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Orchestra
And
Choir
Present
Carols
Sunday
Sunilav afternoon the Wooster Con-cert (Imir with firing orchestra and soloists will add a weekend of
Christmas foslix ilios a presentation of Christmas Caniatas and carols open to
the public free ol charge. The choir
( over one hundred voices has heen rehearsing these numbers since their
performance ol "F.lijah" and they
have an unusually full program.
In-cluded are three cantatas lv Buxte-hmle- .
Yaughan Williams' "'Fantasy on
Christmas Carols" and Christmas
Carols. This performance, under the
directorship of Professor Richard T.
(;,ire will take the place of the usual Christmas oratorio concert.
The Yaughan Williams" Fantasy is
a number heard often at Christmas
time and made lamous by Fred
Waring's Choral interpretations. It is or high baritone, mixed choir, strings
and organ and is based on three
Knglish carols: "The Trust Sent from
Above." "On Christmas Night." and
'Come All Ye Worthy Gentlemen."
The work will be soloed in by Karl
Trump, voice teacher and director of
the Men's (dee Club on campus.
Student soloists are Janet F.yans. senior from Arlington. Virginia who
will sing "Mv Saviour Is My Lasting Jo." and tenor Fllis ( louse, whose
solo is"I Wonder as I Wander." with
choir accompaniment. Ruth Folta will
preside at the organ and has two solo
groups bv Bach and Daquin.
The cantatas In the famed Danish
composer Buxtchude are "Lauda Sinn Sahalorem." "Mv Saviour Is My Last-ing Jov," and "Magnificat Anima
Mea." Also included are "Stille
Nachl." "The Hollv and the Ivy" and
"The Wassail Carol" which was set to
music bv Wooster's own Warren D. Anderson, teacher of Latin here.
Britten
Operetta
To
Open
Soon
Saia.t J. Ling and Winlord B. Logan will direct the production of
Benjamin Britten's operetta. "Let's
Make an Opera." which will be given
on January l." and lb' in Scott
Auditorium.
The operetta is being produced to
show the members of the operatic
class how an opera is produced. It
was originally written to be put on by school children. It contains a two-ac-t
play and a third act. which is the
opera.
Seven children will act in '.he play
in addition to Bill Hendrickson. Jim
Hughes. Donna Hill, Wylenc Young, and Bette Hanna. In the lirst two
acts of the opera the actors will play themselves, using their own names.
Thestory of the opera concerns the
Little Sweep, Sam, who is forced to
become a chimney sweep, gels stuck in the chimney, is rescued and
hid-den by children, and linallv makes
his way to freedom.
Ihere is no chorus in
the operetta,
but the audience sings songs between
the acts.
Five
Scripts Contend
For
Gum
Shoe Hop
live scripts are now being
con-sidered by the Cum Shoe Hop
Com-mittee and they hope to be able to
announce the winning script Monday. Chairman Dick Obcrlin announced
this week.
According to Dick, all the proposed
plays are musical comedies, each a product of a team of authors.
lso on this seven-membe- r com-mittee are three faculty members and "tree students: F. W. Moore, Donald Shanower, Karl R. Trump, Clarence
Amnions, Mary Liinbach. and F.liza-'let- b
Sherwood.
Chemistry
Honorary
Initiates
Four
lour chemistry majors were taken
"Ho the Chemistry Honorary Society
at their initiation on
Monday evening.
Xnveniber 211. The new members in-cll"l-
c-John Welsh. Felix Tampson. '''"bp Curtis, and George Kimnishin.
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AGOOD CHRISTMAS
FOR
MOSETHIS
WEEK
Published
bythe Students
ofthe
College ofWooster
Volume LXV
WOOSTER,
OHIO, THURSDAY,
DECEMBER
11, 1950 No. 10Dr. Delbert
Dr.
Lean
To
Present
41st
"Carol"
Tuesday
Climaxing
Wooster's
traditional
Christmas
activities,
Dr.Delbert
O.Lean, emeritus head
ofthe
speechdepartment,
willdeliver
hisown beloved version
ofDickens'
"The
Christmas
Carol" Tuesday night
inMemorial
A capacity crowd is expected to
attend the annual function which is
scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. Only twice since Dr. Lean came to Wooster
in 19(18 has the occasion been omitted. He himself has often staled that he
looks forward to the reading of the "Carol" as the highpoint of his year. Perennially in demand throughout this region during the holiday season, the well known former Wooster
pro-fessor has given the story to churches, a colleges, and army camps acoss the country.
WF
Elects
Cabinet;
Visser
Is
President
Jack Yisscr. junior, was named president of Westminster Fellowship
last Sunday evening when semi--
an-nual elections were held.
Assisting him during the second semester will be Mark Allen, vice-presiden-t;
Mildred I.oehlin. secretary; and less Turnbull. treasurer. Other officers elected include I.ila I'ittcnger, chairman of the Faith and Life
com-mission; F.lisabeth F.hrhardl.
steward-ship chairman; Don Flliol. Fellowship; and Gordon Roadarmel, Outreach.
Siudeni
Views
Of
Change
Wiih
Size
by Ivan Preston
What with the near failure
ollast weekend's Christmas Formal
and the somewhat gloomy
lu-tur-ehanging
over the
success as ofthe year's remaining campus
events, the student
body hasre-flected
much
inthe
way ofopinion and reaction toward the
musicians' union's act
ofblack-listing the
college. Asthe
situa-tion appears
now,the union
willnot recall
itsaction
until
the
college willagree
to 100good
behavior from all of its social groups.
