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The Anchor (1940, Volume 11 Issue 05)
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Vol. XI, No. S ~ ~~ PROVIDENCE,RHODE ISLAND, THURSDAY,JANUARY 25, 1940 Price 10c Anne Rogers to Be Educators Honor Training Dept. Gala Occasion Promised This Editor - in - Chief New President on Assigns 71 of The Anchor Two Occasions to Schools Evening at Junior Promenade
.Sixteen Apprentices Accepte d .LJJ.1n .:·nn er 1F , o no ,ws F orm a I I n duc ti.o n Students Assume Duties Monday Schedule Changes Snowball and Balloon To Take Effect Dances to Be Featured Beginning with the formal induc NEW EDITOR State Train ing assignments affect tion of President Whipple and dos Next Semester "Band of Tomorrow" at Biltmore ing 71 st udents of the College were ing with a testimonial dinner at the Narragansett Hotel, a new page was ann~ unced '~y Miss Mary L~ at a I Several changes in the s'chedul,e T onight -the Junior Prom , the special meetmo- of the Practice Stu- • • b • • added to the history of Rhode Island 0 d f and m the e 1ect1ve courses have een premiere s,ocial event of 1940 prom- dents last M on ay a temoon. In . . f . . ' College of Education, Mon day, J an . . b f h J . I mcorporated mto the program or ises to 1be the biggest and best dance a dd~t10n to mem ers -o t e umor C • • , uary 1 S. This was the first time Cl h"dh k th b lk f next semes-ter. ' hanges 111 mornmg of -the year, aocordmg to ear-ly re- O sine~ Ju ne 25, 192 1, when Dr. John aS'.51.w- ~ ma] e udp e ' u d exercises are as follows: I ports of .the Dance Committee. Not t he 1st, severa gra ua te st u ents . 'L. Algeir was installed as t:he Col d S · • d d T • Monday-9: 00 a. m.~Chapel ex,er- only have the third year class 1 lege'is first President that such an an one ' emor are me u -e · ram- cises brought to town Tommy Reynolds ing through the next term will keep event has taken p lace here. • • Tu esday- 1:00 p. rn.-Assemibly and his fellow swingsters, caption ed t h ese s-tud ents Ib usy 111 the various The induction program opened the " Band of Tomorrow, " to play school systems of the State after Wed nesday-8:50 a. m.-Student with the procession in a1oademic gal'b for their guests a.'t th e Biltmore , but next Monday. Council Meeting of mem'bers of the Board of Trustess, they have •arrange d many spectacu- the speakers, and the faculty of the Training A ssignments Wedne sda y - 9: 00 a. m . - Class lar 'features for the evening. · Jan u ary to Ju ne 194 0 M t· ~ ee: rngs The main feature will ibe a snow- College and of H enry !Barnard BRISTOL Schoo l. Governor Vanderbilt ad Byfield School, Marguerite Brogan, Wedn esday - 9 : OO a . m. - Senior ball dance, appropriate among a scene dressed the assembl y •immediate ly critic D emons •tration of falling fla'kes. There will also he a 'following the induction lby M,r. Irene Gallo, Grade 4 Thur :day -9: 00 a. m.---'Chapel ex- balloon danoe - hundreds of floating George T. Marsh, ,chafr.man uf thf' Anthony Iasiello, Grade eroses balloons, and two huge iballoons to 1 Board of Tru stees. Greetin gs •were . . 1BURRILL VILL E . Fr iday-9:00 a. m.-St udent Forum add a minor explosion to the popping th extended by the followin g: Peter T. Harrisville School, Elizabe N. Piche, Friday -8: SO a. m.---"Cornmittee on of their smaller fellows. An innova- critic I OKJ SF.17.0 Farrelly for the .Student Body ; Prof . Mary E. Fagan, Grade 2 Marks .tion in R. I. C. E. isocial history will ANNE ROGERS Brown for the Faculty; Aaron F . •Barbara Henries, Gracie 4 Among the new electives offered be the colored spotlight roving De iMoranville for the Alumni; Dr . CENTRAL FALLS are: around and picking out th e dancing James L. Hanley for the Pu 1b1ic Central S'.r~et School, Berthe A. Burn- Psychobogy of th e Probl em Child couples. ham, cr1t1c . A new ,board of edi-tors for the stu Schools; Dr. Ja:mes F. Roc kett, for Claire Olivier Grade Junior 1 1 • • • • • • • • • · · • · • • • • • • · • Dr. Bird There will lbe several dedi cated d ent publication was elected at the the Department of Education. Th e Mary E. R~oney, Grade 1 T eaching of Civics ...... Mr. Ethier song s to add to the ·special features. January 16 meeting of tihe .4nchor main addr e,:s was given by Dr. Ralph CRA 1STON Natural R esources . ... Prof. Brown Th e band will play " Baby" Me" for ;,tafr. Ai,,,e :!7:ogers -A the Senior C. Jenkins, President of D anbury Cran ston High School. Ruth C. Cowles. Th eory and Educat-Don of Play... the Freshmen ; "Are You Having c..:ntic • Class was named editor -in~chief for Teachers College. Mr. Whi,pple was *Jean Curran, Home Economics · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · . l'viis '. ~ .::.