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

Text from Pages 1 - 144 of the 1935 volume:

SAX I JAMES INGLEFIELD • EDITOR STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE L J [GENA 3 ROBERT EDIE • BUS. MGR. SLIPPERY ROCK, PA. FOREWORD HIS year our editorial staff has tried something a little different in annual” construction by dividing the book into three sections and by attempting to represent in each those activities that are most characteristic of them. In acknowledging the idea that pictures make a book, we have given our efforts to portray pictorially those pleasant happenings and purposeful days that we have experienced here at Slippery Rock. In the presentation of this, our annual, “The 1935 Saxigena , to the students, faculty, alumni, and friends we sincerely hope that the memories recalled in this fashion will compensate for the hours spent in its preparation. If we have succeeded in approaching our ideal, let a pleasant smile and a kindly word be your vote of approval. DEDICATION TO OUR PRESIDENT, WHO HAS INSTILLED INTO OUR COLLEGE HIGHER HOPES AND IDEALS, WE DEDICATE THIS VOLUME OF OUR SAXIGENA. DR. CHARLES SPURGEON MILLER BOARD OF TRUSTEES ORIGEN K. BINGHAM, Secretary..........................................Bridgeville MRS. ANNA GIBSON.........................................................Slippery Rock JOSEPH H. GRANDY........................................................Rochester W. R. HOCKENBERRY, M.D., President................................Slippery Rock MRS. EMMA GUFFEY MILLER..................................................Slippery Rock SAMUEL C. McGARVEY, M.D...............................................Bridgeville MRS. MABEL H. WELLS. Vice-President..................................New Brighton JOHN L. WISE Butler DEANS JOHN A. ENTZ Dean of Instruction N. KERR THOMPSON Dean of Men MARION C. GALTON Dean of Women FACULTY CHARLES S. MILLER ...................................................... President of the College A. B., Allegheny College, A.M., University of Pittsburgh,- Ph.D., New York University JOHN A. ENTZ....................................Dean of Instruction—Mathematics and Education B. S., Litt.D., Albright College, A.M., New York University MARION C. GALTON - Dean of Women A.B., University of Michigan,- A.M., Columbia University N. KERR THOMPSON ........ Dean of Men—Health Education A.B., Ursinus College A N,, University of Pittsburgh Coach of Football and Basketball GLADYS HENRY ARNOLD ......... Training Teacher, Music Mus.B., A.B., A.M., University of Kansas Campus School ALTHEA BEERY - Training Teacher, First Grade B.S., Juniata College, A.M., Columbia University Campus School THOMAS C. BLAISDELL ....... English; Chairman, English Department A.B., A.M., Syracuse University,- Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh HERBERT BOOK Training Teacher, Social Studies A. B., A.M., Grove City College Campus School WILDA BRUBAKER............................................Social Studies B. S., New York University,- A.M., Columbia Universitv AUGUSTUS T. CLUTTON .......... Training Teacher, Science B.S., Grove City College; M.S,, University of Michigan Campus School ELMIRA H. COMPTON..................................................................Health Education B.S., Temple University,- A.M., University of Pittsburgh ELMER B. COTTRELL ........ Coach of Swimming, Hea!‘h Education B.P.E., M.P.E., Springfield College. B.S., University of Pittsburgh FRANCES ELIZABETH CRAIG....................................Health Education B.S., Ed.M., University of Pittsburgh ALICE M. DEAN ... ........ Training Teacher, Fourth Grade B.S. in Ed., State Teachers College (S. R),- A.M., University of Pittsburgh Campus School ALBERT BRUCE DENNISTON.....................Director, Junior-Senior High School B.S., A.M., University of Pittsburgh BEATTY H. DIMIT..........................................................Chemistry B.S., Pennsylvania State College,- M.S., University of Michigan,- Ph.D., Columbia University ARCHIE DODDS..............Health Education; Chairman, Health Education Department B.P.E., M.Ed, Springfield College Coach of Soccer LOUISE DOTY ............ Training Teacher, English A.B., Wittenberg College,- A.M., University of Pittsburgh Junior High School MRS. WILLIE MAY DuBARD.....................................................English A.B., Martha Washington College; B.S., A.M., George Peabody College for Teachers WALTER T. ELDER..................................................................General Shop B.S., Wooster College,- M.S., Iowa State College Junior-Senior High School JAMES S. GALLAGHER......................................College Physician, Health Education M.D., Temple University Medical College MARION E. GERBERICH.......................................................................Music A.B., Thiel College; A.A.G.O., Guilmant Organ School,- A.M., New York University FACULTY EDNA B. GRAY........................................................................Geography B.E., Teachers College, Normal University LILLIAN GRIFFIN........................................................Training Teacher, Art A.B., Carnegie Institute of Technology,- A.M., University of Pittsburgh MRS. ALICE E. HANSEN......................................................Assistant Librarian A. B., Vassar College; B.L.S., Columbia University; Ed.M., Harvard University HOWARD L. HEADLAND...........................................................Social Studies B. A., A.M., Grove City College THOMAS J. S. HEIM............................................................Social Studies B.S., A.M., Bucknell University HARVEY A. HEINTZELMAN..........................................Training Teacher, Handwriting A. B., Susquehanna University,- A.M., University of Pittsburgh Campus School WALTER L. HESS..........................-..............................Agriculture, Science B. S., M.S., Pennsylvania State College Campus School FLORENCE I. HOLLOWAY - -- -- -- - Training Teacher, French, Latin A M., University of Illinois; A.B., Illinois Wesleyan University Campus School First Row: Dr. D.mlt Mr. Woisonfluh. Dr. Entr, Or. Miller. Mr. Millor, Mr. Vincent, Dr. Blaisdoll, Mr. Hotm. Second Row: Miss Malhony, Mr . Hanson, Mis Stewart. M.ss Mary, Miss Craiu. Miss Compton, Mrs. D. Bard, Miss Gallon. Third Row: Mr. Lady, Miss Griffin Mrs. Arnold. M.ss Wallace. M.ss McKay. Miss Woods, Miss Gorborieh, Miss Long. Fourth Flow: Mr. HomUolman. Mr. Cottrell, Mrs. McCandless, M.ss Gray. Mr. Ruff. Fifth Row: Mr. Headland, Dr. Tallcott, Dr. Wrigloy, Mr. Dodds, Coach Thompson. Mr. Portor. FACULTY ARABELLA IRENE KRAMER........................................Director, Kindergarten-Primary Group B.S., A.M., Teachers College, Columbia University Campus School CLYDE H. LADY..........................................................................Mathematics A.B., Columbia University; A.M., University of Southern California RALPH E. MARTIN......................................................Training Teacher, Mathematics A.B., Lebanon Valley College,- A.M., Bucknell University Junior High School BEATRIX K. MARY............................................................................English A. B., Christ College,- A.M., University of Michigan KATHRYN MATHENY.................................................................Health Education B. S., A.M., University of Pittsburgh GEORGE T. MILLER...........................................................Art A.B., Carnegie Institute of Technology; A.M., University of Pittsburgh RACHEL MOSS ------------- Home Economics B.S., University of Tennessee, M.S., Pennsylvania State College Junior-Senior High School ODILLE OUSLEY ---------- - Training Teacher, Third Grade B.S., A.M., George Peabody College Campus School DAVID C. PORTER.....................................Education A.B., University of Kansas; A.M., Columbia University RUBY RAY - - - - - ...... Training Teacher, Second Grade A.B., Western Kentucky State Teachers College,- Campus School A. M., George Peabody College MARGARET RHOADS......................................................Training Teacher, Mathematics B. S., M.Ed., University of Pittsburgh Senior High School ALMA G. RICE................................................Training Teacher, History, Geography Ph.B., University of Chicago; A.M., Grove City College Campus School CLAY C. RUFF.............................................................Nature Study, Biology A.B., A.M., Muskingum College KELLAR SHELAR...........................................................................Biology A.B., Hiram College,- A.M., (Education), M.S., (Botany), University of Pittsburgh First Row: Mt� s Holloway. Mr. Donniston, Miss Moss. Miss Rhodes. Second Row: Miss Rice, Miss Doty. Mrs. Arnold Third Row: Mr. Elder. Mr. Martin. Mr. Book, Mrs. Winn. Fourth Row: Mr. Clutton. Mr. Hess. FACULTY ROSE D. STEWART.......................................................................Librarian B.L., Normal University, Librarian (Ohio) ROLLO ANSON TALLCOTT....................................................................English A.B., A M., Syracuse University, Litt.D., Valparaiso University RUTH C. THOMPSON..............................................Training Teacher, Fifth Grade B.S., A.M., University of Pittsburgh Campus School WILLIAM M. TINKER..........................................................Education, English A. B., Thiel College; B.D., Yale University; A.M., Lehigh University,-Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh ARTHUR P. VINCENT............................................Physics, Coach of Track B. S., Westminster College,- M.S., Columbia University LEWIS H. WAGENHORST..........................................Director, Training School A. B., Franklin and Marshall College,- A.M., Ph.D., Columbia University RALPH A. WALDRON.........................Biological Science,- Chairman, Science Department B. S., Massachusetts State College,- M.S., Pennsylvania State College,-Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania MARY M. WALLACE.......................................................................English A.B., Grove City College, A.M., (English), Columbia University WILMA H. WEBSTER - Training Teacher, Sixth Grade A.B., University of Southern California,- Campus School A.M., Teachers College, Columbia University NORMAN WEISENFLUH...................................................................Education A.B., Dickinson College.- A.M., University of Pennsylvania MRS. GEORGIA GANTT WINN ........ Training Teacher, English A.B., East Texas State Teachers College, A.M., George Peabody College Senior High School ORVILLE C. WRIGLEY ...... Education; Chairman, Education Department 8.S., Bucknell University, A.M., Columbia University; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh First Row; Miss Beory, Miss Dean, Dr. Waqonhorst. Miss Kramer. Miss Ousloy. Second Row Miss Thompson, Miss Webs tor. Mr. HeinUolmon, Miss Ray. Third Row: Miss Brown, Miss Griffin, Mrs. Arnold. OFFICE STAFF First Row: Miss Graham, Miss Kolly. Second Row: Miss McDonald. Third Row: Miss Bornino, Miss Brown, Mr. McClymonds, Although we are more closely associated with the members of the faculty during our life at college, we must not forget the splendid service rendered by the office staff. Who will ever forget the pleasing smile and wonderful memory of Miss Kelly in the main office? Who will ever forget the pleasing personality of Miss Graham and Miss Bernine in the Bursar's office, or the calm, efficient service rendered by Mr. McClymonds? When we went to the training school, we were more than pleased with the competent services of Miss Brown. And last, but not least, we shall always have a soft spot in our hearts for Miss McDonald, who reigns in the bookroom. 14 COOPERATIVE ACTIVITIES First Row: Sipo, Edie. Or. Miller. Fowler. Second Row: Roslund, Glaspoy, Haines. Chairmen..................... Secretary.................... Treasurer.................... Adviser...................... FEAR FOWLER HARRY ROSLUND Cooperative Activities Governing Board is a financial organization composed of seven students elected according to class and curriculum, whose function is to administer the activities fee collected from each student. Though working with reduced budget this year, the committee has been able to maintain the high standard prevalent since its inception. .......ROBERT C. GLASPEY .............ROBERT C. EDIE ....MR, DAVID V. KETTERER ...........DR. C. S. MILLER ERNEST HARRISON RAYMOND HAYNES Among its outstanding new services this year were the financing of The Rocket, the varsity soccer team, the girls' intercollegiate athletic contests, the swimming team, and the joining of the Pennsylvania State Association of College Students. An increase in the number of picture shows was also made possible. Since the essence of any year book is student life and activity, expert supervision is absolutely essential to produce an accurate and sympathetic perpetuation of such life and activity. To James O. Inglefield, Jr.; editor-in-chief of the 1935 Saxigena, each student, if he be loyal, owes a deep respect and gratitude born of appreciation. Jimmie dedicated his intellect, skillful planning, and heartfelt concern to this volume in order to make it a very real part of each and every individual who sojourns on our campus. SAXIGENA Inglofisld, Worley. Hjelto. Axtoll, Wolsh. Taylor. Kru e. Congratulations to Robert Edie for the practical efficiency with which he has managed the business affairs of the 1935 year book. Bob assumed his share of the work with a quiet dignity that figured largely in carrying his plans through to successful completion. Because the major part of life’s activities must of necessity be materialized, we need carpenters who build close by the side of architects who plan. Under Bob's monetary management the ideals for the 1935 Saxigena, sprung from the mind of the editor-in-chief, have become a vitalized, tangible record of a year of life at Slippery Rock State Teachers College. STAFF A Message From Dr. James N. Rule To The Students of Slippery Rock X OR every child in Pennsylvania protection of his constitutional right to education. For every child an understanding, competent teacher.” an These are the first two and the most important points in Pennsylvania’s Educational Charter. Every child attending our public schools is entitled to the services of a properly qualified teacher, one who is not only well prepared for the task assigned to him, but one who is possessed with personality and ability to inspire children to higher attainments. The heart and soul of any educational system is in its teaching staff. Without underestimating the importance of curriculums, adequate buildings, and sufficient materials of instruction, the classroom teacher, aside from the child, remains the most important factor in our American scheme of public education. With the teacher rests the great responsibility of inspiring every boy and girl to live a useful, wholesome, co-operating life. Where a teacher fails the public schools fail to accept the purpose for which they have been created. If the teacher is not a person of integrity, capable of inspiring and assisting the child to the realization of his best possibilities, the school can never fulfill the hopes of the people who have, in fine faith, created and supported it. My best wishes go to you young people about to assume your places as teachers. You have received the best of preparation and inspiration during your memorable days at Slippery Rock State Teachers College. I am confident that each of you, when called upon to instruct and guide our boys and girls, will do his utmost to meet the challenge of Pennsylvania’s Educational Charter— For every child an understanding, competent teacher. I O R S SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS LOUIS WEITZEL.............................................President PRISCILLA WALDRON....................................Vice-President GENEVIEVE SEANOR..........................................Secretary OTTO GIGONE...............................................Treasurer Woitzol. Soanor, Waldron, Gigone. SENIOR CLASS HISTORY To the class of 1935, whose commencement days loom just over the horizon, freshmen days seem like ancient history, but not so ancient that we cannot recall some of our victories. After much hazing by the sophomores in the fall of '31, a group of us finally decided that the time for definite action had come. Our superior qualities reigned triumphant in the battle on the athletic field, and the sophomores were forced into submission. Buoyed up by the success of this unofficial contest, the freshmen decided to maintain their record in all encounters. The much coveted class honors in basketball were won after the yearlings came out winners in six games with no defeats. Athletics were not the only activities in which we participated. Many of our group were eagerly welcomed to the musical organizations, to the dramatic societies, and, in fact, to all campus activities. Second Childhood, the play of our freshman year, was one of those never-to-be-forgotten events. The return to college in the fall of '32 brought about two hundred seventy-five of us enrolled as sophomores, the largest class that has ever entered Slippery Rock. It now proved to be our turn to do the hazing, and no ideas were left untried. As compared with the freshman dance, the sophomore hop was a huge success. By this time we had begun to feel as though we really belonged to Slippery Rock and that February seventeenth was the evening to make our debut. This year many of our fellows had displayed their capacities and were made members of the varsity football and basketball squads. The spirit of our class’s backing these teams helped to win many of the season’s games. Our dramatic production this year was The Dover Road. Although we had lost over half of our original class through those who had gone out to teach on two-year certificates, the remaining one hundred twenty-six of us successfully carried through the junior year. In dramatics we turned to the mysterious and presented Three Taps at Twelve in February. The junior dance again proved to be a truly good prom, everyone agreeing that it was the best dance so far in our college life. Athletics and social events occupied only a small part of our time, however. Scholastically we had received distinction with a large group of our members who belonged to the various honorary fraternities and clubs on the campus and with a good representation on the honor roll. It was also in the junior year that four social science students from our class were representatives from the college to the Inter-collegiate Constitutional Convention of Pennsylvania Colleges at Harrisburg. This past year has been one of multiplied happiness as well as multiplied responsibilities. With a new president of the college as our leader we had a few adjustments to make, but as seniors we quickly accepted the major duty of doing our part to start the school year running smoothly. Football season found many of our fellows spending their last year on the gridiron for S. R. And just as tirelessly did the basketball men struggle to bring honor and victories on the court during the winter. Throughout our four years on the campus there have been numerous changes in the buildings and landscape. These improvements were partially fostered by C. W. A., P. W. D., and F. E. R. A., with which some of us had personal experience. Now that our student teaching has been completed and we are prepared to go out into our chosen profession in the educational world, we shall look back on the four years at Slippery Rock State Teachers College as four of the happiest and most worthwhile years of our lives. Edwin C. Beatty..........................Ed Secondary Helen L. Bloomfield.................. Hins Health Education Mason J. Bodkin........................Red Secondary Aaron S. Book ......................Bookie Secondary .....Bill ----Stew Campbell .....Bill Dorothy E. Bowers Secondary Roddy Brady.... Health Education James A. Bressie. Secondary Mildred E. Brown. Primary ... Dot . Roddy Jimmie ..Mid William S. Brown, Jr. Health Education Stewart C. Burns Health Education K. Louise Campbell. Secondary Willard E. Cathers . Health Education J. Charlotte Crawford................Bunn Secondary Gayle L. Crawford ................. . Runt Health Education Frank H. Crowley ......................Tut Secondary Robert I. Dinsmore................... Hoot Health Education Charles A. Edinger....................Chick Secondary Rheda V. Edwards..................... Rheda Secondary Helen G. Elliott......... .. ........Helen Secondary J. Wesley Errett.................... Pipey Health Education .......Div ......Cliff Emma Jane ......Joe Ethel B. Divens.... Secondary J. Clifford Doney . . Health Education Emma Jane Druschel Primary Eugene M. Dugan . . Health Education 25 Orville W. Freed........................Bud Health Education Gray L. Furey........................ Furey Secondary Mabel E. Gardner..................... .May Secondary Louis C. Gasparini......................Lou Health Education Otto P. Gigone Health Education Tiny Robert C. Glaspey Secondary Bob Robert T. Glenn Health Education Babe R. Lynn Griffith Health Education Margaret O. Griffiths Health Education Robert F. Grine.... Health Education Helen J. Haines...... Health Education Elizabeth Harp....... Secondary .Peggy ...Bob . Hinky Harpie Herbert F. Hartzell Secondary Hulda K. Headland Secondary Frank E. Hench Health Education Grace W. Hildebrand Primary Herbie . . Hud . .Frank Grade Charlotte M. Hill................ ... Hilley Health Education Walter J. Hoskins .....................Walt Secondary Gladys I. Houk........................Gladys Primary Opal L. Hovis..........................Opal Primary M. Pauline Howe . . . • ............Polly Health Education D. Elda John.......................Johnny Secondary Edward P. Kelly.....................Eddie Health Education John V. Kraynak.....................Butch Secondary 29 Clarence W. Monnier Secondary Clarence John L. Myers Health Education Johnny Albert L. McConnell Secondary Abe Grace E. McCune Health Education Gracie Walter A. McDonald ..................Wad Health Education Shir! W. MeGarvey....................Mac Health Education Fred y. McLure......................Fred Health Education Thelma E. Neuhart.................Thelma Health Education 30 ■ Walter 1. Nevin Health Education Doggie Frank H. Nocera Health Education William H. Nordstrom Health Education Bill Fred L. Ortman Health Education Vera M. Pisor.........................Vera Secondary Joseph L. Pochyba ....................Poch Secondary Bruce B. Pringle.....................Bruce Health Education S. Garner Pritz......................Pritz Health Education M. Lois Rainey.........................Lois Secondary Thelma J. Rainey.........................Jo Secondary Francis C. Rech........................Tudy Health Education Dorothy E. Reimold......................Dot Primary 32 Harry R. Roslund.......................Gozy Secondary M. Beatrice Ross........................Bee Secondary Kermit K. Rowan.......................Kermy Secondary Dorothy J. Schorner.....................Dot Secondary Genevieve L. Seanor.................Shiner Secondary J. Edward Sherman......................Ed Health Education Eleanor L. Siebert Mickey Secondary Aida M. Steele........................Aida Primary 33 Joseph H. Thompson......................Joe Health Education Evelyn M. Tidball....................Evelyn Secondary Marion Tranter........................Midse Health Education Elton N. Uber........................Noisey Secondary . .Mitch Priscilla ... Russ ..-Lou Priscilla Waldron Secondary Russell D. Weir Secondary Louis H. Weitzel Health Education Mitchell G. Uram Secondary Kenneth W. Westlake Health Education Ruth A. Wetter Health Education Alice M. White. Health Education Wetter Whitey G. Norton Welker Health Education Nort 35 William F. White Health Education John O. Williams Health Education Kathryn Womeldorf. Health Education ...........Bill ...........Jack Kay ADDITIONAL SENIORS Albert, John Pisor, Russell Stoops, Johnson Humphrey, Ralph Slater, Hollis Wadding, Ralph Stewart, Ruth FORMER GRADUATES Alexander, Arthur Beachem, Harold Beadel, Martha Brown, Paul Elliott, Alvin Galicia, John Gough, Viva Grossman, Donald Grossman, William Hockenberry, Ruth Laird, Jane Meizlik, Leo Parker, Frances Schultz, Joseph Stinson, Robert Stunkard, Mary Jane Wargo, Michael SENIOR ACTIVITIES JOHN AIRD . . . Wilmerding, Pennsylvania . . Football 1. 2, 3 . . . Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Track 1, 2 . . . Class Baseball 2, 3 . . . Varsity Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Intramural Bowling 4. BERTHA BAIRD . . . Butler, Pennsylvania . . . Y. W. C. A. 1 . . . Nature Study Club 1 . . . Women's Glee Club 1, 2, 3 ... W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4. WALLACE BAIRD . . . Woodville, Pennsylvania . . . Soccer 1, 2, 3 . . . Open Road Club 1,2... Press Club 3 . . . Class Track 2 . . . Gym Team 2 . . . Track Manager 4 . . . Class Football 2. SAMUEL BALDWIN . . . New Castle, Pennsylvania . . . y. M. C. A. 1,2 . . . Open Road Club 1 . . . Class Football 1,2... Class Basketball 1, 2, 3 . . . Class Soccer 3. EDWIN BEATTY . . . Harrisville, Pennsylvania . . . Dramatic Club 1,2... Lidra Club 1, 2. HELEN BLOOMFIELD . . . Altoona, Pennsylvania . . . W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Women's Health Education Club 3, Treasurer 4 . . . Student Council 4 . . . Class Secretary 3 . . . Honorary Varsity Hockey 2, 3 . . . Honorary Varsity Basketball 1, 2, 3 . . . Skipping Club 3, 4. MASON BODKIN . . . Kennerdeil, Pennsylvania . . . California State Teachers College 1, 2, 3 . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . Gamma Theta Upsilon, President 4 . . . Varsity Track 1, 2, 3 . . . Varsity Basketball 2, 3. AARON BOOK ... New Castle, Pennsylvania . . . Physical Science Club 1 . . . Debating Club, President 1 . . . Commuter's Club 1,2... Intercollegiate Debating 2, 3 . . . Kappa Gamma, President 3 ... Phi Sigma Pi 3, President 4 . . . Educational Pageant 3 . . . Literature Club 4 . . . Honorary Science Club 4 ... Pi Gamma Mu 4. DOROTHY BOWERS . . . Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania . . . Symphony Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Band 3, 4 . . . Baton Club 1, 2, 3 . . . Madrigal Club 1. 2, 3 . . . Travel Club 1, 2 . . . Gamma Theta Upsilon 3, 4. RODDY BR A DY ... Titusville, Pennsylvania ... Phi Sigma Pi 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Play 1, 2, 3 . . . Open Road Club 1, 2 . . . Class Soccer 2. JAMES BRESSIE . . . Rankin, Pennsylvania . . . Men's Glee Club 1,2, 3, 4, . Vesper Choir 2, 3, 4 . . . Y. M. C. A. 1 . . . Physical Science Club 1 . . . Travel Club 4. MILDRED BROWN . . Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania . . . Madrigal Club 1, 2, 3 . . . Kindergarten-Primary Club 4. WILLIAM BROWN . . . West Sunbury, Pennsylvania . . . y. M. C. A. 1 ... Class Football 1, 2 . . . Class Soccer 3 . . . Class Basketball 2, 3 . . . Class Baseball 1,2, 3, 4 . . . Varsity Football Manager 1, 2, 3 . . . Varsity Club 4. STEWART BURNS . . . Codorus, Pennsylvania . . . y. M. C. A. 1,2, 3, 4 . . . Class Soccer 2, 3 . . . Gass Football 2 . . . Class Basketball 2 . . . Class Baseball 2, 3, 4. LOUISE CAMPBELL . . . West Sunbury, Pennsylvania . . . y. W. C. A. 1. 2 . . . Open Road Club 1 . . . What To Do Club 1,2... Madrigal Club 3, 4. WILLARD CATHERS . . . Wesley, Pennsylvania . . . Commuter’s Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Baseball 2, 3. LOIS CLARK . . . Tarentum, Pennsylvania . . . Open Road Club 1,2... What To Do Club 2, 3 ...y. W. C. A. 1,2, 3,4. CHARLES COTTRELL . . . South Bend, Indiana . . . Men's Glee Club 1, 2, Vice-President 3, Business Manager 4 . . . Vesper Choir 3, 4 . . . y. M. C. A. 1, 2, Cabinet 3, 4 . . . Class Soccer 1, 2, 3 . . . Varsity Soccer 3, 4 . . . Class Basketball 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Swimming 3, 4 . . . Varsity Track Team 2, 3 . . . Life Saving 2, Examiner 3, 4 . . . High School Basketball Coach 4 . . . Varsity Club 4 . . . Skipping Club 1, 2, 3, 4. SARA COWARD . . . Freedom, Pennsylvania . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2 . . . Literature Club 3, 4 . . . Current Problems Club 4 . . . Open Road Club 1. FLORENCE CRAIG ... Harrisville, Pennsylvania . . . Symphony Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Madrigal Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Baton Club 3, 4 . . . Literature Club 4. CHARLOTTE CRAWFORD . . McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania . . . Secretary Freshman Class . . . Pi Gamma Mu 3, 4 . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2 . . . Physical Science Club 2, 3 . . . Literature Club 3, 4 . . . Open Road Club 1 . . . Travel Club 1. GAYLE CRAWFORD . . . Butler, Pennsylvania . . . Class Football 1,2... Class Basketball 3, 4 . . . Varsity Track Team 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Soccer 1, 2 . . . Varsity Soccer 3, Captain 4 . . . Class Swimming Team 3, 4 . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 3 . . . Varsity Club 3, 4 . . . Life Saving 2. FRANK CROWLEY . . . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ... Phi Sigma Pi 2, 3, 4 . . . Honorary Science Club 3, 4 . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Dance Committee Chairman 3, 4. ROBERT DINSMORE . . . New Castle, Pennsylvania . . . Varsity Football 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Varsity Club 2, 3, 4 . . . Varsity Club Show 2, 3 . . . Class Basketball 3. ETHEL DIVENS . . . Wilmerding, Pennsylvania ... Pi Gamma Mu 2, 3, Vice-President 4 . . . Literature Club 1, 2, 3, Vice-President 4 . . . Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Travel Club 1,2... y. W. c. A. 1,2, 3, 4. CLIFFORD DONEY . . . Rossiter, Pennsylvania . . . Open Road Club 1 . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 3 . . . Class Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Soccer 3 . . . Intramural Basketball 1 . . . Class Basketball 4 . . . Skipping Club 3, 4 . . . Welsh Athletic Club 4 . . . Intramural Bowling 4. EMMA JANE DRUSCHEL . . . New Castle, Pennsylvania . . . Y. W. C. A. 2 . . . Madrigal Club 3, 4. EUGENE DUGAN . . . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . . . Varsity Football 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Varsity Track Team 3 . . . Varsity Club 3, 4 . . . Y. M. C. A. 1,2... Class Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Soccer 1, 2 .. . Class Track 3 . . . Dance Committee Chairman 1, 3, 4. CHARLES EDINGER . . . Emlenton, Pennsylvania ... Pi Gamma Mu 4 . . . Open Road Club 1 . . . Intramural Basketball 1 . . . Varsity Tennis Team 3, 4 . . . Y. M. C. A. 4. RHEDA EDWARDS . . . New Castle, Pennsylvania . . . Open Road Club 1 . . . Science Club 1 . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2, 3, Vice-President 4 . . . Student Council 2, Secretary 3, President 4 . . . Literature Club 3, 4 . . . Travel Club, Vice-President 3, 4 . . . Gamma Theta Upsilon 4. HELEN ELLIOTT . . . Butler, Pennsylvania . . Women's Glee Club 3, Vice-President 4 . . . Symphony Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Band 1, 2, 3, 4. WESLEY ERRETT . . . Greensburg, Pennsylvania . . . Varsity Track Team 1,2, 3, 4 . . . Y. M. C. A. 3, 4 . . . Intramural Bowling 4. BERNARD EVANS . . . Oil City, Pennsylvania . . Activities Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Men's Glee Club 2, 3, 4 . . . Vesper Choir 3, 4 . . . Men's Quartet 3, 4 . . . Accompanist for Junior Boy’s Choir 3, 4 . . . Accompanist Men's Glee Club 3, 4. DONALD EWING . . . Summerville, Pennsylvania . . . Class Soccer 1, 2 . . . Class Football 1, 2 . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2 . . . Varsity Soccer 3, 4 . . . Varsity Club 4. MARTIN FAGLER . . . Uniontown, Pennsylvania . . . Salem College 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Dramatic Club 4 . . . Y. M. C. A. 4 . . . Class Basketball 4. MARY FAVELL . . . West Aliquippa, Pennsylvania . . . What To Do Club 1 . . . V. W. C. A. 1.2.. . Literature Club 1, 2, 3, 4. ORVILLE FREED . . . Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2 . . . Varsity Football 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Varsity Track 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Soccer 1,2... Class Baseball 2, 3 . . . Varsity Club 2, 3, 4 . . . Dramatic Club 3. GRAY FUREY . . . Bellefonte, Pennsylvania . . . Varsity Football 2, 3, 4 . . . Vesper Choir 3, 4 . . . Men's Glee Club 2, 3, 4 ... Y. M. C. A. 2, 3, 4 . . . Gamma Theta Upsilon 3, 4 . . . Y. M. C. A. Minstrels 2, 3 . . . Varsity Club 4. MABEL GARDNER . . . Grove City, Pennsylvania . . . Madrigal Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Press Club 3, 4 . . . Literature Club 4. LOUIS GASPARINI . . . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . . . Men’s Glee Club 1 . . . Class Soccer 1.2.. . Class Basketball 1 . . . Class Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Varsity Basketball 2, 3, 4 . . . Varsity Soccer 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Swimming 3 . . . Skipping Club 3. ROBERT GLASPEY . . . Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Varsity Football 1, 2 ... Phi Sigma Pi 2, 3, Vice-President 4 ... Pi Gamma Mu, President 3, 4 . . . Gamma Theta Upsilon 3, Vice-President 4 . . . Co-operative Activities Committee 3, Chairman 4. OTTO GIGONE . Titusville, Pennsylvania . . . Varsity Football 1, 3, 4 . . Class Football 2 . . . Class Soccer 1,2... Class Basketball 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Play 1,3... Basketball Manager 2, 3, 4 . . . Track Manager 2, 3 . . . Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Open Road Club 1,2... Nature study Club 1,2. . . Honorary Science Club 3, 4 . . . Varsity Club 3, 4 . . . Class Track 1,2... Phi Sigma Pi 2, Initiation Team 3, 4 . . . Saxigena Staff 4 . . . Class Treasurer 4 . . . Alpha Psi Omega 4 . . . Skipping Club 3 . . . Welsh Athletic Club 4 . . . Intramural Bowling 4. ROBERT GLENN . . Avalon, Pennsylvania . . Class Football 1,2... Varsity Football 3, 4 . . . Varsity Track 1, 2, 3 . . . Class Swimming 3 . . . Y. M C. A. 4 . . . Class Baseball 1,2... Varsity Club 2, 3, 4 . . . Skipping Club 3, 4 . . . Intramural Bowling 4. LYNN GRIFFITH . . . Johnstown, Pennsylvania . . . Class Soccer 1, 2 . . . Varsity Soccer 3, 4 . . . Band 1, 2, 3, Vice-President 4 . . . Class Baseball 1, 2, 3 . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 4 . . . Symphony Orchestra 1, 2, 3, President 4 . . . Activities Orchestra 2, 3, 4 . . . Varsity Club 4. MARGARET GRIFFITHS . . . New Castle, Pennsylvania . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Gamma Theta Upsilon 4 . . . Alpha Psi Omega 4 . . . Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Play 2, 3. 4 . . . Y. M.-Y. W. Play 4 . . . Subordinate Council 3, President 4 . . . Class Hockey 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Swimming 3. ROBERT GRINE . . . Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Men’s Glee Club 1, 2, Secretary 3, Vice-President 4 . . . Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, President 4 . . . Alpha Psi Omega, President 4 . . . Class Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Play 1, 2, 3 . . . Y. M. C. A. Minstrels 2, 3 . . . Class Track 2 . . . Class Football 1, 2 . . . Skipping Club 2, 3, 4. HELEN HAINES . . . New Castle, Pennsylvania ...y. W. C. A. 1 ... W. A. A. 1, 2, Vice-President 3, President 4 . . . Class Hockey 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Honorary Varsity Hockey 1, 2, 3 . . . Class Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Treasurer 2 . . . Student Council 3 . . . Skipping Club 3, 4. ELIZABETH HARP . . . Marienville, Pennsylvania . . . Nature Study Club 1 . . . Madrigal Club 1, 2, 3 . . . Baton Club 3 ... W. A. A. 3. HERBERT H ARTZELL . . . Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania . . . Symphony Orchestra 1,2... Band 1, 2 . . . Physical Science Club 1 . . . Dramatic Club 4. HULDA HEADLAND... Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania . . . Women’s Glee Club 1, Secretary-Treasurer 2, 3, 4 . . . Symphony Orchestra 1, 2, 3, Vice-President 4 . . . French Club 1,2... Pi Gamma Mu 3, Vice-President 4 . . . Current Problems Club 2, 3 . . . Literature Club 2 . . . Y. W. C. A. 1,2 . . . Press Club, Vice-President 4 . . . The Rocket Staff 4, Editor 4 . . . Class Co-Historian 4. FRANK HENCH . . . Elliottsburg, Pennsylvania . . . Y. M. C. A. 2, 3 . . Gym Team 2, 3, 4 . . . Varsity Track 3, 4 . . . Phi Sigma Pi 3, 4 . . . Varsity Club 4 . . . Honorary Science Club 4. GRACE HILDEBRAND . . . New Brighton, Pennsylvania . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2, Cabinet 3, 4 . . . Vesper Choir 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Women’s Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Women’s Executive Council 3 . . . Kindergarten Primary Club 2, 4, President 3. CHARLOTTE HILL . . . Windber, Pennsylvania . . . W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2, Vice-President 3, President 4 . . . Open Road Club 1 . . . Dramatic Club 1, 2. WALTER HOSKINS . . . New Castle, Pennsylvania . . . Open Road Club 1 . . . Y. M. C. A. Minstrel 2 . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4. GLADYS HOUK . New Castle, Pennsylvania . . . Y. W. C. A. 1 . . . Madrigal Club 1, 2, 3, 4. OPAL HOVIS . . Clintonville, Pennsylvania . . . Kindergarten-Primary Club 2, 3, 4 . . . Baton Club 2, 3, 4 . . . Madrigal Club 3, 4. PAULINE HOWE . . . Grove City, Pennsylvania ... W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, Executive Board 4 . . . Honorary Varsity Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Honorary Varsity Hockey 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Tennis 2 . . . Class Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Hockey 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Volleyball 1, 2, 4 . . . Class Track, 2, 3 . . . Literature Club 4 . . . Women's Health Education Club 3, President 4 . . . Saxi-gena Staff 3. ELDA JOHN . . . Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania . . . Commuter’s Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Skipping Club 3, 4. EDWARD KELLY . . . Trafford, Pennsylvania . . . Vesper Choir 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Men’s Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Double Quartet 3, 4 . . . Quartet 2, 3, 4 . . . Y. M. C. A. 1 . . . Y. M. C. A. Minstrel 2, 3 . . . Class Football 1,2... Skipping Club 2, 3, 4 . . . Intramural Basketball Coach 4. JOHN KRAYNAK . . Duquesne, Pennsylvania ... Phi Sigma Pi 2, Historian 3, Treasurer 4 . . . Kappa Gamma 3, Secretary 4 . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 3, Secretary 4 . . . Varsity Swimming Team 3, 4 . . . Nature Study Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . . Physical Science Club 1 . . . Debating Club 2, 3 . . . Open Road Club 1,2... Press Club 3, Business Manager 4 . . . Stage Manager of Y. M.-Y. W. Play 3. 4. HOMER KURTZ . . . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . . . Open Road Club 1 . . . Physical Science Club 2 . . . Nature Study Club 4 . . . Honorary Science Club 4. BORIS LIPETSKY . . . Homestead, Pennsylvania ... Phi Sigma Pi 2, 3 4 ... Pi Gamma Mu 3, 4 . . . Physical Science Club 1 . . . World Problems Club 3 . . . Dramatic Club 2, 3 . . . Y. M. C. A. 1,2,4. ALICE LYNAM . . . Dormont, Pennsylvania . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2, 3 . . . W. A. A. 2, 3, 4 . . . Life Saving Club 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Basketball 3, 4 . . . Class Volleyball 3, 4 . . . Class Hockey 3, 4 . . . Skipping Club 2, 3, 4. SARA RUTH MITCHELL . . . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . . . Class Hockey 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4... W. A A. 1, 2, 3, 4... W. A. A. Hockey Team 3, 4 . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2. CLARENCE MONIER . . . Tarentum, Pennsylvania . . . Saxigena Staff 1, 2 . . . Open Road Club 1, 3, President 2 . . . Nature Study Club 1, Vice-President 2, President 3 . . . Physical Science Club 1, President 2 . . . Travel Club 1 . . . Nature Guide 2, 3, 4 . . . Student Grange, Chaplain 3, Overseer 4 . . . Literature Club 3, 4 . . . Y. M. C. A. 4. JOHN MYERS . . Spring Grove, Pennsylvania . .. Phi Sigma Pi 2, 3, 4 ... Y. M. C. A. 2, 3 . . . Life Saving 2 . . . Honorary Science Club 3, 4 . . . Class Football 1, 2 . . . Dramatic Club 2, 3, 4 . . . Band 1, 2 . . . Open Road Club 2, 3 . . . Men’s Glee Club 2 . . . Symphony Orchestra 1,2... Skipping Club 2, 3, 4. ALBERT McCONNELL . . . Sl.ppery Rock, Pennsylvania ... Phi Sigma Pi 2, 3, 4 . . . Press Club 2, 3 . . . Student Grange 3 . . . Physical Science Club 1 . . . Honorary Science Club 3, 4. GRACE McCUNE . . . Irwin, Pennsylvania . . . Vesper Choir 1,2, 3,4 . . . Double Quartet 3, 4 . . . Women’s Glee Club 3 . . . Class Hockey 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Basketball 1, 3, 4 ... W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, Executive Board 4 . . . Class Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Chairman Prom Decorations 2, 3, 4 . . . Skipping Club 1, 2, 3, 4. WALTER McDONALD . . . Titusville, Pennsylvania ... Phi Sigma Pi 3, 4 . . . Honorary Science Club 3, 4 . . . Class Basketball 1, 2, 4 . . . Class Football 1, 2 . . . Class Baseball 1 2, 3, 4 . . . Varsity Basketball 3 . . . Skipping Club 4. SHIRL McGARVEY . . . North Washington, Pennsylvania . . . Y. M. C. A. 1 . . . Band 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Symphony Orchestra 1,2, 3, 4 . . . Class Basketball 3 . . . Class Soccer 2 . . . Varsity Soc’ cer 4 . . . Class Football 1,2... Class Baseball 1, 2, 3 . . . Varsity Club 4 . . . Skipping Club 2, 3, 4. FRED McLURE . . . New Castle, Pennsylvania . . . Gamma Theta Upsilon 3, President 4 . . . Travel Club 3, President 4 . . . Debating Club 3 . . . Class Play 3 . . . Commuter's Club 1, 2, 3, 4. THELMA NEUHART . . . Altoona, Pennsylvania . . . Vesper Choir 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Women's Glee Club 1, 2, 3 . . . Varsity Debating Team 1, 2, 3 . . . Kappa Gamma 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Double Quartet 3, 4 . . . Dramatic Club 2, 3 . . . Debating Club 1, 2, 3 . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2, 3 . . . W. A. A 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Play 1 . . . Class Basketball 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Volleyball 1,2, 3, 4 . . . Class Hockey 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Skipping Club 2, 3, 4. WALTER NEVIN . . . Sewickley, Pennsylvania ... y. m. c. a. i... y. M.-y. w. PiaV i... Class Football 1 . . . Gass Basketball 1, 2, 3 . . . Varsity Swimming Team 3 . . . Varsity Track 1, 2, 3, Captain 4 . . . Varsity Club 3, 4 . . . Literature Club 3, President 4 . . . Class Play 3, 4. FRANK NOCERA . . . New Castle, Pennsylvania ... Phi Sigma Pi 2, 3, 4 . . . Varsity Football 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Varsity Club 3, 4 . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2 . . . Gass Baseball 1, 2, 3 . . . Class Basketball 1, 2, 3. WILLIAM NORDSTROM . . Grove City, Pennsylvania . . . Men’s Glee Club 1,2... Gym Team 1, 2, 3 . . . Class Basketball 2 . . . Class Football 1 . . . Class Soccer 2, 3 ... Y. M. C. A. 4 . . . Press Club 3, 4 . . . Commuter’s Club 1, 2, 3,4. FRED ORTMAN . . . Ford City, Pennsylvania . . . Symphony Orchestra 1, 2, 3 . . . Band 1, 2, 3 . . . Activities Orchestra 1, 2, 3 . . . Class Football 1, 2 . . . Varsity Football 3, 4 . . . Varsity Basketball 1, 2 3, 4 . . . Varsity Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Skipping Club 3, 4. AMY PARSONS . . . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ... W. A. A. 1,9, 3, Executive Board Treasurer 4 . . . Class Hockey 1, 2, 4 . . . Class Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 ... W. A. A. Basketball 1, 2, 3 . . . W. A. A. Hockey 4 . . . Dramatic Club 3, 4 . . . Class Track 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Voileyball 1, 2, 3, 4. D AV ID P A T Z . . . York, Pennsylvania . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 3 . . . Class Football 1 . . . Class Basketball 2 . . . Class Soccer 2, 3 . . . Varsity Soccer 2, 3, 4 . . . Dramatic Club 2, 3 . . . Varsity Club 4 . . . Skipping Club 3, 4. RUDOLPH PAULEY . . . East Brady, Pennsylvania . . . Clarion State Teachers College 1, 2 . . . Football 1, 2, 3 . . . Basketball 1, 2 . . . Track 1, 2 . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Honorary Science Club 4. MICHAEL PERKOSKY . . . East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . . . Class Football 1 . . . Varsity Football 2, 3, 4 . . . Varsity Club 2, 3, 4 . . . Y. M. C. A. 1,2 . . . Class Soccer 1,2... Class Baseball 2, 3. VERA PISOR . . Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania . . . Symphony Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Madrigal Club 1 . . . French Club 1, 2, 3 . . . Press Club 3, 4. JOSEPH POCHYBA . . . Ambridge, Pennsylvania . . . Nature Study Club 1, 2, 4, President 3 . . . Nature Guides 2, 3, 4 . . . Open Road Club 1, 2, President 3 . . . Physical Science Club 1, 2, 3 . . . Varsity Track 1,2... Debating Club 2, 3 . . . Varsity Debating Team 3 . . . Dramatic Club 1,2... French Club 1,2... Travel Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Men’s Glee Club 3,4 . . . Vesper Choir 3, 4 . . . Educational Pageant 3 . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2 ... Phi Sigma Pi 4 . . . Skipping Club 3. BRUCE PRINGLE . . . Titusville, Pennsylvania . . . Varsity Basketball 1, 2, 3 . . . Class Basketball 4 ... Phi Sigma Pi 3, 4 . . . Class Treasurer 3 . . . Class Football 1, 2 . . . Class Soccer 1, 2 . . . Varsity Soccer 2, 3 . . . Class Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Assistant High School Football Coach 4 . . . Skipping Club 2, 3, 4. GARNER PRITZ . . . Berlin, Pennsylvania . . . Band 2 . . . Symphony Orchestra 2 . . . Y. M. C. A. 4. LOIS RAINEY . . . Grove City, Pennsylvania . . . Symphony Orchestra 1, 2. 3, 4 . . . French Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Skipping Club 3, 4. THELMA RAINEY . . . Grove City, Pennsylvania . . . Symphony Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Literature Club 4 . . . Skipping Club 3, 4. FRANCIS RECH . . . New Castle, Pennsylvania . . . Debating Club 2, 3 . . . Class Football 2 . . . Phi Sigma Pi 3, 4 . . . Honorary Science Club 4 . . . Educational Pageant 3 . . . Class Basketball 3 . . . Commuter’s Club 1, 2, 3. DOROTHY REIMOLD ... Greenville, Penn-sylvania . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2, 3. HARRY ROSLUND . Elizabeth, Pennsylvania . . Open Road Club 1, 3, President 2 . . . Nature Study Club 1, 2, President 3 . . . Debating Club 2, 3 . . . Varsity Debating Team 3, 4 . . . Phi Sigma Pi 2, 3, Secretary 4 . . . Kappa Gamma 3, 4 . . . Nature Guide Club, President 4 . . . Nature Guide 2, 3, Chief Guide 4 . . . Honorary Science Club 3, 4 . . . Skipping Club 1, 2, 3, 4. BEATRICE ROSS . . . Evans City, Pennsylvania ...Madrigal Club 1 . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2 . . . Symphony Orchestra 2, 3, 4 . . . Literature Club 4 ... Pi Gamma Mu 4 . . . Baton Club 4. KERMIT ROWAN . . . Greensburg, Pennsylvania . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Y. M.-Y. W. Play 4 . . . Y. M. C. A. Minstrels 2, 3 . . . Class Football 1,2... Men’s Glee Club 2, 3, 4 . . . Press Club 3, 4 . . . Debating Club 3, 4. DOROTHY SCHORNER . . Butler, Pennsylvania . . . Open Road Club 1, 2 . . . Debating Club 1, 2, 3 . . . Nature Study Club 1, 2, 3 . . . Nature Guide Club 2, 3 . . . Varsity Debating Team 3 . . . Current Problems Club 3 . . . Travel Club 3 . . . Honorary Science Club 3, 4. GENEVIEVE SEANOR . . New Alexandria, Pennsylvania . . . W. A. A. 1 . . . Y. W. C. A. 1.2, 3 . . . Women’s Glee Club 2, 3, 4 ... Pi Gamma Mu 3, 4 . . . Literature Club 4 . . . Class Secretary 4 . . . Press Club 4. EDWARD SHERMAN . . Greensburg, Pennsylvania . . . Y. M C. A. 1, 2, 4 . . . Class Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Football 1, 2 . . . Varsity Football 2, 3 . . . Open Road Club 3 . . . Skipping Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Freshman Football Coach 3 . . . Class Baseball 1, 2 . . . Intramural Bowling 4. ELEANOR SIEBERT . . . Butler, Pennsylvania . . . y. W. C. A. 1 . . . What To Do Club 1, 2 . . . Madrigal Club 1, 2, 3 . . . Press Club 3, 4 ., . Literature Club 4. AIDA STEELE . . Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania . . . Madrigal Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . . Kindergarten-Primary Club 2, 3, 4 . . . Baton Club 3 . . . Y. W. C. A. 2 . . . Skipping Club 3, 4. WILLIAM STEWART . . . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . . . Men's Glee Club 1, 3, 4 . . . Phi Sigma Pi 2, 3, Historian 4 . . . Press Club 2 . . . Y. M. C. A. 1 ... Saxigena Staff 3 . . . Class Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class President 1, 2 . . . Skipping Club 2, 3, 4 . . . Welsh Athletic Club 4 MARY STIGLICH . . . Verona, Pennsylvania . . . Student Council 2, 3, 4 ... Y. W. C. A. Cabinet 4 . . . Current Problems Club, Vice-President 4 . . . Class Play 4. GEORGE STONIS . . Arnold, Pennsylvania . . Varsity Football 1, 2, 3, Captain 4 . . . Varsity Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Varsity Track 1.2, 3, 4 . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Varsity Club 1, 2, 3, President 4 . . . Class Baseball 1, 2 . . . Pi Gamma Mu 4 . . . Class Soccer 3 . . . Freshman Basketball Coach 4 . . . Sophomore Football Coach 2 . . . Intramural Bowling 4 . . . Skipping Club 1, 2, 3, 4. MILAN TAT ALA . . . McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania . . . Class Football 1, 2 . . . Varsity Football 3, 4 . . . Class Soccer 1,2... Class Basketball 1 . . . Varsity Basketball 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Baseball 1,2... Varsity Club 2, 3, 4 . . . Symphony Orchestra 1, 2, 3 . . . Band 1, 2, Secretary 3 . . . Men's Glee Club 1 . . . Intramural Bowling 4 . . . Skipping Club 3 . . . Welsh Athletic Club 4 . . . Varsity Basketball Captain 4. JOSEPH THOMPSON . . . New Castle, Pennsylvania . . . Nature Study Club 2, 3 . . . Debating Club 3, 4 ... Phi Sigma Pi 3, 4 . . . Honorary Science Club 3, 4 . . . Varsity Track 3, 4 . . . Commuter's Club 1, 2, 3, 4. EVELYN TIDBALL . . . Kennerdell, Pennsylvania . . . Open Road Club 1 . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2, 4 . . . Travel Club 1, 2, 3 . . . Baton Club 2, 3. MARION TRANTER . . Ingram, Pennsylvania . . . W. A. A. 1,2, 3, Vice-President 4 . . . Class Secretary 2 . . . Class Co-Historian 4 . . . Women's Health Education Club 3, Secretary 4 . . . Literature Club 2, 3, 4 . . . Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3 . . . Student Council 2 . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2 . . . Saxigena Staff 3 . . . Open Road Club 1 . . . Class Play 2 . . . Class Basketball 1, 2. 3, 4 . . . Class Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Hockey 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Honorary Varsity Hockey 3, 4. ELTON UBER . . . Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania . . . Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Physical Science Clubl. MITCHELL URAM . . . Lyndora, Pennsylvania . . . Y. M. C. A. 1,2, Vice-President 3, President 4 . . . y. M. C. A. Minstrels 2, 3 ... Y. M.-Y. W. Play 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Play 1 . . . Gamma Theta Upsilon 3, 4 ... Phi Sigma Pi 3, 4 . . . Vesper Choir 2, 3, 4 . . . Men's Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Hi-Y Adviser 4 . . . Life Saving Club, Examiner 3 . . . Saxigena Staff, Business Manager 3. PRISCILLA WALDRON , . . Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania . . . Literature Club 1, 3, 4 . . . Press Club 3, 4 . . . The Rocket Staff, Editor 4 . . . Gamma Theta Upsilon, Vice-President 3, Secretary-Treasurer 4 . . . Honorary Science Club 3, 4 . . . Y. M.-Y. W. Play 2 . . . Class Play 3 . . . Class Vice-President 4. RUSSEL WEIR . . New Castle, Pennsylvania . . . Dramatic Club 1 . . . Travel Clubl . . . Intramural Basketball 1 . . . Gamma Theta Upsilon 2, 3, 4 . . . Literature Club 2 . . . Open Road Club 1 . . . Current Problems Club 4 . . . Y. M. C. A. 1 2. LOUIS WEITZEL . . . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . . . Varsity Football 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Men's Glee Club 3, 4 ... Phi Sigma Pi 2, 3, 4 . . . Vesper Choir 3 . . . Y. M. C. A. 2 . . . Varsity Club 3, 4 . . . Class Soccer 2, 3 . . . Class Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Baseball 1,2, 3, 4 . . . Class President 3, 4 . . . Skipping Club 1, 2, 3, 4. NORTON WELKER . . . Edinboro, Pennsylvania . . . Class Baseball, Manager 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Football 1, 2 . . . Men’s Glee Club 3, 4 . . . Varsity Football 2, 3 . . . Freshman Football Coach 4 . . . Life Saving Club 3. KENNETH WESTLAKE . . . Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania . . . Varsity Football 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Varsity Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Varsity Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Men's Glee Club 1, 2 . . . High School Football Coach 4 . . . Junior Varsity Football Coach 4. RUTH WETTER . . . Dormont, Pennsylvania . . . Alpha Psi Omega 3, Secretary-Treasurer 4 . . . Dramatic Club 3, Secretary-Treasurer 4 . . . Class Play 2, 3 ... Y. M.-Y. W. Play 4 . . . Y. W. C. A. 1,3 . . . W. A. A. 1.. 2, Executive Board 3, 4 . . . Life Saving Club 2, 3 . . . Class Swimming 3 . . . W. A. A. Swimming Club 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Track 2, 3 . . . Class Volleyball 1, 2 . . . Class Hockey 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Honorary Varsity Hockey 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Honorary Varsity Basketball 2, 3, 4 ... Pi Gamma Mu 4. ALICE WHITE . . . Avalon, Pennsylvania . . . Women’s Health Education Club 3, 4 . . . W. A. A. 1, Social Chairman 2, 4, President 3 . . . Women’s Glee Club 1, Business Manager 2, 3, President 4 . . . Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3. 4 . . . Alpha Psi Omega, Vice-President 4 . . . Vesper Choir 1, 2, 3,4 . . . Class Play 1, 2, 4 . . . Life Saving Club 2, 3, Examiner 4 . . . Class Hockey 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Honorary Varsity Hockey 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Chorister 4. WILLIAM WHITE .. . Springdale, Pennsylvania . . . Varsity Football 2, 3, 4 . . . Varsity Basketball 1, 2, 3 . . . Life Saving Club 3 . . . Class Basketball 4 . . . Class Soccer 2, 3 . . . Class Track 1, 2, 3 . . . Class Baseball 1, 2, 3 . . . Y. M. C. A. 1 ... Varsity Club 4. JOHN WILLIAMS . . . Sharon, Pennsylvania . . . Men’s Glee Club 1, 3, 4, Secretary-Treasurer 2 . . . Y. M. C. A. 3 . . . Class Play 3, 4 . . . Varsity Track 3, 4 . . . Class f ootball 1 . . . Class Basketball 2, 4 . . . Varsity Club 4 . . . Dramatic Club 2, 3 . . . Life Saving Club 3 . . . Honorary Science Club 4 . . . Skipping Club 1, 2, 3, 4. KATHRYN WOMELDORF . . . Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania . . . Y. W. C. A. 1, 2, 3 . . . Life Saving Club 2 . . . W. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . Class Swimming Team 3 . . . Class Hockey 4 . . . Gamma Theta Upsilon 4 . . . Skipping Club 3, 4. Education does not mean teachins people to know what they do not know; it means teaching them to behave as they do not behave. —Ruskin JUNIORS Soatod: Lowory, Yankovitch, Golden. Standing: HJolte, Dodds. JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS ARCHIE DODDS......................................................Adviser NICK HJELTE.....................................................President WILLIAM YANKOVITCH.........................................Vice-President WILLIAM LOWERY..................................................Treasurer JAMES GOLDEN....................................................Secretary JUNIOR CLASS To the Junior Class has been given the privilege of editing the 1935 Saxigena in honor of the Seniors, a policy that has originated within the past year. Since our acceptance of this exceptional honor we have endeavored to make ourselves worthy of this opportunity. Outstanding, too, in the events of the year was the picnic held at Etna Springs Park where we played host to our wards, the Freshmen. A few days following the Christmas holidays we presented to the college students Hem Olson and his Orchestra, who furnished that delightful music for our prom held in the new gymnasium. Athletics has also drawn its share from our ranks, and we are well represented on the men's and women’s varsity teams besides the active part we take in the intramural sports. It is our hope that we as a class can give to the college our spirit and loyal support, and may it become enriched through these efforts. To the Seniors whom we shall succeed we give our best wishes and sincere hopes for success. We feared you as Freshmen, looked up to you as Sophomores, envied you as Juniors, and now we are sorry to see you leave. So let this, our book, be a token of the appreciation and esteem that we hold in regard for you. May we meet again. 47 JUNIORS Adams, Arlene Albert, Harvey Allen, LaVerne Anderson, Dale Armstrong, Beatrice Arnold, Anna Mary Baird, Roland Barbary, Grace Barnhart, Bessie Beighlea, Henry Blake, Olive Brown, Mildred C. Bubak, Erma Campbell, Geraldine Crenney, Tom Dunlap, Russell Edie, Robert Ehrenfeld, Elizabeth Fleming, Rose Galba, Charles Gee, Janet George, Marion Golden, James Greco, Madeline Hardesty, Lucille Harvey, Grace Hindman, Mary Holland, Aileen Hutcheson, Mary Inglefield, James Jack, William Lasher, Cora Leard, LaRene Logue, Mervin Lounsberry, Ralph Lowry, William Miller, Margaret Moore, Clark McIntosh, Virginia McKim, Naomi Neal, Horace Nicoletti, Theresa Noss, Nancy Owens, David Quigley, Margaret Rainey, Ralph Shaw, Dorotha Shearer, Ellen Sipe, Olive Snodgrass, Maudress Snyder, Garnet Snyder, Marjorie Stine, Elaine Stiver, June Taylor, Arthur Thompson, Grace Valentine, Helen Wadsworth, Ann Wagenhorst, George Wallace, Charles Wallace, Gertrude Washburn, Ruth Willis, Nevin Wolf, Laura Yankovic, William Yuhasz, Irene Ziemenski, Theodore Zimmerman, Helen HEALTH EDUCATION Allen, Edward Berry, Melvin Boozer, Robert Cook, Irene Dickey, Mary Fowler, Fear Graham, John Guthrie, Marian Hayden, Dorotha Henning, Coates Hjelte, Arthur Humes, Jean Keefe, Pauline Kruse, Edward Livengood, Robert Mazoota, Ralph Meyer, Althea McCurdy, Luella McMahon, Ruita Niedringhaus, Dorothy Onufrak, Michael Phillips, Martha Richards, Dorothy Rogers, Francis Roland, William Shearer, Marlin Skaden, Virginia Smyers, Ruth Soper, Patricia Stockdale, Harry Stoyer, Wayne Walker, Pauline Wiegel, Helen Williams, Lillian Worley, Jess A. P. VINCENT.................................................Adviser RAYMOND HAYNES..............................................President MARGARET GLENN.........................................Vice-President MARY JANE CRATTY............................................Secretary CHARLES MOORE...............................................Treasurer Seated: Glenn, Mooro. Crntty. Standing: Vincent, Haines. SOPHOMORES SOPHOMORE CLASS With high hopes for the future and with an abundance of enthusiasm so characteristic of sophomores, the class of 37 began its second year at Slippery Rock. The first important service which the class rendered was to see that the freshmen were properly and thoroughly initiated into the life of the college. No pains were spared in making certain that these newcomers were very familiar with the traditions and customs of Slippery Rock. 50 SOPHOMORE CLASS The class has already provided for varsity teams men of outstanding athletic ability, and there are indications that more athletic talent will appear in their two remaining years. The sophomores defeated their freshmen rivals in class football last season by a score of 6-0. The annual class play, “The Full House, was presented in the Chapel, November 16, with Miss Hazel Taylor, Kenneth Stillwaggon, and Ton Marguriet in the leading roles. Dr. R. A. Tallcott directed the production. Having now reached the halfway mark, the sophomore class hopes to profit by their experience and make their final two years even more fruitful than were the first two. SOPHOMORES Abernethy, Doris Allison, Kathleen Archer, Grace Areida, James Aston, Margie Bailey, Gertrude Barkley, Marion Barnes, Onadell Baron, Sophie Bauer, Betty Bauman, George Beacham, Richard Beatty, William Bender, Selma Bernhard, Agnes Bisker, Ruth Blair, Russell Bowers, Augustus Branden, Martha Brinko, John Brosius, Gertrude Brosius, Justine Bruce, Helen Calvin, Clara Carnahan, William Christenson, Martha Clark, Anna Katherine Claypoole, Edwin Clements, Dorothy Cook, Jane Cooper, Virginia Cranmer, Jane Cratty, Mary Jane Crar, Agnes Danner, Marguerite Davis, Robert Davis, Samuel Dershimer, Grace Dietrich, Dorothy Duderstadt, Bertha Eiszler, Sylvia Elder, Dorotha Englert, Avis Ferguson, Edith Fowler, Nan Francis, Elliott Frazier, Sara Frye, Elizabeth Fryer, John Gallagher, Bessie Garrity, Ruth Gatet, Marguerite Geibel, Marguerite Geletka, Catherine Gilkey, Fern Glenn, Margaret Goldstein, Irma Greenberg, Bertha Griffin, Hazel Grossman, John Grossman, Josephine Haidle, Charlotte Hall, Jeanne Hamilton, Irma Heckel, Ruth Hemphill, Russell Hindman, Arthur Hines, Jesse Hines, Merle Hines, Robert Hooks, Helen Hunter, Dorothy Ingram, Nedra Isenberg, Olive Jack, Thelma Jameson, Clara John, Hannah Johnston, Margaret Jones, Ruth Jordan, Ruth Kelly, Joseph Kerr, Pearl Klingler, Martha Kloss, Evelyn Krezanosky, Julia Kuznik, William Kwiatanowski, Jennie Lachner, Ernest, A.B. Lamont, Jack Lawson, Alexander Lerner, David Lewis, Annie Lindey, James Linhart, Helen Mann, Nettie Marburger, Helen Marguriet, Anthony Marshall, Helen Marshall, Jean Marshall, Norma Martin, Helen Maslanik, Irene Matta, Edna Means, Evelyn Miller, Laura Miller, Martha Miller, Stella Mishaga, Mary Montgomery, Bernice Moon, Dorothy Moore, Charles Moore, Dorothea Munnell, Viola McCandless, Dorothy McCandless, Grayson McCanuel, Agnes McClaren, Everett McClymonds, Fred McKean, Ruth McKelvey, Margaret McLane, Edythe McLaughlin, James McMichael, Robert Nelsen, Frances Nightwine, Ruth Patterson, Gladys SOPHOMORES Perrott, Eleanor Pfabe, Elva Philips, Virginia Phillips, Lydia Popko, Henry Rahiser, Inez Raisley, Hazel Reno, Dorothy Rhodes, William Rice, Jeanne Ritter, Cora Robbins, Jack Roher, Vyrl Roofner, Nellie Rose, Jane Schaffer, Edward Sechler, Dorothy Seiple, Dorothy Shanor, Dorothy Shearer, Charles Sherwin, Elizabeth Silverblatt, Miriam Smith, Lois Marian Smith, Mary Louise Snyderman, Claire Soyring, Andrew Speaker, Norma Springer, Eleanor Sproull, Sara Stable, Louclla Stallsmith, Alice Stein, Mary Edna Stewart, Hugh Stewart, Mary Stillwaggon, Kenneth Stoops, Chester Stuckie, lla Surrena, Edward Taggart, Arthur Taylor, Hazel Taylor, Tom Thaler, David Thomas, Eleanor True, Melvin Uber, Vivian Uber, William Urick, Stanley Varnum, Mildred VanSickle, John Vincent, Dean Wadsworth, Jean Waldman, Lilyan Ward, Isabelle Warwick, Thelma Webb, Virginia Weiner, Florence Weiner, Leah White, Howard Wilhelm, Margaret Williams, Cleora Wilson, Erma Wolfe, Ruth Woods, Dorothy Yankitis, Emily HEALTH EDUCATION Andrew, Dorothy Axtell, Clair Baldauf, Albert Briggs, Loyal Bryan, Esther Connor, William Coombs, Samuel Cowden, Ethel Dowler, Clifford Gerlach, Patricia Gibson, Joe Haynes, Marjorie Haynes, Raymond Hochheimer, Elizabeth Hodil, Elva Houck, Mary Kerr, Marvin Krause, Gertrude Kreiling, Mercedes Kukurin, Mildred Kunkle, Elfrida Lennox, Russell Lytle, Fred Mellon, Carl Massie, George Matuschak, Stephen Mong, Jean McQuiston, Phyllis Parsons, Gifford Peacock, Mabel Plunkett, Elizabeth Puskar, Marie Salinger, Phyllis Scowden, Rex Sowa, Rose Stone, Thelma Strippe, Nicholas Suehr, Nelle Hauth, Mary Truman, Harry Uram, Nick Weikal, Pauline Welsh, James White, Kathryn Wright, Elsie A tutor should not be continually thundering instruction into the ears of his pupil, as if he were pouring it through a funnel, but induce him to think, to distinguish, and to find out things for himself; sometimes opening the way, at other times leaving it for him to open; and so accommodate his precepts to the capacity of his pupil. —Montaigne H. A. HEINTZELMAN.................................Advisor JACK DENBOW.....................................President CHESTER CREADY.............................Vice-President MILDRED GODDARD.................................Secretary GLENNWOOD WALKER................................Treasurer Seated: Cready, Goddard, Walker. Standing: Harrison, Heintrelman, Donbow. RESHMEN FRESHMAN CLASS It was September the tenth in the year '34, When a knock was heard on our college door. The portals wide opened, and in there strolled As green a crew as one might behold. They were as meek as lambs, but you could see at a glance They might make improvement if given a chance. Such was our entrance to Slippery Rock, our chosen home for the next four years-The immediate restrictions set by the sophomores were swept aside with the exception of dinksand arm bands, which were removed at the memorable bonfire the night previous to the Grove City football game. Why should we submit to rules not enforced? To progress, we felt, was to remove every hindrance possible. FRESHMAN CLASS During the second semester our class was organized, the election of officers being held shortly after the new term had begun, and we gradually assumed those rightful duties that are ours to share on the campus. March the ninth formally ushered our group into the social life, because on that memorable evening the Freshman Prom was held in the new gymnasium, where we danced to the music of the Activities Orchestra. April saw us in the roles of actors, when we were called upon to present our Freshman Play. In athletics, too, our class has been well represented, several of our boys being given berths on the varsity football, basketball, and swimming teams. We took an active part in the other related extra-curricular activities, and the rolls of the various clubs show a goodly sprinkling of members drawn from our midst. It is our sincerest hope that we have contributed our share to the life and spirit of Slippery Rock it is our aim to serve humanity as members of our chosen profession. May we strive,- let us achieve,- success is our goal. 57 FRESHMEN Abercrombie, Mildred Adams, Lois Assad, Alex Atwell, Erla Barnhart, Charles Bartley, Frank Bennett, George W. Benson, Margaret Blews, Edward N. Blews, Edward O. Blews, Richard Blisak, Julia Bowman, Vivian Brown, Helen J. Brown, Helen L. Canan, Russell Cloud, Glenola Cochrane, Fred Cooper, Catherine Cornelius, Samuel Coulter, Martha Coulter, Ruth Cowmeadow, Laura D'Andrea, Alice Davis, Alice Davis, Marian Dawson, Edith Dean, Frances Denbow, Jack Dixon, Eleanor Douds, Hazel Douglass, Jane Drake, John Eakin, Lois Feigel, Clarence Fenderick, Ellen Fergus, Helen Fletcher, Kathleen Fornella, Rose Galisin, Michael Garner, Kenneth Garroway, Leonard Geiser, Lloyd Gierl, Josephine Glaspey, Ruth Goddard, Mildred Goode, Nellie Graham, Gladys Graham, Kenneth Graham, Mary Graham, Stanley Grossman, Alberta Grossman, Dorothy Hague, Hazel Harbaugh, Edith Harris, Kenneth Harrison, Ernest Hartung, Grace Hartzell, Helen Hause, Celia Hauth, John Headland, Lois Henrickson, Dorothea Hesselgesser, Charles Hilliard, LaVonne Hindman, Martha Hines, James Hoffman, Donald Horner, Eleanor Horner, Helen Hunt, Glennard Hutchison, Grace Ingiefield, Dorothy Jobe, Eileen Johnson, Romaine Jordan, Annabelle Kaufman, Jean Kelly, Elizabeth Kennedy,Jean Kiefer, George Kiester, Jesse King, Helen Kling, Pearl Kocher, Ruthene Koester, Marguerite Kosak, Pauline Kukic, Mildred Lamm, Mary Laughner, Arthur Lawrence, Betty Lindey, Cora Lindsey, Mary Lockley, Harry Marburger, Hazel Marvin, Doris Maslanik, Stephen Mathiott, Emlyn May, Jane Meacci, Elizabeth Meikrantz, Dorothea Merkel, Lorraine Milko, Catherine Miller, Helen Morrison, Mary Mosgrove, Kathleen Muir, Robert McBride, Pauline McCandless, Catherine McClung, Edna McConnell, Robert McConnell, Sara McCray, Elizabeth McDougall, Lois McElwain, Mildred McKay, Mary McKee, Adelaide McKim, Mary E. FRESHMEN Neely, Louella Sacari, Helen Sunderlin, Novella Newman, Ruth Savidge, Marie Swearingen, Florence Nicely, Velma Schneider, Rosalie Swetek, Stephen Orr, Margarette Seitz, Ruth Thompson, George Painter, Edgar Semo, Anna Van Dyke, Josephine Pappas, Elsie Shearer, Isabelle Varnum, Robert Parke, Robert Sherid, Moses Vaughan, Betty Pearson, Mildred Sillman, Arthur Walker, Glenwood Pochyba, Sophie Silverman, Natalie Wallace, Jean Polovina, Diana Sinkevich, William Watson, John Powers, Elzada Smith, Marianrose Webster, Raymond Rainey, Hazel Spahn, Helen Wellde, Bessie Reighard, Ardythe Sproull, Ruth Whiting, Dorothy Reynolds, Rachel Steinberg, Nathaniel Woods, Margaret Ritter, Ethel Stewart, Alice Woods, Shirley Robertson, Kenneth Storar, Frances Zwibel, David Rouzer, Mona Allen, Jean HEALTH EDUCATION Henry, Max Pushcar, Michael Barnes, Alfred Holsinger, Elda Ribka, John Bonzo, John Jiles, Chester Richards, Wm. Braine, Harvey Johnston, Albert Shannon, Gloria Brogan, Chester Johnston, Alice Sheffler, Marion Brown, James Joy, John Smith, Francis Capitola, Paul Kelly, Eileen Snizik, John Christy, Marjorie Koglin, Elsie Steele, Dorothy Cready, Chester Kukic, Mike Stone, Jeannette Davis, Glenn Liebermann, Harold Straile, John Dougherty, Peggy Liken, Dale Waggoner, Caroline Faust, Albert Lower, Rose Walters, Etta Ferguson, Jean McDonald, James Weber, Rose Fuszek, Joseph Payne, Eloise Williams, Ralph Gilliland, Lewis Phillips, Daris Wilson, Eleanor Hastings, Harold Wingrove, Melvin AN INTRODUCTION TO THE KANDELL WRITES, THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS FOR THE COMMON EDUCATION OF ALL. THE IMPLICATIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY AND CAREFUL CONTROL INHERENT IN THIS DEFINITION ACCEPTED BY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAS PLACED A MOMENTOUS PROBLEM UPON TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTIONS. IN THE SLIPPERY ROCK TRAINING SCHOOL EVERY EFFORT IS MADE TO TRAIN ELEMENTARY TEACHERS SO THOROUGHLY AND CAREFULLY THAT THEY MAY ASSUME THE FULL RESPONSIBILITY LAID UPON THEM AND YET REMAIN WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF ESTABLISHED IDEALS. SECONDARY EDUCATION, KANDELL SAYS, IS THE NATURAL CONTINUATION FOR ALL THE PUPILS OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE SECONDARY TEACHER, THEREFORE, HAS NO LESS RESPONSIBILITY THAN DOES THE ELEMENTARY PEDAGOGUE. IN THE CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL, AS IN THE ELEMENTARY TRAINING SCHOOL, SPECIALLY TRAINED CRITIC TEACHERS PREPARE STUDENT TEACHERS IN CLASSROOM PROCEDURES, TEACHING TECHNIQUES, GRADING METHOD, AND OTHER TEACHING ACTIVITIES. THE TRAINING SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION HAS RECOGNIZED THE IMPORT OF THE MODERN DEFINITION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND HAS PLANNED ITS ACTIVITIES TO PRODUCE TEACHERS EQUIPPED TO FUNCTION MOST EFFICIENTLY IN THEIR DUTIES. 