COLLEGE TIMES State Teachers College, Lock Haven, Penna. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1932 Vol IX, No. 24 Children Miss Holaway Attends Convention of Deans State Health Department, Conducts Examination in Teachers College and At Washington, D. C. Welsh Imperial Singers Dr. Noble Examines Present Musical Concert Dr. Mary Riggs Noble, of the Executing their numbers in a style thoroughly stirring and artistic, the Welsh Imperial Singers made Friday night's concert an outstanding musical event. Under the leadership of R. Festyn Davies, this famous male ensemble presented a well-balanced program of solos, duets, part-songs, glees, and choruses. All concerted numbers as well as solos gave ample proof of tho deserved reputation of these singers, who have gained fame in Europe and Canada as well as in the United States. Stephen Foster's "Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming," was accorded the understanding and well-balanced interpretation it deserves. Other outstanding numbers were Park's "Boys of the Old Brigade," and Edward German's "O Peaceful Night," No item of the program was in the least mediocre; each selection displayed new voice combinations and unusual score arrangements. Norman Evans, the pianist, deserves applause for his sensitive accompaniments. The male voices in the Imperial Welsh Singers ensemble seemed unusually adapted to choral singing, the voices blending with each other in a manner that often reminded one of an orchestral interlude. Mr. Sullivan Accompanies Scouts to Valley Forge Mr. C. J. Sullivan, member of the social studies department, accompanied a group of eight hundred Boy Scouts of Clinton County to Valley Forge to witness the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of George Washington's birthday. Mr, Sullivan attended this celebration in the capacity of a member of the Clinton County Boy Scout Council, Upon arriving at Valley Forge the Boy Scouts marched from Washington's headquarters to the Washington memorial, where more than eight thousand Boy Scouts passed in review before General J o h n J, Pershing and Dan Beard, the founder of the Boy Scout organization of America. General Pershing, as the fourth American since the time of Washington to hold the full rank of General, interested the boy scouts in the address he delivered on this occasion. Beard was also a speaker of the day. Physical Pre-School Penn Kindergarten A physical examination of about seventy pre-school children was conducted by Dr. Mary Riggs Noble, with the assistance of Dr. Evelyn M. Carpenter, both of the State Department of Health, in the Lock Haven State Teachers College Training School and in the Teachers College Kindergarten in the Penn building of the city schools on February 16 and 17. This examination was promoted by the State Health Department at Harrisburg. Its purpose is to detect critical defects in children before they enter school so that they will be corrected at an early age, thus enabling the children to carry on their regular school work without any serious handicaps. A half-hour examination was given each child in the presence of one or both cf his parents. Dr. Noble showed her ability to handle children by helping them to overcome their shyness. Her sympathetic attitude made possible a very thorough examination. During the entire half hour she conferred with the parent as to the child's diet, and his physical handicaps, and their correction. The examinations, which were conducted in the Training School health room, were planned for carefully beforehand. A Ust of the names of the children of pre-school age was prepared by Miss Jesse Scott Himes, Director of Kindergarten and Primary Education, Miss Gladys Erickson, Miss Sue Northey, and, under their supervision, by student teachers in the Kindergarten and P r i mary Department. In addition these people visited several homes and presented appointment cards designating the time at which either or both of the (Continued on page 4) Miss Russell Speaks Senior Class Play Will Be Presented Tonight At Girls' Meeting At the Girls' Meeting held Tuesday, February 16, 1932, Miss Lillian Russell, of the Social Studies Department, spoke on "The Teacher as a Social Being." This is another of the series of speeches given under the new constructive program monthly at the