Debaters Sponsor
Panel Discussion
The State college debate council
will open {ts program this year
when it meets St. Lawrence uni-
versity in a panel discussion Wed-
nesday night at, 8:00 o'clock in the
Lounge of Richardson hall, The
topic chosen is: “Resolyed; that the
United States shall follow a policy
of strict military and economic iso-
lation toward all nations outside
the western hemisphere involved in
international or civil conflict.”
Four speeches are scheduled. The
first, to be given by St. Lawrence,
will include a definition and a his-
tory of isolation. It will be followed
by a history of the foreign policy
of the United States, given by State,
and a talk on the economic factors
involved in our foreign policy. A
discussion of the idealogies involved
in the war will conclude the
‘speeches,
STATE COLLEGE NEWS, DECEMBER 1, 1939
Common in
Posting of Election Results ~~
Nation's Colleges
Almost every struggle has its af-
termath. Well. the aftermath to
the struggle over the late “Agne
Amendment to the Voting system,”
which had half the student body
at the throats of the other half,
has just appeared, Inasmuch as
there are still rumblings among the
student body on the ultimate fate
of the Agne amendment, the par-
ticular denouement of this tale
comes in the form of an astonish-
ing reply from the National Stu-
dent Federation of America to an
inquiry by Leonard Kowalsky News
chief on voting systems in other
colleges of the country,
Fortunately or unfortunately, as
the reader pleases, Kowalsky's let-
ter, which he sent two months ago
when the voting amendment was of
Paramount interest to the student
“Tt have followed in the columns
of the Stars Coutece News the de-
velopments with regard to posting ||:
the numerical results of student
elections, As a matter of fact, I
am very much surprised to find that
this is only just being done at your
Group Houses Support
Red Cross Drive 100%
Approximately one. hundred
dollars was collected in the an-
nual Red Cross drive conducted
by the Service fraternity, Money
was received from group hotses
and faculty, The group houses
reported 100%,
college. The practice of posting
Myskania_ Terminates
Class Reporter Office
Myskania announces that the of-
‘fice of class reporter is abolished,
and in its place the class office of
publicity director is established.
Each class is to elect a publicity
director who will take charge of all
class publicity. This change will take
effect at the annual elections next
spring.
numerical results of elections seems
to be an accepted practice on every
college campus,
“The practice of posting the re-
sults of elections in colleges has
becn borrowed, I suppose, from our
‘elvic life where all election results
are posted for the public to see.
And indeed, I should think the nor-
mal curiosity of your student body
would demand that they be allowed
to be ‘single on the know.’ Campus
tradition, I suppose, might modify
this somewhat, but in a highly
body was mislaid. Particularly start-
ling are two of the paragraphs
quoted as follows:
democratic procedure there does not
Geo. D. Jeoney, Prop.
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and Grill
198-200 CENTRAL AVENUE
seem to be much point in keeping
election returns secret.”
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State CoLiycr ror TkAcuERs, ALBANY, N. Y., Fray, DECEMBER 8, 1939
Vou, XXIV, No. 11
State Meets RPI Tomorrow in
Greeks Will Fete
Freshman Girls
At Rush Parties
Silent Period Opens Sunday;
Sororities to Conduct
Pledge Services
The formal sorority rush period
under the supervision of Intersor-
ority council will begin at 6:00
o'clock this evening and last until
Tuesday at o'clock, at which
time the sororities will conduct
pledge services for their freshmen.
The program for the weekend will
be opened by a buffet supper to-
night which will last from 6:00 un-
til 8:00 o'clock, The formal dinner,
gala affair of all the rush parties,
will be conducted tomorrow night
from 7:00 until 12:00 o'clock. So-
rority members will call for fresh-
men at their group houses or homes
and bring them to the sorority house.
Commuters are requested to stay
in town tomorrow evening and to
inform the sorority whose dinner
they are planning to attend, where |
they may be found, .The final af-
fair will be an afternoon tea dance
on Sunday afternoon from 3:00 un-
til 5:00 o'clock,
Silent Period
All freshmen must leave the so-
rority houses promptly at the time
scheduled for the end of the party.
‘The silent period will begin immedi-~
ately after the tea dance, and will)
last until Tuesday at 5:30 o'clock,
at which time the sororities will
conduct a pledge supper and party
for freshmen who are joining. Dur-
ing the silent period there is to be
no communication between sorori'
members and freshman women
cept the formal bid.
Bidding Procedure
Freshmen are to fill in their pref-
erence blanks in the manner. pri
ribed in the meeting conducted
last. week for this purpose, These |
blanks must be in the office of
the dean of students by noon
Monday. At the same time sor-|
orities are to hand in the names!
of the freshmen selected. The dean
will compare sorority li and
freshmen blanks, At 5:00 ‘clock
that afternoon, sororities will learn
which freshmen that they have bid
wish to pledge. Tuesday the fresh-
men will receive thelr formal bids.
Reporter Interviews Russians
On Music, War, and Communism |
by Harry Passow
Straight from a sell-out perform- |
ance al Carnegie hall in New York |
city, the Don Cossack chorus sang
to & capacity crowd at Page hall
‘Tuesday night, As the final strains
of the encore sung by the “human,
symphony" died away, the audience
left, fully in agreement with Deems |
Taylor who has said, “The best
chorus I ever heard or hope to
hear,”
OL the original number over
eighty per cent are still with the
chorus. Six replacements have been
made, being chosen from applicants
in various European cities and from
refugees. Applicants are tested and
kept on record until there is a va-
caney.
Sixteen of the thirty speak Eng-
lish fairly well, four of them speak-
ing the ‘language perfectly. Serge |
Jarof! himself does not speak Eng-
lish, Basil Bolotine, tenor, did the
speaking for Jarofl. Bolotine was'|
willing o answer any questions put
to him except those concerning poli- |
lies of Russia today, “We are ar-
lists, musical artists, We are not
politicians, The two do not mix,”
‘The chorus today 1s practically
the same as appeared last year. One
y o'clock,
member, A
COUNCIL PRESIDENT |
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heer, ‘40, president of Inter-
sorority council and chairman of
the formal rush weekend
3CA Will Hear
James Robinson
James ROOK ws, brilliant young
Neuro minister, will be the leader
of a round table sponsored by the
Students and Religion commission
of Suite college Student Christian
association in the Lounge of Rich-
son hall on Wednesday at
On Tuesday, SCA will have
a Christmas Worship service in the
auditorium of Page hall at 12:00
o'elock,
Mr. Robinson, whose parish {s in
Harlem, was at the Silver Bay con- |
rence Inst June and was well re-|
ceived by all the delegates
The}
topic to be discussed is “The Signi-
ficance of Jesu A buffet supper
will be served at 5:30 o'clock, Dur-
ing the supper, Mr. Robinson will
sing some Negro spirituals and lead |
the group in singing. Reservations '
for the buffet supper, the cost of
which is thirty-five cents, must be}
made in advance. Mary Miller and!
‘Continued to page 2 column 4)
‘s Kamendrowsky is
missing. The Cossacks were caught
in Germany when the war broke
out and were forced to lenve as;
soon ns possible if they were to get
to the United States in time for
thelr present tour. Unfortunately,
Kamendrowsky’s papers were not
in an order satisfactory to the Ger-
man government and he was de-
tained, At present every effort is
being made to free him so that he
can rejoin the chorus:
Speaking of Russia's present ag-
gressive invasion of Finland, he
suid, “We are very sorry, We must |
sympathize with the country who
fought a successful war against
Communism and now may be foreed
to surrender.” |
On thelr present tour which will
lust. seventy-six days, Une Don Cos-
suck chorus will sing eighty-four
concerts or more than one a day.
