COLLEGE TIMES
State Teachers College, Lock Haven, Penna.
Vol. IX, No, 23

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1932

Dr. Elliott Addresses
Miss Ashton Hatcher
Student Body in Chapel
Gives Interesting Talk
On Mother Goose Mr. A. J. Elliott, Associate National
On Wednesday morning, February 10,
the chapel program was in charge of
Miss Ashton Hatcher.
Miss Hatcher gave an interesting discussion of the Mother Goose Rhymes
and the p a r t they play in the school
child's life. She said that someone has
called the rhymes of Mother Goose a
flawless piece of literature, and it is the
general opinion that these rhymes are
especially adapted to the child. To every
child they come with an irresistible appeal.
She also said that it is now conceded
that Mother Goose belongs to French
folklore and that the little old lady in
cap and spectacles whom we see pictured
so delightfully in various editions of
books is purely mythical. For a while
people believed that Mother Goose had
her origin in England but t h e general
opinion held by those in authority now
is that France should be awarded the
honor. It was not until 1730 that we
have a record of her in England.

Date Is Set for
Sophomore Hop
The Sophomores at a recent class
meeting decided to hold the annual
Sophomore Hop on March 5. This dance
will be in celebration of St, Patrick's
Day. The subscription price has been
set at one dollar per couple.
Committees for the dance have been
appointed by Dean Shroat, the president
of the class.
The Program and Invitation Committee is in the hands of John Marshall. As
his assistants he will have Hannah
Fromm, Martha Hammon, Allen Heydrick, Rudolph Shearer, Calvin Cooke,
Ruth Doebler, Helen Krape, La Dean
Shirey, Elvera Bruce a n d
Marian
Behmer,
The Decoration Committee consists of
Helen Myers, chairman, with Pauline
Graden, Genevieve Frye, Richard McCloskey, Richard McNerney, Ray Burkett and Anthony Yost as assistants.
Those in charge of t h e music are
Wayne Hoy, chairman, and Myra Evans.
Caroline Shultz, as chairman of the
Refreshment Committee, will have Marguerite Potter as her assistant.
Those making up the Program Committee are Ruth Sherman, chairman;
Myrna Lundy, Eileen Perry and Dorothea Stitt.
Receipts for the dance must be handed into the Deans by February 26.

Praeco
The Praeco staff held their weekly
meeting Monday evening in the College
Times room, 7:30.
Sebastian Grieco, the Editor-in-Chief
of the Praeco, requested that all associate editors of the staff present their
dummies with work up to date, this coming Monday night at meeting.

Secretary of the Young Men's Christian
Association, spoke in chapel, Wednesday
morning, upon the attitude of the young
men and women of today. He stressed
that our present college attitudes determine the future. Mr. Elliott backed
up this statement by the foUowing facts:
One out of nine change their ideas or attitudes upon life after high school graduation, 1 out of 7 change after becoming
sophomores in college and only 1 out of
4 change their attitudes after graduating
trom coUeges or universities.
Mr. Elliott continued his discussion by
applying the criteria of Who's Who to
every phase of life. He gave these astounding figures: Only 1 in 200 who
complete grammar school succeed as
measured by the Who's Who criteria, 1
in 400 of those who complete a high
school education, and only 1 in 40 who
complete their college education,
Mr. Elliott further said: "Now since
there are 500 of you here this morning,
it's a shame only 5 will succeed. It depends on you yourself who will be
among the 5." According to Mr, Elliott
there are some things in this world we
cannot be certain of, but there a r e two
things of which we can be sure; first that
it is within the groups power to change
the percentage of success, as far as you
are able. Second, attitudes acquired in
college will be kept after college life is
over. It is tor us to build up proper attitudes.
Mr. Elliott gave these questions as a
challenge to the college students: Can
you build up a case of efficiency based
on dishonesty? Have you the courage of
your own convictions? Are you knowing
each other in the deeper walks of life?

Miss Russell Speaks
On Life of Lincoln

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Miss Katherine Armstrong
Weds Larned Maflfet Ketcham
Saturday Morning at Church

Welsh Imperial Singers
To Appear Tonight

Miss Katherine Armstrong, daughter
of Dr. Dallas W. Armstrong, and Larned
Mafl'et Ketcham, son of Mr. and Mrs.
F r a n k A. Ketcham, of New Rochelle,
N. Y., were married Saturday morning
at the Trinity Methodist Church.
The ceremony, performed by Rev.
William M. Taylor, was witnessed by
immediate relatives. The bride was given in marriage by her father.
The wedding was announced at a
breakfast served at the Armstrong home.
The announcement came as a complete
surprise to the guests.
The bride is a graduate of the Lock
Haven High School and of Goucher College. For several summers she took
special work in the Lock Haven State
Teachers College.
Mr. Ketcham attended Clarks Preparatory School at Hanover, New
Hampshire, and Dartmouth College. He
completed his graduate work at Columbia University.

