Vol. 1 
Madison College, Tennessee, November 26, 1953 
W. A. Howe Gives Approach to 
Dynamic Christian Living. 
Spiritual Emphasis Week, November 
20-28, better kp.own as the Week of 
Prayer, brought new inspiration to the 
Madison College family as Elder W. A. 
Howe presented what he chose to call 
"a positive· approach to dynamic Chris-
tian living." 
Elder Howe, who is educational and 
M.V. secretary of the Southwestern Un-
ion Conference, ministered unstinting-
ly throughout the week. Nightly he 
conducted services for the college and 
community, and held morning services 
for grade school and academy students. 
Many students took advantage of coun-
seling with him during consultation 
hours appointed during the day. 
At each service a ·different phase of 
student life or department of the school 
was represented on the rostrum, with 
A.S.M.C. officers leading out on Sun-
day evening, dormitory club officers on 
Monday, and academy students at the 
Tuesday chapel service. The ~chool of 
Nursing was featured Tuesday evening, 
the Music Department Wednesday, and 
Elder W. A. Howe 
SA Workshop Attended 
By Madison Students 
Four students and one faculty spon-
sor journeyed to Washington, D.C., and 
Washington Missionary College not so 
very long ago to attend the Student 
Association 
Workshop 
held 
October 
29-November 1. This was the fourth 
annual Seventh-day 
Adventist Inter-
collegiate Students' Workshop to be 
held, with fifty-five 
delegates from 
nine American and Canadian colleges 
attending. 
Those making the trip were Theo 
Williams, student association president; 
Wanda 
Thomas, 
student 
association 
secretary; Gene Carris, editor Cumber-
land Echoes; Bill Graves, editor Tm: 
MAnrsoNIAN; Elder Felix Lorenz, faculty 
representative. Also making the trip 
and acting as alternate faculty repre-
sentative was Miss Violet Stewart. 
The workshop was opened Thursday 
night, October 29, with a keynote ad-
dress by Dr. Ambrose L. Suhrie, from 
Southern 
Missionary 
College, 
and 
lasted Thursday, Friday, and Sunday. 
Each morning and afternoon general 
sessions were 
held, besides special 
sessions for the administrative officers, 
yearbook 
editors, 
and 
school-paper 
editors. Some of the problems dealt 
with in the discussions were those of 
married students Friday. Thursday be-
ing Thanksgiving Day, the service was 
held at 11:00 o'clock A.M.. with Elder 
Howe speaking on "Living Victoriously 
-A Great Adventure." 
Throughout the week Elder Howe 
thrilled his audiences with word pic-
tures drawn from his own varied ex-
periences to illustrate some point he 
wanted especially to emphasize. The 
book of Nature, as well as the Bible, 
was also a source of words of encour-
agement to those in the Christian way, 
to those who had not as yet taken up 
their cross, and to those who had per-
haps lost out in their Christian experi-
ence. 
, 
The week ended with an inspiring 
testimony service on Friday evening, 
and on Sabbath morning the Commun-
ion service followed Elder Howe's ser-
mon on the text, "Now unto Him that 
is able to keep you from falling." Ac-
cording to Elder Howe, too much stress 
is laid on the curative values of salva-
tion from sin rather than on its pre-
ventive powers. Faith in Christ can 
have an inoculative effect that makes 
sin lose its power. 
Elder Howe's final contribution to 
the students came on Sabbath after-
no 
as he moderated a panel disc.us-
sion on the subject, "Love, Courtship, 
and Marriage." He was assisted by El-
der Teddric Mohr, M.V. secretary of 
the Kentucky-Tennessee Conference, and 
Elder Felix Lorenz, professor of Reli-
gious Education at Madison. A panel 
of six students participated. They were 
Patsy Wilson, Pat Justus, Pat Gauld-
ing, Henry Steinmuss, Ernest Plata, and 
Bill Graves. 
Dean William Sandborn, on behalf 
of the student body and faculty mem-
bers, presented 1 Elder Howe with a 
copy of Quests and Conquests as a 
token of appreciation for the invaluable 
spiritual uplift he engendered during 
his stay on the Madison campus. 
And as someone said, "How appro-
priate to have had the Week of Pray. 
er during Thanksgiving week." 
religion, temperance, and social acti-
vities. 
Outside of the regular sessions, there 
were, on Sunday afternoon, a guided 
tour of Washington with a police es-
cort, and then, closing the workshop 
Sunday night, a banquet in honor of 
the delegates. Also the group of Madi-
son delegates enjoyed attending the 
beautiful Takoma Park churches. 
The delegates returned to the Madi-
son campus early on the morning of 
November 4, filled with new ideas and 
zeal to do things here at Madison. 
