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French Club Shows GEORGE WASHINGTON COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS Man’s Happiness is Relative, Depending on His Attitudes, Rapid Progress In Says Professor Zasnpien Play Project UNIQUE PICTURES Junior College Professor Discusses Pessimism IN BICENTENNIAL Rehearsals Being Held Under And Its Effects. COLLECTION Man is constantly branding life as The Direction of , sad or praising it as happy, scarcely Mrs. G. M. Cohen. realizing that happiness is relative, de­ « f î During his lifetime George Wash­ pending upon his attitude and his re­ ington escaped the ordeal of having to actions. His attitude is the reflection The French play rehearsals are pro­ pose before innumerable cameras every of his own inner light. His reac­ gressing under the direction of Mrs. j time he stepped out of his house, but tions, seemingly simple, are decisive G. M. Cohen. As is natural with any today hundreds of photographs are be­ and concur to make his life happy or foreign language play, there is con­ ing made of the First President. sad. Many things commonly called sad stant drill on pronunciation and ac­ The collection at present numbers are not so at all if properly considered. cent. Special emphasis is laid upon some 650 pictures. These pictures in­ On the other hand many things con­ the actions and movements of the clude portraits of Washington painted sidered “happy” often have merely a characters due to the fact that the from life by such famous artists as Gil­ favorable appearance and can even be rôles are extremely affected and for­ bert Stuart, Joseph Wright, John uncomfortable. ced, even to the point of being ridicu­ Trumbull, Adolf Wertmuller, Charles It saddens my soul to see a quiet lous. There has been no complete re-1 Willson, and Rembrandt Peale, and child or a dried fountain or an old hearsal, yet, but the first one is sche-| others. There are portraits by artists man running, because I expect to see a duled during Easter vacation. Miss I from many foreign countries including j child in perpetual motion, a fountain Julia Formichella acts as prompter. France, England, Italy, Germany, gushing forth cool water, and a man healthy and able. In Venice one eve­ As much work is being done by vari- j Sweden, and Denmark. In this collec­ Athletics At J. C. C. Chib And CoDege tion are included photographs of oil ning I shuddered as I missed the shim­ ous committee members as by some i mering reflection of a broken lamp up­ paintings, pen and ink drawings, pas­ of the cast, to make it a success. Elea- ! on the water in the canal below. Brok­ tels, water colors, a portrait done in nor Farrell and Chary Demarest have | Ball To Be Held en lamps are sad;, and life’s broken Are More Successful needle work, statuary and the famous charge of the tickets and programs. lamp is a soul without an ideal.. An Rembrandt Peale portrait painted or. Sara Magilnick is devoting consider­ ideal is the world whence a soul de- stone. able time to the question of costumes Under Coach White During Vacation i rives its fire and nourishment, where, and various incidentals connected with Hundreds of foreign artists have at it quenches its thirst, where it soars" the stage. There still remains a large some time or other tried their hand on freely and where it feels the true1 amount of work to be done, and the a portrait or bust of George Washing­ stamp of its birthright. above list does not in anyway exhaust Amherst's Loss. Is Our Gain. Exchange, Lions, And Unico ton. He has been an inspiration for PESSIMISM the details or workers involved. artists in every land. Another sorrow that I lament is Some minor changes have been made School Spirit Is Greatly Clubs Join With J.C.C. “ pessimism” . Is pessimism a reality? in the cast, but it remains for the UNIQUE PICTURES Yes. It is a bad cold, a headache, in­ greater part the same as originally Aided. For Social Affair. There is the famous Nollckens bust digestion or Spanish influenza. Pessi­ chosen. from England; the rare tapestry work mism is an external manifestation of ASSUMED NAME of Lyons, France; statuary from South an abnormal,’ internal condition. A Last year, under an almost mythical The faculty and student body are America; and porcelain work from rose shows its abundant vitality in the Moliere ( 1622-1873) f the greatest of coach, the college basketball teams looking forward with unusual interest China. An interesting and valuable rich display of its intense colors; a modern comic dramatists, author of faithfully attended the widely-scatter­ to the first annual Club and College portrait of Washington done on Chi­ man shows the normal condition..of, the play to be performed, was a Pari­ ed practices and gallantly accepted the Ball, to be held in the Stratfield Ball­ nese porcelain is now in the Metropo­ his soul by the smile on his lips or the sian by birth. His real name was Jean overwhelming defeats suffered in their room on Friday, April 1. With a fine litan Museum in New York City. Ar­ triumphant light of his eyes, even' Baptiste Poquelin. Molière was only few scheduled games. There was little spirit of generosity the Exchange, rangements are being made to secure a when surrounding conditions are dis­ a name assumed when he left his fath­ encouragement and no great amount Lions, and Unico Cubs are sponsoring photograph of this Oriental master­ mal and foreboding. Take away the er’s house. The latter held a commis­ of school spirit to serve as an incen­ the affair. sad. querulous voice of the pessimist piece. sion from King Louis XIII as a royal tive to these pioneer groups. But our Many of the alumni now at other and give me truth, glowing in clear- In the collection there are pictures upholsterer, and it seems that in later President promised us for the fall of institutions w'ho will be at home at j eyes! years, Molière used his father’s con­ 1932, an athletic director with the ■4his date for their Easter vacations of Washington in almost every walk of j It would be ridiculous to die of nections with the Crown to the best status of professor. will be in attendance; and it therefore (Continued on page 2) thirst at the brink of a clear spring, advantage. Molière was well educated, will take on the nature of a Reunion In September our first association would it not? Yet such is the case of ant) middle-age found him strolling Ball for the past and present students with Coach Henry White began. It the pessimist. He has decreed his among the provinces with a trained of the College. Several hundred couples was not long before he became affec­ own infelicity. He refuses to lower his company of comedians. Everywhere are expected to attend, with the affair tionately known to us all as “ Dad STUDENTS' SUMMARY cup to catch up the sparkling water; lie was received with enthusiasm. { to be made an annual one. Professor White. From the brief remarks he he refuses to stretch his hand to pluck White is chairman of the committee, OF COLLEGE WORK “Les Précieuses Ridicules” is