COLLEGE TIMES

Lincoln's
Birthday

State Teachers College, Lock Haven, Penna.
Volume IX, No. 22

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1932

MISS Arey

Selects Caste
For Senior Class Play

Mr. Samuel Smith
Speaks on Life of
George Washington

Miss Mabel Louise Arey has a n nounced, as her selection of this year's
senior class play, Hubert H e n r y Davis'
play, "The Mollusc." She has arranged
to have this play produced by a cast of
characters who promise to m a k e their
effort worthwhile.
The play centers around the word
mollusc, ordinarily an invertebrate a n i mal, as the title would suggest. In this
play, however, the word mollusc is t r a n s ferred to m e a n an attribute of one of t h e
characters. What that characteristic is
and to what character it is applied t h e
cast will interpret in the performance.
The play is unusual in the respect t h a t
there are only four characters: Mrs. B a x ter, Mr, Baxter, Tom Kemp, and Miss
Roberts. Madeline Lesser carries the role
of Mrs. Baxter and Myron Biddle, as Mr.
Baxter, is destined to fall in love with his
pretty wife and indulge in every one of
her whims. The lovely English governess,
to be portrayed by Fern Snyder, will hold
an appeal to the audience, as will Tom
Kemp, Mrs, Baxter's brother. Poor Tom,
played by F r a n k Kitko, is annoyed a t
his sister's coy, but over-bearing manner.
The scene of the play takes place in
the sitting room of Mrs. Baxter some
twenty miles outside of London. It will
be interesting and refreshing to hear an
English accent throughout the play.
Under the direction of Miss Arey t h e
play is beginning to take shape. Several
worthwhile rehearsals have already been
held.

Mr. Samuel J. Smith, in chapel Monday morning, recalled incidents in the
life of George Washington which showed
how eminent men prepare themselves
for the things which they accomplish.
The outstanding traits of Washington
were his exactness, his punctuality, and
his policy of economy. These traits are
not only closely related to Washington's
success but are related to the success of
any individual.
Washington's versatility challenges us;
for he was a great president, a great
statesman, a great commander, an organizer of armies, a founder of corporations, an engineer, an exceptional farmer, and a good business man.
To modern college graduates, it is humiliating to notice how little proper
schooling Washington had. However,
Washington was the best educated man
of his time because he was educated in
so many ways. The desire for self education became a passion with him and
caused him to give concentrated and absorbed study to the information he
sought to acquire.
Since the most fascinating facts about
Washington are not those concerned
with public achievements, but with the
man himself, the biography of Washington is especially interesting. Likewise
do other biographies make good reading
and should be included in our general
reading.
The reasons for the last statement, as
stressed by Mr. Smith, were that this
type of reading will show that the people
who have made names for themselves
had difficulties to surmount, that their
lives were not simply lives of good luck
and ease, but rather that these people
had problems to meet just as w e do.
This reading offers inspirations, and also
a chance to study the traits, qualities,
characteristics, and habits of the people
who have rendered a service to humanity.
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Students Enjoy Tea
Sunday Evening
Rev, G. R. Mergenthaler, of the First
Evangelical Church, entertained the
young people of the church at an informal tea on Sunday evening, February 7.
Lively discussions were carried on about
present-day problems.
Among those present were Marjorie
Dei.so. Olive Quiggle, Inez Chestnut,
Madelyn Haggerty, Dorcas Tressler, and
Josephine Leaphart.

LINCOLN
There is a silence abroad in the land t o day.
And in the hearts of men, a deep and
anxious silence;
And, because we are still at last, those
bronze lips slowly open.
Those hollow and weary eyes take on a
gleam of light.
Slowly a patient, firm-syllabled voice
cuts through t h e endless silence,
like laboring oxen that drag a
plough through the chaos of the
rude clay fields,
"I went forward as t h e light goes forward in the early spring.
But there were also many things which
I left behind,

Praeco Staff Advances
Work on the Yearbook

The Praeco Staff held their regular
But he whom we mocked and obeyed meeting, Monday evening at 7:30 in t h e
not, he whom we scorned and mis- "Times" room. Sebastian Grieco, e d i trusted
tor-in-chief, called for reports from t h e
He has descended, Uke a god, to his rest. editors of the various departments. These
reports indicate that rapid strides a r e
being made in the work on t h e Praeco.
Over the uproar of cities.
Over the million intricate threads of life
The features editor, Don Francisco, ofweaving and crossing
fered several outstanding and original
In t h e midst of the problems we kwow suggestions for her department. T h e
not, tangling, perplexing, ensnar- a r t work of t h e Praeco, u n d e r t h e capable
supervision of Carl Wasseen, promises
ing,
everything to be desired in the origRises one white tomb alone.
inality, coloring and ideas, Omar H a r ris, business manager, gave a flnal anlysis
Beam over it, stars.
Wrap it 'round stripes—stripes red from of the Praeco Directory which will soon
appear on t h e campus.
the pain that he bore for you—
Enfold it forever, O flag, rent, soiled, but
repaired through your anguish;
Long as you keep him there safe, the nations shall bow to your law.

