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SUMMER SCHOOL NEWS, JULY 21, 1939
Library School Tea
Has Guest Speaker
Former Manager of Co-op
Addresses Library Group
Miss Helen Fay, former manager
of the College Co-op, who is now
connected with Holiday House, Inc.,
was the guest speaker last Wednes-
day at the second in a series of
library school teas designed to ac-
quaint future librarians with prom-
inent professionals in the book
world, Her subject, “The Making of
Books,” was interestingly illustrated
and well received.
‘At the first of these teas, Miss
L, Marion Moshier, supervisor of
‘Adult Education in New York State,
spoke on the various ways the Adult
Education Department can help the
school and public Ubrarian. She
mentioned nine points for the li-
brarian to bear in mind if she would
increase her usefulness to her li-
brary and community, stressing es~
pecially that a librat tian should free
herself from the “tricks of the
trade” and think for herself. She
urged librarians to make their ie
brarles dynamic by cooperating with
churches, civic industries, and clubs.
Miss Moshier closed her talk by
saying that if it came to a choice of
belonging to one of two groups, far
more satisfaction would be gained
by belonging to the “group that
did” rather than to the “group that
aren't you? Well, take our advice
For All Hard
You're attending summer school,
and don’t study too hard. We hate
to quote that old maxim about all
work and no play making Jack and
Jill dull people, but really, there
‘are loads of things you can do in
Albany.
Tf you don’t want to go too far
away for amusement, just betake
yourself to Washington park. You
can hire bicycles built for one at 35
cents an hour and bicycles built for
two at 70 cents an hour, And down
by the lake, there are also rowboats
for hire. You tennis fans will find
courts there and also at St. Mary's
park (Washington Ave. above Par-
tridge St.) or at Lincoln park (Dela-
ware Ave. near Morton Aye.). If
swimming is your sport, you can 60
to Mid-City park on the Albany-
Menands Road, to Lincoln park, or
to McKown's grove at the end of
the Western Ave. bus line. If you
have a car, you can drive about
twenty miles out New Scotland
‘Ave, to nearby Warners or Thomp-
i ae ee
BRIGGS AUTO SERVICE
Offers Entertainment
aaa Working Students
By MIRIAM NEWELL —S
We see you're in Albany NoW.|.,cclent Gideon Putnam Pool at
There is also the very
Saratoga. Other pools can be
found eat the YMCA, Y.WC.A.
and at the Community Center.
But we mustn't neglect our golf-
ers. In Albany you will find the
Municipal Golf course out New
Scotland Avenue or the Albany
Country Club out Western Avenue.
‘There is also the Schuyler Meadows
in Loudenville. Now, there may
be those in our group who are
equestrians or equestriennes, For
you, there is The Ranch out Wes-
tern Avenue, the Troop B Armory
on New Scotland Avenue near Lake,
and the Orchard Academy at the
end of the Western Avenue bus
line.
Class Visits News Office
Under the direction of Howard,
Lanprecht, student, Dr. French's
Public Relations class toured the
“Times-Union” press rooms Tues-
day evening, July 18. About twenty
students, who are principals or
prospective principals, made the
trip as a supplement to their study
of release writing, According to Dr.
French, several trips will be made
during the summer session to bring
the students into closer contact with
civic and public affairs.
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STATE CAFETERIA
Huested Hall
Breakfast 7:30-8:45
Lunch 11:00-1:15
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SS
COLLEGE PHARMACY
1No. Lake Avenue
Cut Rate Drugs
ELSE’S HAIR DRESSING
Hair Stylist
Sandwich Bar
805 Madison Ave.
West St, near Lake Ave.
One block from College
got credit.”
STUDENTS!
100’s Of Educated Eligibles!
AT
STATEZAPOPPIN
TONIGHT’S the NIGHT
in the Commons of Hawley Hall
IN BOTTLES
PROFESSORS!
DANCING
CHATTING
CARDS
Admission, 25 cents per person
8 to 12 P. M.
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Price, Sc PER Copy
Social Activity
Continues Here
News Arranges Second Party
For Next Friday Night
At Eight-Thirty
Another informal party will be
held for the summer session students
and faculty, on Friday evening,
August 4, from 8:30 to 12:00 o'clock
in the Commons of Hawley hall at
the college. The admission charge
will be twenty-five cents per’ person,
payable at the door.
‘This second affair of the summer
is in answer to numerous requests
received the News staff since
the success of Statezapoppin last
Friday night. At that time, ap-
proximately 140 members of the
faculty and the student body gather-
ed in the Commons for a pleasant
evening of dancing and cards. Music
was supplied by a victrola and loud
speaker system. Tables and cards
were available in one section of the
room for those who preferred a less
strenuous activity than dancing.
Many of those present were content
to circulate about the room talking
with friends and new acquaintances,
The faculty members who were
present entered enthusiastically into
the spirit of the party, organizing
bridge games and conversing with
studeits throughout the evening.
Next week a larger number of pro-
fessors and instructors is expected
to attend, since the Syracuse guid-
ance conference took place last
weekend,
The chaperones for Statezapoppin
were Miss Mary Morton, Mr. and
Mrs. William G, Hardy, and Mr.
William Clark.
‘The party next Friday night will
offer the same type of entertain-
ment. However, a new arrangement
is being planned so that those who
play cards will be somewhat less
annoyed by the noise of music and
dancing. As before, ice-cold coco-
cola will be available for five cents
a bottle.
Gartland Speaks On
Nationwide NBC Hookup
Last week at the New York World’s
Fair, Robert Gartland, State College
student now living at Spencer Hall,
had the honor of speaking over a
national hook-up. The American
Telephone and Telegraph Co, who
selecled Mr, Gartland, maintains
one of the most Interesting exhibi-
tions at the fair, Hundreds listened
us Mr. Gartland summarized the
benefits to be derived from visiting
what he termed “the greatest fair
on earth.”
