118 15 4134 https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/b0695d31c19ff0be2dedc32758d38b08.pdf e7426d17f2eadbc4696bc0a75bc1b249 PDF Text Text E The Bucknell Beacon[]! VoL. J J:\NU,\llY YOUTH AT THE HELM? No. 6 27. l!.1~7 A FOUR YEAR COLLEGE? The "Youth Movement" is rapid I>• sprc·a<ling around the worl<l. It is a commonly known fact that the youth of Germar,y, Italy, Russia, France, S1iain, and China an:: plaring an important part in the dynamic social movements which arc turning Europe and Asia up;:i<lc clown. Youth in the Unitc<l States have caught the frwr. . Strong organi:ations arc springing up ,di ovr-r the country, an<l arc already actively parttcipatin).! in public affairs. The largest and most important of these organi:ations is the American Ym:th Congress, whid1 daims a memJ,l·rship of approximately. twu million young people l,ctwcc11 the ages of sixteen apd twenty•fo·c. The Congres.~ is comprised of .various and divcr~ificd groups, including religious, educational, labor, ,11,:ri.:ultur::!, :::1d rnlitk.11 factions.the latter ranging from the Young Republican League to the Young Communist League. All these hodics have over• looked their differences of opinion and have ioined · hands in a united front of youth of America against war, fascism, unemployment , and racial discrimin• ation. . · The Third American Congress, held at Cleve· land, Ohio, last summer, issur.d "A dcdaration of Rights of Amrrican Youth,'' the first paragraph of which characteri:c~ the whole movement. "We de· dare that our generation is rightfully entitled to a usdul, creative. and happy life, the guarantees of which arc: foll educational opportunities, steady (The Beacon is a journai of student opinion as well as student news. From time to time it will print stimulating and provocative articles for the purpose of arousing thought and discussion among iLs rc,u.it:r:.. The vpiraion;; c:prc~d !n th~?e artic!e! arc not necessarily those of the editors.) With the recent advent of Bucknell Junior College in .Wyoming Valley a large number of students ha\'e found it possible to proceed toward a higher education which othcn~isc they might not have been able to acquire. The advantages of the Junior College in this .:onncction arc not few in number. M,;ny students, however, still find it impossible to complete their college career because they lack the funds necessary to finance the two remaining years a,vay from home. Others, with positions in the Vaiicy, feci iL ir,ad·.fa::b!:: to ~?.~rifice these posi• tions, even if they w<::re able to do so financially. A two year institution suffers from a deficiency in the courses which can be offered. The alterna• tion of courses provides many students with head, aches when they try to plan their class schedules. There is a certain lack in class-rooms, lecture halls and athletic facilities. I propose the enlargement and betterment of the Junior College. The size of our community merits at least one fuur year instituti<m of higher learning. In many cases the student's parents are well on in years. \Vith a four year institution the}' would be (Contlt111ccl on pngc 6) (Continued on pngc 7) JOSEPH BRISLIN NOTED COACH TO SPEAK BUCKNELL JUNIOR THESPIANS On Tuesday, February 12, at Rooney's Restaur• ant, the Letterman's Club will be honored l:y hav• ing as their guest speaker, Mr. Edward Brominski, coach of Plymouth High School. Mr. Brominski is known to all Wyoming Valley far.s for his fine playing for Columbia in the Rose Bowl in !934 against Stanford. He played no small part in the victory over Stanford in one of the best games ever held :n the Rose Bowl. Although he has b.:cn coach aL Plymouth fer a ,h,:,rt time, the teams there have shown a marked improvement anc! are sure to be heard from next year. Mr. Brom• · inski will tell of some of his experiences. The Letterman's Club asks all men students to turn out for the important lunchi:on. On Tuesday, Jan. 19, a meeting of the dra, matic club, recently named B. Jr. Thespians, by Ed Zurek, was held and committees for the forth coming major rroduction were appointed. Publicity, Huddy Morgan; tickets and programs, Ben Davis; costumin~, Marjory Honeywell; properties and furniture, Bideth Davies: lighting, Lilly Morgan, Bud O'Malley, Bill Atherholt, Frank Sgarlat, George Sauer, and Fred Millc:r: scenery, Ed Zurek, Stanley Daugert and Joseph Wesley. The name of the piay i~ 7'1,c [;;;pcr:.:r:c: of B~i!!g Ernest by Oscar Wilde. It ,,.;11 probably be given the second week-end in February and it is hoped that two performances can be given, one on Friday night and one on Saturday. �THE 8UC1'Nl:LL BEACON SCOOPING THE SCANDAL \V,; arc in favor of Anti-Feud Weck-Perhaps Jean Moss an<l Ben Davi!! will talk to· each other a whole week without scrnpping-This also goes for Brislin and Mary Ju<lge. Pun of the week: There's nothi11g Spurr-ious about George's and Edith's love affair. First it was Hurley, then Gallagher. Now it's Dave Smith, who rays attention to Illon<lie Jones at the tea dances. Betty Fenton ,arrics about with her :i North 56th Stn-<'t ~clclrl'~~- West Phila. \Vant to make her blmh? Then a~k her about it. \Vonder why Bud<ly Morran wantc<l to have the dance on Febniar>' 9. Oh no, it has nothing to do with a friend of hers being home from Cornell. · Millard and O'Malley drove their girl friends down to Lewisburg the other week-end. You know it would be awfully nice to have them go to school there, too. Ed Zurek wanted a part in the forthcoming pro• duction of the Dramatics Club, but he thought he would be too nervous as long as a certain freshman girl was in it also. · · l\ett'?r nprn -your eves. Bill Atherholt. There's a certain sophomore girl who thinks you're not bac.l, not bad. Herc's a lead-she's in the C. an<l F. course. Al Shafer took Bideth to the Demolay dance. Ce1tainly had us fooled, Bideth. We thought your affections were for another freshman. Leo Simoson 's si~ter ( who s:.-ems to like Henry NORMAN COSTINE Johnson) needn't worry about Henry's ever being late, what with all those clocks and watches around. Seventeen years ago in that great city of Nash• That'~ all for this time. folkses-cxcept this pert ville, Tennessee was born one who was destined . thought-"It's better to ha\'e lived and loved, th.111 to become a l,,ver of nature and of outdoor lifeonly to have read about it." Norman Costine. Norman's carlv life was more or less varied for when he was nine years old his family moved to Wyoming, Pa., where Norman atOUF"FALOED! (The Public Health Officer of Buffalo, N. Y., tended the Wyoming Public Schools, later trans• recently deciare~ that ~ht: Ii: ~u.:,,:;;. ::tid::~i~ '""''lei ferring to Kingston High Schooland there en1,raging · be considerably reduced if all kfr,sing were for• in numerous act1v1t1es, namdy; Triple .A. C!".!~, Biology Club and Engineers' Club. This year is · · bidden for a while.) Norman's first at the Junior College and his popuOne ki~~ will brec<l t,!n snec::es, so they say! larity is evident in his election as president of the Quit kissing and keep the Flu away. "Says who?" the youngsters answer with a grin, Freshman Class and his selection as a delegate from the Junior College to the recent convention of Col· "Oh flu•ey! Sneezing ain't no sin!" lege students at Bloomsburg. Norman is also a member of the swimming team and a member of the Student Council. ?-~ormun': bre:!.te!t hohby i.4 uNature in the Raw -camp life, hunting and fishing. His highest ambi• tion is to enter West Point next year and enter the WILKES-BARnE 51 Public Squ ■ r• air corps thett. Norman is alao headed for South America this summer, where he has secured a posi• tion in an oil-field. 0 . ....... �Page 'fl1ree THE BUCKNELL BE,\C:ON DEBATING ) '-" ~ 0) Jl ~./ "--=- ~ \ l't:'.1.,,. .. I • HELEN SHARPE MORGAN Known to her friends as "Huddy", Helen Sharpe . forgan graduated in '35 from Wilkes-Barre InstitJte with flying colors, holding first place in her class. She started as a wee tot at the Institute. H•~r French instruction began in her first year. If you s!1ould fancy yourself as a good French student, hten to Huddy iur a mo1m:11L and chan);c your ndnd! Friday, January 15 , proved a busy day in the life of the Junior College forensic society. On this day the loc:il team travzled to Lewisburg to compete against the campus in a dual debate. In the afternoon Morris Reishtein and Leon Rokosz upheld the negative side of the proposition, Rernlved: "That Congre,s should be empowered to fix the minim-..im wages and maximum hours for industry." Ralph Johnston and Donald McHugh defended the affirmative side of the same proposition in the evening. Both Junior College teams made an ex, ccllent showing acainst the representatives of our mother univc1'5ity. In their verbal comb:it, the local boys were en• couraged by a large number of fans who traveled to Lewisburg for the event. This year an innovation is being made in the de• bating society. Plans arc now under way for the formation of a women ·s debating team. This is the first time in the history of the college tb1t the fem· inine sex has formed a debating team. Any woman desiring to join should get in touch with either Dr. Churchill or Ralph Johnston. The women are definitely scheduled to d('bate Elizahethtown College at Elizabethtown on Febru, ?. . Invitations lrn.ve been extended to several other colleges. The men's debating team has an ambitious pro• gram for the remainder of the season. February 4th, the team will debate Scranton-Keystone Junior College at Scranton. February 10 Bucknell University will come to Wilkes-Barre for a du?.l debate. February 11 the team will travel to State College. Later the Junior College will debate New York University, both at New York and at Wilkes-Barr:::. Negotiation., :ire in rrogress for the scheduling of debates with several other Colleges. ~~ Helen took an active part in Institute activities as assistant manager of the Basketball team, member wants anything done the cry is raised "Where's of the Hockey team and of the Y car Book st.llf, · Huddv?" and round the corner comes Heier. with du.:! ;;, ·,;:;;;.:!::!::: !!: t)>,- r,1.,., Club. With a 99% a smife and the Student Council note-book. mark on a Chemistry test, rumor had it that Huddy would spend her life with test tubes and !:.:oken glass .. . ask her why she changed h.::r mind on Chemistry! Her classmates described her as "quietest, mos~ innocent, greatest man hater" (hasn't she changed!) and as "most domestic." For ~hat last we can PHOTOGRAPHY vouch . . . try her meat-loaf. Y. M. C. A. CRAFT GROUPS for MEN AND WOMEN At Bucknell Huddy was a member of the Glee Club anJ on the executive board of the Economics Club in her freshman year. This year she's Sec· retary of the Student Council, a member of Beta Gamma Chi, contributing editor of the Beacon and member of the Dramatics Club. When any one LINO PRINTING WROT•IRON METALRY COPPER & BRASS METALRY MAKING ARCHERY TACKLE, Etc. �Page Four Tt11! Buc~NP.I. L BEACON The Bucknell Beacon THINK BEFORE VOTING Published at Buc~nell University junior Colle1{e at Wil~es•Barre 11~ a few weeks clectinns will be held to select the presidents of the Freshman and Sophomore classes for . the seconc.l semester. It is hoped that persons of responsibility will be chosen by students who ·.1,ill carefully form their own opinions as to the merits of the· c.litfcrent candidates. For a col· lege student to be influenced and carried along by the opinions and sentiments of others, rather than by his own judgments, is childish. Some part of his mental makeup fa as yet undeveloped. His mental capacity is much the same as when he, as a mere child, was forced to rely on the reasoning of his parents. Surely ak,r.g with ar. lncrca.;ing physical c.levclopment, there should be a correspond• ing mcnt:il development, yet when the matters such as class elections come up many students are con· trollcc.l by the juc.lgments of others. Many students accept as true all that their comrac.les tell con• ..:..:rni1,g lli.: wuill,i11,:o.:, uf 1.:,111JiJ,,l,:,; williuul llu: slightest thought on their own part. If you arc real college students, show it by "thinking ' for yourself' in the selection of officers for the second semester. EDJTORS•IN•CHIEF ]0/111 Saric~s. \Valter 'Tliomas, Betty 'Toll~-~ As.;oc1.-,Tr: EDITORS Joe Donnelly, James ]. Fritz, Andrew O'Malley ADVERTISING fi CIRCCL:\TION Sidney Lei-ine, Marian Dunstan ART EDITORS \Vi//i:m: D:: Res.:, Bi:::;: Fenton, James Ma)'cc~ CONTRlllUTING EDITORS Elizabeth Davies, Ann Griffith.~. Gladys Grn.d1• ecsb. Juiia Levir.e, Ralph Jolin.~ton, Dollald Mc· Hugh, Helen Morgan, Morris Reishtein, Ilaria Sterniu~. F .-\CUL1'Y ADVISER.: Wilfrid H. Croo~ Advertising rates: 65c for first inch (~in~lc col~ umn), 45c for each ac.lc.litional inch. Subscription rates to Junior Collc~c Alumni :!.ic per year. \VEDNP.SDAY, ]ANUAR.Y 27, 1937 OPINION Every other day the question seems to arise as to whether there is going to be an international con· flict in Eurc.p.::. Then invariably the question fol• lows: "If ther.:: is a war in Europe will America be drawn into it?" Many reasons will then be given why America will or will not enter. Accorc.ling to tradition America will enter the next war. Or \Vil! this b.: the exception to the rult·? If President Roosevelt's neutrality acts arc obeycc.l they will eliminate one reason for war. But the strongci;t urge still remains-that of sentiment. Either by hopes or by fears we shall be lined upon one side or the other, then we shall fail to be level headed an<l tiu; iuGvii.dL:t; wiU rwu!:. F:c~ !:Z~t!· ment gro,vs public opinion and public opinion can make us go to war or remain at home. There is little chance .that in our generation at least that America ,,.;11 be attacked by a European nationso it will be America who will wage war. Some• times we bccom.: quite bored by all discussioPs of war. It may seem remote now, but when it docs occur it will be more real to us than to any one else. It will be our generation who \\ill sacrifice and suffer. So let us ~how the nation through PUBLIC OPINION that we wish to keep our minds and bodies for the preservation of our ideals and not for their destruction. WHAT BUCKNELL NEEDS When app,oachcd concerning the question "What do ye u think about Bucknell University Junior r,oi:~!'c . it.~ building. and its facilities?'' the boys resrondccl with a wide variety of interesting opinions. Some offer helpful ~uggestions while others arc merely humorous, but all are distinctive. A member of the sophomore class and a promin• cnt debater in college, Leon Rokos::, has some very definite ideas concerning th(:: subject. He said, "A school is what you make it. As far as I am con• ccrned, th:; school building is only a shelter from the rain, snow, and sun. What goes on inside is an ~!together different matter. If there is anything wrong anywhere in the Junior College, why blame the builc.ling? Perhaps the persons complaining are the only things wrong with the school." · Edward Davis, captain of th basketeball team, regrets the fact that the school lacks a campus. He foe!~ !bt !h'.' "."nllPa<> ,hn11lcl huv the parkinll'. spaces which stand on each side of the .building and make th;•m into a campus. Frank Dn:xinger, an engineering student, ex• pressed himself as follows. "The college should gradually increase its number of laboratories until it can provic.le a four•ycar Engineering course for the students of Wyoming Valley. As it is, there are some courses given to sophomores at Le\visburg which students cannot take up here because of the lack of shops." Joseph Boylt> of the Class of ' 39 thinks that sc.holarships should be awarded to athletes of the (Contlnuc<l on pnge 6) �THE BUCKNELL BEACON Page Five WALTER THOMAS '·BILL" THOMAS BELOW: Shorty has been a Yarsity guard for two years. Though small he has m;i.de up for his size in his ag.gressiven ess. He has become a familiar fi g ure to Bucknell basketba ll followers, c o n s tan t I y dodging and bobbing In an attempt to further the fortunes of his t eam. RIGHT: Bill is one of the few consistent point-gette rs for the t eam. He is one of th e freshmen who have broken into the varsity line up, replacing last year's playe rs. His red head is constantl y seen wherever the ball is. His ability should show itself completely next year. BASKETBALL SCHEDULE J a n. 30--Bucknell Frosh at Lewisburg. Feb. 5-St. Thomas at WilkesBarre. Feb. 6-Keystone Junior College at La Plume. Feb. 13-vViYomissing Poly at \Vilkes-Barre. Feb . .19-Bucknell Frosh at W.ilkesBarre. Feb. 20-Y. M. C. A. at WilkesBarre. Feb. 27-East Stroudsburg Frosh at East Stroudsburg. · CHARLEY ROMANE "BILL" ATHERHOLT .-\.BOVE: Bill has been the Yars ity center for two years. His ability in retrieving the hall off the back boards has e a r n e d h i m considerable praise. Although he is not a consiste nt point-getter, his ab ility as a ball hawk plays a hig part in helping the team t o get points. LEFT : So far this year, C harley has been an understudy to Atherholt as the pivot post. His 6 ft., 4 inches of muscle and bone have been a constant worry to all opposing players, who have nick-named him "Stretch". His ability to get the tap _has earned him a starting post in many games this year. N ext y2ar should be Charley's big )'ear. �'Page Six TIil! . EXAMINATION TIME Bu<.:..:NELL B1:Acol'. TAKE MY HAND She walkl' in gladness, ev'ry care ts gone, I can not think of anything · And joy supreme is rei~ning over all. I can do or say · Why? The rca80n's plain to see: To case you of your sorrow; She passed her French! I can't even pray. For prayer of mine can't stop your cries, .Yet here we have a sad and gloomy case, A look that's fraught with sorrow and ,;,ith grief. Wake your le:1den soul; I can never bring him back, (The Phy$icS test's the thing to blame.) ·· Death will not parole. _Why, Mr. Hall? I, too, thought that all was lost And over here a wailing mourner sits; Life seemed meaningless .·"It wasn't fair!" she cries between her sobs. With no surcease from r.ndless pain She can"t get chem, the poor dear thing. And I was comfortless. Who can, I ask? I can only stretch my hand, ' B>Jt '\II will reioicc for but one cause. Knowing what you need, Mumbling of Good and Truth anci Beauty, You may ding w 111~ uiitl! The one who took Philosophy, poor fool; Time can intercede. What can he know. --B. D. F. -----c.-:..::-o-And there they go, in endless march along, MY LOVE The glad, the sad, the happy (few arc they!) (Apologies To Dorothy Parker) But all with rejoice for but one cause. My love has eyes, deep sunken wells When exams arc · o·;,cr. Wherein a myriad fairies dwell. --]. P. His skin so smooth with soft, fine down, His hair .1 crisped autumn brown. YOUTH AT 'l'HE HELM (Contlnuccl from page 1) My love's as stalwart as a cow employment at adequate wages; security in time of And just as dumb, I'd take my vow, And like a cow he's eas'ly led, need; civil rights, and peace." The : most .important activity ·of the American And Oh I \vish my love were dead. -Lee Vine Youlh Congr;;:.;s at present i• iti; fight for the pas· sagc, of the American Youth Act, which has been WHAT BUCKNELL NEiDS introduced into the United States Congress. T~,e (Continued from page 4) Act would provide jobs at adequate wages for all valley, who have high scholastic standing. -He nfaii1; unemployed youth, and would also afford financial tains that this move would boost the Junior College aid for the education of all deserving but needy into a prominent position' in the sport world and youth. would tend to attract more students to the insti• · · The American Youth Congres.s is active ·locally tution. through the Anthracite · Youth Congress, which represents five thousand young people, and is made A BETTER BUCKNELL? up of many of the most significant youth organizaBllcknell ncl'ds a social · room where men and tions in Wyoming Valley. Nine representatives of women students may meet. The library is mosl the local Congress attended the national Congress unsatisfactory. at Cleveland. · -Betty Tonks This writer had the opp,;;rtunity of bcinp. a memLounges situated far enough away from class ber of the local party which attended this conven• tion. He saw tiu:~ yvui·,g pcop!:: re;-!'~"':'ntine :ill rooms to permit free exercising of the vocal chords ; sections of the United States, serious, idealistic, and lockers tor the giris; ,1 : ...,-g.::r :.,:d:to:+.1~ ,.,.rith . " enthusiastic, not interested in ice cream sodas or stage more suitahle for dramatic productions. -Dorothy Thomas movies, but concerned \\ith the problem of the United States, and their solution. Colder water in the drinking fountains! The American Youth Congres.s is rapidly incrc.a~-Virginia Steele ing its membership. The young people of Aim•rica A cafeteria. since the B. & B. candy bar business are awakening to the fact that youth plays an important part in any civilization. The AmC:,;ican seems to flourish so ·well. -Ruth Rosner Youth Congress aims high. This writer believes Bucknell sh0tild have a gym and a swimming pool that · the. youth of America can accomplish these in the collc!te buildin,::. aims. -Marian Jones -M.R. �Tm~ Page Seven BUCKNELL BllACON OAT OEBIL FLUNK With red-hot spears my eyes arc pricked, Failure echoes in my soulRelcntlc$S, like a clock, it tickcd"Give up, you'll never reach your goal." Each tiny imp torments my brain, My heart skips beats when clas., is o'er, The thought of Flunk is gruesome pain: Oh, would to God I'd studied more! -Lee Vine A FOUR YEAR COLLEGE (Continued from pll,S'o l) Dr. Crook: "Who was Pharaoh?" Stu den~: "Pyramid's son ... ,c,,. 0, ·!l- Found on a Freshman·., registration care!: Question: Give your parc1;ts' names. Answer : Mom a:"d Pop . "" r.- t" Parkinson: "I studied last night hut l couldn·r understand the assignment." · Mr. Godcharlcs: "You must have had ,omcthing else on your mind." Parkic: "No. Last night was Thursday night." .,. .,. ;;. Dr. Churchill: "What docs etc mean?" Hank Peters: "It's a sicn med to make believe you know more than you do.·· able to gratify their wish to keep their children at home with them, and, incidentally, effect a sub, .,,n,i,1 <:ovin« in ~n doincr. The student who wishc<l to w;;rk his way through college would stand a bdtcr chance lo secure and retain employ, mcnt here in the Valley, where he would be better known. Our college, if a four year institution, would naturally be able to provide a larger and more varied curriculum, and a larger faculty. Picture a group of college buil<lings upon some nearby location surrounded by a genuine campus, with its owu stadium in which our own local team would oppose teams of other promine11t colleges to the accompani• ment of our own songs, cheer-leaders and band. This could be our college, the college of Wyom• in:;! Vali':'y. "FRIENDLY SERVICE" I(RESSLY'S TYt>EWRITERS STATIONERY STORE Rented. Sold. Repaired. Holdredge Typewriter Co. 56 W. Market St. Dial 3·0615 C1:.atts...tten ln91:.aoe1:.s (Engravers to the "All~American" Wyoming of 1936) 54 W. itlarket Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Phone 2-5106 = 96 SOUTH MAIN STREET WILKES-BARRE Ofrlcc Suppli l'~ nnd Equipment iIPchnnlcal Drawing Sets and Supplies School Supplies �THE BUCKNELL BEACON - - - - - - - - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Page Eight DANCES WITH PUNCH Dancing at Bucknell as well a8 at other univer, sities in the country, has played an active part in the social life and extra-curricular activities of the students. It provides a means of relaxation as well as a way to acquire the social graces which are necessary for a complete college education and a mark of good breeding. Until the new student government went into ef, feet in September, 1936, the Bucknell dances were sponsored and under the supervision of individual organizations within the college. . Now all dances are conducted by the Social Activities Committee of the college and they are held directly responsible for them. However, in order that a larger number of studen'ts may take part in arranging for the dances, organizations of the college may, with the approval of the Social Activities Committee, assist them in preparations for the dance. Dances during the past semester have had two new features previously untried at Bucknell, the serving of punch and the broadcasting of the music from the dance. - The largest dance ever associated with Bucknell Junior College was held Easter Monday, 1936, at the !rem Temple Country Club, and was span· sored by the choral club. Next largest was the Sen Baiu Christmas Dance in 19 35. Three dances are planned for the se.::ond semester of the current school year. These dances will be held on the nights of March 29, April 30, and the dinner dance June 2. PING PONG TOURNAMENT The tournament is rapidly drawing to a close, with few candidates remaining for the first prize. Ed. Zurek, John Parkinson, John Saricks, Walter Thomas, Philip Mushowitz, James Mayock, Stan, ley Daugert and Tom Jenkins remain with the out, come very much undecided. The winner will be awarded a brand-new text book of his own choosing. This should add the needed impetus to the contest. BOWLING TEAM SCORES UPSET The Junior College team scored a stunning victory over the highly-touted St. Thomas College varsity. The match was played on the Y. M. C. A. alleys on Saturday. January 7. The Junior Col, lege team was composed of Capt. Ed. Zurek, John Parkinson, Stanley Rushin, Tom Jenkins and Stan, ley Daugert. Matches have been arranged with the Y. M . C . A., Clark's Jewelry, and St. Nicholas club. EAT B. AND B. CANDY BARS Ace Hoffman Studios Portrait, Commercial and Aerial Photographers 54 W. Market St. Wilkes-Barr" ,,... I 1 TYPE TALK NO. 6 KENNTONIAN "Come and See Us: We Will Welcome You!" WILKES-BARRE BUSINESS COLLEGE, Inc. Kenntonian, a delicate, classic face patterned after Frederic Goudy's beautiful Kennerly, is one of the types The Dallas Post can set on its lntertype machine. In this face The Post has SMALL CAPS and Italics. Kenntonian is the type used for the text of The Beacon. VICTOR LEE DODSON, President THE DALLAS POST, Inc. DEEMER & COMPANY ScttooL AND OFFICE SuPPLI1cs CORONA PORTABLE TYPEWRITERS 6 WEST MARKET STREET WILKES-BARRE, PA. Turner & VanScoy Company "Modern Improvements" PLUMBING, HEATING, SHEET METAL WORK 27 East Northampton Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bucknell Beacon, 1937 January 27th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1937 January 27 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Bucknell University Junior College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/dcd76484f975f916a76ab0835f04fee5.pdf aadba1e08de255fce24487c8c8215335 PDF Text Text ~ The Bucknell Beacon [B VoL. I No. 7 MARCH 3, 1937 CHASE HOME PRESENTED TO BUCKNELL Photo by courtesy of Times-Leader. JUNIOR COLLEGE WINS RECOGNITION Recently Bucknell University was the recipient of two grand gift, when public spirited members of the community donated two spacious homes to be used by the Junior College. The editors of the Beacon would like to take this opportunity to express the gratitude and appreciation which the stu, dent body and faculty feel in receiving such fine: donations and to consider briefly the manifold im, provements and pOJSibilities. which these gifts open up for the Junior College. The location of the most imposing without a doubt as offer. The Chase *ive to the Junior these two buildings in perhaps residential section of the city is ideal a one as Wilkes-Barre can and Conyngham residences will Colleg8 an air of distinction which unfortunately it has hitherto lacked. The Chase home and the Conyngham residence will furnish Junior College students with many ad, vantages which they have not had up to now. These estates will provide the much needed space and facilities which have become e.,sential if the Junior College is to continue to offer the students of this vicinity the equivalent of two years training in other colleges. No longer will conscientious professors be disturbed by the comtant hum of central city traffic. At last Engineering students will have their long sought laboratories, well-equipped and large enough to offer them free range in the development of their . talents. (Continued on Page 8) �Page 'Two T11e BL'Cl:Nl!LL GIFT TO BUCKNELL ( Reprinted by permiHion from tho Wilkes• Barre Record, Feb. 1, 1937.) Both Bucknell Junior College and the community will be gratified, and benefited as well, by the g-en, crom impulse which has letl Rear Admiral Harokl R. Stark, a native of \Vilkcs·Barre and now a rcsi· dent of \Vashington, to provide a home for the college. It is a handsome gift which he has made to that institutmn in turning uvcr to it a desirable property on South Ri".cr Street, in the first instanc_c the residence of th" l.iLc Prell M. Chase and his wife, who w ,1.; Mi~3 Eleanore Stark, a ~istrr of Ad, m:ral Stark. It is as a memorial to Mr. anc.l Mrs. Chase that the property is being given to the college. Possession and occupancy of a home of it5 own will give that developing institution added stature in the ed, ucatio:-::i! '.':0r!d ~nrf alsn will give the community a new Jensc of the Junior Col!ei:c's permanency. Tender of the Chasi.: house must be acccptoo as an inspiring act of faith in the Junior C:ollcgc's destiny. In the few years of its existence this institution has made noteworthy progreJS. With a few more friends like Rear Admiral Stark it soon would be taking long strides in the . direction of becoming the most important establishment of its kind in the nation. BUCKNELL'S GOOD FORTUNE (Reprinted by permission from the Wilke■ •Barre Record, Feb. 22, 1937.) When it was established four years ago, Bucknell Junior College wa~ necessarily an experiment. From the outset, however, it enlisted community confidence and attracted a substantial student bodv. Its fortunes were followed with friendly interest by influential citizens. Two friends of the college have come forward, in recent days, with imposing gifts of realty, the use of which will place the Junior ·College on an entirely new plane of importance. By acquiring possession, through the acts of generous donors, of two such splendidly situated and handsomrly appointed buildings as the Cha3e home and the John N. Conyngham home on South River Street, the college finds it possible to house its activities in a physical plant of which the trus, tees, faculty and studcnt3 may well be proud. In presenting the two palatial homes to the college, Mrs. Bertha Rohinron Conyngham ~nd Rear Admiral Harold R. Stark have made possible a much more rapid development of the instit11tion than otherwise would have been possible. They have contributed in · a permanent way to the educa, tional and cultural resource.; of the community. They have conferred benefits not only upon the college but upon a host of young men and young women who in the future will pursue their studies BucoN GIFT TO LIBRARY Mr. Herbert S. Lloyd, loyal alumnus of Bucknell am! cnthUJiastic supporter of the Junior College,' has given to the Junior College library a valu~ble collection of books. Important among them 1s a bound, ten-volume set of "Current History" covering the entire period of the European War. These arc invaluable tu Lhc student of history and at the present time are difficult to purchase. Likewise important is the five volume edition of Monroe's "Cyclopedia of Education," the best available cyclo, peciia of education in English. Other lvmh included in the gift arc: Abbott, W. C.-Thc Expansion of Europe. Adams, Henry-The Education of P.,mry Adams. Bolton, H. E.-The Colonization of North America. Bourne, H. E.-The Revolutionary Period in "P,,,.,u,r. Fairchild, H.-P.~Immigrant Backgrounds. Gibbons, H. A.-The New Map of Africa. The New M:m of Asia. The New Map of Europe. Hart, A. B.-Amcrican History Told by Con, temporaries. 4 v. Hulme, E. M-T-hc Renaissance and the Re, formation. HuPtington, E.-Civilization and Climate. Lansing, R.-The Peace Negotiatioru. Russell, B.-Proposed Roads to Preedom. Spargo, J.-Amer:.:anism and Social Democracy. B"olshevism. · Social Democracy Explained. in a physical environment, appropriate, dignified and inspiring. We believe that neither Mrs. Conyngham nor Admiral Stark would relish panegyrics for what they have done. But, at least, they deserve l.uting . honor for practicing a form of philanthrophy whicJ/ is at once practical; immediately beneficial to many persons, and enduring. Y. M. C. A. CRAFT GROUPS for MEN AND WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHY LINO PRINTING WROT•IRON METALRY COPPER & BRASS METALRY MAKING ARCHERY TACKLE, Etc. �THE BUCKNELL BEACON Page Three VOCATIONAL APTITUDE TEST IN MEMORIAM If I had only taken the other road, I wouldn't be Since the Strong Vocational Aptitude test has 1 iroused considerable enthusiasm among some of trapped in this God-forsaken place. The water is our students, it is the purpose of this article to give coming faster. It's rising past the running board. It's creeping up higher. It's past the engine. Oh, some information about this test. The test, which was devised by Dr. E. K. Strong Lord, help me. This yellow mud will be my grave. of Stanford University, is designed to test the stu- After I worked and slaved to make my work a dent's interest in various professiom by comparing success here. My work swept away in this mercihis likes and dislikes with those of a large group of less water. Only two more inches from the top . men successful in each profeGSion. In compiling the of the car, and nothing in sight but the top of the car in this rushing sea. Np, thank God, a raft. I test, questionnaires were sent out to successful professional men, asking them to exprros their likes or Plea:,e send it closer. dislikes, or in some cases preferences, with regard This wa3 just in time. The car has disappeared. · to several hundred different topics which included One more second and I would have been carried occupations, activities, Gehool subjects, personalities, away. Even now the waves are getting so strong etc. From the results of these questionnaires men- this wood won't hold out much longer. People tal traits were selected which seemed conducive to freeze in icy water. The light is fading fast, and success in each of the various professions, as well those clouds are getting blacker and nearer. Even· as those which would hinder success in each profes- if I 3tay on this thing, I'll freeze and be found sion. These were compiled for each profession to stiff and lifeless. serve as a key for comparison with student results. What's that? A house floating past. It's reached In the administration of these tests, the student the settlement. The people will be cut off from receives a questionnaire similar to that described help. More houses. God! bodies. If I could only "hove, and he too, expresses his likes and dislikes on reach one of the buildings before I'm crushed. che various topics. When this is done, his reaction:. A boat. A boat with people. Will they see me? · ,ust be compared with the "key" for each profes- They're going so fast and they can't hear me call. ;,n. This key is merely a numerical expression Almost gone. Oh, Lord, save me, save me. I don't _ the traits of the composite successful man in each want to die. The waves are getting higher and ,rofession; that is, a liking which seems helpful to higher like mountains. We're rising to the top of ·. profession fa given high positive scores on the key one of them. Another one. This can't last much t!or that profession, while a dislike of that thing is longer. Up, up to the top of the universe, a liquid given a negative rating for that profession ; the universe. Down, down. The raft is falling away $ame is true for dislikes and indifferences. When from me bit by bit. Soon I'll have nothing under ;i. 3tudent test is scored he receives the grading, posi- . me but mud. I'll be one of the dead, floating with (ive or negative, on the likes and dislikes for each the other3. profession. A high positive score naturally denotes wave. The raft is gone. I'm rising to 4 high degree of aptitude, and lesser scores, les:,er theAnother top, higher. I'm sinking, sinking. Help, help, ip.terests; in this way a student's field of interest help. ~ ay be determined with fair accuracy. Goodnight, what a nightmare! Several things concerning this trot must be -B.D. F. ,trongly emphasized; first, it is a test of interests, ''1d a high degree of interest is not the only necesEASTER DANCE ,;1ty for 3uccess in a profession. An Easter Dance is planned Monday, March Secondly, because of the briefness of the test, it 29, at the Chase House. £annot point out absolutely a particular profession "ixcept in extraordinary cases, but in general can qnly define a field of interest which may include tieveral profes3ions. "Come and See Us: Lastly, it must be remembered that the test is not We Will Welcome You!" ..early perfect. The science of testing vocational ;,, otitude is very young, so that, while such a test 1 • sy3tem of tests may be right as much as 60% or WILKES-BARRE BUSINESS 70% of the time, this is about as much as may be COLLEGE, Inc. Jixpected at present. Nevertheless, the results of ~he test should prove highly interesting and inVICTOR LEE DODSON, President .furmative. • 1 1 PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS �Page Four THE BUCKNELL BEACON The Bucknell Beacon Published at Buc~nell University Junior College at Wi!~es-Barre EDITORS-IN-CHIEF John Saric~s. Walter 'Thomas, Betty 'T on~s AssocIATE EDITORS Joe Donnelly, Andrew O'Malley, Maurice Reishtein SoCIAL EDITORS Elizabeth Davies, James J. Fritz ART EDITORS William De Rose, Betty Fenton SPORTS EDITOR Donald McHugh ADVERTISING & CIRCULATION Sidney Levine, Marian Dunstan CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Ann Griffiths, Gladys Grushetsb, Ralph Johnston, James Mayoct Helen Morgan, Ilaria Sterniut FACULTY ADVISERS Maje! Broo~s. Wilfrid H. Oroo~. W. I. 'Miller- Advertising rates: 65c for first inch (single column), 45c for each additional inch. Subscription rates to Junior College Alumni 25c per year. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1937 PUBLIC SERVICE-A FlITURE? College students, when in the process of viewing the field of prospective vocations, should not over, look public iervice. The advance of technology and the new tendency in the U. S. Government to take a greater part in the administration of Industry and General Welfare has brought ab,out a growing need for public servants. The government is looking more and more to the universities and colleges for the supply to these de, mands. There no longer exist the beliefs that anyone can fill the qualifications for government service or that educated men are dangerous to democracy. Well educated and trained men are very definitely in demand. In the past public service hasn't attracted col, lege student, because of the evil of the "Spoils" or "Pull" system. Unfortunately, the "Spoils" system still exists to a great extent. However, two facts give encouragement to the college student of today that public service is something worth striving for. They are, first, the rapid advances that Civil Service has made in the last few decades, and, second, the promise to strengthen Civil Service which has emanated from the present administration at Wash, ington. As for the training of the undergraduate aspiring for public service, most educators believe that a broad and general education is most beneficial. However, it is recommended that included among the general courses taken should be subjects to,.1ching on structure of government, government "tools," economic and social trends, and problems in government. To the student desiring more knowledge concerning public service and its training, two pamphlets are recommended. "Training For Public Service," publfahed by the Public Administration Servke of Chicago, Ill., and "Our Government-For Spoils or Service?"-a publication of the Public Affairs Pamphlets. Both can be obtained from Dr. Crook. ASSEMBLY-STUDENT OPINION I would say that the enforced regulation fa the fault of the students themselves. Allowed to stand on their own, some have taken advantage of the privilege of attending chapel as one wishes, while still others have failed to state their reawns for ab, sence, and, as a result, a high school regulition has been adopted. Compulsory chapel attendance would be eliminated if a student vote were taken for a suitable chapel hour, if chapel programs were var, ied, and if student, would realize that chapel attendance is a part of a college education. -Ilaria Sterniuk. The purpose of the assembly is to broaden the minds of the students and to give them a wider range of knowledge by bringing before them a variety of views on diversified subjects. College undergraduate3 should appreciate this enough to attend assembly without being compelled to do so. -Charles F. Millard. I think that compulsory attendance at assembly is fine for high school students but not for those who have reached the age where they attend col, lege. The programs are very interesting but lose some of their attractiveness because of the neces, sity of attending. -Marjorie Honeywell. It seems to me that the programs presented in chapel can be made more effective and interesting if there were an elimination of the remarks concerning the speaker, after he had finished. A program presented in chapel can be just as enjoyable without any final comments by the chairman. We must all remember that a twelve o'clock class stans at that time and not ten or fifteen minutes later. Ten minutes' lateness may not be much in it3elf, but just multiply that by the number of chapel periods and the result will be surprising. ~Benjamin S. Davis. �THE BUCKNELL BEACON THESPIANS GO WILDE The Bucknell Thespians have started the year with a bang. Their first presentation of Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest," was well received by large audiences at both perform• ances. Joseph Donnelly, as John Worthing, portrayed the role of a typical country gentleman with excep, tional ability. Betty Tonks, as Cecily Cardew, looked and acted the part of a charming young English miss. Leo Simoson, as Algernon Montcrieff, portrayed the role of a man about town, with ea.,e. Betty Fenton and Stanley Daugert supplied the comedy effectively. Miss Fenton's interpretation of a strict old guardian ,was pleasing to watch. Gladys Grushetsky, as Lady Bracknell, seemed well at home in her role as the stern mother. Marion Clark, a., Gwendolyn Fairfax, played the role of a sophisticated young woman who had great difficulty in being alone. QUALITY MEN'S HATS WEAR SARNOFF-IRVING "Smart Shops Everywhere" BRANCH 62 So. Main Street . Wilkes-Barre, Pa. PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS Page Five AN ORIGINAL SETTING On Friday and Saturday evenings, Feb. 19-20, were you somewhat pleasaptly surprised? Did you notice something different? Had the originality of the black and white settings any effect upon your appreciation of the play? Did you notice the heroic panels in the first act? Wasn't the garden scene outstanding? The entire setting of this play waa remarkably original. · Miss Sangiuliano and Miss Evans should be highly praised for their excellent idea. And last but not least Ernest Weisberger and Willard Warmkessel portrayed the roles of the family butlers. Their acting added a touch of finesse to the play. We are hoping that plays of this calibre will be presented in the future. DEBATING On Tuesday, March 16, the Bucknell Junior Col, lege affirmative debating team, consisting of Ralph Johnston and Donald McHugh, will engage a team representing Muhlenberg College in a debate on the resolution: "Resolved, that Congress be empow, ered to fix minimum wages and maximum hours for Industy." The debate- is being sponsored by the Men's Brotherhood Class of the First Baptist Church, and will be held in the church building. On the same day, Leon Rokosz, Maurice Reish, tein, and John Gambold of the negative team will travel to Allentown to meet another Muhlenberg team in a debate on the same reso.lution. �Page Six THI! BucJCNELL BEACX>N PEARLY PATE I feel each lock and no<l and sigh. If I grow bald, I soon must die. For qu -~er my face must surely look, And fol' an egg I'll be mistook. Yct if I do, and still not die; No lotion utrong or weak appl> I'll never have to brush or comh With such a shining h:iirlr~• rlnm':'. Each taunt from naughty boys defy, And never try a wig to buy. No more I'll have to braid or swirl Or worry how to place a curl. !'.:u mun: i::ach night wili I untie My hair or seek to heautify. And if thPy ~,k •;•:here fo m;- ha;r, I will not really have to care. 'Cause if they witty comments crack, I'll surely thumb my nose right back. ------- SPORTS The Bucknell athletic program swung into full action during the past month. With but three games remaining the basketball team neara the close of the season still anticipating victory, That coveted goal seemed in reach twice during the lase few weeks when the team lost heartbreaking games to Wyomissing Polytechnic Institute of Reading, Pa., and to the Wilkes-Barre Y. M. C. A. The latter nosed out a win over Bucknell by a last min• utP fi,.1,1 . o'"""··•I tn -·- ··-•· - hrP:o . . . ...Ir. :,.. tiP ·-~· The Bucknell bowlers have set a fast pace in the first three weeks of the current campaign. Capt. Bob Peters' team is well in the lead. The faculty team, under Professor Hall is gaining slowly. Mr. Schwartz has gained scoring honors to date. James Ma;-ock, undergraduate manager of the golf team, announces the addition of Hun School to the golf schedule. This will be the College's first 11 :enture into thi! fie!d of :ithlctic::. Other contest= are scheduled with Bucknell Freshmen and Colgate. Coach Peters has plans well in hand for an exten• sive baseball program. The games this year will probably be played in Artillery Park. . -B. D. F. TYPEWRITERS ASSEMBLY REVIEW On Wr.dnc.~ay, February 3rd, Professor Frank Sprague of the Spanish Department of the Campus, Gpoke to assembly on the Spanish situation. Be, cause of his first hand information and experience in thr. war zone his talk was of particular interest. On February 10th Dr. Churchill gave an account of his trip to Europe last summer, showing slides of old English · towm and of some famous character.; in English history. Among these was a picture of Old Scarlet . . . my! what famous people we have at the college, eh, Sgarlat? ·· The College debaters took the stage ,m February 17th, competing with the team from the Campu! on the minimum wage and maximum hour legisla• tion. Donald McHugh and Ralph Johnston rep• resented the Junior College, Robert Burke and Wit, liam Orlandi the Campus. On February 24th Mr. Moran from the Aasociation for the Blind and his "girl friend" Bina told us of the "seeing eye" dogs. Bina performed by picking up coins and taking care of her master. Rented. Sold. Repaired. Holdredge Typewriter Co. . 56 W. Market St. Dial 3·0615 DEEMER & COMPANY ScHOOI. AND OPPICE SUPPLll!S CORONA PORTABLE TYPEWRITERS 6 WEST MARKET STREET WILKES-BARRE, PA. .:::;~!, .ZIMMEIDtAN ;;::~'] APPAREL SHOP Wraps l!a-------=-==-----.. . . . .__,.~. ------------------51 Public Square WILKES-BARRE �Tm. Page Seven BucKNl!LL BEACON PRODUCTION OF HAMLET the less tragic scenes was handled e~pecially well. On Wednesday the 17th, the Thespian group of One sees few such cffcct3 with the exception of the Bucknell Junior College, went down to Lewisburg New York stage. with a few other students to see H.,mlct. John Much difficulty was encountered in the lighting. Forsht, a former ~tuJcnt at Bucknell, played the effects became of the impossibility 0£ using spot• title role. We were plcaJed to see that Irma Hew, lights from the back of the auditorium. This could itt and James Ramsey, students who attended nave been remedied by uaing lights of the same Bucknell Junior last year, had the other leading color on the stage. The difference in spotlights roles. was particularly notireable when Miss Hewitt's John Forsht must be commended upon his ability gown changeC: color as ~he walked across the stage. iu ;,-..;.;;....,- :he ;;~o:.:p !!1t0 1h,- •ririt of the play. For One can give only the highe..~t of prafae to Am, those who thought that he overacted in the first brose Saricks, who directeu tl1c r,! .....,-. !-1..:= hd few 3Cenes, we offer the following explanation. work and intensive drilling of the players prove When the curtain opened for the first time, the beyond a doubt his aptitude along this line of work. audience was very restless; besides this, it was the The finfahed production certainly justifies his labor. players' first pcrforman;:c, ~n::! they were rather l~t on the stage. Gradually Mr. For;ht succe~ded LIBRARY NOTE in spreading the mood of the play. Irma Hewitt 1'.n. intcrcetin~ govt'rnment pamphlet has been was excellent as the tragic Ophelia. The scene received called "Scholarships Available at lnstitu• where she lost her mind was beautifully donl!. tions of Higher Learning throughout the U. S." James Ramsey as Horatio, Hamlet's friend, pruvtd ';\'h;- not s~~ what r,cholarships are offered at the him3elf very capable of handling his part. Irene college to which you want to go? Piszc::ek, as Hamlet's mother, rendered one of the ..,__,..,.....,..,,.,..,.......,.......,...,,,,,,.,,,,,.,.,,.,,..,========-finest performances in the play. The settings a.nd costumes are to be commended especially. The draperies in the throne room were rich and colorful. The striking effect of somber Studios huCJ, both in setting and costume, served to accen, Portrait, Commercial and Aerial Photographers tuatr. the players' interpretation of the tragic Wllkea•Barr" i:cenes. The gay pageantry of the court in some of 54 W, Market St. Ace Hoffman .... 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Phone 2-5106 SttK DRESSES 6 East N.ortl1ampton Street, PHONE 2•1510 Wil~es-Barre, Pa. �Page Ei~gh~t~:___________T_H_E_B_u_c_K_N_E_LL_B_E_A_c_o_N_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ THE CONYNGHAM HOUSE COLLEGE WINS RECOGNITION (Continued from Page 1) Undoubtedly in the not distant future Bucknell University Junior College will have an auditorium, capable of comfortably seating several hundred people, and a stage suitable for all sorts 01 dramatic presentations. Soon Junior College dances and other social affairs will take place in a much more pleasant and colorful atmo.:;phere than they have had in the past. Comfortable lounges will provide fine settings for our popular tea dances. When one attempts to visualize these many improvements and innovations, the picture presented is certainly a very rooy one. Not only does the securing of these buildings mean that in the future Bucknell University Junior College -will be able to offer its students better facilities for their work, but it also means that the Junior College is now firmly establfahed in WilkesBarre. Prominently situated on one of the city's most beautiful thoroughfares its buildings cannot fail to attract the attentioR of many passers-by and visitors. Thfa, in turn, should lead to a much increased enrollment and a new era of prosperity for the institution. Citizens of Wyoming Valley and elsewhere may now be assured that the Junior College is here to stay, and it is up to them to do their share by .:;ending their sons and daughters to the college, thus allowing them to enjoy the fruits of its progre&. Needless to say, Admiral H. R. Stark and Mrs. Bertha Robinson Conyngham command the heartfelt appreciation of all those who are in any way interested in or connected with the Bucknell Univer.,ity Junior College, for making all these things possible by means of their most generous gifts. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bucknell Beacon, 1937 March 3rd Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1937 March 3 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Bucknell University Junior College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/55ccd31937248752ec9c7fac796f92e3.pdf 57a8ca31054a9791e00220aeea581c20 PDF Text Text ~ The Bucknell Beacon VoL. I \1' No. 8 MARCH 23, 1937 EASTER DANCE TO BE GALA AFFAIR TASKER TALKS! The lrem Temple Country Club will be the scene of the most auspicious dance ever held by the Jr. College. One of the best orchestras in this section, namely Ralph Paul's, has been engaged for this most important affair. Because of the ever-increasing demand for tickets, Bud O'Malley, chairman of the Social Activities Committee has devised an excellent plan to take care of this demand. In order to be assured of gaining admittance to the dance, one must obtain an invitation. Invitations may be secured for stu, dents and their friends by getting in touch with Bud O'Malley. Even though the previous dances have been ou~standing successes, there can be no doubt that this dance will surpass by far any previous undertaking. No stones have been left unturned by either Bud O'Malley or the Choral Club in making this the outstanding social event of the year. · The dance is a semi-formal affair and will be held on Tuesday, March 30. There will be dancing from 9 till 1. Admission will be by invitation only. CRITICISM OF CRITICS A few weeks ago a representative body of our Coming to the Junior College in September, 1934, Dr. Roy C. Tasker started the work of the Biology Department. He has shown a keen interest in student life both in his classes and in extracurricular activities where he has mingled with the students in such capacities as class advisor, chairman of the Faculty Committee on Student Activities, Faculty Director of Athletics and member of the Premedical club. It is rumored that he was a member of the faculty cast of "Spreading the News" that won first choice in a play contest with two student groups two years ago! As an undergraduate at Hillsdale College he majored in Biology and was Undergraduate Assis, tant in the Department. As Business Manager and students was asked to voice its opinions in regard to the Bucknell Beacon. As everyone probably knows by now the outcome was devastating, to say the least. So severe was the criticism that if the editors were more sensitive than they are, their ears would have turned as red as the name of one of our students. (We beg Mr. Sgarlet's pardon and trust that our worthy critics will pardon this feeble attempt at humor, but it is only another ex, ample of what happens when one tries to please one's critics.) Now that the students have had their say concerning the matter, the editors of the Beacon would like to express a few thoughts about things in general, and critics in particular. The majority of our students seem to have made the mistake of trying to compare our paper with other college publications. How foolish this is! It has never been our intention to put out a paper which could compete with journals published by in, stitutions which are hundreds of times as large as ours. We just don't have the facilities, my dears. We spend about one-tenth as much money on an (Continued on Page 6) (Continued on Page 6) DR. ROY C. TASKER (This is the first in the series of articles dealing with the lives of our faculty, their likes and dislikes, and their attempts to win fame and fortune.) �Page Two THE BucKNE.LL BEACON STRANGE A:S IT MAY SEEM! Gladys Grushetsky has blue eyeballs-she claims that blue eyeballs have been found for generations in her family! Professor E. Disque is a "doodler"-he sketches while he talks. Betty Fenton is the progeny of Shakespearean actors. Betty Tonks hails from England and Norman Costine comes from Tennessee. Edith Basta traces her blue,blood to a countess in Italy. Mary· Ciesla's father was originally a carpen, ter, and strange as it may seem the name Ciesla means carpenter. Henry Johnson has a hobby of collecting clocks and watches. He has one hundred and twenty-six time-pieces in his collection, and carries three dif, ferent clocks upon every occasion. . One of Betty Lynn's ancestors carried the Liberty Bell in a covered hay wagon from Philadelphia to Bethlehem when the British were attempting to seize the bell in Philadelphia. Rachel Capone expects to live to a ripe old age for her grandfather lived to be one hundred and five years of age and at that age climbed trees (consult library's book "Origin of Species"). Erne~t Weisberger thinks that he "pulled a fast one" when he told us that his uncle sold Paul Re, vere the ·horse on which Paul rode on his midnight ride. We're giving Ernest the satisfaction of think, ing so, because we don't. A monument in Wyoming stands erected in honor of Betty Schlingman's great grandfather, Luke Swetland, who was captured in the Wyoming Ma,ssacre. ''Smoky" Tractenberg spends his hazy Sunday afternoons listening to and studying symphonic music. Ask him about the last movement of Caesar Franck's Symphony in D minor. Joe Boyle spends his barbarous hours at Luzerne in his tonsorial parlor (proprietor-Joseph Boyle). TRUST There looms a lordly tower of deceit, 13ut soft the flowers growing 'round my feet! The .sullen .mobs are filling sounding halls But still some sleepy bird at twilight calls. They cry against the insolence of pow'r And ·still the sand for them holds not one hour. A·thousand voices screamed and choked with hate, But yet the hinge is squeaking on the gate. Despite the awfulness of war's commands, My spotless slender 0teak wood temple stands. What ·needs care I for fate. · ,;d; ··.