-ws-A,r ,y .Fur:?-"-. fnr t'!,P. Scp!-,omor t' c ;_ the spring term . Siirteen new mem presente d ,by Dr. Alger. Rev. -r:hom Hugh B. Bain Junior High School, In vertebrate Biology . . Miss Carlson "Fa ithful Forever ," for -the Juniors, ber s were admitted to the ·regula r as V. Ca·ssidy delivered the Invoca Harguerite W. King, critic 19•th Century Europe . . Prof. Connor "A nchors Away " for the Seniors; staff. · tion and Rev . Vernon W . Cooke gave *Joseph A. Murray, Social Studies French 20th Century Short Stories "It Don 'it Mean a Thing " for !Stunt In addition to M iss Ro gers, who Norwood. b h AvenueA T b. Grammar. . School, ...... M"1ss L oug h ery N'· 1gh -t, an d " R unmng · Th roug h Mr y the Beuedi'ction . El• 1za et . o m, cr1t1c succeeds Mary Munson , '41 , in head Continu ed on Page 3 *Ernest M. Duckworth, Mathematics Italian Civilizati"on . . Prof. Cavicchia 1 Mind " for :the Faculty, plus addi- ing t'he staff, ,the new mem1bers of William R. Dutemple School, Elinor F. Principles of Art EducaJt~on.... . tional requ ests; "I'm Sorry for My- !!he b oard are Constance Deverau x, Moliere Comedy to Be Ripley, critic ...... Mr . Severino self " for the praictice students, and '40 , assistant editor, Eleanor Gau Virginia Palmer, Grade 3 History of Musi c . ... Miss Thornton "An A:pple for the Tewcher," for :the 5 det, '41 , feat ure s editor, 'and Eleanor Given by Players Selma Kra snow, Grade Rob ert Browning . . Mi ss Thomp son training st udents. Continued on Page 4 Brawn , '42 , circulation man ager. History of Drama ..... Mis.s Thorp e In the receiv ing line are to be Mi ss Li.tchifield has been features ed Annual Classical Drama-Mar. 20 Survey of English Lit eratur e (B) Governor and Mr s. Vand er:bilt , P res- itor for two term s, 1bu,t will imw act Pres. Whipple Offers -( A Continuation of Junior ident and Mrs. Wh ipp le, Miss Lee , The coUege Dmmaitic League will as head of the News Department. Recreation Center En g. Literature Course)...... :.V1'iss Connor, Pro fessor an d Mrs . Mi ss Deveraux , who was composi stage its annual dassical production ...... Prof. Donovan Continue d on Page 4 tion editor, was named assistant edi in the auritorium March 20. Th e tor. She wrn remain in charge of Merchant Gentleman, a four-act Students Study Renovation Plans composition. comedy by Moli ere ha s 1been chosen Butchers, Bakers, But No As holdover from the previous by the Pla y Reading Committee as The use of his property at W•ater Candlestick Makers Here sta ff, Anna B1ankstein remain s 1busi this year's offering. Thi s p1'ay i'5 per man's Reservoir , Greenville as a camp for the student s of R. C. E . ness manager, Anita AJJ,aire, ex hap s !better 'known ,by its original I. and a si,te for ,coUege outings, picnics -Employ Ricean s! They satisfy! change editor, and William Fier title Le Bourg eois Gentilhomm e. vegetables, ·on Saturdays and a fter and winter sport activities was o'f No, we're not init ·iating an employ school. Speaking of selling, some of stein, assistant news editor. Mi ss The Drama-tiic League play is adapt fered lby Pres . Whipple in an an ment ,bureau, but from the results of Brown succee ds Virginia Crowell on ed from the translation lby Margaret our people can sell you shoes, meats nouncement made before a group of the recent Anchor Survey to deter the circulation. Bath Mi ss Munson . Baker , teacher of English in a Chi (He's a ·butcher!), and even pos tage representative students who were bis mine what kind of jobs our students sta1rnps. One of our girls is an agent and Mi ss Crowell wiU ,begin State cago high school. The prindpal characters will be gu•es-ts at a skating party at :the -l'a1ke, hold while attending college, we've for Uncle Sam in a Post Office. Training next Monday. Saturday, January 6. The students discovered they serve as topraniking Storing up experience, ,there are Mi ss Roge rs has 'been an active ·played .by Bernard .Schuster, who pl edged their support of the project nursemaids to d•airymen. A,t any several tutors in our midst. Others memlber of the Anchor staff since her has t'he title role of M. Jourdain, a and voiced enthusiastic hope s for the rate-topranking! tea,ch in the Americanization Cla s,es . freshman yea r. •She has served as Parisian merchant ; Christina A. future of the camp. Most of the students do find some One girl instructs her music teacher news editor for two terms and will McLe an, Mm e. Jourdain, his wife; Mr. Whipple 's property includes employment in the summertime, !but in French, in ret urn for her music bring a wealth of