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Show CAMPUS CRIER EIDITOIKIBOX Published by the Associated Students of Westminster College, on the fifteenth day of each month during the scholastic year Member Intercollegiate Press Walter Miller Jack Harmston Joan Lamus Editor Associate Editor Alice McGarrigle Herb Dunn Ilumpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Dumpty Ilumpty had a fall. All the kings horses and all The kings men had egg A MODERN CRUSADE During this month, the United Nations Appeal for Children, CHILInc., is beginning a modem crusade. The CRUSADE FOR DREN, under the sponsorship of the United Nations, is asking for sixty million dollars to aid in saving the lives of millions of youth throughout the world. nations are uniting to aid the starvThe peoples of thirty-on- e ing youth, the innocent, piteous victims of a war which they did not cause. It is for this drive that we are asking your cooperation. areas of the world, The need, the need of youth in war-tois great, far greater than words can describe. In the world today there is about 230 million children who are dangerously near starvation. With starvation comes warped minds, what of the future then? Can we reasonably expect to keep the peace if we permit mass starvation to go unchecked? what a fertile field for hate to grow in, Millions of people, particularly children, helpless and suffering in lands laid waste by war, need assistance now if they are to I know survive. We must try to help them through this crisis. m ... Have you noticed how much the student body en- thusiasm has picked up these last few week? To me it seems a lot better than it has been. Just lisr ten to those cheers at the basketball games of late. From the comments which were made by the alumni, when they were here en masse, last Friday night, they all seemed to enjoy the evening. And no wonder that they did. ulation on what chance the pre-professio- nal college student has of getting into his desired field. Dean Guthrie declares that the situation is so tight today that somewhere between 75 per cent and 90 Pr e-M- eds Take Warning If youre Columbus, O. (I.P.) planning to be a doctor, pick an alternate career, too. Reason: The chances are that you will never see the inside of a medical college. The problem is just about the same or only slightly less tough in dentistry and veterinary medicine. So make your plans at the beginning for an alternate career unless some one figures out quick an emergency way to train professional' men in greater numbers than are now possible. This advice and data on the plight of the student comes from college Junior Dean William S. Guthrie of Ohio States Universitys College of Arts and Sciences, who has completed a nationwide tab- pre-professio- nal BIT -- A FRIEND he does it so easily, too. The Open House at Ferry Hall was quite a success. I overheard a few of the men remark about the place being all dressed np even the girls. Seems as though after the last class is over the guys like to see you gals dressed up. They get enough of the bobby sox look during the day and would prefer a little glamour with their meals, Sounded good to hear the bell ring after the game Saturday night. Wouldnt it be a good idea to adopt that as a tradition or something the ringing of the bell after each game we win. Next year is another year, and we might work on the idea. Let your editor know. per cent of the eligible stuqualified Come to the Game dents will never be admitted to 9 Clean Results Brings their chosen professional schools. It is becoming a critical Friday, February 13, following The Come to the Game Night, problem in education today. members and According to the survey, there students, faculty were 73,281 applications filed for alumni of the college attended the annual Ferry Hall open 6,233 places open last fall in 77 house. schools and colleges of medicine. For previous, strange There are, of course, probably sounds days had emerged from the duplicates in these applications building of Ferry Hall, as its " since many students apply at residents ambitiously washed windows and walls, shook rugs, several different schools. and attended to all the minor And Guthrie adds another tasks left undone since Septem- - , cheerful note: The results merited the efIf, he says, the ber. present ratio of applicants to fort, for the spotless and shining places seems out of proportion, rooms received enthusiastic comment. look ahead to 1949, 1950 and Upon their arrival, guests 1951 when the present freshman were taken on student-conducte- d bulge Teaches the application-to-profession- al tours through the rooms and school stage. studies of Ferry Hall. For the college men, it was a chance of Complicating the picture are a life time to discover how and these facts: Today the average where the other and student can ap- to take note on thehalf lives, housekeeping ply only to a few schools outabilities of their favorite girl side the state or region where he friends. is a resident. Most schools, such Coffee was served in the main as Ohio State University, have floor had to put some degree of relounge, and punch and cookies in the basement rumpus strictions on te sturoom. Card dents because of the great ingames and dancing were provided as entertainment crease in enrollment. for the guests. This means the A successful evening proved student cant shop around that Friday, the thirteenth, was the nation any longer. not unlucky after all. pre-professio- nal of no better way . , . than by supporting American Overseas Aid United Nations Appeal for Children. Harry S. Truman. Let us do our part, give to this organization. Give as much as you can for every dollar may mean that some youth has been saved. The U.N.A.C. is asking that during the month of April, that APRIL SHOWERS dances be held on college campuses to raise funds for the CRUSADE FOR CHILDREN. I say to you, the student body, lets have an APRIL SHOWER DANCE. Editor. B the comer? I hear that there have been a few upsets around here lately, and I dont mean basketball. And how is it that the editor manages to get himself involved nog. Lowell Miles CM WSHEKE There doesnt seem to be much going on around here lately at least nuthin that I am in on. Quite a few new students entered this semester, right handsome looking lot, too. Should the men among them be warned that this is leap year, and that we had quite a siege of diamonditis around Christmas time, and that Spring tra la is just around them. EDITORIAL STAFF Business Manager . . ! Joan Ten Eyck Cay Goudy What do you, the student body, think about having a bowling league here at Westminster. It would be a lot of fun, as well as being interesting. Have you any ideas? Well, lets have IF ID pre-professio- nal out-of-sta- pre-professio- nal |