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WESLEYAN COLLEGE, BUCKHANNON, W. VA.       WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13, 194S
Cherkassky to Appear Here  Two Wesleyanites Distinguish    Draiting, Engineeruig Aides Jan. 27 lor Co-op Concert    Themselves by Heroic Deeds      E^ter Training at Wesleyan
" 1 Culpepper Saves Soldier Di Stefano Shoots Down *-" •'
Drafting Course Under Direction of Ross Bonar; War Management Directs Engineering Course
Talented Student ot Josef Hoffman To Play **'"" Drowning in Alaska      Jap Plane in Burma Action
Numbers by Lizt, Chopin, Debussey and Others captain c. ross Culpepper, chap-     ia., wiiUam Distefano,  son or
<!hiirn riiorViiQoI™ tilo vniinir nianist who will anDear in '"'",".'. *' '^'S;'^^ awarded kct. Dr. Nicola Distclano ot Syra. pmy.four stndimto beean Hie eerine aides -and drnftlnf aldej. s>nura onericassKy, tne young piamsi wno wiu appear m „ soldier's metal for bravery early cuse, New York, shot down a Jap- .-i, ' ,i_. .. -m^^ virBnia wes- • Thirto-Bve of fhe trainees ore en- Atkinson chapel on January 27 WM bom rn Odeasa,_Hus3.a.  this month areheadwarjen. of the anese plane Wednesday December Te^^Xe lal^k for en^- Sm In the SLf SrenX"-•
Ing  aides,  and   the nineteen stw-
He was brought here when a small child and has since be-  Alaska defense command oimcnm- 30, as united states titters svept
come an American citizen.
At.the age ot eleven Cherlmasty made bis New yorlc debut, and was balled as remarkable. ttlent Tlie world-renowned concert pianist Hofman, then dean of the CurUs Institute of Mu3l3 In, Philadelphia, Interested hlms^ in tbe boy and accepted him n? a pvpU. Shirni re¬ mained for seven years under his tutelage.
£7en before gniIdUB;Uns, young Cherkassky liad already established his right to the title of concert vir¬ tuoso by a successful tour of Aus- ' troUa, New Zeland, South Africa and,ttie British isles. ' Blessed with a phenomenal pho- -tbgraphlc memory, Oherkossky needs only three readings to mem¬ orize a Concerto. At present he Ijk ready at a day's noUce to play any one of 12 totally different re¬ cital programs, and can make a dholce of 12 and more Concertos It seems there Is nothing In the piano literature that hn does not know, but his preferences are for AgUeS HoWard Hull Ohe-   Romantics,    Schumann    and _ _
Exam Schedule
ced. This anny chaplain,' on alum- across   much-bombed   liishlo,   ter*
nus   of . 'Wept   Virginia   Weslefyan minai of ttie Burma railroad. The
college, plunged Into  Ipy Alaskan Associated Press reported recently.