journalistic ex Eunice M . Marshman , his daughter , Constance D evera ux , several buildings , many acres of land , in the winter months, the opportu lessons. Another young lady is a su:b perien ce to her new position. She Lu cille; E. a Marqui se; Frarncis Mur- and about ¾ mile of waterfront. nitie s are not so great. Either that stitu te teacher in a private school was a memb er of the journali sm class Dorimin e, 0phy , a .count in love wi-th Dori1111ine; Early p1'ans discussed a:t the gaither or their notebooks keep them busy for mentally handicapped ohildren of the CoHege last year and in her Allbert Russo, Clionte, suitor to Lu ing include remodeling of one of too busy. n i-ce work if you ,can get it, 'huh??? high school day s at St. Mary 's Aicad- cille; Margaret Dwyer , Nicole, ser the hou ses for the students •and the Another very evident result of this "Boy! do I know ,Prnvidence! " 3 Continued on Page vant to M . Jourdain ; Joseph P. building of firepla1ces and similar survey is that there is a greater va that was the •comment a coed had to Young, Covcille, Clionte's valet. 1outdoor camp facilities. The site riety of work done among the men offer a!bout her job---,what does she PERSONALS Other speaking parts wil1l be enacted will lbe available from Sept. 15 to than among the women . Who said do? She's an errand girl. Yes, that 's WANTED: ·1by William 'MicDougald, Alston Sug June 15 for any group of students this was a woman 's world? what I sai d, errand girl. Here's the Your contributions f or the den , Francis Carter, Cecil Oard, under faculty supervision and pre Very many of our number, as the set- up--s he runs errands , for '' nine March Literary issue. Address J. George Di Cola , Romolo Del Deo , sen ts oppor,tunities for swimming empty classrooms indircated, worked beauticians in a lbeauty parlor . St. Lawrence, Anchor Box, Main WillLam McKenna, Edmund Jusz and boating durin g warm months 11.ssalespeople during the Christmas So.me people flaunt Social Security Office,· before Fl:!brnary 20. czyk, and Louis W . Wendel , all of and skating an 1 skiing in the winter. rush, and even now we find peop le cards for being cooks, ,cashiers, and Continued on Page 3 Con: inued on Page 4 selling dresses, hosiery, fruits and Continued on Page 3 2 THE ANCHOR
New Elective Offered WORTH Fo rum By Art Department MENTIONING A Digest of News and Letters To the Editor: The Art Department of -the Col- By John Hogan lege 1wishes to announce a new course Shakespeare does the shag! Not · This year a new plan has been de- Published monthly by the students of Rhode ,_Island Oollege of Education in Sta,gecraft in addition to it.rs r-eg- quite but he's certainly in the groove vised wherelby it is hoped that a at Providence, R. I. ular program ·of required and offered when Lunt and Fontaine begin re great deal of emotionalism may be courses. This rwill be one of the viving him , Monday, Jan. 29th. Wirth aholished in the awar ding of the -Vol. XI January 25, 1940 No. 5 three elective courses in Art and Art the presentation of Th e _Taming of Anchor. I would like ,to take this Edu -cation offered by Mr. Severino. the Shrew, th e immortal bard be- Editorial The course in Stagecraft will be comes a mg- cutter. opportunity to impress upon each Editor-in-Chief made up of five major units of in- - Seriously though, we shouldn't and every Ricean the important part Mary G. Munson struction, and ea,ch lar ger unit is .miss the Lunt s (Alfred Lunt anq_ he plays in this plan. Competent C ornposition Editor Exchange Editor supplemented by minor related uni,t-s. Lynn Fontaine) in their excellent committees have been appointed to Constance E. Deveraux Anita Allaire The major unit s are listed as fol- prodU'cti'On of one of Sha;kespeare's check the attendance at the various lows: ( 1) scenery construction and best comedies. Business News Features functions, but they cannot d-0 the painting, ( 2) stage ,properties, ( 3) In ,contra st to -this, on Feb. 24, a Anne Rogers, Editor work alone; they need the full co Anna Blankstein, Editor William Fierstein Marian A. Litchfield, Editor stage lighting , ( 4) stage costuming, Saturday , two performances of the Robert Byron, Sports Ruth Aden ( 5) stage make-up. una,bridged version of Haml et will operatiron of every student. Please Eleanor Brown Elena Calabro Margaret Briggs An example of how the related or be given. To do justice to this, the a.id the commit.tees and help your Josephine Calabro Virginia Crowell Marion Fanning Anna Crawley minor unit may be used is shown in perfect tragedy , we shall 'have in ~ ~-ss lby being pre sent a.t the games, Lucille