6, 1944
TGIF Wants To Know
“Is OHIM Fast Or Slow$’’
TGIF formally issues a chal-
lenge to the rival organization
OKIM.
On a day set by the said OHIM
—that day to be sometime before
Christmas vacation — six mem-
bers at large of OHIM, chosen
for their athletic prowess and
sense of equilibrium, are invited
to meet six TGIF’s, chosen on
the same basis, The nature of
the ensuing contest will be as
follows: The teams will be lined
up and each member equipped
with a toothpick, to be held be-
tween the teeth, the first member
of each team will receive three
lifesavers which are to be trans-
ferred to the toothpick of the next
member of the team and so on
down the line. The first team to
successfully complete the line
will be declared the winner.
The scene of the contest will
be the commons and the student
bedy is cordially invited.
WAA Ping Pong
A ping-pong tournament for
girls, is scheduled to begin after
Christmas vacation, WAA credit
will be given for participation in
the tournament; these credit hours
will be counted as supervised hours.
For total credit, 3 supervised and 7
unsupervised hours are necessary.
Betty Rose Hilt, '47, will be in
charge of the tournament.
WAA Plans
Sports Activities
The following is a schedule of
basketball practices until Christmas
vacation:
Sat., Dec. 9 from 2 to 4.
Mon,, Dec. 11 from 4:15 to 5:30.
Tues., Dec. 12 from 7 to 9:30.
Thurs., Dec, 14 from 4:15 to 5:30.
After Christmas vacation, prac-
tice will be held on Monday and
Thursday from 4:1' to 5:30 in Page
gym. The tournament will start
immediately after vacation, The
gamés will be played on Tuesday
and Wednesday nights from 7. to
9:30.
Any groups intending to play in
the tournament, must have the
line-up for their teams in by Fri-
day, December 8. These may be
handed in to Mary Seymour, ‘46,
Gette Dunn, ’46, or Edna Sweeney,
"47,
No girl may play on more than
one team.
The bowling list is up and quite
a few people have already signed
The bowling tournament will start
after Christmas vaca don: Any
roups wishing to enter the con-
test oS a ‘ean, may hand in the
name of the team to Jude Dube, ’47,
cr Neliie Glod, '46, before Dec, 12.
Sign-up lists are also up for
those ‘nterested in fencing and bas-
ketball refereeing. These activities
will also start after Christmas va-
cation.
STARS IN SERVICE . .
Per-
STATE COLLEGE NEWS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER
Kaufman Champ 7V74 of WAA
rf ¥ As we continue this week with
D f t Zi 1) our observations of the outstanding
e eals pp WAA members, we cast a satisfac-
tory glance in the direction of one
i ] Thr e Games Gette Dunn, WAA Office Manager.
) e Gette hails from Sayville High,
situated on beautiful Long Island,
With a flash of speed that that paradise of the gentleman’s
bewildered WAA the MAA ping- sports; Long Island may be re-
pong tournament has passed the nowned for its polo, horse racing
half-way mark in that the sin- and boating but Gette confined
By vean) Byline gles section is all finiahed, ss herself to the more rigorous routine
\ last nesday afternoon Art Kaufman, ’47, of high school athletics. At Say-
bee ec bag eee ae waded into another Sophomore, Cal y je, Gette went out for all of
Renée hall f brimstone and fire Zippen, and walked off with ® them (even riding on the Long Is-
te: Mid on our unsuspecting victory in three straight games. jand Railroad) and earned her
to Gente The ceult cone a fe sue i sport letters tne hard yey: eae
t are re- cause Zippen posed of such Johnston's marching routine at 8:
(Any readers in the dark araitor formidable foes as Phil Lashinsky ‘yas no hardship for Gette as she
Miieged slams at MAA and WAA and Jim Miner. had long been, accustomed to the
Papa en urna eS eialan going peated ianching oa ine ta
‘aufman ha 2
Ore Teeealnly didn't intend to against Al Balk and John Bolles, Cee. Be ela ae
alienate as many affections as we but he was master of the situation ere date bat bop. attic
have but now that the battle is on all the way. Kaufman played a Co oe dere put ee a
far be it from us to throw in the slow cautious game that Kept Zip- letle ables were Som hve
sponge. We ask only one favor. pen constantly on the move and as sie & Blea Joined the. Blue
Let’s leave injured pride out of oe off balance. ne TEs Bee, ae oe e Ks piel
nd let the facts speak was 21-12. The second w: = a
Crain nero ae in, pen’s best effort. He grabbed an nee 2 at re as ‘ae aes
To dispose of the enemy in al- early lead only to have Kaufman In her Sop are yeas EY
phabetical order, here goes with come from behind and take the ess we ayer Be ee par ah i ie
MAA, Several weeks ago the sports game 21-15. The third game de- He iy contest, with, fis: Gremling,
Base Punta ernie wal an to in Sey fv Reine hockey field Gette proved to be an
of the varsity basketball that was man looking his best a vf Be proved td Deaf
ia he match Kauf- invincible oppone!
1G Be MAE Wey ere tren ad Be Bb the match Kion’s basketball season rolled around, we
Perinatal Peay ipfect Teves ehaniplon, found Gette as the mainstay on
something happened—the subject singles cha: f cas We con nek tall
of men’s basketball suddenly be- ‘The doubles section is lagging a eal fi SG ee oreaay
came taboo. Apparently it was ® pit behind the singles, but that is Heeieg'ehioh Gette displayed 02
dead letter—but why? We want; due mainly to the general interest fe Sowerful BZ squad, Last year
ed to know, and we figured that in the singles play. So far only Gore was co-captain of softball
perhaps there were others of the three matches have been played. [VG“Suled her position on the din-
same mind, The director of MAA tn this division the team of Kauf- @V0 10° tt teen style.
was contacted for the story but man, Lashinsky appears to be the BI Pee cette te thie onl:
ad ROHS Pye. ane igi Cubed, oF the field, tome of good sportsmanship—a good
Printed last Wee Menrked, They We'll Get One Right Yet loser and a graceful winner.
Reha hes bees cna ee a Last week we predicted that Navy
WER ADH 8 would surprise everyone and hang 4
a source) af could be found ean one on any, We were mistaken. Weekly BowlingLeague
sidering this refusal on the part O.. congratulations to Army who 4 By MAA
of the director. |e information Nas the greatest college team this Inaugurated By
See erate Proc I country has ever seen. The pins will be splitting soon
MAA cd nate gl rune ey ct = with “MAA now organizing a men’s
MAA cares to give us the correc — nizing
ling league. There are twenty
aroun af rents we shall Be EE Swimming Offered re eee
i 4 q into teams of four men
By the way, we don't see where Qver fifty people have signed up grouped d
the. nuanber who volunteered tO for WAA swimming. This is offered each. No titles nave been chosen as
give blood has anything to do with jn addition to thé regular life-saving yet for the Yeas. ays are now
this case. But, we don’t mind If classes for those who do not care for Negotial en for Slee are
Lashinsky gets in a plug for WAC. intensive training but are lovers of underway by Art Taulman oie
It's a noble cause. the sport. Sessions will be held at should be om pe ee te
One Down; One To Go Public bath Number three located at league should s y
‘As for the “WAA enthusiasts,” 380 Central Avenue, Tuesdays and Wie. a Hie Neen. he he
beer i matehes but that the league will
ey cnet dUaie | There is still time for those Ine ow) by the week is certain.
