COLLEGE TIMES
State Teachers College, Lock Haven, Penna.
Vol, IX, No, 25

FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1932

Ben H. Spence Addresses
Prominent Speaker Criticizes
Canada's System of Liquor
Traffic and Control
Ben H. Spence, a noted Canadian
Journalist and Washington Press Correspondent, under the auspices of the Inter-Collegiate Prohibition Association,
visited the CoUege on Friday, February 26,
He took as a subject "Alcoholism and
Its Control" giving most of his time to a
discussion of the Canadian Liquor System, He gave a definition of Alcoholism
as it appears in the Constitution of the
World League as "a poisoning of germ
plasm, body, mind, and society by imbibing alcohol," He pointed out very vividly to the students what a great
scourge Alcoholism is to a nation and always has been to the world. He stated
that the regrettable thing is that Alcoholism attacks and destroys the functions and attitudes latest developed in
the individual. The finest things that
education can bring and home training
can give and those things that are most
to be admired in man are the first to be
attacked by Alcoholism and are the ones
that are first to be lost. If Alcohol would
attack the physical man and destroy it
first, leaving these finer things untouched, it would not be such a great
curse to the world as it always has been;
but it always attacks the finer things as
stated, destroying the individual's selfrespect and his control,
Mr. Spence stated there were three
factors to be considered in the effort that
humanity had made and is making to
control Alcoholism. The first is the law
(Continued on page 4)

Miss Erickson Attends
N. E. A. Convention
At Washington, D. C.
Miss Gladys Erickson, Director of the
Kindergarten at the Penn School, attended the convention of the National
Educational Association held in Washington during the week of February 14.
Miss Erickson attended last year's convention at Detroit. She reports that this
year's convention at Washington is far
superior to the one she attended last
year at Detroit.
The theme of this year's convention,
according to Miss Erickson, was "eduea(Continued on page 2)

Juniors Levy Class Dues
The Junior Class held a business meeting Tuesday morning in the auditorium
for the purpose of considering the class
dues.
The amount assessed each member for
the year was announced as one dollar.
This assessment list includes all Juniors
of Groups I and II and the CoUege
Juniors,
The dues may be paid to Evelyn Livingstone, Alice Lillibridge, Edith Sharpe,
Mary Simon, Ruth Peters, Floyd Bloom
and Walter Rorabaugh.

Miss Sue Northey
Hears Speakers at
A. C. E. Meeting
Miss Sue Northey, supervisor of the
Training School Kindergarten, reports a
very worthwhile meeting of the 62nd annual N. E. A. Convention in the Department of Superintendence, held in Washington, D. C„ from February 20 to 25,
According to speakers at the A. C. E.
meeting, the service of the school is to
make it of service to parents, and not to
tell them condescendingly what they
ought to know. The school and the home
should be integrated. Since it is the duty
of the teachers to act as counsellors in
showing what the school is trying to accomplish they should also receive r e ports from the parents concerning their
problems of the children.
The parents should frequently be invited to visit the school to observe the
child in action, to make comparisons
with other children, and, in general, to
become acquainted with child Ufe in
school. More attention should be centered upon the environmental problem
of the school than upon his own individual child.
The New School wants t h e Student
Teacher with the n e r v e to challenge a
supervisor. It alms to produce a teacher
possessing a personal philosophy, perr
sonally achieved.
Miss Northey reminds us that the next
Washington convention we a r e interested in is that of the American Childhood
Education.

Sophomores Complete
Plans for Annual Hop
The Sophomore Class tomorrow evening will sponsor its first social function
of the year when it will act as hosts at
the annual St, Patrick's Day subscription
dance. Miss Holaway and Dr. Weber
will receive the guests.
The decoration committee under the
capable leadership of Helen Myers has
planned a clever arrangement of stove
pipe hats, shamrock leaves, and green
and white streamers based on the St.
Patrick's Day theme.
Music will be furnished b y the rhythm
band of "Joe" Vannucci from Williamsport. New songs, new ways to syncopate, and new steps will feature the
Sophomore Dance.

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College on
March
Like threaded coils of silver left unspun
Blue snow reels white off ridges
traced by sun;
Now coppiced clouds float trenchant
on the sky
And form a storm chimera for the
eye.
March strides past with stormwrapped loins,
Calling winds from compass coigns.
Woods a r e troubled; the maples lose
Their long-held sweetness to the
earth;
Each new-born rain has found its
worth
In rising tufts of growing use.
Days are blurs of silver flake.
Silver rain and snow that blend,
March strides by, and in his wake
Spring's green dance begins to wend.
—H. L. S.

Edna White Quartet
Ends This Year's
Musical Artists' Course
Tuesday night, March 1, the Edna
White Quartet gave the closing concert
on this year's series. The personnel of
this eminent musical organization included Edna While and Julie Golden,
trumpeters, and Betty Barry and Ida
Bisgee, trombonists. A surprising conclusion reached by the audience soon after the beginning of the concert was
that chamber music, the highest and
most flexible form of musical art, was
the all inclusive term which belonged
justly to the music oft'ered and performed by the quartet. Each artist had
attained perfect mastery of her instrument, tone qualities w e r e round, mellow
and rich, ranging from soft subdued
pianissimo to ringing fortissimo which,
while thrilling in its vibrant intensity,
was never noisy or blatant.

