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THE POINTER Series III Vol. V No. 18 Stevens Point, Wis., March 5 1931 ' . Price 7 cents POINT LOSES IN FINAL CONF. TILT To Play St. Norberts In Season's Final C. S. T. C. ended th e la st con- fer ence game Friday night in a hard fought game with Stout In- sti tut e. 1 ot until th e last second of pl ay was either team confident of vi ctory. The game ended 23-20 with Stev ens Point on the shor t end . Spitmagle Stars for Stout Spitznagl e, a reserv e, replaced Cvengros during the second pe- ri od. This wa s once when the hun ch of a coach was right . H e tallied five field goals and t hr ee fr ee throws for a total of 13 points. Point Leads at Half This game was one of the most int.cres ting of the season. Both teams played a fast but cautious game. Stout s tart ed out with a fiye point lead. "Clii ef" Hansen made two field goals and two free t hrows in the first half enabling th e Pointers to close ti1e half on top, ll t o~- .. (Continued on pngc 4, col. 1) Students Enjoy · Talks On Stars - Ho gc 1 · Blackmun, of the Re- searth Staff of the Universi ty of Ohica"o, and former lectur er of the Adler Planetarium gave a se- n es of lec tur es on astronomy that prnd very informational to th e st ud ent body. Th e first l ecture was given last 1'h1w·d11y du1·ing the assembly period . The subject was "Depth of Space. " interest was added to th e topic by the use of a "reat many slides that Mr . Blackmuu showed on the screen. At 1 :15 th e same day be lectur ed on "My- thology and Astronomy " and at 8 :05 he gave a very interesting nc~ount of th e Adler Plan etarium i11 ,t.icago. In his first l ecture Mr. Black- mun stated that the recent great development of interest in ast ron- omy is du e to the production of lar ger telescopes, the entrance of new sc ient i fi c thinkers into the field, nnd the completion of the ·Ad ler . Plan etarium at Chicago. Astronomy is st ill in the tra nsi- tional stage; new discover ies con- stantly being made, a nd old theories being prov ed or discard- ed. The main topic of this ta lk wus nhout the sol ar system and it was int re tingly illu strat~d with Neale To Speak In . slid es. C ll R d u The rel atfr e uuimportance of .. 0 ege a 10 nour 11 ... earth in compari son in size Mr . 0. W. 1 ea le, Director of "·ith other plan ets was strikin gly Rur al Education at the Central brought out by a slide which State Teacher s' College, will s peak showed earth as a tiny dot beside at the regular Co llege Broadcast- l he lar ger planet s a nd the sun . ing Hour each Friday afternoon Mr. Blackmun sa id that th e from 3 to during March. His presence of some form of life is sub ject for. th e mon th will be possible on )Iars. He believes "Chara cter Education Thr ou"h that the quest ion will be answered Pi cture Study". 0 in the next twenty-five years or Th e following · program will be less. · given Friday afternoon: The immensi ty of some of the "C~aracte r Education Through stars was s trikin"I Y brou "ht out l;'1cture Study " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by comparisons to our su~. 'rh e . . . . llfr. Neale of Stevens Point . _rent distan ces ar e nnimagin abl e. Musi ca!_§_c lcctions _ Ro.lancLKo- _ . In th~ ... t~lk on_ m:yth.lll ogy 0 loca- yen, vocalist, of Wa s hington · 1s. t1ons of the various constellations land . Alex PeteTS on, Stev.ens were de ·c ribed by the use of pho- RESULTS OF HEALTH SURVEY ARE REPORTED . BY W. A. T. A. Singers Entertain THIRTY-NINE PER COO · During Assembly . SHOW PLUS REACTION Students and faculty memb ers t\11turally both st udents and in- of _Ce ntral State Teachers College structors. at Ce ntral . State will be enJ oyecl a most ente rtainin g as- k_ee~ly 11;1terestcd m the clinic sembly Wednesday morning, when fmd mgs m conn ection with · the · (he Welsh Imp erial Singers furn - health. s ur~ey ecently held under 1shed the program. the direction of the Wisconsin The Welsh Imperia l Singers Anti · 'l'ubercu l"osis A ociation. und~r the direction of R. Festy~ Unf~rtu!lately, owing to the in- Dav1es, al'e present ed by the Red- tens1~•e , nat_ur e of the survey, it path Bureau. Thi s group of sing- wa s nnpo s1ble to examine all the ers is unqu estionably one of the st udents a nd consequently