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Coach Buchheit
Columbia County Teachers Open
Y- W- G A. Plans "College Fair"
In Gymnasium, Saturday^ Dec* 3
Eighty*second Institute Here Named Member
Of A.A.U. Board Floor Shows Will Be Featured Twice Daily
Program Opened Yesterday with Service
Program Continues Today with
General Session in Auditorium

Geography Frater nity
Initiates New Members

their eighty-second annual county institute on the campus of Bloomsburg
State Teachers College here yesterday morning. The program for the
two day event is as follows:
At nin e o'clock in the college auditorium, the college orchestra, under
the baton of Professor Fenstemaker,
played the opening hymn. This was
followed by a Devotional and Memorial Service, for the ,late County
Superintendent, Mr. William W. Evans , in charge of Reverend Harker,
pastor of the Presbyterian Church.
Dr. Francis B. Haas, .president of the
college, then delivered the welcome
to the visitors.
At 9:30 a.m., Dr. H. Harrison Russell; of the GeogfapBy Department of
the college, addressed the institute
on "Changes in the Geography of the
Map. of Europe."
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At -10:00 in the morning there was
group singing, followed by an address
on "What We are Accomplishing in
Our Elementary Schools", by Dr. Cecelia V. Stuart, Chief of Elementary
Education in the Department of Public Instruction.
From 11 a.m. to 12 a.m. there were
sectional meetings as follows: High
School Section — Auditorium, Paul
Brunstetter, Chairman. The address
"Secondary School Standards for
Graduation " was given by Dr.

The Bloomsburg chapter of Gamma
Theta Upsilon, national geography
fraternity, held its informal initiation
of new members on Thursday evening , November 17. William Yarworth,
president of the fraternity, was in
charge.
The pledges who were initiated :
Dorothy Derr, Eunice Laubach , R u th
Br andon , Elizabeth - Miller, • Rutter
Ohl, Bruce Miller, Pa u l Kokitas, and
Gerald Fritz.
Other officers of the fraternity are
Ruth Du gan , vice-president, Sa r a
Tubbs, corresponding secretary, Mildred Hart, recording secretary, and
Annabel Bailey, treasurer.

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Masquerade Dance
Acclaimed Success
Mystery and Intrigue Cloak
Campus for Affair
Mystery and intrigue cloaked, the
campus on Friday night as the
haunting strains of Ted Davenport's
music rustled through the cold autumn air. It was the occasion of the
Masquerade Ball, held in the college
gym , and myriads, it see m ed , of
masked figures filled the dance flobr.
It was a night of frolic; dedicated , to
the spirit of fun , and fun it was.
The dance was held by the . Community Government Association to
take the place of the Hallowe'en
Dance, which was postponed because
of the dale conflicting with that of
Homecoming Day, Although the spirit is gone, a true carnival touch was
added by the spirit of Masquerade.
Ted Davenport and his Chairs furnished the necessary rhythms and
harmonies, in a capable manner mid
likable style.
The dance started at eight-thirty,
and ended before the midnight hour
fell. Admission was granted only to
those in* costume, making it an enj oyable affair all around.
. Committees for the affair were as
follows : co-chairman , Peggy Johnson
and Willard Davles; Decoration , Jim
Deilly, chnirmnn;. Catherine O'Neill,
Monica Connoll , William Hagenbuch ,
Richard Foote, Edward Balchunas,
and Ruth Kloffman; Orchestra , Frank
Sharpo, chairman; Bill Reagor, Venuel Drehorj Refreshment , Chnirman,
Lois Farmer, Christine Grover, and
Marlon Patterson; Prizes and Judging, chairman , Mary Boyle, Lois Fullmer,
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College Represented
At Luzerne Institute

Middle Atlantic Union Has
Athletic Jurisdiction
In Three States

Dr. Kehr Partici pates
In State Conventio n

Mr. George C Buchheit, coach of
track and basketball, assistant coach
of football, and assistant Dean of
Men at Bloomsburg State Teachers
College, was signally honored last
week when he was appointed a member of the board of the Middle Atlantic Amateur Athleiic Union, which
has jurisdiction over all athletic affairs' -of amateur - standing in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.
Mr. Buchheit has received much
recognition for the track teams he
has produced in the past years, and
for this reason was appointed.
The Middle Atlantic A. A. U. will
sponsor several meets throughout the
winter, under the auspices of individual groups. Coach Buchheit is con=templating sending his championship
team to participate in these meets.
The first meet, to be held in Philadelphia' on ' December 4, will begin
at Market arid Sixth Streets, and
follow a five mile course. Passon's
Store is holding the run.
The second run will be a handicap
race , held by the Camden Y.M.C.A.
at Camden, on December 10.
On February 10, the Penn Athletic
Club of Philadelphia will hold an indoor meet at Convention Hall.

Dr. Marguerite W. Kehr, Dea n of
Women at Bloomsburg State Teachers College, recently attended the
annual convention of the Pennsylvania Association of Deans of Women ,
held at Harrisburg. Dr. Kehr was
a speaker at the session, leading the
breakfast group discussion on the
subject, "The Guidance of the Teacher Training Institutions".
The convention was attended by
Deans of Women from colleges all
over the state, and represented quite
a cosmopolitan group.
Dr: Kehr also attended the Washington Youth Conference held at
Washington, D. "C,