The program arranged by Miss White
Miss Rowe Enjoys
ranged from purely classical items by
the alleged masters to shorter modern
Services at President's numbers
in semi-popular style.
The
Quartet responded graciously to the apChurch at Capital plause
which they received and gave
Miss Bertha Rowe attended three conventions, and also places of historical interest during her sojourn in Washington, D, C.
The Supervisors of Grade Teaching
were holding their last session on Friday
which Miss Rowe attended. On Saturday she attended the meetings of The
American Association of Teachers Colleges. The main discussion at this convention was: "Proposed Standards for
Accrediting Teachers Colleges." Miss
Rowe also attended the banquet of the
American Association of Teachers Colleges.
Monday, Miss Rowe spent her morning
at the assembly of the National Education Association. At this meeting reports
of the Committee on Standards of State
Teachers Colleges were given. Miss
Rowe reports that Lock Haven received
the same rating as the Liberal Arts Colleges.
While in Washington Miss Rowe attended t h e service on Sunday at the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church, This
church is the oldest in Washington. It is
commonly known as the President's
church as more Presidents have attended
worship there than in any other church
in the city. This church was President
Lincoln's, and his family pew is marked
by a gold tassel.

Y.M. and Y.W. Show Film^'Life of Washington »
The Y. M. C. A, and the Y, W. C. A
organizations co-operated in presenting
in place of their regular separate meetings on Wednesday evening, February
24, a movie reel on "The Life of George
Washington," Through t h e efforts of
Mr. Levi J. Ulmer, the faculty adviser
of the Y. M. C, A., these reels were secured.
This picture portrayed the life of
George Washington from his childhood
to his death. The hardships and trials
which he endured during the Revolu-

Alcoholism

tionary War were portraj-ed very vividly. Especially emphasized were those
he endured during the siege of Valley
Forge and during the campaign in
Pennsylvania in the vicinity of Germantown,
The Knights of Columbus and the
Brotherhood of the Presbyterian Church
have requested the use of these same
reels. Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Ulmer, two
members of the college faculty, will
operate them on these occasions.

several encores. A word should be added concerning t h e unusually graceful
stage picture which the quartet composed.
Outstanding numbers of the program
were transcriptions of Tschaikowski's
"Andante Cantabile," the Kreisler "Liebeslied," and the C Minor Prelude of
Rachmaninoff.

Miss DuBois Shows
Art Slides in Chapel
In chapel Monday morning. Miss Nellie A. DuBois spoke on the subject of the
art in connection with our state Capitol,
The lecture was accompanied with slides
to make the illustrations more vivid and
clear.
When our state Capitol was planned
it was hoped that it might be more than
functions. It was to be a monument
of beauty and an inspiration to the
people. The commission for this building was given in 1902 to Joseph M, Huston, architect. The design is classic in
style but the capitols of columns a r e of
Creek Corinthian order with Roman influence. The arrangement and forms of
the windows and their embellishments
are such as were employed by the builders of the Italian Renaissance, while the
dome is modeled after that of St. Peter's
in Rome.
Two groups of sculpture work found
at the entrance were done by Barnard,
a native of Bellefonte, Pa. His sculpture
works are "Brotherhood" and "Adam
and Eve," representing Americans facing
boldly the world ahead.
Other sculptors and painters have
work displayed in our state Capitol.
Some of the most impressive of these
works are the tiled pavement, by H e n r y
C, Mercer, ceiling of the dome, decorations in the house of representatives,
panel of the apotheosis of Pennsylvania,
and one of Penn's treaties with the Indians.

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Miss Erickson Attends
N. E. A. Convention

Kaiser Five Loses to Visitors in Last Half
Playing basketball in a masterly fashion, the West Chester outflt made evident
w h y they a r e so successful on t h e basketball floor. This game gave them two
wins over Lock Haven, since they won
at West Chester 41-20 on February 6.
Lock Haven started out with t h e first
score when Schnarrs caged one from
under the basket. Scoring was quite
even throughout the flrst quarter, which
ended in a 10-10 tie. The next quarter
found things quite even all the time. As
t h e half ended Lock Haven was on the
long end of a 19-17 score.
The third quarter found the tables
turned with West Chester jumping to
t h e fore in the first few minutes of play.
Before the locals could get started, three
baskets w e r e chalked up for t h e downstaters. The third quarter ended with
t h e score 29-21 against the Kaiser
coached quintet. Though the locals attempted to wrest the lead away from
the visitors, the scoring remained about
t h e same as in t h e third quarter. Both
teams displayed excellent guarding
throughout the entire game, especiaUy
during the second half.

