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XXVIII-11'TO. 17 EASTERN Il..LINOIS STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE-CHARLESTON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1943 - News Cops Top Honors at Columbia Press Meeting - Paper Wins Delta Sigs Install "Musta Been Ouh Lucky Night" El "Victory Star" Alpha Nu Chapter Weekly Chalks Up Banquet, Tea, Fete 7th Straight Medal Climax Week-end EASTERN TEAOHERS News added By Joan King another chapter to its unusual record when it was awarded medal­ 'I'WO YEARS of lo�al sorority his- ist honors for the seventh consecu­ tory were climaxed last week-end, tive year in the na­ lar::h 13, 14, and 15, when Chi tional contest spon­ f;lelta Gamma sorority was install­ sored by the Colum­ ed as Alpha. Nu chapter of Delta bia. echolastlc Press lftgma Ep silon, na tiona.l teachers association at the t>llege sorority. annual convention at lncluded in the list of installa­ Columbia university lion activities .which crowded the in New York City aek-end were the Initiation of ac­ last Saturday, Mar. Jves, initiation of alumnae, formal E. Price 13. allation of Alpha Nu chapter, Medalist rating ls the highest llrmal banquet, and a tea. honor possible for a. publication such as the News. Competing The active members were initiat­ against papers all over the coun­ try, the News continued its enviable ed at 8 a.. m. Saturday morning in James Hanks Mr. Franklyn L. Andrews e dance studio. Norma King '44. Dale Williams record. Edits winner . Colseybur's a.ward Jane Stephenson '44, Eileen McCor­ ... Aids the cause Association Releases News '45, '44, ck Nettie Hill Madeline According to a statement from uder '45, Margery Thomas '44, convention headquarters in New '45, etta Dillier Betty Heise '44, York City, medalist a.wards are '43, '45, Lt. Wilson Pinkstaff Chanute Field Trio jorie Ingram Joan King Lt. John Buzzard granted only "to .publications of ene Sp arks '43, Jewell Emmerich Dies in Pacific f outstanding merit and distinction." Ellis '44, Yvonne Bell '44, ntertains Students , Ruth In addition, the paper received y Beth lf"iersol '44, Nina Jane Describes Navy EAS'I'ERN'S FLAG once more flew CHAPEL-GOERS were entertain- the all-Columbian special wartime earingen '46, Bertha Myers '46, at half mast March 1 when word SECOND LIEUTENANT John A. a.ward of a. Victory Star from the ed this morning by the Chanute ce Guthrie '43, Joan Coon '46, was received from the War depart­ Buzzard, eldest son of .President judges for "playing a.n outstanding ry Jo Searby '46, Kathryn Grable Field Juon Woodwind Ensemble. Robert G. Buzza.rd, addressed the pa.rt in contributing to the nation's Wente '44, Lucille Vail ment that First Lieutenant Wilson , Margaret Eastern assembly last Wednesday The trio �as composed of Freder­ morale, to its health, to its financial Stites '45, Betty Reeder Pinkstaff '40, had been killed in ac­ , Helen morning, Mar. 10. ick Baker on the flute, Roy Houser well-being and to its manifold relief , '43. and Elizabeth Moss tion. Lt. Buzzard, who has been re­ on the bassoon, and Bill Gowen, activities.'.' At 1 p. m. Saturday alumnae Mar­ ILt. Pinkstaff was reported miss­ cently commissioned by the United doubling on the oboe and clarinet. Mr. Franklyn i... Andrews, faculty tie Ada.ms, Betty Edman, Mar­ ing in January. Fighting with Gen­ States Marine Corps, was visiting A member of the Music department adviser, expressed the belief that the June Stanberry, Bernice Quick, eral Douglas MacArthur In the Pa­ in Charleston before reporting last accompanied the ensemble cm sev­ ESO column, the editorials, the car­ ry Rhae Rice, Euh Mae Tate, 14 Sunday, Mar. a.t Mia.mi, Fla. eral selections and solo features. toons, and the letters from men In d Martha. Ann Marshall were in- cific area, he had worked a.s an air­ He told of his many experiences service were responsible for the lat­ ted. plane pilot on a bomber. Composers featured on the pro­ ter award. The News• has .been sent since he entered the United States gram were Stravinsky, Maganini, He enlisted in the air corps on to former students, service men and Nava.I Air Corps last June. He was Kotschau, Piston and Couperin. November 3o, 1940 and was graduat­ alumni during all this year. Following the initiation ceremony, sent to Lambert Field near St. "The Windmill" by the latter com­ Alpha. Nu chapter was installed. ed from the Army Air Corps Flying Louis, Mo., for his primary training poser was the lightest