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THE ANCHOR RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Vol. XIX OCTOBER, 1946 No. 2 "Who's Who" Gains Six Teachers Learn at Production of "First Ladv" Institute Pupils M l D • L D.,b Members in Fall Election 'H .d ar i.S ramat1c eague e ut H ave o 11 ay __________ _ __ Four Seniors, Two Juniors Choir Entertains for Carroll Club Host Broadway Comedy Portrays Chosen by Student Students of the College are in­ Governing Boards of vited to attend the Rhode Island At Autumn Dance Big Wigs of Washington Council State Universities Institute of Instruction October in Political Satire 24 and 25. Each year the State Social Season Begun Student Council members and The A Cappela Choir, under the Department of Education sets Successfu)]y Lead. Played hy Glorin. Isles, faculty administrator" recently a ide two days in order that Harold Merrit honored four seniors and two jun­ direction of Miss Gertrude E. Mc­ teachers of the state may assemble The Charles Carroll Club iors by electing them to WHO' Gunigle, made its first appearance lo discus problems in education. stepped into the social limelight ~ovember 12 will be opening WHO I>l A"'.\IERICA.i"\J COL­ of the eason when it presented a Pupils in all Rhode Island schools night for the young Thespians of LEGES AND ID-IVER ITIES. program for the Association of will have a holiday while at R.I.C.E. last Friday night teachers R.I.C.E. They will make the debut The electees are Joan :\lexa nder, Governing Boards of Stale uni­ attend the sessions. when it held the Harve t l\loon of the 1946-4 7 season in a recent Claire Auger, "'.\fary Black. Leon- Thi year's major ses ion will semi-formal dance. Joe Russo and ora Clancy, "'.\Iary - mith. and versities and Allied Institution at Broadway success, First Lady. be held at the Metropolitan The­ His Collegiates gave out with the ~fadeline Walsh. The leads will be played by Gloria the Biltmore Hotel, October 9. ater under the musical mayhem, which set the chairmanship of Isle . Harold Merritt, Shirley Joan Alexander, an English­ Tncluded in the program were the "'.\Ir. Joseph H. Stannard, gaily-gowned girls and their elec­ principal Quimby, Theresa Tedeschi, David Social Studie senior, trained at following selections: ·'America" by of ~fount Pleasant High School. trified escorts swaying and wing­ Brooks, Mary Holton, and Paul Roger Williams Junior High Erne t Thursday morning' meeting will ing over the brightly decorated Block: "Follow :\Ie Down Donovan. Written by Kathryn School. he is editor-in-chief of the begin with a musical program by gym. The formal cla sroom atmo­ to Carlow," an Irish Folk tune; Dayton and George S. Kaufman, Anrhor. A member of . tudent the East Providence High School sphere gave place to one of gaiety First Lady was produced original­ Council in her sophomore year, "The Snow" by Elgar: ''The Or- Band, followed by the invocation and jollity as the silent corn­ ly by Sam H. Harris in New York. Joan has been active in play pro- chestra Song" by Geisler: and g i v e n by Reverend William stalks. pumpkins, black cats, and After a season's run, the play ductions, I.R.C., and W.A.A., and "One World" by Geoffrey O'Hara. Bernbt, pastor of the Church of witches gave mute testimony to, made a triumphal tour of the is also a member of Kappa Delta l\Iaureen Maloney played "The the Transfiguration, Edgewood. and approval of, the event. Added country. Now it will open for a Pi. Governor John 0. Pastore is ex­ touches to the galaxy of glamour Box"Mu ic by Poenitz and "Cap­ night at the College of Education Claire Auger, a senior also pected to address the assembly. were the solos bv three of the col­ priccio" by Belotta on the harp. under the able direction of Miss majoring in English-Social tudies, The principal speaker will be lege's talented -ingers, Lee Geo­ A program of sacred and secular Virginia Prescott. trained at Woon ocket Junior Lieutenant Colonel T. V. Smith of ghegan, Sylvia Whitehead. and High School and is now editor of music is being prepared for the Continued on Page 6 Barbara Hitchcock. First Lady is a comedy in three acts. Continued 011 Page 5 other concerts al which "'.