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ANNOUNCE PLANS OF
ANNUAL CONTEST
1000 Teachers Receive Letters
Explainin g Commercial
Contest
Professor Harvey A. Andruss, Director of the Department of Commerce, revealed yesterday that letters
announcing the annual Commercial
Contest for high schools have been
sent to more than a thousand teachers
in Pennsylvania schools. May 2 is
the date set for the sixth annual contest which is sponsored by the Junior
Chamber of Commerce of the College
and which has been gaining in popularity every year.
Since it s establishment in 1931 the
contest has grown to such proportions
that the number of high schools is
limited to thirty in order to insure
accommodations
in
Bloomsburg.
Each school entered brings five students and one teacher-chaperon. Examinations in Gregg Shorthand, Commercial Arithmetic, Typewriting,
Bookkeeping, and Commercial Law
will be given. Winners will be given
gold , silver, and bronze charms, and
the best team of five students will be
awarded the cup now held by the Collingdale High School.

STUDENTS ' POSITION ON CAMPUS MAIN
S UBJECT OF DISCUSSION N.S.F.A. CONV.
William L. Morgan , president of the College Community Government Association and representative of Bloomsburg at the Kansas
City convention of the National Student Federation of America, reported the business of the convention to students and faculty in chapel
last Monday morning, January 13*
Mr. Morgan reported an interesting and enlig h tening session , with
the proposal and consideration of many p lans f or betterment of present student conditions. All the problems of college campuses of
past semester were concentrated into the subjects of discussion at
Kansas City.
Dr. John Studebaker Addresses Congress Adopts Many Resolutions At Plenary Session
Congress On Openin g Day
December 27 , from 3:00 to 3:30

P. M. over an NBC hook-up, the
annual N.S.F.A. conference at the
Universi ty of Kansas was opened
with a discussion of the "student's
position on the university campus."
The broadcas t took the form of a
panel discussion, and points of studen t con trol of finance were brought
before the group.
The Honorable John W. Studebaker , National Commissioner of
Education , discussed the present
school situation as it pertains to the
child under high school age, and the
education of adults by the open
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forum method.
Doctor Gustav Kullman, Secretariat of the League of Nations, made
a special trip from Geneva t o speak
on the League's work and to recomm end tha t the Un ited Stat es join the
League and accept its provisions
with, the exception of participation
Shortess Opens Meeting s Of New in
war. This suggestion was later
Year; Englehart Elect ed
rej ected in the General Congress.

FACULTY MEMBERS NAMED
ON KIWANIS CQMMIHEES
Secretary

At the first meeting of the Bloomsburg Kiwanis Club under the presidency of Professor S. I. Shortess
several members of the College
faculty were named to one or more of
the many committees formed for the
year beginning with January.
Heading the list of committees so
far as College representation is concerned is t ha t kno wn as the Mu sic
Committee, which is com posed of
Professors "William Forney and H. F.
Fenstemaker. The Kiwanis Education Committee lists Dean William B.
Sutliff; the Business Standard s Committee, Harvey A. Andruss; Underprivileged Children, Dr. T. P. North;
and Vocational Education , Dr. T. P.
North.
President Shortess also announced
that Nevin Englehart, College Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings,
has been elected secretary of the
local club. Mr. Englehart was at one
time president of the organization.

I INTER- SEMESTER RECESS 1
BEGI NS FRIDAY , JAN.24
Purpose Of Vacation Is To
Clear Up All Semester Business

In order that all arrangements for
the beginning of the second semester
may be completed and all intersemester bu si ness in such condi tio n as
to permit the start of classes without
irregularity, a new vacation period
known as the Inter-semester Recess
has been added to the calendar. Official announcement of the Recess was
made by Dr. Francis B. Haas through
memorandum sheets dated January 9.
According to the bulletin issued
regular classes close with the last
class scheduled for Friday morning,
January 24, and regular classes f or
the second semester begin with the
first period after lunch, Tuesday,
January 28. All the regular services
of the College, including the parttime jobs, will be maintained with
PROF. H. A. ANDRUSS REPORTS the exception that facilities of the Colwill not be available during the
WORK OF PI OMEGA PI CONV. lege
Recess for any social or extra-curricular purposes, except activities of
Professor Harvey A. Andruss, athletic squad s representing the ColDirector of the Department of Com- lege as approved by Doctor Nelson.
merce and faculty sponsor of the local chapter of Pi Omega Pi, represented the Bloomsburg Alpha Delta Gamma Theta Upsilon Initiates
chapter at the national conclave held
Sixteen In Meetin g Last Week
in fcho Hotel Sherman, Chicago, December 20.
Delta chapter of Gamma Thetn
Professor Andruss reports an interesting ami beneficial session, with Upsilon , national geographic fratertwenty-eight chapters from through- nity, hold an informal initiation for
out the country represented. The new members on Friday evening,
local instructor was named on tho January 10, in the social rooms of
nominating committee «nd was nctivo Sclonco Hall.
At that time tho following new
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Plenary sessions of Congress saw
of resolutions pertaining to student problems in the colleges represented. That there should
be academic freedom in so fa x as
publications and revision of curricula are concerned met with the
general approval of Congress.
Optional R.O.T.C. was adopted as
well as student non-participation in
foreign wars.
N.Y.A. payroll inefficiency was
explained as being the cause of delay
in making payments.
A suggestion to the effect that the
N.S.F.A. "Student Mirror" be placed
in open field for general circulation
was adopted by the convention.
Subsidization of athletics was discussed to great lengths with the
result that the present scholarships
and jobs for athletes be abolished.
The honor system, found in many
of the larger colleges and universities wherein the students themselves
judg e dishonesty, was one of the
most important resolutions made.
the adop tion

MAROON AND GOLDfENTERS
C.S.P.A. PRESS COMPETITION
Two Copies Each Issue Submitted For Judgment In Teachers College Group
Copies of every issue of the Maroon and Gold from September to
the Christmas holidays have been entered in the annual newspaper contest of the Columbia Scholastic Press
Association, which began the week of
January 15, and will continue for
more than a month before complete
criticisms and ratings are made available.
The lo cal pape r has be en ent er ed
in the contest under the division designed especially for colleges of education and will be in competition
with scores of teachers college publications which have received high
ratings from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association before. This
year is the first that Bloomsburg has
entered , and the staff feels certain
that tho criticisms and rating sheet
returned to each publication after the
contest will be of value to the paper.
members were Initiated : Miss Margaret Creasy, John Fiorlnl, Miss Vora
Folmor, Miss Lillian Guyer, Miss
Edna Hazen, Daniel Jones, Miss Jane
Lockard , Michael Marshalek, Miss
Leota Nevil , MIsb Lenore Potter, Jay
Pursel, Miss Jesse Webber, Walter
Whitka, Bernard Young, Miss Doro
thy Hess, and Luther Peck.
After the mooting refreshmontn
were served.