Sophomore Nurses Select 
Class Officers 
The sophomore nurses met in the 
Nursing Arts Building to elect officers 
for their class on Monday, November 2. 
The class elected Nellie Green as 
president; Ruby Alder, vice president; 
Imogene Meeks, secretary; Estelle Reed, 
treasurer; Emmett Pierce, chaplain; and 
Don Fisher, sergeant-at-arms. 
The class chose Mrs. Zeigler as their 
sponsor. They also chose the one to 
represent Florence Nightingale in their 
capping exercise, but they are keep-
ing that a secret. They are now patient-
ly awaiting the day of the big event, 
"Capping," which will come December 
13, 1953. 
PHOTO BY WILLIAMS 
Joyce Christensen collects "Jack-pot" 
prize from Dean Wilson at climax of 
"Battle of Wits" 
Wilson's Wittiest 
Win Awards 
The program on Saturday night, No-
vern ~r 
-t, 
consis~d of a "
ariety o 
radio quiz programs such as Truth or 
Consequences, Dr. I;Q., People Are Fun-
ny, and Two for the Money. 
The first contestant, Clyde VanScoy, 
was a good sport, who was willing to 
prove that people are funny. He was 
asked to go to the neighboring village 
of Madison and try to cash a check on 
someone else's name. Some thirty min-
utes later the Chief of Police returned 
Clyde, no worse for the experience. He 
did say that the condemning looks of 
the other customers were hard to bear. 
One dollar to that gentleman for his 
help in showing us a good time. 
A number of large (? ) prizes were 
given away: a sewing machine, an auto-
mobile, a gas range, a set of silver, and a 
box of Forever Yours candy bars. In 
the Dr. I.Q. part of the program, pen-
nies were used in place of silver dol-
lars, as they are less expensive. 
As a result of Truth or Consequences 
two boys, Stanley Rudisaile and Harold 
Hughes, fed each other melted ice 
cream sundaes. Janet Newman went 
searching for a penny in a plate of 
flour with her nose. Mter several 
powerful sneezes and a number of gray 
hairs, it was discovered that there was 
no penny. 
Joyce Christensen answered the jack-
pot question concerning the former 
chief-justice of the Supreme Court. The 
jack-pot consisted of all the remaining 
prizes, which amounted to around two 
dollars in pennies and several candy 
bars. From the comments of those 
present, it seems that this type of 
program is popular with the students. 
Armchair Reformers 
''Why do they always-," she said, 
with a gesture of disgust. 
"Yes, and why doesn't somebody do 
something about it?" answered the 
other. "Now if I were running this 
place, I certainly would see to it that" 
so and so did, or didn't do so and so. 
It was amusing. Two members of the 
armchair reformers' club-or should 
we say with a club. 
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Madison Scene of 
T. A. S. N. Meeting 
No. 21 
Madison College was hostess to ~he 
Tennessee Association of Student Nurses 
for the third district on Thursday eve-
ning, November 19. Approximately one 
hundred student nurses from Vander-
bilt University, Nashville General, Me-
barry Medical School, Mid-State Baptist, 
St. 
Thomas, 
and 
Madison 
College 
schools of nursing met in the college 
cafeteria for the monthly meeting of 
the association. 
· 
President Barbara Cook, of Mid-State 
Baptist School of Nursing, presided, and 
Betty Jo Allred, of Madison, was secre-
. tary. 
Of interest was the discussion of the 
district and state "Miss Student Nurse" 
contest as the project for this year,. 
The contest will be held in the spring: 
After the business meeting, the pro-
gram committee from Meharry Medical 
School showed an interesting education-
al film, "The Preface of a New Life." 
Ligbt.refreshments were served while 
the group enjoyed the social part: of 
the evening. Bill Parks, a senior nurse 
of Madison, conducted a small group 
through the sanitarium and hospital. 
Boston Pastor 
Seeks Revival:..~~~~ ....... _,,....,~. 
Elder L. 0. Coon, pastor of the Boston~ 
Temple Church, spoke in the Helen' 
Funk Assembly Hall at the church ser-
vice on Sabbath, November 14. His ser-
mon emphasized the need of a close 
relationship with Christ, which will en-· 
able the Christian to analyze his o·wn 
experience and advancement in spiritual 
matters. 
. 
Elder Coon's comments on the text 
"All we like sheep have gone astray ,: 
impressed his listeners with the fa~t 
that Christ carries the sins of the 
preacher, the choir-member, and the 
cong~egation. "Christ is willing to carry 
the. sms of all if we give Him an oppor-
tumty," the speaker said. 
· 
Elder Coon was at Madison visiting 
his brother, Miles Roy Coon who has. 
been ill in the sanitarium. E:Ider Glen 
A. Coon, Southern Union Conference 
evangelist, and Lloyd E. Coon, a con-
tractor from New Jersey, two other 
brothers, were also present. 
