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STATE COLLEGE NEWS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1940
Activities Unite,
Begin Reforms
A new regime has begun! The
Grand Grand Central Terminal off
the lower corridor of Draper is no
more. The heads of the six activi-
ties located in the Publications Of-
fice have banded together in com-
mon defense against the interlopers
who have made it impossible to
accomplish anything in the office
at any time.
‘They have appointed a Publica-
tions Office Committee with full
power to set up and enforce any
regulations necessary to maintain a
good working atmosphere in the
Publications Office. The response
from the Student Body has been
Now that these new regulations
(printed on page 2) are known to
the student body there exists no ex-
cuse for non-cooperation. Penalties
for violations will be set up and ad-
ministered by the heads of the ac-
tivities,
‘Undoubtedly the new arrangement
will inconvenience the students who
have made a habit of frequenting the
Publications Office, but the advan-
tages gained by the workers on the
several publications are expected to
more than outweigh any inconven-
fence suffered by the people who
have no work to do in the office.
Jordan, Agne Stage
Satire, Comedy Duo
Advanced Dramatics will again
present two plays on the stage of the
Page Hall auditorium on Tuesday
at 8:15, Harry Jordan and Robert
Agne, seniors, are the respective
producers of two satirical comedies.
Jordan's play is a modern version
of the old story of Helen of Troy.
It is one of a series of “somewhat”
historical plays, The cast includes
Dorothy McIsaac, Lauretta Serva-
tus, and Frank Evans, juniors; John
Witthoft, '43; Don Vanas.
‘The second comedy was both writ-
ten and directed by Agne, who also
is in the cast. Other characters are
played by Kay Wilson, Frank Cas-
sidy, and Tom George, juniors;
George Kunz, '43; Harold Ashworth,
Bob White, and Joe Higgins, fresh-
men.
The Engineers Reply
Reprinted From Rensselaer Polytechnic
An article appearing in a past
issue of Polytechnic has incited our
collegues of the State CoLtece News
to editorialize upon the actions of
the precocious children at Rensse-
laer.
Gentlemen, we are treading upon
holy ground whenever we cross the
threshold of a State dormitory, We
are immature, conceited individuals
who are to be treated with clemency
(in order to avert the frustration of
youth) by pedagogues well versed in
child psychology, and the care and
handling of illiterate children,
They ridicule us because we mi-
grate to thelr campus in groups.
Perhaps the esteemed editors of the
News forgot their lessons in mass
psychology, and in so doing fall to
realize that our only object in such
@ movement js to enhance the wel-
come that we so richly deserve.
We are not placing ourselves
among the unattainable stars when
we say that we at Rensselaer are a
body of unaffected individuals, con-
gregated here with the only inten-
tion of pursuing an_ engineering
education, Occasionally we may
wander from the path, Any state-
ment accusing us of laboring under
illusions of grandeur Js a conclusion
founded upon a false hypothesis.
‘Tie RaNsaeLAgh POLYTECHNIC.
"39-40 Dean's List
Class of 1941
Abelove, Alice
Agne, Robert
‘Adam, John
Antonacel, Josephine
Bag Ja, 1
Benson, Neva
Baldwin, Norman
Case, Benest
Chase, Anita
Casein raat Ae
Dygert, Dorks
Ht it, Katelle
Glacomina
Greenblatt, Sylvin
Godfrey, Stephen
we,
Hoch, Katherine
Johnson, Dorothy
Kleine, Herman
Larson, Ruth
Lixon, Tose
axhinsky, Bella
ivchlo, Louise
MacDonald, Janet
Manhelmmer, Lols
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Marie
Bernice
Peak,
Pitman,
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Kell, Rita
Kyle, Shirley
Ifenry
Perlinan, Bernard
Real, Jan
Roberts, Inzel
Relg, Hyman
Schmachtenberg, Jeanne
Sommers, Roy
elfert, George
Tibbetts, Ralph
‘Tims, Marjorie
Class of 1943
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Benzul, Alice
Bombard, Owen
Churehill, F. Jennie
Clark, Barbara
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Change Rush Ruling
Intersorority Council met a week
ago Thursday for discussion on
rushing, According to Bertha Petit,
Council president, the rule forbid-
ding contact between freshmen and
sorority girls from 5:00 P. M. to 9:00
A. M. has been changed to read 8:00
A. M. Council also decided to use
taxis for the night of formal dinner.
Dr. and Mrs. Shields McIlwaine
recently pledged Phi Delta, and Dr.
Watt Stewart is planning to follow
suit. Phi Alpha Tau has two new
honorary members in Dr, and Mrs.
Oscar Lanford, Shirley Mosher, Lil-
lian Westfall, sophomores and Ann
Norberg, ’41, joined Phi Delta, Sigma
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Myers, Edith Jane Kupp, Mary Dun-
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number of students to maintain a B
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such an average for both semesters.”
Senior Class Leads
The classes were represented dir-
ectly in proportion to their prece-
dence; that is, the Class of 1941
‘once again leads the classes with 48,
followed by the Class of 1942 with
41, and the sophomores with 21. Ap-
proximately 14% of the men of the
college and 13% of the women of
the college comprise the dean's list
for 1939-1940.
Dean Announces Top Seniors
Dr. M. G. Nelson, dean, will an-
nounce the names of new members
of Signum Laudis, scholastic hon-
orary society, in this morning's as-
sembly. These members constitute
the highest four per cent of the
Senior class and will be initiated at
the induction meeting to be held
November 14.
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VOL, XXV, NO. 7
Ten Eyck Hotel,
Downing’s Band,
Formal Tonight
Hertel Extends Blanket Bid
To All Students, Faculty
Sororities to Dance
Following the traditional “last
shall be first” policy, the Senior
class starts off State's social season
with Senior Hop tonight at the Ten
Eyck Hotel from 10 to 2. Harder
Downing and his Continentals, fe
turing Ernie “Jumpin’ Jive" Wash-
ington, promise to deliver to the
satisfaction of all devotees of the
dance.
Downing, who has been connected |
with Glenn Miller and Tommy Rey
nolds, is a collegiate favorite and
has played at Colgate, Harvard,
Cornell and Hamilton. He has prom.
ised an arrangement of “Life Is Very
Different” especially for the elders
who are facing contracts and draft
Hertel Ileads Committees
Bob Hertel, who emerges from
vice-presidential obscurity to head
the dance committees, stated: “The
committees have worked hard to
make the class of ‘41's last big
formal a social succt and we hope
the attendance tonight will justify
our efforts”.
Heads of the committees for Sen-
ior Hop are: Ada Parshall, arrange-
ments; Paul Grattan, publicity;
Stephen Kusak, chaperones; Carol
Golden, programs; Glenn Clark,
music, Bertha Petit, bids.
Dr. and Mrs, Henry Sisk and Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Bulger will be the
chaperones. Among the faculty
guests are: Dr, and Mrs John M.
Sayles, Dr. and Mrs. Milton G. Nel-
son, Miss Sara Delaney, Miss
Agnes Futterer, Dr. and Mrs. Don-
nal V. Smith, and Dr. and Mrs
Robert W. Frederick.
Bids to Sell for $2.50
Bids are $2.50, on sale with the
red and silver programs at the table
near the girls’ locker room.
To complete the Senior Hop week-
end, all the sororities on State Col-
lege Campus will hold their annual
fall house dances tomorrow evening
from 9 to 1.
They will be semi-formal and as
has been the custom in former years,
the houses will be open to couples
from other sororities during the
dances.