PUBLISHERS HONOR HER

PLAN CHAPEL SPEAKER
FOB SEMESTER 6RADS
Eight Will Be Awarded Bache lor
Degrees In Education ,
Monday Morning

On Monday morning in chapel the
College plans to present a special program for twelve students who finish
their courses at the close of the first
semester. The speaker for the program has not been named yet.
Those receiving their B. S. degrees
in Education with the close of this
semester are: Mary Frantz, a commercial student from Lancaster,
Pennsylvania , who has studied at
Elizabethtown and the University of
Alabama. She was a member of the
Women 's Student Government Association and the Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
Francis A. Garrity, secondary stuMARGARET RICHARDS
dent and teacher-in-service from
Englewood, New Jersey, has taken
work at Columbia and Eutgers. He
was a member of the dramatic club.
Bernard Kafehinski, a secondary
student from Scranton, was active in
the sports of football, baseball,
basketball , and track.
Houghton-Mifflin
Co. Accepts
J oseph K ane, secondary student
'
Miss Richards Guide Book
and teacher-in-service, has taken
work at St. Thomas College, MiseriTo "Children 's Hour '1

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Miss Margaret Richards, graduate
of the Bloomsburg State Teachers
College with the class of 1926, has
brought much favorable comment and
praise upon herself during the past
few weeks as a result of the acceptance by the Houghton Mifflin
Publishing Company of her suggestion for publication of a guidebook to accompany that company 's
present ed u ca t ion al
series, "The
Children 's Hour."
The "Guidebook" w as developed by
Miss R ichards fo r the publishing hou se
after a rather intensive investigation
of it s need , not only in the East but
also in t he Sout h , the Mid-west, and
West. Results showed so much
practicability in the plan that the
Houghton Mifflin Company has decided to publish similar books for
other sets in the future.
Development Interesting
The story of how the Bloomsburg
alumna came to suggest the book is
one of successful teaching, in which
the teacher was constantly on the
alert for better and more efficient
methods. Miss Richards had been
well-acquainted with the "Children 's
Hour " series, having used it to great
advantage in her classes in the Fourteenth Street School at Berwick,
Pennsylvania. Her frequent use of
the set gave her the idea that a comprehensive guidebook that could be
the "pointer" for ready application
•by a teacher in the teaching of geography, literature , history, social studies, English , art, and other subjects
would prove itself practical and
worth-while.
The newly published book informs
teachers at just what age certain
phases of subject matter and cert a i n accompanying illustration s
should be introduced. It refers teachors to a wealth of supplementary
material , and in some instances gives
such material directly and in full.
Tho chapters, in addition to the ordinary school subjects , have Indexes
for associated topics, such as "character building," in which some 400
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NEW GROUP TO PETITION
FOR NATIONAL CHARTER

Alpha Phi Omega Elects MeCutchen , Gehri g, Wolfe
And Saltzer

Officers for Alpha Phi Omega, the
newly organized National Honorary
Scouting Fraternity, have been elected for the year, and petition for a national charter will be made soon.
The fraternity is the first of its
kind in the Pennsylvania State Teachers Colleges. There are at present
forty chapters in the leading colleges
and universities in the country.
Alpha Phi Omega is not a boy
scout organization but a club of college and university men required to
have had previous affiliation with the
Boy Scouts of America. The entire
program presents a cross-section of
the scholastic, social , and honorary
fraternities on the campus.
Officers who have been elected by
the club ane: Frederick McCufcchen ,
president ; Earl Gehrig, vice-president; Evan Wolfe, secretary; and
Blaine Saltzer, treasurer. Meetings,
scheduled for the second Friday of
each month, are held in the social
rooms of Science Hall.

DR.HAAS DESCRIBES PURPOSE
COUNCIL OF ADULT EDUCATION

Dr. Francis B. Haas, president of
the Emergency Council of Adult
Education , Recreation and Youth of
Columbia County, described the purpose and organization of the Council
at n meeting held Dec. 12 to be us
follows:-Tho function of the Council
is to serve as a clearing-house for the
Adult Education , Recreation and
Youth Problems, and to act as a
cooperating agency ibetweon tho
W o r k s Progress Administration ,
Adult Education , and Recreation
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BOOK REVIEW Colleg e World
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Published Bl-Weokly During tho College Term
By Students of Bloomsburg Stnto Teachers
! College. .
EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor In Chief
II. P. Bevllacqua
¦Managing Editor ,
Mnrjorl e H. Beaver
ARsoclnta
Stasis Zola
Kews 1'MItor
? Amanda Wnlsh
.Associate
Mary Zehncr
Xltcrury Hdltor
Jny Pursel
. . . . Ernest Lnu
l''enture Editor
SirovtH Editor
!.. Gilbert Kline
•AgifaclntcH
Bernar d Young, Charles
Mluh n cl , Daniel Jones , liny McBrldc , Alex
MrKt-clinle.
MANAGERIAL STAFF
Ofllce Manager
Florlne Moore
Typists
Betty Harter , Anna Jean Laubach ,
Betty Savage , Mclva Carl , Anna Bbert,
' Gladys Biennnn , Dorothy Wonnor, Norman
Henry, Evelyn Freehs fer.
Circulation
Sara Simmon, Samuel Cohen ,
BEFORTORIAL STAFF
Ruth Smethers , Josephine Magce, Jane Lockard,
Stasla Zola , Marjorle Beaver , Amanda Walsh ,
Dorothy Selccky, Gladys ltlnnrd , Margaret Smith ,
Mlnettc Rosenblatt, Rcba Bransdorf , Bobert
DIehJ , R a y Mcliride , Leonora Spotts, Emily Me¦Call, Marian Taylor , Lois Farmer , Winifred
Ruckle , Anna Orncr, Ruth Dngan , Dorothy
Englchart, Minnie Boudman , Miriam Utt , Lois
Johnson , Mary Zehnsr , Martha Wright , W.
Fr ank Bachlnger , Leonard . Man jone , Margaret
¦Creasy, Sfar safcf Futwr . Syfvfa Cbnway, Batter
Cr oss, Rebecca White . Howard Lemon, Claire
Miller , Ha rriet Knclicr , Cornclln McOinnls .
FACULTY SPOHSOES
MIbs Maude Campbell , MIbs M. Murphy, Mlns
Pearl Mason , Mr. William Forney, Samuel L.
Wilson, chairman.

