State College News
NEW
YORK S T A T E COLLEGE FOR TEACHERS
ESTABLISHED BY THE CLASS OF
VOL.
II
No. 31
ALBANY, N. Y.,
JUNE 15, 1918
Looking Toward Science Hall
COMMENCEMENT WEEK
PROGRAM
June 14-17, 1918
1918
$1.50 PER YEAR
Looking Toward Auditorium
STATE COLLEGE IN THE WARCOLLEGE TO TRAIN
SOLDIERS
Students, Faculty, Alumni and Organizations
Respond to Country's Call
Thursday, June 13—Senior Class
Day—Auditorium
8.00 p. m,
The great war has already drawn
Friday, June 14—Omicron Nu
upon the resources, both maReunion
7.00 p.m. heavily
terial and human, of the colleges
Saturday, June IS—Alumni Day
throughout the country. We have
Alumni Registration
. 8.30 a. m visibly, at least, felt the strain less
Household Arts Conference,
than many of our neighbors. The
9.00 a. m. current of our college life has run
Annual Alumni Meeting, An- •_••• so smoothly during this year our
ditorium
12.30 p. m. country has been at war that the
Alumni Luncheon, Gymnasium,
casual observer would be inclined to
1.00 p. m. say wc have not been affected by it.
Alumni Patriotic Addresses,
An examination of the college cataAuditorium
2,30 p. m. logues will show, however, that our
Reception by President and
Freshman class numbered 346 in SepMrs. Brubacher to Alumni,
tember, 1916, and 182 in September,
Faculty and Class of 1918,
1917. This is the direct result of the
Rotunda
S.OO to 7.00 p. m. war. Our attendance of upper class
Campus Sing . . . . .
,, 7.00 p. m. men has been remarkably good, and
Sunday, June 16—Evensong and
the Dean reports that with a very few
Baccalaureate Address by
exceptions, all of the three lower
President A. R. Brubacher,
classes have registered for next
Auditorium
4.30 p, m, year. Undoubtedly we shall experiMonday, June 17—74th Annual
ence a further drop in registration
Commencement
Exercises,
with the enrollment of the incoming
Address by Samuel J. Slawclass in September.
son, Class of 1894
10.30 a. m,
To the outsider we have gone on
Senior Reception and Ball,
Gymnasium . . .".
9.00 p. m. for the year much as before, and
every member of the faculty and
Student committees assisting on
every student knows that we have
Alumni Day are as follows:
been constantly thinking and acting
Chairman, Reception Committee,
in our small way upon the issue of
Miss Myra Faucett,
the ages. The sixty or seventy stars
Chairman, Registration Comiiv our service, flag speak eloquently
mittee, Miss Dorothy Beebe.
enough of our patriotism. The genChairman, Luncheon Commiterous way in which students and
tee, Miss Katharine Pollock.
faculty have given of their time and
Chairman, Campus Sing Comof
their means for one worthy cause
mittee, Christian Christiansen,
or another has given us new respect
for ourselves and new confidence in
the ultimate success of the cause for
which we willingly work and give.
Students have observed with much
pride and satisfaction the splendid
response of the faculty in the various
compaigns that have been made during the year,
But we have done more than merely to give the limit of our time
and our resources. Members of the
faculty presented in recent weeks a
notable course of lectures upon the
general subject of " Democracy,"
which did much to give us renewed
conviction that this business of making the world a fit place for free
men to live in must be carried
through. The sum of our patriotic
endeavors, of our willingness to sacrifice, of our determination to preserve the heritage of'1 our fathers
may be relatively small, but its
weight will be found in the balance
and on what we firmly believe to be
the right side, Our way of life,
our free institutions, the very foundations of our faith in Divine Providence are on trial. Here at State
College we mean to do our part to
see the trial' through and to hasten
the judgment in the interest of the
civilization for which our country is
at war.
Continued on Page 7
New York State College for Teachers intends to train 160 men for the
national army, These men will be
inducted into the service for this
special training which will be given
in the following subjects: Carpentry,
two classes, two in Bench Wood
Work, two in Auto Mechanics, one
in Machine Shop, and one in Plumbing. These classes will be trained in
the shops of the college, the High
School and in Studlers' Garage on
Central avenue.
Professor Douglas will be director
of the entire work, and Mr. Burke,
Mr. Alexander, Mr. Weaver and Mr.
Continued on Page 9
" D E M O C R A C Y " LECTURES
In order to foster the spirit of
the war slogan, "to make the world
safe for democracy," the faculty instituted during the winter a series
of lectures given by various professors on the general subject, " Democracy." These lectures were given
every Friday afternoon at four
o'clock for eight weeks, and were
enthusiastically attended by faculty,
students and Albanians,
As a supplement to these, small
groups of students gathered together
and discussed the lecture of the
week, These were called according
to their function, "Democracy Discontinued on Page 4
Page Two
STATE COLLEGE NEWS, JUNE 15, 1918
THE STATE COLLEGE
NEWS
Vol.11
June 15,1918
No. 31
Published weekly, on Wednesdays,
during the college year, by the Student Body of the New York State
College for Teachers, at Albany, New
York.
The subscription rate is one dollar and a half per year. Advertising
rates may be had on application to
the Business Manager.
Articles, manuscripts, etc., must be
in the hands of the Editor before
Saturdays of the week preceding
publication.
Board of Editors 1918-1919
Editor-in-chief,
Donald M, Tower, '19.
Managing Editor,
Bernice S. Bronner, '19.
Business Manager,
Caroline E. Lipes, '19.
Assistant Business Manager,
Van Allen Lobdell. '20.
Associate Editors,
Edward T. Springmann, '20,
'Dorothy M. Banner, '20,
Kenneth P. Holben, '20,
Elsie Hanbury, '20.
Bertha West, '20,
EDITORIALS
FOREWORD
The^ " big issue'• has materialized!
In spite of many adverse and discouraging conditions, the hopes of
the Press Club and News Board have
been realized with the publication of
this final edition of the State College News. The purpose of the work
is to advertise State College. _ A
copy will be sent to each of the nine
hundred high schools of New York
State, in an attempt to interest prospective college students in coming to
the finest college in the State. An
attempt has been made to represent
every branch of college life, and to
give a resume of the scope, intentions, and work, of the various departments of instruction. The work
of advertising is started, and much
remains to be done by loyal students,
alumni and faculty.
The task of compiling and publishing so extensive a resume has
been stupendous, and much credit is
due those who have undertaken it.
The editing and compiling has been
supervised by the Board of Editors
for the years 1917-18 and 1918-19.
Invaluable assistance was rendered
by Miss Doris Sweet '18, Secretary
of the Press Club of the College, and
by Miss Christine C. Fowler, '18.
TO PROSPECTIVE FRESHMEN
Prospective Freshmen, this is your
issue. The upper classes of your
future alma mater have tried to put
forth an issue of the News to tell
you about the place to which you are
coming. Read every item thoroughly,
and come prepared to know each organization, and to let each one know
you. You will find a hearty welcome
at State College and your life will
be full and rich and happy during
the coming four years. The upper
classes will take an interest in you,
and will strive to help you in every
possible way.— especially the Juniors
—your big sister class. Remember,
to ask questions of anyone—and
start in September 16, 1918, to be a
loyal, active member of the Student
Association of State College.
Welcome, 19221
TO THE ALUMNI OP
STATE COLLEGE
In the final and " b i g " issue of the
State College News, there is, properly, a splendid opportunity for the
present student body to address the
student body, singly and collectively,
of former years. It is to be greatly
regretted that the relationship between alumni and present student
body is hot stronger—and it is to be
hoped that bonds of contact shall be
made and strengthened rapidly in the
coming years. In the publication and
circulation of this issue, the present
student body is making the first advances. Will the alumni (and alumna:) do their share?
While the primary purpose of the
big issue is, as has been stated
above, to advertise the college and to
interest prospective students to come
to State College, there is a second
reason for the final publication. A
copy of the big issue had been promised to each member of the Alumni
Association who paid his dues, and
it seemed to be necessary for the
student body, represented by the
News, to keep this promise). Accordingly, the * big issue, published at
student expense, is hereby put forth,
and copies are to be sent to loyal
alumni.
The question now is, will the
alumni meet us half way? The
News and Echo both have received
but little alumni support in the past.
The alumni mailing list of both is
pitiably short. Only recent graduates
show their interest. The publication
of the June number of the Echo
presents a typical example of alumni
support. This was called "Alumni
and Faculty Number." The faculty
responded whole heartedly and loyally to appeals for articles, but out
of thirty-five personal letters of appeal to alumni, only three were even
answered. Is this loyalty? The
answer is obvious.
It is not necessary to illustrate
further. It can but be evident that
it is necessary for co-operation between alumni and student body. Will
not every member of the Alumni Association meet his or her obligation
by subscribing to the News and to
the Echo TO-DAY? Then will they
not show a bit of personal interest
by responding for pleas for material
aid?
Members of the Alumni Association of State College, the student
association has done its part. Now,
IT'S U P TO YOU!
HISTORY OF STATE COLLEGE NEWS
Founded by th* Claw of 'IS, With Alfrad E. Dadloho
••Editor-in-Chief
" October 4, 1916.
" This great State College of ours
was once a small college. With a
steadily increasing number of students, courses and activities were
gradually extended, until to-day the
boundaries of the student-life inclose stretches reaching from the
Chemistry Club to the Promethean
Literary Society, from the Athletic
field to the Auditorium, from the
Library to the Gymnasium, from the
Senior to the Freshman, and so on,
from one extreme to the other,
touching upon scores of independent
groups, each with a different interest and none visibly connected with
another. The close observer mtist
discover now the presence of that
same threatening danger in our
student-life, which history shows to
have once existed in the United
States—a decided trend toward sectionalism and away from centralization. VVc have by no means reached
a crisis, but there is a great need
for some moans by which there can
be brought to bear upon our student
body a similar influence to that which
is being exerted upon the nation by
the railroads, the telegraph, and the
telephone. There has arisen a need
for a means of bringing each extreme of our student life into direct
touch with the other, of making this
heterogeneity into which we have
grown a solid unit, a single collegiate
family. What better means than a
newspaper, such as the State College
News, to .achieve the desired results?
"Thus do we launch this journal
on its course, with every confidence
that it fills a long felt want, and that
its policy, ' t o make each faction of
our student organization know and
appreciate all others, to uphold the
maintenance of fraternal regard and
friendly rivalry among all, to work
for co-operation between all sections
and for the solidification of the now
separately wasted energies in the pro-'•
motion of a real, distinct, and enthusiastic spirit of loyalty to State
College,' will in time do much toward
placing the record of our achievements outside of the classroom on a
plane in keeping with our standing
as America's leading teachers college.
"(Signed) The Committee of the
Class of 1918, on
Publishing a Weekly
College newspaper.
Alfred E. Dedicke,
Chairman."