Because his first. microphonic
effort was highly successful, he has
been invited to speak on “Albany's
Contribution to the Fair” on Albany
County Day in the near future, On
the same platform will be some of
the stite’s leading figures chosen
from all walks of life.
Mr. Gartland will introduce and
comment briefly on each speaker,
A huge Albany following 1s looking
forward to Mr. Gartland’s perfor-
mance.
Thacher Park Picnic
Lures Administrators
Ed. 206, Ed. 207—not “Bingo”
but “Picnic.” Following the cus-
tom of former years some of the
students in the summer session
who are taking courses “Second-
ary School Principalship” and
“Administration of Secondary
Schoo] Curriculum” will meet for
a picnic in Thacher Park.
Lyndon H. Strough, who teaches
these groups, and Dean M, G.
Nelson, will test their skill in
soft ball and Chinese Checkers
with the members of the class,
The date for the event has been
placed tentatively for Tuesday of
next week, barring a high wind
or hurricane,
A committee chosen from the
two classes is making arrange-
ments for the even
‘Albany's Libraries
Available to State
State and City Libraries
Assist Summer Students
The College Library has a large
and varied collection of books that
is comparable with any college of
its size. Nevertheless, out-of-town
students may be unaware of the
other excellent library facilities
Albany offers,
The State Library in the Educa-
tion building on Washington Ave-
nue has a large number of titles in
many departments and is especially
strong in the fields of Education
and American History. While stu-
dents may not borrow directly from
the State Library, they may obtain
such material by leaving definite
requests at the loan desk in the
College Library. Only books that
are not available at the College
Library will be borrowed from the
State Library. However, material
to be used in the reading room of
the State Library may be reserved
for two weeks.
The Albany Public Library, lo-
cated at Washington Avenue and
Dove Street, will loan books to
State College students upon presen-
tation of an application blank en-
dorsed by the College Library. These
blanks may be procured either at
the College or at the Albany Public
Library. The nearest branch is Pine
Hills on Madison Avenue at Ontario
The Appointment Bureau of New
York State College for Teachers
lists the names of five graduates
who have been given 1939-40 teach-
ing positions during the past week.
Those who have been appointed
are: Frank Petronis, ‘35, commerce,
Dobb's Ferry; Mildred Moshier, '39,
commerce, Morrisville; Mary Spara-
cine, ‘39, English and history, Bea-
ver Falls; George Waddington, grad-
uate-student, ‘39, history, Hoosick
Falls; and Walter Reynolds, grad-
Forum Will Discuss
Censorship Question
Milne High School Library
Is Scene of Special Tea
All members of the summer school
student body are cordially invited
to attend a special tea in the Milne
‘High School library, Wednesday
afternoon, August 2, from 3:45 to
4:00 o'clock, Faculty and members
of the graduating class of the
Library School will be hostesses.
An open forum discussion of the
topic “To censor or not to censor
fiction” is planned, The panel will
consist of a principal, librarian,
teacher, parent and high school
student.
The question of censorship has
become a vital issue in many schools;
some parents have recently threat-
ened to protest to the State depart-
ment about books made available
to their children in our schools,
Such books as Drums Along the
Mohawk, Gone With the Wind,
Good Earth, and stories by Stein-
beck have been the subject of heat-
ed controversy within the past year.
Both sides of the question have
earnest supporters among parents
and educators in this state, The
more basic principle {s involved in
the argument of whether there
should be censorship of any type
whatsoever in public education.
Many foreign countries, notably
Germany, preserve strict supervision
over the offerings of their schools
and libraries. The American tradi-
tion has been one of “hands off”
to a large extent. But this question
of censorship has two obvious sides
to it, as well as a number of degrees
of moderation within each view-
point, and it should be a lively sub-
ject for debate,
Superintendents, principals, lib-
rarians, and English teachers, es-
pecially, are urged to come to this
tea and to make their contribution
to the cause of better understanding
of this interesting problem,
Library School Grads
Are Credit to State
More than half of this year’s
graduating class in the State Col-
lege Department of Librarianship
have secured positions for Septem-
ber, Miss Pritchard, head of the
department, announced last week.
More are expected to join the elect
this summer,
Since its first class in 1927, many
graduates have made names for
themselves in the library world,
Among them are: Miss Ruth Evans,
‘36, Junior Supervisor of Libraries
in the State Department; Miss
Laura Grey, '29, Supervisor of ele-
mentary school Ilbraries, White
Plains; Miss Margaret Myer, '27,
librarian at Russell Sage College;
Miss Georgiana Maar, '35, librarian
at the Stratford Avenue Experimen-
tal School, Garden City, who is
teaching Hbrary science this sum-
mer in the Buffalo State College.
Two recent graduates were married
this June: Olara Reissig, '35, to Evan
Pritchard of the Goshen High
School faculty; Sally Rudd, '36, to
David Porter, Jr. teacher in the
uate-student, '39, science, Greenville, | Castleton High School,
State Requisites
Reach New High
Cut in Budget Necessitates
Drop in Registration
For Fall Term
Dean Nelson recently announced
that the registration for the incom-
ing Freshman class at State College
will be limited to approximately
250 students. During the past six
years, freshman registration has
been approximately 300 students.
This decrease in the number of
entering freshmen is a result of the
action taken by the Board of Regents
and the cut in the State Budget.
The only transfers to be admitted
will be three year Normal School
and college graduates, This group
will be about 185, as it was last year.
The number in the graduating
classes of the coming years will be
decreased by the number of students
who are forced to leave because of
low scholastic average, high number
of cuts, and financial reasons. 'These
vacancies will not be filled by atu-
dents who intend to enter classes
here after two or three years in
another college.
Under the new system, the class
of '43 will consist of approximately
170 women and 80 men. This two
to one ratio of men and women
has been the proportion admitted
for the past four years. The class of
‘39 was the first class to include 100
men and 200 women, In previous
freshman classes the registration
consisted of 60 men and 260 women,
This decrease in registration to
250 students will strengthen the
aim of the administration toward a
higher standard for this college, A
degree that is earned, whether in
regular session or in summer school,
will be more cherished now than in
previous years when entrance re-
quirements were not so strict.
