State College News, Volume 30, Number 13, 1946 January 11

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ALBANY, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1946

VOL, XXX NO. 13

Sterling Brown
To Lecture Here

Friday, January 18
Noted Poet To Speak

On Negro Question

Sterling A. Brown, noted modern
American poet and a member of the
English faculty of Howard Univer-
sity, will be presented in Page Hall
at 8:15 P, M. on Friday, January 18,
by the Inter-Group Council and
Student Council of State College,
the Inter-Cultural League and the
Inter-Racial Council of Albany, and
the American Association of Uni-
versity Women,

This is the first community-col-
lege project to be attempted in sev-
eral years. It was brought about
largely through the efforts of the
Inter-Group Council of Albany and
of State College.

Depicts Negro Culture

Brown has presented in his writ-
ings the folkways of the American
Negro. Through his study of their
songs and way of life he depicts
their culture, which he considers an
important task in furthering under-
standing and appreciation of the
Negro.

In December, 1940, he spoke be-

fore another State College audience jy

which received him enthusiastically.
At this time, he stressed the danger
of stereotyping races or groups of
people such as the Negro. With Dr.
Louis C. Jones, Professor of English,
he recorded some of his folk songs
and poems which are now in the
college collection of recordings.
Lists Activities

Educated in Washington schools,
Brown later went to Willaims Col-
lege and Harvard University. He
taught at Virginia Seminary, Fisk
University, and Lincoln University
before going to Howard. He has
also been visiting lecturer at vari-
ous times al Vassar, New York Uni-
versity, and Atlanta University.
From 1936 to 1939, he ws the editor
on Negro affairs for the Federal
Writer's Project.

Following this, he was a
member of Carnegie-Nyrdal,

Brown has written several books,
notably Southern Road, an attempt
at folk portraiture of Southern
characters, The Negro in American
Fiction, and Negro and American
Poetry. He was also editor of the
Negro Caravan, a collection of works
by Negro authors. In 1937, he was
awarded the Guggenheim Fellow-
ship for his achievements.

Admission is free to students and
the public.

staff

The Student Union is one of the
newer additions to the campus of
Colgate University. State's Student
Union Board has contacted the Col-
gate group and received informa-
tion about the organization and
Maintenance of the building there.

On Octob » the building
Wus officially opened and dedicated
to James Colby Colgate, It was es-
pesially designed by the architect
Walter Chambers to be a second
home for the students with ample
space for recreational facilities and
on the third floor publication of-
tices, club rooms and enough wind-
ing passage ways to give the place
an atmosphere. At the present time
the first Uoor is also used as quar-
ters for the N vy, Army and Marine
officers.

The dining room is the main part
of the Union for the most part, with
mailboxes, pool tables, soda foun-
tain and lounge. Civilians may also
patronize the Union cafeteria, Play-
ing a vital part is the Student
Lounge, where students may relax
nfter meals to their favorite swoon
crooner yia records or Hsten to their
local talent,

Jean Whitney, 46, President of
Student Union Board, announe-
ed that Student Union Day will be
held here Tuesday.

An entertainment

consisting of

Paradoxical Results Discovered D&A Will

As News Board

Paradox:cal results are confusing,
but statistics in black and white are
more reliable than  suppositions.
Operating on this assumption, the
State College News sponsored a poll
on Myskania—a poll that consider-
ed every major controversial point.
The results are revealing—though
occasionally contradictory. The
questionnaires were tabulated by
the editorial staff of the News
Board; the following interpretation
is given by the News Board,

The answers to Question 1 are
self-explanatory, Question 2 is en-
lightening in many ways. It is ob-
vious that the large majority of
students do not feel that Myskania
has too much power. Those who
do base their answers on several
different points. Fifty-five students
feel that the organization has too
much power for a self-perpetuating
group; 23 feel the excess power lies
in their power to interpret the con-
stitution; 12 in handling elections;
16 because they have a secret con-
stitution; and 12 think that Stu-
dent Counc.] should handle some of
the duties of Myskania. Censure
was handed to the organization in
this question for being too influen-
tial, for wearing robes, for exercis-
ing jud. power, for using implied

rs, and tor being too influential
with Student Association, Each of
the above merited one to five votes
each.

Forrest Willis To Interview
E. D. Backstage Experts

It will be noon—on Monday!
And doiiging the “eat or else”
: e Caleteria, the E, D.
's will push their

memb

9 the auditorium.

e amidst wires and mega-
nd potential theatrical
stalwart

genities, stands
f.gure of For
inquiring rey
he beckons a
es of minced b

1 between munch-
m and gulps of

chocolate milk, State's E. D,
addicts will hint at their trade
secrets over the air waves.

The slaves behind the sets,
the pesple on the props, the
lords of the lights—all rash

into prom:nence
The clang of w bell activates
«rush for classes and
lis picks himself out
of the dust of the now deser'
-um, his engine
Lipment
radio debut

Y eqi
D.'s
their arms.

under

Interprets Poll

“Do you think Myskania is the
best-qualified student organization
to handle its various powers” was
answered in all cases by a majority
vote in the affirmative. Two of the
duties, however, were closely disput-
ed. Myskania was approved as the
best-qualified student organization
to handle student-faculty relations
by a vote of 416 to 370. This duty
is not legally delegated to any or-
ganization at present. Myskania
has been in charge of this phase
of student life for approximately
y years .. . it was created in
this purpose, and since then
inued its practice, author-
ized vy tradition. Student Council
has begun to take a minor part in
this field in the last year or two.
The other power or duty disputed
that of constitutional inter-
pretation, This was approved in
tavor of Myskania by 366 to 322, a
small majority of 44 votes. This
power, too, has been constitution-
ally granted to Myskania since the
institution of student government
in this college. It is possible to in-
terpret this particular result as an
effect of the motion of censure dis-
cussed in the fall of 1945 and di-
rected against Myskania’s inter-
pretation of the Constitution in re-
gard to the Student Board of Fin-
‘ance election.

(uestion 4,

“Are you in favor of

the pi em of choosing Mys-
kania vas answered rather em-
phatically in the negative. Opposed
to the 252 who are in favor of the

present system, there are 415 stu-
«ents who disapprove of it. The
plans suggested by the students who
‘ nt systems

numerous, ight popular
ion topped all other suggestioi
225 votes cast in its favor; sec-
-liked plan was that of
mn plus election as printed in
the State College Ni the issue

were

before Christmas recess and pre-
sente: the Wednesday before that
by Gerhardt Weinberg and Philip
Lashins Other plans with a
scattering of one to five votes cred-
ited each were Faculty Board selec:
tion; Junior Class election; Senior

clion; automatic election of
's of delinite organizations;
popular election with faculty ap-
proval; Myska tion with pop-
War appr appointment of an
ral college; school-wide rep-
entation from all cla: ; Mys-
nis selection and Student Council
veto; and the filling in by Juniors
of ap tL.ons for Myskania. Two
students rejected all possible met-
Continued on Page 5, Column 4)

State Views Student Union At Colgate

acts from the troupe show will be
presented in the Commons ‘Tuesday
hoon. ‘The ucts will not inchide
those staged in assembly last week.

‘Tags imay be purchased for ten
cents ull diy Monday and Tuesday
in the lower lll of Draper. Note
will be written to each facully mem-
ber asking for a donation of twenty-
five cents.

‘ach sitdent ts expected to sup-
port the campaign by buying a tag.

s Will stage four one-act pla;

Feature

Betty Gatchell Tonight

Veterans’ Troupe Praised
For Rhoads’ Entertainment

The veterans’ troupe show
may well be proud of the part
it took in entertaining the vet-
erans of the Rhoads General
Hospital last Friday evening.
Evelyn Jennings, Head Recrea-
tional Worker at the hospital,
has written the following in a
letter of appreciation to the
group:

“Will you please convey our
thanks to the members of the
Albany State College Troupe for
the wonderful entertainment
which you brought to the pa-
tients of Rhoads General Hos-
pital last evening.

“Your group has a great deal
of talent and they offered
enough variety to keep their GI
audience well engrossed. We can
assure you that this is an art
in itself.

“Sometime before too long,
we hope that you will return to
the hospital ‘and bring them
some more pleasant diversion.”

Orchids to the entire troupe
for a good job well done.

ED Will Stage

One-Act Plays
In Page Tuesday

The Elementary Dramatics Class
in Page
Hall Tuesday at 8:30 P.M. Mi
Agnes E. Futterer, Assistant Pro-
fessor of English, will direct two of
the plays and Miss Louise Eaton,
Instructor of English, will direct the
other two.

Mis:
Vincent
Aria Da
comedy,
Should

will direct Edna St,
satire on war,

Capo, and Bela Szena's

A Budapest Salesman
Not Read French Mlux-
trated — Magazines, — Pink ~— and
Patches, by Margaret Bland and
Crime Far Tea, & mystery drama
by Wilfred Massey, will be directed
M Jewitt.

Aria Da Capo which means a
rausical form in three movements,
was written during the first World
War illustrating the cause and ef-
feet of war

Alice Prindle and Edith Dell,
Sophomo: will enact the leads as
Columbine and Pierre. Barbara
Dunker, '48, will play the part of
Cothurnus, the Mask of Tragedy,
and Gloria Jeffer, '48, is Corydon,
Betty Jane Schoonmaker, ‘48, will

Budapest Salesman is a
taged in the dreams of a
Mervyn McClintock, '48,
salesman,
Conder Ellen Fay, ‘48, will
vt the part of his wife. Marion

‘ y. Daniel Ryder

will play the part of the
Mr.
on

of the
it Gen-
Frank
ih Am-
49, will
Alexander

itish Ambassador, the F
eral and also the Prince
Woodworth, ‘47, is the T
bussador and John Tabnei
be the ‘ond General,

Munro, will play the parts of
the British Ambassador, the First
General and also the Prince. Frank

Woodworth, ‘47, is the Turkish Am-
i} ador and John ‘Tabner, ‘49, will
be the Second General, Alexander
Munro, ‘49, will play the valet, Jean,
and Marion Kragh, ‘48, will be the
Prince

Pink and Patches is a hill billy
wna about Texie who wished to

The 5 Bite cnt tag discard) her patches for a_ pink
Se ee nae a eer etows: dress. Annalee Levine, ‘48, will play
indy) ‘ae the part of 'Texie with Elizabeth
‘4a, Mary Jane O'Neil, "46, enacting the male role
Licanor Binn, 47. ‘There will be a of Rexie, Muriel Griffin and Shirley

Harold Web- Weber, Sophomores, will complete

quartstte composed of
er, “47, Harold Mills, 49, William
‘47, and James Miner, ‘46,

the cast as Ma and Mrs. Allen,
(Continued on page Col. 3)

To Give Lecture

On Mexican Life
Varied Talk To Include

Colored Illustrations

Of Culture Customs

Marie Liebl, '46, President of
Dramatics and Arts Council, has
announced that Betty Gatchell,
traveler and lecturer, will be pre-
sented in Page Hall tonight at 8:30
P.M, She will give an illustrated
Jexture on Mexico,

Miss Gatchell has traveled in
Mexico for two summers, where she
studied the art and custom of the
Mexican people. Because of her
successful interpretation of Mexi-
can ways of life, she was sent to
Mexico City last summer by an or-
ganization called Experiment In
Mexico, a group interested in pro-
moting good relations between Mex-
ico and the United States.

