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State Students Visit Gathering Of Youth Groups

Perretz, MacNamara Relate Impressions of Meet,

Those Attending

Mary Jane MacNamara and Edgar Perretz, seniors, attended the Amer­ican Youth congress which was conducted In Washington, D. c . last weekend.

The outstanding part of the congress according to State's rep­resentatives was meeting, among the four thousand who attended, people from all walks of life. There w e r e share-croppers, migratory workers from California, college students, even a representative from a Cuban group. In all, there were about sixty-three different groups represented. Miss MacNamara urged that people take all newspaper ac­counts of red riots at the conference with a very large grain of salt. She further stated that the meetings were all very orderly and that any disburbances were efficiently re­moved.

Roosevelt Message

News Board And Staff Attend Press Conclave

Eleven members of the NEWS board and staff attended a col­lege journalism conference at Union college in Schenectady Saturday. The capital district colleges represented were: Rus­sell Sage, RPI, Skidmore, St. Rose, State, and Union.

Led by Lawrence Pellettier Jr., '40, editor-in-chief of the Concordiensis, Union college newspaper, the representatives of the various papers discussed common problems.

Following a tea at the home of Dr. Dixon Ryan Fox, presi­dent of Union college, the group heard comments and criticisms of their individual newspapers by Peter Bradley, city editor of the Schenectady Union Star.

Dinner at the Hale house, the witnessing of the Union-Ham­ilton basketball contest and a visit to the Chi Psi lodge com­pleted the conclave.

Several prominent personages were guest speakers. Among these were President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roose­velt, John L. Lewis, and Attorney-General Jackson. The President said that the resolutions of the con­ference were "twaddle" and that "youth should be informed before taking a definite stand." Later Lewis answered points of the Roose­velt speech, and then continued by suggesting a union of the CIO and the APL. He even proposed that the American Youth congress be­come a part of the CIO. Said Per­retz, "This sounded very much as if he were campaigning for pos­sible presidential votes."

Communist Controversy The upshoot of the undue pub­

licity given to the communist ele­ment resulted in a split in the youth congress. One group wants to shut out the Communist league and the other doesn't mind keep­ing it in.

Perretz, although he enjoyed the White House tea and the confer­ences, declares that he was more im­pressed by a small town one mile out of the District of Columbia. The town, Silver Springs, Maryland is a government-controlled experi­mental town. It Is built in a horse­shoe shape and has all cooperative stores. The most wonderful part Is that due to such careful planning there will never be a parking prob­lem.

Eldridge to Play For Junior Prom

'Continued from page 1, column 5) all three of the affairs may be bought • for $5.50.

Chaperones and guests for the Junior Prom are Dr. John M. Sayles and Mrs. Sayles, Dr. Milton G. Nel­son and Mrs. Nelson, Miss Helen Hall Moreland, Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Bulger, Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. William Hardy, and Mr. and Mrs. G. Elliot Hatfield. In addition to these members of the administrative and faculty staff, the rest of the faculty have been Invited.

Dr. Donnal V. Smith and Mrs. Smith, Dr. Howard A. Dobell and Mrs. Dobell, Mr. and Mrs. George M. York, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cooper and members of the administrative ! staff and faculty will attend the tea dance on Saturday afternoon.

William haher is chairman of the Junior Luncheon, and Stephen Ku-sak is general chairman of the Ju-nior Tea Dance.

Moreland and Morton To Attend Convention

Miss Helen H. Moreland, clean of students, and Miss Mary Morton, social director of Residence hall, will attend conventions of the Na­tional Association of Deans of Wo­men and the American College Per­sonnel association to be conducted in St. Louis February 19-24.

Dr. John M. Sayles, acting presi­dent of the college, Dr. Milton G. Nelson, dean, and possibly Dr. Robert W. Frederick, acting prin­cipal of Milne high school, will ar­rive in St. Louis a few days later to attend a conference of the Am­erican Association of School Ad­ministrators.

Service Fraternity Announces Pledges!

Richard Piatt, '40, president of Service fraternity, has announced that twenty-two new members have been pledged into that organization as a result of increased activity and

I recruits from the class of 1943. Ira Jean Hirsh, '42, has been ap­

pointed as pledgemaster and will I officiate at the formal pledge service which will take place within the next few weeks. Piatt will take over the duties of Instructing the new members as to the purpose and work of the fraternity.

The row pledges arc: William Howe, '41; Robert Selfert, Clay Sprowls, Kenneth Johnson, sopho­mores; Joseph Lavere, grad; Nor­man Arnold, '40; Robert Rich, Solo-man Greenberg, Frank Hansen, Gordon Hastings, Harold Kensky, Albert Oetken, George Hudson, Rob­ert Evens, Max Levenson, Harold Felgenbaum, William Brower, War- ' ren Wagner, Frank Learnan, Bud Tyler, Robert Walter, James Portley, freshmen.

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1942 Will Have Class Vic Party

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The sophomore class, in accord­ance with the plans formulated in the last class meeting, will con­duct its annual class party tonight in the Commons of Hawley hall, from 8:00 until 12:00 o'clock, un­der the general chairmanship of Margot Duren, '42.

As was announced in the NEWS last week, i.he party will run along a leap-year theme which means that for this evening the female majority of the class will take over the social initiative. Paul Merritt, president of the class of 1942, has requested that in view of the fact that a two to one ratio of girls to boys exists in the class no one secure "dates" for the party.

Miss Duren has announced that Roy Sommers, '42, "playwright" of the sophomore class, has created a skit for entertainment to reflect the inversion of social procedure theme. However, trouble has arisen because several prospective female thespians have balked after read­ing the script. The last word, as we go to press, is that Dorothea Mc-Isaac and Harry Jordon have been conscripted for the leading roles. The program of entertainment will be filled out by several types of games such as checkers and darts and various forms of novelty dances such as the "broom" dance. Decora­tions will also follow the "fourth year" idea- just how, has not yet been divulged.

Merritt says that because of the wonderful class spirit so far shown by the class of ''12, he expects the affair to be the best of its kind this year.

Those in charge of the several committees chosen are: arrange­ments, Alfred Stiller; refreshments, Ruth Vincent; and music, Robert Meek.

VOL. XXIV, No. 17

Eldridge, Master Swingster, Showman, Scores Hit at Prom While *Bea * Dower Rules As Queen

Perretz Addresses Forum of Politics

Edgar Perretz, '40, spoke at the last meeting of the Forum of Poll-tics concerning the American Youth congress which he and Mary Jane MacNamara, '40, attended two weeks ago as representative of SCA. Miss MacNamara was also scheduled to speak to the forum, but was unable to attend the meeting.

The purpose of the congress con­ducted In Washington, as stated by Perretz, was to discuss the follow­ing: employment, and all its prob­lems; civil liberties, and possibilities of maintaining peace.

William McCracken, '40, intro­duced two resolutions to find out the sentiment of the forum members on two current problems.

The resolutions are as follows: 1. "Resolved: That the Forum of

Politics unconditionally de­nounce the invasion of Finland by the USSR."

2. "Resolved: That the Forum of Politics favor the policy of offi­cial loans and credits to Finland 'for purposes Including the pur­chase of airplanes and muni­tions' by the government of the U. 8."

These resolutions were sent to committees for study.

K e l l y A n n o u n c e s T r y o u t s Lloyd Kelly, president of Student

association, announces that Student council will conduct try-outs for the position of announcer on the ne«ly-installed public address sys-iem, Mr. Hardy, instructor of Eng­lish, will supervise the voice try-outs*

THree announcers will be appoint­ed. The position of technician has also been created. Anyone may try out. Date and place for try-outs will be placed upon the bulletin board.

by Carl Marotto < Well it's over. The Prom, tea

dance, luncheon, and Christmas, but the Queen still reigns. Now that Queen Bea has become the sovereign, the junior class drones will be trans­formed into a hive of activity. But they did put over a successful dance. Even the sophomores admit that the class of '41 still has some of the old spirit left. The Junior Prom went over, but surely. Was Eld­ridge good? He was better! And the new queen—ah, the queen (sigh).