60 DEPARTMENTS 61 PRIMARY INTERMEDIATE SECONDARY SECONDARY INTERMEDIATE PRIMARY The facilities for practice teaching at Slippery Rock are unique. It is the only State.Teachers College in Pennsylvania with all the grades from the kindergarten through the senior high school under its jurisdiction on the campus. All the children of school age in the borough and those of several rural schools in the adjoining township attend the Campus School, the latter being transported by bus. At the present there is an enrollment of about five hundred pupils, evenly distributed between the elementary grades and the junior-senior high school. The system is administered by the Director of the Training Schools, who is aided by a corps of twenty-four supervising teachers. Each member of the faculty has had at least three years of successful teaching experience in the public schools and a master’s degree in the field of teacher training. A new spacious building has recently been constructed for the elementary grades, which was especially planned for the requirements and needs of student teaching. The equipment of modern furniture, up-to-date textbooks, and extensive library facilities impresses visitors with the fact that Slippery Rock is striving to produce a superior teacher. The junior-senior high school, located on another section of the campus, has recently been remodeled to maintain the high standards of teacher-training set by this department. Additional practice teaching facilities are offered by training centers established in New Training School High School Mathematicians in Iho making Future Scientist Supervised Study Castle, McKeesport, Turtle Creek, and certain selected rural schools of the service area. The supervising teachers of these cooperating training centers are master teachers with superior personal and professional qualifications for the work which they are doing. It is required by the State that each senior spend a semester of eighteen weeks as a neophyte teacher in the local Training Schools or in one of the Off-Campus Training Schools. The first two weeks of this period serve to adjust the student to classroom routine—making a seating chart and learning names of pupils, getting acquainted with the daily schedule, pre-session and inter-session routine, bell schedule, recesses, marking papers, making graphs to show pupils' progress, the operation of the lantern, reference reading on classroom mechanics and techniques, the use of the ditto machine, analyzing the abilities of the individual pupils, roll-taking and the school register, weighing children, getting acquainted with some of the fundamental requirements of the School Code, and other related activities. In these pre-teaching conferences reference readings are checked and practical applications made. The State Course of Study and mimeographed units of work are studied, daily lesson plans, the assignment, questioning, the code of professional ethics for teachers, and all phases of socialization are discussed. When the training teacher feels that a student is ready to do some Handwriting Class Push and pull and oval Melody and rhythm A demonstration group 63 SECONDARY INTERMEDIATE PRIMARY A studont teacher in churfia of a class High school library Another studont teacher at work teaching, she may assign her a small group of pupils in reading or the teaching of a spelling lesson to the entire class. In the high school the class may be taken over by the novitiate for a ten- or fifteen-minute drill period on the book assignment. Further responsibility will depend on the rate of progress following the initial steps. After a student has taken over the class in a given subject, the training teacher emphasizes content and technique in her conferences. The student's subject matter preparation and the theory courses she has had previous to her teaching period determine the extent of these conferences. As more teaching responsibility is assumed by the student, conferences for the purpose of analyzing the student’s teaching are necessary. The making and giving of tests and the progress and grading of pupils are other types of conferences that follow. A student-teacher devotes thirty-five hours per 64 week to observation, conferences, and teaching. About three-fifths of the teaching hours each semester are used for demonstration teaching by the training teacher. Approximately two-fifths of the student-teacher’s time for the semester is spent in directed observation, one-fifth in conferences, and two-fifths in teaching. Two students are assigned to each training teacher in every subject per semester. Within the last two weeks of the semester each student is assigned a responsible teaching day, when she teaches the class (elementary grades) all day. The training teacher is out of the room part of the time to test the student’s ability to control the group by herself. The same principle applies to student teaching in the junior-senior high school. The following words of a student teacher express the typical reaction to student teaching: During one’s first three years at Slippery Rock teaching is merely one of the important items in a rather hazy future. Then, in the senior year, there comes a day that finds one before a class. Words cannot possibly describe the student-teacher's feelings as he makes his first assignment, nor can they do justice to his elation after a day of well conducted work. With these actual experiences concluding my preparation in the college, I feel that I am capable of assuming a position in the teaching profession. Supervised play We learn by doing More supervised play and recreation 65 STUDENT LIFE AT IN COLLEGE YOU WILL ENJOY THE SOCIAL AND ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES. YOU SHOULD ENTER INTO THESE WITH ENTHUSIASM. THOUGH THE CLASSES ARE BASIC TO AN EDUCATION, YET FROM THE ABOVE QUOTATION WE CAN APPRECIATE THE REAL IMPORTANCE OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. THE FRATERNITIES, CLUBS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND ATHLETIC EVENTS AFFORD A COMMON MEETING GROUND FOR THE TWO MAIN DIVISIONS-HEALTH EDUCATION AND SECONDARY, INTERMEDIATE, AND PRIMARY. EVERY STUDENT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME AFFILIATED WITH THE PARTICULAR GROUP IN WHICH HE IS INTERESTED. IN SO DOING EACH STUDENT WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY OF FORMING A HOBBY THAT MAY BE CARRIED OVER INTO HIS TEACHING ACTIVITY AFTER GRADUATION. THE FOLLOWING PAGES REVEAL THE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES FROM WHICH EACH ENTERING STUDENT MAY MAKE HIS SELECTION AND THE VARIOUS ATHLETIC EVENTS THAT INSTILL A DEEPER INTEREST IN THE ALMA MATER. ! $ ! FRATERNITIES CAMPUS LIFE - CLUBS INTERMURAL SPORTS INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORTS 66 SLIPPERY ROCK 67 PHI SIGMA PI Mu Chapter of Phi Sigma Pi, a national honorary professional education fraternity for men in teacher training institutions, has completed its fifth year on the campus. It is one of the foremost leaders educationally and socially. Established here in 1930 with a membership of twenty-five during its first year, Mu Chapter has grown steadily until to-day it includes on its roll thirty-three students, seven faculty members, four honorary members, and eighty-two alumni. Among the notables taken in this year are Dr. Charles S. Miller and Dr. John A. Gibson, the former as a faculty member and the latter as an honorary one. The purpose of fraternity is to sponsor educational and professional enlightenment and to create and develop among its members a feeling of fellowship. To further the latter plans were made this year to have a social meeting each month at the Hut, where games and chats served to inculcate a fuller spirit of comradeship. Outstanding among several fine addresses given at the professional meetings was the one given by Dr. C. S. Miller on What the Superintendent Looks For. Speaking with the voice of experience he gave the group of prospective teachers a clear picture of what they could expect when they sought a position. Several publications are the property of Phi Sigma Pi. The first is The Lampadion, the national magazine, which presents to the fraternity research material on educational matters and also serves to bind together in spirit all of the club’s sixteen chapters. The second publication is one that appears each spring in the form of a news-letter composed at Slippery Rock, which is a summeriza-tion of the chapter’s activities for the year. The third annual Phi Sig ball, held on Washington's birthday, was counted a success by the active members and by a large group of alumni who were in attendance. President....... Vice-President. Secretary........ Treasurer....... Historian....... Faculty Adviser. OFFICERS ...AARON BOOK ..ROBERT GLASPEY ..HARRY ROSLUND ...JOHN KRAYNAK .WILLIAM STEWART DR. JOHN A. ENTZ PHI SIGMA PI PI GAMMA MU Soatod: Moim, Heintzolman, Glaspey, Edingcr. Headland. Standing: Book. Dean, Lipetsky, Brubaker. Dunlap. Gray, Hansen, Donmston, Ross, Crawford, Soanor, Bowers, Divens. Theta Chapter of Pi Gamma Mu was organized at Slippery Rock on November 14, 1929, with twenty-one charter members. At present the membership consists of eleven faculty members, four ex-faculty members, three honorary alumni members, sixty-two active alumni members, and twenty-four student members. One important event of the year was the initiation, on October 17, of a class which included President Miller, and the dinner and social evening at the Grove City Country Club. The second great event of the year occurred on the eleventh of March, when fourteen candidates were initiated with the Alpha Chapter of Grove City College as guests. 1934 1935 First Semester Second Semester ROBERT GLASPy......................President.................................GENEVIEVE SEANOR HULDA HEADLAND.....................Vice-President.......................ETHEL DIVENS MILDRED HEYL.......................Sargent......................................RUSSEL DUNLAP H. L. HEADLAND..................................Secretary-Treasurer GAMMA THETA UPSILON Seated: Griffiths, Womoldorf, Uram, Carnahan. Popko. Standing: Fleming. Bowers, Weir, Edwards, Glaspoy, Bodkin, Gray, Waldron. Holland. McCluro. Zeta chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon, national professional geography fraternity, has sixteen active members and twenty-five alumni and off-campus members. The purposes set up by the national organization are to further professional interest in geography, to strengthen students in professional training, to advance the professional status of geography, and to create a loan fund for further study. President........................ Vice-President.................. Secretary-Treasurer.............. Sponsor.......................... Qualifications for membership include the selection of geography as a major or minor, completion of at least one year’s work in the subject with a grade equal to the median of the school, and an attitude indicative of a vital interest in geography. The fraternity holds a regular meeting once a month. The members have been instrumental in adding a museum case and pictures to the equipment of the geography room. ..............FRED McLURE ...........ROBERT GLASPEY .....PRISCILLA WALDRON ......MISS EDNA B. GRAY KAPPA GAMMA Soatod: McCurdy. Roslund. Neuhart. Standing: Book, Kraynak. Haim. The purpose of Kappa Gamma is three-fold: first, to arouse further interest in debate, oratory, extemporaneous speech, and interpretation; second, to foster a fraternal regard of mutual encouragement among college men and women participating in forensic arts,- and third, to confer its badge upon candidates who have shown proficiency in one or more of these phases. The Delta chapter of this National Speech Fraternity was organized in the Slippery Rock State Teachers College, September 19, 1932. A student is eligible for membership when he has participated in at least four inter-collegiate debates or has represented his college in some other forensic art. President............................................THELMA NEUHART Vice-President.............................................RALPH RAINEY Secretary..............................................................JOHN KRAYNAK Treasurer............................................................LUELLA McCURDY ALPHA PSI OMEGA First Row: Griffiths, White. Gigono. Second Row: Dram, Wetter, Grino. The Alpha Psi Omega dramatic fraternity is the latest admission to Slippery Rock’s fraternity group, having been organized during the second semester of last year with nine members and with Miss Eichler as adviser. Entrance to the fraternity is determined by a certain number of points gained from acting in major and minor roles, stage craft, business manag- ing, and make-up. At least two years are necessary to obtain the requisite points for admission. Because of limited membership, the fraternity has not been as active as desired, but it is hoped that within a year the membership will be large enough to present several plays for the student body. President........... Vice-President. . . Secretary-Treasurer ROBERT GRINE ..ALICE WHITE .RUTH WETTER THE HONOR SCIENCE CLUB Sea tod: Waldron. Bnird, Weigel. Klingler, McCurdy. Neal, Anderson. Golden. Standing: Lady, Oimit, Honch, Crowley, Book, Gigono. Myora, Roslund, Owens, Vmocnt, Will's, Elliot. The Honor Science Club is one of the first honor groups to be organized in the college. This club recognizes juniors and seniors who have done meritorious work in all fields and who have elected science as a field. Members are elected by the science faculty. Any faculty member may attend the meetings, which are held monthly. LITERATURE CLUB The Literature Club was organized in 1932 by a group of college students interested in reading and in appreciating all types of fine literature. In the fell of 1934 Mrs. Willie May Dubard became the adviser of the club, and under her competent guidance it has been continuing its original aim—to create or enrich in each individual an appreciation of good literature. Interesting discussions on drama, poetry, prose, and biog-rophy have constituted the program. The club went to New Castle to see the well known play, Green Pastures , by Marc Connelly. Such trips are a recognized part of our program whenever convenient. Membership in this organization is extended to those persons who have a special interest in the field of English and who have attained a high standard of scholarship in the various phases of English. At present we have twenty-eight members. President...........................................................WALTER NEVIN Vice-President.......................................................ETHEL DIVENS Secretary...............................................MARIAN TRANTER Firs! Row: Favell, Ross, Tranter. Howe. Rainey. Soibort. Second Row: Edwards. Waldron, Oivens, George, Gardner. Seanor, DuBard. Third Row: Krauss, Crawford, Craig, Greco, Coward, Phillips. Fourth Row: Ed:e, Monnier. Owens. Navin, Book. PRESS CLUB First Row: Ward. Patterson. Taylor. Pisor, Wolnor. Second Row: Waldron. Aston, OuBard. Gardner. SniUort, Headland. Th rd Row: Brinko, Kraynak, Owens, Dunlap, Rowan, The Press Club enlarged the scope of its activities this year by publishing The Rochet, the official college newspaper. Although the entire student body is encouraged to contribute to the paper, responsibility for its publication rests with the club. The editorial and business staffs of The Rocket are Press Club members. Membership is limited to twenty-five, since a small group is more efficient in work of this type President........................ Vice-President................... Secretary........................ Business Manager................. Faculty Sponsor.................. and there is less diffusion of responsibility. Candidates for membership, recommended by instructors in the English Department, are selected on the basis of a competitive examination in journalistic writing. The experience to be gained from participation in this work will undoubtedly be of great value to those who will later supervise the publication of high school newspapers. .....PRISCILLA WALDRON .......HULDA HEADLAND ........ELEANOR SIEBERT ........JOHN KRAYNAK MRS. WILLIA MAE DuBARD I WOMEN'S HEALTH EDUCATION CLUB I The Health Education Women s Club, popularly known as I. D. B., has been an active organization on the campus since 1925. From the time of its formation there has been a gradual and steady growth until at present there are seventy-nine alumnae and thirteen 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 I junior year. The members elected from the class of 1936 included Virginia Skaden, Marian Gutherie, Fear Fowler, Dorothy Hayden, Dorothy Richards, Lillain Williams, Helen Wiegel, Pauline Keefe, Pauline Walker. Through the earnest cooperation of both the alumnae organization and the active club, a scholarship has been given each year to the girls in the Health Education Department whom the club deems most worthy. This year, however, the scholarships are to be suspended, for the I. D. B.'s are petitioning Phi Delta Pi, National Professional Physical Education Fraternity for Women, for a chapter at Slippery Rock. Should the petition be accepted, the I. D. B.’s would form the Pi chapter of the Phi Delta Pi. The club wishes to express its earnest gratitude to Miss Compton, the sponsor, for her efforts and her very real assistance in all our projects. We, the class of 1935, extend to you, the new members, our most sincere wishes for success. First Row: Howe. Hayden. Weigel. White. Richards. Second Row: Guthrie. Compton. Skadon. Bloomlfold, Tranter. Third Row: Walker, Williams. Fowler, Keefe. 78 HOME-COMING DAY October 13, 1934, was a red-letter day for Slippery Rock State Teachers College. On that day it was host to one of the largest crowds in its history. The incentive for such a gathering at this particular time was the fact that it was the first real home-coming to be sponsored by the Teachers College. To say that it was a success would not do justice to the occasion, as it was one of the finest programs ever attempted by the college. The day started with the demonstrations in the Training School for those teachers in service who wanted to acquire some of the newer methods of teaching. At noon the alumni and friends were entertained at various luncheons by the faculty and student body. At one o’clock the visitors were given the privilege of witnessing a very colorful parade, which included the local Bugle Corps, the College Band, and numerous floats, depicting the activities of the many clubs and associations of the college. Immediately after the parade the crowd was entertained on the bluff, where the local boys put up a thrilling battle with the Grove City lads. Even though the Rockets were defeated, the spirit and ardor of the group was not in any way diminished. After coming down from the hill, almost every one gathered in the chapel to listen to a brief speech by our new president, Dr. Charles S. Miller. Needless to say the building could not hold another person. By this time every one was ready for the next feature of the program, the big ox roast. Everything was set up on the lawn in front of South Hall, and the food was dished out cafeteria style. The bleachers set up for the occasion served as tables and benches. While everyone was eating, the college entertained the group with a varied program consisting of musical numbers by the Glee Clubs, Mixed Quartet, and Activities Orchestra, and of special dances. The entertainment was highly acceptable, for it is known that Slippery Rock is blessed with some unique entertainers. After the meal a rest period was declared till the dance started. About nine o'clock both gyms were thrown open for dancing. By the size and apparent mood of the crowd, it can be said that this was no insignificant part of the plans. Walking from group to group in the evening listening to the comments about the day, we may say that it was a huge success. In answer to the question, On what date will Home-Coming Day come next fall? , the answer is Saturday, October 5. It would be well for everyone to mark that day with a red pencil on his calendar because it's going to be bigger and better than ever. The alumni have come to life. Welcome. Dr. Millor Farovwill Dr. fisenbero Welcome, Dr. Miller, to our college. We, the students, extend to you our sincerest wishes for success and noble achievement in your work here at Slippery Rock, and may your new friendships and acquaintances formed within our midst be among those that you will remember and cherish. Farewell, Dr. Eisenberg, from our college. We, the students, honestly hope that your memories of Slippery Rock are held close to your heart, and that you achieve success and contentment in your new work. INAUGURAL DAY Slippery Rock’s greatest event of the past year occurred on the morning of November 10, when Dr. Charles S. Miller was inaugurated as President of the College, with impressive ceremonies. Those who were privileged to witness this event will never forget the solemn beauty of the academic procession as it moved up Morrow Way, with the new president, the trustees of the college, the visiting educators, and the local faculty impressively arrayed in caps and gowns. Even the students had a part in the procession, although they were not specially garbed. The seniors led the student group, followed by the juniors and sophomores, with the freshmen bringing up the rear. Dr. W. R. Hockenberry, President of the Board of Trustees, presided at the ceremonies, which began with an invocation by Dr. William Pearson Tolley, President of Allegheny College. Following a song by the Vespers Choir, Dr. James N. Rule, Superintendent of Public Instruction, inducted Dr. Miller as President of State Teachers College at Slippery Rock. In his inaugural address Dr. Miller emphasized the importance of an open-minded viewpoint toward social ideals. He stressed the need of the world at the present time for the guidance of persons whose idealism reaches beyond the horizon.” The inauguration was followed by a luncheon in the College dining room, with Mrs. Emma Guffey Miller, a member of the Board of Trustees, presiding. 