State College News, February 13 1918
State College News OCR’d text:
State College News
VOL.
II
No.
17
N E W
VORK STATE COLLEGE FOR TEACHERS
ALBANY, N. Y7, FEBRUARY 13, 1918
$1.50 PER YEAR
SENIORS WILL
HOOVERIZE
First Function For Seniors Alone
Will Be Held Friday Evening
In The Gym
The Seniors will, enjoy an in-
formal party in the gymnasium,
Friday evening, February 15. This
is the first party for Seniors alone,
and to which each member of the
class may bring a guest, fn order
that the class may keep up with
the spirit of the day it has been
decided to dispense with decora-
tions and refreshments, The. even-
ing will be spent in dancing and
music will be furnished by O’Neil’s
orchestra.
The officers
of the
class will be assisted in receiving
by Dr. and Mrs. Brubacher, Dean
and Mrs. Horner, Dean Pierce,
Prof, and Mrs, Sayles, Miss f.ocb,
Miss Gushing, Miss Shaver and
Miss Jones.
The committee in
charge consists of Janet Wall, Ray
Tovvnscnd
and
.Edna
Merrit.
Tickets will be given to those
Seniors who have paid their class
dues at a table in the rotunda, to-
day and tomorrow.
STATE COLLEGE GIRLS
DANCE FOR PHYSICAL
DIRECTORS
Last Saturday afternoon, some of
the members of the Junior gym
class, danced at the City High
School, at the Physical Education
convention, which was being held
there. The audience consisted of
the physical directors and medical
inspectors of the capital district.
The. girls gave two of the dances
which they have learned this year
and it is needless to say that Agnes
Dennin, Ethel McKenna, Helen
Tcnsehcr, Veronica Farrcll, Eula
lljcks, Edith Morrison and .Kath-
arine LaRosc were a credit to Miss
Gray’s splendid teaching.
CONSUMER’S LEAGUE RE-
PRESENTED AT NEW
YORK
MEETING
BY
MISS LIPES AND MISS
BEARDSLEY
The State College branch’of the
Consumer’s League sent two dele-
gates, Arlean Beardsley and Caro-
lena Lipcs, to the convention which
was held in New York City, Wed-
nesday, February 13. Vassar and
Syracuse also sent two delegates.
This was the seventeenth annual
meeting of the Consumer’s League
of New York State,
MISS FUTTERER TO GIVE
RECITAL FOR STUDENT
FRIENDSHIP FUND
Miss Agnes Futtcrer will give a
recital in the State College Audi-
torium on Friday evening, March
I. She will read ” Lady Winder-
mere’s Fan.”
This recital is for
the benefit of the Student Friend-
ship Fund, The admission for all
scats will be 35 cents. The . sup-
port of all students is expected.
Next week a lively campaign for
the sale of tickets will be started.
Watch the ” News” for further
notice.
SORORITIES TO OPEN
THE SOCIAL SEASON
AT STATE COLLEGE
Rushing Committees Are Getting
Busy And Psi Gamma Gives
First Dance
The sororities and fraternities
believe that since examinations arc
now past and passed (?) a few
good times arc necessary to wipe
from our brains memories of the
” late unpleasantness,”
Freshmen arc the most import-
ant people just at present, and
rushing is now in order.
Each
sorority will have one big party to
which they will invite the Fresh-
men in whom they are most in-
terested.
The parties will all be
held on different nights, so that if
one girl is lucky enough to be
asked to more than one party, she
may attend each one.
The committees thus far ap-
pointed for the “Rush” festivities
are:
Delta Omega, Alice Lewis,
chairman; Jessie Gifford, Dcrnicc
Bronncr
and
Carolcna
Lipes;
Kappa Delta, Jean
Huiigcrford,
chairman; Lois Knox, Elizabeth
MacMackan, Mildred Patey and
Continued on page •!
TEAM BREAKS EVEN ON
NORTHERN TRIP
Win Hard Fought Contest at
Clarkson But Fail to ” Go Over
the Top ” at St. Lawrence
Thursday, the basketball team
left on its annual northern trip to
take revenge on Clarkson for their
victory of Dcccm’ber 14th, here.
Coach Maroney had the boys in
line mettle.
The first game was
played at Clarkson with the usual
line-up. Townscnd and Nicholson
were used as substitutes.
