Page Two THE SLIPPERY ROCKIT One Year, $2.00 SLIPPERY ROCKET _ THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF TEACHERS COLLEGE Published each Wednesday of the School Year by the Press Club The Rocket office is on the second floor of the Main Building. Com- munications may be left by pushing them under the door or handing them to any member of the editorial staff. should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief, and all business communi- cations should be sent to the Business Manager. in the hands of the Editorial Staff by Tuesday evening. SUBSCRIPTION RATES “ntered at the Post Office at Slippery Rock, Pa., as second class matter SLIPPERY ROCK STATL All articles for publication. All copy should be One Semester, $1.00 t.ois Reimer Elizabeth Kndler, Clubs Sara Freedman, Office News Frances Wenchunas ASSISTANT EDITORS REPORTORIAL STAFK Norma Heinrich, News CIRCULATION Theresa Pletz, DEPARTMENT William Hayes ADVERTISING Mayer Golden TYPISTS Bernice Dreifus Sara Duncan Iferne M. Thomas Joseph Orsini Lois IKetiere Margaret Ambrose, Society Mary Leslie, Feature Manager George Campbell MANAGER Concerning Grades The grades seem to have been the topic of discussion on the campus this last week. Some people, if given a chance to tulk, place themselves so high on a peaestal that the other poor folks have to stretch their necks to look up at them. Get- ting u on that pedestal is not so hard, but just think of the fall when these students go to a place where there are no grades. The people who think they are abused and undergraded should quit crying the blues and knocking the teachers and start working for achievement instead of grades. They should remember that if they were the ones that got the grades be- cause they had a drag, they would talk about them also. So when you hear a person with a low 1. Q. talk about his good grades, congratulate him with a smile and be comforted with the picture of that person falling from the pedestal. TOURS TO EUROPE SLATED FOR STUDENTS OF DRAMATIC ART Noted Persons Will Lead Summer Journeys to In- teresting Places in Europe A series of unusual tours, de- signed for students with an inter- est in the dramatic arts, have been arranged for this summer by the Church and Drama League of America in cooperation with out- standing exponents of the arts in Furope. The tours offer an in- teresting combination of wide rov- ing with the feeling of getting somewhere, under the leadership of some noted personalities, Burns Mantle, leading dramatic critic and author of the annual “Best Plays’ series, will lead a long summer dramatie tour leaving New York on July 6th and returning September 8th. Among the fam- ous theatres which will be studied from both the footlights are the Everyman, Lyric, Drury lL.ane, Boar's Head and Shakes- peare Memorial in England; Ode- on, Marie Antoinette, Studio and New Pigalle in Paris; Scala in Milan; Grosses Schauspiclhaus, Schiller, Staats Opera, Volkesbuhne Kleines Theatre in Berlin; Burg, Opera, Josephstadt, Rai- mund, Akademie and Redoubten- saal der Hof berg in Vienna; Na- tional, Municipal, Deutsches and Kleine Buhne in Prague. Confer- ences are being arranged with Sir Barry Jackson, Max Reinhardt, Gordon Craig, Strnad Jessner, the Capeks, Molnar and many others Important collections of dramatic material in many of the museums sides of La and will be investigated. Extension tours to Holland and to Ireland will be available. May Lamberton Becker, widely known as lecturer on literature, Reader's Guide Editor of the Sat- urday Review of Literature, book editor of the ‘*Scholastic” and author of a number of books and articles, will lead a literary and theatre tour from July 3rd to September Tth, In addition to a number of the points of interest covered by the Burns Mantle tour, this trip will include such attrac- tions a1 the Shaw Festival at Mal- vern and a performance by the Norwich Players. Hallie Flanagan, 4director of the Experimental Theatre at Vassar, former Guggenheim Fellow, and author of “Shifting Scenes in the Modern European Theatre” will lead a Russian Theatre tour from May 38rd to June 20th or—with European Extension—July 12, Not only will it give students a fascin- ating opportunity to view Russia, but also to study outstanding ex- amples of the new drama. Includ- will The States Academice Opera and Ballet, State Academ’'e Dramatic Theatre, Theatre of So- cial Satire, Theatres of the Work- er's Clubs in Leningrad; Meyer- hold, Moscow Art, Prolecult, Kam- erny, Revolutionary, Children's, and Blue Blouse Troupes in Mos- cow; Ukrainian National and Op- era House and Lenin Theatre in Kiev, A novel dance tour, led by Haus Wiener, will