The Pharos: volume 55, number 13 - 04-15-1948

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-Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, W. Va., April 15, 1948
Price 6 Cents
''New Orleans'' Opens Tonight
S.U. REVEALS EXPENDITURES
This is a statement of the ftmds thnt the Student TJnlon Committee have used this year for the social ao¬ tivities they have sponsored this year. It Is not a financial report of thc Studsnt Union, A complete re port of Student Union finances -ft-ill he published later. However this re port of Student Union Social ex penses should be of interest to all members ot tho Wesleyan commun Jti-.. . Homecoming l^xpcnses -
Orchcstrfl  $160 00
Expenses    '  156 81
' parties) in Octabcr Refreshments and Expenses..   53 91 Parties in November Bcrrcshments   and   Expenses   10 44 Social ActivfUes in December
¦ Orchestra       4500
Refreshments and Expense..   45 0a Social Artivitirs In January
OrcJiestra ,     35 00
Expenses for Dance        3 73
Soclal Activities In February Refreshments and Expense.       844 Social Activiilcs in March
St. Patricks Dance—
.   Orchestra     '  m^
Expenses for Dance  38 34
Community Councll     4357
Punch Bowl and Cups  2330
Cards and Phig Pong Paddles 17.30
Flpwers  -, ¦  "85
Bus chartered to Elldns ... 2415
Adv. in Murmurmontis  50 00
Movies  8774
March of Dimes   50 00
Ad. In Basketball Program
(Tournament) '. 5 00
WeslpVi-n'Handbcol:  .^..... 2a000
Miscellaneous Items for      ' -
parties,   etc  3352
Programs     6'i'.25
Total as of March 31  .-... S1594.60 Bnlance due Communitj-
Council        5G.03
¦ Orchestra (Jerry Wald) for
May Dnv Dance (May 6).. 550.00
Total         S14>OO.e3
Mental Health Is Topic For Campus Discussion
Mental Health and Hygiene will be the ^erond of a series of discuss ions to be conducted on Wesleyans CompJs m an effort to direct think Ing to the social rcspunsibilitlcs of the day
Mrs. Phoebe Bailey representa tive of the American Friends Service Committee wiil direct the course cf dis ussion Mrs Bailey has been as¬ sociated ttlth'^hs type of social problems for several ^ears and her interest lies In associating others vith- the rcsponsihilltlea of-FoeJal, groups.        ~ - !    ''
.All fctudents and faculty members are urged to take advantage of thc oppgrtunitly to meet and discuss one of the growing problems of our ccuntr>-. The meeting will be held In the Reading Room of the Stu¬ dent Union Tuesday, April 27, at 7:30 o'clock, and Is open to the en¬ tire campus community and friends who are Interested In   attending.
Administration Endorses Orig-inal Musical Comedy
with the opening of the New Orleans' Mardi Gras celebratiou- tonfght, members of thc adrain- Istration of W. Va., Wesiej-ah ¦ Col¬ lege endorse the production. "New Oi-lean": ,
President WllUawi J. Scarborough:* The Senior Class of w. Vn., Wcs- Jcyan College Is to be congratulated upon the production "New Orleans" which will be presented at W. Va., Wesleyan College on April IS and 15. Following the theme of learn¬ ing bv doing. thi.s is a student pro- ducClon,   ttTitten,   produced,     and directed by our own family. It is nn amateur' theatrical at its best. We   gain   by   experience   through " participation and in this    way W. Vn..   Wesleyan   College   Is   giving pxoresslon  to  musical and artistic talent to be found In the student' body." A. A. Schoolcraft, dean of college: Here's    .something    NEWI     Plot, dialogue,   music—all   written,   dir¬ ected, acted, sung by'Wesleynn stu¬ dents. They've done their best, and deserve a hearing." James L. Hupp.^ dean of ' men: The  Senior  Class is to be com¬ mended   for   the' initiative   It   has taken   in   creating,  producing   and presenting, the,  musical    coiaiedy. New C^leans." I expect to be pre¬ sent to'enjoy it.",    , Stella.   Ward.' dean   of    women: ;,    . (Continued on Page 2)
Robert Foemsler.
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Design for Living'' Week Concludes Successfully
By Betty Jo Jacobs
bur Design for Living Week is no past, but ita effect lives on.
