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The Anchor (1939, Volume 11 Issue 01)

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Vol. XI, ::--Jo.1 PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1939 Price 10c

Repainted College Interior Barnard Practice Trustees Expected to Name Greets R i c_e_a_n_s__ T _o_d_a----=--y Assignments Made College Head in October Guide Editor Dean Lists New Students in Shower Repairs to Commence Preparatory Course Board Pays Honor ,Professor Brown President in October Until Appointment The list of students who will prac­ to Attainments Much discussed plans for altera­ tice at Henry Barnard School from The new President of R. I. C. E. tions in the physical aspect of Rhode September, 1939 to February , 1940 of Dr. Alger to take the place of Doctor John Island College of Education ha'Ve in preparation rfor spring state train­ Lincoln 1A1ger, ,who resigned in Aug­ finally been partially carried into ef­ irug assignments was made •known by Declaring that '"Doctor John Al­ ust, will not 1be named until Octo­ fect. The entire interior has been Dr. Clara Craig today. Sixty-five ger 's opinion on teacher training 1Was ber, it is expected in the executive painted; the roof has been complete­ undergraduates , 64 of them Juniors sought and recognized by leadin g ed­ offices now. Professor R obert M. ly repaired; and the shower room is and one Senior, will begin teaching ucators throughout the country and Brown, head of the geology and soon to be remodeled. at the laboratory school this month . that his accomplishments here in geography departments, and acting Rhode Island ,were envied iby educa­ Riceans retumjng to college today Elizalbeth Breaden is the memlber president of the Co llege in the inter­ tors in genera l," the College Board will be greeted by an almost dazzling of the Class of 1940. The Juniors im, is taking charge of all arrange­ of Trustees at the August 14 meeting sight. The interior of the building , listed are Emma ::vi. Ander son Le­ ments attending the opening of col­ paid tri1bute to Doctor John L. Alger , from 1basement to roof, has taken on ora A. Balkcom, Ellen E . Bliven, lege. who, July 17, on his own request, a new s'heen. The corridors and Banbara E. Blotcher, Ruth 'Bowen, The Board o•f, Trustees , in whose retired as President of !Rhode Island classroom ,walls and ceilings, long Margaret Briggs , Robert T. By- hands lies the selection of a succes­ J. College o,f Edu cation after 31 years disfigured bv dust and soot the au­ ron, Jo sephine Cala,bro, Margaret sor to Doctor Alger, will meet some­ as head of the institution. djtorium an

R. I. Educators Attend The Congress decided to continue Communication WQPAttrh,or to hold. such sessions in the future National Congress and in the meanwhile to keep the To the Editor: A· Digest of News and Lcttas Education for Democracy Urged lay organizations associated with the Since the content of this letter at Columbia Model Session Congress active in its work; to pro- may raise in the breasts of some of ---- vide suit a,ble material such as books the more impressionaible st uden ts of Published monthly by the students of Rhode Island Oollege of Education J\Iany Rhode Islanders attend- and films for teaching democracy, this College, the fire of righteous in­ at Providence, R. I. ed the epoch making "Cong ress on and to carry 011 necessary researches. dignation, I find it advisable to con­ Education for Democracy '' held at Dr. Hanley fotmd the Congress ceal my identity behind a convenient Vol. Xl Septem lber 1 _1, 1939 No. 1 Teachers Collegr, Columbia Univer- '"an ins,piring, informative and alto- nom de plume. Because no one will sity , August 15-17. Dr. James L. gether very helpful meeting. It give me a hearing, I am hoping that Editorial Hanley , Superintendent of Provi- stre ssed the vital importance of edu- through the pages of the Anchor I Editor-in-Chi ef dence Schools, Francis J. Brady of cation in democracy and provided may warn those more fortunate than Mary G. Munson the Providence School Committee, an opportunity for leaders in all myself. Alexander Stoddard, former Provi- walks of life to confer with educa- I did not like the World's Fair. Composition Editor Exchan ge Editor dence superintendent and now sup- tor s about their philosophy and prac- Very many people have atten

