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The Glenville MerCury
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:nom tile commenta rve beard
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made up ooe ot tile Uielllbl)' programs we bave had
11115 year. The lltudent body Is
IDOft lntereat«<
Jn progta:ms
To the &todenta of Gleavillr.
While we are hWld!ng out
orddcla, une eaCh ahould
t or a bappy HoUday seuoo,
one day of w bleb baa been set
apart to OOIJU1U"morate the
t1
blrth of a great man.
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aame 't'1Ji bt. placed in a
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'rHE )IERCURY. She eJ.wayp bR.d
aew ideal. and knew how td expreu thtm. \\'e undt:.rsttu\d
5 Students Are
Narned For Wh0 ' s
l ike
SOill'f'- ,
t.hl~urlllg
Jn conjunction W1UJ. similar
Ute W(.orld wa... at peace, ~ groups tluougbout the coUeges
. there was bora in a remote pro- 1 of WesL Vtrglnia, an e.igbt meru! 'lnc:;r. u f the Roman Empire a. i be.r committee comprised of
l man whose teeob.lngs were ; Glenville State C.')llce faculty
d estined to have a mlchty in- : members
ls
considering rar! -nee on ruture clvlllmflon. I r<AcbiDg curriculum cba.nges
' lleprdl- or our rellglou• which will etfect the course of
~tucty of every under-graduate L"l
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West VIrginia. state supported
, have been a grOI't force iD
colleges.
l.Dg lnun an conduct 8Dd bu- :
Under the direction at Pres. D .
mao relaUoD5 to hJgber levela. l L . Ha·~ the Glenville com·
We shall do well. d uring this mit tee wJU study the college cur·
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kinship
a ad
bieDd&blp
Three Seniors Are t•trcugu.ened u d
Listed, Two Juniors ......1ty toward
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j:::-: :,:r~~lo~:
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To Stud•ts, A llmllll, a Dd
Yucully:
The annual boliday .-on
llflngo with It reaowl!d leellaJ I
for famUy aocl hlta.ds. Tlee
that
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Who In Coneges
1a 011 her w ..y to matrimony.
no .ot.aJr wlsll.,. you much hap·
p1ne11s. Helen.
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_1Jol h1ay ~n to take
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j limo to poador the phlloeophy '
., of thl> great Teaeher.
brougbt into &harper fodiU
DoM'a 1brough the ages, men I
Are or lntrost
, . ..... a t aay <•thor period .., the '
M"e bouorecJ and r evued Bin•
Intramural b&aketball is ln tull
Cte.nville Slate coiJege. atudent.s year. TJ.lt. staJI of the omce. I
aad
have betrton'l!'d oo Him UM:.
awing now and t.Mae fans who and faculty bave selected Fonda of 1he: Deaa IIDd. or 1bo Reels- j
great.., or all tiUe,._''l'riuce 1
haw been waltlng s1ru:e 188L Ma.. WeUings. Meredllll Mulnc ! trar at this limo uteuda obi· j
Jlarch (wben the ba&keU.U eea. . , ~d) will ap1n receive the
tllrl1l that occun wben they the r.a11 •wllll UlroUgb the bas·
bt. For "" evt!lllng or good en·
joyJnent go tu the gym a.nd
elMer your favorite team, It you
.scm·t have too many ~tudles. You
wdl probably derive more benefit
from them it you v..ill take. an
bour or so lo rela..~.
'llllngs are beglrullng Lo
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1cere pod " '1.111111!8 for
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Who AJnoDg Stw!enta In Amm·
can Unl\rersJUe& and Qol.)egf's."
'Th1a publication i& a
eeml-of-1
fu:lal llst of the leaders on the
compil of the unlverolUea Olld
colleges 1n the eounb'y. It ls
printed at the Universit)! of A.la-
n would be :ntere.st:lng, to nauona) R.elatl'Jns clubs. Is a
eay t.he lc-.ast, to know wbat ls leader tn 4. -H work and has
but
beiTrg I!XJ)eCLE-d of Snnta.
t've teaehlng tield.s in Engllft.h. math,
beard "' everylhJ!Ig from CUr scclal studies.
(Conti.nUetl on -ea.ge SIX)
).{iss Riddle g-raduated !rom
1" Ta:Oner high school In 1944 and
is the daugbler at J . Leo and Lu \~etua.ne. .NotJce
cille Glen P..1ddte. She fs a me.m.~-\11 \ f'Lil.ran
who plaa tL ber Qf the \VAA of' lhe colleges,
dlaatt • in eJther ooun;e or Lo- belongs to the Woman's c.lub of
f.tltutJon IJlU5t ha\'e a 5J1Pple- GJenVllle and the PylhfM S1sters
menlary certiJI""le or eUglbll- lodge. •
1\y from Vd'.erana Admtabtra·
Mr. Bennett Is the BOn or
tfon.
Charles and Fannie Bennett or
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Riddle, the Rev. Tal.bert Nelaon
a Cbriat- j
Bennett, ...,lors; and Thelma Lee
of c-1 ch..,r 1111d '
Ryan. Earl RymeT Stalnaker. 1., New l"oar at _.s romme.
juniors. to be Usted In ''Wbo"• i.
~rt T. Crawford,
look bam&.
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more Uke Ch.rlittmu every day
)fJss Wel.1tngs in tbe da.l.lghter
and th05e students who do not ot Ola.rles and Lizelte Wt Ulngs:
bf.lleve ln S&.ntt,.. Claus A.re at of Troy. Sbe gra.dualed (rom_ DodJeut doing aU IIley can to please drldge county 111gb School In 194~
tlle r plll'\::D anywuy. Beller re- and is t·ompleUng her eoll~ge
suits are obtained that way.
course in three. yea.n.
Of CO\l.NiC we w~·t be able to
\VA!O lBO Delegate
print an edition til tell about all
She has been a delegate: to the
Ill~ gtfts tha.1 wae excha.n~ Regional eo~ence o! the Inter-
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College Hist:ory Reveals St:ruggle
For Exist:ence In lt:s Early Years
By J..u:r.on ce.sto
During one year whUe M.arsh.a.ll
On Feb. l9, l872, an act was was prlnc1pal no appropriation
Paa&ed by Lhe legtst.a.ture provld- was 111ade for the Institution by
ins for the ~bllshme:nt bf a the legislature but .he continued
bran.dl of the norma.l school a.t the s chool, and a.t times he. him·
GlenvtUe on condit ion that the se.ll. wou.ld dig and u nTy lhe coal
citizens ~~ the t.oWn would furn- t hat was used tor rueS.
frrh suiUt.ble bUDd.ings w1Ulout exBut the growth of the school,
penae to the &ta.te.
though slow, was s teady and the
Lou.l• Ben:netl was oppolnted outlook gradua.Jly became more
!irat principal and F . M. Manball .hopeful. In 1885 t he legislature
first a.als.tant prtnclpa.l.
nppropriated $51000 for building
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.a-actnc
condl-.
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The school oontlnW"d to
and In 1903 a new building
grow
was
constrUcted and joined to th.e
one built 1n 1885.
Acts Of the legislature up to
and including 1911, provldecl appropnat.Jona to complete the ad·
mlnla-tlon building and w dl·
t.onum u
u..e,. ..., at
pi"I!Hllt.