1, Of the 102% inches of column terested to sign up. WAA credit will POM Tt Ens rospects, Cal
we have painfully ground out 0 be given for participation and this 7.01. "A ‘steady bowler, can be
far this year | approximately 8 will be an excellent opportunity for counted on for his share of the pins.
have ‘been devoted to, sports. iq. the Freshmen and Sophomores to ‘are Kaufman is another of the
dlon’t believe this fs 8 bad permmisy get in the practice they will need yen who can hold his own with
ee ely forstien’ Tor ean for the Rivalry swimming meet. the wood. Hal Weber has a fast
Se ee aitenpressiod nd sharp ball that should raise
ae thse —— — — Nis team’s average. Bob Sullivan
2, From the first Issie OT nen Honorable mention, which is, We maintains a slow and consistent
News, wo encouraged the women think, enough said on that charge. ook, Harry Inglis is another well
to get behind WAA, We Dror rent 5. As for the last polnt—members (jmeq bowler.
“ jane we nhraised any effort, of the staff do go out for sports
ry cer ae "and a genuine Interest in spor
Id out every hope, But one %hd & Be sain .
We not live on hope alone. A ietle tee Gane Ge Goat a he
action would be appreciated. 4. sports staff. Besides, we think it
By ER WRE BAPOR Se ee Slightly ridiculous to’ blame us for
Hola bes: nok oll Ben fleet bet the type of person who comes out
went members of WAAthougnt fr, work on the Nuss.
good but which have never been PS. Thanks to the ‘Ten
acted upon, Apparently the “active cente
enthusiasts” are too busy reading
between the lines to see what Is
written on them. B 0 W L
These Politicians!
4, Winyall, Mastrangelo, Die, AT
Guido, Davidson, O'Connell, Mar-
got, Sweeney, Baker and Henry THE PLAYDIUM
were among the politically promi- ‘
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VOL. XXX! NO. 12
Committee Offers
Final Resolution
For Student Union
Project to Culminate
In Assembly Discussion
Culminating the release of three
reports initiating tentative plans for
the proposed Student Union, the In-
vestigating Committee will present
to the student body a resolution for
the organization and administration
of the Union. A photographic ex-
hibit and a movie “A Day In A
Union” will be secured for presenta-
tion through the Association of Col-
lege Unions, and several Assembly
periods will be devoted to discussion
of the proposal.
Resolution Outlined
The following is an outline of the
resolution:
“Whereas: Student Association ex-
pressed the desire for a Student
Union and passed a motion, June 2,
1943, creating a Student Union Fund
and,
Whereas: The Investigating Com-
mittee has presented a plan to fi-
nance the building of the Student
Union,
Be it resolved that:
a) A Student Union Board be es-
tablished consisting of eight people—
five students, two faculty members,
one alumnus.
b) The Fund be turned over to the
New York State College for Teachers
Benevolent Association, Inc. as a
trust fund.
c) The powers and duties of the
Student Union Board be:
1. Set up files and records for
collection of pledges to fund.
2. Administer collection of the
pledges and administer campaign
for pledges.
3. Become a member of the As-
sociation of College Unions so to
be ever conscious of affairs of
other Student Unons.
4. To report to Student Associa-
tion of College Unions to be
ever conscious of affairs of other
Student Unions.
4. To report to Student Associa-
tion the exact status of Student
Union Fund each semester.
5. To come to an agreement with
the Benevolent Association when
to build and to see the prospective
plans for approval and sugges-
tions.
6. On completion of the building
to be in charge of student ac-
tivities in the Union (set the policy
and regulations.)
di The powers and duties of the
N.Y.S.C.T. Benevolent Association,
Inc., be:
1. To invest the money in the
Pund,
2. To use the funds to buy land
for the project with approval of
the Student Union Board,
3. To report to Student Union
(Continued on Page 3, column 5)
Malseed Suggests Collection
Of Service Xmas Cards
Anyone who drops into the
outer office of the Dean of Wo-
men is lable to see Mrs. Malseed,
glue pot in t:and, poised over an
open pace. (figuratively speaking,
anyway.) Strange? No, she'll be
weiting for contributions of V-
Mail Christmas cards from facul-
ty and students who are being
asked to save any cards that they
have received or will receive
during vacation from former
State students,
Faculty members have already
been showing around several
cards and talking about the State
G.I. Joes, who remember their
Alma Mater. State will want to
know who sent who a card and
how things are going over there.
Besides, if anyone has lost track
of a friend through constant
changing of addresses the scrap-
book record may hold the solu-
tion.
To Feature Skit,
Santa, Caroling
Miner, Robert Sullivan,
James Conley, Phillip Lashinsky,
Sophomores, and Bruce Hansen,
Tiny Time.
Sounds good, doesn't it?
Lieb] Announces
Successful Drive
Total Receipts Exceed
First Stamp Day Profits
Marie Liebl, '46, Chairman of War
Activities Council, has termed the
second State College Stamp Day
last Friday “a huge success,” with
sales totaling $172.80, This represents
a gain of $3.55 over the first Stamp
Day a few weeks ago, when the
sale of stamps reached $169.25.
Last week’s sum was boosted, how-
ever, when Arthur Kaufman, ‘47,
purchased a $100 bond. This means
that individual sales were not as
good us those of the first event
Entertainment Planned
Plans were made at a recent WAC
meeting to hold a Stamp Day once
a month, The event will be on Fri-
day, as usual, and some entertain-
ment will be featured in the Com-
mons during the afternoon.
Clothes Drive
Miss Lieb] added that old clothes
are still wanted for Russian War
Relief. A box for this purpose will
be placed in the lower hall of Draper
after Christmas vacation. Students
will have an opportunity to collect
old clothing during the recess to
contribute to the drive,
All clothes collected to date have
gone to Greek War Relief, and State
students have filled seven bags for
this cause,
War Bond canvassers will hand in
their final reports to WAC today.
Their job was to cover the 19th
Ward of Albany for war bond
pledges, and they have collected
over $2,000 in pledges to date,
student body.
The surprise of the program will
be the appearance of a jolly, mys-
terious Santa Claus. Santa will
deviate from his usual policy by
giving gifts to unsuspecting members
of the student body. He will not
reveal the chosen few until the last
possible moment. He much prefers
to let them tremble with fear and
anxiety,
The Student Council committee in
charge of the program includes:
James Miner, '46, Julia Collier, '47,
and Isabelle Cooper, '48.
Frosh Requests Santu’s Help
In Solving Post-Xmas Deal
Dear Santa;
We don't ask much from life—
Just to get a few B’s maybe, and
a coupla more dates, But these
things you can forget about if
you'll only grant us this one
wish. Please don't let us down,
because it's the only thing we're
asking of you this year, and
that's not so bad considering the
long, long letters we used to
write you three and four years
ago,
Santa, we get down on our
knees and beg you to put lots of
money in the stockings of State
College students. But Santa, that
isn't all. We beg you to stipu-
late along with that gift that
they save that money for war
stamps. You see, Santa, people
usually spend all their money on
presen and stuff and then
come back broke —and—well—
Santa, the Freshmen have the
Stamp Booth after vacation, ...
Please, Santa, don't let us
down, Merry Xmas and Happy
New Year!
THE CLASS OF ‘48
An original Christmas skit, the
capers of Saint Nick, and Christmas
Caroling will ring in State's yule-
tide season in this morning's assem-
Six “Statesmen” will frolic in a
humorous and entertaining parody
of Charles Dicken's “Christmas Ca-
rol.” Dramatic performances will be
given by James Crandall, James
Juniors;
Robert Sorenson, freshmen, Tears
will well even in the most stole eyes
when “Bob” Heart-throb Sorensen |
appears dramatically in the role of
An interlude of Christmas Carol-
ing by the entire assemblage will fol-
low. Peggy Casey, '46, songleader,
will direct the singing while Muriel
Navy, also 46, will accompany the
Assembly Today College Mourns Death
Of Dr. Howard Do Bell
Professor Remembered
As Friend, Counselor
State College suffered a severe
loss Friday night with the death of
Dr. Howard Adams Do Bell, Pro-
fessor of mathematics and one of
State's most outstanding members,
Student memorial services were held
Monday at 2 P.M. in Page Hall while
, private services were conducted at
| IN #4 his home in Elsmere,
Ue Sy Colleagues Comment
, r A friend to students as well as
4 faculty, Dr. Do Bell was exceedingly
popular with his companions and
associates, Dr, Harry Birchenough,
Professor of mathematics states that,
“In the death of Professor Do Bell
the college has lost one of its hardest
workers, the mathematics depart-
ment a fine instructor, the students
@ very sympathetic teacher and I,
a loyal friend, I have worked with
him for sixteen years and had many
opportunities to observe and appre-
ciate his broad scholarship, his fine
analytical mind, and his sympathetic
attitude toward students and faculty.