As sudden a change as this docs not
seem likely, for neither the Student Senate nor any other organization has the right to enforce such a ruling.
In answer to a poll held by last year's Senate, the student body voted heavily domination of
col-lege
against complete
dances by the union; now it will
either have to accept this or have no union bands at all.
Across the campus there are several dillerent viewpoints on the problem, with the main dissention lying
be-tween large groups and small groups.
Those who can alford the usually higher priced union bands will
de-mand the right to pick from them, while our smaller groups with very low budgets can consider using
G. Lean
Chapel
forthe
--Hst time.
Army
Calls Ling;
Goes
In
January
Mr. Stuart J. Ling has become the
third member of the College laculty and administration ordered into
ser-vice by the armed forces. The college band director holds a commission as first lieutenant in the Armv Reserve Gorps and has been tentatively
or-dered to report on January .". Mr.
Judson Rosebush and Mr. Lee Gulp arc other administration members having received similar orders. The lalter's orders were later rescinded
bv the Navy.
Sir.cc coming to the Wooster
cam-pus in the fall of HM9. Mr. Ling has
attracted attention with his work with the Scot Marching Band. In
ad-dition to this, he has directed the Concert band and taught courses in
school music at the Conservatory. During World War II, Ling served
in the first Filipino Infantry
Regi-ment, an American-Filipin- o unit. He
saw service in New Guinea.
Unfair
Listing
Of
Group
only non-unio-n bands. The best way
to satisfy everyone, it seems, is to have both kinds of bands on campus has been the recent policy, but that arrangement is no longer possible.
Again, there is the problem of
vary-ing opinions as to the worthiness of both kinds of bands. Individual
ex-periences in observing them have been so dillerent that strong support for the complete use of one or the other tvpe of band has been
estab-lished as well as the opinion that both are equally desirable.
Among the many bits of student reaction which we have heard are the following which are typical and which present appropriate suggestions: Mark Allen, President of the
Sopho-more Class: I'nion bands are
worth-while on campus only as long as we mav have non-unio-n bands at the
same lime; this is necessary in order
to treat the smaller groups fairly. George Tomer, President of Ninth Section: When we can afford union bands we always get them; why, then, can't the union understand the
posi-tion of the small group which must greatly limit its expenses.
Pop Sperrv. President of the Junior
Class: "I'nion bands are more de-(continu- ed
on page 4)
College Listed
Unfair
By
Musician's
Union
Two-Me- al
Plan
Tops Senate List
Of
Proposals
Alter
longinvestigation
and
weeks ofdiscussion, the Student
Senate decided
Monday night
on fivedefinite
measures itwould propose
tothe
adminis-tration
forimproving the
foodsituation.
Heading the
list was a three-poin-trecommendation
putting
the Senate behind the
two-meal-a-d-ayalternate
mealcontract
plan.
Following the majority opinion
as expressed in the poll taken by the M.S.G.A. and W.S.G.A., they made
two rservations. First, the deduction offered would have to be a; least
twenty cents per breakfast, and
sec-ond, there must be no increase in the board price for .hose who would be
eating three meals aday in the dorms.
If such a plan were found
unwork-able, the Senate added, it would be
satisfied to sec a second breakfast, from 8 to 8:1") a.m. adopted.
Committee Suggested
Dick White then moved "that the Senate requests to the SFRC that
a standing committee of students and administrative personnel be establish-ed to review food administrative
prob-lems." The motion passed
unani-mously.
Fhc next motion was also given unanimous consent. F'rcshman woman Senator Carol Cole introduced the motion, which was a request that the Senate recommend to the administra-tion that breakfast be served on Saturday mornings in the women's dorms at the same time it is served
!n kenarden. which would be 8 to
8:1"). Fxc;pt for liabcock. which
serves at this time, the other two
women's dorms. Hoover and Holden, are now serving Saturday breakfast at
7:31). although liabcock serves at 8.
Staffing Is Questioned
Passing bv a vole of 12--1 was a
motion asking for clarification of the need for the number of dieticians on
the Food Service stall. The motion read: "The Senate feels that on the basis of observation and the results of the food questionnaire, that the College of Wooster Food Service is
overstaffed with dieticians. The Senate would like a clarification of this policy."
Then came the question of
"sec-onds." Fhc men are offered them on vegetables and biead. and the women are not. It was argued both that the women wouldn't want second helpings
on mashed potatoes and gravy for fear of putting on weight. And it was
also argued that they should have at least the opportunity and the temptation to break their diets. The latter view prevailed, and the motion passed.
Administrative action on these
pro-posals is not expected before the
staff meeting Monday morning when Senate president Dave Dowd, NSA
representative Jack Clark, and Voice
editor Tom Felt will discuss the
situa-tion with the administrative stall. Curriculum Committee Chosen
before they began discussion of the
food service, the Senators chose the student members of the curriculum committee. Finer Kinney, Jane Abcll,
Dick Holrovd, and Jack Dorricott were elected, and will serve the
re-mainder of the year.
Fhc Senate also set the deadline for submitting Color Day scripts. It
was decided that they must be in by
February 21.
Flint Exhibit
Open
Fhc current exhibit of paintings by
Lcrov Flint will be continued until December 30. The exhibit, which opened December (i, is being shown in
the Josephine Long Wisharl museum of art in Galpin Hall.
Only the
last-minut- eacceptance
of a pinch-hittin- gjob
byalumni
Lowelland
Dick Schafferenabled Wooster couples
topromenade the
gym lastSaturday night for the annual Christmas
formal.