Girls' Meetings. In Miss Russell's talk, she told how the teacher influences the pupils' actions. She pointed out how children imitate their teachers and how teachers need to set a high standard of conduct for children. In the talk it was explained that the instructor is faced with many social problems which she is expected to solve. For this she receives no remuneration. Miss Russell's comments were illustrated by many practical and interesting examples. Miss Carpenter of State Department of Health Speaks at Chapel The annual senior dramatic offering, featuring Henry Hubert Davis' threeact play, "The Mollusc," will be presented in the College Auditorium this evening at 8:15 o'clock. During the past few weeks each one of the four members of the cast selected by Miss Mabel Louise Arey has labored to present different variations of the "mollusc" theme. In this instance the supposed characteristics of an invertebrate animal, the "mollusc," are attributed to one of the characters of this comedy. The contributions that the other characters make to the play are so inextricably woven about the "moUuscity" of the main character that the play represents one unified whole. Madeline Lesser, as Mrs. Baxter; Myron Biddle, as Mr. Baxter, her devoted husband; Frank Kitko, as Mrs. Baxter's brother, and Fern Snyder, as Miss Roberts, the pretty young governess, all under the capable leadership of Miss Arey, promise to make this event in our social calendar worth-while. The admission to this play will be twenty-five cents for general admission On Friday, February 19, Miss Evelyn and fifty cents for reserved seats. Tickets Carpenter of the State Department of may be secured in advance from various Health, spoke at chapel concerning the members of the Senior class. care of the eyes. She spoke to us as future teachers emphasizing what difflculties we would have in securing help for pupils with poor eyesight and also how we could help those with good vision to On Tuesday evening, February 23, at retain it. 7:30 the movie reel, "From Clay to A pupil with poor vision must be The annual Sophomore Hop will be Bronze" was shown in the College Au- shown a great deal of consideration. He held in the Gymnasium on March 5, unditorium. This picture was especiaUy should be given the best lighted seat in der the auspices of the Sophomore Class. stimulating to those students interested the room and a special type of book. The price of the admission is one dollar in modeling and sculpturing. There are always ways of securing these per couple. The first reel showed the young advantages for the pupil. Many outsiders The decorations, whieh will be in St. sculptor. Miss Katherine W. Lane, at are willing to devote their efforts to work making the clay image of her pet remedying these defects in vision if the Patrick's Day motif, are being planned greyhound. In the second reel, Miss teachers will ask them. If the teachers by a committee headed by Helen Myers. Lane was shown making a plaster mold are unable to find any one who will pro- The color scheme will be green and and then a plaster cast of the hound. In vide the money for proper books and white and many novelties will be feathe third reel the making of the bronze window shades, it is worthwhile to sacri- tured. cast by the sand mold method was de- fice a portion of their own pay to ultiReceipts for the dance must be handed mately benefit t h e less fortunate. scribed. into the Dean some time today. Art Club Presents Film "From Clay to Bronze" 5 Cents Per Copy Sophomores Set Mar. 5 As Date for Annual Hop Miss Belle Holaway, Dean of Women, has returned from the sixteenth annual meeting of the National Association of Deans of Women, held at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D. C , from February 17 to 20. Miss Holaway, Dean of Women, represented Lock Haven and attended the Teachers College Section. The theme of the entire meeting was "Squaring With the Changing Social and Economic Order." At the opening luncheon. Rabbi Samuel H. Goldenson, one of the most outstanding speakers, began his series of addresses by expressing his opinion of "What Is Justice?" Rabbi Goldenson's idea of justice is giving to another what is his due. The only way to flnd it is to learn the antecedent factors that m a k e the result. There a r e mainly three ingredients of justice: A free and fresh intelUgence, a sympathetic imagination, and a moral will, Mr. Goldenson, continuing his addresses at the farewell luncheon, spoke on "Justice in the Economic Process," Justice enters at the point where man goes into any enterprise. The moral law comes into the economic process when a human being gives his time and substance to production. Thus, social, economic, and moral salvation will come only when society meets the demands of the simple elementary virtues, such (Continued on page 2) Miss Hatcher Attends Baltimore Conference Miss Ashton Hatcher, of the Education Department, attended a meeting of the Progressive Education Association at Baltimore, February 18 and 19. The discussion that took place included t h r e e main topics, all emphasizing the idea of progressive schools. The flrst was "The Value and Place of the Pre-School; the second was "Methods of Keeping Records in Progressive Schools," and the third concerned, "Description and Evaluation of Units of Work." The progressive idea of education is spreading rapidly and has gone beyond the private and experimental school stage. Reports were heard from the public schools of Bunxville, New York; Raleigh, North Carolina, and from several in California. Other interesting features were a t r i p to the P a r k Sehool, a progressive school in Baltimore, and an exhibition of t h e material contributed by various schools in the country. Miss Hatcher also attended a conference of Teachers College Presidents and Instructors at the Hotel Washington, Washington, D. C , on Saturday. The interesting topic of this meeting was a report of a committee on follow-up work. This committee pointed out that the coming feature of Teachers College w o r k will be a deflnite program of follow-up work with the students who have left school. COLLEGE Schnarrs' Cages Honors Local Quintet Bows In a Kaiser Victory To California Five On the small California Teachers College floor, the local quintet had to admit the supremacy of the westerners in a very fast and interesting game. It seemed that the California five couldn't miss. They dropped in all kinds of shots from u n d e r the basket and the middle of the floor. Feldman was especially clever with one handed shots. The Kaiserites couldn't flnd the basket during the first half, which closed with the locals on the short end of a 29 to 11 count. The second half was much more evenly played than the first half and the Maroon and Gray were more successful in finding the basket. In the last quarter the Californians were held to one point, but the Lock Haven aggregation were closely guarded every minute of play. Feldman, the diminutive forward of the California team, was high scorer with sixteen points. Cooke closely followed with twelve points. The Kaiserites displayed some accurate foul shooting when they made eleven out of their seventeen tries. Lock Haven G E T Cooke, Forward 4 4x4 12 Condo, Forward 1 1x3 3 Plummer, Forward 2 1x1 5 McLean, Forward 1 0x0 2 With West Chester the guest of the lo- Poust, Center 0 1x1 0 cals this week-end, the Maroon has a 1 0x2 2 splendid opportunity of proving its r e - Weber, Center Buchanan, Center 0 0x0 0 covery a permanent matter. Hammaker, Guard 0 3x3 3 Lock Haven T. C. Bardo, Guard 1 1x3 3 G E T 10 11x17 31 Schnarrs, forward 5 1x2 11 Totals Plummer, forward 0 0x0 0 California Condo, forward 2 0x0 4 G F T McLean, forward 0 0x0 0 Neil. Forward 4 1x2 9 Poust, center 1 3x4 5 Feldman. Forward 7 2x3 16 Cooke, guard 1 0x0 2 Campagna, Forward .... 0 0 x 0 0 Bardo, guard 0 1x2 1 Herk, Forward 1 0x0 2 Hammaker, guard 1 1x2 3 Sisson, Center 2 1x3 5 4 1x3 9 Totals 10 6x10 26 Cree, Guard Zaretic, Guard 0 1x4 1 Indiana T. C. Brown. Guard 0 0x0 0 G F T Totals 18 6 X 15 42 Braden, forward 0 1x3 1 Anderson, forward 0 1x2 1 Referee—Mulligan (Indiana). Grundy, forward 0 0x0 0 K. Davis, center 2 1x2 5 J. Davis, guard 0 2x4 2 Chapmor, guard 1 1x4 3 Leech, guard 0 0x0 0 Barthelbaugh, guard 0 0x0 0 (Continued from page 1) Gindrick, guard 0 0x0 0 as honest.v, decency, kindness, fairness, Sheer, guard 0 0x0 0 goodness of heart, and sympathy. Another very interesting speaker was Totals 3 6x15 12 Miss Cornelia Sorabji, the President of the Federation of University Women, of Calcutta, India, and also the flrst woman to be admitted to the English bar. She spoke on "Squaring