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Published Every Saturday of the School Year by the Students of the State Normal School, Potsdam, N. Y. VOL. I POTSDAM, N. Y., APRIL 9, 1927 No. 2 PUBLICATION TO CONTAIN MANY-NEW FEATURES THIS YEAR On Tuesday, April 12th, the Pioneer will go to press. The- staff lias collect- ed all of the material and everything has been don>£, in the way of making the third edition of the year book, the best that has ever been published. The Pioneer is the only record that the students put out of the activities that take place during the school year, as in it are portrayed tbs- various events that different organizaions of the school have put on during the- year. The book will contain not only the pictures of the seniors but also indiv- idual pictures of the' facutly, the or- ganizations, and the 'classes. The editors have tried to put iubo the book a record o all of the happenings of the year which are of interest to the students of P. N. S. In fact they have triJd to catch the spirit of the life of the students and set it forth in prose, verse and picture. This is the third edition of the year book, and with each succeeding year, the book has been enlarged and made better. The- editors say that this year ith is going to be at least 100';? bet- ter than it has been before. Who knows but that you r own pic- ture may have a prominent place in the photograph section, caught in some unsuspecting pose ? Who knows but that your latest \wise-crack\ in psychology class will unceremoniously appear in print? Who knows but that any common ordinary mortal may ob- tain a Palmer Diploma, \a la mod:r- ne\ sans cost to either writer or writee ? To get this diploma you will want the PioneU' to find out just how it is being done in the best of regula- ted families and highbrow circles. Perhaps you have already handed in some material to Ye Editors. If per- chance you have you will csrtainly feel a deep sense of satisfaction by seeing your thoughts of others in black and white. Th=n also, you may \see your- self as others see you.\ Taken all in all, the book is strictly up to date and a most creditable ac- count of school life; The circulation staff plan a subscription campaign next week. You will be given an op- portunity to subscribe for a copy and help to make its publication a finan- cial success. Ths staff will order four hundred and fifty copies which must be sold. Collections on the subscrip- tions will take place after the Easter vacation. INTER-SORORITY COUNCIL Will Stimulate Friendly Relations Between Organizations The Inter-Sorority Council, whose main purpose is the discussion of and action upon difficulties as viewed by the several sororities, has become es- tablished permanently as one of the useful Normal organizations. At the regular meeting on Thursday, April 7, individual cases which demanded at- tention WE re taken up and acted upon. The date for the \bidding\ of new members as a rtsult of the recent rushing was set. It is expected this organization will aid materially in the maintenance of friendly relations among the sorori- ties, and that the influence of this co- operation will tend toward the general good of the school. CRANE FORMAL MAY 6 Elaborate Affair Is Being- Scheduled Elaborate prepaartions are being madj- for the Crane formal to be held in the auditorium, May 6th. Miss Katheryn Welii is general chairmian with Miss Sinah Gasser as chairman of the program, committee, Miss Katbryn Whitney, favors; Miss Kathryn Palmar, deeiorfctaoins; 'Miss Ruth Mcrntyre, refreshments; Miss Kathryn McAllister, taxi; Ted Batehelder, music; Miss Margaret Powers, cl'an-up. The Crane department is planning to make the formal one of the most successful danc-Js of the year and ad plans indicate that it will be entirely different. NDER\STA8ATMATER\ TOMORROW IFIERP™ ROSSINI'S WORK WILL BE RENDERED IN AUDI- TORIUM. Students of Mrs. Harriet Ci'ane Bryant, a member of the voice fac- ulty of the Crane department of music, will sing Stabat Mater by Rossini in the Normal auditorium Sunday afternoon at 3:15. Miss 01 we n Jones and Miss Helen Hewitt will be the accompanists. The soloists will be 'Mrs. Howard Smith, soprano; Miss Ruth Mcln- tyre, second soprano; Dr. T. S. Bar- nett, tenor; and Howard Smith, bass. The following compose th.