th e greatest organiza tions of its kind effort wa · made to sel ect the in th e world. group on. t he g rounds of informa- These singers have b~en gen- tio_n ga ined . frol)l th e que$tion- erally acclaimed Britain's great - na1res or the tuberculin tests or es~ male ensemble, each member hoth. bemg a noted soloist. Basis of Selection In" th e selection of stud ents L ·b G "S . rrom information which they l rary ets even , themselves fu rni shed by th eir an- Hundred Sandwiches'' swers to the queries on th e Th e C. S. T. C. Library is again qu es tionnaire , the following points ab le . to announce a new li st of we re considered : Hi story of close book which have arrived from con ta.ct with tu_berculosis ; his tor y t he publishers rece ntly. Th ese of ch 1l dho_od diseases or of oth er h_oo ks which· . acco rdin g to th eir il)n.ess winch was reg~ rd ed as sus- titl es so und interesting will be pimous ; _ nml ~omplam t of symp- put 711 th e " new" book shelf be- !oms '.1·!11ch mig ht mean a chest fore they nre put back 0 11 the mfect 1on. A_ll s tud ent ·. who had a stncks. The books under their s)rong reaction to the t uberculin various classifications are as fol. tcs! w~re also given physical ex- lows: am ma hon s rega rd le s of wh ether Home Economics. or not they had been ·chosen from Patty Pan s, ", \ Cook Book for information 011 the question. nair es. Beginners" by La Gank e. · Co re was tak en to impress upon " Ilook ecl Ru "S and How to eac_ h st udc, 1t that a posit ive r e- (Continu er on "page 2, col. 2) a<=t1on fo llowing a tuberculin test (Co_ ntinu cd on pngc 2, col. 4) Plans Underway For · Oratorical Contest CALENDAR Plan s for tile State Oratorical Thursday, March 6 Contest, to be held at C. S. '!'. C. Y. W . C. A . llfarch 20th, sn· e well und er way. Friday, March 6 llfr._M.o. t t...i:e pol'.ts ... that be ides the Coufcrenc · ebat represe ntatives of the schools for Radio Hour th e var ious cont ests, th e follow- Saturday, March 7 1~g schools ~re se1;1ding delega- Basket ball game Point, pianist. (Continued on pngo 2, co l. 3) •· College News - Miss May Roach. \ · One act play "A Madison Squal'e 11---- , habian-Nigtrti'l!tlaptation--fro t10ns: Eau Claire tlurty stud ents· St; Norbert 's- here .... J L "b Milwaukee, a l~rge Men 's Gl e~ Monday, Mai:ch 9 .w.u.entura.r..i--:-u...---:-;---hC~ l fi uii bi ; e:- Os ~h ~ki1io~s ~h ~,,; t~h ~e;it~· .-'. b '.;;a:;; n ~d:.;·~ L~,~aJ...1_..:__ Home Economics Club Completes Practice . osse, a ma e quar e an 'a eilne!"d , 0. Henry. Cast: MTS. Carson Chambers,- Fllorence Shoaff, Gr and Ra- piece band. Here is a time when ]IK t A b Cl b Miss Blanche Battili of p 1 ·err e .ar gare s mun u , we can show our Alma l\fatcr to Thursda ._ __ h 12 ~- D. finishes her month's prac- the sta t e. y, .,..-c tJce at our Libra ry this -iveek and Y. W. C. A. pids, Minn. Phillips,- Earl Ka rl Koch will leave for work at the La D Loyola of Stevena Cros_se Puhl _ ic ~ib ra ry . · ance Proceeds To Friday, March 18 _ MJSs Battm 1s a gra duat e oIBlh Build Tennis Fence Dan;1 ron Co ll ege and is at present a stu- -- ,,.a:rgaYe Ashmun --- PoinJ.. Adele Reineha r t,- Mrs. Fretheim of Stevens Point. The dance afte r the game nex t Mon-'·y Mn~ch 16 dent at the Library of t he Uni - ..,. ' - versity of Wisconsin. Saturday_ will be sponsored by Rural Life t he_ Tenms C_lub. The o,..J .ect of Pr1· mary Co ·1 Ea ch ye ar the library receiv= •u unc1 t d CQ tins . dance is to raise enough Wednesday, March 18 wo stu ents from Madison during mon ey to pu t up a fence for the Sigma Zet a · the months . of February a nd tennis co urt s. . As most of the Th d h March. Mi ss Sell is to tak e charge urs ay, Marc 19 There will he no 18 . sue of ' the f th k . f h st ud ents ar e int erested in tennis y W C • o e wor or t e pr ese nt month. h ' · · · -"-· t e Tennis Club hopes that 1 ·t ,vill Frida.y ._ __ h 20 Miss Batt in 's se rvices have been ' ....,..c POINTER next week. receive the support of the s t11- State O t · I C te appreciated and the li.bl'Sry staff · ra or1ca on st ·r - -!:=============' - .Lwrn-miss-he . . · . dent .s in puttin g this proj ect Radio Hour. crosis~ . -"[-'--..::...--........ !:: ..... :::.:....:.:..: ... l::=:=:=::::::::::::=::::::::=:=:=:=:= :t -~~ NOTICE!