At exactly 11:30 o'clock, tall, state­ly Queen Beatrice Ann Dower, of the House of Honey, ascended the throne and received the crown of empire from Her Majesty, Jane I, who wielded the sceptre over the junior class last year. Then the populace cheered, applauded, and marched to be reviewed by the Queen who was attended by Princesses Knowles, Powell, Newell, and Scesny.

After the pompous "Pomp and Circumstance," and the grand march, Eldridge and his boys proceeded to swing out in a manner which justified his reputation as a show­man as well as a master swingster. In true plumber style he swung the low notes and he swung the high notes—and then he swung! He even put the class treasurer in a truckin' mood, and a band that can do that must be good. He kept his band going full swing except for the second trumpet in the first row. The

Seniors to Open Dormitory Drive

Walter Harper. '40, president of the senior class, has appointed Janice Friedman and Joseph Mc-Keon, seniors, as co-chairmen of the 1940 housing drive for funds to secure a dormitory for the men of Slate college.

Each member of the class will be approached by one of the drive cap­tains for a pledge. In past years the majority of pledges have been for $100, but according to McKeon, "We are aiming at a 100% pledging of the class of 1940 as well as $100 pledges." Subscriptions may be paid in the manner most convenient to the pledgor.

The financial goal has been set at $200,000 since 193G, when the first pledges were taken up, and has been kept in a separate savings ac­count. The goal as far as the build­ing Is concerned is to have the cor­nerstone laid by the year 1944, which will mark the centennial of the col­lege.

The building will house 134 men on three floors. The facade will be similar to the present dormitory for girls, with minor changes. The entrance to the mezzanine floor will be on the Partridge street level facing that street.

These plans are tentative, and It should bo remembered that they are subject to change as expediency may require.

PROM QUEEN

Beatrice Dower unfortunate gentleman apparently was in a high state of fatigue, for he insisted on dozing off during the course of the evening; but strangely enough he always managed to come in, or nearly always, at the proper time.

After hearing the band many felt that it was a pity that the jive-automat in the Commons did not

Committee Announces Point System Hearing

Activity Heads Will Discuss Major-Minor Office Plan

The Point System Revision com­mittee, proposing a "Major-Mi­nor Office Plan" which will com-

1 pletely reorganize the present 1 system, has invited all State col­lege activity heads to a meeting in room 109, Monday, at 4:30 o'clock, for the purpose of discussing the plan as it will affect their activ­ities.

Under the chairmanship of Wal­ter Harper, '40, a committee con­sisting of Janice Friedman and Theron Powell, seniors, Louise Snell, Paul Grattan, and Robert Patton, juniors, and Betty Burke and How­ard Anderson, sophomores, has pre­pared a complete set of resolutions which will be presented to Student association body next Friday in student assembly.

A mimeographed form has been sent to the activity heads explain­ing very briefly the proposed plan and inviting them to a hearing on Monday, At the meeting on Mon­day objections and criticisms will be voiced, after which the Point System committee will again meet to draw up final plans for presen­tation to the student body next Friday.

Italian Master pieces I Ian x In Art Exhibit

What are those paintings and portraits hanging on the second floor of Draper?—If you haven't found out yel, you'd better run right up now and jjeL acquainted, There is nothing like; It outside of the Louvre.

Well, we don't mean thut ex­actly, but the reproductions of masterpieces in Draper's art quarter are the best exhibition of art seen in State recently. World famous Raphael's and Ti­tian's can be found there. Mona Lisa, with her strange smile and reproductions of the Madonna and the Christ child are hanging side by side. Copies of DaVln-ci's paintings are there too. The exhibit represents the height of Italian Renaissance art.

NSFA President To Speak Today

Mary Jeanne McKay, president of the National Student Federation of America, will address the student assembly this morning. Lloyd Kel­ly, president of the Student asso-clation, will introduce Miss McKay to the assembly.

Miss McKay Is on a speaking tour of colleges which are members of NSFA. Last Wednesday, she spoke to the students of Vassar col­lege, Miss McKay will speak on the condition of youth the world over.

Miss McKay is twenty-five years of age. This is her second conseo-utive term as president of the fed­eration. She is a graduate of the Florida State college for Women.

There will be no business at to­day's meeting of the association. The customary announcements will follow the address.

do" justice to his platters more thoroughly. After the dance, Eld­ridge was so firmly settled in the groove, that he went down to one of the local taverns and put on a free exhibition.

It was suggested that the theme for the Prom should have been "Hearts and Flowers" —• probably 'cause heart throb's day decided to come so conveniently near the dance date and coincide with the junior class colors. The decorations were pretty smooth. At least no one can say the class of '41 is heart­less. At least no one can say. Some of the "old timers" said that the decorations (the ones on the ceiling and walls) were the best ever. Jeepers, and to think that some of the classes peeled off twen­ty-five slices of lettuce for Inferior jobs!

Speaking of money matters it is rumored that the juniors weren't so jolly about two a. m. when Eld-ridge's manager demanded the bal­ance of the orchestral fee—in cash! See the faculty guests for further details. An ironic event of the eve­ning occurred when Harry Passow decided to come in for a free glimpse of the band and sustained an ex­pensive rip in a certain quarter of his overcoat!

So with the passing of another Prom we have the entrance of an­other queen; let's all drink a toast, but not too often . . .

Dramatics Class To Present Plays

The Advanced Dramatics class will inaugurate its second semester sea­son with the presentation of two plays under the direction of Hat-tie Conklin and Joseph Withey, ju­niors. The performances will take place on Tuesday, at 8:15 o'clock in the auditorium of Page hall.

Miss Conklin's play is the first act of one of Sir James Barrie's well-known works. This will mark its first performance at State col­lege. The cast Includes: Elolse Hartman and Betty Hardie, seniors; Shirley Van Valkenburgh. Lydia Bond and Douglas Dlllenbeck, Ju­niors; and George Self ert and Anna Cattuti, sophomores.

Withey's presentation is one of the most powerful instruments of anti-war propaganda ever written. It will be In the nature of an ex­periment In new lighting effects and an endeavor to bring the audience closer to the play itself. Those participating are: Joseph Blackburn, Irving Fishman and Louis Fink, seniors; Norman Baldwin, Louis Greenspan, Thomas Vasslliw, Hy-man Meltz, Robert Agne, Francis Cassldy, Ernest Case, Marilyn Groff, Mary Miller, and Anne Rattray, juniors; Roy Sommers, Harry Jor­dan, Henry Germond, and Kathryn Wilson, sophomores; and Don Vanas and George Kunz, freshmen.

State Administrators Attend Conferences

Have you noticed that the ad­ministrative offices in Draper hall have been rather empty the past few clays? The answer lies in the conventions of American educators now being conducted at St. Louis. At the conference of the American Association of School Administrators, State will be represented In the per­sons of Its acting president, Dr. John M, Sayles, and its dean, Dr. Milton G. Nelson.

Also in town for meetings are Miss Helen H. Moreland, dean of students, and Miss Mary Mor­ton, social director of the Almum-in Residence halls. They will attend conventions of the Na­tional Association of Deans of Women and the American Col­lege Personnel Association.

SCA to Conduct Annual Church

Service Sunday Robinson , N e g r o M i n i s t e r ,

Wi l l L e a d R o u n d t a b l e T a l k s W e d n e s d a y

The State College Student Chris­tian association will continue its second semester activities with three major events scheduled for the near future. The activities will consist of "State College Sunday," a round-table discussion, and an SCA con­ference.

