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

Text from Pages 1 - 142 of the 1934 volume:

F, 3 5 W 5 5 HHQIGZD Q ACI-IERS COLLEGE LIDPERY ROCK PENNA. ' SLIPPERY ROCK THE PAGEANT ' Y ix i ,P ii , . Alix N . ,A X .R .' -X W X .V ' ,gk e 'QIfwg'if'if'X ary ,sux ' 'V Wo' , v ' ' S K 5 X X., X. 'x , ,-,x 4 V, funk fu M, If 'mga .g r 7171 D GS Mx QV' S THE COLLEGE inaugurates a new method of editing its annual at Slippery Rock, we, the editors of this Suxigemz, have attempted to work out a theme heretofore unknown to our school. It was our aim to construct a book that might serve as an illustrated diary of the events of our college days from Fall to Spring. We have taken the activities in their order of sequence and have acknowledged them as they began to function on our campus, In the Fall Section are many vivid scenes of campus life and student activity. Our faculty have dropped their stiff and formal manner in their pictures which seemed to prevail in other previous annuals. They also co-operated willingly and wholeheartedly in making our book conform more closely to our seasonal theme. The Freshman Class is the first to receive distinction as such. They are initiated into the college as members of the student body. Football captures the attention of the crowds with its glamour and ele- mental appeal. Due recognition is given the men who represent our school on the gridiron. Graphic action pictures on the football arena culminate our fall season. With the approach of winter, our campus was unusually beautiful wrapped in its velvety mantle of soft white snow. Many scenic pictures of this season ...ui..., .. i i..f.u. ., . ... .ns ... ,.uu.l.m....t. REVCZV Were offered to the .Yaxigefza Staff, but we regret that space doesn't permit publication of all of them. The Rocket basketeers received the plaudits of the Spectators as they many times went into a breath- taking, whirlwind Hnish either to win graciously or lose gloriously. The efflorescent dogwood on our nature trail exhibits the grandeur of our campus during Spring. Our trees and lawns assume a radiant freshness and newness of life which imbues us with loftier thoughts and feelings. We have reasons to be proud of school grounds. At this time of year, when Spring begins to awake from her winter sleep and unfolds all her splendid beauty in abundant profusion, King Sport keeps pace and initiates the track season. On the cinder path many records are sought by hopeful aspirants. As summer bursts upon us, we come to graduation and the parting of the ways. This annual can only reveal in a small way the friendships and secret hopes that lie unexpressed within each individual's heart as this occasion approaches. We hope that we have given you a fair and accurate resume of the college year. If such be the case, our labor has borne some fruit and five hundred half-chewed pencils will not have scratched in vain. G. c. B. WHIRL NORMAN WEISENFLUH A.B., MA. fi THIS, THE 1934 EDITION OF THE SAXIGENA, GRATEFULLY RECOGNIZES HIS YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE TO THE COLLEGE, HIS CONSTANT HELP AND PATIENCE IN ALL THE PROBLEMS OF THE STUDENT BODY IN THE PAST. WE LOOK TO HIM IN THE FUTURE FOR CONTINUED PROGRESS AND FOR THE FULFILLMENT OF THOSE TRADITIONS THAT THE YEARS HAVE HALLOWED. IN THE PREPARATION OF THIS YEAR BOOK IT IS WITH A FEELING OF GRATITUDE THAT WE DEDICATE ITS CONTENTS IN PART TO THE MUCH LOVED INSTRUCTOR WHOSE LIFE WITH US HERE HAS BEEN AN INSPIRATION TO HIGHER IDEALS AND TRUER SCHOLARSHIP. THIS BRIEF TRIBUTE CAN EXPRESS BUT A SMALL MEASURE OF OUR APPRECIATION OF HIM AND HIS WORK. ARCHIE DODDS ' B.P.E., M.A. 43' - i-Q.-1 WON FALLING LEAVES CARPET THE CAMPUS IN A PRESIDENT LINWOOD EISENBERG, A.B., A.M., PH.D., LL.D THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE 0 WITH THE PUBLICATION OF THE 1934 SAXIGENA, A NEW PLAN IS INAUGURATED AT STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, SLIP- PERY ROCK. THE BOOK IS FINANCED OUT OF THE ACTIVITIES FUND, MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR EACH STUDENT ENROLLED IN THE COLLEGE TO RECEIVE A COPY. THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR EDITING THE SAXIGENA IS PLACED UPON THE SENIOR CLASS IN COOPERATION WITH THE JUNIOR CLASS. THE SENIOR AND THE JUNIOR CLASSES CONTAIN STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE FOUR-YEAR CUR- RICULUMS. THIS MAKES THE 1934 SAXIGENA THE FIRST TRULY COLLEGIATE PUBLICATION. IT IS THE INTENTION IN 1935 TO HAVE THE JUNIOR CLASS RESPONSIBLE FOR EDITING THE SAXIGENA AND TO PUBLISH IT IN HONOR OF THE SENIOR CLASS, FINANCING THE PUBLICATION FROM THE ACTIVITIES FUND. TO YOU, THE GRADUATES OF THE VARIOUS CURRICULUMS, THIS BOOK MAKES AN ESPECIAL APPEAL. YOU ARE NOW ABOUT TO FACE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF ACTIVE LIFE. MAY THE STANDARDS AND IDEALS THAT WE HAVE TRIED TO DEVELOP AT SLIPPERY ROCK GO WITH YOU AND HELP YOU TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN YOUR CHOSEN PROFESSION. VERY SINCERELY, J. LINWOOD EISENBERG DEANS 0 DEAN OF INSTRUCTION DEAN OF WOMEN DEAN OFAMEN JOHN A. ENTz,B.s.,M.A.,L1TT.D. Sow has fha right fo fha you in the colleges to become future men and women of character and culture. May your college career give you this develop- ment. JOHN A. ENTZ, Deniz of Instruction. . . An important mile stone on life's journey has been reached. As you proceed on a more serious lap of the journey, you will find that with opportunity will come responsibility. May you recognize and take hold of your opportunityg and may your life and training here at State Teachers' College prove you worthy and willing to live up to the accompanying responsibility. My best wishes for success go with you. LILLIAN JOHNSON, Dean of Women. N, A.B., A. M. The appearance of the year book again re- minds us that the college year of1933-34 is rapidly approaching the end. With the end of this college year will come the end of College life for the Seniors Of our college. We hope that their stay with us has been happy and that the future will hold nothing but success and happiness for them. Congratulations to the editors of the Saxigemz and best wishes to their class. X N. K. THOMPSON, Dum of Meri. E X E C U TI V E O F F I C E R S-Standimlr Mr. Thompson, Dr. Entz, Miss McCandless, Miss Hamm, Dr. Wagenhorst. Seated: Mr. Fisher, Mr. Glaapey, Dr. Eisenberg, Miss Johnson. The service of any educational institution to youth and to the public they contact IHLISE, by the very nature of things, be limited by the vision of its instructors. It isonly proper that we should revere our college and be stirred by varying emotions at thoughts of its campus and halls where so many hours have been spent. But these trees and lawns, these walls and rooms are only the habiliments, the external symbols of intangible forces that have marked the upward march in man's development. Only in the minds and souls of our faculty shall we find the real spirit of Slippery Rock's college, which, reflected in the hearts of ever new student bodies, shall continue to brood over it when all now here have gone. What is it that marks a college so that all may read? Is it not the sum total of the educational ideals its founders have held, the broad vision of its administrators, the wealth in body and spirit and mind possessed by its faculty members? And while on any faculty the dominant attitudes of individuals will be various-cynical, sentimental, materialistic, aesthetic, etc.,-fall must be motivated by desires apart from the purely personal if they are to leave anything of lasting worth behind them. It is the boast of us students and a fact acknowledged elsewhere that our college has one of the best faculties among many institutions. Attempting to explain just what we mean by ben we shall mention F A C U L T Y first thegattainments and present efforts of our faculty members in the field of formal education. It is only natural that our president, Dt. Eisenberg, who has worked so untiringly in bringing S. R. S. T. C. to its present high rating among our state colleges and who has spoken so often of the necessity of vision in education, should set as a goal the getting of Ph.D.'s by at least fifty percent of his teaching stall. We are proud of the fact that Dr. Eisenberg's administrative policies and efforts, practical as thev mav be, are always seeking new bournes beyond traditional standards, are ever touched by the idealisiil of the visionary, are ever seeking to realize dreams of educational Utopias. There follows a brief record of the past and present work of a number of the faculty: Mr, Wrigley has written his dissertation for his Ph.D. Dr. Dimit obtained his Ph.D. this spring from Columbia. Mr. Heintzelman has been attending Pitt working toward his Ph.D. Miss Grillin obtained her Master's Degree from Chicago University. EDUCATION Standing: Dr. ldntz, Mr. Welscnfluh, Mr. Wrigley. Seated: Dr. liisonburpn Mr. Porter. ENGLISlIfStxu1dlm1: Dr. Tinker, Miss Mnry, Dr. Tnllcott. Seated: Mrs. Duhurd, Dr. Bluisdcll, Miss Elchlcr, Dr. McNeil. I HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY Standing: Mr. Book, Mr. Clutton, Mrs. Arnold, Miss Bissell, Mr. Edler, Miss Wallace, Mr. Martin, Mr. Dodds, Miss Moss. Seated: Mr. Hess, Miss Rice, Mr. Dcnnlston, Miss Holloway, Miss Rhonda. Mr. Heim completed the course requirements at N. Y. U. for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Mr. Weisenfluh is at the present writing his thesis for his Ph.D. Mr. Vincent is attending Saturday classes at Pitt, working toward his Ph.D. Mr. Cottrell Will receive his Ph.D. as soon as he has completed his dissertation. Mr. Dodds obtained his Master's Degree from Springfield College in the summer of '33. Miss Gerberich has done work toward her Master's in music. Mr. Shelar is working toward his Ph.D. Mr. Porter worked toward his Ph.D. last summer at Columbia. Miss Kramer and Miss Dean worked toward their Ph.D. at Pitt last summer. An important piece of work being done by several members of our faculty is the revision, for the state department, of the junior high school course of study in mathematics. The members of the committee are Mr. Martin, Mr. Lady, Mr. Wagenhorst, Miss Rhoads, and Mr. Denniston. Mr. Book is Writing a text, Underrmnding American History. He is also working on his Ph.D. degree at Pitt. F A C U L T Y Laudable as are these efforts, it is one of the ironies of life that much learning does not imply Wisdom. Many of the world's greatest teachers have never shifted 'gears on a mortar box to receive a coveted degree, many never will. Com- mendable as are attainments in fields of higher education, there are other qualities that mark instructors as real educational leaders to any body of students. If we must limit these for lack of space, we should at least wish to name three: toleration, courage to think, and discontent. To be an educator a man or woman must be tolerant. The 0EllC1'lll1ll'1'S theories, he is willing to admit, may be as good as his own. Sometimes, if only occasionally, even a student's opinion may be worth considering. Such a teacher's heart is in tune with the great heart of the worldg his sympathies are broad enough to include the dreams and problems of all under his supervision. There are persons who, by some means, have fastened themselves like malignant parasites on the body of every college staff. They live in a world dark and narrow and are more to be pitied than censured. Because of the loneliness of their own hearts or failure to gain what they must consider SOCIAL SCIENCES Mr. Ilclm, Miss Brubaker, Mr. IIcudInntI. LIBRARIANS --Standlngl: Miss Frampton, Mrs. Ilnnscn. Seated: Miss Stewart. SCIENCE V-Sitnnlilinfgz Dr. Dlmit, Dr. Waldron, Mr. Lady, Mr. Shular. Scared: Miss Gray, Mr. Vincent, l'. ll . l SEATED: Miss Matheny, Miss Coslcy, Miss Reed, Dr. Wagonhurst, Miss Ray, Miss Dean. STANDING: Miss Brown, Mr. Helntzclman, Mrs. Arnold, Miss Brown, Miss Thompson, Miss Kramer, FACULTY Miss ldtse, Miss Berry. the recognition due them, they seem to gain a negative happiness only in imposing their own petty whims upon young men and women whom they could help much. The tragedy lies in the fact that they miss opportunities for self-development, for no one can raise a person to any plane without rising with him. Such instructors never realize that the respect shown them by their students is not for themselves but for the dignity of the positions they hold. Yet it is seldom that we find a really tolerant person among teachers, for their very specialization narrows their understanding of problems beyond their own, breeds a dogmatic attitude, and makes them intolerant of all opposition. Every college needs faculty members who are thinkers, whose values transcend mere academic wisdom, who refuse to ignore higher spiritual and mental values. And by spiritual we do not refer to that host of creeds and accretionary matter that has blinded us to the very creative purpose. Must these questions ever be discussed in the light of particular dogmas, beneath the benign smile of some favorite god? ls there no echo of ethereal melodies that strikes an answering chord in all men's hearts? CAfter all, there are no atheists, ,we differ only in our manner of believing.D If the end of life is happiness, here and now, based on material possession, then annoint us in the holy-of-holies of organized. ignoranceg deaden us to the beauty, the calm, the serenity that can come by thought alone, teach us to mimic the staid walk and mysterious look of ones who are stagnating in their dank pools of conventional ideasg teach us to perform our asinine hocus pocus for the benefit of credulous clod-hoppersg smother us with standardized this, that, and everything, and finally turn us out, stamped and approved, as good docile products who, because we have never even heard of think- ing, can not and will not cause any trouble to the established order. If the purpose of life is self-development, however, and we are not to go out one of a vast herd baaing a standardized baa, we need educators who realize that development of their student's potential forces can never be accomplished by puttering around on the surface of their minds. Education must proceed from withing if this is true, why should we troop into classes day after day where some one goes through the approved ritual of feeding us a few petty facts that we could much more comfortably read at home, and then gravely pronouncing either a benediction or a malediction over us as we wend our lowing way across the lea. These are they who will draw out our latent possibilities, and after all that is the purpose of education. C- K- L- IIEALTH EDUCATION--Standing: Mr. Thompson, Mr. Cottrell, Dr. Gallagher, Mr. Dodds, Miss Sanderson, Miss Compton. Seated: Miss Matheny. ARTS-Standln51:Mlss Gerherich, Mrs. Arnold, Mr. Miller. Seated: Miss Griffin, Mr. Hclntzelman. - any A 'WY F RESHMAN 0 Ah, the touching futility of a violin with a broken bow or artistic fingers Without a paint brush! Alas, the pathos of a nursery barren of childish laughter or a college without a freshman. The freshman is the indispensable element to college atmosphere, the evening ingredient. He is at once court jester, official goat, errand boy, safety valve for overwrought sophomores as well as a receptive audience for the achievements and prowess of his sophisticated brothers and sisters. We have been all of these. We have borne sophomore pleasantries with equanimity and heroic stoicism. We have gaped in wide-eyed wonderment at the accomplishments of our upper classmen. But our contributions have not all been passive. We have given our young, eager enthusiasm to all the college enterprises. We have an unusual number of able representatives on the basketball and football teams. Our intellectual possi- bilities are sound. That We have adjusted ourselves to campus life is shown by the representation of the blue and white in extra-curricular activities. What we do with our future is our task. ln our hands we have the finest of tempered metal to be hammered out by our powers. We intend to create an image that is fine, unblemished, and beautiful. SLIPPERY ROCK ATHLETICS Another sensational chapter was added to the stirring history of athletics here at Slippery Rock with the completion of the current season. The Rockets have just passed through one of the hardest athletic seasons in its history, but the co-operation of everyone con- cerned made it a successful one. - In looking back over the history of the school we find that athletics were run on a scholarship basis up until 1917 when, in order to raise the standards of the school, scholarships were done away with. The athletics were given over to the student boys under the supervision of an athletic committee, composed of members of the faculty. The school authorities and ofiicials can point with pride to the fact that throughout all the following years Slippery Rock has remained a win- ning team on the non-scholarship basis. With this champion and non-commercial status has remained a high degree of sportsmanship. Sportsmanship in itself means fair play. It means having a little respect for the other fellow's point of view. It means a real application of the golden rule. In contests like track athletics, tennis, baseball, swimming, etc., where the competition doesn't involve so much mental stress and strain, sportsmanship has reached a very fine level. It is more difficult for a football or basketball squad and coach to get the proper point of view. This is due to the fact that the very fierceness of the contest produces emotional clouds, making it difficult for judgment and fair play to pierce this dense fog of emotionalism. However, fair play has dominated in all Slippery Rock sports. When a Rocket team has won, the coach is as generous as possible in his comments on the losing team and the losing coach. .Bragging and gloating have no place in these circles of erudition. Green officials feel that when a team loses the losing coach should give full credit to the other team, regardless of conditions. An alibi or a flock of alibis is entirely out of order. The feeling between the student bodies has been one of exhilara- tion, and the coaches have done all in their power to eliminate that most base of emotions, hatrcd. Hatred has never built anything, but has always been destructive. Fair play and sportsmanship, if practiced will go a long way towards developing a finer type of citizenship throughout the country. Athletics develop in the young women and men initiative, resourcefulness, and the ability to think for themselves. Athletics are largely contests of wits, and teams who have played the game properly get a lot of benefit mentally as well as physically. The average sport is a hard, rough game, and there is nothing in the rules against playing it as hard as you can. However, it must be played clean and without muckerism. The game has no place for the mucker any more than it has for the mentally dull. Joshing on the field and court is all right, but it must not be carried to an extent where it becomes insu-lting. During the current basketball season peppered with defeat, the alumni have shown their loyalty by their actions in standing by the team and coach, particularly after just having a grid eleven that had found a great measure of success. However, the alumni should realize that loyalty isn't worth a nickel unless it works both ways. If the team shows it has been well coached, fights to the last ditch, and lives up to every tradition ofthe old school as regards sportsmanship, morale, and physical condition, the alumni should not feel bitter if the teamis beaten now and then. The most successful schools in athletics are those which have retained coaches over long periods. The most unsuccessful schools in athletics are those which allow their alumni to have them chasing rainbows. This means that they keep looking for the miracle man to coach their team. Practical Cxperience would show them that there is no such man. If they get a fairly good man, they had better keep him. This portion of the Saxigemz, the athletic division, like past issues, is meant to give homage to the athletes of Slippery Rock and to acquaint their many admirers and followers with facts con- cerning the various teams and athletes that might otherwise go unknown outside of the campus. Nothing said in praise of the athletes and the athletic organizations is meant in a spirit of brag- gadocio, rather, our comments are made from the point of view of an outsider looking in at them with an attitude of respect and awe. We make no attempt to exaggerate the qualities of the Slippery Rock players, because we feel that this is unnecessary. Various things said in this department of the year book are the antithesis of what they would say about themselves. To us they are real heroes, and we only ask that the reader try to look at them through our eyes. We wish to take this occasion to thank our many contributors and others who co-operated with us in this gesture of respect for what we honestly believe to be the greatest grid team and one of the greatest athletic seasons in Slippery Rock history. -THE ATHLETIC Emrronsf ' 'X ff? . A Everyone who has had any connection with Slippery Rock already knows more J about the efficient, genial, inspiring, brainy, hard-working, successful coaches than they know about themselves and we cannot, in this short space, elaborate on them. Coach N. K. Thompson's system of play has produced champions for a full score of years, and probably will continue to work for the future glory of Slippery Rock. His record speaks for itself. Coach A. P. Vincent, tall, quiet, and unassuming, has taught his men well all the tricks of athletics and has instilled in them the indomitable fire that characterized his play as a former star Westminster athlete. The role of trainer constitutes one of the most important parts of any major athletic organization. While there was no broken bones for Trainer Jack Svetek to care for, there were the usual number of cuts, bruises, pulled muscles, sprains, dislocations, and other minor injuries-to say nothing of several black eyes. As was displayed this season, the skill of a trainer is largely determined by his ability to care for these minor injuries and to prevent them from keeping the players out of the game. MA Slippery Rock's athletic successes are a tribute to the efficiency of the student managers. Trained by years of experience in the necessities of an athletic team, they carry out their assignments to the minutest detail. The business backbone of the various athletic squads gains considerably more than a varsity letter. During the time of his services, the manager has learned to work, consequently, he can make men co-operate with him. He learns how to handle people and make them feel that they have been treated courteously. It is just the same as working in the field after graduation. A team which finds everything planned for it, every effort expended for its personal comfort has taken a gigantic step toward success. The spirit of Slippery Rock, that etherial, intangible intre- pidity that has hovered over this seemingly peaceful institu- tion ever since its founding, is guided in an awakening each year by the cheerleaders. Under the pep-lads' coaxing, the students many times vehemently pledge their loyalty to their athletic warriors, when in the over-wrought atmosphere of a yell rally, like ancient tribal braves, they chant their gutteral yells of faith. There is something in the air that causes the student body to yell when the leaders pick up the green and white megaphones and enthusiastically repeat their allegiance formula, something that makes them roar their defiance and pledge again their loyalty to their team. FOOTBALL . FOOTBALL Slippery Rock Slippery Rock Slippery Rock .... Slippery Rock Slippery Rock Slippery Rock Slippery Rock Slippery Rock .... Slippery Rock... ......13 6 .55 ...,..12 ......27 6 ,,....12 ..14 ,125 RESULTS Westminster ...... Waynesburg ...... Holbrook .......... Thiel ............ Glenville ............ 21 Grove City ........ 6 Edinboro .....,...... O Clarion ........ Opponen ts ,....... 40 O FOOTBALL SUMMARY A doughty little band of warriors, the best that Coach Thompson was able to muster in only two scrimmages, invaded New Wilmington to lend aid as an opening warm-up game for Coach john Lawther's highly touted Westminster Titans, and, with the exception of a run- back touchdown, repulsed everything the Big Blue boys flung at them. A fighting line, evidently out to do or die, surprised the hundreds of spectators and perhaps surprised their coach, by holding the so-called favorites to a lone touchdown. With the aid of this same line the back- field, with less than a week's practice under their belts, was able com- pletely to outgain the fighting Titans and to compile thirteen points to win the opener, and thus set the Western Pennsylvania grid fans in an uproar. Gridironically speaking, Thompson's Rockets now commanded the respect of sport fans within reading distance. But Coach Thompson must be on his toes to deflate any gaseous egoism that might be found in camtp. This he did with colossal success by building up a most woeful case o inferiority complex. And so it was that we Find the diffident Rockets entering the next game as marked underdogs against Coach Wolf's champion Waynesbur eleven. That was their opinion of this contest, but the conquerors o?Penn State did not feel this way, because the Rockets had made a tri-state impression with their 13-6 victory as an opener. If any medals were handed out for perseverance, for dog- ged determination, and for an absolute refusal to quit trying, this particular game would assure every participating player a tie for first honors. .Battling to a first half scoreless deadlock, each team waited for a break and a chance to convert it into a score. Good head work was needed to ward off danger. That break never came, however, the miffy Green found one weak spot, and this spelled defeat for the jackets and sent the mirthfulll Rockets and supporting student body down the old ash road to the main campus to the tune of Who s afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Yes, a 6-O victory, with Slippery Rock still undefeated. H The next Saturday the call was issued to the proud papas and mamas to drop in and see the Wander-boys. At the end of the first quarter we find the varsity lads leaving the field, having spotted the reserves with twenty odd points against a hard fighting, resolute Alfred Holbrook College eleven. The reserves battled the remainder of the game with the determined Ohioans to climax a perfect Parents' Day with 3 35-7 victory, 1 The undefeated Rockets lingered long and worked hard on College Bluff for the next few days, tiying to work out combinations that would stop that well known combination Strimer and Snyder 0 Thiel College, which was scheduled for the following week. Coach Stoefer's Stars were stopped, and in the meanwhile the locals succeeded in pushing over two scores to gain a 12-0 win. ' Rocket fire and lightning stuck the gridiron defenders of Rorabaugh Field at Glenville, West Virgin1a,the following Saturday to break a Pioneer winning streak that had floated over that stadium for Clght years. It was not an easy victory for the Green, for with the backing of the huge Spencer Hlgh School Band and a roaring Homecoming Day crowd the Pioneers took the lead and held a 2119 13 advantage at halftime. Aroused to a fighting fury unusual even to their far famed fighting SPIUY, Kerr Thompson's Slippery Rock players came back holding Coach Rorhbaugh's men scoreless and scoring three times to assure a 27--21 climax. ' Every school has its traditions whether they be social, scholastic, athletic, or spiritual. Grove City has for some time been the traditional rival of the Rockets. Without a breathing game fron the crucial Glenville encounter and with three varsity men garbed in street clothes because of in- luries, the Rockets were forced to wait one more year until they may have the glory of defeating an Amos coached eleven. The final score ended in an habitual tie at six all. However, local people console themselves by saying, We got our touchdown first. What could bring greater satisfaction F0 any Slippery Rock man than to be the hero of the great traditional game with the Crimson Grovers? Can you conceive of playing the autumn pastime on a gridiron covered with snow that actually reached the knee? Coach Thompson's Rockets passed and ran their wav to a 12-O victory over the Powerful Edinboro grid machine on this type of a gridiron at the rival teachers' institution. Slippery Rock remains as one of the few Eastern elevens to yet suffer a set-back. ' Less glorious perhaps, but none the less appreciated, was the final game with Clarion-a 14-0 triumph for the Rock-men. It was an astonishing accomplishment, witnessed by a capacity antag- OIIISEIC group of spectators, who saw a desperate Gold and Blue team crushed completely. Slippery Rock remains one of the undefeated elevens of the country. The fighting men of Slippery Rock, tau ht to fight scientifically and effectively by Coach ThOmpson, have completed another year of fgootball exploits which bring new laurels and new glory. to the feet of the towering Eagle, whose beautiful image, posed at the top of the Old Gvm building of the campus, is a constant source of inspiration to all men of Slippery Rock. ROCKETS Alphabetically speaking we line the Rocket gridsters up ready for the kick-ofT:JACK AIRD . . . Wilmerding . . . five foot eight . . . 158 pounds . . . abackfielder who can play the role ofa heady quarter- back, a smashing full-back, a blocking right half, and a swift, tricky left half. FRANK Cfljiej AFRICA . . . Pitcairn . . . five foot eight . . . 160 pounds . . . a scrappy half-back whose superior speed kept him very much in the running at all times . . . senior. ROBERT CHMQ DINSMORE . . . New Castle . . . junior . . . guard . . . six foot two . . . 230 pounds . . . although Bob is scarcely afuard of watch charm proportions, since he weighs some 230 poun s, he nevertheless moves over the turf fast enough to be termed as one. EUGENE Cfoel DUGAN . . . Pittsburgh . . . center . . . five foot nine . . . 165 pounds . . . junior . . . hard tackler . . . a well- developed ability to diagnose plays . . . an ability to break them up once he had gauged them. EUGENE CPemwt.rD FORKER . . . Grove City . . . senior . . . half-back . . . five foot six and a half . . . 164 pounds . . . a lad who thoroughly enjoys the rough contacts ofa man's game . . . acting captain in many contests. ORVILLE CBudj FREED . . . Mt. Pleasant . . . junior . . . five foot seven . . . 159 pounds . . . half-back . . . his speed and skill entitled him to play a leading role in the Slippery Rock attack. JOSEPH CfoeD GIBSON . . . Slippery Rock . . . Kiski Prep . . . freshman . . . end . . . five foot eleven . . . 161 pounds . . . a former teammate of St:anford's Bones Hamilton . . . greatest asset, of course, was his speed. OTTO QTinyD GIGONE . . . Titusville . . . tackle . . . six foot . . . 210 pounds . . . Phi Sigma Pi . . . has the ability to mask his emotions, to cover up with apparent placidity the surging of his great competitive spirit. MICHAEL CMikeD KOMORA . . . New Kensington . . . Kiski Prep . . . GeorgetownU .... senior . . . tackle . fivefooteleven . . . 175 pounds . . . afriendly, serious man . . . perhaps the most dependable man on the squad. RUSSEL CRu.rfD KIMBER- LAND . . . Akron . . . Burgettstown High product . . . senior . . . five foot nine . . . 165 pounds . . . a fighting, determined, dogged tackler and blocker. FRED ELMER CTugD LEWIS . . . Turtle Creek . . . manager . . . senior . . . five foot seven . . . 150 pounds . . . varsity basketball . . . gymnast and tumbler of repute. MILES CMeD MILLIRON . . . Kittanning . . . senior . . . quarterback . . .five foot eleven . . . 155 pounds . . . a quiet unassuming clever signal barker . . . generous allotment of good football sense. DOMINIC Ulaorfyj MORELL . . . Rochester . . . senior . . . trained by Army's coach Hawk . . . guard . . . live foot six . . . 168 pounds . . . great skill as apunter . . . many times behind his own goal line he coolly booted long spirals to put his team out of danger. FRANK CHankD NOCERA . . . New Castle . . . junior . . . center . . . five foot eight . . . 165 pounds . a great struggle against handicaps that in the end proved to be overwhelming . . . Phi Sigma Pi. FRED CFreddyD ORTMAN . . . Ford City . . . junior . . . fullback . . . came IHEO his own with his bruising rushes through the line and his brilliant pass catching. MICHAEL CMikeD PERKOSKY . . . Turtle Creek . . . junior . . . guard . . . live foot ei ht . . . 168 pounds . . . one ofthe smartest, f1ghtingest, best all-around guards that ever cgug his cleats into the sod of the college bluff. HOWARD C.S'mittyD SMITH . . . Glassport . . . senior . . . end . . . live foot eight . . . 150 pounds . . . academic rating high . . . personal popularity IS shown by the fact that he has been president of his class for the last two years. GEORGE Cliedj STONIS . . . New Kensington . . . junior . . . tackle . . . six foot four . . . ZOO pounds . . . Phi Sigma Pi . . . three letter man . . . honor student . . . chosen on every all-opponent team that was selected. MILAN CTutj TATALA . . . McKees Rocks . . . junior . . . quarterback . . . live foot seven . . . 160 ounds . . . asafield general he absolutely made the best possible use of the greatest array of weapons any team could have. LOUIS Csf01Z6 Facej WEITZEL . . . Taylor Allderdice . . . junior . . . five foot eleven . . . 175 pounds . Phi Sigma Pi . . . KENNETH Clffmj WESTLAKE Slippery Rock . . . senior . . . five foot eleven . . . 180 pounds. THEODORE CTedD ZIEMENSKI . . . Ford City . . . junior . . . end . . . six foot . . . 175 pounds. 0 0 MEN'S LL 19 '50, Everyone who so desires plays football at Slippery Rock. One might have distinctive qualifications and so merit a coveted position on the varsity squadg or perhaps he might not have marked ability, and so confines his talent to the intramural football league. Under the direction of Archie Dodds this plan is nothing more than an arrangement whereby players on the teams in the league are afforded an opportunity to learn the fundamentals of the game without fear of embarrassment. The following spring and fall they are given the chance to display the results of their experienceg if worthy they are asked to join the varsity, if not, it is suggested that they return to the intramural league for further improvement. Many potential varsity players have been unearthed in intramural competition, later to become Slippery Rock stars of the gridiron. Can you give proper recognition to the intramural circles when we unveil the mystifying news that four regulars on Coach Thompson's champion grid eleven could have been found just a year ago giving their services to the Sophomore class? And who would have thought that the passing combination that won the 6-O victory over the juniors to decide the intramural championship, INTRAMURAL o 0 l.l.17J I -' 'I.,.,,.,y Lf , I J , 5. c f lv would become the sure-passing combination, Tatala to Ortman, that aided. in the winning of several hard fought varsity games. In all probabilities had it not been for the opportunity for presenting skills and ability offered by the intramural program Coach would not be able to point with pride to the un- blemished victory list that is now his. Intramural football at Slippery Rock has long since been graduated from the experimental stage, and now occupies leadership in fall sport activities on the campus with the exception of the varsity team. Its history is packed with memorable incidents of hard fought battles, bitter victories and acrid losses. Intense rivalry characterizes every game in intramural competition, yet good sportsmanship always predominares. The greatest single advance in intramural football came in the past year when the college initiated its policy of furnishing equipment to the players. This important function of the system has been gradually developed until today equipment room for the class games resembles the plant of a large university. It is fighting spirit that has brought intramural football out of the obscurity that enshrouded it in earlier days into the limelight of campus popularity. A A W. A. A. EXECUTIVE CABINET First Row: Bloomfield, Haines, White, Kuhen. Second Row: Aiken, 0'Brien, Wetter, Compton. Third Row: Gough, Walker, Burgess. WOMEN'S ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION The Women's Athletic Association is made up of girls who are interested in all types of athletics, and it aims to encourage co-operation, loyalty, fair play, and good sportsmanship among the participants. The membership this year was 125. In order that games may be on a more equal basis, we are divided into two groups: the college girls and the health education girls. There are many ways by which we may secure points toward the awards offered by the club. The fall sports in which we indulge are tennis, hiking, golf, archery, soccer, field ball, and hockey. The climax of our hockey season this year was the trip to Pitt, made by the Green and the White W. A. A. teams. The Green squad defeated the Pitt aggregation by a score of 3-2. The White lineup and the Slippery Rock Alumni tied with a score of 2-2. The winter activities, which leave us mere skeletons CPD, are basketball, volleyball, handball, and apparatus. CSome of us go ice-skatingj In the spring we frolic on the tennis courts, the baseball diamond, and the track field. Swimming is the all-year-round sport now. Besides our athletic program, we presented a moving picture in the chapel, preceded by a brilliant stage show under the direction of Alice White. Another event of importance to the W. A. A. members was the Annual Spring Party, considered a howling success by those who attended. WOMEN'S FALL I TR MURAL QW , me is 'S if! xt , Now all the larger surrounding universities and colleges have installed the system of intramural sports and are heralding it as something new in this country, as something which they have imported directly from the dear old sod at Cambridge or Oxford or somewhere. And all this in spite of or because of the pleas for the deemphasis of athletics in our native land. While the larger gentlemen fall all over themselves patting each other on the back about the splendid introduction of such a noteworthy system in which everyone gets a chance for development, we of Slippery Rock slink away into our corners and wonder whether we are recognized with the merit that Glenn Cunningham, Boston Part Sports Writer, would have us believe. Ever since the founding of dear 'ol Centerville Academy at the crossroads, this school near the shores of good old Slippery Rock Creek has had some form of competitive athletics in which the girl students battled among themselves for supremacy and didn't give a hang about the Panthers and the Coogers. Slippery Rock's system of girls' intramural athletics grew up with the school. There was no attempt to pattern the methods employed after any other system then in existence. This form of intramural com- petition merely sprung up with the desire for exercise for the student body. The first teams that Slippery Rock ever sent on the field or court against other schools in the sur- rounding reservations were in reality intramural teams, those that had emerged from the scuffle and had beaten the other intramural outfits. 'Intramural activities during the past season have been under the supervision of the Misses Compton and Matheny. The members of the senior health education class aided not a little with their many con- tribu tions of service. SNAPS Time, the eternal bookkeeper, closes his ledger and totals the assets of another year, a great year, a year of achievements and splendid performance for Slippery Rock-perhaps the greatest football year in Slippery Rock's history. To Kerr Thompson and to every member of his squad, congratulations! I C O The Champion Rockets were treated as real champions while in West Virginia. A clipping from a mountaineer newspaper reveals, Stonewall Jackson Hotel of Clarksburg is proud in its selection to have had as its guests the champion Slippery Rock football team enroute to Glenville. Again in Glenville's selection of their all- opponent eleven we find three Rocket gridders placed CStonis, J, Uram, and GibsonD on the first team. Johnny Uram was the only all opponent to receive a unanimous vote. Four other Green gridders were named as noteworthy. I I O Slippery Rock Stadium, when finished, will be a monument to sportsmanship, a tribute to fighting youth, and an ampitheatre to be devoted to modern athletics. The comparison between this costly structure and that of the old College Bluff will be striking indeed. O I I It is often said that an army moves on its stomach. If that is true, then it is also true that Slippery Rock's football team moves on its reserves At any rate, the reserves have done nobly, and Slippery Rock may well be proud of them. Their job is to give the varsity workouts, and what workouts they are! Striving always to push themselves up a notch, with the varsity as their ultimate goal, the reserves sometimes execute the plays of those they are emulating even better than they are executed by the originators. The varsity never finds it easy to push these boys over the field, on the contrary, the reserves give them a tough time of it. Much of the success of the past varsity season goes to these reserves, who so courageously and so generously allowed themselves to be actually ground up in daily actual or dummy scrimmages. f ' Q. , sq paul.