On Thursday
night
aspreparations
forthe gala holiday
event
were Hearingcompletion,
Dean William Taeusch informing him that the campus had been placed on the "unfair" list of the American Federation of Musicians, thereby
in-validating all contracts.
The telegram read: "This is to
notify you that College of Wooster
has been placed on the unfair list December (i 1950 of the American Federation of Musicians H A lleil-ste- n
Secretary Local 1"9
Immediate contact with bill Vales,
director of the band which had been hired by the Senate for the .Saturday dance, revealed thai he had not yet
been informed of the action, but would be willing to play if he could obtain permission from the Mansfield
office. Senate president David Dowd, however, fearing that a negative answer might come as late as
Satur-day morning, decided to make the cancellation delinitc immediately in
V
"ta
4m
Photo by John Atkinson
Freshman Jim Andress is shown pitching in with the work of raising the big Christmas tree on the Quad Sunday night. After two starts, the crew of students and Maintenance men finally got it to stay up.
Quad
Tree
Lighting,
Club
Parties
Herald Approaching Holiday
With the raising and lighting
ofthe Christmas tree on the
Quad
lastSunday evening, the Christmas
seasonat Wooster
offi-cially
opened. While the tree
wasbeing secured and lighted
by CrecleHiestand, Christmas tree chairman, and
E.Zearl Ramey,
head
ofthe Maintenance Dejjartnient,
assisted byvolunteers from
the crowd, a group ol students werei
led bv Jim Boeringer in singing carols.
Because of the cold weather, few
stu-dents stayed until the tree was lighted, but enjoy the tree now as llicv hurry
to and Irom the many club parlies. The seven women's social clubs are
all celebrating the pre-Christm-as
sea-son with many activities. The
Pyra-mids held a slumber party last
Satur-day, following the Formal, and
ex-changed white elephant gifts. The club plans to give a Christmas basket
to a needy Wooster family. A slumber
party will be given tomorrow night
by the Dominoes in liabcock parlor with a white elephant gift exchange also featured.
On Sunday, lirst semester pledges of the Spuds and Keys will hold parlies
for their masters. The Kcvs will have
a "Kiddies Party" and the Spuds will
stage a breaklasi. Saturday afternoon, the 'Irumps club will celebrate llie
season with a grab bag party. A spa
a
telegram
wasreceived
by convenience.hope of finding a substitute.
Mem-bers of the Schaffer band came to the rescue at considerable personal in-Prese-nt
Senate policy on the
situa-tion is an attempt to obtain
addition-al information on the matter. A letter
has been written to Mr. Caesar Petril-l-o
at the New York headquarters of the American F'ederation of Music asking for clarification of the
black-listing and means of having it
re-moved, explaining the Wooster
cir-cumstances, and labeling the action unfair since other schools use union and non-unio-n bands interchangeably.
Another request for aid and
informa-tion has been set to Mr. Al Lowen-stein-.
president of the National
Stu-dent Association with headquarters in Madison, Wise.
To alleviate the situation here the (continued on page 4)
ghetti dinner at Miss Kate's last Wednesday evening and a party at the home of advisor Mrs. Annie
C.owles on next Monday highlight the Yule activities of the Imps ind the Peanuts.
Other campus clubs also have been active doing the pre-holida-v season.
Carolling by the French and German clubs as well as the choir and
West-minster Fellowship have been featured
by these groups. Sunday night, the Fellowship will carol following a
pro-gram of modern dancing.
Monday evening the Spanish and
Classical clubs gave parties lor their members and Tuesday, the Y.W.C.A.
heard Roy Akagi, a student at Ohio Wesleyan. as part of their Christ-mas program. Also on Tuesday, Dr. l.owry was the featured speaker at the Pembroke meeting at the home of Prof. Moore. Chemistry club held their annual Christmas partv at the home ol Dr. Chit'um on Dec. I.
Thursday, December
14, 1950As
We
Say
It
-If
Not
Merry
...
"MERRY
CHRISTMAS"
TURNS
into
apretty
ironic splutter
this year inanybody's
language. Rut
it wecan't quite put
itthat
way in I!)"(), we canand arc
saying, let's KEEPChristmas
this year inthe highest
way we belieye.It's about the only tiling that's managed
tosuryiye the
warsand tragedies and hate
ol everypeople and
every agethrough nearly
2,000 years,and that alone should
beenough ol
are-minder
to those ol uswho are tempted
to wish a Scrooge-lik-e"humbug"
onone and
all.SO IF
NOT
"Merry" and "Happy"
this year,have
yourselves anyway aThoughttul
Christmas
and
aCourageous
1951.Time
To
Re-exami-neTHE
KOREAN
WAR
hasdramatically
focusedthe attention
olthe world
on Asia,and
hasthus
led to a re-examinati-onol American
foreign
policy a re-examinati-onwhich
hastended
inparticular
tochallenge
the
long-accepte- dassumption that Europe
is ofprimary
and
Asiaonly
ofsecondary importance
tothe
security
ofthe United
States.WITH
REGARD
TO
the tension between
thiscountry and the
SovietUnion,
in Asiathe
Russians appear
toenjoy many advantages
both military and political
over America. For
onething the Communists control
alarge
Chi-nese army,whereas the West
hasno substantial
force ofnative
Asiaticsat
itsimmediate
com-mand.
Secondly Asia hasbehind her
along
tra-dition
ofpolitical despotism, which
if histori-calcontinuity
means anything
favorsstrong-man rule
ofthe
Mao Tse-tun-gvariety, and
isnot conducive
tothe establishment
ofstable
democratic
government.
