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STATE COLLEGE NEWS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1940
Poems Must Be Really Bad
For Mcllwaine’s Collection
by Andrew Takas ¢
I Jay down and slept after the burial;
1 atarted to school I dreamed,
But had left my books at home,
Pa brought them it seemed,
I seen him coming stepping high,
Which was of his walk the wa}
T had atopped at a house nearby—
His face was pale as diy,
When he was having convulsions
He feared he would hurt me;
‘Therefore told me to go away,
He had dug artichokes for me.
“To get in my collection, poetry
cannot be just bad—it has to be
superlatively bad.”
With these words, Dr, Shields
MclIllwaine, one of the newest mem-
bers of the State College faculty,
described his poetry collection. The
poem above is a specimen from his
“superlatively bad” collection, re-
printed in the Srare Coutece News
through Dr, MclIlwaine'’s courtesy.
Dr, McIlwaine terms himself a
“miscellaneous Southerner,” and
such he is, He was born, bred, and
educated in the South and has done
most of his teaching there. The son
of a Presbyterian minister, he spent
most of his childhood traveling with
his father from parish to parish in
the various Southern states. Born
in Alabama, he has also lived in
South Carolina and Tennessee. |
He received his education at|
Southwestern College in Memphis; |
attending that institution at the|
same time as Dr. C. Currien Smith,
Assistant Professor of Education.
Mcllwaine's first teaching posi-|
tion was at Lee's Institute in Breat- |
hit County, Kentucky, “They call it|
‘Bloody Breathit,'" he confided
smilingly. “When I got there, the
courthouse was already full of
holes. The old family feuds that
once filled the Kentucky mountains,
have now disappeared but human
life is still cheap down there.”
“The first two weeks I was there,
IT was afraid to step out of the house
where I boarded because only a few
days before my arrival, a man had
Bridge by McCarthy,
Six Lesson System (? )
State College is going to have
bridge lessons! Tuesday after-
noon the newly organized Bridge
Club will meet in the Lounge at
3:30. This club, sponsored by
Newman Club, under the direc-
tion of Rosemary McCarthy, ‘41,
will attempt to teach any one in
State the art of playing bridge.
From the modern to the classi-
cal—Newman Club is also pre-
senting a program of classical
music next Friday from 3:30 to
6 P, M. in the Lounge. According
to Anthony Ingoglia, '42, chair-
man, all students are invited to
come and listen to thelr favorite
classical compositions.
Smith Will Discuss
Textbook Teaching
To Speak About Observations
Of Unforseen Situations
Dr. Donnal V. Smith, Professor of
Social Studies, will speak on the
subject; “How to Teach Social Stud-
ies Courses With a Textbook” at Pi
Gamma Mu meeting, Wednesday, in
the Lounge at 8 P. M.
During the past few weeks Dr,
Smith has been observing various
schools, including Milne, and has
noticed situations arising that could
not be foreseen, and therefore have
not been discussed in methods cla:
es, These situations, and the most
effective way of solving them will be
brought to light by Dr, Smith dur-
ing the meeting.
been killed in its front yard, It
seems he filled himself with ‘mount-
ain dew’ and went on a rampage
waving a shotgun. He pulled the
He will also emphasize the value
of special daily preparation to
the teacher and will explain ways
of making this preparation less diffi-
trigger a few times, and then the cult and more beneficial to the stu-
sheriff came after him,” |
“He caught up with him in the]
front yard.” ls
After a year in Kentucky, Dr.|
Mcllwaine went to the University of
Chicago on a Fellowship.
Three years followed in which he
taught in the Mississippi State Col-
lege for Women, “I enjoyed myself
Cc
dents,
“All seniors who are in the Social
tudies field are requested to come,
and any other Social Studies stu-
dents are welcome,” according to
atherine O'Bryan, ‘41, president
of Pi Gamma Mu.
In his discussion of textbook
those years,” says Dr. McIlwaine,|teaching, Dt. Smith will present
but I would not care to repeat the| Students with a definite plan to
experience.” A man who teaches in|8uide them in the use of any high
a women's college feels as if he were school text, Pi Gamma Mu ts plan-
intruding into a female world, Dr./ ning another
social program to take
McIlwaine explained and then he| Place soon after Christmas vacation,
added, “An unmarried instructor in| at one of the local roller skate rinks.
@ women’s college is a sage of the
first order,’
Mater, Southwestern College, this
time as a professor, and stayed
there several years, leaving it to}
come to State,
"T expected to enjoy State College
before I came to it," he said upon
being questioned, “and I have not|
been disappointed. The students
here seem to be so much more anx-
fous to learn than the average.”
Dr. McIlwaine wrote a book last
te
fa!
m
He then returned to his tg SENS Will Send Six
To Vassar Meeting}
Six representatives from State
| College will be among delegates at-
nding a Faculty-Student Inter-
ith Conference at Vassar College,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. today and to-
orrow,
The purpose of the conference is
year while on a fellowship of the to promote good understanding and
General Education Board of New |Cooperation between the Catholic,
York, Titled, “The Southern Poor- | Pt
White,” it is a continuous narrative
rotestant, and Jewish faiths. The
sponsoring committee includes Pa-
combining the social and literary|ther T. Lawrason Riggs of Yale,
history of the South.
Rabbi Isidor Hoffman of Columbia,
Deadline fet Survey
Questionnaire Nears
Students who have not filled out
the survey questionnaire for the
State College Employment Survey,
are requested to do so before the end
of the day by Harry Passow, '42, di-
rector of the Part Time Employment
Bureau, in charge of the survey. The
accuracy of the survey will be hin-
dered unless the blanks are filled out
by more than the 600 who have re-
sponded so far.
Students who do not cooperate,
will be considered as not desiring
employment and will be more or less
ineligible for future aid from the
part time employment bureaus of
the college.
Students wishing to work through
the Christmas vacation, should con-
tact Passow immediately at the
PTEB desk in the Dean of Women's
office. “Jobs will be filled as soon
as they are received, from the roll
of students who show their desire
to work during the vacation,” ac-
cording to Passow, “Students should
be certain that they will be in Albany
during the Christmas vacation be-
fore applying for work during that
period, so that there will be no last
minute t!
Pledge Listing
Kappa Delta Rho: Fred J. Beyer,
Herman Blumel, Jr., Russell Blythe,
William Forrest, Robert Gleason,
Mason Goss, William Marsland, Wil-
Mam Murray, Raymond Verrey, War-
ren Walker, Henry Wise. Recently
pledged were John McAuliff, '41, and
Anthony Ingoglia, '42.
Edward Eldred Potter Club: Fran-
cis J. Bishop, T. Robert Combs,
Arthur J. Cornwell, Donald Demick,
Kenneth B. DuBois, Graham H.
Duncan, Malcolm P. Evans, Jr., Dan
Hanley, Donald Hutchenson, S. Bert-
ram Kiley, William Miller, John
Mould, Philip Murphy, Paul O'Leary,
Benjamin Reed, Van Vliet Schulze,
Frederick Shoemaker, Bernard Skol-
sky, Allan Terho, William Tucker,
Roy Williams, Harry Wurtz, Rich-
mond Young.
Kappa Beta: Bernard Bernhardt,
George Erbstein, Leonard Freedman,
Irving Fudeman, Avrom Abba Kob-
lenz, Gilbert Snyder, Saul Stolbof
and Irven Swire.