"State College Sunday" The third annual "State College

Sunday" will be conducted at 11:00 o'clock on Sunday in the First Pres­byterian church, corner of State and Willet Streets. Mary Trainor, '40, president of SCA, and Robert Mar­tin, '40, vice-president of'SCA, will be in charge of the student partici­pation in the services. The Rever­end Eugene Carson Blake will con­duct the church service.

Jean Mitchell, '40, and Hazel Roberts, '42, will be in charge of a college student choir which will sing two special anthems for the service. Maxon Reeves, '42, col­lege tenor, will be soloist in one rendition. Paul Merritt, '42, will head a group of college ushers who are: Lloyd Kelly and Walter Sim­mons, seniors, William Haller and Roy McCreary, juniors, Benson Ty-bring, '42, Herbert Leneker and Bry­ant Taylor, freshmen. The Rever­end Blake plans to direct his ser­mon especially to college students.

The Religious commission of SCA will conduct a round-table discus­sion Wednesday and James Rob­inson, young negro minister, will talk on the subject: 'The Signifi­cance of Jesus."

Buffet Supper All students are Invited to at­

tend a round-table discussion and buffet supper which will be con­ducted in the Lounge from 3:30 until 8:00 o'clock. During the in­formal supper, Robinson will sing and lead several negro spirituals. Mary Miller and Merrill Walrath, juniors, co-chairmen of the com­mission, will be at the head of the festivities. The price of the supper will be thirty-five cents.

Several State college students are planning to attend the intercol­legiate conference of the New York State Student Christian movement to be conducted at Vassar college March 1-3.

Dr. T. Z. Koo of China, D. T. Nlles of India, and Dr. Justin Nixon of Rochester are among the outstand­ing leaders for the conference.

SCA Will Pay Fees SCA will pay the conference reg­

istration fees of all SCA members who attend. Any student interested in the trip should see Robert Martin, '40, or Miss Helen Curtis, permanent secretary to SCA, in the SCA office.

Those already planning to at­tend Include: Robert Martin, '40; Betty Cummlngs, Alice Packer, Ben­son Tybring, and Ruth Vincent, sophomores; and Bryant Taylor, '43.

Council Will Continue Albany Town Meetings

The Adult Education council of Albany will present the third In its series of Albany Town Meetings on Wednesday, at 8:00 o'clock In room 20 of Richardson hall. The topic of discussion will be "Does Government Cost Too Much?'' The guest speakers will be Dr. Chester Pond, acting director of the Bu­reau of Resoareh of the Now York state department of taxation and finance, and Mr. Thomas Ilutton, editor of the Binghamton Press and u former editor of the Knicker­bocker Press. Dr. Pond will speak for the government, and Mr. Hut-ton will give the opposition's view­points. Dr. Donnal V, Smith, pro-lessor of social studies, will again act as moderator.

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Grand Central The activities office—Grand Central terminal

of State college. What would we do without it? Where else could we snatch a quick smoke between qla.sses—waste time between classes—meet our dance and luncheon dates—dance to a cracked "vie" screeching "7:20 in the Books"?

Of course there is absolutely no need for a minimum of noise in the activities office! No one wants to work on the various activities located in this office—let them do their work in the Com­mons. Who wants to work for an activity any­way? In State college there is no need for extra­curricular activities—-there, is no interest in them —there is no place for them in our preparation for the teaching profession.

We are firmly of the opinion that extra cur-ricular activities of State are a farce and no one should be allowed to work in the activities office —it is a waste of time. We should continue to make the activities office the Grand Central of State!

—or should we?

Chronological vs. Mental Yes, we have lo admit the freshmen are smart.

They are quite capable of obtaining high scholastic records the recent marks have proven this. The frosh have received a bushel full of ".Vs." True, some freshmen received a flock of "l) 's" but they are in the minority and we are not worried about them in fact congratulations are due to them.

Our freshman class has a high mental age but chronologically and socially it is at the bottom of the ladder. Can students who are so young develop fast enough socially in the next four and a half years to become competent teachers of the future? Will ihey not have difficulty in attempt­ing to teach secondary school students who are of practically the same chronological age as they are?

We are sure that the freshman class, with few exceptions, is in dire need of a strict social educa­tional program more so than an education in sub­ject matter in their major and minor fields. They need to be brought out of the seclusion of their study rooms and taught ihe art of meeting people and making friends.

It is for this reason that we do not worry about freshmen who get "D's" --they seem to be well ad­justed socially. Bui we are worried about our "A" freshmen and fervently hope that they be given more of a social education than that now offered at State,

We Go to College Commentstater

(THE COMMENTSTATER is given the loidest latitude as author of this column, though the view­points expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the STATE COLLEGE N K W S J

We don't have winter carnivals . We don' t have both Glenn Gray and Tommy Dorsey for Jun io r Prom. We don' t have football t eams t h a t c rash the front page of the Times Union or the Knickerbocker News. We don' t have football teams, period. We don't have the eyes of the nation tu rned on us every J u n e a t Poughkeepsie . But, have you ever stopped to th ink how well the s tudent body s t ands behind the extra-class activit ies we do have? Let ' s take a gander about the campus.

We have a Women 's Athletic associat ion tha t is s t rong enough to conceive the idea of a sleigh ride, plan for, advert ise and have the sleigh ride all on the same day, with almost fifty girls present .

We have a Men's Athletic association t h a t can plan and sponsor an in t ramura l basketbal l p rogram whicn has aroused an interest a m o n g its par t ic i ­pants, almost equal in intensity to t h a t shown In the inter-collegiate program.

We have a S tudent Christ ian associat ion tha t has five active commissions, each of which averages a meet ing every two weeks. We have Alusic and Dra­matic and Art councils which a t t r ac t many more freshmen each year than can be of service, so tha t it has become necessary to set up a s t r ingen t t ry-out program.

VVe have a college newspaper which had over sixty s tudent repor te rs this fall. We have a debate group with so many active members , that , in spite of a heavy schedule, most of them will have only one opportuni ty to part icipate in a debate .

W h a t is the cause of this ex t raord ina ry en thus iasm for outside activities? We should like to believe it lies in the intrinsic interest in such m a t t e r s of the individual student, but in all honesty we mus t admit tha t such is not the case. The cause lies r a t h e r in the fact tha t long experience in the field of teacher-t ra in ing has shown tha t a few extra-c lass activit ies look pret ty good on a senior 's appo in tmen t folder, and consequently the s tudent body, as a whole, has come to value this phase of this t ra in ing .

* * * * * Well, ma rks are out. The first semester has be­

come another unfinished but closed chap te r in the book of our education. Ideally, we would have time to pick up the loose ends and go on to develop, to some extent, the interes t ing phases of our past courses. But that , of course, is impossible in the present system of steamroller educat ion; for, once again, we're being introduced to new subject mater ia l so rapidly that we can hardly assimilate it, without t ak ing time to do unrequired study.

utye JitpUimai Well, rolls around another week

bringing its "Prom" notes and leav­ing its marks. Yep, we finally got the inside dope and it wasn't so hard to take (?)—summer school business takes a Jump.

But enough of these generaliza­tions, let's buckle down to some "brass facts" about stuff about S ta te . Were you surprised when you saw Gorgan with S tan at Prom? —or Kluge and Denmark as a com­bine? And "jive-cat" McCreary, with tha t well-known gleam in his

i eye, must have forgotten J a n e for a while when he did tha t "rug-cut" solo last Friday night. And

Hellenics

The Critic In the days when the colored people were still

enslaved, they would often ga ther together and pour out their troubles in spontaneously originated "spirituals." These spiritual songs of the negro served as a solaee from their oppression, and also drew them closer together in their worship of God. Many of them show the lively imaginat ion of the negro and the musical na tu re tha t is seemingly in­herent in him, and of these a grea t many have pass­ed down to us in various forms from the folk form of the Fisk Jubilee Singers to the "swing" versions of Louis Armst rong and Ella Fi tzgerald. J u s t in between these two extremes is the .spiritual singing of the Southernai res Male quar te t .