‘The period between December 16
and January 7 Is devoted to rehear-
sals only and is considered a vaca-
Won by them.
State college audiences are not
new to the Don Cossack chorus
which has sung here on four dif-
ferent occasions. Says Bolotine for
the Don Cossack: fhe State col-
‘conducted a
lege audience is always very good.”
— ©
Statesman Quiz :
Proves Favorable
Students Want More Humor,
Return of Quotations,
More Material
Harriet Sprague and Marcia
Brown, seniors, co-editors of the
S/atesman, revealed that the recent
poll conducted by the board found
the student body in favor of the
publication as a whole, There were,
however, demands for a greater
proportion of humor in the future
issues, The next defect was in the
size of the issue; more of the same
ntercolle
giate Bow
Squad to Oppose Veteran
Engineers on Troy Court
in Attempt to Extend
Already having one victory chalked up to its credit, State’:
and Gold varsity travels to Troy tomorrow night a
collegiate bow in the traditional RPI contest.
Engineer games over the past five years, the Teachers will be out to
extend this winning margin and also do something about the jinx
that has followed visiting teams on RPI’s vast year-old court.
material was requested by a great
number of the students, The fa-
mous page of quotations was
missed by many who desired its!
return,
The Slatesman board also an-
nounces that the deadline for the
next issue has been set for Janu-
ary 5. All students who wish to
contribute must have their manu-|
scripts in by that date. The stu-
dent body is strongly urged to
contribute material for the next
News Will Distribute |
Questionnaires Today
The Srate Contean News will
distribute its annual question-
naire at the doors of the Assem-
bly today. The purpose of the
questionnaire is to determine the
various student interests and at-
titudes, The results will be an-
nounced in a series of News fea-
ture stories,
issue if they are desirous of a larger |
magazine with a more varied con-
tent,
The policy of the Statesman is
not to retain the features of the
Lion and the Beho, but to put out
a publication entirely new in its
male-up, style, and general char-
acteristic |
‘The results of the poll as released W!
by the hoard are; (1,) Do you like |'T
the magazine? 160 46 no.
(2.1 Is the set up satis
yes, 51 no, (3) Ts the humor ae-
ceptable? 123 yes, 5L no. (4) Do
you
ye no.
factory? 196
(5)
8, 18 no, |
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Forum to Consider »
Military Resolution
Frederick Weed, '40, to Lead | im;
Group Discussion of Topic 5
The Forum of Politics will con-| Di
duct a business meeting Tuesday
afternoon. Topic of the day will
be a resolution on military train-| is
ing in the CCC camps. Discus:
sion on the mertts of the resolu- | pl
(ion will be directed by Frederick | Gi
Weed, '40, speaker. A second reso-
lution will be offered concerning
pollution of watersheds,
Paul Grattan, '41, will introduce
the proposition, “Resolved that the | Gi
Forum of Politics appoint a com-
Mag,"
satirical farce,
ford
Servatius,
Evans, Ruth Keeler, Jane Williams,
Mar
‘Dramatics Class
To Offer Plays
The Elementary dramatics class
iil present its annual plays on
uesday, January 16, in the Page
hall auditorium at 8:00 o'clock, The
tory? 124) program consists of three one-act
plays under the direction of M!
Agnes E,
pprove of the literature? 160 fessor of English,
Is the color satis- performances
by Mr, Hardy
Futterer, assistant pro-
‘The sets for the
are being constructed
stagecraft class,
Those who will take part in the
agedy, “Day's End," are: Jos
nine ‘Trumbull, Louise De Ange!
eannette Ryerson, and David
Kreher, sophomor!
The second play, “A Husband for
which deals with Scotch
atrimonial problems —_ includes:
athryn Wilson, Tom Augustine,
jorothea MclIsaac, Vincent Miller,
avid Kreher, Milton Ray, and
Peter Fulvio, sophomores.
Last on the evening's
“Love of One's
Characters in this
jay are portrayed by Matthew
jadziala, Clarence Olsen and Wil-
Thomas, juniors; Lauretta
Harry Jordan, Frank
Coarsey, Alberta Lee, Thomas
jeorge, and Edward Burke, sopho-
mor
mittee to further investigate the
report of the National Student
Federation of America regarding
publication of election results in
colleges.”
Last Tuesday, instead of a reg-
ular meeting, members of the Forum
panel discussion on
neutralily at the Albany high
school political forum,
Students to See Play |
As Assembly Program |
Following the precedent set up
last year, Unis morning's assembly |
will witness a dramatic offering
sponsored by Adyanced Dramatics, |
The play, a comedy, will be directed
by John Gardephe, ‘41, |
The plot revolves about young
Henry ‘Temperly, of — moderate
means, who finds himself with sev-
eral uninvited guests for lunch. By
a combination of circumstances, he
is able to pass the check to Uncle
Hannish, a Scotch gentleman with
whom thriftiness is a virtue,
‘The cast will include Frank Cas-
sidy, '41, and Josephine Trumbull,
42, in the leading parts, Those in
the supporting roles will be Hattie
Conklin, '41, Dorothea MoTsaac,
Mary Brennan, and David Kreher,
sophomores, and Rolf Toepfer, '43,
Greeks To Make Merry
Night Before Vacation
Christmas {s coming, tra-la-la!
So's vacation and the parties
which preceed it, All sororities
and group houses are going to
throw traditional Christmas par-
lies Thursday night.
The sorority par
with men until
From that time until
the girls will have stricth
parties with gifts, songs, Christ-
mas trees, and food, The friend-
ly custom of visiting other
houses will be continued this
year, Loo, during the later period,
but all girls must have signed
in from dates by the designated
hours.
Pledges and sorority members
will be on an equal footing for
the first time this year. They
may walk, talk, and double-date
with the upper-classmen, In
fact, the verdant frosh may even.
stay out as late as the others.
Tf you hear melodies floating
your window, don’t be
alarmed, it'll be only a group of
carolers with late permission and
the holiday spirit,
Statesmen Expect Usual Hard Game with Traditional Foe
Present Rivalry Edge
Purple
inter-
ictor in five of eight
® Last year State lost its inaugural
game at Troy and then swept the
Engineers off their feet in the Page
hall contest. RPI followed its in-
itial victory over State with five
consecutive conquests on the home
floor while they could not record a
single victory on a foreign court,
Even Union, victor by twenty odd
points at Schenectady, fell on the
Troy court,
Hard Fought Battle
The modern State-RPI rivalry
dates to the 1934-35 season during
which time it has grown to be the
game of the year for the Hatfield-
men, Prospects, past performances,
and other such factors can be dis-
carded when State meets this foe.
To quote Coach Hatfield, “It's al-
ways a hard-fought battle’ and he
expects this game to be no excep-
tion, A victory now over the
Cherry and White would be a big
step towards a successful season,
Rivalry Strong
Because of the tradition and fight
behind this rivalry, the team’s
none-too-impressive play against
the Alumni should be no cause for
alarm, Real cause for optimism was
the stellar play of Hank Brauner
RPJ Rivalry History
1938-39
1937-38
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Recapitulation:
Won Lost
State 5 3
RPI 3 5
This listing carries the rivalry
only back to 1934-35 when State
renewed relations with RPI after
a long gap in hostilities,
as he led the varsity on both of-
fense and defense in his first var-
sity game. Hank looks like a big
part of the answer in filling the gap
left by graduation losses, The line-
up tomorrow night will probably be
the same as that which started and
played most of the way against the
Alumni, Brauner will be at center,
Ellerin and Frament at the for-
wards, and Simmons and Havko at
the guards, Kluge, the only other
man to play in last Saturday's game,
and Bill Dickson, bothered by a
bad ankle last week, are the top
replacements,
RPI Has Veteran Team
RPI will take the floor with an
almost all veteran aggregation, re-
inforced by the strong frosh team
‘of last year, and missing only Capt.