start on May 31st and end on August 25th. Hans Wien- er is one of the leaders of modern dancing and is known here and abroad both as an artist and as a teacher. The itinerary is being ar- ranged to include study of the svh«“;ls of Mary Wigman, Palucca, Truempy and Skoronel, Christina ed be: Baer and Valerie Kratina, and Elizabeth Dunecan, The Dance Congress will be attended. M» Wiener will give training in foun i- ation gymnastics on the boat and lessons at the end of the tour to round off the summer's teaching. These tours and others undor the travel burcau of the Church and Drama League are being arranged from the New York headquarters at 289 Fourth Avenue. CAMPUS CHATTER By Slippery Al urandpa lKggs used to announce: “Old Cain wasn’t as bad as he is painted. He didn’t claim that he stumbled or that Abel tried to get away."” What this place needs is less psychoanalysis, for the young peo- ple and more spanking. Never judge a man by his ap- pearance. The biggest crook may have the straightest crease in his trousers, Men get pearls from oysters, but women get diamonds from nuts. When the world was created, women followed man—but now the men are following the women, Now that the long skirts are the vogue, girls can start getting vac- cinated again. The ideal dumbbell is one who thinks TIvanhoe is a Russian bol- shevist, The new auto song: “Get out and get under the moon.” “Honeymoon salad.” Lettuce alone, The rum runners are like fish, the big ones usually get away. Parachute jumpers say business is dropping. The best way to eat the spinach that the dining room has been serving is to feed it to the cow and then eat the cow. AUTOS’LL GET YOU They come scootin’ up the street, While others are scootin’ down, An' they dash around the corners, Of every crossin’ in the town; One goes tootin' to the left, ‘While another goes to right, An’' it surely takes some lookin’ To keep 'em all in sight; Whether mornin’, noon, or evenin’ "Tis hardly safd to be about An' the automobiles 'll get you If you their Don't wafch Out! There are touring cars and road- sters, Coupes and trucks galore, An' when you think they're gone by— Toot! toot! here come some more, They're goin' north, and goin’ south, An' likewise east an' west, Until you feel inelined to wish That they'd give the streets a rest Sometimes they hit the lean folks, An’' sometimes they bump the stout, An' the automobiles'll get you If you ALl Don't watch Out! There shiny, There are battered ones and old, But they 11 go whizzing past you, At a pace to make you cold, Their comings and their goingy, Keep the old folks on the hump An' their sudden corner curvings Even make the voung ones jump. Unless they happen to miss you They will hit you without doubt An' some automobile will get you It you are some quite new and Don't watch Out! “What-—No Show?” On Tuesday evening the college chapel was filled by eager stu- dents who inquired anxiously of one another, “Isn't there going to be any show tonight?” Disliking very much to see their worthy fellow-students disappoint- ed Bill Storer and Bill Taylor marched to the front of the cha- pel and sald “What kind of a show do you want? We'll give you one.” So saying they disappeared behind the curtain and soon the chapel was filled with the sound of a pi- ano being pounded and a voice in imitation of high soprano. Due to the intransparency of the curtain is is not certain which of the two artists stunned the audience by tickling the keys until they bust forth in a roar of agony or which of the two entertainers raised his voice in harmonious discord with the piano until the shrill tones rent the very air in twain, The whistle of the night watceh- man and his voice, announecing, “Well, folks, there will be no show tonight. IFalse alarm!’” sent the students ,grumbling, to their re- spective rooms. Baby Frogs The frog eggs which were collect- ed several weeks ago and placed in the nature study laboratory have hatched out. The little tad- poles, which are wiggling about in the glass jars and enjoying their artificial habitat, prove a source of curiosity and interest among not only the students of the col- lege but pupils of the training school as well, ~ COURTESY On The Campus Coming to class on time. Appearing clean and neat while attending to school business. Giving proper attention to the instructor or to the individual who is reciting. Refraining from causing any dis- turbance in the class room. Addressing the instructor by his proper title. Giving the other fellow a chance at the bowling alley, the billiard table, the tennis court, etc., when he is waiting to play. Helping your classmate when he asks for vour help. Saying grace