Lock Haven
Schnarrs, Forward
Condo, Forward
McLean, Forward
Plummer, Forward . . . .
Poust, Center
Cooke, ( C a p t ) , Guard. .
Hammaker, Guard
Bardo, Guard
Totals

G
4
0
0
0
2
1
0
1

F
2x2
1x1
0
0
4x6
2'x 2
1x1
0

T
10
1
0
0
8
4
1
2

8 10 x 12 26

West Chester
G
Beaver. Forward
2
Strayer, Forward
0
Flicker, Forward
0
Swoyer, Forward
4
Warren, Center
3
Earl, Guard
0
Messikemer, Guard . . . . 5
Kurtzman, Guard
0

E
T
3x4
7
0
0
1x1
1
0x1
8
1x1
7
3x6
3
1x3
11
1x1
1

Totals
14 10x17 38
Referee—Good (Williamsport). Ten minute quarters.

NATURALIST CLUB
The Naturalist Club held a meeting
last Monday night. Miss Daniel read
several nature poems. At the next meeting Mr. Ross, the game warden of this
district, will speak.

* * * «

(Continued from page 1)
tion, our guide, our safeguard, one of
t h e sources of our spiritual life, and our
culture." "Art In Education," by Loretta
Taft, of Chicago; "Literature in Education," by J, H. Finley, of the New York
Times; "Education Through Freedom in
Learning," by Boyd M. Bode, Professor
of Education at Ohio State University;
"Education Through Indoctrination," by
George S. Counts, of Teachers College,
Columbia University, were some of the
lectures that Miss Erickson enjoyed and
which she reports carried out the general theme of the convention.

FRENCH CLUB
At the weekly French Club meeting
held last Thursday afternoon, Ann
Vujcich and Edith Sharpe discussed the
history of France during the Gallic
period.
At the next meeting Olive Livingston,
Mary Hill, and Mary Sharpe will conThe delegates enjoyed other activities.
tinue this study,
On Monday afternoon the group went to
Mount Vernon, where President Hoover
* * * *
addressed them and placed a wreath on
B. E. X.
Washington's grave.
Following this,
The B. E. X. sorority held a business Florence Hale, president of N, E, A.,
meeting last Thursday afternoon.
placed a wreath on Martha Washington's
* * * *
grave and Dr. Edwin C, Broome, Superintendent of Philadelphia Schools and
A. S. T.
The members of the A. S. T. sorority President of the Department of Superinmet last Wednesday afternoon and con- tendence of the N. E, A„ placed a wreath
tinued the discussion of the plans that on George Washington's grave.
were proposed at the previous meeting.
Miss Erickson was also present at a
* * * *
luncheon meeting of the National ChildA. C. E.
hood Education Association at t h e ShoreAt the open forum conducted by the ham Hotel. At this meeting the prinA. C. E. members Wednesday afternoon, cipal speakers were E d w a r d C. Lindemany non-members w e r e present. Miss man, of the New York School of Social
Erickson, of the kindergarten depart- Work, whose theme was the "Needs of
ment, spoke about the N, E. A. Conven- the Modern Family," and Dr, Carleton
tion that was held at Washington the Washburne, Superintendent of the Winnetka School, who spoke on "Suiting the
week of February 14,
School to the Needs of the Modern Family."
One of the splendid entertainments
Miss Erickson witnessed at this convenThe Art students in t h e Group I are tion was a pageant, "Wakefield—A Folk
making back bindings which are to be Masque of America," by Percy MacKaye,
used in the primary grades. Miss Du- in which more than six h u n d r e d people
Bois, the art teacher for this group, is took part.
supervising this work.
The art students in t h e intermediate
group are just now starting their work
on clay modeling. The models will consist of an infinite n u m b e r of subjects
such as designed pottery and animal
figures.
Climaxing the third quarter of the athHISTORY OF CIVILIZATION CLASS letic program of the men's physical education department, the semi-finals and
Last week Mary HUl, whose brother flnals in boxing and wrestling w e r e r u n
was a teacher in an American College off Wednesday and Saturday.
in Persia, gave a talk about this counThe finals in boxing saw Reynolds
try. She outlined the conditions of the
country at present and showed pictures crowned heavyweight champion by a
of ruins at the time of Cyrus and Dorius. decision over Drick. Reynolds earned
Her talk was further illustrated by show- t h e right to box in the finals b y a close
margin victory over Douty while Drick
ing a Persian doll in modern costume.
had advanced from the semi-finals b y
The whole class will soon complete a winning on a foul from Poole. In the
series of maps of ancient Greece as a 125-pound class. Hay eked out a win
class project.
over Shroat after two furious rounds
of clever boxing. Hart, fighting in t h e
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Coach Kaiser is starting handball in 135-pound division, won from Burkett.
the Freshman class and indoor baseball In the 145-pound group Cronister d e in the Sophomore class. He expects to feated Wolfe while Fry took the honstart a three-holed golf course on the ors from Monti in the 155-pound class.
athletic field. AU faculty members or
The final wrestling matches saw Rohrstudents who wish to join are welcome baugh a winner by decision over Hunter
to do so.
in the heavyweight division. In the 140He also expects to start a class in 150-pound class Bloom won over B u r k archery for those unable to participate hart b y a fall and in the 130-140-pound
group Moon and Dressier fought to a
in more strenuous activity.
draw.
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Dr. Vickery is initiating a new system in his French class. Each day one
of t h e students teach for the first part
of the period. During the latter p a r t of
t h e period he teaches t h e new lesson.
Last Friday afternoon at the 4:20 periThe French club sponsored by Dr.
Vickery is quite active a t this time. They od, the usual beginners' basketball games
are studying the history of the French were played. This week the teams were
language and learning French songs. The reduced down to six players and one
club wishes to establish a real live in- substitute.
terest in the study of French by starting
Manning won from Milligan, 6-3, with
French correspondence. At the present, Crawford winning from Newman, 5-3,
names of correspendents are being se- and Walters from Brown, 8-2, Maloney,
cured for all those who wish to partici- playing with a mixed team, made t h e
pate.
highest score, 18-0.