··· -Betty Dawn Fenton. REMEMBER EASTER DANCE-MARCH 30 LAW AS A PROFESSION BY LEON ROKOSZ In an attempt to impart to our students some helpful information, the Buc~neH Beacon will publish a series of articles dis, cussing the advisability of choosing the various professions as their !ife wor~. These articles be written by persons who are planning to enter these lines of endeavor after their college careers. Because more than one-half of our statesmen, presidents, and other important public characters have won their lofty positions through the study of Law, the legal profession is looked upon as the leader of all professions, offering the best possible opportunities for local, state, and national cognizance and fame. The successful lawyer is universally acclaimed and respected. His calling is an honorable one. Are you planning to study law? If you are not, perhaps you should be. If you are, do you think that you should? The desire to become a lawyer is, of course, the first requisite. Unless you _are absolutely certain that you want to be a lawyer, Law is not your field. The student most likely to become a good lawyer must have a desire so great that he cannot be dis, couraged by ; ordinary discouragements, so strong that nothing'~.f,ut force of circumstance can keep him from so desiring. But the desire means nothing in itself. There are other thin~s far more essential to the study of Law. The successful lawyer must have a peculiar mindthe kind that Nature · bestows upon Her children only occasionally. He must be able to reason with a pronounced power of analysis. His mind, as well as his body, must be able to withstand the endless study that his profession requires and demands, not occasionally, but at all times. The successful law, yer finds rest only when his work is done. Nights mean nothing to him. He works alone with un, wavering fervor, for his oroblems deal with the fortunes, the· happiness, perhaps even the very lives of trustful, anxious clients. If you are planning to study and practice Law, plan at the same time to become a good lawyer or none at all. To those who feel that Law is their goal, yet hesitate because the field is too crowded, may I give my humble encouragement. Yes, tne supply · of lawyers, even good lawyers, exceeds the demand. In · New York City alone there is an ap, proximate ratio of one lawyer to every 300 persons-20,000 lawyers in all. But along with those lawyers we may find even ·more complaints that there are too many poorly equipped lawyers, not enough good ones. There is room-plenty of wiH (Continued on Page 7) �THI:! BUCKNELL BEACON Page Three CHORAL CLUB ACTIVE P. A. C . S. CONVENTION A convention of college students was held at Le, high University on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, March 12, 13 and 14. Helen Morgan, Marjorie Shapiro, Joseph Donnelly and Stanley Daugert represented the Junior College. Friday evening Miss Margaret Taylor of the International House in New York City spoke on the standards of living in foreign countries and the ef, feet they have upon the life and opportunities of college students in those countries. Miss Taylor emphasized the fact that we must have an under, standing of conditions in various countries before students can meet on a common basis. This, however, would take time. (Continued on Page 7) +•-•-------------~------- .. ----+ THE MEETING PLACE THE MAYFLOWER ·47 Public Square +•-----------------. . . . ■ • •+ Deep down in the auditorium every Thursday and Friday a group of 25 students gather to sing just for the love of making a joyful noise. The Choral Club is unique in more than one way. It is composed of three parts, soprano, alto, and bass. This is rather unusual. Most mixed choruses have four parts, but because of the lack of tenors, the chorus has resorted to three part music. Of course the men have a little difficulty now and then, but if women can tal~ circles around them, heavens knows, what the females will do to them when they (the females) begin to yell! All of the selections are sung a capella, that is, without accompaniment. Very few college groups are doing\.vork of this kind, which shows that Mr. Clark has great faith in his group to let them tackle such an undertaking. · ·· · The Chorus is planning a trip to the Campus in April to sing at one of the Sunday afternoon con, certs. A · schedule is being planned for the Choral Club to perform in different places in this vicinity. The Bucknell chorus has ·a great future at out Junior College ·and it is to be hoped that this type· of activity will be fostered in the future. �Page Four THE BUCKNl!LL BEACON The Bucknell Beacon Published at Buc~nell Uni1.•ersity Junior College at \Vil~es•Barre This issue of the Buc~ntll Beacon i.1 u11der tl1e direct control of the .1taff. with• out any supervision of the faculty. 1.:DITORS•IN•CHIEI' ]olm Saric~s. Walur Thomas, Betty To11~.1 ASSOCIATE EDITORS Joe Do1111elly, A11drew O'Malley, Maurice Rei.1htein SOCl:\L EDITORS Eli:.abeth Davies, James J. /-'rrtz ART EDITORS \Villiam De Rose, Bett)' Fenton fi CIRCULATION Sidney Ln•ine, Marian Dunstan ADVERTISING CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Ann Griffiths, Helen Morgan, Ilaria Sterniut Leo11 Ro~os::, Marjorie Shapiro and Stanley Daugert Advertising rates: 63c for first inch (single col• umn), 45c for each additional inch. Subscription r~t.-~ tn J11ninr College Alumni 25c per year. TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1937 MEN OR MICE? ·Peace, we all agree, is wonderful. In fact, when anyone mentions war, we glower impressively, shake our heads sagely, and say something about the power of propaganda, the horrors of war, and the need for a neutral policy in world affairs today. _This is all very well, but what the Cause for Peace needs is concerted action. Nothing ever has been accomplished and nothing ever will be accomplished by vague and sad expressions to .portray disapproval and even more vague and sadder threats to "do something about it:• Definitely something must he done. It is for us, the youth of today, to accomplish this "something." First, we must educate ourselves for Peace-so that we will be able to distinguish propaganda from truth, individual greed and ambition from a national policy which is basically humanitarian. It is neccs• sary to know, for instance, whether one is fighting in order to make the world safe for democracy or to enrich a few armament manufacturers. We modern:1 like to pride ourselves upon our so-called sophistication and our cynicism. Let us be cynical about war. Let us question its right to exist; let us look askance at militaristic policies and ideas. We, the students of Bucknell Junior College, have cause to be ashamed when the cause for peace is mentioned. Last fall there was a Peace parade, the first of its kind in Wilkes-Barre. We were civcn ample opportunity to participate, but not one ;>f us responded to the call. Instead of actively demonstrating our sympathy with the peace move• ment, we stood placidly by and admired the floats as they passed in review. Then we forgot all about tnc matter. On April 22 students all over the country will stage what is known as a Peace Strike. We do not sug!,(est that the students of B. U. J. C. adopt a militam.y pacifistic attitude, but we do suggest that a part of this clay be devoted to the discussion of peace prubi~u1s ,u,J tu participaticr. in a p:l~cle (if one is held) . Are the students of Bucknell Junior College to stand idly by AGAIN or are we all willing to champion this vital cause, World Peace! OUR ATHT.ETIC FUTURE If the records of the swimming and basketball teams were able to speak for themselves, hardly .a whisper could be heard. As a result of the shortsighted policy of this college, the athletic teams as well as those in charge of the · athletic program have hrought condemnation down upon them. • How is one man supposed to coach a basketball team, a haschall team, a tennis team, and run a successful intra-mural program? Instead of dividing the bur· den between at least two men so as to make a more successful program, this college has gone along feeling that everything is well in hand. Has the college ever really tried to get good athletes of high scholastic standing to enter the Junior Col• lege? Perhaps a little foresight on the part of those in 1:harge of the athletic program ,._,ill hrinj? the de· sired results for the future, or do they want to continue as in the past. I am not attempting to cri• tici::e Mr. Peters, for I am quite sure that he has clone his part in attempting to bring about a suc• cessful intra-mural program and successful athletic teams. This criticism is directed against those in charge of the whole athletic policy. . Letter To The Editor: What has happened to the Commerce and Finance Club and the Social Science Club? As I recall, there were only two meetings, one held by each club, which meetings were held months back. Since then these clubs have shown no sign of act:vity. Is it the fault of the sponsor or the officers of these organi:ations? It seems to me that the officers of th'!se clubs have been elected just as a matter of formality and there was no intention of rr:aking these clubs outstanding in their field. -A C. and F. student . �Page Five THI! BUCKNELL ·BE.\CON SPORTS NEWS The basketball am! swimming teams have closed their seasons without dther having registered a win. Thl~ ha~krthal\ team fini•hed in la~t pk:c in th,, Northeastern Pennsylvania League, but our high ~corer, Joe Wesley, won a place on the secon<l all• star team, which was chosen by the various coaches of the teams in the· league. The swimming team has imishcu a Ji~111d: o.:,,~u, ·,, but with few experienced men on the team and with r,·eurring illness hitting the team, not much more was expected of them. Now the attention of our young athletes is turnc<l toward baseball. Jack Saricks, holdover from last y~ar·s t~an1 ,vi1i(.l1 \vun :·.vv of th~ ~:~: C0?'?t~~~~~. :1nd captain of this year·s nine, reports that pro.,pects arc l'Xceptionally bright. Bill Ottaviani, \Valtcr Thomas, and Bill Atherholt arc also hol<lovers from last year. Franci~ Ford, Joe Boyle, E<l. Johnson, Sid. Zimmerman, Joe Leyba, Norman Costine, John Gambold, Joe Neary, Ernest Weisberger, John Mundry, Robert Maguire, and Chick Sutton arc promising candidates. Chick Sutton, Back Mountain League star, is practically assured of the first string pitching berth, rzplacing ~/alter Thoma~, l?.•t year'• dimin11tiVI' moundsman. An ambitious schedule has been arranged with the best schools "in this section. April 17-Dickinson Seminary at Williamsport. April 24-Scranton Keystone at LaPlume. April 28-Bloomsburg Te ...:hcrs at Wilkes-Barre. Mny 5-Bloomsburg Teachers at Bloomsburg. May 8-Scranton Keystone at \Vilkes•Barre. May 15-East Stroudsburg Teachers at East Stroudsburg. May 19-Wyoming Seminary at Kingston. May 26-Wyoming Seminary at Kingston. The intra-mural boxing program has started off with wild enthusiasm. In the opening matches Ed· ward Johnson defeated Walter Thomas by a deci• sion; · Norman Costine and Francis Walters fought to a draw; Bill DeRose defeated Charles Romane in a wild slugging contest. The contests will continue till winners have been declared in each division. There is a possibility of the Junior College wim,~rs ·engaging with the intra-mural winners from Wyo• ming Seminary. MEN'S -~UALITY WEAR HATS SARNOFF-IRVING "Sma~ Shops E,·erywhere" BRANCH 62 So, Main Street. Wilke ■ •Barre, Pa, SCOOPING THE SCANDAL Herc's the latest dope on all scandal and other• wisc- -as hot as the weather will allow! Marjorie ~hapim wa~ that emharra!:sed at a tea the other ,veck . In attempting to place some peanuts on her plate, she dropped them in her tca.-"I always put peanuts in my tea," says Marge . . . . Really? An· ')ther Marjorie, Mrs. Honeywell's daughter-, makes :h.: ::d:.:~:1 thi~ '.•:,:-,:-1.-. ~he had her fortune told by Miss Sangiuliano at the outing of the Thespians. Mnrge was told that there _is a young man calling her up who should receive a break ... Better watch your gal, Hurley! The biggest joke of ti-le month-The Brislin and Md-fu~h vs. CT~lt:.gher and O'Malley feud, in which the bright boys smash each other's , notebooks co smithereens. Come on boys, you've passed the _high school age, or have you? · · Eye•opener-John Mundry carrying A _n n Grif• fiths across the street the day of the big snowfall. Dick .Roush, Francis Ford, George Bciswinger, and Dave Smith were on the outs with Mr. Disque hut we hear that "all is forgiven." · The height of something•or•other-Ben · . Davis was inspecting someone's ring, and saw inside the inscription .IOK. "Who is this persuu I. 0. K.r: asked Ben .. . Betty . Fenton 's hair style certainly caused a lot . of comment, but we sec that she has not kept ,up the idea . . What's the phrase about c0mparisons, ~~ . . O'Malley and the girl friend certainly love the snow, to be tramping around after ten P. M . . . . or maybe they wanted to be alone. . . . Costine claims that Josephine Shuck serves swell tea and tid• bits and he should know. · . .. The Choral Club dance promises to be somewhat unusual-it's the first dance to be held outside the · school this season. . · . . Heard · that the German Club is planning another hike early in April. If it wa.• as much fun as the last, it will be worth going. What the school wonders about-What happen· e<l to the Dave Jones-Marge Phillips affair? Why were ;ill the fellows laughing at Bill De Rose last week? . . . What happened to the Social Science Club? \Vith three or more professors as advisors it should function, but it hasn't. · Must be the curse of the machine age . . . as soon as a piece of ma• chinery which is complicated breaks down, it is as hard as (censored) to get it running again. Things that could be improved-The second floor fountain that is filled with cigarette stubs and wad.~ of gum ... the conduct of some of the boys at the noon dances. The way the late-comers banged the door at the Pre-Med Club meeting . . . was enough to make anyone believe in sociali::cd medicine. �Page Six THI? BUCKNELL BEACON TASKER TALKS! CRITICISM OF CRITICS (Continued fro,n Page I) (Continued from Pt1ge 1) Editor,in-Chief of his college paper in his junior and senior years, as President of the Student Coun, cit, President of the Y. M. C. A., an<l of the Student Volunteer Association, and in his senior year as President of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Ac:sociatic-!, he took an active part in student :iffairs. Upon graduation he att.:ncicu du.: Ui,/,·.:::::t;· ,:,f Michigan as a Teaching Fellow an<l received the Master's degree. Then after three years of teaching Biologr at DePauw University he went to China where his .experience of thrce and one-half years at Yenching University and at Soochow University gave him personai iuk,:.:;;t ir:. the Far F,:i5t. At Cornell Univer~ity, to which institution h.: went upon his return from China, Dr. Tasker was granted the Schuyler Fellowship in Animal Biology. He held this scholarship for two years, after which he was appointed Instructor in the Department of Zoology. It was from this position that he came to the Junior College. From Cornell he also received his Doctor of Philosophy degree. The honorary .;ocietics of Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi claim him as a member. He also belongs to the American Association of Zoologists, the · American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Indiana Academy of Science, the American Association of University Professors, and is a charter member of the Pl·king Society of Nat• ural History. If encouraged Dr. Tasker mar be persuaded at · times to discuss hi:i experience.; in caring for the wounded Chine..~ ~kliers in the battles around Peking, of excursions into the famous W cstern Hills, beyond the Imperial Summer Palaces near Peking, of visits to the Great Wall of China, of the civil war around Soochow and the midnight evacu, issue as the editors of publications in larger colleges. If our critics can tell us how we can im, prove our paper ,vithout additional expenditures so that it will be on a par with these other col, lege papers, wl-iy in the world don't they enlighten us instead of attempting to tear onr humble Beacon to pieces by means of their criticism? Manv of our honorable critics are of the opinion that our paper is not bem:1· t1,;.r. :~:: ~•-"'r:i~e hil!h school publication, although most of them will con· cede that some of our articles are slightly better written than those coming from the pens of high school students. Now, my friends, what more can you expect? Even the average high school paper is permitted t-, 5p.:.1d :r.~r~ money per issue than the Beacon. · Having helped edit a high school paper in his younger <lays, the writer should have a slight know!'. edge concerning such m:.tters. Also, high school students arc able to gi\'C more time and take more pains in putting out a paper than the Beacon editors. Our complicated schedules often make it im• possible for the entire editorial group to meet at one time. If our readers will glance at our mast, head, they will see that our staff is composed of students who take active parts in practically all the other organi:ations in the college. These other ac· tivities also demand some of their time, as do their studies, which must not be overlooked entirely although some of our students show a tendency to <lo so. \Ve assure our critics that our editors have an abundance of talents, but are handicapped by a scarcity of time. In c-nndusfon, allow the editors to compliment their critics on the manv humorous and satirical comments which their written opinions contained. So \"-itty w~re scme of the remarks and so biting was some of the sarcasm that we cannot help laughing ourselves. It seems a shame to us, how· e\'er, that we have to ask for criticism of our paper in order to discover the literary talents latent ·in certain members of our student body. How much hctter it would 1-e if these students would utilize their talents in trying to help us improve our paper instead of in criti::ing it. Critics, you arc, indeed, a woeful lot! ation of the Americans from Soochow, of his hiking trip ,vith Mrs. Tasker through Japan when they knew no Japanese but depended on a phrase book and the sign language to make their wants known, of his varied experiences during the six-months trip back from China including unique Siamese baths, native hotels in PCMnf:?, moonlight in the desert city of Aden, shivering across the Sahara toward Cairo, on foot through Italy, France and S,vit:erland, bedbuirs in Brussels, a rough night across the English Channel, and "on the loose.. around Oxford, \',!indsor and London. In his own words, Dr. Tasker considers it ..a rare +---------· ---------+ LAZARUS OPTICAL DEPT. privilege to have a part in the establishment of an educational institution that is so vital a part of its DR. J. H. CORWlN community as Bucknell University Junior College Optometrist ·in charge. is at pn:scnt and is assured of being even more com· plctely in the future." -------·-+ �Page Seven THB BUCKNELL BEACON . P . A. C. S. CONVENTION LAW AS A PROFESSION ( Continued from Page 3) (Continued from Page 2) Saturday morning Helen Morgan of the Junior College led a question box discussion, as did David Weddel of Penn State. Some of the questions discussed were: The powers of the Student Council, student-faculty relationship, freedom of the college newspaper, conduct in the social rooms, and finally the place of a course in hygienic education in the college. Saturday afternoon there was a business meeting at which James Bergen of Lehigh was elected president, and Helen Morgan of the Junior Co0ege, Secretary. There was also a discussion of peace problems and a continuation of the discussion of student-faculty relationships. Saturday evening a formal dinner was held at the Sun Inn at Bethlehem, and later a dance at Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house. At the dinner, speeches were given by the dean of tehigh University as well as the newly elected president of the room, but only at the top. The top never has been, and never will be crowded in Law or in anything else. To be a lawyer, and to be a successful lawyer today, you must look toward the top. Remember, the lawyer at the top is at the very apex of emi• nence. The lawyer at the middle of the ladder of success receives only slight recognition. The lawyer at the bottom is the laughing stock of his friends -if he has any. There is no other profession which offers so much and, at the same time, so little in the way of prominence and fame. Happily, or unfortunately, lawyers, like everybody else, in the end get only what they deserve. · P.A. C. S. 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GOSS darn, my cousin always wants to eat and just to show him I was no WELCHER, I takes him to a place and it COS, TINE plenty. W AZETER better place, he says. The guy's always SCHLING (man) slams. ATH, ERHOLTin' the door open for a coupl'a minutes, he goes in and orders some soup. Wy'n'cha BOYLE the BOHN down ya CIESLA, he says to the girl and besides the soup's SAUER. I gets SMITH and CLARK's ice-cream. M 'HUGH, boy I was gettin' some cold! We NEARY got thrown out, so I takes hii:n home. GROVER your high school stuff I says. FRITZ'ance, he says "I wanted TASKER how's about it. W e goes home when the SGARLAT sun comes up and I was SORBER 'n him. We was BROTH, ERTO N 's under the skin and goes home to our little ·WARMKESSEL. LUCE is my story, but you shouldna' GAM, BOLD on a good one. CAPONE and do one yourself. Don't FAINT. -This will be HALL. 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IIIIIJ llllllllllllll llllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltlllllllllll ll llllll llll lll at the Bool{store in the Registrar's Office l tll lllllllll l\ 11 /lllllll t! l ll l lllllllllllllllllllllllllll ll l lll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll tlllll lll � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bucknell Beacon, 1937 March 23rd Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1937 March 23 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Bucknell University Junior College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/92342b99d4428ff0cf28c25811048db2.pdf 791262fdf439297efeddcab77942b22e PDF Text Text ~ The Bucknell Beacon VoL. I APRIL 22, 1937 \lt N o. ,~ ------- Date of Spring Dance Changed GAGE SPEAKS The annual Spring Dance will bl! held at the lrem Temple C ountry Club. Due to unforeseen difficulties and in order to accommodate a large number of our students, the Social Activities Com, mittee has been forced to change the date of the dance from April 30 to May 7. This will be the last college dance of the year, outside of the annual dinner dance to be held on June 2, and in order to make this even more successful than the Easter dance the Social Activities Committee will spare no expense or effort to assure those who attend a most pleasant and enjoyable evening. Ray Keat, ing and his band, one of the most popular dance bands in northeastern Pennsylvania, has been engaged. Admission will be by invitation only. These invitations may be secured from Bud O', Malley. Dance-Annual Spring Dance; Placelrem Temple Country Club; Date-May 7; Time -9-1 ; Dress-Semi-formal. SPRING ('This Is the Second in the Series of Articles Deal, ing With the Lives of Our Faculty) Mr. Gage's ambition throughout his college career at the College of Wooster was to become either a banker or a Presbyterian minister. After witnessing what has happened to banks and bank, ers in recent decades he is naturally happy that a diversion occurred. An earlier boyhood desire to become professional pianist and musician was scotched by parents who mistrusted the supposed talents of their offspring. With the ministry in mind attention was paid in college to the classics and philosophy, both of which are still a joy and a delight . Professor Rowe encouraged the old desire by attempting to mak'.! an organist out of Gage, but financial resources forbade. Professor Gould thought history might be the correct line, but did not get far with the suggestion. The one thing that neither Gage nor What is there so fascinating about that first breath of warm air and those golden rays of sun, shine which suddenly come after a dismal, cold winter? No one really knows definitely. We can only know that a glorious, exciting feeling comes to the hearts of both young and old, and the world is enveloped in a golden robe of splendor and youth instead of the solemn, monk-like gown of winter. It is in spring that the streets are filled with noisy boys and girls who shout and chase each other, perhaps merely to release themselves from the bounds of winter solitude. There is the rasping sound of roller skates, the noisy horns of bicycles, and the high-pitched voices of little girls who chant as they jump rope or play hop-scotch. There arc many who are experiencing their very first spring from the depths of a baby carriage, pushed by a proud young mother, or perhaps, in spite of the rejuvenation brought by the charming weather, some feeble old gentleman realizes that he is seeing his last spring, and he relives the joys and sorrows of the days gone by as he contentedly suns himself. Then of course, we cannot forget that old song (Continued on Page 6) (Continued on Pai?e 7) MR. DANIEL J. GAGE �Page 'Two THE BucKNBLL BEACON AESTHETIC DANCING CHEMICAL ENGINEERING It has been proposed by Dr. Farley that aesthet• ic dancing under the direction of a qualified danc, ing instructor (perhaps Hurley) be substituted for the regular gym. class of the Bucknell girls. As this is a question of vital importance to the girls of the freshman class, we, hereby, present a few of the opinions obtained upon the subject. Miss Balliet writes, "As the airplane lacks the grace of an eagle, or the submarine the mobility of a seal, so dancing without flexibility tends tu become machine like and expressionless. It is in view of this twentieth century tendency that the Junior College girls are planning to initiate a gym· nastic program which will include aesthetic dancing. The girls contend that they always were flexible, but now they are expressing a desire to submit to rules and laws-just an attempt to combine their supple and rhythmic grace with a kind of dignity. (May we, at this point, state that this is a wonder, ful paragraph to include in your term paper or1 •~Dancing" provided that Prof. Gage has not received a Beacon.) Miss Grushetsky has little to say on the subject, but y,,e feel safe jn · saying that if she wishes to follow in the. footsteps of Sonja Henie, aesthetic dancing would be just the thing. "I think the idea of replacing the gym periods with classes in aesthetic dancing is an excellent one. Interpretive dancing not only provides stimu lating exercise, but also aids in giving one grace and poise", contends Miss Shapiro. Miss Kirschner believes that aesthetic dancing will develop poise which, she claims, .is a prime · requisite for chann and personal appearance . . Miss Bendock is at present, deeply engrossed 111 thinking up a few puns upon the subject, so we shall leave her to her work. "Aesthetic dancing would be a decidediinprove· ment upon our present gym routine" adds Mtss Lynn. In conclusion may we humbly beg your forgive ness for what we have said and say, in unison, "We are for aesthetic dancing." ('This Is the Second in the Series of Articles Dea!, ing With the Various Professions) "Come and See Us: We Will Welcome You!" WILKES-BARRE BUSINESS COLLEGE, Inc. VICTOR LEE DODSON, President . One of the most interesting things about Chemical Engineering is the fact that most people have only the haziest notion of what a Chemical En, gineer is. Everyone knows what a drictor, teacher, or lawyer does, but the "man on the street" seems to associate the Chemical Engineer either with the man who sits at the controls of a locomotive or with the surveyor. The Chemical Engineer is neither of these. In general, he has a supervising position in some industry which depends on chemi·, cal processes; to name but two, the petroleum in, dustry and the steel industry. Specifically, the Chemical Engineer has one of several jobs. First, he may plan and design the chemical process involved; second, he may supervise the operation of such a process; third, he may do laboratory work in testing the product; fourth, he may conduct re, search with a view to improving the process. But who should prepare for chemical engineer, ing? Naturally, one of the first requisites for you, Mr. Prospective Chem Engineer, is that you like the job outlined above; besides that, you should have an interest in things pertaining to engineering generally, such as machinery, engines, and in buildings. Besides interest you must have some abilities. You should be able to handle mathematics, for it is vital in engineering; you sho11ld have in, terest and ability in physics and chemistry, since they are invaluable in practice. A very important factor is the ability to stand the ·~gaff', both in training and in practice. The course in Chemical Engineering is no "snap"; you must be prepared for long class and laboratory hours and to soft, pedal such pleasant luxuries as extra-cur:ricular ac, tivities and athletics, at times even to give them up altogether. In engineering practice you must be prepared to meet difficulties, to accept responsi, bilities, and in some cases, to undergo physical hardship. The engineer's position is not for him who desires only comfort. But what does engineering have to offer in return? First, opportunity in chemical engineering is very great. There is room every year for more Chem Engineers than there are graduates, and a capable student is almost certain of a job on grad, uation. Of course, such positions are not highly paid at first; in the past, however, the average en, gineer starts out at $1500-$2000 a year, and should be earning several times that after 10 or 15 years. Finally, the chemical engineering profession is new and growing; for the man who reaches the top it offers as much as does any other profession. - James Fritz �.THE BUCKNELL BEACON Page 'Three ( / ~ ~ JOHN SARICKS During his high school career John was as active as he now is at Bucknell Junior. In his Senior year at G. A. R. he was editor-in-chief of the "Blue And Gray", the school publication. He held offices in the Library Club, Student Council, and Ping Pong club. In his senior year he was president of the Student Council. He was also a member of the editorial staff of the 1935 edition of the Garchive, the annual school publication. He was also a let, terman in baseball and a member of the German club. The biggest moment of his high school career came on his last day at the G. A. R. when he spoke for the class of •3 5 at commencement exercises. During his two years at Bucknell Junior College he has kept up his excellent scholastic record. Last year he received a letter in baseball and this year he is captain of the team. He represents the Beacon on the Student Council and on the Luzerne County County Scholar., He is a member of the business staff of the Dramatic club. In his capacity as one of the editors-in-chief of the Beacon he has made noteworthy contributions to our school paper. John is one of the most likeable fellows in the college and especially liked by one of our fair co-eds. He expects to continue his education at Bucknell University. JOSEPH DONNELLY Joseph Donnelly was graduated from Meyers High School in 1935. While a student at Meyers he was active in extra-curricular activities, being especially interested in the Camera Club, German Club, and Glee Club. Since coming to Bucknell Junior College he has been not only 'tops' scholastically, but has been active in dramatics as well. He has portrayed effectively all sorts of roles, from a Don Juan to a villain. This year he is president of the German Club, president of the Thespians, treasurer of the Choral Club associate editor of the Beacon, and a member of the Student Council. His favorite sports are hiking and swimming. He has toured the country far? and wide but only through the medium of his relatives. Joe is well liked by everyone in the Junior College and espec, ially by certain members of the fair sex. He is as talkative as the Sphinx, but everything he says carries a sigruficant meaning with it. Joe also intends to pursue his degree at Bucknell University. Watch and Jewelry Repairing EDWAKO B. LEWIS 49 Laning Buildmg Wilkes-Barre, Pa. �Page Four THE BUCKNELL BEACON The Bucknell Beacon Published at Buc~nell University Junior College at Wil~es-Barre 'This issue of the Buc~nell Beacon is under the direct control of the staff, without any supervision of the faculty. EDITORS-IN-CHIEF John Saric~s. Walter 'Thomas, Betty 'Ton~s ASSOCIATE EDITORS Joe Donnelly, Andrew O'Malley, Maurice Reishtein SoclAL EDITORS Elizabeth Davies, James J. Fritz ART EDITORS William De Rose, Betty Fenton ADVERTISING ti CIRCULATION Sidney Levine, Marian Dunstan CoNTRIBUTING EDITORS Ann Griffiths, Helen Morgan, Ilaria Sterniuk., Leon Ro~osz, Marjorie Shapiro and Stanley Daugert Advertising rates: 65c for first inch (single col, umn), -45c for each additional inch. Subscription rates to Junior College Alumni 25c per year. THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1937 LOOKING FORWARD The Freshmen class can now look forward to a truly fine college, one in which all their interests and fond affections may be centered. The Chase and Conyngham homes are only the beginnings of a laraer and better Junior College which the entire Wyo~ing Valley can be justly proud of. But in looking forward to such a. Junior College, many aspects of College life must not be overlooked. For instance, the girls are looking forward to the for, mation of swimming and bowling teams, not to mention aesthetic dancing; our athletic minded young men are hoping that those in charge will provide the much needed athletic room where those students may meet and discuss their problems, as well as to use the same room to store equipment; the staff of the Beacon looks forward to a room which they may call their own; and last, but not least, the entire student body is looking forward to the establishment of the proposed auditorium. The present Sophomore class, in looking forward, sincerely hopes that those succeeding them will carry on the high ideals and aspirations which have been built up in the past so that you can say, "Bucknell University Junior College is going for, ward". ACTION OR APATHY The world today is in a turmoil. The black clouds of war hang impending over our heads. Economic ills threaten our very subsistance. Cal, amitous political and social_ upheavals are in flag, rant evidence throughout tlie world. No group is more cognizant of these conditions than youth. We all realize that if war comes, ~e will be the ones who will be called upon to give up our lives. It is we that the spectre of un~mployment stares in the face. We _of the c~mmg generation will be the ones who will be subJected to the insidious designs of dictatorial suppressors of democracy. Yes! We youth comprehend our predicament. The question is: What are we going to do about it? If one were to judge youth by those who make up the student body of Bucknell Junior Col~ege, the answer to this question would be very definitely --Nothing! ! ! ! It is positively depressing to perceive the abso, lute impassive, indifferent, uninterested attitude that the students here take to the problems of youth. Dormancy reigns! ! ! Our difficulties provoke and upset us. It is so soothing to completely disregard our perplexities and bury ourselves in apathy. Fortunately, the students of Bucknell College do not exemplify the true youth of ~erica. T~ere are many millions of young people m the Umted States today who are meeting their problems square in the face. They have joined such organizations as the American Youth Congress, Young Chris, tian's League, Student Unions, and a myriad of others. These millions know that there is strength in unity. They know that if ten million }'.OUths join together and decide that they are not gomg to war so that some blood-sucking exploiter can wax rich there won't be a war. If these many millions resoive that democracy is the best form of govern, ment, no dictator will ever gain power. . It is high time that the students of Bucknell Junior College discovered that youth has it in their power to solve their problems. Wit_hin the next month there will be ample opportumty for us to act. There is a convention of the Anthracite American Youth Congress • scheduled for May 22-23 in our own auditorium. We all know the aims and purposes of the American Youth Congress. It is our duty to participate in such a movement. Let us awake from our lethargy. We've slept long enough! ! , lr Sports Apparel Z1MM~RMAN . APPAREL SHOP 51 Publio Square Formal Gowns, Wraps WILKES-BARRE ... �THE BUCKNELL BEACON Page Five LETTERMEN PLAN FOR ANNUAL BANQUET BOWLERS TO ATTEND INTERCOLLEGIATE CONGRESS A four man team representing the Junior Col, lege will attend the I. B. C. to be held at Philadelphia on April 23 and 24. Teams representing Syracuse U ., the defending champions, St. Thomas, Harvard, Yale, Colgate, Penn State, the University of Pennsylvania, and Bloomsburg State Teachers College will also compete in this important Congress. Last year the average of the Syracuse team was 180, but due to the increased number of teams participating this year, this record is not likely to stand. The representatives of the Junior College have not as yet been chosen. Here's a good chance to start a collection of trophies. NEW BOOKS The Junior College has just subscribed to the "Readers Guide to Periodical Literature," including back numbers to 19 35. Since the library also has a list of all magazines subscribed to by the Osterhout Library, that means that you can make out your list of recent articles right here, and per, haps find the ones you want in our own magazine collection before making a special trip to the Oster, hout. Several new books deserve special mention. Ed, ward Levinson's "I Break Strikes, the Technique of Pearl L. Bergoff," the famous, or infamous, strikebreaker, is particularly timely in view of the recent strikes throughout the country. Three book3 present Roosevelt and the New Deal: Findley's "Half Way With Roosevelt," Desvernine's "Democratic Despotism," and Hugh-Jones's, "An Ameri, ca.n Experiment," the latter written from an Eng• lish point of view. A recent gift from a faculty member gives us Furnas's "The Next Hundred Years, the Unfinished ~usiness of Scienc·e," a clever and amusing and yet provocative survey of th~ world today and the world to come. A good deal of fiction has been added, too. Maugham's "Of Human Bondage,•• which one of the Osterhout librarians has read three times and still considers her tavorite book; Galsworthy's "For, syte Saga," which the same librarian ranks a close second; Bennett's "Old Wive's Tale"; several of Thomas Hardy's novels; Conrad's "Lord Jim"; Mel, ville's famous whale story, "Moby Dick"; and Fielding's masterpieces, "Tom Jones" and "Joseph Andrews." And there are others, too long a list to give in full. Why not do a bit of browsing in the college library and see what you can discover? PROF. W. AUSTIN BISHOP The Lettermen's Club plans to hold their annual banquet on May 29 at a place to be announced later. The Lettermen have been fortunate in obtaining as guest speaker Austin Bishop, formerly wrestling coach at Wyoming Seminary and recently wrestling coach at the University of Pennsylvania and U. S. Olympic official. Mr. Bishop is well known throughout the Valley not only for his ability as a wrestling coach, but also for what he has done in the interest of the local Y. M. C. A. Is it also the hope of the Lettermen that Mr. John S. Gold, formerly director of athletics at the Junior College and now holding a prominent position at Bucknell University, will attend this affair. At the banquet awards will be made to those who have participated in basket-ball, swimming, baseball, and bowling. Those who attend will be assured of a most profitable evening. Turner & VanScoy Company "Modern Improvements" PLUMBING, HEATING, SHEET METAL WORK 27 East Northampton Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. �Page Six THB BUCKNELL BEACON GAGE SPEAKS ( Continued from Page 1) I \ his advisors had in mind was teaching. The Great War came, and democracy called. Within a few days after graduation Gage was inducted into the national army in advance of his numbered call, and after training at Camp Sherman he reached England on September 17, 1918. No action was engaged in, but the 13 months abroad greatly stimulated and excited the imagination, built up a body of unforgettable experience, and created an undying. and dominating interest in current political developments over the world. After junketing about France, Gage was sent with the Army of Occupation to see that all went well in the Rhine Province while Mr. Wilson kept things in line at Paris. Professor Wallace Notestein of the University of Minnesota was with Mr. Wilson's Peace Commission, and he sent an offer of a scholarship at Minnesota which might enable Gage to pursue historical studies at that University upon his return. But the spectre of debts incurred in college led to refusal of the offer, and Gage returned to the United States on Decoration Day to look for a job. Mirable dictu, he found a High School teaching position, which he held for two years, teaching Latin and History to earn enough to pay the debts. Prof. Jonas 0. Notestein, father of Wallace, found a vacancy in a small college of the middle west, and located Gage in it as an instructor in History. The prairies held him for ten years, in-. eluding a leave of absence for advanced study at Wisconsin where a Master's degree in History was earned under Prof. F. L. Paxson. In due time it was urgent to decide either to re, main in the teaching profession, or to abandon it. The decision to remain required further preparation, which was undertaken at Leland Stanford . Junior, University. There Gage's new interest, th; Far East, was studied under Prof. Payson J. Treat, for whom he is now preparing a dissertation. When the depression depleted financial resources to far below the vanishing point, Gage sought employment at Bucknell University. What time the COURAGE A farmer spilled some whiskey on his barn floor, so that a little stream of it ran out. A certain mouse sallied forth from his hole and being thirsty took a sip. It tasted strange and he went back in his hole and thought. Then he came out and took another big drink. Then he jumped up on the edge of the soap box and stood up on his hind legs, bristled up his whiskers, _and exclaimed, "Now bring out that damned 'cat". Bucknell · students (and his most recent hobby, Jane) will allow him, he spends upon the disserta, tion. With all that inspiration it ought to be a masterpiece! Meantime, an interest in world conditions in general led to travel to whatever spots on the world's surface seemed "hottest" at the moment when money was available for reaching those places. Jo Europe in 1924; to China and Japan and Manchuria in 1928; to Mexico in 1929; Gage .w ent, with the American Seminars of Sherwood • Eddy, Upton Close, and Hubert Herring. There he com• bined observation and pleasure with study and ~onr tacts with persons and events of signi~cance at the time. Gould and Notestein were right. Teaching, and history, were destined to supersede music, the church, and banking as the correct line to follow. Music, and world conditions generally, and also philosophy and the classics, yet remain strong in Gage's affections. But marriage and family-ah, there he has found that for which he doubtless most longed all the timt. Therein is contentment, the wholly desirable supplement to the career of learn: ing and service that the academic world affords: ALUMNI NEWS The students at Lewisburg will present "Craig's Wife" on May-Day week-end, and once again for, mer Junior College students will be active. · Irma Hewitt and Joseph Salsburg, veterans in Bucknell dramatics, will have leading roles. Rohen Renville is production manager, Mason Baldwin ts h~ad .of the scenery department, and Ralph Ford has charge of the lighting. Sallie Hinton and Robert .Mayock are also on the production staff. . --0- Joseph Lord, in connection with his work m Sociology at Lewisburg is spending a month at a home for delinquent boys in New York. 111 :1 I ll 11I 11l 11! 11I 11 11 11 1 11 1 11 1 11 1 111111 I I I I I I I I I 11 11 11111111111 111111 JI 111111111111111 I 11 1 11 1 11 1 111 Jl I I: I BUCKNELL EMBLEMS, PENNANTS, SEAL JEWELRY, PERSONAL STATIONERY available at the Bookstore in the Registrar's Office l '. lllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!,1 1 11 1111 1111111111\ll llllllll \11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1 �Page Seven THE BUCKNELL BEACON SCOOPING THE SCANDAL What have we here?? Shirley Dattner thinks that Mr. Disque looks like Fernand Gravet, the movie actor........ Talking about strange dreams, Miss Sangiuliano dreamed that she met Helen Hayes and Katherine Cornell at a banquet. --0--- Current "affairs" : Sidney Levine took Marion Dunstan bicycle riding the other week. John Mundry must be in a fog about Betty Fenton to get lost going to, and coming from the Easter Dance. Joe Boyle took Ilaria Sterniuk to the rodeo. Bob Bohn thinks a girl by the name of Rita Walsh is pretty nice, but she isn't the same Rita whom 0', Malley knows. Betty Schlingman is so wrapped up in her "Eddie" that every boy she meets she calls Eddie........ Marge Shapiro made a trip to New York, and it wasn't just to see the new play:,. --0--- School stuff :-Dr. Churchill's public speaking class is one class you can say almost anything in and nobody will dispute you. From what is be, ing said around the halls, the subjects that are selected are from "My Pet Flea's Pedigree" to "Why My Grandmother Walks In Her Sleep." ........ Sud, den thoughts:'Wodder wha{Mrs. Churchill would say if anyone asked her to go hiking after a hard week's running around the library trying to keep the place quiet?........ When Professoc..Gage starts on his typewriter it sounds just like machine gun warfare on the Spanish front. -0- Who is Imelda Fontaine that Joe Gallagher is talking about?........ Sounds like a character •,f rom ' a: True Story Novelette ......... A:nd by the way, who is this John from St. Thomas' that has Betty Fenton all agog?........ Oh yes! We mustn't forget Huddy's Leo. The Bucknellians would like to see these people and :find out what ' 6)mpetition they've run up against. SPRING (Continued from page 1) "In the spring a young man's fancy"-well, you know the rest, for there are examples of it every where. The streets are thronged with idle couples who stroll along, arm in arm, laughing and talk, ing as they gaze into shop windows, particularly those of the jewelry shops. To many, spring brings plans for the coming summer. The young country boy has visions of days spent along a shady stream with his hook and line, or long trips to the woods, and last but not so interesting, spring planting. In the good old days spring meant that the an, nual torture was on hand. A bountiful dose of sulphur and molasses was inflicted upon one and all in order that each blood stream would be puri, :lied after the quiet winter. It also meant that the red flannels found their accustomed place in moth balls, and all the · ''Tom Sawyers" and "Huck Finns" were eagerly waiting to feel the tickle of grass on their bare feet. Perhaps it is the professor, who :first is conscious of the arrival of that disturbing weather, for he :finds many pairs of dreamy eyes turned toward the open window and .in expr~ssion of blissful unconcern on every face which is aglow with merely the joy of living. : '.\That a joy and blessing to be alive and witness ' this wonderful season! Ace Hoffman Studios Portrait. Commercial, and Aerial Photographers Wilkes• Barr" 54 W. Market St. --0--- Odds and ends :- You should hear Bideth Davies and Stanley Daugert render their interpretation of Chop Sticks. It's terrific!. ....... One would never suspect it, but Marge Honeywell slides down bannis, ters ........ and Marie Kopicki trucks. --<>-Here's something to try your skill on. It was handed to the editor by Ben Davis, so blame him, not me:Sister Susie's silly sister says Sally Simkin's suitor, Samuel Simpson, sips soup silently. ir•i1,1r11r11-11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 11 1111 111 111 11 11111 11 TYPE TALK NO. 8 Goudy Many advertisers prefer to use the same type face throughout their printed pieces. To satisfy such par, ticular customers The Dallas Post has Goudy in Bold Face, Italic, Old Style and Inline, four varia, tions of Frederic Goudy's famous and always attrac, tive desigrt. Goudy is noted especially for its adaptability to different kinds of advertising. THE DALLAS POST, INC. PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 �Page Eight THE BUCKNELL BEACON REHEARSALS OF "POMEROY'S PAST" NOW IN FOURTH WEEK "Pomeroy's Past," a swift moving comedy in three acts, is in the late stages of rehearsal prior to its performance to be given in a few weeks. The play was first given April 19, 1926 in the Longacre Theatre, New York City, with Ernest Truex and Laura Hope Crews in the leading roles. "Pomeroy's Past" concerns the trials of Pomeroy Chilton (Joseph Donnelly) when he decides to adopt an orphan against his sister Amanda's (Betty Fenton's) will. His friend, Edward Marsh: (Ralph Johnson), has done the same thing without serious objection from his fiancee (Betty Tonks). But when Pomeroy claims that the child really belongs to him, complications develop. Amanda's maid (Ilaria Sterniuk) says the child is her own and futher trouble develops. Elizabeth Davies and ?tanley Daugert provide some rollicking, fast moving comedy and aid considerably in bringing a sur, prising and unexpected conclusion. THE WAY IT BEGAN According to the story, widely believed through, out Islam, a dog approached Allah while the latter was engaged in the construction of Eve, and seiz, ing the rib which the Almighty had just taken from Adam's side ran off with it. Allah, it is said, followed in hot pursuit and managed to grasp the tail, which the dog had neglected to tuck away. The tail remained in Allah's hands, the dog escaping with the rib. Allah thereupon utiliz~ ed the dog's tail instead of Adam's rib for the construction of the mother of mankind, and it is owing to this, according to the Arabs, that woman is just as incapable of remaining quiet and motionless for two minutes as is the tail of the dog. 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I You C•n Hdp You, Colleg, By A.~i•g 'Tiu Registrar 'To Send A Copy Of 'The 1937 , 1938 Bucknell University Ju~ior College Bulletin 'To Any Of Your Friends Who May Be Interested In Entering College In September --0- LEAVE Nl}\MES AND ADDRESSES AT THE OFFICE-BULLETINS WILL BE FORWARDED PROMPTLY lf!11u111111111111111111111u11111111111111111111 11111 ,. ............. · · ,11,1111111111111111111111111n111111111111111111111111111111111n11111111 · '=" 111111111 u 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111101•,:a � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bucknell Beacon, 1937 April 22nd Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1937 April 22 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Bucknell University Junior College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/4dc289cf377ca078d05c7c247143419e.pdf b4befb3a8f2251d7b72fddcfd71fd413 PDF Text Text ~ The Bucknell Beacon VoL. I WEDNESDAY, MAY DOCTOR CROOK TALKS \lt No. 10 26, 1937 CONVOCATION The night of June third, will find the class of '39 assembled at Bucknell Junior College for the last time. The young women will bedeck themselves i11 their cool and crisp gowns while the men stu, dents will be attired in their Sunday best. The members of the sophomore class will walk into the auditorium-two by two- the faculty will occupy the stage and will probably wear caps and gowns. The program for the evening will consist of a group of songs by the choral club and probably a short talk by Dr. Farley. At the time this paper went to press the speaker had not been chosen but Dr. Farley promises that he will have a very interesting man to address us. We urge all of you to attend-both to bid fare, well to the sophomores and to spend an enjoyable evening listening to good speaker. RESULTS OF THE STUDENT POLL It seems fitting ·that a professor with · such a name should be teaching a course in Criminology, among his other tasks. Yet, when anyone suggests this idea, he is apt to reply: "Well, where I came from it meant a shepherd's crook, not a racketeer." Wilfrid Crook was born in the damp and gloomy county of Lancashire, England, in the very heart of the cotton-spinning country, where the sun shines once a year . . . when it remembers. Before he was old enough to remember the difference he and his family moved to the English mid, lands, where coal, steel and smoke were the ruling industries. Even in his youthful days he had a lively interest in America. His father had visited the States during a world tour and had brought back a fasci, nating old guide book, illustrated in the Currier and Ives style with Indians, bisons and cowboys. This and the novels of the American Winston Churchill, Frank Norris and Owen Wister roused a desire to see the New World. Long before this desire was satisfied, however, Mr. Crook had decided on the ministry as a career We, the staff of the Bucknell Beacon, feel duly compensated for our feeble efforts in conducting a a poll of the student body in regard to world affairs and local news. The Roosevelt landslide and Hit, ler's plebiscite in the Saar had nothing on it. We feel justified in thinking that there's every indication that the combined sophomorons and freshman, iacs (behold the Beacon's originality!) have at least a grain of intelligence. To prove: they not only answered questions in the recent poll, but, nay more strangdy, answered them with a hint of intelligence. The voting came out somewhat as follows : the most widely publicized man and woman were The Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simp, son, with President Roosevelt running a close sec, ond to the Duke. A decided "No" was registered on the question "Would you be willing to fight for the U. S. on foreign soil?" Only 13 students voted "Yes." The most interesting book ever read was first, Gone with the Wind ; second, Magnificent Ob, session ... The Great Ziegfeld, and Romeo and Juliet were the "most artistic" film productions. Dr. Crook is the "most popular teacher" in the school, coming in just ahead of Dr. Tasker; this vote was very close. Jack Benny won out over the Lux Radio Theatre and the Hit Parade in the matter of favorite radio programs. The course on The History of Western Man, first; the World Literature course, second, in the vote on "What course did you derive the most benefit from?" Adolf Hitler was considered the man (Continued on Page 14) (Continued on Page 14) DR. WILFRID H. CROOK �'Two THE BUCKNELL BEACON JOURNALISM We have our Westbrook Peglers, our Walter Durantes, and our Margaret M~tchells who have eached the heights of journalistic endeavor.-On the other hand we have you, you, and you, who are gazing raptly upward toward these heights and who, undaunted by the warnings of the don't,ever, be,a-journalist-what-ever,you,do school of thought, continue to dream vague dreams of syndicated col, umns, "best sellers," and by-lines. Do you like to write? Sixty peoi:le out of a hu:i.dred will claim that they do. Can You Write? Forty of of the sixty will modestly admit that yes, they write rather well.