The chairman of the dances are
as follows: Chi Sigma Theta, Rose-
mary Brucker, "41; Kappa Delta,
Kay Peterson, ‘42; Gamma Kappa
Phi, Ethel Appleton, '42; Ps! Gamma,
Marjorie Gaylord, ‘42; Beta Zeta,
Hattie Conklin, ‘41; Alpha Rho,
Madeline Fagan, '42; Alpha Epsilon
Phi, Florence Halbreich, '42; and
Phi Delta, Charlotte Ritchie, “41
No Assembly Today,
Walrath Announces
Students intending to study,
eat, sleep, or just wile away time
by cutting assembly this morning
can do so without having their
consciences bother them. Merrill
Walrath, ‘41, president of Stu-
dent Association, has announced
that there will be no assembly
today.
‘The program scheduled for this
morning’s Assembly, namely the
traditional freshman sing where-
in the freshmen were to enter-
tain the rest of the students by
solemn singing of the alma
‘College of the Empire
State,” and the chain-gang pr
entation of “Life is Very Differ-
ent,” suddenly cancelled
when a eable number of fresh-
men were called away to partici-
pate in a number of tests. The
freshmen will perform two weeks
hence,
Bulger, Smith
Attend | Parley
Syracuse Scene of Convention
of Principals, Board Heads;
Cole Addresses Group
Dr. C. Currien Smith and Paul
Bulger, acting assistant principal of
Milne High School, represented State
College at the eighth annual meet-
ing of the New York State School
Boards Association, October 27, 28,
and 29 at Syracuse. More than eleven
hundred local principals and super-
intendents attended the meeting.
Dr. Ernest E. Cole, Commissioner
of Education and President of the
University of the State of New York,
was the principal speaker. Other
speakers on the program were Dr. J.
Cayce Morrison, assistant Commis-
sioner of the State Education De-
partment, Dr. W. Howard Pillsbury,
superintendent of schools of Sche-
nectady, and Dr. Hu Shih, Chinese
Ambassador to the United States.
Bulger Comments
Bulger, in commenting on the con-
vention, expressed his astonishment
at the voluntary attendance of such
a large number of local educators.
Said Bulger, “The first thing that
impressed me was that such a num-
ber of people would sacrifice so much
of their time solely because of their
interest in education”.
In his capacity as Director of the
Student Employment Bureau, Bul-
ger found it an unusually good op-
portunity to cultivate the acquaint-
ance of school board members
throughout the state.
Cole Stresses Home Rule
Dr. Cole in his address to the con-
vention, emphasized decentralization
of the state's school system. He
stressed “home rule” in education
for the state's municipalities.
Instead of speaking on condi-
tions In China today, Dr. Shih pre-
sented a talk on New York State
influence on the Chinese Renais-
| sance.
Myskania Announces
Resolved that on the conclusion of all Student Association and
class clectior
the numerical results of such elections, and revotes
incidental thereto shall be posted, The numerical results of elec-
lions for Campus Queen, Prom Queen, and Myskania nominations
shall not be posted
In reply to a request for an interpretation of this resolution’s
constitutionality
Myskania rules
follows:
Inasmuch as Article 1V of the Constitution vests “all legisla-
tive power in the assembly of th
purpose as outlined in Article I
Association,” and since the
the management of all mat-
ters of student interest not academic in nature, it would seem
that in the absence of any specific prohibition that the Student
Association holds life and death
h power over the publication of
its election results. The Association may authorize the publica-
tion of its election results; it
y forbid such publication; its
power over their publication is limitless. The resolution is there-
fore constitutional.
Political Forum
Sponsors Party
Students Will Hear Results
Of Presidential Election
During Entertainment
| State College students of all
, Political parties will gather in Page
|Hall Gymnasium Tuesday night to
participate in an Election Watch
\Party, celebrate Election day, listen
to the election returns as they are
broadcast over the radio, and dance
away an evening. The affair, spon-
sored by the Forum of Politics, will
!commence immediately after the Ad-
jvanced Dramatics weekly presenta-
tions.
Three Cents
Students will be asked to pay a
'y nominal admission fee of three
leents plus a few additional taxes
Which bring the total to twenty-one
jcents per person, Members of the
|Forum are inclined to believe that
;those students attending will be
)made at least a little tax-conscious.
| The tax list includes the follow-
|ing: four cents for national defense,
| two and one half cents federal, one
cent state, eleven cents county, and
a one-half cent poll tax.
The Forum's party will present a
little of everything that the members
have decided should be part of an
election night celebration, An or-
chestra has been selected to provide
music for dancing. The State Col-
lege bri band will perform under
"42.
Satires On Program
Included on the program are a
number of plays and satires about
candidates and political parties, One
parody concerns itself with Hitler,
Stalin, and Mussolini. Three mem-
bers of the senior class will stage
this skit entitled “Three Little
Maids Are We.”
Janet Sharts, president of the
Forum of Politics, busy with plans
for the political rally is general
chairman of the affair. “I believe
that the program has enough variety
and features to please any student
of State College no matter what
particular political party, he or she
may belong to,” said Miss Sharts,
“and the small admission fee will
allow the students to have a good
time while listening to the returns
of the election.
Service Fraternity
To Drop Delinquents
Paul Grattan, president, announc-
ed Wednesday that Service Fra-
ternity, the State College organiza-
tion composed of former Boy Scouts,
will undertake a major reorganiza-
tion. This step has been taken, Presi-
dent Grattan explained, because a
large proportion of the members of
the fraternity were not actively in-
terested in the work of the group.
The reorganization, which ts in
charge of Robert Bunn, '42, aims to
eliminate the delinquent members of
the fraternity, to make it closer
knit, and more efficient, The group,
, Which was organized in 1939, now
has more than fifty members.
| As soon as the reorganization has
been completed, the fraternity plans
|to commence activities. Among the
{first of the tasks to be undertaken
will be a survey of men’s housing
| facilities. This survey is to be taken
|4n cooperation with the office of the
| Dean of Women.
Political, War Dramas|
Advanced Dramatics students will
present plays Tuesday evening in
Page Auditorium at 8:15,
Ruth Keeler, '42, is directing a play
in which one of the boys who fought |
in the last war returns from the
dead, The second play, directed by
Vincent Miller, '42, Js appropriate for
Tuesday night as it {8 a political
the direction of Charles Reynolds,
Freshman Class to Elect
| Officers in Monday Poll
Draft Hits Alumnus;
Army Calls Fluster
The second number, friends, in
this momentous lottery of patrio-
tism, the second number is 192,
And 192, to be specific is Har-
old Fluster of 122 Dana Avenue,
Albany, State, '39.
Yes, conscription {s real.
At latest reports, the draftee
is doing as well as can be ex-
pected. In fact, he feels fine.
“A year's vacation—a new unl-
form—and we've practically re-
served tickets for the Purdue-
Fordham game! Heck, why should
I be mad?” Fluster grinned.
He doesn't know yet when he
will be summoned by the authort-
ties of the Selective Service Act
to enter his year of training, In
fact, he doesn't even know how
he'll look in a uniform, but Flus-
ter and his mother both agree a
year away from home should be
“good for me,"
Heckle-Debate
Returns to State
Juniors to Face Sophomores
On Issue of Men's Hours,
Frosh Squad Annoiticed,
Debate Council will present a
heckle-debate between juniors and
sophomores at 8 P. M. Thursday in
the Milne Little Theatre.
Louise Snell, ‘41, will serve as
chairman in debating the question,
“Resolved: That New York State
College for Teachers inaugurate
men's hours.” The affirmative is to
be supported by the juniors, Jeanette
Ryerson and Ira Hirsch, while the
sophomores, Verna Snyder and Ralph
Toepfer, will argue for the negative.
Council Plans More
“This debate is a follow-up of the
one given in Assembly,” stated Paul
Grattan, president of Debate Coun-
cil, “the students have been so re-
ceptive to the heckle-debate that
we are planning six or seven more
on subjects pertinent to State. Sug-
gestions as to questions for debate
will be very welcome.”