"Tombs that were quiet;
One, of a mother, whose brief light went
out in the darkness.
Strew over him flowers:
One of a loved one, t h e snow on whose Blue forget-me-nots from the north and
grave is long falling.
bright pink arbutus
One only of a child, b u t it was mine,
From the east, and from the west rich
orange blossom,
"Have you forgotten your graves? Go, But from the heart of the land take the
question them in anguish.
passion-flower.
Listen long to their unstirred lips. From
your hostages to silence
Learn there is no life without death, no Rayed, violet, dim.
With the nails that pierced, the cross
dawn without sunsetting,
that he bore, and the circlet,
No victory but to him who has given all."
And beside it there lay also one lonely
A meeting of the Executive Commitsnow-white magnolia.
tee ot the Board of Trustees was held at The clamor of the cannon dies down, the Bitter for remembrance of the healing
furnace mouth of the battle is
t h e College on Friday, February 5, 1932.
which has passed,
silent.
Those who attended were: Dr. D, W.
—John Gold Fletcher.
Thomas, Mr. C, H. Diack, Mr, M, E, Hag- The mid-winter sun dips and descends,
the earth takes on afresh its bright From Sanders and Nelson "Chief Modern Poets
gerty, Dr. J. W. Sweeney and Mr. I. P a r colors.
of England and America."
sons.

Executive Committee
Holds Meeting

5 Cents Per Copy

Dr. Noble Will Examine
Kindergarten Children

Dr. Mary Riggs Noble, of the State
Department of Health at Harrisburg,
wUl be at Room 111 at the Training
School, F e b r u a r y 16 and 17, to give each
child of t h e two Lock Haven kindergartens a thorough physical examination,
Dr, Noble, who has been at Lock H a ven before, examines pre-school children throughout the state. Her work
consists of giving every child a halfhour examination, and then going over
the case with the child's mother to p r e scribe the necessary remedy for any d e fect the child may have.
This w o r k will be supervised by Miss
Himes, Miss Northey, and Miss Erickson.

COLLEGE

TIMES

Intra-Murals Feature
Kaiser's Five Lose
Lock Haven Boys
Hard Fought Game to
Play Strenuous Game
Spirited Struggling
Shippensburg T. C.
At West Chester The third night of the intra-murals
The McVicker-Green c o m b i n a t i o n
proved too much for Lock Haven T. C.
in a hard fought game at Shippensburg
on Friday evening, February 5, the locals
being on the short end of a 38-20 score.
The two Shippensburg forwards, who
had much to do with their team's victory
over the Kaiser-coached flve on the local
floor several weeks ago, repeated their
performance, the duet scoring 27 points.
Captain Cooke was eliminated early
in the game by the personal foul route
and his loss was keenly felt. The Lock
Haven passing game failed to click and
their attack was marred by repeated
fumbles and failure to make good their
scoring opportunities.
Hammaker, playing his best game of
the season, was the outstanding flgure in
the Lock Haven T. C. lineup. His defensive game was exceptionally brilliant while his long shots accounted for
two fleld goals, Poust, though held to
one basket, made good on the free throw
line, scoring six times in as many tries.
At no time did the locals threaten.
They were held to a half time score of
20 to 9. In the last count they failed
to stage their customary rally, although
scoring two more points than during t h e
first half.
The scoring:
Lock Haven T. C.
G.
F.
T.
Schnarrs, Forward
1 1x1
3
Condo, Forward
0
0
0
Weber, Forward
0 1x1 1
Hager, Forward
0 1x2
1
Poust, Center
1 6x6
8
Cooke, (Capt.), G u a r d . .. 1
0
2
Hammaker, Guard
2
0
4
Bardo, Guard
0 1x1
1
Totals

5 10x11
Shippensburg T. C.
G.
F.
Weld, Forward
2 0x1
Spangler, Forward
1
0
McVicker, Forward
5 3x5
DeFranc, Forward
0 1x2
Seizor, Center
0
0
Snyder, Center
1
0
Ranknin, Guard
1
0
Green, Guard
6 2x4

20
T.
4
2
13
1
0
2
2
14

Totals
16 6 X 12 38
Referee—Horzog, Shippensburg.

