State College News NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE FOR TEACHERS

V o i . X No. 19 ALBANY, N. Y., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1926 $3 00 per year

FAY, DRAMA STAR, TO PLAYJARCH 4

Civil War Thriller And Comedy Planned By Advanced

Drama Class

MILNE MUSICIANS TO AID Julia Pay, '27, whose remarkable

characterization of "Wattcau" In "The Slides Thai Danced" for the elementary dramatics class last month has been called the best work done by a student-ticlnr this year, will play the title role in one of (he two one-act plays to be presented by the advanced dramatics class Thursday evening, March 4, in the college auditorium, Miss Fay has been chosen to interpret a part which is said to tax her talents even more greatly than did thai of the French artist in the January play. The drama is a tragedy ill' the Civil War, and with the exception ( f Miss Fay's role, all the parts arc played by men.

S Niles Haight, president of the senior class, Alexander Cooper, Richard A. Jensen, student association secretary, II'KI' DeWitt C. 7,eh will support Miss Fay. Hoth Mr. Haight and Mr. Cooper played in "Fancy Free' this January and b'llh have been seen in numerous other plays, Jensen has also frequently ap­peared in plays this year and last. Zch Iris to his credit the role of "Lord Windermere" h "Lady Windermere's Fan'/' the leading male role in "Icc-b itind," and parts in almost a score of ether plays. He will interpret the part played by Glenn Hunter in the original pr iduction by the Washington Scpiare players and in two revivals by that group. The play has also been given by the Harvard Dramatic Society and by the Charlatans, the theatrical organization at Hamilton Colle e. It will he directed by Edwin Van Klecck.

T h e same eu;iing another one-act play, a comedy will he presented under direction of Helen Quackenbush, '26. The cast of this is-being rehearsed also this week.

The Milne High School orchestra, under the direction of Mary Rhcin, will furnish a musi al pro' ram preceding the plays Committees for them were ap-pintcd this week as follows: music, Miss Rhcin; house and clean-up, Ethel IH' land, chairman; Helen Elliott, Anne IvilT; lighting and publicity, Marion Ouackenhir-h; costumes, Olla Goewey, Rena Relyea and Georgia DeMnckcr; make up, Vivian Hart; for Miss Quack-e-'bush's play: stage set, Mary Flanigan, chairman; [sabel'e Plude. Alexander Cooper; props, Mary Nolan Georgia DeMnckcr, Edna Fitzgerald; for Van K'ecc'-'s play: stacc set. Marion O'Con­nor, chairman; Anne Koff, Mary Flani­gan ; props, Rena Relyea, chairman, Lucille Barber, Edna Fitzgerald.

CORTLAND HERE TONIGHT The varsity basketball team will

play at eight o'clock in the gym to­night against Cortland Normal School.

Dranatic And Art Association's Council Arranges For Lecture In Albany Next Month By Plowman

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George W. Plowman, well known lecturer will be presented in Albany early next month by the Dramatic and Art association, its Council an­nounced today, in a lecture on art.

Miss Flanigan, '26, is president of the. council this year and Miss Grant, 127, student asociation vice-president,

is its secretary. Miss Lane, '28, is treasurer. Other class representatives are: Miss Hampel, '26, editor of the Quarterly; Miss Harrison, '27, and Miss Jones, '28.

The Council earlier in the year pre­sented Jean Gros' Marionettes. Other events will be arranged,

PRESIDENT SPEAKS ON AIM OF COLLEGE

"Can Continually Link Pedagogy Of Present To Teaching

Of Future"

TEACHING IS PROFESSION In a recent address to the (acuity,

President A. K. Drtibachor explained the way in which Slate College attempts to carry out ils aim, a professional Irniu-ng education for High School teachers, 'New York Slate Education," in print­ing (he address, MVS, "ll is (he clearest statement we ha\c ever seen of (he peculiar function of a college for high .iliool teachers. President Dntbachcr has accomplished the impossible al the •ilate College—a liberal arts course lead-' ing fairly and honestly to the customary bachelor's degree and al the same time directly and adequately to the high school' classroom." The President first justi­fied the claim of leaching to the name of a profession, and then explained Stale College as a professional college, lie said:

"The claim that leaching is a profes­sion is based on the proposition that there is a clearly defined body of knowl­edge and an accompanying body of special skills which arc indispensable to the suc­cessful practitioner, We have irre­vocably turned our backs on the old belief that anyone who has a knowledge of the subject mailer can, by that fact alone, leach that subject matter.