On the other hand, the limited
number of students to be admitted
has extensive implications for the
regular session year of 1939-1940,
The school budget based on a aystem
of student tax collections, will be cut
$600 as a result of the decrease of
50 students, The budgets for all the
organizations and the medical fund
has been made out on a basis of 300
incoming freshmen,
Johns Hopkins Awards
Ph. D. to Ralph Baker
Ralph H. Baker, instructor in
social studies in regular session,
received his degree of Doctor of
Philosophy from Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, this June,
Mr. Baker was a graduate of New
York State College for Teachers in
dune 1933 and received his master's
degree from Columbia University,
Mr. Baker is spending the summer
in Baltimore on a grant from Johns
Hopkins to publish his dissertation.
The dissertation was entitled “Bi-
tuminous Qoal Commission,”
While at Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity, Mr, Baker wes made 8 member
of Phi Beta Kappa, honorary na- .
tional scholastic fraternity, for the
excellence of the work he has done
{on his doctorate,
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SUMMER SCHOOL NEWS, JULY 28, 1939
Summer School News
‘Published py the students of the Summer Session,
New York State College for Teachers
Publication office—Room 135, Milne High School
‘THE STAFF
Frank Augustine Kathleen Kenny
Matilda Bauer Leonard Kowalsky
Alice Brown Dora Mason
William Busacker Adeline Miller
‘, PF. V. Damanda Frances Murphy
¢¢ 4 Jean DeForest * Isobe] McCampbell
Miriam Newell
Enes Novelli
Elfreida Sullivan
Hazel Tamblin
Veronica Thompson
William Vrooman
Prudence Wagoner
INSTRUCTOR
William Clark
* Frank Evans
Frances Field
. Janice Friedman
Marion Hinden
Mary Holleran
Otto Howe
Robert, Hunter
The Nuws will welcome any contributions from
its readers. All articles must be signed but names
will be withheld from publication on request, Com-
munications may be left in the News Mailbox in
the basement of Draper Hall.
Volume 1, No. 3 July 28, 1939
Summer Opportunity
Here we are—fourteen hundred or more of us—
gathered together for six weeks of concentrated
work. Most of us have been working hard all year
and feel we need a rest. We should like to be ab-
sorbing sunshine in one of the thousands of glorious
vacation spots this country offe Instead we
are ‘here to absorb intellectual ultra violet rays
from the country’s professorial elite, and we should
do well to count the benefits to be derived therefrom.
-Many students fail to recognize the obvious
advantages of summer school. ‘he staff is varie-
gated and cosmopolitan and stimulating. We have
a chance to rub elbows with important people in
the teaching profession from all parts of the country.
It is true that classes come every day, that the
weather is hot, that it does not seem the time of
year for books, nevertheless, let us try to appreciate
what summer school offers. Particularly if you
come from a small community, where opportunities
for intellectual development are slight, you should
go away with wider horizons—a better teacher,
citizen, and person.
Besides the intellectual offerings of the summer
session, there is the further opportunity to renew old
friendships, to make new and stimulating contacts
with other people, and to broaden and awa
interests which will increase professional abilit
A further word of advice. Those of us who
have been here before at summer school know that
the great majority of students who come are earnest,
hard working, conscientious people. The great
majority take full advantage of what the New York
State College for achers offers in the academic
way, But there are benefits that are neglected by
many even in that majority. Go and see your
instructors. ‘Talk over your problems as a teacher
with them, You will find them a sympathetic, un-
derstanding and helpful group. And don’t con-
fine your talk to professional shop-talk. Talk to
them as man to man or as woman to woman,
Whatever your problem, the staff is here to listen,
eager to listen. All those names in the catalogue
with Ph, D’s after them represent men and women
like yourselves, Our contention Is this; that after
six weeks of summer school, if you have failed to
add to your list of Jriends one member of the
faculty, you have in a way failed to take all that
summer school offers. If you add to academic
benefits one new friend you have truly profited,
Who would venture tu say which is more valuable
the intellectual advancement or the friend?
I Believe - Do You?
1 contrast with previous
Ws presents a Student's
For comparison a
Faculty Credos, Tur,
Ideal of Education.
I believe that education must serve a three-fold
purpose in a democratic country, Consequently, any
curriculum which looks directly to these ends is a
useful curriculum.
First—preparation for intelligent citizenship. That
implies some understanding of the individual's social
responsibility, and the problems contingent upon
that responsibility, It implies the achievement of a
sense of real values in an uncertain existance. To this
end, we must work with social education particularly—
studies of the world of yesterday, today, and to-
morrow, We must teach the skills necessary to en-
rich that intellectual background — reading, writing
and analysis. We must teach people to express them-
selves in words
Second—an appreciation of man as man, and the
essential sacredness of the individual. To this end,
students must work and play together, learning co-
operation with and liking for other people,
Third—the development of interests. No man is
so to be pitied as he who is bored with his work, and
has no absorbing avocations, He has never learned
the art of enjoyment.
Toward these three goals, then, education must
point if it is to become more than an escape from
true reality for some, and an irritating grind for
others, Toward these ends the school must shape
its curriculum,
Janice Friedman
Communications
To the Editor:
I'm writing this letter to illustrate the way we suf-
fer class pests who insist on leaving their mark on
the professor. I hope if you recognize yourself in these
examples, you will abandon such habits. Now here is
what I mean. .
“May I get personal? Are you married?"
Now, I ask you. Is that any kind of an inquiry to
make of a professor? Well, they do it every time
Then we have these sun-tanned Amazons who try
to exhibit as much of their acquired sun-tan as decency
wiil permit—and more.
