos. This would, they Creators of Correct Millinery moments again. "Dramatics are the The fourth portfolio contains jPrinted fill.a 10ngf~lt want among coll~tors ICE CREAM happy refuge of People who seize their Greeting Cards childhood anew and play with it the rest pages from English literature. It every d:lre :pec~~ns o~somehcertam """k'ed • of their lives-w' wings." case these leaves have been taken from c . r~c erts IC, per. ps " eeT beauty HORNE'S • FRESHMEN first editions. One ma hold in one's pnntmg or ~ravmg, and who in Picture Framing 1:1 ha y . . to procure thIS, had, heretofore, to pur· "Where, oh, where are the verdant Freshmen P erhaps they are in their rooms 17 Church Avenue, West 1" . ~ nd a page from the scarce first edItion chase and give spac t ~ hoI I studying. Have you ever thought of that? Many Freshmen have entered Hollins · f S tt' M . e o.w evoume. ~ ROANOltE, VA. A sc h 00It 0 teach· gIrls how to become 0 co. ar""o" and The Ser",ons The portfolio method has been I The Stone Printing and All this week a special with two interests; one for academic work and the other for social contacts. What ideal wives has been in of John Collected boon to collectors and, furthermor:, we have received is academic work. S'pose y:ou had Convocation, lab and make-up r~ently open~ Cal~in" Chaucer~' ::::e Tokyo, Japan. It IS known as the brtdes Works and MIlton. ParadISe Lost and it possible for others than 11ect HATS HATS V ElLS Manufacturing CO'. display of spic new lab, conferences, rewriting failing papers and lights out at eleven- maybe then · . W 'II' M' . co Ors The Blue . Faun sc.hool and IS trYl1llJ ~o counteract ~he I~?, OrriS' C:h.1d CltrislopAer and experience the rare joy of MADE REBLOcKED hockey and Y. W . C. A. would not play such an important part in your college life. N ex/ 10 BIU T er ...irJai HOSIERY Clover Creamery Co. EdWOl't!. L. SIOIIe, Presidnd frocks all at one widespr~d moveme~t III Japan. to brmg Goldt/.M lite !~r as well as other f~miliar with these ancient. and bellutifui TO AND The so-accused shy or blase Freshmen wish to remedy the wrong impression that I . women IIlto the vartous profesSIons. famous and thnlhlllJ works. . b,ts of early writing and printing. 20 WEST CHURCH AVENUE OUEII RESTYLED NOVELTIES INCORPORATED ROANOKE, VA. prace the upper c1assmen have of us. 4 HOLLINS STUDENT LIFE, HOLLINS COLLEGE, HOLLINS, VIRGINIA, NOVEMBER 19, 1932

Attempt to R~uce Sponsoring' Degree Mme. Grayeb's French Sl¥>p Klensall Cleaning and Auto Wind Resistance "Aaaociate in Arb" 512 South Jefferson Street Dyeing ANNOUNCES I R epresentatives Four stud nts doing post-graduate To what point should the public he THE N EW LINE OP SPOWSWEAll, ~­ work in the Aerodynamics Laborat.ory calle.d upon to support a child's educa­ CLUSIVELY MADE FOR COLLEGE MISS FRANCES ELKI NS AND are exp r imenting with a three-inch tion? Through the junior college years, TUDENTS, AT REASONABLE MISS MILDRED RA YNOLDS model of an automobile in a water chan­ answers the distinguished commission of PRICES nel and hope by mean of their experi­ the Carnegie Foundation for the Ad­ General Electric Radio ment to determine just how the progre s vancement of Teaching. A new degree, , of a car i affected by its streamline. The to be called "Associate in Arts," mark­ Stansill-Rhea Hat Shop Sold in Roanoke Exclusi'l·ely by car is electrically driven and the work ing the end of the "civilizing proces ," II otel Patrick H rllr')' Bflildill f} RICHARDSON - WAYLAND consist of photographing the water cur­ should be granted, it recommends, for Campus Crumbs ELECTRICAL CORPORATION rents surrounding the car while it is in junior college graduation at approxi­ 'PHONE 8348 The grand prize (a fur-lined tooth­ motion. Their purpo e i to perfect an mately twenty years of age. Beyond that Variety, Sty Ie, Price pick) goes this time to the Freshman who ideal car whose shape will not greatly only those qualified for advancement and wondered where Hellny \ Vorsley was on interfere with its speed. professional study would proceed at $I.95 to $I2-50 the night when Freya walked, thinking public expense. it was the A. D. A.'s. ---~a~--- ' I e ll ' . I " k d I MISS CORNELIA SKINNER .\ ary 0 ler 111 ler naIve way as e ,. dispelled by the last sketch, called Sail­ Furniture and "\\'hy don't they get Guy Lombardo for CAPTIVATES AUDIENCE ing Time. Here an American woman was Roanoke's Busy Department Store t he dance?" (Contin ll ed f rom Page 1, Colllllln 2) . depicted as she bade a relieved goodbye Furnishings I, to friends on a New York pier. Dame Gossip whispers sweet nothings W ith the aid of a head band, a scarf , In response to the enthusiasm of her in our Winchell-like ears concerning and a lorgnette, Miss Skinner next be­ Including Smart GiftwJres With the Compliments of came a "Lady Explorer," lecturing in audience, Miss Skinner gave as an encore P eggy Peyton and T he N ephew. By the . I America. Broad farce, mingled w.ith a French poem. One , cannot easily · way, we may have \Vinchell-like ears, b~ tllne 'With the times,' i. e., smart McKESSON-ROANOKE describe her voice. It was beautifully but that is better than having a nose like kindly satire and subtle humor, formed a bl/t i!lC:rpe~lsive . decided