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COLLEGE TIMES
State Teachers College, Lock Haven, Penna.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1932
Vol IX, No. 24
Children Miss Holaway Attends
Convention of Deans
State Health Department, Conducts
Examination in Teachers College and
At Washington, D. C.
Welsh Imperial Singers Dr. Noble Examines
Present Musical Concert Dr. Mary Riggs Noble, of the
Executing their numbers in a style
thoroughly stirring and artistic, the
Welsh Imperial Singers made Friday
night's concert an outstanding musical
event.
Under the leadership of R. Festyn
Davies, this famous male ensemble presented a well-balanced program of solos,
duets, part-songs, glees, and choruses.
All concerted numbers as well as solos
gave ample proof of tho deserved reputation of these singers, who have gained
fame in Europe and Canada as well as
in the United States.
Stephen Foster's "Come Where My
Love Lies Dreaming," was accorded the
understanding and well-balanced interpretation it deserves. Other outstanding
numbers were Park's "Boys of the Old
Brigade," and Edward German's "O
Peaceful Night," No item of the program was in the least mediocre; each
selection displayed new voice combinations and unusual score arrangements.
Norman Evans, the pianist, deserves
applause for his sensitive accompaniments.
The male voices in the Imperial Welsh
Singers ensemble seemed unusually
adapted to choral singing, the voices
blending with each other in a manner
that often reminded one of an orchestral
interlude.
Mr. Sullivan Accompanies
Scouts to Valley Forge
Mr. C. J. Sullivan, member of the social studies department, accompanied a
group of eight hundred Boy Scouts of
Clinton County to Valley Forge to witness the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of George Washington's birthday. Mr, Sullivan attended this celebration in the capacity of a
member of the Clinton County Boy
Scout Council,
Upon arriving at Valley Forge the
Boy Scouts marched from Washington's
headquarters to the Washington memorial, where more than eight thousand
Boy Scouts passed in review before General J o h n J, Pershing and Dan Beard, the
founder of the Boy Scout organization
of America.
General Pershing, as the fourth American since the time of Washington to
hold the full rank of General, interested the boy scouts in the address he
delivered on this occasion. Beard was
also a speaker of the day.
Physical
Pre-School
Penn Kindergarten
A physical examination of about seventy pre-school children was conducted
by Dr. Mary Riggs Noble, with the assistance of Dr. Evelyn M. Carpenter,
both of the State Department of Health,
in the Lock Haven State Teachers College Training School and in the Teachers
College Kindergarten in the Penn building of the city schools on February 16
and 17. This examination was promoted
by the State Health Department at Harrisburg. Its purpose is to detect critical
defects in children before they enter
school so that they will be corrected at
an early age, thus enabling the children
to carry on their regular school work
without any serious handicaps.
A half-hour examination was given
each child in the presence of one or both
cf his parents. Dr. Noble showed her
ability to handle children by helping
them to overcome their shyness. Her
sympathetic attitude made possible a
very thorough examination. During the
entire half hour she conferred with the
parent as to the child's diet, and his
physical handicaps, and their correction.
The examinations, which were conducted in the Training School health
room, were planned for carefully beforehand. A Ust of the names of the
children of pre-school age was prepared
by Miss Jesse Scott Himes, Director of
Kindergarten and Primary Education,
Miss Gladys Erickson, Miss Sue Northey,
and, under their supervision, by student
teachers in the Kindergarten and P r i mary Department. In addition these
people visited several homes and presented appointment cards designating
the time at which either or both of the
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Miss Russell Speaks
Senior Class Play Will
Be Presented Tonight
At Girls' Meeting
At the Girls' Meeting held Tuesday,
February 16, 1932, Miss Lillian Russell,
of the Social Studies Department, spoke
on "The Teacher as a Social Being." This
is another of the series of speeches given
under the new constructive program
monthly at the Girls' Meetings. In Miss
Russell's talk, she told how the teacher
influences the pupils' actions. She pointed out how children imitate their teachers and how teachers need to set a high
standard of conduct for children.
In the talk it was explained that the
instructor is faced with many social
problems which she is expected to solve.
For this she receives no remuneration.
Miss Russell's comments were illustrated by many practical and interesting
examples.
Miss Carpenter of State
Department of Health
Speaks at Chapel
The annual senior dramatic offering,
featuring Henry Hubert Davis' threeact play, "The Mollusc," will be presented in the College Auditorium this evening at 8:15 o'clock.
During the past few weeks each one
of the four members of the cast selected by Miss Mabel Louise Arey has
labored to present different variations
of the "mollusc" theme. In this instance
the supposed characteristics of an invertebrate animal, the "mollusc," are attributed to one of the characters of this
comedy. The contributions that the other
characters make to the play are so inextricably woven about the "moUuscity"
of the main character that the play represents one unified whole. Madeline
Lesser, as Mrs. Baxter; Myron Biddle,
as Mr. Baxter, her devoted husband;
Frank Kitko, as Mrs. Baxter's brother,
and Fern Snyder, as Miss Roberts, the
pretty young governess, all under the
capable leadership of Miss Arey, promise to make this event in our social
calendar worth-while.
The admission to this play will be
twenty-five cents for general admission
On Friday, February 19, Miss Evelyn and fifty cents for reserved seats. Tickets
Carpenter of the State Department of may be secured in advance from various
Health, spoke at chapel concerning the members of the Senior class.
care of the eyes. She spoke to us as future teachers emphasizing what difflculties we would have in securing help for
pupils with poor eyesight and also how
we could help those with good vision to
On Tuesday evening, February 23, at retain it.
7:30 the movie reel, "From Clay to
A pupil with poor vision must be
The annual Sophomore Hop will be
Bronze" was shown in the College Au- shown a great deal of consideration. He held in the Gymnasium on March 5, unditorium. This picture was especiaUy should be given the best lighted seat in der the auspices of the Sophomore Class.
stimulating to those students interested the room and a special type of book. The price of the admission is one dollar
in modeling and sculpturing.
There are always ways of securing these per couple.
The first reel showed the young advantages for the pupil. Many outsiders
The decorations, whieh will be in St.
sculptor. Miss Katherine W. Lane, at are willing to devote their efforts to
work making the clay image of her pet remedying these defects in vision if the Patrick's Day motif, are being planned
greyhound. In the second reel, Miss teachers will ask them. If the teachers by a committee headed by Helen Myers.
Lane was shown making a plaster mold are unable to find any one who will pro- The color scheme will be green and
and then a plaster cast of the hound. In vide the money for proper books and white and many novelties will be feathe third reel the making of the bronze window shades, it is worthwhile to sacri- tured.
cast by the sand mold method was de- fice a portion of their own pay to ultiReceipts for the dance must be handed
mately benefit t h e less fortunate.
scribed.
into the Dean some time today.
Art Club Presents Film
"From Clay to Bronze"
5 Cents Per Copy
Sophomores Set Mar. 5
As Date for Annual Hop
Miss Belle Holaway, Dean of Women,
has returned from the sixteenth annual
meeting of the National Association of
Deans of Women, held at the Mayflower
Hotel, Washington, D. C , from February
17 to 20.
Miss Holaway, Dean of Women, represented Lock Haven and attended the
Teachers College Section.
The theme of the entire meeting was
"Squaring With the Changing Social and
Economic Order."
At the opening luncheon. Rabbi Samuel H. Goldenson, one of the most outstanding speakers, began his series of
addresses by expressing his opinion of
"What Is Justice?"
Rabbi Goldenson's idea of justice is
giving to another what is his due. The
only way to flnd it is to learn the antecedent factors that m a k e the result.
There a r e mainly three ingredients of
justice: A free and fresh intelUgence,
a sympathetic imagination, and a moral
will,
Mr. Goldenson, continuing his addresses at the farewell luncheon, spoke
on "Justice in the Economic Process,"
Justice enters at the point where man
goes into any enterprise. The moral law
comes into the economic process when
a human being gives his time and substance to production. Thus, social, economic, and moral salvation will come
only when society meets the demands
of the simple elementary virtues, such
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Miss Hatcher Attends
Baltimore Conference
Miss Ashton Hatcher, of the Education Department, attended a meeting of
the Progressive Education Association at
Baltimore, February 18 and 19. The discussion that took place included t h r e e
main topics, all emphasizing the idea of
progressive schools. The flrst was "The
Value and Place of the Pre-School; the
second was "Methods of Keeping Records in Progressive Schools," and the
third concerned, "Description and Evaluation of Units of Work."
The progressive idea of education is
spreading rapidly and has gone beyond
the private and experimental school
stage. Reports were heard from the
public schools of Bunxville, New York;
Raleigh, North Carolina, and from several in California.
Other interesting features were a t r i p
to the P a r k Sehool, a progressive school
in Baltimore, and an exhibition of t h e
material contributed by various schools
in the country.
Miss Hatcher also attended a conference of Teachers College Presidents and
Instructors at the Hotel Washington,
Washington, D. C , on Saturday. The
interesting topic of this meeting was a
report of a committee on follow-up work.
This committee pointed out that the coming feature of Teachers College w o r k
will be a deflnite program of follow-up
work with the students who have left
school.
COLLEGE
Schnarrs' Cages Honors Local Quintet Bows
In a Kaiser Victory
To California Five
On the small California Teachers College floor, the local quintet had to admit
the supremacy of the westerners in a
very fast and interesting game.
It
seemed that the California five couldn't
miss. They dropped in all kinds of shots
from u n d e r the basket and the middle
of the floor. Feldman was especially
clever with one handed shots. The
Kaiserites couldn't flnd the basket during the first half, which closed with the
locals on the short end of a 29 to 11
count.
The second half was much more evenly played than the first half and the
Maroon and Gray were more successful
in finding the basket. In the last quarter the Californians were held to one
point, but the Lock Haven aggregation
were closely guarded every minute of
play.