The fourth entertainment of the Musical Artists' Course, to be presented tonight at 8:15 in the auditorium, promises
to be a unique event in the February
calendar, A group of the Welsh Imperial Singers, of wide reputation for
their captivating musical
offerings,
promise to present an unique program.

College Times Receives
Rating on Publication
The College Times staff has recently
received from the Pennsylvania School
Press Association a statement regarding
the rating of our student publication.
The College Times, on a comparative
basis with other high school and college
publications throughout Pennsylvania.
Each year the College Times staff submits a number of issues of The CoUege
Times, designated by this association, to
be entered in the contest. Other State
Teachers Colleges and high schools submit their publications. A careful analysis of each paper is made, judges decide which publications shall receive
awards, and, flnally, a specific value is
attached to each paper, magazine, or annual. This year The College Times received no award, but a value of seventy-three out of a possible ninety-five
was attached to it. In twenty-two, as
opposed to thirteen instances, our rating
reached the highest possible score attached to a speciflc quality by the committee of judges.

Previous to this event in the Musical
Artists' Course have been presented t h e
Zimmer Harp Trio, The Opera Comique,
with "The Bohemian Girl," and Rupert
Howard, lecturer and magician. On
March 1. the flfth and last entertainment,
will be presented by the Edne White
Brass Quartet.

Senior Ball Proves to
Be Delightful Event
The Senior Ball was held in the tastefully decorated gymnasium on Feb. 13.
Nearly 200 couples danced to the syncopated tunes of Joe Nesbitt's orchestra.
The decorations, under the supervision
of Miss Lyndall B. Fox and Ruth Harpster, were in keeping with the season.
Festoons of red and white streamers
hung from the balcony walls. The ceiling was covered with hearts and balloons.
The guests of the dance were received
by Dr. Dallas W. Armstrong, Miss Belle
Holaway, Dr, Harry F. Weber, Mr. M.
DeTurk High, Mr, Donald Rice, and Miss
Anne Hetrick.
Delicious punch was served to the
dancers by waitresses.

Ada Landis-Mohn Prize
Story Contest Open to
L. H. S. T. C. Students

In Chapel Friday morning, February
students who are interested in writ12, Miss Lillian Russell, member of the
ing from the literary point of view and
social studies department, spoke on the
students who are interested in the problife of Lincoln, emphasizing particularly
Lincoln's early life, the influence a few
The Campus Reflector, of Shippens- lem of prohibition from the social
women had on his career, his peculiar burg, merited flrst place among the State science point of view will welcome the
sense of humor, and his genius as a Teachers College publications.
announcement of the Ada Landis-Mohn
statesman.
Prize Story Contest for Declamatory
Selections. This contest is conducted
Miss Russell made her exposition interesting by relating actual occurrences
every year through the generosity of
from Lincoln's life. His early hardships
Mrs. Ada Mohn-Landis, of Reading,
while he was attempting to secure what
Penn.sylvania.
education could be obtained at that time,
Each year some phase of the national
his love for his mother and the loss he
prohibition problem is investigated and
felt at her death, his respect and affection for his stepmother, his love for Ann
selections are written suitable for both
At the regular meeting of the Y. W. C. children and adults. The theme this
Rutledge, his proposal to Mary Owens,
A.
a
program
of
ballads
was
presented
his marriage to Mary Todd, his flnal sucyear for those interested in writing secess as a president are some of the inci- by Don Francisco. She was assisted by lections for adults is "Total Abstinence
Dorothy
Beish,
Ann
Yockey,
Julie
dents which Miss Russell related as sigand Prohibition"; those interested in
nificant facts about this national hero. Silagyi and Clarissa Wainger.
subjects for children, "The Value of ToMimeographed sheets of ballads of tal Abstinence to a Life."
Old English, Bohemian, and Western
Anyone is eligible to enter this conwere given to the group. The group types
were sung to a piano accompaniment by test without regard to age. Prizes r a n g Clarissa Wainger and a banjo arrange- ing from $35 to $100 will be awarded for
The Alpha Sigma Tau's had a feed in ment by Dorothy Beish and Miriam t h e best story. More detailed informatheir rooms on Tuesday evening, Febru- Shenck. A history of ballads and typi- tion concerning the requirements for the
story may be secured from Miss Rowe.
cal selections of each type were read.
ary 9.

y. W. C. A. Holds
Balladry Hour on
Wednesday Evening

Alpha Sigma Tau

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Lock Haven Loses
Intra-Mural Schedule
New Primary Library
To Bloomsburg
Is Progressing Reaches Play-Off Stage
By Narrow Margin The new P r i m a r y Library in the In one of the best intra-mural games
Lock Haven
Cooke, (Capt.), Forward
McLean, Forward
Plummer, Forward . . . .
Condo, Forward
Poust, Center
Bardo, Guard
Hammaker, Guard
Weber, Forward
Totals