Basketball Teams
Play Hard Games
Interest is aroused. Who will win the
cake? There are two one hundred per
cent teams. Captain Dorries and Benson are working hard for the cake.
Monday evening Goodman won from
Schmidt by two points, 2-0, Munson
overwhelmed Faulkner by score of 10-3.
McKenna lost to Gardiner by four points,
6-2. Benson played a fast game with
Oven and won by score of 12-7. Dorries
came out on top by winning a game from
Singer, 2-0.
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Junior Class Appoints
Financial Committee
The Junior Class held a meeting on
F e b r u a r y 4, for the purpose of appointing a committee to prepare a budget for
the remainder of the year. The committee was composed of the following people:
John Haberstroh, Isadore Ziff,
K e r m i t Stover, Ruth Savage, Harrietta
Snider, and Geraldine Jones,

Lock Haven
Schnarrs, Forward
Hager, Forward
Smith, Forward
Weber, Forward
Condo, Forward
Poust, Center
Cooke, (Capt.), G u a r d . . .
Bardo, Guard
Hammaker, Guard
Totals

G.
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
2
0

F.
0
0
0
0
0
4x7
3x5
1 x2
0x2

6

8 X 16 20

G.
0
1
1
1
0
1
7
0
4
3

F.
T.
1x1 1
1x1 3
0
2
2x5 4
0
0
0
2
0 x 1 14
0
0
0x1 8
1x3
7

West Chester
Horn, Forward
Flicker, Forward
Altriks, Forward
Swoyer, Forward
Leedy, Forward
Kurtzman, Center
Warren, Center
Howard, Guard
Earle, Guard
Messikomer, Guard

Totals
18 5 X 12 41
Referee—Schadt, University of Pennsylvania.
Last Saturday night the Kaiser machine had to admit the supremacy of the
West Chester quintet at the downstate
school. Though the West Chesterites
came out on the long end of a 41 to 20
score, they had a fight all the way.
Playing on the new gym floor at West
Chester, the locaFs fought ever.y minute
of the game in order to avenge the defeat suffered the previous night at
Bloomsburg. All of the scoring for the
Maroon was done by the center, Poust,
who was high scorer for the losers with
ten points, and the two guards, Cooke
and Bardo.
Warren, the six-foot flve-inch center
for Chesterites, was high scorer with
fourteen points for the three quarters in
which he played. Had it not been for
Poust's flne guarding, Warren would
have easily gained twice as many points.
As a whole the West Chester outfit presented one of the finest combinations
that the locals have ever played against.

Do You Know
That St. Valentine was a priest at
Rome? That by aiding the Christian
martyrs St. Valentine was condemned
to be beaten to death and to have his
head cut off? That St. Valentine suffered martyrdom on February 14 about
270 A. D.
That Lupercalia, the feasts in honor
of a heathen god, were celebrated in
February?
That since these feasts, it is the custom
of young men to choose maidens for
Valentines?
That Charles, Duke of Orleans, who
was taken prisoner at the battle of Agincourt in 1415, while confined in the
Tower of London wrote Valentines? He
is the author of the earliest known written valentines.
That Cupid is the son of Venus?
That some girls are foolish enough to
believe that by taking the yolk out of a
hard-boiled egg, fllling it with salt and
eating it shell and all, without speaking
or drinking after it, they will dream
about the men they will marry?

found a number of upsets along with
some surprises. Competition in all games
was fast and spirited.
Tn the flrst two games, two of the underdogs came through with flying colors,
Torok's Ramblers won their flrst game
:if the season with an expense of 37-22 to
Cowfer's Lambs, McLean, playing for
the Ramblers, alone scored twenty-three
points.
The Marvels took Hoy's Passing Five
to town to the tune of 44 to 20. This is
the second win for the Marvels in three
starts. All the scoring for the Passing
Five was in the hands of Drick and Emery. The four-man team of the Marvels
played a nicely balanced game and every
man scored at least eight points.
Later in the evening Monti's flve made
it three wins in a row by winning from
Dettrey's Cremos. The final score was
31-11. Duplicating the feat of the Reamers, the Cream Puffs, captained by
Schnarrs, made it three wins and no
losses by winning from
Katchik's
Midgets 34-31.
At present time the standing of the
league is:
National
Won
Lost
Roamers
3
0
Marvels
2
1
Passing Five
1
1
Cremos
0
3
Friendly Five
0
1
American
Cream Puffs
Derelicts
Majesties
Ramblers
Midgets
Lambs

