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State College Ne%s VOL. IX No. 21

CITY WILL AID STATE

NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE FOR TEACHERS

ESTABLISHED BY THE CLASS OF 1918

ALBANY, N. Y. MARCH 20, 1925 $3.00 pef year

Help Promised In Dormitory Drive

fu order thai: Albany may have a | think there is no penalty for tmexciised

Attendance Record At State Improves

"The at tendance record last term is a noted improvement over the record of past years," Dr Brubacher told the student body in chapel last Fri­day, "Students , however, sometimes

chance to help in the Residence IIall Campaign, the city is going to have a campaign organization of its own. It will he asked to contribute $15(1,000 of the $-100,000 being sought in the effort. It is fell thai Albany will be willing to take part in the work be­cause of I be prestige that accrues from bavin- the Slate College here, anil because it is estimated that the college brings $1,0(10,000 annually to the city.

'I he committees that are being formed, and thai will have active-shares in (he campaign during the intensive period from May 15 to J u n e 8, are as follows: Publicity Commit- I tee, Lynn John Arnold, Jr., chairman; | School Cooperation Committee, I Jr. C. Edward Jones, chairman; Church Cooperation Committee, Dr. Roelif H, Brooks; Public Offices Committee, Dr, Frank I'. Craves; Public Utilities Committee, David II. Fleming; Mer­cantile Committee, Alfred J. Spor-borg; Citizens Committee, Elbert V. Mulleneaux; Manufacturers Commit­tee, Charles M. Stern, and Women ' s Committee, Mrs, Edmund N. I luyck.

The Church Cooperation Commit tee and the Public Offices Committee are already under way, and held meetings last Monday. The first of these plans to enlist the aid of the churches of the town not only to have announce­ments of the campaign and a p p c u s made from each church, but also to have financial solicitation in each church The Public Offices Commit­tee will canvas., the workers of the city, state, and Federal Governments ,

From March 20 to 28, conferences will be held in the seven divisions of alumni. Division 1 is Albany and vicinity; Division 2, Eastern New York from Greene County to Canada; Division 3, Eastern New York, from Greene County south, including Long Isiaud; Division 4, Southwestern New York along the Pennsylvania line; Division 5, Northern New York from Syracuse to the St. Lawrence River; Division 6, United States outside of New York Sta te ; and Division 7, foreign countries.

STATE'S T H I R T Y - F I F T H A N N I -' ^SARY MARCH 13

The . ly-lifth anniversary of the couvei.-iion of the Stale Normal School into the State Normal College was passed last Friday at State Col-

absences. Absences without proper excuse go through the year and make inevitable the result which follows al tint end of the year—the loss of credit hours count ing toward gradu­ation." Dr. Brubacher also spoke of I wo events scheduled for State College in the near future, One, the round table

I conference which will call together teachers, principals, and superiiiten-

: dents of twenty counties; tin' other, ! the presence of Mrs. Knapp, Secretary | of Stale, who will -peak on "Political

Activity in Relation to the Home." The freshman banner, guarded by

seventeen freshman fellows, was dis­played on the platform as an announce­ment to lln' sophomore class that the haiiner light was on.

The following amendment was voled on and passed by the student body: Resolved that the student body by-laws he amended to read:

"No student clubs will be allowed to exist longer than one year from the date of its organization, which date of organization shall be recorded with Myskania, without official recog­nition by the president of the college and by Myskania.

Officers of unrecognized clubs will not be credited with points under the point system.

Social Life As Seen By Student

There seems to he a general com­plaint that there is not enough social life al Stale. W h a t is meant by ' soc ia l l i fe"—parlies, dances, games? Taken for granted that by social life is meant such, there is a general com­plaint, that throughout the colleges of America, there is loo much social life. T h e public declares that the modern girl and boy go lo college lo play, to enjoy that "soc ia l life." Did not the president of Hamilton College declare that to be the opinion of the public? In comparison with other colleges, our mcinl life is less dazzling, Our social life consists of a few, large " g e t -t o g e t h e r s " ; they are high notes in

ur college year—the Get Wise Party, the Jun io r -Freshman Parly fur the freshmen, and other notable events for the upper classmen. W h o can complain of the Dramatics Class plays, our Inspiring lectures, and con­certs , and our games? Perhaps we do not have a social life I hat is fre­quency itself, hut one which is on a higher scale, as is our scholarship. W e arc nol grinds, however, and neither have we come to college io dance. W h a t means can be suggested lo make our college life ideal in a social way? The person who com­plains of the spirit as dull, is dull himself, for never has any social event been lacking in good fellowship, friendliness, and cheer. Social life at Sta te does not have lo be ex t reme; il is at its best now, when il neither distracts the scholarly mind, nor dis-ipates the frivolous one.

