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Our State First in ConservationDr. Garwood Gives Pointers
to Seniors on Persona l Interviews Deer Are Becoming a Curse in Pa.
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Coach T. W. Booth
Dr. Thomas £. Winecoff Reports
in Assembly on the Work of the
Game Commissioners at Friday
pOACH BOOTH is responsible for
v> five championship basketball
Morn ing Assembly.
Dean Koch 's Contacts Class Get
Real Pointers on Interviewing
For Position ; Interviews Seemed Real to Students.
John Dewey 's "Leai-ning-by-doing"
theory is being put into practice in
Dean Koch's Contacts class. In the
last unit, which concerned the technique of apply ing for a position , the
students were given opportunity to
witness, and take part in, personal in^
terviews with a real superin tendent.
Dr. C. H. Garwood , Superintendent
of the Bloomsburg Schools, gave his
time and services for three successive
class periods to helping to prepare
the prospective teachers for a most
important step in their future career.
The first two class periods were
taken up by personal interviews. The
front of the classroom was converted into an "office " and with Dr. Garwood seated at the desk it had the atmosphere of a real office. The students sat in the back of the room
"listening in " and "looking in " on
what was going on in the office. Eight
studen ts, four boys and • four girls,
were chosen to interview the superintendent. Each of the students, as
his turn came, en t ered the "office "
and presen ted himself as an applicant. In the interview which followed the students were given the opportunity to learn what to do when going before a superin tendent to apply
for a position.
The interviews seemed very real to
the students. Di\ Garwood has had
many years experie nce in intei-viewing teachers, the results of which
were shown by the tact with which
he questioned the applicants. The
person being interviewed was immediately put at ease and given a fair
chance to "sell himself."
During the third period the students were free to ask Dr. Garwood
any questions that avoso from the interviews. In answer to a question
concerning references ho said that
you yourself are your best recommendation. You must come prepared to offer yourself in order to save
the superintendent time and effort in
trying to discover your qualifications.
Your personality is a largo factor.
Testimonials do not mean much ; it is
the personal interviow which counts.
In answer to a question concerning
salaries he said that the applicant
must take the initiative in suggesting
the salary. It depends upon the preparation and service which can be
rendered. The applicant knows indi-
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teams during his career as athletic
coach. Two of the teams were produced at Bloomsburg. In 1928, the
team under his guidance earned the
right to the mythical title, "Pennsylvania State Teachers College Champions."
This year, he put out what he
maintains wag the fastest basketball
team he .has ever coached. His statement , with those of various players,
will be found on page three of this
issue.
HANSEL AND GRETEL PLEASES
On Wednesday, March 11, the
children of the intermedia te grades
of the Benj amin Franklin Training
School entertained the College assembly at chapel with a presentation of
the operetta , HANSEL AND GRETEL. The simplifica tion of the production from Humperdinck 's opera gave
the children an oppor tunity to display their individuality and ability.
Under Mr. Keller 's supervision the
children worked ou t their own stage
settings and costumes. A most unique Cookie House was designed by
June Neiswender , and w orked ou t by
Howard Fenste maker , Anna Muirheave and Robert Sonber.
During the scene in the woods,
sand men cleverly put the children to
sleep and angels (from the fourth
grade) gave a beautiful pantomime
with blue stage lights. There was
also a witch' s chorus , and a chorus of
the witch's children. Tho remaining
students were grouped off the stage
in a singing orchestra.
The roll of Gretel -was taken by
Sarah Hemingway ; Hansel by Billy
Hagenbuch ; Father by Leo Connor ;
and Mother by Marjo iy Dillon. Tho
Head Witch was Martha Force.
The training teachers and tho student teachers of tho grades had an
active part in tho success of the operetta. Miss Edna Hassen directed the
play with Miss Elizabeth Van Buskirk
as stage manager. Miss McCammon
directed the dancing and Miss Moore,
the singing, Mr, Hartman was the
accompanist.
We can well be proud of tho pupils
of tho Training School, and commend
them upon their splendid performance.
CALENDAR
MARCH 20—27
Friday, March 20:
Evening. High School Basketball
Tournament. Semi Finals. First
game, 8 :00; second game, 9:00,
Saturday , March 21:
Evening. High School Basketball
Tournamen t. Finals. First game,
8:00; second game, 9:00.
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Monday, March 23:
Chapel. Meeting of the Community Government Association.
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Wednesday, March 25:
Chapel. Program in charge of
Miss Kulp.
Evening. Y. W. C. A. and Y. M.
C. A. meetings, 6 :40.
Thursday, March 26:
Evening. Maroon and Gold Dance
in gym, 6 :30-7 :30.
Friday, March 27:
Chapel. Program to be announced
later.
Evening. "Old Nobody, " Charles
Rann Kennedy, 8:00.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
The Men 's Glee Club takes this opportunity to announce its "Minstrel"
to be held on April 10th.
The Club, consisting of 28 voices,
has been diligently practicing for the
past month at the rate of four rehearsals per week. And believe mo
they 're hitting on all four. '
Some of the feature attractions
are : Chorus numbers—up-to-date,
snappy, modorn numbers. The broadcasting Campus Crooners. Solo and
group clogging. The Maroon and
Gold Orchestra.
In what proved to be a very interesting and instructive assembly address Friday, March 13, Dr. Thomas
E. Winecoff , of the Bureau of Research and Informa tion , Board of
Game Commissioners of this State,
told the College of the mammoth
strides taken by hig department for
the conserva t ion and rest ora t ion of
wild life in Pennsylvania.
Dr. Winecoff defined the province
of the Pennsylvania Game Commis-J,
sion and by way of reviewing the
past success of the department made
a brief summary of existing conditions. He stated that in 1930 alone
Penn sylvania killed more bear in its
brief hun ting season than there are
in the state of Wyoming including
the Yellowstone Park, and Wyoming
boasts of more bears than any other
Western state. Tourists who frequen t the national game reserves of
the W est are loth t o believe th at
Pennsylvania leads the world in
abundance of wild life. Forty years
ago people stared incredulously at
hunters who dared affirm that they
had shot two rabbits in one day in
this State. Now the hunters are
ashamed to admit such pitiful luck.
Because of the vigilance of the
Game Commission in this State, w ild
deer are now so numerous that we
are perplexed with a problem arising
fr om the damage done by the deer in
destroying farm crops. Something
must be done , avers Dr. Winecoff.
The deer are increasing every year,
although 30 ,000 were killed last season. Never before has a project of
this kind brought such startling results.
The Pennsylvania Game Board , by
reason of its efficiency and results,
has achieved international fame.
Practically every country in the
world has applied to our Game Board
for advice concerning the propagation and preservation of wild life.
Such countries as Russia , France,
Belgium, Alaska, and Siberia have
benefited immeasurably from our
State in this respect.
By way of making its findings
available for popular use, the Game
Commission issues bulletins on current conservation problems.
Dr.
Winecoff warned the students that in
the near future they would be required by state law to teach such
facts as are now printed in the
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MARCH 20, 1931
Published weekly during the school year
of 1930 and 3931 by the students of the
Bloomsburg State Teachers College
EXECUTIV E BOARD
Ivor L. Robbins
Paul J. Baker
Oliver Krapf
Editor-in-Chief
Managing Editor
Business Manager
EDITORIAL. STAFF
Lois DeMott
Social
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Fred Jaffin
Sports
Beatrice Bowman
Girl's Sports
Lo r na Gillo w
Literary
Winifred Robbins
Exchange
Helen Keller
Alumni
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Circulation
REPOR TERS
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Willia m James
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Grace Callender
Michael
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FACULTY
Mr. Wilson
Miss Turner
Charlotte Osbornc
Frank Gcroski
Morrif ) Dellaven
Joseph McFariden
Thalia L. Bai ba
Sopchak
TYPISTS
Fr an k G r eco
Mae Evans
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Mis.s Gray
Mr. Fisher
News From You, About You, For You
THIS FLOORED HIM
The Superin tendent of Grounds
and Buildings is confronted with
many situations and questions that
require him to reach out to the limit
for proper answers.
A few days ago an excited resident
of t hird floor , W aller Hall , rushed
fran tically into Mr. Engelhart's office and af to rercovcring sufficient
bre at h t o be able t o t alk , t old him
that there was a leak in the room
abo v e and t ha t wa t er was "pouring "
through the ceiling into her room.
Within a few minutes a workman
armed with enough tools to tear
down the building had arrived at the
?scene of the flood.
Upon his arrival at the fourth floor
room in which the alleged cloudburst
ha d occurred , ho was calmly met at
the door by occupant of said room.
He told the maiden that he had come
to repair a leak and walking towards
the radiator , discove r ed a nice li tt le
squirt of water coming from the radiator and descending through a small
pipe opening in the floor.