no* | made npen oi r assembly platform we! the fragrant blossoms, and he refuses the only play of social satire, affecta­ which includes the following: to see the beauty and hope in God’s recognized that here was the man we I Member IS ANNOUNCED tion, insincerity, and hypocrisy, but it had needed:—sincere, direct, a doer) work. W orst of all, the pessimists Miss Mary Coughlin Altrusa Club is doubtless the best and most original, j ar(1 n ;t a mere proniiser, he proceed- around us seem to be young, robust Mrs. John Shallenbergcr The power of social satire Was first | to revclutunize our sport curricu- and sane. They are like the man who Business and Professional A summary o f the students’ judg revealed 'by Moliere in this forthcom- j gazes at an ink spot upon a white wall, Women’s Club ing French play and is to this day a ment of the degree of difficulty of -ntil he thinks the whole wall is black. Dr. Alden G. Newman Civitan Club common theme of ■comedies, an out­ Each Monday and Tuesday found class work as expressed in the recent By remaining in the dark they be­ growth of which is our nouveax the boys’ and girls’ hoop squads un- Mrs. Henry W . Hincks College Club questionnaire has been announced by come accustomed to it. dergein a strenuous werhout in the Rex Del aiotir Exchange Club President E. E. Cortright. riches.” SWEET OR SOUR Basick gymn'afijm. Meanwhile thi Fl'iott W . Cr.rtiss Exchange Club Both the de cree of difficulty and the The pessimist is an enemy unto him­ The play is to be given on or about Freshman her.lth classes had the ben Thomas Russell Kiwanis Club number of hours required to prepare self. Not only does he crush his own , April 30, and it will be interesting to efit of an enjoyable lecture course. 'chn W. Wheeler Lions Club assignments closely followed the nor­ inner vitality but he blasts everything view a seventeenth century interpre­ Flcyd F. Bid well Lions Club True, as far as sccres went, our de­ mal curve. r.round him. He is a hindrance to suc­ tation of an old-new theme. Quota Club feats were r.early ; s numerous as for­ Miss Agnes Mcrris cess. He is a funeral procession inter­ Rotrry Club The summary: merly, but it nu-st be emphasized that ' ibert S. Anders'-n o < n n o < o HI rupting a parade. How happy we are Ainrelp Antigrani Unico Club I ••* e • Mb the m ar-irr v 'r e by no means as dis­ M •• M a ni 3 ? a to rest our eyes upon the fg-ces of T.cuis Richards Unico Club o graceful. And it would most certainly M those joy-bringers and light-dispensers Tesse E. Beans University Club M» *>m e q u i p m e n t R E C E IV E D require rn old-time sorcerer to pro­ or who build a happy life out of the same Dr. Helen M. Scurr m duce brilliant court stars - from the material which a pessimist uses to cre­ Junior College Faculty 2 FROM NAVY YARD rather mediocre material the coach is Accounting — 1 6 3 12 ate a wretched one. Happiness and ‘Miss Helen Werner now forced to contend with. Biology and unhappiness, then, depend in great FOR LABORATORY , Junior College Class ’29 Botany -r 4 12 10 5 31 part upon ourselves. I may see purity, The closing of the basketball season Mr. Samuel Liskofsky Chemistry — 1 27 16 2 46 where you may see vileness. You may only serves to bring hurried confcr- Junior College Class ’30 Economic see ugliness where I see only beauty. The College has just received from | ences abcut swimming, tennis, base­ Miss Alma Nichols Geography -- - - 1 14 2 __ 17 You may interpret as egotism that the United States Navy Yard in New ball, and all the other activities. And Junior College Class ’31 Economics — 1 19 13 — 33 which another stamps as generosity. York a donation of unusual interest here once again,our thanks are due to M iss Dorothea Lyons English In your si^ht society may be suffering and value of machinery, equipment our Coach, for no longer need we un-1 Tunicr College Class ’32 (all classes) 6 13 78 21 3 121 the pains of childbirth; in another’s and tools. Application made by Presi­ dergo the terrors of that formidable Miss Theona Rothermel French 3 12 25 3 1 44 sight it has long fallen into a state of dent Cortright last Ocober to Rear- werd “eligibility.” Junior College Class ’33 Geometry, decay. When you see a funeral, re­ Professor Henry F. White, Chairman Admiral W. W. Phelps of the Third As that long anticipated graduation Descriptive 1 1 5 1 _ 8 member that somewhere a beautiful Junior College Faculty Naval District, was favorably acted day approaches, half regretfully we German 2 15 18 6 2 43 child is being -born. Although the pes­ upon. The machinery will be used arc forced to admit that the prospect Government, simist unfortunately bites into sour chieflly in connection with work in is not altogether pleasant. But before UTAH WILL ERECT STATUE American - 1 1 4 5 11 apples, yet sweet fruit does exist. the Physics Laboratory. It includes we become alumni may we use these W ord has been received that the Health 8 23 11 — — 42 In any event, pessimists ought to five motors, ranging from 1/6 to community columns to express our state of Utah is to erect a statue of History 1 2 27 24 10 64 study their physical condition. They 3/4 h. p.; one motor generator set sincere appreciation of what Coach George Washington on the Capitol Latin — 2 4 4 — 10 may need a physician. An optimist re­ of 1/2 lc. w., complete; ten ammeters White has accomplished for us, and grounds at Salt Lake City. This an­ Mathematics — 10 27 17 1 55 quires the fullness and vitality of hi* with varying graduated scales; one for The Junior College? We should nouncement is made by the Utah State Physics 1 3 14 13 2 33 five senses. Without them, he degen­ rheostat; five amplifiers; six trans­ also like to add our best wishes for Bicentennial Commission. Psychology — 4 23 16 3 40 erates into a pessimist. You may be formers; two hoists, one hydraulic the future and the hope that on our re­ The plan is to have each child in the Public strong, young and healthy apparently, jack, and two electric drills. turn visits we may be greeted by that schools, public and private, contribute Speaking 5 4 : . . . 9 hut if you are blase or brooding or a — The consignment was delivered on firm handclasp, friendly smile, and un­ 5 cents and each school teacher 25 Sociology ^ — 2 23 6 31 pessimist, there is something the mat­ ter with you. I have never seen youth the 16th and will be placed in use as derstanding personality. Perhaps that; cents. The proceeds will pay for the Spanish t 9 10 1 >• 22 rapidly as the needs of the laboratory I will be in 1950 when J.C.C. plays its statue and supply to each school a pessimistic, strength brooding, or in* dictate. 'annual football game with Yale! 1 rolfred portrait print of that subject. I Totals 23 110 348 160 37 678 ¡telligence blase. The men o f the four seas are ail Page T w o JUNIOR COLLEGE Thureday, Mwd> 24, 1982

S E (Ideas expressed in this and other special columns of the* “ Scribe” are not necessarily in accord with the edi­ V oi. IO. Bridgeport, Conn., Mardb 24, 1932:.. No. 3 torial policy.)