"The State College for Teachers is dedicated to the professional ideal for high school teachers. Our college was organized in its present form for (be ''xorcis purpose of professionalizing high school leaching to the same extent that the normal schools have professionalized leaching in (he elementary schools, liriefly slated, the Slate College for Teachers is directed by the Board of Regents to devote itself to the training of high school teachers by providing a liberal education together with a thorough introduction to the science of education and a careful training in the art of leaching. In the effort to fulfill its obligations under ibis specific mandate from the Hoard of Regents, State Col­lege for Teachers selects its materials of instruction in all courses, liberal ani professional, with a view to their im­mediate relation to high school teaching. The ideal of the college is a subject matter coulcnt that is saturated witli professional purpose. It will clarify our ideal and intensify our professional pur­pose to formulate the procedure by which we strive to attain our ends, a procedure that demands continual adjust­ment in the light of experience.

" The liberal arts content of our cur­riculum must be adequate as a basis for high school teaching and must perform its full part in giving the liberal educa­tion prescribed by the Regents resolution of authorization. It is obvious that the subject matter of the high school curri­culum will in part point the way. English, History Mathematics, Latin,

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Pago Two STATE COLLEGE NEWS, FEBRUARY I», I M

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Vol, X Feb.19, 1926 No. 1»

Published weekly during the college year by the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers at Albany, New York.

The subscription rate is three dollars per year. Advertising rates may be had on application to the business manager.

Editor-in-Chief HARRY S. GOPFREY, '26

Managing Editor EDWIN VAN KLEECK, '27

Business Manager HELEN E. ELLIOTT, '26 Subscription Manager HELEN BARCLAY, '26

Copy Reader MARGARET BENJAMIN, '26

Assistant Business Managers MYRA HARTMAN, '27 HELEN ZIMMERMAN, '27

Assistant Subscription Manager THELMA TEMPLE, '27

Assistant Copy Reader JULIA FAY, '27

Associate Editors Sara Barkley, '27 Louise Gunn, '27 Katharine Blenis, Anna Kofi '26

Joyce Persons, '26 Reporters

Leah Cohen Elizabeth MacMullen Thelma Brezce Lcla Van Schaick Virginia liiggins Katherine Saxton Adelaide Hollistcr Dorothy Watts Elnah Kricg Bertha Zajan

Well Selected Content, Comprehensive and Sympathetic Knowledge Is Necessary, President Declares In Address

"VALENTINE REVUE" FEATURES GYM FROLIC

Judging by 'numbers, the mid-winter gym frolic of last Friday evening was the most popular yet held. Since St. Valentine's Day was so near, the program was in the form of a skit, "Valentine Revue," written and directed by Kathar­ine Blenis, The entertainers were Mar-cella Street, Leah Cohen, Violet Pierce, Ruby Merman, Dorothy Terrell, and Marjoric Young. Musical readings and novelty dances were interspersed with puns on College folk: Why Kent Pease-wears a hair net; why Ruth Ettipie will catch the measles; why Ethel DuBois walks in Washington Park; and Prom reminiscences which had not before leaked out. The players were accompanied at the piano by Cornelia Williams. The gym was cleverly decorated in red and white. Refreshments were soft drinks and valentine cakes. Georgianna Maar, assisted by Margaret Stoutcnburgh, directed games for the entertainment of the guests, and Dorothy Kabie and Bertha Zaj-an played for dancing.

MILNE ORCHESTRA TO APPEAR AT TWO PLAYS The Milne High School orchestra will

appear before the College student body Thursday evening, March 4, when it will give a short program in connection with the advanced dramatics class' program of plays.

French, Spanish, German, Biology, Phy­sics, Chemistry,' Physiography, Govern­ment, Commerce, Home Economics, Music, Art, all are treated from the viewpoint of a high school subject. Such subjects as Psychology, Sociology, Eco­nomics, Philosophy, must he added to our curriculum to round out a libera education in the generally accepted ;euse. Their intimate relationships to the high school curriculum is of course obvious.