The Dean of Instruction and three
faculty members of Bloomsburg State
Teachers College participated in the
sixty-eighth annual meeting of the
Luzerne County Teachers Institute at
Wilkes-Barr 'e recently. '. ' ... .
Dean Harvey A^ Andruss spoke on
"New Standards.in Commercial.Edur
cation", while Miss Mae T. Hayden Dean Andrus s Visits
spoke on "Pupil Difficulties in Inter6 Southern Colleges
mediate Arithmetic". Miss Hazen
discussed "Problems of the Rural
Dean Harvey A. Andruss spent a
School Teachers" and "Planning the week visiting collegiate institutions
Program". Mr. Shortess also ad- in Maryland and Virginia. His first
stop was at St. John's Coll ege , Annadressed the assembly.
polis, where the "New Program",
patterned after the Chicago plan, has
Phi Sigma Pi Holds
been in operation for two years. Lathe visited the following schools:
Annual Initiation er Bard
Avon School for Secretaries,
Baltimore, Maryland.
New members of the Bloomsburg
Maryland State Teachers College,
chapter of Phi Sigma Pi, national Bowie, Maryland.
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professional men's fraternity, were
Maryland College for Women , Luinitiated recently at a meeting held therville, Maryland.
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College of William and Mary, Wilone of the sponsors.
iamsburg, Va.
The new members are Robert Linn ,
University of Virginia , CharlottsCatawissa; John Pomrinke, Nanti- ville, Va.
coke; Howard Tomlinsqn , Newtown;
These institutions represent tho
William Penman , Bloomsburg ; Walter ever widening variety of educational
Reed, Shillington ; Gerald Fritz, Ber- philosophy which characterizes this
wick; Bruce Miller, Berwick; Dale period of change. All of the InstituTroy, Nuremburg; Leonard Stout , tions visited by Dean Andruss reportNescopeck ; James Deily, Bloomsburg ; ed increased enrollments, for this
and Reber, Fisher, Catawissa.
year, and seemed to be meeting the
The officers of the fraternity are : needs of various types of students
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Fred Houck, president; Ray McBrldo, effectively.
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Berwick, vice-president; Clalr Miller,
Bloomsburg, treasurer; Walter Wyto- Nat 'l
Education Week
vich , Shamokin , secretary. The faculty advisers are Dr. Thomas P.
Observed in Pr ogram
North , and Mr. Reams.
National Education Week was observed by the college during the week
DRAMATIC CLUB
beginning Sunday, November 6, in
a
program composed and delivered by
PRESENTS PLA Y several
of the college students. The
program was first given in chapel on
Following a dinner in the College Monday morning, Novomber 7, It
dining room on Monday evening, No- was broadcast Wednesday evening,
vember 21, the Dramatic Club will during the rogulnr college radio propresent a play In the auditorium.
gram , and Thursday evening the stuUnder the direction of Phillip Trau- dents gave the program before tho
pano, tho cast of characters for the Parent-Teachers ' Association of tho
play is as follows : Florenco Sto- Training School. '
fanski , Dorothy Englohart , Alex McNational Education Week was InKechnlo , Fay Gohrig, Bernard Zeig- itiated in 1921 by tho American Loler, and Dean Harpe.
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Dr. Nelson Injured
In Highway Accident

Members of Y. M. C. A. Assist
In Making Preparations
Members of the Y. W. C. A., assisted by members of the Y; M. C. A., are
busily engaged in making plans fox*
their annual \yinter festival which
will.be held in the.College Gymnasium on Saturday, De cember 3, from
11 a.m. Until 10 p.m.
The theme ,of , the,.festival this year
will be a "College Fair", and booths
and decorations will be carried out
in true carnival spirit. Many attractive and useful novelties will be offered for sale, and a splendid opportunity will be given ,to students and, fac-.
ulty and friends frpm the town to
purchase Christmas gifts. Handker-.
chiefs,, stationery, desk novelties, toys,
and other articles, will be found at
the several booths at reasonable pric-,
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For those who become hungry, during the noon hour and the afternoon
and .evening, the, Fair Lunch Counter,
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ll provide sandwiches, homemade,
Dr. E. H. Nelson, Director of
cake
, ice cream ,, potato chips, pretzels,,
Health Education at Bloomsburg
coffee,
tea, chocolate, soft drinks, and
State Teachers College, was injured
other
good
things to eat. Homemade
in an automobile accident last week,
candy
and
salted
nuts will be on sale
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and is recuperating at his home, after
spending several days in the hospital.. at the Candy Booth.
Dr. Nelson suffered injuries to- his ; Fortunes will be, .told during the:
legs. With him at the time were his afternoon and evening by Dr.. Mauwife and daughter Patsy. Mrs. Nelson pin,. Miss Alice. Johnston, Mrs. Etta.
was. badly shaken up, while Patsy is Keller, Miss- Ermine : Stanton, Mxs^
'suffering from a broken bone ' in her John Gv Kochi'MiJssvMarguerite*Marr
phey and Miss May T. Hayden of the1
foot.
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prophetesses.
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Pennsylvania, where Dr. Nelson's car the student
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was struck by another machine.
None of the injuries are serious, and
the genial supervisor is expected back Scranton , Lewisburg
before long.

Champion Choristers
In Chapel Dec. 9th
The Pottsville High School Choral
Ensemble of ninety voices, under the
leadership of Mr. Earl Haviland,, will
sing in chapel on Friday, December 9,
at 10:00 a.m,
The Ensemble, which presented a
pleasing program here last year, has
gained wide acclaim throughout the
state and country and has been State
Champion Choral Ensemble for the
last five years.
Included in the group wiij be ten
people who will compose a Verse
Choir. . Between the various numbers
of the program, consisting solely of
Christmas music, this Verse Choir
will keep up the continuity by chanting the Christmas Story.
After the program, the members of
the group will be the guests of the
college for lunch.

OVER 125 REPORT
TO DANCE CLASS
Over 125 girls have turned out for
the social dancing course held after
school on Wednesdays in the gymnasium. This Is the largest group over
to turn out for any of , the activities
listed on the girls sport program. So
far this group has been working on
the waltz, fox trot , and the Lamboth
Walk. Keen interest la shown in
each dance taken up, and already
much progress has been made, ovon
by tho uninitiated.
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Alumni in Meetings

College . Is Represented at
Dinner Meetings '"- •¦The Lewfsburg1 division of thev
Bloomsburg State Teachers College Alu mni Association 1 held a1 dinnermeeting Thursday evening, November
17, at the Hotel
Lewisburg, in Lewis¦¦
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BrUce Albert , president of the College Alumni Association, presided at
the affair. Other hriembers of the "
college community who attended were.
Mr. William B. Sutliff , former Dean
of Instruction at Bloomsburg, Professor Howard F. Fenstemaker, and '
Dean John C. Koch. Professor Kel-;
ler 's colored film , "Alma Mater", was
shown after the dinner. Marimba
music was rendered by Miss Deitrich ,
of the college.
Scranton Alumni of Bloomsburg
State Teachers College held a dinnermeeting on Friday evening, November
18, at the Casey Hotel, in uptown
Scranton.
Dr. Francis B. Haas, president of.
the college, presided at the meeting,
with Miss Harriot M. Moore acting as
tho other college representative. Mr.
Keller's colored movie, "Alma Mater",
was shown, after which Miss Ethel
Ruth , of Mohnton , rendered soveral
selections on tho xylophone.
Dr. Marguerite Kehr, Dean of Women at Bloomsburg Stato Teachers
College, recently gave a talk to a
girls ' club at Nescopeck High School
at a conference on etiquette.
Miss Botty Harter , a graduato of ,
Bloomsburg, is tho adviser (
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The Pigskin Aff air
What is happening to our great
game of football ? It is becoming a
commercial advertising scheme for
big schools; it is a contest of dollars
and names and pounds ; it has far
butreached its original purpose as a
Collegiate extra-curricular.
Stars rise and fall each season,
and unbeaten teams go down in history with as much fanfare and glory
as the Battle of the Marne or Gettysburg. Last year saw its Clint Franks
and its Anthony Matisis shoot to
stardom and make the All-American
Team. Their fame will live for years
-1-in the back numbers of newspapers.
This year new stars are on the horizon. Such names as Sid Luckman,
Sidat Singh, Len Eshmont, blaze in
momentary glory. They lure students to the college, increase the
enrollment, -and foster the so-called
"college spirit." The football heroes
are witnessed at play each Saturday
by many, many thousands of fans,
and many thousands more hear playby-play descriptions of the game on
the radio. Good advertising?, Yes!
It appeals to men's love of display
and color and music, and to the
eternal delight in a human struggle
(remember the Romans?).
..The gridiron has become the scene
of a college movie on location. The
cameramen are there catching every
thrilling aerial play, every trick pass,
every touchdown. The bands are
there in flaunting colors, bursting
their little brass horns in a mighty
effort to see the team go down the
field. The stars are there so that the
movie producers need not bring along
any Robert Taylors to get their faces
dirty behind the line of scrimmage.
The "dream back fields" and the
talented toes and the light-footed
ends are all there. The setting is
perfect , and click , the cameras go
into action.
The Bowl situation has become
another commercial aspect from the
standpoint of cities. First, Los Angeles built the Rose Bowl and every
team itched to get the coveted invitation for New Year's , Day, Other
cities soon tumbled to the commercial
advantage, and tho Sugar Bowl, the
Orange Bowl, and the Eastern Bowl ,
became competing hostesses for famous elevens. Last year, Pitt refused
an invitation to play in the Rose
Bowl ; Duke is reported as unfavorable this year; and many others are
ineligible or would not go If asked.
Perhaps this mouns that college authorities are at last awaking to tho
fact that football Is getting out of tho
collegiate field and becoming entirely
professional,
Football Is a grand game, It has
excitement and suspense and drama ,
but if we let professionalism got too
firm a hold on It , wo aro going to

