1948 Numa

Editoriais . . .
The Hope Of The World
Student publication of Fort Smith
Junior College, Fort Smith, Ark.
VOLUME I NUMBER I
EDITORIAL STAFF
Sue Stewart . . . Editor-in-Chief
Dorothy Shaw . . . Associate
Editor; Assistants, Calvin,
Patterson, Leonard Raible.
Tom Fox . . . News Editor
Reba Kasten . . . Feature Editor
Don Evans . . . Sports Editor
Carolyn Herbert . . . Art Editor
Marvel Rhyne . . . Photographer
Reporters . . . T. E. Bardrick,
George Beal? Joan Fohrman,
Mary Ann McDonald, Wanda
Ann Rogers, Mary Kay SumNers, and John Tate.
PRINTING STAFF
Printing Editor—Bill Vrentas
Assistants— Melvin Robertson,
Garland Hobbs
FACULTY ADVISERS
Editorial; Delmer Ashworth
Business: Guy Hixson
Printing: C. H. Tobler
Coming Events
December 15—JC Lions vs. Eastern
Oklahoma A & M
December 17—JC Lions vs. College of the Ozarks
December 18—Assembly, fifth period
December 18—JC Lions vs. Conners
December 19—Christmas Holidays
begin
December 19—Christmas dance
(formal), Immaculate Conception Roof Garden
January 5, 1948—School opens
January 8—JC Lions vs. University of Arkansas "B's"
January 9—JC Lions vs. College
of Ozarks
January 13—JC Lions vs. Northeastern State
January 15—JC Lions vs. Fort
Smith Boys Club
January 16—Assembly, fifth period
January 19-23—Semester Exams
January 23—JC Lions vs. Northeastern State
January 26— Registration
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A t a time when there is much discussion of friendship, racial
tolerance, and peace, the thoughts of men turn backward through
the centuries to the night when the news of peace first came to the
world. On that night, in a country torn by strife and racial and religious intolerance, the hope of the world began.
Today Palestine is still the scene of political and religious
turmoil. Her people are ready and willing to begin civil war at the
drop of the wrong hat. Vast military importance is attached to strategic control of the land, while two peoples claim the right of ownership to her cities which are the centers of their religion.
Despite these factors, the heritage which Palestine gave to all
men, the heritage of love and friendship, has remained in the minds
and hearts of men. It is this heritage that has brought peace to
the war-torn world of the past and will continue to do so as long
as time exists.
Given freely to all men, love and freindship are the basis of
man's existence. They form the basis for the life of every man,
woman, and child in the world, and only through them can there
be real peace in any home, school, town, or nation.
Use Your Library
Junior college students are fortunate in having a fine library
for their use. Located in the high school building, and under the
the direction of Miss Mary Hynes, this library has fiction for college-age people and reference books of every kind.
The JC library has its own checking desk to which books
should be taken when students wish to borrow them. The fiction
books are checked out for a period of one week and may be renewed at the end of that time. Reference books and reserve books are
checked out for use during one period or for overnight. These books
must be returned by the first period the day they are due. A fine
of five cents for each period overdue is charged for overnight
books, and one cent a day is collected for overdue fiction books.
The fiction books may be checked out any time during the day, but
reference and reserve books only at the end of the school day.
The reference books are as fine as those in any library. Students of government, history, and economics will find a large number of volumes devoted to their subjects. Much of the world's
great literature is available to the English students. For those interested, there are many .books concerned with every phase of
science and its mysteries. Students, this is our library, let's use
it freely—meanwhile abiding by its rules.
JC Elects
Pep Leaders
Kelly Is Named
Head Cheerleader
In this scene from "Guest in the House," Sock and Buskin play presented December 9, are three of the JC students who had roles in the production. From left to right are Tanya Brashier (JC), Earl Shumate (JC),
Bill Stanley, Betty Murta, and Gloria Febro (JC).
JCs Help Present 'Guest In The House'
Febro, Hinton, Brashier, Shumate
Appear In Sock and Buskin Play
Gloria Febro, Champ Hinton,
Earl Shumate, and Tanya Brashier,
all freshmen, were the four JC students who appeared in Sock and
Buskin's play, "Guest in the
House," presented December 9 in
the senior high auditorium. Student director for the play was Dorothy Shaw, also a freshman.
Playing the role of Ann Proctor,
Gloria, who only this year was
elected to Sock and Buskin membership, characterized a woman
whose home was on the verge of
collapse because of the disruption
caused by her cousin, Evelyn. Gloria and Martin Martin, a high
school senior who played Douglas
Proctor, an artist, were cast in the
principal roles.
Champ Hinton, president of Sock
and Buskin, in the role of Dan
Proctor, depicted a young man in
love with a girl who was soon discovered to be insane. He was the
brother of Doug Proctor and was
engaged in the business of perfecting vitamins for pigs.
Earl Shumate and Tanya Brashier played the parts of Ann's former employer and his wife, who were
much surprised when they were
invited to Ann's home and found
her husband drunk and a spirit of
mistrust and feuding in the home.
As a consequence, Ann was not re-
hired and the money needed to get
rid of Evelyn was not available.
But the Proctor home was finally re-united when Evelyn died of
a heart attack after being scared
•by a bird!
No Bow Ties,
Two Bits, Please!
Bow ties were the order of the
day of the first home basketball
game played with State Teachers
last Friday night. Each JC student
was instructed to wear a bow tie
or take the consequences. Many
took the consequences, being introduced in assembly and asked to
contribute a quarter to the cheerleaders' sweater fund.
Various sizes, shades, and types
of bow ties prevailed in classes.
For instance, Charlie Price, since
he forgot to wear a regular bow
tie, had someone make a nice big
red bow of his plain tie; Earl Shumate used a red twine string; Nancy Stair, since she wanted to .be
different, wore a little wooden
bow; and Reba Kasten, Tanya Brashier, Miss Speakman, and Sue
Stewart wore big overgrown bows
commonly known as "Gibson Girl"
ties.
Ann Kelly, freshman, was elected head cheerleader when about
one-half the student body cast
votes November 26 to elect cheerleaders for the first time in JC
history.
Mary K. Workman, Champ Hinton, Bill Berryman, all freshmen,
and Doris Dooly, sophomore, are
the other four chosen to lead Lion
yells this year.
Using the school colors, the yell
leaders have blue and white costumes. The sweaters have white
cheerleader emblems on them, and
blue megaphones decorated with
Lions are used to announce yells.
After two weeks' practice, the
group led yells at a pep rally held
in assemby December 12 before
the first home game with the State
Teachers College Indians.
Although plans for an organized
pep squad were discussed, it has
been decided that since the student body is small, the entire
school should be the cheering
group.
The cheerleaders have made appearances at the first four basketball games of the '47-'48, backing
the squad at cage tilts against the
Lavaca Independents December 12
and Wilburton, Oklahoma, December 15.
Former Royal Mounty
Speaks At JC Lecture
Sydney R. Montague told the
audience of the third Junior College Lecture Series some of the
trials and hardships which a person experiences while living in the
North when he spoke on "Opportunities North" here December 3.
Montague, who was born in Montreal, Canada, spent several years
in the Arctic and was a member
of the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police. He stated that the North is
a hard task mistress. He said the
pioneer days are not over because
the North offers unlimited opportunities.
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Receiving instructions from Miss Krehbiel are, from left, Jane Milam, Carmen Henderson and David
Emerson.
Waiting their turn to "have a coke" are, from left, Nancy Stair, who is filling the 'machine, Eugenia
Swofford, Guy Smith, Earl Bellinger, and Bob Kilgore.
JC Goes To College
A Friend To All--!f
You Have A Nickel
Peeple may come and people
may go, but Junior College, the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe College, who
is the typical college student, remains forever (not forever in JC,
of course.) He is taking subjects
in JC that will help through any
crisis—except love, and probably
Dean Rutledge will teach a course
in that too, if enough people are
interested.
However, Junior College passes
with dignity among the best educated, making lasting impressions
wherever he goes. Why? Because,
among other things, he carries in
his mind the profound words of
Miss Luella Krehbiel that "No one
knows how dumb one is until he
opens his mouth and tells them."
Ah! The days spent in Miss
Krehbiel's English class. Every
Friday, a three - hundred word
theme to hand in. On other days,
plenty of mechanics and grammar
to keep J. C.'s head swimming for
the week.
When warning grades come out
at the end of six weeks and J. C.
sees his grade, he is confident that
his teacher has made a mechanical
error herself.
And do you think that when J.
C. is a sophomore he will be any
better off? Certainly not! True,
he has fewer themes to write, but
he has hundreds of pages of English prose, mostly ancient, to read.
The young sophomore knows in
his heart that if he'd written such
stuff, no one would have even
There are extra-curricular activities galore in JC: S'CA, band,
sports, language clubs, music, and
—the coke machine. Now it is well
known that extra-curricular activities are designed to help the student as well as the classes themselves. What part does the coke
machine play?
Well, suppose Miss Lucille
Speakman is giving a sociology
test—(she does.) The first ten minutes have gone by and the students
have reached the green, collarmussed, hair-sweaty, face-choking
stage when a small intermission is called. Ahhh, in a body the
students whoosh out the door, dash
down the hall, and there is the answer to their problem: the coke
machine. After they've lapped up
their drink (and discussed all the
answers) they return with revived
spirits.
Or, a ping-pong tournament is
in session. Atmosphere tense,
room filled with anxious faces.
Suddenly, someone hears the hum
of the coke machine outside as an
outsider withdraws his beverage
after investing his nickel. As at
a given signal, they all rush out to
the machine and, after five minutes, the game is renewed with
increased vigor.
In other words, the coke machine is JC's answer to his budget
problems, the winning point of his
tournaments, his relaxation, his
inspiration, his excuse to go
outside the classroom during "toolong tests," and his most reliable
friend. Viva la coke machine!
(And Nancy, who fills it!)
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bothered to speak to him about it,
let alone read it.
Although J. C., as a freshman
and as a sophoomore, marches
through the school year grumbling and complaining because he's
learning more than he planned to,
he, nevertheless, thanks Miss
Krehbiel for the learning she
poured into his head—after good
ole' JC becomes just a memory.
He Started It—
We Continue It
By Sadie Soph
It all started years ago when
Mr. Hawkins, the father of Sadie,
decided his daughter shouldn't be
doomed to be an old maid. And,
without much comment, I can say
that modern girls don't think Mr.
Hawkins' idea very out-dated. Of
course, old-time Sadie's just out
and out chased men, but modern
girls are a little more subtle.
To boil it all down—Sadie Hawkins' Day is observed by all redblooded Americans once a year,
even by the pork-chop eaters in
JC. So, in keeping with the policy
set forth by Sadie's pappy, the
girls dragged men to a party dedicated to the idea of universal
matrimony. JC's turned Dog Patch,
even in their deep admiration of
Peerless Fosdick, doubly impersonated by Champ Hinton and Max
Gaylor. Also, Jack Jawbreaker
turned up in the person of Roy
Gene Mussett.
Futures Foretold For
Freshmen and Sophs
By Sadie Soph
Ah-ha! October 31 arrived and
Junior College turned up with a
Hallowe'en party in the .band room
this year. To give an eerie air, the
fortune teller foretold the future
for those willing to look into the
beyond.
Said Doris Dooly, "We're going
to play a new game with apples."
So we were divided into two teams
to begin with. The apple was
placed under the chin of the person
at the head of each team. The apple was to be passed from one to
the other, but it had to be grasped
with the chin and neck—no hands.
The team who passed that all-ofa-sudden-popular apple the fastest won. It was something to see!
Some of the gentlemen were forced
to place their arms about the girl
who was trying to get the apple.
"Oh, happy day," thought I, "Here's
my chance." But I might just as
well have saved my animation—
the other team won before that
now-torn-to-shreds apple even got
to me.
The Hallowe'en party was not
just another party for Melba Grace
and Dane Riggs; and what the
fortune teller predicted for them
will probably come true. An engagement ring makes that night
memorable for them.
Introducing
Snooper
Pictured above is Snooper, of whom and from whom you'll hear
much in the months to come. He knows everybody and everything that
goes on in JC. If you don't want everyone to know what you do, the best
policy will be not to do it. Snooper is JC's Winchell and will publicize
choice bits of gossip in each issue of The Numa. This time, in view of the
approaching yuletide, he's being kind and confining himself to a simple
but hearty "Merry Christmas!"
JC's Pursue Learning
In Class and Out
Wisdom While You Wait
Sophomores elected the first semester to Phi Theta Kappa, national junior college honor society,
were James Bruce, Betty Lehman,
Henry Nicholson, Iverson Riggs,
James Shoffey, and Edwin Yager.
Officers for the first semester
include Judy Wernette, president;
Beverly Groesbeck, vice-president;
Peggy Ann Patterson, secretary;
and Carolyn Freeman, treasurer.
Sponsor of the society, which promotes scholarship and fellowship
among JC students, is Dean L, A.
Rutledge.
There's a Ph. D. In Your Future!
No Problems Too Great
The International Relations Club,
sponsored by Miss Lucille Speakman, is headed by Joe Duerr. Other
officers include John Jacobs, vicepresident; and Doris Dooly, secretary.
Group discussions, held on subjects of international importance
help promote better understanding
of international relations. Subjects
discussed thus far include communism, the United Nations, the occupation of Germany and Japan by
American troops, and the effect
of atomic energy on world peace.
Swing Too?
JC music students have organized a new club, the Music Guild.
Sponsored by Miss Hattie Mae
Butterfield and Glenn Stark, the
organization is open to any person
interested in music.
Gerri Pfeiffer is president of the
organization and other officers include Gloria Febro, first vice-president; Sarah Ellen Shipley, second
vice-president; Sue Craven, recording secretary; Carolyn Freeman,
corresponding secretary; and Edwin Yager, treasurer.
Clickers' Clique
President of the Camera Club,
a combined high school and JC organization, is George Beal, JC
freshman. The club was organized
to make student activity pictures
for the JC and high school publications.
Other junior college members
Waiting in line with eager anticipation to have their futures fore- are David Emerson, Ralph Ferrytold at the JC Hallowe'en party are, from left, Earl Shumate, Doris man, Max Milam, and Marvel
Rhyne, the Numa photographer.
Dooly, Zismos Catsavis, Melba Grace and Dane Riggs.
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It's Fun Time!
Campus Life
Is Varied
It's A Joke, Son!
By the time summer .vacation
comes, if that industrious group of
Numa editors at top left aren't
gray-headed or bald, they won't
know why. But don't let them fool
you. They haven't been caught yet
working like they are in that picture.
Of course "Flash" Rhyne has
been mighty busy taking all these
pictures. The first time you find
one of them upside down, Marvel
will just say, "My hypo solution
was a little unstable." "Junior
College" is a brainstorm Of Kasten. It would take her to think
that up.
Oh, yes, there's one person missing, and that's "Snooper." But you
can find him on another page.
Ederle II? Who Knows?
Bathing beauties? Ah, yes! Even
more, the aquabats at left center
are members of the Junior College
swimming class. This class is composed of fourteen boys and one
girl (lucky girl!). Offered this
year for the first time, it is proving to be quite a success. The
group's project this year is to master the fundamental principles of
swimming and diving. J. C. Tedder
seems to be having trouble. Instead of trying to stay at the top
of his class, he is trying to stay
on top of the water (just call him
"Sinker"). Dean Rutledge, the instructor, has great hopes for this
class. Who knows—George Beal
may be the next to swim the English Channel!
Remember Your Feet?
Numa editors pictured in top picture are, left to right, Carolyn Herbert, Marvel Rhyne, Dorothy Shaw, Don Evans, Sue Stewart, Reba
Kasten, and Tom Fox.
Members of Dean Rutledge's swimming class doing the "wheel"
are Otho Baker, center foreground; from left to right, George Beal,
Philip Spear, Calvin Patterson, Duane Staggs, Darrell Nance, Emery
Lundquist, Leonard Raible, Jimmy Burke, and Tommy Fennell. J. C.
Tedder is in the center.
JC's in the scene at bottom were at the get-acquainted party.
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Way back there when nobody
knew anybody and the freshmen
were just recovering from the
first shocks of college, the JC Student Board inaugurated a "GetAcquainted Day" and had a party,
from which a scene is pictured at
bottom left. That party! And what
a way to get acquainted! It's especially easy to "know your neighbor" when you dance with him
blindfolded. Of course, everyone
was slightly bruised in the shuffle,
but you can't expect even Jimmy
Burke to be able to dance with a
handerchief over his eyes. By the
time a few enthusiastic JC's had
decided they couldn't dance with
broken toes, they resorted to playing "pig." And you can't guess
who the biggest one was!
Shoffey Is Prexy
JC's Conduct
Own Affairs
Pfeiffer, Sample
Head Classes
JC students have wide leeway
in conducting activities of the college and in presenting the student-body viewpoint to the administration. The student government
includes three separate organizations, the Student Board, made
up of representatives from both
classes, and the sophomore and
freshman class organizations.
As director of all student-life
activities, the .board sponsors all
assemblies, social activities, the
different extra-curricular organizations such as SCA and the Music Guild, the junior college publications and sports activities. A
recent measure adopted by the
board is election of cheer leaders
to lead the cheering section during basketball season. This is the
first time in its history that JC
has had an organized cheering
section.
Twelve Form Board
President of the board for the
first semester is James Shoffey.
Other members are Doris Dooley,
vice-president, and Beverly Groesbeck, secretary; presidents of the
two classes, Gerri Pfeiffer and
Dwight Sample; and seven representatives from the student body.
The four sophomore members are
Roy Upchurch, Mark Newman, Orville Haley, and James Bruce.
Freshman representatives are Carolyn Herbert, Earl Shumate, and
Bill McLachlan. Sponsor of the organization is Dean L. A. Rutledge.
Sophomore officers are Gerri
Pfeiffer, president, Judy Wernette,
vice-president, and Peggy Patterson, secretary. Gerri, secretary of
the freshman class last year, is a
member of the JC chorus and
president of the Music Guild. Judy,
who heads Phi Theta Kappa, is a
member of SCA and IRC. and
Peggy is Phi Theta Kappa secretary.
Dwight Sample, president of the
freshman class, is aided by VicePresident Mary K. Workman and
Secretary Marolyn Herbert.
Dwight, a 1947 FSHS graduate,
was a member of the student and
senior councils last year. Both
Marolyn and Mary K., also '47
graduates, served as high school
student body vice-presidents last
year, and were active in other student affairs.
Student Board members pictured at top (seated) are, from
left, Gerri Pfeiffer, sophomore president, Beverly Groesbeck, secretary,
James Shoffey, president, Doris Dooley, vice-president, and Carolyn Herbert. Standing are James Bruce, Bill McLachlan, Roy Upchurch, Mark
Newman, Dwight Sample, freshman president, and Earl Shumate. Sophomore officers appearing in the center picture are Judy Wernette, vicepresident; Gerri Pfeiffer, president; and Peggy Patterson, secretary.
Freshman class officers are, from left, Marolyn Herbert, secretary; Dwight Sample, president; and Mary K. Workman, vice-president.
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Lions Win Over
Lavaca Independents
JC Lions Bow To
Arkansas Tech 64-45
Close on the heels of a flashy
opening night victory, the JC
Lions trekked to Russellville Thursday night, December 11, and went
down to a 64-45 defeat before a
goal - throwing delegation from
Arkansas Tech. Tom Massey, a
Tech all-stater who kept goals
pouring freely through the basket
from beginning to end, led all scorers in the game with a total of
twenty-six points.
Coach Frank Jones's Lions appeared to be an even match for
Ping-Pong Is
Year-Round Sport
This year, as in every other year
at JC, we have a highly-concentrated group of students who are
(thunderously and belligerently)
in the JC playroom during all free
periods. When one of these students enters the playroom, the
first thing he says is, "Next!"
Next at what? Let us keep you
guessing. What used to be a pastime now seems to be the favorite
and official JC sport.
Somebody is always waiting for
the ping-pong table. Once he reaches it, he treats it with that curiously touching slam-bang tenderness
that is always reserved for things
like ping-pong tables and footballs. There is a strange affection
there. The boys will even donate
a few pennies to buy a ball when
the last one is broken by some violent and temporary expert. All the
experts know innocently destructive "drives" and "slams" they
like to pull now and then.
It seems likely that as long as
there is a ping-pong table located
in the playroom, JC off-hour life
will revolve around it.
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the Techmen during the first five
minutes, but soon were forced to
bow to the superior longshot work
turned in by the downstaters. The
Lions were also hampered by a
malfunctioning free-throw eye,
completing only nine out of an attempted twenty-seven. Lion scorers were paced by Lawrence Smith,
with twelve points, and Marvel
Rhyne, with ten.
The following night, the Lions
met, for the first home engagement, a squad from Arkansas
State Teachers' College. Jack and
Lawrence Smith, Rhyne, Elmo
Evans, and Phil Wilcoxen, according to Coach Jones, were to see
action in the tilt.
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A Just Cause
For Apprehension
Most freshmen and other new
students were apprehensive when
they beheld the following ominous words in the directions for enrollment:
"Tuesday, September 9, 1947—
All Math 13A students assemble
in cafeteria at 8:00 a. m. for placement tests.
"All freshmen and new students
assemble in cafeteria at 2:00 p. m.
for tests."
The tests refered to are a thing
of the past now, but they are not
forgotten and won't be for some
time. Nor will be forgotten the outrageous 8 o'clock requirement,
which conflicted with a firmly established summertime custom.
The math test was under the
supervision of Miss Isabella K.
Smith. The test was merely over
fundamentals—but who ever heard
of such fundamentals ? And, in the
afternoon, the psychological and
English tests were inflicted by
The JC Lions opened the 1947-48
basketball season Tuesday night,
December 9, with a 45-30 victory
over the Lavaca, Arkansas, Independents, at the Lavaca High
School gymnasium. Marvel Rhyne
—who netted ten points, all on
fancy side-margin goals—led Lion
scorers, closely followed by Henry
Withers, who racked up nine points.
Lavaca's ace forward, Eddie Graham, took game honors with a total of fourteen points.
The Lions lost no time in opening scoring, and were noteworthy
for well-handled speed throughout. The halftime score was 28-14,
the Lions in the lead.
JC team members seeing action
included: Jack Smith (five points),
Lawrence Smith, Rhyne, Elmo
Evans, Phil Wilcoxen, Jack Coley,
Withers, Emory Lundquist, Marvin Blaylock (six points), Keith
Dooley, Harold Smith, Bill Gordy,
Jimmy Smith, and Bill Vrentas.
Lionesses Begin
Season With A Bang
JC Girls' basketball season is
starting off in winning style this
year. The first tournament game
was won by the JC's with a score
of 36-11. Jane Milam and Marjorie
Beall set the pace with points.
The girls don't lack that old
school spirit either. Sue Gates and
Dorothy Shaw are self-elected
cheerleaders and give out with regular yells for their team.
You've probably heard that
friendly "Yea Lions, Grrrr." What
the girls are really doing is getting in practice for those male
Lions' games.
Dean Rutledge.
Annoying as the tests were, they
were not so much so as the almost
unbearable heat in the cafeteria.
This writer looked under the table
at which he was sitting and saw
there two red-suited, horned gentlemen eating a devil's food cake,
obviously purloined from the high
school cafeteria. When asked why
they were in the upper regions,
one of them replied that the people of his world were disinclined
to be wasteful. By reporting to the
cafeteria, they could save about a
ton of brimstone per person per
day!
FEBRUARY, 7948
Pictured above are the <(most handsome boy" Jack Smith,
md the "most beautiful girl," Tanya Brashler.
editorials
It's Up To You
Just as the preacher who put fifty cents into the collection
plate and took fifty cents out of it for his Sunday's earnings reStudent publication of Fort Smith
Junior College, Fort Smith, Ark.
VOLUME I, NUMBER 2
EDITORIAL STAFF
Sue Stewart . . . Editor-in-Chief
Calvin Patterson . . . Associate
Editor; Assistants, Mary
Ann McDonald, Leonard Raible.
Tom Fox . . . News Editor
Reba Kasten . . . Feature Editor
Don Evans . . . Sports Editor
Carolyn Herbert . . . Art Editor
Marvel Rhyne . . . Photographer
Reporters . . . T. E. Bardrick,
Joan Fohrman, Judy Wernette, Wanda Ann Rogers,
Mary Kay Slumners, John
Tate, Otho Baker, Doris
Dooly, Oweta Gamble, Eugenia Swofford, Peggy Patterson, and Edwin Yager.
PRINTING STAFF
Printing Editor—Curtis Landers
Assistant—Melvin Robertson
FACULTY ADVISERS
Editorial: Delmer Ashworth
Business: Guy Hixson
Printing: C. H. Tobler
Calendar
February 10—University of Ark.
"Bees" vs. Lions (Road)
February 13—Assembly (Third
Period)
February 14—Little Rock Jr. Col.
vs. Lions at Boy's Club
February 17—Muskogee Jr. Col.
vs. Lions (Road)
February 20—Boy's Club vs. Lions
(Home)
February 23—Eastern Okla. A&M
Col. vs. Lions (Home)
February 23—Assembly (Second
Period)
March 5—Variety Show
March 8—Assembly (Second Period)
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ceived in return what he put forth, so do we, as college students,
get as much out of school life as we put into it.
Although our school is small and operates with a minimum of
funds, we can make junior college life as interesting and exciting as
that in any larger institution. Each person has the advantage of
knowing almost the entire enrollment personally, which is virtually
impossible in a larger school. This fact alone means that all-school
parties can be fun for everybody—if everybody will be sociable and
co-operate.
JC has a basketball team with an unusually plucky spirit, but
it is given very little support, even at home games. The cheerleaders,
who were elected by the student body, need the co-operation of
the fans present at all games, and certainly more fans are needed
in the Lion cheering section.
Since all home basketball games and lectures are included in the
price of activity tickets, no junior college student can truthfully
say that he can't afford to attend these functions. But he can—and
does—stand around and fuss about the lack of excitement and
school spirit.
If you put more into it, you can get more out of it.
Careful, Fellows!
Beware,
Gentlemen, Beware! It's leap year and JC women
are ready to leap! In another four years they will all be too old
and "set in their ways" to catch a man, so this is their year!
Even Dean Rutledge is on the women's side, Snooper reports,
since he has announced, (unofficially, of course) that the first
party of the new semester will be a "leap year" party. He has,
in fact, guaranteed his assistance in one or two almost hopeless
cases. "Since," says Mr. Rutledge, "I got caught when I wasn't
looking, I might as well have a few more fellow sufferers along
with Mr. Goins, Mr. Riggs, and the rest of the old married men."
Doris Dooly and Marvel Rhyne, pictured above, were elected "best all-round" girl and boy for the 194748 school term.
Twenty Junior College Students
Are Elected For 'Who's Who'
Twenty students from the freshman and sophomore classes were
named for the JC "Who's Who"
in a student election January 15.
Heading the list as the "best
all-round girl and boy" were Doris
Dooly, sophomore, and Marvel
Rhyne, freshman.
Tanya Brashier, freshman, was
named "most beautiful girl" while
Jack Smith, also a freshman, is
''most handsome boy." Other celebrities elected were: '"most popular girl and boy," Marolyn Herbert and James Shoffey; "most
studious," Mary Ann McDonald
and Ralph Rainwater; "most talented," Gerri Pfieffer and Don
Evans; "most athletic," Mary K.
Workman and Marvel Rhyne;
"cutest," Ann Kelly and Harold
Rayn.ond Smith; "class flirts,"
Pat Mannan and Jimmy Burke;
"class wits," Reba Kasten and
Harold Raymond Smith; and
"most bashful girl and boy,"
Peggy Ann Patterson and "Windy"
Jacobs.
Active In Student Affairs
Vice-president of the student
body for the first semester, Doris
was also one of the first cheerleaders elected in JC. She participates in many student affairs, including the Student Board and IRC.