-And in a few years ten of the forty, clutching th~ir diplomas, proudly flaunt, ing their newly acquired degrees, will bravely besiege editorial offices, publishing houses and advertising agencies shouting gaily, "Herc we are, you lucky people." Eventually the ten will be found plugging awav :is copy readers, as advertising compositors, as reporters insignificant, but happy because they are doing something they like. Possibly one of the ten will become a big man in journalistic fief ds--possibly not probably. If you harbor a romantic vision of yourself as the gal reporter who has just completed a successful round-the-world flight, or the columnist who knows everyone and who wears a slouch hat and trench coat-wake up. A cub-reporter can't afford a trench coat and gal reporters are an exceedingly rare phenomenom. To every spectacular figure in the writing profession, there are hundreds of men and women who must be satisfied with minor po· sitions. On the other hand, one must not lose sight of the vast possibilities in the field of journalism. Feature article writing, advertising, scenario writing, shortstory writing, reporting and newspaper management -are but a few. It is true that the use of syndi, cated news has done much to eliminate the need for feature writers on the small newspaper, but the moving picture industry and the magazines are al, ways eager for new talent. This statement may seem paradoxical in view of the fact that the attitude of the popular magazines toward new writers is not always encouraging. If the big-name periodicals don't appreciate your efforts, the pulps willat a cent a word! Once you get into print-that is, if you have a definitely individualized style-the popular Magazines will sit up and beg for your work. As for education-the journalist must have, in addition to his specialized training, as diversified and as complete a store of knowledge as he can possibly assimilate. He must have a large vocabulary, but, first, he must possess a unique and interesting style of writing. Flowery language does not nee- PLANS FOR DINNER DANCE COMPLETED All plans relative to the success of the annual Dinner Dance have been completed by the Social Activities Committee. A night of varied entertainent including prominent sp: akers, humorists, satirif.ts, and dramatists will endeavor to lift you into an atmosphere of sublimity or boredom. The list of speakers includes Dr. Eugene Farley, Joseph Gallagher, alter Thomas, Richard Roush, and Morris Re:shstein. Bud O'Halley, prominent Bucknellion, will act as toactmaster. The dinner will begin promptly at 6: 30 p. m. Music for dancing will be furnished by Ray Keating and his orchestra immediately after the conclusion of the dinner. Due to the unusually large demand for tickets, all reserva, tions must be made and all tickets bought by May 2 7. Since this is the last affair of the college year every attempt should be made to make it the most outstanding and one that will be long rememb, ered by Junior College students. FAREWELL SOPHOMORES! Since the sophomores will soon be leaving one another, they are naturally curious to know where they will b:! located next yi;ar. Although there are several who have not yet decided, we find that the majority are certain of their destinations. There are several who have decided to part from us; Betty Schlingman has chosen Talahassee in Florida; Marie Kopicki, Columbia University; Marjorie Phillips, Rider College; Robert Bohn, George Washington University; Phillip Mushowitz, N. Y. U; Leonard Rushin, Temple University; and Esther Warden and Frank Egarkt, Pennsylvania State College. We are happy to know that most of the class will continue at the campus. Among this group we find: Bill Atherholt, Edith Basta, Mary Ciesla, Ben Davis, Joe Donnelly, Jimmie Fritz, Joe Gallagher, Ann Griffiths, Marjorie Honeywell, Jack Hurley, Ralph Johnston, Melvin Kaminske, Sidney Levine, Donald McHugh, Fred Miller, William Ot, taviani, Leon Rokosz, Jack Saricks, George Sauer Walter Thomas, Huddy Morgan, Bideth Davies, Ed Davis and Dick Kasper. essarily mean clever writing. The day of rhapsodical descriptions and long and pointless tirades is past. It's a long, hard climb to the top, but if you reach it, it's well worth the effort, for a good writer is a good writer-as any Freshman knows! · -Marjorie Shapiro. �THE BUCKNELL BEACON 'Three JUNIOR COLLEGE STUDENT COUNCIL The members of the Student Council and the student organizations they represent. In the pie. ture are: Front row, left to right : Joseph Donnelly, Dramatic Club; Betty Tonks, Choral Club; Helen Morgan, girls' group; Marjorie Shapiro, representing the Freshman class; Walter Thomas, representing athletics and President of the Student Council. THE STUDENT COUNCIL During the past year the Student Council has attempted to bring about a more efficient student organization and a well rounded program of student act1v1t1es. In doing this the student C ouncil has been ably assisted by the Social Activities Committee and its most capable chairman, Andrew O'Malley. Due to unforseen difficulties, the budget of appropriations set up by the Council, turned out to be insufli.bent to cover the many activities. As a result more money, derived from the contingent fund, had to be appropriated to the various activities, namely bowling, the baseball team, the Rear row, l. ·to r.: John Lewis, representing the Freshman class; Joseph Gallagher, representing the Sophomore class; Ralph Johnston, representing debating ; Jack Saricks, representing the Beacon. Norman Costine, representing the Freshman class and Joseph Boyle, representing the men's group were not present when the picture was taken. Beacon, the Social Activities Committee for the annual dinner dance, and for delegates to conventions at Bloomsburg and Lehigh. The greatest accomplishment of the Student Council was the setting up of a much needed Athletic Council which began to function immediately after its approval. The Council deemed it unnecessary to have the usual faculty advisors on the Council, though they have been a great help to the Council, since there will be a greater freedom of thought and action. The final accomplil!hment was the amending of the Constitution in an attempt to overcome the faults of the previous Constitution. �Four THE BUCKNELL BEACON MOST POPULAR GIRL MOST POPULAR BOY JOSEPH DONNELLY MEGAN B. TONKS SCOOPING THE SCANDAL Here's the latest news-written down as fast as the scandal-mongers could spill it!!! ... We see by the papers that that old woman chaser, Bill De Rose is at it again. This time it's Patsy Boyle-he's tak, ing her to the dinner dance. Patsy used to go with you-know-whom ... It must be the real thing between Joe Boyle (the Boyles certainly get in the news) and Ilaria Sterniuk . . . Joe sent her a tele, gram wishing her success on the opening night of the play!! Was Herr Disque surprised or wasn't he? The German students gave him a surprise "Aufwieder, sehen" party at the General Hospital the other Saturday night (courtesy Miss Lily Deimler). The first two presents he received were wows! Ask Mr. Disque or Mr. Schuyler-he was there too. Seriously though, he did receive a fine wallet as a gift- a token of appreciation from his students for his being such a swell teacher and such a good sport ... The same goes for Miss Norma Sangiul, iano, who received an evening purse the night of the Dramatic Club initiation. Be on the lookout for some new combinations of couples at the dinner dance-don't say we didn't warn you . . . Wonder if the Dave Smith-Betty Tonks friendship is really more than that??? ... When you see Shirley Dattner coming, the best thing to do is run-she tells the dumbest jokes. Random thought-two girls who look cute with glasses are Marge Phillips and Marge Honeywell ... It's getting so bad that George Spurr and Edith Bast eat lunch together at the "Y." Was Jack Hurley's face red the night his car ran out of gas and he was late in getting to Marge's? If you want the full details ask him . . . We hear that George Beiswinger cracked up the other night, but he didn't mind because he knows a nurse by the name of Peggy Thomas!! . . . We'd like to know who the good-looking fellow was who was with Rachael Capone down at the campus the other weekend . . . We would also like to know who Stanley Daugert and Don McHugh are taking to the next dance . . . After that lecture in chapelyou know the one-it seems as if the fellows would like to know a few things too, the way they ganged up on the speaker. Some very definite indications of spring: Mr. Gage wearing dandelions in his button-hole . . . Bill Ottaviani sitting in the library in his shirt sleeves .. . Miss Brooks' French class out for a walk . . . The lethargic responses in the class-rooms . . . Ah, father . . ah, mother . . ah, wilderness . . ah, spring!! �. TH'l BUCKNELL BEACON Five THE STAFF OF BUCKNELL BEACON This staff has had charge of The Beacon during the college year. In the picture are: Front row, left to right: Walter Thomas, coeditor; Helen Morgan, reporter; Betty Tonks, co-editor; Bideth Davies, reporter; Jack Saricks, co-editor. Second row l. to r. : Maurice Reishtein, associate editor; James Fritz, reporter; Marjorie Shipiro, reporter; Ilaria Sterniuk, reporter; Mar- "BEACON" STAFF Th:: Bucknell "Beacon," so named by Dr. Wilfrid Crook, has endeavored to fill the gap left by the discontinuation of the "Bison Stampede" which failed dismally last year after one issue. The reorganization was affected during th~ past summer by Dr. Crook and a few students who, though having little experience in the line of journalism, were willing to put every effort into such an undertaking. Gradually the staff was enlarged and gradually the "Beacon" improved both in content and in form until this masterpiece of journalism was ion Dunstan, business manager; Betty Fenton, art editor; Andrew O'Malley, associate editor; Joseph Donnelly, associate editor. Rear row, l to r.: William DeRose, art editor; Stanley Daugert, reporter; Doctor Wilfrid Crook, faculty adviser; Sidney Levine, business manager. Anne Griffith, a reporter, was not present when the picture was taken. produced. Because of its unusual and snappy art:cles, its creative drawings, volcanic editorials, ancient and modern photographs of faculty memb-rs, its original poetry, and the fantastic interpretations of college life, the "Beacon" has turned out to be a most popular and interesting paper. But it would not be what it is except for the untiring efforts of Dr. Crook and Sidney Levine, not excluding the splendid cooperation of every member of the staff. The "Beacon" has been forced to subsist on an appropriation of thirty dollers an issue and has done splendidly on such an allowance. �Six THE BUCKNELL BEACON The Bucknell Beacon Published at Buc~nell University at Wil~es-Barre Tuni or College ·This issue of the Buc~nell Beacon is under th~ direct control of the staff, with• out auy supervision of the faculty. EDITORS-IN-CHIEF ] ohn Saric~s. Walter Thomas, Betty 7'on~s ASSOCIATE EDITORS foe Donnelly, Andrew O'Malley, Maurice Reishtein SocIAL EDITORS Elizabeth Davies, James ]. Fritz ART EDITORS William De Rose, Betty Fenton ADVERTISING & CIRCULATION Sidney Levine, Marian Dunstan CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Ann Griffiths, Helen Morgan, Ilaria Sterniut Leon Rol{osz, Marjorie Shapiro and Stanley Daugert .1\dvertising rates: 65c for first inch (single colum 11), 4 5c for each additional inch. ::iujscription rates to Junior College Alumni 25c pt:, >-car. W .t:DNESDAY, 1,f.)Ay 26, 1937 ETHICS We are going down into the garden to eat worms. Never have we been so thoroughly disillusioned and disgusted. It is a sad day when a college journal is forced to print an editorial on ETHICS. Perhaps we are not being tactful; perhaps the members of the Beacon staff should lick their wounds in silence-but the best way to get rid of a bad odor is to give it air. We have been told and we firmly believe that a college course serves three purposes; to aid the stu, dent in attaining culture, to prepare him for his career, and to teach him to be a good citizen. It is this last that we have to do. Is it ethical for one student to have seven or five or even two ballots in an election? Is it ethical to conduct an election in a highly disorganized manner? Who should have charge of the election? Who should collect and count the votes? Disin, terested persons who are not nominees for office! An outraged murmur issues from the Fresh, man class. They scowl. They vigorously deny such implications. Yes, of course-they are ashamed and humiliated for our classmates too. We are ashamed for ourselves who saw and who did not have the courage to interfere. WAKE UP AND LIVE The editors of the Beacon hope that a certain state of affairs, which has existed throughout this year, will be remedied next year. This is the tend, ency shown by the majority of the students to place the burden of managing the various organizations on a relatively small number of students. More ccoperation should be shown by the other members of the groups. The fact that a person does not happen to hold an office in the organization is no excuse for his being a back-slider and leaving practically all the work and responsibility on the shoulders of . those who have been elected to serve as officers. No officer and no organization can accomplish anything really worthwhile unless they are given the wholehearted backing of all the members. We, the editors of the Beacon, consider ourselves authorities on this subject. At times it has appeared that we would have to write the entire paper ourselves if we wished to put an issue out at all. We do not wish to cast any criticism on some of our reporters, who have cooperated very well with us, but we feel that the small number of our reporters handicapped us to some extent, because many times during the year these students were too busy with their other activities to help us with the paper. It is hoped that there will be many more reporters on next year's paper staff and that its editors will receive better support and encouagement from the student body than the departing editors have received. There is ample opportunity in the college for each student to take an active part in at least one organization. Too many of our studrnts in the past have deprived themselves of the enjoyment which comes to one when he has cooperated to his utmost in some endeavor and has had a part in making it a great success. We hope that the students who are planning to return next year will give a little consideration to this inauspicious but well meaning article and will try to b~ a greater asset to the college in the future, no matter how active they have been this year. ATHLETIC COUNCIL FUNCTIONS The Athletic Council has begun to function dur, ing the last month and has settled many important issues. It was decided that third year students be allowed to participate in any or all athletic events, providing they pay their student-activities fee; it was decided that the Athletic Council set up stand, ards and rules for the general conduct of and the making of awards to athletes. A constitution, was drawn up and accepted. APPRECIATION The Business Staff wishes to thank our adver~isers for their cooperation during the year. �Seven THE BUCKNELL BEACON SOCIETY AND SYPHILIS The social diseases-one out of every ten persons in these United States is affected by one form or another. Syphilis alone causes the death of fully 100,000 Americans every year. A half million new cases of syphilis occur every year. Millions of peo, ple are suffering from heart disorder, blindness, insanity, and many other afflications, and the origins of these ailments can, in many cases, be traced back to the social diseases. This is a nation which prides itself for its highly advanced civilization. Ironically enough, medical science has an effective method of prevention and cure of these diseases. Then why the wide, spread existence of these diseases and why their ever-increasing growth? The answers to these questions lie in the fact that there is a strong conviction among the supposedly cultivated people of this country that it is not proper to talk about or even obtain knowledge about the venereal diseases. The students in the category of these "nice" per, sons will no doubt criticize the Beacon editorial staff for this frank discussion and will condemn us as being immoral. But do not these students and the rest of the "proper" people, or better said "prudes," realize that it is th~ir taboo of the sub, ject which is preventing a wide disemination of the available knowledge concerning the prevention and remedying of these diseases? Do they not perceive that they, not the unfortunate diseased, are the real causators of the existence and shocking growth of these afflictions? It is difficult to believe that conditions exist where only one out of every ten stricken, receive proper medical treatment, and where many people are af, fected and should receive medical attention, but are quite ignorant of their infection. But according to medical men, such conditions do exist. and among thousands of people. Widespread propogation of information concern, ing the diseases is our only solution. In Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, there exists a governmental program of education in the nature of the diseases and the necessity for thorough treatment. Last year, these countries, which have a total population of about twelve and a half million reported less than 1600 cases of syphilis. England has obtained these same remarkable results with it educational program. Americans, fortunately, are beginning to awaken. Some of the leading newspapers, magazines, and radio stations are carrying out active campaigns to break down the "prim" attitudes toward the di, seases and to spread all available knowledge among the people. It's high time that we of the coming generations, college men and women, dropped our prudishness and rose to the support of this worth-while move- TO THE EDITORS OF THE BUCKNELL BEACON This is the closing month of our fourth year as a Wyoming Valley iostitution. Next fall will see us take a vital step in our history as the valley's college, as we move to our beautiful River Street site The University at Lewisburg has had faith in us and in our valley sufficient to establish the Junior College here and to bring here a permanent and resident faculty. Our students have made a fine showing both here at the Junior College and in the thirty-five or more four-year colleges and universities to which they have gone after their two years of college work here. Our present student body can do a splendid service to their Junior College and to their valley by personally securing the enrollment of promising high school graduates for our Freshman Class next fall. A few hours of real thought and enthusiasm on this matter by each student would start next year's work with a record enrollment. Is it too much to ask? -Wilfrid H. Crook EDITORIAL The Freshmen members of the Beacon staff relunctantly bid adieu to the Sophomore members who, with a zeal hitherto foreign to Sophomores, have done most of the work during the year. We look forward with mixed feelings of dread and ex, uberance to the issues when we, as Sophomores, shall shoulder the double burden of getting the Beacon to the printer and frantically warning the Freshmen that they have exactly one hour in which to write a five hundred word story. We can hardly wait! Just to prove that we have ambitious ideas for the future of the Beacon, we ( with a pleading eye in the general direction of the powers-that-be) hereby submit the following suggestions: 1. A bi-monthly Beacon-instead of the present monthly. 2. A system by which persons writing regularly for the Beacon might receive a quality-credit for their work. 3. A typewriter all our own in the press room. 4. MORE REPORTERS. ment. We must strive to learn as much as possible about the social diseases, and then we mut do our bet to spread this information among our various communities so that thie dark spectre of disease might be cured, prevented, and, finally wiped out forever. �Eight THE BUCKNELL BEACON High School Graduates Of The Valley Four years ago Bucknell University established its Junior College in Wyoming Valley to meet the urgent need for College education right here at home, during freshman and sophomore years. Next fall, through the generosity of Admiral and Mrs. Harold Stark and Mrs. John H. Conyngham, the Junior College will have a splendid permanent site on the River front . Within the past four years our students have transferred to no less than thirty-five other colleges and universities ·i n America and Great Britain. Many of our students are making brilliant records for themselves on the Bucknell campus at Lewisburg and in other colleges. THIS IS YOUR JUNIOR COLLEGE! WE BUCKNELL STUDENTS WELCOME YOU! Mayor Loveland Says: "Bucknell University, in offering two years of their curriculum in the Junior College, has brought to Wyoming Valley opportunities for developing youth . .. in which we have been woefully lacking. "I strongly urge a prompt awakening to the ad, vantages which this college is presenting to the city and the community." Bucll_nell's Co_n yngham I Hall is i \ Last House ~ But One in Right Hand u Al Lower Corner of Picture. �THE BUCKNELL BEACON 'N_ine sooi•••••••••••••O•OiJJ;+ei•••••••••••i••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• COMMUNITIES FROM WHICH OUR STUDENTS HA;VE COME ( Each dot represents one student) 'COLLEGES TO WHICH OUR STUDENTS HAVE GONE TO COMPLETE THEIR FOUR,YEAR STUDY mversity of Alabama 1lbright College .merican University .nnapolis Naval Academy aptist Institute Barnard College loomsburg State Teachers' College oston University ucknell University olumbia University 'rexd Institute East Stroudsburg State Teachers Edinburgh University (Scotland) Georgia School of Tech . Lafayette College Lehigh University Louisiana State University Marywood College Misericordia College University of Michigan New York University Northwestern University Ohio Wesleyan University of Oklahom;,. University of Pennsylvania Penn. State College St. Bonaventure College St. Thomas College Syracuse University Temple University Tulane University Wellesley College Wesleyan University West Point Academy W. Va. Wesleyan College �'Ten THE BUCKNELL BEACON ZIMMERMAN AND SARICKS ARE LEADING HITTERS STUDENT RECEIVES BOWLING PRIZE Michael Kaminski, a member of the Junior College bowling team entered in the Y. M. C. A. House League, was awarded the prize for the highest individ.ual score made in a match game during the past season. His score of 252 set a new high for match games, and one which in all probability will stand for a long time. This honor was conferred · upon him at the annual clam bake held by the members of the House League. The Junior College congratulates Mr. Kaminski for this fine achievement and in all probability he will be awarded at the Annual Lettermen's Banquet. GIRLS ENTER BOWLING TOURNAMENT The latest innovation in the Junior College is the introduction of bowling in the girls' physical edu, cation program. The coach of the girls is Hank Peters, and the rooters are the pin boys. The team is composed of about fourteen girls, and the games are played only when one has a dime. The highest scorer to date is Mary Ciesla who prides her, self as having the three requisites of bowling, name, ly, the three w's-vim, vigor and vitality. Most of the girls bowl the big pins, but it seems that the petite Betty Tonks must stick to the little things in life---duck pins. Demetra Diamond, who takes three unusual swings before shooting, ranks second highest scorer, while yours truly is almost as good as Fritz. The tournament which was composed of both girl and boy bowlers, was held a few weeks ago. At press time the final results were not known. Ace Hoffman Studios Portrait, Commercial, and Aerial Photographers 54 W. Mark.-t St. Wilkes-Barr.. Puffy Zimmerman, erstwhile third baseman, and Captain Jack Saricks lead the team in batting with averages of .432. They are also tied for the most hits with 16. Following are the complete averages, not including the final games with Seminary. G. A.B. R. H. Pts. J. Saricks 9 37 8 16 .432 S. Zimmerman 9 37 16 3 .432 C. Sutton 9 36 5 13 .361 W. Thomas 9 38 9 12 .316 18 E. Johnson 5 3 .278 5 .W. Atherholt 9 36 7 9 .250 W. Ottaviani 28 7 6 .250 7 E. Weisberger 7 24 4 .208 5 B. Thomas 29 7 3 6 .207 F. Ford 4 13 0 1 .077 J. Leyba 3 8 1 0 .000 7 20 0 .000 J. Gambold 0 LEADERS Runs-W. Thomas 9. Hits-Saricks and Zimmerman 16. Two Base Hits-Sutton 3. Three Base Hits-Zimmerman 1. Home Runs-Saricks 1. Stolen Bascs-W. Thomas and Saricks 4. Runs Batted In-Saricks 10. ------- LETTERMEN'S BANQUET The Annual Lettermen's Banquet, originally scheduled to take place at the Hotel Redington, will take place at the Hotel Mallow-Sterling on Saturday evening the festivities will begin at 7 :00 o'clock. A very interesting program has been arranged for the affair, including a number of speakers as well as an enjoyable musical program. The feature of the banquet will be the talk by the guest speaker of the evening, Prof. W. Austin Bishop of the University of Pennsylvania. Prof. John Gold, pop, ular ex-faculty advisor of athletics at the Junior College and now stationed at Lewisburg, will give one of his amusing talks. Coach Henry Peters will be given another chance to air his stupendous vo, cabulary. Walter Thomas and John Kasper will al, so give short talks. Dr. Roy C. Tasker, faculty ad, visor of athletics, will present awards to athletes deserving them. Andrew O'Malley, chairman of the Social Activities Committee, will act as toast, master. This affair long awaited by all Lettermen will be one which will be long remembered by all who att~nd, and it will surpass all previous attempts at banqueting. �Eleven THE BUCKNELL BEACON SPORTS Left to right in the picture are captains of the athletic teams: James May, ocl{. golf; Edward Davis, bas~etball; J a c ~ Saric~s, baseball; Wayne Gardner, swimming; and Leonard Rushin, bowling. RIGHT: ,.. , Pictured are two members of this year's swimming team during a practice session. BELOW: ·• . ., . • .· / ___ . / . I l, ABovE: Jae~ Saric~s, cap, tain and leading hitter of the baseball team. �'Twe!. e THE BUCKNELL BEACON James Fritz is seen at left at wor~ in the Chemistry Lab, oratory. NO LONGER A "LABOR" QUESTION JAMES FRITZ The labor situation has reached a point wher" it affects every citizen. James Fritz first saw the world on September 21, 1920 in the little town of Sunbury, Pennsylvania. After traveling for some time, the Fritz family established its home in Nanticoke for a few years. Later a permanent abode was established in Hanover, Here, Jimmie began his school career, completing his first three grades in one year. Already it was apparent that the boy was precocious. In 1935, Fritz, ranking highest in his class, graduated from Hanover High SchooL As a result of competitive exams, that year, Fritz was awarded a State Schol, arship of $100 per year. Convinced by the arguments of his teachers that Chemical Engineering was quite the thing, he enrolled in this college in tl:ie fall of 1935. As a freshman James won the Prof. George Morris Phillips prize for the outstand, ing rank in freshman mathematics, and won much recognition as an "A" student for the whole year. The unlawful occupation of property by workers to enforce th'_ir demands, and the breakdown of our law enforcement agencies in protecting the property owner, is a new experienc in the United States. It is but one step removed from revolution, If o:1e class of citizens can disposses ,mother of th ~ uce of their property it is not a very far step to take over such property permanently. If workmen stop to think they will see that they are destroying their own safety and liberty when they foment revolutionary practices. Thoughtful persons who have the best intereest of workers at heart can only warn them against such tactics which in the long run will lose unless government stability 1s destroyed- then what? PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTlSERS Jimmie's favorite subjects are those dealing with chemistry and mathematics. As a member of the Beacon staff, he admits the authorship of some of the poems, but he feels rather ashamed of them. Jimmie is also a member of the Choral Club and of the now deceased Junior College orchestra. His two greatest ambitions are to graduate Summa Cum Laud~ and to play Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata." Here's luck to you, Jimmie! Watch and Jewelry Repairing EDWAkD B. LEWIS 49 Laning Buildmg Wilkes-Barre, Pa. �Thirteen THE BUCKNELL BEACON At right are students wor\ing in the Biology Labora, tory under the guidance of Dr. Roy T as\er. BIOLOGICAL COURSE INTERESTING AMENDMENTS ACCEPTED; HIGHER FEE REJECTED Above is a typical scene in the Biological Lab, oratory. Here is shown a part of the class at work dissecting the shark. Their attention and interest indicates something of their application in this sub, ject. Here the student seeking a general college edu, cation finds cultural advancement and the student preparing for medicine, dentistry, technician or pub, lie health work, science teaching or graduate study acquires skill in the use of laboratory instruments and equipment, practice in the scientific method and basic information for his more advanced work In addition to the actual study of animals and zoological principles to afford a better understand, ing of man himself, students begin to appreciate the value of exact and accurate methods, the use of controlled experiments, the spirit of investigation and the openmindedness essential to, and so integral a part of, the scientific method. By a vote of 4 7 to 13 the student body showed their approval of the suggested constitutional amendments, while the proposal to raise the studentactivities fee was rejected by a close vote of 32 to 27. 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"Now!" cried the old philosopher, "go and buy a copy of your own." · The pursuit of the ministry, together with the aid of the Hibbert Scholarship, brought Mr. Crook to the States. With the sociologist's virus in his veins, he travelled to America in the steerage, and in the process, learned a good deal about human nature, both European and American. After Ellis Island, Harvard campus looked pretty good to him. Two years at Harvard in economics led on to an assistant-pastorship under Dr. Willard Sperry in Boston. (Dr. SpE:'rry is now Dean of the Harvard School of Theology) . Thl're Mr. Crook's chief task was to run a young people's forum, visit the sick and the aged and try (vainly) to restrain his economic and sociological enthusiasms outside the realm of the Church. Utimately the social sciences won. Mr. Crook returned to Harvard to complete his Ph. D. Varied teaching experiences at Simmons College, Bowdoin College and Bradford Junior College, mingled with much public speaking and literary work (journal, istic and otherwise) , finally landed Dr. Crook in the Wyoming Valley at our Junior College. Here he tackles anything from Social Institutions to La, bor Problems and has been known to pinchlhit in Political Science and Religion. For some ten years his "hobby" was collecting "dope" on the general strike . .. that labor weapon which has been used in every continent in the world. This search took him back three times to Europe and led him into the labor history of thir, teen different nations. The end product of all this effort was a veritable "tome" of over six hundred pages, published by the University of North Carolina Press, and other smaller articles in professional journals and in the new Encyclopa:dia of the Social Sciences. His present leisure time enjoyments consists of driving (and crabbing) a Ford car, tree-trimming in Maine, speaking to all kinds of forlorn organiza, tions, watching his son grow beyond the six-foot five-inch mark, and admiring his wife's efforts to who has done the most to undermine democracy; Mussolini was his companion. Personality, intelligence, sense of humor, ambi, tion, good looks, clothes sense, and good dancer in that order are the most desired qualities in the opposite sex. Betty Tonks and Joseph Donnelly shared the hon, ors as the most popular woman and man students with Bud O'Malley second to Joe. 'The Reader's Digest occupies most of the student's time as a favor, ite magazine; Life and 'Time were second and third. Walter Winchell led the pack of "favorite writers." Swimming is our favorite sport with football oc, cupying some of our time. Luise Rainer and Paul ~mi were the favorite actress and actor. Jesse Owens and Bob Feller shared honors as outstanding figures of the sports world. The students disagreed on the "most spectacular figure" in the world: votes were jointly given to Roosevelt and Hitler. Benny Goodman and Bing Crosby would combine their talents if the students had their way about it. Country Constable-"Pardon, Miss, but swim, ing is not allowed in the lake." City Flapper- "Why didn't you tell me before I undressed?" Country Constable-"Well, there ain't no law against undressing."- Rotary Reminder. Was your mother-in-law hurt when you crashed your car?" "Yes, her jaw was injured, but we can't deter, mine how badly." "Why didn't you have it X-rayed?" "We tried that, but couldn't get anything but a moving picture." Cop: "Hey! You can't turn this corner!" Sweet Young Thing: "Just make aH those other cars get out of the way and I'll show you." "There's ~? difficulty in this world that cannot be overcome. "Is zat so! Say, did you ever try to push the tooth paste back in the tube?" run a Council of Social Agencies and acquire a Ilh.D, at the same time. One of his craziest ideas is that this valley and this Junior College have, to, gether, a great future . �Fifteen THE BUCKNELL BEACON OLD MAIN This picture shows only a small portion of the funds have been obtained to rebuild anew newly reconstructed Old Main which was destroyed by fire a few years ago. have signified that they intend to stay in this, the Through the cooperation of the Board of Trustees members of the Alumni splendid and Association, many sufficient LETTERMEN OF '36-'37 The following list of lettermen has been an, noanced: Basketball: Joseph Wesley, William Atherholt, Edward Davis, Charles Romane, Walter Thomas, William Thomas, Donald McHugh, David Smith, Francis Ford and Manager Norman Tractenberg. Baseball: Edward Johnson, Chester Sutton, Francis Ford, William Atherholt, Walter Thomas, Many of the Junior College the structure. students most modern section of Bucknell University's dor, mitories. Jack Saricks, Ernest Weisberger, Sidney Zimmer• man, William Thomas, John Gambold, William Ot, taviani and Manager Fred 11iller. Bowling: Leonard Rushin, Felix Stroinski, Robert Pet~rs, Thomas Jenkins, John Parkinson and Melvin Kaminski. Swimming: Wayne Gardner, Norman Costine, James Mayock, John Kasper, William De Rose, John Mundry and Manager William Warmkessell. �Sixteen THE BUCKNELL BEACON VALEDICTORY DESTINY The president of the college looked up questioningly at the n:ian who had entered his office and now stood regarding him gravely. Once the air was stuffy With sunshine bright and brittle. Tiny shafts skimmed the painted tables Standing white and little Leaves dropped in silence, And no alarm was heard, Only the tired, sluggish Heaped-up voice of some poor bird. White-washed walls just new Reflected dazzling light. Heat •on metal tendons Slowly drew the air-space tight. Suddenly the world stopped. Life suspended drawn In agonizing pain; Then,-you were gone. -B. D. F. "And what can I do for you, sir," he inquired. C. I. O.? "I don't suppose you remember me," the visitor A school teacher gave a pupil a problem for began, and seeing the look of doubt on the presi, . home study, which was in substance as follows: dent's face, went on: "I am Pollard of the class of "Hpw long would it take a certain number of men '07. The year I left school I was very hard up and working ten hours a day, to complete a certai~ you lent me ten dollars. And I told you that when job?" The next morning the pupil handed the I had made good I would come back and remind teacher a note from his father, saying, "Dear Sir: you of it and pay it. So-" I refuse to let my son do the sum you gave him "Go on," said the president beaming on him. last night because it looks to me like a slur on the "So, here I am. You don't happen to have anoth, eight-hour day. Any sum of eight or less he is er ten spot on you, do you?" welcome to work, but not more." +■-111-111-1111-!ll-'lll-llll-lfll-!111--lll-al-llll-1m-111i-1W-1111-111,-■+ 1 THE DALLAS POST, INC. JORDAN MEN'S FURNISHINGS AND HATS OF QUALITY Sports Apparel Z1MM~RMAN APPAREL SHOP 51 Public Square WILKES-BARRE 9 West Market St., Wilkes-Barre, +------1111-•-111--111-----•-1111-1111-,111-1111-111:-1+ "Come and See Us: We Will Welcome You!" Complimettt~ WILKES-BARRE BUSINESS COLLEGE, Inc. ot a 1tiend VICTOR LEE DODSON, President Formal Gowns, Wraps � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bucknell Beacon, 1937 May 26th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1937 May 26 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Bucknell University Junior College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/4a346be3e5bbbce79917e326746bb8f9.pdf df6914abc15be227d2be6e5206cb4308 PDF Text Text THE BUCKNELL BEACON Conyngham Hall WELCOME TO BUCKNELL! September, 1937 �~ The Bucknell Beacon\]! _V_o_L_._I_I_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _M_o_N_D_A_Y'-,_S_E_P_T_E_M_B_E_R_2_0--'' --1_9_3 7 . __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ WELCOMES FRESHMEN _:No. I TO THE CLASS OF '41 Going higher and higher!! That was the last report concerning the freshman enrollment. In fact this year promises to be a banner year for the Junior College, depending, of course, upon the co· operation of you freshmen. I, as President of the Sophomore class, extend to you the best wishes of my class, and hope that you as a member of the class of '41, will strive to your utmost to make yourself and your class worthy of Bucknell Junior College. Of course, you are expected to obey all Freshman rules. These rules, though they seem silly or unnecessary to some, are the very backbone of Freshman life and are a means of developing a true college atmosphere which one never forgets. So don't be afraid, much . RICHARD ROUSH, President of the Class of '40 FRESHMAN COOPERATION IN ACTIVITIES DR. JAMES FARLEY WELCOME TO BUCKNELL One of the great pleasures that comes with college work is the constant contact with young men and women of high ambition and fine ideals. Each June old friends leave us and go on to the _iunior and senior years in other colleges. Those of us who remain behind miss these friends but do not lose them. From time to time they return and we are able to see the progress and development they are making. Each September we greet new students and gradually develop those common interests th,tt are the basis of lasting friendships. So year by year students come and go, but always friendships remain to enrich the lives of all of us who work together at Bucknell. In the Junior College we are thrown intimately together as is never the case in the larger univer, sities. For nine months each year we share our work, our ideas, and our pleasures, and it is through this sharing that we develop the spirit of cooperation and. friendliness that we wish to characterize Buckndl. (Continued on Page 4) Upon entering the Junior College this year, the freshmen will undoubtedly want to know just what activities are open to them. Many of them will want to pursue some of the extra-curricular activities in which they engaged in their respective high schools. Others will want to seek new fields of inten-st in such clubs that were nonexistent in high school. Still others, perhaps, will ask about forming new clubs. Let it be clearly understood at the outset: no activity is closed to freshmen. This rule has no exception in Bucknell Junior College. The small size of the school would prevent any restriction even if exclusion would benefit any particular club. Where it would probably be beneficial in a larger college, it would not be feasible to exclude any student in the Junior College from any activity whatsoever. It being a two-year institution, members must get their start in their freshman year and close that activity insofar as the Junior Cot, lege is concerned in their sophomore year. We are working to what seems a logical conclusion. Admitting that freshmen must take part in the several activities from the .beginning in order to "know the ropes" in order to continue ex, panding and benefiting the clubs of their second year, and admitting that the sophomores are merely (Continued on Page 3) �'Two THE BUCKNELL BEACON YEAR'S DRAMATIC OUTLOOK ENCOURAGING . SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS ANNOUNCED THESPIANS' SEASON OPENS WITH "POMEROY'S PAST" Altho~h this is the first year that the Junior College has offered scholarships through competitive examinations and though these scholarships were limited to eight, over fifty eager high school graduates were on hand to give their all. Those eight who ranked the highest were a warded the scholarships. The winners of the $100 scholarships are J. Murray Adelman of Coughlin High School, and Bessie A. Lewis of Meyers High School; $50 scholarship winners: Francis A. Baldawski of Wyoming High School, Genevieve Brenan of Kingston High School, Ann E. Gallow of Meyers High School, Robert E. Nagle of Wyoming High School, and Lillian Stein of Nanticoke High School. The final winner of a $50 scholarship has not been announced as yet. With the presentation of "Pomeroy's Past", a three-act comedy by Clare Kummer, the Bucknell University Junior College Thespians formally open their 1937-38 season, which promises to be noteworthy in Bucknell Junior College's history if sue· cess can be measured by the excellent rehearsals preceding the performance. While viewing these rehearsals, it was evident that the actors were successfully attempting to accustom themselves to the drawing-room style of presentation. They gave their lines effectivelv and moved very naturally to their various positi~ns outside the "fourth wall". When "Pomeroy's Past" was given last May with the same cast, the players had to learn certain positions on the stage itself. Now they had to become accustomed to four or five very real rooms and a cosmopolitan style of presentation. This transformation they have accomplished with notable success and its results will be viewed September 20 in the Presbyterian Church House. The cast consisted of Joseph Donnelly, Betty Tonks, Ralph Johnston, Betty Fenton, Elizabeth Davies, Monroe Freed, Ilaria Sterniuk, Stanley Daugert and Walter Thomas. The ~fficers and members of the Bucknell University Junior College Thespians welcome freshmen to join this society which is now a permanent feature in the Junior College roster of clubs. It began last year with the combined ~~orts of its present director, Mass Norma Sanguihano and .a group of ambitious students who later proved their talents to the satisfaction of students, parents and professional critics alike. The Wilkes-Barre Rec.ord of May 21 reported: "the play ............ showed a decided improvement over the first. Roles were more aptly fitted, lines were more distinctly delivered, and action was faster." Thus encouraged it was easily seen that such a club was not only a benefit to the Junior College students alone but also to those people of the community who appreciate dramatic art produced and played intelligently. During the summer season former and present members of the club have been working to improve both the status of the club and their own individual talent. Nearly all of last year's members have been out to see the Broadway !'layers at Nuangola at one time or other. Some students have seen all these performances and have been introduced to the entire cast through the efforts of Miss Sanguiliano. Plays were seen at various points of the compass by the members--Lake Placid, New York and Atlantic City being several of the stops. Results of seeing such performances will probably be evident in the improved acting, staging and production of plays. Members did not confine themselves to play· going. The conception of the dramatics club room over the Chase garage was also a part of the program to improve the club. This was prepared during the summer with the willing assistance of last year's president, Joseph Dbnnelly, and other former members now juniors. Numerous plays were read throughout the summer with production in mind. Concentration centered on Henrik Ibsen, the great Norwegian tragedian. · Several members also responded to the call of the radio. Under the auspices of the Wyoming Valley Historical and Geological Society WBRE broadcasted five scripts written and directed by Harold Wertheimer, graduate of St. Thomas University. Mr. Wertheimer called upon several m~mbers of last year's Thespians to read these scripts and they readily responded. These productions throue-hout the summer brought wide and favorable comm'ent to all concerned. Some critics said they were the best performances the radio workshop had thus far provided. In the absence of a theater, plays will temporarily be given in the Presbyterian playhouse. Hopes are still held high for remodeling the Chase garage into a suitable theater. Eventually the Junior College will build a theater on its own grounds. _ Through the medium of this column, Miss Norma Sanguiliano, director, and Stanley Daugert, president, wish to thank those juniors who took part in last year's work. They also wish to remind them that the present members of the club will expect to hear from' them wherever they may be this year. �'Three THE BUCKNELL BEACON THE ART OF LIVING THROUGH PHYSICAL EDUCATION Even the mere observer knows the artistic delight which comes from seeing a thing done properly and well. If is not uncommon to speak of a beautiful tackle on the gridiron or a beautiful double play on the diamond. In such uses one ia not speaking lightly; one is speaking with profound truth. A beautiful tackle is beautiful in a strict aesthetic sense. One is simply paying tribute to the artistry of a thing done artistically. To this aim therefore, physical education should be directed. Through intra-mural activity, students should attempt to develop timing and finesse, which only come through the actual participation in athletic contests. It is while they are learning the fundamentals of various games, and striving to master the rudiments of plays, that they are able to understand and appreciate the intricacies of attistrv in sports. This knowledge is unlike anything els~ in our school curriculum. It is something that cannot be acquired by studying text books. It might be compare-cl to the sensitivity of a musician's ear; the musician alone can detect discords in the rendering of a composition. Even so, the student must learn to judge and value rhythm as it. is executed in the fields of sports. Every youth enjoys making new contacts. At no other time in his life will , he mingle with so many boys who are his potential friends, as when he is in collegi:-. A philosopher has said, "if we go through life making no new friends, our oki friends will die, and eventually we shall be left · alone."' Thrrefore, it is imperative for us to en deavor to map out a program that will create wholesome friendships through personal contact$ in play and athletic contests. The feeling of relationship, which springs from playing side-by-side with the same objective in mind, is that quality which makes for everlasting fraternalism. Consequently. physical education is something more than a builder of physical fitness; it is a medium through which we may obtain profound friendship. It is the Golden Mean, as Aristotle stated it, toward which we should strive in teaching physical education, that our students may not become muscle-bound mentally or physically. We should endeavor to teach our young people to recognize and appreciate things done in an artistic way. This is our debt to them. CALLING ALL REPORTERS Last year the "Buc~nel! Beacon" through the efforts of a capable staff of editors and reporters managed gradually to improve its issues until it reached, not perfection, but at least a presentable form of publication. In order to keep the ball rolling the editors of the "B!acon" will need many new reporters, since the majority of reporters have gone on to finish their education elsewhere. This will give members of the freshman class, who are interested in Journalism, a chance to gain practical experience on a college paper. The "Beacon" has become an important institution in the coll::-ge. · Its issues are sent to over fifty different high schools and colleges located all over the country. Thus the paper serves an important function in that it helps to give people on the outside an idea of what the Junior College really is. We, who started from scratch last year, trust that those who are journalistically inclined will give their support to a worthy cause in an endeavor to improve the "Beit1con", both in content and in form. A meeting will be held in the near future to reorganize the staff. All freshmen, who are interested, are urged to be present. ALUMNI OUTING On August 28 the newly formed Alumni Assoc, iation of Bucknell Junior College held its first outing at Harrison Park in the Poconos. A fine crowd was present to enjoy a day crammed_ full of exciting events. James Ramsey was chairman of the affair. The feature of the afternoon was the softbali game between the Holy Rollers, a team composed of members of the celebrated Saricks-Ramsey-O', Donnell intellectuals and a team made up of for, mer Junior College athletes. The athletes emerged the victor after a hard fought game by the close score of 20 to 9. Swimming was also a popular pastime with members of the fair sex indulging to the greatest degree. After a refreshing supper, the day was brought to a climax by a Junior College interpretation o:f farmer and modern dances. FRESHMAN COOPERATION (Continued from Page 1) extending what were formerly their freshman activities, we see how inextricably these two classes are interwoven. The keynote of this inevitable meshing is cooperation on the part of the freshmen and sophomores. Cooperation, quite naturally, demands two parties. The second year stu, dents will do their part. It is left to the newcomers to follow their example. �Four THE BUCKNELL BEACON The Bucknell Beacon Published at Buc~nell University Junior College at Wil~es-Barre Co-Editors Jack Saricks, Walter Thomas Contributing Editors Betty Tonka, Morris Reishstein, Stanley Daugert, Bideth Davies, Sidney Leving Faculty Advisor Dr. Wilfrid Crook Advertising rates: 65c for first inch ( single column), 45c for each additional inch. Subscription rates to Junior College Alumni, 25c per year. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1937 TO BE OR NOT TO BE . Although we fully realize that it is rather early m the year for an editorial of the preaching var• iety, we feel that there is a matter which should he brought to the attention of Junior College stu· dents as soon as possible. This has to do with the care of the fine new buildings which have been placed at the college's disposal this year through the civic-mindedness of the Stark and Conyngham families. All summer, workmen have been busily engaged in painting and remodelling Chase and Conyngham Halls so that they would be in first rate condition when the college year began. As a result the stu• dents will find the classrooms and halls clean and fresh when their classes begin this week. We earnestly hope that the students will exert a little thought and endeavor to keep the buildings in as fine condition as they now are. If everyone does his share, there is no reason why the buildings cannot keep their spick and span appearance for years to come. Chase and Conyngham Halls are new at present; let's keep them that way. In the past history of the Junior College the parts of the building which have been of gravest cone.em to the authorities in their attempt to see that a high standard of tidiness is maintained has been the boys' and girls' lounges. Surely all those who attended Junior College when it was in its old location will agree with us that the loi.mges were never properly cared for. The House Com• mittee, which has since been abolished, never seem· ed to be able to discover a practical plan by which the lounges could be kept in the desired good order. Certainly the cozy new lounges located in . .Chase Hall this year de.serve much more consideration from the students than the lounges in the old building received. Those in charge of the college's destmy have shown good judgment in setting a· side a cafeteria in Chase Hall where those students who bring their lunches with them will be compelled to eat instead of allowing them to eat in the lounges. This ruling removes a situation which in previous years always stood forth as one of the biggest problems to be encountered in the care of the lounges. Now if students will only be care· ful in seeing that their cigarette stubs and ashes are properly disposed of, the lounges at last stand a good chance of .being ready at all times to com• bat the critical gazes of visitors. We trust that the students will keep all these things in mind as they go about their work this year and that they will take pride in keeping the buildings just as fine looking as they themselves found them. WELCOME TO BUCKNELL (Continued from Page 1) Perhaps because we are a new and growing college, an added zest comes to our endeavors. We are none of us striving for ourselves alone, but all of us are helping to build an atmosphere and tra· dition that will mean much to those who follow us. During your first week there will be no classes, and we will have opportunities to become acquaint· ed with one another and to plan our work for the coming ylear. It is my hope that from the very time you enter our doors you will feel something of the Bucknell spirit and that before you leave you will find yourself absorbed in this spirit and adding something finer to it. The two classes that have preceded you have prepared this first issue of the paper for your welcome. They hope that you will enjoy it and that some of you will join with them in publishing the remaining issues of the "Beacon". You will find, also, that then: are other activities waiting for you, all of which supplement the work of the classroom and are definitely a part of college life. Their success will depend upon your inma· tive, and you in turn should secure both pleasure and profit from active participation in them. You will find that the faculty is ready and anx· ious to cooperate and advise you whenever you desire. It is, after all, the joy of personal contact that makes our work with you so pleasant. I sincerely hope that you will find in Bucknell the realization of your hopes, and that you will work with us to establish a fine tradit 'on for the Junior College. -Dr. Eugene Farley. �THE BUCKNELL BEACON Five BOWLING SEASON OPENS SWIMMING PROSPECTS, BRIGHT The 1937-38 sports program of Bucknell Junior College will be ushered in Tuesday night, Sept. 22, when the Bowling Team will meet the In and Outers at the Central Y. M. C. A. This is the second year for Bucknell to be represented in the House League conducted by the Y. M. C. A. Last year the Bison pinmen, with an inexperienced team, finished in sixth place in the league. Without any experienced bowlers, and rolling for the first time in league competition, the Junior College's record was all that could be expected under such conditions. However, the story this year should be quite different. The team will be handicapped somewhat by the graduation of Captain Leonard Rushin, John Parkinson, Felix Stroinski, and Melvin Kam, inski, who held the high individual score of the league with a single game total of 253. Their places will be taken by Albert Shafer, Dave Jones, Thomas Bartosh and Joseph Drier, who were chos, en to represent the Junior College because of their outstanding performance in the intramural league sponsored by Bucknell as a part of their Physical Education program. The veterans of last year's bowling team are Captain elect Robert Peters, Thomas Jenkins, and Stanley Daugert. 