G
0
4
0
0
2
4
1
3
14

F
1x1
0x1
0x0
0
2x3
2x2
0x1
2x2

T
1
8
0
0
6
10
2
8

7 X 10 35

Bloomsburg
Yaretski. Forward
Blackburn, Forward . . .
Jaffin, Forward
McHugh, Forward
Kafshinski, Center
Yozviak, Guard
Carr, Guard
Radowski.( Capt.), Guard

G
2
3
1
0
5
0
0
3

F
3x4
3x4
0
0
0
0
0x3
5x6

T
7
9
2
0
10
0
0
11

Training School is centering its work
this month around the birthdays of Lincoln and Washington. The purpose is
to encourage more voluntary reading
about these national heroes and other
patriots.
Several new books, written specifically about Washington to celebrate his
centennial Birthda.v, have been added
to their collection and should be of interest to future teachers as well as to
primary children.
Miss Evelyn Livingston, chairman of
the group, has arranged that students
from the Methods Course will be in
charge of the room from 10:30 until 11:30
Monday and Wednesday to show the
books to anyone wishing to see them.

Lock Haven S. T. C.
Sends Delegates to
Y. M. C. A. Meeting

Totals
14 11 x l 7 39
Referee—Young, Susquehanna. Timekeeper—Snare. Time of quarters—Ten
minutes.
Coming here on Friday night with a
past record of two wins in seven starts,
the Bloomsburg five made it three wins
out of eight games. The.y had previously
won from Indiana and Shippensburg.
Now they have avenged the defeat suffered at Lock Haven's hands a few weeks
ago.

The District Meeting of the State Student Council of the Y. M. C. A. will be
held in Williamsport on February IB,
at 3:30. Representatives from Susquehanna Universitv, Dickinson Seminary,
Mansfleld S. T. C., Lock Haven S. T. C ,
and Bloomsburg S. T. C.
The council will consider and discuss
the work of the past few months, and
Bible study for special projects during
Lent and the rest of the year. They will
also consider the qualiflcations for the
In one of the fastest and most interest- new offlcers.
ing games ever played on t h e gym floor,
The meeting will close with a banquet.
the local quintet displayed the flne team
work and shooting ability which they
have developed in the pa.st few weeks.
Every man on both teams had a good
deal to say about how the game would
end.
Miss Nellie Shaffer was the guest of
Julia Summers this week-end at Miss
In the flrst few minutes of pla.v the Summer's home at Wingate, She reports
Kaiserites jumped into a 4-0 lead when an ejoyable time.
Poust and Bardo each scored a basket.
Miss Betty Sundberg spent the weekThen the upstaters jumped to the fore
with three baskets. The quarter ended end in Williamsport,
with Bloomsburg leading 10-7. The
Most outstanding conversation of the
guarding was close and the scores were day room is concerned with—"She
lew and far between.
looked stunning." "Did you like her
In the next quarter the locals, playing new earrings?" "He danced marvelousin their white outflts, crept into the lead, ly." All report having a wonderful time
but as the half ended things were on; at the Senior dance.
the fifty-flfty basis with a 17-17 score.
Club News (Day Room)
In this quarter the scoring was reverse
The
A.
C. D.'s are planning a theatre
of what it had been in the previous
quarter. Lock Haven scored ten points party for Thursday, February 18, After
the show at the Roxy they plan spending
to the visitors' seven.
a social hour eating and dancing at the
The second half started with a rush New Colonial Tea Room.
when the locals jumped to the fore with
nine points to make the score 26 to 17
in about three minutes of play. Both vousness seemed to hamper the shooting.
teams played fast and furiously to end After four minutes of furious playing,
the quarter at 32-25, with the maroon the score still remained at thirt.v-five all.
and gold outflt on the short end.
With but a minute to play, Kafshinski,
Coming back in the next half, full of the visitors' six-foot four-inch center,
determination to win at all costs, the dropped one in under the basket, makBloomsburg outfit scored six points in ing the score 37-35 in favor of the visa short time to keep the score 32-31, itors. Then Blackburn shot one from
With two and a half minutes to go, both the double Unes to end the game at 39
teams pla.ved nervously to win. No one to 35.
was destined to win yet. The game endFrom the Bloomsburg outflt, Radowski
ed in a 35 to 35 tie.
was high scorer with eleven points. KafIn the extra flve minutes of play shinski was a close second with ten
guarding was very close. However, it points. Bardo was high scorer for the
was unnecessary for the referee to call losers with t e n points. Every m a n dea single foul. All the spectators were serves credit for the fine playing displayed throughout the game.
on their toes and yelling every minute
of t h e extra period. There were few
In the preliminary game, the J. V,'s
opportunities for a shot for either team. stretched out their winning streak to
Many times the ball was batted down seven straight by winning from the highas it left the hands of the one attempt- ly touted Shooting Stars 27-14. At no
ing to score. Many attempts for a bas- time was the lead of the J. V.'s in doubt.
ket w e r e m a d e from t h e middle of the With such a fine record these boys cerfloor. Though Lock Haven had a num- tainly can expect better things next year,
ber of chances to score, e x t r e m e ner- when they become varsity members.