‘Then there are those who sit on the edge of the’
seats, with their eyes glued on the clock, waiting for
the bell to ring, at which time they rush over people
and chairs in their way, grab hold of the edge of the
desk and try to get that personal touch from the
teacher (polishing the old, or young, apple)
ANONYMOUS.
Curtain!
marked a perfect evening and Union
setting for the open-
The College Widow,
‘Tuesday
Campus proved the appropriate
air performance of George Ade’s
starring Sally Eilers,
Golden-haired Miss Eilers with her dashing viv-
aciousness Was sweet as the “college widow. It is
interesting to note Ubat Miss Eilers js a perpetual
student. “When she js not acting in a play, she
enrolls for courses at the University of California in
Los Angeles. Last winter she took Will Durant's course
in the history of philosophy.”
Ross Hertz, as “Stub” Talmadge, was outstanding
in portraying a very distinctive magnetic personality.
The lighting by Robert Brown was unusually ef-
fective, notably the bonfire scene.
The colorful costumes and simple sets blended
with the multitude of banners «R. P. I. not included),
creating the whole of Union Campus into a gay colle-
giate atmosphere.
Though the action of the play, directed by Jose
Ruben, takes place in 1904 with the costumes and
music of the period, the attitudes, the enthusiasm
(for football), and expressions are as modern as our
“hero-factories” of today.
Highlights
on the
Highbrows
We hope you're strong enough
after the heat of this week to hold a
paper and read it. Personally, we
feel that the effort involved is just
too much.
Dr. Vreeland’s classes are wonder-
ing who “Genevieve” is, since he uses
that name very freely in his soc-
jology lectures. They wonder if Dr.
Vreeland simply became tired of
using the “John and Mary" analogy
and switched to the more euphoneus
Genevieve, or whether that name
is the index to the great romance in
his life.....
We've always admired Dr. French
as an exponent of physical culture,
thinking his uprightness most re-
markable. We learned that he is
also an able and avid exponent of
horticulture. So now we wonder if
that smooth tan is a result of gar-
dening or golfing .....
We hear there’s a bridge tourna-
ment on in faculty circles, Dr.
Brown and Dr. Rogers, we are told,
are the Culbertson and Lenz of
State College, and as a team are in-
vincible. We've wondered what
caused that far-seeing expression in
Dr. Roger's eyes. Probably he’s
envisioning the plays with which
he'll confound his opponents... .
We've always been keen to know
just what the faculty do while we're
toiling away these afternoons. They
hie to the Ridgefield Club for relax
tion. Tennis is the favorite sport
and they tell us Dr. Birchenough
wields a wicked racket .....
We noticed several students
around the halls and peristyles
muttering and gesticulaitng wildly.
We weren't surprised for we've
come very close to it this summer.
We were relieved, however, to dis-
cover that these all belonged to Dr.
Howell's oral interpretation class
and were merely preparing an as-
signment. What a man!
We wanted to ask Mr, Kennedy
where we can obtain some of those
{pills mentioned on the Huested
bulletin board. Those pills which
will “raise a volatile ferment of
vapid and languid brain cells.” We
really feel the need.
We went to the Statezapoppin
Friday night because we were guar-
anteed the pleasure of meeting the
faculty, Well, we already knew the
three Who were present, What hap-
pened, professors? Don't extra-cur-
ricular activities appeal? .
| Among extra-curricular activities
|this week-end is the informa] party
given by the girls at Moreland Hall
tonight. Dr, St. John is invited, but
says he won't come as a chaperon
as it's too restricting and prohibitive
for a good Ume, We hope there
won't be too many restrictions,
though we do feel that wherever
Dr. St. John is, where won't be many
restrictions
How ¢ feel that restrictions
are necessary,—especially for would-
be columnists, Therefore, we'll im-
pose some on ourselves and put an
end to idle chatter, And then all
of us will be happy
We wonder who is so active in
the Journalism room from 2:00 tp
4:30 o'clock on Tuesday and Wed
nesday afternoons. Do you know,
Mr. Clark?
SUMMER SCHOOL NEWS, JULY 28, 1939
Meet
Your
Mentors
Dr, Geneva Drinkwater
“Cordial and friendly,” “Very in-
teresting and stimulating.” These
are Dr. Drinkwater's impressions of
Albany and of New York State Col-
lege for Teachers. She is genuine-
ly enthusiastic about becoming ac-
quainted with people and enjoys
making contacts with all types from
all localities.
The catalogue tells us that Dr.
Geneva Drinkwater secured her
Ph.D. from the University of Chi-
cago and that she is assistant pro-
fessor of history at Vassar college
But it does not tell us such pertinent
facts as that she is a native of Mis-
souri and attended Stephens col-
lege and the University of Missour.
Her graduate work was continued
at Bryn Mawr, She has taught at
colleges in Missouri and Minnesota
and at the University of North
Carolina.
Dr. Drinkwater's great absorbing
interest is Ancient and Medieva) his-
tory. As a result she spent a year
and a half in Italy studying at the
Vatican schoo] in Rome, and reading
Latin documents in the manuscript
writing of monks of the Middle
Ages, from the archives of the
Subiaco monastery.
She enjoys golf and horseback rid-
ing, and derives great pleasure from
her library of fine books and from
her many albums of phonograph
records of symphonic music.
This brief and entirely inadequate
presentation of Dr. Drinkwater
should be amended to include some
mention of her warm, vividly at-
tractive personality. Her innate
charm was indicated in the first
paragraph, for she has found in
others what she is herself—“cordial
and friendly," “very interesting and
stimulating
Dr. Edward I. F, Williams
Psychologist, philosopher, writer,
amateur photographer and collector,
in other words, Dr. Williams. This
veritable mi le man has been in
our midst for several summers, but
few of us know what a fascinating
fund of knowledge he possesses.
Dr. Williams is interested in opera,
symphony and the drama; the lat-
ter, in his opinion, is developing
more here than abroad. He enjoys
traveling, has been in Mexico, Can-
ada, and every state but two. Some-
lime he plans to spend a year go-
ing around the world.