Greetings once again—proving that Editor-in-Chief—Gilbert M. Miller you can’t keep a poor man down Faculty Adviser-—-Professor Charles B. Goulding either. Seems as though the students get Business Manager—Emanuel Zimmer Literary Board absent-minded as well as professors. Arnold Olson. Alfred Moeller, Jay Kellogg, Recently, when Professor Herren in John Galvin, John Discepolo, Margaret emphasizing a point in his lecture Dunn, Mildred Simmindinger, Evelyn snapped his fingers rather loudly, a Bishop. Dorothea Lyons, Sylvia Zuckor. semi-conscious ivory roller in the back Business Board row shouted, “Seven.” Ira Frankcl, Katherine Dillon, Howard Was it Andy Draper who said, Bunnell. Prof. Hutchins—“ Sullivan, is trous­ “ Marriage is one institution of learn­ Published By the Students of The Junior College of Connecticut. ers singular or plural?" ing that removes a man’s bachelor de­ Sullivan (after much thought): Sin­ gree and never gives him a master’s gular at the top, and plural at the bot­ degree?” tom.” m. I wonder why the college library is Wonder how many casualties there THE DEARBORN RIOT usually between 40* and 60° Fahren will be if the Chinese and Japanese Sh* (?) (to one-armed driver)— heit? ever do declare war? In a recent riot during which a group of three thousand unem­ Lifshiz is doing a little (very little) “For goodness sake. Bill, use two I wonder what course will have the research work to find out how many ployed men and women attacked the Ford plant at Dearborn, four hands." greatest number of flunks this year? men were killed and over thirty-five were injured. Bill— ‘'Can't— ‘gotta’ drive with contestants there are in the pursuit of o n e ." .1 wonder who taught Kellogg to happiness. Uprisings of this type are not exactly novel in this country but read poetry with such an aesthetic We suggest life imprisonment for delicacy. Come now, Hutchy. Cop: “ Young man, you were going that student who suggests that the are generally carried out on a smaller scale. 1 he present state of un­ Kentucky bootleggers’ theme song is, employment throughout the country has of course done much to ag­ much too fast through this -town.” I wonder how many students can Moeller: “Well, I didn’t know how solve this puzzle and match the fol­ “When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain.” gravate conditions which seem to encourage such revolts. fast to go.” lowing correctly? Professor Everett says that they Cop: “ Didn’t you see the signs to What a senseless thing the whole affair proves itself to lie. Just “Some day you will want to take a feed the kids on cotton liquor oil down go by?” course in—” what was to be gained by resorting to animal tactics? A vivid and Moeller: “ I did go by them, didn’t in Georgia. “ Do I have to feed it to you, like a The fact that the Chinese no longer forceful protest against existing conditions i Perhaps it was intended baby, spoon by spoon, or do you peo­ wear pig-tails probably allows them to to register such a complaint. . ple think you’re old enough to dig it have some real hair-raising adven After Turney’s persistent reminding, out by yourselves?” tures at the present time. At any rate, the entire affair was little more than a disgraceful the students of the Spanish class This week’s prize for unusual merit ' should begin to know when a “ pun” “The end-brushes and dendrites get exhibition of barbarism. We are living in the twentieth century, and in cahoots at this yere point.” is awarded hereby and herewith to was reached. Professor Goulding for the way in we are living in a country where justice means justice to all parties I wonder if Jacoby is any relation to which he squelched Kellogg's at­ concerned. No group under any cause is to seek justice by attempt­ Wife—“ Dear, tomorrow is our tenth the author of “ He W ho Gets Slap­ ped?” tempted humor. It seems that Pete ing to take a situation under hand by main force. Who are these anniversary! Shall 1 kill the turkey?” up and says, “ I think the Lindbergh I wonder who waited for the) roll short-sighted people who are trying to revive the long discarded Hubby— No, let him live. He didn’t case was an inside job.” To which have anything to do with it.” call and then got up and walked out Prof. Goulding replies without a smile, principal that might makes right: of a Psych. Class to study for an Econ. “ No, I think they had a ladder.” Wanted: Someone who Can read Exam? ‘ Maybe Nyitray is continually airing Civil W ar poetry to join the American I wonder if Discepolo is a little stiff his views just to keep them from get­ history class. See Prof. Hutchins im­ from bowling? ting too mouldy. mediately; the need is urgent. I wonder if folks laughed when Bert Marsh says that the girl with F A I R P L A Y Smitty first sat down to play. the dreamy eyes is generally plenty There are two ways to play the game of life. Shall we take our “ Papa, what do you call a man who I wonder if Miss Zucker will some wide awake. drives an autòmobile?” day free the working man from the Press dispatch from Chicago says cards from the top or front the bottom of the deck ? “Well, that depends on how close he clutches of the Capitalists. that the burglar alarm in the office of comes to me.” the City Treasurer sounded acciden­ W e have all heard the old saying fhat it pays to'play fair. Some I wonder why Nyitray tried to get a tally a few days ago. Now then, excuse of us may doubt it while others of us may have proved it to be true. job in the Bridgeport Hospital when our curiosity, but why the burglar “ Shay, offisher, whersh the corner?” a certain young lady was confined alarm in such a place? Surely there must be some power which governs this difference. “ Why, you’re standing on it.” there. W hy the Communistic march on the “ *Snow wonder I couldn’t find it.” Some of us have