It will be difficult to find anyone
who can fill the place he has left,”
Another associate in the math de-
partment, Dr, Ralph A, Beaver, As-
sistant Professor of mathematics
thought of Dr. Do Bell as a “loyal
friend, ideal bridge partner, fishing
Programs To Include companion, and above all an unsele
fish, fellow teacher who was always
Speakers, Barn Dance ready to pass on his best ideas and
The presidents of SCA, Newman teaching devices to the other mem-
Club, and Hillel have announced bers of the department.”
their plans for next year's programs, Active In College Affairs
Hillel will hold a barn dance and Dr. Do Bell was active in extra-
bring a speaker to assembly; New- curricular activities at college in
man Club will hear Miss Peltz; SCA addition to directing college exten-
schedules a musical program, sion work for the past ten years. He
SCA was indispensable to the college year
Frosh Club, the freshman unit of books, having taken the majority of
Student Christian Association in- its pictures and photos. In civic af-
tended to promote interest in com- fairs he was parishioner of the Del-
munity church participation by un- mar Methodist Church and a former
derclassmen, has announced its of- member of the University Club and
ficers for this year, the Y.MC.,A,
se elected were Marie Balfoort _ Born in Sayre, Penn, in 1896 Dr,
lent, Ruth Seelbach as vice Do Bell was graduated from Syra-
and Alice Williams as cuse University where he received
ecretary, These officers will pre- both his B.A, and M.A, degrees. A
side at the next meeting on Jan, 12, member of Phi Beta Kappa he
The next general meeting of Stu- earned the degree of Doctor of
dent Christian Association is sched- Philosophy at Cornell University,
uled for January 10, A tentative He had been an instructor at Col-
musical program has been planned. gate University, the University of
Newman Club Pennsylvania, and Syracuse Univer-
Marguerite Bostwick, '45, president sity before his appointment to the
of Newman Club, urges all members State College Faculty in 1928,
to get behind the stamp drive today, President, Deans Lament Loss
Newman Club members under Mary — According to Dr, Milton G, Nelson,
Straub, '46, have been in charge of Dean, he will “miss a wise counse-
the stamp booth all week, and Miss Jor and friend" while Miss Ellen ©.
Bostwick asks a final push to send Sto! Dean of Women, adds her
the total over the top. praise—"T have never known such an.
On January 11 the club plans its exceptionally fine person. Everyone
last meeting of the semester to be liked him. He had a real devotion to
held at Newman Hall, The Bene- his work and a genuine interest in
THE LATE DR. DO BELL
Religious Club
Make '45 Plans
president
Horror, Humor Drama By Nazis, Bachelors, Consciences
Do you find the mere mention of
sabotage intriguing? What would be
the solution for a young girl who
just hated Fascists and found that
her very own sister was a Nazi?
That is the problem Gretehen had
to cope with. And she had to be
very careful about Frau Schiller,
that old blockleader, too, Gretchen's
mother couldn't make up her mind
whether she was a Nazi or not, but
on January 16, Gretchen will come
to State and make a speech that will
tell her mother and all the rest of
the world just where the Nazis can
go.
While the 16th takes its time roll-
ing around, there's a current scan-
dal whispered through the halls
that should be of interest to all. It
seems there's two high class dames
who are trying to use each other
for all they're worth. One of them
has a rich husband, and the other
is wedded to a handsome artist.
Now, the one with the rich husband
once had a crush on the other's ar-
tist hubby, and it looks to us like
By MINDY WARSHAW
Id flame is still burning. The
'tist's wife goes to tea at the rich
lndy’s house and they chat about
clothes and hair-do's and stuff like
that, But—these two ladies have
got inner selves flitting about and
the inner s s tell us that it's no
fashions they're interested in at all
The artist's wife—Margaret—is tired
of secretly starving in a garret and
she tries to convince the other one—
Harriet—that she'd make a good
subject for a painting because of her
beauty. It's not really Harriet, Mar-
garet thinks is beautiful at all, but
the bankroll she knows they'll get
if Harriet will sit for the portrait,
Harriet starts to quibble about the
price in spite of all her dough be-
cause, after all, every real woman
loves a good argument. It sure makes
& poor student happy to know that
even the socialites got money wor-
res. We're waiting for the final
stages of the scandal to break.
And that’s not all that's going to
break on January 16, A few porce-
lain dishes are going to be engaged
in the same act. The dishes, along
with some biscuits, the like of which
Mother never made, are going to be
shattered over the head of a cer-
tain State male, These biscuits are
so hard that they're sure to break
all the teeth of this certain unsus-
pecting State fellow and leave him
just beating his proverbial gums,
But no one will actually see his
teeth fall out of his mouth ‘til Jan-
uary 16, either.
Yes, vacationing State students
should return gleefully from eigh-
teen days of candy canes and stuffed
stockings, for soon after they return,
they will see these characters ani-
mated. Margaret and Harriet, Gret-
chen and Frau Schiller, and the
Biscuit-Bakin’-Momma will come to
life on January 16 in Page Hall when
E,D, will present, under the direc-
tion of Miss Agnes Futterer, their
three annual one-act plays entitled,
“Overtones,” “A House Divided,” and
“Why I am A Bachelor.”
diction is scheduled for 7:30 and the ll of his students.”
meeting will begin promptly at 8 Dr. John M. Sayles, President of
P.M, Feature of the evening will be the College, sums up this man's
a talk by Miss Catharine W. Peltz, reat personality in the following
Instructor of English, statement: “During the period of
Hillel his ‘work here, he exemplified the
rriet Greenberg, president est characteristics of fine class-
wi at Raeeaa tae ck or room tenching; his understanding of
Board meeting today a budget for Student needs, his friendly coopera-
next year will be drawn up and a [fn in out-of-class help, his pa-
new program will be considered, Hence planation, his friendli-
Tentative plans include a speaker in Tess, Were Always apparent. Ta ee
assembly and a barn dance for all Contact, his home wns aiwary One
en of rest and play and the welcome
which they received there made re-
turn to that fine place easy.
He possessed executive ability,
Bomonetatert by development and
promotion of extension courses with-
tion to be held at the Brooklyn
Cae marcia on pe BrOOkIYD in the community which tinder his
and 23, On December 22 the pro- Peneralitp were self-sustaining and
gram will begin at 2 and last until WORM MRE, i on
5:30 P.M., with a dramatic presenta prac he respect, esteem, and
Hon al 8:30 P.M, A dance is sched- Myeetian of the faculty, We shall
led for 8:30 P.M, on December 33, "85 him sorely.
The program for both days will in- ere Gckee Beinn
elude square dancing, clagsical and SEB Requests Senior Folders _
folk music, and a round table disous- Miss Mary Albert; Dircetor of the
sion on “What should the U. 8, Im- Student Employment Bureau, re-
migration policy be in the Post-War quests that all Seniors have their
world?” Palestinian songs and folders in the SEB office before
dances will he a feature, Christmas vacation,
students interested. The
groups started this year will also be
renewed,
Any Hillel members who will be
in New York City during the holiday
season are invited to attend the Re-
STATE COLLEGE NEWS,
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1944
This is the story of twelve girls who played Santa
Claus, They didn’t look like Santa Claus'es. They
didn't look like much of anything. They were just
twelve little drowned rats that trooped into the tiny
gym, shaking their steaming heads, pulling off their
rain-soaked coats and sneezing as they felt the rain
still oozing through the toes. They pulled the boxes
of gifts in after them and gave their wraps to the girl
who met them at the door.