Two years ago he published a
biography of Horace Mann, and he
is associate editor of the Educational
Forum, Through this magazine he
has met many well-known authors
thus adding to his magnificent col-
lection of autographed editions, As
well as these books he owns many
ancient manuscripts, dating from
the time of Ancient Egypt, Abraham,
and from the medieval period, Also,
he has origina) sheets from the St
dames version of the Bible.
In his travels about this country
he hes taken many photographs of
historical and literary interest. With
some of these he hopes to illustrate
another book which will deal with
the \ake country of Ohio, his native
state.
I. DO'S
1. Do try to be earlier than the
instructor.
2. Put your time for studying
on a budget-plan (twenty-
four hours a day).
. Return library books on
time; save your money for
a coke,
. Work hard, but get in your
fun, (Try the impossible).
5, Do your own assignments;
sponges are for cleansing
purposes.
6. Study one hour when awake
rather than two when asleep.
Put your professor's lectures
through a sieve; what comes
thru will be all you need.
Keep your chin up; you're
likely to step on it.
Keep up your correspon-
dence even tho your term
suffer,
se heavy arguments;
s enuf hot air this sum-
mer anyway.
I. DONT'S
1, Don't clutter up your mind
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x
Se
To Do Or Not To Do
with non-essentials; the es-
sentials will clutter it up
enough,
. Don’t let the heat get you
down, even if the work does.
. Don't forget that the instruc-
tor occasionally takes the
roll.
. Don't think that crabbing
avails anything; crabs usually
Jand in hot water.
Don't intersperse neighborly
comments with the lecture
of the instructor; only a few
of them pause for breath.
Don't copy your neighbor's
notes; your own may be
better.
Don't forget that talking too
much is as bad as talking
too little; give the instruc-
tor a chance,
. Don't forget that having test
answers correspond with your
neighbor's arouses suspicion;
besides, it's adolescent,
9. Don't yawn audibly in class;
quiet down to a roar,
10. Don't be a pessimist; you
can't go below an E.
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State College Pushball Contest
Represented in World’s Fair
by Frances Murphy
Have you been to the World's
Fair? Well, don't miss it.
Here are a few pointers from
two sightseers who have already
gone exploring there. Arm yourself
with a map of the grounds. Take a
little or a lot of money as you like.
Carry your lunch if you wish, but
it’s a nuisance, for it’s much more
fun to eat at a sandwich or hot-dog
stand or in a foreign restaurant.
It will be a big task to see the
entire Fair, but no one need stay
away on that account, for it is
easy to get to, to look at, to get
around in, and, yes, it is even
conveniently comfortable.
You will want to begin the day
by having a look at the future ct
inside the Perisphere; it will help
you to understand the motif of all
that awaits you on the grounds.
And the Helicline! What a sweep-
ing panoramic view it affords as it
curves downward from the Peri-
sphere exit! Such bright colors
and strange shapes! Such huge
statues and multi-colored buildings.
Such inviting gardens and cooling
fountains! There is no observation
window in the sky-piercing Trylon,
so don't ask to go up.
Take a stroll from the Theme
Center through Constitution Mall
to the distant Federal Building; it
will give a comprehensive close-up
of the heart of the Fair, Then to
ve the feet and conserve time,
take a sightseeing (rain from one |
point to another around the grounds.
You will be interested to note that
State College is represented in the
New York State building by a
picture of the annual freshman-
sophomore pushball contest.
An altractive array of literature
BRIGGS AUTO SERVICE
West St, near Lake Ave.
One block from College
and Frances Field
in the form of wavel books, school
books, best sellers and reproduc-
tions of portraits and historic docu-
ments, awaits you in each of the
foreign buildings. Some of the
articles are merely the regulation
tourist souvenirs, but if you choose
wisely, your time and money will
be well spent
If you are interested in the prob-
lems of Europe — and who isn't
right now—be sure to visit the
Czechoslovakian exhibit. It is the
tomb of liberty and is supported
by the friends of that country in
America, This particular exhibit
was nearing completion when Hitler
made one of his thrusts, and Czecho-
slovakia as an independent nation
was no more. A hush falls and
voices barely whisper as each new
group surges into the building.
In the amusement area, don't
miss Billy Rose's Aquacade. It's a
beautiful spectacle with seventy-two
swimmers performing in intricate
designs, See it at night if possible
There’s « good day's Fairgoing
for one in this program and you will
have seen a vision that will keep
you wondering for a long while.
BUT by all means, prolong your
visit until after dark, for at night
the vast panorama of the Fair be-
comes a sea of multi-colored light,
and elaborately patterned pyrotech-
nie displays as the Lagoon of Nations
fills the night hours with brilliance.
Statementor
Ww. B.
The time has come, the walrus
said, to speak of many things—
but he didn't. have the things to
talk about that we have today, He
couldn't talk of 8:10 classes that
strange people were anxious to get
to. They have a reason though,
it's much cooler in the morning
than it is later in the day, He
didn't know about the cool spots
beneath the trees out on the cam-
pus, or about those miserably sticky
seats in the afternoon classes at
State during the summer, In the
time of the walrus there were none
of the hot-air-conditioned lecture
rooms that we have here at State,
so he couldn't have spoken of them.
The poor walrus had never heard
of these famous men of education
whose names are borne by our
various halls. He wouldn't have
known Andrew S, Draper, whose
work as Commissioner of Educa-
|| tion was essential in setting up the
system of public high schools we
have today. He hadn't heard of
Page, or Hawley, or Richardson, or
any of the rest, so naturally he
couldn't have talked of them.
Probably he'd never even heard
of Albert Huested and the State
men he took with him to the Civil
War. Perhaps you've never noticed
the plaque on the wall of Huested
Hall, as you enter from the peri-
style on the Draper side,
Most amazing of all to Carroll's
little pet might be the Annex when
twelve o'clock has gonged and our
football players might well seek
protection.
