COLLEGE TIMES

''The
Headless
Horseman'

State Teachers College, Lock Haven, Penna.
Vol. IX. No. 17

FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1932

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Dr. Weber Is Delegate at Faculty Give Students
Madeline Lesser Reports
Dr.S.R.Dhalwanils
Meeting of P.S.E.A. Annual Christmas Party
On Y. W. Convention
Guest Speaker in Chapel
Dr. S. R. Dhalwani, of Bombay, India,
was the guest speaker at the last assembly before vacation.
Dr. Dhalwani,
whose lecture was on "The Social and
Educational Life of the People of India,"
stated that it is very hard for the foreigner to understand India because of
its caste system, which he very clearly
explained, from its earliest history and
purpose down to the present day system.
He presented some very interesting side
lights on the social life of India, the food,
the clothing for special occasions, the
marriage customs, and the school life.
Dr. Dhalwani, who himself is a Christian, told of the great part religion and
the daily meditation play in the Ufe of
India, In closing he made a brief comment on the influence Mahatma Gandhi
has had on India since the World War.
According to the speech given by Dr.
Dhalwani India must be a most interesting and mysterious country. The importance of India to us is well stated by
Max Muller.
"If I were to look over the whole world
to find out the country most richly endowed with all the wealth, power, and
beauty that nature can bestow—in some
parts a very paradise on earth—I should
point tQ India.
"If I -vere asked under what sky t h e
human mind has most fully developed
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Vesper Choir Presents
Beautiful Cantata
The Vesper Choir presented the Cantata, "The King Cometh," in the auditorium on December 20.
The cantata was directed by Miss Lottie Larabee and was accompanied by t h e
Vesper Orchestra.
The solo parts of the cantata w e r e
sung by Carolyn Raker, Ellen-Louise
Rooke, Frances Wenrick, RoJean Roberts and Hazel Singer. This quintette,
in different groupings, also made up the
duets, trios, and quartettes of the entertainment.
"The King Cometh" was an arrangement of scriptural verses to music by
R. M. Stults. It was especially well
adapted to the Vesper Choir, which performed it in a most enjoyable manner.

Dr. Coppens Speaks
At Girls' Meeting
The second series of speeches offered
under the constructive educational p r o gram of the girls' meeting was given by
Dr. Frances Coppens on Tuesday, November 15, on "Personality Adjustment,"
Dr, Coppens said that the new born
babe is the only perfectly adjusted individual. As it comes in contact with t h e
needs of a new world new adjustments
are required for getting along in its environment. It must grow. It must "grow
up."
Many people grow in body but get arrested on some childish level of behavior,
so that they do not meet their adult world
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The eighty-second meeting of the
Pennsylvania State Educational Association met at Pittsburgh, Dec. 28-30, The
meeting was held in the Shenley High
School. Dr. Harry F. Weber, of our faculty, was the official delegate from Lock
Haven State Teachers College. Others
of our faculty who attended the convention were Mr. Patterson, Mr. Stemple,
and Mr. Fleming. Francis Haas, President of Bloomsburg Teachers CoUege,
has been elected to succeed Dr. M. S.
Bentz as President of the P. S. E. A.
Some of the outstanding speakers at the
convention were: Dr. Willis A. Sutton,
superintendent of schools at Atlanta,
Georgia, and who was president of the
National Education Association last
year; Florence Hale, now President ot
the N. E. A.; Dr. Rule, present Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Mr.
J. E. Morgan, Editor of the N. E. A. Journal.
On the Wednesday evening of the convention the distinguished service medal
was awarded to Nancy Grayson, of Shippensburg. Next year the association
will meet at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Art Club Plans
A Definite Program
Art Club members, with the aid of the
faculty adviser. Miss DuBois, have
planned a deflnite program for Art Club
meetings. The month of January will
be devoted to finishing up the leather
articles that have been begun. During
the months of February and March, a
special study will be made of American
Sculpturing and Sculptors, "History of
American Sculpture," by Leorado Taft,
will be studied, and modeling and soap
carving will be used to develop a real
appreciation of sculpture.
The club
will soon be open to any student in this
coUege. Who knows but what some new
member might win the Proctor-Gamble soap sculpture prize? Small works
of soap sculpture, such as carvings of
bears, birds, mice, and fawns, have won
prizes.
At this meeting it was decided also
to give two dollars to the Training
School milk fund, instead of sending
Christmas cards to the faculty members,
as was previously done.
Twelve slides were selected for purchase, to be used in the training school
in connection with art, history, and
geography classes.

Y.M.C.A. to Present
'TheHeadlessHorseman'
On Saturday evening the Y. M. C. A.
will present a moving picture in the
Auditorium, featuring Will Rogers in
"The Headless Horseman." The show
will start promptly at 7:00 o'clock and
wiU not interfere with the regular Saturday night dance. The price of admission is only ten cents.

