PAGE 4 STATE COLLEGE NEWS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1944

Chi S i S / B Z , Psi G a m W i n Hill Announce.

In Womens' Basketbalf Pin Leasue Rule

Bert Klley

"We'd jus t like to say ' t hanks ' to Car r Pangburn , for pass ing up a cozy 4-F for the Merchan t Marine. He didn ' t have to go.

The Oat-bin, Dec. 16, 1943 "You didn't have to go."

Vitriol, Feb. 18,1944 Well, t h a t m a k e s three readers . Impelled by morbid curiosi ty to

peek a t page three last week, we observed t h a t Kippy objects to hav­ing her column referred to as "Klppy's Krud." Moved by an a l ­most obsequious desire to please, we proffer "Methane" as a substi tute. Webster defined the word as follows:

"a gaseous hydrocarbon, CH, a product of decomposition of organic mat ter in marshes . . . "

I t ' s a sa tura ted hydrocarbon, too. The first one of our colleagues

to discover t h a t an oat is a crude reed ins t rument will squelch us no end. Confined Genius Dcpt.

I t has been interesting to note the muta t ion of three of the NEWS' columns. The script called for a War Fronts , a Service and a sports column. In selecting the personnel for these efforts, the omniscient N»ws board doubtless said, "Kiley loves sports, Ryan loves the war and Kippy loves soldiers." The NEWS' future seemed assured.

But your creative genius chaffs a t and oft rebels against the con­finement of prescribed forms. Keats left the sonnet for the ode, and Whi tman came up with vers libre.

To drop a step in the literary world, Ryan came up with Vitriol, Kippy came up with her Though t of the Week depar tment , and Kiley went down with MAA. How Time Etc.

Last Friday afternoon a disturbing thought broke through our usual Olympian calm. As the repercus­sions from Assembly boomed and re-echoed through the P. O., we be­came aware t h a t we were more or less cut out of things; t ha t we were a second semester Senior; t h a t we had one foot in the exit and Time was crowding us out the door. Assuming we pass our 17 hours plus make-up , a very pleasant phase of our exist-ance is shortly to be terminated. Sad Sack Dept.

Re the MAA major office business we take a sad look a t the two D's and an E tha t the mai lman brought us and come to the conclusion tha t perhaps it would be to the best in­terest of our successors to put the old dictatorship back on the major office list. I t 's a full t ime job for a husky fellow to pry the gym away from Milne and the girls; it's another to get the fellows over there.

Hess Captures Pool Tournament

Giavelli, Baker Are Top Scorers in Games

Last Fr iday n igh t George Hess beat Ar thur Kau fman to win the MAA pool tournament . When the

No match games were scheduled in bowling this week, due to the large number of back games to be made up. Thursday, February 24, was official make-up day. If all back games were not made up a t t h a t time, the entire team game was counted, invalid.

To aid in motivating teams to finish up match games and keep up- to -da te on the schedule, Clara Hill, captain, has posted the follow-

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Every game played in the WAA basketball league this week was a completely one-sided encounter. From the opening plays it was ob­vious which team was to be the winner.

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Kaufman increasing his lead with T h e c h l s l g . P n l D e l t game was J. Touirname.n games a^e o o w e a 8-6 rack. Hess then began to warm n o t a b l e m a l n i y f o r the number of ^ J ^ M Thu i sday , n o n i up and successive rack scores of fouls accumulated by both teams. 12-2, 9-5 and 10-4 gave h im a lead About 16 were called. The pass-tha t he never relinquished. W Ork of the Madison Avenue squad

After the first rack Kaufman 's was particularly effective, with G a r -game began to fall apa r t and he fall as the sparkplug of the three did not regain h is eye until it was forwards. Seymour was off her too late to catch Hess. Hess played usual brilliant style of playing a t a careful game and seemed to take first but later rallied. The game more pains with his shots t h a n he ended in a 31-8 win for Chi Sig. usually does I n another near - shu tou t game,

In the last two racks Kaufman Pal Gam established a 42-10 victory showed evidence of the type of play over Moreland^ T h e j s : G a m ^ a m , that had carried h im into the finals In the next to the last rack he out-scored Hess 10-4, and he had secur­ed more than half of the last one when Hess ran the four t h a t he needed for victory.

Individual champs so far year a re :

Men's singles p ing-pong: Perber.

Women's singles ping-pong Herdman.

Doubles p ing-pong: Al Benina t t i and Bob Ferber .

Men's t rack: Regis Hammond. Men's pool: George Hess.

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Rivalry Basketball Tilt Hints Close Competition

The Frosh-Soph rivalry basket­ball game is set to take place this afternoon. I t should prove to be one of the most interesting events of the season.

The Sophomore team will prob­ably be comprised of hardy veterans of last year's wars, with the possi­bility of a few newcomers who have been outstanding—Mary Bess Ver-noy and Bobbie Carrier, for exam­ple.

Mary Sanderson, who is coaching the Freshman team, would make no definite s t a tements regarding her team. However, Gloria Baker and Fran McCormack have already proven themselves, [Maying respec­tively for BZ and Chi Sig. I t is also rumored about S ta te tha t Edna Sweeney is one of the best guards that has been seen around in a long time.

Giavelli, Pickert, Drury and Hen­nessey scored easily against the scrappy but less experienced More-landers. Giavelli, gaining 22 points, led her team. Mastrangelo, More-land frosh, deserves ment ion for her speed and ball control.

The Rares defeated Farrel l to the tune of 33-10. Davidson, al l -around frosh athlete, sparked her team with 19 points, in a fast, hard fought game. The Rares, though an en­tirely freshman group, show great teamwork and spirit.

The final game, between Newman and Wren resulted in a 28-8 win for the former. The playing was wild, with nei ther team settl ing down to business. Shots were taken from every spot on the floor. Slack was the star of the game and seems to be back in her last season form. League Standings

Though not many games have been played so far, the league standings are taking definite shape. BZ, Chi Sig, KD and Psi G a m m a are undefeated. Wren, Moreland, Farrel l and G a m m a Kap have yet to win a game while, of the remain­ing four teams, Rares, Sayles, New­man and Phi Delt appear in tha t order.

3:30 to 6:00 P . M. 3. A complete team must appear

by 4:30 on the day of the match and bowl a t least one game, or else forfeit the match.

4. The remainder of the three games must be played within a week of the match and scores must be handed in no later t h a n Fr iday of tha t week.

5. Any team forfeiting more than two games is expelled from the lea­gue.

6. The winning team will be de­termined from the highest total number of pins at the end of the bowling season.

Changes In Basketball Schedule Are Announced

Changes in the WAA basketball schedule for the remainder of the season, as announced by Mary Sanderson, captain, are as follows: Tuesday, February 29: 7:00—7:45—Sayles vs G a m m a Kap 7:45-8:30—Rares vs Chi Sig Monday, March 6: 4:00-4:45—Newman vs G a m m a Kap 4:45-5:30—Psi Gam vs Chi Sig Wednesday, March 29: 4:00-4:45—Wren vs Chi Sig 4:45-5:30—Farrell vs G a m m a Kap 7:00-7:45—KD vs BZ 7:45-8:30—Sayles vs Rares 8:30-9:15—Newman vs Psi G a m Monday, April 3:

4:00-4:45—KD vs Phi Delt

Fencers Practice Saturday

Peg Bostwick announces that fencing classes will take place as usual on Sa turday morning in the gymnasium at 10 a. m. There are only five or six weeks left in which to obtain WAA credit for fencing.

Crandell on M A A Staff

James Crandell, '40, has been a p ­pointed to MAA's staff to fill the vacancy created by the graduat ion of J. Regis Hammond. Crandell a t ­tended St. Lawrence University be­fore his induction into the army and was president of his freshman class. He had nearly completed bombar­dier training when he was given a medical discharge. He entered this college last fall as a sophomore.

Margo Byrne

Sometime way back last April, some ambit ious member of WAA wrote out in longhand, for the world to read, the consti tution of WAA. I t mus t have been quite a chore. And we doubt if the document was widely read, since it turned out t h a t it covered a full eight pages or so.

In it however, the powers - tha t -be of WAA h a d recorded a change . WAA Flashes was to become a per­m a n e n t par t of the program, p u b ­lished periodically.

This was a swell idea. There were over eight hundred women a t S t a t e College, and while all h a d become members of WAA upon paymen t of the s tudent tax, a relatively small proportion were active. Logical de ­duction - - WAA needed a publicity campaign. The $64 Question

So wha t happens this y e a r ? The Flashes which according to the Con­stitution, was a par t of the program and which was surely an impor tan t means of arousing some spirit, made a single appearance.

The debut occurcd sometime in October and we have been wait ing ever since, first for the November issue or even a handsome winter sports number. Now March is upon us and we are still waiting for Vol I I . No. II of WAA's little sheet.

It was a swell Idea last April, we figure, but even a one-page mimeo­graph news letter is some work and evidently there were oilier chores that the editorial staff considered more pressing.

Maybe there 's a reason why we are still waiting. There 's always the war—or the paper shortage—or even the labor shortage, a l though with eight hundred odd members of an organization we are a bit skeptical of this last excuse. Maybe there 's just no news.