Moreover the United
States hasput the West
tofurther political
dis-advantage
by itspersistent and embarrassed
sup-port "of the generally discredited
Chiang
Kai-she- kregime.
AND
INTHE THIRD
PLACE the
Com-munist
vision
ofeconomic equality
exerts
apowerful influence over the Asiatic mind,
par-ticularly
asit contrasts with
a sadhistory
ofexploitation
at the hands
ofWesterners.
HOWEVER,
IN EUROPE,
America
is in a farstronger
position. Western Europe
iseco-nomically developed and,
if necessary, canturn
a vast
industrial plant
tothe production
ofwar
goods.And furthermore,
with
somehelp,
West-ern Europe
ispotentially capable
ofcreating
amilitary machine more or
lesssufficient
to itsdefense
needs.Politically,
the rich
European
heritage
ofindividual
variety and
ofnational
liberty
is aformidable
bulwark,against
Com-munism.
The
exemplary democracy of Riitain
and
the
Scandinavian
countries
where
pro-gress,stability, and freedom
havearisen out
of acomplex balancing
ofcontending
social forces is anadequate guarantee that
in thesenations
Communism
willnever take root,
evenunder
conditions
ofconquest and occupation.
WESTERN
EUROPE
istherefore
ofvital
importance
toAmerica;
ifRussia
were to seizeher industrial potential and turn
itagainst this
country, then perhaps the
best wecoidd hope
for in awar with Communism woidd
bestale-mate.
BUT, TO REVERSE the situation,
Asia is ofvital importance
tothe
SovietUnion;
for Asia isthe
onlybig political vacuum left for
Com-munism
to fill.If the Asiatics could
beswung
round
to aWestern point
of viewthe
SovietUnion
will havesuffered
anirreparable
catas-trophe. It would thus
bewisdom for the United
States topromote what appear
to bethe
twopri-mary aspirations
ofthe Eastern World:
first,the
industrialization
and economic development
of Asiawith
an aim toapproaching
aWestern
standard
of life; secondly,the elimination
of all vestiges ofimperialistic exploitation.
THEREFORE,
IFAMERICA
were forced tomake
aclear
choicebetween defending
Asiaor
Europe, her
ownsecurity would almost certainly
dictate the selection
ofEurope. However,
from a long-rang-estandpoint, the
successor failure
ofthe
SovietUnion
in Asia may largelydetermine
Communism's chances
forsurvival.
II. D.
WOOSTER VOICE
The WOOSTER VOICE, official student publication of the College of Wposter, is published at Wooster, Ohio, weekly during the school year
ept
holidays, examination and vacation periods. Subscription price is 52.00 a vear. Editorial offices arc located in room 15. Kaukc Hall, phone S9R-R-. Member of the Associated CollegiatePress and the Ohio College Newspaper Association and printed by the Collier Print-ing Company. Represented for rational advertising by National Adver-tising Service, Inc., 420 Madii-o-n Ave., New York, N. Y. Entered as
second class matter at the post office of Wooster, Ohio, under Act of August 24, 1912.
TOM FELT
Editor
PAUL CHALFANT
BusinessManager
JON WALTZ
---
Feature Editor
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Sports Editor
BOB
HARDY
- - NewsEditor
JEAN SNYDER
--Managing Editor
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THE
WOOSTER
VOICE
by Jon Waltz These are grim davs. In varying degrees, we all
ieanc
u. nc tci,oeiu seems to be. whether in Washington. D. C. or in the cities and little towns that dot the nation, to feel that all ol life is pretty futile. We don't feel thatway. but we aren't going to belabor you with our own inadequate thoughts. Instead, we're going to quote a lew words from a ery wise man we know a
man who has managed to live an extremely fruitful
life through three wars. Casting aside his Newsweek,
-- v
Time, and V. S. News, he said to me:
C4
"While things may appear dark today, and whileit may take a while for us to marshal our thoughts
,
T
will ulti--( alu our strength, certainly we triumph
''
mately. We will all encounter hours of regret and revulsion as we ponder our mistakes and our failureto grapple with realities in bygone days. Hut that
seems to be the nature of our system we seem to be
a mixture of dreamer and sucker. But once we are rudely and fully awakened and once wc find a leader whom we can respect and follow, I know we can do the job better than the dictator's deluded hordes. The pity of it is that none of us, individually, has :he power to shape destiny for the ones we love or, for that matter, for our-selves. We can only hitch our wagons to a bright star, deciding that we must stand or fall on our chosen course and pour our lives into it."
Seems like pretty good advice to us. and with that we leave thoughts ol gloom behind us.
Wc heard a story this week end that Mr. Craig should study. It is one of those that changes with the world situation and could probably be traced
back to the War of the Roses. It goes like this:
An American newspaper correspondent covering Moscow woke up one morning with ajaw-splittin-g toothache. Without delay, he made for the nearest
dentist, Vladimir Stitsky, I). D. S. B. T. G. O. S. (Doctor of Dental Surgery by
the Grace of Stalin).
The doc peered deep into the journalist's oral cavitv and announced. "You will have to have an extraction. The tooth is infected in a typically
capitalist-imperialis- t way."
"All right," said the American, "how much will it cost"--"
"Oh. around four hundred dollars." replied the Russian dentist. "Four hundred dollars! Thai's impossible." cried the newspaperman. "Back home, vou can have a tooth pulled for acouple of dollars!"
"No doubt." agreed the dentist, "but in the I'nited States vou can open your mouth: here we have to take it out through vour car."
While doing some work in the basement of the Library the other day,
we ran across an interesting old copy of Life magazine. It ought to be a
col-lector's item, for it contained two amazing predictions.