WHAT ARE YOU DOING
TO HELP WIN THE WAR? THE LITTLE RED CROSS
IN THE WINDOW
This is not a war alone of the
army and navy; it is not a war just
for men from 21 to 31 years old;
it is not a war only for those who
have the time and inclination to
prosecute it. This is the war of
every American man, woman and
child. This is your war, if you are
an American. Are you doing your
bit, or are you going ahead as usual,
quieting your conscience by saying,
" The srovernment has not called
met" The government may not have
mentioned your name; but your
country called you the day war was
declared. Defense of your country
is identical with the defense of your
home. Are you letting your neighbor
defend your home without any assistance from you? Are you letting
someone else fight your battles for
you?
Can you say, when the war is over,
" I have done my bit?"
I walk through the streets of the
city,
In daylight and dark, sun and rain,
And the little red cross in the window,
I see it, again and again.
It recks not of rank nor of station,
It cares not for wealth or its lack,
But the little red cross in the window,
Has'all, rich and poor, at its back.
It speaks of a oneness of purpose,
Of a cause that is dear to each
heart.
Oh, that little red cross in the window,
Shows that each one is doing his
part.
Thus began this student enterprise
which has developed in the course
of two years into a dynamic force
behind college spirit and unity.
These beginnings were a mere
dream of the Class of '18, in the
spring of 1916. With the reopening
of college, Alfred Dedicke had initiated the dream into realization, and
with a committee appointed by President Brubacher, the News began to
appear weekly. The following people were members of that first committee on publishing a weekly newspaper :
Alfred Dedicke, chairman; Dorothy Austin, Stanley Heason, Eloise
Lansing, Lillian Magilton, Joseph
Walker, Henry Greenblatt, Kathryn
Cole, Mildred MacEwan, Benjamin
Cohen, Ray Townsend, Maud Rose,
Elmetta Van Deloo. This committee
was later divided into sub-committees according to the principle of
"differentiation of labor."
Alfred
Dedicke became Editor-in-chief, and
Lillian Magilton Business Manager.
With two such capable students at
the helm, the paper was well managed and edited.
With autumn, 1917, came a greater
change. The financial worries of the
News vanished with the appearance
of the Student Tax. When war was
declared a year ago, the rush of
State College men to the colors included many of those connected with
the News. Since this was a new
venture, and not firmly established,
Myskania appointed a board composed of persons who had been enthusiastic workers on ithe board of
the first year. These were: Senior
Editors, Lillian Magilton, Kathryn
Cole, Mildred McEwan, and Stanley
Heason; Junior Reporters, Caroline
Lipes, Alfred Miller, Donald Tower,
Dorothy Banner, Bernice Bronner,
Dorothy Wakerly. Miss Magilton's
resignation early in the year was acacepted with regret by the,board, for
her work had always been of the
finest. The paper was edited in " rotation " by a Senior Editor and two
Junior assistants.
Next year's board will have, Editor-in-chief, Donald Tower, 19; Managing Editor, Bernice Bronner, '19;
Business Manager, Caroline Lipes,
'19; Assistant Business Manager,
Van Allen Lobdell, 20; Associate Editors, Edward T. Springman, '20;
Dorothy M. Banner, 20, Kenneth P.
Holben, "20, Bertha West, '20, Elsie
Hanbury, '20.
Now, all are not gifted nor fitted
To take up the work "Over
There,"
But a little red cross in the window,
Says "At least, I am having a
share."
So here's to the work that's so noble,
And the workers far over the sea;
And, dear little red cross in the window,
Here's a prayer for the cause and
for thee!
Elizabeth F. Shaver.
ALUMNI NOTES
1894—Samuel J. Slauson is superintendent of schools at Bridgeport,
Connecticut.
He will make the
Commencement address this year.
189S and 1914—(Mrs,) Mary Hull
Hallock is located at Eschola
Americana,
Curityba
Parana,
Brazil.
STATE COLLEGE NEWS, JUNE 16, 1918
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
Myskania '18 and '19
MYSKANIA
One of the most important steps
in the development of student spirit
and power was the organization, in
March, 1917, of a Student Council.
The purpose of the Council is to
serve as a means of communication
between the students and the faculty.
It is an honorary body composed of
not more than twelve nor less than
ten Senior members who have won
places of prominence in scholarship,
athletics, or other college activities,
and who have capacity for leadership. The members are elected as follows: The faculty appoints five
Juniors before the spring recess of
each year; the outgoing Council adds
five, six or seven to this number.
The President of the Senior Class
becomes a member ex-officio, if he is
not one before election to the class
presidency. The duties and privileges
of the Student Council are: To have
seats upon the platform at student
assemblies; to govern interclass contests, other than athletic; to administer the rules governing the various
competitions for offices; to administer the college customs.; to control
fraternity and sorority practices; to
call the Freshman Class meeting
for electing officers; to govern all
class elections; and to make recommendations to the student assembly.
The 1918 members of this year's
council were, May Fillingham, Lieut.
Irving Goewey, Stanley Heason, Captain Jesse Jones, Eloise Lansing,
Verna McCann, Lillian Magilton,
Agnes Moore, Maude Rose and Joseph Walker.
The 1919 members are: Harriet
Church, Agnes Dennin, Francis Fitzgerald, Caroline Lipes, Dorothy Roberts, Gertrude Schermerhorn, Earle
Sutherland, Donald Tower, Lyra
Waterhouse, Winifred Wemple and
Henry Wood.
Y.W.C.A.
The Young Women's Christian
Association is one of the largest
organizations in State College—having about 3S0 members. Any woman
in college who is a member of an
Evangelical church may become an
active member of the Association.
Any other may be an associate member. The regular devotional meetiiT" are held in the auditorium every
Wednesday afternoon at 4.40. The
leaders are students, members of the
faculty or prominent outside speakers.
The executive body consists of a
cabinet of five officers and eight committee chairmen. The cabinet has
portant business and to procure for
themselves the inspiration they wish
to pass on to their friends both in
the Wednesday meetings and elsewhere. The officers for this year
were: President, Verna McCann. '18;
Vice-President, Caroline Lipes, '19;
Secretary, Anna P'ortinier, '20; Treasurer, Louise Burleson, '18, and Annual Member, Lovisa Vedder, '18.
The committee chairmen were: Social, Gertrude Schermerhorn, '19;
Religious Meetings, Maude .Rose, '18;
Social Service, Mildred Guernsey,
'18; Conferences and Conventions,
Jennie Muhlemann, '18; Association
News, Beulah Kittle, '19; Voluntary
Study, Anne Smythe, '18; Missions,
Lyra Waterhouse, '19, and Lunch
Counter, May Fillingham, '18.
As few people realize the amount
of work accomplished by this Association, a few notes are in order.
The Vice-President is chairman of
the Membership Committee. In the
past it has also been her duty to see
that letters were written in the summer to entering students, that they
were met at trains in the fall, helped
to find rooms and adjust themselves
to their new life in various other
ways. It is the duty of the Annual
Member to keep the Association in
touch with other Associations all
oyer the country. The Social Committee entertains the Freshmen when
they first arrive, gives a large reception shortly after the Faculty Reception early in the fall and several
parties during the year. The Social
Service, or Extension Committee, is
one avenue through which G. A.
serves the community and thus
passes on to others something of the
joy, inspiration and spiritual help
which we receive at college. Marion
Moore, who has charge of this work
next year, is planning to enlarge the
work so that there will be sub-committees working with or for such institutions as the Rensselaer Street
Mission, the City Association, the
Deaconess' Home, the Red Cross, and
the old Ladies' Home. The Voluntary
Study Committee takes charges of
Sunday School cjasses for college
girls, Bible and Mission Study
Classes. Owing to the lunch counter,
which has been run by the Association for the last four or five years,
our financial budget has always been
very extensive — this year it included sums adding up to about
two thousand, The money is spent
in running the various committees,
the Lunch Counter and for Conference, Among other things, we gave
a couple hundred to the Armenian
Fund this year.
The Advisory Board is: Chairman,
Miss Anna E. Pierce (Dean of wo>
men), Miss Lillian Templeton, Mrs.
Continued on Page 8
CLASS OFFICERS FOR
THE YEAR 1918-19
Page Three
Treasurer, Mary Whish.
Reporter, Florence Stanbro.
Athletic Council, Maurice Hawthorne,
Athletic Manager, Ralph Baker.
Marshal, Winifred Darling.
The list of officers of the three
upper cjasses, as elected just before
the spring recess, is given below.
A meeting of the members of the
THE STUDENT TAX
incoming Freshman class will be
called by Myskania soon after the
opening of college in the fall, for
the purpose of organization and
An innovation at State College
election of officers:
this year was the student blanket
tax.
On October 1st each student
Seniors
contributed five dollars to a general
President, Earle Sutherland.
fund, which was used to cover the
Vice-president, Lyra Waterhouse. expenses of athletics, the college
Secretary, Martha Stuart.
publications including the Echo,
Treasurer, Mildred Oatey.
the college monthly; the State College News, the college weekly, and
Reporter, Winifred Wemple.
other college projects,
Athletic Council, Gerald Curtin.
Editor of Pedagogue, Dorothy
The fact that the students paid
Roberts.
$3,470 into this fund of voluntary
Business Manager of Pedagogue, taxes is sufficient proof that the
Fanne Plusch.
student tax is an institution which
has come to stay. Furthermore,
Juniors
the students have been well pleased
President, Harriet Rising.
with the results of the tax. AthVice-president, George Schia- letics, especially basketball, have
vone.
been carried on in manner which
Secretary, Elizabeth Gardiner.
would not have been possible this
Treasurer, Elizabeth Archibald.
year without the tax. The games
Reporter, Helen Reitz.
have been well attended and enAthletic Council, Van Allen Lob- joyed by all. Each student has redell.
ceived copies of the Echo and the
Sophomores
News.
President, Reginald Bruce.
Nothing else has ever been such
Vice-president, Beatrice Buchan- an important factor in creating colan.
lege spirit and bringing the students
Secretary, Mary Gralrn.
closer together.
1917-18 STUDENT TAX FUND REPORT
$3,470
33
430
169
12
1
35
Receipts
00 student tax.
SO season tickets sold to Faculty.
21 basketball.
58 Echo subscriptions and advertisements.
52 rebate of war tax, Manhattan game.
23 balance from manager basketball, 1916-17.
00 interest, funds on time deposit.
$4,152 04 total receipts.
$710 00
1,033 11
740 15
11 00
132 75
500 00
25 00
12 45
100 00
Expenditures.
College News.
basketball.
Echo.
Press Club.
contingent expenses.
bond, 3d Liberty Loan.
baseball.
War Stamps, purchased by basketball management.
bond, 2d Liberty Loan, purchased by basketball management.
$3,264 46 total expenditures.
Resources, June 6, 1918
$887
500
100
12
58
00
00
45
cash balance.
bond, 3d Liberty Loan.
bond, 2d Liberty Loan.
War Stamps.
$1,500 03 total resources.
Estimated Liabilities
$250
190
239
1
00
00
00
38
May and June issues Echo.
May and June issues College News,
Press Club, specialissue of News.
due Coach Maroney.
$680 38 total liabilities.
$1,500 03
680 38
$819 65 net resources June 6, 1918.
Submitted June 7, 1918.
C. O. HIDLEY,
Treasurer
Page Four
DRAMATICS
The Dramatics, Class, although a
part of the college curriculum, is
essentially a club to which all students may belong with the consent
of the instructor. Here all those
who feel that they have dramatic
ability may find an opportunity to
display it. The class puts out at
least one standard play each
semester, in which parts are taken,
managing is done and stagework
superintended by students.