We admit, tha t if WAA's publica­tion was lo be primarily a means ol motivation, the necessity for it has lessened. WAA lias never had a more active year than this one. Bu t until WAA has a majority of the students as voting members, they have a membership quota to fill.

Therefore, The Flashes still has a reason lo exist, if only as a means of recruiting. But it should be a lot more than that . It should be a vital record of an impor tant organi ­zation.

We hate to keep harping but t h a t sleigh-ride is slill coming off, if the weather man cooperates witli a couple of inches of snow. And, honest, kids, winter isn't over yet, despite the elegant thaw we've been having.

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Emily Kimbrough Speaks Tonight In Page at 8:15

Dr. Forsythe To Preside A t Author 's Reception

Emily Kimbrough, author , lectur­er, and publicist, will speak on "Groat Moments in Groat Lives" in her initial appearance on the Page Hall s tage tonight a t 8:15. She is being sponsored by Student Chris­t ian Association as its contribution to W a r Activities Council fund for w a r relief. Varied Career

Noted Tor co-authorship, with Cornelia Otis Skinner, of Our Hearts Were Young and Qay, Miss Kimbrough has been active in the adver t i s ing field, was fashion editor of Ladies Havre Journal, and has wr i t ten short stories for widely-read magazines . Again with Miss Skin­ner, she went to Hollywood lo write the scenario and act as technical adviser for the movie version of Our Hearts Were Younu And Gin/. At the present she is beginning work on another book.

Eunice Baird, Pres ident of SCA, says of Miss Kimbrough:

"Never in her career as a lecturer h a s Emily Kimbrough lost an aud­ience. Her wit and buoyant humor a r e incomparable , and she possesses a profound knowledge of the psy­chology of human nature , telling her audience the things they are most interested in hear ing of -famous people and convulsing sit­uat ions." Reception Follows Lecture

Immedia te ly following the lecture, a reception for Miss Kimbrough will be held in the Lounge. Only SCA members may at tend, and since admission is by invitation only, members are urged to contact Eun ice Baird, '44, or present their t icke ts at the table in the lower hall of Draper to get their invita­t ions. The reception has been plan­ned and will be presided over by Dr. Elaine Forsythe, Assistant P ro ­fessor of social studies.

Miss Baird, president of SCA, has appointed the following committee cha i rmen for (lie lecture: Mary Lou Casey, '40, house: Eleanor llayeslip, '45, and Harr ie t Br inkman, '40, t ickets ; Mar tha Sprenger, '45, and Alice McGowan, '40, publicity; and Nora Crumm, '45, reception.

Existence of Myskania Confronting Associat io

Is Issue n Today

Kini'y Kimlirotigh

Big Ten Goal Raised To $1780

Council Releases Plan To Pay For Ambulance

With the Big Ten proceeds far ex­ceeding the original goal of $120 from each event, or $1200 total, a new goal of $1780 has been set to enable the Student Association to pay tor a field ambulance through the purchase of wnr bonds. This was decided by Myskania and Dr. Sayles in conjunction with Mary Curran, '45, chai rman of the Big Ten Committee. The purchase of this ambulance, which will bear the plaque of State College, must be made through war bonds since the War Department lias announced that they could not accept this money as a gift.

At matur i ty the bond will be worth $2500. In today's assembly Joan Smith, '4(i, a member of the Com­mittee, will propose three plans for the expenditure of this money.

The first plan to be suggested is the investment of the principal at 4 ' , interest. This will yield $100 a year which will be awarded as an annual scholarship to be given to a veteran or a descendant of a veteran of this war who formerly a t tended Sla te .

The second plan provides for the immediate division of the $2500 al the end of the ten year period into ten scholarships of $250 eacli to be awarded to a veteran of this war who formerly attended State.

The third plan will set up a faculty-student committee to plan

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OFFICIAL BI-ANNUAL MYSKANIA REPORT TO THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION

1. Revision of rivalry rules. a. Adapted rivalry to war times.

2. Rejuvenation of P.O. and Commons through President Sayles. a. This prevented expansion of stacks and Co-op into the s tu­

dent activity areas . b. Encouraged activities by assigning separate offices to them.

3. Secured six new desks for the activities through President Sayles. 4. Worked out a plan to re-establish Freshman Camp and presented

plan lo adminis trat ion. 5. Introduced the Big Ten program and provided for its execution

in conjunction with Student Council. a. Coordinated social activities with the war effort. b. This provides material for addit ional State College publicity.

(>. Revision of the voting system and the inauguration of the prefer­ential ballot. a. Provides a more univi rsal vote and therefore a more accurate

recording of student will. 7. Inaugurat ion of absentee voting. 8. Tabulation of elections.

a. Vice-President. b. Freshman class. c. Campus Queen.

.'). Star ted Senior Banner tradition. 10. Chaperoned tradit ional school activities.

a. Frosh Frolic. b. Activities Day. e. Campus Day. d. Class meetings. e. Junior Reception. f. Sophomore Reception, g. Debates. h. Big Ten rehearsals, i. Rivalry activities. Judged rivalry events. Inaugurated Student Activity Calendar for faculty. Sent out servicemen's directory with financial help of student body. Assisted President Sayles with suggestions for improvement of the cafeteria. Furthered student relations with adminis t ra t ion and faculty. Revision of Campus Commission. Secured coke machine for s tudent use. Skit for talent show. Inaugurated issuance of bi-annual Myskania report to the Stu­dent Association. Acted in a judicial capacity in rivalry dispute concerning warn­ing issued for breaking a tradition. Issued warnings for breaking tradit ions. Issued Housemother 's Tax Ticket. Arrangements for Campus Day coronation, College Day a t Blood Bank.

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Changes In 'Mikado' Cast

Edna Marsh and Elaine Drooz, '45, co-directors of "The Mikado,' have announced two changes in the cast. Jack Dorn, '47, will be the Mikado, and Waldemar Block, '40, Pish-Tush.

Sfafe Gains New Social Studies Professor-Dr. Merkel "My first name is Gottfried. It

means Peace of God." If one had no knowledge of his nationality, one could del ermine it immediately from the slow, smooth German accent of the pleasant, friendly man who came to S ta te last Tuesday. He is Dr. Gottfried Merkel, who will take the place of Dr. Harvey Rice as Professor of Social Studies.

Born in Saxony, Germany, Dr. Merkel has something in common witli S ta te s tudents ; he graduated from the Teachers College in Ger ­many, "where the training," he says, "is a bit more intense." From Teachers College, he went to the University of Leipzig to get his Doctorate.

Dr. Merkel t aught in Germany for some time. He was Professor of German History and Culture at the University of Leipzig until 1930, In 1931, he traveled to Greece to be­come a Professor a t the National University of Alliens, a Ge rman G r a d u a t e Research Inst i tute . It was dur ing the six years he taught a t the University of Athens t h a t he met his wife, a graduate of Hunter College. She was a member of the American School of Classical Liter­a tu re and a Phi Beta Kappa. At present, she is a par t - t ime Instructor of Greek and Latin a t Hunter Col­lege.

Since his first visit to America in 1937, Dr. Merkel has traveled around

By Betty O'Neil

the Slates a great deal before com­ing lo Slate College. He came over in 1939 lo become an American citi­zens and to establish his home here. In 1939-40, he was a guest lecturer at Brown University and Columbia

University. Later, he was a Pro­fessor of Social Studies a t the Uni­versity of Connecticut, and then a t Upsala College In East Orange, New Jersey. After a leave of absence, during which he served as a special­ist on Central European and Balkan

affairs for the Office of War Infor­mation, he came to State .

Dr. Merkel is a versatile individual with an amazingly wide scope of hobbies and talents. On his farm in Connecticut, where he and his wife and four children, two of whom are German-born and two American, spend the summer, lie practices his skill in carpentry.

He had an extensive education in music a t the Leipzig Music School and was a member of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, playing the viola. I t is not at all difficult to unders tand liLs keen interest in music, for his family were violin makers in Germany. Ho owns a valuable violin, made in 1720 by his ancestors.

Like many scholars, he also writes. He has published about ten books, among which are books in Modern Greek and studies concerning Balkan History. He deals, In his writing, mainly with the cul tural fields. He has also written articles on the his­torical development in Gcrmuny. At present, he Is working on a book on Greece.

When asked his opinion of State, Dr. Merkel smiled and said he was very pleased with the curriculum and the sincerity with which the s tudents seem to pursue their studies. He says t h a t State , unlike most teachers colleges, stresses strongly the scholastic side of a teacher, thus preparing teachers who are well in­formed in their par t icular fields.

Bostwick Reports On Chest Drive

Returns from the third annual Campus Chest Drive throughout the College last Pall, show t h a t the goal of $443, or 50 cents from each s tu­dent, was topped by $4.01.

Margueri te Bostwick, '45, General Cha i rman of the drive has released a report on the distribution of the $4*47.01 taken in. The Infanti le Pa r ­alysis Fund will receive $25; $100 will be given to the American Red Cross, and $310 to the National War Chest.