Christmas; the small room was quite cold and the
rain was beating against the windows and the boxes
had leaned over on one side with a hopeless air.
The girls looked at the room. There was a piano in
the corner, an old player with the pedals gone. There
were a few chairs and some athletic equipment. But
they were playing Santa Claus. So they set the tiny
tree on the table and opened the boxes and boxes of
candy to set around it, And they waited, sniffling a
couple of times, for the boys and girls to come. Finally,
a few appeared at the door, looking tentatively at the
girls, The girls looked at themselves and at the group
in the doorway, There was a concerted movement
toward them. . , “Hi, come on in. What's your name?
Wouldn't you like some candy?” An inviting gesture
toward the tree accompanied the wor
moved surreptitiously away from the gir!
the candy. Finally the shyness vanished and the boys
fell to work on the candy wl.ile the girls hesitated near
It wasn’t much like
After awhile the gang began to grow larger and
noisier, The Santa Clauses looked at each other help-
lessly. How would they ever quiet them down long
enough to get the party started. Evidently somebody
had thought of the answer already. The leader came
in and blew a whistle. They began to settle down on
the chairs and the bedlam calmed to a deafening roar.
A couple of chords on the piano stopped them long
enough to start out on the Chris'
knew them all, and sang them lustily whether they
The entertainment wasn’t long and it had never been
rehearsed, But no Bernhardt ever felt as richly re-
as did the twelve
singing “The Gay Desperados” on an off key
as their talents demanded.
came the climax
presents. Into the four corners of the room the group
was divided and the boxes pushed over so that the
presents could be carefully handed out and everyone
would have an equal amount. The girls sat dutifully
down and waited but the boys took matte
own hands and swept the six girls near them out of
the way. Vain and ineffectual were the attempts to
stem the tide so the girls collapsed weak with laughter
while the boys ripped and tore through the boxes
fighting for elbow room. fe
stood in the front of the room while paper and wrap-
pings and tinsel flew and the screaming and shouting
Increased and they knew that it was Christmas. And
they wished that every pe
present for them could stand there with them and
have the same feeling of Christmas,
So they got down on thelr hands and knees and
Ss, A little eight year old girl with
carrying around a copy of “A Tale of Two
Cities” confided that she had gotten tt in exchange
for “Heidi.” A small boy come up crying that he only
had five presents, There were cri
this!" One girl held up a pair of ear muffs, “What
are these for?" she asked politely,
d together, They got to know each
“Mary” and ‘Joan,”
‘They asked for pictures, for letters, for addresses.
They danced the Virginia Reel and hugged the Santa
And nobody could believe that it was 9:30
and time to go home,
It was with reluctant
scorted by eve
your address?”
‘They walked home, t
by an audience
unveiling of
And so the Santa Clau:
son who had bought
looked at the prese1
of “Oh, look at
And they pla;
other by “Elmer” and “Poppy” an
hat the Santa Clauses left,
sul crying, ‘Did you give me
‘ou come again.”
e Santa Clauses, with the feel-
ing of Christmas around them, And one Santa Claus
received this letter the next day;
T enjoyed the party very much and enjoyed the
T was very glad to yet all the
ke you, And the boys
1 like you very much,
that your girls did a fine job on the party.
you see the other girls tell them that th
having letter from me. 1 like all the pres
1 got, And all the children like there. Fam 15 years
ald now, If you do not know how T look 1 will try
to give you & picture of me.
night of the party.
dancing with you,
things (hat 1 got, All the Kids L
want your address.
Tam writing this the
: Because 1 way think of you and
the nice things that you girls yave us,
you and I could kept writing to cach o
You made this Christmas, State College,
Santa Claus to 140 kids who will never forget you.
The Weekly Bulletin—
quests Una at Sentor fold
mentary Dramaties hs
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pelas of $5,00 M,
THE CRITIC » »
By A.E.F.
As ore director to another—my
compliments. It was a novel experi-
erce for me last Saturday night to
sit by for two hours in a State col-
lege audierce and watch a play hap-
ren; watch without an extra heart
beat as trays edged around tight
corners, flower boxes produced genu-
ine flowers, sound effects went on
and off, and a hairpulling contest
ended in an undignified scrambie
that would have closed the show in
Boston.
But though one can shed respons-
ibility, one does not so easily shed
memery and experience, One is con-
ditioned, as the psychologists assure
us. One realizes that smoothness,
fluidity of movement, and consistent
tempo do not just happen. They
mean planning and grind. And when
the preduction is not part of a regu-
jar course, but must be done on
borrowed time; when the director
must work in class rooms after
classes, after meetings, after Big 8
and E.D, rehearsals, with half the
east having grippe, the success of
the Damask Cheek igs surely not
negligable.
Being a director myself, I make
my first bow to the directo
tha Sprenger and Bob Louck:
not only cast the play, direc!
acting, but had final respor
for publicity, costuming, pror
lights, sound effects, and general
stage management, That they had
able assistance in their committee
chairmen was evidenced on every
sid Mike Buetow and her crew
deserve special mention for the ex-
periment in set and the smooth
technical performance,
Now let us look at the acting. We
must begin by admitting that the
first act was dull. As I si
was due to three factor
all, the directors and actors were at
fault.
deadened their realization that the
first act contains the exposition, and
must be heard by the audience, Then
too, tempo does not consist in words
poured out in a torrential stream
One has only to r¢
be better described
as an ability of mind and response
evidenced in a nice discrimination
between the important and the un-
important. A quick glance, a pause,
the subordination of the trivial,
those are what make both tempo
and projection possible. And those
are learned aptly from much
perience, The problem was further
confused Saturday night by Rhoda's
» actoristically,
Thelr eagerness for tempo s
tortured English accent. I agree with
the directors that an English accent
was essential to the part, but it
should have been authentic.
‘The second reason for the audience
apathy in the first act needs no
elaboration. Much has been said
about the acoustics of Page Hall.
Let us pass on with the memory that
Edith Wynne Matthison, Walter
Hampden and Mady Christians have
been as inaudible there as ourselves.
Lastly the fault Hes with John
Van Druten and Lloyd Morris. Sure-
ly it is a talky and pedestrian first
act. It would take more skilled ac-
tors than our young people to breath
life into it.
Now for some of the moments
that I liked. I recall most pleasantly,
along with the audience, I am sure,
the quarrel scene between Rhoda
and Calla ending in the questionable
skirmish at the end of Act III,
Scene I. It seemed an authentic
contest, and not the polite jabbing
cne normally encounters in an
amateur quarrel scene, The moment
in which Daphne “told her love” to
Neil Harding had a charming awk-
wardness, not quite sustained, per-
haps, but most winning while it
lasted. I like the memory of Calla
in her gold ball dress sitting on
the sofa for such a long time with
nothing to do, yet doing it so char-
In fact, I am particu-
larly enthusiastic over Calla, Wheth-
er one agrees with her interpreta-
tion or not, it was consistent and
sustained throughout. So well, in
fact, that I overheard the is-
pered question, “Is that Elizabeth
McGrath really a nice girl?” (I as-
sured the party that you were, Liz.)
There is much one might mention
about this first production of the
Playhouse ation, for
instance. ‘ectors would
alike, Frankly, I should have
itched Teddy Fine and Lucille
Kenny. Both of those very eapable
eemed to me to fall short of
their best Saturday night. They ap-
peared too often to be acting. In
contrast, Bill Schieff as the ado-
lescent boy was quite authentic. The
Playhouse owes its thanks to Fred
Shoemaker who came back to help
out with his very pleasant Jimmy.