We ukank vkee · 
We thank Thee for the pioneers, 
The heritage they gave, 
The courage of their gallant hearts~ 
Undaunte.d by the grave. 
We thank Thee for the Land they left 
In trust, a vast array; 
For priceless freedoms that we take 
For granted every day. 
0 Lord, Whose dwelling transcends 
space, 
We thank Thee; let there be 
A prayer of praise from every heart 
That prizes liberty. 
· 
-EDNA ATKIN PEPPER. 
In 1952, Seventh-day Adventist mem-
bers gave $56,097,969 for church work 
including $34,051,151 in tithes. The to: 
tal for North America came to $44,362,-
947, or $165 per capita. (In addition 
welfare valued at $6,407,249 was give~ 
to aid 1,080,845 persons in North Ameri-
ca· last year.) 
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EDITOR .............................................. Bill Graves 
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COLUMNISTS 
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We have just passed through two 
great feasts. One is the feast of 
Thanksgiving. The word Thanks-
giving automatically . gives one vis-
ions of a huge dinner at home with 
all the family and many pleasant 
things. This festive season comes at 
the time of year when the air is 
invigorating, the glorious color of 
fall is inspiring, and energy comes 
bou1;1ding with joy that makes one 
want to share his blessings. All 
Americans, at this season, are so 
grateful that their hearts are touched 
and 
they 
give 
abundantly that 
others less fortunate may have cause 
to thank their heavenly Father too. 
The other feast of which we have 
recently partaken is the Week of 
Prayer with Elder Howe, in which 
he portrayed the Christian life in 
such a way· that Jesus became real 
to each heart. At what better time 
coulc;l we have gained so much spir-
itually than at the season when the 
entire nation is thanking and prais-
ing. God, the great giver of all 
things? And we here at Madison 
College had one extra blessing to 
count-that of a wonderful religious 
feast 
with 
fellow-students 
and 
friends. 
Let us then lift up our voices and 
give. thanks and praise forever for 
the wonderful privilege of sharing 
with others our bounties and of 
learning to know a Saviour who is 
more real than ever before. We can-
not now lose sight of Him who has 
gone over the way before, for He is 
leading us by the hand. We have 
only to believe and keep our eyes 
upon Him. 
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THE 
MADISONIAN 
November 26, 1953 
9or /Jetter or Worje 
John "Henry" Aldrich 
On November 13, which happened to 
fall on Friday, we had quite a little 
excitement in the trailer park. One of 
the expandable trailers had been pur-
chased by Gad Noble to be moved on 
his own private lot. Everything worked 
very. smoothly while he was preparing 
the trailer for transit; but after it was 
loaded on the truck and the first corner 
was reached, Gad ran into difficulty. The 
truck was too long and the trailer was 
too wide. Then the colored truck driver 
and Gad decided to abandon the road 
and go up the hill between the trailers, 
since a cedar tree was the only obstacle 
going that way. A few swings of the 
trusty axe soon removed that obstacle, 
but I do believe a more experienced 
timber man could have saved that 
clothes line. But, Gad was in a hurry!! 
After a few more close shaves they 
finally made it. When Gad mentioned 
that it was Friday the thirteenth the 
colored man said, "If I had known that, 
we 
never would have 
moved that 
trailer." 
The Roy Wilkin trailer is now in the 
trailer park rented and occupied by 
Betty Leatherwood during the week and 
by her and her husband Rex on the 
week ends that the Army can spare him. 
How does it feel to be a landlord, Roy? 
Take it easy on your tenants; you were 
a service man, too, you know. 
I found out some interesting facts 
concerning 
one 
of 
our 
sophomore 
nurses. He has a B.S. in Science, which 
he received here in 1941. He also com-
pleted Medical Technology here and 
then went on to take Anesthesia at the 
Augustana Hospital School of Anesthes-
ia in Chicago. He finished that course 
in 1948 and moved to Ennis, Texas, 
after 37 months in the Army. During 
this seven-year stay in Texas he prac-
ticed Anesthesia. Yes, after all that, 
Madison Steps Forward 
On Varied Fronts 
The Madison Bakery is now to serve 
the stores of Nashville and neighbor-
ing 
communities 
with 
the · Whole 
Wheat Hamburger Bun. The campus 
store has been selling this item for 
some time but the bakery has been un-
able to m~ke the buns in large quanti-
ties because of lack of equipment. 
I~ order 
to 
accommodate 
more 
stores in the Nashville area with Mad-
ison foods and bread, two delivery 
trucks now go out Monday through Fri-
day, 
ins~ead of only three times a 
week, as formerly. 
