r-"--^—^>^^^^^ See You at the COLLEGE TIMES State Teachers CoUege, Lock Haven, Penna. VOL. VIII.—NO. 18. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1931 5 Cents Per Copy SECOND-HALF ATTACK DEFEATS RAIDERS GIFTED BARITONE DELIGHTS AUDIENCE Locals Lose to Shippensburg 38-24 After Leading 15-14 At End of First Half Jerome Swinford Favorably Received Here as the Fourth Musical Recitalist Lock Haven 24 Shippensburg 38 Plummer F Spangler McLean P McVicker Weber C Green Gunderman G Mitchell (capt.) Hammaker . . G Krug Field goals—L. H. T. C : Plummer 8, Gunderman 2, McLean, Hammaker, Weber; S. T. C : McVicker 7, Green 3, Spangler 2, Mitchell 2, Krug 2. Foul goals—L. H. T. C : Weber 5x7, Plummer 1x1, Gunderman 1x1, Cooke 1x2, McLean 0 x 1 ; S. T. C : McVicker 2x3, Spangler 0x7, Mitchell 2x2, Green 1x1, Krug 1x2. Substitutions—L. H. T. C : Hager for Plummer, Cooke for Weber, Bardo for Hammaker, Cowfer for Bardo; S. T. C.: Conrad for Krug. Jerome Swinford, baritone, as the fourth recitalist of the Musical Artists Course on Friday evening, February 6, captivated a large audience by his splendid voice and his vigorous personality. Possessing a voice of exceptional depth and a rare gift of interpretation, Mr. Swinford was received enthusiastically. Singing four varied groups of songs, Mr. Swinford had an opportunity to display to good advantage tho qualities of voice which have earned for him so favorable a comment from j critics. . Verdi's "Eri T u " from "Ballo in Maschera" showed in particular Many Students Interested Characters Selected for the finished style of the artist. In his second group of four German In Series of Music Projects Annual Senior Class Play songs Mr. Swinford probably appearUnable to withstand the second The tryouts for the Senior Class ed to best advantage. Schuman's "Die In an effort to utilize to a better half assault of the Shippensburg advantage the musical talent present play resulted in the following cast: ] Beiden Grenadieren," which brought sharp-shooters, the Raiders went in the college. Miss Lottie Larabee Martha Evelyn Bosworth j this group to a close, was particularly j well received. down to defeat last Saturday at that and Miss Marjorie Roach have insti- Whimsy Drew Mary Baer place by the final score of 38-24 after] tuted several projects of interest to i Peggy Norton Elsie Bostley I In his third and fourth groups Mr. holding a lead of 15-14 at the end ofi all the students. I Cyril Carter Clyde Lynch Swinford displayed splendidly the the first half. The locals seemed to | The work under Miss Larabee's ! Ben Lorries Paul Bundy I masculinity of his voice and the ro\ bustness of tone, which, coupled with lose their pep and the old fighting supervision extends from the Kinder- ' Rev. Thomas Howard spirit was lacking as McVicker and I Robert Bollinger I his sound musicianship, earned for garten of the Training School to the Green started an attack that netted Carter Thomas Bonebreak I him so splendid a response from his the down-river quintet a victory. '•college seniors. Arnold Charles Hoover , audience. In the Kindergarten and the first Rosie avenging the defeat inflicted upon Rose Schwer Mr. Swinford was most generous them some weeks ago, when they met and second grades toy bands have Mrs. Howard Ann Dolan with his encores. So gifted an artist the Raiders on the local court. For the been started. The committee carryThe play which is to be presented indeed "has that something from Morganites Weber's foul-shooting ing on that work is headed by Mar- on February 27th is an English coun- within that makes a song, a living, stood out, with Plummer leading the ' garet Dorries. try comedy written by Brenda Girvin glowing thing." attack with 3 double-deckers. The de-' Instrumental classes are held for and Monica Cousens. It has certain of the third grade and the Intermediate fense of the locals cracked badly durthe literary qualities of "Outward ing the second half and every mem- classes. Miss Larabee is teaching tho Bound" which was given here in 1929, Staff Reporter Forecasts ber of the Shippensburg team came alto horn and piccolo, Jane McGirk is though not the same mysticism. The On Coming Senior Ball through to score. I teaching the violin, Harold Douty the aim of the play like that of previous trombone, an(} Martha Hamman the Senior plays is to present an unusual Next week-end will be a heavy one ! A