124 15 4134 https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/630d4acfb38498bc32468c0887dda7dd.pdf 12111d88c02f1af339094718a8c1cecb PDF Text Text WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA. Vol. 1, No. 7. Wilkes Purchases Franklin St. Property Softball League Plans Outing Sept. 6-th Affair To Be Held At Sans Souci Park~ COLLEGE PROCURES FORMER STODDARD HOME; League Leaders Will Play All Stars.ALTERATIONS BEGIN FOR FALL OPENING; LARGE CROWD EX!PECTED CAFETERIA WILL BE GREATLY EXPANDED· As a part of its ambitious exsoda will be served. There will be free swimming and pansion program Wilkes College One of the biggest events on the rides and a band in the evening last Friday took possession of the Wilkes summer social calendar will for anyone who cares to dance. Franklin Street pro.p erty it recenttake place on Saturday, September Students may bring their· wives, 6, when the Wilkes Intramural husbands, families and friends. A ly purchased from the Stoddard .Softball League will hold its first good time is p.romised to everyone Estate with funds contributed dur.annual outing -at Sans Souci Park. who attends. The committees urge inng the recent endowment camEveryone is invited to attend this that everyone make his reservapaign. gala affair which will include as tions early. The following are the -part of its program a s-oftball game committees in charge of t'he outThe newly purehased residence between the league leaders, the ing: Chairman Marty Blake; Asswill provide greatly needed room Sad Sacks, managed by Bob An- istants, Bob Anthony and Dick for the 1700 students registered thony, and the League All Stars, Martin; µ>cation Committee: Bob for .t he fall semester. managed by Marty Blake. Before Anthony, Chairman; Bud Jonathan, The Sordoni Construction Comthe · game a large trophy will be Dick Martin, Jim Morse, Ed Burtpany immediately began making -presented to the Sad Sacks by John savage and Marty Blake; Transalterations this week to make the Riley, president of the Student po.rtation Committee: Ralph Carey, property suitable for classroom ·Council. Chairman; Russ Williams, Hank and campus needs in the fall. AlBuses will leave the campus at Anderson and George Brody; Reterations will include revising the 11 :30 a. m . Anyone wishing to go freshment Committee: Hal GlowaStoddard house .t o make it suitable should make arrangements with cki, Chairman; Bud Jonathan, Bob for classes and oqices. Miss Mildred Gittens at the book- Anthony and Hank Anderson; ProThe first floor of the hO'UISe will store, during next week. gram Committee: Bob Anthony, be completely remodeled. The partThe ,s oftball game will get under Chairman; Ralp Carey, Hal GlowaAbove is the double block, the left side of w;hich was recently J)lllr- tions now in the house will be way -p romptly at 2:15 and immedi- cki, Dick Martin, Marty Blake, chased by Wilk.es College. · knocked out to make room for a ately after the game, refreshments George Brody, Hank Anderson and secretarial department. · ·includin:g .s teaks, corn, clams, and Jim -Mors•e. The sceond floor of the building will be used as headquarters for t'he new Journalism Department. Files, typewriters, morgue, and other supplies p.ertinent to that department will be kept on the second boor. It is definite that faculty offices and one classroom will be housed on the third floor. By Robert Mikulewicz Mr. Olshefski did a song satire. CAFETERIA EXPANSION The Thespians, Campus Quart- He began with a few bars of "Sun,ers, held at the PCH Friday, Aug- day, Monday or Always", the he The garage purchased with the property will be remodeled and ust 23, was a tremendous success. went into a hilarious Gerry Moor.e built onto the cafeteria. This addiA capacity crowd was on hand to style monologue. Mr. Olshefski tion will increase the size of the take advantage of the superb pro- possesses an ideal singing voice for cafeteria by more than fifty per gram and the pl.entiful refreshments. A night club atmosphere such a numb.er it sounds like gravel cent. The lawn between the house was very prevalent in the dim , de- running down a tin chute. His timand the cafeteria will be landscaped. H.ere t:he college expects to corated, candle-lit auditorium. ing and delivery of the monologi:e bu~ld a terrace where students can There was a tremendous amount wer.e just abou,t perfect. eat. of activity crowded into one eveTh.e last part of the final floor ning of entertainment. M,u,s ic for show was a satirical skit of Wilkes <lancing was supplied by Lee Vin, cent and his orches-tra. The two College life written by Mr. Olshefhigh ·spots of this part of the pro- ski. Gags, some old, some new, were gram wer.e Lee Vincents' terrific so corney and ridiculous that t'hey ;Picture shows the house which wa,s boug:ht by the College from arrangement of Big Noise from proved to be extrem.ely funny and the Stoddard Estate. Wannetka, and the vocalizing qy brought loud, long laughs from the - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mic'key ·C arvel. audience. The students who took Spaced throughout the evening part in th.e skit were: Bob Nolan, C0n0fil}C · U }SJtS 0Ca . Jne were three floors,h ows composed of Ed Morgan, Clem Waclaws ki. outside and student talent ,emceed The wandering photographers The fift:h of the series of social by the popular WBRE announcer, with their flash bulbs popping, t'.1e By Norbert Olshefski machinery were explained by guides affairs sponsored by the Language Jim McCarthy. The outside enter- excellent dance and novelty num·furnished by the company. The Clubs will be held tonight, Augu15t tainment included a pleasing juve- hers, the diversified floor shows, On Wednesday, Augu,st 2 0, twen- e:·r•ides explained how the engineer 129 on the lawn betw,e en Chase ahd nile review by members of the and the -clever chatter of the M. C. ty three students of Wilkes Co, l.ege knows , by a system of bells,, just I Ki,r by Halls·. Three movies, "South Hilda Mann Hurtz School. Despite left nothing to be desired. Those visited the Dorrance Colliery of the when to stop and start the cage. of t:he Border With Disney", "The a sore throat Miss Eleanor Vessel, who attended the "Campus Quart- L~high Vall~y Coal Company on The guide stated that engineers, Count of Monte Cristo", and "Aqua professional vocali-st on radio sta- ( ers" will attest to the fact that a , River Stre~t Just above th e Luzerne as a rule, are highly experienced Frolics" will be shown. Refres'htion WHWL, refused to disappoint good time was had by all. ' County Pnson. men who must b.e continually on ments be served betwe.en the the large crowd. S-h e sang "Beware ------The trip was sponsored by the the alert. pictures. of My Heart"., but because of her Economics Clt,b was under the dir- From the .engine house, the group The Language Clubs hav,e enjoythroat was •Urnable to do an ,encore. ection of M-r. Julius Spiro, Faculty walked to the conveyor b.elt which ed great success in the four preA roller skating team of Danny Advisor, and Frank Wheeler, pre- takes the coal from the head of the vious affairs and plans have be.en Giafske and Phyllis Kranson was sid.ent of the club. shaft to the br,e aker where it is made to accommodate the largest pitifully limited by the waved When the group arrived at the cracked and . sor-t ed. The conveyor crowd of the season at this ev;ent. dance floor. The team was forced colliery, they were met by the sup- belt was about a quarter of a mile The club plans to conduct two to do a very slow uninspiring waltz. ---erintendent and taken to the office long. When on,e of the guides was more programs following the per·The rest of the entertainment Miss B!andina Foster, Theatre where they wer.e given coveralls asked how much coal went over the formance. .Similar events will be brought to light some exceptionally 'h ead, announces that first tryouts and helmets. After being issued the conveyor belt in one day, he said presented on Sept. · 4 and Sept. 13. good talent from our student body. clothing, the group was asked to that betwe.en 1800 and 2000 tons of "Pagliacci" and "Puss In Boots" When Mr. N. A. Perkowski sang for John B. Prie st ly's, "They Came -s ign the guest book. coal are dumped and sent up the will be shown at the former, and By Vincent Macri -CABARET PARTY HUGE SUCCESS; SPLENDID FLOORSHOW STAGED . Cl b v· E . L l M. Language Clubs Continue Series of Parties Tonight ;ill Play Tryouts Ofl Tuesday f:oQ"21'1'" 1?1"''!:ITilr'Q r.;a,,-1 ho nnuo;loA 11 To A Oitv" will he hP.l<i TnAArl1lv 'T'L- .. _____ -•--J..-.l -J. J.L- ---!-- 'L-1L �WILKES BEACON 2 EDITORIAL STAFF LETTERS TO THE EDITOR New Hours Set For Book Store Editor .......... ,•................................ Henry Anderson · t t Ed't R 0 be t -. 11-11 Dear Editor: The hours for the book store durA8818 I an or · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · r " er I May I offer some belated encoing the remainder of the summer Business Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gene Maylock miums on your recent editorial semester will be from 9 to 11 :45 Art Editor . . . . . • . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . George Bauer "expose" ~f t~e ·tsStudttP._nt Ctotunc~l's in the morning and from 1 to 3 in recent actions m I a emp o give . . . . . . . . . . Richard Gre-enfield good student government to the the afternoon. Miss Mildred Gitf student body it represents? Pane- tens has announced that there are . • • · · · · · · · · · · · · Charles Rei gyrics for the Beacon's brilliant surplus books for sale in the bookFaculty Advisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph Donnelly ,editorial work in bringing "things to light" seem to be in order and I store whieh veterans may buy. Typists-Joe Gudaitis, EIA!anor Krute, Dorothy J. Sorber. hasten to join a bandwagon; how- These include Accounting, Zoology, Cartoonist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Elvidge ever, it is hoped that the editor- Occupational Titles, and Economic or whoever does the accepting ·or Geography Books. Any student Reporters-Robert Mikulewicz, Nelson Nelson, George Miller, Harold rejecting of material for the paper Rein, George Brody, Russell W1lliams, Edyth Rudolph, Muriel Brands- -will allow this band to beat its who so desires may obtain extra dorf, -Caryl Galow, Clayton Bloomburg, Norbert Olshefski, Vincent Marci drums to the tune it desires and copies of the New York Tim.<:is not reject this piece because its which are sold from day to day. tone is not in sympathetic vibra·summer semester of the auditing tion with that of the Beacon. class under Mr. Manley be paid It is indeed gratifying to note voted eight to thr.ee to refuse to $25.00, for this audit only, to audit that the school paper's blast at the answer the "Iron Curtain" in a the Student Council bC'oks, se~ond- council has inspired some enthusi- separate letter, the sp.eech cannot ed by Mr. Carey and unanimously astic interest about the campus. A appear anywhere but in the mincarried. school paper's duty is to keep the utes. Had the minutes been submitted students posted on ev,erythirg and Mr. Evans made Social Report, The belated Yearbook ha-s fin.ally and told of the Cabaret Party to be to be a medium of expression of to the Beacon office at a reasonable been distributed to Wilkes students held August 22, 1947; outing by opinions whenever the occasion time they would have been printed who have eagerly awaited the Soft Ball Leag,u~ on Sept. 6; Semi- arises. The pupils of this school in the issue of the week of the Formal to be held Sept. 12, and are entitled to the use of that meeting. However, th.e council secbook's arrival. plans are ·b eing made to hold a channel of expression. The denial retary brought the minutes to the 'Now that the Yearbook has been Beacon office on Thursday noon, dinner dance on Octob,e r 3, upon of that right, especially when the distribiU<ted, Bud Nelson, Managing expressions submitted to the paper which, as the council knows, is far completion of examinations. Editor. of the publication, can walk are necessary to the wholesome un- past the paper's deadline. The Mr. Evans also said there would derstandings of a current contro- agreement made at the beginning about the campus once more withbe a varietv of entertainment on of the semester was that the minout hearing the disquieting ques- Friday nig-hts sponsored by the versy, is dereliction of duty on the utes were to be submitted for the part of the responsible parties. tion, "When is the Yearbook com- languag-e clubs. Mr. Farrel asked Schools and colleges are the fer- deadline. THE DEADLINE IS ing out?" the supoort of the Student Council tile fields wherein the seeds of de- STILL WEDNESDAY NOON. Only an understanding and plea- for the Intramural League and Mr. mocracy must be plant,ed, where The Beacon hastens to make sant disposition such as Mr. Nel- E'vans asked for a nestimate of they grow, where they are culti- clear that its purpose is not to son possesses could endure such their expenditur.es, and assured Mr. vated. The freedoms of democracy serve as an echo of the bull,e tin PA!rsistent interrogations. However, Farrel of able backing. must be p-r acticed in educational in- board. The Beacon informed the Mr. Nelson recalls, as the Beacon Mr. Riley requested recognition stitutions. Fair play must be an council at the outset of the semwill attest, frequent assurances of the Economics Club budget in outgrowth of ,education-j-us.t as ester of its intention of printing from the Yearbook's printer to the amount of $40.00, and the truth is. To get at th.e truth, both fresh news, not that which is made have the book ready at a certain Coulllcil passed it to Appropriations sides, every side, all concerned in publicly available before the coldate were empty promises. Committee for consideration. Mr. an issue must be heard and allowed lege paper is able to obtain it. In fact Mr. Nielson, if he were Farrell made the motion to have a to tell their side of the story. Only The Beacon is stretching a point so inclined, would be completely committee set up to investigate the then can good opinion be formed, THIS TIME by printing the enjustified to walk about the campus writing of alma mater before next and only then can people's actions tire minutes of oh,e council meeting with a great degree of satisfaction semester seconded by Mr. Davies be properly judged. under discussion to allow the stuwith the splendid job he and his and passed 10 to 1. Mr. Savitz made In the past few issues, editorial dents to j.udg,e for themselves staff have done with this year's the motion to have a Constitutional comment and letters to the editor whether the remarks made in the annual. Revisional Committee set up to re- have pl"8sented a one-sided view- speech delivered at the August 5 The Yearbook, which consi-sts of vise the present constitution, sec- point of the activities of the Stu- meeting are reflections of personal well written articles on .campus onded by Mr. Evans, and unanim- dent Council. The council has sub- opinion or actual business. life and a fine assortment of pho- ously carried. Mr. Riley appointed mitted a rebuttal contained in its tographs is indeed a credit to this all members of 'Student Council on minu.tes to the paper for publish- Dear Editor: college. this committee, and said other stu- ing. Naturally, the students are According to the last minutes Bud Nelson, his staff, and Mr. dents would be appointed later. awaiting an answer and are en- of the Student Council, there will Mr. Riley made the recommenda- titled to one. Isn't it fair play to be a revision of our Student ConJoseph Donnelly, the book's faculty advisor, expended an unprecedent- tion that a Steering Committee be print the article submitted? No ,ex- stitution. Now I would like to know ed amount of time and effort com- -s et up which would have all old cuse for not doing so can justify what is wrong with our present piling the materials for this Year- and new business pass through your actions. In a hot debate, minds constitution? I am positive that their hands, and they could outline can become prejudiced and Jean to- more than three-quarters of the book. The excellence of the Yearbook an agenda for each meeting and wards the side whose views are Council have no knowledge whatsoonly call a Council meeting when presented to them only. Is the ever of the provisions within the certainly speaks for itself. there was enough business on hand. council to be forced to print its present Constitution. In fact, there Discussion followd. Mr. Savitz own paper to give expression to its are approximately three members made a motion that a Steering argument? If that is the only of the present Council who now Commi-ttee of three men to comply means of reaching this college's possess a copy of the Constitution, with above be appointed, seconded scholars, then that action will cer- which was liberally passed to the by Mr. Farrel and carried. Mr. tainly be warranted. It's a down- entire Stud-ent Body last semester. Riley appointed -Messrs: Temple- right shame when one-sided propaWhat took place a,t the last meetton, Carey and Riley to serve on ganda is continually offered to an ing? Well, there was a unanimous August 19, 1947 ,this committee. Mr. Riley then read intelligent group. Mistakes are ex- vote to revise the Constitution. I The meeting was opened by the the resignation of Miss Roth. Mo- cusable-BUT dereliction of duty, believe it is time for the Student president, Mr. Riley. All members tion made to accept resignation by never. Council to make decision wisely. At present with the exception of Mr. Mr. Evans, seconded by Mr. TemIt is my opinion that the Beacon the past few meetings, the Council Davis nd- Miss Roth. Mr. Riley told pleton, and carried. Mr. Riley then should grow -up and be man enough voted favorably for measur,es which of a discussion with Mr. Donnelly read the letter of resignation of to print the "other side of the they did not even understand. "lgabout not printing the minutes in Mr. Pringle. Motion made by Mr. story"--even if it hurts. Everyone norance is bliss." Perhaps, that is the last Beacon. According to par- T,empleton to accept resignation, makes mistakes; no one (not even the reason for our Happy Student liamentary prpoced-ure if the min- seconded by Mr. Evans and carried. the council) is infallible. Swallow Council. utes have been printed and accept- Mr. Riley appointed Messrs. Burt- your pride and show the students At the moment, Student Council ed, at the next meeting, anything savage, Evans, Kosek and Maylock that the Beacon is a FAIR paper members do not consider nor ask containA!d in the minutes is made a as a nominating committee for th,e -one that prints both sides to a for suggestions from their constimatter of record. Mr. Templeton two Junior vacancies. Mr. Riley story. tuients. Has the Almighty Group made a motion to accept the min- then appointed Mr. Maylock acting Let the Beacon be a real search- forgotten the purposes of the Stusecretary. Motion made for adutes of August 5, 1947, seconded by light for truth-and one command- dent Constitution? The present Mr. Farrell and unanimously car- journment by Mr. Evans, s.econded ing the respect of all. Constitution has merely been prosby Mr. Templeton, and carried. ried. Sincerely, tituted by members of the Council Respectfully submitted The financial report was read by Joe Savitz who have not properly learned to Jos. V. Pringle, Secretary Mr. Savitz. Mr. Savitz told of the follow written directions. Athletic F'und being overdrawn in Wm. Robert Tomusko EDITOR'S NOTE In the future Student Council the amount of $2,13.82. Motion made Mr. ,Savitz can beat his drum all by ·Mr. Farrell to pay the above minutes will not be printed in the amount back to Athletic Fund, sec- Beacon if the Council posts them he likes. The Beacon has no objecon the Bulletin Board first. tion. However, the Beacon has not onded by Mr. Davies and carried. been discriminating in printing Mr. Riley then made the suggestion that Mr. Manley and his seven ACCOUNTING FORUM le:tters to the editor. In fact, it has printed every letter submitted to auditing .students be allowed to it. To date, no unfavorable comaudit the Student Council books for ELECTS OFFICERS ment ( with the exception of the the sum of $25.00, as this was General Insurance cheaper than the public auditors, At a meeting held by the Ac- above letter) has been received. Mr. Savitz is quite concerned and: it would serve as a valuable counting Forum on August 21, the experience to the audi-ting class. following student officers were with the Beacon's failure to print DisC'llssion followed on this point. elected: president, Glen Gooch; the minutes of the Student Council Mr. Ralston sat in at the meeting vice president, Wesley E. Lane; meeting of August 5. What Mr Miners Nat') Bank Bldg. and suggested the students from secretary, Frank Wheeler; treasur- Savitz is chiefly concerned with, Wilke8-Barre, Pa. school do the work gratis, because er, Raymond Smith. The faculty however, is the fact that Mr of the exPA!rience gained. Mr. Far- adviser,s for the fol'um are Mr. Riley's speech did not appear. HPis aware that since the council rell then made the motion that the Manley and Mr. Laggan. An Excellent Yearbook Student Council Minutes of Meeting Frank Parkhurst, Inc. * * - I H.A.WHITEMAN· & CO. INC. Wholesale Paper and Stationery Wilkes-Barre, Pa. BETSY ROSS