Feldman, the diminutive forward of
the California team, was high scorer
with sixteen points. Cooke closely followed with twelve points. The Kaiserites
displayed some accurate foul shooting
when they made eleven out of their
seventeen tries.
Lock Haven
G
E
T
Cooke, Forward
4 4x4
12
Condo, Forward
1 1x3
3
Plummer, Forward
2 1x1
5
McLean, Forward
1 0x0
2
With West Chester the guest of the lo- Poust, Center
0 1x1
0
cals this week-end, the Maroon has a
1 0x2
2
splendid opportunity of proving its r e - Weber, Center
Buchanan, Center
0 0x0
0
covery a permanent matter.
Hammaker, Guard
0 3x3
3
Lock Haven T. C.
Bardo, Guard
1 1x3
3
G E T
10 11x17 31
Schnarrs, forward
5 1x2 11
Totals
Plummer, forward
0 0x0 0
California
Condo, forward
2 0x0 4
G
F
T
McLean, forward
0 0x0 0 Neil. Forward
4
1x2
9
Poust, center
1 3x4 5 Feldman. Forward
7 2x3
16
Cooke, guard
1 0x0 2 Campagna, Forward .... 0 0 x 0
0
Bardo, guard
0 1x2 1 Herk, Forward
1 0x0
2
Hammaker, guard
1 1x2 3 Sisson, Center
2 1x3
5
4 1x3
9
Totals
10 6x10 26 Cree, Guard
Zaretic, Guard
0 1x4
1
Indiana T. C.
Brown. Guard
0 0x0
0
G
F
T
Totals
18 6 X 15 42
Braden, forward
0 1x3 1
Anderson, forward
0 1x2 1 Referee—Mulligan (Indiana).
Grundy, forward
0 0x0 0
K. Davis, center
2 1x2 5
J. Davis, guard
0 2x4 2
Chapmor, guard
1 1x4 3
Leech, guard
0 0x0 0
Barthelbaugh, guard
0 0x0 0
(Continued from page 1)
Gindrick, guard
0 0x0 0
as honest.v, decency, kindness, fairness,
Sheer, guard
0 0x0 0
goodness of heart, and sympathy.
Another very interesting speaker was
Totals
3 6x15 12 Miss Cornelia Sorabji, the President of
the Federation of University Women, of
Calcutta, India, and also the flrst
woman to be admitted to the English
bar. She spoke on "Squaring With the
Changing Order in India."
It was surprising to notice her attitude
Miss Holaway, Dean of Women, was toward Gandhi, who, she explained, was
privileged to visit Howard University the one non-co-operator at the 1931 confor Colored people while attending the ference. According to Miss Sorabji,
National Association of Deans of Wo- there is no majority demand for what
men Convention in Washington, D. C, he wants; he is merely striving for dicMembers of the student body very gra- tatorship in a peculiar way.
ciously accompanied the delegates to the
Miss Sorabji was very complimentary
convention around the campus, pointing to England concerning t h e present deout places of interest. They were per- velopment of education, sanitation, and
mitted to inspect the t h r e e large new modern industries in India. The Indian
dormitories, complete with all modern is handicapped by the curse of believing
improvements. The school has a total in evil rather t h a n in good, and must
enrollment of nearly t w o thousand stu- overcome this before India may take
dents, t h r e e hundred a n d flfty of whom her place in t h e world of affairs. She
live in t h e dormitories.
also explained t h a t the constitution of
After enjoying an entertainment by India would be t h e hardest ever written
t h e students, featuring their chorus, t h e since t h e second century superstitions
visiting delegates of Deans of Women are still flourishing with the modern
twentieth century advances.
w e r e served tea.
The stellar work of Schnarrs, coupled
with a brilliant defense that permitted
only three fleld goals, proved the downfall of Indiana Teachers College Five at
Indiana last Saturday, After a mid-season slump that cost them flve games, the
locals snapped out of their lethargy and
redeemed themselves at the expense of
I. S. T, C. by the tune of 26 to 12. The
entire team clicked to perfection.
Out-jumped at center by the lanky K.
Davis, who bumps his head on anything
under a six-feet five-inch clearance, the
Kaiser-coached quintet fell behind at
half time by three points. Led by Schnarrs,
who early in the game solved the problem of getting the ball on the tip-off,
they staged a last-half rally that netted
sixteen points. Hard and clean passing
kept adding points for the Maroon while
their air-tight defense continued to
function perfectl.v. Schnarrs had a big
night, running up eleven points, and his
fast, aggressive work was the outstanding feature of the game. Poust and Condo found the net for tallies in the second
half when the Maroon pulled the old
stalling "gag" and lured the Indiana five,
who played a zone defense, away from
their defense sectors. In addition to outscoring their opponents from the field,
the L. H. team proved more accurate on
the foul line scoring six out of ten, while
the Indiana cagers had to be content with
six out of flfteen tries.
Miss Holaway Attends
Convention of Deans
Deans Visit University
For Colored People
TIMES
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At a meeting of the Sophomore
class on Tuesday morning it was
deflnitely decided that Joe Vanucci's Orchestra will furnish t h e
music for the Sophomore Hop.
Students Appreciate
Work of Miss Stalcup
One of the busiest individuals about
the school is the nurse in the inflrmary.
Miss Stalcup confessed to a very bus.y
period this winter, since the uncertain
weather is causing much illness.
During the month of February thus
far, Miss Stalcup has had ninety-one
cases for treatment. Eleven of these
were admitted to the infirmary for a
short length of time. Treatments average over a hundred for each month.
Few admission cases are serious enough
to warrant a sta,y of more than two or
three days.
The infirmary provides in two rooms
accommodations for flve people. If the
admission cases at an.y one time r u n s
over that number, beds are brought in
and set up. Most of the cases at present
are due to colds or grippe. They vary
from light colds and nose bleed to appendicitis. Except in the case of .students who have a regular personal physician in town, Dr. Thomas is called for
all inflrmary cases. The work distributes itself rather well over the various
days. However, Miss Stalcup said that
lately she has had some very busy days
because ot the prevalence of colds. Extremely quiet da3's are unusual in the
inflrmary.
Besides her duty as nurse. Miss Stalcup is also household director, with supervision over the cleaning and the
doiTTiitories.
Cream Puffs to Contend
For Intra-Mural Title
Hoy's crippled Passing Five was
swamped by the fast playing of Friendly
Five, captained by Wepsic. It just
seemed that the Hoy Five couldn't get
near the basket, while Wepsic's aggregation rarely missed a shot.
Kachik's Midgets, starting out with a
rush, coasted to an easy victory during
the second half of t h e game. With a
score of 24 to 12 against them, the Majesties came back with plenty of flght
to make the game more interesting. The
Midgets came out on the long end of a
44 to 33 count.
Sekula's Derelicts continue their fine
work. They gave Cowfer's Lambs their
fourth straight loss. The final score was
38 to 21 for Sekula.
Though Schnarrs' Cream Puffs had a
tough time in winning from Torok's
Ramblers, they still seem to be the best
team in the American League. By winning from the Ramblers with a score of
39 to 26, the Cream Puffs have stretched
their winning streak to four straight.
National League
Roamers
Friendly Five
Marvels
Passing Five
Cremos
American League
Cream Puffs
Derelicts
Midgets
Ramblers
Majesties
Lambs
Won
4
2
2
1
0
Lost
0
1
2
3
3
Won
4
4
2
1
1
0
Lost
0
0
2
2
3
4
Beginners' Basketball
Last Friday, at 4:20, the beginnners'
basketball games were again played. T h e
game between Newman and Walters r e sulted in the largest score, 12-2, in favor
of Newman, Maloney won from Manning, 8-2, while Crawford beat Brown,
9-6. Next week Newman and Crawford
"What does the average coUege stu- will play for first place. This week each
dent know about acting as an a r t ? " team has been reduced to six players
This question is asked by "The Col- and one substitute.
legian." student publication of the State
College al Fresno. California, and, in order to give their students an opportunity
to express themselves, they are offering
a five-dollar award for the best essay on
Miss Belle Holaway, Dean of Women,
whom the different students consider the
most brilliant performer in "Arrow- reports that one of the most interestsmith," a Samuel Goldwyn production ing incidents that occurred while she
adapted from Sinclair Lewis' prize-win- attended the meeting of the National Association of Deans of Women at Washning novel of the same title.
ington was a reception at the White
House given by Mrs, Herbert Hoover.
The Bloomsburg "Maroon and Gold"
The group of delegates to this convenlists the American best sellers for 1931,
as compiled by the Retailer Book-seller. tion, assembled in the Gold Room of the
White House. Later Mrs, Hoover r e The novels include:
ceived the deans in the Blue Room.
"Shadows on the Rock," Willa Gather,
"The Good Earth," Pearl Buck.
"The Bridge of Desire," Warwick Deeping,
"A White Bird Flying," Bess Streeter
Aldrich.
"The Road Back," Erich Maria ReHear Mr, Baxter's views and admarque,
vice upon marriage!
"The Ten Commandments," Warwick
See charming M i s s
Roberts
Deeping.
forced to reject Tom!
"Maid in Waiting," John Galsworthy,
"Grand Hotel," Vicki Baum.
Share Tom's laughter and enthu"American Beauty," Edna Ferber.
siasm!
"Years of Grace," Margaret A, Barnes.
Comfort Mrs. Baxter in her linThe flve best sellers in the general list
gering molluscry!
were:
Laughs! Love! Pathos! Drama!
"The Education of a Princess," Grand
Duchess Marie of Russia.
All in the Mollusc—See It!
"Washington Merry-Go-Round."
Hear it! Friday evening, 8:15;
"Larry—Thoughts of Youth,"
College auditorium; 25c-50c. Ad"The Epic of America," James T, Adams.
mission.