CHOOSING AN AGENCY
Thanks to the Denver meeting of
the National Education Association
last summer college students who are
about to receive their degrees in
Education have been warned about
their choice of an employment agency.
That meeting reported one teachers ' agency that collected $10.00 advance fees from a large enough number of school .teachers to net the organization a sum of $185,000 , without
providing any evidence of assumed
responsibility for getting its clients
positions. And this is but one case
of such a racket. There are scores
of others in operation throughout the
country.
Pr ospect ive t eachers alon e can wipe
out this practice. They can do so by
approaching a teachers ' agency critically, and by giving nothing but a
very critical audience to representatives who "sell" positions. And that
isn't easy, in view of the fact that
these representatives usually are won
supplied with names of teachers who
got their start through their agency.
Occa sion all y a name familiar to a
prospect will be offered as an example
of a young, inexperienced teacher who
was given a start. (Now and then
someone from the region is placed .
And that's fine; that's what we want
to hear. But investigation reveals
that the practice is merol y bait for
more unfortunate victims,
So what can a student do? lie at
least might question those who may
be in a position to advise him. Older
teachers anil administrators know
which agencies are oporated fairly,
and they will bo glad to advise young
and inexperienced students who seek
entrance into their chosen profession.

SHOULD THE BULLETIN BOARD
BE TAUGHT TO WALK ?
LaBt week a froshman was heard
to say that oho never looks at the
main bulletin board any more, She
remarked, further; that the bulletin
board Is too far away from her classrooms and from her locker to make
it worth her while' to walk to It. Two

SOLOMON MY SON
John Erskine
«**
"Solomon, my son," said David ,
king of Israel , "be strong! I wish to
leave you many blessings, bu t this
contains all—fear nothing, and ' be
yourself!"
With these words Solomon, an
awkward and self-conscious adolescen t assumed the power, "perplexed
how to go on from where his parent
had left off." But he had no need to
worry about carrying out his ideals;
•he was always to yield to the influence of his queen-mother, his wife ,
his servants—even to his enemies.
His whole life was to be governed by
p recedent, women, • and necessity.
Never was he to be able to sieze control and demand respect. He was a
t ool , and a rather foolish-looking one
at that.
He married the girl of his mother 's
choice, and her wedding gif t from her
father was a city belonging to Solomon himself and which had been his
onl y source of revenue. Balkis was
summoned as a prospective bride—
and immediately fell in love with the
hammer-smith , Solomon 's enemy.
John Erskine proves himself a
master of the delicate art of goodnatured satire. It is a story rich
with JitfmoT find wft—and a freshness
that is unusual in most modern literature.
lluth Sm ethers

LETTERS TO EDITOR
Ra tt ier

The "rattler ", who shares the lime-

light with the common, ordinary
sku n k as t he onl y remaining campus
pestilence , has struck again. This
time , as in former times, the silent
noise-maker of Bloomsburg has communicated with the College paper
through letter , neither st amped nor
sealed. The letter, silly as it is, follows:
Dear Santa,
I know it's New Years. I know
Christm as is now a was a n d ai n 't
no longer a is, or a will be. I
know you was at my house on
Christmas eve. 'Fact I heard ya
come ta bed. But Santa, how's
abo ut filli n' the socks ya left me
on Christmas ?
Rattl e, rattle,
rattle, rattle, an d a happy new
year.
The Rattler
Editor 's Note—This communication
was dated "New Years Day ". We
wish to refer the unknown writer to
the New York Times, which is now
sponsoring its "Hundred Neediest
Cases " appeal. The letter follows an
invitation by the Maroon and Gold
to all students to offe r letters for
publication.
minutes later she was seen and heard
by the same person coaxing another
student to go along down town "for a
sundae." Her motive power responded very well to her stomach, but it
wouldn't budge an inch for intellectual curiosity!

ABOUT OBITERS
Announcement is made In this
issue that subscriptions are now being received for the 1036 edition of
the College yearbook. Few students
realize the real worth of a book of
this type; yet few students who own
copies of the Obiter fro m the past
several years are willing to part
with thorn. This was revealed a few
months ago when a mombor of tho
College faculty sought a copy of the
Obiter for the Alumni Room. He
found it difficult to buy a copy even
though ho offered a price half again
that of the original.

The following little story comes
from the , Oneonta Pen .of Oneonta
N or mal School , New York :
Now, as a parting blow I'd like to
tell you about the youthful Normal
student who ran into the Bookstore
on Main Street the cither day and demanded a copy of Dante's "Inferno."
I stood amazed for a moment, watching hi m lif t i t slowl y over his head
several times. Finally my curiosity
got the 'best of me, and I asked him
what he was doing.
"Raising hell," he calmly replied.