Grattan has announced the selec-
tion of the following members of
the freshman debate squad: Edythe
Baker, Marjorie Bruing, Charles G,
Lois Hemple, Joseph Higgins, Verne
Marshall, Rhona Ryan, Bernard
Skolsky, Earle Snow, Marion Sovik,
Vera Willard, and Harry Wurtz,
will coach the
squad,
The State College Town Meeting
assembled last night in the Audi-
newly organized
ance of Debate Council.
Town Meeting Successful
The affair assumed the propor-
tions of a political rally, complete
with bunting, a band, and noise, As
each citizen entered the auditorium,
he chose a pin indicating his choice
of the capdidate in the coming elec-
tion; the: political sentiment of the
meeting was ascertained by count-
ing the proportionate number of
pins. The various parties were sup-
ported in speeches by members of
Debate Council; minorities (Social-
ist, Prohibitionist, ete.) Janet
Sharts, '41; Republican party, Louise
nell, ‘41; Democratic party, Fred
Ferris, ‘42.
Election Results
The complete numerical results of
all elections to be held at State
College in the future will be pub-
lished in the Stare Coutxae News
as soon as they are released by
Myskania,
satire concerning election.
Capel, Rita Daly, Irving Fudeman, | Ww.
Janet Sharts, ‘41, varsity debater, |!
torlum of Page Hall under the guid- | }\
Seven Nominees
Seek Presidency
Finance Board Representatives
'o Be Chosen by Seniors:
Clark Creates Vacancy
The Class of 1944 will march
to the polls in the Commons of
Hawley Hall on Monday to elect
its 1940-1941 officers. The election
will be held from 9 a, m. until 4
p. m, under the supervision of
Myskania, senior campus leader-
ship society.
It is imperative that all those who
are candidates in the election pay
their student taxes and class dues
before 3:30 P. M. today, The names
of those who have not paid by then
will be stricken from the list.
Deadline For Withdrawals
Nominees whose names appear on
the list of candidates more than once
must withdraw from all but one
nomination by 3:30 P. M. today.
This may be done by placing a
sealed note in the Myskania box in-
dicating the office for which the
candidate desires to run and those
from which he wishes to withdraw.
All new nominations, which may.
still be made until 3:30 P. M. today,
must be presented to Myskania in a
sealed envelope. Candidates whose
names still appear more than once
on the list because of a new nomina-
tion will be given until 9:00 A. M,
Monday to withdraw. Myskania will
cancel all nominations of those not
adhering to these rulings,
At its last meeting, Myskania ruled
that in all future elections nomina-
tions will be closed twenty-four
hours before the withdrawals.
List of Candidates
Following is a list of candidates
for Freshman Class offices:
President: Patrlela Carroll, Willlam
Forrest, Dan Hanley, Lyman Juekett,
Phil Murphy, Bernard Skolxky, Robert
White; Viee-Preniden Lois’ Dany,
Mary Joyee, Patrlela Latimer, Pauline
Pasternak, Rhona Ryan, Mildred Welr-
Isloff; Treasurer; Adellid Bucel, Charles
Capel, Robert Cou
Paul ' Ferenick,
e Rita Daly,
Domann, Agn unk, Pat Brey
Managers Kit Herdman, Jeanett
MAA Hepresentutiye: Maleohn Evans,
Joseph MeCabe, William Miller, Van
hulxe, Pred’ Schumaker; Binance
di Helen Beckerle, Russell Blytho,
Arthur Cornwell, Don Demick, Helen
Kelly, Verne Marshall, ", Oney' Song
k Bishop, Marjorie Broun-
n Harmon, Vin Pape,
vay, Sn. Jane
wroiliy ‘Townsend ; ' Cheers
Aghiworth, Dody “Aungat,
mi, Dolly” DURbho, Kay
alph | Predrleks, It
Hun, Bunny: Squlee et
Ken’ Dubols,
Budget Adopted
At its meeting of the Freshman
Class last Wednesday the budget for
the year 1040-1941, appropriating a
total of $550.00 was passed, The
itemized budget follows:
KN OF 1018
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Podagogue Pletuce
embininny Biaely
pin Day
Finance Board Election
The Senior Class election for re-
presentative to Finance Board will
take place on Monday, Ralph Clark,
‘41, has resigned because he 1s a mem~-
ber of the News Board which re-
celves an allotment in the Student
Association budget, The constitution
of Finance Board prohibits persons
from holding. two such positions,
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Who Shall Judge?
to brother Prom
wicked him:
‘0 would eliim to know—
i ndiet him!
~Christopher Morley, The Twins
Editorialized in the October 15 issue of The
Siena News is a plea for decision debates. Such
debates are requested be e non-decision debates
lack the flavor, the combat, and the suspense of
decision debati Decision debates are better pre-
pared, better received, and better for you. So says
The Siena News.
To all of which we of State must reply—the facts
do not bear out such conclusions. Decision debates
have no place in the collegiate world, if that be an
adult world, In any debate, the emphasis should be
on the proposition, and the solution must rest
“somewhere between” the two extremes. Other-
wise the subject is both undebatable and unfair,
. Decision debates are too “one-sided” in the dual
sense of the term, They involve inordinate speak-
ing to the judges, as both justice and the audience
are forgotten in juvenile attempts to triumph, And
without casting aspersions on the characters of
debate judges, it is difficult to cite many instances
of squads losing decisions within their own baili-
wieks,
Debate Council is to be congratulated on its con-
tinuance of the non-decision policy, even though
such a policy makes a desired State-Siena meeting
an impossibility. { would suggest that the two
~acolleges debate the issue of Decision vs, Decsion-
less Debates, if only they could come to some agree-
ment anent the judging of such a meeting!
The Rumor is Not Unfounded
Heard from a more than reliable source that
all outsiders would be barred from the noontime
dancing held in the State College Commons,
Seems that there were 18 boys from Siena in-
dulging in the art of dancing one noon at State,
and it didn't set so well with the male sex,
although the female group didn't mind in the
least. Or are any rumors unfounded.
The unusual, sentenceless paragraph
cal query printed above in “Siena Sites? ???”, per-
sonal column of The Siena News, raises once more
the problem posed in last week’s Stary Corsnor
Nuws editorial, “Admission by ‘Invitation’ ”, Siena
was not mentioned by name in that issue, Never-
theless it was an influx of Siena boys, self-styled, at
noontime and RPT men at the Campus Night danc-
ing which prompted that editorial,
Frankly, Siena boys are not wanted at noontime
dancing, ‘The Commons is too small for outsiders,
and such dancing is for State students and their
“invited guests”, If “the female group didn’t mind
in the least” and the women of State are so enthusl-
astic over the boys of Siena, why is it that the
latter stand around gaping and not dancing when
they descend en masse on our Commons?
No, the rumor is not unfounded,
nd rhetori-
Skeleton In The Closet
LATER AND RETURNED
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FOR 38 YEARS /
Idiots Delight
The Critic |
The skits on Campus Day might
be likened to the waves of the sea,
They rose and fell, going from peaks
of hilarity and good fun, to sloughs
when there was nothing but silence
and a bewildered audience. Let it not
be said, however, that a good time
was not had by all, for there were
enough puns on familiar subjects to
keep us all laughing. The seniors be-
gan it with goodnatured digs at the
teaching profession, and schoo} insti-
tutions, It sort of petered out, The
juniors, poor people, let the bars
down a bit farther than good sense
would dictate, The sophs put on a
show of individuals. Bob Walters
stole the laurels for the evening as
the redheaded rube. And those danc-
ers! It remained to the frosh to
come forth with the prize perform~-
ance of the evening. Proceeding
with a combination of Pins and
Needles, Idiot's Delight, and Nin-
otchka, they carried their little sa-
tire through to a very unusual con-
clusion,
For its first plays Advanced Dra-
matics took us down in a submerged
submarine and left us there at the
bedside of a bored business man who
had decided to stay in bed for a
week, Tom Augustine, in attempting
to transmit the gripping fear of
death far under the sea, did not
quite reach his goal, although his
set was quite realistic. The actors
sequently could not carry the emo-
tion of the play to the heights it
should have reached,
The program last Tuesday night |
is not as good as the first one,
various reasons. Two comedies
can be entertaining, if their humor
is sustained, Harry Jordan's play
about Helen of Troy was clever
proved by a more careful delineation
of characters. The old man didn't
quite ring true, and neither did the
crowd, Lauretta Servatius made a
gracious Helen, and Don Vanas a
romantic Paris, after he got over
the incongruity of his costume. In-
cidentally, a negr of that day
would not have worn a bandanna!