R O U N D T A B L E C O N F E R E N C E S , March 21, 1925, 10:00 A. M Depart-

Rooms ments Topics And. Admin­

istrat ion: ( I ) The Problem of Supervision (2l A Proposed Scheme for Rat ing

Regents Papers

Leaders

Dr. Avery W. Skinner Dr. Howard G. Burclge

250 uiglish

lege. On March 13, 1890, the state res • i l l ado pted

the trustees of the scl e a state normal colli

a resolution author-100I to or-

Dr. Brubacher staled that no spe­cial observances would Hi main date in the institution's history is its founding under a legislative act idopte M; 1844. ;ie Norma

School began functioning in Dccem-1844.

I l l Modern Lang­uages :

201 His tory :

100 Com­merce :

'01 Mathe­mat ics :

110 Lat in : 150 Phys ics :

251 Chemis­t ry:

200 Biology:

161 Home Eco-

211 Jun io r

My Uns< Teacher

ved Proh 0" English

Lan-Eastern Section Modern guage Association

Emphasis and Viewpoint in Teach­ing Modern History

Account ing for Secondary School Courses

Prof. I-I, W. Haslim.

Prof. R, W. Cr< Union College

Prof. A. W. Rislev

. A. Wilkes, Department

Education

Current Problems Algebra and Geometry

Methods and Objectives in Latin Symposium on Demonst ra t ions am

Exper iments Helpful to Student

r each ing Prof. H. Birchenough

Prof. I Prof. C. 1

W. Richardson Hale

Use of New Tests and Theor ies Problems from Field and Labora-

Prof. B. S. Brouson Prof. C. A. Woodard

Up-to-date Clothing Design Mrs '.velvn To be

High Junior High School Problems School

Luncheon Conference in the Coll' c: Rural Education, Speakers: Sena

Teachers College, Columbia

Charles E. Finch, Rochester

Cafeteria at 12:30 Ernest E. Cole, Assemhh

SOPHS LOSE TO FRQSH

Banner Rush, Seen By A Sophomore

Official action lo lorbid banner lights at college social functions in the future and to substitute some other time for th" battles is anticipated, as a result of the melee at the soiree Friday night when seventeen fresh­men raided the dance and slide the banner from six sophomores after a light in the middle of a crowd of col­lege girls and guests which brought out police reserves from the fifth pre­cinct.

College authorities, including Presi­dent Brubacher and Dean Pierce both of whom were al the dance, are re­ported opposed to a repetition of the row and next year il will he forbidden, it is believed.

More than I wo hundred persons in (•veiling clothes looked on as the fresh­men " rushed" north windows of the college gymnasium and piled in on the sophomores whom they outnum­bered three to one anil after a light that lasted ten minutes, tore the big green banner from the ceiling where I he sophomores hail placed it ten min­utes before.

Angered at the failure of their plan to intercept the banner as it was being brought to the dance, the yearlings threw caution lo the winds and soon after the sophomores had nailed it to the ceiling essayed the successful "gate crash."

In the midst of the melee of figures in evening and work clothes police rushed into the gymnasium and winched the light progress, interfering mly when they thought extreme vio­

lence was impending. During the row fuses controlling the hall's lights were removed and the room was thrown in­to darkness, under cover of which the invaders carried the banner to a win-I ;w and later in full light escaped with-i. One sophomore man pursued five

of the freshmen and tried to wrest the banner from them.

