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

Text from Pages 1 - 152 of the 1937 volume:

THE .JUNK OF T I State Teache SLIPPERY ROCK. P STEPHEN M VSIWIk Kdi tor pres e [OR CLASS F T II E hers College PENNSYLVANIA sents NATHANIEL STEINBERIp Business Manager PRESENTATION Footprints remain wherever life has tread, her FINGERPRINTS FAINTLY DOT THE EDGE OF THAT PRIMORDIAL OOZE FROM WHICH SHE FIRST EMERGED. THE TRILOBITE COUCHED IN HIS LIMESTONE TOMB, THE MAMMOTH CONGEALED IN SOME SIBERIAN GLACIER, AND MIGHTY RAMESIS WHO NEVER DREAMED HE WOULD GRACE A CORNER OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM-ALL POINT OUT WHERE LIFE HAS SET HER HEEL IN HER WANDERINGS. . . . LIFE LEAVES HER TRACES IN COLLEGE TOO-NAMES ON TREE TRUNKS AND FACES IN COLLEGE YEAR BOOKS. THAT IS THE FOUNDATION OF THE COLLEGE YEAR BOOK -TO RECEIVE THE IMPRINT OF YOUNG, HURRYING LIVES. . . . OUR BOOK AT SLIPPERY ROCK HAS BEEN CALLED THE SAXIGENA. WHO NAMED IT ONLY A FEW REMEMBER NOW; IT HAS BECOME ANOTHER TRADITION. IT IS SAID THAT THE NAME WAS ADAPTED FROM THE LATIN AND MEANS SPRUNG FROM THE ROCK. IT HAS RECENTLY BECOME CUSTOMARY FOR THE JUNIOR CLASS TO PUBLISH THE SAXIGENA IN HONOR OF THE GRADUATING SENIORS. . . . HOPING THAT WE HAVE CAUGHT THE SOMEWHAT EVASIVE SPIRIT OF SLIPPERY ROCK, THE CLASS OF 1938 PRESENT THIS BOOK TO OUR GRADUATING SENIORS. THE 19 3 7 S A X I G E N A S I NTRO D UCTION THE 1937 SAXIGENA VIEWS SLIPPERY ROCK FROM FIVE DIFFERENT ASPECTS. THE FIRST SECTION OF THE BOOK DEALS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE COLLEGE THOSE PERSONALITIES WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COORDINATION OF THOSE FACTORS THAT MAKE UP A COLLEGE. ... THE SECOND SECTION IS CALLED CLASS-OLOGY.” IT GROUPS THE STUDENT BODY AS SENIORS, JUNIORS, SOPHOMORES AND FRESHMEN. . . . ••ACTIVITIES” GROUPS THE STUDFNT BODY ACCORDING TO THEIR SCHOLASTIC AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES. FRATERNITIES, THE COOPERATIVE ACTIVITIES, MUSICAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND CLUBS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS SECTION. . . . ••ATHLETICS” INCLUDES THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE OUT-STANDING IN THE SPORTS LIFE OF THE SCHOOL. THE BOYS ON THE FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, TRACK, TENNIS, SOCCER, SWIMMING AND GYM TEAMS ARE GIVEN RECOGNITION WITH THEIR COACHES. THE GIRLS ARE GIVEN RECOGNITION FOR PARTICIPATION ON THE HOCKEY, SWIMMING, AND BASKETBALL TEAMS. . . IN THE •’FEATURE” SECTION AN ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE TO CATCH PERSONALITIES ENGAGED IN ACTIVITIES TYPICAL OF THE COLLEGE STUDENT ON THE CAMPUS, IN THE DORM, IN THE CLASS ROOM, AND AT THE DANCES. A SLIPPERY ROCK OUTH ADMIRES HONESTY AND SINCERITY I ABOVE ALL OTHER VIRTUES, EVEN THOUGH YOUTH IS OFTEN ACCUSED OF CARING TOO MUCH FOR THE SUPERFICIAL. WE FEEL, THEREFORE, THAT THE MAN WHO PRACTICES THE PHILOSOPHY HE BELIEVES MERITS RECOGNITION. THE DEDICATION OF THIS BOOK IS SHARED BY PROF. CLYDE H. LADY. T“HE STUDENT BODY RECOGNIZES IN DR. ARTHUR P. VINCENT A MAN WHO HAS PROVEN HIMSELF TO BE A REAL ASSET IN ACQUIRING FOR SLIPPERY ROCK PRESTIGE BOTH IN SCHOLARSHIP AND IN SPORTS. WE CONSIDER IT A PRIVILEGE TO DEDICATE, IN PART, THIS BOOK TO HIM. WITH- the memories of the past year belong our associations with those who carry out the administrative end of our school. We owe much to the faculty, not only for the knowledge they have imported to us but also for the elevating social contacts we have made with them. TO the President and the deans we owe our gratitude because of their continual striving to make our college better both socially and morally as well as educationally. We are certain that all will look back with pride at the various ways by which they have aided us. rm:sim: T DR. CHARLES S MILLER Pit ESI III: XT'S M ESS AGE A COLLEGE education is made up of so many exoeriences that it is hard to define all the things which contribute toward it. The broadening of the mind, the development of personality, the building of friendships, the association with others interested in similar pursuits,- all these and many more are some of the worthwhile things which should be a part of it. College is one of those experiences where the satisfaction derived from the accomplishment of a worthwhile undertaking can be measured in terms of the effort expended in bringing it to a successful conclusion. Success in scholastic achievement or in the activities outside the classroom usually comes to those who have made some contribution, involving a sacrifice of time or effort. THE 19 3 7 S A X I Each college generation makes its contribution in terms of tradition and loyalty contributions which are reflected in the campus life of the school. As you leaf the pages of this yearbook twenty years hence, college will appear in more or less perspective with certain high lights. What your own college means to you now will be the base upon which your college recollections will grow. My wish for each student is that he may feel his responsibility in aiding Slippery Rock to become the kind of school to which he can point with ever increasing pride. DR. C. S. MILLER, President. OF l STKmi« A S ■ I ■ C m SLIPPERY R O I WOULD have you have a large vision of service that life is not merely to earn a living and to have a good time, but an opportunity for doing a work, and the greater the work to do the stronger must they be who undertake it. You have chosen the teaching profession, and the smallest part of it is in hearing the class recite. Remember, the love that he may awaken in others for the higher things will be the teacher’s greatest satisfaction. And my last word to you let me urge upon you to take God with you, with reverence in your heart for His wisdom and counsel. I believe He directs and guides us. With trust in God, and confidence in yourself, you need have no fear for the future. May He bless and prosper you. JOHN A. FNTZ, Dean of Instruction THE individual who would win a place for himself in the world of today needs more than ability and training. He must have a bold heart. You who are to leave our campus this spring have shown your ability. You have youth a priceless asset. But above all, if you would reach the goal of your ambitions, go forth to meet the problems of life with unflinching courage. I bid you God speed. P. H. NICHOLS, Dean of Men 1 9 3 7 SAXIGENA ! THE greatest need of civilization today is sincere and clear-thinking individuals with understanding, integrity and vision. May this student generation develop a keener sense of honor and a more serious-minded responsibility in the service of mankind. May you practice that which you advocate for others, since character education is a personal and individual achievement. A school, if examined intelligently, will tell you a great deal about the society that supports it. A teacher has an unlimited opportunity to make a lasting contribution to society by establishing thought patterns and by determining a choice of values through intelligent guidance for the enrichment of life. This is your task. May you do your work well. MARION C. GALTON, Dean of Women COLLEGE FACULTY IT IS the college faculty who has the greatest burden of the I problem in developing resources within the individual The ideal teacher does not fill the student s head with facts, solve his problems, and give him things to enjoy,- rather the teacher gives him the ability to interpret facts, the strength to solve his problems, and the capacity for enjoyment. This year we welcomed five new faculty members, Dr. Cornelius Jaarsma of the education department, Dr. Duane Smith of the social studies department, C. Wesley Batchelder of the English department, and Carl Fischer and Mary M. Heffernan of the health education department. The faculty is the student's most frequent and most important contact with the administration. Much of the lasting value of his college career is due to this association. In retrospect, after the mellowing process of time many of his pleasantest memores will center around the class room. We take pride in notins that certain members of our faculty have received state-wide recognition. Miss Althea Berry has been elected president of the Kindergarten Primary Division of the Pennsylvania State Educational Association.- Dr. Charles S. Miller was chosen as the Pennsylvanian delegate to the National Educational Association; and Dr. L. H. Wagenhorst has been elected president of the Midwestern Convention District of the P.S.E.A. Mr. Archie Dodds has been elected president of the Pennsylvania Physical Education Association A S SLIPPERY ROCK P A TRAINING SCHOOL FACULTY The situation of the faculty and the administration is a delicate one. They are afflicted with a responsibility that is difficult even for them to comprehend. Each year a corps of youthful recruits present themselves,- they believe, and their parents fondly hope, they will be somehow transformed into educated men and women. Thus the administration must with as little friction as possible group, classify, entertain, encourage, keeo from running amuck, and infilter into more or less receptive minds a little information until the fledglings learn to do all these things for themselves. THE 19 3 7 S A X I G E N A m: piMit it SHnt KT A It IES SLIPPERY ROCK One of the first contacts the fledgling makes with the administration is Miss McKay, the registrar. At first he finds it disconcerting that she has learned his full name, address and program in the first two weeks, but throughout his college career he learns to rely on her to juggle his schedule about to suit his individual problems. m issAic's oijmi THE 19 3 7 S A X I G E N KOOK KOOM CLASSES are the basis of college life. Without them there would be no college as there is today. This section treats the classes in their natural divisions of seniors, juniors, sophomores, and freshmen. The friendships we make among our classmates in our first year at college usually endure throughout our stay in college. THUS we hope to preserve a picture of the members of each class so that we may look back and recall the friendship and enjoyment had with our fellow classmates. Since this book is edited for the seniors, these individual pictures and activities mark the close of their freshman career on our campus. m: ioics TEN score and eight weeks ago our Fathers let loose upon this campus two hundred forty-one freshmen. Although conceived in liberty, we were soon dedicated to the proposition that all sophomores are slave drivers. All that is past. Now we are engaged in great celebration . . . celebration of what, we do not know., for like the court of Louis XVI we rejoice in the shadow of the guillotine. For four years we have been flitting about eluding realities. Wolf-like, they lurk at the chape! door waiting to pounce on us as we emerge with our diplomas. Yet, as classes go, we shall be well equipped to grapple with the situation, for if we are outstanding for any virtue, that virtue is versatility. We have had to adjust ourselves to changes that were shocking to our academic nervous systems, and we at least seem to have survived. We had the temerity to enter college at the rock bottom of the depression. It was a gamble, but it was a lucky one,-to-day the evidences of a more abundant living almost engulf us. The communistic economic order is passing . . . to-day a college man even knows whether he’s wearing his own socks or his room-mates. S M T Hi C WM SLIPPERY ROCK MM P A We have survived the crumbling of the old regime and the installation of the new. In our careers we watched the departing and arriving faculty members pass in a bewildering procession. In the women’s dormitories, playing cards came out of hiding, and patent-leather shoes and pajamas became respectable items in milady’s wardrobe. With our leaving, the old order will have passed from the student mind forever. The boys were installed in South Hall in 1935 and the restless spirit of their former sanctuaries, The Pines and The Maples, were tamed under the domestic hands of Mrs. Ketterer and Mrs. Yingling. In our sophomore year the prospect of final exams reared its ugly head and has been haunting us ever since. In our senior year objective testing, which we had been deluded into believing was one of the sacred cows of education, was banished, and essay examinations triumphantly took its place, leaving us again, gullably idealistic as we were trying to bridge the gap between theory and practice, ideals and realities. m: ioics In d comparison of class histories we find our class has done well all those thinss classes are expected to do. Our resources contributed much to the success of our basketball, football, and soccer teams. Our class politics have functioned smoothly and without that partisan friction which sometimes characterize class activities. Our departure will be concommittant with a tremendous social change at Slippery Rock. Forty-thousand dollars worth of fire towers are to replace our old fire escapes. Since the towers can be opened only from the inside after hours, they will be co-ed proof as well as fire proof. Thus they will serve a dual purpose, for not only will they strike a blow to danger by preventing students from being consumed in a dormitory fire but will also strike a blow to sin by preventing their souls from being consumed in a different sort of fire. Never more will our Cinderellas, on taking leave of their princes charming, be forced to throw their shoes into the face of a revolver-toting ogre to impede his progress in that grim race up those iron stairs. 1 9 3 7 ■■■! S A X I G E N A Entering school in the face of adversity, we seem to be leaving in the same way. We are the first class to contend with the teachers’ tenure law. Formerly all a Slippery Rock graduate had to do to get a job was to wait for a school marm to succumb to the wiles of Cupid. The state legislature has deprived us of this ally. The only thing we ninety college seniors can do now is to wait till some of the lady teachers get sick and tired of supporting their husbands. Although flippancy is a vital element in youth’s defense mechanism, we can’t leave school without shedding a tear. There are aspects of Slippery Rock that we have learned to love . . . simple things we shall miss: The friendly greeting of everyone we meet on the campus . . . The welcome security of the curfew bell . . . The mellow warmth of old brick in the sunlight . . . Long leisurely discussions about everything and nothing . . . Dogwood blossoms falling in the May sunlight . . . The provocative smell of bread baking at noon in the kitchen . . . The click of hurrying heels between classes . . . The fellowship and abundant enthusiasm at a game, when faculty members forget they are faculty members, and students forget they are students . . enough of this sentiment. It’s below the dignity of seniors to snivel. THE SLIPPERY ROCK JAMES McLAUGHLIN......................... Jimmy”...................Coraopolis Phi Sigma Pi, 3, president, 4,- Pi Gamma Mu, 3, president 4; Kappa Gamma, 3, president 4; Class President, 1, 3, 4,- Debate Club and Team, 1, 2, 3; Varsity Football, 2, 3; Class basketball, 1, 2, 3; Dramatic Club, president, 1; Scientific Society, 2. RUTH ELIZABETH JONES.. .....................