COLLEGE TIMES State Teachers College, Lock Haven, Penna. Vol. IX. FRIDAY DECEMBER 4, 1931 No. 12 Coach Kaiser's Champions Have Undefeated Great Credit Is Due the Coach for Success of Football Team Season Dr. Armstrong Urges Transfer of Football Spirit to Other Interests In turning out a championship team, h e r e at Lock Haven State Teachers College, Coach H. J. Kaiser continues his fine work of previous years at various schools in the West. Leaving the Jamestown High School of Jamestown, North Dakota, in 1919, w i t h the enviable record of being an all state tackle for two years, Mr. Kaiser entered North Central College at Napierville, Illinois, Here he m a d e athletic history with his versatility. In his t h r e e years of football, he played tackle, end, and half back. As a basketball player he earned three letters after playing guard, center, and forward. He also rriade three letters in baseball and was a letterman in track. In his last year of college, Mr, Kaiser w a s captain of both the football and basketball teams. At Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Michigan, he was awarded a gold medal for all around physical efficiency. In 1924, Coach Kaiser assumed his duties as athletic coach at Artesia High School, in Artesia, New Mexico, F r o m 1925 to June, 1931, as athletic coach at State Teachers College, Mayville, North Dakota, Coach Kaiser t u r n e d out many winning football teams. Here his basketball teams w e r e state champions for two years. For five consecutive years, his baseball teams w e r e state champions. Not only was he successful h e r e as a coach, but he was very instrument a l in having a new athletic field and gymnasium built at the North Central College. In 1931, he received his master's deg r e e in physical education at Columbia. As a coach, h e has taken football coaching under such notables as the late K n u t e Rockne, Bob Zuppke, of Illinois; Thistlewaite, of Wisconsin, and Tom Leib, of Notre Dame, and St. Mary's College in California. H e has t a k e n basketball coaching under Ruby, of Illinois; Meanwell, of Wisconsin; Olsen, of P u r due, and Bresham, of Oklahoma. On Monday, November 23, Dr. Dallas W. Armstrong made t h e following speech in chapel: "I r e a d in t h e papers that you had a very enthusiastic 'Pep' meeting here on Friday and I suppose we shall need t o be careful that anything said h e r e this morning will not be an anti-climax to that meeting. "I think some of you here h a v e h e a r d me tell a story of a court room scene in Franklin, Pennsylvania, where one lone lawyer sat at one table and eight or ten lawyers sat at another table and the one man w a s controlling t h e whole situation in spite of t h e number of his opponents at this court trial because he was t h e best lawyer. We all admire this lawyer who knew his case so well and was so well trained. We all admire t h e man who knows and t h e man who does. No m a t ter in what fleld of activity w e may be, we h a v e a great admiration for the man who knows and the m a n who can do. "I suppose you noticed in t h e paper a few days ago an article about t h e r e union of the 1894 football players of L e land Stanford University with t h e President of the United States at the White House. President Hoover was a student at t h e Leland Stanford University a t that time and was manager of this football team. I was interested in knowing that President Hoover had been so intimately connected with athletics in his student days. "I noticed in the College Times t h a t some one had posted t h e scores that t h e team had made this year. I thought it might be of interest to you to go back to records of scores made by former teams. In 1926 we had a football team who made six points. We failed to make t h e extra point. It is so long ago that I just can't account how we got that. Although some of our opposing teams w e r e high (Continued on page 6) L. H. T. C. Closes A Successful Season Y.M. Cabinet to Attend Conference T h e annual Student-Faculty Conference, tmder the auspices of t h e Pennsylvania State Student Council of t h e State Young Men's Christian Association, is to b e held at Elizabethtown College at Elizabethtown, on December 4, 5, 6, 1931. The theme of the conference will b e "Making Jesus Christ a Vital Experience." Several outstanding speakers. Dr. H e n r y Hodgkin, Dr. P e t e r K. Emmons and Mr. Jesse R. Wilson, have been secured and will guide t h e t r e n d of t h e conference into a vital and meaningful experience to those attending. Dr. Henry Hodgkin, of Kings College, Cambridge, and St. Thomas Hospital, London, has an exceptional record of varied and active service throughout t h e world. He served a five-year period of (Continued on page S) 5 Cents P e r Copy Bringing to a close t h e most successful and impressive season in almost a q u a r ter of a century of football. Lock H a v e n State Teachers College has established itself flrmly on the top rung in inter-collegiate football. Playing a schedule of nine games, five of which w e r e on foreign fields, t h e Kaiser-coached eleven boasts seven victories and two ties. F o r the second time in as m a n y years, L. H. T. C. has won t h e mythical Teachers College championship b y a wide margin. Their enviable achievement is obvious in view of the following record: "The Ivory Door" to Maroon and Gray Hold Be Presented Dec. 11 Dickinson to 0-0 Score During seasons wherein the drama is too often concerned with distasteful realism, hodge-podges of sex and feeble attempts at comedy, the plays of A. A. Milne a r e always happy innovations. "The Ivory Door," to be presented b y the Dramatic Club, December 11, is an illustration of the above statement. Mr. Milne, an Englishman, is undoubtedly one of our most eminent playwrights. In recent seasons the Broadway stage has paid tribute to his "Michael and (Continued on page 8) Before a crowd of 2,500 people, a large majority of whom were Lock Haven rooters, the State Championship Lock Haven Teachers College succeeded in wearing down two teams of football players representing Dickinson Seminary, but were unable to score when two placement kicks w e r e unsuccessful. The game started with Dickinson Seminary instituting a drive down t h e field that made things look bad for Lock Haven. The Lock Haven team soon r a l (Continued on page 8) L. H. T. C. 13; L. H. T. C. 7; L. H. T. C. 34; L. H. T. C. 32; L. H. T. C. 65; L. H. T. C. 19; L. H. T. C. 26; L. H. T. C. 12; L . H . T . C . 