Slippery Rock University - Saxigena Yearbook (Slippery Rock, PA)

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MRS. MARY McCANDLESS, Assistant Dean of Women Flowers arc her favorite hobby . . . growing them and making bouquets and mantel pieces for North Hall teas and parties. She enjoys sewing and dress designing. although she has little time for them now. North Hall and the girls are her hobby, too, and we picture her arranging flowers, meeting our friends, and acting as our housemother. MISS BERNICE SPARGO. Nurse Our cheery little nurse enjoys music, too, both as a soloist and a listener. Going to symphonies and musical programs and driving aimlessly about the country side, exploring cne road after another, were favorite activities . . . now postponed for a while. Other hobbies are reading current fiction . . . attending plays and movies . . . and smilingly treating her patients. MISS GLADYS SANDERSON, Accompanist Miss Sanderson stated clearly that she was no collector, but she must be a collector of tuneful melodies. How also could she accompany Mr. Shelar so well in our Monday morning sings? She has no hobby, but her time is well spent in accompanying the Vesper Choir . . . playing for chapel programs . . . supplementing the music appreciation courses . . . and working in the gym and main offices. MISS NELL WOODS. Dietitian Miss Woods collects antique furniture and is always on the lookout for new acquisitions. (It isn’t even quite safe to have an antique in the dormitory, girls; she’ll want to buy it.) She enjoys people and often entertains with bridge. One of her interests is corresponding with her men in white who arc now men in uniform. Eighteen

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QoAA elluA [jacMma jbeast 9 tiVu4ciiOH A familiar figure on our campus is Dr. Cornelius Jaars-ma, the Dean of Instruction. He is well known as instructor, administrator, and sponsor for Kappa Delta Pi and Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. We discovered that his professional work was his avocation as well as his vocation. Most of his leisure time is spent in professional activities. He reads voluminously, and has written articles for School and Society, Education, Calvin Fcrum, and the Educational Forum, the national magazine published by Kappa Delta Pi. Although much of his time is spent in study. Dr. Jaarsma is fond of gardening and has flower and vegetable plots near his home on Kicstcr Road. MtiA fielle Jlolcuuay becut li otHert Ably and graciously presiding over North Hall and serving as Dean of Women at Slippery Rock is Miss Belle Holaway. She is very active in campus affairs and is an advisor to the Y. W. C. A. and the North Hall Dormitory Council. Guidance, directing social affairs, and administrative work keep Miss Holaway very busy, but she finds time to do voluminous reading and is well-informed on current problems. Her leisure time is spent in activities such as swimming, hiking, and bridge. Riding is one of her chief pleasures during vacation periods, which usually include a trip through several of the United States. Her tastefully furnished apartment reflects her versatile and cosmopolitan personality. jjameA 7 Pole ubeatt o Me All Slippery Rock students know our jolly Dean of Men, Mr. Pole, and the fine work he has done in establishing better relationships among the men on our campus. To supplement his work in college English classes and in the high school, he has several interesting hobbies. Did you know that he is very fond of collecting and making maps—any kind of map, but particularly those of historical interest. You may have seen him participating in such athletic activities as tennis, bicycling, and hiking. Pool is one of his favorite means of recreation, along with ''tinkering” with clocks and radio. Other interests are the Press Club and Sigma Tau Delta. Scvrntmi

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MISS RUBY FRAMPTON. Librarian Her hobbies arc domestic . . . likes canning and preserving . . sewing and needlework . . . scouring and cleaning at home ... of course, a librarian would like books, but her favorite ones are rarely the current favorites. She likes to garden best of all. DR. CARLE B. SPOTTS, Chairman of English Department Reading on every subject . . . golfing , . . gardening . . . growing Epigea Ripena (arbutus to you) . . writing . . . (read the article in the current Pennsylvania Debating Journal) . . . Author of a text book in debate . . . these occupy Dr. Spotts' leisure time, along with his debate team. MRS. WILLIE MAY DU BARD, English Department Mrs. DuBard is quite a collector . . . stamps . . . coins . . . miniature pitchers, inspired by a collection seen in New England . . . one hundred pitchers collected, and several others in the family . . (Her lunches arc so delicious wc wonder if Southern Hospitality is net another hobby.) MRS. LILLIAN SHEEHY, Assistant Librarian Her home is her hobby . . . painting the furniture . . . cooking . . . rug making began because she had a lot of rags . . . don’t you imagine Jill's affairs arc her hobby, too? DR. OI.I.IE BACKUS, Chairman of Speech Department Flitting from one hobby to another . . . collecting symphonic records . . playing bridge . . . building a summer home, a log cabin in Michigan . . . developing pictures , . . delves for a while, then goes to another hobby . . . books of poetry, particularly Sara Teasdale . . . also, visiting with people.” DR. PIERREPONT H. NICHOLS. English Department A dilettante in music. Doc plays many instruments . . . fond of popular music (probably because his mother wanted him to play hymns and classics) . . . enjoys bass horn and baritone . . . was motorcycle dispatch rider in last World War . . . boating, a summer hobby . . . owns two small sloops . . . Probably next summer’s hobby will be bicycling, not as a kid stunt, but from necessity. A 'in firm