Central Heating Plant isn't the only 
place that's getting gas. A gas line h~s 
been laid to Wasiota Hall, and It 
shouldn't be too long before the boys 
will be enjoying the advantages of gas 
heat. 
For the first time since it was erect-
ed in 1938, Williams Hall is getting a 
new coat of paint. Elder Lorenz and 
his crew are working hard to trans-
form the boards, which have become 
shabby from fifteen years of weather 
and grime, into a beautiful, gleaming 
white. 
Whole wheat flour ground while you 
wait. Yes, at the campus store. House-
wives can now get anything from 
cracked wheat to finely-ground flour, 
containing all the germ, all the min· 
erals. A mill recently placed in the 
store makes this service possible. 
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JEAN PARKER -
MAE FOWLER 
Bridgeway Drive 
Phone 8-3366 
Emmett Pierce is here taking a profes-
sional nurses' course. With the back-
ground that he has, he will be a good 
nurse. His wife is also a graduate nurse, 
having received her diploma with the 
class of '42. Mrs. Pierce will spend her 
time with Patricia Ann, eight years, 
and Margaret Rose, five years, rather 
than 
practice 
her 
profession. 
The 
Pierces are living at the Byers home, 
if you want to visit them. 
The Texas people that leave here 
certainly must advertise our school, be-
cause I'm always introducing a new 
Texan. Four new ones yet to mention 
are Clarence Webb, his wife Florence, 
and two sons, Eddie Ray, age 6, and 
Michael Allen, age 4. They come from 
Jefferson, Texas. After three years of 
instruction in cabinet work and one 
year in agriculture, Clarence is here 
to take Medical Technology. Since his 
brothers are college graduates, Clar-
. ence has decided to be a graduate, too. 
He is the brother of Mrs. Barham. 
What would you do if you were the 
director of nurses and you called some-
one who picked up the telephone and 
said, "Aw, Whadda ya want?" How em-
barrassing can embarrassing moments 
.get? This happened to one of our mar-
ried male student nurses the other 
night when he picked up the telephone. 
Since it was his birthday he had been 
acting like the "Cock of the Walk" all 
day long, and when he answered the 
telephone in such a way and found 
out it was Mrs. Clapp, you can be sure 
that his estimated worth of himself was 
not more than two cents. I was cer-
tainly glad that I had a pleasant tone 
in my voice when I said that, especially 
when I was reminded by Mrs. Clapp 
that faculty meeting would be held _the 
next day. You might ask this .question, 
"To what' .lengths will a person go to 
get material for a column?" Honest! 
I didn't plan that one. I'll see you next 
issue after my expected trip on the 
proverbial "Green Carpet." 
True, 
The food is delicious, 
Well cooked and nutritious; 
And 
The dining room is neat, 
Well avvointed. complete. 
Yet 
Appetite flees . away 
As I unload my tray, 
For 
The JUtce has uremia, 
The soup septicemia, 
And, 
The spuds have Shigella, 
The peas, Salmonella; 
While 
The salad and entree 
Foul diseases convey. 
Oh, 
We love our profession, 
(Could be an obsession) 
But 
Must we nurses "talk shop" 
When for mealtime we stop? 
-MYRLE TABLER. 
:belta w!Vu Zeta 
Hilda Schneider 
Club Meeting, School Spirit-the. girls 
really have it. Just a warning to the 
Brave Men. The Shy Maids are really 
keeping 
the 
mailman 
busy. 
Girls, 
we're ahead. Let's keep up the good 
work. Won't it be wonderful to have 
that extra day for our Christmas vaca-
tion? 
Can you imagine Jo Ann Gibbons say. 
ing "Yes"? Bernice Gober went to 
tell her that a young man was waiting 
for her. Jo Ann, being a little sleepy, 
turned over and said, "Tell him yes." 
Spooks! There is someone putting 
things topsy-turvy in Edith Greenhill's 
room. Spooks, you'd better watch out. 
Edith may jU:mp out of her closet one 
of these days. As she says, I'm not as 
dumb as I look." 
"Oh, the sun shines bright in my old 
Kentucky home .... Weep no more, my 
lady," were the songs heard from the 
parlor Thursday night as the girls 
assembled for their · club program. The 
girls appeared in a variety of costumes, 
the best of the two receiving prizes. · 
Our judges were Maxine Kitto, Doris 
Taylor, and Miss Cates. First prize went 
to Mary Jo Carney and Tillie Muirhead, 
second prize to Kate Harder. (By the 
way, Kate was dressed like the New 
Year coming in.) We had a grand time; 
not one girl left the parlor unhappy. 
The doughnuts for refreshments were 
furnished by Mrs. Lorenz. Were they 
delicious! I wouldn't mind having one 
now. 
Gold, yellow, white. The colors hurt 
our eyes. Delores Fast, we know you 
got the scarves from William Patton, 
the man in Korea, but please!! we need 
. to safeguard our eyes. 