Marvel, captain of the basketball
squad this year, was active in
sports last year. He is also Numa
photographer.
Tanya, a member of Sock and
Buskin for several years, was cast
in the latest production "Guest in
the House," while Jack Smith is
an outstanding member of the basball squad.
The two "most popular" students in JC, Marolyn Herbert and
James Shoffey, are well known in
"political" circles. Marolyn, secretary of the freshman class last
semester, was student body vicepresident during her high school
senior year, and Shoffey, student
body president last semester, is a
member of Phi Theta Kappa and
Sock and Buskin.
Their Titles Are Accurate
Mary Ann McDonald, the "most
studious girl," well deserves the
title, for she maintains a "straight
A" average. Ralph Rainwater, a
sophomore, can always be found
studying in the library, thus he
also deserves his "most studious"
title.
A well-known violinist, Gerri
Pfeiffer, voted "most talented
girl," is president of the JC Music
Guild and a member of the chorus
and orchestra. She was also president of the sophomore class last
semester. Don Evans, accompanist
for the Mixed Chorus while in high
school, is well-known in local mu-
Nicholson Heads
FTA Organization
Henry Nicholson has been chosen
to head the Future Teachers of
America club which has been organized among JC students under
the sponsorship of Miss Opal Horn,
education teacher.
Other officers include Evelyn
Cook, vice-president; Jo Ann Taylor secretary-treasurer; and Gerri
Pfeiffer, historian.
Membership, drawn primarily
from the first semester education
class, is open to any student who
plans to enter the teaching profession.
The club aims: to develop the
qualities essential to a teacher;
specific training in democratic cooperative action through projects
carried out by high school and college groups; greater strength, unity, and effectiveness in professional organization; and a better appreciation among the people of the
teachers colleges and school of education.
sic circles.
Mary ,K. Workman, voted "most
athletic girl," is JC gym assistant
and is also vice-president of the
freshman class. Marvel Rhyne,
well-known for his athletic activities while in high school, is a
forward on the basket ball squad.
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1. Class wits, Harold Smith and Reba Kasten.
2. Most bashful girl and boy, Peggy Ann
Patterson and "Windy" Jacobs.
3. Most talented, Gerri Pfeiffer and Don
Evans.
4. "Cutest/
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Ann Kelly and Harold Smith.
5. Most athletic, Marvel Rhyne and Mary K.
Workman.
6. Most studious, Ralph Rainwater and Mary
Ann McDonald.
7. Class flirts, Pat Mannan and Jimmy Burke.
8- Most popular, James Shoffey and Marolyn
Herbert.
150 Attend
Formal Prom
Watching carefully as Jack Ragon, Leon Combs, and Jerry Hopkins
slave over a semester exam in algebra is Miss Isabella K. Smith, Junior
College's math teacher.
JC's
Return To School
Long Faces, Low Grades,
It's The End of The Semester
After a joyous Christmas vacation filled with loafing and good
food, only smiles should abound
on the faces of JC students. Instead, there are furrowed brows
and worried looks. What could
cause these? You guessed it! Semester tests.
What fiend could have first in
stituted this indestructible prerequisite for grades—this insistence
upon retaining insignificant facts?
Well, perhaps the fact that a2+
b2 equals c2 is not in insignificant,
but after all, that came at the first
of the semester. Who has a memory that long?
Snooper was so puzzled by these
distressed looks, that he decided
to find out the why and werefore
of it all. He asked Jack Ragon,
"Why
so glum, chum?" When
Jack replied, "French just doesn't
make sense" Snooper heartily
agreed.
Thrusting a query at Roy Mussett, an ordinarily jovial chap,
Snooper was quite taken aback by
the cold, hostile stare he received
from his good friend. For the first
time in his life, Roy's dimples just
wouldn't work.
A question asked Eugenia Swofford brought forth this moan,
"Some sulfuric acid could end all
this."
Determined to solve the mystery,
Snooper went straight to Miss Isabella K. Smith and said, "Look
here, what's happened to all JC
smiles?"
Miss Smith replied, with a chuckle, "Semester tests."
Sooper, with lowered head, turned mournfully away, for he feared
the worst for his JC friends.
(Snooper isn't the only person who
had such a premonition, either).
When last seen, he was wearing
mourning. After all, he likes to
keep in the spirit of things.
Patterson Is Numa
Associate Editor
Something new has been added!
Calvin Patterson is the new associate editor of The Numa. replacing Dorothy Shaw, who held
the job first semester, and has already assumed his duties as copy
editor of the publication.
A new member of the editorial
board, who will work with Leonard
Raible and Calvin, is Mary Ann
McDonald. "Mac" was a reporter
Approximately 150 JC's and
their guests attended the annual
Christmas dance held at the Immaculate Conception Roof Garden
December 19. Christmas vacation
for freshmen, sophomores, and
faculty began with the formal
dance, one of the biggest social
events of the school year.
Music for the dance, which lasted from 9 o'clock until midnight,
was furnished .by Herbert Brock,
a former junior college student,
and his orchestra.
The roof garden was decorated
with blue and white, the school
colors, which, along with silver
angels, gave decorations
the
"Christmas look." Refreshments
were served.
General chairman of the dance
arrangements committee was Doris
Dooly, student body vice-president.
Other committee chairmen were
Sarah Ellen Shipley, refreshments;
and Carolyn Freeman, decorations.
Members of Miss Ora Wilburn's
art classes helped in making the
decorations and drew posters for
the dance.
Instructor Elected to
Membership Committee
Three faculty members, Miss
Luella Krehbiel, Miss Lucille
Speakman, and Miss Isabella K.
Smith, have been chosen by members of Phi Theta Kappa to serve
on the Faculty Membership Committee of the organization. These
teachers will serve as an advisory
board when new members for Phi
Theta Kappa are selected this
semester.
Phi Theta Kappa is a national
junior college honor society admitting to membership only ten per
cent of each school's enrollment.
Zeta Epsilon, the local chapter,
was organized last year and is
sponsored by Dean L. A. Rutledge.
and feature writer last semester
but has joined the editorial group
to share a few of its persistent
headaches.
Dorothy Shaw, the former associate editor, made her home with
Miss Wilma Jimerson while she
attended junior college here.
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Expecting To Graduate?
Better Check Up!
The time is comng which causes
JC sophomores to groan aloud,
tear their hair and, what is even
worse, go home and tell their mamas, "You see our registrar, Nancy
Stair, is checking up on graduation requirements and it looks
kinda bad for me."
Don't ask why students don't
think about graduation requirements before the last semester. They have not been do-ng it
for years and they show no indication of changing to any great
extent. That is why you have
heard about so many social activies of late—and why you won't
hear much about such goings on in
the near future.
Incidentally, JC's, maybe you
should read page 30 of the 1947
Bulletin. It states that the Junior
College sets up, as necessary for
graduation, a total of sixty academic hours, plus four activity
hours.
Library Receives
Symphony Scores
Fire, Fire!
Relax or Roast?
JCs Appear In
Christmas Concert
The entire symphonic library of
Southwestern Studios has been
given to the Junior College library
by Mrs. William Worth Bailey.
Mrs. Bailey was formerly head of
Southwestern Studios of Musical
Art, and was director and conductor of the Fort Smith Symphony orchestra.
The scores for over fifty symphonies presented the library include copies for each instrument
and the conductor's score. They
are available to any musical group.
Miss Mary R. Hynes, librarian,
says the symphonies will toe placed
on display soon.
Thirty New Students
Enter JC This Semester
Have you been wondering just
just how many students are wandering through the JC corridors
with that dazed look on their faces
due to passing exams or enrollment? Well, here's the latest accounting from the desk of Miss
Nancy Stair.
The tentative enrollment for the
second semester is 170 students.
Here's wishing them the best of
luck in their studies as well as
their ping-pong playing.
Happy New Year, Too!
"Merry Christmas to all and to
all no assignment." These words
were presented to all JC students
on December 19, 1947, as Christmas gifts from the teaching staff.
Certainly, if the teachers only
knew how much those nine words
did for humanity, they would try
saying them (at least the last five)
more often. Now, if only instructors would make suitable allowance
for the effect of that sixteen day
vacation when making out grades!
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By Dorothy Shaw
From year to year every student
looks forward to the big holidays;
but after they are over, it is every
man for himself. The students
pray desperately for an assembly
during the period he has math,
English, or Fench—but it usually
is held during the only vacant period he has. However, one delightful hope is seen on the horizon.
That hope is fire drills.
The students have been taught,
for many years, that when they
hear a voice over a loud speaker
say, "Fire!" everybody drops
everything and runs. Everyone is
more than glad to run, and the
longer they remain outside, the
better!
However, there are times when
even the fire drill falls at the
wrong time. I recall earlier this
year
when Miss Montague's
speech class had just learned they
neither spoke nor breathed correctly. Now, this was quite a shock
to the class, and I, for one, didn't
know just what could be done about such an unfortunate thing at
my age.
Miss Montague, with faith in
her class, informed us that the
first thing to be done was "relax."
She explained that the thing to do
was to relax the jaw muscles, let
the tongue fall naturally, and drop
the head down toward the floor,
letting the arms dangle.
With this explanation she commanded the class to rise to their
feet and "relax."
We scrambled to our feet, bent
over, letting our hands dangle to
the floor, our heads dangle just
anywhere, and tongues hang out
like a 'bunch of thirsty dogs. The
object was to feel so relaxed that
our heads felt as though they
weren't on.
"Now," Miss Montague said,
"Don't you feel relaxed?"
Christmas musk was featured
in the concert presented by the
Junior College-Senior High School
band, under the direction of Glenn
Stark, December 15 in the senior
high auditorium.
The first part of the program
included Sigmund Romberg's "The
Student Prince," a medley of waltzes, and several David Bennett
arrangements.
"Christmas Rhapsody" by Newell Long included familiar carols,
"First Noel," "Silent Night," "O
Come All Ye Faithful," "Deck the
Hall," and "Jingle Bells."
The band's playing of Irving
Berlin's famous "White Christmas"
climaxed the program.
Super Swimmers
If you are under nine feet in
height, in good physical condition,
and capable of swimming nine
hundred yards with a drowning
man in tow, the dean wants you.
Dean Rutledge will teach a
course in advanced swimming this
semester at Junior High School.
Although it will be a follow-up
course to the one taught last
semester, he will be happy to accept all enrollments, provided the
enrollees fill the qualifications
mentioned above.
Relaxed? Why I was so tired
that my tongue would probably
never return to its former position.
This had just crossed my mind
when a voice said, "Fire!" and the
halls were crowded with racing
students.
But not that speech class! When
that voice shot out, figures quickly straightened up but shirt tails
and tongues were still hanging
out. Stunned consternation was on
every face. What was best—go
outside and disgrace ourselves, or
burn and end this misery?
Snooper
Says
Miss Lucille Speakman, Junior College history and sociology teacher, looks up from her work of grading JC's exam papers.
JC Studies Sociology
For some time now James S. hasbeen finding it difficult to get to
school at 8:45. It seems that 9:00
is more convenient. He places the
blame on his automobile, which,
according to Mr. S. is most difficult to start. Recently on a rainy
morning young James walked into
English approximately at 8:30.
"Well," said Miss Krehbiel, "'did
your car start this morning?"
"Oh, yes!" James said. "It was
fine."
"That is interesting," said Miss
K., watching the pouring rain outside. "It's only on sunny days that
your car doesn't start?"
Mr. S. and Miss K. exchanged
knowing smiles and no more was
said.
By Reba Kasten
Did you ever fall into a slightly
despondent mood for no reason at
all? As a matter of fact, it's one
of those moods you sort of enjoy.
Then, one day, some helpful soul
comes up and tells you your despondency may be due to inactive
thyroid, prehistoric man, no reflexes, the endocrine system, or
juvenile delinquency in Alaska.
Just ignore the little helper; he is
a product of Miss Lucille Speakman's sociology class, and there are
many more just like him wandering about the halls.
Take Junior College, for example, Miss Speakman has just
instructed her students to prepare a paper with their emotions
carefully tabulated. So, JC, being
a truthful, honest boy, shows
happiness on rising in the morning, despondency from 9:00 a. m.
until 3:30 p.m., then glee from
that time on.
The general plan for the course
however, is really quite simple.
You read about 30 pages in your
textbook, plus extra reading on
people whose names aren't even
vaguely familiar. After a short
tour of every available library,
poor JC—being a really hard
worker, decides the character he's
to look up is no doubt a figment
oi Miss Speakman's imagination,
so he'll just wait until tomorrow
to see about the extra reading. Oh
yes, and since there's a summary
at the end of the chapter—he'll
just read the summary and catch
up on the chapter later. Too late!
Test next day!
With a guilty conscience Junior
College goes back to read what
he's skipped and really gets in a
mess. In no time flat, the class
has covered religion, family life,
community life, and society. Then
the class is swept up in analyzing
moods, character, and racial prejudice. Class discussions are held
too and there's where our protege
decides to rise and shine. He
spends an entire week thinking up
a question to nonchalantly toss at
his teacher and classmates, and
it is a good one! When the time
comes, he confidently asks it—
and before he's even through, Miss
Speakman has given Darwin's
opinion, Barnes' opinion, and
thrown in her opinion for good
measure. And is JC blushing a
lovely rose! Oh well, he didn't ask
the question he really had in mind
anyway—they'd never have answered it—besides, the teacher
might have been embarrassed!
If you are looking for an authority on the success of the JC
dances, just ask Marvel Rhyne.
(Better find out first if Mary was
with him—that seems to influence
his opinion.)
To accommodate sophomore
English students who spend their
evenings doing everything but
their homework, a short summary
course is held every morning in
front of Kasten's locker. Many
students are taking advantage of
this. Aren't they, Mark?
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G-r-r-r-r—LION! JC Lion isspelled S-M-I-T-H!
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Want to die quickly?—Just mention term papers around a group
of hard-working students!
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'"Swede" Lundquist says that
Miss Isabella K. Smith's verbal
speed reminds him of a tobacco
auctioneer when she takes her
chalk in hand and begins explaining a problem. "She's too fast
for me," says the Lion center, who
usually manages to get the ball
even when it comes at him"fast
and furious."
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Education and Fun
Music Guild
New Club
The newly organized JC Music
Guild has operated steadily since
its formation early this fall. A recent project of the guild was sponsoring a recital by Miss Barbara
Greenlee of San Francisco, California.
At each meeting of the guild, a
program of music, with emphasis
placed on a certain composer or
event in musical history, is presented. Program chairman is Gloria Febro.
Organized under the direction
of Glenn Stark and Miss Hattif
Mae Butterfield, the guild is operi
to any student who is interested
in music. The purpose of the
group is to further the interests
of 'both classical and modern music
and musicians from both fields
are represented.
JC Chorus Is
On The Air
Appearing for the first time
this term, the Junior College Choir
presented a program of Christmas
music over KFPW December 15
Directed by Miss Opal Clark, the
choir meets once each week to
rehearse.
Numbers presented by the choir
were "The Babe in Bethlehem's
Manger Lay," a French song,
"Caron of the Birds," and "0 Holy
Night." Soloist for the latter number was Peggy Ann Patterson.
The last Christmas selection was
"Jesu Bambino" played by Gerri
Pfeiffer, solo violinist. Accompanist for the organization is Gloria
Febro, former accompanist for the
high school mixed chorus.
The Photographer
Gets The Blame
Members of the Music Guild pictured in the top picture are, first
row-—Sue Stewart, Beverly Groesbeck, Sarah Ellen Shipley, and James
Shoffey; second row—Max Milam, Peggy Patterson, Gerri Pfeiffer,
Carolyn Freeman, Gloria Febro, Sponsor Glenn Stark; third row—Max
Gaylor. Edwin Yager, and Bob Ed Allen.
The JC Chorus pictured in the center includes, first row—Betty
Lehman, Gerri Pfeiffer, Vonda Smith, Gloria Febro, accompanist, and
Peggy Patterson; second row—Philip Spears, Edwin Yager, Frank
Duckworth, and Max Milam.
Members of JC's Clickers' Clique are George Beal. Marvel Rhyne.
Jack Simpson, and David Emerson.
"Who took that awful picture
groans Sadie Soph when she sees
her picture in The Numa on the
days when it appears in JC halls.
Well, it was Marvel Rhyne.
George Beal, Bob Wilder or Bill
Davis. One of the JC's, of course,
has to take the blame for getting
a picture on the day it rains and
Sadie's hair has fallen.
The Camera Club was formed
to furnish student activity picture?
for high school and JC publications
and four junior college students
are members. All pictures which
appear in The Numa are produced
by the club.
JC Boasfs
Of' Brains7
Who are the "brains" of JC?
Why, the Phi Theta Kappa's,
naturally. To be in this organization one must be in the upper 10
per cent of the class and have a
strictly "up and up" character.
These examples of studious humanity are chosen for. membership by a faculty committee. New
members will be selected at the
beginning of the second semester.
Since this is also a social organization, parties are on the agenda
at various times. Perhaps other
recreation should include a discussion of the theory of relativity,
just to keep the brain in tip-top
shape.
Future Founders of
World Peace Are IRC's
Potential statesmen, diplomats,
economists, experts in every field
of international relations—these
are the members of the International Relations Club. Perhaps we
shall hear lectures on atomic energy by T. E. Bardrick (He practiced this at the last meeting by
leading IRC's discussion of atomic
energy and world peace.)
Judy Wernette may .become secretary of the UN. If so, her present
experiences in IRC will prove invaluable. No doubt a history text
|f by John Jacobs will be used by
future generations.
The members of this club are
well-informed on all phases of
world relations. This semester will
bring personal accounts of veterans' experiences in the recent war.
Big Names, Some Day,
But They're JCs Now
Will we some day see "Chamy
Hinton" or "Tanya Brashier" spelled out in lights on Broadway? Or
perhaps it will -be "Kiss and Tell''
starring- Gloria Febro and directed by Dorothy Shaw.
Naturally all JC's know that
Sock and Buskin couldn't get along
without those JC veterans of the
stage. They're past masters at the
varied arts of the theater, or maybe it just "comes naturally." Anyhow, we offer roses to the JC members of Sock and Buskin for their
work in dramatic performances.
Nor do we forget to mention
those others who are represented
even though they aren't seen, for
the work of every member is evident in each production.
Phi Theta Kappas pictured in the top picture are: First row, Dean
L. A. Rutledge, James Shoffey, Edwin Yager, Henry Nicholson, and
James Bruce; second row; Betty Lehman, Carolyn Freeman, Beverly
Groesbeck, Judy Wernette, and Peggy Ann Patterson.
Pictured in the first row of picture two are IRC's: Diane Everidge.
and Mary Ann McDonald; second row, Beverly Groesbeck, Pat Mannan,
Judy Wernette, and Miss Lucille Speakman. sponsor; third row, T. E
Ba^rdrick, Joe Duerr, and John Jacobs.
Members of the 1947 Sock and Buskin cast in the bottom picture are:
first row, Champ Hinton and Earl Shumate; second row, Eugenia
Swofford, Carolyn Herbert, Gloria Febro, Marolyn Herbert, and Dorothy
Shaw.
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IRC Peeks At World Affairs
What is the political organization of Russia? What is communism? Could it get a foothold in
America? How is the United
Nations organized and what is it
trying to do ? These are the questions which have been discussed
at meetings of the International
Relations Club. Don't think these
discussions weren't lively.
At the last meeting of the club,
the subject tossed around was
"Should we continue the occupation of Germany and Japan, and
for how long ?" The members
unanimously agreed that we
should occupy both countries but,
as yet, they haven't decided how
long the countries should be occupied. They believed, however,
that these countries should be
occupied until they are demilitarized and educated in democratic
government. Furthermore, the
club believes that Germany should
be occupied longer than Japan
and that special emphasis should
be placed on one-power occupation.
The next subject on the agenda
of IRC discussion is "Atomic
energy and how it will affect
world peace." No definite decision may be reached, but there'll be
plenty of opinions.
As a knowledge of foreign persons and places is fundamental in
the study of international relations, the IRC plans to devote meetings next semester to informal
discussion of foreign countries and
their inhabitants. The material for
the discussions will be furnished
by JC veterans who have served
on foreign soil.
Snooper Says
(Continued from page 15)
While discussing the possibilty
of a variety show, it was suggested by a certain party that a water
pageant be given, the type of thing
that shows off Esther Williams!
The JC water pageant would feature all female JC students as
Seger Speaks In
Lecture Series
Dr. Gerhart H. Seger, noted
newspaper publisher and German
refugee, appeared as the fourth
lecturer in the Fort Smith Junior
College lecture series January 21.
The subject of Dr. Seger's talk
was "What About Russia?" The
main opinion expressed was that
the United States should be firm
and patient in its policy with
Russia. Seger was strongly opposed to the Henry Wallace policy
of appeasement, and he also voiced the opinion that universal military training would do more harm
than good in that it would only
aggravate any difficulties the United States might have with Russia.
Seger, educated in Leipzig, Germany, took his Ph. D. in journalism from the university there. He
was an aviator in the German air
force in the first World War. Dr.
Seger appeared on the debate
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water lillies. At a given signal,
during the performance, the water
lillies would demurely back away
and there would stand the star of
our show in lavish bathing attire—
Dean Rutledge. (He felt that his
wife would buy the first ticket.)
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All this talk about neurosis and
psychosis in sociology has given
birth to a great many doubts in
JC students' minds — especially
when they look at their grades.
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A noted author said he was an
atheist, and wished God would
strike him dead if there was a God.
He isn't dead yet, but Miss
Krehbiel says perhaps some things
are just too unimportant for God
to notice.
platform with Adolf Hitler before
1933, and, as a result, he found
himself confined in a concentration camp shortly after Der Fuehrer came to power.
After his escape, Seger came to
America, by way of England, and
entered the publishing business in
New York. He became a naturalized citizen in 1942.
Clicks And
Flashes
The Camera Club has been quite
busy recently. In addition to taking
pictures, it has been occupied with
"borrowing" furniture to put in
the "dark" room. A certain table
from a certain room has been missing, but that's a small matter
these days.
Wherever you find a dark room,
there is bound to be some equipment—mainly cameras. With the
help of Marvel Rhyne and Dean
Rutledge, the club does have some
materials; but they also have
troubles. Dean Rutledge had a
camera, but the camera needed
new parts. The parts were ordered
and promised within two weeks.
It's now been two months and they
still haven't come.
The club members (a combination of high school and junior college students) have plenty of work
ahead of them. For the present,
taking pictures of the basketball
games and other activities keep
them occupied. With a busy season
yet ahead of them, the sight of
flash-bulbs and cameras will become familiar on the campus.
Herberts, Workman
Go To Cleveland
Three JC freshmen, Mary K.
Workman, and Marolyn and Carolyn Herbert, represented local
Methodist churches at an international meeting of the Methodist
Youth Fellowship held in Cleveland,
Ohio, December 30, 1947, through
January 2, 1948. Ten thousand
Methodist adults and youth assembled in Cleveland's gigantic municipal auditorium to attend the first
meeting of this kind since 1935.
Two years of planning were required for the meeting which was
held to acquaint Methodist youth
more fully with their church obligations, and to inspire them in
their service, as well as to promote
international understanding.
The program, included the play,
W
A Mighty Dream," given by a
New York cast; a concert by Roland B. Hayes, famous Negro tenor; and addresses given by outstanding Methodist leaders, among
them Dr. E. Stanley Jones, worldfamous missionary.
Two other outstanding features
of the conference were a report
given by delegates who attended a meeting in Oslo, Norway.
and a watchnight service held the
night of December 31.
Society
Carolers Are
JC Musicians
Christmas carols—JC carolers—
it should have been good—and it
was!
Twenty-two members of the JC
Music Guild and their guests attended a Christmas party at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Lucien Perlingiere, 3807 Rogers Avenue,
Tuesday evening, December 23.
Honor guests of the evening were
Miss Barbara Greenlee, who was
visiting Miss Hattie Mae Butterfield during the holiday season,
and other former FSHS students,
Patsy Pratt, Jimmy Simpson, and
Henry Churchill.
The group spent the early part
of the evening singing at the
homes of several faculty members
and other friends and returned to
the Perlingiere's for refreshments
and games.
"Freedom Train"
Assembly Presented
"Freedom Train" pulling into
the station on Track 9—All you
Americans get aboard! The assembly anouncing the arrival of the
Freedom Train was presented January 20, with racial tolerance as
the theme of the program, and
both junior college and high school
students participated.
Miss Lucille Speakman, chairman of the social science department, supervised the program, and
the high school Mixed Chorus,
under the direction of Miss Opal
Clark, presented the musical program. Edwin Yager sang a solo,
"I Am An American" and Reba
Mae Kasten acted as master-of
ceremonies.
Other participants were Henry
Nicholson, Joe 'Gillespie, Joel Williams, Bill Powell, and Barney
Farmer. Songs of a patriotic or
sectional nature were sung between
speaking parts and the most popular of these was Fred Waring's
"Dry Bones."
Wedding Be//s Ring
For Two JC Sophomores
The First Christian Church was
the scene of the marriage of two
junior college sophomores, Miss
Melba Grace and Mr. Dane Riggs,
at 2:00 p. m. December 20.
Dr. Wallace R. Bacon, pastor of
the First Christian Church, performed the marriage ceremony.
Gerri Pfeiffer, violinist, and Edwin
Yager, also JC sophomores, ac-
Former JC's Home
For Holidays
Among former JC students attending college away from hoire
this year who were in town during the holiday season were: Jack
Harrison, Wesley Moreland, Don
Tressler, Emma Grace Lee, Kirtley Harriss, and Dick Shaw from
the University of Arkansas.
Others were Fanelle Elmore,
Meredith Kendall, Sue Magruder,
Betty and Lewis Roebuck, Coleen
Delzell, Harry Winzenreid, Thurman Hitchcock from Hendricks;
Buddy Boatright from Oklahoma
University; Ann Louise Jacobs
from St. Mary's; Nancy Gulledge
from New York; Don Cole from
Annapolis Naval Academy; and
Joe Day and Hoyle Carolan from
Henderson.
Gates Is Named As
New Cheerleader
Sue Gates has joined the Lion
cheerleaders, replacing Champ
Hinton who resigned the position
last semester. Sue, who was voted
an alternate in the cheerleader
election last fall, assumed her
duties at the last home game of
1947.
The cheerleaders, the first ever
elected in JC, lead the Lion cheering squad at all home games and
at some of the road games.
Students Give
Christmas Assembly
The last assembly of 1947 was
presented to a combined high
school and junior college audience
at 1:30 p. m. December 19. A
Christmas pageant, presented by
the second period dramatics class,
the production was directed by
Miss Margaret Montague, speech
and dramatics instructor.
companied by Mrs. Wallace R.
Bacon, organist, furnished the nuptial music. Gerri played "The Meditation" by Massanet, and Edwin
sang "Because."
Attendants for the couple were
Miss Nete Burris and Mark Newman, and ushers were William
Hollenbeck and George Tayes.
The bride wore a white wool
suit with brown accessories and
a corsage of white gardenias. Miss
Burris wore a black ballerina ensemble and a corsage of white gardenias.
After a weekend honeymoon in
Fayetteville, the couple returned
to Fort Smith. While attending
junior college they will live at 402
North Twenty-f.rst Street.
Guild Sponsors
Greenlee Concert
Approximately three hundred
persons heard Miss Barbara Greenlee, a former FSHS student, when
she appeared in a concert December 22 in the senior high school
auditorium. Sponsored by the
Junior College Music Guild, the
concert was the first project of
the newly organized guild.
Miss Greenlee, a former piano
student of Miss Hattie Mae Butterfield. whose guest she was for
the holidays, is a resident of Berkeley, California. She returned to
Berkeley early this month for auditions with the Oakland and Stockton Symphony orchestras.
Phi Thetas Have
Holiday Party
Phi Theta Kappas attended a
holiday party at the home of Carolyn Freeman, 1437 North Thirtyeight Street, during Christmas
vacation. Roasting weiners and
marshallows at the open fire place
in the Freeman home occupied
much time, and table games and
dancing, were the other chief activities.