Chris Fazioli and Merritt Preston
from last year's quintet, Capt.
Ludke and “Rusty” Carman, leaders
of the Trojan offensive in the '38-'39
tilts will feature the attack, Nugent,
Zirkuly, Kneubel, Coleman, Mueller,
Nye, Nadler, and Scholz are the
other lettermen on the squad.
Bulger to Visit Schools
As part of the Student Employ:
ment bureau follow-up program,
Mr. Paul G, Bulger, secretary, will
visit schools on Long Island and
in Westchester county this week,
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STATE COLLEGE NEWS, DECEMBER 8, 1939
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No Tax — No Vote
Mr. Francello’s amendment comes up again to-
day after postponement from last Friday's assem-
bly. From the lack of discussion about the
Campus concerning this legislation it seems that
there is either lack of interest or the complexity of
the issues involved makes a consideration too con-
fusing. Perhaps a discussion of the issues now will
serve to straighten out thinking on this matter.
Under the present system according to the
constitution or custom:
1, “All regularly enrolled students of New York
State College for Teachers . . . shall become mem-
bers of the association upon payment of the blanket
tax.”
2. Only holders of tax cards receive the bene-
fits from Student association activities and vote
in all association voting.
3. But non-holders of tax cards vote on reso-
lutions and amendments in student assembly.
4. The non-holders then participate in one
type of voting (viva voce) but not in the other
(elections) ,
If Mr, Francello's amendment is passed:
1, “All regularly enrolled undergraduate stu-
dents of New York State College for Teachers are
members of the association,”
2. Only holders of tax cards will receive the
benefits accruing from them,
3, All students vote in Student association
elections and on assembly resolutions,
The entire issue, then, as we see it, boils down
to a financial one.
There is no need for the passage of this amend-
ment. Any person who cannot meet the obligation
of payment of student tax can be excused from
Published every Frida
doing so by presenting his case to Finance board
All students who have not paid their tax, therefore,
become members of the Student association upon
the action of the Finance board, and all students,
therefore, can vote. Why, then, all the quibbling?
Moreover, if the amendment is passed, those who
have not paid the tax, will have a yoice in the
disbursement of Student association funds. Is this
fair to those of us who have paid the tax? We
for one don't want our money spent by someone
who has no right to it
Ovations to Orchestra
Bouquets again to the Symphony orchestra!
Few words can parallel the enthusiastic reception
tendered them by the student body, Friday. ‘Their
inspiring performance then, serves as an_ indica-
tion of what the future holds in store. We await
eagerly, Mr. Perlman, for greater things, ‘To you
and your musicians, we offer our undying praise.
What's the Score?
Commentstater.
It may be a bit superfluous but we've just got to
hand it to the State college Symphony orchestra.
For a group that started by borrowing music, im-
porting members, and spiriting instruments away
from home, they most surely have come a long way.
After spending a pleasant assembly period listening
to the soothing Emperor's Waltz and the exhiliarat-
ing Barber of Seville, it was certainly a let-down
to come to the Commons and get smacked with the
blaring, piercing, so-called swing “music’ — which
brings to mind the counter-part of swing—the scat- |
terbrained, runaway terpischorian who insists upon
executing a haphazard polka on a crowded floor, If
bugs must Jitter, then let them do it with forethought.
Why don't they ask the vic committee to push the
tables against the wall to make more room, or better
yet arrange to segregate themselves if they must carry
on their catty capers? The Commons itself is no
refreshing roof garden.
rible, the jitterbugs perspire profusely, and the smoke
hangs in thick clouds over the dancers, This is truly
a modern Black Hole of Calcutta, Now that we're
pouring forth our tirade, why doesn’t the vic com-
mittee get some new records and try to get their
apparatus repaired? Some of the “wham” sessions
which come out of the loudspeakers remind us of
the Western front with the sorority circles as the
Maginot and Siegfried lines (never mind the pill-
boxes).
so #8
State college is taking on the aspect of a huge |
melting pot which seems to be swallowing up commit-
tees very soon after they are formed. Can any of
you think back to the dim past and remember the
formation of a committee to investigate the possibility
of forming a second-hand book exchange at our own
State college? What could have happened to that
committee? This isn’t Russia so we still have free-
dom of speech, The possibility of a secret purge
is also absurd, We were all interested at the time the
committee was formed because everyone knows that
such an exchange will be very helpful to avoid the
inconveniences encountered just before each semester,
when the bulletin boards are cluttered up with the
posters and advertisements of each self-made sales-
man, Perhaps it will come out of hiding soon and
give us a report so that we will know just where we
stand in our hopes.
Another committee which has remained mute is
the social committee. After getting us all excited by
passing out a questionnaire in assembly one morning
we never heard from them again, Could it be that
the poll on social activities at State revealed some-
thing too astounding to publicize?
Communications
All communicationy
© wuthor which will be
To the editor:
Christmas vacation is practically here; and with
it the pre-holiday exuberance and the post-holiday
gloom. We have more than adequate time for a long
trip, greetings, and a long rest when we arrive home;
and the climax comes when we have to pack in a
rush, bid only half of our friends
part in a flurry—after a New Year's eve carousal, a
very appropriate method of commencing the new
year.
Far be it from me to tell the administration how
to plan our vacations, but it does seem to be a
problem deserving of otir attention. For those who
live only a few miles away, it isn't too inconvenient,
but to the great number of State students who must
travel for four hours or longer, it is quite an acute
problem, simply because New Year's day {s completely
ruined a holiday. It seems to me there are two
remedies possible: (1.) extend the returning date to
January third; or (2.) reduce the pre-Christmas re-
cess by one day, and extend the post-Christmas vaca-
tion one day. In any case, the main object ts to be-
gin classes on January third, and not on the second.
It is only a matter of one day, more or less, and noth-
ing would really be lost by this addition of one day
to the Christmas vacation. Isn't it worth it?
Most sincerely yours,
Anthony 8, Sardisco, ‘41
To the Stare Contes News
In reference to your issue of the News on Decem-
ber 1, I would like to make the following comments
concerning certain remarks about Music council. As
concerns the Music council issue, I am unaware of
the position Music council itself has taken, I do
believe that the State college Symphony orchestra
should be given representation on that body. But in
accomplishing that end, I do not think it should be
to the detriment of the present Music council
ip. Music council, even though it is a strictly
feminine organization, deserves unstinted credit for
what it has done to further the cultural Iife of State
college, To describe them as “poster-hanging women,”
as your editorialist does, is a rather uncalled for slap
in the face. There is much more to Music counell
than poster-hanging if some people would care to
look into it. And when your Critic naively states
that Music council by presenting the Don Cossacks
for the fourth time Is getting into a rut, I would like
to answer him or her with a not too polite phooey!
That the Don Cossacks are more than appreciated by
the student body is apparent by the rush for tckets.
Let's give Music council a half way decent break,
Bincerely,
Bill Ryerson, '40
The ventilation (?) is ter- |
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adieu,” and de- |
‘Worry Wart’ Reporter
Finds Mistake In Mural
These are certainly days of
artistic enlightenment! We find
that right here in our own State
college library innovations
are introduced with the stroke
of a paint brush. To be more
specific, a close scrutiny of the
library murals on the south wall,
panel ten, reveals that the word
is spelled “i-r-r-e-
-l-e.” That's one on
the English majors!