"The content of all non-professional courses should be selected with reference to its professional implications. They are first of all of the same general sub­stance as high school work in the same department. Thus 'English Literature' •oiirses in college are properly compar­able to the high school assignments in literature; 'History of the U. S. since 1850' is similarly comparable to the American history of the high school; and the same is true in foreign languages, iclencc, mathematics. Hut the college course goes deeper. It seeks to establish standards of judgment, to form canons of taste, to make acquaintance with scientific method, to fit the future teacher for his sphere of intellectual leadership in several lines. To accom­plish this, the college course goes as far beyond the high school content as time, and circumstance permit, But the con­tent of these non-professional courses must nevertheless be selected with special reference to its use by the future high school teacher. Therefore, since the high school teacher is not a specialist in English or in mathematics or in physics, but a teacher, it becomes necessary to choose content wisely even within the limited field of an accepted subject. In the training of high school teachers we must give strong preference to that con­tent which has pedagogical significance because we aim at the expert teacher, not at the specialist; our ideal is the skilled teacher who is professionally keen and alert, not the linguist, or critic, or historian, or physicist, or scientist.

"The method of the college classroom I must be pedagogically correct and should reveal its form and purpose to the student 30 clearly and forcefully that it becomes part of the student's own professional equipment. Our classroom procedure must he animated by a distinctly profes­sional purpose. Given a well selected content and a comprehensive and sym­pathetic knowledge of high school prob­lems, it still remains to develop a method that is so transparent and self-evident ihtit the student absorbs its form and spirit.

"Our pedagogy may be positively stated. Since the State College student is an embryo teacher, it is our duty to expose the details of our method of

Continued from I'IIBO One teaching. Let the student know why you proceed as you do. The best teaching is concrete. The best results can follow only from a lesson that is related to the Undent's experience and attainments. Vhcrc the student's future is so clearly

defined as in our classrooms, it becomes a natural and even inevitable part of our teaching process to show at every step, how the material is articulated with the future work. While we teach a poem or rate a theme, wc can with propn'ety call attention to our method in so far as it will be applicable to the student's own work to come. In our field work in botany or in our prepara­tion of specimens for the biological laboratory, we can with good purpose call attention to our pedagogical plan. That is, we can continually link the pedagogy of the present to the teaching process of the future.

"To state the matter succinctly, pro­fessional motives must motivate our work throughout. This is in accord with the modern spirit in education. The Stale College for Teachers has its motive written in its name and no student may for a moment forget that motive without stultifying himself. And the teaching staff owes it to its own professional integrity to give to the State of New York a graduate that is professionally fit and professionally alert; by using an educating content that has distinct pro­fessional use; and by doing our daily work under the drive of professional motive. Our professional character is especially indicated by the internship required of every senior student. Every device of instruction, every form of class procedure, every bit of special method is put to test, and the beginnings of professional skill becomes apparent.

"Our ideal is to place the young high school teacher in his first teaching posi­tion with three well marked character­istics, (a) He must know his subject; (h) he must know the fundamentals of the specialized knowledge which is the science of education; and (c) he must have proved his skill in instruction to the point where he has confidence in him­self.

"Wc develop each of these three characteristics by placing him in charge of a high school class where he is re­sponsible for the classroom atmosphere. Supervision is friendly, ultimate, con­structive, but the supervisor may not relieve the practice teacher of his full responsibility, It is sometimes a heroic process, but the professional qualities ultimately assert themselves and the young teacher emerges triumphantly with a keen sense of achievement. To that final victory, wc are nroud to be­lieve wc have contributed the composite professional elements already described.''

BOOK OF VERSE WILL APPEAR ABOUT MAY 1

All material for the Book of Student Verse will be in the hands of the printer by March IS, according to arrangements made public Monday by Sara Barkley, '27, the business chairman. Selection of material is progressing rapidly. The book is to be bound in limp imitation leather, ornamented with the College seal. It will be ready for distribution on or about May 1, a month earlier than the date first planned.

START CAMPAIGN FOR PENCIL SHARPENER

Miss Helen Fay, manager of the Co-Op, has started a campaign to secure several pencil sharpeners for use of the students. It is planned to place these sharpeners where they will be convenient and accessible to all stu­dents. There is a box in the Co-Op and you are asked to drop in one cent as your contribution.