Daigle Harvey Goldberg Eleanor Gaudet the larger unit on scenery construe- the title role, Maurice Evans, -the Kathleen Hughes Eva Levine plays, and dance s, and being ,c-ertain Enid Mowry tion and painting. Here the educa- perfect Hamlet. From all reports of WiHiam McKenna Robert McCambridge that your attendance has been Sheila McCrudd en tional implications of the materials its New York run and of ,the per Gloria Rosenfield Ruth Post cheoked. Anne McDonald are shown in the organization and formances already given during this Mary Smith Catherine Quinn Any h elpful suggestions from the Roslyn Smith Beatrice Schwartz execution of scale models and sand- t•our , Mr. Evans ' Hamlet is rea.Jly Pauline Tickton talble projects for integrated work as Shakespeare's Hamlet -an d that 's student body will be greatly appre well as the more obvious work of worth seeing. ciated ,by the committees. It is the preparing scenery for the school We can't forget .to mention the sincere wish of the Senior Class to A Reminder for the Future play , pageant, and operetta. "end-of-term" vacation. Looking for award ,the coveted trophy in June to The activities of the course will something to do? Well, don 't forget the class w'hich shows itself most The Board of Trusitees and the College Administration will doubtle'ss include discussions of accepted prac- that the long-awaited Gone With interested in college affairs. pay some consideratiion to the needs of the {)Urriculum at the close of the term a'bout -to !begin. To 1be a little previo us in taking urp t!he question is ti'ces and their applicat ion ito local the Wind starts Friday-tomorrow. Cecile Lariviere, educa,tional situations; of great im Senior Class President to let our comrrnent serve as a lbasis of investigation which must be ca,rried I on while the College is still in session. portance will be the actual demon- but that the se activities shall give strarions and group e11periments on 1 the student an adequa:te background Various plans for improving conditions will be dfacussed and looked I into 1but no solution rwill prove suocessful unless it incorporates -the prin the college and ,Barnard School to cope with the variety ofr tlrass- Fellow-students: ciple of fewer drifferent courses requ-ired of ea;ch student .per term. stages. I room and extra-curricular actirvities These are trying .times. Every day One of the greate'st sources of dissa!lisfaction from the student's ipoint It is planned that the ,course shall commonly encountered in the tewch we hear more and more about de of view is the necessity of taking from eight to ten diff1erent cour&es each not only fulfill the immediate needs ing of every subjett , whether it is half. It is true -that some of these are merely one !hour courses but the of the student body in staging col- English, Hi story, Science, or the So mocracy. In our ,field, we hear much of education for democ racy. What need of spreading one's hours of preiparat,jon over eight separate and dis lege productions of various tyrpes, I cial Studies. tinct fields of knowledge is not conducive to the ,careful intense preparation is democracy? No one seems to of any .sulbjeot. It leads only to discouragement. know. Everyone, however, admits 1 Looking at it from the instructor 's point of view, the present system 1that our form of ,governme .nt is the is a1so drisadvantageous. Teachers are forced ,jn some ,case's to extend one ,1 nearest approach to democracy in course over four years because a course may now be given one hour a week '------· the world today. for one tem1 in each of the college years. ,'Result: four courses which miglht by AlberrCohrt himself ca-rried forwar d along the Most of us are aware of the in vel)y well ibe co1\l'.J.binedinit-0 a sing1H rwo -~ U,bject for a full year. Less time would be taken urp in needless repetition and in orientating -the stu BY THIS TIME irresis_tible path to dictatorship. With triicate workings of our nationa.l and st dent to var ious methods o:f different teachers. Extremely important, rtoo, every one has read the inn·umeralble such clever logic does Miss Dane ate governments and regard this . as our conception of democracy We would be the lessening of -the supei;fi.ciality unavoidalble under the present weave her fantasy and fact that It f th d · set-urp. and unnece ssary lists of the 1best ten . . . . are a 11 aware o · e an,ge.r of our \Because of little t~me spent now with the instructor, :much work ha& movies of 1939. And by this tirrne 1s difficult. to decide, where the gnm i nati 'Onal system of democratic gov to ibe covered by ,voluminou'S notebooks, ,which for all their