Won
3

0
0

Lost
0
0
1
1
2
2

Views of the Senior Ball

Says Psyche to Cupid
Time: Today.
Place: Somewhere on Olympus.
Characters: Psyche—girl friend; Cupid
—boy friend.
Psyche: This is leap year, Cupid. How
about a date tomorrow night?
Cupid: I'd love to, dear, but it's this
way. You see—
Psyche: (aside) This sounds like a
good one.
Cupid: (continuing) I have to go down
to earth tomorrow night. The seniors
at Lock Haven Teachers College are
throwing a Ball and I'm going to attend. It's going to be one of the biggest affairs ever given at the college,
my dear. A perfectly gorgeous orchestra, good punch, nice programs and
beautiful and handsome earth mortals
in attendance. Jove has even ordered
some of t h e other gods a n d goddesses
to go down and help the party along.
Venus and Apollo, (since he's working
a day shift) and Diana, if she can sit
around. And, of course, I'm to go because it's almost Valentine's day and I
must shoot a few arrows.
Psyche: (wistfully)
Sounds like an
awfully good party. Wish I could go
too.
Cupid: (inspired) Why, Psyche, if you
want to go, I don't see any reason why
you shouldn't. Let's go now and ask
Jove for permission, (they go off to
find Jove).
Note—(Be careful at the dance to pay
utmost respect to any of these Gods or
Goddesses who may be disguised in
mortal attire).

Day Room News
Four day students had a very narrow
escape when a bus crashed into Jennie
Cunningham's car at t h e Island bridge
on Tuesday morning, F e b r u a r y 2. Mabel Smith was the only one seriously injured. She is in the Teah Hospital suffering from a broken leg. T h e other occupants of the car, Rebecca Heller, Gert r u d e Brownlee, and J e n n i e Cunningham, were badly shaken u p but not seriously injured.

Miss Barbara Rhoads attended the
Dancing, refreshments, d e c o r a t i o n s boxing matches at State College, on Satand a good time! You've guessed it al- urday, February 5.
ready. It's the senior ball, the outstandMiss Ruth Peters spent t h e week-end
ing social function of the year which is
to be held tomorrow night at the college at her home in Osceola Mills.
gym. This will be the first formal
dance of the year and, judging by the
enthusiasm, not only of the seniors but
also of the under-classmen, its success
seems assured.

Entertainment Given
AtY.W.C. A. Meeting

Joe Nesbit's Orchestra promises to do
its part in making the evening a delightful one. They will feature the latest
popular songs in their customary lively
manner, enough alone to make any ball
the hit of the season. As a great deal
of the success of the Bucknell dances is
attributed to this orchestra, the seniors
feel that they are very fortunate in securing their services.

The regular meeting of the Y. W. C. A.
was held Wednesday evening, February
10, in the Y. W. C. A. room. The program consisted of piano and vocal solos
by the College Trio, composed of Ellen
Louise Rooke, Caroline Raker a n d
Frances Wenrich, accompanied by Clarissa Wainger. Alpha Davis gave a reading, and Beryl DeWalt a piano solo. The
The very attractive programs, designed meeting was in charge of Juanita Hamilin black and white, will add a greater ton,
touch of the desired formality to the
dance. For a ball at the valentine season, nothing could b e more charming
than to have the programs feature an
old-fashioned l a d y and genUeman
dressed for a formal occasion. These
will also harmonize with the decoraAlice AUen, '31, is working in New
tions which are to be the usual valen- York City.
tine motif carried out in a new and deEsther Shaffer, '31, who teaches at
lightful way.
Mawr Glen (near Hughesville) was r e Since a lively orchestra, fascinating cently operated on for appendicitis.
decorations, and charming programs K a t h r y n Lintz, '31, is substituting for
have been provided for this baU, the her.
Seniors hope that you have already
Betty Grant, '31, is visiting with her
hunted up a "tux," a dollar and a girl.
sister, Margaret Grant, in Pittsburgh.