The thoughtful young lady calmly
told the repairman that she desired
running water in her room for at that
particular place there was a mouse
under the floor and she had discovered that so long as that hot water
dropped into that hole on its head ,
the mouse was unable to gain admission to her room. Smelling salts
promptly revived tho workman.
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Did you know that John Bakeless,
an alumnus of B. S. T. C, wrot e the
A high school class in Commercial sketch of Andre Maurois' life which
Geography has been subj ected to ex- is found on our library shelves? Ancessive drill upon textbook material dre Maurois wrote "Disraeli. "
until originality and initiative are all
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but extinct. As a class the pupils are
The following alumni attended the
helpless when confron ted by a prob- meeting of Kappa Delta Pi Saturday,
lem outside the class textbook. How- March 7: "Peg " Swartz , Francis Mcever when tested on textbook mar Hugh , Anna Irwin and Myra Sharpterial their showing is vei'y commend- less.
able. They are unable to distinguish
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relevan t from irrelevant reference
The following alumni were seen at
material , and they assume no respon- the basketb all game with Millersville,
sibility toward planning their work. March 7: Mary Walsh , "Peg" Swartz,
The teacher has the work planned Myra Sharpless, "Shor ty " Edmunds,
for each class session in such a man- William Partridge , "Ar t" Jenkins,
ner that the text will be completely Haven Fortner, .George Sack and
covered by the end of the year. The Roy Troy.
maj ority of the pupils are placidly
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content to follow the teacher 's direcThe following attended the tournations. What advice would you give ment games last Saturday evening:
the instructor of this class in order to
Dot Foote '30, Betty White f Merremedy matters, if matters should be iam Lawson '30, "Lil" Eeese '30,
remedied?
Elizabe t h Ward , George Sack.
"Art " Jenkins, an alumnus of B.
S. T. C, was the coach of the NewSolution to Case No. 1
por t t eam , which played in the tournaDear "Bake ":—
ment Saturday.
In answer to your problem of
"Al" Kalweit, '30, a t eacher at
giggling among the pupils when one Millville, visited friends here Saturof the arithmetic class makes a mis- day.
take , I submit the following five solu"Jack" Taylor, '30, spent Saturday
tions. The method used to adj ust the on campus.
difficulty might involve one or all of
Frank J. Dennis, '11, visit ed
the solutions I am suggesting. 1. Try friends on the campus Saturday
to remove opportunity for giggling af ternoon.
by making- class activities more in"Jack" Reese, '29 , of the Johnsonteresting. 2. Keep pupils busy. 3. Gree n school at W est Na n t icoke , visMake a careful study of the disorder- ited the college last week-end.
ly pupils to locate underlying causes
"Bill" Partridge spent last weekfor the trifling attitude. 4. Have end at Bloomsburg as guest of his
confiden tial talks with off ending pu- brother , John .
pils. 5. Teach cour tesy directly, by
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Sincerely,
OBSERVER
Oliver Krapf .
Spring is here, Spring has gone,
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Spring is here, Spring has gone but
Spring will come again.
DR. GARWOOD GIVES
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POINTERS TO SENIORS
Ou r Bloomsburg Players certainly
are good. While a group of them was
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presenting a play in the town last
vidiially how much purposeful prepa- week a littl e boy asked his mother,
ration ho ha>s made and the amount "Are they real, or are they in a movof salary should depend upon this, ie?"
During his an swers to many ques* >!' *
tions Dv. Ganvood stressed the folWe have been wondering why the
lowing outstanding factors leading to light on Carver Hall Tower has not
success in obtaining a position :
yet been lighted.
1. Confidence in youi'self based upon thorough preparation .
The artists of North Hall have
2. Freedom of mind—Power in re- been
at work again. If you doubt
po se.
the
Observer
, just ask Fred Jaffln ,
.'1. Community interest — Contact
Ira
Stoughton,
or Russel Miller.
with peopl e.
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4. Extra currieular activities.
This week brings to a close the first
5. Voice.
half of the present semester. If you
G. General information ,
The complaint from educational haven 't already done so it is about
administrators that beginning teach- time to put those now year resoluers who show evidence of making tions into effect.
good in the classroom are turned
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away because they do not know how
Some people would like to know
to apply for a position has aroused what those girls are who ran around
interest in preparing prospoctivo here with dazed looks on their faces,
teachers for personal interviews with and quoer shaped box-liko obj ects
superintendents .
under their arms.
PROBLEM NO. 2
MEMBER PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL
PRESS AS SOCIATION
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S. L. Householder , secretary of the
St at e Placemen t Bureau of K ansas,
gave several pointers on placement,
when in terviewed by students of Kan sas State Teachers College.
The first step is to secure from the
placemen t bureau a series of blanks
which are filled ou t by the prospective teacher. Those people who are
given as references are then sent
blanks by this bureau , and are asked
to rate the applicant as to scholarship, personal appearance, health ,
social quali ties, attitude toward work ,
and probable ^teaching success. The
references and slips are filed with the
pho tograph of the individual in the
office of the Bureau.
Poin ts which Mr. Householder
stressed during the interview were :
1. Photographs are important and
they should be the best likeness
possible and on good paper.
2. Superin tendents prefer personal
interviews.
3. Taking character and education
for granted, it is an individual's
duty to sell himself to the superintendent.
4. It is essential that the applicant
be at least an average student.
5. Willingness and ability to handle
extra curricular activities are essential.
6. Being a success as a teacher rests
with the individual.
Many eminent persons were speakers at Ypsilanti's meeting of Kappa
Delta Pi. The annual address was
delivered by Dr. William Lyon
Phelps of Yale University. Dr. Bagley, who had a part in organizing the
first chapter of the fraternity, was
present. It was announced that Dorothy Canfield Fisher, novelist, was received into the Laureate Chapter.
The dinner was given under the directi on of Miss Florence Stratemeyer , national vice-president, who is
now on the faculty of Columbia University. Members of the Laureate
Chapter who were there were Dr.
William H. Kilpatrick, Dr. Frank Ballou, and Dr. Charles Judd.
This week's VIDETTE (paper of
Illinois Normal University) contains
an interesting editorial under the
heading- "WHAT'S WRONG WITH,
"I DIED? " One of the pitfalls of
academicians is to accept and expound impractical ideas. The classroom is so far from actual expei'ience
that it is difficult to distinguish between the possible and impossible.
We wish to present an analogy which
may help to clarify the difficulty. In
conjugating the verb to die in the
past tense it is grammatically correct
to say, I died. However, in actual
life there would be no occasion for
such a use of the verb. So, in life
what is perfect logically many times
upon experimentation fails. Let us
attempt to cultivate that subtle
j udgment which enables one to distinguish sound thinking from impractical vagaries. A person has gained
his education when he realizes that
grammar and logic do not rule the
world.
FOUR SCHOOLS ENTER
SEMI-FINAL GAMES
Coal Township, Luzernc, Freeland,
and Bloomsbi'.rg End Tournament This Week.
COAL TOWNSHIP TOPPLES
NEWPORT TOWNSHIP, 33-27
In the first game of the tenth annual interschoiastic high school
tournamen t at Bloomsburg, Coal
Township High School defeated Newpor t after a valiant struggle to overcome Newport 's lead. Newport led
at the end of the first quarter 15 to
3 and continued to maintain this lead
at half time , the score being 18-10.
Coal Township began its scoring
machine in the second half and
caught up to Newport in the last
quarter. With but three minutes to
play McClain of Coal Township cinched the game by scoring two long
shots. The final score was 33 to. 27 ,
Griddon and Ruckel were the stars
for Newport as were Shovrinski and
McClain for Coal Township.
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LUZERNE 48—DICKSON CITY 30
Dickson City and Luzerne furnished the fan s with plenty of thrills alt houg h they played a slower game
than Newport and Coal Township.
Lu zern e took the lead in the first
quar ter and held it throughout the
game. The half-time score was 2114 in favor of Luzerne.
Both teams battled on even terms
in the third period but Luzerne ran
away with the game in the last quarter. Hughes starred for Luzerne
with 18 points while Zenty and Kudj eski upheld Dickson City 's honor.
Luzerne showed some fine passwork
in the last quarter and won the game
by the score of 48 to 30.
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FREELAND 50—HANOVER 36
On Saturday evening, Freeland
and Hanover Township exhibited to
the spectators some wonderful basketball playing. Hanover snatched"
the lead in the first period and looked to be an easy winner. Balasia,
Hanover guard , scored three field
goals and when the period was over
Hanover led 1G-7.
Freeland began making things look
brighter in the second period by scoring the same number of points as
Hanover. The half time score was 25
to 17 in Hanover 's favor.