0; Slippery Rock T. C. . Indiana T. C Mansfleld T. C Millersville T. C. . . . Kutztown T. C Bloomsburg T. C. . . . West Chester T. C. .. Clarion Dickinson Seminary 0 7 0 14 0 7 0 0 0 COLLEGE "Whitey" Lawrence Big Aid in Team's Success F e w people realize that "Whitey" Lawrence as football trainer has been very influential in t h e record established by the Maroon a n d Gray football champs. You'll flnd him up at the school every day of the seven day week. He labors Resume of the Season On Sept. 19 after two weeks of hard practice. Coach Kaiser took his well conditioned squad to Slippery Rock to open up a new relationship in football. Slippery Rock was completely surprised. The Maroon and Gray came out on top after a hard fought battle by a score of 13-0. Incidentally, this was Slippery Rock's first defeat in seven years on their home field. The flrst score was made flve minutes after t h e game started, when Wepsic plunged through right tackle. Shively s c o r e d the second touchdown on an intercepted pass. Lock Haven had nine flrst downs to Slippery Rock's four. The second game was played a t the College field, with Indiana t h e opponent. The game was hard fought and well played. After Burd had scored a touchdown in the second quarter and Hart had scored the extra point, Indiana came back in the third quarter to tie u p the game at 7-7. That was t h e final score. Again the Maroon showed plenty of power, getting nine first downs to seven for Indiana. After a week's lay-off, the boys entrained for Mansfleld on October 10. Here, behind a large body of L. H. S. T. C. rooters, the champions piled up a large score and an easy victory of 34-0. Hart and Wepsic featured with some fine running. The line had a fiesta and holes (Continued on page 3) Credit Due Faculty Manager Sullivan TRAINER LAWRENCE from morning to night so that his boys will be in condition for that next game. "Whitey" has kept our reserve power ready for call. He has done excellent work in getting the boys back into the game after they had been injured. It seems that "Whitey" is a rabbit's foot with that cheery "Hello" and that contagious smile. The team can't help but be championship caliber with t h e help of such a trainer. For the past two years he has seen L. H. T. C. rise from the dust to the throne as champions. In Social Square The scene is social square; time about 8:00 P. M, You see a man, a very young man, a very spruce man, h a t on one side, a "sheikish" sort of look about him, a regular "she-man." He is all there but she isn't—as usual, she is late. He is doing his best to look unconcerned. He walks up and down talking to himself after this style: "Nice thing. Five minutes to—thought she was coming down the stairs—hats all look alike somehow. Two minutes to. Pity I got those seats for t h e concert. Well, it's t h e last time. If she doesn't come soon I'm through with girls. Wonder who she thinks I am." Well, just as h e is about dead with anxiety and impatience, down the steps she comes, nonchalantly, and says, "HeUo, Charles. Am I late?" And Charles says, "Late? Not at all, I just came." At the regular Wednesday noon meeting of the Day Room Y. W., plans were formulated for a luncheon to be held in the little day room Tuesday noon. This is to further the friendship and feeling of co-operation among the girls. Several other meetings of this type, including two picnics, have been successfully carried out during t h e earlier part of the year. Cornelius Sullivan, faculty manager of athletics, is another man who has seen *.ock Haven rise and fall in the football world. His interesting talks on the days that have gone (thank Heaven) never fail to hold the interest of the student body. Sully, as he is known to t h e students, has unusual ability at making the most sober thing take on a comical aspect when he tells it. It is well that some one can recall the humiliating years that Lock Haven Teachers College went through in football and make us laugh. But now those years have gone and still Mr, Sullivan stands at the wheel guiding Lock Haven athletics on to new fields of achievement and new championships. With experience in the rough seas of defeat, Mr, Sullivan is well adapted to t h e job of keeping the good ship. Lock Haven Teachers College, off the rocks for many years to come. TIMES Maroon and Gray Hold Dickinson to 0-0 Score (Continued from page 1) Ued, however, and stopped the onrushing Seminary boys. FinaUy wearing down their less hardy opponents, the Lock Haven Champions started a drive of their own which placed t h e ball on the 14-yard line as the quarter ended. Coach Heisel, of Dickinson, rushed in a new team of men and was thus able to stop Lock Haven and to threaten in the second and third quarter to score. At the end of the third quarter the Dickinson team was again worn down to t h e size of the Lock Haven boys and from then on it was a matter of Dickinson's flghting with their backs to t h e wall to prevent Lock Haven's scoring. Time and again Lock Haven thrust deep into the Dickinson territory only to lose the ball within 15 yards of the goal. With no more freshmen, Heisel's army appeared in a bad way and the indications were that five more minutes of play would have found the Dickinson team on the losing end of the score. Aided by 7 offside penalties Seminary was able to score more first downs than Lock Haven. They were on t h e big end of a total of 13 flrst downs to 9. While their team was fresh Dickinson gained more ground than Lock Haven, COACH GRIFFIN Dickinson was all set to stop Kenneth Hart, who has been a thorn in t h e side of Donald W. Griffin, as head line coach all opponents this season. With two men at L. H. T. C , has helped to make t h e constantly laying for Kenneth and a de- Black and Orange line a bulwark of fense perfected to stop end runs. Lock strength and power. Not only does h e Haven had diificulty in gaining any enjoy his job as coach but he derives ground that way but succeeded in mak- much pleasure from playing any of the ing plenty of ground through t h e heavi- line positions with the boys. er Dickinson line. At Lock Haven High School, Coach While Seminary was stopping Lock Griffin made history in the field of athHaven's end runs, George Shively was letics. making their end runs look terrible. At the University of Pennsylvania, h e Time and again he brought the crowd to was a member of the freshman team. their feet by evading two and three in- Later upon transferring to Princeton, h e terferers and flnally throwing for losses made a place for himself on the varsity the back who was carrying the ball. He during the years 1921-22. was slightly injured near the end of the Since graduation from Pennsylvania, game, but Whitey assures us that before he has been line coach at Lock Haven the week is over Shive will b e around High School in 1924; in 1925 and 1926, h e in good shape again. was line coach of the freshman team at Cowfer was the main Une gainer for Princeton. During the seasons of 1929, Lock Haven, getting many gains on his 30 and 31 he has been line coach here at t)ae college. (Continued on page 3) ,y Much credit is due him for his fine work as line coach of the Lock Haven State Teachers College champions. Barbara Sloop and Jean Mateer should be v e r y proficient at clogging if nightly practice in the pressing room has anything to do with it. Claire Wade—"But Mr. Lehman, I can never reach that note." Mr. Lehman—"Get a chair." First Dumb Dora—"How many years ago was Lincoln's Gettysburg address COACH FREDERICKS written?" Second Dumb Dora—"Four score and In J, Wynn Fredericks, coach Kaiser seven years ago. Let's see, that would has found a valuable coaching asset for be 87 years ago." his champions. As a backfleld mentor. Coach Fredericks