played fair all our lives. There have doubtlessly I wonder if Gall thinks Miss Rother- Ford plant? Henry had caused plenty been many times when it would have been much easier to take “ the mell is “Theona” girl for him. o f broken arms in the days of the “Whersh my hat?” I wonder why Kellogg takes such model T, but why wait until now for easy way out." Having faith in the old adage, we have continued to " ’Son your head.” an interest in Miss— oh, now I've •revenge? play fair. In so doing we may have lost something which it seems “ ’Sfuny, 1 didn’t feel it.” Dunn it. For our own little “Believe It Or would have been very valuable to us. Perhaps the one who has not “ Well, ish-not a felt hat.” I wonder if Moeller thinks the Cam­ Not” we offer and are able to prove that one of the girls of J.C.C. gave a been “ on the level” has won what we have lost- Perhaps the other pus (pardon the exaggeration) is a testing ground. party recently and yet did not spoil it fellow seems to be winning everything even though he is most unfair Now they’re calling certain movie by forcing the guests to play bridge I wonder if “ Dot” Lyons has found actresses “ Suicide blonde s”—you all evening.’ in his methods. Although this does not seem to be just, it is often her dog yet. know, dyed by their own hands. It is suggested that the recent, only too evident. I wonder why Lalley doesn’t sing though not as yet fatal, epidemic of “ Home” . Considering all this is quite discouraging to the fellow who Miller—“ What are you going to be cutouts on the vehicles of J.C.C. was I wonder if it is true that Lalley caused by a long-suppressed desire for “ takes them from the top of the deck. ’ What is there then to make when you get out of college?” Olson—“ I’m going to 'be broke.” asked the “petite” young lady in self expression. this fellow stick to his way: Is he to be pitied? Miller—“ I’m going to be a little Steinert’s, “Have you ‘Kissed me in Well, so much for so much. Even broker.” the Moonlight’ ?’’ and then got the nonesense gets tiresome after a while. The answer does not lie very deep. Xo matter how unfair life answer, “ No it must have -been some may seem to the fellow who has done his best, there is a great and other clerk”. He—“ Do you think I can make her dominant self-satisfaction in knowing that he has played his part I wonder if the Jester column ought UNIQUE PICTURES happy?” to be tolerated. squarely. She—“ Well, she will always have IN BICENTENNIAL something to laugh at.” I wonder what Cravero will be sell­ ing next—those Princeton Beer Suits? COLLECTION I wonder/ficn^ Lalley knows all the Jazzbo—“ Please, Mr, Babbah, I’d police in the city so well he can say ZONE OR SINGLE DEFENSE? like a nickel’s worth of hair tonic.” to a sergeant, “ Hello yuh mug!” (Continued from page I) Barber—“ What in the world do you The five man defense, or zone defense, which has become rather life. He is shown as a young surveyor, want with a nickel's worth when it’ s as a farmer, as colonel of the Virginia popular with basketball teams in this section of the country has re­ selling for a dollar a pint? Want to militia, as a Mason, as Commander-in- restore the eyebrows of a flea?” WASHINGTON SOCIETY cently been attacked by the originator of this excellent winter sport. Chief of the Continental Armies and as Jazzbo — “Nossuh, nossuh. Wanta PUBLISHES BOOK President of the United States. There From the spectator’s point of view, this system of play greatly de­ fix mahl watch. It’s got a speck of are pictures of his wedding, of fox tracts from the interest and life of the game. One half of the basket­ dandruff in the hair spring.” A memorial book, celebrating the birth of George Washington and hunts, various battles in which he was ball floor becomes temporarily useless. As soon as one side gains pos­ memorializing his death, was pub­ engaged, his inaugural and many other session of the ball, the opposing side immediately rushes to its defen Frosh—“ Hey soph, when did they lished on February 22, 1932, by the important events in his life. Among the pictures are copies of sive position at its end of the floor. The ball may be exchanged a few install the barber shop? I wonder if Washington Society of Alexandria, an he gives close shaves.” organization formed in January, 1800, many Currier and Ives engravings. times on the possessor’s section of the floor, but all actual contact and Soph—“ I’ll say he does— I got a “ D” by friends and neighbors of the Gener These engravings are now very valu­ real play must take place in attempting to break through the five man in Economics.” al in his home town. ’ Entitled “Wash­ able due to the excellence of the work done by the craftsmen. A very inter­ defense. Actual play is thus restricted to a comparatively small area ington, First in the Hearts of His Countrymen,” the Volume is issued in esting lithograph of Washington in Poem Dedicated to Moeller’s Car recognition of the celebration of the Masonic regalia, its value as yet unde­ Again, with zone defence there are many periods of temporary in­ Moeller brags about his car, two hundredth anniversary of Wash­ termined, has recently been unearthed. activity. The possessors or the ball spend much time practically mo­ And most girls like it too. ington’s birth. The collection also includes portraits tionless while seeking an opening in the defense or while waiting for But oh, I have to laugh each time of Washington’s associates in the early I hear the horn’s “ M oo-M oo” . Included in the book are a number the defense to begin an attempt to recover the ball. history of this country— men like Jef­ of orations delivered on February 22 of ferson, Hamilton, Adams, Monroe, offi­ And so, many spectators join in the protest against the constant each year, by members of the Society cers of the Continental Army, and