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G STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE AT TRENTON, NEW JERSEY FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1936 Yurka to Present HERE NEXT WEEK Executive Boards State Encounters Characterizations Of Montclair and Seminary Quintet Here December 11 Trenton Will Visit In Initial Contest Dramatizations of Scenes From State Will Travel to Montclair on Opening Game Against Princeton Seven Classics Form Nucleus December 7; Montclair Will Five to be Played on Hillwood of Evening's Program Be Here on January 18 Court Tomorrow at 2:15 Next Friday evening, December 11, Montclair Teachers College will act State's Blue and Gold dribblers will Blanche Yurka, world famous actress, as host to the Student Executive will present scenes from seven clas­ inaugurate the 1936-1937 varsity bas­ Board and the heads of standing com­ sic dramatizations from the days of ketball season tomorrow at 2:15 mittees of Trenton Teachers College Sophocles to the present day drama o'clock when they encounter a Prince­ on Tuesday, December 8. Trenton will of Maxwell Anderson. The lecture, ton Seminary five on the Hillwood reciprocate by entertaining the Mont­ the second of the series being spon­ court. Despite the fact that last clair student executives on Saturday, year's meeting with the ministers re­ sored by the Student Executive Board, January 18. assisted by Dean Michael Travel's sulted in an easy 51-28 victory for the The purpose of the meetings is the will be given in Calvin N. Kendali Lions, Coach Earl H. Dean is expect­ assimilation of new ideas of student Hall. ing a hard fight from an improved government. Procedure of meetings team. Miss Yurka is renowned for her ex­ and methods of organization, func­ cellent characterization of Madame tions and operation of the student as­ Captain Arthur Sinclair, leading La Farge in the film version of sociations will be studied by both point scorer last year as well as being Charles Dickens' "Tale of Two Cities." groups. A comprehensive examina­ a brilliant defensive player, will lead In addition, her portrayal of the nurse tion of the extent to which students his team in the curtain-raiser. Ar­ thur has three years of varsity ex­ in Katharine Cornell's production of should participate in self-government ARTHUR SINCLAIR "Romeo and Juliet" was accorded by will be one of the phases emphasized. perience behind him and can be critics to be one of the finest ever Eight o'clock will mark the leaving counted on to turn in a creditable per­ given on the American stage. Varsity Debating Team time of the bus next Tuesday and at Famous Spanish Dancer formance. Before presenting each scene, Miss 10:30 o'clock Montclair will be Pairing with Sinclair at the guard Yurka will give a short sketch of the Try-outs December 15 reached. The group will attend an To Appear in Assembly posts will be sophomore Paul Selby, play from which it was taken, and assembly following which they will a long-range sharpshooter hailing from Manasquan. Paul broke into in some cases, a bit of her personal Stroudsburg, Kutztown, Montclair make a tour of the campus. The af­ Corola Gitana Will Give Recital philosophy of life as related to the ternoon will be spent in an observa­ the line-up with about a third of the heroine or the author. Will be Opponents in Spring tion of a meeting of the hosts' stu­ on Classic Dances of Spain games remaining last season and es­ dent executive board. At 4:30, the tablished himself as a leading point The scenes are to be selected from bus will commence the return trip, producer. On Tuesday, December 15, tryouts Sophocles' "Lysistrata" and "Electra," arriving at Hillwood three hours later. Corola Gitana, sensational young Two seniors, Bob Stanley and Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," for the varsity debating team will be Edward J. O'Brien, renowned short Spanish dancer, will bring to the next Frank Milner, will in all probability Moliere's "La Misonthrope," Con­ held at 3 o'clock in Room 104, Green story writer, will be the guest speaker college assembly program, December be stationed at the forward berths. frere's "Way of the World," Ibsen's Hall, under the sponsorship of the on January 18, at the Hillwood meet­ the native beauty and rhythmical Both men pushed Sinclair for indi­ "Hedda Gabler," and Anderson's eloquence of the true Spanish dance. Thencanic Society. The debate ques­ ing. Mr. O'Brien has won renown, not vidual scoring honors last year and "Elizabeth, The Queen." only for his own authorship of the tion to be used is the inter-collegiate The graceful and talented Corola should, with an added year's experi­ The anticipated success of Miss short story, but for his