In the feature story for the week were poses of a man standing on the deck of a ferryboat, on the farmer's wagon, and on a crowded street corner. The text beneath the phototgraphs continually referred to the man as "the next President of the I'nited States." The magainc bore a 1018 dale, and the man was Thomas E. Dewey.
Prediction Number One.
Buried in the back of this election issue was a large photograph showing
a group of half-nake-d Orientals being herded together by bayonet-equippe- d
soldiers. The first line of the explanation beneath the grim picture read: "Sooner or later the cold war in Korea issure to get hot."
Prediction Number Two. One strike and a hit.
'I he President is considering the declaration ol a slate ol national
emer-gency, to be followed by price and wage controls and perhaps total
mobiliza-tion. Wooster may soon look like Phil Spitalncv's winter training cam). There's not much to say except that our cause, it is just.
Jenny
Relates
Memories Oi
Christmas
With
Grandfather
by Hans Jenny
It
was mygrandlaiher's
and our family's
lastChristmas, the
real kind
olChristmas, where the train and
carsbring
allthe
relatives
from"abroad".
From the hill which
liessouth
ofottr
village, the streets looked deserted and peaceful.
The
last snowhad fallen
only a lew daysearlier:
it re Heeledthe unusually bright
light
olmillions
of stars.The
night
wascrisp and
lestivc.The
bells of
our church mingled with the sound
ofmanv others
scattered all through the allev. thegrave ones, some timid, and manv ordinary ones which, somehow,
suc-ceeded in ringing better than usual. Without the bells. Christmas would not have been complete. At their sound, here and there, doors opened and people, dicssed in their best finery, appeared as if surrounded by a halo, in the bright beam of light projected onto the white streets. As
the doors closed again, there were only shadows and small clouds of
steam moving towards the church
whose steeple rose triumphantly into the cold winter night.
As I joined mv friends, we
ex-changed but lew words, politely, and
a bit overwhelmed at the roaring clamour of the bells right above us.
1he church was warm and
comfort-able. I he oigams! had spent an
exua two hours practicing the l'if-ludiu- m,
and I was almost sure that he played Bach again.
Our Heir Planer looked beautiful
in his black and white robe; the women liked his grey hair especially. They said it gave the community an air of respectability. He had
pre-pared a sermon which was, according to tradition, fraught with appropri-ate quotations from the Bible, but otherwise wholly unorthodox. He read Alhponse Daudet's "Christmas Eve in
Exile." As he told us about the sick
man and his friend, about the Claret they drank, the bread they broke and the carols thev sang, and as he read about the sick man's death in the arms of his friend in a strange
countr.
while the strains of thecarol still resounded in the room. "Shepherds take your leave . . .", the
congregation began to snill and search for the comlort ol handkerchiefs.
When the
"luscr
Valcr" was read, and the final benediction said, wc all went home in good spirits and grate-ful for the sermon, but also full of(continued next column)
expectations of things to come. First, there was the family Christ-mas tree. When it came to presents
the dillerence in ages disappeared,
except, perhaps, for my brother who fancied himself too old to bother with electric trains anil chemistry sets, at
least with the ones which were given to hint. He liked everyone else's, though. So. when mother opened the
door to the living room, where the Christinas nee was ablaze with real candles, he could hardly wait through the singing of carols and mv usual struggle with a terribly Cbristmasy piano solo. Hut even that cultural ordeal passed, so that the distribution
of presents could begin. After a lew
minutes, everybody was either trying to exchange some honied neckties
oi playing with whatever mechanical
los
h;n been loitnd. After about halfan hour ol wild cavorting amidst new treasures and strange possessions,
mv grandfather inquired about the
food and summoned mv mother to
his august presence.
As usual, mother had prepared a
good meal, a surprise; nothing would
be the same from year to vear, except my grandlather's iTi-ycar-o-ld
bur-gundy. He always offered us kids a
sip. while our grandmothers exclaimed their hearty disapproval in a restrain-ed sort of way. Grandpa was the
un-contested ruler ol the tribe, no doubt
about that.
Somewhere during the meal he-woul-d
ring one of his silver cups which were presents from friends, and
a-.-k lor what
he liketl to call " a
reverent silence." And he tried to tell
us young ones how fortunate we were to be assembled together, how many
people there were who could not have a Christmas such as ours,
be-cause their communities were dest
rov-ed, their churches closed, and their
homes under constant guard. He also (Continued next column)
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ALL. THE STAFF OF THE VOICE WISHES
A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY. HAPPY NEW YEAR
World
News
Roundup
In North-Eas-t Korea elements of the
10th Corps have fought their way out of a Chinese trap and have established
a LVmile beachhead perimeter around the port of Hungnam. from where thev will probably be evacuated by sea. The First Division of marines
suf-fered .'!()";, casualties, and the army Seventh Division is believed to have sustained even heavier losses.
Informa-tion as to the movements of I". N
forces isolated further north the ROK Third and Capitol Divisions, and the American 17th Regimental Combat Team has been withheld.
On the Western Front, V. N. troops have formed a line south of
Pyong-yang, but Communist units have been reported as far south as the 38th parallel. Meanwhile allied planes have kept the Chinese soldiers under
con-tinual attack.