Day Room Notes

of the season, the almost perfect Monti
flve, the Roamers, won from Hoy's Passing Five 24-23. This game gives the
Roamers the undisputed championship
in the National League. This outflt has
won four and has not lost a single game.
Both captains were high scorers in this
game. Hoy had thirteen points to twelve
which Monti garnered.
Lambs were again devoured by a band
of ruffians. They lost to Kachik's Midgets by a 43 to 38 score. In the first half
the Midgets had things easy with a 28-17
score. However, the second half showed
a turn of events.
It looks as if Sekula's Derelicts may
give Schnarr's a stiff chase for the American League pennant. They took Shishak's highly praised Majestic's into camp
quite easily—winning 40 to 14. Again
Hager was high .scorer with sixteen
r)oints. This makes two wins and no
losses for the Derelicts.
The Marvels ended their season b,y
losing to Wepsic's Friendl.v Five, 35 to
18. Carson was the big gun for the winners with his nineteen points.
In the National League there remain
but two more games. Friendly Five vs.
The Pasing Five and the Friendly Five
vs. Cremos.
Since there aro six teams in the American League, there remain at least four
more games. The Cream Puffs must
win from the Derelicts in order to win
the American League title.
The standing of the league is as follows:
National
Won
Lost
Roamers
4
0
Marvels
2
2
Friendly Five
1
1
Passing Five
1
2
Cremos
0
3
American
Cream Puffs
Derelicts
Ramblers
Majesties
Midgets
Lambs

Won
3
2
1
1
1
0

Lost
0
0
1
2
2
3

Beginners' Basketball
Tournament Organized
Miss Maloise S. Dixon has started a
basketball tournament for beginners.
The tournament is held every Friday at
4:00, Seven captains have been elected
and teams selected. Maloney, Brown,
Crawford, Milligan, Newman, Manning,
and Walters have been named as captains of the different teams.
Last Friday, Brown won from Maloney, 10-4, Manning lost to Crawford
by one point, 9-8. Walters gained a victory by defeating MUligan, 12-2, Newman played against a mixed squad and
won, 14-6.

Girls' Basketball
Games Progress

Mildred P a r k s and Elsie Meckley
spent the week-end with Peggy MiUer
in Rebersburg.
Dolores Effinger went to her home in
Cresson for the week-end.
As usual there was a big representation of Teachers College girls in Altoona for the week-end. Among them
were Edith Elvey, Ruth Martz, Hilda
Baer, Ellen Fleming, Margaret Stephens,
Irene Dougherty and Vera Conrad, Rosanna Shireman went to visit with Carolyn Alaimo in Pittston for the weekend.
Florence Daye repeated her act of
last week-end, going to her home in
Madisonburg for a visit.
Libby Gorman went to her home in
Clearfield for t h e week-end.
Ruth Ankeny visited with her sister,
Alyce, '31, over the week-end in Stoyestown.
Ann Vujcich went home last Thursday
to attend the funeral of her aunt.
You say Jean Mateer had a birthday
last week?
No, we promised we
wouldn't tell how many years past sixteen she was. Just the same, J e a n received man.y pretty gifts from home and
friends, as well as a big box of eats. Before Jean had time to think the box was
opened and the room full of girls just
helped themselves. Everyone knows she
is big-hearted, so they ate some more.
The one outstanding gift was a Houbigant compact from "The Gang."
Julia Cornely was very much surprised by a visit from her parents, Dr,
and Mrs. J. M. Cornely, of Madera, last
Friday morning. As this was Julia's
birthday she received a very nice cake
and box from home and very pretty pink
roses.
The Jersey Shore Dramatic Club, better known as The Pretenders, have been
very active in their work for charity.
For the past two Tuesday nights they
have been giving vaudeville performances at the Victoria Theater. Vivian
Messimer and J i m Harlan each played
an important role. On February 2, "The
Japanese Garden" was presented, Jimmie sang "Garden of My Dreams," and
Vivian sang "Poor Butterfly." February
9, "The Fun Love Night Club" was presented. Jimmie and Vivian were big
successes in their parts.
Mary Jane Nichols celebrated her
birthday Friday night by having a party
for her R, O. L. sorority sisters, A large
birthday cake and many good eats were
enjoyed by everyone present. Mary Jane
also received a very pretty gift. After
a short story-telling period, the party
broke up, all wishing Mary J a n e many
more happy birthdays.