Also, two Christmas numbers,
"Alleluia" by Mozart, and "Ave
Maria" by Shuman, were sung by
the high school glee club.
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Postscript
Lion Squad Members Play
Basketball Over Holidays, Too
During the Christmas holidays
members of the Lion squad engaged themselves in several assorted pastimes. Not the least of
their worries was a suddenly and
horribly looming exam week, for
which nobody was exactly prepared.
The four Smiths, however, (Jim,
Jack, Squeaky, and Harold), and
Keith Dooly, went forth and joined a basketball squad for holiday
amusement. The squad called
itself the Boys' Club Collegians.
Jim Smith incurred a knee injury
during part of its short life but,
otherwise, was kept in comfortable
shape. The other three were affected less disastrously. Squeaky
Smith, for instance, gained something that developed further his
infallible long-goal eye and he has
led game scorers ever since.
Marvin Blaylock, a guard, had
his ankle bound up in a plaster
cast, a result of a mishap at one
of the Lion squad's several holiday practices. Elmo Evans nursed
a gash on the top of his head, an
injury he received just before the
holidays began, when, during the
College of the Ozarks game, he
collided in mid-air with Marvel
Rhyne. Rhyne, by the way, made
his way through most of the holiday festivities and took pictures.
Benny Winburn, a considerably advanced student of the art of basketball, rejoined the Lion squad after
having resigned at the first of the
season.
February draws the Lion schedule for this year to a close. The
month's home games include those
with Oklahoma A & M, Arkansas
Tech, Little Rock Junior College,
Boys Club, and Eastern Oklahoma
A & M.
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—George Beal
JC Girls Win Over
High School Team
While the JC girls' basketball
team lacks even a single Smith,
it has certainly been doing all
right this year. The JC's finished
the first play-off of the tournament by defeating the high school
fourth period class. This win enthe 31-event ticket. Howard had abled them to play in the semia slight advantage from the be- finals.
ginning, but the amazing speed
Since there were only three
and hard punches of Bruce held this teams not eliminated, the fifth and
advantage to a minimum. The sixth periods played off the first
fight continued on practically even round and the fifth period won.
footing with both contenders tak- The JC's of the fourth period then
ing plenty of punishment.
played the fifth-period team after
In the third round, Bruce had school January 13.
Howard to his knees in a desperThe JC's led in scoring during
ate attempt to score a knockout, the whole thirty-minute game. Jane
but Howard countered nicely to Milam and Anita Shelby of the
drive Bruce into the ropes at the JC's ran off with scoring honors—
sound of the bell. The decision was Shelby with 11 points and Milam
difficult to make, but there can be
no draws in a Golden Gloves Tourn- with 10. The final score was 21-10.
ament; the judges favored Howard Wilson, of the fifth-period team,
led their scoring with five point?.
by a narrow margin.
Bruce Loses By Decision In Semi-Finals
Of Golden Gloves Tournev Here
JC's "Gentleman Jim" Bruce
was a fit representative from Fort
Smith in the Golden Gloves Tournament. This hard-hitting, speedy
135-pound novice took his first
bout in the tourney eliminations
with a TKO delivered in the second
round, and followed this victory
with a decision over Clarence
Meyers, of Subiaco, in a hardfought encounter marked by plenty of excitement.
In the semi-finals, Bruce drew
another tough customer in the
person of Ray Howard, of Pine
Bluff. This fight was an actionpacked slugfest that highlighted
In every school and in every
sport there are always the stars.
These stars are the dashing
ones for whom the girls sing
"My Hero," the flashy ones who
give the columnists something
to fill their columns with. Praise
flies on all sides.
Well, what about the student
manager, who gets no praise?
If he gets anything- at all, he
gets dry work details the coach
doesn't want to fool with. He
runs here, there, and everywhere—if that's what the coach
thinks he ought to do. He never
gets to play, of course, but he
usually wants to. At game time,
he either sits on a bench and
does nothing, or he sits on a
bench and draws pictures in a
scorebook.
To the stooge, though, it's
not so bad, because he's not
good enough to play and it's
one way of doing his part. So
he surrounds himself with bandages and liniments and tries to
take care of all the stray aches
and pains that may crop up
while he's around. If a star gets
damaged he does his best to
take care of him. In several
ways, he regards the team as
HIS team.
I know; I was a stooge.
[ions Win
Over Reds
The first traces of a JC winning
streak seemed to be gathering here
Friday night, Jan. 23, when the
Lions met a band of peaceful (and
oddly misnamed) R e d m n from
Northeastern State Teachers College, Tahlequah, Okla., and ended
up with a thwacking 65-49 triumph,
the second home victory in a row
and the third of the season for
the Lions.
The fast and furious action of
the tilt could not have been forecast at the beginning, when both
teams moved slowly, sluggishly,
and not very effectively. Soon,
however, things began to thaw.
The Lions, suffering with a ninepoint deficit, suddenly began to
move with impeccable teamwork.
In no time the score was knotted,
after which the local squad moved
cautiously to the front with a twopoint margin, 19-17. The Redmen
tied it up again. The full furore
of the game then began, and at
halftime the Lions held a comfortable ten-point edge (31-21) that
was increased by six and maintained easily throughout the rest
of the game.
Marvel Rhyne, with a leg that
was announced as "bruised," and
Squeaky Smith, with a curiously
treacherous shooting eye that held
him back all night, nevertheless
took scoring honors for the Lions
with 14 points apiece, tout were
forced to bow to Redman Guard
Morrow, who racked up 16. Preacher Wilcoxen ended with 12 points
and only two fouls, and Harold
Smith was credited with 11 points.
Elmo Evans was in, briefly, for
the first time since the night he
sprained his ankle, and brought
spirited new fire to the game; two
goals and five fouls and Elmo was
done, but the work was brilliant.
Some interesting work was turned in by a group of squad members
seeing their first real action on the
home court. Swede Lundquist turned in a creditable and aggressive
performance at forward, ending
among the top five scorers of the
game. Keith Dooley threw a sensational goal from midcourt during one of the more heated moments, and the last minutes saw
effective action from Bill Vrentas
and Jim Catsavis.
Lions Chalk Up Second
Victory, 60-55 Over Boys Club
"Squeaky" Smith Is
Again High Man
This college's Lions found a
long-lost resiliency Thursday night,
January 15, and rolled to their second victory of the year in a nipand-tuck, thoroughly enjoyable
tussle with a surprising team from
the local Boys Club. The score was
60-55.
Lion Lawrence Smith led all
scorers with his customary unbelieveable long goals and a 5:6
free shot ratio that, combined,
gave him a total of 21 points. Boys
Club Forward Denniston trailed
Smith with 18 points, and was
followed by Marvel Rhyne, probably the most consistently effective
hoopster on the Lion squad. Phil
Wilcoxen, soon fouling out in the
midst of a spectacular defensive
campaign, tried seven free shots
and made six of them, plus two
goals for a total of ten points-a
mark equalled by Lion Jack Smith,
and by Bradford, a stellar Boys
Club guard.
Shown jumping for the ball with one of the AU Freshmen in the
first game of 1948 is Lion Jack Smith, No. 5. Other JC Lions shown in
the picture are Captain Marvel Rhyne, No. 2, and Harold Raymond
Smith, No. 1.
Freshmen Get "Most Surprising Opposition
Of The Season" In Lion Tilt, McGaha Says
Mel McGaha's University of Arkansas Freshmen, and all their
height, came down to Fort Smith
recently for a game with the Lions
and carried it away, 76-65, after
a scoring melee and several interesting personal differences that
made for a game's worth of rare
thrills. The tilt was the first on
the local courts after the long
Christmas holiday and was one of
several close Lion defeats.
McGaha, who protested unnecessarily that his squad was not a
"B" squad but a squad of freshmen,
asserted that the opposition given
by the Lions was the most surprising of the season. At halftime
the Freshmen held only an extremely shaky one-point margin;
but before this, the score had been
knotted twice, and at one point the
Lions had been out in front, 26-25.
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Future Cyclotron Builders Einstein, Jrs.
Find Solutions
Are Potential In JC
By Mary Ann McDonald
Atomic Bombs For
Sale—lOc Each
Who could possibly know more
about the complexity of the world
than the chemistry student? He
has learned that sodium in water
reacts violently to produce hydrogen and spots on the ceiling. Just
ask any potential chemist and he'll
show you the spots. The chemists
have also learned that an unknown
is an elusive thing, and that if you
find it with only four trials, you are
doing very well, indeed.
An interesting thing to note during lecture hours is the expressions
on students' faces. There is the
dreamy, far-away look when the
student thinks he knows that oxygen supports combustion, and amazement registers at the announcement that a rusting nail
Heacfac/ies For
7 fie Referee
There's the whistle, and the
Junior College Lions come out on
the basketball court. The game
with Podunk J. C. is on and promises to be a thriller. The ball is
tossed up by the referee and the
centers leap into the air. The ball
goes to Smith, who "dribbles"
down the court and passes to
Smith. Smith "dribbles" up the
court at a gallop, and passes to
Smith, who makes a beautiful shot.
The score stands: Lions 0, Visitors 2. (Wrong basket!)
The ball is handed in by Smith
and received by Smith, who shoots
a fasthook-pass to Smith. Smith
feints to Smith and passes to
Smith, who drops the ball through
the hoop.
The score is now two up and
Podunk throws the ball in. Smith
intercepts a pass and sends the
ball clown the court to Smith. Another goal is scored for the Lions.
Substitutions come in ... the referee is carried off on a stretcher,
screeching, "Smith E-E-E-E-e-e-ee!" (And the reporter is later
found diligently pursuing butterflies in the park. The worst had
happned—five Smiths on a bas'ketball team.)
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evolves heat. Nothing at all registers at the mention of vapor pressure. Of course 5 there is the look of
weak resignation and an apparent
desire to blame it all on Van der
Waal's forces.
But "Bullet" Allen has realized
that chemistry has its practical
value. He learned that alchohol is
volatile, and that all he needs is
a still.
"Je ne sais pas"
Or--"l don't know"
In a lunch room permeated with
the fragrance of garlic, the mysteries of college algebra are unveiled to innocent, unsuspecting1
students. Who could possibly susspect that x .plus y equals x plus
y?
There are linear equations ir.
one unknown, and as if that were
not enough, they can have two or
three unknowns. By this time some
are ready to give up the ghost, but
Miss Isabella K. Smith reaches
out a sustaining hand by saying
that the next chapter is easy—if
you get it.
It happens to be a chapter about
"Bonjour, mademoiselle" or "bon
jour, monsieur, the teacher greets graphs; so you say, "Who couldn't
the French student. From that sim- draw a graph? It's just a line on
ple phrase on, the teacher's well- squared paper." And very shortly
mastered French vocabulary proves you have the answer to your query
too much for the student. The only —yourself, for one person.
other phrase he recognizes is "test
Then, when you finally undertout," which means "that is all." stand graphs, you reach imaginIt's always a good idea to speak ary numbers, but they're not
the language in the classroom, for imaginary, and they produce very
practice, of course. Miss Tidball real headaches. The easy little
surely gets a lot of practice! She quizzes come around, and you wonasks for the past participle of the er what you could have done to
vei-b "to go" and the student re- merit such torture.
sponds hopefully with the imperWhen it's time for warning
ative. But the teacher is very kind grades, you wonder why someone
and expresses her shame of him in didn't warn you on registration
French, so he will not be discour- day that this was a subject of inaged by her comment. Our hero is trigue and dangerous adventure,
not dismayed and his face bright- with demons masquerading a$
ens when his turn comes again and numbers and letters. In fact, this
he is asked to give the second sing- whole subject is one of wonderular form of "you want." He an- ment; so when the grade made by
swers, confident in his knowledge, four little lines presents itself to
but the teacher says, "Monsieur, you, you at last know at least one
that is an irregular verb. It is con- thing: the meaning of "till death
jugated differently." And the stu- do us part."
But there's one consolation:
dent scratches his head in desper- Perhaps you'll be able to find a
ation, mumbling all the while that means of mutiplying your earnsomeday he'll invent a language ings, thereby achieving your amin which everything is regular and bition—to buy a
calculating
no rules have exceptions.
machine.
All students experience a lift
of spirits when told the assignTough!
ment for next time includes a
scene from a comedy, and that
Junior college girls are heartthey will undoubtedly enjoy the
wit therein. But, somehow, the broken .because the new high school
jokes lose their zest and humor economics teacher doesn't have any
(if they had any) when one strug- JC classes. "The administration
gles for three hours to decipher just doesn't understand our position," they say.
words and get the point!
Lost: A Mane,
Return To Charley
"Today," said the history professer, "We will take up Charley
Mane. Here is a little sidelight
that you won't find in your text
(or any text, for that matter).
"Charley Mane was a big-shot
back in the old days, and he liked
swimming. One day, while swimming with several of his henchmen, he was abruptly joined by a
robber baron whose horse had
halted too suddenly. The baron's
armor, which had been made from
discarded stove-pipje^ caused him
to sink in the drink, from whence
he was rescued by Charley Mane.
In gratitude, the baron became
Charley's faithful side-kick.
"Charley and the baron chummed
around for a while; then they decided to go on a crusade. They
saddled their trusty charters,
mounted and charged off. Shortly
after their arrival in the Holy
Land, poor old Charley was captured. The baron would not go
near water, after the swimming
episode; and, due to his aroma,
the Moslems wouldn't capture him.
Charley was so brokenhearted at
being separated from the baron
that he tore his hair out. He was
no longer Charley Mane: he was
just plain Charley.
"Now, the Germans had been
trying to revive the Roman Empire;
and, as Caesar had >been bald,
they made up their minds to have
a bald headed emperor. So, when
the German nobles found out that
Charley had lost his mane, they
were ready to go to any extremes
to get him. They had to go so far
as to pay two haunches of venison
7 he Frog And /" By McDonald
When I enrolled in biology, I
Hopalong's brain made very
scarcely dreamed I would know little impression until viewed with
Hopalong so well. My only regret a microscope. It then took on more
is that I did not know her while sizeable proportions and led me
she yet lived and played with oth- to believe that she had been most
er frogs. One day I was handed an intelligent. And I felt a certain
instrument case of pins, scissors, sorrow for Hopalong, martyr to
probe, and scalpel, and told to the cause of science. I am glad
choose a frog. When I first saw that she did not know, as she wigher, I was ready to call the whole gled merrily through the tadpole
thing off, for her size was most stage, that she would come to
formidable. Later, I became cer- such an untimely end.
tain she had an outstanding personality and was beautiful, in a
"froggy" way.
First, I looked in her mouth,
which was large enough to walk
into with ease. Then I had to slit
Hopalong's skin down the center
of her stomach without injuring
any internal organs. I wished so
much that she had been furnished
with buttons or snaps.
"And what to my wondering eyes
should appear . . . ?" She was a
masterpiece of "frogdom." Her
veins were injected with some 'blue
stuff and her arteries with red,
so she was quite a colorful sight.
I realize that all the drawings I
made cannot do justice to her beauty.
I delved deeply into the mysteries of the arterial and venous systems and the respiratory system,
amid all the others. I am quite
sure that frogs believe in saving
"eat, drink, and be merry" for she
had eaten a crawdad for lunch the
Snooper, pictured above, learns
day before her death.
all the answers in Miss Kathryn
as ransom. When Charley was re- Buchanan's science laboratory. He
leased he was taken to Germany is shown puzzling over the proand crowned Emperor Charles blem of what to do with scalpel
XIISO4. The robber baron turned
up and was made an officer in the and scissors and where to begin
army, and established the line of his important research work "Rana Catesbiana."
Prussian officers."
In '47 It Was Really Christmas
Not too many years ago this
Christmas, Joe College had an important prefix to his name, and
was lacking the suffix he now
has. He was G. I. Joe.
Joe recalls Christmas, 1943. He
had been in the army less than a
year, and was not yet accustomed
to the rigors of the service. When
Joe awoke with a yawn that morning, the back of his hand passed
over a stubby beard on his chin.
It was Christmas, he remembered,
as he rose to a sitting position on
the edge of his bunk, but you
couldn't prove it out in the middle
of the Pacific on a smelly transport with waking men all around
you.
Joe didn't even bother trying
to shave. It was Chrismas in name
only.
On another Christmas morning,
four years later, Joe awoke. This
time, realizing what day it was,
he leaped to his feet with anticipation. One glance at the clock
showed him that he was late again.
Of course, since he was home from
college only for the holidays, each
minute had to count, even though
he had had less than five hours
sleep.
Joe's folks were standing in the
living room amid several heaps
of gaily trimmed gifts when Joe
finally blessed the scene with his
appearance. It was noon and he
was feeling better after a bath, a
shave, and the comfortable felling
of neatly pressed clothes.
The family was waiting to open
the gifts, for Joe was home—it
was Christmas.
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MARCH, 1948
That can-can chorus of Jack Ragon, Bill McLachlan, Bill
Oeme, Roy Gene Musssett, and J. Stanley Putman.
Editorials
Why Education?
Student publication of Fort Smith
Junior College, Fort Smith, Ark.
VOLUME I, NUMBER 3
Education—and the attainment thereof—does not have the
same meaning for everyone nor is an education desired for the same
purpose by all. Some believe that the aim of education is to provide
a knowledge whereby a person can earn a better living, and statistics prove that those people and countries which have a high
educational level also enjoy a higher standard of living. While
on the other side some feel that education has a greater moral
and spiritual function and should have as its chief aim training
for good citizenship.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Sue Stewart . . . Editor-in-Chief
Calvin Patterson . . . Associate
Editor; Assistants, Mary
Ann McDonald, Leonard Raible.
Tom Fox . . . News Editor
Reba Kasten . . . Feature Editor
Don Evans . . . Sports Editor
Carolyn Herbert . . . Art Editor
Marvel Rhyne . . . Photographer
Reporters . . . T. E. Bardrick,
Carolyn Freeman, Judy Wernette, Wanda Ann Rogers,
Mary Kay Sumners, John
Tate, Otho Baker, Doris
Dooly, Oweta Gamble, Eugenia Swofford, Peggy Patterson, and Edwin Yager.
Herbert Spencer said ,that "The great aim of education is not
knowledge but action." To this we will agree, I am sure, only if
such action is in the best interest of those concerned. Education
must improve the quality of living of the individual.
PRINTING STAFF
Printing Editor—Curtis Landers
Assistant—Melvin Robertson
FACULTY ADVISERS
Editorial: Delmer Ashworth
Business: Guy Hixson
Printing: C. H. Tobler
Think It Over
The Lost Cause
By A. G. Patterson
A fancy serve, an inside curve,
And then a tied-up score—
A desperate plunge, a skidding
lunge;
The ball goes out the door.
Paddles
slap, ankles
sna-p—
He'll never be the same.
A desperate try, the ball sails by.
It's a bloody, bitter game.
Shouts and cheers, moans a,nd
tears,
A body on the floor.
At first so bold, his luck ran
cold—
The. champion in no more.
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It seems to me that both of the above aims are highly desirable
from both a personal and a civic standpoint. Every individual
should be able and willing to make a definite contribution to the
economic life of the community; also he must support the agencies
and institutions that sustain it.
This is spring—that time of year when concentration on
logarithms and conjugations is more than ordinarily difficult.
The pleasant pastimes that beckon should not be permitted to
interfere with attainment of the basic objective of college attendance. Improvement of the quality of living of the individual requires some subordination of present inclinations in the interest
of both the present and the future.
L. A. Rutledge
According to a recent survey on world affairs made in JC, the
majority of junior college students know little or nothing about
the important movements for world peace now being made. Only
a few of those who study international relations could give intelligent answers when asked their opinion of the Marshall Plan or
of recent trends in the world peace picture.
This speaks none to well for the American voters and taxpayers
tfhat we will become in the not too distant future. If we do not
develop an interest in affairs of state now, we can hardly be expected to vote intelligently when the time comes. Nor can we hope
to understand the development of world peace if we do not follow
each event closely.
The only answer to this problem is interest and hard work at
understanding now, so that we will be capable to accept our responsibility as American citizens should.
First In State
FTA Gefs
Charter
Here is the "hill-billy" quartet which made a hit in "Point and Counterpoint" with rendition of "Slap Her Down Again, Boys." In more
normal moments they are Jack Ragon, Harold Smith, Bill McLachlan, and
Jack Smithson.
Record Crowd Sees JC Variety Show;
Burke, Evans, Faulkner Take Honors
A record crowd attended "Point and Counterpoint," this year's JC
variety show, staged in the high school auditorium March 5 by an "allstar" student cast. Heroine of the story was none other than beautiful
Starlight, alias James Burke, whose handsome suitor was played by
Edwin Yager. Mark Newman was cast in the role of the captain of the
showboat which provided the setting of the story, and James Shof- Hartmeier, baritone; Gerri Pfeiffey played Starlight's father, the fer, violinist; and Eugenia Swofford, alto. Accompanist was Gloria
villain.
Directed by Reba Mae Kasten Febro.
and Doris Dooly, "Point and Counterpoint" was described as a "comic
Four IRC Delegates
melodrama.'"
Guest performer for the proJourney
to Denton
duction was Miss Mamie Faulkner,
Four
IRC's
and their sponsor,
well-known local comic singer and
Miss Lucille Speakman, attended
dancer. Other special features of
the stage show were a can-can the Southwest Regional Conferchorus composed of Jack Ragon, ence of International Relations
Bill McLachlan, Bill Orme, Roy Clubs at North Texas State ColGene Mussett, and J. Stanley Put- lege, Denton, Texas, March 12-13.
man; a calendar girls' parade led Over 25O delegates from 50 colleges
by Carolyn Herbert and featuring in Arkansas, Louisana, Oklahoma,
Joan Jefferies, Doris Dooly, Mar- and Texas attended the convenolyn Herbert, Mary K. Workman, tion.
Delegates from the local IRC
Tanya Brashier, Melba Riggs, Pat
Mannan (appearing with Pat was were Doris Dooly, Judy Wernette,
Marvel Rhyne who could hardly "Windy" Jacobs, and Joe Duerr.
be termed a calendar girl,) Oweta The students took part in panel
discussions of current topics of
Gamble, Jo Canady, Ann .Kellv. and
Carolyn Freeman; and a "hill-bil- world importance. Doris' topic was
ly" quartet composed of Jack Ra- "International Education—Student
gon, Harold Smith, Bill McLach- Exchange;" Judy's and "Windy's"
"The Present Economic Status in
lan, and Jack Smithson.
Don Evans and his "boogie-woo- the British Empire;" and Joe's,
gie" was another main attraction, "The Marshall Plan."
Dr. Alfred Crofts, professor of
and the swing trio, composed of
James Shoffey, Douglas Styles, history at the University of Denand Don Evans, was one of the ver and author and narrator of
audience's favorites. Soloists for the weekly radio broadcast "Jourthe evening were Edwin Yager neys Behind the News," was prinand Philip Spears, tenors; Joe Bob cipal speaker for the meeting.
The first Future Teachers of
America charter in Arkansas was
presented to Henry Nicholson, president of the junior college FTA
chapter March 8 by Dr. M. Margaret Stroh, executive secretary of
Delta Kappa Gamma, national
honor society for women, when
she spoke to a combined assembly
of college students and high school
seniors.
Organized late last semester
by Miss Opal Horn, education
teacher, membership of the FTA
is drawn primarily from last semester's education students. However, Miss Horn has announced
that other students who are interested in entering the eaching
profession will be invited to join
soon. The Future Teachers of America was organized in co-operation
with the nation-wide teacher-recruitment movement.
In speaking to the students, Dr.
Stroh said, "Everybody is talking
about teachers, but the talk springs
from the economic plight of teachers. I am convinced that once the
American people understand that
you cannot offer American children poorly paid, poorly prepared
teachers they will unstrap their
wallets just as the American people always have." The economic
plight of teachers is not now the
most important issue, but their
ability to teach, Dr. Stroh continued.
"It is no longer enough to want
to be a teacher, just because you
have a relative on the board of
trustees, or because your father,
aunt, or cousin was a teacher." Dr.
Stroh said. A "four-square personality" is important in any person
who plans to be a teacher, Dr.
Stroh pointed out, explaining that
this type of personality includes
the qualities of sincerity, understanding, fairness, and kindness.
"If, added to these characteristics,
are a good mind and high scholarship, then teaching should claim
you for its own." Dr. Stroh told
the students.
In presenting the charter, Dr.
Stroh congratulated the FTA members for their awareness of the necessity for better teachers, and
for their activity in beginning the
FTA organization in the state.
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Society
Ten Are Initiated
Into Phi Theta Kappa
Ten students were initiated into
Zeta Epsiion chapter of .Phi Theta
Kappa, national junior college
honorary fraternity, Friday evening, February 13. The initiation
was formal and was held in the
JC band room.
Those initiated at the candlelight ceremony were: Margaret
Benorook, Dianne Brocchus, Don
Evans, Gloria Febro, Joan Fohrman, N. H. Jeffries, Mary Ann
Macuonald, and Calvin .Patterson,
freshmen, and Gerri Pfeiffer and
Roy Upchurch, Jr, sophomores.
The initiation was followed by an
informal social gathering and refreshments were served.
This initiation brought the total number of Phi Theta Kappa
members in Fort Smith Junior
College up to twenty. The national
convention of Phi Theta Kappa is
to be held early in April in Pueblo,
Colorado. Plans are being made to
send a delegate to represent Zeta
Epsilon chapter.
JC Veterans Lead
IKC Discussion
Continuing the series of informal discussions led by JC veterans,
the International Relations Club
met March 1 at the home of Diane
Brocchus. At this meeting, the
discussion of the war in the Philipines was led by Henry Nicholson, Richard Fry, Joe Duerr, and
Hollis Allen.
Henry told the group much about
the problems of reconstruction in
the Islands and the co-operation
of the natives in the recent war.
Dick told of his training in Australia for the invasion and of various phases of the actual fighting
in which he participated. He still
corresponds with a young Filipino
boy whom he met while there.
Some comments on the customs of
the natives were added by Joe
Duerr when he told of the apparent
happiness of the people at a funeral. He also mentioned the native
hatred for the Japanese. Joe held
the group in fascination when he
flourished a grass skirt but, disappointingly he said he couldn't
wear it.
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Band Room Becomes Unusual Setting
When JC's Stage February Party
Most JC's cast care aside on the
night of February 20 and went
'*honky-tonking" in the band room.
From all reports, however, no one
was seriously influenced by the
effects of the (root) beer and
pretzels which were "on the house"
and served in abundance.
Now, don't get the wrong idea
when we tell you that JC's went
"honky-tonking," for only the supposed atmosphere of an 1848 saloon was present. Lighting was
provided by candles stuck in tall
holders placed on the individual
card tables. And card games were,
of course, in order.
The lighting and good blues music also made dancing more pleasurable, so the floor was occupied
during the whole evening. There
was only one thing wrong with the
lighting, the pin-up pictures were
not revealed to advantage.
Jacobs, Upchurch,
Evans, Are Prexies
Heading the student body this
semester is John "Windy" Jacobs,
named president in a run-off election held February 6. Other officers are Doris Dooly, re-elected
vice-president, and Marolyn Herbert, secretary.
A sophomore, "Windy" is also
president of the IRC and active
in all student body circles. Doris,
also a sophomore, was vice-president last semester, served as cheerleader, and was named "best allround girl" in the Who's Who
election held earlier in the semester.
Marolyn, freshman secretary the
first semester, was elected "most
popular girl" in the Who's Who
election. She served as vice-president of the high school student
body last year, also.
Sophomores Elect
Roy Upchurch Jr. was elected
president of the sophomore class
at a class meeting January 30. He
is assisted by that vivacious "cancan artist" Billy Orme, in the capacity of vice-president, and Oweta
Gamble, secretary. Class sponsor,
chosen to succeed Miss Lucille
Speakman who held that post last
semester, is Miss Lucille Speakman.