CHOCOLATE SHOP - and- BOSTON CANDY SHOP WE ARE DISTRIBUTORS for BUCKNELL JEWELRY Easy Payments -*BERMAN'S HARTER'S Trucksville Dairy Pasieurized Dairy Products * Trucksville, Pa. Phone Dallas 35 DEEMER & CO. School and Office Supplies GIFTS AND STATIONERY WilkeswBarre, Pa. There is No Substitute . For QUALITY FRANK CLARK Jeweler 63 South Main Street * * * Compliments of KNIFFEN * * * �WILKES BEACON 3 Or.g oi the greul~st dif~1culties elect another Council. which confronted this Council in A most difficult situation hai its earliest period was that of de- confronted this Council from iti termining its financial polie;y. In very beginning. Many of the misorder to ascertain which of the informed are obviously not awar« many hundreds of requests fo_r fin- of the fact that most of the Stu ancial aid should be satisfied this dent Activities Fund is actuall: The Stratton Bill, which provides The meeting was opened by the Student Council was compelled to borrowed money from the Genera for the admittance of 400;000 dispresident, Mr. Riley. Roll was adopt a rigid policy. A line of Je- School Fund. The Veteran's Ad phv!ed persons from Europe into taken. All members were present marcation had to be drawn between ministration from whom the large th!.! United States over a period of with the exc.eption of Mr. Burt- those ,expenditures which were gen- portion of th,e fund is derived, doe 1 four years, was the topic for tqe savage. erally recognized as academic and not remit the amount due uintil th, forum of the International Rela·R ecognition of Beta Gamma Chi those which were recognfzed as near end of the semester. In othe tions Club on Friday evening, was brought up for discussion. Mr. social. In a meeting held by this words we borrow the money fron August 23. Savitz made the motion for ap- Council on March 7, 1947, this the school and pay it back when w, Under the bill the mixed nat- · proval of the Beta Gamma Chi Council voted .to approve the fol- receive it from the Veteran's Ad tionals, of various religious denombudget in the amount of $25.00, lowing committee renort: ministration. The bookkeeping ii inations, would enter the country seconded by Miss Roth. Open vote "Whereas, it being th,e Adminis- this system is most involved an< under a retroactive quota (100,000 was taken with result 9 to 1 for tration's duty to supply necessary Dr. Farley along with Mr. Kerp,er year) since the allotment was ap.proval. and adequate educational facilities, steen are cooperating with th1 unused during the war years. AcMotion made for approval of the Appropriation Committee feels Council to the best of their abiJ, cording to the bill, the regulatory Language Club budget by Mr. it unwise to assume those obliga- ities. I quote from a recent memo immigration Jaws would continru,e Carey in amount of $354.00, sec- tions· inherently the function and which Dr. Farley sent to Mr. Ker• to be stringently observed. onded by Mr. Farrel, and unan- job of the institution. With this steen: The proponents of the bill felt imously carried. policy in mind, this committee sug"It is imperative that the Stuthat the influx would be actually 'Mr. Riley then read the follow- gests that those clubs that submit- dent Council be given at the beginJess than the amount that would ing remarks to the members of the ted budgets for expenditures of ning of each term a statement ol have entered from the period 1941Council in answer to the recent ed- equipments and various typ,es of the funds that are available fo1 1945. One member, James Mayock, itorial in the Beacon publication of literature of an academic nature be use I believe that up to the present felt that the D.P's were more or August 1, 1947. The remarks are advised that it is school policy to time w,e have been waiting for the less "Delayed .Pilgrims"! as• follows: su,pply those necessities relative to Veteran's AdminiE.tration to make On the other hand, the opponents "Ladies and gentlemen of the education and instruction. Another payment before giving this r.ep nt of the bill felt that the· present Student •Council. My remarks this item ear-marked for "cutting" is to the Council. Hereafter, I think employment conditions and the morning are not primarily directed the request of th.e many clubs for w.e should report the amount paid housing situation warranted our to you. That which I have to say a _large social function. This idea, into the Student Activity Fund and taking care of Americans first. The· is meant to inform the misinform- while a good one, should be .elimin- the amount that is still outstanding. question also arose as to whethered, to demonstrate that the adage ated from the budgets for the fol- The Student Council will then be or not these immigrants are leav-- . "A Little Learning is a Danger- lowing reasons : Eoch club through in a position to organize its budget ing Europe to shirk responsibility. ous Thing." is applicable to cer- a program date arranged by the more carefully .. ... With a complete I Opponents of the bill pointed out tain .,elements of the student popu- social committee will be given an and satisfactory financial report · that the fact remains that Europe lation within the confines of Wilkes opporitunity to run and sponsor a submitted monthly, there can be no must be rebuilt, and that there College. social apair or its own taste that questions which are not possible of mrust be someone there to do the This Student Council has been a will be open to the entire general solution immediately. If you have reconstructing. The theory that the· Council of action. We do not :par- student .body. In thes.e affairs the any trouble in straightening this government would control the job• ticularly pride ourselves in this re- cost should be borM by the Stu- matter with John Riley, will you placement of these people was also spect-it is simply the d•u ty of ,our dent Activitise Fund." please see me." attacked on the grounds that the office. We do, however, take exThe rec,e nt Cabaret Party sponThis concludes Dr. Farly's memo. Constitutional rights would be vioceptional pride in the fact that we sored by the Freshman Class and This council is certainly not in the lated. The group decided that there are an integral part of a student the Weiner Roast sponsored by I throes of any matter relative to its remain two alternatives to this government, which is as democra- Beta-Gamma-Chi are typical sue- financial status. A complete treasmigration (to other countries as tic, if not -mor,e democratic than cessful social enterpriz,es organized urer's report is read no less than well as the United States): Forced any other student government on and operated by club action and a once each month at a regular meet• repatriation or continued maintenany American campus. "Hands Off Policy" on the part of ing. This information is available ance of the foreign camps. The Many, many times we have de- the Student Council. This Council to each and every student at Wilkes Reverend Mr. Schindler, member liberately violated Section V of our has urged in the past and will con- College. Th.e misinformed need of the faculty who attended the Student ·Constitution By - Laws tinue to urge each and every club only attend an occasional meeting forum, observed that if admitted, which reads: "Members of the stuto sponsor at least one social ewmt or glance at the posted minutes on these immi,grants would be . con- --1 dent body may be admitted to Studuring the course of the semester. one of the three bulletin board.s sumers and thus " .. keep the whe,el$.i dent Council meetings. Howevp,r, The only requfrem,e nt is that the scatt,ered about the campus. of the economic system rolling." they shall be without voice unless This Council has been accused of He stated, "A family of nations they are delegates of an organiza- affair be open to a]] members of and brotherhood of man is nece, tion within the school or members the student body. The cost will be false economy. Allow me to remind 1 of ~-- com-m ittee, that has been ap- borne by the Student Activities you that th.e recent purchase of a genl)inely appeals to the Student sary . for ·tlie ·-advancement of ou'i( civilization." · Fend. Public Address System from the Body to make known its desires pointed by the President of the This Council has not discrimin- Charles and Mary Music Store was through personal attendance, or r ·3Student Council. This Student Council has never ated toward any club or activity based on sound financfal policy. presentative attendance at Council each Friday evening, and a Cabar.~t dance held on August 22, 1947. refused to hear any member of the at Wilkes College with purposeful· The recent Cinderella Ball is a meetings. student body at any time. The intent. The dis,tributior. o.f monies typical illustration. The rental for Thus concludes the remarks made Mr. Evans made motion to add same atmosphere of free expres- and the adjustment of budgets has a PA system for that single dance by Mr. Riley to the Coundl. Mr. Ne'son Nelson, Rhuea Williams, sion prevails at a11 committee meet- been negotiated with the financial was considerable. Let me remind Carey macje a motion that a trophy Wesley Lane, and Edie Rudolph to ings. This Student Council has b.een negotiated with the funda- you that each Friday night's dance for intramural sports be purchased. : Social Committe,'l, seconded by Mr. never had any secret meeting of mental purpose of serving the stu- requires an ad<lress system. Multi- seconded by Mr. Templeton, and ' Farrel] and carried. Mr. Templeton read Article VIII · any kind. All meetings ar publiciz- dent interests as a whole and not ply each social function held unanimously carried. Mr. FarreL throughout the past by the rental made motion that the trophy be of the Amendments to be added to ed in advance. Section III of the individual interests. By-Laws makes such provisions. If the Student Couincil has failp,d fee of a PA system and if the kept by the Council, and awarded the Constitution to change the colNo student desiring actual mem- in its attempt to be just in its fin- answer is sound financial policy, I each year, seconded by Mr. Davis, Jege name from Bucknell Univ,er·b ership on any committee has ever ancial policy; we stand accused and o~e~ my humble a~ologies to he and unanimously carried. M_r. Carey sity Junior CQllege to Wilkes Colbeen denied such participation. I are willing to accept studen,t de- m1smformed. The discount offered 1 and Mr. Farrell were appomted by , lege for the first time. ask you. "Where is the IRON OUR- mands for policy revision. The Stu- by !he seller of this syst_em result- the president as a committee to j Motion made for adjournment oy dent Constitution gives the stu- ed m a tremendous savmg to the purchase the trophy. Mr. Farrell, seconded by Mr. Davis, T:Al!N?" i])r. Farley, Mr. Morris, and Mr. and unanibously carried. The Student Constitution ably dents that opportunity. How.ever, student body. The committee offerprovides for constituitional changes. let it be known that we care not ed its report and the Council voted Ralston were called into the meetRespectfolly submitted, Article VII reads: "Amendments for vicious non-constructive criti- 9 to 3 to purchase the set. Does ing and discussion followed on the J. v. Pringle, Secretary. may be proposed by any member of cism either in the form of retal- the misinformed imply that there matte'r of ordering food for the the student body upon petition to iatory editorials or campus gossip. must be a unanimous vote of the various events through the cafethe Council, such petition to be Both these elements reflect nothing Council before a motion becomes teria, and also to have a central When You Think of -s igned by at least twenty stu- but individual frustration. "DAM- law? point for order.ing so records could NANT QUOD NON INTELLIAllow m.e to quote briefly from be kept straight. Dr. Farley sugdents .. .. .. " FLOWERS the Beacon issue dated April 18, gested the above, and Mr. Evans "Any petition vetoed by th,e GUNT.") THINK OF Last semester each clu,b was al- 1947 : "iP lans for bringing a name made a motion to adhere to this .Student Council may be overruled lotted the sum of $20.00 which was band to this institution were startsuggestion, seconded by ,Miss Roth, by a petition of one hundred names of members of the student to be used as incidental expense ed sever'.11 weeks ago, and for and carried. Mr. Riley read a petition for rebody. This petition of one hundred towards meetings. This policy has a while it looked as though the names shall be presented to the not specifically changed. Many of dreams of the Student _Council cognition of the Aecounting ForDean of Men. Th,e Dean of Men the clubs never withdrew this mo- members, who were plannmg the um headed by Mr. Manley and shall then call a special assembly ney and it reverted to the con.tin- arrangements were going to fa~! si~ed by twenty-one names, 'with 112 EAST MAIN STREET, to vote upon the propos.ed amend- gent fund at the ,end of the semes- through. One by one the obstacles their object to acquaint the acPLYMOUTH, PA. ter. The Pre-Med Club saw fit to were passed over and the entire counting student with the practical ment.'' Member Florist Telegraph Never has a single amendm,e nt ask for only $10.00 for expenses plan was realized :with the signin_g ,end of accounting rather than just Delivery Association been proposed to th.e Council by incidental to meetings for the cur- of a contract with the Charlie the theoretieal. MT. Templeton any member of the student body. rent sec.ester. This sum was readi- Spivak band. From all indications made motion to recognize this This Council, nevertheless, will ly granted. The remainder of the li1e dance will be th,e biggest thlng club, seconded by Mr. Carey, and shortly vote upon the instituting of budget was unanimously found to th~t ev~r happened at ~his college. carried. Mr. Farrel made a motion a "Fact-Finding Committee" whose be contrary to the prevailing poli- This will be the first ti_me the col- that the Administration hire audtask it wi11 be to study the Consti- cy. Section IV of Article III of the lege has run a dance with so many itors to check our books, seconded by Davies. Mr . .Savitz made a motution and make -s ubsequent re- Constitutional By-Laws states : outstanding features .. .. .. " VICTOR commendations to the Council for "Requests for additional funds by This ends the Beacon article of tion to table this. motion until insuch revisions as it deems feasible. recognized activities may be su1b- that date. The Cinderella Ball was vestigation can be made on the DECCA This committee will be composed mitted to the Student Council for the biggest thing that ever hap- auditors, seconded by Templeton COLUMBIA of both Council and non-Council approval at any time." Whenever pened at the college. It was a tre- and carried 9 to 1. members. Any student demonstrat- additional budgets were submitted mendous success. Th.ere was no inand Accessories Motion made by Mr. Farrel to ing interest in this committee may and found to l .e justified - the tent on the part of this Council submit Mr. Riley's remarks on the -THEreadily participate. This committee Council has voted to grant these to make money on the affair. The editorial as a separate article for will be required to canvass the stu- requests. If protecting the stud,ent money was already available. publication in the Beacon, seconded dents and student organizations for fund, discouraging unjustified ex- -Money contributed to the student by Mr. Davis. Open vote was taken suggestions pertinent to constitu- penditures, and serving the best activities fund by each and every with result of 8 to 3 for disapprov14 W. NORTHAMPTON ST. tional changes. They will report interests of the majority is ju:stifi- regular student in the school. The al. Mr. Evans read a report of the Phone 2-07 40 their finding to this Council and able criticism - then the stu- Council in order to complete the social calendar, and said there the proper action will be taken. dents should deem it necessary to contract with the Spivak Band had would be recording dances held ffiC Discusses Stratton Bill Student Council Minutes of Aug. 5 I I RU CH'S Flower Shop RECORDS CampUS Record Shop �\ WILKES BEACON 4 World Government Advocate Offers Sound Argument Battin' The Breeze JOHN RILEY NELSON NELSON By BRODY On the first day of football practice, fifty stalwart warriors reported to coach Ralston, and Coach Ralston smiled a smile of pleasiure. By Robert Mikulewicz If he were selling beef on the hoof, This week the Beacon prints a he would have become wealthy that review published in the magazine day, but right now the Coach is Freedom and Liberty of "National more interested in molding that Sovereignty Must Go" written by 1 raw beef into well seasoned footDr. Harold W. Thatcher who will · ball material. That shouldn't be too become head of the Wilkes College difficult a job. 'history department in the fall semThe material this season offers ester. an interesting and odd contrast. Since the beginning of the recent Back from last year are many of war, Dr. Thatcher has been chi.ef of the undefeated stars-veterans of the Historical Section in the office battlefields and football fieldsof the Quartermas~r General. well beyond the age of the average Prior to holding that position Dr. college player, but wis.e in experiThatcher was a professor of hisence, and smart under fire. With tory at the · University of Mar.1this is the encouraging thought land. He has also taught at the Hill that there will be many young, and Ashland Schools. strong m.en to call on in reserve. Dr. Thatcher received his BachThere can be no better combination. elor's degree at Columbia UniverNelson Nelson boasts that he, is Among las.t years standouts, one Smiling above is the eminent sity and his Ph.D. at the Univercan readily pick out Chip Jos.ephs, man about the campus who created the only man on the campus who sity of Chicago. Bob Waters, Johnny Florkiewicz, t'hat ponderous question: "When can claim that everyone in school 111.e problem of W odd l,overnTom Swartwood, and many others. does he get time to study?" As ment is one that has been ' a vital Generously sprinkled through the pr,esident of the Wilkes Student calls him by his first name. He disissue for quite a number of years. returning men are many capable Council Mr. Riley answers, "The regards the fact that they have no Countless •p ro and con articles connewcomers s,u,ch as Sammy Elias secret of getting the big jobs done choice. cerning the subject have been of Meyers High '42 and 43 champs, is to place the responsibility upon Nelson's claim to fame on the written. One of the more recent Jack Jones of the Nanticoke '41 the people who are willing to accampus is based on his being head articles favoring World Governchamps, Joe Brennan of GAR's cept it." ment was written by Dr. Harold W. · sensational '44 team. These aren't 1 After serving two years with the of the entire staff of the Wilkes Thatcher and appeared in the J,u,n e, all, but ,t hey're enough to show infantry, Mr. Riley entered Wilkes Yearbook, the production of whith 1947, issue of Fr.eedom and Union. why the coach is smiling; why no to pursue a Bac,helor of Sci.ence de- is the certification of .Nelson's abil . The article was entitled "National position is safely in the hands of g.r ee in Commerce and Finance. He ity. _Sovereignty Must Go". Dallas Borough High School listany one man, and why Wilkes stu- spent on.e sum~er in th~ Univer,Dr. Thatcher's study of the Amdents are going to see -s ome high sity of Iowa takmg a special course ed him as one of its top students, --erlcan Constitution and our counclass footbaH this season. in labor. Labor and its problems is and then the Infantry took over try is quite evident in his article. At prese-nt the squad is under- Mr. Riley's special interest, and and occupied much of his time dur. He uses our country as an example, going light workouts with empha- upon his graduation in the n,e ar ing his two years of service. Aside from being a band enthu·and our constitution as a pattern sis on fundamentals. Next week future he hopes to gain employ·. for a World Government Organizathe squad wi-11 wear pads and go ment with the federal government siast and a lover of dancing, Nelson claims he has led a comparainto heavy drill. Until that time, in that department. tion. The following is a condensation Mr. -Ralston will not commit himIn addition to schoolwork and tively dull and ordinary life. To of t'he article by Dr. Thatcher. self, but before two weeks have dutis on the Council, Mr. Riley remedy this malady he has been Prior to, and immediately after, passed, he will know just about spends a g~od portion of ~is time following a liberal arts course with what his team has and what it as a clerk m the Post Office. He his major in political science. He the war for independence, our country was I).othing more than a group lacks. From th.e position of inno- attribUites th e smiling countenance hopes that being a lawyer will alecent observor I don't think it lacks above to the -fact that ·h e is happi- viate the dullness in his future of independent states. The peoples years. of the states expressed a stronger anything. It is big; it is powerful; ly married. it is fast. Can you ask for more? -----------------------------loyalty to their respective stat~s than to the new nation-the