at table and waiting with respect until the other fellow has finished saying grace, Refraining from “knocking” your associate, your instruetor, vour opponent, ete. Returning borrowed articles as soon as possible and in as good condition as possible to the person from whom you borrowed them., Holding the door open for any- one who may be immediately be- hind you. Speaking to all with whom you come in contact in your daily busi- ness in the school, BELIEVE IT OR NOT Althcagh it is only April, one may sce pears (pairs) growing on the campus. Rachel wears her glasses to bed, so she can see what she is dream- ing about. Clyde Double stood on his head for five minutes out at Wolf creek last Thursday., A million years hence people might get into a fight if someone says they descended from people like us. (Dr. Waldron). Three freshmen health education girls, Alice Throup, Beatrice Dav- ies, and Mildred Dixon got lost at Wolf creek last Saturday. Devils Food cake contains little devils. April Fool's Day started on No- ah's Ark. Senior—i‘l—eeting A special meeting of the 1931 senior class was held following chapel on Monday morning. Nom- inations were made for assistant editor and an assistant business manager to be elected later in the week, There was a discussion of possible persons to whom next vear's Saxigena could be dediecat- ed. This is to be decide at a later date, “Hospital” Notes Ruth Weir is ill at her home in New Castle, Dorothy Sipe of South Hall has spent the past few days in bed with a sever cold. Betty MeCoy is now recuperating from an operation for appendicitis, A sprained back confined Edna Mae Konold to her home for a few days. Virginia Smith, who was confin- ed to the infirmary, i8 once again among her many friends, DOGWOOD TREES As Dr. Waldron has had a dozen or so dogwood trees moved to the campus, some of the students will no doubt be interested in learning something about this interesting species. About four different kinds have been brought from the col- lege woods and a pink varviety of the flowering dogwood has been bought. The attractiveness of the flow- ers and fruit make the dogwood one of the most ornamental of shrubs. It is quite beautiful in spring, especially in June, when it blooms profusely. It has a hand- some foliage which often assumes a brilliant coloring in the fall, In winter the red-branched species is very attractive in comparison to its drab surroundings when nature is stripped of her warm colors. Our native dogwood, cormus florida, when in bloom, is the showiest member of the genus, The dogwood derives its name from the fact that a decoction of the bark was used in England to wash mangy dogs, In the north the small red ber- ries of the dogwood serve as food for the Eskimos, while here they cerve ag food for our feathered friends in the fall. The enemies of the dogwood are thoughtless people who break off the beautiful branches, taking them into their homes where they only wither and die. VOLLEY BALL TEAM PLAYS OIL CITY The Juniors played the fast Oil City volley ball team Saturday eve- ning at Oil City. The 0Oil City team previously had played the Pitts- burgh Y. M. C. A. for the cham- pionship of western Pennsylvania. Our boys proved their ability by holding Oil City to a narrow lead. The result of five fast and inter- esting games was Oil City 3, the Juniors 2. A return engagement will be played in the college gym, soon. Juniors—156-8, 0il City—16-14, Juniors—16-14, Oil City 16-14, 0il City—15-6. Line up for the juniors: Morris N. Campbell, ‘Wilson McLaughlin, ott Sheplar. Storer. This was the junior's first game and they learned several good points from the game with the Oil City team. 1930 YEAR BOOK NEARING COMPLETION This year's Saxigena is well on its way to completion, through the efforts of John Brooks, editor, and the supporting staff, The theme of the year hook re- volves around the life and work of Mr, Arthur Vineent, a prominent member of the college faculty, The sketches portray his various cxperiences during life and con- tain a portrait done by John Brooks. The actual date of release is not known, but the work is progress- ing rapidly and nearly all the copy is in the hands of the printer, MUSH BALL TOURNEY IS BEING ARRANGED Due to the great interest taken in mush ball by the girls of the gollege, plans for a mush-ball tournament are being arranged. Miss Compton and Miss Matheny will have charge of coaching and picking the class teams. Everyone is interested in secing which one will produce the winning team. and the rivalry is of the keenest between classes. The game on Saturday between the juniors and the freshmen was a fine example of many games to come.