Active in many organizations,
Roy is a member of Phi Theta
Kappa. Oweta, a member of the
When found at one of the card
tables, "Bartender" Roy Upchurch
explained that since this was his
first experience at bartending, he
was in search of helpful information on the art of serving root beer
to his customers.
Chorus Appears In
Three Programs
Getting under way early this sen.ester, the JC chorus presented
a program of religious music at
the first February assembly in
co-operation with Miss Lucille
Speakman and the International
Relations Club. The same program
was given earlier at KFPW House,
and later, March 2, at a WMU
meeting of the Immanuel Baptist
Church.
Narrator for the program on international religious tolerance,
"Protestant, Catholic, and Jew,"
was Reba Mae Kasten. Directed by
Miss Opal Clark, the chorus sang
"I Walked Today Where Jesus
Walked," "Steal Away," a negro
spiritual, and "Amen". Soloists for
the program were Edwin Yager,
Carolyn Freeman, and Gerri Pfeiffer. Edwin sang "The Lord Is My
Light," Carolyn, "The Church Is
One Foundation," and Gerri played a violin solo, "Ave Maria" by
Schubert.
Student Board social committee,
was vice-president of the freshman
class last year.
Sophomore Student Board membesr are Reba Kasten, Philip
Spears, Henry Nicholson, and Iverson Riggs.
Celebrities Lead Freshmen
Elected president of the freshman class was Donald Evans,
"most talented boy" of JC. Chosen to share in conducting the affairs of the class as vice-president
was Calvin Patterson, the man
with a drawl, and Ann Kelly, as
secretary.
"Pat" was recently made associate editor of the Numa to succeed Dorothy Shaw. Ann, filling
the position calling for the hardest work, is JC's "cutest girl" and
head cheerleader.
The students chosen to represent
the freshman class on the Student
Board are Lawrence Smith, Marvel Rhyne, and Elmo Evans, all
basketball lettermen.
/ Tackle A
Microscope
By Mary Ann McDonald
Displaying the salads prepared in the home economics cooking
course are, from left, Wanda Ann Rogers, Johnnie Dean, Miss Margaret
Reavis, and Lucille Phillips.
Future Housewives Learn To Contrive
Clothes And To Feed The Human Male
By Reba Kasten
Merry College, sister of Jr. College, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Joe College, is majoring in home
economics. She plans to take pattern drafting, textiles, foods and
clothes construction. Miss Margaret Reavis is her teacher in all
four cases, so the wisest thing to
do is cultivate her friendship from
the start.
Pattern drafting is valuable because you are taught to make
clothes, constructing your own patterns. This is a desirable thing to
know because it not only saves
expense, but it saves the embarrassment of being unable to find
a pattern to fit your torso if it is
completely out of whack according
to Lana Turner measurements.
Textiles teaches the difference
in fabrics. This is an intricate little subject, invaluable to the ladies. It is most disconcerting to
have a dress which, after the first
cleaning or washing, shrinks to a
size you wore 14 years ago. There
are also various kinds of material
which have a habit of stretching
to the extent that you have the New
Look in back, and the Above-theKnee Look in front.
Foods is the subject which relies
on the belief that "the way to a
man's heart is through his stom-
ach." After you finish whipping
up all the attractive salads, which
somehow look a little different
when you do it, you wonder if it
wouldn't be wise to buy hospitalization insurance.
As for clothes construction, untold tales of wonder are taught in
that class. You make tailor's
tacks, 'baste, sew, rip it out, and
make tailor's tacks again. Throughout it all, garments are actually
made according to this new scientific method—and if you don't believe it ask Eugenia Swofford,
Oweta Gamble, or Judy Wernette.
JC Offers Music
Appreciation Class
One of the smallest and most
unusual classes in JC is the music
appreciation course or Music 13-B,
as it is listed in the catalog. Very
few classes may -boast of an informality such as is encountered
when Music 13-B meets.
The class usually begins with a
round-table discussion; and, in the
course of a period, the participants
discuss the relative merits of modern, contemporary, and classical
music with amazing gusto.
This year, for the first time, I
became well-acquainted with a
microscope, its use, and eccentricities. For the uninitiated a little
explanation is necessary. The
microscope is a delicate instrument;
its lenses must be cleaned only
with a special paper and it must be
put to bed in a closed box clothed
in a plastic nightgown. The mirror
which regulates the amount of
light is "twistable" in all directions. This is fortunate since the
light, even though it is all around
one, seems cantankerous about
being reflected to the observer's
eye.
The first day for observations
and drawing came when I was all
set to peer into the unknown. I
chose a prepared slide of camel's
blood. Now a new problem presented itself, the problem of focusing. Unless a microscope is focused correctly, one sees nothing—
which isn't very enlightening. I
placed the slide under the
eyepiece, focused, and saw—nothing. I made a little adjustment,
looked, and saw—nothing. Then
I saw some little specks, and I
thought that camel must have
been an anemic one. I called my
instructor to see the phenomenon.
When she looked, she informed
me that I was not even seeing a
smear. I thanked her for the advice, moved the slide and saw—
camel's blood.
The second semester 'brought
with it the study of living microscopic animals. Once again a
problem presented itself: how to
grow another arm. Now, I must
draw with one hand, adjust the
microscope with the other and
keep moving the slide with another in order to see the particular
creature under observation. The
first animal, an amoeba, had only
one fault. When I wanted it to
pose for a portrait, it walked; but
when I wanted to observe its motion, it sat enjoying the scenery.
However, the paramecium was
another story. He galloped about
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It's All In A Day's Work, But
Only One Day Like These, Please
Snooper really gets around over the campus. He wanders around the
high school building sometimes and has on various occasions seen a
JC student substituting in a high school class.
One day he saw Jerry Hopkins
carrying the biology department's
skeleton down the hall. Here, he Mr. Groundhog Gives
thought, were bones to last a year, False Alarm Feb. 2
but on close inspection he decided
Groundhog Day rolled around
they were too dry for him. He just with clouds thickly blanketing his
decided to follow Jerry and see shadow. By all that is traditional,
what was up. In Coach Thomp- Spring should have been here. She
son's room were many pupils eag- was a trifle coy, however, and
er to learn the names of the bones waited until the third week in Feband Jerry was eager to teach ruary to make her appearance.
them. Whenever any of the -boys All was forgiven when she made
got a little rowdy, all Jerry had her gay arrival midst a flurry of
to do was give him a hard look
and he immediately behaved him- sunbeams.
The grass gave answer with a
self. When Professor Hopkins was
asked for comment on his teaching- belated attempt to turn green. JC's
experience, he said, "High school m a d e haste to acknowledge
Spring's arrival -by deserting the
students are very young."
Susie Stewart, Numa editor, play-room and corridors to spend
met journalism classes in the ab- their free periods (and probably
sence of Mr. Ashworth. She made some that weren't free) in the
such a lasting impression on the sunshine. The girls, in their purjournalism students that they still suit of physical education, stamrefer to her as "teacher" and "Mr. peded toward the practice field
Ash worth."
after their long confinement in
Henry Nicholson taught Dan:on the echoing gym. Ping-pong playBeach's class in American history. ers turned to the more advanced
They talked that day about cur- form of their sport, tennis. The
rent events and the Panama Canal. campus echoed to the thud of
Just what effect the discussion baseball-striking-glove as the amwill have on international affairs
ateur DiMaggios and Fellers took
remains to foe seen.
Mary K. Workman, the physical to the out-of-doors.
Those less fortunate students
education assistant, taught girls'
gym class and kept the junior stu- who had classes were unable to
dy hall for Miss Jean Winters. She concentrate on the lecture at hand,
was tireless in her efforts, both in and persisted in gazing into space
the gym and in study hall.
with dreamy expressions on their
Snooper is proud of these JC faces. ("Granny" Tucker would
friends. Someday perhaps one of have said that they were afflicted
Jerry's students will set a broken with advanced cases of spring febone. One of Susie's ardent pupils ver, and that each and every one
might win the Nobel prize for lit- was in need of a generous dose of
erature. A future president may
have been taught by Henry, and sulphur and molasses.) At last,
Mary K. may have coached an after an extended period of damp,
Olympics star. Who knows what cold, dreary gray, winter weather,
these JC's may make of their pu- spring was here again!
pils?
But hold a minute! The sun was
obscured
when a cold wind blew
Typing Gripes
clouds across the sky, and WinClickity-clack,
suffering
bock,
ter again dropped her dark manLonging for a rest.
Sweat and slave, rant and rave, tle over all. The nature lovers and
It's a dreaded typing test!
athletes scurried for cover, and
Fingers sore, 'n nails are tore;
the playroom and corridors again
A little bell goes "Ping!"
echoed with the sound of voices
Turn and twist, paining wrist,
as
the radiators put forth their
Red eyes smart and sting.
Elbows sag, minutes drag;
welcome heat. Had Spring really
Time's up—what a thrill!
made her appearance, or had it
A mass of aches, but 'wo misall
been merely a pleasant dream?
takes—
Wait 'til I get my hands on that
What? No scores? A drill?
A. G. Patterson groundhog!
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JC's Sport Assumed Names
Why? Don't
Ask Us
There is a variety of nicknames
around JC. Nicknames have a
way of appearing in one's life as
innocent fun, but somehow they
stick whether the victim likes it
or not. Snooper was curious about
his JC frienus' nicknames, so he
decided to find out a little about
the origin of some of these convenient cognomens and pass it on
to others who might also be curious. To his sup rise he found that
some people didn't know the why
and whereiore of their own nicknames.
Take for instance the case of all
the unfortunate souls who have
had a nickname .bestowed on them
by Roy Mussett. The outstanding
example is Mary K. Workman
whom he calls "Bag" for no reason. However, Roy has been repaid in full. For every name he
doles out, one is returned. Mary
K.'s name for him is "Mouse/'
When Susie Stewart bought some
new ballerina shoes, Roy thought
they looked like canoes; hence the
name "Canoe-foot" for Susie.
The sixty-four dollar question is,
" Why is Hollis Allen called 'Bullet'?" No one Snopper asked seemed to know and "Bullet" doesn't
know either—or so he said.
Calvin Patterson is called "Pat"
by most people. But ''Bullet" has
another name for him—''Dad." Tne
idea seems to be that because
Tat" has a few years on Allen,
he's liKe a dad to ''Bullet." ''Bullet"
presented "Dad" a ''son in the service" pin the other day, but Calvin
declined the honor of' wearing it
and "Bullet" wore it instead.
John Jacobs' nickname of "Windy" comes as an abbreviation of
his middle name, Winburn. However, anyone who has heard some
of his sea stories may doubt that
origin.
Joan Fohrman's name of "Easter" comes from the fact that she
is '"slower than Christmas," so she
must get here about ^Easter."
Lawrence Smith's name, "Squeaky" harks -back to grade school
days. It seems he was given a part
in one of the great theatrical productions. When opening night
came, Lawrence had a cold which
affected his voice. He was unable
to appear, due to a squeak, so to
all concerned he became "Squeaky."
It Aintlnlhe
History Book
By Calvin Patterson
Snooper
Says
As a result of much research in
Question: Who's the tall, dark,
dusty volumes of the comic publicurly haired fellow going around
cations, I have arrived at the JC
puffing like a steam engine?
startling conclusion that the story
Answer: That's Jerry Hopkins
of Leaf Earacheson's discovery of
grew up and learned to smoke
America is pure fiction as far as —he
a
pipe!
the circumstances and details of
* * * *
the adventure are concerned. Here
Roy Mussett and J. Stanley Putare the facts according to the most man were trying to think of a cerunauthoritative of unauthoritative tain girl's name. Roy named about
sources.
a dozen girls' names and each time
As a sort of introduction, let us J. answered, "No, that isn't it."
take up the matter of Leaf's name. Finally in exasperation, Roy asked,
Back in the days of Earacheson, a "Was it Catherine de Medici?" J.
name was tacked on a person be- must have forgotten all he ever
cause of some characteristic. For knew about history because all he
instance, Leaf's father was named said to that was, "No."
Earache the Yellow because of his
Now you know why a certain
prowess in battle. Historians disa- ex-marine is being called "Cathy."
gree on the origin of Leaf's name.
Some believe that the name was to see where he was. He noticed,
bestowed because Leaf, like his as he viewed his surroundings,
father, was prone to "leaf" when that there was an abundance of
the going got rough. Others be- grapevines covered with grapes.
lieve that the name designated Opportunity knocked. Leaf decided
Leaf's position on the family tree. that since he was a failure as a pirEvidence has been presented to ate, he would go into the grapesupport both theories.
juice buisness. He founded a
When he came of age, Leaf de- grapejuice company and began
cided to follow in the footsteps of production.
his father and embrace the proLeaf flourished for a time; and
fession of piracy. In accordance, then one day, while he was trying
he took the family boat; and, pro- to figure out what had caused a
tected by the family shield which barrel of grapejuice to spoil, he was
was decorated with the family cautiously approached by an
coat-of-arms, a white feather, he Indian chief, War Whoop, and his
set out for the coast of France son, Whooping Cough. These two
with plunder in mind.
Indians weren't exactly in love
Leaf landed during the wee with the idea of paying a social
hours of the morning in order to visit to this stranger. It had taken
lower the chances of meeting war- them several days to accumulate
like Frenchmen in the small coast- enough nerve to venture over and
al town. As he was creeping see what Leaf was up to. One can
through an alley a short distance imagine how Leaf felt about the
from the place where he had moor- visit—he was scared motionless.
ed his boat, he rounded a garbage
The Indians came closer and
can and came face to face with a closer, their curiosity overcoming
Frenchman who was staggering their fear; and, just as they reachalong mumbling to himself—pro- ed Leaf, the bung stopper, in the
bably trying to think up a good barrel that Leaf had been worrystory to tell his wife when he got ing about, gave way with a loud
home. Well, to make a long story bang! The stopper struck Whoopnot so long, Leaf was frightened ing Cough above the right ear;
"out of his skin," pieces of which and, as if the onslaught had been
he left on the corners of buildings a signal, the two Indians started
as he "picked 'em up and put 'em on a journey that was to set an
down" on the way back to his boat. all-time record for crossing the
Now don't get the boy wrong; his continent on foot. If they had only
spirit was brave, but his legs just looked back they would have seen
wouldn't allow him to stay around. Earacheson's boat crossing the
Anyway, Leaf pulled anchor and horizon. But, as it was, War
headed due west at a rate that Whoop and Whooping Cough setputs the modern steamships to tled near San Bernardino and beshame; and, before he knew it, he gan raising oranges; and Leaf
had run aground on the distant returned to Viking Land with a
tale of adventure and valor that
New England shore.
has been handed down for generWhen he climbed out of his boat, ations. It just goes to prove that
Leaf looked first to see if the you can't believe all you hear or
Frenchman was following, then read.
Dean Rutledge reports that
Duane Staggs has shown remarkable improvement in the swimming
class. He swims on top of the water most of the time now. Also, J.
C. Tedder is nearing the surface
of the water in his aqueous efforts.
Three psychology classes are offered this year and believe me, it
isn't safe to even mutter a word
accidentally. As for dream analysts, the college is full of them,
looking for someone to tell them
their dream of last night.
Have you noticed the secondyear French students with circles
under their eyes lately? They have
all had horrible dreams because
of the bloodthirsty novel they have
been reading in French. It is the
story of a feud between two families in Corsica. Lucille Borengasser is going to bring the record
"Feudin' Fussin' and Fightin,"
to class, since she thinks that it
would be appropriate at this time.
Every period has had its lovers—
Rudolph Valentino, John Gilbert,
Charles Boyer—and James Burke.
However, for the first time we saw
"Burkee" use different tactics—
as Starlight, remember? This time,
it was Edwin's face that was red
instead of that of one of the gals.
Another Smith? Oh no, it could
not be! Oh yes, but it could be, for
Don Smith joined the Lion basketball team late in January. He had
just returned from army service
in Asia.
Best Bargain During Inflation
A dime purchases two nickels
and a smile from Nancy Stair,
plus one coke or two—it just depends on you!
*
*
*
Snooper to Charlie: "O'i say,
ould boy, did you 'ave a good tiome
lawst evening?"
Charlie to Snooper: "Jolly tiome,
ould fellow, jolly tiome. But o'i
found out she's engaged!"
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JC Students Attend Leap-Year
Party At Home of Betty Boatright
"Did you say a leap year party?
"Yes, a leap year party."
"When?"
"February 29"
"And you say that it was at
Betty Boatright's?"
"Yes."
"Who all was there?"
"Oh, a lotta people. Of course,
Betty was there; and then there
was Mary K. Workman, Clarence
Kropp, Joan Fohrman, "Windy"
Jacobs, Mary Ann McDonald, Joe
Bob Hartmeier, Sue Stewart, Roy
Gene Musset, La Vonne Blackman,
Leon Combs, Jean Moon, Earl Bolinger, Margaret Benbrook, Stanley
Survey Of Public
Opinion Carried On
Recently JC students participated in a survey of public opinion
concerning various international
questions. Probably it was a bad
time to ask if the individual thought
himself better off or worse off
since opinion would probably be influenced by the term papers which
most students were beginning.
In general, students seemed in
favor of the Marshall Plan, but
many frankly confessed that they
didn't know enough about it to
give an opinion. A few were against it, but somehow the whole
survey seemed to indicate that
everyone should study more about
world affairs.
I TACKLE A MICROSCOPE
(Continued from page 29)
over the slide, sometimes stopping
a moment (just long enough for
me to grab my pencil feverishly),
then with a wave of his cilia, he
was off again. Maybe I would
follow him long enough to tire
him, so he would sit still, and
then as I began to draw, one of
his friends would swim up, poke
him, and away they would go.
Finally, in desperation, I put
some thin paper on the slide, and
hoped the spaces would corral the
critters. But even then I needed
a lariat to hogtie one. Just ask
me what paper looks like under
the microscope! The only specimens that were still had given up
the ghost. After a weary day of
pursuing paramecium, I have
come to the conclusion that the
only good ones are dead.
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Putman, Carolyn Herbert, Marolyn Herbert, Gaylon Patterson, and
Calvin Patterson. Some crowd,
huh?"
"Un huh. What did you do?
''Well, we played all sorts of
games. In one of them each girl
and her partner adjourned to another room where the '"kissing
rock" was located. You can imagine the boy's chagrin when the
girl presented him with a candy
"kiss." We also danced the Virginia reel—or at least tried to. The
floor was so slick that the dancers
weren't as graceful as would be
expected. Joe Bob even removed
his shoes in order to gain a better
foothold. The evening was climaxed by the sharing of box lunches
which contained sandwiches, pickles, cake (two kinds), and candy."
"Say, that was some party!"
"Oh yeah, Mary K. Workman
was elected Leap Year Queen and
"Windy" Jacobs was elected King.
Mary K. was given a rope and
"Windy" a crown!"
Speech Department
Presents Program
The first in a series of weekly
broadcasts of the Junior College
Playhouse was presented by the JC
radio speech department over Station ,KFPW at 4:30 p.m. March 13.
Directed by T.E. Bardrick, the
program was designed to give the
radio audience a complete picture
of student activities in junior college.
A news round-up by Carolyn
Herbert was followed by a short
summary of the history of JC by
Charlie Jones. Sophia Soteropoulos
Intel-viewed Henry Nicholson on
the organization and activities of
the FTA, and Jack Freeze interviewed Sue Stewart on the publication of The Numa. Completing
the program, Earl Shumate gave
a few of the facts concerning
junior college curricula and entrance requirements. Announcer
for the program was Bill McLachlan.
In the following weeks, other
types of programs will be featured on the Junior College Playhouse on the 4:30 Saturday program.
Stork Pays Visit
Did anyone wonder why smiles
wreathed the face of Woodrow
Goins on February 16? Well, it
so happens that he had become the
father of a '"bouncing baby boy"
the day before. Now this blessed
event didn't make him his "own
grandpa," but it really made him
very happy.
The answer to why "Woody's"
eyes are red in the morning and
why he looks so tired and worn
out all day is that "Pop" Goins
has just been walking the floor
with Lloyd Keith.
Anyway, Woodrow, JC says,
"Congratulations," to you and the
Mrs. and may you and your family be happy and prosperous, and
all your lives filled with joys untold.
Lions Bow Before
Tech Wonder-Boys
Van Buren's fieldhouse was filled February 9 when a brace of
former Pointer stars came back
with their present squads and had
a basketball game—probably not
the best basketball game the court
has seen (high schools are calling
it The Court of Doom), but a hardfought, free-fouling, fast-moving
affair, nevertheless. The Lions
lost to Arkansas Tech's delegation,
53-64.
Throughout most of the first
half, play was balanced and cautious. There was one spot where
the score was knotted (4-4), and
several others where anything
could have happened, but a splurge
at the end of the half put the
Techmen ahead seven points (3124) and indicated the nature of
the game from then on out.
Tech's center, Dopson, was 6
feet 5 inches tall, and had power
and drive that netted him 24 points,
16 of them in the last half and 10
of them made in 11 free-throw
attempts. (Tabor, a Tech forward,
was 6 feet 7, but he didn't do
so much.) Squeaky Smith came
through with a near-traditional
20 points, and was followed by
Tech's Corky Jackson, who netted
15, and Lion Harold Smith, with
12. Elmo Evans' high-spirited defense was never more effective.
The game was otherwise distinguished by excellence of officiating by Tom Fullerton and Buck
Harris.
PoteauJC-LionsGame
A
Six L;on Basketeers
Receive Recognition
Letters were awarded February
29 by Coach Frank Jones of the
Lions to six squad members, all of
whom had seen action in at least
seventeen games. Lettermen included Elmo Evans, Marvel Rhyne,
Harold Smith, Jack Smith, Jim
Smith, and Lawrence Smith.
Some individual data concerning
the lettermen follows. The material is not quite accurate, as the Okmulgee game was excluded somehow from Numa records, but otherwise it is as exact as logarithms
and adding machine could make it.
ELMO EVANS. Elmo was one of
the more colorful defensive men of
the year, and did some of his best
work at the Tech-JC game held at
the Van Buren fieldhouse. He made
an average of two field goals each
game, completed 1.65 free throws
out of 3.24 attempted, was charged
with 2.35 personal fouls, and averaged a total of 5.65 points.
MARVEL RHYNE Second-high
scoring honors were taken by
Rhyne; what is lacking in the figures will probably be vividly supplied in your own imagination—
which is the fact that there was
nobody on the squad more dependable than Center Rhyne. He averaged 4.52 goals, 1.22 free shots out
of 3 attempted, 2.65 personal fouls,
and 10.26 points each game.
HAROLD SMITH. At the end of
the season, the spirited Harold had
developed a free-shot eye that more
than once pulled the Lions
from behind, but if he had not
done that Harold would have been
noteworthy for that tremendous
verve and push—unequalled by
anybody on the home court this
year. Harold averaged 1.33 field
goals, 1.7 free shots out of 2.52
attempted, 3.2 personal fouls (Harold topped this ignoble category),
and 4.37 total points.
JACK SMITH. Jack played in
19 games and came out with an
average of 1.9 goals, completed .9
freeshots out of 1.9 attempted, .7
personal fouls, and 2.8 total points
per game.
JIM SMITH. Jim, in 17 games,
amassed a total of 11 field goals,
12 free shots out of 28 attempted,
28 personal fouls, and 34 total
points.
"SQUEAKY SMITH." The figures give ample evidence of what
everybody already knows anyway.
Squeaky didn't miss a game, and
seldom missed the basket when he
put his to hitting it, and was what
they call "bang-up" from the beginning of the season to the end.
He averaged 5.91 goals, 3.69 free
shots out of 5.22 tried, 2.4 personal fouls, and 15.51 total points
each game.
Boys' Club Avenges
Previous Loss
One of the most fraught-withlost-face games of the basketball
season violently occurred here February 20, when the Lions bowed
to a previously-conciliatory squad
from the Boys Club, 62-73. In four
earlier meetings, the Lions had
cracked the whip.
The lead changed five times in
the first half, but the Seniors
were rarely dogged after that,
and were never behind over two
points. At the half, the score was
31-21 for the Seniors; with five
minutes to go it was 60-53, same
conditions; and with one minute
to go, the Seniors held a 68-62
lead. Other interesting happenings
included a flareup of the new clock,
which lost ten seconds or so at a
crucial moment and then went
right on.
Game honors went to the Lions'
Squeaky Smith, who piled up a
back-to-normal total of 26 points.
"
Thriller-Diner"
Poteau's flourishing little junior
college sent some basketball players over here on the night of February 25 who defeated the Lions
051-50), but it was after a night
full of the most hectic, most unnerving scrap of the season. Spectator bitterness ran high, Lion
shower-room sentiment ran pretty
close to fatalism, but almost everybody agreed that this last home
game was among the most noteworthy of the season.
The game, although it started
anything but hopefully, ended up
a real fracas. To start thnigs off,
the Lions amassed 5 points and got
stuck there while the Poteau delegation piled up 17. But an interesting Lion rally moved the squad up
to within eight points (28-20) of
Poteau. A few more minutes and
the Lions had added a few more.
The halftime score was 28-24,
Poteau leading.
Some really exemplary aggression was shown by the Lions from
the minute the second-half buzzer
sounded, when somebody sank a
goal to edge within two points of
the visitors, to the time late in the
game when Marvel Rhyne, who
doesn't know what a slump looks
like, began a one-man siege that
netted five points in about half
that many minutes. With the Lions
railing Poteau 34-33, Harold Smith
sank a goal and the Lions were
out front. Joe Hemphill matched
that one and the Poteaumen had
the lead again. Jim Smith won a
free toss, cashed in, and everything was tied up at 36-all. Squeaky Smith connected with two more
points, and the Lions were ahead.
With five minutes remaining, the
score reached a 39-39 deadlock.
Two minutes elapsed and the Lions
had crashed forward to gain a
six-point edge (48-42).
All was well until Hemphill,
meeting the remaining minutes
face to face, went to work in earnest. Goal after goal from Hemphill and the score was knotted
again, at 49-49. A free toss put the
Lions ahead, 50-49. It was at this
juncture that the Lions tried a
stall; at the same juncture, Hemphill darted in and out until he
got hold of a rebound. He got
hold of it, fled downcourt, dropped
an easy tip-in into the basket, and
the demoralized Lions were caught
with thirty seconds to go. The
buzzer sounded with the ball again
in Hemphill's hands.
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JC Basketball
Coach Frank Jones piloted the
JC basketball team this year
through its second season of collegiate competition since its postwar revival of the sport, Mr. Jones
had only two lettermen on the
team, but there were several "new"
players who had plenty of experience on the hardwood floor.
The competition was, as usual,
plenty stiff throughout the season, and the Lions were handicapped by being few in number and
short in stature. Nevertheless, the
scores in the games played bear
witness to the success of the team
in their efforts to neutralize the
Coach Frank Jones
handicap.
Although a difficult question to
decide, the games with the University of Arkansas "Bees" and
the Poteau JC's probably marked
the high spots of the home court
competition. From the standpoint
of thrills-per-second, these games
were hard to equal. They were
action-packed from beginning to
the final whistle.
TaKing everything into consideration, the JC team was probably
one of the hardest-playing teams
to be found on any court. "Scrappy" is the word that describes
them.