waters on a dark night to save an in a stoiy filed by the news a-   Saturday, Jannary le, All Sections
enlisted man from drowning. gency It was said that the S;ra-  History   101                       8:(H)-10:00
On the  night  of  lost May  11, cuson's flight encountered six ene-  Physical Education   101 10:00-12:00
dents enrolled In the couthb for drafting aides Includes a number of men in dralc classification 4-?. The course for drafting aides is under the sponsorship of the West
hls cltaWon sold, Captain Culpepper my craft 'and ttiat Lt; DlStaJkno Physical EducaUon 121 10:00-12:OC .jj^^ j^j, NaUoTial Defence xa\da "at great personal risk and without downed one of them. Economics lOi 1:15-3:00 ^g direction o* Ross Bonar super- hesitation" leaped hito the cold "My bulletis tore off part of the Monday, jonoary is, AU Sections intendent of pubUc schools in Up- waters of an Inlet to pull out the Zero's wtag," the story nuoted the English loi 8:00-10:00 shur County The course for en- soldlcr although "the chaplata lieutenant as reporttag. Speech 201 10:00-12:00 gineerlng aides Is under the super- ¦htaiself was fully dothed, the U. DIStefano, late In 1941, was Physical Education 201 3:15-4:30 vision of the U. S. Engineertng drowntag man franUc, and the one of SO United State* army avi- Physical Education 221 3:15-4:30 science and Managemrnt War m^ completely dark.**                      ation  pilots   selected   for     service Tuesday. Janoaty 19, AU    Sections  Tralninff.   with  Wesleyan   officials
The soldier's medal la awarded for witti Pan-American Airways; he had Biology                               8:00-10:00 directly responsible,
a   feat   or   bravery while   not * on been tratatag-at Sehna school, in ^aio   101, lOs             '    10:00-12:00      Instructors    ta the    couree    fbr
combat duty.                                         Alabama, and. was one of 1.000 ap- chemistry   101                    1:15-3:00   draTUng   aides   ore   Prof. William
captain  Culpepper    enlisted    ta plicants. He.was commissioned soon ah exandnaUons, excepting Uiose Dawn   and   Prank   Leonard. Sub-
Shnra Cherkassky
the army last year and was station-  afterwards.
ed ta Alaska, ot the time of his      The    Syrocusan was    graduated  ,    ,.     , « _. y,zj, ,
enlistment,  he was pastor of the from West ¦ Virginia Wcdeyan, his  "* *"* Monaav   V^^' Methodist    Church ta    Clendenin.  father's ahna mater, ^riacuse un!- Hls' wife    and son are   living ta  versity. and New York University Charleston. School of Law.
- Captata   Culpepper  was   one   of    _ ' «
the first mtaisters of ttie West Vh--   ChUOO tO SpeUK For gtala Conference to     enlist as a   /nf-„jr--,_„_^_   it>,--« chaplain. He graduated ta 1930 from   \^Oni crenCC  tlCre West   Virginia Wesleyan   College.
noted above, wIU he given accordtag i^^ taclude lettering, tractag. shop -  -    - -   - - di'awtag,   charts   and   graphs,' and
elementoiy   structural  drawtag.     , Engtoeertog    aides'    courses   ta¬ clude   algebra,   trigonometry,   slide
There he was a member of the a
WlUlam Hudson, president of the
Monday, January 18
8:C0 MWF 1:13-3:00
Tncsday, January 19
8:00 T T 3:00-4:45
Wednesday,   Jannary   20
8:55 M. W E 8:00-10:00
8:55  T T 10:00-12:00
1:20 MWF 1:15-3:00
Debt Is Liquidated
Cherkassky   will  appear   as   the      ™,=. =«fi«» ^-1^ ™ «™«r w«m.*vi  "*»'*'—   —"   **""'   ^ second artist for Hie Buckhannon ^„?V   '^^ ?° ^^^f^ °^^ "'"'P'" acUvitles.
rT.LJL.L-L...Lii 1-. _~j»     ¦.^^^..j.i^-   Haa bas been paid, the mortgage
Ooopemtlvo   CoocM   AssodaUon.  „„^^ ^^ tte bonds dstroyed, rhpmtttrt, PrOOram
Dr. Wallace B. Plemlng annoimced ^^nemiSTTy urogram
recently. In   1928  the  addition  lo  To Bc AcCClerOted
Agnes  Hon'ard Hall vas  built   at - .
ft cost of JIOO.000.00. Mortgage Bonds      Because  of   the  great  need   for
were   issued   and   the  money  was . chemists in chemical war industrl-
borrowed from a state school fund  ^^ „„ accelerated lirogram for war  tag Invlled Hudson stated. „ ,       .