Girls Play Interesting Cream Puffs Win League
Basketball Games Title in Intramurals
The advanced basketball teams played
their regular games Monday afternoon
between 4 o'clock and 5:30 o'clock. The
2nd year Primaries (Benson) made the
highest score, winning from 1st year
College (Faulkner) 14 to 4. The other
games played off were 1st year Intermediates winning from 1st year Primaries
by a score of 12 to 11, the 2nd year Primaries playing game with the 2nd year
College with the close score of 12 to 8, a
sharp contest between 1st year Primaries
and 3rd and 4th year College holding the
Upper classmen to a 4-2 score, and a high
score of 10 to 2 placing the 1st year Intermediates ahead of the 2nd year Intermediates.
The present rating of the teams are:
2nd year Primaries (Dorries)
1.000
2nd year Primaries (Benson)
1.000
1st year Intermediates (Goodman). .800
2nd year College (Munson)
780
1st year Primaries (Sauter)
500
2nd year Intermediates (Oven)
440
1st year College (Faulkner)
250
3rd and 4th year CoUege (Gardiner) .240
1st year Primaries (McKenna)
200

Volley Ball

Playing the same brand of basketball
that they have played throughout the
intramurals, the Cream Puffs won a hard
fought game from Sekula's Derelicts,
with a final score of 33-28, In the first
two quarters Sekula's aggregation led
with scores of 5-4 and 21-15, However,
the Schnarrs' outfit came back with a
rush in the next quarter and scored
eleven points to t h e one point scored by
Sekula. However, as the final score indicates, Schnarrs' Cream Puffs are now
undisputed champions of the American
League,
Dettrey's Cremos have at last won a
game. They defeated Wepsic's Friendly
Five in a close game 20 to 18, This game
finishes up the games in the National
League, Cowfer's Lambs also rounded
out their season by winning the last
game on their schedule from Shishak's
Majesties, 39-18,
Torok's Ramblers won another game
to give them two wins and two losses.
The Midgets, once a threat in the American League, were the victims by the
score of 45 to 29,

In the volley ball games played last
Wednesday, Crist again won all her
games w i t h high scores. Next week
Rhodes and Crist will play for first place.
The scores of this week's games are:
Rhodes
36
Mateer
18
Crist
26
Williams
20
Crist
30
Hanna
23
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•

Times Staff Attends
Luncheon and Theatre
On Thursday evening, F e b r u a r y 25, the
College Times Staff held their first social
function of the year in the form of a
theater party. The staff, with Mr, Williams, faculty adviser, met at t h e Sugar
Bowl w h e r e a light luncheon especially
a r r a n g e d b y "Mike" was served. Later
in the evening twenty-two members of
t h e College paper attended t h e Roxy
Theater. The feature for t h e evening
was A n n H a r d i n g in "Prestige."
The t h e a t e r p a r t y took the place of
t h e a n n u a l w i n t e r banquet.

National League
Roamers
Marvels
Friendly Five
Passing Five
Cremos

Won
4
2
2
1
1

Lost
0
2
2
3
3

American League
Won Lost
Cream Puffs
5
0
Derelicts
3
1
Ramblers
2
2
Midgets
2
3
Majesties
1
4
Lambs
1
4
With but one game remaining to be
played yet, t h e following individual
scores can be made public:
Lucas
81 points
Schnarrs
74 points
Carson
72 points
Hager
65 points
Shishak
59 points
Kotchin
50 points
Hoy
50 points
Monti
46 points
Buchanan
43 points