Money Distributed Widely The $310 given to the National

War Chest will be distributed among the following: Service to Forces, which includes the U.S.O. and the War Chest will be distributed among Relief, with aid for Chinese, Rus­sians, Greeks, British, French, Bel­gians, and Norwegians; Refugee Relief for evacuated children In occupied territories, the Tuberculosis Fund ; and the World S tudent Ser­vice Fund.

The $12.01 left after the $435 was distributed, was deposited in the bonk to take care of next year's campaign.

Assisting Miss Bostwick on the drive were Dr. Ellen O. Stokes, Dean of Women, as faculty adviser; Eunice Baird, Patr icia Latimer, and Ada Snyder, Seniors; and Barbara Pu tnam, '45.

Miss Bostwick wishes to thank the s tudent body for their cooperation in making tills year's Campus Chest Drive a success, Last year, one dollar was requested from each s tu­dent but the goal was not a t ta ined.

Students W i l l D iscuss Merits of Organization

Whether or not Myskania, Senior Honorary Leadership Society, shall continue to exist, Is the question be­fore the Student Association in this morning's assembly. This issue has been brought to the front by Mys­kania due to current criticism of the 27-year-old traditional body, similar to tha t which lias circulated sub-versively in past years. The final decision will demonstrate the will of the student body, and its ability to control every agent of s tudent government.

Myskania, originated in 1917, was the result of a plan for s tudent gov­ernment engendered by a faculty committee headed by Dr. Harry W. Hastings, Professor of English, This first Myskania, the nucleus of our present form of student government, drew up the constitution of the S tu ­dent Association. It continued as a group selected partly by the faculty until 1925, when the so-called "Great Revolt" took place. At this time, Myskania became entirely a self-perpetuating society, and the Student Council was formed. What Is Myskania?

Myskania is an honorary body composed of from eight to thir teen Seniors, tapped traditionally in the spring of their Junior year, and chosen for their qualities of leader­ship and the record of accomplish­ment they have at ta ined through­out three undergraduate years. The duties of Myskania. as outline t in the Student Association const i tu­tion, are as follows:

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Myskania has met with varied criticism in the past. Former Mys-kanias have chosen to ignore this criticism; the 1943-44 Myskania has elected to bring the issue before the students . Under the S tuden t Asso­ciation set-up, Myskania feels t h a t Hs existence IUS a secret and self-perpetuat ing body fills a need t h a t no other organization can fill. S tu ­dent opinion is, however, a th ing tha t Myskania feels Is necessary for carrying out the democratic Ideals of S t a t e College.

Today, the s tudent body will have the opportunity to discuss the meri ts of Myskania. If the s tudents do not feel t h a t Myskania Justifies its exis­tence, they may exercise today their power, by deciding whether or not Myskania is to continue.

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Bad Bob Ferber Fas t Fred Shoemaker Jumping Jack Dorn

Masterful Manny Miller Palpi ta t ing Paul Penrose

including tha t to select commit tee­men, by t h a t majori ty. Some minor­ity, evidently trying to pull some juicy plums out of the class pie, is slinging mud. Why don' t they learn tha t you can ' t whitwash your own fence by paint ing your neigh­bor's fence black?

T h e Disturbed Duet.

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DOROTHY MEYERS ISSUE EDITOR

To the Editor: This is in answer to the "Famish­

ed Female," who so urgently feels the need of, and requests men.

All normal girls enjoy male com­panionship, to be sure. However, I don' t think we expect S ta te College to go into the gigolo business or to form a date bureau—to women who

-n ii. c m have nothing better to do with their l o the Editor: t l m e t h a n fco b e w a i l t n e l l . f n t e a n d

The "Unholy Three" of last week's sigh for male en te r t a inment . NBWS have upset us greatly. They i t seems to me t h a t Miss Famished

ASSOCIATE EDITOR refer to certain shadowy specters j s i i v l n g l n a p a s t a g e a n d n a s n - t lurking behind the President of the yet begun to unders tand the world freshman class. Personally, wo are in which we are living—a world in inclined to take tha t with a grain of which men are fighting, dying, salt, since we suspect a plot nefar- working, .saving, and planning for ious beyond mention lo discredit the future.

by KIPPY MARSH

Mr. Francello. In a recent class meeting Mr.

All communications shmilil bit addressed to the editor and must be signed. Names will bo withhold upon request, The STATU COLLEGE NEWS assumes no responsibility for opinions expressed ln Its columns or communications as sucli expressions do mil necessarily reflect Its view.

It's E asier To R emember

Francollo's power to select commit­tee members was challenged by sev­eral fairly prominent but neglected class members and they were r ight ­ly squelched. Mr. Francello was elected to the office of class presi­dent by a majority of the class, and thereby given certain rights,

T h a t future depends upon us, to such an extent, tha t we must work with our men and /or our men, not for our own amusement . By utiliz­ing her time toward the war and following peace effort, Miss Famish ­ed ought to become busy enough to avoid serious distress from the lack of masculine society.

Fed Female

Or

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it again

n oilier words von

Klley has been nl

In last week 's S T A T U C O L L E G E N E W S there a p ­

peared a le t ter to the Edi tor signed Famished

Female . T h e person who wrote the let ter v eh emen t ­

ly p ro tes ted the s t a t e of affairs in a college where

there is no social life. Social life in this pe rson ' s

es t imat ion is spelled M E N .

T h e le t te r would have been ludicrous if it h a d n ' t

been more t rag ic . T h e a t t i t udes expressed in t he

let ter a re ind ica t ive of those prevalent t h r o u g h o u t

the whole college. S t u d e n t s are a t t e m p t i n g to live

in the "o ld d a y s " when the rat io was only 4-1 in­

s tead of 20-1 or 3 0 - 1 . T h e dances , f ra te rn i ty

par t i es and da t e s a re remembered . T h a t there was

as much d i scon ten t wi th the s i tuat ion then is too

often forgot ten .

Vitriol

-by IMIONA RYAN-

War has been declared! stay in my mind. The only reason The acidulous Herr Klley, h i ther - l even look tit it, since the picture

to one of my favorite people, had n t l n c t o P l s enough to discourage " T h e r e is a war o n " has become over-used enough the infernal impudence to h in t t h a t a n ? ° ? e - l s i h a t l r t ' e l 1L a courtesy to

to m a k e it a t r i te expression, but it is never theless a one of my sentences was a direct , , , , / , , i i ,i , steal from his piddling little effort, M a y b e it has been used so much tha t we „ T h e Q a t B i n ' „ T h J s n o n e . t o o

t rue one .

are p rone to forget its significance. T h a t , however s u"b" t ie h in t of his has had me 'gnaw-

a fellow P. O. member, and NEWS filler-upper. Besides, I like to chat with Bertram—1 did like to, tha t is

and since his main topic of con-i i ,u e „ ,i . •• i I i ;i si i , ., ., , - " versation is his column, small talk

does not change the fact t ha t it has had its e l l e c t ing a t the rugs all week-end, and I ra ther languishes unless I have a upon this College. T h e "old d a v s " are gone. Con- feel it my righteous duty to set my vague idea of what, he's bored his d i t ions a r e not as they were and no a m o u n t of " * » « • ( a l 1 / " ' » ' ° f t h e m » s t ra ight readers with last. But, I insist, I've

. . . ,, , , ' ,,,, ,, . , , , . • on any accusations of plagarlsm. never read it with enough a t tent ion reminiscing can recall t hem. T h e Famished F e m a l e H e n . K U o y ^ ^ ft g e n _ ,,0 h a v e l i n y s e n t e n c e i l t a l l m a k t , a n

suggests t h a t the women at Sla te go to USO d a n c e s t e n c e w r i t t e n t o m y s l s t e i . ( , . Y o u impression on my sub-conscious.

and sponsor open houses for nearby men ' s colleges, didn't have, to go," was a re-wri te of ( A2 ' l d

A1 d o n a * e one. Klley 11

Such a p rog ram would undoubted ly garner a few his compliment to Carr Pangburn , tence of K i i e y " a n d o n e ^ m i n ^ l s da tes for her a n d her friends, but the spir i t of old "'' ' J ' '1" '1 ' i a v o t o K ° ' " l r e s e n t unhappily coincidental, s ince Carr

i ii i i • ,i • 1"ne brick thrown at my li terary had chosen lo en Intn in,, em-vtnot, t imes can ha rd ly be recovered in this way. ,. , , „ , K i , , ,„„„, .( ,„, n ( m , , , , , A , K , ' l u s " v l C L f "

' i i i L U 1 1 C S ' W 1 U 1 K U e y s u n e n l n g aim, agin the advice ol his draft, board College s t u d e n t s supposedly have a more ba lanced about as hearti ly as I've resented and my sister agin the advice of

of their age . anyth ing in this short but always everyone she know, it's quite na tura l

ELEGY The other day a delegation came into my office—

my office—that's two cubic inches of desk which lias it's job cut out for it housing one columnist and one leg of the other. The purpose it turned out was to protest my column, not an unusual procedure. They complained tha t it took them hours to figure out what I was talking about and then someone would tell them, you jerk tha t ' s not wha t she meant . In order to facili­tate mat ters , I will henceforth divide my column into two parts—one for the pseudo intellectuals and one for the brains and other jerks who are so smar t tha t they can ' t unders tand stupid things. As follows:

Civil war has been de­clared. A mob riot was I staged in assembly and a parade of angry s tu­dents formed in the p. o. Classrooms were torn down and professors tar­red and feathered. A bonfire was built of the Ed 10 books. Residence Council rules and dorm contracts . The president of the college has appeal­ed for protection and it is rumored tha t troops will be sent to quell the rebellion.

