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STATE COLLEGE NEWS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1940
der Downing’s
Continentals
Harder Downing, sweet swing
trumpeter, ‘Jumping Jive’ Wash-
ington, and all the boys will journey
down to the Ten Eyck Hotel on
November 1 to help make the
Senior Hop an outstanding social
event of the current season,
The scene will be the ballroom of
the Ten Eyck. This is especially ap-
propriate as the ballroom has been
recently redecorated in red and
white, colors of the class of '41,
The selection of Harder Downing
from a large number of available
orchestras was an extremely diffi-
cult choice of the music committee.
The orchestra, which is very well
known, played this summer at
Sylvan Beach, the Playground of
Central New York. “Danceland” the
recently renovated dance pavilion at
the beach, has been hiring top-
flight orchestras to build up pres-
tige, among these being Paul White-
man, Jimmy Dorsey, Orrin Tucker,|of Ernie “Jumpin Jive” Washington,
Ozzie Nelson, Tony Martin, Glen|the only negro player in the outfit.
Miller, and Harder Downing. As
a. further indication of Downing’s
superiority we quote Len Kowalsky,
‘40, who needs no further introduc-
tion: “I danced to the music of
students of State College that they
mie in for an evening of grand en-| probably be one of the least expen- |
tertainment with a very, VerY|sive formal dances of the year.
smooth band.” |
Downing has been featured at the
big dances of many of the colleges of 4
the East, including Colgate, Harvard, | !n the lower hall of Draper near the
bulletin board, Bids will be sold dur-
and Hamilton,
The band, which is composed of
12 men, features the piano selections
trumpeter, and is famous for his
swing selections of college songs,
It has been rumored that the band
Harder Downing all summer at Syl-| Will swing some of our college songs,
van Beach, and it gives me the|excluding, of course, the Alma Mater
greatest pleasure to inform the and Great Fires,
chased at the door,
Will Register for Senior Formal
Downing is noted as a sweet swing
Since bids are only $2.50, this will
Bids will be placed on sale, start-
Ing Monday, October 27, at a table
Ing the week and may also be pur-
SEB Places Grads;
The Student Employment Bureau r
announces that the following people} Frooyer over Al Smi
é th and Albert
have obtained positions: Jean S.!ottinger over Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wallace, "38, at East Greenbush; |;
Miles Abbott, '32, at Pulto
‘40, Jeffersonville;
Peeky, '37, at Rome.
Students who have filled out
and Franklin
cards are asked to come in and
complete them by making necessary
changes and by making out a
schedule of their free periods so
that the bureau can find them at
any time. All students are asked to
watch the mailboxes and to look for
notices on the bulletin boards.
The Employment Bureau has
placed some books on reserve which
they feel all seniors should read,
These include; “Are All American
Teachers Free” by Beale, ‘Techni-
ques of Teacher Self-placement” by
Mac Dougall, "U. S. Department of
Interlor Bulletin, 1932,” No, 17, “In-
stitutional Teacher Placement” by
Umstahd, and “Characteristic Diff-
erences in the Teaching Perform-
ances of Good and Poor Teachers”
by Barr,
Forum of Politics Plans
Election Day Celebration
The Forum of Politics is planning
@ party for Election night, Novem-
ber 5, from 9:00 to 1:00 A, M. in the
gymnasium of Page Hall. The party
will be in the form of a political
rally, and will feature a thirty-plece
band, dancing, refreshments, and
games. Rose Lison, '41, 1s chairman
of the committee,
At the second meeting of this
year, Janet Sharts, '41, speaker, an-
nounced that a committee will be
appointed to revise the constitution.
This committee will consist of past
members of Forum and will report
at the next meeting,
The Forum also announces that a
poll regarding conscription will be
conducted today in assembly,
— Willkie Wins
Books Given Seniors Continued from page 1, column 5
ernor. In 1028, State chose two Re-
Mar-
again found itself wrong as Roose-
ee. batt Aa Eroorlya} rune velt. was elected over his Republi-
Dols OF, Thad 30, ig Island College; | oan opponent. In 1932, the State
Day Benoa’ dans Be Cee Country | voters picked Hoover to win over
jay School; John Havko, '40, at! Roosevelt by a2 to 1 vote, Roosevelt
Lyon Mountain; Joseph Cappiello, | won in a landslide vote.
Student Guess Correct
publicans again, Picking Herbert
In the gubernatorial elections, State
In 1936, the student body guessed
correctly in the presidential election,
picking Roosevelt over Landon by a
415 to 401 vote. The fact is notable,
however, that although State picked
Roosevelt to win by a bare plur-
ality, in the national elections of
that year Roosevelt won by an un-
precedentedly large one.
Two facts are readily apparent:
the fact that State 1s traditionally
Republican, and that elections at
State must be viewed in a more
normal political coloring before they
can be interpreted, On this basis,
and on the evidence afforded by
the past votes, it would seem that
the Willkie victory with such a
close margin could well indicate a
Roosevelt victory in November in
New York State and consequently
in the nation, This conclusion is ar-
rived at through the observation
that State straw votes have almost
invariably acted as negative baro-
meters in state elections.
Roosevelt in 1936
In 1936, State gave the election to
Roosevelt over Landon, 415 votes
to 401. The figures returned by the
electorate made Roosevelt president
by a plurality of about 16,000,000
votes. Thus it would seem that
State’s action in electing Willkie over
Roosevelt, 282 to 265, can be inter-
preted as forecasting a Roosevelt
Plurality of about 8,000,000 votes in
November.
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Debate Effective
According to the unanimous
decision of the assembly at |
large, the News and the
Statesman are both illiterate
line by line, man to man, is-
sue for issue.
So what?
Well, everyone laughed—
even big “Red” Murray appre-
clated the portrait a la growl
advanced by the opposition.
The comparison of academic
standards was, indeed, highly
informative—not to say hum-
orous, Students chuckled and
cheered, hissed and hooted,
Results of Poll
Presidential Candidates
(8) Roger Babson, Prohibition Party
(2) Earl Browder, Communist Party
(265)
Franklin Roosevelt, Democratic Party
(19) Norman Thomas, Socialist Party
(282)
Senatorial Candidates
Wendell Willkie, Republican Party
(301) Bruce Barton, Republican Party
(253) James Mead, Democratic Party
Are you against the third term?
(284) Yes. (260) No.
Are you eligible to vote this fall?
(65) Yes. (507) No.
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ALBANY, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1940
VOL. XXV, NO. 6
Debate Council
Summons State
To Town Hall
Bunting, Brass and Soap - Box
To Highlight Political Rally
Thursday in Assembly
Bunting and soap-boxers will key-
note the Town Hall presidential
meeting scheduled to come to order
in the assembly next Thursday night
under the gavel of Paul Grattan,
President of Debate Council.
For the first time since 1936,
State men and women, vote-eligible
and under 21, will be invited to;
hear qualified speakers discuss the
case for chief executive: Mr. Roose-
velt of the Democrat (donkey) party,
Mr, Willkie of the Republican (ele-
phant) party, and Messrs. Babson,!
