Inkwell 1940 September 27

The Inkwell

Volume VI

ARMSTRONG JUNIOR COLLEGE, SAVANNAH, GA., FRIDAY, SEPT. 27, 1940

Dr. McKissick
Is Opening
Day Speaker

Robert McCuen Greets the
Student Body

Armstrong's sixth academic year
was formally opened at an assembly
of the student body Monday, Sep-
tember 16, when Dr. James R. Mc-
Kissick, president of the Universi-
ty of South Carolina, delivered the
main address.

President E. A. Lowe, Arm-
strong's president conducted the
exercises, and Dean J. Thomas As-
kew introduced Dr. McKissick.
Pronouncing the invocation and
benediction was Rabbi George Solo
mon of the Mickve Israel Temple.
Ann Wilson provided a musical in-
terlude at the piano.

Dr. McKissick urged the col
legians to seek happiness in reading
books during college years as well
as in later life. He stressed the
fact that we are very fortunate in
having freedom of education in this
country, and he declared that edu-
cation is the very life blood of
democracy.

Number 1

FIRST TEA DANCE

A BIG SUCCESS

The first tea dance of the Fall
quarter was held Tuesday after-
noon. September 17 in the College
Auditorium. This dance, given in
honor of the freshman class, was
one of the most successful in the
history of the college.

Upwards of 150 students turned
out for the occasion, and, in ac-
cordance with the plan for this
year, refreshments were served by
the Home Economics Club. Each
person attending the dance display-
ed a small tag with his name writ-
ten on it in order that the students
might learn each other's names
more easily.

Several members of the faculty
commented very favorably on the
success of the dance.

Kestler To Be
New Publications
Advisor

New English Teacher is From
University of N. C.

Mr. Charles Kestler, new instruc
tor in English and Humanities,
will act in the capacity of faculty
advisor for the Inkwell and Gee-
chee, a position left vacant by the
absence of Prof. A. M. Gignilliat.

Mr. Kestler comes to Armstrong
from the University of North Caro
iina, where he acted as part time
instructor in English while working
on his Ph.D. He received his A. B.
degree from the University of
North Carolina in 1932, and his
M. A. in English from the graduate
school of the University. He taught
for the first time at Charles L.
Coon High School in Wilson, N. C,
and later at the Senior High School
in Greensboro. From 1937 to 1938
he taught at Georgia Teachers'
College.

When questioned about plans for
his English courses, Mr. Kestler
said that he and President Lowe
were considering forming a writing
laboratory in one of the rooms of
the Lane Building for students who
desire more work in English than
the College normally offers.

Faculty Engage In Various Pursuits
During The Summer

By JEANNE PATTERSON

The summer vacation saw the members of Armstrong's excellent
faculty in many sections of the United States engaged in various
pursuits, educational and otherwise.

President E. A. Lowe, except for several week-ends with his fam-
ily at their summer home near Milledgeville, spent most of the sum-
m ^r in Savannah at the college. However, he did make a trip to
Washington, D. C, for the purpose of interviewing two prospective
members of the faculty, Miss Betty Bain and Dr. Ben Thomas Painter.
He returned by way of Knoxville and the Smoky Mountains.

Duties connected with the college also claimed a large part of
Dean J. Thomas Askew's holiday, and he, too, remained in Savannah
during most of the summer vacation, making brief trips to Colum-
ns and Gainesville.

Dr. John P. Dyer attended a conference on student guidance at
tn e University of Chicago and later returned to Georgia to teach
during the second summer school session at G. S. C. W. in Milledgeville.
He made a short trip to Baton Rouge for a conference concerning
"is book which is to be published soon.

Also in Chicago was Miss Nelta Beckett who attended a six weeks'
session at what she describes as a "very interesting and unique col-
lege." Xhe school is Gregg College, headquarters for Gregg short-
hand, of which the inventor of the shorthand system is president.

(Continued on page three)

Miss Bain Pleased
By Cordial
Reception

New Home Economics Teacher
Is From Washington

Miss Betty Bain, attractive new
teacher of Home Economics, has
expressed a very favorable opin-
ion of Armstrong. Miss Bain, Who
comes from Washington, D. C,
was especially flattered by the re
ception accorded her by the stu-
dents. Unfortunately she has been
so busy in school that she has not
had much time to see Savannah.

Miss Bain received her Bachelor
of Science degree at the University
of Maryland, from which she grad-
uated with honors, and her Master's
degree at Cornell University. While
n college she was a member of the
debating team, the Y. W. C. A
Omicron Nu, an honorary home
economics organization, and Pi
Lambda Theta. Her social sorority
was Tri Delta. She received her
secondary education at Central
High School in Washington where
she completed her work with high
honors.