We wish to welcome to Williams 
Hall, Alice .Loh, sister of Doctor George 
Loh, from Hong Kong. 
Alice finished her secondary work in 
Hong Kong and comes to. Madison di-
rectly from Australasian Missionary Col-
lege, where she took her freshman year 
in college. She plans to enter nursing 
-as soon as she finishes pre-nursing. 
Alice, whose father is a doctor in Hong 
Kong, is the only sister of four brothers. 
Her brother Daniel, now at Southern 
Missionary College, was a student here 
three years ago. 
Another very recent arrival is Miss 
Soon Nam Hahn, who flew from Pusan 
City, Korea, to Nashville, arriving at 
Madison College Saturday night, 
Nov~ 
ember 28. She is the third to arrive 
of a group of ten Korean stud.ents who 
are coming to Madison College under . 
the direction of Dr. Kim, president of 
the Korean American Cultural Associ-
ation. Miss Hahn, who will study busi-
ness administration, has already had 
two years of college work, having at-
tended Ewha Women's University, near 
Seoul, a leading university of Korea 
established by the Presbyterian church. 
What college professor was seen in 
front of a Madison super-market hang-
ing on to a large red balloon, looking 
blissfully up into the heavens? None 
other than our honorable Dr. Gish. 
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November 26, 1953 
THE 
MADISON IAN 
The Way The Wl·n· d Blows 
Self, Patsy Wilson, and Gail Holland, 
sang last Wednesday night. 
The Fred Waring performance in 
Pat Gaulding spent last week end· at 
-Nashville attracted several teachers and 
her home in Paris, Tennessee. 
H, perchance, you passed the Bowen 
students Thursday night, November 19. 
house Saturday evening, November 28, 
'The program consisted of a variety of 
and heard the sound of merriment with-
.selections of symphonic, popular, and 
in, you may have wondered what it 
humorous music. 
was all about. Probably Mr. John Al-
The men's quartet was away again on 
drich was "playing b~ck" a tape re-
.Sabbath, November 21. This time their 
cording to which all the assembled 
trip took them to Bowling Green, Ken-
guests had contributed; or perhaps a 
tucky, to the Sabbath school and church 
jolly game· was in progress. At any 
. services, to ass-ist Mr. Face with the 
rate, it is certain that each one of the 
morning sermon. Carilyn Brackett ac-
senior nurses present had a good time 
companied the quartet. 
· 
. 
at this party, given for them by Mr. and 
Early in December a group from the · . Mrs. Bernard Bowen, sponsors for the 
.Music Department, directed by 
Mr. 
seniors nurses' class. The guests also 
Mitzelfelt, will present a program of 
enjoyed the light refreshments and 
Philippine music at the Central State · the clever ·favors. 
Hospital. Dr. Casas, a physician at this 
There 
is 
a 
gracious 
friendliness 
hospital, has a special interest in Phil-
about the Bowen home that makes it a 
ippine music, ~ince his brother is the 
pleasant place to be. 
director 
of 
the 
Manila 
Symphony 
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Doyle 
Orchestra.. 
Martin was the scene of a happy get-
The atmosphere of Pediatrics was taut 
together of old friends on Saturday eve-
on the night of November 19. No doubt 
ning, November 14, honoring Mrs. Ruby 
.about it, something was going to happen. 
Hilburn, of Tallahassee, Florida. Mrs. 
There· was an air of expectancy in the 
Hilburn is a graduate of the nursing 
halls as the workers rushed about. Then 
class of 1948. A delicious buffet supper 
it happened. Mrs. Carlos McDonald, R.N., 
was served. 
was led to the nurses' lounge; which 
Following the 
supper, · the entire 
was dark except for the light of birth-
group adjourned to the Drs. Horsley's 
day candles. As the night was busy, the 
home to join in an evening of fun, 
party had to be enjoyed in shifts, every-
honoring Miss Shirley Drury, class of 
one finally taking part in enjoying the 
1946. Miss Drury, who had been Dr. 
-cake, ice cream, popcorn, and root beer. 
Schuler's office nurse for a number of 
years, spent the week end with her . 
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hopps and son 
sister, Gladys. 
Cecil, from Miami, Florida, were recent 
Mrs. 
Hilburn is now director . of 
visitors on the campus. Six years ago 
nurses at Forsythe Memorial Hospital, 
Mr. Hopps was X-ray technician here. 
Tallahassee. Miss Drury has a super-
Mr. Warren Griffeth, manager of 
vising position in a hospital in Green-
Rylandale Academy, Wisconsin, spent 
ville, South Carolina. 
several days here on business. 