Freoland staged a great comeback
and scored from all angles of the
floor in the second half. Hanover
still led in the third period 30-29 but
it was impossible to stop Yuhas and
Johnson , Freeland forwards, who
played superbly. Yuhas shot a long
shot and gave Froeland the lead 3180. From this time on Freeland wont
wild and bowled over Hanover with
ease in the last quarter. The final
score was 50-36.
Yuhas, fighting forward , and his
toammato Johnson , led the attack for
Freeland. Balasla and Lovendowsky
starred for Hanover.
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REVIEWS
"HEAD HUNTERS OF THE
AMAZON "
a mark. The effects from loss of
blood , however, last for several days.
The blood ever clings around the
actual wound itself. The blood-sucking vampire, contrary to its practice
in the case of men, att acks animals
while they are awake. I have seen
them on t he backs of bo t h horses and
cows at night, t o the grea t dis t ress of
the poor beasts. The bats seem to
know that the superior intelligence
of a man is a source of danger. The
vampire bat is for me the most repulsive of the innumerable pests of
the Amazon country, a thing which
has sent a shudder down my back
many a time. "
You won 't find this book listed in
the fiction department of the Library. It will be found in the section
set aside for books telling true stories of real adventure. If you want
to enj oy yourself to the utmost, get
this book today , and live wi th the
author in that great Amazon j ungle—that land of white alligators,
ants , blowguns, monkeys, gold, and
head hun ters!
By F. W. Up De Graff
It is no t given to many of us to
wander through the waste places of
the earth , and too often the explorer
leaves no written record of his experiences. Mr. Up De Graff led an adventurous life in the region drained
by the extreme head waters of the
Amazon , and he was a keen observer
of all that passed on around him. In
his book , "Head Hunters of the
Amazon " he gives a vivid picture of
his life in the j ungles of South America. He says he is not a trained naturalist and the deductions he draws
from some of his observations may be
questioned by men whose life work
is natural history, but this does no t
distract from the value of this book.
It is a true account of historic adventure. Mr. Up De Graff 's description of some of the animals and insects encountered in his travels is
very in teresting. In discussing the
vampire bat, which at t acked him no
less than twenty-five times, he s t ates ,
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"BLOWING CLEAR"
bat , except that it is somewhat larger. It lives on blood sucked from
By Joseph C. Lincoln
live animals and men. The bloodsucking vampire is equipped with two
Joseph C. Lincoln has given us anpairs of very sharp eye-teeth. The other sea story , this t ime no t so much
wounds which it makes are perfectly ! of the sea itself as of the people who
cylindrical, about an inch deep, made live by the sea. In "Blowing Clear "
in the form of a cone, as if counter- we find John Heat h, an unhappy fishsunk for a screwhead. Those per- erman , living in an old shanty with
fectly circular wounds are probably "Lo " Weeks. Heath has no cares in
made by the incisor teeth, which have life till he brings Raymond Condon
sharp cutting edges. Furthermore , (supposedly his nephew) to live with
the vampire bats are never known to him. If you like to read a story
wake the sleeper whom they attack, wherein men 's lives are changed ,
nor do they ever attack a man who read "Blowing Clear. " You will be
feigns sleep. The wound appears to very much interested in Ralph Conbe asep t ic , and if care is t ake n it don 's life and how he changed his
heals almost at once without leaving Uncle 's attitude toward life.
will undoub tedly provide the fans
BLOOMSBURG DOW NS
SWOYERSVILL E, 26-24 with abundant thrills. On Saturday
The climax of the first round of the
toui'nament was the BloomsburgSwoyerville fray . Fighting hard
throughout the game both teams played on even terms in the first half.
Bloomsburg held a one-point lead at
t he h alf , 16 to 15. However, Swoyersville held on to Bloomsburg like
a bulldog and tied the score at 16-16
in the early part of the third period.
Largely due to the wonderful shooting work of Hazinski and Nesbitt,
Swoyorsville took the lead at the end
of the third quarter , 21 to 20. Watts,
sterling Bloomsburg guard , dropped
in two side shots, to give Bloomsburg
the lead again. With but two minutes
to play Swoyersville tied the score at
24 all; however, Edwards scored a
timely basket to give Bloomsburg II.
S. victory as the crowd went wild,
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This evening at 8:00 o'clock Lussorne plays Coal Township in the first
game of the semi-finals , and Bloomsburg plays Freeland at 9:00 o 'clock.
The teams are evenly matched and
the two winners of the Friday evening games will struggle for the championship at 9:00 o 'clock and the two
losers w il ba tt le fo r thi r d an d four th
places at 8:00 o 'clock.
The tournament is sponsored by
the Boy 's "B" Club and has proven a
success thus far due to the efficient
management of the letterman.
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SENIOR COURT TITLE
LAIMEDC BY RUTH SONNER
In her usual blaze of glory, Ruth
Sonner led her teammates to victory
on the local court. In a game marked by close guarding, clever passing,
and brillian t shooting, Team 12 annexed the final victory by a score of
12-8. Team 3, the opposing force,
gave them no little struggle for the
victory, although the members of 12
took it calmly and never seemed to
doub t their own efficiency.
Teams 7 and 2 who played a full
six-game schedule and were tie f or
second place also showed fine work
during the year and deserve much
credit. The second place would
have been con t es t ed had Team 3
played a full six-game schedule, but
since this was not the case second
place naturally fell to 7 and 2.
The members of these three teams
(12 , 7 and 2) will be the Senior Basketball representatives in the 1931
"Obiter. "
Team 12
Team 3
Sonner
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Ellis
C.
Gorham
Jones
S. C.
Gilbert
Kelley
G.
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SING YOUR FAVORIT E SONGS
Each Sunday af ternoon an 1:00
o 'clock an increasingly interested
group enter the auditorium to sing
the songs they want to sing. Anyone in the group is free to announce
the next song. One thing a college
studen t desires more than anything
else is freedom. Many of the large
universities are beginning to realize
t hat the s t uden t has suc h a crowded
program that he needs a mental relaxation periodically.
The s t uden t s and frie n ds of the
College are always welcome to the
Sunday af ternoon "Sing " in the auditorium.
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PHI SIGMA PI HOLD S
EDUCATIONAL MEETIN G
On Wednesday evening, M arch 11,
the members of the Phi Sigma Pi
held an educational meeting. Mr.
Keller gave a talk on creative art
which was illustrated with slides. He
showed how the imagination of the
child could be expressed in art. Mr.
Keller referred to his own contacts
with children in the course of his
teaching. He said that somo of the
childre n 's creative art is not excelled , even by many prominent artists
of today. Every artist should have
a reason for creating each symbol
that goes on the canvas.
After the very interesting talk the
Iota Chapter welcomed Mr. Keller
into the fraternity as a faculty member.
A committee headed by Keith With eridge has distributed to all the men
in North Hall books for systematic
devotions during the Lenten Season.
Last Wednesday evening Glen
Oman directed the devotional service
at the regular meeting of the "Y. "
Prof. Shortess gave a report on the
annual convention of the Y. M. C. A.
at Harrisburg, held lor the presidents
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and faculty members of the colleges
in this State.
Hensley— "It takes brains to got
The "Y" was well pleased with the any where today. "
support the College gave to its secFreeman— "Yep, that's why so
ond annual production of the Vod- many pooplo use other mean s of
Vil.
transportation. "
$1000 AWARD FOR
EDUCAT IONAL RESEARCH
§
S
Looking Back Over a Successfu l Year
Kappa Delta Pi, Honor Society in
Education , has recently announced S
"In my estimation the major
its Research Study Series with a bi- © reason for the success of the. basennial award of $1000 for the study h ket ball team this year, and unadj udged most meritorious in a given x doubtedly it was successful, was
field. The award for 1931-1932 will a the total lack of dissension among
be given for the best report of re- § the players throughout the season.
search dealing with the problem : y The men worked together through
"The Measurement of Efficiency in q all games without any 'quibbling '
Teaching."
5 or 'moaning.' This was proved on
The following conditions govern a the trip back to Bloom from the
the participants and those making the 6 only college defeated us this year,
award :
8 East Stroudsburg. The team had
1. The research may be experimen- Qj been beaten it is true, but if you
tal, philosophical, or statistical in x could have heard the fellows in
character. The pertinency of the » the bus coming back , you would
method to the phase of the prob- Ss have sworn they had won. They
lem studied will be considered in h sang, joked , laughted and offered
judging the reports.
ft no alibis for the defeat. They pick2. The basic criteria in j udging the K ed out no one or two men to blame
worth of a report will be its con- » the loss upon , as is often the case
tribution toward the solution of » after a loss, but rather gave out
the problem, validity of techni- Q the good advice, 'Forget it and go
que employed , and the organiza- k get the next one.' That's pulling
tion and literary merits of the g together and our record for the
report.