He might even be a bit amazed
to see some of our teachers of high
school safety courses parking their
cars around school, Their boards
of education might give them as
much of a surprise as the walrus
might get from watching them,
Woe betide the student teacher
who follows the example of our
instructors. Imagine yourself squat-
ting on the desk or gazing out the
window when you did your practice
teaching,
Then too he might wonder if
they aren't human but it seems as
if some of the profs might take off
those coats during their lectures,
Everyone would feel much more
comfortable, including themselves,
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SUMMER SCHOOL NEWS, JULY 28, 1939
Random
Remarks
In decided refutation of the arti-
cle in last Sunday's Times, labelling
college summer schools as country
clubs, is State College? And, in this
column, we'll endeavor to prove that
we aren’t enrolled in a concentration
camp either.
The men at school are making
fashion news this summer. Green
and sky blue gabardine seem to be
very fashionable. Even members of
the faculty prove susceptible to this
trend. If colorful personalities
emerge as a result, we'll give the
fashion a rating of four stars.
Occasionally events occur to break
the monotony of study in the Com-
mons, A serious looking principal
was much amused when a co-ed ap-
proached him and asked if she might
borrow his pipe. We understand
that some of the girls in the dorm
come prepared — and pouch their
own tobacco.
‘There are three tall, dark brothers
in summer session. Aside from hav-
ing all this in common, they are
good at shagging. Did you spot
them at Statezapoppin?
Miss Morton, Supervisor of Hous-
ing, and head resident at the dorm,
is good at remembering names, She
knows the names of everyone but
a dozen or so, Miss Morton must
have that’ invaluable habit of recog-
nizing names instead of faces,
Chi Sig broke up the summer
school doldrums by journeying to
Thacher Park, Sunday, for a steak
roast. The Delta Omega girls have
carried the idea further by having
a hot dog roast every Saturday night
in their own backyard.
Steal into the auditorium some
day and slip into a seat. You may
be charmed into forgetting that
term paper by hearing Tom Garrett
at the piano, The man can play.
We'll dispense with the customary
Phrases with which columnists us-
ually conclude, and add—we hope
that this isn’t a column to end all
columns,
Superiority of Women
Gaining in Popularity
The much-discussed but ever-
popular controversy regarding man’s
superiority over woman was revived
in the midst of a bull session at
Spencer Hall. Many sensible argu-
ments were put forth in favor of
each over the other, but the weight
of evidence seemed to favor man’s
being superior to woman,
“Women who spur men on, are
greater than men who achieve” be-
cause back of the success of all (or
most) great personalities has been
the guiding and inspirational hand
of a woman—be it a mother, sister,
wife, or sweetheart. Nothing is so
great and forceful or penetrating as
“inspiration” to aid in lifting a man
from oblivion and obscurity into
sudden prominence,
It fs the woman that really de-
serves the credit while in reality the
man, selfish as man 1s, gives to the
world the impression that HE has
succeeded, that HE has achieved,
that HE has reached the pinnacle
of success through the “sweat of his
brow.”
Let us not be disillusioned—let us
by Jean De Forest
A survey reveals the fact that it
costs the average non-working stu-
dent $115 for the privilege of at-
tending a summer session at New
York State College for Teachers.
Room and board requires forty-eight
dollars with an extra ten dollars for
noon lunches. Books take varying
amounts from four to fifteen dollars.
Most of the people at summer
session have two definite intentions:
economy and serious study. Movies
and sports, of course, claim the time
and interest of many, but the girls
seem to plan a very smal] amount
for this item, depending, it seems,
on the boys to see that they get
their necessary recreation. This is
especially interesting in light of the
fact that men average a lower ex-
pense than women, considering
only those who do not work,
It is also interesting to note that
the room and board average is con-
siderably lowered by the great num-
ber of girls who cook their own
meals.
It is difficult to state an average
total cost or an average for any
particular item because of widely
varying styles of living. We have
the plutocrats, on one hand, who
pay sixty dollars or even more for
room and board, gallivant around
in cars, and insist that summer
school costs at least $200.
On the other hand there are
many who work for their room
and board in private homes and
many who do part-time work in
the Library, Cafeteria, Annex and
walt on table at the various group
houses. Two of those interviewed
figured on “just about breaking
even.” Some augment their re-
sources by taking kidding jobs
(taking care of kids, to youl), A
unique way of vacation living plus
educational advancement plus econ-
omy equals the method practiced
by at least two couples who are
Garrett Plays Piano
At Noon In Page Hall
Do You like music? Do you
like modern swing or the old
fashioned classics? Are you in-
terested in listening to an ex-
cellent planist who is well-versed
in both modern swing and the
classics? Tom Garrett plays every
noon in the auditorium of Page
hall—he plays to an empty house
Just to amuse himself, Why not
Bet together and spend a few
minutes in the auditorium noons?
Keep up on the music of the
day as it is played by Garrett.
Lucille Beauty Salon
Evening Appointments
208 Quail St. 4-9481
Joseph Barbagallo
COLLEGE
SHOE REPAIR SHOP
464 Washington Ave,
Summer Student Survey Shows
Average $115 Expense Budget
> —_____—__..__.
living in trailers and attending
State college summer session,
For a dash of faculty to add to
this hearty meal of figures, I quote
a professor (name withheld) on this
subject. “Last year I managed to
spend a little more than I earned.”
So you see the faculty is beset with
financial worries even as the most
inexperienced undergraduate.
Transportation is strictly an in-
dividual item, and no average could
be computed because of the widely
differing regions from which people
come, Another cause of variance
is the use of cars. Those who haye
cars here spend an extra ten to
thirty dollars to keep them going,
depending on the extent of week-
end trips.
Most summer students come well-
stocked with clothes and incidentals,
Some, however, plan to buy in Al-
bany, and most of the girls can’t
tear themselves away without at
least one new dress.