When the error was discover-
eed by a News reporter, he
brought it to the attention of
the library heads who were sur-
prised as you who read this. It
seems that the budget cut pre-
vents the error from being im-
mediately rectified, but we're
not worried. Students who use
the library usually study so hard
Hellenics
Well, here we are, gang, with a
little slam of sorority slush and frat
frolics before the grand slam of this
weekend,
We see that Psi Gam has recently
pledged Lauretta Servatius and that
Mildred Selden is now a formally
initiated member of Alpha Rho.
Must be that the alums like to
come back to view the scenes of
their pains and pleasures, At Chi
Sig, Jane Melaney, ‘38, and C.
; Lynch, '39, parked their luggage last
weekend and renewed acquaint-
ances. Then over at Gamma Kap
|were Chris Ades, ‘39—the Campus
|queen, remember? — and Jayne
Foreman, '39.
that the mistake should pass un-
noticed for many years to come, |
| Che Diplomat
This weekend the sororities spruce
up their houses, put on their pleas-
antest smiles and concentrate on
nticing the freshman “flys” into
their not-untempting “webs.” After
next week there will be no more
rushing for another year. If we
hadn't sworn off on punning last
| week we'd say that this marks the
Finnish of Russian.
Hearts and Flowers Department
| Culture predominates this week—
what with the Don Cossacks and
| East Lynne—the finer things of life
have just about got us. Strictly
sub rosa the Cossack choir has a
theme song for its diminutive con-
ductor, It's The Little Man Who
Wasn't Ti It's too bad Rosen-
berg couldn't give the program
notes for their concert. Bortnjansk,
Gretchaninoff and Napcaunik have
Prokofieff and Shostakovitch beat
|all_ hollow.
The real success story of the eve-
ning was Denny Peper’s. He
cleaned up a dollar sixty-five by
selling programs during the inter-
mission—not bad for an intermis-
sion.
Our heart bleeds for Ben Ty-
|bring these days, When Bob
Walters was seized by a series of
belches the other evening, Miss
Cobb almost threw our Ben right
out of the Library. A slight case
of mistaken identity.
We've just found out why Will
|Frament hasn't been in this space
for several weeks now.
that his heart is up at St, Rose
|which is a swell place for any-
|body's heart to be.
In case you've wondered, Kelly
(Lioyd) has again taken up resi-
}dence at that Quail St. house .. .
303's the number,
That affair between Brown and
Ryerson (the elder) has lasted a
little too long to be purely pla-
| tonic . or are We wrong again,
s all for now. Behave your-
Thursday evening. If you
don’t, we'll try to let you know.
Appoint New Desk Editor
The Srark Conuece News an-
nounces the promotion of Edwin
Holstein, '42, to the position of
sophomore desk editor on the
News stall. Holstein succeeds
Howard Anderson, '42, who has
resigned from the desk editor-
ship.
THE
catalog l
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a part of the course. | Dee,
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MAA “tt
sudents, y freshinan,
int ¢ publicity.
sports are invited to
A Press bureau. Con
OF.
Hen He. Muloney,
AA Prews Bureau,
P punish Chub
The Spanish club will conduct
meeting Tuesday night at 8:00 o'clock
In room 100, “Dr. Scotland will be
the speaker, Refreshments will be
served.
Lon Gordts, President.
It seems |
| thee,
| Some people may hand you the
|line that June is the month of
| brides, but don't you believe it!
Marion Shaws, a ‘38 Gamma Kap,
recently took the final leap with
Karl Bohrer, '38, Then, too, Greta
Jackson, ‘38, Sig Al from Watervliet,
henceforth is going to receive joint
Christmas and wedding gifts. She
will marry Edward Rice, RPI, '38,
‘Christmas day. Mr. Rice is now
employed in Buffalo.
Yes, sir, we certainly were popular
last weekend. At BZ Betty Sher-
wood and Helen Crosier, '39, re-
minisced with Shirley Myers, for-
merly of the class of ‘41, Miss Myers
is now learning to be a private
secretary at Katie Gibbs in the
great big city of New York,
More people — Alpha Rho was
popular, too, The '39’ers had three
representatives: Hope Sweet, Leah
Mekee] and Harriet Green.
Well, fellahs, I'll bet you thought
you were gonna be missed. You
aren't. Potter club is retaliating
tonight. It's giving a Smoker for
SLS from 8:00 on. You see, last
year SLS gave one for Potter.
Hm'm Potter's doing all right—
Dave Lehman, '42 was pledged and
Brooks Roberts, ‘41, was formally
initiated. Hal Singer, '43, (whose
name was accidentally omitted
from last week's list of neophytes)
was also pledged.
Flash! KB has a den! Now don't
get excited. The alumni have fur-
nished an entire room and the
official title is the Alumni Den.
KDR sang “Auld Lang Syne”
when three alums returned, These
were George Bancroft, '36; Roger
Bancroft, ‘34; and James Camp-
bell, ‘38.
Next week we'll give you the final
results of this hectic weekend. Oh
yeah?
Robinson to Speak
(Continued from page 1, column 2)
|Merrill Walrath, juniors, are in
jcharge of the round table.
| Douglas Dillenbeck, “41, is gen-
eral chairman of the Christmas
Worship service committees. The
service will feature a tableau with
pecial music by a choir directed
|by Robert Karpen, "40. ‘There will
also be group singing of a number
\of Christmas carols
| Nelson to Enjoy Vacation
Dean Milton G. Nelson left last
week for Florida for a belated vaca-
j tion, Included on his itinerary are
| Lake Worth and the Everglades.
The dean has not appointed any-
one to substitute for him until his
return on January 2.
WEEKLY BULLETIN
Sock Culondar
Thee ably, News question
andiiorium, 1:00 veloc
Hutter suppers al sororities for
| frestimitn women, 6:00 o'elock
Potter club smoker for SLs,
S00 1h.
[Peco Varsity and freshman basket
u es with HPL at WIT, 730
‘ormal dinner at sororities for
w 7:00 o'clock,
for
Christinas
auditorium — 12:00
noon
Advanced dramatic plays, 8:00
to conduet
religious
discussion in
Lounge
$280 0 ae
Dec. W—Christnas parties at sorority
houses, 8:00 o'clock.
Dee. 15—Last day of sehool.
STATE COLLEGE NEWS, DECEMBER 8, 1939
se a ae
| Maloney’s
JR. M.
Inconspicuous, object of few
glances, apparently but another of
the scattering of relatives and fac-
ulty attending last Saturday night's
varsity-alumni clash, was the be-
spectacled gentleman in overcoat
sitting alone at the west end of the
balcony.
Alternately leaning back and
hunching forward as the play swept
about the court, he seemed intent
on the game, the men, the playing—
obviously an interested spectator
‘This particular gentleman had an
ceptionally good reason for being
interested, Edmund Donald is coach
at RPI
We wondered as we shot an oc-
casional eye balcony
was running through the Trojan
mentor’s mind. More especially we
wondered how he interpreted Coach
Hatfield's failure to use more than
one man beyond the first five.
Could it be that Coach was trying
to conceal something from his Col-
Jar City rival? And if so, we wonder
what?
Though far from sparkling in
their play, the Alums at least
showed some color in the vivid ar-
ray of suits in which they trooped
to the battleground. The spectrum
was well represented (much to the
dazzlement of referees) plus one odd
shade which a fervant fan at our
side assured us was “cerise!”