valentine shop: Soft red balls of literary interpretation. for the Raiders. Friday night they i cornet. light suspended from the beamed Betty DeFrehn, Gwen Radebach, meet the fast traveling Bloomsburg Miss Arey, in reviewing the plays ceiling. Dark hearts beating with the five on the home court, and Saturday , Dorothea Stitt, and Caroline Shultz given under her direction here, point- elusive tunes, slim points of colored are teaching two piano classes in evening they line-up against Mansed out that the play of each organiza- light reflected on the mirrorlike floor, field in an attempt to avenge the de- grades five and six. tion and class has been of a distinct swaying and dancing to the melodies An attempt to build a nucleus for feat inflicted upon them earlier in the type, each with its own individual of J. Allen Duffield's Band. season. The boys are trying hard to a college band is being made by teach- aim. The committee surely is bringing a get back into a winning stride and i ing college student beginners on varFor instance, the plays of the Dra- jugee of a band. "Skin Duffy's Foot ious instruments. Bridgens Johnson, j certainly are up against no cinch by matic Club under the guidance of Warmers" do much to fulflll their tackling these two top-notch teams so the orchestra's bass player, is teach(('Mntiiiiie Capt. Poust . . . 4 .800 130 741 , ,, . are sentences and not fragmentary was "The Bridge of Sighs," by AlCapt. Sekula . . 3 .600 101 100 the saxophones. Vocal as well as in- impressionistic groups of words. Th- bany E. Howarth. The excellent speciCapt. Rorobaugh 2 .500 57 90 Ktrumental training- is taking place. ' dialogue, often pungently witty, is men of art shows the old bridge conCapt. Hurt .000 27 70 "Pepita," a Spanish Operetta, is always in accord with the patrician necting the Palace of Venice with the Capt. Eliason .000 37 86 being rehearsed by Mrss Larabee's ntood of the book. A study in social prison. The subject of the picture is two classes in public school music. manners, and a record of social his- of great historical importance for it National League Many of the men students, not in the : tory'in"br-miant form7"The""EdlwtIrd- was over this bridge that many great W L Pet Pts Opp classes, and Dorothy Ford and Doren jans' is more than readable and en- men pa.ssed to their death. The etchCapt. Dettrey 1.000 92 52 Wilson will assist in the production of tertaining. It is one instance where ing itself is a masterpiece of art. The Capt. Robb . . .750 80 66 the show. James Harlan, who has had one may have and eat his cake at the lighting is superb and the black col\ orations are of a particularly brilliant Capt. Smith .667 66 51 eight years of experience in this type same time. Capt. Bossert .667 33 32 of work, is directing the characters. nature. H. S. Capt. Sundberg .000 63 95 Jimmy is donating music and orchesCapt. Reninger .000 40 80 trating the whole operetta. There are "Unafraid," The Life of Anne eighty-five characters in the produc- Hutchison, Winnifred Rugg; Hough- ligious schism split the colony she sided with him against Winthrop and tion. . . . ten, Mifflin Company, Boston and New Wilson. She was tried for heresy and Characters Selected for The Vesper Choir is preparing to , York—"Unafraid" deals with the life after a stormy trial was cast out of present at the Easter season a can- j history of Anne Hutchison, describing the church and banished from the Annual Senior Class Playtata, "The Crucifixion and Ascen-j her as a servant of God, a Joan of ^state. sion, by Fred Peace. The choir has! Arc, an instrument of Satan. Thus ( C o n t i l U K M l f r o m pii^^o 1> Nothing daunted her. She went to , , If.o"^ through the cantata several I variously has she been depicted, yet Roger Williams' Colony in Rhode Miss Arey have been "Outward times. Among the thirty people who ^ she was a modern woman locked in Island, and from there to New York, Bound," which was produced in 1929; vvill smg will be Mr. Patterson, James the world of Puritanism when she where she and her family were finally "The Dover Road," last year's play, Harlan, Harold Cronister, Tom Smith really -- belonged in the twentieth ' cen- tomahawked by the Indians. and "Your Uncle Dudley," this year's 'ind Al Hobba acting as soloists. Har tury. This book is well worth reading, as offering. These productions fulfilled Ian is training the boys. Her life was one of battles, re- it tells of a woman who dared to be a the Dramatic Club's aim to present „ . , . , , , , ,., T . „ .ligious and political. The influence of leader; whose intellectual powers a play in which the dilficult character ,:^.. i l l ' : " ^.'