“Jonesie ..................Butler Class Secretary, 3, 4; Y.W.C.A., 1, 3, cabinet, 4; Dramatic Club, 3, 4; Open Road Club, I,- Scientific Society secretary, 2. CHARLES J. MOORE..........................“Chuck ... .Coraopolis Phi Sigma Pi, 4; Pi Gamma Mu, 4; Gamma Theta Upsilon, 3, 4; Class Treasurer, 1, 2, 3, 4; Varsity Football, 1, 2, 3, 4; interclass Football and Basketball, 1, 2 Y.M.C.A., 1, 2; Dramatic Club, 1, 2; Current Problems Club, president, 2; Men's Glee Club, 3; Scientific Society, 2. CARL WILLIAM MALLON......................... Swede”................McKeesport Phi Sigma Pi, 4; Honorary Science Club, 4; Class Vice-President and President, 4; Varsity Basketball, 2, 3, 4; Varsity Soccer, 2, 3, 4; Varsity Track, 1, 2; Varsity Tennis, 4; Class Soccer and Basketball, 1; Y.M.C.A., 1,2, 3, 4; Open Road Club, 1; Scientific Society, 2; Rifle Club, 2, 3, 4; Varsity Club, 2, 3, vice-president, 4,- Vesper Choir, 1, 2, 3, 4,- Men s Glee Club, 2, 3; Sports Announcer, 4. HUGH LEROY STEWART.........................“Hugh .................New Castle Phi Sigma Pi, 2, 3, 4; Kappa Gamma, 3; Saxigena Staff, 4, Art Editor, 3,-Class Historian, 4; Press Club, 2, 3; Rocket” Staff, 2, 3; Open Road, 1; Dramatic Club, 1; Current Problems Club, 2, 3, 4,- Literature Club, 3; Scientific Society, 2. KATHLEEN ALLISON..... . .••Kitty”................Mt. Lebanon Gamma Theta Upsilon, 3, 4; Saxigena Staff, 3; Press Club, 2, 3, 4; Y.W.C.A., 3; Madrigal Club, 1, 2; Travel Club, 1. 2. DOROTHY ANDREW..................••Dottle .........Evans City Phi Delta Pi, 3, treasurer 4; Class Hockey, 2, 3, 4; Honorary Varsity Hockey, 4,- Class Basketball, 3, 4; Varsity Swimming, 2, 3, 4; W.A.A., 1, 2, 3, 4; Y.W.C.A., 1, Dramatic Club, 1; Literature Club, 2, 3; Open Road Club, 1; Rifle Club, 2, 3. JAMES AREIDA.................... Jim .................Portage Y.M.C.A., 1, 2, 3; Scientific Society, 2; Open Road Club, 1; Current Problems Club, 3. CLAIR L. AXTELL..................... Ox ..............Franklin Saxigena, Assistant Editor, 2, Editor-in-chief, 3; Varsity Basketball, 1, 2, 3, 4,- Varsity Track, 1, 3, 4; Varsity Soccer, 3, 4,- Class Football, 2; Varsity Club, 1, secretary-treasurer, 2, 3, 4; Y.M.C.A., 1, Cabinet, 2, 3, 4; Class Secretary, 1,-Glee Club, 1 Men’s Governing Board, 3; Proctor, 4; Interclass Basketball Coach, 3, 4. THE 19 3 7 SAXIGENA 1 MARION REBECCA BARKLEY................................'■Marnie”.........................Baden Pi Gamma Mu, 4; Alpha Psi Omega, 4; Honorary Science Club, 4; Women's Student Council, 4,-Y.W.C.A., 1, 2, 3, 4; Dramatic Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Kindergarten Primary Club, 2, 3, 4 Open Road Club, 1; W.A.A., 3, 4; Dramatic Productions, 3. GEORGE S. BAUMAN.............................. Bauman .............................New Castle Gamma Theta Upsilon, vice-president, 3, 4; Current Problems Club, 2, 3, 4, president, 3; A Cap-pella Choir, vice-president, 3; Dramatic Club, 1; Debate Club, 1; Nature Study Club, 1,- Travel Club, 2, 3; Commuters Club, 1, 2, 3; Intercollegiate Government Conference, 3, 4. RICHARD BEACHAM................................•’Dick .........................Slippery Rock Y.M.C.A., 1, 2; Rifle Club, 3, 4; Varsity Rifle Squad, 4. AUGUSTUS BOWERS........................ Bus ....................Slippery Rock Honor Science Club, 4; College Band, 1,2, 4, president, 3,-Symphony Orchestra, 1,2, 4, president, 3; Activities Orchestra, 2, 3, A} Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Y.M.C.A., 1. LOYAL K. BRIGGS................-Sandy”...........Russell Varsity Football, 2, 3, 4,- Varsity Track, 1, 2, 3; Y.M.C.A., 1; Class Basketball, 1, 2; Varsity Club, 2, 3, 4; Intramural Bowling, 3; A.F.A., 1, 2, 3, 4. JOHN GREGORY BRINKO. • • . Johnny . . New Castle Western Reserve,- Westminster; Pi Gamma Mu, 3, 4; Debate Club, 1; Varsity Tennis, 1, 2, 3; Symphony Orchestra, 2, 3; Current Problems Club, 3, 4; Dramatic Club, 1, Press Club, 2, 3; Rocket Staff, 2, 3. GERTRUDE 8ROSIUS.............. Gertie”.......Harrisville Debate Club, 4; Kindergarten-Primary Club, 3, 4; Student Grange, 1; Travel Club, 2; Madrigal Club, 3 4. WILLIAM W. CARNAHAN... Shadow”.................Tidioute Gamma Theta Upsilon, 2, 4, president, 3; Honorary Science Club, 4; Y.M.C.A., 1. 2, 3; Open Road Club, 1, 2. A SHTHC ■SLIPPERY ROCK HI P A MARJORIE CHRISTY............................... Christy”.............................Grove City Phi Delta Pi, 3, editor, 4; College Band, 2, 3, 4,- W.A.A., Executive Board, 4; Class Basketball, 2, 3, 4,- Class Hockey, 2, 4,- Swimming Team, 3. ANNE KATHERINE CLARK................................ Anne”...........................Pittsburgh Y.W.C.A., 1, 2, 3, 4; W.A.A., 2, 3, 4; Rifle Club, 4, Kindergarten-Primary Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Baton Club, 2,- Open Road, 1,- Current Problems Club, 2, 3. WILLIAM F. CONNOR.............................. Pigiron ............................ Pittsburgh Demosthenian Debat'ng Club, 4; Camera Club, 4,- Men’s Glee Club, 3, 4,- Track, 1; Class Track, 1' 2; Class Basketball, 1, 2,- Class Soccer, 1, 2, 3. VIRGINIA COOPER.................................... Cooper ..............................Apollo Pi Gamma Mu, 3, 4; W.A.A., 4,- Literature Club, 3 Y.W.C.A., 2, 3,- Madrigal Club, 1, 2. DOROTHA ELDER......................................'■Dot1 ................................Mercer Pi Gamma Mu, 3, president, 4; Madrigal Club, 1; Women’s Glee Club, 2, 3, 4; Baton Club, 1, 2; French Club, 1,2, president, 3, 4; Current Problems Club, 3, vice-president, 4; A Cappella Choir, 4; Intercollegiate Government Conference, 3, 4,- Class Dramatic Production, 2. AVIS ENGLERT....................................... Ave“...............................Pittsburgh Travel Club, 2, 3; Dramatic Club, 2, 3; Y.W.C.A., 1, 2, 3, 4; Women's Governing Council, 4. CHARLOTTE FAUX................................‘‘Charlotte’’..............................Slippery Rock Y.W.C.A., 4; Open Road Club, 1; Scientific Society, 2; Taught two years. ELLIO T T $. FRANCIS............................. Elliott’...................................New Castle Honorary Science Club, 3, secretary, 4; Current Problems Club, 2; Open Road Club, 1 Scientific Society, 2; Varsity Swimming Team, 3. ETHEL COWDEN..................“Boots’’............Washington y.W.C.A., 1,2, 3, 4; Rifle Club, 2, 4, secretary 3; Green and White Hockey Team, 3, 4; Scientific Society, 2. A. LAURA COWMEADOW---------- Tiny ....New Castle Pi Gamma Mu, 2, 3, 4; Intercollegiate Government Conference, 4; Rifle Club, 2, 3 Current Problems Club, 1, 2, 3, secretary-treasurer, 4; Travel Club, 1, 2, 3,- Open Road Club, 1; Women’s Glee Club, 4. MARY JANE CRATTy........... Mary Jane .........Butler Sigma Tau Delta, 3, treasurer, 4; Alpha Psi Omega, 2, 3, Business Manager, 4,- Press Club, 9, 3; Rocket ” Staff, 2, 3; Y.W. C.A., 1, 3; program-chairman, 2, secretary, 4; Class Secretary, 1, 2 Open Road Club, 1; Dramatic Club, 1, 2 Dramatic Productions, 1, 2, 3, 4. MARGUERITE DANNER..........“Marge’ ......Pittsburgh W.A.A., 3, 4; Travel Club, 3,- Dramatic Club, 1; Baton Club, 2,- Current Problems Club, 2,- Rifle Club, 3, 4. JOSEPH ERNEST FUSZEK..........-Joe”......... West View Alpha Psi Omega, 3, 4; Rifle Club, president, 2, 3; Property Manager, 4, Varsity Track, 1, 2, manager, 3; Varsity Football, 2, 3, 4; Y.M.C.A., 1, 2, 3, 4; Men’s Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Symphony Orchestra, 1, 2, 3, president, 4,- Varsity Club, 4; Varsity Rifle, 3, 4; String Quartet, 1, 2; Dramatic Productions, 2, 3. RUTH ELIZABETH GARRITY.. Ruth” ... .New Castle Pi Gamma Mu, 4; Gamma Theta Upsilon, 3, 4; Current Problems Club, 1, 2, 4; Commuters Club, 1,2, 3, 4. JOSEPH A. GIBSON.............. Joe.......Slippery Rock Varsity Club, 2, 3, 4; Varsity Football, 1, 2, 3, 4; Varsity Basketball, 2, 3; Class Basketball, 4; Class Baseball, 3, 4; Varsity Tennis, 1,- Coach Basketball Slippery Rock High, 4; Varsity Rifle, 4, Rifle Club, 4,- Vesper Choir, 3,- Class Volleyball, 3, 4. JOSEPHINE GROSSMAN............”Jo” . .. .Slippery Rock Gamma Theta Upsilon, 3, 4; Pi Gamma Mu, vice-president, 4; Press Club, 2, 3, 4; ’ Rocket” Staff, 2, 3 Madrigal Club, 1, 2; Travel Club, 1, 2. SHTHCH SLIPPERY ROCK Hi P A A MARJORIE LOUISE HAYNES...................... Marge”.............Connellsville Alpha Psi Omega, 4, Women's Glee Club, 2, 3,- Madrigal Club, 1 A Cappella Choir, 3, 4; Y.W C.A., 1,2, 3, 4; W.A.A., 1,2, 3, 4; Rifle Club, 2, 3, 4; Dramatic Club, 1; Dramatic Productions, 2, 3 RAYMOND E. HAYNES.......................... Ray”.....................Whitaker Phi Sigma Pi, 3, secretary, 4; Class President, 2; Cooperative Activities Governing Board, 1, 2, president, 3, 4; Y.M.C.A., 1,2, 3, 4, Honorary Science Club, 4; Varsity Soccer, 2, 4, captain, 3,-Varsity Basketball, 2, 3, 4 Varsity Club, 2, 3, 4; Men’s Glee Club, 2, business manager, 3; Open Road Club, 1; Rifle Club, 4, vice-president, 3; Interclass Volleyball, 1, 2, 3. MAX LaVERE HENRY.......................... Maxie”.......................Sligo Clarion S. T. C, 1; Varsity Club, 3, 4; Varsity Swimming, 2 Varsity Gym Team, 4, Interclass Football, 2; Interclass Basketball, 2, 3, 4; Penn State, 1 summer. ELIZABETH D. HOCHHEIMER..................... Betty”.................Uniontown Y.W.C.A., 1, cabinet, 3, 4, president, 4; Rifle Club, 2, 3, 4; Scientific Society, secretary-treasurer, 2; Open Road Club, 4, secretary, 3,- W.A.A. Executive Board, 3, 4,- Green and White Hockey, 3, 4; Gass Basketball, 3, 4; Madrigal Club, 3; Literature Club, 2, 3,- Swimming Team, manager, 3, 4. ELVA MAE HODIL.................“Elvie . ........Wildwood Alpha Psi Omega, 4; W.A.A., 1,2, 3, 4; Dramatic Club, 1, 2; Madrigal Club, 3, A, Rifle Club, 2, 3, 4; Dramatic Production, 3. MARY GRACE HOUCK................ Houckie ...........Altoona Women’s Government Council, 4; W.A.A., 1, 2, 3, 4. JOSEPH KELLY...................•’Joe”..............Trafford Gamma Theta Upsilon, A; Activities Orchestra, 2, 3, 4; Vesper Choir, 1, 2, 3, 4; Men’s Glee Club, 2, 3, 4; Double Quartet, 2, 3,- Dramatic Club, 1 Varsity Football, 2, 3; Varsity Basketball, 2; Interclass Basketball, 1, 3. MERCEDES A KREILING............ Cedie ...........McKeesport Phi Delta Pi, 3, vice-president, 4; Honorary Science Club, 4; Class Hockey, 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Basketball, 1, 2, 3, 4; Y.W. C.A., 1, 2; Women’s Glee Club, 1, 2, treasurer, 3; Band, 1, 2, 3; W.A.A., 1, 2, 3, 4; Dramatic Club, 1. MARION ELFRIDA KUNKLE................................ Tommy”........................Irwin Sigma Tau Delta, 3, 4; Vesper Choir, 1, 2, 3, 4; Women’s Glee Club, 1,2, 3, 4; Y.W.C. A., cabinet, 1,2, 3, 4; Cooperative Activities Governing Board, 4; Women’s Governing Board, 1, president, 4; Rifle Club, secretary 2, executive officer, 3, 4; Dramatic Club, 1,2; Literature Club, 2, 3; Saxigena Staff, 3,- W.A.A., 1, 2, 3, executive board, 4; Class Basketball, Volleyball, and Hockey, 3, 4, captain, 1, 2; Varsity Swimming, 1, 2, 3, captain 4. ERNEST A. B. LACHNER .......................... Ernie New Castle Open Road Club, 4, president, 1,2, 3; Nature Study Club, vice-president, 1, president, 2, Nature Guide, 2, 3, 4; Gamma Theta Upsilon, 4; Phi Sigma Pi, 3, treasurer, 4; Honorary Science Club, 4, Saxigena Staff, 4; Y.M.C.A., 2 4; Men’s Glee Club, 2, secretary, 3; Rifle Club, 2. RUSSELL LENNOX............................... Russ”................................Beaver Y.M.C.A , 1, 4; Current Problems Club, 3, A; Camera Club, 4,- Class Football and Basketball, 1, 2,-Intramural Bowling, 3; A.F.A., 1, 2, 3, 4. FREDERICK HOWARD LYTLE........................... Freddie”...................New Brighton Varsity Club, 3, 4; Varsity Soccer, 2, 3, 4; Varsity Basketball, 2, 3, 4; Varsity Gymnastic Team, 1, 2, 3: Y.M.C.A., 1, 2; Dramatic Productions, 1, 2,. 3. NETTIE IRENE MANN............. Toots ......New Castle Pi Gamma Mu, 3, 4; Gamma Theta Upsilon, 3, 4; Women's Glee Club, 2, 3, 4; Current Problems Club, 2, 3, 4; Dramatic Production, 3. EVELYN MEANS.......... Meansie .......New Wilmington Westminster College, 1, 2,- Y.W.C.A., cabinet, 3, 4; A Cap-pella Choir, 3, 4; Women's Glee Club, 3, 4; W.A.A., 3, 4; Class Hockey and Basketball, 3, 4 GEORGE MASSIE.. . George Massie ...........New Castle Class Football, 1, 2,- Class Basketball, 1, 2, 3; Class Baseball, 1, 2; Class Soccer, 1. STEFAN M. MATUSCHAK.... Mutt'.............Connellsville Varsity Club, 2, 3, 4; Varsity Football, 1, 2; Varsity Basketball, manager, 2, 3, 4; Varsity Soccer, manager, 2, 3, 4; Rifle Club, 2, 3; Y.M.C.A., 1; Open Road Club, 1; Class Football, 1, 2,- Class Basketball, 1, 2, 3, 4. SLIPPERY ROCK GRAYSON McCANDLESS........................... Pat ....................Slippery Rock Gamma Theta Upsilon, 4; Y.M.C.A., 1, 2; Dramatic Club, 1; Intramural Bowling, 3. EVERETT F. McCLAREN........................ Iggy .............................New Castle Westminster College, 1; Buffalo University, 2,- Gamma Theta Upsilon, 4,- Current Problems Club, 3, 4; Educational Philosophy, 3. FREDERICK McDONALD........................... Fred”.............................New Castle MARY ELIZABETH McKIM......................... Kim .......................El I wood City Y.W.C.A., 4; French Club, 4, secretary, 2 vice-president, 3; Women's Glee Club, 2, 3, 4; Open Road Club, 1; Dramatic Club, 1, 4. PHYLLIS McQUISTON............ Phyll .........Sharon Honorary Science Club, 4; Y.W.C.A., 3; W.A.A., 1,2, 3, 4; Class Basketball, 1,2, 3, 4; Class Hockey, 2, 3; Class Volleyball, 2, 3; Women's Glee Club, 4; Madrigal Club, 3,- Student Grange, 3; Invitation Sport Teams, 1, 2, 3, 4. GIFFORD W. PARSONS........... Red”......Punxsutawney Varsity Football, 1, 2, 3, 4; Varsity Basketball, 2 Varsity Club, 2, 3, 4; Class Basketball, 1,2, 4; Class Soccer and Track, 1, 2; Coach Basketball Slippery Rock High, 4. GLADYS I.UELLA PATTERSON.. . Pat”.. .Slippery Rock Gamma Theta Upsilon, 3, 4; Press Club, 2, 3, 4; Rocket” Staff, 2, 3, 4,- Symphony Orchestra, 1, 2, 3, 4; Madrigal Club, 1, 2, president, 3, secretary, 4 Baton Club, 1, 2; String Quartet, 3, 4; Travel Club, 2, secretary, 3; Y.W.C.A., 3; Dramatic Production. 1. MABEL WALTON PEACOCK.. . Peacock .. .Houston Y. W .C A., 1,2,- Phi Delta Pi, 4, W.A.A., 1,2, 3, governing board, 4. THE 1 9 3 7 ■■■ S A X I G E N A j LYDIA PHILLIPS................................... Dolly”.............................Aliquippa Y.W.C.A., 4; Current Problems Club, 3, 4; Rifle Club, 3, 4; Scientific Society, 2,- Nature Study Club, 1; W.A.A., 1, 2; Kindergarten-Primary Club, 3, vice-president, 4; Dramatic Club, 1; Baton Club, 2; Dramatic Productions, 1, 3. HENRY WILLIAM POPKO....................................''Pop ...........................Monaca Phi Sigma Pi, 3, historian, 4; Gamma Theta Upsilon, 2, vice-president, 3, president, 4; Y.M.C.A., 1, 2, treasurer, 3, 4; Saxigena, Business Manager, 3,- Varsity Football, 3, 4; Class Football and Class Basketball, 1, 2; Varsity Club, 3, 4; Open Road Club, president, 1; Scientific Society, president, 2; Honorary Science Club, 4; Class Vice-President, 4. MARIE PUSKAR.................................... Nea .................................Imperial Phi Delta Pi, 3, sergeant-of-arms, 4; W.A.A. Executive Board, 3, 4; Class Volleyball, 1, 2, 3; Honorary Basketball, 1,2, 3, 4; Honorary Hockey, 3, 4. E. JEANNE RICE.................................. Rice ............................. Harrisburg Madrigal Club, 1,2, 3, 4; Baton Club, 1, 2; Band, 1, 2, 3; Symphony Orchestra, 2; Kindergarten-Primary Club, 3, 4. JACK A. ROBBINS................. Robbie.........Pittsburgh Alpha Psi Omega, 3, director, 4; Honorary Science Club, 4; Men’s Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, secretary, 4; Dramatic Club, 1, 2; Open Road Club, 1; Varsity Swimming, 2; Class Vice-President, 3; Varsity Club, 3, 4; Dramatic Productions, 1, 2, 3, 4. JANE ROSE.................. Rosy’...............McKeesport y.W.C.A., 2, 3, 4; W.A.A., 2, 3, 4; Kindergarten-Primary Club, 2, 3; McKeesport Training, 1. PHYLLIS SALINGER.................”Phyir..........Johnstown Y.W.C.A., 1, 2; W.A.A., 1,2, 3, 4,- Symphony Orchestra, 3, 4; Opera, 3 4. EDWARD SCHAFFER.................’’Easy”.........Zelienople Phi Sigma Pi, 4; Y.M.C.A., 2, vice-president, 3, president 4; A Cappella Choir, president, 3; Men's Glee Club, 1, secretary-treasurer, 2, president, 3,- Vesper Choir, 1,2,3; Opera. 