11he abovementioned men, all sophomores, will represent the college in the first half of the league schedule, and will continue to do so until the freshmen demonstrate their ability to replace members of the varsity team. The prospect of having a successful season seems bright for the Bucknell J. C. swimming team with the return from last year's squad ·of co-captains Norman Costine and John Kasper, along with Robert Maguire, Charles Millard, Joe Brislin, Jack Mundry and Joe Conlon. . Among the incoming students who will try out for the team are: Harry Welsh, ex-Meyers star in fancy diving and freestyle sprints. John Guiney, backbone of the Central Y. M. C. A.'s swim teams starring in the 50 and 100 yard freestyle. James Campbell, former distance M). A., A. A. U. title holder who should do well in the 220 and 40 freestyle and possibly in the back-stroke. Arnold Learch, brother of the Y's aquatic director who will try out for the back-stroke. Others are expected to enroll before the swimming season rolls around. The schedule: Feb. , 12, Jan., 7, Jan., 8, Jan.; 14, Jan., 21, jan., 28, Feb., 5, Mar,, 5, 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 St. Thomas College Hazleton Y. M. C. A. St. Thomas College Wilkes-Barre, Y. M . C. U. of P. Freshman at Scranton Y. M. C . A. Wyoming Seminary Colgate Freshman at Scranton at Hazleton at Home A. at Home Philadelphia at Home at Home at Home �Six THE BUCKNELL BEACON JAY GEES SCHEDULE SIXTEEN GAMES STUDENT GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS The most difficult schedule yet to be arranged by Coach Peters is in store for the cage team when the season rolls around. The team has lost eight of the varsity squad through graduation, namely Captain Eddie Davis, Bill Atherholt, Don McHugh, Dave Smith, Frank Sgarlet, Eddie Johnson, Charley Thomas, and Joe Wesley. The team, this year, will be built around Captain Bill Thomas, Francis Ford, Clarence Jones, Walter Thomas, and Charley Romane. Such teams as Colgate and Cornell Frosh, Long Island U. Frosh, St. Thomas E1rosh, Wyoming Seminary, \\Tyomissing Folytechnical of Reading, W-B Y. M. C. A., Keystone Jr. College, Albright Frosh of Reading, Bucknell U. Prosh, and Syracuse U. Frosh will be met. Nevertheless, Coach Peters is quite confident that his boys witl come out on top in a number of these games. In order to have a well knit and closely relateci student body there must be a well organized stu, dent government that can capably carry on and look after the interests of the students. The Stu, <lent Council is such an organization. It is composed of the President of the Freshman class, the President of the Sophomore class, and the President or Manager of each of the following activi, ties: Athletics, Debating, Paper, Dramatics, Choral Club; also a man and woman selected by the Freshman class at large, a man and woman sdccted by the Sophomore class at large, the President of the Social Activities Committee. and of the House Committee. Morris Reishstein, President of the Council for this year, is a capable leader and much is expected of him. It is his duty to explain the function of the Student Council more fully to you at a later date. INTRAMURAL BOWLING UNDER WAY Extensive plans have been made to insure a successful season in the intramural bowling league for the opening in November. Last year there were seven teams entered in the league, with six team5 picked from the student body and one team made up of members of the faculty, captained by Prof. Voris B. Hall. The captains of the various student teams are selected from the varsity team. Each team will consist of six men, allocated to each team according to averages. Prizes will be award, ed at the end of the season for single high game score highest· number of strikes, highest number of sp~res, high three game score, and prizes to each member of the winning team. The members of last year's championship team included: Leonard Rushin, Captain, William Atherholt, Melvin Ka~inski, Joseph Podrasky, Frank Sgarlet, and Francis Ford. JUST BEFORE THE BATILE "Now, boys," said the pleasant and somewhat undersized umpire. "Let's have an understanding. Unpleasantness is the last thing I wish." The ultratough baseball captain stepped up, "Any other last words?" he inquired. S. 0 . S. The deep-sea diver was hard at work on the bed of the ocean. Suddenly an urgent voice came over the telephonr which connected him with the boat above. "What's the matter, chum?" he asked. "Come up quickly," he heard. "The captain's just told me the bloomin' boat's .sinking!" LUNCHEONETTE PLANNED There is no need for a lengthy and loquacious article on the emerging of Bucknell Junior College from a dowdy caterpillar to a beautiful butterfly. Everyone has heard about it and everyone knows that at last we have a college in Wilkes-Barre. There is something more to a college than books, students, professors, etc. There must be atmosphere. Junior College has beautiful buildings, it has lovely grounds and now it has a place where the students can gather to eat and talk! We, in charge of the luncheonette, will try to accommodate you to the best of our ability. We do not say that there will be an unlimited. selection of food but we will serve soups, sandwiches, sodas, etc. at prices which we are sure will appeal to you. Even you who bring your lunches will find it a pleasant place to eat since the lounges are not to be used for this purpose. The luncheonette is located in Chase Hall. It will accommodate only a limited number, but since there is no definite lunch hour we feel that we can competently take care of all customers. NO CHANGE A Yankee was on a walking tour in Scotland. Snow had fallen and he was struggling along a narrow road when he met a Highlander. "I guess, my friend, I'm lost!" he said, plaintively. Scot: "Is there a reward oot for ye?" American : "Nope." Scot: "W eel, ye 're still lost." �r · · · ~~ I: Seven THE BUCKNELL BEACON BUCKNELL'S COACHES 1,( .. \' ,), Cuts Courtesy 'Times-Leader _ HENRY (HANK) PETERS Hank Peters has been with the Junior College since its inauguration into the valley. He has been the coach ·of the basketball and baseball teams, as well as having charge of intramural athletics. He sponsored the first swimming team in the Junior College and founded the Northeastern Pennsyl, vania Basketball League of which he is President. Hank is a graduate of Coughlin High and Wyo, ming Seminary where he starred in basketball and baseball. His name is well known throughout the Valley for his interest in clean, vigorous sports. CLARENCE (SLATS) OBJTZ Clarence Obitz is the former star and champion of Northeastern Pennsylvania. He has been prominently associated with swimming since his retire, ment from active competition and he has been instrumental in forming the first swim~ing league in this vicinity. He has been handicapped somewhat by illness during the past year and by a dearth of material, but this year will tell a different story. WALTER (SHORTY) THOMAS Shorty has been a member of the varsity basketball and baseball teams for th1:; past two years and ha6 done much in the furtherance _of athletics in the Junior College. Due to the . incre~d enroll, ment and in anticipation of a broader intramural program, it was necessary that aid be given to Coach Peters. Shorty _has been given the opportunity to assist Mr. Peters in his duties and should be a valuable asset to him. �Eight THE BUCKNELL BEACON LIST OF FRESHMEN The fqlfowing list includes the names of fresh, men who -had been admitted up to and including September 13. Twenty-three schools are represented here: Phyllis Ruth Acketman, G. A. R., Ludwig John Albosta, St. Mary's, Andrew Babchak, Coughlin, Algerd Francis Baldauski, Wyoming, John Durbin Batey, Plymouth, Marian Shuman Beach, Kings, ton, Genevieve Brennan, Kingston, Freas William Brittingham, Coughlin, Libbie Brown, Meyers, Harry Leonard Campbell, Wyoming, Lillian Celmer, Plymouth, Edward Anthony Centanni, Pittston, Helen Ruth Coats, G. A. R., Irving Isreal Cohen, Plymouth, Miriam Jay Cohen, Meyers, Robert Thomas Conway, Meyers, Betty ~rtha Davidson, G. A. R., Frank Leonard Danielewiski, Plymouth, William Francis Dowdell, St. Joseph's, Williamsport, Paul Francis Duddy, Plains, Jacob Murray Edelman, Coughlin, Marvin William Fischer, Edwardsville, Rose Anna Frantz, Luzerne, Irwin Freed, Pittston, Albert Hastie French, West Pittston, Ann Elaine Gallow, Meyers, Milton Goldstein, Plymouth, Robert Samuel Graham, Ashley, Oscar Freddick Granfelt, Coughlin, Bernard Louie Greenberg, Coughlin, Jerome Bernard Green, wald, Coughlin, John Edward Guiney, Jr., Coughlin, ~rgaret Louise Hartman, Hazleton, Stanley Philip Henninger, Kingston Township, John W. Henninger, Forty Fort, Eleanor Shirley Hessler, Forty Fort, Margaret Elizabeth Hodges, Nanticoke, Robert Horace Hopkins, Meyers, Dorothy Louise Hughes, Meyers, James Dixon Hunt, Plains, Wil, liam Daniel Ingham, Tome School, Dudley Smith James, Mleyers, Wilma Jones, Nanticoke, Robert M)lckenzie Kerr, Meyers, Joseph L. Kotalik, Han, over Township, Marguerite Krashkevich, Coughlin, John Edward Labak, Kingston, Arnold Stewart Learch, Coughlin, Bessie Ann Lewis, Meyers, Katherine Anne Lewis, West Pittston, John Jo, seph Lorenzini, Coughlin, Philip Joseph McCabe. Hanover Township, Michael John McCague, Jr., Meyers, Eugene Martin McDonald, Nanticoke, Donald Henry MacGuffie, West Pittston, Jane Amelia Mackenrow, Coughlin, Helene Elizabeth Mahaffey, Wyoming Seminary, Marion Gertrude Martin, Meyers, Weat Carl Matukaitis, Plains. Gertrude Ethel Menaker, John Harris, Harrisburg, Gilbert Sidney Efeyer, Meyers, Anne Dimmick Miller. Forty Fort, Margaret Moore, Meyers, Wil liam Robert Morton, West Pittston, Robert Ed, ward Nagle, Wyoming, Clarence Seymour Obitz, Coughlin, Leonard Osheroff, Plymouth, Julia Marcia Place, Oswego, N. Y .. Hayden Richards, Jr., Nanticoke, Alfred Charles Ringstrom, Kingbton Township, Charles Henry Rogers, Plains, Robert STUDENT RULES - 1937-'38 To hasten a spirit of friendship between the classes and to create a plea,9ant atmosphere -within the college these rules have been adopted for the guidance of the students. The Sophomore class assumes responsibility for enforcing these rules and hopes that they will be observed in a way to promote good fellowship with one another and loyalty to the College. Permanent Ru.les 1. Students shall speak to all persons connected with the College when met in the College or on the campus, 2. Students shall rise when approached by fac, ulty members or visitors. 3. Men shall remove their hats upon entering the halls of the College. 4. There shall be no smoking in the buildings except in the lounges. 5. Personal belongings shall not be left in the class rooms, halls, or lounges. 6. The rules of the House Committee shall be observed at all times. Freshman Ru.les A. Rules that shall be enforced for a period of two weeks 1. Men and womel". will carry sulphur matches. 2 , Women will wear no makeup. 3. Men and women will wear large pins bear, ing their name and high school. 4. Freshmen shall know the Alma Mater by the end of the first week. 5. Women shall wear plain black ribbons. B, Rules that shall be enforced and observed for a period of one semester l, Men shall wear black (plain) ties. 2. Men shall wear clinks, The Rules and House Committees retain the right to add rules as they see fit. Dale Royer, Kingston Township, Louise Kathleene Rummer, Meyers, Dorothy Susan Smailes, Cough, lin, Elmer William Smith, Jr., Plains, Lillian Stein. Nanticoke, John Reese Thomas, Wyoming, Chester H. Warakomski, Nanticoke, Henry Francis Welsh, Meyers, Christine Whiteman, Wyoming Seminary, Milton Wiener, Luzerne, Miriam Wilner, West Pittston, Robert Emerson Zuber, Meyers, Betty Mary Dodson, Benton, Mary Rita Donnelly, Meyers, John Vincent Fox, Nanticoke, Paul Casimer Kazmerczyk, Nanticoke, Herman Propker, G. A. R. �Chase Hall � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bucknell Beacon, 1937 September 20th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1937 September 20 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Bucknell University Junior College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/81fc507834258c88bc6d50ae02b4288a.pdf c3d6165a0be70bccd1ed7f57ae64b5de PDF Text Text Bucknell Beacon TEA DANCE WILKES-BARRE, PA. Volume 2, Number 2 HOOL HEARS THOMAS HICKS New Instructor Speaker Managed Sears, Pomeroys-Prominent as Anthracite Booster N accordance with Dr. E. S. Farley's policy of inviting distinguished local citizens to speak at assemblies, Mr. Thomas Hicks, prominent in business circles, addressed the student body today. Mr. Hicks is well qualified to give the school an invaluable insight into both national affairs and local problems. A graduate of Dickinson and the Harvard School of Business Administration, he has lived in every state of the union. For some time he was Secretary of the Boston Chamber of Commerce a nd. was associated with the Filene Department Store in Boston. (The late Edward Filene, proprietor of the store, gained international fame for his liberalism, although a business magnate.) Later Mr. Hicks came to Wyoming Valley, and has been an energetic booster of local industry since that time. He first entered the local limelight as district manager of Sears-Roebuck, and then became manager of Pomeroy's. One of the mainstays of the expansion program of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Hicks has done a great deal of special work in that line. Anthracite industries, which recently conducted an extensive campaign in connection with Anthracite Week, early enlisted Mr. Hick's aid. • lettermen held their iniT HE tial meeting of the current year on October 6. The first act of business was the. election of Joe Conlon and Bim Thomas to the social activities committee. ' It was decided to hold the first luncheon on November 9. Mr. Louis Learch, director of swimming at the local Y M. C. A., will be the principal speake1· and Dr. Brown will act as toastmaster. Tuesday, October 19, 1937 Donald MacGuffie '41 President; Hopkins, Krashkevich Elected PROSPECTS BRIGHT Joseph Gibbons, Treasurer ; FOR CAGE SEASON Lewis, Nagle to Represent Class on Council basketball season alWITH ready underway at Bucknell I LETIERMEN MEET 4:00 . THURSDAY MISS BARBARA RYERSON ISS BARBARA RYERSON, new addition to the staff of Bucknell University professors, granted an interview the other day which proved highly interesting and informative. Not at all the "professorial" type, Miss Ryerson is a very charming person, at home with students and faculty alike. Her manner put your reporter off his guard but following is the salvaged bit of evidence which came out of the interview: Interested in dramatics, she holds the distinction of playing the leading role in a production given in Paris, honoring the American ambassador to France ,a nd the cliief donner to the Universal Foundation. Since that time, among other activities, she has been directing French plays in this country. Her earlier education was received in this country at LaSalle Junior College in Auburndole, near Boston. Graduating fr(}'11 Wellesley, she then went abroad for several years visiting France, Switzerland and Sp,ain. At the Sorbonne she received a diploma. While in Switzerland she put in a year of study at Rausone. When asked the most thrilling experience of her life, Miss Ryerson had a rather difficult time answering but finally admitted that playing the lead in the aforementioned French play thrilled her considerably. Secondly, skiing in the Alps, pl'oved one of her big moments. Not at all content merely teaching F•rench, Miss Ryerson would like to teach Spanish. M Junior College, prospects for the current season look very promising. Twenty-eight candidates responded to Coach "Hank" Peters' first call for tryouts, and the past two weeks have been spent in whipping the squad into preliminary shape. Although hard hit by the loss of eight men through graduation, the 1937-1938 cage season should be a successful one, judging from advance reports on the individual records of veterans ar,d candidates. Holdovers-from last season include: Charley "Stretch" Romane, Bill Thomas, .Walter Thomas, Clarence Jones, and Francis Ford. "Stretch" Romane, who alter(Continued on page three) ---• BUJC GIRLS REVEL AT GET-TOGETHER HO said that only boys have W large appetites? This theory was disproved Thursday night, October 7, at the get-together supper sponsored by the sophomores in honor of the freshmen girls, for all present dug into the meal with avengeance, forgetting that there is such a thing as 1a calorie in the English language. A sharp bang on the upper end of the piano by Marjorie Shapiro, mistress of ceremonies, to announce the program, served to bring the girls out of that "after supper" lethargy. The high spot of the evening's entertainment was the peanut pushing contest which Christine Whiteman won by a nose, def eating lier fellow pushers, LiJ.. lian Stein, Dorothy Smailes, and Mary Donnelly. The evening ended with piano selections and a humorous song by Mrs. Farley. The party ended with the singing of the Alma Mater by the entire group. THE Class of 1941 chose it:5 officers for the current year at a meeting held Friday, October 15. Donald MacGuffie of West Pittston was elected president by an overwhelming majority. The vice presidency went to Robert Hopkins. Marguerite Krashkevich was elected secretary and Joseph Gibbons was elected treasurer. Catherine Lewis and Robert Nagle were chosen to represerrt. the -freshman class on the Student Council. MacGuffie, a graduate of West Pittston High School, was a member of the varsity baseball and basketball teams at that institution. He intends to continue participating in these sports at B. U. J. C. By virtue of his election, MacGuffie automatically becaine a member of the Student Council. •--LOCAL LIBRARIANS RECEIVED AT TEA Q N Sunday, October 17, the women members of the faculty •a nd the wives of faculty members entertained the librarians of the city at a tea. During the afternoon the guests. were conducted through the buildings and shown the Bucknell Junior College library. Guests consisted of librarians from Osterhout Library, Hoyt Library, Wyoming Valley Historical Society, city and high school libraries and Wid~ Awake Book Shop. In the past, these librarians have been exceedingly kind in helping Bucknell students. It was in appreciation of this fact and in a desire to further a friendship already established that the tea was given. �Page Two THE BUCKNELL THE BUCKNELL BEACON Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania EDITORS ASSISTANT EDITOR ART EDITOR SOCIAL EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR CONTRIBUTING STAFF Stanley Daugert, Maurice Reishtein, Marjorie Shapiro Murray Edelman Betty Fenton Ilaria Sterniuk Herman Propker Phyllis Ackerman, Robert Kerr, Helen Coats, Pauline Kirshner, Jerome Greenwald, Marguerite Krashkevich, Christine Hartman, Dorothy Hughes, Bessie Lewis. { Wilma Jones, Richard Owen, Lillian Stein. ADVERTISING MANAGER BUSINESS MANAGER TYPISTS ADVISORY BOARD { Marion Dunstan Jack Leather Marguerite Krashkevich, Darina Tuhy Joseph Brislin, Joseph Gallagher. Ar.drew O'Malley, Walter Thomas, Betty Tonks. Chairman, Dr. Wilfrid Crook Advertising rates: 50c per column-inch. Two column-inches 75c. One year: $4.50 per column-inch; two column-inches $6.50 PUBLISHED EVERY THREE WEEKS BY THE STUDENTS OF BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY JUNIOR COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA ...e,.,@ EDITORIALS OUR NEW PAPER Y OU have undoubtedly noticed the comparative style and makeup difference from this, our second issue of The BEACON, and our first. The editors of The BEACON have been listening to past criticism of the paper and feel that the critics have had just cause for complaint. We therefore have changed our publication to the newspaper form, and the transition wa$ not easy, we assure you, with new reporters and a new printery. The Collins Press, conveniently located in central city is our printery. The Dallas-Post printery did our work last year. We express our thanks to its members for their excellent workmanship and always evident cooperation. In last issue's editorial staff, three members of last year's sophomore class cooperated with the present editors to put out an issue of The BEACON for the freshman. Were it not for these three associate editors Walter Thomas and John Saricks and business manager Sidney Levine, we doubt that September twentieth would have seen 300 issues distributed, We sincerely hope the difference pleases you and we invite suggestiori for improvement. A SHORT HISTORY OF THE LIBRARY Date of Publication-1950 HE word library originally meant a collection of books, and, the place where a collection was kept. When the college system was institutec:i, someone hit on the fine idea that a library might be utilized very excellently as a place for study. So, for centuries, men and women went to libraries to find books, and, for years and years, students studied there. But now we come to to the year I937 when a group of entirely original students at Bucknell University Junior College instituted a drastic change in the word library. A library, to them was a place where one might lounge comfortably, argue freely and loudly, and converse pleasantly with the members of the opposite sex. The word, librarian, which formerly meant a person in charge of a library, was changed by these radical fellows, to "a pestiferous pussy-foot." Fortunately for civilization, these new meanings proved ephemeral. These definitions became oblivious when the "Bucknell Beacon" for October 19, printed a most unusual editorial, which satirically alluded to the misdoings and foolishness of the originators. Another factor which contributed to the restoration of the original meanings was an announcement by Dr. Eugene S. Farley, director of the college, to the effect that the mixed lounge would be opened in the near future on a scheduled basis, and that the conservatory would be transformed into a place for joint study . Thus a library remains to this day a place where one may find books, and where one may study in perfect ·quiet. T YOUR LETTERS REQUESTED T HE BEACON is not merely a news agent which faculty and students read each month, nor is it merely a means for providing aspiring reporters with journalistic training-and, more emphatically, it is not an excuse for frequent and heated debates among the members of the staff. Of course it lends expression to all these purposes-especially the first. Next to its news-providing value, The BEACON serves as an organ of student-faculty opinion. On its editorial page, The BEACON brings to you the views, the atti tudes of its editors. This, we realize, is not enough. Although the staff attempts to be representative in its sentiments, this is not always possible. It is for this reason that we are instituting a column to be devoted to letters that you, our readers, send to us. We welcome constructive criticism, intelligent discussion, and questions that will be of interest to all of our readers. For obvious reasons, it is requested that names be signed to all letter~ submitted. No names, however, will be published. BEACON Tuesday, October 19, 1937 SCHOOL DAYS-READING, f _ _Pi __ro_fe_sst_'on_s_ _ WRITING, EURYTHMICS l l ----· ■ ■----- • • ,4 EDUCATION • (This feature is a continuation of the series begun in last year's "BEACON". The 'f)Urpose of thes,' articles is to give the student a kaleidoscopic insight into the potentialities ,a nd other phases of the various professions.) • "ARE you going to be a TEACHER! Oh, dear!" "You don't re.ally mean you're taking up 'teaching!" With an attempt at bravado, we calmly reply, "Yes." What's so awful about that? True enough, we would agree with most anybody that teaching, as a profession, ha:s probably the least recompense of any position, considering the amount of time and expense involved to receive one's degree, but the personal satisfaction derived from knowing that you have conveyed some slight knowledge into someone else's cranium would suffice us. There are several phases of the teaching profession that should be considered before deciding to be a "teacher". Do you want to teach kindergarten youngsters, primary school children, high school people or college men and women? Are you psychologically fitted to cope with the problems that these different people may cast at you? Do you feel that you could endure going over and over the same fields year after year with only slight variations? The:se are only a few of the questions you should ask yourself before you even think of teaching. The preparation required to obtain a teaching degree varies at different institutions. Some colleges .and normal schools demand only two or three years' attendance, carrying only the average number of credit hours during this period, but the degree received qualifies the graduate to teach only primary grades with a primary-grade salary. Other colleges require from four to six years' training of a student with the hope of a higher position and the accompanying remuneration. The possibilities for advancement in the field of education lie solely with the individual concerned. The old adage of "There is always chance for advancement" goes 100 per cent ' 11 this profession, even though many people would tend to discredit this statement. sound of a drum, booting T HE a steady rhythm, coming from the general direction of the Elk's Hall, signifies the meeting of the classes in eurythmics. Miss Frances MacDonald, a graduate of Skidmore College, class of 1937, with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Education, is in charge of the classes. Miss MacDonald is a former pupil of Miss Susan Cassidy and is a member of her staff. The course in eurythmics is designed to develop the eye, the ear and the motoric senses in order that the body may react naturally and by doing so express individual personality. The classes will first study the basic principles of posture and reaction to tempo. Slowly they will work into a series of body movements to various rhythms. These exercises, however, are more than a routine; they are comprehensive responses totempo, phrasing, diminuendo and crescendo, using music or percussion instruments as the guide. The aim of the course is t-e teach the correct posture directions of the body and degrees of speed. When these are mastered, a very definite control of the body is established. Ev,ery girl at Bucknell is required to practice eurythmics for two hours each week. -~- PETERS ORGANIZFJ BOWLING CIRCUIT intramural b o w 1 i n ,.,. T HE league, which functioned s~ successfully last year, has again been organized under the leadership of "Hank" Peters. S,even of the eight teams in the league are made up of students. Members of the faculty comprise the other team. Captains of the various teams are : Robert Peters, David Jones, Thomas Jenkins, Stanley Daugert. Al Wazeter, Kenneth Benner, John Gambold, and Professor Vorice B. Hall. In order to stimulate more interest in the competition, prizes will be given to the winning teams and high scoring individuals at the end of the season. �Tuesday, October 19, 1937 CRYING CHORISTERS about noon time on A ROUND any Tuesday or Thursday the ear of the hurried passer-by will probably be greeted by the faint but unmistakable sound of voices raised in song emanating from the main lounge of Chase Hall. Voila-what does he see-The Bucknell Junior College Choral Society-which is composed of men and women students who not only want to sing, but ( what is more important), who can sing. There they sit caroling joyfully but always harmoniously, and beaming brightly, their leader who beams back even more brightly meanwhile keeping a stern eye on matters such as rhythm, tonal quality and the serious young tenor in the second row who inadvertently wanders off into the soprano part. The passer-by has now departed and your reporter who lras been standing attentively if unobtrusively in the background, steps forward to learn facts. We discover that Mr. Blankenship, the new director of the Choral Club, anticipates an .extensive program and therefore, a successful season; that for the present the club will concentrate its energies upon simpler work so as to be well acquainted with the rudiments of choral work ; that in the spring the chorus will display the results of its practice in a ooncert or musicale; that club members and director alike are looking forv· 1.rd with much anticipatio: , Lo the first social event on the club calendar which will probably be an outing; and that new members are more than welcome-especially sopranos and tenors for which there is a crying (no pun intended) need. ---•--- THE ALL BUCKNELL BASKETBALL PROSPECTS Guiney, .Campbel~ Learch Should Cop Free Style, Backstroke Wins nated at the pivot post with Bill (Continued from page one) Atherholt last year, will probably cover the same position regularly this year. Bill Thomas, captain of this year's team and also one of last year's high scorern, will be in action this year. "Shorty" Thomas, who has two years of experience with the team, will also be available. Outstanding among this year's new candidates are: Al Baker, former Nanticoke High School all-scholastic guard; Ed Gayewski, who was a member of Newport's -state championship squad; Herman Propker, graduate of G. A. R. and Y. M. H. A. luminary; Bob Hopkins, ex-Meyers forward; John MacGuffie, West Pittston ; Ed Laback, Kingston ; Ivan Stamper, Youngstown. Ohio, and Bob Conway, Meyers. This year's team will face one of the hardest schedules ever carded for a Bucknell team, meeting such outstanding teams as Long Island U. Frosh, St. Thomas Frosh, Colgate and Cornell Frosh, Wyoming Sem, Wyomissing Polytechnical of Reading, Wilkes-Barre Y. M. C. A., Keystone Junior College, Albri g-ht Frosh of Reading, Bucknell U. Frosh, Syracuse U. Frosh and Susquehanna varsity. The opener will be played against the Y. M. C. A. on the "Y" court, November 27. --• KASPER'S SERVICE Jo_h_n_J_._K_a_sp-er_,-P·-~o_:_:_. Ace Hoffman Facilities Studios of the PORTRAIT AND COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS We Specialize In School Photography 32 W. Market St. W.-B. Phone 2-1 174 Gym Pool Ping-Pong Club CraRshop Bowling Alleys Programs, etc. JOHN -■-■-■-■-■_._j to use the "Slats" Obitz is confident that the Junior College is in for a very successful season in that division. Besides a good number of regulars from last year's team, the most promising array of freshman candidates since past years have responded. Hold-overs from last year include co-captains Norman Costine and John Kasper. Others who have returned to see action in this sport of rapidly rising popularity in Bucknell Junior College are Robert Maguire, Charles Millard, Joe Brislin and Jack Mundry. These sophomores will be hard pressed by freshmen of unquestioned calibre, among whom are Arnold Learch, backstroker; John Guiney, a star in the 50- and 100-yard free-style, and James Campbell, former high school distance record-holder, who should cop first place in the 200-400-y.ard free style. Other promishing freshmen candidates include Melford Hyman, Albert French, Josef Ratajske ,and Robert Hopkins. Changes have been made in the schedule printed in the first issue of The BEACON. The corrected schedule for the 1938 season follows: Jan. 7, Hazleton YMCA, at Hazleton. Jan. 8, St. Thomas College, at home. PERMANENT WAVING SPECIALISTS Sunoco Gas, Oil and Expert Lubrication l__ ITH a host of excellent maW terial turning out for the swimming team this year Coach Page Three Jan. 14, Wilkes-Barre YMCA, at home. J1an. 21, U. of P. Freshmen, at Philadelphia. Jan. 28, Scranton YMCA, at home. Feb. 5, Wyoming Seminary, at Scranton. Feb. 12, St. Thomas College, at home. March 5, Colgate Freshmen. at home. Between February 12 and March 5, there are several open dates which may possibly be filled by Cornell and some New York City college. The swimming team this year is a member of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Swimming League of which Henry Peters is president. The schedule which has been arranged by Mr. Peters and Coach Obitz, should create some exciting interest in Bucknell Junior College as competition will be keen and the team's ,a bility will be tested to the extreme. As Coach Obitz said, "With the incoming men to bolster up our team we should have a very successful season, provided that illness, which has handicapped my team and me in the past, does not put in an appearance." Pointing to the future, Manager Wiarmkessel has admitted, "Things look pretty good." •-- l I -------------·······~ "BEAUTICIANS TO THE WOMAN WHO CARES" Hotel Sterling Wilkes-Barre Dial 2.1842 1 Triplex Shoes 27 PUBLIC SQUARE WILKES-BARRE - - - •••••••••• - •• ■ ■ - - - -~ Su5an GaneJlf ❖ ~ --• Corner North Main and Bennett Streets STUDENTS New·Building BEACON Outstanding Valley Swimmers Bolster Regulars; Hopes High The Y. M. C. A. URGES BUCKNELL EURYTHMICS ID and 11 DANCING 41) Studios in ~ WILKES.BARRE HAZLETON SCRANTON =1 I ----.... --.. -.... -....1· I Quality JEWELRY I Compliments of ... Moderately Priced CLARK'S , Jewelry Store l_---.. -------.. ------- �Page Four THE BUCKNELL BEACON Tuesday, October 19, 1937 Literary-Minded Freshmen Pell-Mell Record Hazing For Posterity Verses for Very Little People By L. S. Wednesday, Sept. 29 Heaven help me! Dear Diary: Sometimes I wonder whether I wasn't tricked into enrolling by being made to believe that this is an institution for learning. Sights of young men and women wearing heavy gloves on hot days, huge colored sun glasses on sunless days, bathiing caps when a pool isn't in sight for blocks, and clanging bells for no sane reason, have all the earmarks of another well-known type of institution. Will hazing never cease? Friday, October 1 Ye gods! Dear Diary: At the command of our superiors ( in years, not mentality) we grimly marched lockstep to classes. Then we were forced to line up in front of Chase Hall and sing "How Dry I Am" to the accompaniment of mildly-hysterical voices yelling "Louder! Louder!" When we finally became hoarse our names were put down in those evillooking notebooks for disobeying orders. I'm resolved to banish all freshman rules ! Tuesday, October 8 OOh! Dear Diary, Threats of "inquests," "court martials" and "juries to decide fate of Freshmen" are reaching our unwilling ears. Today I was measured for a barrel. Wednesday, October 13 Horrors! Dear Diary: The bloody accounts of inquisition are too terrible to describe. Friday, October 15 Dearest Diary : Boy that was fun! Wait till it's our turn! By P.A. Monday-Dear Diary: Well, I guess we freshman better not be too fresh or else-into the little black inquisition book we go. Diary, I am just scared to death because my name is down so often-and if they think I am going to wear a bird cage, well they will just have to-well-they'll have to get me the bird cage, anyway. Tuesday-Dear Diary: Wi~ freshman girls don't have a chance! You can't tell me that the rule about no cosmetics was not made up by the sophomore girls, who were afraid of competition (who wants any of their precious sophomore boys, anyhow?) They figure that "paintless we are harmless"but oh, oh, ain't it the truth? Wednesday-Dear Diary: Did I get back at public heckler No. 1. (Three guesses who ,i t is-you're right the first time.) After I had sung the Alma Mater to him correctly-I asked him to tell me the words and believe it or not, he didn't know them! PASSION "Where are you going, my pretty maid?" "I'm going to classes, sir," sh,:; s.aid. "Have you some matches, my pretty maid?" "I'm sorry I haven't, sir," she s,aid. "Then I can't love you, m'jf pretty maid!" "Nob-ody asked you, sir," she said. To BE CROONED IN A THROBBING VOICE Low Hush-a,-bye, baby, my cherub Or you'll get hit with a cop's club. Pelly welly delly ,all the day. Hush-a,-bye, baby, my freshmait You'll maybe get stuck in tlw c.an. Pelly welly delly all the day. Remember, my sweet, to bu, meek; Remember to turn the other cheek. He has the most intriguing p<n, I ever saw on any man. Hush-a-bye, baby, my gem. We love him, yes, love him, ou1· Clem Clim, Clam, Clem, Pf~lly welly delly all the day. ---• Compliments of . . . SCHULTE 'fiOLERANT BODY SENTEN'CES FROSH N Friday, October 12, the O freshman class came to grips with Fate and the sophomores. Fate willed it that they enter the class of '41 at B. U. J. C. and willed that they answer to charges of insuborddnation of one sort or another. We venture to compliment those who conducted the trial on their fine sense of integrity and their knowledge of the more intricate points of court proredure. It is with much regret that we make note of the unethical conduct of the defendants and their attorney. Mr. MacDuffy has too often resorted to what is purely and simply perjury. We regret that the bar tolerates such actions. It is too bad that the defendants could not confine themselves to activities countenanced by the laws laid down by the sophomore class which is assuredly an able law-making body if there ever was one ( and we think there was.) . It is utterly deplorable that after flaunting these laws that they resorted to even more unlawful practices in order to acquit themselves. States Attorney Pell, Judge Ford and the jury displayed remarkable tolerance in the face of the problem that confronted them. ---• •.. ~I~~;~~~-~~~~ .. --1 Luncheonette -MR. SCHAL!.. I ---------·- -' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. 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Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bucknell Beacon, 1937 October 19th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1937 October 19 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Bucknell University Junior College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/3f145beb936edde202d9b1d739bfe9d6.pdf 8bc0a67742d68b5c7524931eacafae56 PDF Text Text Thanksgiving DANCE Volume 2, Number 3 SEMI-FORMAL DANCE AT COUNTRY CLUB; MANY WILL ATTEND Bucknell Beacon WILKES-BARRE, PA. Professor of English Thursday, November 11, 1937 LEWISBURG PROFESSORS, WIVES FETED AT JUNIOR COLLEGE Social Committee Contracts Donlin's Pennsylvanians Doctor Wolk Urges Spiritual Progress LARGE crowd is expected A to attend the annual Thanksgiving Dance which will be held Mrs. Williams Sees Need For Recognizing 'Propaganda November 24th at the !rem Temple Country Club. Admission is by invitation only. The Social Activities Committee, of which Joseph Conlon is chairman, is putting forth all its efforts to make the dance a success. Donlon's Pennsylvanians, always a popular band with the College, has been booked to play from 9 until 1. The affair is semi-formal and the price is $1.50. ·Chaperones for the evening will be Dr. and Mrs. R. C. Tasker, Prof. and Mrs. D. Gage and Prof. and Mrs. W. N. Schuyler. Invitations have been extended to alumni and friends of the Junior College. •-- Exhibit to Celebrate Constitution Adoption ROFESSOR GAGE announces that his political science P class, section 103, will present NOVEMBER 24 Local Facuity Planned Tea; Students Show Guests New Buildings N Saturday, October 30th, a -reception was held at R. SAMUEL WOLK, rabbi of Chase Hall for the faculty and the local Bnai Brith Syna- their wives from Bucknell Unigogue, discussed "Open Roads versity at Lewisburg. The Buckin a Closed World" at Assembly, nell Junior College faculty were hosts. November 2. · "Physically, our world is Doctor and Mrs. Farley reclosed," the speaker asserted. ceived the guests at Chase Hall, "We have reached its geographi- where they had tea poured by cal boundaries. "By Open Roads, Mrs. Tasker and Mrs. Faint, I refer, of course, to the emo- served by women students. The tional and spiritual advances guests were then conducted which may yet be made." through the buildings, chaperThe first :mad to be explored, oned by men students. · Dr. Wolk explained, is the road The affair was one of the to peace. Disarmament confer- nicest ever held at the Junior ences are a step in the right di- College. Autumn colors were rection, but only a very small used as the color scheme and portion of this road has ever decorations were effectively carbeen traversed. The road to un- ried out in yellow and bronze. derstanding is as yet also unex- The tea itself was planned by a plored. general committee of the Junior "The third spiritual road College including faculty memwhich we do not adequately bers and their wives. Miss know" the speaker continued, Norma Sanguiliano acted as (Continued on page 2) chairlady. Women students who served tea were: Misses Shapiro, Luce, Maran, Smailes, Dodson, Solomon, Thomas, Lynn, and Reinecher. Men students who chaperoned REAKING away from the usual routine of class discussion guests through the buildings and lecturing, the sociology were: Messers. Doran, Rader class, sponsored by Dr. Wil- Siimoson, Roush, MacGuffie and fred Crook, conducted its first Conlon. few field trips of the semester. On October 19, the class visited the Kirby Health Center. Mr. Pugh, acting director of the center, proved to be a very capable guide and source of information N art exhibit has been on to the questioning minds of Dr. demonstration in the recepCrook and his sociology fledgelings. Various bureaus, health tion room of Chase Hall for sevrooms, and offices for The eral days. Inquiries have come United Charity, The Mother's in regarding it. The pictures Aid and Visiting Nurse's Asso- are all a part of a "travelling" ciation were inspected ; the lab- exhibit which originates in Philoratories, the X-Ray rooms and adelphia, sent for .by the the solarium, were all viewed Women's Club. The paintings . are largely with keen interest and admiration by the students. Mr. Pugh those of contemporary Americlimaxed the trip by giving · a can artists. Represented among detailed lecture upon the work them are: Hager, Carey, Harris, and Turner. (Continued on page six) 0 D DR. DAVID BROWN BROWN, second of DR.theDAVID new additions to the Bucknell University Junior College faculty to be interviewed, admitted to this reporter that the forthcoming would be his first interview. He was born in Scotland but came to the United States at an early age spending most of his life in Massachusetts. He attended Williams College, where he received a degree of Bachelor of Arts. He continued his education at Harvard where he received his M. A. Later he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Yale. Before coming to Bucknell to teach English and public speaking, Dr. Brown was English professor at Yale and later at Williams College. Dr. Brown was also very emphatic about the fact that he is the proud father of two young daughters. As hobbies, Dr. Brown plays the piano and scrapes furniture in order to refinish it. an exhibit celebrating the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution. Although no very definite plans have been arranged as yet, a committee with Robert England as chairman was elected. Other members of the committee include: Stanley Daugert, Vera Grushetsky, W i I 1 i am Thomas, Reuben Rader, Jed Wiener, and Robert McGuire. T.he committee has asked Professor Gage to act as honorary chairman. The display will be set up in the Conyngham Hall library where students may view it. The exact date has not been determined, but students should look forward to examining this historical and educational exhibit in the near future. Among others, the materials will be received from the.following sources: The United States has completed the first month of its schedule with the faculty team on top for the fourth consecutive week. Brown, which is in second place, apparently will have to be "hot" when if meets (Continued on page six) (Continued on page six) •-Facuity Team Paces Intra-Mural Circuit Bucknell Junior College T HE Intermural Bowling League •--Sociology Students Make Field Trips B --•--- Art Demonstration Excites Comment A �THE Page Two BUCKNELL THE BUCKNELL BEACON CONTRIBUTING STAFF { ADVERTISING MANAGER BUSINESS MANAGER TYPISTS ADVISORY BOARD { Stanley Daugert Maurice Reishtein, Marjorie Shapiro Murray Edelman Betty Fenton Ilaria Sterniuk Herman Propker Phyllis Ackerman, Robert Kerr, Helen Coats, Pauline Kirshner, Jerome Greenwald, Marguerite Krashkevich, Christine Hartman, Dorothy Hughes, Bessie Lewis. Wilma Jones, Richard Owen, Lillian Stein. Marion Dunstan Jack Leather Marguerite Krashkevich, Darina Tuhy Joseph Brislin, Joseph Gallagher. Ar.drew O'Malley, Walter Thomas, Betty Tonks. Chairman, Dr. Wilfrid Crook Advertising rates: 50c per column-inch. Two column-inches 75c. One year: $4.50 per column-inch; two column-inches $6.50 PUBLISHED EVERY THREE WEEKS BY THE STUDENTS OF BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY JUNIOR COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA ~@ Editorials "Peace At Any Price" A LL around us today we hear talk of War-and talk of Peace. War, the line of least resistance, the weapon of megalomaniacs, the result of selfish nationalism. PEACE, the hard way, the outgrowth of an internationalism which looks to the welfare of all rather than the aggrandizement of one. PEACE-is it merely a state envisioned by sentimental idealists? Or is it a realistic concept-to which we look with cynicism because past experience has instilled in us a disbelief in the possibility of Peace? We cry for peace; we make impassioned pleas in its behalf; we sigh despairingly as reports of new wars reach or ears. "Peace at any price" we shout as we make plans to punish the "aggressor" by boycotting his goods or refusing to sell to him. "We must not take sides as we did in the last great war" we solemnly declair as we point accusingly at this or that nation. Hypocritically unprejudiced we make slogans, post creeds, defend "rights." And whither are we drifting? It is all very well to profess a righteous indignation over the plight of a downtrodden nation. It is one of the better characteristics of human nature that it sympathizes with the weak. But we musf not allow our emotions to guide as when Peace is at stake. Emotions, are, at the best, unstable things. We must consider events in the light of cold logic. If we boycott one nation, we will be favoring another. Already we are taking sides. It is clear that the only way for a nation to maintain peace is to incorporate a policy of economic isolation where warring nations are concerned. Obviously this would give an advantage to the nation which was already in possession of the greater supply of resources of war. However, this may be, economic isolation remain the only feasible plan whereby war may be discouraged and Peace instituted as a fact rather than an idea. M. F. S. American Newspaper Guild Strike O F particular inte'r~st to the editors was the American Newspa~er Guild strike on the Wilkes-Barre Record because some of us, happily or unhappily, have journalistic aspirations. Too many times has our enthusiasm for +he field of writing been dampened by stories of college graduates as newspaper reporters, receiving fifteen dollars a week, working innumerable hours, and fearing at all times the slicing block. In many industries labor has been given strength by the union movement. The technical side of a newspaper: printing, composing, etc., has its potent Typi:Jg'raphical U~!on, which obtains for its rnnstitutents a, high wage, ' i?w hours, and the all-1mportant closed shop. Then why shouldn t · the reporter1al, editorial, and business sides of a newspaper gain the same benefits per the union movement. w~r-e Thursday, November 11, 1937 Gurrentb; Speakinq Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ASSOCIATE EDITORS ASSISTANT EDITOR ART EDITOR SOCIAL EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR BEACON for '. - W~ gl~d t~ s~e the 16cal, guild Hght its rights. We were glad that the _stri,ke prbgre);sed) wiJ;hoUt any form of violence. We a~e glad that +hi~ strike is bvei'. ·And tn"OSt imporfohf, we are glad that 'the Guild' won what' 1t was fighting fori a closed shop, b~tter pay, a lower scale of working hours. Our journalistic ambftici~s progress with renewed vigor and hope. • (The Editors present this column as another re.oular feature of The BEACON. It is palpable that the writer's information can only be second hand_ The writer's purpose is to take- this information from the news papers, perio<l,icals. etc., and to evaluate it from the point of view of a colle_qe student. The views presented here are the writer's and not necessarily the views of the editorial board.) 0 • By M. R. HE much heralded Nine Power Conference is now in session at Brussels. Most observers feel that this conference can do nothing to alleviate the Far Eastern situation and is doomed to certain failure. In the . first place, not one of the nations in attendance will accept the "leader" position or will take on any responsibility which might in the long run involve that nation in armed conflict. Secondly, Japan, who holds the key to future development toward peace or toward continued warfare, is not participating. Last week, the Nine Power Conference invited Japan to send representatives to exchange views with representatives of a small number of Powers. Broken down to literal meaning, the invitation "begs" Japan to "please" come. The invitation was so feeble, so obsequious, so conciliatory, that it probably reduced the Japanese to mocking laughter. An interesting sidelight of the conference was the attempt on the part of Sir Anthony Eden, Great Britain's Foreign Secretary, to organize an "Anti-Dictatorship" agreement with England, France, United States and other democratic nations as members. It is obvious that the purpose of an agreement of this sort would be to counteract the ominous "Holy Alliance Against Communism" which binds Italy, Japan, and Germany. However, it is reliably reported thaf all interest in this "democratic" pact has died because United States still ref uses to cooperate in any endeavor of this sort. In a few weeks or less, the N. P. C. will adjourn. On the day that the conference ends, the delegates will no doubt put their signatures to a proclama,. tion condemning Japan as an aggressor. This proclamation, we'll dare predict, will be the only end-product of the parley. -And, after all, didn't the United States, Great Britain, and the League 'of Nations recognize the fact that Japan was the aggressor long before the N. P'. C. was organ-ized? The delegates representing United' States will now come home and will meet reporters T who will ask them a number of questions brought up by the "donothing" policy of United States at the N. P. C. The following interview is not improbable. Reporter: "Does the United States stand for collective security and 'quarantine' or for neutrality and isolation?" Mr. Norman Davis: "We had a lovely trip." R.: "Is it · sufficient to give China moral support only?" Mr. D.: "The Queen Mary is a fine boat." R. : "What is our foreign policy?" Mr. D.: "Belgium is beautiful in the fall." In predicting these answers for Mr. Davis, this writer realizes that he has stumbled on another question of foreign policy. Would it be correct for a diplomat of the United States to admit that another country is beautiful and that another nation builds fine ships? The diplomatic mind of this country would probably analyze this question in this manner-"lt is correct and then ag-ain it Isn't -Now let me see-" •--Rabbi Wolk Speaks ( Continued from page one) "is the road to plenty. As in the Greek legend of 'T antalus, we are tantalize(} by poverty in the midst of plenty." Dr. Wolk, ref erring to the local election. also suggested that a local Fusion Party would be a blessing to the vaUey. • M prolific journalist, addressRS. GERTRUDE WILLIAMS, ed the assembly on October 26. She pointed out that a large number of innocent looking articles in well-known magazines and newspapers are, in reality, propaganda. Propaganda, she emphasized, may be salutary as well as harmful. • :12,iver -=:Reveries WIND THOUGHTS Oh wind that ruffles the water To disturbing, exciting activity; Impetuous wind that roars and bends this tree Relentlessly dislodging roots so long planted firmly So like a sudden attack on our fondest philosophies, Trampling our trust and threatening ruin In that tension of paralyzing doubts Which, as sudden as the hush after storms, stops, Leaving us ,as the -.tree, wiser and humbler. �Thursday, November I I. 1937 EDITOR, BUCKNELL BEACON : On Thursday, November 11, at four o'clock in the afternoon, The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, co-operating with the Christian Youth Movement and other interested organizations will sponsor a peace parade over central city streets. One often hears comment to the effect that peace demonstrations accomplish nothing, that peace will not be secured by parades. Directly, peace parades do accomplish nothing. Indirectly, they accomplish much. You and I may be interested in the cause of peace, may have already pledged not to fight in any offensive war that the United States might enter. To use the peace demonstration is an indication that there are others who think as we do, that we are not alone in our condemnation of war. The thought gives us courage. But there are still a great many persons who have not caught the vision of how glorious life could be in a warless world. Blind patriotism would draw them into the ranks even though the United States were contemplating the most unjust war of aggression. A peace demonstration can wake these slumberers to the fact that THE BUCKNELL BEACON war may not be inevitable. A peace parade will stimulate constructive thought about remedying the social, economic, and political ills that are the underlying causes of war. It is only by everyone thinking and acting constructively that peace can ever hope to be achieved. Were only the kings and nobility of France responsible for the French Revolution? No. Thomas Carlyle declared that everyone, since Charlemagne and before, whether bootblack or sovereign, who had been pretending to be doing worthwhile things and really had been only misdoing, and sleeping and eating, had been contributing to the wrath which was being stored up against a day of wrath. Peace demonstrations deserve our support, not our condemnation. The people who plan these parades do not do so because they have nothing else to do. The planners have caught the vision of a world in which all nations will be as one, of a time when peace parades will not be necessary, of a day when all persons will be concerned with more glorious tasks than the butchering of his brothers. REUBEN RADER. Students Own Queer Contraptions To Provide Necessary Locomotion ANY and varied are the M vehicles, called by some euthusiasts, cars, in which some few anointed students of this institution of higher learning move, or rather barge, about Wilkes-Barre, destroying completely the beautiful view around River Common when they park said contraptions on River Street. There is, of course, that noble hack of Johnny Kaspar. 'Tis a haughty bus, built, we fear, in a long past day when streamlining was but the dream of some far-sighted engineer called, no doubt, an idiot by his more prosaic fellows. We must admit, however, that the green coat of paint with which it is adorned is an education in color. Never, in the wildest flights of our imagination did we dream that anything could fade to such a nondescript and characterless shade as that. Yet the contented smile which wreaths Johnnie's face as he sits behind the wheel more than makes up for the faults of his car. The paint ceaseth to fade; the spots of rust disappear from the chromium; and the head- Page Three THE EVOLUTION OF RADIO NEWS-BROADCASTING---PART 1 Thus, came the first broadcasts of news events of national importance, again arranged through local newspapers by the individual stations. But then came the stumbling block to the ambitious news - broadcasting (This article will be published in plans of the radio stations. The -~everal insta,llments. Strictly speaking, it is not a profession that is .here Newspaper Publisher's Associapresented but rather a .