ALLEGORY rn the corner of a dreary deserted old att ic sits a

witch with dark stringy hair and yellowed teeth mut­tering curses and vile invocations. She is pondering what unhappiness she can bring to the world, what abuses she can heap upon the head of some poor un­suspecting wretch. Suddenly she laughs in frenzied glee and rubs her palms together in evil satisfaction. Something pleases her—she can see the writ lungs of some tortured human .

She goes to the cupboard and drags out an old iron pot which she places in the center of the room. Into this she pours roots and herbs, evil smell ing and evil bringing. Mut ter ing incanta t ions over the s teaming pot she brings it to a boil and then pours the con­coction onto a piece of paper. Still chuckl ing she climbs on her broom and whisks across the country to an old broken down building where she deposits her awful burden. Back onto the broom she climbs and all the way home she chortles evilly th inking of the faces of the mortals when they read "Vitriol" in the STATU COU.KUK NKWS.

FAREWELL We hate to say goodbye to one who has only been

with u.s a short time—Dr. Rice. Even in thai short time however, Dr. Rice made himself a familiar and welcome figure in the college halls. Dr. Rice enters the Navy with a s tanding Lieutenancy (J. G.i and expects to serve as a teacher. Mrs. Rice and their two children are living in Pi t tsburgh a t present but expect to live in New York as soon as Dr. Rice knows defin­itely where he will be stationed. He is now at Fort Schuyler.

outlook on life than average people ol their age

T h r o u g h their advanced educat ional oppor tun i t i e s

they should have a grea ter abil i ty to a d a p t t h em­

selves to a changing envi ronment and condi t ions .

S tuden t s a t S ta te College are faced with a " N e w

O r d e r " whe the r they like il or not . Ins tead of

t ry ing to live in a world thai no longer exists , it

would be more prof i tab le for (hem to s ta r t ad ju s t i ng

themselves to the new one. T h e kind of a world

that will follow the war is not one which will be

kind lo those who cannot reorganize their ideas and

habi t s lo fit the changes that are eminent . T h e

male problem is but one facet ol the difference in

hair. the new and old S ta le College but il is enough to damages and a lock ol'

show how the s t u d e n t s are r e a d i n g lo the change ,

and they a re not r e a d i n g wisely. T h e sooner S l a t e

College s t u d e n t s learn to face the fa i ls , the be t t e r

resentful life of mine. that a thought of mine might par-So I hereby proclaim a relentless " j " : 1 f m observation of Bertram's ,

c i , , .T r. I, n • e n . t " distressing as tha t might be. I pre-feud "McCoy Ryan agin "Ha t t e r , • , , . , „ , , ,„ , ,,, , ', „ . . ... , , . , , lei' to have my sensitive observations Ki ley . -u iUi l a public apology is rcn- u n l a l n U > d b y l h t , s n m i . m , S i S w l l , h

dered. I'll settle for just a line in Kiley's limited mind, t ha t collection of crud, "The Oat 3, s ince Herr Ber t ram had made Bin," though the temptat ion is to his profound thought in December, insist tha t Ber t ram get down on and I came through with my equally his knees in front of S tudent Assoc- profound one in December, it's iallon, and beg tearfully for forgive- hardly possible thai I should ncss. I have already consulted have remembered a .sentence tha t some shysters I know. They inform me 1 have grounds for a ripe and odorous law-suit. 1 simply can ' t resist the publicity. I shall sue for

school this Bulger whn peach . . . . Ensign Hal

tha t fuzz A SCALP

will be their chances for success in a pos t -war world

Kiley wistfully call lock!

My grounds lor said suit t (insists in the following irrefutable f ads . Mark you, I have thought over I lie whole sad affair reasonably and no conclusions have been reached hastily. I even regret having to be so stern wilh my favorite columnist • next to myself 1, but Klley must learn I hat he can'l cast aspersions like that . The only thing you can

as one wan t s to m a k e il . Or three mon ths in which safely cast these days is a trout line.

one can sjl a r o u n d and wait for the next one to 1. The first ground I have is t ha t

fight the war on the home front or Hie allies lo * J * ™ * ,!',u!.(! " T 1 " ' ° u t m " "

OO Littl i OO Late

Approx ima te ly three mon ths are left of school .

T h r e e mon ths of as much act ivi ty and achievement

Twelve weeks in Sometimes, when waiting for a bus,

long. Bertram, you know me well, and certainly know one of my great talents Is forgetting anything and everything in an amazingly short time. The thought of Ryan, saying, with a crafty smile, "I loh, heli, I'll jusl copy down this little line and use il whenever 1 have a chance," ls on lie insane side. I'm simply not a creature of forethought, My tulents are of the impulsive kind.

Kiley will probably Insist thill I did road his column carefully, laugh­able thought, and did harbor thai line in I he dark recesses ol my brain. Nonsense, utter nonsense. Any re­semblance was . . . you know how lo finish thai sentence out • . absol­utely coincidental, 1 can only apologize with a deep sincerity for having a Iii tit of what Kiley rutin prose ta int my own version of same. T h a t perhaps explains I Ids rage of mine, 1 feel I must have more than a touch of the second-rate if I'm

OLD FRIENDS The beaming face which illumined tin

last week was on one Pvt. "Proud Papa" says thai his little daughter Cynthia is a We know there's no one like her . . . . Asliworth arrived to spend a well-earned vacation after his graduation . . . Cpl. Harry Baden is now the possessor of an A.P.O. number . . . . Now thai the ASTP has received its walking papers, many of our young lads are wondering what conies next in the line of duty for them . . . . From Dr. Rienow word comes that he is being sent overseas "somewhere."

LETTER-WRITING From Dr. Jones ' correspondents have come reports

of the letter-writ ing activities of the girls which could be belter incidentally . . . . Some of the girls II seems became scared off at the news thai 1 heir correspondent is married or ineligible . . . . Then too some of the fellows are quite busy, we wonder why, and haven't time to dasli off hitters as often as ilie\ receive them . . . . But they are appreciated and ll'.s not loo much In dash oil' a Id l e r a week lo a pal nl yours . . . Some of the girls have been rall ier lucky

SENTIMENT MolIo of a soljer , . . Never make love lo a woman

when you have anything better lo do bill what 's heller?

overcome Berlin with emot ion, iwcivo wccua u, 01. s l t U n g , n D e f t n N t ! | , s 0 „ ' s a n U ) . which Y O U can spend two hours , one evening a room after over-cutt ing again, I week, roll ing bandages , or taking a H o m e N u r s i n g nMm th rough it, hastily, and then

course , or k n i t t i n g a r m y socks and mi t t ens . T a l k * " » • " V i T . \ m y " , T *?*. T 7 * lln. . ' ' T i i l ^ T f i f n1 , ' ! ' ! , 'u ," ' s *""

J* 1 J i« f • o n c e r o u t l ' t thoroughly enough to culled style. Alter all these years IS v a p o r o u s . An insigni l icant piece ol gauze is n a v o o n 0 M , n tencc—even one of the of hacking away a t a typewriter, t ang ib le , few approaching literary m e r i t r - It's downright dishear tening I

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STATE COLLEGE NEWS, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1944 PAGES

Post-War Improvements Planned For State G

New Buildings Included

Music And The Dream

•arnpus By RYAN it d idn ' t rain

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In Extensive Program Dr. John M. Sayles, President of

the College, h a s released post-war plans made by the Board of Regents, for the improvement of the State campus. This comprehensive post­war plan for education Includes recommendat ions made over a period of years, together with new pro­posals recently developed. A sub­s tant ia l portion of the sum to be appropr ia ted will be devoted to the reconstruction and extension of buildings already existing. Depar tments to be Enlarged

The proposed program for this college includes a depar tment for the preparat ion of teachers and supervisors of music, and an exten­sion of I he graduate depar tment .

The recommended building pro­gram is as follows:

Commercial Education Building. $'100,001).

In normal limes, the enrollment of the Commercial Education De­partment varies betu n 225 and 300 students, the college gradual ing each year about GO students prepared to teach commerce in public schools. The present facilities are ant iquated. The proposed commerce building will provide space for a commerce de­partment of 400 students together with classrooms for other depar t ­ments of the college.

Administrat ion Building, $100,000, The adminis t ra t ion offices of the

college are housed in Draper Hall. These rooms are not, suitable for office purposes: they are to be re­modeled to supply additional class­rooms. At present, property may be purchased which would make an excellent site for a new adminis t ra­tion building.

Gymnasium and Recreation build­ing, $300,000. New Gymnasium Planned

The small gymnasium under the auditorium cannot be made lo serve the needs of s tudents in physical fitness and recreation. The new building will be erected on a site large enough to provide suitable playing fields.