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THE POINTER Series III Vol. V No. 18 Stevens Point, Wis., March 5 1931 ' . Price 7 cents

POINT LOSES IN FINAL CONF. TILT

To Play St. Norberts In Season's Final

C. S. T. C. ended the last con­ference game Friday night in a hard fought game with Stout In­stitute. 1ot until the last second of play was either team confident of victory. The game ended 23-20 with Stevens Point on the short end.

Spitmagle Stars for Stout Spitznagle, a reserve, replaced

Cvengros during the second pe­riod. This was once when the hunch of a coach was right . H e tallied five fi eld goals and three free throws for a total of 13 points.

Point Leads at Half This game was one of the most

int.cresting of the season. Both teams played a fast but cautious game. Stout started out with a fiye point lead. "Cliief" Hansen made two f ield goals and two free t hrows in the first half enabling the Pointers to close ti1e half on top, ll to~- ..

(Cont inued on pngc 4, col. 1)

Students Enjoy · Talks On Stars

- Hogc1· B lackmun, of the Re­searth Staff of the University of Ohica"o, and former lecturer of the Adler Planetarium gave a se­n es of lectures on astronomy t hat prnd very informational to the student body.

The first lecture was given last 1'h1w·d11y du1·ing the assembly period . The subject was "Depth of Space. " interest was added to the topic by the use of a "reat many slides that Mr. Blackmuu showed on the screen. At 1 :15 the same day be lectured on "My­thology and Astronomy " and at 8 :05 he gave a very interesting nc~ount of the Adler Planetarium i11 ,t.icago.

In his first lecture Mr. Black­mun stated that the recent great development of interest in astron­omy is due to the production of larger telescopes, the entrance of new sc ient ific thinkers into the fi eld, nnd the completion of the ·Adler . Planetarium at Chicago. Astronomy is still in the transi­tional stage; n ew discoveries con­stantly being made, and old theor ies being proved or discard­ed. The main topic of this ta lk wus nhout the solar system and it was int re tingly illustrat~d with

Neale To Speak In . slides.

C ll R d• u The relatfre uuimportance of

.. 0 ege a 10 nour 11 ... earth in comparison in size Mr. 0. W. 1 ea le, Director of "·ith other planets was strikingly

Rural Education at the Central brought out by a slide which State Teachers' College, will speak showed earth as a tiny dot beside at the regular College Broadcast- l he larger planets and the sun. ing Hour each Friday afternoon Mr. Blackmun sa id that the from 3 to 4· during March. His presence of some form of life is subject for. the mon th will be possible on )Iars. He believes "Character Education Throu"h that the question will be answered Picture Study". 0 in the next twenty-five years or

The following · program will be less. · given Friday afternoon: The immensity of some of the " C~aracter Education Through stars was strikin"IY brou" ht out

l;'1cture Study " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by comparisons to our su~. 'rhe . . . . llfr. Neale of Stevens Point. _rent distances are nnimaginable.

Musica!_§_clcctions _ Ro.lancLKo- _ . In th~ ... t~lk on_m:yth.lllogy0 loca­yen, vocalist, of Washington ·1s. t1ons of the various constellations land. Alex PeteTSon, Stev.ens were de ·cribed by the use of pho-

RESULTS OF HEALTH SURVEY ARE REPORTED .BY W. A. T. A.

Singers Entertain THIRTY-NINE PER COO· During Assembly . SHOW PLUS REACTION

Students and faculty members t\11turally both students and in-of _Central State Teachers College structors. at Central . State will be enJoyecl a most entertaining as- k_ee~ly 11;1terestcd m the clinic sembly W ednesday morning, when fmd mgs m connection with · the · (he Welsh Imperial Singers furn- health. sur~ey 1·ecently held under 1shed the program. the direction of the Wisconsin

The W elsh Imperia l Singers Anti · 'l'ubercul"osis A ociation. und~r the direction of R. Festy~ Unf~rtu!lately , owing to the in­Dav1es, al'e presented by the Red- tens1~•e , nat_ure of the survey, it path Bureau. This group of sing- was nnpo s1ble to examine all the ers is unquestionably one of the students and consequently the greatest organiza tions of its kind effort wa · made to select the in the world. group on. t he grounds of informa-

These singers have b~en gen- tio_n ga ined . frol)l the que$tion­erally acclaimed Britain's great- na1res or the tuberculin tests or es~ male ensemble, each member hoth . bemg a noted soloist. Basis of Selection

In" the selection of students

L ·b G "S . rrom information which they l rary ets even , themselves fu rnished by their an-

Hundred Sandwiches'' swers to the queries on the The C. S. T. C. Library is again questionnaire, the following points

able . to announce a new list of were considered : History of close book which have arrived from con ta.ct with tu_berculosis ; history the publishers recently. These of ch 1ldho_od d iseases or of other h_ooks which· . according to their il)n.ess winch was reg~ rded as sus­titles sound interesting will be pimous ; _ nml ~omplamt of symp­put 711 the " new" book shelf be- !oms '.1·!11ch might mean a chest fore they nre put back 0 11 the mfect 1on. A_ll student ·.who had a stncks. The books under their s)rong reaction to the tuberculin various classifica tions a re as fol. tcs! w~re also g iven physical ex-lows: am ma hons rega rd le s of whether Home Economics. or not they had been ·chosen from

Patty Pans, ",\ Cook Book fo r information 011 the question.naires. Beginners" by La Ganke. · Co re was taken to impress upon

" Ilookecl Ru"S and How to eac_h studc, 1t that a positive r e-(Continuer on "page 2, col. 2) a<=t1on following a tuberculin test

(Co_ntinucd on pngc 2, col. 4)