Bob Agne wrote a play, directed
it, and acted in it, Very praise-
worthy, indeed, had it been a good
play. But it wasn't. It was long, un-
wieldy and, at points, ridiculous. The
theme of sanity and insanity was
obscure and needed working over,
Individuals, however, deserve credit
for their performances, Frank Cas-
sidy made a competent clairvoyant
in his white turban, Little Bob
White kept clamoring for snow to
everyone's delight. He should have
hada bigger part.
Life’s Great Moment
Reprinted from “The Normal Leader’
Fredonia Normal College
The current issue of Life con-
tains a neat example of the Intelle
tual dishonesty and commercial-
mindedness that grips the press of
this country.
Editor Henry R, Luce of Life
gives a prominent place in his maga-
zine to his editorial, “This Great
Moment"—an editorial on the presi-
dential election, The editorial gen-
eralizes beautifully for considerable
distance until the writer realizes
that he has not sald the only thing
he actually wants to say, So he in-
corporates the word “efficiency” into
his thesis, glamorizes {t, and says,
“Everything else bolls down to just
one word: Efficiency. And it is per-
haps by the word Efficiency that the
man or woman who lives American
can best make his decision at this
moment in history ,.,I give you
this word as the password or secret
weapon by which this Republic will
elther find or Jose salvation.”
The obvious implication of the
word, “Efficiency” 1s that Wendell
Willkie, business-man de luxe, is the
epitome of the word, as opposed to
idealistic Franklin Roosevelt, To
carry the implication further than
Mr, Luce would like, Mr, Roosevelt
has battled on the philosophy that
human beings are more important
than efficlency—a direct contrast
to Mr. Willkie's record,
Mr. Luce lacked the guts to say
flatly what the past issues of Life
have made obvious—that Willkie 1s
his choice. Nor does he give the
very good reason why Life wants
Willkie—because Life must cater to
{ts “big-business” advertisers who
are making the magazine a very
profitable enterprise.
Burled on page 102 of the same |
issue of Life, and sharing the read-
ers altention with a “before and af-
ter” advertisement for corsets, is a
dynamic and honest article by
Fiorello LaGuardia in which he says
bluntly that Roosevelt is the only
man for "this most difficult Job in
the world,”
We can understand that as a pro-
fit-making publication, Life must] |
protect its heavy investments, But
we resent the deceitful, dishonest and
unfalr methods it has seen fit to use,
Unfortunately, Life is no worse in
this regard than the overwhelming
began at too high a plane and con-| teacher, personally
applied to classroom situatior
enough, but it could have heen im-| ¢
—=
Chaniges-—Filie and Fait
The Commentstate—————
Bull sessions are wonderful things—two or more
people of either sex get together and start talking
about some innocent subject, and the next four or
more hours are sure to be full of ideas, phrases, curses,
prejudices, heated debate, and smooth persuasion. One
thing is certain—that the final subject will have
absolutely no relation to the original topic, For ex-
ample, the original subject may concern the advan-
tages of two five-cent cigars over one ten-cent one,
and end with any topic from sex to religion, educa-
tion to communism, tolerance to politics,
So it was last week, when three of us started talking
about the relative merits of Willkie's smile as com-
pared to Roosevelt's, wandered to the sophomore
performance in assembly, and after seven or eight
more detours arrived at the subject of courses in State
College, and eventually resolved our arguments into
a heated discussion about one specific course—Hygiene,
Hygiene as taught in State College consists of a
number of highly specialized topics which many of us
are naive enough to call “capable of being pre-med
stuff” and some generalizations which concern them-
selves mainly with personal hygiene. The idea ad-
vanced was that the administration would do well to
revise such a course to meet the needs of State Col-
lege, an institution devoted primarily to the training
of teachers for the State of New York.
Fist Aid
Course
Missing 4 ‘special
the structure and dis
Certainly the absence of practical as-
pects related directly to class room teach-
ing and the hygiene involved is noticeable,
zed study concerning itself with
of the eye or the ear have
little value in a classroom should a child faint, A
study of foods rich in certain vitamins and diseases
cal
edge
valuele
practical
courst
information
ed by a deficiency of a certain vitamin {is knowl-
but knowledge which cannot be
Few teachers would have derived enough
from the
to do anything should an accident occur in
applied is
present hygiene
the classroom other than rush the child to the health
room or a hospital while the child may be painfully
suffering from lack of immediate first ald—first aid
that should have been applied, but was not because
the te
of practical first ald.
The consens
vision of the p
pr had never been taught the fundamentals
s of opinion agreed on a need for a re-
nt course in hygiene. The revision
would be simple—it would merely involve emphasis on
the pri
tical aspects of hygiene as
and professionally. First ald as
related to the
would be the all-im-
portant purpose of our course in hygiene. Although
most other courses are taught with the premise that
the student 4s
Unually concerned with cl
is one of the few cour:
to be a teacher and emphi
ls con-
hygiene
‘om procedure
which has remained theory
and pedagogically impractical
It Is difficult to believe that a short seven
Sucess
aimed
for Purge
tions office
ties Office—the haven
Hawley's upper hall.
days ago, the now busines
was the smol
strewn, crowded, clo
for refugees from
But it is encouraging to find
like publica-
-filled, filth-
foul-odored Activi-
Gideon
that this same group who had “infected” the Activi-
ties Office to such an extent that it was necessary
to purge, fumigate, and deodoriz
e the room even to
the point of changing its name, have seen fit to
cooperate to the fullest extent and have refrained from
nesting on the bench
, chairs, railings. and tables of
the neatly kept Publications office—chivalry is not
dead! True, there are still a few offenders but with
the vigilant Publications’ Office Committee on its toes,
these “criminals” are slowly joining the numerous
students who have seen fit to cooperate with the new
administration.
The Weekly Bulletin
PRESS BUREAU
wa will Lake
publielly for
(other
Berens 1M
honors
nH Doun's Uist, grad
ypalntinents to
positions, whieh a
duties of the
viding the study
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Freshman and sophomores
Interested I
the Due
by co
mous.
Ung Ruperta Sim.
v will he short
sting of all Press
rs on Mon-
100 at 12:00
hay.
PON
should
‘The Statesman board an
need the el
Id Kotler, 41,
rd us photography
, ‘42,
now
Ing accepted for the see
Issue of the Statesman,
neho Kirschonhin
Senlor) Clasx will
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onday, to replaco
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bal-
he conducted tron
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cony of the Common
Pr
GERMAN OLUB
German Club will meet
majority of publications of the coun-
try,
Wednesday noon In Room 26
to formulate plans for tho
wml outing, Members are
annual Mac
tomarraw
Ia Hail tn
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of
1:00°1, M.
Nov Hockey Confer:
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10:00 A, M
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Sorority "Houses,
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1200
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to FL
Commons bal:
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4J—Businows meeting
of Vrens Bureau aiembers,
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Politteal Rally
Wateh Party, Dag
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"German Club
Meating, Room 26, 12:00
Ate tw Very Dit:
bull yexsion on
adjustment
le-Debate bo-
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Milne Little
sO PLM.