The management of the Co-Op will willingly send books from the erntal shalvcs to any student who is ill if the name of the student together with his address and title of the book desired is left at the Co-Op. The regular price will be charged and the regular rules will apply to books sent out un­der these conditions.

DEFENDS PLEDGE TO REPORT INFRACTIONS OF PROPOSED SYSTEM

Editor of the News: The question of an honor system .tug

jested itself a few years ago, li wa-favorably discussed In the student a-scmbly which appointed n committee i•> co-operate with the faculty In the fm mation of a satisfactory plan, This com mittce formulated a plan which was in,I considered acceptable by Dr. liruhneln r because of the omission of an arrange ment for a voluntary pledge to report infractions. The committee then made a revision removing this objection Upon submission to the student body ii overwhelmingly accepted the proposition to adopt the superstructure of the lionoi system, while the concrete foundati n which it must rest, the pledge to report, was as overwhelmingly voted down.

This rejection seems to have been based on a misguided application oi ,i .supportable sentiment. In childhood v,< have the nursery-rhyme inculcalioi "tittle, tattle, tattle tale, shame on yon ' There exists also the natural histoid > group solidarity, clan and clique loyalh Later, in our study of history, we develop a natrual antipathy to spies, paid n formers, traitors-in-oiir-midst and tlieii like.. In the troubled, facetious linn of the past, communal protection ami safety necessarily implied abhorrence to the informer,

What is regrettable, however, i retention of tin's sentiment in an lightened democracy. It can cnticei >e of value to a certain stratum o clcty. In circles where the "squc rs the social lener, he who has a idea of the interdependence of corripopani units of society cannot flourish.

Obviously, we have that idea, even though it may he partially indistinct Our institution should be a mutual democracy of the highest order. That term may be defined variously. Hui it must be predicated on the conception that the enforcement of salutary laws, legally enacted by the majority is necessary to the existence of a democracy. Likewise must we feel that their infraction b not an individual matter but a subject " !

•oeinl welfare. What Is for the good or ill of one is for the good or ill of all

The individual who is willing to keep the undoubted good of an honor system from the student body is hardly wiilr. 'f protection] He aids in permitting a possible reflection on the worth of die •choid. He is directly responsible foi She imposition on the great majority oi an unnecessary restriction. He is a mockery to the ideals of the leachini: profession and I feel that his eliminaiio'i would be for the good of the service "Why should persons who are doing u-. mischief be suffered to continue to do so."

This proposition unquestionably is de­batable, It seems to me however, ttt.it our ideals of democracy and our eon rcption of the superior social service of 'he teaching profession are consideration transcending in importance a perverted, Underworld infiltration of ethics,

Joseph K. Salmon, '27.

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ESTIMATE PROFIT ON JUNIOR PROM IS $200

The Junior Prom was a financial suc­cess. Although a definite report is not vet possible, it is estimated that the profit will r.oar about the $2(10 mark. Tin-success of the Prom will probably help in reducing the senior class duos of 1927.

STATE COLLEGE NKWH, FEBRUARY 10, 19VC5 Pago Three

DR. HOMER SPEAKS OH L i C l l FAITH

Former Dean Recently Visited Scenes Of Lincoln's Years

As Lawyer

LIFE HAD FOUR EPOCHS Dr. Harlan II. Horner, former dean,

addressed b'Qtll sections of the assembly, Friday, Dr. Horner's subject was "The Growing Faith of Abraham Lincoln,

He divided Lincoln's life into periods, as follows: The wonder of the child; (he metal of the youth; the mind of the man; the sold of the president, On each of these periods, he elaborated, likening the life of our ideal American to the gradual ripening of a harvest. "The wonder of the child, when a tot at his mother's knee was taught and guided into the paths of faith by her wisdom and his feet firmly fixed on the right road. The child was made a man when the hand of death struck down her who had been everything to him, and the first great sorrow, in the life of sorrow which followed, he witnessed at the grave of bis mother."

The metal of the youth was proven by bis upward struggle against fate, his self-education, and the triumph over the greatest sorrow of his life, the death of Anne Rtltlcdgc, The faces of '29 beamed joyously when Dr. Horner completed his sketch of the youth by saying that from the descriptions handed down to us by foregoing generations, be was sure, Lincoln, the ideal American, looked very much like a freshman.