American jfediic. Week
Last week throughout the United
States schools celebrated American
Education Week which has been
sponsored thru the auspicies of the
American Legion and leading educational organizations since 1921. As
Mr. Strawinski said in our chapel
program, "It is not merely a flagwaving celebration but a challenge
to build a better America. " Now
that the official observance is over do
not sit back on your heels and say,
"Not bad!. Education in America,
especially in Pennsylvania, is progressing," — for therein lies the
danger for. our schools. Too many of
us' hear of an idea to improve our
educational system and then promptly
proceed to forget about it. Progress
cannot be made without cooperation.
If the children in our schools today
are to become good citizens for tomorrow, we must start today not
tomorrow to build up their characters. .Everyone of us knows that it is
easier for many children to live in a
'd ream world created by their imagination than to face reality. It is
therefore our jobs as teachers to go
out and build up worthy ideals and
sound characters in our pupils as we
strive to improve their skills and
knowledge. Make not only one week
each a year American Education
Week, but every week!

Nicholas Vasi l ieff
And Siberian Group
Heard Second Time
Under the direction of Nicholas
Vasilieff , the Siberian Singers, dressed in authentic Cathedral robes and
National costumes, presented a program of the finest liturgical, folk ,
and gypsy songs.
Nicholas Vasilieff , possessor of a
beautiful tenor voice, was a choir
boy in the church of the Czar. He
was educated " in the School of Music
in Russia. He is also the organizer
of the Russian Choir group
The program which the Siberian
Singers presented Friday, November
11, 1938 is as follows :
Fart I
a. Divine Praise
Bortniansky
b. Credo
Gretchaninoff
c. Halleluiah
Old Church Chant
d. Bless the Lord, O My Soul
Ippoli toff-Ivanoff
e. Lord Have Mercy
Lvoffsky
Par t II
a. Yermak
Legend
b. Jolly Inn Keeper
Folk Song
c. Rise Thou, O Radiant Sun
Folk Song
d. Soldier's Song
Traditional
e. Song of the Dance .. Dunaevsky
Pa rt III
Piano Solo
by Isiah Seligman,
Pianoist
a. Nocturne
Chopin
b. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12
Lizst
c. Waltz
Schuman
Part IV
a. Sing, Gypsy, Sing .... Traditional
b. Gypsy Old Refrain
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c. Dark Eyes
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Anyone who missed the opportunity of seeing and hearing The Siberian Singers in person can hear tho
director , Nicholas Vasilieff , when not
on tour , on the "Russian Melodies
Hour" over WJZ, Sunday at 10 a.m.
have to build colleges of football
where academic training is an extracurricular activity. Lot's salvage our
college game from this wreck and
restore it to Us rightful place In tho
curriculum—a healthy extra-curricular for robust mon that will provldo
spectator thrills for the other students, Lot's take from It the profits
of tho gate and tho national heroworshipping. Then, and only then ,
will bo havo football paying Its highoat dividends to participators and
spectators.

Books and Authors
The book "With Malice Toward
Som e", is a clever presentation of a
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displeasures met
series of incidental
by Margaret Halsey during her sojourn in a few of England's country
towns, and on short trips to Sweden
and Norway. English country life,
is not what it's reputed to be , according to Mrs. Halsey. She writes with
marked displeasure of the cold houses, the poor food, the flat conservations at dull dinner parties, and the
haughty manners of the gentry. Her
keen , penetrating witticisms aimed
at certain English modes, strike their
mark with ,a deftness seldom met
with in literature. After reading
this book one will easily see why it
leads America's list of best-sellers in
the non-fiction field.
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In the book "The Horse and Buggy
Doct or ", A. E. Hert zler reveals recollection of his 40 years as a country doctor in the sta te of Kansas.
He tells of his experiences in medicine
during his youth, and then of what
he met with during his wild buggy
rides along stormy, snow-laden country roads, of the operations he undertook in kitchen farmhouses, and of
the various types of parients that
called for his aid. This book is another best-seller .

Five Years Ago

From Other Campi

Phil: Well, at least I can say I'm
Dr. Haas addressed the Conference College-bred.
of Education held at Bucknell on "A Virginia: Yes, a four-year loaf.
New Deal in Education."
(P robably made with the old man 's
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do u gh , too.)
Dr. Raig uel opened a series of
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lectures at the college by discussing Two men had just made their exit
the N.R.A.
out of the theater , and evide nt ly it
had been a pretty poor picture by
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The Maroon and Gold Harriers the expressions on their faces, when
trotted over the hillside course for one turned to the other and said:
an easy victory in their opening meet
"You know, it is certainly wonderagainst Indiana.
ful how pictures have advanced these
last few years."
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The Columbia County Scout Coun"How so?"
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"Well, first there were the silent
course at B. S. T. C.
picture, then there were the talkies,
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and now this one smells."
captain
of the cross
Jim Karns,
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country team, wasn 't too busy as a
Four Irish Dorm men were in Canteaching senior to "hitch" to Phila- ada knocking about in an auto. One
delphia and finish eighth out of a had two years of Professor. Byam's
field of eighty runners.
French he wanted to apply.
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"Est ce que cela est la direction de
Some day, students of this college Toronto ", he yelled at a little Canadwill come to the realization that ian kid.
extra- curricular credit is a mere Little Canadian kid pointed ' fist at
record to satisfy requirements of Toronto.
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the college, and not something for
"That way, dope!"
which undue amounts of chiseling,
—University of Delaware
back slapping, et cetera are nec4: J: * * *
essary, (subj ect of editorial).
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MOTTOES