selection of Gitana has made several appearances ence, exhibit a better brand of team­ debate topic, "Resolved: That Con­ Yurka is expected to uphold the high the best stories of each year, which at the best theatres in this country. work. Bob is adept at taking the standard of program set up by her gress Be Empowered to Fix Minimum he publishes in the O'Brien Yearbook. Her repertory includes many of the ball off the backboard, while Frank redecessor in the series, Otis Skin- Wages and Maximum Hours for In­ Tentative Plans Made most colorful, classic dances of Spain. displays a fast floor game. er, and provide an apt measuring dustry." Students wishing to compete The tentative plans, as announced In Ronda's "Fandanquillo," a beauti­ Again the centre position is a prob­ tick for the third and final lecture for a position on the team will deliver by President Harry C. Kates, sched­ ful century-old dance, La Gitana has lem as Harold "Hook" Otis, the man of the series, which will be given by portrayed a most colorful and fas­ a five-minute talk supporting either ule a luncheon meeting with speakers, expected to handle the job, is unable Frances Homer, on Friday, March 19. cinating stage figure. In Andalucia's to play because of a heart ailment. the negative or the affirmative of the a tour of the campus, and a meeting of the Executive Board at which the Zapateado" and again in "La Madri- Coach Dean will probably experiment stipulated question. Competition will entire Montclair entourage will be lena," the lithe dancer has combined in the opener, using Earl Garrison, be open to all students of the college. present. the unique rhythm and the vivid Span­ lanky reserve centre last year, Ray Social Board to Enact ish temperament characteristic of Two teams of two members each This interchange of collegiate ideas Adkins, sophomore transfer from Ar­ and methods will, it is believed, lead dances of her country. nold, or possibly shifting one of his The "Christmas Carol" will be selected, one to support the to a new type of intercourse between In the recital to be presented in forwards into the vacancy. None of affirmative and the other to uphold the men on the squad are of excep- Celebrating the approach of the the two leading New Jersey teacher Kendall Hall, Miss Gitana will show the negative. Christmas season, the Social Board colleges, as well as being a great aid her grace and marked versatility in (Continued on Page 4) *ill enact scenes from Dickens' Stroudsburg Teachers College will to both in the inception of the most the technique of such dances as "Se- "Christmas Carol" on Sunday after­ be the first opponent to face the State modern and best phase of student gov­ villa," "Tango Trianero," "Jota Ara- ernment. noon, December 13, in the Small Audi­ debaters when they swing into action gonesa," "Carinoso," and others. Mr. Souter Is Speaker torium. The Board of Advisers to on March 5. The debate will take Corola Gitana has been particularly Freshmen and several freshmen have place in Kendall Hall at the Friday BOOKSTORE MOVES TODAY appraised for her selection of colorful At Open Period Today been assisting the members of the open-period assembly. The Trenton costumes of the Spanish arena, the Social Board with the presentation. debaters will endeavor to prove that Announcement has been made by elaborately fashioned gowns typical of As guest speaker for the Psychol­ Mrs. Bird H. Fraser is directing the Congress should not be empowered John S. Quimby that the College Book­ ages long ago, the richly colored cos­ ogy Club, Mr. Sidney Souter, superin­ activities of the group. to fix wages and working hours. On store will be moved today from Room tumes of the Spanish gypsy, and the tendent of the Reform School for Those participating in the drama­ March 19, the affirmative team will 212 to Room 19, in the basement of costly garments of the regal dignity Boys at Annandale, will discuss "How face Kutztown away, and on April tization are: John Marcason, George Green Hall. The store has been of old Castile. the Program of the Reform School 30 they will debate with Montclair moved to provide better facilities for Schaefer, Clarence Graham, Kenneth Another exceptional quality at-1 Tries to Change the Behavior of De­ at the North Jersey school. Other the commercial department in their Pierson, Donald Robinson, Mildred tributed to Miss Gitana is her excel­ linquent Boys," in the small audi­ debates will be scheduled later. second floor environment. Mardin, Junior Allibone, Ruth Tripp, lent portrayals of various moods. torium today during the open period. bouis F erullo, Howard Smith, Chester Following the program, the club will Marker, Henry Jablonski, Charlotte The gypsy tunes, the romantic mel­ entertain Mr.