Miss Bain has never taught be-
fore, but she spent the summer of
1939 doing dietetics work at Shep-
perd Pratt Hospital in Tomson
Maryland. She expects to make
some very definite changes in the
Sociology course at Armstrong
which, she hopes, will make it more
interesting to the students. She
welcomes all suggestions that the
students might wish to make.

Armstrong
Building Impresses
Painter

Biology Professor Plans Field
Trips For Classes

Theatre Board
Holds Annual
Reception

Playhouse Work Explained to
Freshmen

'NUT" IS UNDER

NEW MANAGEMENT

The Nut is going to be run this
year to conform as nearly as pos-
sible to last year's plan, says Miss
Bain, new Home Economics pro-
fessor, who is in charge of the
"campus hang out".

Ellen Cory, of last year's staff,
is to be in charge of the kitchen.
Besides the familiar sophomore
faces, there are several freshmen
working there.

In looking over the menu one
finds practically the same se-
lection of tasty dishes, with the
single exception of ice cream, which
Miss Bain hopes to have as soon
as possible.

Dr. Ben T. Painter, new instruc-
tor in Biology, stated that he was
immensely impressed with the
Armstrong building and he thinks
that it will be a great inducement
to learning. His hobby is archi-
tecture, and he confesses that the
beauty of the building is really
striking.

Dr. Painter, who was born
thirty-one years ago in Lexington
Va., graduated in 1932 from the
College of William And Mary with
a B. S. degree, and later served as
instructor there. He received both
his M. A. and Ph.D. degrees from
Harvard where he made an out-
standing record. He taught cours-
es in zoology at Harvard in his
spare time.

Dr. Painter plans several field
trips for his advanced^ students,
and he is himself interested partic-
ularly in histology and experi-
mental zoology. He expects to
stress marine and fresh water
animal life in his advanced biology
courses. His philosophy is that it
is harder for a student to get out of
work than it is to actually do ihe
work.

The Theatre Board of the Sa-
vannah Playhouse held its annual
reception for freshmen Friday
night, September 13 at 7:30 in the
Armstrong building.

The purpose of these annual re-
ceptions is to acquaint the fresh-
men with the manner in- which
plays are produced and to show
them how to take an active part in
the production.

Members of the Board explained
all technical points of production
to the guests, who were conducted
around by specially appointed
guides.

Later in the evening refresh-
ments were served in the labora-
tory of the Home Economics De-
partment, and Nedra Householder,
a former member of the Theatre
Board entertained on the accordion.

An interesting feature of the
reception was the demonstration
of the Playhouse scrapbook, in
which there is a record of the past
productions of the Playhouse. This
book has been beautifully illustrat-
ed by Claire Stillwell, a member of
the Board.

The following committees assist-
ed at the reception:
Refreshments: Florence Rubin,
Catherine Goette, Edith Mustin,
Sarah Griffin. -

Scene shop Charlotte Moore,
Scott Graves and Carolyn Oliver.
Paint: Ernestine Cole
'Costumes and Props: Gene Bur-
roughs, Hendree Groover and
Emily Clarke.

Make-up. Ruth Christiansen and
Betsy Myers.

Lights: Wray Potter. Dick Potter
and Helen Schley.
Scrapbook: Claire Stillwell.
Guides: Mary Taylor, Sarah Grif-
fin, Eloise Lambright and Elise
Wortsman.

Publicity and Program: Jeanne
Patterson and Betty Michels.

Little Known Facts About Unimportant
People . . . the Freshmen

By JIMMY McKILLIPS

"Good night, these books are heavy." ...... "Just

think when we are sophs" «i wonder what the South-
east's problems have to do with me?" I w i sn j had

some way to carry these books" (Cirls) "I wish

those boys would come down from the balcony"

(Boys) "No, let's don't go down; let's just stay here and watch
them dance."

Yes, that's right, these are the questions and statements of the
freshmen. Well, we don't know hwo much the books weigh or exactly
how to carry them, (unless we adopt the famous Harvard "green
sacks".) But we do know they feel a lot better now that those six
preliminary tests are over, even if they didn't know whose style the
poetry was, on the literature appreciation test. They are still fasci-
nated by their "rat" caps and are still dubious of sophomore author-
ity, which remains to be seen. They were impressed by Dr. McEis-
sick's speech and slightly taken aback by Chopin. They would like
to continue college after they finish Armstrong, in the distant future.
They were visibly tired by the long wait for schedules, when the line
on that memorable first day moved two feet an hour.

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September 27, 1940

Page Two

The Inkwell

Members Georgia Collegiate Press Association

Published monthly during the school year by the
students of

Armstrong Junior College, of Savannah, Ga.