\Iis i\lc­ Thanks. tots of the times for It ha all you expect of a Broadway play - Gunigle hopes to present the mix­ taking in our tantrum of ~erp­ sophistication, intrigue and scintillation. Actually ed choir. At present the Choir's Newport, Boston ichore. The committee, to whose Crystal Balh·oom it is a farce about Washington !'lchedule f<Jr this .eme~ter is as names we proudly point below, wish Lure History to express7.heir apprcciatic,n tu all political life-a glimpse into the To Be Scene of follows: lives of such important figures as Devotees Continued on Page 6 Junior Prom Oct. 2 5-R. I. Institute of In- the Secretary of State, the Justice struction. of the Supreme Court, and a pros­ Nov. 19-Newport Music Club. This month the history depart- pective "First Lady." And ,that's The class of 1948 will put its Governing Board Continued on Page 5 ment has sponsored two memor­ where the fun begins. Don't miss best foot forward when it features able excursions, to Newport and Meets at College for First Lady. the Junior Prom to be held No­ to Boston. These cities were se- Yearly Conference The cast in order of appearance vember 22 in the Biltmore Hotel. President Whipple lected because of the abundance is as follows: For more than two years this class Attends Conference of their historic material and be­ :Mr. John F. Brown, alumnus Soplty Prescott Lorraine Bolduc has eagerly awaited its first for­ cause of their availability. and member of the Board of Trus­ Charlotte Bet-ty Cullen mal affair. This period of antici­ On Columbus Day, a group of The "October Conference for tees of Rhode Island College of Continued on Page 6 pation has also been a time in thirty students and three faculty the Exchange of Educational Education, was chairman for the which plans have been fostered to members, Miss Bassett, Miss Opinion" was held at the Craw­ twenty-fourth annual meeting of make ,this annual event one to be Wright, and :Mrs. Andrews, trav­ ford House, Crawford . otch, New the Association of Governing MORE ELECTIONS remembered. eled by bus to Newport. There Hampshire, September 29 and 30 Boards of State Universities and On that long expected Friday they met the general director of and October 1. President Whipple, Allied Institutions, which was held Art Club Committee evening, comely girls in their for­ the ewport Historical Society, with representative educators from in Rhode Island October 8, 9, Herman Garlick mal taffetas, nets, and unique en­ ::\Ir. Herbert Brigham, who acted other New England states, at­ and 10. Roberta Higgins sembles of every description, and as guide. tended this annual meeting. Addresses of welcome were Phylli Berardi gay young men in their black and First seen was the Historical given at the Biltmore Hotel by Edna Gryzowska white will allow their hearts and ·'Education for Better Living Society Building, which incorpor­ Dr. Carl R. Woodward, of R. I. Roland Marichal feet to "swing and sway" to the Together in the Democratic Way" ates an old Seventh-Day Baptist State, and Dr. Lucius A. Whipple * * * Continued on Page 5 was the general theme. The need i\Ieeting House. The famous Old of R.I.C.E. to the delegates rep­ Nature Club for purposive civic education was Stone Mill was of special interest resenting every part of our coun­ President-Marion McCarthy tressed through the round-table since the recent publication, Author to Speak try. With Mr. John F. Brown Vice-President- discussions of questions uch as: America by Hjalmar R. Roland, presiding, the second session con­ £. Gladys Peterson During Book Week Do college graduates vote more testifies that the • orse really did cerned itself with the Academic Secretary-Dorothy Habershaw regularly than others? build the old mill after all. Administration of a University Treasurer-Lorraine Boudreau Maurice Dolbier, eminent author Are the schools and colleges Among the other places of in­ and the University Retirement Social Committee Chairman- of books for children and well- preparing definitely for better po­ terest which the group visited are Plan. Mary McGuiness known radio reporter for th leadership?e litical Continued on Page 5 Providence Journal, will give the . The sessions on Wednesday Publicity-Esther Partridge Are our teacher trammg msti- assem bl yI t ec ure N ovem ber . 13 were held in the College. The dis­ * * * · Ch.Id , B k W k H tut10ns turnmg out teachers who Mrs. Andrews Chosen Freshman Stunt Night Committee d urmg I ren s oo ee . e th' k b · · cussions concerned Legislative ·11 k b •t· f h.l · m concrete Iy a out poht1cal w1 spea a out wn mg or c 1 - .