Bethany College - Bethanian Yearbook (Bethany, WV)

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NOVEMBER. 1940 Fur on the Face A. Beard Takes a Tweak at Mustaches Adds Oomph to osculation Sleek old Tom twiddled the glossy black hairs about his mouth to a sharp point and idled up to the she cat. With a moist, loving glow in his eyes he gently, hesitantly, made advances with his soft pink tongue. It touch- ed her warm damp nose, her soft, furry ears — Spat! (A scratch.) Me-owww-- Damn your whiskers, Tom. I ' m ticklish. Tom learned the hard way. They call him Scarface now. Those strands of hair on upper lips have caused many unhappy moments, even in hu- man lives. Do you know why we were never married? she prattled. It was his fault. He always got chewing gum stuck on his mustache. One day my transformation stuck to some gum. Then he knew I was bald. I ' ll die an old maid. If I only had had hair on my head and he had none on his upper lip. I have heard many descriptive names for whiskers in general and to be a little more specific, mustaches. They have been called misplaced eyebrows, pump-handles, soup- strainers, tooth-brushes and everything else. I ' ll concede that a mustache may resemble anything. That gives me the privilege to say it looks like a horse ' s tail (the brushy part). The man that wears one therefore appears horsey. This does not mean he goes in for polo, either. (That last crack was to keep you on the tail or trail.) Why do you have a mustache? is a question I have asked scores of men. The slick college sport with a waxed upper lip told me it added oomph to his osculation. Hmmm- maybe. But who likes a mouthful of wax? asks the coed. Siil ' cs food from contamination Fills in space- A prof with no lantern jaw remarked that a mustache filled in the space under his nose a little bit. He needs it. It cuts down the amount of wide open space in the mouth. The negro cook at a fraternity house has sinus trouble and hates handkerchiefs. He says, Boss, dat fuzz sho has saved manya ' deesh from contamination. He may be right, but at this point I can hear a loud scream for the sanitary commission. One student who eats at the Eta Iota Lambda fraternity and is consequently undernourished, chews his mus- tache for calories. I have been considering sending him some old socks to make a stew, though this would be pulling the wool over his teeth, something I don ' t approve of. Mustaches aren ' t the least bit new. So the novelty of them can ' t be the attraction. You can change each to match your attire as you can a tie. They make a young person old, an old person decrepit — and a corpse a holy sight. Have they any material value? No. They are not large enough to stuff a mattress. They -HI) can ' t be sold for junk. Then what Can be chcucJ for nourishment • i i i i in — o h w e I 1 ! What ' s the use? You tell me. Have they artistic value? A lady on a bill- board seems to need something. What is it? More sex appeal? Perhaps she needs a frilly collar on her dress. Or maybe a rose in her hair. No, that ' s not it. Step back a few steps. Ah — add a mustache. Something was lacking, but now — . That ' s the answer to my queries. Put a mustache where something is lacking. Now maybe we know why some men wear mustaches. PAGE THREE