Addition to Library, $150,000. The present library was created by

remodeling the chapel building. The proposed library addition will be an extension of the present building. I t will house classrooms for a library school of 200 students , together with reading and study rooms and slack rooms for the student body of the college as a whole. The total book capacity of the library and its ex­tension'will not be less than 100,000 volumes.

$250,000 will be sel aside for the purchase of additional properly. New Teachers College

The entire post-war plan includes the eleven Sla le Teachers ' Colleges of New York Sta te and a new college to be constructed on Long Island. The proposed teachers ' college on Long Island will prepare elementary school teachers and teachers of business subjects. There was a shortage of teachers of business subjects prior lo the war. and it is anticipated that lliey will have a larger place in the secondary school of the post-war period. The new college is designed in accommodate 1000 s tudents In the two eurriculuins.

An appropriat ion of $2,500,000 will be used in the const ruction. The Long Island Institution will be re­gionally well-situated since that dis­trict does not have a teachers ' col­lege and I he population has in­creased lo more llian 000,000 persons in contrast to 15,000 in 1905. The college will be accessible lo all high school graduates in the Lung Island area.

State Women Televized On Radio Station- WGBR

"To fame!" they shouted as they left Sta te last Sunday night for Stat ion WGBR in Schenec­tady. There were five Sta te s tu­dents and a couple of Milnites who took par t in a television broadcast under the supervision of Dave Greer, formerly of State, now a s tudent of Siena College.

Nora Crumm, Jane Southwick, and Dorothy Townsend, the in­imitable trio, put on the act t ha t achieved so much applause a t the All-State Special. Linking arms, they gave a rendition of "Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey," all the while keeping straight face and retaining a military posture. They also sang "This Is A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening" and "Shoo, Shoo Baby." Evelyn McGowan was the ac­companist.

Muriel Rubin then sang two solos.

The show, which went on the air al 7:15 P.M. Sunday night, was In the form of a play rehear­sal, including n mystery drama., two chorus numbers, and the aforementioned.

Praise be, it c u a n t rain or snow this time, so my comments on ze d rama can be slightly more pala t ­able than usual—even approaching civility at times.

I am, frankly, of two minds about the first play. I t was a d rama con­cerning itself with occupied France.

The difficulties are this . We have seen several good movies of late con­cerning themselves with the uncon­querable French spirit . Maybe it gives with a surfeit, after a while, I don't know. Bu t when one puts on a play about the French, It would seem the sensible th ing to have French characters on the stage. People can be dressed up in all sorts of peasant costumes, and still look decidedly like American college s tu­dents . The French people I have

A D P rogram Presents

Talent Show, Comedy A comedy directed by Grace

Shults, '45, and a talent show will comprise the Advanced Dramatics program on Tuesday at 0:30 P. M., in Page Hall auditorium.

In Miss Shults ' play, Ruth Schmitt , '44 a frustrated mother, wishes to break away from home lies and •'create." When the enthusiastic younger daughter Elaine Tjffman, '47. and the determined older dauglT-ler, Arlene Pnlsky, '46, decide lo embark on acting and foreign mis­sionary careers respectively, mother feels that something should be done.

The talent show will include var­ious AD members who will enact scenes from plays. Elaine Drooz, '•15, and Ber t ram Kiley, '44, will pre­sent a scene from "The Taming of the Shrew"; Martini Joyce, '45, will appear in a portion of "The Dark Hour" by Don Marquis. Patricia Mulcahy, Irene Heck, and Lucille Kenny, Juniors , will conclude the program for the evening.

Forum Initiates Seminar Groups

Four Discussion Units Organize For Research

In a n a t t empt to pu t Into practice the well-known, generally-approved educat ional theory t h a t s tudents learn best in discussion groups and, a t the same time, to cultivate an interest In a definite field of subject mat te r , Forum is inaugurat ing a new policy of having seminar groups.

When It was discovered tha t a large number of s tudents was ig­n o r a n t of the names of their Con­gressmen, a seminar was begun for the express purpose of discussing and investigating the policies of Congress and the Congressional activities. Tills group under the , . , , leadership of known, in my sequestered existence will aid s tudents to vote more wisely when they arrive at voting age. Philosophy Included

Political Theory, including the philosophy of Plato, Aristotle, and Hegel, will be studied. These dis­cussions led by Jeanne Bailey, '44, will invest igate and probe into the lives of these men and the many intr icate meaning and in terpre ta­tions of I heir respective beliefs and political concepts.

Since I lie Press in America today occupies so very Important a par t in the war, one entire group will devote its time to the study and dis­cussion of the policies, purposes, and faults of the present press. These problems will be considered under the direction of Selina Kreisburg, '40.

The changes in governmental poli­cies as indicated in the political books written in the last decade is I he subject for debate for the sem­inar tha t will be led by Anita Leone, '45. A good deal of material has been written and published con­cerning the politics of America, Europe and Asia—material t ha t is, ln the view of present events, very controversial. This group will a t ­tempt to analyze the governments and perhaps eventually come to a conclusion as to the most practical of the numerous theoretical sug­gestions.

Business Meeting in Assembly A business meeting will consti tute

this morning's assembly. Barbara Pu tnam, '45, Vice-President of S tu­dent Association, will propose a financial resolution asking for an allotment of $25 to send the Presi­de ' of Student Association to an Eastern Sta le Teacher 's Professional Associal ion conference.

The said meeting is an inter­collegiate conference of teachers, a t which there will be discussions con­cerning s tudent educational pro­blems.

War Council Solicits Students To Remedy Volunteer Shortage

Big Ten i('milium it from I'mji I'

for the Improvement and furnishing of some student activities room. Under litis plan the money could be used lor a soda fountain, a coke bar, a bowling alley, or any student pro­ject ihai the majority of s tudents desires.

Up lo dale the approximate result of I he first live lilg Ten events has yielded about $033.70. There are still .some returns lo be made from the Faculty Skli. The Committee feels confident t ha t the ensuing five events will easily account for the balance of the $17110.

Throughou t the country, the shortage of nurses and doctors has been echoed and re-echoed, necessi­tat ing Hie establishing of First Aid, Nurses ' Aide, and Home Nursing courses.

The demands which even hit high school and college s tudents were taken up at Stale by War Activities Council last Fall. A week was set aside for the enrollment of s tudents in I he various phases of war work.

People signed up for Nurses Aide, Surgical Dressings, Home Nursing and the like, the majority of whom seemed to disappear when it eanie lo gelling the actual work done. ( line more, WAC sends out a cull for volunteers mainly for Homo Nursing and Surgical Dressings.

The I Ionic Nursing Course em­bodies Hie necessary fundamentals needed lo ineel emergencies in the Inline, evening classes lo be held at Alhiiii,\ I ligh school. The Red Cross is ready lo send out as iiiany teach­ers lor as many classes as s tudents enroll for. However, there must bo at haul fifteen students signed up for one evening in order to make the initiation of a class in Home Nursing worthwhile. To date, no more than thir teen have signed Up for any one evening on the bulletin board outside the Dunn of Women's office. Which means tha t unless more people enroll in the course,

the Red Cross will not send out. a teacher, and the desires of at least thir teen s tudents to part icipate in the war effort will be frustrated.

The Home Nursing Course is a twenty hour course (one evening a week for ten weeks) which entitles one In a certificate upon its com­pletion.

More volunteers are needed also for rolling bandages. The head­qua r t e r s for making these surgical dress ings Is id Mfi Sta te Street, op­posite the lieWitl Clinton Hotel. They are open every Monday through Friday from I-I P.M. and from it:30-n P.M. Help Is part icu­larly emphasized for Fr iday nights. S tuden ts who wish to volunteer lire asked to leave their names with Dr. Ellen Stokes, Dean of Women, who will inform them of the regulations to which they must comply.

.Students are urged lo heed these rails Immediately. Because // SIII/S In II the old saying si ill applies, that "There 's no lime like the present."

have a genius for the telling nuance of the voice, the expressive gesture. The French are also good at saying things quietly.

So you seee what I mean. Only one in the play si emed to realize this action was taking place In another country, under conditions of terrific tension, where the quietest sentence Is meaningful. Everybody orated so much that all contrasts were lost.

The s tand-out part in the play was the Nn/,i soldier as played by a promising frosh named George Poulos. George was the only one in I he cast who should have been orating at the time—it fitted his conception of the charac ter perfectly. He si rode about the stage, mouthing the doctrines of National Socialism until you wanted to take a pot-shot at him, which was exactly the re ­action hoped for. He shouted, and stormed, and screamed, and made guttural noises, and made the best Hun since "The Beast of Berlin." But when he left the stage in the middle of the play, things just drop­ped with a dull thud.

Everyone else in the cast was adequate. Claire Schwar tz had some good moments in the beginning, but then tha t oratory began. Perhaps though, it was all the fault of the playwright. Mary Telian, another Freshman, over-emoted in the par t of a young French girl.

My chief objection, when all is told is t ha t no one used more than one gesture that was noticeable—holding both hands out in n pleading ges­ture. All other gestures were either painfully stiff, or came a second after the line they matched. That , and the constant oratory had mo unnerved.