- fri .,. M-F lf vw N VN Ox! sq:- MOU VANGUARDS OF SNOW HERALD THE COMING THE SOPHOMORE CLASS The Sophomore Class gathered together in the fall of 1933 with the determination in mind of making this year the best year of their college lives. Mr. A. P. Vincent was appointed class adviser, and at the first class meeting Nick I-Ijelte was elected president. The first few months were filled with initiations and tribunals, which ended with a football game in which the Sophomores were successful. The class play, The Pet Shop, was the first work of the Sophomore Class to gain recognition. It was very cleverly presented by the Misses Ruth Smyers and Patricia Soper, Mr. Roland Baird, and Mr. James Englefield. On the evening of February 17, the Sophomore Class boarded the S. S. Sophomore for their annual class dance. Under the excellent supervision of Miss Olive Sipe, the : 5 I . f g 5 Q i, C x 4 K I A-N. J SOPHOMORE OFFICERS Seated: Walker, Mr. Vincent CAdvlsorJ, Keefc. Standing: Fowler, Hjelte. gymnasium was turned into a ship, and an enjoyable eve- ning of dancing was spent on deck by the Sophomores. The members of the class are anxiously anticipating their Junior year and hope that it will be as successful as this Sophomore year has been. THE 1934 SAXIGE EDITO An edition of a volume dedicated to the glories and vanities of this school has been compiled annually for a number of years. Since the time of the first school annual, up to and including the model in your hands, each editor-in-chief and his staff has been convinced that he is divinely commissioned to immortalize his particular year-book. Now the '34 Saxigemz makes its gesture for recognition all too modestly acclaiming the tireless efforts put forth by its editor-in-chief, Gilbert Bacon. Gib, along with his staff, gave willingly of their time and talents to make the editorial content of the book what it is. The 1934 .Skzxigena had a picture of itself once when it was a beard- less, mossless youth but its publication here would be of no aid in identifying the broken crumbs of humanity after they have come through the year's indenture. Glance quickly at the names of those who are responsible for the sins of omission and commission herein displayed-and pass on. THE SAXIGENA STAFF, EDITORIAL Seated: Harry Davis, William Stewart, Gilbert Bacon, Marlon Tranter. Standing: Louis Thaler, John Walker. nfllll '-ar' -' 'ivin i' l i l RIAL BUSI SS STAFFS As this publication is viewed by the student body, rarely, if ever, is there given a thought to the men behind the guns-the business back- bone of the yearbook-those students who, besides tending to the busi- ness side of the production, arouse an interest that would make the sale of the book great enough to cover the expense of production, if necessary. When we mention the Saxigena, we cannot forget the business office located in the Administration Building. The staff, under the capable direction of Michael Wargo, handles all the finances of the 1934 edition. The physical character of this book is their lasting monument. Although these students receive none of the publicity accorded to the other more colorful contributions of the year-book staff, they are an integral part of every good work and must not be forgotten when praise is offered for a successful enterprise. THE SAXIGENA STAFF, BUSINESS Seated: Nancy Grimm, Mitchel Umm, Michael Wanlo, Pauline Howe. :lm Ilfnm WOMEN'S STUDENT COUNCIL N MAY, 1928, the women students, under the capable leadership of Miss Lillian E. johnson, Dean of Women, and with the absolute sanction of the administration, in order to maintain a spirit of cooperation between the faculty and students and to uphold the traditions of the college whether scholastic or extra curricular, established this organization for the purpose of self-government. This year the organization in conjunction with the Y. W. C. A. has sponsored and directed several tea dances and shows for the purpose of furnishing the recreation rooms of both dormitories. Miss Florence Holloway and Mrs. Mary McCandless are the two faculty advisors who have faithfully counselled with the executive board throughout the year. Every woman who lives in the dormitory is a member of the organization. And the success of it depends not only upon the efficient and courageous leadership of the council, but also upon the hearty cooperation of each and all of its members. The officers for the last year have been: president, Berenice Mikesell, senior rep- resentative of the health education department, vice president, Aliene Dietrich, senior representative of the secondary education department, and secretary, Rheda Edwards, junior representative of the secondary education. WOMEN'S STUDENT COUNCIL First Row: Fowler, Edwards, Mikesell, Dietrich. Second Row: Savella, Hoffman, Hildebrand, Haines. THE PRESS CLUB The Press Club is a journalistic organization that meets every Monday afternoon in the Main Building to discuss the news of the week and plan for its publication in the Slippery Rock Xignal. Under its auspices a Signal is given to each student on the campus, sent to students doing practice teaching off the campus, and mailed to the alumni of the club. Formally those persons who showed ability in the journalism course and who were interested in newspaper writing were elected to membership. This year in connection with the Press Club activities a journalism class of thirty-three students recommended by the teachers of the English department was organized at the beginning of the second semester and meets once each week to learn the methods of newspaper writing. This work gives three hours credit as an English elective course. Dr. Mellicent McNeil, the faculty sponsor of the club, who is very active in the interest of the organization, has competently aided the members in their work. Presidefzr ...,...............,........,,t,.....,,...........,............. J EAN WESTLAKE , Vice Prericlent ......... ..... R UTH WILSON Secretary ,,.,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,., ,,.,..,. J ULIA OLIVER Barineys Manager ....... ...... R OBERT WALKER PRESS CLUB First Row: Oliver, Westlake, Pisor, Slcbert. Second Row: McConnell, Waldron, McNeil, Wilson, Walker. SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Symphony Orchestra is one of the many fine cultural organizations on the S. R. Campus. This year it consists of about fifty members who are interested in good music. This organization meets once a week for an hour during which time it rehearses many of the world's best classics. Many of the Sunday afternoons have been lightened with concerts, this year, that were designed to give the student body a taste-of the music its members so enjoy. The Symphony is one of the organizations that the student body should give whole-hearted support. At one time termed the Ugly Duckling of musical organizations the evolution of the Activities Orchestra has been and is an ever growing, well-balanced machine for producing music and service for the student body. The members learn to co-operate and produce leadership of a fine quality which is a valuable asset to any organization. To the orchestra's music the lads and lassies trip the light fantastic at the various dances and proms held in Gym A during the college year. Dr. J. Linwood Eisenberg and Mrs. Gladys Arnold as faculty ad- visers, have been very instrumental in the development of the orchestra and we, the members, extend our thanks to them for their efforts. Pianist ........... .......... B ERNARD EVANS Ban ........ ...HENRY BEAKLY Traps' ......... ........ L INN GRIFFITH Third Sax ......... ........ A LVIN ELLIOTT Second Sax ........ ......... D ONALD DUNLAP Firxt Sax ....... ......... FRED ORTMAN Trumpet .......... ......... J OHN GRAHAM Trombone ........ .,....... HORACE S1MMoNs l . - ACTIVITIES ORCHESTRA THE ' WOME 'S MEN'S GLEE CLUB-First Row: Hosaek, Evans, Berry, Lamont, Wargo, Grossman. Second Row: Patnick, Campbell, Grine, Fury Bowers, Shaffer. Third Row: Helm, Bressl, Robins, Williams, Alexander. Fourth Row: Bacon, Stockdale Kelly, Hoskins, Rowan, Moore. Fifth Row: Walton, Fryer, Uram, Cottrell. WOMI-DN'S GLEIE CLUB ---First Row: Lasher, Armstrong, Oliver, Miss Gerberlch, Philips, lleadland, Oliver. Second Row: Neuhart Elliot, Miller, Hildebrand, Slpe, White, Krause, Miranda. Third Row: Cleland, Forsythe, Wlller, Reynolds Smycrs, Speaker. Fourth Row: Lewis, Marshall, Kunkle, Seanor, McCune, Brown. Fifth Row: Crowley, Sipe, Gundy. GLEE CLUB ME .X One of the nine permanent musical organiza- O tions at Slippery Rock is the Men's Glee Club directed by Mr. Thomas J. S. Heim. The Men's Glee Club has done considerable work in building up a better spirit for chorus singing in the institution. The past season has been characterized by the wonderful spirit of the singers, their interest in their work, and their willingness to help each other. This group of nearly thirty voices under the leadership of their new director worked hard to carry out the excellent work of previous years. Their success can be measured by the fine programs which they rendered at various times during the year. One of the best assurances that Slippery Rock singers are still appreciated was the enthusiastic Way in which the audiences greeted the club. The Glee Club has tentative concert dates at several of the leading high schools and colleges of Western Pennsylvania as well as for their annual radio program. The members of the club wish to thank the student body for their loyal support and also express their appreciation for Mr. Heim who sang with them and was director of their concertsg also to Mrs. I-leim who aided Mr. Evans in the efficient piano accompaniment. The singers have enjoyed this glee club season very much and have considered it an honor to represent Slippery Rock as entertainers. For an hour every Thursday afternoon about forty girls meet in the chapel to practice their do, re, mi's. Under the capable direction of Miss Gerberich these songsters sing of gondolas, sweethearts, dances, and even donkeys. Each year the Glee Club concert is a greatly anticipated performance. Some girlies dance, everybody sings, and a few of the group play musical instruments. With such a variety of activities the concert this spring-and by the way, it's scheduled earlier in the year than usual- promises to be a real sensation. All the students at S. R. S. T. C. receive a real treat when the Girls' Glee Club appears on chapel programs, as they sometimes do. In order that the club may have a broader outlook on life, several parties are interspersed between rehearsals. We won't mention all the things that happen at these gala-gala events, but we are permitted to say that the girls always enjoy themselves because they love good music. COLLEGE VE PER CHOIR Probably the most active extra-curricular activity on the campus is the Vesper Choir-active be- cause it is heard from most frequently. Admittance to the choir is obtained through try-outs with Miss Berberich, the capable director. At present there are thirty-one members. Special seasons of the year find fitting music offered by the choir. The Christmas service this year was one of the finest ever presented, among the several selections was the cantata, The Adoration, by G. B. Nevin. Much effort was put forth on the part of both director and students to support the soloists in Olivet to Calwugl by Maunder, given before the Easter vacation. g At the close of each school year the impressive Baccalaureate service is held. Although college classes are over, many students remain to attend this last vesper service of the year. The choir again furnishes fine music. Each organization on the campus has its pin, charm, or emblem to distinguish its members. The choir key is given each year in accord with the number of years one belongs to the organization. The trip to Pittsburgh is looked forward to by each choir member. The trip is taken in order that the choir may enjoy an opera, concert, or play. ,,,,,, , ,W Y , QL' i - Q gnfm. f I Q 4 . Jw . 1 P The college band, organized in the spring of 1932, has played a large part in the athletic and social life of the school during the past' year. Under the guidance of Mrs. Gladys Arnold, this organization has' within two years, changed from a group of clashing, awkward musi- cians to a coherent, united band of pleasing music and pleasing ap- pearance. During the last year the band appeared at all home games in basket- ball and football, as well as making a trip to Grove City for the annual football clash. In addition to this it has given several concerts in the chapel and on the campus. The efforts of both the band and Mrs. Arnold were appreciated by the student body as a whole. I OFFICERS Prexident ........ ..,..... .,......... F R ED ORTMAN Vice Pre.rident.....,. .......... CAROLINE TOMKINSON Secretary ........, ....... M ILAN TATALA THE BAND THE MADRIGAL lx L.. BATO CLUB A Madrigal in May. Yes, that's a song, but still we wonder what a madrigal is. The dictionary says it is a shepherd's song or a love ditty. For the present, however, we wish to apply the name to a musical organization under the direction of Mrs. Arnold. Each Tuesday at 4:00 o'clock, a group of about forty girls gather in the music room of the high school, and for an hour they blend their voices in three part choruses. In the spring an annual concert is presented in the chapel. It consists of solos, trios, a short contata, and other group selections. OFFICERS Prmdenx ......,...,.. ..,,,,,....,,......,V,...,. D oaornv BOWERS Vice Preridenr ....... ....... E MMA HOFFMAN .Yecrctfniy ....,.,,,,, ,,,,,,,, B izssiu BARNHART .Ypamor .,.,,,,, ,,,,,,,, M Rs. ARNOLD llidllfffv, ,,,,., ..,,... I SABEL WARD B A T O ' This year the Eaton Club has done work far surpassing that of any pre- vious year. The sixty-eight students under the direction of Mrs. Gladys Arnold have shown an ability and co-operation that is re- markable. The club makes its public appearances through the individual conducting debuts of its various members. It was one of the largest and most active organizations on the Green campus. Its members assisted ably at the various social functions and with a multitude of extra- curricular activities. OFFICERS Pfvlidfflf .............. .......................... M ADELYN OLIVER Vic? Prefideflt ........... ,,,,,,,,,,,,, J QHN WALKER Secreragf-Trea.rzzrer ..............,..,.,.,,,,,,.,,,, MARY HUTCHESON Success during the year was due to the tireless efforts of Mrs. Arnold, faculty sponsor. FRESHMEN DRAMATIC CLUB President ......... ......... J AMES MCLAUGHLIN Secretary ...................................... ...........v........,A........,..... M ARY JANE Camry Before being admitted into upper class histrionic circles the freshmen were segregated into the Freshman Dramatic Club. Here their cultural veneer was touched up. The club was efficiently groomed by their sponsor, Miss Mabel S. Eichler, and Misses Aliene Dietrich and Isabel Craig. The Freshmen swal- lowed Ibsen and Shaw by the tablespoonfuls and liked it. This diet was sagely balanced. The application of makeup provoked great interest. The club also took up acting aids, pantomime, poetry, and puppets and marionettes. They studied the Children's theater, the screen, and the Chinese theater. However, the Magnus opus of the organization was the class play, on March 15. Not only was it well received, but any lack of talent was compensated for by the frolicsome enthusiasm of the cast. You could scarcely believe your eyes to see those men acting in the Old English Christmas play, or carrying furniture from the chapel after the Sophomore play. And now the club wishes to take this opportunity to thank their friend and sponsor, Miss Mabel S. Eichler. A large group responded on September 29, 1933 with the desire to become better acquainted with the drama and its presentation, and to cultivate the ability to act. This was accomplished through programs presented by the club members, thus creating entertaining as well as instructive meetings. Several interesting chapel programs were also given, and they were very delightfully received by members of the aculty and the student body. Two of these programs consisted of one act plays. The first entitled Wrong Numbers was presented by Miss Isabelle Craig, Miss Evelyn Brubaker, and Miss Aliene Dietrich. The second, entitled It Sometimes Happens, was presented by Miss Helen Booth and Orrie Rockwell. A spirit of co-operation has prevailed throughout, and the club has made pleasing progress. OFFICERS President ...........,.................,....,.,.,,.......... Onan: ROCKWELL .ferrezmgf-Trcfuurer .....,.. ........ l-l ELEN BOOTH -- ,,,, , 1 SENIOR ' ' DRAMATICS i i l 1 4 TURE TUDY CLUB - - efj5,4,aw so Thosefstudents who are interested in continuing the activities which they enjoyed in the Open Road Club may do so in this club. This club definitely tries to bring forth methods which will stimulate and hold the children's interest in the natural world about them and thus is a help to those students who wish to become more proficient nature study teachers, camp counselors, or advisers. No restrictions other than the one which requires the student to participate in theweekly meetings of the club are demanded. Hikes, and outdoor and indoor social gatherings relieve the formal meetings and provide recreation of the higherztype. Under the capable supervision of Mr. Keller Shelar the club functions as a wide-awake organization, abounding inlyouth and vitality. OFFICERS First Semerter Second Semerter CLARENCE MONIER ...... ........ P resident ........ .......... 1 IOSEPH Poci-IYE.-x DOEOTHY SCI-IORNER .............. Vice Preririeizt .r............ ERNEST LAUGHNER SALLY HOFMEISTER .......,,,.. Secretary-Trezzrlzrer .......... .LA V ERNE ALLEN KELLER SHELAR ....... ...,...... S power ............ ,... , ,.KELLER SHELAR NATURE GUIDES First Row: Shelar, Kelser Farley, Schorner Waldron Second Row: Brown, llllonnlcr, Pochyba, Roe, Hoffmelater. G' I l I D E S The Nature Guides constitute the most advanced group in bio- logical science in the college. To become a Nature Guide one must pass eighteen individual tests dealing with all phases of nature study. including tests on flowers, trees, birds, microscopic life, physiography, geology, and astronomy. Since the tests are rigid, the membership is naturally small. The work of the Nature Guides consists in keeping the nature trail in good condition as well as labeling the interesting things on the trail. They collect material for the laboratory and work out individual teaching projects in the Field of nature study. The Guides aid in leading groups of students from the other science clubs. At the end of' the senior year a Nature Guide certificate is given which entitles the holder to teach nature study in camps, parks, and museums. This is the only organization of its kind in existence in this part of the country, and much of its success is due to the untiring efforts of Dr. Ralph A. Waldron, Mr. Keller Shelar, and Mr. Clay C. Ruff, the faculty sponsors. OPE ROAD CLUB - - - - First Semester Second Semester josepn POCHYBA .........,..... e....,,,, P refidewf -----..,. .....A..... E RNEs'r LACHNER RALPH Rowe ................., .... Vw..-... V i rv Prwidvflf ........ ................,.. H ENRY Pomco ANTOINETTE FERRANTE ..... .. .... Secy.-Tren. .... ....,. A NTOINETTE FERRANTE DR. R. A. WALDRON ..........,..,....,............... Aduieer Would-be scientists are invited to join this group of embryonic naturalists who meet weekly to solve some of Mother Earth's riddles. Solutions are arrived at by way of field trips to localities of interest or by discussions conducted indoors. The members' social development is provided for by occasional camplires which are given over largely to the acquisition of facts pertinent to astronomy. Early in the second semester the Open Road Club was re-organized as an exclusively Freshman activity. At the end of the first year the members are graduated to the Nature Study Club to continue their quest of knowledge of the world about us. Proceeds from dues are used to send representatives to the nature training school at Oglebay Park, Wheeling, West Virginia. ' The Travel Club is open to any members of the student body who are interested in becoming better acquainted with different parts of the world, particularly through the discussion of current topics. A The bi-monthly programs which have been held this year have lncluded personal observations of the Century of Progress, individual discussions on current happenings in the field of geography, and reports on strange corners of the world. The planning of suggested programs for a special day was exempli- Sed by the discussion of the geography of a typical Thanksgiving inner. . Of special significance this year was a talk given by Dr. Thomas C. Blaisdell, head of the English department, on his trip to the National Parks of the West, illustrated by a splendid series of pictures in natural color. This feature was secured throu h the co-operation of the club Officers with Miss Edna B. Gray, heat? of the geography department, who is the sponsor of this club. I TRAVEL CLUB YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OFFICERS Preridmt ............ ..........,.............. .......... V I RGINIA BURGESS Vice Prnidmt ....... ......... C HARLOTTE HILL Secretary ............. ......,... H ELEN Kuissn Trmmrer .....................................Y............A,......,......................... LUCILLE BASH The Y. W. C. A. is one of the oldest and most important organizations on our campus. It plays a big part in the college life of the young women. Regular meetings are held every Wednesday evening. These meetings are periods of devotion, discussion, and appreciation of fine arts. Last summer three of the members, Lucille Bash, Virginia Burgess, and Nancy Grimm, attended the regional conference at Camp Hilltop, Dovvningtown, Pa. This conference proved of great worth to the representatives and the organization. It was the pleasure of the Y. W. C. A. this fall to entertain the area committee of Western Pennsyl- vania. The organization contributed to the happiness of many children of Slippery Rock and Butler this Christmas by distributing seventy dolls. Among the other social events of this organization are a Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. party given at the beginning of the year in honor of the Freshmen, a play sponsored by the Y. W. C. A. and the Y. M. C.A., a bazaar, and a tea dance held on Washington's birthday. All these events contribute greatly to the success of the organization. Y. W. C. A. CABINET First Row: Dullirxger, Johnson, Mary, Burgess. Second Row: Holloway, Hildebrand, Dickey, I-laden, Lawson. Third Row: Grimm, Muchow, Hlll, Robinson. F3i Y O U N G M E N ' S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION Since its organization in 1917, the Slippery Rock Y. M. C. A. has steadily grown from a few members to an association embodying over half the men of our campus. As a reward for its splendid service and high ideals, the association has in the past two years realized an independent place of worship and social recreation-the Y Hut. This addition was made possible only through the tireless effort and personal sacrifice of the administration co-operation with Competent leaders of the student body. Those who leave the group this year have the privilege of looking back upon four years of definite progress and pleasure. Their sincerest hopes are with the Y and the type of service it renders the men Ou our campus. OFFICERS DONALD E. E. GIBBONEY ....,,,,.. ,,.........,.......... ................ P r eficlent MITCHEL URAM ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,., ......,. V ice Prexident LOYAL M. LIKEN ....., .,,, r,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,....,,,,,.,..,..,........,,. ........,. 5' e c retmy GREY FURY ........,,...... ,.,,,.,.,,,,..,.,,,,,,,,.,,,,,.,,.,.. ,,,,...., .,.,.,.., ..,..... T r e 4 .rarer FACULTY ADVISORS MR. CLYDE L. LADY MR. ARCHIE DoDDs Y. M. C. A. CABINET Standing: Bishop, Liken, Kruse, Urnm, Dodds. Seated: Lady, Brown, Glboney, Wargo. i VARSITY DEBATE . . VARSITY DEBATE CLUB Seated: Book, Cowher, Neuhart, Booth. Standing: Pochyba, Rowan, Rainey, Roslund, Kraynak. N E, i-. l The Misses Rebecca Cunningham, Thelma Neuhart, Evelyn Brubaker, Helen Booth, and Mr. Aaron Book Cformer varsity membersj, and the Misses Dorothy Schorner, Luella McCurdy, with Messers. Ralph Rainey, Joseph Pochyba, Harry Roslund, John Kraynik, and Kermit Rowan argued the sublect- Resolved: That the Powers of the President Should Be Substantially Increased as a Settled Policy. Miss Mary Volovick and Mr. Robert Cowher have acted as managers. Debating at Slippery Rock has always enjoyed a prominent place on the college schedule, and this year's program was no exception. SLIPPERY ROCK DEBATE SCHEDULE February 13 ....,..... Slippery Rock Negative at Grove City QMenj February 14 .......... Grove City Negative here CMenD February 16 ....,...,, Dual Debate with Westminster CWomenD CAfTirmative teams at homeD February 28 ..,..... Grove City Affirmative here CWomenD March 6 .,.......,.... Slippery Rock Affirmative at Grove City CWomenQ March 7 ..,.,..,,..,,. California Afhrmative here March 14 ..,....,.,..., Shippensburg Negative here March 15 ..... ......... S lippety Negative at Hiram March 20 ............., Slippery Rock Afiirmative at California March 28 ........,. Dual Debate with Clarion Negative Teams at home l DEBATE CLUB D E B A T E First Row: McClure, Perdue, Kraynak, Brincko, Thompson. Second Row: Rech, Cunningham, Newhart, Volovick, Hindman. Third Row: Bowman, Owens, Pochyba, Rainey. The Demosthenian Debate Club is one' of the most practical clubs on the campus. The aims and purposes of this club are debating, learn- ing parliamentary procedure, and speaking extemporaneously. Through these activities the students hope to develop reasoning power, poise, and initiative. For those who wish to become varsity debaters, this club forms one of the ways by which the student may become familiar with the prac- tices and procedures of debating. However, it is not essential to desire to be a member of the varsity debaters to enjoy the society of this club. The entrance qualification of this club consists of giving a five minute speech on a timely topic before the group of students who have joined this club. The practical phase has not completely overshadowed the more frivolous side, and the social affairs of the club are quite frivolous. This club has endeavored to present a varied program covering a wide range of subjects and has mixed the serious side with the frivolous in an effort to make a well-rounded program which will give unity to the organization. Sincere thanks are accorded to Mr. Heim who has willingly co- operated with the club whenever called upon and who has so willingly given of his time to further the interests of this group. Regular meetings are held every Monday evening in Room 13 of the Main building. OFFICERS Firn Sgmgffer Second .S'eme.rter AARQN BOOK ,.,,.-..,.,,A-,,, U ,,4.,,,,, Pmidenr .,,.,,... ..,... D oRoTnY SCHORNER GEORGE CAR0-1-HERS ,.,.,,,4 ,.., V ire President ........ ......... H ARRY ROSLUND DOROTHY SCHORNER ..,,,,,, ...... S ecretary ....... ....... R ALPH RAINEY FRANCES REQH .,,,-,,,.,,., ,,,,, T reawrer ....... ..... M ARY HINDMAN KINDERGARTEN PRIMARY AND STUDENTS GRANGE TE The Kindergarten-Primary Club, one of the most active organizations on the campus, is made up of students enrolled in the curriculum for kindergarten and primary grades. The club aims to provide experience in the directing of child activity. The K. P's. promote three types of meetings. The work type meeting during which the members spend their time learning to con- struct articles from cloth or paper becomes play under the able direction Of Miss Kramer. The literary type consists of travel talks, stories, poems and reports of interesting readings. The social type is held in the form of an entertainment or party. This year the members have presented a play, Christmas in Dream- land, and an operetta, The Playroom at Night. These were first presented at a club meeting, and later given for the primary grades of the training school. OFFICERS Pfenrident .......,..... ,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, G RACE HILDEBRAND Vice Prerident ....,.,, ,,,.,,,,, B ESSIE BARNHART Secretary .............. .,,,,.,,..,,,,1, E LMA SAWHILL Treasurer ................ ......... C HARLOTTE WHITING .facial Chairman ....... ,,,.,.,,,,,,,,,. A IDA STEELE Fdtulty Adviror ...,.,., ,,,.,,, M 135 IREN13 CRAMER In the fall of 1933 was organized at Slippery Rock State Teachers' College the first student grange in any State Teachers' College of Pennsylvania and the second such college organization in the State. The purpose of the grange is to inspire the students with an interest in the betterment of rural community activities. The grange meets the second and fourth Thursday evenings of the month. Following the business meetings, various programs are given in which each member has an opportunity to participate. Much credit for its evident success is due to Dr. Beatty Dimit and Mr. Walter A. Hess, who have supervised the work. OFFICERS Mama- ,,.,,,,. ,,,,...,..,.,,.... .......... A R THUR HINDMAN Sefrgtgfjl ,,,,,,,,, ................. E THEL FOUST Trmyuref ,,,..,,,, .......... G LADYS MYERS THE FRENCH CLUB - - - La Societe Franquoise has proved to be of great interest and enjoyment to its members. Those eligible are persons who have studied two years of French. It is a comparatively new organization on the campus, but it seems to be a growing one. Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of every month. Attractive programs were made up at the beginning of the year and are followed at each meeting. They include papers on French authors and French life, reviews of plays, songs, games, and cross-word puzzles, in French. Sometimes refreshments are served at the meetings. All conversation is carried on in French. Miss Hollaway is the very capable sponsor and has done much toward the success of the club. OFFICERS HELEN KEISER ........ .........., P rerident RUTH STEWART ...... ........... V ice President JEAN WESTLAKE ........ ....... S ecrermgy-Trmmrer LITERATURE CLUB Seated: Crawford, Divcnn, Coward, Edwards. Standing: Howe, Monnier, Trantcr, Roslund. In the early spring of 1932 a group of college students, about twenty in number, who were especially interested in reading and appreciating all types of line literature, organized and established the Literature Club. Under the capable and enthusiastic leadership of Miss Edith A. Simpson the group grew and flourished. These charter members drew up the constitution and embodied in it the unusually high stand- ards of scholarship and ability in the various phases of English, along with the recommendation of the English department, that a student must attain before he is invited to attend the meetings and is admitted into the membership of the organization. During the years 1933 and 1934 the club has been under the versatile guidance of Dr. Rollo Anson Tallcott, who in the fall of 1932 replaced Miss Simpson in the English department of the college. He has will- ingly approved of and rigidly adhered to the ideals and principles that the group had already adopted before they had him as their sponsor. The aim of the club is to create or enrich in each individual member an appreciation and a love of the Finer types of literature. If the organi- zation acquaints only one member with a piece of artistic writing that he heretofore did not know and instills in him a desire to read more of the same type, the efforts of those first members have not been in vain. In the various programs presented by the group, biography, poetry, drama, short-story, and the novel have all been read and discussed. And it has been not at all uncommon for Dr. Tallcott to present a whole program of entertaining and instructive bits of literature. The officers for the last year have been: OFFICERS Preridentt ...,... .,... ...................,,....,,... . . .ALIENE DIETRICH Vice Prerident ....... ............,..,.....,....,.. F ERN DULLINGER Set-remry .,,, ...,, .......... G E ORGE CAROTHERS LITERATURE C L U B - - BA KETBALL . As the basketball season opened, there appeared on the campus a rabid element which clam- ored for victory regardless. After an undefeated grid season the egotistical feeling was egregious. With this handicap and a schedule that pitted his squad against the greatest competition in this part of the country, Coach Thompson was faced with a more than onerous task. With an unsettled five, the Rocket basketeers opened their season by barely oozing out a 29 to 30 victory over the Youngstown Y. M. C. A. College five. Court critics called it an off night for the Rockets, but Youngstown came to Grove City two nights later and entered the victory column over Coach Bob Thorn's highly touted Grove City quintet, while the Green and White had to produce a last-minute rally to overcome the Buhl Club of Sharon 22-19. Four days later Coach Nat Rohrbough brought his Glenville Pioneers to town. They snapped the Rockets' long consecutive athletic victory list with a 31-35 victory and left town feeling that they had partially paid back Coach Thompson for spoiling their eight-year streak of football victories on Rohrbough Field and their Homecoming day last fall. Before Coach could get the boys straightened out, Rab Currie had invaded the Green hardwood and has taken a 31-22 victory for Waynesburg. Coach Wolfe's grid defeats in the last three years did not sting as much after this game. At this point we find the Rockets strengthening long enough to gain a 35-33 decision over Coach Stoeber's Thiel aggregation by virtue of a two-foul margin. But the brace did not last very long, for a 45-20 defeat by Westminster added another stroke to the loss column. The great Bennett was checked in this game by our Red Stonis, who held the ace without a field goal until George was ejected via the personal foul ruling. An extra field goal was the margin of victory in the next game over Coach Thorn's Grove City five, an extra period 45-44 score. The team Worked VARSITY BASKETBALL First Row: McConnell, Patnlck, Uram, Tatalla, Westlake, Gasparini, Zlminski. Second Row: Svetck fTrainerJ, Lewis, Ortman, White, Aird, Coach Thompson. Third Row: Hjeltc fMana9.crD, Stonis, Sherer, Trueman, Gmane 4ManagerJ. l SEASON'S RESULTS Slippery Rock ,....... Youngstown Slippery Rock Buhl Club ..... Slippery Rock Glenville ....... Slippery Rock Waynesburg. Slippery Rock Thiel ............. Slippery Rock Westminster. Slippery Rock ........ Grove City... Slippery Rock Youngstown Slippery Rock Westminster. Slippery Rock Slippery Rock ........ Slippery Rock Indiana ......... Thiel .....,....... Clarion ......... Slippery Rock Edinboro .,,,.,. Slippery Rock Glenville ....... Slippery Rock ........ Waynesburg. Slippery Rock Slippery Rock Slippery Rock Slippery Rock Grove City... Clarion ......... Indiana ......... Edinboro .,.... the next two games hard and looked as if they were really going to go Someplace-a 34-28 victory over Youngstown and another defeat by the Titans by a 37 to 25 count. A thrilling last-minute tally on the part of Coach Miller's Indiana Indians, gave the Maroon a 36 to 38 victory on their own court. Although the Rockets garnered ten out of sixteen foul shots in the final Thiel series, Strimer and Snyder outscored them from the floor and gained a 30 to 28 victory. The inconsistent Rockets now came to them- selves once more and defeated a strong Edinboro five in an extra-period game 37 to 32. A long, dreary trip to Glenville brought two more defeats-a 53-37 trouncing from Glenville, after a tie at half time, and 21 36-27 defeat at Waynesburg after leading the Jackets at intermission. Two days later Grove City evened athletic relations with the Rockets for the year by beating the Green by a 32-29 count. Clarion, the team that earlier in the season defeated the Green by a 28-26 count, was smothered completely by Coach Thompson's subs in a game that ended by a 47-26 count. Indiana, the Teachers College champ of West- ern Pa., now made its final appearance here this year by a 42 to 26 victory over the Rockets. In the final game Slippery Rock was forced to admit defeat by a 45-34 decision, by Edinboro, only after one of the hardest fought games of the current season. Although this year's team was one of the best teams to represent the college in several years, it turned out to be the most inconsistent OIIC. S! 1 if! . . . junior .... The people's Cof Slippery RockD choice .... It will be a great disappoint- ment to many to learn that Kenny will not be eligible for varsity competition next year . . . a real example of the local boy making good in his home town . . . a severe football injury was the jinx to Ken's court record this season. LOUIS CLouD GASPARINI . . . forward . . . Pittsburgh . . . junior .... Competition for a forward position will be just as keen next year as this, perhaps more so, with quite a number of regulars back, but watch Lou .... When his chance came this year he gave a good account of himself. The experience he has gained this year should serve him in good stead for next season. HARRY CT1ztkerD TRUMAN . . . center . . . Brookville . . . freshman .... Few Slip- pery Rock basketball players make the long jump to the varsity position the first year in collegiate competition, but Tucker is one who did this and looks as if he will put in a strong bid for the pibot berth next year. ' MARLEN CMarleyD SHEARER . . . center . . . Hanover . . . sophomore .... Like his colleague, Tucker Truman, Marly had a big boy to replace at the beginning of the past season. . . . The gentleman from the east has everything it takes, and he uses everything he has. . . Center is one position Coach Thompson will not have to worry about next year. JACK AIRD . . . guard . . . Wilmerding . . . junior .... After the Grove City-Slip- pery Rock game last year at the local institution, sport critics who witnessed the fracas were loud in their praises of this substitute guard who practically saved the overtime encounter .... A year's seasoning with the championship Wilmerdine Y five added not a little to Jack's cause. . . . He is ready to fill Harris's position next year. NICK URAM . . . guard . . . freshman .... Perfection cannot be beaten, and Nick Uram in the first Westminster game was perhaps the closest approach to perfection seen this season .... This is a big statement but it carries its own weight .... If Nick can do this in one game he should have three real athletic seasons coming up. WAD. MCDCNALD . . . guard . . . Titusville . . . former coach at the high school he calls his alma mater . . . powerful left hook passer . . . fast cutter and a very versatile athlete . . . with another year remaining to compete and a wealth of basketball sense, Wad will undoubtedly be in the thick of the fight for a back court position. BRUCE PRINGLE . . . guard . . . Titusville . . . iunior . . . an honor student who combined brains with brasn . . . a fast moving player when the opportunity presents itself . . . otherwise holds in check his speed in the back court .... A dangerous opponent to all berth seekers next year. WILLIAM CBillD WHITE . . . forward . . . Springdale . . . junior . . . an all-star high school hero who was hampered by a broken leg and the effects in college were marked. Every year has shown an im- provement and with another remaining will be a serious varsity con- tender. JACK SVETEK . . . trainer and manager . . . Cleveland . . . senior .... Rarely, if ever, is a coach fortunate enough to find the qualities of a good trainer and an equally good manager combined in one individual, butjack served as both during the past season and did a very commendable iob .... One of the best trainers in the district. ROCKETEERS A tenative lineup thought Coach Thompson, as he jotted down the starting five for the open- ing inner-court encounter. It was indeed a very tenative one for not once in the entire campaign was he able to point to an authentic starting lineup. So for your approval we offer a little personal comment on the boys who represented our alma mater from time to time. FRED CBaabieD ORTMAN . . . Junior . . . Ford City . . . Class! This word, possibly not the best choice, sums up better than any other we know, one of the most brilliant of the exceptional guards in Slippery Rock history-but coaching tricks started Fred at forward as an unusual season opened. MILAN CTutD TATALA . . . Junior . . . McKees Rocks . . . forward. . . . After one brilliant season Tut returned as a starting forward on the varsity hard wood contingent. He was great enough, both in courage and ability, to perform the ordinary duties perfectly and to take on additional burdens .... A star worthy of a niche in the hall of fame reserved for Slippery Rock athletes. . GEORGE Cliedj STONIS . . . center . . . New Kensington . . . Junior. . . . The main difference between lightning and Slippery Rock's Moose Krause is that lightning doesn't strike the same place twice, except in a few remote instances which have been covered by Mr. Ripley. . . . The Rocket's four letterman Ctoo bad the school's not awarding a letter in some other major sportj. HARRY HARRIS . . . guard . . . Uniontown . . . Senior .... A star who has com- bined the ability of a natural athlete with the mind of an honor student and the spirit of a real warrior to make himself outstanding as the most effortless player on the squad .... Successful basketball coach at the local high school this season . . . a wealth of sport brains. ROCKETEERS THEODORE CTedD ZIEMENSKI . . . guard . . . Ford City . . . Sophomore .... This is probably the only publication in the country to spell Ziemmy's name correctly, but we asked him and it's right. . . . Aggressive, fast, brainy, and fortitudinous, he played brilliant, all-around ball in every game although badly injured early in the season. . . . With two years more to play Ted's followers predict a man of the same calibre as his famous former coach, Neel Campbell. However, the tenative lineup failed to click and we find a host of replacements being made throughout the season. So many that a new varsity was expected at every game. EDWARD CEddieD PATNIK . . . forward . . . captain . . . Munhall . . . senior .... The team's choice for their leader and a very capable one . . . held in check in early part of season by student teaching but later became the individual scoring hero of the squad .... He will not be forgotten as long as alumni meet to talk basketball and to reminisce . . . an appreciated star. ELMER CTugglerD LEWIS . . . forward . . . Turtle Creek . . . senior .... A star varsity hardwood performer for four long years . . . now tosses his last bucket for the locals . . . a shining example of what hard work will do, an inspiration to a host of embryonic high school stars, and a hale fellow if there ever was one. KENNETH CFMJD WESTLAKE . . . forward . . . Slippery Rock. ROCKETEERS GYM-APPARATUS TEAM 'i The cheering spectators who watch the college gym team perform at their annual exhibition rarely, if ever, give a thought to the laborious hours spent in preparation for this particular event. Although these men receive none of the publicity accorded to football, basketball, track and other color attractions of intercollegiate sport, they are an integral Part of every good health education system and must not be forgotten when praise is offered for a successful season. The gym team has performed before a number of large audiences at surrounding colleges and high schools. They represent the best in athletic and gymnastic ability to be found at Slippery Rock. The team is coached by Dr. Gallagher, who has shown more consistent and enthusiastic interest in the excellence and improvement of his team than many sport world celebrities. That, I would say, is Doc's principal characteristic as a coach-endless fretting about the quality of his team and an over- Whelming desire to make it better. GYM TEAM First Row: Lytle, Berry, Coach Gallagher, Macho. Second Row: Patnick, Rogers, Kruse. Third Row: Gajcr, Hench. , s 2 . i. f lin Q E f pb up N-ui' BENDERS CLASS BASKETBALL The accomplishment in organization and control of intramural basketball at Slippery Rock is somewhat remarkable in the face of the practice which has been established in surrounding schools. It was a championship fight that found the seniors emerging as victors. The officials of the physical education department fully realize that the time has come when athletics should be organized and conducted as an educational project and not as a sideshow, extra-curricular affair, or student amusement activity. Intramural basketball during the past season has been under the supervision of Archie Dodds. Many fans followed closely their favorite team to defeat or victory. A great future for intramural basketball seems inevitable. This form of organized sport with a spirit of rivalry which springs