Dr. Horner said of his manhood, "Although Lincoln was not a church member, he was a firm believer in the right, The sublime faith of the president wajs shown in that he more often c suited Cod, than his cabinet, in the trying times through which (he Great Captain piloted our Ship of State,, that Lincoln was. a miniature Christ, a chosen earthly messenger who lived in close companion­ship with God, and thai God and Lincoln saved our nation in its greatest crisis when destruction seemed inevitable." Dr. Horner did not apologize for linking the name of the Deity with that of Lin­coln, because of the great faith of the man (hat enabled him to be led by the hand of God and to sec the right, to gain strength to carry on.

Dr. Horner has recently visited several places in Illinois, that figured importantly in Lincoln's life and career. He had lately stood on the spot where Lincoln dismounted from his borrowed horse with his license to practice law under his arm and all his worldly possessions in his saddlebags. He also visited the place where Lincoln made bis farewell speech, at his departure for Congress, upon his election to the Senate. Dr. Horner said, "Just twenty-eight years later the whole country was plunged into its greatest mourning when Lincoln was slain by the hand of the assassin. Dur­ing liis life such enemies as Seward, Chase and Douglas showed their greatest devotion and respect to the man who pnwed himself 'A Man for the Ages.' "

Ethel DuBois led the assembly in a cheer for Dr. Horner. Myskania at­tended both chapel sessions in honor of Dr. Horner, and the first section sang the College song comprised in his honor.

ORCHESTRA REHEARSALS Orchestra rehearsals will be held

'Hmrsday evening, February 17 and Tuesday, February 23 in the auditorium.

COLLEGE NEWS AT A GLANCE The Clean-up committee, at its meeting

.londay noon, declared that one week if war against dirt had been only a

temporary victory, I Jlrt is secretly work­ing its way back into the locker rooms and corridors. A definite method of attack has been planned by the committee. The frosb will sweep and "pick up" the locker rooms on Mondays, the sopho­mores on Tuesdays, the juniors on Wed­nesdays, and the seniors on Thursdays.

The Biology Club held its sleighride Saturday night. Miss Minnie II, Scot­land chaperoned the party while Dr. Gertrude E, Douglas stayed behind as cook, ^ After a two-hour tour around the city, the club returned uTtheHJioiogy laboratory, where they bad the refresh­ments prepared by Dr. Douglas.

Mrs. Sailee Oaumann entertained Alpha Kpsilon I'hi al a luncheon recently.

Miss Irene Herman of Ncwhurgh, .pent the week-end at the Alpha Kpsilon I'hi house.

Alpha Kpsilon I'hi entertained the sororities on campus al a bridge party last Saturday afternoon in observance of Courtesy Day.

French Club will open its second seme­ster with a program meeting, under Miss Maud Malcolm's direction, Wednesday, February 24, at four o'clock. Miss Mal­colm will speak on "A Trip Along Three Great Rivers of France and will show lantern slides on a section of the Loire river, France, northern, central and southern France. There will be con­trasts in landscape and in provincial life. The rest of the program will not be announced. Refreshments and a social time will he a part of the entertainment. Non-members as well as members, are urged to attend.

Iticz M, George and F'.dua Spikes of Mew Paltz Normal School were week­end guests of Sara liarkley, '27.

Minnie Greeuaway, editor-in-chief of the 1026 Pedagogue, and Caroline Cole­man, the business manager, have an­nounced that the work on this year's production is practically completed ex­cept for the photography, The work is very much further advanced than at this time last year, and the distribution of copies of the Pedagogue Is assured for Moving-tip Day.

Members of Stale College Alumnae who visited College over Lincoln's birth­day are: Etllitt Craig, '24, Mary F, I'ierpout, '25, who teaches in Ossining, Marie E. Burgin, '25, who also, leaches in Ossining, Dot Hoyt, '25, who teaches in Schenectady, and Helen F. Clohosy, '17, who has been teaching for four years in (he West New York, New Jersey High School, also Peg Underwood and Carol Traver,

After an address by A. W. Risley, head of the history department, in which he described the campaign of 1778, re­sulting in the defeat of IHirgoyue's army uid indirectly in the support of Franco for the American colonies, the Society of Engineers of Eastern New York recently adopted resolutions urging state appropriation for the purchase of the Saratoga battlefield/

Mr. Risley urged the engineers to use their influence in the campaign to pre­serve historic places in the state.