Egotists' : An I for an I
The defeat of the cross country
Tightwads':
Backward, turn backWest
Chester
ended
Bloom's
by
team
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thy flight.
ward
O
dime
in
The novel, "The Yearling", by M. winning streak, which had extended
Farme rs': Weed 'em and reap.
years.
over
a
period
of
three
K. Rawlings is still something differCollege Boys' : Don't cou nt your
ent. The central figures in this work
chickens
before they show up for a
of fiction are a tender-hearted boy,
,
date:
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Jody Baxter and his tame young deer
When
is the
The
Old
Folks':
named Flag. The boy lives with his
This poem was written about ten younger generation cuming to?
father and mother in the scrub coun- years ago by a girl now a junior at
Crooks': A thing of booty is a joy
try of Florida. Sorrow and tragedy
College.
Bloomsburg
State
Teachers
forever.
come upon the Baxter family, and
Frat parties : Come one, come
The Angelas
then the boy with his tame fawn
oiled.
roam together through the lonely Just as the sun is sinking behind the
Carnegie Tech Puppet
forest , hunting and meeting storms
dark'ning hills,
alone, experiencing hunger, and grow- Comes the soft, sweet note of a bell,
ing rapidly closer than they had been
Some of our own Bloomsburg girls
and the laborer's heart thrills;
before. This novel is also a best 'Tis the Angelus they hear, a call decided to make some noise at the
seller.
Strbudsburg game last Saturday so
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to prayer
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they borrowed a siren from the hose
Ralph Waldo Emerson worked for Bidding all of them come who are house.
weary of care.
part of his board at Harvard by waitAs they were diligently cranking
If
you
look about the field you 'll see the siren, one of the fellows on the
ing on tables.
As you may know, during the last Each head bowed in reverie,
bleachers remarked: .
decade of his life he was afflicted As they list' to the beck'ning voice,
"What won't they think of next to
"Come unto me".
with loss of memory. Oliver Wenreduce?"
dell Holmes reveals this incident , oc- Another care gone as each bell is
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curing at Ldngfellow's funeral in
toll ed ,
Compiled by a Cornell professor
1882. Emerson, while standing over Soft'ning hearts that were once hard are following data on ways college
the grave of his dead friend , peered
students find to spend time :
and cold ;
twice at Longfellow's face, then turn1. Senior men sleep 55 hours a
ed to an acquaintance and sail: And so at the end of each laborer's week.
day
"That gentleman was a sweet, beau2. Women devote four more hours
tiful soul, but I have entirely for- Weary hearts all come—to pray.
per week to personal appearance than
Bee
gotten his name."
do men.
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3. Senior men are more studious ,
William Cullen Bryant attended
spend 9 Mi hours at dining table.
school at the age of three, and began
4. Freshmen write home on averreading at the age of four. When
age
of two and half hours per week.
he was eight, he wrote verses. He Nov. 21—Columbia County Institute
5.
Women consume 9Ya hours per
had his fi rst book published when Nov. 22—Columbia County Institute week in entertainment .
Nov. 23—Thanksgiving Recess Behe was thirteen.
Left unanswered by Cornell's stagi ns—12 M.
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tistician: How much time do men
Nov.
28—Thanksgiving
Recess
Ends
Joseph Conrad , the great English
spend waiting for women?
—12 M.
sea-story writer said this in regard
Dec. 3—College Fair—Y.W.C.A.
to the art of a novelist. "My task Dec. 9—Lew Sarette
OVER 125 REP ORT
is by the power of the written word
Dec. 16—Basketball—Alumni
to make you hear, to make you feel ; Dec. 17—Annual Christmas Party for
TO DANCE CLASS
it is above all to make you see. That
Crippled
Children.
Senior
Informal
—and no more, and it is everything."
Dance.
Continued {com page I
Conrad highly acclaimed Mark Dec. 20—Basketball—Susquehanna—
Besides dancing, this group partiTwain's book "Life on the Mississip( Away
cipates in soccer and hockey; soccer
pi."
Dec. 23—Christmas Recess Begins— on Mondays, and hockey on ThursIf you have read "Nigger of the
12 M.
days. Both soccer and hockey are
Narcissus," you undoubtedly still replayed outside, and will be discontincall the lingering death of the "Nigued after Monday, November 21.
Riii ff ns Love Token
ger " portrnyod in that novel. That
Tho ring as a love token com- After Thanksgiving Miss Whltonight
portrayal is not a creation of Con- menced its recorded history when will begin cage ball and basketball ,
rad's imagination. He actually saw tho ancient Greeks sent rings of to bo played inside.
a negro die in that manner,
iron to their betrothed as evidence
Groat interest Is being manifested
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of an agreement. Tho ring being in the sports program this year, and
William Proscott, an early Ameri- placed on tho third finger of tho Miss Whitenlght Is doing much to
can Historian , was blind.
left hand during tho marriage serv- foster and retain this interest, Partiice, for it was believed that a norvo cipation In these events gives points
#*?
It look Gibbon 19 years to comploto led fro m this finger directly to tho toward membership In tho "B" Club ,
his "Docllno and Fall of tho Roman heart. But most of tho mon woro and many of tho girl s aro taking adEmpire," which is tho greatest history their rings upon the right hand as vantage of tho opportunity to garner
a mark of power and Independence enough to bo oleglble.
of tho 18th century.

Poetry

Kampus Kalendar

Booters Complete
Successful Year
Sink County All-Stars in
Stirring Game
The crack sc/ecer team of the
Bloomsburg State Teachers College
ended a very successful season last
week, with the inspiring record of
eight wins and one def eat.
Playing an All-Star team, composed
of the cream of the high school teams
in the county, Bloomsburg 's Booters
reigned supreme, garnering three
goals in the second period, to sink
their opponents, 3-0.
Following is the lineup for the
game: .
College
Pos.
All-Stars
Harman
OL
Whitenigh t
IL
Hornberger
. Fritz
Hippensteel ... CF
Yeager
Watkins
IR
Ochenrider
Hausknecht ... OR
Taylor
Houck
CHB
Fritz
Zimmerman .. LHB .... Sneidman
McHenry
RHB
Houck
Masteller
LFB
Memley
Parcell
RFB
Snyder
Linn
G
Reichwein
All-Stars
0 0 0 0 0
College
0 3 0 0 3
Goals: Alles, Harman , Hippensteel.
. Substitutions: College ¦= Plevakj
Hopkins, Alles, Shiner; All-Stars —
Oberdorf , F. Fritz, Knouse, McNealis,
Wilson, Schlack, Yohey. •