The second play was a comedy set in a laundry in the Soho district of London, (Cockney, for you illiter-a 1 es i.

The story, concerning a homely Cockney lass who dreams up a dream prince and wealthy father for herself for the benefit of scorn­ing co-workers, is essentially a comedy, but Joyce Injected the prop­el' note of hopelessness and pathos that belongs to the story. Pat Mul­cahy did an excellent job as the main character which can be easily bur­lesqued. She kept it believable, and had thai Pagliacci note I ha t is the essence of all good comedy. Ru th Schmitt , who always does a swell job, was line as the Cockney who was married, and therefore less re­spectable, and a bit above the rest of her friends. I rene Heck played Celeste for the laughs and got a lot of them, and was very good. So were Barbara Crocker and Peg Schlolt. They were as steamy a bunch of Hulls as I ever did sec, and right at home in the laundry. Fred Shoe­maker had I rouble lighting his pipe, bill carried off a difficult role ex­tremely well. Congrats, Fred, too had you weren't discovered I ill I his year. Well, to finish up, 11 was a good play, and so farewell.

Emil J. Nagengast Your College Florist

Cor. Ontario at Benson St.

By TURCOTTE Another ln a series of concerts

sponsored by the Music Council was presented last Wednesday evening in Page Hall.

The program was a varied one, featuring the S ta te College orches­tra, conducted by Rosalind Ginsburg, to vocal soloists, J ean C h a p m a n Snow, soprano, and Jack Dorn, bass; and Fred Wolinsky, pianist.

The program was in its ent i rety conceived and executed by the s tu ­dents of the college and, as such, had all the meri ts and shortcomings of such a program.

Mrs. Snow sang her four songs in a most pleasing manner . Gersh­win's Summertime and Griegs Ich Liebv Dich were the better known of the four and very enjoyable. However, her wide range and con­trol of voice were displayed to best advantage in A Dainty Little Dam-Mi and No, John, No.

Mr. Dorn, a newcomer this sem­ester, failed vocally in a t ta in ing the fine shadings necessary to por t ray effectively the deep emotional con­tent of Schumann ' s The Two Gren-diers. Clarkc'sT/ie Blind Plough­man was pitched too low to allow ample play to the best qualit ies of

•his voice. However, he displayed a bass voice of a na tura l richness, especially in the lower ranges. His rendition of Kern 's Of Man River was thoroughly enjoyable.

Mr. Wolinsky succeeded in a t t a in ­ing a credible interpreta t ion in his piano rendition of the Allegro move­ment of Mozart 's Concerto in A Minor. Somewhat spotty in rhythm, his efforts do indicate a fine ta lent certain to develop with further s tudy His encores which included Rachmaninoff ' s Prelude in C Sharp Minor were among the highl ights of the concert.

The concert was meri tor ious if only on the grounds tha t it evi­denced a great deal of effort and initiative. A large share of the initiative was shown by the con­ductor of the orchestra , Miss Gins­burg.

On the whole it was an ambit ious program, Almost, one might say, a little too ambitious. The or­chestra a t tempted some music tha t was too difficult and apparent ly selected with too little a t tent ion to the number and type of ins t ruments available.

The result was not always a happy one. There was a serious lack of depth and balance and teamwork. The efforts of the group were given to the mere mechanics of simply playing the notes; so much so tha t hardly anyth ing could bo done with interpreta t ion or the dynamics inherent in the music.

Any criticism of the program should take into consideration the fact that the orchest ra has only recently been organized, and the grea t progress shown is a test imony to the efforts of Miss Ginsburg and the members.

Finally, a word should be said for the work of Miss Helen Elgin in her sympathet ic accompaniment of the two vocal soloists.

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Bert Klley Now that the faculty has a Stu­

dent Tax, or, more properly, a Faculty Tax, we can expect scenes like the following:

A man wearing a grey suit enters the office. He walks up to the coun­ter and says, "Is Dr. Nelson in?" A woman answers, "Yes, but he's busy. Won't you sit down a moment?" The man sits down on a leather-covered settee. He removes a three by five card from his pocket and nervously twists it in his hand. A close ob­server might see the name "Brain-well" upon the card and the legend, "Do not fail to keep this appoint­ment."

A secretary says, "You may go in now, Dr. Brainwell." The man rises, hesitates a moment, then with some­thing reminiscent of Sidney Carton, walks manfully into the sanctum. The Dean is working efficiently at his desk; from time to time he makes a calculation on a slide rule. He does not notice the man standing diffidently before him. The Dean looks up. "Sit down, Brainwell," he says.

Brainwell sits. "About those cuts, Dr. Nelson—" he begins. "No, we'll take care of them later," the Dean says. "This matter is even more important than that. You haven't bought your Faculty Tax."

"Yes, well, uh, you see—I was going to buy it last month, but the payment of my Buick was clue and I—"

"Now see here, Brainwell—you have your obligations to your fellow faculty members. Why don't you get a little job somewhere if you or your family can't afford to pay your way through here. Unless you pay your tax, we won't let you be in the faculty skit this year."

"Oh, no, not that, anything but that."

"I'm sorry, Brainwell, but in these times we cannot tolerate any shirk­ing. Come, no dough, no show."

The man's shoulders sag. A beaten look comes over his face. "How much are they?" he asks.

"Six dollars." The man hands over a ten dollar

bill. The Dean hands him back a one.

"The other three?" the man asks. "Your wife." The man looks wistfully at the

dollar bill. "A one, only one left out of ten.

What can I buy with a one dollar bill?"

The great man smiles. He knows the answer to that one, too. "A ham sandwich at the Boulevard," he says. Unconscious Humor Dept.

"As a transfer to Slate, I find myself a bit on the outside . . . with the vantage point of any onlooker giving constructive criticism . . . We honestly feel that MAA's . . . leader­ship be classified as a major office."

Jim Crandell In letter lo Jargon in G.I., February 25, 1044.

"James Crandell, '4(i, has been ap­pointed to MAA's staff to fill the vacancy created by the graduation of J. Regis Hammond."

NKWH, Page 4, Feb. 25, 1944. Webster defines induction as "act

or process of reasoning from a part to a whole . . . or from the Individual to the universal. . . "

It is sometimes of Interest to the student to note the effect of the human equation upon the conclu­sions drawn from a given set of observed facts. Complete objectivity is difficult, very difficult. Let us take the case of those three dregs of

Freshmen Win Rivalry Basketball

The freshman class, last Friday defeated their arch-rivals, the Sophs, 34-31, in one of the cleanest-played, most exciting games seen this year. It was the kind of a game that was a pleasure to watch. The shrieks of delight and horror that alternated between the two sides of the floor were the best indication of the way the scoring took place.

Neither team ever had a substan­tial lead. The frosh guards were amazing at times. Time after time, their interceptions broke up the Soph attack and they even managed to disrupt the usually perfect pass-work of Slack and Shoup. Baker Scores 18 Points

Gloria Baker scored 18 of the 34 points for her team. Fran McCor-mack, streaking across the floor at a terrific pace, was the frosh play-maker. Gloria Russo played a steady game. Despite their lack of prac­tice together, the '47 team was well coordinated and fast.

The Sophomore team was not en­tirely passive while the frosh over­came them. Groden, Straub and Dunn made a valiant effort to hold down the irrepressible Baker and her cohorts.

Slack was high-scorer for '46, with 15 points. Seymour and Shoup play­ed well, Herlihy did a very good job in forward position for the few min­utes she was in.

The three rivalry points will be obtained by the team who is victor­ious in two out of the three games played.

Gette Dunn, captain of the Soph team promises quick revenge, but the freshmen plan to thwart such action by taking the next game to make it a clean sweep for '47. Frosh Sophs Name pts. Name pts. Baker f. 18 Hwllhy I. 2 McCormackf. 7 S e y m o , , r f" " Russo f. Smith T. g. Sweeney g. IHurgot g.

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MAA Plans Big Athletic Doings For States Men

Chi Sigs, Phi Delts, Rares, KD, Psi Gammas Triumph

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humanity: Kiley, Wurtz, and Cran­dell to demonstrate our thesis.

It seems that being normal, healthy young Americans, the boys like girls. And, in the course of pursuing this hobby, manage to cover a lot of territory. One day, whilst prospecting, Kiley discovered a most attractive young thing. He whipped home, glanced hurriedly through his files, selected line No. 4B (depth and cullurei and set forth on the quest. He appreciated music, he re­cited poetry. She was unimpressed.

"That girl just doesn't like me," he said.

Some lime later, Wurtz had de­veloped Ills tasle lo the point where It saw and admired the same lair one. He was witty; he was charm­ing. She was unimpressed.

"That girl just doesn't like me," he said.

Then one day Crandell glanced up from the G. T. column lo see the lovely vision. They danced, they chatted, they held hands. Then suddenly she regained equilibrium. She became unimpressed.

"That girl just doesn't like men," he said.

That's what you need — con­fidence.

Strange as it may sound, MAA has exclusive use of the college gym from 7:00 to 10:00 on Thursday nights as long as attendance warrants it. There has been a tuh-riffic contro­versy raging about this all year. It seems that some of the girls and more than a few Milne students didn't want to relinquish any of their precious time to the hard-pressed men of State. There are people who will begrudge a penny given to a beggar.