On Tuesday evening, Dec. 22, the faculty entertained the student body with
a play and party.
The students assembled in the auditorium at 7:45 p. m. to see "The Rheumatics Club" present "The Bird's Christmas Carol," directed by Mr. Lehman.
The stars revealed themselves as Mrs.
Ruggles, Dr. Coppens; Peter, the oldest
boy. Dr. Rude; Larry, the baby, Mr.
Fleming: Cornelius, mischievous, Mr.
Smith; Clem, busybody. Dr. Weber;
Susan, Miss Pollock; Sara Maude, the elder daughter. Miss Bentley; Peoria, curlylocks. Miss Dixon; two other daughters,
Miss Hatcher and Miss Phillips.
After the play the students and faculty retired to the gymnasium. A huge
tree, decorated with lights and trimmings, occupied the center of the floor.
Dancing was enjoyed by almost everyone present. The Lyric Orchestra furnished the music.
During the intermission a number of
people participated in square dancing,
Mr. WiUiams acting as caUer. Special
music was furnished b y Walter Wilkinson, Allen Isctt, and Mr. Herman Brown,
Refreshments consisting of punch and
wafers were served.
The students hope that the faculty will
stage another play soon featuring an allstar cast such as performed in "The
Bird's Christmas Carol."

"The Blue Moon" to
Be Presented Tonight
The class in English Activities will
present "The Blue Moon" on Friday
night, Jan, 8, 1932, The students will
take care of t h e directing, stage-setting,
managing, and costuming of the play
u n d e r the supervision of their instructor, Miss Mabel-Louise Arey,
T h e beneflts of the play will be used
for the milk fund. Those people working with the play are very anxious that
they be r e w a r d e d a 100 % attendance because of the need of the Training School
children, A matinee and evening performance will be given. Admission is
21 cents for adults and 15 cents for children. It is hoped that EVERYONE wiU
buy a ticket.

Madeline Lesser, chairman of the Religious Meetings Committee of the College Y. W. C. A,, represented this organization at the Quadrennial Convention of the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions in Buflalo,
New York, from December 30 to J a n u ary 3.
Discussion groups led by eminent
leaders w e r e held daily. Among t h e
topics discussed were world peace and
foreign missions.
One general session of the Convention was devoted largely to disarmament. Excellent addresses upon this
current topic were given by Miss Caroline Ziegler, of Union Theological Seminary, by Luther Tucker, of Yale, and by
Professor Harlow, of Smith College, who
discussed the significance and possibilities of t h e Geneva Conference, world
conflict, the Christian ideal, and what
students can do to promote world peace.
Professor Harlow, in making a proposal for student representation at the
Geneva Conference, said: "If there is
a great tide of opinion on the college
campuses of America asking the Presi(Continned on page 3)

Mr. MacDougall Will
Speak to Education Club
Mr. R. S. MacDougall will speak at the
next meeting of the Education Club, on
Monday night, Jan. 18, at 7:15 o'clock.
Mr. MacDougall will discuss tests and
measurements. Since this subject should
interest every student on the campus,
especiaUy seniors, the Educational Club
has decided to let anyone whoTvlsTTes'
attend the meeting. It will be w o r t h while to be there.
The Educational Club has taken a
great interest in education in other countries besides United States. Education
in Czechoslovakia and in Russia have
been discussed in the last two meetings.
In the last meeting, some revealing facts
were discovered regarding the educational system in the newly formed Soviet
Russia,
Seven new members were taken into
the club. They are Alice Marie Hackett,
Eleanor Hoy, Ruth Sherman, Martha
Morris, Jean Mateer, Mary Knight, and
Pauline Graden.

Mr. Fleming Speaks at
Delegates Give Report
On Conference in Chapel Parent-Teacher Meeting
Sidelights of the Model Disarmament
Conference at Bucknell were given by
several of the college delegates at the
assembly period Wednesday morning.
Christian Feit, chairman of the local
representatives, stressed the informality and good fellowship of the conference; Mary Hill gave a n interesting account of Sir Herbert Ames, formerly
treasurer of the League of Nations, and
one of the v e r y interesting leaders at
the conference, who spoke about the history of the League of Nations, and Sebastian Grieco spoke of the contacts,
personnel, and the enthusiastic spirit
of those attending the conference.

On Thursday evening, Dec. 17, Mr. Ira
O. Fleming gave an address at a Parent-Teacher Meeting at Mill Hall, Pennsylvania, on the subject of "A Teacher's
Idea of an Ideal Parent." In his talk, he
stressed the ideas of parental sympathy
with the teacher and her problems; home
co-operation; backing up the teacher's
discipline; and making due allowance
for childish distortion of tales.
In conclusion, he called attention to
the amount of state taxes in the last
biennium for caring for penal and correctional institutions. This, Mr, F l e m ing stated, has cost eleven and a half
million dollars.