has helped to make •W^e've found out why the freshmen are the backs as versatile as those of any of always so anxious to go to Science 1. the leading teams in the state. R-16 has the only pencil sharpener Coach Fredericks has an enviable aththey've been able to flnd. letic record to look back upon. While Ask the freshman girls w h a t they like a student of Lock Haven High Sehool, he was a member of the football, basketbest about the Times. No, it's not Ink Spots, nor yet is it the ball, and baseball teams. In 1929 he became the backfield coach of Lock Haven football news. It's Campus Chatter! We wonder why State Teachers College football team. —but then, women always were gabby. He has successfully fllled t h a t position for the past three seasons and has been Belle to Ruth—"You do so know it; a potent force in the success of all the I heard you hearing it." championship teams of the school. Students Participate In Disarmament Conference Five students of the Lock Haven State Teachers College will leave this afternoon for Bucknell University w h e r e they will participate in the Intercollegiate Model Disarmament Conference. This conference, which is being sponsored by t h e International Relations Club of the University, in co-operation with several groups on the campus, will be held December 4, 5, 6. The delegation from our college is as follows: Christian Feit, Naval Commission; Lauvon Basinger, Aviation Commission; Alice Marie Hackett, Aviation Commission; Sebastian Grieco, Chemical Warfare Commission; Mary Hill, Budgetary Limitation Commission; Lois Stephens, Land Armament Commission. These students have chosen Christian F ^ t as chairman of the delegation. Lauvori Pasinger has been elected a member of the^Agenda Committee. This delegation has selected United States as t h e country that they will represent. Miss Katherlsp Griffin has returned t o / her work in UppeisOJarby High Scbeei; Philadelphia, after spending her Thanksgiving vacation with Dr. Dallas W. A r m strong and family. COLLEGE Resume of the Season (Continued from page 2) w e r e plentiful. In this game Hart fell on the ball, after the kick off, on back of the Mansfleld goal line to score a touchdown after ten seconds of play. Mansfield was completely outclassed. Down at Hanson fleld the boys took Millersville to tow in an uninteresting game by the score of 32-14, Millersville scored all fourteen points in the fourth quarter on two long passes. Lock Haven's scoring came as a result of five marches down the fleld. Much ground was lost on penalties. Wepsic and Hart again continued their flne work. The largest score of the season was piled up against Kutztown when the orange and black squad had a fleld day and won by a score of 65-0. All of the second and third teams played. A n u m ber on t h e second team scored touchdowns. Cowfer came to the fore in this game by scoring three touchdowns. On October 31, Bloomsburg, an undefeated team, had to bow to Lock Haven's finely groomed squad by a score of 20-7. The line played nobly and opened up many holes for the backs. One of the high points of the game found t h e Orange and Black holding Bloomsburg on the one-yard Une. This game put Bloomsburg out of the running for the Championship. On a two-day trip. Coach Kaiser's champions demonstrated that "green mountain boys" could play better football than "city guys." West Chester took a back seat with a 26-0 defeat that day. T h e L. H. Teachers played t h e best brand of football the entire game. Even t h e reserves played nobly in the fourth quarter. West Chester will not forget these champions so soon. Before a large crowd of fans, the locals (Continued on page 4) TIMES Y. M. Cabinet to A. C. D.'s and Pledges Attend Conference Enjoy Pork Dinner (('ontinued from pjige 1) medical work in China and two years in the Orient as a missionary. At present Dr. Hodgkin is head of the new Quaker Center for study and research at Wallingford, near Philadelphia, Dr. Peter L. Emmons, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Scranton, is r e garded as one of the leading clergymen in Pennsylvania. Mr. Jesse Wilson, the General Secretary of the Student Volunteer of North America, was formerly a missionary in Japan and during the past six years has been serving in this country. Mr. Wilson will bring to Elizabethtown a great message of world need for Christian workers. Conference sessions will be held at the Christ Reformed Church and Elizabethtown College. The Conference Banquet will be held in the College Gymnasium, where Dr. Hodgkin will strike the keynote of the conference in an address on the subject "Adventurous Living." Lock Haven expects to be represented by eight or ten men, consisting of the Y. M. cabinet and others who desire to attend. { The A. C. D. members and twelve pledges enjoyed a roast pork dinner Wednesday evening, November 18, at Herlocker's Tea Room. The color scheme was red and white. Favors, gay colored candy-men, w e r e given to all present. Miss Lyndall Fox, faculty adviser, was the guest of honor. Eileen P e r r y , the president, presided. The pledges are: Sara Martz, Olive Shaffer, Viola Fouse, Hazel Fouse, R u t h Shaffer, Dorothy Quigg, Genevieve Tomko, Florence Ayres, Emelyn Brown, Elizabeth MiUer, Mary Harvey and Thelma Monti. ALBERT SUNDBERG Albert Sundberg had the misfortune of being injured in t h e flrst game of t h e year at SUppery Rock. He recovered enough to report for practice again, but it was feared that strenuous competition would result in dangerous injury to his leg and he was k e p t on t h e bench. Albert has another year at Lock Haven and it is hoped that he will flll the shoes of Max Bossert, who graduates. "Sunny" is 5 ft. U in. tall and weighs 180 pounds. Graduates in 1932, inson's goal line. His punts carried far with plenty of height, allowing t h e ends to get the safety man in his tracks on numerous occasions. Lineup: L.H. D. S. . . . . L . E. .. Fox MYRON BIDDLE Bossert .. .. L. T. , , . Center 1929 and 1930. Gra'duate of Williamsburg H. S. Height 5 ft, 7 in. Hammaker . . . .. .L. G. . . . . , , F, F e r r a r i McCloskey C Anderson Weight 155 lbs. Poole R. G Berd Dettrey R. T Roffel Shively R. E Cassel Hatter Q. B Orzchowski Hart H. B Painton Cowfer H. B Swartz Wepsic F. B Smith (Continued from page 2) furious charges through the Seminary Substitutions: Sem.—Brown, Korpoline. On one occasion he was well on wick, A. Ferrari, Scott, Weisick, Engler, his way to a touchdown when he tripped, J. Brown, Freed, Smith, Downs, Martin, allowing the Dickinson men to catch up L. H,—Torok, Burd, Poust. and tackle him. Score: The tackling of McCloskey was a thing Lock Haven 0 0 0 0—0 to behold. He was in the Seminary Seminary 0 0 0 0—0 backfleld so much that Heisel was considering giving him a Seminary suit. AlSTATISTICS ON THE DICKINSON though injured, McCloskey refused to SEMINARY GAME leave t h e game. From tackle to tackle L. H. D. S. the Lock Haven line remained the same First downs 9 13 throughout the game, not a substitution Yardage from scrimmage . . 