Now that it has been arranged, it is hoped that the boys don't give their big chance the old heave-ho. Even being there will give the ferns the idea that someone is interested in building himself up from a 97 pound weakling into something that would look good in marble. Don't mistake that marble for the type that small boys use in their games of chance.

Budding Kimtc Kocknes Some of the more athletic mem­

bers of the male student body have volunteered their services as general overseers. They don't pretend to be full-fledged Instructors or even come close to that title. They will be there to show the uninitiated where things are and to get the ball rolling. Bert Kiley will be in charge of the whole shebang and can be persuaded to show his ster­ling basketball form at any time. Al Beninati is going to do a little box­ing. He is liable to quit, however, if anyone over 05 lbs. takes him on. He will be in charge of the punching bag at the far end of the gym. Attempts have been made to get Manny Miller to demonstrate his tiddly-wink technique, but he has been showing a rare display of tem-perment and refuses to co-operate. He could give the boys a real work­out in the "Mineola Shuffle."

In addition lo all these afore­mentioned athletic delights there is going to be tumbling, wrestling and about everything else. A new-comer, Jack Dorn, has the build of a tum­bler and wrestler. There will be quoit pitching for those who want it,

Wishful Thinking? A rather dreamy idea has been

floating through various male heads lately. Thcv have been drugging themselves with the visions of a good coach, capable of handling all sports. Quien sabe, maybe some clay they will have one. But until those hal­cyon days of the post-war world are with us, it is sure to remain only a dream.

A Reporter's Hounded 'Til He Has To Be Infallible

"Wren, Moreland, Farrell and Gamma Kap have yet to win a game . . . "

NKWS—Feb. 25, 1944 Oh, we are little, We ain't so strong. Alas, Dear News You've done us wrong.

We took one game, Though we admit We're still quite lame Because of it.

Please notify Your sports' reporter That Moreland Hall Ain't rigis mortor.

P. S. We beat Farrell.

Phi Delt Leads W A A Bowling

Four matches were scheduled this past week in WAA's bowling tourna­ment, including: Kappa Delta vs. Plii Delta, Farrell vs. Gamma Kap, Psi Gam vs. Chi Sig and BZ vs. Moreland. At present, none of the matches have been completed as some of the teams have not finished the required three games.

Clara Hill, captain of bowling, has announced the learn standings and total scores for the first four matches: First, Phi Delta, 7730; Chi Sig, 7098; Farrell, 7433; Psi Gam, 7320; Kappa Delta, 7120; Gamma Kap, 0951; Moreland, G534; BZ, G3G1.

Phi Delta has the highest match pinnage, totaling 2094 pins for one match.

Mary Nolan, of the Chi Sig team has the highest individual game to date, 219.

Swim Meet On Thursday The rivalry swim meet is slated for

Thursday at 8:00 P. M. in Public Bath Nn. 'i. Dot Townsend and Jean Linehart, life-guards who •supervise the event, announce the program of events will consist of a straight relay, a lighted candle re­lay, and an "undress-dress again" relay, novelty races requiring parti­cipants to swim with hands lied, diving for pennies, baloon blowing, and one straight, race, diving for pennies, balloon blowing, and one straight race. Freshmen and Sophomores should sign up on WAA bulletin board.

Morelanders, BetaZeta Fall Before Chi Sigs

WAA played an unusually heavy schedule this week with five of the top teams emerging victoriously.

On Monday afternoon Chi Sig slammed through to a 40-4 win over Moreland Hall. The second game of the afternoon between KD and the Rares ended in a 29-15 victory for KD.

On Tuesday night, Gamma Kap lost a hard fought game to the Rares. The game was a close one during the first half but the Rares finished up with a 22-13 lead over the Gamma Kap team. Davidson was top scorer for the Rares with 18 points while Young led the Gam­ma Kaps with a score of 9. Phi Delt Takes Moreland

Moreland Hall was again defeated in a contest with the strong Phi Delt squad. Seymour, with 17 points and Braithwalte with 10, accounted for 27 of the 29 points gained by Phi Dolt. Hollls, having a total of 12, look scoring honors for the More-land squad.

Farrell wns scheduled to play Wren Hall but forfeited the game.

The league standing began to take on a more definite shape as a result of the outcome of a contest between four of the teams picked for league honors. The powerful KD quintet triumphed over the undefeated Psi Gams by a count of 25-18. Pickert rallied to the Psi Gam cause with a total of 10 [joints while Smith spark-plugged the KD lead with 14 tallies. Chi Sig Outguanls I t /

The most exciting game of the series loomed up as the evenly matched Beta Zetas and Chi Sig quintets met on the Page Hall court. The game started out at a fast pace and for the first lew minutes of play the outcome was unpredictable. At the end of the first period the Chi Sigs were out in front by a score of 0-4. La Salle and Baker, veteran players of the BZ team, were not in their usual form and were thwarted in every attempt by the close, steady guarding of Latimer and Hylind. The invincible Doinann-McCormack-Garfall combination dropped one basket after another despite the hard fight displayed by Dunn, Bush-nell, and Blake on the defense. Do-mann carried off Chi Sig honors with 14 points and Garfall followed closely Willi 11. LaSalle came through with 7 points for the BZ's. The final score was 31-15.

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Freshmen Present Case No 2—An Editorial

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Sixth Big Ten,

Talent Jamboree Dancing, Bond Raffle Wi l l Be Held In Gym

Number six of the Big Ten scries will be presented by the class of 1947 tomorrow night at 8:00 P. M. in Page Hall, and at 9:15 P.M. in the gym.

The first part of the evening's entertainment is a talent show with a simple plot, and bears the title "Heaven Can Wait." If will include excerpts from well-known works, both dramatic and musical. Jim Conley and Bertha Wakin, co-directors, have summed il thus: "We and the theme committee have chosen what we think is the best way to present an all Frosh show which would cover the talent of the class oi '-17 and be represent live of it."

Heretofore undisclosed talent will be represented by Audrey Bopp, singing. "You Made Me Love You"; Shirley Gross, doing a scene from the Broadway lilt, "Pins 'n Needles"; Dick Smith and Rosemary Malane dueling in a skit, "The Marlins and the Coys"; and Kay Hagerty, super­ceding Katherlne Cornell in her act.

A male quartet composed of Reid, Smith. Francello and Conley will render some old favorites, and an original pantomime entitled, "The Lighthouse Lovers" or "Romance on the Beam" will he dramatized. The patriotic finale will feature Mary Tellan and .lack Dorn, soloists, back­ed by the entire cast. Bert Pike, master of piano boogie-woogie, is Lo be starred between curtains.

Al the conclusion of the produc­tion, the audience is invited to go to the gym for dancing. Arnold Brown and his eleven "Modernalrres" will provide I lie sweet and hot music. Cadets from Union and RPI have also been invited to attend, so a quantity of men is assured. Coke wil be sold for refreshment.

The peak of entertainment will be reached by the presentation of a ballet starring Selma Bond and assisted by five masquerading Frosh men: Francello, Lashinsky, Cook, Stewart and Conley.

The dance will end with I lie an­nouncement of the winner of the fifty dollar war bond that is being raffled.

We at State arc proud of our so-called democratic institutions. Freedom of speech, freedom of press, right of assembly—these are phrases which roll off our tongue as smoothly as quicksilver, We are inclined to forget that when these privileges were granted, the men who gave them look it for granted, or sincerely hoped that those who would use them would do so intelligently, and in such a way that the natural dignity of these rights would be enhanced.

You are (he ones in whom the final authority of government lies. You are its source, its nourishment, and its death. 11 is a responsi­bility which you cannot and must not ignore. Il implies a knowledge of your government, a sincere interest in its welfare, and an unpreju­diced attitude toward ils execution and its executives.

This morning in Assembly you will be called upon to judge the merits of your student government, If you are influenced by group loyalties, personal prejudices and petty jealousies, you are selfish and opposed to the ideals of our democracy. If you attack and do not understand what you are attacking, if you arc ready to destroy simply for the sake of destroying without knowing what you destroy or what better can lake its place, you are a disgrace to the school and to the Student Association.

If you understand how your Student Government works, if you can lake an objective stand and have the actual welfare of the student body at heart, in Heaven's name, speak!

There are two or three facts which should be taken into consider­ation when there is a discussion on the floor this morning:

1. Any resolution which might be made will be an amendment to the constitution and as such will be posted one week before being voted upon and will require a 2/.? vote of the student body.

2. Myskania as an honorary and secret body cannot be changed without necessitating the resignation of Myskania as a body. How­ever the student body may take away any or all of the judicial powers of .Myskania and il may si ill remain an honorary and secret roganiza-linn.

Freidsan Seeks Support For Bill lo Equalize State Education Aid

by Betty Lo Faro The regular Monday session of

the Legislature is an impersonal "ipso facto" in the average State student's experience. It is one of

Myskania Discussion Slated For Morning's Assembly O Tempora, O Mores,-Feline Matriculation Endorsed

How much would it cost a cat to see an AD play? Would it be worthwhile to have a "cat tax" —and if so, would we let its com­panions in for half-price? What is the status of cat affairs of New York Slate College For Teachers?