According to spectators, some .reshmen invaders did not discrimi­nate between police and sophomores and one of the hoys nearly succeeded in wrenching a night stick from a pa­trolman's hand. Police patrolled the building for Ihe remainder of the dance. The orcll stra, which was play­ing when the sortie was made, con­tinued for some time.

The at tack had been anticipated, but the s tudents of the smaller class had been unable to muster enough men to ward it off. The banner was brought into the building in a musi­cian's case and lay concealed in it for an hour before it w.is put up.

The rush was the culmination of a series of outbreaks Friday between the two micl'.-rcl.'i :ses. At noon following the demonstra t ion in Asseml Icul tool place

>\y, a vio-hetween

;ug factious in the men' locker room and about the same time indents mistook sorority banners for

Mi Hill Clli them.

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#taft QtiiU?ip Jfaroa Vol. IX March 20, 1925 No . 21

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

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

(Articles, manuscripts, etc., must be in the hands of the editors before Mon­day of the week of publication.)

Editor-in-Chief KATHLEEN E. F U R M A N , '25

Managing Editor HARRY S. GODFREY, '26

Business Manager R U T H BARTON, '25

Subscription Manager GWENDOLYN JONES, '25

Assistant Business Managers Lois MOORE, '25

ELISE BOWER, '25

Assistant Subscription Manager HELEN BARCLAY, '26

Associate Editors FLORENCE PLATNKR, '25

HELEN ELLIOTT, '26

JOYCE PERSONS, '26

MARGARET B E N J A M I N

Reporters SARA BARKLEY, '27 JULIA FAY, '27 KATHRYN ISLENIS, '27 A N N A ICOFF, '26

EDWIN V A N KLEECK, '27 LOUISE G U N N , '27

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ON KEEPING WELL Last week there came to the ears

(if Doctor Cronsdalc a rumor to the effect that an epidemic had broken out in college. The rumor did not specify what form the epidemic took, hut concerned itself with a more pleas­ant subject—the length of I he vaca­tion which woukl he forthcoming. Dr. Cronsdalc immediately thwarted all plans for a vacation, by the following s ta tement : " T h e r e is an epidemic of mild influenza about college. Tha t is no cause for alarm. It does mean we all need more fresh air. March represents (lie peak of long winter days spent indoors, and with our overcrowded condition, we are bound to suffer to some extent from faulty ventilation. The best way of avoiding influenzal colds is to spend every possible minute in the open air. ft is not advisable to spend much time in the locker rooms or in other parts of the building where many people are congregated in a small space. T h e first spring sunshine is here Let us wrap up well and go into the open. -If necessary let us take our books with us. If it is too cold to sit still in the open and study, let us become peripatetics and walk while we study."

STUDENT COMMENT There is a general opinion around

the college that the student comment page of our weekly paper is something to be labeled as "dry" and "Hot worth reading." ff this is true; if our weekly comment section docs not dis­cuss school problems which are vitally impor tant to college students , every college person should bear his share of the criticism. The student com­ment' page is yours to do with it as you wish. Contributions are willingly accepted, not only from members of the News staff but from any one who wishes io contribute.

ON THE BYRNE BILL The following plea for adoption of

the Byrne bill was published recently in Albany, over the signature of Ed­mund H . Crane, president of the stu­dent association and chairman of the s tudent legislative committee, support­ing the bill:

"The Byrne bill, now before the legislature to appropria te $250,000 for commencing work on the three build­ing addition to State College for Teachers, is one which should receive the support of every legislator. The fact that the college must expand im­mediately or continue in its present starvation condition has been proved by figures and opinions beyond ques­tion of doubt. The college is fifty per cent overcrowded, resort ing in some cases to antiquated methods of leaching because of lack of money for more faculty members and space for them to hold their classes; in other words, compelled to teach by methods, known to be pedagogical ly unsound, young men and women who, in turn, will fill the teaching positions in high schools everywhere in the state,

The stale alreay has seen the need of expansion, for it has granted $75,-000 for work on the foundations for the new buildings. Last year a hill to get the money for the buildings propel" failed because, it since has been stated, " the state could nol afford the money." This year that bill is up lor passage again in revised form. If the slate still is unable to afford the money the college must continue its work under influences which President A. K. Drubacher has described as petrifying' and 'deadening.'