Plans Underway For · Oratorical Contest CALENDAR

Plans for tile State Ora to r ical Thursday, March 6 Contest, to be held at C. S. '!'. C. Y. W . C. A . llfarch 20th, sn·e well under way. Friday, March 6 llfr._M.o.t t...i:epol'.ts ... that be ides the Coufcrenc · ebat representatives of the schools fo r Radio Hour the various contests, the follow- Saturday, March 7 1~g schools ~re se1;1ding delega- Baske t ball game Point, pianist. (Continued on pngo 2, col. 3)

•· College News - Miss May Roach . \ · One act play "A Madison Squal'e 11----,habian-Nigtrti'l!tlaptation--fro

t10ns: Eau Claire tlurty students· St; Norbert 's-here .... J L "b Milwaukee, a l~rge Men 's Gle~ Monday, Mai:ch 9

.w.u.entura.r..i--:-u...---:-;---hC~lfiuiibi ;e:-Os~ h~ki1io~s~h~,,;t~h~e;it~· .-'.b'.;;a:;;n~d:.;·~ L~,~aJ...1_..:__ Home Economics Club Completes Practice . osse, a ma e quar e an 'a eilne!"d , 0. Henry.

Cast: MTS. Carson Chambers,­

Fllorence Shoaff, Grand Ra­

piece band. H ere is a time when •]IK t A b Cl b Miss Blanche Battili of p 1·erre . a rgare s mun u , we can show our Alma l\fatcr to Thursda ._ __ h 12

~- D. finish es her month's prac- the state. y, .,..-c tJce at our Libra ry this -iveek and Y. W. C. A.

pids, Minn. Phillips,­

Earl Karl Koch

will leave for work at the La D Loyola of Stevena Cros_se Puhl_ic ~ibrary. · ance Proceeds To Friday, March 18

_ MJSs Battm 1s a graduate oIBlh Build Tennis Fence Dan;1 ron College and is at present a stu- --,,.a:rgaYe Ashmun ---PoinJ..

Adele Reinehart,­Mrs. Fretheim of Stevens Point.

The dance afte r the game next Mon-'·y Mn~ch 16 dent at the Library of the Uni- ..,. ' -versity of Wisconsin. Saturday_ wi ll be sponsored by Rural Life

t he_ Tenms C_lub. The o,..J.ect of Pr1·mary Co ·1 Each year the library rece iv= •u unc1 t d C Q tins . dance is to raise enough Wednesday, March 18

wo stu ents from Madison during money to put up a fence for the Sigma Zeta · the mont hs . of February and tennis courts. . As most of the Th d h March. Miss Sell is to take charge urs ay, Marc 19

There will he no 18. sue of 'the f th k. f h students are interested in tennis y W C • o e wor or t e present month. h ' · · · -"-· t e Tennis Club hopes that 1·t ,vill Frida.y ._ __ h 20

Miss Battin 's services have been ' ....,..c POINTER next week. receive the support of the st11- State O t · I C te appreciated and the li.bl'Sry staff · ra or1ca on st ·r - -!:============='-.Lwrn- miss-he . . · . dent.s in putting this project Radio Hour. crosis~. -"[-'--..::...--........!::.....:::.:....:.:..: ... l::=:=:=::::::::::::=::::::::=:=:=:=:=:t-~~

NOTICE!

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. ' THE POINTER

Vol. V. THE POINTER · · .. . . "No. 18 . {

PubUshcd Weeki);- at Stc '\·cns Point by tho s tudents of the Contr:11 . Wiscon sin State Teachers College. Subsc ription J>rice $2.00 per year. · • .

En tered ns sccond·elnss matte?' 'Moy 26, 1927, at thr post offiee at Steven.a Poin t , Wisconsin, Ul!dcr the Act of )lnrch 3, 1~79.

THE STAFF Editor .... . .... .. .. . ....• .. .. . . . . .. . .. . ..... .. .. . • . .. . .. .. . 'rh{'o. \V . Rozelle Nows Editor .. .... .. . . ... •.. .. . • ..•. .... ... . .. .. . ... . . .... Dorothy Johnson Women 's Athle tics . ... . . ..... . . 4 •• ••••• ••••• ••• • ••• •• ••• •• •• Esther .Hcnykc:t Busiuqss .Ma nager .. .. . ..... . .. . . . ... : .. .. .... .... ... ... .. . ... .. .. Cedric Vig Proof Renders .. .. . . .. . . .. .... . • . . . . ..... .. .. Natalie Gorski, Dordthy McLain Reporters ...... .. .. . . . . ... ... Greta Tetzlcr, Alta Stauffer, Frances Van Hecke Circuln t ion ..... . . . .... . .. . . . . . . . . :. . . ... ...... .. ..... . .... Earl Upthngrovc ~s!r't Ci reul:ition Mgr . .. .. . .. ! . ... . ... .... .. . . . .. . ..... . ..... Frank Toszk:i Typists .. . . ... .... .. . .. .. . • . . ••. . . .. • .. •..... Este lle Buhl 1 Frances Johnson