educative value every one who has read the innu analogy. with today s -truth actually ernment failinao I·n .,·ts a b"Jee t· wes. B u t b <;:annot sulbstitute for the benefit the student receives from the judgment merable and unnecessary fo,ts has egms. But ":"he_fl1eror not one can hOIWmany of us are aware that our ah d experience of ·the instructor. The whole outicome i!s ,confusion and dis find the begmmng, the ,blood-chill- system of st d t · thankfully forgotten them. Although · 11 1 · • u en government IS couragement for the student; ex!Jra rwork without extr,a results for t!he mg para e is unemngly dr,awn. And failing in its aims and ob.jeictives? tea·oher. undoulbtedly no one cares, I should to the. sorry . world of -the. present, We have d one an a dmira, · ble Jd· b like -to say that I didn 't find any Other co'lleges rwhose credit courses were five and six a term have seen Whrte. . Ben 1s a sym.bolic figure of this year ,·n reorgamzmg· · our fi nan - the wisdom of reducing the number to four. We, who ha-ve !been carrying I could agree with completely, and Iromc truth and heroic tragedy. cI·a1 s"'tuin Th h b I ,.. .,.,. ere as I een c oser eight and nine, can see some wisdom in reducing the requir ement to an therefore feel called upon to pll'blish TO SEN !ORS surV1eillance upon the ex;penditure of .;1,verage of six. my own, to wit: I-Nurse Edith Ca here at -the Co1lege, the end of Janu- student funds than ever before in To achieve the aim of fewer courrses and more intense work, tlhe cur vell (rwhich was not, as some misi•n ary imust always !bring a peculiar, the history of the blanket tax. The ricul um musit "be totally reorg,an-ized and revised. Courses must be tele formed ones seem to think, pro-Bri
1 strange mixture of sadness and joy. student body ha s ,cooperated in a sco.ped, com1bined, and in some cases, eliminated. Students will have greater tish propaganda, 'but was simply and For whilre we !oak forward to we'l- fine way 'in the ,oollection of the tax respect for courses whi-oh are less 'SUJpemcial,and will have more time for tremendously a stirring thesis against preparation and for 'benefiting from more frequent contact with instruotors . coming lbarck our long missed half for the 'first term and we have every all war); 2 - The Beachcomber The teachers , having few,er students under their direction at amy one time, who have been lost in the wilds of reason to look fonward to that sa me (-torps in earthiness) ;3- Wuthering will be able- to have the leisure for other pursuits now denied tlhem. Such training, we must also give a part- fine -cooperation in the collection of Heights (a preposterous ,tale, but reorganization is basic ; it must be the rfirst step in planning a progres sive ing salute to those others who leave the tax for the next haU. We have powerful ,good theatre); 4-The Wo program for R. I. C. E. to fill the vacated posts. As under- shown how fine a lesson in democ men; 5-Pygmalion; 6-Mr. Smith classmen, perhaps , we did not feel rac:y we have lived in our electing, Goes to Washington; 7-Nino ,tchka thi s s-ituation so deeply. IB'llt it is !axmg, collecting rof the t!axes. (wherein I discovered that Garibo's You - with a oer-tain regret -we realize that vVhy can 1we not solve our assem laugh is less alluring than ner smile); when tlhose Junior s return, we our- bly problems in the same fine man Don 't you dare ask them for it! Don 't you dare attempt to be a 8-Destry Rides Again (which made selves wiU .be gone. One of the great- ner? W'hy can we not 1cooperate in hyipocrri-te! me remember juvenile su1I11merdays est gifts that college years can give- the admira ,ble way .to show that our You there ,jn the angorn sweater. Knitting, not hearing a word. Don 't spent lying on a hammock while de a gift that stands apart from the in- particular form of democraJcy is you dare! vouring wild west tales) ; 9-Juar ez; te1lectual gain of t'he lecture room- working? Common decenc y demands That young man there in the brown shirt doing your lesson for tlhe and IO-Sou th Riding . As for the next dass-you can't hope to keep a straight face when you ask them. is the intimate proof that there exist that we move to set tle the problem. widely appreciated Mr. Chips, I did T hat Senior in the third row sleeping off the fatigue from last night's all aJbout us :people who are innately It is up to each individual to take not see that and ,fuerefore cannot late !hours-how can you expect them to pay any ,at,tentfon to you? fine and loy,al. It has ibeen some- the ma:tter •into his own hands; to render any stuffed shirt judgment. The J unior rwho ·its chewing gu:m and talk~ng