S tudents at the University of South Dakota are asking whether it is more worthwhile to he crazy than to be learned, since they discovered that South Dakota has spent more for the care of its insane anil feeble-minded in the last forty years than for the maintenance of its two major insti­tutions of higher learning. Parents and teachers of New York state might ask if trees and horses are more worthwhile than public school chil­dren, for this state spends more on the forestry college and the veterinary medical college than it does for Slate College and the ten state normal schools combined,

T h e state intends to appropriate the money sometime. It is sound economy to do so now when the need j is very great . The land for the build- I iugs is purchased, the foundation money is assured. There should be no delay this year in voting the rest of the funds."

SOPHISTICATION One kind of person fascinates me :

the person whose simplicity and seem­ing naivete parodo.xcs, in. this day of sophistication, extraordinary knowl­edge and wisdom. Having, then, con­sciously recognized in that philosophy a goal of attainment, I have naturally wondered how college affects it. _

Everywhere the common criticism of the college graduate is " he knows too much." We pass it by lightly, telling ourselves individually that a proper perspective of the unat ta inable vastness of knowledge has given us a proper humility. W h a t we fail to see is our propensity to measure our­selves not with the immensity of the universe, but with the smallncss of our associates; and, finding our own abilities tip the balance, to puff up ourselves with pride. Tha t is my greatest criticism; we fail to main­tain an intellectual equilibrium by a high standard of comparison.

There is in this regard another fault found the world over, the fault of " a little knowledge.' ' The criti­cism is not applicable lo freshmen and sophomores alone that religion is— not vehemently denied as so great a subject deserves to be by those who oppose it—hut gently scorned. They have made some such important dis­covery as the improbability of Jonah ' s aquatic feat, and, with that for basis, contemptuously brand religion as a kind of illusionary fool's paradise, nec­essarily including in it such poor, credulous souls as Dante, Erasmus, and Milton. They read the " Everlasting Nay and Yea," as sonorous pieces of well written literature which the world has done well to preserve. It is not applicable to only freshmen and lophomorca that "loose conduct" is considered clever, a sign of worldly wisdom; that ignoring shabbily dressed people is a mark of gentility; that "Missouri" incredulity sets one apart from fools, incompetent.-;, and ignor-ainotises; that a little unsavory slander removes the relator from among the pious goody-goodies to tin; ranks of "those who know." Anyone, after merely a glance at his neighbors, can add to the list.

I do not intend lo set forth a moral, or phrase an exhortation, lint out­side (he leaching profession there may be a place m (he world for sophisti­cated people.

M. [?. !!., '26.

S Y M P A T H Y

Vnna T.

On Friday evening, March 27, a unique opportunity will be afforded to State to attend live big acts of superior vaudeville in combination with a one-act play. This program is presented by G. A. A.' for the bene­fit of the Dormitory Fund.

The offering comprises jazz, sorcery, fantasy, and drama. The latest col­legian song hits will he rendered by a trained band of ukelele performers,

lor many years. Her husband, who j The very newest Stale College jokes will he related bv Gertrude

S T A T E E X T E N D S

Funeral services for Mr Futtercr, mother of Miss Agnes E. Futtcrer, director of dramatics, who died early Saturday morning, were conducted Monday morn ing at the home 444 Clinton Avenue, Albany, and at St. Patr ick 's Roman Catholic Church. Mrs. Futterer had IK en ill

Vaudeville Will Be Staged by G. A. A.

March 27

died several years ago, was a teacher of music in the Albany schools. I Madeline Hold i;

The reading of "The Great Divide," | ^ram of modern irranged for Sat indefinitely by th Art Association. <

urday, was postponed j Acrobats are Dramatics and 'vaudevil le perfo

. Olds, m charge of a pro-song ami dance,

an essential part of a

is extended by the student hod ccrest sympathy j will be

rmance, and G. A. A.

Miss Mabellc Townsencl of Hi-. -. ster, New York,, spent the week-: r at the Alpha Delta Oinicron hm-., as the guest of her sister, \f;,rj Townsend, '27.

Eleanor Gamby, '22, visited coil, Tuesday, March 10.

