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THE SPECTATOR

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STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, EDINBORO, PA., MONDAY, MAY 18, 1936

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PROM QUEEN AND KING CROWNED HERE
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Assembly Speaker
Wisecracks
On Tuesday, May 11, at 10:00
o’clock, an assembly was unexpected­
ly called by Mr. Zahniser. No one
apparently knew what it was called
for and no one felt disappointed.
After being introduced, Mr. Almsbury of Chicago, proceeded through
the longest list of jokes, metaphors,
and adjectives thrown out to Edin­
boro students this year. His collec­
tion of new jokes came forth like the
news comments from the lips of Ed­
win C. Hill.
His hobby was apparently collect­
ing jokes from literature. He spoke
very calmly and never smiled. “Fullthroated laughter from the clowns of
Shapespeare is an indication of a
great intelligence.” A people is
known by their jokes, not by thenfruits.
His interpretation of the life of a
French Canadian through his jokes
was especially amusing and interest­
ing. We enjoyed every line of poet­
ry in the French Canadian dialect
(laughter blotted out a great deal
of this). “He call everything heem
but tomcat; he call heem her.” On
first tasting coca cola the French
Canadian said, “He taste just like
heem foot asleep”.
He made a careful distinction be
tween wit and humor. “Humor is
wit with the .sting pulled out. Wit
often stings, is caustic and ruthless
in its effect.” The French-Canadian
has little wit but great humor. Hum­
or grows with the soil, not necessarily
in the dwellings of the philosopher.
“When a woman marries twice, she
despises her first husband; when a
man marries twice, he loves his first
wife. Women try their luck; men
risk the'rs.” Our final thought on
this lecture is that Mr. Almsbury
should have very little trouble find­
ing a position writing script for Fred
Allen or Jack Benny.

Class Of 1900 Returns
One of the most active alumni
classes intends to stage its annual re­
union on Alumni Day. This is the
class of 1900. Some of our most
active alumni are in this class.
About twenty-five or thirty are ex­
pected back from the seventy that
graduated from here originally. This
class was much larger than any of
the present. Their president is Dr.
John Lauhrey of Stubersville. The
class is spread all over the United
States and in several foreign coun­
tries.

A hobo is a tourist without funds.

Alumni Return
The alumni of Edinboro — some
from the Academy, some from the
Normal School, and many less from
the State Teachers College—will re­
turn to their Alma Mater on Satur­
day, May 23. Invitations by the
thousands have been sent out. The
addresses of these invitations include
every State in the Union and seven
foreign countries. They have been
ordered to come, whether they ar­
rive by wheel-chairs, crutches, auto­
mobiles, or airplanes.
The program for the day has been
very well organized and promises to
be of great interest to the present
students as well as to those of the
past.
At 10:00 there will be a meeting
of the executive committee in Love­
land Hall library. On this commit­
tee are alumni president Grant Wad­
dle, ’25; executive secretary Russell
D. McCommons, ’25 and ’27; Mrs. E.
M. Mathewson, ’27; Miss Hermine
Bauschard, ’27; A. L. Cochran, ’20;
Frank Miller, ’23, and C. F. Adam­
son, ’10 and ’34.
At 11:00 there will be an alumni
meeting in Normal Hall, This will
be held in the auditorium.
At 12:30 dinner will be sberved in
the college dining room. Students
are invited to attend this dinner.
At 2:00 o’clock a historical pageant
will be presented. This pageant
promises to be good, as it was writ­
ten by Mr. LaBounty. It is being
directed by Mr. Doucette. The cast
has been selected from the descend­
ants of the original settlers of Ed­
inboro. The pageant will be held on
the lawn, if the weather permits;
otherwise, in the gym.
At 2:30 there will be class reunions
on various parts of the campus.
At 4:30 there will be a reception
to the alumni and the present senior
class by President and Mrs. Ross on
the lawn of the president’s home.
At 6:00 each class will hold its re­
union dinner.
From 9:00 to 12:00 the alumni
dance will be held in the college dining room. Johnny Himebaugh’s orchestra will furnish the music, College students will be admitted free
to this dance.
The alumni will be guided and
This
helped by the junior aides,
group was chosen by the seniors on
They are: Leola Dinges,
May 8.
Eleonora Ghering, Russell Hunter,
Ann Forrest, Neil Peiffer, John Shepley, Raymond VanSlyke, and Jane
Zahniser.
All students are urged to make the
alumni as much at home as possible;
they have many interesting stories to
tell us.