STAFF

EDITORIAL

William Coyle

Armstrong from the Balcony^ j

Editor-in-Chief

Managing Editor Joe Livingston

Associate Editor Jeanne Patterson

Sports Editors Perry Reynolds, Walter Lowe

Exchange Editor , Emil Blair

Reporters Sarah Griffln, Emma Clemens,

Jimmy McKillips, Marjory BunLyn

BUSINESS

Business Mgr Sarah Owens

Assistant Business Mgr Joe Livingston

Advertising Mgr Francis Burton

Solicitors - Virginia Hollis, Nell Blanton

Vol. VI

September 27, 1939

No. 1

LEST WE FORGET

While extending a cordial welcome to you,
The tea dance offers a rare opportunity for
would like to remind you that there are two,
and only ttvo. rules which you are required
to observe. These rules, well known to you
by this time, are: (I) Wear your rat caps,
and (2) Come in the back door.

Already a few recalcitrants have been ob-
served in the ranks of the freshmen. No
doubt the size of your class gives you a false
feeling of assurance. Let us suggest that
you cease to labor under ttfis pretext. May
we further advise you that freshman classes
of the past have found it a wise policy to co-
operate with the sophomores in every way
possible.

Tea Dances

Optimistically Armstrong resumes its reg-
ular Tuesday afternoon tea dances as the
Fall quarter of the 1940-41 school year be-
gins. Since the very beginning of the Col-
lege these dances have played an important
part in the social life of Armstrong students.
The tea dance offers a rare opportunity for
the men and women of the College to meet
eat other in a friendly and informal atmos-
phere.

It is hardly necessary to say that last year
the attendance at the tea dances was piti-
fully small. Indeed, it was necessary to dis-
continue the dances at one time because of
the lack of interest shown by the student
body. It is the earnest desire of the school,
and particularly of the sophomore class, that
this condition shall not exist during the com-
ing year.

In an effort to stimulate interest in the tea
dances the Student Senate has decided to let
the various clubs and organizations of the
College sponsor these affairs. Moreover, each
tea dance will be given a rating by a student
committee assigned to the task, and there
will be a great deal of competition among
the clubs for the honor of putting on the
best tea dance of the month.

There is an obligation resting on each mem-
ber of the student body to perpetuate this one
tradition in the social life of the College. Let
us meet this obligation by attending the tea
dances regularly ; let us make these Tuesday
afternoon affairs something to look forward
to as the weeks go by.

As this the first issue of the
Inkwell goes to press, let us look
back over the summer, where not
much of anything has happened,
except what is covered up so deep-
ly that it will never come to light.
(The scoop of the summer is not
fit for such young minds as yours
to read.)

Let us bid the freshmen welcome
and wonder about the explanation
of the change in text books, causing
the cost of attending A. J. C. to
rise too high — .

Let us say that the purpose of
this column this year is to dig up
the low down even if it is as low
as Davy Jones' Locker, which is at
the bottom of the sea (realizing, oi
course, that a lot of people never
reach their ambition).

Let us bid Aloha to those who are
going elsewhere this fall, including
Shadow Graham, who has accepted
a fine job with American Telephone
and goes to Atlanta soon ... to
Tootsie Prescott, who is going to
New York to school . . t.o Janie
Belle Lewis, who has gone to Win-
ihrop ... to Frances Ellis and
Millie Richardson, last year's man-
ager of the Nut, both of whom are
taking business courses ... to Mil-
ler Rodgers, Marvin Arkin, ana
Dick Young, who have gone to
Tech ... to Elise Wortsman, last
year's editor of the Inkwell, who
has gone* to Georgia ... to Marion
Rice, past business manager of the
Inkwell, and William Cone who
have gone to Emory . . . and to the
many others who have departed
from the portals of our beloved in-
stitution.

Back crepes are in order for Joe
Klingon, whose summer pursuits
ended in sudden disaster (but not
for him).

Jim Davenport wasted no time
getting lined up with the new
blond transfer from Douglas.
"Jive", by the way, has become
such an authority on Armstrong
pulchritude that the potential
young swains go to him for the
'ofiicial" O. K.

Friends of Dick Peveler speak
of him reverently by now as if he
had passed on. Reason! He's got
it so bad that he thinks he's good
ior just one thing, and Doris Bent-
ley will be able to say better than
anyone just what that thing is.

Wonder what Alex Langston ia
doing these days now that Janio
Belle has gone off to school. Bet-
ter still, what is J. B. doing; that
would be interesting to we who
have been wondering all along.

Our roving reporter comes in
with evidence that Emma Clem-
mens and Sterly Lebey like them
with the middle classification of
that High, Wide, and Handsome
stuff.

Our learned Julia Ann Marshall
has abandoned the classics for the
amiable Donnel Tyre (Remember
that flat tire at Tybee one Sunday
at 2:30 A. M., kids?)

Perry Reynolds spent an enjoy-
able summer in Chicago, and, be
lieve it or not, some Yankee blonde
actually had him going to church!

Here's one for the prose. Dr
Painter, biological "bug", seems to
be having quite a time getting

around here. Recently he asked the
Pres. of the sophomore class if he
were a freshman!