All in all, it was a swashbuckling,
roly-poly affair, featured by Tor-
rens’ display of some of the
tumbling prowess which made him
famous as an undergrad. The crowd
went wild at Frament’s feat in
hurling a very much surprised Duke
Hersh completely over his shoulders,
Acrobatically the game was a big
success.
We were rather surprised to see
the varsity clad in the conventional
hues after the nationwide radio an-
!" Kauf, kauf! The fellow
id that no doubt has been
innocently running red lights all
his life.
There's a rather interesting tale
behind the sudden shortage of
varsity uniforms. To quote the of-
ficial cage rule book, rule five, sec-
tion six: “Teams shall not us
numbers one (1) and two (2) in
numbering their players.” This is
to faciliate communication between
referees and scorers in calling fouls
and numbering free throws.
Up from the sports supply shop
came the bundle of '39-'40 suits.
Out tumbled shirts sporting the
forbidden numerals. Back went
the bundle. An embarrassed con-
cern is making amends.
Eat at John’s Lunch
Dinners 25¢ and Up
Delicious Sandwiches and
KOR Cagers Tie
| EEP, CH Quintets
| In League Race
Record Close Victory Over
How the Foes Go
Siena 55 Oneonta Normal 24
Pratt 72 Wyomissing Poly 68
Vermont 30 McGill 25
Niagara 36 Siena 31
(Roch, branch)
Niagara 59 Toronto 41
Brooklyn Poly 35 Alumni 30
Clarkson Tech 41 St, Michael's 26
St, Lawrence 43 St. Michael's 34
State rivals in boldface.
Ramblers in First Win;
Grads Down RH
By winning two games last week,
KDR shot into a three way tie with
Potter club and College house for
the top spot in the intramural bas- |
ketball league.
On Thursday evening, they eked
out a victory over Walt Danilwicz,
40, captain of the Ramblers, He
scored eleven points in the first half,
making the score 15-11 in the
Rambler's favor. But, during the
second half he was held scoreless |
by Herb Oksala, "41, of KDR. The) splitting two home encounters. The own with Moreland, All but one
boys from 366 Western, then, out-
scored the Ramblers to win 22-21.
‘The game was very hard fought
at all stages. With Danilwicz on |
the floor, the Ramblers are a threat |
to any team,
Grads Win
The other game of the evening
saw the Grads take Robin hall
20-12. Busacker of the losers was
high point maker with three field |
yoals and two completed foul shots.
The Grads are not the aggregation
| LEAGUE
Houne
club
Delta ‘Riio
ja Sigrin.
n Hall
Kappa Beta.
Ramblers
of individual stars they were last
| year.
On Saturday afternoon, KDR
trampled SLS by the score of 46-6.
In a complete reversal of form from
the previous game, Oksala heaved
in thirteen points, of which Brophy,
"41, tossed in ten tallies.
Future Games
; Cultural activities during the past
|week have prevented any activity,
jengages Kappa Beta while the
Ramblers are matched against
Avalon-Spenet The following
ight SLS plays Potter club and
| KDR tackles the Grads. But on|
| January 2, the day following Christ-
tion, one of the crucial
oceurs when two of the
, College house and Potter
club test each other's mettle.
|
WAA Gives Tennis Credits
Dorothy Berkowitz, tennis cap-
lain for the fall season, has an-
nounced that the following people
will receive credit in that sport
Alene Cromie, Lois Glenar, Made-
line Hunt, Fran Riani, Ruth Pear-
son, juniors; Winifred _ Baer,
Doloris. Brege, Dorothy Brooks, |
Mary Busch, Rose Cachillo, Leah
Ellingham, Amy Johnson, Olive
|Myers, Jeanne Schmachtenberg,
| Janet Weitzer, sophomores; Mary
| Elizabeth Crouch, Lois Hafley, Rita
Hickey, Dorothy Hu: ie Lu- |
|berda, Eleanor Mapes, Betty Mar-
ston, Glenace Mathews, Bleanor |
‘Rothe, Lillian Westphal, freshmen,
special school and college
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State Splits Two
Hoop Encounters
Frosh Squad Hopes for Win
Over Troy Engineers
in Saturday Tilt
State's hoopsters opened _ their
1939-'40 court campaign Saturday by
varsity repulsed the Alumni 38-27
after the frosh suffered a 38-19
trouncing at the hands of Troy Bus
ness college. The intercollegiate
season will be Inaugurated tomorrow
night as both Purple and Gold ag-
gregations clash with RPI on the
Troy court.
RPI Encounter
State's freshman squads have cap-
tured only two of the seven games
with the RPI yearlings. One of
these wins was chalked up by last
year’s quintet and the other was
turned in by the 1936-37 outfit.
Nothing is known about the
strength of this year's Engineers,
but they can be expected to pro-
vide real competition for our 43’ers.
Despite last Saturday's defeat, the
frosh hope to break into the win
column by turning back the Trojans.
Unimpressive Showing
The well oiled passing attack
which has characterized practice
sessions was conspicuous by its ab-
sence in the clash with Troy Busi-
ness, The team looked as if it
belonged in a high school intra-
mural league, The offense bogged
down; the boys were erratic in their
passing and shooting; and there was
no defense. Troy Business led 22-9
at half-time and coasted through
the final half.
Butcher, Phillips, and Higgins, by
hanging up eleven, eight, and six
points respectively, outscored the
entire State team. Bora was the
best man on the floor and led the |
Albanian’s scoring attack — if it
could be termed an attack—with
| six points. Feeney was close be-
hind, having two fields to his credit.
Varsity Play Ragged
In Alumni Contest
The varsity won its engagement
by virtue of an impressive first half
coring spree. The home team led
0-9 ut half-time, Both squads bat-
ted evenly during the final half,
cach scoring eighteen points.
Raggedness
The varsity displayed that com-
mon early season symplom—ragged-
hess, Poor teamwork and passing
accounted for the sluggish offense.
Mid-season form, however, was evi-
dent at the free throw line, with
the team converting two-thirds of
its foul shots. Topping the State
scorers and playing an all around
good game was Brauner with thir-
teen points. Frament followed with
ten tallies while the Alumni was
led by Hersh, George Bancroft and
Jerry Amyot with five, four and
four markers respectively.
Four ‘Teams
The Alumni substituted freely
throughout the contest and utilized
four complete squads. ‘This was in
striking contrast to the varsity’s
use of bul one substitute,
For fifteen minutes of the sec-
ond half, the Alumni kept its best
team on’ the floor and played the
home forces on even terms. At one
point, they cut the winner's lead
to seven points. ‘Toward the end,
however, the varsity rallied to finish
Moreland Team
In Top Position
Of Cage | League
Team A of Dorm, Defeats
Newman Hall Sextet
by Score of 12-3
Moreland hall's sextet became the
first victor of the WAA basketball
season by defeating the squad from
Cooper house 18-9. Buzz Miller's
fast and accurate playing resulted
in the netting of the fourteen of
the eighteen points, and the addi-
tional cooperation offered by Mary
Miller and Ritchie were largely re-
sponsible for the win.
Cooper Leads at Half
Up to the end of the first half
the squad from Cooper held their
of their total of nine points were
scored during this period. Out-
standing was De Forest who netted
two baskets. Denmark and Leary
added one apiece to make a total
of eight points, when the whistle
blew ending the half. Evans,
|Schmactenberg and Greenmun, a
promising freshman who looks as
good on the basketball court as she
does on the hockey field, worked |
hard in guarding the fast and more
{experienced “Millers.”
| In the second half Moreland
added eight more points to the al-
ready acquired ten, six of these be-
credited to Buzz and two to Ritchie,
Dorm Victorious
The second game Was an easy
victory for team A of the Dorm
captained by Madeline Hunt. Mc-
Cann of the defeated Newman
squad managed to drop the one and
only basket, the extra point being
gained by converting a foul, Care-
ess Playing on the part of this
team was responsible for the eight
fouls chalked against it, however
only two of these were converted by
their opponents.