Browder, and Thomas of the Prohibi-
tion, Communist, and Socialist
parties, respectively.
Audience to Cross-Examine
After speeches have been delivered,
the audience will take over in an
open question period, directing their
attacks or interrogations, through
Chairman Grattan, to each of the
spokesmen.
Defendant for the Republican
candidate will be Louise Snell, '41;
for the Democrats, Fred Ferris, '42,
and for the “Socialists—" that ts, a
combination of the minor parties
Janet Sharts, "41.
Band, Pin Poll
The meeting will be enlivened by a
series of devices. Upon entrance
each guest will make known his
political preferance by picking from
a card the button bearing his chosen
insignia, During the meeting, the
vacancies Will be tallied to show how
the audience voted in the pin poll.
Final tradition of all town meet-
ings, the brass band, will be pres-
ent under the direction of Ira Jean
Hirsh, "42.
SCA to Attend
Colgate Parley
Dean Delaney has been appoint-
ed State's faculty representative to
a committee which will consider aid
to student refugees from China and
Europe. The committee will meet at
Leading Figures in
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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
whose candidacy for the presidency of the United States will be the
subject of a Debate Council-sponsored discussion Thursday night in Page
Hall.
Queen Bea Reigns as State
Campus Day Pageantry Dies
Thursday Debate
Engineers for Willkie,
Back Choice of State
For once State and RPI agree
—they both prefer elephants to
donkeys, For RPI has also named
Willkie as its choice in the com-
ing Presidential election.
Yet at RPI Willkie was the
favorite by a 3-1 majority, while
at State he topped the race by
only 17 votes. This indicates that
although both institutions are
traditionally Republican, the
Democrats at State have a much
larger minority. Also this would
seem to indicate that the Engin-
eers are more conservative than
State students,
ef
AND WENDELL L. WILLKIE --
Dean Announces
Honor Students
110 Students Earn B Average
For the Year 1939-1940;
Previous Lists Larger
Dean's List on Page 4
of this issue.
The weeks of anxious suspense
culminated in the coronation of
Queen Beatrice I Saturday night.
There was much speculation as 10
who would “Bea” the queen and
who would be attendants. The secre- | was awarded the judges’ decision of
cy was maintained until the first
strains of Pomp and Circumstanc
Then there was a momentary hus!
before a whispered mumble spread
the news that the “Queen Bea” was
truly Campus Queen.
The minute the lights were dim-
med the two pages, Muriel Scovell
and Esther Tein, sophomores, step-
ped from behind the curtains, raised
cheir trumphets and there issued
from backstage—a fanfare As the
Queen led the procession around the
auditorium, she was followed by her
attendants from all four classes, a
train-bearer, and ushers from the
freshman and junior classes.
When the procession reached tue
stage, last year's Queen Jane I
stepped forth attended by Lona
Powell and Miriam Newell, seniors.
Jane wore a princess-style dress of
black velvet, As Bea approached and
knelt at her feet, Jane removed the
crown from her own brown head and
placed it firmly on the dark-haired
Colgate University on November 13.
Several members of SCA will also
attend the annual New York State |
Intercollegiate Conference at Col-
gate. This conference {s open to all
students connected with religious
organizations in New York State!
Colleges. Robert Agne, ’41, SCA Presi-
dent, feels that due to ‘the critical
situation in Europe another such
conference may be impossible
Therefore he says that special at-
tention should be given to the speak-
ers who will be part of the program
at Colgate.
Especially outstanding 1s Robert|
©. Mackie, recently from Geneva,
Switzerland, who is general secre-
tary of the World's Student Chris
tian Federation. His topic will con-
cern the plight of students in|
Europe and China and our response. |
Former Chaplain Speaker
At Communion Breakfast
Newman Club will hold its annual
Corporate Communion and Break-
fast, Sunday, October 27 the
Feast of Christ the King, at the
Grotto of Vincentian Institute. A
mass will be celebrated at 9:00 A. M.
by the chaplain, Father William Ca-
hill. Breakfast will follow in the Vin-
centian cafeteria, Fred Ferris, ‘41,
president of Newman Club, will be
toastmaster. The speaker scheduled
is the Reverend John Collins, Pastor
of St. Joseph's Church in Rensselaer,
who was @ former chaplain of New-
man Club at State,
Educators’ Fraternity
Fetes New Pledges
On the thirty-first of October
Kappa Phi Kappa, the professional
education fraternity, will honor its}
new members at a_banquet at the
Hotel Wellington. Dr. D. V, Smith
will introduce Professor Risley, the
speaker of the evening.
‘The members of this fraternity are
selected for their high scholastic
tanding and their educational
ideals.
The senior pledges of the fratern-
ity are: John Alden, Gadlin Bodner,
Ernest Case, Robert Hertel, Nicholas
Glacomino, Vincent Gillen, Roy
McCreary, Howard Merriam, Gerald
Saddlem and Merrill Walrath,
'seniors.
| ‘The junior pledges include: Irving
| Bliss, Henry Brauner, William Dick-
son, Henry Germond, Leslie Graves,
Donald Green, David Hayclip, Ed-
win Holstein, Harrison Jordan, Rob-
ert Meek, Nicholas Morsillo, Harry
Passow, Bernard Perlman, Maxon
|Reeves, Alfred Stiller, Ralph Tib-
‘bets, Benson Tybring and Allen
Woodell
Kappa Phi Kappa is a profession-
al education fraternity, the purpose
of which is to promote the cause of | students appeared for interviews,
education by encouraging men of | This makes a total of 338 interviews.
sound moral character and recog-
nized ability to engage in the study
of its principles and problems.
Bess. Then the queen and her court
of class skits.
The skit performed by the frosh
first place, but much of the public
| opinion favored the sophs.
The other court attendants to the
queen were: Madeline Scesny, Mary
Miller, Alma Knowles, seniors; Kay
Peterson, Marjorie Gaylord, juniors;
Jean Buckman, Jane Curtis, sopho-
mores; Jean Harvey, Georgia Hard-
esty, freshmen, The ushers were;
June Haushalter, Mary Jane Evans,
juniors; Patricia Latimer, Patricia
Carroll, freshmen; _ train-bearer,
Lionel Sharp, Milne junior high
school,
Bea Dower has been prominent in
the State of affairs since her fresh-
;man year. Among other things, she
has held class offices, was junior
associate editor of the News, Her
royal career started last year when
| she was crowned Junior prom queen,
This year Bea is co-managing edi-
tor of the News, member of Mys-
kania, and president of the Alumni
Residence halls.
Meestro Downing
Swings Our Songs
Glenn N. Clark, '41, chairman of
the musie committee for Senior
Hop, after witnessing Harder
Downing and his band in re~
hearsal at the offices of the man-
agement in Utica, claims there
are only twq words to describe
the music of the maestro—"ter-
rific,” and “solid.”
Downing has been working on
special arrangements of State
College songs, and has completed
the arrangement of “Life is
Very Different.” The song has
| been converted to a modern style,
closely resembling swing.