Win-thirsty Huskies
Toppled by Big Red
The Bloomsburg Huskies met a Big
Red team from Stroudsburg on the
rebound Saturday and were again
repulsed in a bid for the season's first
taste of victory.
'
The Huskies got away to, an early
*7 -lead when Pr'aisnerj Stroudsburg halfback, fumbled on the second play of
the game and Jim Hinds, Husky center, smothered the ball on the Stroud
20 yard line. Three plays later, Lehman tossed a pass to Herbert, who
made a nice catch, just over the goal
line. The home team immediately
came back strong, compiling four consecutive first downs on straight football, but were stopped cold by a
determined Bloomsburg defense on
the Husky ten yard stripe.
In the second period, Jack Kist,
diminutive Stroud halfback, returned
a punt to mid-field , and then scampered around his own right end to the
Bloomsburg 18. On the next play he
took a pass from Izer in the end zone
for a touchdown. The half ended
in a 6 to 6 stalemate.
The Big Red opened up again after
the intermission when Pogano, 265
pound fullback recovered a Bloomsburg fumble on the Huskies' 31.
Hontz carried the ball to the 17 and
then passed to Shubert, on a very
haphazard play, for a touchdown.
Zwerik's placement was good. Several minutes later a penalty gave
Stroudsburg possession of the ball
on the Bloomsburg 35. Two passes
from Hontz to Zwerik put the ball
on the 5, from where Zwerik plunged
for the third Stroud touchdown.
Again his placement was good and
the score was boosted to 20 to 6, with'
the home team on top.
The sensational play of the afternoon came in the closing minutes of
play when Frank Van Dovendcr cut
back outside of right tackle and
galloped 80 yards for a touchdown .
Stroud had the upper hand in first
downs, but the Huskies covered the
most ground from scrimmage,
The victors very unexpectedly
¦opened up with an aerial attack
which scored two touchdowns and sot
. up tho other. They complotod flvo
passes for a total of 68 yards, while
tho Huskies picked up 52 yards in
.three passes.

Bloomsburg Harrie rs Retain
Pennsylvania Champ ionship

Several 1938 Meets Were Telegraphic
Though seven seconds difference
lost the. cross country run against
West Chester for Bloomsburg, the
Husky Harriers still reign supreme
as State Champions of the Teachers
College circuit.
In the West Chester—Bloomsburg
meet at West Chester, Danny Kemple, Husky ace, set a new course
record of twenty-three minutes and
twenty-eight seconds, cutting ten seconds from the record he set last
year. The final score for the encounter was 27-28. Kemple finished
first , Karns fifth , Lavelle sixth, Parker seventh, and Jenkins ninth. The
run was held over a four-and-a-half
mile course.
In the first meet between the two
schools this year, on the Bloomsburg
course, the Maroon and Gold triumphed, 22-23. Bloom's Harriers also de-

in
feated Slippery Ro^k a telegraphic
meet, 20-35. Bloomsburg and West
Chester also had teams in the run
sponsored by the Middle Atlantic
A AiU. at Philadelphia last week, and
Bloom finished two team standings
above West Chester. The comparative team scores were 110-135.
These results give the following
season standing for the teams:
Team
Won Lost
3
1
Bloomsburg
West Chester
1 2
.0
1
Slippery Rock'
Bloomsburg will meet Shippensburg in a telegraphic meet today,
with Shippensburg running on their
cou rse, and Bloomsburg at the Fair
Grounds. This is the first year that
Shippensburg ' hais produced a Cross
Country team." ~ n

The Days Before M- & G. Bowlers
The "Daze"
Win and Lose
Bloomsburg' vs. Kutztown
1938—Kutztown 6 Bloomsburg 0
1931—Kutztown 6 Bloomsburg 32
1930—K utztown 19 Bloomsburg 14
1929—Kutztown 0 Bloomsburg 6
1928—Kutztown 12 Bloomsburg 0
1927—Kutztown 0 Bloomsburg 30
No games in 1932, 33, 34, 35, 36
and 37.
Bloomsburg Won 3, Lost 3, Tied 0.
Bloomsburg vh. East Stroudsburg
1938—E. Stroud 20 Bloomsburg 12
1937-^E. Strouds 0 Bloomsburg 12
1936—E. Strouds 0 Bloomsburg 7
1935—E. Strouds 12 Bloomsburg 0
1934—E. Strouds 14 Bloomsburg 10
1933—E. Strouds 7 Bloomsburg 9
1932—E. Strouds 45 Bloomsburg 0
1931—E. Strouds 7 Bloomsburg 7
1930—E. Strouds 6 Bloomsburg 13
1929—E. Strouds 0 Bloomsburg 14
1928—E. Strouds 12 Bloomsburg 0
1927—E. Stroud 6 Bloomsburg 0
Bloomsburg Won 5, Lost 6, Tied 1.
Bloom
Stroud
Herbert
LE
Shubert
Kirk
LT
Scarcella
Hausknecht ... LG
Sando
Hinds
RT
Carmella
Scandle
C
Krapa
Lipfert
RG
Hanson
Sworin
RE
Shannon
Lehman
QB
Zwcrik
Rogozelski
LHB
Marcelli
Balchunas . , , . RHB . , . , Pralsner
Coblentz
FB . . . . . . . . Pogano
S
0 6 14 0—20
B
6 0 0 6-14
Roforoo — Parshall , Cornell.
Umpire — Hade, F. and M.
Hoal Linesman — Ross, Wisconsin.
Touchdowns—Bloom: Herbert , Van
Dovonder. Stroud—Kost , Zwerik,
Shubort.
Pts. after Touchdown — Zwerik 2
(placement kicks)

The Bloomsburg Bowlers, college
entry in the Bloomsburg City Bowling League, split,victories last week ,
winning one, and losing one. The
college team defeated the Producer's
Dairy, but lost tp Columbia Laundry.
Following are the scores:
B. &;¦ T. C.