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;1r;. ~;drt _.·_.·_. ·_.·_.·_.·_.·_.·_.·_.·_.·_.·_.·_.-_.·_. ·_.·_.·_.·_.-_ .. _.·_.·_.·_.·_.·_.·_.·_.·_.·_.·_ .. _ .... ·;·.-·_.·_.·_.·_.·_.·_.·_.·_.· .. .. ~·:~~~itt J:~; F'c:t lr rC Ecl i tor . . ... ... . .... . .. .. ... . . .. . ...... ... . .. ... Fredrick Cochrane

THE CONFERENCE RESULTS

T,. HI:: last con fe rence game l111 s been played , aJ1Cl teYens Poi11t .. 1·a tes s ixth from the t.op in th e final unrages. Had we been ~rumpled on at will by. every team on the lis t we might be ashamed of Qlll' r ecord, but, on the contrary, we do not feel that way. Practically r,YPr~· g-ame this year wa fa. t and hanl fought, the result hanging in the h11 la 11 re until the last fe w seconds of play. · ., ln spi te or p ersis tent losses, our team played as steadily as ever, \h , student body backing the tea m very creditably. . People ure ah,·ays morn sati sfi ed with a close game than a slow,

1;,1~il~· wo11 g11 111 c e,·en ii their team is the lo e r. Thi is the way we f,·e l 11bout our tea m and it,s record. It has <>iven u. some nughty good )!n mes to see and, though we did come out at the mall end of th e horn i11 mos t of them, we are ·atis fi ccl that our team fought hard uncl that the oppos it ion won generally on the " br ak " of a fast g:unw.

With the showing that K otal has made so far as a coa ch we may \\loo k fnnr nrcl to 11 cxt ycRL" as one o:f many victories for Central ~t11t e. ·

THE VALUE OF A SMILE

H. .\ , · 1-; yon hea rd.! o[ t he 11.('W diseasd the disease which is running rampart over the college campus, Only this new disease i one

to which people wan t to be exposed and take every precaution to h1·c11k dow11 their resis tance and become a proficient carrier of what, of II sm ile. r\ srti il e is th e symptom of' a su11ny disposition - of Ml op timist - ancl cannot really be hldden. Yon want to be exposed r.n,.y whc re ~·o n l!O, in the hall, in th e library, on the street, as you me,·t your fri ends. Jus t a fri endly greeting and a little genuine mile 1m1y ,·ause yon to stra ighten your houldcr~. lift up your chin, face 1 hr wo rld . 11nd pas.- on th e smile to ·omeone else. It exercises more IJl Use les to ·frown than to smile. Why over-work your:elf1

.\ smil e is indeed contagion , aud is som ething you can give, re­ccin• and reta in a ll at· the same time. Are you a proficient carrier of this ·hee ,·y littl e di ea.- ? H . E .

Wie Geht's

Stout 23 - Point 20 Point outpointed.

Chvala showed how to dt·ibble while lying on the floor; it's quite a· t1·ick. · ·

I s "Cluef" Hansen igned up for next year Y If so " write your own ticket '·. {Excuse it please, Roundy).

Stout is till slamming our ' ' ctacker-box " . I guess we can't do anything about it.

Brook 's dad said that- nothing could be worse than bei11g old and bent, but the son -till thinks it worse to be young ancl broke. ' ' Af. ter all " , he . confides, "a bachelor is just a guy who didn 't have n car when he was 'young." (It cloesn 't eem to bother him though.)

At the Game Kotal 's nervousness, Mott's grim look, Rightsell 's wntchfulues·. We read 'em like a book. Miss Jones' fury, Mis Roach 's scream, Mr. Hyer drops his dignity, "Come on, Team l" (not to, mention Mr. Thompson's

chatter for "My ·boy, Art ") .

'l'h Stout fe llows got a bi·eak in the" dumb-hell " dance after the game.

At the Wedding - " If any man knows any rea­

son this man should not marr~· this Indy, let him speak now or forever hold his peace."

(Voice from the rear ) '"!'hat's no lady, that 's my wife."

RESULTS.OF·HEALTH SURVEY ARE REPORTED BY W. A. T. A.

' (C~nt}nued froDt page 1, col. 4.) •

,lo,•s not nctcssAJ"ily mean that the JWJ'$OII actually hn tuberculosis ns 1111 ll (' tiYc clisPase or is in imme­dintc clan)!<'r of h,wing it . lt doe mcun. ·howc,·e1·. that there either is or hns bec11 tube1·culosis infec­tion i11 the bocly and is an indica­tion thnt special cnre should be taken. to build up and to mnintn·in 11 rc;;i lanre to the disease.

Over 39 per rent of the 395 stn­cle11ts who were given the tuber­c11li11 test. had positiYe reactions. the pcrce11tag-e of reactions run­ning higher among the boys than among the g irls. 0[ the 13 boys tested, 72, or 52.2 per cent were rea :tors ; of the 257 "'irl te tecl. 83, or 32.2 per cent. Better than one hair or the rN1ctors were in tlw g-ronp.- ha,·i11g a reaction of two plus 01· higher, -i6 of the 83 µ- iri s 1111(1 37 of the 72 boys.

or th ,• 395 .- tucle11t. who wei·c g-iven tuberculin tests, 14.2 were !!ivcn ph.vsical exnmination.-, this 1111 mher i11 clucli111? the 83 s tudents who had . t1·011g tube1·culiu re-11 ctio11s. I f th!' ph~·s ical cxaminn­tio11 1·evP11lcd · indicatio11s of pul-111 011111·r i11 fc ·lion. it was followed hv 1111 · x-rnv examination . The1·e " :ere fort_,: o·ne student. x-rayed 1111d e,·idenccs of i11 fec tio11 found 011 th t• x-1·ny f ilms of. t\\·cnty six.