Miss Futterer, the instructor, is a
splendid interpreter of dramatic art
and succeeds in giving the class
that interpretation. She is recognized in the capitol district as a
charming and capable artist in her
work, and not the least among her
appreciative audience are the students and faculty of State College.
With her valuable help and cnticism( the class has given two productions this year. The first was
" The Girl with the Green Eyes," by
Clyde Fitch) in' which Sally Roody,
'20 and Alfred Miller, '19 had the
leading parts. They were well supported by a large cast including
Joseph Lasker, '19, Hazel Hengge,
'19, William Merchant* '20 and Ruth
Lambert, '19. The play was presented before a large and appreciative gathering of students,
faculty and Albanians.
Second semester a different plan
was attempted.
Three one-act
plays were given, each interesting
in its own way. The first, "Playgoers," by Sir Arthur Pinero, was
presented by May Leonard and
Lawrence McMahon, '20, assisted by
Alice Spengler, '18, Ruth Fisher, '18,
Gertrude Simmonds, '18 and others.
Following this was " Margaret" by
Ruth Fisher, '18, who took the leading part, This play received special
attention on account of the author
and leading part. Others who supported Miss Fisher were George
Schiavone, '20, Almeda Becker, '20,
Sally Roody, '20 and Hazel Hengge,
'19, The last play of the evening
was "The Clod" by Lewis Beech.
This was different in that it was a
tragedy, while the others were
comedy. Tragedy by amateurs is
usually a failure, but " The Clod "
was a phenomenal success. The
leading parts were taken admirably by Doris Sweet, '18 and Joseph
Lasker, '19, who were aided in their
interpretation by William Merchant,
'20, George Schiavone, '19 and Lawrence McMahon, '20,
In the presentation of the plays,
much credit is due the stage and
property managers for their efficient
work. They were ably assisted by
Paul Manville, '21 and Ralph Baker,
'21.
Besides this work of putting on
plays, the class spends some time in
technical study of the drama and'
the works of standard dramatists.
-The class is kept informed of
artistic productions to be given in
the capitol district, and various
members see and report on plays.
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
The student life at State College
is not all work, There are many
social events which take place during the year, making the feeling of
cooperation and fellowship among
the students and faculty stronger
and of more real value. Receptions
for Freshmen are the first things on
the program. These are given by the
faculty, Y, W. C. A„ the Senior and
the Junior classes, In addition each
class has one party which is for that
class alone. On these occasions the
gymnasium is put into use for
something entirely different from
the daily gym classes,
STATE COLLEGE NEWS, JUNE 16, 1918
MOVING-UP DAY
AH classes but the Freshman are
given a week-end in which to
strengthen their class spirit. Junior
week is the first. This is always held
immediately after first semester examinations are over. The festivities include a reception, banquet,
prom, and basketball game. The
Sophomores come next with a reception, soiree and basketball
game. Senior week is at commencement time in June. It includes
Class Day, Alumni Day, Baccalaureate Address, Commencement
Exercises and Senior Ball.
COLLEGE PUBLICATIONS
The students of the college support four publications. Perhaps of
chief importance among these is
the State College News, a copy of
which is here represented. The
paper is published weekly throughout all the college year. It aims to
represent all of the interests and
activities of college life. It is distinctly a " n e w s " publication.
The oldest student publication is
the Echo, a literary magazine published monthly by a board of
editors elected from the studentbody. The articles, poems, etc., arc
the work of college students.
The alumni department of this
magazine is the only alumni publication.
The Pedagogue is the annual
yearbook, published by the Senior
class. It contains a record of the
class history, the student activities
of the college as a whole, and for
the current year, and humorous or
satirical impressions of college life.
The College Songbook is a collection of songs of our own Alma
Mater, of those of other colleges,
and of familiar songs. The price is
$1.00, Books may be ordered of
Miss Lois B. Knox, chairman of
the Songbook Committee, at the
college. If book is to be mailed
add 25 cents for postage.
DEMOCRACY LECTURES
Continued from Page 1
cussion Groups." It is needless to
say this was a vast benefit to the
students.
These lectures were on different
phases of the subject, each one being taken by the professor best able
to handle it. The program follows :
March 8—"Democracy and Individual Freedom,"
Dr. Leonard W. Richardson,
Head of Latin Department.
March IS—"The Origins of Democracy,"
Professor David Hutchinson,
Professor of Government,
March 22-r-" Democracy: A Study
in Comparative Government,"
Professor A, W. Risley, Head
of the History Department.
April S—-"The Development of
Democracy in the United
States,"
Mr. C. A. Hidley, Professor
of History.
April 12—" Social Democracy,"
Professor A. A. Walker, Head
of Economics Department.
April 19—" Education in a Democracy,"
Dr. A, R. Brubacher, President
of State College.
April 26—" Utopian Democracy,"
Professor Richmond H. Kirtland, Head of English Department,
May 3—" Democracy and World
Peace,"
Harlan H. Horner, A, B.,
A. M„ Dean of the College.
SILVER BAY
SILVERBAY
Silver Bay is a "very beautiful
bay on Lake George, New York,
but is is very much more than
merely a "beautiful bay." Here it
is that wonderful conferences are
held during the summer m o n t h s college, Y. W. C, A., city association, missionary conferences and
many otheis.
The college conference this year
extends from June 21 to July 1,
Delegates come from all the
Northeastern States, the number of
each group varving from two or
three to sixty. There are, as a
rule, about 700 girls in attendance.
This year State College will have
the following representatives: Miss
Springsteed, Miss Van Liew, Hester Weaver, '18, Edith Woodruff, '18,
Mabel Holliday, '18, Winifred
Magner, '18, Beulah Kittle, '19, Edith
Morrison, '19, Marion Gardner, '19,
Mildred Carswell, '19, Caroline
Lipes, '19, Olive Woodworth, '19,
Harriet Church, '19, Edith Van
Detisen, '19, Dorothy Roberts, '19,
Hazel Hengge, '19, Winifred Wemple, '19, Lyra Waterhouse, '19 (delegate leader), Bernice Covey, '19,
Gertrude Schermerhorn, '19, Delia
Ross Root, '19 (song leader),
Marion Moore, '20, Marguerite Ritzer, '20, Elizabeth Archibold, '20,
Madeline Hartwell, '20, Elsie Kennedy, '20, Louise Van Norstrandj
'20, Marjorie Edgarton, '20, Alice
Lewis, '20, Alida Ballagh, '21 (chairman of athletics), Beatrice Buchanan, '21, and Lucile Rouse, '21.
COOPERATIVE BOOK
STORE
Next year we .are to have, right
here in college, a real live book
store. Neither professors nor students are to be bothered any more
with book-himting. When books
are needed they will be ordered
through the college book store.
Students may buy them at cost.
Stationery, note books, pencils,
and other things interesting to students of S. C. T. will be sold.
People who have frequented the
Red Cross room this spring have
noticed the good-looking shelves
and counter that have been placed
there lately, Next year these are
to be used by the book store. Remember the place, room B 1, on
the lower floor of the main building.
The committee in charge consists
of three faculty members, Professor Decker, Professor York and
Professor Sayles, and two student
members, Lyra Waterhouse, representing '19, and Margaret Renning,
representing '20,
Of all the festivities of the college
year none is more important and
more enjoyed than the annual Moving-up Day, which occurs in the
latter part of May.; This marks the
beginning of commencement festivities, and is the only function in
which the entire college takes part,
Inter-class rivalry ends at midnight
of the day preceding, usually with a
good stiff scrap between the Frosh
and Sophs. College work is suspended for the day, In the morning
the formal exercises take place in
the auil.toritim. Music and speeches
occupy the first part of the program,
Then follows the " moving up"
process, when the Freshmen take the
scats assigned to Sophomores, and
so On through the classes.
Next in order conies the choosing
of. Myskania, the senior honorary
council, for the next year.
The
classes then form an aisle down the
chapel steps and down the walk,
through which the other classes pass,
in turn.
Each class stages a " stunt" on the
campus.
The entire afternoon is given over
to athletic meets of various sorts.
This year a new movement was
started, in the nature of a Campus
Sing. This took place in the evening, and was successful to the nth
degree. There was community singing and "step singing" by the various classes. Then followed a
couple of hours of dancing on the
campus. This feature of the day
will be remembered almost more
than any other—and it is a feature
that has come to stay.
INTERCLASS RIVALRY
Freshmen Victorious
The men at State, though few in
numbers in comparison with the opposite sex, do not lack in pep and
deviltry. From the very first of the
year the Freshmen and Sophomores
start a good natured rivalry, which
continues until the supremacy is
finally settled on Moving-up Day in
the spring.
When the Frosh enter in the fall
they are requested(?) to wear purple and gold caps and follow the
rules in the " Bible " presented them.
These apply to the girls as well as
the men, although they are to wear
buttons rather than the caps. Woe
to the one who disobeys and is
caught!
A little later the Basket Ball Season begins and then there are many
battles roya! for the winning of the
championship. This year the Sophs
carried off the honors.
An attempt of each class to " cop "
the banner of the rival is the chief
point of contention. This may be
obtained, according to . this year's
procedure, by hook or croolc, but
legitimately there were two banner
rushes, This coining year five rushes
have been planned, including salt
rushes, cane rushes, etc.
The deciding contest comes on
Moving-up Day at the athletic field,
when the fellows participate in various events, with a baseball game as
the wind-up, Then, in the evening,
at the step-sing, the judges announce
the winners of class rivalry. This
year the Frosh came off victorious
and will work to the utmost to keep
their hard-earned laurels.
STATE COLLEGE NEWS, JUNE 15, 1918
INTERCLASS BASKETBALL
Sophomores Win Championship—
Hold Title for Second Consecutive Year
Wednesday, the 20th of March,
brought the 1917-18 Inter-class basketball season of State College to a
close. Tlic Class of 1920 was declared " Champions," they having deb a t e d the J u n i o r class, the " runnersup " in the league. T h e '20 men hold
the title now for t h e second consecutive year, having won the " Championship " last year,
The series played was the result
of a " g e t - t o g e t h e r " of H. C. Lobbell '18, N . J. F o r c e '19, L, M. McMahon '20, and F . R. Bliss '21, managers of class athletics, aided by A,
C, Manney, athletic coach of the college. At a meeting of the Board of
Manager-) in the fall of '17, it was
decided t'iiat an inter-class series be
played between the four classes of
, c tate College. T h e board drew up
u schedule, which was as follows:
DATE
TEAMS
SCORE
Feb.
4
Frosh-Soph
4-28
6
Junior-Senior
20-7
11
Frosh-Junior
13-21
13
Soph-Senior
36-9
18
Frosh-Senior
14-15
20
Soph-Junior
11-16
25
Junior-Senior
42-9
27
Frosh-Soph
14-18
March
4
Frosh-Senior
12-16
6
Junior-Soph
10-13
11
Frosh-Junior
5-25
13
Soph-Senior
25-10
Also, six rules governing the play
of the series were drawn up and
agreed to by all members of the
board.