~tory of radio tion saw in the rapid advance new;; broadcastin_q. It is presented of news broadcasting active comunder "Profes'fnons" for mere convenience. The editors thou_qht it ex- petition with established newstremely readable. We hope our read- papers. Already these papers ers think likewise. The writer, a stu- had felt the sting of active comdent, is an announcer for WERE.) petition in the advertising field. Fearful of further inroads in by RICHARD OWENS their business, they placed a ban PEED has wrought great on furnishing news bulletins to changes in many fields of radio stations. These programs endeavor within the past decade. had proved so popular to the Speed has always been an essen- stations, and remunerative as tial of good news gathering and well, that station managers were reporting but never to such a loath to relinquish them altogreat extent as within the last gether. So there came into beseveral years when radio has ing several new Press Associadefinitely entered the field of tions, devoted exclusively to news disemination. For in ra- furnishing news to radio stadio, deadlines are determined on tions throughout the country. split seconds, and unlike news- Most important of these new paper publishing, the press can- agencies were the Press-Radio not be held for a break on a Bureau, and Transradio Press Service. good news story. With the establishment of The first attempts at radio news reporting were very feeble these new agencies came a new and were, in the main, coopera- era in radio news-casting. Prevtive efforts of small local sta- ious to this time, all stories cartions with local newspapers, the ried on the air were written in primary idea being the boosfing newspaper style. In other words, of the newspaper's circulation a style particularly adapted for and not any great desire upon the part of the radio station to reading, but not fast moving serve the public with timely enough for interesting listening. news items. However, ideas are These new organizations gathborn to be improved upon, and ered together veteran newspasuch improvements came rapid- permen and pioneer radio edily to this particular type of ra- tors, who devised a breezy indio program which the public teresting radio news style much greatly commended. The public better suited to oral diseminaasked for more news, better tion of news than the previous edited, and presented at timely style, poorly edited, if at all, for periods throughout the day. the air. • • S lights look down on the bumper like the eyes of a society dowager passing throug a slum district, and we poor mortals whisper in awe, "Ah, John, the lucky fellow." Then too, there is another car of ancient and doubtful vintage - that of Dudley "Puffy'' James, no less. To some, its paint job appears to have a close resemblance to a hangover ac' Luzerne County Peace quired by a six-day drunk, but HE none can help but admire the Council plans a parade in artistry with which that bit of the interest of Peace on Thursyellow blends into the green on day afternoon, Armistice Day, the body. It gives it that "je November 11. This parade is ne sais quoi." sponsored by many church and Back in the factory, someone young people's organizations, inmust have slipped up and for- cluding the Wyoming Valley gotten to supply it with several Ministers' Association. Several of its more important innards, floats will be special features judging by the time its owner and among the groups marching is forced to spend under it. Seri- will be one representing School ously though, we believe "Dud" and College. Any college stucould make a fortune renting it dent or college graduate will be out for the purpose of haunting welcome and should report to houses. Dr. Crook. The parade will form Finally (and we mean finally on Union Street near State and because the article is conclud- march through central city ing, not because Georgie's is the last word in cars), there is Bei- streets to West River, where it swinger's bus, which he calls will disband. The parade will "Sturdy Sally." assemble at 3 : 30 and march 1MANY ORGANIZATIONS TO PARADE FOR PEACE T CALENDAR Event Nov. Tea Dance 12 International Relations Club Meeting 16 Gardiner Day to Address Assembly 16 Musicale for Directors of College . 18 Pre-Med. Club, Dr. O'Donnell, Speaker 18 Tea Dance . 19 Thanksgiving Dance 24 Dramatic's Club New York Trip 25-28 Basketball "Game 27 Vacation 24-28 The Debating Club meets every Friday, 3 :30 o'clock. promptly at 4 :00. In case of rain the parade will take place the next afternoon. �Page Four THE BUCKNELL New Group Will Probe Nation's Relations Pre-Meds Told Needs Carnegie Endowment Of Modern Physician to Provide Literature, Aids to Study HE first regular meeting of N International Relations Club has recently been organized under the supervision of Professor Gage. This club is sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment on condition that the members study and discuss world affairs from an unprejudiced point of view. The Endowment will send an installment of books chosen from the latest authoritative publications on international affairs. Also, a Fortnightly Summary of International Events is sent regularly to the club. The purpose of the Carnegie Endowment in undertaking this work is to fix the attention of students on the underlying principles of international conduct and thus promote a peaceful civilization. The first regular meeting will be held at 3 :30 on November 16 -the place of meeting will be announced later. The problem which first commands attention is the Chino-Japanese hostility. There are no specific qualifications for membership save an expressed interest on the part of the student in international problems. A • BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY JUNIOR COLLEGE ENROLLMENT STATISTICS First Semester, 1937-38 Sophomores: Class of 1940 Men Women Total A. B. .................. 12 14 26 Biology .... 7 1 8 C. & F ............. 5 1 6 Education ... 1 0 1 Ch. E. ............... 5 0 5 E. E. ................. 1 0 1 M. E. ............... 3 0 3 Totals ......... Freshmen: A. B ................ Biology ............ C. & F ............. Education ... Ch. E. ............... E. E ................... M. E ............. 16 50 34 Class of 1941 10 22 32 11 5 16 27 5 32 4 1 5 9 0 9 7 0 7 12 0 12 Totals ......... 80 33 Specials 22 11 113 Grd. Tot .... 136 190 60 33 T the Pre-Medical Club was held Thursday evening, Oct. 21, at Chase Hall. Dr. Anatole DesJ ardins, of the X-Ray Department at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, was the first speaker of the year. Dr. DesJardins, throughout his address constantly emphasized the need for a "pleasing personality not only in the Pre-Medical-Medical Colleges but in practice as well." He stressed the necessary factors for entering medical school as being, "neatness, integrity, aptitude, scholastic ability, and sufficient funds, colleges seldom accepting students lacking necessary funds. The Medical Colleges in Pennsylvania are all recognized by the American Medical Association." Dr. DesJardins was introduced by the President, Francis Ford. The Pre-Medical Club is planning to have a number of such speakers, men who are qualified experts in their respective medical professions. Dr. Francis T. O'Donnell who is chairman of the "Diphtheria Prevention Campaign" will be the next speaker, his topic being "Nutrition." •--FACULTY NOTES HANGES in Bucknell Junior C Junior College include not only the new location but also some of the faculty who have chosen either to further their studies or to accept positions elsewhere. Miss Maje} Keith Brooks who taught French and was Dean of Women is at present continuing studies toward a Ph. D. at Columbia. Miss Brooks, whose home is in New York City is a Barnard graduate having received her Master's degree in French at Columbia. Dr. Churchill, professor of English is now head of the English department at Coe College, Cedar Crest, Iowa. The Churchills are the proud parents of a son, Malcolm Hughes, who weighed seven and one-half pounds at birth. Mrs. Churchill, who will be remembered as the Junior 'College librarian, has chosen to give up her library work. Former instructor of economics, Mr. Paul Schwartz is teaching in a high school in his i''Q.iive city, Harrisburg. BEACON Thursday, November 11, 1937 Ex-Garage Scene of Debaters Plan Busy, Thespian's Party Successful Season HE Thespians held a very r NRICHED by a number of T successful masqued party on October 29 in the ex-garage at Chase Hall. After meeting in the girls' lounge, the group gathered in the garage, where from the walls hung decorations giving the effect of Hallowe'en. Costumes were worn by all. Bob Conway seemed to attract wide attention with his costume of an old maid, because of his not being recognized until the late hours of the evening. Nagle also made a hit in his kilts. Music was furnished by the orthophonic from the reception room. No needle could be found so the committee used their brains and pulled out a cactus needle from a plant in Miss Sanguliano's office. The grand march took place at 9 :30. Guest judges were three former students from our Junior College who are now at the campus at Lewisburg. Prizes were awarded to Leo Simoson for the funniest costume and to Bob Conway for the most original. After a mad scramble searching for hidden peanuts, Herman Propker was awarded for the possession of the greatest amount. The climax of the evening of dancing and fun-making was marked by the serving of a lunch of pumpkin pie and hot coffee. C eager newcomers, coached by a new professor, bolstered by two regulars from last year, the Debating Club looks forward to an active season. Several practice debates have already been held on the question, "Resolved that Mr. Justice Black resign." Dr. Brown is sufficiently encouraged from the activities thus far to predict a successful season. Maurice Reishtein and John Gambold, who participated in several debates last year, will serve as the nucleus of this year's team. Each year Pi Kappa Delta, national debating fraternity, selects a timely question which all associated colleges use throughout the term. This year's question is, "Resolved that the National Labor Relations Board should be empowered to enforce arbitration of all industrial disputes." Tentative debates have already been arranged with Penn State, Scranton Keystone Junior College, Muhlenberg, Bucknell at Lewisburg, St. Thomas, and Nassau College in Long Island. It is hoped that St. Joseph's and Temple University in Philadelphia will also agree to debate the Junior College. GALA REVELRY MARKS GERMAN CLUB PARTY ERMAN CLUB members G entertained the elementary German class at a masked Hallowe'en Party at Chase Hall on Tuesday evening, October 26. To the howls of the "simple pleasure" music of the victrola in radio's clothing, swished a peasant girl and an anthracite miner, an Arabian boy and an Ukranian girl, a petite Martha Washington and a tall Mexican; and last but not least that attractive couple composed of a pirate girl and a bonnie Scotch laddie. Freddie the Freshman seemed to be having some difficulty in leading sweet Varsity Sue about the floor. Believing that it's smart to be late, the little old lady made her debut later in the evening, and attracted quite a good bit of attention trying to manage her hoops as she did a modern "hop." What might be well called the "duck dance," was a highlight of the evening. With his noble brow dripping with H2O and possessively munching an apple, the rather wilted, drooping swain presented a slip of paper containing the girl's name to her, and he blissfully proceeded to enjoy the dance. SPAULDING BAKERIES Makers of AMERICA'S FINEST KRULLERS �THE Thursday, November 11, 1937 BUCKNELL Peters Conducts Volleyball Team Handball Tourney A New Venture Competition Part of Gym Class Varsity Squad Picked After Work; Rivalry Keen Eliminations; Schedule Arranged The second annual handball tournament conducted by Bucknell Junior College, under the direction of Henry Peters, has reached the quarter-finals after a week of hard fought matches. The competition from now on will be much keener and matches more interesting. The following have reached the quarter-finals and are matched as follows: Albert French vs. Donald MacGuffie; John Emanski vs. Robert Royer; Robert Hopkins vs. John M undry ; Chester W arakomski vs. Robert Kerr ; Robert Conway vs. Albert Cooper; Marvin Fisher vs. John Gambold ; Joseph Vlodowiski vs. Leo Simoson; Edward Labak is un.;. matched as yet. Michael Seniuk, Elmer Smith, Ernest Weisberger, and Walter Thomas have reached the semifinals. League Standing Intramural Bowling standing to Tuesday, November 9: Won Lost Pts. M. I. T ......................... 12 0 16 Brown ........................... 10 2 13 Cornell ........................ 7 5 9 Harvard ..................... 6 6 8 Army ........................... 5 7 7 Yale ...... ...................... 4 8 6 Penn .............................. 4 8 5 Navy .............................. 0 12 0 ---• - - JOHN PERMANENT WAVING SPECIALISTS " BEAUTICIANS TO THE WOMAN WHO CARES" Hotel Sterling Wilkes-Barre Dial 2-1842 URGES Page Five Three First Places, Trophy Go To Guiney In Swim Meet freshman and sophomore classes, has been organized by Walter Thomas, assistant director of physical education at Bucknell Junior College. This is the first time in the history of the Junior College that such a team has been organized. The following have been chosen as members of the team after a large list of candidates were eliminated: Dave Jones, Robert Peter s, John Fox, John Emanski, Dudley James, Jack Leather, William Morton, Ivan Stamper, Thomas Jenkins, George Andrasko, Michael Seniuk, Irving Cohen and Weat Matukaitis. The first match has been scheduled for November 11 at the local Y. M. C. A. against the "Y" Junior team. A schedule is being drawn up which includes games with other "Y" teams. --- . --- ~---------··············- KASPER'S SERVICE Corner North Main and Bennett Streets Sunoco Gas, Oil and Expert Lubrication l.•~o~: .J: .K:~:r~ ~:o~~ •■ ■ ■ ■ • • • ~ 0HN GUINEY, a member of J the Bucknell Junior College swimming team, won a trophy for being the outstanding swimmer in the senior division of the local Y. M. C. A. mermen meet. John's honor was bestowed qpon him for winning three first places; the 50-yard free-style, the 100-yard free-style, and the 220-yard free-style. The swimming team, · under the leadership of . "Slats" Obitz, has added a Metropolitan team to its schedule. The team will travel to New York on Decem~ ber 11 and meet the highly touted C. C. N. Y. tankmen. R. LOUIS LEARCH, director M of swimming activities at the local Y. M. C. A., was the principal speaker at the first luncheon of the Bucknell Junior College Lettermen's Club held in Rooney's dining room last Tuesday, November 9, at noon. This affair was voted a success by the large crowd in attendance, and the club has decided to run a similar affair every month throughout the remainder of the college year. Dr. David Brown, . professor of English at Bucknell Junior College acted as toastmaster for this noted event. ---• 0~ ~ WILKES-BARRE HAZLETON SCRANTON l I We Specialize In School Photography 32 W. Market St. W.-B. Phone 2-1 174 - - - •• ■ ••• - - - - •• ■ of the New Building Gym Pool Ping-Pong Club Craftshop Bowling Alleys Programs, etc. --- eontratulations ! Mr. Obitz, coach of the swimming team, has begun to raise another champion of his own flesh and blood: an eight pound baby was born to his wife on Hallowe'en at about eight o'clock. Congratulations, coach! We'll be seeing him _in Bucknell some day; . perhaps. · --- •--- -1 VISIT THE YMCA Luncheonette 1 L~----.... -~~~--=~~::. _j Meyer Jewelry &Optical Co. 11 lI 15 PUBLIC SQUARE USE OUR BUDGET SYSTEM As Little as 50c a Week --- • - ■ •••• ■ ■ • - - - • ■ - - - -~ Compliments of . . . Betsy Ross ••••• STUDENTS Facilities l PORTRAIT AND COMMERCIAL PHOTO<SRAPHERS and Studios in --- Ace Hoffman Studios - L .EURYTHMICS ID DANCING ---• MR. LO.UIS LEARCH Susan rJasseJlf ❖ ALL BUCKNELL to use the Freshman Cops 50, 100, 220 Yard Free Style Events; Obitz Schedules C.tN.Y. BANQUET SPEAKER VOLLEYBALL team, comA posed of members. of the 11 The Y.M.C.A. BEACON Woodlawn "A" Milk Deemer & Co. AND DAIRY PRODUCTS Corona Portable Typewriters Dial W-B. 2-2171 6 W. Market St., Wilkes-Barre SCHOOL AND OFFICE Triplex Shoes 27 PUBLIC SQUARE WILKES-BARRE SUPPLIES Woolworth Cafeteria 1- 1 �Page Six T H E B. U C K N E L L B E A C O N Quiet Please OUR columnist feels rather Y inspired this time - what with such a place as the conservatory to keep love in bloom -Speaking of the garden, the Freshman girls think Costine is a honey with that "B" on his sweater - The German Club makes the news this month-the masquerade party was a hit-wonder if Herr Disque had his heart in the right place in that Knave of Hearts costume, and poor Nagle - wonder if his knees were cold-by the way, Guiney as Ali Baba went to town-'nough said! . . . Swimming has become quite the rage with the girls of the scnool~ there's always one to meef you at the 'Y'-MacGuffie is lapping . . . Yours truly has just been informed that Norman Costine has received his appointment to West Point, congratulations! (Army and you still friends?) Food for thought-the cafeteria has a standing order of Boston Cream pie once a week-make your reservations early . .. It's an art to sit on those cafeteria stools-wonder how Romaine does it. . . . After that English comp. class the other day, Bendock has resolved to start a trousseau, and it's too much for Campbell.... the motion pictures in Physical Science are becoming a habit-Propker still insists on holding hands. ... Who would think that Bim Thomas goes hunting week-ends for deer. . . . Chris Whiteman seems to object .... Remember Chris, you can't have everything. ... To get down to a little more serious business, Yours Truly must answer a few letters dropped in his box this morning: Dear Izzy: This morning it rained and on my way to school, a car with one of our students driving splashed me. What to do? Drenched. Dear Drip: Get in touch with Pell. Dear Izzy: I can't seem to make the German word "Bursch" a part of my vocabulary. What can I do? Bube. Dear Bube: Remember the adage, "A bird in the hand is worth two in tne Bursch." "And so life goes on," says Clarence, looking in the mirror. You can never tell what you can run into. : .. the other day Pop Loftus found a deer in the yard. . . . So many things creep up that one can't help wondering why ... So few girls of the school get to the college dances. Miss Pence doesn't get tired running from one room to the other. Students are not acquainted yet. Marjorie Shapiro waits for the mailman. Tuhy does not lose track of Krashkevich. Conlon doesn't forget to consult Lewis. Thursday, November 11, 1937 Sociology Students Faculty Tearn Paces (Continued from page one) (Continued from page one) of the center in Wyoming Valley. On November 2, the class visited the Georgetown Settlement House. Here the class was guided by Mrs. Parry, an enthusiastic social worker of the settlement, who also explained the various duties of the Settlement. Surprise was evinced by the class at the number of people accommodated each week and at the enthusiasm of the Georgetown citizens for their community center. The Settlement, begun by the sister of Mayor Loveland, has attained its present popularity and strength in the community by its untiring staff of social workers, namely, Miss Watson, Mrs. Parry and Mr. R.ansom. The following made the trips: Messrs. Joseph Brislin, Joseph Gallagher, John Gambold, Fred Miller, Ivan Stamper, Jack Leather and Dr. Crook; Misses Marjorie Shapiro, Anne Reinacher and Marion Clark. the league leaders on November 30, if there is to be any stopping to the teachers' drive for the first half championship. Prizes will be awarded at the end of the league season. In order to be eligible one must bowl in three-fourths of the reg.:. ularly scheduled matches. Prizes will be awarded for the highest individual score, the highest three-game score, the greatest number of strikes, and the greatest number of spares. The five having the highest averages at the end of the season will travel to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and represent Bucknell Junior College in the Intercollegiate Bowling Congress. By his form shown, Bob Peters, captain of Harvard and also of the varsity bowling team, will be selected as one of the five men. For the second consecutive week Bob has led the "Big Six" and has the highest individual game of 239. He also has the highest three game total with 609. •-- ---• Exhibit To Celebrate EPITHET (:Continued from page one) Constitution Sesqui-Centennial Commission ..at_Washington, D. C., the Wyoming Valley Historical and Geological Society, the Osterhout Library (Miss Baker has graciously consented to give her co-operation, and documents from our own library. This display is worthwhile for everyone and will be of extreme educational value. Supplies I never thought I'd use this word To tell you how I feel, But now I know it's quite pref erred I think you are a heel. ---• ~-STUDENTS! Attend THANKSGIVING DANCE NOV. 24th Open 11 A. M. to Pennants Jewelry 2:30 P. M. CHASE HALL � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bucknell Beacon, 1937 November 11th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1937 November 11 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Bucknell University Junior College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/ec03cd1741afbf5b45901d126f44031f.pdf dc0c0bb4ef96a055031d24320d0513ef PDF Text Text XMAS DANCE Bucknell Beacon WILKES-BARRE, PA. Volume 2. Number 4 December 30 Friday, December I0, 1937 Thespians To Oller Season's rirsl Play Toaile Librarian ALUMNI, STUDENTS COOPERATE FOR CHRISTMAS DANCE HE Wilkes-Barre Woman's Club has presented a rotating T scholarship fund of {p500 to Bucknell Junior College it was announced recently by officers of that organization. The fund, which will be distributed among worthy students upon the basis of need and scholarship standing, is on a loan basis. Students who take advantage of the opportunity offered by the fund toward financing their period of matriculation at the Junior College will be expected to repay the amount they are granted MISS ETTA PENCE plus interest upon completion of their complete college courses. PON being interviewed, Miss The Woman's Club has always Etta Pence, college librarian and one of the recent addi- manifested a keen interest in tions to the staff, professed to a community progress and in the rather uneventful childhood in furtherance of educational facilthe State of Washington where ities in the valley. In donating she received her early schooling. this scholarship fund to the college the club has answered a A graduate of the University long felt need. of Washington, Miss Pence comThose interested in applying pleted her graduate work in the for the assistance off,ered by this Library School of that institu- fund can secure further infortion, where she held an assist- mation by consulting Dr. Farley antship during the summer ses- or Miss Mary Baker of the Ossions. Later she became a mem- terhout Library. ber of the librarian's staff at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. For a short time she was connected with the Public Library in Seattle and last year she was a librarian at the New York Public Library. Upon being questioned whethLL students have undoubteder she preferred public library ly noticed, by this time, the work or college library work, BUSINESS man of out- Miss Pence answered in favor of recent embellishment of the standing achievement, a the latter, pointing out that al- Junior College library by 120 The new booksfriend of ambitious youth, and though the contacts one makes volumes. a generous benefactor of hu- in the public library are natur- largely on historical subjectsmanity." ally much wider, college library were presented to the College by By these words, inscribed on work is by far the more stimu- the Sharpe estate. a bronze plaque in new Old lating. Miss Pence and Professor Main, on th~ Lewisburg campus, If dreams would always ma- Gage are particularly pleased our local trustee, Mr. Daniel terialize, Miss Pence would j our- with a number of sets. Among Roberts, is described. Mr. Rob- ney the world over but since they these are: erts donated anonymously some do not, she has contented herself Carlyle: French Revolution$100,000 to the reconstruction of with extensive travel in the 3 volumes. Old Main, and subsequently gave United States, Canada and MexFisk°!e: Historical Writingsa further $100,000 to Bucknell 1co. In connection with her in- 9 volumes. for the new cymnasium and the terest in travel, she enjoys colMacaulay: History of England extension of the Engineering lecting illustrated cartographs. -5 volumes. building on the campus. Motley: The Dutch Republic Last year Miss Pence took a It is not so widely known course in book binding at Colum- -3 volumes. that, quite unsolicited, Mr. Rob- bia University and since then J . F . Rhodes: History of the erts contributed over a thousand she has included hand book bind- United States-7 volumes. (Continued on page four) ing among her hobbies. (Continued on page four) ---•--- Daniel C. Roberts Donates Large Sum "A "Lady of Letters" To Be Presented At Coughlin High School Awards To Be Based On Rating and Need evening, DecemTHURSDAY ber 30, has been chosen as the date for the Christmas Dance. The affair will be held in the Crystal ballroom of the Sterling Hotel. Junior Maguire and his orchestra will supply the music for dancing which will continue from nine until one. In an endeavor to institute a closer spirit of cooperation between alumni and students both groups will unite their efforts in planning the dance. Hank Peters, as chairman of the alumni committee, has chosen the following to assist him: Edson Shannon, Edward Hartman, Duncan Thomas, Walter Thom~ as, Ambrose Saricks, Jr., Eleanor Scureman, Betty Tonks and Beverly Jones. Joseph Conlon, who is the chairman of the social activities committee, heads the student group. Other members of the college committee are : Dorothy Thomas, Betty Lynn, Christine Whiteman, Virginia Steele, Mary Donnelly, Bill Morton, William H. Thomas, John Lewis, Leo Simonson, Richard Roush and Donald MacGuffie. Dance will be semi-formal and will be open to college students, alumni and friends. Price of admission is $1.50 per couple. WOMAN'S CLUB GIVES LOAN SCHOLARSHIP U ---•--Library Receives Many New Books A STANLEY DAUGERT Bucknell Junior College T HE Thespians will present "Lady of Letters" tonight, 8 :15, at the Coughlin High School. This is the first major production of the dramatics club this year. The play revolves around the dim-witted wife of a professor in a small college. After buying a novel from an unknown author and having it turn out to be a huge success, she throws the entire college into confusion. The comedy of the play results from the ensuing embarrassment. Those taking part are: Betty Tonks, Stanley Daugert, Betty Fenton, Marion Clark, Anne Reinecker, Dudley James, Gilbert Meyers, Gerald Levine, Jean Maran. Algerd Baldausky, Helen Balliet and DorothySmailes. The play was first given on Broadway two years ago with Muriel Kirkland in the lead. ---•--- Class Visits Court an endeavor to obtain a firstINhand view of how community problems are met, the Social Problems Class has made several field trips to institutions which deal in the work of social adjustment and correction. Through the cooperation of Mr~ Jaycox, probation officer in the Domes( Continued otl page two) �THE Page Two BUCKNELL THE BUCKNELL BEACON I T is unnecessary to recount here the significant part the funds subscribed in EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ASSOCIATE EDITORS ASSISTANT EDITOR ART EDITOR SOCIAL EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR ADVERTISING MANAGER BUSINESS MANAGER TYPISTS ADVISORY BOARD Friday, December 10, 1937 "The Welfare of the Community" Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania CONTRIBUTING STAFF BEACON l - { Marjorie Shapiro • the recent welfare drive play in the life of this community. All of us are Maurice Reishtein, Stanley Daugert aware that deprived of the aid offered by the Welfare Association the maMurray Edelman jority of th valley's philanthropic organizations would be without their most Betty Fenton vital source of revenue. It requires no great imaginative powers to visualize Ilaria Sterniuk what conditions would arise if, due to financial embarrassment, these instituHerman Propker tions should cease to function. Phyllis Ackerman, Robert Kerr, Helen Coats, Pauline Kirshner, Jerome GreenHowever, if one were to judge by the results of the welfare drive at wald, Marguerite Krashkevich, Bessie Bucknell Junior Colleqe, one would immediately conclude that the students here are entirely lacking in perspective; a recital of community needs would Lewis. Richard Owen. Marion Dunstan bore them; they are only interested in their own smug little lives. We prefer Jack Leather to think this is not the case. We would rather attribute his lack of materially Marguerite Krashkevich, Darin a Tuhy manifested interest to want of understanding and to simple neglect. Joseph Brislin, Joseph Gallagher. Ar.To quote actual figures; out of the 196 students registered, 76 contribdrew O'Malley, Walter Thomas, Betty Tonks. Chairman, Dr. Wilfrid Crook uted to the fund making a total of $26 collected from the student body. Advertising rates: 50c per column-inch. Two column-inches 75c. One year: $4.50 per column-inch: two column-inches $6.50 PUBLISHED EVERY THREE WEEKS BY THE STUDENTS OF BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY JUNIOR COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA ae-~ Editorials Thirty-eight per cent of us shouldered the burden for the other sixty-two per cent. It is highly probable that at some time in the near future the Junior College may appeal to the community for funds with which to complete repairing Chase and Cunningham halls. Can we expect the community to be interested in us, if we don't care very much about it? "Do We Dance"? A "Of Peace Parades and Communism" T HIS year Wilkes-Barre celebrated Armistice Day in two ways. In the morning American Legion posts drafted local high school bands into service and commemorated the end of the Great War by reminding observers of the military spirit which prevailed twenty-~rne years ago. In the afternoon a different group of our citizenry commemorated a different phase of the rejoicing that accompanies an armistice. This second parade reminded us that peace had arrived in 1918, that mankind was then looking forward to an era of progress free from war. Even before Armistice Day a number of legionnaires and others who misinterpret the significance of the peace parade condemned it as an insult to those who died in the Great War. This is, of course, an almost incredible distortion of the truth. Those who paraded honored the patriots who died, but denounced the institution which forced them to die, the "social malinvention" which. has ever killed off the most potent of men, has retarded progress, and confined men's activities to seeking to further narrow interests. Another charge, quite as fallacious, has been made more recently. Attorney Doran, speaking before the Kingston Business Men's Association, asserted that Mayor Loveland should not have granted a parade permit to a group of "communistic" organizations, and suggested that the mayor had done so because his wife is a member of one of these groups. Mr. Loveland, in answering the charges, cited evidence that the groups which sponsored the parade had no communistic affiliations or tendencies. Whereupon Mr. Doran retorted that he had secured from a member of the Women's International League for Peace, one of the sponsoring groups, a number of communistic, "scurrilous" pamphlets. Since we believe the Peace Parade was morally supported by Junior College students, and because a number of professors and students marched in it, The BEACON has attempted to investigate the affair. A list of the organizations which sponsored the parade appeared in the Wilkes-Barre Record of November 27. Anyone who examines that list will certainly agree with us that Mr. Loveland is perfectly correct in vindicating them of communistic tendencies. As for the Women's International League, Congressman Hamilton Fish investigated it recently and declared it perfectly free of communism. If Congressman Fish couldn't find any, we may rest as sured there is none. The League has its headquarters in Geneva, and hasn't even a branch in Russia. The "scurrilous" pamphlets provide the real humor in this matter. Through the courtesy of Miss Harriet Davey of the League we were allowed to examine these pamphlets, and found nothing more communistic than pictures of Mrs. Roosevelt and Admiral Byrd. 0 Intelligent ·people are rapidly becoming extremely annoyed by individuals who term every movement in the least liberal "communistic." One is reminded of the medieval thinkers who claimed that it is the name and not the fact which is real. That sort of charge merely attracts a great many more communist sympathizers; for, observers reason, if the people who marched for peace-people they admire-are communists, what's wrong with communism? Those who believe that we should destroy freedom in order to preserve one particle of it, merely serve to thoroughly discredit the movements they represent. We find it hard to understand how anyone can do other than actively support intelligent peace movements in these critical times. May there be another Peace Parade next Armistice Day, supported by everyone and free from stupid criticism. N _illustration of what should not have happened was well presented, we think, at the last coll,,ge danre the day before Thanksqivinq. We made a serious attempt at that form of bodily movement called the dance but, did we get anywhere? Bluntly, we did not. We were so squashed and so squeezed and so bumped and so stepped on that the affair went beyond the bounds of mere humor-it was pathetic. At least it wasn't pleasant with those surroundings. We believe in dances. They are a good idea, undoubtedly. But the prin~iple of "The more the merrier," it seems to us, does not fittingly app!y in this case. The Social Activities Committee should make up its mind whether it wants to run dances for profit or for the real enjoyment of the student body at the Junior College. We favor the latter view and we think the student body does also. Our plan is to have the committee estimate just how many couples the dance floor will comfortably hold and limit ticket sales to just that amount, working on the principle "first come, first served," "first" in the sense of after the student body itself. In other words 200 couples on. the lrer:n Temple Country Club dance floor goes beyond the bounds of reasonableness, comfort and a pleasant time. With 150 couples, however, we won't bite off a person's nose or ear if we talk, or kick somebody's shins or dig our elbows in another person's back when dancing. In the future we realize that all our dances won't be held at the same place, but our plan nevertheless still applies. Hereafter, let a limited number of guests attend the dances once the student body is served, the Activities Committee havina estimated iust what that number is , to provide enjoyment and pleasure for all concerned. Group Condemns Jap Aggression In China HE Sino-Japanese War, its causes, possible effects, and T remedies for restoring peace in the East were discussed at a meeting of the International Relations Club on December 2. Numerous points of view are represented in the club. However, the fact that Japan should be labeled as "aggressor" in the conflict was generally accepted by the entire group. Three plans of action whereby the United States might demonstrate its desire to terminate the war were offered and subjected to heated debate. The plans are (1) collective security, which rests upon international cooperation; (2) strict neutrality, whereby the U. S. would put embargoes on both Japan and China, and (3) non-government action or, more specifically, workers' and consumers' sanctions. A number of books and pamphlets designed to aid in the study of this and allied questions have been sent to the club by the Carnegie Institute. A m o n g these are included: Hudson, "By Pacific Means"; Penrose, "Population Theories and Their Application"; Staley, "Raw Materials in Peace and War." The books are at the disposal of all interested persons. ---•--Class Tour (Continued from page one) tic Relations Court, the students recently visited the court and observed the method of procedure. Those who visited the court were: Miss Clark, Miss Reinecker, Miss Shapiro. Also Mr. Gallagher, Mr. Gambold and Mr. Stanper. �THE Friday, December I 0, 1937 BUCKNELL CURRENTLY SPEAKING ByM.R. Blac~-Co~nery Wage _and T HE Hour Bill, six months smce its passage in the Senate, will at last come up for consideration in the House next week, beginning December 13. In its present form, the bill empowers a Labor Standards Board, composed of five men appointed by the President, to fix minimum wages, less but not more than 40 cents an hour, and maximum hour more but not less than 40 hours a week. The board is given the power to use its own discretion in adjusting standards for different industries and different localities. We use the phrase, "In its present form," because it is expected that the House will add many amendments to the act before voting upon it. The purpose of the bill is to (1) increase national purchasing power, (2) decrease unemployment, ( 3) obtain for the unskilled worker a more decent standard of living. Opponents of the principle of minimum wage and maximum hour legislation claim that the bill will ( 1) not enhance purchasing power because an increase of wages must bring a rise of prices, (2) not cause a reduction of the number of unemployed but, rather, will tend to augment the number of jobless because wage and hour restrictions will force many marginal producers out of business, and consequently many workers will be forced out of employment, ( 3) cause the maximum wage to become the minimum wage because the employer, in order to neutralize the losses sustained by the raising of wages in the "lower brackets," will reduce the wages of the "better paid" workers to the minimum. Conservative economists oppose the bill beca11se such legislation, they say, violates certain rules of economic forces. Standpat politicians and business men advocate the defeat of the bill on the grounds that a laissez-faire policy is best. The South fears the bill inasmuch as it might give the North an advantage in competition. Many people believe that the A. F. of L. is opposed to this type of legislation. This is untrue. The A. F. of L. disapproves of the Black-Connery Bill which leaves much to the discretion of the Labor Standards Board. The C. I. 0. incidentally favors the bill. The opposition's arguments against minimum wage and maximum legislation, as seen by this column, is great in quantity but sadly deficient in quality. Will prices rise to offset a gain in wages? We think not because it is an economic truth that prices do not rise in proportion BEACON Page Three Drama Group Makes O'Donnell Discusses New York Trip Diphtheria Problems DR.NELL, FRANCIS T. chairman O'DONof the Diphtheria Prevention Campaign, addressed the members of the Pre-Medical Club on N ovember 18 • at the club's monthly meeting. "The deaths resulting from diphtheria are becoming fewer " Dr. O'Donnell pointed ou't, "through the use of modern preventitive and treatment methods. Clinics where treatment and injections are given free of charge are being conducted throughout Wyoming Valley. In the last two years there have been no deaths in this region resulting from diphtheria." Dr. O'Donnell charged that lack of cooperation on the part of parents in summoning doctors at an early stage of the dread disease has been the reason for the widespread fatality of diphtheria. The Pre-Medical Club endeavors to present a prominent doctor who has a specialized knowledge of a particular branch of medical practice at each meeting. Dr. A. Griffith, noted orthopedic specialist, was the guest speaker at Thursday's meeting. to wages. Also, prices will remain down, for the increased purchasing power of the nation will give the producer a greater volume of business. To the argument concerning marginal producers, we say this-If a producer cannot abide by the measly standards of the BlackConnery Act-he has no right in business. His workers can obtain employment with more efficient employers whose volume will increase when the "cutthroat" competitors drop out. A good indication that the maximum will not tend to become the minimum is the fact that this did not occur in foreign countries and states that have attempted the proposed legislation. With the conservatives, we have absolutely no patience. Horse and buggies are nice to look at, but as vehicles of progress they have outlived their usefulness. The Black-Connery Act can do much for the country as a whole (in answer to the South's argument). It may not work wonders but if it succeeds in ending forever the 5, 6, 10 dollar a week wage and the 50 and more hours of work basis, the bill will be more than justified. If we desire the removal of sweatshops, and of intolerable living conditions of the unskilled laborer-if we want a better G. WAITE, secretary of national standard of living, the the Y.W.C.A., addressed the Black-Connery Bill is a step in student assembly on Thursday the right direction. on the subject of "Milestones." Miss Waite recounted several events which contributed to her understanding of social forces. "Each milestone in one's life," urged Miss Waite, "should aid in bringing one closer to the realities of social and economic problems." ''PERMANENT (internationMiss Waite pointed out that a al) peace can only rest on sympathy with the conditions of justice, therefore some method the working class should become of more equitable .distribution of part of the philosophy of every the resources of the world is thinking individual. necessary," maintained Reverend Gardiner M. Day, rector of St. Stephens, in an address before the student body on November 16. Reverend Day denounced the armament race in which the na- REVEREND BARNES, secretions are now engaged, stressing tary of International Federathe fact that greater armament tion of Ministerial Alliances, will not insure peace, but rather, spoke to the student body on Nomore intensive wars. He em- vember 23. His subject was the phasized that concerted action value of religion in the world of of all nations is a prequisite for today. peace and the only preventitive "Youth," asserted Reverend for aggression. Since protesta- Barnes, "is becoming increasingtion does not stop war, aggres- ly aware of the significant role sion must be checked by disci- the church and synagogue play plinarian means, such as boy- in contemporary education. Cencott. turies of wisdom and the heriIn concluding, Reverend Day tage of scores of men who have pointed out the need for an consecrated their lives to the open-minded attitude and a mind betterment of humanity stand free of prejudice as regards behind the spirit of religious education. world problems. ---•--Miss Waite Speaks On "Milestones" MISS ---•--- Reverend Day Urges Boycotts To End War ---•--Rev. Barnes Lauds Religion's Role group of Junior College A Thespians spent the weekend of the Thanksgiving holidays in New York City. Under the chaperonage of Miss Sanguiliano and Mrs. Tasker the drama students spent an instructive as well as -enjoyable few days viewing and studying examples of various medii of dramatic expression. At a rehearsal of "The Cradle Will Rock" at the Mercury Theatre the group met Hiram Sherman, who, if present plans materialize, will be the guest performer in the college production of "Midsummer Night's Dream." Friday night some of the students saw "Brother Rat," a comedy with a military academy background while a few fortunate ones attended a performance of "Julius Caesar," a modernized version of Shakespeare's classic, which seems destined for a long run. Saturday saw the club members viewing two current Broadway laugh hits, "Room Service" and "The Women"-both of which are remarkable for their clever repartee and swift action. Not confining themselves strictly to the legitimate theatre, the students attended three motion pictures, "Nothing Sacred" which played at Radio City; "Mayerling," a French production which has been greeted with enthusiasm by New York's foremost critics, and "Inspector General," a Sovi,e t-made film of remarkable depth of feeling. The group also visited a radio broadcast, an advertising agency, a southward-bound steamer, and one of the large metropolitan churches. Students who made the trip were Dorothy Smail es, Jean Maran, Betty Tonks, Betty Fenton, Jane Mackenrow, Anne Reinecker, Ilaria Sterniuk, Dudley James, and Jack Saricks and Joseph Donnelly, two former Dramatic Club members. ---•--- Rev. Phillips 'Praises Heritage of Past Phillips of the REVEREND Methodist Church spoke at the student assembly of November 30 on the importance of a sane evaluation of the heritage of the past and the offerings of the present by the youth of today. "Do not," Mr. Phillips warned, "belittle the contributions of the past. Do not grab on to something simply because it's new." Reverned Phillips attacked the attitude which he claims is rife among college youth and which views much of humanity as downtrodden. The works of Sinclair Lewis, Hemingway and Dreiser, according to Mr. Phillips. show this lamentable trend of thought. �THE Page Four BUCKNELL BEACON The Evolution of Radio News Broadcasting PART II The radio news gathering services have established bureaus in the more important cities of the country with a trained staff of reporters and editors on hand to be dispatched to any point where a good news story might originate. In addition in the smaller cities, such as Wilkes-Barre, they have one or possibly two experienced newspaper and radio men who are constantly on the alert for a news story which might be of state or national interest, or a good human interest story for the entertainment of radio audiences. These men, unlike the bureau staffs who are salaried, are paid space-rate, or for each individual story which they dispatch to the organization. Should a story of interest develop in one of the smaller communities where no bureau is: located, the reporter will telegraph his story to the nearest bureau, or should the story warrant additional speed in transmission, telephone the bureau. At each of the bureaus a battery of teletype-writers are available for receiving and sending of news information. Definite times have been assigned to each bureau for placing on the teletype circuit, news which it has gathered. Should a flash of great national interest require, they may break in on the circuit at any time, temporarily killing the story which might be originated at another bureau. Each subscribing radio station has, in its studios, a receiving teletypewriter which is constantly hooked in on the circuit. The news agencies, incidentally, leased lines from Western Union, Postal Telegraph, Bell Telephone Companies and American Telephone and Telegraph Company for the purpose of transmitting the messages. The bulletins are printed on each individual machine a fraction of a second after the typist touches the sending teletypewriter key. In the newspaper press organizations, news schedules a:re designed for two deadlines. First, a deadline for a morning paper, and secondly, a deadline for an afternoon sheet. Radio, however, is different, in that deadlines on different stations might occur at far different times. Consequently, the radio news gathering services keep their circuit open for 20 hours a day, sending flashes of interest. They have arranged a definite schedule for morning, afternoon, early evening, late-night, and sports broadcasts and constantly endeavor to send lead stories for these designated times, as most subscribing stations have news casts at these particular times of the day. Throughout the day, the same story, if of considerable interest, might be repeated three or four times, with different leads and perhaps a few additional facts which might have been learned in the interim. This permits the broadcast of a differently worded story on the same subject on each of the important broadcasts of the day. Radio station programs are usually flexible enough to permit the brief announcement of a bulletin at almost any time, consequently the minute which important news develops, the Press Service will temporarily kill the story being transmitted and will flash the story on the wire, the attention of studio attaches being called to the teletypewriter by the repeated ringing of a bell on the machine. Each broadcasting station subscribing to the news service edits the news which comes over the wire, and uses those flashes of particular interest in their locality. About a year following the ban on news-casting by the older established news gathering services, there came the realization that they could not impede progress, and they lifted the ban. Now, some of the older organizations such as United Press and International News Service have established radio departments and are in active competition with the previously mentioned organizations in the radio newscasting field. Newspapers now generally concede that radio news-casting has had a favorable rather than an unfavorable effect on their circulation. Listeners buy newspapers in order that they might read what they have already heard and to learn further details. MAKE USE OF YOUR STUDENT ACTIVITIES PRIVILEGES TONIGHT "LADY OF LETTERS" COUGHLIN H. S. AUDITORIUM Friday, December I 0, 1937 Local, Campus Debaters Argues Labor Board Powers Varsity Bowlers To Each School Has Two Tearns, Clash With Alumni First Debates of Year Non-Decision N an effort to win the first I Junior College-Alumni bowling match the Alumni will send an array of former maple crashers to the local "Y", on December 29, at 7 :30 P. M. Even though defeated by the Freshmen in their annual fray, there have been no changes contemplated for the Varsity lineup. Capt. Bob Peters, Tom Jenkins, Dave Jones, Ken Benner, Al Shaffer, Quentin Walters, and "Slats" Obitz rounds out the Varsity team, while the Alumni will use Felix Stroinski, Stan Rushin, last year's captain, Mike Kaminski, who held the record last year for the highest individual score in a match game260, Bill Atherholt, "Puffy" Zimmerman, and Walt Thomas. • Library HE first debate of the term T was held on Dec. 2. Teams representing the Junior College and the campus clashed on the subject, "Resolved that the National Labor Relations Board should be empowered to enforce arbitration of all industrial disputes." Each school had both an affirmative and a negative team. Debates were non-decision. For the Junior College Maurice Reishstein and Stanley Daugert debated negatively; John Gambold and Murray Edelman affirmatively. For Lewisburg, John Hess and Allan Smith, affirmatively, and William Burke and Lawrence Jones, negatively. ---•--Sports Schedule Dec. 18 St. Thomas vs. Bucknell J. (Continued from page one) C.; Wyoming Seminary vs. Y.M.C.A. Basketball. Parkman' s Works - 12 vol- 22 Long Island Frosh at New York. Basketball. umes. 27 Alumni-Basketball. 2 P. M. Schiller's Works-4 volumes. 29 Alumni-Bowling. 7 :30 P.M. Clarke: Ten Great Religions. Jan. Ha r p e r' s Encyclopedia of 1 St. Thomas at Scranton. Basketball. United States History. 7 Cornell Frosh at Ithaca. The collection also contains Basketball. important works on philology, 7 Hazleton Y.M.C.A. at Buckgeology, evolution, zoology, asnell. Swimming. tronomy, philosophy, and Eng8 Colgate Frosh at Hamilton. lish literature as well as referBasketball. ence material. 8 St. Thomas at Bucknell. Swimming. 14 Wilkes-Barre Y. M. C. A. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~1 Swimming. 21 University of Pennsylvania. Swimming. 28 Scranton Y.M.C.A. at BuckTHIS PAPER nell. Swimming. is the ---•--- MEDIUM of STUDENT THOUGHT AND OPINION Write A Letter To T~e Editor ---•--Daniel C. Roberts (Continued from page one) dollars to the Junior College toward the expenses of converting the two River Street houses into college buildings, before the opening of the present college session. The University and the Junior College are fortunate in having so generous a friend. SPAULDING BAKERIES Makers of �THE Friday, December I0, 1937 BUCKNELL BEACON Page Five Cagers Show Improved Form Contest With Alumni In Hard Fought Openers Should Be Thriller annual basketball game Score Spectacular Win Over Susquehanna Ekes Out 5Point T HE with the Alumni promises to Lead; Technical Foul be a "thriller," perhaps even Y. M. C. A. Quintet In more exciting than last year's Loses Game Extra Period N an extra five-minute period JAY CEES, after trying T HE vainly for two years to get I contest, the Bucknell Junior College basketball met their first together a winning combination, finally came through with a well deserved victory over a highly favored "Y" Varsity team to the tune of 40 to 39 in an extra period. The combinations of Gayewski and Baker, along with Hopkins and Capt. Bill Thomas proved t o be too much for the "Y" cagers. The game was close and hard fought with never more than a point or two separating, until Bill ·Thomas came through in the extra period to sink two field goals to cinch the contest. The work of "Stretch" Romane in retrieving the ball off the board and the long shots of both Gayewski and Baker were something to watch. Propker and Walt Thomas also saw action, both entering into the scor ing column. The reserves lost a closely contested match to a Firwood team, composed of former Meyers stars, by the score of 34-31. Bob Royer and "Stretch" Romane were the big guns for the Jay Cees Reserves. The J-C's will meet the Saint Thomas Junior Varsity cagers in the opening of the Northeastern Pennsylvania League on December 18 in the second part of a double header at the Y.M.C.A. gym. ---• --- JOHN PERMANENT WAVING SPECIALISTS "BEAUTICIANS TO THE WOMAN WHO CARES" Hotel Sterling Wilkes-Barre Dial 2-1842 defeat when they lost to Susquehanna Varsity at Selinsgrove by the score of 48 to 43. With only ten seconds left to play and the Jay-Cees holding a one point lead, Umpire Walters called a technical foul against them and B. Herr converted to tie the score and send the game into an extra period. On the tap Romane batted the ball to Baker, who caged an easy goal, but successive goals by Gould and Ford gave the Susquehanna quintet a lead which it didn't I'elinquish. With Al Baker and Ed Gayewski showing the way, Coach "Hank" Peters' quintet held thP lead at the half. Baker was high scorer of the game, caging four field goals and making nine fouls out of eleven attempts for a total of seventeen points. Ford carri ~d the brunt of the attack for the winners with fifteen points. •--- KASPER'S SERVICE Corner North Main and Bennett Streets Sunoco Gas, Oil and Expert Lubrication John J. Kasper, Prop. {) ~ ~ DANa(ING Studios in WILKES-BARRE HAZLETON SCRANTON of the New Building Gym Pool Ping-Pong Club Crahshop Bowling Alleys Programs, etc. B. Thomas, f ............. 3 3 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Baker, f . ........................ H. Propker, f ............. MacGuffie, f. ............ Jones, f . ........................ Romane, c. .................. Troy, c. ........................... W. Thomas, g ............. Hopkins, g. .................. Gayewski, g. ............ Royer, g ......................... 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 Totals ..............................13 17 SUSQUEHANNA G. F. Rakshys, f ................... 0 0 Ford, f . ........................... 7 1 McBride, f ................... 0 3 Fletcher, f . .................. 0 0 B. Herr, c . .................. 1 10 Fisher, c. ..................... 1 0 Wert, g . ........................ 0 0 H. Kerr. g . .................. 0 1 Kaltreid'r, g. ............ 2 0 Gould, g . ........................ 4 3 G. T. Raker .............................. 9 Propker ........................ 17 Walt Thomas ............ 2 B. Thomas .................. o Romane ........................... O Gayewski ..................... O Hopkins .............,.......... 0 0 2 9 4 5 0 0 3 1 4 3 Totals ............................. 16 Y.M.C.A. G. F. 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 8 6 8 40 F. Youren ........................... 7 2 Krackenfels ............... 3 1 43 Coopey ........................... 0 1 Cooney .......................... 0 0 ................................. 4 1 T. Gillis Brown .............................. 2 0 0 F. Krackenfiels ......... 0 0 15 Maiers .......................... 0 0 3 Levy ................................ 1 0 0 11 Totals .............................17 5 ....9 Referee: John Murphy. 0 0 4 11 --- T. 14 1 1 7 T. 16 . 7 1 0 9 4 0 0 2 39 --- ,■■■■■-••··········--- Totals .............................. 15 18 48 Referee: Butler. Umpire: Walter. Half-time score: Bucknell 23; Susquehanna 19. End of game: 41-41. --- •--- Ace Hoffman Studios l lf PORTRAIT AND COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS We Specialize In School Photography 32 W. Market St. W.