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There has been a scarcity of
Gosh , here we are, Christmas vacation all over and> as visual, not one dances lately but things should
bit more done than before. . . And the
pick up soon af ter the second
semest er en ds ex actly one week f rom
semester starts. . . Along about
today ! . . . .
' •
April or May, when there's lots
Some of our students will
of work to be finished, there will
grad uate . at the end of the
be
a social event every few days
semest er, and among them will
,
. . . Students are allowed one
be Bernie Kafchi n ski known
familiarly as "Cobby " to most
guest at the second semester reof us. . . Cobby will be missed by
ception and dance this year. . . ,
all who know him. . . . Don't
This
was never allowed before.
•*?
believe there is a single person
St. Thomas Wit
who knew him and did n't like
Overheard in the press room of
Professor (sternly)— "When the him. . . You can't help it, he just
Waller Hall (not by the writer
class settles down I will begin the wasn't made to have an enemy
however)—freckled Frosh girl,
lecture."
. . For five years he has been
•
saying. "I'm not going to buy
you
Voice from rear—"Why don 't
coming to school here, "pursuing
any books the second semester. .
go home and sleep it off ?"
an elusive degree," as one sports
I did n't use those I got for the
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wri ter remarked about him. . .
first
semester." True in more
The young flapper went up to the
No, st udents, he did not flunk
t
ha
n
one
case, probably. . . .
young Professor and said, "Profy, a year, he was playing baseball,
I
see
by
the
back page that Miriam
dear , what are my marks?"
and has been so good at it that
Winslow and her dancers will be here
He put his arm around her and
he is to go with the Pittsburgh
Jan. 31.
whispered sweet nothings into her
Pirates this spring! ! ! . . Good
One of our Sophomore girls had a
ear.
luck, Cobby, we're all hoping to
good
Christmas—Mary Helen Mears
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see you on that first string linewalked
in the Leader Store down
Much More Truth Than Fiction
up! !. . .
town one day and was informed that
The Stylus is a great invention,
Ouch ! . Somebody's outside singing she had won $200! ! . Just imagine,
The school gets all the fame;
t
ha
t darn "Music Goes 'Round and t-w-o- h-u-n-d-r-e-d dollars !
The printer gets all the money,
'Round"
. . . You can't get away from
The staff gets all the blame.
Charley Michaels, running around
that
thing.
. It's sweeping the counBroekport Sty lus
h
e
re
with his hair all mu ssed, want's
try ju st like the chain letters did. .
, "How many legs has an
t
o
know
I wonder if it's true that sixty people
octogenarian?"
. . . Come on , biology
have gone insane through the blankN. S. F. A.
,
tell
him.
...
s
t
uden
t
s
No college in. Nebraska will ever ety-blank thing ? . . . By the way, we
We
were
astounded
to find this
still
have
two
or
three
letters
at
venture to offer the Fillmore Chronmorning
that
there
are
more than
home
guaranteeing
us
about
two
icle publicity. The editor of the
a few people in this area sufferChronicle is quite bold when he says, thousand dollars for one. . . So far
"Raus mit 'em !" Editorially it fol- we received a headache, four sleep- ing from a disease which may
prove to be the downfall of all
lo ws: "This week the Chronicle re- less nights, and a new batch of
humanity. If . people do not die
le
tt
ers
,
which
we
deposi
t
ed
i
n
t
he
ceived from a Nebraska College,
from the disease itself , they will
abou t three fo u r ths column of rot, waste basket at once. . .
un^o-.vfo,!)., pass out as the reMr. Andr uss* you must be
purpor ting to be news which it was
sult of a constriction of the
slippin g somewhere. . Or maybe
not. Also, there was a mat to be cast
it's the faul t of the curriculum v esophagus . acquired while trying ,
which would cost'1 not'- less than sixty
t o t ell ot her ' people what they
cents from any mechanical viewpoint, . . . Our commercial students
had. The disease or illness is
and the space sought to be occupied, have been failing to "come
known as pnemonoultransicrescothrough'*
when they meet pracif charged at commercial rates, would
picsilicovolcanokoniosia. (Miner 's
tical situations . . . Anna Jean
equal $6.00. And the silly free pubast hma , in t he vernacular of t he
La u bach , No. 1 commercial stulicity moocher says 'Exclusive in
common herd.)
your city, please return mat to X. Y. den t around here, got mixed up
Z.1 Just like that! No return post- -in a game of Monopoly and came
A member of the staff is pacingout $6,653 in the hole! ! ! -This back and forth at present, wearing a
age and no offer io pay for tJie space
Monopoly game is another thing
requested. The whole works is in
deep path across the floor. It seems'
that's fast getting in the same that he signed up for a correspondence
t he wast e baske t, where i t belo n gs
class as t he chai n le tt er s, tree
and this is the nearest to free pubcourse in beauty hints, lessons sent
sitting, and "Music Goes 'Round
licity that will be accorded this cheap
out by Helena Rubenstein. . . Helena
skate boot-taught moron. Wonder and 'Round. " . . It's lot s of f un
must have forgotten about him, or
how many fool country newspapers handlin g alT that money, though. given up trying to improve him, for
fell for this graft. ¦ Raus mit 'em! A
Not only did the Maroon and Gold she has sent no lessons for over three
marked copy of this issue goes to the get a new office , but it looks very weeks now. . . The last lesson went
more or less alleged college in much as though they will receive a to extremes—giving instructions for
question. It is estirely welcome to new typewriter ribbon soon. . .Reports the care of the hair and the feet. . . .
that which it can make out of it, free, to that effect have filtered through
Orchestras of Guy Lombardo,
gratis, for nothin '."
to the editor.
Glen Gray, and Wayne King
"Edge " and his boys trimmed
finished on top in the popularity
Mansfield
neatly, 39-27. . . . They
poll taken among the students
Y.W.C.A. HEARS MILTON PASa lot better than in the first
. . . That ough t to boost Esso
TOR AT GET-TOGETHER DINNER looked
few games. . . Those new uniforms
gas, Camel cigarets, and Lady
are pretty smooth. . Wonder if Coach
Esther
's facial mud or whatever
Roverand Coyle , Milton pastor, was selected them.
.
.
Maybe
his
wife
she
sells.
.. .
the guest speaker at the "Get Toget- did. . .
Nuit Sed
her Dinner " of all Y. W. C. A. members, held Wednesday night in the
dining room of the College.
PUBLICATIO N OFFICE CHANGED
Tho affair , the first of its kind on
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the campus , was well attend ed , and,
Members of the Maroon and Gold
Miss Mildred Auten , president of the In other ways, contributing frequent- and the Obiter staffs , upon returning
local Y. W. C, A., expressed the hope ly to the various discussions. It was to the College after the Christmas
of the Cabinet that It be added to the decided to offer a hundred dollar recess, discovered their belongings in
regular annual program of the organ- cash scholarship to students who are new headquarters, office changes havpursuing graduate work above tho
ization.
master 's degree. It was also decided ing been made b y direction of Dr.
Francis B. Haas during the holidays.
that chapters of the fraternlby who
The new publications office is locatFurther Auditions For Mixed
so desfro may have a member of
ed
to the left of the entrance into the
Chorus Will Be Scheduled their national council visit them by gymnasium
, in a room formerly used
payin g a small fraction of the travelas
an
athletic
supply room. The
Auditions for Mixed Choru s aspir- ing expenses from their own treasury,
supply room has been moved nearer
ants will be hol d during the last week
More than thirty of the representaof the semestor, It was announced by tives met; for a dinner meeting In the the gymnasium. Mr. A. A. Tate will
Miss Harriet Moore, director. Defin- ovenlng. At that time national occupy the office formerly used by
the College
ite dates for tho tryouts will be post- officers were olected and tho con- ing the officespublications, thus bringof all instructors in the
od on the bulletin boards of Science vention heard financial reports from physical education
department tothe representatives. That tho fra- gother.ln one
and Waller Halls.
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room.
Plans for the spring concert of the ternity Is in good financial conditi on
organization havo not been completed was loarned when it was announced
Several colleges and universitlefi
but It Is oxpoctod that rehearsals will that the national treasury contains which applied for, charters wore con'
about two thousand dollars,
begin soon.
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PROF. H.A .ANDRUSS REPORTS

Husk ies Open 1936 Teachers College
Basketball Campa ign With Two Wins
BLOOMSBURG GAINS TROUNCE MANSFIELD
SECOND S.T.G. WIN 39-27 IN T.G. OPENER