Helen I'. Chase, '21, now a student at the New York State Library School, has been doing practice work in catalog-111' at tlv <'.,||c»re lihrary this week.

MID-WINTER CONCERT COMING FEBRUARY 24

The big mid-winter concert under the auspices of the Music association will be held February 24 in the College audi­torium. It will feature the Women's Chorus and the Mixed Chorus. Thyra licVier, '26, and Professor T. Frederick H. Candlyn will give a two-piano selec­tion.

The next program of Music Club will be held in March. Music Club has scheduled Miss Myra I less, a noted pian­ist, for its spring concert to be held al Chancellor's hall.

Last Saturday, eight members of G. A. A. tried the joys of mid-winter hiking. Willi three pairs of skiis in the crowd to say nothing of hot dogs, rolls, and the. requisite mustard, one may talk of fun without being sarcastic. Sincere thanks were voted to the weather man w(ho provided a mild day. Several likely looking slopes on upper Washington Avenue were tried for their coasting possibilities but a hill out in the sand regiop afforded the most sport.

Mildred Lansley, '2'), led the hike. Oilier members of the party were Mary ludith Langdon, Marion Palmer, Jean Amos, llernice Van Sickle, Mcriam Far-nell, Jennie Jenkins, Kathleen Doughty.

On Saturday afternoon, February 13, a tea was held under the auspices of Newman Club at Newman ball, 741 Madi­son avenue. The hours were from two lo five. The Newman hall girls headed by Josephine Donley, '27, house president, were the hostesses on this occasion. The lea was the last public social affair to be given at the ball before the holy sea­son of Lent, which began Wednesday, February 17.

The next event scheduled for Newman Club is a cake and candy sale. This salue is an annual event and is as much a part of State College activities as of Newman traditions. The sale will take place on March 17, Saint Patrick's Day, nd will be conducted in the lower hall f the administration building.

SENIORS AND JUNIORS TO DEBATE IN CHAPEL Miss Susan Johnson, of the National

Red Cross, will address the student as­sembly in a week or two. Today, the senior-junior debate will take place. The subject will be "Resolved, That Congress Should Accept the 'McNary-Hangor bill. The affirmative will be upheld by the seniors. Senior speakers include, Mar­guerite Leishman, Helen E. Elliott, Isa-, belle Plude, and Hazel Benjamin, alter­nate; juniors, Constance Baumann, Julia Fay, Marcclla Street, and Margaret Pro­vost and Ruth Colburn, alternates.

There will be a mass assembly because of the debating.

APPROPRIATIONS TO BE COT ONE-TENTH

Finance Board Threatens To Publish Names Of Those

Not Paying

S T I L L COLLECTING TAX According to later figures compiled by

the finance board, it is necessary at the present lime to cut all appropriations Ion per cent, Of the accepted budget which totaled $11,8(13, only $10,712 has been collected. On this basis, Cutting the amounts allotted, the News will receive only $2,250 of the $2,500. Music Club and Dramatics and Art Council will both he cut $95 of the $950 appro­priation, and the basketball budget will be cut to $1,250.

The finance board is siill collecting (axes and an effort will be made to colled one half of the lax from those sludeiils who are entering for second semester. More severe methods to en­force payment may have to be resorted lo if an excuse for non-payment is not given.

"We are pushing the mailer because we feel that it is only fair lo those who have paid, to collet lax from the others of the student body," said Ruth McN'ult of Ihe finance board. "We will do all we can lo try lo colled Ihe lax before the names are published," she declared.

RUSSELL SAGE PLAYS VARSITY ON SATURDAY Next Saturday, State's varsity will

meet thai of Russell Sage in ihe annual game on the home court. Russell Sage will travel to Albany one hundred per cent strong. Whether they are greeted by an adequate representation for Slate depends upon you! Russell Sage's cheers will be peppy, spontaneous and Urong. To compete, cheer and song prac­tices are scheduled for the coming week.