(JI' the 1+2 . Indents examined .i6 we,·,• found to be in apparently 11 ormal hea l.th . f;ig-ht.,· were 1·e­fo rred to their family physiciru,s fo1· t, ·catment or furth er medical obsNrntion 1111d ca,·e. Sanato­rium care was recommended for two students. one an actiYe case or tuhcrculosi 811 l one a pre­sumptiv(' .case in which the clinic findin ::rs. symptom. . and x-ray poi11t<·d st.rong-1.v to the presence of act i,·c tuberculosis but in which a definite diag'nosis of act­ive tuberculosis could not be made.

LIBRARY GETS "SEVEN HUNDRED SANDWICHES"

Scientists have recently dis- · In addition to the two students covered that D iogenes was a rerommcnded for sanatorium care , Scotchman tr.ving to bum a ciga- twent_,· five others wer placed in

Flist.ori ·al Fiction: rette. the tuberculos is cass ification. Of C:roup of four books by Henryk -Pc11n Punch Bowl. this number twenty were cases of

' icnkicwicz (au Historical healed lesions. showing' that the (Continued from page 1, col. 3) novel o[ Poland. weden and And if nil the bright s tudents putient had had tuberculosis at :llnkc Them " by Anna Ph.ii- Russia ); " Quo· Vadjs" (a were stretched end to end, the som e time during childhood, pos-lip "f narrative of the time of Ne:'> rest of ·us wouldn't have worry. s ihly without being aware of be- ,

" Seven Hundred Sandwiches" ro) . " Pan i\Iichael" (an hls- inl! ill. and that the disease had - Florence Cowles (This torical novel of Poland, ·Auf Wiedersehen been overcome. There were frve book should be useful since Ukrninc and Turkey.) suspicions r•ascs of tuberculosis, :30,000,000 sandwiches are b h STUDENTS ENJOY cases i11 which there ·were some ;,nten in the U. S. every day. ) Auto iograp y: si g-ns of the p1·csence <:>f the dis-

eligi.on · "Mahatma Gandhi, His Own TALKS ON STARS ease and w-hi ch should be under -----•• ::::--:-::-:--::--c::----+--;Stor-y '' od'~ted-by-Andre.,v.- -1---,~1>tinued-trom.-pag<l-l.,-eoL2)-- ca ref.u I i>ser-va tio . . ~hi-1 si,x-

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Had Only One Sermon to F"ict,·on .. to.,"'raphs, and m?ths concerning of th e s tudents examined bad had !'reach " - American Series (Harpers) by ministers and "On Forsyte 's Change" ~ them were told . close contact with tuberculosis. teachers in theological semi- John Galsworthy. The description of the Planeta- In addition to the cases in the

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naries. '' Beyond'' by Ripley is an an­

thology of immortality. " " ' ho l\[ovecl the Stone" by

Morison. Biography :

" Lcpna,-da , The Florentine" -Taylor.

" L eigh Hunt and His Circle" ---:=-".._...mfil!_d Blunder the book

jg illus tratedl)ymany fine -e ngravings.)

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American by Lewis Einstein.

" Bridal Pond" - Zona Gale. rium was very interesting. A tuberculosis classification, there • journey through the building was were seven cases of pulmonary in-

" Angel Pavement" - Briest-· described, the final step being an fection. ine students bad or-ley (flavor of Dickens.) observation and lecture of the gani , heart disease. Other find-

"The Deepening Stream" heavens by means of the intricate ings included: Dorothy Canfield. · machines which can be set to illus-

trate the heavens for any date or Decayed or neglected teeth · · .15 Poetry: any latitude. This machine can Pyorrhea · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 4

"A Magic \Vorld" - an an- show positions of stnra, sun and Infected tonsil s . .. . ... . ...... 37 thology of poetry by Gordon moon for a whole year in about No e and throat diseases ..... 7 and King. seven minutes, although the stars Simple goiter · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · .25

'"S-ome- :t.fodern- Poets.!..' fairly whirl overhead at that rate. Suspicious toxic goiter · · · · · · · 2 Edward Davison. All in a.11, these talks were in- Acute bronchitis ....... . ..... 6

" The Wanderer of Liverpool" teresting and it is hoped that Asthma · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1 b ;l'ohn-Masefield,the-Poet - mor may-b haCH>n-tliiil-l!nb-jeo Anemia · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·: 1

· Laureate of England. at some later elate. (Continued on page 4, col. 1)°

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THE POINTER

~ NELSON HALL NOTES ~ II ~ English Fraternity ~ ' W. ·A. A. II Holds Meeting

k===========el! Sigma Tau Delta met last nigh t. 'LO Folks: Glad to be with yon again. How

did you like the big snowfall over the week encl 1 I noticed quite a few of you went back to your fur coa t again. The weatherman pre­dicts mo-re of this kind of weather, . o sa ,·e the moth balls for the fu-tnre. ..