T h e first game, as may be seen
from the schedule, was played the
first Monday after mid-years. The
scries played proved to be very interesting, as the teams, according to
their standings of " won and lost,"
were tied four different times during
the season. In fact, the teams at the
end of the season stood as follows:
Team
Played W o n Lost Pc.
Sophomores . . . . 6
5
1 .833
Juniors
6
5
1 .833
Seniors
6
2
4 .333
Freshmen
6
0
6 • .000
The " tie off" game was played a
week after the schedule closed.
T h e Sophomores, led by Captain
Lobdell, simply walked away with the
game, the score being 31-12.
ALUMNI NOTES
1869—Mary F. Hyde, now living
at Binghamton, New York, was
formerly a member of the State
College Faculty. She has written
a number of texts on language
teaching and rhetoric.
1871—Sherman Williams, who
reorganized the Alumni Association and had charge at one time of
the National Summer School,
which meets at Glens Falls, is now
director of the Library Division of
the Education Department of the
State of New York.
1873—James H, Van Sickle, who
for more than forty years has been
actively engaged in educational
work, not only in New York but
also.in Colorado and Maryland, is
now superintendent of schools at
Springfield, Massachusetts.
1879—John Dwyer who since
1884 has taught in the New York
City schools, is at present a district school superintendent there,
1882 and 1893—James Robert
White, who is professor of pedagogy and history at the College of
the City of New York, was married
last December.
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Men's Athletics
f ECHOES FROM GIRLS'
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
Fitzgerald, Barry, Polt, Curtin, Nicholson, Cohen, Coach
Maroney, Manager Sutherland, Stars of '17-'18.
Those are the men of whom State
College students are j.ustly proud because of the great work which they
have clone on the basketball court
this season,
At the close of last season the
prospects for the 1917-18 season were
the brightest they have ever been for
any. We hoped to have Jesse Jones
and Irving Goewey, of last year's
team, back in the fall, but their enlistment caused the expectations of
State College enthusiasts to take a
tumble.
However, when Coach Maroney issued the first call for practice, a large
number of former members of the
class teams and also several new men
at State College, reported. The addition of Barry, the former Troy
F-Tigh School star, to the squad, gave
Purple and Gold stock quite a boost.
Coach Maroney certainly accomplished wonders for State College.
He came here a stranger to State
College and State College activities.
By hard work and skillful application
of his knowledge of basketball he
built up a strong, hard-working basketball team from inexperienced men.
The team which he formed was the
best that State has ever bad from
the standpoint of games won, and
also from the standpoint of clever
playing.
State vs. Manhattan
State opened the season by losing
a hard fought contest to Manhattan
by a score of 24-26. The game was
closely contested from start to finish
and, although State lost, it only
served to make her men all the more
determined to win when they met
Clarkson the following week. Again
State played in hard luck and on the
small end of a 27-29 score when the
final whistle put an end to a game
which was thrilling in the extreme.
State vs. Union
Then came the Union game. Captain Fitzgerald led his team-mates
against the undefeated Union five at
Schenectady. Although Union won,
State made a splendid showing
against the Garnet men. Tt was a
great struggle, with Barry and Fitzgerald playing in whirlwind fashion.
State vs. Williams
On January 12 the team went to
Williamstown to play against the
Williams five, which was being
coached by Ed. Wachter, our former
coach. Everyone expected Williams
to win, but the attack launched by
our men was too strong for them to
cheeky and our guards held their forwards down in splendid fashion.
Fitzgerald and Barry "cut loose"
and scored from all angles of the
court. When the final whistle sounded, the score stood 33-23 in favor of
Coach Maroney's men.
State vs. St. Lawrence
This was followed by a victory
over St. Lawrence, at Albany, in one
of the fastest games of the season.
The game was close throughout, but
the superior floor work of our men
brought them out on top.
State vs. Pelham
Then the Pelham Naval Training
School team, composed of former collegiate basketball stars, came to Alhany and defeated our team in the
fastest game played on our home
court,
State vs. Clarkson
On February 8 our men traveled
to Potsdam, where they defeated
Clarkson for the first time on a
northern trip, Barry and " Fitz," as
in previous games, played a sterling
article of basketball, and their fast
accurate passing and shooting were
too much for the Clarkson guards.
The defeat of Clarkson on her home
court was almost as great a surprise
as was the defeat of Williams at
Williamstown.
The strain of the trip and the
gruelling of the night before weakened our team and they lost to St.
Lawrence at Canton on February 9,
after a desperate attempt to check
the scoring of their fresher opponents,
State vs. Pratt
This was followed by a defeat by
Pratt, at Albany. Our fellows put
up a splendid fight and played a great
game against their opponents when
one considers that Pratt has won 12
consecutive games this season, Van
Leyen proved to be too much for
the State guards and rolled up a
score of 18 points, chiefly through bis
accurate caging of the ball on long
shots. Captain Fitzgerald gave a remarkable demonstration of foul
shooting during the game when he
scored thirteen points out of fourteen tries—a percentage of .929.
Southern Trip
The southern trip, which was taken
the next week, was marked by three
hard games. The first was lost to
Manhattan 24-27. The next night
our fellows lost their second game
to Pratt, " Fitz " and Barry played
sensational basketball, but lacked
strong support, and were unable to
pile up a large score against the
strong Pratt quintet which has not
lost a game on its home court this
season. The following night the
team played against the undefeated
Stevens team in Moboken. The long
trip and the preceding games told
their story. Our men were unable to
put forth their best article of basketball and losl the third contest of the
trip.
State vs. Aggies
The season was brought to a fitting
close on March 9, when Barry, Fitzgerald, Springmann, Nicholson and
Polt defeated the Massachusetts
Agricultural College team in one of
the best games of the season. "Fitz"
and Barry scored almost at will in
the second half, each caging five field
goals in the period. It was the good
work of Springmann at center which
enabled State to roll up such a score.
TTc outjumped Whittle of the
"Aggies" and his floor work was
great. Tt was a fast, clean game and
a splendid victory for State.
Taken as a whole, this season has
been the best we have ever had, instead of one of the poorest, as early
indications seemed to point out that
it would be. We have won more
crames and bigger games than ever
before and throughout the season the
spirit has been better and the playing
as a rule has been superior to that
of former seasons. When one; considers that the men were all inexperienced at the beginning of the
season, there is fust cause to be proud
of the fine work that thev have done
under the rlever leadership and able
coaching of Mr. Maroney.
Summary of Scoring
The following is a summary of the
scorincr for the season with the number of games in which each man
nlaycd:
Games Points
Fitztrerald, Captain
13
188
Barry
;. 13
106
Cohen
11
28
Nicholson
7
8
Curtin
12
6
A
Snringmann
1
Polt .
Lichtenstcin
Masson
Townsend , , , , , , ,
13
2
1
1
Total...,
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0
0
0
0
340
A s we look back over the college
y e a r certain activities stand o u t
m o r e p r o m i n e n t l y than o t h e r s b e cause of the i m m e a s u r a b l e fun a n d
pleasure t h e y afforded us,
Among
these we find t h a t girls' athletics
holds a p r o m i n e n t place.
It has
been one of t h e m o s t successful
y e a r s that the Girls' Athletic A s sociation has ever had.
W e have
had all those activities which g o t o
m a k e up the pleasantest p a r t of
college
life — basketball
games,
hikes, gym frolics, hockey and
t e n n i s games, and association with
girls w h o were full of life and college spirit.^
O u r officers this year w e r e :
President,
Dorothy
Austin,
'18,
S c h e n e c t a d y ; vice-president, H a r riot Wolsey, '20, Utica; secretary,
Agnes Dennin, '19, Albany; and
treasurer, Isabel Johnson, '20, Albany.
O n e of the best affairs of t h e
year was the gym frolic of N o v e m ber 7, T h e girls in their g y m cost u m e s romped t h r o u g h a glorious
e v e n i n g of stunts, g a m e s , eats and
dancing..
It was such a success
t h a t a n o t h e r one had to be given in
the spring.
T h e basketball season was u n usually line this winter.
During
her three years at State College,
Miss Gray has built up four s t r o n g
class teams each year with games
that have been true expressions of
class rivalry.
She has taught the
girls to play for the sake of playing,
not for the glory of winning.
The
Class of 1920 won t h e inter-class
championship.
No
finer
team
w o r k or speed could be found in
a n y college than t h a t which the
S o p h o m o r e squad exhibited on t h e
basketball court at S t a t e College.
T h e captains of the s q u a d s w e r e :
Senior, D o r o t h y Austin, S c h e n e c tady; Junior, Agnes Dennin, Alb a n y ; S o p h o m o r e , Beulah C u n n i n g ham, Chasm F a l l s ; F r e s h m a n , M a r y
Austin, Troy.
T h e tennis c h a m p i o n s h i p h a s n o t
y e t been won,
T h e victor will be
a w a r d e d a silver loving cup.
Friday, May 17, a t 6 p. m., s o m e
fifty girls, armed w i t h a spoon and
a fork and a cup, a t t e n d e d the b a s ketball banquet in the gym. P e r h a p s t h e food was Dortioned less
g e n e r o u s l y , p e r h a p s t h e r e w a s less
of it than usual. N o one seems to
know. T h e mere matter of food, o r
Mr. Hoover, was completely , forgotten.
The toastmistress, Lorna
A u s t i n '18, sounded t h e k e y n o t e of
p a t r i o t i s m , which r a n g t h r o u g h all
the o t h e r toasts. Aileen Keefe '18,
C a t h e r i n e Boland '19, Ellen D o n a h u e '20, and Nellie P a r k h t t r s t '21
p a v e t o a s t s . T h e p r e s i d e n t of the
association p r e s e n t e d the college
l e t t e r s to the m e m b e r s of the champ i o n s h i p team and t o t h r e e J u n i o r s ,
Marie Barry, Magdalena Andrae,
a n d Marian C'urtis.
T h o s e w h o won their class n u m erals w e r e :
Adelaide Hill, '18,
Catherine
Fitzgerald, '19, Agnes
Dennin, '19, Catherine Boland, '19,
Caroline Lipes, '19, Anna Burrell,
'19, Ellen Donahue, '20, Isabel Johnson, '20, Sarah Adriance, '20, Winifred Darling, '21, Jessie Darling, '21,
M a r y Grahn, '21, Helen O'Brien, '21,
M a r y Austin, '21, and Isabel Neville,
'21.
Miss Gray, o u r i n s t r u c t o r in
physical
education,
and
Miss
P i e r c e , the D e a n of W o m e n , res p o n d e d t o calls for speeches,
T h e p a r t y was saddened b y the
k n o w l e d g e that Miss G r a y w a s
t h e r e for t h e last time. T h i s p a s t
year, the culmination of all her
efforts, Miss Gray h a s b r o u g h t us
n e a r e r t h a n ever to h e r ideals of
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NEW ENTRANCE
REQUIREMENTS
STATE COLLEGE NEWS, JUNE 15, 1918
demic year in which the requirements for the degree are to be
completed, an outline and bibliography of the thesis not later than
the second Monday in December,
and the thesis in completed form
not later than the first Monday in
May, and to sustain the thesis in
such oral examination as the
Graduate Committee may prescribe.