STATE COLLEGE NEWS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1940
PAGE 3
Maloney’s
Baloney
J.R.M-
CAREFULLY PRESERVED] ;,,
three-year record hung in bal-
ance when the 1940 edition of the
harrier fleet invaded Canton Ag.
School at Canton last week in the
season's terminal trot,
chalked up a spotl
chillier climate of the upstate county
might impel the boys to quicken|,
their pace to an extent that would|
prove fatal to our jealously guarded |
record. [1s two and three:
The crafty Purple and Gold outAt, |
however, solved the problem of keep- |
ing warm not by hastening, but by
trotting in close formation well be-|
hind their ri who served to}
break the frigid drafts that might}
have spelled doom to our standing
of the past three years. Not only
did the team manage to lose against
such tremendous odds, but they
capped the season with a perfect}
loss. Not one State runner was un-
fortunate enough to finish among
the first five.
Our fears of a victory in this last
encountes founded, ‘The
All of whict
n
strength
week that cross country be substi-
tuted by some other fall sport, pre-
ferably soccer,
Word come
of the team,
|
to us that one member
after noting our com-
. proposed that |
hould go out for |
‘oss country himself since he had
been so generous in dishing out criti- |
cism. In our mind, that’s something
like challenging John Kieran to
pitch for the St. Louis Browns merely |
beeause he didn't list them in first
ce in the final standings. |
r we're not interested in
offering constructive criticism in this
case because we don't like cross
country from objective stand-
point, and feel that most non-
ticipating students share our senti-
ments. This is not a pure act of pan-
ning a losing team. The boys have
been striving hard to win every
meet, But if we must have a losing
team, why can't we have one in a
sport like soccer, where spectator |
appeal is many times greate |
To go ep further, it is our
belief that if soccer were initiated
at State, the increased interest
would in time produce a winning
outfit, This we base upon two rea-
sons, First, the require: al
good soccer player are less ¢
than those of a top notch cross
country man, thus making more mi
terial available. Secondly, if soccer
should make a hit, there
matically be created a
coaching of the team. The lack of
these two elements, material and
© has been responsible for
¢ record of cross country
in the past three years.
‘To MAA Council we throw out a
proposal which we feel has the
ing of a great majority of the student
body; that steps be taken to abolish
cross country effective next fall; that
financial adjustments be made to
substitute a soccer team to meet
other nearby college outfits. In any
event, Council should take some ser-
fous action to determine satisfactory
means of repairing what ts obviously
a flaw in our sports program.
Incidentally, this department has
received no written response to our |
pleas of past issues for communica |
tions representing student opinion.
Comments concerning the bettering
of our fall sports program are ¢
pecially appropriate for this time.
We only ask that all communica-
tions be signed; names will be with-
held upon request
State Trackmen
but failed to “spring the works"
when Canton fed them the dust, 15-
0.
| the poorly-trained Teachers for they
Beginning in 1937, the locals had|were stacked up against one of the
ss record of ten|best teams in this territory. Can-
consecutive defeats prior to Satur-|ton’s assets were: careful and ex-
day's run in the north country. The) tensive training, a coach who ran
Canton meet was a crucial con-| with his outfit, a doctor present at
test. It was at first feared that the| all tim
jgree and the main cut is expected
LoseTo Canton
As Season Ends
Opponents Place First Five Men
In Defeating State, 15-40:
Opponents Well Drilled
State's harrier squad wound up
current season last Saturday
However the odds were against
and a cinder track with-
out any hills.
2%; Mile Course
Canton’s cinder and dirt course
quarter miles long
The time of 14:24 negotiated by Joe
Leonard of Canton, was classified as
“darn good.” Those who finished in
the money were: Leonard, Clark,
Golden, Marrotti, and Lapski, of |
Canton, who took the first five post-
lions, respectively. ‘The Statesmen
bringing in the. forty-tally were: |
Agnello, Marshall, Hansen, Miller |
and Portley.
Manager Bob Cooke gave us his
personal impression:
“This year's Canton team is bid-|
ding for a possible national run. Mr, |
Dana, the conch, is fairly sure that|
his team may bring home the ba-
con, After seeing them run, T don't
doubt it a bit."
Female Angle
Despite the loss, State's glory was
upheld by virtue of a humorous
quarter-mile race between seven
nton lads and one Stats man (the
manager), While waiting for the
cross-country team to traverse the
course the informal race was started
by ‘or for?) a “beautiful St. Lawr-
ence co-ed |
Leaving the team upon graduation |
are captain Gene Agnello and Jim
Snover, These two lettermen have
carried the purple and gold colo
since they came here in their fres
man year.
Varsity, Frosh
Train For RPI
Both the varsity and freshman
basketball teams are rapidly being
rounded into shape for the season
which reopens Saturday, December 7.
On that memorable date, State as-
saulls the Engineers,
Conch Hatfield has started scrim-
mages {n preparation for this
encounter with RPI. The squad has
during the first part of next week.
his cut will give Coach Hatfield a
small enough squad with which to}
work,
On the whole, the chances for this
varsity lettermen from last year pro-
vide a dependable nucleus. Nearly all
of last year's freshman team are|
trying out for varsity berths. This
wang showed they could really play
ball during the latter part of last
shman_ schedule.
reshmen’s prospects are not
us bright. In their workouts under |
Walt Danilwiez, they have not as|
yet shown much, With good hard|
work, however, the end of the senson |
may show results, but not much hope
can be held out for the early’ games
on the schedule; ‘The boys just don't
have enough experience yet. |
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WAA Tidbits
Attention all you vivacious fe-
males whose athletic activity has
been somewhat curtailed by the
“Doc's” reporting that your
blood-pumper murmurs or doesn’t
tick in the correct rhythm
dispel discouragement because
you feel unable to participate in
active sports. Counsel's latest
brain child. .. a craft club will
be an answer to your plight. All
you other members seized by the
urge to tinker in your spare time
. +. keep eyes alert for more de-
tailed notices about the C, CO,
Any helpful hints on how to make !promise of affording ample oppor-
tunity to the girls to pick up many
something out of nothing will be
many other similar poe ig Aa
over the campus of Emma Willar«
School in Troy as another Hockey | PY: new blue frosh uniforms,
Conference gets under way tomor-
row, WAA Is sending a strong eleven
to match sticks with teams from
State Girls to Wield Sticks
At Hockey Meet Tomorrow
Us as (as 3 pees,
Bully! Sticks! Offsides! These and| _,7he team which will represent
The girls plan to wear the snap-
June Haushalter
Chapman
ine Hunt
Right wing
Rij
Russell Sage, Skidmore and Ithaca | ft, A
colleges. « June Greenman
Officially called an Umplring| Ait, lithe Mary Ralrehitd
Conference, it is sponsored by the) nett fullback Kay Dev!
Mohawk Field Hockey Club and gives | Gouth Virginin Polhemus
Kit Hordman
Rita Daly
Another feature of the day, bound
Substitutes
welcome. pointers about the feminine art of| to prove of great interest, is a movie
Prepare yourself, A, A.'ers, for {playing field hockey. During the! of hockey technique which will be
a Fall banquet with a punch,
Tuesday, November 19 at 5:30
o'clock in the cafeteria, The new-
ly formed movie company of
Beers and Johnston promise in-
teresting entertainment in the
form of developed celiuloid de.
picting the antics of the outdoor
girls at Frosh camp, Indian Lad-
der, Camp Johnston, on the
hockey field and at archery prac-
lice... Flash + mayhap a
double feature if Doctor Douglas
also previews her rare shots of
life at Frosh camp .
date... Nov. 19111
Brief bits Saddle sitting’s
proceeding with increased popu-
larity as Body, boots and britches
swing into action every Saturday,
Splashing sinking... swim-
ming, gains in popularity by los-
ing... weight. Art of socking
shins proceeds at a steady pace
in front of Page Hall Monday,
Wednesday and Friday ...