Fresh (wo) man Betty Morgan's
flame has moved to Waycross, and
we have caught her casting more
than idle glances for new pros-
pects.

Will someone please advise us
as to the current status of that
William Cone-Cleve Turner affair.
The birdies say Mrs. Turner col-
lected rent from Cone this sum-
mer.

The hunting season isn't in yet,
but a few girls have gone in for
SNIPE hunting.

LET'S GIVE—

—The black ball to Dot (Sweet-
heart of Delta Chi) Finch, who
buried herself for eleven weeks in
the sticks. Anyway J. Wallace was
patiently awaiting her return to
the Cracker State.

Our condolence to the soph

women who are frowning on the
more-than-natural interest the
soph men have in the new Fresh-
man cuties.

—The Croix de Guerre to Emll
Blair, who gets their hip measure-
ments as well as their phone num-
bers.

Smiles to Bunny Mulligan, who

had a little Fresh gal waiting for
him at the front door the first day
to escort him to Math.

—A pat on the back for Sig.
He's got Dotty down here this year
with him.

—Our regrets to Mr. Strahl, who
has given up the freedom granted
him in the Bill of Rights of our
Constitution. (He's married).

Our moral -support, and our

physical also if necessary, to Mr.
Williams. From the looks of his
Ford, he'll need it before long.

—Our diet suggestions to Mr.
Keach. He gained 25 pounds dur-
ing the sumer.

—Our respects to Mr. Gignilliat,
who is 'in the Army Now".

Our congratulations to Frank

Maner, who is burning up that ad-
vanced flying course.

—Our sighs of relief to Brick
Hanson, because he didn't have to
go abroad to live.

Our tears to Walter Lowe, his

Brooklyn Dodgers and New York
Yankees.

What about that Irving Victor—
I wish-I-knew affair?

Marjorie Buntyn is still singing
that old melody " When I Walk, I
Always Walk with Billy ( )".

For the Information of the gen-
eral public these "Joe Colleges"
with what looks like streaks of dirt
under their noses really are grow-
ing cookie-dusters for the Pipe, and
Mustache Club.

How about making this year's
Tea Dances a howling success?
This column goes on record as a
supporter of the "Dutch Tag" idea.
It will make things move much
faster. The girls will have to co-
operate and continue to tag though,
or it won't work out.

SCHOOL SPIRIT

In any college, regardless of tht» size or
location, there is one element which must
be present in its student body. That ele-
ment is school spirit. Armstrong has school
spirit, but it has become very misshapen.

A J. C.'s. athletic teams aren't the worst
in the country, and they show signs of im-
proving. Let's give them the proper sup-
port this year. To you who are just over
from Savannah High, we realize you haven't
had a great deal to cheer about on the grid-
iron during the last two years, but that's
past now. To you upperclassmen, let's do the
past classes one better.

If the team is winning you are proud to
identify yourself as a supporter ; if it is losing
you should be just as proud. If you aren't,
then Armstrong doesn't need you, and would
best be rid of such a drag.

How about that new leaf we always speak
of turning over? Let's support the Geechees
this year.

JULIA ANN MARSHALL

Julia Ann, the math shark
Whom Mr. Hawes will bore

Because hell tell her all the things
She's heard about before.

God made earth; then rested-
God made man; then rested —
God mnde woman; and neither
God nor man nor earth has rested
since. — The Kernel.

Man who sits in electric chair
has amps in his pants.

Foreigner: "In my country we
have some very largs birds. Why
one day when I was standing in a
zoological garden, I saw a man
come in on an eagle."

American: "Gee, that's nothing.
Once at a ball park I saw a man
go out on a fly."

First Man: "Why do you call
your wife Pegasus?"

Second Man: "Because Pegasus
was an immortal horse, and my
wife is an eternal nag."

Patient: "I'm all out of sorts;
the doctor said the only way to
cure my rheumatism is to stay
away from dampness."

Friend : "What's so tough about
that?"

Patient: "You don't know how
silly it makes me feel to sit in an
empty bathtub and go over myself
with a vacuum cleaner.''

It was hight noon at the Mosque.
The high priest was intoning.
"There is but one God, and Ma-
homet is his prophet."

A voice broke in, "He is not!"
The congregation turned around
and among the sea of brown faces
was a small yellow face.

The priest straightened up and
said, "There seems to be a little
Confucian here."

A profesor who comes to class
fifteen minutes late is very rare.
In fact, he is in a class by him-
self.

— Ward-Belmont Hyphen.

From tailor's bills, doctor's
pills, sudden chills and other ills —
deliver us.

From want of gold, wives that
scold, maidens old and widows
bold— deliver us.

From seedy coats, protested
notes, illegal votes and sinking
boats — deliver us.

From modest girls, with waving
curls, and teeth like pearls — well,
never mind.

— The Alchemist.