^'A ^ *''.". ^.?" ^^""^^ • hw energetic mind has extended down matched her physical courage; whose work is the outstanding feature. ! lo.sing five pounds at whist? Mich-1 to our present generation. mind was keen and energetic. She The Junior Class play. Miss Arey igan Gargoyle. Francis Marbury, deacon of North- may well be called the famous pioneer said, has always been a straight farce. ; — ampton, shaped the destiny of his The two farces already given by the; "Those girls are wearing filmy daughter by the religious teachings of her time. VADA COLE Juniors are: "Honor Bright" and dresses, aren't they?" which he gave her at an early age. "Tons of Money." "Yes, they speak for themselves. From this early training she developThe past Senior plays, "Enter Ma- —Pitt Panther. Alumni Notes ed into a true Christian woman, and d a m e " and "Friendly Enemies," it was her Christian principles which brought out the aim of Senior plays. Education used to be a hard old made her the Anne Hutchison of Margaret Coira, of Lock Haven, less difiicult character work, with grind for four years, but now they've ' whom we read. '30, and Charlotte High, teacher at special emphasis on the importance done away with that. They have col-1 She was a close friend of Governor Bellwood, '29, two old Bittersweets, of literary interpretation. , leges.—Utah Humbug. Vane, of Massachusetts. When a re- visited the College on Saturday. Poust, Dettrey Now in Lead The Fight is On! k. COLLEGE TIMES COLLEGE TIMES Student Contributions MONOLOGS OF A MORON Introducing Willie Messrs. Moron and Toro say that nobody else can write as they are Latest Paris edicts on fashion call able to do and so I thought that I EDUCATION IN SWEDEN for dresses which sweep the ground. would let them know that I can write Up in the wild forest districts of This is probably an attempt on some- a column too and one that is good as Published weekly during school year. Ysby stood a little country school one's part to break up the interna- they can do. So here goes. My friends, I'm a rather odd old Subscription rate, $1.00 per annum. house. There I first became acquaint- tional monopoly on vacuum cleaners. ed with the typical Swedish school The style has its advantages, though, gent who goes by the name of Will since it overcomes hosiery difficulties BOARD OF EDITORS child. I remember vividly my first day Temper-arrrent. I enrolled in this Editor-in-Chief . . Martha Zeigler as an American student there. I had —just when most of us were learning school the other night and as I struts Managing Editor . . John Haberstroh I entered the first grade in order to to make our pin money by the gentle down the hall a sight almost knocked Make-up Editor Julia Silagyi learn the language and I felt as process of crocheting runners. my optics out, for there gracefully Alumni and Exchange Editor j though childhood days were beginning The greatest absurdities appear in grouped about in that space at the end Margaret Beeson anew. The teacher, a large, stern wo- this evening dress matter. Dresses are of the hall were statues of gentlemen Men's Sports Editor Einar Eliason man, treated me kindly and I soon mostly Grecian, Roman, or some other short and tall. And also grouped in Girls' Sports Editor, Mary Thompson ' felt Ancient History type. Even though its that little square were statues of at ease. Joke Editor Royce Johnson Class procedure here was surely February they can't have any sleeves ladies both fat and spare. I paused in Business Mana.a:er . Kermit Stover Circulation Manager, Olive Livingston I different from that of America. The and one is forced to shiver around in amazement for they seemed to be j teacher took her place on the plat- an affair which looks like a glorified almost as human as you or me. Staff Writers:— 1 form and woe be to the child whoseI bathing suit. To offset this latest an- The only thing that helped me to Katherine Anderson, W i l l i a m back did not match the cliairs in its noyance an even more imposing atro- know, that such a possibility was not Sweet, Elizabeth Dalby, Irene Rus- straightness. If the student mispro- city has been evolved. Now, we