Shooting the bull «’s eye) |
becoming an easy accomplish-
ment for members of the Robin-
hood ‘an every Tuesday, Thurs-
day ana Priday . . . “Birdie Bat-
ters” (badminton players to you)
will soon end their outdoor |
season, |
‘Tennis Championship
Won By Bernhardt
The past week saw the completion
tennis tournament with
Bernie Bernhardt, a freshman, win- |
ning the championship. The tourney |
this year proved to be the most suc-
cessful in its history
It marked the f
a tennis tournament has been com- |
pleted in the fall, But more import-|
ant, it showed that the class of '44
has a wealth of tennis material. The}
other finalist besides Bernhardt was|
Levin, also a freshman, Another par-
licipant who showed great promise
was Clarence Orr, who was defeated
by Bernhardt in the semi-finals,
This week also saw the beginning
of another tournament, that of ping-
pong. A very large number of par-
licipants have signed up among
which are many top-notch players.
Therefore, plenty of competition can
be expected by all
Consequently, anyone who in the
near future wishes to indulge in a
game of ping-pong should not be
surprised if ten games are before
him.
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» Mark the |of the athletic
| Grads, in the leagu
day, the games will be umpired by| presented for the girls, The ever-
twenty-five embryo umpires who/necessary lunch will be served to
will be striving to pass their tests. | the girls in the school cafeteria,
Each team will play the other, and| Besides the college groups, there
from the girls participating, the of-|will be teams representing Albany
ficials will pick an honor team, An| Academy, Emma Willard, Milne and
joutstanding event of the afternoon | Delmar High Schools,
will be a demonstration game be-
In a practice game Saturday, the
tween the honor team and the Mo-|Frosh girls gave the upperclassmen
hawks (a prominent women’s ama-|a trouncing to the tune of 4-2 to off-
teur team), Two years ago the|set the 3-3 tie of the week before.
Mohawks suffered a surprising de- |The upperclassmen had the edge for
feat at the hands of a similar honor|the first three quarters, but the
(eam. Ineidently, our own Hitchie,|Frosh flashed to victory in a con-
department, is a!certed drive in the last quarter
member of this team and ‘s also} when their team finally started
chairman of the Conference, clicking,
| Songleader Elections
Scheduled by Council
The schedule for the intramural] Madalyn Beers, president of WAA,
basketball league has already been |has announced that there will be a
completed and it will begin to func- | re-election for songleader sometime
tion next Thursday, This early start before Thanksgiving. Mary Susan
is due to the fact that each team|Wing was named to this office in
will play every other squad two|the spring elections, but at the same
games instead of the usual one. |time she was also made a Junior
The games will be played on every class member of WAA Council, and
Tuesday and Thursday, and every )she chose the lattcr office,
other Monday. Since there will be| Jeanne Schmactenberg and Dottie
eight teams, EEP, KDR, SLS, KB, | Brooks, juniors, will therefore be re-
Ramblers, College House, Frosh, and | nominated for the office, The elec-
the hedule is tions will be delayed until such time
not expected to be completed befor lor WAA officers can make up a list
Intramural Basketball
Starts Next Thursday |
the latter part of March, of those eligible to vote.
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STATE COLLEGE NEWS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1940
State Women Turn Domestic;
for RAF Pilots
Say, students, have you met her
yet—your new Dean of Women? We
Knit Mufflers
Who say's the women of State
College aren't domestic? Haven't you
noticed that they've turned to the
very feminine task of knitting?
‘Since the beginning of the German
onslaught this fall, several of the
women at the Dorm and at the varl-
ous sorority houses, under the able
direction of Miss Harriet Howard,
Dorm Social Director, have under-
taken the knitting of sweaters, muf-
flers, and sox for soldiers of the
al Air Force.
Reynat is now merely a small piece
‘of woolen yarn will soon be a com-
fortable warm muffler gracefully
fluttering in the breeze as the pilot
swoops low over enemy territory.
Can't you just visualize the lu-
gubrious expression of one of these
unfortunate young men changing to
absolute appreciation as he dons
one of the sweaters made by one of
our enthusiastic young ladies?
‘Upon being questioned, Miss Bea-
trice Dower, the Campus’ choice, re-
plied, giggling in that characteristic,
charming manner of hers, “Yes, I'm
making the darlingest, snugelest,
coziest, blue muffler! I only hope a
handsome pilot gets it”. Thole
ally, Bea is knitting her phone num-
ber into her masterpiece which will
pe completed sometime in the future.
‘And, moreover, unknown to their
leader, Miss Howard, many of the
Is are planning to inclose letters D
gin th rt individual offerings. ommy onates |
with the! ;
To prove conclusively that our
women possess all the necessary
characteristics, those who are not
so versatile offer their services to
the other needienress aries ape
are engaged in sewing hems
Oe ete fae the poor children who
have thus far not been able to find
refuge from these war-torn areas.
Print Vote Results—
Association Decides
Meeting last week in the first
business assembly of the year, the
Student Association passed two re-
solutions, the first of which Incor-
porates a radical change in Student
Association procedure.
This measure, the Murray Resolu-
tion, provides for the publication in s
the future of the numerical results
of all elections at State with the
exception of the Campus and Prom
Queen elections and the Myskanla
nominations, The provisions of the
Murray Resolution are basically
those of the Agne Amendment
which was defeated last year.
‘Also passed by the Assembly was
a resolution introduced by Fred
Ferris, 42, proposing that the Stu-
dent Association set up a committee
to investigate the possibility of ald-
ing the incoming freshman class
each year in its social orientation.
Rehearses --- Celebrates
The orchestra held its first party
yesterday afternoon after rehearsal
in room 25. Jane Southwick, '44, was
general chairman, of the affair
which was @ Hallowe'en party
with entertainments and refresh-
ments galore. The orchestra 1s now
rehearsing for its first concert.
which will be held December 12,
probably in the auditorium of the
Albany High school.
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confess we got so interested inter-
viewing her this week, we quite for-
got to take down those notes every
reporter’s supposed to consider
stock-in-trade. Notes don’t seem
important when Miss DeLaney is
describing her pleasure in finding
how similar State faculty and stu-
nts are to those of Blackburn Col-
Tilinois, the school whose
Holstein Asks Aid
For Vic Committee
The Student Association now
owns some one hundred-twenty
records, practically all of which
are antiquated. The committee,
headed by Edwin Holstein, '42,
has during the last two weeks | jeansi she relinquished when she
been playing records borrowed |tou': of, { Albany.
mostly from personal sources. “t 4, glackburn,” she admitted,
‘The fifty dollars appropriated | “and the \uson I first consented to
for the improvement of the neW | Jeaye was vecause the friendliness
system has been spent, leaving No jand the social background of the
surplus for the purchase of new | people at State strongly resemble the
records, needies, and so forth. In ‘atmosphere I've been used to. At
order o obtain money to make |Blackburn, you know, not only the
these necessary purchases, the {studying is done by the students,
committee requests that the men | but all the other jobs of running the
who dance this noon contribute | college
five cents to the newly installed
collection box, Women will no‘
be prohibited from offering con- Cc. P. LOWRY
tributions.
The committee feels that the Watchmaker and
existing situation can not con-
tinue for the entire year; the
generosity of Individuals in lend-
ing personal records has been ap-
Jeweler
239 Central Ave. Albany, N. ¥.
Foreign Dolls, Plain People Interest New Dean
“At State I found very much the
same kind of student; boys and girls
who are largely self-supporting, who
who are working really herd to get
an education; if that wasn’t what
they wanted, they wouldn't have to
make the sacrifices they do. I want
to talk to them and come to know
their stories better.