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\\ollat
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ricuJum and then make recom ·
m.endatlons to the Association of
in accordance
wiU. a t ...o-rold "'solution adopted as 'ta objective for tbe current academic year:
"l. That evuy college in the
state set up a committee of the
faculty to atwiy the pooolbWt.lea
H igher h.ducatian
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to your
and extent of genen>l oduc:atlorL
folk" nt bome--'"Gree.ttngs.'"
in the college program•• and
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D. L. Jlaugbt
""2. Tba.t .. board program of
general education be set up tor
Preelde nt
the training of all prospective
tea.ohe-n covering a two-year
period preceding toecllor-Uain-
'I'!'Its. annual
How ls your money holdinl'
out! would you U);e to lnc.re.a
your banJt account-? If so, be~
ls an opportunity for students lnWre:sLed !n writing,
Dr.:amal.Jsts' allfanc-e of Stan·
ford
Univer!;ity
o.trer.s
four
awurtls l:l drama.Ue writlng ln
lhe t.wel.Ctb annU3.1 compeUtions.
Tbe STEVENS Award of one
hw1dred dollars ts offered tor
serious plays or: full length 1n
either prose or verse: lhe ETB·
EREGE AWard of one
hundred
dollars wiU go to the writer of
tile best full length comedy sub·
mitled.
Brief' p lays of one a c t in trwo
shOl't unified scenes may compete
tor the ALDEN Award of fttty
dollars, The GRAY Award of
!eventy·five dollars is otrered for
dramatic
criticism
concerning
stage, c.inerna, or rad.Jo, written.
in luc-id, vigorous style.
The most produceable of the.
plays ~m'lng these compet itions
Will be staged In t.he summ.e r of
1947 durlng OrnrnaUsts' ASSimlbly
!n th(' University town.
Cunlc~Jts are open fo all persons wr1tU1g in ~lish. regard·
less of traimng or experience..
Final <late of this season's oom·
petitions Is .February l.pt.b, 1947.
Address communications and lnqulries tot" registration fonns to
DRA.MATI.STS' ALLIANCE, Box
f7o0r0nlza•. Stanford University, Cali-
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purposes. :uad a substantleJf brick.
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s'xu!!ture t.ook the p~
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HEROURY Take~ Hollclav
1rome building, and il ls today
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known as thE Old Admlnis tra.Uon 1 ~ o( O'lristmat. boll'~da~·a Ulel'f! wUJ bf- no
MER- years, buildlng.
ClJIU .' prlnt.f'd until lao.~.~A.rY
Tht& waa used for two
when a. two story frame butld.ln.g.
known aa the ''Live.ly .aouae.•· wu
bought by the citiZens of Olenv1)1e and given t.o lhe achool.
Kuch credit ls due Prot. T . M.
~tanball for hle unUrlng_ tabors
for the adu>ol under moot tryiDjf
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Stanford Offers Christmas Party Is
Writers' Awards Slated For Thursday tnw."
The Gdwol oril-ne.d
Jan. H, 1873,
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1D the old court hDU.Ie on the site
nuw occupied by the pr'esent
court h?WJe bul1dlns .
and
GSC Group To Study
General Education
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Amoug o~r ways that Helen
C'.QX wiU be ll"USSed, she Will be
JBs.&ed &a M editorial writet" OD
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Are Considering
Curricula Change
the ~
1reign of Augu.c:tu..c Olesar " ben~
to
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\\ orld a Shlttmtent
thin&:
the three. sen.i.ors and l wo juniors
Wbo were named m the college's
Wbu' a; \Yh4l. b...:.re' s good Jude: to
all ol you Knd hopes that your
Wbo"$
1 onN: read In a bibtvry
tlu~
the
go
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State CoUece go m y beat
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JLOt be quite as good as speal<ers
fiom the outsldc but pe.l:hapa the
lVeekJy
I Faculty Members
Greotlnp From l'reoldeat
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wbich te&lllre &Wde.nt..s.. They may
atudenls should be g I v e n
dwl<.e.
Who' \\,., Named
~bUshed
GLENVILLE STATE COLLEGE
Student Newspaper
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1, "194'7. Otrlsb.m8 ~
DeaD crawford Named
meeUng of Ute
GJenvUJe General E4Ucation commitlee, Dean R . T . Crawford was.
named chairman ot the group.
Members presenl were Pres. D.
L. Haught. Dean R . T. Ctawf<>rd.
Dr. c . L. Underwood. Professor&
H . Y. CJa.rk, Hunter WbU.ing.
~rtha E . Olsen, A. H. Ant:ler.Jon.
Mn. H . .P. Scott, a.nd Espy W .
Mille>r, secretary.
Should such a program appear
rensible and when translated into
a pracUcal cuniculum, It would
mean that shJdent.s enterlng state
colleges preparatory Lo teaching
would be given a. br:oad and general twc yeaTS of WOTk in the
humanities and other allied· fields
prJor l c commencemen. t of professlcn.ol
lrai.uing in the spec:taJChapel program for Thursday,
Dec. '9, will be conduc ted by th'! izPd field ot edueat1on.
Muelc department of G1envil1('
S tate college under the sponsor·
ahlp Cf Bertha E . Olsen.
The mixed chorus of 30 members wUI be a coompa.rtied on the
Two OJ&e-act plays were prepiano by Jean Nottingham. This sented Jr, assembly Ja.qt week to
Js tbe flr.st mixed chorus or the , the umuemenL o! a large percollege for several years,
centage of the student body.
T his is lbc first formal ap"FtCdiers of tl1e Fore.:il," was
pear..utce of the college band this the tiUe of c•ne of the plays
year.
whlc.h hail its settmg In Canada.
Stage decorations W lli be turn- Its cast was comprised of Ruth
iJI;hed by Roy Fitzpatrick, super - Mrarns, Eleanor Mnl~ Alfreda
intendent
of
buildings an ll T aylor and .James K eeney.
grounds.
~ :he otbe"r one--act roles were
The program is as follows; played by WIU1am R exroad, EuChristmas SelectvJn, band: The gene Bartlett, Betty GtUner, Alan
F irst zifoe.J. audience; The Birth- Fout t}·, Marle. I·\~u. Kathryn
day of a King, women's chorus; WUfoug, and Betty \\'aybright.
Chrtstmaa
party
At an initial
will be. be.1d Jn the college gym.·
n asium Thursday trom 8 to 10 p.
m . The party, which is being
11ponsored by the social committee. Is Wlder llle rliro<:Uon of
~·fary Katherlne Shumate.
Games n.nd dancing will furnish
tbe entertainment for lhe evening. Belly J'.l Simons and Kalh·
ryn Elliott h aw• bee.n appointed
chalmu::n of re.freshmenl6 and
decorations.
Chorus, Band Are
Set For Chapel
Players Present Two
Dramas In Assembly
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Haught; LoTd"s Prayer. ell;
lelula·u·nedicb·-. rnbced
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Teler Uodugoeo Operation
Betty Lee Tel8, ot LinD, was
-•orus·,
ell
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operatea upon tor appen cltb
The Los l Chord, mixeia chorus; r ecen.Uy in the W-eston City hosDeck Lhe Hall, audience; "The 1Jt.al and is convalesctng at her
Cbnstmas carol,'' Hunter Whit- home.
be-ling;
canta.t.a "Cbilde .Jesus,''
She plans to res\Ulle' ber c:l.aa9es
mixed chorus; announcements; \.his
Silent Night, audience; Wh1te.
Christmas, audience.
Frances
Henry
a.nd Ruth
MERCURY wish :roU on e aod
Mearns spent the week-eDd. at
all • MERRY VBBL.~S ~
Mia& Rosamond AUen spent their bome In Tioga. BDd Camaea.
Md • H APPY NEW l'EAB.
\ the weck·Oild In Olarleaton and
Joan Croll! - ' Saturda)'
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ehopplllg In Clark.tlur&'.