With the Changing Order in India." It was surprising to notice her attitude Miss Holaway, Dean of Women, was toward Gandhi, who, she explained, was privileged to visit Howard University the one non-co-operator at the 1931 confor Colored people while attending the ference. According to Miss Sorabji, National Association of Deans of Wo- there is no majority demand for what men Convention in Washington, D. C, he wants; he is merely striving for dicMembers of the student body very gra- tatorship in a peculiar way. ciously accompanied the delegates to the Miss Sorabji was very complimentary convention around the campus, pointing to England concerning t h e present deout places of interest. They were per- velopment of education, sanitation, and mitted to inspect the t h r e e large new modern industries in India. The Indian dormitories, complete with all modern is handicapped by the curse of believing improvements. The school has a total in evil rather t h a n in good, and must enrollment of nearly t w o thousand stu- overcome this before India may take dents, t h r e e hundred a n d flfty of whom her place in t h e world of affairs. She live in t h e dormitories. also explained t h a t the constitution of After enjoying an entertainment by India would be t h e hardest ever written t h e students, featuring their chorus, t h e since t h e second century superstitions visiting delegates of Deans of Women are still flourishing with the modern twentieth century advances. w e r e served tea. The stellar work of Schnarrs, coupled with a brilliant defense that permitted only three fleld goals, proved the downfall of Indiana Teachers College Five at Indiana last Saturday, After a mid-season slump that cost them flve games, the locals snapped out of their lethargy and redeemed themselves at the expense of I. S. T, C. by the tune of 26 to 12. The entire team clicked to perfection. Out-jumped at center by the lanky K. Davis, who bumps his head on anything under a six-feet five-inch clearance, the Kaiser-coached quintet fell behind at half time by three points. Led by Schnarrs, who early in the game solved the problem of getting the ball on the tip-off, they staged a last-half rally that netted sixteen points. Hard and clean passing kept adding points for the Maroon while their air-tight defense continued to function perfectl.v. Schnarrs had a big night, running up eleven points, and his fast, aggressive work was the outstanding feature of the game. Poust and Condo found the net for tallies in the second half when the Maroon pulled the old stalling "gag" and lured the Indiana five, who played a zone defense, away from their defense sectors. In addition to outscoring their opponents from the field, the L. H. team proved more accurate on the foul line scoring six out of ten, while the Indiana cagers had to be content with six out of flfteen tries. Miss Holaway Attends Convention of Deans Deans Visit University For Colored People TIMES Latest News At a meeting of the Sophomore class on Tuesday morning it was deflnitely decided that Joe Vanucci's Orchestra will furnish t h e music for the Sophomore Hop. Students Appreciate Work of Miss Stalcup One of the busiest individuals about the school is the nurse in the inflrmary. Miss Stalcup confessed to a very bus.y period this winter, since the uncertain weather is causing much illness. During the month of February thus far, Miss Stalcup has had ninety-one cases for treatment. Eleven of these were admitted to the infirmary for a short length of time. Treatments average over a hundred for each month. Few admission cases are serious enough to warrant a sta,y of more than two or three days. The infirmary provides in two rooms accommodations for flve people. If the admission cases at an.y one time r u n s over that number, beds are brought in and set up. Most of the cases at present are due to colds or grippe. They vary from light colds and nose bleed to appendicitis. Except in the case of .students who have a regular personal physician in town, Dr. Thomas is called for all inflrmary cases. The work distributes itself rather well over the various days. However, Miss Stalcup said that lately she has had some very busy days because ot the prevalence of colds. Extremely quiet da3's are unusual in the inflrmary. Besides her duty as nurse. Miss Stalcup is also