81 AVIATION—THE MODERN TREND Ho soars through tho air with the greatest ol easo. Can this really be Slippery Rock? Some of the older alumni will not believe their eyes when they see the above pictures. Transportation was brought up to the modern ideals last summer when Findley Wilson commuted from New Castle by airplane. Slippery Rock has seen the evolution of modes of travel from horseback, through the automobile, to the airship. The least we can say about it is that this airplane created a sensation among the students and faculty. Every one seemed to wait for the drone of the motor each morning, and heaved a sigh of relief when the plane landed safely on the field above the water tower. It must be said that Slippery Rock is a very modern college, and that we are all behind it to the last trench. WOMEN’S STUDENT COUNCIL This association, founded in May, 1928, was organized for the purpose of establishing a college democracy as a form of social and self-control. There is to be maintained a spirit of cooperation between faculty and students to uphold the best traditions of the college, whether scholastic or extra-curricular. Jurisdiction of the student council in harmony with the administration included President Secretary enactment of legislation and creation of a spirit of observance of regulations. Miss Marion Galton, Dean of Women, Mrs. Mary McCandless, and Miss Florence Holloway, faculty advisers, have aided us faithfully. The executive council is composed of women students elected from each of the classes in the elementary, secondary, and health education departments. ......HELEN BLOOMFIELD .............LaRENE LEARD y. w c. A The chief purpose of the Young Women’s Christian Association is to develop Christian leadership among the women students of the college. Since membership is open to all women students, this organization has a larger enrollment than any other extra-curricular activity on the campus. The members are to be commended for the worthwhile work they accomplish. Aside from holding its regular weekly devotional and program meetings, the organization finances a social and entertainment program, a student loan fund, a definite welfare program, and participation in conferences and summer camps for representatives from the association. President........ Vice-President. . Secretary......... Treasurer........ Faculty Advisers .......CHARLOTTE HILL .......RHEDA EDWARDS ...........MARY DICKEY .......LUELLA McCURDY MISS FRANCES CRAIG MRS. WILLIE MAE DuBARD y. M. C. A The y. M. C. A. is the largest men's organization on the campus. Since its beginning in 1917 the Y” has rapidly grown. The first few members met in the Pines, and when the membership became too large for this small room, the group met for many years in Gymnasium A. In 1933 administrative cooperation made possible the Y Hut, a building for meetings and recreation, and here the group has met since. The enrichment of the religious life is further augmented by annual conferences, during which inspiring leaders come before the organization. Through the years the Y. M. C. A. has made definite progress in its programs, service, and recreational facilities. President........ Vice-President.. Secretary........ Treasurer........ Faculty Advisers ...MITCHELL URAM ....EDWARD KRUSE ...JOHN KRAYNAK ..MARLAN SHEARER tMR. CLYDE H. LADY MR. ARCHIE DODDS 85 STUDENT GRANGE The student grange of Slippery Rock has the distinction of being the first grange of its kind in a State Teachers College in Pennsylvania. The local group was organized in the fall of 1933. The purpose of the student grange is to acquaint the members with rural conditions and with functions of the National Grange, the oldest representative organization. Business meetings are conducted in a formal and secret manner, acter which a program is presented. Programs are exchanged with various granges in the service area, thus enabling the students to become acquainted with the rural leaders served by the college. Dr. Beatty Dimit and Mr. Walter Hess, the faculty sponsors, have rendered particular service in organizing and directing the campus unit. Master...............................................................CLARK MOORE Secretary............................................................SARAH FRAZIER Treasurer...........................................................ARTHUR LAUGHNER Lecturer...........................................................ROMAINE JOHNSTON DRAMATIC CLUB The Dramatic Club has broadened its scope and power by combining the freshman and upper-class clubs into a unit of over one hundred members. Programs for the year have included a diversity of material such as one-act plays, shadow pictures, dialect readings, outside speakers, lessons on the art of make-up, and readings by Dr. R. A. Tallcott. Several chapel programs have been under the direction of this club, when one-act plays were presented. Credit toward Alpha Psi Omega, dramatic fraternity, is given for participation in these plays. President........... Vice-President. . . Secretary-Treasurer Faculty Adviser... .....ROBERT GRINE .....ALICE WHITE .....RUTH WETTER DR. R. A. TALLCOTT DEMOSTHENIAN DEBATE CLUB Facility of public expression is the universal criterion of culture,- its development is the greatest opportunity of the college student. The Demos-thenian Debate Club is an organization for the development of intellectual and literary efficiency. It is not our purpose to develop individuals to parallel or even approximate the achievements of the great Greek whose name we have chosen for our club. Our aim is, nevertheless, to stimulate an interest in the forensic arts, and to give instruction and practice in platform etiquette, proficiency in literary work, and the promotion of friendship and morality. All is not work in the Debate Club, for at least once each semester a banquet is held, and at other times social gatherings of lesser consequence are arranged. First Semester RALPH L. RAINEY HORACE NEAL... DOROTHY RENO.. 1934-35 Second Semester President........................HAZEL G. TAYLOR Vice-President..............GEORGE WAGENHORST Secretary-Treasurer.............ARTHUR TAYLOR VARSITY DEBATE TEAM With only two veterans, Louella McCurdy and Ralph Rainey, returning from last year’s varsity, the Slippery Rock Debating Team has developed into one of the finest representing our College in recent years. When the call was made for candidates, the students responded with enthusiasm, and competition was keen for a place on the team. This shows that the interest in debating which was on the wane is returning. Ralph Rainey was the choice of the debaters to serve them as captain, which honor is only partial reward for his proficiency in public speaking and argumentation, and we are certain of his ability to lead the team throughout the season. The question debated this year is: Resolved that the nations should agree to prohibit the international shipment of arms and munitions. THE TEAM Affirmative HAZEL TAYLOR CLARA CALVIN james McLaughlin DAVID LERNER Nesative RALPH RAINEY, Captain LOUELLA McCURDY PAULINE KOZAK NEVIN WILLIS ARTHUR TAYLOR FRENCH CLUB Le Cercle Francais endeavors to create and enrich an appreciation of the French people, language, and customs. Each program is arranged to further the club’s purpose in a novel manner. Plays, games, contests, spelling matches, story telling, and singing help to vary the programs. Conversation at the meetings is wholly in French, in order that members may acquire an ease in speaking this language. Membership in the club has as a prerequisite one year of high school French. This year the club was fortunate in securing a French woman to speak at a combined meeting and tea, an event comparable to the annual dinner. CURRENT PROBLEMS Modern youth is generally unconcerned about the vital, local, national, and international problems of the day,- yet it is their duty to determine the policies which will lead to the solutions necessary. To awaken modern young people from the lethargy of gayety and superciliousness is the aim of the Current Problems Club. Reports and discussions of outstanding problems constitute much of the programs of each meeting, for in this manner interest can readily be stimulated. This club, one of the newest on the campus, is sponsored by Miss Wilda Brubaker and Dr. Thomas C. Blaisdell. KINDERGARTEN-PRIMARY CLUB The Kindergarten-Primary Club has become one of the largest and most active clubs on the campus. Its membership is open to all students taking the Elementary Curriculum. The purpose of the club is to acquaint the students with the activities of the child in school. The program consists of constructive work, children's literature, educational articles, and social activities. President.........................................ADA MAE STEELE Vice-President....................................DOROTHA SHAW Secretary.....................................MAUDRESS SNODGRASS Treasurer...........................................................HELEN ZIMMERMAN Social Chairman...................................BESSIE BARNHART Faculty Adviser.........................................MISS IRENE KRAMER SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY 1 I There is usually a group of congenial students interested in science who wish to meet together for discussions during their college course. It is for these that this club is formed. A section of sophomores is now active. The other upper classes have their groups whenever the demand is present. 93 NATURE GUIDE CLUB This club is for advanced nature students. Weekly field trips are taken to study particular groups of living things. Indoor meetings supplement and review these trips. The club aims to prepare students for nature teaching and guiding in schools and camps. A Nature Guide Certificate is presented at graduation to those few who carry the work through to a finish and become skilled in field work. OPEN ROAD CLUB This is the elementary nature club for biology and nature students. Mostly first-year students belong to this club. Its work consists of field trips and studies of the out-of-doors. Camp fire techniques are developed. TRAVEL CLUB The Travel Club is an organization for students who are interested in traveling in reality or through talks by club members. The programs at the bi-monthly meetings consist largely of discussions of current items of interest and illustrated talks given by members or outside speakers who have had travel experiences and Sponsor......................... President....................... Vice-President.................. Secretary-Treasurer............. field trips. We have had the privilege this year of having Mrs. T. C. Blaisdell tell of her recent travel in Mexico and Miss Louise Doty of her experiences in Chosen, the Land of the Morning Calm. The club members and their sponsor enjoyed a profitable trip to the Fergus dairy farm in the fall. ........MISS EDNA GRAY ............ROSE FLEMING ........MARY HINDMAN ..........MARION GEORGE A WELSH ATHLETIC CLUB One of the new organizations springing into existence during the past year was the W.A.C. F.O.S. This group, although limited in number, has proved to be a standout in its particular line of endeavor. The wintry blasts of January made it necessary for the boys occupying the Welsh House to spend much of their leisure time indoors. Being in an atmosphere of culture and refinement such as this exclusive house offers, the boys naturally turned to their boohs for further cultivation of their minds. (And how sadly this was needed by many of them!) Thus during much of the winter people about the campus were amazed not only at the docility of the Welsh boys, but also at the quiet manner in which the house conducted itself after the dinner hour. No more was heard the bellow of a voice resembling a cow, nor the endearing notes of a bugle blown by an amateur, nor even the sweet harmony of ten male voices concentrated on the tune Dinah . Even the melodioussweetness of Tatala's trumpet and Ortman's saxophone was missing. The professors were astounded at the excellent type of work the boys were producing. But all things are overdone, and so it was with the mental activity of the Welshers. Congeniality and fellowship gave way to grouchiness and incivility. The constant strain of the books and confinement indoors had caused a breakdown of the morale of the house. It was decided that outside help was needed to clarify the situation. As a result two experts of domestic strife, Mr. K. and Mr. S., were called in. After a brief examination these two landed at the very root of the trouble, and confided their diagnosis to the head of the house. ‘‘What you need here, Ingy,” said Mr. K., is recreation. Get the boys interested in something other than their books.'' Ingy recognized good advice when he heard it, and he looked about him to see what the possibilities were for providing recreation for such a versatile group. Again he called the two experts into consultation. The outcome of this caucus was that Mr. K. and Mr. S. were put in charge of a project through which the rear room of the house was to be remodled into a competent, up-to-date athletic room. Thus came into existence the W.A.C.F.O.S. To-day in this modern, well-equipped house one may find the result of this triumverate's work. Beautiful pictures, hand colored etchings, and designs on the walls add an air of gentility to the club’s surroundings. A ping-pong table (a trunk) stands in one corner,- in another is the handball court, and at the west end of the room is a fish bowl (bathtub), although to date there are no fish in it. Through the influence of the club, the boys have regained their old time joviality, and a motion was pending at the last meeting to change the name from W.A.C.F.O.S. (Welsh Athletic Club for Overworked Students) to the plain but imposing title—Welsh Athletic Club. W. S. 97 WAITERS Though the waiters are not an organized club, they have the essential element of one—a common interest, for each member is aiding himself in financing his schooling in this manner. Valuable training in courtesy, consideration, and patience are outcomes of such service. In a more tangible way the experience acquired in the dining room is remunerative, for a member of the group is able to act as waiter in hotels and clubs during the summer. Each waiter has ample opportunity to become acquainted with most of his fellow students; there is scarcely a person on the campus who does not know the waiters. The students truly appreciate the work of this group, though they rarely express the fact, probably feeling that a little praise is a dangerous thing. F. E. R. A. Since the inception of public works projects for the relief of the unemployment Slippery Rock has been able to offer to her students considerable financial assistance through part-time occupations. The C.W.A. initiated this program, and through it about forty college men were enabled to work for the duration of the Christmas holidays. Owing to unfavorable circumstances the projects planned under the C.W.A. were not carried to completion. However, the R.W.D. made possible the resumption of work on unfinished projects. The most extensive plan of all has been the F.E.R.A. During the school year 1934-35 more than a hundred students, men and women, have been given an opportunity to earn a maximum amount of fifteen dollars per month for part-time work. The result of this has been that many students who would have had to drop out of college have been able to continue their education in spite of the financial stress at home. The college, too, has benefitted by the F.E.R.A. The pond east of the new athletic field was completed and it has afforded skating for all. The Nature Trails have been improved; the council ring now offers facilities for the entertainment of three groups from a hundred to two hundred people simultaneously. The children of the elementary training school now play on playgrounds supervised by F.E.R.A. attendants. The parents of these children spend an evening or two a week playing in the gymnasium also under the supervision of these men. In addition such routine such as shoveling snow, cleaning the gym, keeping the campus clean, and other incidental jobs fall to their lot. It is hoped that similar appointments may be had by our students in the future. SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA This organization aims especially to develop among its members a deeper appreciation and love for music—the better music of the classical composers. Although each year we are losing members, we are also gaining new ones, until our orchestra has so built and strengthened itself that now we are playing almost exclusively from symphonic selections. Not only has this added to the power of the orchestra itself, but it has added to the power of the players, in that they have developed confidence in themselves and ease in the technique of their various instruments. After four years of regular and prompt attention each member is eligible to receive the charm that is awarded. President..............................................LYNN GRIFFITH Vice-President.......................................HULDA HEADLAND Secretary..............................................BEATRICE ROSS Director......................................MRS. GLADYS ARNOLD BAND The student body is proud of our band for its delightful music as well as for the attractive appearance of its members in their colorful green and white uniforms, which add interest to our athletic and social life on the campus. Not only has it shown its ability to help voice our school spirit and so lead the boys on to victory in football and basketball, but it has given concerts which have been enjoyed by students and faculty. Our band played no small part in the presidential inauguration at Slippery Rock. The band members are looking forward to a greater participation in future school activities. President.............................................................JOHN GRAHAM Vice-President............................................LYNN GRIFFITH Secretary...........................................................LUELLA McCURDY ACTIVITIES ORCHESTRA i This organization has been the center of many gay occasions during the college year. Besides furnishing music for the Tuesday and Thursday evening dances, it also provides the rhythmic melodies for a number of the special dances. It ranks high among the college activities in developing co-operation. It is only through the JOHN GRAHAM, Director... AUGUSTUS BOWERS.......... GEORGE BENNETT........... CHARLES BARNHART......... ALVIN ELLIOTT............ BERNARD EVANS............ HENRY BEIGHLEA........... JOE KELLY................ united efforts of the members that the band has developed into a successful organization. Four years ago the band was organized in its present form. It became a student activity composed of eight student players. At the present time, under Co-operative Activities, it becomes even more a student activity. ..................First Trumpet .................Second Trumpet .......................First Sax ......................Second Sax .......................Third Sax .........................Pianist ............................Bass ...........................Drums VESPER CHOIR Among the activities which offer greatest service to the student body is the Vesper Choir. It furnishes the music for Vesper services on Sunday, for baccalaureate sermons, and for other functions of that nature. Each year the choir gives several services strictly musical in nature. Christmas Vespers consists of the singing of carols from many nations; music for the Easter Vespers is in the form of a cantata. Though the members derive much benefit from the music for its own sake, all are given a key at the end of each year, the material of the key being determined by the number of years of service. n r £ ... irnTitf tt ft n 5 fl i i 6 MEN'S GLEE CLUB Over a long period of years the activities of the Glee Club have been instrumental in developing a traditional enthusiasm for chorus singing in the institution. During the past school year the fine spirit manifested by this group has once again been indicative cf the eagerness and willingness of the singers to lend their whole-hearted co- operation and support to every worthwhile musical effort at Slippery Rock. The success of this movement can to some extent be estimated by programs which were presented during the year. That their work has been appreciated was best evidenced by splendid turn-outs and the enthusiastic manner in which the entertainments were received. President.......... Vice-President... Secretary-Treasurer Business Manager. Librarian......... Accompanist........ Faculty Adviser. . ....MELVIN BERRY ....ROBERT GRINE ..EDWARD SHAFFER CHARLES COTTRELL ....DAVID ZWEIBEL ...BERNARD EVANS ...MR. T. J. S. HEIM WOMEN’S GLEE CLUB i This year the Girls’ Glee Club has increased its enrollment from thirty members to forty-five members. Membership in this chorus is gained through try-outs” conducted by Miss Gerberich, with the aid of the club members. The selection of music for the 1934-1935 programs was partially made by the girls of the club, while previous to this year the selection of new members and music was made entirely by the Director......................... President........................ Vice-President................... Secretary-Treasurer.............. Business Manager................. Assistant Business Manager....... club adviser. It is thought that this training in choral work will be of value to the student who will go out to teach. The ambition of the Glee Club this year is to give several concerts out of town, as well as the annual spring concert. Chapel programs during the year have been made more colorful by the singing of appropriate music by the Girls' Glee Club. ..MISS MARION GERBERICH .............ALICE WHITE ...........HELEN ELLIOTT ........HULDA HEADLAND ........HELEN MARSHALL ...........BERTHA BAIRD 105 MADRIGAL CLUB The Madrigal Club this year has broken a record in its membership. Each Tuesday at 4:00 o'clock a group of sixty girls gather in the music room of the high school, where for an hour they blend their voices’! in three-part choruses under the direction of4Mrs. Arnold. The purpose of the organization is to promote love and interpretation of music, and to develop ability to read music intelligently. Judging from the response of its members, this goal is not too high to be reached. President..........................................................BESSIE BARNHART Vice-President.....................................................GLADYS PATTERSON Secretary............................................................LOIS ADAMS Sponsor.................................................MRS. ARNOLD Pianist............................................................ISABEL WARD BATON CLUB The Baton Club, under the direction of Mrs. Gladys H. Arnold, provides instruction in the direction of group singing, orchestras, and bands. This club is valuable in its combining the theoretical and practical phases of music. Members of the club are given ample opportunity to actually direct musical events such as Chapel singing, the college band, and the Training School band. The value of such training and experience is becoming more important, for a greater number of high schools are adding orchestras and bands to their extra-curricular programs. For this reason it is hoped that even a greater number of students will associate themselves with the club. President...........................................FLORENCE CRAIG Vice-President.....................................BESSIE BARNHART Secretary.....................................................JEANNE RICE WOMEN’S ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION A sport for every girl, and every girl in a sport.” W. A. A. has been living up to this motto ever since varsity basketball for women was discontinued. In our athletic program this fall we started with color, invitation, and class tournaments in hockey, with the hope that we should be able to continue them in the spring. Other sports that are offered to the college women by the W. A. A. are swimming, hiking, mushball, apparatus, and track. Points for emblems are awarded for participation in these activities. This year we were granted the privilege of using the Men’s Hut once a month for special gatherings, handicraft, and indoor sports. VARSITY CLUB The Varsity Club was organized about twelve years ago. Paul “Tommy Saegar, athletic coach at Zelienople High School and one of the first members, did much to promote its purpose and activities. The first requisite for membership is a letter in any of the varsity sports—football, basketball, track, or soccer. Soccer was designated a varsity sport in 1934-35. A second requisite is sportsmanship, as judged by the members. The purpose of the organization is to promote sportsmanship and fellowship in all athletic competition at Slippery Rock, to care for minor injuries received in varsity competition, and to pay substitute waiter's bills when athletes are absent during the week. The club has not yet achieved its highest aim, but under the leadership of our president and with cooperation from faculty and student body, the association will have greater possibilities. President........... Secretary-Treasurer. GEORGE STONIS ..CLAIR AXTELL COACH THOMPSON gy OUR MEMORIES and thoughts of Slippery Rock are not complete li without recalling the genial personality of our coach. Who does not remember the pleasant smile of Coach’’ wherever he is seen? Win or lose, he carries through the idea of fair play and good sportsmanship. All the fellows know that he lends a willing ear to anyone in need and will go out of his way to accommodate a student, faculty member, or a stranger. More power to you, COACH we are all for you. Stovio Millor, Mascot FOOTBALL The season of 1934 was an in-and-out affair for the locals. Losing only a few veterans of the 1933 championship team, the Rockets seemed to have great prospects, but the breaks just didn't come their way. It seems that a jinx followed the team most of the season. The high light of the year was probably the 14-14 tie game with Geneva College at Beaver Falls. The members of the team contend that this was the strongest team that they were up against all season. Another consolation was the 49-0 drubbing the Rockets handed their rival, Edinboro. However, the greatest disappointment for all was the defeat at the hands of Grove City by the score of 18-0. George Stonis, four-year veteran tackle, and Orville Bud” Freed, flashy half-back, were named co-captains by the members of the varsity squad. This seemed to be the most logical choice because both men excelled in their play and were well liked by their team mates. Jess Worley, a junior, acted in the capacity of senior manager, due to the absence of Bill Brown. Those who earned their varsity S and who will return next year are Rogers, Parsons, Rholins, Uram, Gibson, Ziemenski, Briggs, Painter, and Robertson. RECORD Slippery Rock.... 0 Westminster....... 7 Slippery Rock---- 0 Waynesburg........12 Slippery Rock.... 0 Grove City........18 Slippery Rock... .19 Glenville......... 0 Slippery Rock... .49 Edinboro.......... 0 Slippery Rock.... 14 Geneva............14 Slippery Rock----12 Bloomsburg........18 94 69 First Row: Worloy, Barns. Stoyor, Moore. Rogers. Nocora. Glenn. Popko. Parsons, Wostlako. Second Row: Parke. Painter, Porkosky, Gibson, Weitrol, Uram, Stonis, Zicmensky. Olnsmoro. Dugan, Robinson. Stinson. Third Row Coach Thompson. Rholins. Capatola, Furoy. Tatala. Ortman, Boo or, Briggs. White, Graham, Wmngrovo, Vincent. Fourth Row: Kukic, Joy, Donbow, Boiuo, Davis, Axtat, Gilliland, Dowlor, Brogan, Fusok, Strippy. LETTER GEORGE •‘Red STONIS... Co-captain... For four years “Red has been playing varsity tackle. Many coaches will heave a sigh of relief when he graduates. MILAN Tut TATALA . . . Tut proved that it takes gray matter” as well as brawn to play football. EUGENE ■•Joe’’ DUGAN . . . Wearing of the Green” just seemed natural for this fighting Irishman. ORVILLE Bud” FREED . . . Co-captain ... He certainly bears out the saying that good things come in small packages.” OTTO Tiny GIGONE ... If Tiny” got mad, look out, football game. But what can you do with such a likable chap? GREy FUREY . . . Boy Grey was not only a fury but also a holy terror when it came to tearing up the opponent's line. FRANK “Hank NOCERA ... A New Castle product that furthered the glories of old S. R. MEN ROBERT “Daisy” DINSMORE ... Two hundred and thirty pounds of tackle that never knew when to quit. ROBERT Babe” GLENN ... It was always a question of how much sooner Babe” would get there than the punt. FRED ORTMAN . . . Fred could always be counted on to pick up that needed yard or two. WILLIAM “Bill WHITE ... He proved that patience and perseverance count in playing on any team. MICHAEL Mike PERKOSKy ... One of the most consistent players at guard that the local squad has boasted in several years. LETTER LOYAL GRIGGS . . . Never having played high school football Loyal proved that it took more than newspaper clippings to be a football player. JOE GIBSON . . . Paired with Ziemenski at end. Joe is another reason why we had the best pair of ends in the district. NICK URAM . . . Our signal barker and hash slinger extraordinary. He is as formidable on the gridiron as he is before a meal. JESS WORLEY ... A conscientious worker and a great help to the players in times of stress. WILLIAM “Bill BROWN .. Bill wasn’t with us as manager, but his former three years of service made him more than worthy of a letter. KENNETH ”Ken” ROBERTSON . . . Our smashing fullback and kicker deluxe. We never saw a “goon plow through a line, but Ken is our idea of one. MEN GIFFORD WILEY PARSONS ... Our blushing, bounding red-head who turned out to be a regular terror at guard. WILLIAM ••Bill RHOLINS . . . After having perfected the trick pass from center last year, Bill decdied to play guard this season and did a nice job of it. LEWIS Lew WEITZEL ... One of the hardest and most consistent tacklers on the team. FRANCIS Snitz ROGERS... One of the greatest finds of the season. He certainly proves his worth many times at the half-back post. EDGAR PAINTER . . . The Evans City luminary that made good at college. THEODORE Teddy ZIEMENSKI... Ted was probably as valuable to the team this year as any man could be, and the way he played end was almost perfection. CHEER LEADERS The moulders of Slippery Rock's pep, the cheer leaders, have been reorganized on a new and modern basis by a committee appointed by Dr. Miller, who has selected four new pep-arousers from twenty candidates. The ones that were chosen are Edward Kruse, Harold Lieberman, Melvin Berry, and Albert Faust, and the Cooperative Activities in conjunction with the committee furnished the new cheer leaders with snappy green and white uniforms that set them off and give them the needed distinction and poise Faust. Kruse. Berry. Loiberman. that is so necessary in the part that they play. These men, known as the Four Curly Haired Clowns, have drawn up a number of synchronized motions which, together with their gymnastic skill, have given us a form of entertainment that has gained the applause and the full cooperation of the student body. It is the aim of the present leaders to arouse Slippery Rock out of its former status and lead it into fields of true school spirit and loyalty. 116 INTRA-MURAL BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS This year’s intra-mural basketball league, fostered by Mr. Dodds, enjoyed a most successful season. A schedule was arranged in which each team played a total of nine games and which required each team to play three games with each other member of the league. The Freshmen claim all honors by keeping a clean slate throughout the season, winning nine games and losing none. The nucleus of the Frosh team was probably James McDonald, who held down the pivot position and led the league in scoring. The other members of the championship squad were Faust, Haupt, Robertson, Brown, and Barnhardt. MEN’S GVM TEAM It is only recently that the Men’s Gym Team has assumed the important role that it is now play-ins. Composed of health education students drawn from the male sroup of the college and placed under the capable supervision of Dr. Gallagher and Mr. Cottrell, this organization is endeavoring to further the cause of physical and health education as a major need in the State. To this end a schedule was arranged through which the team has visited the various high schools that are in the area served by State Teachers College, Slippery Rock. Through a program consisting of an exhibition on the horizontal bar, the parallel bars, and the horse, together with a demonstration on the mats featuring that comical, well-known, rough and ready trio of Berry, Faust, and Stoyer, the team has endeavored to create an interest in this form of activity and at the same time to bring to the attention of those who see them in action the physical education opportunities offered by our college. Each performer contributes his bit, and it is only through long and strenuous hours of practice and devotion that the team has made this undertaking a success. MEN’S SWIMMING TEAM JOHN SNIZIK JESS WORLEY JAMES BROWN JACK ROBBINS DAVID ZWIBEL MR. COTTRELL, Coach VARSITY SQUAD LEWIS GILLILAND JOHN KRAYNAK WAYNE STOYER JAMES HINES GLENN DAVIS JOHN STRAILE MAX HENRY ALBERT BAULDAUF CHES CREADY MICHAEL WARGO, Assistant Coach ALBERT FAUST, Manager With a loud splash and a defiant flipping of fins” another infant in Slippery Rock’s reportoire of athletics broke into the cherished circle of varsity sports. Beginning last year, an unofficial team defeated Grove City in a meet. Later in the year an intramural meet was held and interest in swimming began to mount. This year the Athletic Association authorized Mr. Cottrell to organize a team on a varsity basis and appointed him as swimming coach. Michael Wargo was appointed assistant coach, and Albert Faust the manager of the team. A varsity schedule was arranged, which included contests with teams of greater experience and swimming ability than that of the locals. The contests with Carnegie Tech and Case were carded primarily for experience. Although no records were endangered or broken, the season was a success. The mermen, profiting by the experience resulting from this year’s activities, should give the best of teams a hard battle next year. Although the final scores show a great gap, the races were close and hard. Each member on the team when called upon gave his best in every event. RESULTS Slippery Rock.. ..54 Grove City .32 Slippery Rock.. ..47 Grove City .37 Slippery Rock.. ..17 Carnegie Tech... .67 Slippery Rock.. ..48 Thiel .27 Slippery Rock.. ..48 Thiel .27 Slippery Rock.. ..23 Carnegie Tech... .61 Slippery Rock.. ..17 Case .58 Slippery Rock.. ..28 Allegheny .47 INTRA-MURAL ATHLETICS The entire intra-mural program has been under the direction of Mr. Archie Dodds, and due to his capable management and to cooperation on the part of the students the schedules were carried out in a very successful manner. Perhaps it would be well to disclose the active part the townspeople played too, for two nights each week they were permitted the use of the gymnasiums and the swimming pool, deriving from these privileges not only the recreation offered but also those social contacts that are so vital in the furthering of a more complete understanding between our college and the town of Slippery Rock. These sports are