"Fatal Interview," Edna St, Vincent Millay.
Exchange Notes
Mrs. Hoover Greets Deans
The "Mollusc'
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FEBRUARY 26, 1932
The recent physical examination of all
children of pre-school age by Dr. Mary
Riggs Noble and Dr. Evelyn Carpenter
calls to mind t h e practical contacts with
children and parents that students enjoy
in the course of their student teaching.
In addition to the actual directing of
classroom activities, t h e sympathy a
teacher shares with parents and children
outside of the school is one of the most
worthwhile services a teacher can give.
This recent project, executed under the
auspices of the Training Department,
indicates this school's recognition of the
need for this service and represents a
definite effort of the administration to
provide an opportunity for student
teachers to participate in this service before they actually take their places in the
field of teaching.
At the entertainment given last Friday
night by the Welsh Imperial Singers the
students of this college reciprocated by
the attention they devoted to t h e prog r a m for the excellence of the solos,
duets, and choruses that these singers
offered. Generally, the worth any prog r a m is mirrored in the attention of the
audience that attends it and likewise the
attitude of the audience is refiected in
t h e program any artist offers. In this
case, however, t h e reflections cast by
both the audience and t h e artists upon
each other were satisfying to t h e most
discerning critic.
Mary Beaver and Mary Steiner were
the guests of Margaret Gardiner at her
home in Renovo, over the week-end.
Ruth Harpster spent the week-end
with her parents in Hollidaysburg. Her
small brother, Donnie, who had been
very badly injured, is improving very
fast.
Every one was glad to see Kay Gorman
when she stopped for a few minutes last
Thursday night,
Thelma Yingling was very much surprised by a visit from her parents, Mr.
and Mrs, D. G. Yingling from York, last
Sunday.
Mr, and Mrs. Pressler from Meyersdale visited their daughter, Dorcas, last
Sunday afternoon.
The cold weather seems to disagree
with many of our girls. Last week the
following were in the inflrmary: Virginia
Robinson, Marion Behmer, J e a n McClure, Janice Sharpe, and J e a n Mateer.
Barbara Rhoads attended t h e boxing
matches at State CoUege Saturday evening, February 20.
Mirabel Eliason was pleasantly surprised last week by receiving a visit
from a Pittsburgh friend.
Ruth Doebler, Gretchen Kuhns, and
Emelyn Brown attended a tea given by
Pauline Graden,
Eileen Perry visited her home in Renovo Sunday afternoon.
Ann Oven spent the week-end with
Mary Woika, '31, in Bellefonte where
Mary is teaching.
Peg Gardiner entertained Mary Steiner and Mary Beaver at her home in Renovo over the week-end,
Nora Holmes entertained Mildred Carbaugh in Salona for the week-end.
Jean Mateer went home with Helen
Gates to Lewistown and had an enjoyable week-end,
Edith Sharpe spent the week-end with
Peg Freeman in Derrick City.
The F r y e Twins went to their home
in Alexandria for their week-end.
Anna Yockey went home to N e w Alexandria to interview some school men.
Mary Evans spent the week-end with
Vivian Benson in Mt. Jewett,
Elva Powell spent the week-end in
Lewistown where she visited with her
aunt and uncle.
J a n e Mattern, Olive Hoover and Libby
Gorman all spent their week-end in
Clearfleld.
B. E. X.
The members of the B, E. X. Sorority
Did you ever stop to figure why we held a business meeting Thursday afhave an extra day (February 29th) ternoon. At this time plans were made
every four years?
for the spring social events.
The reason for the extra day in F e b ruary every four years is connected with
A. S. T.
some tinkering with the calendar by
The members of the Alpha Sigma Tau
several men back in ancient times. The
first one to tinker was Caius Julius Cae- Sorority held an informal business meetsar, a Roman emperor, in 46 B, C, He ing Friday afternoon. P r e p a r a t o r y plans
established a calendar on the basis of the for a program for the semester were
solar system consisting of three hundred made.
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sixty-five days and six hours. The six
hours w e r e saved and a whole day was
FRENCH CLUB
added every fourth year which was to
The French Club met Thursday afterbe known as leap year—when time noon in room 33. Julia Silagyi continued
leaped ahead.
the history of France through the CaroThis system was defective, for the solar lingian Period. Dr. Vickery discussed
system actually consisted of 365 days, the Manorial System of France.
five hours, and 49 minutes. Caesar's
At the next meeting Anne Vujcich and
calendar was gaining eleven minutes Edith Sharpe will continue this history
every year. Augustus Caesar, Julius' study through the Gallic Period and
successor, ordered that there be no leap Olive Elinor Livingston through t h e
year for twelve years to make up for Crusades.
the lost time.
* * * •
Next, t h e Pontiffs took an interest in
the m a t t e r and inserted a day every third
year instead of every fourth year. At
the end of the year 8 B, C, they had added
twelve such days instead of only nine.
During the sixteenth century it was
discovered that the year was ten days
off schedule, the spring equinox falling
upon March 11 instead of March 21. To
correct this error Pope Gregory XIII,
in 1582, ordered that the year should
consist of 365 days only, with the extra
day added every fourth year to make
a bissextile or leap year. To prevent
further irregularities a year that ended
a century should be bissextile only at
the end of each fourth century. In this
way t h r e e days a r e saved in four hundred years because a lapse of eleven minutes each year makes about three days
in the period of four centuries,
A year which ends a century is not a
leap year unless it is divisible by four
hundred instead of four. Sixteen hundred was the last leap year of this character; two thousand will be the next.
This system in use today, for calculating
time is known as the Gregorian calendar.
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH BOOKS
One thing that all Pennsylvanians
ought to be interested in is t h e literature
and folklore of the Pennsylvania Dutch,
for, if one is certain of anything, he is
certain that he is remotely Pennsylvania
Dutch. Because of their resistance to
the introduction of a foreign mores into
their little communities and because of
their love of retirement from other peoples they represent a wealth of interest
to the short story writer and the novelist. Not only have the Pennsylvania
Dutch expressed themselves through the
medium of a beautiful folklore, but
others have created charming tales of
the lives of these people.
Perhaps the most notable example of
a story written about these people is
"The House of the Black Ring," a mystery story written by Fred Lewis Pattee,
a former professor at Pennsylvania State
College. Again Elsie SIngmaster has
caught in her stories the spirit of those
who attempted to set up a monasterial
settlement near the southeast corner of
the state.
Junior High School News
Mr. Allen D, Petterson arranged for
the Junior High School to listen to the
radio program braodcasted Monday
morning from Washington, D. C , on the
occasion of the bi-centennial of Washington's birthday.
President Hoover presented a George
Washington address to the House of Representatives, formally opening this celebration.
After the address, Mr. Hoover gave a
signal from the Capitol steps for the
singing of America by a chorus of five
thousand voices, accompanied b y massed
bands led by Walter Damrosch, the noted
conductor.
TIMES
SHAKESPEARE CLUB
The Shakespeare Club held a meeting last Thursday evening. Book r e views were given b y Mildred Carbaugh
and Elinor Frye. Evelyn F r y e gave an
interesting reading. Plans were made
for a program to b e given at the next
meeting.
Magazine List
American Academy of Political and Social Science. Annals
American .Boy
American Childhood
'American City
•American Economic Review
•American Historical Review
'American Journal of Psychology
•American Journal of Sociology
•American Magazine
American Physical Education Association. Research Quarterly
American School Board Journal
Arts and Decoration
Asia
•Association of American CoUeges. Bulletin
Athletic Journal
Atlantic Monthly
Aviation
•Biological Abstracts
•Bird Lore
Booklist
Boys' Life
•Bulletin of the Pan American Union
•California Quarterly of Secondary Education
•Chemical Abstracts
•Chemistry Leaflet
Child Life
•Child Study
•Child Welfare
Childhood Education
•Christian Century
•Classical Journal
Congressional Digest
•Creative Art
Creative Reading
Current History
Design
•Economic Geography
•Education
Educational Administration and Supervision
Educational Method
Educational Outlook
Educational Screen
Elementary English Review
Elementary School J o u r n a l
Emerson (Quarterly
English Journal (high school)
•English Journal (college education)
Etude
On Sunday evening, February 14, the
College Trio composed of Carolyn RaMr. T. K. Quigg, a graduate of the
ker, Frances Wenrick, and Ellen Louise
Rooke, sang in the Presbyterian Church, class of 1900, who is now living in John"I Shall Not Pass Again This Way" was sonburg, was a visitor on the campus
Friday and Saturday.
the selection given.
'Magazines have just been added.
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COLLEGE
Among the Plots
Their Father's God, by A. E. Rolvaag,
The recent death of Rolvaag has
brought to an end his epic-like novels
of our Northwest and its Norwegian settlers, "Giants in the Earth" recorded
the advent of Rolvaag's Scandinavian
immigrants into our Northwest, detailing the hardships and adjustments experienced by these pioneers, "Peder
Victorious" continued the chronological
panorama of social conflict and problems
encountered by parents and children
during t h e noticeable victory over the
prairie earth forces. In "Their Father's
God," which may be considered as the
end of the trilogy, we flnd a new form
of dramatic conflict arising. Whereas
the two earlier novels were concerned
with an earlier generation whose struggles, physical and spiritual, w,-ere removed from the present, "Their Father's
God" strikes a contemporary note in its
depiction of the failure of Peder Holm,
a modern second-generation Norwegian,
to groom himself spiritually and mentally into accord with the Irish-Catholic
girl whom he marries.
Throughout the novel we find the same
full-blooded, vigorous quaUty that is apparent in the other novels. The characterization is splendidly achieved, worked
from materials that are chiefly simple,
lucid prose, undistorted psychological
insight, and definitive weighing of
imagery.
TIMES
CAMPUS C H A T T E R
"Turn on the heat" seems to be a popular tune in the day room on the chilly
days.