Results Of Ihe 1947-48
Junior College Basketball Season
Score
v
Lions
Lions
* Lions
Lions
* Lions
Lions
* Lions
Lions
Lions
Lions
^60
44
Lions
^65
*Lions
Lions
59
* Lions
53
Lions
48
Lions
47
"Lions
49
Lions
36
Lions
56
62
* Lions
* Lions
48
"Lions
50
Lions
36
AAU Tournament
44
"Lions
'45
45
44
28
21
25
63
52
36
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OPPONENTS
LIONS
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
Score
Lavaca Independents
Arkansas Tech
Arkansas State Teachers
Eastern Oklahoma A & M
College of the Ozarks
Conners State Aggies
University of Arkansas Frosh
College of the Ozarks
Northeastern State College
Boys Club
Poteau Junior College
Northeastern State College
Arkansas A & M, Batesville
Conners State Aggies
Arkansas State Teachers
Little Rock Junior College
Oklahoma A & M, Okmulgee
University of Arkansas Frosh
Little Rock Junior College
Boys Club
Eastern Oklahoma A & M
Poteau Junior College
Oklahoma A & M, Okmulgee
Ozark Independents
*Home Games
30
64
60
49
33
77
76
54
40
55
53
49
82
68
50
79
59
86
70
73
72
51
53
45
KEITH DOOLY—Freshman
Although Keith didn't get in
too much playing this season, he
was usually good for a point when
it was needed most. He'll see plenty of action at the guard post next
year.
BILL GORDEY—Sophomore
A second-year man, Bill's services at the guard post will be
missed next year.
BEN FRIEDMAN—Freshman
Although he didn't see much
action at home, Ben showed up well
on the road tri$s.
ELMO EVANS—Freshman
A Van Buren boy who was hampered with injuries, Elmo always
turned in a good game.
EMORY LUNDQUIST—Freshman
"Swede" improved with every
game, playing either guard or center.
MARVEL RHYNE—Freshman
"Romeo" was the sparkplug of
the team, serving as captain for
the entire year.
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DON SMITH—Freshman
JACK SMITH—Freshman
Don didn't join the squad until
the second semester, but he still
held down a starting forward slot.
''Handsome" scored in every
game, and like all of the Smith
boys, he plans to be back next year.
HAROLD SMITH—Freshman
JIM SMITH—Freshman
With one season's experience
behind him, Jimmy will see lots
of action at guard next year.
An excellent ball handler, Harold showed up well at guard. He's
fast with the foot-work.
LAWRENCE
SMITH—Freshman
"Squeaky," almost always high
point man, was a threat to any
opponent.
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PHILIP WILCOXON—Sophomore
A fine defensive center, "Preacher" was really missed the second
semester.
JC Administration
And Faculty, 1948
Seen on the following pages are the JC
administration and faculty—the people who
figure largely in the efforts of Jr. College to
get an education. Many of these persons have
served long and faithfully in the school system—several having twenty years of service
to their credit.
To the administration, Jr. College owes
thanks for the smooth-running college organization. Because of it Jr. College attends
home basketball games and lectures on his
activity ticket; he attends all-school parties
made possible by the administration; he receives his yearbook at an extremely low price;
he elects student officers who direct student
activities; and he attends college in his home
town.
To the faculty, Junior owes thanks for
their lasting patience, consideration, and courtesy; for their leadership and guidance in his
personal affairs; and for their participation
and helpfulness in student projects.
To these people, Jr. College sincerely says,
"Thanks a lot!"
School Board
J. Fred Patton, Mrs. W. D. Powell, J. W Ramsey, Secretary, Raymond F. Orr, Delmar
Edwards, Bruce H. Shaw, William Slates.
School Board Plays Important Role In
Development Of The Junior College
Heading the school board, the
community group responsible for
direction of Fort Smith Junior
College, is Raymond F. Orr, who
was in early March named to a
new term. J. Fred Patton, vicepresident of the board, was also
re-elected this year. J. W. Ramsey,
president of the college, is secretary of the board.
John P. Woods, who retired
from the board this year after
eighteen years of service including presidency of the group, was
succeeded by Bruce H. Shaw. Mr.
Woods' period of trusteeship began shortly after establishment of
the college, and to him is due
much credit for tireless work in
development of the institution on
John P. Woods
a sound basis.
All members of the board are Smith and the surrounding terrioutstanding citizens chosen for tory. Because of this school, many
their personal qualities and their of us have had opportunities that
contributions to community build- would not have been ours othering. To them we extend sincere wise. The obligation is one that
appreciation for their work in can be repaid only in the kind of
developing an accredited junior citizenship exemplified by the
college for the students of Fort board.
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J. W.Ramsey - President
Dr. Ramsey Completing Twentieth Year As
Executive Head of Junior College
Superintendent of Schools J. W.
Ramsey is completing his twentieth year as president of Fort
Smith Junior College, having
headed the institution .ever since
it was established in 1928, five
years after he came to Fort
Smith as superintendent.
At that time, six instructors
who held the master's degree were
given classes of college students,
while teaching high school classes
also. Thirty-four students enrolled in the first freshman class in
1928. By the end of the year only
23 students remained in the school,
and the first graduating class, the
class of 1930, was composed of ten
students.
Under Dr. Ramsey's guidance,
JC enrollment has increased from
34 to 160, its present enrollment.
Junior college classes were first
held in the building now known as
the Junior High School, but they
were moved to the present high
school building when it was completed in December, 1928. Later,
in 1935, under Dr. Ramsey's supervision the stadium building was
constructed and became the home
of JC students.
Dr. Ramsey, with assistance of
the former dean, J.W. Reynolds,
started the Junior College Lecture
Series in 1941 as a civic and school
movement, with students buying
regular student tickets. Under
this year's new arrangement students may attend the lectures by
using their activity tickets—the
first to be issued for the double
purpose of lectures and basketball
games.
For twenty years of development
and progress in JC, a full measure
of appreciation goes to its president.
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Elmer Cook - Principal
Mr. Cook Has Helped Guide JC Destinies
Since School Was Established In 1928
When junior college students
begin to look around for the people who have helped JC become
the growing college it is today,
one of the first persons remembered is Elmer Cook. Principal of
Fort Smith High School for the
past twenty-five years, Mr. Cook
was the first junior college dean,
taking over this added duty in
1928-four years after his entrance
into the local school system.
Although Mr. Cook is no longer
responsible for college administrative work, his influence is felt in
all matters pertaining to JC.
On January 14, 1948, the combined student bodies of the high
school and junior college collaborated in presenting an assembly
program honoring Mr. Cook at the
beginning of his twenty-fifth year
of service in the Fort Smith school
system. Several junior college students participated in the program,
which portrayed important events
in Mr. Cook's life from 1912-the
year he began his teaching career-until 1948.
Two of the events thus highlighted were the organization of
the junior college in September,
1928, and the dedication of the stadium building in 1935-the two
most important dates for the junior college in the last decade.
Junior college students-past,
present, and future-owe much to
Mr. Cook for his unfailing interest
and tireless effort in their behalf.
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L. A. Rutledge - Dean
Phi Theta Kappa, Other Student Activities
Added During Rutledge's Two Years In JC
Shortly after he assumed his
duties as dean of Fort Smith Junior College, L. A. Rutledge set
out to gain the establishment of
a chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa
honorary fraternity in JC, and
the Zeta Epsilon chapter owes its
existence largely to his efforts.
Not only has Dean Rutledge
aided in establishing student activities, but he takes part in them
as well. The dean's to be seen at
all school parties; in fact, a party
just wouldn't be a JC party without the dean's being on hand to
take a hand in games—at which
by the way, he frequently gets
licked.
Dean Rutledge always finds
time to aid the students with
their problems, both individual and
collective. He is always available
when a bit of sound advice is desired.
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In addition to his duties as dean,
Mr. Rutledge teaches a class in
sophomore American history and
a class in swimming that meets
at the junior high pool. The dean's
philosophy of teaching goes a long
way toward making his courses
popular. He believes that a student will learn a subject if he is
interested in it; and, putting this
philosophy into practice, he stimulates lively interest in any subject that he teaches. His swimming
students become so interested, at
times, that they fail to came up
for air. Last year, in one of his
history classes, the dean assigned
a debate on the justification of
the Mexican War and feeling ran
so high that the war was practically re-enacted with pencils, paper, and words, of course.
In speaking of Dean Rutledge,
we follow the veteran students in
saying of him, "He's a good Joe."
DELMER ASHWORTH, A. B., B. J.
Director of Publications
Journalism
FRANK E. CASSIDY, B. S.
Drafting
KATHRYN BUCHANAN, B. S., M. S.
Biology
Junior College Faculty Members
VERNON A. GROSSCUP, B. S.
Chemistry
OPAL CLARK, B. S.
Public School Music
WILL H. DYER
Music Theory and Harmony
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RUTH HAMILTON, B.A., M.A.
Latin
GUY HIXSON, B. S., M. S.
Business Administration
MRS. GLENN HOFFMAN, L. I.
Secretarial Science
MARY R. HYNES
Librarian
OPAL HORN, B. A., M. A.
Education
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JAMES HUMPHREY, B. S., M. E. D.
Director of Vocational Education
FRANK L. JONES, B. A.
Coach
LUELLA KREHBIEL, B. A., M. A.
English
WlLMA JlMERSON, B. A., M. A.
Spanish
MRS. HELEN MCCARTY, L. I.
Secretarial Science
WARREN E. MCLELLAN, B. S.
Woodworking
BEN L MAYO, B. A.
Physical Education for Men
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MARGARET MONTAGUE, B.S.E., M.A
Speech, Dramatics
NILS MUHR, L. I.
Metals, Machine Shop
BESS J. RAMSEY, B.A., M.S.
Commerce
MARGARET REAVIS, B.S.H.E., M.A.
Home Economics
L. A. RUTLEDGE, B.S.E., M.A.
American History
ISABELLA K. SMITH, B.A., M.A.
Mathematics
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VIRGINIA TIDBALL, B. A., M. A.
French, English
C. H. TOBLER, A. A.
Printing
JEAN WINTERS, B. S.
Physical Education for Women
NANCY STAIR, B. A.
Registrar
LUCILLE SPEAKMAN, B.A., M.A.
Social Science
ORA WILBURN, B. S. E.
Arts and Crafts
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Home, Sweet Home
"Home, Sweet Home" for
JC Students
JC's continually move over the campus in
their travels from the stadium building to the
high school building and back again. Although
the center of JC activity is, of course, the stadium building, many of the classes meet in the
high school classrooms; and, too, the college
library and study hall is connected with the
high school library. Furthermore, the shortest
distance between the JC and nearby refreshment places lies on a straight line that passes
through the high school corridors.
With all the moving from one building to
another, it is natural that the campus .between
the two buildings should catch plenty of traffic,
mostly fast moving—especially in winter. In
the spring the traffic slows down to pause and
take advantage of the cool, green grass as a
place to recline and rest from the rigors of
study.
Anyway, here are the old familiar scenes
around the campus as viewed through the impartial eye of the camera.
Enter, Ye Ph. D's of Tomorrow
No Night Life Here?
Moonlight on the Brain Factory
Br-r-r-r!!
APRIL, 1948
Students Shown above are suffering from "spring fever." They are:
tiei—James Hill, "Sissy" Shipley, Sue Stewart, Carolyn Freeman, and
»ris Dooly; standing—Otho Baker, T. E, Rardrick, Calvin Patterson, and
\m Bruce.
editorials . . .
"House Cleaning" Begins
Student publication of Fort Smith
Junior College, Fort Smith, Ark.
VOLUME I, NUMBER 4
EDITORIAL STAFF
Sue Stewart . . . Editor-in-Chief
Calvin Patterson . . . Associate
Editor; Assistants, Mary
Ann McDonald, Leonard Raible.
Tom Fox . . . News Editor
Reba Kasten . . . Feature Editor
Don Evans . . . Sports Editor
Carolyn Herbert . . . Art Editor
Marvel Rhyne . . . Photographer
Reporters . . . T. E. Bardrick,
Carolyn Freeman, Judy Wernette, Wanda Ann Rogers,
Mary Kay Sfumners, John
Tate, Otho Baker, Doris
Dooly, Oweta Gamble, Eugenia Swofford, Peggy Patterson, and Edwin Yager.
PRINTING STAFF
Printing Editor—Curtis Landers
Assistant—Melvin Robertson
FACULTY ADVISERS
Editorial; Delmer Ashworth
Business: Guy Hixson
Printing: C. H. Tobler
SPRING SONG
By Willmm
Griffith
Softly at dawn a whisper stole
Down from, the Green House on
the Hill,
Enchanting many a ghostly bole
And wood-song with the ancient
thrill.
Gossiping on the country-side,
Spring and- the wandering breezes say,
God has thrown Heaven open wide
And let the thrushes out to-day.
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Preparations for "spring housecleaning" are much in evidence
around JC this month. Of course, it is entirely too much to hope
that any JC student will get ambitious and clean out his locker,
but it might be a good idea for him to hunt through all that
rubbish for overdue library books.
The bulletin board and the librarians are doing their share
in reminding students of their overdue books, but, occasionally,
students forget their obligations. A hurried search through occupied lockers and the piles of books on the "confession" shelf would,
no doubt, reveal much evidence of JC's forgetfulness.
It would be well for sophomores who wish to leave with a
clear conscience and freshmen who plan to return next year with
a good reputation to make sure that they aren't among the "forgetters." The deadline for all books to be turned in has been announced, so JC's, let's keep it in mind.
Is It A Bargain?
The coke machine, a source of much pride and enjoyment
for JC's, is also the main source of the disfiguring of the college
halls.
Empty or half-empty coke bottles are too much in evidence.
They line the steps leading from JC to high school; they line the
walls of the playroom and the tops of the lockers in the west
hall; they are seen around the doors leading into the stadium and
in the stadium proper—in fact, the JC hall could sometimes be
called "Coke-bottle Alley."
Even though these bottles are picked up several times daily
by the custodian, they still manage to make their presence very
much in evidenc.
Now, since only JC's are responsible for this uncanny appearance of coke bottles in the same place day after day, only these
same JC's could possibly remedy this situation. A proper place,
beside the coke machine, has been provided for the depositing of
the bottles. How about using it?
Outstanding Students
Named By Faculty
Seven sophomores and three freshmen were named "Outstanding
JC students for 1947-48," Dean L. A. Rutledge announced April 1. Named
by the faculty, the students were chosen on the basis of leadership in
school activities and scholarship. Informal pictures of the individual
students appear on the preceding
page.
Included in the list of sophomores were Reba Kasten, John
"Windy" Jacobs, James Shoffey,
Henry Nicholson, Doris Dooly,
Roy Upchurch, and Judy Wernette.
Freshmen named were Don Evans,
Calvin Patterson, and Sue Stewart.
With her "finger in almost every
pie," Reba directed the JC variety
show, "Point and Counterpoint,"
an activity which she also directed last year. A member of the student board and feature editor of
The Numa, Reba was voted an
'"outstanding student" last year
also. "Windy," president of the
student body this semester, is also
president of IRC. President of the
student body last semester, James
is an active Sock and Buskin member and is widely known in local
music circles. He is also a charter
member of Phi Theta Kappa.
FTA president, Henry is active
in the International Relations Club
and in the Radio Speech class. Although he's "an old married man,"
he still is active in all student activities. Voted "best all-round
girl," Doris is vice-president of
the student body, an office which
she held last semester also, and
was one of the Lion cheerleaders.
Roy, president of the sophomore
class, is a member of Phi Theta
Kappa and an active member of
the social committee. Judy, pressident of Phi Theta Kappa, is
JC's woman politician. Active in
IRC, she attended the IRC convention in Denton, Texas, as an official representative, and she
takes a leading role in Student
Christian work, also.
Don Evans, Calvin Patterson,
and Sue Stewart are the freshmen
class' outstanding students. Don,
president of the freshman class,
is chairman of the student board
social committee and a member of
Phi Theta Kappa. Calvin, associate
editor of The Numa, is also a Phi
Theta Kappa. Sue is Numa editor.
She is active in the Music Guild
and local music circles and is a
member of the social committee.
Newton Bell
Speaks On Russia
Provides Final Number
In Annual Lecture Series
Newton H. Bell, famous manabout-the-globe and authority on
international affairs, spoke in the
final number of the 1947-48 junior college lecture series in the
senior high school auditorium
Go To National,
Monday, April 12.
State Conventions
"Understanding," Bell said, "is
the key to improvement in our rePhi Theta Kappa's have been lations with Russia." He stressed
"gallivanting off to conventions" the difference in thinking between
during the past month. First, PTK the Russian mind and that of the
president and vice-president, Judy American. While obtaining matWernette and Beverly Groesbeck, erial for his lectures, Bell has been
attended the national convention in Russia four times and has traof Phi Theta Kappa at Pueblo Jun- veled a total of 20,000 miles in
ior College, Pueblo, Colorado. that country.
April 1-3.
Prior to his return to the United
And then, the next thing we States, Bell had completed a lecknew, four more PTK girls were ture tour through Europe and
attending the first state convention North Africa sponsored by the
in Little Rock April 24. Zeta Ep- British government, speaking to
silon delegates to the state conven- British troops on America and
tion were Margaret Benbrook, the American political system.
Joan Fohrman, Betty Lehman, and This afforded him an unusual opMary Ann McDonald.
portunity to study conditions at
Said Judy and Beverly regard- strategic points in these countries
ing their trip to Pueblo, "We met He plans to leave in May for a
many interesting persons and felt trip to China, Japan, and other
greatly honored to be among such Asiatic countries.
scholarly people, even though we
In 20 years of travel, Bell has
felt that perhaps some of the covered more than a million miles
'brains' should have attended. and visited all continents. This
We wanted them to get a good im- year's trip was his twenty-secpression of FSJC, you know!" ond to Europe.
Two of the national officers of
Born in San Francisco, Bell was
PTK, elected during the conven- educated
in
California
and
tion, are from Little Rock. They France. He was awarded medals
are Miss Jean Woolfolk, newly re- for his service in both world wars
elected national treasurer, and and is a member of the American
Harry Rowland, editor of The Gol- Legion, a fellow of the Royal Geoden Key, official magazine of PTK. graphical Society, and a member
Delegates from the four PTK of the London Authors' club, along
chapters in Arkansas attended with many organizations in other
the state convention in Little Rock. •ountries.
Fifty Volume Collection Presented
To Library By Local Kiwanians
A fifty volume library of recent works was presented to the
senior high-junior college library
by the local Kiwanis Club April
22 in honor of the Kiwanians who
served and died in World War II.
J. Fred Patton, president of the
organization, made the presentation which was received by Principal Elmer Cook, in a special
joint assembly at 1:30 p.m. in the
high school auditorium.
The program, conducted by the
Kiwanians, followed the club's
theme for the year, "Responsibility of Citizenship—the Price of
Freedom." Following a program
of music by the Kiwanian "barbershop quartet" ard the introduction of members who served in
World War II, D. L. Ford, master
of ceremonies, spoke on "What
Is A m e r i c a - t o You and to Me?"
Including books of biography,
poetry, history, and fiction, the
memorial library is composed of
the best books on American democracy written in recent years. All
authors are American and have
published their works within the
last century.
7. Sue Stewart
4. Reba Kasten
8. Judy Wernette
2. Calvin Patterson
5. Henry Nicholson
9. Roy Upchurch
3. "Windy" Jacobs
6. Doris Dooly
7. Don Evans
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70. James Shoffey
Gold Dust, Gold Dust, Everywhere,
On Floor, On Chairs, In Drink!
By Mary Ann McDonald
(Editor's Note: This is a play in
four acts depicting the JC "FortyNiner" Party. Pat plays the part
of typical JC).
Scene: The band room.
TIME: 7:30 on the night of
April 16, 1948.
CHARACTERS: A group of
JC students.
PROPERTIES: Gold dust; individual card tables with candles
placed in the center; gold dust; a
record player; gold dust; apple
cider, and ginger bread; gold
dust; a sign reading "No minors
allowed. All miners welcome.
Check all shootin' irons, drinking
likker. and chewin' tobacco at
door," and—oh, yes, gold dust—
everywhere!
ACT I
Enter Prospector Pat (Calvin,
that is).
1st JC: "Pat, are you going to
play cards tonight?"
Pat: (holding up copper cent)
"This is all that's left of my bank
roll. I cain't play tonight."
1st JC: "But, Pat, we don't
play that game here. We're playing
pitch tonight."Pat: "Nope, my luck's run out."
2nd JC: "There are some pennies lying around in the gold dust
on the floor."
Pat: "Quick! Give me me that
light!" (Grabs candle from table
and begins to hunt diligently for
pennies on floor).
3rd JC: "Lost something, Pat?"
Pat: "Nope, jist prospectih'!"
ACT II
(Several JC's are gathered around
a table, talking. Someone has just
asked for a comment on the golddust.)
1st JC: "I like it. It lends atmosphere."
2nd JC: "(Sneezing) Yes. doesn't it!"
3rd JC: "I feel more valuable
now than ever before."
4th JC: '"I'm going to hock my
handkerchief tomarrow."
Dixie cups are brought out.
Gingerbread is cut. Cider and gold
dust quench the thirst of the
parched throats of the "fortyniners."
ACT III
(The dance floor is occupied;
people are dancing. No dialog
needed here!)
ACT IV
(JC's sitting around a table talking.)
1st JC: "I've eaten and drunk.
Now, I need a cigar."
2nd JC: "Here, have one!"
1st JC: "Thank you. These (indicating cigar) make me very loquacious. I may come out with a
seventeen-syllable word any minute."
(Enter Snooper in the person of
Mr. Loyd wearing guns on hips.)
His manner is most forbidding.
Snooper: "Git home, you JC's.
It's time fer you to leave. I intend
to finish the prospectin' here, an' I
don't want no trouble! See!"
(Exit JC's. Curtain.)
Finis
Critics' comment: A fourteencarat production!
??
Who
Done It?"
There has been a question in
the mind ( ? ) of many a student as
to the mystery of who done it.
And with the help of the F.B.I,
(stands for Foremost Brain Intellectuals) a solution has been
reached.
Who done it—who went down
the hall singing "Mammy" and
walking on one knee? It was Bill
Orme that done it.
When JC had its "Forty-niner"
party who thought that a bar fly
is a two-winged insect that flies
over bars? That's right, Roy Gene
Mussett.
Who done it? Sue Gates, that's
who. Yes, when it comes to the
gold dust, no one is quite so generous as Sue when it comes to
sharing her diggings witJh others.
Now who came to school one
morning with his bright red hair
and appeared at noon with blackish-green hair? No one but Champ
"Casanova" Hinton.
Who gave that JC party an added suspense by dropping in from
Oklahoma way? No one but Buddy Boatright. Whom did he surprise? The whole JC, including
D. Dooly.
Who's gonna be sorry when the
last of May arrives? Who's gonna
be blue when the old crowd departs? It's gonna be you and you
and you!
IRC Discusses World Affairs of Denfon
Probably the most important
decision made by IRC delegates
to the four-state IRC Convention
in Denton, Texas, March 12-13,
was that Negro representatives
will be invited to attend the next
annual convention, the local club
representatives reported to the
JC IRC March 15. The convention
also voted almost unanimously for
the president's Civil Rights Bill.
These results were sent to the
governors of the four states represented and the president and
congress of the United States.
Prominent speakers at the convention were Dr. Sherwood Eddy
and Dr. Alfred Crofts. Dr. Eddy,
a missionary who has worked with
young people all over the world,
put forth as a plan for peace the
Christian philosophy, with brotherhood, justice, love, and liberty as
the basis. Dr. Crofts, head of the
history department at Denver University, stated that there are three
ways in which the United States
can remedy the present world
situation:
(1)
by
military
strength, (2) by economic control, i. e., strangulation of world
trade, or (3) by diplomatic statesmanship.
The delegates, Doris Dooly,
Joe Duerr, John Jacobs, and Judy
Wernette, reported the conclusions
of their group's discussions.
Questions concerning the Marshall
Plan, Great Britain's place in the
world of today, and international
education and world peace were
discussed and conclusions reached.
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Society
Dr. Bent Speaks
To Future Teachers
Speaker for the first dinner
meeting of the FTA, held at the
Greenwood House April 13, was
Dr. R. K. Bent, professor of education at the University of Arkansas and chairman of the Arkansas
Education Association committee
for the Future Teachers of America. Dr. Bent, speaking on the desirable and undesirable aspects of
teaching, gave several amusing
anecdotes from his teaching experience, explaining to the Future
Teachers that all would not be
easy or amusing, however, during
their career.
FTA members present were
Joan Taylor, La Vonne Blackman,
Evelyn Cook, Mrs. Faune Daily,
Gerri Pfeiffer, Henry Nicholson,
Jack Smith, Lawrence Smith, Mark
Newman, Betty Riley, Jimmy
Smith, Edward Wells, and the
sponsor, Miss Opal Horn.
A special guest was Dean L. A.
Rutledge, and other guests included Gene Coins, Mrs. Henry
Nicholson, Mrs. Edward Wells,
Betty Worden, Juanita Burris,
Sue White, Carolyn Treece, Mary
K. Workman, Robert Basham,
Oweta Gamble, and Sue Stewart.
Arrangements for the dinner
were made by Joan Taylor and
Evelyn Cook, with the assistance
of Miss Horn and Henry Nicholson.
Burroughs Named
Music Guild Sponsor
Jack Burroughs, a well known
local muscian, was named sponsor
of the JC Music Guild, succeeding
Glenn Stark, the former band
director and music theory and harmony teacher. Mr. Burroughs is
choir director and organist at the
First Christian Church and is a
teacher of both piano and organ
in Fort Smith and Van Buren.
Mr. Burroughs began his work
with the Guild March 15 at a
meeting at the home of Sarah
Ellen Shipley. At this time, a
membership drive was begun to
increase the enrollment and interest in the club for next year.
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Old Fashioned Barn Dance Staged By Phi
Thefas, King and Queen of Corn Named
The rafters of the band room
rang and echoed to the strains of
"Turkey in the Straw" and calls
of "Swing your partner and away
you go!" on the night of March
24. Yes sir, that was the night
that Phi Theta Kappa entertained
for the 'barn-dancing JC's. Knowledge and book-larnin' were cast
aside as students took advantage
of the spring vacation and went
partifying in the good ole' Dogpatch style.
The bandroom had taken on the
atmosphere of the country. Genuine hay was scattered over the
floor, and fence-post signs decorated the walls—giving an appropriate setting to the evening's
festivities. JC dudes were initiated
into the arts of barn dancing with
Mrs. Milton Kropp "doin' the callin'." Intermission features included doughnuts and cider and the
crowning of the King and Queen
of Corn.
King Jack Smith and Queen Peggy Patterson, chosen for the
originality of their country apparel, reigned over the remaining festivities from their throne on a bale
of hay.
It was a colorful picture—pretty
girls with bobbing pigtails and
handsome country beaus. And
right in the middle of it all was
Dean Rutledge with his bright red
bandana and white coveralls.
A Touch of Ireland
Pervades Band Room
On Friday night, March 19, the
'band room was the scene of a St.
Patrick's day party for JC students. A large number of lads and
lassies turned out for the "wearin'
o' the green."
The decorations, with shamrocks, balloons, and crepe paper
making up the greater part, featured the Irish green and white.
Two candles in a double holder
lighted each table. Refreshments
were cokes and cake iced in green.
Many of the guests danced, however, not in the Irish manner.
There were games at many of the
tables and at some, just visiting.
Snooper was there, wearing his
shamrock and as usual he nosed
around to see what went on. He
played a few rounds of rummy
and then said that he must dance
with some of the pretty colleens.
The sum total of his comment:
"Faith, but it was a good party."
The party was sponsored by Phi
Theta Kappa to raise funds to
send the local chapter president,
Judy Wernette, to the National
Phi Theta Kappa convention in
Pueblo, Colorado.
Phi Theta's Stage
Spring Banquet
The Old South was the scene
of the Phi Theta Kappa banquet
March 14 at 6:30 p. m. While sitting in yellow chairs among the
magnolia blossoms, the Phi Thetas
ate Southern fried chicken and
listened to a recital of events at
the national convention held in
Pueblo, Colorado.
After - dinner speakers were
Judy Wernette and Beverly Groesbeck, the representatives of this
chapter to the national convention
in Pueblo.
Burris -Newman
Wedding To Be June 6
Cupid has been at it again and
soon one of JC's most eligible bachelors will be hitched forever. Mark
Newman's engagement to Miss
Juanita Burris has recently been
announced by her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. H. Burris.