Miss Gatchell is interested in not
only the ancient and modern paint-
ing, sculpture and architecture of
Mexico, but in the historical and
geographical backgrounds of culture
which have formed a basis for the
art of this people. She is an en-
thusiastic student of the Spanish
language and of modern Spanish
music, Both amateur artists and
photographers will’ be interested in
the slides which accompany her
lecture, since the art objects are
well chosen and the photography
ie result of years of experimenta-
tion.

A graduate of Wellesley and the
University of Michigan, Miss Gat-
chell has also studied painting un-
der well-known artists in New York,
Florence and Mexico City. During
one summer of her study abroad
she was in charge of Miss Child’s
School for Girls in Florence, Italy.
Teaches Art

At present she is a teacher of
art at Miss Hall's School in Pitts-
field, where she has done much to
correlate the study of painting with
costuming and stage design, Among
her experiments in tempera, a me-
dium which appeals to her very
much, is a school seal which, she
des.gned for the Lenox School in
Lenox, Massachusetts.

The lecture which Miss Gatchell
will give at State College has been
presented to various groups in the
Vieinily of Pittsfield, in New York
City, und at Williams College.

Tickets can be obtained at the
Van Curler Music store for $,60.
Students may be admitted by Stu-
dent Tas.

ED Releases Results
OF Poster Competition

Gloria Jaffer, '48, was awarded
first’ prize in the poster contest
conducted by the Elementary Dra-
matics class from December 14 to
January 9. Dorothy Diffin, 48, re-
ceived second prize,

The contest was held to provide
advertising for the annual present-
ation of the cla: one-act plays,
Miss Julfer's work, which appears in
the Anni pictures a man hanging
a poster, whieh features a cloth
drape of gold material, is tacked on
the bulletin board in lower Draper.

‘The posters were judged on orig-
nality and ability to attract atten-
ion. Marion Kragh, ‘48, and Mary
Moncharik, ‘47, were given honor-
able mention,

A prize of three dollars
awarded to the first winner
two dollars to the second,

Announce Exams For Jan, 21

Elizabeth Van Denburgh, Regis-
trar, has announced that exams will
begin Monday, January 21, In-
iclion will be resumed on Mon-
February 4, This is the last
issue of the State College News for
the first semesier,

was
and

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Facts And Effects

A few weeks ago: State sponsored an Intergroup
Conference with representatives from the eleven
Teachers Colleges of the State.
curious to know just exactly what, if anything, was
accomplished. An editorial in the Buffalo State
newspaper was gratifying. The editorial appeared
after Dr, Jones gave a talk there on inter-group

relations. At the time there was a serious contro- |

versy resulting from the prohibition by the admin-
istration on the advice of a student committee of
the presentation of Negro minstrel show.

The editorial pointed out the fact that “There
is almost no such production which portrays an
intelligent, educated negro. This is true and often
the cause of much unwarranted prejudice since
the faulty characteristics are largely exaggerated to

State 3

Examination Schedule

First Semester -- 1945-46
Monday, January 21

9:00 a, m. 2:00 p,m.
Group K

Biol, 14.

Math, 23.
Pol, Se, 10.

CIRCULATION MANAGER

SPORTS EDITOR M:

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make the show laughable. It is the same in any {

sort of folk presentation, but not to such an extent,
It goes on to say that, “No label of religion,
nationality, economic status or political affiliation
tells very much about the individual, The label
tends only to make us judge ‘the group as 4 whole’
as if it were an organic being. ‘The group—any
group—as a whole’ is non-e ant, Inevitably,
each group is coniprised of many individuals,
in some ways different from all the others.
“Because of this, we must judge individuals on
their own merits, not as members of a group. In
doing this, we have no right to feel that we are
‘being nice’ to any group or that we are ‘granting
equality to inferiors.’ Equality cannot be granted ;
it can only be recognized. y equality that c
ties with it a sense of condescension is false. Equal-

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ity that is given with too self-conscious @ nobility |

is equally false and dangerous.”

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This editorial presents what we believe to be

the whole purpose of an organization interested in
inter-group relations, It does not call for an aban-
donment of your own religious and political beliefs:
but rather a complete understanding of the indi-
vidual, Until that understanding is present in each
of us, we have no place in any high school in Amer-
ica,

Inter-group Council owes itself a pat on the back
for conducting the conference and trying to promote
inter-group cooperation in State and other colleges.
Buffalo is among those Colleges who have set up
Intergroup committees since the conference.

Crime Wave

We have used various excuses for our actions
here at State for the past few years, ‘There is no
excuse, however for stealing. We realize that no
one at State is exactly well-to-do: but that in itself
should prevent anyone from taking from another,
We seem to have had a regular crime wave at State
this year. As much as forty dollars has been stolen
from a single person—-forty dollars which was in-
tended for room and board or books, ‘The latest
that has come to our ears is the theft of twenty-
five dollars from a wallet. Incidently, that twenty-
five dollars was saved from hard work at two or
three after-school jobs. Our scholastic standards
are high, Let’s not let our moral standards plunge!

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Kaleidoscopic Jargon

Before we fade into the background temporar-
ily while the spot seeks out a new legree, we would
like to catch up on a few gripes and suggestions
ignored thus far for lack of space or a prolific
pencil.

We have staring us in our bebagged and smiling
faces, a new semester. The interested ones are
bulging with resolutions and revolutions, How-
ever, we do not expect anything spectacular until
the smoldering haze of that old tradition—exam-
inations, has passed and we can drag our sooty
selves back into the fire, There’s no need for luck-

” Wishing since the results will depend on how much

you have done in the past semester or on how much
you can squeeze into how small a space in how
small a time.

First, there’s the matter of the Class of *46—the
Grand Old Seniors who took the saying to heart
and walk around with canes and wrinkled faces. We
hope the second semester can miraculously inject
some of the old vitamins so we can manage to
stumble to the stage for our diplomas. Other classes
have lived through it and we didn’t expect the
frisky forty-sixers to die from a sudden stroke. We
had it and lost it.

Then there's the item of the freshman and
Sophomore classes. From their vague expressions,
and passive attitudes, you'd never guess rivalry ex-
isted. From the number of warnings that appeared
in November, we don’t believe it is because State is
gong strictly scholastic.

Maybe we're expecting too much, but it doesn’t
seem that this years more than the past three years,
should be such a dull one, Certainly, there is more
social life. Aside from a few heated assemblies
there has been very little enthusiasm demonstrated
about anything, From where we sit, the past semes-
ter has showed little progress, except perhaps in in-

wup relations in which only a few are active-

, ly interested.

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Speaking of assemblies, next semester will be
an important one, The new constitution and the
budget, both of which will require a lot of intelli-
gent discussion and thinking, will be brought up
If everyone ma 1 point of knowing a little about
what's going on, before voting, ybe next year
will not be darkened by foolish questions and ob-
scure objections, You already know you should
attend every embly and you may as well be-
cause some unpleasant steps will probably be taken
if you don't, After a while, the voices of author-
ity resent being taken lightly. Assemblies make
more sense to those who attend more than every
other one. Intelligent discussions entail a thorough
knowledge of the matter at hand, Before anyone
take it upon himself to spout on democratic prin-
ciples or constitutional rights, may we suggest he
take some consideration of the words of experienced
authors or National leaders who know.

At this point, we would like to express an opinion
of the electorate of the $i Con, News
Board, which selects succeeding members to the
editorial staff in accordance with it's own constitu-
tion, We sect three Juniors to act as Associate
Kditors. We choose them on the assumption that
any one of them could probably work up to put-
ting cut a fairly readable newspaper. However,
they are not all of equal ability. We observe the
accomplishments of their Junior year to find which
would be best and choose accordingly. ‘That person
must have a combination of qualities to assume the
position of Editor, He must know journalism: be
somewhat of a diplomat, be able to write well, be
a leader either obviously or quietly, and must
be able to command the respect and friendship of
his staff in other words, be popular. We the
personal qualities are the most important, We would
resent it very much if Student Association decided
to elect the in-coming Editor from the three Junior
Kditors. Invariably the most popular in the sense
of being the most widely known, would be chosen
whether he had any of the other qualities or not.
We grant that person could edit’ the paper, but
what would happen to our consistent first class
rating as an ewspaper? ‘This is just something we
would like you to remember when you consider
just ty what extent popular elections should be car
ried

Krom the editorial room, comes a plea, Ple:
make your Letters to the Mditor concise and br
We only, as a rule, run a four-page issue. And don’t
forget to identify yourself as author

Now we pull in our neck, pull out our books, and
leave you to boil in your own soup,

STATE COLLEGE NEWS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1946

Albany Council Nelson To Speak Editor Terms “Lost Weekend”
To Direct Local To Student Body Progressive Step In Film History

Housing Plans

The Albany Consumer’s Council
will sponsor a series of public lec-
tures and panel discussions con-
cerning the Albany housing prob-
lem. Dr. Richard H. Hill, Head of
the Research and Statistics section
of the New York State Division of
Housing, will speak at the first
meeting on Tuesday at 8:15 P. M.
in the Joseph Henry Memorial on
the topic “The State’s Part in
Housing.”

Explain Purpose

The general purpose of these
meetings is to interest the citizens
of Albany in working with the local
government in forming a Public
Housing Authority for the city.
This body would work with the
State Housing Commission to ob-
tain aid from the State’s Legisla-
ture or Federal government for
housing projects. Albany and Roch-
ester are the only major cities in
the state which do not have an or-
ganization of this kind.

Students Participate

The students in the Social Sci-
ence classes of Russell Sage College
and Oswego State Teacher's Col-
lege made surveys in their commu-
nities to help in projects of this
sort. Dr. Theodore Standing, Pro-
fessor of Economics and Sociology
and chairman of the Albany Con-
sumer's Council, has suggested that
the same plan may be used here. as
the local housing problem directly
affects State students,

Miss Alice Kirkpatrick, Assistant
College Librarian, has announced
that material which pertains to this
problem has been posted on the
bulletin board in the library.

Two more meetings will be held
on January 28 and February 4 in
the Y.M.C.A. Little Theatre at 8:15
P. M. The topics to be discussed
are “Slum Clearance and Public
Housing” and “Middle-Priced Hous-
ing.” The speakers for these meet-
ings will be announced at a later
date,

In his “Address to the Nation”
broadcast on January 4, President
Truman stressed the enormous im-
portance of public housing and slum
clearance programs throughout the
nation, and indicated that each
citizen of a community must do his
part.

On Shrivenham

Dr. Milton G. Nelson, Dean of the
college, who recently returned from a
leave of absence in England, will ad-
dress the assembly this mornnig. The
next assembly program on January
18 will consist of a musical program
under the direction of Dr, Charles
F. Stokes, Professor of Music. Stu-
dent Council is also making plans
to present the newly-revised Con-
stitution to Student Association in
a series of assemblies early next
semester,

To Speak on Experiences

Dean Nelson, who has been serv-
ing as an instructor in Shrivenham
University, an American school for
Army personnel in England, will
discuss his experiences teaching
American GI's there. Dean Nelson
and Dr, Harry W. Hastings, Pro-
fessor of English, were asked to
serve on the University faculty last
June and have been doing so until
last. month when the University
closed since it was no longer need-
ed. In his address Dean Nelson will
attempt to explain the Army Educa-
tion program and its methods of
instruction, A financial report will
also be made by a member of the
Student Union Board in order to
inform the student body of the pro-
gress which has been made by this
group.