96 180 being made. Penalties 60 20 Hammaker, Poole, Dettrey, Bossert Passes attempted 10 9 and McCloskey bore the brunt of t h e Passes completed 3 1 Dickinson attack, as it was through t h e Passes intercepted by 1 1 middle of t h e line that Dickinson tried to Yards gained on forward score. Although these players were a r passes 37 20 rayed against bigger men who were con- Number of punts 13 8 stantly replaced by fresh men from t h e Yardage on punts (average) 42 36 Williamsport bench, they constantly Total yardage on punts , . . . 532 285 outcharged and outplayed their oppon- Kickoffs 1 1 ents. Kickoffs returned 25 40 Hart, Hatter and Cowfer also played the entire game without a substitution. Plans were made at the Art Club meetAs compared with the fourteen men ing, on November 18, to buy leather tools used by Lock Haven, Dickinson used 24. and wood tools. Then the club got busy Wepsic demonstrated his kicking abil- and helped to complete t h e posters for ity by kicking the ball out of bounds donations for t h e City Hospital, These within the 5-yard line twice. Once t h e had been begun by the regular A r t ball rolled out about one foot from Dick- classes. Maroon and Gray Hold Dickinson to 0-0 Score CLARENCE COWFER "Red" wound up his football career at L, H. T. C. this fall in a blaze of glory. Playing half-back he hits the line with every ounce of his 170 pounds, while his height of 5 ft. 10 in. has proved handy when receiving passes. "Red" graduated from t h e Renovo High School with the class of 1927. Alma Mater DON RICE Don Rice has seen the rise of Lock Haven Teachers CoUege from the doormat of the teachers colleges to state champions in his four years here. Don p r e viously played fullback at Williamsburg High School, but has been shifted flrst to end and then to tackle, the position he played this year. When Don graduates this year after four years of football competition Lock Haven loses a capable man. Don is 6 ft. tall and weighs 180 pounds. /i^^^c-co*-' Long will we praise our college dear. Our Alma Mater, far and near; Ties will bind us to her. Go where e'er we may. Always and forever, Dear Maroon and Gray. We will be proud to boast thy fame, Strive through the years To honor thy name. With our hearts o'er flowing With loj'alty, we say. We will hail thee ever Dear Maroon and Gray. Martha Maitland, '28. COLLEGE Resume of the Season (Continued from page 3) w e r e hard put to defeat the determined, hard-flghting Clarion team. But flnally t h e game ended with Clarion on the short end of a 12-0 score. HaU to the State Teachers College footbaU Champions! On November 21, the football season ended with a bang when the team, along with about four hundred fans and students went down to WiUiamsport, and held the powerful Dickinson Seminary aggregation to a 0-0 tie. Not in many years will we see a flner game of football than was played that day. Think of it, students, we're champions, without having suffered a defeat in nine games! CHARLES WEPSIC '^ A graduate of Shade Township High School, class of 1930, Wepsic has finished his second year of football for L. H. T. C. Six feet tall and weighing 205 pounds, he has been called the most outstanding fullback in teachers college ranks in the state. TIMES Other Helpers in the Fight for Championship HENRY STEHMAN "Heine" saw considerable service as quarterback and did stellar work. He learned his football A, B, C's, at Lock Haven High where he received his diploma in 1928. Heine clicks the scales at 150 pounds and bumps into any bridge with a clearance of less than 5 ft. 8 in. RAYMOND SEIWELL Another relief quarterback who, u n der the guidance of Sol Wolf, left quite an impression on the Williamsport fans. Seiwell has played his flrst year at L. H. T. C. He's 5 ft, 6 in. high and 135 pounds in weight. AL SEKULA A DuBois product, class of 1929, Al shows most of them a clean set of heels. About 5 ft, 5 in, tall and weighing 135 pounds he runs rings around the big boys. We would like to have seen more of his playing. LESTER McCALL Lester McCall has just flnished his third season of football play at Lock Haven Teachers College. Lester came here from Stone Valley High School and flrst played football at this school. He is 5 ft. 10 in. tall and weighs 180 pounds, which he uses to good stead at a guard position. He graduates in 1932. Basketball Schedule For 1931-32 Season Jan. 15—California Jan. 16—Mansfleld Jan. 22—Shippensburg Jan. 29—Bloomsburg J a n . 30—Millersville Feb. 5—Shippensburg Feb. 6—West Chester Feb. 12—Bloomsburg Feb. 19—California Feb. 20—Indiana Feb. 27—West Chester Mar. 4—Mansfield Mar. 12—Millersville M home away home away away away away home away away home home home -*•«' ^ t - 1 H^s^H EDWARD DETTREY Captain Edward Dettrey is one of t h e best reasons why opponents have learned to fear the Orange and Black machine from Lock Haven. A tower of defense. Captain Eddy makes opponents' attempts to gain through his side of the line seem childish. Dettrey graduates in 1934 w h e n he hopes to weigh more than t h e 195 pounds he now boasts of, and to exceed his present 5 ft. 11 in. of height. Freshmen Hold Party The CoUege Freshmen, and m e m b e r s of the faculty, enjoyed a social gathering Friday evening, planned by committees headed by Marian Roynan, Madelyrr Faulkner and Trafton Buchanan. T h e evening was spent in playing games and dancing. Walter Wilkinson sang several enjoyable solos, accompanying himself on the guitar. Ice cream, cake, a n d wafers were served at the close of t h e social period. CARL HATTER /f' The guiding hand of the team, "Speed" ranges 5 ft. 8 in. and weighs 140 pounds. His choice of plays has earned him much praise and speaks well for his early training at Lock Haven High w h e r e he flnished with the class of '28. Former Y. M. President Speaks at Vespers ^^^^K- Sunday evening, November 22, Mr. Sam Long, a former president of the Y. M. C. A. and graduate of the class of 1930, gave a brief synopsis of the World Wide Conference held at Cleveland this summer. This World Wide Conference w a s really a combination of four conferences. Mr. Long told how different nations went together in one conference with good-fellowship. He gave brief summaries of the most important addresses T h e theme of t h e Conference was "Youth's Adventure With God." Most of the speakers expressed the desire that 1 • ¥ t h e people return to the simple study of God's word. IS'' • 1- **. \^^^^fr The college Y. M. C. A. Trio, MiUard Weber, Harold Cronister, and Charles Curry, sang "Content" and "At the Close of Day," They were accompanied on the piano by Mr. Beck. fSI^^^'M^^Si^S^' The Special Vesper Orchestra played T^Ol^J^**^^^^SpFn^Mfi^iygl t h e prelude and postlude and also accompanied the other musical numbers. MAX COOK iC i LAJOS TOROK / K ' Torok has had plenty of football experience, playing four years with the St. Joseph High School at Renovo, and after graduating in 1925 he played for two years with the U. S. A. C. team. He's just a little fellow too; a mere 185 pounds of muscle packed on a 5 ft. 10 in. frame. I College Trio Sing In Bellefonte Chapel On Sunday evening, November 22, our college trio, consisting of Caroline Raker, Frances Wenrich, and Ellen