Everyone is sorry to hear that Marian
Behmer has been ill with t h e flu. After
The Basketball Tournament is still on, spending a night in the inflrmary she
Benson and Dorries are still trying for went to her home at South Williamsflrst honors. Munson's team is gaining. port.
They have an 887o record.
Nellie Clair George has been in the
Dorries won from Oven, 24-4. Benson
gained two points from Gardiner, 2-0, infirmary for several days with a severe
Munson played a fast game and won attack of appendicitis.
from McKenna, 22-0, Sauter overwhelmed Faulkner by 10 points, 12-2,
Have you seen the licenses that the
Present rating of teams: Dorries, last semester Visual Education a r e now
100%; Munson, 88%; Oven, 58%; Sauter, proudly exhibiting?
All members of
50%; Benson, 100%; McKenna, 12%); the class a r e now licensed operators of
Gardiner, 33% ; Faulkner, 33%.
non-theatrical motion picture projectors.

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Zeigler.
Reporters
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FEBRUARY 19, 1932

Let us thank the Y. W. C. A. and the
Women's Student Council for the radio
in the Y. W. room. We are enjoying the
music, talks, and programs. The radio
gives the school a finishing touch of
home atmosphere.
As the students a r e responsible for
the arrangement of t h e Y. W, furniture,
it would be a good plan always to r e place the chairs after using them.
The new magazines and magazine
racks that have been placed in the library have given students an excellent
opportunity to browse through current
literature. The variety and number of
magazines that have been subscribed for
by the library satisfy the interests of
every student. Not a few students a r e
testing t h e "seize - the - opportunity"
philosophy.
The fact that the College Times staff
have corrected a great many of the
faults that the Pennsylvania School Press
Association brought to light in its last
analysis indicates t h a t the students of
this school have literary ambitions as
well as athletic aspirations.

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Student Contributions

Klub K o r n e r

THE VARSITY CLUB
Recently, while discussing the comparative athletic achie\'ements of Lock
Haven T. C. and other schools, the question was shot at me suddenly, "How is
your Varsity Club functioning?" Varsity Club functioning? Not until then,
did it strike me just how one of our
most important extra-curricular activities really is neglected. For a second or
two, I didn't say a word. Then in a submissive tone, I informed my already
gloating listener that we had a Booster
Club, which functioned during football
season, but nothing corresponding to
what he called Letter Men's or Varsity
Club.
"Sa-a-a-ay," h e drawled, "I
thought booster clubs existed in a high
school." Rather ignorant of him to say
it, b u t he continued, "Are you trying to
tell m e that Lock Haven is a high school
caliber institution?" Heroically thrusting aside t h e instinct to kill, I gave him
the privilege of being the information
bureau for a couple of minutes. In other
words I wanted to get the dope about
his Letter Men's Club. He talked and I
listened.

DRAMATIC CLUB
The Dramatic Club conducted a busine.ss meeting Wednesday evening. After the meeting the members had a
lunch.

Briefly the Letter Men's Club, or Varsity Club, is a strictly honorary organization of all the letter men of every varsity sport in the school. As we should
expect, the coach and faculty manager
of athletics are the influential heads of
the group, working harmoniously with
the club.
Every purposeful organization must
have advantages to offer the school. The
Varsity Club would be a flne addition to
the list of clubs in the school for several
reasons:
It would provide a strictly honorary organization of all the letter men of the
school.
It would be a stimulating factor in summoning new athletic material for our
school.
Dances and other social functions could
be carried through by this club for the
purpose of raising necessary funds for
awards.
The club would be the sole determining
body with respects to standards necessary for receiving and wearing an
award.
The club, conscious of athletics at all
times of the year, would do wonders in
awakening interest a n d enthusiasm
among the students.
All work in connection with athletics
could be taken care of by selections
made from this body of letter men.
A good representation from various
flelds of sport would make this club, so
to speak, a centralized democracy with
one end in view—betterment of sports
at L. H. S. T. C.
At present Lock Haven T. C. obviously
has only two varsity sports, football and
basketball. According to a very authentic rumor boxing, track, wrestling, and
perhaps tennis are going to receive v a r sity rating in the very near future. This
fact all the more .stresses the necessity of
a governing organization Uke the "Varsity Club."

Attention
Anyone interested in the different
dances that are to be featured in the
spring gym exhibition, see Miss
Dixon, and go to the gym for try-outs
Thursday and Friday afternoon at
3:20. The students most capable of
doing the dances will be the ones
chosen to do them in the gym meet.