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Students Participate
In Many Sports

L. H. S. T. C. Basketeers Football Sportsmanship
Lose to Potts College The common lamentation today ol men
Coach Kaiser's squad of black and
white basketeers lost t h e first game of
the season to Pott's College of Williamsport on Friday night, Dec. 18, by the
score of 24-17.
The game was hotly contested from
the flrst tip off to the last whistle. The
low score will vouch for the flne playing
of both teams. The first quarter ended
with the locals at the top of a 9-8 score.
At the half Pott's CoUege held the upper
hand. The locals then led at the end of
the third quarter with a 17-15 score, but
the last three minutes of play saw the
out-of-towners win with three twopointers and a foul.
Good, of Pott's College, played a sensational brand of basketball. He .scored
tour points in the last two minutes of
play. Not only could h e pass and shoot
well but he dribbled under the basket
for some nice baskets.
Bodie, of Pott's College, Cooke, and
Weber were high scorers with seven
points apiece.
Though the guarding was c l o s e
throughout the game. Lock Haven made
most of their shots in t h e vicinity of the
foul line, while their opponents were
contented to shoot from any place on the
floor.
In the preliminary game, a number of
the stars of last year's intra-murals defeated the Jay Vees to the tune of 26-15.
It may be that the rough and tumble
tactics of the exiles, Dettrey, Baker, Hatter, Hart, Reighard, and Bossert were
chiefly responsible for the defeat of the
Jay Vees, composed of Smith, Schnarrs,
Stehman, Sekula, Condo, Shively, Saxton, Lucas, and Mills. Dettrey and
"Speed" Hatter were high scorers with
eight and ten points respectively.

who used to play footbaU in the good
old days is that the game is not rough
enough. They ask where are the men
who used to play the entire game without thought of substitution? Where is
the good old flying mare and the hurdling
of da.ys gone by. Those were the days
of Davy Thomas and his teammate Peck.
In those days every play developed an
injury of consequence only as to the
length of time it took to revive the injured man so that the game could continue. Tackling at that time was a masterful demonstration of murder in the
open. When a man was tackled he went
down and, as Mr. Peck said, "He stayed
down." Not only was a man tackled by
one or two men but after he had been
thrown everyone ran and jumped on, not
caring particularly whether they placed
their foot in the opposing man's face or
his back. The massed wedge was the
common method of advancing the ball
with all the men getting as close together
as possible and then moving on the opposing team at lull speed with intentions that would have made modern
racketeering blush. Of course everything was done in true sportsmanlike
manner, but it was considered sportsmanlike at that time to be able to give
and take a few kicks more or less in
the course of a game for dear old Wabash's honor and glory.

Today much of the close formation and
kicking and punching has been removed
in order to make the game a safe and
clean spectacle. Injuries are less seldom
serious due to the use of substitutes as
soon as a man is injured. The forward
pass has enabled the game being opened
up considerably to keep the injuries
down. Unsportsmanlike c o n d u c t is
frowned upon both by players and
coaches and spectators. The good old
days have gone but good football days
L. H. S. T. C.
Goals Fouls Total are here.
1 m '
Plummer, Forward. . . 4
0x0
0
McLean, Forward
0
1x2
1
Weber, Forward
3
1x2
7
Poust, Center
0
0x0
0
Hammaker, Guard
0
2x3
2
Max Bossert, president of the Booster
Bardo, Guard
0
0x1
0
Association, acted as chairman of chapel
Cooke, Guard
3
1x1
7
on Friday morning, December 18. He
introduced Coach Kaiser, who gave a
Totals
6
5x9
17
brief talk in which he expressed his
Pott's College
Goals Fouls Total appreciation for the enthusiasm which
the student body and team displayed
Gair, Forward
2
2x3
6
during the footbaU season. He thanked
Rabinovich, F o r w a r d . 2
2x3
6
the boys who did not receive an award
Bodie, Center
3
1x2
7
for their splendid co-operation. Coach
Good, Guard
2
1x1
5
Kaiser then introduced the 1931 lettermen: Capt. Dettrey, Capt.-elect Hatter,
GuUiver, Guard
0
0x0
0
Bossert, Cowfer, Hart, Baker, Shively,
Burd, McCloskey, Poust,
Denshaw,
Totals
9
6x9
24
Torok, Hammaker, Pool, Schnarrs, Rice,
Referee—Young, Renovo.
Achenbach, Biddle, Sundberg, Snare,
Wepsic, and Smith.
Timekeeper—Stamm, Williamsport.
Dr, Thomas, president of the Board
of Trustees, presented the players with
gold footballs. Dr. Thomas congratulated the student body and faculty on
the fine co-operation which they gave.
Two co-eds in all their dance flnery Dr. Armstrong advised the boys to carry
stand at the top of t h e stairs. They on their good work in school as well as
glanced eagerly into t h e hall. He isn't on the field.
there. They look at their watches. They
powder their noses. They pat that stubborn lock into place. They look into the
hall again. They walk back and forth.
They look again. They spy a famUiar
flgure—they a r e paged. They hold a
hurried conversation with a third and
Miss Bertha Rowe, faculty adviser of
fourth co-ed. The latter co-eds call
loudly enough to be h e a r d in t h e down- the Y. W. C. A., held a Christmas tea
in
the "Y" Room on December 16, for
stairs hall for t h e former co-eds to hurry.
The former co-eds assure them in faint, the Cabinet girls.
far off voices t h a t t h e y ' r e coming right
The room was tastefully decorated in
away. One minute elapses, and then an- Christmas greens and candles.
The
other. Co-eds one and two give co-eds serving tables had small Christmas trees
three and four an appreciative look, and Jerusalem Cherry trees as centergather their coats about them, assume pieces. Tea, cakes, Christmas candies,
that stately air, and proceed down the and nuts were served. Kathleen Noll,
stairs. The familiar figures look relieved. president of Y. W., poured.