Sigma Lambda Sigma: Harold G.|
Ashworth, Paul Barselou, Charles
Capel, Peter Dahoda, Paul Fere:
cik, Ralph Frederick, Joseph B. Hij
gins, Lyman Juckett, Stanley Leven,
Walter Lower! Verne Marshall,
Clarence Oarr,
Welch and T. Robert White.
Departmental Club Plans
Include Talks, Meetings
‘ne German Club of State College
is planning an exchange meeting
with the Russell. Sage German Club,
according to George Kunz, 43, presi-
dent.
There will be a meeting Thursday
noon, in room 26 to discuss the de~
tails and also to make plans for an
outing in the near future.
Anthony Sardisco, '41, president of
the Itaiian Club, states there will be
a meeting on Monday evening, in
room 28. Dr, Thomas Bergin, pro-
fessor of Romance Languages, will
be guest speaker. All students are
welcome,
The Mathematics Club is prepar-
ing for its annual Christmas party.
William Weyant, ‘41, president of
the club, announces a meeting
‘Lnursday at 7:30 P.M., in room 101,
to formulate the final plans of the
party.
The International Relations Club
will present Dr. Rienow, instructor
Vincent Pape, Earle |{n Social Studies, at a meeting
-ups caused by changes |R. Snow, Arthur Soderlind, Raymond | Thursday, at 3:30 in the Lounge. He
Will speak on “World Conditions.”
0 YOU SMOKE THE CIGARETTE THAT Seaageod
Dr. McIlwaine speaks with a melli- &nd Mr. Ray Sweetman of the New
fluous Southern accent, which he York Student Christian Movement.
says has lessened considerably since Mr. Sweetman ts known to many |
he first came to the North. “When State students. |
I first taught in Chicago, my a
was so pronounced that my cl
could hardly under
ent
nd me,” he! th
Bea Dower, ‘41, Kay Wilson,
ses|and Rose Stern, '43, will represent
¢ Alumni Residence Halls, Robert
says, Only a few months on the| Agne, '41, SCA President; Miss Helen |
State faculty, his cours
come known as among the most in- Ra
teresting offered at the college. of
have be-' Curtis, advisor of SCA, and Dr.
uiph Clausen, assistant professor
selence, will also attend
D. Jeo
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ALBANY, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1940
VOL. XXV, NO. 11
Musical Organizations Join
Freshman Girls
Attend Formal
To Give Thursday Concert
i |
Orchestra Under
Perlman’s Baton
Chorus to Aid in Grand Finale
Of Page Hall Presentation;
Hirsh to Conduct Group
In place of its usual Christmas
concert, Music Council will present
@ program featuring the State Col-
lege Symphony Orchestra and the
State College Chorus on Thursday
night, at 8:30 P. M. in the auditor-
ium of Page Hall.
Bernard Perlman, '42, will conduct
and Ira Hirsh, '42 will assist.
Enrollment in the orchestra this
year has reached an all time peak |
of 60 members, and added talent
FACING THE ORCHESTRA—Ir
from the freshman class and other| phursday’s concert will be Bernard
institutions in the capital district’ portman, 42, founder and conductor
has added to its effectiveness.
As an added attraction this year, Orchestra
the orchestra will headline Miss
Julia Tunnell, ‘41, a soprano, as
soloist. Miss Tunnell has had ex-|
perience singing with numerous |
symphonic groups. |
Overture to La Gazza Ladra
Rossini |
Elsa's Dream from Lohengrin — |
Wagner
Vocal rendition—Miss Tunnell
Jupiter Symphony Mozart ||
Intermission | {
Overture to Marriage of Figaro ||
Mozart :
Conducted by Mr, Hirsh
Night on Bald Mountain
Moussorgsky
Praeludium Jarnefelt
Conducted by Mr. Hirsh |
Processional March from Tann- | |
|
|
hauser Wagner
Orchestra—Mr. Perlman
Chorus—Mr. Hirsh, |
| FIRST SOLOIST—ever to be
The best voices in choral and | featured with the State College Sym-|yonday morning at 9 A. M. the
operatic societies are welded into a|Phony Orchestra, Miss Julia Tun-
chorus by Hirsh to accompany the | ell, “41, will sing "Elsa's Dream’ from
orchestra in the grand finale ‘Lohengrin.
Dr. Henry L. Sisk, instructor in |
education, has volunteered to play age
the French horn, Edward South- Association Revamps
wick, a senior at Albany Medical | C C we
College, is the first cellist, and Staber ampus Commission
Kerr of the Rensselaer Polytechnic es
Institute is a solo flutist. ‘The
president of the student council at
Milne High school, Edward Langwig, |
is the orchestra percussion expert. | ————
Lona Powell, ‘41, president of; Merrill Walrath, ‘41, President of
Music Council, is general chairman, )Stu. nt Association, announces that
John Gardephe, ‘41, is in charge of |Campus Commission is being en-
arrangements. Members of Music |larged and reorganized, in order to
Council and freshman tryouts for change it from a “latent, inefficient
the Council will usher. organization to one with the pow
Tickets for the concert will be|@nd inclination to enforce ils de-
distributed this week in exchange | recs
for student tax tickets. Admission Campus Commission consists of a
to the concert without a tax ticket small group of students appointed
will be $.50. yearly by Student Council. This
cominission regulates some of the
Strict Definition of Powers
To Facilitate Enforcement
more important non-academic fea-
Le at tures of student life.
Ingoglia Will Present one ot the most. if not the most
. c important duty of the Commission
Classic Vic Concert is to see that the halls are kept
a clean of papers and cigarette: butts
State College will have the priv-| ‘The new Commission will be larger
than the former one, and will have
ilege of hearing a “vic” concert of
we . ils powers more strictly defined
classical selections today
Newman Club, under the direc:
tion of Anthony Ingoglia, ‘42, Is
warn violaters and to report them
to the administration if the warn-
sponsoring the concert this after-}, gs are not heeded
noon from 3:30 until 5 P.M, in the! ee
Lounge.
The program consists of the fol- | Club X,Marriage Commission Meet |
lowing pieces: Overture to William | inneapaeens
Tell by Rossini; Prelude to Act HI
of Lohengrin by Wagner; Second|Commission of the Student Chr
Hungarian Rhapsody by Liszt; Hun-| tian Association will hold its next |
y | meeting 3:30, Wednesday, in the |
garian Dances, Nos, 2, 5, 6
Brahms, and Symphony Number 5|}unge. A faculty speaker ty sched- |
uled to address the meeting. Also
in © Minor by Beethoven.
Newman Club is also sponsoring
a panel discussion to be conducted take part in extra curricular activ. |
in the Lounge on Thursday, Decem-| ities, will continue every Tuesday |
ber 12, at 3:30 P. M. noon,
Saturday Dinners Will Climax
Semester’s Rushing Efforts;
Silent Period to Follow
rushing which has prevailed from
the beginning of the semester. State
|sororities are making last minute
jarrangements for their formal rush
events, buffet supper tonight and
formal dinner tomorrow, The silent
period will follow immediately, to
last until 5:30 P. M. Tuesday after-
noon, when the freshman women
will be pledged to their respective
sororities.