The Truman-Attle-e conference has
produced a report which stales the following: (I) I . X. troops will not
withdraw from Korea unless
com-pelled by superior forces; (2) there exists a willingness, particularly on the part of Britain, to "seek an end to the hostilities by means of
negotia-tion" if such negotiation does not
in-volve outright appeasement: (3) the atomic bomb should not be used in
Korea; (4) the Formosa question should be settled peaceably, preferably
by the I'nited Nations: the I'nited Kingdom favors giving Communist China a seat in the 1". X. the I'. S.
remains opposed to such a move; (()
(he West must rapidly expand its
re-armament program, and arrangements
will be made as to the cooperative allocation of vital raw materials; (7) if absolutely necessary the I . S. is
prepared to light a "limited war" with China Bruain believes that limited war will turn inevitably into total war.
A state of national emergency will
be declared by the President because
of the Korean wai. This will probiblv result in wage and price controls, and
will provide for the allocation of critical materials, an increase in
de-fense production, and an acceleration of the draft. The President could also draft World War II veterans, though such a move is not immediately
an-ticipated.
The U. N. Political Committee has approved, by a vote of 48 to ". a
thir-teen nation resolution formulated bv
"ndia and advocated bv an Asian-ta-h
bloc which calls lor an
im-mediate cease-lir-e in Korea, to be fol
lowed bv a seven-powe- r peace con
ference. This resolution has been granted priority over an American
six power proposal calling on Chinese
troops to leave Korea, and over a
Russian proposition advocating the withdrawal ol all foreign forces from
Korea immediately.
Ollicials of the Atlantic Pact nations have met in London under the
chair-manship of Admiral Sherman to speed the integration ol Western defenses. Another meeting will be held next
week in Brussels to grant formal
ap-proval to the appointment ol Gen. Eisenhower as over-al-l commander of the Western anti-Communi-st forces,
and to the partial rearmament of Western Germany.
tried to make us understand that
there would be more wars and we
should try to become good citizens and help to prevent bloodshed. He had never spoken to us like that he-lor-e,
and when he finally said his prayer, we were nlraid the guns would begin to roar anv minute now.
Ihey did a few years later, and
have been roaring ever since. But I
still remember him saving that God
loves those also who help themselves. And when he chuckled and said. "I
wish von a happy Christmas and Coil's blessings lor the New Year."
we knew that this had been a real and wonderful dav and that wc had the most special of all grandfathers.
Page
TwoChristmas
Carmen
Sound over all waters, reach out from all lands, The chorus of voices, the clasping of hands;
Sing hvmns that were sung by the stars of the mom. Sing songs ol the angels when Jesus was born!
With glad jubilations Bring hope to the nations!
The dark night is ending and dawn has begun: Rise, hope of the ages, arise like the sun.
All speech flow to music, all hearts beat as one! . . Blow, bugles ol battle, the inarches ol peace:
East. west, north, and south, let the long quarrel cease:
Sing the song of great joy that the angels began. Sing ol glorv to God and ol good-wil- l to man!
Hark! joining in chorus The heavens bend o'er us!
The dark night is ending and dawn has begun:
Rise, hope ol the ages, arise like the sun.
All speech flow to music, all hearts beat as one!
Irom 'Christmas Carmen." by John Greenleal Whitticr
Interoffice
Memo
Dear Jon,
Being a Democrat I suppose helps to explain mv
really abysmal ignoiance of high-leve- l politics, but 1
wonder if you couldn't enlighten me on just one point.
I noticed in the papers Tuesday that Senator Taft.voting
with 37 other Republicans, advocated a S38 million ap-propriaii-on
to aid Chiang Kai-Shek- 's Formosan
govern-ment.
Flow come they did this? With all their complaining about the Santa Clans administration in this country. I
can't see how they would want to play Santa to the
Chi-nese. And for the life of me I can't see how they expect in the long run to gain any military advantage from
using Chiang's troops in the East, any more than the
could gain from arming the Japanese. Do they think thev
can make Asia safe for democracy? We would be foolish
to hope that we could graft Western democracy onto
Oriental ways and make it work, now or ever. Thev seem
to insist that their Messiah will be one of their own
making.
What is it with your boys, Jon? Sheer orneryness? I
don't understand it.
Yours, Tom Dear Tom.
World War 111 has now been in progress for several
months. China's millions, backed by Soviet production, have been turned loose on an America kept unprepared
by an impostor Santa Glaus. Chiang has the onlv strong
anti-Communi-st force in the East, including guerillas on
the mainland. If total wai with China conies, we shall
need willing allies and Chiang, unlike so many, is
will-ing. 1 would as soon aid the Nationalists to open a
"sec-ond front" as follow Truman's advice and donate to
Communist Tito or pay through the nose so Harrv can
engage in such high-leve- l politics as dedicating Grand
Coulee Dam for the fourteenth time and issuing stamp
commemorating the lOOih anniversary of the poultry
industry in merica.
I fail to delect your argument against Chinese aid
but. although I reject vour automatic assumption that I
think Iaft is God. I would probably disagree with vour
argument. Tar;'s "Santa Clans" allegations arc larnelv
aimed at lov.--level domestic polil cs
that have, vnether we like to face it or not. kept us .-- ft and unprepared.
Yours. Jon
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by Hob Clark
Woosicr spoil lans Ioi--1
pariitil;n1 good
alter witnessing ihe-- two basket-,,.,1-1
amcs played lluis far al home and hearing about ihe one ilial look plate j lillin. AHit watching a losing Mpiad on ilic gridiron all lall. ihe campus
1S ;1 whole is ipiick (o hop on ihe
band-wago- n ol
ihe hardwood qiiintel in
hopes lor a highly sl"tl'sslul season. Ihe outcome of il,c week-en-d trip to
Michigan should be a pretty good indication ol what to expect in the wav ol Miotics lor the rest ol the wax.