“All who attend may expect a
surprise,” (We quote Glenn) “And
it will be a pleasant one, making
the night a memorable one in the
history of State's formals," End
quote.
SEB Re-registers 31; {
Interviews Total 338
| Miss Irene Semanek, Assistant
Director of the Student Employment
Bureau, announced that 31 students
re-registered and that 307 new
These new students do not become
active registrants until their fee ts
Dr. Milton G. Nelson, dean of the
college, has announced the names of
410 State College students who main-
tained at least a B average for both
seated themselves on the right of |semesters of the 1939-1940 school
che stage to watch the presentation | year and thus earned a place on the
dean's list, The total number repre-
sents a net decrease of 18 from last
year’s total, when the policy of a
list compiled from both semesters
was inaugurated,
Compare Lists
The number of students to earn
a place on the dean's list for any
one semester hit a high of 230 in
November 1938, over 20 per cent of
the student body maintaining the
time that Dr, Nelson announced
that the dean's list would be com-
piled thereafter from students able
to secure a B average both semes-
ters. The number dropped to 128
when the first list operating under
the new policy was inaugurated and
Dr. Nelson declined to make any
comment about the list other than
pointing out that the new policy
served to restrict the number, make
it more difficult to earn a place on
the list, and therefore served to
make it more of an honor. “Appar-
(Continued on page 4, column 4)
necessary average, and it was at this
took another drop to 110 this year,
Regents Board
Delays Election
Of State Head
Vanderzee Announces Selection
OF President Must Await
Action by Legislature
State College must wait at least
until April for an announcement of
its new president, Dr. John M. Sayles
will continue as Acting President
until that time. So said Mr. New-
ton B. Vanderzee in a statement to
the Starr Couueoe News Monday,
Legislative Action
According to Mr, Vanderzee, chair-
man of the Board of Visitors, the
selection of a new president must
await legislative action to be intro-
duced at the 1941 session, This will
delay the selection of a new execu-
tive officer for the college till
spring.
The Regents of the University of
the State of New York discussed
the selection of a successor to the
late Dr, Brubacher with our Board
of Visitors at a joint meeting last
week, It was decided then to await.
legislative action, Presidents of this
college are selected by the Board of
Regents acting on nominations of
the Board of Visitors.
According to Mr, Robert Whelan,
of the Board of Visitors, there exists
no legal disqualifications for con-
sideration of individuals already on
the college faculty.
Acting President
Dr. Sayles was first named Act~
ing President in September of 1939,
He succeeded Dr, Nelson who served
in the capacity of acting president
throughout the summer of 1939,
Members of our Board of Visitors
are: Newton B, Vanderzee, Selkirk,
chairman; Robert E. Whalen, Al-
bany; William H, Anderson, Troy;
Dorothy A. Cogswell, Loudonville}
Ella S, Cameron, Albany; Frederick
McDonald, Albany; and Edward R.
O'Neill, Schenectady.
it Business Meeting
The class of '44 will have its first
opportunity to witness a business
meeting of the Student Association
in assembly this morning.
Time permitting, at least two re-
solutions will be introduced, The
first concerns an Orientation pro-
gram for freshmen, and the second
will concern elections.
The publication last week of the
results of the Hirsh-Kunz election
has revived the issue which was
brought up in assembly last year—
the issue concerning the publication
of the numerical results of all elec-
tions.
On the trail of a story, the roving
reporter accosted all the people
whose names were published last
week together with the votes that
each had received.
“What do you think about pub-
lishing the results?” all were asked,
one by one,
Hirsh said, “I like the idea, It's
good to know by how many you
win or lose—even if you win by as
little as I did.”
Kunz's answer was, “Publish
them, by all means, I feel better
now that I know that I didn’t lose
by much, than I would if I didn’t
know by how many votes I had lost,”
Ryerson answered, “Sure, you
ought to publish them, It never hurt
anyone to know right where he
stands whenever he runs for office.”
Cox replied, “Certainly you ought
to publish the results. The student
body has a right to know how sts
votes were cast,”
Novelli told us, “I'm very much in
favor of publishing the reports, Dis-
paid.
couraged? Why should I be? Every~
Publish Election Results—
Say Songleader Candidates
body can't win an election, and most
people never run anyway.”
Ritchie laughingly answered, “If
anyone in the school would be op-
posed to the publication of the re-
sults, I imagine that I'm the one,
T'm in favor of it, though, It’s good
democratic procedure. I vote yes.”
This set of answers convinced the
reporter that the candidates in this
election at least. were very much in
favor of having the results of elec-
tions posted,
It is curious to note that State
is one of the few colleges in the
country which keeps its election re-
sults secret,
Last year, Mary Jane McKay,
president of NSFA, told the Nuws
that the great majority of American
colleges make a practice of posting
the numerical results of all elec-
tions in the college. Miss McKay
wrote in part:
“The practice of posting the re-
sults of elections in colleges has been
borrowed, I suppose, from our civic
life where all election results are
posted for the public to see, I should
think that the normal curiosity of
your student body would demand
that they be ‘in on the know!
».++ In @ highly democratic proce-
dure, there does not seem to be
much point in keeping election re-
turns secret,”
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The Vanishing Pedagogue
He soundly declared that good teachers and
not extravagant buildings were the prime essen-
tial . . . In view of the fact that placements by
college teacher-training departments have not
been easy in recent years, it would seem that
the supply of properly trained teachers is not
outrunning the demand. And with school pupil
enrollment definitely going down, the demand
is not likely to increase.
The above statement is quoted from an editorial
appearing in Monday night’s Knickerbocker News.
It is attributed to Dr. Ernest Cole, recently installed
Commissioner of New York State Education,
The implication of such a statement to teachers
in a teacher-training institution is evident. Too
many students are being graduated and certified
for jobs which do not exist.
Fortunately, the situation is not quite as serious
as it first seems, It is true that pupil enrollments
are decreasing. But the period of schooling has
also increased. The problem of over-crowding in
the profession has been met partially by an exten-
sion of the training period to five years. The recent
Selective Service Act should create a slight demand
in the teacher r ati
Prepared as we are at State College for a fifth
year, the situation here is even more favorable.
Certain of the “marginal schools of education”
which colleges of this state now operate as “‘side-
lines” will inevitably be “forced out” by the fifth
year requirement. At present State College has
a placement record which compares more than favor-
ably with those of its competitors, Future place-
ment records will more solidly establish the New
York State College for Teachers as the state's out-
standing teacher-training institution,
Admission by “ Invitation”
Unbidden guests
Are often welcomext when they are g
— Shakespeare, I Henry VI
Tt cannot be said that State College is inhospit-
able. On the contrary, the college and student body
“fall over backwards” in attempts to make guests
and visitors feel at home. This applies, however,
only to “the invited”,
‘The appearance of large numbers of men from
nearby colleges was pleasant—when it began. Now
these “visits” have assumed the proportions of an
influx,
It was also very pleasant to see an unusual num-
ber of outsiders at our Campus Day festivities.