« year shows the result.
3. After the reports have been judg- g
"On most of our trips we were
ed by the Executive Council of Q treated royally, but I think our
reports ad- |trip to the Western schools deKappa Delta Pi, the |
judged the best will be submitted tf serve extra consideration in the
to a committee of members of h way of praise for kindnesses exthe Laureate Chapter. Some of 5 tended to us. The treatment we
the members of this Laureate a received at Indiana and California
Chapter are : John Dewey, E. L. A while we were guests there was exThorndike, Sir John Adams, Paul w ceeclingly hospitable. Even in deMonroe, and W. C. Bagley.
ft feat, neither of the schools forgot
4. The report which receives the k that we were their guests, and I
award will become the property w might say we were treated better
of the society.
s after we had beaten their team
5. The society reserves the right to H than we were before the game, if
rej ect all reports if , in its j udge- 6 that is possible. "
ment, none is sufficiently worthy S
"Captain " Gordon Wanbaugh .
of an award , and to divide the 8
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award between two contestants
"The trips were all very enjoyin the event that two reports «
5 able , especially those to Indiana
have apparently equal merits.
G. The competition is open to any- 6 and California. We received great
one, anywhere, but all reports k treatment at Indiana and were
submitted must be in the English Q tfiven milk and sandwiches after
o the game. Another thing there
language.
7. Manuscripts submitted for the 8 was the friendliness of the players.
1931-1932 award should be in the b The most important factor in the
hands of the Recorder Treasurer k success of the team was the coopof the Society on or before Sep- 8 ovation , the fact that there was no
tember 1, 1032. Announcement Q disagreement among the players. "
Alex Shepela.
of the award will be made at the 8
annual dinner of the Society
February, 1933.
"I think this is one of the best
Further information may be ob- $
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basketball
seasons we have had
tained from E. I. F. Williams , ReWo had one of
College.
corder-Treasurer , of Executive Coun- n here at
cil of Kappa Delta Pi , Heidelberg ^&S«SOQSOS«050&9 0^
College, Tiffin , Ohio.
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Y. W. C. A. NOTES
"OLD NOBODY"
Tho annual election of the Y. W.
C. A. officers was held on Wednesday.
The new officers are : President, Mildred Dimmich ; Vice-President, Madeline Carle; Secretary, Kathryn Bonncr ; Corresponding Secretary, Mar y
Bray ; and Treasurer , Alice Rowott.
The following" committee- chairmen
were appointed : Social , Edith Peterson ; Social Service, Florence Isaacs ;
Missionary, Mary Schuylor ; Bible ,
Emily Landis ; Music , Vonito Pizer;
and Decorations, Betty Jones.
On Wednesday evening, March 25,
the installation of officors will toka
place. Mr. Albert will bo tho speaker.
On Friday, March 27 , Charles
Rann Kennedy will present "Old Nobody " in tho College auditorium.
"Old Nobody " is a detective play,
wherein the audience shares in the
discovery of crime and criminal. It
is u comedy of thrills and mystery,
involving the delinquencies of two
K.v pny women.
Charles Rann Kennedy, dramatist,
actor and producer , plays the role of
"Old Nobody. "
One of the throe players is Edith
Wynne Mattoson , (Mrs. Chai'los
Rann Kennedy). Her voice and dictation are the models of perfect English music. Her work is characteriz-
&
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Y. M. C. A. HOLDS
SUCCESSFUL SHOW
In one of the most entertaining
programs
of the year, held last Frithe finest schedules that could be b
day
night
in the College auditorium ,
arranged , play ing every Teachers ft
presented their anmembers
the
"Y"
College in Pennsy lvania , but three. SJJ
nual
Vod-Vil
Show.
A large crowd
The cooperation of the players was «
present
to
see
such
stars as Paul
was
one of the outstanding features of S
Kirker
"Tarn
Joseph
Yock ,
Baker,
,
"
our basketball team and helped to @
and
others
perform
remarkably,
in
make our season a success."
ft
remarkably
that
the
fact
so
audience
Frank Golder. fi
tj
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a was, literally speaking, "in pain from
laughter." The impersonation of a
"The winning of the State
lady
by Ray Farley, the magic art of
8
Teachers College Championship ^
Paul
the act of the gangsters
was in itSelf one of the highest « pl ayedBaker,
by K irk e r , Yock and Palshonors possible for Bloomsburg. X
grove, and the act of "Tillie the ToilHowever , this would not have been O
possible if any one of the eleven A er," played by Evans, Potter and
men had not been willing to put § Schaffer, were among the delightful
and enjoyable numbers on the proall personal feeling aside. The a g-ram.
Thomas contributed
team , including eveiy member, 8 his share"Huck"
to
the
program by playing
played cooperative basketball and «
his
harmonica.
"Huck" also sang
it is impossible to say that any one q
over
the
radio
,
making
a distinct sucman was* more valuable than his M
t,
cess
of
i
"Jack"
Eble
entertained
teammate. The team of 1930-31 *»
with
his
vivid
description
of
a Bloomsshowed how a group of men should g j
burg
football
game.
Professor
Howpull together, and I feel honored j|
ard
Fenstemacker
made
a
decided
hit
in having been able to coach such a
in
his
impersonation
of
the
leader
of
a fine , gentlemanly group of men |
|
the
"Podunk
Band.
"
who showed what real sportsman- Professor
S.
I.
Shortess,
assisted
ship means. Every member of j|
by
many
of
the
Y.
M.
C.
A.
men,
the varsity and junior
| varsity |
worked
hard
for
the
success
of
the
squad I wish to thank personally a |
Vod-Vil.
The
boys
who
aided
mafor their great cooperation during k
a terially in making the Vod-Vil show
the season.
a success were : Oliver Krapf , Elwood
"To the junior varsity squad I @ Lewis and Maynard Pennington.
wish to extend many thanks for K
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always appearing for practice and w
thereby assisting the varsity to at- K OUR STATE IS FIRST
tain the wonderfu l teamwork dis- $
IN CONSERVATION
played this past season. It was «
t ruly 'All for one and one for all.' ft
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"I would like to extend my con- w Board' s bulletins.
gratulations and best wishes to the a
There is no trouble to produce
five men , Kirker, Yock, Golder, « game, stated Dr. Winecoff , but there
Wilson and Baker, of the varsity © is trouble in wintering it and feeding
squad who are leaving
|this yeai\ |it, Our State can be made the "Gar"The student body and faculty « den of Eden " of the world.
also deserve much credit for male- x
Using the foregoing facts as a
ing the team what it was. The fi basis for a philosophical discussion,
loyal support that they gave went Q Dr. WinecoiF plunged into a theme
far in adding a zest to the home x which he labeled , "Man , the Master.
"
games that the players only vague- a
Man is in a hostile world. Nature
X feeds the sparrow and hides him in
ly sensed but deeply felt.
"We have had a wonderful O her leafy trees; she protects the tiger
time. In many ways our feeling A with her tall grass; she sprouts the
of fellowship in relation to other S succulent clover for the grazing
Teachers Colleges has been ex- tended through this season 's work, sj nor protect him. Nature has no use
All is well that ends well, and I'm 0 for Man .
satisfied. "
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Yet man is slowly winning the
T. W. Booth. § struggle. Man , the master,
has come.
Man tears open the bosom of the
earth and plucks therefrom heat and
metal ; man harnesses the flowing
ed by psychological truth and sub- streams and steals the lightning from
tility, emotional mastery and good the sky ; man traverses the great
form.
mountains , oceans, and deserts that
Tho third player is Margaret Gage, Nature has flung in his path . If we
a gifted young artist of distinction , have any vision in us we can see that
we are engaged in the greatest epic
trained by the Kennedys.
The Kennedys are English-born ; of the world. When man 's dominion
Miss Gago , American. All three are is complete , when man had made this
trustees of tho Bennett School of Li- planet tho paragon of planets, then
beral and Applied Arts, Millbrook , N. will eternity be upon us.
o
Y,, and conduct tho Drama DepartThe Y. W. C. A. will hold a Card
ment. Tho object of this little company of three is, on the one hand , Party in tho Y. W. rooms in Science
educational ; on the other, wholesome Hall on March 28 from 2:00 to 4:80
entortainment. Therewith is joined P, M. Tables will be provided for
a protest against the existing com- bridge , "500," pinochle or any other
mercial theatre ; and tho hopo of blaz- game you desire to play. A prize is
ing' a now way out for players, play- offered for each table. The admission
for each person will bo 25 cents.
wr ights and audiences.
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to Seniors on Persona l Interviews Deer Are Becoming a Curse in Pa.
