Senior Play Given In Normal Tonight The Spectator Graduates Receive Degrees on Tuesday THE VOICE OF STUDENT OPINION VOL. V—No. 10 o; h, & do >b; ltd IE- u ■i Wi JOSEPH NORDER CHOSEN NEW spectator EDITOR Joseph Norder, present busi­ ness manager, has been elected by the Student Council to Editor-in-Chief of the Spectator Congratulations for 1938-39. are in order! “Bishop Misbehaves” Is. Popular Comedy Directed by Miss Ludgate College Greets Graduates of Other Years Who Will Relive Memories of Student Days Events Are Beta Xi Reorganizes Special Arranged by Alumni Executive Committee To Affiliate With National Fraternity MISS BARON IS HEAD A three-act comedy, “The Bishop Misbehaves”, will be presented by the Senior Class this evening at 7:15 in Normal Hall Auditorium. The “Bishop” of the play is por­ trayed by James Sm’th. The Bishop’s Dr. W. M. Lewis, Head sister, who takes the leading feminine Of Lafayette College part, is Jean Rick. Other members Will Deliver Address of the cast are: Alexander Crevar, Kathryn Cochanides, Joseph Zahnis38 RECEIVE DEGREES er, Angela Casela, Walter Hall, Lee With thirty-eight candidates for Jeffords, Ruth Ramsey and Ed Noble. Is Popular Comedy the degree of Bachelor of Science in “The Bishop Misbehaves” is a Education, Edinboro State Teachers College Seventy-seventh Annual popular comedy that has been preCommencement will be held in Nor­ sented at the leading colleges mal Hall Auditorium on Tuesday, throughout the United States during the last two years. May 24, at 10:00 a. m. It was presented at Penn State The principal speaker at the com­ College last week and at Allegheny mencement will be Dr. W. M. Lewis, College last year. president of Lafayette Cillege. Beatrice Hall is assisting Miss Jane Dr. E. Leigh Mudge of the college S. Ludgate, faculty director, in the faculty, will offer the invocation. (Continued on Page Three) Dr. Carmon Ross, president of Edin­ Three New Members Are Pledged For Year i EDINBORO WELCOMES ALUMNI FOR DAY’S REUNION PROGRAM Annual Commencement Exercises Will Be On Tuesday, May 22nd Gamma Kappa Cast Of Alpha Psi Omega Has An Initiation Dinner The Gamma Kappa Cast of Alpha Psi Omega, national honorary dram­ atic fraternity, held an initiation din­ ner in Haven Hall at which new mem-1 hers were pledged. Joseph Zahniser, Beatrice Hall, and Clarence Heft were pledged to niembership in the fraternity.. The Pledge period is for one year. Members Speak 10c per copy Senior Class Of 1938 Presents Annual Play In Normal Tonight RICK, SMITH HAVE LEADS boro, will confer the degrees upon presentation of the candidates by W. A. Wheatley, Dean of Instruction. James Wilson, of the class of 1938, will sing a baritone solo. The col(Continued on Page Four) I EDINBORO STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, EDINBORO, PA., MAY 21, 1938 Theta Chapter Formed By Edinboro Fraternity In Kappa Delta Phi WATTERS IS PRESIDENT Theta Chapter of Kappa Delta Phi, national educational fraternity, was organized at Edinboro recently with the members of the Beta Xi Fratern­ ity becoming affiliated with the na­ tional organization. Dr. Carmon Ross, at ceremonies in Wednesday’s regular assembly, ac­ knowledged its organization when Richard Peterson presented certifi­ cation of its installation at Edinboro. Centers in New England Kappa Delta Phi has chapters in the northeastern United States, cen­ tered chiefly in New England. The nearest chapter to Edinboro is that at Penn State. Mr. Aime Doucette, faculty advis­ or of old Beta Xi, remains as advisor to the new chapter. Mr. Doucette Familiar Campus Scenes was first president of the Delta Chap­ Are Changed For Alumni ter of Kappa Delta Phi at Boston Greetings to you, our loyal friends University. Watters Is President and alumni! Come, * * * see what The fraternity was organized in modern steamshovels, cement mixers, hoisting derricks, and riveting ma­ 1900. 'Officers of the new organiza­ chines are doing to many of our tion are Lonel Watters, president; familiar scenes. We may be going Leon Mead, vice-president; William through some stern and confu.ing Rodgers, secretary, and Richard Pet­ housekeeping, but the welcome is erson, treasurer and corresponding secretary. genuine! Theta Chapter has sixteen active Carmon Ross, President members. Dr. Carmon Ross Gives Welcome To Alumni Announcement of SEVENTY-SEVENTH COMMENCEMENT CALENDAR State Teachers College at Edinboro (Eastern Standard Time) Saturday May 21—Alumni Day—Registration in Haven Hall 12:00—Luncheon (75c) and Business Meeting 3:00-4:00—Reception on Lawn of President’s Home 7:15—Senior Class Play. Admission 35c. 9:00-12:00—Dance—Haven Hall Sundav May 22—Baccalaureate Service at 2:30 p. m. Sunday, May Erie, Preacher Speakers at the dinner in Haven all dining room were: Elizabeth amkowski, president; Mrs. Dorothy adus, Miss Jane S. Ludgate, and F. enfold Brown. Miss Esther Wilson, n the college faculty, sang and Mrs. Monday May^^^ Mav 23—Class Day