P. K. EMMONS

Student-Faculty Y. M.
State Conference Held
The Annual Student-Faculty Conference of the State Y, M. C. A„ held at
Elizabethtown College on Dec, 4, 5, 6,
1931, proved to be a real success for
those attending.
The outstanding speaker, Dr, Peter K.
Emmons, created an atmosphere with
his addresses on "Life With Christ" that
will keep that conference vivid in everyone's memory. Dr. Emmons, his clear,
forceful delivery combined with a keen
sense of humor, held the undivided interest of all attending.

Dr. Emmons presented two addresses
Squad Is Awarded
—on Friday night, "Can Jesus Be Made
Gold Footballs Real Today?" and on Saturday m o r n -

'You and I'

Miss Rowe Gives Tea
ForY.W.C.A.Cabinet

ing, "Wh.v I Dare to Follow Christ,"
Dr. Emmons is pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian church at Scranton and is considered one of the leading
clergymen in Pennsylvania.
Another outstanding feature of the
conference was that of group discussion.
Some of these discussions were in relation to prayer, athletics, and life. An
outstanding leader of one of these groups
was " P o p " Kelchner, who is at present
a scout for the Cardinals, and formerly
a scout for the Athletics. Mr, Kelchner
has been connected with professional
football as a coach and with professional
baseball as a manager and scout for
twenty-one years. Mr. Kelchner talked
on religion and how it is vitally related
with t h e playing of football.

students in HlOO have this year for
the flrst time the opportunity to participate in two activities in addition to their
class instruction in physical education
materials and methods. The elective list
includes basketball for both beginners
and advanced players, volley ball,
clogging, and natural dancing, with t h e
alternative of a term paper for those
whose physical condition, inclination or
schedule makes elective activity undesirable.
On Fridays, at the 1:20 period, a special class in physical education problems
and individual gymnastics is held for
students whose physicians have recommended a special program in this fleld.
The other class sections are divided on
the basis of individual ability as demonstrated in t h e work of the flrst nine
weeks, each student meeting once a week
in a relatively homogeneous group.
The elective activity schedule is as follows:
Monday at 4:00—Advanced basketball.
Thursday morning, 8:30—Volleyball.
Thursday morning, 9:00—Volleyball.
Thursday evening, 7:15—Clogging.
Thursday evening, 8:15—Natural dancing (Intermediate).
Thursday evening, 9:00—Natural dancing (Advanced).
Friday at 3:20—Natural dancing (Elementary).
Friday at 4:00—Volleyball.
Friday at 4:30—Beginners' basketball.
The classes in basketball, intermediate
and advanced natural dancing may be
taken for credit only, as the sections a r e
limited in number. The o t h e r r classes
may be taken either for credit or for
recreation in addition to credited a c tivity. At present, of 180 flrst-year students, approximately:
5% a r e participatirig in four elective
activities.
20% are participating in three elective
activities.
2% are assisting in some official capacity
with elective activities.
48% are participating only in the two r e quired electives.
15'%) a r e writing a term paper in addition
to one elective activity.
5% are substituting t h e t e r m paper for
both required electives.
5% are receiving a special program.
If popularity may be gauged by t h e
numbers participating in each activity,
natural dancing ranks flrst with 120 adherents; volleyball holds second place
with 86; basketball, third, has 72, and
clogging stands at the end with 46,