September 27, 1940

THE INKWELL

Page Three

Of Men 9 The Mice
By Ruth Cargill

Don't you just love boys who sit
aruund Paul's or the "Dump" and

PEACETIME CONSCRIPTION

By EMIL BLAIR

make intelligent remarks like ** Ah
me", then when a sweet young
thing enters, they smile knowingly
and say, "Aha".

In general there are three types
of men: namely, the Pretty Boy,
the Regular Fellow, and the Vil-
lain. ^ -

Let us consider the Pretty Boy.
Pretty Boy is scrupulously neat
about his personal appearance. Un-
der close scrutiny, however, you
may discern Father's mineral oil
w hieh has been substituted for the
forgotten hair tonic. There is usu-
ally an enormous collection of dot-
ing aunts and other female rela-
tives to tell him how wonderful he
is, as if he didn't know. He re-
members birthdays and anniver-
saries, so girls like him for the
present. (Lousy pun, but I hope

you get it the present, I

mean.) His main reason for
these noble gestures, disillusioning
though it may be, is really to con-
vince himself that he is ''surefire
with the wimmcn". His female
relatives asure him that all the
girls are just wild about him and
think he is the most thoughtful
person. If they only knew the truth.
The Western Union should receive
the praise. They have a regular
service to remind Pretty Boys of
oncoming birthdays and anniver-
saries. Yes, Pretty Boy is pretty
thoughtful.

Next, we should observe the Reg-
ular Fellow. He is a Regular Fel-
low because other men like him.
He plays on the football team, and
is an outstanding memlier of the
local Boy's Club. Girls have little
or no attraction for him, so he says.
At dances you will find him in the
stag line doing one of the two evils.
He may wait until Junior gets that
oh-this-is-heaven look in his baby
blue eyes as he snuggles his stub-
ble against the peaches and cream
complexion of our little Nell, and
the Regular Fellow will bring
Junior down to earth with a sub-
stantial slap on the back and that
awful expresion, "break it up,
Love-sick".

Or worse still, from a girl's point
of view, R. F. can monopolize the
stag line with his just too amus-
ing antics while all the girls grit
their teeth and start the umpteenth
dance with their practically steady
partners.

Regular Fellow doesn't date girls
very often, but when he does he
comes back to the Club to tell the
boys how the girl practically mar-
ried him. All she did was mention
casually in passing that she
though* Cape Cod cottages were
nice. These men — .

Enter the Villain. Of all three
types of men I prefer the Villain.
At least you can be sure he is sin-
cere. He may bop you occasionally,
but, be it bop or kjss, he is defi-
nitely sincere. If he asks you for a
date you may as well dress for the
baseball game; it's probably La-
dies' Nigh*. When you go to the
soda shop (you always go some-
where to eat; the Villain is self-
indulgent) he always asks you not,
"What will you have?" but, 44 What
Will you have in your coke?" Nice,
men, these Villains. But, all in all,
I still prefer the Villain. You don't
have to spend the better part of
the evening telling him how grand
he is.

In closing, may I assure all mas-
culine readers that I am really very
fond of men as mice. It's only
when they grow up to be dirty rats
that I find them annoying.

In this period of confusion and chaos, wherein man is tempted to
fling aside all reason and fall into a common emotional frenzy, it is dif-
ficult for one to keep a clear head in sight of the facts. So besieged is
one with the threats of the immediate present that the future is ob-
scured by a cloud of gross exaggeration, political disputes and panicky
outbursts.

America is a land of the individual. The individual has certain
inalienable rights and liberties that are guaranteed by the institution
he has adopted. Once one of these rights has been violated that insti-
tion can no longer exist in its true form. It would merely be a shell
in.side of which would lavish all those factors contrary to democracy.

Democracy, just as any other sacred institution, can survive only
through sacrifices, and the American who refuses to fight for democ-
racy cannot be called a true son of democracy.

If conscription is the only answer to the problem which confronts
America today, then that means must be employed. But isn't con-
scription itself contrary to the teachings of democracy? Conscription
is a feature of totalitarianism. Is there any one who thinks that con-
scription could be resorled to only in the cast of emergency and then
abandoned?

There is no guarantee that the United States will "borrow" this
form of totalitarianism temporarily and then return it when the crisis
has passed. Instead there looms the prospect that it will be retained
and that other forms of totalitarianism will be adopted, all under the
guise of being essential for the maintenance of democracy.

If democracy is a heritage which must be fought for to be pre-
served, then why is no means provided by which battle could be waged?
Why is it necessary to resort to the means of its common enemies in
order to maintain its own principles?

Glee Club To
Count On Freshmen

Many Lost By Graduation

FACULTY ENGAGES

(Continued from page one)

Miss Beckett was there for the teacher's normal session which attract-
ed teachers from forty-six states.

Mrs. Merle Bruce made a visit to her former home at Birming-
ham and then vacationed for a week at Blue Kidge, North Carolina,
before returning to Armstrong.