During
the first half our men were handi-
capped by the unusual type of
basket used on the Clarkson court,
yet were led at the cud by only
three
points,
the
score
being
twelve to nine. The second half
was a continual fight, neither team
ever having more than a two point
lead. With less than a minute to
play, State led by one point, when
Wilson of Clarkson made a spect-
acular shot and Techs seemed
certain of victory. Colin got the
jump on ^Carroll and bounced the
ball to Fitzgerald, who passed to
Barry.
Barry made a long one
hand shot and caged the ball for
two points in the last half-minute
of play, _ making the final score
22-2T. Fitzgerald showed his usual
good form in shooting fouls. Cohn
played an unusually good game at
center.
The Clarkson
forwards
were held to few baskets by the
close guarding of Curtin and Polk.
The next night the team opposed
St. Lawrence in a tired condition
from the previous game and the
long journey,
The
play
was
rough throughout. State took the
lead at the beginning, but the half
closed with St. Lawrence leading,
TSrli.
Early in the second half
Fitz was disqualified for four per-
sonals, and- though the men put
additional pep into the fight they
could not overcome the loss of
their captain and the game ended
with St, Lawrence victor, 36-24.
Class Rivalry Discussed In Student
Assembly
Nyskania Inaugerates Active Campaign for Organized Rivalry with
Dean Horner, Prof. Douglas and Mr. Heason as Speakers.
The Student Assembly, Friday,
February 8th, was entirely given
over to the discussion of matters
particularly important to the stu-
dent body at this time — Thrift
Stamps, Smilcage Books and Inter-
class Rivalry.
Mr. Miller spoke first and en-
deavored to clear away some of the
misunderstanding which has exist-
ed as to the purpose and working
of the Thrift Stamp system.
Mr.
Miller is a government agent here
at college and in that capacity he
explained’just exactly how a stu-
dent could buy these stamps, when
and at what place. He especially
emphasized the fact, that while
these investments are in them-
selves paying affairs, the real aim
of the buyer is to do his bit to hel
;
p
win the war.
Another topic of allied interest-
is that of Smilcage Books. Joseph
Walker, president of the Senior
class, told us why the college
wanted to send these books to our
men, and by what means we would
be enabled to do so.
Mr. Walker then introduced the
chief subject of the morning,
lie
spoke of college traditions and
their gradual change from year to
year, owing to the changing needs
of the college. New ones arc added
from time to time, some old ones
are enlarged upon, and some old
ones disappear. This’ year is the
first we have had a student tax, a
song leader or cheer leader, We arc
already planning improvements in
these lines of advancement. There
is one tradition which we have
been gradually losing during the
last few years, that of intcrclass
rivalry. When the Class of TQIS
first entered college, there was a
well defined spirit of rivalry be-
tween the Freshman and Sopho-
more classes, which has since dis-
appeared,
Mr. Heason discussed the matter
more in detail. Both the faculty
and the student council have been
considering the question and they
believe that certain kinds of rivalry
would be a good thing for the col-
lege. In the first place, the col-
lege needs the advertising this
would bring.
Many people still
think of us as merely the Albany
Normal School and they must be
made to understand that we are
now the State College for Teach-
ers.
Most colleges are known to
the average outsider only through
their athletics, or some particu-
larly unique traditional event —
such as the painting of the idol at
Union.
Our athletics are doing
their best, as witness the fact that
a friend of St, Lawrence has re-
cently taken the trouble to attend
our basketball games in order to
give St. Lawrence pointers on our
weak places. Some of the fondest
memories of many alumni arc of
“scraps” between the Freshmen
and Sophomores in their old col-
lege days — and in after years they
visit their Alma Mater at the times
when these important affairs arc to
take place.
The question is for us—what
sort of rivalry shall we have?
First it is wise to find out what
is done at other colleges.
Mem-
bers of our faculty will address us
on this subject from time to time.
In order to get the student view-
point, the president of each class
will
appoint
two
wide-awake
people from that class to learn the
opinions and get suggestions from
all its members. The results will
he reported at the next Student
Assembly. Mr. Heason suggested
that a girl and boy be appointed.