The committee which planned this highly successful week of adven¬ tures In good living was composed of representatives from each organiza¬ tion on campus: Jane S«isher, Fu¬ ture Teachers of Ataierica; Judy Conaway, Hiught Literary society; Barbara HaU, Alpha Xi Delta; Joan Frame. Alpha Gamma Delta; Viv¬ ian Johns. Kappa Phi Omega; Mar¬ ion Wickham. sophomore class; Car- deton McKlta, freshman clnss; Kate Homlckel, Women's AtlileUc Asso¬ ciation; John James, Pi Epsilon "liicta and Benzene ¦ Ring; Hank Rohr. Sigma Eta Delta; Charles Gatdner, Alphn Slglms Phi; Ver¬ non WUls. Kappa Alpha; Ray Cross, Trl-Beta; Herb Pennington, Metho¬ dist Student Movement; Betty Jo Jacobs, Christian Service Pellow- Bhlp; Margaret Rankin, Pharos; Ed Crow, Dolores Kelley, Dorothy Steinkraus, Dr. Rice, and Dr. Cur¬ rle. the Religious Activities Com¬ mittee.
This cwnmlttee with the aid of the me.mbcrship It represented, drew up a list of four objectives. Some advance was mode along all lour Qlnes. We had a very dramatic de- imonstratlon of the first, "coopera¬ tion and good spirit." All through the week Dr. MSiible and Mlss Sha¬ ver aided us In our search for a "real, working ChrlaUanlty as a part of everyday living." The whole program emphasized tbe Idea of grcwter personal contacts, between student and faculty, in order to meet our needs. Attendance at all meet¬ ings -was entirely Toluntaiy. The In¬ terest m^anileated by the students was directly reflected In the number present at the different meetinss.
The week was off to a.vivorous start at the Dnion Monday night when, on a fiuggestlon that the plas¬ ter, and soma of the window sills wero In poor repair, those present Showed their willingness to ccxip- ernte by contributing to the passed umbrella. The Tuesday chapel ser¬ vice saw a large number of students present to hear the fine talk an co¬ operation, given by Sa'm. Marble. .The inter-frat meeting on Tuesday night brought so much interest that it was continued for several hours while this group was meeting with Dr. Marble. Mlss Shaver and the Inter-sorority group met Ior discuss¬ ion In the drawing room at Agnes Howard HaU.
The all campus breakfast at 7:00 Wednesday morning was- a high point of the week. Mlss Shaver spoke of onr opportunity to "be Leaven" in coUcge life.
Dr. Marble spoke to the regular assembly group Thursday morning and to the C. S. F. at 4:00. The dis¬ cussion at this time brought out the problom of "Brotherhood—is it Dawning Here at Wesleyan?" The Vespers S. C.A.meeting, 7:00 that night was the climax of the week. Miss Marie Shaver spoke on tho work and projects done by S. C. A groups through the county and those things we cnn do more on our campus. Dr. Marble brought home many of the needs which 'we had declined to face. As a result ot our realization of some of those needs a substantial amotmt of work has already been done to cotreck them. A large sum has been pledged to the fund tor provkUng a worshipful ot- tmOsphere In Brown Ohftpel.
Friday morning In the flnsl meet¬ ing ot the week Dr. MattW gave UB (Continued on Page 3)
IRISH AUTHOR WILL LECTURE HERE APRIL 21
Scumas MiicManus, noted Irish author of "Dark Patrick," "The Rocky Road to Dublin." and "TJie Well O' the World's End," wlU lec¬ ture in assembly on April 21.
Mr. MacManus. who now has a winter home "in CaHfornla, writes ofhlm-solf:*      '   ' •'-
"I was bom In County Donegal, which is Ireland's wildest, most rug¬ ged and mountainous, and most beautiful corner. As n barefoot boy I herded cattle and s.'ieep on the hllla, :!nd attended the 'mountain school wliere I got the little educa¬ Uon that Is mine. At night I ram¬ bled Irom cottage to cottage among the hills, sitting in the circle aroimd the big. blazing turf-flre, listening tx> the old m«n tolling ralty tales and ancient folk tales, and the old wom¬ en singing ancient songs, or some¬ one reciting a thousand-ycar-old- poem—of all of which I was pas¬ sionately fond. When I was seven. I was myself a shanachie, could tell a hundred of the old tales as I hod learned them by a hundred fire¬ sides
"At the age ot dxteen I twgan making poems, whUe I herded or piled the spade on n^ father's hill¬ side, chiefly patriotic poems dealing with lcel»'nd^ llong. long struggle Itor freedom from England, and of the heroes of ages past.. Within an¬ other year I was publishing prose and verse In the little weekly news¬ paper of our county. At the end of three years the editor gave me my first paycheck, fbr ten shillings-And I was a proud man. But I had great¬ er wealth now, for I had become the pchoolmflster ot our mountaia school, teaching sixty or seventy hoys In a little room that was 30 feet long by 15 feet wide.