High school students will be interested in a change in the college
entrance requirements which go
into full effect, as announced in
the current catalogue, in September, 1919. Under these new requirements the college entrance
diploma; issued by the Regents becomes' the basis of admission, the
SUMMER SESSION
diploma in arts admitting students
to the B. A. course and the diploma in science to the B. S.
The first summer session at the
course. Students, who do not pos- college, which was held last year,
sess these diplomas and who have was distinctly successful both in
covered the subjects prescribed for point of numbers and in the perit in one form or another in an sonnel of the student body. Two
approved high school, may be ad- hundred and fifty students were
mitted provided their standings, enrolled, many of them normal
according to the standards of the school and college graduates with
school, are not below 75 per cent, several years' experience in teachin each subject. I t is suggested ing, The second session, which is
that principals and teachers in- to be held from July 8 to August 17,
terested in the preparation of stu- will offer enlarged opportunities
dents for admission communicate for profitable summer work for
with the Dean in cases where they undergraduates who wish to acare in any doubt about the quali- cumulate credits, for candidates for
fications of their students. Every the Master's degree, and for both
effort will be made to prevent, elementary and high school teachhardship in individual cases during ers who seek to improve themthe transition from the old to the selves in service. In all 45 courses
new entrance requirements.
will be offered by 26 instructors.
Members of the regular Faculty
will give the greater number of
the courses. Visiting instructors
NEW REQUIREMENTS
will include Mr. Lamont F. Hodge,
FOR GRADUATION assistant superintendent of schools
of Yonkers; Miss Lillia W. Olcott,
During the year the Faculty specialist in drawing in the State
Council has materially modified the Education Department; Dr, Albert
requirements for graduation and W. Greene, Albany; Miss Ruth G.
limited the bachelors' degrees Slocum, supervisor of physical
without reference to individual de- training in the Albany public
portments to A. B. and B. S. All schools; Miss Francisca Martinez,
candidates will pursue a specified teacher of Spanish in the Dunkirk
number of required subjects and high school; Miss Emma K, Fitts
will pursue a major subject with and Miss Clara Perley from the
not less than 30 nor more than 40 Sargent school, Boston,
hours, and a minor with not less
Dean Harlan H. Horner, who
than 20 nor more than 24 hours.
All candidates for the A. B. de- had so large a part in the organgree must take one year of science ization and success of the first seswork and at least two years of one sion, will be the director. He inof the foreign languages studied vites correspondence with prospecIndications are.
in 'high school. All candidates for tive students.
the B. S. degree must take at least that the second session will outtwo years of science work and one strip the first in point of numbers
year of a foreign
language. in spite of war conditions.
Further distinction between the
two degrees is made by limiting
the subjects which may be chosen CAPITOL DISTRICT
by candidates for each degree.
ADVANTAGES
Thus in the A. B. course majors
may be chosen in English, French,
Albany
and
its vicinity offer
German, History, Latin, Mathematics, and Spanish; and in the many advantages both educationally
and
socially.
College should
B. S. course in Biology, Chemistry,
Commercial Education, Fine ArrS, broaden the lives and minds of its
students
and
State
College surely
Home Economics, Industrial Education, Mathematics, Physical Edu- offers such inducements.
The Education Building contains
cation; Physics, French, German
and Spanish. One hundred and a large reference and reading room
twenty-four hours are required for in its library. In addition there
is the periodic reference room and
graduation in' all courses.
the law and medical libraries.
Chancellor's Hall is in tihis building, where lectures by brilliant men
REQUIREMENTS FOR
and women are given. On the top
THE MASTER'S DEGREE floor is the museum containing an
unexcelled collection; worthy of
The current catalogue announces especial mention is the Indian exa radical modification in the re- hibit. Besides this building there
quirements for the Master's de- is the Albany Historical and Arts
gree.
One year of successful Society, s"everal splendid libraries,
teaching experience after gradua- the State Geological Hall, and the
tion from college will be required New York State Capitol. The
as a condition of candidacy for the students have a cordial invitation
degree. A reading knowledge of to take advantage of these opporFrench or German will also be re- tunities.
quired. The usual resident study
Outside entertainment is offered
of one year will include 10 hours by Harmanus Bleecker Hall, which
for-a thesis and work in the sem- presents standard plays, musical
inary in education, 10 hours in comedies and exceptionally fine
education and philosophy, and 10 concerts. Proctor's Grand Theatre
hours centering in some definite has vaudeville and moving picinterest of the candidate.
AH tures, with the bill changed twice
candidates will be obliged to sub- a week.
There are several
mit to the Graduate Committee " m o v i e " places, chief and best of
for approval the subject of the which are the Colonial, Hudson,
thesis not later than the third Pine Hills, Clinton Square, Leland
Monday of October in the aca- and the Regent.
CAMOUFLAGE
The Grind
NoW, if your mark seems mean
and low,
Let memory the reason show:
Tell how tihe drudging grinder
sweat
To earn her A mark duly set,
When in one night she learns by
rote
(Her driven brain hath threshed
each note)
What ten long fortnights could
not end;
Then lies her down the hopeless
grind;
And finds stretched through her.
dreams the length
Of reigns of kings, their deeds and
strength,
And, brain-full, off to school she
flings
Ere the first bell its summons
rings.
You, early off to bed you crept
You hoped for luck and soon you
slept.
* **
Prof. Douglas took a whole
period in Household Physics class
in order to find out how much the
class knew about hot air. It takes
a long time to convince some
" p r o f s " what "bluffs" we arel
* **
A Senior coming home from a
respectable gathering the other
night, entered the wrong 'house.
She says: "Well, the key fit the
lock."
* **
D. T - - ns - -d—Do you know
why the Kaiser is like a man from
the north .of Ireland?
L. M - g - - ton—I give up.
D. T - - ns - - d—Well, one comes
from Belfast and the other's going
to Hellfast.
* **
Risley—"It doesn't make any
difference what kind of recitations
you make—whether they're long
and lanky and skinny and slim and
tall, or what."
Shutz (shyly)—" Does he mean
me?"
* **
House Rules
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday evenings the rules
say,
From 7:30 to 10:30 we must not
play.
But on our 'books we must constantly gaze,
Our card to fill with honorable
A's.
While we worship Minerva who
stands aloof,
Not a sound must be heard from
cellar to roof.
Three nights a week we can entertain men,
But out they must go at half-past
ten.
In a parlor we must take them,
with a chaperon nearby,
Our conduct to watch with a critical eye.
Parties we can attend two nights
a week,
But before 11 o'clock our homes
we must seek.
Below, our feelings expressed in
one breath,
" Give me liberty or give m e ;
death,"
* * *
Overhead in the grandstand: 1st
Frosh: " W h a t course does Manville take?"
2nd Frosh: " W h y , he's an H. E.
Freshman!"
The "Butt 'em Chorus"
Tune — I Cannot Linger Longer in
the University.
I cannot linger longer in the N. Y.
S .
C .
T.••••••
* **
I've a note from Doc Brubacher
And he says they've busted me,
And my bfoornin' heart is aching
'Cause I cannot stay no more
In these stately halls of learning
Far above the Hudson's shore.
Chorus.
Oh, the N. Y. S. C. T„ that's where
I dearly long to be,
I can see its lights a-gleaming
On the hills of Albany.
Oh, the N. Y. S. C. T. and its
blooming faculty,
And this I say in parting, " H a n g
the man who busted me."
Take me back to dear old Delmar
where my doting daddy
dwells,,
Far away from that State College
and its bunch of blooming
belles,
There let me softly slumber in the
town where I was born
And do chores instead of Latin
when its eight-ten every
morn.
— Jesse Smith, '17.
* * *
Exams.
Yonder a monster with Sayles I see,
Hasting across the weeks to me.
Wood he would now Ward off his
blow
'Fore we all so worried grow.
Ken a day be worse than that
When we hear the words "flunked
flat?"
Then not all the Powers that be
Con well come here to comfort me;
Then Ma Hart will break in two,
And eyes be dimmed as if by dew;
And I will myself De Port
From all my former joy and sport.
Could a Painter on canvas place
So sad a sight as my glum face?
And as I thought such direful
thought
I so became with fear o'erwrought
That I gave a long and Pierce ing
yell,
And back into an armchair fell,
And solemnly I then did vow,
" I'll mend my ways and mend them
now,"
D. M, '20.
Heard in History I : M. Fitz (explaining cohesion): "Well, er, with
cohesion you don't need any safety
pins."
Many of us are getting three meals
a day—Indian meal, oatmeal and
cornmeal,
The Night Before Finals
'Twas the night before finals,
And 'round the mulberry tree
Jack and Jill went tumbling;
Love's old sweet song had fled away
And the chafing-dish was bubbling,
"Snappy Stories" had been cast
aside
And "Lit. Dig," came apace;
" The Evening Sun " had set long ere
Our student took his place.
His eyes, like coals, they glowed,
His ears burned red for Knowledge,
For he must cram and jamb his
bean—
Or be.busted but of college,
Continued on Page 7
STATE COLLEGE NEWS, JUNE 15, 1918
"Lit. Dig." in turn was hurried thru,
And B, B, Breese attacked;
With awful venom glared lie then,
But soon his mind enrapt
With rods, and cones, and lens and
such
He most forgot to curse that Dutch.
Just then a mighty din was heard
(The neighbor's cat was out),
The wind joined in, the curtain
flapped.
Hurrah for the second bout!
We wrestled and writhed with Atkinson
As Laokoon of old;
His pen, it spurted with fluid rare,
His teeth gnashed, tho filled with
gold.
How terrible his accent
As he read "The Argus" aloud;
His landlady in the room below
No more to drink, avowed.
Now Psych and all such terrors past,
Ulysses yawned with sleep;
His drooping ears and glowless eyes
Told of his meditations deep,
The clock struck one, yet—
All is not gold that glitters;
One last fond look he needs must
have
At the text on "Balsam's Bitters."
The goo was eaten, the dish massaged,
Our solitary grind undressed;
He donned his robe of newspaper ads
And laid him down to rest.
STATE COLLEGE IN THE
WAR
Continued from Page 1
The following in a small way represent what State College is doing
in the war;
Honor Roll
The following is a partial list of
State College men who are in the
service:
Faculty
Hubbard, Claude, Lieut
Tnfantry
1911
Wilkcnson, Rose A,
1912
Cunningham, Florence..Base Hospital
1914
Ward, Joseph H
Infantry
Ward, Louis B
Infantry
1915
Davis, Percy
Quartern!. Corps
Kendall, G. E„ Lieut
Infantry
McCarthy, R. F
'... .Aviation
McCabe, Dorothy
Base Hospital
1916
Doyle, William
Infantry
Rogers, Wm, C
Ordnance
McNeill, John
.Navy
Anderson, George
Navy
Sisson, Frederic
Infantry
Wheeler, Raymond
Engineers
1917
Candlyn, Thomas
Infantry
Hager, Kolin . . . ,
Infantry
Harwich, Jack
Infantry
Herrington, Walter, Lieut.. .Infantry
Hohaus, Reinhard, Ensign
Navy
Pearsall, Willard, Serg. .Med. Corps
Ellis, William
Infantry
Walker, James
Aviation
Smith, Jesse, Lieut
Infantry
Sproule, Joseph
Navy
1918
Becker, John, Lieut
Infantry
Burns, Arthur
Navy
Case, Forrest
Navy
Crchan, John
Navy
Floody, Ralph
Navy
Dedicke, Alfred, Lieut
Tnfantry
Goewey, W. Trving, Lieut.. .Infantry
Herman, David
Engineers
Jones, Jesse, Jr., Lieut
Infantry
Lncey. Henry
Aviation
Marvin, Albert
Navy
Potter, Edward
Aviation
Shafer, Eloise,, .Departmental Clerk
Gordon, George
Aviation
Cohen, Benj
Infantry
Townsend, DeWitt
Navy
Townsend, Ray
Engineers
Sauerbrei, Merrill ..