For those who learned to apprec ia te negro spiri­tuals in Dr. Tommy's folk l i terature classes, and for

anyone else in whose hear t the melan­choly and "bluesy" spiri tuals .strike a responsive chord, a new album of Negro spiri tuals has been pat out by Uecca. Some of the titles found in the album

a re : "Swing Low Sweet Chariot," "Go Down Moses," "Little David Play on Your Harp," "Essekiel Saw De Wheel," "Gonna Shout All Over God's Heaven."

For those who wish popular music, there are several swell dance numbers put out by Deeea with­in the past week, and every house ought to have one of these recordings, Perhaps the best pla t ter of the bunch was Hob Crosby's version of "Between 18th and tilth on Ches tnut Street ," with Connie Boswoll as the vocal. It is a number tha t s t icks and will last as a recording. Another higli spot was Runs Morgan's "In An Did Dutch Garden," played in the Morgan manner music that is lops for rhythm.

Within the past two weeks Woody Herman ' s rise

Southern Male Quar te t

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Woody I lor man's Popularity

has surprised many in musical circles. Numbers such us his recording of "Care­less," a tune hard to express in words, a melody Unit l ingers on, and "Blues on Pa rade" a popular dance number, have made him popular with college s tudents

over tlie country. J immy Dorsey came across Willi one number that promises to be good, entitled "Keep a Knocliin" which keeps knockin' af ter you've listen­ed to it.

If you're one of those who th inks that Qultiver'n Travels is far superior to Snow White, and even if you're not, you've probably been whist l ing some of the pleasantly ca tchy tunes from tha t technicolor verson of Swift's famous satire. For you Victor Young and May Tcer 's Choristers have recorded all the songs of Gulliver for Doccu and huvo placed them ull together in an album, Here a re some of the t i t les: "All's well, we're all together now, It 's u Hap-Hup-Huppy Day, Faithful, Forever , Fai thful Forever , unci I Hea r u Dream."

The keynote of frats and soror­ities th is week is hell. Po t te r club and Kappa Beta have sent the i r pledges through hell and back in a week. Sigma Lambda's pledges are still broiling in the fiery dep ths while KDR's fledglings will en te r the burning portals Monday. Hell has certainly broken loose a t S ta t e .

SLS will demonstrate wha t a n informal initiation is like to i ts neophytes tonight. D u r i n g t h e week SLS frosh have been bedecked

, . , , , , , „ , c „ , , . , in the latest Vogue fashion styles, why did the Bakay-Snell act almost , Y e l ] o w b a n d w a x h a t s a r e t h e

ring down the curtain a t Prom? ( B fche s o m e o f t h e

Was J o h n truckin or sumpthin ? j MMb s w i n g recordings can be found Miscellaneous j o n the heads of the SLS pledges

Now for some miscellaneous "in- these days). According to rumor the fo" on people. Betty Parrot t seems l a d s W J U w e i come all first aid and to like Kelly's A's very, very much.! R e d C r o s s contributions for tonight 's

There wa.s some kind of a mix-1 i n f 0 r m a l roundup. Tomorrow af-up with Prom, Betty Burke, Jim j t e r n o o n the boys will be formally in-Quinn, Mr. Cooper, an alarm clock, i d u c t e d at the frat house. Follow-and the early Monday accounting j i n g t h a t , everyone will adjourn to class. See Quinn or Burke, they'l l , J a c k > s r e s t a u r a n t for the annua l tell you "what time it is." | banquet , whence they will head for

Then there was the "return of' a vie par ty at the SLS house. (Quite the thin man," Maloney by name, a schedule—informal, formal, ban-who came back after a new and quet, and vie party—all in 24 hours.) questionable experience with the New Kappa Betas devil in the tumbler, all while wait- Last week nine new members a c -ing for a train. Beginner's luck, cepted the vows of KB. These lads no doubt. were Harold Feigenbaum, Ira Freed-

Another man re turns to this col- man, Arthur Flax, Leo Flax, Sol umn — for a cur ta ins call. Here 's , Greenberg, Joseph Levin, Harry the story, George: Hirsh, who gave Kensky, Max Levinson, and David his pin to Shirley Kyle of North ' Bi tman, all freshmen. Formal ban -hall, has a visitor from home and quet has been planned for March, it's not his sister. Arline will be KDR commences its hell week here till Sunday and Mr. H. broke Monday. From the gleam in the a date for tonight. Remember , ' eye of John Bakay, pledge master , Ira, Confusion say: "He who burn there must be something hot (and candle a t both ends, is soon in dark." I do mean torrid) in store for the

Well, here we go again after delv- [ frosh. Over the weekend, Fred Bow­ing into the more complicated bi ts ' man , Clem Wolff, F rank Quat t roc-

| of social existence on the snow- : chi, San t i Porcino, and Joe Muggle-drifted campus of NYSCT. One : ton, all of the class of '39, dropped John Havko (and we are very, very, in. sorry tha t this is not the first ! EEP had open portals last week-paragraph) has had a change of end for Leo Plante. '35, Edgar hear t again in regard to J . Lowne' O'Hora, and Gordon Rand, of last and is now again back in the run- year. Newly inducted members a t -ning. Make up your mind, Hub. tended their first meeting Monday

We wonder how Dottle North is night, weathering the fresh winter a i r : Feminine Frivolities after si t t ing by the fire for four' And now for the girls. Most of weeks, during a period of enforced the sororities have already sent their social in terment . And while on pledges through pink petticoat in-thc subject, which one of the Roth formal initiations, twins came out of "campus" and! The Kappa Deltas will have their which one broke the rule?—you j formal affair next Sunday. For guess. I a lumni notes we find tha t J e a n

| More Miscellaneous Strong, and Betty Hay ford, last I Can it be true tha t Freshman year 's seniors, were at the sorority Leneker has found his true love?' house recently. The engagement Is it Matt ice or Cox? We'll bet of Margare t Mattison, '39, wa.s a n -he doesn't know. They didn't pass nounccd a t a Valentine party.

j tha t law about leaving school at ' The G a m m a Kaps are conducting | fourteen lo marry yet, Bull. a tea Saturday afternoon for all

It looks really serious between the other sororities. (For the in-j Max Reeves and Pa t Gibson. They formation of the males, two raera-| say he even sent her a valentine, j bers of each sorority at tend these Did you commit yourself, Max? tea part ies. The girls dance, eat,

j Kay Trowbridge has been seen : and drink cups of tea.) I dancing with Gerdts a lot lately. Pi Alpha Tau wa.s at home Sun-I Have you been noticing it, Buhner day afternoon to all the other soror-or Germond? ities.

And this Adams-Bill Clark angle. The pledges of Chi Sigma The ta What 's the inside story, Mickey were formally inducted recently in­ane! Don? to membership. These girls were

We hear tha t Jack Murphy, class Betty Bailey, Lenora Davis, R u t h ol '39, did a little pinch-hi t t ing Dee, Rita Ferraro, Kathleen Mar-'ast Friday night, for a^ fellow from tin, Mary McCann, Mary McManus,

and Jean Tracy, freshmen. Last Sa tu rday night the girls sponsored a "vie" party.

Enter ta in Faculty Phi Delta enter tained Dean Mil­

ton G. Nelson and Mrs. Nelson a t d inner Sunday. On the following day informal initiation of pledges wa.s completed.