the Coughlin choking while eating an who had been personal friends of use of the five man defense. heroes from foreign lands, such as La­ apple: “Gee I swallowed a worm”. Washington. The first o f these addres­ fayette, Rochambeau, Von Steuben, Lee: “I’ll get you a glass of water.” ses was delivered in 1800 by Dr. Elisha Pulaski and Kosciuszko whose ser­ Coughlin: “Naw, let the sun-of-a- Cullen Dick, one of the physicians at­ vices proved so valuable to the Ameri­ gun walk down.” tending Washington in his last Qlness, cans in the Revolution. , ’’The name of American which belongs to you in your national and the last of these was made by Francis Scott Key in 1814. It is be­ COLLECTION GROWING capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than This gallery o f pictures, by the time A girl can be happy lieved that, these speeches will furnish it is completed at the end o f the Bicen­ any appellations derived from local discriminations. With slight In a classy coupé, an excellent source of material for fu­ tennial Celebration, will .be one of the shades of difference, you have the same religion, manners, habits, In a taxi she can be ture biographers of the First Presi­ most valuable collections of its kind V ery Jolly; * ^ • dent. and political principles. You have in a commotf cause fought and ever made. It wiH be turned over to But the girl worth while The boajt will limited to 1,799 the Federal Government to be preserv­ triumphed together^; |he independence and liberty you possess, are I s t h g Jfirl who can. smile copies, thip number representing thq ed for. (kiture reference and use by “ gminrsl i iiiimm«# i-i f fnttinuiti dangers,îrs, sdf- bring, her home M a s s Thoraday, March 24» 1932 JUNIOR COLLEGE SCRIBE Bowling League GIRL'S BASKETBALL TEAM HAD HEAVY Has Successful SCHEDULE

Season The basketball season for the girls of Junior College has closed after a fairly successful schedule. Games were Junior College played with Norwalk, Fairfield, West- W in port, Bethel, The Junior Guild of M e t c k From Bridgeport, and Storrs College. The Central High. team, coached by Mr. White, met every Monday and Tuesday afternoon at BasSick Junior High School for practice. The Bowling League came to a AUNT close on Wednesday, March it, 1932. Members of the team are: Marjorie The following week, Thursday, March Platt and Dorothy Lyons, forwards; MINNIE Wills Cather’s newest book “Shad-j 24, 1932, a banquet was held at the Florence Barorh center; Evelyn ows on the Rock” is decidedly a dis­ Y. M. C. A, to celebrate the success of Bishop, side center; Helen Powers and Dear Aunt Minnie: appointment. It is my contention that the tournament. A similar league will Helen Dikeman, guards. Other mem­ There’s a rather nice boy who’s] a novel should have a story, not nec'es. probably be established next year, in­ bers of the squad are: Chary Demar- keen- on me, but won’t take the initia-1 sarily a fast moving two-dimensional asmuch as the Freshmen as well as est, Ann Mills, Lillian Reilly, Betty tive. What to do? movie plot but .nevertheless a story in the “ Profs” have shown a great deal Kulcsar, Miriam Lustig, and Sylvie Odear.l which something happens. This may of interest in the league. In fact, Zucker. Direct him to the bone-yard; that’s| not be “ artistic'', but it is sound art. many of the members are of the opin- The letters will ,be awarded some­ where the. rest of the model 1”s are. “ Shadows On the Rock” unfortunately on that it should be continued time in June. is hardly a story. True, it is an au­ throughout the rest o f the year. Dear Minnie: thentic, finely written picture of a lit­ The Standing of the Teams What’s your advice about "blind I tle known American period, but this W L dates” ? alone does not make it a great novel, “Notre Dame” 20 — 13 DESIGN FOR NEW Ilikem. or even a good one. “ Harvard” 18 — 15 Simply this: don’ t see them. “Hatters Castle” by A. J. Cronin is “ Army” 15 — 18 QUARTER-DOLLAR a morbid, powerful study of an auto­ “ Yale” 15 — 18 Dear Auntie: cratic father’s dominance over his High Single BEING SELECTED How much respect have you for a children, written for the most part in Discepolo 132 girl who shamelessly admits she flirts? a strong, restrained style. A great Herman 126 Metoo. many critics rate it as the season’s High Team Single Selection of a design for the new A great deal more than I have for best. I do not think that myself, but “Notre Dame” 337 George Washington quarter-dollar to the one who won’t admit it. Trophy Headquarter» there is “no fight about it”. “ Yale” 479 be issued next year as a feature of the Bicentennial Celebration of Washing, Joel Sayre is a lusty fellow who High Three Strings Dear Aunt Minnie: ton’s birth, has reached the stage The DAVIS A HAWLEY Co. earns his living by writing—well, you “Notre Dame” 1425 I’m teaching a girt friend how to know the “New Yorker”. Neverthe­ “Harvard” 1399 where five models rave been chosen drive. How shall I make her keep her Main at John Sts. for further consideration by former less in “ Rackety Rax” he has unbur­ As a result of the bowling tourna ¿yes straight ahead? Secretary of the Treasury, Mellon. dened himslf of a rare satire on the ment. a Junior College Bowling Team Imanut football racket as run by a gangster has been selected. Recently the Junior These five designs have been re­ Paste a picture of Clark Gable on chief instead of an athletic director,— College team has been engaged in a turned to the sculptors who prepared the windshield. rare because it is effective without the two out of three series with the Cen­ them for restudy and retouching, and slightest suggestion of bitter taste, tral High School team for the city it is expected they will be sent back to Dear old girl: rare because the expansive Mr. Sayre championship. The results of the first the Treasury f o r reconsideration. He’s an electrician, and his manners has crammed his pages with countless match were as follows: Preparation of the die will take about shock the family. Huh? belly laughs without whacking the fine Central a month. X. Y. Z. edge of his wit into bluntness. If, in Canfield ...... 