Display Sparkling Attack And Buchhe it Cagers Show Good DeDefense In Hard-Fought
fense And Fast
Game
Cutting
In an exciting, . fast-played game
Bloom downed Lock Haven 46-30 on
Wednesday evening. The Huskies
showed decided improvement over
last week's game by displaying a
powerfu l at t ack t o take the lead
which the visitors never over-come.
They "set the pace " in the beginning
by scoring 6 points before Lock
Haven inew what happened. Then,
the Huskies settled down and maintained a hard-earned lead. To succeed in keeping victory safe in their
grasp.
The "pups" "took over" L. H. J-V's
to the "tune of" 31-27.
L.H.S.T.C.
Earon '
LF
5
4-4 14
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Myers
RF
2
1-1
5
Moyer
RF
1 0-0
2
Byers
C
2
3-6
7
Manion
C
0
0-1
0
Kruper
LG
0
0-0
0
Hoffnagle
RG
0
2-2
2
Nolan
RG
0
0-0
0
B.S.T.C.
Ruckle
RF
5
2-5 12
Robison
LF
4
0-0
8
Smethers
LF
2
0-0
4
Blass
C
4
0-0
8
Witfika __—__ C 0 . - 0-0
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Banta
LG
2
0-0
4
Phillips
RG
4
2-2 10
RUNNING SCORE
Phillips 2, R uckle 4, R obison 6,
Hoffnagl e 1, Earon 3, Robison 8,
Ru ckle 9, Ru ckle 10, Byers 5, Mayer
7, Phillips 12, Blass 14, Earon 8,
Earon 9. End 1st half.
Byers 11, Bant a 16, R. Myers 13,
Bant a 18, Phillips 19, Phillips 20,
Byers 14, Robison 22, Ruckle 24,
Blass 28, E aro n 15, Ph illips 30, Earon
17, R. Myers 18, H off n agle 19, Smethers 32, Bla ss 34, E aron 21, R. Myers
23, Earon 25, Ruckle 36, Byer s 27,
Phillip s 38, Earon 28, Ruckle 40,
Earon 30, Ruckle 44, Smethers 46.
Statistics
L.H.S.T.C. _ Av. shooting 10-70 .143
L.H.S.T.C. __ Av. foul s. 10-14 .714
B.S.T.C.
Av. shooting 21-70 .300
B.S.T.C.
Av. foul s. 4- 7 .571

GOBB SIGNS CONTRACT
WITH GOOD NGREASE
Bernie Cobb, popular Benior ball
player who suddenly became a Pittsburg holdout several weeks ago, admitted yesterday that he has signed
and returned a ,new contract offering
him a substanti al increase in salary.
Though Cobb refused to tuiK of the
contract in terms of defi nite sums of
money, he did express great satisfaction in the amount offered him on
the second contract. The tall, hardhitting Scranton lad will join .the Plrntes at their Texas training camp
early in March .
Cobb will be graduated from the
College , at the end . of the present
semester and expects to '.'take a rest"
at his homo in south Scranton for
several weeks before preparing for
what .promises to be a .good biglcague .opening during the , spring and
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Taking the lead at the start and
never relinquishing their hold, the
Huskies turned in their first victory in
State Teacher 's College ranks by
downing Mansfield 39-27 on the
latter 's court. The game started off
with a "bang " with Blass, Bloom
pivo t m an , dropping in a field goal
in the first minute of play. Others
contributed to the score until B. S.
T. C. was in the lead by a score of
6-0. Here, Rice broke the ice for the
home team by sinking a two-pointer.
This star ted a game which became a
battle of speed. Mansfield's floor is
a regular race-track for it is over
100 feet in length. This caused both
teams to tire quickly, resulting in
the use of many substitutes.
Fast-cutting and quick-shooting
was a feature of the Husky attack,
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the speed with which they executed
their plays. There was a great deal
of fouling on both sides but contrary
to fact, this didn 't "slow-up" the
game in any respect.
Ruckle, scoring ace of Bloomsburg,
combined quick-thinking, speed , and
nimbleness to take scoring honors
for the Huskies with 12 points. He
was followed by Blass" and- • Robison
who made 8 points each.
Rose and Edwards were highscorers for Mansfield with 9 and 7
points respectively. It was these
fellows who kept the locals in the
runn ing by spect acu lar one ha n d
shots in the waning minutes of play.
In the J-V game the "Pups " made
Mansfield "take it on the chin" by a
score of 17-14. Slaven was high man
for the Hu sky "Pups " with 6 points.
Wilcox led t he losers with 8 points.

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Mansfield is going in for wrestling
in a big way this year. They opened
their campaign last week with the
Williamsport Y. M. C. A. and list
such future opponents as Cornell
Freshmen and other teachers colleges. Bloomsburg drew a deadlock
with the Mansfield grapplers last
year when the two schools met for
the first time on the mat.
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Wrestling, during its brief
existence at Bloomsburg, proved
more popular than any other,
sport of a minor classification .
Those who trained last year were
disappointed when the sport was
discontinued this season. Lack
of equipment was listed as the
reason.

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East Stroudsburg cagers crashed
the sports section of the New York
Times last Sunday in an action picture with tho Savage College team.
.That's something few, if any, other
Pennsylvania "Teachers Colleges can
boast of. Stroud won the game by a
comfortable margin,
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Scranton and promising candi. date for the first sack position
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The past semester has been a very
successful one in girls' basketball.
One team, number five, has been undefeated up to the present time.
Bloomsburg, in their new uniforms, This team , composed of R oberta
looked like a championship team as Lentz, Sarah E. Dersham, Donnasoon as they took the floor. This belle Smith , Irene Bonin, Dorothy
very quickly became a realization as Englehart, Jeanne Dief endifer , and
play was started and their rather Anne Seeshol tz , who are alL members
fine showing: in shooting and floor- of the freshman class, have challengwork began.
ed any team to a game to prove their
The Box-Score
supremacy. The beginners' teams in
B.S.T.C.
basketball are scheduled to play the
Player
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RF 4-8 4 10 semester.
Ruckle
LF 1-5 0
Smethers
1 Schedules of new teams, games to
Robison
LF 2-2 3
8 be played, and referees have been
Blass
C 2-6 3 10 announced by Anne Ebert, manager
Synder
C
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Phillips
7 son. "B" Club members are the
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Withka
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Banta
LG 3-3 0
3 Beginners in basketball and those
Van Devender
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13-28 13 39 report on Thursdays at 3 o'clock.
M.S.T.C.
A number of the "B" Club girls
Player
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Edwards
RF
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3
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Rose
RF 3-8 3
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^_ RF
Kiwatisky
0 0
0 referring games played each week at
Borden
-LF 0-1 1
2 Espy.
Geralds
LF
0
0
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Miss McCammon and the members
Rice
C 2-7 1
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w_ RG 2-2 0
Wood
2 work on the "B" Club cabin as soon
Feldmafi
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Scanlon
LG
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Jane Manhart is chairman of the
Sinclair
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9-21 9 27 to be held at the home of Miss McHalf-time score—B.S.T.C. 20—M.S. Cammon when there is enough snow
T.C. 13.
to permit sledding.
Referee—Todd
Umpire Swartwood
RUNNING SCORE MANSFIELD