A "hen par ty" uio men allowed) wa.s conducted at Alpha Rho, Sa t ­urday night . Marge Kelly, '37, was house guest over the weekend.

Phi Lambda has recently complet­ed its formal initiation, Those who are wearing shiny new pins are Eleanor Sterling, Dorothy Tomp­kins, both ol the class ol 41, and J a n e t Sturges, '43. Recent a lumnae guests were Mary Kay and Mabel Farrell , of the class of '39.

Dar tmouth , who d i d n ' t come through for Scesny not sensa­tional, but interesting, nevertheless, No more.

Board Tells ' / . ' Murray

To 'Slop li Or Ehe' Resolved: Tha t the NEWS go

on record favoring the impeach­ment and debar r ing of John A. Murray from the NEWS board for a t t a in ing a s t ra igh t "A" average this past semester. Tile fuels of the case follow:

A NEWS board member who devotes his time and energies to fur ther ing the ar t is t ic and literary meri ts of the STATE COL-I.I-MIK NEWS cannot possibly re­ceive a s t ra ight "A" average.

If Ibis sumo person has lime to formulate and revise a con­sti tution for the STATE COLLBUB NEWS, a consti tut ion for De­bate council and const i tut ions for oilier organizations, lie can­not possibly get a perfect rec­ord unless he hud hidden means of gel l ing them.

Good luck, John Keep up the work. We'll soo you as presi­dent of Signum Laudis yet wo don'l hope.

L u t h e r a n C l u b W i l l M e e t Lu the ran club will conduct its

regular supper meeting Wednesday night. S tuden ts from Albany „Law school, Albuny Business college, % u d Mildred Filey school will be guests. Marie Mela, '40, president o | Lu­the ran club, will go to Allchtown, Pennsylvania, today to a t tend a con­ference of the Lutheran S tudent a s ­sociation of America, as one of twelve council members of the con­ference.

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For the benefit of those who may be in the dark as lo just what I n ­t ramural council is and does—and we believe there arc many—, a brief I explanation may be in order. Each I spring, MAA selects a number of i men lo plan and direct the intra-mural athletic program for the com-1 ing year. This governing council has a president, secretary, and treasurer.

Dormant , for the most part this year, as a body, while designated men handled the various sports, In t ramura l council was .suddenly re­vived last week in a shaketip that saw Dan Bucci and Les Gerdts elevated to the co-presidency. The issue back of the sudden revival was clear. At a spirited meeting last Friday noon, it became obvious tha t a majority was very much in disagreement with Gerdt 's sudden plan (Gerdts has been handling in t ramural basketball) for a top-two playoff in the cage loop.

The council thereupon voted flown Gerdts ' playoff plan, finally deciding t h a t future proposed actions by the heads of the various spoils shall be brought before the entire coun­cil for approval. In the past such action has been unnecessary. We have reason to believe that there will be more council meetings in the fu­ture.

For tlie benefit of those who may be interested—and all men of the college should be, since In t ramura l council is theoretically representa­tive—the present makeup of the organization Is as follows: co-pres­idents, Dan Bucci and Les Gerdts, juniors; secretary, Howie Anderson, '42; treasurer. Carl Marotto, '42; members, Bill Brophy, Gad Bod-ner, Joe Schwartz, and Hal Duffey, juniors. Phil Kaufman and Bob Seifert, sophomores. ££^~iONFIDENTIALLY, they make

\ ^ us look like a buncha sissies!"

"It 's a contest to see who can throw the most of 'em away."

"He was lucky that lime." "I almost died." In the light of these none too

complimentary comments which some of tlie frosh players and a certain varsity coach let slip within earshot, of the press concerning the frosh-Ueihi battle, we were a bit surprised to see I lie frosh swam]) the Broncos as they did last Friday night.

The lac! is lhat we were even planning lo break our long silence on tlie frosh and burst forth with a bit of encouragement, what with three clashes still awaiting the year­lings.

But then we noted the empty Delhi bench—and imagine our dis-appoinlnient when the rest of the luickin' Broncos mugged in while Vermont wa.s trouncing the varsity. So we're reserving our opinion until the frosh play the whole Delhi lcu.ni tonight, and not Ihe random five men who managed lo plow through tiie snow in lime for last Friday's game here,

IINTRAMURAL NOTE'S: From In­tramural council comes word

tha t the long discussed trophy case is finally lo be purchased; Liiis should do much to relieve the con­gestion on certain campus mant le -pieces. A volleyball league is lo get under way soon with Phil Kauf­man us director. Also scheduled for an early s tar t is ihe annual pool tournament , this year under Bob Seifert. Dan Bucci assures us tha t boxing will s tar t immediately un­der his direction.

F o l k D a n c i n g O p e n t o M e n Glnny Lay bus announced t h a t

MAA'ers are Welcome unci invited to part icipate in Hie folk dancing classes sponsored by WAA on Tues ­days and Thursdays in tlie Lounge from 3:30 to 4:30 o'clock. Come one, come all to learn the a r t of square dancing I

Vermont Second Half Spurt Topples State Squad

By 55-45 Score

Confronted by the prospect of ' ing the first State quintet to finish below the .500 mark in four vears, the varsity s tar ts a last di tch stand in tackling St. Michael's t o ­morrow night. With the record a t 4 and 6 and only RPI to be met, only a victory in this week's tilt can pro­long the possibility of the Sta tes ­men finishing up the present cam­paign all even.

The team still hasn ' t played enough consistent basketball — one way or the other—to warran t s tep­ping out on a limb and saying any­thing about the chances for tomor­row night. The boys have displayed flashes of good ball, so Sta te fans can go on hoping for a peak per­formance. They'll have to play good ball to beat St. Mike's.

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Last weeK's loss to Vermont can be attr ibuted to the visitors' zone defense. Offensively Sta te was bottled up and only good sho t -mak­ing kept us close most of the way. On the other hand the victors cap­italized on their zone with a fast break that S ta te couldn't stop.

Coach Hatfield started Bob Hil­ton In Will Frament ' s place as he was suffering from an injured wrist. Frament still played most of the name, though bothered by file in­jury.

State hopped off to a quick 7-0 lead, but couldn't hold It. Vermont was ahead al ter ten minutes of play by 1-1-10 and at the half 27-23. Stale came up to 29 all and 35-36 in the second half, but fell behind each time. The Purple and Gold had pulled up the second time by solving the Vermont zone beaut i­fully as Brainier scored three quick baskets. At this time, Hank went oi 11 on personals and the team couldn't do anything.

Freshmen Face Busy Weekend

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State ' s f reshman team plays to­night in s t range territory as it meets the Delhi Aggies on the Delhi court. Inasmuch as the Green and White had a fairly easy time defeating the Aggies last week, they should re tu rn to Albany with their th i rd victory of the season. Delhi h a s not won a contest yet th is season, and appearances seem to indicate tha t they will go through their schedule wi thout victory.

ABC G a m e Tomorrow night, the frosh re tu rn

to familiar surroundings for a game; with Albany Business college on the Page hall court. T h e Pen-pushers j are near ing the end of a very sue- I cessful season and they should win over the Sta tesmen.

The Businessmen have so far won j 14 games while losing 8. Two of these defeats were inflicted by a powerful Pla t t sburg Normal school outfit. Baypa th inst i tute hopeless­ly outclassed the Albany team and won by a decisive score. ABC fea­tures a free-wheeling a t tack which has a t t a ined an average of between 35 and 40 points per game. The probable lineup for ABC will in­clude Best, Brcese, Meliski, Suck-man , and Alberts.

Loss To Delhi There is not much to be said about

the game with Delhi last week. Five men were forced to carry the burden agains t the green and white. Both teams were ragged in their pass-work, and not very good on defense. Hansen led the S ta tes ­men with 7 points. He was closely followed by Flax and Hammond with 3 field goals apiece. Feeney and Bora each contributed 4 tallies.