United level of the colliery, the men saw ful. States. The problem that faced the ALL STAR TEAM CHOSEN The men who guided the group the coal being cracked and cleaned . original states, according to Dr. _ Many of th.em marveled at the were: John Watkins, who has been 1 In preparation for the coming ,nassiv,' uach inery an<l ho ,, iL -.,:as a boss since 1902, Walter Bonk, 'Thatcher, is the same problem that' 'wVJOR{' u'l!"Jua·t:'"W'"d,V,e'i' W~{¥Jeli\1 faces the nation states to-day, that where suspected p.ersons are operat- Intramural League picnic to be all kept in excellent running con- who has thirty years in the mines, is, to &u11Tender a portion of their ing, investigate those persons and, held at Sans Souci Park on Sept. dition. The nickname that the col- and John Fahlinger. These men, national sovereignty or else be sub- if evidence warrants, bring them 6, a meeting was held by the team li.e rys have given the second floor who answ.ered prac,tically every jected to destruction or absortion. to trial in World Government managers to vote on the All-Star is the "laundry". Here, the coal is question fired at them, explained The world knows whic"h course the Courts of Justice. Such an arrange- team which will play the Sad put through a sol,ution which the way the coal is mined. They states followed. ment would not call for a huge Sacks, undefeated league leaders. showed the groups all of the variJust exactly how much national World Police Force but rather a Balloting was heavy, and much causes the coal to float and the rock ous headings, slopes, planes, and sovereignty must be surrendered force eomparable to the FBI in the consideration was given those play- and bone to sink to the bottom. pitches, and explained the purpose Dr. Thatcher does not say, but he United States, on a world-wide bas- ers who were outstanding in tlwir Men are continuously watching of each. Among the sights was an does state that ". .... the control of is-a force large enough to oper- positions. It is a tribwte to the All- these chutes to see that they don't old mule barn, cut out in the wall, atomic energy is one field in which ate effectively against individuals Stars that those who played against become clogged. These men are the where mules lived all of their lives, nations must sacrifice their sov- or small grou-p s of individuals. It them, those who actually faced best paid workers in the colliery; and never saw the light of day. ereignty." In addition to the atomic would not be the World Govern- them on the field, chose them above some of them earn as high as two Finally, the trip was over and phase there is the problem of tar- ment operating against any parti- all others to oppose the Sad Sacks. dollars an hour. The water used in the men were outside. The entir.e It was decided that two men processing the coal is obtained group agreed that it was one of iffs. Our original states had to part I cular nation -b ecause a nation as with their exclusive right to levy I su:ch cannot be coerced. It would should be chosen for each position from the river and th.en pumped to the finest experiences in their lives. tariffs, and the nation states must : be the World Government exerting to insure a full line up in case of a reservoir up in the mountains. The students who went on the trip do likewise.. its influence upon its citizens or unforseen events that may prevent The last sight observed in the were: Raymond Williams, Charles any of the stars from participating breaker by the group was the man- Templeton, John Jones, George -Such problems as these it is felt citizen. are incidental. The important probThe core of Dr. Thatcher's article on that day. All-Star manager will ner in which the huge gondolas Brodbeck, Joseph Chupka, Joseph be Marty Blake. Litchman, Lester Jones, John lem is the willingness of nation is contained in this paragraph: were loaded. The All-Star Team: After the tour through the br.e ak- Hudzik, Eugene R.<.!potski, Joseph ,states to cooperate, and to give up "The road to salvation, I submit, Catcher--Gallitta, Clowns _p art of their soverignty to the is clear but hard . We cannot expect er, everybody went outside to the Pringle, George Fry, John Bellas, First base-Glowacki, Pre-Med -W orld Government Organization. to attain salvation without sacrilamp shanty wher.e each student William Kelly, Robert Sloan, ArnSecond base- Greco, Clowns Once this is accomplished, once the i flee. We make great sacrifices to was given a lamp. While the group old Nuchlis, Frank Wheeler, RichThird base-Davis, Faculty pattern is laid and a solid founda- attain victory in war; we must be was waiting to go into the mine, ard Conklin, Thomas Teresinski, Shortstop-'Partridge, Faculty tion is established, then the other Prepared to make even greater o.nes Mr. Michael Moss, assistant mine Paul Callahan, Thomas Evans, Shortfield-Carey, I.R.C. parts will be made to fit and com- to attain victory over war. Peace foreman, gave a lecture on the Howard Marvelle, and the Beacon Outfield-Anderson, Beacon Colar Safety Lamp. He explained reporter, Norb,e rt S. Olshefski. plete the pictma-e. can only be bought at a price. That Weis, Dorm Dr. Thatcher presents a very price is the sacrifice of national to the group the system used in Pelish, I.R.C. t.esting for gas. clear view of just how the police sover.eignty. To what degree naPitch.ers-Sodt, I.R.C. power of the World Government tional sovereignty must be sacriFinally, the big moment had Morse, Engineers would operate. If the nations give ficed only experience will tell. The come, the students were to go down Alternates: up th.eir absolute sovereignty then important thing is the willingness into the mine itself. They were led Jonathon, I.R.C., catcher; May- to the top of a landing where they there will be in existence a dual to make this sacrifice, for without citizenship much the same as exists this willingn.ess there can be no ock, first base; Gill, Beacon, second would get on the cage that would bas.e; Morse, Beacon, shortstop; tak.e them into the bowels of the in th.e United S-t ates to-day. A per- peace." son will be a citizen of the World !Dr. Thatcher in this article has Kelly. I.R.C., third base; Laggin, earth, and a new and exciting adGovernment and a citizen of his presented quite a convincing argu- Faculty, shortfield; .Savitz, I.R.C.; venture. There were really two nation state and responsible to each ment for the .establishment of a McDougal, Clowns; Kovalchik, Pre shafts which were very close to each other, one was called the Red in its sphere of influence. With such World Government. No doubt the Med, Outfielders. Ash and the other Hillman. The an arrangement, the World Govern- article should be warmly received ment Police Organization would not by World Government advocates. ECONOMIC CLUB VISITS MINE Red Ash shaft is 11'50 feet deep and operate against nations, but rather This article is worthy of the attenthe Hillman is 585 feet. The head ( continued from page 1) tender, as he is called, would allow against citizens of the World Gov- tion of those -who ae indifferent to, It was a long haul up to the top only ten men to enter each cage. ernment, as our Federal Govern- those who favor, and those who are ment works against criminals in the not in favor of a World Gov,ern- of the br,eaker and by the time the When they got to the bottom, they men got there, most of them were discovered that it looked very much United States today. That is, if a ment Organization. c itizen in the United Stat.es comFrom time to time the BEACON tired. Once inside the breaker, the like the London tubes, without the mits a Federal offense the Federal will endeavor to run articles pre- men began to observe very closely advertising. The roof was made of Government has, the authority, re- senting various views on the prac- everything that went on. The first concrete and there was an abungardless of state boundaries or ticability of world government. thing the group noticed was the dance of air. Two smaller groups laws, to enter that state and bring Throu•gh a presentation of the dif- manner in which the coal was first were formed and each was taken Wilkes-Barre, Pa. to trial such criminals in Federal . ferent aspects of the problem the separated into valious sizes with into the mine ·f oreman's room. In Couirts of Justice. student body can arrive at a better the large pieces of slate and rock the room, the group met Mr. Theo being removed. Down on the second Davies who told them to be careThe World Government, then, understanding of the issue. i I I i I U~E GLENDALE WOODLAWN DAffiY PRODUCTS BISCUIT CO. * � 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 Wilkes Beacon 1947 August 29th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1947 August 29 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 Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/1496bd71d7c04aeeab3718406ef90981.pdf c850789ee7f4605fc88d5119a9e76d5b PDF Text Text Vol. 1, No. 9. WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA. Wilkes Meets Army JVS Friday In Grid Opener ·- - - -------------------------------- Manuscript Will Be Out TOmorrow Second Issue of Manuscript Ready; Sept. 29., 30 Set Copies Will Be Placed In Chase Hall As Final Dates For Registraton By EDIE RUDOLPH Today the Manuscript will make its .second appearance at Wilkes College. The Manuseript, Wilkes literary magazine, is composed entirely of contributions submitted by students. These contrib,u.tions fall into many classifications such as poetry, descriptive themes, critica essays, short stories, expository articles, autobiographical compositions, and character sketches. The essential requirement of the material used in the Manuscript is that it must be of highest literary value. Much of the material found i.n the forthcoming issue of th~ Manuscript characterizes the post war era in which we are living today. The numerous articles in the previous iss,we of the Manuscript which related war experiences anu tales of G. I. life, for the greater part, have been ,r eplaced by articles expressing the students' and veterans' activities and attitudes in the post-war world. The nervous ten- sion of war has given way to the quiet calm that allows peaceful, relaxed writing to take its rightful place. The Manuscript manifests this new calm. In addition to the authors of the contributions, Nan Richards, Editor in Chief of the Manuscript is to be highly commended for the fine work she and her assistants displayed in selecting and prepapring the materi!ll for publication. Members of the staff who assisted Miss Richards were Henry Anderson, Robel't Miller, Miriam Golightly, and Edie Rudolph. Eugene Maylock who served as Business Manager and Joe Gudaitis who served as Typist also contributed a great deal of time and effort toward the success of the magazine. With the indispensible aid of Dr. Mary E. Craig and Mrs. Gertrude Williams, advisers, the staff of the Manuscript was able to produce a publication that can proudly tak,e its place among the literary magazines of the leading colleges and Universiti,es in the country, THIRTEEN NEW INSTRUCTORS ADDED TO WILKES FACULTY By BOB MILLER The faculty of Wilkes College will be enlarged this fall with the signing of new members whose appointments have been announced by the administration department. In the Engineering Section wp, will have Charles S. Taylor, Instructor of Engineering. Mr. Taylor received his B. S. and M. S. degrees from Pennsylvania State College. He ha,s don,e research work in Meteor-0logy, and has co-ouithored several pamphlets for military us,e and several correspondence courses on the saime subject. He served with the United States Naval Reserve during World War II. In the same department will be John J. Williams, Im1tructor in Engineering. The English Department will include Dr. Frank J. J. Davies as Assistant Professor of E,'n glish. Dr. Davies received his Ph.B., M. A., and Ph.D. from Yale University. He taught at Yale University and was Vi,siting Professor of English at the University of Puerto Rico. Ruth L. Knowles who received her B.A. from Western Michigan College and M.A. from Columbia University will be Instructor in English. Nicholas Revotskie will be Instructor in Physics. Mr. Revotskifl received his B.S. from Annapolis. He served with the Navy during the last War. Ralph A. Kinckin.er, also Instructor in Physics, received his B.S. in E.E. from the University of Pennsylvania. All students attending school this SllllUlter must complete their final registrations on September 29 or 30. Failure to do so will result in a charge of $6.00 late registration fee. There will be no exceptions made to this ruling because of the gr.eat number of students on waiting lists seeking admission. Day school students will be addmitted to evening courses only if the subjects requdred are not offered in day school, and then only by permission of the registrar, Dean of Mer. or Dr. Farley. Day clesset. for the fall semester start on October 9. E,'vening classes start September 2:-l. LIBRARY WILL BE EXPANDED l we In the Economics Department will have Leon Agranat, Assistant Professor in Eeonomics. Charles Cann who received his A.B. from p 1 · Stat CO11 . .e nnsy vama e ege Wl 11 also be in the Economics Section. Dr. Thaddeus Mitana will fill the Mr. Joseph Meyers, librarian of the Wilkes College Library, announced this week that there will be three rooms a«ded to the library. The ,e xpansion of the library will be made by acquiring three large rooms on the first floor of Kirby Hall. The new library rooms will b.e ~he two that are at present occu.pied by the Commercial Depa_rtment, and room number 108 which has been used for various clasSol!s. The new rooms will provide the library with mueh need.~d space. The new additional space is to be used mainly as reading rooms, and will also house the libraries reference collection, magazine and periodical collection, and several reserve book shelves. The library has also purchased 4000 new books adding to the libraries growing collection. A list of the new books will be printed in the next issue of the Beacon. Mr. Meyers further announced that a periodical :reading list of MW books will also be available in the library to the student body. - I position of Assistant Professor of Polish. Dr. Mitana received his Ph. D. from the University of Cracow, Poland. He has published several articles and essay-a in Polish and American magazines dealing with Polish and Am.erican· culture and education. He has taught in both American and Tolish Universities. Hazel Hart will be Instructor in Mathematics. She received her A. B. from Pennsylvania State College. Amy MacMaster has been appointed Instructor of Sociology. She received both her B. A. and M.A. degrees from Bryn Mawr. Miss MacMaster also attended the University of London, University of Vienna, and Columbia. She was engaged in social work, research, and writing regarding social matter&. The Dean of Women will be Betty L. Harker who will also serve as Instructor of Psychology. Miss Harker received her B.A. from Lawrence College and her M.A. from Northwestern University. Joseph M. Mal"kowitz will be instructor in Chemistry. He received his B. S. in Chemical Engineering from Bucknell University. Yearhook, Beacon Staffs To Meet Friday, Sept. 26 A meeting will be held on Friday at noon in the Beacon office to discuss plans for the Yearbook and Beacon for the coming semester. Members of th.e past staff of the Yearbook and present staff of the Beacon are urged to attend. Anyone interested in joining either staff is welcome to attend the meeting. Ralstonmen Open Season at West Point Against Powerful Army J. V. Eleven By GEOR:GE BRODY Friday WHkes College invades West P-0int for the season's opening game a,nd to Ralston's Gridmen this will be a very important event. Army will, no doubt, be the toughest on the Wilkes schedule and a victory is sure to usher in a successful season. To this end, coach Ralston has worked his men long and hard. Burt the coach is not optimistic. Hot weather has retarded the team's conditiontng, shortened the scrimmage sessions. The "cream of the anthracite" find themselves with a sturdy defensive line. Th.e Army J ayvees show a three year unbeaten skien, the Academy scoring record, and the psychological advantage of playing at home. Ralston's biggest headache, at present, is the finding of -a field gen.era!. Coach Ralston realizes he needs a signal caller, but feels that he isn't quite ready to select his man. If the man is available, this game will find him. The probable starting lineup is as follows: R. E. ... ... Feeny LT. Washko R. T. Hendershot R. G. .. Lewis C. ...... ... Elias L. G. . .. .. .. .. ..... .. .... Gorgas L. E. ........ ...... Hiller W. B. . .. . Waters B. B. . ... Josephs F. B. Supinski T. B. .............. Florkiewicz The lineup is subject to change, but with what is known of Army's style, these are the men that are considered most able to cope with the situation. The line is strong, fast, and most important in this ga,me, it is smart. The backfield has a wide range of experience, can handle itself well, is familiar with Ralston's method of play, and, ~~~t necessary in this game, · as worked against the "T". Army will find Ralston's gridders a hard combination to fool. As assistant coach Tom Miller confidently says, "We're the best, if no one produces betts." We look for Wilkes to win. Washco, Florkiewicz Elected Co-Captains For 1947 Grid Team At an election held in the in:losure at Kirby Park yesterday, members of the 1947 football team favored John Florkiewicz and Gerard Washco as co-captains of the grid team. Four members of last year's unbeaten squad were nominated for th positions of co-captains. The four were, Bob Waters, John Florkiewicz, Bob Gorgas, and Gerard Washco. Before the election Coach George F. Ralston gave the boys a short pep talk and impressed upon them the importance of picking a captain that had all the qualities need- ed for the position. Washco, who will be in the firststring tackle slot this year, is a sophomore at this college. He played on the var-s ity for this institution last season. Prior to coming to Wilkes he attended Nanticoke High School, where he played three years of football in 1941-4243, under Coach Stanley Galazin. Florkiewicz, another Nanticoke High graduate, played two years of . scholastic football in 1940-41, under Galazin. He alternated with Francis Pinkowski at the quarterback slot last season on the Bucknell Junior College eleven. MISS BETIY L. HARKER NAMED· DEAN OF WOMEN Betty L. Harker will assume the position of Dean of Women with the or.~ning of the fall semester. Miss Harker received her B. A. degree from Lawrence College and her M. A. degree from Northwestern University. While doing undergraduate work she was a member of the Mortar Board Society which is composed of students who have made outstanding scholastic record and who have shown outstanding leadership in S'tudent activities. Upon graduation f.rom Lawrenc.e College, Miss Harker held the position of housemother at a colleg,e in Oregon. She then accepted a position in the personnel department of a concern employing two thousand. From here Miss Harker went to Northwestern University for her master degree. Miss Harker's educational and business background should prove to be a valuable asset in her position as Dean of Women at WilkeR College. �2 WILKES BEACON EDITORIAL STAFF tulations I have received by far outweigh the criticisms. Signed, Nelson Nelson Wednesday, September 24, 1947 Polish Club Ready For Fall Semester; First of Fall Activities Begin Sept 30; Club Will Sponsor Comedy October 10 Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H,enry Anderson D.ear Editor: It was with a good deal of runAssistant Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Miller usement and unsuppressed chuckBusiness Manager ... ·............................... Gene Maylock ling that I read the letter from M.essrs. Daniels and Miller trying Art Editor • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Bauer to belittle the efforts of the year. . . . . Richard Greenfield book staff in the production of the latest annual. To say that th~ir .......... Charles· Reif comments and arguments were Faculty Advisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph Donnelly naive and typical of the 16 and 17 year-old high-sehool stllldents r.eferred to in their mournful epistle Typists--Joe Gudaitis, E!A!anor Krute, Dorothy J. Sorber. would 'be an understatement. Cartoonist . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Elvidge Nevertheless, I cannot bring myReporters-Robert Mikulewicz, Nelson Nelson, George Miller, Harold self to overlook all of these infanRein, George Brody, Russell Williams, Edyth Rudolph, Muriel Brands- tile remarks. Therefore, I shall content myself to answering those dorf, Caryl Galow, Clayton Bloomburg, Norbert Olshefski, Vineent Marc_i_ comments referring- to the ·piet-ures. First of all, the "trick photography" or duplication of photographs is a forgiveab!A! oversight caused by the failure of a certain individual to meet a deadline for turning in pictures. The composition of the At -pre.sent a chapter of the AVC, a :national veterans' book ·n ecessitated the completion of a page at a time; the pictures and oiiganization, is being organirred on this campus. captions were sent to the enMany active veteran students at Wilkes have long feared gravers then and work st!!,rted on the institution of a veterans' orgam.ization on this campus. new pages. Duplication oeeurred The chief objection to the establi,shment of a veterans' chap- when the belated pictures were in, some having been aster here has been that such a chapter can easily effect an tlllt'1led signed to pages already at the eniinsurmountable breach between veteran am.d non-veteran gravers, and ·some to several unfinished pages. In the ensuing mixstudents. up, o.ne or two photos were turned :At a time when this college is in its infancy, a time when in for another page and the duplicooperation among all students is needed to help in dixecting cation resulted. the g,rowth of the college, it is particularly evident that a In another portion of their "joureffort", Messrs. Miller and breach between two S1Uch factions can be most unfortunate. nalistic Daniels speak so authoritatively It ,should be understood that a breach is not predicted, but it about a lack of student interest in is a possibility. the yearbook and the almost cri:mefforts to reduce their incomes The number of non-veteran students entering this col- inal by $4.00, not to mention the hi®lege is increasing in great proportion. In fact, of all the ous torture involved in jamming students entering here in the fall, sixty per cent will be non- such a lar.ge-size Yearbook down veterans. In •s ubsequent s.emMters the percentage will great- so many throats. In the same breath, they had complained about ly increase. It is probable that they wiU resent the estab- the appearance of members of the JADWIGA SMOSARSKA lisment of a campus organization of which they cannot be Photo-staff in several pictures and the disastrous consequences as re- who will have the leading female role in the Polish comedy to be sponpart. sored October 10 at Coughlin High School 'by the flected by strangers to the campus. Another objection to a veterans' chapter here, a.r,fa;es Could these gentlemen, so rarely Wilk.es College Polish Club from the fact that some people have in the past misconstrued, seen at school funetions and equaland still misinterpret, the aims of a veterans' organization ly inactive in campus activities be At the end of the pr.esent semes- Films". She was awarded the Gold nd of heart? ter, the Polish Club of Wilkes Col- Cross for Service for her activities on a campus as a means of obtaining veterans' demands from u er.g oing a change Can such righteous indignation be Jege will again provide th.e people in her native Poland. Miss Smosarthe college. It must be emphasized that veterans have no construed to mean th at theY are interested in the Polish lang-uage ska Left Poland in 1939 to come to special status in college. They are solely students, but have truly interested i.n what happens and customs with a series of cul- the United States where she reto good old Wilkes a nd all th at it tural and social activities. sumed her stage appearances. no special status. t be th e "will stands for 'I ("Se It muS At a recent meet1'ng of the club, i" H p t H Henryk Rozmarynowski has also Since -it is likely the chapter will be formed despite any 0 f All a h · e ere v · ar- a program of ent~rta1·n~ " 138· 139) "' ...,.,nt was led a very colorful l'ife on the objections, those who have been opposed to veterans' orga.n- grove • PP · -t f · · f pl·a nned. The ente"" ...... a1·nmen.t select- Polish -s tage. He received his drat' (As. a pom O m orma 10n, ed is varied so as to please as 1 d izatiOIIlS at this college hope that the leaders of the chapter members of the 12-man Yearbook matic training in Warsaw, Po an , Photostaff, each one a Wilkes stiimany people as possible. and was well known in theatrical will make clear the intentions of the chapter and will not dent, appeared in less than 25 of The first event on the list of circles. His stage career was inallow its purposes to be misdirected. over 400 candid shots-pictures programs will be a card party terupted by the war and he was which, in themselves gave cover- which will be held at Chase Hall able to return to it only very retaught in class. age to nearly 650 students!) on Sept?mber 30 at . eight. p. 1!1· cently. And to make doubly sure that The ~ha1rma~ for th1·s 8:ffa1r will The Polish Club members who The letter stated in the sixth -p aragraph, "Reminiseing a bit, we the minds of these two gentlemen be Miss Felc1a Czarnecki of Glen will he in charge of the program _ . are Mr. Joseph Romanick, General happen to look back at our hig.h are set completely at ease, the sel-1 Lyon. In or-d:r !o foster the mterest o! Chairman, and Mrs. Bertha Dziaschool yearbook, published by 16 ection of the yearbook photographs and 17 year old children. Our high was undertaken by members of the the ;PU~he m the ~ork of the or- dos-z, co-ehairman. Committees: sehool yearbook cost $1.25." That various staffs and the editors It gamzat1on, the Pohsh Club extends Publicity, Felicia N. Czarnecki, I wish to answer the letter in is a very touching statement, but was not a one or two-man job as a . cordial invitation !o all of _its chairman, Mrs. Mary Schwartz; friends to ~ttend. Tickets, which Ushers, Helen Omichi-nski, chairwhich Mr. Daniels and Mr. Miller how many e.ears ago was it that was inferred in their letter. Many thanks for an opportunity can be obtame~ from th~ members man; Jule Wodzka, co-ehairman; wrote to the BE.'ACON, unjustly Mr. Miller and Mr. Daniels were criticizing the "Yearbook". First in high school 'I I, too, can remem- to explain certain facts with the of the c~1UJb, ":1-ll cost sixty cents. Gloria Boguszewski, Nellie Vernarof all, it was said that the students ber when one could buy a good five hope that any malcontents will, in Table pri:zes will be awarded at the ski, Eugenia Zaleta, Gloria Paez. kowski, Betty Grosek, Retty Kruwere not informed as to why the cent hot dog or a good fifty cent the future, consider ALL the facts party. At the next gathering of the szka, Sylvia Waiter, Dolores Pisz· "Yearbook" was delayed. If thes,e meal. However, no one can possibly before mounting their soapboxes. Respectfully, Club on Sunday, October 5, at 3:30 czek, Peggy Ashman, Doroty Bia·two · students were well informed compare prices of today with . John w Burak p. m., the Reverend J. E. Gryczka, logowiez, Sophie Klosowski, and prices of five to seven years ago. · on what they were writing about, _ _ _ _ _ _ _· Pastor of St. Hedwig's Church, Margaret Harcharik. Program and · 'they would never have made such We are now living in inflationary Kingston, will be the guest sp.eak- Ads: Peter Zawatski, chairmn; a statement, for there were art- times. er. Casinus J. Kopko, co-chairman; ieles diseussing the delay of the On Friday, October 10, at Cough- Ben Groblewski, Theresa BudziewTh.e question was asked, "Why "Yearbook" on the front pages of lin High School the Polish Club ski, Kay Mazur, Mrs. John Aponthe March 14 and March 28 issues publish a 'Yearbook' 'I" When stuwilJ sponsor a Polish play which ick. Tickets: • Stanley Kowalski, dents, especially some of us veterof the BEACON. will be presented by a group of chairman; Stainley Rosolowski, coans, learn that the college will go talented young aetors formerly af- chairman; Mrs. Ed. Makowski, The name of the book is clearly on long after we have left, everyA committee is currently being filiated with the Warsaw Theatre, Helen Romanick, Joseph F. Lester, printed on the cover. It is called thing will run much more smoothBUJC, Volume 2. This is indeed a ly. A yearbook is an aecepted pub- organized at Wilkes College to Waiisaw, Poland. The title of the Henry Rydzewski, John Schmidt, trifling matter. What do these boys lication on every campus. Someone plan the role the Wilkes student Polish comedy is "Kto si~ lubi, ten Mrs. John Schmidt, Casimir Sieminski, Zigmund Shek 1etski, Paul want to call it. "The Bucknell An- has to have the difficult job of body will assume in the forthcom si~ czubi". The English translation of the Selecky, Esq., Jerry Russin, and nual" or some other trite title 'I starting this worthwhile tradition ing Welfare Drive which will open A trite name maybe would have on our campus. I dare say that the on October 15. The committee will title is : "People who love each · Mrs. Elaine Steinhower. Stage: satisfied our two outspoken mast- people who have so violently criti- attempt to organize a successfuJ other, they quarrel." Th.e play por- Edward Stryjak, chairman; John cized this yearbook will soon be drive to raise funds that will ex- trays the trial and tribulations of Hudzik, Edward Boyle, Francis . ers of critique. forgotten in Wilk.es circles where- punge the poor showing the student a romance between two young Gowat, John Kelly, Joseph Chupka, . I am very sorry about the dupli- as the yearbook will continue and body made in the last Welfare people. JuliUJS Brand and Chester Omincations of photos but no publica- improve as the years pass. Drive. The leading roles are played by chinski. tion is perfect. Furthermore it is J ·a dwiga Smosarska and Henryk On Sunday afternoon, October The "Yearbook" did have a few the policy of the "Yearbook'· to HE LOOKED IT Roz:marynowski. Miss Smosarska 126, the members of the Polish Chlb . let as many students as pos~ible m'istakes, but we learn and profit had been affiliated with the War- will entertain Dr. and Mrs. ThadThe colored soldier had been saw Theatre in Poland. She played deaus Mitana and Dr. and Mrs. · ·g ain the wealth of knowledge by mistakes. Constructive criticism from aetual experience gained is always welcome. I admire the peeling potatoes until his hands the leading roles in thirty four Stanko Vujica. Dr. Mitana, who from .p ublishing the book rather man who has .t he courage to criti- aehed. Turning to a fel4ow K. P. he stage plays and also made thirty . was recently appointed head of the than to hire professionals who cize blUJt I have little respect for said: ''Wha.t d'you suppos.e dat ser- five films. Miss Smosarska has not Polish Department, will assume his · would undoubtedly present a bet- the man who unjustly criticizes geant mean when ·he call us K. P. ?" only gained popularity in Poland new duties here in the Fall Sem"Ah dunno'', replied his co-work- burt also in the U. S. In Poland and ester. Both Dr. Mitana and Dr. . ter book. One of the purposes of just to have something to say. · the publication is to allow strudents In bringing this ietter to a close er. "But from de look on his faCP-, here in the United States, she is I Vujica will bcome advisors of thPto practice what they have been I have only to say that the congra- ah thinks he meant 'Keep Peelin'." known as the "Queen of Polish Polish Club. - - -----., - • - , 1 .• • - - - - ··················· · ••· EDITORIAL 0 LEITERS TO THE EDITOR Welfare Comm. Being Organized 1· i I �··· Wednesday; ··September 24, 1947 WI!i~EEL.BEAOON Excellent Argument Opposing NewWilkProgram Pro[ Feelzwell Universal Military· Training . Series. Offers .Has Alarming ·Presented To House Gommittee Book·Discussions Experience . 8 :·ag.ed the professor still had enough of the old spirit left to withstand another hard. blow. The laundries l went on etrike. Feelzwell watch,ecl · · his· limited · supply cif clean shirts dwindle. One by one the soiled shirts were stufl'ed into the laun... dry_bag, thei:e to .stay, or the strike · continued. Fil'.l'ally 'Feelzwell adH.erkimer ·V,·Feetz·well, professor mi'tt.e d that the ·inevitable 'had hapof exterior decorating; .saw •. spots ·pened. He ·must buy a new shirt. before his eyes, he heard a con- So off to the haberdashers h.e went. st.arit ·ringing ·in his· ears ..· Lectur.e "I want a white shirt, neck size after Lecture Feelzwell ·carried on 14, sleeve length 2.'' So said He:rkiv.a liantlv. The s1l0ring- of t he stu- m.er. d.e nts d·,ring- lectures •disturbed him ."We have. a fine value toc!ay in not at· all burt:. the dancing spots broadcloth. But did you say a 14 and ceaseless -ringing -ga,ve ,him no neck; sir? Let me meas. ~re you.'' rest. The salesman went to ·work with his tape. "Just as I thought, si r. Feelzwell changed his toothpaste -You should have a 16." with no · r:esults. He took vitamin tablets; learned the rhumba, ·joined "No. I want a siz.e 14. I've al the ·sPCA. Still the spots whirled ways worn a 14 collar." wherever h.e looked and the tiny "Just as you wish, sir. We shall bells ·tinkled as regularlv as crick- be glad to sell you a size 14. Bttt ets on a -summer night. Finally the do you, know what will hap.pen if harried professor sought th.e ad- you wear a size 14? Your ears will viee of President Farley. ring .and you'll see spots in front "My reeling in the matter is" said of your .ey.es.'' voluntary b_a sis and neither has the MRS. J. H. WILLIAMS ON Ma-r ine Corps. SEPT. 30 p ANEL The following views on UniverPilot training quotas for the Air sal Militry Training are conde~sed Carps are easily filled by voluntary from, "The testimony of Mr. Jess.e action. The problem of lack of man The Hoyt Library of Kingston P. Bogue (executive Secretary of power is found in the ground forcP. and the Osterhout Free Library of the American Association of Junior of the Air Corps. This deficiency Wilkes-Barre are sponsoring :¾ Co!l.eges), presented Jul~ 11, 1947 could be met and overcome by the series of half-hour radio programs be.fore the Armed Services Com- . Junior Colleg,e s and technical in- called, WHY READ IT?, over Stamittee of the House of Repr.esent- : stitutes. In these institu,tions "Ter- tion WILK Tuesday .evenings at' atives, United States Congress." minal vocational-technical cu~ricula 8:00. The weekly seri-es which beThis testimony was printed in th.e are offered but should be ext.end- gan on Septemher 16, is devoted American Asso_ciation of Junior ed." This v~luntary training would to the works of prominent authors. Colleges, Washington Newsletter, supply the men needed by th.e ,John -Gunther's, "Inside U. S, A.", and Ernie Pyle's, "Home V o1., II , N o. lo d a t ed A ugus t 4 , ground forces of the Air Corps. 1947, titled "Universal Military Th t th f th A . t Country", were the su,bjects of Tr • • ,, e s reng o e rmy is 0 - discus·sion during the first program. .~mmg · . . . day in .e xcess of 1,000,000 mem- Judge Harold Flannery was the The Amencan Assoc1at1on of hers. This number should be mainM Junior Colleges believes in a pro- tained or even increased in order moderator and rs. T. M. B. Hicks, f N · ·1 " Th, Jr., the discussion leader. The gr~m . or ational Seou.; tr. e to hold our position as the leading pan.el analyzing ,the books consistth obJectives of e association ar~ nation in th.e world today. This ed of Dr. Eugene S. Farley, Prothe same as those of the Presi force of at least 1 000 000 has been , Ad · · te ' ' of as high fessor LeroyM.Bugbee, of D Wyoming the d ent s visory Comm1_t . e o~ u • met" ... ...with rejections F f Pr.exy, '.' that you· need the help M. T. However, there is a differ- as SO% of the volunteers." Why Seminary; · iss ranees orrance, o a psychologist. I suggest you f · · h th d and Mr. Bert Ecker, a veteran and have Katie D. give you a thorough ence O opmion as to t e me O 5 then a program of U.MT? student at Wilkes College. check-up.' Shortly thereafter the by which the!M! objectives are to be T'-t · f UMT · t· t d t '-- Hoyt an d the osterhout Lib various · d emons at th.e Guidance hed ,.., cos o is es ima e a T,.., reaAc cross · t· f . . f $1,750,000,000 annually. If the seiraries are presenting this series Center gave Feelzwell a "thorough sec ion o opm1ons o . b • f h students, administrators and facul- ec~ion asis o t e . army were as a p~blic servic~ through the co- check-up". Feelzwell was gam.e }xu,t ty members in various colleges raised and part. of this sum used op,erait1on of Station WILK. The . the peculiar tests the guidance th h t th · t b ought to make army hfe ... . more attrac- , speakers appear on the programs group gave him made him :feel f 0 ~~;hou f O11 e. coUJ~ ry br t tive as a career for well-matured in the 'Spirit of public service. even more peculiar. e extensive owmg vtews, ···· men " , th ere wou ld no t b e ti1e nee d M'iss S op h.ia M. R . O'H ara. was they're not enoughu to· ·be Wh h conclusive and are not 80 present- to use the total su~ to support a the leader of the second program · en t e guiders had finished, ed. They do .indicate a trend of UMT program. which_ would not Septemher 23, at_ the same. ho~r, their advice was very interesting supply such a high caliber of men. when mystery stones were discuss- but as H. V. F. left the Guidance th1·n1c·mg tha t·, . . Center and walked down South 1. Public opinion has been chang" ~ National Guar? should be ~ by Warden Hl;8ley, Mr. Wilham River the sights he saw were still ing during the past several months orgam~ed as the Nat!onal Army Ricketts, a_nd Abt Y Leon Schwartz. punctuated with multitudes of perin the direction of universal mili- and given status, equipment and On a third program, n.ext Tues- iods. The sounds he heard were tary training training far above anything we day night at 8:00, .Wyoming Val- faintly audible above a symphony have ever provided", that is mor~ Ley amithors will present the prob2. The majority opinion of ad- pay, drilling and doubling of sum- !ems of their craft. Mrs. John of miniatmire alarm clocks. ministrators is against the policy. mer camp time and ,use of up-to- Howell Williams, local author and "Dr. Farley", reported Feelzwell, 3. The opinion of faculty mem- date equipment and methods. There member of the Wilk~s College fac- "the symptoms are still present. hers is almost evenly divided. should be at least 2,000,000 rnem- ulty, will lead that discussion. What shall I do? My students boo 4. The majority opinion of stu- hers in the organization. Judge Flannery is acting as when I enter the classroom, no one dents favors the policy. The National Army could, in moderator for th~ first three pro- waits on me in the cafeteria, the 5. The opinion of veteran stu,- time of war, protect the co1~mun- grams of the senes, !'- nd Reverend embalmed cats in the zoology lab dents is decidedly in favor of the ity in which they live, and to train Joseph T. Hammond tor th e fourth arch their backs and spit when I policy.'' the civilia-n population to care for and fifth • . . pass Conyngham. Lady Macbeth's Staunch believers ·in U. M. T. themselves. The National Army The senes ~ planned will problem was elemental compared state that a nation does not neces- then would act as a p,ersonnel pool heard over Station WILK for t~ir- to mine.'' sadly become militaristic merely from which the Regular Army teen ~eeks, ,every Tuesday evenmg "Better have the college physiby adopting such a policy. But could call large numbers, and if at . eight O clock. . However, t~e what these people fail to take into need be the whole of the National senes may ·be contmued longer lf cian examine you.'' Thus Professor Feelzwell turned to the medicos. consideration is that U. M. T. has Army. ' interest in it warrants. never been in effect in this coun · "The ROTC units should be First the doctor tried green pills. try for a long enough time to pro- greatly extended and supported in program could he financed with no Results were negative. The red vide the necessary exp,erience upon our Junior Colleges, Senior Col- more expenditure than would be pills helped no more. An appendecwhich to judge. leges and Universities." The ROTC involved in one year of the pro- tomy removed Feelzwell's vermishould b.e broadened to a point posed UMT program.' form app,endix but did not remove Militaristic tendencies if not where an average of 10,000 officers The very core of Mr. Bouge's the spots and the ringing. han:dl(l(i_ properly develop into an of superior ability and intelligence report is a plea for an improved un~heckable, · cancerous, . national will be provided each year. These educational system in the United Further su!I'gery was also withinf~ction. The . history of other na- men could suppLement the West States. Definitely not education for out effect. Feelzwell's gall bladder, tions that adopted UMT shows de- Point graduates for the Regular war, but, "If another war comes, warts, te,eth, tonsi.ls, and adenoids finitely .-th~t t.~os,e nati.o ns became Army, supply the National Army which God forbid, we cannot afford precee<led him to his grave in that international bullies, bullies who with officers and suitable officers to burden the Army with an edu- order. The rest cure didn't work. grew rich and fat at the expense for the ROTC units themselv.es, in cational -p rogram to make fit X-ray treatm.ents were ineffectual. of Lesser nations. But in the end addition to supplying an active re- enough illiterate men for at least ltegistrar Morris even reduced the 1 these bullies fell-defeated and de- serve force. three divisions of troops as was proiessor's teaching load one half. stroyed. This brings up the quesMedical science was baffled. "We "It is believed that this total the case in the last war." tion of whether the people of the regret to inform you that there is United States can adopt the policy nothing more we can do for you, of U. M. T. that these nations fostDr. Feelzwell", said the physician. ered and yet escape the conse"If some new technique is discovquences they brought upon themered I shall inform you." selves. Why should we, as a naThat's why Feelzwell began the tion, adopt, in the very same form, study of Yogi. After a year of ina policy that has proved its worthtensive cramming, H. V. F. could lessness? • control every muscle in his body. In his report Mr. Jesse P. Bogue A person listening to Feelzwell's offers a comprehensive plan to atMy choice as a nickname for the athletic teams is: heart could hear that organ beattain national security. Briefly this ing out messages in Morse code. plan is: "Keep the navy in its preFeelzwell could sit motionless for sent ration position as a matter of 1 Wilkes College - ----- - - -------- --- ----- - --- - ------ hou!I's without so much as batting national policy for security reasan eyelash. But to what avail? ons, not only in size, but in ;effiThere were the spots scampering ciency and esprit de corps." The on the horizon with the usual acnavy has not encountered any difcompaniment. Yogi too had failed. Because - - - ---- - - - -·· - ----- ------- - - - - --- --- - - - ---ficulty in filling vacancies on a iDejected and even a bit discour By Robert Mikulewicz 1· · · I ?e ATHLETIC CONTEST BALLOT DARTER'S Trucksville Dairy Pasieurized Dairy Products * Trucksville, Pa. Phone Dallas 35 ff.A. WIDTEMAN 1 & CO. INC. 