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Coach T. W. Booth
Dr. Thomas £. Winecoff Reports
in Assembly on the Work of the
Game Commissioners at Friday
pOACH BOOTH is responsible for
v> five championship basketball
Morn ing Assembly.
Dean Koch 's Contacts Class Get
Real Pointers on Interviewing
For Position ; Interviews Seemed Real to Students.
John Dewey 's "Leai-ning-by-doing"
theory is being put into practice in
Dean Koch's Contacts class. In the
last unit, which concerned the technique of apply ing for a position , the
students were given opportunity to
witness, and take part in, personal in^
terviews with a real superin tendent.
Dr. C. H. Garwood , Superintendent
of the Bloomsburg Schools, gave his
time and services for three successive
class periods to helping to prepare
the prospective teachers for a most
important step in their future career.
The first two class periods were
taken up by personal interviews. The
front of the classroom was converted into an "office " and with Dr. Garwood seated at the desk it had the atmosphere of a real office. The students sat in the back of the room
"listening in " and "looking in " on
what was going on in the office. Eight
studen ts, four boys and • four girls,
were chosen to interview the superintendent. Each of the students, as
his turn came, en t ered the "office "
and presen ted himself as an applicant. In the interview which followed the students were given the opportunity to learn what to do when going before a superin tendent to apply
for a position.
The interviews seemed very real to
the students. Di\ Garwood has had
many years experie nce in intei-viewing teachers, the results of which
were shown by the tact with which
he questioned the applicants. The
person being interviewed was immediately put at ease and given a fair
chance to "sell himself."
During the third period the students were free to ask Dr. Garwood
any questions that avoso from the interviews. In answer to a question
concerning references ho said that
you yourself are your best recommendation. You must come prepared to offer yourself in order to save
the superintendent time and effort in
trying to discover your qualifications.
Your personality is a largo factor.
Testimonials do not mean much ; it is
the personal interviow which counts.
In answer to a question concerning
salaries he said that the applicant
must take the initiative in suggesting
the salary. It depends upon the preparation and service which can be
rendered. The applicant knows indi-
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teams during his career as athletic
coach. Two of the teams were produced at Bloomsburg. In 1928, the
team under his guidance earned the
right to the mythical title, "Pennsylvania State Teachers College Champions."
This year, he put out what he
maintains wag the fastest basketball
team he .has ever coached. His statement , with those of various players,
will be found on page three of this
issue.
HANSEL AND GRETEL PLEASES
On Wednesday, March 11, the
children of the intermedia te grades
of the Benj amin Franklin Training
School entertained the College assembly at chapel with a presentation of
the operetta , HANSEL AND GRETEL. The simplifica tion of the production from Humperdinck 's opera gave
the children an oppor tunity to display their individuality and ability.
Under Mr. Keller 's supervision the
children worked ou t their own stage
settings and costumes. A most unique Cookie House was designed by
June Neiswender , and w orked ou t by
Howard Fenste maker , Anna Muirheave and Robert Sonber.
During the scene in the woods,
sand men cleverly put the children to
sleep and angels (from the fourth
grade) gave a beautiful pantomime
with blue stage lights. There was
also a witch' s chorus , and a chorus of
the witch's children. Tho remaining
students were grouped off the stage
in a singing orchestra.
The roll of Gretel -was taken by
Sarah Hemingway ; Hansel by Billy
Hagenbuch ; Father by Leo Connor ;
and Mother by Marjo iy Dillon. Tho
Head Witch was Martha Force.
The training teachers and tho student teachers of tho grades had an
active part in tho success of the operetta. Miss Edna Hassen directed the
play with Miss Elizabeth Van Buskirk
as stage manager. Miss McCammon
directed the dancing and Miss Moore,
the singing, Mr, Hartman was the
accompanist.
We can well be proud of tho pupils
of tho Training School, and commend
them upon their splendid performance.
CALENDAR
MARCH 20—27
Friday, March 20:
Evening. High School Basketball
Tournament. Semi Finals. First
game, 8 :00; second game, 9:00,
Saturday , March 21:
Evening. High School Basketball
Tournamen t. Finals. First game,
8:00; second game, 9:00.
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Monday, March 23:
Chapel. Meeting of the Community Government Association.
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Wednesday, March 25:
Chapel. Program in charge of
Miss Kulp.
Evening. Y. W. C. A. and Y. M.
C. A. meetings, 6 :40.
Thursday, March 26:
Evening. Maroon and Gold Dance
in gym, 6 :30-7 :30.
Friday, March 27:
Chapel. Program to be announced
later.
Evening. "Old Nobody, " Charles
Rann Kennedy, 8:00.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
The Men 's Glee Club takes this opportunity to announce its "Minstrel"
to be held on April 10th.
The Club, consisting of 28 voices,
has been diligently practicing for the
past month at the rate of four rehearsals per week. And believe mo
they 're hitting on all four. '
Some of the feature attractions
are : Chorus numbers—up-to-date,
snappy, modorn numbers. The broadcasting Campus Crooners. Solo and
group clogging. The Maroon and
Gold Orchestra.
In what proved to be a very interesting and instructive assembly address Friday, March 13, Dr. Thomas
E. Winecoff , of the Bureau of Research and Informa tion , Board of
Game Commissioners of this State,
told the College of the mammoth
strides taken by hig department for
the conserva t ion and rest ora t ion of
wild life in Pennsylvania.
Dr. Winecoff defined the province
of the Pennsylvania Game Commis-J,
sion and by way of reviewing the
past success of the department made
a brief summary of existing conditions. He stated that in 1930 alone
Penn sylvania killed more bear in its
brief hun ting season than there are
in the state of Wyoming including
the Yellowstone Park, and Wyoming
boasts of more bears than any other
Western state. Tourists who frequen t the national game reserves of
the W est are loth t o believe th at
Pennsylvania leads the world in
abundance of wild life. Forty years
ago people stared incredulously at
hunters who dared affirm that they
had shot two rabbits in one day in
this State. Now the hunters are
ashamed to admit such pitiful luck.
Because of the vigilance of the
Game Commission in this State, w ild
deer are now so numerous that we
are perplexed with a problem arising
fr om the damage done by the deer in
destroying farm crops. Something
must be done , avers Dr. Winecoff.
The deer are increasing every year,
although 30 ,000 were killed last season. Never before has a project of
this kind brought such startling results.
The Pennsylvania Game Board , by
reason of its efficiency and results,
has achieved international fame.
Practically every country in the
world has applied to our Game Board
for advice concerning the propagation and preservation of wild life.
Such countries as Russia , France,
Belgium, Alaska, and Siberia have
benefited immeasurably from our
State in this respect.
By way of making its findings
available for popular use, the Game
Commission issues bulletins on current conservation problems.
Dr.
Winecoff warned the students that in
the near future they would be required by state law to teach such
facts as are now printed in the
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MARCH 20, 1931
Published weekly during the school year
of 1930 and 3931 by the students of the
Bloomsburg State Teachers College
EXECUTIV E BOARD
Ivor L. Robbins
Paul J. Baker
Oliver Krapf
Editor-in-Chief
Managing Editor
Business Manager
EDITORIAL. STAFF
Lois DeMott
Social
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Fred Jaffin
Sports
Beatrice Bowman
Girl's Sports
Lo r na Gillo w
Literary
Winifred Robbins
Exchange
Helen Keller
Alumni
Humor _ =t= » i==i -^ ,,--.=——~ James Johns
Carl Riggs
Circulation
REPOR TERS
Mary Betterly
Ezra Harris
Willia m James
Ethel Keller
Grace Callender
Michael
Marion Hinkel
FACULTY
Mr. Wilson
Miss Turner
Charlotte Osbornc
Frank Gcroski
Morrif ) Dellaven
Joseph McFariden
Thalia L. Bai ba
Sopchak
TYPISTS
Fr an k G r eco
Mae Evans
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Mis.s Gray
Mr. Fisher
News From You, About You, For You
THIS FLOORED HIM
The Superin tendent of Grounds
and Buildings is confronted with
many situations and questions that
require him to reach out to the limit
for proper answers.
A few days ago an excited resident
of t hird floor , W aller Hall , rushed
fran tically into Mr. Engelhart's office and af to rercovcring sufficient
bre at h t o be able t o t alk , t old him
that there was a leak in the room
abo v e and t ha t wa t er was "pouring "
through the ceiling into her room.
Within a few minutes a workman
armed with enough tools to tear
down the building had arrived at the
?scene of the flood.
Upon his arrival at the fourth floor
room in which the alleged cloudburst
ha d occurred , ho was calmly met at
the door by occupant of said room.
He told the maiden that he had come
to repair a leak and walking towards
the radiator , discove r ed a nice li tt le
squirt of water coming from the radiator and descending through a small
pipe opening in the floor.