rale, materials of engineering, draf¬ Ung, .mechaidcs, calculators, curve Htttog, and engineering graphs, in¬ structors taclude Dr. Nicholas Ely- ma, Dr. H. G. AposUe, Prof. W. Si Dawn.  Prof.   H.   A. WUUams  and
 ..^^^.^.^   c^.,*«*   „ „™.„*     ,    '^ ^ 3:00-4:45   jjq^ yirgtala" Moore They will be
dappeUa   choh- and   promtaent   ta  MetticWIst   student   Movement   of              Thursday, January 21              assisted  by Curtis Thome, Robert
West Vligtaia announced today that  10:20 M^W F 8:00-10:00  Robenfcs,   Jerome   Brown.  Meredith
Dr. James S. Chubb of Nashville, 10:20 T T *            10:06-12:00  Lairfjert and Quentin Quick. .
Tennessee, Is to be the guest speak-   ^'^ MWF 1:15-3:00
er for the state wide conference to
be,held  on   the camnus February
2:15 T T 3:0-4:45
Friday, January 22 „     ^ ^    , ,, 11:15  MWF 8:00-10:00
5-7.   Student representatives   from  n-15 i t 1o:OD-12'00
aU West Vhgtaia coUeges were be-  3.^ ^h classes 1:15-3:00
Sis program Is as foUows:
Organ Panta^ and Pugue ta G Mtaor, Bach-Iiszt; Sonata ta B minor, Uszt; Barcarolle. Opus 60, Ohopto; Nocturne In E major, OP- 62, No, 2, Ohopto; Polonaise to A flat major, opus S3, Ohopta; Mem- ¦ cries; 3iii:E.-Z:=i; Chciso.-" Ciiarles- T.  Griffes;  Clalr de lime   CMoon-
to'^fcSSSd^lS^* ™^ ^ '^« ^^ P=^^ ^ *^^ ^^ ^ P"^- VirEtala Wesleyar. On January 26 ¦^o,5~<»ilo"for"'fte''"''"Natron^     'ExaminaUons for classes not in-
%J^,^^eSviL^    «^. -'^^^^ ^^^ P?r t", <^J^^ ^^tJ^'^^'Z'^^f T^' ^Sr'co^cJati™. He has bad ^   ehided  In the above schedule m>y
Women  Mid  ^s^   fWOltz Pt^- >'    ^^'   approximate!?   $60,000.00. wortc   begins   on  May  24  and  on acUve career as nastm- coUece nm^   ^e   given   Friday   afternoon,   Jan-
women   ano   song     twaicz  iTira- T^pn,>„^ „, j,,^ -annrii nf Tmi<^tj-^ .miv in tliP nnftlvtlt-fll coiir..;.. starts. '^^^^   career as pastor, couege ^t>-  ^^^ ^
phrase), sky.
Johann    Strauss-Godow-
ofl92oTnd'SiediSrihe^ spring and summer months at West ^^^ns^^^^he^^^        M W F cU«s schedule.
5 ta prin- Virgtaia Wesleyar, On January 26 ¦^5"™.??""^, ^"?< ff»™«M  a*
o October toorganlc chemlslry-starts. Organic 1842.    approximate!?   $60,000.00.
Members of the Board of Trustees July IB the analyUcal course starts.