Independents Win
League Title
Finishing with a four-game win­.
ning streak, the Independents finish­
ed the intra-mural mushball season
at the top of the league. The Indies,
took the season opener from the Beta
Xi, but dropped the next tilt to the,
cellar place “Y” team. They then
finished the first half by trouncing
the Chi Delts, defending champs, andI
then went on to sweep all their re­.
maining games and annex the title.
The Indies entered the final game,
just one game ahead of the secondI
place Chi Delts. With only a partialI
team on the field, the Independents.
finally won in the last half of the>
extra inning, 4-3.
The final standings:
Team
Won
Lost
Pct.
Independents ........... 5
1
.833
Chi Delts ................. 3
3
.500
4
Beta Xi...................... 2
.337
4
Y. M. C. A................ 2
.337

Dr. VanHouten Eats
At a weiner roast sponsored by
the Freshman class at Billing’s Point
on Thursday evening, Dr. VanHouten
outdid the younger members of the
institution by leading those present
at eating the roasted dogs. Dr. Van­
Houten, after fasting over the dinner
hour, admitted eating a dozen hot
dogs, although reliable observers
state that at seven different times he
was seen at the fire with seven weiners on the stick. Someone, however,
rescued, partially, Dr. Van Houten’s
reputation by saying that he shared
them with Mr. Haller. That, how­
ever, complicates matters immensely
as Mr. Haller also roasted many him­
self.
This was all at the Freshman wein­
er roast at which fifty members of
the plebe class enjoyed the hot dogs,
pickles, mustard and marshmallows.
Although it was clear and cool, the
warm fire offered a welcome haven.
Clarence Heft led all of the stick
wield ers in roasting weiners. Our
Public Enemy No. 1 stooged for the
fair sex at the fire. He roasted some­
where in the neighborhood of fifty
dogs, but ate only four.
It was a pleasant picnic for all
who attended, and all went home well
filled.
At the outset of the festivities the
chaperones were chaperoning fifty
people—toward the end fifteen.
What happened to the other thirtyfive?

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On Saturday night, May 16, in the
Haven Hall ballroom, the annual
ceremony of the crowning of the Ed­
inboro Prom King and Queen was
solemnized. The queen, Helen McGogney, presided with dignity over
the assembled dancers. Her crown
was a flower wreath. She was attended by Isabel Crawford, Margretta Gregg, Margaret Adler, and Leona
Grimshaw. The king was Reid Hastie,
well known student teacher.
The Prom King and Queen were
chosen, as is customary, by student
vote from the most popular men and
women in the senior class. Both
scholastic ability and social prominence were considered.
Music for the dance was furnished
by the Paramount Club of Ashtabula,
Ohio. The programs, designed by
Henrietta Boss, were printed in scar­
let and white. Miss Boss was also
in charge of decorations, which were
executed in spring colors with wild
flowers and leaves.
At intermission Miss McGogney
and Mr. Hastie were made rulers of
the dance. Then they led a grand
march and reviewed the dancers.
A receiving line was formed in
which all guests met the patrons and
patronesses, Mr. Legters, class presi­
dent, and Mr. Shepley, chairman of
the dance committee. Corsages were
given the women guests.
In all, the Junior-Senior Prom was
the outstanding event of the social
season.
The committee was: John Shepley,
chairman; Jane Zahniser, Michael
Zahorchak.

Y. W. C. A. Closes
Successful Season
A weiner roast held on May 12
ended a most successful year for the
Young Women’s Christian Associa­
tion. During the year twenty de­
votional meetings, nine parties, and
four joint metings with the Young
Men’s Christian Assoiation drew an
average attendance of twenty-five.
The programs were excellent and
several popular speakers were Mrs.
Johnson, Miss Skinner, and Miss Ludgate.
The coming year will be just as
successful, as an efficient cabinet has
been chosen.
President, Elizabeth
Samkowski; vice-prsident,
Averyl
Wheeling; secretary, Rita Russell;
treasurer, Betty Roach; program
chairman, Vergie Fuller; social chairs
man, Genevieve Miller; publicity
chairman, Colletta Burkhart.
Congratulations to the outgoing
cabinet for their excellent work, and
best wishes to the new cabinet.