Every Delhi player scored with Burley having 4 fields and 1 foul shot for a total of 9 points. The Aggies sifted through a sieve-like frosh defense repeatedly, but they were unable to run up their score.

Next Sa tu rday night, the team of '43 will play i ts last scheduled game of the cur ren t season when it meets the yearl ings of R P I on the Page hall court .

Big Snowfall Gives WAA Old Fashion Sleigh Ride

Jingle, jingle! Crunch, crunch of snow, two sleighs, four horses and lots of girls. Wha t was It? The WAA sleigh ride! Did we have fun? Yea, m a n !

T h e joy among the women as the first flakes of snow fell Wed­nesday was unbounded. WAA made plans for a sleigh ride w h i c h crystallized Thursday night . At 7:30 o'clock the two sleighs were waiting, with the horses impatiently stomping their feet.

Singing lustily, the two groups swung down Western. As they traveled along, the sha rp air bit­ing their faces, the girls decided there was nothing like it. All in all, it was a great night mean t to be repeated.

MAA Plans Gathering For State Alumni

Chapell in Charge of Second Annual Gradua te Reunion

Chessmen Trim Union In Hard-fought Match

State 's undefeated chess squad continued its t r iumphant march by downing the Union chessmen Wed­nesday night by a score of 7-3. This was the fourth s traight victory for the Statesmen.

Art Fox, Steve Shaw, and John Hoose, the top three men for Sta te scored fairly easy wins over Union's first three. The next three men lost and the last four men scored victories. The excellent show­ing of the newer members of the team on the last four boards was a surprise.

The box score of the match is as follows:

State Union 1. A. Fox 1 W. Lakin 0 2. S. Shaw 1 M. Smith 0 3. J . Hoose 1 S. Penner 0 4. J . Gillan 0 C. Snell 1 5. R. Pat ton 0 M. Deul 1 6. L. Francello 0 G. Knowlton 1

I 7. H. Kratz 1 S. Greenstein 0 8. W. Weyant 1 F. Siegel 0 9. S. Ikler 1 G. Hoffman 0

10. J. Wahler 1 K. Farkel 0

MAA will play host to wha t Is hoped to be a large gather ing of Sta te male a lums a t the second a n ­nual MAA Alumni day to be con­ducted in Page hall gym on Sa tu r ­day, March 2.

J im Chapell, a lumni secretary of MAA, in charge of the affair, has announced t h a t plans are pract ic­ally complete. Invi tat ions have already been sent out to a great number of grads of past years with many more on the way. Chapell urges all grads who can pos­sibly a t tend to do so regardless of whether they receive a wri t ten a n ­nouncement from h im.

The Alumni day is to be strictly an a lumni function, closed to under­graduate s tudents . S ta te a lums now at tending the college as graduate s tudents are also invited.

Intended as a general reunion, the Alumni day program will begin a t 2:00 o'clock with an afternoon of sports, card-playing, bull sessions, and a variety of other activities. A buffet supper will be served a t six, following which the a lums will a t ­tend the S t a t e - R P I basketball came.

D o r m A C a g e C h a m p Team A of the Dorm earned the

title of champion of the Girl 's I n ­t ramural Basketball Tournament Wednesday night by defeating the commuters 13-12 in the fastest, most thrilling, and hardest fought game of the entire season. Due to a tie score the game ran nine min­utes overtime.

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Avalon-Spencer forfeited the o th­er scheduled encounter to KDR, keeping t he latter tied with Pot ter for second.

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THE WEEKLY BULLETIN This bulletin will be the medium for all announcements of an official

nature. Students and faculty are requested to look to the bulletin for information. Notices for the bulletin must be in the NEWS mailbox not Utter than 5:00 o'clock on the Wednesday of each publication week.

PART TIME EMPLOYMENT Students seeking employment are

requested to come to the PTEB office to fill in schedule blanks for the second semester. Blanks will be found on the PTEB desk and may be filled in any time dur­ing the day. It is imperative that schedule changes be made as soon as possible.

Mary Jane McNamara, Edgar Perretz, Directors, | ART EXHIBIT

Students are requested to watch the bulletin boards on the second floor of Draper hall and the li­brary display cases for exhibits of reproductions of Italian master­pieces such as those shown by the Museum of Modern Art at New York.

Ruth E. Hutching, Assistant Professor of Fine Arte

at 7:30 o'clock for the purpose of electing officers for the coming year. The meeting will be in the Lounge of Richardson hall.

Richard Piatt, President. |

STUDENT EMPLOYMENT BUREAU

The following books are on re­serve in the library: Barr, Characteristic Differences in

the Teaching Performance of Good and Poor Teachers.

Beale. Are American Teachers Free?

Donovan. School Ma'am. MacDougall. Techniques of Teacher

Self-Placement. Ryan. Your Clothes and Your Per­

sonality. Umstahd and Others. Institutional

Teacher Placement. U. S. Department of Interior Bul­

letin, 1932, No. 17, Monograph No. 12, National Survey of Secondary Education, Selection and Appoint­ment of Teachers.

Paul Bulger, Director.

SERVICE FRATERNITY The State College Service fra­

ternity will meet Monday night

SOCIAL CALENDAR Feb. 23—Assembly, Talk by Mary

Jeanne McKay, NSFA president, Auditorium, 11:10 o'clock.

Feb. 23—Sophomore L e a p Year Party, Commons of Hawley hall, 8:00 o'clock.

Feb. 24—Basketball games, Fresh­men vs. Albany Business College, State college vs. St. Michael's, Gymnasium of Page hall, 7:30 o'clock.

Feb. 25—SCA "State College Sun­day," First Presbyterian church, State and Willett streets, 11:00 o'clock.

Feb. 26—Open hearing for activity heads of point system revision plan, room 109, 4:30 o'clock.

Feb. 26—Service fraternity meeting, Lounge of Richardson hall, 7:30 o'clock.

Feb. 27—Advanced dramatics class to present two one-act plays, Auditorium of Page hall, 8:15 o'clock.

Feb. 28 — Religious commission meeting, round table discussion led by James Robinson, young negro minister, Lounge of Rich­ardson hall, 3:30 o'clock.

Feb. 28—Lutheran club supper. Feb. 28—Adult Education council,

Albany Town Meeting, room 20, 8:00 o'clock.

Feb. 28—Debate, College of St. Rose vs. State college, Lounge of Richardson hall, 8:00 o'clock.

Feb. 29—Debate, University of Wil­liam and Mary vs. State college, Lounge of Richardson hall, 8:00 o'clock.

State Debate Squad To Have Home Meets

Entering the second week of its home schedule, the State debate team will engage St. Rose on Wed­nesday and on the following day, the University of William and Mary.

Dorothy Johnson a n d Janet Sharts, juniors, will represent the college squad In an Oregon style discussion with our Albany neigh­bors. The resolution of Phi Kappa Delta, national debate society, will guide the discussion. It states: "Resolved: That the United States should follow a policy of strict iso­lation toward all nations outside the western hemisphere engaged In civil or international conflict." On Thursday, Anne Lomnitzer and Bet­ty Denmark, seniors, will participate in a round-table discussion with the debaters from the South. ,

Thomas Augustine and Vincent Miller, sophomores, entertained the Fordham debaters yesterday, Last Wednesday, Haskell Rosenberg, '40, and Olen Walrath, '42, met the Rochester branch of Niagara uni­versity. All of these round-table discussions concerned the Phi Kap­pa Delta question.