The rumored Dul'iois-Tompkins-Swclt-inann combination is surely sufficient in­ducement for attendance. The remainder if the lineup can not yet he announced. Another alumnae game is coming March

20.

HANDBOOKS AVAILABLE All freshmen and entering students

who have not received a freshman hand­book, are urged to inform Katharine Wcnis, '27, editor.

CALENDAR Today

8:00 P. M. State vs. Cortland Normal—Gym.

Tuesday, February 23 3:00 P. M. Y. W. C. A. Meeting

—Room P. Wednesday, February 24

4:00 P. M. French Club. 8:15 P. M. Mid-winter Concert-

Auditorium. Friday, February 26

3:00 P. M. Chemistry Club—Room 250.

8:00 P. M. State vs. Rochester Optometry—Gym.

Saturday, February 27 2 :00 P. M. State vs. Russell Sage

—Gym. 8:00 P. M. State Frosb vs. Union

Frosb—-Gym, Sunday, February 28

4:30 P. M. Y. W. C. A. Vespers —Rotunda.

Page Four STATE COLLEGE tfJEWS, FEBRUARY 19, 1020

EIGHT MORE SHORT PLAYS ARE PLANNED

Advanced Dramatics Class Is Asked To Furnish Farce

For Vaudeville

MAY PLAY NOT SELECTED The advanced dramatics class, which

last evening' presented two one-act plays in the auditorium, will sponsor about eight more short dramas before April I, when rehearsals will be^in for the full-length play coming in May.

Marion O'Connor and Olla Cioewey directed last night's plays and those next week are coached by Lucille Barber and Mary Nolan. Thursday evening, March 4, plays will be presented by Helen Quackenbtish and Edwin Van Klecck, The Milne High School orchestra will furnish music for these productions, Following that night, plays will he directed by Marion Qiiackcnbnsh, Mary Rhein, Isabelle I'lude, DcVVIlt Xeh and Edna Fitzgerald,

The class has also been asked to fur­nish a play for the G, A. A. vaudeville performance Marcli 19. Marjory Hay-less, '24, who is leaching nl Cobleskill, has also written asking if a play can be sent there. No decision on the May play has been reached.

Fifty- five Per-cent Of Alumni Answering Census Teaching; Forty or Fifty Per-cent of Teachers New to Positions Yearly

CHEM, CLUB TO MEET The next Chemistry Club meeting will

he Friday aftenoon, February 2fi, at three o'ek-ck The president, Florence Glllett, will be in charge of the meeting, and Dorothy Fennel!, '2d, will read a paper.

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School teachers remain too brief a time in the same position, for salary con­ditions in the profession makes it easier to secure an advance in salary by chang­ing positions frequently. President A, U. lirubachcr declares in a report to the College trustees. Pointing out that the mobility within the teaching ranks has now reached a point where from forty to fifty per cent of the teachers in the

! .itate arc new in their positions each year, Dr. Brubaeher says that "the inexperienced teacher expects to remain only one or two years in the first assign­ments,"

"This extreme mobility/' he says, j "obtains chiefly in the rural school, The | length of professional service is at best too short, it is estimated that the aver­age length of service for women teachers is less than five years for the citmtry at large; for men it is under ten years."

Dr. lirubachcr uses the figures regard­ing the shifting of teachers from position to position to illustrate the difficulty the College has in keeping in touch with Is "raduales

"But an additional difficulty, though non-professional, is to be found in the fac' that the woman lea her who mnrrie« •iiid retires from die profession, at once loses her identity and is often unwillln" to give the information about herself 'vh'cb the College needs for purpnfcs of statistical studies. We cannot know

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accurately how effective the College is as :i teacher training institute unless we can :ount those who have made a career of caching."

The President described a post-card .•ensiis recently taken by the College of the 4,100 graduates who are still living.

"Of the total number, fifty-seven per sent, or 2,420 persons, responded giving complete information about themselves, 'caving from twenty-five to thirty-five jcr cent who are presumably living hut who arc submerged for some reason, whom we cannot coiml either as teachers or non-teachers. Of those who re­sponded,' fifty-five per cent arc now leaching; twenty-six per cent arc home-makers ; and seventeen per cent are en­gaged in other occupations.

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