-- chorus sopranos: Miss Edna Ellis- ton, Miss Nell Cook, Miss Dorothv Glasier, Miss Helen O'Kelley, M,iss Edith Murphy, Miss Eleanor Green, Miss Helen Clarke, Miss Elizabeth Carroll, and Miss Larue. The chor us contraltos are Miss Florence Newhall, Miss Bernice Breslin, Miss Katherine McAllister, Miss Pearl Davison, Miss Evelyn Hanes, Miss Laurena Ramsdell, Benjamin Bat- chelor and Bernard Larue will be the tenors of the group while Ralph Patchi n and Carl DeShiaw will up- hold the bass. This musical program promises to be the best 0 f the Sunday after- noon concerts. Rossini's music it. marked by stirring melody, bril- liant effects and spontaneous viva- city. He wrote 40 operas although only four are ever heard. With the (Continued On Page 4) SCOTCH PROGRAM English III Class Gives Program Assisted By John Foster The members of the English III class presented an interesting pro- gram on Scotland, Monday April 4th, th e class having complete! an in- tensive study* of \Thj Lady of the Lake\ and the program was de- veloped as an outgrowth of this work. Miss Erma Paquette gave a talk about the history of the Scotch plaids and clans. Some vtry interesting and historic slides were shown at this time and Mr. John Foster made the situation mor e realistic by relating some of his personal experiences and touches of lifg in Scotland. Records of Scotch music were play- t d and a dramatization by three mem- bers of the class completed the pro- gram. MAfflf ATTER PRIZE MM CONTEST THIRTY DOLLARS IN PRIZES AWARDED AT GOTHAM EVENT Once more, on the evening oi April fifth, the Normal auditorium was filled to capacity, the occasion being the annual Gotham Oratori- cal Priz e Speaking contest. Stanley E. Gotham, a local merchant, ea.rh year offers prizes, two ten dollar and two five dollar gold pieces, t. the fuur best contestants, making a first and second prize for ho'cii the girl s and boys. This year the---:' were fourteen contestants. Several were high school students. Th e speakers were judged, in a two to one ratio, from the standpoints of interpretation, appeal, personality, memory and technique, the latttr two being- given minor considera- tion. Th e judges. Miss Anna P Draime, Rev. Howard Johnson, and Lynn Merrill, found it difficult tj make a choice. Miss Ellen Radigan, whos e selec- tion was \Old* Mother Goose,\ cer- tainly possessed the qualities of as- ocial, personality and interpretation She won and held the audienc • throughout by her simplicity in dramatization and sympathetic un- derstanding of a wretched old moth- er's love for a famed and talented daughter. Mr. Leonard Russell recited \Oil Flag.\ ia famous tributp to our star? fnd strings. The b.dprtio'>i was ren dered with due feeling and grandeur His enunciation was especially good Miss Marie Lehn was the only one whose selection was original. It was an interestng essay entitled \Scepticism th e Great Obstacle t'< Progress,\ land was exceptionally well given. Mr. Va n Camp showed excellent- taste in his choice of the subject \Americanism.\ His interpretation was good and his style commanding, (Honorable mention was given Mis? Mildred Vandewater and Ruth Bel- gard, oil of whose efforts deserv noteworthy comment. Fay Bull).- (Continued On Page 4) CALENDAR •Sunday, April 10—3:15 p. m. Mus- ical concert in auditorium. Monday, April 11—4:00 p. m. Stud- ent Council meeting. Tuesday, April 12—4:00 p. m. Jun- ior class meeting room 211; 6:45 Meet- ing of Men's club; 7:00 p. m. Organ club m:ets at Crane Institute. Wednesday, April 13—8:30 a. m. Clarkson College Glee club in auditor- ium; 4:00 p. m. Meeting of the chair- man of junior class committees, room 211. Thursday, April 14—2:15 p. m. Eas- ter vacation begins. See announe.- ment of change in classes elsewh.re. Monday, April 25—8:15 a. m. Nor- mal Racquette Editorial Staff me.ting 9:00 a. m. Classes resumed; 4:0-0 p. m. Student Council meeting. Tuesday, April 26—8:15 a. m. Nor- mal Racquette Business Staff meeting; 4:00 p. m. Phi Kappa Gamma tea. Normal Gym. , Thursday, April 28—8:15 p. m. Dramatic club presents \T1K Gypsy Trail\ Normal auditorium. Friday, April 29—8:30 p. m. Fresh- man Fantastic (informal dance) Nor- mal auditorium. JUNIOR WEEK PLANS. 11 Starts On Wednesday, M,<y Eighteenth. Committees are being formed and plans made for junior week to be held the third week in May, Many will recall with pleasure the excellent entertainments which this class stag- ed last year in the way of a \Fresh- man Circus\ and will look forward with pleasure to the coming events. Starting on Wednesday, May 18 a picnic planned; a fudge and popcorn sale on Thursday, program on Fri- day; and a Junior Jamboree on Fri- day evening. The committee chairmen are as fol lows: Picnic, Miss Jeanette Cross- man; fudge and popcorn sale, Miss Gertrude Waite; chapel program, Miss Rose Ellen Kerwin; Junior Jam boree, Miss Helen Baxter. FINAL REHEARSALS IN PROGRESS FOR THE \GYPSY TRAIL\ ^Within a week the Dramatic club will be holding final rehearsals fur their annual spring production which will_ be presented in the Normal auditorium on the evening of the first Thursday following- Easter va- cation, April 28, at 8:15 oVlock After rending several nlays rlnrinr-- the year, the one finally selected for public presentation was 'Th: Gypsy Trail.