Dean Horner spoke next. First
he remarked that there was one
State College tradition of which he
thoroughly
approved — the
one
which required Freshmen to re-
main seated at meetings until the
upper classmen pass out. In this
way, he said, the Freshmen would
learn patience and fortitude, and
that their patience would now be
rewarded in that they would re-
ceive their report cards at once,
whereas the upper classmen must
wait till Monday. The Dean was
pleased also with the enthusiasm
manifested
by the
Sophomores
over their first class “sing,” and
he approves of all such ” sings.”
At his college it was customary for
all students and faculty to pour out
on Hie campus, the first evening of
spring, and sing.
He suggested
that we might try something of the
sort here, provided that spring ever
came.
We might also have a
“Post
Exam. Jubilee”
(if
the
Juniors would give their permis-
sion), on the Saturday night after
mid-year exams, .At this jubilee
professors
(in
effigy)
and un-
popular books might be burned.
The boys could have a ” ball push “
on the campus, using a very much
enlarged
football _ or
basketball.
Two other activities which were
prevalent when Dean Horner was
at college, but which he does not
advise for us were:
One—the
Freshmen erected their banner at
the top of a well-greased pole and
Continued on page ‘I
DR. THOMPSON TO GIVE
WAR RECITAL
The coming meeting of Prome-
thean promises to be a most en-
joyable one,
Dr. Thompson will
read several selections of war
poetry.
His
usual
interesting,
choice and pleasing interpretations
are sure to be enjoyed by all who
come. To supplement Dr. Thomp-
son’s reading, Mrs. James Taafc,
who is a member of Dr. Thomp-
son’s quartette at the First Presby-
terian church, will sing a few num-
bers of war poetry,
Mrs. Taafc
was a soloist in Mr. Hollam’s pro-
duction of the Messiah at Christ-
mas.
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STATE COLLEGE NEWS, FEBRUARY 13,1918
STATE COLLEGE NEWS
Vol. II
February 13, 1918
No. 17
Published weekly, on Wednesdays, during the college year, by the
Committee on Publishing a College Weekly Newspaper, New York State
College for Teachers, Albany, N. Y.
The subscription rate is one dollar and a half a year. Advertising
rates may be had on application. Articles, manuscripts, etc., intended
for publication must be in the News Box before Saturdays of the week
preceding publication,
SENIOR EDITORS
REPORTERS
Kathryn Cole
Stanley Heason
Mildred L. McEwan
SMILE SOME
Up to Friday night there had
been contributed to the Smileage
campaign the sum of $t7. This is
about half the amount needed to
purchase a book for each one of
our boys. It has therefore been
thought wise to continue the sub-
scriptions throughout this week.
It is hoped that those who did not
get an • opportunity to “drop a
nickel in the slot” will hunt up the
Smileage box and do so now. That
there are still a goodly number of
such persons, a simple application
of the multiplication table will es-
tablish, for at 5c each, seven hun-
dred students should be able to
raise a sum considerably in ad-
vance of $17. Let us all do it over
again if necessary, for State Col-
lege must in no way neglect her
sons who are giving so much for
the cause of our country.
USEFUL
INFORMATION
TO SENIORS AND
ALUMNI
Doubtless many of our readers
know something of the United
States Employment Service, that
branch of our national government
operating some 85 public (free)
employment offices throughout the
United States. We believe, how-
ever, that very few know that at
one of these offices, that at Chi-
cago, III., a section has been set
apart for the sole benefit of pro-
fessional men and women, known
as the Teachers and Professional
Service Division.
Through this
division the government endeavors
to
find
suitable
positions
for
teachers and
professional
engi-
neers and suitable persons
for
school officers and employers need-
ing such help. In a few words,
this division is a Teachers’ and
Engineering Agency, operated by
the United States government.
Dr.,P. B. Prcntis, acting director
of employment for Illinois, under
whose jurisdiction this division is
operated, reports that during the
past year it has been found im-
possible to find enough teachers to
supply the need, and many attrac-
tive
positions • throughout
the
United States have been unfilled
for this reason. It has frequently
happened, however, that imme-
diately after a position had been
reported
filled
through
other
sources, a suitable candidate would
effect registration.
Of course it
was then too late to nominate the
teacher for that particular posi-
tion. Dr. Prentis earnestly hopes
that such occasions may he quite
infrequent during the IOJS-IQ ap-
pointment season. This can only
be accomplished by every available
teacher being registered in the
division before the opening of the
appointment season. We therefore
Caroline E. Lipes
Alfred Miller
Donald Tower
Dorothy Banner
Bernice Bronner
Dorothy Wakerly
suggest that if you expect to be
available for a new position for the
next year that you write to Dr.