to everyone at the same tirrnes implied that this splendid show tha·t he is willing to cooperate. And now that that's off my chest, time in a perfectly audible tone, you can't be serious aibout it! camaraderie of -college students is Let cooperation lbe the keynote of You, who just droppe d ·that book for the third time, you, who are we ma-y ~o on to weightier matters . but one reflection af youth ·. Yet to our success. maki ng out a lesson :plan for next week, you, who are kicking the charir in D URING THE front for amus-ement, you, who (ha,ve covered three sheets of paper wit:h all of us who have found here con Peter Farrelly, doodling, you, you you- holidays I found tirrne to read only temporaries whom we love and ad Pres ., Student Council Yes, we are addressing you! Don't you dare in those days to ,come ask one novel, The Arrogant History of mire, such an inferernce must always them, y our pu:pils, for the attention wlhich you , yoursel'f, couldn't find it White Ben, lby Clemence Dane. It seem s-rnperncial. Our paths in t'he poosilble t o give ,in chapel and assembly! is a timely and .provoking tale -tell future may not often -cross, yet un THANKS- ing how a scarecrow, obsessed lby his derlying our thoughts and ,aspira The Anchor wishes to thank one scarecrowy idea of riddin,g the tions !!llwiel -Jl'tooner voted a member of the Rhode Island i An chor won her the suocessiive titles won a position on the Varsity bas De'legation to the National Jambor ee of news editor, co-editor, and ed- ketlball team. Prominent among the returning held in Washington, D. C., in 1935. itor-in-chief. This year she goes on Since he entere d R. I. C. E., he Next week when a blond girl with members of the Senior Class is Dan For the past four summers he has has !become its most prominent a:th- a very sweet smile passes in the cor been a memlber of the Camp Yaw- :-:=;;;;:::;;;;:;;,~ =:-::: letic representative. To him went the ,--=---=,,...... ,==- ridor, you 'll know it is Helen Free goog Staff. At camp, he serves in honor of being .the first and only born. ·She is among the prominent the ,capacity of ,campmaster and athlete ever •to win the Varsity let- aquatic instructor. His offiicialyear- ters in one scholastic year. He oc- Seniors who are returning from train 'round title in local scouting is Field compli:sheq this while a Freshman ing. H elen has taken ,part in so many Commissioner, Slater District, Nar- by competing in basketball, track student activities that she could be ragansett Council. and 1baseball. Since then, track ha s a strang,er only to the Freshmen. She b een temporarily dropped from the In addi-tion to these numerous ac- has enga,ged in all the sports offered sports ,program lbut J~m has contin tivities, Dan is at present assisting ued to hold his position on the other by the College, and has shown un in coaching athletiics at Moses Brown two teams. At ,the conclusion of last usual ·capalbiEty in baskeuba:ll and Sc'ho-o'l.To say that he is well known year 's ,basketball season, Jim was soccer. S'he has been a member of and admired by a great proportion elected to the captaincy for thi:s year. of local youths is thus n·o idle state the Student Council, W. A. A., and His ability and leader ship are also ment. And by his •contemporari es Athletic Council. As a Junior, she brought out by the fact that he was at the College and elsewhere he is was elected vice president of her captain of the football team which admired because of his versatility, was formed in the fall of '3 7. class. The French Club and Dra his dependableness, 'his -commonsense For three years he has been a matic League have held a prominent attitude, and, perhaps most impor memiber of the Student Council and place in Helen's aicti•vitie.s. tant of aH, the strong underlying im the Athletic Council. In his sopho pression of sincerity that those com more year , Jiim served as Mooney (or, if the editor insists on ing in contact with 'him have always in the literary field as associate edi forma'lity- Daniel J., Jr.), who re 'felt. tor of the 1940 Ricol ed. linqui shed his office as president of It would not be a complete .record the Class of 1940 when he left to of Jane 's many accomplishments not to mention her fai,r beauty whiich assume training duties in the science won her a place in the Queen's Court department of Pawtucket Hi g ·h Among the many interesting per on May Day, 1938. But partiicipa School. In hi:s first year at R. I. C. E. sonalities returning to the College tion in these and many other activ Dan entered many fields of extra- next week is that of well known, and ities 'has never swerved Jane