Louise Rooke, sang two hymns in the Lutheran church at Bellefonte. Their selections were, "I Shall Not Pass Again This Way," by Effinger, and "Thou Shalt Love the Lord," by Costa. They were accompanied by Clarissa Wainger. While in Bellefonte the four girls and Miss Larabee were entertained at the home of Mrs. Marlyn Rumburger. SCHNARRS COLLEGE TIMES turned in two victories. Last year saw the dawn of a real team and when the season was over Lock Haven had established itself as champion of the teachers coUeges of the state. The only blot on the season was the defeat suffered at the hands of the most ancient of rivals, Dickinson Seminary, This year, under Coach Kaiser, the team came through in royal style and again we rest on the top of the football world of the teachers colleges. Congratulations, Coach and Team! We are proud of you. You certainly have brought glory to Lock Haven S. T. C. COLLEGE TIMES The College Times is published a t Lock Haven State Teachers College, Lock Ha"NEW RUSSIA'S PRIMER" ven, Penna., by the Board of Editors of Soviet Russia in undertaking the Fivethe College Times. Year Plan is employing every means possible t o accomplish her ends. She is conPublished weekly during school year. ducting a project of, not only one factory by one man, but of thousands of factories Subscription rate, $1.00 per annum. by thousands of men. In order to accomplish so large a task Russia must be united and organized; every child BOARD OF CONTROL must w o r k in harmony w i t h her plans. Editor-in-Chief Julie Silagyi "New Russia's Primer," written for Managing Editor Kermit Stover children from twelve to fourteen in the Coach Kaiser has made the Lock HaCopy Editor Martha Zeigler schools of Russia is acquainting those ven Teachers College football team into Make-up Editor J u n e Breining school children with t h e full details of real champions. He has gone through Business Manager Ray Burkett the Plan, and with the w o r k that is ex- the longest season in t h e history of the pected of the children themselves. Their part in the plan may be rather indirect, such as "To build one starling house and Sub-Editors Marion Francisco, Harold Sykes, J e a n n e two feeding houses a year," in order to Hopler, Madeline Lesser, Isadore Ziff, encourage the birds to live there and kill Mirabelle Eliason, Jean Mateer, Mar- parasites. Nevertheless, doing something will give the children a sense of r e tha Hammon, Anne Vujcich. sponsibility which has its merits. Russia's procedure should be especially interesting to us as teachers. Can we not in some way harness the sehool to the task ol building a better, a more just, a more beautiful society? Can we not broaden the sentiment of patriotism to embrace the struggles which men must ever w a g e with ignorance, disease, povReporters Florence Daye, Madeline Faulkner, Isa- erty, ugliness, injustice? To his own belle Welch, Ruth Doebler, Calvin Cooke, Christian Feit, Ethel Quigg, Naomi Wentz. Staff Writers John Haberstroh, Audrey Finn, Mary Thompson, Myrna Lundy, J e n i c e Sharpe, Mary Sharpe. :^u.-*^ KENNETH HART "Ken" received his fundamentals a t Jersey Shore High where he graduated in 1929. Tipping the beam at 145 pounds and scaling 5 ft. 9 in., he has thrilled more than one crowd with his beautiful broken-fleld running. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized J u n e 3, 1923. Entered as Second Class m a t t e r November 6, 1928, at t h e Post Offlce at Lock Haven, Penna., under the Act of March 3, 1879. The Social Committee of the French Club gave their reports at the last meeting, on Thursday, November 19. These included the reading of some letters from a French correspondent, by Anne Vujcich; the naming of the parts of a chart in French, by Julia Silagyi, and a reading of parts of his diary written when h e was in France, b y James H a r lan. DECEMBER 4, 1931 RAYMOND POOLE Played varsity guard for two years in 1930 and 1931. Graduate of Clearfield H. S. Height 6 ft. 1 in. Weight 175 lbs. school. Nine games have been played and not one has ended with the Maroon and Gray on the short end of the score. The season of 1931, will live in the memory of all t h e students as the first time in the history of L. H. S. T. C , that its football team has played nine games and never once been defeated. The members of the team, t h e students, the faculty, and the townspeople cannot forget this team as a history-maker. MAX BOSSERT luestion, Dr, George S. Coutns answered, "This means that we shall have to turn our attention increasingly from the mechanics of school procedure to the fundamental problems of American life and culture." Even though w e do not agree with Russia's Plan we may proflt by some of her methods. [From "New Russia's Primer," in "The Journal of the National Education," November, 1931.] HAL POUST Hal Poust's 6 ft. 1 in. of height make him a capable receiver of passes. He also boasts of kicking ability outside of his good offensive and defensive play. Hal has another year h e r e and much is expected of his 175 pouijds towards making another champk^tiship team in 1932. Once again a football season has come and gone and once again Lock Haven State Teachers College can boast of a championship team. The rapid rise of the excellency of the football teams of our institution has been phenomenal. Three years ago Lock Haven had not a single victory to brighten its season. Two years ago, the flrst year under the tutelage of Coach Morgan, the team First Basketball Game With Potts College Coach Kaiser began the first practice for the coming basketball season on Tuesday, December 1. With the first game scheduled for December 18, with Potts College on the home floor, t h e students will get an early look in at t h e local basketball prospects for the season. The regulars of last year's squad, Hammaker, Cowfer, Poust, Weber, Hager, Cooke, Bardo, McClean, Plummer, and Marshall, should make the coach feel ambitious for a successful basketball season. A number of promising recruits will make the last year's regulars step lively to keep their positions secure. It is quite possible that we will have a very successful season and blot out the last two seasons. CHRISTOPHER HAMMAKER Hammaker holds down a line position as guard and is one good reason for opponents being unable to gain t h r o u g h the line. Christy came to Lock H a v e n from Hollidaysburg w h e r e he was chosen all-county tackle in 1928. H e oirly weighs 185 now and is 5 ft. 8 in. tall. COLLEGE TIMES Intra-Mural Sports Where We Spent Football Schedule Program Planned Our Vacation For 1932 Season Coach Kaiser is planning to open up an intra-mural sports program, which begins with volley ball, from December 1 to Christmas vacation. He also plans to start basketball immediately after the Christmas holidays for all the students interested. Later the card of sports will continue with boxing and wrestling until spring. In the spring handball, baseball, and track will interest the students of the school. With such a complete sport card, all students can be well taken care of. To m a k e the sports m o r e interesting. Coach Kaiser is going to