3 • A SHTHC ■SLIPPERY ROCK WM P A ARTHUR SILLMAN.....................’’Art’’...................New Castle Phi Sigma Pi, 4; Gamma Theta Upsilon, 4; Honor Science Club, 4,- Saxigena Staff, 4,- Duke University, 1; Varsity Football, 2; Class Basketball, 2, 3; Open Road Club, 2, 3; Cooperative Activities Board, 3,- Senior Life Saving, 3; Rifle Club, 2, 3, 4. LOIS MARION SMITH................’’Smitty”...................New Castle Y.W.C.A., 4; A Cappella Choir, 3, 4,- Kindergarten-Primary Club, 3; Open Road Club, 4; Current Problems Club, 3; English Singers, 3, 4; Women's Glee Club, 1, 2, 3; Baton Club, 1; Opera, 3. ROSE SOWA...................... So-wah”......................McKeesport Y.W.C.A., 2, cabinet, 3, vice-president, 4; Honorary Science Club, 4, Women’s Governing Board, 4; Senior Open Road, 2, 3, 4; Nature Guide Group, 4; Rifle Club, 4,- Class Track and Hockey, 2, 3; W.A.A., 2, 3, 4; McKeesport Training, 1. NICHOLAS STRIPPy..................................... Strippy’ ...............................Johnstown Y.M.C.A., 1, 2,- Varsity Club, 3, 4; Varsity Football, 1, 2; Varsity Soccer, 3, 4, Class Basketball, 1,2, 3, 4, Varsity Rifle, 3, 4; Rifle Club, treasurer, 2, 3, vice-president, 4; Class Baseball, 2, 3, 4. DAVID THALER..................... Dave’’.............Windber Phi Sigma Pi, 4; Honorary Science Club, 4; Varsity, 3, 4; Varsity Tennis, 1, 2, 3, 4; Open Road Club, 1; Scientific Society, 2; Current Problems Club, 2, 3 “Saxigena Staff, Assistant Editor, 3,- Men's Glee Club, 3; Opera, 3. MARY ETHEL TOTH..................... Tubby Pittsburgh Phi Delta Pi, 3, secretary, 4; W.A.A., 1, 2; Executive Board, 3, 4; Band, 3, 4; Symphony Orchestra, 3, 4; Class Hockey and Basketball, 1, 2, 3, 4; Honorary Hockey, 3, 4; Class Volleyball, 1, 2, 3; Y.W.C.A., I,- Basketball Referee, 3. MELVIN C. TRUE................. Bo ..............Lash Honorary Science Club, 4; Demosthenian Debate Club, 1, 2, vice-president and treasurer, 3, Scientific Society, 2,- Y.M. C.A., 1 Men’s Glee Club, 3,- A Cappella Choir, 3; Varsity Tennis, 2, 3, 4. HARRY TRUMAN......................’Tucker'............Brookville Varsity Basketball, 1,2, 3, captain, 4; Varsity Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Varsity Soccer, 2, 3; Varsity Track, 1,2, 3,- Y.M.C.A., 1,2. THE 19 3 7 SAXIGENA NICHOLAS URAM............................... Nickie............................New Castle Varsity Club, 2, 3, president, 4; Varsity Football, 1,2, 3; Varsity Basketball, 1,2, 3; Class Baseball, 3; Class Track and Soccer, 1; Class Football and Basketball Coach, 2, 3,- Varsify Football Trainer and Assistant Coach, 4; Y.M.C.A., 1,- Current Problems Club, 3. STANLEY URICK................................ Stan ...............................Portage Y.M.C.A., 1, 2, 3,- Honorary Science Club, 4,- Current Problems Club. 4; Scientific Society, 2. M. DEAN VINCENT..............................“Snook ..........................Grove City Phi Sigma Pi, 4; Scientific Society, president, 2; Current Problems Club, 3, 4,- Y.M.C.A., 1; Honorary Science Club, 4; Open Road Club, 1; Intercollegiate Government Conference, 4. JEAN CAROLYN WADSWORTH............................ Wadsy ......................McKeesport Women's Glee Club, 2, vice-president, 3; Vesper Choir, 2, 3, 4,- A Cappella Choir, 3, 4; English Singers, 3, 4; Double Quartet, 2; Y.W.C.A., 1, 2, 3, 4,- McKeesport Training, 1. ISABELLE WARD................ Isabelle’’......Slippery Rock A Cappella Choir, 3, 4; Press Club, 2, 3 Rocket Staff, 9, 3; Symphony Orchestra, 1, 2, 3; Baton Club, 1; Madrigal Club, 1, 9, 3, 4. PAULINE WEIKAL..................’’Pauly ...............Sharon Y.W.C.A., 9, 3, 4; Madrigal Club, 3, president, 4,- W.A. A., 1, 2, 3, 4; Women’s Governing Board, president, 4; Pi Gamma Mu, 3, 4. FLORENCE WEINER.................. Peggy .........Beaver Falls Press Club, 2, 3 Rocket Staff, 9, Editor, 3; French Club, 1; Scientific Society, 2; Alpha Psi Omega, 2, secretary, 3, vice-president, 4; Sigma Tau Delta, historian, 3, vice-president, 4; y.W.C.A., 2, 4, Rifle Club, 4; W.A. A., 2 Current Problems, 3 Cooperative Activities Board, 3,- Dramatic Productions, 1, 2, 3, 4; Kindergarten-Primary Club, 4. JAMES T. WELSH................ Jimmie”.............Pittsburgh Saxigena Staff, Photographic Editor, 3; Varsity Soccer, 2, 3, 4; Varsity Club, 2, 3, 4 Varsity Football, 1,- Varsity Basketball, 1, 2, 3 Men’s Glee Club, 1, 2,- Student Government Constitution Committee, Chairman, 4; Interclass Football, 1. P A MARGARET WILHELM............................. Peggy .... Brackenridge Honorary Science Club, 4; Open Road Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Dramatic Club 9. Camera Club, 3 CLEORA WILLIAMS............................. Cleora .................................New Castle y.W.C.A., 1, 2, 3, 4; W.A.A., 2, 3, 4, Class Hockey, 2 3; Class Basketball, 2, 3, 4; Class Volleyball, 3, 4; Open Road Club, 1. RUTH E. WILLIAMS............................. Ruth .............................Slippery Rock Alderson-Broaddus College, 1, 2, 3; y.W.C.A., 4. ELSIE WRIGHT............................... Elsie ............................Coraopolis Dramatic Club, 1, 2 Y.W.C A., 1,- W.A.A., 1, 2, 3, 4,- Class Basketball, 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Hockey 1,2, 3, 4, Class Volleyball, 2, 3,- Honor Varsity Basketball, 3, 4 GRACE M. BEHM HENRY BEIGHLEY ROSE FLEMING MARION GEORGE LOIS GREER THELMA HARTMAN MARY HINDMAN EILEFN HOLLAND MARION JENKINS JOSEPH LOMBAR RALPH LOUNSBERRY HULDA MORRISON GUY McCARRELL MARTHA McCUNE isabelle McFarland MARY C. PATTERSON ALICE PHELAN HELEN SIMISON MARY STAINER HELEN M. WILLIAMS LILLIE WOOD WILLIAM YANKOVIC NELL SUEHR THE 19 3 7 S A X I G E N A OTIIIIt SIMOItS A Nil POST Oil ADS irxioits SLIPPERY ROCK P A President.........................................JACK DENBOW Vice-President...................................UOHN JOY (CHESTER CREADY Secretary.......................................... LOIS ADAMS Treasurer....................................................JOHN SNIZIK Adviser.....................................DR. A. P. VINCENT .IIMOItS WE HAVE experienced green’’ freshman days during which we learned to know our campus, our teachers, our classmates, our popular classes, and our extra-curricular activities. We have passed that period of sophomore sophistication in which we taught the freshmen our superiority and added to our experience both in the classroom and out of it. We are now nearing the close of our third year at Slippery Rock. What have we accomplished thus far? Sports, music, dramatics, fraternities, journalism to all of these departments we have given freely of our members throughout our three years here. We have lost ideas; we have gained better ones. We have formed friendships which we shall not soon forget. We have broadened socially as well as intellectually. This Saxigena, published by members chosen from our class, is our farewell tribute to the seniors. It is with a sincere feeling of sorrow that we see them leave our campus. They have thrown us a challenge that we must not overlook, that of attaining, in some measure at least, the successes that they have achieved and of emulating them in the services that they have rendered to us. We hope that we may continue to 9 ve loyalty and service to Slippery Rock, our college. IIMOItS ADAMS, LOIS BARNES, ALFRED 8LISAK, JULIA BOWMAN, VIVIAN BREAKIRON, ARTHUR CLOKEY, RUTH COOPER, CATHERINE CORNELIUS, SAMUEL CREADY, CHESTER DAVIS, GLENN DENBOW, JACK DOUGLAS, JANE DOUGHERTY, PEGGY FAUST, ALBERT FERGUSON, JEAN GALISON, MICHAEL GILLILAND, LEWIS GLASPEY, RUTH GOODE, NELLIE GOTJEN, HELEN GRAHAM, MARY HARRIS, KENNETH HARRISON, ERNEST HARTZELL, HELEN HASTINGS, HAROLD HAUTH, JOHN HEADLAND, LOIS HERHOLZ, DOROTHY HILLIARD, LaVONE HUNT, GLENWOOD JOHNSTON, ALBERT JOY, JOHN KAUFMAN, JEAN KENNEDY, JEAN KILDARE, GRACE KLING, PEARL KOCHER, RUTHENE KOGI.IN, ELSIE KUKIC, MIKE KUKIC, MILDRED KUKURIN, MILDRED I p p e r y LAWRENCE, BETTY LIEBERMAN, HAROLD LIKEN, DALE LINDSAY, MARY LOCKLEY, HARRY LOWER, ROSE MARIE MASLANIK, STEPHEN MEALS, RAYMOND MILKO, CATHERINE MONG, JEAN McKEE, ADELAIDE NIGHTWINE, RUTH ORR, MARGARETTE PARKE, ROBERT PHILLIPS, DARIS PLUNKETT, BETTY POCHYBA, SOPHIA POLOVINA, DIANA PUSHCAR, MICHAEL RAINEY, HAZEL RIBKA, JOHN ROBINS, MORTON ROHR, VERYL SACARI, HELEN SCHNEIDER, ROSALIE SHANNON, GLORIA SILVERMAN, NATALIE SNIZIK, JOHN ROCK H P A STEINBERG, NATE STEWART, ALICE STONE, JEANNETTE STOOPS, CHESTER STRAILE, JOHN STRAYER, MARGARET SWETEK, STEPHEN VARNUM, ROBERT WAGGONER, CAROLINE WALKER, GLENWOOD WALTERS, ETTA WEIBEL, GERALD WILLIAMS, RALPH WINGROVE, MELVIN WOODS, MARGARET m THE 19 3 7 S A X I G E N A President...... Vice-President Secretary...... Treasurer...... Adviser....... ......DAN SHICK .. .JAMES CULLEN MARY LOU KING ...DAVID ABRAMS DR. E. B. COTTRELL EAGERLY the sophomores welcomed their second year at Slipperv Rock, for it promised a return to friends and an ODportunity to better the achievements of their freshman year A more mature group entered the campus activities. In athletics they distinguished themselves. Football, basketball, swimming, in fact all varsity as well as intramural sports found sophomore representation strong. The sophomores, being strong but tender hearted, were generous enough to teach the freshmen the traditional customs of our campus, and on field day graciously conceded to the withdrawal of all freshman rules. The class succeeded this year in producing a better dance than the good one of last year. An improvement and innovation in procedure was installed when parents served as patrons. The co-curricular field of college life finds an abundance of second year students, as the sophomores hold many offices and postions in almost all the various fraternities and clubs. With two years of college behind us, we sincerely hope, that through our originality and experience, we can better our endeavors and achievements. In closing, may we add that we cherish the friendships of those who are leaving and wish them the best of success. SLIPPERY ROCK SONIOMOItKK iiiimimix President.....................................WALLACE KERR Vice-President................................HOWARD SAMPLE Secretary...................................... RUTH GIBSON Treasurer................................................JAMES SHELAR Adviser.............................MR. H. A. HEINTZELMAN EVER since we, the freshman class of 40, first entered Old Main on Registration Day, we have done our utmost to uphold the scholastic and social standards of Slippery Rock State Teachers College. Our aspirations and enthusiasms were not dampened by the rigid rules of the sophomores, although we were properly humbled by those inevitable green dinks, arm bands, and so-called freshman bibles.” We bore our fate good naturedly until that day of days, Freshman-Sophomore Field Day, when we subdued our rivals. We have shown our wide variety of talents and abilities by participating in the different sports, musical activities and social functions. In the first play production of the year, the entire feminine cast were freshmen. We were creditably represented in football, basketball, hockey, rifle, and both women’s and men’s swimming teams. In February we held our first big social affair a party in the Hut for freshmen and their faculty advisors exclusively, for the purpose of becoming better acquainted. During the course of the evening, we bowled, played ping-pong and other games, and danced to the incomparable music of the Activities Orchestra. The results decidedly fitted the purpose. True to tradition, our freshman orom, which was held on March 13 in the gymnasium, was the crowning event of the year. On this gala occasion the serious-minded students in our midst were transformed into carefree social butterflies. From all standpoints, we consider this, our first year of college life, a most interesting and successful one. THIS section represents the work done outside of regular class work but which is still so necessary in developing a well rounded life. The clubs and fraternities in the following division offer a diversity of activities that is just as Important in our college life as our class work. WITH various science clubs, literary clubs, musical organizations, dramatic and forensic groups to choose from, the student is able to select at least one club in which he is interested. Nearly all of the college students are enrolled in one of the many clubs. The fraternities offer a higher goal for which the student might strive. I First Semester Second Semester JAMES McLAUGHLIN.................President...................STEPHEN MASLANIK STEPHEN MASLANIK.................Vice-President. .............NATHANIEL STEINBERG RAYMOND HAYNES...................Secretary..................RAYMOND HAYNES GLEN WOOD WALKER.................Assistant Secretary.......GLEN WOOD WALKER ERNEST LACHNER...................Treasurer.................................ERNEST LACHNER HENRY POPKO......................Historian..........................HENRY POPKO Sponsor........................DR. L. H. WAGENHORST rm sUp3ia pi THE 19 3 7 S A X I G E N A I'll I NH. M A PI THE ending of the current semester marks the sixth consecutive year of service of Mu Chapter of Phi Sigma Pi on the campus. Since the time of its installation, May 30, 1930, the membership has increased until it now stands at one hundred forty-one. Phi Sigma Pi is a national honorary professional educational fraternity for men in teacher training institutions and has the distinction of being the only one of its kind in the United States. Of the nineteen chapters in the nation, the majority are located in Pennsylvania. Due to a recent revision of its constitution, candidates for admission must meet the following requirements: 1. They must have completed one year's college work in residence. 2. They must be of good moral character. 3. They must have sixty percent more quality points than semester hours if they are juniors or seniors. 4. They must be approved by a three-fourths vote of the active membership of the chapter. 