\ a three act comedy bv Robert Housem, requb-ing a cast of five men and four women. The club selected from its mem- bership two casts who have been working on the lines for number '••f weeks and are now attempting to give them a very careful inter- pretation. It i s expected thai- one cast will be selected to give the ph.y in Potsdam while the other may nresent it in one of the nearby towns. The play is cn e of tln-e de- lightfully refreshing comedies in which the romance of youth and ad- venture is given an added impetu- of sly humor. The story center\ around an Indian girl who.'e parent.' have planned to marry her to a suitor not of her choice. Ac an op- nortune time an adventurous mil- lionaire in quest of real romanc appears on the scene and subsequent events give a 11 excellent o-nportun ity for the dramatist to combin : mystery, romance, character, air 1 humor which carries the interest of the audience through to the <iv* without the slightest hint as to tin final outcome. It i s thought that the folio win? cast will present the play in Pot? dam: Miss Isubelle Williams, Mi\? Mildred DeKater, Miss Marion Brae ley. Miss Pearl Baltz, Carl De- Shaw, Charl es Lemieux, Earl Bath 1 ' Leonard Russell, and Kenneth Geoo The cast which will take the T>;-\> duction on the road is: Miss B? 1 '- -tetta Paquette. Miss Ruth Colema\ M,i--s Helen Baxter, Mrs. Lefe Blo»d Harris. Mildred Burnham. Carl Dix? son, Edward Roach and Rupert Miller. SORORITIES ENTERT FINING Th. Sororities of the Potsdam Nor- mal, Zeta Gamma Upsihm, Pi Pel'a Sigma, Alpha Sigma Neu. and Phi Kappa Gamma are busy rushing girls for their respective sororities. ENJOYABLE EVENT ON THURS- DAY EVENING AT THE ARLINGTON The members of the Potsdam Nor- mal basketball team wt-re enthus- iastically entertmod by the Normal athletic association at the Arlington Inn last evening at an elaborate banquet in hon^r of the successful season and glo'-y <yhi,ch their untir- ins efforts have brought to the school this year. Covers were laid for -!,\> which included members of tho faculty and student body, as v.-tll as, the varsity squad, reserve n:-.tf?r:al and freshman team. The guests of the assiocation were seat- ed about, one long table with a ta- ble across one end for th e speakers. The menu cards were artistically decorated with covers in Red and Gray colors while the place cards consisted of a basket ball player, in the act of shooting a basket. The player was outfitted in a uniform exactly like the equipment worn by the t»am this year. Both menu and place cards were the work of the art department. The toast program was arranged in quarters to represent the parts of a game and the speakers had topics suggesting the work by the various players. The part of the referee was taken by Charles R. Van Housen called upon the fol- '• •.. \\j. i\,,' L.i^bls: O. H. Vi>eLk':'r, <\ ai.ti--.in Ellen Bergevm, Dr. D. H. ?t\VPnson Homer Smith. Miss Anna P. Dia'mo and Miss Lois Greene. Mr. Van Housen called upon th? -yerkru's in his usual humorous va'n while the speakers all heaped praise upmi th, members of the squad and were very appreciative of the many hours of hard work which they had willingly given to bring honor to ths school. The athletic association pre • rented th e school with a large sil ver trophy with the names of this year's team and reserve material en- graved upon it. Those present at the banquet in- cluded: honor guests, the varsity- players, Captain Ellen Bergevin, Francis McCabe, Hope Levya, M?r- p-aret Parr and Agnes Busldrk; the second team, Irene French, Pearl Baltz, Zelda Haverstock, Muriel La- Lone, Louise Culligan, Marion. Cor- roran. ,and the freshmen squad, Amy Tovell, Grace Page, Isabel Hymers, Dorothy Bell, Ida VanAlstine, and Grace Kcl^ey. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Joh n Maxcy, ¥,rs. R. T. Cor-don, Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. VanHousen, Miss Eunice Badges, Duke W. Young, Miss Irene Lani- i.iie-r, Mis? Msrio n Lamberton, E. Harold Cole, Miss Ruth Fife, Mrs. Sara Pleiffer, Mtiss Beryl Eastman, Miss Blanche Sanford, Miss Ethel Fnsh, Alla n Hadley, Miss Kathryn Bangert, and Miss Loie Greene. The committee i n charge of ar- rangements were: Miss Ethel Bush, Viiss Kathryn Bangert and Miss Loie Greene. ATTENTION SENIORS. All members of the senior class were requested to leave the follow- ing information with Mr. Voelker not later than Friday of this week. Name, as it is to he engrossed on diploma, home address, course, date of entrance, nirfher of years in at- tendance, and number of summer sessions attended. Subscribe For Year Book==\PIONE 99 i