I gtn& F rJdny, Dec. 20, at 5 P·
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uud ud.8 1\of')llday, .fa
a 8,
&1 8 L m. The edJron of '1."1-ml
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TilE GLENVILLE MEBOtlBY
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On The
Local Screen
Efficiency Versus Liberty
The United States, faclng Its
second pos twar Chris tmas, is
st tl1 s truggling [or return to normalcy. The norma lly h igh living
s t andard Is high In some phases,
muCh Lowe-r than prewar stan·
dn rd.s in o thers.
Production of civJl lan goods is
insufficlett to meet t.he demands
ot lncreaSf:d buying power , or
e_\'en nonnaJ buylng power. Th.e
government is in a period of
transition, s tili bureau-ridden and
topheavy with executive power.
granted in wa.r· tJme to ex:pedjte
prosecut1on or the war.
Labor troubles, coupled witlt
shortages of materials burned at
a turlous pace during hostUlties.
cause p roduction laga, which re-·
sult ln scarcity and high pricf's
of consumer g·o ods.
A large porUon of bumps on
the road Lo h a rmony a nd ple nty
are caus ed by Americans (ollowing lhetr custorn of doing what
they please. Many of these could
be e:liminat.'t!d by increased exe- ,
cutive powers in the governmeJlt.
The American Way is not effi ~
cient ! As long as it continues as
a r epresentative re·public i t n ever
w ill be.
liowe\·er, wh en faced with a
choice between efficiency
and
liberty the America.n peopl.e have
chosen Uberty c~istenuY. There
seems to be little Indication that
they intend to sell their birthright for a bee!roast or a new
automoblle now. Amen.- by Rlchard Workman.
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There isn't much to be said of
the moVIe (are scheduled Cor the
cinema
houses this
Glenville
wc.ek. The p rograms are sa.dly
lacking in the better type or
movies although one or twu
might be we.ll worth your time.
Tonigh t Joan Da\·ls n nd Jack
Oakie will have the SJtuation well
in h and at the PT in "She Wrote
The Bo.ok.'' If you' 1·e m the mood
for a few gO'Jd laughs it might
be well for you 1..0 see this pix..
From Utis columnist's point of
view, .roan is jw.t abou.t the beSt
co.median in the business,
On Thursday and Friday, '"1\he
Bachelor's Daughters·· will oome
to us via the projection booth. In
the more imptJrtant roles are love·
ly Gait .Russell 8Jl.d AdiJiphe Men ·
jou. This is one of the most recent movies to be shown oo the
local screen.
Double Feature To Play
come saturday, there'll be another double feature. Number one
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'rUESDAV-:00 : -l-R club i Ha.llls Wal.Jls ( whoever he isJ
7::30: Ouistma.fl JmrlY still going through our mlnd.S, we
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in Ve:.rona iU.aile.l lla U.
finds our~elves deep in the midst
Holy of t.he w~ek Ot;.1 0re Ch.nsLmas
!toller Court meeting. 6:06-8:00 :! and a ll OVL~ the campus student.~
Ot.en lu~u.se in Ye rona Mapel • arc bu~y hw~.ging hoUy and mistltoUD j;l:'.
le toe for deeora.Uve and other
I THUJI!ID!\Y-10:00 : Ghrist-! purposes.
} mos assembly : CoUegc Glee!
Wltb oJJ the parties awl
c.lub
and
o rchetitra. 8:00:! things Uwre shouJd he plenty o.f
- Ch.ris lm.88 party in Louis Ben- j infonnatinn
for any gotialp
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,-nett loung e for aU studen ts J w lumn-reet ? But ·w ho are w e
and t.aco.U.:y.
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Meet Your
l\Jjnisters
o"i·
t ~ev.
ci':~e-::!:'~t=
Methodlst circuit, which be has
served for four years oonsecutlvely, was re-named for the flttb
year Jast OCtober.
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''SmooU\ As Silk," starring
Reverend McKee has rc.sided in
Kent Taylor and Virginia Grey. Glenvtlle where he ba& been a.t.The clnef asset of tbla produc- t ending Clenv!Ue State college
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Raised Eyebrow Greets Russian Move
By Janet B<l!:P
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Imt.:eling.
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to ny rf'adJng into e.veots yet
to come! Retter 5tick to the
past and \\•hat " ·e know.
1.s il t he begmnlng of something
new, or wha_t gives? Bob Galford
tak!ng Joanne Gardener- to the
dance ,i'ri<lay night.
Mostly we tl.nd It ww.s just tbl!
same steady couples who were
dancing
in the
candle-light,
though-such as Harry Pritt and
J oan Cross, Mary Lou Law and
Bob Bennett, EVelyn Finster and
Allan Foutty, Peg Adama awl
Ralph Fazio, Bob Wh!Ung and
Margy J'aek--oh, you know who
they are.
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Now look \l·bo'e CODe aDd
doae It! Cox, we're PJDIIa mJ.
y.ou arollDd here, bot J.l. Dlek
BerkJ¥nl~ 18 more Important to
you thao we are--well, we bope
you're awtaUy happy.
over ly second to none, a.ocepts this tlhon lies in the ~7pe~ al- from whJcb he expects to re·
principle ot disarmament and m- t ou g h comparative Y
ceJve an A. B . degree with the
the world by the r e«nt surprlsectlon as aasura.nce that she cast. In this murder story, Tay or cl&ali of l94:?. He plans to qontin·
lng Russian proposals for d is- .5 p
portrays the part ot a han~me ue" hia profe.ionaJ trai.nin
by
mtends to carry out her part Of1 criminal lawyer who .bumpe o1!
g
armament. The SOviet govern- the agreement.
another guy wbo hAS been beat- entering aeminary.
ment has In effect proposed a . More astonJshin,g is the fact ing hla time and then bies to lead
Re-verend McK.ee attended the
system of United Nations in· that she has even gone so tar the D. A. to beUeve the gal friend pubUc schoola in hi 8 native
Sue Carroll and
Tayspectto·n of member nations to aa to suggest that she mlg:ht be was resporulible.
I county, Calhoun, ~ was gradudetermlne their progreee toward willing to rorego use of the veto
Although this is not a blg'b ated from Grantsville high school lor bave. been finding campu.. Ute
sc atrlcUy taacinatlng that tbey
disa.rmanlalt, all or wbjch is very In such matters, whJcb right she quality movie, the plot Ia in- with the class ot 1935.
encouraging, in view of the fact has clung· to stubbornly these trlgulng. The second feature of
He married the former Ml&s retuae to leave the ~ua eft-n
tha t it is almost a complete several months.
, VIe evening will be "Ru•Ue r 'a Eupha Hicks, or Minora, W..t to go to town. Won't you all teU
ua what's keeping you ao cloee
about-faee from the 11tubborn and
Certainly for the sake of a Roundup," another one of those. Virginia, who graduated in 'the
h ome--buh ? Or f.s i t a aecret '?
atht.. tiMonoesscoc~I~~C:. I fOreign iJ>Olicy or lastln.g peace and the .bettlerment gun alingin• atrairs in which the a~e ~gh sChool claas at GrantaBobllemlett,wethlak...
of relations among Ule nations of outlaws are eventually brought VI e. efore entering the minA. a ftrat step, Soviet F oreign the world, thla principle is very to juatlce.
istry, Reverend McKee was em· posten you made lor tbe daDoe
were jut too cute for wvnla.
Ml n lst er Molotov has proposed worthy, but the American people
''In Olci Sa.aamento," a. glort- ployed at the state hospital In
Who'a: conua take ovu aad
that tbe Un.lted S tates serap its wlll yet rcmaJn skeptical until fled we.sten1 will be the center of Spencer.
make poaten wbem J'OU leaftf
atomtc bomb, and 1n return Rus- words are turned into action. Our a ttraction on SU11day, Monday,
A member of the Odd Fellows
Let "Myrt" do lt-.lt'D keep sin would make a proportionate brief encounters with the Rus- and Tuesday. BUl Elliott (o! the lodge of Glenville, Reverend :McbUlly wblle y,•"re not bere.