II seems that in the past, a friendly creature affectionately referred to as the "Annex Cat" or Alex, has been allowed to attend our student functions, free of charge. However, clue to the recent tax innovations, if has been suggested that the honored .(real be categorized as either faculty or student member. This would make it possible for Alex to have an official standing, and a diplomatic acknowledgment of his presence at these affairs.

Those who advocate the stu­dent classification of Alex point out that his attendance in the French classes has been fairly good, while his Matli attendance is 95'} better than those of his enrolled colleagues; on the other hand, the pro-faculty faction re­taliates by explaining that on several known occasions, Alex has sat at Dr. X's desk, with an in­telligent demeanor expressing his teaching inclinations.

So the question is still a moot one: Is Alex, the Annex Cat, a student or faculty member?

Army-Navy V-12 Schedule Tests

Mulcahy,Putnam To Direct Plays

Directing I he AD plays slated for next Tuesday night are Patricia Mulcaliy, '45, and Barbara Putnam, ''If).

Miss Mulcahy's play is a tragedy which lakes place in a small farming community in Maine. "Squaw Winter" by Frances Langsdoi'f Fox is a story of two women who are driven to commit a crime because of their desperate need for money. Effie Hale, the mother who Is reli­gious lo a fault, will be played by Martha Joyce, '45; Ann Hale, the repressed and bitter daughter, by Lucille Kenny, '45; Sara Hale, the practical aunt, by Marge Cronin, '4(1; Orpha, an Indian woman, by Irene Heck, '45; and Alice, a neighbor, by Marianne Davis, '47.

Miss Putnam's play is a farcical comedy on a conservative old British gentleman who is about to be made a knight, His first wife returns as a .secretary and upsets his life-long equilibrium by stating that she left him because she could not stand his personality. The play revolves about the second wife's change in feelings to her husband.

The part of Kale will be played by Hlit 11 Fine, '45; Harry, by John Dorn, '47; Lady Sims, by L'dnu Marsh, '45; and the butler Tombas, by Clyde Cook, '47.

These two plays will constitute the third In a second semester's series.

the background environmentals of Albany to which each is exposed— usually frequented once or twice and allowed "to sink into the oblivion from whence' it arose"—since 'all the legislation is carried on in the com­mittee rooms anyway.'

Often however, legislation is pend­ing which is of urgent and direct import to certain organized groups; the 'cause' of that particular group is I hen put into the hands of a few dynamic personalities known al large, as lobbyists, whose specific: duty il is to effect disadvantageous legislature. Opprobious terms are sometimes applied In referring to these effectors. Yet, when the usual lethargic attitude and apathetic tor­por is considered, the necessity for the existence of such a group must bo recognized, or I lie necessity obli-v la ted.

State Aid to Education, as exe­cuted under the Freidsan Formula, was to be equalized education appor­tioned to each stale, accorded to rural, urban, rich and poor districts. II undertakes to allot moneys for educational purposes in the degree of attendance to each school area. Consequently the poorer the district, the greater the aid, and inversely, the richer the district, the lesser the aid. For example, in New York City, the educational system pays for one-half the total budget, the residue by the stale. However, In an area like Washington county, U0'/r of Its total budget is paid for by the slate. The Freidsan Formula applies mtlt'lji to elementary and secondary schools, not to colleges and higher educa­tional institutions,

Certain apparent ami hitherto Ir­remediable weaknesses are coexist­ent with the present formula, among which appear the following: ID The lack of health facilities. When epi­demics occur there are consequent reductions of state aid; yet the over­head and maintenance remain the

same. I2I Industrial and rural areas are especially chseomfittod by the present arrangement of allotments. Since the war the attendance has fallen off in these areas in immense and staggering numbers. High school students who have worked in fac­tories on I he night shift are fatigued 'menially and physically and do not attend classes, many quit school - entirely to work. In agricultural areas, 75'i of the student body is absent during the planting and har­vesting seasons, These increased ab­sences mean a decrease in the amount of stale aid; again, the over­head and maintenance are constant! The resulting factor is a decrease in educational endeavors and a deple­tion of adequate teaching facilities; the manifestation of which is a general decline in the quality and quantify of education, limiting the scope and expansion of (lie educa­tion quotient.

This flagrant "impedimenta" in professorial realms has so far been tolerated, until recently the Young-Milmoe Bill was Introduced. This bill was 'unpalatable' to I he legis­lature and the governor, and revision was defeated. Another bill, lOlliffi advocated pegging slate aid at the 1932 level, This loo, was defeated,

In applying the Freidsan Formula in elementary and senior high schools, $0,100,1)0(1 (9.11 was allotted, and lasl year extended to the kin­dergarten groups the amount of $1,000,000 (1.01,

Assemblyman Ziminer <Li Troy, and Assemblyman Stelngut (Di have introduced respectively two appro­priation bills, Mr. Ziminer for 9.1 and Sfeingut for 7.5. Mr. Slelnguf's bill was defeated leaving Mr. Zim-mer's bill lo be voted upon.

The precluded seriousness of the issue and complete review of the determinant factors involved are found in Owen D. Young's "Regent's Report" which contains a section dealing with our educational needs, and the Slruyer Report, which also recommends the needed revision of the Freidsan Formula.

Exams To Be Given Wednesday In Milne

Dr. Milton G. Nelson, Dean, has announced that the third nation­wide test for candidates who wish to be considered for the Army Special­ized Training Program and the Navy College Program V-12 will be held on March 15, 1944, at 9 A.M. The test will be given in Milne, Room 233.

Students who took the test on April 2 or November 9, 1943, and who are still eligible to apply for the college programs, must take the March 15 lest if they wish to be considered again.

A student is not obligated to enter the program if he is accepted. How­ever, no candidate who expresses a preference for the Army will be considered by the Navy and vice-versa. No change in preference may be made after the day of the test.

Eligibility requirements are that the candidate must be a high school graduate or a high school senior and be at least 17 years of age. Stu­dents who do not meet the eligi­bility requirements are not permitted to fake the test.

The Qualifying Test is the first step in the selection of men for the college program of the Army and the Navy. II. is designed to measure the aptitude and general knowledge required for success In the college programs. The test will be given only on the morning of March 15; candidates who do not fake the test at Unit, lime will have no further opportunity until the next time the test is given. Each student will be notified by approximately May 15, as to whether or not he has quali­fied on the tesl. However, no test scores will be reported either to students or the school authorities.

No Instructions have been issued to local Selective Service Boards to defer students on the grounds that they may be chosen for participation in the ASTP or the Navy V-12 Pro­gram.

Students To Propose Govt. Revision Plan Student government, and more

specifically Myskania, will be under fire this morning in Assembly. The discussion on the Senior Leadership Society begun last week by Mysk­ania Itself will be continued and it is expected that plans for the revision of not only Myskania but also Student Council will be intro­duced by various members of the student body. The continuance of the discussion was made possible when Debate Council offered to re­linquish the time alloted to them this morning for a scheduled debate. Myskania Opens Discussion

The initial step for the whole question was taken by Myskania in last week's Assembly when Patricia Latimer, President of Student Assoc­iation, announced that the floor was open to discussion on the issue of whether or not the existence of Myskania as an organization was feasible and compatible with the wishes of the student body. Miss Latimer stated that it was the con­sensus of the opinion in Myskania that opposition to that body had been steadily growing among the students and that therefore Mysk­ania itself believed the question warranted open discussion on the Assembly floor. Trece Aney, '44, then stated Myskania's ease, enum­erating their accomplishments this year and justifying, in her opinion, why Myskania should remain on campus, Myskania's Case

Miss Aney said in part, "Myskania has for its purpose three things: 1. to serve as a judicial body for the Student Association; 2. to preserve the traditions and interests of the student body; and 3. to provide a means of bettering student-faculty relations." Mis Aney further stated, "Some people have been heard to say that Myskania is not a demo­cratic organization and therefore ought not to exist in a democratic society. Before you can analyze this point you really have to think, 'What are the implications of democracy here in our own organization? 1. That the existing form be made up of students; 2. that It work for students; and 3. that the final con­trol be vested in all the students . . .' In everything we have done this year we have tried to be completely democratic. Since Myskania is a group of activity heads, ideas for change come spontaneously. We didn't sit down and say to each other, 'Now let's think of an idea. Let's change something.' All the ideas that came to us sprung up from 3 to 3 ' - years of working hi school affairs."

In summary she said, "We believe in Myskania. We are very sincere when we say that Myskania is a good organization. We think that a body made up of seniors who are activity heads has constructive ideas, has an interest in the student body and Is willing to work hard. Do you, in a democratic society, abolish an or­ganization that is good for society?" Putnam 1'rCNeuts Ca.se

Barbara Putnam, '45, is expected to try and refute these arguments In thLs morning's Assembly. Her points will include, "If any group take upon Itself the right to inter­pret the sentiment of the entire group and to follow its interpreta­tion with action, that group should be democratically represented in the student body. I feel that Myskania is not democratically representative of the student body, and therefore should not be allowed to exercise those rights, These are some reasons

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