Prcntis immediately for a registra-
tion blank,
Then, when the ap-
pointment season opens in April or
May, your record will be complete
and the division may be able to
nominate you for the first suitable
position reported.
Registration in
the Teachers’ and Professional Ser-
vice Division will also benefit you
in other ways for, should you learn
of a position for which you would
like to apply through any other
source, the division will, if asked,
send copies of your confidential
record to the school officer to
whom application is made.
Any communications
intended
for this division should be ad-
dressed:
”Teachers’ and Profes-
sional Service Division, U. S. Em-
ployment
Service,
845
South
Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.”
Applicants for registration should
indicate the kind of work desired
so that the proper blank may be
sent, ft will be a convenience to
the division if you will enclose with
your letter a self-addressed legal
size (4^x8j/f,) envelope with a
three-cent stamp affixed.
THE MARRAINE
MOVEMENT
Dear Editor:
There has been some discussion
in the ” News ” lately as to the mo-
tive of the young women who un-
dertake to be marraines.
I re-
ceived a name from the New York
bureau last November. I wrote the
second of December. The answer
to that letter has just come, since
it takes a month each way.
I
quote from the letter, translating
as literally as possible:
” I beg you
to excuse me,
Madamoiselle, for what I am going
to ask of you: it is not a very great
thing, but it will give me much
pleasure.
Tf you would be kind
enough to write me quite often,
you will give me great pleasure
and will make me very happy, for
I should like to have many of your
letters.”
He closes the letter thus:
“I
end my letter, Madamoiselle, by
and sends you from far away the
assurance of his best wishes.”
His second letter received a week
later closes as follows:
” I am
waiting for news of you; receive
Madamoiselle, the assurance of the
best regards of a little French
poilu who again thanks you very
saying that your godson, a little
French poilu, does not forget you
much for your good letter.”
These letters define the position
of a marraine. This boy Is wait-
ing to go back into the trenches.
Tf our letters can cheer such boys
any in the few months they may
have to live and to suffer, we
should be only too glad to send
them, ft seems-that these 22-year-
old poilus, understand our motives,
while our American classmates do
not,
50th U. S, Infantry, Potomac Park,
Washington, D. C, Jan, 17, 1918.
To the Editor of the “State Col-
lege News,” Albany, N. Y.:
My Dear
Editor.—For
some
time I have been debating as to
who is or are the proper person or
persons to thank for the cheering
Christmas box which I received
from the ” Faculty and Students of
N. Y. S. C. T…” and I have at last
decided that this can best be done
through the columns of your paper,
The gift was a welcome hint at the
spirit ” back home,” and, needless
to say, was fully enjoyed by yours
truly, who is most grateful for hav-
ing been remembered.
Having done more or less work
in connection with the “News”
last year, it seems like old times
and like reviving old habits to now
be writing a bit that is to appear
in its columns,
I have not seen
very much of the sheet this year,
and yet enough to know that it is
still living, for which I. am glad,
It would have been a shame to see
the enterprise die after so much
time and labor had been devoted
to it last year,
With the tax
[Hitting an end to all financial,
troubles, the course of the ” News “
ought now to be comparatively
smooth. T wonder how much sup-
port you are receiving from the
student body? I mean the kind of
support that spells work. I_ pre-
sume in that respect conditions
have not changed much.
It has
always been up to a few to work
for the many, and until the many
realize just what they are missing,
they will be satisfied to remain
merely “the many” and wonder
why so-and-so or such-and-such of
” the few” spetn to be getting
ahead.
How is the Press Club faring?
T hope it is coming into its own.
I am a firm believer in the 100 per
cent American maxim, “It pays to
advertise,” and in my opinion the
Press Club should be the advertis-
ing
medium
of
State
College.
Here’s a wonderful opportunity for
someone to get out of the rut and
do something. The Press Club is
bound to exert a mighty influence
some day, and if I may borrow the
well-known
advertising
slogan,
“Eventually—why not now?”
ft must be near the time for mid-
year’s at college. Time flies and
before a very great while Moving-
L’p Day will be with you and
Myskania will select the members
of next year’s body.
So it may
after all not be untimely if I say
a few words on what I think of the
system of tapping used last year.
In my opinion it was dead wrong.