try to give the champions in each sport medals. CLYDE SNARE Varsity guard and tackle, 1929 and 1930. Graduate of Williamsburg H, S. Height 5 ft. 10 in. Weight 170 lbs. Sept. 24—Indiana Oct. 1—Open. Oct. 8—Mansfield Oct. 15—Millersville Oct. 22—Kutztown Oct. 29—Bloomsburg Nov. 5—West Chester Nov. 12—Clarion Nov. 19—Slippery Rock away home away away home home away home Children's Theatre To Be Organized Lock Haven State Teachers College is to have a Children's Theatre! This will bring our college into line, dramatically, with the most progressive colleges and schools throughout the country. The Children's Theatre Stock Company will be open to any and every student in t h e college. It will present children's plays for the children of our training school, and of the city, at a very low price of admission, and at regular intervals. Such plays as "The Three Bears," "The Shoemaker and the Elves," "When t h e Sun Stayed in Bed," and others of universal appeal, will be included in the company's repertoire. There will be opportunity for training in acting, directing, stage setting, costuming, and business managing in this Dr. Armstrong Urges Transfer of Football Spirit to Other Interests (Continued from page 1) school teams, they made four hundred eighteen points to our six. Other records were: 1927—six points to our opponents one hundred ninety-flve; 1928— eighteen points to our opponents one hundred twenty-four; 1929—flfty points to our opponents eighty-one and in 1930 we made two hundred ten points to our opponents forty-five. The scene changed apparently. In 1931 we made two hundred nine points to our opponents twenty-eight. Let us look at it in this way. In 1926 our opponents were making seventy touchdowns to our one. In 1930 we made flve touchdowns to one made by our opponents and in 1931 we were making approximately eight touchdowns to one m a d e by our opponents. Peg Gardiner spent her Thanksgiving holidays in New York. Jerry Jones spent her vacation seeing the many things to see in Washington. D.C. Marian Behmer spent part of her vacation with her roommate, Elvera Bruce. in Jamestown, N. Y. Bovard Tomllnson spent his vacation visiting in Pittsburgh and Bellefonte. Eloise Pownell visited in Patton and Johnstown during t h e Thanksgiving vacation. Evelyn Confer and Alma Probst went to Harrisburg by airplane and then to Philadelphia by car. Wilberta Shope went home to Flinton for Thanksgiving. Rebecca Heller and Betty Sundberg went hunting at Coudersport. Students Show Pep At Chapel Meetings The feature of the pep meeting, held last Friday morning during t h e chapel period, was the clever dialogue between Thomas Byler and James Kachik in which Mr, Byler told of his dream of t h e Dickinson Sem. Following this skit, short pep talks were given by Dr. David Thomas, president of the Board of Trustees; Faculty Manager C. M, Sullivan; Trainer S. Dare Lawrence; Coach Kaiser, Bursar F. E. Ritter, and Captain Ed Dettrey. This was the best pep meeting ever held at the school. The students showed that they were backing the team by their presence at this meeting. Scott McLean acted as chairman. At the meeting of the A, C, E. on F r i day, November 20, Sally Fletcher played a piano solo and Dorothy Cunningham sang several selections. CHARLES BAKER Charles Baker came to Lock Haven Teachers College in the fall of 1930 and immediately made the varsity football team at end. He served at that position throughout the season of 1930 and again this year at the same position. Before entering Teachers College, he had ex"We all admire our football team very perience at Lock Haven High School. much because they play to win and I Baker weighs 160 pounds and i s ^ ft. 10 think that they play fairly and squarely in. tall. and they play like gentlemen, I have a clipping here that I want to read to the school that was taken from the Coatesville paper when the team traveled to West Chester, "The squad of football players from t h e Lock Haven Teachers College who used the Y. M. C. A, basement as a dressing room during their A meeting of the Executive Committee practice at Scott Field on Friday after- of the Central Convention District of the noon w e r e the most courteous group of Pennsylvania State Education Associayoung men to visit here in many years. tion, was held at the Lock Haven State There was no disorder at any time and Teachers College, Friday afternoon, Nothey obeyed their coaches' orders per- vember 20, 1931, The main purpose of fectly.' the meeting was to make plans for the "This game on Saturday, which I think 1932 annual convention. Mr. C. M. Sulyou all saw by t h e looks of the bleachers, livan was re-elected Secretary-Treasurw a s a v e r y hard game. I have heard er for t h e year 1931-1932. down town since from many people that The following members of the comn o one has ever seen a harder fought mittee w e r e present: Dr, A, M. Weaver, football game t h a n our boys played. Williamsport; Superintendent C. M. LilW h a t I admired w a s that our boys fought libridge, Smethport; Miss Miriam Brown, so steadily. No one lost his head or Renovo; Philip Loder, Lamar; Miss temper. I also admired their endurance. Louise Bruner, State College; Martin E. I think that was one of the most remar- Miller, State College; Charles Coxe, Lewkable things t h a t I have ever seen in istown; Harvey E. Stabler, Williamsport; football, t h e w a y o u r boys endured till L. J. Ulmer, Lock Haven; Miss Elizabeth t h e end, and I k n o w that they put more Baird, Lock Haven; R, S. MacDougall, fight into t h e last q u a r t e r than they did Lock Haven; Superintendent Guy G, in t h e rest of t h e game. They were Brosius, Lock Haven; and C. M. Sullivan, (Continued on page 7) Lock Haven. Executive Meeting of P.S.E.A.HeldNov.20 ROBERT SMITH "Bob'* alternated as one of t h e halves and proved a dependable utility backfield man. Five ft. 9 in, tall and weighing 150 pounds. Bob received his secondary education a t , J e r s e y Shore High where he graduated In 1928, work, so if you are interesffed, in any of these branches join in the Children's Theatre Stock Company and get spme practice, A big general meeting of all those who desire to join the ChUdren's Theatre Company will be held in Miss Arey's classroom, Room 33, a t 3:30 P. M,, on Wednesday, December 16, to organize the company, and m a k e plans for t h e flrst performance, which will be scheduled after the Christmas holidays. Everybody is welcome to come in and have a t r y at this new form of Dramatics. \ ^ RUSSELL BURD Another P u r p l e and White star, "Russ" ended his high school days back in 1926. Six feet two and 160 pounds in weight, his outstanding asset has been his great defensive work. "Russ" worked the fullback position with an occasional t u r n a t end. COLLEGE What Goulaud Overheard See, Melisande, a rain is coming; White heat is humming a t the pool's white rail. Soon, Soon the pool shall gladly hail Each arrowed drop; But stop, Melisande, A storm is coming; Each tree shall quail At lightning fists. The varied mists that tint your veil Shall flow, and drip To threads of gold. Rain and storms a r e things