Student Council

At a meeting of Student Council
Wednesday nignt plans were made
for an open meeting of this body
which will be held early next sem-

ster. At this meeting the prob-
lems of the returning veterans at
State will be discussed and the pos-
sibility of e lishing a Student
Loan Fund will be debated. Stu-
dent Council is also making plans to
present the newly-revised Constitu-
tion before Student Association
during next semester. At this time
it will be discussed, revised and
voted upon by the student body.
Copies of the new Constitution will
be distributed at these assemblies so
that the students may follow the
articles as they are discussed. Stu-
dent Council has requested that the
students acquaint themselves with
the Constitution in order that they
may be prepared to discuss this im-
portant business

College Close-wps

By CULLINAN & HILT

Having spent the last five months
trying to wake up State and inci
dently oursely we thought before
the first semester crawls into sec-
ond, before G.E. sends us back to
gas, or Tommy Manville takes his
ninth wife, and before the old atom
bomb puts an end to everything,
we'd like to take inventory of the
future.

Student Association —_ meetings
seem to be dribbling along in placid
unconcern doing their extraordinary
jobs in an ordinary way, except for
‘a few of its leaders who seem to be
leading us all by the nose. Have
you noticed that the problems given
the most time in assembly are prob-
lems between clashing personalities
and not problems of the student
body. If, for mple, more time
had been devoted to dealing with
the concrete problems of My:
instead of burdening the ass
schedule with more technical forms
of censure and counter-censure, per-
haps student government problems
would be nearer solution at this
time. Let's hope that when the
new Constitution comes before us
in second semester, students will
weigh the importance of the vari
ous points and leave insignificant
babbling for the Commons, Lounge,
and P. 0.

Talking about the P. O, let's see
how the News is making out—after
all it is one of the most potent
forces in influencing student opin-
jon. Despite its diminishing staff,
the News is still up-to-the-minute
in the latest developments. By the
way — pourquoi the diminishing
People do not seem to realize the
untold amount of time and effort
required for a first class college
newspaper

Many people are forced to give up
this activity because of burdensome
and difficult schedules — others,

particularly the freshmen, indicate
jack of interest—as is evident from
the comparison of the number of
frosh who were with the News in
September, and those who are still
faithful to the old grind. We cer-
tainly have 49'ers capable of main-
taining the high standards set for
academic subjects plus those set by
News Board policies. Where are
these frosh?

One of the hardest hit war casi
alties, Advanced Dramatics, hi
been smoldering from lack of Dr,
Hardy—yet drama has been more
than kept alive by another new or-
ganization, College Playhouse. Here
again we find students sacrificing
other interests and devoting huge
amounts of time keeping the cur-
tain raised in Page Hall.

All in all we've had a fairly suc-
cessiul semester. A great deal has
been done but there is a great deal
more to do. So let's not rest on our
laurels but plunge into the new
semester with bigger and better
ideas and objectiv

Taking a hint from this, your
columnists feel they should join the
musses Who annually cultivate new
uspirations and resolutions for the
betterment of themselves and man-
kind. In plain words—we need an
overhauling too.

Resolution
1. We resolve to always get the col-

umn in on Tuesday night to re-

lieve the frantic frenzies of Hag-
erly and Tessier,

We resolve not to dismember the

bodies of those who criticize our

column,
wriously, we resolve to make this
column more conducive to under-
standing State’s role as compar-
ed with other colleges.

NOTE: Any or all of these resolu-
tions n be broken in the near
future,

By JOAN BERBRICH

“Tl never take another drink as
long as I live!” (or/and) “I'm head-
ing for the nearest bar!”

It all began when my venerable
colleague in combat, O'Neil, receiv-
ed a double pass from Ray Milland
for the premier of “Lost Weekend”
in the Delaware Theater last Friday
afternoon. The atmosphere was
perfect — a dark theater, a small
number of people scattered about
among empty seats. The projector
began to hum (inaudibly)—the first
scene flashed on the screen...

“Lost Weekend,” a new step in
the development of the motion pic-
ture, features Ray Milland and Jane
Wyman in two of the most dram-
atic roles in cinema history. Mill-
and did a beautiful job of dramatic
acting. He neither over-played nor
under-played the numerous highly
emotional scenes. The photography
reached an all-time high, in my
opinion, in such scenes as the one
featuring the battle between the
bat and the mouse, and the close,
almost still, shot of the eyeball of
Milland. Both scenes imparted a
contagious terror and fear to the
scarcely breathing audience. Direc-
tion was more than adequately done
—it changed from a mere craft to
a fine art.

“Lost Weekend” is the story of a
would-be writer who gave up his
typewriter for liquor, Don Birnam,
swears that he has a double per-
sonallty—Don Birnam, the author,
and Don Birnam, the drunk. When
he began writing in his youth, he
had talent, personality, imagination,
But like all young writers, he was
dissatisfied with his first literary
creations, Discouragement followed
dissatisfaction, and despair follow-
ed discouragement. At length,
tired, without money, and defeated,
he turned to liquor, that double-
faced hypocrite of hope.

Drinking, the easiest habit to de-
velop, the hardest to conquer, soon
overwhelmed his personality, his
will, his talent, himself. He pro-
gressed from bad to worse. Before
long, he was forced to accept board
and room from his brother, and so-

Ed Will Hold Plays
In Page Tuesday Night

(Continued from Page 1, Col. 4)

Crime For Tea, a mystery thriller
concerning the theft of a matron's
pearls, is staged in a midst of a
wide variety of society women,
Grace Jones and Gloria Gilbert,
Sophomores, head the cast as Gilda
and Julie. Blanche Lucks, '48, will
be Mrs. Dacre with Barbara Hy-
man, '48, as Margot. Bileen Pierce,
"48, is Pam and Muriel Gardner, '48,
will play the part of Laura. Marian
will be portrayed by Mary Pat Sch-
midt, 48, and Mrs. Cayster by Vir-
ginia Young, '48,

The committecs for
terer's plays are: Stage Manager,
William Baldwin, '48; Props, Shi
ley Foreman, '48; Publicity, Ellen
Fay, '48: Costumes, Angie Ricci, '48,
House, Dorine Holland, '48; Lights,
Frances Child, '48; Sound, Isabel
Coopre, ‘48. Miss Futterer will take
charge of makeup herself

Miss Jewitt’s. committees are:
Stage Manag’ Dorothy Diffen,
‘48; Publicity, Katherine ‘Tronsor,
“48; Costumes, Carol Clark, ‘48
Makeup, Muriel Gardner, '48; Pro
Muriel Dando, ‘48; Lights, Beverly
Page, '48; Financial, Betty Cavan-
augh. ‘48; Sets, Justine Maloney,
“48.

Between plays the audience will
be entertained by songs from Agnes
Young, '46, and piano solos by Don-
ald White, °48.

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lace and comforting words from his
sweetheart. The combined efforts
of the two were not successful in
coping with his first love, “liquor.”

One day he is picked up and
taken to an alcoholic ward. The
scenes shot in the alcoholic ward
show patients in the grip of deli-
rium tremors — the proverbial
“DT’s", The doctor talks to Don—
“It isn't pink elephants you see.
It’s the ttle animals—tiny tur-
keys and insects. It's the little ani-
mals, One man I know saw beetles
— beetles all over him — beetles
crawling all about him. But they
only come at night—in the dark—
remember, that, Don Birnam. They
only come at night.” (Quote not
guaranteed to be accurate.)

Don Birnam escapes from the al-
coholic ward, and after much wan-
dering about, finds his way back to
his room. He locks himself in with
two bottles of rye to keep him com-
pany. The night comes on — the
liquor is gone. Don Birnam hears
a weird, squeeking noise. He sees
@ mouse on the wall, Then bats be-
g.n to fly about—they swoop down
over his head—hover above him—
encircle him with terror.

‘the bat plunges upon the mouse
and a tiny trickle of blood seeps
down the wall.

Jane Wyman enters as Don's
sweetheart, gives him black coffee,
and forces him to bed. In the morn-
ing, she awakens to find him gone
—her leopard coat is also missing.
A quick trip to the pawn shop re-
veals that Don has exchanged the
leopard coat tor a pistol.
remembers that he had once men-
tioned his desire to end his life.
Panic-stricken, she races to his
apartment,

The ending? We'll pass over that.

“Lost Weekend” is a tremendous

story, and it is filmed with great 4

accuracy and realism. It has al-
ready received several awards for
the acting, the directing, and the
photography.

There are, perhaps, two points of
criticism which may be mentioned,
The ending is weak in comparison
to the rest of the story. It falls
from brutal realism to a melodram-
atic emotional farce, which to the
over-wrought spectators seems un-
real and fictitious,

The other criticism is one I set
forth in conjunction with far great-
er critics. It is the height of cruel-
ty to force to audience to sit for two
solid hours in a dark theater (dry)
while the leading character finishes
one drink after another. The rye
flows like water; throats grow
parched and  over-tensed minds
yearn for comfort (a good night's
sleep, of course!)

All in all, however, it is a five-
star picture—an ace among aces—
a splendid beginning for the career
of the cinema In 1946. Hats off and
orchids to the actors, the director,
the photo. ‘apher, and the author.

Alumni To Meet Tomorrow

The Eastern Branch Alumni As-
sociation will hold its annual lun-
cheon tomorrow at
Pierce Hall, Miss Helen Moore, '24,
will be the speaker.

Miss Moore was a missionary in
Japan before the war and wis a
prisoner in the Santo Tomas in-
ternment camp. President of the
Association is Mrs, Genevieve Shorey
Moore.

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Newman Plans
Active Program

For New Term

IVCF, SCA Plan
Meetings Next Week

El.zabeth McGrath, ’46, President
of Newman Club, has announced
the complete program of that or-
ganization for the year 1946, Har-
viet Brinkman, '46, President, has
also announced several activities of
Student Christian Association for
the coming week.

The Newman Club program for
1946 has been so arranged that
every Catholic student will have
the opportunity of sharing in the
Catholic life of State. The New-
man Club Chaplain, Reverend Wil-
liam F. Cahill, and Miss McGrath
w.ll welcome suggestions _ for
euenres in the program or additions
to it.

Newman Program

The following schedule has been
arranged: Every Sunday at 6 P, M.
in the small Grotto at Ontario and
Yates Streets, sermon for college
students, Benedictson, and Confes-
sions; second and fourth Thurs-
days, 7:30 P, M, at Newman Hail,
Newman Club meetings; every’Tues-
aay at 4 P, M. in Newman Hall—
Discussion Club for Freshmen, cur-
rent top.c, “Catholic Morality in
Modern Society”; every Wednesday
at 4 P. M. in Newman Hall, Discus-
sion Club for Freshmen, current
top.c, “Christian Marriage” and to
begin soon, “Catholic Worship”;
Discussion Clubs for resident stu-

Mondays, 6:30 P, M. at St.
s Mcre House, Tuesdays, 6:30
. M. at Newman Hall, first and
third Thursdays, 6:30 P, M. at Chi
Sigma Theta; Confessions, at the
small Grotto on Sundays at 5:30 P.
M., at Newman Hall, Tuesdays at
4, and at Newman, first

s from 4 to 5:30 P, M,

The weekly chapel service of Stu-
dent Christ.an Association will be
held next Wednesday. Miss Brink-
man will speak on “A New Year's
Resolution,”

‘bhis weekend, four delegates rep-
resenting the State College Student
Chris.ian Association, will attend a
Student Christian Movement Con-
ference .n Jamaica, Long Island,
The conference there is “Christian
Vocations.”