Glancing around her office, Miss
DeLaney remarked, “They painted it
for me this summer — it’s quite
bright and cheerful, but all that
cream and brown—I think it needs a
spot of color.”
‘And that’s how the history of the
foreign doll collection came out.
“Pye always had a few dolls set up
in the office, with a bit of scenery
from their native country,” she
laughed. “They brighten things up.
It hasn't been an easy job, getting
exactly the kind of dolls I wanted—
not dressed-up baby dolls, but those
with hand-carved faces showing def-
inite character and personality. Old
peasants, flirtatious maidens, merry
children—that sort of thing. I’m
very fond of them.”
Geo. D, Jeoney, Prop.
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preciated very much, but the
committee feels that the asso-
ciation would like to hear its own
records in the Commons.
Books, Records!
“Dr. Tommy” is gone, but he has
left more than one memory behind
him. Tangible proof turned up this
week with the announcement by
Miss Mary Elizabeth Cobb, head
librarian, that Dr. Thompson turn-
ed over to the library the manu-
script of his book, “Scottish Man of
Feeling,” before leaving for Cornell.
The book was published about ten
years ago.
He also donated fourteen victrola
records made by John Gielgud, many
of them Shakespearian selections.
Another precious addition to the,
library collection are three record-
ings of the late Dr. Brubacher
speaking on “Aims and Methods of
tate College” and “The Problems
of Citizenship.”
“We are fortunate,” Miss Cobb
commented, ‘to have this material,
which fs a vital part of the history
of the college and so close a link
with the man who served it ably
for the last quarter of a century.”
An elaborate edition of Shake-
speare, illustrated by Rockwell Kent,
was the recent gift of Miss Helen
Fay and Miss Eleanor Foote of the
John Mistletoe Bookshop, in me-
mory of Dr. Brubacher. They also
contributed a follo of plates entitled
“Little Churches of France” in me-
mory of Miss Eunice Perine, late re-
tired art instructor.
The Mbrary has set up a system of
indexing these records, manuscripts,
‘and books, all of which are available
for student use as well as for student
organizations,
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ALBANY, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1940
VOL. XXV, NO. 8
Women Triumph
As Carroll Wins
By Close Margin
Latimer Takes Vice-Presidency
On Lop-Sided First Ballot;
Only Two Men Elected
For the first time in twelve years,
a woman, Patricia Carroll, has been
elected to the presidency of the
Freshman Class. She is also the
third woman in twenty-five years
who was able to muster enough votes
te outrun her male opponents. Pa-
tricia Latimer was elected vice-
president and Robert Combs, treas-
urer. The regular election was held
Monday in the Commons under the
supervision of Myskanla, senior
campus leadership society, Revoting
took place Wednesday. Revotes for
secretary and cheerleader are
scheduled for today.
Women Wage Campaign
Results show that the women have
captured all major offices, They
waged a vigorous campaign, seldom
seen at State College. Posters were
Maced in the halls, while the
nucleus of the “word of mouth"
campaign was centered at the
“dorm". Carroll's campaign was
highly organized, Forrest's manager
placed cards in all mailboxes, but
his fight was fruitless. 1 got under
way too late.
One-hundred and _niuety-eight
were eligible to vote. One-hundred
and cighty-three cast their balio
Since these figures are unusually
high for a class election, they show
what an organized campaign can
accomplish.
Revote figures show that Corroll
was elected on the slight margin of
three votes. In the original election
she received 82 votes, in the revotes,
85, Forrest evidently captured the
yotes ‘or all other candidates in the
revotes, “stherine Herdman won
the WAA minagership by a single
vote.
Two Men Eleci d
Out of eight offices open to men.
so far, only two have been elected.
Revotes for song leader will be held
today. Two women and one man are
out for that post. The women al-
ready have the secretaryship, al-
though there will be a revote fov
that office today also.
There will be a meeting of all
Freshmen next Wednesday noon in
room 20,
For the first time in the history
of the college Uhe State CoLtece News:
is publishing the complete numerical
results of a major class elction in
the adjourning column, The Murray
Resolution authorizing Myskania to
release the numerical results was
passed by the Student Association at
its meeting of October 25, The fol-
lowing week Myskania ruled that
the resolution was constitutional.
Seniors Elect Paris
To Board of Finance
Constandino Paris, '41, was elected
Senior Class Representative to the
Finance Board last Wednesday. He
was elected in revotes over Harold |
Duffey, '41, 30 votes to 21, /
‘The results of the original voting
on Monday gave the following num-
ber of ballots to the candidates, all
seniors: Lloyd Clum, 1; Harold Duf- |
fey, 22; Carol Kniffen, 9; Constan- |
dino Paris, 32; and Robert Patton, 7
‘The election was held to fill the va-
caney created by the resignation of
Ralph Clark, ‘41.
Armistice Day Recess
Miss Elizabeth Van Denburgh, |
Registrar, announces that the |
college will be officially closed on
Monday, November 11, in accord-
ance with the nation-wide ob-
servance of Armistics Day. The |
library will be closed.
,|peared. That report told the students |grade of the Milne School Social
Freshman Election Results
Voting -- Monday, November 4
Prenident WAA Manager
Carroll a Hanley 14| Herdman® 86 Sha,
Forrest Youn 9 WAA Representative
White 18 Skolaky Domann 55 Daly
Vice-President Frey 55 Frank
Latimer® 15 Dann MA,
Ryan 28 Pasternak Koos, ee
Fee cs 8 Shoemaker 47 Evans
Combs 63 Wing ae 1
MeGrath 23° ‘Cornwall eels
‘apel Soderlind piace 7
Ferenclek Preston Dirabhe i
Rubak Stengel 9 Publicity Director
5 Menitt* 03° Dubois
Revotes -- Wednesday, November 6
MAA Representative
105 Shoemaker
WAA Representative
re;
2 | Bantham
Frederick
Bueel
Prenident
Carroll* 85 Forrest
Treasurer
Combs* 86 McGrath 45
Capel 36
go | Schulze®
Domann®
Bantham¢
Revotes --sToday,
Songleader
Snyder
Secretary
Doran Southwick
ed. ‘Townsend
Losurdo
United States Follows College;
Roosevelt, Mead Win Election
° >
How much was the United Stntes president would win 35 states, He
on the ball, anyway? How close did) won 39.
the country come to the State Col-| The United States electorate was
jlege election prediction? Well, they|rather nice about following the lead
didn't do badly at all, outlined for it by the prognostica-
In the October 18 issue of the tions of the Strate CoLiece News,
State CouLecs News, the report on} There is another part to this
the News-conducted straw vote ap-|story, On Election Day, the eighth
of the college that, by their vote, Studies classes conducted a straw
they had chosen Wendell L, Willkie vote. The students of the Milne
president by a narrow margin, The School indicated their choices in the
News analyzed the election results,|election, They were quite wrong.
basis of college straw votes all the gave Willkie 252 votes to Roosevelt's
way back to 1924, made a predic-| 103, They elected Barton over Mead,
tion which was held last Tuesday. |as it might have.
| The News predicted that Roose-; The State Co.iece News did much
and that he would win with a plur-
ality of about 8,000,000 votes.
that Franklin Delano Roosevelt was, 7
re-elected president. He won by . /
Fall ‘Pumpkin Duster
It would seem that the News was ————_
a little over-enthusiastic in its pre-| The annual Harvest Dance spon-
| A week ago, the News made an-|next Friday, November 15, in the
other prediction, At the top of the}commons from nine to twelve.
there appeared a cryptogram which |general chairman of the “Pumpkin
contained predictions for both the} Duster”, there will be music by Bill
cryptogram, which js explained com- will be square dancing and Virginia
pletely on the editorial page today, 'reels as well as swing.
that Mead would be elected by aj/names of the chairmen of the com-
plurality of 400,358 votes. At the mittees: Robert Leonard, '43, decor-
ing by 445,000 votes, The crypto-jones; Rita Ferraro, '43, tickets;
gram predicted that Roosevelt would | Jack Gardephe, '41, publicity.
to his credit. He won by 468 votes. Newman Club table for fifty cents
The prediction was made that thela couple.