Suppers Tonight
Tonight from 6 to 9 P. M., all the
somorities with the exception of
of the State College Symphony | qjyha Epsilon Phi and Chi Sigma}
Theta will hold buffet suppers. 'To-
morrow night the ten sororities will
each hold their formal dinners. The
[freshmen being rushed will be call-
ed for by sorority women at 6 P. M.,
and returned to their residences at
11:30 P, M. Transportation for the
rushees, who received thelr invita-
tions to the formal dinners last
|week, will be furnished by ench rush-
ing sorority.
Immediately after formal dinners
comes the silent period, which be-
gins Saturday night at 12 P, M, and
lasts until 5:30 P. M. Tuesday after-
/noon,
Freshmen Indicate Preference
Monday morning, preference cards
|will be distributed to the freshman
women, who will fill them out with
{the names of the sororities from
whom they will accept bids, in the
jorder in which they prefer the sor-
orities. These preference cards must
be returned to the office of the
Dean of Women by noon Monday.
|sororities will hand in to the office
of the Dean of Women a jist of the
freshmen whom they wish to bid.
| These lists will be compared with
the preference cards, and Monday
jafternoon each sorority will be told
which members to pledge.
Bids will then be formally distri-
buted, and freshman women will be
pledged Tuesday afternoon, imme-
jdiately at the end of the silent per-
Hod.
|Rules ‘To Be Revised |
Formal weekend this year will
Events Tonight
Sorority women and freshman
girls looked with relief this week
toward the rapidly approaching
|formal rush weekend which comes
tonight and tomorrow night, bring-
ing with it an end to the hectic
Basketball Squad Engages
_RPI Away, Clarkson | Here
Assembly Today
To Feature Rally
RPI Game in Troy Tomorrow;
Clarkson Will Play Monday
To Open Home Season
State College's varsity and fresh-
man basketball squads journey to
f|Troy tomorrow night to inaugurate
the 1940-41 season by playing RPI
on the huge '87 gymnasium court,
The first home game 1s scheduled
{for Monday night, when the Purple
yy jand Gold Teachers meet the Tech-
nicians from Clarkson on the Page
Hall court. The Clarkson game will
{be played at 8:30 P. M. and will be
ARSIT Ti — Pr preceded by an intramural game
at VARSITY MENTOR — Principal /etween College House and BAR.
a at pep assembly today,
‘Conch G. Elliot Hatheld Due to the fact that the game is
i " being played on a weekday night,
| there will be no dancing following
jthe game.
\Brubacher Hall Pep Assembly
| \, This morning's assembly will pay
| homage to the opening of the varsity
Rumor Baseless basketball season by reason of its
{ _ \being a pep assembly, John Gar-
* . dephe, ‘41, head cheerleader, is in
Portley Denies Continuance of | charge. Coach G. Elliot Hatfield will
New House Endangered
give a short talk, Members of the
By State of Finances |
leaders will lead cheers as a warm
up for Monday night’s game and the
State College Band under the direc-
tion of Charles Reynolds, '42, will
play several selections,
Portley claimed that the only imin-|,2%¢ Varsity team which will meet
James Portley, ‘43, Manager of
Brubacher Hall, today flatly denied
rumors that the recently organized
men's cooperative group house was
in danger of immediate bankruptcy.
RPI and Clarkson has just con-
jcisbanding of Spencer Hall and the
ent danger was the opening of the
new Dorm, and emphasized that this
| would be felt equally by all the
men's group houses,
A disagreement between the boys
and the management led to the
formation of the cooperative house,
rubacher,” with the financial
backing of Miss Mildred Shorday.
Miss Shorday, who manages other
women's group houses on the cam-
pus, agreed to advance money for
furniture, a goodly sum of this loan
to be paid back this year.
Brubacher Hall can accommodate
20 men, but at present only 14 live
at the house, two of whom do not
eat there, Running expenses can be
cluded a week of secret practice.
Coach Hatfield has not as yet se-
lected his starting five. However, it
will probably be made up of five
of the following six men: Arnie El-
lerin, Hank Brauner, Harry Bora,
Bill Dickson, Frank Hansen, and
|Paul Merritt.
Reports From RPI
Reports of the RPI team indicate
that Coach Edmund Donald is fol-
lowing his same policy of last year
of using two separate and distinct
teams. His squad this year is small
and the emphasis is on speed.
The cheerleaders will make their
first appearance at a basketball
met by twelve paying occupants, so
the very slightly operating margin |
will not allow an appreciable amount |
of the original loan to be paid back, |
bring to an end what is generally
conceded to be the most. unethical
rushing among State sororities in|
recent years.
Bertha Petit, “41, Intersorority |
Council president, commented on |
the rushing this year, saying that!
some revision of the Intersororily
jrules was shown necessary, and that
steps toward such a revision would
be begun immediately after silent
period
'Cattuti, George Give
Plays Tuesday Night
have been known at many times to
heap laurels on thelr classes when
iL comes to the matter of superior
The close state of Brubacher’ |
finances will make the effects of the
opening of the new Dorm crucial. |ticket
game in their new uniforms at RPI.
The State College Band will not ac-
company the team to RPI, but they
will play Monday night at the Clark-
son game, The preliminary to this
game will start at 7:30 P, M, and
admission will be by student tax
Nationwide Examination Reveals
State Students
State College faculty members
achievement, There must be some
reason for such state-
ments, and the key to the answer
Advanced dramaties
one act plays Tuesday night in the)
auditorium of Page Hall at 8:30) ushered into a room and given a
cooperative English test which was
P. M. Anna Cattuti_ and Thomas ¢
Last May the class of ‘42 was 1
George, juniors, will direct jalso taken by sophomores in 98 ¢
Miss Cattuti's play is a tragedy jother colleg
rene denis
show that the 185 women and the
95 men who took the test ranked al-
most the same in effectiveness of
expression, vocabulary, speed and
level of comprehension, The wo-
men averaged seven percentile
may ie in the aptitude and intelli \S¢0res higher than the men on the
‘ 2 ss will pre- gence tests which are given at times
Members will have the authority lo sent two more in the Fall series of |(hroughout the college career.
total
that
re. It is interesting to note
3,687 of the total of 10,534
ranked below the lowest of State wo-
men,
The most repre
of State's student
entative grouping
seems to be the
The results of the Middle 80% since the first and last
in which a farm woman is the vic-|tests gave gratifying evidence o: 10% are usually much lower or
tim of unhappy circumstances, The | t
Louise De Angelis, '42, assisted by
Robert Agne, ‘41, Alice Packer and
Roy Somm
Swarthout, 43. t
he superior ability of State stu-'!
Average total score for State
jtudents was equivalent to the Blst |!
's, Juniors and Ellen national percentile; i. e. 81% of all b
he sophomores tested in all the 99/0
higher respectively than the mid-
The Friendship and Marriage | leading character is played by Miss | dents. dle BO%e.
Of the middle 80% of State wo-
men who took the test, all scored
higher than the lowest 60% of the
national group and were surpassed
The second play is a high com- {colleges made lower scores than the by only 3% of the national group,
the meetings of Club X, which has | edy in which a poet falls in love with |score which divides the upper 509
been organized for those unable to/another man’s woman, The cast in-|of the class of 1942 from the lower | ¢!