Charles Hershey is the first second­
Edinboro, like Moscow, is a town
ary student to get a job. Congratu­
| of bells.
lations!

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Sleep

Reeder Snooze
On Monday night, May 11, the fire
alarm sounded at ten o’clock. The
tramping of feet and the slamming
of doors echoed through Reeder as
the alarm continued to sound. Upon
our descending to the first floor we
saw thirty baffled boys, dressed in
bathrobes, each with a towel over
his arm. Not the odor of smoke, but
the odor of freshly brewed coffee
greeted them, as did the genial smile
of Mrs. Forness.
A line quickly formed along a table
stacked with sandwiches, cookies, and
some more sandwiches. How the
boys mowed them down! Ice cream
suckers were then served by Mrs.
Haller. After the party, everyone
feeling in the best of spirits, the fel­
lows serenaded the fair maidens of
Haven, their adopted mother, Mrs.
Forness, and Mr. Haller. A good
time was certainly had by all.

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To me, lack of sleep is real tor­
ture. I have heard, of course, of
Napoleon, Edison and those other
super-men who thought that to waste
more than four hours of the twentyfour in sleep was sin. But if the
ability to do with less than eight or
ten hours of sleep a night is one of
the hall-marks of genius, then I am
doomed to obscurity. When I was a
baby, I am told, although I can re­
member no such indignity, I was put
to bed at six o’clock, and if I was
kept out of my bed after that hour,
I made the night hideous with my
protests. As the twig is bent, so
grows the tree; at present I would
rather endure anything than be kept
from my rightful repose. Night life
loses all its charms when all one’s
will power is required to keep up his
heavy eye-lids, when objects multi­
ply two or three times, swim around
and, at last, by a terrbile effort are
made to stand still. There is noth­
ing that kills will-power and initia­
tive like sleepiness. One will let al­
most anything happen to him, or do
anything himself, to gain a few hours
rest after a long period of wakeful­
ness; witness the third degree.
Yes, sleep is man’s greatest lux­
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Sleeping sickness is my idea of the
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Revolt

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Revolt has been the making and
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the American Empire. America came
into being through a revolution, and,
ever since, Americans have insisted
upon the privilege of revolt; revolt
against laws, against government,
against the established order oi
things. The American Frontier, es­
pecially, has been responsible for this
typically American attitude. But,
although the frontier is a thing of
the past, this spirit remains with us,
and probably will remain until ulti­
mately it destroys us.
The revolution of 1775 brought us
a new form of government, and ever
since that period we have owed al­
most every innovation, every inven­
tion, every improvement, every
change of attitude to the spirit of
revolt; for the American revolt has
not been confined to politics. Am­
erican men revolted against soul-kill­
ing monotony, and labor saving
machinery came into existence. Am­
erican women revolted against a posi­
tion of inferiority, and the ideal of
women suffrage came into being.
American young people are revolting
against tradition and precedent, and
we are witnessing a complete upheaval of social customs. As a
people, Americans have done away
with hide-bound tradition, the foe of
progress and the cement of the em­
pire builders.
Letting the boat drift, we looked
But, although this dominant spirit back up the river. Mirrored in the
has in many ways been our national wind-ruffled water, between the dark
blessing, it carries with it the power
tree shadows along either bank, were
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secure against revolt. Our laws are
obeyed only by those who wish to
obey them. Our national leaders are
recognized and respected only by
those who approve of them. There
is no traditional loyalty to ancient
customs and present systems such as
is so evident in many of the older
countries. In fact, all that is need­
ed to bring about the end of the Am-,
erican Commonwealth is some situa­
tion that will split national opinion
a little more than usual. Then we
will fall to pieces like a shivered
pane of glass. This is not an idle
bugaboo called forth to frighten
causelessly; such situations were
common during the first fifty years of
our national history, and the last near
catastrophe was only seventy-five
years ago, a short time in the life of
a nation.
As a nation we are still young. We
have before us the opportunity of a
tremendous growth. But as we grow
we must face problems; problems
which must be met by revolt, and
problems which must be solved by
reason and patience. But the spirit
tending to revolt is so strong a char­
acteristic that it will probably be the
predominating influence.
Through revolt we made a new
nation, through revolt we are build­
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through revolt we will go crashing to
oblivion.

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