That was a method of elimination,
not selection,
I known from my
own experience that it does a great
injustice to many a student. The
average student does not mind, per-
haps, walking across the platform
in front of faculty, students and
visitors, only to leave said plat-
form on the other end, he or she
having not been found fit to be a
member of Myskania.
The aver-
age student excuses himself with
the thought that he has not had a
chance to do things. But take a
student, who like myself last year
and the years before that, had
every imaginable chance given him,
had some of the highest offices his
class and his college could honor
him with bestowed upon him, do
you suppose it is pleasant for him
to run that gauntlet?
For him
there are two verdicts — if he
stays on the platform he has made
(lie best of his opportunities; if he
is turned back he is a failure, That
is pure and simple logic,
is it necessary to publicly brand
anyone a failure? I say 110, Even
Myskania may make a mistake,
sometime — to err is human — and
the old method of tapping would
in such a case only add insult to
injury, It is quite enough to just
select the new members,
Read
” Stover at Yale ” and you will read
of a beautiful ceremony a certain
society there uses, whose old mem-
bers go out among the Juniors,
pick their men and lead them back.
That, it seems to me, is the better
way to do,
In closing I wish to take up an-
other little matter that has been on
my mind. During the early days
of the ” News,” in fact before the
paper existed, I secured the con-
sent of Dr, lirubachcr to have the
words ” Founded by the Class of
rc•> 18 ‘ appear on the front page of
the ” News.”
It was one thing
among others that I had planned,
but which the outbreak of the war
and my joining the colors put an
end to, I trust, however, that this
matter can be arranged. There can
hardly be any objection, as ours
was the idea and ours was the
work that brought the “State Col-
lege News ” into existence.
What was intended to be a short
note of thanks has grown into a
lengthy epistle, so I will hurry this
to an end. Tn closing I wish to
once more thank everyone con-
cerned for the splendid Christmas
box.
I will be glad at any time
to-hear from old friends at college.
Very sincerely yours,
Alfred E. Dcdicke,
2nd Lieut., 50th U. S. Infantry.
PRESS CLUB ELECTS
OFFICERS
The
Press
Club
chose
Ray
Townsend, president, and Doris
Sweet, secretary, at a meeting last
vycek.
The outgoing president,
Stanley Heason, spoke on the.work
of the club and its future.
The
purpose of the club is to dissemi-
nate information about State Col-
lege throughout the State. This is
done by correspondence for news-
papers, and in every way putting
State College before the public.
Every one who can write should
join tile Press Club and so con-
tribute to the welfare of their col-
lege. This may be done by report-
ing to the president or secretary
your name and the newspaper for
which you wish to correspond.
PROF. WALKER TO AD-
DRESS CANTERBURY
CLUB
Dr. A. A. Walker will address
the club in the church rooms, Mon-
day, February 18 at 8 o’clock. He
will speak on ” Social Democracy.”
A business meeting will precede,
beginning at 7:30. All are urged
to attend.
The monthly com-
munion will be made at Grace
church, February 17 at 7:30 a. m.
The club was entertained by the
Mizpah Club, Thursday evening.
Friday evening the first party was
held in the church rooms and in
return the Mizpah girls were in-
vited. Several recruits were made
and a most enjoyable time was had
by all. Games, refreshments and
dancing were the order for the
evening.
Mary Whish delighted
the members with several vocal
selections.
College song books
figured in the informal “sing.”
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STATE COLLEGE NEWS, FEBRUARY 13,1918
Page Three
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COLLEGE CALENDAR
C. A,
Class,
THURSDAY, FEB. 14:
1:00 p. 111.-5:00 p. m., Red
Cross, Surgical
Dress-
ing, Room B-i.
2:05 P-
m
-> Y. W
Mission
Study
Room zoo,
7:45 p. m.. Promethean
Literary Society, Audi-
torium.
FRIDAY, FEB. 15:
9:05 a. m., Student Assem-
bly, Auditorium.
4:10 p. m., Chemistry Club,
Room 250.
4:10 p. m., Y. W. C. A.
Advisory Board, Green
Room.
8:00 p. m,, Senior Class
Party, Gym.
SATURDAY, FEB. 16:
2:00 p. m., Dancing Class,
Gym.
7:30 p. m., Gym Frolic,
G. A. A., Gym.
MONDAY, FEB. 18:
9:00 a. m.-s:oo p. m., Red
Cross,
Sewing,
Room
B-i.