In the freshman year tests which
‘he class of '42 took, the scores of
cludes Hyman Meltz and Franels | 50% the class ranked 15 percentile points
This year the scores for men and |higher than the average of the other
Cassidy, seniors, and
Josephine
Trumbull '42.
women were separated. The results colleges who took the same test,
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They Shall Have Music
Snieh sweet uision doth: in meste te,
Milton
sie Council is doing an excellent job
ating on a very limited budget. It sup- |
both the Symphony Orchestra and the |
il Society. It sponsors the fall and spring
s, guest artists, and the annual oper- |
etta among other activities. Relatively free |
of political control, the organization will |
demonstrate its worth conclusively this
Thursday night as a State soloist joins a State
orchestra and a Srate choral society in what
prom to be the season's outstanding musi-
eal triumph.
Financial limitations notwithstanding, the
council has an obligation to extend itself
wherever and whenever possible and feasible.
It might well adopt the college band which is
providing entertainment at basketball games
political rallies, and the like. This is no de-
mand that Musie Council sponsor the band.
It is merely a suggestion of a worthwhile addi-
tion. At least the music for the band can be
purchased,
Another avenue for expansion is the inter-
mission during dramatic presentations. The
council could offer D & A a string ensemble,
a soloist, or some similar entertainment. It
could offer its services in an advis capa
city to class i
as Moving-Up Day be musi
SCA's Freshman Chorus and organ relaxation
music during examination periods, Newman
Club's el val concerts, and the Four Men of
State might well have been initiated by the
COUNC The field is limitless.
See vou at the concert.
Lion Taken By Tail
Halse the Hon fea his btie
Sir Walter Scott
Student Council has taken the lion by the
tail, twisted it, aroused it, and—still unsatis-
fied-—-has presented it with a set of teeth in
order that it can enforce any action it might
take in its new burst of energy. The lion, of
course, is the Campus Commission. The teeth
supplied give the commission authority to
enact and execute more stringent leyislation
ou matters under its jurisdiction, Students
failing to cooperate with this program will
have to explain their actions to the adminis-
tration.
Council's action is commendable for a nam.
her of reasons. One is that this represents at
forward step in the fast growing cleanup
propram. ‘Then, too, the commission's re-
juvenation may bea sign of future reform. EH
is regrettable, however, that with a student
body such as ours, that a resort to the ukase
is necessary, Tf our education has been for
citizenship and social competency, self’
enforcement should suffice
It is to be hoped that Student Council will
not stop here, but that it will thumb through
the Association’s minutes and enact reforms
in all existing non-functioning committees,
Perhaps the Brubacher Memorial Committee
could be next in line,
The Great Tradition —An Appraisal
A Prejudiced
An Open Letter to the Class of 1945:
Commentstater-
Men grind and grind in the mill of a truism and nothing comes out but what was put in.
But the moment they desert the tradition for a spontancous thought, then poetry, wit,
hope, virtue, learning, anecdote,
Perhaps many of you are even now thinking about
entering New York State College for Teachers in
September 1941. Some one must tell you the facts
of college life. You undoubtedly expect certain things
from your college career. Surely you look forward
to a pleasant life in college, a life that you will enjoy.
[If your life is to be pleasant you expect to find a
decent place to live; comfortable quarters where you
can do your work with the enjoyable knowledge that
nearby there are others who share your interests and
are engaged in tasks similar to yours. From these,
your fri ache: you expect an enriched
companionship and inspiration, Having determined
on your you, of course, look forward to com-
petent leadership in the field of education. You
expect to meet teachers who can help you achieve
your ambition. In addition, you undoubtedly expect
to learn many things that have no direct value.
These expectations are, on your part, as laudable
| as they are natural. Those of us who have been at
State for some time know that you can find much
here that will be of permanent value and give you
great joy, There are, however, many other things
to be found at State that are of very dubious value.
Perhaps they should not exist at all. Let me tell you
about some of these practices and attitudes.
Reverent Enthrallment
tate College is nearing the end of a century of
<istence, During its long and honorable history it
has accumulated many traditions. Some students
become so enthralled by the traditions that they see
State as a GREAT TRADITION, Without giving
themselves, they hope to live on the past. They say
the past is right because it has always been. They
worship the GREAT TRADITION. Soon they are
themselves so absorbed, that the emotion of worship
has distorted the judgments and values that emerge
in all social change.
Here at State there is a great deal said about
Democracy. In actuality, however, much emphasis
is placed on being seen with the Right Crowd. Some
of the cliques are informal but others are highly fo
malized and are called Fraternities and Sororities,
ancient words held over from antiquity. Tf you
“make" the right clique you are then ina brotherhood
that always stands together: although just what it
ids for is never quite clear from the conduct of the
brothers. Some day, somebody, maybe a Frosh, will
ask just what the cliques are doing for State and
how they help achieve the purpose of college,
The Big Noise of Democracy
The big noise in State's Democracy is student
Self-Government. [tis indeed amazing that no one in
assembly thinks about self-discipline, The conduct
is that of a modestly behaved mob. Some read; others
knits a great many sleep and not a few talk to their
neighbors or write the weekly letter home telling
about the hard work required at te. Appeals to
this assembly are made with the tricks of cheap
polities t ean succeed only when judgment is
blinded and inhibited by undisciplined emotion, Mlee-
tions are almost always enshrouded in secrecy and,
although supervised, the supervisors themselves
an integral part of the TRADITION
The brass hats of the Student Association is a
body quaintly named Myskanias Don't try to find
oul What this word means. Yes wo. uw misbegotten
humorist, upon appeal, said, all it) Myskianis
TRADITION has taken him seriously. Myskania is
anawe-filled institution. [ls members, warbed in the
conventional aeademio robes, parade all year before
the humble student body, on its feet in reverence of
the awe-full glory. On acertain May day (determined
by TRADITION) the retiringe members of this awe-
Hilled bod fter spending hours in seeret conclave,
select their successors to keep the TRADITION for
another year. As the solemn hour of Tapping: ap
proaches, cach dignitary, in a semi-sommolent state
will, in ridiculous solemnity, march around the audi
torium and when the emotional debauch reaches
the apogee of intensity an innocent junior will be
“tapped,” and the poor unfortunate's chief duties
will be to shut up his mind aud te aet uonatural
during: his senior year
The Walls of Jericho
Some day, an individualist willenter State. After
three years he will be tapped. Perhaps then, an indi-
Vidualist still, he will nonchalantly raise his hand and
brush away the dust of TRADITION. Some of the
devotees would have you believe that, should the time
all flock to their aid. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
come when a student refuses Myskania, Page Hall
will fall to the ground, the GREAT TRADITION a
part of its ruin.
You must, as a student, act College. Such action
is peculiar to those who revere the TRADITION.
Among other things, there are certain habits. Dan-
cing, all through the ages, has been a natural form
of self-expression indulged in by all people. The
holy hour of the dance at State is from 12M to
12:30 P. M. Dancers flock to the Commons and
there, to canned music not too well reproduced, dance.
If this half-hour is missed, the GREAT TRADITION
has a headache.
Moreover, whether you like to smoke or not, you
will find that all of the Right Crowd do. Good fellows,
somebody heard in a drinking song, drink a toast, so
most affairs, in keeping with the TRADITION, wind
up at Burp These are traditional habits and, no
matter how d steful they may be, individuals
string along to pre:
Deeds, Not Words
So, too, with comfortable quarters. Halls
very bright and cheery in their antiquity, are made
still more unpleasant and unsightly by ¥
lessni with waste paper, empty bottles, and even
the crust of a luncheon sandwich, Self-governing
Myskania and the whole Campus Commission say
that it is deplorable, but after all, what are janitors
for! Self-government is a wonderful thing, unless
Myskania thinks it’s necessary to “take steps.”