As for Bob Loucks, we had so long
ed him with old men in po-
etic plays that the smoothness of
his Neil Harding was refreshingly
welcome.
All in all it was an evening of
which the Playhouse may well be
proud and from which I came away
feeling a bit smug. After all, you
were my chicks!
By Shirley Siegel
‘he peace conference is taking
place now,” said author Pierre Van
Paassen at the Ten Byck Monday
night, What kind of peace is shap-
ing up? Washington — Scrapping
the attempt to railroad through ap-
proval of the State Dept, nominees,
the Senate Foreign committee this
week — cross = questioned — nominees
Joseph C, Grew, James C. Dunn, W.
L, Clayton, Brig. Gen, Julius C.
Holmes, Archibald MacLelsh and
Nelson A. Rockefeller, Clayton 1s
slumped as a wealthy manipulator
of the world cotton cartel—unlikely
moulder of a generous trade policy.
Dunn was in charge of incoming
reports from Spain during the
Civil War, Sen. Guffey (D., Pas
charges that Ambassador Bowers’
data, which favored the Spanish
Republicans during Uhe war, were
sidetracked and pro-franco infoi
mation delivered to the President.
Hearings wre postponed until Gut-
fey can collect proof, 'The public is
following the hearings with intense
Int » judging by mail to Con-
gressmen, ..
Passow
Chicago: The U. S, announces an
aviation agreement with Franco
Spain, Made independently of the
Civil Aviation Conference delegates,
the deed will not lubricate growing
friction between English and Am-
erican delegates. London: The
Churchill government won a con-
fidence vote on British troops bat-
tling the Liberation militia, ELAS’,
in Greeee—-with a substantial ma-
jority not voting, Labor offered a
mild resolution hoping for peace in
G » but did not condemn the
government. Tt ts feared Churchill
would like to use such a protest to
dislodge Labor from the coalition
government. Commons wants to
know the truth of Carlo Sforzu's
statement that Britons urged him
to endorse King Victor Emmanuel,
Kurope’s oldest. Pascist dupe. De-
bute goes on today... . London:
When the Reich Armies collup:
the Nazis will vitalize a labyri
thian project of guerrilla warfare,
high power propaganda, disguise of
its agents through new personal
papers and sabotage, When Allied
Unity finally cracks, Germany will
be ready to take over the world. So
ays Heinrich Himmler, in a report
from American Army intelligence,
cussed among. us.
to him for
again, we need not sz
offered. Dr. Do Bell w.
car lo transport students to and from picnics and
we did not hesitate to ask him, for we knew he
would take the time if he possibly could, Et is that
sort of confidence of the students
is the true test of one's worth in the profession.
his untiring assistance, we would have mi:
than one Pedagogue and i
Do Bell, is the interest he has er
graphy among the students. He was the incentive
behind the organization of Photography Club last
year,
to his home where he could teach them the impor
tant secrets of lighting, portrait taking, and tech-
niques in developing that are essential to a good
photographer,
Brief Candle .. .
State has long been among the many colleges
seeking the ideal student-teacher relationship. The
past few years have marked the epitome of what
stich a relationship can and should be at State.
With the death of Dr. Howard Do Bell, Assistant
Professor of Mathematics, we not only lost an
excellent math teacher, we lost the strongest flame
in the development of a real companionship between
students and faculty members.
We, as students, like to have the teacher come
out from behind the desk once in a while and work
with us. We, as future teachers,
to be natural no matter which side of the desk we
happen to be on, We, as the Student Body of
State College, must admit that in Dr. Do Bell, we
found our example of professional distinction and
aim for the ability
out and out cooperation combined.
A few of us had him in class. It is unneces:
to repeat that his courses were colored by his
friendly humor, for that has always been fully dis-
¢ Some of us had occasion to go
sistance of some sort or another, and
y how unselfishly his help was
ays on hand with his
in a teacher that
State will not soon forget the photographs by Dr.
Do Bell that have appeared for many years in the
Cor. N and the Pedagogue, Without
issed more
ue of the } s. His
rts helped to make the State movie, produced
, the brilliant success it was. The latter
project’ was an outstanding example of student-
faculty cooperation at the college.
Probably the thing for which we owe most to Dr.
ed in’ photo-
He even went so far as to have students out
Dr, Do Bell kindled the flame to an interest in
photography, His aim was to train’ students in
photography so well that they could do work for
all the college publications instead of having to
hire an outsider,
‘These first steps Dr. Do Bell took toward a
student-faculty relationship were firm and sure, not
tottering. In all respect to him, we cannot, we musi
not falter, ‘The path was broken for us, students
and faculty, Can we follow the example of Dr
Do Bell?
Vol, XXIX
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Futterer Chooses
Cast, Committees
For E.D. Plays
Poster-Publicity Contest
To Stimulate Interest;
Deadline Is January 4
The Elementary Dramatics class
under the direction of Miss Agnes E.
Futterer, Assistant Professor of Eng-
lish, will present three one-act plays
‘Tuesday, January 16 at 8:30 P.M. in
the Page Hall auditorium,
The three plays, “Overtones,”
“The House Divided,” and “Why I
Am a Bachelor,” will receive addi-
tional publicity this v through the
poster contest sponsored by tne
publicity committee,
The cast for “Overton consists
of Marianne Davis, Shirley Gross,
Ellen Maloney, and Julia
Mary Telian, Betty Rose Hilt, Lois
Fillman, and Joan Mather make up
the cast of “The House Divided,”
and “Why I Am a_ Bachelor” will
star Muriel Rubin, Bill Shieff, and
Clyde Cook.
Stage Committe
Miss Futterer has appointed the
following committees for the produc-
tion:
Sets, Lights, and Sound Effects
Marion Buetow, chairman: Belty
Jane Bittner, Janette Soule, Jean
Doughty, Dolores Lawson, Shirley
Gross, Annette Koehn, Lorna Kunz
Celena Axelrod, Marion Vitullo, Bet-
ty Rose Hilt, Mary Naylor, Mary
Harvey, Esther Utal, Constance Li
sler, Patricia Clyne, Theresa Glea-
son, Joan Mathe James Conley
Paul Penrose, William Shieff, Mari
anne Davis, Julia Boxer, Sheila Wat-
kins, Patricia Kearney, and Florence
Grode.
Props; Mary Sanderson, chairman
Mary Bess Vernoy, Elizabeth Mar-
got, Florence Cooper, Jean Lasher,
Elizabeth Williams, Dorothy Knapp,
Ruth Lilienfeld, Anne Mastrangelo,
Genevieve Young, Jean Henry and
Lois Fillman.
House: Joan Alverson, chairman;
rjorie O'Grady, Mollie Weinstein,
Niclsen, Marg: Winter
¢ ‘Truman, Lee Braun, A
rl
teffi Ehrlich, and
Publicity: Patri
man, Clyde Cook
vian Kronberg, Sally Dunn, Martha
Duntay, Betty Brewster, Jane Mills
Julia Collier, Betty Brennan, Ellen
Maloney, Ann Mahoney, and Mari-
heehan, chair-
elyn Dorr, Vi-
Femmes Fight Cig Shortage
Pioneer With Pipe, Cigar
Good old Walnut, best English
tobacco aroma and corn-cob pipes
have finally hit State. For those
suffering from the acute cigarette
shortage, a pipe seems the only
solution, or perhaps a cigar.
They've done it at Sage and at
other colleges; some courageous
girls are doing it at State, One
of the more daring girls reports,
“It isn't bad at all; I feel fine
after finishing a smooth pipe
smoke, Just wait until later
tho’.”
When females smoke pipes,
there is only one step further—
enjoying a fragrant cigar. It’s
happened! One girl was seen with
a stub hanging from raspbel
lips.
In the Commons, a few faces
may appear to bear new green
pancake make-up, or perhaps the
ashe shade. Girls may stagger out
under the impact of too full a
pipefull, or too powerful a cigar.