An event of June 6, the wedding
will take place at the Burris home,
4817 North Sixth Street. The couple's attendants will be Mr. and
Mrs. Dane Riggs (better known as
Dane and Melba).
Followng a reception at the Burris home, the couple will leave for
a trip to Hot Springs.
"JC Playhouse" Is
Local Radio Feature
Did you recognize any familiar
personages playing the villain, the
lady in distress, or the hero in the
mystery dramas you have been
hearing over KFPW at 4:30 each
Saturday afternoon? Well, you
should have, for you knew them—
every one. They were the members
of Miss Margaret Montague's ra:
dio speech class presenting the
"Junior College Playhouse," which
has been a regular feature of
KFPW this past semester.
Chemistry Ain't
Excitin? Oh, Yeah!
By Mai-y Ann McDonald
Members of Miss Virginia Tidball's classes appearing above are
Mary Ellington, Annette Shelby, Lucille Borengasser, and Dorothy
Graham. Seen in the foreground is Miss Tidball as she works at her desk.
Mademoiselle Tidball Instructs JC's
In The Use Of Both English and French
By Reba Kasten
In all history books, bravery
and courage have been cited by the
recording of intimate stories concerning noted people; for instance,
we have Florence Nightingale, Napoleon Bonaparte, Florenz Ziegfeld, Jesse James, and Will Bill
Hickok. Today we have a contribution to make to this distinguished list—Miss Virginia Tidball, cited
for patience (bravery and courage
too, considering what she puts up
with).
First and second-year French
classes, plus several
English
classes, are corraled by this teacher, who masters the situations
with comparative ease. The trick
lies in starting everyone off at a
good pace and the teacher then has
merely to see that each pupil does
as he is told—which, naturally he
does!
Some students who signed up
for French thinking it a "snap
course" found to their consternation that they couldn't have been
more in error. The poor student
spends every working hour memorizing such things as the French
version of "I am going, you are
going, he is going, we are going,
we done went," and anything else
that pops into his head. When test
times come—a surprise is in store.
Only ten questions—and ten points
off for each error.
In t^e meantime French II is
reading a play. Each member of
the class takes a part—and may
the best man win. The part of
Cyrano is best and largest; then
he has a girl friend, and several
boy friends. In addition to these
juicy parts there is the part of
"Les foule"—which means "the
crowd." This part consists of
it aking hooting sounds in French
which resembles the noise made at
a Johnny Lee Wills dance. It has
been my good fortune to have this
part 99 per cent of the time. Delightful play!
As for the English classes, all
they have to do is write a research
paper, read short stories and novels, and study grammar. Now
that's comparatively easy—all you
do is check out four or five books
which look like they could easily
contain every bit of information
you desire, and take them home
to read. Lo and behold, there's
about one paragraph in each book
which says anything at all about
your subject, which means you'll
have to go back and get five more
books. You seriously consider just
changing your subject to suitl the
information you have, but it's
too late now. So you go get five
more books, then five more, and
five more—you have nothing else
to do (you say to yourself hysterically.)
But through all the mistakes
and blunders, Miss Tidball sits
A chemistry lab can be an exciting place. Let us look in on the
JC chemistry laboratory. The
chances are that we will find
several mild explosives in the
making. On this day the smoky
haze from such experiments is so
thick that we can't see just what
is being made. Perhaps this is a
lull in production, for all the
chemists are leaning out the windows coughing and choking.
Now comes an explosion, after
which is a dead silence. No, the
experimenters aren't dead; it's
just that their eardrums are burst
from the concussion resulting
from the explosion of impure hydrogen. The smoke has cleared
now and all eyes turn to the hood.
Some concoction is lighted and a
blinding flash is produced. The
"professors" turn to look at one
another in blinking approval, but
all they can see is a flare where
a face should be.
While some students are busy
with decomposition of hydrogen
peroxide, others are observing the
reactions with human hair. (This
is an well-known experiment which
has been tried by many psuedoblonds.)
If we are lucky we may hear
Drs. Allen and Shoffey discussing
elliptical physics, or the reaction
of alpha particles with hydroatomic acid. According to available information, their most recent experiments are with a '"new element," pyrolactin, which is a liquid gas exuded from marshes.
Dr. Evans will probably be glad to
explain "terrific" oxidizing agents
to anyone desiring such knowledge. A look at the blackboard
may yield, besides imposing chemical equations, a list of brain food
consumed by these intellectuals.
This list consists of various types
of "burgers."
Our visit must end now, or it
may be ended for us. Who knows,
nitroglycerine may be next on the
agenda—and after that, atom
splitting!
by. patiently counseling and instructing. When hideous mistakes
are made in recitations, she just
sums it up smilingly with the
words "C'est diole" (which means
—"this is undoubtedly the funniest thing I've ever heard".)
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f-TA Leads
Activities
The newest and one of the most
organizations in school, the Future
Teachers of America was started
last semester by Miss Opal Horn
and her education classes. Headed
by Henry Nicholson, the organization is made up of students who
plan to become teachers.
Directing the publicity for the
local teacher-recruitment campaign
for the month of March, the FTA
placed advertising posters in local shop windows and presented
Dr. M. Margaret Stroh, national
Delta Kappa Gamma secretary,
when she spoke in an assembly
program March 8.
Other officers besides Henry who
were responsible for activities are
Evelyn Cook, vice-president; Jo
Ann Taylor, secretary-treasurer;
and Gerri Pfeiffer, publicity
chairman.
Student Board
Sponsors Parties
This semester's Student Board,
headed by "Windy" Jacobs, has
guided the affairs of JC successfully through the last eighteen
weeks of school.
Sponsored by the Student Board,
the annual variety show, "Point
and Counterpoint," was one of the
outstanding events of the semester. The all-school parties, directed by the Student Board social
committee, will also be remembered for their originality and
fun.
Headed by Don Evans, the social committee included Elmo
Evans, Oweta Gamble, Sue Gates,
Joan Jefferies, Doris Dooly, Eugenia Swofford, Jack Smith,
Charles Price, and Sue Stewart.
FTA members pictured at top are: Front row, Dorothy Graham,
Jane Milam, Annette Shelby, Evelyn Cook, Gerri Pfeiffer, Betty
Moore; back row, Miss Opal Horn, sponsor, Jack Smith, Ed Wells, Mark
Newman, Lawrence Smith, and Henry Nicholson, president.
SCA members shown at center are: front row, Betty Moore, Tanya
Brashier, Evelyn Cook, Mary K. Workman, Gwen Holland; back row,
Miss Luella M. Krehbiel, sponsor, Sarah Ellen Shipley, Judy Wernette,
Beverly Groesbeck, Joan Fohrman, Jane Milam.
Shown at bottom are second-semester Student Board members:
front row, Elmo Evans, Reba Kasten, Doris Dooly, vice-president, John
Jacobs, president, Maroly n Herbert, secretary, Lawrence Smith, and
Henry Nicholson; back row, Iverson Riggs, Philip Spears, Roy Upchurch, Calvin Patterson, Don Evans, and Marvel Rhyne.
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SCA Re-Organizes,
Krehbiel Directs
The Student Christian Association, formerly an active organization in JC, was re-organized
this semester under the guidance
of Miss Luella Krehbiel. President Betty Moore has led the
members in the recruitment of
new members and the presentation of interesting, helpful programs which are suitable for
students of all faiths.
JCs Groan And Moon For
Term Paper Time
Is Here Again
There conies a time each year
in the life of tihe battered college
student which may well be termed
a scourge. We refer to the term paper. Little is known about the origin of this menace to mentality,
but it was undoubtedly one of the
more horrible punishments so prevalent in the Middle Ages. Let us
now observe a typical student, Archibald Adams, in his quest for
knowledge.
The first step is finding a subject which has been written about
or experimented with. Finally our
hero decides to write "The Life
History of Aaron, the Aardvark"
and begins to search for material.
He is told that the Reader's
Guide can furnish valuable information. Undismayed by its
formidable size, he opens a volume and begins to read. Soon he
finds that he needs another volume to interpret the abbreviations.
He then goes to an encyclopedia
and looks up "aardvark" and related subjects, if any. If any books
have been written about Aaron or
any other aardvark, he finds recourse to them.
During all this reading Archibald takes notes. These are formed
so that only one fact and its source
are on a card. From ten sources
there are ten cards which say the
"aardvark is an animal." By now,
Archibald has discovered one point;
namely, the aardvark is an animal.
Aardvarks apparently
haven't
been popular for other writers,
so material is hard to find; but
Archibald finally stumbles onto a
book which tells him all he needs
to know.
When Archibald has finished
his reading and his note cards number way up into the hundreds, he
prepares an outline as a guide in
writing the paper and begins to
write. At this point a curious bystander shuffles through the carefully stacked note cards and disturbs their sequence. When our hero re-reads the paper he discovers,
to his horror, that Aaron sat down
to a meal which he ate six pages
later, after his vacation. This happened as a result of the shuffled
notes. Very weary by now, Archibald checks to see that all footnotes are "up to par."
Then comes the final headache—typing. When he reaches
the bottom of the first page, he
finds he has to crowd the footnote.
Determined not to make the same
mistake twice, he leaves a wide
space of six lines on the next page
only to find that the footnote requires one line.
Snooper
Says
Two of our athletically inclined
girls were caught in an embarrasing situation the other day. If anyone can give any information concerning two lost articles of clothing, please notify the lost and
found.
* * *
Spring certainly is in the air
and it seems to have affected a
certain JC student. We hear that
Mark is going to be hearing wed
ding bells in June.
* * *
One of the big questions in JC
is—Who put up the sign over the
"Confession" stand: "No Courting In Halls"?
* * *
While on the subject of court
(tennis that is), we've noticed
that nearly all JC's have turned
their interests toward the tennis
tournaments.
* * *
What's this about a recent "Tarzan" act in the girls' gym class?
Oweta Gamble is quiet adept at
scaling walls, providing the person whose dress she happens to be
trying to hide doesn't appear too
soon!
* * *
Hey JC's, what's this we hear
about the police putting up a "No
Parking"
sign—during
school
hours, that is!
* * «
Our most recent person to be added to the list of those "going
steady' is Pat Mannon. Good work,
Pat!
* * *
By the way Judy, was Oklahoma
A & M at the IRC conference in
Denton?
* * #
What's this startling statement
about Keith Dooly making it to all
his classes in one day? Wonder if
there could possibly be a motive
behind this madness?
* * *
No doubt the fellows felt it self
defense to go out for track this
year, since it happened to be leap
year.
When Archie is finally bald
from tearing out all his hair, the
paper is finished. Archie crawls
off to some remote corner to die,
quiet certain that term papers
should be renamed "dern" papers.
But take comfort, all ye who write
a term paper: you too can die, as
did Archie, with the knowledge
that an aardvark is an animal.
Say girls, have you taken a look
at that debonair fellow named Kenny who is one of Van Buren's latest contributions? Well, the matter might bear looking into.
* # *
We hear that several JC fellows
have the favorite pastime of hunting and fishing, among them Earl
Shumate, Jack Ragon, and Joe
Prager. Hunting and fishing for
what?
Flash! Spring maneuvers have
started—girls hang on to your
Machine Shop Is
Course In JC
Nils Muhr is the genial instructor of a JC course that more students should know about. This
course, called Machine Shop, involves making various useful objects—screwdrivers, hammers, and
the
like,
from
nondescript
pieces of steel.
A beginning student makes his
debut in the art of metal work by
manufacturing a "practice piece"
on a lathe. This job calls for cutting
a bar of metal to given measurements. The usual result is a piece
of steel with every known dimension save those specified.
Speaking of lathes, those "critters" are strictly untrustworthy
in the hands of a novice. For instance, one may be bending over
one's work minding one's own business when, without warning,
one's lathe will emit a stream of
oil in one's unsuspecting face. Or,
one may think everything is going
fine when, suddenly, one's lathe
will bite out a sizeable piece
of one's work, thus making one
lose patience.
Mr. Muhr is guaranteed to come
up with a chrome-plated saying
on nearly any occasion. A while
back, he asked a boy who had been
absent if any fish were caught.
Upon receiving a negative answer,
Mr. Muhr stated that it was high
time to return when a person
couldn't catch any fish.
The course is quite interesting.
In fact, it seems that the period
only begins when the bell, announcing the close, rings and one must
return to the academic world.
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1. Hallowe'en night
0. Bettev duck!
1 1 . The travelers.
2. Well, well, Marolyn!
7. Kinda cool, girls?
12. Fun, no doubt.
3. I bet you can't do it.
8. Say cheese.
13. Now, let me see.
4. After lunch.
9. Three lovely ladies.
14. Sump'n's wrong' here!
5. Ready, aim, fire!
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10. Plum purty!
15. That's the way to do it, gals.
1. Waiting for the call.
fi. Solid comfort.
11. Family portrait.
2. Pass interception.
7. Future schoolmasters
12. Mermaid?
:l. Is it possible?
and marms.
13. Football game?
4. Rumba.
8. Hitch-hiker.
14. Who's your friend, Sissy?
5. Hen party.
9. I like mountain music.
15. A thorn in the rose garden.
10. Hot-foot.
16. Take it away, Leon!
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And Some Call It Sport!
By Calvin Patterson
In the spring, a young man's
fancy causes him to think of going fishing. My thoughts wander
in that direction too; but strictly
through force of habit, for I have
never been fortunate enough to
bring home a catch that would
serve as even an appetizer for a
starving gnat, even though I have
followed the sport ever since I was
old enough to bite a worm in two
and bait a hook. Nevertheless, like
the salmon who migrates to her
death when spring rolls around,
I must make my annual pilgrimage to the fishing hole. To show
you what I mean when I say that
force of habit can be the only reason for my going fishing, let me
tell you of the adventures that
beset me during one day of searching for the wily inhabitants of the
deep.
Five o'clock of a beautiful day
finds me seated on the bank of a
promising fishing stream. I have
been here thirty minutes; and as
yet haven't had so much as a nibble,
except from a mosquito. Deciding
to see why the bait is unappetizing,
I find when I take the hook from
the water that in my excitement
I have failed to bait it. After correcting this error, I put the hook
back in the water and sit for ten
minutes. Suddenly, my line begins
to "act up"! I jerk it out of the
water expecting to have at least
a ten-pounder for my efforts, only
to find that I have nothing—not
even the bait that I started with.
I rebait, throw the hook back in the
water, pull it out (minus the bait),
rebait, and throw it back in. This
goes on for a couple of hours before
the finned thief belches and swims
off with a severe case of indigestion.
Glad to be rid of my unwelcome
guest, I bait the hook with an especially tasty morsel of fish food,
and again drop it in the water. The
sun is beginning to be warm as I
sit patiently waiting for a victim.
Finally there is a strong pull on my
line, and with energy of desperation I begin to haul in my catch.
It is heavy enough to make my
hopes run high; but when I land
it, "it" turns out to be a sizeable
mud turtle. The ensuing battle, to
decide whether the turtle is to keep
the hook or I get it back, lasts for
half an hour before I conquer the
beast. Regaining possession of the
disputed hook, I go on fishing.
The sun is now hot enough to
evoke visions of a sunburn. Something takes my hook and begins to
run with it. I try to put a stop to
it, but with no results. I am too
late; a mischievous little finny
friend has hooked the hook on a
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root and is probably at this moment laughing at my attempts to
recover it. My efforts are of no
avail and I am forced to break the
line and substitute a new hook
and sinker.
After rebaiting, I decide to see
if I can find something to eat. My
search nets me little and I return
to fishing with hunger added to my
disgusb. I find that I have another
bait-stealing visitor to contend
with; and so the afternoon is spent
in baiting the hook and bestowing
choice words on this fish who
thinks I am running a restaurant.
When I have pulled the line out
of the water for the hundred and
thirty-seventh time, I find that the
sun has descended behind the trees
and left a barbecued fisherman in
its wake.
The mosquitoes must have smelled the cooking, for seven of them
are above my head dog-fighting to
see which is to get the first bite.
The scrap must end in a draw, because they suddenly "peel off" and
attack simultaneously. The oil of
citronella, guaranteed to keep mosquitoes away, only makes them
more bloodthirsty. When I feel one
mosquito tug mightily at one of my
arms and succeed in raising it two
inches, I begin to worry. Why, by
combining their efforts, they might
be capable of carrying me off.
This thought causes me to jump
up, reel in my fishing tackle, and
start for home.
Upon my return, the first words
that greet me are, "Did you have
a good time?"
I answer with a sick smile and
a weak nod.
"Did you catch any fish?"
I collapse in the midst of telling of the. "big on that got
away."
Here's The Way
It Should Be Done
By Reba Kasten
The locker situation is an old
story—there's room for the essentials but not enough for all the
things students want to cram in.
I have a proposition to offer—an
idea for a newer and bigger locker.
The new ones will have three
sections, each opening into the other; sort of a bank-vault style. In
the first compartment you keep
books, in the second you keep rain
apparel, tennis rackets, coats, and
junk.
Now, the third compartment is
the best. In this one you may put
any number of things. For example, if you're of the jealous nature,
Now, Here's The
Way I'd Do It!
By Reba Kasten
If I were ambassador to Russia,
the world would be in much better
shape today. The most important
thing in the world is to make democracy safe for the world of
tomorrow (I read somewhere),
and it's the youth of today who
must take over the task.
This must be done in an aristocratic manner, of course, so I need
a private plane to fly to Russia,
and I take along a few assistants
to carry my bags—say Roy Gene
Mussett and Earl Shumate. Also
accompanying me would be important people like Vernon Grosscup
or J. Fred Patton to handle the
scientific and political situations,
while Joe (Stalin that is) and I
are sight-seeing.
On my arrival, I kiss Joe on
both cheeks (just routine) and
then give him a piece of doublebubble gum to show the good neighbor policy.
That night the two of us go
to a special performance of the
Fort Smith Senior High School
Band (which I also brought along) as it plays the "Saber
Dance." This is followed by a medley of songs consisting of the Junior High Pep Song and Senior
High and Junior College "Alma
Maters."
This is so stirring Mr. Stalin
weeps and says that he is ashamed
of Russia's behavior toward the
United States; then he escorts me
back to my plane.
On the way I tell him in a stern
voice that this evening must be a
lesson to him because we, the people of the United States, just don't
like the way he's been acting one
little bit. He promises to do better
and so as a final token of goodwill, I invite him to the next Junior College party.
You see? International Relations aren't really difficult. It's
all in knowing how.
you can store your boy friend in
there when rivals are passing in
the halls, or you can hide yourself
in there when cutting classes, or
you can use it on a frozen locker
idea and store food in there—especially gum.
I would also suggest just offhand, of course, that each person
place a small heater in one of those
compartments in preparation for
the winter months. Either that, or
keep a bale of cotton in Compartment 3 to stop up the ventilators.
If such a device were installed,
the students would be ten per cent
healthier—everyone1* knows that
drafty halls and faulty lockers are
responsible for student casualties!
JC Gym Girls Return
To Second Childhood
Many Students Enter
Ping-Pong Tourney
JC students were recently given
an opportunity to participate in
a wide open, no-holds-barred ping
pong; tournament. A good part of
the school's male enrollment took
part in at least the eliminations.
Several of the girls also took part
in a separate match to determine
the female "champ."
Entries in the boys' division of
singles were: Duane Staggs, Bill
Berryman, "Squeaky" Smith, R,
K. Young, Jim Smith, James Shoffey, Stanley Putman, Bill Gordey,
"Bullet" Allen, Barrel Nance, Bob
Poteet, James Kenny, Elmo Evans,
Joe Rowland, John Jacobs, Joe Duerr, Bill Hays, J. T. Griffith, Iverson Riggs, Otho Baker, Calvin
Patterson, Harold Smith, Bryan
McLellan, Joe Gillespie, Frank
Duckworth, James Bruce, Robert
Basham, Tom Fennel, Guy Smith,
Earl Bolinger, Jack Rowland, and
Jimmy Castleberry.
The girls' singles entries were:
Marolyn Herbert, Evelyn Cook,
Sue Stewart, Mary K. Workman,
Jean Winters, Betsy McCoimell,
Jane Milam.
The two contestants who faced
each other in the boys' finals were
Bill Gordey and Jimmy Castleberry. The playoff proved to be
the most exciting set of the tournament. Bill Gordey took the first
game without much trouble; but
from there on the competition was
stiff. Castleberry staged a comeback to take the next two games
with a decent margin. Then Gordey took a hard-fought game to
tie the set at two games each. The
deciding game ran nip-and-tuck
until the score stood at twenty-up.
Deuce! Deuce! Deuce! Finally,
Gordey was able to take the extra point from Castleberry. Gordey was champion as a result of
a championship game against
championship opposition.
The girls' matches were nearly
as exciting, even though fewer
contestants were involved. Marolyn Herbert and Mary K. Workman competed in the finals, and
the see-saw score bespoke the
close match. Mary K. put up a
grim struggle and displayed plenty of skill; but she eventually had
to give in to the terrific Herbert
backhand. Marolyn finished out
the five-game set as the champion
of the girls' ping-pong tournament.
It is planned to present the
tournament winners with tokens
of their achievement.
Spring Saps
Students' Strength
Spring has sprung
Fall has fell;
We have spring fever;
Will we ever get well ?
This is the question that now
confronts JC students; so we
give you this prescription gauranteed to remedy all spring ailments:
Take one spring vacation, consisting of five parts days, five
parts nights, and a well-rounded
twenty-four hours. Mix this compound well with one part party,
one part playing, one part Easter,
and just a dash—a small dash—
of study. Compile and consume
this in one potent pink-and-blue
capsule and wash down with the
essence of spring.
This sure cure is absolutely
good for spring-itis, heart-burn,
moans and groans due to claustrophobia, season fever, and athlete's foot.
This can be passed on to those
former JC students who no
doubt have been bitten by the bug
and who showed up around the
last of March for their vacation
from all the Arkansas colleges
and those from many of the other
forty-eight states.
"Is it murder ?"
"No."
"But, I heard a scream!"
"Yes."
"Well, what is it?"
"It's the JC girls' gym class."
"Oh, girls! That explains everything."
Scream though they may, JC
physical education girls have fun
galore. They began the year with
basketball. You have never seen
anything quite like their basketball games. Shortage of players
is of no consequence whatever.
As many as necessary play on
both sides in this "free-for-all"
game. When no referee is available, the problem is taken care of
in this manner: If it is a tie-ball
another player tosses it up. If a
majority of players think another
committed a foul, then she did.
One day they tried the boys'
game. The players sounded so
much like horses charging down
the court that they could hardly
play because of laughing so much.
No one, however, heard much
out of them until they came outside; then, they let everyone know
of their existence. The earliest
days on the practice field brought
forth tag, Johnny-across-the-river,
May I, and a host of other games
reminiscent of childhood days.
Now and then bad weather kept
them in, but they continued indoors with Red Rover, dodge-theball, and two-deep.
Then someone discovered long
sticks and the box hockey frame.
The game was on! Some eager
players wore blisters on their fingers the first day. Such a racket
of banging sticks and screaming,
laughing girls was never heard
before on this campus. Soon spectators had to gather 'round to
see what phenomenon so closely
held the attention of this group.
Nearby a game of hop-scotch
was in session. Here it seems the
players would get strung out from
the first to fifth "grades," and
then no one could "make it" to
the sixth, for that required jumping five feet and landing on one
foot, a feat rather hard on the
anatomy. Everyone will remember the day one player's throwing
block was so far away that she
had to lie down to get it.
A casual passer-by would wonder whether this were JC or grade
school. Well, practically all will
admit they haven't had so much
fun since grade-school days. Maybe it's just the proverbial second
childhood! Who knows?
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Dwight Sample and Don Evans Lead
Freshmen Through Busy School Year
Sponsor of this year's freshman
class is Miss Isabella K. Smith,
JC's math teacher. Miss Smith has
given much assistance to the class
officers. To her, the freshmen owe
thanks for this successful year.
Freshman officers for the first
semester, Dwight Sample, Mary
K. Workman, and Marolyn Herbert, gained experience for their
duties while in Fort Smith high
school. President Dwight, active
in all school activities, was a member of the senior council and the
student council.
President for the second semester was Don Evans, the "most talented boy" of JC and one of three
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ing student. Don's unceasing work
as chairman of the student board
social committee and his capable
handling of this office is to be
commended by both students and
faculty.
Calvin Patterson, vice-president
for the second semester, ably filled his position of associate editor
of The Numa. He was also voted
an outstanding student by the faculty.
Head cheerleader of JC's first
cheering squad, Ann Kelly was
secretary of the class for the second semester. She was also named the "cutest girl" in the "Who's
Who" election held early this
year.
Here They Are, Folks—
The JC Freshmen
Fort Smith Junior College represents each
student enrolled, and in this issue we present
to you this year's freshmen. The 1947-48 freshman class is one of the largest in the history
of the college, surpassed in number only by last
year's class. Enrollment has come a long way
since the first thirty-two Fort Smith JC students enrolled twenty years ago.
You'll see on the following pages the pictures of those who suffer with you through the
trials and tribulations of "gittin' edjicated,"
and the inscriptions under their names will
bring back to your memory the pleasant and
amusing incidents that took place during your
years in JC.
To the freshmen we say, "Be seeing you next
year."
BOB ED ALLEN
Airplanes!
JOE BAILEY
Glamour boy
ROBERT BASHAM
Ph. D. bound
MARGARET BENBROOK
Always a smile
LA VONNE BLACKMAN
Smart—sweet too!
BETTY JO BOATRIGHT
Out of a fashion plate.
NEAL BOATRIGHT
Oh, these Boatrights!
EARL BOLINGER
Lover boy.
VIRGIL BRACKEN
Business is so-o-o fascinating
TANYA BRASHIER
Beauty and. . .
DIANE BROCCHUS
Another Einstein.
JAMES BURKE
"Burkee"
SUE GATES
School spirit.
GORDON CHITWOOD
Charleston's contribution.
LEON COMBS
Oh, brother!
EVELYN COOK
So Sweet
JO CANADY
Fayetteville,
here
I
come!
JOHNNIE DEAN
The way to a man's heart .
CHARLES DELANEY
Solid citizen
KEITH DOOLY
"I'm a-scared o' women."
FRANK DUCKWORTH
"Nichols, please"
MARY ELLINGTON
Wedding belle
DAVID EMERSON
Camera man
DONALD EVANS
88 keys
ELMO EVANS
"Hawk"
DIANE EVERIDGE
Greets you with a smile.
GLORIA FEBRO
On wings of music.
JOAN FOHRMAN
Biology bound.
JOE GILLESPIE
Always rushing
DOROTHY GRAHAM
Everybody's
friend.
ANN KELLY
Sugar'nSpice
JAMES KENNEY
Short, dark, and handsome.
KEMAL .KUTAIT
"Kutie"
EMERY LUNDQUIST
"Swede"
BETSY McCONNELL
"I really mean it."
MARY ANN McDONALD
"Mac" says little, knows much!
BILL McLACHLAN
"Apollo"
ELIZABETH MAUST
"Just call me Betty."
JANE MILAM
'Take me out to the ball game."
TOM MOWERY
Tnmblinff Tommy.
ROY MUSSETT
Con-can cutie
DARRELL NANCE
A smiling red-head.
CALVIN PATTERSON
There's no one else like him!
LUCILLE PHILLIPS
A winning way.
BOB POTEET
Boom!
JOE PRAGER
Nice to have around.
BILLIE PRICE
Buddy is her man.
GERALD PRICE
The quiet type.
STANLEY PUTMAN
One in a million.
JACK RAGON
Full of fun and fancy
free.
LEONARD RAEBLE
"Is that so?"
MARVEL RHYNE
Smile, please!
BETTY RILEY
Quiet and demure.
CARL ROBERTSON
Give him. a draw.
JACK ROWLAND
"Me? I'm Jack."
JOE ROWLAND
"Don't let him. kid you!"
DWIGHT SAMPLE
A one-gal wan.