Chemical
1919
Aaron, David J,
....Infantry
Black, Harold
Infantry
Cassavant, Theodore, Lieut..Infantry
Clute, Nicholas
, Infantry
Clutc, Vernon
Infantry
Gillett, Allan
Medical Corps
Chcssen, Isador
Infantry
Logan, Cassius
.Navy
Masson, Harry
Infantry
Puderbaugh, Ernest
Med. Corps
Sutherland, W. Earlc
Navy
1920
Goewey, Ezra W
Infantry
Long, Chester
Base Hospital
*Ludwig, Raymond
.Medical
Merchant, William
Navy
Ncad, William
Hospital Corps
Sherlock, Joseph
Navy
Walrath, Edgar
.Infantry
Hakes, Elton
Engineers
1921
Scliulte, John
Navy
were 100 per cent., and the students
nearly so.
In addition to these there have
been many other requests for funds.
Contributions have been made to the
Knights of Columbus and other organizations, besides many yearly subscriptions to the Red Cross.
Red Cross
The latter half of this semester has
in some classes been devoted almost
entirely to war work.
The members of the first year
Dressmaking Class have made twenty boys' suits, consisting of waist and
trousers, and the Freshman Sewing
Class, eight infants' layettes, each
consisting of-the following articles:
2 dresses
1 jacket
1 bonnet
3 flannel bands
3 flannel waists
3 muslin waists
3 shirts
2 pair bootees
1 blanket
* Deceased.
12 diapers
Many Students in Farm Service
The boys' suits and the infants' layThe following students have with- ettes
arc to be sent to the Belgian
drawn to enter Farm Service;
Relief. The Handwork Classes have
Abecl, Fanny L.
made
thirty-six pairs of socks for
Alden, Marguerite
the Red Cross.
Baker, Marion
Since March 18th, nine lessons
Baird, Mabel
have been given to a volunteer
Bartlett, Beatrice
group
of college students (not in the
Carson, Jno, R., Jr.
Home Economics Department) on
Ferguson, Arthur
the
following
subjects:
Force, Nelson J.
War Breads (including yeast
Frascr, Walter
breads and quickbrcads)
• Harty, Maud M.
Cakes and Cookies
Hicks, Eula B.
Desserts
Hill, Thco. W.
Meat Substitutes
Holmes, Florence
Candies
Hunt, Bculah
These lessons were given in the
Hunt, Grace
form of demonstrations by the
Hoffman, Louis G.
Senior girls in the advanced cookery
Krouner, Jacob
class who have made a special study
Laur, Mabel
of this work.
Lemka, Anna M,
Masson, Louis
An attempt has been made by the
Nicholson, Edwin
Department to assist the matrons who
Plusch, Fannie E.
arc feeding the college students to
Tcuscher, Helen H.
adjust themselves to the demands of
Wells, Lillian A.
the United States Food AdministraWilbur, James W.
tion. Miss Steele has given five
Wolf anger, Isabel
demonstrations to these women on
Wood, Henry L.
the following subjects:
Quickbreads
In addition to these, there is a
Desserts
college unit of the Land Army,
Salads
which leaves here June 18th, to take
Meat Substitutes
up farm work at the Shaker settleCanning and Drying
ment. The list of those going is not
Two general lectures have been
available at present.
given before the student body by
Financial Aid in the War
Miss Van Liew on the food situation.
The women of the faculty have
In a time of war not only energy
must be expended, but money must met once each week for Red Cross
be given. State College has been work. The following shows the reas unselfish in this service as in all sult of these-meetings;
others. The students and faculty
40 pairs of socks
have responded in a remarkable man23 sweaters
ner to every request for funds.
6 scarfs
6 pairs wristlets
The first call was for the Student
3 helmets'
Friendship Fund, to which all col4 pairs pajamas
leges were asked to contribute. The
Dean Pierce, with the assistance of
faculty and students may well be
proud of their record, since State faculty and students, has made and
donated one a fghan, and another is
College was the third on the list of
New York State colleges in amount nearing completion.
of contribution, although the enrollment of students is comparatively
MEN'S ATHLETICS
small, Counting faculty and students the sum in round figures of the
Continued from Page S
gift was $3,000,
Next came the three Liberty Loans,
Manager Sutherland deserves the
in which the faculty have been 100 praise of all. When he took up the
per cent. For the first loan the sum work where it had been dropped by
of $5,000 was collected, and for the Manager Dedicke he was forced to
other two $10,000 in each drive. The devote a great deal of his time to the
students have been splendid in their formation of a schedule. State Colresponse to demands for economy lege owes him a great deal for the
and sacrifice.
splendid work which he has done.
The War Chest drive for the city Handicapped by conditions at the
of Albany included State College, start, he nevertheless built up one of
although the majority of its students the best schedules we have had. His
do not claim Albany as their resi- business ability was reflected in the
dence, However, they together with manner in which he handled the
the factulty, contributed $2,800 for games and in which he took care of
the Chest, Once more the faculty visiting teams,
Page Seven
WHO'S WHO IN
ATHLETICS
BASKETBALL MAJOR "S "
Ben Cohen, '18
Little "Fitz," '19
Gerald Curtih, '19
Earl Sutherland, '19
Hugo Polt, '20
Ed Nicholson, '20
Martin Barry, '21
BASEBALL MINOR " S "
Wm. Pattinson, '18
Earl Sutherland, '19
Dewey Townsend, '18
Ed Spririgmann, '20
FOOTBALL MINOR " S "
Stanley E, Heason, '18
Manager
HOCKEY MINOR " S "
Van Lobdell, '20
Manager
ATHLETIC COUNCIL
Faculty
Adna Risley
President
Herbert M, Douglas
Clarence Hidley
Secretary & Treasurer
Arthur Maroney
Mr. Deevey
Dewey Townsend, '18
Earl Sutherland, '19
Ed Springman, '20
OFFICERS ELECT, 1918-19
Basketball Manager 1918-19
Van Lobdell, '20
Athletic Council
Gerald Curtin, '19
Van Lobdell, '20
Maurice Hathorne, '21
Class Managers
Louis Masson, '19
Ed Springmann, '20
Ralph Baker, '21
Captain of 1918-19 Varsity Basketball
Little "Fitz," '19
ALUMNI NOTES
1884—James M. Edsall is a district superintendent of schools in
New York City. He was one of
the principal speakers on Alumni
Day last year.
1886—John J. Dillon, whose
editorial work on the " Orange Co.
F a r m e r " and " The Rural New
Yorker" brought him into prominence, gained additional public
notice while he was Food Commissioner of New York City.
1886—Christina Lawson, after a
year's furlough spent in New York
State, has returned to the M. E,
Mission,
Talegoon,
Dabhada,
Poona District, India. She went
out to India as a missionary in
1893.
1686—Frank Talbot, of Gloversville, New York, is a county judge.
He was one of the principal speakers on Alumni Day last year.
1889—Thomas
E.
Finegan,
Deputy Commissioner of Education for the State of New York, is
at present acting Commissioner of
Education during the absence of
Dr. Finley, who is reorganizing
Red Cross work in Russia.
1893—Daniel Jordan is professor
of French at Columbia University,
NEWS, JUNE 15, 1918
Page Eight
Y. If. C. A.
Continued from Page 3
John H. Finley, Miss Clara B.
Springstecd (Assistant German Professor), Mrs. A. R. firubacher, Miss
Marion , Van Lieu (Professor of
Home Economics); Mrs. E. M.
Cameron, Mrs. J. Stinard, Miss E.
Garrison (Instructor in Domestic
Art), Mrs. Adam Walker and Miss
Cobb (Librarian).
The cabinet for next year will
prove, we hope, as efficient as last
year's.
President, Caroline Lipes; '19.
Vice-President, Gertrude Schermerhorn, '19.
Secretary, Ethel Rooney, '20.
Treasurer, Lois Knox, '19.
Annual Member, Harriet Church,
'19.
Committee Chairmen :
Social, Marion Gardner, '19.
Religious Meetings, Edith Morrison, '19.
Social Service, Marion Moore, '20.
Conference, Lyra Waterhotise, '19.
Association News, Elizabeth Archibald, '20.
Voluntary Study, Elsie Kennedy,
'20.
Missions, Eleanor Smith, '20.
Lunch Counter, Hazel Byers, '19.
CHEMISTRY CLUB
COLLEGE CLUB
The aim of the Chemistry Club
is to foster the spirit of chemical
research. All chemistry students,
more advanced than Chemistry I,
are eligible for membership and
such other students as present acceptable original papers on chemical subjects before the club.
Besides interesting and instructive programs the club has several
social functions during the year.
During '17-'18 there has been a
dance and initiation, picnic at
Devil's Den and a vaudeville show.
The following officers for the
coming year have been elected:
President, Gerturde Blair; Vicepresident, Marcella Ryan; Secretary, Mildred Button; Treasurer,
Howard Whitney; Librarian, Erma
Baldwin;
Reporter,
Dorothy
Bachellor; Counselor, Wm. G.
Kennedy.
The College Club is an organization open to the faculty and the
whole student body. The purpose
of the club is to keep in touch with
current events. The chief officers
for
1917-18 were:
President,
Christian Christensen, '18; VicePresident, Helen Fay, '19; Secretary, Margaret Shevlin, '18; for
1918-19: President, Margaret Flynn.
PROMETHEAN
Promethean is the one literary
society of State College. The
membership in it is open to all
students vouched for by two members of the society and elected by
majority vote. There is at present
an enrollment of about seventy.
Promethean holds a semi-annual
initiation, and annual banquet, beside the regular fortnightly literary
meetings, The aim of the society is
to promote literary and social culture
in the college by awakening interest
in music, literature; debate and dramatics. The officers were: First
semester, President, Margaret Shevlin '18; Vice-President, Josephine
Brown '19; Secretary, Lorna Austin
'18, and Treasurer, Margaret Flynn;
second semester: President, Violet
Downsborough '18; Vice-President,
Monica Cardiff; and Treasurer,
Caroline Lipes.
RED CROSS AUXILIARY
The college Red Cross Auxiliary
has completed a successful year.