of old, Melisande, Melisande, You and I cannot be told A weather tale; You fail To hear the rustling of the rain, Melisande. It sweeps a silvered train About you as I speak. A hood of varied mists drips threads of gold, Melisande, Melisande, And weaves a hold, a webbed fold. That holds your all. This rising call of mine. Cuts not t h e flne F r a m e rain may weave. I'll leave you to a misted thrall. The webbed mass of threaded rain Will pass, and then again, r n caU. "COLLEGIANS" NOT AFFILIATED WITH COLLEGE The CoUege Times Staff believe it worthwhile, especially for future records, to note the fact that there is an aggregation of football players from Lock Haven and vicinity who have assumed the name of "Collegians" and through the fall there has appeared in t h e local paper news items concerning this football team published under the name of "Collegians." Since the College is located here, the reader of such a news item would conclude that it had some connection with our College. Under these conditions no organization should assume to use such a name unless it is actually connected with the College. As stated before, for future records we a r e noting here that this team has no connection whatever with the College. It would be noted that this team has been playing Sunday footbaU and for that further reason we wish to state that this team traveling under the assumed name of "Collegians" had no connection with the College and to state further also that the College not only does not favor Sunday football but is definitely opposed to it. TIMES Four Faculty Members Speak at Institute Several of our faculty members had charge of the teachers' conferences of the Lycoming County Teachers' Institute, held at South Williamsport, November 23-25. Miss Payne had charge of the Intermediate grade teachers, with whom she discussed the subjects of spelling and English. Miss Hatcher discussed Primary Numbers and P r i m a r y Reading with the p r i m a r y teachers. Mr. Sullivan conducted discussions with the teachers of Social Studies in the junior and senior high school. Mr. Ulmer spoke to the junior and senior high school Science teachers. These conferences w e r e held Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. ROBERT DENSHAN Tackle 1930. Graduate of Morrisdale H. S. Height 6 ft. Weight 180 lbs. Square Dancing Classes Prove Very Popular Dr. Armstrong Urges Transfer of Football Spirit to Other Interests The square dancing classes, held in the gymnasium e v e r y Tuesday evening, have so far proved very successful. There is a marked improvement over last year's classes. Over a hundred and fifty students have attended regularly at t h e four classes already held and all have enjoyed the dancing. Mr. Weldon Williams is instructor and prompter. Miss Holaway, Dr. Weber, Miss Dixon, Miss Edgerton, and Mr. Sullivan have assisted Mr. WilUams in instructing. Miss Helen Munsen plays for t h e dancing. y** GEORGE SHIVELY George Shively is Lock Haven's little :;iant at right end. He rivals any end n the state in effectiveness. H e came lere from Clearfield where he played football for the high school in 1926. Shively weighs 150 pounds and is 5 ft. 9 in. tall, and graduates in 1934. Miss Daniel Speaks At Girls' Meeting The Girls' Meetings a r e offering constructive educational material to the girls of the school in which subjects of general interest and welfare a r e presented in a series of lectures. The first lecture of these series was given by Miss Berthe Daniel on Tuesday, November 17, on "Personality Enrichment Through Good English." Good English develops personality. When one is aware of his good English, good pronunciation and enunciation, he gains dignity, grace and poise. Miss Daniel said that to achieve most satisfaction in life one should have the type of speech that will be communicative as well as expressive. Miss Daniel showed that by proper fire-side English, HALL ACHENBACH Halfback, guard and center 1929 and good schooling, and awareness of our 1930. Graduate of Lock Haven H. S. English at all times, education will give u s a personality of quality. Height 5 ft. 10 in. Weight 160 lbs. (Continued from page 6) wishing for two more minutes longer to play when the whistle blew. That was w h e r e their victory came in. They were wishing to go on while their opponents had had enough. Although they had been fighting valiantly from t h e first, they were fighting just as valiantly and successfully when t h e whistle blew. I was reminded of the founder of t h e Navy who, when his enemy asked him if h e RICHARD MCCLOSKEY Richard McCloskey has proved to b e had surrendered said, 'I have not yet b e one of the best defensive men on t h e gun to fight.' squad. He weighs only 150 pounds b u t "We have said considerable about what he lacks in size he more than makes footbaU and I want to finish my part of up in viciousness and he constantly has it this morning. I noticed in one of our his 5 ft. 8 in, of height in the place papers last week an article written by where it will do the most good in keep- Glenn S. Warner, entitled, 'Here Comes ing opponents scoreless. This was Dick's the Giants!' The point that would b e first year of football at Teachers College. interesting to you is that one of his alltime all-America players used to play on the Lock Haven team here in this school. His name is Bob Peck. 'Curiously enough. Bob Peck, my choice for center, would have seemed small between H a r e and Heffelfinger, for he weighed only 175 pounds. He was, however, t h e most The tuneful opera comique by Michael accurate and dependable passer that I Balfe, "The Bohemian Girl" will be t h e have ever known. In spite of his light offering presented here tonight by t h e weight. Bob was a power on t h e offense, Opera Comique Company. This roman- while his defensive play was something tic work, one of the most popular known to marvel at, for h e possessed Hinkey's to music lovers, will be the second n u m - uncanny ability to anticipate the strategy of opponents.' Bob Peck played halfber on our concert series. back while Dr. Thomas, President of our The story of "The Bohemian Girl" is Board of Trustees and President of o u r filled with action, intrigue and love in- Alumni Association, played fullback. terest. Balfe has written music unusual "When I am a w a y from h e r e I a m in its loveliness and melodic line. Among some of the m o r e well known asked about our good team and I say arias and airs from the "Bohemian Girl" that we have a good team and then I are "I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls," d r a w their attention to other things b y and "Then You'll Remember Me," Ac- saying that our footbaU team is not t h e cording to press notices reviewed in ad- only championship department that w e vance of t h e present performance, w e have here at the College. What I want have a cast of eminent artists perform- you to do is to transfer a little of t h e ing for us tonight. football enthusiasm into some other channel for the rest of t h e year. I cannot say exactly w h a t other championDr. Dallas W. Armstrong attended a ship department