Popular Courses Re­ Journali sm :,Iis s Thompson Anchor Editors Ra ise Concert Director Children's Literature main on Elective List Staff Requ irement s Geography and Geology D e partment Astronomy Professor Brown Few New Ones Added A new plan for admitting interest-' Health Department ed students to the Anc hor staff and Few new electives have 1been added Fir st Aid and Safety Education a tightening of regu lations for sta ff 1o the list offered to students this Dr. Ross :nembers ha,·e ,been announced by the History D epartment editorial •board of the pub lication. year but the courses proving most Foreign Relation s of the United The enlargement of the point system popular last year have ,been largely States Professor Bassett in use in previo us years to include a retained. Some electives offered be­ Prnblems in Teach ing Hi story specification dealing with a minimum fore are being offered again by a Mr. Ethier amount of work is the main feature different instructor. Europe ( 1789- 1914) of the new plan, which will go into Two new electives to be present-ed Profe ssor Connor effect for pub lication of the regular by the Science Department are Mi­ Rhode Island H istory Mr. Ethirr October issue of the Anchor. croscopic Study of Living Things , Europe Since 1918 The new plan calls for every per­ and Ins ect Study. Th e Psycholo gy Professor Bassett son already on the staff to have Department offers Psychology oj Cultura l and Social Hi story of the published month ly at least one ar­ Personality. The only new courses United States Professor Connor in the Hist cry Department are Unit­ ticle which required little or no edit­ Mathematics Department ed States Hist ory and European H is­ in,g. Failure to meet this require­ Differential Calculus ment one month will mean suspen­ tory ~lectives offered by Professor Professor vVeber sion from the staff; for two months, Connor. i\Ir. Severino is listed to Trigonometry :-Ir. Underhill automatic dismissal. present a new course, Ever')'da)' Art. Modern Languages Department Apprenti ce workers on the Anchor Int egra ted courses in the Art and Oral French Miss Lou ghery must have pub lished at least three Lit erature of the R enaissance are to French Civilization I articles during the semester of pro­ be presented by Professor Don ovan French Culture Part I •bat ion to abtai n admittance to the JOHN B. ARCHER and :,Jr. Severino. As originally Professor Cavicchia regular staff. In the past, workers planned, students would be required Music Department were admitted at the editor's discre­ to take tboth courses but as it is Opera l\Iiss Th ornton tion after the trial semester. now offered, this is recommended ibut l\Iusic Appreciation l\Ir. Archer Fe stiv a l Ch orus Leader to Teach at R. I. C. E. The three-point system which gov­ not required. The two su1bjects are l\Iu sic Method s :-Iiss Thornt on erned staff members before this en­ listed as separate courses. P ublic Speaking Department :-Ir. J ohn B. Archer, well known vers ity of Michigan and A.l\I. from largement included the followin,g pro­ In the switch of instructors which Psychol ogy of Speech Correction in Rhode Island musical circles and Ha rvard University Mu sic School. visions: has taken place for some electives, Story Telling dire ctor of the Providence Festival He has lectured for Massachusetts 1- The deadline must be met. Mr. Arche r will give Music Ap,p-reci­ Deb a ting ( 1 hour ) Chorus, has been appointed consul- State University Extension Depart- 2-All staff meetings must ,be at - -ation, instead of Miss Thornton and Professor Patterson tended. lant in music on the college faculty. ment. /Before coming to Providen ce Mr. Ethier will offer Probl ems in Science D epar t ment Mr. Archer will give an elective in 1913, he was an or,ganist and T eaching H istory which was previ­ Advanced Biology l\Iiss Carlson 3-Assignments must be satisfac- course in l\Iusic A1ppreciation and choral director for seven years in ously ,given by Professor Bassett. Chemistry I Professor Lunt torily completed. will direct choral singing at chapel For t Wayne , IJ:ndiana. In 1923, he The entire list is as follows: Microscopic Study of Living ------and at the \\ "ednesday assemb ly, al- 011ganized the Providence Festival Thirugs Doctor Weston HANDBOOK though he will not have any regular Chorus of 300 voices, recognized as The Art D epartme n t Insect Study Miss Carlson Everyday Art Mr. Severino classes. one of the finest in New England Physics I Professor Lun t Continued from Prg e .'