-B. Phone 2-1174 l 1 VISIT THE YMCA Luncheonette l------.... -~~~-.s-~~~:~..• Meyer Jewelry &Optical Co. 15 PUBLIC SQUARE USE OUR BUDGET SYSTEM As Little as SOe a Week Compliments of . .. I I Betsy Ross f 1--··-------■ ----j ~ o- -~-~o-a-~-a-u..: STUDENTS Facilities F. 1 EURYTHMlCS ALL BUCKNELL to use the G. Su5an Ga55edlf ❖ Pi URGES BUCKNELL BUCKNELL ···-········ 1 The Y.M.C.A. battle which went into two overtime periods before the Varsity managed to squeeze through by one point. The Alumni will be captained by Duncan Thomas, a former J. C. captain, and will include such stars as Joe Wesley, now at Bloomsburg; Bill Atherholt, at Penn State; Don McHugh, at Bucknell; Eddie Davis, last year's captain and now at Bucknell; Leon Kolanowsky, now playing with the Bucknell Varsity; Vince Loftus, Bucknell; Frank Sgarlet, at Penn State; and Andy Germak, also playing with the Bloomsburg Varsity. Against such an array of stars, Coach "Hank" Peters will send Albie Baker, Eddie Gayewsky. Bob Hopkins, Bib Thomas, and Charley Romane. Herman Propker, Walt Thomas, Don MacGuffie, Bob Royer, Clarence Jones and Wilbur Troy also will see action. The game is scheduled for December 27, at the "Y," at 2 :00 o'clock. Woodlawn "A" Milk Deemer & Co. AND DAIRY PRODUCTS Corona Portable Typewriters Dial W-B. 2-2171 6 W. Market St., Wilkes-Barre SCHOOL AND OFFICE Triplex Shoes 27 PUBLIC SQUARE WILKES-BARRE .................... SUPPLIES Woolworth Cafeteria ~ �THE Page Six . BUCKNELL CCkinrp anJ StufI OMES the time of the year C when nature-lovers sit back and admire the snow-covered river banks, when in their zeal to get to classes on time certain people have been known to suffer many an indignified fall with, of course, the consequences, when students ask, "Why is an eight o'clock class?" But aside from all this we give a happy little skip when we realize that in exactly one week -ah, need one add more? In which we shake our head sadly and mutter "Tsk, tsk!" We hate to admit this but, what with one thing another, we think we will. One fine day we were pacing nervously around and about the confines of The BEACON office musing about life, stuff, and a test we were expecting the next period, when we espied a letter. Let it be here understood that said letter was open and literally begging for a reader. Who are we to ignore such a request? Wherewith we began to peruse same thereby gleaning from it the following information : ( 1) It was from the President of the campus debating society to Maurice; (2) Mr. Clemens, the President, clearly stated that it is understood up at the campus that there are a lot of nice girls down here at B. U. J. C. and the boys wouldn't be averse to meeting a few. So what happens? - two people come to the debate. 0 tempora; o mores! Addemdum: a capacity audience is expected at the next debate. We hate to be an old gossip but rumors have reached our ears that (surprise!) the Social Activities Committee plans to fete us with a "Big Apple" tea dance on Friday, December 17. Refreshments will be apples, candied and uncandied, and apple cider. Need it be added that Big-Appling will be considered very comme il fait (French 103)? Something- Should- Be- DoneAbout- It- Note : Next to spaghetti and chocolate cakes we like dances. There are a lot of people who feel that way-but not here at Bucknell. What our dances need is more B. U. J. C. people in attendance. Things that make life worth living--our cafeteria humorists. (You're entirely welcome, boys ) It all happened like this: We were going about our business as unobtrusively as possible when suddenly like a flash there came to us an idea. "No more gossip in The BEACON." So modest soul that we are, very much impressed with the sagacity of aforesaid idea, we loudly proclaimed to all and sundry and with much verve that The BEACON, being a conservative sheet, would henceforth desist from printing gossip articles. Since that memorable moment, people have been dashing up to us, beetling their brows (We have a number of adept brow-beetlers among us.) , shaking stern fingers at us and otherwise behaving in a manner which is best described as threatening. So we threw our hands up into the air in a sign of surrender, caught them as they floated gently eal'.'thward. and proceded to dash off something which might inject a bit of the personal element in the good old BEACON. The result-foregoing opus. BEACON Friday, December I 0, 1937 River Reveries Handball Finalists I THERE'S LITTLE I KNOW Beneath mottled skies on some gray day I've seen Mm come along this way Wa.lking slowly, stiffly along the bank Past the rails, p,a st the weeds fad ed and lank A voiding the ruts in the road, brown and hard And always sinking to the same old bench To watch the water in its high, wide trench. The 'Wind has of ten whipped its rain .4.gainst his face in cold disdain. The leaves h.ave of ten gathered at his feet In whithered swirls beneath his seat. In the m,idst of motion he was one calm face '· Of contemplation in that place, One silent hitm,an being apart. Although l'11e watched and done John Gambold, right, defeated the same There's little I know that's in his John Mundry to cop the annual heart. handball tournament championship. II --BEE-THOUGHTS ---• • • Quickly flies the little bee About his work from sweet to sweet. He doesn!t tr'/./ to bleat or che,at As the goat and you and me. -Betty Dawn Fenton t •• r •• r •• r •• r •• r. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'l't.'e • ~ "R"e •"'" fi'e • R• • ...,.. Pennants Jewelry .,.... •"'" .., JORDAN Men's Furnishings and Hats of QUALITY 9 West Market Street Wilkes-Barre BOOK STORE and CAFETERIA Supplies l"i'e •"'" ~ Open 11 A. M. to 2:30 P. M. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bucknell Beacon, 1937 December 10th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1937 December 10 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Bucknell University Junior College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/0c4a84c6a4ea7052135e7f01a8cc7b4c.pdf c8d55028ecb5a412c2c7b78da2cb4448 PDF Text Text Bucknell Beacon SPORT DANCE Volume 2. Number t~ WILKES-BARRE, PA. Shakespeare Play Singers, Orchestra To Be Civen In Bach Festival In Near Future HE Wyoming Valley Bach T O definite date has been set the third major dramatic production, Midsummer Night's Dream, to be presented by the Thespians under the direction of Miss Norma Sangiuliano. The date has remained uncertain as it must suit the convenience of the guest artist, Whitford Kane, now playing in the Mercury Theatre, New York. Those taking part in the play are: Betty Tonks, Betty Fenton, Ilaria Sterniuk, · Dorothy Hughes, Elwood Disque, Robert Conw.ay, Algerd Baldaski, Rohert Graham, Bernard Greenberg, Robert Nagle, Marion Clark, Dudley James, Murray Edelman, Gilbert Meyer, George Andrasko, Abraham Mandlovitz, and Robert England. It is hoped that all those students interested in any phase of drama; acting, scene-designing, costume-designing, etc. will submit their names to the drama office soon. N for ---•--- Festival, a community enterprise designed to provide music lovers with an opportunity to enjoy and participate in the presentation of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, will take in Wilkes-Barre on March 28, April 1, and April 3 under the direction of Professor Paul Gies of Bucknell University. Prof. Gies has prepared a very complete program which is divided into three p~rts, one section to be presented on each of the above days. The first is entitled the "Musical Ancestry of J. S. Bach" and is primarily a concert of ancient instruments with a small chorus and soloists. "Johann Sebastian Bach and His Sons," a concert by the augmented Wilkes-Barre Sinfonietta with soloists will be presented on the second evening, April 1. The repertoire concludes, on Sunday afternoon, April 3, with "The Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew." Membership in the Wyoming Valley Bach Society is open to all interested persons within limits set by the seating capacity of the auditorium. The annual membership fee of one dollar admits the member to all three programs. ---•--- Debaters Attend Penn State Parley Assembly Hears Cage, Debaters EMBERS of the Debate SoM ciety attended a debate convention for freshmen and junior college teams held at Penn State February 11 and 12. The convention as a body resolved - that there exists a very serious labor-capital problem in the United States and that compulsory arbitration enforced by the National Labor Relations Board would be the best solution to the problem. On Friday, February 18, the affirmative team, consisting of John Gambold and Murray Edelman, met the Penn State negative team at Wilkes-Barre. The negative team, consisting of Stanley Daugert and Maurice Reishtein, will go to La Plume on Thursday evening to debate representatives of the ScrantonKeystone Junior College. the school a INclearorderideatoofgive what a debate is, the Debating Club argued the question, "Resolved that the National Labor Relations Board be given the power to enforce arbitration of all industrial disputes," at yesterday's Assembly. Stanley Daugert and Maurice Reishtein, taking the negative side, opposed Murray Edelman and John Gambold. Mr. Daugert and Mr. Edelman presented the rebuttals. Bernard Greenberg acted as chairman. The highlight of the February 15 Assembly was a speech by Professor Daniel Gage. Mr. Gage asserted that Soviet Russia representing communism, Japan representing Japanism and the United States representing de( Continued on page 3) SAT. NIGHT FOX HILL Thursday, February 24, 1938 Twenty-Four Students Attain Honor Roll; Average Over 85 % Drama Director Eight Freshmen Listed; Unknown Six Included On Dean's List Following is the list of students who made an average of 85% or more during the first semester: Mwho last year joined the Bucknell Junior College faculty ISS NORMA SANGIULIANO, as dramatic coach, teaches a course, this year, in Play Production, added because of the interest of the students in drama. Miss Sangiuliano was born in Wilkes-Bane and went to Syracuse University. There she received the degrees A.B. in English, and A.B. and A.M. in Drama. While a student at Syracuse, Miss Sangiuliano acted in several plays, among them the World Premier of Zona Gale's "Faint Perfume," and assisted in the production of many others. While working for her higher degrees, Miss Sangiuliano was an assistant in Dramatics, supervised the production of plays and taught several courses in makeup, play production, and appreciation of drama. Miss Sang-iuliano instituted at Syracuse the School of Speech Play Contest which has been carried on since she left. For several summers Miss Sangiuliano has been an actor, business manager, and assistant to the director in the Syracuse Summer School Players, a stock company made up of graduates of Syracuse School of Drama. Miss Sangiuliano's work, outside interests, and pleasures can all be found in drama. Helen A. Balliet '40, Jacob l\L Edelman '41, John J. Emanski '41, Betty D. Fenton '40, Robert S. Graham '41, Bernard L. Greenberg '41, Jerome B. Gre~wald '41, Pauline Kirshner '40, Jack Leather '40, Bessie A. Lewis '41, John L. Lewis '40, Paul A. Meyers '40, Chas. F. Millard '40, Margaret Moore '41, Lilly Morgan '40, Robert E. Nagle '41, Robert G. Peters '40, Reuben W. Rader '40, Maurice A. Reishtein '40, Earl J. Rhoades '40, Richard J. Roush '40, Marjorie F. Shapiro '40, Dorothy M. Thomas '40, Ernest Weisberger '40. • Committee Plans Semester's Dances Social Activities CommitTHE tee is planning several dances for the remainder of the college year. Jerry McHale's Orchestra has been secured to play at the dance on Saturday, February 26. This affair is to be held at the Fox Hill Country Club and will be a sport dance. An Easter dance is planned for Saturday, April 16. The committee hopes to secure Ray Keating . for this semi-formal dance. Sometime in the early part of May a Spring dance is held annually. And just before school closes in June, a dinner dance will be given in honor of the departing sophomores. �THE Page Two BUCKNELL BEACON Thursday, February 24, 1938 THE BUCKNELL BEACON CURRENTLY Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ASSOCIATE EDITORS LITERARY EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR Murray Edelman Marjorie Shapiro, Maurice Reichstein, Stanley Daugert Betty Fenton Herman Propker Ilaria Sterniuk, Pau 'ine Kirshner, Helen Coats, Bessie Lewis, Lillian Stein, Irwin Freed, Jerome Greenwald, Marguerite Krashkevich Marion Dunstan ! CONTRIBUTING STAFF .ADVERTISING MANAGER BUSINESS MANAGER TYPISTS J l ADVIS OR Y BOARD Jack Leather Marguerite Krashkevich, Darina Tuhy Joseph Brislin, Joseph Gallagher, Walter Thomas, Betty Tonks, Chairman; Barbara Ryerson, Elwood Disque Advertising rates: 50c per column-inch. Two column-inches 75c. One year: $4.50 per column-inch; two column-inches $6.50 PUBLISHED EVERY THREE WEEKS BY THE STUDENTS OF BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY JUNIOR COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA .,.,., @ Editorials Dr. Crook Resigns ... IT IS with regret that The BEACON announces that Dr. Wilfred Crook has found it necessary, because of lack of time, to relinquish his duties as faculty adviser to The BEACON. Not enough can be said for the great amount of work he did for Th~ BEACON. It was he who organized the staff last year after the paper had suffered a lapse of publication for a year. It was he who formulated the plan whereby we are able to publish every three weeks even though our ' ~ ncial resources are extremely limited. His aid and advice in the writing of the copy and the technical composition have been indispensable. The entire staff stand as one in expressing profound gratitude for his untiring efforts in behalf of The BEACON in the past, and in feeling a deep sense of loss now that he has resigned. Adopt The Honor System C ALLED by various other names throughout the country, the honor syste:r-, as we prefer to call it, is gaining general acceptance. This is the system which puts the students on their own, so to speak, by asking the student body, none excepted, to report "cribbing," copying and such childish practices io the student council. The report is usually made anonymously followed by appropriate action by the student council. As in other colleges and universities, we suggest that the following method be put in practice: Upon report of student misdemeanor of the above caliSer, the student council will inform the director who will summon the accused before him. The student will be told frankly of what he has been accused and may offer a plea. The director will give the plea either written or verbally to the council with recommendation as to acceptance. The council will vote on the same and a majority will determine the opinion. The director will inform the accused of the council's decision. Removal from the college is recommended if the student's plea is not accepted. By adopting this system we expect to see a three-fold gain: Instructors will not waste time proctoring lengthy examinations; students will be obliged . to depend only upon themselves, as it should be; students who would otherwise rely on their fellows' knowledge for their personal gain will maintain an honest conscience. It thus puts a premium on one's personal knowledge and conscience. We urge the adoption of this system by the student council, modified er amended by such methods as they deem wise. A Cultural Milestone ... T HE BEACON heartily joins all Wyoming Valley in congratulating the Osterhout Free Library on its fifty years of superb service to the community. The Library has ample reason to be proud of its record since the day in 1888 when the Wilkes-Barre Record carried the notice that "The pews of the south side of the old Presbyterian Church were removed yesterday in preparation for the occupancy of the book shelves of the Osterhout Free Library ." We hope that Bucknell University Junior College will be able to claim a similarly distinguished position as a cult_ural center of Wyoming Valley. SPEAKINC By M. R. DAZED world looks on-in A abject silence-as a ruthless dictator, with "Deutschland ( and Hitler) ueber alles" in his heart, silently, swiftly, cunningly, seizes control of an independent country. We look on as he disregards completely a Versailles Treaty, a League of Nations, and the burning desire of millions of humans for peace. And will Hitler stop with Austria ?-of course not! Drunk with power and the desire for more. Hitler shouts to the world his plan of Pan-Germanism the consolidation of all the Germans in Europe under the Reich. Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Rumania, all of Central Europe are in the range of his cannons of ambition. Thus ominous portends of war are thrust upon the world! France and Great Britain will surely not sit back and complacently watch Germany gain control of Central Europe. Both nations remain silent for the present because a definite plan of counter-attack has not yet been resolved. To believe that powers of such great military stren!!th will sub serve to the ambitions of Hitler is naive stupidity. The position of _Italy is more difficult to define. Did Italy and Germany work together for mutual benefit in the seizure of Austria or did Hitler steal the march on Mussolini? Is Mussolini in agreement with Hitler's plot to Germanize Central Europe? These are pertinent questions which no outsider can as yet answer authoritatively. The welfare of the United States is also affected by the coup of Austria. In the first place, the easy conquest of Austria and the proposed plan to gain Central Europe suggests a probability of an attempt in the future on the part of Hitler and Mussolini to wield influence in South America. As Walter Lippman suggests, the Monroe Doctrine wouldn't be effective in stopping an aggression because a new type of "aggression" is being utilized. Germany didn't send troops into Austria to shed blood, and thus make a conquest. Instead Hitler intimidated Austrian statesmen, intrigued and diffused propaganda which stirred unrest in the Austrian people. Hitler or Mussolini could use the same methods in South America and we would be powerless to act. In the second place, the Austrian incident concerns the United States because it would b0. impossible for us to stay out of a world war resulting from Hitler's conquest even though we are geographically removed from the trouble zone. This point is conceded by everyone except the "Isolationists," and their point of view went out with the Model T. The ultimate outcome of Hit.Jer's action can only be war and s p r e a d o f totalitarianism through the world-that is unless the democratic nations, the peace-loving nations unite immediately and make a concerted demand that Hitler (Mussolini and Japan), stop their aggression. · Hitler would have thought twice about making a move to control Austria if the United States, France and England were united against such aggression. However, the United States still refuses to enter a pact of this type. After the next war is over maybe well wake up to the fact (if w~re sti1! ~live) that we may be wrong once in a ~vhile. FOR HOME AND COUNTRY You raised, oh mother, sons for death! They lay so quiet without breath. So soon their living like a sob Was felt to move us with a throb And then was stifled and put out. Oh hear these rumored calls without! You're sad, my friend, because they're dead. It's not so long you felt a dread At marching feet of rows and rows Of Sons, your sons, to meet the foes, And long you wondered in the night What it meant and what was right; And then you knew: it wasn't long Since you had taught them right and wrong. And there they're lying teaching you And preaching sermons still rows through, Hm·e now, oh mother, hear the call! Your sons will die, your sons so tall. B. D. F'. �Thursday, February 24, 1938 THE BUCKNELL BEACON Page Three Swim Ace BUJC Bowlers Veterans Return Jay Cees Defeat Lewisburg Frosh Defeat Tommies For Baseball Season In Tournament In Extra Period B UCKNELL JUNIOR COLLEGE bowlers defeated St. Thoma3 varsity, 3 to 1, last Saturday evening in the Y.M.C.A. alleys. The Tommies took the first game but the Bisons captured the second and third and also total pins. Intramural Bowling League standing. w. L. T.P.P. Brown ..................... 6 0 2 8 Yale .......................... 4 2 2 6 Penn ...................... 4 2 1 5 Cornell ................... 3 3 1 4 M. I. T ...................... 1 5 0 1 Harvard .................. 0 6 0 0 "BIG SIX" Week of Feb. 14 Ringstrom ................ .. . . ............ .. 545 Propker ....... ... ... . ..... ... ............... .. 537 Pell ............................. . ...................... 534 Walters ........... ........ ............. .. ..... ... 534 S potanski .............. ....... ..................... 530 Obitz ..................................... .................. 513 "BIG TEN" Individual Averages For the First Half 1. Q. Walters .......................... 178 2. R. Peters ................. ......... .... 171 3. C. Obitz ................................. 168 4. D. Jones ................................ 167 5. R. Tasker .............................. 164 6. W. Miller ........................... 164 7. H. Propker ........................... 164 8. C. Pell ................................... 161 9. V. Hall ....... . ................ ... 160 10. J. Fox ....................................... 160 THIRTY-FIVE men responded to Coach Hank Peters' first call for baseball candidates, including five veterans; Weisberger, Bim Thomas, Shorty Thomas, Gambold, and McGuire. The team has been having ligh~ work-outs in preparation for the first game which is to be played at Colgate on April 22. The remainder of the schedule is as follows: April 23 Keystone Jr. Col... ..........Away 30 Dickinson Jr. Col... ..... Home May 4 Bloomsburg Frosh .... Home 6 Wyoming Sem ............... Away 7 Keystone Jr. Col... .......... Homc 14 East Stroudsburg ........ Away 18 Bloomsburg Frosh ...... A way 21 Dickinson Jr. Col... ......... Away 28 Wyoming Sem . ............... Home U. J . C. quintet registered B • their sixth victory of th~ season by setting a new Northeastern League record when it defeated Bucknell University Frosh 61 to 59, in an extra period game. The 61 tallies, scored by the Bison Juniors made it 113 points the local five has scored in its last two games. Coach Henry Peters' team started with a rush and forged into the lead with a 12 point advantage over their rivals from the campus. Eddy Gayewski was responsible for a good part of this margin by collecting six field goals in the first half. John Guiney The Frosh tightened the game up in the closing minutes of the Assembly Programs second quarter when Buzis and Nolan, two big men, scored fre(Cont inued from page one) quently under the basket. The Junior College led 27 to 22 at mocracy all desire to remold half time. China according to their respective pattern. "The outcome of The lead see-sawed throughWalsh Will Address out the second half and, with the present Far Eastern str~ Letterman Luncheon one minute remaining to play, gle depends on which of the the campus five held a 5 point three will be strongest and most lead. A foul conversion by aggressive," he said. THE Letterman's Club will Royer, which was followed by a --sponsor their next luncheon on goal by Propker, cut the lead to the second Tuesday of March. 2 points with ten second reMr. Joe Walsh, former Sports maining to play. Then Baker Editor of the Wilkes-Barre Rec- sank one from the middle of the ord, and now City Editor, will court to tie the score, thus f orcbe the guest speaker. Robert ing the game into an extra perPatton, sports writer on the iod. Baker and Gayewski roll- 1 Valentine Tea Record Staff and a student at ed into action in the extra perCorner North Ma in and Bennett Streets f Bucknell Junior College, will act iod, and enabled our team to I take the first victory in five as toastmaster. Sunoco Gas, Oil and I THE women and wives of the The Club is looking forward years from their Lewisburg I Expert Lubrication I faculty of the college entertain- to having Dick Harlow, football rivals. I I ed the students at a Valentine coach at Harvard University, at I John J. Kasper, Prop. I Tea on Friday, February 11. one of their future luncheons. The affair was held at the home The members of the Club will of Dr. and Mrs. Tasker from sell tickets for the next lunch3 :30 until 5 :30. Over one huneon, as a large crowd is expectdred students attended and enSu5an CaHe41j ed to attend. joyed a pleasant afternoon. Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Brown, and Miss EURYTHMICS Pence poured. SCHOOL AND OFFICE i •--- ---• rKiiPER;si ---•--- l SERVICE I I I --• The Y.M.C.A. URGES ALL BUCKNELL l-----------------•--1--·--·-------, ❖ I Deemer & Co. l i1 •-i ------------1 I fi DANa(ING I I! SUPPLIES VISIT THE YMCA L~~:~~~~~;;~_.1 I JORDAN I Ace I New Building QUALITY I Gym Pool Ping-Pong Club Cra~shop Bowling Alleys Programs, etc. 9 West Market Street I I of the 6 w . Mackel St.. w;lke,-Be"e ~--·--·······-- Men's Furnishings and Hats of · Facilities 0~ .::,i Studios in WILKES-BARRE HAZLETON SCRANTON ~~ STUDENTS to use the Corona Portable Typewriters Wilkes-Barre Hoffman Studios I I I PORTRAIT AND COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS We Specialize In School Photography 32 W. Market St. W.-B. i_ .. ~::n•e· 1 I Woodlawn 1 I "A" Milk I ~-~ ~ ~4- ••• ___j AND DAIRY PRODUCTS Dial W-B. 2-2171 �Page Four THE BUCKNELL BEACON THINCS and STUFF A NEW semester; late-winter colds; early signs of Spring fewir. But always there is the cheering thought of another BEACON to spur us onward, to spread a little sunshine. And it seems that everyone feels that way about it. People have been approaching us and sadly querying, "Where is the BEACON?" The BEACON has been recuperating from a severe case of frustration (We, too, hav:e troubles) but we persevere. The problem, to have or not to have a gossip column seems to be a moot question, but as far as we are concerned, there shall be a complete absence of lightly malicious chit-chat in ye Beacon, let the opposition rant and rave as it will. After all, we do have our ideals! The egotistical desire to see one's name coupled with that of a member of the opposite sex in print is too pretty to deserve gratification. A. B. loves C. D. Oh, what we know about you! Z. loves X. If one "7ishes to publicize one's supposedly private affairs let them be posted upon the bulletin board, which no one reads anyway. We have an ingrained dislike for "Scabs" and strike-breakers, but be that as it may, we award cheers and applause to the eight hardy female souls who dared to disregard the boycott of last Friday's tea dance started by someone or other for reasons unknown. So all the little girls went into a corner and pouted, with the exception of aforesaid eight who attended the dance and had for themselves a (quote) marvelous ( unquote) time. We complained in our last column of the fact that the men had a phonograph and piano in their lounge while the women were left ( poor souls!) to strain their ears as best they might to hear the music issueing from the third floor. Well, it seems everything is fine now and Justice prevails. The women will have the phonograph one week and the men will have it the next. Presumably, we are to overlook the whole semester vvhen the phonograph did NOT circulate. Despite affairs in the Far East and all the anti-Japanese propaganda that has been reaching our ears, we were suffused with a fine glow of brotherly love when we viewed the exquisite .Japanese prints that are on display on the first floor of Chase. The naturalists, the cubists, the realists, and surrealists come and go, but the Japanese have been putting out some fine work in the way of prints for the past few centuries-and that, dear readers, is ART. •--French Club Organized Thursday, February 24, 1938 Death Life Again the propagandists take their stand ; Merchants of war, apt advocates of hate, Luring to death the youth of every land With specious pleas of honor, or of fate. Though nations bleed to death in in most uncivil strife, And falsely neutral lands assist their fratricide, Yet, midst the falling bombs of war's red wrath, New babes are born, new lovers plight their troth. '"Hope springs eternal," Faith will not be dimmed, Thus Life moves on! Builders of bombs, of tanks and lethal tools, Makers of wings of war and deadly gas, Expand their markets best midst frenzied fools Whose fears grow daily, fed on legends crass. Munitions men hold Christ an outworn dream And love of brother man a broken reed. Rough word, "Big Stick," gas bomb, for safety seem Man's only hope. Such is their bloody creed. ---• Christ Speaks That men might have abundant life, I came; But ye have rent my Holy Church in twain. My Holy Church-compact of souls aflame-Struggling to life and love from death and pain. Through endless years of crime, of cruelty and war, The world has striven towards its distant goal. Tyrants have fallen, idols lost their power; New ills have risen, new tyrants seized the spoil; Still common folk have dared to Ii ve, to love, to toil. Life still moves on! Workman of Galilee! Heroic Nazarene! Thou spak'st the Living Word to men of death; Gav'st hope to slaves, to ailing men new health; Then met the Cross, the faithless mob's contempt. For thee proud men turn saint, casting away their wealth. Thy life moves on! -WILFRED H. CROOK. THE first meeting of the newly organized French Club was held in Chase Hall on Thursday, February 17. Twenty-one members of the first year, intermediate, and advanced classes attended. Officers elected were: Jack Leather, president; Henry Doran, vice president; Helen Balliet, treasurer. SPAULDING BAKERIES Makers of AMERICA'S FINEST KRULLERS ~~~~~~~~~a~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~----------------~~ m m ffl m ~ ffl ~ m m THE COLLEGE BOOK STORE and CAFETERIA Supplies Pennants Jewelry m m ~ ~ Open 11 A. M. to 2:30 P. M. ffl ~ CHASE HALL ~ ffli------------------a~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bucknell Beacon, 1938 February 24th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938 February 24 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Bucknell University Junior College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/4ef4b9eb7272d02428d1384ef0942c50.pdf 0a3eee524e9652ecaa5eeb833cc6cded PDF Text Text EASTER DANCE Volume 2. Number I L, Bucknell Beacon WILKES-BARRE, PA. lrem Temple APRIL 16 Thursday, March 31, 1938 SHAKESPEARE PLAY, THESPIAN HIGHLIGHT, ON APRIL 7 PRE-EASTER DANCE The More Important Side ... TO BE HELO IN AST May The BEACON denounced editorially the prevailing moral cenL at that time seriously hampered any anti-syphilis campaign. TEMPLE BALLROOM Todaysorshipthatwhich aspect of the problem is obsolete-everyone is talking about syphilis and commending the zeal of Dr. Thomas Parran and others who are HE Irem Temple, South it. T Franklin Street, will be the lead ingFine!theButfightweagainst fear that much of this talk merely results from the thrill scene of the Easter dance, one of the more notable ,annual affairs of the social life of Junior College students. It will be held Saturday, April 16. The Social Activities Committee has reported that Al Brockway's band has been contacted to play the program. The committee has also planned extensive decorations in flo11al patterns symbolic of spring. The affair will be semi-formal. Friends of Junior College students are invited to attend. Admission is by invitation only. Price is $1.50. ---• DEBATERS ACTIVE All OVER STATE Matches Usually NonDecision; Interest Keen, However past several months have T HE been active ones for BUJC'c debaters. The debating club has engaged in eight intercollegiate matches and one intramural match and has taken four trips to various Pennsylvania colleges. Included in these trips was one to a Penn State Debate Convention. The debaters have engaged in two matches with each of the following schools: Bucknell, Scranton-Keystone, Penn State, and Muhlenberg. There were also a number of intramural debates, one of which was given in Assembly on February 22. All debates were on the question, "R·esolved that the National Labor Relations Board should be empowered to enforce arbitration of,·<sall industrial disputes." · Stanley Daugert and Maurice Reishtein comprised the negative team; John Gambold, Murray Edelman, and Bernard Greenberg the affirmative team. Dr. David Brown is faculty coach. MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM TO BE PRESENTED AT MEYERS HIGH SCHOOL people get from discussing a previously forbidden subject, and that few are really interested in the seriousness of the syphilis problem as such. If this is the case, a merely cursory perusal of the pamphlets now in the conservatory and library and the Assembly talk by Dr. John W . Rice of the campus should shock us into profound interest in the less sensational but more important aspects of this problem. It behooves us, as a supposedly intelligent element of the comm~nity to set a commendable example in two ways. First, we should familiarize ourselves with causes, symptoms, practical preventive measures, and cures for the "Great Imitator." Second, every Junior College student should immediately submit to the Wasserman Test-now being offered without charge by Dr. Pugh of the Kirby Health Center. Dr. R. A. Vonderleher, Assistant Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service, recently wrote for the campus BUCKNELLIAN. In his article he declared that Bucknell is an acknowledged' leader of student opinion in the United States. As a part of the University we at Bucknell Junior College should feel it both a duty and an honor to participate in the campaign to wipe out this dread social disease. HEALTH HEADS LAUNCH VARIED PROGRAMS PROBE OF SYPHILIS MARK ASSEMBLIES ILARIA STERNIUK Bucknell Junior College THE Thespians under the direc- tion of Miss Norma Sanguiliano will · present "A Midsummer Night's Dream," April 7 in Meyers High School. This is the third major production of R. JOE MURPHY, managing the year, the list including, editor of the Wilkes-Barre "Lady of Letters," presented Pre-Med Group Times-Leader spoke to the as- DeC'ember 10, and "Pomeroy's Hears Mr. Pugh sembly March 8. His topic was Past" which was presented Freshman Week. Rehearsals "Editing a Newspaper." have been taking place regularSpeaking .at length on the On March 9 the Pre-Med Club ly in the garage theatre and the was addressed by Mr. Pugh. composition of newspapers Mr. adjoining lot. Students interacting head of the Kirby Health Murphy destroyed a prevalent ested in any phase of drama Center. The topic of his address, "Syphilis and Its Treatment," notion that newspapers devote have been given the opportunity was one of vital interest and altogether too much space to to contribute their share toward news of crime, scandal, etc. He making the play a sucC'ess. importance to every one. maintained that modern news"Syphilis," said Mr. Pugh, "is It is hoped that Whitford known as the 'Great Imitator' papers try to relegate such news Kane, now playing in the Merfor it imitates many diseases to the back pages, though, he ad- cury Theatre, New York City, while it is in the third stage." At mitted, some papers will use will be the Thespian's guest artthe Kirby Health Center there screaming headlines to boost ist. Those holding speaking are between 70 and 100 persons circulation. parts, in the order of their aptested weekly and 3 per cent are An out-of-the-ordinary pro- pearanC'e, are : found positive. "All prisoners gram was presented to the as- Duke ·Theseus - Elwood Disque at the Luzerne County prison sembly March 15. A round- Hippolyta - Dorothy Hughes are given Wasserman tests be- table discussion of faculty and Aegeus - - - Robert Graham fore they are admitted and students on the question of the Hermia - - - Ilaria Sterniuk there are several states which adoption of the honor system Helena - - Betty D. Fenton require tests before issuing mar- was held. Taking part in the Demetrius - - Robert Conway riage licenses," added Mr. Pugh. discussion were: Chairman, Lysander - Algerd Baldauski Wilkes-Barre has a low rate in Doctor Farley; Dr. Crook, Dr. Bottom - - - Dudley James the number of cases because Brown, Professors Gage and Quince - - Murray Edelman each known case is followed up Schulyer, Betty Fenton, Maur- Snout - Gilbert Meyer (Continued on page two) and given proper treatment. (Continued on page two) M �THE Page Two BUCKNELL BEACON Thursday, March 3 I, I 938 THE BUCKNELL BEACON Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ASSOCIATE EDITORS LITERARY EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR CONTRIBUTING STAFF ADVERTISING MANAGER BUSINESS MANAGER TYPISTS ADVISORY BOARD Stanley Daugert Marjorie Shapiro, Maurice Reishtein, Murray Edelman Betty Fenton Herman Propker Ilaria Sterniuk, Pau:ine Kirshner, Helen Coats, Bessie Lewis, Lillian Stein, Irwin Freed, Jerome Greenwald, Marguerite Krashkevich Marion Dunstan Jack Leather Marguerite Krashkevich, Darina Tuhy Joseph Brislin, Joseph Gallagher, Walter { Thomas, Betty Tonks, Chairman; Barbara Ryerson, Elwood Disque ! Advertising rates: s ·o c per column-inch. Two column-inches 75c. One year: $4.50 per column-inch; two column-inches $6.50 PUBLISHED EVERY THREE WEEKS BY THE STUDENTS OF BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY JUNIOR COLLEGE, W ILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA -e-,@ Editorials Unfair Bowling Tactics ... A TTENTION has been called to +he unfair tactics of several participants in the present bowling tournament among the men students of the school. The rules are known by all and are expected to be followed, but are all too obviously being discarded by these few. There is a rule to the effect that a person will bowl at least three games , having proclaimed which games will count on the score sheet BEFORE bowling them. He can tell this fact to a member of the opposing team or a responsible member of the YMCA bowling department. But a flagrant disregard for this rule is evinced by persons whom we thought were above such practices. Their practice is to bowl as many games as possible and choose the best three to put down on the tally sheet. In all fairness ·to the members on all teams this practice must be stopped. The rules are there to be obeyed, they are known by all. Dissent over these unfair practices is fast coming to a head . Something should be done by the d irector of the tournament. We recommend dropping these persons from the contest. Assembly Programs (Continued from page one) ice Reishtein, Reuben Rader and Donald MacGuffey. Rector Reverend A SSISTANT Tate of the St. Stephen's Church was host to the students of the Junior College on March 22. Assembly was held in the St. Stephen's auditorium where Mr. Tate showed pictures of the Delta Cooperative Farm, an attempt on the part of a f'ew interested individuals to give some Southern sharecroppers better living conditions. Previous to their membership in the farm these people were either poor "white trash" or negroes in a semi-feudal state of society. --• Schwartz's Address Feature of Smoker HE first of a series of smokers planned by members of the faculty was held in the men's lounge, Chase Hall, Friday, March 15. Leon Schwartz, district attorney of Luzerne County spoke on "Circumstantial Evidence." T After Mr. Schwartz' speech, students grouped themselves around the piano and sang, accompaniment being contributed by Mr. Charles Cann. Peanuts, cider and cigarettes were served by the faculty. • GROUP DISCUSSES PEACEFUL CHANGE Reishtein, Daugert Speak on F. D.R.' s Trade Policies T HE International Relations Club was the guest of Professor and Mrs. Gage and daughter Jane at a meeting held March 8 on a discussion of the question, "Peaceful Change." The following Tuesday, March 15, Messrs. Reishtein and Daugert took charge of the meeting in a discussion of various trade policies. Mr. Reishtein discussed free trade and Mr. Daugert spoke on the present reciprocal trade treaties of the Roosevelt administration as ,a desirable factor of our foreign policy to be continued. CURRENTLY SPEAKINC By M. R. times when shockDURING ing news of an unexpected (2) It is difficult to draw up a clear-cut union of antagonists for a world war. The RomeBerlin axis supposedly established strong ties between Hitler and Mussolini. However, many observers of international affairs feel that the treaty was never powerful, and now is weaker than ever. Because of Japan's war in China, it is doubtful that Germany or Italy could find an ally in the Land of the Rising Sun. Until the totalitarian states are fused in a potent coalition, the democratic, peace-loving nations can be optimistic, for not one of these fascist states could, alone, wage a successful war against an alliance of the democratic countries. ( 3) Science has made the processes of war so horrible and dreadfully destructive that a prospective instigator of war is doubtlessly restrained by the fear of the disastrous consequences that a war might bring. Although the Japanese-China conflict and the Spanish Civil War have amply demonstrated the curse of modern hostilities, how women and children are slaughtered indiscriminately by bombs, these battles are child's play in comparison to what a world war would be. "Ingenious" military science has invented gases, incendiary bombs, infectious bacteria projectiles, which are capable of wiping out millions of people, women and children included, inside of one day. And military men plan to utilize these implements if war comes. Unless the leader of a militaristic country is absolutely insane or inexorably obsessed with the desire for power, we have good reason to believe that the catastrophic potentialities of a next war will go a long way in staying a militant fist. These three factors, we believe, make a practical, if unorthodox, case to lend support to those millions of humans who hope and pray that a conflict will be avoided ;a nd peace maintained throughout the world. Thespians ... FairiesMarion Clark, Gertrude Menecker, Marguerite Krashkevich, Christine Whiteman, Dorothy Smailes, Marion Martin, Rose Frantz, Jane Mackenrow. In addition to the above cast there are students filling the positions of court-men and women. Darina Tuhy is accompanist. international crisis is suddenly thrust upon the world, most of us are moved immediately to fear -and extreme pessimism and in the midst of our waves of emotion, we speak of the "next war" as if its coming were a positive certainty. However when the immediate crisis blows over, and when we make an attempt to return to reason, we wonder whether or not the "clouds are as black and portentous" as they seemed during the periods of emotional tenseness and we wonder whether or not it is true that war cannot be avoided. It is the contention of this column that there are certain factors in the international pictures which afford us ,t he hopeful prospect that universal conflagration is not imminent. ( 1) It is highly improbable that Germany, the springboard of Europe, desires war. Hitler, · no doubt, questions very seriously the ability of his military forces to win over an alliance of democratic countries. Also there is a good possibility that he is extremely dubious concerning the capacity of the German finances to withstand the expense of a drawn out conflict. Shrewd Hitler knows a better game than war. He has discovered that by bluffing in an international game of poker he can gain many ends without the risk of provoking a war. In his conquest of Austria, in his occupation of the Rhineland, in the abrogation of the Versailles Treaty, he had his European neighbors so baffled, that no one dared or wanted to call his bluff. It is our belief that Hitler is taking all he can get now becaus·e he knows that soon someone will "call." And when that showdown comes, Hitler will suddenly drop his "Aggressive front" and concentrate upon retaining what he had gained for Germany up to that time. We repeat that Hitler will not resort to war if he can possibly avoid it-and he can. (Continued from page one) Snug - Abraham Mandlovitz Flute George Andrasko Starveling - Robert England Titania Betty M. Tonks Oberon - Bernard Greenberg Puck - - - - Robert Nagle �THE Thursday, March 31, 1938 BUCKNELL FROSH SWIMMERS DOWN SOPHOMORES BUT SOPH QUINTET GAINS REVENGE Free-Style Relay Proves Victory of Upper ClassDeciding Event in men Their First In Close Meet School's History OR the first time in the hisFreshmen showed their F THE tory of Bucknell Junior Colsuperiority over the Sophomores by defeating them in a very exciting swimming meet, 37-29. The meet was close throughout, arid it wasn't until the final match, the free-style relay, that the Freshmen proved their worth, when their team composed of Hopkins, Guiney, Meyer, Conway outclassed the Sophomore stars Kasper, Ratajski, Gardner and Maguire. The summaries: 50-yarci free-style-Won by Kasper (S) ; second Batey (F) ; third, Rataj ski ( S) . 100-yard breast stroke-Won by Jones (S); second, Conway (F) ; third, Gardner (S). 200-yard free-style-Won by Maguire (S); second, Meyer (F). 100-yard back stroke-Won by Batey (F) ; second, Costine (S) ; third, Hopkins (F). 100-yard free-style-Won by Guiney (F) ; second, Jones (S) ; third, Maguire ( S) . Diving-Won by Conlon (S); second, Hopkins (F). Medley relay-Won by Freshmen (Batey, Conway, Guiney) ; second, Sophomores ( Costine, Gardner and Kasper). Free-style relay - Won by Freshmen (Hopkins, Guiney, Meyer, Conway); second, Sophomores (Kasper, Ratajski, Gardner and Maguire) . Officials-Lillian Stein, Anne Gallow, Marion Beech and Eleanor Burke. ---•--- BEACON Page Three FRESHMEN g. gls. fls. Hopkins, f. 3 14 6 H. Propker, f. 3 15 3 Royer, c. 3 11 2 •Ringstrom, g. 3 5 2 MacGuffie, g. 2 4 3 Baker, g. 1 2 2 Troy, g. 3 0 0 Hyman, g. 3 0 0 pts. 34 33 24 12 11 6 0 0 Totals 128 5118 SOPHOMORES g. gls. fls. Ford, f. 3 16 4 B. Thomas, f. 3 10 5 Romane, c. 3 9 3 Boyle, c. 3 9 2 W. Thomas, g. 1 5 1 Gambold, g. 3 3 0 Semmer, g. 3 2 0 Mayock, g. 3 0 0 Pell, g. 3 0 0 lege the Sophomores won the pts. basketball championship by de36 feating the Freshmen 44-43 in 25 the third and deciding game. 21 The Freshmen won the first 20 game 36-29, while the Sopho11 mores came back strong to win 6 the second 50-41. 4 The final game was nip and 0 tuck all the way with the Sophs 0 holding a two-point margin at half time. Early in the third Totals 54 15 123 session the yearlings went out in front with sensational goals by Propker and Royer. Baker, Freshmen guard, was taken out of the game via personal fouls and then the Sophs started to sink baskets from all angles. With the score tied at 43-43, and one minute remaining to play Charley Romane sank a foul to put his team in the lead. The scores: UCKNELL Junior College SOPHOMORES ( 44) cagers ended a comparativegls. fls. pts. ly successful season March 5 3 0 6 when they were defeated in a B. Thomas, f. W. Thomas, f. 5 1 11 hard-fought game by Bucknell Pell, f. 0 0 0 University Frosh 59-48. Out of Romane. c. 5 0 10 18 games the Jr. Bisons emerg-· 3 1 7 ed victorious in 5. These vicFord, g. Boyle, g. 3 2 8 tori'es are the first the Jr. ColSemmer, g. 1 0 2 lege cagers have realized. The prospects for next year Totals 20 4 44 look even brighter. Although FRESHMEN ( 43) the Juniors will be without the gls. fls. pts. services of such veterans as 6 1 13 H. Propker, f. (Continued on page four) 4 0 8 Hopkins, f. 0 0 0 Troy, f. Royer, c. 6 1 13 Hymen, c. 0 0 0 2 2 6 Baker, g. 0 0 0 Ringstrom, g. MacGuffie, g, 1 1 3 ---•--- PAST CAGE SEASON SAW FIVE VICTORIES FOR BUJC TEAM B ---•--- Deemer & Co. SCHOOL AND OFFICE Totals BUJC ATHLETES IN SPORTS PARADE Junior College BUCKNELL athletes will. be well represented on the "Y" Sports Parade beginning March 28 and continuing to April 9. On Monday night at 8 :00 o'clock the Junior College quintet will oppose the "Y" varsity in the third and deciding game of the series. The Bison five won the first while the "Y" won the second. Wednesday night, April 6 at 7 : 00 o'clock Bucknell Junior College will be represented in the boxing tournament. Four bouts will take place among the Bisons, to decide the championship of each group. Finals: 147 lb. class-Gambold vs. Kerr. 155 lb. class-Campbell vs. Hunt. 165 lb. class-Troy vs. B. Thomas. Heavy1:veight - Propker vs. Morton. Winners of each group will be presented with attractive golden gloves. ---•--- , .....................•. KASPER'S SERVlCE Corner North Main and Bennett Streets Sunoco Gas, Oil and il____ John Ex_p_ert_L_u-br-ic_a_ti_on--~ J. Kasper, Prop. Swan GasseJlf -:- l EURYTHMICS ID II The Y.M.C.A. () URGES :, ~ and DANCING Studios in WILKES-BARRE HAZLETON SCRANTON ALL BUCKNELL STUDENTS to use the Facilities of the New Building Gym Pool Ping-Pong Club Cra~shop Bowling Alleys Programs, etc. JORDAN f Ace Hoffman Studios Men's Furnishings and Hats of QUALITY 9 West Market Street Wilkes-Barre l PORTRAIT AND COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS We Specialize In School Photography AND DAIRY PRODUCTS 32 W. Market St. W.-B. _ Phone2-1174 -••••••••••••I Woodlawn "A" Milk ■■ •••j Dial W-B. 2-2171 �Page Four THE BUCKNELL THINCS and STUFF BEACON Thursday, March 31, 1938 Past Season BOWLING RECORDS I (Continued from page three) being spring, there THIS comes a natural lull in the activities of homo sapiens during which interval the young blades of grass and the early spring crocuses may be perceived to slowly emerge, the divers varieties of bird life are heard cheeping, whistling and uttering other sounds of bird revelry and white •s hoes-varying in degrees of cleanliness-appear. There is something in our innate self which rebels at the idea of getting to class on time, but being a conformist at heart we try (half-heartedly-to be sure) to maintain a semblance of punctuality. But we think that we'd be even more punctual if the bells at Chase and Conyngham could possibly be regulated so that they'd ring at the same time. Of course there are periods where the Chase bells cease to function entirely. This makes it all the more confusing. We note with mixed and unmentionable feelings that the Bucknellian devotes a generous two column space to an account of the strike-breaking activities of one of the ca'Inpus students. Strike-breaking, if we are to judge by the Bucknellian's attitude, is a fine and commendable thing; the strikers are horrid, cruel people who busy themselves by heaving iron bars about, by sprinkling acid upon paint, and by engaging in similar destructive activities as they leer ghoulishly at the innocent employer. The one-sided treatment of the situation is particularly reminiscent of the anti- labor articles to be found in a certain well known chain of newspapers. Now that the girls have acquired a zest for exercise, plus dynamic personalities (thanks to eurythmics classes) , they all agree that they'd like to indulge in some competitive sports. Of course, there is always bowling, but even bowling at its best is not enough. The cry is for archery-and we hasten to join in the chorus. It is a .g reat source of amazement to us that the faculty exhibits such a thorough knowledge of the various and devious methods of cribbing. We gained a large, but-we hasten to add-valueless, store of information the other week when some of the faculty members gave vent to their imaginative powers and suggested a number of rather complicated methods for cribbing during an exam, among which was the suggestion that the potential cribber write microscopically upon the head of ,a pin or upon his watch crystal what information he so desires, and carry a pair of magnifying glasses to class with him. "Bim" Thomas and "Shorty" Thomas, most of the team will remain to play next year. Albie Baker, newly elected captain, for next year and member of the all-scholastic team, will feature next year. Other hold-overs are Goyewski, Hopkins, Propker, Royer, Troy and Ringstrom. Nov. 27 Bucknell 40; YMCA 39 Dec. 3 Bucknell 43; Susque. 48 8 Bucknell 33; Syc Frosh 34 11 Bucknell 39; St. Thm. F. 41 22 Bucknell 36; L. I. Frosh 72 Jan. 1 Bucknell 29; St. Thm. F. 57 7 Bucknell 38 ; Cornell F. 57 8 Bucknell 48 ; Colgate F. 47 15 Bucknell 33; Key. Jr. 49 22 Bucknell 50; Wyo. Sem. 34 29 Bucknell 51; Wymsng P. 49 Feb. 5 Bucknell 38; L. I. Frosh 53 11 Bucknell 52; Wyo. Sem. 55 12 Bucknell 61 ; Buck. Frosh 59 18 Bucknell 41; Key. Jr. 80 25 Bucknell 26; McCann 28 Mar. 4 Bucknell 42; Dick. Jr. 50 5 Bucknell 48; Buck. Frosh 59 12 Bucknell 48; YMCA 5,1 BIG SIX FOR WEEK OF MARCH 21 Obitz ·--------------················· Pell ·-----·-··············-·······-·--H. Propker ............... Jenkins ····-··--------······•····· Walters ........................... Fox .................................... 610 558 533 526 518 512 TEAM STANDING w. 1. t.p. Yale 14 7 4 Brown 16 5 6 Cornell 11 10 4 Harvard 10 11 4 Penn 9 12 3 pts. 20 20 15 15 12 BIG TEN AVERAGES UP TO MARCH 18 g. st. sp. avg. Q. Walters 60 234 225 173 47 189 245 171 Obiitz Jones 54 189 195 170 R. Peters 60 208 237 169 H. Propker 45 159 174 166 45 133 180 163 iPell 47 152 172 162 Fox 3 10 10 162 Ford 60 164 129 161 W. Miller 60 194 215 160 R. Tasker ---• --- SPAULDING BAKERIES EASTER DANCE lrem Temple April 16 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~---~------·-----------i~ m m THE COLLEGE BOOK STORE and CAFETERIA Supplies Pennants Jewelry Open 11 A. M. to 2:30 P. M. m m m � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bucknell Beacon, 1938 March 31st Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938 March 31 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Bucknell University Junior College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/7fa869b085a80401184c65e4b68edcd2.pdf 329540db6159184df978a3ee0a2d8076 PDF Text Text Dinner-Dance June 8 Volume 3. Number 7 Bucknell Beacon WILKES-BARRE, PA. Convocation June 9 Monday, June 6, 1938 BEACON POLL DRAWS CLOSE TO 100 PER CENT RESPONSE Votes Scattered On Many Questions DRIVE FOR FUNDS THE annual Beacon Poll, in terms of the number of peoENDS NEAR GOAL, ple voting, received close to a hundred per cent response from student body this year. WITH $28,000 TOTAL the Opinion as to the various "favHE recent drive for 1$30,000 made by the Junior College has ended successfully with $28,000 pledged and additional contributions being made daily. It is hoped that the quota will be reached before the summer is over. Of the nine hundred individuals contacted, over fifty per cent of them contributed toward the fund. Committee heads were: Gilbert McClintock, general chairman; Edward Kent, chairman of the listing committee; E. B. Mulligan, chairman of the special gifts committee; Mrs. Edward Kent, James P. Harris, Charles Miner, T (Continued on page four) Swarthmore Dean Convocation Speaker T eight o'clock Thursday evening, June ninth, the fourth annual convocation of the Bucknell University Junior College will be held at the First Pmsbyterian Church House. President Arnaud Marts of Bucknell University will present certificates to the departing sophomores, and Dr. Harold S1peight, Dean of Men at Sw:arthmore College, will deliver the address. The convocation exercises this year are taking on a more formal and significant aspect in that for the first time academic caps and gowns are being worn by the sophomores and certificates are being awarded. The order of exercises follows: The Academic Procession Processional - "Coronation March" from "Die Folkkunger" ..................Kretschmar Invocation Charles Stilwell Roush Orchestral Selections Atlante Cantabite .. ................... ...Tschaikowsky A (Continued on page four) orites" was so scattered as to render the results rather inconclusive. However, we are able to conclude from the answers received that the average Bucknell student is strongly against another term for Roosevelt, participation in a foreign war, Fascism as embodied by Hitler and Mussolini; prefers swing bands, athletics, history, and has some pretty definite ideas on how The BEACON should and should not .be run. Below is a question-by-question tally of the voting: 1. Would you vote for President Roosevelt for a third ter m? 91 no; 39 yes. 2. Would you fight for the United States on foreign soil? 95 no; 34 yes. 3. Do you favor isolation or collective security? Collective security, 74; isolation, 47. 4. Who has done most to undermine democracy? Several people voted for more than one "underminer" on this one: Hitler, 64; Mussolini, 23; Roosevelt, 14; Stalin, 8; Hague, 8; John L. Lewis, 3. Scattered votes went to Henry Ford, "Imperi,alistic Britain," Capitalists, Trotsky and Costine. 