from rnrricular activity, thereby continu very versatile Jane Toye. Jane is her main goal in collegiate life, which ing the 'busy and successful record coming back 1to complete her senior is scholaJS-ticachievement. which he had left behind at St. Rap year after State Training in the SA hael 's Academy. At the Academy, grade at Oxford Street School. he served on the Student Coun.ci'l, danzeo !!ZJona/dJon She is bringing back with her a .partidpa:ted in dramatics, and for Ret urning to t'he Oollege next charming smile and a voiice that has three years was a memlber of the de week ,after completing his ,training bating team . delighted many R. I. C. E. gather per-iod at Gilber,t Stuart Junior High At R. I. C. E., among many other ings. Jane 's intere sts are wide in is Jam es Donaldson who in his three activities, Dan acted as treasurer of r.ange. During her higJ::tschool days years at R . I. C. E. has esta1blished -- ~:m:~~ar, hj Student Council, attended the iNew at Saint Xavier 's A·cademy, she was an enviable record. was a representative of R. I. C. E. at the E•astern States Conference in York •conference of 1939, ,played on of.ten seen in the Rosa Mystica, Dra Jim came to the College from La Baok in high school Helen dis the foot1ball team, and presented a Salle Aicademy where he rwas thrice New York. Besides his many school tinguished herseH in many student matic League, and Operetta perfor aietivities he has 'been a prominent highly successful portrayal of Sir the recipient of the school's highest activities, also. So, you can be ex Anthony Absolute in the Drama-tic mances. Upon entering college she scholastic award-the gold ·letter. member of' the Broy Scouts. He is an pecting lbig things of Helen next League's ;production of Th e Rivals. continued in DraJJTiatic and Glee He competed in Junior Varsity traok -Eagle :Scout and 'has served as Camp A scouting enthusi _ast, Dan was Club work. Her allegiance to the and baskedball in his senior year and Councilor at Camp Yawgoog. term. ANCHOR ST AF'F FACULTY NOTES Hygiene and Physical Edu cation Or JOBS DRAMA TIC LEAGUE ganization , will attend meetings at Continued from Page 1 tha:t college February 8, 9, and 10. Continued from Page 1 Continued from Page 1 An artkle •conoerning "The Effect whom, in the course of the play, try On February 7, she will give an illus ushers at the movies, tailors, waiters emy, served as school publicist. Since of Pre~S.chool Triaining Upon the to contribute to the ,culture and edu trated lecture on "Ohild Health " at in restaurants, book dealers, florists, cation of the newly-rich merchant the ·new board is largely t'he result I. Q.", by Dr. Grace E. Bird will lbe the River side ,Parernt-Teacher Asso and radio servicemen. whose aim is to be a gentl,errnan. of shifting of .positions only two stu pulblished in the 39th yearibooik., o'f ciation. Several of the young men showed Henry Birmingham and Harvey A. dents are actually new to the edi the National Society for the Study * * * initiati ve this year, 1by forming ,the Goldi.bergwill play fi.ctitious Turks . torial work. Miss Gaudet, the new of Education, which will be issued Professor Bassett was chairman of Manville Mountain Ski Clulb and Anastasia Dyer, Gertrude Fruit, the group discussing "The Tea chin g 1 features ed·itor, has worked on fea in February. serving as instructors. Good weath Dorothy Cole, Claire Gelinas, . Alice of Current Events," at a meeting of tures for the Anchor for three years. * * * er makes instruction sorely needed Mulgrew, Jacqueline M. Gadoury, · In. the Education Magazine of De- the Rhode Island Social Studies and so the !boys are doing a fairly She is the writer of Gadabout, and Bal"bara Gardin,er, and Eileen Mei cember, 1939, Professor Rdbert M. Teachers' Asso.ciation, January 17. good business. kle will present a :bal'let numlber. studied ]'oumalism at Brown Uni Brown has published a short article, Work and play - that's what Edith Miller will be th,e musidan of y,ersity. Miss Brown, circuJ.ation "Geography in a Teacher Training !?ocia/ Cfialendal)(, playing in orchestras seems to mean. the evening. .manager, has had consideralble ex In,,titution. " He explains his pro A nine-piece all-girl orchestra is rep January Professor Patterson has announiced perience in contact work as a promi gram as carried out at Rhode Island r,es•ented, with 1wlrich one girl visited that tihe selection fo.r ithe ,play, to be Thursday, the 25th College of Education. Montreal last year. This year it 's given during May Week by senior nent member of 1the Anchor business IRiceans fulfill numlber one so to lbe !Cleveland, Ohio, 1s'he tells