'·' • Vol. XXIII. No.4 Z-538 WAKE FOREST, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER SEVENTH, 1939 PRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY Wells'T oSpeak .. Glee· CluL· Group Survey To Decide ,Here On Christ Of ·Sixty.: Nine Deacon Annual For 193 9 Merger Of Baptist :Anel World-'Need .- Chosen.,By· Pfohl Given All American Rate Mueh- Travelecf Lecturer- Membership- -Is ·Nearly Colleges Is Beguri ·Is Brought-To The Triple That Of Last By National Press Body *---------------------------' · Campus 'Year·In''Club State Convention Investi- ========= FIRST CONCERT AT ========Yearbook Edited By Carl Dull Wins Highest Honor gates; •.Conditions ·of . CARTOONIST TO SP~AK TWICE , DAILY THRU WEEK MEREDITH COL.LEGE ===H=O=N=O=R=E=D=== Possible; Book Divided Into Nine-Section Colleges Considered Month Arrangement ells ·Once· Had Narrow "Sing Of Wa-ke Forest,n The second stage of a state- The 1939 Howler, yearbook of Wake Forest, received the -wide ·survey of ·Baptist colleges Escape When Accused By Bobby Helm and highest ranking that a college annual can receive when it was came Wednesday when Dr. Dennis Of Spying While Work- Jack Sawyer, and Many placed on the All-American selections of the National Scholastic Cook of George Peabody Teachers ing In Interior of China; Other New Pieces Being College observed administrative Press Association, according to a statement issued by the group .Drew PictUres Learned By ·club · and academic practices at Wake this week. · Forest College. Being adjudged by a group of critics drawn from all over the Dr. Cook follo'Wed Dr. R.. L. Charles A. Wells, whose many A total of· 69 men has been ···Hamon, ·who last week examined 1 years· ·and· miles in world travels s,eleeted for membership in the nation, the book edited by Carl Dull, assisted by jesse Reid as the physical equipment of the col­ have ·given him an interesting in­ Wake Forest glee club by Prof. · business manager, received a rank accorded only a few college . lege. Each of these men went to sight to international conditions, Donald 'Pfohl, Director of Music · annuals in the country. It is interesting to note that the Howler and · who will lecture here next of the college. With the number other Baptist colleges in the state of 1938 received the rank of first class, which is second only to to make similar observations. week, once ·saved his · life by of men almost ~ripling the 24 J·d1~awing a cartoon. members of last· ·year, the glee ---------------------'*the All-American rating. The For Convention ·Mr. Wells will be in Wake For- club is expecting good work. Meds and Lawyers book was edited by Smith Young. The survey is being carried on ·est all next week, speaking on On November 17·. the "Angels" Month Scheme ·.by a group of professors from· the general theme ''Christ and of Meredith will hear the first ·the Department of Surveys of World Need" at the church and musical concert by the Glee Club, Head Frosh Aims The book put out by Dull and George Peabody College for the under the auspices of the B. S. U. under -the direction of Prof. Pfohl. his staff presented a radical re- · Committee on Education of the He will speak twice each day, 10 The occasion will' be an effort arrangement in the field of col­ · Narth Carolina Baptist .Conven- a. rn. and 7:30 p. m. by Meredith to raise money to­ 265 Freshmen Take Gen· lege yearbooks. The two hundred tion. Tbe survey department of Accused of Spying ward the building lilf a swimming enll Intelligence pages were designed in logical Peabody, headed by Dr. Doak Wells, as a young feature artist pool at· the college. Carl Dull, Editor of the 1939 Test Here sequence to convey a very unu­ Campbell, has done such work as and writer, was deep in the inte- Many new musi~ numbers are Howler. whose yearbook has been sual theme t<> the reader. Instead this .for colleges and public school rior of China during the_ turbulent being practiced by the glee club. given the All-American rating b~· If the medical and legal pro­ of the conventional arrange~ent systems in all states of the days of China's civil wars, "Sing of Wake Forest,", a· song the N a tiona! Collegiate Press As­ fessions are to depend in the fu­ of class rank. activities, and or­ union. Charles A. Wells, noted lectur- he was arrested in company with written two years ago, words by sociation. ture upon talent drawn from the ganization units, the theme was The Baptist committee on edu- er, who will deliver a series of two Russian fellow travellers. Bobby Helm and music. by Jack ------------­ ranks of the current Wake Forest Sawyer, is being .