Ruth Seelbach, '48, Justine Malo-
ney, '48, Olive Mang, ‘47, and Helen
Dunn, ‘49, have been appointed del-

to attend the conference,
Meeting
Holmes, '47, President of
Inier-Varsity Christian Fellowship,
has announced that the regular
monthly meet.ng of this organiza-
ticn will be held Saturday, January
12, at 8:15 P. M, in the Clubhouse
on the campus of Rensselaer Poly-
technic Institute. Dr, Lawrence
Kulp, a research worker on atomic
energy, w.ll speak on “Science and
the Bible." Students from Albany
Medical School will provide music
and refreshments will be served.

Students who wish to attend will
meet ab 7 P. M. in front of Pierce
Hall and travel to Troy in a group.

G00D FOOD

Ina Friendly,
Comfortable

Atmosphere

WESTERN AT
QUAIL.

‘PAGE 4

STATE COLLEGE NEWS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1946

IGC Receives
Progress Reports
From Colleges

Representatives Invited
To Citizens Meeting

The Executive Council of Inter-
Group Council recently received re-
ports from other State Teachers
Colleges of New York State con-
cerning the progress of the newly
organized Inter-Group Councils in
‘heir schools, At a meeting held
last Wednesday, several activities
of the Inter-Group program of Al-
bany and State College were also
discussed.

Conference Reults

Letters have been received from
Buffalo State Teachers College and
Oswego State Teachers College re-
porting! favorably on the organiza-
tions of Inter-Group Councils there.
‘These. new councils were formed as
a direct result of the Inter-Group
Conference held here in November
and through the efforts of Dr. Louis
C. Jone, Professor of English, and
Dr, Watt Stewart, Professor of So-
clal Studies, who recently lectured
on inter-group relations at Buffalo
‘and Oswego, respectively.

Panel Invitation

‘The Citizens Unity Committee of
Schenectady has invited four speak-
ers from Inter-Groups Council to
present a panel discussion at one
of their meetings on “What Do We
Know About Living?”. The organiz-
ation has also offered to allot the
speakers panel at least 15 minutes
over WSNY, a radio station.
Lorna Kunz, ’47, and Dr. J, Allen
Hicks, Professor of Guidance, are in
charge of the speakers panel.

At least one delegate will repre-
sent Inter-Group Council at a meet~
ing and luncheon to be held by the
City Club at the Ten Eyck Hotel on
January 26. Dr, Emily Hickman,
a member of the Education Com-
mittee of the San Francisco Confer-
ence and a Professor at the New
Jersey College for Women, will speak
on “Education and the Will to
Peace.” A round table discussion
among students from colleges in
the vicinity of Albany will follow.

Housing Discussions

The Consumer's Research of Al-
bany will hold several open meet-
ings in the near future to discuss
the inadequate housing conditions
now prevalent in Albany. The first
will be January 15 at the Joseph
Henry Memorial at 8:15 P.M. Rich-
ard W. Hill, Jr, New York State
Research Director for Housing, will
speak on “The State's Part." On
January 28 at the YWCA Little
‘Theater, a panel discussion will be
held on “Slum Clearance and Pub-
lic Housing,” at 8:15 P.M, On Feb-
ruary 4, a similar meeting will be
held at the same place to discuss
“Middle Priced Housing." State stu-
dents interested in a fact survey of
housing conditions are invited to at-
tend,

Art Class Plans
Exhibit In Draper

‘The Art 6 Class, a course in De-
sign in Visual Aid for Teaching, will
present an exhibit in Room 208 and
the corridor on the second floor of
Draper Tuesday, under the direction
of Miss Ruth Hutchins, Assistant
Professor of Fine Arts,

The exhibit will include a series
of plates prepared by the students
depicting material on subjects help-
ful to the high school teacher.
Gloria MeFerran, ‘46, is at the head
of this committee. Fifty-six plates
in all will be exhibited,

Information on slides and films
available to high school teachers
has been secured by members of the
class and other material has been
secured from museums, libraries,
clippings and other sources.

‘The purpose of the exhibit is to
acquaint the students with ways in
which they may enrich their teach-
ing and to list the sources of this
extra material, It will also empha-
size the principles of good organiza-
tion and present ideas in mounting.

Miss Hutchins says the exhibit
will be of value to every student
who wishes to bring interesting va-
riations into his classroom teaching.
All students are invited to the ex-
hibit, which will be held from 9 A.
M. to 5 P. M.

Dean Rules Deadline
For Chaperone Cards

Dr. Ellen C. Stokes, Dean of
Women, has announced that be-
ginning next semester any event
for which chaperone cards have not
been filed a week in advance will be
automatically cancelled. She also
requested that janitors required to
work overtime be paid promptly to
avoid confusion and neglect.

The one week ruling was put into
effect to eliminate last minute
searching on the part of students
and to allow the faculty to make
their plans for that evening. The
faculty has expressed a desire for
a two weeks’ notice but the dead-
Ine {s still one week.

Individual notices of these rul-
ings are being sent to the head of
each organization in order to give
fair warning to students planning
events,

Community Service

Members of the Community Ser-
vice Steering Committee will hold a
meeting to discuss plans for estab-
lishing a leadership training group
for Inter-Group Council. Members
of the committee include Harriet
Brinkman, Marian Carter, Betty
Joan McGrath, Joseph Palevsky and
Shirley Passow, Seniors, Marjorie De
Lorraine, and Lois Hutchinson,
Juniors and Dr. Hicks.
Sterling Brown

Arrangement committees have
been appointed for the lecture by
Sterling Brown, modern poet, Jan-
uary 18, Edith Tanenbaum, '47, is In
charge of invitations, Alice Knapp,
‘47, refreshments, Jean Hoffman,
cleanup, and Muriel Navy, serving.

—

—_—_—_—_———

Married Males Come Back
As Dateless Femmes Sigh

1940: What a man!

1942: What! a man?!
1944: What’s a man?
1946: What! 9 man?!

Another two years and State
will be back to “boy-oh-boy-
wotta-man” again. Those males
that Santa promised are ma-
terializing in queues outside
Dean Nelson’s door. These lines
are expected to diminish as the
line forms to the right out-
side the sorority houses and
the girl's dorms.*

Long ones, lean ones, short
ones, keen ones (naturally!)—
built to fit any specification,
however discriminating.*

Proms will be the style again
with gowns that shimmer and
gowns that swish and eyes out-
shining sparkling spangles, for
men mean dates.*

*Too bad they're married!

and
Data

By MINDY WARSHAW

CANINE SOCIETY NEWS

What The Well Dressed Dog Will Wear
If you yearn to keep your dog in style, bring him to R. H.

Macy, Inc. to be reupholstered.

For a nominal sum (anywhere

from $12.79 to $249.98 according to the size of your pet)
Macy’s experts will fit him with a nice new muskrat, mouton
or mink (for the particular dog) coat. Gone are the days of
the prosaic plaid blanket—your dog can now have sex! Says
the New York Times advertisement picturing a snooty dog
trotting across the page all swaddled in furs, “She’s just a

witch .

in her Macy’s mink.” And it’s so practical too—

after Fido gets tired of her furpiece, you can wear it for
awhile—that is, if you don’t mind being seen in old hand-me-

downs...

Sober Thought

By GEORGE S.BENSON

President of Harding College
Searcy. Arkansas

fl

Ez

NOT LONG AGO I heard a story
about a drunk man with a new
car, It probably was not true
but it was thought provoking. In
an effort to back out of his home
garage, so the story goes, he
pushed over a neighbor's fence
and sank nails in three tires.
‘Using an axe to disengage the
debris he bashed in a fender until
it pressed against his only re-
ialhing tire that held air.

Unable to make the maimed
car run, the inebriate got under
it with a wrench and_ flattened
the gasoline line so the engine
could get almost no fuel; also
emptied the brake fluid on the
ground, Finally he lost his tem-
per and assaulted the body with
a pick until it was no longer a
closed car. After that he dis-
coursed loudly and eloquently on
the mistakes of the engineer who
designed it.

Unsound HOW like this story is
Economy the history of our
country for. the last

decade, Instead of doing things
to improve productive activity,
men of authority viewed every-
ssful with suspicion

Well-

farm prices.

Shortening crops raised prices,
to be sure, but it made men idle,
as well as land, The landowners
got compensation from the na-
tional treasury for crops they did

not raise and idle workers stood

Dean Nelson Describes Program At Shrivenham

by MILTON G, NELSON

When World War I closed sud-
denly in November, 1918, no plans
had been made to provide oppor-
tunities for soldiers who would wait
for months before they would re-
turn to the United States. This time
the army planned for a complete
educational program that began
with the elementary school and the
high school located on the battalion.
or command level, the technical and
the industrial school and the uni-
versity or college.

One of the Institutions planned
was a university to be located at
the little village of Shrivenham,
which lies in the shadow of Tom
Brown's schoolhouse. Shrivenham is
located In the Vale of the White
Horse where Alfred the Great bat~
tled the Danes and where he burned
his famous oat cakes.

The staff at this university was
composed of army personnel who
were qualified to give college work
and of professors who were selected
for this assignment from colleges
and uniyersitles throughout the
United States.

During the first term at Shriven-
ham, 149 institutions were repre-
sented, The staff consisted of 130
professors from American universi-
ties and 84 military personnel who
were assigned professorial positions.

June last, Dr. Harry W. Hastings
and myself ived invitations to
join the Shrivenham American Uni-
versity faculty and in a miraculously
short time we were sailing acro:
the ocean on the good ship Que!
Eilzabeth. Upon arriving at Shriver
ham, we found that the university
was organized on an_ eight-week

‘m, similar to a summer session
here at State College. The "a
tion totaled nearly four thousand
students of which ten per cent were
officers. The student body also in-
cluded army nurses and WACS, so
that it was truly a co-educational
institution.

The Shrivenham American Uni-
versity was located in brick buildings
constructed by the British Army for
an artillery-offic training school.
‘The students lived in brick barracks
and the faculty in houses that had
been constructed for British of-

ficers and their families, All of the
Staff were in uniform; the profes-
sors wore no Insignia of rank, but
the army gave them all the privil-
age possessed by an army officer ex-
cept that of executing command
functions.

The curriculum at the Shriven-
ham American University covered
the usual subjects found in the typi-
cal university, such as: commerce,
economies, sociology, education, en-
gineering, fine arts, music, journal-
ism (a weekly paper was published),
a wide variety of liberal arts sub-
jects from English to speech and
drama, science, mathematics, ete.