Department News

Men Stage Final Matches
In Boxing and Wrestling

Beginners' Basketball
Season Draws to Close

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tee to administer this permanent Alumni
Loyalty Fund, The Alumni organization
provided that this Standing Committee
should be constituted of and always consist of the President ex-oiflcio of the
Board of Trustees of the College, the
President ex-officio of the Alumni Association and the President ex-officio of
the College. This Standing Committee
was authorized to act for the Alumni
Association and deposit funds contributed to the Permanent Alumni Loyalty
Fund and to execute a proper Deed of
Trust for t h e same and after receiving
any suggestions the Association might
wish to give this Committee was, therefore, authorized to receive the income
from the permanent Alumni Loyalty
Fund and to make loans from the income
only of said Fund to students under such
conditions as might seem proper to the
Committee.
At the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Alumni Association on
February 23, 1928, it was voted to designate the Lock Haven Trust Company
of Lock Haven, Clinton County, Pa., as
Trustee for the proposed permanent
Alumni Loyalty Fund. This action also
was approved by the Alumni Association
at its regular meeting on May 26, 1928,
Therefore, under these instructions the
Standing Committee on J u n e 18, 1929,
made a Trust Agreement between the
Alumni Association of the State Teachers College and the Lock Haven Trust
Company of Lock Haven, Pa., and made
the first and original deposit of $1,781.23,
which amount was to be invested and r e invested b y the Lock Haven Trust Company in such securities as were legal
investments for Trust Funds under the
law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and was to pay the net income of
such investment or investments on or
before September 1 of each year to the
Standing Committee of the Alumni Association. It was also agreed that additional sums of money contributed to this
Fund might b e added to the said Fund
and held and invested and reinvested
under like terms and Trust as for the
original amount first deposited.

Since that time there has been added
Entered as Second Class matter November 6, 1928, at t h e Post Office at Lock to this original amount from various
Haven, Penna., u n d e r the Act of March sources sufficient money to make a total
in the permanent Alumni Loyalty Fund
3, 1879.
of $2,122.24, The income from this Fund
is $258.42, from which there has been
MARCH 4, 1932
four loans made to present students of
the College and without which assistance
these students could not have remained
in College. Therefore, it will be seen
that the purpose the Executive Committee of the Alumni Association and the
Alumni Association had in creating this
On February 23, 1928, the Executive Fund to assist worthy young m e n and
Committee of t h e Alumni Association young women to finish their courses of
held a meeting in t h e office of t h e Presi- study is being realized.
dent of the CoUege, In 1928, the College
It is not the purpose to give students
was celebrating its fiftieth Commencement Anniversary, The Executive Com- any money but only to loan this money
mittee of the Alumni Association decided without interest until the student has
to do something as a worthy Alumni Me- graduated or untU the student withmorial to their Alma Mater on this one- draws from the CoUege. After graduahalf century Anniversary, It was de- tion or after withdrawal from the Colcided that the most worthy object that lege interest is charged on this loan at
they could conceive of at that time was the rate of 5 % per annum. Among the
to establish a permanent Alumni Loyalty other statements which students m a k e
Fund, t h e income from which was to be in obtaining a loan from this Fund is
used to assist worthy young men and one quoted as follows: "Inasmuch as this
women to finish their courses of study at loan is made to enable me to increase m y
the College, The Committee, therefore, earning capacity and recognizing that its
voted unanimously to create such a Fund prompt payment will extend the same
and directed the officers of the Commit- help to others, I hereby pledge m y honor
tee to secure contributions from the to make repayments in accordance with
Alumni, Faculty, Trustees, students and the terms m a d e herein." The student in
other friends of the CoUege. At the obtaining a loan must make application
regular annual meeting of the Alumni to the Standing Committee for such loan,
Association held at the College on May must acquaint himself and his parents
26, 1928, the action of the Executive or guardian with t h e conditions under
Committee taken on February 23, 1928, which the loan is made and then after
as affecting the creating of a permanent everything is satisfactory and the StandAlumni Loyalty Fund was heartily ap- ing Committee approves of the loan, the
loan is m a d e taking a note from the
proved.
student for such loan.
At t h e annual meeting of the Alumni
The Executive Committee and the
Association on May 26, 1928, action was
taken to constitute a Standing Commit- Alumni Association did one of the most

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important things in the history of the
College in creating this P e r m a n e n t
Alumni Loyalty Fund, It is not large yet
but as it grows more students will be
benefited by it.
All of the Senior Classes since 1928
and including 1928 have contributed to
this Permanent Alumni Loyalty Fund.
The largest contribution was $260.00 and
the average contribution for all the
classes since 1928 and including 1928 is
$139.34.
As the friends of the College understand more about the purpose of this
Fund the more loyal they a r e in their
support of it. Many of them recall the
difficult time they had in financing themselves for their own education and are
more than anxious to furnish some Fund
the income from which may help, not
only for this time but in the future years,
deserving students in this College to
keep in (College until they have finished
their courses of study.
The four-year graduates in the Class
of 1931 were quite enthusiastic over this
project. Many of the four-year people
after contributing their share of the
regular contribution made by the Senior
Class of 1931 pledged themselves to pay
before Commencement time in 1932 individually five dollars each to this Fund.