up between the classes on the campus affords an outlet for the otherwise pent up feelings of the individual who seeks some form of recreation to lessen the monotony of possible habitual study. GIRL' DANCING A comparison of the activities in physical education will show how rich the available material is and how important for morale physical education becomes in the school curriculum. Wholesome activity of the various systems of the body through dancing. Dancing-folk dances, especially types such as the English Country Dances, social dancing, and at times natural dancing, The primary element here that makes for recreation is the rhythm, expressed in movement and music. As the uninitiated looks at a rhythmical reproduction of the con- volusions characteristic of our college dancing sessions, it looks simply like a complex running-in-place performance, but to the lover of the dance-ah! It is a harmonious, soothing sight and sound. It is music to their ears. It is the meat and drink of their soul CsolcD. Dancing- the beautiful, the aesthetic, the graceful! - GIRL' SWIMMING Although a varsity swimming team was not organized in the girls' swimming department, material was unlimited. The records and time that were set up in the Htelegraphic meet and the intramural meet were of high calibre and indicated that Miss Compton and Miss Matheny would have had no trouble in building a winning combination. The intramural meet was just as successful as that of the boys'. It demonstrated real class spirit and a high degree of competition. One outstanding element to be found in this meet was the efficiency in the handling of the entire program by the members of the senior health education class. The seniors gained much in the practical work that they performed in the meet. Miss Compton and Miss Matheny entered a chosen team in the telegraphic meet competing against several hundred colleges and universities. The entire race was that against time and the meet, although colorful throughout, was not as interesting and as exciting as the inter-class affair. The great majority of the sport fans would rather see human tilted against human than a follow-through time schedule. The Red Cross Life Saving Corps once more found a great amount of popularity among the feminine swimmers. The purpose of this organization is to prepare and train Slippery Rock students in methods of life saving so that when they leave the institution they will have been prepared to take up this extra line of work and intelligently perform the duties previously learned. ME 'S SW' Early last spring, at a meeting of the athletic board of Slippery Rock, E. B. Cottrell again spoke informally about a swimming team. He knew that there were no funds for such a squad, nor could he see the day when there might be for at least that coming year anyway. But he liked to vision a squad of swimmers representing the haughty Green and White. But this was not a day-dream it was reality. Coach Cottrell had his team and an undefeated one to add to the splendiferous grandeur. It was as evenly balanced a group of splashers as that colorable Homestead Library Club that aided in the dedication of the local pool. Mr. Cottrell's retroversion of the current campaign leaves one outstanding victory, especially in so far as rivals are Concerned. It was that fifteen point margin victory over Grove City College's water- hawks. A win over a traditional rival often makes a perfect season regardless of the rest of the games that are played. Connected with this undefeated team there was a more material contribution that can never be measured. The Red Cross Life Saving Corps was begun at Slippery Rock early in the school year of 1928. The corps is growing larger and stronger each year and they have been vigen outstanding recognition among the students of the campus. Members of the Life Saving Service are urged to assist in every possible way in reducing the loss of life by drowning. Members can further the purpose of the organization by encouraging and assisting in teaching beginners to swimg advocating and practicing sane regulations and methods of swimmingg installing or recommending proper safeguardsg marking danger spots with warning signalsg and forming volunteer Life Saving Corps for beach patrol and life guard duty. --4... ga Winter activities started off with the Y. W. C. A. Bazaar on De- cember 9. The entertainment of this evening was quite diversified. One could get his fortune told by the gypsy wizard, one could buy candy and hot dogs, or if one were in a more serious mood, he could turn his thoughts toward the buying of novelties and fancywork. Dancing was another diversion for those of lighter moods. The King Male Quartet opened the lecture course numbers on De- cember 16 with a unique and unusual program. The most interesting feature was the playing of bells which ranged in size and tone from the tiny tinkling bells to the great steeple bells. The Christmas season was heralded by the Christmas Vespers on December 17. Tall red tapers, holly, the star of Bethlehem--all added to the Christmas spirit. The story of the Chirst child was clearly portrayed as the pupils of the trainin school and high school presented the Mystery Play on December 18. The dining room was transformed into the Christmas hall of Old England on December 21, and the typical Old English dinner was served to the lords and ladies of the manor. During the Christmas recess books were laid aside, and paint brushes were taken up. Halls and classrooms cried forth the glory of their new coats of paint. Juniors and their guests expended their energy at their class party January 6 to the rhythmic melodies of the Green and White Collegians, under the glow of soft lights, and amid streamers of green and white. On January 13 the students spent an enjoyable evening dancing. january 20 witnessed the winning of the basketball game from Grove City. The boys tied the score at the end of the game, but by pla ing an Entra five minutes, our team advanced its score beyond that ofy Grove ity. The students were carried back to their childhood days on January 27, when the motion picture, Wild Boys of the Road, was shown. On February 3 the Juniors again shone in all their glory in Three Taps at Twelve, their class play. The Student Council gave a tea dance on the afternoon of February 10, and in the evenin the students again cheered the boys to a victory in the game with Edgnboro. The Sophomores sailed away under the stars and forgot their troubles as they danced the hours away at their class party February 17. Febru- ary 22 was a full day with Washington's birthday, the tea dance given by the Y. W. C. A., the Senior play Mr. Pim Passes By, and the game at Grove City, where the boys went down to a well fought defeat. February 23 witnessed another victory for our boys in the game with Clarion. Activities of February were brought to a close with the movie The World Changes on Saturday evening, February 24. WINTER RESUME .A 1.112 2 -q5w,1 -L-H ww , r :X-, f.:.,'w--,, ,Q -L:,f,:f--nn-.'. U.. ,,-Ng, vu 3' .-,J-H . , A , ak fad ' f fn, ,rg - A 0 N nf' A , V' Y' ' W4 t '4 'a J4r ff,y wN :TA -21 ' 1.45 .J 311:13-5-Q,-1,' '1',- ,4-. '1 x,:'x 'm--rv -vm, 4 , ,J M . gf Y f' 'M Vg L rf A ,:gmfN5.,:.1 . K... ,' W, , -, 'Nm 5 N ' v ,wk f 1' ' 1. A .Liv h . , ,.-,sg ':,,1,,f- , .44 W. xwxqms, 1 N, A rx KV. J , 'V' r L '! , W mfg!! 5-fm ,v,5,,l1., 4 1 , K -'nga AC 43- , 'VQNE5 H . W x .N .13 I J' VX ' A . ,Q , v 'Q Q 5' j:f:kf,b'f .4 ' A' 'W 1 Tsf nv V 'Q Us ' Li? ,1 'z' i ff' 12' J:-nf I ffiffl sv' Mix ,, .,,. gif' ' Him' Of' .Hi A- 'Q 'M 'Wm ...A E, ff? MH .Q 'mfg 1 'QQ' ' 1,,rfLl'r ,p f Q Q? ., .b N,.-3. f , -,gLm:2g,e,1,,,1f.,1 'Q V -NXJXV5.. W., . Al- V, W .N , W ,U . . l. .1 'aww-1: Mm' nk N -, - mi' -a 1 fvm 3 ':?Q.H9'kFw,-'f .. ,1-454WQ1'.:-.Mail fx M-A 2 . . 1 '-wt. -,-UH : ,'1,Win:.'.. ., -,1pffff'5WLZm +5 .-Fzsrirk 1M..y 1 ' W W BLOSSOMING DOGWOODS BORDER A QUI THE CLASS OF 1935 The Junior Class, as a whole, has had a very successful year. This was due to the spirit among its members, all of whom had a part in making the class outstanding. It was well represented in all extra-curricular activities such as athletics, dramatics, music, and various clubs. The Junior dance was held Feb. 13 in gymnasium A with music furnished by the Green and White Collegians. There were about seventy-five couples present, and everyone agreed that it was the best dance in the history of this class. There have been rumors around the campus that the class play, Three Taps at Twelve, aroused more favorable comment than any play ever produced in Slippery Rock. When the Junior Class entered Slippery Rock as freshmen, it was the largest class that had ever entered this institution. In the men's health education class alone there were approximately one hundred men. The total number of students in the class reached over the three hundred mark. Now, there remains only one hundred and twenty-six. , The junior Class, with no exaggeration, practically has carried on Slippery Rock athletics, both intramural and inter-collegiate, since its members were freshmen. In its first year, the year that intramural athletics were getting well started at Slippery Rock, the present juniors carried off first place in every sport and were awarded the championship banner which is displayed in the trophy case. IUNIOR OFFICIALS The first undefeated football team that Slippery Rock has had in better than ten years was made up mostly of juniors. The basketball and track teams were also well filled with first class performers from this class. The junior Class does not stop at athletics for its honors. The fraternities of Slippery Rock are made up for the most part of members of the Junior Class, showing that the class is every bit as scholastically minded as it is athletically. The band, the symphony orchestra, sci- entific organizations, the glee club, and the vesper choir all show the talent contained in this class. The Junior Class as a whole expresses its regret that it will not have Mr. Dodds as its advisor when the members come to their senior year. It has been through the efforts of Mr. Dodds that every undertaking attempted by the class has been a success. JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS Dodds, Advisorg Grine, V. Pre .: Bloomfield, Sec.: Weitzel, Pres. BERTHA BAIRD WALLACE BAIRD SAMUEL BALDWIN HELEN BLOOMFIELD 'O DOROTHY BOWERS RODNEY'BRADY JABAES BRESSI AARON BOOK LILLIAN BROWN O STUART BURNS LOUISE CAMPBELL WILLARD CATHERS LOIS CLARK O CHARLES COTTRELL SARAH COWARD FLORENCE CRAIG WILLIAM BROWN BER NICE CLELAN D CHARLOTTE CRAWFORD O FRANK CROWLEY ETHEL DIVENS CLIFFORD DONEY GALE CRAWFORD EMMA JANE DRUSCHEL O CHARLES EDDINGER RHEDA EDWARDS HELEN ELLIOTT EUGENE DUGAN WESLEY ERRITT I DONALD EWING MARY FAVELL ROSOMUND FORSYTHE GRAY FURY O LOUIS GASPARINI OTTO GIGONE ROBERT GLASPEY BERNARD EVANS MABEL GARDNER LYNN GRIFFITH O ROBERT GRINE PETER GULEVICH HELEN HAINES MARGARET GRIFFITH ELIZABETH HARP O FRANK HENCH KATHERINE HEPLER GRACE HILDEBRAND HERBERT HARTZELL CHARLOTTE HILL O WALTER HOSKINS GLADYS HOUCK OPAL HOVIS CAROLYN I-IIXENBAUGH PAULINE HOWE ALDA JOHNS UNIOR5 I, 15 R1 ma ,ky N iff? ilingyljxg ', .t. 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H I Rr J r m ,fy .img -LJ, 1 u-1. , .g ,,.,,. w-.H f, f' Q-,,-il' ' 1 ' ..., , , 1 if , y P ni rr ff' iwf n 3479? 1, ' 5, ga 1 f, ,, 332 Agp faisfsfssaf . gguif? MQ'-W' f ,Y , .. -fxmigz .J yu ., :Q ,.f:. ,gg 1 ww, X. N, agp' N 11 ,. '1.,,.. ., rx? 21-Lx . ' ' ,435 7' ,-.:4..:.-., 2 -2,7 w.'ix ' A f X gi 7 ' 1 V .T 1. QQP Q 9 Mu Q 9999 9 Phi Sigma Pi is a national honorary professional education fra- ternity for men in teacher training institutions and is the only one of its kind in the United States. Of the sixteen chapters in the country, the majority are in Pennsylvania. Mu Chapter was installed at Slippery Rock on May 20, 1930. Since that time the membership has increased until it now stands at 101. The honorary members are: Dr. Samuel Edwin Weber, Associate Superintendent of Pittsburgh and Director of Teacher Personnel, Dr. James N. Rule, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Dr. Charles E. Dickey, Superintendent of Allegheny County Schools, and a member of the State Council of Education. New members are not just automatically admitted because of high scholastic standing, but a character of high social and educational potentialities is a highly considered requisite. One year's residence on the campus is also required before an invitation is extended to become a member. The ofiicial national magazine of the fraternity is the Lampfzdion, which'is influential in maintaining unity as a national brotherhood and holding professional interest through the presentation of educational research studies. The Newt Letter is a local publication summarizing the year's activities in professional meetings, social events, and positions on the campus which the members hold. The Foundcr's Day banquet is commemorated by a formal dinner and the initiation of some outstanding educational leader who presents a paper to the organization on some educational problem. In this manner the members obtain stimulus and encouragement for their development and are provided opportunity for their expression through socially constructive channels. OFFICERS President ............. ..................,................,. J OHN SWETEK Vice Prerident ....... ............ E ARL WHIPKEY Secretary ......,,...,......, ........ M ICHAEL WARGO Anirmnt Secretary ..... ...... H ARRY ROSLUND Treamrer ....,,,.,....,,.... ............ L OYAI. LIKEN Hirtorian ..............., ..,... ....... J o HN KRAYNAK Faculty Sponsor ......... .. ...... DR. JOHN A. ENTZ PHI... IGMA pl... YQ VICE - PRES. PRES. SEC.-TREAS. The Zeta Chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon, national geography fraternity, was organized on the campus at the beginning ofthe school year, 1932-33. This professional geography fraternity affords an opportunity for extra-curricular work in geography and also aims to increase interest in that subject. Qualifications for membership include the completion of at least one year's work in the subject with the average grade of the school, and the organization is open to those students who have given evidence of a special interest in the field of geography. Programs this year have included information needed in filling passport blanks, the relation of geography in the field of literature, and a talk on Turkey by John Allison of Slippery Rock, who has spent two years in that country as a teacher. The fraternity is contributing museum material to the geography department, provided for by a special fund and selected with the ap- proval of Miss Edna B. Gray, head of the geography department and sponsor of the fraternity. In response to the proposal made at the first National Convention of Gamma Theta Upsilon held at Evanston, Illinois, last December, the Zeta Chapter is contributing news of her activities and accomplishments to the National Gamma Theta Upsilon News Letter. OFFICERS Firft .S'eme.rter Second .S'eme.ttvr LUCILLE BASH .... ,... . . ....,,... Prerirlent. ....... . .......... CHARLES HALT PRISCILLA WALDRONU ,,.,......,,., Vice Prefiderzt ................ PRISCILLA WALDRON JULIA OLIVER ,,,,,,,, ,.,,,,,.. S' ecremrj .,....,.. . ....... J ULIA OLIVER GAMMA ' THETA ' UPSILON Wes. s The Kappa Gamma is a comparatively new fraternity in our college. We have the Delta Chapter of this National Honorary Speech Fraterni- ty. The chapter was organized in our college September 19, 1932, and if has been very active since that time. The purpose of this fraternity is to arouse and further interest in, and to encourage progress of inter-collegiate competition in the forensic arts, especially in debate, oratory, extemporaneous speech, and inter- pretation, by fostering a fraternal regard of mutual encouragement among college men and women participating in forensic arts, and by receiving into fellowship and conferring its badge upon candidates who have shown proficiency in one or more of these phases. The chapter started with just seven eligible charter members, but since then six more have been enrolled in the fraternity, one of them being our faculty coach of speech, Miss Mabel Eichler. It is our hope to encourage more students to become interested in forensic activities to a greater extent, and thus increase the eligible members to our fraternity. -THELMA N EUHART, Secretary OFFICERS Prcrzdent., ........ ...... A ARCN BOOK Vice Pmidenr ....... ........ H ELEN BOOTH ..............THELMA NEUHART Secretary ...... Trmmrer ....,... ......., R Enaccix CUNNINGHAM KAPPA ' GAMMA o X5 ,x,y'--W, '- f A X mmf -if-brifhii wg ' N! V Q 33ggV,Mfy: i 41 .5 V f- 3, flgwv.-Af' ' H . K 4 'I -Qffgm Q , ' ' 1: , -up V ' - 51, V , 4 v 6 f , 'X pu' ' f I p V 4 K - X M :'.921fm 'W' 1 ,M .V During the year the regular meetings were held on the last Tuesday of the month, at 7:30 o'clock, at which time routine matters were taken up and a regular program was presented. On January 30, 1934, Mrs. Ruth Forrester, Boris Lipetsky, Grace Ross and Michael Wargo were initiated into membership. Robert Glaspey represented Theta Chapter at the annual national conference at Philadelphia, on December 26-27. During the college year a special bulletin board was made and placed in the main hall. Theta Chapter was entertained by Alpha Chapter of Grove City College on December 7. Theta Chapter entertained Alpha Chapter March 27. Pi Gamma Mu, organized in 1924, now has about 17,000 members. It should be a matter of pride to very member that our flag was carried to the south pole by Commander Byrd in 1928. Dr. Elwood, our national president, is perhaps the most dis- tinguished American sociologist, a fact attested to by his election to the presidency of the International Institute of Sociology whose head- quarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. At the national meeting at New Orleans Pi Gamma Mu became one of the eight associated societies of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Such recognition so early in it's career is significant. There are Pi Gamma Mu chapters in thirty-nine states, the District of Columbia, the Hawaiian Islands, the Philippines, and in the province of Ontario. Robert Glaspey was our official representative at the national meeting at which four of our members were present. We welcome all future persons who may be privileged to carry the torch of Pi Gamma Mu. , 1933-1934 OFFICERS Fall ' Spring ROBERT GLASPEY .................. Prerident ......... ............ L UCILLE BASH CHARLES HALT .................. Vice-President .................. ETHEL DIVENS LUCILL12 BASH ................ Sergeant at Arms ................ CHARLES HALT H. L. I-IEADLAND .......... .Yccretmjy-Treasurer .......... H. L. HEADLAND MEMBERSHIP Faculty ............. ' ................. 1 3 Students ............................ 11 Alumni ......... .......... 4 9 Honorary ........ .......... 2 Total ........ ........ 