\ rt of the Renaissance ,A ,graduate of Williams College, and familiar to Rhode Islanders General S:::ienceI Professor Lunt copies in the Handbook when the l\Ir . Archer has received the advanc- thro ugh perfor mances in local con- Education Department Biology 1n Elementary Science , new Council drafts the by-laws. ed degrees of L.L.B . from the Uni- certs. chool Administration Doctor Weston The Student Coun~il committee, Professor Tuttle Psychology De partment appointed by Frank l\.IoCabe, last were envied by educators in general. ephine Sambor, was attended by The E n g lish D epartme n t Psychology of Personality year 's President , includes in addi­ "Pqobably the ,best testimony of the Dorothea Quinlan , Mildred Ha ire, Literature of the Renaissance Doctor Bird tion to i\l r. l\IcCabe , ex officio, estimate of his fellow educa tors was Jane T oye, Anne Carty, Mary Mc­ Professor Donovan Phychology of School Subjects Miss Quinlan , Jane Toye , Theodore recorded ,when Dr. ALger comipleted Elroy, and Anne Ro gers of the Class Classical Backgrounds of Li tera- Psychology of Testin ,g Uard, Wimam MoKenna, iRobE1rt twenty~five years as head of the of '40 and Genevieve Reilly , '3 7. ture l\iliss Thorpe Miss Walton McCam!brid,ge, and Mary Munson , teacher training institut ion in Rh ode The wedding ◊' f Miss Sambor to editoria l assistants. Island . The glowing tdbute paid l\Ir. Adam Laman ski took place July G raduate 's Account of South American Tr ip him at the lime has not dimmed , 1. After a weddin g trip to Kew DOCTOR ALGER and we,, the members of the Boa rd York, Mr. arid Mrs. Lamanski are Shatters Many Illusions of Tru stees, in accepting his resigna­ now residin g at 83 Oak Street , Ux­ tion wish to avail ourselves of this ,bridge , Mass. A large reception , at­ Not wishing to disrupt America 's the cruise ship, Mr. Liard was on Continued from Page l opport unity to pay our humble re­ tended •by Helen Minahan and Anah the sea a good part of the time but faithfully as the head o-f a great edu­ " Good ~ei,ghibor Policy " and admit­ spects for the fang years of service Banks Carroll, was given for the on his land -spent days , he never fail­ cational institution for thirty-one ting be saw only a limited part of the and for the record of achievement newly-married couple at Ux,bridge ed to 'be impressed by the easy­ years. attained. We sincerely thank Dr. Hall , July 22. vast continent , neverthele ss, The o­ going ha:bits of the nati ves. "They "In 1908 Dr. Alger came to Rh ode Alger for the splendid serviee rend­ Miss Tyring, who lived in Scitu­ dore Liard, '39, who spent a part sleep more than lhey do anything Island as the Principal of the Rhode ered and wish for him and Mrs . Al­ ate, was a former member of the of the summer on a cruise ship touch­ else and haste is unknown to them 1I sland Normal School. In 1920 the ger many years of happin ess remain­ class of 1941 during her freshman ing South American ports , paint s a except as somethin g only rather mad teacher-training institution was de­ ing in the golden years of retire ­ year but she transferred to Massa­ not altogether too rosy picture of Americans attempt. " He recalls pass­ veloped into the Rhode Island Col­ ment. " chusetts State while a Sophomore. the cont inent to the south. His tale ing, in the morning , a nati ve who lege of Edu cation and Dr. Alger as­ She was married to Mr. Douglas C. of bi trip is especially damaging to •was sittin g asleep outside a store . sumed its ,presidency, filling the posi­ Allen, a student at the University of the illusions o'f those who cherish The native remained in that position tion with distinction up lo the date 1 