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B. O. L.
The members of R. O. L. Sorority and
their adviser, Miss Arey, entertained
their guests for the Senior Ball at a dinner Saturday evening at the College Inn,
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B. E. X. AND A. S. T.
The members of the Beta Sigma Chi
and Alpha Sigma Tau entertained their
guests for the Senior Ball at a dinner on
Saturday evening at Achenbaeh's P a r t y
Garden.
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George Washington
During the years that have intervened
since the birth of George Washington
in 1732, during the years of his actual
life and in the years in which his countrymen have known him only as a memory figure, many attempts have been
made to evaluate George Washington as
an individual and as a national flgure.
These expressions of the worth of our
flrst national hero have represented
various shades of opinion from t h e object worship of the schoolboy, t h e sincere and honest appreciation of his contemporaries, to the disparagement of t h e
supposedly unbiased person who bases
his opinion on information that is accepted as true simply because it is striking and often sordid. These various
groups of people have sought to express
their appreciation of Washington by
means of every method of expression
that man has found. The schoolboy e x presses his belief in Washington as an
ideal hero by imitating him. The a p preciation of his contemporaries is expressed in the utterances that have been
preserved for two centuries and which
form the basis for our present day a p preciation of this great man. A glance
at American art and literature will tell
how men and women have expressed
Washington's worth in the past two h u n dred years.

FRENCH CLUB
On Thursday afternoon at 3:30 t h e
French Club met in room 33. Allen
Sekula began the discussion of early
French history in connection with
French literature. Members of the club
are going to correspond with French
students. The group sang a few French
songs.
It was deflnitely decided that the club
This year, the two hundredth anniwill continue to meet on Thursdays at
t h e usual time. At the n e x t meeting versity of Washington's birth, the whole
Julie Silagyi will continue the discus- United States is co-operating in an effort to express an appreciation of the
sion of the history.
worth of Washington. Through the ef* * **
forts of the school principals and teachJUNIOR CLASS
ers, the schoolboy will be given an opThe Junior Class held a business meet- portunity to express his love for his hero
ing on Tuesday morning. The class ad- in a constructive way in his school.
viser, Mr. Sullivan, suggested ways of Yorktown, Mount Vernon and various
keeping down the class expenditures. other places that have been hallowed by
The total expenditures of t h e class and his presence during his life will be t h e
the amount of dues for each member center of the activity of a host of artists, engineers, architects, and writers.
were determined.
Those who pay tribute to him through
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the newspapers and magazines will be
We are pleased to note the introduc- offering as a gift to their fellowmen
tion of the Faculty Art Club into the their Washington, Those who can piece
club activities of the coUege. The club these many picturizations of Washington
meets every Tuesday night at 7:30 will realize that this bi-centennial celeo'clock in t h e Y. W. C. A. room under bration that we are conducting is an
the efficient leadership of Miss Avis enormous expression of one who m e r Edgerton. Any faculty member or wife its respect and tribute both as an inof a faculty member is eligible to join dividual and as a statesman.
this organization and is privileged to
choose any line of art in which she is
especially interested. At present the
members are working diligently at types sented an enjoyable program consisting
of clay modeling, fancy work, and handi- of a human pipe organ, a shadow operation, and a pantomine, "And the Lamp
craft.
Goes Out."
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The Junior members who participatEDUCATION CLUB
ed in the program were Clarissa WainThe Education Club met Monday eve- gard, Nellie Manning, Margaret F r e e ning and had a most enjoyable time. man, Mary E, Evans, Doris Catterson,
They welcomed RoJean Roberts, Mae Martha Piatank, Alpha Davis, Virginia
Allen, Lauvon Bassinger, Myra Evans, Robinson, Ellen Louise Rooke, Elva
Ruth Lakin, Clarissa Wainger, Martha PoweU, Elizabeth Gorman, Ellen ReighSchmidt, Ruth Peters and Isabelle Milli- ard, Florence Hunt, Naomi Wentz and
gan.
Lynn Norman,
The members of the club played several games, after which light refreshART CLUB
ments were served. 8:15 "who goes
home?"
On Tuesday evening the Art Club met
The next meeting will be March 7. for the flrst time with its thirty-eight
Mr. Patterson will speak to members of new members. The students taken in
the club this year are people who are
the club on the subject of guidance.
interested in art and really want to
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work on different things pertaining to
The Y. W. C. A. tea was held Friday it. Some of the things that the memafternoon, February 12, at 4:00 o'clock bers plan to undertake are soap carving,
in the Y. W. C. A. recreation room. The leather tooling, painting, pottery, tietea was held for the new members and dying, basket weaving, and wall plaques.
the committee members of the associa- The greatest number of members have
tion.
signed u p for leather-tooling, with basThe decorations and refreshments ket-weaving second. Because of t h e
were carried out in a Valentine scheme. large membership of the club, it was
decided that the members would diEveryone reported a good time.
vide into groups according to their p a r •
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ticular interests, with Miss DuBois takA. C. E.
ing charge of one half of t h e group and
Wednesday afternoon at 4:30, F e b r u - Miss Fox the other half. Each member
ary 17, the A, C. E. met in the demon- will be given the opportunity to spend
stration room of the training school. The the one hour doing whatever h e most
Junior members of the organization p r e - enjoys.

