Teachers Convention Success; Notable Speakers Presented =-=========-====-=-=-=-=-=--~=--c:::--=-===-=-==-=-=-==-~-=-=-==============================~======================t One of the featured speak- 562 -- - I J Mrs. Stevens Speaks on ers of the western division of See. I h e DI e s a c O I e g e the Colorado Educational As- 1'. L. & R. "Emotional Stability" sociation was Dr. Alexander One of the outstanding C. J. Stoddard, superintendent of I E. A. convention sessions schools, Philadelphia. He used here this week was the de- Horace Greeley's fa m o a s C R I T E R I O N partment of c 1 ass r O O m words, "If Ever There Was a I teacher's luncheon Friday Cause" as his theme, showing FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1943 NO. 5 [ noon at La Court hotel at how education must be upheld VOL. XI GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO, which Mrs. Roger B. Stevens, during these times. 1 bl H I wife of the British consul at Dr. Stoddard said schools NEW SONG INTRODUCED CO-EDS Al D Assem y . ears jDenver, was the featured must be readf to offer a PI'?- AT ASSEMBLY OCT 20 l IDr. Mcconnaughy ;speaker. Mrs. Stevens, speak gram of service to the mil- . WAREf fQRT D 0 s "all for one and one ~ng on ";Emotional Stability lions of youth who dropped A general assembly was f thin to ou? m Wartime," presented a out of school before and who 0 11, I held at 11 :15 o'clock, Wednes- I ;,t meah an~tten~ed Ylast graphic picture of what the j will do so again if no action is d_ ay, Oct. 20 in the auditor- Grand Forks, N. D. (J.P.) I k?seas:e~bly he::ird from war has done to the British . taken, and they must be ready mm. A definite 'Yar-effort aim n:e McConnaugh what it people a~d predic~ed th:~.t a I to offer an expl;lnded progr~m College songs "Amenca" has been established for worn- · to some arid what it far-reachmg social adJust- 1of adult education thru which and "Star Spangled Banner" en attending the Universit~ of :~!~smean to all. Dr. Mc- ment will be an outgrowth of! "a free _people can constantly were sung by the group as the I N orth Dakota under the _title Connaughy who has been the war. 1be an I!3forme~ pe?p~e and assembly opened. The new of the Co-ed Corps. Umver- 1 "d t f the Westlian uni-1 She explamed how the mass I thru which pubhc op1mon can alma mater song, compo~ed I sity author~ties a~noun~ed I ~~~:~t enin° Connecticut for 2o Turn to Page 2, Col. 3 i be fo_rmed a~ a result of un- by Mrs. T. J. Treece, musical that each girl. ma~ncuh~.tmg I ears Yis now on a tour of the !restnct~d g1".e and take. of director of Mesa college, was at the State umvers1ty will ~e rount~y in the National War ...... Bad As Ifree d1scuss10n concernmg sung through once ~Y the expect_ed to take some part m I Fund effort. Because of his ~ . ~my ar_id ~}1 problems of Amer- choir and then t~e entire stu- war aid a_n~ m!ln- or woman- many and varied experiences, Freshmen! 11can hfe. dent body joined m. ILlower activity m some chosen I he 1·s in an excellent position H . f K c·t d 1 Dr. Stoddard stressed that t d . ai 1mg rom ansas i y an 1 t k d · th Announcemen s were ma e me. I not only to know the atti- other nearby points, Platoon E, the i every st~p a en urmg e by Betty Sherman, student Functions open to f emmme I tu des feelings and ambitions latest arrivals at w. T. s., first set ; war and m any concept of the body president. Ihelp are: Red Cross endeavor, I of coliege students but others foot in Gra!ld Junction last Friday Ipeace to follow should be tak- Jean Look ~old ab?ut the bandage rolling, ~lo~hing col- as well. He com'pared this afte:noon, Just 53 hours '.1fter de: i en 'Yith. the. fundam~ntal ob­ Re_d Cross drives ~h1ch were I l~ction, potato p1c~mg, part- school with others in other ~!:fo~r~c~o~~e a~a~~1u!