5. Do you think LaFollette's idea of a third party is a good one? 63 no ; 56 yes. 6. What is your favorite magazine? 32, Life; 25, Reader's Digest; 14, Esquire; 10, Time; 8, American; 3, New Masses; 6, mechanical magazines; 3, Colliers; 3, Liberty. 7. Who is your favorite columnist? 44, Winchell; 15, Pegler; 8, Boake Oarter; 7, Walter Lipmann; 5, Damon Runyon; 4, Heywood Broun; 4, Dorothy Thompson. 8. What was your favorite film of the past year? 17, Emile Zola; 15, Lost Horizon, Snow White; 13, The Good Earth; 9, Robin Hood; 6, Dead End, Hurricane; 5, In Old Chicago. 9. What is your favorite orchestra? · 23, Horace Heidt; 19, Benny Goodman; 18, Guy Lombardo; 14, Kay Kaiser; 8, Tommy Dorsey; 6, Russ Morgan; 5, NBC Symphony, Sammy Kaye. 10. What is your favorite radio program? 24, Chase & Sanborne; 20, Jack Benny; 11, Lux Radio Theatre; 7, Lone Ranger, Eddie Cantor. 11. Who is your favorite motion picture actress? 23, Myrna Loy; 9, Olivia deHaviland; 8, Louise Rainer; 7, Loretta Young; 5, Betty Davis, Jeanette MacDonald, Greta Garbo. 12. Who is your favorite motion picture actor? 19, Paul Muni; 16, Errol Flynn; 14, Spencer Tracy; 10, Ronald Colman; 8, Clark Gable; 7, Tyrone Power, Garry Cooper; 5, Jimmy Stewart. 13. Who is your favorite writer? 13, Sinclair Lewis; 7, S. S. VanDyne; 6, John Galsworthy, Margaret Mitchell; 3, Alexander Dumas, Lloyd Douglas, R. L. Stevenson. 14. Which do you consider most important: extra-curricular activities or scholastic work? 65, scholastic work; 23, extracurricular activities. 15. Which extra - curricular activity do you consider most beneficial and most important? 53, the various athletic activities; 17, dramatics; 10, Beacon; 9, Debating; 8, International Relations Club; 1, chapel, apple polishing! 16. From w h i c h college course have you gained the most? 30. H i s t o r y o f Western Man; 19, World Literature; 12, Mathematics; 8, Business, English, Economics, Drawing; 7, Sociology; 6, Chemistry. 17. Would you favor a marking system based on the principles of passing or not passing rather than our present system? 67 no; 60 yes. 18. Whom do you consider the (Continued on page four) GUINEY, EMANSKI, TUHEY ELECTED ,COUNCIL OFFICERS council officers for STUDENT the coming year were elected at a recent joint meeting of the out-going council members and newly elected members. John Guiney, representative of the Athletic Association was elected president. Mr. Guiney has been prominent in student activities, and is president of the Lettermen's Association and a member of the swimming team. John Emanski, recently elected president of the class of '41, was elected vice-president, and Darina Tuhy, women's representative to the council, was chosen secretary-treasurer. •--- LEWIS, EDELMAN TO EDIT BEACON LEWIS BESSIE Edelman have and Murriay been chosen as co-editors of next year's BEACON. Appointment to the .editorial staff is on the basis of interest actively manifested in BEACON work and journalistic ability. Selections were made by the members of the retiring staff and the faculty advisers. Instead of the system of three alternating editors, the procedure followed this year, each issue of The BEACON for the coming year will be co-edited by Miss Lewis and Mr. Edelman. Several innovations have been planned by the new staff. The BEACON for next year will be a five-column sheet instead of the present four-column paper. Each edition, as at present, will consist of four pages. Print will he smaller, thus making possible the use of more words in each column. Standard type of paper will be used in place of the present heavy, glossy-finish paper. The staff has formulated a definite schedule of publication whereby The BEACON will appear on every third Thursday. �THE Page Two BUCKNELL BEACON Monday, June 6, 1938 THE BUCKNELL BEACON CURRENTLY Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Marjorie Shapiro Murray Edelman, Maurice Reichstein, Stanley Daugert Betty Fenton Herman Propker Ilaria Sterniuk, Pau'.ine Kirshner, Helen EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ASSO CIATE EDITORS LITERARY EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR I Coats, Bessie Lewis, Lillian Stein, Irwin Freed, Jerome Greenwald, Marguerite Krashkevich Marion Dunstan Jack Leather Marguerite Krashkevich, Darina Tuhy CONTRIBUTING STAFF .A DVERTISING MANAGER BU SINESS MANAGER TYP ISTS ADVISORY BOARD { Joseph Brislin, Joseph Gallagher, Walter Thomas, Betty Tonks, Chairman; Barbara Ryerson, Elwood Disque Advertising rates: 50c per column-inch. Two column-inches 75c. One year: $4.50 per column-inch: two column-inches $6.50 "°'"® PUBLISHED EVERY THREE WEEKS BY THE STUDENTS OF BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY JUNIOR COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA Editorials Suggestions Considered ... T is heartening to note that almost without exception the students m_a nifest very definite ideas for the improvement of The BEACON. While the staff has endeavored to make use of many of the suggestions in the planning of next year's BEACON, we could not attempt improvement where , according to the poll, it is most needed. The majority of the criticism concerned frequ e ncy of publication, size of reporting staff, use of "stale" news and need for more school news. I Without a doubt a weekly or a bi-monthly paper would be desirable, but lack of funds, lack of reporters, lack of news makes the realization of such a plan impossible. The appropriation that The BEACON receives from the student activities fund allows for only a limited number of issues. Many of the students complained of the lack of representation on l he staff; they seemed to feel that the present staff members are given too much responsibility; that there should be more opportunity for talent to exhibit itself. We heartily agree with this criticism; we have been trying, unsuccessfully, all year to increase the size of the staff, and we have been searching, also unsuccessfully, for hidden talent. Obvious ly being a BEACON reporter consists of so mething more than having one's name printed on page two; it means work and that, we have found, is the reason for our small staff. The proposal for less "stale" news and the one for more school news are, of course, contradictory. In a small college it is unreasonable to expect a vast amount of news , and it is even more unreasonable to expect an absence of "stale" news. W e cannot manufacture news where it does not exist, nor can we assure our readers of "fresh" news in a paper which appears once every t hree wee ks. We were happy to see the interest in The BEACON evidenced in your answers to the final question in the poll. We should be happier if you would actively demonstrate that interest by working on The BEACON staff. LEfilRS TO EDITOR Editor, Bucknell Beacon: FARLEYS TO DINE SOPHOMORE CLASS • After being subjected to eurythmics all year and grinning R. and Mrs. Farley will enand bearing it, the girls finally tertain the sophomore class got the long-awaited archery at the dinner before convocation set. Who uses the archery set? on Thursday, June 9. It has Well, most of the time-the been the custom for the sopohoboys. The boys have a whole mores to meet at Dr. Farley's YMCA in which to be athletic. home, but this year the Chase The girls have been busy de- lawn will be the scene of the anveloping dynamic personalities nual affair. It will be the last in eurythmics class during the time before convocation, itself, year and now they would like to that the class will be officially relax and have some fun with together. After the dinner the their archery set. But there are ,sophomores will proceed to always males cluttering up the Conyngham Hall to don caps place. Someone should do some- and gowns for the evening, and from there they will march to thing about it! Dynamo. the First Presbyterian Church. M SPEAKINC ByM.R. the recent dep~esDURING sion of 1929-'34 much thought and discussion was given to the issue of economic planning. The new recession has precipitated a revival of interest in this subject. Last week niewspapers carried a report prepared by a group of advisers to President Roosevelt, which recommended a form of planning for the United States. It appears that economic planning is becoming a serious challenge to the ,economic system of the United States. Economic planning is defined excellently by Mary Van Kleck of the Industrial Relations Institute : "The word planning . . . signifies controlled development based on facts and knowledge of thle functioning of the parts in the entire structure of economic life . . . to plan is to determine what the future course shall be, not merely to forecast and not to dictate it arbitrarily, for the control which accords with planning is control by knowledge." The two main purposes of economic planning are to obliterate economic ills and to mise the standard of_ Ii.Ying,_ But why economic planning? For answer, exponents of the theory point out the great irony in our economic system. On one hand science has presented us with an economic system which affords the possibility of obtaining universal prosperity. And on the other hand, we utilize that system so unintelligently that we have depressions, unemployment, waste in production and consumption, and widespread inequality of income, all of which destroy the harvest we might reap from the productive system. Economic planners explain that our method of unregulated economy is a complex industrial sodety is the cause of economic chaos. A popular writer on the subject of economic planning draws the picture of a trans-Atlantic liner, manned by an inefficient and unorganized crew, having no captain and no nautical instruments. Most of us, no doubt, have our grave worries concerning the safety of the passengers on this boat. But this situation seems absurd. Nonetheless, isn't the operation of our economic system very similar to this? There is no organization and there are no scientific instruments to control production and consumption. We set out wildly and blindly on the 1e conomic sea, and the history of depressions shows us how many times we have been wrecked and sunk. Economic planning proposes to substitute knowledge for the haphazard and unintelligent way. Four important plans have been suggested for possible use in the United States: (1) Van Kleck Plan (LR.I.) This plan, modelled closely after the Russian plans, utilizes socialism as the economic and poIi tical system, (2) Gerard Swope PlanBusiness and industry initiat,e and control planning. Government acts in advisory capacity only. (3) Stuart Chase PlanPlace Industries Board. This is shaped upon the principles of the War Industries Board and opemtes within the capitalistic system. ( 4) National Economic Council-This is an investigatory and fact-finding agency. The Congress would act upon its suggestions and 11ecommendations. To this column the Van Kleck Plan is undesirable because it makes for the possibility of the loss of social freedom. The Swope Plan is inexpedient because governmental ,ag1eincies could plan much more efficiently. It is our belief that the best economic policy that the United States could follow would be planning fixed to operate within the capitalistic system and under the regulation of government boards. The Chase Plan is too far-reaching for immediate acceptance. The formulation of a National Economic Council which would doubtlessly meet with the approval of the majority of citizens, would be a lo~ical first step. Many champions of economic planning would consider the idea of such planning entirely too innocuous. It is! But if public opinion is to be convinced that economic planning is the proper instrument for the solution of economic ills and the raising of the standard of living, action must be slow, careful and convincing. The setting-up of a National Economic Council, which would function as an investigatory, fact-finding, suggestion-making ag,ency, would be a progressive move in the direction of a system of extensive economic planning. Toward the establishment of such a council, all exponents of economic planning should direct their efforts. DINNER-DANCE JUNE 8th �THE Monday, June 6, 1938 BUCKNELL BEACON Page Three B. U. J. C. ATHLETES FETED AT N. Y. BAND TO CHORAL CLUB GIVES LETTERMEN'S CLUB BANQUET PLAY AT DANCE CONCERT AT CAMPUS HIRTY per cent of the male students received letters and awards at the fifth annual banquet of the Lettermen's Club. This gala affair was held at Chase Hall on May 28. The largest crowd ever to attend a lettermen's banquet was assembled as the club celebratad its most successful year. Ernest Weisberger acted as toastmaster while other speakers included: John Guiney, president of Lettermen's Club, 1938'39; R. C. Tasker, adviser of athletics and presenter of letters ; Henry Peters, coach and director of intmmural sports; Walter Thomas, presenter of awards; Raymond Sparks, wrestling coach at Wyoming Seminary and principal speaker; Mr. Smith, coach at Wyoming Seminary, and John Casper, president of this year's club. The committee for the banquet included: Francis Ford, chairman ; Norman Costine, John Guiney, Robert Hopkins, Robert Peters, William Thomas, Donald MacGuffie, and Herman Propker. T LETTERMEN Basketball William Thomas, captain, '38; Albin Baker, '39; Edward Gayewski, '39 ; Walter Thomas, '37; Herman Propker, '39; Robert Hopkins, '39; Donald MacGuffie, '39 ; ~obert Royer, '39; Clarence Jones, '38 ; Charles Romane, '38; Albert Shafer, manager, '38. Baseball Walter Thomas, captain, '37; Philip Netzel, '39; William Thomas, '38 ; Quentin Walters, '39 ; Edward Gayewski, '39 ; Edward Labak, '39 ; John Gambold, '38 ; Ernest Weisberger, '38; Stanley Henning, '39 ; Charles •--- The Y.M.C.A. URGES ALL BUCKNELL STUDENTS to use the Facilities Rogers, '39; Robert Maguire, manager, '38. Bowling Robert Peters, captain, 38; David Jones, '38; Herman Propker, '39; Quentin Walters, '39; Thomas Jenkins, '38; Clarence Obitz, '39. Tennis Thomas Melson, captain, '38; Irving Cohen, '39; Albert Shafer, '38; Henry Doran, '39 ; Stanley Daugert, '38; Joseph Conlon, '38; Albert French, '39. Swimming John Casper, co-captain, '38; Norman Costine, co-captain, '38; John Guiney, '39 ; Jack Batey, '39; John Mundry, '38; Robert Conway, '39; Joseph Conlon, '38 ; Robert Maguire, '38; Wayne Gardner, '38; Willard Warmkessel, manager, '38. INTERCLASS CHAMPIONS Basketball Bowling Swimming Volleyball Softball Sophomores Freshmen Freshmen Sophomores Sophomores INTRAMURAL BOWLING League Champions Brown: Alexander W az.eter, captain; Clemens Pell, Leonard Osherof, John Gambold, Joseph Kotalik, Quentin Walters. High Single Average Robert Peters - - - - 172.6 Quentin Walters - - - 172.4 High Single Match Robert Peters - - - - 268 Anthony Spotanski - - - 268 High Individual Match Quentin Walters - - - 672 Invitation Tournament Singles champion, Clarence Obitz; doubles champions, Robert Patton, Robert P~ters. Intramural Boxing Champions 110 lb. class, Irwin Freed, Eu- ---• HE Bucknell Junior College annual dinner-dance will THE be held on Wednesday, June T Glee Club presented its annual concert in Lewisburg on 8, at the Westmoreland Club. As is the custom, the dance will be a closed affair, and will be semi-formal. Artie August and his orchestra of New York City, have been engaged for the evening. Dinner will be at 6 :30 p. m. and dancing will follow from 9 until 1. The price is three dollars .a couple. •-- MATCH WITH U. OF S. ENDS DEBATE SEASON Debating Society closed THE its season with a hard-fought, non-decision match against the University of Scranton on May 6. John Gambold, Murray Edelman and Bernard Greenberg debated for the Junior College, and Maurice Reishtein was chairman. The National Labor Relations Board question was used. About thirty students and parents, many of whom had come down from Scranton for the purpose, attended. gene McDonald; 125 lb. class, Quentin Walters, Ernest Weisijerger; 135 lb. class, Edward Labak; 145 lb. class, John Emanski, Rlobert Kerr; 155 lb. class; James Campbell, James Hunt; 165 lb. class, William Thomas, Wilbur Troy; heavyweight, William Morton, Herman Propker. •--- -1 I r--·--------------------- KASPER'S SERVICE Corner North Main and Bennett Streets Sunoco Gas, Oil and Expert Lubrication ·I i t--~~:::~:~::~:____ I SUPPLIES o I I Susan CasseJIJ ❖ Ds:::~:D~FF:~·II i I l_________ ::-~~~~:: __ ~ 16 I Luncheonette ---•--- (Continued on page 4) 0- ~ - , . _ - 0 ~ 0 - - 0 ~ --- r~ISIT THE YMCA May 22. The musical was given at the First Baptist Church before a group of approximately 100 attentive listeners. A good many of the 32 members of the club went to Lewisburg early in the day and spent the time in visiting the campus and friends. The concert, which was held at four o'clock, was in charge of Dr. Stolz, dean of the music school at Lewisburg. The club was accompanied to Lewisburg by Mr. Blankenship, director; Mrs. Farley, accompanist; Miss Roberts and Professor Disque. The following numbers were rendered: "Calm As The Night" ......... Bohm "Robin In The Rain" ............. Cain Girls' Glee Club Flute Solo"Adagio Mobile" ............ Donjon ''Melody'' ................................. Dawes ''Sparklets'' ..............................Miles Mr. Robert Kerr "Homing" ......................... Del Riego ''Pretense'' .................................... Clokey ''Homeland'' ....................................... Cain Corona Portable Typewriters I i W. Macke+ St., Wilke,-Bacce ID II 0~ .:::,i EURYTHMICS and DANCING Studios in WILKES-BARRE HAZLETON SCRANTON 1 ~-,-o--o~o.-.o.-.a- r JORDAN r--··----------------1 i Ace Hoffman Studios of the Men's Furnishings and Hats of New Building QUALITY PORTRAIT AND COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS Gym Pool Ping-Pong Club Cra#shop Bowling Alleys Programs, etc. 9 West Market Street We Specialize In School Photography Wilkes-Barre I-=-~ ~~:.=:~~+'. . ~ ~~ ~--_B: .. • Woodlawn "A" Milk AND DAIRY PRODUCTS Dial W-B. 2-2171 �Page Four THE BUCKNELL MANY ADDITIONS MADE PROF. DISQUE TAKES TO COLLEGE LIBRARY LEAVE OF ABSENCE library has recei vied reT has been announced that THE cently, through purchases I Professor Elwood Disque has and gifts, many much-needed volumes. The Osterhout Library made a useful gift of a 12 volume set of Shakespeare. and a complete set of thie worl,s of Charles Darwin and Thomas Huxley. Mrs. Franck C. Darte presented the library with a 15 volume set of the Historian's History of the World. Among books given by RJeverend Gardiner Day is a valuable set of Bradford's History of Plymrmth Plantation. Dr. Crook and Dr. Miller also have given books recently-the former having contributed a large number of sociology and economic books and the latter books on mathematics. The library has purchased several indispensable works: a 24 volume set of the 1937 edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, and a 12 volume set of .Frazer's Golden Bough. Besides these standard volumes the library has purchased some new best-selling fiction and non-fiction. Among these are: Thurman Arnold's Folklore of Capitali$m, Stuart Chase's Tyranny of Words, Lin Yutang's Importance of Living, Michael Foster's American Drea,m, John Dos Passos's Big Money, Hemingway's To Have and Have Not, and Millen Brand's The Outward Room. - CONVOCATION JUNE 9th been granted a leave of absence for next year. Professor Disque will work for graduate degrees at the University of Pennsylvania. He already has credits for work done at the Universities of Berlin, Marburg and Freiburg, Germany. Professor Disque's successor has not yet been selected. • SCIENCE SOCIETIES HONOR BUJC STUDENTS has been A NNOUNCEMENT made by two Bucknell honorary societies of the election of two Junior College students as members. Earl Rhodes has been elected into Alpha Chi Sigma, honorary chemistry fraternity, and John Lewis into Beta Epsilon Sigma, honorary engineering fraternity. Election to honorary societies is made on the basis of specific ability and general scholastic achievement. --• BEACON Monday, June 6, 1938 "O, for Wings," from "Hear My Prayer" ......... ................................. Mendelssohn Presentation of Certificates Arnaud Cartwright Marts Junior College Song Benediction Samuel Wolk Recessional • VOTES SCATTERED (Continued from page one) most all-around (i.e.-scholastic ability, extra-curricular participation, etc.) student? Maurice Reishtein received more votes than any of the contenders, but opinion was very scattered. 19. Do you think the Thespians should attempt to produce Shakespeare and like classics? 69 no; 60 yes. 20. Can you offer any suggestion for next year's BEACON? The predominant idea was that of more frequent and more regular publication, and more people doing the reporting. We second the motions ; ( see page 2) . • DRIVE FOR FUNDS (Continued from page one) William Ruff, divisional leaders. The bulk of the fund will be used for reconditioning Conyngham Hall. A large lecture hall with a seating capacity of eighty and a drawing laboratory for the engineering classes are among the proposed additions. Necessary painting and floor recovering will be done throughout Conyngham Hall. Part of the money will be used to improve the grounds of both Chase and Conyngham Halls. The remainder of the contributions will be used for the establishment of several scholarships. •-- CHORAL CLUB GIVES CONCERT (Continued from page three) Mixed Glee Club "The Snow" . . Elgar "Lullaby" ....... .... ... ....... Cain Girls' Glee Club Two Pianos----"Sonatina" ..... ....Clementi "Sicilienne" ................ Bach "Wedding Day" ... .Grieg Darina Tuhy and Marguerite Krashkevich "O, For ·The Wings" from "Hear My Prayer" ....... ..........................................Mendelssohn Mixed Glee Club After the concert the Glee Club was given a supper at Larrison Hall. Miss Melrose was the hostess. ' SWATHMORE DEAN (Continued from page one) Interludium in Modo Antico . ..... Glazounoff Address "Life Means Selection" ..... . ...... Harold Balme Speight Choral Selections "Calm as the Night" ..... Bohn SPAULDING BAKERIES Makers of AMERICA'S FINEST KRULLERS � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bucknell Beacon, 1938 June 6th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938 June 6 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Bucknell University Junior College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/e478a97f4faafd94a677982465428280.pdf 32a315cf7fd4b257754272f1867c903a PDF Text Text FRESHMAN NUMBER Volume 3. Number 1 ~l,,e,B ..- ucknell Beacon WILKES-BARRE, PA. PLANS FOR TERM'S COLLEGE HELPS IN LATER LIFE, ACTIVITIES KNOWN FARLEY HOLDS The following calendar is that of the social activities for the year. Faculty advisers in charge of these events are Miss Barbara Ryerson for women's activities and teas and Mr. Don ' Blankenship fo; semi-formal dances. September23-Tea for girls. 30-Tea Dance. October1-Reception for Lewisburg faculty. 7-Smoker for men. 14-College dance, semi-formal. 21-Tea for girls. 28-Thespians party. November4-Tea dance. Night School dinner and dance. 18-Tea for girls. 23-College dance, semi-formal. December2-Tea dance. 9-Tea for girls. 28-College d-ance,-semi-formal JanuaryDr. Eu~ene S. Farley 6-Tea dance. 20-Tea for girls. May I welcome the class of 1942 February3-Tea dance. with a hope for the present and the 9-Smoker for men. future . In this period of uncer17-Tea for girls. tainty when jobs are all too few , 24-College dance, semi-formal. and unrest and misunderstanding , are too common there is perhaps March2-Night school get-together. nothing that we desire more than 3-Tea dance. reasonable assurance of work and 24-Tea for girls. security. Past generations have gone thr- April8-College dance, semi-formal. ough periods of transition, as we 21-Tea for girls. are doing today, and during such 28-Tea dance. periods they likewise have faced uncertainty. Ultimately, however, May5-Tea for girls. conditions improved and for a 19-Tea dance. time there was both security and stability. These goals of our hopes June7-College dance, Spring do not continue forever and each Dinner Dance. generation must adjust itself to new conditions. You are reaching the age when you will assume added responsibilities. It is possible that before you Harry W. Robbins, of the Definish college, economic and social conditions will once more be stabil- partment of English at Bucknell ized and you will be offered op- University, and William H. Coleportunities that young people have man, Professor of English and not had during the past ten years. Director of the World Literature Security of this sort cannot be Course at the campus, are the counted upon, however, and the compilers of Western World Literwise student will prepare himself ature, the book to be used in the to face any situation that may World Literature Course this year. The new book is a one-milliondevelop. The man who does this can make four-hundred-thousand-word antha place for himself under any ology; its content covers a very circumstances, and can create fro hr-rge field-from Homer to the for himself some sense of certainty present, including America. Its in the midst of shifting standards four hundred and sixty-four seland changing standards. He ections from the works of more develops within himself qualities than one hundred and ninety that enable him to face difficulties authors make it representative of with poise, confidence and faith. the whole span of literature in the western world. (Continuded on page two) New World Literature Text RECEPTION TONIGHT Thursday, September 15, 1938 GRADS OF EIGHTEEN SCHOOLS ENROLL AT JUNIOR COLLEGE FIVE FRESHMEN Largest Group from Meyers; WIN SCHOLARSHIPS Kingston, G.A.R. also Send Many The following freshmen have been awarded scholarships by the Junior College for attaining the highest grades in a · competitive examination held last May: Eleanor Parry of Wyoming Seminary, Mary Brislin of Meyers High School, Clarence Steinert of Kingston High School, and Doris Weigand of West Pittston High School. Chase Garage Now Little Theater Many notable improvements and changes have been made in the buildings which co mprise- Bucknell University Junior College. These do much to enchance the beauty and grace of these stately old structures. In Chase Hall, a beautiful rug has been placed in the reception room, and a business-like counter has been erected in the office of the Registrar. The garage behind Chase Hall has been renovated and will be known henceforth · as the Little Theatre. It will be used as a lecture hall for World Literature, General Biology, and the History of Western Man. In addition, the Physical Education classes for women will be conducted there. The Little Theater will be used, as its name implies, for play practice and the presentation of plays. It may also prove to be an excellent setting for social functions-teas, tea dances, forums. The interior of Conyngham Hall has been greatly improved by a new coat of paint which will do much to enliven the atmosphere and make the building a more enjoyable place of study. Miller, Gage Receive PhD's Mr. Joseph Miller, instructor in philosophy and psychology at the Junior College received his Ph D degree from New York University shortly after Commencement this summer. Prof. Daniel Gage, of the history and political science departments, has completed his treatise, and it has been approved by Stanford University. Professor Gage will receive his Ph D degree next year. The class of '42 consits of an as yet unknown number of students from every high school in Wyoming Valley and surrounding districts. Never before in the history of Bucknell Junior College has a class showed such an amount of enthusiasm toward its progress in the future . The following list consists of the freshmen enrolled up to September 8: Meyers High School: Irma Bodycomb, Rosser I, Bodycomb, Shirley Brown, C. Connor, George I. Dickinson, Betty Farr, Steven Gacha, John F. Mangan, Florence S. Mangel, Zelda M. Mangel, Reese E. Roberts, George A. Scott, Jack Dickie Smith, Leon F. Wazeter, Ralph L. Wood, Edward Richard Amesbury, John Edwin Johnson, Ivan· Bell Thompson, Anneliese Greenstein, James Benjamin Roski, George Bierly and Mary Brislin. Coughlin High School: Armand M . Kolesar, Stanley Dresses, Helen Kirwin, and Matthew Stribaugh. G. A. R. High School: Joseph J. Kornblatt, William J. Murphy, Jack Gelb, Dorothy Teresinski, and Joseph McDade. Wyoming Seminary: Lawrence P. Casey, Robert W. Connelly, (Continued on page three) Finances Bared The following financial staement is the Student Activities Fund Report of Bucknell University Junior College for the year 19371938, as issued by Mr. George R. Faint, Trustee: Activity Rec. Exp. Bal. Bucknell Beacon$ 350.30 $ 313.07 $ 37 .23 Choral Club103.99 103.99 Debating161.54 115.64 45.90 Thespians528.69 528.54 .15 Athletics948.85 915.07 33. 78 Social Activities847 .02 947.02 Contingent Fund291.63 177 .61 114.02 $3,232.02 $3,000.94 $231.08 �THE BUCKNELL BEACON Page Two THE BUCKNELL BEACON Thursday, September 15, 1938 CURRENTLY SPEAKING Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania By M. E. Bessie Lewis Co-Editors . Murray Edelman Marguerite Krashkevich Associate Editors Jerome Greenwald Robert Nagle Business Manager Advertising Manager Marion Dunstan Faculty Aadviser Barbara Ryerson Advertising rates: 50c per column-inch. Two column-inches 75c . Dne year: $4.50 per column-inch; two column-inches $6 .50. PUBLISHED EVERY THREE WEEKS BY THE STUDENTS OF BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY JUNIOR COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNA. EDITORIALS TO THE FRESHMEN . .. In this first issue of the Beacon, we of the staff are prouj to gr-:et the sixth freshman class of Bucknell University Junior College. Just as the first week of school is set aside as Freshman Week, the Beacon presents its first issue as the Freshman Issue. The purpose of this issue, dedicated to the freshmen, is similar to that of Freshman Week-namely, to create an atmosphere of friendliness and welcome and to aid the new students in the process of becoming acquainted with each other, the faculty, and other features of school life. We hope that this process of becoming acquainted will be applied to the Beacon~ its aims, principals, desires; in short, that this issue will serve as an introduction to the issues of the entire year, In these future issues, we will strive to present accurate accounts of school events and personalities. Editorially, we shall comment upon school affairs; however, in order that our paper may be more than a mirror of a narrow confined school life, we shall extend our editorial comments to outside events-foreign, national, and local. We do not think this latter to be an improper extension of editorial privilege ; rather, we do think it only fitting that youth should inquire into and think intelligently about events outside the narrow, protecting confines of their immediate school-life. As a final purpose of this issue, we want to welcome the freshmen to take part in the Beacon, both as a class and as individuals. As a class, we hope that you will read the Beacon, make helRful criticisms, and feel free at any time to express your opinions on any matter in a letter to the editor. As individuals, we hope that any of you who feel that you would like to write or do anything else connected with the paper will help us to make this a better Beacon. THE SECOND WORLD YOUTH CONGRESS ... Though an editorial on the World Youth Congress, which convened at Vassar the week of August 16, may be rather belated, we feel that the movement is of suf-ficient interest to college youth to warrant comment here. On the whole the gathering was disappointing. True, the Congress exhibited the degree of liberalism which most people expected of it; its condemnation of aggressor nations, the bombing of civilian populations, and treaty violations, and its resolutions to help established justice between nations and within nations, set right injustices against minority groups, and set up international machinery "to solve differences between nations in a peaceful way" are all to the good. But these resolutions are commonplace today in all liberal and decently humanitarian circles. The failure of the Congress to advocate any positive program or to specify the type and extent of the "international machinery" makes its contribution to world peace an extremely dubious one. Another aspect of the pact drawn up by the Congress is even more disheartening; the emphasis it places on the fact that the Congress is a Youth movement. This reduces it from the status of a disintenterested movement for international decency to that of a pressure group. Already the Congress has shown signs of being as much interested in getting prestige for itself as in attaining peace among nations. An international gathering of this sort would be far more effective if it consisted of all people interested in solving world problems instead of limiting itself to youth. For the role of youth groups in the past has not been a proud one. Such movements are only too likely to be swayed by herd emotions rather than reason; witness the ease with which Hitler and Mussolini organized youth behind them. And even Mazzini's Young Italy of the middle of the nineteenth century was quite fanatical-in a good cause, it so happened. These are faults which the leaders of the World Youth Congress Movement will find easy to remedy. Let us hope they will see the need for taking prompt action. How the democratic nations can most effectively deal with the dictatorships remains the most pressing problem of the international scene, and events of the last few moonths have enabled observers to weigh once again the relative merits of the three principal courses which the various democracies have urged: "realism", isolation, and collective security. The factors which seem of most importance at the moment are these: (1) Germany, acknowledged the principal menace to peace, has secured all its gains :virtual abolition of the Versailles Treaty, military occupation of the Rhineland, Anschluss with Austria, etc., by plain bluff, no fighting having taken place at any time. (2) Economically and financially the Reich is in a desperate plight, making it highly improbable that she could stand a war. Moreover Germany's military machine appears to have been vastly overrated, judging by its lack of efficiency in the march to Vienna last spring. (3) Despite Prime Minister Chamberlain's apparent willingness to compromise with Hitler, der Fuehrer continues to force crises, and to rattle his saber, making it quite clear that Mr. Chamterlain's unrealistic "realism" will not insure world peace. (4) France, with Russia's backing, has announced that she will fight for Czechoslovakia, and there is every evidence that Britain will also soon see the light. Thus it becomes increasingly improbable that Hitler will risk war. A consideration of these factors makes it clear that, although war is unlikely, it is to Hitler's advantage that everyone else fear war, and make overtures to him in order to avert it. Moreover, most experts agree that a dictator who fails to gain more for his nation periodically is soon overthrown, especially if the people are suffering economically because of the dictator's measures-as the Germans certainly are. Thus it is quite probable that if all the antifascist nations agree to maintain a rigid boycott of German and Italian goods and assure Hitler and Mussolini of their willingness to fight, thus bringing the bluster- ings and threats of the latter to naught, not only would war be averted (Both dictators realiseor should-that al tough they might conceivably survive a war, they could not hope to survive the peace), but these gentlemen would soon find themselves and their respective parties without jobs. Considered purely from an ethical point of view the propriety of pursuing a course which might overthrow the government of another nation might be questioned by some. However, anyone with a spark of humanitarianism or ideals who appraises the situatiop r'a tionally will have no qualms on that score. Forgetting for the moment the horrors to which minority groups within the Reich are subjected, it is still undeniable that the modern world is too closely interdependent to allow a few nations to bar all progress and retreat to medievalism. In the Introduction to his Outline of History H. G. Wells wrote: "There can be no peace now, we realize, but a common peace in all the world; no prosperity but a general prosperity. There can be no com- mon peace and prosperity without common historical ideas." Although we are not yet agreed entirely as to what these common ideas should be, we are indubitably agreed on one of them: tolerance and the maximum individual freedom compatable with the continued welfare of society are essential if mankind is to advance. And such tolerance and individual freedom are exactly what the fascists abolish. It behooves us, then, to quit being frightened by recurrent, fascist-inspired crises. It has often been pointed out that the nations which deny the effectiveness of leagues of nations and collective security are the very ones which killed the last League by deserting it. There is no reason why a new League in which ALL the democracies will join and continue to co-operate with each other, and which will recognize the force of Mr. Wells' argument quoted above, should not end the world-wide reign of terror which the dictators of Germany, Italy, and Japan have sponsored, and initiate that new era of progre,:s and peace which Woodrow Wilson once believed he had secured for humanity. Farley's Message. .. (Continued from page one) The man or woman who can do this has d~veloped inward resources that surpass in value an accumulation of material possessions. It is my hope that during your years at Bucknell you will not only gain a broader knowledge of the world, but that you will develop the personal strength to solve your own problems and also have a surplus that you may give to others. by Dr. EUGENE S. FARLEY, Director. JORDAN Est. 1871 Men's Furnishings and Hats of QUALITY 9 West Market Street Wilkes-Barre �Thursday, September 15, 1938 THE BUCKNELL BEACON "Shorty" THOMAS RELEASES YEAR'S INTRAMURAL PLANS Many Opportunities for Sports Shots. . . Competition Offered By Walter Thomas An intramural program, complete in every detail and including every phase of atheltic activity will afford opportunities for individuals of specialized ability to participate according to the program released by vValter Thomas, assistant in the Physical Education Department. Tournaments in billiards and wrestling and alumni swimming and baseball matches have been added to the five programs already set up up by Henry Peters, former Physical Education head. The program follows: SoftballSeptember 26-October 7. HandballOctober 14-November 14 Ping-PongNovember 1-November 14. Basketball-Gym ClassesNovember-March Bowling-(Intramural)October 3-March 31. BoxingDecem ber-J an uary WrestlingFebruary-March BasketballFreshmen-Sophomores. BowlingF reshmen- Sophomore. SwimmingFreshmen-Sophomore. BasketballFreshmen-Sophomore. BowlingAlumni-December 30. SwimmingAlumni-December 29. BaseballAlumni-June 17. All intramural activities will be features ·at the Bucknell All-Sports Nite to be held at the Y. M. C. A. on Friday, April 14. Finals of various tournaments will be staged as well as exhibitions of other activities. Assistant in the PhyisicalEducation Department. Another season of intercollegiate and intramural sports is about to get under way ... This will be the first time in six years that such a program has not been under the direction of Henry "Hank" Peters. He has been transferred to Bucknell University at Lewisburg where he will serve in the Physical Education Department. The swimming team under Coach "Slats" Obitz will inaugurate what is expected to be their best year in intercollegiate competition. . . With the return of four of last year's veterans headed by Captain John Guiney, who was undeafeated in the intercollegiate meets, prospects are more than usually bright ... Jimmy Campbell, forced to leave school last year, may again enroll in the Junior College. . . This would be a decided break for the swimming team. Eddie Gayewski, dazzling floorworker and one hand artist for "Hank" Peters' cage squad, will enroll in the University of Scranton where he is expected to duplicate his amazing work with the basketball squad. . . Practice sessions for basketball will start earlier than usual this year. .. Freshmen candidates will be given a two weeks workout to familiarize them with the intricate system used in college basketball ... Captain Albie Baker, Bob Hopkins, Herman Propker, Wilbur Troy, Bob Royer, and Al Ringstrom form the nucleus for what promises to be a fast cage squad. . . Games with leading college freshman teams in the East have been arranged. . . Again this year some Junior College students will have the opportunity to witness the Annual Bucknell Homecoming Football Game at Lewisburg ... It has been the custom in the past to reward the winner of the handball tournament, as well as the runner-up, a ticket and free transportation to the game ... The same procedure will be followed this year. The Varsity bowling team has felt the loss of four of its members during the past year. .. Captain MESSAGE TO FRESHMEN John J. Emanski By John Joseph Emanski, Jr., President of the Class of '41 I have been priveleged by the class of '41 to welcome you to our college and to assure you that you have been wise in choosing Wyoming Valley's own college for the start of your education. Bucknell Junior College although one of America's youngest colleges, is highly accredited. Its small size makes possible more intimate relations among students NEW ATHLETIC HEAD ANNOUNCED Joseph Curley gets Post Page Three MISS ETTA PENCE, LIBRARIAN, RESIGNS Miss Etta Pence, college librarian, has announced her resignation from the Bucknell University Junior College Staff. Miss Pence, who came to the Junior College in 1937, is a graduate of the University of Washington, and has been associated with Reed College, the Seattle Public Library, and the New York Public Library. Miss Pence did not disclose her plans for the future. GRADS ENROLL. . . (Continued from page one) Mary E. Parry, Thomas Slattery, and John H. Ferguson. Forty Fort High School: Jack 0. Austin, and Raymond M. Eaton Larksville: James B. Aikman and John Joseph Dooley. Ashley: Charles Fehlinger. Newport Township High School Lilyanne W. Babski. St. Leo's High School: Mr. Joseph Curley is a graduate of St. Leo's High School where he starred in football, basketball, and baseball. During the past few vears he has been affiliated with the Wyoming Valley Playground Association as head of the softball department. He is familiar with the workings of the physical education activities and will aid in that department as well as serving as head baseball and assist: ant basketball coach. Bob Peters, Dave Jones, Tom Jenkins, and Al Shafer are the quartet lost by graduation. . . Slats Obitz and Herman Propker are the only experienced men remaining . . . A series of elimination tournaments may be held to select Varsity material. . . Joe Curley, latest addition to the Physical Education Department, is quite a bowler, not to mention his ability in softball, baseball, and football ... (Continued on page four) and provides the faculty with with opportunities to become familiar with the student not only in classes but individually as well; a factor of prime importance in a well rounded education. The preceding classes have established an enviable record which aroused the community's interest in our college as a cultural center of Wyoming Valley. Let us not allow that enthusiasm to wane, but let us substantiate that interest through new activities and a more vigorous program. The Junior College was established with the hope that it would be soon recognised as Wyoming Valley's own. The civic minded citizens of this community have displayed more than expected interest in our college and have materially proven their faith through generous donations and endowments. The donation of Chase Hall and Con- Joseph T. Curley. Kingston High School: Rosina B. Curtis, Donald R. Kersteen, Robert Lecher, Robert E. Most, Mary L. Pace, Eugene L. Rogers, Merle Seeherman, Clarence Steinert, Wesley Hershkowitz, and John Francis O'Malley. Nanticoke High School: Lydia Greenbaum, Joseph M. Iishel, Adam J. Voyton, Elizabeth Whitenight and Melville Hopkins. West Pittston High School: Earl C. Haefele, Doris Wiegand. Plymouth High School: Gertrude R. Jones, Grace F. Matthews Charles R . Piatt, Ruth Selma Goldstein. Kingston Twp. High: Frances J. Pierce. Hanover Twp. High School: John M. Pisano, John Elliott Sorber, Kenneth A. Cranston. Plains High School: Aloysius C. Switch. Edwardsvill High: Morris Veigh . St. Mary's: Albert Stets. Valley Forge Military Academy Wayne Swanbery. In 1933, the freshman enrollment consisted of 150 students; in 1934, 75; in 1935, 84; in 1936, 89; in 1937, 115; in 1938, ?. yngham Hall gave us beautiful surroundings, which provide a colege environment in every sense of the word. The freshman class is included in all activities of the Junior College and is expected to maintain an active participation in all activities. The attitude and actions of the sophomore class may cause you to doubt the sincerity of our welcome, but further association will dispel any doubts that may arise. Allow me to assure you that you will be well taken care of by the sophomore class; as a matter of fact, very well taken care of. �Page Four T H E BUCKN E LL BE ACON -TRIV IA - WITH THE ALUMNI By B. L. We know that we're letting ourselves in for a lot of name-callingwe'll probably be branded as radicals, even Communists-but we'll brave the storm. We are going to stick to our decision-we are not going to greet or welcome the Freshmen. Besides being conventional, it would be redundant and unnecessary; by the time the freshmen get to the back page, after wading through three pages (all right, we know that's exaggeration) of greetings and assorted sentiments to make them feel better acquainted, they'll feel as though its Old Home Week. Anyway, they didn't ask for our cut to put above the greeting. Furthermore (we're in a very defiant mood today) we are not going to explain our purpose as our editorial confrere did-see page 2. Frankly, we're rather puzzled ourselves concerning the Purpose . Sometimes we think that to the editor this colum means only filler while it is doubtful if it means anything to Beacon readers since they probably give up before they come to it . A three-minute Thursday, September, 15, 1938 By Hank Peters interval was just observed during which we felt very sorry for ourselves. Unlike the aforementioned editorial confrere (use a word twice and its yours) we cannot promise anything about the future. We certainly cannot promise accuracy and as for intelligent comment upon anything ... well. Flash news-Exclusive newsWomen's rights come to B. U. J.C.! No longer will B. U. J. C. girls have to brave the wind, rain, snow, and sleet in the long trek up to the Elk's Home. No longer will they come straggling into class with hair uncombed and shoelaces untied. No longer will they look pale, wan, and haggard because of undue exertion. All this is ended. Henceforth the home of Eurhythmics will 1:;,e the Little Theater (known as the Chase garage in the pre-glamor days). At this moment all the sophomore girls who survived last year's terrible experience will observe a moment of silent prayer in honor of those stalwart individuals who effected this momentous change. SPORTS SHOTS. . . The Alumni Association has brought to a close its second year of existence, having carried out informal meetings, teas, dances, and an outing . . . An executive committee composed of Henry Peters, Ambrose Saricks, Walter Thomas, Betty Tonks, James Ramsey, William Thomas, and William Atherholt were responsible for the fine program of activities . . . Bill Atherholt, as chairman of · the dance committee and Bill Thomas of the outing committee did unusually fine work . . . The outing held at Harrison Park and attended by over forty people climaxed the summer's activity. . . "Snitz" Rumensnyder and his gang were given a bad shellacking by Henry Peters' lads in an interesting ball game .. . score 13-9. . . Rumensnyder claimed that the sun got in his eyes. A program has been set up by the Alumni for a fotmal dance during the Christmas recess as well as the Alumni Sports Nite at the Y. M. C.A. Beverly Jones, '35 has accepted a position as teacher of the social studies at Lake Ariel. .. Ambrose Saricks, '35, has returned to Muncy Pa., where he will resume his teaching. Francis Antoinelli, '35, of Hazleton, successfully passed a Civil Service examination and is now employed as a Junior investigator for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Robert Mayock, '36, will enter the University of Pennsylvania Law School while James Ramsey of the same class will enter the Law School of Georgetown University. The Executive Committee is anxious to hear from any of the alumni. especially of any interesting incidents, change of address, etc. You will be doing your correspondent a favor by forwarding any information to the Junior College in care of the Alumni Association. THIS PAPER is the MEDIUM of STUDENT THOUGHT AND OPINION Visit the Y.M.C.A. (Continued from page three) It is a little early for predictions tmr it·issa'fe n:rsayrhar-rhe Junior College will again be represented by a mighty fine tennis team ... All in all, the athletic program _arranged throughout the year will ·· amply take care of the ma ny interests of the student body . . . . As for the alumni, a night has been set aside, January 13, 1939, as Alumni Night at the Y. M. C. A ... Bowling, swimming, and basketball with the Long Island University Frosh team will be featured . . . A Program Write A Letter to the LUNCHEONETTE Editor -MR. SCHALL ··-·· -- -· - - ~- for- Every Purpose HOFFMAN J\CE Find Your IIobby at the YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION & COMPANY DEEMER Studios PORTRAIT AND COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS SCHOOL AND OFFICE SUPPLIES Camera and Photographic Supplies Corona Portable Typewriters 32 W. Market St . 6 W. Market St. WILKES-BARRE THE Dial 2-1174 COLLEGE BOOK STORE and CAFETERIA SUPPLIES OPEN PENNANTS 11 JEWELRY A. M. ·TO 2:30 CHASE HALL P. M. W-B. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Bucknell Beacon, 1938 September 15th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938 September 15 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Bucknell University Junior College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/b01317585ad832871c2b8634d2a4cac5.pdf 8ca05a2ad6a302e3dad20b1ca870baea PDF Text Text ••• • Wiener's Band Booked For Dance On 23rd ••• • BUCKNELL BEACON Volume 3. Number 3 ELIZABETH KLINEDINST NEW COLLEGE LIBRARIAN WILKES-BARRE, PA. Tuesdag, November 8, 1938 DIRECTOR'S HOME, WECKESSER'S DONATION, TO HOUSE COLLEGIUM MUSICUM; PLAN RECEPTIONS IN NEAR FUTURE Observe Dance Rules Mr. Blankenship informs us that the response to the suggestions for conduct at dances which were published in the last Beacon has been decidedly gratifying. Everyone will certainly want to keep up the good work. M ay we suggest again that all st udents at school dances speak to the chaperons either on entering or leaving. FROSH ELECT O'MALLEY Building May Become PRESIDENT; HAEFELE, College Dorm. BUSH, BROWN WIN DRAMATIC STUDENTS TO PRODUCE Tartuffe Miss Elizabeth W. Klinedinst A great lo~ for books .has char acterized the life of Miss Elizabeth W. Klinedinst, new librarian at Bucknell Junior College. Miss Klinedinst, who assumed her new duties last week, has always had an intense love for books and their contents. The new librarian, a native of York, Pa., is the daughter of Attorney and Mrs. David P. Klinedinst of York. Her father, who is a former district attorney of York County, also served as State Senator from York County more than a score of years ago. Miss Klinedinst received her elementary and secondary education in York public schools. She attended Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, situated about 12 miles north of Lynchburg , Va., where she was awarded her Bachelor of Arts' degree in 1935. In 1936, she attended the School of (Continued on page 4) Dean Will Show Films Dr. R. Sutherland, Dean of Men and Professor of Sociology on the campus, and joint author of the text now being used at the Junior College in Sociology 100, will present a most interesting film on the Bootleg Coal industry in Pennsylvania, on Thursday, November 17th. Dr. Sutherland took the films himself quite recently, and will describe the conditions in the bootleg mines and discuss the causes that bring about coal bootlegging. A second film on the same type will be presented by a superintendent of a Tamagua mine. Moliere's classic, Tartuffe, will be the first dramatic production of this year given by the Bucknell Junior College Thespians. The play was read by several members of the club and was then chosen as the first major performance of the Junior College, to initiate the new College Theatre, where all performances will be given. It was thought that a play of this type would be especially appropriate for commemorating the inauguration of the building in the rear of Chase Hall as a College Theatre. It is unusual for a Junior College the size of Bucknell to attempt so difficult a play as Moliere's famous comedy, Tartuffe. But with last year's success in presenting an equally difficult piece of work in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream , Miss Norma Sangiuliano a nd the Thespians feel enough confidence to attempt another classic. A tentative cast has already been selected, after several try-outs, and some rehearsing is now under way. It is expected that the play will be given sometime in December. The stage in the College Theatre will have to be enlarged and further alterations will be required of the ceiling above the stage before it could be in readiness for a performance of this kind . Because the play requires no changes in scenery, the College Theatre is well adapted for its production. The Thespians, who recently enjoyed a Hallow'en party, are looking forward to the annual trip to New York during the Thanksgiving vaction. Not only will they view some of this season's most outstanding plays, but they will also have opportunity to go backstage and meet Broadway actors John O'M~lley Freshman Class of the Junior College has selected the following class officers for the current school year: John O'Malley, president; John Bush, vice-president; Shirley Brown, secretary, and Earl Haefele treasurer. Dave Secunda and Thomas Slattery were named represe ntatives of the boys in the Bucknell Student Council. Among the girls, a threeway tie resulted; the representaative will be sleeted during Tuesday's chapel excercises. Eleanor Parry, Mary Brislin, and Lydia Greenbaum tied for coveted position. O'Malley and Bush are graduates of Kingston High School. President O'Malley was a member of the Kingston High School Honor Society a nd was captain of the tennis team in his senior ·year. Vice-president Bush was editor of the Kingstonian yearbook and managed the tennis team in his senior year. O'Malley is enrolled in a Bachelor of Science at Bucknell Jr. College and is a member of the swimming team. Bush is enrolled in Bachelor of Arts course. He is a member of the Glee Club, and intra-mural bowling league and newspaper staff. Shirley Brown graduated from Meyers High School in 1938 and was active in sports at the Wilkes(Continued on page 4) The new building which was recently added to the Bucknell Junior College through the generosity of Mr. Weckesser is destined to become a very important factor in our college life. Since the building is so constructed that alterations would be required to make it into either a library or class building, it was decided that the best use would be that of a residence for Dr. and Mrs. Farley. A part of the building is to be set aside as a Collegium Musicum where classes will meet and where Professor Gies will have on display his collection of old instruments. A library of recordings wi!l also be located here so that students may hear the music which corresponds to the periods studied in the courses. Each year an increasing number of students not only apply for tuition but also for board. If in the future the Board of Trustees find it necessary and fitting, this building will be available for dormitory use. During the school year a number of social affairs for faculty, stud en ts and alumni will be held in the new home. Dr. and Mrs. Farley and members of the faculty have long wished to increase the number of such occasions in order that all Bucknellians might strengthen and renew acquaintances. The convinent location and commodious size of this new home make possible a realization of these desires. In the near future two such receptions are planned. One will be held for those friends of the Junior College who have contributed to its development by creating a fund for the conditioning of Conyngham and Chase Halls, and for the members of the University faculty at Lewisburg. The second reception will be for alumni and students. It will be held during Christmas vacation. TO FORM NEW CLUB Dr. Joseph Miller has announced that a Philosophy Club, open to all students interested in discussing contemporary philosophical problems, will be organized at an early date. It is likely that the Club will meet on Sunday afternoons at a cottage available to it in the Poconos. �THE BUCKNELL BEACON Tuesday, November 8, 1938 THE BUCKNELL BEACON .Page Two CURRENTLY SPEAKING Wilkes-Barre, ,Pennsylvania By M. E. Bessie Lewis Co-Editors . Murray Edelman Helen Coats J Michael Polk 1 Jerome Greenwald Associate Editors Reporters Lillian Celmer, Mary Donnelly, John Bush, Mary Brislin, Joseph Jimison, Arthur Davies, Leon Wazteer, Joy Bodycomb Ruth Goldstein, Gertrude Jones, Jane Boyd, Russel H. Grebe, Joseph Kornblatt. Business Manager . Robert Nagle Business Assistants Lydia Greenbaum, Zelda Mangel, Florence Mangel Exchange Editor . . Genevieve Brennan Advisory Board . Miss Barbara Ryerson. Walter Thom'.ls Advertising rates: 50c per column-inch. Two column-inches 75c. One year : $4.50 per column-inch; two column-inches $6.50. PUBLISHED EVERY THREE WEEKS BY THE STUDENTS OF BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY JUNIOR COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNA. LLEWELLYN BROS.