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Published weekly during school year.
Subscription rate, $1.00 per annum.
BOARD OF CONTROL
Editor-in-Chief
OUve Livingston
Managing Editor
Marion Francisco
Make-Up Editor
Kermit Stover
Business Manager
Christian Feit
Copy Editor
J u n e Breining
Sub-Editors
Harold Sykes, Madeline Lesser, Florence
Daye, Isadore Ziff, Mary Sharpe, Isabelle Welch, Jean Mateer, Anne Vujcich, Martha Hammon, Alma C r a w ford, Jeanne Hopler.
Staff Writers
John Haberstroh, Martha Zeigler, Audrey Finn, Jenice Sharpe, Julie Silagyi, Ethel Quigg.

tional Education Association reveals. In
New York teachers have doubled their
contributions to unemployment relief
funds over last year and they expect to
raise more than a million dollars for
direct aid. In Chicago, a well-known
example of a city where teachers' salaries have been neglected, teachers have
fed eleven thousand children. Twentyseven thousand dollars was contributed
to Detroit's Unemployment Relief Fund
by teachers last year; this year they have
been contributing at the rate of four
thousand dollars a month. In Philadelphia the hungry children in the public
schools have been fed breakfasts each
day, including Saturday and Sunday.
Fresno, California, teachers have oversubscribed their quota to the Community
Chest by 25 per cent. These are typical
examples of what teachers are doing
with a great portion of their salaries.
Considering that all these efforts to r e lieve suffering represent a decrease in a
teachers' salary, one can readily see that
the level of teachers' salaries is not far
above the level of salaries in other professions.

Mr. Fleming Speaks on
The Question of Slavery

Reporters
Mr. Ira O. Fleming spoke at Vesper
Madeline Faulkner, Ruth Doebler, Mae
Allen, Dorcas Tressler, Florence Bon- Service on Sunday evening, January 7.
Discussing the question of slavery, he
ner, Mirabelle Eliason.
used the Bible verse, "The truth shall
make you free," as a text.
The poem, "The Slave," was read by
Acceptance for mailing at special r a t e
of postage provided for in Section 1103, Mr, Fleming. The thought of the poem
Act of October 3, 1917, authorized J u n e is that the negroes, although freed as far
as physical bondage was concerned, were
3, 1923.
still slaves to their emotions and feelEntered as Second Class matter No- ings of bondage.
vember 6, 1928, at the Post Offlce at Lock
Mr. Fleming told of Lincoln's resoluHaven, Penna., under t h e Act of March tion to free the United States of the slave
3, 1879.
block. Not until he was fifty years old
was the nation freed of that curse. Then
Mr, Fleming gave the plea that the
FEBRUARY 12, 1932
young people free themselves from their
bonds while they are still young, so that
they can live all their life in freedom.
We should seek the truth so that we
need not be slaves to the destructive
things of life.

EDITORIAL

It is the opinion of many present day
students of national economy that teachers in the United States will have to
suffer a decrease in salary just as wage
earners, business men, and members of
the various other professions have suffered a decrease in the remunerations
that they have received in return for
their services. These same economists
try to justify this decrease in teachers'
salaries by the keen and widespread
business depression. They agree that
teachers ought to receive salaries that
are commensurate with the efforts they
have put forth in preparing themselves
to enter the profession and the efforts
they have made to keep in step with
most progressive moves in education.
On the other hand, t h e y insist that
teachers meet the exigencies of the present economic crisis with the members
of other professions and retain their
present salaries or even take a decrease.

Before Mr. Fleming's talk Hildagarde
Baer sang a solo, "I Love to Tell the
Story," and a quartette composed of
Bertha Nelson, Nellie Manning, Marjorie
Slick, Gladys Slick sang "Ivory Palaces."

Y.W. to Hold Valentine
Tea This Afternoon

A Valentine tea, sponsored by the Y,
W. C. A. for the new girls and new members of the organization, will be held this
afternoon from 4:30 to 6:00 P, M., in the
Y, W. room.
Kathleen Noll, president of the Y. W.
C. A„ with Ruth Sherman, vice president; Julie Silagyi, secretary; Mary J a n e
Nichols, treasurer, and Mary Sharpe,
president of Day Room Y. W., will r e ceive. Don Francisco, chairman of Social Relations Committee, will pour. The
rest of her committee, dressed in red and
white, will serve.
The decorations, under t h e supervision of Dorothea Stitt, were carried out
in the conventional Valentine motif. The
These economists, however, have clever invitations received by the guests
failed to take into consideration a sit- on Wednesday were made by Jeanne
uation which a study made by the Na- Hopler and Julie Silagyi.

