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VOL. 12

SLIPPERY

ROCK,

PA, A2l 9, 1930

3 Number 21



HEALTH EDUCATION
DEMONSTRATION TO
ATTRACT HUNDREDS

Program Announced For
_Annual Event Which
Includes All Types
f Work

Now is the for all
health education students to come
to the aid of their department and
darn hose, wash suits, polish shoes



time loyal

and wear a cheerful expression,
for the gala nights, Thursday and
April 10 and 11,
the demon-

evenings,
o'clock when

Friday
at 8:00
stration will be held.

This doesn't exclude the other
college students who may lean ov-
er the balcony and by the sleight
of the hand or eye can pass the
word along to their trailing com-
rades below, that they are out of
step, or belong back 10 inches.

The program will
grand of the
education department,

elementary

begin with a

entire health
IFollowing
will

march
this the grades
present:

Dance.

1. Third Grade—Indian

Fourth Grade—Indian Mimet-

ics.

9 Fifth and Sixth grade girls—
Jumping Rope drill.

Iifth and Sixth grade boys—
Boxing drill.
Junior High School

3. Seventh and Eighth grade
hoys-—stunts.

{. Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and

Tenth grade girvls—games,
Health Education Department
students

Boys.

1. Tactics:— Senior

(a) School of the individual

Mr. Gumbert,

(b) School of the sjuad -Mr.
Reinhart,

(¢) School of the class—Mr.
Clements.

9. Danish Co-ordination —Senior
girls

Amcician Country Dance,

Knglish Country Dance—Jun-
ior girls and boys.

{. Tumbling—sSophomore boys.

5. Table exercises and tumbling

Senior givls,

6. Calesthentices Sophomonr
givls

7. Athletic Dance,

(log-—Senior boys.

8. Mimic exercises—Junior girls,

4. Apparatus—Senior boys,

10, Pyramids-——Junior boys.

11. Natural Rythms—Senior girls

In Appreu&tion

Miss Fichler, dramatics teacher







of t college, has coached the last
two plavs and is coaching the
coming freshman play. Miss Eich
ler ha civen a great deal of her
time and services in teying to pro
due excellent plays ind the
Clisse are duly grateful
COMING EVENTS
Phur. April 10, 11—Health Edu
cation Exhibition
™ April 11 -Junior High Op
cretta
Sil April 12—Dance
Sn April 13 | ¥ Y
April 14 -Orchestra con
ert
Wed April 16—Ruth Lockman
of the Prohibition Associa
tion







Intercollegiate Debate Chairman















Professor Thomas J. Heim



GOOD ENGLISH WEEK
WILL BE INAUGURATED
HERE ON APRIL 28TH

Victory Dance Will Close Un-
usual Contest Between
College Classes



let it
and

“GGood, better, best,
till

better

never
good is better,
will be the
Week
week of

rest, vour

yvour best," slo-

gan of Good English to be

held
April 28,

on our campus the
During this week the great camp
Rock
In the one camp will be the lordly

of Slippery will be divided,

seniors assisted by their class-

mates, the worthy sophomores; on

the other hand the grand old jun-

iors assisted by their able sister

class, the freshmen, will compete
against the party of the [first
camp, for Lnglish laurels of the
school. A victory dance will be
the spoils of the winning team,
while the defeated team looks

longingly through the windows at
the
Now

you to b

within.
“Are

merely the

efficient champions

the question stands

the victor, or

person that improper verbs and ad

jectives got the better of 2"

Iach contestant will be present-

ed with a tag on which his good

English will be kept Any person

that vowels, verbs,

shall be

Uses lmpropen
the

the

adjectives, and slang,

possessor of a check against

tag and team Fnough

activities

will be on hand during the course

of the week on the campus to be a

source of constant reminders ftor

careless contestants to brush up on
their knglish

Cowmmittees are working the

alleged

IS5 1n

on

program, and it is that a

Good English' play

Progress

and will be presented during the

course of the contest

The

s follows

for the
Lhe
Mary B

Emmelin

COmLItte fray are

On general cow
Muris
Mil

and

mitteg Mayers
Williams
dred MeCroke

Catherine

anr
Shaner
Virginia

T'hos

Smith

Czan appointed

to write slogans are Bernice Coop

(Continued on Page 1)

A. B. DIMIT GRANTED
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
FOR RESEARCH WORK

Another triumphant proclama-
tion of the ability of our faculty
members comes in the form of a
fellowship offered our deserving
teacher and friend, Mr. A, B, Dim-
it.

Mr.
absence

Dimit will go on a leave of
for onc year, beginning
next September, According to the
fellowship offered Mr. Dimit, he
will begin research work with Dr,
H. G. Sherman of Columbia ['ni-
vers'ty. Their will cen-
tered the vitamins B and
G.

Dr. Sherman 's a recognized
authority on the chemistry of food
and nutrition, and it is indeed an
honor to be chosen as a co-workoer
of authority

Mr, Dimit is gong to New York
to complete the details of this fel-
lowship during

work be

on

new

this

Easter vacation,

and will then be able to tell whe-
ther the wer's will be counted to-
ward his doctor's degres

A. B. DENNISTON
TALKS AT VESPERS

Walk
wherewith

the vocation
you are called, the
Mr. A. B, Denniston's
Sunday

worthy ol
Was
theme of
address,

chapel evening,

April 6.

