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The Signal, Vol. 67, No. 6 (November 21, 1952) v., . LIBRARY V IFEW J ERSEY J, 1 9S CTATE T EACHERS COL-J^ -12 TRENTON la STATE SIGNAL a fin TOL. L XVII, No. 6 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE AT TRENTON, NEW JERSEY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1952 's, bi. ok th GUEST ARTIST SEEKS HIDDEN ENVELOPE 1 ove Annual Thanksgiving Assembly To Be )n wa Dr. Helbig's Suite to Be Premiered Highlighted By Choir, Speech, Offering n thei ing t Composition To Be Included In Mr, Smith To Direct Choir In First Appearance; id col Trenton Symphony Program Dean Wicks Delivers Principal Address s mor direi Dr. Otto Helbig's original composi- direction of its new leader, Arthur oil. Trenton State's choir will present ;ion, "Pentagon," will be given its Smith, the choir will open the services duelle its initial program of the year at the world premiere by the Trenton Sym­ annual Thanksgiving assembly on with the selection expressing praise he ba phony Orchestra on Tuesday, Decem- to God, "Ersultate Deo," by Alessan- ring Tuesday, November 25. Under the jer 2. dro Scarlatti. ;e fun The orchestral suite is the result of President Roscoe West will read the Aft(;t Dr. Helbig's visit to the Pentagon Signal Editor Serves i ten President's Proclamation. Two other Building in Washington, D. C., during hymns for the Thanksgiving season, t. ;he war. It was then that the idea On Panel Over WTTM e Pirn "Now God Be Praised," by Mechoir ame to him for the first movement, Vulpius, and Johann Cruger's "Now to tl Marcia Levine, editor-in-chief of the 11and1U thoLA ugh he did not write the music Thank We All Our God," a number in le a un til three years later, the idea re­ SIGNAL, will be heard in a radio which the men's and women's voices 3d 1 broadcast over station WTTM, Tren­ mainined with him. have alternate solo parts until the end, ision. ton, on November 27, 1952. The pro­ As the name "Pentagon" suggests where eight-part harmony is brought whit t gram, "School Scoops," is broadcast he number five, there are various indi­ together to ring out their praises to ey pa every Thursday evening at 8:30 p. m. cations of that number throughout God, will be rendered by the choir. 'renl,t oth e suite. The opus is written in five Every week a student panel inter­ team movements and five-four time, and the views a prominent person. Students In addition to services of the assem­ rst movement has a five note theme from Trenton State Teachers College, bly, Theta Phi Sorority will present 1 agai which is played by the five string New Hope, Pennington, and Trenton its annual Thanksgiving offering. This st pla High School will form this week's gift will be a culmination of the groups of the orchestra. Dr. Polgar searches George Ball (right) by reading mind of Jack reco panel. group's drive in the college and the Isacson (center). —Photo by Coombe Igewa James Michener, author of "Tales surrounding community to provide a elects Citation Given T o of the South Pacific" and "Return to fund for the benefit of the children at ay an Paradise" will be the guest. The Lanning School. The money will be rd lin Dean Bertha Lawrence £)r# Polgar Proves Skill With Hot Seats, former social studies teacher culti­ used for baskets of food and also to 2 yard vated an interest in the South Pacific purchase other needed items. In this he Dr. Bertha Lawrence, Dean of In­ 'Penetrating' Glasses, New Johnny Ray during his naval career in the last offering members of the sorority will xt pla struction, was presented with the war. Through their questions, the present a pageant and one member eller Award for Distinguished Service to will narrate a poem entitled "Hymn By MARJIE FRISBIE panel hopes to unearth many inter­ frento Education" at the meetings of the for Thanksgiving Day," written by "Fake . fraud . humbug." in which the audience was interested esting facts about Mr. Michener's New Jersey Educational Association life. Shaemus O'Shell. Also, the choir will in Atlantic City on November 6 and 7. These are the adjectives most used to most, Dr. Polgar announced that he combine their efforts with the narra­ would like to hypnotize "a few mem­ Miss Levine will also interview 0 mat The citation which accompanied the describe the general run-of-the-mill tor and the members of the sorority. bers of the audience." The reaction Budd Schulburg, author of "What to kit award reads as follows: hypnotist or mind reader. But Dr. Franz Polgar, playing to a customarily was tremendous. (They probably Makes Sammy Run" and "The Dis­ Dr. Robert R. Wicks, Dean of Prince­ >all ai The New Jersey Education Associa­ ton University and author