The frequency (a nice, educa-
tional word) of going home for the
weekend is entirely unpredictable.
Distance has little to do with it.
Many drive or ride long distances
to be at home every weekend, waile
many others go home but once or
perhaps not at all during the ses-
sion.
The summer students are sup-
porting the government admirably
in at least one department, Stamps
and stationery comprise a consid-
erable proportion of the amount
Spent for incidentals. Girls are far
ahead of the boys in this respect,
writing approximately eight letters
a week, while the boys let it go
at one or two, One boy said he
might manage three during the six
weeks, Wonder who's the lucky girl
getting half a letter a week,
‘Average Expense Budget
College Fee ....
Room and Board
Recreation
Transportation
Total Average Cost ..
“Non-working students,
+Extremely variable,
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Problem of Lunches
Perplexes Students
Mid-Day Classes are Cause
Of Hunger Frustration
The lack of any definite lunch
hour in the summer session schedule
of classes, has resulted in a peculiar
state of affairs for some students
here, A goodly percentage find that
they have barely the ten minutes
between classes in which to grab a
snack between 11:00 and 1:00 o'clock.
Others are stabbed with hunger
pains before the 12:30 bell releases
them, This situation has caused a
lively debate among various groups.
One insists that “brunch” is the
best method because it saves money
by providing one combination meal
at about 11:00 a. m. instead of both
breakfast and lunch.
The other school of thought con-
sists of that great army of sufferers
belonging to the 11:00-12:30 classes,
Consider the problem of these poor
people, We hurriedly gulp a thim-
bleful of tomato juice and a cup of
coffee at 7:30 and dash to an 8:10
lecture. At 10:30 we are beginning
to get sleepy, but certainly not
hungry. Eleven o'clock comes with
no desire to eat yet. And so to
class, 11:30 arrives and still the
pangs of hunger are not stirring.
But wait, oh wait, till 11:45—then
12;00—oh, heaven, is this class ever
going to end? Will my stomach
ever be the same again? At last—
at long last—the hands of the clock
creep to 12:30 and we rush to the
Annex, Ah yes, and what do we
find? A line a mile long (more or
less), moving forward at an infini-
tesimal pace toward that Promised
Land of beautiful sandwiches and
wholesome, thirst-quenching drinks.
We finally stagger to the counter,
weak and dazed, convinced that on
the morrow we shall join the con-
{|verts to the two-breakfast_ method:
one at 10:30 and another at 12:30.
So now we eat twice when we're not
hungry In order to avoid being loo
hungry when we eat once, If that’s
not a paradox, I'll eat my books,
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IN@WS
Vor. I, No. 4
Stare CoLtgce ror TEACHERS,
Avsany, N, Y., Aucust 4, 1939
PRICE, Sc PER Cory
New Data Issued
For B.S. Degree
Higher State Requirements
Will Affect Beginners
In ’39 Session
The Teac! Certification Divi-
sion, New York State Education
Department, has established the fol-
lowing special requirements for the
degree of Bachelor of Science (Edu-
cation) in addition to those stated
in the annual session catalogue,
1939, pages 10 and 11,
After July 1, 1941, the validation
of a certificate for teaching the
common branches, issued upon four
years of approved preparation (four-
year course in Normal School or
three-year course in Normal School
Plus college work sufficient to quali-
fy for degree), shall be extended by
the Commissioner of Education to
include the teaching of an academic
subject in the junior high school on
evidence that the holder thereof has
completed an additional thirty sem-
ester hours in approved courses,
twenty-two of which shall have been
in academic or content courses,
Forty-five additional semester hours
are required for teaching an aca-
demic subject in the senior high
school, thirty semester hours of
which shall have been in academic
or content courses.
A person who has ed credit
toward the degree of Bachelor of
Scien (Education) previous to
June 30, 1939, and who satisfies all
the requirements for this degree
prior to January 1, 1943, will be
dssued a certificate under present
requirements. However, all persons
starting summer session study and
training during the Summer Session
of 1939 will be expected to meet the
new and higher qualifications for
validation to teach junior and sen-
jor high school subjects as indicated
in. the preceding paragraph.
Student in Three-Car
Collision on Wet Road
Last Sunday evening at about
7:30 o'clock, Lloyd Mann, now living
at Spencer Hall, was the principal
figure involved in a three-car col-
lision, Mr, Mann was returning to
Albany after spending the weekend
al his home in Hurleyville. ‘The
aveldent, however, occurred at Moun-
taindale, New York, just ten miles
from Hurleyville.
Mr, Mann was operating his car
alu reasonable speed and was ex-
ercising great caution because the
roads had recently been oiled. As
he rounded a curve, a parked car
forced him to apply his brakes, His
cur went into a skid and swerved
into the cay ahead, ‘The application
of brakes on the oiled road no doubt
added to the force of the impact.
Fortunately no one was injured
and an investigation is now under
way. Mr. Mann sets his dumage at
$100. None of the operators had in-
surance. Three hours’ work on Mr,
Mann's car was necessary before the
trip could be resumed,
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All 8:10 classes
AIL 9:10 cla:
All 9:40 classes ..........