5. Sophomores must have one hundred percent more quality points than semester hours. The official national magazine of the fraternity is The Lampadion, which is very influential in cementing the ties which bind the members into a national brotherhood and in creating professional interest through the presentation of educational research studies. The News Letter is a local publication, which summarizes the year's activities in professional meetings as well as social events, and also comments upon the status of individual members on the campus. Meetings are held monthly throughout the regular school year. The Founder’s Day is commemorated by a formal dinner and the initiation of some outstanding educational leader, who presents a paper to the brotherhood upon some phase of present-day education. The honorary members are: Dr. Samuel Edwin Weber, Associate Superintendent of Pittsburgh Schools and Director of Teacher Personnel; Dr. James N. Rule, Principal of Peabody High School, Pittsburgh, and former State Superintendent of Public Instruction in Pennsylvania,- Dr. Charles E. Dickey, Superintendent of Allegheny County Schools,- Dr. John A. Gibson, Superintendent of Butler Schools,- Mr. John F. Connell, Superintendent of Butler County Schools,- Dr. C. C. Green, Superintendent of New Castle City Schools. s SLIPPERY ROCK T First Semester Second Semester JAMES McLAUGHLIN....................President........................... DOROTHA ELDER JOSEPHINE GROSSMAN.................Vice-President...............................DOROTHEA HERHOLZ H. L. HEADLAND.....................Secretary-Treasurer ..................H. L. HEADLAND EILEEN HOLLAND......................Sergeant-at-arms............JOSEPHINE GROSSMAN The membership at present contains eleven student members, eleven faculty members, four ex-faculty members, ninety-six alumni members, and five honorary members. 1 1 OA l IA 111 THE 19 3 7 S A X I G E N A I- 1 1 . IMA Ml T”HE Theta Chapter of the national social science honorary fraternity, Pi Gamma Mu, was organized at Slippery Rock on November 14, 1929, by Mr. T. J. S. Heim. It was the first fraternity to come to our campus. There are Pi Gamma Mu chapters in thirty-nine states, the District of Columbia, the Hawaiian Islands, the Philippines, and in the province of Ontario, Canada. Inculcation of the ideals of scholarship, scientific attitude and method, and social service in the study of all social problems is the purpose of the organization. It aims to instill in the mind of the individual a scientific attitude toward all social questions and its particular purpose s to send out from colleges and universities young men and women imbued with social idealism, trained in scientific thought, and encouraged to help others to be scientific in their thinking on social questions. Theta Chapter was entertained by Alpha Chapter of Grove City College on November 5. Theta Chapter entertained Alpha Chapter on March 1. Invitation to membership in Pi Gamma Mu is extended to instructors and alumni of any college or university, and to upperclassmen who are of good moral character and who stand high scholastically in the fields of social science. s SLIPPERY ROCK I President.................................................... ETTA WALTERS Vice-President.......................................................MERCEDES KREILING Corresponding Secretary.............................. .. .ELSIE KOGLIN Recording Secretary.............. ........... ........ .. MARY E. TOTH Treasurer.............................................................DOROTHY ANDREW Chaplain................................................................MARIE LOWER Historian...........................................................JEANNETTE STONE Editors........................... MARJORIE CHRISTY, ELEANOR COTTRELL Sergeant-at-arms........................................ ... NEA PUSKAR Adviser............................................MISS ELMIRA COMPTON Pill DELTA PI THE 19 3 7 S A X I G E N A rm iiklta ri 1 1 CHAPTER of Phi Delta Pi, national health educational sorority, was installed on the Slippery Rock campus on March 9, 1935. The purpose of this organization is to promote good sportsmanship, further professional improvement, incite scholastic achievement, and cooperate with the national program. One of the projects of this sorority is the sponsoring of a camp for underprivileged children somewhere in the United States each year. This last summer the camp was held at Camp Kowaunkami near Gloversville, New York, and Pi Chapter was honored in having two of its members as counsellors on the camp staff. Membership is limited to girls who are majoring in health education and who have completed one successful year in this field. From the time of its formation there has been a gradual and steady growth, until at the present time there are thirty-five alumnae and eighteen active members. The members elected from the class of 1939 are: Grace Allen, Eleanor Cottrell, Dorothy Charlton, Mary Elizabeth Dixon, Ruth Eckley, Marjorie Strayer, and Olga Long. Mabel Peacock was elected from the class of 1937. These girls are elected to the club by an unanimous vote of the active members. The faculty adviser is Miss Elmira Compton, who is a member of the Beta Chapter at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Phi Delta Pi has had three successful years on this campus and we, the class of 1937, extend to you, the remaining active members, our most sincere wishes for success. TIIETA UPSILON IN THIS, its fifth anniversary as a member of the national fraternity, Zeta Chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon closes another interesting portion of its school life at Slippery Rock. The year has brought an enlarged membership, the fellowship of round table discussions of geographic topics, and the beginning of new aims and activities for the fraternity in the coming year-Membership to Gamma Theta Upsilon is open to those students, faculty, and laymen who are united in a common active interest in the field of geography. Student membership qualifications are at least one year’s work in the subject of geography with the average grade of the school, and the choice of geography as an elective field. The new members pledged only recently included the following: Eleanor Cottrell, Grace Allen, Edward Condiota, Michael Galisin, Gerald Weibel, Charles Swartz, Ann Bernotte, and Donald McCorkle. With faith in the continued progress of the fraternity, the graduating members leave the work and fellowship of Gamma Theta Upsilon in the capable hands of the remaining members and the fraternity sponsor, Miss A. Rice. THE 19 3 7 SAXIGEN President.....................................................HENRY POPKO Vice-President..............................GEORGE BAUMAN Secretary .................................... KATHLEEN ALLISON Sponsor................................................MISS A. RICE GAMMA THETA IT'SILOX ■ CBSLIPPERY ROCK ■■ P A ■ T President....................................................KENNETH HARRIS Vice-President..............................................FLORENCE WEINER Treasurer...... ...............................MARY JANE CRATTY Secretary............................................RUTH GLASPEY Sponsor.........................................MRS. G. G. WINN Slt.MA TAIJ DELTA mtm the 1937 S A X I G E N A S SIGMA TAU DELTA QIGMA TAU DELTA is d national professional English fraternity. The Eta Delta Chapter was established on the Slippery Rock campus in May, 1935. The fraternity was established by a group of English students who were keenly interested in the field of English. In the fall of 1935, the first regular meeting of the fraternity was held and plans were formulated for future activities of the group. Later, invitations for membership were extended to four prospective members. Last November the second year of the fraternity began with the initiation of five new members. Complete membership is granted only to upperclassmen. Sophomores, however, may receive associate membership. The scholastic standards of the fraternity are high and necessitate an absorbing interest in English work. It is the objective of the fraternity to endeavor to advance the study of the chief literary masterpieces, to encourage worthwhile reading, to promote the mastery of written expression, and to foster a spirit of fellowship among students specializing in the English language and literature. The programs of the various meetings have covered a number of the literary fields, including modern novels, plays, and poetry, as well as the established classics of the world. In the spring of 1936, the first reunion of the organization was held, and plans were executed which will make the luncheon an annual occasion. Eta Delta Chapter is the youngest fraternity chapter on the campus,- yet it feels that it has a definite place in the professional and social life of the college and plans to make this position secure through future activities. ■ SLIPPERY ROCK KAPPA GAMMA President...............................JAMES McLAUGHLIN Vice-President...........................................RUTH NIGHTWINE Treasurer..............................NATHANIEL STEINBERG Secretary...........................MARY ELIZABETH JENKINS Sponsor.....................................MR. T. J. S. HEIM 19 3 7 THE S A X I G E N A £ T HE aim of the national speech fraternity, Kappa Gamma, is to arouse and foster interest in intercollegiate competition in the forensic arts, especially debate, oratory, extemporaneous speech, and interpretation. Participation in forensic activities has no small value to the person who is planning to teach, for teachers must be able to think while on their feet. The members of the local chapter are drawn from the varsity debate squad. Students become eligible for membership when they have participated in four intercollegiate debates or have represented their college in some other forensic art. We are glad to note the increased interest in debate on the campus and believe that Kappa Gamma has had a part in bringing that interest about. KAPPA GAMMA P A T SLIPPERY ROCK ALPIII i si omii.a FHE purpose of the Delta Phi Cast of Alpha Psi Omega, national honorary fraternity for dramatics, is to stimulate interest in dramatic activities and to serve as a reward to students for their worthy efforts in participating in plays staged by the dramatic department of the college. During this year the members of the cast, in cooperation with Mr. Batchelder, produced a series of plays, chief among them being My Lady’s Dress, by Edward Nablac. This major presentation is composed of seven one-act plays. The production was well done and was very impressive. Entrance to the fraternity is determined by a certain number of points which are obtained from acting, stagecraft, and business managing. THE 19 3 7 SAXIGENA S ALPHA l� SI 031LO A Director.......................................JACK ROBBINS Stage Manager..............................FLORENCE WEINER Business Manaser.. .................... MARY JANE CRATTY Supervisor...........................MR. C. W. BA7CHELDER iioxoit vicY sriixi; nut T HE Honorary Science Club, organized in 1934, is a group composed of seniors and juniors who have elected science as one of their fields of study. The neophytes are selected by members of the science faculty. The qualifications for membership are attitude, achievement, and a sincere desire to further knowledge in the respective fields of science. Meetings are held monthly, and many interesting and enjoyable discussions upon the different phases and applications of science ensue. The club's only officer is Elliot Francis, who acts in the capacity of secretary. 3ht iHranrtam ■ d Mar aroi Halivak Born: February 3, 1919 Died: February 22,1937 A ACTIVITIES COY Ell .MAC HO AIIII COOPERATIVE Activities was established during the 1932-1933 school year, and the first meeting of the Cooperative Activities Governing Board was held on May 23,1933. The purpose of this board is to administer the activities fee that is collected at the beginning of each semester. Before this time the fee was administered by a central state committee at Harrisburg. The board is composed of seven members, four of whom are class representatives who serve during their college career. Each class elects the member during the fall of their freshman year. The other three members represent particular curricula and serve for only one year after being elected in the fall. Each year a president and secretary is elected by the group. The college president, Dr. Charles S. Miller, acts as adviser, and the college bursar, Mr. D. E. Ketterer, as treasurer. The present members are Raymond Haynes, president, Ernest Harrison, John Beckert, Shirley Butler, Elfrida Kunkle, Lois Adams, and Mary Lou King. John Beckert was elected from the sophomore class to replace James Cullen who retired. THE 19 3 7 SAXIGENA S STUDENT GOVERNMENT I F was just two years ago, back in 1935, that the idea of a student govern-' ment organization germinated. A group of four, Robert Glaspey, Roland Baird, Henry Popko, and Ruth Glaspey, were selected by their respective classes to represent Slippery Rock at an annual convention of the Student Government Association of Pennsylvania at State College. Various data on student participation in government were gathered and compiled by this group. Again in 1936 our college was represented at a student government conference at Thiel College where again ideas were assimilated The group was comprised of Raymond Hartstein, Mary Jane Cratty, Lois Adams, and Jack Denbow. This group together with Henry Popko held a special meeting at the college last summer when plans were laid for the formation of the student council. Early last fall in the first purely student assembly with James McLaughlin, president of the senior class, presiding, the assembly favored the organization of a student government. A constitution was to be drawn up and presented to the student body for approval. After many tedious hours which stretched over a period of five months, the constitution was finally completed and when presented to the assembly was approved. Henry Popko presided at the meeting. The final touches were added late in April when the student body elected the 1937-1938 officers for the student assembly and selected the representatives to the student council. It is now up to the 1937-1938 student body of the college to make a success or a failure of our newest venture, student government. P A SLIPPERY ROCK THF Activities Orchestra was organized six years ago. During those six years the organi- zation has developed a unique position on the college campus. The orchestra plays for the Tuesday and Thursday night dances and for the longer school dances held throughout the year. As a factor in Slippery Rock’s social life, this group has contributed in a large measure to the success of such activities. The cooperation of each member, of Mr. Vingling, and of Cooperative Activities is responsible for the progress of the orchestra. Besides the scheduled school dances, the orchestra has fulfilled a number of out of town engagements, thus benefiting each member and at the same time acquainting the people in our service area with the school. If past progress is an index to the future, the school may look forward to a continued service from this organization. The orchestra is composed of the following men: Williams, Bowers, Bennett, Barnhart Steinberg, Kelly, Ed, and Schlossberg. It is under the supervision of Mr. Robert W. Yinglino. roi i i: i: ka � THE band under the baton of Mr. Robert W. Yingling has added much ' color to both football and basketball games. In its green and white uniforms, the