It was good to see their familiar 
For the past two weeks if '!Henry" 
faces 
around 
Madison 
Sanitarium 
Aldrich isn't at the cafeteria singing 
again. Hurry back, girls! 
Edna Thornton 
Now that the practice rooms are 
completed, new inspiration has come 
to aspiring music students, and again 
we hear the familiar sound of practic-
ing coming from these rooms at all 
hours of the day. Not all such practice 
is limited to the piano, for we hear 
also the sounds of clarinet, trombone, 
violin, accordion, and other instruments . 
Indeed the Music Department is again 
functioning under almost normal con-
ditions. 
A janitor crew of academy students 
is doing good work in keeping our floors 
polished. These include Bill Sandborn, . 
Herbert Slater, and before he took an-
other job, Ross Clark. Thanks, boys, we 
appreciate your efforts in keeping the 
department "looking like new." 
The College Band recently presented 
a program at the school near Goodletts-
ville, in the vicinity of the home of Dr. 
Cyrus Kendall. The doctor and his three 
sons make up a good share of the brass 
section of the band. Another doctor in 
the band is Dr. David Johnson who, 
with his son Arthur, helps to round out 
the trombone section. 
Speaking of the band-at a recent 
rehearsal, Linda Pitman was so ener-
getic in beating the cymbal that the 
strap broke and the cymbal crashed to 
the floor, barely missing the heads of 
Douglas Kendall and Ernest Plata. That 
was really a cymbal . crash, and was 
Linda surprised! Douglas and Ernest, 
too. Apparently instead of flying sau-
cers, we have flying cymbals at Madison. 
However it won't happen again for some 
time, for both cymbals have now been 
supplied with new straps. 
-campaign songs for the 
MADISONIAN, 
We missed Dr. Sandborn and Mr .• 
Tulamae Self is. The girls' trio, "Toots" 
and Mrs. Cleo Boyer from the campus 
"There's a song in the air! 
Armchair Reformers 
(Continued from page 1) 
"The woods is 
.~ull of them," as my 
old roommate used to say-full of 
these armchair reformers who can al-
ways see something that needs reform-
ing, but they just see it from their 
.armchair. 
Now it so happened one day that, for 
some reason, or without a reason, the 
regular janitor didn't put in his usual 
and much-needed appearance. So one of 
the other fellows just silently rolled 
up his sleeves and cleaned the place 
up-silently, Inind 
you, 
before and 
after. 
'· 
Again, there was that screen that 
hung from one hook. The armchair 
reformer began, "Why on earth don't 
they fix that screen? It's been hanging 
there for-." but another fellow just 
went over and put it on both hooks and 
then hooked it on the inside. 
last Wednesday, November 18. Next 
day they told with enthusiasm of their 
visit to the embryonic self-supporting 
unit of V. L. Schroader and wife_, 
near Hartford, Kentucky, not far from 
Mrs. Boyer's old home. The Scbroaders 
envision, on their 100-acre tract, a 
dairy, a school, and a hospital. They 
have made a good start, with some 
buildings already going up 
and a 
broom 
factory 
in 
operation, 
using 
home-grown broom corn. The farm 
produced 
well 
this 
year and 
the 
Schroaders 
harvested 
a 
variety 
of 
crops. 
Here is an opportunity for ambitious 
young people, for there is a need for 
those with a knowledge of farming and 
building. 
There's a star in the sky! 
There's a mother's deep prayer 
And a baby's low cry!" 
We can hardly believe it, but Christ-
mas is just around . the corner again. 
H you don't believe it, just take a listen 
when next the college choir and acad-
variety of old and new Christmas carols 
emy chorus rehearse. You will hear a 
which these two groups are working up 
for a Christmas program. 
We want to express our appreciation 
of the recent numbers sung by the girls' 
quartet. These girls-JoAnn Gibbons, 
Violet Stewart, Connie Rimmer, and 
Pat Silver-sing for the pure joy of it, 
and aren't we fortunate to be allowed 
to listen in! 
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Harry Mayden 
Well, hello there, everyone. This is 
your reporter trying to keep you up 
to date on the "latest." 
Floyd McDaniel has moved from the 
trailer lie used to live in, and now 
lives in the "court" with Ali Kavlak, 
our student from Turkey. Henry Stein-
muss, the assistant dean, said that he 
thought Floyd didn't like the water 
in the trailer. (It was. cold.) 
Do you remember Emmanuel Ca-
brera's pet squirrel? I mentioned it 
in the last issue. It seems as though 
the squirrel decided to further its ed-
ucation and immediately proceeded to 
study Henry Steimnuss's map of Bible 
times. Now Henry is minus a· map, 
which he 
need~ for Bible class, and 
Emmanuel is minus a pet squjrrel. 
Did you know that: 
Hideo Hamano has been doing more 
singing lately? 