Firs t Half
Blass 2 , Banta 3, Blass 5 , Ruckle
6, Rice 2, Bant a 7, Wood 3 , Ruckle 9,
Robinson 10, R ice 4 , R ose 6, Robison
12, .Rose.8, Rose-9, Ruckle 13, Rice
10, Blass 14, Edwards 12, Phillips 16,
Feldman 13, Blass 18, Robison 20.

(Bloomsburg 20,Mansfield 13)
Second H alf
Robiso n 21, Ru ckle 23, Blass 24,
Blass 25, Banta 26, Phillips 27, Wood
14, Rose 15, R ose 16, R obison 29 , Edwards 17, E dwards 19, Ed wards 21,
R ose 23, Phillips 31, Borden 25
Smethers 32, Phi llips 34, Blass 36,
Scanlon 27, Ruckle 38, Ruckle 39.
( Bloomaburg 39, Mansfield 27)

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Probably no man in Bloomsburg
gets in the papers more than Bernie
Cobb, whose name appears in at .
least three or four other places in
this paper. One of the latest is a
comment by Bill . Brandt, publicity •
director of the National League,.
placing Cobb on first base position .
with Pittsburgh next season.
Another interesting comment appeared in the New York Herald Tribune last Sunday. It reads, "There •
can be little dispute with the first
base selection. After all every
Spring training camp star has a Cobb
or Ruth or another Wagner, so when .
you discover a lad actually named
Cobb, who bats .383 and has more
than a modicum of fielding grace,
he 's a natural. In addition this particular Bernard Joseph Cobb, no relation to the immortal Ty, once batted
.603 while at Bloomsburg College and
is being tried by the PirateS after
onl y three seasons of professional .
play."

J AYVEES DOWN M ANSFIELD

In a game tight all the way •
through Bloomsburg's fighting understudies managed to eke out a 17-14
win over the Mansfield Jayvees on
the latter 's court last Saturday night.
INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL
Both teams displayed a remarkable •
Beginning wiin ine next issue wie defense , with the local five nosing
College paper will print an "intra- out their Mansfield opponents in the
mural corner" carrying the results of last quarter despite the fact that
contests up to three days before pub- they were outscored in the period by
8 points to 2.
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Y.M.C.A. ACTIVITIES REACH ED A. B. C . C LUB HELD P ARTY IN
PE AK DUR IN G PA ST M ONTH SCIEN CE HALL LA ST NI GHT

Members of the College A. B. C.
The Bloomsburg Y. M. C. A. is
about to complete one of its most Club held a tea in the social rooms
active semesters in the history of of Science Hall last night for the inthe local organization, according to coming amd the out-going officers.
faculty sponsor, Professor S. I. E lect ion of the n ew office rs was h eld
last week at the regular meeting of
Shortess.
The highlight of the semester's the club.
At that time Miss Jane Manhart
program was reached last month
when Bloomsburg delegates attended was named president; Miss Mary
the annual Student->Faculty Con- H elen Mears, vice-president; Miss
ference of the Y. M. C. A. held at Dorothy Sidler, secretary ; Miss
Lebanon Valley College. Delegates Amanda Jean Walsh, treasurer; and
attended from twenty colleges and Miss Muriel Stevens, program chairseason , might be accused of gouniversities in the state of Pennsyl- nam. Misses Manhart, Mears, Walsh,
ing home for Christmas and forvania and returned to their campuses and Stevens are juniors, while Miss
getting to return , were it not for
with many intei'esting new ideas and Sidler is a sophomore.
the fact that his friends know
Retiring officers are Miss Anna
mrch valuable information.
him too well. The whistling
Local delegates to the . convention Jean Laubach, president; Miss Franslugger came back with a new
were: Jacob Kotsch, Robert Welli- cis Riggs, vice-president; Miss Sally
name, Bernie Cobb. Though this
ver, William Turnow, Robert Price, Davis, secretary ; Miss Mary Grosek,
is the same name he has been
treasurer; and Mary Helen Mears,
and John Sandel.
using in baseball since he was
Another highlight of the season, program chairman.
big enough to lift a bat it took
and one of which the organization is
a good check for $35.00 and a
proud , was the Christmas party for RECEIV E EARLY IN QUIRIES
lot of red-tape in the Scranton
poor children of Bloomsburg, held i
ABOUT PLAY TOURNAMENT
Court House to make it legal.
just before the Christmas holidays.
This event received much favorable
Several Bchools and individuals
Things were rather reversed in comment from townspeople.
have requested information from
[sequence at Mansfield last Saturday
i Bloomsburg's chapter of Alpha Pai
¦when the junior varsity game was
Omega , national dramatic fraternity,
DAY
WOMEN
GIVE
INTERESTING
played after the main setto. Those
concerning the annual High School
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PROGRAM IN CHAPEL TODAY Play
who did not see action with the varTournament, sponsored by tho
.sibies of the two schools were put into
local
organization.
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This morning in chapel the Day
Though nothing definite has been
Women 'B Association presented their pl anned yet for tho
contest this year'
The statistician reports a perannual entertainment, which took the Miss Alice Johnaton,
; centage of .245 in the shots tried
form of a double program: individual dramatics and faculty director of'
sponsor of the
; and converted at Mansfield and
numbers and a play. The program, Alpha Psl Omega, said
that tho
under the direction of Miss Ethel annual event which
! a .464 for foul shots. Both of
has
proved
itHanson and Katherlne John, was as self both popular and
i these marked an increase over
worth-while
to - •
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follows ; vocal solo, Jean Lewis; piano surrounding schools
has
bean
includj teams average about .200 in goal
solos, Anna Jean Laubach and Har- ed In the fraternity
plans, for tho >
! attempts and .500 in fouls, giving
riot Kocher; selection, Day Girl's second semester.
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Bloomsburg a good margin in
Quartette; dance, Muriel Stevens and
! goals but a rather poor showing
Virginia Breltenbach ; reading, Jane Jane Lockard ; Barbara, Margaret
' in fouls. Robipon lead the team
Manhart. A play, "The Rehearsal," ;Creasyj Gertrude, Martha Wright}/
i in goals with a .000 for that
was
presented with the following, Sonia,, Margaret Graham ; and War- ,
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BLOOMSBURG ALUMNA
WINS RECOGNITION

ic Goes 'Round and 'Round " Almost
OBITER MAKES EARLY "MusRuins
Survey; First Results Orch. Selections
APPEARANCE MAY 1