The TRADITION holds that you must never
take much Pride in your work. If you get an A in
Calculus, or Lit, or History, you are supposed to act
as though you hadn't cracked a book all semester.
Here it must be said that TRADITION knows some
study should be done. The smart thing to do is to
divide your time between the Commons, the Boul,
the Annes, and the Lounge until a week before a
theme or term paper is due—then get a half dozen
cokes, a bottle of aspirin, a pack of Chesters and sta
up all night writing a lot of drivel you hope the Prof
doesn't read anyway.
Extra-Curricular Majors
Real values in college, TRADITION holds, ave
found in Activities. Now it must be admitted’ that
oxtra-class activities are actual experiences and, as
such, have veality and directness not always found
vicariously. svertheless, if college means learning
only through actual experiences it will never fulfill
many expectations. The experiences of others, the
contact with many minds can best be achieved
through books—and the values of extra-class activi-
ties are tremendously enhanced through wide reading
and reflection. But at State, the Activities are the
stull—and if a student does study, itis not cricket to
he too obvious about it
TRADITION at State also displays its poverty
me of us have enough money, so we moan about it.
I a supervisor tells a senior to dress more neatly,
the common alibi is wo money.” Yet, PRADITION
demands you doa Formal a couple of times a semes
ter, You pay three or four bueks for a bid. buy a
dollar's worth ef flowers Gif you ex get away with
it), spend another dollar for a taxi and at two in
the morning, go out to eat. The impoverished student
spends maybe tenor twelve dollars (if he hits a Tux),
wd says he cant afford to live in the new dorm
Facully Like Buildings— Apple Polishers
Finally, there is the faculty. At State, they are
like the buildings— necessary to maintain a college.
You may conceivably, come in professional coutaet
with a faculty member you would like to know so-
cially, The obvious thing would be to yo to his office,
to chat with hint in the halls or ina thousand other
Ways seek to Know him better--but TRADITION de-
hounces the obviows. Hf you try to tind a congenial
aequaintanee among the faculty, you are at onee
dubbed an Apple-Polisher. Noone knows what tha
means, except that it isa part of the jargon of the
GREAT TRADITION. As a result the faculty, like
the furniture, look a little stuffy after your sopho-
more year—and you join the Right Crowd in wonder-
ing how a guy with so little on the ball got the job
he holds w hen campus Big Shots can only drag down
a job paying $1000 a year.
Well, Pmdone, [t's been fan writing all this, even
though I’m only a part of THE GREAT TRADITION,
* putas forgive the cliche as | warn you, the class
0 o—,
THE GREAT TRADITION will get you if you
don't watch out. : .
STATE COLLEGE NEWS, FRIDAY, DECEMBE!
R 6, 1940
PAGE 3
Yearling Cagers Oppose
RPI in Season Opener
Height and Experience Well Distributed Among Coach
Danilewicz's Forces As Team Girds for Contest;
Game With Union Added to Frosh Slate
Coach Walter Danilewicz’s freshman fi are rapidly shaping
up into a first class yearling crew in preparation for their curtain-
Maloney’s
Baloney
JR.M.
New Bankboards
The Purple and Gold will troupe |
to the boards of RPI's '87 Gym to- |
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raiser with the crimson streaks of RPE on the latter's huge home
court tomorrow night
Their contest will serve as a pre
lude to State's official 1940-41 ba:
a
ketball season for both aggregations. Wi O G d
The frosh have been stacked up in ver raas
Gives CH Lead
against the varsity in recent prac-
tice sessions and showed up surpri
Potter Defeats BAR Squad
To Break Three-Way Tie:
ingly well—holding their seniors to
a flat zero throughout the entire
SLS Crushes Gophers
first half of a game.
Favorable Outlook
Although the entrants of the class
of ‘44 do not have the full portion
of experience which 2 coach would -
like to see before him, this present ‘The triple tie which previously
squad still compares in a favorable existed in intramural basketball was
manner with all Lhe yearling oUtTitS Completely shattered ast. Tuesday
Ghiie pant The result of two of the most im-
Featured as the most likely start- "portant games played to date saw
ers will be Bill Forrest, a vertical Gonege House come up with undis-
threat at six-foot-three; Bob Combs. Hated possession of first place and
whose extensive experience should
the only clean slate in the league.
really come in handy: Bill Ma
with long training of Long ¥ In the first tilt, BAR was toppled
Red Evans of Rye and Burt Kiley from the undefeated ranks by the
of Albany High who showed his ever-powerful Potter Club aggrega-
colors despite lack of previous tion, while in the feature contest
training. Forrest’ and Combs will CH inflicted a similar fate upon the
most likely play center and guard Grads in winning by a none too
respectively, although the exact po- comfortable score of 23-19. The Int-
sition which the men will take tie, found the victors, paced by
sul an open question, Howie Anderson, leading by a nar-
To Play Union row 4 count at the half, How-
A new schedule addition comes. ever Grad play proved ineffee-
forth at this time when a break in
Union's program left an opening for
the frosh to fill on. Saturday Standings Wednesday
evening. February 22. We have been Won en
told t the frosh will be barred College Mase '
from attending Prom in order to it
remain in the pea of condition tor
the crack ab the tradinonal fresh-
Iman enemy. ‘This new addition will
be of interest to the trosh follower
since the Dutchmen have alway
provided the taps in thew
fighting: competition for any Hue! through the third and most of
Eres the fourth qturter and CH assumed
Following tomorrow night's £ame iy) 4, seemed a sitte lend, A one man
the frosh sehedule ealls for a eon yyy by Merl" Hathaway of the
a week from tonight with Al hit the Slastew alice fell
Academy in at prelimintry ye short of closing the gap. In the
me first game, Potter assumed an early
——_— load which it held throughout and
MADISON was never in’ danger. ‘The third
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ed to five victories for the Trojan:
since the 1934-35 season. |
Last year the "Tutemen foxed the
|locals by dragging out a white ball
for the game. Tomorrow night the
{Statesmen will again be confronted
with an innovation. |
87 Gym has recently been equipp- |
ed with a new set of white steel
bankboards. In itself, this state-
ment is not imposing. The cateh,
however, lies in the fact that the
streamlined boards are fan shaped
and set up With the baskets attached
flush to their bottoms, a system
which will well nigh eliminate the
push up shot from the game. The
Women Inaugurate
Jack Frost Season
With the snow and the cold
comes the inauguration of the
annual WAA winter sports seas-
on, The captains for the major
outdoor sports have been appoint-
ed by Ruth Rockcastle, general
chairman, Jane Greenmun, '43,
will have charge of skating, to be-
gin in Washington Park as soon |
as the ice is thick enough, and |
Betty Knowlton, 42, is captain of |
tobogganing, which will begin
right after Christmas vacation,
‘This year the ice and snow fans |
will be able to get credit for a |
combination of five hours parti-
cipation in skating and toboggan-
ing as well as for the usual ten
hours work in each sport, WAA
anticipates a bigger and better
winter sports season than ever
before. Come on, you Outdoor
Girls, let's get going!