Dr.S.R.Dhalwanils
Guest Speaker in Chapel

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The conference banquet was held in some of its choicest gifts, has most deeply
the college dining hall, where college pondered on the greatest problems of
football spirit permeated the yells and Ufe, and has found solutions for some
songs. The speakers at the banquet were of them which well deserve the attenMr. Jesse R. Wilson and Dr. Theo Har- tion even of those who have studied
Plato and Kant—I should point to India.
man.
"And if I were to ask myself from what
The conference sessions closed on Sunliterature we here in Europe, we who
day morning after an open discussion on have been nurtured almost exclusively
the subject of "Can the College Man Live on the thoughts of Greeks and Romans,
in Accordanoe With the Principles of and of one Semitic race, the Jewish, m a y
draw that corrective which is most w a n t Jesus Christ?"
ed in order to make our inner life more
Those who attended from Lock Haven perfect, more comprehensive, more u n i were: Mr. Ulmer, Kermit Stover, John versal, in fact, more truly human, a life
Duke, Charles Curry, Floyd Bloom, Fred not for this life only, but a transfigured
Hoenstine, Edward Rader, and Robert and eternal life—again I should point
Breth.
to India,"

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might have seemed profound repartee,
was nothing but a candid confession of
my ignorance.

The College Times is published at Lock
A few days later, H e r r Professor took
Haven State Teachers College, Lock Haven, Penna,, by the Board of Editors of me to a large factory, where in a long
the College Times,
row a number of machines were turning,
puffing, whistling. Bending down, he
whispered into my ear: "Behold truth!
Published weekly during school year. These machines which never make a
Subscription rate, $1,00 per annum.
mistake and regularly fulfill their functions as if they were living beings, are
precisely the fruit of that superior
BOARD OF CONTROL
Editor-in-Chief
Julie Silagyi science that begins with 'two and two
Managing Editor
Kermit Stover are four.'"
Make-up Editor
June Breining
At this very moment, the workman
Business Manager
Christian Feit who was guiding one of the machines,
Sub-Editors
Marion Francisco, Harold Sykes, Jeanne
Hopler, Madeline Lesser, Isadore Ziff,
Mirabelle Eliason, Martha Hammon,
Anne Vujcich, Alma Crawford.
Staff Writers
J o h n Haberstroh, Audrey Finn, Myrna
Lundy, Jenice Sharpe, Mary Sharpe.
Reporters
Florence Daye, Madeline Faulkner, Isabelle Welch, Ruth Doebler, Calvin
Cooke, Christian Feit, Ethel Quigg,
Naomi Wentz, Mae Allen, Dorcas
Tressler.

exclaimed: "It's stopped; one of the
wheels is broken." The professor at
once understood the accident. Did he
understand my glance, immobile, filled
with sadness, fixed upon the machine
which turned no more?

Madeline Lesser Reports
On Y. W. Convention
(Continued from page 1)
dent for this, I am positive that he would
respond to it; I believe that the press
of this country would support it, that
public opinion would support it, that the
right of youth would be recognized."
Professor Harlow urged that t h e students of these colleges should show
Europe that we are more interested in
the figures which are appearing on the
Geneva score boards than those in the
championship football games on our
campuses,

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Haven, Penna,, under the Act of March
Mr. Tucker stated that there is a need
3, 1879.
for psychological and moral disarmament at the root of the disarmament
question. He defined war as only one
JANUARY 8, 1932
method for dealing with international
conflicts. According to him, no such
things as causes for w a r exist.
Other speakers w e r e : Paul Harrison,
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons; Dr. D. D. T. Jabavu, of South
I remember an old man whom my Africa, and the Reverend Mr. William M.
E. Miller, of Persia; Bishop William P.
uncle obsequiously called Herr Profes- Remington; John R, Mott, founder of the
sor. (I was barely ten, at the time, and Students' Volunteer Movement; E, Fay
living with Uncle Karl and Aunt Rachel. Campbell, of Yale University; and Dr.
They had no children of their own). Walter H. Judd, a missionary in China.
H e r r Professor was a neighbor of ours
and as he always had some books on
his big table and always spoke of instruction, of culture, of wisdom, I felt
myself drawn to him by a vague hope
Don Francisco at Miss Rowe's tea:
of light, I did not d a r e speak much,
for I was too timid and constrained by "What would Christmas be without
nature, but I listened to him eagerly, nuts?"
and with a certain pulsing in my veins.
If one day room girl smells of Lux
I awaited from one moment to .another
soap, one can almost take it for granted
a sublime utterance on his part, and in that the rest of the day roomers will
this attitude I trembled.
smell of the same soap. They have a
communistic plan for soap and lunches,
One day, finding m e more t h a n usu- too.
ally thoughtful, he began to question
me. What a commotion! I confessed
Vivian Benson in Story Telling class,
how distressed I was not to know what playing the role of George Washington
in the famous hatchet and cherry tree
in this world was really true.
story: "I like my new hatchet so much
Herr Professor burst into solemn I am going to take it to the Boy Scout
laughter, changed quickly to an atti- Camp this summer."
tude of gravity, and said:
We wonder how many of the football
"Well, my boy, virtue, knowledge,
good and evil are t r u e things. There men will be wearing their gold footballs when vacation is over.
is one other more true, and that is arithmetic. Do you know, child, that two and
We suppose the freshmen have spent
two are truly four?"
their entire vacation wondering if they
I replied that I had been taught so but passed their library test and worrying
that I did not know, and this reply, which about the exams to come.