TIMES

Over the Fence

Klub Korner

The Alpha Sigma Tau's installed new
Among those who spent the week-end
at their homes in Williamsport were: officers at their meeting on January 29.
Marian Behmer, Jeanne Hopler, Ros- The officers installed included: Alma
anna Shireman, Thelma Raker and Dor- Soyster, president; Caroline Shultz, vice
othy Walters.
president; Helen Russell, recording secretary; Gwen Radebaugh, corresponding
A n n Crist spent the week-end in Belle- secretary, and Thelma Yingling, treafonte with J e r r y Jones.
surer.
Julia Silagyi sojourned over the weekend with Flossie Daye.

COLLEGE TIMES STAFF
The members of t h e College Times
staff have decided to have a theater parEllen Reighard visited with her aunt ty in the near future. The staff will go
in Loganton over the week-end.
to the Colonial Tea Room and then t o
the theater. No deflnite date has been
A m y Burns and Alma Soyster drove to set for the party.
their home in Hollidaysburg for the
week-end.
FRENCH CLUB
Edith Elvey, Jane McGirk, Dorothy
Cunningham, Dorothy Geist, M y r a
The French Club met last Thursday
Evans and Irene Dougherty were among afternoon, February 4, in Room 33.
the Altoona girls who met the 2:19 on Edith Sharpe gave a very interesting
Saturday to see the home folks for the talk on the Fables of Reynard the Fox.
week-end.
Mary Sharpe then gave some French
jokes.
Gladys Reed spent the week-end with
For the next meeting, the time of
Alice GiUiland at Oak Hall Station,
which was not definitely announced, t h e
members decided to have a discussion
Beryl DeWalt said she had a wonder- on French history in connection with
ful week-end at her home in Montgom- the French literature, beginning with
ery.
the Gauls and tracing the history up to
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the present day.

Meaning of
St. Valentine's Day

SHAKESPEARE CLUB
The Shakespeare Club held its meeting Thursday, February 4, at which time
the election of officers was held. The r e sult was: President, Chester McCall;
Vice President, George Anderson; Treasurer, Mildred Carbaugh; Secretary,
Edith Sharpe, and Sergeant-at-Arms,
Evelyn Frye.

There are two St. Valentines and either of them would be extremely surprised to find himself a lover's saint. The
flrst St. Valentine was Pope of Rome.
He was true to his faith during Claudian's persecution and as a result was
imprisoned. In prison he cured the keeper's daughter of blindness. For this
miracle he was beaten and then behead*
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ed. The other St. Valentine was a bishop
and healed a boy. H e was choked to
NATURALIST CLUB
death by a fish bone. Is there anything
At seven o'clock Saturday morning,
comic or sentimental about either of
February 6, the Naturalist Club enjoyed
them?
a delicious breakfast consisting of rolls,
An entomologist says that word "Valen- baked beans, coffee, and pickles. The
tine" probably came from the "V" of breakfast was served at the reservoir.
the Latin word "valens," which means
valent, and from t h e Norman word
"Golantin" meaning a lover of the fair
sex. From a confusion of names Bishop
Valentine was established as a patron
saint of lovers.
An English dictionary (1721) tries to
The students of Miss Ashton Hatchexplain in this manner: "Valentines in er's Primary Reading classes have startEngland, About this time of year— ed a P r i m a r y Library in t h e Reception
m o n t h of February—the birds choose
their mates, and probably thence came Room of the new Training School.
At present the library occupies a small
the custom of young men and maidens
choosing valentines, or special loving portion of the room. The girls fashioned
book cases out of rough crates, painting
friend on that day."
At the feast of Lupercalia, February them and then filling them with books
14, St. Valentine's day, Saint's names for Kindergartens and children of t h e
w e r e written on slips of paper and peo- flrst, second, and third grades. A readple imitated the saint whose name was ing table with eight small chairs is loon his slip. This custom changed to cated in the center. The girls have
having names of men and maidens.
placed appropriate and artistic signs on
In Shakespeare's day the custom of the bulletin boards to create interest in
challenging your valentine was already certain stories.
in use.
The miniature library opened WedIn former days the swains made valen- nesday, February 3, when groups of girls
tines of gilt-edged letter paper, adorned supervised the children in short periods
with a gilt cupid and a verse. With the of silent reading. Now that the library
reduction of heavy postal charges, printed valentines gradually came into use. is started, a group of girls from each of
Miss Hatcher's classes will take charge
Cheap postage is also responsible for for different seasons. They will a r r a n g e
the introduction of comic valentines and
side by side this grew up pretty and the posters and books according to Valfanciful cards whose use in a modified entine's Day, Washington's Birthday,
form has been extended to Christmas Easter, and other important events during the school months.
and Easter,

Training School Notes

COLLEGE

Among the Plots
In "Malaisie," Henri Fauconnier wrote,
not a dissertation on a disease common
to the Malays, but a Goncourt prize-winning novel. We read Eric Sutton's translation and found it deserving of a list
of commending adjectives, Fauconnier
has been a rubber planter in Malay for
fifteen years, seeing daily the strange
p a r a d e of races about whom he writes.
Tamils, Malays, Chinese overseers and
English planters move realistically before t h e consistently mysterious and bizarre setting of this book. Although
"Malaisie" is a romantic treatment of an
exotic subject, it is thoroughly satisfying.