Such activities as starting Armstrong's placement agency, finding
jobs for s.udents, interviewing N. Y. A. applicants, changing the
chemistry course, acting in an advisory capacity to the committee
which prepared the "A" books, and, for recreation, swims at Tybee,
occupied his vacation, according to Professor F. M. Hawes.

Miss Lulie Henderson visited Mrs. F. 0. Couch, until this year
home economics instructor here at the college, at her lovely home in
Anniston, Alabama. She spent the month of August at her home
in Columbus.

Roaming farthest from Savannah was Playhouse Director Stacy
Keach, who, after teaching dramatics at a Texas college, traveled to
Hollywood where he had a role in Noel Coward's show, "Shadow
Play," in which several outstanding movie people played. Mr. Keach
was oifered a part in a play in which Vivien Leigh and Charles Boyer
were to participate, but the approaching opening of Armstrong pre-
vented his accepting the offer.

Teaching at the Atlantic Baseball School in Savannah occupied
a large part of Coach "Chick" Shiver's time. In his spare moments,
Coach says he "just fished and loafed."

Professor Reuben W. Holland spent several weeks with his peo-
ple in Middle Georgia but worked at Armstrong most of the summer.

After completing examinations in some graduate work in which
he did at Ohio State, Professor Robert M. Strahl returned for the
opening of school, bringing with him his bride, an addition to Arm-
strong's attractive group of faculty wives.

On a "busman's holiday" was Professor Charles W. Williams
who studied math at the University of Virginia. As for our new
faculty members, Miss Main spent the greater part of the summer
in the emplov of the Civil Service Commission in Washington and
also did some work in home economics at Cornell, Dr. Painter taught
biologv at Cambridge, and Professor C B. Kestler has been travelling
in Florida, North Carolina and Georgia, in addition to making a trip
to Washington, D. C.

The re-organization of the glee
club was begun Wednesday, Sep-
tember 18, at a meeting to which
freshmen were invited.

The glee club suffered heavy
losses due to the graduation of a
good number of its members last
June. At present there are only
nine old members left, and Mr.
Robert Strahl, director, states that
a great dependence will be placed
upon the freshmen to fill in the
empty ranks.

At the meeting about 30 mem-
bers gathered, and work was im-
mediately begun for the necessary
rebuilding of the glee club. This
task of reconstruction will require
several weeks, at the end of which
plans are being laid for presenta-
tions. The glee club, among its
other activities, will present two
programs on Thanksgiving and
three on Christmas.

At its own Christmas program
here at Armstrong the glee club
will present a guest soloist, a so-
prano, of known reputation in Sa-
vannah.

The Armstrong Glee Club has
gained prominence in Savannah and
plans are being considered whereby
its reputation will be increased and
a successful year prophesied.

Playhouse Enters
Fifth Year

First Show to Open On Ar-
mistice Day

Entering its fifth year of pro-
viding entertainment and practical
theatrical experience to hundreds
of Savannahians, the Playhouse of
Armstrong Junior College, under
the expert guidance of Director
Stacy Keach, will open its first
show of the season on Armistice
Day, November 11, for a six night
run.

As has been customary in the
past, the theater will present four
plays during the school year; but
exceptional interest is added to the
current program since the final
show will star a guest artist of
stage and screen.

Season tickets have been on sale
for two weeks and may still be
secured from Mrs. Bruce in the
office. They provide a saving of
about fifty per cent and are good
for all shows, including the guest
star performance, single tickets
for which will almost equal season
tickets in price.

LITTLE FACTS FROM

TO MARY HINELY

IRVING VICTOR

! SEVERAL POSITIONS

OPEN ON INKWELL

Success to our new president

In his laborious toils:
He'll get all that he deserves

For, "To the Victor belong the
spoils".

New Way

Phone 3-1121

Launderers —
Dry Cleaners

Several vacancies still exist on
both the editorial and business
statTs of the INKWELL. Students
interested in working on eith
statf should see the editor or the
business manager as soon as pos-
sible.

These positions must be filled be-
fore the next issue of the INK-
WELL goes to press.

COCA-COLA BOT. CO

"A pun is the lowest form of wit,
It does not tax the brain a bit;
One merely takes a word that's
plain

And picks one out that sounds the
same.

Perhaps some letters may be
changed

Or others slightly disarranged,
This to the meaning gives a twist,
Which much delights the humorist :
A sample now may help to show
The way a good pun ought to go:
'It isn't the cough that carries you
off,

It's the coffin they carry you off
in."

— Ward-Belmont Hyphen.

(Continued from page one)

They really do like Armstrong
and they certainly like saddle
shoes (traditionally and collegiate-
ly never cleaned). We counted
fifty^three pairs at the freshman
tea dance before we got tired. We
went home reciting "Boots, boots,
boots, boots, marching up and down
again."