Cast of Four Present
Davis' "The Mollusc"
On Friday evening, F e b r u a r y 26, t h e
Senior class presented as this year's d r a matic offering, Henry Hubert Davis'
three-act play "The Mollusc." This play
represents all the efforts of the seniors as
a group in the fleld of dramatic presentation.
The cast, under the capable direction
of Miss Mabel Louise Arey, interpreted
the them of "The Mollusc" in its subtlest
aspects. Since t h e r e were only four
characters in the cast, it was especially
difflcult to represent the characteristics
of an invertebrate animal as attributes
of a human being, but the intensity of
effort that each one of the characters expended conveyed the theme in a clear
and direct way,
Mrs. Baxter as "The Mollusc," according to the plan of the author made t h e
most evident contribution to the mollusc
theme. In her presentation of one w h o
spends her time, efforts, and ingenuity in
doing nothing for herself or others, Madeline Lesser showed a keen insight into
the character she was portraying.
The remaining t h r e e characters in t h e
play apprehended each one's contribution of the mollusc motif and each one's
portrayal of the character, and his action
in carrying out that portrayal attained
for himself a full measure of credit. By
his attempted elopement with the pretty
governess. Miss Roberts, Myron Biddle,
as Mr. Baxter, effectively pointed out to
his audience his part in curing his wife
of her mollusc characteristics. F r a n k
Kitko, as Tom Kemp, Mrs. Baxter's
brother, convinced his audience that his
sister was a mollusc, while Fern Snyder,
playing opposite him, proved the merits
of her efforts in t h e role of a pretty governess.

It is not possible In an article of this
kind to name all t h e contributions to
the Fund which amounts range all the
way from one dollar to one hundred
dollars. It is thought worth while, however, to make mention of t h e fact that
the son, Edgar L. Raub, of Needham,
Mass., and the daughter, Mary Raub
Evans, of Newark, Del,, of the first President and Founder of this College, A, N.
Raub, each gave one hundred dollars
to this Fund. Their interest was thus
shown not only by the contributions they
made in money to this Fund but in their
attending the Alumni Banquet in the
• » •
Anniversary year of 1928. The contributions from the son and the daughter of
the first President of the College brought
encouragement to those who were attempting to establish this permanent Foreign Affairs
Alumni Loyalty Fund, but not so much •Golden Book
encouragement as t h e presence of the Grade Teacher
son and daughter at the Alumni Banquet Harper's Monthly
*High School Journal
that year.
*High School Quarterly
All Colleges now have Funds provided Historical Outlook
by their Alumni for the purpose for Horn Book
which this Fund in this College was •House Beautiful
created. The most important thing about Hygeia
such Funds is that they keep growing *L'lllustration
from year to year and in t h a t way a r e •Industrial Arts and Vocational Educaable to provide help for a large number
tion
of deserving students. This is the im- •Information Service (fortnightly)
portant thing to the students themselves Instructor
The fine thing about it as far as the con- •International Digest
tributors to such Funds are concerned is International Studio
that these contributions that they m a k e John Martin Book
go on from year to year even after the •Journal of Chemical Education
death of the contributors doing the help
Journal of Educational Psychology
ful work for deserving students.
Journal of Educational Research
•Journal of Educational Sociology
Journal of Geography
Journal of Health and Physical Education
•Journal of Higher Education
The students at West Liberty College, Journal of Natural Education AssociaWest Virginia, in their celebration of
tion
the Washington Bi-centennial, gave a •Journal of Political Economy
Patriotic Hop with red, white, and blue Junior High School Clearing House
decorations and clever programs with a Library Journal
cover design of the hatchet and cherries. •Library Quarterly
Literary Digest
Living Age
Columbia University is offering a Mathematics Teacher
course in Albanian in their spring cur- •Mental Hygiene Bulletin
riculum. It goes like this: "Pty! Squi- •Mental Hygiene Quarterly
petar eshte i pelqyerahme," which means •Modern Language Association of Amer—more or less "Howdy! Albania's not
ican Publications
such a bad place after all!"
•Modern Language Journal
•Monthly Evening Sky Map
•Monthly Labor Review
"Fun is the most important thing in •Music Supervisor Journal
college," declared a professor to a group •Musical (Quarterly
of Northwestern University frosh. He Musician
defined "fun" as "exercising the muscles
of the mind."
•Magazines have just been added.

Magazine List

Exchange Notes

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TIMES

If^

Snatched From the
Blotter
All the smart-toned magazines are
raising their voices and sharpening their
wits to hand a merry laugh to Floyd Gibbons. This red-hot journalism, on-thescene, miracle-man reporting of the Chinese-Japanese imbroglio on Gibbon's
p a r t is evidently more smooth than
truth,

Heard in the day room:
I use my comb?"