Win Over Union Brings
Chess Team Near Title,
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State College's chess team came
I-M Basketball
Season Starts
Dorm Teams, Moreland Hall
Capture Initial Victories
In Wednesday Clashes
The initial games of the second
season of intramural basketball in
WAA were played in Page Hall Wed-
nesday night. From all indications
the continuance of an intramural
program has met with great favor
jamong the girls,
Dorm A walked away with the
first game of the evening as it de-
feated Commuters A by a score of
22-6, Mary Domann, a frosh mem-
ber of the Dorm A team, was high
scorer for the game and also for the
night, with seven goals to her credit,
Moreland Hall handed defeat to
Western Hall to the tune of 16-9. The
goals were more evenly distributed
among the players in this game, Buzz
Miller needing only three goals to be
high scorer for her team, Jane
Pickert took the honors for Western
with three goals and a foul during
the first half,
The most closely contested event
disadvantage will work against both |one step closer Lowards gaining the |was between Cooper House and Dorm
sides, it is true, but it is possible
that the RPIers may have practiced |
a bit more with the new setup, At
championship trophy of the Upper |
Hudson Valley Chess League by |
beating Union College, 4-2, last week.
B, and again a Dorm contingency
captured victory. ‘The final score was
11-7 with Leda LaSalle making three
any rate it will be interesting tolThe best game was played by Art| goals and a foul for top honors on
note the effects of the bankboards | Fox against Stanley Smith of Un-j{the Dorm B team.
upon the final score.
Our chief worry tomorrow night
will be the traditional ill effect of |
the huge Troy court
Fred Waring
TH the near future, this depart-
ment intends to sponsor a student
petition to Fred Waring requesting
him to compose a fight song for
Slate College. |
For some time it has been War-
ing’s policy to respond to such peti-
tions from colleges in all: parts. of
the nation, Last yew a song was
written for Siena
seems to ts that the lack of an
adequate fight song has long been
one of State's major drawbacks.
Phere iy no doubt but that a new
ume would do much to infuse inte
the State scene what is loosely
known as the “collegiate atmos-
phere’. Fred Waring’s offer
excellent opportunity to bri¢
gap. Litue difficulty should be ex-
perienced in filling the petition
Handcraft Steals Show
At Annual Lounge Tea
alractively displayed
ut deal of interest and
drew a large gathering to the an-
nual WAA Lounge ‘Tea Wednesday
The display stimulated new interest
in the WAA Cralt Club ‘vhich meets
every ‘Tuesday eventar al Cooper
House
Youn. leather. burlap. aie wooden
block belts tastened with thon
jehullenged many of the speetitor
iu desire to buekle down aid producer
dnilar article Rings, buttons, pin
bracelets, and countless other clever
creations sustained and renitorced
the enthustastic interest the yurl
howed in WAA's newest: activity
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Colgate is next on the slate for
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STATE COLLEGE NEWS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1940
SEB to Exhibit
Pictorial Advice
Committee Seeks to Educate
Undergraduates in Method
Of Placement Procedure
In an effort to make the students
of State College job-conscious, the
Student Employment Bureau is
sponsoring an exhibit in the show-
case in the Library.
‘The exhibit is the first step in
the educational program of the
SEB student committee composed
of Clarence Olsen and Catherine
O'Bryan, seniors; Ralph Tibbets and
June Haushalter, juniors; and Lois
Hafley and Owen Bombard, sopho-
mores,
The purpose of the exhibit is two-
fold. First, it will offer a glimpse of
the procedure of the SEB in rec-
ommending candidates.
Secondly, the committee wants
the undergraduates to realize that
job hunting is not confined to the
senior year but must be considered
by the student even in his freshman
year, so he can train and plan for
his job.
The background of the project
consists of pen and ink sketches
outlining the personal and profes-
sional skill and equipment of the
successful applicant, These sketches
were drawn by Ethel Cohen and
John Alden, seniors, and David
Hayeslip, "42,
In the foreground a hypothetical
case taken from the SEB files is
outlined for the students, with brief
explanations of each form, Suggest-
ed books on job finding complete the
display.
Discussing the project, Miss Irene
Semanek, Assistant Director of the
Bureau, said: “The display is to be
an educative program for the under-
graduates. We want every person to
be conscious of the demands of
teaching, and we want this con-
sciousness to begin in their first
year.”
The exhibit will continue through
next week.
KPK, Milne Supervisors
Weigh Student Teaching
Two meetings designed to pro-
mote closer articulation between
teaching theory and practice will
take place Wednesday at 3:30 P, M.
in the Milne Little Theatre and at
8 P. M. in the Lounge,
The afternoon session, proposed
by a student committee headed by
Evelyn Olivet, '41, will attempt a
correlation of the theory explained
in Education 10 courses and the
reality faced by student teachers in
Milne,
Kappa Phi Kappa, sponsor of the
evening meeting, has invited the
following six Milne supervisors to;
conduct a panel discussion on “What
is Expected of the Beginning Teach-
er in Milne;” Paul G. Bulger, chair-
man, Wilfred P, Allard, Warren I.
Densmore, Carlton A, Moose, Daniel
Snader and Wallace Taylor, Charles
Quinn, president, promises a valu-
Bundles For Britain
Drive Reaches State
The Bundles for Britain cam-
paign comes to State!
In assembly next week, a short
program will be devoted to ex-
plaining the work of the bundles
organization. State College stu-
dents will be asked to do their
share in the philanthropic work
of this group.
Dr, Caroline A. Lester, who is
in charge of the campaign at
the college, made the suggestion
that in keeping with the spirit
of the drive, students wear some
red, white, or blue clothing to
school Friday.
Debate Team Faces
Six Western Schools
Freshmen Will Join Skidmore
In PKD Panel Discussion
State College's intercollegiate de-
bate season commenced today, when
four members of the State squad left
on a trip which will include meets
with Cornell University, Hobart,
Keuka, Ithaca, Wells, and William
Red Cross Knitters
Move Headquarters
The headquarters of the college!
Red Cross knitting group has been
moved from the Myskania room to
the small room off the Annex, form-
erly used by the Pedagogue photo-
grapher. The room will be opened
during the noon hour and from 2:30
to 4:30 every afternoon for anyone
who may wish to work there.
The request has been made by the
committee in charge of the knitting
that the State women who are par-
ticipating refrain from knitting in
classrooms,
The work will continue for the
rest of the year. The girls who have
begun articles now are to hand
them in as soon as they are com-
pleted, preferably before Christmas
vacation, Yarn will be issued at in-
tervals during the year, and all
articles will be sent overseas as soon
as finished.
Upper Classmen Sign
Today for ’41 Term
Registration for upper class
students for second semester
closes today, according to Dean's
office officials.
All changes must be approved
by major officers, except section
changes, on change cards.
Fees will be collected for next
semester on January 22, 23, and
24,
Registration, which began yes-
terday for upper-classmen, was
conducted the first two days of
the week for the freshmen, No
section changes are permitted in
any freshman courses.
Statesman to Meet
Blanche Kirshenblum, ’41, editor
of the Statesman, announced yes-
terday that there would be a meet-
ing of the Statesman Board Wed-
nesday at 7:30 P. M. in the Publica-
tions Office. All those who contri-
buted to the last issue, and all the
freshmen who signed up are invited
to attend,
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State will also debate against RPI
on Tuesday evening in the Lounge.