Kappa Delta Rhp is thinking sen otisly of turning the fraternity ln.u> into a hospital. During the last > > weeks William Clarke, '27, LyL Roberts, '25, Francis Griffin, '28, am John Gainor, '26, have composed ih frat's quota at the Albany Hospiial while Gilbert Ganong, '28, and Kah>! HarHs, '27, recuperated at their hoi

Chi Sigma Theta welcomes pledge members Catherine O ' l . cu '26, and Gertrude Lynch, '26.

Alpha Delia Oinicron entertaii • . Professor and Mrs. VVoodard dinner on Wednesday evening, Main 11.

Miss Eleanor Gellrich oi I'mi keepsie, was the week-end gne-.i her sister, Louise Gellrich, '27, ai tin Alpha Delia Oinicron house.

Managing editor of a Sunday in • paper with a circulation running in live figures is the record of Jen. K. Walker, '25. Annoiiiiecineni .-. made this week by the publisher-the Sunday Telegram that Mr. Wall i will succeed the retiring nianae.in ,'ditor this week. The posi i- in most important editorial position on ',. paper.

The final result of Senior Class h i elections has been announced i-follows: Prophet. Mary Dris. . 11 Poet, Ruth Moore; Historian, Ed ill l l iggins; Testator, Kathleen luiriii.ni Councillor, Mary Bull.

Mathematicians from .Albany. Si <• ncctady, and Troy were in Alb.tm last Friday to hear Professor Sil. man of Dartmouth lecture on "In gent Series." Professor Si 1 \ < : • has made a special study of fiver:.''..: series. He is a friend of Docloi : Porte who is responsible for hi-pearanee here, Harvard being tin other college at present at which scheduled to lecture.

Among the casualties reported ; • , 7riday night is a much battered by President Rrubacher. W i n n i! lights went out, some girl found I a means of giving "broad" vent I" ' wrath. Since she is modest wi v. hold her name, hut she is a soph

All but the new seal stationers be sold at bargain prices nexl v. Lay in a supply for the remain.1

this year and next summer. Great bargains in Home Fcom

books also next week. Nothine r one dollar! Values up to tin-lars, so no Home Economics girl afford to neglect this opportunii

The rental list of books is o " ally growing. As excellent pre ' readi is suggested Don field Fisher's beautiful translan

exception. Bertha 7., Pap:

I he acuity of State Colic y and and Dorothy Hoyt will feat

'Utterer in her recent bereav lo Miss dividual tnnibl lire as in- !

,a» of th if Christ. \ i

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knowledge That the '25 " P e d "

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cast their a delightful fai Me.Vult.

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audience in | I heater-goer, Llewellyn Gill, I ' .asy, directed by Ruth ! Qninn. and Dorothy ' l lovi

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307 ir reserved

STATE COLLEGE NEWS, MARCH 20, 1925

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SUCCESS ASSURED Albany will be able to raise its $150,-

000 share of the Residence Hall fund, according to the belief of Charles Gib­son, vice chairman of the campaign committee. Mr. Gibson sailed for Europe Saturday, but will return to Albany before the campaign ends.

"I am certain," said Mr. Gibson, "that Albany will see its duty in this matter, and work and give for the erection of the Residence Hall. It has been a source oi continual regret to Albanians that the girls who are to be the teachers of the children of the coming generation in New York state should be subjected to the tribulations that await so many of them when they come here to attend college.

As I look over the calendar it seems to me there will be a continu­ous campaign in Albany from now till mid-June. But of all the objects none is more deserving than State College.

"] am told the Residence Hall will be both beautiful and useful, that it will be provided with every modern convenience of light, air, and comfort, All of these things should be at the disposal of these young women who come here as. guests of the state and of the city.

With Albany giving $150,000 or more, and the alumni adding $150,000 more to the $100,000 already raised for the $400,000 Residence Hall Building Fund, it should not be very long before wc can point with pride to another achievement in the Capitol District."