All 10:10 classes
All 11:10 to 12:00
AIL 11:10 to 12:30 ¢
All 12:10
Dean Releases Exam Schedule
Every course will have a final examination which will be
held according to the period schedule given below.
of room assignments will appear in the News next week,
Wednesday, August 16, 8 o'clock
. Wednesday, August 16, 2 o’clock
.. Tuesday, August 15, 2 o'clock
.. Tuesday, August 15, 2 o'clock
Wednesday, August 16, 11 o'clock
Tuesday, August 15, 11 o'clock
A schedule
. Tuesday, August 15, 8 o’clock
. Tuesday, August 15, 8 o'clock
Attendance Reports
Show Few Absences
Mness Takes Small Toll
At State Summer Session
The heat wave experienced last
week brought the thermometer to a
high of 95 degrees, but summer
school students merely took off their
coats and attended classes as faith-
fully as they did the first day,
Reports from the summer session
office indicate that of the 1381 stu-
dents in attendance only 21 have
been reported as being absent two or
more times. Week-end casualties
are at a minimum with no signifi-
cant number of absences on Mon-
ccording to Dr. Ralph Beaver
‘gc of summer school atten-
dance, ‘This record holds in spite
of the number who attend the
World's Fair for week-end recre-
ation,
The records show thal excuses
range from illnesses caused by vac-
cination to serious cases of sunburn,
One person was excused to appear
in court for a traffic violation
“My experience has been that at-
vendance at summer school is always
very good," commented Dr, Beaver,
He indicated that most of the legi-
timate absences were caused by per-
sonal illness or by illness or death
in the family,
No one has been dropped as yet
for irregular attendance, “Once in
a while a car will break down,” was:
the final admission of Dr, Beaver
Hh udding one more excuse to the
list,
Six New Appointments
Announced by Bureau
‘The Appointment Bureau of New
York State College for Teachers an-
hounces Ue following — additional
appointinents for 1939-40; Marjorie
Hickok, "39, Katonah, commerce and
French at Campbell; Frank John-
son, 39, Cortland, mathematics and
selence at Staatsburg; Charlton
dSchoelfler, "39, Albany, commerce at
Krissler Business School, Pough-
keepsie; Virginia Simall, ‘37, Utiea,
commerce at Vernon; Ruth Mitchell,
graduate student, '37, Scotia, English
and library at Coeymans; and Mil-
dred Klaes, 38, Poughk ie, Eng
(lsh aud commerce at Ticonderoga.
Dr. Harold Thompson
Writes Book on N. Y.
Professor at State Presents
“Body, Boots and Britches”
State College faculty and students,
those interested in folk-lore, and all
citizens of New York State will be
happy to hear that Dr, Harold W.
Thompson's book on the folk-lore
of our state will be published in
October,
“Body, Boots and Britches,” an
appropriate title for such a’ rich,
heady book, means in substance that
a great variety of material has been
included. New York is in reality
@ greal rural state, and its culture
has been contributed to by a melting
pot of nationalities, French-Cana-
dian, Irish, Dutch, Italian—all of
these peoples have given color to our
history.
Enriched by students’ contribu-
tions, this book, told in delightful
anecdotal style, will make familiar
to all the lore of New York State,
State College, proud to have the
author of so distinguished a book as
a member of its faculty, is eagerly
awaiting the date when J, B, Lip-
pincott and Co., will publish “Body,
Boots and Britches,”
An earlier book by Dr, Thompson,
“Henry MacKenzie, a Man of Feel-
tent critics as one of the most acute
interpretations of Scotlish literary
society and literary fashions in the
late eighteenth and carly nineteenth
centuries,
Dr. ‘Thompson 1s one of two men
in this couny who have been
granted the degree of D, Litt, from
Edinburgh University.
Park Picnic Popular;
Pedagogs Prove Power
The plente craze has not affected
State College to the same degree
this summer as in previous sessions.
Forty memb of Lyndon
Strough's classes, however, broke
the traditional classroom routine
Tuesday afternoon to play tradi-
onal softball at ‘Thatcher Park.
After an exchange of games in
which Thomas Ryan became the
hero of the afternoon by a series
of spectacular plays, the group of
educators sat at tables along the
cliff's edge to gorge potato salad,
hamburgers rolled in bacon, ice
cream and melons, all prepared pre-
viously at the college cafeteria.
ing,” ts widely regarded by compe-|%'
Staff Completes
Plans for Party
Dancing, Cards and Chatting
Offer Entertainment
In the Commons
Tonight for the second time this
summer, the Commons of Hawley
Hall will be the scene of a gay turn-
out of faculty members and students.
At 8:30 o'clock the doors will be
opened to all students of the sum-
mer session here at the college, as
well as to faculty members and
gues Admission is twenty-five
cents per person, payable at the
door,
Decorations
The theme of the decorations will
be a summer garden, but the full
plans of the committee have not
been disclosed. Guests are fore-
warned, however, that the decora-
“ons will be suggestive rather than
realistic, so that no one may be kept
away because of hay fever,
for dancing will be supplied
by means of the college victrola and
loud speaker system. Recordings of
the orchestras of Artie Shaw, Count,
Ba Jan Savitt, Glen Miller, and
» are on the program for the
evening, The larger part of the
floor of the Com: 8 will be kept
clear for the dances The commit-
tee promises that all “jitterbugs”
will be confined to one corner of the
room, so that the more conservative
can move around in comparauve
les music, the News staff,
members are acting as hosts,
have provided tables and cards for
those who wish to use them, Try to
arrange a bridge game before you
come, or else see what you can do
when you get here tonight,
Chaperones are Miss Hayes, Dr,
Brown, Dr, St, John, and Mrs,
Hicks, and Mr, Clark, according to
the party committee, General chalr-
man Js Janice Friedman, and decor-
ations are In charge of Miriam
The staff of the News Is
assisting.
Moreland Hall Co-Eds
Swing Troubles Away
Summer session students at More-
lund Hall have been enlivening eve-
nings of study by interspersing them
with a little swing,
They shag, practice the grapevine
with the radio hop, and combine
and make new steps. A new dance
step, the Moreland Hop, ts shortly
expected to emerge as @ result of all
Unis activity
Betly Dodge shines when it comes
to shagging. Jean DeForest is an
adept at the grape vine. The radio
hop ts Helen Williams’ preference,
and she's excellent at it
Other students have formed a
habit of droppitg in for these swing
sessions which are gaining quite a
reputation, after an evening's study
at the library. Dancing ts usually
in full sway from 9:30 "tl 10:00
o'clock.
‘The originators of this dance hour
are fond of the "Beer Barrel Polka”
and certainly “have a barrel of fun,”
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