we have but I think you meeting of the Board of the State Teach- know. There is no law to prevent you ers College Presidents held at Harris- making your History Department t h e b u r g on Friday, November 20, 1931. (Continued on page 8) 'Bohemian Girl" to Be Presented Tonight COLLEGE Dr. Armstrong Urges Transfer of Football Spirit to Other Interests (Continued from page 7) Championship Department of Pennsylvania. So in Science, no one can hold you back. You have a free field. So w i t h Mathematics, no law can hinder you from making your Mathematics Dep a r t m e n t a Championship Department. So with your English Department and Education Department and so with all t h e rest of the departments. Take your cue from our Athletic Department as demonstrated by our footbaU team this year and last. "We see many of our students who are making only a C grade or poorer, going to the movies an extra night; or the boys standing in t h e halls looking for some one if she has not already come; or going into the Library to do reference work and then visiting instead. What would you say if one of our boys in any of the ifootball games had t a k e n the ball and had stood and held it instead of making a n effort to carry it toward t h e goal? You have the ball at this time. Where a r e you going with it? You have a chance to make a touchdown and a chance to succeed. That is a wonderful accomplishment that our boys made and it seems to me that it did not come without a challenge. We have played the best State Teachers Colleges in the State of Pennsylvania and h a v e won. Can you go out and make the best English students in the state and win? Your competition is going to widen when you get out of here. You still have the whole world as competitors. You have your opportunity. What a r e you going to do w i t h it? Why not make your championship ability count in these fields where your are working. I am going to finish b y reminding you of what Roosevelt said. 'The rule of life is much the same as in a game of football. Don't foul, don't flinch, but hit the line hard.' You h a v e to hit the line hard to win." The Biga Dream By T. L. Blyler Lasta night as I lay ona my pillows I hava t h e great biga dream. I see Locka Have hita Dickensona Sem so hard, Dickensona Sem she screams. I seea one littlea fellows—I think the name she is Hart; He nota much on the foot balla game, but for t h e priza fight he is smart. When I seea theas foota balla players anda how they hit data line. She make t h e small goosa pimples runna right up m y spine. And there is a sraarta Charlie Bake, he runna for the pass anda a muff. And then Dicka Mc Closk he getta real mad anda say, "You big cream puff!" With a biff and a bang the game she go on until Dickensona Sem she start to fiinch. And then coach a Kize he j u m p up and down and scream w e ketcham a cinch. But the halfa she come with a nothing nothing, and still the game she is not won. And then Dona a Griff he taka the boys and swears lika the sun of a gun. The wistle shea blows for the seconda half and Captain Ed h e strut all around. But the mind she is not on the foota balls game—he is a look for the Miss Johnstown. The game she is hot anda looks very bad as if a Lock Have can no manage. And Whitie A Larance he get all excited and t r y to eat up the bandage. There is a Rus Burd, he looksa very bad, sometimes I think she is the fever, But justa the same I donta think so, I thinks she is a Maria Beaver. Now the gama she come with three minutes to play and stilla there isa no score; But when big Charlie Wepsic he think of Dot Beish, then Dickensona Sem is no more. TIMES Faculty Vacationings "The Ivory Door" to Be Presented Dec. 11 Dr. Weber visited relatives in Chambersburg, Pa. Harrisburg was the vacationing site chosen by Mr. Lehman and Mr. Fleming. Among points of interest seen was the Department of Public Education Building. Dr. Vickery went to Washington, D. C , during Thanksgiving vacatipn. Mr. Sullivan took a long motor trip to Avis. Philadelphia welcomed Miss Fox. Miss Holaway and Miss Dixon spent their vacation at L. H. S. T. C. Those who report a delightful time spent at Lock Haven include Miss Larabee, Miss MacDonald, Miss Russell, Miss Daniel, and Miss Arey. Miss Payne, Miss DuBois, Dr. Coppens, and Mr. Williams spent their vacations in New York, seeing the season's plays. Mr. Williams saw Eugene O'Neill's "Morning Becomes Electra"; Norman Bel Geddes's production of Hamlet, with Raymond Massey, the young English actor, in t h e role; "The Barretts of Wimpole Street," Katharine Carnell's production of the love story of the Brownings; Ethel B a r r y m o r e in "The School for Scandal." He also h e a r d Toscanini and the N e w York Philharmonic Orchestra in concert at t h e Metropolitan Opera House. Now t h e game isa won, t h e big crowd m a k e a noise, and a Lock Have she w i n t h e great name. But for Speeda the Hat and Reda the Cowf she is just some more of t h a t a fame. Buta S n a r e and Hammack they not ii; the games, but they hita the line lika the bomb, But old coacha Kize, bea much pretty wisa—he save them for the Junior Prom. LOCK HAVEN STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE 1931 CHAMPION FOOTBALL TEAM (Continued from page 1) Mary," "The Dover Road," "The Perfect Alibi," and "The Ivory Door." His books for children (we might add the t i m e worn but t r u e phrase, from six to sixty) increase each year in popularity. This series about Winnie, and t h e Pooh Corner house are delectable bits of mingled fancy and verity. Mr. Milne's flrst novel was published during his recent sojourn in New York. During his present a p pearances on the lecture platforms of our large cities, he has been received in a manner becoming his eminence. "The Dover Road," which was given h e r e three years ago by our dramatic club, is now being filmed by the P a r a m o u n t movie company as a feature item on their production list. One point which seemed to arouse comment on the p a r t of Mr. Milne, w h e n questioned about his similarity in style to that of J. M. B a r r i e was their common quality of whimsy. We a r e too apt, t o day, to place a deficient connotation on the word, whimsy. In its true meaning it implies a situation or incident r e p l e t e with capricious notions, a humorous conceit, or a fancy, Mr. Milne is justified in asserting that his plays have a depth that transcends more whimsicality. A reading or seeing of "The Ivory Door" attests to the truth of this. In the magic welding of dialogue to situation, Mr. Milne achieves a moving triumph. The t i m e of t h e play "The Ivory Door" is "somewhere in the Middle Ages," when men were superstitious. The leading personages of the d r a m a are of royal lineage. Under the direction of Miss Mabel Louise Arey, careful attention is being given to costuming and stage settings. T h e costumes a r e the work of a Williamsport designer and embody the wealth of beauty found in Medieval dress. See "The Ivory Door" and experience for yourself the unusual perfection of a play written by a m a n who is an unusual purveyor of deftly woven play fabrics.