Y. W.
Study
C. A.
Class,
nip p. m..
Mission
Room 10L.
3:00 p. m., Y. W.
Mission
Study
Room 108.
3:55 P.
m
-. Music
Auditorium.
5:00
p. m.,
Basketball,
Freshman-Senior, Gym.
7:30 p. m,, Faculty Women,
Red Cross, Green Room.
C. A.
Class.
Club,
THE NEWMAN PARTY
There’s no doubt that it was a.
…•cat success,
it was all so de-
I iightfully
informal
and so sur-
prisingly unusual, Of course, the
family circles were sometimes dis-
lurhetl by the inability to think on
the part of the catlrss crowd, but
really, all the families had reason
to he proud, and most especially
the Kandy Kids, for didn’t quick-
witted “Kay” Bcstlc win nearly
every guessing contest and carry
off the honors of the evening? We
had only one moment of dis-
pleasure,
and
that
was when
Charles suddenly appeared in the
doorway, looked at his wrist watch,
and then regretfully ordered us to
leave.
We couldn’t dance even
once more around the room, for
”orders is orders,” and the faith-
ful custodian of college authority
could not be bribed even with a
crispelte.
But we had discussed
the plans for our dance we expect
to hold soon, we had exercised
both mentally and physically, and
so we beamed contagcously at
each other and obligingly with-
drew, and left the room to dark-
ness, and to Charles.
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COLLEGE CLUB
lie sure to get your copy of the
“News” and read it every week
for there will be important notices
in every issue concerning the Col-
lege Club meetings. Everyone will
be sure to come if everyone reads
the notices,
Starting March 8, there will be
a series of lectures on the one ques-
tion of the day, which is of much
vital importance to us all, as stu-
dents and citizens in this world of
mankind.
These lectures will take place at
the usual College Club hour on
Friday
afternoon
each
week,
Watch the ” News ” for announce-
ment of topics and speakers. The
club considers itself flattered in
being able to offer these lectures,
The song leader requests every-
one to bring their song books to
chapel
every
Friday
morning.
Have you one? You should have
one by Friday though if you have
not now.
He sure to learn (he Alma Mater.
DANCING CLASS
The dancing class will he held
as usual Saturday afternoon from
J to ,j. The attendance has been
excellent lately, especially on the
part of the men. All are invited,
and an interesting and instructive
afternoon is assured to those who
20 DEFEATS 21
Frosh Girls Lost In Game
With Sophs
The second game in the girls’
scries was played Wednesday. The
Sophomores kept the ball practi-
cally all of the first half, exhibit-
ing splendid pass work from center
to forward. The Freshmen, ham-
pered by a lack of knowledge of
the lloor and a feeling of strange-
ness made no score the first half,
while their opponents rolled up 18
points. After a. slight shifting of
positions in the Freshmen team,
the second half began. In this half
the younger team worked to better
advantage, securing a score of 6,
while the Sophs added only .4. A
large crowd of rooters were out
and displayed great interest in the
game.
The Freshmen
cheering
squad was especially fine. Miss
Gray was referee. The line-up was:
Sophomores — Florence
Bohnc
and Ellen Donohnc, forwards; fsa-
belle Johnston and Madeline Cum-
mings, centers; Sarah Adriance and
Dorothy Wakerlcy, guards.
Freshmen — Mary
Austin
and
Jessie Darling, forwards; Helen
O’Brien and Mary Grahn, centers;
Winifred Darling and /Mice Barnes,
guards.
SILVER BAY CLUB PRE-
PARING FOR THE
SUMMER
A meeting of the Silver Bay
Club was held at 85T Myrtle ave-
nue last Monday evening.
Anne
Smyth told all about last year’s
expedition to Silver Bay. A plan
was proposed by which the mem-
bers might save money for the trip
next summer. The evening ended
with a general good time and the
singing of college and Silver Bay
songs,
Every one who does not
come to the next meeting will miss
a very good time.
OFFICIAL NOTICE
All students teaching the second
period during this semester will
please sec Miss Fierce before Fri-
day for a special assignment of
seats in (he auditorium for student
assembly,
All students coining in tardy will
leave ‘ their
names
with
Miss
Holder up to 9:25, All students
coining in after that time will be
marked absent and so reported.