Glass Blowers Here Friday
Family io Demonstrate Art For First Lyceum Prograin
^ere eager to lic„,.date this d*t. The entire training .„„ be implet--• g^^„,=f„„'^"^»'-^^';,*,^|,"-
#aefe i^ehjsi
Mrs. C. Edmund- Neil, dean of women, has announced that one of a series of chapsi lyceum programs wUl be given at ohapel Priday. The HoweU PamUy wlU present their story of the art of Bcdiemlan glass blanking. They wIU demonstrate the lecture with the actual blowtag of glass therads a>t the rate of six
The state    authoriues  were    also  ed by August 21.                                  __ ,,niversitv   a <?t"r   nnd rtm r%       r^i                   -rt   t t
eager to secure a setttoejt wlO.-      During   O,,   second   semester  of SorSn unherS^ a^ a I™! Dr.  GlaUUCr HoUs
out waiting for the maturity of the the  present  school   yper, students j^ Northwestern A/'oril rtphnto Clnco
last of the bonds in 1853.                    taking this work may carry ten ad- "Xm S^rtTS he was on the "^ UeOatC ClOSS
Onder   these   circumstances   Mr.   dlttaal   houra.   EngUsh,   trigono-   ,     ,t^    , Southwestern eollege to A debattag class has been organ- „ „,™ merads s.t tne rate ot six
Anthony PMcOue ^d Mr. Law-  metry^llde nile. ano economies or ,^0 department ot Bible and Killo- teed under the supervision ofDr. SllSTSf tte s^SntaTo? aS
rence   B.   Isnch    acting   for   the eoOTnerleal suMects are recommen-        ^    p„„                     ,„„      ^ ^^^„   .^^ „^,     ^,^4^ ^^^ „ ^1« ij^ ™^2   Dowe? and M
Kustces negotiated a plan by which  ded.                          ^     .,    ,  . ,     year he wns an tostructor In Sooi- week. The cmrent delating  ques- Srth
The A. K. PI. house had some *^= ^'S ,'""^\'T" ,f     T.^^ «_^. f,   hI^° ^™^. ^   J?i "'"By ¦"    Baker    unlvcrelty.    Dr. tion aU coUeges are using at the ^^ sowell EaraUy gained their
excitement January 4. when a small  J^.^^K^^^.J"'^, '^^ ""^"S'.^JJ" t™^^   6^'   '^T^f'.f^'"..^^  Ohubb ha, held pastorates at Bes- present Ume. This ..uestion is: arrthiSS IhrSs^lnf   Swn^ rf
blaze resiUted ZL an overheated ?.S"if,.?.!2 ""<='»"»' >" "*= S^^JS^^^^T^ t, "^.Sl^'"S ^ ¦""* "™"«' ""-^--rtts. Resolved: That S,e tlnlted Na- Z S^U\e^Slffon tHe^
!Lf;_         ^^        ronsoer tno ^^^ ^j Baldwin, Kansas. At present tions should establish .a permanent cation. The program will be the
he Is with ths Methodist Board of. federal   union  with   power to   tax Rctiftil ono given by the Howells at
Alpba Knppa PU
furnace. No damage <was done. Plans have been  completed for
matter ol interest. On Tuesday, Deceniljer 22, presi-
the annual winter fotnml which is  ^t^"^''^'..^V^^^I^'^^'^'^^1   D«M»,n»..   I?i..^  lyTyt^-f-o    Education  at Nashville   and   Is  a 'and regulate tatemotional oommer-   uh,. w^w York's World liW-hi.IQ-a to be held Januaiy leth In the gim   McCue and Mr. Arthur Upton ™nt  Bcnzeue Ring MCCtS    „^„   «   jhe, Melhodlst   Peace  ce. to maintain a police force, to      LSr
E:i:i™!^!^^^°^-^  ^Charl^toa   deuvered^t^e nee.   To Elkct PrCSideUt
Watkins' orohestra. Kappa Alpha
essary certified chcclt, secured the release of the mortgage, and brought
„,     , .        ,       po"™ tome, to Another   lyceum   number,   sche-
. Commission.                                          settle   international   disputes,   and ^yje^ foj. February 8, is a chitpea
rr           r i   £»      •   J       rr         to enforce such settlements, and to lecture by Dr. John J. Purbay. The
back the MOOOOOOO of bonds which     * "™ president is to be elected  HttUght  bOCiety  HOS  vmlae for Oie admlKlon of other ^^f, is to be lllosttated with mo-
™   iTt J Kr™~r                              »'» """""B of tha Benzene Btag   r„ JT„_.., _!   »*•„„ j;„ „           nations wWoh accept the principles ttan pictures
A council meettag ot this provtoce "=^8 ¦"'a-'»™»i'                                this   evening.   The  new   ptesident   /M'O'^'Waf AjeCimfif           of the union,- Dr FurbTy PhX)   wiU tell of hB
STySSiSa^^^ul^Ta;     we wishT^co'S'a statement Cm'"='';h?^"'Sd»te°;roStl     Haught Uterary s^ety Heldan WESLEYANITE MARRIED L"?^?--^?T^'^^lJr J.1?S
we made tajOie December 9 Issue coUege this month.
