The QC, Vol. 19, No. 04 • October 3, 1929

              QUAKER
Vol. XVI.
WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA, OCTOBER 3, 1929
No. 4
Returning Glee Girls
Meet Miss Terpstra
Wednesday, Oct. 2, the Girls'
Glee Club held its first regular
meeting. During the past two
weeks try-outs have been held for
new mmebers, and much new talent has been added to the Club.
A meeting of all past members
was held Monday, Sept. 23, Francis Bragg, president, presided and
presented Miss Terpstra, the new
director, who has already won
much admiration and praise for
W., and who discussed plans for
her spirited song-leading in Y.
the coming year. As the Club
has not had a very well-defined
set of rules hitherto, a committee was appointed to draw up a
Constitution, and at the same time
a committee was appointed for
the choosing of costumes, a task
which involves more discussion
and interest than any other of the
year. Both Miss Terpstra and the
members of the Club are enthusiastic over the outlook for the
year, and expect the best of results.
COLLEGE CHOIR
FORMED FOR
CHAPEL
There has been a new organization formed on the campus
known as the College Choir. It
has been organized under the supervision of Prof. Hockett for the
purpose of singing at the Chapel
hours on Wednesdays. It has already appeared at the Friends
Church with a certain amount of
success and it promises to be a
real asset in the future. It is
composed entirely of college students and almost entirely by members of the combined glee clubs.
The membership to date is as follows: sopranos, Miss Richardson, Miss Gregory, Miss Baker;
altos, Miss MacDonald, Miss Sea-
well, Miss Whistler; tenors, Mr.
Clevenger, Mr. Hornaday, Mr.
Kimber; basses, Mr. Ringland,
Mr. Tomlinson, Mr. Smith.
MEN'S GLEE CLUB
UNDER PROGRESS
By Way Of Warning
Spans Desert
COLLEGE MUSEUM
RECEIVES NEW
EQUIPMENT
Newton Newsmith, graduate of Northwestern University, who with Andrew
Juvinell of Quincy, III., crossed the
roadless Sinai Desert or practically
the entire length of Transjordania
on a motorcycle.
Y. W. C. A. Group
Sponsors Party
The Men's Glee Club is rapidly
getting knocked into shape. Try-
outs for all sections have been
in order and some new talent has
been favorably presented within
the last week. Final arrangements
have not been made and will not
be until a few practices have been
gone thru to get the best voices
in the right sections. Verily,
verily the club has seen no better days—imagine, if you will, a
time when the club has had
enough applicants try out that
some of the returning men are
dubious of holding their former
positions! Such is the case and
it looks at present as if Harry
Smith is going to have a glee club
which any fellow would be glad
to take to the Grand Canyon, and
throw in). The pianist has not
been chosen or the business manager although there are multitudes
clamoring for both positions.
Watch for their first concert and
don't lets hear any more criti-
cisors say that the school never
gets a chance to hear the club.
As an aid to the student and (
to the advertiser, the Campus has
released some cards which are to
be placed in the windows of the
stores which advertise in the Quaker Campus. Our advertisers pay
good money for the space in our
college publication, let us reciprocate by giving them our trade.
Did you ever stop to think that
each of the students of Whittier
College average a spending
amount equal to or more than one
dollar a day? Think what this
would mean if it were put in the
hands of the best stores in town,
such as our advertisements represent. They can afford then to give
us the best goods for the money,
and when the time comes to stand
back of the college, as they have
for years. We owe it to them,
so let's look for the little placards and remember that they
represent the best in town. Beware of Substitutes! Shun the
place without the pass-word, and
in passing by, softly shriek, "Unclean!  Unclean!"
The annual "Dove Party," under the auspices of the Y. W. C.
A., was held Tuesday, Sept. 24.
This affair was for the purpose
of bringing the "Big Sisters" and
"Little Sisters" together, and also
of getting acquainted with the
women of the faculty and wives of
faculty members. As such it was
a great success. At six o'clock
everyone met in the amphitheatre,
where Big Sisters shared a lunch
with their Little Sisters. After
the lunches were consumed (not
forgetting the free punch), the
girls convened in the Auditorium,
where an interesting program was
presented.
As the first number Florence
Binford played two violin solos,
"Canzonette," by Ambrosio, and
"Rondino" by Kreisler, accompanied by Eldine Hamm. Edith
MacDonald then favored with a
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The Whittier College Museum
has been the recipient of a gift
which promises to be especially
useful to biology students. The
gift consists of a large collection
of ferns, collected in England
about 1850. The collection includes some rare specimens as
well as some of the varieties
which we have become acquainted
with here in this country. The
collection has been very carefully
catalogued and is at present in
the hands of Dr. Watson, who will
transfer them to a place where
they will do the most good.
We wish to thank for this collection Mrs. William P. Buffum,
of Philadelphia, who has made it
possible, through considerable
trouble and expense, for the complete collection to be transferred
safely from the east to the west,
and put in the hands of our biology department.
Prof. Wilkie Writes
Series Of Articles
For Class Magazine
Frosh Win In
Pushball Contest
Biology Club Holds
First Meeting
ASSEMBLY
FUTURE EVENTS
Thursday, Oct. 3—Y. M.
and Y. W.—Chapel hour.