~@ INCORPORATED The Community Welfare Drive-Our generation is used to being told annually that this year, due to widespread poverty, unemployment , and misery, we must make a special effort to give until it hurts---or until it feels good. And yet we need not be told. We know. Just as the depression began we reached the age where these things began to impress us-and they have been impressing us with increasing force year each year since. One would be an incredibly unseeing clod to have grown up in Wyoming Valley during the depression without acquiring an abiding humanitarianism. Had the process of being instilled with humanitarianism been incomplete before, international developments of the last few months would certainly have completed it. The spectacle of two bullies and two frightened statesmen (neither experienced in the trickery of crisis diplomacy) condemning thousands crf peopt-e--"'t o ~ t slav:ery or penniless vagabondage is not one to leave Americans of sensibility unmoved. Little of enduring value can be done to relieve these fugitives from fascist heartlessness until our own needy are cared for. Finally, our training in the social sciences has taught us the practical folly of a callous attitude toward human wretchedness. Poverty is contagious in a closely interdependent nation and world. Wyoming Valley has treated Bucknell Junior College well. Let us show that we too can be generous when the need arises. The Community Welfare Federation Drive will be open on November 11. It will be seriously handicapped by lack of local newspapers. Bucknell students can help-not only by making the Junior College's contribution a big one, but by urging others to give. Letter To The Editor Elect Celmer Secty.; Plan Lunch Meetings To the Editor of the Beacon: Have you ever been disgusted? Well, we are! And we believe that you will be if you will reread the editorial of the previous publication concerning the lack of a social room in Conyngham Hall. We feel that you should have taken a positive stand on the issue rather than your decidedly neutral one. Whether the stand be for or against the use of the Conservatory as a social room is not for us to judge, that is up to the editor, but we do feel that editorials such as this should express a definite opinion. Why a paper should stand on the fence and throw bouquets to both sides is beyond our comprehension. Let us have a paper whose editorial policy the students need not be ashamed of, one which will take a definite stand on any subject under consideration. M. J. McCague . I. R. C. Begins Year's Program The International Relations club under the supervision of Professor D. J. Gage, reorganized on Oct. 28, in the Reception Room at Chase Hall. Lillian Celmer was elected secretary and the following committee was appointed to plan tentative program for theyear: Zelda Mangel, Mary Brislin, Abe Mandlovitz and Thomas Slattery. Lillian Celmer, Margaret Moore, and Murray Edelman, sophomores agreed to lead a discussion on ''The Probable Effects of the Recent Realignment of World Powers" at the next meeting. The Club plans to invite persons versed in various aspects of the international scene to speak at future meetings. Luncheon meetings may be arranged shortly. In conversations on foreign affairs Margaret Moore reveals a clear concept of the problems involved, a gift for lucid exposition, and a thoroughgoing liberalism - all of which, make her an ideal guest columnist for Currently Speaking. She has f!.enerously consented to act in that capacity for this issue. By Margaret Moore In the past whenever my viewpoint has dissented from that of the general, ofttimes the accusation, "You're just prejudiced," has been cast at me. In all due sincerity I have resented this criticism. I believe that the following statements are based on reason and not on unreason. Therefore, to me they represent convictions. I am out of step with certain aspects of college life! An intelligent girl would not attempt to interpret the international scene. It is a decided attempt to detract from the marked superiority of the male. The punishment resorted to is known by the specialized term, "engagement boycott." In spite of these well-known axioms, I have consented to "beard the lion in his den." The fact that the present international chaos is a result of the unjust peace treaty of Versailles is a familiar statement subject to very little disagreement. Today, we hear about another peace treaty thee Mun.i.ch-Ea.ct. Concerning that treaty there is much dissension. Are Chamberlain and Daladier to be hailed as followers of the Prince of Peace or as modern Judas Iscariots? Each to his own opinion. I remember during the terrible tenseness of the Czechoslovakian situation the many earnest conversations that I had with my friends. Sympathy was predominantly with the Czechs. Perhaps I should say that feelings were in favor of democracy versus dictatorship. German demands ostensibly for the cessation of the Sudeten territory reached such an exhorbitant height that it seemed the Czechs would be forced to fight. I recall the thrilling feeling I experienced when I read that France would keep her treaty with Czechoslovakia, Great Britain, and Soviet Russia. Here was a chance for the democracies to test the omnipotence of collective security. The democracies failed-and peace was preserved at what expense and for how long? Trusting the word of a man who had already broken his _promises four times internationally, the brilliant leaders of the democratic nations consented to the dismemberment of a fellow democracy. Mr. Hitler had said that he would seek no more territorial demands. Some of us recall, however, that somewhere in Mein Kampf he said that he would not rest until the annihilation of France and Russia was a "fait accompli". In respect to the former he has already been partially successful. France, due to the Munich Pact, has been relegated to the status of a third class power. No small nation can trust her word. She is simply the hand-maiden of Great Britain, and with Chamberlain representing England the outward aspect is not very appetizing. If Franco were to be victorious, France would be completely surrounded by Spanish, Italian, and German fascism. M. Daladier realizes this, I am quite sure. I wonder if the majority of French people did when they feted him on his return from Germany. Reverberations from this treaty have been felt all over the world. In Europe, the small nations in tune with Britain's new policy are wooing the dictators. Roumania has become completely totalitarian. In America, Federal men have uncovered a Nazi espionage system. In South America, there has been renewed fascist activity. In Palestine, British loss of prestige has resulted in Arab uprisings. Today it is Hitler who demands. His price for peace is never at a standstill. His new demands call for return of former German South African colonies, complete abrogation of any treaties with the U.S. S.R. It is not hard to visualize the present governme'nts of France and Great Britain acceding to these demands. The Munich Pact has left the world uneasy, dependent on the whims of the dictators. The vacillating actions of the _g_~tnOGra.tjc..Jli)wers have r.esulted in._ a stronger entrencnmtmt of fascism. We in America are not wholly guiltless. Our blind isolation was instrumental in bringing about this dubious peace best understood in Lord Beaverbrook's commendation of Chamberlain's action which said in effect, "It was necessary to preserve our class, our property, our system." CHAPEL SPEAKER TALKS ON COMMUNITY CHESTS The student body heard an inspiring speech on the history of the Community Welfare Federation,by Mr. Van Huying, director of the Children's Social Center, during the assembly for Nov. 1. In 1913, according to Mr. Van Huyning, Cleveland established the first Community Chest, by which the contributions of the public were divided among the seperate social agencies of that city. Other towns and cities throughout the United States followed Cleveland's example, until today there are fourhundred seventy-five Community Chests scattered throughout the land. These chests receive approximately $85,000,000,000 a year in contributions. The chief result of the community welfare system of annual drives, Mr. Van Huyning believes, is that it teaches the people of the communities "to think and act together." This year the local drive is under the chairmanship of Mr. E. B. Mulligan, Jr., who is the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Bucknell Junior College �Tuesday, November, 8, 1938 '38-'39 CAGE SEASON OPENS NOVEMBER 26 With November 26th, the date of the opening game with the much rivaled Y. M. C. A. Varsity fast approaching, the details of the Jay Cees basketball squad, its coach, and its manager, are rounding into shape in fine fashion. The Jay Cees will be second to none when the garb of well dressed basketball teams is discussed this season. Our boys will attain the center of attraction this year when they take the floor for "warm-up" practice in their jockey satin jackets of blue and white with "BJC" in block letters across the back. Under this will be the jerseys of white with a blue striping on the sides--having on the front in blue, "BUCKNELL". White with blue striping and a blue belt to contrast will be the color scheme of the trunks worn. After weeks of diligent practice every afternoon (including Saturdays), Coach "Shorty" Thomas is able to form a tentative lineup. At forward positions, he has selected Captain Albie Baker and Wayne Swan berry; slated for the pivot post is Dave Secunda, while for the guards he has chosen Bob Hopkins and either Haefele, Hershkowitz, Podgorski, or Dooley. There has been one addition and also a revision to the Jay Cees Schedule. The added treat will be the Penn State Extension Five at Pottsville on Saturday, Feb01ary 4th. The dates of the games with the Campus team from Lewisburg, January 14, away, and Mar. 4th, home, have been reversed. Realizing that many a game has been lost by a margin of one point, a foul, Coach Thomas has established a system of practice in foul shooting which is beneficial to the boys in more ways than one. Each night, every member of the squad attempts 30 fouls. At the end of the week, rewards are given in the form of football tickets to the player having the largest total number of successful attempts and to the player who has made the best consecutive number. The whole team is out to win the tickets for the Homecoming game at Lewisburg on November 19th with George Washington U. Irwin Freed,the Varsity Manager has been forced to assume entire managerial responsibilities as a result of the resignation of his former assistant, Clem Roski, who is overburdened with scholastic labors. However, everything is under control from manager to coach, so let's go Jay Cees! 1\CE HOFFMAN Studios PORTRAIT AND COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS Camera and Pho(ographic Supplies 32 W. Market St. Dial 2-1174 THE BUCKNELL BEACON Page Three - SPORT SHOTS II The M. I. T. faculty bowling team is on the loose again headed by the invincibles (Hall, Tasker, Schuyler, Bernhart, Gardner, and Thomas) and are a sure bet to cop the first half honors away from their nearest rivals, the Penn and Harvard Keglers . . The rise of Mr. Bernhart to the ranks of the 170 class has been amazing . . . The final meeting with Penn, Harvard, and Cornell will tell the story for the faculty team .. Yale and Brown, though holding up the list have some of the best bowlers i'n the entire intramural league ... Ray Eaton and Harry Campbell are in the big ten practically every week and with a little help from the rest of the team, Brown can come out of the depths easily . . . It is astonishing what a low score will do to some of the boys ... The once proud Letterman's Cub has hit an all time low for student interest and activity . . . This is the first time·in four years that this organization has not functioned properly . . . Each and every luncheon held in the past has been well attended and greatly enjoyed by both students and faculty ... This year two meetings have been called, but none has had sufficient interest to attend . .. We hope that the sophomore Lettermen will have enough pride in their organization to carry on the fine work of the past.- .. . Handball again hits the headlines as the frosh tourney enters the third round with no unforseen results . . . Jack Gelb and Reese Roberts are favorites to enter the final round with Wesley Hershkowitz and Stanley Kresses asuming the role of dark horses. . . A tourney including every interested male student will occupy the attention of all handball lovers as the sophomores loosen their long latent muscles and prepare to conquer the pesky frosh . . . We might include that the frosh are getting so pesky as to convince the upperclassmen that they are b~tter volleyball players than a ENGINEER CLUB ACTIVE The Engineering Club held its first meeting in the form of a luncheon at .the Y. M. C. A. The principal speaker was Prof. Gardner of the faculty at Lewisburg who gave a talk on "The Opportunities of the Future Engineers." Other speakers who gave short talks were Professor Hall and Professor Bernhardt. After the dinner officers were elected, the positions being filled by William Morton, president; Stanley Henning, vice-president; Shirley Brown, secretary; and David Secunda, treasurer. The group chose to hold further meetings every other Friday in the Men's Lounge at Chase Hall. The Club proposes to be bigger and better than last year, with fortyfive members in the club at the present time. The first social function was a month previous. It is simply amazing to this writer, that of all the students who attend basketball games about ten percent know any of the rules of the game ... This fact was revealed during the regular gym instruction period when questions were asked concerning the game ... The basketball team is slowly rounding into shape with daily practice sessions being held in the Y. M. C. A . . . Dave Secunda, Wayne Swanberry, Earl Haefele, Wesley Hershkowitz, John -Kishel, John Dooley, Eddie Podgorski, Paul Pad lick, George Scott, James Aikman, and Lee Wazeter topping the freshmen list of candidates ... Bob Hopkins and Captain Albie Baker are holdovers from last year and probably will be aided by Bill Thomas who returns to school as a special student ... A practice game has been arranged for Saturday November 12 at the Y. M. C. A ... This will be a sure fire test for the boys. . . Known to few and unknown to many the Jay Cee cagers will be outfitted in bright new uniforms this year. .. White and blue will be the contrasting colors as a change from the school colors, orange and blue. . . Blue jackets will compelete the outfit ... Contrasting with the cagers will be the swimmers with their robes and suits ready to set the world on fire.- . . Their suits will be fiery orange and easily distinguishable from any opponent ... Robes will also be worn. . . This is getting to be a regular fashion parade ... The varsity bowling team has regained its stride and is hitting on all five cylinders after a week or two of stage fright. . . We're ashamed of you, Slats! Bob Peters Slats Obitz, Joe Curley, Walter Thomas, and George Scott compromise the team . . . Now that football season 1s drawing to a close it should be your desire to support the swimming and basketball teams with all your might ... Student activity tickets will be available soon ... SECUNDA, SWANBERRY BOLSTER QUINTET David Secunda Two new members of the Bucknell Junior College basketball team who show great possibilities for this year's campaign are Wayne Swanberry and Dave Secunda. Swanberry,a native of Glen Lyon was formerly on the roster of Valley Forge Military Academy. He is slated to take the place of Ed Gayewski at forward position and will team up with Albie Baker of last year's team. weiner roast at Henning's farm, Having played with Newport's near Trucksville at which Professor team for the past two years, and Mrs. Hall were the chaperons. Nearly everybody was present and Secunda, who is six feet two inches food, (plenty of it) was the main tall, is counted on to replace attraction. After eating, every- Captain "Bim" Thomas at the body gathered around in a big pivot position. His height and circle, sang songs, told jokes, and speed will add greatly to the Jay had a good time. Further plans call for two trips, Cees' fast breaking offense and one to the Franklin Institute of zone defense. Science at Philadelphia and one to the Home Coming Game. Meet the "Gang at-- DEEMER & COMPANY The Spa SCHOOL AND OFFICE SUPPLIES The Most Modern - Look Where You May Corona · Portable Typewriters 6 W. Market St. W-B. �Tuesday, November 8, , 1938 THE BUCKNELL BEACON Page Four -TRIVIA- WITH THE ALUMNI By B. L. With November come Thanksgiving (which is significant in that it involves a two-day vacation), warnings that there are only " - days until Xmas," and mid-semester tests. Also around this time essays, maps, collateral reading reports fall due, and students are warned that they should start working on term papers that are due at the end of the first semster. Sopomores recall the horrible confused weeks at the end of the semster last year when they spent day and night finishing term papers maps, and reading reports, and they solemnly swear that there is going to be none of that this year. Some even go so far as to begin their papers; this virtuousness soon wears off, and they again let everything go until a week before it's due, justifying their action with that old, familiar "I can work better when I'm pressed for time." During the short time since the birth of this column, it has been the recipient of much critism. The most universal and the most often repeated complaint deals with the desirability of having a gossip column. It seems that a large group of the student body, fresh from high-schools where the greatest part of the school paper is given over to such choice items as "We wonder whose pin Mary Jones is wearing" and "What football player whose initials are G. P. is taking L. C. to the dance?", would appreciate the Beacon much more if it would model itself after these high-school papers. We're foolish enough to believe that the average intellignece in college is higher than the average in highschool, and that the possessors of this higher intelligence would like, or at least, should like, to read something a little more intellectual than a succession of paired names connected by some variant of the verb "love". In view of our firm convictions and the fact that none of the critics have offered any intelligent reasons for having a chatter column, we will continue our policy of no ,r,_ossip. The question of what has happened to our alumni mtlst have risen _in the minds of many of us, especially the sophomores. Our interest naturally centers on those who were with us last year. Columbia: Stanley Daugert. University of Chicago: Maurice Reishtein. Yale Medical School: Earl Rhoades. Duke University: Thomas Melson. Ohio University: Ernest Wesiberger. Philadelphia School of Osteopathy: Virgina Steele. Philadelphia School of Occupational Therapy: Anne Reinecker. Penn State: Pauline Kirshner, Marjorie Shapiro. Bucknell University: Dorothy Thomas, Ilaria Sterniuk, Betty Fenton, Helen Balliet, Lily Morgan Arline Luce, Joseph Conlon, Richard Roush, Willard Warmkessel, Reuben Rader, Charles Millard, DEBATE QUESTION KNOWN (Continued from page 1) Barre school. She is a member of the equestrian club in BUJC. She is enrolled in the chemical engineering course. Earl Haefele is a graduate of West Pittston High School, class of 1938, where he was president of the Senior Class. He capatained the varsity basketball team at West Pittston High and b a member o; ct1e Basketball squad at BUJC. Thomas Slattery, student council representative, is enrolled in a B. A. course at BUJC. He attended Valley Forge Military Academy, Wyoming Seminary, Harry Hillman Academy, and Georgetown University. Dave Secunda, Newport Township graduate, class of 1938, is enrolled in the engineering course at BUJC. He participated in dramatics, basketball and was salutatorian at commencement. Visit the Y .M.C.A. LUNCHEONETTE - MR. SCHALL DO YOU HAVE A HOBBY? If not you can fin.:! one at the "Y" where there is a Program for every purpose. Ask at the Main Desk for a special Young Men's Program phamplet. The Pi Kappa Delta Debating Fraternity question-used by the Junior College Debating Societyhas been announced: "Resolved that the United States should cease to use public funds for the purpose of stimulating business." Several intramural debates have been held on this subject. In addition to the schedule announced in the last Beacon, the Debating Society will meet Hofstra College, of New York University. (Continued f ram page I) Library Science at Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, where she earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Library Science. · During the past two years, she has been head of the library science department in Bradford, Pa., High School. Miss Klinedinst succeeds Miss Dorothy Davenport as head librarian at the College, although the latter will remain as an assistant to Miss Klinedinst for several weeks. Miss Davenport, who holds the distinction of being the first Junior College alumna to become a member of the faculty, is contemplating accepting a position as substitute instructor at St. Maryin-the-Field, a girl's preparatory school located near White Plains, N. Y. Miss Davenport took charge of the library at the opening of the present term. She attended Bucknell Junior College, Pasadena Junior College and was awarded her degree by Columbia University, N. Y. Miss Davenport succeeded Miss Etta Pence, who served as librarian last year and who was married during vacation to Dr. Charles Keevil, instructor of chemical engineering at the Lewisburg campus. JORDAN Est. 1871 Men's Furnishings and RIDING HABITS Hats of For men, women and children QUALITY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION BALL OUTLET Co. WILKES-BARRE 113 S. MAIN ST. THE Jack Leather, Fred Miller, Leo Simoson, Paul Meyers, Robert England, George Beiswinger, Robbert Maguire, Francis Ford, John Gambold, Alex Wazeter. SPECIAL PRICES TO CLUBS 9 West Market Street Wilkes-Barre COLLEGE BOOK STORE and CAFETERIA SUPPLll:S OPl:N Pl:NNANTS 11 A. M. TO 2:30 CHASE HALL P. M. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Bucknell Beacon, 1938 November 8th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938 November 8 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Bucknell University Junior College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/03b95a5ddc6af869a8a7bca1f405054f.pdf e8a975dab233e717b7bd487cef67b387 PDF Text Text BUCKNELL BEACON Volume 3. Number 4 WILKES-BARRE, PA. MOUERE'S CLASSIC SINFONIETIA PLAYS WILL BE REPEATED BALANCED PROGRAM BY BJC THESPIANS Heard By Large Audience Moliere's masterpiece, Tartujfe, The Wilkes-Barre-Scranton Sinwas presented by the Bucknell fonietta under the direction of Paul Junior College Thespians in the Gies opened its third season on College Theater last night to an December 6 before a large and audience of Junior College students responsive audience which filled The play will be repeated this St. Stephen's Parish House. The afternoon at a matinee perform- remarkably well balanced program ance for school children at a included works ranging from Hanspecial matinee price. On Thurs- del to Granger and Seibelius. day and Friday evenings it will be Gluck's spirited "Overture to presented to adult audiences. The Orpheus" was the orchestra's inilimited seating capacity of the tial number. This classical comCollege Theater necessitates the position was followed by the beauseveral performances, and, if need tiful and moving "Concerto Grosso be, another matinee will be given in D. major" of Handel. on Saturday afternoon, December The unusual "Serenade No. 6" 17. of Mozart followed. One of the After numerous tryouts the cast least "Mozartian" of Mozart's was selected by Miss Norma San- works, this composition was played giuliano, and rehearsals have been jointly by two orchestras, the going on for the last three months. second orchestra consisting of six The characters in the order of first desk men from the regular appearance: Sinfonietta ranks. Dorine-Darina Tuhy The seldom heard "Rakastava Madame Pernelle-Julia Place Suite for String Orchestra and Elmire-Twyla Burkert _ Percussion~ ---Gf)efled the second M ariane--Duris Wiegand group. This brilliant composition, Damis-Robert Nagle (Continued on page 4) Cleante-Jack Gelb Orgon-Robert Graham Valere-Thomas Slattery Tartuffe-Joseph Horoshko M. Loyale-Morris Gevanthor Flipote-Robert Patton The results of the Poll on American Youth which was recently taken in Dr. Wilfrid Crook's Introductory Sociology class prove very interesting. Some of the more significant votes in this Dr. William W. Policoff, Wilkes- questionnaire from The American Barre optometrist and a graduate Observer are listed below. of St. Thomas College, University 1. · Which politi .:al party do of Pennsylvania, and the Penn- you favor? sylvania College of Optics and 2. Would you oppose a presiOphthmology, is conducting a re- dent running for a third term if search in the "diagnosis and cor- you favored him on other grounds? rection of reading disabilities," 3. Do you consider yourself a among students at Bucknell Junior liberal or a conservative? College. Dr. Policoff is being as4. Do you think the governsisted in his work by Miss Dorothy ment has regulated industry too Guerra, a graduate of Misericordia much and too harshly? College. 5. Has the Roosevelt adminisTests, which started in the tration been guilty of spoils politics middle of October, are moving to a greater extent than most other along with great rapidity. Dr. administrations? Policoff has examined more than 6. When you hear of a dispute sixty students since he commenced between employers and workers the tests. Students are given the and before you have had a chance Gray oral reading test and through to study the facts., are your the medium of an Ophthalmo- sympathies ordinarily with the graph, a comprehensive analysis employers or the workers? of student's ability to read silently, 7. Which organization do you the speed of reading, the number regard most favorably: the Chamof fixations (per hundred words), ber of Commerce, the American regressions, and binocular efficiency Federation of Labor, the Comare determined. mittee for Industrial Organization? Dr. Policoff explained that scien8. In the main are you in tific data show that some of the agreement with the federal governmore common types of reading ment's relief program? disability are not due to disturb9. Should America go to war (Continued on page 2) if necessary to maintain the "open CHRISTMAS DANCE TO BE HELD IN HOTEL STERLING· AIDES NAMED ______' HOPKINS HEADS SOCIAL ACTIVITIES At a meeting held December 6, the Student Council appointed a Social Actvities Committee whose function will be to assist the Council in planning the dances, tea dances and other social affairs. This Committee, which will be directly responsible to the Student Student Council, will meet every other Thursday and make suggestions which will be submitted to the Council for approval. The following students make up the Committee: Robert Hopkins,chairman; John Bush, assistant chairman; Thomas Slattery, Council representative; Christine WhiteWhiteman, William Morton; Robbert Conway; James Hunt; Madge Space; Gertrude Jones; Margaret Wolfe; and Betty Schwager. Sociology I00 Class Shows Conservative Trend In Poll OPTOMETRIST CONDUCTS OPTIC RESEARCH TESTS Wednesdag, December 14, 1938 door" in China? 10. Should United States go to war if necessary to keep Germany, Italy, or Japan from gaining control of Latin American nations? 11. Did England and France make a mistake by signing the Munich agreement? 12. Which name "fascism" or "communism" sounds worse or more menacing to you? 1. Repulican, 19; Democrats, 9; Socialist, 1. 2. 15, yes; 15, no. 3. Conservative,16; Liberal,14. 4. 14, yes; 15, no; 3, uncertain. 5. 12, yes; 10, no; 10, uncertain. 6. Workers, 18; Employers, 10. 7. Ch. of Com.,21; A.F.of L.,7; C.1.0, 1. 8. 11, yes; 19, no; 2, uncertain. 9. 5, yes; 25, no; 1, uncertain. 10. 19, yes; 9, no; 3, uncertain. 11. 22, yes; 5, no; 4, uncertain. 12. Fascism, 22; Communism, 8. One interesting fact stood out. Many Republicans claimed to be Liberal and voted for "New Deal" measures. Some Democrats claimed to be Conservative and voted against "New Deal" measures. In general there was much crossvoting, indicating that the students had not hardened into a stereotyped pattern of thought on many questions. Perhaps the answers to (12) were the most surprising. Ralph Paul's Band To Play; Record Crowd Expectd The Annual Christmas Dance of Bucknell University Junior College will be held in the Cyrstal Ballroom of Hotel Sterling, Thursday evening, December 29. Dancing will be from 9 'til 1. Ralph Paul and his Music Masters will play for dancing. Having gained considerable popularity throughout the past summer during his tour of the east, Ralph Paul and his Band will be the feature of the Bucknell Yuletide dance. Every indication points to a record crowd, including many Bucknell Junior College alumni, friends, as well as members of this year's classes. The dance will be chaperoned by Dr. and Mrs. Farley and Mr. and Mrs. Faint. John _Guiney is general chairman of the dance committee, which includes the following co-chairmen: Tickets, Robert Nagle; Decoration, John O'Malley; Publicity, John Bush. John O'Malley, as chairman of the Decorations Committee, will be assisted by the following students: Lillian Celmer, Gertrude Jones, Ruth Smith, Eugene Rogers, Jack Smith, Joseph Jimison, and James Roski. MARTS EXPLAINS COLLEGE POLICIES In a recent chapel program at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, President Arnaud Marts answered various questions on administration policy put to him by the Student-Faculty Congress. Naturally, not all the questions related to the Junior College, but several are. The answers presented here are not verbatim as given by Dr. Marts. 1. To what extent does the University favor student self-government? To a great extent; as much as the students desire, with more of it as time goes on. 2. What college records are available for students, i. e., why are numerical grades not made avialable? It is the practice of 31 out of 33 colleges in Pennsylvania to use the letter system, instead of a numerical one. The practice of giving letter grades is accepted generally by the educational systems of today, in high schools as well as colleges. Numerical grades may be shown to parents who wish to know them. (Continued on page 3) �THE BUCKNELL BEACON Page Two THE BUCKNELL BEACON Wednesday, December 14. 1938 CURRENTLY SPEAKING Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania By M. E. Bessie Lewis Co-Editors . Murray Edelman Helen Coats Michael Polk Jerome Greenwald Associate Editors Lillian Celmer, Joseph Jimison, Ruth Goldstein, Joseph Kornblatt Reporters Mary Donnelly, John Bush, Mary Brislin, Arthur Davies, Leon Wazteer, Joy Bodycomb Gertrude Jones, Jane Boyd, Russel H. Grebe, George Dickinson, Irene Betz. Business Manager . Robert Nagle Business Assistants Lydia Greenbaum, Zelda Mangel, Florence Mangel . Genevieve Brennan Exchange Editor and Proofreader Advisory Board . . Miss Barbara Ryerson. Walter Thom3s Advertising rates: 50c per column-inch. Two column-inches 75c. One year: $4.50 per column-inch; two column-inches $6.50. PUBLISHED EVERY THREE WEEKS BY THE STUDENTS OF BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY JUNIOR COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNA. LLEWELLYN BROS.,,...@ INCORPORATED L. I. D. LECTURE SERIES . . . . In pursuit of the BEACON editorial policy of reporting and discussing community events of cultural and intellectual value, we would like to call to the attention of the students the forthcoming series of discussion lectures to be presented by the League for Industrial Democracy. The League for Industrial Democracy is a national society, which. by its own definition, is "engaged in education toward a social order base<l on production for use and not for profit... T awards this end, the League presents lectures by outstanding men who are authorities in their fields in cities where there are organized chapters of the League or similar groups interested in practical plans for social' control. Although the words "social control" might suggest to a few a radical group engagec;l in sul:,versive activities, this far from che truth. A glance at the list of officers of the league would reveal such distinguished names as John Dewey, Harry Laidler, Norman Thomas, and Stuart Chase, and in each community the sponsors of the lectures include men of achievement and responsible position. The speakers in this year's series of six lectures, which begins January 25 and continues through the next six weeks, are all exceptionally well-suited to discuss their particular subject. Dr. Jesse Holmes, who will begin the series with a lecture entitled "Democracy in Crises", is the Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Swarthmore College and a student of social trends. Dr. Joel Seidman, who has studied and written extensively on labor and has been associated with the Economics Department of Johns Hopkins and Brookwood Labor College, is to speak on · The Middle Class and Organized Labor." Rev. John P. Jones, of Union Church, New York City, and Dr. Frederico Bach, faculty member of National University of Mexico and special economic advisor to the Mexican Ministry, will lecture respectively on "Home..-. for America-A First Line of Defense" and "Problems of Mexico." "World Trends Toward Democracy and Dictatorship" will be discussed by the noted columnist and lecturer, Ludwig Lore, and the series will end with Norman Thomas, who is known to all through his books and speeches.speaking on "Democracy and Social Planning... Readers of the BEACON may feel that this series of lectures has too limited an appeal to be treated here at such length, and that the listing of the particular speakers is not necessary or suited to the editorial page. We think that the listings of the speakers is justified by the fact that it illustrates the high caliber and qualifications of the type of people conducting the series, and that the appeal of the series to the Junior College students will probably be increased by an editorial such as this which explains a movement about which they had heard vaguely but had not been fully informed. College students who are alert to the world about them should be particularly interested in the L. I. D. or similar lecture programs. It is at this age that most young people begin to think about social, economic, and political conditions, and, at times, either become confused in mind due to propaganda and inaccurate information, or blindly follow one guide, becoming chained to one set of ideals which app_eal to them. To prevent either of these conditions of mind-confused or biased-students should take advantage of every opportunity where they can secure accurate, authoritve information. College students, it is alleged, occupy that status as a result of their desire to receive specialized training, and/ or to receive general mental awakening. The stimuation to careful thought motivated by lectures such as these presented by the L. J.D. is too important to allow neglect. SERVICE ENGRA\'ERS ~ NEWSPAPER CUTS - CATALOGUES ~ SCHOOL ANNUALS -COLOR ENGRAVINGS IIS·lll SOUTH MAIN• WILKES·BARRE Sound and fury in deafening volume emanate from Washington these invigorating winter days. For the brass hats and jingos, inspired by the vast new armaments program, are very, very close to Nirvana. With their shining new arms the one hundred percent isolationist, flag-waving, "the best - way - to - avoid - war - is to - be - armed - to - the - hilt" nationalists, bless their hearts, will soon be ready and eager to defend the gates of Washingtonin Asia or Europe. Or is it Greenland or Costa Rica? This "fourth New Deal" as columnists are terming the armaments plan is difficult to reconcile with the sound foreign policy which Mr. Hull and Mr. Roosevelt have pursued thus far. The reciprocal trade agreements with almost all Latin American republics as well as Great Britain and Canada, the encouragement of international morality, the settlement of the Bolivia-Paraguay dispute, the belated recognition of Russia, and now the vigorous (though not vigorous enough) denunciation of Hitler's latest savagery are all distinguished monuments to the competence of our State Department. I say the armaments program is difficult to reconcile with this sound foreign policy because armaments on such a vast scale are not only unnecessary but positively dangerous. Let us consider these points-se7'>arcftety.:;.. I gather that the militarists want the increase in araments (1) to lend weight to the words of our diplomats should we be involved in another "Munich", (2) to defend both our coasts as well as the entire Western Hemisphere from attack by an Asiatic or European nation, (3) to defend our foreign policies-the Monroe Doctrine, Open Door, etc. While these may sound like justifiable reasons, a little thought discloses their shallowness. Another Munich would call for real diplomats rather than an increase in armaments ad nauseam. Competent observers agree that Chamberlain and Daladier could have secured peace without disgrace had they done less bungling and vacillating and called Hitler's bluff. DR. POLICOFF. .. (Continued from page 1) According to Dr. Policoff, efficient reading is not determined primarily · by intelligence, because these tests show that a student with a high "I. Q." is not necessarily a good reader. In accounting for the wide variability in reading performance, the compensatory capacity of the individual must be taken into consideration. As long as the defect remains within the limit of compensation, he may progress fairly well, but as soon as the limit is reached he becomes identified with a group which Dr. Policoff called "problem cases." Many students who have reach- As to defend the hemisphere, it is both impossible and unnecessary. If any enemy crossed the Atlantic and landed at, say, Plymouth Rock the Plynouth, Mass. police force could probably handle them. Spain has proved that modern warfare is drawn out, and the necessity for first crossing an ocean would make an enemy's chances exceedingly slim. Major J. F. Eliot's recent book, The Ramparts We Watch, holds that we need a slight increase in armaments and greater administration efficiency, but anything more is sheer jingoism. A still more pressing argument against greater armaments is the harmful consequences which these are almost certain to bring. The super-patriots, who are even now curtailing civil liberties, will be encouraged. The knowledge that we have arms will encourage us to use them on the slightest pretext; populations who feel they are powerful enough are uncanny in their ability to find a pretext for fighting a "defensive" war. The badly needed New Deal program of social reforms will probably be curtailed because the necessary funds will be used to build armaments. Worst of all, the inevitable militaristic spirit may well encourage the appearance here of fascism; we have several potential "men on horseback". Also, somebody may get the bright idea that we ought to have compulsory militMY t ~ te teaeh y:EmRgSir Galahads to use the nice new armor. The resulting spread of militarism and the curtailment of useful production would almost certainly kill democracy. And there is always the danger that the savage procedure of using troops to quell strikes will be revived. Here, then, is a grave situation. Fortunately there is every evidence that the armaments bill will have anything but smooth sailing in the next Congress. And it is significant that many conservative elements join with progressive ones in opposition to it. The defeat of the armaments appropriations bill would be a most reassuring sign that the spirit of democracy and true liberalism is still very much alive in these United States. ed college find it impossible to accomplish the required work because they cannot read comprehensively, never having developed the mechanical skill that would enable them . to grasp through units. Dr. Policoff pointed out that since 1900, the reading load of college students has been multiplied by five, and that from ten to twenty per cent of all college students show some type of reading disability. The purpose of the tests at BUJC is to determine those who are below normal in reading ability and try to help correct the deficiency present. �Wednesday, December, 14, 1938 THE BUCKNELL BEACON CAGERS TO BATTLE STRONG L. I. FROSH ON DECEMBER 28 - SPORT SHOTS The Alumni basketball game has been scheduled for Wednesday December 21 , at 2:00 P. M . . . Eddie Davis, Duncan Thomas, Leon Kolanowski, Don McHugh, Bill Atherholt, Vincent Loftus, Bill Thomas, Andy Giermack, "Snitz" Reimensnyder, and Coach "Shorty" Thomas will ba ttle the Jay Cees in an attempt to garner their first win in five years. . . A reception will be held in Chase Hall for the Alumni immediately following the game. . . . The M. I. T. faculty keglers will tangle with an All-Star team to be selected from the Intra-mural league . . . The list will be posted this week. . . Watch for it. . . The Annual Alumni bowling match will be staged on Friday, December 30 .. . John Bush, Jack Berry, Joe Curley, "Slats" Obitz, and W alt Th omas are out to avenge last year's defeat at the hands of a superior Alumni outfit . . The girl 's ping pong tournament, contrary to reports, is in the last throes of what seems to be a fatal illness. . . There was a time when a terrific outcry was heard from the members of the fair sex because they received no benefit from any physical education program. Now that something has been done about it, interest in the program has fallen flatter than the proverbial pancake ... Chris Whiteman has done everything in her power to arouse interest, but to no avail. .. Is it a swan song for the female sex? Must we insist that you play your match under supervision? . Why not snap out of the etherial regions and cooperate with the physical education department and Chris Whiteman . .. Another group of students need a father's advice. Whoever has the habit of breaking the pool and ping pong equipment should he made to pay for the same . . . Whv not work it on the basis of. . . I break-I fix. . . GIRL'S TABLE TENNIS TOURNEY UNDERWAY An active interest has been shown in the ping-pong tournament by the girls of BUJC. When the announcement was made a fortnight ago, the members of the fair sex forgot entirely any new wrinkle in dress-wear and could not pause long enough to talk about "hats," but they hastened to the recreation rooms in Chase Hall to demonstrate their superiority in the fine art of table-tennis. Amid cheers (and laughter) the novices sauntered forth with great optimism and were defeated in the series by more experienced players. The Sophomore Sportswomen were completely surprised at the ability of the Freshman Fems. Although the tournament is not yet com- Basketball seems to be the revived art since the team has overcome the weaknesses so evident in the Y. M. C. A. game . . . Long Island Frosh, next opponents of the Jay Cees are in for a busy night according to Coach Thomas . . . Swanberry, Hopkins, Baker, Secunda, and Hershkowitz form a smooth offense and a zone defense that is hard to break up ... Bill Thomas, Earl Haefele, John Kuschel, and John Dooley form dependable reserve material. Reports are that the Jr. College has the most evenly balanced squad in its history . .. The swimming squad, under the capable direction of Slatz"" Obitz, is headed for its best season in many years ... Too much cannot be said of the fine spirit displayed by the team and the manner in which they go through their practice routine. . . Tryouts for freshman and sophomore volleyball teams will be held after the Christmas Holidays. A varsity squad will be selected from these teams. Steve Gacha will inaugurate his boxing program also immediately after the holidays. . . Bouts will be staged during the regular gym periods with practically every male student participating. . . . The weights will run from 95 to the heavyweight division. . . . Bill Thomas, Bill Morton, John Emanski, and Irwin Freed readhed the finals in their respective divisions last year ... The winners receive suitable awards at the Annual Letterman's Banquet in May . . . . The examination in physical education will cover rules in basketball, volleyball, and handball . . . . Marks will be based upon attendance, willingness to participate in Gym activities, and the test mark. Those who have not completed the number of hours required in physical education will not be allowed to take the examination . .. A list will be posted shortly. . . pleted, the final series promises to be hard-fought. Among the final participants are Christine Whiteman, (who is in charge of the tourney), Darina Tuhy, Joy Bodycomb, and an upper-county entry, Doris Wiegand. The list of the victors and vanquished is posted on the bulletin board in the recreation room in Chase Hall. DEEMER & COMPANY SCHOOL AND OFFICE SUPPLIES Corona Portable Typewriters 6 W . Market St. Page Three W-B. On Wednesday, December 28, the Bucknell Jay Cees will swing into action against a veritable troup of goliaths in the form of the Long Island University Frosh, an undefeated high-scoring team of national fame. This game will be the high spot of the Bucknell season, and if our Jay Cees come through with a victory, Coach Shorty Thomas will call this a Islanders can be estimated by the following heights of their players: Applegate 5'11" · Schaefer 6'2" · Gimpel, 6~3"; Si~10n, 5'11'~; Sch~ neider, 5'11"; Denberg, 6'2"; Zeithen, 5'11"; Mulhern, 6'4"; Rathjan, 6'2"; Walterson, 6'2" ; Cantor, 6'; Luckiger, 6'2": and Melofchik, 6' . Coach Thomas has the following men, undoubtedly of smaller sta- Swanbery, Hopkins, Secunda, Kuschel, Hershkowitz, Haeffle, Dooley. Captain Baker was absent when picture was taken. banner year, regardless of whether the rest of the games are won or lost. Last year, more than 600 fans packed the local " Y" gym to see the Long Island team win out over the Jay Cees in a hard fought, close scoring game. A similar turnout is expected to witness these teams play again this year, the valley fans being well aware of the calibre of the Long Island team. · This is the only game of the year at which the Student Activities cards will not be recognized. A reduced price of twenty-five cents is being offered to .the students of the college. The amount of student admission to this game should hardly be thought of since two games will be played, the opening game at 7 :30 bringing together the Scranton Jay Vees and the Wilkes-Barre "Y". The towering size of the Long ture than the Long Island team, from which to choose his starting five:--Swanbery,Hupkins, Seci:rn:da, Baker, Hershkowitz, Thomas, Dooley, Padlick, and Wazeter. On Friday, December 2, the Jay Cees journeyed to Selinsgrove to defeat the strong Susquehanna quintet in a thrill- packed game by the score of 54-52 . The smoothness arid swiftness with which the whole team cooperated was the telling factor in the victory for the Jay Cees. Starring on the offense were Captain Albie Baker and Bob Hopkins. The stalwarts on the defense were Dave Secunda, Wayne Swanbery, and Wes Hershowitz. "Bim" Thomas played a bang-up game throughout, frequently coming through with a two-pointer when it was needed. At no time during the game did either team possess more than a 5 point lead. MARTS. .. (Continued From page 1) 3. What is the attitude of the University toward cuts? Students are supposed to attend all classes. Mr. Marts added his opinion, which was that if you are paying ten dollars a semester hour for your classes you are "balmy" if you cut. 4. How does the University justify the requirement that a portion of the last two years be taken outside the field of concentration? Graduate schools write to the University requesting that students have as much cultural background as possible and that the grad schools do the concentrating. College is the only place where one has a chance to get a good cultural background in all fields. ACE HOFFMAN Studios PORTRAIT AND COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS Camera and Photographic Supplies 32 W . Market St. Dial 2-1174 Meet the "Gang at-- The Spa The Most Modern - Look Where You May �THE BUCKNELL BEACON Page Four TRIVIA By B. L. A few of you who are faithfu I readers of this column (and judging from the volume of criticism we get there (must be more than a few) may remember that several issues back we indulged ourselves in self-pity because no one ever contributed anything to us, and that we lamented the fact that we never got any fan mail. Also these same faithful readers may remember the column in the last issue in which we attacked those people who demand a gossip column and in which we thought we justified this column's policy of no gossip. Both these columns have been answered-and in one blow. Our !amen t on the lack of fan mail has been answered by a letter which is at the same time a response to our attack of the gossip-lovers. Even the fact that this is a nasty letter containing derogatory remarks to ourselves does not kill our pride in receiving this column's first legitimate letter. In view of the BEACON'S policy of acting as an outlet of student opinion (and also in view of the fact that this letter is just as trivial as anything we could possibly think up) we print in full the letter. B . L. who writes Trivia: In the last edition of the Beacon, we the students, found two columns under an appropriatf, he.:!<lirig-Trivia-(don't believe the dictionary-it leaves out the "I".) which holds itself up as a model and scorns a gossip column which we believe is the spice and life of all school papers. To quote a part of the contents, "and the most often repeated complaint deals with the desirabilty of having a gossip column." So we understand that since the most of us desire a gossip column, the policy of the paper will be "No Gossip"! Because the German people want freedom of press and religion, Hitler's policy is "no freedom of press and no freedom of religion." Of course we wouldn't say that there is any similarity of policy there-or would we? Do not misunderstand us. We do not mean that we itch to find out who kissed Margie behind what bookcase in which library, but we do believe that such true nonsense would create a lot of innocent fun when read in the Beacon. Don't believe that college students are different from high school students. People don't change over night. In closing we suggest that the author of Trivia discard the word gossip which hints "Old maids." That is far from what we want our column of dirt and humor to be . Finally we hope that the warped humor of the author of Trivia becomes enlivened before it goes to seed and that a few gallons of moist spice be sprinkled to irrigate the Trivia Desert. We will try to answer this letter point by point-leaving out those points which are obvious to our more intelligent readers. (1) The writer says we are trivial. We admittedly are and would hesitate, after reading this letter to be any more intellectual for fear that certain of our readers would not understand . (2) Although we still do scorn a gossip column, we do not set ourselves up as a model, but merely pound out so many words an issue trying not to violate too many of our ideals. (3) Regarding the second paragraph, we fear the writer either reads · too hastily or understands too slowly. We· did not say that most of the students want a gossip column, but that most of the students who complain comp- Wednesday, December 14, 1938 lain about the lack of a gossip column. Of course, this may be too fine a point. Regarding Hitler and us, do you think you would be able to express your opinions about him in a paper whose subject matter he controlled? (4) Personally we do not see where "such true nonsense" would create "a lot of innocent fun", but then, some people play bridge or pinochle and others get just as much fun out of tiddleywinksso there you are. (5) If college students aren't at all different from high school students, the professors have certainly been fooled for a long time. They think, and base their teaching methods upon it, that college students are capable of more and better thought, but we think this wrong attitude of theirs may be cleared up by your letter. (6) This last suggestion, that we discard the word "gossip" because of its connotation had us baffled for awhile. It seems that "gossip", which word we use, has a not-very-nice connotation, but that "dirt", which our "fan" uses, is practically synonomous with clean, wholesome humor. (Continued from page l) unmistakably Sibelian, is one which we should hear more often. It is poignantly expressive and the orchestra's exquisite rendition of its lovely lyric contrasts was enthusiastically applauded. Grieg's "Nordic Tunes for Strings", reflecting the beauty and simplicity of the Norwegian countryside, was also well received. The scheduled program concluded with "Mock Morris Dance" by the modern English composer, Percy Grainger. In response to the prolonged applause Professor Gies obliged with two encores: an original dance by Franz Schubert and a hurlesque composition, "Oh Dear, What can the Matter Be!" by Cyril Scott. Well played throughout, the program displayed the versatility of which the Sinfonietta is capable. The mellow quality of the violins and celli was exceptionally fine, and the use of tympani for the first time in a Sinfonietta concert was justified by the added fullness which this innovation lent. By B.G. and M. E. Visit the Y.M.C.A. LUNCHEONETTE -MR. SCHALL An Ideal all Year Round-- Christmas Gift JORDAN Est. 1871 Men's Furnishings and Give Him I-lats of A Membership In The QUALITY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION 9 West Market Street Wilkes-Barre WILKES-BARRE COLLEGE THE BOOK STORE and CAFETERIA SUPPLll:S OPl:N Pl:NNANTS 11 Jl:Wl:LRY A. M. TO 2:30 CHASE HALL P. M. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Bucknell Beacon, 1938 December 14th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938 December 14 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Bucknell University Junior College