number of Hanks Edits IPUblication t a business meeting following, school a.t Brooks Field, Tex., August and after about a month of ground the group. The Kotschau was strict­ James Hanks '44, has served as ese officers were re-elected to 15, 1941. school work, instruction in flying ly oi a classical nature, while the editor of the publication during the e the remainder of the year. was begun. Piston was weirdly .beautiful. The current year. Mr. Hanks is presi­ While at Eastern, he was prom­ ma King, president; Jane Steph­ After soloing in approximately others were contrapuntal. dent of Phi Sigma Epsilon fratern­ inent in music activities, being a n, vice-president; Eileen Mc- eight hours, what he called the "B" ity and comes from crossville. Dale member both of the college band rmack, treasurer; Nettie Hill, re­ stage was taken up. At the conclus­ Williams '45, member of Sigma Tau and the Men's Glee club. rding secretary; Jewell Emmerich, ion of this training, Lt. Buzzard Work on Warbler Gamma fraternity, has been ·busi­ Last word received from Lt. Pink­ esponding secretary; Madeline was sent to Pensacola, Fla. where ness manager. staff was a letter written to his Nears Completion der, chaplain; Margery Thomas, the cadets were again put through Other staff members include Eu­ geant; and Burnetta Dillier, his­ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Pink­ the "B" stage. They were also giv­ WORK ON "Things We Fight For," gene 1-'rice '44, assistant editor; Lee n. The many congratulatory staff, of Flat Rock, Ill., in November en co::isiderable training in acro­ Eastern's 1943 WARBLER, is near­ Podesta '43, associate news editor; ams received from active and from the Pacific region where he batics and precision flying which ing completion, according to an an­ Margaret Rademaker, associate nae chapters located all over was stationed. was followed by formation work. nouncement Monday, Mar. 15, by news editor; Dorothy Tomlinson '45, United States were read. He told the procedure employed Margar�t Rademaker '43, editor. feature editor; Dario Covi '43, art e Installing officers were Mis� in the selection of the fliers. The editor; Ruth Maness '45, society ed­ All proofs of pi1.:tures have arrived da Stein: national organizer, and Eastern Receives oxygen was .gradually reduced to se­ itor; Madeline Sluder '45, general in Charleston from the en.5raver. Jlpresenta.tives of the Alpha lect the men best equipped to work editor, and Don Mead '44, sports Scholarship Grant The copy has been written and edit­ ta chapter a.t Southern Illinois in the higher altitudes. Some men, editor. ed. al University located at Car­ MRS. THEODORE Gleichman, of he said, were unable to carry on Ann Shoemaker, Virginia Lacey, Miss iRademaker states, "We hope dale. Ill. Moline, president of the Illinois mentally and physically after 12,000 Rae Humes, Doyle Dressback; Ray to ha.vi! the book ready for distribu­ turday night the installation Congress of 'P'arents and Teachers, feet. Metter, Martha Moore, and Mar­ tion the latter part of April. If yau quet was held in the women's recently sent Eastern a check for The Individuals who are unable to guerite Little have served as col­ have left school or are leav'inJ and for the actives, alumnae, mem- $200 to be used as a scholarship for operate in the higher altitudes, are umnists and reporters. want a book, either see Eugene some worthy EI student. assigned to patrol boat work. Men The News has won top rank in Continued on Page Eight Price or write him." 12 According to Mrs. Gleichman, five assigned to fighting squadrons need the state contest for the past Price announces that there is $1 stipulations are attached to the to be able to go on up higher. Oxy­ years. assessment and $1.10 for every quar­ ma Delta, Players awarding of the scholarships. The gen is supplied and "a. good fighter Eastern Teachers News. ls a mem­ 35 40,000 ter the student has not been enroll­ person selected must be of "high needs to be able to go to ber of the Columbia Scholastic Press ar Macbeth ed. scholastic standing, possess sterling feet without suffering from the association, the National Scholastic "bends." Press association and the Illinois MA DELTA and Players will character, have good health, ·be a Lt. Buzzard gave hls preference College Press association. Entries old a joint meeting Thursday graduate of an accredited high for the fighting squadron in the Commerce Club have already been sent into the con­ ning, Mar.