weat so, was that they stood still in the sell, Fay Bittner, Anna Mary Gillong gloves. Imagine gloves when you son, Alice Read, Edith Furst, Ruth nounced a word, the unfortunate one don't have a hat or coat on. It would very same place and vacantly stared Conrady. Hal Poust, Clyde Lynch, was given a rap across the back with be different if the gloves were small into each other's face. Against the steps was a cute little pair. The girl Elizabeth Machtley, Albert Sund- '•• a long slender stick which remained berg, Quent'n Wolfe, Marion Fran- in the teacher's hand on all occasions. modest things, but no—evening had yellow, behind-the-ears, hair. gloves must be long elbow affairs cisco, Metro Kost, Mirabelle Elia- In addition to the school room proper Thoy looked so patient and so subson. I the Swedish teacher had three tidy which are to be gracefully adjusted lime. They must have stood there a j little rooms which were connected according to the latest wrinkle. long, long time. And then abruptly I Tynists:— i with the class-room. Many times dur- The evening bag is also considered turned around and leaning against the Bernice Moran, Agnes Unverdor- ing lessons the teacher left the class- good form but what its use might be pillar I found another couple, and ben, Polly Barndt, Jenice Sharpe, i room to confer with the fish-peddler is beyond our feeble-minded compre- from my heart I humbly gazed on this Molly Hammon, Audrey Finn. i or some visitor who might have come hension. work of art. I knew from the vacant to pay a social call. Our minds were Evening Fashions for men take on look on their face that they too were Acceptance for mailing at special ' often distracted by the tantalizing a mueh simpler tone. A nice dark ornaments for this place. I turns the rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, odors which drifted from the kitchen suit with a bulgy starched front and a corner and again I looks. Standing in to the school room. scratchy starched collar completes our the door where you buy the books authorized June 3, 1923. were two more statues, a lady and a Entered as Second Class matter Every half hour the children were hero's ensemble. November 5, 1928, at the Post Office allowed a recess. Then they would And we who are slaves of fashion gent. They looked so calm and reverat Lock Haven, Pa., under the Act of gleefully scamper up into the dark do appear in such duds. Watch us ent as they gazed with a calm and March 3, 1879. sweet surprise into the depth of each pine forest and build doll houses out strut our stuff on Saturday night. other's eyes. And so I turned around Yours fraternally, of bits of colored glass (carefully THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1931 and around and the more I turned the I. Q. MORON'. hoarded) using pli:e cones to take more stiffs I found. And then a funny the place of dolls. Here also the older children would dance the folk-dances "My Impressions of France" thing met my eyes that caused me to gape in perplexed surprise, for a whieh the Swedish people seem to debrown paper bag hung from the hand light in. Is Subject of Y. W. Talk of each feminine statue in the band. I M. ELIASON I A special feature of the regular Y. "The idea of the statues is plain," Probably all of us have heard the W. meeting on Wednesday evening, says I, "But I'd like to ask that sculpexpression, "The early bird catches | real man. Lincoln, the great pres'- February 4, proved most interesting tor why he became such a dumb old the worm." This may be applied to I dent, the saviour of the union, is well to those present when Miss Bertha bloke as to ruin good work with an our spring homecomings which usual-;I known to everyone. And, viewed from Rowe, the faculty advisor, spoke on old brown poke." I was down at the ly take place in May. |j these angles he is an imposing figure "My Impressions of France." Miss end of one hall when away in the disin every American boy's mind. On the All of us recognize the value and ,[ other hand the newer Lincoln, painted Rowe, whose family is partially of tance a clock struck ten and with pleasure of Alumni Days for different by the supposedly realistic modern French descent, spent some time in shrieks and yelling and shouting of organizations and for the school as a • biographers as an uncouth, unv.