Mickey Rabuka has less than a month 
before he will be married? 
Three· of our men were away last 
week end? 
Next quarter there will be three less 
Wasiotans? 
Louie and Cappie painted their room? 
Clyde VanScoy got a haircut? 
Jose Rodriquez can play the trumpet? 
The Wasiota Club has announced open 
house for December 3? 
The Village Girls' Club gave a pro-
gram to the Wasiota Club · on N ovem-
ber 17? 
The "Brave Men" are planning to win 
the sub campaign? 
Motoi Katoaka has a picture of a very 
pretty girl on his dresser? 
Ruben Perales is a barber? 
There is a new telephone number on 
our directory? (7-'6916) 
This is almost the . end of my col-
umn? That's right, I'll have to sign 
off for now but I'll be back next is-
sue. So until then this is your report-
er saying 
-dowidzenia . 
These are the real reformers, these 
silent and unsung men and women who 
right the world's wrongs, and enjoy 
it. Blessings on them, and may their 
tribe increase. 
Who is that tall, smiling man we see 
around the campus sporting a beautiful 
autumn leaf as a boutonniere? None 
other than Mr. Miles Coon, for whom 
it takes more than a serious illness to 
make him lose his smile. We are very 
glad to see him up and about again 
after his hospital stay. 
See The 19 5.4 
By the way, are you an armchair 
reformer? 
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THE 
MADISON IAN 
November 26, 1953'. 
Hi-School Hi-Lites 
Boys Enjoy Village 
Girls' Hayride 
EDITOR ........................ :........... Eva Jo Aldrich 
ASSOCIATE EDITOR ............ Vern Manzano 
COLUMNISTS 
Sue Holliman, Horace Hudson, Lois Miller 
REPORTERS 
Elsie Gibbons, Davd Harter, Ronnie Chris-
tensen, Linda Pitman 
TYPISTS 
Ronald Schmale, Naomi Henson 
Uitorial 
Another six-week period has come 
and gone, and where are we? Have 
we improved as we should? Have 
we done our part to make the past 
a grand and wonderful period in 
our unforgettable school days? Of 
course there have been the trials 
and tribulations of home work and 
tests, but mixed with these have been 
the many joys of school life, the 
satisfaction of accomplishing some-
thing, the association of friends, and 
also the fun-the hayrides, ball 
games, and parties. 
Sometimes you may say, "Oh, I 
wish I didn't have to go to school," 
but really when you think about it 
twice, !isn't your second thought, 
"What would I do without these 
wonderful school days?" I know 
this is the way I think, and likely 
all of you feel the same way. Let's 
get busy and make the next four 
six-week periods really count. 
eja 
~otzian ~o33ip 
After the last club meeting, a deli-
cious supper, prepared by Barbara Mar-
tin, Carlene Griffin, and Noble Russell, 
was served. Then a lovely cake, the 
work of Jane Throckmorton and Mrs. 
Gray, was brought out, and "Happy 
Birthday" was sung to five of the girls 
-Jesteen Johnson, Gail Holland, Car-
lene Griffin, Margie Parker, and Bar-
bara Martin. They have had birthdays 
since school started this fall term. Then 
games were played. Amidst all the 
excitement, Noble Russell was required 
to call Donald Bee. I won't ·say what 
she called about, but Donald Bee's re-
ply was, "It might be arranged." Watch 
for future events!!! 
Some of the spare mattresses have 
a way of ·getting out on the top fire 
escape . landing. Did Gail and Elsie 
think that the mattresses needed air-
ing, or did they think th~ atmosphere 
inside a little stuffy . that night? 
Phyllis Lucas, using a film projector 
generously lent by Mrs. Lucas, has 
shown us two pictures for worship, 
which were ''Let's Sing a Song'' and 
"Danny Boy." . 
Village Girls Sponsor 
'Be Kind to Boys' Week 
Well, boys, that wonderful week has 
passed, and we are back down to earth 
trying to get back to doing our "little 
daily· courtesies."· If you were looking 
out your window during that week and 
happened to see Eva Jo Aldrich strug-
gling with Vern Manzano's books, I 
hope you were not astounded, because 
the week was "Be Kind to Boys Week." 
In chapel on Monday morning the presi-
dent of the Village Girls' Club, Tula-
mae Self, asked permission of the boys 
to administer to them the little courte-
sies that they give to the girls every 
day. 
The · boys were rather hesitant, at 
first, because, after all,. our boys -are 
chivalrous. But none of the boys were 
sorry they accepted the girls'. offer, be-
cause the climax, which came on Satur-
day night, was better than the whole 
week. The girls gave the boys a wonder-
ful 
evening-hayride, campfire, and 
s E N I 0 
R 
PHOTO 
BY 
EJA 
VERN MANZANO, President 
Vern Manzano came to us from Battle 
Creek, Michigan, where he was born. 