household director, with supervision over the cleaning and the doiTTiitories. Cream Puffs to Contend For Intra-Mural Title Hoy's crippled Passing Five was swamped by the fast playing of Friendly Five, captained by Wepsic. It just seemed that the Hoy Five couldn't get near the basket, while Wepsic's aggregation rarely missed a shot. Kachik's Midgets, starting out with a rush, coasted to an easy victory during the second half of t h e game. With a score of 24 to 12 against them, the Majesties came back with plenty of flght to make the game more interesting. The Midgets came out on the long end of a 44 to 33 count. Sekula's Derelicts continue their fine work. They gave Cowfer's Lambs their fourth straight loss. The final score was 38 to 21 for Sekula. Though Schnarrs' Cream Puffs had a tough time in winning from Torok's Ramblers, they still seem to be the best team in the American League. By winning from the Ramblers with a score of 39 to 26, the Cream Puffs have stretched their winning streak to four straight. National League Roamers Friendly Five Marvels Passing Five Cremos American League Cream Puffs Derelicts Midgets Ramblers Majesties Lambs Won 4 2 2 1 0 Lost 0 1 2 3 3 Won 4 4 2 1 1 0 Lost 0 0 2 2 3 4 Beginners' Basketball Last Friday, at 4:20, the beginnners' basketball games were again played. T h e game between Newman and Walters r e sulted in the largest score, 12-2, in favor of Newman, Maloney won from Manning, 8-2, while Crawford beat Brown, 9-6. Next week Newman and Crawford "What does the average coUege stu- will play for first place. This week each dent know about acting as an a r t ? " team has been reduced to six players This question is asked by "The Col- and one substitute. legian." student publication of the State College al Fresno. California, and, in order to give their students an opportunity to express themselves, they are offering a five-dollar award for the best essay on Miss Belle Holaway, Dean of Women, whom the different students consider the most brilliant performer in "Arrow- reports that one of the most interestsmith," a Samuel Goldwyn production ing incidents that occurred while she adapted from Sinclair Lewis' prize-win- attended the meeting of the National Association of Deans of Women at Washning novel of the same title. ington was a reception at the White House given by Mrs, Herbert Hoover. The Bloomsburg "Maroon and Gold" The group of delegates to this convenlists the American best sellers for 1931, as compiled by the Retailer Book-seller. tion, assembled in the Gold Room of the White House. Later Mrs, Hoover r e The novels include: ceived the deans in the Blue Room. "Shadows on the Rock," Willa Gather, "The Good Earth," Pearl Buck. "The Bridge of Desire," Warwick Deeping, "A White Bird Flying," Bess Streeter Aldrich. "The Road Back," Erich Maria ReHear Mr, Baxter's views and admarque, vice upon marriage! "The Ten Commandments," Warwick See charming M i s s Roberts Deeping. forced to reject Tom! "Maid in Waiting," John Galsworthy, "Grand Hotel," Vicki Baum. Share Tom's laughter and enthu"American Beauty," Edna Ferber. siasm! "Years of Grace," Margaret A, Barnes. Comfort Mrs. Baxter in her linThe flve best sellers in the general list gering molluscry! were: Laughs! Love! Pathos! Drama! "The Education of a Princess," Grand Duchess Marie of Russia. All in the Mollusc—See It! "Washington Merry-Go-Round." Hear it! Friday evening, 8:15; "Larry—Thoughts of Youth," College auditorium; 25c-50c. Ad"The Epic of America," James T, Adams. mission. "Fatal Interview," Edna St, Vincent Millay. Exchange Notes Mrs. Hoover Greets Deans The "Mollusc' COLLEGE Roman Caesars Calculate Extra Day For Leap Year COLLEGE TIMES The College Times is published at Lock Haven State Teachers College, Lock Haven, Penna., by the Board of Editors of the College Times. Published weekly during school year. Subscription rate, $1.00 per annum. BOARD OF CONTROL Editor-in-Chief Olive Livingston Managing Editor Marion Francisco Make-up Editor Kermit Stover Copy Editor John H. Haberstroh Business Manager Christian Feit Sub-Editors H. Leslie Sykes, Madeline Lesser, Alma Crawford, Florence D a y e , Ann Vujcich, Mary Sharpe, Jean Mateer, Isadore Ziff, Isabelle Welch, Martha Hammon, Special Writers J u l i e Silagyi, Jeanne Hopler, Zeigler. Martha Reporters Madeline Faulkner, Roberta Newman, Audrey Finn, Elizabeth Kohler, Jenice Sharpe, Dorcas Tressler, Ruth Doebler, Mirabelle Eliason, Ethel Quigg, Pauline Graden, Pauline Hamilton, Isabelle Milligan, Ann Yockey. 