Everyone was welcome to attend the coronation and
stunts. Hveryone was not welcome to attend the
dancing which followed. Like the relative who
came to stay overnight and brought his trunk, our
friends in the mad whirl of education overstayed
their invitations,
Outsiders are not wanted at noon-time dancing
because the Commons is too small. They are not
wanted at evening functions inasmuch as these are
essentially STATE, functions, Scallions to those
women of State who aid “gate-crushers” in manner
similar to that of the children who for ten cents
pass adults through police lines at White House
Easter Egg Rollings, To whom it may concern:
Can’t you take a hint?
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Activities Office Purged
‘Communication
To the Student Body
During the
about the Activities Office
although
time ther
than the
Although
The
This year
a habit o|
pople in
it imy
Activities
where on
where on
Annex, a
rs much has been sa‘d and printed
hangers-on"’—those peonle who,
they are without offic 5 .
re, and are found in the office in rreater numbers
people who actually work on one of the publications.
much has been said, nothing has been done.
situation, if such it may be termed, has grown wors
'. even more people than in previous ye
f frequenting the office.
the room that one who actually wishes to work
ible to do so. Students of the college have made the
Office serve several purposes. It has become a place
e@ may go to smoke a between-class cigsrette, a place
e may eat to avoid the crowded atmosphere of the
place where one may do homework free from the
quiet restrictions of the library, a place where one may rush
freshmen, and a place where one may go just to waste time.
It has be
the New
come everything but a place where one may work on
s, Statesman, Pedagogue or the few other activities
centered there,
{t is undeniably true that the great majority of people
who may
no business at all to be thet
Office into a substitute for the library
mons, ani
which the
There
the New:
MAA Pres:
activitie
remove fi
official b
becomes
they have appointed a committee composed of repre
of each ¢
be found in the Activities Office during the day have
They have made the Activities
the cafeteria, the Com-
the locker rooms, ‘That is not the purpose for
ctivities Office was created
re six acti re located in the office
the Statesman, the Pedagogue, the Press Bureau,
Bureau, and Student Council. The heads of these
ting together, have formulated a plan designed to
rom the Activities Office those people who have no
usiness there. Beginning today the Activities Office
the PUBLICATIONS OFFICE. ‘Toward this end
tatives
whose chairman is Robert
ictivity, This committ
Patton, ‘41, consists of Fred Day, Joseph Schwartz and Rup-
erta Sime
mons, seniors, and Helen Jackson, Virginia Polhemus
and Ralph Tibbets, juniors,
The
which are
1.
The
body in
its spare
that the
be strict!
The
* Cefttal Terminal.”
committee has drawn up the following set of rules
e now in effect
No one will be allowed in the Publications Office
unless he is there on legitimate business for some
activity located in the Publications Offic
There will be no smoking in the Publications Office
during the day.
There will be no eating in the Publications Office at
any time
There wili be no lounging in the Publications Office
at any time,
The Publications Office Committee, with the coopera-
tion of the heads of the activities, will enforce these
rules,
student body in general and that part of the student
particular which has made a practice of spending all
time in the Publications Office may as well know
e rules have been formulated and posted, ‘They will
y enforced without bias and prejudice,
Publications Office is going to cease being a “Grand
Pupiications Orrick, ComMiTTEr.
Welt, Wolf---"
‘The Commentstate-——————
The performance of a very small minority of the
scphomore class in last Friday's assembly aroused
ecmments which ranged from approval to disgust with
more students subscribing to the latter. The idea that
“he power of the press is apparently unlimited re-
ceived ample support—the News published a column
decrying the lack of interest and a situation of social
stagnation, a few sophomores read the column, it
cinks in, and lo and behold—the State College student
association undergoes the most hectic occurrence in
years! The occurrence of last Friday was burlesque—
burlesque because the group of a dozen or more sopho-
mcre men copied the act of the Class of 1942 which
happened two years ago—namely the appearance of
Merrill Walrath, clad in a scant pair of diapers amid
ja trumpet fanfare—and went it one better (or worse)
by locking the freshmen class in the balcony.
No mention was made of the fact that one of the
fveshmen bounced unclad onto the Page hall stage suf-
fered an injury to his head—that is considered a part
ef unorganized rivalry, as much a part as depantsing,
showering, and abduction. The act which caused the
commotion was the “apparent disregard for the laws of
the United States of America, the State of New York,
and the City of Albany with special disregard for the
| fire laws of the City of Albany, an overt act of poor
citizenship.” Concerning the breaking of
Fire fire laws, a paragraph is reprinted from
fazard last week's issue of the State Couiece News
Cited in which appeared a communication de-
fending the putting of chairs in the aisles
and other fire law violations which occured at the
Cornelia Otis Skinner performance as follows: “It is
true that fire laws were broken on this occasion but
since they have been broken consistently on Gradua-
tion and Moving-Up Day by people in higher authority,
we fail to see why criticism should fall on us.”
Th? freshman class was imprisoned from only two
. the two at the rear of the orchestra. Avenues
cane were still available via the “panic doors” on
de of the balcony which open out when any
ressure is applied. A good percentage of the student
body are not even cognizant of their existence.
Thus—we may lay the comments of disgust to only
one source, the fact that the Student Association is
willing to tolerate unorganized rivalry up to a certain
point and will tolerate it only when they are in the
mood for rowdiness. They were not in such a mood
and the small group must have overdone it for the
association was not willing to tolerate the unorgan-
ized rivalry as carried on last Friday.
The fire law situation brings to mind
| Fire another point which has long been over-
Drill looked by the student association. New
Feasible York State makes it mandatory that each
high nduct at least twel fire
drills during the State College, which for
a long time has r zard created
ery time an audience of any s enters Page Hall,
has neglected to even mention the exits in case of fire
from Page Hall, let alone conduct a fire drill. The
Student Association will render a valuable service to
itself by taking ten minutes from one of its Friday
assemblies and running through the routine of a fire
drill.
Such a fire drill would not be difficult to conduct.
A school of one thousand students can be emptied
in less than four minutes under the supervision of a
small faculty group, With the class marshals super-
vising the drill and simple, complete instructions read
by Merrill Walrath, cooperation of the student body
would result in a fast, valuable, necessary fire drill.
True, Page Hall is supposedly fire-proof, but the Ti-
tanic was also sink-proof. State College students are
not in danger of being burned so much as they are of
being trampled, and a ten minute fire drill once a
year ‘or more often if possible) would alleviate this
condition permanently.
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STATE COLLEGE NEWS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1940
PAGE 3
- = Maloney’s
Baloney
J.R.M.
HEN THE STATE harriers
dropped their second run of the
season to Delhi last Saturday, it was
the tenth consecutive loss that local
squads have suffered during the past
four years’ trots.
Only members of the present sen-
ior class could possibly recall the
last State cross-country victory, and
the ones who actually remember are
without doubt few and far between.
The historic date when Purple and
Gold runners last tasted victory fell
on October 30, 1937, almost three
years ago to the day. Tony Wilezyn-
ski, Frank Rickman, and Harold
Haynes were the boys who led the
State herd to a win that afternoon
over Bard. The feat of that after-
noon of the already dimming past
has not been repeated in three years
of cross-country competition.