Organized late in the fall, rapidly
gotten under way and loyally supported by faculty and students, it
has been doing work that the college may well be proud of. Every
Tuesday and Thursday afternoon
girls in Red Cross caps and aprons
have met in room B to make surgical dressings under the direction
of Mrs. Ronald Kinnear, Monday
and Wednesday evenings and
Monday afternoons the girls have
made
hospital
garments
and
clothes for Belgian children. Girls
who couldn't sew did their bit by
pulling bastings. Girls who neither
sewed nor made dressings did
knitting—in the corridors, on the
street, even in classes I
We already have gifts of $50
MUSIC CLUB
from the Dramatics Class and $5
from the Spanish club with which
to buy materials for next year.
The purpose of this club is exNow we need girls to use that plained by its name. Membership
material' every afternoon they can is open to all students who have
spare and work in the rooms in any talent, and who are willing to
Milne High School. If every wo- take part in the weekly Monday
man plans to do her bit next year afternoon programs. A number of
the Auxiliary will have a more exceptionally fine programs have
successful year than the past one been rendered during the year, and
has been and our boys will • feel many pleasant social events have
that the girls in State College are , been held under the auspices of the
backing up their work at the front. club.
Florence Stubbs, '20, was
president during the past year.
NEWMAN CLUB
One of the more recent organizations founded in State College is
Newman Club.
Like Newman
clubs and similar organizations in
other colleges, it was founded by
Catholic students, but its membership is not restricted. It was
organized to afford an opportunity
for social communication which
would also result in moral development. The club is continually
growing and the enrollment for
this year is about two hundred
members.
The officers for 1917-18 were:
' President, Margaret Shevlin '18.
Vice-president, Ailecn Russell
'19.
Secretary, Ethel McKenna '19.
Treasurer, Catherine Fitzgerald
'19.
Reporter, Eugenia Smith '20.
The officers for 1918-19 are:
President, Catherine Fitzgerald
'19,
Vice-president, Ethel McKenna
'19.
Secretary, Marjorie Finn '20.
Treasurer, Margaret Major '19,
MANDOLIN CLUB
A new branch of the musical activities of the college has recently
been formed, by the organization
of a College Mandolin Club. The
club expects to develop into one
which will favorably compare with
those of other colleges.
At present the members of the
club are:
Mandolins
Dorothy Mulholland
Elizabeth Archibold
William Sutherland
Gladys Kerr
Hazel Pearsall
DeWitt Townsend
Banjo-Mandolin
Marjorie Bryant
Violins
Katherine McGarrahan
Cecile Conklin
Accompanist
Lois Knox
CONSUMERS' LEAGUE
The Consumers' League is an
organization made up of the shopping public, devoted to the bettering of conditions under which
women and children live and work.
N. Y. S. C. T. assumed a portion
of this responsibility when the
" Consumers' League " was organized here, three years ago. Of
course the organization is still comparatively young, but this year's
officers, Elizabeth Fergeson. Caroline Lipes, Harriet Church and
Bertha West, have worked hard
to advance the work of our college league. Two representatives,
Arlien Beardsley, '19 and Caroline
Lipes, '19, were sent to the New
York convention this winter and
two more, Delia Ross Root, '19 and
Marjorie Edgerton, '20, will go to
Silver Bay this summer. We have
a great deal of confidence in the
officers elected for next year:
President, Arlien Beardsley, '19;
Vice-President, Lovisa Vedder, '20;
Secretary, Agnes Dennin, '19, and
Treasurer, Helen Fay, '19.
PRESS CLUB
The purpose of the Press Club
is to disseminate information and
news of the college throughout the
State and country. The President,
Ray Townsend '18, has gone into
military service. Doris Sweet '18 is
Secretary-Treasurer.
ART CLUB
An Art Club is to be started in
the fall, which anyone may join
who is interested in the appreciation of art and literature.
SPANISH CLUB
President, Beatrice Sullivan.
Vice-president, Katherine Chamberlainc.
Secretary, Helen Reitz.
Treasurer, Vera Matlin.
Reporter, Mary Carney.
FRENCH CLUB
The French Club was founded
by M. Simonin, assistant professor
of French. The purpose of the
club is to further fluency in French
speech, to teach an appreciation of
the French people, their art, customs, government and so forth.
Membership is open to all interested,
CANTERBURY CLUB
Canterbury Club was organized
at the beginning of the college year
with membership open to all
Episcopalians and those not affiliated with any other church,
The purpose of the club is to
further church interests among the
Episcopalians of State College and
to provide occasional instruction
and entertainment for its members.
The first year of Canterbury Club
has been a successful one and its
last meeting closed with the elec-
tion of the following officers for
next year:
Rev. Frank Creighton, Advisor.
Alfred Miller, President.
Dorothy Banner, Vice-president.
Bertha West, Secretary.
Mary Whish, Treasurer.
Elizabeth Makin, Reporter.
OMECRON NU
Omicron Nu is a national honorary society, organized for the promotion of home economics. Only
Juniors and Seniors who have attained a high standing in courses
leading to a college degree are
eligible. The promise of future
achievement after leaving college,
as indicated by the scholarship, personality and attitude of each student, during the college course, is
a determining factor in the election
to membership, The officers of the
Beta Chapter (State College), are:
President, Dorothy Bacheller, '19;
Vice-president, Cora Ann Steele;
Treasurer, Jeanette Reller, '19; Corresponding
Secretary,
Harriet
Church, '19; council, Edna Woodward, '19 and Bernice Bronner, '19,
SORORITIES AND FRATERNITIES
There are six sororities and three
fraternities organized in State College to fill the need for social intercourse among the students outside
of college work. Admission to
these organizations is allowed only
to those who have a satisfactory
average in their work, There are
five local sororities and one national; the fraternities are made up
of one local and two national.
Owing to the war the fraternity
houses have been temporarily given
up, but the majority of the sororities are located near college.
The sororities with the year of
organization, the president for next
year and the location of the house
are:
Delta Omega 1890—Edith Morrison, President, 826 Jay St.
Eta Phi 1896—Harriet Church,
President. '
Kappa Delta 1898—Dorothy Roberts, President, 116 North Allen
St.
Psi Gamma 1898—Ruth Patterson,
President, 124 South Lake Ave.
Kappa Nu 1915—Aileen Russell,
President, 193 Lancaster St,
Alpha Epsilon Phi-Eta Chapter
1917—Sophia Rosensweig, President.
The fraternities, which do not
disclose their officers, were organized as follows:
Sigma Nu Kappa, 1913.
Kappa Delta Rho—Gamma Chapter, 1915.
Kappa Nu—Theta Chapter, 1918.
ALUMNI NOTES
_ 1854—William Pierce Payne and
his wife, Adaline Brown Payne, of
Nevada, Iowa, alumni for 64 years,
visited the college May 16th. He
retired a year ago from the editorship of one of Nevada's local newspapers and, in company with his
wife, is making a tour of the East.
1866—Kate Stoneman, for many
years a member of the College
Faculty, is still living in Albany,
She was admitted to the Bar in
1886, being the first woman lawyer
in New York State. It was through
her efforts that the passage of a
bill was secured granting women
the right to practice law in the
State of New York.
STATE COLLEGE NEWS, JUNE 15, 1918
FACULTY CHANGES OF
THE YEAR
DEAN
HORNER
DR. HATHAWAY
MISS EDITH BODLEY
Dr. B. Cordelia Hathaway, welcomed as a resident physician in the
college, is a graduate of the Bellevue
Medical College of New York City.
She has had hospital experience in
the Albany City Hospital. The
Health Department of the college has
been successfully organized and has
proved invaluable to the student body.
Miss Edith W. Bodley retired from
active service as teacher, secretary
and registrar in the college to generations of students who found in
her a marvel of instant recognition
and sympathetic insight that is far
beyond the average person's power
of attainment. Never are we "a
student body " to her, but always distinct individuals. The children of
former students never had occasion
to feel that college was entirely a
strange place after meeting the registrar. Miss Bodley is " at home " to
all at 214 Jay street, Albany.
Dr. Harlan Hoyt Horner, who is
completing his first year as Dean,
came to us from the Examinations
and Inspections Division of the State
Education Department. His previous
work especially fitted him for the
work of Dean of State College. In
CLARENCE DEYO
his intimate relations with the student body he is contributing in a
Clarence J. Deyo, the financial secvery real way to the enrichment of
student life. He seems to understand retary of the college, came to us in
the student point of view and can July, 1917, with the opening of the
enter into student life with a spon- summer session. Students familiar
with the conditions in the office betaneity that is inspiring.
fore and since his coming can but
Dean Horner was born on a farm speak of his value in the highest
in southern Iowa on May 4, 1878. terms. Mr. Deyo is well fitted, both
His early education was received in by training and experience, for his
the public schools of Iowa. He was position. He is a graduate of the
later graduated from an Illinois high Ticonderoga High School and of the
school and from the University of Albany Business College in the deIllinois with the degree of A. B. partments of commerce, shorthand
in 1901. He was an instructor in and banking. Since that time he has
English in the University of Illi- served two years with the Beaver
nois for two years after graduation, River Lumber Co., two years with the
and then became secretary to the General Electric Co., nine years with
President of the University, then the the New York Central Railroad, and
late Dr. Andrew S. Draper, When has acted as secretary to the treasDr. Draper became New York State urer. Hon. Samuel B. Ward.
Commissioner of Education in 1904
Mr. Deyo's courtesy to students
Mr. Horner came with him to Albany as his secretary, and has been and his manifest interest in everyconnected with the State Education thing pertaining to student life made
Department for the last 13 years. him a valuable social as well as adHe was for a time Chief of the Ad- ministrative addition to the faculty.
ministration Division, and for the
last seven years has occupied the responsible position of Director of the
HARRY SMITH
Examinations and Inspections Division.- He has spoken and written
H. B. Smith, the former Director
widely upon educational topics, and
has had a unique and varied experi- of Practical Arts here, accepted an
ence in educational administration. appointment as Regional Agent unHe received the degree of M. A, der the Federal Administration Board
from the State College in 1915, and provided by the Smith-Hughes law.
spent the summer of 1916 in special His work consists in marshalling the
northeast and middle states under
study at Harvard University.
this law. He has been offered several
attractive educational positions since
entering this work, but has preferred <
to continue in the Federal service.
MISS EDNA AVERY
Miss Edna I. Avery, who has been
instructor in Domestic Art at State
College since 1913, resigned her position here in order to accept one in
the University of Cincinnati.
MISS AGNES FUTTERER
Miss Agnes E. Futterer, our new
instructor in English, is a graduate
of State College, the Sargent Dramatic School of Columbia University, and the American Academy of
Dramatic Art. The. results of her
extensively specialized preparation
are shown in the artistic success of
the plays that have been given by
the Dramatics Class. Every detail receives proper attention. This thorough study develops in the members
a high standard of critical appreciation of the plays given in the Albany
playhouse. These are tested by the
standard of life—how people really
express thought and feeling.
MISS MARY MCCLELLAND
Miss Mary A. McClelland resigned
after nearly fifty years of service to
the college. Her rare personality was
an effective inspiration to all who
were fortunate enough to know or
even to meet her.
JAMES ALEXANDER
James M. Alexander, a graduate
of the Williamson Trade School,
Philadelphia, came to us during the
past year. He has had valuable experience both as an instructor and
in practical work with machinery.
He also studied abroad as one of a
commission of twenty-five teachers
selected by the United States Government. He is now supervisor of
practice teaching of industrial subjects and instructor in the Industrial
Department.