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NORTHAMPTON ST. �Wednesday,•September-.~~~· 1947 WILKES BEACON 4 BEACON MUSIC COLUMNIST Rein Reports Fall Enrollment HEADS ALLEN ·fOREST TRIO Largest In History I entered the cabin of the sur Of Th•IS c· 11eo-e RECORDS VICTOR DECCA plus glider, which I maintain' as my- rliving quarters, and prepared O COLUMBIA for an evening of solid cram--er, ____ 0 · and Accessories studying, as finals were looming in ay TED WOLFE sight. Finals have lately taken to .....:..THEThe enrollment for the forthlooming instead of hovering due to the scarcity of hovering since th.e coming fall semester . at Wilkes College i~ the largest the college war. ' 14 W. NORTHAMPTON ST. Sudden!y I became a~are .a has had in its 14-year existence as an inst itution of higher learning. dis,urbing sound, "Bloop, bleep, Phone 2-07 40 In addition to the 1300 students bloop, bl.eep" reverberated through- who will attend day sessions, there out the cabin. I turned to the water will be approximately 500 students faucet , thinking it to be the source pursuing courses in th.e evening of the melodious disturbance, but sessions. This brings the total to When You Think of remembering a bit of financial an all-high enrollment of 1800, FLOWERS trouble I had with the water com- compared to 1032 last year. THINK OF pany, which was very sew~re reOf the nearly 400 incoming fr,eshgarding water bill-s, I realized that men, sixty per cent will be nonsince there was no water in the veteran high school graduates. pipes there cou:l dn't possibly be a This is in contrast to pr,evious drip. post-war enrollments which were I looked in oth,er directions for composed largely of World War II the disturbance, thinking all along veterans. The institution will also 112 EAST MAIN STREE.T, that "bloop, bleep" would make a ,experience an increase in its coed PLYMOUTH, PA. wonderful song novelty for sonie- attendance, since 135 of the new Member Florist Telegraph on,e to compose. Suddenly my eyes students will be girls. Delivery Association fell on an object eroded up in my Evidence that Wilkes popularity musette bag, which was hanging is steadily increasing can be noted By Clayton Bloomburg ly. I forever harp on this subj,ect. ~n the wall. ,: was c~nvii:iced that from the fact that the registration In my previous articles I h~ve Sui.ts .must be pressed, ties must bloop, bleep ~as bemg issued by includes 51 advanced students who given you a few tid bits of info be just so, shoes must be highly whatevei: was m th e bay. I chose have attended other colleges prior con~rning the ourt;standing trios polished. I have always been un- the heaviest of the baseball bats I to entering this one. These studin 'th'ti valley. In this article I will der the ·.assumption that appear- keep on hand .for suG}i purposes dents represent such institutions 1 attempt to give you a little info ance counts fifty percent and musi- · 9:nd prepar~ to put an end to thp, as the University of P.ennsylvania, from a different point of view on cinship the other fifty. While "tak- hf~. of the mterloper when sudden- Wes tern Reserve, Columbia, the the Allan Forest Trio. I happen to ing a br,eak" during an engage- ly it sneezed and sat up. It was University of Chicago, Duqu,esne, · General Insurance. · be very well acquainted with Allan ment, I insist that the fellows do H?-nk And~rson, mr editor! Hank and others. Also ,entering Wilkes College are Forest because that is my prof.es- not get on the ·subject. of Jlllllsic, sitill has his ~deno1~ plus a tensional name. · unless the person with whom th"Y dency for snormg, which accounted some students from 0th.er lands. From China come two 18-year old The trio is comprised of Walter are conversing desires ·to talk ~n for the '~bloop, bleeps". Rice on clarinet, Eugene Betsa the subject. I also insist that thp, "Rein", Hank said, "we go to girls, May Way and Irene Wang. Miners Nat'l Bank Bldg. on accordion, and myself (Allan fellows in the trio watch their ac- press for the last time this week. Miss Way who is from Shanghai, Wilkea-Barre, Pa. Forest) on piano and solovox. tions, that they be soft spoken, 'I'he semester is coming to an end." intends to pursue a career in either The style of ;the trio is not e:x- kind and courteous. It takes time Tears swam i,n his half-shut eyes music or business. Miss Wang, actly original. I have based my at- and energy to carry out such a dob- as he continued, "and Rein, I want from Kumming Y,un-nan, will enter the field of medicin,e. Both girls rangements on those of The Three . trine, but in the end it .p ays off in you to write a farewell column." EXPERTS IN SOLVING Suns. I was a bit skeptical as · to more ways than money. Sorry, Hapk." I said, "but it will are working toward a common goal -to aid the Chinese people. DIFFICULT how the public would take therp. Until recently the theme we have b.e impossible." Here from Spain to study Chem It took me ten weeks to receive ~y been using has been Twilight Time. "Aw, come on, Rein", he said PLUMBING AND HEATING answer. The arrangements were . However, I felt we might adopt pleadingly, as he playfully began istry is Manul Duch. Mr. Duch prePROBLEMS very well received throughout 14e another theme, since the Thr~ swinging a straight-edge razor, vious to entering Wilkes, graduatvalley. · ; . Suns have changed their theme, neatly nicking off a pi.ece of my ed from a secondary school in Barcelona, Spain. He has been in the Many problems confront the to Twilight Time some time ago. So left ear. · !~er of a band or trio. Arrang~- the new theme the trio is now "Nope, ca•n 't do it", I said. "If I United Stat.es six month. His parments are made, cut up, thrown •in using is Sentimental Journey. The write a col1U1mn for you, I'll have ents, at the present, are in busithe waste pap.er basket, and r~- arrangement has proved to be a to · join the Cohimnists' Trade ness in San Salvador, Central Am· written. Rehearsals may be pleas- successiiUJl one. Mr. Betsa and his Union:. Beofr,e you know it, I'll be erica. ant or unpleasant. At a . rehearsal accordion back up the trio very asked to d~ characte.r skl:!tches for th 27 E. Northampton St. coats are thrown aside, ties are nicely. When the solovox is carry- the local papers · arid I'll have to gin e black when nd operating in nd taken oc, and shirt collars ate ing the melody. Mr. Rice arid his join the Character - Sketchers' u oubtedly th e · Rag-Picker-a " Est. 1871 opened. Three or so grueling bouts clarinet play some teriffic sub.tone · Union. Then, as my work will ·un, Junk-SorterS' Union will demand nd of. practice ensue. Comments are along with the solovox. The trio doubtedly improve, I will .be asked cleaner . working- co itions and made by the members of the trio, does some fine singing in unison to write editorials. That means surrou,nd ings, so I'll hav,e to opeh both pleasant and unpleasant. on such numbers as Don't· Be a joining the Editorial Writers' my S'hop to th e Rag-Picker-and! am forever stressing the om- Baby Baby and Route 66. Union. By that time I'll have a Junk • SorterS' • Sanitary Corps . d · Union. After building both unions 1oad of d ough an 1'II open up a port ane.e o ress and actions while This scribbler is in no position f d · 'd' d .swimming pools . to use in their P1aymg an engagement. I insist to build up this trio or predict its r1 mg aca emy, as that is one · h k leisure. time, I'll be back in the red. th.at t he f e11ows dress immaculate- future success. All I can do is rec- busmeS's w ere how to 't · h nowing d "If I'm smart I'll get out of the ommend the trio to you .and let wr1 e com.es m an y. I'll own this yoUJ decide the future of this trio riding academy and I'll be doing junkyard business, but then I'll ifor yourself. fine until some of my men join the sink my last penny in a Milk-Curd' Horse..,Groomers' Trade Union. Na- ling Plant. I'll get along fine until turally they won't work under the the Curdlers' Brotherhood demands t · h the same wage scale as the Bottlesame con ract wit those of my Dippers' Union. I'll have to inmen in the Manure-Spreaders' Union, so I'll have to change the crease wages, and in addition, build Wilkes-Barre, Pa. When things are hard to under- contract, but it probably · won't a Solarium-caf,eteria to soothe the stand, agree w.ith the Tail _ Braiders' unionmen's unrest. That will mean Or understood, seem wrongUnion, as they'll claim they'r al- a necessary increase in the price You'll find out what is "in the ways getting the back end of the of curdLed milk, and I will have edWE ARE wood", deal. itorials written abouit me, accusing For. DISTRIBUTORS And sink, or fight along. "I'IJ get out of the riding aca- me of the profiteering and being On some dark nite, awake, alone, demy business with just enough responsible for the death of thousAccurate and Dependfor You'll face the truth, and know capital to set myself up in the ands of innocent baby Armadillos, able Nationally Famous If you were right or wrong, and junkyard business (another busi- which thrive on curdled milk. I Watches then ness where knowing the art of will be blacJc-balled by .t he HumanYour soul will shrink or grow. writing is an asset). I'll just make itarians' Union, and all self-r,eJEWELRY Fot . R. T. Mikulewicz up my original investment ar.d be- specting unionmen will stage a Certified Perfect DiaEasy Payments --------,--------...:.._:__:_____:__ _:_.:..:.:,.:__:=-=... walkout in my plant, causing me mond Rings 0' Devoto lose every penny I own. tion "In despair I will hit the roc;ls, "And what are your theories on fall off a fast train, lose my memFor . evolution, Jameson?" ory, fall in love with a beautiful ' Up-to-the-minute styles heiress, promise to marry her, fall iin Fine Jewelry on my head again, r.egain my memory, leave the beautiful girl, and ON. marry someone with halitosis. Easy Credit at No ExSome smart Hollywood scripttra Cost writer will h.ear about me, write the story of my life without permission, call it POSSESSED, and See . Compliments I won't mak,e a penny out of it. : "No, Hank", I continued, "I just of can't write that column for you." Again I became aware of "bloop, bleep, bloop, bleep". I looked into the musette bag and saw that Hank had fallen asleep again! I carefully covered him with an old Llama skin, tenderly kissed 75 South Main Street him on the forehead, and quietly WILKES-BARRE tiptoed off to a far corner to blow plastic bubbles. oi Campus Record Shop RU CH'S Flower Shop Frank Parkhurst, Inc. * TURNER. VAN ·SCOY CO. USE GLENDALE WOODLAWN DAffiY PRODUCTS Yardstick BUCKNELL -*- · BERMAN'S * * * KNIFFEN * * * □ BISCUIT CO. * �Wednesday, September 24, 1947 WILKES BEACON 5 FIVE SENIORS WILL COMPRISE :~t:~:t::· ,. FIRST GRADUATING CLASS HERE : i:~tH~~:red I Reuben H. Levy, Wilkes College trustee, who has played an important part in the progress of Buck nell University Junior College to a four-year community educational institution, will be honored by residents of the West Side for his civic interest October 21 at cereconies throughout the day, climaxing with a testimonial dinner at Irem Temple in the evening. Sponsored by the Black Diamond Post, 395, of Kingston. the event will mark the first visit ' to Pennsylvania of the new national comED BURTSA VAGE mander of the American Legion, E'd, -'one , o•f 'Wi~kes' busiest ?,,nd James O'Neil, of Manchester, N. H. 'Mr. Levy, owner of the Blue Rib- most ani.ill;ble _stude!}ts1 is _married bon Cake Company in Kingston, and the ,rather _o f a ' ye?,,r old son. has been prominently identified At Wilkes Ed has been very acwith the industrial growth and civic tive. He is a member of the Stubetterment of the West Side, par- dent Council, is pre~ently a manticularly Kingston boro,u,g h. Mr. ager of the football . team, and is. Levy has demonstrated the same· president of the Pre-¥ed Club. generous spirit in his service to the , community and its residents as he ' has with his contributions to ] Wilkes Coll,ege. One of the leading American Legion members in this region, Mr. Levy is a former commander of the Black Diamond Post in Kingston. During his chairmanship of the district Americanism committee, Mr. Levy was responsible for the presentation of framed copies of the Bill of Rights to all public, private, and parochial schools in Luzerne County. Mr. Levy is a resident of Reynolds street, Kingston. John Riley To Join Wilkes Faculty., By RUSSELL WILLIAMS The first graduating class of Wilkes College is comprised of five men ·who will complete their four year course at the end of this sem ester. However, first graduation exercises of the college will not be held until J1ume 12, 1948 when a speaker of world-wide reputation will deliver the commencement speech. The five graduates will be issued certificates of graduation in lieu of diplomas which they will receive in June. The diplomas will be I"!l'Ceived from Bucknell University. John Riley, current president of the Student Council, will be a member of the faculty here at Wilkes College following his graduation. He will teach Economics 101 and 103 while doing graduate work. The degree of Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Finance will be awarded him at the semester's end. "Tex" Evans intends to specialize in insurance after completing his fou:r-year course in Commerce and Finance. "Tex" is also a mem- , ber of our present Student Council. ! Wally Jones has secured a position with Dun and Bradstreet in Philadelphia and will begin his duties following his graduation. He will rec,eive the deg.r ee of Bachelor . of Science in Commerce and Finance. Joe Slamon will return to the employ of the General Electric Company. He is a Commerce and Finance student and will receive a Bachelor of Science degree in that course. Frank Kocher will enter the employ of Eastman-Kodak in Rochester, New York. Mr. Kocher is also a Commerce and Finance student and will receive a Bach.e!or of Science degree. · 1 Mr. Alfred Groh To Become Beacon, Yearhook Advisor In Fall Semester FRANK KOCHER • , Jt oUt •. • • ,field that Brockus pulled out of the HatchID sky like a left fielder. "Om· backs don't even know the 1 fundamentals of blocking " Out of By BRODY the corner of my eye I saw FlorAt the end of four weeks of in- kiewicz and Waters trying to see how high they could knock Josephs. ten•sive drill, Coach George Ralston They weren't doing so well, they furrowed -h is brow, glanced sadly couldn't knock him an i,nch over over the broad playing field where twenty seven feet! "Our line some forty stalwarts were busy blocking is even worse!" At that rr.oment Washko and Elias hit Jarrmg. each other s teeth, dipped Scalia. 1 swear Scalia flew in three deeply mto a barrel of gloom and d' t· quaffed his fill. "West Point is too irec ions. good. They'll beat us by at least When the Coach calle~ for anthree touchdowns", he grunted in other towel, I thought 1t best to ty;pical 'IGloomy Gil" Dobey fash- try another field, so I approached ion. Assistant Coach Tom Miller. Mill"WJ-iy", I prodded him, "are we er· chew.'.!d despairingly on a blade that bad?" of g_rass while he put the line "Bad! Look!" So I looked. It ,t hr,o ugh its paces. . "Keep thoSPlooked good to me. "We haven't a hands c'. ose to \.he chest", he belfast man on the team, he continu- lowed. · "Rend those knees! K~p ed No breakaway or climax runner low!'' who can , ·be a thre::1t on the fifty '" What do you think?" I asked. yard line'!" At that moment one of "Think! I know! West Point is the backs zipped by like a· jet-job. big time football. These fellows In fact, he went ·hy so fast I still haven't seen enough of the "T". don't know who he was. Ouir ends will be run dizzy!" Fee"~ur bigg;st job _is coordinatio~. ney must have thought otherwi~. We J'llSt don t have it, and we- ean t He faked his blocker out of posiwin ball .g am~s. without it!'' I look- tion, and with a bone jarring ed Ill~ to see Johns take a short tackle, laid the runner with the flip frQm center and hand it off to daisies. To this innocent ohserver, Gallita who bulleted a pass down- the team could do no wrong. Ln a gen.era! picture, the team will work f.rom a modified version of the Warner System-the single wingback behind an unbalanced line. The unbalanced line plays the two tackles together to give more strength and blocking to the side on which the play will oo run. De pending on the situation and opposition, Wilkes will also use the 20 North State St. dO':<blie wing-pa ;k 111d shor~ punt Phone 3-3151 .., formations. All these are designed to give the maximum in offensive . . , . I I CRAFTSMEN ENGRAVERS * TOM EVANS strength. It is a tribci,te to Mr. Ralston hat he is ab!.'.! to put his preaching into practice with gratifying results. By that, I am referring to his in:;,-s tance on conditiO!Il. There has br.'.m but one injury to date, and that a broken nose sustained by Nancarrow. You can't conddition a nose, so that still leaves the team with a pat on the back. If the good luck continues, the "Future Generals" will meet Wilkes at full strength. At present, the following men have 1:- ,~en standouts in practice, and from these will probably come the starting team. Ends: Brockus, Feeny, Hiller, Wi-ddal. · Tackles: Washko, Hendershot, Heinman, Olshefski. Guards : Gorgas, Knapich, ·L ewis, Nancarrow, Echert, Trumbower. Cent,e rs: Barry, Elias, Gill. Wing,backs, Waters, Thomas, Scalla, Mor.g an. Blocking Backs: Josephs, McDonough, Wolf. Tail Backs: Florkiewicz, Pinkowski, Davis. F ,nl Backs: Supi nski, Galleta, Johns. Mr. Alfred Groh, member of the Wilkes English department has been named the advisor to the Beacon and Yearbook publications. He will succeed the present advisor of the two publications, Mr. Joseph Donnelly, who will leave this college -to begin work on his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Groh is a graduate of Syracuse University. He directed the Wilkes College production of th-e "Barretts of Wimpole Street". Mr. Groh was currently . seen in the Little Theatre production of "Night Must Fall". REM.-OTE TREATMENT Stranger---Oood day doctor, I just dropped in to tell you how much I benefited from your treatment. Doc~But you're not on,e of my patients. Stranger-I know. Bu,t my uncle was and I'm- his heir. SOUNDS FAMILIAR ' ZIPPERS, supposedly an ultramodern invention ,w.ere used centuries ago by the Spokane Indians. They were made with a bead that slid down thongs used in women's blouses and skirts. A woman is judged by the company she keeps-just after she has Whv hasn't there b.'c!en any men- left it. tion of a Pep meeting? School spirit doesn't just grow, "A sharp nose indicates curioit has to be pushed. sity", says a critic. A flattened And speaking of a Pep Meeting, nose indicatea -t oo much curio.sity. why not an Assembly Program to introduce the Football Squad? Time tells on a man-especially Along with the chang-e in the school song there'll have to be a a good time. chang,e in the school cheers. Is anyone working at it? One test of leadership is knowWhy not a "Homecoming Day" ing when to pat the back and when for ~he first home game? to do the opposite. SIDELIGHTS: 1 . Guide: This castle has stood here for 300 years. Not a stone has been • moved, not a · stone has been altered, nothing touched, nothing repaired. • Tourist: They must have the same landlord as · we have back home. A young man, anxious to have his fortune told, visited a swami. As he sat at the table, he noticed that the crystal ball had two small holes in it. "What's the idea of the holes?" he inquired. ·· . "On Wednesday nights", explained the s.wami, "I go bowling;" . Blaming your faul~ on your na,ture will not change the nature of your fault. �WILKES BEACON 6 Wednesday, September 24, 18'4-Y Contest To Name Athletic Teams Opens Contest Opens Today, Closes Oct. 5; Winner To Be Announced Oct.10 known as Bucknell University Junior College. The contest opens today, and will close midnight, October 5. The event will be open to all students of Wilkes College. Ballots should be sent to Tom Moran, Public Relations Department, Wilkes College. Judges for the affair will be Henry Andel"S()n, editor of the Wilkes BEACON; John Riley, president of the Wilkes College Student Council; Nelson Nelson, editor of the Wilk.es College Annual ; Nan Richards, editor of the Wilkes College Literary Magazine; Jack Josephs, president of the Wilkes College Lettermen's Club; Tom Moran, director of sports publicity; andd George F. Ralston, dir~tor of athletics. The winner of the contest and Sept. 26-Army Junior Varsity the awarding of the twenty-five t West Point. dollar Victory Bond will take place n,.