Everyone enjoyed hearing the Welsh
Imperial Singers—especiaUy three girls
of the day room.
Rummy is a popular indoor sport on
third floor east.
Morning refrain in the dormitory"Get up and make your bed."
In history class—"What will you correlate this unit with?"
Answer—'Why, history of course!"
And some people believe they are
writing an autobiography ol Washington,
Campus talk and dining room conversation indicated that many students were
hit by the "rock" at chapel Wednesday
morning.
We understand they had a deep discussion in psychology class the other day
about culture. We wonder what it is
and where we're placed.
Snatched From t h e
Blotter
What a break for the boys to have Dr,
Elliott here—meaning no classes.
With 'Frankenstein' giving the country-side its dash of the macabre a n d incidentally roping in a horde of profits
Advice to Freshmen—"Take close no- for its producers, we can look forward
tice of your actions this year, so that next to seeing (if you like them that w a y )
year you will be able to understand your such delectable bits of ingenous gruesuccessors."
someness as 'Murders in the Rue
Morgue,' H. G, WeU's 'The Invisible Man'
Ask Bardo how ho is getting along and A, Christie's 'Blue Plague.' P e r h a p s
with his music.
the juvenile movie public, fed u p on
an over-supply of gangster epics, are
We have decided Fred Hoenstein must craving something bigger and bloodier.
We forgot, for the moment, that the
have received his Ph.D. in laughing.
juvenile public was excluded from
'Frankenstein,' Don't tell us we liked it!
And then the "frosh" forfeited her ten*
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nis racket and pictures—see Bee Burg
Passing By: (wherein we record some
for details.
fleeting impressions, much to your disMike Shishak at the dinner table: pleasure but as a fiUer-in for this col"Bob Saxton won't be here; he has a umn).
bump on his head."
A couple in the library arguing about
Ruth Ankeny: "What's the matter?" a Vienese psychologist whose name, oftrepeated, was 'Fraud'. . , .
Mike: "A thought struck him."
Evident enjoyment, musical charms
"Dad" Elliott's talk did some good. and a boon from Wales—The Welsh ImWhen no one is looking, the fellows in perial Singers. . . .
That indescribable, half-uneasy, halfthe day room only take one piece of
anticipatory feeling one experiences
candy out of the box instead of two.
when corrected test papers are about
to be returned. . , .
We understand that Harris has inaugTwo co-eds, warring between a desire
urated an entirely new system of bridge.
to give Mr. Wrigley's product its just
Principle: Bid on your partner's hand, accompaniment, or join in the chorus.
with no suit in your own. Then go up! The place, chapel; the time—oh, any
Main Point: See how many tricks chapel morning.
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your opponent can take.
Working in t h e Dorothy Parker tempo,
mood, meter, and mufti (and even
though Miss P a r k e r isn't quite t h e personage for mufti, it's a good Kiplingesque
word we've been wanting to use for
months), Margaret Fishback parades a
commendable talent in 'I Feel Better
Mr. Allen D. Patterson, Director of Now.' It's the sort of verse liked by even
Junior High School Education, was the those who turn up noses at poetry in the
chief speaker at a meeting conducted by classic tradition.
the Beech Creek Men's Brotherhood Association at the Beech Creek PresbySeeing what t h e type-setter or m a k e terian Church on Friday, February 9. up m e n did to our lines last week, we
In accordance with the nation-wide cele- were just wondering what would happen
bration of the bi-centennial of George if the word, months in the parenthesis
Washington's birth, Mr, Patterson spoke above, lost its third letter.
on the subject of "George Washington,
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the Man." At the conclusion of his speech
Ben
Ray
Redman,
who writes t h e "Old
Mr. Patterson sang two solos, accompanied at the piano by Mr, Weldon Wil- Wine In New Bottles" page for "Books,"
liams, of the English department of this has been writing some unusually able
reviews of late; Isabel Paterson, of the
college.
same periodical, seems to have one of
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the easiest jobs on record—until you try
to do half as well as she; Hugh Walpole
lists five writers of the past decade who,
according to him, are deserving of immortality: all of them a r e English, three
of them living. We give you t i m e to
Mr. John Young, formerly a resident compile your list. Next week we'll be
of Lock Haven but now residing in telling you.
Brooklyn, New York, sang at Vesper Service on Sunday evening, February 21.
Among the n e w newsstand space-occuMr, J. Young is in charge of the m u - piers w e noted such things (we aren't
sic in the Baptist Tabernacle of Brook- able to find a suitable terminology) as
lyn. He sang "God Will Wipe Away All "Brevities, America's First Tabloid
'Tears," and "The Pierced Prince,"
Weekly," "Bunk," and "Scram." Such
things (again w e apologize) seem to
thrive while t h e advent of a second "Harper's," or "Outlook," or "American Mercury," is awaited and never encountered.
Brevities relies on cuts of the extinct
college-humor type and rather poorly
George C. Bennage, '06, died Septem- camouflaged copy from other magazines.
ber 30, 1930. He was a veteran of the Bunk is just that; Scram doesn't deserve
World War, in which he served as a ser- a capital letter,
geant in the 305th Ambulance Corps.
We have come to the conclusion that
"Ducky" must be attending Miss Edgerton's gym classes. If you don't believe
it, just come to the games and see him
It is, perhaps, a trifle late to add a tumble.
word of praise for Edward Arlington
Robinson's poem, "Matthias at the Door,"
which measures up to the high standard
set by this poet's other works both in
poetic beauty of language and sensitive
comprehension of innate character traits.
Robinson's poetry seems consistently to
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be the product of a deep-probing intellect. Above all he succeeds in weaving parents of the child might confer with
a symbolical drama out of events, care- Dr. Noble.
fully selected, but never shot through
Dr. Carpenter, who accompanied Dr.
with the confused quality of vagueness Noble, is also associated with the State
apparent in so much modern poetry,
Health Department. Her duty is to rec"Matthias at the Door" is especially ognize, diagnose, and correct present difto be commended for its excellent ficulties, in vision of school children in
character portraiture. Natalie, Matthias' Pennsylvania, While she was at the
wife, is a true woman whose majestic Training School she examined the vision
carriage, human example of Garth, of all the children of pre-school age and
Timberlake, and Matthias are thorough- of those a few years older. Dr. Carpenly etched, full-drawn flgures in a dra- ter believes that most of t h e difficulties
matic poem that offers little of humor or in vision that we suffer are caused in the
strained light but keeps persistently to pre-school age. I n order to overcome
a level modulation of human parallelism. a serious handicap, it is necessary to
correct it before the child enters school.
A change which Dr. Carpenter sugDr. H. J. Cronin's novel, "Hatter's
Castle," has paved the way for his com- gested has been-adopted in the Training
ing to America. Within the next month School. All the seats have been arhe is expected to arrive in New York ranged in a diagonal position to the
to begin a series of lectures. Those who light, with the teacher's desk at the rear
have not yet read this unusual work will of the room in the line with the pupils'
probably do so eventually. It seems seats. The former arrangement with
worthy of an enduring popularity, hav- seats parallel to the windows caused a
ing proved that at a time when novels great eye strain, involving a constant
whose pages usually number around adjustment of the eye muscles to light
and dark.
t h r e e hundred.
Besides examining the children to discover and to correct defects of vision.
Dr. Carpenter lectured in the college
auditorium on Friday morning and demonstrated to groups of student teachers
at various other times the eye adjustments in the pupils that they as teachers
Wednesday evening, February 24, 1932, would be responsible for.
t h e Senior m e m b e r s of the Y. W. C. A.
To Dr. Coppens' Psychology Class and
p r e s e n t e d a p r o g r a m upon the Life of Miss Himes' Kindergarten and P r i m a r y
G e o r g e Washington. His life was divid- Theory class. Miss Carpenter demoned into four phases: as a boy, as a sol- strated the foot candle meter, a mechandier, as a citizen, and as a president. ical device used to test the amount of
Orie Lovell, who attended school last
These respective phases were discussed light each child receives at his particu- year, is teaching at Mundy's Corner.
b y H i l d a Payne, Mary J a n e Nicholas, lar desk. The students of these classes
P e g Dorries, a n d Margaret MiUer. Don were impressed with the need of such
Marjorie Strayer, '31, is teaching at the
F r a n c i s c o p l a y e d Beethoven's Minuet in a check on visual actuity when Miss Car- Banger School, Fallen Timber.
G on t h e violin. J u l i e Cornely read an penter pointed out that seventy-five per
i n t e r e s t i n g p o e m about George Wash- cent of the blindness in Pennsylvania
Lillian Rhodes, '30, who is now teachcould have been avoided had proper p r e - ing at Woolrich, spent the week-end here
ington.
cautions been taken.
T h e m e e t i n g w a s led by P e g D o m e s with friends.
Mr. Patterson Addresses
Dr. Noble Examines
Pre-School Children Brotherhood Association
Mr. John Young Sings
In Vesper Service
Senior Members of
Y. W. Give Program
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Lest there b e some who decry our
taste, let us say that ever since its publication of Erskine Cauldwell's early short
stories, the American Mercury has been
favored by yours truly, Mencken isn't
really as obtrusive as of yore; George
Jean Nathan sometimes writes about the
things he reads and sees instead of what
h e imagines.
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State Teachers College, Lock Haven, Penna.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1932
Vol IX, No. 24
Children Miss Holaway Attends
Convention of Deans
State Health Department, Conducts
Examination in Teachers College and
At Washington, D. C.
Welsh Imperial Singers Dr. Noble Examines
Present Musical Concert Dr. Mary Riggs Noble, of the
Executing their numbers in a style
thoroughly stirring and artistic, the
Welsh Imperial Singers made Friday
night's concert an outstanding musical
event.