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TIMES

CAMPUS C H A T T E R
After reading the first portion of Marcel Proust's "Cities of the Plain," we felt
rather exhausted by our attempts to follow the m a n through his unerring flights
of analytical deviation. When you come
across a sentence that fills twelve typewritten lines and would make a high
school student (or college for that matter) stand back and sigh, you may justly call the sentence Proustian. Proust
was born in 1871, the son of a professor
of medicine at the University of Paris.
Early in youth he began to write for
periodicals and his first published work
was introduced by Anatole France.
The work for which he is best known
bears in translation the title, "Remembrance of Things Past," finding its titular source in the Shakespearean sonnet,
number thirty, beginning:
"When to the sessions of sweet silent
thoughts
I summon up remembrance of things
past . . . "
This work, a lengthy continuous novel
in the same sense as Balzac's Comedie
Humaine, has been translated into English by J. Scott Moncrieff in a series of
eight full-length novels. The flrst part
of this immense writing is available in
the Modern Library edition under the
title "Swann's Way."
"Cities of the Plain" is a translation
of the fourth and flfth parts of the entire work, having as its original French
title, "Sodome et Gomorrhe."
Proust is not a writer for the hurried,
mechanical age we live in. He demands
time, slow deliberation, patience and
understanding. In "Cities of the Plain"
you will flnd an artist working with the
materials of prose, utilizing them to their
fullest extent, employing every nuance
and shade possible to create an unforgettable panorama of those movements
in man related to the vanities, frailties,
triumphs and defeats encountered in a
world of smart fashion. It is impossible
to actually tell a reader about Proust
or to recommend any of his writings that
may be available, "This much is certain:
Proust is a towering flgure in international literature circles; his influence
upon writers of our own era (Woolf,
Joyce, West, to mention a few) seems indisputable. Moncrieff's translations are
scholarly and faithful. If it is a choice,
then, between liking Proust and disliking him, why not attempt a rendezvous
with him?
(To Be Continued Next Week)

Miss Dixon Completes
Plans for Dancing
Miss Maloise S, Dixon has completed
h e r plans for the natural dancing
classes. A variety of folk dances will
be presented later in the spring at a
public performance.
Colonial costumes will predominate in
one dance. Long, rustling skirts will
m o v e in r h y t h m i c swaying time and
m a k e us r e m e m b e r Martha and George
Washington.
Dashing Spanish costumes, fast movement, and plenty of action will carry us
to Spain.
B a n d a n a s , rings, necklaces, and plenty
of color brings us the ever romantic
gypsy.
T h e J u n i o r s a r e working hard to make
these dances a success. Practices are held
W e d n e s d a y evenings and Friday afternoons.