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 matter November 6, 1928, at the Post Offlce at Lock Haven, Penna., under the Act of March 3, 1879. FEBRUARY 26, 1932 The recent physical examination of all children of pre-school age by Dr. Mary Riggs Noble and Dr. Evelyn Carpenter calls to mind t h e practical contacts with children and parents that students enjoy in the course of their student teaching. In addition to the actual directing of classroom activities, t h e sympathy a teacher shares with parents and children outside of the school is one of the most worthwhile services a teacher can give. This recent project, executed under the auspices of the Training Department, indicates this school's recognition of the need for this service and represents a definite effort of the administration to provide an opportunity for student teachers to participate in this service before they actually take their places in the field of teaching. At the entertainment given last Friday night by the Welsh Imperial Singers the students of this college reciprocated by the attention they devoted to t h e prog r a m for the excellence of the solos, duets, and choruses that these singers offered. Generally, the worth any prog r a m is mirrored in the attention of the audience that attends it and likewise the attitude of the audience is refiected in t h e program any artist offers. In this case, however, t h e reflections cast by both the audience and t h e artists upon each other were satisfying to t h e most discerning critic. Mary Beaver and Mary Steiner were the guests of Margaret Gardiner at her home in Renovo, over the week-end. Ruth Harpster spent the week-end with her parents in Hollidaysburg. Her small brother, Donnie, who had been very badly injured, is improving very fast. Every one was glad to see Kay Gorman when she stopped for a few minutes last Thursday night, Thelma Yingling was very much surprised by a visit from her parents, Mr. and Mrs, D. G. Yingling from York, last Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. Pressler from Meyersdale visited their daughter, Dorcas, last Sunday afternoon. The cold weather seems to disagree with many of our girls. Last week the following were in the inflrmary: Virginia Robinson, Marion Behmer, J e a n McClure, Janice Sharpe, and J e a n Mateer. Barbara Rhoads attended t h e boxing matches at State CoUege Saturday evening, February 20. Mirabel Eliason was pleasantly surprised last week by receiving a visit from a Pittsburgh friend. Ruth Doebler, Gretchen Kuhns, and Emelyn Brown attended a tea given by Pauline Graden, Eileen Perry visited her home in Renovo Sunday afternoon. Ann Oven spent the week-end with Mary Woika, '31, in Bellefonte where Mary is teaching. Peg Gardiner entertained Mary Steiner and Mary Beaver at her home in Renovo over the week-end, Nora Holmes entertained Mildred Carbaugh in Salona for the week-end. Jean Mateer went home with Helen Gates to Lewistown and had an enjoyable week-end, Edith Sharpe spent the week-end with Peg Freeman in Derrick City. The F r y e Twins went to their home in Alexandria for their week-end. Anna Yockey went home to N e w Alexandria to interview some school men. Mary Evans spent the week-end with Vivian Benson in Mt. Jewett, Elva Powell spent the week-end in Lewistown where she visited with her aunt and uncle. J a n e Mattern, Olive Hoover and Libby Gorman all spent their week-end in Clearfleld. B. E. X. The members of the B, E. X. Sorority Did you ever stop to figure why we held a business meeting Thursday afhave an extra day (February 29th) ternoon. At this time plans were made every four years? for the spring social events. The reason for the extra day in F e b ruary every four years is connected with A. S. T. some tinkering with the calendar by The members of the Alpha Sigma Tau several men back in ancient times. The first one to tinker was Caius Julius Cae- Sorority held an informal business meetsar, a Roman emperor, in 46 B, C, He ing Friday afternoon. P r e p a r a t o r y plans established a calendar on the basis of the for a program for the semester were solar system consisting of three hundred made. « *