88 92 88— 268 Designs for the quarter were sub­ Watt’s the difference? He'll prob­ ably turn out to be just another short- spite of the depression, you are think- Marchese ...... 85 85 93— 263 mitted by ninety-nine artists, and from circuit anyway. I advise you to dis­ in of indulging your American privi­ Garamela ...... 99 109 109— 317 these models five were selected for connect. lege of buying one book a year, Mr Farrell ...... 110 98 HO— 318 further study. The sculptor whose de­ Sayre is at least as worthy of your Dooley ...... 94 105 113— 312 sign is chosen will be awarded $1,500. Auntie Darling: money as anyone. Details of the favored designs have Pa wants a spaniel. Ma wants a For those of a more serious turn of 476 489 523— 1478 not bees revealed, but it is known that Pekinese, and I want a police dog. Junior Collega the coin must bear on one side the mind I prescribe “Essays In Persua­ Decide. Discepolo ...... 95 102 132— 329 image of George Washington. Other sion”—by John Maynard Keynes, one Dotdash Turney ...... 107 96 103— 306 devices stipulated are the words “ In of the few practicing economists who Compromise and get a mongrel. yelled "low bridge” during the late Draper ...... 79 100 113— 292 God We Trust,” "E Pluribus Unum,” Herman ...... 84 101 93— 278 "United States of America,” “Quarter lamented prosperity. His book should AUNT MINNIE SAYS: Mansell ...... 95 111 112— 318 Dollar,” an eagle, and the date. be made compulsory reading for edi­ The Student Assembly Committee torial writers. This will be the first United States has the last word in all the discussions 460 510 553— 1523 If you are one of those fortunate coin of regular issue to bear the image —“ Yes, Sir.” High single—Discepolo 132. this besstifsl Spring souls who wend your way to Seabury of Washington. The final test of friendship is the Town over the week-end. I think Les­ sincere offer and the equally sincere weather we’re having. lie Howard, now on exhibition at the refusal to share a toothbrush. Bat when folks refer Broadhurst, is just gr-r-and, girls. The WEBSTER PREDICTED AMERICANS PLAN FOR The difference between a pessimist laymen and those who do not pay to to Mitchell’s Ice Cream CELEBRATION SAYS CHOSEN CELEBRATION and an optimist is that the pessimist see the shows, Le. critics, theater fire­ carries his own umbrella. While the and say “ IT’S DIF­ men, stage hands, and press agents, The State Department has communi­ COMMISSION cated a letter from John K. Davis optimist relies on borrowing one. FERENT”—Well, it IS are all agreed that “The Animal King- When you tan sit through a Euro­ -dom” is a very good piece of work. American Consul General at Seoul, Different! Chosen, regarding the participation of pean History class with an enraptured Philip Barry, the author, who I be­ The famous speech on the character face, it’s love. Americans in Korea in the Bicenten­ lieve, sits on the right hand of Eugene of Washington delivered by Daniel The presidential ring has the wish­ O ’Neill, comes out of a protracted bat­ Webster at a public dinner in the Na­ nial celebration of George Washington The Mitchell Dairy Co. ton’s birth. ing ring of Anderson fame beatamile. ting slump with this hit. Leslie How­ tion’s Capital commemorating the One Do you think there'll be a few hid­ An interesting suggestion is made by PHONE 4-3161 ard turns in an even better than usual1 Hundredth Anniversary of the First den slivers in the party platforms? Mr. Davis that a phonograph record performance. President’s Birth, has been printed in of President Hoover’s Washington What demented believer in psycho­ a pamphlet issued by the United States logical suggestion had a certain ther­ “ Face the Music” , Irving Berlin’s Birthday address be ¡made with the na­ George Washington Bicentennial mometer hung next to the steam pipe? latest, is a quite pointed spoofing of tional anthem played by the Marine Commission. In the forceful manner They ought to call them “ Barnum the vagaries of “Little Ol’.” It is even Band recorded on the other side of the for which the great orator is famous, and Bailey” busses— they carry so better than the “ Band W agon’, and, so record. It is believed that such a I’ve been told, quite superior to its the then Senator from Massachusetts many freaks. paid glowing tribute to the memory of record could be used to good advan­ E. G. GALLAGHER current rival of the same type, “ Of tage by Americans in distant places Thee I Sing”. Washington. Interestingly enough he concluded his eulogy by predicting the during the Bicentennial celebration. 1257 FAIRFIELD AVE. That old and hardened critic Mike Bicentennial Celebration soon to begin, Walnut seeds sent to Chosen have Anton assures me that “ The Blessed been planted, and the young trees will School Supplies in the following words: Event” has its good points. If you get be transplanted in special ceremonies stung don’t blame me. “A hundred years hence, other dis­ to the memory of George Washington. Fountain Pens BOSCH RADIOS ciples of Washington will celebrate his And now for what Mrs. Winchell’s Mr. Davis also suggested that the Bi­ unspeakable offspring Walter calls the birth, with no less of sincere admira­ centennial film of Washington’s life tion than we now commemorate it. Drawing Material Sales and Service “ flickers.” Unless you are one of those should be sent to his own district to be people who drop in at the fragrant When they shall meet as we now meet shown not only to Americans but na­ Tel. 3-5471 neighborhood