Williams
. 134 189 165—188
Price
134 141 122—397
Cinquegrani .... 139 139 156—134
Kiefer
162 166 146—474
Koch
182 156 134-472
H. C. — ' 20 20 20— 60
Totals
771 811 743 2325
Columbia Laundry
Broner
159 138 168—465
Everett
188 164 162—514
Gearinger
179 161 181—521
Watts
174 155 166—495
Kapp
.168 199 157—524
'. . 868 817 834 2519
Totals
B. S. T. O.
C. Price
177 148
Cinquegrani .... 123 172
Williams
128 167
L. Kiefer
126 155
J. Koch
145 181
Totals
699 823
Producer 's Dairy
Albertson
164 147
Learn
181 142
Shaffer
159 142
Hahn
137 117
Hoffman
155 140
Handicap
10 10
Penman
Totals
806 698

188—513
133—428
178-473
115—396
233—559
847 2369
207—518
130—435
167—468
—254
159—454
8— 28
144—144
815 2319

Substitutions — Bloom: Hopfer,
Hummel, Little, Van Dovonder, Forsytho, Giermak,
Stroud: Lewis, Kest , Van Horn ,
Izor, Zupko, Push ute , Grantz, Lelby,
Gough , Dobrn , Libotoro,

Coach Buchheit Issues First Call
For '38*'39 Basketball Candidates
With the 1938 football season now
history, the eyes of the sport world
are turning indoors to the woodenfloored courts. In keeping with this
trend, Coach George C. Buchheit issued his call for all candidates for
the basketball teams. All aspirants
for the squads are to report to the
gym tonight for the initial workout.
Most of last year's squad will be
available again this year. Graduation
last year deprived the team of the
services of Captain J unie Ruckle,
sharpshooting forward, and Del Withka , a guard. Left this year will be
Sterling Banta, Bill Kirk , Mac Smethers, Phil Snyder, Andy Giermak , Bon-

PORTPI
L A N TO

ham, and Wesley. Coach Buchheit
will center his team around this
. .,
aggregation.
Quite a few freshman have played
varsity ball before coming here, and
will put forth every effort to displace some of the regulars. Outstanding among the recruits, if ' we
can read material when we. see it, is
"Sli m " Herr , of Coal Township. Herr
was a member of the team that , was
defeated for the State Championship
in 1934. Also looking for berths on
the squad will be Eddie Balchunas, of
Shamokin, Pat Shugars iand Frank
Pogozelski, both of..Coal Township,
and Bevilacqua, lightweight forward
from Berwick.
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i- ,, - ,, ¦•

Huskies Register
Win Over Panzer
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.

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First Taste of Victory
In 1938 Season

•

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One year ago, on November 18, the
newly-formed soccer team won its
initial engagement against Susque- Bloomsburg's grid efforts for the
hanna , 2-0. This was the first time 1938 season were not in vain. " That
intercollegiate soccer was ever played is, not qu ite , because the Husky
on the Bloomsburg campus.
eleven went to New Jersey last. Sat***
urday and registered a meagre.>12: to
Also one year ago, Frank FogozeU 6 win over a Panzer team which had
ski, speed merchant from Coal Town- previously won only one game this
ship, intercepted a pass on the 5 yard year.
line , and raced 95 yards for a touchPress dispatches stated that both
down, to defeat the Big Red team Bloomsburg and Panzer played slow
from East Stroudsburg. The final and unimpressive football , each seemscore was 12-0.
ingly waiting for a break, and it was
***
really on Bloomsburg's recoyerjj of a
"Pat" Shugars, brawny tackle from Panzer fumble that the margin of
Coal Township, may matriculate at victory depended. \,
. '
Dartmouth next year. Several friends Bloomsburg tallied first, following
of his are making good there and recovery of a ' fumble deep in the
have urged the j ovial athlete to trans- visitors' territory with Hopfer going
fer.
over. -.- Quarterback -Hill—of —Panzer
contributed the prettiest play of the
Have you seen the training quarters game when he ran
a punt back , 65.
that Frankie Taylor has in the base- yards for a second period touchdown,
ment below the gym? Frankie, a to tie the score.
former amateur boxer, has all the
In the third quarter Frank Vannecessary equipment, and is getting
in shape. Taylor is giving some Devender returned a punt 43 yards
pointers to quite a few boys interest- and then took a pass in the end zone
ed in the art of fisticuffs. With all for the victory.
The line-up:
the interest in the many different
sports here at Bloomsburg, there may Bloomsburg (12)
Panzer (0)
be hopes of instituting boxing as part Herbert
LE
Brownlee
of the program.
Lipfert
LT
Mopsick
#**
Hausknecht .. LG
.' Schrader
C
MacPhail
Leonard Harmon and John Bower Hinds
RG
Feldman
claim the record for playing the long- Scandle
RT
Moss
est ping-pong game in the B. S. T. C. Prince
RE .... Slingerland
day-room. They recently played a Sworin
Hill
100 point game- with Bower winning Lehman . . . . . . QB
Brown
100 to 91. Although defeated, Har- VanDevender . LH
RH
Smith
mon claims he will avenge the defeat Balchunas
FB
Minowitz
by challenging Bower to a game that Hopfer
will last till one of them falls over Bloomsburg
6 0 6 0—12
from shear exhaustion.
Panzer
0 6 0 0— 6
i
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Touchdowns—Hopfer, VanDevendJames Harmon, a member of the er, Hill.
soccer team, received an ugly gash
Referee — Bryan, Wilkes-Barre.
on his left knee in the homecoming Umpire—Gibbons, N. Y. U. Linesday game with Lock Haven when he man—Thomas, N. Y. U.
fell on a rock on the playing field.
He was taken to the doctor during
the half and had several stiches
Mournf ul Numbers
placed over the gash, A few days
later he reopened the cut while enB. S. T. O.
gaged in scrimmage In a practice MillersvlUe
0—0
game. He claims that he now knows Indiana
26—6
when he is licked.
; 14—0
Mansfield
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Lock Haven
64—0
Stanley Fortner claims to be th« Shippensburg
7—0
first victim to have blood drawn in Kutztown
6—0
gym class. While engaged in a touch E. Stroudsburg
20—12
football game last week , he saw his Panzer
6—12
chance to be a hero and block a punt.
He charged In thru tho lino and suc- fleetes t runner In the Coal regions
ceeded in blocking the kick, but when he gallivanted on high school
instead of using his body and hands gridirons for Coal Township, streaked
ho used his head , in more ways than past every candidate on the football
one, and as a result he walked off tho team at practice one night, when the
field with a bloody nose.
coach was determining who the runWH i Hi
ners were, The outstanding thine
Pago Mr. Buchheit! There's a about It was that "Pogey" outsprinted
new prospect on the campus for track the flash , VanDevender, In the 100
toam. Frank Pogozelski, rated the yard tost.