Under the leadership of R. Festyn
Davies, this famous male ensemble presented a well-balanced program of solos,
duets, part-songs, glees, and choruses.
All concerted numbers as well as solos
gave ample proof of tho deserved reputation of these singers, who have gained
fame in Europe and Canada as well as
in the United States.
Stephen Foster's "Come Where My
Love Lies Dreaming," was accorded the
understanding and well-balanced interpretation it deserves. Other outstanding
numbers were Park's "Boys of the Old
Brigade," and Edward German's "O
Peaceful Night," No item of the program was in the least mediocre; each
selection displayed new voice combinations and unusual score arrangements.
Norman Evans, the pianist, deserves
applause for his sensitive accompaniments.
The male voices in the Imperial Welsh
Singers ensemble seemed unusually
adapted to choral singing, the voices
blending with each other in a manner
that often reminded one of an orchestral
interlude.
Mr. Sullivan Accompanies
Scouts to Valley Forge
Mr. C. J. Sullivan, member of the social studies department, accompanied a
group of eight hundred Boy Scouts of
Clinton County to Valley Forge to witness the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of George Washington's birthday. Mr, Sullivan attended this celebration in the capacity of a
member of the Clinton County Boy
Scout Council,
Upon arriving at Valley Forge the
Boy Scouts marched from Washington's
headquarters to the Washington memorial, where more than eight thousand
Boy Scouts passed in review before General J o h n J, Pershing and Dan Beard, the
founder of the Boy Scout organization
of America.
General Pershing, as the fourth American since the time of Washington to
hold the full rank of General, interested the boy scouts in the address he
delivered on this occasion. Beard was
also a speaker of the day.
Physical
Pre-School
Penn Kindergarten
A physical examination of about seventy pre-school children was conducted
by Dr. Mary Riggs Noble, with the assistance of Dr. Evelyn M. Carpenter,
both of the State Department of Health,
in the Lock Haven State Teachers College Training School and in the Teachers
College Kindergarten in the Penn building of the city schools on February 16
and 17. This examination was promoted
by the State Health Department at Harrisburg. Its purpose is to detect critical
defects in children before they enter
school so that they will be corrected at
an early age, thus enabling the children
to carry on their regular school work
without any serious handicaps.
A half-hour examination was given
each child in the presence of one or both
cf his parents. Dr. Noble showed her
ability to handle children by helping
them to overcome their shyness. Her
sympathetic attitude made possible a
very thorough examination. During the
entire half hour she conferred with the
parent as to the child's diet, and his
physical handicaps, and their correction.
The examinations, which were conducted in the Training School health
room, were planned for carefully beforehand. A Ust of the names of the
children of pre-school age was prepared
by Miss Jesse Scott Himes, Director of
Kindergarten and Primary Education,
Miss Gladys Erickson, Miss Sue Northey,
and, under their supervision, by student
teachers in the Kindergarten and P r i mary Department. In addition these
people visited several homes and presented appointment cards designating
the time at which either or both of the
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Miss Russell Speaks
Senior Class Play Will
Be Presented Tonight
At Girls' Meeting
At the Girls' Meeting held Tuesday,
February 16, 1932, Miss Lillian Russell,
of the Social Studies Department, spoke
on "The Teacher as a Social Being." This
is another of the series of speeches given
under the new constructive program
monthly at the Girls' Meetings. In Miss
Russell's talk, she told how the teacher
influences the pupils' actions. She pointed out how children imitate their teachers and how teachers need to set a high
standard of conduct for children.
In the talk it was explained that the
instructor is faced with many social
problems which she is expected to solve.
For this she receives no remuneration.
Miss Russell's comments were illustrated by many practical and interesting
examples.
Miss Carpenter of State
Department of Health
Speaks at Chapel
The annual senior dramatic offering,
featuring Henry Hubert Davis' threeact play, "The Mollusc," will be presented in the College Auditorium this evening at 8:15 o'clock.
During the past few weeks each one
of the four members of the cast selected by Miss Mabel Louise Arey has
labored to present different variations
of the "mollusc" theme. In this instance
the supposed characteristics of an invertebrate animal, the "mollusc," are attributed to one of the characters of this
comedy. The contributions that the other
characters make to the play are so inextricably woven about the "moUuscity"
of the main character that the play represents one unified whole. Madeline
Lesser, as Mrs. Baxter; Myron Biddle,
as Mr. Baxter, her devoted husband;
Frank Kitko, as Mrs. Baxter's brother,
and Fern Snyder, as Miss Roberts, the
pretty young governess, all under the
capable leadership of Miss Arey, promise to make this event in our social
calendar worth-while.
The admission to this play will be
twenty-five cents for general admission
On Friday, February 19, Miss Evelyn and fifty cents for reserved seats. Tickets
Carpenter of the State Department of may be secured in advance from various
Health, spoke at chapel concerning the members of the Senior class.
care of the eyes. She spoke to us as future teachers emphasizing what difflculties we would have in securing help for
pupils with poor eyesight and also how
we could help those with good vision to
On Tuesday evening, February 23, at retain it.
7:30 the movie reel, "From Clay to
A pupil with poor vision must be
The annual Sophomore Hop will be
Bronze" was shown in the College Au- shown a great deal of consideration. He held in the Gymnasium on March 5, unditorium. This picture was especiaUy should be given the best lighted seat in der the auspices of the Sophomore Class.
stimulating to those students interested the room and a special type of book. The price of the admission is one dollar
in modeling and sculpturing.
There are always ways of securing these per couple.
The first reel showed the young advantages for the pupil. Many outsiders
The decorations, whieh will be in St.
sculptor. Miss Katherine W. Lane, at are willing to devote their efforts to
work making the clay image of her pet remedying these defects in vision if the Patrick's Day motif, are being planned
greyhound. In the second reel, Miss teachers will ask them. If the teachers by a committee headed by Helen Myers.
Lane was shown making a plaster mold are unable to find any one who will pro- The color scheme will be green and
and then a plaster cast of the hound. In vide the money for proper books and white and many novelties will be feathe third reel the making of the bronze window shades, it is worthwhile to sacri- tured.
cast by the sand mold method was de- fice a portion of their own pay to ultiReceipts for the dance must be handed
mately benefit t h e less fortunate.
scribed.
into the Dean some time today.
Art Club Presents Film
"From Clay to Bronze"
5 Cents Per Copy
Sophomores Set Mar. 5
As Date for Annual Hop
Miss Belle Holaway, Dean of Women,
has returned from the sixteenth annual
meeting of the National Association of
Deans of Women, held at the Mayflower
Hotel, Washington, D. C , from February
17 to 20.
Miss Holaway, Dean of Women, represented Lock Haven and attended the
Teachers College Section.
The theme of the entire meeting was
"Squaring With the Changing Social and
Economic Order."
At the opening luncheon. Rabbi Samuel H. Goldenson, one of the most outstanding speakers, began his series of
addresses by expressing his opinion of
"What Is Justice?"
Rabbi Goldenson's idea of justice is
giving to another what is his due. The
only way to flnd it is to learn the antecedent factors that m a k e the result.
There a r e mainly three ingredients of
justice: A free and fresh intelUgence,
a sympathetic imagination, and a moral
will,
Mr. Goldenson, continuing his addresses at the farewell luncheon, spoke
on "Justice in the Economic Process,"
Justice enters at the point where man
goes into any enterprise. The moral law
comes into the economic process when
a human being gives his time and substance to production. Thus, social, economic, and moral salvation will come
only when society meets the demands
of the simple elementary virtues, such
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Miss Hatcher Attends
Baltimore Conference
Miss Ashton Hatcher, of the Education Department, attended a meeting of
the Progressive Education Association at
Baltimore, February 18 and 19. The discussion that took place included t h r e e
main topics, all emphasizing the idea of
progressive schools. The flrst was "The
Value and Place of the Pre-School; the
second was "Methods of Keeping Records in Progressive Schools," and the
third concerned, "Description and Evaluation of Units of Work."
The progressive idea of education is
spreading rapidly and has gone beyond
the private and experimental school
stage. Reports were heard from the
public schools of Bunxville, New York;
Raleigh, North Carolina, and from several in California.
Other interesting features were a t r i p
to the P a r k Sehool, a progressive school
in Baltimore, and an exhibition of t h e
material contributed by various schools
in the country.
Miss Hatcher also attended a conference of Teachers College Presidents and
Instructors at the Hotel Washington,
Washington, D. C , on Saturday. The
interesting topic of this meeting was a
report of a committee on follow-up work.
This committee pointed out that the coming feature of Teachers College w o r k
will be a deflnite program of follow-up
work with the students who have left
school.
COLLEGE
Schnarrs' Cages Honors Local Quintet Bows
In a Kaiser Victory
To California Five
On the small California Teachers College floor, the local quintet had to admit
the supremacy of the westerners in a
very fast and interesting game.
It
seemed that the California five couldn't
miss. They dropped in all kinds of shots
from u n d e r the basket and the middle
of the floor. Feldman was especially
clever with one handed shots. The
Kaiserites couldn't flnd the basket during the first half, which closed with the
locals on the short end of a 29 to 11
count.
The second half was much more evenly played than the first half and the
Maroon and Gray were more successful
in finding the basket. In the last quarter the Californians were held to one
point, but the Lock Haven aggregation
were closely guarded every minute of
play.
Feldman, the diminutive forward of
the California team, was high scorer
with sixteen points. Cooke closely followed with twelve points. The Kaiserites
displayed some accurate foul shooting
when they made eleven out of their
seventeen tries.
Lock Haven
G
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T
Cooke, Forward
4 4x4
12
Condo, Forward
1 1x3
3
Plummer, Forward
2 1x1
5
McLean, Forward
1 0x0
2
With West Chester the guest of the lo- Poust, Center
0 1x1
0
cals this week-end, the Maroon has a
1 0x2
2
splendid opportunity of proving its r e - Weber, Center
Buchanan, Center
0 0x0
0
covery a permanent matter.