At 6:15 a siren blew and at 8
o'clock classes began with everyone
in his seat, This was due, not net
sarily to the students being forced
to attend, but to the fact that the
sudents were studying subjects they
had selected and in which they had
an interest.

Because of time lost in military
service, they realized the necessity
of concentrating their attention
upon work at hand, in order, if pos-
sible, to make up some of the loss

in line for dole, To meet the re-
sulting heavy expenses, corpora-
tion taxes grew so heavy that
they discouraged investments,
further retarding productive ac-
tivity.

Idleness WITH jobs scarce and
Rewarded poorly paid, people on

government relief rolls
fared better than many who per-
sisted in trying to earn an honest
living by honorable work. This
automatically discouraged thrift
and efficiency. It retarded the
accumulation of personal wealth
and hindered the starting of new,
individually owned enterprises.
People with odds against them
discourage easily.

The case was more readily
diagnosed than remedied. Eco-
nomie tinkerers in places of au-
thority got a taste of power and
drank of it too deeply. Then they
quit thinking straight, Each new
raid on the nation’s economic
strength called for a bigger one
to hide it. Gradually thrifty peo-
ple were being beggared by alms
and American business bankrupt
by taxes.

The ouly honorable way out of
any kind of intoxication is to
sober up. Destructive strategy
will buy food and clothing for
nobody. Letting land lie idle is
not farming, Scared money builds
no factories and makes no jobs,
The most helpful thing our gov-
ernment can do this year is work
to this end: Devise the right taxes
for tie most jobs. This will auto-
maticaily cure the “gimmies,”

University
caused by years of military service.
IT believe I am making an accurate
statement when I say that these
army students were keen, intelligent,
and deeply interested in the work
‘The sudden close of the Japanese
war released many ships which then
could be used to return soldiers from
the ETO to the United States, and
by the close of the second term the
need for the Shrivenham American
University had ceased to exist.
Early in December, it passed into
the realm of that which had been:
Originally, the plan was to con-
tinue the university for a year, The
early close of the University com-
pleted our work and made it possi-
ble for Dr. Hastings and myself to
make an early return to the Uni-
ted States. I was fortunate to be
one of the first group scheduled for
return. Dr. Hastings should be on
his way home now, and T am sure
he will be just as happy to see the
lady on Bedloe's Island holding aloft
the torch as I was when the aircraft
ier, Enterprise, pulled into pier
13 on Staten Isalnd shortly after
daylight on December 24,

If you do indulge in a mink for

your mascot, keep him in the pro-
per Fifth Avenue atmosphere—don’t
feed him dog biscuits; feed him ca-
viar. (And don’t forget the Martini
to top it off ...) Before we know
it, there'll be a regular canine 400
in the country: “Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Canine of Ken-L-Ration Manor an-
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Skippy to. . .” But there,
oh where, comes a distant bark, are
the snug little sweaters of yester-
year?
«Readers will please ignore all signs
of hysteria—I saw “The Lost Week-
end” over Christmas vacation and
haven't been the same since .. . )
NEWS OF THE WACS

Pvt. Liz McGrath, "45, who was
here visiting old friends over the
week-end, is stationed in Washing-
ton, D. C. where she interviews im-
patient GI's for discharges . . . Sgt,
Trece Aney, '44, also stationed in
Washington D. C., has been pro-
moted to S-Sgt. .. Pat Latimer, ’44
now a Sgt., is in Paris and says she
made a trip to Spain while on leave,
She hopes to be back in time to see
Moving-Up Day at State... Pvt.
Mike Buetow, ‘46, is still in Des
Moines.

THE TAKASES OF ANN ARBOR

Jan and Andy Takas have finally
settled bag, baggage, and daughter
Andrea at 621 Fountain, Ann Arbor,
Michigan, Andy's going to classes
at the University, and Andrea, Janie
proudly relates, can climb a flight
of stairs by herself...

ABRAMS CONVALESCING

Stan Abrams, '46, had a little bad
luck in a jeep accident in Germany
and missed the boat for home. He's
in the hospital now, but still insists
he'll be home in January. You can't
keep a good man down, and if we
know Stan, he'll keep that January
date .

EXAMS COMING UP

‘There will be no NEWS for the
next three weeks because you'll a'l
be so busy studying for exams you
wouldn't have time to read it any-
how... in the meantime, don't
forget to go see Betty Gatchell and
the E. D. plays next Tuesday, and
Sterling Brown next Friday!
ADVERTISEMEN'

Missing: twenty-five greenbacks
Description of item: green pieces of
paper with pictures of George

Washington done in white on

front.

Note to “A Certain Someone”:

1. It takes five Thursdays and five
Saturdays at Whitney's to earn
$25.

2. L owe $23 of the $25.

3. It's my money, nol yours.

4.Make a New Year’ Resolution
now—it’s not too late to return
it by some anonymous method,

can you sleep nights?

b Omega Pi Plans Meeting

Eileen Moody, '46, President of Pi
Omega Pi, honorary commerce so-
ciety, announced that there will be
a general meeting of the organiza-
tion to in Room 301 at 2:30 P.M.
It is a general meeting to discuss
the publication of the Newsletter,
the Pi Omega Pi newspaper which
is sent to all alumni of the group,

“STATE ‘COLL!

EWS, FRIDAY, JANUARY. 11, 1946

Results Of Myshania. Poll

‘What do you think of Myskania as an organ of your govern-
ment? Check one of the following.

1, Excellent
2, Good

Poor
Could stand improvement ....

5, Indifferent .

Do you think Myskania has too much power?
Explain. (Explanations interpreted in story on page 1.)

Yes .... 90

No. ..

Do you think Myskania is the best-qualified student organiza-
tion to handle (Answer yes or no)

. Elections...

Yes
507

Student-faculty relations 416

ip
Student Council ....

591

To organize freshman class
To interpret Constitution ....

To handle major-minor
office plan...
. To uphold traditions
. To serve as a judiciary
body of the gov't. ..

— 458 230

(All above mentioned powers are now granted to Maskania

by the Constitution with the exception of number 2.)

Are you in favor of the present system of choosing Myskania?
15

Yes ... i

No. .... ll

If not, what do you suggest? (Suggestions listed and in-
terpreted in story on page 1.)

Are you opposed to Myskania wearing caps and gowns at the
following functions: (Answer yes or no.)

1. Assembly

Yes

a, regular meetings ......

b. business meetings

. Chaperoning events
Moving-up Day ...
Class meetings
Elections

When sitting as a court

. At any time

1, Name —

2. Closed meetings

3. Constitution

4, Any other item ...

558

List factors or qualities you think should be considered in

choosing Myskania members.

(Six highest listed: others
Leadership .
Scholarship
Service to
State .

interpreted in story in page 1.)

224 Popularity wo ~ 134
199 ADINGY econ 112

Participation

136 An ACtIVities.....n.un on

Any other comments? (Given in story on page 1.)

Myskania Member Answers
Student Opinions In News Poll

(Ed, Note: This is an informative
article written by a member of Mys-
kania in an attempt to correct the
false impressions made obvious in
answers given in the News ques-
tionnaire on Myskania.)

In answer to Question 8 of the
questionnaire, one student asked
“Why doesn't Myskania tell us what
they do with all the money they
have appropriated?” All organiza-
tions which receive money from Stu-
dent Association are required to sub-
mit an itemized budget for approval
by Student Board of Finance and
Student Association, Myskania is
pound by the same rule. Anyone in-
terested in checking the exact fig-
ures may refer to the May 14, 1945
issue of the State Couuck News.

‘A complaint issued by one stu-
dent reads: “I object to standing
up when they walk in for assem-
bly.” ‘This is a common misunde
standing in State College. No stu-
dent is required to stand when Mys-
Kania enters the auditorium. The
practice began years ago when stu-
dents stood for the playing of the
‘Alma Mater. Since then it has con-
tinued as a tradition.

“T don't like the fact, planned or
unintentional, that Presidents of
certain organizations are always in-
cluded in the new Myskania.” With
the exception of president of stu-
dent Association, there is no of-
fice in college which automatically
places a student on Myskcania, A
survey of the last five years of
Myskania membership will show
that soveral major organizations
usually represented were occasion-
ally omitted.

Several students objected to Mys-

kania members wearing keys while
practice teaching. The organization

exercises no control over this sit-
uation. Myskania members, like
members of other organizations,
may wear their keys at any time.

One student stated: “I think the
issue would not be such a big one
if more students knew about the
work: Myskania did in addition to
their weelly appearance in Assem-
bly.” We are not attempting to
decide whether or not the above
statement is correct, but it is logical
and worthy of consideration, Con-
sequently, Myskania will, in the fu-
ture, issue monthly reports of the
work that has been accomplished,
‘This report will be published by the
State College News. The first re-
port, which will include all activi-
ties of the first semester, will be
printed in the first issue of the
News in second semester.

(Continued from Page 6, Col, 4)

Diehl: Any team more than ten
minutes late must forfeit. Games to
be cancelled must be reported to
the captains at least two days ahead
of time. Both teams have to agree
to the cancellation and the new date
set for the game. This avoids mix-
ups, and there is no chance for con-
troversy concerning playing time
and lateness; everything is definite.

Margot: the games have already
gotten off to a good start. Competi-
tion is keen, and the spirit to win is
high. Organization lessens confu-
sion and creates interest. The addi-
tion of a scorer and timekeeper from
each team insures the accuracy of
each, thus speeding up the games.

Feehan Slates

Patricia Feehan, '46, Editor-in-
Chief of the Primer, college literary
publication, has announced that a
regular meeting and a cub class
will be held Tuesday.

Ruth Bentley, '47, Art Editor,
will conduct the cub class for try-
outs for the art staff at 12 noon
in Room 109, Draper. Tryouts will
be requested to design and make
posters.

The purpose of the regular meet-
ing at 7:30 P.M., aso in Room 109,
Draper, will be to discuss plans
for cover design and publicity to
encourage contributions. Miss Bent-
ley has stated that only the Primer
staff and tryouts will submit de-
signs for the cover, The three best
will be chosen by the art staff, and
the whole Primer staff will make
the final decision.

Stories or poetry for the Primer
may be handed in to Miss Feehan
or Esther Utal, '46, Literary Editor,
or placed in the Primer mailbox
in the lower hall cf Draper before
February 28, This deadline has
been set to enable the staff to put
out the publication on Moving-Up
Day.

Poll Discloses Desire For Change
Primer Meeting In Method Of Choosing Myskania_

(Continued from page 1, Col. 3)
hods and bluntly expressed their
desire for abolition.

‘The above question is perhaps the
cause of the greater part of the
controversy centered around Mys-
kania. The general conclusion that
may be drawn from the above sta-
tistics is that the students desire a
change in the method of choosing
Myskania, but that they hold widely
diverging views as to the best pos-
sible system for the election or se-
lection of such an organization as
Myskania.

Contrary to the opinion of the
1945 Myskania and the Student As-
sociation of last year, there is lit-
tle opposition in State College to
Myskania wearing caps and gowns
at specified times. All six of the
events listed were answered in fav-
or of Myskania wearing caps and
gowns by a good-size majority.