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College Thumbers
Nat 'l Education Week
Observe d in P rogr am
Org anize N ationa l
Hitch -hiker Union
Continued from pag e 1
Thunibers please note! The hoboes
of America are organized; the mine
workers, the carpenters, the plumbers, all have their unions, and now at
last the college thumbers have united
and they call their organization
the REGISTERED COLLEGIATE
THUMBERS.
The organization had its beginning
in St. Ambrose College in Davenport,
Iowa, where a group of interested
students consulted a group of college
professors and civic leaders and drew
up a plan to facilitate "thumbing"
and to protect motorists when picking up hitch -hikers.. It defini tely removes the abuses from this AllAmerican custom and relieves the
driver of any liability in case of accident and resulting inj ury or death
to a passenger. Other hazards connected with "giving a lift " are removed by limiting the membership
to those of attested . good character.
Our college should be proud to be
invited to cooperate in this movement at its outset. The president of
the Thumbers' ^association has written outlining the aims .and purposes
of the group and inviting membership from the student body. When
applications are certified by the Stud ent Co u ncil,, the member receives
an -identification card and a roadside
:. emblem which is to be displayed on
his ...baggage. This emblem contains
the letters RT.C and is in the form
of a .highway, marker shield, seven
by . seyen, inches,, with symbolic
thumbs . in the corners. The figures
are white on a background of royal
blue. ' This emblem bears, the same,
ser
ial number as the identification
card. ' Fees are fifty cents annually,
33 1-3% of which may be kept by
the Student Council as a commission
for work involved in securing membership applic.' tions. Thus, the Student Council may earn funds while
doing students a worthwhile service.

Educational Exhibit
At '39 World 's Fair
Education has not been neglected
in, the plans of the New York World's
Fair 1939 and it s place in the Wo rld
of Tomorrow will bo portrayed with
originality.
The theme of the educational exhibi t will be the role of education as
the one great force, standing between
civilization, and catastrophe. The
problem the Committee on Education
faced .was how to dramatize educational ' material in such a way that
it could compete successfully with industrial and • . amusement displays.
A n d so, this challenging theme was
chosen , and education will come to
life as the saviour of civilization.
One unusual exhibit under consideration is "The School of Tomorrow "—a demonstration school in
which visitors would be able to watch
the actual functioning of pre-school
and elementary classes. Polarized
glass screens will make it possible for
the children to be observed without
their being conscious of the fact.
Through the program of exhibits ,
books and pamphlets motion pictures
and the demonstration school, the
committee will dramatize education
for the general public. Educators
from all over the world will be introduced to the educational program
of the metropolitan area. Thus, the
Fair will make its appeal to professional as well as general interest.
During the summer of 1939 it will
bo, in a genuine sense, an educational
institution.

gion in cooperation with the National
Education Association. Its purpose
was to give the citizens an opportunity to investigate the field of education in their country. Since then
the National Office of Education under the direction of United States
Commissioner of Education has cooperated with these two organizations
in the observation o{ National Education Week.
The program consisted of seven
speeches by college students ; each
speech- representing one day of the
week. Suggestions for the program
were sent out by the office of the
National Education Association, and
the ; students developed their own
talks from this material.
The program was as follows :
The Significance of American Educa, tion Week
Mr. Strawinski
Developing Strong Bodies and Albe
Minds
Miss Adams
Accepting New Civic Responsibilitise
Mr. Parker
•
Mastery of Skills and Knowledge in
the New Secondary School
Miss Bailey
Holding Fast to Our Ideals of Freedom
Mr. DeRose
Attaining Values and Standards
Miss Dugan
Gaining Security for All . Mr. Bower
Mr. Strawinski explained the initiation and aims of National Education
Week. Miss Adams^ said that since
schools,, realizing the importance of
the pupils' health, havi included the
study .and practice of hygiene in their
curriculum it is necessary for teachers colleges to prepare future teachers for this new instruction.
Mr. Parker said, "By selecting and
training a high type citizen teacher,
A game program will be directed
by members of the Y. W. C. A. and
the Y. M. C. A. The downs will be
the modern teachers college helps
to prepare America 's young people
to accept their new civic duties in our
modern world." Miss Bailey stated
that the new school strives to teac h
the pupil skills and knowledge which
have a relation to his daily life, rather than teach unrelated fixed facts in
a learn or fail manner.
Mr. DeRose said, "All must bo
trained to love freedom and to use
freedom wisely. Only thus can wo
safeguard for our children the heritagfi which our forefathers fough t to
secure and labored to maintain. "
Miss Dugari believes that as the
teacher is the greatest influence in
school for shaping a child's cha racter,
The teacher should be worthy of imi tation in order that the pupil will
develop into a good citizen with the
proper values and standards. Mr,
Bower gnvo the two major problems
in which education in America must
bo vitally concerned and a summary
of the preceding speeches.

Former Bloomsburg Rector
Paints Graphic Picture of War

The Reverend Cannon Stewart F.
Gast, of Christ Church, WUliampsort ,
painted a very graphic picture of the
horrors and cost of war in his address
in chapel on Armistice Day, Friday ,
November 11.
Using statistics in a very Impressionable manner , Reverend Gast depicted the high cost and the terrible
toll that the war machine rolls up.
Describing himself as a rank pacifist , Reverend Gast made every one
present fool that war is the worst
scourge that over appeared on the
face of the oarth.
Besides the student body, many
townspeople wore present to hear the
address.
Sons Below Son Lovol
The Sea of Galilee is 700 foot boRovorond Gast is a former rector
low the level of the Mediterranean , of the St. Paul's Church of Bloomsburg.
tho Dead Sea, 1,300 feot.

American Doughboys Work on Obiter'
County Institute
Instituted the First
Makes Progress
On Campu s Today Nat
'l Education Week
Continued f rom page 1

Oliver S. Heckman , Adviser Secondary Education , Department of Public
Instruction.
¦Intermediate Section — Room F,
Noetling Hall, Miss Elizabeth Feinour, Chairman. Professor Rhodes,
Director of Training School at the
college, discussed "Expanding the
Class Room Activities."
Rural Group — Room 8, Science
Hall , Mrs. Blanche D. Evert , Chairman. Miss Edna J. Hazen , Director
Intermediate and Rural Education at
Bloomsburg, addressed the group
on "Planning the Program for One
and Two Teacher Schools."
The Primary Group, under the
chairmanship of Miss Dawn Townsend, convened in Room 22 of Science
Hall, where they heard an address
on "Begi nnings in Number" by Miss
Mae E. Hayden, Director of Primary
Education at B. S. T. C.
The Home Economics Group also
met from 11 a.m. to 12 a.m. in
Room C of Noetling Hall.
The afternoon session opened
with group singing in the auditorium,
at 1:30 which was followed by an
address on "The Present Status of
Youth , by Dr. Robert L. Southerland ,
Dean of Men at Buckneil University.
Dr. Southerland thenanswered ques^
tions.
At 2:40 the A Capella Choir, under
the direction of Miss Harriet M.
Moore, rendered several selections. ,
Following this, Dr. Henry Klonower, of the Department of Public Instruction, talked on "Three Steps
in Teacher Education". Dr. Klonower will also answer questions after his
address.
Dinner was served in the college
dining room, to be followed by entertainment in the auditorium.
Today the regnlarr program will be
opened by several organ selections
by Professor Fenstemaker, of the
Department of Modern Languages of
the college. This will be followed by
group singing, and devotional exercises by Rev. B. A. Heller, pastor of
the Reformed Church.
At 9:30 a.m., Dr.. Phillip L. Harriman , Professor of Psychology at
Buckneil University, will , address the
assembly on "New Methods in Education from the Standpoint of the
Teache rs", to be followed by ques,
tions.
.
After a recess of five minutes, Dr.
Ern est New land, Chief of. • Special
Education in the department of Public Instruction , will give an address
:
on "Special Education ".
At 1:30 there will be a band concert in the auditorium by the High
School Band. This will be followed
by election of Institute officers,, secretary, treasurer and auditor (2) . .
Mrs. Recce , Chairman of the Division of Motion Pictures of the Pennsylvania Federation of Women 's
Clubs, will speak for ten minutes ,
after which Mr. W. P. Loomis, District Supervisor of N.Y.A., will discuss the topic, "N.Y.A. and Public
Schools."
At 2:30 p.m., elections will bo held
for members of the Retirement
Board, for P.S.E.A. officers , and of
delegates to the P.S.E.A. convention.
Mr. T, J, Kirkcr will bo In charge.
These elections will end the session.