ANNETTE SHELBY
Another "furriner"
EARL SHUMATE
Humphrey Bogart.
JOE SIMPSON
"Did I tell yon the one about. .
-.
CALVIN SMITH
Unusual name!
DON SMITH
Hmmm!
GUY SMITH
Again?
HAROLD SMITH
Four ..
JACK SMITH
Five .. . in basketball, too.
JIMMY SMITH
Six . ..
LAWRENCE SMITH
—and "Squeaky"
JACK SMITHSON
"Slap her down, Pa"
DUANE STAGGS
Curly
SUE STEWART
If you knew Susie . . .
TOM STONE
"Corky"
ILA JEAN STRATTON
A welcome addition to any group
DAVEY SUMNERS
Speedy
JOHN TATE
His silence is golden
J.C. TEDDER
'Did someone say ping pong?
J. T. GRIFFIN
Burr-head
BILL HARRISS
Intellience, I reckon!
BILL HAYS
Cute, but yes. . .
CARMEN HENDERSON
"Who's got the next game's"
CAROLYN HERBERT
Sweet and lovely.
MAROLYN HERBERT
A little bit of sunshine.
GENE HIGGENS
Pitcher—baseball, that
JAMES HILL
"How's business?"
CHAMP HINTON
Shadow—wonder whose ?
GWEN HOLLAND
Nice things come in little packages.
JERRY HOPKINS
Lady killer.
JIM HUDDLESTON
Good looking!
JO ANN JEFFERIES
All 'round person.
N. H. JEFFERIES
Strong, silent type.
CHARLES JONES
Accelerated senior.
BERNARD TERBEITEN
The quiet type
A. H. THOMAS
The pipe!
KENNETH TAYLOR
An old married men.
MARY ,K. WORKMAN
"Muscles"
KENNETH YOUNG
One of the best.
MAY, 1948
Seen above a-re Edwin Yager, Miss Luella, M. Krehbiel, Miss Isabella K.
Smith and Sarah Ellen Shipley as they attended amd served at the annual
Sophomore tea given by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ramsey.
editorial
A Backward Glance
Student publication of Fort Smith
Junior College, Fort Smith, Ark.
VOLUME I, NUMBER 5
EDITORIAL STAFF
Sue Stewart . . . Editor-in-Chief
Calvin Patterson . . . Associate
Editor; Assistants, Mary
Ann McDonald, Leonard Raible.
Tom Fox . . . News Editor
Reba Kasten . . . Feature Editor
Don Evans . . . Sports Editor
Carolyn Herbert . . . Art Editor
Marvel Rhyne . . . Photographer
Reporters . . . T. E. Bardrick,
Carolyn Freeman, Judy Wernette, Wanda Ann Rogers,
Mary Kay Stunners, John
Tate, Otho Baker, Doris
Dooly, Oweta Gamble, Eugenia Swofford, Peggy Patterson, and Edwin Yager.
PRINTING STAFF
Printing Editor—Curtis Landers
Assistant—Melvin Robertson
FACULTY ADVISERS
Editorial: Delmer Ashworth
Business: Guy Hixson
Printing: C. H. Tobler
TO YOU
By A. G. Patterson
This verse is short and sweet.
It i-s to yon, O friend,
Until we meet again,
Goodbye, Good-Luck, The End.
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As we come to the end of the year, our thoughts turn back to
the fun we've had, and the friends we've made, and the things
we've accomplished throughout the school term. School certainly
hasn't been all fun and no work, but neither has it been all work
and no play.
Who will ever forget the first weeks of feverish studying; the
conscientious preparations made for each class-period; or the horror and dread with which we faced the first tests given by teachers
we hardly knew? And then, as the weeks sped by, we suddenly got
into the swing of things. Miss Krehbiel's and Miss Speakman's
tests were no longer a source of terror (we knew what to expect),
but) they were, nevertheless, causes for much extra study, sleepless nights, and a few bad cases of the jitters.
Will we ever forget the swell times we had at JC parties, the
friendly spirit which pervaded the JC halls, or the long gabsessions held at the "confession" shelf?
No, these will all be a part of the memories of junior college
days which we'll talk about when the old gang gets together. We'll
thumb through our 1947-48 Numa and laugh over the people and
events the pictures and stories bring to our minds. And, most of
all, we'll even remember the friendships we've made—friendships
which will last a life-time.
Alumni Association Advocated
This past year, there has been much talk advocating a new
junior college building and organization completely separate from
the high school. The speech department presented several programs for local civic organizations concerning the history of the college and its needs for the future, thus interesting local citizens in
the welfare of the college.
The suggesion has been made by local businessmen who are
graduates of the school that an alumni association be formed to
support a building program, and the idea has been sanctioned by
President J. W. Ramsey, Dean L. A. Rutledge, and Principal Elmer
Cook, one of the founders of the school and its first dean. An organization of this sort could be very beneficial to the school in
that it would create new interest in the general welfare of the
school as well as in a building program.
Although plans for building a new junior college must necessarily originate within the school board, their continuation will be
facilitated by the support of the civic clubs. An alumni association
supporting the building program would be an invaluable asset.
An organization of this type can be established if enough inerest is shown among the graduates of junior college. Why not
get behind it and back it, sophomores?
Dedication
MissLuellaM.Krehbiel
It is always difficult for people to express the deeper feelings of their hearts.
In dedicating1 The Numa -of 1948 to Miss Luella M. Krehbiel, we of JC are no exceptions when it comes to expressing our feelings of gratitude to her.
In her twenty years of service to college students, they have found her to be
among the kindest, most understanding, and fairest of all teachers. Her Christian
principles, so evident at all times, make for her a place in the heart of every student
who has had the privilege of knowing her.
Perhaps the best way of expressing our thanks would be to ask Miss Krehbiel
to look at all those persons who have, because of her excellent teaching and inspiration, made successes of themselves in whatever kind of work or profession they
have chosen.
For twenty years of most faithful service, thank you, Miss Krehbiel. We are
glad to dedicate this Numa to one who is a very true friend to every student.
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The top picture is the head table at the annual spring banquet this year honoring Miss Luella Krehbiel. The lower picture is another scene at the same affair.
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Graduating sophomores are: Front row—Patterson, Freeman, Dooly, Pfeiffer, Shipley, Moore, Lehman; middle row—Wernette, Hartmeier, Groesbeck, Fennell, Bruce, Knudsen, Nicholson, Westfall, Humphrey, Shoffey, Rogers, Coley; hack row—I. Riggs, Baker, Jacobs, Gordey, Yager, D. Ring's, Upchurch,
Newman.
Thirty-One Graduates
Awarded Diplomas
Thirty-one junior college sophmores took their final stroll across
the north lawn of the campus
Thursday evening, May 27, as
they had conferred upon them the
Associate in Arts degree by President J. W. Ramsey assisted by
Dean L. A. Rutledge.
Dr. Wiley Lin Hurie, president
of the College of the Ozarks,
addressed the graduates.
A processional by the high
school-junior college band opened
the program and was followed by
the invocation given by the Rev.
Charles E. Cathey. A violin solo,
"Sonata" by Bach, by Gerri
Pfeiffer, was followed by Dr.
Hurie's address.
Presentation of the graduates
by Dean Rutledge and the awarding of diplomas followed Dr.
Hurie's address. The playing of
the "Alma Mater" by the band,
the benediction by Mr. Cathey,
and the band recessional concluded
the program.
Members of the graduating
class are: Otho E. Baker, Jr.,
James M. Bruce, Ernest P. Cialone, Jack F. Coley, Doris Delores
Dooly, Barney E. Farmer, Thomas C. Fennell, Carolyn Freeman, William E. Gordey, Beverly
Eileen Groesbeck, Joseph R. Hartmeier, Louise C. Humphrey, John
W. Jacobs, Paul W. Knudsen, Betty Lehman, Betty Moore, Mark 0.
Newman, Henry C. Nicholson, Jr.,
Peggy Ann Patterson, Geraldine
Pfeiffer, Dane Riggs, Iverson
Riggs, Wanda Ann Rogers, Sarah
Ellen Shipley, James E. Shoffey,
Mary Kay Sumners, Roy ' Upchurch, Jr., Julia Dean Wernette,
Herman W. Westfall, Edwin Yager, Christine Youmans.
No Vacancy, Now
The beginning of the summer
session found that vacancy created by the resignation of Nancy
Stair, quite ably filled by Wanda
Ann Rogers. Wanda Ann's presence will compensate for the loss
of Nancy, and we will have at
least one JC graduate around next
year.
Baccalaureate Held
For Graduating Class
Baccalaureate services for the
thirty-one graduating sophomores
were held Sunday morning, May
23, at the Central Presbyterian
Church. The Rev. Charles E.
Cathey, pastor, chose as his subject "The Divine Art of Growing
Up."
Carolyn Freeman and Edwin
Yager,
sophomores, furnished
special music for the services,
singing "Love Divine" by Stainer. Following an organ prelude,
the graduates and their instructors marched to their places, preceded by Mr. Cathey, while the
congregation sang the processional hymn, "Joyful, Joyful, We
Adore Thee."
The program included the invocation by Mr. Cathey, a responsive reading, an organ meditation
and pastoral prayer, and the singing of the hymn "Oh, Grant Us
Light," which preceded the scriptural reading and the sermon. A
hymn, "Take Thou Our Minds,
Dear Lord," and the recessional
concluded the program.
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770 Students And Guests
Attend Spring Prom
Ramseys Entertain
Graduating Class
President and Mrs. J. W. Ramsey entertained the graduates of
JC at a ,tea and reception Thursday afternoon, May 15, at their
home, 720 South Twenty-fifth
Street.
Miss Luella Krehbiel poured tea,
assisted by Mrs. L. A. Rutledge,
Miss Isabella K. Smith, and Miss
Lucille Speakman. A combination
of spring flowers in various colors decorated the serving table.
Special guests were Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond F. Orr, Mr. and
Mrs. Delmar Edwards, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Slates, Mrs. and Mrs. J.
Fred Patton, Dr. and Mrs. W. D.
Powell, and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce
Shaw, Miss Opal Horn, Mr. and
Mrs. M. P. Riedel, Mr. and Mrs.
Delmer Ashworth, Miss Kathryn
Buchanan, Mr and Mrs. Frank
Cassidy, Miss Opal Clark, Mr. and
Mrs. Vernon Grosscup, Miss Ruth
Hamilton.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hixson, Mrs.
Glen Hoffman, Miss Mary Hynes,
Miss Wilma Jimerson, Miss Jean
Winters, Mr. and Mrs. Ben I. Mayo, Mrs. Helen McCarty, Mr. and
Mrs. Warren McLellan, Miss Margaret Montague, Mr. and Mrs.
Nils Muhr, Miss Bess J. Ramsey,
Miss Margaret Reavis, Miss Nancy Stair, Miss Ora Wilburn, Miss
Virginia Tidball, and Mr. and Mrs.
C. H. Tobler.
JC students turned out 110 sophomore class; Miss Bess J.
strong Friday night, May 7, to a Ramsey of the college faculty;
twentieth anniversary banquet in and Walter Levy, Eva Levy, and
Betty Hinton, all three alumni.
tribute to the junior college and Miss Isabella K. Smith, freshman
to Miss Luella M. Krehbiel, who sponsor, was unable to attend the
this year ended her twentieth banquet.
year as English teacher in JC.
The banquet staged in the Ward
Hotel Gold Room, was followed
by a prom at a considerably Semester Exams
spruced-up Immaculate Concep- Again Hold Sway
tion Roof Garden, with music by
the Southernaires.
Semester tests have spread the
The guest list, said by college usual and expected atmosphere
officials to have been the most over all JC. It is one of an utterlengthy in a number of years, ly dejected, hopeless air of resigwas augmented by several faculty nation to an inevitable fate. All
members, alumni, and administra- students are scratching heads and
tive personnel of the city school pulling hair—and studying like
system. At the banquet speakers' mad.
table, which was set in front of
One result could be seen among
a large black-and-gold sign paying the 13B English students. For the
tribute to Miss Krehbiel, were past few weeks, these industrious
the student body officers and
ones have been engaged in the
their dates, and Mr. and Mrs. writing of short stories. A glance
J. W. Ramsey, Mr. and Mrs. L. at a few of the titles of the last
A. Rutledge, Mr. Elmer Cook, and ones handed in will show the genMiss Krehbiel.
erally morbid character which
The banuqet began at 7 p. m., was, no doubt, influenced by the
with an invocation by Doris Dooly, approaching exams. Among the
vice-president of the college tfttles were these: "Fear," "The
"Death," "Rememberstudent body. The president, Win- Coward,"
1
burn Jacobs, followed with the ing ," and others equally deprescustomary address of welcome. A sing.
series of toasts followed the meal.
Spring semester finals are
Judy Wernette toasted the fresh- much worse than fall finals, for
men and was answered by Don the scourge of spring fever is upEvans, president of the class; on all; and in the case of a few,
Marolyn Herbert toasted the soph- such as Calvin Patterson, sumomores and was answered by Roy mer fever is well under way.
Up-church, president of that class;
The usual reaction to Mr. HixJames Shoffey cited the Numa son's tests is in evidence. It seems
staff and was answered by Sue that .the true-false questions are
Stewart, editor; Ann Kelly paid so tough that coin-flipping over
Miss Nancy Stair, for two years
tribute to the Lion basketball answers is a common device. In
squad and was answered by Mar- instances of depleted bank-rolls, secretary to Dean L. A. Rutledge
vel Rhyne, captain of the squad; the method of looking at the pre- and JC registrar, resigned her
Mary Ann McDonald toasted the ceding questions and then decid- position effective May 28. Sucfaculty and was answered by Miss ing which answer will best con- ceeding her will be Wanda Ann
Lucille Speakman; Calvin Patter- tinue the pattern established is Rogers, a graduating sophomore.
son cited the dean and was an- employed.
Nancy has meant much to JC
swered by L. A. Rutiledge; and
At any rate, whatever the re- in the past two years. One sophReba Kasten toasted Miss Kreh- action, all involved will be very omore, when speaking of Nancy,
bile, with an unprogrammed and happy when it's all over. Even said "Miss Stair has done a lot
moving response by Miss Kreh- Snooper will be happy, for with for us. She was always the first
biel.
all the studying, he can find no person to greet you at basketball
games; and, with an understandBanquet speakers were Princi- one to talk to.
ing smile, she allowed you to go
pal Elmer Cook and President J.
in when you had forgotten your
W. Ramsey, both of whom in payticket. She answered a thousand
ing tribute to Miss Krehbiel, All-School Picnic
questions a week. She made out
stressed the importance of college Is Final Social Event
the grade cards and recorded the
education. The speeches were followed by a dissertation on malevJC's congregated at Silver grades on our records.
olent livers by Reba Kasten, and Bridge for the school picnic May
"Besides all of this, she posted
by mass singing of the Alma 28, with the girls furnishing pic- the bulletin board and sent out
Mater.
nic lunches. Swimming and hik- transcripts of grades to other
Special guests, other than the ing followed the outdoor meal and colleges. She has been a promoter
speakers and Miss Krehbiel, were created a pleasant change from of school spirit and a great help
to us all."
Miss Speakman, sponsor of the the rigors of studying.
Miss Stair Resigns
From JC Staff
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Introducing Members of
The '48 Sophomore Class
Ater two years of "hard" work and fun,
the following people have earned the right to
appear in the sophomore class section of the
yearbook. Although only thirty-one of the
following people atttained the Associate in
Arts degree May 27, the others were classified
as sophomores.
To the sophomores we owe the student body
leadership for the year. It was they who directed and planned the variety show, and it
was they who reorganized student clubs and
activities, seeing that they were started off
"right."
They taught us the ropes, giving us helpful "tips" about Miss Speakman's tests and
Miss KrehbiePs themes. Their previous experience served us well, and their advice was indispensable.
To the sophomores we say, "So long. It has
been swell knowing you. Come back to see us
next year."
Gerri Pfeiffer, Roy Upchurch Lead
Sophomores Through The Year
Sponsoring the sophomore class
for the second consecutive year
was Miss Lucille Speakman. Sponsor of IRC and helpful in all
school activities, Miss Speakman
is one of JC's mainstays.
The women ruled the sophomore
class during the first semester,
with Gerri Pfeiffer as president,
Judy Wernette, vice-president and
Peggy Patterson, secretary. These
students, well known in all campus activities, were all members
of Phi Theta Kappa, also.
Gerri was elected president of
the Music Guild upon its organization during the first semester,
and was also a member of "Who's
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Who," the JC Choir, and the JC
Chamber Orchestra. Judy, active
in SCA, was a delegate to the
South wide IRC co'nvention, and
was a member of the Numa staff.
Peggy, a member of the JC choir
and the Numa staff, was secretary
of Phi Theta Kappa.
Roy Upchurch headed the sophomore class the second semester,
assisted by Bill Orme, vice-president, and Oweta Gamble, secretary. Roy was elected one of the
ten "outstanding students," and
Bill took an active part in the variety show. Oweta, an active member of the social committee, also
was a mmber of the Numa staff.
HOLLIS ALLEN
OTHO BAKER
Numa Staff, IRC, Choir
T. E. BARDRICK
BILL BERRYMAN
LUCILLE BORENGASSER
JAMES BRUCE
Phi Theta. Kappa, Student Board
JIMMY CASTLEBERRY
ERNEST CIALONE
JACK COLEY
Basketball
FRANCES DAHLIN
DORIS DOOLY
Vice-President of Student Body, IRC Secretary, Cheerleader, Who's Who, Outstanding
Student, SCA, Student Board, Numa Staff,
Choir, IRC Convention Delegate
JOE DUERR
President of IRC, IRC Delegate
THOMAS FENNELL
IRC
TOM FOX
Numa Staff
CAROLYN FREEMAN
Phi Theta Kappa, Music Guild, Numa Staff,
SCA, Choir, Student Board
BEN FRIEDMAN
Basketball
RICHARD FRY
IRC
OWETA GAMBLE
IRC, Vice-President of Freshman Class, Secretary of Sophomore Class, Numa Staff
WOODROW GOINS
BILL GORDEY
Basketball
BEVERLY GROESBECK
Secretary of IRC, Secretary of Student Body,
Student Board, Phi Theta .Kappa, SCA
JOE BOB HARTMEIER
JOHN JACOBS
President of Student Body, President of IRC,
IRC Convention Delegate, Who's Who, Outstanding Student
REBA MAE KASTEN
Student Board, Director of Variety Show,
Who's Who, Outstanding Student
BEN KATZER
PAUL KNUDSEN
BETTY LEHMAN
Phi Theta Kappa, Music Guild, Choir
PATSY JANE MANNAN
IRC, FTA, Who's Who
BRYAN MCLELLAN
BETTY MOORE
SCA, FTA
MARK NEWMAN
FTA, Student Board
HENRY NICHOLSON
FTA President, IRC, Phi Theta Kappa, Student Board, Outstanding: Student
BILL ORME
IRC, Vice-President of Sophomore Class
PEGGY PATTERSON
SCA, Who's Who
GERRI PFEIFFER
Secretary of Freshman Class, President of
Sophomore Class, Student Board, FTA, President of Music Guild, Who's Who, Phi Theta
Kappa, SCA, JC Chamber Orchestra
CHARLES PRICE
IRC
DANE RIGGS
MELBA RIGGS
Choir
IVERSON RIGGS
Student Board, Phi Theta .Kappa
WANDA ANN ROGERS
Numa Staff
SARAH ELLEN SHIPLEY
SCA, Vice-President of Music Guild
JAMES SHOFFEY
President of Student Body, Student Board,
Sock and Buskin, Phi Theta Kappa, Music
Guild, Who's Who, JC Chamber Orchestra,
Outstanding: Student
PHILLIP SPEARS
IRC, Student Board
MARY KAY SUMNERS
Numa Staff
EUGENIA SWOFFORD
Sock and Buskin, Student Board
ROY UPCHURCH, JR,
Phi Theta Kappa, Student Board, President
of Sophomore Class, Outstanding1 Student
EDWARD WELLS
FTA
JUDY WERNETTE
IRC, IRC Convention Delegate, SCA
HERMAN WESTFALL
EDWIN YAGER
Numa Staff, Music Guild, Phi Theta Kappa,
JC Chamber Orchestra, Choir
Sophs Bequeath Former Valuables To Freshmen With,
'You Can Have 'Em.. We Don't Want 'Em'
We the class of nineteen hundred and forty-eight, being- of
sound mind, do hereby set forth
our last will and testament with
the solemn wish that it may serve
to benefit future graduates of
Fort Smith Junior College.
To the freshman class, the
sophomores graciously extend the
privilege of being lord and master of the playroom each week.
Edwin Yager bequeathes his
voice to Roy Gene Mussett.
Otho Baker offers anyone his
left-handed ping-pong ability who
thinks he can master it.
To Jack Smith, Harold Smith,
Guy Smith, Jimmy Smith, Don
Smith, Squeaky Smith, and Calvin Smith, Judy Wernette gladly
offers the loan of her name if
they're interested in a change.
Gerri Pfeiffer doesn't leave her
violin to anyone, as she wouldn't
be Gerri without it.
Mark Newman leaves his physique to Don Evans.
Joe Hartmeier leaves his "way
with women" to Neal Boatright.
To Marry Ann McDonald,
Windy Jacobs wills his affection.
Herman Westfall, Woodrow
Goins, and Dane Riggs are not at
liberty to will anything (their
wives got first choice!)
Beverly Groesbeck and Peggy
Patterson leave their "brains" to
Dianne Brocchus and Joan Fohrman.
Doris Dooly leaves her friendly smile to Sue Gates. (But Miss
Dooly retains her Van Buren interest.)
Roy Upchurch leaves his likeable personality to the up-andcoming Elmo Evans.
Betty Lehman and Mary K.
Sumners leave their red hair to
Carolyn and Marolyn Herbert.
Sarah Ellen Shipley refuses to
give away Bob Ed Allen. Tightwad !
Louise Humphrey leaves her
diligence and dependability to Sue
Stewart.
Carolyn Freeman leaves her
beautiful tresses to Joe Ann Jeffries.
The musicianship of James
Shoffey is willed to any talented
freshman, but don't get too hopeful—he takes his car with him.
Joe Duerr leaves the back
booth to Jim Kenney.
To Tanya Brashier, Wanda Ann
Rogers bequeathes her home-making studies.
James Bruce leaves his manly
airs to Bill Little.
Bill Gordey leaves his friendliness and stability to J. Stanley
Putman.
The Numa Staff leaves its worries and deadlines to the staff of
'49. And with this we the, graduating class of '48, say adieu.
Junior College Sophomores of 1948 Show Startling
Accomplishments Ten Years Later
Results of a 1958 census show
these startling facts:
Stan Kenton will play for the
JC spring dance featuring Iverson
Riggs at the piano.
James Bruce, eight times Golden Gloves champion, will fight
Friday night in Madison Square
Garden for a crowd of ten thousand.
The King and Queen of England
have as special entertainment
for their spring ball, Miss Reba
Mae Kasten and her troupe of
actors including Bill Orme, famous dancer; and Joe Hartmeier,
baritone. All costumes are originals by Mmslle. Oweta Gamble.
Edwin Yager appears in the
opera "Mignon" at the Metropolitan Opera House on Saturday.
Henry Nicholson, superintendent of schools, has announced a
raise in salary and paid vacations
for teachers in the coming year.
Beverly Groesbeck and Peggy
Patterson have been admitted to
the bar in Chicago, Illinois.
James "Mel Torme" Shoffey
is featured in the coming Broadway hit. Now famous, Shoffey attributes his success to Fort Smith
JC.
It has been announced that the
accounting firm of Upchurch, Upchurch and Upchurch has made
more money this year than any
other accounting firm in the
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world.
The Bill Gordey-Otho Baker
ping-pong team is now in Scandinavia seeking the championship
for the third year.
"Windy" Jacobs, state representative, has just secured passage of a bill for a four-year college in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
The president of the Better
Brick Co., Preacher Wilcoxon
and wife are giving a ball for all
former JC students at the presidential mansion.
Woodrow Goins, professor of
biology at the Universiy of Arkansas, is lecturing from the
notes he took in Miss Kathryn
Buchanan's JC biology class.
Philip Spears, who has acquired
quite a "bay window" since his
junior college days, is a member
of the Texas Corner Barbershop
Quartet.
"Gina" Swofford finally gave
up her dream of becoming an oldmaid school-teacher and decided
married days are happy days.
Doris Dooly left her first-grade
class at the end of the first nine
weeks, deciding to take up a better offer in Van Buren.
Dane and Melba Riggs are still
having heated Sunday discussions
as to who will do the week's supply of dishes.
Gerri Pfeiffer is still playing
her violin, (on the side, of course.
Her other duties are enough to
keep her busy.)
"Bullet" Allen, the millionaire
oil man, has just finished paying
the debt for all the test tubes he
broke in chemistry.
T. E. Bardrick and Bill Berryman fought their way into the
semi-finals at the Olympics only
to find they were to play against
each other. The game was called
off because they didn't want their
friendship spoiled.
Thomas Dewey is still running
for president of the United States.
With the help of his able secretary, Lucille Borengasser, he
plans to succeed this time.
Mark Newman's prize cow,
Henrietta, just won a blue ribbon.
Quoting Mr. Newman: "It's about
time that cow did something!"
Pat Mannan has started an exclusive flower shop. She said she
wanted her corsages put to use.
Jack Coley is now designing
prefabricated doghouses. It is
said his business is prospering.
Judy Wernette and Joe Duerr
are still laughing about the IRC
convention. Judy will be the special guest at the next dance
given by the organization.
Major Ben Friedman has just
sent in his tenth request for separation from the army. It seems
the army just doesn't understand.
1. Backfire.
6. Jail-bird.
13.IJust a-lookin'.
2. Champion Champ.
7. Amazon.
14. Assembly line.
3. Just a little harder, girls.
8. Gossip session.
15. Accidents will happen.
4. Heart-throb.
9. Flea catchers.
16. Poker faces.
5. Future teachers.
10. Last minute cramming.
17. Caught off guard.
(6. Picture posing, no doubt.
11. Intellectual gathering.
18. Who's winning?
12. Totem-pole
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Biology Instructor
Attends Conference
Miss Kathryn Buchanan, JC biology instructor, attended the thirty-second annual meeting of the
Arkansas Academy of Science at
Fayetteville, May 7 and 8. A business meeting was held on Friday
morning with a luncheon afterwards at which Dr. Lewis Webster
Jones, of the University of Arkansas, was the guest speaker.
Friday afternoon's program consisted of papers presented by attending members in the physical
sciences and biological sciences.
Three papers of particular interest in the biological sciences were
"Ecology and Surface Geology of
the Carizozzo Lava Flow," by
Harold M. Hefley of the University; "A Preliminary Report on
Arkansas Byrophytes" (with a display of specimens) by E. B. Wittlake of the Uniersity; and "Some
Endemic Flowering Plants of Arkansas and the Ozarks Region" by
D. M. Moore of the University.
Friday evening was the time for
the annual dinner at which character sketches by students from
the speech department of the university provided the program. The
dinner was followed by the annual
public lecture which was delivered
by Pr. J. B. Macelwane, S. J.,
Pean of the Institute of Geophysical Technology, St. Louis University. Pr. Macelwane's subject was
"Microseisms and the Weather." It
was, stated briefly, an explanation of a new method of weather
forecasting developed chiefly by
the navy during World War II.
Saturday morning a symposium
on "Rice and the Rice Industry"
was presented by a panel of attending members. They presented
tihe various problems confronting
the rice industry in Arkansas in
order to make an attempt at increasing the use and food value
of rice.
A final business meeting at
which there was an election of
officers was held that afternoon.
A field trip to Savoy and Lake
Weddington to see unusual ferns
completed the program of the twoday meeting.
Music Guild To Meet
During Summer
Music Guild members voted to
continue their monthly meetings
through the summer at a meeting
at the home of Sue Stewart. The
guild members hope to retain
their membership throughout the
summer, thus setting a foundation
for reorganization in the fall.