.After the record of attendance has
been made the tardy students may
take any available scat,
Y. W. SWIMMING
CLASSES
Friday, Feb. 15th, 5-6 p. m.
Saturday, Feb, 16th, 9-10:30 a.
Tuesday, Feb. rcjth, 4:45-6 p. t
GYM FROLIC
The gym frolic will be held
Saturday Feb. 16 at 7:15 p. in. All
are requested to wear gym suits.
Only regular members of G. A. A.
may come.
If any girls wish to
go and have not yet joined, they
may join by giving their names
and dues to any member of the
association. A series of lists have
been posted where those who plan
to come and sign up may do so.
Sign up under the sport you like
best. There will be a vote taken
as to whether the association shall
retain its present title or change
to Womcit’sA. A. The latter title
is prevalent in universities through-
out the country.
The
committee
consists
of:
l.orna
Austin, chairman; Agnes
Nolan,
Lillian
Hopper,
Marie
llar-rlc and Mary Austin.
G. A. A.
At the meeting Tuesday, Satur-
day, Fob, 16, was chosen as the
night for the frolic.
Those who-
went to the first frolic know what
to expect.
Only those who have
paid their dues will be admitted.
A swimming meet to be held later
in the year was discussed and
plans will be made. A movement
is on foot to change the. name to
Women’s Athletic Association. The
argument used was that it sounds
more in keeping with a college
body.
Most universities use the
latter designation,
SOPHOMORE CLASS
NOTES
The second sing held last Fri-
day in the rotunda was well at-
tended.
The songs in which the
great majority of the class par-
ticipated filled the whole building.
Dean
Horner’s recognition and
praise of the first sing only served
to increase the spirit of the second
sing.
Few undertakings of any
class have resulted in such whole-
hearted enthusiasm and success as
the Sophomore sings.
The class was well represented
in the Junior week functions. Many
prominent members attended the
festivities.
A
class
meeting
was
held
Tuesday
afternoon.
President
Beale announced that Miss Fut-
terer would give a reading March
1st, and urged all Sophomores to
go. A committee for drawing up
a
constitution
was
appointed.
Preparations for the Sophomore
party were continued. This affair
will be emphasized all the more
since the Sophomores are not per-
mitted
to
have
a
Sophomore
Friday.
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Page Four
STATE COLLEGE NEWS, FEBRUARY 13, 1918
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CLASS RIVALRY DISCUSSED
Cintinued from page I
dared
tlic Soplis to get it; the
Sophs generally did get it, but at
the same time they ” g o t ” various
.broken bones.
Two —th e Sopho-
mores “ducked ” the Freshmen in
a stream which ran by the college
grounds. The steam was called the
” bone yard ” because of the many
bones found about it, of animals
which had come there and died of
thirst.
However,
at times, the
brook was quite deep — as Dean
Horner himself could testify.
Prof.
Douglass
also
described
“pushball “
contests,
but
lie
thought that the girls could take
part in this — here general
clap-
ping from the girls testified to their
opinion.
Th e ball would not be
heavy, but it would bounce off in
the
mast
unexpected
directions.
The best way to push the ball is to
get up under it. A ” Flag Rush “
might work out well
here.
At
Cornell three teams_ were chosen
from
each
class,
light
weights,
middle weights and heavy weights,
Just two minutes was given for
each contest, the team won which
had the most hands on the flag at
the end of that time.
That class
won
which
bad two victorious
teams.
Cornell also had an annual
spring circus, the purpose being to
raise money for athletics,
There
were plenty of opportunities offer-
ed at these to spend money, and
all the townspeople were invited.
The law students were policemen
and created a great deal of excite-
ment by arresting people for any
charges they could think up. At
one time the Dean was arrested
and lined a dollar for being present
without a lady.
Another
faculty
member
was arrested
for not
spending
enough
money
on his
lady.
Prof. Douglass belonged to an
especially illustrous’ class,
whose
“yell ” was in indictive of their
victories:
“Baseball,
Football,
Track,
Eleven,
Cornell,
I
Yell
Nineteen Seven.”
All
these
interesting
stories
aroused the enthusiasm of the en-
tire college body, and left everyone
looking
eagerly
forward
to the
next assembly.
SORORITIES T O OPEN SEASON
Continual from page I
Frances
Larmon
(‘alumnae
mem-
ber).