The bright spot ol tin-
-whole situation seems to
Ik-- lIk-- great showing of k
of iK-- sophomore
mem-bers of ihe squad. Jim Rhamey, Jack Holt, Ron Felly, and (.cue Graves have played outstanding ball lb is la--,
and. if ihe a mv doesn't inleicvde somewhere along the line. Woosicr ought to sec a
1
t ol bask.lball come out of than in the next three yea s.
All mcr caiiipns, the defensive play of Khamcy
;s he ng compared lo that or F.arl Shaw, a compli-ir.eii-t
;ha. can't be ovcr-es:iinaie- d. Th'.s,
combined with the rebounding of Felty and Holt, and the
terrilic lloor game of Giaves g.ves the Scots cons:lcT..b!e mineral to work with.
Allthis talent is built around the dead-ey-e shooting of Captain Harry
Weck-csse- r
and the height of Pete Williams and Tom McCutchcon, with Reed
(Birdie) Barnard taking his share of the bows when he replaces one of the forwards. Things might be looking up considerably.
Conditioning seems to be a major factor in Mose Hole's "Run like the
devil" style of game. Against Heidelberg, Wooster's ability to run the oppo
nents ragged proved to be the deeding factor, and may well be the same in manv games to follow.
It was interesting lo this columnist to read in the news the other day that an Alumni of Wooster had broken into major league baseball, not in the role of player, but as a major stockholder. Ihe fellow in tpiestion is
Benjamin F. Hairless of I'nited States Steel Corporation presidency lame, who
bought a large block of stock in the Pittsburgh Pirates, Fairless plaved ball
or Woosicr as a catcher before he transferred to Ohio Northern in 1910.
Wilh Branch Rickey, he joins in becoming a new member of the Hoard of
Directors of the senior loop's last place club. At present, he is on the Hoard
of Directors here at the College.
The loss of Wes Fesler to the Ohio State Buckeyes comes as somewhat
of asurprise to most fans of the Starlet and Cray of this district. Fesler had a
terrific team this year, and his resignation should come as a serious blow to
Buckeye officials. Before coming to Ohio State, he spent two very successful
seasons at the University of Pittsburgh where he molded winning teams out
of none-too-fin- e material. After that he decided to transfer to the head mentor position at his old Alma Mater, amid the cries and moans of Pitt fans that
he was leaving a sure position for one that always does have rather a shaky
foundation. It would be interesting to know the amount of pressure put on
him by the famous 'Columbus .Monday-mornin- g quarterbacks", and whether
thev actually were the cause for his resignation because of "poor health".
Perhaps it was the atmosphere that was conducive to such physiological
difficulties.
Mermen
Oui-splash-edBy Kenyon;
Price
Sets
Back-strok-eRecord
Ihe Kenyon swimmers. takingseven out of nine first places, defeated
the Wooster Nalalors last Saturday
to the score of 15 to 3d.
Wooster was successful in placing
first in only two events, the medley
relay and the 200 yard backstroke.
In the latter event Larry Price set a
new collegiate record at the Kenyon
Pool by splashing through the 200
yard race in 2 minutes and 28t2
seconds.
In the diving event l llman ol Ken-yon plated first wilh Jim Frost of
Woosicr capably taking the second
spot. A surprise "starter" in the div-ing event was Cliff Curney who
turn-ed in a creditable performance to
cop third place.
Statistics of the meet:
50 yard free style 1st. U!Im;tn IK); 2nJ,
Saunders I.K);
,--rd, Estridgc W. Time 24.8
seconds.
1C0 yard free style 1st. S.iunders Kl: 2nd,
Mu-halsk- c IW); Jrd. Estridgc W. Time
57.7 seconds.
200 yard backstroke 1st. Price IW) ; 2nd,
Chris! IIK;
.--rd, Smith IK ). Time 2:28.5
minutes.
220 yard bteast strcke 1st. HoctTler K): 2nd. J. Ross IW'I; --rd. F. Gurney W .Time
2:51.n minutes.
2CC yard free style 1st. Eastman K); 2nd. Palmer (V); rd. Granger Ik). Time 2:32.6 minutes.
440 yard free style 1st. Eastman K); 2nd. Palmer (WI; ird. Holroyd W(. Time
5:8,S minutes.
Fancy div ng 1st, Ullman K); 2nd, Frost
(W: Jrd. C. Gurney WI.
400 yard free style relay 1st. Kenyon V.'hitmore. Roy, Saunders, Ullman); 2nd,
Woos'cr (C. Gurney, Frost, Vice, Estridgc.) Winning time 4:11.2 minutes.
3C0 yard medley relay 1st, Wooster (Price,
J. Ross, Machalske); 2nd. Kenyon (Christ,
Hoefflcr. Smith). Winning time 5:21.7
min-utes.
Final score: Kenyon 45: Wooster 50.
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Action was hot and heavy under the defensive board during the Steubcn-vill-e
game which the Scots took, 82-5-2. Shown grabbing the rebound
is
Ron Felty, with Jack Holt to his rear. In the background are Harry Weckesscr (17), and Gene Craves (19).
Quintet Overcomes Steubenville
Wilh
Terrific
Speed And
Passing
Playing their first regular game of the 1950-5-I season the Wooster cagers
relied over .Steubenville last Friday night bv a lopsided 82-5-2 margin. The
game also marked the opening of the Ohio Conference in which Wooster got away to a good start. Since the fray was held on Wooster's home court, the home fans had a chance lo witness the team in action.