Most of the freshmen come from
Savannah, and most of these come
from Savannah High School. There
are a few from Guyton and Spring-
field, and one ambitious fellow all
the way from Tennessee.

And thusly the neophytes begin
their college careers, for better or
worse, and in sickness and in
health; and if anyone can give just
one reason why this career should
not go forward, come forward now
or forever hold your peace. (I;V.
wonderful).

CALENDAR OF EVENTS
FALL QUARTER

Freshman preliminary tests Sept. 13, 14

Reception for Freshmen Sept. 13

Opening exercises Sept. 10

Ail classes begin Sept. 16

Test £*t~JLl Oct. 11

Armistice Day address Nw.

Playhouse production Nov.

Homecoming ^ ov -

Examinations

WINTER QUARTER

8

11-16

22-23
Nov. 25-27

Registration

Dec.

All classes begin P ec

Test

Christmas holiday

Reception

Classes begin

Test

Institute of Citizenship

Dec. 23
Dec. 23-Jan.
Dec. 27
Jan. 2
Jan. 31
Feb. 6- 7

Playhouse production Feb - 17 " 22

Examinations ■ Feb. 27-Mar. 4

Spring holidays

SPRING QUARTER

Registration

All classes begin

Test

Playhouse production
Personality Clinic

Mar. 5-9

..March 10
March 11

. April 4
.April 7-12
April 14-18

Georgia Scholastic Press Association May

Playhouse production

Examinations

President's reeeption

Sophomore Alumni luncheon
Graduation exercises

ay 19-24
May 26-29
May 30
May 31
June 2

Page Four

THE INKWELL

Septemner Z7, 194Q

<The Lowe-Down
By Walter Lowe

Well, here it is again, that great
sport football. Your own Arm
strong Geechees may pull quite 1
few surprises before this 1940
season is over.

Looking over the squad after two
weeks of work, Head Coach Shiver
said that the prospects were en
couraging. "Well have the best
passing we've ever had in Mc-
Teer and Snipes", the mentor went
on to say. The kicking this year
should be better than average, with
Gil Helmken, former S. H. S. back
doing the booting.

With the very capable veterans
Hugh Miller and Roy Hitt return
ing. and such outstanding newcom
ers as "Big John" Sullivan and
Austin Wade on the squad, the
tackle problem should be solved.

Coach Shiver's main worry will
be at the guards. It is not easy
to replace a guard like last year's
captain "Pug" Pinckney, or scrappy
Henry Ray. Chick is trying to de-
velop some light and fast men who
can pull out of the line and block

At the end position Jim Bentley
will be the only vteran returning
Gene Griner and "Cocky" Lightsey
will battle for the other end.

Walter "Pedro" Lowe will return
to the pivot post and, since Bill
Searcy has been mobilized with the
National Guards, Dick Jackson and
Edgar Rabey will try out at the
center spot.

The backfield situation should be
tops, with "Pee Wee" Genone and
Joe Craig coming back after a
year's experience with the
Geechees, and Shank McTeer, Gil
Helmken, Ralph Snipes and Bob
Blake ready for service.

The Geechees open up with Gor-
don Military College, last year's
conference champs, on Friday, Oc-
tober 4 th.

The members of the 1940 squad
include :

Backs: Genone and Craig (Arm-
strong) ; Blake, Hagen, Mclntire
and Peveler (S. H. S.) ; McTeer
(Benedictine); Snipes (Rocky
Mount, N. C.)

Linemen: Bentley, Miller, Hitt
and Lowe (Armstrong) ; Hughes,
Laird, Horovitz, Cutten, Rabey
Mixon, Wade, Griner and Light-
sey (S. H. S.); Sullivan (Benedic-
tine); Jackson (Nashville, Tennes-
see).

Managers are Harley Mizell and
Hary Eubanks.

JOE LIVINGSTON
Who is heading the Inkwell

To success or doom?
Read the bulletin board and sec.

Mr. Livingston, I presume?

DELTA CHI TO HAVE

TEA FOR FRESHMEN

The first meeting for this year
of the Delta Chi Sorority was held
on the evening of September 16 at
the home of the president, Miss
Dorothy Finch.

Plans were made for a tea to be
held September 28 in honor of the
freshmen girls. The activities of
the coming year were decided upon
and the date set for the initiation
of the new members.

Miss Jerry Tilson, past president
of the sorority, was present to help
form the plans for the year.

The sophomore class of Arm-
strong held its first meeting of the
1940-41 school year immediately
after the opening day exercise on
Monday, September 16. Sopho-
more president Irving Victor urged
the class to set a good example for
the freshmen by attending the
regular weekly assemblies in the
auditorium. He also appointed a
Committee for the Enforcement of
Freshman Regulations composed of
the following members of the
sophomore class: Joe Livingston,
Joe Genone, Herschel Futral, Wal-
ter Lowe. James Bentley, and Roy
Hitt.