MISS ALICE J E W E T T
Miss Alice L. Jcwett, the new
Registrar, is a graduate of Mount
Holyoke and of the New York State
Library School, She is efficiency personified, for she combines the exactness that accurate records demands
with sound business methods of procedure and a sympathetic, pleasing
personality that has won the admiration of the students and given her an
insight into the college affairs in an
incredibly short time. Those who
know her feel that she is one with us.
PAUL WEAVER
Paul W. Weaver, a graduate of
the Williamson Trade School near
Philadelphia, has had experience in
practical manufacturing and in teaching in the engineering department of
Haverford College, Pa. He comes
to the machine shop of our Industrial Department with ideas that will
be interestintr to the regular students
and to the Soldier School that will
beffin here this summer. He succeeds
William I. Randall, who accepted an
appointment as inspector with a gunpowder company in Wilmington,
Delaware,
EDWARD LONG
Edward Long, State College '17,
has been appointed instructor in the
Physics Department. His experience
includes that of principal at Saugerties and independent research work
that makes him a valuable addition
to the Faculty.
MISS JEANNE GRAY
Miss Jeanne M. Gray, for three
years instructor in physical education
here, has resigned to accept a position in the University of Wisconsin.
She has set a very high standard for
physical education for women. Her
great ability is recognized by the
university where she goes at a much
increased salary. Her successor has
not yet been appointed.
MISS JESSIE G. COLE
Miss Jessie G. Cole, a new instructor in Domestic Art, comes to us
from the Albany High School.
MISS MARY SMITH
ARTHUR MARONEY
Mr. Arthur C. Maroney, the new
instructor of physical education, took
the place of Mr. Claude H. Hubbard,
whose name is on the Honor Roll in
this issue. Mr. Maroney is a graduate of the Springfield, Massachusetts,
Y. M, C. A, and has had marked success here in both gymnasium work
and as an athletic coach.
Mary A, Smith, the new supervisor of practice teaching in ,the
H, E, Department, is a graduate of
the Colorado State College for
Teachers and has studied at Columbia University. She has had wide
experience as a teacher in the University of Porto Rico, the State University of Idaho, and as supervisor
of Domestic Arts in the State Department of Education of Wisconsin.
MISS E. LOUISE CARMODY
Miss Elizabeth Louise Carmody,
State College '16, our new instructor
in Chemistry, was added to the
Faculty because of the growth of the
Chemistry Department. Miss Carmody comes to us from the Imperial
Color Works of Glens Falls. This
plant is affiliated with the Imperial
Wall Paper Company of the same
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city. Her work was along the line
of developing Paranitramlinc reds
for use in wall paper and printing ink
trade. She was especially successful
in the development of metanitroparatoluidinc toners.
Wo may well be proud of the fact
that Miss Carmody originated the
formula for the bronze red now
manufactured by this company. It
is used in the better class of prints.
When rubbed in oil and printed it
has a decided bronzy overtone in a
deep bluish-red undertone.
ECHOES FROM GIRLS' ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
Continued from Page 5
honor and fair play.
She has
guided, often uncoiiciously, the
ideals and thoughts of "her"
girls. No success will be too good
for her, No success will "be beyond her power. In her new field
of work at the University of Wisconsin her friends in G. A. A. wish
her a success beyond her dreams.
The first hike of the season was
held Saturday, May 25. About
fifty girls under Miss Gray's chaperonage rode in a chartered bus
to the foot of the Indian Ladder
road in the Helderberg mountains.
Then they hiked to the top of the
mountain. Lunch over, the hikers
divided into groups, some seeking
flowers, some to go over the bear
trail, some to the cavern. A college custom was utilized by the
three upper classes when towards
six o'clock, a camp fire was needed.
The Freshman proved willing
workers and many toasted hot
dogs for the upper classmen. The
rain on the homeward trip did not
dampen the girls' spirits any. It
was a perfect day, and some declared they would never go on another hike unless rain was predicted,
COLLEGE TO TRAIN
SOLDIERS
Continued from Page 1
Cotighlin of the college faculty, will
teach the classes in Wood Shop,
Machine Shop and Plumbing. Mr.
Studler and an assistant will teach
the Auto Mechanics, and Mr. Frey,
of the Albany Vocational School,
with an assistant, will teach the Carpentry classes.
The feeding of the soldiers will
, be under the immediate supervision
of Miss Steele and Miss Wilson, assisted by several senior students of
the Home Economics Department.
Everyone concerned with the project
has been busy preparing for the coming of these soldiers, and their interest and energy is to be commended. An example of the energy
displayed is shown by the fact that
the tables on which the men will eat
were made in about six hours after
the lumber was delivered, through the
energetic efforts of Mr. Burke, Mr.
Alexander and the young men of the
Industrial Department. Special credit
is due Tobias '19, Skopp '20, Springmann '20, Hurst '20, Baker '21,
Barry '21, Robinson '21, Manville '21,
and Johnson '21.
The men will be housed in the
Albany High School gymnasium and
will be fed in the room here formerly
used as the domestic science kitchens,
The domestic science laundry has
been dismantled and a lunch room
kitchen is being, installed there.
There is a possibility that the government may want the college to
continue this training for the full
year at the expiration of this period.
State College is very proud of its
opportunity to be of service to the
government and looks forward with
much interest to the work of the
next two months,
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ALUMNI NOTES
1895—(Mrs.)
Harriet Burton
Laidlow is the vice-president of
the New York State Woman's
Suffrage Party.
1896—William H. Perry, is continuing his work, in the interests
of education, as superintendent of
schools at Leominster, Massachusetts.
1897—Charles
Stuart
Gager,
formerly a member of the State
College Faculty, and also of that
of the University of Missouri, is
at present director of the Museum
and Botanical Gardens in BrookJvn, N. Y.
1897—Charles T. MacFarlane,
formerly principal of the Normal
School at Brqckport, New York, is
comptroller and professor of geography at Teachers' College, Columbia University.
1898—Gertrude E. Hall, for several years ah inspector for the
State Board of Charities, Bureau of
Analysis and Investigation, is now
in the State House, Augusta,
Maine, engaged in the same line of
work.
1898—Junius L. Meriam, formerly a member of the State College
Faculty, is professor of elementary
education in the University of Missouri.
1900—William
B.
Aspinwall,
formerly a member of the State
College Faculty, for the past six
years has been principal of the
State Normal School at Worcester,
Massachusetts.
1900—William F. Howard Breeze
is superintendent of schools at
Stamford, Conn.
1900—Abbey Porter Leland is
director of the National Girl
Scouts with an office in New York
City.
1901—Mary Louise Russell is the
head of the Practice School in the
State Normal School, Geneseo,
N.Y.
1903—Edith D. Glen was elected
elementary superintendent of State
Sunday Schools in New Jersey,
November 14, 1917.
1904— C. Edward Jones is city
superintendent of schools at Albany, N. Y.
1911—Henrietta Fitch is assistant supervisor of the Vocation
Placement Department of the State
Employment Bureau at Albany,
N. Y,
1911—Daisy M. Andrus is clerk
to. the University Health Service
of the University of Michigan.
1912—Anna Boochever is head of
the Women's Department of the
State Employment Bureau, which
has its headquarters in Albany.
N. Y.
1914—Emily F. A. Hoag is assistant in the department of Rural
Sociology at the University of
Wisconsin.
1914—Naomi Howell s has charge
of Household Arts in the Brooklyn
Heights Seminary for Girls, Brooklyn, N. Y.
1914 and 1915—Eleanor M. Lobdell is professor of history and
Sociology at Piedmont College,
Demorest, Georgia.
STATE COLLEGE NEWS, JUNE 15, 1018
1914—Gerald S. Pratt is principal of the Prevocational School at
Bridgeport, "Conn., and assistant to
the superintendent of schools.
1915—Madge Bloodgood is occuoving a very important position,
during war times, as food agent
for the city of Albany, N. Y.
1915—Dorothy McCabe is officiating as Red Cross Dietitian for
Base Hospital 33, France.
1916—William C. Rogers, who
received his Master of Arts degree
from the college in 1916, formerly
connected with the State Education Department at Albany, is now
major in the Ordnance Department
at Washington, D. C.
1916—Harriet Tedford is occupying a clerical position in the War
Ordnance Building, Washington,
D, C.
BANNER RUSH
By Marion A. Beale, '20
L o n g ago there was a fresh class
In trie halls of alma mater,
Which so smartly and so kindly
Wished to start s o m e college spirit,
Never thinking, oh, t h o s e children,
That they were still y o u n g and
foolish.
Then it was they stole a banner
From the Sophs, a yellow banner;
Stole it, hid it, yelled and shouted:
" Look at us, oh, Sophs, and wonder
At our brain, our nerve, our sinew."
Then the council, wise and pow'rful,
Said the Frosh could keep the
banner
If by might they could defend it.
Said, oh, Frosh, get a committee,
And, oh, Sophs, you must do likewise.
So Lobdell and L. McMahon,
With two Frosh, Barry and Hathorne,
And with judges from the Seniors
All decided that the banner
Would be given to whichever
Class that could prove it was the
Nothing daunted, brave and fearless
On that May day of the battle.
Practise will be held in the
stronger.
Thus it happened that the Freshmen
Met the Sophs in deadly combat
On the campus near the building
Where both suffered in the daytime.
It was raining, cold and windy,
Sophs prepared to s h o w the Freshmen
That while cute and even cunning,
T h e y were not yet past their childhood.
In the air ten feet above them
Judges placed the flag of battle
From the windows all around them
Girls watched and cheered and
waited
Till the Freshmen clad in gym
suits.
Some with sneakers offered to
them
B y kind Miller in the locker
Came out and with glee of infants
Merged their hands in paint of
crimson.
All were there, even Tobias,
W h o w a s sucli a friend t o Freshmen
That he helped them, altruism
T h o unasked and unrewarded
H a s its own reward, ask Toby,
Just before the combat started,
Freshmen girlies, all excited,
Sans; aloud their chant of battle
" W h e n you're up, you're up," beginning
Touching, think not, gentle reader?
Then the Sophs charged, and the
Freshmen
Grappled with them, strove to
throw them,
On all sides the loving Sophomores
Held the Freshmen, whisp'ring to
them.
Gently chiding, g e n t l y saying,
" Calm yourselves, poor fittle> children."
For the first five or six minutes
Duets, trios both were practiced,
Men like Springmann, Merchant,
Hoffmann,
Bliss and Barry, ^ H o l m e s and
Storey
Met and held each other tightly.
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Sophs victorious, Freshmen saddened,
Wiser, sadder, meeker Freshmen,
Then the great victorious warriors
Streaked with all the paint from
battle,
Chanted loudly, chanted slowly
Rah—Rah—Ree—Rho— 1— 9—2—0.
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Of the fate of these poor Freshmen,
Thus it happens to all children
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Then of a sudden came the crisis,
Wilbur, lightly, quickly, springing
Grasped the flag, held it, gripped
Other S o p h s to his aid rallied,
And tho streaked with mud, and
tired,
The Frosh yelled and jumped, still
hoping
All is vain, for in six minutes
Of the thirty that were given,
Sophs had .proved their skill and
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