However, those who have tried
only suffer and say, “Necessity is
the mother of pioneering.
Hopkins to Present
Reading of ‘Twelfth Night’
Shakespeare Class Performs
Second Section of Comedy
The class in Shakespeare conduct-
ed by Dr. Vivien Hopkins, instructor
in English, p nted a reading of
the first three acts of “Twelfth
Night,” Friday, December 8.
Members of the class portrayed the
roles, and incidental music was sup-
plicd by Dr. Hopkins.
The remainder of the reading will
be given today, 2:30 P.M. in the
Lounge due to the fact that time
did not allow for completion last Fri-
day. All members of the student
body are cordially invited to attend.
Due to the large number of people
in the class, roles were switched for
the different ac! ‘he cast is com-
posed of Duke, Robert Louc!
via, ora Johnson; Viol
thy Rider, Grace Shults;
Beleh, Shir Passow, Ma
Vernoy Andrew, Georgia Rux
ten, Marion MacCullum,
lyn Warshaw
Costumes: Priscilla Weinstein,
chairman; Alice Knapp, Edna Swee
ney, Ann Cullinan, Mary Carey,
n Bode, Anna Kemesies, Mary
Telian, Muriel Rubin, and Louise
Stryker.
Super-Sharp States-Man Dreamer
Takes Dazzling Damsel Dancing
dance floor on the wings of Mer-
eury
A States-man dreams.
I's a lovely moonlit January ¢
Cold, bright stars are etched against
the black velvet he: ys and a path
of golden moonlight lures our young
man fo the scene of galety
Sweet music, the sound of gay,
laughing voices all rush out
through (he portals and encompass
our Dreamer, He turns in delighted
wonder to find —— amazingly — a
lovely, young Slite maiden dressed
in ae soll, clinging gown beside him:
She smiles and takes his arm. ‘They
cross the threshold and are at once
swept into the whirlpool of dancing
couples that crowd the floor,
1 the Dreumer loses his won-
look: he na longer gaze:
fascinatedly at his cntraneing part-
ner, He becomes suave, sophisticut-
ed, bluse. He is
Hion! He chats easily with) iMss
Dreameirl, he hails triendly fie
heods part of the array of happy
Viswies, part of the general merri-
ment He tas his bearings and it
how seems to the Dreamer that he
has always been aw cog in this re-
volving, brichtly colored pin-wheel
‘The orehestra drifts trom one
dreamy aielody to another and our
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And so the evening passed — an
evening to remember. But as. all
good things must come to an end
sometime, so must this evening. It
passed quickly for the Dreamer —
too quickly:
About to bid his Dreamgirl a fond
adieu, the Dreamer turned to find
her van i from sight — the magic
of sweet voice still ringing in
Jeeping Beauty, how
About your version of the formula?"
suddenly rang a volee. It was not
the voice of the Dreamgirl, consider=
ed the Dreamer, No, it was the voice
ot Yu gods! Chemistry
am Tdoing hore?! ¥
Mr. Lanford, . .
Twas just a States-Man dreaming
ob his date for the formal Jamuary
rd, Committees wer
Sororities Hold Music Council Choral Concert
Annual Festivities Features Tetley-Kardos, Pianist
Xmas Parties Feature
Songs, Gifts, Games
Seven State College sororities held
their annual Christmas parties last
night, with festivities ranging from
gatherings for members only, to
date parties, A Christmas tree and
“Santa Claus” were featured at
many of the houses, and gifts were
exchanged among members,
Gamma Kappa Phi began the eve-
ning with a buffet supper for faculty
from 6 P.M. to 9 P.M,
Non-resident members arrived at 7
PM. A grab-bag was one of the
main events of the evening, Fresh-
men headed the entertainment and
other committees,
KD Has Open House
An open house for State men from
9 P.M. to 12 P.M, was observed last
night by Kappa Delta, and the
“strictly femme” party lasted from
midnight to 2 A.M, Santa Claus
enacted by one of the memb«
helped in the distribution of gift:
around a traditional Christmas tree.
Refreshments were served during the
evening.
Chi Sigma Theta varied the usual
order by having two parties, A din-
ner for faculty members Monday
night was directed by Gloria McFer-
ran, ‘46, Carols were sung by the
assembled members and guests, and
Joyce McDonald, ‘46, read ‘he
Night Before Christmas.” Gifts were
nged, and Mary Curran played
Santa.
Last night the group observed a
“members only" party at 8 P.M. with
Si 's in charge. Bridge games,
c , and entertainment by the
pledges occupied the evening, and
refreshments were served, Members
decorated a tree to add to the Christ-
mas atmosphere.
Theatre y For AEPhi's
Tnstead of the usual date party,
Alpha Epsilon Phi held a theatre
party for members at 7 P.M, They
returned to the house afterwards for
refreshments and entertainment,
Sonya Kadish, ‘46, was in charge of
the entire program, Leila Sontz, '46,
was in charge of refreshments,
sisted by Molly Cremer, Muriel Ru-
bin, Shirley Gross, and Lee Braun,
Sophomores. Members of the clean-
xefitiffevbekajemfwypxztl cnitw eme
up committee are Carol Berg, ehair-
man, and Julia Boxer, Judy Dube,
and Celina Axelrod, Sophomor:
Ruth MeCarthy, ‘47, was in charge
of the Psi G . This group,
also, had a party for members only,
and those present hanged gifts
during the evening. Refreshments
served. Committee members
» Janet Johnston, Mary Emmet,
n Kisiel, and Margaret Daley,
freshmen,
Phi Delta Holds Date Party
Phi Delta was one of the few
sororities holding a date party, This
part of the program lasted from 8
P.M. lo 12 P.M., with men present
from RPI, Union College, Siena Col-
lege, and Albany Medical College.
Following this, the members held
another party from 12 to 2 A.M.
The theme of the entire evening was
“Winter Sports.”
Beta Zeta took the theme of its
Christmas party from the title of
the poem, “The Night Before Christ-
mas." Members and a few guests
attended the festivities from 10 P.M,
to 12 P.M,, and gifts were exchanged
Entertainment,
Geraldine Van Allen, and Mary
sou Cusey, “46; and Refreshments,
Virginia and Dorothy ‘Teyerin, Soph-
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‘There are musicians who can make
their careers pay from the very be-
ginning, believe it or not. For proof,
come to Music Council's Choral
Concert in Page Hall at 8:30 P.M.
on January 18, and hear the hand-
some guest pianist, Richard Tetley-
Kardos,
His is the typical story of “child
prodigy makes good.” From the time
he was seven years he knew that he
loved music, and wanted to do
something about it, This - “some-
thing” was to begin practicing five
hours a day and to keep it up even
when the novelty wore off and such
Prominent Citizen
Donates Books
On Civil War
Miss Mary Cobb, librarian, has
announced the gift of 261 books con-
cerning the Civil War to the State
College Library. These books were
first willed to the Boys’ Academy by
Dr, Albert Vanderveer, late member
of the Board of Regents of The
University of the State of New York.
However, the Boys' Academy felt
that these books were more suited
to advanced research, and through
the efforts of Dr, Edgar Vanderveer,
the donor's son, the gift was trans-
ferred to the State College Library
Faculty Give Gifts
The list of books added to the
library for the period March, 1944,
to August, 1944, is now available for
the faculty, The library gratefully
acknowledges gifts from’ the follow-
ing members of the faculty: s.
Anna Barsam, Dr. Gertrude Douglas,
Dr, Vivien Hopkins, Dr, Elizabeth
Morris, Dr, Milton G, Nelson, Dr.