The thoughtful young lady calmly
told the repairman that she desired
running water in her room for at that
particular place there was a mouse
under the floor and she had discovered that so long as that hot water
dropped into that hole on its head ,
the mouse was unable to gain admission to her room. Smelling salts
promptly revived tho workman.
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Did you know that John Bakeless,
an alumnus of B. S. T. C, wrot e the
A high school class in Commercial sketch of Andre Maurois' life which
Geography has been subj ected to ex- is found on our library shelves? Ancessive drill upon textbook material dre Maurois wrote "Disraeli. "
until originality and initiative are all
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but extinct. As a class the pupils are
The following alumni attended the
helpless when confron ted by a prob- meeting of Kappa Delta Pi Saturday,
lem outside the class textbook. How- March 7: "Peg " Swartz , Francis Mcever when tested on textbook mar Hugh , Anna Irwin and Myra Sharpterial their showing is vei'y commend- less.
able. They are unable to distinguish
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relevan t from irrelevant reference
The following alumni were seen at
material , and they assume no respon- the basketb all game with Millersville,
sibility toward planning their work. March 7: Mary Walsh , "Peg" Swartz,
The teacher has the work planned Myra Sharpless, "Shor ty " Edmunds,
for each class session in such a man- William Partridge , "Ar t" Jenkins,
ner that the text will be completely Haven Fortner, .George Sack and
covered by the end of the year. The Roy Troy.
maj ority of the pupils are placidly
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content to follow the teacher 's direcThe following attended the tournations. What advice would you give ment games last Saturday evening:
the instructor of this class in order to
Dot Foote '30, Betty White f Merremedy matters, if matters should be iam Lawson '30, "Lil" Eeese '30,
remedied?
Elizabe t h Ward , George Sack.
"Art " Jenkins, an alumnus of B.
S. T. C, was the coach of the NewSolution to Case No. 1
por t t eam , which played in the tournaDear "Bake ":—
ment Saturday.
In answer to your problem of
"Al" Kalweit, '30, a t eacher at
giggling among the pupils when one Millville, visited friends here Saturof the arithmetic class makes a mis- day.
take , I submit the following five solu"Jack" Taylor, '30, spent Saturday
tions. The method used to adj ust the on campus.
difficulty might involve one or all of
Frank J. Dennis, '11, visit ed
the solutions I am suggesting. 1. Try friends on the campus Saturday
to remove opportunity for giggling af ternoon.
by making- class activities more in"Jack" Reese, '29 , of the Johnsonteresting. 2. Keep pupils busy. 3. Gree n school at W est Na n t icoke , visMake a careful study of the disorder- ited the college last week-end.
ly pupils to locate underlying causes
"Bill" Partridge spent last weekfor the trifling attitude. 4. Have end at Bloomsburg as guest of his
confiden tial talks with off ending pu- brother , John .
pils. 5. Teach cour tesy directly, by
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force of personal exaiiiple.
Sincerely,
OBSERVER
Oliver Krapf .
Spring is here, Spring has gone,
o
Spring is here, Spring has gone but
Spring will come again.
DR. GARWOOD GIVES
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POINTERS TO SENIORS
Ou r Bloomsburg Players certainly
are good. While a group of them was
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presenting a play in the town last
vidiially how much purposeful prepa- week a littl e boy asked his mother,
ration ho ha>s made and the amount "Are they real, or are they in a movof salary should depend upon this, ie?"
During his an swers to many ques* >!' *
tions Dv. Ganvood stressed the folWe have been wondering why the
lowing outstanding factors leading to light on Carver Hall Tower has not
success in obtaining a position :
yet been lighted.
1. Confidence in youi'self based upon thorough preparation .
The artists of North Hall have
2. Freedom of mind—Power in re- been
at work again. If you doubt
po se.
the
Observer
, just ask Fred Jaffln ,
.'1. Community interest — Contact
Ira
Stoughton,
or Russel Miller.
with peopl e.
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4. Extra currieular activities.
This week brings to a close the first
5. Voice.
half of the present semester. If you
G. General information ,
The complaint from educational haven 't already done so it is about
administrators that beginning teach- time to put those now year resoluers who show evidence of making tions into effect.
good in the classroom are turned
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away because they do not know how
Some people would like to know
to apply for a position has aroused what those girls are who ran around
interest in preparing prospoctivo here with dazed looks on their faces,
teachers for personal interviews with and quoer shaped box-liko obj ects
superintendents .
under their arms.
PROBLEM NO. 2
MEMBER PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL
PRESS AS SOCIATION
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S. L. Householder , secretary of the
St at e Placemen t Bureau of K ansas,
gave several pointers on placement,
when in terviewed by students of Kan sas State Teachers College.
The first step is to secure from the
placemen t bureau a series of blanks
which are filled ou t by the prospective teacher. Those people who are
given as references are then sent
blanks by this bureau , and are asked
to rate the applicant as to scholarship, personal appearance, health ,
social quali ties, attitude toward work ,
and probable ^teaching success. The
references and slips are filed with the
pho tograph of the individual in the
office of the Bureau.
Poin ts which Mr. Householder
stressed during the interview were :
1. Photographs are important and
they should be the best likeness
possible and on good paper.
2. Superin tendents prefer personal
interviews.
3. Taking character and education
for granted, it is an individual's
duty to sell himself to the superintendent.
4. It is essential that the applicant
be at least an average student.
5. Willingness and ability to handle
extra curricular activities are essential.
6. Being a success as a teacher rests
with the individual.
Many eminent persons were speakers at Ypsilanti's meeting of Kappa
Delta Pi. The annual address was
delivered by Dr. William Lyon
Phelps of Yale University. Dr. Bagley, who had a part in organizing the
first chapter of the fraternity, was
present. It was announced that Dorothy Canfield Fisher, novelist, was received into the Laureate Chapter.
The dinner was given under the directi on of Miss Florence Stratemeyer , national vice-president, who is
now on the faculty of Columbia University. Members of the Laureate
Chapter who were there were Dr.
William H. Kilpatrick, Dr. Frank Ballou, and Dr. Charles Judd.
This week's VIDETTE (paper of
Illinois Normal University) contains
an interesting editorial under the
heading- "WHAT'S WRONG WITH,
"I DIED? " One of the pitfalls of
academicians is to accept and expound impractical ideas. The classroom is so far from actual expei'ience
that it is difficult to distinguish between the possible and impossible.
We wish to present an analogy which
may help to clarify the difficulty. In
conjugating the verb to die in the
past tense it is grammatically correct
to say, I died. However, in actual
life there would be no occasion for
such a use of the verb. So, in life
what is perfect logically many times
upon experimentation fails. Let us
attempt to cultivate that subtle
j udgment which enables one to distinguish sound thinking from impractical vagaries. A person has gained
his education when he realizes that
grammar and logic do not rule the
world.
FOUR SCHOOLS ENTER
SEMI-FINAL GAMES
Coal Township, Luzernc, Freeland,
and Bloomsbi'.rg End Tournament This Week.
COAL TOWNSHIP TOPPLES
NEWPORT TOWNSHIP, 33-27
In the first game of the tenth annual interschoiastic high school
tournamen t at Bloomsburg, Coal
Township High School defeated Newpor t after a valiant struggle to overcome Newport 's lead. Newport led
at the end of the first quarter 15 to
3 and continued to maintain this lead
at half time , the score being 18-10.
Coal Township began its scoring
machine in the second half and
caught up to Newport in the last
quarter. With but three minutes to
play McClain of Coal Township cinched the game by scoring two long
shots. The final score was 33 to. 27 ,
Griddon and Ruckel were the stars
for Newport as were Shovrinski and
McClain for Coal Township.
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LUZERNE 48—DICKSON CITY 30
Dickson City and Luzerne furnished the fan s with plenty of thrills alt houg h they played a slower game
than Newport and Coal Township.
Lu zern e took the lead in the first
quar ter and held it throughout the
game. The half-time score was 2114 in favor of Luzerne.
Both teams battled on even terms
in the third period but Luzerne ran
away with the game in the last quarter. Hughes starred for Luzerne
with 18 points while Zenty and Kudj eski upheld Dickson City 's honor.
Luzerne showed some fine passwork
in the last quarter and won the game
by the score of 48 to 30.
* * *
FREELAND 50—HANOVER 36
On Saturday evening, Freeland
and Hanover Township exhibited to
the spectators some wonderful basketball playing. Hanover snatched"
the lead in the first period and looked to be an easy winner. Balasia,
Hanover guard , scored three field
goals and when the period was over
Hanover led 1G-7.
Freeland began making things look
brighter in the second period by scoring the same number of points as
Hanover. The half time score was 25
to 17 in Hanover 's favor.