Teduc tion in armaments.
sian foreign policy bas given to Red Ry~ series, and Constance Kee ls a member of the Woods\Vba t has happened is this. American m.lnds that ''that's aJJ Moore are the more important man lodge or Spencer. His favor·
Soviet Russia, next to the United v.ery well attitude" which can characters.
lte s port 18 bunting.
Marco Polo Booked Aplo
Stat-es, is the most powerful na- only be augmented by real as·
tfon In tbe world, and certainly surance and deeds. - by .Tack
It looks as if "Adventures of
with an army which 11 numerical- Rader.
Marco PoJo" will be evenb.lally
· Ruby Carr, head COOk of Veput 1n its appearance at tbe x.yrlc
rona :r.tapel hall, received . .v~
a.s i t is again booked !or Thunburns on the face, necJt. and anna
day and Friday. Gary Cooper 's
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Curry of Friday when an explosion oclhe star Of this picture and wiU Walkersville have announced the curred in tht- kitchen.
The bulletin board ln tile Ad- more than two days.
be a movie worth seelng lf It is marriage of their daughter, Beth,
Miss carr was taken to a bo•
rnanlstration buildlng b.a1J (Peside
If a student does not have a shown.
a former student, to Joseph N . ~~~n tr':::Oennt ~:;:er ~
the entrance to Lhe a uditorium} etas~ in the buildin g for two
"'Down Missouri Way," featur- Wade ot Bostcn.
She remliined in the hospital
is always filled with material days then it is quite possible that ing Martha <YDriscoU and Eddie
The wedding look place ln B os· tiU Monday evening then returned
1:hat is outdated . Upon inquiring he will not be there at any time.. Dean is schedu1ed for the Lyric t on on November 16.
to Glenville. Miss Carr will not
a bout the s ubject It was . round so w hy leave it longer ? A few Sunday and Monday. The. other
Mrs. Wade spent three years be able to resume her duties !or
notices should and wilt have to Pix will be ''Sons o! the Desert•• Jn the U . S. Coast Guard Women's some hme.
th~t wh oever places a notice on remain longer but these s h ould with Laurel and Hardy. This is Reserve and after h er dJscharge
'the board is also responsible for be kept to a minimum.
one at the zaniest movies they was a ttacbed to the Veterans
BUt Linger spent the \Veek-end
taking Lhe sa me notice down.
When an organization pasts a .have yet rncdc and <iliould bring Administration.
visiting in Morgantown.
This mfor-ma.tfon is passed o-n, notice i!. shoUld del~atc some lau ghs from a ll the p~trons. I b - -- - - - - - - - - -- -- - - - - -- - - - - so tho t when you read the same person to remove the ruJ>tlce allel'
Th.is colum.nlst wan
to w s
nOtice Cor the n ext two weeks everyone h os had ample time to all the r <oaders a Merry Cbri'W"as
thal. ..there will be a meeting to- h a.\·e read lL This would eliml- and a Happy New Year.
night." you will know who Is to nate the necessity of spending
8 tutlent \ Veekly Ne wspaper or Gtem>ille S t-at e College
blame and il Is hoped pressure is many minutes scanning over old S OUTH Al\IERIOA'S
b rought to bear upon the lnd i- mater ial to see ll " anythlng new" JODNNY APPLESEED
vidual who placed the announce- has been posted. U organizs.Uons
Published each Tuesday during the aca eitm.~c year except on boli •
South America has a varia tion
me.nt there, to remove i t .
would do lhis it would seem that o f the North American story ot days by tbe classes in J ournalism In Glenville State College and enw e learned as freshmen to mo·re )Jersons woUld !'ee notices Johnny App leseed, but ll1 Para- tered at the poat office, Glenville, W. Va., as se.cond· class ma.il matter.
r ead the bulletin board (that is tha t are posted as the student guay R was oranges rather than
StJ'bs.trlt,Uon, P er Year,
until the student councll saw fit could tell at a glance if anything a pples that were planted. During
Eytbl"OWS we-re raised aU
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Beth Curry Marries
Joe Wade Of Boston
Verona Mapel Cook
Is Severely Burned
Bulletin Bo.ard, Notices Or History?
The GlenviIIe Mercury
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t o re)!)ove most of the freshmen
rules whJch seemed to be the go
ahead signal (or a O.agrant disregard for the re.mainl.ng rules)
and it should not be necessary
for o. notice to remain there for
concerning h im has been posted
-recently.
Do you ttUnk the bulletin board
should be a place for posting notlces, or a place Cor recording
history ?-by Robert. Reed.
Kees Gives Chapel
Address Thursday
as c.Jassroom tests.
~rend Robert J . Keu, who
just complet ed
a.
two-weeks
evangelical meeting at the First
Baptist dlurch of Glenv'Ule, de·
Uve:red the chapel a.ddreos la8t,
Thursday. He .advlsed preparat an tor the te&ts or Ute, a.s well
The speaker, who was
duced
by
Rev.
the Paraguayan "\var, General
Lopez commanded that on.nges
be planted on all estates. He also
c:ncouraged p eo pI e, whenever
they ate an onnge anywh ere in
Paraguay, to plant the seed. In
Brazil. large !cale cam.mercla.l
production of or"Bl\ges has de-·.reloped. and to a. lesser- extent In
i ntro- CUba. Mexico and Argentina.
CorneUus
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Block, pastor or the First Bap·
tist ch.urch, received h la training
at the Moody Bible Institute in
Chlcago.
K ees 1.1 a.1.so a former member
of the
JotcrnaUona1
Marimba
Sympbor.y orchestra..
All communlca.tions should be addressed to The Editors, The Glenville Mercury, Glenville, W , Va.
THE STAFF
R.obert Reed . . . . . • . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . • . . . . . . • . • . Elditor
Leona WWiams .. ... __ . _. ____ _. . _..... , _... . ,, __ Managing Edltor
Blo.ndena Fitzpatr ick, J ean Notllng,hom .. .. . . Co-Bu.aJ.nesa ~
Rlcha.rd. Wor.kman .. . . . . . . ... . ..•. , ....... , ... • .. .•. , , l!;d.ltor:lals
Jack Rader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • Spor-ta Jtditor
R•portero
J anet Boggs, Talbert B ennett, Claude Casto, Ev,elyn Finater,
Pasture gras~es need rutrogeo
to give their best growth, but a
Gladya Foster, Betty Lydick , Hayward RoWb, Betty Waygood legume crop wUI provide tt
bright
more effectively and economJcal·
ly than will commercial n itrogen. Eopy w. Mille r .... . ... . ... . .. ..... . .. ..... .. .. . . .. ....... AcMoer
For changing tll'es bn the road
at night, a manutact.ufler h.as
NationaiAdwll'liiiii&Senicl,llc.
t.'Omc up with an e.xte.naion oord
c.a.,.,__!"""""
that will plug into tho cigar
420 MADteoON Ava.
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ltghte.r socket- Of your car.
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Bom .of the river and nurtured
by the gas, o U, and coal wh.leb lie
beneath the earth surrounding it,
the town of Layo polis, or Sand
tL
ts
called.
toda y
writer of this letter
through Sand Fork and
bers an
iron
bridge
By Dorm Residents
Residents o r Verona. Mapel
hall were guests a t a mittcellan·
walked
remem ·
and
Threft
Bv Ed Nofzi,er Helen Cox Showered
"JOE BEAVER"
Community of Sand Fork, Layopolis,
Is Not Teeming City Predicted 1903
Fork, as
P~e
THE GLENVtLLI: IKEBC\JRY
n.e.Jay, Deot'mber 11', lHe
eoua shower for Helen
flve
1()0%.