As the stepping stone to gain
this end, Mr. Denniston cited three
things we must strive for, the frist
to be determined to strive to the
best of our ability ,the second, pat-
tern life after the I'fe of Christ;

and last, be master of self and self

After we

can

reliant have gained thess

ends we then be worthy of

vocation to havi
called by
choir
Twilight
Thy

our which Wi

been God's will
Th
The
Grant us

anthems,
Iall”

sang two

Shadows and
Peace,’

New Books

Common Trees of Pennsylvania
'y Dre. J. 8. llick,
and Wild Flowers of
by Dr. E. M
arrvived in
t he

latter 65

state forestel
Pennsylvania
state
the

formen

Gress, botanist,

have book room
The
and

Prove

price of is 60 cen's
will

Immtot

the cents, 'ness

valuable source of

mation to any student interested in

trees or flowers



COLLEGE DEBATE TEAMS END SEASON
WITH ENVIABLE RECORD OF VICTORIES



PHI GAMMA PI
CHAPTER WILL BE
ORGANIZED HERE

Honorary Fraternity Will
Have Large Charter
Membership, It is

Predicted

A chapter of the National hon-
orary fraternity Phi Gamma Pi is
being organized at Slippery Rock
by Dr. Entz.

Dr. Eisenberg
of the thirty-six eligible men Tues-
at the chapel period. Any
eligible who has had one
of who 50 per
more credit points than sem-
good





Eisenberg and Dr.
called a meeting
day
man is
vear college, has
cent
ester hours and who is in
social standing.

The fraternity is distinetly hon-
orary and is based on knowledge
training and fellowship.

IBach chapter sets its own stand-
ards. The credit points were rais-
ed from 25 per cent to 50 per cent
in the Slippery Rock chapter, and
Dr. Eisenberg was very much pleas-
ed to find so many young men el-
igible. There were sixteen Health
IXducation and sixteen Junior High
men eligible, and bv the interest
shown, there will be a large char-

ter membership.

HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC
STUDENTS GATHER AT
CHICAGO CONFERENCE

Three Represetatives of Local
College Attend Supervi-

sors’ Meeting Last
Week
A very inspirational conference

of music supervisors was held re-
cently in Chicago. Exceptional ad-
given by noted m:n
for the educational f eld as well as
engaged in

dresses were

by those actually
fields

The
quality
and to

niu-
sie
conference tried to show
and
organize a

preservation of voles
definite cotes
in appreciation through fortif ca
tion,

work, almost

lL.ovely tone entires-

ly a capello was demonstrated by

many high school and grade school
groups
The

tions

demonstra-
the
orchestra

two outstanding

were given by national

organizations and

Students

or

trained

the
the

brought to

chorus were for
these by

ity of the

supervisors of
Then

wert

niajol
states Volces
and instruments
rehearsals at
the

1Most

gether in ten big

Chicago, and under most cap

able direction gave artistic

pertormances
It was a great

experienct 1ol

the hundred orchestro
the

chorus was

Lthree
and

play
ers
The

Margaretta

four hundred

indeed

NOLC oS
superior
Eisenberg, who was

a4 representative of Slippery Rocek

H'gh School, was a niember of
this great chorus Mrs Arnold
HUsic supervisor ot Lhe colle
and Mr, Cameron, leader of the
college orchestra also spent 1th
week at this conference
N N
Friday Chapel
Chalrman—Emma Atkins
Music— Rose Snydermann
Current Events— Paul Bark
sSpecial-—Virginia Bush





| Interest Shown In Foren-

sic Program This Year
Augurs Well For
1931 Campaign
Slippery Rock has just
enced one of the most successful

dc.-lmlin;.:' eras ever known in the
history of this college. Due to the

wonderful and inter-
by the debating squad,

experi-

co-operation
est shown

the season has proven very valu-
able and instructive to not only
the squad alone, but to the stu-

dent body as well.,

Out of the seven debates held at
home this season four were judged
by special judges. Slippery Rock
won these four debates, The oth-
er three were no-decision debates,
or more correctly stated, audience
decision debates; of these three the
audience gave the decision in two
instances to the visiting
Five debatesg were held aw
Slippery Rock and all
were judged by Special decision;
the green angq white aggregation
were able to come home from these

foreign fields with but one decis-
ion.

teams,
ay from
of these

The attendance at the home de-
bates shows very decidedly that
the student body and the facully
are backing this Work. by the in-
terest and attention given the var-
ious debates held at Slippery Rock
during the past season. Compar-
ing this with some of the obser-
vations made by our faculty mem-
bers who were called upon
judge debates away
Slippery Rock, it shows .
distinction

to
from
a mark of
local

college

for onr college,
it also proves debating has a

future in this college,

and

Experience is the best teacher, it
is quoted,

and granting that this
IS true, then the future opponents
of 8. R. need to tremble in their

boots for the squad loses but two
members Shirley
Roth, The
remainder of the team is COMmMpos-
Donald Hoff-
Loutzenheiser, and

four sophomores,

by graduation,

Holbrook and Hannah

ed ol three juniors,
master,
Meyver

Jane
Golden;

Josephine Roos, Francis Wencku-
nas, Katherine MeCanney, and
John Cornelius, The freshmen
claim the highest laurels with five

excellent debaters in
Paul

May

James Bow-
man, Varnum,

Buck,

Elizabeth

I'rye, Paul Hoff-

and
nman,
The

also be

success of the season can

attributed to
the

the co-oper-

ation of managers. Betty Sulli-

van and Edward
the
Headland,

Shelar

Flester, to say
nothing ot
Mr
len

Fichler

faculty
My

members,
Mr. Kel

and Miss

Lady
Miss Simpson
M
1Oy

the

who assisted Heim

giving their time and en

ergy in treying to

With

and

ik season

QA SUCCeess these fucts of co

operation Interest staring the

next season's campaign in the
why

CAnnot we expect our teams

to speed through the season o

Coutinued on Page 4)



NO PAPER
On account of Easter vacation
April 17
the

week

heginning Thursday
will be no

Slippery

ther lition of

Rocketr for that