Catherine Peltz, Dean Ann Pierce,
Dr. John Sayles, Dr. Minnie Scot-
id, Dr. Esther Stallmann, and Dr,
Ellen Stokes. The following friends
and alumni have also made contri-
butions of one or more yolumes
Marion Moore Coleman, Mrs
zabeth Colyer, Carroll V. Loner-
gan, and My: an L, Matthews,
Books On All Subjects
The books include these subjec
Art, Biography, Business, Classic
Education, Folklore, Geography,
‘Travel, Mann and Customs, His-
tory, Hygiene and Medicine, Litera-
ture, Foreign Literature in nsla-
tion, Music, Philology, Psychology,
Science and Mathematics, Sociology,
Economics, and Government,
The English 200 B SS 44 class
contributed a volume, the summer
colony at Star Lake Inn made the
very generous and substantial con-
tribution of the “Universal Jewish
yelopedia" in honor of President
Sayles, and Mrs. C, E, Reynolds has
44's Tax Delinquents Number 60
The Student Board of Finance has
announced that there are appr
mately 60 students who have not yet
paid their student tax. As this year
budget was formulated with the ex
pectation of receiving this money,
it Is imperative that itis paid,
things as baseball cut in,
From this beginning to the present
date, Tetley-Kardos has been en-
tirely self-supporting; he taught,
coached and became an accomplish-
ed accompanist. At the age of eight,
he was writing melodies, At eleven
he gave his first recital and from
then on until he was fifteen, he
arranged and managed his own an-
nual concerts in San Diego, When he
was thirteen he had his first song
published — “Spanish Serenade.” At
fifteen he had his first radio con-
tract and at sixteen he made his
Hollywood recital debut. Within
three years he was carrying a
schedule of thirty concerts a year.
The saying goes that “a prophet
is without honor in his own coun-
try.” Richard Tetley-Kardos {s the
exception that proves the rule, for
he has become almost an institu-
tion on the West coast where he was
born and brought up. At the age of
twenty he became accompanist for
“otte Lehmen. Later he was with
tne Kraft Music Hall of the Air, He
has also played for such outstanding
art as Lily Pons, Dusolina Gian-
nini, Gladys Swarthout and, more
recently, he was
Grace Moore. Besides all these ap-
pearances Tetley-Kardos continued
to give concerts, A five and six times
repeater for the Los Angeles Phil-
harmonic, he played the “Emperor
Concerto” at the Hollywood Bowl
and received many favorable news-
paper comments.
The Los Angeles Examiner said of
his performance, “Distinctly impor-
tant among the younger generation
of pianists and equal to the best of
them. He has the gift of beguiling
his hearers,”
The performance at State College
in January will be his first appear-
ance here on the eastern coast.
Student: Union...
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Board upou request the exact
status of fund,
4, To come to an agreement with
the Student Union Board on time
to build.
5. To meet with Student Union
Board and discuss plans for build-
ing.
6, To be in charge of drawing up
plans and, if the plans are ap-
proved by the Student Union
Board, to proceed with the con-
struction of the building.
7. To administer financial affairs
of the Union after it is erected."
Because the Committee feels that
there may be additions or revisions
to this resolution before or at its
presentation in Assembly, the pro-
posal has not yet been broached to
the Benevolent Association. How-
ever, the Committee reports that it
“feels quite confident that the As-
sociation will pt. the respons-
ibility of the Pund.
Sayles To Speak
Tn order to answer the many ques~
ons about the Alumni Association
how it works, what the Benevyo-
lent Association is, who elects the
Board of Directors, and what part
the present student body, as alumni,
will have in the plan — Dr, John M.
Sayles, President of the College has
offered to speak in Assembly on
January 5, He will explain the or-
ganization of the Benevolent As
ciution and respond to any queri
presented to him,
GEORGE D, JEQNEY, Prov,
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STATE COLLEGE NEWS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1944 .
Cy Joan Hylind ———
“Peace on earth to men of good
will” The season of yuletide cheer,
fellowship and good feeling is once
more upon us, The Christmas spirit
descends upon State, the P.O. and
even upon the sports department.
In keeping with this customary jol-
lity, we emerge, Scrooge-like into the
realms of sweetness and light —
extending MAA and WAA each one
hand in friendship. An invitation
goes with it — an invitation to for-
get all outstanding difficulties and
start the new year in peace and
harmony.
To be practical, the situation boils
down to this. We are all working
toward the same end — the further-
ing of athletics at State. Naturally
we can accomplish this best by work-
ing together. We are frank to admit
that we cannot exist without MAA
and WAA—and conceited enough to
believe that we can help them.
Our suggestion is that our AA's
each appoint a representative to the
sports staff. The duty of this repre-
sentative would be to keep in touch
with activities of his organization
and communicate same to us at a
certain specified time each week,
‘This system was used by WAA and
worked out very well. We don't know
why it was dropped but we would be
glad to see its resumption, News
would be authentic, accurate and
complete, Everyone would be happy.
Life would be beautiful,
Congratulations go to the clever
designer who is responsible for the
decoration of the WAA_ bulletin
board. It is attractive and neat —
a great improvement over the sheet
of notebook paper type of poster.
We also think it a good idea to have
authority for use of the board come
from one person which is the new
WAA policy. If all organizations
would cooperate as well with the ef-
fort being made to improve the ap-
pearance of our halls, the powers-
that-be would have cause for joy.
Camp Johnston Plug
Camp Johnston does not seem to
have come in for its usual publicity
on the sports page. The snow and,
believe it or not, a sled parked in a
corner of the P.O. have reminded us
of the attraction of that place. A
week-end at camp is really a unique
experience. It offers an opportunity
to get away from it all and come
close to nature a la Thoreau. The
winter season is perhaps the best
at camp, A pond nearby provides
skating on non-dug up ice, a rarity
which is not to be found on local
ponds. The surrounding scenery is
whiteness unmarred by the soot and
grime of the city atmosphere, Hik-
ing, tobogganing, eating, sitting
around the fire and sleeping suc-
ceed in filling up the rest of the
week-end sufficiently and to the
satisfaction of all concerned,
Presents For All
Continuing in the foot-steps of
last year's edition, we distribute our
Christmas gifts via our column, It
does save such a lot of wear and
tear—and money.
First, to the beloved P.O., goes a
quantity of brand new, shiny, type-
writers—that work.
The Co-op gets a biy sign reading
“Out of Cigarettes, hershey bars,
and gum.”
We present MAA and WAA a
sports page that really “understands”
then,
Myskania gets lots of good things
in its stocking in return for thelr
work in providing a merrier Christ-
mas for 140 Albany orphans,
All students with tonges hanging
out for cigarettes receive a package
of Bull Durham and a_ rolling
machine complete with wrappers of
thelr favorite brands to give that
certain illusion.
To the library goes a staircase ten
feet wide leading from the lower
hall of Draper,
Practice teachers get skates for
that long trek to Milne and snow-
shoes for when the door to the audi-
toriumn 4s locked,
State college audiences are given
more first-rate entertainment like
the “Damask Cheek.”
To ajl the boys and girls far away
from home this Christmas go the
Sixteen Teams Compete
In WAA Hoop
Schedule Announced;
League Rules Compiled
Sixteen teams have signed up to
compete in the WAA_ basketball
league, according to Edna Sweeney,
captain of the sport. Last year only
eleven teams were formed. The
schedule will be full and teams will
have to comply strictly with the rules
of the tournament in order that all
gamse can be fit in the season. Fol-
lowing are the rules for the league:
League Rules
1, A team which is to play must
be on the floor at the scheduled
time, 7:00, 7:50, or 8:40.
2. Five minutes lateness means
forfeit of the game.
3. Three forfeits eliminates a team
from the league.
Tournament games are scheduled
for Monday and Thursday after-
noons and Tuesday and Wednesday
nights. There will be practice ses-
sions on Saturday afternoons from
two till four for all those wishing to
come.
“Captains are warned to watch the
WAA bulletin board for schedules of
dates and times and keep their teams
informed of their playing schedules.