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New Library Books
MATHEMATICS
McNair, G. H.—Methods of Teaching
Modern Day Arithmetic.
Breslich, E, R.—The Technique of Teaching Secondary School Mathematics.
Buswell, Guy and John, L.—Diagnostic
Studies in Arithmetic.
Buswell, Guy and Judd, C. H.—Summary
of Investigations Relating to Arithmetic.
Schaff, Wm, F. L.—Mathematics for
Junior High School Teachers.
Smith, D. E.—Source Book in Mathematics.
Hassler, J. O. and Smith, R. R.—The
Teaching of Secondary Mathematics.
Moore, J. H.—Handbook of Financial
Mathematics.
National society for the study of education — The twenty-ninth Yearbook:
Report of the Society's Committee on
Arithmetic.
Karpinski, L, C,—The History of Arithmetic,
National council of teachers of mathematics — Third Yearbook:
Selected
Topics in the Teaching of Mathematics.

THE B. E. X. HOLDS FORMAL
INITIATION SERVICE
The formal initiation service of t h e
Beta Sigma Chi Sorority was held last
Saturday evening in the Sorority Room
when Miss Gladys Erickson, the n e w
adviser, and ten pledges w e r e formally
taken into the group. Following t h e
initiation the members attended t h e
dance in the gymnasium. Later they
gathered in 213E for a get-together feed.
The Beta Sigma Chi Sorority took
in the following new members: Beryl
DeWalt, Mary Eleanor Evans, Margaret
Freeman, Madeline Anderson, Peggy
Ann Hubler, lolabelle Milligan, Ruth
Peters, Ruth Sherman, RoJean Roberts,
Clarissa Wainger,

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R. O. L.'S GIVE FACULTY TEA
The faculty was charmingly entertained in the Blue Room, Thursday afternoon, December 17, at a tea given by
the Rho Omega Lambda Sorority from
four until six o'clock.
Two small pine trees sent the soft
glow of their lights through the room,
attractive in its pretty Christmas decorations of red and green sprinkled with
silver icicles. Members of the sorority,
in frocks of red or green, served dainty
refreshments to their guests.
Members of the faculty and t h e
sorority girls were received by Kathleen
Noll and Mary Simon. Margaret Gardiner and Dorothea Stitt poured the tea
and coffee, while Dorothy G r u b b headed the refreshment committee.

National Council of teachers of mathematics—Sixth Yearbook: Mathematics
in Modern Life.
National Council of teachers of mathematics—Fifth Yearbook: The Teaching of Geometry.
Brueckner, L. J.—Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching in Arithmetic.
Clark, J. R.; Otis, A. S.; Hatton, C.—First
Steps in Teaching Numbers.
Wentworth, Geo. and Smith, D. E.—Work
and Play With Numbers.
Hoyt, F . S. and Peet, H. E.—First Year
in Numbers.
A. S. T. PLEDGES ENTERTAIN
Losh, Rosamond and Weeks, R. M.—
MEMBERS
P r i m a r y Number Projects.
Wilson, G. M,—What Arithmetic Shall
The Alpha Sigma Tau pledges enterWe Teach?
tained the members at a Christmas p a r t y
Lennes, N. J.—The Teaching of Arith- in the sorority room on Friday evening,
December 18.
metic.
The decorations of green ari^ ied and
Roantree, W, F, and Taylor, M. S.—An
t h e candles added a festive air to t h e
Arithmetic for Teachers.
room. Games, singing, and refreshLockhart, Lorrne, Eldredge, A. C. and ments, consisting of candle salad, sandBrown, J. C.—Number Helps.
wiches, cocoa, popcorn balls, and candy
Thorndike, E. L.—New Methods in candles were the outstanding features of
t h e party.
Arithmetic,
Stone, J. C.—How to Teach
Number.

Primary

Stone, J. C—The Teaching of Arithmetic.