Lucy King of the Dorm, and a
whiz, by the way, scored ten of
the Dorm's twelve points, six in the
first half and four in the last, the
additional two being gained by
Winnie Baer in converting fouls.
Intramural Tidbits
‘The intramural doubles ping-pong
| tournament swung into the finals
this week with two able pair-ups
;anxiously awaiting the decisive
clash, Final competition will see
Suller and Brauner vieing with
Williams and Snover for paddle
| honors.
' It is expected that Intramural
its winter boxing and bowling pro-
grams:
The intercollegiate chess team {s
concentrating its meeting hours on
planning strategy for the as yet un-
dated clash with Colgate here.
Whitnows
Extends best wishes fora Merry
Xmas and a Happy New
Year
We hope you will find it
convenient and sensible to
make Whitney's your
shopping headquarters this
season,
e
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on the long end of the 38-27 tally.
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B.C,
WAA winter season is in full
swing, with three new sports, two
full-year sports and three or four
snow sports—if snow comes.
The sports for the season as an-
nounced in the handbook include
basketball, bowling, swimming, skat-
ing, skiing and tobogganing. Riding
and Lotta Bunkers continue.
Madelyn Beers, '41, and Dorothy
Roth, '43, are captain and assistant
captain of basketball respectively.
The new intra-mural plan has al-
ready been put in force, with the
first games played Wednesday night,
Basketball credit will be given to
those who attend ten hours of prac-
Uice and two out of three games
scheduled on Wednesday nights from
to 9:00 o'clock. Practice sessions
are on Mondays 3:30 to 5:00 o'clock,
Wednesdays 4:15 to 5:00 o'clock,
Fridays 4:30 to 5:00 o'clock and
Saturdays 10:00 to 12:00 o'clock.
Blanche Kirshenblum, ‘41, and
Evelyn Olivet, ‘41, are co-captains
of bowling, which is played at the
Rice Bowling Alleys at Quail and
Western, Credit will be given to those
who play twelve games, which
may be played on Tuesdays from
:30 to 5:30 o'clock, Wednesdays
to 5:00 o'clock. and Thursdays
to 5:00 o'clock.
Swimming is under Violet Caga-
nek, '41, and Iris Barnett, '41, cap-
tain and assistant respectively, Ten
hours for credits may be gained on
Tuesdays 3:30 to 5:30 o'clock,
Thursdays 8:00 to 10:00 o'clock, and
Fridays 3:30 to 5:30 o'clock,
Skating, skiing and tobogganing
depend as usual on the weather
man for the length of their seasons
and the number of hours necessary
for credit. Ruth Rockcastle, '42,
captain will supervise skating and
Wednesday 4:00 to 5:00 o'clock and
on Friday 4:00 to 5:00 o'clock.
Fran Wood, ‘41, will be in
charge of skiing on Wednesdays,
Fridays and Saturdays. Helen
Lasher, '41, captain, will announce
the hours for tobogganing at a later
date,
Lotta Bunkers will conduct their
winter weekend at Camp Johnston
on January 19, 20 and 21,
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Social Studies Group
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Members of Pi Gamma Mu, na-
tional honorary social studies fra-
ternity, have taken charge of sev-
eral of the History 2 classes, both
lecture and quiz sections, twice a
week, due to the illness of Mr,
Clarence Hidley, assistant profes-
sor of history. They have be-
gun remedial classes for the
freshmen,
These substitute teachers have or-
ganized a system of private con-
ferences for those students who
recelved warnings in social studies.
They will conduct the classes
for the rest of the semester,
Pi Gamma Mu is composed of
students who have a major or
minor in social studies, and who
attained a B average in their work,
Drama Class to Offer
One Act Plays Tuesday
The Advanced Dramatics class
will again present two one act plays
Tuesday evening at 8:00 o'clock in
the Page hall auditorium. The
plays will be directed by Marilyn
Groff and Ernest Case, juniors.
Miss Groff's play is a light com-
edy. Its cast of characters in-
cludes Hyman Meltz, ‘40, Barbara
Ferree, Douglas Dillenbeck, Irene
Poger, juniors; Roy Sommers, Mil-
ton Ray, sophomores, and William
Phipps, ‘43,
Case's play is a drama in poetry.
STATE COLLEGE NEWS, DECEMBER 8, 1939
by Anna Cattuti
You know fellows—it’s about
time you got wise to yourself! Af-
ter all, considering the men-women
ratio in State college, you should
be able to make some headway in
the field of higher “amour.” Any
males who are headed for a bliss-
ful year of romance need read no
further, but those of you who have
woeful tales to tell—listen carefully.
I know it's tough, lad. You try
to be sweet to the gal, but she just
freezes up in front of you. Maybe
your big difficulty is that you don't
live up to feminine expectations,
And now we come to the purpose
of this article. Four State “love-
lies,” gazed dreamily into space
and gave Doris Blake's represen-
tative their opinion of “My Ideal
Man.” These sketches are very
brief—but at least you'll get the
Idea.
Allce Purcell, that KDR mas-
cot of ‘43, smiled coyly as she
said: “He must be a gentleman in
every sense of the word and never
wear bow ties or short pants (I
mean pants rolled up at the bot-
tom.) He must have lots of pep
and be able to tell good jokes. As
for dancing, he must be good—not
clumsy with the excuse that he has
his own original style. He must
be able to cope with various situa-
tions (censored)!” Other qualities
are: interest in sports, broad view-
State Maidens Paint Pictures
Of Ideal Man of Their Dreams
“He looks just as nice when he’s
awake for ten, minutes as he does
after ten hours (no remarks),”
chirped Kay Wilson’, ‘42, “He
must be neat, but not foppish, in-
telligent, but not proud, Then
there's the eternal problem of com-
mon interests. He must like good
poetry, dance well, swim and lke
horses. Other factors are nice eyes
and hands, poise, confidence and—
I hope—an interest in me and what
I'm doing.”
And now we come to Bea
Dower, that tandem-rider of ‘41.
“My ideal man? Here's a list of
qualifications subject to change
without notice: anything but a sis-
sy or snob, strong (with shoul-
ders), easy to look at, gift of gab,
eyes that can do things, no ankle
braces or moustaches, good dancer |
(with a grip), good dresser, any |
color hair but gray, athletic, clean
fingernails, understanding. He can
boss me around in a nice way—
doesn't have to have money if he
knows how to have fun—must be,
able to act screwy, but know when|
to be conventional, In short he|
must be a man, not a mouse—or
d pupers of all kinds
reasonably typed,
Your Professor's Boon
‘When a girl reaches her senior
year in college, she is mature
enough to wonder if there is such
@ creature as an ‘ideal man.’ I've
always thought that ideals are un-
attainable, and that’s not a good
way for any man to be,” remarked
Rita Sullivan, 40. ‘‘Perhaps
the best way to handle this is to say
what he doesn't have to be—he
doesn’t have to be a football play-
er or @ god from ‘Esquire’ with
an all-year-round tan. He doesn't
have to wear striped shirts or thick-
soled shoes or have an old hat he’s
worn for years; he doesn’t have to
own a car, a ten-dollar-a-week al-
lowance, or a line—but he does
have to be thoughtful, intelligent,
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help fight tuber-
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carried out at
State college by
Alpha Epsilon
Phi sorority.