The question to be discussed is,
“Resolved: that the United States
should assume the leadership in the
formation of a new league of nations
after the present war is over.” Betty
Burke and Selma Leis, juniors, will
uphold the negative for State,
season by debating with RPI last
Tuesday evening. On Tuesday four
members of the team will travel to
Skidmore where they will join in a
panel discussion on the Pi Kappa
Delta question, “Resolved; that the
western hemisphere form a perman-
ent union for defense.” This is the
first time that the freshmen have
used the official varsity topic for a
debate.
The freshman team, under the
leadership of its new officers, Verne
Marshall, president, and Lois Ham-
ple, secretary, are planning an ex-
tensive schedule of debates for the
near future, At present members of
the varsity squad are conducting
seminars for the freshman team.
Tentative plans are scheduled for
a debate with the Siena College
team. At that time, the question of
whether debates should be decision
or non-decision will be discussed.
‘This meet with Siena will take place
after the Christmas vacation.
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Cancer Speech,
British Bundles |
Share Assembly
Chess Club Brings Resolution |
equesting Funds for Trip
To New York Tourney
The spotlight will be divided this |
morning in assembly between the |
Bundles for Britain campaign and |
@ speech to be delivered by Dr. John
M. Swan, Student Association Presi- |
dent Merrill Walrath announced. — |
Dr. Swan, who is president of the |
New York State Committee of the |
American Society for the Control of
Cancer, will deliver an informative
talk on cancer prevention, recogni-
tion and cure. Dr. Swan is an out-
standing internal medicine specialist
who 4s devoting much of his time to
lecturing on cancer. Yesterday he
Chess Team Tackles
Red Raiders Tonight
Only Colgate stands between
State’s chess team and the
championship trophy.
And the boys are going after
Colgate tonight!
“We're gonna bring home the
|bacon,” say the team members,
and this will be in keeping with
the pace that they have been
setting in inter-collegiate circles.
Since the beginning of the
year, the team has been scoring
victory after victory against the
most formidable foes. NYU,
Princeton, Rutgers, RPI, and
Union, have already bowed to the
prowess of the Statesmen, Now
the boys are hoping to go after
bigger things, 1. e., the invitation
tournament in New York City, if
the Student Association passes
the $55 appropriation this morn-
ing
Sororities Gain
Eighty Pledges Of Defense
23 Freshmen Accept KD Pin,
Chi Sig, Gamma Kap Next
In Sorority Competition
| Sce page 4 for Pledge List |
Sorority rushing reached its end |
for this semester Inst Monday after-
noon when Sara Tod DeLaney, Dean
of Women, announced that 80 mem-
bers of the class of 1944 had accepted
bids to join State College sororities.
Kappa Delta led the list in number |
of pledges, with 23 women accepting
tin the number of fresh- |
men pledged was Chi Sigma Theta
| with 15, closely followed by Gamma
| Kappa Phi which gained 14 pledges:
spoke at Skidmore College in Sara- |
toga. |
oe Greek Men Plan
British Aid Program
The second part of the assembly
will be composed of a short pro-!
gram presented by the State Col-
lege division of the Bundles for
Britain organization. The Bundles
for Britain work, which is being
carried on at the college under the
direction of Dr. Caroline A. Lester,
will be explained in a brief address
by Dr, Robert Rienow. The Four
Men of State, Jack Gardephe and
Howard Merriam, seniors, and Ira
Hirsh and Max Reeves, juniors, will
sing. A second address will be de-
livered by Fred Ferris, '42
Students To Contribute
After the
on a
to tal
Page Hal) on Saturday, January 11
1D: ’ [cepted bids last year
Bidless Formal Alter pledge services which were
Expenses of Dance to Be Met
By Fraternity Assessments
Based on Memberships
Continuing the policy of putting | ber of sororities on the
into effect and carrying
througt
e been ad-
d
d for a number of years, In.
‘aternity Council has agreed
“bidless" Interfraternity Bal
ke place in the Gymnasium of |!2¢ remaining ones has shown no
|72 Pledged Last Year
| ‘The total number of freshmen to
pledge to sororities this year is 80, a
|gain over the 72 freshmen who ac-| DR, JOHN M, SAYLES — under
| whose direction college organiza-
lions will comply with the Revenue
}conducted Tuesday afternoon, the, Act of 1940,
| total number of State College women |
|who are affiliated with sororities
reached 371. ‘The number of women ARH Gi | P|
in sororities at State has tended to hs an
remain almost « constant in recent
years despite the fact that the num-| B ll T
ecampus | a omorrow
has been steadily diminishing. _ —
In 1937, there Were 15 sororities in | sy}
~ mtersorotity Counell, "Since then, | BOb Reid's Orchestra to Play For
Fifth Christmas Dance Amid
| five sororities have gone off campus, n
| but the total number of women in Holiday Atmosphere
significant change, making it ob-| The Alumni Residence Halls for
vious that when one sorority drops|Women are presenting their fifth
Committee Reports Effect
Taxon College
[Law Calls For
Income Records
| Activity Heads Will Convene
| ‘With President Wednesday
| For Discussion of Act
Following instruction of Dr. John
M. Sayles, acting president of the
college, a committee compos
;Mr. Clarence Deyo, college tre:
and James Portley, '43, memb [
the Student Board of Finance, yes-
terday concluded an investigation of
| the Revenue Act of 1940 or “Defense
Tax" as it applies to State College,
|The committee has reviewed the
jlaw in consultation with Mr, Harry
M. Hickey, head of the Collection
Bureau of the 14th District of New
York, The committee report fol-
lows
1 Any functions where admission ts
eh and the proceeds inure to the
benefit of ag
| Hon, re
| ble al the tate Of one cont
Jeents or fraction thereof on the
paid for admission,
Av Tt wan ruled that all elusw
dances, sorority and fraternity
iinivston ty charged,
& A, Music
‘wo
funetion:
and (2
Student Avkocduth kets
{ux free Dut all guest pases must *
Hint the world over and you can’t find
the equal of Chesterfield’s right combination
of Turkish and American tobaccos...the best
tobaccos that grow in all of Tobaccoland.
Do you smoke the cigarette
that SATISFIES
GRANTLAND RIC!
American sports writers,
has a friendly visit with his
charming daughter Florence
—of the stage and movies,
program, the student | fy,
body will be asked to ald in the work | "91" ® Ear ine ei ‘aes
of helping the people of England |effort to have the greatest possible
who have suffered loss through the turnout at its annual formal and
war. “We would like,” said Dr. Les- has decided to eliminate the “bid”
ter, “to have everyone contribute system as the first step in attaining
something n two cents will help. |its goal. ‘The expenses will be met
The money ts needed to buy those py assessments from the four fra-
supplies which are vitally necessary ternities, such assessments to be
to the suffering people of England.”| made according to the number of
A short business meeting 1s als0/members on the fraternity roster,
scheduled for this morning. Twoline jarger the membersihp, tne
resolutions will be introduced. |grenter the amount to be paid by
Dramatics and Arts Council will that fraternity. ‘The problem of
ask for a $60 appropriation to pay | meeting the assessment will be work.
s national defense tax, and the!eq out by each fraternity using a
ss team will request $55 to make | system of its own.
a trip to New York city after Christ- |" as yet, no orchestra has been se-
mas to participate in the United jecied but such Capital district fav-
States Intercollegiate Invitation (orites as Gordie Randall and Bob
Chess Tournament. Reid are being considered, Expenses
have been cut to a minimum where-
out, the others absorb the extra
member
Total Constant
The total women in sororities for
the past five years is as follows: 1937,
392; 1938, 363; 1939, 408; 1940, 381;
1941, 371 (pledges included)
The number of freshmen pledged
from year to year has varied from |
72 to 95. |
‘Mac’ Has Operation
At Albany Hospital
at the left end
skania. You're right—
it's empty for the first time this
year. The popular McCreary, |
leader of last Friday's Myskania
Je taxed at the rate a lo
annual Christmas Ball tomorrow | "3," Any ‘person talting to Mpg with
night in the Ingle room from 9 P, M, | thy proviniona of Chix wet is gallty of a
until 1 A. M. ie Wenner and renawieton,
According to Diana Fram, ‘42, it for not
general chairman of the dance, the howh, together
girls and their guests will dance to
the “sweet swing” of Bob Reld and
his orchestra amid appropriate
holiday decorations, By means of a"
stained glass window effect, each
of the large windows will present a
Christmas scene. There will also be
a huge, lighted Christmas tree,
wreaths, and mistletoe placed con-
veniently over the doorways.
