ATTEND THE VARSITY DEBATE CWEN DANCE WITH RUTGERS THE CAMPUS SATURDAY EVE NEXT MONDAY OF ALLEGHENY COLLEGE MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA FEBRUARY 23, 1938 Vol. LV, No. 14 (Z637) Fraternities Adopt New Plan FRENCH SHOW TIME OUT AT "BURY THE DEAD" WILL GAIN BY IS FEATURED HIGH SCHOOL AT THEATRE DAY SCHEME The outstanding foreign movie of the year, Jacques Feyder's La Kermesse Heroque, will be shown Tuesday at the Park Theatre. Time of the showing To bring the best calibre members of graduating classes of is 4:30, dinner at college halls being moved to 6:30 for the convenience of district high schools into closer contact with Allegheny was the those attending. object of a plan presented Thursday to the Men's Interfrater- Price to students is twenty-five cents, tickets to be purchased through any member of Phi Sigma Iota, the organization sponsoring the presentation. nity Council. Awarded the most coveted prizes firs.; Under the proposed system, an exclusive group of high Europe as "the best picture of the school senior men would be entertained at the several fraternity year" -the Grand Prix du Oinema SOPH-HOP: A.C.C. houses during the week-end of May 7, which includes High Francais, and the Gold Medal of the Venice International Exposition, its STATUS, MOVIE School Day on that date. American preview brought a flood of Adapted from a similar plan now in operation at W. & J., it critical praise from reviewers in news- AIDS DEBATED General, soldiers, corpses, and camp followers take time out for chow dur- has worked there with remarkable success, according to its papers, magazines, and trade papers, ing rehearsal for the current smash hit, "Bury the Dead." including the four star rating of the ALLEGHENY COUNCIL WILL , With a buffet supper provided at- the Playshop, students find that a sponsor, Mr. Paul Younger, field representative. New York Daily News. CONSIDER STUDENT trouper's life has its moments, as here, where Playshoppers indulge in cakes Adapted from a similar plan now in Howard Barnes of the Herald-Tri- and crumpets and a spot of tea. operation at W. & J., it has worked PETITIONS With the curtain this week ringing up on six performances of Irwin bune calls La Kerniesse Heroique the - HAND there with remarkable success, accord- Shaw's devastating anti-war play, the activities of the Playshop hold the cen- SECOND ing to its sponsor, Mr. Paul Younger, "finest comedy of the year," and men- If the Sophomore class wants to hold ter of the stage. Unprecedented this year is the college-wide attendance, made field representative. tions it as the most notable photoplay a Soph Hop, they'll have to search out possible by a subsidy from the Undergraduate council. BOOK MARKET an exhibition. an available date, the Allegheny Un Ifemferataerngirtoynn honuf sews ghappelraosyse then FLEMISH SETTING. dergraduate Council announced in TO BE OPENEDsch Directed by Jacques Feyder, it un- meeting Sunday. BENTLEY BELL HAS MISS H. DOLSON will be selected prom the lists kept by BOOKSTORE ANNOUNCES the college and various fraternities. folds a legendary story of an episode With every available social date un-' HISTORY AS VAST EX-ALLEGHENIAN in the Flemish village of Boom at the til commencement already engaged, 1 ESTABLISHMENT Groups will be allocated among the time of the invasion of King Phillip plans for a class dance can only be AS VICTORY TOLL AUTHORS BOOK OF PLAN houses according to the number each of Spain. effected by a special petition. Since a house feels it can accomodate. While the peasants of Boom are pre- sophomore dance is unprecendented on Almost every hour of the day, stu- HOW ABOUT A MAN - Hildegarde Spurred on by the editorial sugges- Prospective students will be receiv- paring feverishly for their annual Campus, the Alle- the Allegheny campus, the Council dents are made aware of one of Al- Dolson-Lippencott Co.-$1.50. tion of last week's ed Friday evening, May 6, and will re- `kermesse," into their midst dash the main as guests of the fraternity until agreed that no exception should be legheny's earliest institutions - one By MARY BROCK gheny Bookstore announced Monday couriers of Phillip, on the march made. which gives seniority rights to Bent- Hildegarde Dolson, ex-'30., is convinc- that it will establish a second-hand the following Sunday noon, taking through Flanders. CHRISTIAN COUNCIL STATUS. ed that every woman needs a man. book exchange. meals and sleeping at the house, and The village fathers are panic-strick- ley Hall alone. With the formation of the Allegheny Furthermore, she believes that every Chief features of the plan include being entertained by members while en. Visions of murder, arson, and Every day, since its installation in Christian Council on the Allegheny woman can learn to get the man she the following: not engaged in the activities of the rape rise before their eyes. With cun- 1821, the historic Bentley bell has so- campus, action on its status is pending wants and keep him, according to her 1. Students will leave books at the High School Day program. ning strategy, the burgomasters pro- norously intoned its call to classes. before the Council. book, How About a Man, just published college bookstore, indicating the SING AND CARNIVAL. pose that all feign death, hoping that The bell was erected while Allegheny To achieve representation on the by the J. B. Lippencott Company. price desired for the volume. The list of events for the week-end the Spanish duke will respect the dead students numbered but a handful; A.U.C.