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JC Students Make
Plans for Future
JC Students Speak
At Lions' Luncheon
The Numa sent a man out during the last few weeks of school
as an inquisitive part of a big
Seven JC students spoke at the
and admirable scheme to find out Lions Club Luncheon May 4 on
what everybody was going to do various phases of the work of the
during- the summer and where ev- Fort Smith Junior College
erybody planned to go next year.
James Shoffey and Margaret
Everybody was cooperative, and
we have the following data to re- Benbrook gave a brief history of
the school. The extra-curricular
por,t.
Jim Bruce, is just about through activities were discussed by Mary
with boxing, and plans to do noth- K. Workman, Kenneth Taylor, and
ing of the sort all summer. As a Duane Staggs. Bill Kirk and Gloria
matter of fact, he said that he Febro discussed junior college curhad no plans at all for the next ricula. All speakers were memthree months or so. Next year, bers of Miss Margaret Montague's
however, he will install himself JC public speaking class.
at the University of Arkansas—
Other numbers on the prpgram
and there he might do a little were two solos by Carolyn Freeboxing.
man and Joe Bob Hartmeier. AcT. E. Bardrick, whose initials companists were Gloria Febro and
could stand for anything but The Jo Ann Collier.
Errant Backhand, has no plans,
The seven students also appeared
no plans at all for any future on the program of the Kiwanis
time. When he quietly suggested:
"The Army?" the Numa essayed Club May 27.
a silent withdrawal.
Harold Smith is one of the fortunate few who are still eligible Reavis To England
for American Legion baseball, and
he plans to play all summer, As Exchange Teacher
stopping in plenty of time to come
Miss Margaret Reavis, JC home
back to JC.
economics teacher, will be the secPuane Staggs, who plays ten- ond local faculty member to exnis and swims and cuts an ade- change teaching posts with an
quately grim figure around the English instructor, she was nocampus with a football or a soft- tified early in May. She will take
ball or a baseball, is going to get up her duties in Chelsea, a subhimself started at Arkansas Tech urb of London in early fall, exthis summer, and when he gets changing teaching positions with
down there he's going to stay Miss Margaret Bird of Chelsea.
for the next few years.
Miss Mary Beth Smith, a teachBullet Allen, who plays tennis er at Peabody grade school, exin white shorts and therefore fre- changed teaching posts with Miss
quently wins, will go to Galves- Anne Green of Bradford, England,
ton, Texas, for what he cleverly during the first year of the
called a "little vacation," and teacher-exchange program.
then come back to Fort Smith and
A graduate of the Fort Smith
get a job. Next year he'll be at High School, Miss Reavis attendArkansas.
ed the University of Arkansas
Jim Castleberry, whose ubiquit- and holds B.S. and M.A. degrees.
ous red Buick was this year's She has been a teacher in JC
outstanding and most breathlessly- since 1943.
awaited artistic event, has similar plans. He will work in Fort
Smitih all summer, and then trek
to Arkansas for the junior year. Grosscup Leaves
Jack Smith, who previously had
thought about playing a little For Washington, D. C.
pro baseball this summer, quickly
Vernon Grosscup will not be with
decided not to when he remember- the Junior College faculty when
ed the sweat and the strain and school begins next year; he is acthe bumpy bus trips. And so he cepting a civil service job in Washplans to invade Tulsa, join his
father, and make something of a ington P. C.
Mr. Grosscup has been chemisfortune at an aircraft factory.
try
instructor, reigning over the
Next year, he'll be back at JC.
territory of smells and explosions,
Pon Smith will stay in Fort for the past two years. He left
Smith and work for his brother, Fort Smith for Washington, the
who is suddenly building duplexes. Next year, Pon will be a,t AU. latter part of May, to take up a
position as chemist with the Bur(Continued on Page 96)
eau of Standards.
Members of Miss Ora Wilburn's JC art class seen above as they
pose for the cameraman are: seated—Margaret Benbrook, La Vonne
Blackman, Jane Milam, and Frances Dahlin; standing; standing—
Betty Lou Riley, James Burke, Evelyn Cook, and Miss Wilburn.
Artists Are Made, Not Born; JC
Art Classes Provide The Training
By Reba Kasten
Artistic ability is not common,
and it takes an expert to bring
out the hidden qualities. Thus we
turn to Miss Ora Wilburn, master
of arts and crafts. From the minute you enter the class, you're
amazed at how quickly she moves
about, getting everything done
exactly on time.
In this classroom, everyone does
something different (which is a
delightful idea if you ask me).
The advantage, of course, is to
find the art or craft most suitable to the individual.
Now I personally have been a
complete failure in drawing. All
my life I have painfully attended
art classes and watched those
about me drawing trees with
graceful strokes while I drew the
only kind of tree I knew about,
the kind with wild bushy-looking
marks which represented leaves,
limbs, fruit, and everything else.
Furthermore, all birds I draw
have four legs and each foot turns
in the same direction. All flowers,
drawn by my magic pencil look
like daisies and the leaves are unrecognizable.
Carving is likewise a menace to
me. I always dig holes in my
masterpieces and end up in a very
dejected mood. One would gather
from this that one of this caliber
should enroll in some other class.
But no! Miss Wilburn, taking the
situation in hand, interests this
person in weaving, making leather goods and other crafts.
Besides her great interest in
her students, Miss Wilburn is noted for something else. When scenery is needed for shows, lettering
needed for placards, announcements or signs needed at the last
minute, someone dashes down to
see Miss Wilburn and the finished
product is delivered in the minimum amount of time. Many a crisis has been avoided by her quick
thinking and helpful ideas. The
junior college is thankful for Miss
Wilburn and her arts and crafts
students.
JC's Enroll For Summer Session
The Junior College summer session got under way May 31 with
promise of a sizeable enrollment.
Many JC's were running around
with schedule cards in hand trying to make a decision as to the
courses they should take. The
summer session is scheduled to
run Den weeks.
Yum, Yum!
Several of the JC students were
seen sitting on the Garrison Avenue curb eating beans and barbecue during the Chuck Wagon
party. Once in a life-time, we say.
"Mac" Is Candidate
For Rodeo Queen
"Yippee! Ride 'em cowboy!"
blended with the agonized groans
of students finishing their final
examinations. The reason for students' wearing western attire during the last week of school was
the annual Arkansas-Oklahoma
Rodeo staged in Fort Smith May
29-June 2.
Highlighting the excitement in
JC was the entrance of Mary Ann
McDonald as a candidate for Rodeo Queen. Each queen candidate
was sponsored by some civic organization, "Mac's" sponsor being
the high school Key Club, the junior organization of the Kiwanis
club.
"Mac" is a tried and true cowgirl whose great love of horses
qualified her as a candidate in the
rodeo queen contest. If you don't
believe us, just get her to tell yon
about Pinto, her horse.
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JC Musicians
Present Recital
Phi Theta Kappa's
Hold Swimming Party
Phi Theta Kappa members and
guests gathered at the Junior
High School at 6 o'clock, May 19,
for a swimming party. Everyone
had a splashing good time, each
person, except James Shoffey,
having his share of being pushed
in. Shoffey could scarcely get out
before someone shoved him back
in. However he took his toll of
victims, for he always managed
to pull at least one person in with
him. Many of the boys tried their
luck at fancy diving, with no small
number of undignified outcomes.
After the swimming party, everyone went to the home of Marian Mosley, 1700 North I, for a
buffet supper. When the meal was
over, the guests sat around the
living room and looked at some
of the past yearbooks of both
Junior College and Fort Smith
High School.
A proper interval having passed,
Shoffey entertained the group in
his familiar, inimitable way. The
performance included jokes and
impersonations of various people
well-known to all present. The informal evening was concluded
with a little practice of magic;
namely, lifting people off the
floor with two fingers.
Music Guild Stages
Progressive Supper
Music Guild members and their
guests were mighty hungry by the
time they got to "Sissy" Shipley's
at 8 o'clock on the night of June
second. Seventeen of them were
attending
the
guild-sponsored
"progressive supper," which took
place at four different homes that
evening.
* The reason for the prolonged
hunger was that the meal was
served in courses, beginning with
an "appetizer," continuing with a
salad, the main course, and dessert—one at each home, of course.
However, the agonized expressions of hunger were soon changed
to ones of, "oh, why did I eat so
much!" after they finished their
"main course" of spaghetti (with
meat and vegetables), hot rolls,
pickles, and iced tea.
Beginning with a tomato juice
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Peggy Ann Patterson, soprano
soloist, was presented in "recital
by Mrs. Harold Haynes, junior
college voice instructor, at St.
John's Episcopal Parish House at
8 p. m. May 25. Assisting her was
Beverly Groesbeck, piano student
of Sister Margaret Mary of St.
Anne's Academy.
Ushers were Judy Wernette and
Lucille Borengasser.
The program included both
classical and semi-classical numbers.
Party Given
By Boatright
Betty Boatright was hostess to
a gathering of JC students at her
home, 1234 Lexington Avenue,
May 20.
Guests included Sue Stewart,
Joan Fohrman, Carolyn Herbert,
Marolyn Herbert, Margaret Benbrook, Earl Bolinger, Stanley
Putman, Roy Gene Mussett, Joe
Bob Hartimeier, Leon Combs, Earl
Shumate, Marvel Rhyne, Jack
Smithson, and Calvin Patterson.
Entertainment was in the form
of square dancing, group singing,
and record playing.
Ice cream and cake were served to complete the evening.
Embarrassing, Huh?
Bill Orme and "Squeaky" Smith
failed to bring their bathing suits
on the JC picnic; therefore they
had to adjourn down the creek in
order to dampen their carcasses.
They took off their clothes,
hung them on a convenient bush,
and dived into the creek. They had
no more than entered the water
when an inquisitive cow approached their clothes and began to investigate them. "Squeaky" and Bill
had to rush dripping from the water and rescue their clothes from
the cow's horns. All in a day's
work!
appetizer at tfhe home of Mr. and
Mrs. Lucien Perlingiere, the guild
members proceeded to Sue Stewart's, where they were served salad and crackers. After the main
course at Sissy's, they departed
for Gerri Pfeiffer's, where they
were served date roll, whipped
cream, and candied cherries.
After all was said or eaten,
they all agreed that it was worth
waiting for.
The guild plans to meet at
least once each month during the
summer for informal party and
gossip sessions.
Three JC Students
Appear In Recital
Three junior college musicians
were presented in concert by the
junior college music department
at the Junior High School auditorium May 4. The students were
Gloria Fe'bro, pianist and organist; Geraldine Pfeiffer, violinist;
and Edwin Yager, tenor soloist.
Students of Miss Hattie Mae
Butterfield, Maurice Derdeyne,
and Mrs. Harold Haynes, the students were the first from the
JC music department to appear
in recital under college auspices.
The program included works of
Bach, Handel, Bizet, Mozart,
Mendelssohn, and Chopin.
Approximately
150 students
and local people attended the recital.
Benbrook Is
Hostess At Party
Several JC students attended a
par,ty given 'by Margaret Benbrook May 14 at her home, 622
Belle Avenue. Entertainment consisted of group participation
in games and conversation. Refreshments were "cokes" and
Margaret's famous cookies.
Guests were Joan Fohrman,
Betty Boatright, Joe Bob Hartmeier, Earl Shumate, Mary Ann
McDonald, Marolyn Herbert, Stanlay Putman, Roy 'Gene Mussett,
Gaylon Patterson, and Calvin
Patterson.
Parting Pals
By A. G Patterson
The hallways seem so dreary,
The playroom so still and dead,
Where we played a game of pingpong,
And you slipped and cracked
your head.
My heart grows faint and weary
When I think we'll meet no more.
By the exit where I met you
With your hand caught in the
door.
When I stroll across the campus.
I still remember well
Those hard concrete steps
Where you hung your heel and
fell.
You're a comrade and a buddy,
And I think you are the best;
But I'll tell you confidentially
You made me flunk that test.
So fare thee well, old buddy,
You're a friend so good and
dear;
Three months won't be very long
And I'll see you here next year.
Students Suffer
From "Trig" Troubles
Snooper is wondering why everyone is carrying moth-balls around).
Could it be, Roy Gene, to keep
moths away from the brain—or
is it just a guaranteed way of being retired from classes ?
* * *
Has anyone noticed that we
have a second John Garf ield in JC ?
He goes by the name of Charles
Delaney.
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Spring was in the air, it seems,
and several JC girls' thoughts
turned to pinics. If you want to
make those girls sick, just mention
chocolate devils' * food cake. It
seems the girls ate a fith of a
cake each, besides a conglomeration
of other things, at a picnic in the
stadium not long ago.
* * *
One of the Numa staff members
was trying to find some news.
She went up to James Bruce and
asked if he knew anything exciting that had happened in JC
lately. James replied, "Just me."
(There ain't no conceit in his family).
* * *
If you're ever late to class and
need an excuse, just go see Joe
Gilliespie. He was late to one of
his classes the other day, and when
asked why he was latie, he answered that he had had a flat tire on
his bicycle. How did the ping pong
game come out, Joe?
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If anyone wondered what six
JC's were doing going about the
campus examining the shrubbery
with evident interest, his mind may
now rest. It was only some of
Miss Buchanan's eager students
preparing for the practical examination which included identification
of the various evergreens on the
campus. "Even I," says Snooper,
pointing proudly, "can tell tlhat's
an Arizona cypress."
* * *
When the IRC met at the home
of Mary Ann McDonald, Dean Rutledge talked about the European
theater. He brought with him several guns, swords, and knives
which he had brought back as
souvenirs. When someone asked,
"Why all the weapons?" Bill
Berryman replied, "Well, after a
while, we're going to have a heated discussion."
* * *
The scene was Miss Kathryn Bu-
For headaches, it's trigonometry two to one! And it's not a
cure!
chanan's class and the discussion
When a plague (in this case the
for the day concerns spiders and
other arthropods. When Miss Bu- headache) strikes a JC student, it
chanan asked why a spider has is necessary to find out what sort
both simple and compound eyes, of varmint causes it. Snooper was
Susie Stewart replied, "The better definitely interested and started
to see you with, my dear!"
on the trail. He got out all his
* * *
hooks about Sherlock Holmes, made
During one of those never-to-be- several brillian t deductions using1
x
forgotten sociology discussions, the sine theorem;
and here is his
the subject of vanity and its rel- solution.
ative merits in men and women was
First he defines the culprit as
being knocked around. Said James
Shoffey, "Why Otho Baker combs that which causes a person to
his hair every time before he goes draw meaningless lines and numbers on a piece of paper, work
swimming."
dilligently using various formulae
Comment in undertone by Iver- with these numbers, go over the
son Riggs: "That's not vanity. He's mess
approximately fifty times,
just expecting to see the mer- pull out much hair, take many
maids!"
aspirins, refer to many volumes
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containing mathematical knowRemark overheard: Speaker, Joe ledge; and at the end of two hours,
Bob Hartmeier. "Lucky dog, you're come out with the wrong anthe only one I know who doesn't swer. This can be none other than
have to write a term paper." a "trig" problem. We speak from
The object of his remark was the experience, being one of the twenred cocker spaniel which often ty-three who sit i Miss Isabella
haunts the JC halls in search of K. Smith's class nthree times a
higher learning.
week during the fourth period.
* * *
Now a day in this class might
You can always tell when Wed- go thus: Miss Smith asks, as she
nesday comes around by Pat Man- smiles brightly, "Have you any
nan's corsage. One time it's carna- questions about these easy little
tions, or roses, the next time it's problems for today?" All hands
orchids. (U of A influence no go up, and, to tne query, "Which
doubt?)
one?" the students answer, "All
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of 'em."
Jerry Hopkins whistled upon
Miss Smith begins to write and
seeing a highly presentable JC explain, and the class watches
femme and exclaimed, "If Darwin with dazed incomprehension lightthinks she descended from a mon- ened by only occasional flickers
key, he's crazy!"
of unders,temding.
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Soon the board is filled, and she
Just ask Marolyn Herbert if she
likes liver. Or is tViat steak, Maro- turns and says, "Who erases my
board today?" When no one volunlyn?
teers, she gets her little book, runs
Does anyone know if Sue Ste- her finger down the page, and
wart likes strawberries? Her an- states, "Bill and Carmen. Ha, they
swer probably would be, "To eat, thought I'd forget, but I didn't!"
Bill and Carmen erase the board.
not to sit on!"
When all the problems are fin:;:
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ally
explained, Miss Smith wonders,
The girls in the gym class are
giving Al Capp some competition. "Now, would you rather work on
Evil-eye Stewart gave Mary K. tomorrow's problems or have a litWorkman the "double-whammy" tle quiz?"
the other day in gym with a baseEveryone says he would rather
ball bat. Mary K. was "putrified!" work on the problems.
f * *
'*A1! right," she replied, "take
Betsy McConnell's cousin has problems 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,"
been visting her. When Betsy in- While all sit gaping, she continues,
troduced us to Betsy McConnell "Now if any of you need help,
(her cousin) we got rather con- I'll be glad to do what I can."
fused.
Whereupon all the students
march up to the desk.
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JC's Review Of
Basketball Season
The JC tennis
tournament,
which was scheduled to draw to a
close on or before Commencement
Day, lasted a little too long to
suit the Numa's rock-bottom deadline. As it stood on the Wednesday
before commencement, however,
Bill Beryman, last year's singles
champion, was set to meet the
winner of the T. E. Bardrick-Jim
Castleberry match, and the team
of Bardrick and Bill McLachlan
was due to oppose Berryman and
Charlie Jones for the doubles
championship.
A number of adverse conditions
plagued the tournament, of which
<?as.ly the most adverse was exam
w«.-ek. 'intre were other factors,
however, including rain and subsequent wet courts, schedule and
after-hour conflicts, and the like.
Here are the tournament results up to the finals:
In the singles, Berryman reached the finals after a non-toorigorous route involving a bye,
Earl Bolinger, and "Bullet" Allen. Bolinger had reached the quartier finals after defeating Earl
Shumate, but lost to Berryman
by default. Allen first drew a bye
and then defeated Marvel Rhyne
in the quarter-finals. Rhyne previously had won over Duane
Staggs.
'Castleberry first drew a bye,
but later defeated Bill McLachlan,
who had reached the quarterfinals after winning over James
Shoffey.
Bardrick also drew a preliminary bye, but in the quarter-finals
defeated Jim Kenney, who had
won over J. C. Tedder in the preliminaries.
In the doubles, Berryman and
Jones defeated Ben Friedman and
Jack Ragon to advance to the
semi-finals. There they defeated
David Lee Sumners and Marvel
Rhyne, who had won over James
Shoffey and "Squeaky" Smith.
Bardrick and McLachlan drew
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a preliminary bye, and in the
semi-finals met Castleberry and
Allen, who had defeated Bolinger
and Staggs.
JC Students Make
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Marvel Rhyne plans to keep all
the books for a peanut machine
this summer, and it made seventyseven cents the first week. At
night—and strictly on the side—
he will play softball. Next year,
he, too will be back at JC.
Squeaky Smith, whose name
needs no appositive at all, plans
to play baseball around the Fort
Smith area somewhere, but, further than that, he doesn't know
what he is going to do. Possibly
nothing. Next year, he'll be back
at JC.
Guy Smith plans to go to Tulsa
for the summer, and will be back
for another try at JC.
Jim Smith will join Harold
Smith for American Legion baseball all summer, and after he finishes that, he will join Harold and
the other Smiths at JC.
Bill Gordey informed The Numa
much earlier in the year that he
might play softball somewhere
but that his plans principally had
to do with "sleeping, doing as little as possible, and not going to
summer school." The Numa, giving all this the serious thought
that it certainly demanded, has
thought a lot of Bill Gordey from
that day forward.
But we have in our notes a horrifying sentence about his possibility of getting killed on a fishing trip by a wild—or maybe a
mild—something (hop ? hosp ?
hotp?). We regret to say that we
cannot read it. We trust it is a
joke. We hope nothing at all happens to that nice, sensible Bill
Gordey. We hope he gets along
all right all summer, and we wish
everybody else a happy summer,
too.
Here, for your erudition, is a
roundup of the basketball season
we fought our way out of a few
months ago:
LAVACA 30, JG 45. Here was
the first showing of the Lion aggregation, and it was an encouring one. Marvel Rhyne connected
with five goals to score ten
points.
ARKANSAS TECH 64, JC 45.
The 45 points weren't as much
help here as they were at Lavaca,
but many explained it all in terms
of Tech's spirited forward, Massey, who piled in 21 points for the
Techmen.
ASTC 60, JC 44. Marvel Rhyne
made 11 points, but Junior Carson made 20, and Forward H.
Sherrill made 16. No contest.
EASTERN OKLAHOMA A &
M 49, JC 28. This game began
the remarkable saga of Squeaky
Smith, who connected with everything to score 12 points and lead
all scorers. Only 31 points were
scored at the half, which was
something of a record.
COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS
72, JC 50. The startling Charley
Roffine slammed across 21 points
14 of them in the first half, to
lead the curious upstate squad to
unquestioned triumph. Squeaky
Smith scored 16 points, and Elmo
Evans scored 14.
CONNORS 77, JC 25. What was
wrong here is of no earthly interest, but) nobody made over 13
points. Now that it's over we shall
point out that the Connors coach
was named Iba, in whose company we regretfully leave you.
AU FROSH 76, JC 63. Squeaky
Smith's most spectacular game,
and the Freshmen-of-McGaha's
most disturbing. Squeaky dogged
29 points but the Freshmen countered with Ambler and eight
others to gain the newspaper
space.
COLLEGE OF OZARKS 54, JC
52. Spurred by open rebellion and
great new courage, the Lions almost tied this game up for good.
Squeaky Smith continued in top
form to score 25 points, and Marvel Rhyne scored 15. How everything happened, we don't know,
but there it is—54 to 52.
NORTHEASTERN 40, JC 36.
More and more encouraged as the
season got warmer, The Numa
quietly credited this incredible
upset to the staggering quantity
of Northeasternmen, for whom
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JC's Review Basketball Program
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Robinson scored 8 points and led
the eleven others. Squeaky Smith
was held to 14, but he topped the
other five Lions and everybody
else.
BOYS CLUB 55, JC 60. The
fe Numa enthusiastically foresaw a
winning streak after this game.
If it didn't altogether materialize,
this was a noble beginning.
Squeaky Smith made 21 points.
POTEAU JC 53, JC 44. You
see.
NORTHEASTERN STATE 49,
JC 65. The Lions made up 'beautifully for the disappointing 40-36
loss at the hands of the Northeastern squad ten days before;
Squeaky Smith and Marvel Rhyne
each gcored 14 points for the best
display of teamwork all year.
BATESVILLE A & M 82, JC
59. Rutherford, an immovable opposing force, came late in the
season, a rude, rude awakening.
He scored 38 points, and the hapless Lions didn't recover all season. Read on.
CONNORS 68, JC 53. There was
nothing spectacular about it, either. Smith, Rhyne, and Preacher
Wilcoxon scored 16, 14, and 12,
respectively, but everything else is
forgotten, quite conveniently forgotten, history.
LITTLE ROCK JC 79, JC 47.
An elaborate road trip was inaugurated with this one, but with
Squeaky held to 8 points, what
kind of score could you expect?
Marvel Rhyne and Elmo Evans,
however, gallantly came through
with 11 apiece.
ASTC 50, JC 48. This little
corker 'tended the road trip, and
on a far more agreeable note.
Lions were ahead at halftime, but
—oh, well, you KNOW about
games like this.
OKMULGEE 59, JC 49. The
shrewd little coach over there
scarcely tipped five feet, but his
remarkable squad provided glory
enough for him and everybody
else all season.
ARKANSAS TECH 64, JC 53.
In honor of some migratory Pointers, this tussle took place at Van
Buren, and interestingly. Fine
court), fine officials, fine guarding by Elmo Evans, fine goalwork
by Squeaky Smith, fine free-shot
work by Harold Smith; we lost
and blamed it, justifiably, on lack
of height.
AU FROSH 86, JC 36. Everybody got on a bus and sped north
to witness this one, but they wished they hadn'tt
LITTLE ROCK JC 70, JC 56.
This return game, if we're not
mistaken, proved interesting only
after a few personal differences
came as near to being settled on
court as they ever are.
BOYS CLUB 73, JC 62. Squeaky
Smith scored 26 points and Denniston scored 33. tb was an upse<
but what can you say?
EASTERN OKLAHOMA A &
M 72, JC 48. And that's that.
POTEAU JC 51, JC 50. There's
little to be said about this game,
too; things just worked out that
way, that's all. No tactical surprises, no spectacular fireworks,
no sudden shifting of fond, fond
hopes—just a last-minute streak
and a basketball game.
OKMULGEE 53, JC 36. The
scorebook is out in the stadium,
but WE can't find it.
This, then, was the 1947-48
basketball season. Here are some
mad but interesting statistics
you might like to glance over:
The Lions made a total of 1085
points all season, but opponents
racked up a decisive 1438. Nobody bettered anybody on the foul
record, really—Lions 420, opponents 418—bu,t opponents succeeded with 580 of their attempted
goals while the Lions were sinking 408. The free shot ratios:
Lions—269 out of 491; opponents
—278 out of 493. The average
game score: Lions 47.17, opponents 62.52.
Squeaky Smith led all Lion
scorers with 357 points, followed
by Marvel Rhyne with 236, Elmo
Evans with 96, Harold Smith
with 92, Jack Smith with 89, and
Preacher Wilcoxon with 80. Lawrence Smith completed 136 goals
to lead that department, and had
the most effective free throw ratio, 85 to 120. Foulers were led
by Harold Smith, with 67, and
Marvel Rhyne, with 61.
Snooper Says
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When Joe Bob Hartmeier wrote
Miss Krehbiel a note on the blackboard May 7 asking her not to give
tests that day, what do you think
happened? No classes had tests
that day. Why didn't someone
think of this before?
To you from Snooper: "Goodby,
you-all. It has been fun knowing
you and here's hopin' we'll meet
again next fall."
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1. How does it look?
5. Second childhood.
10. Oh, boy!
2. Us four and no more.
(5. Another biological
phenomenon ?
11. Hard workin' Jane.
3. Another dude.
7. It ain't possible!
12. Speedy?
4. What a gal!
8. Perfectly contented.
13. What'cha say,
9. Now, what? ! !
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Squeak?
Front row—Carolyn Herbert, Sue Stewart, editor, Carolyn Freeman, Doris Dooly, Eugenia Swofford, Oweta Gamble, Peggy Patterson; back row—Eiwin Yager, Calvin Patterson, associate editor, Reba
Kasten, Don Evans, Otho Baker, T. E. Bardrick, Marvel Rhyne.
The Numa Staff Presents Student
Body With A Different Publication
The book which you've just been
reading is an entirely new type
of publication, different from any
ever published by the Fort Smith
Junior College. Begun as an experiment, it has proved itself to
be of great interest to the entire
student body.
Pictured above are some of the
students who were responsible for
its publication. They have worked
long and by the "trial and error"
method, seeking the best methods
of displaying the news, features,
and pictures which help to give a
full and accurate account of the
happenings of the school year.
The Numa for this year has, so
far as we know, no precedent.
Perhaps other schools use the
idea of a periodical publication
later assembled as a yearbook,
but this volume grew out of strictly local planning. It resulted from
a desire for a bigger and better
publication on the part of the
1946-47 student boards, and the
wish of the sponsors, Delmer
Ashworth, C. H. Tobler, Guy Hixson, and Dean L. A. Rutledge, for
a more creative student publication.
At the end of the school year,
we, the Numa staff, can look back
and see the mistakes that we
have made. Probably we wouldn't make those same mistakes
again, for we discovered that they
weren't the best ways of getting
the job done. However, we do
hope that the Numa staffs of the
future will profit by our mistakes
and thus build a better publication for future student bodies.
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