C ° ° A °
Pro-Conscription, Anti-War
= _— peepee
tics, the poll taken two weeks ago In| go to war?” produced a wide variety
Assembly has brought forth the fact |of answers, One-third of those vot.
and drawing its conclusions on the The students who voted that day
tion as to the outcome of the eicc-|248 to 108, Milne didn’t do as well
|velt would be re-elected president, | better.
It is a well known fact by now Newman Club Plans
about 5,000,000 votes.
dictions, although generally correct.|sored by Newman Club will be held
first column of the editorial page,’ According to Enes Novelli, ‘41,
national and state elections. That|Grattan and his orchestra. There
}was eminently correct, It predicted, Miss Novelli also revealed the
time of this writing, Mead is lead-,ations; Betty Barden, ‘43, chaper-
be elected with 400 electoral votes! Tickets may be purchased at the
Forum Poll Reveals State
Sponsored by the Forum of Poli-| The question, “When should we
that State College students—men | ing answered, “In two years,” while
ti foe
R. E, BELTON—Negro lecturer
who will address the assembly
today. Mr. Belton will discuss
Negro literature, folklore, and
spirituals. He also will sing a few
spirituals,
SEB Publicizes Report;
76 Graduates Placed
288 Found Jobs
In Year 1939-40
/Smaller Teacher Demand Seen
In Five-Year Period While
Graduates Still Increase
The annual report of the Student
Employment Bureau of State Col-
lege, released this week exclusively
to the Starz Coutece News by tho
director of the bureau, Paul G.
Bulger, disclosed the fact that only
76 members of the class of 1940 were
placed in teaching positions. This
figure represents 33% of those in the
class who were seeking positions. The
report covered the placements of the
Bureau during the fiscal year from
ane 1, 1939 to September 30,
The Employment Bureau succeed-
State Initiates
Lenora Davis Heads Project;
First Cargo to Refugees
To Embark Dec. 1
Under the sponsorship of Sara
DeLaney, Dean of Students, and
with the approval of President
Sayles, a State College Red Cross
unit is being formed. Lenora Davis,
'43, is chairman of the project. The
unit's work embraces a four-point
program: knitting, sewing, first aid
instruction, and organization work.
Tentative plans indicate that a
special room will be opened for stu-
dents wishing to work at school.
Supplies will be furnished and fin-
ished work collected. The Red Cross
will send the materials collected,
mufflers, scarfs, socks, sweaters,
and other items, to countries where
they are needed. Thus State students
will aid refugees in China, Europe,
and other lands,
The program will go into action
as soon as possible. It is sched-
uled to last at least this year. Inter-
ested students will receive instruc-
tion and help complete projects.
Student teachers will instruct in
knitting and sewing, and a qualified
instructor will give the Red Cross
first aid course,
Assisting Miss Davis are: Marion
Duffy, '42, chairman of the commut-
ers committee; Tom Feeney, '43,
the group houses committee. It is
hoped that material from State will
be ready to sail for Europe on a ship
leaving December 1,
Employment Bureau
Lists New Positions
The Student Employment Bureau
announces that the following people
and women—are overwhelmingly for|a slightly smaller number thought |have obtained positions: Ellen Best,
conscription and against war. The| that we should enter the war only if
poll, which was taken by a commit-|We were attacked or invaded. The
tee under the chairmanship of Alice | rest of the votes
Abelove, 41, was answered by more| ton varied from “
than half a thousand students,
The conclusion drawn from the
results of the poll is that the ma-
jority of the students at State are|W&", elghty-six were women, and
it on this ques- | librarian
mmediately"” to|Latin, French, Savannah; Charles
“Never.” It is interesting to note Arnold, '39, substitute, Schenevus; |
that of the 143 students who voted Frank Augustine, '40, Project Globe |students who are being graduated
for the United States to enter the|Supply Co., Rochester; John Oryan,|{rom teacher-training institutions,
only fifty-seven were men, ett
opposed to United States entry into
the present war. This conclusion is
borne out by the fact that 342 stu-
dents stated that they did not ap-
prove of America's entering any
war, almost three times the number
of students who sanction entrance
for various reasons, The college also
indicated a very strong tendency for
hemispheric defense.
The question relating to conscrip-
tion revealed that State’s attitude
toward the war has not been chang-
ed by the draft act; that conscrip-
ion is not thought of as bringing
the war closer; that conscription ts
favored as a United States policy;
‘40 Social Studies, Math, East Spring-
field; Frances Breen, '36, head
Bath; Anna Olsen, '38,
‘35, Math, Science, Hancock; Lor- |
Buckley, ‘36, Library, Kings
tute, Altamont; Ida May Hacker,
Altamont;
Fei Helen Cashman, '40, ineeer |
‘40, Commerce, John |
The bureau has compiled a lst of
pulsory military training.
and that it is preferred to com-|books which it recommends to all
those seeking positions,
chairman of the men's committee; |
‘and Burnice Duell, '42, chairman of
ed in placing 288 people in teaching
positions during the past year, an-
nounced Bulger. The number of
teachers with previous experience
placed were without any teaching
experience, 104 of them having
either graduated or received their
masters degrees from State last
June, The other 74 who were placed
are people who had graduated in
past years, but who had not been
placed in any teaching position since
their graduation,
Salaries Stated
The report dealt in part with the
salaries received by the teachers
placed, Wages received by beginning
teachers varied from $920 to $1,500,
The average salary received by men
and women who were teaching for
the first time was $1,202.50, The
average salary paid to experienced
teachers who were placed by the
Bureau was somewhat higher,
$1,414.30, In its placement work, the
Bureau served to save the teachers
who were placed a total of $18,400.90,
This is the amount that would have
been collected by commercial agen-
cles in fees for placing teachers in
the same positions that were filled
by the Bureau,
Bureau Record Good
Comparison with the records of
the employment agencies of other
teacher-training schools throughout
the state shows that the State Col-
lege Bureau has a remarkably good
record, State graduates who are
seeking positions must compete with
the graduates of 71 other teacher-
training institutions in the state. In
placing a total of 288 teachers—
graduates of several years back in-
‘ «, |Who were put in new positions was
Red Cross Unit 110. The remaining 178 who were
| cluded—the Employment Bureau has
| made one of the best records in the
State,
At the same time it is apparent
that the ratio of teacher placements
| to the number of graduates available
|18 a very poor one, The reason for
this Hes not in the Bureau, but in
|the fact that the teaching field is
how, and has been for several years,
jov ercrowded,
Teacher Demand Decreases
The demand for teachers in New
York State is decreasing, From 1936
to 1939, the demand for teachers in
the state decreased 30%, Although
this decrease in teaching positions
was evidenced, there has been no
large decrease in the number of
Although there was not a suffi-
cient demand for new teachers to
provide an opportunity to employ
mere than 76 of the graduates last
June, the Bureau was extre:ne-
Cridiand, '41, Coaching, Albany; An-|jy active dur
thony Canale, “41, French, Spanish,| e°cve during the year, recelving
History, Dover, Delaware,
585 calls for teachers and making
1655 recommendations to fill those
calls, Of the calls received, 519% of
the positions were filled by people
recommended by the Bureau,
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