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VOVEMUER, 1940 One Minute Jlectute (?outie A liaprr should be like a woman ' s dress, loit) enough to cover the siib- jicf, and short enough to be inter- estiir . Professor Green quoting an- other professor in reply to a stud- ent ' s question, How Icng a paper do vou want? By the time yon are finished with this course, the nalmna! debt will hciie reached 70 billion. It is 45 billion now. Professor Cro- baugh, lecturing to class on Princi- ples of Economics which will end next May. 7 uere she. I wonld be afraid the catch iconldn ' t uur ;. Dorothy Reynolds, commenting on a fellow who put his pin out for the third time. Thanks; rinii needs to be re- cired, not by an act of Con ress, but by a recital of spirit in all of us. Reverend Stevenson, speaking in chapel day before Thanksgiving. Literature is not escajie. It is life. Rabbi George B. Lieberman, Eoff Street Temple, Wheeling, dur- ing an excellent chapel talk Novem- ber 6. It is a characteristic of the era of science that a skel ticisni skefitica! of ecerythini but its own skeptic- ism niccs uay before the dominant mode of tLwunItt of the time. Dr. Roscoe Pound, Harvard, speaking on presentation of Phi Beta Kappa charter to Northern W. Va. Alumni Association. Watch Your Minutes Expert Watch and Clock Repairing. Will call for and deliver PHILIP R. BAUM Phone Bethany 2031 after (;:00 P. M. THIS MONTH ' S PICTURES THIS MONTH ' S COVER On the cover this month we have a picture which suggests the parallel between the present state of affairs in Europe and a game of chess. Cer- t. ' in subtleties will be apparent to the chess player, wh ' ch may be over- looked by the uninitiated. Credit for the cover picture is divided as follows: Idea, John Topping Chessmen, Pete Johnson Map, Bill Rutter Dave Huntsberger made the photograph. Page five: All photos by Stanley Brown. Page ten: All photos by Dewey Varndell, Jr., Uniontown, Pa. Page seven: Delivan Barnhart Page eight: John Costanza Page twelve: Dave Huntsberger. Page eleven: Stanle)- Brcwn Page thirteen: Irv Shlansky Page fourteen: All photos bv Irv Shlansky Page eighteen: Cartoon by Mary Lou Sessler. After all is said, tin- individual is tl e real bastian a ' ainst any or- ; anization whose purpose is to sup- press the individual. Charles Mc- Camic, president cf Northern W. Va. Alumni Associatoin of Phi Beta Kappa chapter, in charter accept- ance speech in Commencement Hall. A man unwilling to train him- self for a job does not deserve to Ikiie one. Joseph Guin, chapel speaker for National Forum organi- zation, reminding Bethanians how great the United States is. Content 5 One Minute Lecture Course 2 This Month ' s Pictures 2 Fur on the Face 3 History Tells Us 4 Sadie Hawkms Day 5 Blackout 6 News Perspective Bethany is Primarily . . . 7 Athletic Fronts 8 Theatre 10 Music 11 Science 12 Campus Visitor . 13 Opinion on the Campus 14 Features Interesting Bethanian 11 Dusting Bethany ' s Files 16 Editor ' s Letters 18 Poetry Ameboid Motion 13 Conversation 17 Metal Crossroads 1 8 Cartoon 18 Editorial 19 EDITOR: John Costanza ' 42 BUSINESS MANAGER: Wayne Burdue ' 41 EDITORIAL BOARD: Bert Decker ' 41, William Rutter ' 41, Myfan- wv Strain ' 41 CONTRIBUTORS: Lewis Deer ' 43, Marjorie Finney ' 42, Sanford Steinman ' 43, John Topping ' 42, Phyllis Hcndrickscn ' 44, Irene Jasscn ' 44, Bernice Monczynski ' 44, Arthur Beard ' 44, William Young ' 44 BUSINESS ASSISTANTS: George Sitock ' 43, Jack Baumgartner ' 44 Evelyn Baxter ' 43, Marjorie Hunter ' 44 Bfll)inii ii. a niag.i inc of tc.iturcs .ind photugraph . pub- lished each month from October through M.iy by the Student Board of Publications of Bethany College Entered a ; second class matter on January 14. 1920. at the Post Office at Betliany. W- Va-. under the Act of March I. 1879. Subscription price: Four dollars the year- Volume XXXII. Number 2. PAGE T O

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NOVEMBER. 1940 HISTORY TELLS US A HISTORY MAJOR CHRONICLES AN EXPANSION TO SOCIALISM By Bert Decker No form of government has been static. Even if legislative bodies do fail to pass new- laws for any length of time, the interpreta- tions of existing laws usually change over a period of years. The development of man- kind, industrially, agriculturally, commer- cially, economically, has been followed by a corresponding development in the legal regu- lations of man in those fields. History reveals that we have tried many kinds of social con- trol from tribal communism to the forms of government today. Government has grown better. Tribal dic- tators maintained their authority by sheer physical prowess; present dictators are forced to convince with ideas and ideals as well as force. Present day democracies are more de- mocratic than Athenian democracy. Athens was really one-third slaves, one-third foreign residents without a vote, while the Athenian vote was controlled to some extent by rich, influential cliques. One reason for better gov- ernments is the spread of authority — the placing of sovereign power in the hands of a bigger percentage of the people. The abolition of slavery, the Magna Carta, nineteenth cen- tury industrial liberalism, woman suffrage — are all indications of that spread. Reason has ruled. This despite the fact psychologists have tried to tell us mind has become a mere survival product enabling men to obtain desired ends. They say our sub- conscious mind supplies us with good reasons for doing that which we desire, and that we rationalize bad desires. But we still have the ability to recognize these rationalizations, to distinguish fact from illusion, to reason to a happy and secure life, and to prefer the values that exalt the rational and humane qualities of man. Man with his lusts, his brutalities, his craving for power, has remained man. But his laws, his conventions for controlling those PAGE FOUR desires, his governments, grow continually better. Another changing force in history is the spread of loyalties. The Greek was loyal to his small city-state, rarely to Greece as a nation. The vassal pledged himself to his lord before his king. Many of our American revolution- ists believed in states rights as stronger than federal sovereignty. Now we have a stronger feeling of loyalty to our nation than we do to our city or our state. Still another expansion is the growth of ed- ucation. While only the feudal lord and clergy had enough leisure to educate himself, the development of industry and commerce gave the newly rich middle class leisure and wealth to edify itself and its children. Time saving machines have brought high standards of liv- ing to the masses. With education comes a broader realization of the rule of reason. More men realize that individual behavior is the de- terminant of the resulting society. More citi- zens are determined to aid themselves by bet- tering society. We are still expanding. Can we logically deny that we are not? Can we fail to see the continuous spread of authority, the influence of the working masses, the power of the labor unions throughout the world in their respec- tive governments? Can we fail to see that the labor laws passed by the United States gov- ernment are but one more step in the spread of authority? Can we not see how the consum- er ' s unions are themselves whittling a big stick to exert pressure on the lawmakers? Was there ever so great a trend towards inter- nationalism, the last step in the spread of loy- alties before interplanet transportation? It is obvious that we are slowly but surely evolv- ing to a new social order, to some form of in- ternational socialism.