~i~:r~~~, j je~tive m m~?d of domg away gomg to be sponso1ed by Mesa I time store and office employ- \ parts of the United States as Iowa. With them came the desire I with war. Any peace that college students and she also I ment, home aid and child care, well as this part of the coun- to "get along." I we now conceive must be on asked that donations be made harvest labor, social service, try with others. One predom- . A fav?r~ble first impression oft j the basis of no more war," he to the United War Chest. WPB and OPA assistance and · t f t h · t d t ir times difficult to create, was a said The schools can play a C . d t .'t . men ac or, e porn e O U , 1 snap for the new cadets. They · . h b tt d Fr~d ha;mp10n ann?unce other concerns tha ass1s m all sections and with all people I appear to be past masters of the I noble. part m t e ~ er a_y the first rehg10us meetmg !or the war effort. Thus, every is self-concentration the de- I Dale Carnegie theory of success. I that IS to follow this war if Mesa college students which girl will be given an opportun- sire to live to them'selves, to ~r?m _the s~art they ~ave bE;en :they can be maintaine_d strong 1 will be held on Nov. 3. J ity to earn a part of her ex- , perfect their own little circle I winm.~g friends a_nd influencing I1 and free, both durmg and Dorothy Mae Farmer pres1- penses while making a vital I d . h· t . people -:-probably in self-defense. after t he war ' d . an ignore w a may su1- A petite Mesa coed has summed · . dent of A. W: S:, an~ounce I C?ntr1bution m labor-shortage round ·them. Today we are up the situation very neatly. When \ Mrs. Roge1· B. Stevens, wife the A. W. S. p1cmc which was I fields. I all concerned with t he same asked for her reaction to the new ' of the British Consul who to have been held Oct. 22 ~t Co-eds will be expected to j great cau"e an<l we all must platoon her spontaneous reply was, spoke to Mesa college stu- h lt h Th· · "' ' "Why they're all blondes" We're t~e s e er . ouse. is pie- choose. O!}~ or more of the hst- share 'Yith our nei~hbor a~d i not quite certain just wh~t her re- dents t~o weeks ~?"o, spoke on me ~as latei cancelle~. 1 d ed activities, to report regu- 1 our neighbor's neighbor m mark connotes but our interpreta-. "Emot10nal Stab1hty In War- M1ss Joyce Gardner Paye Ilarly at the chosen work, and I order to find the security all tion is that they're the "fair-haired I time." a piano solo _an? the assembly to receive aid and supervision Ipeople seek. The one big thing boys"- an ami~bl_e position indeed! II In her speech on "What Do closed bJ: smgmg the Mesa Iin the proper selection of ~ork we can do at present is to give M~~ t:;?t/~;i~ itinonth's hazing We Want For Our Children?" college victory song. · by an advisor~ co.mm1tte_e I our support to the National which confronts the juniors, they IMiss Jennie Wahlert, superin- I composed of umvers1ty off1- 1 War Fund. Dr. McConnaughy are taking it good-naturedly, and tendent of elementary educa- PLATOON 44-E cials and city administrators. stressed the fact that even to ~ate we hav_e heard f~w ~om- 1tion, St. Louis, stressed the I the smallest contribution is of plaints fro_m either the subJects I school as the best place for AY I . or the subJectors." I . d ARRIVED FRID I importance. As a matter _of interest we pub- I chil~ren to learn the emo- . · . C. E. A. Hears rn conclusion, he narrated 1ish the fonow•ns: . cratic way. Twenty: six n~val aviation Concert By I the story of how kindness to ITo: JUNIOR PLATOON '1 The group sess10ns held cadets arrived Friday, O~t. 29, I a Chinese cabin boy made : For the first month the Junior Thursday afternoon at the to t~ke elem~m.tary _and rnter- College Orchestra I possible six of China's great-1Platoon shall: Ico llege ~ere well attended and mediate tra1~mg m ground . est national leaders. An af- 1. "'.'ear khaki_ ties and fatigue I were sai_d to be the most suc- school and flymg at. Mesa Co_l- Featurm~ ~ss K~therme fection between this cabin boy I ~ats with the brims pulled down; ,cessful m ~ecent years.. The lege and Walker Field This Hess as v10hn soloist the I d t · t"l hberty and watch um.forms excep- 1 teachers discussed pertment . · d , 1an a sea cap am grew un 1 Ied. 1 . d brnyg_s t~e total of ca_ e~s Mesa college Symp~ony _or- the Chinese lad was adopted 2.