Hammaker, Guard
0 3x3
3
Lock Haven T. C.
Bardo, Guard
1 1x3
3
G E T
10 11x17 31
Schnarrs, forward
5 1x2 11
Totals
Plummer, forward
0 0x0 0
California
Condo, forward
2 0x0 4
G
F
T
McLean, forward
0 0x0 0 Neil. Forward
4
1x2
9
Poust, center
1 3x4 5 Feldman. Forward
7 2x3
16
Cooke, guard
1 0x0 2 Campagna, Forward .... 0 0 x 0
0
Bardo, guard
0 1x2 1 Herk, Forward
1 0x0
2
Hammaker, guard
1 1x2 3 Sisson, Center
2 1x3
5
4 1x3
9
Totals
10 6x10 26 Cree, Guard
Zaretic, Guard
0 1x4
1
Indiana T. C.
Brown. Guard
0 0x0
0
G
F
T
Totals
18 6 X 15 42
Braden, forward
0 1x3 1
Anderson, forward
0 1x2 1 Referee—Mulligan (Indiana).
Grundy, forward
0 0x0 0
K. Davis, center
2 1x2 5
J. Davis, guard
0 2x4 2
Chapmor, guard
1 1x4 3
Leech, guard
0 0x0 0
Barthelbaugh, guard
0 0x0 0
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Gindrick, guard
0 0x0 0
as honest.v, decency, kindness, fairness,
Sheer, guard
0 0x0 0
goodness of heart, and sympathy.
Another very interesting speaker was
Totals
3 6x15 12 Miss Cornelia Sorabji, the President of
the Federation of University Women, of
Calcutta, India, and also the flrst
woman to be admitted to the English
bar. She spoke on "Squaring With the
Changing Order in India."
It was surprising to notice her attitude
Miss Holaway, Dean of Women, was toward Gandhi, who, she explained, was
privileged to visit Howard University the one non-co-operator at the 1931 confor Colored people while attending the ference. According to Miss Sorabji,
National Association of Deans of Wo- there is no majority demand for what
men Convention in Washington, D. C, he wants; he is merely striving for dicMembers of the student body very gra- tatorship in a peculiar way.
ciously accompanied the delegates to the
Miss Sorabji was very complimentary
convention around the campus, pointing to England concerning t h e present deout places of interest. They were per- velopment of education, sanitation, and
mitted to inspect the t h r e e large new modern industries in India. The Indian
dormitories, complete with all modern is handicapped by the curse of believing
improvements. The school has a total in evil rather t h a n in good, and must
enrollment of nearly t w o thousand stu- overcome this before India may take
dents, t h r e e hundred a n d flfty of whom her place in t h e world of affairs. She
live in t h e dormitories.
also explained t h a t the constitution of
After enjoying an entertainment by India would be t h e hardest ever written
t h e students, featuring their chorus, t h e since t h e second century superstitions
visiting delegates of Deans of Women are still flourishing with the modern
twentieth century advances.
w e r e served tea.
The stellar work of Schnarrs, coupled
with a brilliant defense that permitted
only three fleld goals, proved the downfall of Indiana Teachers College Five at
Indiana last Saturday, After a mid-season slump that cost them flve games, the
locals snapped out of their lethargy and
redeemed themselves at the expense of
I. S. T, C. by the tune of 26 to 12. The
entire team clicked to perfection.
Out-jumped at center by the lanky K.
Davis, who bumps his head on anything
under a six-feet five-inch clearance, the
Kaiser-coached quintet fell behind at
half time by three points. Led by Schnarrs,
who early in the game solved the problem of getting the ball on the tip-off,
they staged a last-half rally that netted
sixteen points. Hard and clean passing
kept adding points for the Maroon while
their air-tight defense continued to
function perfectl.v. Schnarrs had a big
night, running up eleven points, and his
fast, aggressive work was the outstanding feature of the game. Poust and Condo found the net for tallies in the second
half when the Maroon pulled the old
stalling "gag" and lured the Indiana five,
who played a zone defense, away from
their defense sectors. In addition to outscoring their opponents from the field,
the L. H. team proved more accurate on
the foul line scoring six out of ten, while
the Indiana cagers had to be content with
six out of flfteen tries.
Miss Holaway Attends
Convention of Deans
Deans Visit University
For Colored People
TIMES
Latest News
At a meeting of the Sophomore
class on Tuesday morning it was
deflnitely decided that Joe Vanucci's Orchestra will furnish t h e
music for the Sophomore Hop.
Students Appreciate
Work of Miss Stalcup
One of the busiest individuals about
the school is the nurse in the inflrmary.
Miss Stalcup confessed to a very bus.y
period this winter, since the uncertain
weather is causing much illness.
During the month of February thus
far, Miss Stalcup has had ninety-one
cases for treatment. Eleven of these
were admitted to the infirmary for a
short length of time. Treatments average over a hundred for each month.
Few admission cases are serious enough
to warrant a sta,y of more than two or
three days.
The infirmary provides in two rooms
accommodations for flve people. If the
admission cases at an.y one time r u n s
over that number, beds are brought in
and set up. Most of the cases at present
are due to colds or grippe. They vary
from light colds and nose bleed to appendicitis. Except in the case of .students who have a regular personal physician in town, Dr. Thomas is called for
all inflrmary cases. The work distributes itself rather well over the various
days. However, Miss Stalcup said that
lately she has had some very busy days
because ot the prevalence of colds. Extremely quiet da3's are unusual in the
inflrmary.
Besides her duty as nurse. Miss Stalcup is also household director, with supervision over the cleaning and the
doiTTiitories.
Cream Puffs to Contend
For Intra-Mural Title
Hoy's crippled Passing Five was
swamped by the fast playing of Friendly
Five, captained by Wepsic. It just
seemed that the Hoy Five couldn't get
near the basket, while Wepsic's aggregation rarely missed a shot.
Kachik's Midgets, starting out with a
rush, coasted to an easy victory during
the second half of t h e game. With a
score of 24 to 12 against them, the Majesties came back with plenty of flght
to make the game more interesting. The
Midgets came out on the long end of a
44 to 33 count.
Sekula's Derelicts continue their fine
work. They gave Cowfer's Lambs their
fourth straight loss. The final score was
38 to 21 for Sekula.
Though Schnarrs' Cream Puffs had a
tough time in winning from Torok's
Ramblers, they still seem to be the best
team in the American League. By winning from the Ramblers with a score of
39 to 26, the Cream Puffs have stretched
their winning streak to four straight.
National League
Roamers
Friendly Five
Marvels
Passing Five
Cremos
American League
Cream Puffs
Derelicts
Midgets
Ramblers
Majesties
Lambs
Won
4
2
2
1
0
Lost
0
1
2
3
3
Won
4
4
2
1
1
0
Lost
0
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Beginners' Basketball
Last Friday, at 4:20, the beginnners'
basketball games were again played. T h e
game between Newman and Walters r e sulted in the largest score, 12-2, in favor
of Newman, Maloney won from Manning, 8-2, while Crawford beat Brown,
9-6. Next week Newman and Crawford
"What does the average coUege stu- will play for first place. This week each
dent know about acting as an a r t ? " team has been reduced to six players
This question is asked by "The Col- and one substitute.
legian." student publication of the State
College al Fresno. California, and, in order to give their students an opportunity
to express themselves, they are offering
a five-dollar award for the best essay on
Miss Belle Holaway, Dean of Women,
whom the different students consider the
most brilliant performer in "Arrow- reports that one of the most interestsmith," a Samuel Goldwyn production ing incidents that occurred while she
adapted from Sinclair Lewis' prize-win- attended the meeting of the National Association of Deans of Women at Washning novel of the same title.
ington was a reception at the White
House given by Mrs, Herbert Hoover.
The Bloomsburg "Maroon and Gold"
The group of delegates to this convenlists the American best sellers for 1931,
as compiled by the Retailer Book-seller. tion, assembled in the Gold Room of the
White House. Later Mrs, Hoover r e The novels include:
ceived the deans in the Blue Room.
"Shadows on the Rock," Willa Gather,
"The Good Earth," Pearl Buck.
"The Bridge of Desire," Warwick Deeping,
"A White Bird Flying," Bess Streeter
Aldrich.
"The Road Back," Erich Maria ReHear Mr, Baxter's views and admarque,
vice upon marriage!
"The Ten Commandments," Warwick
See charming M i s s
Roberts
Deeping.
forced to reject Tom!
"Maid in Waiting," John Galsworthy,
"Grand Hotel," Vicki Baum.
Share Tom's laughter and enthu"American Beauty," Edna Ferber.
siasm!
"Years of Grace," Margaret A, Barnes.
Comfort Mrs. Baxter in her linThe flve best sellers in the general list
gering molluscry!
were:
Laughs! Love! Pathos! Drama!
"The Education of a Princess," Grand
Duchess Marie of Russia.
All in the Mollusc—See It!
"Washington Merry-Go-Round."
Hear it! Friday evening, 8:15;
"Larry—Thoughts of Youth,"
College auditorium; 25c-50c. Ad"The Epic of America," James T, Adams.
mission.
"Fatal Interview," Edna St, Vincent Millay.
Exchange Notes
Mrs. Hoover Greets Deans
The "Mollusc'
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For Leap Year
COLLEGE TIMES
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Haven State Teachers College, Lock Haven, Penna., by the Board of Editors of
the College Times.
Published weekly during school year.
Subscription rate, $1.00 per annum.
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Editor-in-Chief
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Managing Editor
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Make-up Editor
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Copy Editor
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Business Manager
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Sub-Editors
H. Leslie Sykes, Madeline Lesser, Alma
Crawford, Florence D a y e ,
Ann
Vujcich, Mary Sharpe, Jean Mateer,
Isadore Ziff, Isabelle Welch, Martha
Hammon,
Special Writers
J u l i e Silagyi, Jeanne Hopler,
Zeigler.