us. members of the Dramatic League is staff. * * * cial resolution of 1940 iby attend "Development of Teacher Train- The ·space reserved for Comments The Admirable Crichton !by Jame s The new staff members who suc ing in Rhode Island," puiblished in i·ng gala Junior Prom. leH the ,Anchor .Survey wide open Matthew ,Barry. cessfully ,completed one term as •ap the December issue of the T eacher Friday, the 26th for so~called commerdal plugs Shut off that alarm! No classes prentice workers and now lbecome Educational Journal was written by "Y.ou name it, we'll get iit," cam INDUCTION full..,fledged Anchor members are Professor Eugent Tuttle. Tlhe ar until Tuesday, January 30th. pus salesmen promise; a ,perfect Business: Florence Courtois, Fay ticle, upon whiich the author has February radio service-man guarantees special Continued from Page spent much time trnces the history rates for R. I. C. E. students. One The testimonial dinner in honor Robin, and Dominie Pusateri; Fea Thursday, the 1st of the teacher training movement. young lady has her "fingers crossed" of Mr. Whipple wa:s given by the tures: Richard Turner, Morris Rus "Death" is resummoned to the College w h e n the Dramatic as she hopes for rwo~k; someone elise Rhode Island Insttlitute of Instruc sak, Mary O'Connor, Margaret Hol * * * Miss Alice Thorpe reviewed Mary League gives a command perfor bravely asks, "Any jobs to spare?" tion. Dr. Hanley was toastmaster. den, Dorothy Gough, Christine Hols Ellen Chase's !book Goodly Fellow mance of "Death Takes a Holi Another student, holding two part .. Dr. Alexander 6toddard, former Sup-. cher, and Estelle Golden; ~ ews: ship at the meeting of the Wheaton day." time jo'bs, ibut support ing " 19 sisters eri111tendent of Providenice ·Puiblic Rosemary Grimes, Annette Archam B,ook Club, January 22nd. Monday, the 5th and three Good-Humor men," insists Schools delivered the main address "You can't win!" of the even}ng on "The Fight of beault, Marie Doris, Lois Murray, * * * Faculty members fete Seniors Joseph Young, and Frank Camp Dr. Florence M. Ross, President at a tea. Win or lose, it's good to have a Democracy in the United States side-line. against Suibversi:ve Influences." belL of the Wellesley College Alumnae 4 THE ANC H OR NOVEL EXPERIENCES AS MISSIONARY SPORTS could not ,be thwarted and was never FACULTY RELATED BY VIRGINIA THOMSON again in danger. Forced from the outset to com- F ollowing this game the squad CORNER pete under severe handicaps, the had a month's layoff during which Classes on Saturday but none on membered , "is bhat the Training baske~ball team has swred but two but two practices could be held . John B. Archer Monday-strange food eaten in a School is not co-educational. Even victor ies in seven encounters . I ts Thus in the game against New 'Bri "What this country needs is more boxcar that housed a family-school the President was a woman. The conference record thus far is two tain the la.ck 'Of practice and com bad music " Such is ,the rather cock work that included dishwashing only man at the school was a j-anitor. wins against three defeats . petition showed up glaringly and a eyed slo,gan of a recen t book written such were the experiences of Vir Re cent ly, a new President was elect- The team opened its seaso!l 53-32 loss wa-s the result. by a man who didn 't mean i.t at all ginia Thom son, 'Who left R. I. C. E. ed-a man, the first one ever to live against Hyanni s Te acher s College at lit eraUy. What he really does is to at the end of her sophomore year on the campus. " Hy annis wi,th_out the benefit of the gloat over the courage oJ an increas- to at,tend th e Kansas City Training "What did you like beSt about usua•l "warm-up " contest on its hom e CAMP ing number of free spirits who have School for Methodist Missionaries, t-his experience?" 'We queried. court. Th e height advantag e of --- dared to gang u,p together for the and who is now 'back 'as a member " I liked the work we did in th e Hy ann is was a decided factor in the Continued from. Page 1 purpose of playing ,their neglected of the Junior Class. setHement houses, " Virginia decided. 53-36 defeat of the Ri cemen. It was agreed at the meeting that instruments once a week at some Virginia, quiet ·and charming , "It corresponded in a way to st ate Following this game, the team left very littl e could tbe done immediate- one's hou se without let nor hind showed remarkable patience in an ly to prepare the camp until warmer ranee. The whole country is dotted Training. I was -assigned to teac!i 011 a ,three day trip to Maine to meet swering inquiries. She laid aside ha ndwork to groups of Greek a 11