The church cooperation committee has been organized and conducted its first meeting Monday in the form of a dinner in the Fort Orange Club. The Rev. Dr. Roelif H. Brooks is chair­man. Assisting him are the Rev. Dr. William Herman Hopkins, the Rev. H. G. Hagaman, the Rev, Rich­ard E. Locke, the Rev. C. E, Frontz, the Rev. Charles S. Hager, Rabbi Mar-ius Ransom, the Very Rev. Charles C. VV. Carver and the Rev. David Lee Jamison.

The purpose of the committee is to obtain the active support and coopera­tion of all Albany churches and re­ligious societies.

Methods of procedure will be discussed and it is expected the committee will choose a Sunday during the intensive period of the cam­paign from May 15 to June 8, when the campaign may be announced in churches.

By unanimous agreement the board of directors of the Albany Chamber of Commerce, at its most recent meeting, approved the coming campaign.

The resolution said: Whereas, the New York State Col­

lege for Teachers has made an excel­lent record as one of the leading insti­tutions uf the east, and

Whereas, its alumni, over a period of years have been most influential in those movements tending to the growth and upbuilding of our various communities, and

Whereas, the college is both a_ cul­tural and business asset in providing free tuition and expending approxi­mately $1,000,000 yearly in Albany, and

Whereas, the alumni are now engaged in raisine i $400,000 Residence Hall Building Fund to construct a students' dormitory, so urgently needed prop­erly' to house girl students under favorable social and moral conditions.

Be it therefore resolved, that the Albany Chamber of Commerce heartily endorse and commend this movement to the public as a worthy object and express to the Residence Hall buildi-ing funds its desire and willingness to cooperate in every possible way to make the movement a signal success.

College Cullings pOOTBALL will be dropped as a

sport at State next fall. The Ath­letic Council has not acted on the question but the opinion of the col­lege's leading athletes is that con­tinuance of inlcr-scholastic football in September will be unwise. The need all along has been not for better men, but for more men so that two teams each with a string of substitutes can lie maintained. Without scrubs with whom to practice excellence is prac­tically impossible. In basketball where the squad is much smaller this is not so necessary. A longer court schedule and the beginning of basket­ball practice a month before the usual date will be possible if football is abandoned.

Basketball is the most popular sport here and has always proved the most successful, From the financial viewpoint it is less expensive than football.

Dormitory life in Whittier Hall, home of live hundred girl students of Columbia University is interestingly described by Miss Winifred Ctllbcrt-son, an alumna of Geneseo State Nor­mal School in the school's newspaper.

Her article says: "Getting acquainted with 500 girls

who live in one dormitory is facilitated by the seating arrangements in each of the ten dining rooms in Whittier Hall.

One gets acquainted with the mem­bers of one's own class by being seated first of all with seven others at table. After a brief period of acquaintance­ship, congenial groups organize "home tables" of eight. Each two weeks, however, a change is affected by lot. In this fashion each student spends two weeks at the "home table" and two weeks at other tables where she makes new contacts.

Whittier Hall is intended for wo­men students of the University under 24 years of age, although apparently some older students and some doing graduate work also gain admission. Comparatively few restrictions are placed on the social life of the stu­dents. They are required to sign a register when leaving and returning to the dormitory and for week-end absence must fill out a slip and inform the assistant welfare director. They may not be out in the evening later than 9:30 without asking permission or letting tneir destination be known. Specal arrangements have to be made for cominvr in late.

No definite rules respecting absence from or tardiness in arriving at classes seem to be in force, as it is expected that all students will voluntarily at­tend on account of their interest in the work which they are doing-

Students living in Whittier Hall pay $462 yearly for a single room, board, and a certain amount of laundry. The tuition amounts to about $250 a year. In addition to these fixed expenses there is a tax of one dollar a semester for the support of student activities.

These include an informal dance everv Friday afternoon, open to all on payment of a small fee, usually ten cents, and various club activities. Each major subject has its own club so that students are brought together on the basis of their common inter­ests. The clubs meet weekly for sup­pers and dances, and sometimes pre­sent programs in the Horace Mann auditorium."

Jul, Il'achler, who coached Stale College's basketball in the 1916-17 season and who now has the same position at Har­vard has brought his team out 7i ith eleven wins in thirteen names this year. The year he was here Slate trimmed A'. /'. /. and St. John's and held Colgate to a low score.