"Now also, a penny weekly In Dublin ordered from me nine stor¬ ies at two and a hnlf dollars e&ch . . . .Hcnrtni; thnt Asierican papers (Continned on Page 8)
Mrs. Bailey- Is April 27 Chapel Speaker
Mrs. Phoebe BaUey of the Amer¬ ican Friends ~ Service ConVmlttco in PhUadelphia nUl be the guest speaker during the Chapel program on Tuesday, April 27. at which thne she wlii present to the students and faculty - the problem of Mental Health as it Is found in tiiis country and what part the Individual can assume with regard tothis problem.
Mrs. Bailey, who Is director of the Institutional Service Units division of the Service Committee, has for some time been associated with this tj-pe of service and Is interested that callege students grow 'more aware of conditions and how these condi¬ tions cin be Improved.
In addition to her talk In Chap¬ el, Mrs. Bailey wlU conduct a dis¬ cussion on Mental Health Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock in the Reading Room of the Student Un¬ ion. All students and faculty mem¬ bers are Invited to attend this in- frdmal meeting which wUl present (Continued on Page 4)
Crossan Is Elected -PresidehtWVFCS:
Representing Wesleyan at the se¬ cond of the seail-annual meetings of the West Virginia Federation of Colloge Students, held Apr. 9-10 at the West Virginia University, Tom Crossan was elected president of the Federation for the 1948-49 school year.
Accompanying Crossan at the meeting were Chuck Crawford, the other Community Council appoint¬ ed Wesleyan delegates, and Deans Ward and Hupp .who attended the meeting of the Deans of thc Colleges ol West Virginia held at the same time.
Active in promoting friendship and cooperation among the col¬ leges throughout the State before, the war. the Federation wos Inac¬ tivated during; the war due to travel restrictions. A majority of West Virginia's private and State-oper¬ ated colleges were active members of the organization, and it was ac¬ corded a plnce in annual editions of the West Virginia Blue Book.
The first post-war meeting of the
Federation, held to re-actlvate the
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W'esleyan Trustee Dies
lioman O. Shingleton 64, of 513 Stanley Avenue, ClarkEburg, a well known Clarksburg businessman who had spent a considerable portion of his lifetime in civic and churoh activities, passed away at 2:20 o'clock * Tuesday altemoon in a Clarksburg hospital niter having been 111 since July, 1947. -
Mr, Shingleton was a member ot the Executive Oclaunlttee and Board of Trustees of West Vhginla Wesleyan CoUege, Buckhannon.
Forlines.Presents Concert
Mr. Charles W. Forlines, Associate Professor of Music at Wesleyon presented an Organ Recital at Con¬ cord State CoUege, Athens, at S p. m., April 14.
Mr. Forlines received his MSM degree from Union Theological Seminary and woe a men^>er of the faculty of Aforris Harvey CoUege prior to Joining the Wesleyan fac¬ ulty last year.
Aspire To Be an Editor or Business Manager?  Read:
The FuVilicatlons C)immiliUie of the Wesicyan Community Co¬ uncll announced that It has be¬ gun its Spring campaign for ap¬ pUcations for cditors-in-oblel and boslness managers of -the lfl4R-1040 Pharos and Muimur- montis. This opportunity presents a real challenge to students who are Interested In campus publi¬ cations.-Studrnt pubUcations are extremely Important to campus Integrity. Here lies the opportun¬ ity to "provide a wholesome and free expression of the character and life of the campus commun¬ ity." (Student Handbook, p. 141)
Studenta with ability and sin¬ cere Interest nre urged to submit application tor the ' position ol Uirfir choosing. AppUcants for 'these positions must be (u of September, 1S48) of at least Junior rank and In favorable academic standing. AppUeaUcms should be addressed to MUdred L, Barckler. Chairman. PubUca¬ tions Committee, and shonld be given lo the duUrman no later than S:00 p. m. Wednesday. AprU 21.