A study of the answers to the first
three parts of Question 6 provides
an interesting psychological prob-
lem. The total results are logical,
and easily interpreted. Students at
State do object by a majority of five
votes to the secret constitution by
Myskania, but do not object to clos-

To the Editor

In the News issue before the re-
cess, there was a slightly garbled
version of a Myskania plan which,
as some may have known and others
guessed, was the creation of yours
truly.

The first question to be asked
is obviously, Do we need a judiciary?
The answer, just as obviousy, is that
as we are to live under a form of
government and help perpetuate a
form of government in which the
judicial function is kept separate, we
should get acquainted with this
form now; get to understand its
mechanics; and operate it to the
best of our ability, Basic to that
reason is the whole philosophy of
separation of powers.

A judiciary must be independent,
broad in outlook and experience,
and Seniors are those most likely to
have this combination. Because a
judiciary necessarily depends great-
ly on moral compulsion, it must
command respect. Hence an honor
society is apparently what the situa-
tion demands,

The specific aspect of the ques-
tion is that of membership. This is
perhaps of greater importance in
the judiciary than in any other
branch of the government as the
satisfactory execution of the func-
tions of a judicial body depends
mainly on the competence of the in-
diivdual members. It is therefore
absolutely necessary to establish
some kind of standard before exam-
ining the existing judicial body.
Among the many qualities needed
one might mention integrity, ability,
independence, experience, leadership
a feeling of responsibility combined
with impartiality, the ability to com-
mand respect, the ability to obtain
cooperation, the ability to secure
support and many others. Upon clos-
er examination, these qualities fall
fairly definitely into two groups;
personal attributes and good rela-
tionships with the group as a whole,
There is where, in my opinion, we
reach the crux of the whole matter.
It is my belief that the Myskania
problem is essentially one of the
separation between Myskania and
Student Association. If the various
complaints about Myskania are con-
sidered in this light, I think the
point becomes rather evident, This
problem of separation is, in my
opininion, the result of the fact that
the pi nt method of selecting the
members of Myskania is a fairly
certain guarantee of the personal
attributes, but is no guarantee what-
soever of the general support that
any governmental — organization
needs to operate effectively.

Let us stop for a moment to di-
agnose the existing problem. Is not
the constant criticism of Myskania
the almost inevitable result of this
separation? Is not the continued
existence of Myskania the alniost
inevitable result of the assurance of
personal qualification implied in the
present system? Does not the solu-

tion lie in using a plan that will
assure both personal qualification
and general support? Is not simple
popular election a method which
aims directly at only one of these
—general support, and is this mere-
ly the converse of the present sys-
tem and thus equally poor? May the
solution to the problem not le in a
combination of selection with elec-
tion?

T have set up standards, compared
the present system to it, tried to
diagnose the situation, and point
out the general line a solution
should follow. For the doubting
Thomases who consider the general
line of the proposed solution im-
possible, I should like to cite a pre-
cedent, which may not be exactly
the same, but is still relevant. The
Grand Marshall of Campus Com-
mission is elected by Student As-
sociation in the spring from the four
Junior members of Campus Com-
mission. We are thus assured both
personal ability and general sup-
port for the Grand Marshall.

I have proposed that we should
make an attempt to combine selec-
tion with election. It would seem
only reasonable that when the
members of Myskania meet to con-
sider the membership of the new
Myskania, there are probably some
Juniors on whom the majority of
Myskania members agree, and a
more or less loug list of others who
are mentioned and considered.
Well, if most Myskania members
consider certain juniors so out-
standing that they ought to be on
that government organization, these
Juniors should appear equally well
qualified to those they are to help
govern. Hence, Myskania could sub-
mit these names to Student Associa-
tion for approval or rejection, As for
the rest of those mentioned, maybe
Student Association could choose
among them and others nominated
whom it considers most worthy of
support, honor, and office.

All this boils down to this sugges-
tion—let Myskania recommend no
more than ten people for member-
ship, to be approved or rejected by
Student Association. Let Myskania
further suggest at least four others
it considers qualified, let those wish-
ing to, add to this list, and let Stu-
dent Association elect by preferen-
tial ballot from among these as
many as are necessary to complete
the membership, Add to this the
rules that Myskania shall have 13
members, that the old Myskania
shall submit altogether at least 14
names, and that the President of
Student Association hall always be
one of the thirteen,

This system would, I believe, re-
sult in the selection of a group both
competent and supported, and one
which could perform for Student
Association services even greater
than those which Myskania, in spite
of obstacles, now offers, If there are
fallacies in my reasoning, they are
lacies in my reasoning, they are

ed meetings or secrecy in to
the name. This is especially true
in respect to the latter. ual
answers, however, at times seemed
strange and difficult to interpret. A
number of students do object to
secrecy in the name, but do not ob-
ject to a secret constitution. Wheth-
er this apparent contradiction of
principles may be ascribed to mis-
interpretation of the question or
merely to idle curiosity concerning
the word “Myskania” is a question
which may not be answered with
facility or certainty.

The listing by State students in
answer to Question 7 of factors and
qualities that they think should be
considered in choosing Myskania
members resulted in an unusual dis-
covery. Scholarship is second to
leadership only, and lags behind by
25 yotes. As mentioned in the tab-
ulations on page 3 of this issue the
other high-ranking qualities in or-
der are service to State, popularity,
ability, and participation in activ-
ities. This does not seem to conflict
with the qualities set forth in the
May 18, 1945, issue of the State
College News by the 1945 Myskania;
“This body was chosen on the basis
of three years’ work—school parti-
cipation, class participation, organ-
ization cooperation, and initiative.”

Scholarship was at one time’ a
necessary and important qualifica-
tion for membership on Myskania,
Since then the emphasis in State
College has switched to leadership
and initiative as shown in student
affairs. Is the pendulum swinging
backwards? And, if so, what would
be an adequate and acceptable aca-
demic standing for a candidate? Is
it necessary to choose between
scholarship and leadership, or would
it be possible to find a suitable
combination of both in eight to
thirteen Juniors each year?

Other qualities or factors listed
are dependability, good judgment,
fairness, ability to gain cooperation
of Student Association, knowledge
of Parliamentary Procedure and of
the Constitution, honor, State spirit,
character, personality, — initiative,
versatility, humor, friendliness, ap-
pearance, speaking ability, and a
general interest in State College.
One student suggested a competitive
exam as a factor in choosing mem-
bers of Myskania,

It is obvious that not all of the
factors could be used, and equally
obvious that few students could ad-
mit possession of all the aforemen-
tioned qualities, but it is an inter-
esting survey on the standards of
State students and the qualities
they desire in their leaders,

Question 8 was added to the ques-
tionnaire as an after-thought, but
produced rich and pertinent mat-
erial, There were a number of
cryptic statements: “This Myskania
stinks!” and to balance it “Vive
Myskania!” Some of the comments
given in Question 8 indicate a lack
of knowledge co:icerning Myskania,
and State College. These comments
are discussed by a member of Mys-
kania in an article printed on page
5 of this issue.

One final comment now by each
of two opposing extremists. Against
Myskania is the decisive “I think
that Myskania should be abolished
completely, because it is completely
useless for any purpose whatsoever.”
Contrary to the ideals of this state-
ment is the following: “A tradition
helps make a college. Myskania, as
such, I believe, has a right to sym~-
bolize the serious and stately part
of our college life, I think an aw-
ful lot of this business against Mys-
kania is ‘sour grapes,’ When we
stand for them as they enter as-
sembly, I don’t believe we're wor-
shipping them as so many like to
say. They stand for all the kids at
State who work to make college a
better place. The way Student
Council handled the Campus Day
attendants—everyone in the school
knew! We need some sort of an
organization who will keep thelr
mouths shut, and Myskania cer-
tainly would.”

After writing approximately 300
lines of interpretation, we are in-
clined to agree with the author of
one curt and concise statement:
“Why doesn't somebody do some-
thing ‘get about the issue!"
probably due to the fact that T
must base my suggestions on more
or less logical assumptions rather
than on known facts,

GERHARD WHINBERG '47

STATE COLLEGE

FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1946

— By MARY LIZ SULLIVAN —

And so begins another year...
‘We have been snooping around try-
ing to see if anyone has made any
New Year’s resolutions and surpris-
ingly enough a few people have, We
were talking to one person today
who told us a story of the thin per-
son and the plump person who go
around together. The reason for
this is that each of them keeps the
other from doing the things they
really shouldn’t do anyway. To ex-
plain — this {s in reality a small
scale ‘health’? program in which
“thinnie" keeps “plumpie” from eat-
ing more than one helping of des-
sert, candy, etc, Plumpie recipro-
cates by making thinnie wear her
glasses (she has bad eyes because of
Vitamin deficiency) eat more, take
her “Be Built Up Quick The Easy
Way” pills and many other things.
This is really something to watch—
probably in eight or ten weeks thin-
nie will be plump and plumpie will
be thin, if so we'll let you know. As
for any other resolutions, as far as
we have been able to find out, most
of them have been broken already.
Tsk, tsk and we've only been back
one week.

No Snow

Well, last year at this time, WAA
was planning a sleigh-ride. Almost
everyone around here knows that in
order to have a sleigh-ride—that is
successful at least, there must be
snow. Right about now the only
thing we could have is a mud ride
with atmosphere lent by rain and
sleet. It has been suggested as a
possible reason for the weather con-
ditions as they are now, that a sea-
son reversal may be in process. Pic-
ture WAA notices going up in June
to the effect that skating and sled-
ding will be held on Wednesday and
Friday and softball notices going up
in December, Well, we all like a
little change now and then.

Basketball Stars

The basketball play-offs have fin-
ally started and from the games so
far, it looks like another good
son. The only drawback this season
is that this is the last issue of the
News for this semester and therefore
we will not be able to report on any
of the games played tomorrow or
next week. Many of the most im-
portant games will probably be play-
ed then and therefore not as much
publicity will be given to the bas-
ketball season this year as was given
last year. Also a gripe we would like
to mention concerns the scorekeeper
who Is actually considered a member
of the team, If the person on the
team is to be given WAA credit for
keeping scores, it seems only logical
that the score should be kept cor-
rectly. In several instances last year
the total individual scores did not
tally with the team score, and so
when any question arose as to in-
dividual scores some kind of a guess
had to be made. This guessing could
be eliminated if the scores were
kept correctly — so how about it
scorekeepers let's get on the ball!

Some Apologies

A few weeks ago we mentioned the
sadist around the P.O, who went
around putting s down our

getting worse
ad of better~ ms as though
these people are better athletes than
we are and now their favorite pa
times are picking us up and throw-
ing us on the floor—just for fun of
course, We also hear along this line
that this sadist's father noticed the
previous little item and knew right
away that it was his daughter, Well,
we really didn't mean to get this
dear person into trouble but if it
helps to discourage the commando
tactics that are resulting in our
gradual physical breakdown—then
hurrah!

Basketball Season Sees

KD, Phi Delt,

Newman, Psi Gam, BZ,
Whiz Kids Conquer

‘The basketball season started off
Tuesday night as Chi Sig defeated
Wren 32-2, KD vanquished Farrell
30-5 and Phi Delt set back Moreland
to the tune of 26-8,

In the first quarter of the Chi
Sig game, Sylvestri scored right at
the beginning and Dunlay added
two more points on a long shot.
Good pass-work aided Dunlay as she
pushed through three more baskets.