contrast to the fourth sketch, in modulated and perfectly controlled. One that of "Schnozzle" Durant! DRUGS which she assumed the role of a vaude­ needed no knowledge of French to feel T here are going to be plenty of tears ville. dancer from east of Broadway, the chill, the bleakness and the lurking Thurman & Boone qo. shed if a certain brother does not come Snowbound in Iowa. In this there was sorrow in the November wind. $18.75 Philco Collegian Radios to the Dance-beg pardon! W e mean more than pathos. Tragedy appeared as Hollins 'will not soon forget the Second F loor MacQueen-Phillips charming personality and undisputed the "Pre-Christmas Prom." the suffering and courage of this girl Dressmakers alld Designers were alternately portrayed. talent of Cornelia Otis Skinner. I E \'erything for the sake of variety I After a short intermission, Miss Skin­ . 518 MACBAIN BUILDING In this issue we have broken down and ner apPeared in a tea gown of red velvet ROANOKE, VA. written some of our inspired limericks. as the charming hostess entertaining a \Ve were inspired when we wrote them, former lover. In this the appeal lay but we nearly expired when they were chiefly in the naturalness of the situation. $AKs & GOMPANY fi nished. 'H ere is one about Fletcher. The polite pleasantries, the embarrassed ~... ~'" !lJ.JJin. silences and the frequent "Remember When in Roanoke meet T here was a fa ir maiden lIalll ed Fletcher, 0l0il"", ev.. A nd all of the boys tried to ketcher, whens" are all too familiar in renewing " your friends in our BlI t she was too shy, a past friendship. A nd from them did fl y, The next character was a well-mean­ Tea Room With mOllY a 10lld scream, I betcher! ing, but not too intelligent, Philadelphia .Personal Engraved mother in the throes of "Homework," Really, it could be worse-or could struggling with a, band c's , unnecessary Greetings it ? Oh, well, we won't argue. Here is remarks about "marbles." Although one We selected hmulreds from the best the one about Susie Wood: might criticize the Philadelphian accent, manufacturers hod to offer. You,. no one could resist the utter absurdity There is a youllg lad)1 nallled Sue choice here will be exclusive and complete comedy of the situation. W ith hair of al~ auburn hue. At the Beach in Barbades Frocks, Coats She dreams of a farm, made one feel the poignant hopelessness of the girl The Roanoke Book and And life itJ a barn, and Sportswear With plCllty of chickcllS to stew! with negro blood consumed with love for Stationery Co. a white man. The slight foreign accent Opposite RO(JlJOke Theatre And yet another one: and the sincere emotion in the voice of the ' 15 West Campbell Avenue The latest fashion is ballgs. actress had a sudden calming effect upon On them )'our beallt)' hallgs. the audience that was not immediately S traight, or ill curls, Or lovely w hirls, With ollt them ) 'OU suffer pallgs! Nelson Hardware Co. 1888-45 YEARS-1933 \Ve admit that the last line is rather weak. Let's playa game. You write a better line (if you can ) and send it in. • Then we will read it and laugh-because Not as old as Hollins, but we sure you probably copied your line out of a q • book and we, at least, are original. need J'ortr business, so do not forget that Don't leave the theatre, ladies and gents. They get better and better. Here is one that will drive your blues away. Soon the whole nation will be singing it. Yurriers :: Costumers It goes to the tune of "Old Black Joe." 'Phones 1696 and 1697 Take a hint and say it fast. This is the last one, we promise : SHOES-"BEAUTIFUL"-SHOES SPECIAL There is a J'o llng lad'S named Plitt, HALF-FARE W ho over the camplls docs fli t­ W it h a Plitt, plitt here, MOST STYLES STUDENT A lld a fl it, flit .there, RATES A nd a here Plitt, there fl it , $6.50, $8.50, $10.50 E verywhere a plitt fl il-and on alld 011 NEW YORK alld 011- .. . . A Few to $I2.5o--De Luxe Models $10.70 $18.05 WA·SHINGTON Quick, H enry, bring the Flit ! $5.90 $8.85 In Genuine Comfort-at . Propst-Childress Shoe Company CHARLESTON $8.25 $9.40 SUMMER EXCURSION RATES . Three-O~Four South Jefferson Street CINCINNATI ROANOKE'S $10.20 $15.30 ERE'S sober fact ~ •• you can save enOugh ATLANTA H dollars on your bus trip home for Thanksgiving BRIGHTEST SPOT $11.25 ' $18.90 to buy several worth-while Christmas gift.. What's WINSTON-SALEM more, this Is the PREFERRED way for holiday trips. · OTEL ROANOKE-with its ample New Roanoke Engraving Co. $4.10 $8.15 More comfort, more convenience ••• and extra H comforts, good food, spacious as­ RICHMOND semvl:!;, ro oms, wide veralldas alld beau­ • COPPER HALFTONES $5.75 $8.85 savings that will eome In mighty handy • tif ully lalldscaped grounds-is the ideal ZINC HALFTONES PHILADELPHIA spot f or dan ces, bmJquets atJd social $9.20 $13.80 TINKER TEA HOUSE gatherings. COPPER LINE ETCHINGS B R I 'S TaL 'Phone BI-F-22 If YOfl plan such a gatherillg, let oll r $4.50 . . $8.75 cxperienced managemCllt help to make it • ZINC LINE ETCHINGS a Sll ccess. KNOXVILLE . . Colo·r. Plate Specialists ' $7.40 $11.10 ATLANTIC CHARLOTTE HOTEL ROANOKE Thirty-Five Luck Avenue; Roanoke', Virginia $8.10 $9.15 R OANOK E, VIRGIN IA NEW ORLEANS GRE~~UND K elllleth ~ . H yde, M anager TELEPHONE 4417 $21.75 $32.85