"Hey, may

Definitions for students:
Egotist—One who, in class, waves his
hand in the air when another student
is trying to recite.
Stupid—the same definition.
Inconsiderate—the same definition.
Handshaker—the same definition.
* * * *
"Reunion in Vienna" is the Lunt-Fon- Selfish—the same definition.
t a n n e unit's second talking movie. It is Pain in the neck—The same definition.
said to be a careful adaptation of Robert
Have you heard about the basketball
Sherwood's current Broadway comedy
and will be released for national viewing star who put alcohol rub on his sprained
back and tried to lick it off with his
v e r y soon,
tongue?
* * * *
This coming Monday two of Barrie's
Dean Shroat—"Will you say good
best known plays will be revived on the
N e w York stage. The plays are "Alice night to me here?"
Sit-By-the-Fire" and "The Old Lady
Peggy—"In front of all these people?
Shows Her Medals." Laurette Taylor, Oh, well,"
upon whom the mantle of Minnie Maddern Fiske shall probably fall, since
Dr. Coppens—"People in the East Int h e r e must always be one great lady of dies eat with their flngers."
t h e theater for the public to pay homage
Duane Kyler—"That is where I am goto, will star in the two plays. Watch for
ing to live."
reviews in the library's newspapers,

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Miss Payne—"Why couldn't you write
Brevity is the soul of wit, said some about 'A week's vacation in the counknowing scribe. The editors of some of
our new magazines have dropped the try?' "
Viola Touse—"There are too many
word brevity and inserted depravity in
days in a week."
its place.
Things that linger:
The absolute finesse in all performances of parts in "The Mollusc," Give
them a hand, once again. You surely
couldn't restrain your applause during
t h e performance?
. . . The Edna White Brass Quartet, a
deadly combination of music that is music and feminine charm , , .
. . . The local vaudeviUe bills at our
downtown movie house; an experience,
probably . . .
. . . The Sophomore Hop tomorrow
night without benefit of stiff tux shirts
and formal handsprings; Joe Vannucci's
music makers; the gym; you and you.
We'll be seeing you . . ,
, . . Mr. Spence's ingratiating sense of
humor, clinching the old utterance that
it's not only what you say, but how you
say it. (This doesn't always work; recall
the time you spoke that pretty, heavilyembroidered piece for the prof, and he
remained absolutely cold? Sure, I knew
you would) . . .
, . . The weather going slightly amiss
again and being anything but constant.
To dress correctly for this type of climate, one should have an extensive
wardrobe. Let's call it comprehensive
and not make excuses . . ,
. . . A bridge hand-book out called
"Culbertson for Morons." The kind of
t h i n g you hate to be seen with but find
indispensable. Or probably you prefer
t h e kind of bridge one treads on . . .
. . . Mr. Hoover looking very old and
very, very tired . . .
. . . J i m m i e Walker looking very much
t h e opposite . . .
. . But t h e r e are reasons, and reasons
. . . oh, r e a d your own papers . , ,

Ben H. Spence Speaks
At Friday's Chapel
(Continued from page 1)
itself, the second its observance, and the
third its enforcement. The Canadian
Liquor System, sometimes known as t h e
Canadian System of Liquor Control, is
not that. It is not a system of control
because it is not controlled. It is actually a system of liquor selling. The Canadian System, as stated by Mr. Spence,
is a loose system but an effort is made
to enforce the law strictly, while in the
United States' System the law is a strict
law but loosely enforced. What t h e
"wet" element is asking for is the Canadian loose law loosely enforced. What
the people of t h e United States really
need is the present strict law regarding
Alcohol with the Canadian System of
strict enforcement.
The liquor people say that there a r e
no saloons in Canada. That is not t r u e
because in reality the old saloon does
exist under the more pleasing n a m e
"Beer Garden" and such terms. The
"Beer Garden" existing under the Canadian system has really very many more
evils connected with it than t h e old saloon. The present Canadian System has
increased greatly the selling of Alcoholic Beverages in Canada, in some instances even more than 100 per cent
more than under the old system. The
brewers and distillers a r e making more
money now under the present Canadian
system than they ever made under t h e
old system of the saloon and there a r e
more private selling places than public
selling places.