Sylvestri opened the second quar-
ter with a pushup, Dunlay made a
long shot and followed with a foul
bringing the score 15-0 in favor of
Chi Sig.

Wren tightened up its defense but
Dunlay finally broke through and
scored, She repeated and scored
three more and a foul shot.

In the last quarter, Sylvestri
scored twice and then Stephen scor-
ed Wren’s only basket. Dunlay
scored one more basket and a foul
shot, Sylvestri dropped in Chi Sig's
last two points as the game ended.

KD's attack opened up immedi-
ately as O'Grady scored. She drop-
ped two more through and Slackie
followed up with one as the quar-
ter ended.

Shoup scored in the opening sec-
onds of the second quarter and
Weiss retaliated for Farrell. O'-
Grady scored again and then Shoup,
putting KD ahead 14-2 at the half.

O'Grady made two baskets, then
Slackie scored one, The ball sea-

sawed until Haines scored a foul *

shot as the quarter ended.

Shoup tallied, then O'Grady and
Shoup again. Weiss scored Farrell's
second basket, and then KD pushed
two more goals through to win 30-5,

Phi Delt started out fast when
Tildon scored and Seymour added
three more points on a basket and a
foul shot. On the next foul Tildon
scored,

Phi Delt set a fast pace when
Seymour, Michel and Tilden scored,
one after another, Tildon scored two
more baskets and a foul shot. Boyn-
ton scored Moreland’s only basket as
the half ended 18-2, Phi Delt's favor.

Connors of Moreland scored the
first basket of the half and Michel
retaliated for Phi Delt. Tildon and
Michel scored and then Boynton
brought Moreland’s score to 5 on a
foul shot. Michael scored once more
taking Phi Delt's lead to 24-5.

Boyton scored Moreland’s last
(three points on a long shot and a
foul. As the whistle blew, Tildon
tossed one in. The game ended
Phi Delt 26, Moreland 8.
Wednesday's Games

BZ topped Stokes to the tune of
27-6, when Baker, Casey and Magi-

(Continued on Page 6, Col. 5)

Time Echedules,
Games Posted

The following is the basketball
schedule as far as it now is made
up:

Saturday, Jan, 12

KD vs Wren

Phi Delt vs Western
Monday, Jan,

Gamma Kap vs Moreland

Z vs Tommy More oe

jay, Jan, 15
s s Cancelled
Cancelled
Cancelled
Canceleld

Cancelled
Cancelled

4:15
4:45

Newman vs Whiz Kids
AEPhi vs Commuters
Wednesday, Jan, 16
Chi Sig vs Moreland
Gamma Kap vs Wren
KD vs Western
BZ vs Parrell
‘Thursday, Jan, 17
Phi Delt vs Stokes
Psi Gam ys Sayles

Be on Ume for your games. More
than 10 minutes lateness is consid-
ered forfeit,

OTTO R. MENDE

THe CoLLece JEWELER

103 CENTRAL AVE.

Chi Sig Win
lable Tourney

Nears Finish
Of First Round

The first round of the WAA ping
pong tournament neared completion
this week as several more of the
games were played off.

As now stands, thirteen games
have been completed. The winners
include Ineson, who defeated Sey-
mour, Hollis defeating Callahan,
Dunn over Hilt, Jones defeating
Diner, Standish over A. Zellengold,
Tilden over Sweeney, Sowa defeat-
ing Simon, Connors winning from
Torio, Fisher over Hellman, Midgley
defeating Melewicz, Fisher over Gil-
ver, and Fenenboch winning from
Steinbach. Weiss drew a by to en-
ter the second round without meet-
ing competition.

Among the close games which
marked the first round were those
played by Dunn and Hilt. Dunn
came out on top by winning the
first two games although the com-
petition was extremely stiff. B, J.
Jones recovered after losing the
first of three games to Mary Alice
Diner. The two which followed
were hotly contested but Jones
came through as victor. Taking
easy victories were Alice Fisher, who
won with no effort from Nancy
Hellman, and Ray Weiss, who de-
feated Judy Fenenboch, 21-5 and
21-6.

The game between Fenenboch
and Weiss marked the opening of
the second round. Fenenboch is
therefore eliminated from the com-
petition,

Four more rounds must be com-
pleted before the ping pong cham-
pion is selected. In the second
round, five winners will be chosen.
The third round will narrow this
number to three. Two contestants
will be left at the completion of the
fourth round with just one more
round needed to determine the
tournament champion,

Several games in the first round
have not yet been completed. Un-
less these games are played off in
the near future, both contestants
will be automatically eliminated.

Tilden Announces
Classes Started

A new class is beginning and ad-
vanced swimming will start this Fri-
day, January 11, from 3:30 to 5
o'clock and will be held every Tues-
day and Friday afternoons there-
after in Public Bath Number 3,

Patricia Tilden, '48, captain, an-
nounced that fifteen members have
already signed up for the class.
sign up sheet has been placed on the
WAA bulletin board for anyone in-
terested. Although most of the peo-
ple who have signed up want to
learn to swim, others who just want
to come for recreation are invited to
attend these classes, It has been
suggested that all who plan to at-
tend wear bathing caps. WAA credit
will be given to those who come to
the class ten times,

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Snoop

RAH! RAH! RAH!
“HAM TEAM TEAM!

Such were the sounds that at-
tracted the Sport Snoop to the
aeptns or Richardson. It wasn't the
sane as last year. We couldn't help
but notice, so we inquired avout the
cnange. 1¢ would seem a new bas-
Ketpau system has been imitiated.
‘hus the origin of this week's ques-
on: “What ao you think of the new
basketball system, and why do you
tmnk 1t 1s more efficient than ast
years?” (4he following opinions are
irom those in the know.” The sys-
tem is explained through the an-
swers.)

baker, 47: because of the shorter
Piuying tune, 1our minute quarters,
auore games can be playea otf in
vue Tigiut. Instead of iast year’s two
und three games, lour are piayed
uss In Une same amount or time. A
eau 10sing three out of tour games
is automatically out of the league.
unis makes the season less drawn
Ouv, ana a steady interest is main-
tained in the games rather than in-
Verest mn the Inais only. It is only
jogical that the more teams elim-
inated, tne better teams are left and
tune games are more exciting
tnroughout.

Quinn: With 325 games to be
played off in 13 weeks, something
nad to be done, There just wasn't
enough playing time that could be
scheduled. It was ridiculous for a
team in first place to be playing
a team at the bottom near the end
of the season. There just wasn’t
interest in these games. With the
new elimination system, there is
more incentive to stay in the league,
and the games build up to a climax
from beginning to end.

Sweeney: Sickness has already
done more than its share to hold up
the basketball schedule. What we
want most is to get the games off
on schedule and end the season be-
fore it has a chance to drag. Sat-
urday is to be kept open for prac-
tice, and to give those kids who want
to play and who are not on a team
a chance.

“Continued on Page 5, Col. 2/

Hockey Credit List
Released By WAA

The following people have earned
credit for hockey this semester: Sue
Anderson, '49, Marilyn Avalear, '49,
Peg Daly, '48, Wilma Diehl, '48, Dot
Diffon, '48, Catherine Donnelly, ’49,
Alice Fisher, '48, Colletta Fitzmorris
‘49, Jean Harris '49, Jean Heginger
’48 and Jean Ineson '49.

Also, Adrienne Iorio '48, Joanne
Joslin '49, Marion Kragh '48, Shiela
Maginess ‘48, Betty Margot ‘47,
Mary Marscher '49, Elsie Moberg "49,
Marjorie Munro ‘49, Muriel Owens
‘49, Anna Pascuszi '48, Pearl Ples
‘49, and Mary Quinn '48.

Also, Gloria Rand '48, Mary Rea-
gan ‘48, Ellen Rochford '48, Angie
Ricci ‘48, Mary Seymour ’46, Bever-
ly Sittig '49, Edna Sweeney '47, Paula
Tichy '48, Pat Tilden ‘48, Marion
Vitulo '47, and Phyllis Yerdon "48.

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New Basketball Set-Up;
Efficiency WAA By-Word

‘the new system for playing
otr the pasketoall games 1s
# gain in WAA efticiency. Witn
Une elimination of a team los-
ing three out of four games,
tne league cannot drag ike it
aid last year. Sasketball is of
major interest in State College,
it being the major winter sport
on campus. A jong, drawn out
schedule over a period of years
would qiscourage the intense in-
terest at present. WAA must be
given creait tor torsight, and
tnanks tor saving basketball at
State.

In order to get WAA credit
@ player must come out ten
times, What happens to the
players on the disqualified
teams? WAA again proves its
new efficiency. Saturdays are
Jett open tor practice only. This
gives those disqualified a chance
to get WAA credit. Orchids to
WAA.

Fencing Class
To_Be Continued

Celina Axelrod, ‘47, captain of
fencing, announced that the last
class tor thas semester will be held
Saturday, January 12, at 10 o'clock,
an Page Hail gym. Classes will be-
gin again with the new semester,

Last Saturday, the class practiced
advancing, retreating and lunging;
ali pasic steps in fencing. The cor-
rect position of the body and the
correct use of the foil were stressed.

Fencing as a recreational activity
4s an excellent medium for combin-
ing training in grace and poise with
a wonderful time.

Basketball Results

(Continued from Page 6, Col. 2)
ness dropped two points each
through the hoop for BZ,  Sittig
scored two points for Stokes as the
quarter ended.

Casey made two pushups, then
Baker and Maginis scored one
apiece making the score 14-2 in fa-
vor of BZ,

Joslin matched Baker’s two bas-
kets as the half began. Baker and
then Casey scored.

Maginess scored four points and
Casey pushed through the last bas-
ket to give BZ the game 27-6.

Psi Gam'’s' team produced the
high-highest scorer of the week
when Lengyel scored 22 points. Their
defense was tight allowing Tommy
More to score only seven points. The
final score was 30-7 for the South
Lake team.

The Whiz Kids defeated AEPhi,
8-6 in the fastest game of the week.
AEPhi was ahead until the last
quarter when Ricci scored the two
deciding baskets.

In the last game of the evening,
Newman turned back the Sayles
squad, 13-4, Sayles put up a good
fight but Newman's trio of forwards
outpointed them.

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State College News

ALBANY,

NEW YORK, FRIDAY,

FEBRUARY 8, 1946 .

VOL. XXX NO. 14

Juniors To Hold
Annual Banquet

In Jack's Tonight

Miss Agnes Futterer
To Present Monologue

The Junior Class will celebrate its
third year at State with a banquet
tonight at 7 P.M. at Jack’s Restau-
rant on State Street. The Juniors
will also hold a reception Tues-
day night in the Lounge for stu-
dents who entered this semester,
according to James Conley, Presi-
dent,

Miss Agnes E. Futterer, Professor
of English, will present a dramatic
monologue to highlight the enter-
tainment for the Junior Banquet.
A skit will also be presented por-
traying characters from the comic
strip, Dick Tracy, in a barroom at
the Club 119. A take off will be
given on such well known person-
alities as Tess ‘Trueheart, Dick
Tracy's faithful girl-friend; Ju-
nior, who always manages to ap-
pear at the right moment; Itchy,
who apparently has a chronic rash;
Snowflake, a beautiful but unscrup-
ulous damsel; Gravel Gertie, who
could never win a beauty contest;
B.O, Plenty, who is everything his
name suggests; Vitamin Flintheart,
the wayward actor suffering from
illusions; and last but not least, the
hero himself, Dick Tracy. Accord-
ing to Miss Hilt and Woodworth,
there is also a surprise element in
the skit to climax the entire per-
formance, Eleanor Binn is Mistress
of Ceremonies.