+n1,.,..,. "--l>ltt .. t,m V ""'1.tional on Friday night, October 10, at the school's first fall semester sport dance, which will be held in the pavillion at Sans Souci Pal'k. Orchestra for the dance will be Lee Vincent and men. Vincnet's band has played for several past Wilkes College dances and was so well received · that it was decided to ,engage the popular young musician and his group for the first dance of the fall semester. Committees, headed by Tom Evans and Charlie Templeton, started making plans for the dance las.t Tuesday. Plans call for a gigantic floor show which will feature the best in the college's stu®nt talent. The Wilkes College cheerleading squad will be present to lead the group in cheering during the pep rally which will be held in honor of the first Wilkes College home game scheduled the next afternoon against Keystone College at Kingston Stadium. A twenty-five dollar United States Victory Bond will be awaroed to the student who sends in the ballot bearing the best suggestion for ·a nickname for our Wilkes College athletic teams. It was decided at the last meeting of the Wilks Colleire Student Council that a new nickname should be chosen for this school's athLetic teams to .take the place of "Bisons", which was used when this college was Wilkes College 1947 Schedule BALL ROSTER Wt. Pos. Yr. -· Vil'-'" .................. ..... .. 20 Allyn, Mark Hendershot, W·a lt .... .. ...... 23 Heineman, Henry ····•·"··" 20 .. 22 Morrison, Sheldon Mun-zing, Jerry ... . ... . ..... 21 ...... 20 Olshefski, Norbert 23 Russ, George ..... 23 Was'hco, ·Gerraro ... Florkiewicz, John .. 23 20 Pinkowski Francis . 20 Horton, Murray .... 26 Josephs, Jack Morgan, Don 19 .. 23 Myer s, Bill Powell, Jack ...... ..... ..... •· 22 Rhiel, Ken .... .. ... ...... ......... 23 Skalla, Milt . .. ....... ......... ... 21 Thomas, Paul ................. 21 Waters, Bo·b .... .. ... ..... ... .. ... 26 Wolff, Russ ........ .......... 24 Galletta, Osea ....... ··· ····· 24 Johns, Bill ............. .. . ··· ·· 23 Supinski, Henry ..... ...... ... 23 ..&.~U A}'U.,u, 6:1 6:3 5 :11 6:4 5:10 5:10 5:11 6:0 5 :11 5:7 5:10 6:7 5:10 5 :7 5:8 5:9 6:0 5:10 5:6 5 :11 6:0 6:0 5:10 225 195 175 150 205 185 204 180 215 202 170 170 180 178 175 175 170 195 185 140 180 160 180 195 215 200 220 190 215180 185 185 165 160 196 170 155 180 170 190 170 190 180 210 196 195 Hometown So. .. ... Wyoming, Pa. Wilkes-Barre Fr. Wilkes-Barre Fr. .. Hanov,er, Pa. Jr. Fr. .. W . Pittston, Pa. Noxen, Pa. Fr. Nanticoke, Pa. Fr. Nanticoke, Pa. Fr. Kingston, Pa. So. Kingston, Pa. Fr. Nanticoke, Pa. Fr. .. .. ... D.ucyea, Pa. So. Avoca, Pa. So. .. . Kingston, Pa. Fr. ... . Wvoming, Pa. So. So . . .. Wilkes-Barre Hanover, Pa. So. Fr. .... Nanticoke, Pa. Jr. .. .. Forty Fort, Pa. So. .... Forty Fort, Pa. Fr. ... Plymouth, Pa. G Fr. .... Plymouth, Pa. G Jr. .... N anticok.e, Pa. T Fr. .. .. .. Wilkes-Barre .. King.s ton, Pa. T Jr. T Fr. .. W. Pittston, Pa. Philadelphia T Jr. T Jr. ...... Wilkes-Barre T iFr. .... Glen Lyon , Pa. Dallas, Pa. T Jr. Nanticoke, Pa. T So. Nanticoke, Pa. QB So. Nanticoke, Pa. QB So. Wilkes-Barre HB Fr. Wilkes-Barre HB So. Nanticoke, Pa. HB Fr. Wilkes-Barre HB Fr. HB Fr. .. Bear Creek, Pa. Wilkes-Barrp, HB Fr. .. Nanticoke, Pa. HB Fr. HB So. ...... Wilkes-Barre HB So. ... . Forty Fort, Pa. HB So. ... .. . Kingston, Pa. Philadelphia FB Fr. Wilkes-Barre FB Jr. Wilkes-Barre FB So. C C C C C E E E E E E E E G G G G G G G G Rules of the contest: 1. Only Wilkes College students are eligible. 2. Only one entry p,er student will be accepted. 3. Members of the committe,,i are not eligible. Sports Publicity, Wilk.es C614. All decisions by the judg,es lege. will be final. 7. In ease of a tie, ballot b~.:; 5. All ballots must be posting earli.est postmark will'bi marked not laiter than midjudged the winner. night, October 5. ( Contest ballot can be found:3>11' 6. All ballots must be MAILED to Tom Moran, Director of page 3). "Coming right at you CHESTERFIELD the best cigarette you ever got your hands on." ••• � 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 Wilkes Beacon 1947 September 24th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1947 September 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 Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/5c13de6d763018b0361f951798e79525.pdf a8829ed8a6a15903ed149dad14d5d217 PDF Text Text Vol. 1., No. 13. ====================WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1947 "Amnicola" Name Given, College Yearbook Council To Sponsor Sport Dance Tonight Dance Will Follow Game With· Lycoming; Large Library Reese Pelton's Collegiens To Play, · Bein~ Planned REESE P.EVfON. As part of the week-end program, as well as the first in a new series of activities the Stud.ent Council will sponsor a sport Victory Hop on Friday night. The dance is schedu,led to get under way immediately following the Wilkes-Lycoming grid contest, and will b.e he:d in the spacious St. Miriam Golightly Elected President of Beta Gama Chi Stephens Churchhouse auditorium on South Frankin Street. Jack Feeney and Caroyn Jones ar,e cochairmen of the affair. Music will be provided by Reese Pelton's "-Collegians", a dance band composed of Wilkes students. The tw,elve-piece orchestra, now in its third year of existence, was recently heard at the sport dance which followed the Wilkes-Kings game. During ~he past summ,er the orchestra was chosen as one of the leading colleg.e dance bands in this state. The orchestra promises to present several novelties during the dance, including the musical skit, "Birth of a Band", which is something new in musical entertainment. The band, which us.es original arrangements by the leader, is patterned after the style of th Claude Thornhill orchestra. A general program of the best ballads of today and y;este_rday interspersed witR tangos; novel-ties, and a few real jazz classics is to be followed Friday night. Sybil Ichter, Leon Gilbert, and the Band Chorus will be featured on vocals. All students and friends of Wilkes .are invited to this affair that promis.es to attract a large crowd. There is no admission to the affair. vice president; Nan Richards, secretary; Naomi Gould, tr,easurer. Miss Golightly comes to the responsible office of president with previous experience from her high school days. In G. A. R. !Jigh School she was president of the dramatic club and editor of the school paper, the "Blue and Gray." Since entering Wilkes College, she has b.een an active member of the dramatic group. She is well remem4tered for her performance as Alic.e in "You Can't Take It' With You." Miss Golightly, who is a senior, is also a member of the Manuscript staff. Clayre Fischer, a graduate of Edwardsville High School has be.en active as a member of the Beacon and Yearbook staffs. Nan Richards, a · Forty-Fort High School graduate, was formerly editor of the Manuscript and secretarytreasurer of the Sociology Club at Wilkes. The n.ewly created separate office of treasurer for the sorority is held by Naomi GoU:ld, a graduate of Forest Hills High School, New York. Sh,e is also secretary of the French -Club and a member of the Beacon Staff. REGISTRAR ANNOUNCES MIRIAM GOLIGHTLY Miriam Golightly was recently elected president of Beta Gamma Chi, worn.en's '-Sorority. She will be assisted by Clayre Fischer, The Registrar's office has announced that the credits of transfer students who entered Wilkes College this semester will not be evaluated until these students have completed one successful semester at Wilka. Plans have been completed by the Wilkes Library Staff to expand facilities to accomodate all the students eager to use them. The expansion has been necessitated by the increased enrollment at the college, Present expansion call for the library to take over the first and second floors of Kirby Hall. The .,new rooms will provide the library with much needed space for r.e ading. They will also house the large reference collection, the maga?Jne and p.eriodical sctions, and several reserve book shelves. Arrang,ements are progressing to increase the number of books to twenty thousand volumes. In order to choose these new books, a committee, composed of members of the faculty and of the student body, has been appointed. • The faculty commit-eee, ~ headed by Mr. Richards -of the Mathematics Department, will consist of Dr. Ward, Mr. Williams, and ~r. Partridge. The stqdent committee h~s _not yet . been - completely chosen. To date, Joseph Kisi,elews ski, J,u,dy Bartlebaugh, Albert J. Stratton, and William S. Davies have volunteer,ed their services. Mr. Richards has announced that Albert T. Cole, Roya J. Culp, Carfied Davis, A. E. Funk, and Charles Hailstone should r,e port to him prior to Friday, November 21, to help arrange the student committe.e. Nan Ri~hards Wins Victory Bond With Latin Name, Marking Second Campus Publication She ~as Named. Presentation Set For Nov. 21 Dance By NORBERT OLSHEFSKI NAN RICHARDS Th,e Yearbook Naming Contest and i,ts $25 Victory Bond Prize were both won by Miss Nan Richards with her entry "AMNICOLA". While searching in the dark and dusty corners of a high school Latin text, Miss Richards discovered the new name of the Wilkes College Y,earbook, "AMNICOLA". The staff of six judges decided that Miss Richards' entry, a Latin word meaning "That which grows or dwells by a riv.er", was the most There is still room on the special . original and best suited name of plane for a few more students all the entries. wishing _to take the trip to Puerto Thts is the second- school -publicRico with the Spanish Club. The group will leave on Decemb,er 27 and return - on January 3. The price is $225, which will include the fare, hotel room, meals, and tps. While in Puerto Rico, the group will stay at the Condado Hotel, one of Pluerto Rico's finest. Tours, to all points of interest, will COnOmlCS U · b.e taken by private cars provided . with exeellent lecturers. Anyone desiring to make the MEMBERS TO VISIT THE trip may do so by g,etting in conPLANT TUESDAY tact with Miss Martha Silseth. There is still room for about twenBy TED WOLFE ty students. At a recent meeting, the Economics Club elected the following members to office: .., President: Eugen,e Repotski Vice-Pres.: John Higgins Sec.Treas.: Frank Wheeler ., At the same meeting 25 new members were admitted to the There will b.e an important Club. This number brings the memb,ership to a total of 60. The I meeting of ~e Beacon Staff on Monday at noon in the Beacon new members were given an outline of the CLu:b's policy and a office. Twenty Seats Still Vacant On Spanish Club Trip Eugene Repotski New President of E Beacon Meeting Monday at Noon I • Cl b ation which Miss Richards has· nam.ed. When the Wilkes College literary magazine was first organized, a call was issued for an appropriate title for the book. Miss Richards suggt.;;ted "MANUSCRIPT", which was accepted. The MANUSCRIPT had as its first Ed- . itor-in-Chief, Miss Nan Richards. After graduating from Forty Fort High School, Miss Richards attended Wil son Coll-eg.e, Chambersburg, Pa. She has serv,ed in the U. S. Spar Service for twentysix months, where she was in charge of the I. B. M. installation at Coast. Guard Headquarters, Washington, D. C. Nan was recently elected secretary of Beta Gama Chi. E1eanor Krute, Edito.r of the Yearbook, wil-1 present the $25 Victory Bond Prize 1to Miss Richards at the Costume Ball to be held at the Hotel Sterling on Nov. 21. After th.e yearbook was issued last summer, many people expressed dissatisfaction with the name, "BUJC". This year's staff decided to rename the book. Miss Krute organized th.e contest and asked the help of other school editors and the faculty. All entries for ,t he contest w,ere received by November 5 and judging started immediately. - The judges for the contest were: Geo. F. Ralston, Dean of Men; Betty Harker, D,ean of Women; Beacon Editor, Henry Anderson. Manuscript Editor, Robert Miller, and Yearbook Editor, Eleanor Krute, and Yearbook Advisor, Alfred Groh. I history of its activities. At the reorganization of the club on November 11, Mr. Repotski read a letter from the Am-crican Car and Foundry Company in which the officials of that company invited the Club members to make a tour of their plant. The club decided to make the trip on Tuesday of next week. Transportation will be furnish.ed by those Club members who have automobiles. Mr. Repotski also inforined the · members that sometime in the near future a representative of th.e Standard Oil _Company· will address the students and show moving pictures o! the work done in one of Standard's plants. Recently the Club members were addressed by Attorney Daniel -F. Flood. At present, the Club is planning to visit the New York Stock Exchange and the Chase National Bank in New York City. �2 Friday, November 14, 1947 WILKES BEACON REIN VISITS EDITORIAL STAFF As the BEACON recently re• Henry Anderson ported, Hrold Rein's column, REIN VISITS, will be forthcoming as a Associate Editor ............... .,... .... .. ... . ...... ........ ..... . .. .. .. .. . Robert Miller BEACON feature from time to Garfield Davis time. This Is the first of the new Assistant Editor ...... ... .. .. ........ .. ... ..... ............. ..... .. .. ...... .. series. Business Manager ....... .. .... ... .. ... . .. .. ... .. ....... .... ... .. ..... .. .. .. . Eugene Maylock Dear Hank, Editor ... Sports Editor .... ........ ..... .... ... .... .. .. ...... ..... .... .. .... . Thomas J. Moran When the laughter died down and the room had emptied, the editor said, "Ya know, I'm going to give you a job at that. It might be good for the laughs. Things are dull around here lately. But if you'e going to write a column, we gotta change your name. It's gotta sound more newspaperish. Now let's se.e-ftrst name Harold? Well, we'll change that to-uh, West- . FIRST PRIZE $500.00 . brook. N ow-W estbrobk Rein-no, not so hot. I got it! We'll change Rein to Pegler! That's it-WESTThe editors of TOMORROW BROOK PEGLER! That's your magazine have invited the students name from now on. of Wilkes College to participate in My new name didn't sound too the S.econd Annual College Writers newspaperish to me, but I figured Short Story Contest. The contest my new boss knew what would he will be open until December 31, best. 1947. The next two weeks was heaven The best short story will win a on earth. My column, under my nen name, appeared daily on the first prize of - $500, and · the next · first page of the Tribune. But for best will receive a $250 second some strange reason I was never prize. All manuscripts submitted able to recognize my column. If I will be considered for publication, wrote on traveling flea circuses, a and the magazine's managing edistory exposing the film industry tor asserted th.e possibility that was printed. And the story usually many of the non-winning entries made me sound rather bitter. But will be satisfactory for publicaI passed all this off as rewriting tion. The magazine pays $125 and and censorship on behalf of the u:p for each work published, thus affording the entrants an additionfront office. Then one ·day, instead of submit- al profitable opportunity. The fact that TOMORROW ting my column through the regular channels, I threw my copy in magazine has drawn high apa basket of papers which was on .p raisal from such critics as Herits way to the composing room. schel Brickwell an d Harrison The next morning my column on Smith is a great incentive for "How to French Fry Anchovi.es" young writers who desire to see appeared in its customary place on their work in print. The board of judges will be the front page. And to my surrpise, not a word had been changed. co_mpos.ed of two famous authors Three hours later I was fired! I and critics, Professor Mark Schorattributed my downfall to the er of the University of California, possibility that the column wasn't .and Professor Sidney Cox of up to the quality of my former Dartmouth, and two prominent editors of publishing concerns, ones. I sadly folded up my cardtable Dorothy Hilly.er of Houghton Miff (they never gave me a desl_<), pack- lin, and Ken McCormick of Doubleed my belongintrs, and went home, day and.. Company. The latter two will very probably be on the looka broken and disillusioned man. My spirit died and I was ready out for any writings may mak.e to throw in th.e towel, and only good materials for books. Stories must not exceed 5,000 because of my friends', and especially my landlord's, urging, did I words in length and . should be typed in standard form. Both decide to renew my job hunt. This time I started at the bot- manuscript and envelope must tom. I visited the office of the Hobo bear the phrase "College Contest", News and gained an audience with together with the writer's name, mailing address, and college atthe .editor. "Ever had any experience?" he tended. Each entry must-be ac companied by a self-addressed, asked . me. "Yes, sir", I said. "I worked on stamped envelope, and should be the Herald-Tribune." addressed to: "I don't mean newspaper experi~ TOMORROW MAGAZINE, enc,e-1 mean hobo experience!" he 11 East 44th Street, shot back. N,ew York 17, N. Y. I didn't think the fact that I had once hitch-hiked from WilkesBarre to Scranton would impress him very much, so I picked up my hat and quietly left the office. Wilkes Students Invited To Enter S. S. Contest I was getting a lofing o~yl'dwidth my studies, but 1 gure,.. o Paul Elvidge much better if I had more to eat than my usual diet of dried figs Photographers . ..... Joseph Hiznay and John Burak and lime juice. I decided a partCirculation Manag,er Richard Greenfield time job would help subsidize a better di.et, so since I am studyFaculty Reporter . Charles Reif .ing journalism, I chose to find part Faculty Adviser ................. ........ .. ....... ....... ....... .. .. . Alfred Groh time employment in that field. I dug up my scrapbook, which Typists ..___ .. .. . . Joseph Hudak, Jane Korper contained all my printed works, Reporters-Robert Mikulewicz, Norbert Olshefski, Russell Williams. including your editorial piece Ed~the _Rudolph, M,u riel Bransdorf, George Brody, Vincent Macri, about m~, and set off to make the Claire Fischer, Ted Wolfe, Betty Jane Reese, John Burak, Phil Baron, rounds. Clayton Bloomburg, ~elson Nelson, Barb~ra Noble, Judy Bartlebaugh. I chose to start my hunt at the Eleanor Krute, Sylvia Roth, Sheldon Fned, Margaret Golin Naomi Gould. • top, so I first visited the offices of the distinguished New York Times. I sat in a waiting room and only after I had gone through three LET,S ATTEND TONIGHTS GAME bags of popcorn was I admitted to an inner officer for an interview. At the outset of the fall semester over 1,000 student passMy int.erviewer was a fat bald es were s~ued for use at the Wilkes College Athletic contests. man, and he was chewing snuff. He Yet figures rece:ved from the Dean's Office reveal that only sat on his desk with his feet prop. . ped up on his chair. Noting my 304 iS t udents attended the game with Keystone, while only surprise at his odd position, he 230 were present at the contest with New York A & M, inak- said, "Boss don't lik,e us to ,p ut ing the ridkulous total of 534 students for the two home our feet on des½s, Got 'em bull. . . . , dozed, though-didn't say can't pul g~mes ,played. If this trend of_ md1fferenc~ contmues, there feet on chairs!" will be more football players m the stadrnm than student With this, he carefully aimed at fans. a ·strategically-placed brass spitTh f" d' 1 toon and completed his mark. He ese 1gures IC ose an appalling lack of school spirit. · than meticulously carved a notch Only a team with the spirit and drive of the Colonels would on the side of his desk. be able tomake such a splendid .r ecord in the face of this de"Never miss", he said exuberplorable student apathy. Not only do most Wilkes students antly. lack college spirit, but they fail to :recognize food football. The well-notched desk attested for his boast. It is an accepted fact, that the Colonels play the best football "Well, what do you w~nt: son? in this section. Students, however, have stated that they Time's money; money's time, and I prefer toatter~d high school football games because they have ain't got much of .either." I explained my mission. color. Such an attitude is difficult to understand, for if these "Got any newspaper experisame students would attend the Wilkes games, they would ence?" he asked. fill stands consequently adding ali the color and spirit of a "Yeth thir", I quickly answered. h!gh schoolcontest. Moreover, they would see a grade of "I worked on the Wilkes Bea~on, a college pape1!." , t ball far superior to that played iby any secondaxy school. "Um huh", he said, •"and what It,s time to wake up! Wilkes students unanimously voted would you like to do on our papt h f er?" o ave a ootball team. If the team is wanted, it certainly .