Being a series of impressions that r e Ruth—"What's a colon?"
Myra—"Just a high period and a low mained after perusals of the following;
period."
Minnie Maylow's Story . . . The
Masefield that one expects; Chaucerian
Student—"I don't know much about simplicity of rhyme, true, well-pointed
that king except that he died."
imagery and extremely pleasurable
Mr. SuUivan—"Well, that's as far as reading.
history goes!"
Strange Brother . . . Blair Nile's
A co-ed's creed—I won't do today deftly written story of the increasingly
what I can do tomorrow.
publicized and discussed Periclean dilemma; restrained writing b u t lacking
Senior—"Only 23 more days until va- vitality.
cation."
Broccoli and Old Lace . . . Precious
Frosh—"That's nothing, I have been
humor, if you c a r e for F r a n k Sullivan.
counting since t h e r e were 83 days."
Hilarity about homes, husbands, hounds,
Freshman, it is understood that count- happiness, health, and t h e like, Sullivan
ing the days until vacation time is very writes for the N e w Yorker. That should
good practice in addition and subtrac- make up your mind one way or t h e
tion. But, do you realize that if time other.
would pass quickly you would b e antiques instead of freshman wishing a
Passages From Arabia Deserts . . .
very short period of time?
Charles M. Doughty's epic of travel in
If time would fly when would you doses condensed by Edward Garnett.
write your neglected term paper? Did Generally conceded one of the world's
you consider that you will have some greatest books. T h e Ross library has it.
examinations before you go home? When Stirring in spots but this condensed verwill you prepare for them? It is a good sion, at any rate, isn't a leopard of a
thing that the hands on the tower clock book.
won't respond to your wishes.
Gitanjali . . . Rabindrath Tagore's
Please learn your arithmetic by count- early prose poems. The title means
ing on your fingers instead of using the song-offerings and the pieces are just
calendar.
that. Very like Khalil Gabrain who in
turn is very like Tagore. Both are poets
who string words into parable like strucSaloon Keepers' Association in Chicago tures that blend Eastern mysticism with
demanding that something be done to simple imagery. The result in Gitanjali
prevent bootlegging and eliminate the is unusual metrical invention, delicate
speak-easies in Chicago, where in the lyricism, and veiled philosophic musings
days of the old saloon they had twice as that may trouble you or may leave you
many speak-easies in Chicago as they unmoved.
had licensed saloons.
Mr. Spence proved his points and his
Sun Up . . . Wherein Will J a m e s
assertions by facts and figures and stated
that there was more liquor sold in Can- writes and illustrates stories of the Westada now under the present system than ern cow-camps in a fashion that will
under the old system; that there were thrill young boys and girls and m a k e
more crimes committed now than under those a little older want to go West faster
the old system; that there is more Alco- than pronto.
holism now than under t h e old system.
That Canada was in a worse condition in
respect to this temperance question than
it has been under any previous situation,
and that if t h e United States should be so
unfortunate as to have such a system
brought into this country, that it would
Betty Defrehn, Peg Dorries, Edith Elbe many times worse for the United vey, Ruth Martz, Irene Daugherty, J a n e
States than it is for Canada because the McKirk, Vera Conrad, Elsie Meckley and
Canadian System of Courts and admin- Myra Evans, Ellen Fleming and Hildeistration of justice is so much different garde Baer w e r e on parade in Altoona
from what it is in the United States,
last Sunday.
Mr, Spence's lecture was one of the
Dorothy Dunlap, Gladys Messinger,
most enlightening discussions of AlcoJ a n e Waltman and Dorothy Dice had
holism that has been presented.
a grand week-end in Muncy.

From the History
Archives

Four of the greatest events in American History took place during leap years:
The discovery of America by Columbus
in 1492; the landing of the Pilgrims in
1620; the birth of Washington, 1732; and
the Declaration of Independence, 1776.
Of all the world's women, the Americans are noted today as the best dressed,
The liquor people try to point out t h e but none of these has a wardrobe to
* * * *
dreadful situation created by the boot- compare to the one amassed by Elizabeth
I n the offlng lurks t h e season wherein legger, and try to make it appear that of England, the Virgin Queen, When
knickers, golf-socks, sleeveless dresses, the bootlegger is a product of prohibi- she died she owned three thousand
dresses.
coatless b a c k s and t h e fiowers that tion. There are fewer bootleggers under
The last survivor of the Revolutionary
b l o o m in t h e spring ( t r a - l a ) will appear. the present system in Canada and in the
H a v e you noticed signs of prematiu-e United States than there were under t h e War is believed to have been John Gray.
s p r i n g fever d u r i n g those rarely found old system. The bootlegger is not a r e - The stone at the head of his grave at
nice days w e get once in an elongated sult of prohibition but the result of liq- Hiramsburg near Caldwell, Ohio, bears
uor trade. In connection with this statew h i l e ? S p r i n g fever m a y be the term ment Mr. Spence read an article from the inscription, "The Last of Washingfor t h e malady, but w h e n it comes along the Chicago Tribune before t h e days of ton's Companions." Gray died March 29,
1868, when he was one hundred and four
in w i n t e r . . . help . . . what's the prohibition describing a meeting of t h e years old.
word?

Carolyn Shultz entertained Dorothea
Stitt at her home in Williamsport over
the week-end.
Kay Noll took a flying trip to Thewellyn and was back in time for a game
of ping pong Sunday night.
Jean Smith and Grace Scaife spent t h e
week-end with Eleanor Waltz in Montoursville.
Mary Jeanette Bixel and Arleen Stauffer week-ended at their homes in Clearfleld.
Tylersville greeted Peggy Ann Hubler
for the week-end. She left late and came
back early.
Peg McCracken and Dorothy Rougen
went to Peg's home in Mahaffey.
Alpha Davies spent the week-end with
relatives in Wilkes-Barre, Pa,
Betty McKenna went to her home in
Kane for the week-end.

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