Though born a Yankee, he has now be-
come a true Southerner and a loyal stu-
dent of Madison College Academy. He 
has been here ever since his early years 
in grade school and has ·at aU times 
shown ability for leadership. This year 
we are proud to have him as ·president 
of the senior class and associate editor 
of the school paper. 
s 
It is hard for him to decide on his 
favorite sport, as he excels in almost 
any you· can name. His hobby is draw-
ing cartoons. His ambition is to become 
a commercial artist,. and without doubt 
he will make a good one. 
It is young people like Vern, with 
a· good Christian spirit, who uphold 
high standards, that help the rest of us 
follow their example. We are. proud 
of you, Vern. 
especially, food. But wait, here are 
some of the opinions of the boys con-
cerning the week: 
Jerry Jones: "Mighty nice, but it was-· 
n't long enough." 
, 
Ronnie Womack: "It was a real week." 
Donald Cantrell: "Like to have another 
week like that." 
Stanley Rudisaile: "It was pretty good, 
and I thin:k the boys should take a 
lesson from it." 
Donald Riffel: "I think it was very 
courteous of the girls." 
· 
Robert Moore: "It was really good, and 
I enjoyed it." 
Ronnie Christensen-: "After having the 
girls do all the work last week, it's 
hard to get used to it again." 
Horace Hudson: "Those pigtails that 
you wore to distinguish the village 
girls were real cute." 
(I might add, Horace, that those pig. 
tails weren't to designate age; they 
were a mark of distinction.) 
All in all, the boys enjoyed the week 
very much, but they are glad to have 
the privilege again of being chivalrous. 
Also the girls enjoyed being kind to 
the boys, and they in turn are glad to 
give the privilege back to the boys. 
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PHOTO 
BY 
EJA 
MARILYN CAMPBELL, Vice President 
On Sabbath morning, October 17, 1936, 
in the town of Longview, Texas, a 
brown-eyed ·baby girl was.· born to Mr. 
and Mrs. H. T. Campbell, who, by a 
majority vote, ·was 
named Marilyn. 
Marilyn spent her grade school years 
and two of her high school years at 
Jefferson church school and junior 
academy. She came to Madison in Sep-
tember, 1952, · being secretary of her 
junior class that year. She is now 
treasurer of the academy . temperance 
chapter and vice president of the senior 
class. 
Marilyn spends her spare time, if she 
has any, reading. She says she would 
rather go horseback riding than do any-
thing else. When MarilYn finishe·s high 
school, she plans to take pre-nursing 
here at Madison. 
Check your expiration date, and re-
new your subscription promptly. 
To end the "Be Kind to Boys Week"' 
the village girls entertained the boys. 
with a hayride. The girls met the boys. 
at Wasiota Hall and went to the barn. 
to load up the two wagons. Bob Moore 
and hi~ helpers drove the tractor for· 
the girls. 
· 
After a two-hour ride, made interest-. 
ing by singing, hay fights, and other· 
activities, they arrived at the bonfire, 
where they found wieners, buns, pota--· 
to chtps, apples, and hot (cold) choco-. 
late. 
On the way back everybody sang; 
the like of the singing has never been. 
heard before. Eva Jo Aldrich still can't: 
talk just right. 
Their faithful chaperons were Mr. 
and Mrs. Andress and Mr. and 
Mrs~ 
Carris, who, according to the group,. 
seemed to be professionals at the job. 
·.Village Girls Give 
Program at Boys' Club 
The Village Girls~ Club gave a pro-
gram .for the dormitory boys' worship. 
on Tuesday night, November 17. After 
an introduction by the president, Tula--
mae Self, Eva Jo Aldrich gave a read-
ing, "The Man and His Symptoms," 
which told of a man who came to see 
the "Doc" just because his wife "wor-
ried so." The boys must have seen a 
good reflection of themselves in the pan-
tomime acted out by Alma Morris. It 
portrayed a bachelor who finally suc-
ceeded in sewing on a button only to. 
find that it was on the wrong side. 
The main part of the program was a 
skit about a homesick boy. In spite of 
the effort of the village girls to find 
out why he wanted to go home, it took 
the dean's wife, Mrs. Scuttlebroom, to 
find the reason for the homesickness. 
The reason was that Butch wanted his 
MAMA. Sue Holliman played the pa:t;t of 
Butch, the lonesome boy, Connie An-
dress was Mrs. Scuttle broom, and Janet 
Jensen, loaded with bonbons and cook-
ies, played the part of Fanny. The play 
ended . with Butch on Mrs. Scuttle-
broom's shoulder crying, "I want my 
MAMA." 
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Cookies and punch were served to 
the boys after the program. 
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