Satur-
day night In the dormi tory.
b o u s & a scattered lonesomely
aboul the river bottom. There
for wer e two stores and a poet of-
Miss Cox. former sen.Lor , withdrew hom the college last week
to g~ t o he r home a.t West Unioo.
accountable only in the. fice. The p!.iobllc 3Chool wa.s so
warp of tim e, faile d to become small Ulat there was t.a.lk at. dis·
the thriv ing m e tropolis that wu a nnulling the MJne."
p1ed1cated near the turn of
the
I.Ayopolh 1f1M 40 0\velll.nce
eentury by a traveling reporter
"F our yean Later," the writer
she. plana to go
to
Loa Angeles. where she will
be
•.vbo vl.c;ited th1s peaceful vUJage.
Many ot the atudent.s of Glen·
vi.lle State college likely never
heard ot LayopoUs, or Sand
Mlsa Erma Diwards spent the
week-end !n Clarluburg.
John v . While apent a few daya
tne put week i.n a Parkersburg
r~Oll::l
For k . bt!ore they came here,
L ftUe
married t o Richard Berkbouoe.
cvntinue.s,
" Utere
are
forty
dwe.lltnga in lAyopoh.a and the
population 1.s tully 200. LoU are
being sold a.Lmost daily and more
a housee are soon
erected.
stone,
Kanaw ha a g::rocery store, blacksm.Jt.b ahop,
qwet and u.nas.suming town l ying There are three
seven mUes up
Fl"'m there
river trom Gle.nvllte.
Ofllclal N......, b Laropolllo
Few people know tbe oft'ic!a.l
name o f S&nd Fori< Is L&.y:opoltl.
The Oral syllable was tJ\e name
of the first uaista.nt treaJrure_r
ot tbe Sta.nd.ard OU oompan;y
while the J.a.iit eyUable mea.na
be
to
hospital as a piLUent.
general
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pta.no aolo. " Clair de June," a.nd
Hunter Whiting read Dickeno
b&..mee~
abop, 8Jld a
tumiture
comp&ny located here. For liDtelB, there 8re tbe Stwnp botel
&nd l.he Trevelers' Inn. There aloo
are Ul.re:e bo&rd1ng bou.les and
other busine.M pl.&oea of leas lm·
' 'ChrlstmiLB Carol"
porta.nce." '
The reporter wenL on to pre·
diet that I..ayopolls will ~
Solid F orlt, M rno5t people CILU be a l.brtvtng clt;y. o.1, oil, and
lh1a town , ~ the name of the pa found ln tup qU&D.Utlee
JIO't olfice, publlc sc:booll, and around LayopoUs were sup~
tho e.roolt wh ich empUeo Into the to be lltratetrlc !n tho - p I.Jttle K.an&wha river at this ment at Weet. Vtrctn!L He \lr'niiU,
potnt. 'lbo llicn oulalcle of the "With abunda.nl coel &lid pa.
town evm rada Sand Fork.
. why may not thia valley become
Tbe~ have been three
RAC'e• on a am&Uer .cUe an Lndu.strial
In the JITOWlh o( lbts Utlle town. region- like the M:o~ with
'Ibe followtnc two ~ lu buoy towno, oomelim.. wtlbln
teD Of the ftrat two st&«a or lU 81«ht of on.e another."
p-owth u told In a nowllpiLper
Today, S...d For11, ILe I ~
clat.ed February 6, 1903. The ~- call 11. Ia not tho booming dly
portu, 0 . F . Morton, waa known i t wu auppoeed to be ILOd hu
u • traveliDc repreoentaUve ot made UlUe pracruo toward betbe: newapaper and lraW'led oo comlnc cme. In tact, the popula...
~ and by rive<- uon today 1a only abo\ll ~ and
- t . 'nle cllocovery of oU CILuaed there Ia DOt an ~ In town
tbe reporter to write the tollow· providing W'OI"k: tor tnOR
than
In(.
tw of tu clllzcl&
"Dunng the .xt'remely cold
It 1tUJ hiL8 a
omce, two
apeU in Febrw.ry, 1.a. the cenen.t atorea, and GUmer coun·
ty's ol~eot prep &1111 Ita oldeot
htgh ochool. LayopoUa Ia also l.he
acond l&rgut town In GUmer
county, m&lnly bec:&uare GlenvWe
ls the only other tncorpon.ted
t own in Ulls county.
L-1-G-H-T
city.
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GLENVILLE
THEATRES
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Choral Group Sings
Garden Club Recital
With The Book
Reviewers
'nle Coll<l'e c.barsl croup
sente4 to the memllera of
p~
tha
Glonvllle GardoD club • ~~
Chriotmu music pt<lCfUD.
lut
week at 8 p. m . lD the mu.l.c
, _ , under the dlrectloll o( .a.o.o
Bertha E . m..n ...s Hra. Jolin
E. Arbucllle.
Group ~ ln<ludecl "Jay to
the World," "Oh Little 'l'owD of
Bethlehem,'' "It Came Upon &
M:Jdnlcht Cleu," o.nd "~ lbe
"AU 1n all, the mDre I .tudy
the democrat tndtUon, the cnat.er OloUMl- for faith and hope."
However American we the
faith ILOd !In within ""· however
vital to America !n Ume of war.
they are &1m & p&rl of the ,.re.t HliJl."
t:redllloo of the put, o( oil l!lnlThe choral croup aang " The
11&11-opealdng naUona.
Birthday of a Kine:• "O Holy
It Is l.he Importance of thla N libt." "Cherry Treo Carol,'' &nd
contlnulty from age to age that "Palap&n.''
g ives strength to F..l.iz,abe.th lackAnna Jol&rie I..Dvejoy, pta~ a
son's treat:mfll.t at
Arn.ertcan
... ou <II. ' " tint ftleu8 ~tioaa .t . . .
tridty Ia lltlll - - ..,__
tnt from ebildhooll '- aid
.... 14ttt protecta .,. .
clilpella
rloom. ~ -k.
joJabM . .. ~' or
Mr·
MONOIGAHELI
POWEI CO.
ldeu.
PICTURELAND
Tuea.-Wed.
Doc. 11-18
"SHE WROTE
THE BOOK"
Joan Davis -
Tllur.-Frl.
Jack Oa.kie
Dec. 19· 20
"THE BACHELOR'S
DAUGHTERS"
Ohnim.gohow__flayers
Accept New Members
The Ohnlmgobow
playera
nat Raymond etap·p er is a dt·
rect descendant Of S1r FrancJ.s
Bacon, LeeUe HDW1Lrd of Sir
ae- PbUip Sidney, Henry WaUac.e o(
Mtlton and Cromwell 1a soon a.p·
cepted s1x new membue to thelr
organlz.atlon a.t a. special meeting
Wedneaday.
In t ry-outs studente were requ! red t o present a pantomime.
The students a.coepted ~ :
Mary Lou Law, Betty Waybrigbt.
Albn F a ulty, J&ek Garcia, Ja.tnH
pa.ren.L
The book • peal<a for today aa
well u for yest.erday. Ita ideas
a.re the ldeaa of America at a.ny
time, now given new impetus by
the war. Mise Jack.oon'• Is " very
peroonal credo, but It Is unmla-
Kee.ney , and Charles McElwee..
takably American.
Gall Ruuell, Adolpll M:enjou
Dec. 21
"SMOOTH AS SILK"
J[mt Taylor, VIrginia G""7
plua
"RUSTLERS
ROUNDUP"
mune to lnk, draperies that can
clean w ith a. clamp
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I Faculty and Students I
Tires and Chains
Come In and Get
Your Car
GULF SERVICE
STATION
LYRIC
Dec. 21-22
''DOWN MISSOURI
WAY"
llartha O 'Drt.eoU, Eddle De&n
ptuo
"SONS OF
THE DESERT"
l.eW'OI &lid Hanly
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Sat.· S ilD.