Christmas seals
will be sold
every day
Help to Protect trough, Friday
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Tuberculosis
serious-minded in some things, in-
terested in people and things, I'd
like him to smoke a pipe, tell good
Jokes or laugh at mine—and most
of all, I'd like him to be just some-
one I would always want to have
near me.”
And so fellows, this ends the first
lesson on “How to become some-
body's Ideal Man.”
Cc, P. LOWRY
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Its cast members are the following:
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Stare CoLLEcE ror TEACHERS, ALBANY, N. Y., Fripay, DECEMBER 15, 1939
Vor, XXIV, No. 12
Dean Moreland
Announces List
Of 1943 Pledges |
KD Tops List with Thirteen;
Psi Gamma and Chi Sig
Tie for Second
Miss Helen Hall Moreland, dean /
of students, who supervised the
formal rush period, has announced |
that seventy-two freshmen have
pledged to ten sororities on the)
campus. |
Kappa Delta lead the others with
thirteen pledges, followed by Psi|
Gamma and Chi Sigma Theta with |
twelve cach |
he office of the dean of students
has released the pledge list. which
follows
Kappa Delta:
Emily Blasiar
Curtis, Shirley
ley. Janet Leet
beth Marston
Muriel Scovel
thy Smith
Psi Gamma: Betly Barden, Caro-
lyn Burrows. Dorothy Fisher, Pa-
tricia Gibson, Dorothy Geertsen
Winifred Jones, Glenace Mathews,
June Melville, Ruth — Patterson
Grace Seamans, Una Underwood.
Clarice Week
Chi Sigma ‘Theta: Marion Adam
Beity Bailey, Particia Berry, Dor
thy Cox, Lenora Davis, Ruth Dee
Rita Ferraro, Mary McCann, Mary
McManus, Kathleen Martin, Alice
Purcell, Jean Tracy.
Alpha Epsiion
Escott, Dorothy Handle
Levinson, Beverly Palatsky
Siegel, Louise Swire, Rose
Esther Tein
Gamma Kappa Phi: Emma Bai
cari, Anastacia Walko, Helen Omi-
linowicz, Eleanor O'Donnell, Elea
nor Roth beth Peabody, Helen
Leahey, Eleanor Mapes.
Beta Jennie Churehill, Betty
Lou Court, Ellen Holley, Dorothy
Huyck, Doris LeFevre, Lois Maricle.
Dorothy Russell.
Phi Delta: Anne Booras, Jane
Edmunds, Barbara Garnsey, Shirley
Mosher, Marion Pratt, Marilyn
Verna Snyder, Arlene Whit-
Jeanette Becker, |
an Buckman, Jane
tman, Lois Haf-j
Shirley Long, Elizu
Mildred = Matti
Doris Sutton, Doro-
Stern
Mae Whiting.
Sigma Alpha: Norma Enca
Phi Lambd
Sturgess.
Sayles Awards
PAT Leads
second pice |
ority
Barbara
: Helen Dann, Janct|
Versatile Class Of ’39
To Have Winter Reunion
The class of ‘39 is planning a
reunion on Thursday and Friday,
December 28 and 29, Each mem-
ber of the class, if he is to in-
dulge in all the activities agreed
upon, will have to be a combina-
tion lounge-lizard, socialite, and
the “outdoor girl.”
An informal dinner at an Al-
bany restaurant, so informal that
the “dignified teachers" are
asked to come dressed for roller
skating which will follow the
meal, will open the program.
The Friday program includes
winter sports and a hot dog
roast at the home of Carolyn
Mattice. A buffet supper, in-
formal dancing and games at
College house will wind up the
affair.
Faculty to Meet
At Conferences
Faculty Delegates to Meet
with Other Educators;
Barker to Speak
The faculty of State college will
be well represented in the annual
conventions conducted throughout
the country during the Christmas |
recess for educators and research |
men,
Dr. J. Allan Hicks, professor of
guidance; Dr. Robert G, Frederick,
professor of education; and Dr. C
Currien Smith, assistant profes
of education, will journey to Sy
cuse to attend the meoting of
the Associated Academic Principals
of the State of New York, The
conclave will last from December
27-29.
Alumni Dinner
Scholarship Cu
All Sorori
with Average of 1.71;
AE Phi Second
Pi Alpha Tau moved up from
var in Thtersor-
Scholars! cup competition
to first. place this year and cap-
tured the prized cup with an aver-
age cf L717 for the college year
948-1939. ‘The victory deprived Al-
pha Epsilon Phi, winner for th
last. tWo years and second place
winners this year, of permanent pes-
session of the cup.
Sorority averages were lower this
year, the top last year being 1.74
compared to 1.71 this year; the
year was 1.46, this year,
he averages
Pi Alpha
Kappa Delta
Phi Lambda
Phi Delta
Gamma Kappa Phi
Alpha Rho
Sigma Alpha
Psi Gamma
The announcement was made in
last assembly by Dr, John
M es, acting president of the
Compilation of Student Opinion
Reveals Strange Personalities
ry
Alter hours of straining toil and
manipulation of figures in the
realm of higher calculus, the News
questionnaire has finally been com-
piled, ‘This is. to announce the
Its of the poll of polls, the
most super, the most colossal, the
most daring questionnaire that has
ever struck this sleepy) institution
Fellows, here is the lowdown on the
femmes. Ladies, this is the dope
on your men
State, despite its reputation as
being the toughest school seuth
of the North Pole, hus the deti-
nite approval of both its mule and
female population, As high as
ninety-five percent of the men and
eighty-lwo percent of the women
think the place ts fun. Even the
stooges are drawing (hele usual sat
intaction from their book
TUrHINE 10a Hore: Serious ques.
ton like dating, We find that twen-
ty-three Women admit” they will
kiss on the first date. Men, be
more caret) in your dating! For if
you ure jucky, you may date one of
the twenty-three who will osculate
on the first night
But much more shocking is the
discovery that State men are almost
as unkissable as the women. Only
twenty-seven men will permit: ther
pretty lips to be kissed the first
night. We may conclude then that
State is the sanctuary of Platonic
and intellectual love.
If it is this type of love that
{out of
| This
exists at State there must be plenty
of it. Por the poll shows Unit one
three women and one of
every four men are in this sub-
| lime condition.
Winter is usually an off-season
for love. If as high a number as
this are amorous during an ofl-
season, the Jove riute must be terrifi¢
in spring, an open-season.
In response to the
Would you marry while in’ col-
lege? twenty percent of the
women replied they would, while but
seven of the men made the same
answer. Murthermore, one out 0:
every two women admitted she
would marry a State man. From
this We might conclude that men
come to college to date; women
come to marry
Bighly percent of the women can
cook. ‘The women, then, not only
Will marry w State man but ure pre-
pared to do so already, We reiterate
our warning, men, wateh out, State
girls are the marrying kind.
Turning to our late friend, the
Lion, we find that twenty percent
of the school still mourns tts fate,
clear, undeniable majority,
bucked by the powerful News, de-
mands the restoration of the Lion.
We suggest that the present pub-
lication which dares desecrate the
sanctity of the ill-fated Lion by
claiming to be its successor take
the hint.
question, |
On the same date Dr. Carleton
Power, professor of science, will at-
|tend a conference of the New York
|State Science Teachers’ association
whieh will also be held in Syracuse
been traditional for the State |
graduate teachers to hold|
a reunion in Syracuse at this time |
with a dinner at one of the leading
restaurants.