1 ·"e just finished listen ing and look in' in at the keyholes and have oodles of news. Want to hear it1 Tierc is a story that reads some­thing like a novel.

:\Iiss . Ruth Warren of ·Oshkosl, , fo r111c1·ly of Neillsville, graduate of the three year . high school conr e, vi itecl some of her· old old friends in Nelsoi1 Hall atur­rln~·. Miss Warren is looking fo1·­ward to becoming an art teacher and to taking the preparatiou which will fit her for the same. She ,-how;; he,- wi dom in earning be­forr he a Item pts to go back to ·chool.

P erhap . ome of th readers of the Poin ter will remember the let­ter written by Miss .Wal'l'en when she was tea.ching in a ri1ral . c.bool out in wild and woolly ::lfontana.

",Are you going out fo11 Volley Due to the production of a "Tail­ball tonight?" "Sure, wouldn't or-Made Man" on the la t meeting miss that or any lhing t Shall I night the entiTe program was in stop for you'" '~ don't know charge of )Jotb Miss Hanna and whether I'll go or not. Do you sup- Miss Davis. Miss Hanna spoke on pose there'll be anyone thet·e !" " Nature Portrayal in the Poetry '' Be anyone there t I ' IL say there of Shelley and Keats''. Miss Davis will. If you don't want to miss gave a talk on "Etchings", illus­sometbing, you had better come. trations of which were examined We had more fun la t year and the by the members of the organiza­best tournament t Yes, you bad tion. On the same pTogrtm ap­better be out. Remember perfect peared Mona Aanrud, givin g attendance counts 10 points too." "Ann Brad treet, America 's First "'\\ ell, maybe I will come. What Literary Woman". time are. you going? " "Foul' o'clock sharp. I don't want to miss any of that hour 's practice. I'll call for you at four, and you be ready." ' '0. I{."

Yes, girls, Volley ball 1·ea lly l)as started in earnest. Be down to get practice now, o that you will be ready for the tou rnament. This mean beginners too. Just ask any olcl girl if she dicln 't enjoy Volle~· ball last yea,· t Be_ out tonight at four for a good hour's pra tice.

'l'oo bad last week's storm was o "thin " we couldn't use the to­

boggan at least once thjs yeat·.

New Restroom For Faculty Women

'l'hc faculty women of C. S. 'r. C. now have a cozy restroom. It is on the first floor just next to the gym balcony. A cloak room which w~s formerly used by the p1·imary children when the trainjng de­partment was in thi building, hns been remodeled and now contains two cots and a chaise lounge where anyone desiring complete quiet may rest.

The other room which was the regular rest room now has two new overstuffed chairs a new ru n­and new curtains to 1~ake it look homelike.

3

College Debaters . Have Busy Week

Our debaters a1·e soon to begin - or finjsh- the '30-'31 season. Right up until the very last they have been· carrying out their in­tensive program. On l'IIaTch first the C. S. T. C. Affirmative de-. bated the Lawrence Negative at New London. On Monday our Af­firmat ive traveled to Madison to meet . a University of Wisconsin Negative Team.

The Central State Negative a­gain debated LaWTence Affirma­tive, thi · time at Lawrence.

For today our debaters have a re t. Tomorrow at ,I P. M. the Central State Affirmative will meet Platteville 's Negative befo1·e the student body of C. S. T. C. At the same time our egative will be traveling to Whitewater to debate their Affirmative on the same evening.

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)[i s Regina !'.lroth, who grad­nated from the twii year interme­diate · couTse, " bunked" with ''(-:en" Pulda for the week encl . , he i ·now teaching at Kiel. Regi­na hrought news of Mis Helen Tisserand, and Miss, Margaret Tfrrman . 'rite latter is a graduate c>f th e Home Economics Depart­ment.

On Mo11day, M,-. and Mr . L. G. )fill er of Westfield ca me after El ­da 's trunk. Elda i · keeping hon e for her brother while he attempts to study the fetcs of a \'ia tion at

Last night 's meeting was de­voted to the scrap-book. We really plan to leave somethin" 'for the girL5 in ,the future so th'at t hey will know we wet·e here, and last nin-ht has given yon an idea of what it' to be. Of conr e, that isn't nil, merely one of the things we 111·e doing. A committee has been appointed to be responsible for the scrap-book . . Adeline Bell­man a chairman, Kathryn Slowey, and Patricia Cowau. This does not mean, how·e\'er, that these gi rls are making the scrap-book.

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S. 'I'. C. met at the Fir t E1wlish 414 Main St. · Ph<>ne 95

l~11th t>1·a n church last Tlnu· 0

day. ~iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil 1- eb. 26 and formed a Lutheran

/ a school in Florida. )'liss ,Janice Bounsall enter­

tained he,· mother. Mrs. Alice Rnunsall of Nekoo·sa. over the week end.

)frs. D. A. Working of Weyer­hanser visited her daughter Lulu this week encl . .