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Coaatanee Moore, B1ll Ellto tt
··ADVENTURES OF
MARCO POLO"
weary housewivea, a
be w iped
cloth.
"IN OLD
SACRAMENTO''
Doc. 18-20
to
ma.nut.act.u:rer produces
gravy·
proo( tablec.lotha. llllpoooen 1m-
llwl.-Mon.-TuH. Doc. 22, 23, 2t
'nlur.-l!'rt.
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Sat.
Texaco Service Station
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IT'S NOT LONG U NTIL XMAS!
We H ave An Attractive Selection Of Toys
And Gifts For Everyone
!\'lake T ins The Best Xmas Ever
SHOP AT
Tueaday, Decem I~ t;, l 9C6
Six Americans Win
Nobel Prize Awards
Renowned Author
Leaves Fortune
Sbt Ame-r icans recen tly have
been named winners of the 1946
Nobel P r izes !or peace, ph ysics,
and chemistry. Selections
were
m ade in S tockholm, Sweden.
Th e list or aw.a.rds !oUows :
P.El.AC E : Dr. J ohn R . Moll. of
Or lan dv. F lor ida : Prot . Emily
Greene Bolch of Wellesley, Ma..•o~.
CHEMISTRY:
Prof.
James
Batcheller Sumner, Cornell Univers ity : Prof. Wendell ~{. Stanl ey,
and Prof, J ohn Howard Northrop,
both or lhe Rockefel ler Institute
f or Medictal Resear ch, Princeton,
New J ersey.
P H YSICS : P ro!. Percy Wllliam s Brid gman, Harvard U n.i·
versit y.
LIT ERATURE: Herman H esse
o f Switzerland.
Old Songs Rated
Over Recent Say
St udents In Poll
When H . G. Wells, wor ld fa m ed
author ot ''T he OuWn e ot Know·
ledge,'• died h:a.st Aug. 13, at the
age ~t 79, h e left a substantia l
<:!state
worth
By Leona Wllllolm
"What are. your impressions of
the latest song hlts ?" When thla
question was naked , it wa.a f ound
that. in g eneral, students prefer
the older songs to Ul.e latest ones.
Co mments heard from
various
p ounds,
!>9,811
(abou t $24.0,000) his att orney:1
recently disclosed
Mr. W ells g a ve all ri,ghts in
" The Outline
of
History''
s t udents WCTe:
and
MarJon Reed, "1 like the latest
old ones 'mixed
tn: "
J o Ann F oreman, " I think
"The Science ot Lite" to his son,
George, and other rights to his
ones, but like
son, Frank, and hJs daughter -inlaw, Mrs. Marjorle S. Wells.
In h is will the late autho r
named his daugh ter-In-law as an
e..""tecutor "because
she is
cially acquainted wi th
d u ct of my a!fairs."
they're al1 aUke-who not
espe-
the
con-
Other bequests ln t he will we re
1,000 pou nds to Anna J ane Davi~.
"at p resent in Government em Mra. M.ildt:.ed Beav er spent the ploy at the Hotel Cecil, Delh1,"
w:cek-end with her husband ln and 1,000 pounds and an additional
Jeanette, Pa.
3,000 pounds with which to p ur-
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ch ase an annuity to
"I
.
I Five Can Travel
the late Mr
See U11 For Rata tD Games.
Dllllceo, and Oulo-of-'l'owll
·T ripe
j
Glenville Taxi
dear
Gh·es lluge S UJD8
A friend recenUy expla1ned that
·
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wells
had
given
awa.y most of his fortune earned
from his Utirary ettorts.
' tMankind in the Making,"
'"The
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Philippi, 16 pastor of the EvangeIleal United Brethren_ church. He
Is a past 11'\&ster of the Glenville
Masonic lodge arul is Orand HI.Kh
P,riesl of the: Grand EDcarnpmenl
a King."
B equ ests
Look Your Best
at
Vacation T ime I
of
other
famous
'llrrlters t vtalled! Halt C&.lne. 260. ·
000 1pounds; Sir .James Barrie,
173,406 pou nds; Rudyard Kipling ,
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Cdl Us for Building
Materia ls
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old
Sl)ngs better than the more
cen t one.e ...
re-
H arry P ritt. "They wOil't laat
for eveT; I prefer 'Sta.rdu8t'."
d::lera
sonn
of J 1elbert and Edna Stalnaker
ot Glenville. He is a m embe r uf
lhe Holy Roller court, the Ve ter·
a.ns club and G club.
Miss R yan_ Js ..from. Spencer and
haa tau ght in Walton high acbool
In Roane cou nty. Sh.e is a past
pres ident of WAA. a member ot
Seasonal Hazards
Are Cited By Kidd
State F ire M anb.a.l Robert
Kidd
ha4lzln that
~ ·b:~ to ~th
em:;•
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Dry Cleaners
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and
YOUr
Needs
. ER BROS.
TURN
Happy New Year
Co· __.!'·
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We Have a Big Line of
Beautiful Cbristriias Gifts
CH EN Y U PROD UCTS
CARA NOME SETS
DRESSER SET S
AN D
CH R ISTMAS CA RDS
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WE W I SH TO EXTEND TO THE
ctmber than 'during any ot.b•
month. uiced wen Virgln:Jrana
S aturday to be " partiWJ&rly cau·
Uous'• d uring the boUday period.
Thlrty~t.hree: penons,
1.2 o!
them children, lost their lives in
fires and similar ha.z.nrds d uring
I
~aring f or the holldays, an d the
llre tuunrds or Christmas tr...,
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R_._B.. ST.ORE 0.
S h e ia the past worthy Advi.. r
o·f Ratn bo\v, a Masonic organ izntton for girls.
She i s the gTand-daughler oC
Mrs. Thomas P . Ryan. Sr ., or
S pencer .
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p r e-
9Jld inflammable decora tio ns, as
w e!t as the m cr easing n eed for
:~~:':..~~ttr,g, tor the O.cember
H e said people IJave a tendency
Thelma Rya n spent the week·1 to b ecc.m c tess cauti'>US dUring a
end in Ch arles t on and Spenoer .
rush period. when cau tion
is
Bob P ickens spent lhe w eek- mos t n ecessary.
end
~~home in
Letter Gap.
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CHRISTMAS AND .1
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lhe choral club. Sbe teaches bl· s imilarl y dwi.ng December. l 944..
ology, E nglish and physicaJ edu·
~~d~ ~tdo::':Oth ~
calion.
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J oan Cross,
·s cot t y ' for ·stardust\ "
Lou !'trader , "I ilke
or Odd F'ellow9 of W eBt Vi rglnla. th e Cante r bury clu b, YWCA, and De cember, 194.5, and. 34
Vis1t O ur Shop
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5 Students
.. n eB& ot Mankind/' "Men Like
Gods." an.d "The Kin g ~ Was
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but nothing beats 'Stardust'.''
Mr. Bennett ts m a rried and has
l SS,OOO pounds ; 'lbomaa Bl!.rdy,
91,000 pounds ; Jobn GaJsworthy , two sons.
88,000 pounds ; and Sir Arthu r
StA&In&keT Is V~t......,
Conan Doy le. 63,000 pounds.
Mr. S talnaker is f r om Glen-
Among t M works for , which
the British writ er a ttained wor ld
renown are: " 'lbe OuU1ne of
HIStory," "'The Science or Life ,"
story of a Great S choolmaat.er,"
1 "'l'he
work, Wealth and Happl-
Call 2911
unes bet ter ."