3 PI O O I GAMMA MUD I O C I With the popularity of track increasing at Slippery Rock, the sport was given recognition as an inter-collegiate activity in 1932. Since that time our college has made great strides upward to laurels and state recognition on the cinder path. Each year interclass teams meet and in this way Coach Vincent discovers valuable material for his varsity squad. This year our team met the B team of the University of Pittsburgh and easily took away the honors with them. On May 12 a track meet of all the State Teachers' Colleges of Pennsylvania took place at West Chester. Our tracksters brought home three seconds in the shotput, discus, and javelin. I-ljelte, Onafrak, Nevin, Stonis, and Glenn made the trip with Coach Vincent. Since most of the lettermen will still be eligible for competition next year, the prospects for an even more successful track team in 1935 are exceedingly bright. The performance of the juniors this year leads us to believe that with a strengthening ofthe Held events our college will be represented by a greater team than ever next year. IN ACTION The spring track team of 1933 had a very wonderful and colorful season. Working under the same handicap as other spring teams, namely, a short season and bad weather, the track men managed to get themselves in excellent shape for the meets that they participated in. The track season has more or less been a matter of the initiative of the men of the school. With aid from Coach A. P. Vincent and Coach Thompson, the fellows have snapped into the real drill and most of the candidates have had the opportunity of being entered in one field or another. The squad not only won its share of meets but placed high in the Pennsylvania Teachers' College Track Meet at West Chester. A11 this strenuous competition in track increases the athlete's vitality, longevity, and usefulness. The fact that athletes must live carefully and not indulge in any of the vices that others do certainly improves their health just that much more than the average person's. This would not be true if it were merely a spasmodic thing, but an athlete cannot be made in a short time. It requires years to develop a winner and those years are the most important in producing vitality. This results in long life. Track tends toward making a coordinated body for it requires a great deal of skill to perform the movements that are necessary to get the greatest results, and skill is closely associated with civilization. Awkwardness is not merely unpleasant to look at, it also shows the backwardness of a retarded age. Who has not observed the awkwardness of foreigners from lands where athletics and sports are little used? Clumsiness is certainly an economic loss in productive occupations where skill and endurance are required in quantity and quality production. Of the manual workers few unskilled laborers are good track men. Almost always where one finds an expert sportsman among manual workers he will be found to be an artisan and a skilled workman. I ' The relation between tracksters and athletes and scholarship in college has repeatedly been shown. Not that athletics will change an ignoramus into a scholar, but starting with apparently equal brain power the athlete will outstrip the bookworm in scholarship. Even greater than economics and scholarship are moral values and if space permitted we could go on showing what a track man really gets from his many toilsome hours of training. Yes, I believe you will agree there is a great deal more to be had than merely that Green insignia. Slippery Rock is annually giving this opportunity to their students-track has always been a successful sport at the Rocket institu- tion and it is anticipated that it will continue as such in the future. On Your Mark! In the spring a young man's fancy turns to love may be a true conception of the verdant season on most American collegiate campuses but the hypothesis does not hold with the undergrads of old Rocket Main Hall. The local institution offers a wealth of outdoor sports as a safety vent for slack winter's stored-up emotional energy. just this spring we overheard this bit of conversation between Pa and Ma Robin as they were winging their way north after a winter's sojourn in St. Petersburg. As they circled the tower clock preparatory to a happy landing, Pa turned to Ma and said, Aren't these humans the craziest things, the way they run around that old bald knob up yonder. To which Ma, his less gaudy mate, tartly replied, Shush! Pa, don't you remember what the filling-station man said about this peaceful little hamlet when we passed over it last spring? About its being a college town where varsity and intramural sports hold the throne the year around in a blissful coed co-rule. And how ll ,. . V1'f .jZ,. ON TRACK AND COURT my own sex competes among themselves and with other college's feminine athletes to set new records in track and to win tennis and volley ball games. ' Why, he even told you how scores of young men and women athletes sit down on the steps leading to old Baldy's crown to buckle on spikes so that they may participate in the annual spring intramural track and field carnivals for both sexes, in order to allow Coach Vincent to recruit two of the East's finest track teams. And don't you remember how we used to perch on the tennis fences down back of South Hall to watch some fair Betty Coed or snappy Joe College battle through the semi-finals to be claimed the champion of a particular class or sex. And you don't remember Slippery Rock? Peers to me, Pa Robin, y0u're getting old. Why you can't even remember the most important place that we have seen on our journey home. oUR AMAZONS i 9 E 1 The fall and winter months passed, and with them went their pleas- ures and failures. Then came spring with its new hopes, buoyant with keener anticipations and promises of brighter and more fruitful days. During this time the college halls echoed with human activity. Many of the fairer sex amused themselves with the fad of roller skating. The more sporting individual sought his pleasure on the tennis court, where keen eye and quick action were the prime requisites. On a little knoll not far distant from the college, known as the athletic field, many of the students vied for honors on the Cinder track. Dame Nature procrastinated in revealing her beauties for quite a while. But eventually she unfolded the dormant trees, opened the heavy eyes of the flowers, and touched her magic wand to the sleeping grass, creating a verdant blanket of life over the whole countryside. On February 25 the Men's Glee Club made its first public appearance at the Slippery Rock Presbyterian Church. Two days later we were successfully defeated by our old rivals, Indiana State Teachers College, in a thrilling basketball game. March was ushered in by two important events, the Freshman Prom and the movie Henry VIII. Following that on March 9 the male quartet presented a program at Cable Tow. Charles Dickens's Oliver Twin was shown as a movie on the night of March 13. Again the Frosh came to the front with their class play, Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise, on March 16. We had the pleasure of weeping over Louisa Alcott's Little Women, March 17. Yassah, massah, the minstrel was clone give that evening of March 23. The next evening, March 24, Lew Sarett, in a native woodsman's garb, read his delightful poems to us at the chapel. TheVesper Easter Cantata was presented March 25. We got a break the 29th of March and went home for Easter vacation. Some fun! April 3, woe is me. Back at it again. Three times during the day of April 6 the college presented a pageant commemorating one hundred years of free public education in Pennsylvania. The next evening we were darkly favored by the movie Emperor joner. Four days later, April 11, Joe E. Brown, the boy with the battleship mouth, had us writhing in laughter at the Son of ez Sailor. Two days later the Men's Glee Club embarked on its first itinerary, taking in California State Teachers College, WCAE, and the Parnassus Presbyterian Church. The next evening, April 14, we all enjoyed ourselves at the college dance in the gym- SPRING RESUME THE SHAPLE BEAUTY OF THE BOTANICAL GARDENS ANNOUNCES TVAIHHV HHL JO HHVUVHS SENIGR OFFICERS With only one year of study between them and the coveted B.S. degree, the members of the senior class of '34 returned almost one hundred per cent to the Slippery Rock campus in the autumn of 1933. In spite of the trials of practice teaching the seniors immediately assumed prominent places in scholarship, athletics, extra-curricular activities, and dramatics. Before the Thanksgiving recess the all-important event was the senior prom which was held in the gym, gaily bedecked with red and white, the class colors. In February the senior class play, Mr. Pim Passes By was deserv- edly the topic upon which all conversation hinged, for the cast showed pleasing dramatic qualities and the more prosaic classmates co-operated willingly in the mechanics of play production. The athletic ability in the class was never questioned, but it took the senior year to prove many of our previous contentions. Many of the boys participated in varsity football, basketball, and track, but many of the others not quite so proficient proved their mettle by gaining the coveted inter-class championship. This championship consisted of first place in soccer, basketball, baseball and track events. WE must not forget the girls, because they contributed much to the athletics of our SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Rockwell, V. Pres.: Smith, Prcs.g Aiken, See.: Helm, Advisor. THE CLASS OF 1934 class. They won the inter-class hockey, basketball, volley ball, and track championships. Many of the girls received their letter awards by competing in W. A. A. events. Athletics, yes, but many of our athletes also stand high in scholastic attainment. We have more than our quota of members in the honorary fraternities on the campus, and many are in the Glee Club, Vesper Choir, Debating Club, Orchestra, and College Band. Senior Class Day proved to be a very colorful day upon the campus. The play produced by the seniors was written by one of the members of the class. This again showed the versatility of the class of '34. In the afternoon of the same day the class met at the Y Hut where the Ivy Planting ceremony took place. The following day found the seniors guests of the Alumni Association at a banquet held in the college dining room, after which they proceeded to the gymnasium where a very enjoyable evening was spent in dancing. Senior Day, set aside for any activity the class cared to participate in, found the class breaking away from tradition by holding a picnic at Stoughton's Beach. Lunch was packed and everyone hiked to the beach where swimming, mushball, baseball, and dancing became the diversions. After lunch the class will, history, and prophecy were given, and everyone enjoyed the informality and last real class get-together. The morning of May 29 found many sad-eyed seniors wandering aimlessly about the campus, because it meant the end of the best four years of their lives. It meant the end of many a happy friendship, always to be remembered but perhaps never again to be relived. SENIORS '53 42 'Q if on 1:7 T' so QA YQ Fw- 'fb FRANK S. AFRICA . . . Pitcairn, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Y. M, C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Basketball 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Football 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Soccer 2, 3 . . . Class Baseball 2 . . . Varsity Football 3, 4 . . . Varsity Club 3, 4. MARY ELIZABETH AIKEN . . . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, Executive Board 4 . . . Open Road Club 1 . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2, 3 . . . Canawasco Club 1, 2, 3, 4. EARL ALLEN ANDERSON . . . Eau Clare, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Education . . . Open Road Club 2, 3, 4 . . . Literature Club 2, 3, 4 . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4. ORVIS R. ANDERSON . . . Mercer, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Education . . Nature Club 4. MRS. IRADELL ANDREWS . . . Butler, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Elementary Education . . . Pi Gamma Mu 3, 4 . . . Physical Science 2, 4 . . . Baton Club 4 . . . Travel Club 3, 4 . . . Class Basketball. , GILBERT CLARE BACON . . . Duquesne, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Education . . . Saxigena Staff3 . . . Editor in Chief4 . . . Vesper Choir 2, 3, 4 . . . Glee Club 2, 3, 4 . . . Y Minstrel 3 . . . Class Plays 3, 4 . . . Dramatic Club 4 . . . Y. M.-Y. W. Play 3, 4 . . . Y. M. C. A. 2, 3, 4 . . . Double Octette 3, 4. LUCILLE BASH . . . Butler, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Education . . . Pi Gamma Mu 2, 3, 4, President 4 . . . Gamma Theta Upsilon 3, 4, President 3 . . . Open Road Club 3 . . . Travel Club 1, 2, 3, 4, Secretary 2 . . . Literature Club 2. CHARLES THOMAS BECKET . . . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Class Play 1 . . . Class Football 3, 4 . . . Class Basketball 2, 3. MARGARET C. BECK . . . Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Hockey 2, 3, 4 . . . Track 2, 3 . . . Open Road Club 3 . . . Women's National O. R. C. 3 . . . Class Volleyball 3 . . . Class Basketball 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Play 4. O DOROTHY LOUISE BEERWORTH . . . Springdale, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Education . . . Gamma Theta Upsilon 3, 4, Secretary-Treasurer 3 . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Travel Club 3 . . . Madrigal Club 2, 3. HAROLD EUGENE BEACHUM . . . Euclid, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Education ...Y.M.c.A.1,2,3,4. CHARLES BELOLAVAK . . . Avalon, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Varsity Club 4 . . . Glee Club 2, 3, 4 . . . Vesper Choir 3 . . . Orchestra 2, 3 . . . Y. M. C. A. 2 . . . Cheerleader 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Activities Orchestra 1 . . . Gym Team 2, 3, 4 . . . Freshman Soccer Coach 4 . . . Y Minstrel 3, 4 . . . Class Soccer 4 . . . Class Basketball 3, 4 . . . Class Football 2, 3 . . . Class Baseball 2, 3. NIORS 4 , I DORIS M. BESWICK . . . McKeesport, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2. . . W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, Executive Board 4. . .Class Hockey 1, 2, 3, 4, Captain4 . . . Class Basketball 2, 3, 4, Captain 4. ALFRED BISHOP . . . New Kensington, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education. JAMES MORRISON BODKIN . . . Kennerdell, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Educa- tion . . . Travel Club 1, 2, 3 . . . Geography Club 2 . . . Gamma Theta Upsilon 3, 4 . , , Varsity Debate Team 3, 4. O ESTHER MARIE BOVARD . . . Branchton, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Education . . . Symphony Orchestra 2, 3 . . . Vesper Choir 2, 3 . . . Gamma Theta Upsilon 4 . . . Pi Gamma Mu 4. HELEN I. BOOTH . . . Spangler, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Demos- thenian Debating Society 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Kappa Gamma 3, 4, Vice President 4 . . . Dramatic Club 4 - - i Class Play 2, 3, 4 . . . Coach, High School Operette 4 . - - W- A- A- 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Y. W. C. A. 1 . . . Pitt Hockey Squad 4 . . . Class Track 1, 2, 3 . . . Class Hockey 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Basketball 2, 3, 4. FRANCES NARELLE BOOZER . . . Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Women's Health Education Club 3, 4 . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2 . . . W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Hockey 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Basketball 1, 2, 3 . . . Class Track 1, 3 . . . Honorary Varsity Hockey 3, 4 . . . Honorary Varsity Basketball 3. PAUL C. BROWN . . . Nixon, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Nature Guidc4 . . . Open Road Club 1 . . . Baton Club4 . . . Nature Club4 . . . Class Soccer 3, 4 . . . Class Football 2, 3, 4. MARY ELIZABETH BROWN . . . Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Educa- tion . . . Open Road Club 1 . . . What-to-Do Club 1 . . . W. A. A. 2, 3, 4 . . . Glee Club 2, 3, 4. V EVELYN ELIZABETH BRUBAKER . . . Berlin, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Edu- cation . . . West Chester 1, 2 . . . Varsity Debate Team 3, 4 . . . Class Plays 3, 4 . . . Symphony Orchestra 3, 4 . . . Dramatic Club 4 . . . Y. W. C. A. 4. VIRGINIA BURGESS . . . Blairsville, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, President 4 . . . W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, Executive Board 3, 4 . . . Swimming Club 4 . . . Life Saving 2, Senior 3, Examiner 4 . . . Open Road Club 1 . . . Nature Study Club 2 . . . High School Basketball Coach 4 . . . Girl Scouts 2, Lieutenant-Captain 4. GEORGE L. CAMPBELL . . . Grove City, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Press Clubl . . . Class Football2 . . . Class Soccer2 . . . Y. M.C. A. 2,3 . . . Glee Club 4. REBECCA JANE CAPLAN . . . Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . W. A. A. 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Hockey 1, 2, 3 . . . Class Basket- ball 1, 2, 3, 4. SENIORS GEORGE CAROTHERS . . . Duquesne, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Education . . . Phi Sigma Pi 4 . . . Literature Club, Treasurer 4 . . . Debate Club 3, 4, Vice President 4 . . . Nature Club 2 . . . Intramural Basketball 3 . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4. SARAH MAE CORT . . . Latrobe, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Nature Club 2, 3, 4. . .Nature Guide 2, 3, 4 . . . Y. W. C. A. 2, 3, 4 . . . W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, Sub- ordinate Council 4. ROBERT MAGEE COWHER . . . Edenburg, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Education . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Travel Club 2, 3 . . . Open Road Club 1 . . . Intramural Sports 1, 2 . . . Debate Manager4 . . . Debating Club 4. MARIE COX . . . Russellton, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Elementary Education . . . Y. W. C. A. 3, 4 . . . Kindergarten-Primary Club 3, 4 . . . W. A. A. 3, 4 . . . Class Play 3. ISABEL BLAINE CRAIG . . . New Castle, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Play 2, 3 . . . Class Hockey 2,3,4...Y.W.C.A.1. REBECCA JANE CUNNINGHAM . . . Rimersburg, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Edu- cation . . . W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Dramatic Club 2, 4 . . . Class Play 3 . . . Class Basket- ball 3,4 . . . Class Hockey 3,4 . . . VesperChoir3,4 . . . Kappa Gamma 3,4 . . . Debating Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Varsity Debate Team 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Y. W. C. A. 1. HARRY LITTLEWOOD DAVIS . . . New Castle, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Edu- cation . . . Varsity Track 1, 2, 3 . . . Y. M. C. A. 4 . . . Open Road Club 1 . . . Travel Club 2, 3 . . . .S'axige114StafI4 . . . Intramural Sports 2, 3. BERYLE ELIZABETH DAVIS . . . Ambridge, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Y.W.C.A.1,2,3,4. . .W.A.A.1,2,3,4. . .ClassHockey1,2,3,4. . .Varsity Hockey 3, 4 . . . Symphony Orchestra 1, 2, 3. JANE ALIENE DIETRICH . . . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Education . . . Dramatic Club 1, 4 . . . Literature Club 2, 4 . . . Press Club2 . . . Class Play 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Subordinate Council 3 . . . Executive Council 4 . . . Y. M.-Y. W. Play 4 . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, Cabinet 3. O E. FERN DULLINGER . . . Smock, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2 . . . Health Education Women's Club 3, President 4 . . . W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Secretary 3 . . . Class Volleyball 3, 4 , . . Swimming Club 4 . . . Literature Club 4 . . . Nature Club 2 . . . Life Saving Club 3 . . . Dramatic Club 3, 4. WILLETTA MARGARET DICK . . . Stoneboro, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Educa- tion . . . Y. W. C. A. 4 . . . Open Road Club 4. MARION WALDRON DUNCAN . . . Grove City, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Edu- cation . . . Ithica College 1, 2, 3 . . . W. A. A. 4. ENIORS P 1 DONALD STUART DUNLAP . . . Northeast, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Education . . . Open Road Club 2 . . . Symphony Orchestra 2, 3, 4 . . . Band 2, 3, 4 . . . Phi Sigma Pi 4 . . . Activities Orchestra 3, 4. MARGARETTE H. EISENBERG . . . Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Elementary Education . . . West Chester 1, 2 . . . Y. W. C. A. 3 . . . Madrigal Club 3, 4 . . . Vesper Choir 3, 4 . . . Open Road Club 4 . . . Nature Study Club 4. ALVIN ELLIOT . . . Butler, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Education . . . Symphony Orchestra 1, 2, 3 . . . Band 3, 4 . . . Physical Science Club 1, 2 . . . Phi Sigma Pi 2, 3, 4 . . . Activities Orchestra 3. O EVELYN ALICE FARLEY . . . New Wilmington, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Elementary Education . . . Westminster College 2 . . . Y. W. C. A. 3 . . . Madrigal Club 3, 4 . . . Nature Study Club 3, 4 . . . Open Road Club 2, 3, 4 . . . Nature Guides 4. EUGENE FORKER . . . Grove City, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . Varsity Football 1, 2, 3, 4. FRANK GAJER . . . Swissvale, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Activities Orchestra 1 . . . Symphony Orchestra 1, 2 . . . Gym Team 2, 3, 4 . . . Phi Sigma Pi 2, 3, 4 . . . Dramatic Club 1 . . . Y. M. C. A. 4 . . . Intramural Basketball 1. DONALD E. GIBONEY . . . Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, President 4, President State Y. M. C. A. Council 3, 4 . . . Y Minstrel 3, 4 . . . Y Hut Committee 3, 4 . . . Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Band 3, 4 . . . Class Football 1, 2, 3 . . . High School Football Coach 4 . . . Class Soccer 2, 3 . . . Class Baseball 2, 3. JOSEPH GENTILE . . . Homestead, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Education . . . Literature Club 3 . . . Dramatic Club 2 . . . Intramural Basketball 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Basket- ball 2, 3, 4. VIVA HESTER GOUGH . . . Sharon, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . ' W. A. A. 1, 2, 3,4 . . . Y. W. c. A. 1, 2, 3,4 . . . Madfigaiclubz . . . Class Hockey 3, 4 . . . Honorary Varsity Hockey 4 . . . Class Track 2, 3, 4. NANCY ELIZABETH GRIMM . . . Sidmon, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . W. A. A. 2, 3, 4 . . . Y. W. C. A. 2, 3, 4, Cabinet 4 . . . Suxigerza Staff 4. VEMILY HAWK . . . Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Education . . . Baton Club 2, 3, 4 . . . French Club 2, 3, 4 . . . What-to-Do Club 1 . . . Madrigal Club 1. CHARLES EUGENE HALT . . . Lincoln Place, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Edu- cation . . . Phi Sigma Pi 3, 4 . . . Pi Gamma Mu 3, 4, Vice President 4 . . . Gamma Theta Upsilon 3,4,President4 . . . Literature Club 2, 3,4 . . . Nature Study Club 2, 3,4 . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2. SE I Ef.Z', W. 'ww 036, QL!! 'I.x5,,1,!g5,. 71 ,SQA :gs 5' f eff' :lm 1 . A Wa -W f lffxfb' -M, ,T J , 5 -'fy A ff rw W, ,,. ' . X 'iv ' ig' ,W 1 .nigh nm - -fu r ,V . X14 gf 1-Wi qv, IG .L,,. ., W. ,X 4 , .R MARY ELIZABETH HASSEL . . . Grove City, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Elementary Edu- cation . . . Baton Club 3, 4. JAMES A. HOSACK . . . Blairsville, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Phi Sigma Pi 2, 3, 4. . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Glee Club 4. . .Dramatic Club 2, 3, 4... Class Plays 1, 2, 3 . . . Intramural Football 2, 3, 4 . . . Intramural Basketball 2, 3, 4 . . . Varsity Soccer 3, 4. HARRY HARRIS . . . Uniontown, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Coach High School Basketball 4 . . . Open Road Club 2 . . . Chief Nature Guide 3, 4 . . . Varsity Club 2, 3, 4 . . . Intramural Baseball 3, 4 . . . Track 2, 3. MARION HARTZELL . . . Renfrew, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Madrigal Club 3, 4 . . . Hockeyl . . . Dramatic Club4 . . . Baton Club 2 . . . Y. W. C. A. 3. EMMA A. HOFFMAN . . . McKeesport, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Elementary Education . . . Orchestra 2, 3, 4 . . . Y. W. C. A. 2, 4 . . . Kindergarten-PrimaryClub1 . . . Band 3,4 . . . Madrigal Club 3, 4 . . . Student Council 4. FORREST NICHOLAS HOLLIBAUGH . . . Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Education . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2 . . . Travel Club 1 . . . Press Club 3 . . . Nature Club 4. THOMAS W. JENKINS . . . Homestead, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Dramatic Club 1, 2 . . . Class Play 2 . . . Varsity Soccer 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Basketball 2, 3. MRS. REBECCA HORNER JOHNSON . . . New Castle, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2, 3. . .Class Hockey 2, 3, 4. - - Open Road Club 1 . . . Life Saving 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Examiners 4. HELEN KEISER . . . Uniontown, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Y. W. C. A. 2, 3, 4 . . . Open Road Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Nature Guide 2, 3, 4 . . . Women's Health Education Club 2, 3, 4 . . . French Club 2, 3, 4 . . . W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, Vice President 4. ' 0 RUSSELL KIMBERLAND . . . Burgettstown, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 4 . . . Varsity Club 3, 4, President 4 . . . Varsity Football 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Varsity Basketball 3 . . . Class Basketball 1, 2, 4 . . . Class Soccer 3. NEAL L. KLINE . . . New Kensington, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Education . . . Phi Sigma Pi4 . . . Class Play3 . . . Dramatic Club 3,4 . . . Life Saving Club3 - . - C021Ch High School Opcrette 4. DAKOTA MARGARET KNIGHT . . . Connellsville, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2 . . . W. A. A. 3, 4 . . . Life Saving 2, 3 - - - WOIUCIYS Health Education Club 3, 4. SENIORS MICHAEL RICHARD KOMORA . . . New Kensington, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Varsity Football 2, 3, 4 . . . Varsity Club 3, 4 . . . Phi Sigma Pi 3, 4 . . . Class Basketball 2, 3, 4. MARY MAGDALEN KUBEN . . . Ellwood City, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Educa- tion . . . W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . i. . Track 1, 2, 3. J. ELLSWORTH KUNKLE . . .johnstown, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Intramural Basketball 2, 3 . . . Intramural Football 2, 3, 4 . . . Y. M. C. A. 2, 3, 4. I JANE LAIRD . . . Beaver, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Women's Health Education Club 3, 4 . . . Varsity Track 1, 2, 3, 4. ELMER FRED LEWIS . . . Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Football Manager 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Varsity Basketball 2, 3, 4 . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Track 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Baseball 2, 3, 4. LOYAL M. LIKEN . Evans City, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Phi Sigma Pi 3, 4, Treasurer 4 . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, Secretary 4 . . . Symphony Orchestra 2,3,4 . . . Band 2,3,4 . . . Varsity Club 3,4 . . . Football Trainer 3,4 . . . Track Manager 2, 3 . . . Dramatic Club 3, 4 . . . Baton Club 2, 3, 4 . . . Biology Club 3, 4. MILDRED MCCULLOUGH . . . Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Women's Health Education Club 3, 4 . . . Glee Club 1, 2, 3 . . . Dramatic Club 1, 2 . . . French Club 1, 2 . . . Hockey Team 2, 3, 4. DALE MCGINNIS . . . Parkers Landing, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Press Club 3, 4 . . . Open Road Club 1 . . . Band 3, 4 . . . Class Play 2 . . . Baton Club 2, 3, 4. ADALTOP MIRANDA . . . Meadville, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education. A O BERNICE MIKESELL . . . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Student Council 3, 4, President4 . . . Open Road Club 1, 2 . . . Nature Club 2, 3 . . . W. A. A. 1, 2, 3,4 . . . Y. W. C. A.4 . . . Dramatic Club4 . . . Gym Teaml . . . Life Saving 3,4 . . . Track 1, 3. MILES MILLIRON . . . Kittaning, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education. TRUTH MILLER . . . Altoona, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Madrigal Club 1 . . . Women's Health Education Club 3, 4. SENIORS hh Q- IDA EL BERTA MILLER . . . Queen Junction, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Educa- tion . . . Kindergarten-Primary Club 1, 2, 3 . . . Baton Club 2 . . . Madrigal Club 4 . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2, 3 . . . Dramatic Club 4. DOMINICK A. MORRELL . . . Rochester, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 3 . . . Varsity Football 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Soccer 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Basket- ball 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Track 1, 2 . . . Gym Team 1, 2 . . . Varsity Club 2, 3, 4 . . . Class President 2 . . . Life Saving Club 2. KATHERINE M. MUCGOW . . . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, Cabinet 4 . . . Open Road Club 1, 2 . . . Class Hockey 1, 2, 3 . . . Class Basketball 1, 2. MRS. LOLA MEYERS . . . Greenville, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Kindergarten-Primary Club . . . Madrigal Club 2, 3, 4. MARY JOSEPHINE O'BRIEN . . . Sharon, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Women's Health Education Club 3, 4 . . . W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Student Council 1, 2, 4 . . . Class Hockey 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Honorary Hockey Team 3, 4 . . . Honorary Basketball Team 3, 4. MADELYN E. OLIVER . . . Portersville, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Elementary Education . . . Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Baton Club 3, 4 . . . Women's Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Press Club3,4 . . . Y. W. C. A. 1. JULIA E. OLIVER . . . Portersville, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Education . . . Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Travel Club 2, 3, 4 . . . Gamma Theta Upsilon 3. 4 . . . Press Club 3, 4 . . . Y. W. C. A. 1. HARRY PARK . . . Edinburg, Pennsylvania . . . B-.S. in Secondary Education. EDWARD JAN PAWKA . . . Rochester, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Y. M. C. A. 2, 3, 4 . . . Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Varsity Club 3, 4 . . . Class Football 2, 3 . . . Class Basketball 2, 3, 4. WILLARD FILMORE PERDUE . . . New Castle, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Education . . . Debate Club 4 . . . Nature Study Club 4. ANDREW PETOR, JR .... New Kensington, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Biology Club 1 .... Open Road Club 2, 3 . . . FOOtbz1ll 1 . . . Basketball 1 . . . Class Football 2, 3 . . . Class Basketball 2, 3, 4 . . . Soccer 4 . . . Class Soccer 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Baseball 3, 4 . . . Class Track 3, 4. ELEANOR REMALEY . . . Export, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Women's Health Education Club 2, 3, 4 . . . W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2 . . . Life Saving 3 . . . Class Hockey 1, 2, 3 . . . Class Basketball 2, 3, 4 - - - C1885 TCUFHS 3, 4. SENIORS DOROTHEA REYNOLDS . . . Union City, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Vesper Choir 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Basketball 2 . . . W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Y. W. C. A. 2 . . . Canawasco Club 1, 2, 3, 4. ORRIE M. ROCKWELL . . . Elizabeth, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4, President 4 . . . Class Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Soccer 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Vice President 3, 4 . . . Co-operative Activities Com- mittee 3, 4 . . . Class Play 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Volleyball 1. MILDRED ROGERS . . . New Castle, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Education . . Baton Club 3, 4 . . . Physical Science Club 3, 4. RALPH EARLE ROWE . . . Ingram, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Education . . Open Road Club 1, 2, 3, 4, President 2, 3 . . . Nature Study Club 1, 2, 3, President 2, 3 . . Travel Club 1, 2 . . . Nature Guides 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Chief Guide 4. JAMES JOHNSON ST. CLAIR, JR .... Duquesne, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Education . . . Varsity Debate Team 2, 3, 4 . . . Literature Club 3,4 . . . Debating Club 3, 4 . ..Y.M.C.A.2,3,4. HORACE DICKEY SIMMONS . . . Grove City, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Football Trainerl . . . Activities Orchestra 1,2, 3, 4, Leader4 . . . Band 1,2, 3,4 . . . Symphony Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2 . . . Class Football 2, 3 . . . Class HOWARD SMITH . . . Glassport, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Varsity Football 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Phi Sigma Pi 2, 3, 4 . . . Class President 3, 4 . . . Honorary Science Club 4 . . . Class Soccer 2, 3, 4. Basketball 2, 3. WILLIAM STEPHEN SMITH . . . New Salem, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . California State Teachers' College 1, 2 . . . Varsity Football 3 . . . Class Basketball 3 . . . Class Baseball 3 . . . Sophomore Football Coach 4 . . . Dramatic Club 3. FRANK SNIVERLY . . . Greensburg, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Current Problems Club 4 . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Open Road Club 1 . . . Soccer 1, 2. RUTH STEWART . . . Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Education. CHALMERS STUDEBAKER . . . Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Educa- tion . . . Football 1, 2, 3 . . . Class Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Baseball 2, 3, 4. JOHN EDWARD SWETEK . . . Cleveland, Ohio . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Phi Sigma Pi 2, 3, President 4 . . . High School Football Coach 4 . . . College Athletic Trainer 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Basketball Manager 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Football 2, 3 . . . Biology Club 2, 3 . . . Nature Guide 2 . . . Y. M. C- A- 2, 3, 4, Hi-Y College Representative 4 . . . Class Plays 1, 2, 3, 4. SENIORS LOUIS THALER . . . Windber, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Phi Sigma Pi 3, 4 . . . Gym Team 1, 2 . . . Dramric Club 2 . . . Soccer Freshman Coach 1 . . . Class Play 2 . . . .Yaxigemz Staff. CHARLES UMPHERY . . . Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Education . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Intramural Basketball 2, 3 . . . Life Saving Club 3 . . . Nature Club 1, 2, 3 . . . Literature Club 4. ' JOHN WILLIAM VANDERWULP . . . New Kensington, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Sec- ondary Education . . . Symphony Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Band 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Varsity Track 2, 3, 4 . . . Travel Club 2, 3 . . . Y. M. C. A. 2, 3, 4. MICHAEL E. WARGO . . . Duquesne, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, Treasurer 3, Cabinet 3, 4 . . . YMinstrel 3, 4 . . . YHut Committee 3, 4 . . . Men's Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Vesper Choir 3, 4 . . . Phi Sigma Pi 2, 3, 4, Assistant Secretary 3, Secretary4 . . . Phi Gamma Mu4 . . . SwimmingTeam4 . . . Class Soccer2,3,4 . . . Class Football 2 . . . Class Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Baseball 2, 3, 4 . . . Saxigena Staff 3, 4 . . . .Yaxigena Senior Business Manager 4. JEAN WEATLAKE . . . Verona, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Education . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Press Club 2, 3, 4 . . . French Club 2, 3, 4. JOHN HAMILTON WALKER . . . New Kensington, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Indiana State Teachers' College 1,2 . . . Symphony Orchestra 3,4 . . . Baton Club 3, 4, Vice President 4 . . . College Band 3, 4 . . . Class Basketball 3, 4 . . . Class Track 3, 4 . . . Class Football 3, 4 . . . Class Soccer 3, 4 . . . Gym Team 4 . . . Saxigena Staff 4 . . . Men's Glee Club 3, 4. O ROBERT EDWIN WALKER . . . New Kensington, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Education . . . Symphony Orchestra 4 . . . College Band 4 . . . Press Club 3, 4 . . . .faxi- gefm Staff4 . . . Leader, High School Band 3, 4 . . . Baton Club 3, 4 . . . Literature Club 2, 3 . . . Varsity Track 2, 3, 4 . . . Y. M. C. A. 1 . . . Student Grange 4. DOROTHEA E. WATKINS . . . Aliquippa, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Open Road Club 1 . . . Camp Canawasco . . . Orchestra 1, 2, 3, Secretary 2 . . . Band 2, 3, Secretary 2, 3 . . . W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Life Saving . . . Class Hockey 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Basketball 3 . . . Class Volleyball 3 . . . Class Track 3. EARL WHIPKEY . . . Waynesburg, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Education . . . Phi Sigma Pi 3, 4, Vice President 4 . . . Dramatic Club 2 . . . Debate Club 2 . . . Science Club 3, 4 . . . Class Play 1, 3 . . . Y. M.-Y. W. Play 3. O MARTHA WILLIAMS . . . Franklin, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2 . . . Class Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Madrigal Club 1 i. . . Class Track 1, 2 . . . Class'Hockey 1, 2, 3, 4. RUTH BAYFORD WILSON . . . Oakdale, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Secondary Education . . . W. A. A. 2, 3, 4 . . . Press Club 3, 4 . . . Nature Guides 2 . . . Open Road Club 1, 2 . . . Travel Club 3 . . . Literature Club 3 . . . Gamma Theta Upsilon 4. ALBERT W. YEARGERS . . . Trafford, Pennsylvania . . . B.S. in Health Education . . . Y. M. C. A .... Class Football 1, 2, 3 . . . Class Track 1, 2, 3, 4. ' ' VARSITY CLUB . Chargin , ever-charging, on the gridiron, hours o intensive passing and shooting on the court, straining muscles and nerves to win a race on the cinder path, such activities are necessary to earn a membership to the Varsity Club. Men, hearts, and souls, strained, torn, and raked, but maintaining a standard of hard, clean play. The club is one of the most exclusive. Each member has been awarded a varsity S and his admittance into the club has been approved by the acknowledged members. Their motive is to stimulate a keen interest in athletics, encourage participation in sports, and create a spirit of sportsmanship. The club also gives the athletes an oppor- tunity to have meetings other than those in practice sessions and competition. Sturdy re resentatives of a sound mind in a sound body, these men are influence by the same desire for achievement in the classes and in other college activities as they are in athletics. This is evidenced by the large portion of the membership who hold noteworthy positions in scholastic honorary fraternities. The Varsity Club is an ideal body with an ideal cause, fostered by an ideal institution of learning. OFFICERS Prefidmt ,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,, ,,,,.,.........,..,...,. R USSBL KIMBERLAND Vice Prerident ............ ........ M ICHAEL KOMORA Sccretmy-Treasurer ..,..., ........... E LMER LEWIS The Health Education Women's Club has been an active organization on the campus since 1925. Since then there has been a gradual and steady growth until at the present time there are seventy alumnae and fifteen active members. The membership is limited to the girls in the junior and senior classes of the Health Education Department, who are elected to the club by a unanimous vote during the First semester of their junior year. Through the earnest co-operation of both the alumnae organization and the active club, a scholarship is given each year to the person or persons whom the club deems most worthy. The members elected from the class of 1935 included Caroline Hixenbaugh, Alice White, Pauline Howe, Marion Tranter and Helen Bloomfiel . We, the class of 1934, extend to you, the new members, our most sincere wishes for success. Subrnitted by ELEANOR REMALEY, Secretary OFFICERS Prcridmt ....... .............. . ................. F ERN DULLINGER Secretary .... .. .... ELEANOR REMALEY Trmrurer ...... ............ J OSEPHINE O'BRIEN Advisor ..... . .....,,. Miss ELMIRA CoMPToN HE LTH EDUCATIO First Row: Ortman, Tatnlla, Lewis, Morrell, Coach Thompson. Second Row: Moran, Walton, Aird, Stonls. 'N-1? .Mr , I C .,,,.3:s. 1 ,gf - 5,2 ..-1 ls :lr A6 gs Qs a 'N 56 Y' ,Fc ,....f ...nn ii :VN '-'Sak dy, ,Q ,A4 J. 0- -...A -DQ' ,-as 0 vw rs Scared: White, llowc, Illxcnhuugh, Trantcr, Blnunmficld. Smndlmiz Laird, Boomer, Kclscr, Miller, 0'l3rIcn, Miss Compton. Q ! 5 F. if i, 1 1 3 6 , il 1, I i E v E s 3 ,.rK Li, SUMMER RESUME The appearance of white shoes on the campus ushered in the summer season. The high school was on its toes, too, as it presented its annual operetta the night of April 17. The men's glee club, with its melodious songs and diverse presentations, gave its home concert at the college chapel April 20. Five days after that our friends from California State Teachers College rendered an excellent musical program. But music is not the only field in which our college makes itself known. In the political science field the school rose to prominence by sending tive young men as representatives to the State Constitutional Revision convention at Harrisburg on April 26. The next night, April 27, we saw the movie Carolina, featuring lovely Janet Gaynor. A night later we had the distinct pleasure of hearing Ethel Hayden, famous American recital and oratorio soprano. With the coming of May-flowers the seniors began to grow restive, for that time of times-graduation-was near at hand. The honorary frats, in May, decidin that they needed some exercise alon with their brainwork, engage? the Green and White Collegians to glrnish the soft strains of music and held a dance at the young men's hut. A week later, May 19, the seniors burst forth in all their pomp and glory. It was their day for hilarity. They performed for us-and how! In the evening Miss johnson held a rececption for them in North Hall. We received our Saxigenar that day, an we all had a good time. Next day the dignified ones received still more publicity as they staged their Pre-alumni Dinner and Dance. Alas and alack, on May 19 we held our last dance in the college gym. We bade old friends goodbye and god- speed for the future. A week later the old-timers came back and nosed around a bit and offered advice to the youngsters about to face the world. On May 27 the solemn baccalaureate was given. The following day the Seniors gathered for the annual event of planting ivy in front of the stately chapel. That night the Seniors had things their own way to do as they pleased. With the dawn of the 29th of May came the realization that four years of preparation lay behind them. Ahead loomed the mystic future, challenging every one to give his best in the great struggle life offered. To the Senior summer had a two-fold meaning. It was the end of an aesthetic life of college. It meant the commencement of a new life career in which service in the educational field could be rendered. For the rest of us, this period marked the passing of one more milestone and the coming of another with all its potentialities and limitations, its trials and tribulations, and its joys and achievements. SUMMER SEASON AMONG THE SQUIRRELSQ WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR GOVERNMENT? by OscAn ZILCH V The editor regrets that a special feature by Oscar Zilch has been received too late for publica- tion in full. In fact, it hasn't been received at all. There may be several reasons for this delay, the first of which is that the editor did not know Mr. Zilch was writing an article, and neither did Mr. Zilch. The other reasons are-oh, well, the other reasons don't really matter. You can imagine-or can you-the frenzy of despair, in which our editor was involved CI mean engulfedj when a telegram from Zilch's little granddaughter was delivered saying: Uncle Oscar is in Washington. Now what do you think of that! moaned the editor. Zilch in Washington and me-I- here. Oh, if he were only here and me there. Still, no, that would be as bad as ever. Get in touch with Zilch, at once, immediately, now-even sooner if possible. But how? Clara, the oflice girl inquired sweetly. Zilch is in Washington. What of it? yelled our editor losing for one moment that superb calm that has always marked Oscar Zilch. How does some one get in touch with somebody who is somewhere? Cable, radio, telegraph, telephone-post cards, he finished weakly. Where's Washington? Get a map, somebody. Get me Zilch. Well, then, dammit sit there, all of you. I'll get a statement from Zilch himself in person. Andrew, when does the first boat leave? Upon arriving in Washington, the editor of the Sax was confronted by the problem of werinell in Washington Zilch might be. The editor bit his nails and, like Launcelot, mused a little space. He might be, he thought slowly and painfully, he might be in St. Paul's Cathedral but he can't be for that is in Greece. Suppose you, reader, had had to find Zilch extemporaneously. Where would you have gone? Think now. Where would a man possessing the democratic ideals, the love of art and beauty, the ennobling sentiments, the thirst for this and that, and the moral standards of the Zilches, likely be? You're right. That is exactly where the editor found him. Mr. Zilch warmly grasped our editor's hands and smiling reminiscently at memories of days spent together in the Boer War, gave permission to quote him as follows: 'What is wrong with our government?' you ask me. Students of Slippery Rock look about you. What do you see? What do you hear on every tongue every hour? If you