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Margaret Kennedy has the ability to
write a truly great novel. At least, she
repeatedly gives promises of such an
achievement. "Return I Dare Not," her
latest book, while decidedly better
w r o u g h t than "A Fool in the Family,"
is too brief to satisfy the demands of the
classic novel. It is a witty, deftly turned
study of a young dramatist, who, in spite
of his success, sees through the empty
sham and absurdity of a widely publicized literary and social life. Good
points that must be credited to Miss
K e n n e d y are a discriminating sense of
h u m o r and well-pointed fidelity to type.
It will prove very readable, but disappointing if you expect another "Constant
Nymph."
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We read, or rather, we scanned Alec
Waugh's "That American Woman" (and
there's no law against it) over the weekend, finding it much to our liking though
somewhat enigmatic. To clarify that
word, enigmatic, we need tell you that
the central character of the book is a
Deitrich-Garbo like person, a combination Sphinx, P a r k Avenue princess, Modern Youth, and Miss America, Faith
Sweden (the enigma) belongs to that
vague sector of New York society which
finds a Park Avenue address its best
asset. A young British writer pursues
Miss Sweden on a cross-continental
jaunt, dropping witticisms, aphorisms
and a few banalties along the way. If
you have read "Hot Countries," you'll
recall Mr, Waugh's delightful and unique
geographical comments. New York, the
Riviera and London are some of the
places you will visit in company with
a woman whose name is supposed to be
symbolical with allure, mystery and enchantment—that is, if you care to accomp a n y Faith Sweden, "That American
Woman," through pages written by Alec
W a u g h and available to you through his
kind permission.

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We re-read the first portion of Anatole
F r a n c e ' s "Penguin Island" and found
that t h e repetition, the depression, and
a host of home-work assignments failed
to detract from our enjoyment of this
e n d u r i n g "comment on the living." It's
a r a t h e r difficult-to-get book, but, fortunately, may be procured from the Ross
L i b r a r y ' s foreign book section. It is
unusually well translated and edited
w i t h no abridgements.

Dancing
Miss Avis E. Edgerton h a s
classes in Interpretative Dancing
on Wednesday evening. Miss Edg e r t o n is conducting a special
class w h i c h will create new
dances.
Miss Maloise S. Dixon has a
class in n a t u r a l dancing on.Thursd a y e v e n i n g for the J u n i o r s .