theater, or in some to do themselves and him that honor, tives of that country as well. It is be­ so surely as they shall see the blue MATHEWS BROS. cases the “Op’ry House” and catch lieved that this would be of consider­ summits of his native mountains rise second-run "fillums” , my judgments able value in acquainting these people Stationers in the horizon, so surely as they shall won’t mean very much to you. with American customs and history. behold the river on whose banks he 39 CANNON ST. I strongly advise all fans of Mr. lived, and on whose banks he rests, Patronize Your Advertisers Arliss or of the layman statesman. still flowing on toward the . sea, so Will Rogers, to miss their latest ef­ surely may they see, as we now see LAST OFFICIAL DINNER forts. I had great difficulty in keeping the flag of the Union floating on the GIVEN BY WASHINGTON awake during “The Man Who Played top of the Capitol; and then, as now, On the 3rd of March, 1797, the last God,” and so apparently did Arliss, may the sun in his course visit no land who gives a very perfunctory perfor­ day of his official career, Washington more free, more happy, lovely, gave a farewell dinner to the foreign mance, nothing like his work in “ The than this our own country! Green Goddess” or the over-rated ministers and their wives, Mr. and Mrs. N ot H o w M uch John Adams, the President-elect, “Disraeli”. of Hollywood have renamed “Broken Thomas Jefferson, and other promin­ As for Will’s, “Business Before Plea­ Lullaby” does not have the appalling ent persons. sure,” it is in a word—rotten. It con­ force of “ All Quiet”, and is marred B ut H o w O ften “ During the dinner much hilarity sists chiefly in a 100% American busi­ by several "Cecil De Mille” touches; Successful thrift does not depend so much ness man’s (Mr. Rogers’ fooling gul­ yet on the whole it is an excellent prevailed,” says Bishop White, who was present. When the cloth was re­ on the amount you save as on regularity in lible natives with the wonders of civili­ piece of work. The acting of the prin­ moved, Washington filled his glass and zation. There is not a good gag in the cipals is better than the movie aver­ saving it. Steady progress is assured if you said: whole sorry affair, and after a while age, and Mr. Barrymore, as the old make a small deposit every week. one grows tired of watching Will’s doctor, gives one of the most gifted “ Ladies and Gentlemen: This is the somewhat humorous way of deliver­ performances I have ever been privi- last time I shall drink your health as a public man. I do it with sincerity, ing his lines. leged to watch. entrances eople s wishing you all possible happiness.” Bn DCEPORT- P ' Ferenc Molnar’s' keen comedy, “The As for the radio (“are ya listtnm ?”) Maw and St a t i The gayety of the company was Guardsman,” with Alfred Lunt and I still think the Mills Brothers are the SAVINGS BANK checked in an instant; all felt the im­ Streets Lynn Fontanne is the most civilized best in the popular vein. Also when portance of his leave-taking; Mrs. Lis­ picture to lighten pur hearts in a long, you stay home Friday evenings to pre. ton, the wife o f the British minister, long time. pare TfccttR turns f Tcconi* was so much affected- 'that ft ffti .citi...... f u » Four JUNIOR COLLEGE SCRIBE Thursday, Mardi 24, 1932

UNCLE Student Che D ITI. Read Company CITY SAVINGS BANK t i l E A t t 4 North East Corner of Main and Bank Sta. Activity BRIDGEPORT, CONN. IEZ Notes

Wall, I never did see no sense in | DIVIDENDS PAYABLE this here dancin', nohow. Mandy an’ In order to inform the students of her city feller wuntcd tew go, an’ they the work and activities of the Execu­ QUARTERLY took Mom an’ me with ’em. Not thet tive Council, it was recently voted to they wiinted us tew go, but just tew publish in the Scribe reports of all January 1, April 1, July 1, Oct. 1 make conversation they asked us, an' tew their sur-prize we up an’ con­ meetings. Thus it is hoped to estab­ sented. lish closer connections between the Resources Over $25,000,000 Mom an’ me, livin' on the farm Executive Council and the members of hardly never has a chanct tew see the Student Government Association. On Mondays Open All Day and things, so we thought we’d prob’ly The Executive Council has been have a dance er tew ourselves. But, by Evening Until 8 O ’CIock meeting regularly, its main business cracky, they don’t dew. the Square Dance, Tew Step, or Waltz no more. being order about the building. Sev­ Nope. Mom an' me couldn’t get a one. eral notices were given out which we Why, even the music was changed. It hope and believe were effective. Any Elat you Easter Dinner here where prices right. _ could, tew me, hardly be called “ mu­ success along this line is of course at- sic” . Enjoy Dancing with tributable to the student body itself, ARTIE MAYNO and His Canton Orchestra They had one feller what played on for only with the co-operation of every a long tin horn shaped like the pipe student can the student government gran’pa used tew smoke, an’ he blew I till I thought his eyes'd pop out. He achieve the goal which it has set for pro-duced the quarest noises I ever I itself. heard in all my born days—y'know Recently the attention of the Coun­ suthin' like the fisherman’s horn, on’y cil has been brought to the defacing of CANTON piercier. I think they calls the con­ Tel. 4-9673 founded con-traption a “sassyphone.” notices and furniture about the build­ C. H. WANG, Manager ing. It is hoped that with very little Then there wuz another one what 211 Fairfield Avenue Bridgeport, Conn. looked 'sif he'd been in an accydent. 