In addition to our puny cro:
country record, and perhaps in part
a result of it, is the fact that the
student body has shown little inter-
est in the team. The Association on
this year granted the harriers $150 to
finance their runs; the students
have received little in return.
Cross country devotees may at-
tack this statement with the con-
tention that the blame lies with the
students if the latter show no in-
terest in the activities. To
is not
inning
harrier outfit is no great source of
attraction from the spectator stand-
point.
In the light of these facts, does it
not scem I iY sport whi
hletic act
e foot
wouldn't
principal
since intercol
the question,
the bill $
Soccer will be more expensive; we
think it's worth it, Tt will take time
and hard work to produce a winning
team. We think most will agree,
however, that it’s a lot more fun
from the spectator’s angle to watch
a losing soccer team in action than
a winning cross country fleet, And
we don't even have the latter!!!
Lis out of
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KDR Victorious;
All-Star Teams
Chosen by Vote
McCreary Unamious Choice of
Team Captains Voting for
First String Position
| ——— |
| After Kappa Delta Rho had
jcinched the title by defeating SLS
| 29-0, the captains of the intramural
touch football teams selected seven |
men Wednesday as an_all-star|
squad. Roy McCreary of KDR was|
the only unanimous choice, while |
|Herb Oksala and Pinky Bull were
|the only repeaters from the '39 all-
| stars. }
McCreary was the triple threat|
whose punting, passing, and running |
carried the powerful KDR unit to|
their third straight victory. Butch |
Feigenbaum, KB captain, was wisely
|chosen for his blocking ability and |
his bulldog defensive play. Hank|
Brauner, also of KB, won his back- |
field post for his passing and block- |
ing ability. Dickson, another triple
threater, and Griffin, a fine man at
any position, both from Potter Club, |
add strength to this array. |
Tie For Center |
Although both Bull and Feigen-|
baum are centers, both are fi
stringers because of a tie in the
voting. Brophy, a first stringer last
‘year, contents himself with a sec-
ond string position. A bad knee kept
Broph out of several games.
| The last games provided one upset ;
| when the Ramblers beat Potter Club,
17-6, thus earning a third place tie!
in the final standings, Howie Lynch |
jeaught two pas: one for the |
{touchdown and another for the ex-
;tra point. In the other game played |
Final Football Standings
'/nown has spread fi
Kappa le!
{Kappa Mh
Hamble
Sophomores Beat, Imprison
Freshmen as Rivalry Begins
Rivalry—organized and unorgan-
ized—started last Friday between the
freshmen and sophomores, Organized
rivalry proceeded according to tra-
dition, with the sophomores soundly
walloping the frosh, Unorganized
rivalry contributed the most hectic
Student Assembly to be seen in Page
Hall in two years.
Friday afternoon, the frosh and
the sophomores met in the tradi-
tional pushball contest—and the
sophomores administered the tradi-
tional beating to the frosh. The
game took ten minutes to play, and
in that time the sophomores man-
aged to roll up 66 points, while keep-
ing the frosh from scoring at all. It
was the worst beating in recent his-
ory.
On Saturday afternoon, the repre-
sentatives of the two classes again
met. The results were again disas-
trous to the frosh. They lost the
football game, 26 to 0. In the girls’
events, they lost the sack race and
the three-legged race. To save their
class from complete defeat, the frosh
women won the obstacle race. Riv-
alry score: 7 to 1.
Tt was unorganized rivalry that
provided most of the excitement,
however, Last Thursday night, the
Chess Team Invited
To N. Y. Tournament
Intercollegiate Association
Honors State Chessmen
~— | the
sman of | Beers, President, announces the fol-
In recent years the ch
State have proved themselves capa-
ble of holding their own with the
best of collegiate competition ‘The
fact that the team’s fame ar c=
and wide was
ently when the
ived ‘an invitation
demonstrated
State outfit
from Carl Pilnick, secretary of the
Eastern Intercollegiate Chess Asso- |
ciation, to take part in a tourna-
‘ment.
since our last publi ion, Potter
| Club tied KB in the closing minutes
}of a hard fought game. Neither team
jconverted the extra point and the|
score was 6-6.
Powerhouse Graaduates |
In review, we might say that KDR
|was never pushed after their first|
victory over KB. Their wealth of|
material always kept them tn the;
ta looked strong |
y they
Jrunning. Kapp
but usually didn't click the wi
| might have
r in 1941 will probably
a new champion. KDR’s combin-
ion Which has won three straight
lilles will graduate nearly to the!
man. |
Kirst 4
| tae
Brophy |
, Iurrett
baum, Wall f
. 1
Kad Griffin Hansen
Frosh Tie Upperclassmen
Frosh girls, decorated with yellow |
|ribbons and full of gay spirits, held
the upperclassmen to a 3-3 score in
the non-rivalry hockey game played
Saturday in back of the Dorm. By
popular demand a return match is
scheduled for tomorrow at 10:30)
A.M. sharp in an effort to decide
the victor. This will also serve as a
practice session in anticipation of a
at Emma Willard next: Satur-
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During the past week, RPT, an old
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boys of the two lower classes got
tangled up in some sort of a pantless
purty. Both classes vowed revenge.
Friday morning in assembly, the
groups of frosh and soph men who
were roaming around obviously look-
ing for trouble made it evident that
something was going to happen.
Happen it did—right in the middle
of the Local Talent show,
In the middle of a dance number,
the curtains parted, and two fresh-
men were thrown on the stage—you
know how. The roar which arose
throughout the auditorium was loud-
est in the balcony where the fresh-
man class sat, The freshman men
rose in a body and started down-
stairs to avenge their fellow-class-
mates, They were rather surprised
to find that all the doors to the
balcony were locked, and that they
were temporary prisoners,
After Dean Nelson had in a speech
requested that the keys to the locks
be brought forth, the doors were
opened, and the frosh were released.
|The assembly ended on the note of
general confusion that had prevailed
throughout, Score one for the sophs.
Further developments are being
awaited eagerly by the entire school.
|'WAA Requirements
Announced by Beers
In an effort to acquaint freshmen
women with the eligibility require-
ments by WAA for nominees of
association's offices, Madalyn
lowing:
A nominee shall have obtained
credit in at least three sports over
a period of no less than two seasons,
Although membership in WAA is
automatically included in the Stu-
dent Tax, a girl receives the right
to vote after participation in at least
one sport.