Ella Mae Ssott, "They're okay,
BALLOTS FOR THE COACHES ALL-AMERICAN ,
&•ldenc::e of the 1tl8 competition for 1946 All~~ hoa.on P'J•
up ln the otllce Qf D. 0 . C"Tuu" ) McLau&JarJ. leCI"ettUJ''" ''I'eaiUI'• ef
the American Football Co a cbH Aeaodat loa. Here McLa u&hf'7,
Dvtmoutb head coach, an•lll• eecretvy, MJN Mtanle ero.h,, etu4f7
aome of the ba.IJote cut ~J tbe 475 m embwl of tbe A.MOctatioa. The
Coocheo Ali-Americaa oolectloaa wUJ ,.. p11bllalaod Ia the Dee. :Jtat
S.tunloy E<MJD& Poat 111 o <:Op711jlbnid ortlch bJ' Coocb . _
Bulow, of Hanvd, pr•fdeat ol t be ANocl8tlea.
friend," Marla .Baroness Budberg.
J As Che ap As One
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more
,·ariety ?"
Bill Luzader, "The newer SCUJt-i
are d eftnllely of poorer quality.''
''Rusty" SI.Alna.ker, ••t haven't
heard a g ood ~ong tor a toog
time. Even .f!f.)ag'y CarmJcbael Ls
getting 'naty.' ''
Maxine Wright, "I like the old
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Ba ketball Changes
Shown By Players
N~wt. Ande.rsan and
''ChJck''
\Vaehl, two ?f the betler known
ba.Skett,all otftCl4Js or this 3ectio.n. ccnducl.Cd. a rules C'llnic la.crt
Tues.by tn ll•e Pioneer gym ~
By Jade Rader
It's Pioneers vs. Cataq:tounts
tomorrow nJght a.t l<eyger and
we look tor a . close c:ontest..
FrankJy, even atter three weeks
of obse.r,·tng the Pioneers in
pracUce, we oan't as yel rorm o.
f,rm opm.lon u.s to lhc1r succ::ess
or (allure this season. So wtth
that In mmd, wt:'ll have t o string
o.long with the Polctf'\ae lads, who
:u.rea.dy have ~JJme ~e cx~r-
ta.n tnthusJastie tandem, includ.ulg Coocb Carlos RatliJr and
I members 0! tUs P Jonee.r squ.ad.
wbo helped dernorutra~ lhe n.de.s,
.and coaches of t.ea.m.. ln t.h.ls sec~
tJon along \nth t.helr ~qu.ad5.
tence.
As lo w llo w1U ~l.art lomort'(lw
are ee.rtJftt'd me:mbers ot the
Northern Board or OtticiaLt, inta]lll"f!ted eome or the rule cba.ngea
,_ th1.a aeaaon. and then &n.swered que.t..ian& ln regard to these
at the other two is something oC
a puzzl~. }Of! Mai'T:l and Harry
f-"nlt have shown up ~u.. but ao
has Jack Lumde.r.
1t the ca.ta succeed an whJpping
the White Wave, It w!U aetUe
some old. acoru and heal IO.me
old wounct.. lett by pre-war Glenville quintets whlc:h roUed rough. .
shod over State competition.
BatUtr Not Sa~
Thua Car, Co&Ch Ka.tl.U!' b not
atlalled w1th the _ . _ made
and has been worJc1.nc hia men
hard ln a.n etron tD get tbem
ready ML only In good phylllcal
conclltloo, & department In which
{OJ
Ratliffmen To Face
Shepherd Thursday
A.moO« the chang• t.n
.are:
rules
1. 'I1lt. seuon there wlll
be
cme otflcia.l Um.er G.nd on.e omct.aJ
..,._, In oonl.nUit to tlle two
-=-d _pn:vloualy.
2. Koro Ul><raluna In ti!CVd to
...a..tit.utlon ln. lut. rou.r mJ.nutM
of game.
3. OD jump balla &ttor gotng
ot b<Nnda ak>~ olde.llnoo, tho
jlmps wtu t.:.ake P'.ac:e at leut siS
.le!t. ln &om t.he 8dd1De.
4.. OelJberal.e or
foula to be called
unn~
~:on 's
opener against
Potomac
state, wilh U1e Lough-coached
_p 11010 by ur c tnd" rwQOd quintet fAvored l.o trip the 1ocal3
A (nrn.liiBr stgbt t o o iJ Ciii!.T~\ lllc. Stut e coUrgc.. !itudcnt" iq the conece on Ule basts uf ha' ing had some
gymf4:1SJum pkturr.d abtl\'t, Itt• for reue\"'8.1 ut hardwond clas8Ju an~ game& already under their belt,
tlclpated ror the St.&86n wh tch opens a.t. .home this year wttb the whlch experien ce is like!y
to
' '• unled o·.n•l.,. nnd t:Jk·ln'i • \!Oators, January 7.
prove the deciding margin in
what is otherwise a contest be-
5.. A boWlCe pua may be UKd
t:-mn unde~buket playa by otfawlve team under opponenta•
coal to team.mat.e. 1n be.ck courL
a. SulNitltutes may not enter
came Wlt!l beckoned by the ret·
(Oool::lmle<l "" Page SIX)
Davfd ".Jake.. Ji'ltzpalriek , one of
tbe main.sta.ya of Lut ....-on, re.·
ligned. r.rom the aquad be~
of a heavy scbedule, but the lm~
prove.ment ot aome. o! the new~
oomero bu belpod to lll&U up for
b1a lou, noticeably C~tt, !'urn ·
men, &nd. Hl.ley. By mld---..on
we ve.ntuft to say t.hal theM
three, along with """"' othon,
will make their p~oe ~lt.
Two We.ot VIrginia coll~ate
eor-Uoo
The !IIEBOUIIY re«ftl<l the
onw appearill& em l2le r.o..t
.-ce
ot
laa1.
w."fllf'k'• ltMue
l.o
.!0
W'!ll ln
Fair- tn pracUce an.d are expected
the hove another outstandlng
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U.e P1o'Deen' opea~
'-& pme oppoarnt. P . State, M Sheplw.rd, will be
to ~::~. two rather evenly matched
outfit.
P otorna• re•enUy up-t a high"
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With se.ven lettermen !rom
last ly-touled Salem College five, and
y«:ar, they seem ready to t.a.ke up with Simms
and Montgomery
where tbey len oft' lasL season in
another c.ra.ck at state honors.
Troy's Tro."le.na and tbe Gaasa·
way Elks ~ to "have lt" too
and may fum.t..sh ~me tough op·
poeltlon before the. season la over .
AOO~nM»n Speala& at Taftllel'
A. H. Ancleraon, Instructor In
mat..'lematJes
an d
biological
!ICienee, apoke to the atudenl
body of Tanner high sobool the
put week. In bla talk he clio·
c.uaaed factors concc:mirw: the
choice ot a voeaUon.
fo:r a hard. Khtdule.
The Pioner-r mentor recetved a
jolt to b.1J c-.u.e Ja.at week wbe.n
strtc.t aclheftnc:e.
mont-didn't fare
three-&) tourney at Wayne!bw-g, Penn.sylvo..n.la, but Marshull's Thundering Herd, west
vtra;lnla University, and MorT[II
Harvey all opencc w.lh convmclng ,. 1 e·torle~. W'! th ~U Hnll
hi tUng the hoop tO!' 27 polnts,
M.arabaJJ romped over Kentucky
Wesleyon: wvu ......,.pod FaJr·
monL 85-4.5 and M·H dropped
IILUe Cedarville (Ohio) College.