}earned by both based on a ''month scheme." The cation, which is headed by Miller lectures on "Ciu'ist and world Wells' travelling companions were :freshmen they should feel no glee club and band. book was divided into nine sec­ A. Huggins, appointed the Ten- Need" here next week. found to be spies and one of them qualms concerning the destinies nessee group as an official sub- was promptly shot. The other 69 Members Honor Frat Bids tions, each section introduced by of their honored vocations, for committee which will make recom- one escaped, and the Chinese ·of- The personnel of the glee a month of the scholastic year, results of a recent freshman club is as· follows: G. B. and C. supported by characteristic cam­ mendations concerning Baptist. ·Wake--Men·to- .... ..-~~ .. .-~·ficers; liiiVing .. lieiir(i" Mi: Wells For New Members placement test indicate that, fo1 Allen, Marion, S. C.; H. E. Bro'Wn, pus Sn!!pshots during that month edhcati~~al c~nditions to ~e. acted _ :. conversing with the Russians, ae- the present at least, a large num­ on' by the convention. ···The recoin· ..- c him' also· of· being a spy. South Port; J. R·. Barbee, Morris~ of the session. Under the differ­ FJ• ·· bt. T · ber of Wake first-year men have mendatibiis·'wil(prollably be pre- · All of the young journalist's ar- ville; W. B. Baucom, Spruce Pine·; Grade of 92.5 For Five ent sections the classes, arrang­ Jg · medical and law aspirations. sehted ··to· .. the .. convention"in··its guments proved of no avail C. R. Dell, Gastonia; L. Bobbitt, Semesters Requirement ed with the freshmen first and Of the 265 out of the campus' aniiiiiif iii' iiilil::Noiiemlier; against the ignorance and illiter- Norfolk, Va.; C. R. Brower, Win" For Entrance the seniors last, came extra­ meeting· 326 freshmen who took the gen­ Professor Of Aero Engi· acy of his accusers. He brought gate; J. Brower, Wingate; D. curricular activities, campus or­ Consolidation? eral intelligence test given by neering At State Meets forth his precious American pass- Bunn, Raleigh; C. P. Burchette, All juniors and seniors with an ganizations, athletics, fraternities, Prime question to be acted on Professor J. L. Memory, 23 per and other features of all phases of by the group will 'be, of course, Here port, but .the officers claimed Winston Salem; Robert Butler, St. average of 92.5 or better for the cent expressed a preference in through a very inadequate inter- college life. whether or not the· Baptist. col­ Paul; L. Canter:. L. Crowder, past five semesters of their col­ the medical field and 15 per cent Approximately fifteen men preter ·that they had· never: heard Roanoke, Va.; liQrSI!e Chamblee, Editors and assistants sought to leges of this state shall be con­ Asheville; J. Creech, Ahoskie; P. legiate career at Wake Forest are chose law as ··their·probable life's tell the story of a year at Wake solidated into one university. If yesterday afternoon in the office of the United States. The exam- work. However, there were only inations ..and .arguments extended Cheek, Graham, asked to report their standing to Forest in picture, aided by a such should be the case, then the of Dean Bryan to. discu~s with Mr. over two days and nights with the J. Crowley, Wellesley, Mass.; Jimmy Hayes or Boyd Owens two more embryonic lawYers than unique scheme of presentation. there were teachers-t()-be, and question of separate plants for Parkinson of · North Carolina distant rattle of machine gun fire BJII Ellington, R;aleigh; '1'. P. within the next few days in order Other men who took part in the· various colleges of the uni­ only nine more teachers' prefer­ State College plans for flight ·continually in his ears and the Freeman, Raleigh; F. Faucette; to be considered for membership putting out the top-rate book in­ versity would surely come up. ences than there were business training. flash of bayonets on all sides. Raleigh; C. Freeman, Raleigh; in the Golden Bough, campus bon­ clude Bill Poe, editor of the year­ Colleges included in this sur­ Dave Fuller, Wake Forest; Ed orary fraternity. preferences. book this year; James Greene; vey are Wake Forest, Meredith, According to present plans Mr. Wells used every resource of imagination to consume time, hop- Gav-in, Sanford; C. Godwin, .n.u~o- 1 Last year the honorary schol­ Objectives Change Harry Williams; John Scott; Chowan, Campbell, Mars Hill, the group, aeronautics Iu~rm 1 kie; J. Gillespie, Mooresboro; J. arship fraternity underwent radi­ Smith Young, editor of the 1938 Boiling Springs· and Wingate. At ing something would happen. Authoritative tests have shown, training classes are to begin The second afternoon, two coolie P. Greer, Thomasville; Bill cal changes with the installation book; Elton Mitchiner; Norvell present only Boiling Springs and however, that only about 40 per around the first of November, if officers were talking to him in a {Continued On Back Page) of ODK, national honorary lead­ cent of the freshmen in an aver­ Ashburn, Wirt Corrie, John Ave,ra, Wingate colleges are not aided by ership fraternity.