Delhi Trackmen
Outpoint State
Statesmen Lose Meet 33-22,
Harriers Travel 200 Miles
To St. Lawrence Today
Despite predictions of a victorious
outcome, the State College cinder
squad dropped their meet with Delhi
last Saturday to the tune of 33-22,
This makes the score a_ perfect
triple-zero for the Purple and Gold
color-bearers,
Delhi Man First
Delhi's Dan Burley set the pace
over their difficult course and crossed
the finish line in 16:12 for a 2.6 mile
run, State's able captain, Eugene
Agnello, came in third just 12 sec-
onds behind Burley, Taking fifth
stall honors for State was yearling
Verne Marshall who made the dash
in 16:52, Hansen took the seven-
spot in 17:20, He was followed by
{fertilized cow
Bill Miller who finished in the
|money despite a knee injury sus-
tained when he slipped on a newly-
pasture, Demmick
placed 10th, being the fifth State
man to finish in the top ten. His
time was 18 flat, Despite the handi-
cap of an early snow Agnello lead
| the pack most of the way,
‘Tomorrow
On Saturday, October 26th at 11
jo’clack in the morning, the final
|contest of the current season will
|take place at St, Lawrence of Can-
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o'clock today in order to have suffi-
cient time to rest up after their
strenuous 200-mile trek,
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STATE COLLEGE NEWS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1940
Activities Unite,
Begin Reforms
A new regime has begun! The
Grand Grand Central Terminal off
the lower corridor of Draper is no
more. The heads of the six activi-
ties located in the Publications Of-
fice have banded together in com-
mon defense against the interlopers
who have made it impossible to
accomplish anything in the office
at any time.
‘They have appointed a Publica-
tions Office Committee with full
power to set up and enforce any
regulations necessary to maintain a
good working atmosphere in the
Publications Office. The response
from the Student Body has been
Now that these new regulations
(printed on page 2) are known to
the student body there exists no ex-
cuse for non-cooperation. Penalties
for violations will be set up and ad-
ministered by the heads of the ac-
tivities,
‘Undoubtedly the new arrangement
will inconvenience the students who
have made a habit of frequenting the
Publications Office, but the advan-
tages gained by the workers on the
several publications are expected to
more than outweigh any inconven-
fence suffered by the people who
have no work to do in the office.
Jordan, Agne Stage
Satire, Comedy Duo
Advanced Dramatics will again
present two plays on the stage of the
Page Hall auditorium on Tuesday
at 8:15, Harry Jordan and Robert
Agne, seniors, are the respective
producers of two satirical comedies.
Jordan's play is a modern version
of the old story of Helen of Troy.
It is one of a series of “somewhat”
historical plays, The cast includes
Dorothy McIsaac, Lauretta Serva-
tus, and Frank Evans, juniors; John
Witthoft, '43; Don Vanas.
‘The second comedy was both writ-
ten and directed by Agne, who also
is in the cast. Other characters are
played by Kay Wilson, Frank Cas-
sidy, and Tom George, juniors;
George Kunz, '43; Harold Ashworth,
Bob White, and Joe Higgins, fresh-
men.
The Engineers Reply
Reprinted From Rensselaer Polytechnic
An article appearing in a past
issue of Polytechnic has incited our
collegues of the State CoLtece News
to editorialize upon the actions of
the precocious children at Rensse-
laer.
Gentlemen, we are treading upon
holy ground whenever we cross the
threshold of a State dormitory, We
are immature, conceited individuals
who are to be treated with clemency
(in order to avert the frustration of
youth) by pedagogues well versed in
child psychology, and the care and
handling of illiterate children,
They ridicule us because we mi-
grate to thelr campus in groups.
Perhaps the esteemed editors of the
News forgot their lessons in mass
psychology, and in so doing fall to
realize that our only object in such
@ movement js to enhance the wel-
come that we so richly deserve.
We are not placing ourselves
among the unattainable stars when
we say that we at Rensselaer are a
body of unaffected individuals, con-
gregated here with the only inten-
tion of pursuing an_ engineering
education, Occasionally we may
wander from the path, Any state-
ment accusing us of laboring under
illusions of grandeur Js a conclusion
founded upon a false hypothesis.
‘Tie RaNsaeLAgh POLYTECHNIC.
"39-40 Dean's List
Class of 1941
Abelove, Alice
Agne, Robert
‘Adam, John
Antonacel, Josephine
Bag Ja, 1
Benson, Neva
Baldwin, Norman
Case, Benest
Chase, Anita
Casein raat Ae
Dygert, Dorks
Ht it, Katelle
Glacomina
Greenblatt, Sylvin
Godfrey, Stephen
we,
Hoch, Katherine
Johnson, Dorothy
Kleine, Herman
Larson, Ruth
Lixon, Tose
axhinsky, Bella
ivchlo, Louise
MacDonald, Janet
Manhelmmer, Lols
y, Douglas
Marie
Bernice
Peak,
Pitman,
x
Wilbur, Allee
Class of 1942
stine, ‘Thomas
Bdward
an
Dorothy
rhara
Rose
Helen
Carpenter, Mary
Dorrance, William
iy
Peter
, aythe
Marjorie
i
. Baw:
Hen
Johnson, Kenneth
Kell, Rita
Kyle, Shirley
Ifenry
Perlinan, Bernard
Real, Jan
Roberts, Inzel
Relg, Hyman
Schmachtenberg, Jeanne
Sommers, Roy
elfert, George
Tibbetts, Ralph
‘Tims, Marjorie
Class of 1943
e, Marie
, Bilaabeth
Benzul, Alice
Bombard, Owen
Churehill, F. Jennie
Clark, Barbara
y
Hughes,
Iuyck, Dorothy
Jaco) q
Levin,
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Change Rush Ruling
Intersorority Council met a week
ago Thursday for discussion on
rushing, According to Bertha Petit,
Council president, the rule forbid-
ding contact between freshmen and
sorority girls from 5:00 P. M. to 9:00
A. M. has been changed to read 8:00
A. M. Council also decided to use
taxis for the night of formal dinner.
Dr. and Mrs. Shields McIlwaine
recently pledged Phi Delta, and Dr.
Watt Stewart is planning to follow
suit. Phi Alpha Tau has two new
honorary members in Dr, and Mrs.
Oscar Lanford, Shirley Mosher, Lil-
lian Westfall, sophomores and Ann
Norberg, ’41, joined Phi Delta, Sigma
Alpha’s new members include: Mary
McIntosh, Agnes Bennet, Olive
Myers, Edith Jane Kupp, Mary Dun-
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Honor Students
(Continued from page 1, column 4)
ently, it was easier for a larger
number of students to maintain a B
average for one semester, but it be-
comes more difficult to maintain
such an average for both semesters.”
Senior Class Leads
The classes were represented dir-
ectly in proportion to their prece-
dence; that is, the Class of 1941
‘once again leads the classes with 48,
followed by the Class of 1942 with
41, and the sophomores with 21. Ap-
proximately 14% of the men of the
college and 13% of the women of
the college comprise the dean's list
for 1939-1940.
Dean Announces Top Seniors
Dr. M. G. Nelson, dean, will an-
nounce the names of new members
of Signum Laudis, scholastic hon-
orary society, in this morning's as-
sembly. These members constitute
the highest four per cent of the
Senior class and will be initiated at
the induction meeting to be held
November 14.
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VOL, XXV, NO. 7
Ten Eyck Hotel,
Downing’s Band,
Formal Tonight
Hertel Extends Blanket Bid
To All Students, Faculty
Sororities to Dance
Following the traditional “last
shall be first” policy, the Senior
class starts off State's social season
with Senior Hop tonight at the Ten
Eyck Hotel from 10 to 2. Harder
Downing and his Continentals, fe
turing Ernie “Jumpin’ Jive" Wash-
ington, promise to deliver to the
satisfaction of all devotees of the
dance.