Business Manager Opens Subscription Campaign Durin g
Past Week

Charles M ichael , editor of the 1936
Obiter , announced this week tha t the
yearbook will make its appearance
on the campus May 1, according to
the present schedule. Work on the
Obiter this year is moving along
more rapidly and smoothly than in
the past, when progress lagged until
the last two months and work piled
up to such an extent that insufficent time could be devoted to it.
Miss Mary Kuhn, acting business
m anager in the absence of H oward
Waite who has been doing his student teaching in Williamsport, opened the subscription campaign for
undergraduates last week and urges
all students to subscribe now for
what promises to be an interesting
book. Subscription to the Obiter
costs $4.00, half of which must be
paid with the subscription and half
of which is due at some future date,
to be specified. Those in charge of
subscript ions are M iss K uhn , Miss
Sara Shuman, and Harry Nelson.

MORE 3 GN FOR NEW
DIRECTOR'S COURSE
Pro f. Fenstemaker Announces
List Of Those In
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Professor H. F. Fenstemaker,
director of instrumental music organiz ations , reports increasing amount of
interest in the newly formed course
in band and orchestra conducting,
there now being twenty-two members signed up for instruction.
Thus far the group has studied instrumentation of band and orchestra ;
the keys in which the parts of each
instrument are written ; the groups
of instruments classified according to
string, wood-wind, brass, and percussion ; and the various tempoes.
They are now about ready to study
simple lessons in harmony, leadi n g to
lessons on arrangement of numbers
for band and orchestra use.
Members of the class include: Alex
McKechnie, Ray McBride, Robert
Ohl, J oseph Plewyak , Michael Strohoeky, Joseph Baraniak, Sarah Bomboy,
Robert Reimard, Alfred Koczansky,
• Catherine Brennan, Roberta Lentz,
Earl Gehrig, Charles Harmony, William Penny, Walter Woytovich, Marsha]1 Ferguson, Mary Palsgrove, Ray
Schrope, Ed Garvey, Charles Henrie,
Bevy Singer, and Robert Welliver.

'College Will Offer Courses
For Teachers In Service
According to precent plans the following courses will be offered by the
College to teachers in service who
have asked for the instruction: Mathematics I, instructor , Miss Ethel Ranson ; Literature I , instructor, Miss
Alice Johnston ; Speech Problems, instructor, Miss Alice Johnston ; Social
Studies, Instructor, Professor E. A.
Reams; and Music III, instructor,
Miss Harriot Moore,
The courses, offered on Friday evenings and Saturday mornings, reprosent those desired by the largest
number of teachers in service as revealed in a recent survey by the Dean.
The survey was Interesting in the
number of courses requested* the
large number of fifty-eight probably
representing a more varied list than
any previously recorded.

Special press treatment will be
rewarded the person or persons who
brin g in t o the office of the M ar oon
and Gold the writer of that "new "
da nce hit known fro m Pole t o Pole
and from New York to New York
and from anywhere else to anywhere
else as "The Music Goes 'Round and
'Round."
It's a clever thing, and it deserves
all the popularity afforded it by
everyone from rompers to tailcoats,
from milk to cock-tails, and fro m a
humble position behind a broom to
an executive position behind a desk.
Bu t it ruin ed a M aroon and Gold
survey—that one started several
weeks ago and intended to reveal the
songs most popular on the campus.
Before th e Christma s vacation a
r eally close battle loomed in this
matter of song-populariby; then came
that dizzy "Music Goes 'Round"
number, and with it came the end of
the survey. Eighteen of the twentythree students approached since the
holidays gave first, second and third

choices to that "biograph y of a
musical n ote" composition.
Skipping that invader one discovers "Red Sails in the Sunset,"
another music-lover's disease and a
weakness in any broadcasting studio,
holding its own with "A Little Bit
Independent," "Treasure Isl and,"
"Eeny Meeny Miny Moe," and "The
Broken Record." (The latter has
caused ' many a person to chew the
end off his cigar) One of the most
popular songs, according to present
result s, is that old favorite kn own as
"Star Dust."
The orchestra survey, started more
recently, is beginning to show interesting results now too. It also is
handled accordi ng v t o first three
choices. Guy Lonibardo, Glen Gray,
and Wayne King"* show the most
number of followers in that division ,
with the former running well ahead
of the others. Jan Garber, Horace
Heidt, Eddie Duchin, Paul Whiteman ,
and Duke Ellington are among the
others which are gradually getting
more votes.

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WINSLOWS COME HERE
FOR RECITAL JAN. 31
Student Approval Of 1936 Program Brings Return Of
Dancers

BLOOM IS ONE OF FOUR ANNOUNCE PLANS OF CONTEST
Students and others are anxiously
The contest examinations will be
AT N.S.FA GONV. FROM PENN. completed
looking
forward to the second local
Saturday morning, May 2.
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Seton Hill, Pittsburgh Women 's
College, And Penn State
Also Send

Bloomsburg was one of four Pennsylvania colleges and universities represented at the eleventh annual
convention of the Na t ional Student
Federation of America, held during
the Christmas holidays at Kansas
City, Missouri.
Pennsylvania College for Women,
Pi tt sbu r gh , sent two student represent atives, Pennsylvania State College sent one and Seton Hill sent one.
R epresent at ives were presen t from
practically every state in the country,
fro m Califor nia with five, to Florida,
with four. Few teachers colleges sent
delegates.