Teams
Teams participating are: Stokes
Hall, Newman Hall, Moreland Hall,
Chi Sig, Wren Hall, Kappa Delta,
Psi Gam, Phi Delta, Beta Zeta, Al-
pha Epsilon Phi, Sayles Hall, Rares,
Dynamiters, Whiz Kids, Tommy
More, and Gamma Kap.
Outcome?
The outcome of the league is ex-
tremely unpredictable at this point.
All the established teams have lost
valuable players and have added
unknown quantities to their rosters
since last year, The new teams
which have been formed this year
AE Phi, Tommy More, Whiz Kids,
Stokes, Dynamiters, have of course,
never been seen in action on State
court and add even more to the un-
certainty of the outcome.
The Freshmen and Sophomores
are coming out quite regularly for
practice and a spirited Rivalry bas-
ketball game looms in the offing.
Schedule
The schedule of games from the
end of Christmas vacation until ex-
ams is as follows:
Wednesday, January 3
Pst Gamma vs, V
Kids
Rares vx. Alpha Epsilon Pht
40 Hot Zeta vs. Tommy More
Thursday, January 4
HW Stokes vs. Newmun Hall
Monday, January 8
10° Moreland’ Hall ws, Sayles: Mall
Tuesday, January 9
TW PHL Delta vs.
Wren
SHO Chi She vs. @:
Wednesday, January 10
HO Pst Gamma vs. Ml
Klds vs. 0
Stokes
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Wednesday, January 17
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Hall
SAO Kappa Delta. vs
Thursday, January 18
10) Dynainiters vs, Chi Sig
mt Kap
Senior Class Plans Banquet
The Senior Class will hold its
annual banquet on Friday evening,
January 12, Dinner will be served
on the roof of the Ten Eyck Hotel.
Miss Joan Smith, '45, President,
has announced that the class will
pay for half of the meal, that ts,
the remainder to be paid by
Seniors who attend, Committees
will be appointed later,
be for a merry one and victory in
Now that our shopping is done,
nothing Is left but to wish everyone
® Merry Christmas, a happy new
year, and board the train for home,
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Christmas Recess Is Here, :
Atheletes Start Hibernating
“Dashing through the snow,
In a one-horse open sleigh.”
Those world always send a
warmning thrill down the backs
of all the lovers of the “good old
days.” To the more modern
minded of the present generation
it means bitter, freezing rides
that seem to have no destination
as well as no reason. Those up-
to-date individuals much prefer
the cozy comfort of a sleek sedan.
No gas!
Where does all this digressing
lead? To the realization that the
members of MAA and WAA are
either going to spend their Xmas
vacation storing up heat for the
rest of Albany's wicked winter or
get out the sleighs. It is the
astute guess of the sports staff
that a great deal of heat will be
stowed away. Hoarders!
MAA Pool Tourney
To Begin Competition
Ping-pong is still hanging fire as
far as the doubles matches are con-
cerned. Even with the ping-pong
unfinished MAA is turning its spot-
light on pocket billiards. Art Kauf-
man has announced that his assis-
tant, George Hess, will be in charge
of this tournament. Hess beat out
Kaufman for the championship last
year and is well qualified to promote
this one.
Hess plans to start the tournament
directly after the Christmas holi-
days. The usual sheet will be posted
on the MAA bulletin board to
facilitate registration. Everyone who
wishes to compete should sign up as
soon as possible.
The tournament will be conductsd
along the same lines this year as it
was last. The individual contestants
will be paired off and the number of
qualifying rounds will depend on the
quantity of men that are interested
enough to sign up. If the players
tear into their matches the tourna-
ment could be over before the Jan-
uary exams. If not, it will have to
be held over into February.
nounced after vacation,
Bowling League
Will Start Soon
By BOB SORENSON
Art Kaufmann has just completed
a survey which will rock Draper
from its cornerstone. By posting an
innocent sheet of paper on the MAA
bulletin board he found that 22 men
of State have at least three fingers
on one hand and can lift the sum
total of 16 pounds,
Quick to capitalize, Arthur, who
at this writing is still in his knight-
hood, has started to organize a
league. Four masters of the manly
art have been chosen as captains.
They are, namely: Bob Sullivan,
Bruce Hansen, Harry Inglis and
some proud fellow who possesses a
carton of R. J. Reynolds coffin nails,
It is hoped that the teams will be
chosen and arrangements made so
the first latex sphere may be sent
hurling at the pins soon after St.
Nick makes his annual trip with his
old bag (no one as yet has ever found
out her name.) The games will
probably be bowled at night.
It might do the fellows good to
take a few hour each week to lull
in the alleys and roll a game or two,
T can forsee that this column will
be quoted in classes by unprepared
bowlers.
There Is Some Talent
Many of the men will probably
remain “dark horses” until after the
league is under way, It has, however,
been rumored in reliable pin bey
circles that State has a few very
good keglers to send to the foul line
(oh let's leave that foid line out
of this)*
Harry Inglis, who led the State
men to victory over Med School last
week, should rank among the
leaders. Silent Jim Farley isn’t ex-
actly a pin boy's dream, while Bob
Sullivan seems to be the best of the
southpaws. If Bruce Hanson can
keep his mind off the girls on the
next alley he may press the boys for
individual honors,
Here's a hope for spirited compe-
tition and may the best team win!
*(George Hess would like to know
which is the foul line.)
WAA Bowling Laegue
WAA bowling will begin immedi-
ately after Christmas. Teams have
already signed up and are all set
to go. The season is full and the
competition is expected to be
tough. A trophy is awarded to the
championship team at the end of
the season, Last year’s winner was
Psi Gamma, Rules will be an-
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GREETINGS
INTs of WAA
As this weeks TNT’er, we have
chosen Peg Bostwick, '45’s represen-
tative to WAA Council.
Who would ever think that little
Peg would have the energy to take
part in so many and such varied
sports? Yet this is just the case.
High School Activities
At high school, in Amsterdam, Peg
was active in most of the sports of-
fered at the school, being especially
interested in softball, skiing and
tennis.
Here at college, Peg has earned
credit in four sports every year. Last
year she was awarded the WAA key
for participation in college sports.
As captain of fencing last year,
Peg rose faithfully at nine o'clock
every Saturday which is enough to
put her name down in history, And
then there were the work-outs with
the linament just as fiathfully every
Saturday night.
All of the Seniors and Juniors,
who witnessed last year’s softball
game between the Seniors and
Juniors, will recall that Peg worked
so hard during the game that she
broke her finger offering it up she
said, “for a good cause.” And, then
there was her brief—but spectacular
basketball career,
Elected V. P.
Last year, Peg was elected Vice-
president of WAA. Since she was
also elected to the presidency of
Newman Club, which is a major of-
fice, it was necessary for her to
give up WAA vice-presidency, She
is still representative of her class.
however, on WAA Council,
In reviewing therefore, Peg's par-
ticipation and achievements in the
field of sports, we feel qualified in
choosing her as this week's out-
standing WAA personality,
Fencing Classes Slated;
Better Turnout Requested
The first fencing practice took
place last Saturday morning at 10.
Only six girls showed up but it is
hoped that WAA'ers will come out.
more strongly for the sport after
vacation when there is more time.
The next class will be held on the
first Saturday morning after vaca-
tion at 10 A.M. There will be an-
other sign-up sheet on the bulletin
board the week before for all those
still interested,
Season Plans
Included in the plans for the s
son, aS announced by Chuck A:
rod, will be contest bouts with La.
Salle Academy, I
the classes is a
Academy, He well-known — to
those in last yea fencing classes,
In the bouts held last year with
LaSalle, he was a prominent and
skillful opponent,
WAA is offering, In fencing, a
chance to indulge in a healthful,
poise-building sport. Chuck hopes
that more girls will take advantage
of the opportunity,
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