Classical Club to Visit Exhibits in New York

The Classical club is planning a weekend trip to New York city, ac­cording to Betty Bunce, president of the club. Some of the members of the club will leave Albany to­morrow, with Miss Edith Wallace, assistant professor of Latin. The remainder of the group will join them in New York Sunday.

Among other things, the club members will visit the Italian ex­hibit in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Sullivan Will Continue Dancing Classes Today

Rita Sullivan, '40, has announced that the classes of Instruction for freshmen who desire to learn how to dance will be resumed starting today at 3:30 o'clock in the Lounge of Richardson hall.

As in the past, music will be furnished by Esther Stuhlmaker, '43. Upper-class girls will assist Miss Sullivan in this instruction. There is the possibility of combin­ing both the boys' and girls' classes in lieu of separate meeting.

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STATE Cor^Eca I'OU TEACHERS, ALBANY, N, V., FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1940 VOL. XXIV, No. 18

Assembly Today To Feature Vote

On Amendments Point R e v i s i o n Commit t ee

to Offer Reso lut ions for N e w S y s t e m

Lloyd Kelly, '40, president of the Student association, has announced that this morning's assembly will be a business meeting. The first order of business will be the report from the standing Point System Re­vision committee. The text of the committee's recommendation is:

I. ItCNolvcil Unit Article V, Section Z lm amended by ntriking out purt (d),

II. IteNolvod Unit the by-laws bo umonded by striking out xection (I mid HiiliHtifiitiiift tlie following:

Hoctton 0. A HyHtem providing for it more democratic distribution of of-ficcx in hereby OHtitbliHht'd:

n. Thin HyHtem: HIUIII be known IIH the "Major-Minor Office Plan."

h. The .Student iiHHOelatlon HIUIII de­termine which offices nhall bo major mid which minor,

c. All offices not listed as major or minor shall ho known as unclassified offices.

d. A person may hold one major of­fice and no minor offices; or two minor offices. There shall he no restriction on the number of unclassified offices which may lie held.

e. Myskania shall he responsible for tlie proper enforcement of this system.

(I) The election of officers to all posi­tions covered by the major-minor plan shall take place before the last school day in April with the exception of .Student association officers previously provided for. j

CI) All elections shall he provisional until certified by Myskiiula.

(II) No person shall he certified to of­fice when such certification shall result in a violation of this sys­tem.

(I) iMyskaiiia shall have the power to require tlie rcslinuitinu of any per­son holding office In violation of I his system.

Following the report which Will be read by Walter Harper, '40, committee chairman, the association will discuss and vote on the three amendments which have been post­ed for the required two weeks. The amendments are as follows:

I hereby propose the following anieiidmeiit—striking out Article i l l which reads: ".All regularly enrolled students of New York State Colletfe for Teachers nnd any special students of this college shall become members of this association upon payment of Ihe blanket lav": and substituting, "All regularly enrolled iinilergraduale stu­dents (if New York State College for Touchers are members of this associa­tion."

I move lo amend Article XI of (lie Cniistlfution of the Student association by striking out the words: "majority of the members of the student associa­tion" and substituting in their place tlie following! "two-thirds of the mem-be s of the Student nssocliitIon voting."

Kcsnlvcd: That amendment II to the Student association constitution Is here­by repealed; the following to be sub-stilulcil In lis place: "Voting on amend­ments lo the constitution and budget sliull take plucc on tin* balcony of the ('ominous of Hawley hall under Mys-kaiiiii's supervision, This voting shall have Ihe siime rules as elect ions of of­ficer*. The president of Student as-soelutioii shall determine the lime of elections."

Students Will Receive New Statesman Issue

According to Marcia Brown, '40, Editor-in-chief of the States­man, we can expect the second issue of that publication to be on the market before this morn­ing's assembly.

Present plans are for its dis­tribution at one of the tables in the lower corridor of Draper hall in time for assembly snitch­ing. This issue will be larger, better, and will contain greater

| variety in makeup, style, con­tent, and print. We wouldn't think of telling you some of the nice things which you will come across when you rip open your copy and devour its contents (or just devour it, we don't mind), but you can be sure of sumpin' special nice, and on State's intel­lectual level, too. No mention was made as to variety in source, but we'll bet the student body came through with its contribu- j tions—or did they? I

Bureau Will Have Panel Tomorrow

I The Student Employment bureau 'will sponsor a panel discussion for seniors and graduate students in the auditorium of Page hall from 10:00 to 12:00 o'clock tomorrow. The discussion will center around the question, "What the high school principal looks for in the beginning teacher."

The five principals who will talk include: Mr. Arnold Copping, Ber­lin Central high school, Berlin; Mr. P. Remington Furlong, Coeymans Central high school, Coeymans: Mr. Ralph J. Stanley, Hadley-Luzerne Central high school, Hadley-Lu­zerne: Mr. Edward Thompson, Berne-Knox Central high school, Berne-Knox; and Mr. Richard R. Wurth, Rocsselville Central high school, Roesselville.

At the discussion, two hundred leaflets containing a bibliography cf books which may be obtained from tlie Pruyn library on job-seeking will be distributed.

The Student Employment bureau announces the following place­ments: Anita Fralick, '34, science, dramatics, public speaking, Town of Webb, Old Forge; Anne Kalich-man, '39, personnel work, New York State Training school for Girls, Hud­son; Jane Wilson, '40, junior high library, Scotia; Mrs. Joyce Edwards, '40, music and sewing, Glen Palls; Eliznbcth Wheeler, '40, substitute in commerce, Schaghticoke; Helen Bernard, '39, mathematics and guid­ance, Le Roy; Darwin Van Keuren, '40, commerce, Ancles; Buel Arnold, '39, commerce, Jamestown; Lora Engelson, '37, commerce, Rochester Business school, Rochester.

SCA Anticipates Varied Program

F r e s h m e n to C o n d u c t T e a ; Morford W i l l D i s c u s s

W a r a n d R e l i g i o n

SCA is continuing its plans for the mid-winter program. Fresh- ' man commission, Student and Re­ligion commission, Social Action commission and Club X will have meetings in the immediate future.

Freshman commission will spon­sor an "All-College-Lounge-Tea" Thursday from 3:30 to 5:00 o'clock. Bryant Taylor, president of Fresh­man commission and general chair­man of the tea, announces the fol­lowing committees: publicity, Wil­liam Phipps; hostesses, Shirley Eastman; arrangements, Dorothy Roth; re-arrangements, Barbara Kerlin; food, Dorothy Huyck; floor-show, Van Ellis and Don Vanas.

Social Action Commisison Tonight Canterbury club and SCA

will cooperate with the local Peace council In presenting the Reverend Richard Morford, minister of the House of Friendship, at 8:00 o'clock in the Lounge of Richardson hall. The subject of discussion will be "Religion and Problems of War."

Tomorrow the Social Action com­mission will conduct a tour to the South end of Albany. It is urged that all students interested in see­ing the acute housing problems of Albany meet in the Rotunda of Draper hall at 9:45 o'clock. Student and Religion Commission Wednesday, from 12:00 to 1:00 j

o'clock, Dr. T. Z. Koo, brilliant Chi­nese leader and member of the ' Worlds' Student Christian federa­tion staff, will address the assembly

, at Albany Business college. A 11m-1 ited number of State students who have neither a 10:00 o'clock nor

la 12:35 o'clock class on Wednes-| day have been invited to attend. ;

A planning committee for Club ! X met under the leadership of Ed-j yar Perretz and Geraldine Ewing, seniors, for the purpose of deckling the nature of future meetings. The Tuesday meeting will feature dif­ferent types of dancing—social, mixers, and Virginia reels. j

State and RPI to Battle On Page Court Tomorrow

Pretty Southerner Airs Views On Styles and Youth Movement

by William Dorraneo "Contrary to the statement in the

Nuws," Mary Jeanne McKay, pres­ident of NSFA, who spoke here last Friday, Is not twenty-fivo years old. "I am only 23," said Miss McKay In an Activities office Inter­view Friday afternoon. Apparel­led smartly in a wine crepe suit, Miss McKay declared, "A girl of my tender years is easily hurt by a misrepresented age."