Informal   meettog   durtag    which
spent in Liberia, the country colled Of Interest to friends In Weslqyan ^ joumallste, "the queerest plaeo
from   Beta   Chl  of the Pharos. Two boys were chos- .   PoUowlng the election an unusual  members were   served   punch   and Is the onnouncement made of the  ^^ earth". There he studied  tho
and 14th.
Representatives
chapter who will 0;ttend are Bob ^ j^„^ i^jst Virgtola for the West- feature wlU be presented. The pro- cakes. Tuesday, January 6, ta the marriage  of  Mlss Mildred Smith, native people  and  their customs.
S?^"',, „¦!;, ~ i™™? ^S°°° ™' Inghouse Talent search. The other gram  WlU  take  the form ot   ex- j„^ „ „ 5,,,^   Cathciyne Hard- <li>ughter of Mr. and Mrs. Di Costa  jjls motion pictures are in natural
;>S' ,     „H"'1"»> No. TO.        toy ,,<3s H„^,„  j^e.   Smith  of perimcnts with florescent light and _.-_-. j. rt,.„, ., o,b imirram ®"''"'   °' ^''^ '*'='• 'Weston, to color and concern everythtog from
v^\ ""^"A   ^Jl"''   '™r Wheeltog, and he wa.- an alternate coal light. "=*J r^Cj^T.n^Mn^H^ °- "" °^^"'- ="" "' B«""^ « high government offIcSto to wit«h
Woditogton, D. O, will be present. „, the two highest, rccel'.'tag a prlzo AU membeis of the Elng aro urg- and members gave nuoiatlons from state and Mrs. wllUam S. O'Brien  atxtora
Sigma PI Della "' *tZXI. ed to attend this meettog. Ogden Nash and Dorothy Parker, ot Oharleston and Buckhannon.           jjr purbay Is a graduate of Talo
ua^gr^^rrr^is^s; Take it Easy on Those Dreaded Final Exams rs^n^-"-t^----
being very pa.trtotIc and dotag away with tiheir annual "balloon" dance because of the rubber Shortage.
Kappa phi Omega    '
Plans are being mode for an- Informal to be held ta the near fu¬ ture.
Playshop to Present Play Tonight at 8:00
Tonight the Wesleyan Playshop will hold theta regular meettag ta the experimental theater. Tho"meet¬ ing wlll begin at 8:00 o'cloclc Pol- lowtag a short business session a piny wIU be presented. "Cassandra" will be directed by ElbiabeUi Har- .mer.
Included ta the cast well be: Mary Elizobeth Whittaker, Cas¬ sandra, Alfred Boyles, Dugan, James Rowley, Doyle. Paul Tuck¬ er, Pandolpho. and Jano Flkc, Syl¬ via. The action of the play takes placo In the dresstag lOom of Cas- cnndrn, a mind rcoder on a vaudo- yille show.
Take It easy! You've got a lot a- head of you, ynu know, just loo.c at the post, and then mix It with ¦the present, antt tou get a pretty fair idea of the future. Thl.i aU may sound vaugo, but Its Just^ wbmtag to take It easy durirg exam week and registration and thc first week of your new classes. Tor they are trying days.