The guests will be: Miss Harriet |
Howard, head resident of the dormi-
; Dr. John M. Sayles, Acting
President of the college. and Mrs, |
Sayles; Dr. Millon G. Nelson, Dean
of the college and Mrs, Nelson; M1
Sara T. DeLancy, Dean of Women
return
such relurny ure not
Korms ure to be filled out by the
sisurer of each organization at the
the Funetion ix held and. remit:
hinee made to the Offlee of Liternal
Important Meeting!
All heads of organizations re-
quired to make returns under the
Revenue Act of 1940 are advised
that a “clarification” meeting
will be conducted Wednesday aft-
ernoon in Dr, Sayles' office at 4
Mrs
Toaacco Co,
FIRST STEP IN MAKING CHESTERFIELDS ... the
purchase by highest bid of mild ripe tobaccos,
Chesterfield buy:
attend everyleading tobacco
market In this country and In Turkey and Greece,
(At seen in the new film TOBACCOLAND, U.S.A")
/
estertielc
Scholarship Checks jever possible so that more could be
spent on securing a popular orches-
Mr. Clarence M. Deyo, Secretar
Treasurer of the College, has an-
nounced that the University Scholar-;to be attended by every
for |man,” said
Holders of | dent of Interfraternity Council
obtain the council i
at the treasurer's office on|ton to every fraternity man in the |
college
ship checks will be available
distribution on Monday.
scholarships may
that day.
Dr. Watt Stewart—Devil, Officer, Professor s,J°""
by Shirley Siegel
If it is possible for one man—2 tention to studies as to
former printer's devil, small
newspaper editor and World
officer—to be a walking personifi-
cation of the evolution of education,
that man is the newest addition to
the history department, Watt Stew-
art of West Virginia
In the course of his career he
has been at various stages the high
school student teaching a back hills
grade school; the college student of
some decades later managing high
school classes; the college graduate
earning a teaching — fellowship;
directing teachers’ college history
department, teaching 12 years at
another school; and eventually, the
professor spending his leisure at re-
search work, settling down in an
Eastern college city
He came to State this Fall from,
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechan-
{eal College, after a twelve-year
tenure, One of the first things he
marked with relief was the differ-
ence in the “rah-rah spirit” of the
two schools, Dr, Stewart likes stu-
town | queen
War and basket
tra.
“We want this Interfraternity Ball
fraternity
Bodner, Presi-
“The
sending a personal invita-
Gadlin
cabbage
crownings, publicity stunts,
all cheers,
Tt was college the hard way for
Dr. Watt Stewart
‘snake dance" rests today in the
Albany hospital recovering from
a long awaited, delicate throat
operation, His condition ts satis-
factory and our "Mac" will be
back in his chair when classes
are resumed after Christmas ya-
cation.
Dr. Henry L. Sisk, Instructor in
| Education, and Mrs. Sisk; Dr, Don-
{nal V. Smith, head of the Social
'Studies department, and Mrs.
Smith; and Mr, Edward L. Cooper,
Instructor in Commerce, and Mrs
| Cooper,
The committees consist of Doro-
thy Mae Isaac, ‘41, decorations; Ar-
lene Sadler, '42, refreshments; Shir-
Jennings, ‘43, programs; and
42, guests,
&
dents who pay almost as much at-)Dr, Stewart, for he has been on his} , .
‘own since he was 13. He worked his|/ Dean Will Assist
Way through, partly by teaching |
school in the villages of his native
state. Apprenticeship in his broth-
er’s western New York print shop Miss Alice Packer, ‘42, chairman sel
helped, and there was a period when | Campus Commission has announced
he edited a small town newspaper, the members of the recently reor-
| Returned from France, where he #ithized Campus Commission, They |
served for nearly two years us anjlre: Peter Fulvio, Leslie Graves,
‘officer in the 28th Infantry, Pirst | Janet Krantz, and Lothar Sehultz,
Division, the Southerner returned to path aaa th pele ans
[teaching in the middie west. While’ “According to Miss Packer, impetus |
earning his doctorate ut Chicago Us| for the reorgantenuion came. trom
he became interested in South | the Dean's office, in order to make
jAmerican alfairs. Reflected in hits) the Commission more effective.
|ibrary und office furnishings, this! ‘The new Commission will be em-
interest materialized in 1938 in a|powered to take offenders directly
| biography (pending at w publisher's) |to the Dean's office, where the Denn |
of Henry Meigys, & Catskill native Wil mete out
punishment us he
who was the 19th Century South |S¢es fit, The Commission will hold
American version of Rockefeller and |"esular meetings with the Dean In
other railroad fortune builders. Sears ties argh tonnes and to
The newcomer has already im- Goan 2 ER Ne
pressed students with his interest |” Miss Packer requests the student
\in State and a subtle sense of hum- body to pay strict heed to all laws
or—like the thme he crushed the|and rulings of Campus Commission
senator's sole and beamed, ‘That's |in order to save all concerned a lot
setting you back on your heels!" —/of grief. '
P. M. Attendance at this meeting
shall take procedence over all
other college appointments.
| ng
| partanent
jin mn "
[tun “riewielins MeHENE Ree asa ek
issivns from persons paying such ad.
bliin
7 Hecords sust be kept showing all
wiytients for admidsslon all fre or
i Alig alt Ce
yunlatlons, and wil pays
vib inembers (together with
nw) fu rlod of
Vnited States Mr
Keturns must be
nat
fe
s
Pr AL Nu iy
Campus Commission| 13" adsianr hon i
ANY other” persons eommvete
With the collection ar rombitianes of
uns,
he wature of the finetton,
ercof Hekels printed (ueiaters
Wino required to report this
Hem date time, and plies, and
my at hier ential dufornuation
Heenpy uf thie te
retatned by thie ae
tnx
eis La Why pine othe
Ae Inclusive.
(2). Free or reduce auch
place Ie
reduced rate. rate
3) wbove
brokers, ex eens
of boxes and
seals,
(7). ‘Hox offies
established pr
(8). Total tux,
remittin
N. B. 'Tho tax returns are t
in triplicate, one copy gol
Internal Revenue Di
to our Troasurer's ico,
PY to be retained by tho organtsas
tlon, Boturne must be notarised, State
College noturloy ure Mr, Clarence Deyo,
trousurer, and Misy Elizabeth Van Dens
burgh, régletrar,
w—oxveR over
penalties, and total
bo kept
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