band played at all home games during the football and basketball season. The band also led the pep meetings” before the major games. Besides playing marches, it played many 'stunt numbers” in which the fans could participate. The band again had the honor of leading the Armistice Day parade which was held in Slippery Rock this year. Besides fostering school spirit,” the members themselves derived great benefit in being able to continue their instrumental work under excellent supervision. The band was appreciated by our student body and will continue next year to be a leader in carrying on the school spirit of Slippery Rock. President.....................................CHARLES BARNHART Vice-President..............................NATHANIEL STEINBERG Secretary........................................GEORGE BENNETT Director...........................MR. ROBERT W. YINGLING SYMPHONY OIUIIIMHA THE College Symphony Orchestra is made up of a group of college students who are interested in developing and maintaining their technique on the various instruments that they play. Most of the members have played in high school orchestras, and this has developed a more than superficial interest in classical music. In the college symphony orchestra they tend to maintain this interest, and they also are interested in testing their skill with many difficult selections. Every Monday evening at seven o’clock and every Wednesday afternoon at three they assemble and practice new arrangements or play familiar pieces. The Wednesday period is devoted mainly to the string section. The Symphony Orchestra in cooperation with the A Cappella Choir and with Mr. Shearer, a violinist, gave one program in chapel during the first semester. A concert was given by the orchestra during the second semester. Besides giving their own programs, the Symphony Orchestra also helped the dramatics department with its productions. They accompanied the cast of the opera, Patience,” that was given in February, and they played several selections for other productions. President Treasurer Secretary Director ....JOSEPH FUSZEK CHARLES BARNHART ...MARGARET FEHL MR. R. W YINGLING THE 19 3 7 S A X I G E N A STIILM. (M AH I I T 1 HE String Quartet, in its second year of organization, has met with great 1 success. Throughout the year it has performed at various teas and luncheons on the campus as well as at the local churches. It also presented fine programs at the Parent-Teacher Association meeting, the Butler County Farm Show, which was held in Butler last fall, and the chapel exercises. The quartet, which originated for the sole purpose of advancing instrumental and ensemble music, has progressed well on the way in that direction. The group excelled in chamber music and included some of the finer classics among its selections. First Violin.....................RAYMOND HARTSTEIN Second Violin...........................ROBERT MILHEIM Viola.............................................EDITH DENNISTON Violoncello......................................GLADYS PATTERSON Director.........................MR. DONALD SHEARER P A SLIPPERY ROCK AMONG our most vivid memories of Slippery Rock will be the Christmas and Easter services, and with the pleasant calm of a Sunday evening in Slippery Rock, we shall always associate vespers. The Christmas season is made more meaningful by the early morning carols sung by the Vesper Choir. Thus it seems that the Choir is an institution as typical of Slippery Rock as the tower clock. This organization is directed by Miss Marion C. Gerberich who conducts try-outs at the beginning of each year to determine its membership. Service in the Vesper Choir is recognized by keys presented at the end of each year. S A X I G E N A vivsri:n ciioiii THE 19 3 7 S PHE A Cappella Choir is one of the outstanding choral organizations of the campus. It consists of forty or fifty voices under the direction of Mr. R. W. Yingling. Tryouts are held and members chosen by the director. The group rehearses three hours a week. This organization is made up of those students who appreciate music and who understand the amount of practice that is necessary in order to have a successful choir. The music is primarily of a sacred character, and is by such composers as Bach, Palestrina, Bortiansky, Grieg, and Robertson. Some of the activities of the choir during the school year have been a broadcast, several assemblies, and a number of trips to high schools and colleges. President............................................JOSEPH KELLY Vice-President.........................................JOHN JOY Secretary........................................LOIS M. SMITH Director...................................MR. R. W. YINGLING A CAITELI.A r HO I IK SLIPPERY ROCK P A APPROXIMATELY thirty-five men find d gratifying outlet for their musical ability in our Men s Glee Club, which is ably supervised by Mr. R. W. Vingling. The Glee Club acts not only as a medium for musical expression but also trains and develops the voices of those who participate. The weekly practice periods this year were enthusiastically attended. The Men’s Glee Club is not a new organization on our campus. Each year it is growing, especially in quality. The club makes many trips. This year the Glee Club sang before the student bodies of Etna, Ford City, and Zelienople High Schools. Ralph Williams acted as the club accompanist. President........ Vice-President Treasurer........ Secretary........ Business Manager Director......... ........JOHN JOY ....RAY HARTSTEIN ......JOHN RIBKA ...JACK ROBBINS .....JOSEPH FLISZEK MR. R. W. YINGUNG mex s alee ant THE 19 3 7 S A X I G E N A wo ii: -s tu it THE Women’s Glee Club of our college is organized for the purpose of appreciating and becoming acquainted with the many different kinds and forms of music for women’s voices. Under the able direction of Mr. Robert Vingling, the group practices and learns to interpret the true meaning of the songs. Entrance to membership in the club is based upon try-outs.” This year the enrollment numbered forty-two. The group handled three- and four-part chorus singing capably. The Club worked out a program of songs of four types: ecclesiastical, classical, folk, and art songs. The first group included some of Bach’s beautiful religious songs. The classical songs included music dating back as far as the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Some lovely and attractive carols of different nations made up the group of folk songs. The art-song grouo consisted of the spirited program music of such composers as Schuman, Brahms, and Fletcher. The women of the club appreciate the presence of the organization on the campus. Each year they strive toward a higher goal in chorus singing. President.....................................................RUTH GLASPEY Vice-President................................. LOIS HEADLAND Secretary....................................ROSALIE SCHNEIDER Business Manager..................................MARY McKIM Librarian...................................................EVELYN MEANS A S SLIPPERY ROCK THE English Singers is a new musical group on the campus, having been organized last spring under the direction of Mr. R. W. Yingling. The members of the group are selected by Mr. Yingling from other musical clubs on the campus. The programs sung by the English Singers consist of old English madrigals by such composers as Morley, Gibbons, and Purcell, together with some more modern arrangements of the same music. It is the aim of the group to sing as nearly as possible after the manner of the Old English Carollers, and this accounts for the informal style maintained in their singing. They have given various programs and have taken a number of trips. The members of the organization are Hazel Rainey, Jean Wadsworth, Raymond Webster, Charles Barnhart, Lois Adams, Mary McClelland, Morton Robins, Howard Sample, Goldie Marshall, and Erma Lambert. EYGIJSIl SINGERS THE 19 3 7 S A X I G E N A MAIHKH.AI run THE Madrigal Club has taken an active part in the musical life of the campus for many years. When the organization came into being, it was known as the Second Glee Club.” About ten years ago the name was changed to the Madrigal Club.” The purpose of this musical organization is to promote the appreciation and interpretation of music and to increase the ability to read music. Many pleasing concerts have been given by the different groups throughout the past years. The present group of nearly fifty-five members has endeavored to make this year another successful one. Proof of its honest efforts was shown in the concert which was presented in the spring. The club this year had a group of well-blended voices, which did mostly three-part chorus work. Every Tuesday at four o’clock the group met to rehearse special numbers. Fourteen girls were chosen from the club this year to work on extra selections which they later presented at various functions on the campus. The organization owes much of its continued success to the leadership of Mrs. Gladys H. Arnold, who has directed its activities for the past nine years. President...................................................PAULINE WEIKAL Vice-President.................................................LOIS ADAMS Secretary......................................GLADYS PATTERSON Pianist............................................ISABELLE WARD Director...............................MRS. GLADYS H. ARNOLD ROCK P A THE Senior Open Road Club is composed of advanced nature students interested in nature from the scientific, as well as from the aesthetic, viewpoint. Founded in 1925. it was named in tribute to Walt Whitman's poem, “Song of the Open Road.” Since that time it has been one of the vitally active clubs of the college. The ultimate aim of the club is to prepare its members to become qualified as Nature Guides, and programs which have laid the groundwork toward this goal have been carried on throughout the year. ........STEPHEN SWETEK ....HAROLD LEI BERM ANN .....CATHERINE COOPER ........JANE DOUGLASS .....CHRISTINE DRYSDALE MR. KELLAR SHELAR DR. RALPH A WALDRON President. . . . Vice-President Secretary...... Treasurer. Reporter...... Soonsors. . . . t'IKKSII.MAX ori: ICO AII W ILD life, birds, flowers, trees, fossils these are some of the principal studies of the W Freshman Open Road Ciub, which was organized twelve years ago for freshmen interested in nature study. Each Tuesday afternoon either an interesting indoor program or a hike is planned. When the weather is suitable, the members of the club enjoy supper hikes. The trip to Niagara Falls the first part of May was the outstanding study trip of the year. The dues from the club are used to send several members to a nature camp at Oglebay Park, Wheeling, West Virginia, for a week in the summer. If the student wishes to do advanced work in the field of nature, he may do so by joining both the Open Road Club and the Nature Study Club. First Semester GABRIEL BUZAS................President. JOHN LUCAS ..................Vice-President ELEANOR HOAGLAND.............Secretary. WALLACE KERR.................Treasurer. Advisers DR. RALPH A WALDRON MR. KELLAR SHELAR MR. CLAY C. RUFF ■ TBCHSLIPPEn ROCK H P A Second Semester .........WALLACE KERR MARIELLEN McCRACKEN .ELEANOR LAUGHNER ....HELEN PROUDFOOT BASED on the principle that sportsmanship is better than marksmanship, the Rifle Club has completed another highly successful season. Safety and proper range control are the watchwords of the club. The club has succeeded in building a new range under the stadium with full facilities. The assistance of the Cooperative Activities makes it possible for all those who do not own guns to join, since funds have been set aside for rifles, equipment, and supplies. This past year also saw the introduction of rifling as a varsity sport. Under the careful guidance of its founder, Joseph Fuszek, and with the help of the faculty sponsors, the club has proved to be one of the largest and most active organizations on the campus. President................ Vice-President.......... Recording Secretary . . . Corresponding Secretary Range official.......... Property Manager ........ Sponsors................ ...JOHN WATSON NICHOLAS STRIPPY .....PEARL KLING .....ELVA HODIL . .WALTER CORBETT ....JOSEPH FUSZEK DR. A. P. VINCENT DR. E. B. COTTRELL kiim u it THE 19 3 7 S A X I G E N A] I THE Camera Club, one of the newer organizations on the campus, has grown ' rapidly since its founding last term. It now consists of twenty-five enthusiastic photographers. The purpose of the Camera Club is to stimulate interest in the art of picture taking and developing; to study every possible phase of camera ohotographv so as to be able to make use of that knowledge in camera work. Meetings are held once a week, and are spent in printing, developing, enlarg ing, or discussing some phase of camera work. Several hikes are taken each semester for the purpose of taking snapshots. The organization of the club was due to the efforts and interest of Arthur Break-iron. Dr. Waldron is an enthusiastic adviser and has contributed much with his Minnie Cam President.................................ARTHUR AMMON Vice-President.......................JOSEPH SANDERSON Secretary............................ROSALIE SCHNEIDER Adviser..............................DR. R. A. WALDRON RESOLVED, THAT CONGRESS SHOULD BE EMPOWERED TO FIX MINIMUM WAGES AND MAXIMUM HOURS OF INDUSTRY. Affirmative Nesative RUTH NIGHTWINE ADELAIDE McKEE GERTRUDE BROSIUS MARGARET STRAYER MARY ELIZABETH JENKINS ROBERT VARNUM RAYMOND HARTSTEIN JOHN HAUTH NATHANIEL STEINBERG BETTY ZAHNISER PAUL FREEMAN Coach- DR. CARL B. SPOTTS THE 19 3 7 S A X I G E N A S Ill: HATE s T T HE Demosthenian Debate Club is an association of students who assemble ' weekly for the purpose of participation in debate, parliamentary procedure, and extemporaneous speaking The club has not only aided those who feel the need of ability to express their thoughts before a group but has also formed the nucleus for the varsity debate team. Dr. C. H. Spotts, coach of the debate team, has succeeded in arousing an enthusiastic group of debaters this season. The team debated by mail with Missouri Valley College, Colorado State Teachers College, and Redlands University of California. The feature of the year was a debate by voice recordings on special records for the Kansas radio station KFRU. The opponent was a team from Kansas State College. The varsity team had a very enjoyable year in forensics. They competed in three tournaments: at Westminster, Hiram, and Baldwin-Wallace College they tied for first place in the last two and sponsored the first tournament of its kind on the campus on March 20. They presented demonstration debates at Shenango High School and at the College Chapel. Their schedule included Pitt, Westminster, California, Shippensburg, Bethany, Manchester, Geneva, Marietta, Bowling Green, Toledo, Baldwin-Wallace, St. Vincent, St. Frances, and Pennsylvania College for Women. The question debated upon was the one formulated by the national Pi Kappa Delta: Resolved, That Congress should be empowered to fix minimum wages and maximum hours of industry. P A A SLIPPERY ROCK mtAMYTH ( U It � THE Dramatic Club, acting as a supplement to dramatic production in the college, proved to be one of the most popular organizations on our campus. From it as many as sixty people tried out for plays Three major productions were given by its members: The Youngest, My Lady s Dress,’’ and a group of three one-act plays, cf which the most outstanding was The Valiant.’’ Since the purpose of the Dramatic Club has been to provide an outlet for the expression of the dramatic talent of the students, the club will probably be an integral part of the Department of Speech which begins nevt year. Among the different courses which will be offered as a part of the speech program will be Play Production. As this will be offered each semester, it is logical to presume that adequate opportunity will be thus provided for dramatic work. However, if there is not a sufficient demand for the course, the Dramatic Club may be continued on a more social basis. First Semester Second Semester DORIS MARVIN..............................President...............................................DARIS PHILLIPS PARIS PHILLIPS............................Vice-President.........................ROBERT SHANNON LUCILLE CUBBIN............................Secretary-Treasurer.....................................SALLY CLARKE JOYCE GANTT...............................Program Chairman........................................DORIS RIEBOLD FRANK NEWBOLD.............................Publicity.......................................JACK DAVIS Adviser MR C W. BATCHELDER iviiitvvnovvi. iu:i. rio s ru � A r A meeting held dt the first of the year, the organization known as the Current Problems '' Club unanimously decided to join the International Relations Club, which is affiliated with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. In joining such a world-wide organization, greater progress can be made in studying and discussing international affairs. The Carnegie Endowment also furnishes books and materials every year to all its clubs. The literature serves as a permanent library. This year the club sponsored a panel discussion during chapel assembly. Various members prepared discussions on phases of the neutrality situation. The topic was Can We Be Neutral?” The International Relations Club serves as an outlet for discussion and thought on modern world situations. Backgrounds for each particular problem are obtained through individual researches and reports. Interest is stimulated and knowledge gained through an informal exchange of opinions and ideas. Presidents.... Vice-President Secretaries Sponsor ... VERNON HOOKS RAYMOND HARTSTEIN ....DOROTHA ELDER NATALIE SILVERMAN LAURA COWMEADOW MISS WILDA BRUBAKER P A Hi S SLIPPERY ROCK K-r club DURING the past year the Kindergarten-Primary Club has become affiliated with the Association for Childhood Education. Because of this it has changed its name to the Slippery Rock Association for Childhood Education, although on the campus it will still be known as the Kindergarten-Primary Club. This club is one of the most active organizations on our campus. Its membership is open to those students registered in the elementary course who are interested in advancing early childhood education throughout the state of Pennsylvania. Under the most able sponsorship of Miss Gladys Sowash, the club aims to provide students with lifelike experience in directing childhood activity so that they might fit themselves more profitably for their future profession. First Semester ANNE K. CLARK... MABEL STEWART.. EVELYN MEANS... MARION CARLISLE Second Semester President..............................................MABEL STEWART .Vice-President........................................LYDIA PHILLIPS .Secretary...............................................ANNE BARTLEY .Treasurer.............................................MARION CARLISLE THE 19 3 7 S A X I G E N A l it i: ni i Li it I LE CERCLE FRANCAIS, which was organized in 1933, is a club activity carried on for all those students who are interested in French socially as well as educationally. The primary objective of the club is to stimulate interest in the French language; secondary interests are: to acquaint students with French, to use it in conversation, to study modern versions of French plays and dramas, to learn some of the history of famous French writers, and to study the habits and customs of the French people. Meetings are held once a month. At each meeting two members prepare and serve a light lunch which is especially planned to bring the members together in a social atmosphere and provide an opportunity for using French conversation. Two years of French in high school are necessary for eligibility. The success of the group must be attributed to Miss Florence Holloway, who has given much of her time to the organization. Her trip to Europe and especially her experiences while living in a real French home have broadened the outlook of the club on French life. President................................DOROTHA ELDER Vice-President...........................MARY E. JENKINS Secretary-Treasurer......................HELEN HARTZELL Sponsor.......................MISS FLORENCE HOLLOWAY THE Y.M.C.A. is one of the most active organizations on the campus. Each week the members hold their regular devotional meetings at the Hut. The religious life of the young men is abetted through these weekly meetings, for definite progress is constantly being made in the programs, service and recreational aspects of the organization. This year it was the privilege of certain members to attend the annual State Y.M.C.A. Student Council-Faculty Conference at Westminster College during the month of October. A system for physical recreation has been successfully carried on throughout the year. The college gymnasiums and the pool are open one night a month for Y.M.C.A. men who wish to participate in any form of athletic endeavor. On March 17 a banquet was given in honor of Mr. Clyde H. Lady, who had retired as faculty adviser The Y.M.C.A. cabinet is the governing board of the organization and this year was composed of the officers and the following men: Clair Avtell, Dan Shick, Stephen Maslanik, David Abrams, and George Kline. President...................................... EDWARD SCHAFFER Vice-President.....................................ROBERT PARKF. Treasurer...........................................HENRY POPKO Secretary...................................... GEORGE BENNETT Adviser......................................DR. E. B. COTTRELL THE IM 1 9 3 7 SAXIGENAI! V. W. C. A THIS year marks the twentieth anniversary of the organization of the Young Women s I Christian Association of this campus. From the time of its organization it has been the largest and most active group on the campus. The activities of the Y.W.C.A. begin in the summer when a member of the cabinet gives to each new freshman girl designated as a Twig a big sister, or Branch.” The Twig-Branch system, which functions in the same manner as the Big-Little Sister idea, was organized only recently on the campus, and it is hoped that the practice will become traditional. As a follow-up, various activities for the incoming freshmen women are soon-sored by the Y.W. This year the organization was hostess to the Student Volunteer Conference. The girls also dressed dolls at Christmas time to be distributed to children in the surrounding towns. Preceding the Christmas holidays, the annual Bazaar was given in the form of Mother Goose Land each booth representing a nursery rhyme. The organization maintains a Student Loan Fund to help deserving students. These spiritual and social qualities contribute toward making membership in the Y ' worthwhile. President ................................BETTY HOCHHEIMER Vice-President ...............................ROSE SOWA Secretary.................................MARY JANE CRATTY i DEAN MARION C. GALTON Sponsors................... MRS. WILLIE MAE DUBARD f MISS EVELYN l.AYNG THE activities of the Varsity Club have caused many people on our campus to make comments relative to the purpose and organization of the club. The club was reorganized under a new constitution last year, and a new purpose was set up. The club now attempts to promote good fellowship among the athletes of the college, to stimulate interest in the athletics of the college, to foster good sportsmanship, and to present awards. Membership is granted to those individuals who have been certified by the college athletic committee as having won their letter in any one of the major sports of the college. Any individual who has coached a varsity sport for a year is also eligible for membership. Some have thought that the club has a selfish motive, but in making awards, the club is only taking over a duty that the administrations of other colleges attend to. Funds to cover the cost of these awards are derived from two yearly events which the club sponsors and which everyone looks forward to the Varsity Club Dance and the Varsity Club Minstrel. President...........................................NO URAM Vice-President.................................CARL MALLON Secretary-Treasurer. . ............................CLAIR AXTELL Publicity............................................FRED LYTLE Sponsor..................................MR. A. B. DFNNISTON VAIISITY CLUB THE 19 3 7 S A X I G E N A THE motto of the Women’s Athletic Association (W.A.A.) is A Sport for every Girl, and every Girl for a Sport.” This organization is under the capable direction of Miss Elmira Compton. The athletic program consists of hockey (fall and spring), swimming, basketball, volleyball, tennis, handicrafts, apparatus, and track. Points for emblems are awarded for participation in the above activities. A regular schedule of sports in the listed activities is conducted throughout the year in order to arouse enthusiasm among the women. On October 3 and 4 Slippery Rock State Teachers College had the privilege of holding the convention of the western Pennsylvania division of the Athletic Federation of College Women here on the campus. A formal dinner at the Castleton Hotel, New Castle, was an important event in the Convention program. Delegates were selected to represent the W.A.A. of Slippery Rock. The W.A A. has the privilege of the use of the Hut once a month and the use of the gymnasium once or twice a week for basketball games and swimming. President...... Vice-President Secretary...... Treasurer...... .....NELL SUEHR .. ELSIE KOGLIN . MARIE LOWER JEANNETTE STONE W. A. A, SHTHC ■ SLIPPERY ROCK H P A STI IMvM 4.lt V 4.i: THE Student Grange has the distinction of being the first and only organization of its kind in a state teachers’ college of Pennsylvania. The local group was organized in the fall of 1933 for the purpose of giving students, as prospective teachers, a better understanding of rural life. Another aim of the organization is to train the students in leadership a quality essential to every good teacher. Along with the educational activities of the Student Grange, social activities are given due consideration. Each year programs are exchanged with various granges. Dances, roller-skating parties, and miscellaneous activities are also successfully sponsored. The Student Grange has been given much inspiration by the generous help of Dr. Beatty Dimit and Mr. Walter Hess, the faculty sponsors. HELEN McCURLEY .....LaGENE SNAIR ELIZABETH GLYNN I DR. BEATTY DIMIT |MR. WALTER HESS Master. . Secretary Lecturer Sponsors THE 19 3 7 S A X I G E N WOMEN’S STIIIE.M ( OI VUL THE Women's Student Council is made up of one executive body from North Hall and one from South Hall. Each of these groups consists of representatives from each class. The purpose of the organization, which is one but recently formed on our campus, is to establish an honor system among women dormitory students. The officers and members from North Hall include Elfrida Kunkle, Pearl Kling, Erma Moore, Marion Barkley, Hazel Rainey, Christine Drysdale, Shirley Butler, Lucille Cubbon,- those from South Hall are Pauline Weikal, Rose Sowa, Betty Lawrence, Caroline Waggoner, Margaret Tehl, Bertha Bonzo, Ruth Nevin. Dean Marion C. Galton and Mrs. McCar.dless are the advisers of the two groups. P A A s SLIPPERY ROCK STEPHEN MASLANIK Editor-in-Chief TO work for perfection is the duty of the individual. Sometimes the goal is attained; more often the attempt ends in failure. Still there is the satisfaction accruing from an honest exercise of duty. The 1937 Saxigena” Staff hope, that in their presentation of this year’s record, they have at least approached the high standards set by their predecessors. NATHANIEL STEINBERG Business Manager SAXI(iE A STAFF Editor-in-Chief. . . . Business Manager. . Assistant Editors. . . . Feature Editor...... Sports Editors....... Photographic Editors Adviser.............. ...STEPHEN MASLANIK NATHANIEL STEINBERG JEAN KAUFMAN ' GLENWOOD WALKER .....HUGH STEWART JJACK DENBOW ' ROSE MARIE LOWER ERNEST LACHNER ' ' ARTHUR SILLMAN ...DR. RUSSEL THOMAS P A A S SLIPPERY ROCK TO THOSE who will later supervise the publication of high school newspapers, partici-ipation in this club is of great value, because the Press Club is responsible for the publishing of the official college newspaper, The Rocket. Although the entire student body is eligible to contribute to the paper and is encouraged to do so, the editorial and business staffs are Press Club members. Those individuals who contributed much to the success of the club and the paper are: Jean Kaufman, Lois Adams, Stephen Maslanik, Ruth Glaspey, Arthur Ammon, Kenneth Harris, Lois Headland, Eleanor Cottrell, Francis Miller, George Bennett, Natalie Silverman, Mary Lindsay, Ruthene Kocher. The paper and the club are sponsored by Dr. Russel Thomas. The experience of oarticipating in the various phases of journalism gives the student knowledge which is an invaluable aid either in training him for future vocational work or as a basis for cultural advancement. Presidents......... Secretary-Treasurer Soonsor............. JEAN KAUFMAN ' • • LOIS ADAMS ....RUTH GLASPEY DP. RUSSEL. THOMAS PRESS Milt 19 3 7 THE S A X I G E N IN THIS section we present athletics and the part they play in the program at Slippery Rock. Sports are perhaps more encouraged at Slippery Rock than at most other schools because of the prominence of the health education curriculum. But this does not mean that there is over-emphasis of athletics, it is just because we are sports conscious —conscious of the great benefit of sports to the participant and also to the spectator who observes sensibly. soccer. “|“ME major sports of football, basketball, tenn.s, sw.mm.og, track, gymnastic team, and rifle naturally play the greater part, but a number of other minor sports also are presented. t the hel m of the athletic department is Dr. P. Vincent, who has very efficiently served as faculty manager. Dr. Vincent is also head coach of rifle and track M. Kerr Thompson is head coach of football ■ ■ « 1 11 r r F B Cottrell is head of swimming aod basketball, Dr.J: DZ ldsditact, .h« and tenn|S, , I| the gymnastic team and V r_ Carl Fischer handles tne sy ir murdl athletics. in- s ATHLETICS COACH N. K. THOMPSON DR. A. P. VINCENT lOOTItAl.L THE 19 3 7 S A X I G E N A 1ER a rather inauspicious beginning, the 1936 football season developed into one of ' 'the most successful that the football teams of late years have enjoyed. The Green and White warriors, after