TIMES

CAMPUS CHATTER

Snatched From the
Blotter

Then there is the girl who is so used
Condo nearly hid under the table
We recently found out that every day
Wednesday evening when Curry res- to directing letters to Pittsburgh that is a Sabbath: Sunday for the Christian,
cued him. Five girls to one boy isn't when writing home she forgets and adds Monday for the Greek, Tuesday for Peran h to Johnsonburg.
just fun, especially in Leap year.
sians, Wednesday for Assyrians, Thursday for Egyptians, Friday for Turks,
Ask Dot where the United States is- Saturday for Hebrews. So what? Just
Healthful living—the most popular
that we didn't think you would be interbook in t h e Library as far as the Health North or South America.
ested,
and Hygiene Class is concerned.
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Arbor students:
(9:00-9:30) Guess
There are no limits to the craze for
Slogan of 11:30 Ed Sociology Class: we'll have to change our schedule and parodies. Our revered Poe is touched
attend Chapel regularly.
"Bring light lunch; stay the period."
on by a versified bit titled "My Beautiful Cannibalee." C. F. L. does an extraAsk Peggy Hubler who the President ordinarily god job of this in the current
Believe it or not; Some of the girls
Life.
have made a marvelous discovery. of the United States is.
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Mouths are for something besides eatA short while ago I encountered a high
ing—they also make sounds.
What, is the big attraction on third
school group arguing vociferously about
floor east that draws Elvira Bruce there Charles G. Shaw's statement that only
morons whistle. Perhaps Mr. Shaw was
Did you hear the latest substitute for so much?
one of those unfortunate individuals
good-bye? In case you haven't, it is
Were the girls in gym class drunk on who, when attempting to whistle, could
"thank you." Ask Dorcas for any d e Wednesday morning or was it from too succeed in looking like a man who has
tails.
much tumbling? Something must have bitten into a red pepper; only this, mind
you, and nothing more would take place.
There should be two lists of names at been the matter for they couldn't stand
Bless the morons, at that, if they have
up.
the post offlce: One stating the numbers
sense enough to whistle. So many of
of the girls' rooms and the other status are continually busy complaining and
The candy sellers might find some de- lamenting that w e forget that (forgive
ing the numbers of their seats in girls'
meeting. Some of the girls got these crease in their sales, for the girls simply us. Miss Millay)
two numbers confused. Can you imagine must be able to get into that evening
Whistling hath a very pleasant sound
it? If t h e lists were separate this dif- gown.
To one whose spirits are six feet underficulty would be overcome.
ground.
And then Ed Dettery took two girls to
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the Inn and only had ten cents. It's a
One of the "scrub" teachers asked her
Far be it from us to be a harbinger of
good thing Ed is on a diet.
pupils what bodies of water there are
joy or a "come-on-and-smile" advocate.
Pollyanna and Rebecca, of Sunnybrook
other than oceans. One little boy waved
And then some of our teachers have Farm, carried that gesture to the limit.
his hand so frantically that she called
At present though we're vitally interestbeen telling us how to catch a man.
upon him,
ed in a little movie news. O'Neill's
"Hot and cold water," was the answer.
"Strange Interlude" is being filmed as a
Now we know why the dorm girls are straight story (no asides and monoIf you want to show how clever you always hungry. It takes one hour to logues). In the cast are La Shearer and
Clark Gable. "Grand Hotel" is under
are, try to find the day and hour when make coffee on their electric stove.
way, too, and in its cast will be Garbo,
the French club can have its meeting.
the brothers Barrymore, and J o a n CrawIf a solution isn't found soon, the F r e n c h
Why has third floor west been so quiet ford, Ann Harding's new one is dubbed
club will be known as the Debating since Thursday? Ask the new hall chair- "Prestige"; Universal is filming La
Club.
man, Gladee McClain,
Farge's "Laughing Boy"; George Arliss
recently completed "The Man Who
Freshman doing her art—
Mid: "There are several things I can Played God," I n other words, at one
quarter per person (and the shows get
"She said my fish looks like a bird.
always count on."
here eventually) , . . well, things
What'U I do?"
Dot: "What a r e they?"
might be worse . . . and how much
Second Freshman:
better "things" (be specific . . . but
Mid: "My fingers."
each to his own taste) could b e is a sub"Tell her it's a sea bird."
ject for another clime and time and
People who a r e cutting their wisdom
"And did you pick up the piece you cut teeth should not use the rubber sink- rhyme.
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from your finger?"
stoppers.
Things That Linger:
Bob Saxon:
Julian Green's Sister (Anne) giving
Mr. MacDougal: "D-ary or D-a-y-e-?"
"No, I couldn't find it."
the public her third novel. This time t h e
Florence: "It really doesn't matter."
rather ordinary title is "Marietta."
Two poems by R. P. T. Coffin in last
Come out Fairview Street about three
1. And t h e n there was a frosh who week's Books. His latest novel was r e of eight in the morning and see the
thought neuroglia glands were neuralgia viewed in our own "Times" in the last
marathon runners.
issue.
glands.
2. One of the professors was relating
Girls' Dorm — voice on telephone
some of his experiences while traveling.
"May I speak to Jimmie Harlan?"
"As I came out of that dense forest I was
confronted by a yawning chasm."
Hazel (trying to iron with a cold iron)
Frosh: "Was it yawning before it saw
—"I don't see why this iron doesn't
you?"
heat."
"Maybe it would. Hazel, if you connect
Jeanne Hopler after turning her ankle
the cord to your iron instead of to this
"I suppose if I cry, I won't be a woman."
other iron."
"Isn't love grand?"
"Yes, it's just like a dream I had."

Al Sekula still insists upon playing his
elementary tricks in college classes.

Marie Dressler's performance in parts
of "Emma." We think that she is a superb comedienne, but we lament t h e
thick saccharine quality and t h e elongated pathos in this picture.
Among the new novels of the past few
weeks we may note offerings by Anne
Parrish, Aldous Huxley, Branch Cabell,
Eden Phillpotts, Sylvia Thompson, and
Storm Jameson—all of whom have many
titles to their credit.
If the weather fails to agree with you,
just remember that it also disagrees with
forecasters.