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A. C. E. HOLD DELIGHTFUL
CHRISTMAS PARTY

A delightful Christmas party was givThompson, J. E.—A Manual of the Slide en Friday afternoon, December 18, in
Rule.
the Campus Kindergarten by the A. C.
E. Christmas Carols were sung by a
trio consisting of Hildegarde Baer, Margaret Potter, and Alma Soyster. Miss
Himes read a Christmas story and J a n e
McGirk, accompanied by Nellie Manning, gave a violin solo, "The First
The R. O. L.'s were a real help to Noel" and "Silent Night" were sung by
'Santy' on Friday afternoon, December groups.
18, when they held a story hour, in the
Following this well presented p r o Kindergarten for the children of the gram, refreshments were served.
New Training School.
Forty-three children listened to t h e
stories told by the sorority girls, and
forty-three children heartily consumed
their favorite brown sugar "butter
bread" and milk. Before going home
the children were presented with stockings, or packages fllled with popcorn and
Jean Mateer spent the week-end with
animal crackers.
Vivian Messimer at Jersey Shore.
The stories were told by Genevieve
Betty Fulmer motored to New York
Frey, Florence Hunt, Ruth Straley, Dorothea Stitt, Lynn Norman, and Martha City to do her Christmas shopping.
Polly Barndt visited in Huntington.
Hamman. The refreshments w e r e supervised by Mary J a n e Nichols and
Ellen Reighard spent h e r week-end
Clarita Duhart.
visiting her aunt in Loganton.

R.O.L.'sPlay'Santy'to
Training School Pupils

Where We Spent
The Week-End

COLLEGE

TIMES

Snatched From t h e
Blotter

Among the Plots
T h e Lady Who Came to Stay, by R. E.
Spencer.
In his flrst novel, R. E. Spencer has
accomplished a feat that is wholly
praiseworthy and admirable. Working in
t h e realm of the supernatural, h e has
steered away from too obvious weirdness and the pall of horror to which
writers succumb, and has wrought a
delicate, moving and always beautiful
narrative.
The book is divided into four sections:
t h e lady who came to stay, the lady who
listened, the lady who served a child,
and the lady who wished. Each of these
sections is complete in itself, yet a deflnite part of the complete entity of the
novel. The story is carefully planned,
unifled, and remarkably flnished in style
of writing. Mr, Spencer has portrayed
a study of antagonistic natures. Four
aging sisters, living in a huge, shadowstreaked house, receive as their guest
the widow of their only brother. Katherine, the widow, brings her small
daughter, Mary, with her to the strange
house wherein Phoebe, Lucia, Emma,
and Milly are living their clouded, slowpaced destinies. Emma and Lucia, aged
twins, receive their two visitors with
t h e i r complacent, taciturn manner.
Phoebe, huge, man-like, strong, and bitter toward any intruder who chances
to trespass even into the small circle
wherein she sits, becomes openly deflant
toward Mary. Phoebe is a study in
psycopathy; a minor sadist who succeeds in throttling her desire to torture
others for the most part, but who weakens under this strange mental disease at
times. Katherine, knowing that she will
soon die of an incurable disease is loath
to leave Mary with this group of warped
souls.
After the death of Katherine, Mary is
entrusted to Milly, youngest of the four
ladies. One night, a Schumann-like
melody is heard by Milly,
That much ol the story, which is merely the outi''-.e oi the first section, may
give you some idea of Mr, Spencer's narrative. The novel is much like a symphonic tone-poem. Each section of the
book corresponds to a movement in a
musical work. It is the kind of book
that strikes one as being a token of the
better literary ability of today. In a
time when so many modern novels flnd
that merely a wisp of a plot is a garment
sufficient to check themselves with, a
novel like "The Lady Who Came to
Stay," stands out by reason of its sheer
full-bodied quality. Mr. Spencer was
undoubtedly preoccupied with an idea
that mingled fantasy and realism in a
deft fashion.

Students Entertain
At Wednesday Chapel
Edith Sharpe, Helen Munson, and
Erma Callendar appeared in chapel
Wednesday morning as the second group
in the student entertainment series under the supervision of Miss MabelLouise Arey.
Miss Sharpe gave two groups of clever
readings:
"Biff
Perkins' Toboggan
Slide," "The Youngest in the Family,"
"The Wedding" from Kate Langely
Bosher's "Mary Gary," and "What's the
Good of Bein' Good?" Miss Munson
played several enjoyable piano solos,
and accompanied Miss Callendar, who
whistled "O Sole Mio," "The Volga Boat
Song," and a medley of old familiar
songs,
...

Of course, you've heard:
Al Smith's new title, the happy worrier.
That Margaret Sangtser, poet, and
Margaret Sanger, feminist leader, often
get each others mail.
That t h e Ivory Door was opened to
the satisfaction of all, giving the Dramatic Club, under Miss Arey's capable
direction, another feather for its already
heavily feathered cap.
That an article in a monthly magazine mentions the fact that poets no
longer look like poets, thus completing
the breach.