)fiss Carolyn Hanson ha moved from Nelson Hall to the home of .Mrs. 0 . M. Kellev. 311 North Tili-nois Avenue. ·

We shall be sorry to lose Miss Blanche Battin, practice librarian

Ruth Lippke. chairman, Stella Bnhl and Alta Stauffer are draw­ing up a Code of Ethics fo r the girl ' rest room.

The W. A. A. girls plan to en­tertain the f,nculty women and wives in the near future. Blanche Tyler, Margaret Marte!ls and Thurza Iverson are' planning the affair, and wil; welcome a,1y go()cf ideas OT inspirations

Don't fo rget Volley b~ll prac­tice tonight.

of the State Univers ity Library Miss c1,·r'f Sp' eaks School , but we will be happy to T ,

welcome the new student librnTian To Rural Life Club

Stndents As ociation. Snch an associ11tion may be found in near-1.,· all largc•1· college · or uuiver i-t i,• ·. '!'he meetings are to be held at 7 :30 on the fou1·th Thursday in e,· ,·r.,· month and are to alternate bel\\'l'en the Fi rst English Lu­theran of which Re,·. Hesla is pa­stor. and ·t. Paul 's German Lu­th e1·a 11 of 11'11ich Re,·. Hucltloff is pastor.

Offict>rs of the organization are as follows:

Pre igent, Laurin Gordon. Vice Pre. idents, .A llen Hodell

,ind Kenneth Brock. ec reta ry. Ruth Lippke.

Trea~urer, Ludmilla Sousek.

who will spend t he month with us. · .R · l . ,r· M'ld cl L d f . nru Life lub met l\Ionday """"'~M•fflfflml•lfilGJI®ljffl>~ ---~. : 1ss ~ re ons or _enter- evening, March econd, Pres ident THE PLACE TO SHOP! I

mrred ~ss- M-areella- Ma-gm t ·EldoTe · ergsba·lfe · r u .1

A.thens th is week end. 'l'he program was as'ron~~~'.( rn-g- i .;E-XfON-;f)fM6£-N-DR-UG-G0;-11fiss Marie Raclosovich was g led by Alex 27 Steps From_ The Post Oflice

called home · on account of illness ommunity singin of her sister and mother in <heen Peterson, with Del Kjer at the "'l"l'illDllffilltl!flNIIHtfflfflffllllllllll~ Bay. · piano.

Miss Frances Korbal -was ab- A Humorous Reading sent from classes on Monday to Mildred Mack attend the funeral of her uncle Solo _ Roland Koyen in Beloit.

Miss Bessie Dewar returned from her home whCTe she attended the Euneral of her maternal grand­mother at Westfield.

'l'he speaker of the evening was Miss Minnie Cliff of Plover, a missionary t~acher who spent five yea rs in Singapore. Miss Cliff told how Singapore came ·into prominence, and of the life· of the people, stressing education in the English school of the island which

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POINT . LOSES IN FiNAL CONF. TILT

(Continued from page 1, col 1) The second half, Spitznagle

came into the lime-light with four sucker shot almost in a row, ires fore the Pointers could alter the clrfem,e to stop him:

Arter tout was ahead 18 to 13 the Pointers came back with· tal­lies by Neuberger, Chvala, Andre, and Thomp on, until the score was 19 to 17 in Stout's favor. Schroeder made one free throw, which made the score 19· to 18. ChYala was fouled and was given two free shots which were missed. Stout added a final goal that made its victory three points in­stead of one.

The game was played before a small crowd, but a good number from Stout came along with the team.

This week the Pointers will play the last game with St. Nor­berts: The B team will play the preliminary with ,Yisconsin Ra­pids.

RF.SU TS OF HEALTH SURVEY ARE REPORTED BY W. A. T. A.

THE POINTER

. NELSON. HALL NOTES (Continued from page 3, col. 1)

A rea l party was held at which chocolate cake and ice cream were served. · ,v ord bas been received that Miss Ruth Rosnlock will return as soon as her health permits.

Miss Agues Rindal 1·eturned 'fuesday after a two-weeks' ·rest. Welcome back, Agnes I

Five dollars have been added to the Tadio fund by corridor six.

The members of Nelson Hall are thankful for your appetites after assembly! Keep them up.

Miss Helen Hammes has been taking the rest cure for the last two or thTee days. The rest was necessitated by a cold.

Miss Mary Raven celebrated her birthday by entertaining her friends at a special table Tuesday evening. A beautiful pink bouquet of cut flowers fOTmed the center piece together with pink streamer., crossing the table diagnally. Nut­cups completed the decorations. The guests were : Lucille Johnson, Helen Hoffland, Hilda Lukas, Ethel Caskey, Ethel and Myrtle Wicke, Ruth Meifert, Eilleen TJeahy, Ann .WoTlund, Florence

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Twenty three of the students examined had never been vac­cinated against small pox.

The sut·vey was the first of its kind and extent ever conducted by W. A. T. A. in a state teachers college. In view of · its signif­icance and with a view to getting the maximum benefit from the survey, THE POINTER has made arrangements with the W . A. T. A. for a series of articles during which some of the questions asked by students in . filling out the questionnaire will be answered.

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Second Stude - "I'm pTetty far gone myself, but I 'II lie down with you.''

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