Turning to matters of greater gravity, Miss McKay aired herself on the American Youth congress. "I think ihe newspapers of this coun­try shamefully smeared the Youth congress. They deliberately distorted the Congress' Washington meeting to give the impression of radicalism, riot, and immorality." In a slight southern drawl she added, that the papers "played up tho hisses and boos. Actually tho boos were isolated and infrequent," she said.

In a response to a question, she explained her almost negligible

southern drawl. "1 have taken speech training at college and have worked with northerners for years," She broke into a broad southern dialect with, "Mow yo' all, honey chile'.' Why sho' nuff, honey lamb. I can talk like that too, although I think most southerners who do talk that way are putting on."

She described Vassal' as having one of the most unusual styles in the North. "The girls there are wear­ing Scotch kilts. All they noed now is bagpipes and they could enlist in a Scottish regiment."

The pretty southerner confessed j she was a jitterbug at heart. "Tho dunce crime passed mo by when I was in college. Now in my third year out of undorgraduato work, I regret not having learned to jit­terbug. I am crazy ovor tho shag, shuffle, and Lindy, Perhaps one of you boys will teach me to Jitter," she coyly suggested. (Ed. n o t e -Miss McKay learned to Jitterbug that night at the Sophomore party.)

Chairmen Announce Dorm Drive Captains

Seniors Will Meet Monday To Clarify Plan's Aim

Joseph McKeon and Janice Fried­man, seniors, co-chairmen of the 1940 Dorm drive, have announced the list of captains who will assist in forwarding the campaign. A certain number of classmates will be assigned to each captain who will contact them in regard to pledges. The list Includes;

Mory Arndt, Marjorle Baird, Jane Barrett, Ellen Best, Alice Brown, Joseph Capplello, Ruth Donnelly, Janet, Ellis, Louis Prancello, Walter Harper, Otto Howe, Prank Klugo, Leonard Kowalsky, Helen Lannen, Mary Jane McNamara, Roger Mor-an, Doris Parizot, Eleanor Pratt, Dorothy Pritchard, Paul Sapolsky, Fay Scheer, Walter Simmons, Rita Sullivan, Mary Trainor, and Jane Wilson.

There will also be a meeting of the senior class Monday at 8:00 o'clock in the Ingle Room of the Alumni Residence halls to clarify the object of the Dorm drive. Dr. John M. Sayles, president of tho college and Mrs. Bertha Brimmer, executive secretary of the Alumni association, will take part In tho! mooting.

G. Elliot Hatfield, whose squad faces RPI tomorrow night.

State and Bates To Debate War

The State varsity debate squad is entering its pre-spring schedule with a debate with Bates college on Wed­nesday at 8:00 o'clock in the Lounge of Richardson hall.

The squad has almost finished its seminar activities. The past few periods have been devoted to dis­cussing and practicing the Oregon style of cross-examination discus­sion. The schedule of forthcoming contests, however, will include panel discussions, Oregon discussions, and the formal style debates.

Anne Lomnitzer, vice-president of Debate council, and Betty Denmark, seniors, will represent State college against Bates in the Oregon style discussion Wednesday, on the timely topic: "Resolved: that the United State can best serve democracy by remaining neutral."

This question is a simple state­ment of the national forensic fra­ternity, Phi Kappa Delta, question. Mr. Hardy, debate coach, says that he expects an "enlightening discus­sion,"

Plans are being formulated for a trip to western New York. In ad­dition a delegation will go to Col­gate university to attend the New York State Debate conference. Both of these events come In April.

C ha pell To Welcome Old-Timers Tomorrow

Group Instal ls Of f icers At its meeting last Monday night,

tlie Slate College Service fraternity installed these new officers for 1940-1941: Paul Grattan, '41, presi­dent; William Haller, '41, vice-presi­dent; Benson Tybring, '42, treas­urer; Alfred Stiller, '42, recording secretary; Robert Rich, '43, cor­responding secretary; and James Portley, '43, historian.

The return of the natives will occur at State tomorrow when many of the alumni return to be treated, feted, and seated by Jimmy Chapell, '41, general chairman of the second annual Alumni day. When queried, Chapell said, "We're trying to make this a traditional event in order to rekindle some of the old college spirit among our grads and bring them closer to their Alma Mater."

Invitations have been sent out [ to over 200 alumni and male mem­bers of State's faculty. The soph­isticates will be given an oppor­tunity to c o m p a r e reminiscences in "gab-fests," cards, ping-pong and volley ball. Even a basketball game is on the program for "those who can lake it." In tlie evening the boys will receive a buffet supper and pusses to tlie basketball game, "all for free."

Assisting Chapell in his prepar­ations are: Dennis Hannan and | Louis Greenspan, Juniors; Howard Anderson and Clay Sprowls, soph­omores; and Jack Bradt, '43.

Line-up at Full Strength with Frament, Havko

Back in Condition

HOPE TO AVENGE LOSS

Contest Will Be Final Game for Senior Members

of Varsity Team

State has its last opportunity to salvage something from a mediocre season tomorrow night, when the cagers face RPI's visiting aggre­gation. The Engineers, traditional foe of the Teachers, invade Page with a record that has seen them victorious in 8 out of 10 starts in contrast to the home team's 4 out of 11 record. However, this is the one game of the year when State fans can disregard past form and expect to see the home quintet play its head off in an effort to gain the major prize of the hoop cam­paign.

The team has built up a terrific will to win t o m o r r o w . Just the fact that RPI is the foe is enough, but in addition the boys vividly remember a 34-28 opening season loss that they are bent on avenging. Besides that, five mem­bers of the squad will be out there hoping to end their basketball ca­reers at State with a victory.

Home Court Edge Because past performances rarely

mean anything between these two foes, there is little sense in analyzing respective records. Worth looking at, neverthless, is the home court domination that these two teams have exerted over each other in the past. RPI, as usual, has been invincible against everyone on the '87 court. Their only two defeats came at the hands of Stevens Tech and Union; both were played away from Troy. In fact, the "Cherry and White" have in the two years that they have played in their new gym lost only one game at home and at (he same time have won only one on the road. Possibly, the Engin­eers' record this year would not be as good were it not for the fact that only three games have been

I played away from familiar sur-i roundings, On the other hand, State's Invincibility over RPI in Page hall has been equal to the Engineers' domination at Troy. In fact, RPI has never beaten State on the Page floor.

Full Strength For the first time in several

weeks, State is at full strength. Frament achieved his great per­formance against St. Mike's, play­ing with a bad cold and a weak wrist, while Johnny Havko was cut over the eye early In the game. Both are fit and ready to go to­morrow night.

RPI has come up with a scoring threat recently in the person of Sophomore Bert Hawks. He's been hitting doi.ble figures consistently, and with Rusty Carman, rangy center, should paco the Donaldmen attack,

Drama Group to Offer One-Act Presentations

Advanced Dramatics will enter Its second week of the current sea­son with Ihe presentation of two pJays Tuesday night directed by Irene Poger and Robert Hertel, juniors.

Hertel's play Is a dramatic tragedy which deals with the Serbian peas­ants. The cast will be: Hyman Meltz and Louis Greenspan, juniors; Louise Do Angelis and Vincent Mil­ler, sophomores; and George Kunz, '43.

Miss Poger's presentation is a fantasy in pantonine, The cast includes: Ann Rattray and Barbara Ferree, juniors; Lauretta Servatius, '42 and Muriel Scovell, '43,