Fri.day, October 4—9:45
a. in., Dr. Cherington on
"Law enforcement in relation to prohibition," in the
auditorium.
Sat.   Oct.   5—2:15  p.  m.
Sat. Oct. 5—2:15 p. m.
Whittier vs. San Diego-State
—Hadley Field.
Mon. Oct. 7—4:10 p. m.
Life Work Recruits.
The Biology Club held its first meeting of this semester, Tuesday night,
September 24th. Last year the members of the Club heard many interesting talks on many biological subjects,
and we expect to have equally as interesting talks this year with our new
Program Chairman. The results of the
election of officers for the first semester follows:
President: Floyd Durham; vice-persi-
dent: Aldine Hunter; secretary-treasurer: Esther Wilkie; program chairman: Harold Bowerman; attendance
chairman: Margaret Cook.
We hesitate to suggest a change
in the name of our library building. Still "Gossip Hall" wouldn't
be so bad.
Being Religious In College
The problem of religion in college is twofold—says Prof. Henley: first to get the means of living; and, second, to get the meaning of life, that is, take part in
life and live more adequately.
Religious inspiration is not limited to certain studies. We may
become more religious thru the
study of science. The great scientists are humble and reverent
men. Galileo said: The Bible was
written to tell men how to go to
Heaven, not what Heaven to go
to.
As we study the meaning of
life, the small insignificant
things  fall   away.
Religion in college helps to acquire reverent attitudes and motives of life. Colleges will pass
the need for religion when we
will have better ways of living and
betters ideals. When we achieve
higher ideals we will come closer
to religion. We will be more re<-
ligious when we have cooperative
living from  day to  day.
Whittier's doughty class of '33
came out on top in the pushball
contest Monday. The husky frosh
overwhelmed the sophomores,
bandicappel by the non-elegibility
of football men, to the tune of
4-0. Freshman football candidates were allowed to participate
(for the first time in many years)
while sophomore sides put up
plenty of fight.
The game was divided into two-
minute periods with a five-minute rest period in between. During the first half the sophs fought
hard but were outclassed, the
green ones pushing the ball over
the line three times to score. In
the second period the struggle
was more nearly even, but the
frosh gathered in one more goal
to make the score 4-0.
The type of contest was an unusual one for Whittier. A huge
leather ball (about six and one-
half feet in diameter) was placed
in the center of the field at the
start of the game and each side
endeavored to push it over the
other's goal. It sounds easy, but
when there are fifteen one each
side and very man determined to
fight his hardest, there is plenty
of excitement. There is a lot of
spring in the ball, too, Conley
Davies and others found out. The
push-ball was furnished by the
Los Angeles Fire Department and
was brought over on a Barr Lumber Company truck.
The contest was conducted by
Coach Verne Landreth, Manley
Reitz, "Gus" Wampler, Fred Ashton, and Frank Jones. Coach Landreth and Ashton acted as officials while Reitz coached the
sophomores and Wampler the
Frosh. The frosh team was captained by Bill Duncan, president
of the class; the sophomore outfit by T. B. Morehead, class president. A good turnout of students
and girls witnessed the battle.
We consider it a distinct honor that
one of our professors, Professor Wilkie,
was asked to write a short course of lectures on the subject of Psychology and
Religion. The course will appear in
the October, November and December
issues of the Adult Bible Class Magazine.
The course attempts to present a series of studies for groups who want
to know what true psychology has to
say about religion. Thoughtful consideration of the thirteen discussions
will give a better understanding of the
hows and the whys of human behavior,
and htelp men and women to interpret
all life religiously. The outline of the
course follows:
1.—The Physical Basis for Learning
2.—Religion  and Instinct
3.—Religion and Emotion"
4.—Habits in Life and in Religion
5.—The Meaning of the Will
6.—Attention   As   A   Factor   in   Religion
7.—Suggestion and Suggestibility
8.—Religion and the Feeling of Inferiority
9.—Psychoanalysis
10.—Behaviorism.
11.—Religion as Social and Solitary
12.—Religion and  Science
13.—Review—Findings
The first four will appear in October,
the second four in November and the
last  five  in   December.     Prof.  Wilkie
brings   to   a  study  of   this   subject   a
point of view so thoroughly sane and
well-poised   in   its   fundamental   philosophy   of  life,   so  refreshingly   clear,
wholesome   and   hopeful,   that   it  will
help many a jaded or perplexed soul
to discover and experience a dynamic
religion.
FRIDAY—STUDENT BODY
MEETING
Following the precendent that
Friday morning's Chapel hour
is to be for student programs exclusively, Dr. Coffin turned last
weeks' student hour over to
George Ringland, a member of
the  Chapel  Program  Committee.
Janey McMurray favored us
with the clever reading titled "In
A Sleeping Car."
Next, Joe lead the students in
some pep songs in preparation of
Saturday's game. Joe Bosio, the
new yell leader was "introduced"
and lead a few yells to show the
students what he is going to do
this year.
The assembly closed with the
singing of the Alma Mater.
IN THIS ISSUE
Intercollegiate     Community
Pact  p. 6
Bible Verse    p. 2
Sports  p. 4
Two New Columns—
"Literary Notes" & "Frankly Speaking."