-ashed this interesting land during her trip names a dizzy looking bunch of dames whole. When most of the homecom-1 creature, is not so well known but is abroad this past summer, and had knocked me almost flat on my face as ings are scheduled to take place late apparently striving for a place in his- many unusual things to tell of her they rushed down the hall at a terin the year, confusion is added to the j tory. Yet neither of these pictures can week in Paris and of her sightseeing rible pace. And believe it or not, for last minute rush before the end of the i be considered by an appreciative, ad- trips to some of the well known spots I'm not one to joke, in each of their fists was a little brown poke. term. Usually the same people have j miring person. in the heart of France. to serve on committees to arrange the j Special music for the evening meet' plans for several clubs. If most of our j Abraham Lincoln was not a god, a ing was given by Eloise Brubaker, clubs would be "early birds" this ; paragon of virtue. Lincoln was merely who played a French "Evening Song," Beta Sigma Chi Entertains year, we feel that the affairs would be | an intelligent man who was blessed delightfully in line with the topic of ; On Friday afternoon, February 6, more successful and would be better with a gentle sympathetic nature and the evening. The devotionals were a clear insight into human needs. The from 4.30 to 5.45 o'clock, the Beta enjoyed. conducted by Dorothea Stitt. scenes in Lincoln's life which should Sigma Chi Sorority entertained the In addition to the practice of early inspire his admirers should be those Alpha Sigma Tuu and Rho Omega home coming days, the feature of hav- in which he displays his humanness, ing several organizations combine his gentleness—his love for Ann Rut- Dr. Weber Introduces Group Lambda girls at an inter-sorority tea the Blue Room. their Alumni dates is also advan- ledge, his abhorence of slave traffic in ' Discussion into Sociology in The decorations were carried out in tageous. Many of the alumni are anx- New Orleans, his tenderness and afValentine motif. Kathleen Gorman ious to see not only those who be- fection for his sons, his patience durDr. Harry Weber his introduced poured. Several girls, aproned in longed to the same organization as ing the troublous days of the war, they but also those of their contemp- his considerate and helpful planning into his Sociology classes this semes- white crepe-paper hearts, served the oraries who belonged to different for reconstruction. This is the Lincoln ter a novel type of procedure in the guests with tea-cakes, nuts, mints and groups. Since Lock Haven can pro- whom his friends admired; this is the form of weekly discussion groups. heart-shaped sandwiches. Katherine vide reservations for probably 300 Lincoln whom all Americans should Each group consists of about seven Flanally, Jenice Sharpe, Anne Dolan, people, with a permanent secretary. Patty Bonner, and Martha Zeigler people at banquets, the present atti- revere. Under this system each individual has received. tude of certain groups toward early, Lincoln, the true gentleman, lived two papers to present during the secombined Alumni Days is most comIn addition to the sorority girls who a life of conflict and stress all be- mester on some phase of Sociology, attended. Miss Arey, Mrs. MacDougmendable. yond his own control. Now apparent- two criticisms of papers, and two all, Miss Edgerton, faculty advisors, ly his memory is being assailed. But secretarial reports. and Miss Holaway, Dean of Women, ABRAHAM LINCOLN Lincoln, the true man, can weather In addition to this procedure. Dr. were guests. The A. S. T.'s were With the coming of each succeed- any such storm. Controversy over so Weber has begun a new scoring sys- proud to have present one of their ing anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's fine, so noble a subject can only tend tem by which the students themselves charter members, Mrs. Alice Miller birthday should also come a finer and 1to strengthen in his admirers the ap- may at any time compute their own Skelly, who has returned to school to more sympathetic appreciation of a preciation of his true worth. class standing. work for her degree. The College Times is published at Lock Haven State Teachers College, Lock Haven, Penna., by the Board of Editors of the College Times. EDITORIALS ON FASHIONS COLLEGE TIMES Us and Others Klub Korner C A M P U S CHATTER ai>iKH>0