It's always Inevitable that stu¬ dent-, will cram ;&r a day or two before a test and tum up the doy of the c,'«'3minatlon so wretched ond worn-out looktag thnt thc professor is weakened so much that he can hardly give the examination. Im¬ agine facing forty or fifty nervous, Wood-shot, bleary-eyed physical wrecks when you're ta the midst of such emotional strata as the pro¬ fessors go through. However, tho feeling of the.profcfsor Is Intensi¬ fied thirty or forty times ta. tho student, for he is not only tak¬ ing on exam, to him It Is thc turning point In hit coreer (ho says tmtll hc ftads out ho filled It, then
he soy* It wos a "nonlmportant de¬ tail"). This crammtag is as taevl- table as the fact that students make out their schedules seven or eight .times and end up tearing the regls- itrotlon cards to tiny bits, laughtag fiendishly all the whUe, gibbering Uke an Idiot, chcwtag the schedule sheet. The reason: Students are never satisfied with on old sche¬ dule. They feel that two weeks of one subject Is more than enough, much less two semesters. Xmagtac, one said, the some professor ond the some subject for nine whole months. (O^e students failed to consider the holidays and tho ntae¬ teen cuts he so. democratically took In (hot threo hour course). Tragic result: That student's tatcUiB&noe Is referred to In the past tense, for with thc drasjlo" chncgtag of his schedule, he convinces the pi-o- fessais that ic's not on Idiot, he's a moron, and that they receive enough punishment without having THAT wished upon tbem. (AU tbls sotmd3 moro convincing when said
ta a profcssoT-lUte to.nci. But It Is hard to convince coUege students that schedules were not made to change eveiy now and then. They must leom the hard way, by blt- ter experience.
'To all students who face this week ot cxamlnitloi and schedule changes, a few wo.'vls of advice:
Don't cram. (But ".vhat's that book for, you'll say? S'irely I'm not go¬ ing to have n $3.50 b'^flk that IVe never used?) With crammtag, come.1 loss or sleep, 1o,5s of appetite, nnd nil in nU, Juss plain Isss. It's more profitable to let your a'Aidylng stop with a review and a light lonkover. Don't chonge your sfhPdulo too much. After nil. If you dan't take something hard, what's the uso of going to coUege, You'vo got to work, EO there's no use trying to get a soft schedule. It can't bo dono, but heaven only knows It's been tried hard enough. However, If you suc- ccrd in planntag a nice, soft aca¬ demic schedule, do not foil to do your duty to tho world and leave it
open for pubUc use. The world h^« dire need of you, and Just like the feUow who built tho better mouse¬ trap, there wUl be a path to your door. And that's nob all therCU be. There will probably bo any number of professors around your neck. But don't let that worry you, you probably won't succeed In dotog that.
Bo ktad to professors, for they sit up oil night Just to make out on examination for you, and the least you.can do Is to he grate¬ ful, and * dont make them go through an examtaatlon period worrytag obout thc condition of your stomach after the fivo pounds of chewed ftagemalls begta to take effect, nnd don't look scomfuUy at the tests. Tho least you can do Is look tateUIgcntly critical, but don't say anything. During cxti mination
week, a student Is not responsible
for anything he snys, so don't sny it. See? You might os well decide
right now to do It right and with a
clear head. Take it c(>cy.
nuthor of the book THE DEBUK-
ES.
On thc eventag of Feb. 8 and chnpel Feb. 10, the musical team ot Gregory Tucker and Robert Mo- Bride of the CoUege of Vermont, wIU present at Wcsleyon a program pf piano nnd woodwind Instrumen¬ tal music.
Tho final program of the aeries wlll be a lecture on Mnrch 22 by Dr. Ch'arles RusscU, of tho American Museum of Natural History, New York City.
Registration To Be Completed by Uan. IS:
Registration rules for thc second! semester have been announced.
AU students are to have thett registration comph'tcd before Jan* uary 10.1343. Prfshmen and Sopho¬ mores are to register with 'tEelr respective advisors. Juniors and Seniors am t> consult their major professors.
Sectlontag will occur Mondai^r January 25, 1943.