Students Desert College California. fond dreams of prodigal vegetation ; until nhght fall and as far as Mr. of his retirement. He came to Rh ode of inviting ha ciendas; and of Ameri­ Liard could make out, his only ac­ Island with a wealth of educational for Matrimony REPAIRS can engineers in sombreros and kha­ tivity during the enti re day was to experience . Havin g gradu ated from k i who spend all their time rush­ reach up for a 1banana around mid­ Brown University in 1890, he served Two member s of the Senior Cla_s, ing around to build brid ges over day . The main streets of the town as teacher in ,various high schools for Anah Banks and J osephine Sambor , Continued from Page gushing torrents and constructin g are like ghost cities durin g the siesta five years, then as superintenden t of and one former member of the Jun­ 'vVilliam Wood , Pawtucket contrac­ road leading u,p the Andes to the time. schools in Bennin gton, Vt., as county ior Class, Marjo rie Tyrirug, have is­ tor, was commissioned to paint the clouds. And fmally, Mr. Liard spoils the examiner for teachers in Vermont , as sued marriage announcements to building . The wor,k, which employ­ their friends. Miss Banks , iwho has T•be first illusion that Mr. Liard last remaining illusion. He brings Principa l of the Vermont Academy, ed 17 painters, was begun six weeks back reports that the natives :who and also as a memtber of the Vermont lbeen married since Labor Day , 1938, attacks is the theory that all of before the opening of the semester. South America is fertile. " Far from swim out to meet the liners at the State 1Board of Normal School Com­ made the event known at the close The general contractor for the repar­ it," be declares, "May:be Brazil is West Indian ports will no longer missioners. of college. The weddings of Mis s verdant lbut Venezuela, where I was, dive for a penny. T,he advantages "For the past 31 years, Dr. Al,ger Sambor and Miss Tyring took place ation of the roo·f was William Strauss. is practically a desert. " Because it of contact with their more "civilized" has given to education and to the this last summer. it difficult to raise foodstuffs, much neighbors has taught them that it's State of ,Rhod e Island most efficient Anah Banks was married in New APPRECIATION is imported and thus , expens ive. H e a nickel or more or nothing at all. service, unstinted ,by time or energy. York last year to :\fr . James Vincent recalls paying 15 cents for a Nest le's •·~o silvee, no divee." There will Under his personal and official guid­ Carroll, a graduate of Holy Cross The Anchor wishes to thank the bar and •was told that a Swiss cho­ someday lbe valuable copper mines ance the Rhode Island College of College in the class of 193 7. The office staff, Miss Aldrich, Miss colate bar was worth a dollar. "High ,buried under sea near the West Indies Education rose to a position of na­ couple are now making their home Baxt , .l\Iiss Overton , Mr. McGov­ wages are paid down there, but you because boatloads o,f tourists, roman­ tional importance . Dr. Alger's opin­ in Connecticut where Mr. Carroll is ern and Mr . Gomberg, for their have to be practica lly a millionaire tically deceived, have thrown many, ion on teacher training was sought employed by the Aladin Construc­ help in 1bringing out this issue; lo get a square meal, so a good salary many Lincoln Heads into the sea ·be­ and recognized by leading educators tion Company. A personal shower, also, Mary Stafford , '41, for her doesn 't mean much," he said. fore being rudely a:wakened by ex­ throughout the country and his ac­ given for Mrs. Carroll by Helen help in typing. As a musician in the orchestra of amples of avarice among the natives. complishments here in Rhode Island Minahan , Eileen Gearin, and Jo- 4 THE ANCHOR

COACH PLANS AMBITIOUS ATHLET IC PROGRAM Dramatic League (Classical pro­ duction) Gadabout DESPITE TEMPORARY EQUIPMENT HANDICAP Fre shman ,party to the Sophom ores Senior Informa l Don't look now- but here we are by Bob Byron erees for the contests, and to act Las t year the faculty also entered a April -Osca r and ,I back for another year Once more it app ears that those as a ,board of ar