1 urging the students will desist from felt sorry fer the poor feller, an’ I wuz any such destructive pastime. a-goin up tew see 'f I could help 'im, A committee consisting of Mr. Ol­ but my rheum’tifcheld me back. Some­ how er tother he’d got hisself wound son, Miss Lyons, and Mr. Miller was HENRY C. REID & SON up in a great, bi"; tin horn (bigger’n appointed to investigate the constitu­ Watches, Diamonds and Jewelry the sassyphone) but tew show he wuz tionally of the newly-formed Athletic Sweaters! game he kept a puffin’ on it jes’ the Association constitution. 1134 BROAD STREET BRIDGEPORT, CONN. same. !*£ ' * ‘ I The vi’lin player kept a jiggin’ up Skirts! an’ down. He'd play a spell an’ then put his instr’ment on the piann.y. an’ lU L L iN jump an’ prance an’ wave a stick at I MANY ADDRESSES ,the rest of urn. Then he’d make a wild I Blouses! CROWN STUDIO dash fer his vi'lin, play a few notes ARE MADE BY put it dowfi—an’ start all over agin!> He couldn’t be content nowhere fer J. G C. FACULTY MANGE anv len’th o' time. 1 should think the only $2 95 each Official School other players'd get nerv'us a-havin’ l him rushin’ round an' a-changin’ his | Feb. -Middletown High School 1229 MAIN STREET Photographers mind like a-that. Dean Wallace Skirts with higher waistlines, (Grand Floor» They had nuther feller there, tew. I Feb. 26- -Darien High School pleats, flares or the Garbo Stratfield Building guess they ordered a vi’lin tev big fer Professor Ballou Telephone 3-4207 ’im, ’cause he had tew stand up tew * .-if suspender skirt. Underwood - Royal - Remington play it. Why, ’twas bigger’n ’im. It Mar. 1—Central High School L. C. Smith jes’ shows yew how mustakes kin be Professor Zampiere IBlouses, tailored or feminine. Corona and All Portables made in orderin’, yessir. On’y las’ year Mar. 2—Warren Harding High School Ma ordered a right pretty-lookin’ pair| Special Rates to Teachers President Cortright Long, short or puffed sleeves. and Students Bridgeport Electric & o* shoes out o’ a catylog. an’ they ups Mar. 4—Stratford High School Sweaters with hand-made Radio C o . an’ sends ’er a pair o’ them there rol­ Typewriters for Rent ler skates. President Cortright look, surplice closing, loose SAMUEL LISKOFSKY, *S0 ! Mar. 9-—Meriden High School Easy Payments. The orchestry wuz all out o’ toone knit. Sales— RADIO— Service *cept the pianny player, an’ he had all j President Cortright he could dew tew keep with the rest ¡Mar. 10—Kiwanis Club SPORTS SHOP, THIRD NORGE REFRIGERATORS o’ the bunch. An’ sech squawkin! 1 Professor Zampiere Kleen-Heat Oil Burners FLOOR. Things’d be a-goin ’long nice an’ easy j Yfar 15—Civitan Club when all of a sudden someone gits the I ‘ W ir in g — Supplies — Appliances Professor Zampiere Zucker & Elstern wrong cue er turns tew pages ta once| 746 MADISON AVE. er sumtbin’ an’ starts tew play a diff- Mar. 8— Lions Club of Meriden HARDWARE runt toone intir’ly. But they wuz all Professor Zampiere T eL 4 -2 7 5 9 nice-mannered people, ’cause they per- Ma 10—-City Normal School PACKARD HOUSE FURNISHINGS tended not tew notice it. Professor Zampiere and Then they had what they calls a Mar. 10— Redding Men’s Club ’28 Studcbaker Sedan Limo___ ...$150.00 PAINT Lunch at the “ trap drummer.” He sat on a chair an* Professor Zampiere Essex Sedan (3 excellent tires).. _ $ 20.00 m had tew chop sticks an’ A big drum ’27 Bqick Coupe______—$175.00 Expert Locksmiths I Mar. 14— Northeast Convention of the STATE DINER with a little one hinged on top o’ it. | ’29 Buick Phaeton (Perfect)- -$650.00 Telephone 4-4067 He had a flattened-out tin pan an’ a Nurses’ Association of Connecti­ ELWOOD V SON, Prop, cut, at Meriden ' ’31 Buick Sedan, 5 pass. De 1259 STATE STREET lot o’ other disrep’tible things a-layin’ Luxe ______..$1150.00 1075 State St. ’round. He wuz everlastin’ bangin' Professor Zampiere Bridgeport, Conn. ’29 Chrysler Roadster *75- --$475.00 O ur m otto: ’em. First he’d wal.lop the big drum; Mar. 13— New England Association of ’29 Ford Coupe______— $ 200.00 then he’d slam the little one. Fer a Principals and Physical Directors “Clean and Good Food” ’29 Packard 626 Sedan______$700.00 surprize, he’d hit the mutylated pan of High Schools, at Stratford when yew least ’spected it. It wuz High School ’30 Packard 726 Sedan______$1050.00 Chase & Sanborn Coffee kind o' bad fer yer nerves at fust, but Professor Zampiere ’32 Packard 901 Sedan, Demo. $1950.00 Wheel Troubles? with I got so’s I’d sort o’ brace myself fer TERMS — TRADES Dewhirst Cream the shock ev’ry once in a wile. In the Let Ut Correct It For You. middle a “ W olf Trot’, as they calls look on ’is face ’sif he wuz a-walkin’ Drive in To-Day for it, he'd sort o’ despair at not bein’ the on air— while at the same time it’s her Bridgeport PACKARD FREE CHECK-UP W aterbary Danbury whole thing, an’ he’d get mad an’ feet. Other fellers look so happy, .an’ D ial 3- 711C make a great racket slammin’ every­ the girruls look ’sif everyone in their BRIDGEPORT MOTORS, INC, thin’ hit er miss. The fust few Jaimes I family had died, includin’ themselves. 1020 Fairfield Ave. 3-6171 W.C. STRESS J. J. KILEY thught he’d fallen through the drum When Ma an’ me wuz a-courtin’, er stuck his foot in it er suthin’ ; but I Wheel, Axle and Brafe Service they didn’t dew things that a-way. I Chimneys, Brick Steps, Flagstone there he wuz jes as safe as ever. I jes | 738 State Street don’t know ’xactly wether we missed Terraces, Dry Walls, Garden wunted tew tell yew ’bout the dancin’ anythin’ er not. Seems tew me we had Near P ark A t ...» an' I ain’t said a word yet. ‘ But better je s ’s much fun pullin’ lasses an’ crack­ Walks, Cobble Brick Fireplaces, late than ever,’ as they say. ‘ It’s a in’ nuts an’ dancin' “ Squares” , but Pointing of All Kinds, Plastering long worm what ain't got no turn. then again, I dunno— W hy, the way they dance is suthin’ 438 UNION AVENUE scand’lus! There ain’t no sense tew Bridgeport, Conn. the music, ’cause I guess they makes that up as they goes along. 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