Downing, who has been connected |
with Glenn Miller and Tommy Rey
nolds, is a collegiate favorite and
has played at Colgate, Harvard,
Cornell and Hamilton. He has prom.
ised an arrangement of “Life Is Very
Different” especially for the elders
who are facing contracts and draft
Hertel Ileads Committees
Bob Hertel, who emerges from
vice-presidential obscurity to head
the dance committees, stated: “The
committees have worked hard to
make the class of ‘41's last big
formal a social succt and we hope
the attendance tonight will justify
our efforts”.
Heads of the committees for Sen-
ior Hop are: Ada Parshall, arrange-
ments; Paul Grattan, publicity;
Stephen Kusak, chaperones; Carol
Golden, programs; Glenn Clark,
music, Bertha Petit, bids.
Dr. and Mrs, Henry Sisk and Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Bulger will be the
chaperones. Among the faculty
guests are: Dr, and Mrs John M.
Sayles, Dr. and Mrs. Milton G. Nel-
son, Miss Sara Delaney, Miss
Agnes Futterer, Dr. and Mrs. Don-
nal V. Smith, and Dr. and Mrs
Robert W. Frederick.
Bids to Sell for $2.50
Bids are $2.50, on sale with the
red and silver programs at the table
near the girls’ locker room.
To complete the Senior Hop week-
end, all the sororities on State Col-
lege Campus will hold their annual
fall house dances tomorrow evening
from 9 to 1.
They will be semi-formal and as
has been the custom in former years,
the houses will be open to couples
from other sororities during the
dances.
The chairman of the dances are
as follows: Chi Sigma Theta, Rose-
mary Brucker, "41; Kappa Delta,
Kay Peterson, ‘42; Gamma Kappa
Phi, Ethel Appleton, '42; Ps! Gamma,
Marjorie Gaylord, ‘42; Beta Zeta,
Hattie Conklin, ‘41; Alpha Rho,
Madeline Fagan, '42; Alpha Epsilon
Phi, Florence Halbreich, '42; and
Phi Delta, Charlotte Ritchie, “41
No Assembly Today,
Walrath Announces
Students intending to study,
eat, sleep, or just wile away time
by cutting assembly this morning
can do so without having their
consciences bother them. Merrill
Walrath, ‘41, president of Stu-
dent Association, has announced
that there will be no assembly
today.
‘The program scheduled for this
morning’s Assembly, namely the
traditional freshman sing where-
in the freshmen were to enter-
tain the rest of the students by
solemn singing of the alma
‘College of the Empire
State,” and the chain-gang pr
entation of “Life is Very Differ-
ent,” suddenly cancelled
when a eable number of fresh-
men were called away to partici-
pate in a number of tests. The
freshmen will perform two weeks
hence,
Bulger, Smith
Attend | Parley
Syracuse Scene of Convention
of Principals, Board Heads;
Cole Addresses Group
Dr. C. Currien Smith and Paul
Bulger, acting assistant principal of
Milne High School, represented State
College at the eighth annual meet-
ing of the New York State School
Boards Association, October 27, 28,
and 29 at Syracuse. More than eleven
hundred local principals and super-
intendents attended the meeting.
Dr. Ernest E. Cole, Commissioner
of Education and President of the
University of the State of New York,
was the principal speaker. Other
speakers on the program were Dr. J.
Cayce Morrison, assistant Commis-
sioner of the State Education De-
partment, Dr. W. Howard Pillsbury,
superintendent of schools of Sche-
nectady, and Dr. Hu Shih, Chinese
Ambassador to the United States.
Bulger Comments
Bulger, in commenting on the con-
vention, expressed his astonishment
at the voluntary attendance of such
a large number of local educators.
Said Bulger, “The first thing that
impressed me was that such a num-
ber of people would sacrifice so much
of their time solely because of their
interest in education”.
In his capacity as Director of the
Student Employment Bureau, Bul-
ger found it an unusually good op-
portunity to cultivate the acquaint-
ance of school board members
throughout the state.
Cole Stresses Home Rule
Dr. Cole in his address to the con-
vention, emphasized decentralization
of the state's school system. He
stressed “home rule” in education
for the state's municipalities.
Instead of speaking on condi-
tions In China today, Dr. Shih pre-
sented a talk on New York State
influence on the Chinese Renais-
| sance.
Myskania Announces
Resolved that on the conclusion of all Student Association and
class clectior
the numerical results of such elections, and revotes
incidental thereto shall be posted, The numerical results of elec-
lions for Campus Queen, Prom Queen, and Myskania nominations
shall not be posted
In reply to a request for an interpretation of this resolution’s
constitutionality
Myskania rules
follows:
Inasmuch as Article 1V of the Constitution vests “all legisla-
tive power in the assembly of th
purpose as outlined in Article I
Association,” and since the
the management of all mat-
ters of student interest not academic in nature, it would seem
that in the absence of any specific prohibition that the Student
Association holds life and death
h power over the publication of
its election results. The Association may authorize the publica-
tion of its election results; it
y forbid such publication; its
power over their publication is limitless. The resolution is there-
fore constitutional.
Political Forum
Sponsors Party
Students Will Hear Results
Of Presidential Election
During Entertainment
| State College students of all
, Political parties will gather in Page
|Hall Gymnasium Tuesday night to
participate in an Election Watch
\Party, celebrate Election day, listen
to the election returns as they are
broadcast over the radio, and dance
away an evening. The affair, spon-
sored by the Forum of Politics, will
!commence immediately after the Ad-
jvanced Dramatics weekly presenta-
tions.
Three Cents
Students will be asked to pay a
'y nominal admission fee of three
leents plus a few additional taxes
Which bring the total to twenty-one
jcents per person, Members of the
|Forum are inclined to believe that
;those students attending will be
)made at least a little tax-conscious.
| The tax list includes the follow-
|ing: four cents for national defense,
| two and one half cents federal, one
cent state, eleven cents county, and
a one-half cent poll tax.
The Forum's party will present a
little of everything that the members
have decided should be part of an
election night celebration, An or-
chestra has been selected to provide
music for dancing. The State Col-
lege bri band will perform under
"42.
Satires On Program
Included on the program are a
number of plays and satires about
candidates and political parties, One
parody concerns itself with Hitler,
Stalin, and Mussolini. Three mem-
bers of the senior class will stage
this skit entitled “Three Little
Maids Are We.”
Janet Sharts, president of the
Forum of Politics, busy with plans
for the political rally is general
chairman of the affair. “I believe
that the program has enough variety
and features to please any student
of State College no matter what
particular political party, he or she
may belong to,” said Miss Sharts,
“and the small admission fee will
allow the students to have a good
time while listening to the returns
of the election.
Service Fraternity
To Drop Delinquents
Paul Grattan, president, announc-
ed Wednesday that Service Fra-
ternity, the State College organiza-
tion composed of former Boy Scouts,
will undertake a major reorganiza-
tion. This step has been taken, Presi-
dent Grattan explained, because a
large proportion of the members of
the fraternity were not actively in-
terested in the work of the group.