After rushing and initiations arc
over there will be private rejoic-
ings over the new members,
Many
of the customary affairs will be
omitted this year, with the excep-
tion of the annual dances.
These
dances which are formal and held
in the gymnasium are attended by
many of the alumnae.
The Delta Omega dance will be
held Saturday evening, April 20th.
The
committees
in charge are:
Ruth Murtaugh, chairman; Wini-
fred
Wagner,
Margaret
Becker,
Delia
Ross, Hazel
Pcarsall and
Marguerite Ritzer; invitation com-
mittee, Bcrnicc Bronncr, chairman;
Alice Richmond, Marion
Moore,
Jessie GifTord and Lovisa Veddcr.
The Eta Phi dance is scheduled
for April 26th.
Edith
Chandler,
Arlcan Bcardslcy and Bertha Tate
are making plans for this.
Clara Holder in her capacity as
chairman of the Kappa Delta com-
mittee,
is
looking
forward
to
March 16th. Lois Knox and Olive
Wright
will take charge of the
decorations,
Carolyn
White
the
program
and
Ruth
Libby
the
refreshments.
This year is a banner year for
the Psi Gamma girls, for it is the
twentieth anniversary of the found-
ing of Psi Gamma.
Their dance
comes earlier than the others, and
their plans are*, ^accordingly, more
extensive. Their president has ap-
pointed Ruth Paterson chairman of
the
decoration
committee,
ant!
Helen
Sproat
and
Katherine
Bnchler
as
assistants;
refresh-
ments, Lillian Kivcr, Rachel Lee
and
Cecil Conklin; music, Doris
Sweet
and Sarah
Roody.
Th e
dance will be Friday evening, Feb-
ruary 22nd, and on Saturday a
luncheon will be held at the Knick-
erbocker.
Alta
Saylor,
Cordelia
Hate and Winifred Wemplc will
see that the alumnae arc all in-
vited, while Marjorie Mitchcl, Vita
Mcrritt and Madeline Hartwcil will
make all other necessary arrange-
ments for their entertainment.
Kappa
Nu is .planning for a
theatre
party,
April
26th,
an
alumnae
tea th e next
afternoon
followed by a dance in the even-
ing.
The local chapter of Alpha Ep –
silon Phi will send delegates to the
dance given for all the chapters of
their
sorority
at
the
Waldorf
Astoria in New York, March 2nd.
SPEAKERS
APPOINTED
TO DISCUSS “RIVALRY”
Speakers
Represent
Both
Men
and Women
Seniors—Dorothy
Austin
and
Merrill Sauerbrei.
Juniors—Martha
Stewart
and
Alfred Miller.
Sophomores—Elizabeth Gardiner
and Larry McMahon.
Freshmen—Mary
Grahm
and
Martin Barry.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Pros;
Brubachcr
recently
ad-
dressed
the new lady
voters of
Schenectady.
Union
trimmed
City
College,
Saturday night, 26 to 20.
Rev, E. F. Tripp of Slate Col-
lege, pastor of the Stanford M. E,
Church, preached Sunday in the
Scotia Baptist Church,
The choir of the First Presbyter-
ian Church,-Dr. Harold W. Thomp-
son, organist
and director,
pre-
sented
“Penitence,
Pardon
and
Peace,” a cantata by Maunders, on
Sunday.
Laurence
S. Hill, physical in-
structor
at
the
Albany
High
School, was elected president of
the
Eastern
New York
Tnter-
scholastic Athletic League.
Pro-
fessor Hill is the author of a “Syl –
labus
and Manual
of
Physical
Training” for public schools,
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to shorten and eliminate vacations
so as to shorten the college year
by four weeks and release men
earlier than usual in the spring for
war service.
MILNE SENIORS ELECT
OFFICERS
At a recent meeting of the Senior
class of the Milne High School, the
following class officers were elect-
ed:
President, Marie King; vice-
president, Helen Alexander; secre-
tary,
Carol
Traver;
treasurer,
Jovcc Goldring.
On
Friday
evening,
February
8th, a dance was held in the col-
lege gymnasium for the benefit of
the
“Crimson
and White,” the
Milne
High
School
publication.
Good music and attractive decora-
tions made the affair enjoyable as
well as profitable, while the pres-
ence of Prof. Sayles, Miss Jones
and
Miss
Johnson
gave
great
dignity to the occasion.
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