Martha
Reporters
Madeline Faulkner, Roberta Newman,
Audrey Finn, Elizabeth Kohler, Jenice
Sharpe, Dorcas Tressler, Ruth Doebler,
Mirabelle Eliason, Ethel Quigg, Pauline Graden, Pauline Hamilton, Isabelle
Milligan, Ann Yockey.
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of postage provided for in Section 1103,
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Entered as Second Class matter November 6, 1928, at the Post Offlce at Lock
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3, 1879.
FEBRUARY 26, 1932
The recent physical examination of all
children of pre-school age by Dr. Mary
Riggs Noble and Dr. Evelyn Carpenter
calls to mind t h e practical contacts with
children and parents that students enjoy
in the course of their student teaching.
In addition to the actual directing of
classroom activities, t h e sympathy a
teacher shares with parents and children
outside of the school is one of the most
worthwhile services a teacher can give.
This recent project, executed under the
auspices of the Training Department,
indicates this school's recognition of the
need for this service and represents a
definite effort of the administration to
provide an opportunity for student
teachers to participate in this service before they actually take their places in the
field of teaching.
At the entertainment given last Friday
night by the Welsh Imperial Singers the
students of this college reciprocated by
the attention they devoted to t h e prog r a m for the excellence of the solos,
duets, and choruses that these singers
offered. Generally, the worth any prog r a m is mirrored in the attention of the
audience that attends it and likewise the
attitude of the audience is refiected in
t h e program any artist offers. In this
case, however, t h e reflections cast by
both the audience and t h e artists upon
each other were satisfying to t h e most
discerning critic.
Mary Beaver and Mary Steiner were
the guests of Margaret Gardiner at her
home in Renovo, over the week-end.
Ruth Harpster spent the week-end
with her parents in Hollidaysburg. Her
small brother, Donnie, who had been
very badly injured, is improving very
fast.
Every one was glad to see Kay Gorman
when she stopped for a few minutes last
Thursday night,
Thelma Yingling was very much surprised by a visit from her parents, Mr.
and Mrs, D. G. Yingling from York, last
Sunday.
Mr, and Mrs. Pressler from Meyersdale visited their daughter, Dorcas, last
Sunday afternoon.
The cold weather seems to disagree
with many of our girls. Last week the
following were in the inflrmary: Virginia
Robinson, Marion Behmer, J e a n McClure, Janice Sharpe, and J e a n Mateer.
Barbara Rhoads attended t h e boxing
matches at State CoUege Saturday evening, February 20.
Mirabel Eliason was pleasantly surprised last week by receiving a visit
from a Pittsburgh friend.
Ruth Doebler, Gretchen Kuhns, and
Emelyn Brown attended a tea given by
Pauline Graden,
Eileen Perry visited her home in Renovo Sunday afternoon.
Ann Oven spent the week-end with
Mary Woika, '31, in Bellefonte where
Mary is teaching.
Peg Gardiner entertained Mary Steiner and Mary Beaver at her home in Renovo over the week-end,
Nora Holmes entertained Mildred Carbaugh in Salona for the week-end.
Jean Mateer went home with Helen
Gates to Lewistown and had an enjoyable week-end,
Edith Sharpe spent the week-end with
Peg Freeman in Derrick City.
The F r y e Twins went to their home
in Alexandria for their week-end.
Anna Yockey went home to N e w Alexandria to interview some school men.
Mary Evans spent the week-end with
Vivian Benson in Mt. Jewett,
Elva Powell spent the week-end in
Lewistown where she visited with her
aunt and uncle.
J a n e Mattern, Olive Hoover and Libby
Gorman all spent their week-end in
Clearfleld.
B. E. X.
The members of the B, E. X. Sorority
Did you ever stop to figure why we held a business meeting Thursday afhave an extra day (February 29th) ternoon. At this time plans were made
every four years?
for the spring social events.
The reason for the extra day in F e b ruary every four years is connected with
A. S. T.
some tinkering with the calendar by
The members of the Alpha Sigma Tau
several men back in ancient times. The
first one to tinker was Caius Julius Cae- Sorority held an informal business meetsar, a Roman emperor, in 46 B, C, He ing Friday afternoon. P r e p a r a t o r y plans
established a calendar on the basis of the for a program for the semester were
solar system consisting of three hundred made.
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sixty-five days and six hours. The six
hours w e r e saved and a whole day was
FRENCH CLUB
added every fourth year which was to
The French Club met Thursday afterbe known as leap year—when time noon in room 33. Julia Silagyi continued
leaped ahead.
the history of France through the CaroThis system was defective, for the solar lingian Period. Dr. Vickery discussed
system actually consisted of 365 days, the Manorial System of France.
five hours, and 49 minutes. Caesar's
At the next meeting Anne Vujcich and
calendar was gaining eleven minutes Edith Sharpe will continue this history
every year. Augustus Caesar, Julius' study through the Gallic Period and
successor, ordered that there be no leap Olive Elinor Livingston through t h e
year for twelve years to make up for Crusades.
the lost time.
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Next, t h e Pontiffs took an interest in
the m a t t e r and inserted a day every third
year instead of every fourth year. At
the end of the year 8 B, C, they had added
twelve such days instead of only nine.
During the sixteenth century it was
discovered that the year was ten days
off schedule, the spring equinox falling
upon March 11 instead of March 21. To
correct this error Pope Gregory XIII,
in 1582, ordered that the year should
consist of 365 days only, with the extra
day added every fourth year to make
a bissextile or leap year. To prevent
further irregularities a year that ended
a century should be bissextile only at
the end of each fourth century. In this
way t h r e e days a r e saved in four hundred years because a lapse of eleven minutes each year makes about three days
in the period of four centuries,
A year which ends a century is not a
leap year unless it is divisible by four
hundred instead of four. Sixteen hundred was the last leap year of this character; two thousand will be the next.
This system in use today, for calculating
time is known as the Gregorian calendar.
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH BOOKS
One thing that all Pennsylvanians
ought to be interested in is t h e literature
and folklore of the Pennsylvania Dutch,
for, if one is certain of anything, he is
certain that he is remotely Pennsylvania
Dutch. Because of their resistance to
the introduction of a foreign mores into
their little communities and because of
their love of retirement from other peoples they represent a wealth of interest
to the short story writer and the novelist. Not only have the Pennsylvania
Dutch expressed themselves through the
medium of a beautiful folklore, but
others have created charming tales of
the lives of these people.
Perhaps the most notable example of
a story written about these people is
"The House of the Black Ring," a mystery story written by Fred Lewis Pattee,
a former professor at Pennsylvania State
College. Again Elsie SIngmaster has
caught in her stories the spirit of those
who attempted to set up a monasterial
settlement near the southeast corner of
the state.
Junior High School News
Mr. Allen D, Petterson arranged for
the Junior High School to listen to the
radio program braodcasted Monday
morning from Washington, D. C , on the
occasion of the bi-centennial of Washington's birthday.
President Hoover presented a George
Washington address to the House of Representatives, formally opening this celebration.
After the address, Mr. Hoover gave a
signal from the Capitol steps for the
singing of America by a chorus of five
thousand voices, accompanied b y massed
bands led by Walter Damrosch, the noted
conductor.
TIMES
SHAKESPEARE CLUB
The Shakespeare Club held a meeting last Thursday evening. Book r e views were given b y Mildred Carbaugh
and Elinor Frye. Evelyn F r y e gave an
interesting reading. Plans were made
for a program to b e given at the next
meeting.
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American Academy of Political and Social Science. Annals
American .Boy
American Childhood
'American City
•American Economic Review
•American Historical Review
'American Journal of Psychology
•American Journal of Sociology
•American Magazine
American Physical Education Association. Research Quarterly
American School Board Journal
Arts and Decoration
Asia
•Association of American CoUeges. Bulletin
Athletic Journal
Atlantic Monthly
Aviation
•Biological Abstracts
•Bird Lore
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Boys' Life
•Bulletin of the Pan American Union
•California Quarterly of Secondary Education
•Chemical Abstracts
•Chemistry Leaflet
Child Life
•Child Study
•Child Welfare
Childhood Education
•Christian Century
•Classical Journal
Congressional Digest
•Creative Art
Creative Reading
Current History
Design
•Economic Geography
•Education
Educational Administration and Supervision
Educational Method
Educational Outlook
Educational Screen
Elementary English Review
Elementary School J o u r n a l
Emerson (Quarterly
English Journal (high school)
•English Journal (college education)
Etude
On Sunday evening, February 14, the
College Trio composed of Carolyn RaMr. T. K. Quigg, a graduate of the
ker, Frances Wenrick, and Ellen Louise
Rooke, sang in the Presbyterian Church, class of 1900, who is now living in John"I Shall Not Pass Again This Way" was sonburg, was a visitor on the campus
Friday and Saturday.
the selection given.
'Magazines have just been added.
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COLLEGE
Among the Plots
Their Father's God, by A. E. Rolvaag,
The recent death of Rolvaag has
brought to an end his epic-like novels
of our Northwest and its Norwegian settlers, "Giants in the Earth" recorded
the advent of Rolvaag's Scandinavian
immigrants into our Northwest, detailing the hardships and adjustments experienced by these pioneers, "Peder
Victorious" continued the chronological
panorama of social conflict and problems
encountered by parents and children
during t h e noticeable victory over the
prairie earth forces. In "Their Father's
God," which may be considered as the
end of the trilogy, we flnd a new form
of dramatic conflict arising. Whereas
the two earlier novels were concerned
with an earlier generation whose struggles, physical and spiritual, w,-ere removed from the present, "Their Father's
God" strikes a contemporary note in its
depiction of the failure of Peder Holm,
a modern second-generation Norwegian,
to groom himself spiritually and mentally into accord with the Irish-Catholic
girl whom he marries.