Freoland staged a great comeback
and scored from all angles of the
floor in the second half. Hanover
still led in the third period 30-29 but
it was impossible to stop Yuhas and
Johnson , Freeland forwards, who
played superbly. Yuhas shot a long
shot and gave Froeland the lead 3180. From this time on Freeland wont
wild and bowled over Hanover with
ease in the last quarter. The final
score was 50-36.
Yuhas, fighting forward , and his
toammato Johnson , led the attack for
Freeland. Balasla and Lovendowsky
starred for Hanover.
BDDK
REVIEWS
"HEAD HUNTERS OF THE
AMAZON "
a mark. The effects from loss of
blood , however, last for several days.
The blood ever clings around the
actual wound itself. The blood-sucking vampire, contrary to its practice
in the case of men, att acks animals
while they are awake. I have seen
them on t he backs of bo t h horses and
cows at night, t o the grea t dis t ress of
the poor beasts. The bats seem to
know that the superior intelligence
of a man is a source of danger. The
vampire bat is for me the most repulsive of the innumerable pests of
the Amazon country, a thing which
has sent a shudder down my back
many a time. "
You won 't find this book listed in
the fiction department of the Library. It will be found in the section
set aside for books telling true stories of real adventure. If you want
to enj oy yourself to the utmost, get
this book today , and live wi th the
author in that great Amazon j ungle—that land of white alligators,
ants , blowguns, monkeys, gold, and
head hun ters!
By F. W. Up De Graff
It is no t given to many of us to
wander through the waste places of
the earth , and too often the explorer
leaves no written record of his experiences. Mr. Up De Graff led an adventurous life in the region drained
by the extreme head waters of the
Amazon , and he was a keen observer
of all that passed on around him. In
his book , "Head Hunters of the
Amazon " he gives a vivid picture of
his life in the j ungles of South America. He says he is not a trained naturalist and the deductions he draws
from some of his observations may be
questioned by men whose life work
is natural history, but this does no t
distract from the value of this book.
It is a true account of historic adventure. Mr. Up De Graff 's description of some of the animals and insects encountered in his travels is
very in teresting. In discussing the
vampire bat, which at t acked him no
less than twenty-five times, he s t ates ,
% $ J;;
"In general it resembles an ordinary
"BLOWING CLEAR"
bat , except that it is somewhat larger. It lives on blood sucked from
By Joseph C. Lincoln
live animals and men. The bloodsucking vampire is equipped with two
Joseph C. Lincoln has given us anpairs of very sharp eye-teeth. The other sea story , this t ime no t so much
wounds which it makes are perfectly ! of the sea itself as of the people who
cylindrical, about an inch deep, made live by the sea. In "Blowing Clear "
in the form of a cone, as if counter- we find John Heat h, an unhappy fishsunk for a screwhead. Those per- erman , living in an old shanty with
fectly circular wounds are probably "Lo " Weeks. Heath has no cares in
made by the incisor teeth, which have life till he brings Raymond Condon
sharp cutting edges. Furthermore , (supposedly his nephew) to live with
the vampire bats are never known to him. If you like to read a story
wake the sleeper whom they attack, wherein men 's lives are changed ,
nor do they ever attack a man who read "Blowing Clear. " You will be
feigns sleep. The wound appears to very much interested in Ralph Conbe asep t ic , and if care is t ake n it don 's life and how he changed his
heals almost at once without leaving Uncle 's attitude toward life.
will undoub tedly provide the fans
BLOOMSBURG DOW NS
SWOYERSVILL E, 26-24 with abundant thrills. On Saturday
The climax of the first round of the
toui'nament was the BloomsburgSwoyerville fray . Fighting hard
throughout the game both teams played on even terms in the first half.
Bloomsburg held a one-point lead at
t he h alf , 16 to 15. However, Swoyersville held on to Bloomsburg like
a bulldog and tied the score at 16-16
in the early part of the third period.
Largely due to the wonderful shooting work of Hazinski and Nesbitt,
Swoyorsville took the lead at the end
of the third quarter , 21 to 20. Watts,
sterling Bloomsburg guard , dropped
in two side shots, to give Bloomsburg
the lead again. With but two minutes
to play Swoyersville tied the score at
24 all; however, Edwards scored a
timely basket to give Bloomsburg II.
S. victory as the crowd went wild,
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This evening at 8:00 o'clock Lussorne plays Coal Township in the first
game of the semi-finals , and Bloomsburg plays Freeland at 9:00 o 'clock.
The teams are evenly matched and
the two winners of the Friday evening games will struggle for the championship at 9:00 o 'clock and the two
losers w il ba tt le fo r thi r d an d four th
places at 8:00 o 'clock.
The tournament is sponsored by
the Boy 's "B" Club and has proven a
success thus far due to the efficient
management of the letterman.
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Y. M. C. A. NOTES
SENIOR COURT TITLE
LAIMEDC BY RUTH SONNER
In her usual blaze of glory, Ruth
Sonner led her teammates to victory
on the local court. In a game marked by close guarding, clever passing,
and brillian t shooting, Team 12 annexed the final victory by a score of
12-8. Team 3, the opposing force,
gave them no little struggle for the
victory, although the members of 12
took it calmly and never seemed to
doub t their own efficiency.
Teams 7 and 2 who played a full
six-game schedule and were tie f or
second place also showed fine work
during the year and deserve much
credit. The second place would
have been con t es t ed had Team 3
played a full six-game schedule, but
since this was not the case second
place naturally fell to 7 and 2.
The members of these three teams
(12 , 7 and 2) will be the Senior Basketball representatives in the 1931
"Obiter. "
Team 12
Team 3
Sonner
F.
NobleLevers
F.
Hopkins
Ellis
C.
Gorham
Jones
S. C.
Gilbert
Kelley
G.
Beale
Shook
G.
Rabb
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SING YOUR FAVORIT E SONGS
Each Sunday af ternoon an 1:00
o 'clock an increasingly interested
group enter the auditorium to sing
the songs they want to sing. Anyone in the group is free to announce
the next song. One thing a college
studen t desires more than anything
else is freedom. Many of the large
universities are beginning to realize
t hat the s t uden t has suc h a crowded
program that he needs a mental relaxation periodically.
The s t uden t s and frie n ds of the
College are always welcome to the
Sunday af ternoon "Sing " in the auditorium.
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PHI SIGMA PI HOLD S
EDUCATIONAL MEETIN G
On Wednesday evening, M arch 11,
the members of the Phi Sigma Pi
held an educational meeting. Mr.
Keller gave a talk on creative art
which was illustrated with slides. He
showed how the imagination of the
child could be expressed in art. Mr.
Keller referred to his own contacts
with children in the course of his
teaching. He said that somo of the
childre n 's creative art is not excelled , even by many prominent artists
of today. Every artist should have
a reason for creating each symbol
that goes on the canvas.
After the very interesting talk the
Iota Chapter welcomed Mr. Keller
into the fraternity as a faculty member.
A committee headed by Keith With eridge has distributed to all the men
in North Hall books for systematic
devotions during the Lenten Season.
Last Wednesday evening Glen
Oman directed the devotional service
at the regular meeting of the "Y. "
Prof. Shortess gave a report on the
annual convention of the Y. M. C. A.
at Harrisburg, held lor the presidents
o
and faculty members of the colleges
in this State.
Hensley— "It takes brains to got
The "Y" was well pleased with the any where today. "
support the College gave to its secFreeman— "Yep, that's why so
ond annual production of the Vod- many pooplo use other mean s of
Vil.
transportation. "
$1000 AWARD FOR
EDUCAT IONAL RESEARCH
§
S
Looking Back Over a Successfu l Year
Kappa Delta Pi, Honor Society in
Education , has recently announced S
"In my estimation the major
its Research Study Series with a bi- © reason for the success of the. basennial award of $1000 for the study h ket ball team this year, and unadj udged most meritorious in a given x doubtedly it was successful, was
field. The award for 1931-1932 will a the total lack of dissension among
be given for the best report of re- § the players throughout the season.
search dealing with the problem : y The men worked together through
"The Measurement of Efficiency in q all games without any 'quibbling '
Teaching."
5 or 'moaning.' This was proved on
The following conditions govern a the trip back to Bloom from the
the participants and those making the 6 only college defeated us this year,
award :
8 East Stroudsburg. The team had
1. The research may be experimen- Qj been beaten it is true, but if you
tal, philosophical, or statistical in x could have heard the fellows in
character. The pertinency of the » the bus coming back , you would
method to the phase of the prob- Ss have sworn they had won. They
lem studied will be considered in h sang, joked , laughted and offered
judging the reports.
ft no alibis for the defeat. They pick2. The basic criteria in j udging the K ed out no one or two men to blame
worth of a report will be its con- » the loss upon , as is often the case
tribution toward the solution of » after a loss, but rather gave out
the problem, validity of techni- Q the good advice, 'Forget it and go
que employed , and the organiza- k get the next one.' That's pulling
tion and literary merits of the g together and our record for the
report.