Dr, Donnal V. Smith, professor
ocial studies; Dr. Charles
. professor of history; and Dr.|
Rienow, assistant professor |
in social studies, pian to attend the
conference of the American His-
orieal society, whieh will be in
shington, D. ©. on December
Dr. Barker will take part. in
a round table discus on the
iopie “Local ry
Varied Gathering
From December 26th to the 30th
Dr, Howard A. Do Bell, professor
of mathematics, will take part in
the joint sessions of the American
Mathematical society, the Mathe-
matical Society of America, and the
National Counci] of Teachers of
Mathematics in Columbus, Ohio.
These sessions are under the juris-
diction of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science
Debaters Summarize
Seminar Discussions
s Will Be Bound to Aid
Speakers for Discussions
Debate council has inaugurated
a new idea for summarizing what
has already been accomplished in
debate seminar and for covering
more ground, All members of the
varsity debate squad will be re-
quired to write a research paper on
some phase of the topic under dis-
cussion this year: “Resolved: That
the United Stites follow. a policy
of strict military and economic {so-
lation toward ‘all nations outside
the Western hemisphere who are
engaged ina civil or international
conflict.”
There wre two main topies with
twenty subheadings under the main
tople: "What should) the attitude
of the United States be in the
present. world ci and eight
subheadings under the other main
topic: "Can democracy — survive
war?” All members of the debate
squad who wish to remain on the
team must complete the assign-
ment or be dropped, ‘The subhead-
wre so divided as to give the
complete coverage
re papers Will be about 1000
words in length and will be due
by January 17. ‘Phe papers will
then be gathered together, mimeo-
graphed, bound and be distributed
to the members of the debate squad
us a precis of the entire discussion.
College to Recess
Dr. John M. Sayles, acting
|] president of the college, an-
nounces that the Christmas va~
cation will start today at 1:35
ck, Despite the rumors to
ry, college classes will
start Tuesday, January 2, 1940,
at 8:10 a, m. o'clock,
Assembly Today
To Have Student
Talent Program
Group to Vote on Setting Up
of Centralized Public
Address System
Vic Dancing To Cost
Five Cents Per Couple
Folks, there are only nine more
shopping days to Christmas, The
Yuletide spirit of giving is with
us all,
So the Vic committee requests
that you extend the Christmas
spirit of charity to the neglected
Commons vic, For the past three
months the committee has re-
ceived noon hour contributions of
but four cents per day. To make
up the deficiency in funds, the
committee is making a drive for
five cents per couple, beginning
this noon, (Ed, note—the women
are just as eligible as men).
There will be dancing today
from 1:30 to 4:00 o'clock this
afternoon. There will probably
be another swing session in
the Commons on the Wednesday
after vacation
iardephe, Howard Merriam,
Forum Approves
|
W Bill ae Tra arte rane "
SC homores, Esther Stulms or,
aterways Dill sephynors.rother stumaker,
Cohen, 40, will render a number of
‘ i + /pepular yoeal numbers and the tal-
Rienow Urges Public Helps (y) show will close with a {rumpet
Francello Advocates solo by Robert Meek, ‘42,
Town Organization At the completion of the talent.
show, Miss Miller will lead the
yum of Politics went on|assembly in the singing of Christ-
favoring the Mundt bill,|mas carols.
wiileh proven, for a {ale and hs Putte Audavésa Roatan
ective administration of the prob-} ie coreg -
lems of our polluted waterways, at wed pu pee ee ene
its mecting Tuesday. he proposition: “Resolved: That the
‘After the forum Student association appropriate
De RoneL Riewow eighty-five dollars for the establish-
social studies, spoke urging the, Ment of a permanent public address
jeans "Ga Gp laws Bas active Sometime ago a less perfected
oo tg Gale puis ebb for the s¥stem was instituted in the lower
bill. Francello passed out ihirden, | COPAY ot AD eat ee
graphed sheets explaining the ne-| ire ‘has the full approval of Dr
jcessity for the legislation and the! join M, Sayles, acting president of
benefits which would result from] 10 college. Mr. William Hardy, in-
it. Franeello also asked the forum) victor “in English and head of
to obtain the signatures of the heads | 1Gi9 netivilies in State college, and
Jof home town organizations which | yy “gdward Cooper, instructor in
{would endorse the bill. ‘These slg-| commerce and newly appointed
natures will be forwarded to the | Pommere a ea
Isane Walton league which will in| easurer of the Student association,
turn forward them to the proper’ Central Studio
\vepresentatives in Congress, The! The plan calls for the centraliza-
| bill will be considered during the| tion of all public address activities
1940 session of the United States|in room 207 of Draper hall, Loud-
Congress. speakers would be placed near the
After a heated discussion, the|Annex, the Co-op, and the Com~
}forum defeated a resolution fayor-|mons, All dance music for noon
[ing military training in C.C.C,/dancing would be played from the
}camps, Louise Snell, '41, gave the/ central studio in room 207, All an-
majority negative report at a previ- |nouncements such as class meetings,
ous meeting, and Ada Parshall, '41,{bureau or office notices, special an-
summarized it at the meeting Tues-|nouncements such dances and
day, Harry Karchmer, ‘40, pre-|parties, and other genera) commu-
sented the minority report ‘which |ieations would be broadcast over
favored “voluntary military training| (he public address system during
in the camps," the noon hour and between classes,
| Arthur Seld, “40, also presented] One fenture of the system would
}v resolution proposing less stringent | allow announcements lo be made at
divorce laws in the State of New) the same Ume that dance music
York was being played
Hardy Discusses Voice Defects;
Traces Faults to School Habits
by Anthony Ingoglia
Mary Miller, ’41, will be in charge
of the State college student talent
program which will be the main fea-
ture of this morning's assembly.
Lloyd Kelly, president of Student
association, announces that the only
business of the meeting will be the
consideration of an appropriation
for a public address system as dis-
cussed some time back.
Students to Perform
The talent show will be rather
| Varied and includes a few selections
|by the “Four Men of State,” Jack
sed the bill,
instructor of
A pie of great tmportance co Work, while some Will need several
wil parents and teachers is the YONA Ming {nets prompt one
speech of the high school boy and yy inquire as lo Where these defects
girl ‘This question of speech de- jegin, — According ta Mr. Hardy,
fects is clearly brought to our at > (ye trouble begins 1 the high school
tention by William G, Hardy, in- where students are inclined to be
structor in English, in his article, creless about thelr speech, and,
“Every ‘Teacher ‘Teaches Speech,” ag q result, we see slovenly enun-
which appeared in the New York ciation, sloppy, inefficient slurring
State Mducation journal lof vowels, and dropping of conso-
As a specific example, he cites! nents. Other defects are nasality,
the class of 1042, which represented breathiness, luck of force, and poor
4 good cross-section of the product phrasing, which show evidence of
of the high schools of New York | carelessness and lack of ease on
‘state, Out of four hundred and| the part of the pupil
eleven sub-freshimen interviewed for] ‘The way to remedy his situation
Jentrance into State college, thirly-| in the high schools 1s (0 enlist the
had specch hablis which were|uld of the teacher, As Mr, Hardy
deficient enough to bar them wore | defect in his article, “many of these
admission, Forty-two more were|defects result from lack of atten-
so defective that they required/ ton and care; every teacher can
\speeial clinical work, and two hun- |help this circumstance materially
dred and sixty-five of the remainder|by paying attention to them and
had poor habits of speech which |by helping the student to take care,
ranged from inefficient phonation|The teacher can help the students
to extremely slovenly enunciation,| Whose voices are weak by demanding
These are defects which will re-|clear speech, good phrasing, and a
quire many months of remedial] full voice,”