Throughout the novel we find the same
full-blooded, vigorous quaUty that is apparent in the other novels. The characterization is splendidly achieved, worked
from materials that are chiefly simple,
lucid prose, undistorted psychological
insight, and definitive weighing of
imagery.
TIMES
CAMPUS C H A T T E R
"Turn on the heat" seems to be a popular tune in the day room on the chilly
days.
Everyone enjoyed hearing the Welsh
Imperial Singers—especiaUy three girls
of the day room.
Rummy is a popular indoor sport on
third floor east.
Morning refrain in the dormitory"Get up and make your bed."
In history class—"What will you correlate this unit with?"
Answer—'Why, history of course!"
And some people believe they are
writing an autobiography ol Washington,
Campus talk and dining room conversation indicated that many students were
hit by the "rock" at chapel Wednesday
morning.
We understand they had a deep discussion in psychology class the other day
about culture. We wonder what it is
and where we're placed.
Snatched From t h e
Blotter
What a break for the boys to have Dr,
Elliott here—meaning no classes.
With 'Frankenstein' giving the country-side its dash of the macabre a n d incidentally roping in a horde of profits
Advice to Freshmen—"Take close no- for its producers, we can look forward
tice of your actions this year, so that next to seeing (if you like them that w a y )
year you will be able to understand your such delectable bits of ingenous gruesuccessors."
someness as 'Murders in the Rue
Morgue,' H. G, WeU's 'The Invisible Man'
Ask Bardo how ho is getting along and A, Christie's 'Blue Plague.' P e r h a p s
with his music.
the juvenile movie public, fed u p on
an over-supply of gangster epics, are
We have decided Fred Hoenstein must craving something bigger and bloodier.
We forgot, for the moment, that the
have received his Ph.D. in laughing.
juvenile public was excluded from
'Frankenstein,' Don't tell us we liked it!
And then the "frosh" forfeited her ten*
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nis racket and pictures—see Bee Burg
Passing By: (wherein we record some
for details.
fleeting impressions, much to your disMike Shishak at the dinner table: pleasure but as a fiUer-in for this col"Bob Saxton won't be here; he has a umn).
bump on his head."
A couple in the library arguing about
Ruth Ankeny: "What's the matter?" a Vienese psychologist whose name, oftrepeated, was 'Fraud'. . , .
Mike: "A thought struck him."
Evident enjoyment, musical charms
"Dad" Elliott's talk did some good. and a boon from Wales—The Welsh ImWhen no one is looking, the fellows in perial Singers. . . .
That indescribable, half-uneasy, halfthe day room only take one piece of
anticipatory feeling one experiences
candy out of the box instead of two.
when corrected test papers are about
to be returned. . , .
We understand that Harris has inaugTwo co-eds, warring between a desire
urated an entirely new system of bridge.
to give Mr. Wrigley's product its just
Principle: Bid on your partner's hand, accompaniment, or join in the chorus.
with no suit in your own. Then go up! The place, chapel; the time—oh, any
Main Point: See how many tricks chapel morning.
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your opponent can take.
Working in t h e Dorothy Parker tempo,
mood, meter, and mufti (and even
though Miss P a r k e r isn't quite t h e personage for mufti, it's a good Kiplingesque
word we've been wanting to use for
months), Margaret Fishback parades a
commendable talent in 'I Feel Better
Mr. Allen D. Patterson, Director of Now.' It's the sort of verse liked by even
Junior High School Education, was the those who turn up noses at poetry in the
chief speaker at a meeting conducted by classic tradition.
the Beech Creek Men's Brotherhood Association at the Beech Creek PresbySeeing what t h e type-setter or m a k e terian Church on Friday, February 9. up m e n did to our lines last week, we
In accordance with the nation-wide cele- were just wondering what would happen
bration of the bi-centennial of George if the word, months in the parenthesis
Washington's birth, Mr, Patterson spoke above, lost its third letter.
on the subject of "George Washington,
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the Man." At the conclusion of his speech
Ben
Ray
Redman,
who writes t h e "Old
Mr. Patterson sang two solos, accompanied at the piano by Mr, Weldon Wil- Wine In New Bottles" page for "Books,"
liams, of the English department of this has been writing some unusually able
reviews of late; Isabel Paterson, of the
college.
same periodical, seems to have one of
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the easiest jobs on record—until you try
to do half as well as she; Hugh Walpole
lists five writers of the past decade who,
according to him, are deserving of immortality: all of them a r e English, three
of them living. We give you t i m e to
Mr. John Young, formerly a resident compile your list. Next week we'll be
of Lock Haven but now residing in telling you.
Brooklyn, New York, sang at Vesper Service on Sunday evening, February 21.
Among the n e w newsstand space-occuMr, J. Young is in charge of the m u - piers w e noted such things (we aren't
sic in the Baptist Tabernacle of Brook- able to find a suitable terminology) as
lyn. He sang "God Will Wipe Away All "Brevities, America's First Tabloid
'Tears," and "The Pierced Prince,"
Weekly," "Bunk," and "Scram." Such
things (again w e apologize) seem to
thrive while t h e advent of a second "Harper's," or "Outlook," or "American Mercury," is awaited and never encountered.
Brevities relies on cuts of the extinct
college-humor type and rather poorly
George C. Bennage, '06, died Septem- camouflaged copy from other magazines.
ber 30, 1930. He was a veteran of the Bunk is just that; Scram doesn't deserve
World War, in which he served as a ser- a capital letter,
geant in the 305th Ambulance Corps.
We have come to the conclusion that
"Ducky" must be attending Miss Edgerton's gym classes. If you don't believe
it, just come to the games and see him
It is, perhaps, a trifle late to add a tumble.
word of praise for Edward Arlington
Robinson's poem, "Matthias at the Door,"
which measures up to the high standard
set by this poet's other works both in
poetic beauty of language and sensitive
comprehension of innate character traits.
Robinson's poetry seems consistently to
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be the product of a deep-probing intellect. Above all he succeeds in weaving parents of the child might confer with
a symbolical drama out of events, care- Dr. Noble.
fully selected, but never shot through
Dr. Carpenter, who accompanied Dr.
with the confused quality of vagueness Noble, is also associated with the State
apparent in so much modern poetry,
Health Department. Her duty is to rec"Matthias at the Door" is especially ognize, diagnose, and correct present difto be commended for its excellent ficulties, in vision of school children in
character portraiture. Natalie, Matthias' Pennsylvania, While she was at the
wife, is a true woman whose majestic Training School she examined the vision
carriage, human example of Garth, of all the children of pre-school age and
Timberlake, and Matthias are thorough- of those a few years older. Dr. Carpenly etched, full-drawn flgures in a dra- ter believes that most of t h e difficulties
matic poem that offers little of humor or in vision that we suffer are caused in the
strained light but keeps persistently to pre-school age. I n order to overcome
a level modulation of human parallelism. a serious handicap, it is necessary to
correct it before the child enters school.
A change which Dr. Carpenter sugDr. H. J. Cronin's novel, "Hatter's
Castle," has paved the way for his com- gested has been-adopted in the Training
ing to America. Within the next month School. All the seats have been arhe is expected to arrive in New York ranged in a diagonal position to the
to begin a series of lectures. Those who light, with the teacher's desk at the rear
have not yet read this unusual work will of the room in the line with the pupils'
probably do so eventually. It seems seats. The former arrangement with
worthy of an enduring popularity, hav- seats parallel to the windows caused a
ing proved that at a time when novels great eye strain, involving a constant
whose pages usually number around adjustment of the eye muscles to light
and dark.
t h r e e hundred.
Besides examining the children to discover and to correct defects of vision.
Dr. Carpenter lectured in the college
auditorium on Friday morning and demonstrated to groups of student teachers
at various other times the eye adjustments in the pupils that they as teachers
Wednesday evening, February 24, 1932, would be responsible for.
t h e Senior m e m b e r s of the Y. W. C. A.
To Dr. Coppens' Psychology Class and
p r e s e n t e d a p r o g r a m upon the Life of Miss Himes' Kindergarten and P r i m a r y
G e o r g e Washington. His life was divid- Theory class. Miss Carpenter demoned into four phases: as a boy, as a sol- strated the foot candle meter, a mechandier, as a citizen, and as a president. ical device used to test the amount of
Orie Lovell, who attended school last
These respective phases were discussed light each child receives at his particu- year, is teaching at Mundy's Corner.
b y H i l d a Payne, Mary J a n e Nicholas, lar desk. The students of these classes
P e g Dorries, a n d Margaret MiUer. Don were impressed with the need of such
Marjorie Strayer, '31, is teaching at the
F r a n c i s c o p l a y e d Beethoven's Minuet in a check on visual actuity when Miss Car- Banger School, Fallen Timber.
G on t h e violin. J u l i e Cornely read an penter pointed out that seventy-five per
i n t e r e s t i n g p o e m about George Wash- cent of the blindness in Pennsylvania
Lillian Rhodes, '30, who is now teachcould have been avoided had proper p r e - ing at Woolrich, spent the week-end here
ington.
cautions been taken.
T h e m e e t i n g w a s led by P e g D o m e s with friends.
Mr. Patterson Addresses
Dr. Noble Examines
Pre-School Children Brotherhood Association
Mr. John Young Sings
In Vesper Service
Senior Members of
Y. W. Give Program
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Lest there b e some who decry our
taste, let us say that ever since its publication of Erskine Cauldwell's early short
stories, the American Mercury has been
favored by yours truly, Mencken isn't
really as obtrusive as of yore; George
Jean Nathan sometimes writes about the
things he reads and sees instead of what
h e imagines.
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