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PACE
MAKERS

for
SMART
AJMERICA

The Jones Co.

Terrell T. Tuten— Carl J. Kraft

18 East Broughton St.

The Hub Is Always Rready
with

Snappy College Clothes
$19.50 to $35.00

THE HUB

Lester Harris

STANLEY
JEWELERS
21 E. Broughton St.
Phone 2-2103

RICHARDSON'S
FLORIST
251 Bull St.
< ■

TRIPLE XXX
THIRST STATION

Good Eats and Drinks
Victory Drive

KODAK FINISHING
FILM SUPPLIES

Savannah Camera Co.

147 Bull St.

Columbia Drug Co.

223 East Bay

Phone 7155

CHEESEMAN'S
ICE CREAM SHOPS
117 Barnard St— 2428 Waters Ave.
Best Malted Milk in Town — 10c

Two Dips Ice Cream

Delicious Toasted Sandwiches
Hot Dogs a Dime a Foot

Author Winds Up
"Gone With The Wind"

The following synopsis of "Gone
With the Wind" was written by
Jack Tarver and published in the
Toombs County Democrat (Lyons,
Ga.):

"Katherine Scarlett O'Hara was
our hero. A winsome wench with
a finger like a marble statue and
a head as hard. Gerald O'Hara was
her pa. By nature he was most
animal-like. Proud as a peacock,
he roared like a lion and rode like
a dog-and-pony show. After Sher-
man came he was crazy as a bed-
bug. Anyhow, Scarlett was in love
with Ashley, and so they were
married. (Ashley and Melanie, in
case you are getting confused.)
This irritated Scarlett no end, and
so in quick succession, she married
for spite and cash, respectively, a
couple of fellers whose names we
didn't get. But then, neither did
Scarlett for long.

"The other major characters,
Rhett Butler, Belle Watling and a
colored lady exactly like the one
on the flapjack box. Rhett, who
was somehow strangely reminis-
cent of Clark Gable was a cross
between Jesse James and Little
Boy Blue. If Rhett had joined the
T,ost Cause in the second reel in-
stead of after intermission, the

FLORISTS

Say It With Flowers,,
But Say It With Ours

Flowers Telegraphed
Everywhere

151 Bull St.

Phone 5191

Leopold Adler

"Savannah's Largest
Department Store"

DR. F. B. RAYBURN
OPTOMETRIST

129 East Broughton St.
Savannah, Ga.

FOR SMART STYLES
AND FASHIONS
VISIT

The Style Shop

23 East Broughton St.

Confederacy would have won tjie
war . . . and Belle. You'd have
loved Belle. Everybody did. Dur-
ing the siege of Atlanta only three
things were running — Belle's place,
Prissy 's nose and the laundry that
kept Rhett's white suits snow-
white.

"Melanie's baby arrived about
the same time Sherman did. Both
were equally welcome to Scarlett.
It was, so far as our painstaking
research has revealed, the first
baby ever bora in technicolor.

"Anyway, the South lost the war
again in the picture (what could
you expect with a lot of Yankee
producers) and Scarlett married
Rhett to get even with him. Their
married life was just like setting
in hell fire and listening to the
heavenly choir. Finally, after Me-
laine died, Scarlett realized that
she didn't love Ashley but Rhett.
Scarlett was as changeable as a
baby's underwear. However, Rhett
had enough of her foolishness and
when she told him, he says 'Frank-
ly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
Neither, by this time, did the audi-
ence. They were glad to see the
end, their own having become num-
ber than somewhat-"

— From The Trailblazer.

THE SHOE STORE
OF QUALITY

Globe Shoe Co.

17 East Broughton St.

SAVE WITH
The Georgia State
Savings Association

Largest Savings Bank
in the South

Members of Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation

Outfitters to
YOUNG AMERICA

J. C. Penney Co., Inc.

Three Floors Filled with
Outstanding Values

DANIEL HOGAN, INC.

"Quality Our Standard Since 1868"
Dry Goods
Draperies and Rugs
125 Broughton St.. West
Phone 3-2195

EXCLUSIVE COLLEGE STYLBsj
Expert Tailoring On
Young Men's Garments

H. BLAIR

TAILOR

28-30 Drayton Phone

Printing That Please
is our
HOBBY

We have the equipment
to produce it
Chatham Printing Co.

198 West President Street

FINE'S

LADIES'
READY-TO-WEAR

15 West Broughton

Go To
SEAR'S
FOR

Portable Radios
Fishing Tackle
Golf Equipment

Big Star
Food Stores

116 BARNARD
BULL & HENRY

Stop In At
LEOPOLD BROS.
Between Classes and Refresh

FOLTZ

Photography
10 Rrnughton St., W.

MEET YOUR FRIENDS AT

THEATRE SODA SHOP

Broughton & Abercorn
Phone 734*

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— for all occasions