-chief coordinating agency for Miss Dolson's literary career, as far 2. The store will accept any book, has been enlarged from previous pro- and leave the village. back in the good old days when the student government-the newly-orga- as Allegheny is concerned, dates back regardless of whether it is in use grams to include the annual May Car- COMIC ENDING. tuition cost was $6 a quarter, and nized Christian Council must go to her undergraduate days a decade on the local campus or not. nival and the Interfraternity Sing, for- The plan is carried out, until the wo- boarding $1.50 a week. Total expenses through constitutional formalities. A ago. Copies of the Allegheny Literary 3. Books will be placed on display at merly separate events. men object to such a cowardly ex- for the year, including boarding, wash- petition signed by two-thirds of the Magazine from 1926 to 1928 reveal her the store, and kept there as long According to present plans, the pedient, and receive the duke with ing, and tuition, amounted to $130. student body is required before repre- numerous poems and occasional prose as the student desires, or until schedule will be as follows: true Flemish hospitality. While the CAST IRON BELL. sentatives can be seated-. -p-ieees.- -H-er poetic attitude was debo- FRIDAY:- burgomaster tosses restlessly on his Voted and approved was a $400 ap- Obscured from view and protected nair, and her sophisticated verse dis- 4. s°IMoneyodn received by sales of used Evening: Playshop presentation. bier, his wife and her charming com- propriation to the Playshop. from seasonal ravages by Bentley's played much of the sprightly humor books may be pocketed by the stu- SATURDAY:- panions entertain the invaders, utiliz- NEED FOR MOVIE FACILITIES. tower, the bell is of cast iron. Its dia- that characterizes this new book. dent, or the amount may be credit- Morning: Scholarship tests. ing their feminine wiles to captivate Blotting out of a chapel movie by meter is approximately thirty inches Since her departure from Allegheny ed to his account. Noon: Lunch, Cochran Hall. the Spanish lord and his amorous re- sunlight last Wednesday prompted the at the base. A bell rope provided the during her senior year, Miss Dolson 5. A ten percent service charge on Afternoon: Track meet, Singers' tinue. discussion of Allegheny's need for a only means of ringing it until 1910. has served intermittently as advertis' each transaction will be made by program, Playshop. At dawn the troopers depart. The suitable auditorium, where old-time At that time a clock-timing device was ing writer for New York department the bookstore. There is no charge Evening: May Festival, Fraternity' burgomaster is presented by his wife melodramas might be shown. installed in a master mechanism at the stores, and has been a contributor to if the book is unsold. Sing, fraternity open houses and with a proclamation from the Spanish Other colleges have been extraordi- president's office to start the motor the She is at present a HIGHER PRICES. radio parties. exempting the village of Boom from New Yorker. narily successful in promoting Sunday, which ultimately tolls the bell. copywriter at Franklin Simon's and To protect students from the piracies taxes for a year. No pledging of the men will be per- (Continued on page 3) Freshmen have traditionally rushed is collaborating on a play. of second-hand book companies, the mitted, nor will the new plan, if adopt- over to Bentley to pull the bell rope ENTERTAINING STYLE. bookstore will sell used texts direct ed, in any way affect the Counell's ORDER SENIOR PROGRAMS HULBURT ADDRESSES wildly, following athletic victories. How About a Man is not merely a to reputable organizations. plans for next year's rushing. Some Many townspeople, unable to attend Formal commencement announce- THEATRE CONFERENCE humorous account of woman's peren- Dr. Louis J. Long, director of the attempt will be made to detail legacies ments have been chosen by a senior (Continued on page 4) (Continued on page 2) store, assures Alleghenians that this of various fraternities to the house o4 class committee, and are on display at Mr.