can't see it and hear it immediately, look about you again. But yours is a fair question, and it shall never be said that a Zilch evaded such. Here Mr. Zilch's eyes flashed as he was gripped by the intense emotions stirred in him by contemplation of his subject. i Ladies and gentlemen and students, he demanded fiercely, why did Calsar kill Cromwell? Do we remember Gengis Khan simply because he was the author of that touching masterpiece, 'Backward, turn backward oh time, in thy flight,' or is it because he proved the immortal value of diametric symbolism at Waterloo. We cannot refuse to face this question. The diabolical and banal lassitude of our law makers is appalling. To anyone who has given the attention to chickens that I have, continued Zilch, warming to his subject, it is evident that all our troubles can be blamed on the poultry raisers. Anyone who ea ts eggs is upholding the black vice that throttles out young nation, whoever allows his children to draw pictures of chicks is encouraging them in a life of crime. The chicken coop is a den of sin. And what a vicious cycle: more eggs to hatch, more chickens to .lay more eggs, more slaves to raise more cotton to raise more eggs to lay more chickens. CMr. Zilch explained later that here he got his words slightly confused with those of a Memorial Day address he is to deliver to some old soldiers vacationing at Sing Singj Then Zilch became almost lucid again. In closing, he said, I wish to say that I have met the issue squarely, and I know you will do something. A note of pleading crept into his voice as he repeated brokenly, Do something. Copied from The D420 Blah by Cull Lewis. ' o MY ALMA MATER Slippery Rock State Normal School began its first term on March 26, 1889, with seven teachers and one hundred sixty-eight students. The grounds were without grass, trees, or walks, and compared with their present condition, presented a desolate appearance. A woodenbuilding on the site of the present Chapel contained on the second floor the chapel room, and on the first floor the Principal's oflice and seven recitation rooms. The Training School was, in these early days, in a building on New Castle Street. At the beginning of the spring term of 1893 the present Main Building was first used for classes, and the first floor of the Chapel was then taken for the use of the Training School. On the morning of May 13, 1895, the boys' dormitory, a frame building standing on the same site as South Hall, caught fire and was entirely destroyed. The people of the town opened their houses, and rooms were found for all. On the twenty-sixth of June, 1896, the Chapel was destroyed by fire. Morning exercises were held in the room now used for the library. Contrast the scene of yesterday with that of today. What an improvement has taken place! We still have Old Main. It is an improved Old Main. Its tower is visible from a distance, and it is really this tower that becomes associated with Slippery Rock in the student's mind. Next, we view beautiful North Hall, standing with majestic serenity, its architectural characteristics a deep study to any student of art. The Chapel is an inspiring sight when viewed from the driveway. South Hall, somewhat aged, still peals forth its calls to loyal students day and night. Gym A with its Grecian-columned portals, has resounded to the tread of many feet of the past. Gym B is a future source of much enjoyment to the students of tomorrow. Nor need we halt here in our survey. Shall we permit our eyes to wander to the tennis courts, the Hut, the soccer field, and the athletic field now under construction? Changing the direction of our glance, our eye sweeps the beauty of the campus, and we recall tenderly the pleasant walks under its sylvian shades. In the distance we see the High School and the Training School. A Senior loses himself in retrospection. What is this feeling which is invading his soul? Is it the spirit of his Alma Mater, or is it a feeling of pride for the place which has nurtured him for these few years of his life? Yes, it is a tender feeling, for there is a dimness visible in his eye. Full well he knows that he must go on, and new ones will come to take his place. Full well knows he that his Alma Mater will grow with time. He is proud of her, for he is part of her, and he glories in her past, present, and future. M. W. '34 THE MGHAWK MURDER Mention of the Stone House Tavern brings to mind local historical events. As one travels from Slippery Rock to Butler, he passes a ruin of stones just before coming to a steep hill. These are the remains of the Stone House Tavern. It is said that in the stage coach days this was an outlaw rendezvous. The lumbering stage on coming to the hill would slow down for the ascent, and the robbers would make their appearance and stage the hold-up. One of the most retold tales associated with the Stone House Tavern is the tale of the Mohawk murder, in which Mrs. Wigton and her five children were murdered. There is quite a difference of opinion as to what actually occurred. I am indebted to historical records, to several residents of Slippery Rock, and to Miss Erma Wigton for information which enables me to write the tale. It seems that in the latter part of June, 1843, Samuel Mohawk, a Cornplanter Indian, Csomc claim him a Senecab, was returning from Pittsburgh after a rafting trip down the Allegheny River. Stopping at Butler, he went upon a drinking spree. Leaving Butler that afternoon by stage, he showed up at the Stone House Tavern late in the evening. Because of his intoxicated condition, Mr. Sill, the proprietor, refused to house him, and Mohawk spent the night among the rocks near the Stone House. Early the nextmorning the Indian found his way to the home of James Wigton, which was several miles back in the woods. Mrs. Wigton was at home with her five children. Her husband was at his father's house less than a mile distant. Then occurred one of the most brutal and horrible murders in the history of Butler County. No one knows exactly what happened. From a confession of the crime by the Indian one can gather that a terrible struggle ensued between the mother and the maddened savage. Beating Mrs. Wigton unconscious with a stick and then crushing her head with a heavy stone, Mohawk entered the house and with stone and stick disposed of the five helpless children who were upstairs in bed. Sometime later Samuel Davis and his wife and son, on their'way to help the Wigtons with the hoe- ing, arrived upon this gruesome scene. The alarm was given, and the neighborhood began a search for Samuel Mohawk, who was at once suspected of the crime. The Indian was pursued to the home of Philip Kiester, where he had taken refuge after terrorizing the women at home. After several unsuccessful attempts to get into the house, the men gained entrance, stormed the stairway, and seized the Indian. On being returned to the scene of the murder, Mohawk acknowledged his guilt, but said nobody could prove it. The Indian was taken to Butler. Several lynching attempts were frustrated by cooler men, and the Indian was tried and hanged in the spring of 1844. Today all that one finds remaining of the Stone House Tavern is a heap of stones. The old Wigton home is not standing. A farm is nearby, and the older people can point out the location of the historical incident. Mohawk is buried in a secluded spot in the Oakland Place district in the northeastern section of Butler. M. W. '34 CULL LEWIS YOU A D YOUR STARS If there is one thing this old world needs to enable all of us to gain a greater measure of happiness, it is toleration-toletation of the other fellow's habits and modes of living, his ideas and attitudes, his creeds and philosophies. And without understanding there can be little more than the attempt to be tolerant. Astrology more than any other study helps us to understand the complexities of human nature, the real purpose of existence, and the forces that blended in varying degrees make us individualities. In its light we learn to understand that, though the faults of our fellow beings may not be blamed on their stars, at least the elements are not mixed in them just as in ourselves. We come to recognize limits to everyone's field of development, and if we still must judge, we do so with greater sympathy and less harshness. In an essay so short it would be impossible to present a brief for the subject or to attempt to meet the objections of persons who oppose it. My only purpose can be to entertain the readers of this book with the hope that some will be stimulated to a more thorough investigation of what it is and is not. Astrology is a revelation of the universes as embodiments of divine thought. It attempts to explain man's place in the great cosmic plan, his kinship with God-or the gods-his particular weaknesses and strengths, the lessons he must learn during this period of development, his temperament, personality, character, and his fate in so far as character is an indication of one's destiny. Those of you who desire to investigate the subject further can take up its study knowing that some of the greatest minds in history, such men as Roger Bacon, Kepler, Dryden, Milton, Pitt, Melanthan, and Emerson, have admitted and believed it to be a source of truth. You will be laughed at by those men, learned and ignorant, who lack the mental courage to speak without first testing the wind of public opinion, who fear losing the plaudits- so satisfying to the ego-of unthinking masses if they admit there might be something in it. But you must remember that a man's attainment in one field does not render him competent to give expert opinion in all others even though he prefaces his every speech with, Thus saith the Lord . . . and I. Remember, too, that it is one of the Vanities of humankind to limit nature or God's law by our own ignorance-there can be nothing more for I fail to perceive it. The great Newton, on being ridiculed for his belief in Astrology said: I have studied the matter, you have not. The horoscope is a map of the planetary configurations at the time of one's birth which, by their positions in zodiacal signs and map divisions and by the relation between planets, as signified by their distances apart, symbolize forces that will attract into the life of the individual environments and events of a corresponding nature. These forces may be astral, having their origin in interstellar space, or they may have their source within ourselves-it matters not. The important point is that this symbolical value of the heavens exists whether we realize and admit it or not just as the truth symbolized by a chemical equation is there apart from our recognition of it. Each planet in itself has afiinity with some particular department of the life, and this is given a special coloring by the sign it occupies and is further modified by the influence it receives from other planets. At certain distances from each other, planets arc said to be in aspect, and the older astrologers divided the aspects as being good and evil, now we think that nothing of itself is good or evil save as it takes its significance from its relation to other forces and from our use of it. ,jupiter is a planet having much to do with one's fortunes and position in the world. Strongly placed in the chart, as in Red Stonis's where it rises in its own sign, it is an evidence of a strong personality, personal distinction, and favors from the boss. Posited in Capricorn, as in the charts of Martha Phillips and Harry Roslund, it gives a remarkable sense of thrift, sometimes, however, persons having his position may watch the pennies closely but spend unwisely in larger amounts. The sign placed on the eastern horizon of a map signifies the native's temperament. In Aliene Dietrich's chart, this point is held by Pisces, a sign giving great charm, and making one receptive to vibrations of a high spiritual order. Miss Dietrich's horoscope reveals her as a person of much refinement in whom the sociable and artistic qualities are very prominent. By the position of Venus in a map, we learn whether a young man will take his ukulele and croon tender, heart-rending ballads beneath his lady's balcony, or when she places her lovely arms around his neck, he will only look bored and say, Don't rumple my hair. This can apply to the girls, too, fellows. Venus in Aries, ruled by the military Mars, as in Norma Speaker's horoscope, promises much idealism, bril- liance, and impulsive emotion, but alas it is the warmth only of sparks struck off from flint. Walt Hoskins's Venus is in Taurus, a position which gives popularity, a very genial nature, and much magnetism. The attitude toward sex associated with this position is simple, direct, and sensible. In Pisces, as in Margaretta Eisenberg's chart, Venus rises to great capacities of tenderness, self-sacrifice, and devotion. Natives with Venus in this sign are, as a rule, very affectionate and easily influenced by ones they love. Mars is the planet of intensity. By its place in a chart, we get an idea of how well a person can take it, together with his manner of doing things. Mars in Leo as in Nick Hjelte's map, signifies great courage, the heart of a fighter. I might add that N ick's Mercury is in Taurus and that men with Mercury so placed are like women and elephants . . . In Harry Roslund's chart, we have the energy of Mars transferred to the mental plane. His Mars in Gemini, an intellectual sign, shows one who can fight with his mind. Mars in Pisces, as in Mike Perkosky's and Kermie Rowan's charts is a rather disheartening influence on the material plane. With this position the strength is more inward and spiritual, and there seems to be a lack of opportunity for expressing even great talents. Mike's Sun in sextile to Mars gives strength and great energy. His Saturn sextile to the war planet adds endurance and courage, while the sextile of the Moon to Uranus bestows an unflinching determination and a very positive nature. His chart further shows good mental power, but a tendency to ignore authority and to be too optimistic. Earl Whipkey is a person who is willing to practice whatever he might preach as evidenced by the same sign on the twelfth and first chart divisions. Though his Mars in Virgo gives a rather unenthusiastic attitude towards the work in hand and a coldness of demeanor, his Sun and Venus in Leo, his Jupiter in Sagittarius, his Uranus in Aquaries, and his Neptune in Cancer, all indicate real sympathy, a generous nature, and humanitarian tendencies. His rising Moon in Capricorn will bring him before the public, but it is a position that signifies much hard work, accentuates the coldness of personality, and inclines to introspection. His rising Uranus in the house of tempera- ment will make him appear brusque and hard to understand. Jess Worley has been eager to know his bad qualities, so while his map reveals many excellent ones, I'll skip over them to gratify his wish. jess, you can be too conservative, too sensitive, too moody, you have rebellious tendencies, you can be very resentful and very obstinate. With the strength in your chart indicated by the Mutable signs, you should be capable of some very worthy work for the good of all. Priscilla Waldron's horoscope provides an interesting study from the standpoint of planetary aspects. Three planets in Water and three in Air render the emotional and intellectual natures both strong, while her Sun square to the mystic Neptune makes her extremely sensitive. This last cannot be classed as a truly fortunate influ- ence, for Neptune is deceptive and in affliction produces emotional excesses together with confusion of some sort in the life. Persons having this combination are naturally kind-hearted and sympathetic and should watch well the motives of others. There will be a craving for things inaccessible, and often the native will but little understand his own motives. Neptune trine to her Mercury confers creative imagination and senses able to appreciate subtle values of sound and color. Mercury squaring her Moon adds keenness to the intellect and causes her to stand firm for her friends, but also brings an element of restlessness into the life. Uranus aspecting Venus in Miss Waldron's chart denotes self-will-Uranus can be quite unreasonable at times-and inclines to nervous afilictions. In fact all the aspects I have mentioned point to a highly organized nervous system and the danger of neuroses if the nature is too inhibited. There are melancholy and a feeling of being misunderstood. Mercury is the planet of reason. Its position in the chart together with the influences it receives from other planets indicates the mental makeup of the man. Something of what we mean by the Mercurial temperament is evidenced in Kermit Rowan's chart where Mercury and two other planets are in Mercury's own impulsive sign Gemini. Kermie's chart indicates quite a bit of journalistic ability. Chuck Cottrell has Mercury rising in Sagittarius, an inspirational and idealistic position associated with directness of thought and expression. While this position confers intuition, there is a tendency at times to speak without reflection and to be loquacious. Cotty's Mars is opposing his mental planet which, with the planets in Scorpio, will incline him to be too critical at times, both his Mercury and Mars are in good aspect to Venus, however, tending to make the mind cheerful, less harsh in its judgments, more responsive to the aesthetic. Your chart reveals intense emotions and profound feelings, Cotty, you have a very powerful and aggressive force to control in Scorpio, but great indeed are the heights to which natives of this Eagle sign can mount when this same force is directed and utilized for good. I rather imagine that Walt Hoskins likes the gleam of moonbeams on old ruins, if only in imagination. While I am speaking of moons, I want to tell you that Walt's Moon was in Taurus, the sign of its exaltation. The position makes one steady, reflective, persevering, and firm to the point of obstinacy. A sensitive nature very responsive to environment and needing harmonious surroundings for its best develop- ment is signified by this position of his Moon and by his Sun in the ambitious, taciturn Cancer. Neptune is closely related to the sign Pisces, so persons who, like Dorotha Hadyn, come strongly under its influence will feel its dream quality, its loneliness, and unutterable longing for things infinite. These persons may be like their symbol, the sea, light and restless on the surface, but within them is the silence and profundity of the deeps. I regret that I have not space to tell you more about Dorotha's chart or room for comments on other maps I have before me. Here I have material on several more charts with more on one or two that I have already mentioned very briefly, but the editor is growling for me to tear my gaze away from the magic crystal Cit's really a fish-bowl, but he doesn't know itj and end this Alley, Alley, Alley-stuff. Oh, well, you will read more about Astrology in the papers soon, now that science is giving less attention to the classification of butterflies and more to the forces that lie beneath the surface of life. I am very grateful to all who have allowed me to use their charts in preparing this material. CULL Lewis It Is Finished . . The 1934 Saxigena The machinery of publication is silent. The ceaseless prattle of Mitchell Y. M. C. A. Uram has ended. Only a well-worn ribbon on the lone Underwood and in- numerable pages of notes remain as mute testimonies of the activity which this office has known in the past months. The Stax is completed. The key to the office has been returned to the bursar. Through the long shadows of the publication room, one may still perceive the placard above the desk of the industrious editor. On the placard were the clever words, This office is on daylight slaving time. But such conditions did not actually prevail because many of the staff gave their best co-operation for the good of the cause. It is only proper and courteous that we should acknowledge those who have made possible any success of this Saxigemz. We gratefully appreciate the fine co-operation of the Administration and the will- ing and helpful advice offered. We appreciate the fine response of the various activities when we called for some good write-ups. The courteous and sincere help of Harry Davis and Lou Thaler, who missed many a meal to get the material to the publishers on schedule, deserves much credit. The long hours thatjohnny and Eddie Walker burned the midnight oil to give us a true representation of our sports cannot go unheeded. We are proud to have worked with such fine men. To them belongs a large part of the success of the book. The fine co-operation and workmanship of Phil Linne of the Canton Engraving Company is worthy of commendation. He has proved himself a real friend, a true man and a genius. It has been delightful to work with him. The sincere efforts of Glen Carpenter and Seavy's Studio who photographed our pictures are deserving of the highest praise. We cannot overlook the unusual workmanship offered by Mr. Weaver and the Pittsburgh Printing Company. This is their first opportunity in helping to print our book. The 1934 .Yaxigena is a true account of their printing ability. When the last drop of printer's ink has dried on this page, it will close our menial efforts at producing a Saxigcfza worthy of the school and which we hope will leave with us beautiful memories of our years at Slippery Rock. Good luck and God-speed. GILBERT C. BACON, WILLIAM STEWART. 0 . pw-v00f A WW f AXMJ.. Apr C-5054-' f'5'47 M,,?,,,,,,,fM,LfM+f2M our 'f:fQff6ffVf6'i2ff.,Q'5fT'W'i J-fi ,aww WWW WWMWW QC WWMJ5 MMWWJMWMMM ,ofia-W-,f,w M