PLAN CHAPEL SPEAKER
FOR SEMESTER GRADUATES
CONTINUED FEOM PAGE 1

cordia College, and New York University. He was a member of the
dramatic club and resides in Wilkes
Barre.
Amy Smethers, intermediate teacher-in-service from Berwick, studied
at State College.
H. Myrtle Trembley, a seconda r y
student and teacher-in-service from
Ambridge, Pennsylvania, studied at
Geneva College.
Joseph Visotsky, secondary student from Excelsior, Pennsylvania,
found much activity in Nature Study
Club and in baseball. He played
varsity baseball in the shortstop
position last ytwir.
John Yeager , secondary student
from Hazelton, was active in orchestra, band, and in sports, He was a
varsity tennis player last season.
Those receiving the State Standard
Limited Certificate include Claire
McMannimen, an intermediate student from Mt. Carmol, and Eleanor
Olshefsky, a primary student from
Mt. Carmel , The former was a
member of the Y. W. C. A. and the
Girl 's Chorus, while Miss Olshefsky
was a member of the Y. W. C. A. and
studied at Susquehanna before coming to Bloomsburg.
Earl Palmatier, intermediate student from Shickshinny, was a member of the band, orchestra, and the
Y. M. C. A.
Catherine Sheridan, primary student from Glrnrdsvlllo, was a member of the Y. W. C. A.

A professional program for teachers
of commercial subjects will begin with
the noon luncheon. Following the
short session in the College dining
room, a short one-act play will be presented in the auditorium. The theme
of the professional meeting and the
dra matic presentation will be: "The
Building of Desirable Character Traits
in Business Education." This phase
of the day 's program will be sponsored
by the Pi Omega Pi fraternity.

Dr . Haas Describes Adult Ed.
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ministr ation Progra m, the Depart-

ment of Public Instruction and the
local communities.
The Educational Work for Pennsylvania under the Works Progress
Administration is administered by
Charles M. Emerick, Director of the
Educational Division. This work has
tw o chief phases, one having to do
with Adult Education and the other
with Recreation. The work under the
National Youth Administration for
the State is in charge of Isaac Sutton. This division is responsible for
the aid to college students, to high
school students, and in general for
youth employment between the ages
of sixteen and twenty-five.

appearance of the Winslow Dancers,
scheduled to entertain in the auditorium on Friday evening, Janu ary 31.
The Winslows scored a huge success in their initial appearance here
last October, students and townspeople alike commenting on the
entertainment. Miss Miriam Winslow herself is today considered one
of the . fore m ost dancers of the
modern school of dancing. During
her many years of training she has
studied under the able direction of
such no t ed da n cers as B erthe and
Francesca Braggiotti, Ruth St. Denis,
and Ted Shawn. The four dancers
appearing with Miss Winslow are
Misses Olive Cousens, Mary Hughes,
Jacqueline Magrath, and Nancy Minor, with piano accompanyment by
Miss Mary Campbell.
"Vitality and grace characterized
the in terpret ative dances of Miriam
Winslow and her group at the Brooklyn Academy of Music— "is what
one newspaper reported after a recent successful appearance in Brooklyn. "Picturesque costumes and
excellent staging assisted tfhe success of the performance. The stage
was simply set, being merely a black
background. Expert color mixing of
the spot-lights made it most effective^

Rural Lif e Club Completes Active Semester;
Weekly Discussion Plan Employed To Advantag e
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Daring Second Semester Bat Plans Chapel Featare

At the end of this semester the
Rural Life Club will have completed
a very successful term under the able
supervision of Miss Edna J. Hazen ,
Director of Rural Education. The
weekly meetings consisted of a series
of discussions pertaining to rural
life and problems which a teacher
would meet when teaching in a rural
community.
The following topics were discussed: Libraries in the Rural Community, The Block Program for Teaching1, Care of Building's and GroundB,
Health and Sanitation in a Rural
School , Lighting and ' Heating Problems, Music and Art In the Rural
School, Applying for a Position, and
Lunch Room Management.
Under tho insUnamod topic the
club diBcuBsod tho serving ol both

hot and cold lunches.,
Members of the club decided that
the best method for ¦serving luncheB
in the rural schools is the pint jar
method. In connection with the topics on the library and the block program of teaching some very Interesting and helpful material was forwarded to the club by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction.
As part of tho subject, Applying
for a Position, the members of this
club considered the differences in the
form of procedure followed by the
rural school applicants.
Besides these discussions the club
had two very enjoyable social events.
Tho first of these was a party held
in the social rooms of Science Hall,
Games were played and delicious

references point out the right story
for various situations.
The services of many noted authorities were enlisted by Miss Richards and the publishers to develop
the guide material in other fields.
For an association of the stories with
music Doris Van de Bogart supplied
a chapter, and another » authority,
Clau dia H ancock, offered a chapter
on a direc t corr ela tion of the , stories
to an appreciation of art. Marjorie
Crossley Cining was another noted
writer employed in the project. Prefaces for the various chapters, as well
as many of the more important chapters themselves, were the work of
Miss Richards.
St ar t ed Work a t Home
She firs t made a compl ete su rvey of
the schools in her home» town to discover what stories and other material
were being used there in the various
grades. She then classified the stories
and listed them as to the particular
grades in which they were to be
taught. Her survey then extended
into all sections of the country, two
school districts from each section being used.

OSBORNE LECTURE LIKED
BY STUDENTS, FACULTY
Stanley Osborne , a native of Australia gave a very interesting lecture
in chapel on January 10 entitled
"Lure of the Kangaroo Land."
Mr. Osborne explained that although Australia is believed to be the
oldest continent it was not until 1770
that the whole of the continent became known. In that year Captain
Cook accidently fou nd the eastern
part of it.
"Australia is relatively an empty
land ," states Mr. Osbonre. He explained that one third of the entire
continent is located entirely in the
tropics while one million square
miles is all desert.
The first settlers were the Portugese, Dutch, and Spanish , but at
present the people are mainly of
English extraction. For more than
thirty years only white people were
permitted to settle in Australia. This
excluded all Chinese, Japanese, and
Negroes.
Mr. Osborne stated that the people
of Australia are not a musical people
but they have contributed to the
world some of its greatest artists in
music. They are Madame Melba and
Madame Frances Alda who were both
members of the Metropolitan Opera
Company of New York City; Ernest
Hutchinson and Percy Grainger, the
former a, renowned pianist, and the
latter a composer of note.
refreshments were served. The other
social affair was a Christmas Tea
held at the home of Miss Hazen, the
sponsor of the club. The club had
as its guests at this fu nction Miss
Blanche Mordan, co-operating training teacher at the Creek School, and
Miss Kathryn Hagenbuch, co-operating training teacher at the Forks
School, These are the two schools to
which those students from Bloomsburg who are seeking experience in
rural school teaching are sent. A
most enjoyable feature of this occasion was the flinging of Christmas
Carols.
Although there will be no Rural
Ldfe Club the second semester the
present club members have planned
a very Interesting1 assembly program
for March 27 at which time Dr.
Lee L. Driver, Specialist In Rural
Education of tho Department of
Public Instruction , will nddross the
students.