Education by hypnotism is a far-off possibility and not to be thought of seriously in the opinion of Dr. George A. S. Painter, professor of psychology and philosophy. Discussing the re­ported discovery of a method to hyp­notize students into winning Phi Beta Kappa keys for excellence in scholar­ship, Dr, Painter expressed doubt as to the practicability of the process,

The discovery is attributed to a graduate student in the psychology department of Harvard University, of which Dr. Painter is an alumnus,

"I do not take much stock in the strange stories of this kind which ap­pear periodically," Professor Painter •aid. "Ilynotism is so subtle a phe­nomena that we cannot say just what is possible but the idea of Inpiring greater scholastic zeal by use of it seems improbable."

CTATE COLLEGE is a million dollar asset for Albany yearly, according

to estimates of the Albany Chamber of Commerce. The group figures the col­lege spends this much money in the city each year. One million dollars is a sizeable item, even in Albany's balances. Between a quarter and a fifth of it is itate money that goes to the support of the college. The rest comes out of the students' pocket. One thousand students here nine months plus eight hundred summer session students here six weeks spend $750,000, the figures would indi­cate. All this should make interesting reading to advertisers in college publi­cations. The college has been here eighty years, The first year it spent le s than $50,000. The cost has been I'oing up ever since. Since 1917 the liidcit budget has gone from $4,000 to

$11,000, If someone could estimate the gold which has been collected from all vcr the state and circulated in Albany broiigh the papa-student-slorekeeper

route, the aggregate would be tremend­ous.

Next year the cost of opera­tion ivill go up $30,000. Add to that the probable proportionate increase in student spendbigs, $75,000 for foundations for three new buildings, $250,000 more for the first third of the work on them, $400,000 more for a dormitory, and the total will be nearly two million dollars.

4. Page Three

VARSITY TO PLAY R. P. I. A change in the varsity baseball

schedule substituting a regular game with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for the practice contest originally an­nounced has been made by Harry Rude, manager. The game will be played May 30 at Troy.

——-The Rush As Seen

By'4 IffesShman At approximately/, H):LX,oif Llhe

evening oi Friday tlfe thictexyitn of March, thirteen male menibcfsyof vjjic class of '28 wrested a green* and vymjtc banner from the masculine portion fjft the sophomore class which was prcs*r v cut, three policemen, and two janitors! '^'//t

After all other business of chapel //•' was over, on the "hoodoo" day, '28 F*% Haun ted its s h i n i n g b a n n e r of y e l l o w and white in the faces of '27, and dared them to "try and get it." The men of '28 then followed up a trail which they thought might lead to the highly-coveted sophomore banner, but found, when on their way to Sche­nectady, that it was only a sorority banner that they had found." They returned it in due time. Later, with a little persuasion not wholly lingual, '28 devested '27 of its coats for a mat­ter of a mere couple of hours; at the end of that time the garments were returned, having been replaced in the interim by overcoats and the like. The next event of the day deserves a new paragraph.

"Gangway!" '28 was "rushing" the gym! Not more than thirteen sec­onds had elapsed before thirteen of the men of '28 had shot through a window of the gym, down the stairs, and onto the floor, Immediately, policemen's clubs began to land none too softly on the apparently undesired freshmen, to which fact many of them can bear witness. A hammer flashed threateningly in mid-air; '27 tried to stand its ground; janitors endeavored to throw out some of the freshmen; but most of the defense was of little avail. In this corner, one sturdy freshman all but pulled a night stick from the hands of one of the reserves from the Filth precinct, Here, a group of freshmen tried to raise a ladder in order to tear down the prize. There, another one leaped from four to live feet straight into the air toward the banner, and barely missed it. Mean­while. '28, '27, policemen, and jani­tors formed the best melee that Slate College has seen in years, with the women of the sophomore class, their partners, and others as witnesses of the fracas. Finally, three freshmen pushed an iron and leather gym "horse," with lightning speed, to a position directly under the banner. Immediately the sophs tried to push it back from where it came, but—a summer breeze against Gibraltar! Now one daring freshman took a fly­ing leap over the backs of the near­est sophs, paused during a split sec­ond on the "horse," leaped again toward the banner,, and crashed to the floor with the quarry in his hand! Then followed blackness in the en­tire gym while another freshman threw the switch that plunged the place into darkness.