seasonal in that they adhere to the traditional athletic program. In the fall there are interclass football games, the most heralded one being the annual Freshman-Sophomore tilt. Basketball, swimming, track, and baseball follow in order, the teams drawing their members from the respective classes. An active interest is shown in these sports, and when that lively spirit of rivalry once gets into motion the contests often reach a peak of intense excitement that we all love to enjoy as spectators or to participate in as members of the team. It is the hope of Mr. Dodds and his assistants to bring about a more complete program that will draw a larger group of students, thus rounding out the intra-mural set-up that is so important in a well grounded college. TENNIS In the spring of 1934 Slippery Rock once again took up inter-collegiate tennis, although not on a varsity basis. Dr. Wm. Tinker, of the psychology department, was appointed coach and was ably aided by Lewis Thaler as student manager. Matches were arranged on a “home and home' basis with Grove City, Westminster, and Allegheny. These opponents proved too much for the locals, and the Rockets were unable to eke out a single victory. However, as the season passed, the locals turned in many fine performances. It is hoped that with four veterans returning next year we shall be able to chalk up a good percentage of our matches as victories. Those who took part this season as members of the team were David Thaler, Edward Kruse, John Brinko, Alfred Bishop, Charles Belohlavek, and Charles Edinger. During the six weeks summer session, tennis is considered the one and only sport at Slippery Rock. A tournament is held every summer for students and townspeople. The last summer tournament was won by Charles MacDonald, local sports editor, in the singles; Kruse and Brinko, students, won the doubles, and Isabelle MacDonald won the singles for women. SENIOR HOCKEY TEAM Hockey is the most popular girls sport in the college, being one of the many intramural games that has grown up with Slippery Rock. Pitt Hockey Club is invited annually to compete with the college team. Last season the home team won from them and tied with the alumni. Hockey is open to every girl in college, furnishing an interesting recreation until long after snow begins to fly. JUNIOR GIRLS-TENNIS TYPE GAMES Tennis, badminton, handball, ping-pons, battle-board tennis, and quoit tennis are a few of the tennis-type games played at Slippery Rock. They all resemble tennis in scoring and method of playing. The aim of these games is individual improvement for tennis as well as a lot of fun and exercise. Badminton is fast becoming a popular game. Ping-pong is more popular than table tennis. The tennis courts are a source of recreation and entertainment from early spring till late fall. During the winter tennis type games are continued indoors. SOCCER This was Slippery Rock's first year with soccer as a varsity sport, and the men comprising the squad piled up the best record of any team of the year. With Archie Dodds as coach the team won five games, lost one, and tied one. Games were scheduled with Allegheny, Grove City, Geneva, and Carnegie Tech. In the first game of the season, the Rockets defeated Allegheny 5-0. Later the locals were defeated by the same club 2-0. The next game was a tilt with Grove City at 3-3. In the second game Slippery Rock defeated the Grovers in the last minute of play 1-0. Geneva was the next to fall by the wayside, and here Slippery Rock won two games. The first game ended 5-0 and the second was won by the score of 4-0. Only one game was played with Carnegie Tech, and this was 3-2 in favor of the Rockets. In the game with Tech Slippery Rock suffered the only major casualty of the season, when Michael Onufrak was confined to the Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh with a ruptured kidney. Mike for a time was in quite serious condition and was confined to his bed for eight weeks. The following men were awarded letters by the athletic council: Gail Crawford, Donald Ewing, Melvin Berry, Edward Kruse, Raymond Haynes, David Patz, Robert Livengood, Rex Scowden, Charles Cottrell, Mike Puschar, Michael Onufrak, Jim Welsh, Carl Mallon, and Steve Matuschak, who was the club’s student manager. RECORD Slippery Rock.. ..5 Allegheny ...0 Slippery Rock.. ..3 Grove City ...3 Slippery Rock.. ..0 Allegheny ...2 Slippery Rock.. ..3 Carnegie Tech.. ...2 Slippery Rock.. ..5 Geneva ...0 Slippery Rock.. ..1 Grove City ...0 Slippery Rock.. ..4 Geneva ...0 TRACK Slippery Rock’s 1934 track team had a short and disasterous season. The Rockets won one out of three dual meets and scored thirteen points in the State Teachers’ College meet at West Chester. After getting away to a flying start by defeating Pitt B. Varsity by a wide margin, the Green and White lost the remaining two dual meets to Grove City and Geneva Colleges respectively. The Rockets' main weakness was in the sprints due to the loss of Wes” McMonigal, who was out the entire season with a pulled muscle. Those who earned their varsity “S during the 1934 season were Red Stonis and Walt Nevin, co-captains; Mike Onufrak, Nick Hjelte, Babe Glenn, Gail Crawford, Frank Hench, Jack Williams, and Sammy Davis. The greatest consolation that we may get from this season's record is the fact that at the state meet Stonis placed second in hammer-throw and shot-put, Glenn placed second in the javelin, and Nevin placed fourth in the 440. Prospects look very good for next year's track team. With the extensive schedule being arranged by faculty manager and coach of track, A. P. Vincent, we are looking forward to a much better record for the track squad. 125 VARSITY BASKETBALL The season of 1934-35 was just another basketball year as far as wins and losses go, but the double victory over Grove City gives the Rockets more prestige than their record would indicate, for it is the first time that our team has defeated them on their home court. A squad of over forty men reported for the first practice, but the number was soon cut to eighteen, those composing the squad being Tatala, captain, Ortman, Truman, Ziemenski, Aird, Axtel, and Shearer, who were veterans, and Gibson, Barnes, Denbow, Haynes, Graham, Mallon, Faigle, Kelly, Lytle, Welsh, Parsons, first-year men. Teddie Ziemenski won Coach Thompson's annual award for foul shooting with a percentage of .750. His nearest rivals were Truman, with an average of .670, and Ortman, with .643. Although Slippery Rock won nine games and lost eight, Westminster, Edinboro, and Thiel were the only teams to score double victories. While the Rockets defeated Waynesburg, Glenville, and Indiana once, they defeated Clarion, Grove City, and Allegheny in both the contests staged with them. LETTER MEN CLAIR AXTEL RAYMOND HAYNES HARRY TRUMAN ALFRED BARNES FRED ORTMAN THEODORE ZIEMENSKI MILAN TATALA JOSEPH GIBSON JACK DENBOW JOHN AIRD OTTO GIGONE, Manager SCHEDULE Slippery Rock........................54 Slippery Rock........................26 Slippery Rock........................26 Slippery Rock........................51 Slippery Rock........................30 Slippery Rock........................36 Slippery Rock........................35 Slippery Rock........................35 Slippery Rock........................32 Slippery Rock........................35 Slippery Rock........................37 Slippery Rock........................42 Slippery Rock........................33 Slippery Rock........................26 Slippery Rock........................35 Slippery Rock........................22 Slippery Rock........................46 Glenville..........................49 Westminster........................39 Thiel..............................34 Grove City.........................35 Edinboro...........................36 Thiel..............................41 Clarion............................31 Allegheny..........................11 Edinboro...........................57 Indiana............................22 Waynesburg.........................44 Allegheny..........................19 Grove City.........................28 Indiana............................30 Waynesburg.........................26 Westminster........................48 Clarion............................28 AN INTRODUCTION TO THE EVERY DAY WE CAN READILY SEE THE NEED FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE GROWING CHILD’S HEALTH AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING. SINCE SLIPPERY ROCK HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE TEACHERS COLLEGE OF'WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA TO OFFER A FOUR-YEAR COURSE IN HEALTH EDUCATION, THIS COLLEGE HAS STRIVEN TO PRODUCE TEACHERS CAPABLE OF HANDLING THIS PROBLEM. AS A RESULT OF MANY HOURS OF CLASSROOM WORK AND ACTUAL PERFORMANCE, THE HEALTH EDUCATION GRADUATE IS A DEFINITELY TRAINED TECHNICIAN IN THE LINE OF BODY UPBUILDING AND CARE. THOSE WHO HAVE CHOSEN THIS FIELD HAVE TAKEN ON A GREATER RESPONSIBILITY THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON REALIZES, FOR IN THEIR HANDS LIES THE WEAL OF COMING GENERATIONS. WITH THE IDEAL CITIZEN’S BEING MENTALLY ALERT AND PHYSICALLY FIT, THE HEALTH EDUCATION STUDENT HAS A DECIDED PART IN THE RAISING OF THE STANDARDS OF AMERICAN YOUTH. 128 I ■ ■ HEALTH EDUCATION 129 DEPARTMENT History and Advancement of Physical Education at The history of Physical Education at Slippery Rock State Teachers College no doubt will gain the attention of both faculty and student body as well as Alumni and friends, due to the fact that Health Education is a major curriculum of the college. Before Gymnasium A was built, the third floor of the Main Building, where the present library is located, served the purpose of educating the student body along the line of physical activities. There was installed a number of flying rings, stall bars, Indian clubs, and dumb-bells. Most of the work was done for the purpose of exhibition during the week of Commencement. In the year 1908 the gymnasium that we know as Gym A was first used. Still what little work was done continued to be general, even with the addition of equipment. N. Kerr Thompson, our present Dean of Men and Athletic Coach, is the only instructor in the present Health Education Department that can remember so far back. Mr. Thompson acted as coach and instructor in Manual Training during 191 3-16, then was absent from our campus for three years, and upon returning has been active in the department ever since. After the State Department of Education required school systems to offer a course in health education, there came a need for a large number i Slippery Rock State Teachers College of teachers who were equipped to handle the subjects in the curriculum relating specifically to the health of the pupil. With this plan in effect a four-year course in Health Education, open to high school graduates who desired to become special teachers and supervisors in health, was organized. And so on September 6, 1920, Slippery Rock State Normal School and East Stroudsburg Normal School in Eastern Pennsylvania were designated by the Department of Public Instruction at Harrisburg as the Normal Schools to offer a three-year course in Health Education. The instructors in charge were Mrs. Lillian De Armit and Marianna Chase, with N. Kerr Thompson as coach. During this first year an eight-hour course in piano was offered, with half credit, designed particularly for students in Physical Education,- it was a study of rhythmics with special attention to dance forms such as schottische, polka, mazuraka, and waltz. However, this was dropped from the curriculum after one year, but six semesters of dancing instruction were added. The second year after offering the new course, Slippery Rock included a one-year-certificate course in Play and Playground. A. C. Miller was elected to the department. The following summer a new staff was elected, with the exception of Coach Thompson. Those taking up the duties were Frank A. Lenhardt, Amy R. Howland, Mabel Brown, who also acted as school nurse, and Genevieve McCreary, who resigned at the end of the summer term. In the fall Abby Virginia Holmes, M.D., filled the vacancy left by Miss McCreary. Mrs. A. P. Vincent, wife of our present Faculty Manager of Athletics, serving in the Department of English, took over duties in the Health Education Department for the summer term of 1923 only. The duties of Nurse Brown were becoming so heavy that an addition to the department was necessary, and Miss Virginia B. Walton was elected. That fall, A. P. Vincent, then Principal of Slippery Rock High School, also began serving as a member of the Athletic Committee. A summer of camp life along Slippery Rock Creek became a part of the curriculum in the summer of 1925, and continued to be until the term 1931-32, when the new gymnasiums and swimming pool were completed. The camp was in charge of Elmer B. Cottrell, and the objectives, relative to Health and Physical program, as stated in the 1925-26 annual College Catalogue were as follows: To present a general discussion together with practice in art of organizing, setting up, and managing all matter relating to camp work. To instruct in the detailed technique of scout craft. To cover the general details of scout organization and administration. To study the relation of mass games to camp activities. To instruct, both in theory and practice, in all matters relating to general water craft. Mass competition, individual stunts, campfires, boating, and radio were also a part of the program. At this time in our history things began to look brighter. The State Council of Education at the meeting held in Harrisburg on June 4, 1926, passed a resolution authorizing the State Normal School at Slippery Rock to confer degrees as follows: Degree of Bachelor of Science in Education to graduates in courses of the following four-year curriculum —Elementary, Education, and Junior High School, the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Health Education to graduates in a course of four years, and as a result came the change from a three-year to a four-year curriculum in Health Education, with the addition of courses giving a more cultural background plus a course in hygiene that related to the study of health. Practically a new staff carried on this work, James 132 S. Gallagher, M.D., serving as departmental head. Miss Mildred Bruckheimer and Elmira Compton were newly elected, Miss Matheny took a year's leave of absence, and Mr. Cottrell and Coach Thompson were the only two veterans left. At the summer commencement of 1927 a loca I boy. Merle Young, was given the first degree in Health Education. On August 13, 1927, the General Assembly authorized the State Council of Education to change the name of any State normal school to that of State Teachers College and gave them the right to designate the certificates and degrees which these colleges could confer. So since August 13, 1927, the State Normal School at Slippery Rock has been a State Teachers College. In 1928 Miss Allan took the place of Miss Bruckheimer, whose resignation had been accepted. Mr. Archie Dodds came to our campus at the beginning of the second semester of the 1929-30 term. Probably the greatest improvement this educational system has seen since its beginning in 1889 was the remodeling of Gym A and the erection of Gym B with the swimming pool connecting the two. Miss Craig is the latest member of the faculty in the Health Education Department to be elected, this being her first year. Also this term of 1934-35 sees Mr. Dodds as this department head. Taking a glance into the future our prospects look bright. Immediate construction plans call for the laying out of a football field and a running track with a 220 yard straight away, hockey and soccer fields, and a baseball diamond. Keeping these plans in mind Slippery Rock has high hope of standing very high among the colleges that offer Health and Physical Education, not only in the state but also in the nation. 133 FINIS From the halls of Old Main another aggregation of men and women are going out to establish themselves in their chosen profession, each in his own way. These people are not finished products, but are rather earnest seekers after success and happiness, schooled to apply their hearts unto wisdom. The fields of opportunity and honest achievement are open to them as to all who search diligently for truth. Happy is the man who findeth wisdom,- her ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace. It behooves any college graduate to find his or her place in the sun of a complete life by living sanely as regards health, society, and God. That you have reached a milestone along the tortuous path of life, namely, your college degree, is indicative of future accomplishment. You take with you college tradition and the sincere felicitations of your fellow men, and we who are your successors charge you to scatter to the four winds by all whom you contact the hearty fellowship and vitality of our life here in the capacity of students. Someone has said God gave us memories that we might have roses in December. Our deepest appeal to you is to remember the preciousness of hours spent in preparation for a richer and fuller life 'neath the sheltering shades and traditions of Slippery Rock State Teachers College. Expect the best by giving the best. H. T. 134 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS “He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows should never remember it.”—Charron We are deeply indebted to the following for their valuable assistance in producing this volume of the Saxigena: The members of the Staff who gave so generously of their time and abilities. Dr. Thomas C. Blaisdell, our English adviser, who so willingly helped us with our writings, Mr. David C. Porter, our faculty adviser, whose advice was appreciated, Miss Marie McKay, our registrar, who gave us much needed information. The office secretaries who deserve more than thanks for their patience, The members of the faculty who so kindly encouraged us, The several students who contributed both time and energy for the benefit of the Sax, Louise E. Wise, representing Jahn and Ollier Engraving Company, for his careful and thoughtful suggestions and his genuine interest, Mr. H. B. Weaver of the Pittsburgh Printing Company for his timely suggestions, Mr. Carpenter of Seavy's Studio, for his excellent photography and willing cooperation. —The Editor and Business Manager. AUTOGRAPHS