Beginning in 1921 and gathering
impetus with each succeeding year,
American Education Week is now being observed by thousands of communities throughout the nation. It
is diffic ult to associate this present
observance of American Education
Week with the embryonic one of
1921 unless the history of American
Education Week is known.
Immediately following the World
War, the American Legion became
deeply concerned as to how it could
best serve the cause of American
education. Their concern for American Education was prompted by the
vast amount of illiteracy and physical
incompetence discovered among those
people examined for service in the
army.
Organizations Collaborated
Conscious of the fact that success
could be attained only through the
co-operation of all interested and
wisely collaborated with the National
allied factions, the American Legion
Education Association and the United States Office of Education in this
attempt to further the cause of
American education. Various lines
of attack were considered by these
groups and one suggestion that a
special week be set aside each year
for a nationwide consideration of
educational problems was acted upon
and became known as American Education Week.
Henry J. Ryan , then chairman of
the American Legion Committee on
Education, voiced an opinion which
has been used ever since as symbolic
of the true purposes of American
Education Week. He believed its
purposes were "to promote the cause
of education ; to raise the standards of
citizenship; to arouse the intense,
determined, and genuine interest of
all the people in better education ;
to emphasize the value and need of
education in a representative government; to show that education is an
investment, and not an expense,
without which posterity is doomed
to chaos."
Yearly Observance
- , Throughout the intervening years
sin ce 1921, the sponsors of American
Education Week have had the ready
cooperation of scores of such agencies
as the National Congress of Parents
and teachers, serv ice clu bs, women's
clubs and practically all educational
groups. ' Each yea r; about forty
governors issue statewide proclamations in behalf of the organization
and it has frequently boon recognized
by a presidential proclamation.
The' ultimate future of democracy
rests upon educa tion and American
Education Week gives more and more
evidence often'year that it is doing
its utmost to bring about this realization.

More Sports

Panzer College is a physical education school in East Orange, New Jersey. The school has a small enrollment, but has played teams from
much larger colleges. This is probably the reason for her poor record
this year. Panzer has lost to Lowell Textile, 39-0, Upsaln 33-0, Wagnor 12-7, Ithaca 26-6, Brooklyn Collogo 6-0, and Trenton Teachers 12-0,
High School Head
Their only cistory was over East
Gets College Post Stroudsburg State Teachers College,
7-0. They have scored a total of 20
Many Bloomsburg students will bo points, as against their opponents 137.
Interested to hoar that Mr. John J.
Gross, former head of the Commercial
Department of Bloomsburg High PounutH Ilnvo Many By-PrortuctN
School, has boon appointed to the
Peanuts nro the source of more
faculty of I-Iofstra College of Now than 280 by-products , ranging from
York University, nt Hempstcad , Now face powder and lotions to varnish
oils,
York.

Senior Pictures Taken

Work on the Obiter is rapidly going ahead. Pictures of all the seniors and class office rs have been taken, finished , and orders placed for
them. The firm that is handling the
photography is Merin-Baliban , of
Philadelphia.
Photographers will mow begin to
get the group pictures, informals, and
stills, to complete the photography
section of the book.
Miss Annabel Bailey , editor of the
yearbook, and Miss Abigail Lonergan ,
business manager, are working daily
compiling the necessary material.
The Obiter this year will be the
best yet issued, in honor of the Centennial Celebration, observing the one
hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Bloomsburg State Teachers
College.

Y.W,C.A. Plans "Fair "
In Gym, December 3
Continued 'com page 1

Floor Shows at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.
will be among the attractive features
of the Fair. The programs will consist of musical numbers, dancing ,,
readings, and other attractions. Among the entertainers will be Johanna Boltzj. Jean Noll, James Rim
and his German Band , Harry Jenkins
and the Dorm Boys' Quartette, Ethel
Ru th , Candace Dietrich, John Plev:
yak , Jessie'Pfppst , Ruth Baird;" Harriet and Frank Kocher, "Spencer Rob' and well
erts and 6thW' popular
;
known artists.
To carry out the Fair successfully,
the following general committee
Chairmen have been appointed : Helen Di x on , General Chairman; Helen
Derr , Publicity Decorations , and
Booths; Florence Park, Candy and
Candy Making ; Ruth Shay, assisted
by Helen Derr, Lunch Counter; Helen Brady, Finances ; Catherine Bell ,
Fortune-telling; and Floor Show and
Program, Edi th Benninger and Eda
Beilhartz. Every member of the
Y. W. C. A. will have an opportunity
to take some part in the Fair.
Among the Y...M. C. A. men who
will have an active part in the Fair
are: Charles Kelchner, Presiden t;
Robert Borneman , W alter Reed, William Herbert , Harr y Jen kins, Floyd
Keener, Jack Shortess, Richard Nonnemacher , B. Fellman , • Joseph Hudock , Victor Turini , Norm an Cool,
John Plevyak , , Clark . Renninger,
Thomas Grow and . others who have
indicated their willingness to assist.
Ev er yon e is cor dially inv it ed to
participate in the College Fair. •.

For Your Notebook
"G nllory Gods"
The ceiling of the old Drury Lane
theater, in London , was painted to
represent the sky, with clouds and
the usual cupids and cherubs. Since
the ceiling was immediately above
persons seated in the gallery, they
wore said to bo "among the gods."
Out of this grew the appellation
"gallery gods" to designate those
occupying the highest seats in any
theater.
Settle™ Introduced tlio Boo
The beo was actually unknown in
this country until introduced by the
settlors. One writer records that
the Indians had no name for it and
called It the Englishman 's Jly. Yet
the invention of beo line to monn a
straight lino is purely American,
although it has become familiar In
England.