dropping the first two games, came back later in the season and won the last four, which, coupled with two more victories and another loss, gave them a season's record of six won and three lost. One interesting fact of the season is that the Rockets did not lose a game in the new stadium. Another is that Thiel was the only losing opponent to score on the Rockets, all the other victories being shutouts. When Coach N. K. Thompson issued his initial call for aspirants, he found quite a wealth of veteran material and several promising freshmen. Coach had only about two weeks to get the men in shape for the opening game at West Chester. During these weeks many promising reports came from camp concerning the eastern rivals. The Rockets tackled the West Chester teachers on September 9.6 and performed admirably, considering the little preparation they had had. The game was a heart-breaker, for it was a tie game at 6-6 with time remaining only for one play. Then West Chester threw a long pass, and when two Slippery Rock backs collided, the pass was completed for a touchdown. The easterners then converted the extra point, making the score 13-6. The Green and White next journeyed to Beaver Falls to tackle the Geneva Covenanters. As proved the case last year, the Genevans had too strons an aerial game, and, with the diminutive Roselli tossing passes, scored three touchdowns directly from forwards. These, plus another score indirectly the result of a pass made the final score 25-0. The score, however, was no criterion of the relative all-around play of the teams,- it was just too much RoselIi one of the best passers in the Tri-State District. The following Saturday the boys avenged last year’s 3-0 defeat at Indiana by administering a 10-0 defeat to our perennial teachers' college rivals before a large Homecoming Day crowd. The Green and White s play augered well for the remainder of the season in this game. The Rockets showed much power and were just beginning to click. The next victims were the Titans of Westminster. On a muddy, mucky, miry field the Green and White crossed them up and tossed forwards with abandon and great skill. They completed seven out of seven attempted passes. The final score was 14-0, with the Rockets completely outplaying New Wilmington. Several of the Rocket eleven suffered painful lime burns in the game and were laid up for the coming contest with Waynesburg. lOOTItAII FOOTItALL THE 19 3 7 S A X I G E N A • The Waynesburg game was the toughest assignment the Slippery Rock footballers had. The Yellow Jackets had held the powerful Fordham Rams to a 20-6 score the week before, and the Green and White knew what they were up against. Fighting against great odds they lost a tough game, 20-0. The Wolf-Pack was the only team to gain consistently through the Rocket line, but the Rocket regular line was, for the most part, on the list of the crippled during this game. Four straight victories followed the Waynesburg game. Fishing a consistent offense and one of the best defenses in the Tri-State District, they first took the Crimson from Grove City, 6-0, in a hard-fought set-to. The Bloomsburg teachers fell next, 10-0, when Van Horn intercepted a pass for a touchdown and Meals kicked a field goal. The Lutherans from Thiel were the next to run up against the determined Rockets, and after a scrappy battle, the Green and White were on top, 14-6. The wind-up came with California. After a rather shaky beginning, they began to click, and the Californians were on the short end, 0-33. The 1936 team was not one of individual stars. It was not a high-scoring machine,-yet, it was one of the most outstanding in defensive play. Bo Meals proved a very capable quarterback, handling the team efficiently besides running the ball and place-kicking. Heggs Schmidt was the best ground-gainer, and his defensive play was outstanding. The heavy work of the backfield play was shared by the freshman stalwarts: Kline, Smith, and Furman. Shick, Briggs, Faust, and Faherty also saw much action. The line was especially good. From end to end, one could not find any outstanding weakness. Because of injuries to Joe Gibson and Red Parsons, veteran terminals, the team was dealt a tough blow. Van Horn and Barnes, however, stepped in and did a fine ob. Davis and Moore were stationed at the tackles, and these two men were a bulwark of strength. At guards were the redoubtable Wingrove and the aggressive Popko. Beckert was at center, ably assisted by Burby, a burly freshman. Sample and V eible performed fine, considering their injuries, and Beightol and Klimenko, freshmen, saw plenty of action. It was, all in all, a highly successful and pleasant season. Coach Thompson and the team took three out of four games from the teachers’ colleges, which is a fine attainment. The prospects for next year are very promising, and we hope it will be one of the best seasons. The game with Boston University scheduled for October this fall at Boston as a result of the combined efforts of Dr. A. P. Vincent and Bill Cunningham, sports writer of renown, is sure to be the nucleus of next year’s schedule. A victory in this game will mean much to the prestige of Slippery Rock in football circles. FOOT 11 MM 1 Ell THE 19 3 7 S A X I G E N A THE 1936 soccer season was most successful. The team, under the capable coaching of Mr. Archie Dodds, turned in another undefeated season the third one since soccer was given the status of a major sport. The only defeat ever suffered by the Rocket varsity came three years ago when Allegheny nosed them out, 1-0. Mr. Dodds had a wealth of returning varsity men, including Captain Mallon, Haynes, Welsh, F. Lytle, Axtell, Pushcar, Wynnik, and Hastings. These, with Strippy, Abrams, Bunney, Shannon, Hartstein, Taylor, Straile, Kukic, Liken, Boal, Hassel, Stevenson, Breakiron, Pudlak, White, Greco, Koantz, J. Lytle, W. Schmidt, and Logan provided an abundance of material with which to work. After several weeks of pre-season workouts, the soccerites opened the season at Allegheny, where the determined Rockets were held scoreless in an extra-period game on October 16. The game was a see-saw” affair, with both teams performing as well as could be expected on a wet field. Wynnik and Axtell starred for the Rockets. On the next Saturday the team traveled to Pittsburgh, where they encountered Carnegie Tech. The Rockets did not have much trouble with the Scotch, plastering a 5-1 setback on them. This game marked the fourth victory in five games for the Green and White over the Plaid in varsity soccer competition. Haynes and Welsh scored twice for Slippery Rock, and Mallon once. Strippy and Wynnik starred in the backfield. The team continued their winning streak when they took a 4-3 victory from Grove City on the Grovers’ field on October 30. They had to come from behind to win this one as the Crimson put up a stubborn battle. Haynes, Mallon, and Wynnik scored first for the Rockets to make the score 3-1. Then Reider, classy Grover wingman, shot two between the bars to tie the score. Then Welsh caromed one in for the deciding tally. In the return engagement the Green and White were again forced to the utmost by the Crimson. Only after a bitter overtime struggle did they manage to win, 3-2. This made the fourth consecutive year that the Grovers had gone down to defeat at the feet of the Slippery Rock booters. The first half was scoreless, although the Rockets repeatedly threatened to do so. In the second half Wynnik passed a long one to Lytle, who slipped it past the Grover goalie. Hunter retaliated for Grove City, and then Haynes scored for the Rockets. Perkins then tied it up at 2-2, and a few minutes later the game ended. It took two extra periods before Jim Welsh slipped one through in a melee from in front of the Grove City goal. In the final game the Rockets again took the Tartans from Carnegie Tech into camp, when they easily defeated them, 2-0. The varsity scored two goals early in the game, and the substitutes finished the game. The following men completed their soccer career at Slippery Rock in this game: Mallon, Haynes, Welsh, Lytle, Axtell, Strippy, and Wynnik. These boys are to be commended for the enviable and illustrious record they attained during the past four years. The only defeat was inflicted by Allegheny three years ago in a 1-0 game. Coach Archie Dodds has done a fine piece of work, especially when one realizes that soccer has been a varsity sport for only three years. T ■■ C ■■ SLIPPERY ROCK Hi P A MHTE1I iiaski:tiiall THE 19 3 7 S A X I G E N THE Rockets wound up their 1936-37 basketball schedule with a record of twelve victories and six losses. This was a highly successful season, as basketball records go. With a percentage of .667, the team ranked favorably among the leaders in western Pennsylvania-With Axtell, Truman, Barnes, Mallon, Denbow, Meals, and Haynes as a nucleus to start. Coach Thompson felt that he ought to better the records of late years. If the team had played consistent ball at the latter end of the schedule, they would have had just about the best record in the school’s history, but they dropped three of the last five games to teams that they had previously beaten. This detracted somewhat from what would have otherwise been a most successful year. The team opened by setting back Fenn of Cleveland, 45-26. They next encountered the Titans of Westminster on the Rocket floor. Both teams played ragged ball, and New Wilmington copped the verdict, 37-34. In another slovenly played game, the Green and White outscored the California Teachers 58-48. They then dropped a second engagement to Westminster, 39-31. Between semesters the team went to Waynesburg and were outplayed 52-40. Then began an eight-game winning streak for the Thompsonmen, with Indiana being taken in a very satisfying game to the Rocket cohorts; 57-43. Then Thiel was defeated 39-28, and also Clarion, 41-21. In a thriller the Green and White nosed out California, 50-48. Grove City was administered a sound drubbing next, 64-41. After this victory, two more teachers' colleges fell before the not-to-be-denied Rocketeers ' the second team taking Clarion, 57-27, and Edinboro being stopped, 49-43, in a rough and thrilling game at Edinboro. The highlight of the season was the next engagement. Stirred up to a fever pitch, the team turned back the Yellow Jackets from Waynesburg in a sparkling game which ended, 49-48. The next game began the retrogression. Indiana outplayed and outfought the Green and White to win easily, 47-34. On a three-day trip to Cleveland the team managed to eke out two hotly contested games. They beat Ohio Chiropody, 47-36, and Fenn College, 50-47. The fellows seemed to let down and dropped the last two games to Edinboro and Grove City, 41-37, and 42-36, respectively. ■■SLIPPERY ROCK HASKHTIBAIJ MASKLIRALL The Rockets scored 818 points to their opponents 714, averaging 45.4 points per game to their opponents 39.6 points. Clair Axtell led the individual scoring with 200 points, or an average of 11.6 points per game. Harry Truman tallied 162 points, Al Barnes 125, and Jack Denbow 106. The team made 329 field goals, 160 out of 280 fouls for a percentage of .571. Denbow led the foul shooters with 22 out of 31 for an average of .710, and Barnes had 25 out of 38 for a .658 percentage. Five seniors (Harry Truman, Clair Axtell, Carl Mallon, Raymond Haynes, and Fred Lytle) and three juniors (Al Barnes, Jack Denbow, and Raymond Meals) received their varsity letters. Mut” Matuschak was awarded a letter as manager of the team. The prospects for 1937-38 are none too rosy, as Barnes and Denbow and Meals are the only lettermen left. But, with some promising freshmen and sophomores and, perhaps, some new aspirants, Coach Thompson and the team of 1937-38 should be able to provide some interesting evenings for the opposition. VARSITY TRAC K TKA4K WHEN Dr. A. P. Vincent greeted his 1936 track aspirants, he found little cause to be optimistic. Hit hard by the graduation of several of his star performers, he was forced to undertake the season’s schedule with only a few sure point winners. But the squad was willing and ambitious even though it did lack experience, and it acquitted itself in a very admirable fashion. The interclass meet was the first meet, and the sophomores, pre-meet favorites; outclassed their opponents, amassing a total of 59 points to the juniors' 38 and the freshmen’s 35 The seniors could only acquire 10T . On Saturday, May 1, the Covenanters from Geneva decisively defeated the Rockets, 65 ] to 33 H. The meet was run off in a steady downpour of rain which prevented five events. Davis in the shot, Hines in the mile, and McGary in the two-mile governed the only firsts for the Green and White. T ■ C ■■ SLIPPERY ROCK In close battles the Rockets dropped the next two matches. In a meet that was close throughout, the Green and White lost to the Pitt B team, 75-68. Outscored 11 to 5 in first places, the squad scored heavily in seconds and thirds. Hines, McGary, Hench, Robertson, and Snizik won first places. Grove City nosed out the Rockets, 74 to 69, in a heartbreaker. It was anybody’s meet until the last event was run. Gilliland, with first in the 120 high hurdles and high jump, Shick in the 220 low hurdles. Brown in the broad jump, Axtell in the discus, and Davis in the javelin led the Slippery Rock tracksters. The following members received their varsity awards: Glenn Davis,- Ken Robertson; James Hines,- Walt McGary,- Clair Axtell; Dan Shick; Lewis Gilliland,- James Brown,- John Snizik; Frank Hench; Joseph Fuszek, manager. IN ITS second year as a varsity sport, the 1936 Tennis Team enjoyed a fairly successful ' season. With an attractive schedule of twelve matches arranged, the men were able to win four of them not a very satisfactory record so far as victories go. But one must consider that this was the second year with tennis as a varsity sport. When Dr. E. B. Cottrell issued a call for candidates, about fifteen boys answered. Among these were Captain Eddie” Kruse, David Thaler, Alfred Barnes, Jack Denbow, John Brincko, William Mantch, Melvin True, Robert Livengood, Jack Stebbins, and John Hauth. The opening match of the year found the team up against the Crimson of Grove City, and they showed a dismal lack of practice. John Brincko was the only one able to win a match, and he barely eked out a victory over Bingham after a great comeback, 0-6, 11-9, 7-5. Slippery Rock then dropped a tough one to our perennial rivals from Indiana, 4-3. Denbow beat Matecjyk, 6-3, 6-4; Thaler topped Smith, 6-8, 6-0, 6-4; and Brincko took Nolan, 6-0, 9-7. TKWIS The squad hit a winning stride in the next two matches, downing Clarion 8-1, with Kruse, Denbow, Thaler, Brincko, Mantch, and Barnes all winning singles, and Kruse and Brincko, and Denbow and Thaler winning doubles. They then redeemed themselves for the earlier defeat at Grove City when they vanquished the Crimson, 5-4, on our home courts with Brincko, Thaler, Kruse, and Mantch winning singles, and Kruse and Brincko winning doubles. A journey south followed next, and the Rockets attempted to break California’s winning streak but had to be content with only three matches out of nine. Brincko beat P. Frazier, 6-3, 5-7,11-9. Denbow topped Berry, who had won seventeen straight matches, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, and