of the book, apathetic audience, made short work hoped to be hypnotized into passing enchanted" on January 1, 1953, on the e Trei tion presents this Award for Distin­ "The Reason for Diving," will again of proving the unfitness of these ad­ their quarter exams). Chivalry was same program. eir fin guished Service to Education to Dr. deliver the principal address. Bertha Lawrence in recognition of her jectives when used in reference to his forgotten as skeen-teen males edged 1 Stal Both the choir and the student outstanding contributions to educa­ powers. out the "weaker sex" and made a mad Basil Rathbone To Star ! losii audience will combine in singing "For tion in New Jersey over a long period From the outset, Dr. Polgar had an dash for the stage. Once seated in the "hot seat," the guinea pigs, in­ the Beauty of the Earth" by Kocher. time of years. Dr. Lawrence has rendered "alive" audience. Dr. West added In Theatrical Program cluding Miss Graham to represent the After the closing prayer, the choir . Ta conspicuous service to public educa­ impetus to audience empathy by timid faculty, gave their undivided will sing the traditional "Choral Bene­ to tl tion in our State as a teacher, as a subtly suggesting that Dr. Polgar find Will Include Anecdotes and Tales attention to the task at hand. diction" by Lutkin. rked teacher of teachers, and as a leader his check, to be hidden somewhere in Of Theatre In Lecture Holiday festivities will be continued Csik of her profession. Her tireless and the audience. After some "doubts," Dr. Polgar's success, extending even with the traditional Priscilla Proces­ and unselfish service to her profession, Dr. Polgar consented, and finally suc­ to members of the audience, was in­ Basil Rathbone, star of stage and sion later in the evening at the Inn. e Che her insistence on high standards of ceeded in locating the check. Or did credible. Any seat turned out to be Afti performance for herself and others, he? George Ball, in whose sock the too hot for Joan Libro, and Bill Marple screen, will present a lecture on "The Twenty-two years ago the first Pris­ Tre her inspiration for all who are fortu­ check in question was quietly repos­ mas made into a human match. Lou Magic of the Theater" Tuesday, De­ cilla Procession was held by a small cember 2, in Kendall. uey 1 nate to know her, and her eternal good ing, reports that Dr. Polgar took his Capelli tenderly rendered "The Little group of women living in the first Mr. Rathbone's program will include :>r nil will toward all people, have won for bill from Mr. Quimby instead. Said White Cloud That Cried" in true dormitories built here at Hillwood anecdotes and tales of the theater, t doff her the love, respect, and admiration George, "I wish he had kept it." Johnny Ray fashion. I understand Lakes. picke of educators and laymen alike." Getting down to the brass tacks that a brawl took place in Bliss Hall For the occasion the resident women to tl as a result of Lou's inability to be­ don facsimilies of the original dress ;ht el lieve that he had actually imitated of the Pilgrim, consisting of white score. Senior Secondary, Elementary Curricula Johnny Ray. aprons, fichus, caps, and cuffs worn Being interested in the personal over dark dresses. Assembling at u his Begin Practice Teaching Assignments reactions of several of the guinea Norsworthy and Allen dormitories the it, the pigs, I asked some of them just what women proceed to the Inn, where they it felt like to be hypnotized. entii Student teaching assignments of the Mary Faber, Trenton and Ewing Town­ form four lines in the social room. was senior secondary and elementary cur­ ship. Wayne Fuhrmann, Haddonfield. The reactions were varied, to say Carrying apples containing lighted d to ricula have been announced by the Clinton Fury, Trenton. Patricia Grice, the least. candles, the women file into the cafe­ time Education Office. The assignments Pennington. Roger Grigg, Hamilton Denise Sanders: It doesn't feel any teria. Here long tables are decorated with sprays of autumn flowers and rould-1 began on November 17 and will last Township. Edward Hochman, Bur­ way. the traditional Thanksgiving bounty until January 30, 1953. lington. Richard Kiel, Burlington. Miss Graham: I had a wonderful, Vomac of fruits and nuts. English-History Ann Mahar, Elizabeth. Rita Nearing, inexpensive snooze. gain Rose Calcerano, Atlantic City. Edna Atlantic City. Dorothy Sumners, ine hel Ina Lotter: I felt like I do when I Conover, Morris Plains. Alee Daven­ Trenton. of tl wake up in the morning. port, Trenton. Raelda Dyer, Ewing Elementary Gamma Sigma Sponsors nid-fiel Janet Fairweather: Numb.
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