Banquet Menu

The menu for the Banquet in-
cludes the following: fruit cup,
mashed potatoes, peas, relishes,
roast beef or scallops, rolls, coffee,
apple pie, and ice cream.

Besides Miss Putterer, other fac-
ulty guests will be Dr. Matie Greene,
Mr. and Mrs. Francisco Juan Cor-
dona, Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Clausen,
and Dr. and Mrs, Allan J. Hicks.

No outside guests will be allowed
unless they are former members of
the Class of ‘47. However, new stu-
dents who have entered the class
this semester are cordially invited.
If tickets have not already been
obtained, they may be secured from
any member of the ticket commit-
tee. The price of admission is $1.

Committees for the banquet in-
clude the following: Arrangements,
Virginia Ann Day, Janice Goodrich,
and Arthur Kaufman; Entertain-
ment; Betty Rose Hilt, Virginia
Drivas, Julia_ Collier, and Frank
Woodworth; Guests, Joan Alverson,
James Whytock, Richard Smith;
Tickets, Alice Knapp, Clyde Cook,
and Harold Weber.

Booming Basses Drown Out
Feminine Babble In Commons

To think that a mere hun-
dred mortals could cause such
a transformation!

The peaceful drone of femi-
nine voices in the Commons,
supplemented by only an ot-
casional bass tremor, has burst
into a mighty overture of mas-
culine uproar. Those less for-
tunate last minute researchers
in the library, prodded by a
12:35 deadline, push aside the
tempting thought of joining the
hilarity below.

And it isn’t those new ny-
lons which are attracting at-
tention in the’ lower hall of
Draper—ah, no! It is the
shapely appendages, so liber-
ally displayed by State's new
Varsity potentials.

Life is very different, so very
different from what it used to
be. See, just like it says in the
catalog—“co-ed!”

Mrs. Whitaker
Will Address
Pi Gamma Mu

Barbara Reiff, '46, president of
Pi Gamma Mu, has announced that
Mrs. Helene Whitaker, a social stu-
dies examiner in the State Depart-
ment of Examinations and Testing,
will speak at an open meeting of
the honor society Monday night at
7:30 in the Lounge.

Mrs. Whitaker will discuss pro-
cedures for making social studies
examinations and the evaluation of
social studies regents examinations.
Several mimeographed sheets of the
answers of high school students to
social studies regents questions will
be distributed and discussed. Fol-
lowing her lecture, an informal dis-
cussion will be held on problems
involved in the social studies curric-
ulum,

A charter member of Pi Gamma
Mu and president of that organiza-
tion in her senior year. Mrs, Whit-
aker is one of the persons responsi-
ble for the organization of a chnpter
of Pi Gamma Mu at State College
in 1937. Other charter members
include Mr. Clarence A. Hidley, As-
sistant Professor of History; Eliza-
beth F. Shaver, Instructor at Milne,
and Miss Helen Fay, who also or-
iginated the idea of the State Col-
lege Co-Op.

Previous to working in the State
Education Department, Mrs. Whit-
aker was a member of the social
studies faculty in the high schools
at Greenwich, New York, and Bell-
more, Long Island. At present she
is working on the revision of the
llth year social studies curriculum
in high ols.

Seniors, Sophmores Schedule
Sister Class Party Tomorrow

JAMES MINER

a

ALICE WILLIAMS

College Groups
Sponsor Dance

State's first College-Wide dance
will be held on Friday, February 22,
in the Gymnasium in Page and the
Lounge in Richardson, Sixteen or-
ganizations on campus will unite in
the sponsorship of this event,

This dance will be a sports affair
and will be held as an informal
get-together to enable the students
to become better acquainted. The
Vie will provide music by the na-
tion's top orchestras for the danc~-
ing, and refreshments will be served
during the evening.

Mary Seymour and Mary Louise
Casey, Seniors, have been appointed
chairmen for the event. Each of
the organizations sponsoring the
dance will choose two members who
will serve on an executive commit-
tee. This group will have charge
of all of the arrangements for the
event.

Each of these organizations will
also contribute three dollars tow-
ard the expenses of the evening.
This amount will be refunded from
the money which will be taken in
at the door. The charge of admis-
sion will be $.25 per person, and the
dance will be open to all State
students.

Forum To Sponsor Speaker On Soviet

Political Forum will present Miss
Rose Maurer, author, editor, lec-
ture und research consultant, as
the principal speaker in Assembly
today. Miss Maurer, who will speak
on American-Soviet Relations, will
be introduced by Selma Kreisberg,
46, President of Political Forum:

A native New Yorker, Miss
Maurer spent a Jong sojourn in
Soviet Russia, as well as having
done continuous research in Soviet
developments.

Barnard Graduate

She prepared for her two yeurs
of field work, in the Soviet Union
by studying Russian at Columbia
University upon her graduation
from Barnard College in 193
Miss Maurer received her M.A. de-
gree In Public Law at Columbia In
1935,

During her stay abroad,
Maurer attended lectures, inter-
viewed officials, visited inatitu-
tions, lived with a Russian family,
and traveled through Finland, Po-

Miss

MISS ROSE MAURER

Belgium, Austria, — Switzerland,
France, and England as well as
land, Germany, Denmark, Holland,
the Soviet Union.
‘Teacher, Lecturer

Miss Maurer has also taught a
new course, Soviet Social Institu-
tions, at Sarah Lawrence College
and was visiting lecturer at the
Canadian Institute on Public Af-
fairs. Formerly editor of the ma-
gazine The American Review on
the Soviel Union and the weekly
information bulletin Russia at
War. Miss Maurer edited a book on
Buriat Mongolia published by the
Institute of Pacific Relations, She
is also a member of Phi Beta Kap-
pa and the American Political
Science Association.

The Russian Relief Organization
of Albany is having a tea at St.
Peter's Church, State Street, on Fri-
day afternoon from 4-6 P.M, for
Miss Maurer. Mrs. Robert Wheeler,
chairman of the affair, has invited
members of the student body to
attend,

Student Council
Plans Discussion
Of Constitution

Plans for the presentation of the
new Student Association Constitu-
tion were discussed and an amend-
ment to the Pedagogue Constitu-
tion was approved at Student
Council Meeting Wednesday night,
Miss Rose Maurer, expert on So-
viet-American relations, will speak
in assembly this morning, and Mal-
colm Evans, '46, will introduce the
new basketball squad.

The new Constitution will be
presented to Student Association in
Assembly next week, and there is a
possibility of mid-weekly discussion
meetangs.

Constitution Amended

Article 30, section
Pedagogue Constitution has been
amended. The original wording
was; All members of the five staffs
shall be Sophomores who have been
tryouts in their freshman year.
The descriptive clause has been
stricken out and two additions have
been made. They are: (A) Positions
on the staff shall be chosen from
those Sophomores who tried out in
thelr freshman year, and (B) In
the event of vacancies, if no tryouts
remain, new tryouts will be an-
nounced for the Sophomore Class
and new members will be chosen
from this group

There will be a
Dean Stokes today at 2:30 P.M, to
discuss plans for setting up the
machinery for an arbitration com-
mittee provided for in the proposed
Constitution for Student Associa
tion,

Student Council Approves

At a meeting of the Student
Board of Fiaance last week MAA
was given permission to use their
reserve fund which has imulat-
ed over a period of years. Student
Counell approved the publication of
a supplement to the Directory
which will include the names of
those students who entered this
semester,

The Student Council Constitution
Committee will meet Saturday at
9:45 A.M. in the library conference
room to conduct hearings on the
constitutions of Music Oouncll, In-
ter-Group Council, the Primer and
Campus Commission, Eileen Moody,
‘46, is chairman. Delegates from
each of these organizations are ex-
pected to attend,

On Wednesday noon in the Com~-
mons there will be a pep rally in
preparation for the basketball game
with Siena Wednesday night.

8 of the

meeting with

Commons Scene

Ot Sport Dance

Name Rankey, Williams
Co-chairmen Of Event

An informal dance sponsored by
the Senior and Sophomore classes
will be held in the Commons to-
morrow evening from 8 P.M, to
midnight, Helen Rankey, ’46, and
Alice Williams, '48, are co-chairmen
of the affair.

The purpose of the dance is to
promote unity and a closer rela-
tionship between the two sister
classes, A St. Valentine's Day
theme will predominate throughout
the affair, with large red hearts
decorating the walls of the Com-
mons,

The dance is strictly informal,
Jeans and shirts or skirts and
sweaters will be the soctally ac-
ceptable form of attire. Square
dancing as well as round has been
slated for the program. The event
is merely an informal get-to-gether
to enable the two classes to be-
come better acquainted,

Games have been arranged in
addition to the dancing but no
definite program has been planned.
James Miner, President of the
Senior Class, and Gloria Gilbert,
President of the Sophomore Class,
have urged all members of thelr
respective classes to attend. Those
attending are asked to appear clad
in their class colors to create @
keener atmosphere for the party.

Pepsi-cola, cookies and dough-
nuts will be served for refreah-
ments, Admission to the dance and
refreshments are free, All expenses
for the event will be paid from the
treasuries of the two classes.

Dr. Edward Cooper, Assistant
Professor and Supervisor of Com-
merce, and Dr. Floyd E. Henrick-
son, Assistant Professor of Educa-
tion, will act as chaperones.

Committees have been selected
from both classes. They are: Deco-
rations, Dorothy Diffin, chairman,
Marjorie Maize, Mary Flemming,
Muriel Dando, Gloria Rand, and
Julia Genoyes! Sophomores; Re-
freshments, Lillian Abraham, chair-
man, Joseph Paleysky, and Shirley
Passow, Seniors, Selene Wolf, Wan-
da Tomasik and Barbara Hyman,
Sophomores; Entertainment, Gen-
evieve Sabatini, chairman, and
Mary Cuscy, Seniors, Ellen Fay,
Rita Shapiro, Barbara Jean Schoon~
maker, and Gloria Jaffer, sopho-
mores; Music, Arlene Lavender,
chairman, Mary Quinn, and Paula
Tichy, Sophomores; Chaperones,
Virginia Effley, '46.

States-Men Smoker
To Be Held In Lounge

Philip Lashin ‘47, President
of the States-Men, has announced
that a smoker will be held tonight
for all men students in the Lounge
from 8 to 10 P.M. Several other
activities have also been formulated
tentatively by the States-Men for
second semester.

A spring formal {is planned for
May 11, the night after Moving-Up
Day. An all day outing Including
a pienic and hay-ride has also
been scheduled for ext spring.
Joseph Palevsky, '46, Richard Smith,
‘47, and Christian Rogers Neilsen,
‘48, have been named to @ commit-
tee to organize all social activities
of the States-Men for the remain
der of the semester,

Any men students interested in
joining this organization have been
asked to attend the States-Men
meeting Monday noon in Room 111
or contact Lashinsky immediately,

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