Thaler and Denbow won their doubles match. The boys apparently let down at Thiel and dropped a 4-2 decision to the Lutherans, with Dave Thaler taking Hess, 6-2, 6-2, and Denbow vanquishing Snyder, 6-2, 6-4. With Captain Bobby Grier leading the way, the Titans from Westminster administered a 5-2 drubbing to the Rockets. Brincko came from behind to take Suci, 0-6, 6-3, 6-4, and Denbow did the same to overcome Elliott, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. SLIPPERY ROCK Clarion again fell before the Green and White, 7-1, when Kruse, Barnes, Denbow, Thaler, Brincko, and Stebbins won their singles encounters, and Kruse and Brincko won their doubles. The team then turned the tables on Thiel, score 4-2. Thaler, Brincko, and Denbow copped their singles engagements, and Brincko and Kruse won their doubles. Allegheny again proved too much when the Gators from Meadville set back the Green and White, 7-2. Denbow took Manness, 6-4, 6-3, and Kruse and Thaler won their doubles. In the concluding match of the year the Westminster racqueteers again beat the boys before an Alumni Day crowd, when they nosed out the Green and White, 5-4. Thaler, Brincko, and Denbow copped their singles, and Kruse and Thaler won their doubles engagement. Thus was the season of 1936 brought to the close. Being a comparatively new sport on the campus, one could hardly expect much more than what was produced. It was a season rich in experience and initiated some of the men into competitive inter-collegiate tennis. Thaler, Denbow, Barnes, and Mantch will be counted on to form the nucleus for the 1937 team. Jack Denbow was elected captain for 1937. TE.VXIS THE Slippery Rock State Teachers College swimming team under the tutorage of Dr. E. B. Cottrell ended its most successful season recently with a record of eight consecutive victories. The Rocket natators not only showed their superiority in the smaller college ranks but also proved an obstacle to the aspirations of the tankmen of larger institutions. The highlight of their season was their convincing victory over the Carnegie Tech swimmers in the Tartan pool. After winning their opener over Fenn College of Cleveland, the Rockets lost to the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Tech, and the Case School of Applied Sciences at Cleveland. Then they started their winning streak with a second decisive victory over Fenn College. Then came the vital victory of the year at Carnegie Tech. Bill Manke, Slippery Rock’s star breast-stroker, swam the 200-yard event in 2:39, clipping 3 seconds off the old record. The Green and White swimmers took 6 firsts out of the 9 events and secured ample revenge for the early season defeat at the Tartans’ hands. From this meet on, the Sliopery Rock swimmers performed in a consistently brilliant manner, winning all the remaining dual meets. Oberlin College fell in a telegraphic meet; next Allegheny succumbed in the Rocket pool; and then Grove City and the Indiana Teachers were swamped twice each. No one of these teams taxed the Rocket swimmers. In the final 6 meets Slippery Rock scored 305 points to their opponents’ 109. ■ THC ■ SLIPPERY ROCK ■■ P A The Slippery Rock dual-meet swimming record for the entire season stands at 9 wins against 3 defeats. The Rockets totalled 540 points against 346 for their opponents, and fheir per meet” average was 45 to the oppositions’ 29. Ten men were awarded the varsity ”S. ” There was a fine spirit of cooperation among the team members. Every man was given an opportunity to earn his letter. George Swearingen, husky freshman, led the Rocket natators with the imposing total of 119 points. His times' for the backstroke were very good, and in no meet did he score less than 7 points, swimming free style and backstroke. Bill Manke was second in total points scored, with 90. Al Faust, captain of the Rocket mermen, tallied 52 points. Al's forte was diving, and he acquitted himself admirably. Glenn Davis with 72 points, William Hinds and Lewis Gilliland, two Erie boys, with 62 and 44 points respectively, Guy Taylor with 32, John Snizik with 30, and James Lytle and Gene Scowden with 20 each made up the remaining seven lettermen. Mike Kukic received his monogram as manager. Swimming as a varsity sport has taken great and successful strides at Slippery Rock under the diligent and expert coaching of Dr. Cottrell. The team augurs well to have another highly pleasing season in 1937-38. GYMNASTIC TEAM THE UNDER the instruction of Mr. Carl Fischer, the 1937 Gym” Team undertook a more ambitious and varied program than has been the procedure in former years. The team is made up of students who are interested in this phase of the Health Education program. It thus serves as an opportunity for these students to develop in the various phases undertaken. The Gym” Team differs from other teams on the campus in that it has no interscholastic competition. But this does not mean that there is not a schedule planned. The team gives exhibitions at the various high schools and at civic demonstrations. It appeared at New Kensington, Bessemer, Oliver High of Pittsburgh, Sharon, New Castle, Guy Mills, Brookville, and Kane. The highlight of the schedule is the home exhibition. This event is always eagerly anticipated each year by the student body. 19 3 7 S A X I G E N A GYMNAST!!' TEAM In former years the team confined itself mostly to apparatus work, drill, and tumbling. These were still on the program this year, but into these were incorporated more team numbers, more Indian club maneuvers, and more dancing routines. This diversified course made a very imposing and interesting exhibition. The specialty numbers were very well made up and showed the results of diligent effort and application on the part of the team members and the coaches. Mr. Fischer was assisted by Miss Katherine Matheny, who coached and staged all dancing. Miss Sanderson and Ralph Williams assisted at the piano. John Ribka and John Straile were chosen co-captains. The other members of the team were: Al Faust, Harold Hastings, Dan Shick, Alan Stepnick, Fred Lytle, James Lytle, Dale Liken, Bill Manke, George Kline, George Swearingen, and Wayne Kemble. Mike Kukic was the team manager. The team was enthusiastically received wherever it appeared. It is to be commended for its attainments and for promoting interest in Slippery Pock. ikii m: team THE 19 3 7 S A X I G E N A IN ITS first year as a varsity sport the Rifle Team enjoyed a successful season. ' The team is an outgrowth of the Rifle Club, which offered an opportunity for rifle aspirants to develop their skill. Under the tutelase of Coach A. P. Vincent, assisted by H. H. Hunter and Dr. L. A. Hockenberry, the Green and White sharpshooters made a highly creditable showing. The team won three out of five intercollegiate matches and two out of three matches with private clubs. Carnegie Tech, national intercollegiate champions, and Pitt, outshot the Rockets, while they defeated the California Teachers twice and outpointed Turtle Creek High School. The following students were members of the team, captained by John Watson: Gabriel Buzas, Walter Corbett, John Joy, Foster McGarvey, Thor Olson, Mike Klimenko, Wallace Kerr, Richard Beacham, Harold Offutt, Samuel Cornelius, Robert McConnell, Joseph Gibson, and Joseph Fuszek. With the experience of one year under their belt, the team confidently anticipate a successful season next year. On the basis of their initial year’s showing, they should have a more highly favorable season. SATURDAY, October 10, 1936, was a gala day for Slippery Rock State Teachers College. Before a large crowd of homecoming alumni the local gridders defeated the Indiana Teachers 10-0, and at the halfway mark of that game our new stadium was formally dedicated. At the intermission President Charles S. Miller spoke briefly concerning the efforts to obtain the stadium through the P.W.A. and commented on the pleasure he derived when he saw it come to fruition. He then introduced Dr. Adams, principal of Perry High School, Pittsburgh, who gave a brief but impressive address to formally inaugurate the stadium. Our new stadium is one of the finest in Western Pennsylvania, and it was a proud group of alumni and undergraduates who saw its dedication. Situated as it is, it offers a great improvement over the field on the hill. With the fine playing turf and the seating facilities and the press box, it is a real addition to our college facilities. Let us hope that future athletic events in the stadium will be as successful as the victory at its dedication. T B1 C m SLIPPERY ROCK EW STAIHIJM rill l lt UvVIHHS THE forgotten participants in our athletic contests are the cheerleaders. We should like to take this opportunity to say a few words in their behalf. One cannot realize the difficulty in trying to provoke a student body to cheer until he has gone out there and tried it especially when the team is losing. It takes ability to lead cheers, the same as it does to play the game. In Bill Manke, with his acrobatic antics, Betty Suthard, with her winsome ways. Sis Banks, with her smiles, and peppery Bill Logan, we had a quartet of willing and capable cheerleaders. May we in the future make their work easier. If we cannot compete in the game, we can at least cheer. It seems that Slippery Rock does not have the response at games that it should with any degree of consistency. This is not so much a condemnation as it is a plea to make things easier for our cheerleaders. They have tried their best,- let’s give them and our school our best. THE 19 3 7 S A X I G E N A IN OCTOBER the women's hockey teams introduced athletics for women for the school year of 1936-1937. The first part of the hockey season consisted of the name’’ tournament. A number of girls from the junior health education coaching class were chosen as coaches and their names were used as the teams’ names. Many girls signed up to play hockey, and they were divided into teams and placed under one of the coaches. Any girl desiring to play could do so. WOMEN’S 1104 HOCKEY After the name” tournament was finished, the class” games were played. A tough series of games finally found the sophomore class on top. The winning sophomore later journeyed to Pittsburgh to compete against the Pitt U. S. F. H team. The class team made a very good showing and played a fast and interesting game. During the season Miss Compton picked a team which went to Pittsburgh for a game with the Pittsburgh University freshman team. This picked team consisted mostly of freshmen but did contain a number of upperclassmen. THE 19 3 7 S A X I G E N A ! SLIPPERY ROCK The hockey season was concluded with the selection of Green and White teams. These teams are composed of the best hockey players and are selected by Miss E. Compton, head of women’s athletics. Three games were played by these two teams. The White Squad won two of the three championship games, thereby becoming the honorary varsity hockey team of Slippery Rock. The White Squad consisted of the Misses Andrew, Charleton, Fehl, Dougherty Suehr, Hochheimer, Toth, Phillips, Morrison, Dunn, and Martin. The Green Squad had the Misses R. Long, Lower, Cottrell, Christy, King, Puskar, Houck, C. Cooper, Schmeidel, Cowden, and Butler. WOMEN’S HOCKEY WOMEN'S SWIMMING SQUAD SWIMMING ELFRIDA KUNKLE GRACE ALLEN PEGGY DOUGHERTY RUTH LONG SHIRLEY BUTLER ELEANOR COTTRELL JANE MORRISON MARIELLEN SHEPPARD MARY JANE MclNTOSH DOROTHY ANDREW MARGARET J. REHM ANN McCLAIN THE 19 3 7 S A X I G E N A S THE Slippery Rock women s swimming team this year completed its second annum of interscholastic competition. During the month of February the Rocket mermaids traveled to Chambers-burg, Pennsylvania, for a return meet with the Penn Hall girls who last year visited Slippery Rock. The women competed during the month of March and April in the Regional Telegraphic Meet against such schools as the Connecticut College, New London,- New Jersey College for Women,- Skidmore College, New Jersey,- William and Mary College, Virginia and Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania. The local college acted as regional sponsor of the meet for the Eastern Division. The results of each school were tabulated and sent on to national headquarters. For the second consecutive year the Rocket mermaids out-timed their rivals and won by 34 points over their nearest opponent. Butler, Cottrell, and Kunkle performed best for Slippery Rock. The team was in charge of Miss E. Compton, who carried on the telegraphic meet with the assistance of the junior health education coaching class. Miss Elizabeth Hochheimer acted as the team manager. ■ SLIPPERY ROCK P A WOMEN’S KASKKTltALL THE Women’s basketball season for 1937 gave every girl who wished to participate in that sport a chance to do so. It also presented an opportunity for the participants to broaden out in their interpretation and ideas on the sport. The invitation tournament was held first and was composed of teams made up of girls invited by the junior health education coaching classes. The games were played as a round robin tournament which was won by Miss Etta Walters team. The class games were next in line. These ended with the senior girls at the pole without a defeat. The Freshman team was second with the sophomores third. HASKKTItALL A varsity Green and White team was then selected by Miss Compton. The members of the teams are: GREEN SQUAD MARY HOUCK ISABEL TOMLISON LESLIE TAyLOR ELFRIDA KUNKLE JEANNETTE STONE ELEANOR COTTRELL SHIRLEY BUTLER ELSIE WRIGHT WHITE SQUAD DOROTHy CHARLTON OLIVE DAILEy ELSIE LOSS NELL SEUHR ROSE M. LOWER MERCEDES KREILING RUTH E. NEVIN MARJORIE CHRISTY W. A. A. ni� oiun Student Heads of Women’s Sports: Hockey.........................MARy TOTH, CATHERINE COOPER Basketball............................................MARIE PUSKAR Swimming............................................ELFRIDA KUNKLE Volleyball...........................................CLEORA WILLIAMS Dancing................................... DOROTHY ANDREW Tennis..........................................OLGA LONG Gymnastics........................... •. .ETTA WALTERS Riding................................................MABEL PEACOCK Track................................RUTH LONG, HELEN KING Outing.............................................MARJORIE CHRISTY Handicraft.........................................MERCEDES KREILING Miscellaneous Sports... .... ........ CAROLINE WAGGONER Social Chairman......................ELIZABETH HOCHHEIMER Adviser..............................MISS ELMIRA COMPTON the m 1937 tmmm saxigen) THIS division of the annual is devoted entirely to snap shots, and the section is without comment or print. May it serve both as an autograph section and as a place of recall. The photographs used were chosen from a large group on the basis of value with respect to the subject and to the type of photograph s SLIPPERY ROCK V N 3 D I X V S L t 6 1 3 H 1 M D O y AHddllS S A X I G E N A S ROCK THE 19 3 7 S A X I G E N A S SLIPPERY ROCK SLIPPERY ROCK P A A S PITTSBURGH PRINTING COMPANY Tub Ushers of School Annuals and Publications W e shall be glad to receive inquiries concerning your printing and book binding needs -of whatever nature. Phones: Grant 1950-1951 530-34 FERNANDO ST. - PITTSBl RGIL PA. 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