During the "lost" feeling which en­sued, '28 dragged the prize to a win­dow at the south side of the building and, after making a few attempts to pass one end of it up to one of their members at the top of the exercising bars, succeeded. During the struggle around the window, several more blows were indicted on the freshmen's arms and heads by the clubs of the •policemen, who were supposed to in­terfere "only to break up the hand-to-hand fighting."

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Y. W. TO MEET TUESDAY Miss Craclclock's talk upon the

Traveler's Aid last Tuesday was of particular interest to Y. VV. in that It stressed the social service aspect of the work. Many services rendered, although they seem small, mean a lufrcat deal to those who receive them, she said. It is doubtful just what Miss Craddock calls a small service, for most of her stories of assistance involved what woidd generally be termed hard work.

Next Tuesday, Y, VV. will hear the Rev, Mr. Marry Swan, director of young peoples' work, and of religious education of the Fourth Presbyterian Church,

H. E. TO ENTERTAIN Following the assembly on March

20 when Mrs, Knapp speaks to the student body, she will be entertained in the Home Economics Department for luncheon. I Jr. and Mrs. Bru-bacher, Dean ami Mrs. Metzler, and the staff of the Home Economics De­partment will have luncheon in (he family dining room, The meal will lie prepared and served by the students in the Meal Planning and Table Service course.

At the Home Economics meeting lo be held on March 21, Mrs. Evelyn Smith Tobey from Teachers College, Columbia University, will give a demonstration in millinery. She has given as her subject, "New Hats, How to Make and Wear Them." Seniors and juniors of the department have been invited to see tiiis demonstration together with (he visiting teachers from this neighborhood,

pmicron Nti is taking the respon­sibility of looking after details regard­ing the preparation of the room and reception of guests.

SPANISH CARNIVAL At the meeting of Spanish Club,

Wednesday, March 11, plans were dis­cussed and committees appointed for the Spanish Carnival, which will be held May 8. The committees are: Advertising, Edna Fit/.patrick, chair­man, Sady Grecnwalcl, Elrna Bird, Mildred Hubert, Sara Barklcy; Din­ner, Kathleen Malone, chairman, Clara Deltte, Louise Denison; Decorations and costumes, Muriel Wcnzel, chair­man, Sady Greenwaid, Anne Stclcliu-get-, Margarclta Emytll, Evelyn Daw­son; Flowers and Balloons, Ruth Mc-Nutt, chairman, Esther Milnes, Helen Barber; Entertainment, Mary O'Hnrc, chairman, Mildred Whitcgiver, Helen Cornell, Blanche/ Merry, Sadie Nail-inoff, Mary Leary.

COMMERCE CLUB There will be an important regular

business meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Club at 4:00 o'clock Wed­nesday, March 25. The entertainment committee promises a treat, Come and add one per cent to the attendance,

STUDENTS WILL AID Students were asked Friday by Dr.

(Irubaeher, to aid in entertaining the faculties of high schools in nineteen counties in and near the Capitol Dis-'Hcl who will be in .Albany tomorrow for the first annual round table con-firence under Slate College auspices, There are students from all the coun­ties sending representatives enrolled at the college.

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CALENDAR Friday, March 20

7:'30-10:.1() I'. M, Mathematics Club Initiation—Gym,

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4:00 P. M, Spanish Club—Room 103,

Thursday, March 26 Canterbury Club.

THIRD QUARTERLY COMMUN­ION

The committee fbr the third Quar­terly Communion of Newman Club includes Eleanor Fitzgerald, chairman; Joanne Grady, Helen Zimmerman, Helen Barber, Ethel Curley, and Mary O'llare, The date for the Com­munion announced as set for Sunday, March 29, has been changed. Definite arrangements regarding the dale scheduled and the program for the morning, will be completed next week and anonneed on Friday, March 27, At that time, opportunity will be given for Newman Club members lo sign up on the bulletin board.

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NEWS PINS SELECTED The design for the new pins for

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