Events of the Life of
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and modification of these instinctive tendencies which means adjustment, and
which produces growth in character. The
third level of behavior, known as conscious thought, will power, intelligence,
and the like, is that whieh makes the
human the highest type of all animals.
This level is the means by which man
can control the second level of behavior.
To the degree that he uses conscious
thought for the control of his instinctive
tendencies toward better and better behavior in his environment, he becomes
an adjusted personality. The child behaves largely on a child level, the undeveloped, instinctive level; but he who
would be a grown-up in character as
well as in body must constantly subject
his instinctive, natural impulses to the
control of intelligent judgment. This is
precisely w h a t t h e third behavior level
is. Such control begins in earliest childhood and ends with the ending of life
itself.

That pedestrians wUl soon be taxed
out of existence; the fee for walking
across the new Hudson Bridge in little
old New York is ten cents, while the
bus fare is one nickel,

(A New Serial, By E. B., J. H., and H. L. S.
Morning's at seven, and that's news for
Howard Brubaker's comment, "The
me.
Lord's
Day Alliance is trying to prevent
For at home I could sleep quite peacethose beneflt shows. They should go
fully,
even farther and forbid the unemployed
Until not a whit of slumber remained,
to feel hungry on Sunday."
And all of my beauty, I hope, was retained.
That the Varsity Dance brought back
Now there's a lolling and ringing of bells,
memories of a past song hit, "Varsity
A screaming for toothpaste and powder
Drag," and that the decorations were
that tells
worthy of all the praise they received.
That morning is nigh, a new sun's in the
Dickon's "Dombey and Son" has flnalsky
ly been made into a talkie. Its new title
And time's come for dusting sleep-sand
is "Rich Man's Folly." Need we elabofrom my eye.
rate? Speaking (we must, you k n o w )
A runner-filled stocking—! a mis-mated
of movies, Helen Hayes, after struggling
shoe!
through a deplorable mountain of sacThe belt from this dress, I loaned it to
charine sentimentality in "Madelon
you!
Claudet," is now redeeming herself in
And say, is it history or math this morn?
"Arrowsmith," playing opposite Ronald
Why! Pat has my note-book, sure as
Coleman. The book is one of Sinclair
you're born.
Lewis' finest, and from reports, it can
Come, come, dear roomie, we've an
safely be read without worrying for fear'
Arbor date
the movie version will be totally differAnd dates are things that should not
ent from the printed original.
wait;
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John Duke reports having a most enFor coy indecision and Pattician poises
Perhaps it's none of our business, but
Are today just a host of Victorian noises. joyable vacation. He was so lonesome
Remember the words of our famous prof, that it was necessary for him to cook his we're wondering why James Walker,
after refraining from taking part in the
"Apply your mascara and loff, child loff. own meals.
controversy for fifteen years, suddenly
George Anderson spent most of his rushes to the aid of Tom Mooney, poses
time visiting a country school.
for news-reels with Mooney's tear-faced
mother, and all that. Taking a tip from
Floyd Bloom, as usual, spent the great- Walker's reception toGrandi recently, we
er part of his time hitch-hiking from believe h e is importantly in earnest.
New Millport to Stoycetown.
While pinning a medal on Grandi's coat.
(Continued from page fi
Walker said: "I'll get this on if I have
with good habits. They are mal-adjusted.
We see such mal-adjustment in selfishCan you feature Shively and Cooke re- to ruin your coat." . . . And that may
ness, over domination of associates, turning to S. T. C. four days before va- be the spirit.
jealousy, all sorts of emotional insta- cation closed?
bility, dependence on one friend to the
We wonder how many telegrams
exclusion of others, withdrawal from
social relationships for fear of being hurt, Charles Curry sent during the Christetc. The manifestations of mad-adjust- mas vacation.
ments are legion.
The Day Room Y. W. girls and their
Myron Biddle intended to spend his prospective members spent a delightful
Man possesses three levels of behavior.
vacation in Beaverdale, but due to vari- evening on Friday, December 18, in t h e
The first is the purely reflex or autoous reasons spent it at home 'neath the Y, W, room. The girls played games,
matic. This level controls bodily func- old Christmas tree.
chatted, and exchanged gifts. Later r e tions. We have no conscious control here.
freshments, consisting of salad, sandwiches, cookies, cocoa, and candy, were
The second level includes all those types
Jeanne Hopler spent the holidays at served.
of behavior which are born in us, imita- her home in Williamsport, Over ChristMiss Rowe and Miss Russell w e r e
tion, curiosity, and laughing when mas she had as her guest Cadet Ralph
guests of honor. The party was in charge
pleased. These tendencies can be con- W. Gontrum, a student at Virginia Mili- of the social committee, headed by
trolled and modified. It is the control tary Institute, Lexington, Virginia.
Pauline Graden,

Dr. Coppens Speaks
At Girls' Meeting

Day Room Y. W. C. A.
Entertains