« year shows the result.
3. After the reports have been judg- g
"On most of our trips we were
ed by the Executive Council of Q treated royally, but I think our
reports ad- |trip to the Western schools deKappa Delta Pi, the |
judged the best will be submitted tf serve extra consideration in the
to a committee of members of h way of praise for kindnesses exthe Laureate Chapter. Some of 5 tended to us. The treatment we
the members of this Laureate a received at Indiana and California
Chapter are : John Dewey, E. L. A while we were guests there was exThorndike, Sir John Adams, Paul w ceeclingly hospitable. Even in deMonroe, and W. C. Bagley.
ft feat, neither of the schools forgot
4. The report which receives the k that we were their guests, and I
award will become the property w might say we were treated better
of the society.
s after we had beaten their team
5. The society reserves the right to H than we were before the game, if
rej ect all reports if , in its j udge- 6 that is possible. "
ment, none is sufficiently worthy S
"Captain " Gordon Wanbaugh .
of an award , and to divide the 8
_«_
award between two contestants
"The trips were all very enjoyin the event that two reports «
5 able , especially those to Indiana
have apparently equal merits.
G. The competition is open to any- 6 and California. We received great
one, anywhere, but all reports k treatment at Indiana and were
submitted must be in the English Q tfiven milk and sandwiches after
o the game. Another thing there
language.
7. Manuscripts submitted for the 8 was the friendliness of the players.
1931-1932 award should be in the b The most important factor in the
hands of the Recorder Treasurer k success of the team was the coopof the Society on or before Sep- 8 ovation , the fact that there was no
tember 1, 1032. Announcement Q disagreement among the players. "
Alex Shepela.
of the award will be made at the 8
annual dinner of the Society
February, 1933.
"I think this is one of the best
Further information may be ob- $
O
basketball
seasons we have had
tained from E. I. F. Williams , ReWo had one of
College.
corder-Treasurer , of Executive Coun- n here at
cil of Kappa Delta Pi , Heidelberg ^&S«SOQSOS«050&9 0^
College, Tiffin , Ohio.
8
Y. W. C. A. NOTES
"OLD NOBODY"
Tho annual election of the Y. W.
C. A. officers was held on Wednesday.
The new officers are : President, Mildred Dimmich ; Vice-President, Madeline Carle; Secretary, Kathryn Bonncr ; Corresponding Secretary, Mar y
Bray ; and Treasurer , Alice Rowott.
The following" committee- chairmen
were appointed : Social , Edith Peterson ; Social Service, Florence Isaacs ;
Missionary, Mary Schuylor ; Bible ,
Emily Landis ; Music , Vonito Pizer;
and Decorations, Betty Jones.
On Wednesday evening, March 25,
the installation of officors will toka
place. Mr. Albert will bo tho speaker.
On Friday, March 27 , Charles
Rann Kennedy will present "Old Nobody " in tho College auditorium.
"Old Nobody " is a detective play,
wherein the audience shares in the
discovery of crime and criminal. It
is u comedy of thrills and mystery,
involving the delinquencies of two
K.v pny women.
Charles Rann Kennedy, dramatist,
actor and producer , plays the role of
"Old Nobody. "
One of the throe players is Edith
Wynne Mattoson , (Mrs. Chai'los
Rann Kennedy). Her voice and dictation are the models of perfect English music. Her work is characteriz-
&
e
Y. M. C. A. HOLDS
SUCCESSFUL SHOW
In one of the most entertaining
programs
of the year, held last Frithe finest schedules that could be b
day
night
in the College auditorium ,
arranged , play ing every Teachers ft
presented their anmembers
the
"Y"
College in Pennsy lvania , but three. SJJ
nual
Vod-Vil
Show.
A large crowd
The cooperation of the players was «
present
to
see
such
stars as Paul
was
one of the outstanding features of S
Kirker
"Tarn
Joseph
Yock ,
Baker,
,
"
our basketball team and helped to @
and
others
perform
remarkably,
in
make our season a success."
ft
remarkably
that
the
fact
so
audience
Frank Golder. fi
tj
—o—
a was, literally speaking, "in pain from
laughter." The impersonation of a
"The winning of the State
lady
by Ray Farley, the magic art of
8
Teachers College Championship ^
Paul
the act of the gangsters
was in itSelf one of the highest « pl ayedBaker,
by K irk e r , Yock and Palshonors possible for Bloomsburg. X
grove, and the act of "Tillie the ToilHowever , this would not have been O
possible if any one of the eleven A er," played by Evans, Potter and
men had not been willing to put § Schaffer, were among the delightful
and enjoyable numbers on the proall personal feeling aside. The a g-ram.
Thomas contributed
team , including eveiy member, 8 his share"Huck"
to
the
program by playing
played cooperative basketball and «
his
harmonica.
"Huck" also sang
it is impossible to say that any one q
over
the
radio
,
making
a distinct sucman was* more valuable than his M
t,
cess
of
i
"Jack"
Eble
entertained
teammate. The team of 1930-31 *»
with
his
vivid
description
of
a Bloomsshowed how a group of men should g j
burg
football
game.
Professor
Howpull together, and I feel honored j|
ard
Fenstemacker
made
a
decided
hit
in having been able to coach such a
in
his
impersonation
of
the
leader
of
a fine , gentlemanly group of men |
|
the
"Podunk
Band.
"
who showed what real sportsman- Professor
S.
I.
Shortess,
assisted
ship means. Every member of j|
by
many
of
the
Y.
M.
C.
A.
men,
the varsity and junior
| varsity |
worked
hard
for
the
success
of
the
squad I wish to thank personally a |
Vod-Vil.
The
boys
who
aided
mafor their great cooperation during k
a terially in making the Vod-Vil show
the season.
a success were : Oliver Krapf , Elwood
"To the junior varsity squad I @ Lewis and Maynard Pennington.
wish to extend many thanks for K
,— u
always appearing for practice and w
thereby assisting the varsity to at- K OUR STATE IS FIRST
tain the wonderfu l teamwork dis- $
IN CONSERVATION
played this past season. It was «
t ruly 'All for one and one for all.' ft
Continued From Page One
"I would like to extend my con- w Board' s bulletins.
gratulations and best wishes to the a
There is no trouble to produce
five men , Kirker, Yock, Golder, « game, stated Dr. Winecoff , but there
Wilson and Baker, of the varsity © is trouble in wintering it and feeding
squad who are leaving
|this yeai\ |it, Our State can be made the "Gar"The student body and faculty « den of Eden " of the world.
also deserve much credit for male- x
Using the foregoing facts as a
ing the team what it was. The fi basis for a philosophical discussion,
loyal support that they gave went Q Dr. WinecoiF plunged into a theme
far in adding a zest to the home x which he labeled , "Man , the Master.
"
games that the players only vague- a
Man is in a hostile world. Nature
X feeds the sparrow and hides him in
ly sensed but deeply felt.
"We have had a wonderful O her leafy trees; she protects the tiger
time. In many ways our feeling A with her tall grass; she sprouts the
of fellowship in relation to other S succulent clover for the grazing
Teachers Colleges has been ex- tended through this season 's work, sj nor protect him. Nature has no use
All is well that ends well, and I'm 0 for Man .
satisfied. "
«
Yet man is slowly winning the
T. W. Booth. § struggle. Man , the master,
has come.
Man tears open the bosom of the
earth and plucks therefrom heat and
metal ; man harnesses the flowing
ed by psychological truth and sub- streams and steals the lightning from
tility, emotional mastery and good the sky ; man traverses the great
form.
mountains , oceans, and deserts that
Tho third player is Margaret Gage, Nature has flung in his path . If we
a gifted young artist of distinction , have any vision in us we can see that
we are engaged in the greatest epic
trained by the Kennedys.
The Kennedys are English-born ; of the world. When man 's dominion
Miss Gago , American. All three are is complete , when man had made this
trustees of tho Bennett School of Li- planet tho paragon of planets, then
beral and Applied Arts, Millbrook , N. will eternity be upon us.
o
Y,, and conduct tho Drama DepartThe Y. W. C. A. will hold a Card
ment. Tho object of this little company of three is, on the one hand , Party in tho Y. W. rooms in Science
educational ; on the other, wholesome Hall on March 28 from 2:00 to 4:80
entortainment. Therewith is joined P, M. Tables will be provided for
a protest against the existing com- bridge , "500," pinochle or any other
mercial theatre ; and tho hopo of blaz- game you desire to play. A prize is
ing' a now way out for players, play- offered for each table. The admission
for each person will bo 25 cents.
wr ights and audiences.
j -%
Media of