The Scots started slowlv in the
first half and were leading onlv 19-1-7
in the first (piarlcr. However, in the second period they began to pick up steam and increase the lead to a
41--33
margin at halftone. The team couldn't seem lo hit ihe basket at
first but soon found the range and started to pour it on. I'aced bv Harry Weckesscr. this vear's caplain, the
Scots rcallv came alive in the second hall, scoring 38 points while holding their opponents to 19. The third (juarlcr score was also in favor of Wooster 05-4-8.
The starting line-u-p for Wooster
featured Barnard and Weckesscr at forwards. Williams at center, and Holt and bird at the guard positions,
nil Rhamey. a regular starter, was
sidelined because of an ankle injury. Weckesscr took the scoring honors for the evening by pouring in eleven
field goals and three foul shots for a
total of twenty-liv-e points. Jack Holt
scored sixteen points to become
sec-ond high scorer.
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Gaspcrinc 1 3 :" McConnell 0 I 1 Olzeski I 0 2Mose
Makes
II 300
As Scots Edge
Win
Over
Princes,
71-6-2by John Bergen
At 1illin. Ohio last Saturday night
a handful of Wooster lans witnessed basketball ictorv number 300 for Coach Mose Hole, who is starting his
twcnlv-fift- h season here. The Scots'
pressing defense and constant ball-stealin- g
was a major factor in
over-coming a thirteen point deficit late
in the first hall to win 71-fi-2 over a
good Heidelberg team.
Nine plavcrs saw action, including
five sophomores. Jim Rhamev, in his
first coll"giate game, showed little ill-cflec- ts
of his sprained ankle as h? sparked the team wilh his brilliant defensive tactics.
In the first three minutes the home team rolled up II points to a mere
two free throws for Wooster. Ihe Sc;ls pulled to within three points
(18-1")- ) by the end of the first
quar-ter. In the second period Heidelberg added three points to their slim lead, even though I'ctc Williams scored six
points in the last ninety seconds. (Continued next column)
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Contests;
Meets
Adrian Here
On
Saturday
The
Woosicr hardwood
quiruet
boarded
MoseHole's "Pride
and
Joy"early this morning
totravel lar into the state
of Michi-gan ontheir
first longroad trij) of the
season.Hope College and
Albion College
will bethe host
schools tothe varsity squad over
the
week-end- ,before the
boysreturn
toSeverance
Gymwhere
they will
meet Adrian.
I he liisl game of the trip will lake pi ce in Albion on Thursday evening with the Scots going into the fracas with an undefeated record lo defend.
On Friday night, the travelers will find iheni'clvcs in Holland. Michigan where they will complete the trip wilh a match with Hope.
The I9I9:")0 basketball team look a
similar trip last season just before the start of Christmas vacation, going into the journey wilh a record that is
similar lo ihe one which the present stpiad now boasts. The trip last year, however, also included a contest with Kalamazoo, one which the Scots wish
they hadn't had to play.
Ihe
game resulted in a --13 defeat, the firstone incurred that year.
Ihe Scots did a bit better on the following two evenings as they downed Albion and Adrian in order. Albion proved to be an easy mark, falling by a 76-.r)-( margin, but the latter was a
tough foe all the way. Adrian led in the contest until the closing minutes when the black and Gold finalIv
evened the score and went on lo win. The Albion tilt was a milestone in
Wooster basketball, however, for in it, Caplain Earl Shaw brought his
col-legiate scoring total to 1200 points in 70 contests.
I'pon their return home on
Satur-day the team will face Adrian College
on the Severance floor. This will be
the last time thai most of the local
students will see the Scots in action until January 20, for the onlv oilier home game between the two dates lies
toward the end of Christmas vacation when lew .students will be adorning
Ihe campus.
I'ele Williams led the Scot cagers wilh 23 points followed by Wcckesser wilh I(i. Palmer counted 17 lor high honors on the host team. The fine
rebound work of sophomore Ron Felly pointed out thai he may see
plenty of action this year along with Rhamey and Holt, who arc also sophomores. box Score WOOSTER G
IT
Pis. Weckesscr, I 8 0 Hi Barnard, f 2 0 4 Graves, f 1 1 3(Continued next column)
Basketball
Opens
Season
On Jan.
4
For Three
Loops
Practice for intramural basketball
will continue until Christmas vacation and play will begin Jan. 4, the day after classes resume, according to John
Swigarl. director of the intramural baskelball leagues.
Mr. Swigart has divided the
com-petition into three leagues. "Ihe Ken-arde- n
and Douglass leagues contain eight teams, which will play in two rounds.
A new twist appears in the trolley
league where 1 1 teams are now signed
up and a few more can easily enter. Comprising the league are the second teams from seven sections, the third teams from Third and Fifth, Behote-guy- ,
and Ninth. Also planned for the trolley division is the novel attraction of a team composed of Douglass counselors.
With such a large trolley league,
Mr. Swigart explains, one round will permit almost as many games as two
rounds of an eight-tea-m league.
Point-ing out the flexibility of this
arrange-ment, he stated that it is still possible
to enter more teams in this league. This year's setup will place Ninth out of the Kenarden circuit where it
was last season.
Rhamey, f 2 1 5 Shearer, f 0 1 1 Williams, c 9 5 23 Holt, g 4 4 13 Bird, g 0 0 0 Felty, g 2 2 6 Total 28 15 71 HEIDELBERG G FT Pts. Palmer, f n 7 17 Yackcy, f 6 0 12 Wimcr, f 0 1 1 I'hipps, c 6 3 15 Five, g 2 1 5 Greisinger, g 5 2 12 Total 24 14 62 University of Wisconsin
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