Recept-on to Senior Class Monday, aldo F. Bates, jr., played for the affair. Mav 24—Annual Commencement at 10 a. m. Tables were decorated in blue and Tuesday luesciay, may w of Lafayette College, ejow, the fraternity’s colors. Speaker ^mediately after the dinner meetinvited. No tickets of admission are required to the ng, the group went to the Playhouse The public is cordially Service, Baccalaureate C — ~, Class Program, and Commencement. Erie where they saw “Front Page”. Today, Edinboro State Teachers College greets its Alumni and wel­ comes them back to a day’s activities that will in part recall some of the memories of past years when these returning visitors were Edinboro un­ idergraduates. With Miss Justina Baron heading ,a committee in charge of the day’s program, many special events have been arranged to entertain the Alum­ ni of the college. Luncheon will be in Haven Hall at 12:00, after which a business :meeting of the Alumni will take (Continued on Page Three) Forty-eight Receive Two-year Elementary Limited Certificates Class Will Be Last With Two Years Course Forty-eight two-year students will, with the completion of this year’s work, receive the Two-Year State Limited Elementary Certificate. This is the last group to go from Edinboro with only two year’s trainng. Three years of college work is the minimum now required by law. Certificate candidates are: Andrews, Virginia; Bemis, Doris; Benedict, Jane; Benedict, Martha; Blackman, Autumn; Boyer, Ruby; Bradford, Ethel Elizabeth; Calvin, Helen; Clark, John; Cousins, Helen; Creacraft, Frances; Davis, Ruth; Diehl, Ruth; Drake, Janet; Duran, Mary; Dyer, Margaret; Engle, Elna; Fehlman, Alice; Gleason, Harriet; Hammermeister, Emilie; Harrington, Elizabeth; Hays, Ruth; Heft, Clar­ ence; Hinkson, Ethel R.; Irvin, Betty Jo; Keen, Helene; Lounsbury, Flor­ ence; Lyons, Autumn; McCurdy, Eva; (Continued on Page Four) DR. RALPH C. McAFEE WILL SPEAK SUNDAY Dr. Ralph C. McAfee, newly in­ stalled pastor of the Church of the Covenant in Erie, will deliver- the baccalaureate address at the bacca­ laureate exercises on Sunday after­ noon, May 22, at 2:30 p. m. THE SPECTATOR Page Two The Spectator The voice of student opinion at Edinboro State Teachers College Published on Saturday throughout the School Year by the students Edinboro State Teachers College at Edinboro, Pennsylvania. STAFF Walter Nissen Joseph Norder Ruth Diehl Norman Dilley Louise Carlburg Charlotte Weaver Mary Carpenter ................. John Clark Dick Peterson Anthony Cutri, John Demi. Leon Mead Richard Benson W. Verne Zahniser ...... Editor-in-Chief Business Manager Girls Sports Editor Boys Sports Editor ...... Society Editor ...... Feature Editor ....... Typing Editor ..... Column Editor ............... Columnist Humor Editors .............. Art Editor ......... Copy Editor .... Faculty Advisor The subscription rate to the Alumni and general public is one dollar per year. ALUMNI ARE WELCOMED TO EDINBORO Today, the Alumni are the guests of Edinboro State Teachers College. With a welcoming hand we greet you and bid you welcome to a grow­ ing Edinboro. We only hope that your day will be enjoyable and profitable and that when you leave it will be with the feeling of a day well spent coupled with the desire to return at some time in the near future. 1937-38 IS SUCCESSFUL YEAR With dignified ceremony and enthusiastic approval, Edinboro’s Ground­ breaking Exercise for a three-quarters of a million dollars building pro­ gram took place on last February fourteenth. This day—in the word of all—was a propitious one for Edinboro. Since that day Edinboro’s four new buildings have been rapidly taking shape. Foundation work on all the buildings is completed and the super­ structure of the gymnasium, upon which much effort is being concentrated at present, is being rushed to completion. The major portion of the steel work is up and the brick walls and concrete floors become reality under the hands of skilled labor. Too, construction work is progressing on the train­ ing school, the power house, and the new auditorium. When these buildings are completed—and it is possible that the gy*" vsical nasium will be finished by September—Edinboro will possess a physical plant second to none of the colleges of Northwestern Pennsylvania. But, what is more important than mere size or grandeur, is the fact that Edin­ boro students will have facilities of the highest order in which to become fitted for the teaching profession. Then, too, as students, their under­ graduate life will be fuller and richer because of the advantages provided for them by the new facilities. In any way that the situation is approached, the year of 1937-38 was an eventful year for those Edinboro students and newcomers who will in 1938-39 and the many future years enjoy the more abundant life provided for by .Edinboro’s three-quarters of a million dollar building program. NORTHWESTERN STATE NORMAL SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY, 1869 Order of Exercises Friday Evening, June 25th, EXHIBITION OF MODEL SCHOOL. Sunday, June 27th, 3 p. m. ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES NORMAL CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, June 28th, 29th & 30th • TERM EXAMINATION OF CLASSES. Wednesday Evening, June 30th, CLOSING EXERCISES EVERETT LITERARY SOCIETY Thursday, July 1st, 9 a. m., COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES. Thursday, July 1st., 3 p. m., ALUMNI MEETING. Thursday Evening, CLOSING EXERCISES POTTER LITERARY SOCIETY Graduating Senior Reviews Four Years Of College Activity Weighs An Education From Utilitarianist Viewpoint of Living MAKES BETTER CITIZENS With Our Faculty Outside The Campus J By Walter Nissen oc Miss Nettie Mai Ruttie, director S.£ girls’ athletics at Edinboro, recent!attended the annual convention 1g the Eastern Health and Physical ’v cation Association in Atlantic CitT t New Jersey. Dr. Van Houten Is Pre»ident I’m finished. —Finished in regard to the com­ pletion of four years of college work. In a few days I shall be leaving school probably never to return again as a student. With this fact in mind I am going to try to state some of my most vivid impressions of college life. Edinboro Was Different Without a question, four years of exposure to a collegiate environment will, of a necessity, tend to alter any receptive individual. I often wish I could see myself now as I was when first enrolled as a freshman at this institution. As I remember myself, I was just as “green” as the leaves at this time of year. Coming here directly from a small­ town high school, of course the con­ ditions surrounding me were entirely changed. Finding no one I knew; seeing the upper classmen greet each other with such a genuine welcome; having but one ill-fitting suit and one pair of misshapen shoes to wear; hav­ ing but ?25 for fees, books, room rent, and food, did not help to add much to my first impressions. College Sets Viewpoint In a few weeks I had become adjusted to a limited degree and I began to feel more as though I belonged to the species Homo Sapiens, To sumniar3ze mY freshman year I can say that it was one during which I became conscious of the fact that I was getting to a place where I would have to be looking seriously to the future. The one single factor which made my stay more enjoyable was my relationship with students as a result of extra curricular functions. During my sophomore and junior years my beliefs were more fully con­ firmed and college life with more of its complexities was heavily over me. I had taken much satisfaction from the fact that I was one of the young people fortunate enough to be in col­ lege. This gave me a type of pride which has stayed with me ever since. Not a domineering, oppressive pride, but pride which evidences itself by its development of a tolerant atti­ tude and a broader understanding in­ to the reasoning power of an indi­ vidual. Student Weighs Education Dr. L. H. Van Houten, instruct*! of Psychology, was recently dectj president of Phi Delta Kappa Alun^i Association of Northwestern Pennsjti vania. Professor John Harbaugh, of flj University of Pittsburgh, is the J tiring president. Phi Delta Kappa J a national honorary educational fraJ ternity of which Dr. Van Houten be-i came a member at the University of| Houten is engaged in the testing of I several hundred grade children in th; Oil City and Titusville schools. Miss Ludgate Writes Monograph During the summer, Miss Jane Sj Ludgate, head of Edinboro’s Speed. Department, will write a monograph! on speech problems at the requestor struction. This monograph will be distributed! next year to the twenty thousand1; secondary teachers in Pennsylvania. | who will use the publication in their ’ classroom work. Doucette Is Chairman Mr. Aime Doucette, chairman of a national coordinating committee for i research in Art Education, recently) traveled to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he met in conference with re­ presentatives of leading educational groups of the United States. Organizations represented at the research meeting were the Eastern*. Arts Association of which Mr. Don- ' cette is a member, Progressive Edu-; cation Association, N. E. A., Western i Arts Association, and Dr. Monroe-1 j Committee on Education. Represents Eastern Arts Mr. Doucette also represented the ; Eastern Arts Association at an inter*, national conference for the accredit-; ing of art schools and art certific3' t tion. Delegates to this conference wer tickets; Betty graduate days by that fine old build­ will begin promptly at 7:15 in order Gamma music fraternity will have """er and Ben Wilkins, properties; ing, desert it and welcome a young that it will not conflict with the danc­ i its annual reunion dinner at 5:30 at ■ Penfold Brown, scenery; and Leon ’---'? No!—but that ing which begins at 9:00 p. m. in 1 Culbertson Hills Club House. I upstart in its place? ea