The reorganization, which ts in
charge of Robert Bunn, '42, aims to
eliminate the delinquent members of
the fraternity, to make it closer
knit, and more efficient, The group,
, Which was organized in 1939, now
has more than fifty members.
| As soon as the reorganization has
been completed, the fraternity plans
|to commence activities. Among the
{first of the tasks to be undertaken
will be a survey of men’s housing
| facilities. This survey is to be taken
|4n cooperation with the office of the
| Dean of Women.
Political, War Dramas|
Advanced Dramatics students will
present plays Tuesday evening in
Page Auditorium at 8:15,
Ruth Keeler, '42, is directing a play
in which one of the boys who fought |
in the last war returns from the
dead, The second play, directed by
Vincent Miller, '42, Js appropriate for
Tuesday night as it {8 a political
the direction of Charles Reynolds,
Freshman Class to Elect
| Officers in Monday Poll
Draft Hits Alumnus;
Army Calls Fluster
The second number, friends, in
this momentous lottery of patrio-
tism, the second number is 192,
And 192, to be specific is Har-
old Fluster of 122 Dana Avenue,
Albany, State, '39.
Yes, conscription {s real.
At latest reports, the draftee
is doing as well as can be ex-
pected. In fact, he feels fine.
“A year's vacation—a new unl-
form—and we've practically re-
served tickets for the Purdue-
Fordham game! Heck, why should
I be mad?” Fluster grinned.
He doesn't know yet when he
will be summoned by the authort-
ties of the Selective Service Act
to enter his year of training, In
fact, he doesn't even know how
he'll look in a uniform, but Flus-
ter and his mother both agree a
year away from home should be
“good for me,"
Heckle-Debate
Returns to State
Juniors to Face Sophomores
On Issue of Men's Hours,
Frosh Squad Annoiticed,
Debate Council will present a
heckle-debate between juniors and
sophomores at 8 P. M. Thursday in
the Milne Little Theatre.
Louise Snell, ‘41, will serve as
chairman in debating the question,
“Resolved: That New York State
College for Teachers inaugurate
men's hours.” The affirmative is to
be supported by the juniors, Jeanette
Ryerson and Ira Hirsch, while the
sophomores, Verna Snyder and Ralph
Toepfer, will argue for the negative.
Council Plans More
“This debate is a follow-up of the
one given in Assembly,” stated Paul
Grattan, president of Debate Coun-
cil, “the students have been so re-
ceptive to the heckle-debate that
we are planning six or seven more
on subjects pertinent to State. Sug-
gestions as to questions for debate
will be very welcome.”
Grattan has announced the selec-
tion of the following members of
the freshman debate squad: Edythe
Baker, Marjorie Bruing, Charles G,
Lois Hemple, Joseph Higgins, Verne
Marshall, Rhona Ryan, Bernard
Skolsky, Earle Snow, Marion Sovik,
Vera Willard, and Harry Wurtz,
will coach the
squad,
The State College Town Meeting
assembled last night in the Audi-
newly organized
ance of Debate Council.
Town Meeting Successful
The affair assumed the propor-
tions of a political rally, complete
with bunting, a band, and noise, As
each citizen entered the auditorium,
he chose a pin indicating his choice
of the capdidate in the coming elec-
tion; the: political sentiment of the
meeting was ascertained by count-
ing the proportionate number of
pins. The various parties were sup-
ported in speeches by members of
Debate Council; minorities (Social-
ist, Prohibitionist, ete.) Janet
Sharts, '41; Republican party, Louise
nell, ‘41; Democratic party, Fred
Ferris, ‘42.
Election Results
The complete numerical results of
all elections to be held at State
College in the future will be pub-
lished in the Stare Coutxae News
as soon as they are released by
Myskania,
satire concerning election.
Capel, Rita Daly, Irving Fudeman, | Ww.
Janet Sharts, ‘41, varsity debater, |!
torlum of Page Hall under the guid- | }\
Seven Nominees
Seek Presidency
Finance Board Representatives
'o Be Chosen by Seniors:
Clark Creates Vacancy
The Class of 1944 will march
to the polls in the Commons of
Hawley Hall on Monday to elect
its 1940-1941 officers. The election
will be held from 9 a, m. until 4
p. m, under the supervision of
Myskania, senior campus leader-
ship society.
It is imperative that all those who
are candidates in the election pay
their student taxes and class dues
before 3:30 P. M. today, The names
of those who have not paid by then
will be stricken from the list.
Deadline For Withdrawals
Nominees whose names appear on
the list of candidates more than once
must withdraw from all but one
nomination by 3:30 P. M. today.
This may be done by placing a
sealed note in the Myskania box in-
dicating the office for which the
candidate desires to run and those
from which he wishes to withdraw.
All new nominations, which may.
still be made until 3:30 P. M. today,
must be presented to Myskania in a
sealed envelope. Candidates whose
names still appear more than once
on the list because of a new nomina-
tion will be given until 9:00 A. M,
Monday to withdraw. Myskania will
cancel all nominations of those not
adhering to these rulings,
At its last meeting, Myskania ruled
that in all future elections nomina-
tions will be closed twenty-four
hours before the withdrawals.
List of Candidates
Following is a list of candidates
for Freshman Class offices:
President: Patrlela Carroll, Willlam
Forrest, Dan Hanley, Lyman Juekett,
Phil Murphy, Bernard Skolxky, Robert
White; Viee-Preniden Lois’ Dany,
Mary Joyee, Patrlela Latimer, Pauline
Pasternak, Rhona Ryan, Mildred Welr-
Isloff; Treasurer; Adellid Bucel, Charles
Capel, Robert Cou
Paul ' Ferenick,
e Rita Daly,
Domann, Agn unk, Pat Brey
Managers Kit Herdman, Jeanett
MAA Hepresentutiye: Maleohn Evans,
Joseph MeCabe, William Miller, Van
hulxe, Pred’ Schumaker; Binance
di Helen Beckerle, Russell Blytho,
Arthur Cornwell, Don Demick, Helen
Kelly, Verne Marshall, ", Oney' Song
k Bishop, Marjorie Broun-
n Harmon, Vin Pape,
vay, Sn. Jane
wroiliy ‘Townsend ; ' Cheers
Aghiworth, Dody “Aungat,
mi, Dolly” DURbho, Kay
alph | Predrleks, It
Hun, Bunny: Squlee et
Ken’ Dubols,
Budget Adopted
At its meeting of the Freshman
Class last Wednesday the budget for
the year 1040-1941, appropriating a
total of $550.00 was passed, The
itemized budget follows:
KN OF 1018
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Podagogue Pletuce
embininny Biaely
pin Day
Finance Board Election
The Senior Class election for re-
presentative to Finance Board will
take place on Monday, Ralph Clark,
‘41, has resigned because he 1s a mem~-
ber of the News Board which re-
celves an allotment in the Student
Association budget, The constitution
of Finance Board prohibits persons
from holding. two such positions,