Bed Tenors l..ook Good
Clenvtlle's B.l'a lte4 Turon
wUI likely gh·e 100&1 fana 10mething good to look &t thla _..,n
they were noUceably la.ck1ng lut beaide. the Pioneers. Nlck Murln"o
eeaaon. but ln bU.ket.b&ll Pl'OW'f• La.dJt have been ~ up well
mon
with
the
T ?rr.orrow nJght will find
Plon~rs at l<e.yser Cor their sea-
mght, Lhe.re ren:w.ns some un~
ce.rt.afnty. It ~peara that Bee.eber Reed, Jesse UUy and Bob
\VhJ.Ung ho\•e the lnsade t.ra.ck on
Both Ande:l"30n &nd Wieht who Ulr<!e pusillons, but who \vUI .slllrt outftts- West Liberty and
...we..
Pioneers Oppose
Potomac Quint
In Cage Opener
Site Of Pioneer Cag-e Tilts
-Wiehl, Anderson I From The Sidelines I
Conduct Clinic,
Interpret Rules
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A Very M erry. Merry Christmas. No Holiday
Is Complete Without a Treat of Something
Sweet. Get Your P ies and Cakes for the
l-1 C1l1day Season at the
KANAWHA BAKERY
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l'llrc .·· ·
~IERCURY
particularly by Bob Whiting, Joe
Marra, and Beecher Reed, who ls
JUSt now hitting his stride. A dis(Oonl.lnued from Page Five)
( Continued rrom Page Five)
a ppointment thus far, Jea.se Lilly
leading the way should trim the is expected to be In the guod rorm eree.
UISii
Pioneers.
that made him a mainstay of
In closing, Anderson, a .tanner
DenzU Carrell, jwuor, Two of the most interesting
katJJI'tmen Work Kard
two pre·war sea.son.s.
g ames of vOucyball were played membe.r o1 tlle Muc::ury staff.
Sbepberd, too, Is expected tD
Coach R.atll!l' has been k eeping
Wellt.
.1\o! onday C\'Cnang m
\\-AA w•Lh was ~Jected prealdmt ot
opposition on
h1s charges hard at work in !umtsb. worthy
Vu·glnla lntercoUegiate. preee ubute tn wlla.t he termed "some of scores ot 17-15.
Thursday.
The
Rams
held
Salem
preparation for this game and the
the. basttet.ball in the state' ' as
Lou Str ader's Wldetee.ted team soclatioo.
Shepherd State game the "follow· to a five-point victory,
y.la.yed in this section, which, he played a see.-saw game with
1BS7
tng night. Thus ta.r, U\e Pioneers
said, was developed to that level Maxine Riddle's team with a soon
The third a.nnua1 G Club miDP res. D . L . H::t.ug.ht and Coa<!h by A . F . "Nate" Rohrbough , vet·
ha \"e been slov.· and unimpressive
is
b
'el
was
presented
in the color 17·15. Strader took an early
in practice sess!ons, passing es- Ca.r10s Rat.JiJY a t tended the Col· ernn mentor of 14. years at the lead, but Kiddie's team played IP.ge audltonum before a ~
lt:giate
Athletic
conference
Satpt:!ciaJJy has been ragged.
P ioneer helm who resigned lhJs hard m the batUe back and forth crowd.
urday fn Clarksburg.
year alter returning !rom Naval conteat.
J9S8
Shooting however, has
been
A h.."<:t.ure d.esc::rib1ng a tancl of
Subscribe to THE MEROUR\' ! service.
surprisingly good at thts stage,
Outstanding fer Riddle were
Betty Lydick and Helen Marks. tropical heat, head·hunling triStrade r headed her team w1th bal fEuds and \•torshlp of eriJ
W anda Ber'khwner and Ethel Mae sp{J"lts Wit.S given In asaernbly by
the Reverend H.ennan Dlxon of
Radcd,tr playlllg ex.celJent ball.
~Lary H elen Furr's Learn
won Warren, Oh1o, who spent fiVe.
years
ln Borneo as a missionary.
over J ~ Foreman's hotshots by
19Sg
a score or 17-15. Foreman tO?k
Brenice
Su1liv.an and Marjorie
an early lead but Furr s girls
Harden,
&ephonwres,
were elected
were able to capture lhe lead
to membership in lhe COllege
and win.
camera
clu.b,
e e tty Hot:.-(! Hardman's team
Pioneers Oppose
Wiehl, Anderson
Reedy Is Leading
In Aerial Darts
Out Of The Files
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The., nnnua.l Christmas dance, to
easil y de-feated Verna Dean EUis
by a score of li-2. Thelma Rytt.n be held in the gymnasium Thuraday,
December 19. b eginning &t
&lid Betty Hardman played out·
8 p. n •. will feature music by tbe
s t.andl ng bal l {?r the winners.
St.ra.der ~till holds the lead in campus Cats, ne~~o·ly organized
WAA, with Foreman, and .BA.ld coU~ge dane.:= band.
1940
mun coming in close Cor a tie !or
'Iwenty·one letters were awardeel l-'1uneers at the close of Use
football season. Eighteen wnen,embers of the football --~
and lhe other three went to tbe
managers 8J\d lhe senio"l" "Pionee.r.''
UMl
Isadore Nachmu\, tonner ~
second.
In the first game of a.enal
Helen Marks won over
Grace Palmer by a score of 10-0.
darts
Marks und Hannah Lou
Garrett
were out.stan~ for the wi nners
Betty Lydick's team d.e.feated
Jewell Cain's l-e&m by a score c.f
.10 -'5. S etty Hardman pLayed ~II
!1or the winners.
Gay Reedy's team won over
..\lfa.rinn Reavenc.c by a J:;core . or
10-4.. Gny and H azel Reedy were
outs tanding f?r the winners.
1 Reedy's t eam holds Ule lead Jn
aerial durts wilb L ydick and catn,
as second.
RIIW!Ir
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cury &porta ecbtor and a son
oL
this city, ;::.ccepted a position oa
the newa slaff ot the Chlcaco
sun..
Marte
JDC
Ellyson, 37,
has aD
Regi~
Ready t o Read,'" published In Ule
Nuvernber 158\Je or the West Vlr.;IDfo Sctlool J ot:.rnal
19 , 8
a rt1clc,
Musings
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(Continued ttom Fage one::)
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Mr. and Mrs. Max Nachman
•·Are
Your
A candleligh t sa-vice was bekl
I!le- Wednesd::ty evet.ing In Ute lo~
for vlt.dgcs of the y
w. c. A_
campus COlumn" and that would- Helen Taylor, presh.lent, led t.be
n' t do.
!!Cr.l.et. rouowing g:roup s[Jlgtng..
Utwc\! To Be B ig AfT31r
Spea.klng uf thln,.s looking like
beChn..st~s, that poste r a.nnounc..ng rioal1y ~11 .1ght.. com.Jng j ust
lho dal1ce tn lhe hall really has fol·e the ll-?hJe.ys 1t \\-111 causo
mauy
s
tudents
t
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!orget
the
un, '.Jriginallty and I Wnk ~e ere~
a tor sh ouhl have s agned .h1s nrune-. favorable Wng~ U\e)' were goin.S"
L uoks IJkt a big time will be had to le11 when they got home..
..\.nyw:~y, stnce Lh.is Is the l.a.at
by a 1 t •
I 'm still wondering
w hc.lher Lhe higher price sel for edition unUI next year, be..re'll
j lh£' n lumni i& because: they ~h.culd wU!hlng you n Me.ny Christ:ma.s
be able to pay more or beeause :md u ,happy New Year.
the alumni set the sti1I price for
Ule Home-c?ming dance. Just
wondering, mfght not be ellher,
Ddicious Fruit Cake
Merry Christ mas
1 uncl~rstand tha t a Christmas
Packed J n Tin
dinner Is belng planned 'I11at s
be gethng into "On
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