Snatched From t h e j
Blotter

Would the person who calls a closed
Freshman—"I am going to the Y. W.
The various monthly book clubs were
bank a defunct bank, and a theatre buildroom,"
gloriously young and not exactly anSenior—"You don't need to report to ing a moving picture cathedral, call a noying:
penitentiary a "penal edifice" or an inme."
Floyd Dell was assured of a great litsane asylum "a moronic aquarium?"
erary success.
Usher (Sat. night. Knocking on a door
O'Neill was employing masks, aides,
—"Your guest for the dance is here."
and an array of acts long enough for a
What
kind
of
language
could
have
Voice within—"All right. Send him
duo of plays (The Great God Brown).
been used in Miss Payne's 2:20 English
up."
A movie red-head was the screen's
Class last Friday? Shakespeare shattered and fell from his lofty perch on queen.
We thought we had the world licked.
What makes roses in your cheeks and the wall.
We thought we could think.
sparkle in your eyes? Ask Kay for parHow times have changed our opinion
ticulars.
Since tho eighteen-day diet has lost of us!
its popularity and only a new magazine
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Advice to young motorists (faculty rack has come to take its place, it has
Paderewski, past seventy, is still the
preferred): Cars usually top hills more been necessary to place two library ta- musical genious that made his name
bles together to make room for danger- synonymous with the paramount reaches
easily with brakes released.
ous curves.
in piano playing. This great virtuoso,
now in this country, drew a capacity
If you want to know any of the food
crowd to his recent recital given in
bargains, just ask Alma Crawford.
The most popular indoor sport for Madison Square Garden. Yes, there are
teachers: correcting papers.
people in this world who realize the
rare moments when opportunity presses
Fortune telling in the Day Room. Sata bell. In this case there were 16,000
isfactory results guaranteed.
And lo! he knocked at the door and persons i i s t ^ i n g to the silver-haired
out came a skeleton! See the frosh for pianist ensnaring fleeting bits of wizardry from the simple piano,
"This shower ought to be called 'she.' details.
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It's forever changing its mind,"
Things that linger:
After waiting an hour and a half for
The Welsh chorus, whose appearance
the boy-friend Saturday night:
tonight will bring us further tribute of
Bill Knapp—"I know a man that broke
1st Co-ed—"Maybe t h o s e fellows the well-known musical gifts of the
the drug habit,"
might be in an accident."
race . . . The misplaced comma in the
Dr. Rude—"How is he now?"
2nd Co-ed—"That would be my only swinging sign which advertises another
consolation."
Bill Knapp—"He's dead,"
campus eat-shoppe. (And why does it
Unger?)
Praise for the Senior Prom, pouring
in from a host ot lips and making those
who didn't attend feel anything but
cheerful.
In our homes we always flnd our
A pair of parents allowing a small girl
mother, smiling and cheerful. We are to ride alone in a rumble seat on a night
not neglected when w e reach the Day in the early part of the week. We
Room at ten of eight in the morning. needn't mention the temperature of the
The Department of Superintendents of Our Day Room Mother is usually found night; just recall it and ask yourself if
the National Educational Association there, washing or scrubbing, with a word some parents are people,
will hold its annual convention at Wash- for everyone who will stop to receive it.
Preston Sturge's rather shallow play,
ington next week. A plan for the r e Mrs. Agar, besides cleaning for her "Strictly Dishonorable," not quite standvision of history teaching to be p r e - girls, is also the Lost and Found depart- ing with a movie test, by which we mean
sented at this meeting has been formu- ment. A common cry is, "Mrs. Agar, I that the photography was poor, the dialated by a group of eminent men who lost my watch this morning. Did you logue overly-cut and Sydney Fox hypera r e delegates to this convention. This see it in the wash room?" or "Mother, coy.
committee is headed by Charles A. Beard did you see my blue gym suit in here?"
The stunning magazine racks in the
and William C. Bagley. They plan to In such cases she is always ready to help
library, even though we dropped a founincorporate in history teaching truthful or sympathize.
tain pen in one and worked through an
and adequate representation of the horWhen asked if the girls didn't bother entire reference coma trying to extrir o r s and sufferings of millions of people
her, she replied, "No, when I am feel- cate the Parker , . .
as a result of war.
ing blue, the girls cheer me up. Of
And if that isn't a nice way to evade
course, a few are quiet, but most of them the question, you tell us one.
have something to say o r a smile to give.
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Things authors seldom hit upon:
Mrs. Agar has the welfare of her girls
The prodigal who never gets a fatted
The State College at Kent, Ohio, gives at heart. It has been through her efus the collegiate deflnition of tempera- forts that several comforts and aids have calf.
mental: 90% temper and 10% mental.
The same returning without a fortune.
been introduced in the Day Room. She
confessed that she would rather work
The man and wife whose Reno decree
Dr. Meyer F. Nimkoff, of the Depart- in the Girls' Day Room than in the Boys'. is not halted by the baby's lisping plea.
ment of Sociology at Bucknell Univer- "Although," she said, "The boys a r e nice
The cowboy who would rather eat
sity, opened his largest and most recent to work for, still the girls are a little than ride a horse,
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School for Parents in the Williamsport cleaner with lunch bags and paper."
Their own novels that have been deY. W. C. A. building last Monday. The
If you would like to meet our mother, cided flascos.
purpose of the school is to emphasize the come down to the Day Room some morn* * * *
cultivation of wholesome family life, and ing about eight o'clock and have a chat.
After all, China and Japan are merely
it is hoped by t h e sponsoring organizafollowing a time-mellowed tradition.
tions that WilUamsport and vicinity will
They believe that nothing is as approprofit from this opportunity.
priate for the armament holiday as a
good, rousing war. And when we hear
A course in Journalism that will be
that J a p a n refuses to withdraw from
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ganizing school newspapers is the latest
Marjorie Young, who graduated at the is capable of self-government we can
offering of the State Teachers CoUege end of the semester, is teaching at Antes only say . . . "But we seem to have
at Buffalo, New York, It will be p r e - Fort.
heard that one before,"
sented under the auspices of the staff of
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"The Record," the college publication.
The engagement of Winifred Harmon, The year we left high school:
Depression was a word in t h e diction'27, to Roland Fredericks, of Lock Haary, left there by the genial public.
The Southern University at Carbon- ven, has been announced.
dale, Illinois, has found it necessary to
Talkies were dubbed "squawkies" and
w a r n its students about loitering in the
lived up to the name.
office of the school newspaper. Our
Kathleen Gorman, '31, is teaching at
Coolidge was a name of magical protrouble seems to be just the opposite.
her home town, Clearfield.
pensities.

Plan for Revision
Of History Teaching
To Be Presented

The Day Room Mother

Exchange Notes

Alumni Notes