~W.ell", I started, "I don't expect should be supported. Moreover, if anyone doubts the capabil- to start off big right away. I'd be ities of the Wilkes gridders, he should make it a point to satisfied to begin at the bottom. att end t omg · ht,s game. If h e 1s · present, we, re sure h e WI'II li'ke Maybe I could do a gossip column Walter wi·nchell, or maybe 1 • be convmced his failure to attend previous games has been could cov.er the U. N. sessions." a mistake. No one should miss tonight's game with Lycom- I must have said something funing Coll ny because suddenly he burst into ege. h1'lar1·ous laughter. He rolled all We h ave a f ast strong, alert team. Be alert enough to over the floor and his laughter see for yourselves. brought tears to his eyes. When he finally rega,ined control of himself he said, "Say, do you think AMERICA,S GREAT HERITAGE you'd be satisfied with being a foreign correspondent?" At 8 :45 yesterday morning, America's Heritage in the "Oh, I'm sorry, sir", I said, "but I .shape of the Freedom Train rolled into Wilkes-Barre. This I can't take that job as Im going Train, brought into our valley those precious documents to school at present." that is too bad", he answer- NO REW ARD OFFERED .wh"ch expound our American way of life. The people here ed,"Oh, "but I'll tell you what-I'll send had an opp-0rtunity to gaze upon the original documents you over to my pal in the Herald- Rein has r.e norted, but what has that shine like beacons jn the history of the world. Perhaps Tribune office. Maybe he can fix hanpened to Professor Feelzewell? you up with a job right her,e in Where· is ithe coll.ege wit? never again will the people in the valley ·g et a chance .to see, town." in their original form, the Declaxat:on of Independence, The Many requests have · heen re"Oh, thank you, sir, thank you!'' ceived asking for more of· the Constitution, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address· and other. fam- I cried. okay", he said, "get up popular column. These requ.ests ous documents. The young school children also had an op- off"Okay, the floor and take this note came from Grandma and Grandpa portunity to see history in the making. The stay of the over to the Hera'd right away." Feelzewell, Jocko Feelz.ewell, Jr., Freedom Train was so short though, that many people failed As I l.eft his office with the note Quagmire Feelzewell, Professor to v ·sit it. La.st night it moved out of Wilkes-Barre and on I heard him go back into his ter- Feelzewell, and Kay Klaxon. Kay Klaxon is the second cousin of across the nation to give hund:reds of thousands of Ameri- rible laughing fit. Wiloor Feelzewell. Wilber wishcaI1JS. from the coal fields and industries of the east to the At the Tribune office I present- es to make it known that he definthe no•,e to a receptionist who great wheat plains of the middle west and the giant forests ed immediately ushered me into the itely does not request any more of the Pacific, a chance to see the backbone of "Our Ameri- office of the .editor-in-chief. He Feelzewell colum·ns, and he does can Heritage,,. read the note and nearly swallowed not give a hoot what his cousin Norbert Olshefski the cigar he was chewing. His likes or dislikes. Upon further in!aught.er drowned out the noises of vestigation it was revealed that the city street. He finally gasped. Wilbur is able to read, with "You got any of the work .vou did either head. This is one of the few occasions when Wilbur agrees at college?" I immediately placed my scrap- completely with himself. book before him. He glance,: thrn Est. 1871 The question remains; will there the pages, laughed some mor.!;l, and then rang- all the buzzers on his or will there not be more of the Pasteurized Dairy Men's Furnishings and int.er-office buzzer. Suddenly th.e Feelzewell stuff and such. office was crowed with people. If, by some odd accident, Prof. Products Hats of Quality "Boys", the editor began, "this Feelzewell reads this notice will he is rich-" p:ease grab his pen firmly be"My name is Rein, not Rich", I tween his toes and begin to interrupted. scribble. 9 West Market Street Trucksville, Pa. "Yeah", · he said. "Rich-er-Rein Wilkes-Barre, Pa. here wants a job and he won't Come home Feelzewell - all is Phone Dallas 35 mind starting off as a gossip col- forgiven, yohr past writings will umnist!" not be held against you. Art Editor ...... .............. .. . . I Prof. Feelzwell Reported M•lSSing; • DARTER'S Trucksville Dairy * JORDAN ** ALUMNI NEWS -~ The Alumni Association is planning a Christmas Dance for December 27, 1947 at Hotel Sterling. Co-chairmen for the dance are Ellen Brennan and Sally Roberts who are working hard to mak.e the affair a great success. Among the Wilkes Alumni who have accepted teaching positions is Phyllis Smith who is teaching at Bucknell University. Ruth Birk is a junior high school teacher in Philadelphia. Ruth Evans anl Alherta Novak are teaching in the Plymouth Borough schools. Another alumna teaching in the Philadelphia schools is Louise Rummer. Announcement w a s recently made that Doris Smith, South Sherman street is engaged to Mitchell Davis of this city. Jan:e Nagro married Robert Lawum on October 18 in Lewisburg, Pa. They will reside in Chicago. Rita Wertheimer is taking her M. A. in psychology at the University of Missouri. Jeanne Doris is a student at Scranton State Hospital. Mr. and• Mrs. Andrew Kerr are at Lehigh Univer·s ity where Mr. Kerr is studying engineering. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Celmar are at the University of Illinois. Mr. Celmar is working for his Ph. D. in Chemistry. Carol Ruth is a j.unior editor of the Journal American Institute of Physics in New York City. Tom Trethaway has accepted a position with the Bell Telephone Company at Harrisburg. �Friday, November 14, 1947 3 WiLKES BEACON DR. EUGENE S..FARLEY .INSTALLED.AS PRESIDENT Thousands View Freedom Train DR. CHRISTIAN GAUS ADDRESSES THE ASSEMBLY By RUSS WILLIAMS Thousands of Wyoming Valley residents greeted the Freedom Train at an official welcoming exercise, high lighted by prominent speakers and colorfiul high school bands, yesterday morning at the Northampton Street freight station of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Promptly at 9:00 A. M. the ceremonies began with Dotie Haas, chairman of the Junion Chamber of Commerce, introducing the General Chairman of the Freedom Train Committee, Warden William Healey, who- after speaking, started the program proper by having Louis Leager ead the crowd in the singing of The Star Spangled Banner. After Father Francis Costello, of the St. Mary's Church on South Washington Street, gave the invocation the chairman of the program, Frank Pinola, spoke, then introduced Mayor McCole. Following Mayor McCole to the speaker's stand was District Attorney Leon Schwartz who mentioned the privLege afforded the people of Wyoming Valley in being able to view the original copies of such important documents as the Fr.eedom Train is carryit1g. Following the readfng of excerpts from a message sent by Judge Fine, who was out of town, Scout Eugene Finklestein pledg.ed allegiance to the flag. The next speaker was J1udge Valentin.e who cited the fact that "the price of freec!om is high". After the introduction of Walter O'Brien, director of the Fr.eedom Train, Rev. Jule Ayres gave the closing benediction. Members of the Mayor's Aid Group, including students from Wiikes College's journalism class, were th.en given a preview tour of th train, after which the high school students of the Valley schools started their tour. The city and stat,e police, the ci-ty firemen, and the train's . polite and capable Marine crew efficiently handled the large crowd, which overflowed onto Northampton St. and Pennsylvania A v.enue. Of particular interest to the students of Wilkes College was the copy of the 45th edition of the . N~rth Briton which was edited by Jo'hn Wilkes. A placard below the paper states; "Wilkes, a stout champion of freedom of the press was latera consistent friend of American colonists in their struggle for self-government". A copy of the first book printed in the American colonies (Bay Psalm Book) dated 1640 and orig inals of the most important documents our country has produced were among the strong attractions offered to the public view. PICTURE SHOWS INAUGURAL RECESSION Dr. Eugene S. Farley was inaul!'urated as the first president oi Wilkes College at special ceremonies held Wednesday night in the First Presbyterian Church. The speakers inc!uded Attorney Gilbert S. McCiintock, president of the college board of trustees, Dr. William H. Coleman, dean of B1:cknell University at Lewisburg,•and Dr. Christian Gaus, former dean of Princeton University. Following the academic procession, Dr. Charles S. Roush, pastor of First Baptist Church, offered invocation. Attorney McClintock installed Dr. Farley as president of Wilkes College with the knowledge that Dr. Farley would give "wise and liberal'leadership to the college... " Dr. William H. Coleman extended greetings . o nbehalf of Bucknell University, the parent institution which pioneered the Junior College to its present status. In his inaugural address Dr. Farley stressed the position of education in this chaotic world . when he said, "Never has the chal. lenge of education been so grea,t nor th necessity so pressing as it is today." Having served as director of Buckn.ell Junior College for eleven years following the growing institution to its present independent state, Dr. Farley knows ~he job which must be accomplished today. Dr. Christian Gaus was the principal speaker on the inauguration program. Dr. Gaus, ref.erring to our position in history, said that "We are facing the most serious challenge that has ever confronted civilized man." He concluded· his address with :the assurance that since the community has already shown its courage and devotion in fostering Wilkes Col- lege, it would not falter in the future. Folowing the benediction given by Dr. Roush, the en;tire assembly stood to sing the Wilkes Alma Mater as a vocal praise to the school and a welcome to its first president. · The musical portion of the program included a Bach ChQrale, "Now Let Every Tongue Adore Thee," sung by the college choral club, and Handel's "Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite,'' sung by the "Concordia'' Singing Society, both under the direction of Mr. Paul Gies. Mr. Charles Henderson was accompanist: ' Representing o th e r Eastern United States colleges and universities in the academic procession were: University of Pennsylvania, J,udge John J. Aponick; Dickinson · Col!ege, Amos B. Horlacher; Franklin and Marshall College, Perry F. Kendig; Lafayet;te College, Robert G. Crosen; Muhlenberg College, Sherwood R. Mercer; Pennsylvania State College, H. C• Wien.er; Albright College, George W. Walton; Cedar Crest College, Mrs. Paul Cendalino; Centenary Junior College, Hurst R. Anderson; Scranton Keystone Junior College, Leland D. Greidenburg; Wilson College, Mrs. George Turrell; University of Scranton, Rev, Father J. Eugene Gallery, SJ; College Misericordia, Agnes P. Loughlin; University of Bridgeport, Harry A. Becker; Hazleton Undergraduate Center of Pennsylvania State College, Amos Goss; Farleigh Dickinson Junion College, P.eter Sammartino; Waller Hervey College, Donald E. Deyo; Jersey City Junior College, Frank J. Mc- · Mackin; . King's College, Rev. William S. Scandlon, CSC. jority of the people. Mr. Morgan reminded the stuEducation, a Great dents ithat it is up to them to retain democracy in a world that is AmericanHeritage slowly losing it. He said that · a democracy cannot survive in a Mr. Roy Morgan vacuum. As Mr. Morgan . finished his . speech, the room was in silence everybody pondered Mr. Morgan's Tells Freshmen last sentence. as -Radio Courses Set For February., The administration has announced that Radio Production will be among the new courses to be offered in the February semester. In addition ito the gen.era} education subjects which will be given in the college, there will be · the technical subjects given in the workshop of a local broadcasting station. The technical studles will indude Radio 100 to 108. Introduction to Radio is an orientation course covering ·the history, development, including a study of the Misses Irene Wang and May administration, • planning, proWay, Chinese students who wer~ graming, and operation of a radio admitted to Wilkes College for the · station. Radio Announcing 101 is fall semester, will arrive at this a laboratory-studio course in hasic institution sometime next week. microphone techniques, stressing .B oth girls finished school in practical experience in announcing, China and applied for admission to interviewing, and the conducting Wilkes College several months of various kinds of discussion proago. After receiving notification gramg. Radio Announcing 102 _is of their admittance to this college, a continuation of Radio 101, with the two girls set about in obtain- advanced studio work in vario'lls ing passage to the United States. announcing techniques, including It was anticipated that they would the handling of audie:nce-participaarrive in this country in time for tion programs and other studio the fall semester, which began programs. October 9, but due to unavoidable Radio Continuity and Script circumstances their journey was Writing includes a study of the delayed and it was not until t.bis principles and methods of writing week that they were able .to arrive for radio, providing class instrucin this country. tion in the writing of all kinds of continuity: commercial copy, pro- Blaming your fault on your na- gam, scripts, new, etc. Control ture will not change the nature of Room Technique 104 is a course your fault; designed to acquaint the student Chinese Students To Arrive Soon First Wilkes President Inaugurated In Impressive Ceremony Held at PCH; Dr. Christian Gaus Delivers Address . . By NORBERT OLSHEFSKI French Club Holds Meeting Three hundred freshmen attendwith the technical aspects of con. ed an assembly held at the Admiral trol room operation, such as oper- ~tark Ballroom at ithe Hotel Steration of console and turntables, ling to hear M:· Roy_ Morgan, proper care an dcueing of records manager of ,.Radio Stat~on WIL~, and transcriptions studio produc- I. lecture on Our Amencan HeriOn Thursday, November 6, the tion signals, and ~peration of re-I tage". · French Club elected the following mote broadcasts. Radio Acting is The as~emb.ly program was un- · officers: President, Clem Waclawa workshop course affording op- der the directlfn of Mr. George F. ski; Jack Russell, Vice-President; portunity for student participation Ral st0n, who introduced Mr. Mor- Sheldon Morrison, Secretary; Jacob in radio broadcasts, all types of gan. . . Seitchek, Treasurer. dramatic and dramatic narrative Mr. Morgan, a native of Nant1At the meeting it was decided forms. coke, has a great dea of experience that futul"e meetings will be held In Radio Program Planning and as a speaker a nd lecturer. He h9:s on each Thursday from noon until Building 106 there is a study of serv~d on the staffs of. Yale Um- 1 o'clock, during which time the the principles and problems of pro- vers1ty Ne'! Haven Jumor College, members will partake of sandwichgramming in terms of audienc.e, p.~ nnsylvama S ta te College, ' and es and tea while discussing the market network service com.mun- the War Department and OPA. bru•siness of the day. ity res~uroes, etc., cov~ring ·such Mr. Morgan began his speech by Metnbers also decided at the types of programs as the follow- telling the students that it is meeting to include ice skating ing: public service religious agri- necessary to see events in the right parties among the events sched, ·' h"' , perspective. He stressed the point led f th · 1 womens cu1;tura, shows,. c 1ldren s that we often· ...eglect to see. the u .o r e coming year. h R d Prod •• Faculty adviser of the Club ia s ows, .sports, etc. a 10 uc- correct. picture because we don't Dr. Catherine Fehrer. tion 107 is a studio course.with cm- see it from the proper angle. He phasis on the technique of radio went on ~ .explain the p~Jiar production, tracing the develop- cha~acter1st1cs of our American ment of a progam from the idea Heritage. One of our greatest stage to the preparation, and in- herit9:ges, acco:ding to Mr. ~or- . eluding script reading, rehearsals, gan, 1s t!ie henta~e of Education. so.und effects, music, etc. He ,explained that in Europe today, Radio 108, Advertising and Sell- the students consider education a ing, is a comprehensive course de- luxury. tailing the development of comThe second point that Mr. MorWholesale mercial radio, organization of the gan stressed is the freedom from Paper and Stationery sales staff, and the selling and relligious intoler,,nce. Then, Mr. servicing of commercial accounts. Morgan spoke about the freedom An analysis will be made of radio that allows all Americans to think Wilkes-Barre, Pa. as an advertising medium, using ·as they wish and to take action the case strudy technique. when they do not satisfy the ma- H.A.WHITEMAN 1 & CO. INC. �WILKES BEACON SPORTS • • 'BEACON Friday, November 14, 1~47 IR C, Bears !Lead Leagµe WILKES A WARDED TROP\HY · ' -By- TOM MORAN Boy is this writer glad that he didn't have to come forth with a few of those brilliant predictions last week. Being sawed off the guessing limb two weeks in a row would be too much for any prophet to take. And just as sure as term papers follow .semesters we'd have picked Wilkes to shellack National Junior College by 40 points since the Doylestown crew only beat New York A & M eleven by a 7 to O count. . * From deep in the crystal sphere comes this startling wild stab at what the score should ,be if they pay any attention to this department: Wilkes 13, Lycoming 7. * Joe Marino, who resides in the Boy's Dormitory, spent considerable time not too long a-go trying to organize a Wilkes College boxing team, but the school officials couldn't quite see it. Why not? After all, there must be some place in the valley~with two beak bootin' gyms, one over the Strand Theatre and the other in the Heights section of the city-for such an organization to train. As far as opponents Shown above is Bill Pearce, Wyoming Va11.ey sportsman, presentare concerned, there are plenty of them. Let's look into it. ing a trophy to Coaches George Ralston of Wilkes College, left and * Unofficial word from the Wilkes College :football managers state that football players - starting with Friday n:ght'.s game-will drink a new brew guaranteed to pep up the boney structures ... It's caUed Amni Cola. E~rly reports have it that the stuff is more powerful and more effective ·than Oskamazoola - which loses its punch in wet weather. * Tonight will be the last time this year that Wyoming Valley football fans will have a chance to watch a grid game under the arc lights when this institution's gridders 'battle it out with Lycoming Colle, formerly Dickinson Seminary of Williamsport. Unlike most of our games this sea.son, with the exception of Army Junior Varsity and King's College, tonight's engagement will be a tough battle, Lycoming will come ,to the coal regions well fortifi.ed with experienced ball totters and quite a bit of the know how when it comes to lugging the old pigskin. Don't be surprised if the Colonels do not 11Un away with the show tonight. As was mentioned earlier in this column the score will favor Wilkes by about six points. Tom Brock of King's College. •T he two Wilkes-Barre coUeges played last Saturday night and Wilkes took its second victory over its rival by a 12 to 6 count. · The trophy was .p resented on a four-year basis with the winning team each year gaining possession until the next contest. The team winning the trophy three out of four times keet)s it. In case of a tie during a four-year period the battle for the "Coal Cracker Trophy" begins anew. Th.e trophy this year goes to Wilkes College and the scroe and date of the contest will be enscribed on the prize. This trophy, as well as the Dr. Edwin MacNeal Trophy, which the Colonels won last year for going through the season undefeated, will b,e on display in a showcase in Chase Hall on South River Street. Cowboys, l(aties Record Touch Football Wins The third week of competition in the Wilkes College Intramural Touch Football League fit,1ds two du,bs, IRC and Bears, tied for first place. Both squads· have a season's record of two wins and no losses. The Cowboy six is holding down the second place spot with a three win, one loss •record, while· thie Katies are in third place sporting a three week record of one win, one loss, and one tie, Filling out the resit of the league standing are the Radicals, Clowns, P r e Meds, Acorns, and Dorm, none of . whom have as yet won _a contest. The two league leaders have displayed plenty of power in their early season contests, but some of the lower place clubs show promise of developing into strong aggregations as experienee ripens the participants of the six-man touch football activity. Neither . of the two top-place clubs have met the Katie squad, which may turn out to be one of the most powerful in the league. Wednesday the Katies registered the biggest score yet recorded in the league by defeating the Acorns by· a 26 to O cout. The Katies failed to score in the first half, but opened up with a powerhouse assault in the second frame to rack up four six-pointers and two extra points. Also on Wednesday the IRC tipped the seal.es to ,the tune of 13 to O against the second place Cowboys. The IRC scored once in each period to take its second straight win of the season. WITH AN EYE TO THE FUTURE FOOTBALL ZAWBOWLINSKI QUITS FOOTBALL TOUCH LEAGUE RESULTS Acorns- 1 lows·: By Robert Mikulewicz 0 Clowns ·... ............ ... .. 0 Gregory Zawbowlinski was a;; 1, Pop-"The test will consist of O Bears .. ..... .......... .... 12 big and strong as a gorilla and · two questions, if you answer one O Katies .......... ......... ... 26 almost as · smart. In other words question correctly that will be Bearshe was not overly bright, but he ffity points, a passing grade. Any 12 Acorns .. ... ............ . 0 was able to play football, in fact guestions ?" 12 Radicals .. ...... ........ 0 he was selected as all all in the last Gregory-Duh, no, duh sir. Clowns-football pool. Besid,es being big, Pop-Okay, question ope. What O Acorns ......... .... ....... 0 :duml;>, happy ~pd all, Gregory was is the color of red litmus paper? Cowboys-Gregory-Duh, le's see. Bluel 13 Radicals ..... .. ... .... .. 6 THE AXE SHARPENING DEPARTMENT-Last year it was John the star fullback on the Steggy Pop-No. Question two. What is 13 Pre Med .......... ...... 0 Murphy, who was then sports editor of the King's Crown, and now Wapiti elev,en. 0rel!ory never Jearn9? the foot- the formula of water? · 20 Katies ... ........ ......... 7 its two guys by the handles of Litler and Kadish who have decided to Gregory-Chee I dun know. 0 IRC ••• ••••••• ... •••... ••• 13 enter their complaint in the last issue of the Crown about this depart- ball plays, mainly because such Pop...:...You're bright, you don't Dormment predicting Wilkes by six touchdowns over the Northampton Street complicated knowledge could not 19 penetrate the wall of bone sur- know the formula. You answered 13 IRC college, · rounding what was laughingly the question correctly, that~s a · IRC~urphy passed on to better thing and in all probability these two called his brain. He had the gen- passing grade, good-bye. · 19 Dorm .. ... .. ... .. •···•••••• 13 will pass on Have fun boys, but don't ,trip over the blne and gold eye- eral id.ea of what he was supposed Gus never bothered to play foot_13 Cowboyil ··· ··· ···· ····· 0 wash container in your front window. to do when he got the ball. The ball after that. He decided that Katies--O R d' quarterback would merely hand since he was able to pass such a a ica1s .... .. ....... ... 0 the ball to Gregory, point toward rigorous test that h.e would de7 Cowboys ..... ......... 20 Marty (The Voice) Blake, the man who operates from the handled the goal post and jump back. A pend upon his mental capacity for p :edAcorns · O end of a · tattered briefcase, tells us that he has completed arrange- near tragedy happened one day, a living. Needless to say Gus re -C b 13 O ments for a fislic engagement on November 25 at the West Side Arm- when Gregory got the ball he was s t arve d w1'th'm a month . R d' 1 ow oys a 1ca s~ry, which will see two of the top mittsters .of the cou,ntry, Tony Pellone not facing the goalposts but th.e -----6 Cowboys 13 and Cleo Shans, in a 10-round engagement. Al Flora's proteges will grandstands. He did not stop to O Katies 0 will make up the undercard and fans will probably see such top-flight try and figure the situation out because it hurt him to use his O Bears · ... .... .... ... .... ... O boxers as Tony Jess, Tony Baldoni, and Bobby Lloyd of Kingston, who ~, scored his 12 straighth win· at St. Nick's Arena in New· York last head, he gumshoed it in th.e direction of the stands, and ten seconds Standing of the Clubs · Monday night, later he was in the top row with w t 1 pct. three spectators draped over his IRC 2 0 0 1.000 shoulders. --Bears · 2 0 0 1.000 The Wilkes College Lettermen's Club will hold an important !Met75 3 O If you wonder why the Wapiti A student magazine agency, has Cowboys o ing in the Chase Hall Lounge on Monday night at 7. Paul Thomas, 1 .l eleven never reched .national fame been established on the ·campus. Katies .oOO secretary of the organization, has requested that all members ol the it was due to a horrible mistake This agency was conceived at the Radicals 1 O 2 .OOO lettermen's club attend· as this meeting will be held for the purpose of Pop Zeltch, the chem Prof, made start of the fall semester when a Clowns O 1 · · O .OOO deciding the social · calendar to be followed by the group ·for the ne~t one marking period. Pop, not a r,e ~resentative of Time Inc., with Pre Med O O 1 .OOO two 1semesters. Nominnti-0n of officers will als.9 bll hel!i. · football fan himself, mistook Gus the consent of the College ·Admfo- Acorns O 1 2 ,OOO for a mere paying student and istration; added Wilkes to its list Dorm O O 1 .OOO slipped an F on Greg's solid C of subscribing colleges tl.)roughout · Managers of clubs are r,equeS t ed average. · The g.r ade was recorded the ·nation. · Magazines that are .to record results of games immeand unless Greg could make the offered through this agency are: diately after contests on bulletin When You Think of mark µp in a retest he would not Time, Life, Fortune and the Arch- board in Chase Hall. Season's reFLOWERS be 11ble .t o play football. The"\-e- itectural Forum. · These publica- sults and standings of clubs will THINK OF · test had to come soon, the stu- tion~ may be seau,r ed at the greatly be compiled from informaJ;ion on CHOCOLATE· SHOP dents were getting out of hand, r,educed annual rates of: Time this bulletin board. Pop was burned in effigy and it $4:50, Life $4.25, Fortune $6.00, ---~----was rumored that he would receive Architectural Forum $1.00. Along pleton e,nd Millie Gittins · - book - andforty lashes, ,b e tar 'n feather,ed with the Time chain, the agency · store,· Charlotte Davis - · Girl's and chased: out of town. · · is also set up to process orders for Dorm; Ruth Richards, Harry Davis, Being no footbail fan, but a ' over si~ ·hundred other leading Thomas ·T eresinski, and John Flor112 EAST MAIN STREET, man who liked to eat regularly in American Magazines. kiewicz. · · PLYMOUTH, PA. addition to t.e aching . Chemestry, The authorized representati:ve Other people who are· interested CANDY .SHOP Member Florist Telegraph Pop CQn!!ente to give the mental, .for the Student .Magazin.e A,gency in earning some extra money as Delivery Association midget a re-test. . . at Wilkes College is Joe Savitz. an agency sub-agent can get in . -------------- :.------------~ The test was conducted as fol- His sub-agents are: Charles Tem- touch with Joe Savitz. · · * * Magazine Ae:ency Estahl1·shed· Here * i . I BETSY ROSS RU CH'S flower Shop . BOSTON I �5 WILKES BEACON Friday, Novemb~r 14, 1947 Cplonels Set For Lycoming Toriight Wilkes Favored To Win Filth At Kingston Field WILKES COLLEGE 1947-. FOOTBALL TEAM KICK-OFF 8 :00 P. M. By TOM MORAN . Beacon Spoi:ts Editor Old Man Winter will be patiently waiting to lock the <loor on the Wyoming Valley's 1947 night fo9tball after tonight's game when Coach George Ralston's blue and gold Colonels will play .host to Lycoming College eleven at 8 in Kingston Stadium. Still two games away from completing this year's schedule Wilkes gridders will be fighting hard to get back into the win hall after their 6-6 deadlock against National Junior College of Doylestown last Saturday afternoon. To date this season the Colonel aggregation has compile a record of four wins, one loss, and one tie. Tonight the Ralstonmen will be fighting for the privilege of recording the next to the last engage iR the win column. Unlike several of the past contests, tonight's battle will see both teams about evenly matched. Lycoming, known until this year as Dickinson Seminary of Williamsport, is nobody's fool on the gridiron and a sample of the power hidden in the down-state's grid machinery was demonstrated in its contest against Wyoming Seminary three weeks ago when Lycoming handed the favored prep school eleven an 18 to 6 tamping. From all reports Lycoming possesses a top-notch offensive and isn't lacking too much in the defensive side of the game. Tony Miele, .who gave Wilkes a bucketful of worries last year even though the local lads emerged victorious 20 to 6, is back in the quarterback berth this season and can be counted upon to be just about number one fly in Coach George First row, left to ,l"ight: Norman Cross, Sammy Elias, Francis Pinkowski, Jack Josephs, Gerald Munzing, Bob Gorgas, G.eorge Lewis , Norbert Olshefski, Jimmy Davis, Jim Trumbower. Second row: Henry S.upinski, Henry Heineman,· John Florkiewicz, Walter Hendershot , Gerrard Washco, Chester Knapich, William Nancarrow, Paul Thomas, Edward Gill, Bill Eckert, Lew Jones. Third row: Wiliiam Johns, Venton Lugg, Jack Fe.eney, .Joe Gallagher, Mel Barry, l•'rancis Brokus, MillardSkalla, William McDonough, Don Casey, Clem Hiller, William Borman. Fourth row: Nick Heineman, Elliot Gates, Murrary Horton, Al Morse, Tom (:he ck, Jack Vale, Kenny Widdall, Charlie Knapp, Keith Rasmussen, Harold Katz, Bill Luetzel, and Leo Castle. ---------------------------------- These Wilkes ends intend to give Lycoming p'.enty of trouble tonight. Left to right: Ends, Venton Lur g, Don Casey, Jack Feeney, Clem Hiner, Joseph Gallagher, Francis Brook!us · HALF CIRCLE -------------------------------------..- ---- ---- - -------------BARBECUE .Pork, Beef and Ham Home Made Pies French Fries WEST END ROAD Near Plymouth Bridge George Mamary & Earl Wolfe, Props. Dresses - Suits Coats Juniors and Misses Sizes 9 to 15 - 10 to 20 Latest and Smartest Styles At Lowest Prices ROSLYN SHOP Ralston's ointment. . On the Colonels' s1cie of the fence bQt~ l:lefensively and ,,ffensivly the club looks good. Se'Tieral times during past conte~t.S weak spots have cropped ,up, but some quick work on the part of the institution's mentor remedied the trouble. The line has been playing excellent bali all season. Such regul3'l's as Bob Gorgas, George Lewis, Walter Hendershot, Sammy Elias, and Gerrard Washco hawa been playing fine ball. One of the advantages this year's club has had is in the second and third strings Ilinemen. They are all experienced ball players who can be counted on to play first class ball. Chet Knapich, Jim Trumbower, Bill Nancarrow, Norbert Olshefski, Ed Gill, Bill Eckert, Henry H.eineman, Mel Barry, Gerald Munzing, Bill Borman, Elliot Gates, Charlie Knapp, Tom Check, and Bill Luetzel are all on .the list of reserves who may see action against Lycoming. :GRID SHOTS By Me Nanticoke over Rerwick by 19 .. Coughlin over Larksville by ~ Kingston over GAR by 12 I Meyers over Hanover by 21 . T.uz,erne over Plymouth by 1 Newport over Plairn1 by 6 1 Ashley 0ver F.dwardsville by 13 I l ·;,)ca over Pittston by 12 I T<>-:eter over Dury.ea by 6 Wyoming over Kingston Twp. 'by 20 Forty Fort over Dallas Twp by 19 Clark's Summit over Le·h man by 18 Tunkhannock over Towanda by 6 Moosic over St. John's by 13 W.-ist Pittston over Taylor by 7 Wilkes over Lycoming by 6 · S'crant-0n Frosh over King's by 18 Wyoming Seminary over Keystone by 12 . . I r I Tackles Gerrard Washco and Walt Hendershot will be in ·,he starting line-up tonight. 6 W. NORTHAM.PTON ST. Probabl_ Star_ting .L ine-up *** ·Compliments . . . . .. of ,. .. .KNlFF.EN . '.·:· *** LE - Hiller .......... . ...... .. Keyser LT- Washco .... Yerkes . ·wertz LG - Gorgas C Elias Kerr RG - Lewis Kriner RT - Hendershot Brubaker RE...:.. Feeney . Gair • QB - Florkiewicz .. ...... .. . Miele LH--'- Waters .. .. . McCloskey RH - 'Josephs Manville FB .- '- Supinski . ... ... Winters Bootblack: "Shine your shoes ·so's you kin .see your face in 'em,· mister?;' . . Man (gruffly): "Nol'' Boothblack: "Don't blame ya." SEE THE co,LONELS MEET LYMOCING COLLEGE TONIGHT AT 8 IN KLNGSTON STADIUM -*.ALSO ATTEND THE FINAL GAME WILKES vs~ WYOMING SEMINARY AT NESBIT!' STADIUM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22 AT 2 P. M. To Ye' Editor TO YE EDITOR , There i.s no peace on earth for me, , Who can command no fluency. , The master sternly bids me write, And I pl~ad weakly, ' "Not .Tonig')it!" I I Then low his brows and hps go low! .• , I, .trembling, fearful, moving slow 'Po reach for paper, r.each for pen, Faltering, "Whe,n's the deadline · -When?" RoLert Mikulewicz �6 Friday, November 14, 1947 WILKES BEACON SPANISH DANCE NOV. 21 I Campus Merry Go 'Round By MARTY BLAKE The new:y elected Student Council held its initial meeting of the 1947-48 term last week with indications leading to the belief that this year's Council wiil be the most progressive and energetic group to represent ithe student body since the introduction of the council system in the fall of 1946. At the initial meeting Mr. Ralston took charge of the council elections. Charles Templeton was elected President of the Council; Joseph Gallagher, Vice President; Joan Lawlor, Secretary, and Paul Thomas, Treasurer. Don Casey and George Brody were elected members-at-large of the executive committee. After pictures w.ere taken of the new council, Mr. Templeton suggested that the council follow the rules of parliamentary procedure-a motion that was accepted unanimously. Rules of the constitution were discussed and a motion was made by Mr. Thomas for a flower fund of $25. A controversy arose over the -auditing of the council books before their acceptance by the newly,.e lected treasurer and a vote on the matter was set aside until ~ later date. In the second meeting of the · Council held Tuesday, the male ·. members of the student govern.ing group were invited to act as marshals a.t the inauguration of Dr. Farley as president of Wilkes -College. Miss Sheridan, chairman of the COKE REFRESHES BOWLING TEAMS . AND ·SPECTATORS plus le State Tax PLEASE ret111n empty bottles promptly IOT11EI> UNDER AUTffORITY OP TH! COCA-COU. -COMPAJ'ol'f IV COC.,A-COLA B0·1 TLlNt; ·CO., lnc. 141 Wood St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 0 1947 The C-C Co. The Low Down committee concerning the printing of the copies of the constitution, distributed the copi.es to members of .the council and reported the work of the committee ha.d been satisfactorily completed. It was decided that the president of the council shall have the authority ito appoint all committees. Acting upon his newly-invested authority, Mr. Templeton appointed the .following committees: Appropriation Committee: co-chairman, George Brody and Paul Thomas Members, Ray Mechak, Don Casey, Joan Lawlor, Joe Gallagher, ·,Social Activilty Commit.. tee: co-chairman, Jl\,ck Feeney and Ca_rolyn Jones Members, Ralph Carey, Paul Callaghan, John Burak, Henrv r'ollins, Marita Sheridan, Ed Boyle. . '1 ! Mr. '1'e1,.p -:,on made a motion to select students from outside the council to work on committees and after U!)on ' its accepl;ance appointed the following: I Appropriation ·Com mJ.,lt t;_:e e : Georg,e Fry, Joe Savitz. Social Activity Committee; E'dythe Rudolph, Charlotte Davis, LEE VINCENT Ed Stryak. The Spanish Club wili . hold a The question of awards for $ala Costume Ball at the Crystal spo1'1.s, student publications, and Ba~lroom of the Hotel Sterling on the Thespians was discussed and '!'riday night, November 21. Lee motions regarding the above ac- Vincent, probably the Valley's most tivities were 1,abled !until the next popular orchestra, will · provide meeting. music for the affair from 9 to 1. Ray Mechak, Jean Lawler, - and Vincent's orchestra has played for Henry Collins were appointed to a many o! Wilkes dances in the past, standing committee for awards. A and enJoys great popularity her-'!. .elter, received from Swarthmore As an added attraction to the College, concerning an intercollegi- program there will be a profession'.!! floor show patt.~rned after a Spanish theme. Tangos and Sam1:ias, Boleros and Apache dances will be featu.red. Three prizes will be awarded for t he best costumes. One each will be given to the s.enorita and the senor with the most aittractive costume and one to the- p.e rson with the most unique costume. There will be no admission charge for Wilkes students. Chairman for the dance is Norman Baum, who will be assisted by the following: . · Posters, Trudy- Johnson, Axt Sp,engler and Judy Horowitz. Prizes, Leon Markowib; and Lee Weissberger. Publicity, Russel Williams, Sheldon Fri.ed and Thomas Lasky. :Program, Sheldon Fried, Vincent Macri and Robert Byrd. If¢ 111111111111111 II I I II II Ill I I I I I I I H111111111111111111111111 II II IIIIIIIII I ate conference, was . read. Mr. Carey suggested that the letter be referred to some interested organization and the matter is to he investigated. Mr. Templeton stated that the audit of the treasury books is completed and Mr. Boyle suggested that a treasurer's report be given at each meeting of the Council, no decision being reached on his motion. Mr. Ralston asked the .aid of the Council in publicizing the last two football games and Mr. Templeton appointed Paul Callahan, John Burak, and Marita Sheridan to a committee for that purpose. A temporary committee for conducting the class elections, nominations for which will be held Tuesday, November 18, wer.e appointed. Henry Collins and Paul Thomas will be in charge of the junior class; Paul Callahan and John Burak wiII be in charge of the . sophomore class, a n d Georg.e Brody and Charles Templeton will be in charge of the freshmen. The next meeting of the Council will be in Chaise Lounge, Friday, November 14, and Mr. Templeton that a,11 students should attend one or more meetings of the Council so that they understand how their campus government ia being undertaken. By CLAYTON BLOOMBURG 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 I I U11111 U1111111111111 .A CRJSJS IN Music . ____ Many people in our valley, like r. people from all over this country 1 can hear records from seven in the morning till one A. M. A few of the local stations are affiliated with the larger broadcasting companies such as NBC, Mutual, etc. Thus the radio listeners have a chance to hear some live musicians who play with many of the •op name bands in the country. But how about our local bands? Oo they do much broadcasting? Very little! Occasionally on a Sunday afternoon one may hear Russ Andaloro on the air for Beverly. If a local musician depends on the wages he received from broadcasting he would be unable to s,urvive. Most of the business establishments, catering to a nightly trade, use the mechanical music maker to provide music for their patrons. In some cases their proprietors hire a band or trio or a solo pianist for one, two, or possibly three nights a week. Even though the live musician is fortunate to receiv.e an engagement, his wages are so low that . he is · unable to support himself let alone a wife and family iJ! many cases. It s.eems it is a bit cheaner for the proprietor to use "can°iied musi0:" inste~d of _employing a local band.· This scribbler asked many students of Wilkes College whether t~ey wou}d rath_er have a dance with music pr?vided by means of : -e cords. featurmg the top recordmg artists, or have a local band that is fair!~ g_ood. Opinion varied but the maJority of student.s favore~ a local. band. It se~ms ~he environment is more e~f~ctive with th appearance of musicians. The reader may now think that here is one plac.e wher_e t?e local musician ~an work. This is true, but for mstance, how many dances are h~ld by our school? One or .P?S• sibly t-~o a month. A musician ca?'t hve on t~e wages he receives for two nights. Just why a proprietor who runs an establishment does not have more live musicians is a mystery to this writer. I do agree that the music recorded by the nation's top bands can't he beat. However, there are twenty-four records on a juke box. If one sits in an ,establishment all evening, he soon tires of hearing these same rcords played for hours. A live musician or musical organization undoubtedly has a large library and provide the patrons with a large variety of tunes. Then too, many patrons like to converse while consuming a meal. Many times the canned music is so loud that one can't hear himself think. On the other hand, a live musician runnin&: 'Up a!1d down the 88's makes it possible for a - p,erson to listen to a tinkling piano or to babble with his friends without be'mg annoyed by l ou d mus ic. of ours, love good music. But are these people being presented with good music when they go out for an enjoyable evening'! It is this scribbler's opinion that ninety percent of the time they are not. Let us take a look as to why such a condition exists today. A local trio with plenty of talent recently had an audition. rhe employer sang high praises for the group, he liked the arrangements and he lik.ed ,t he vocals done by the trio. The trio was hired at union scale. The first night the employ.er paid his employees the wages were under union scale. Rather than embarass the employer, the .trio kept hush, thinking a mistake might have been made. The deficit was not too much. But the same shortage occured the following payday. Then the leader confronted the employer with his problem. The employer answered that he couldn't afford to pay the scale .even -though his establishment was completely filled every night. As a result the trio is not working today. · Let's look at another case. Recently a top-notch pianist was releas.ed and a non-union and mediocre pianist put in his place because the non-union pianist worked for a little less money. Though the local union made arrangements to have the non-union pianist removed the following week, the non-union pianist re~ mained employed for three months more - BELIEVE IT OR NOT! A short time ago another union pianist was engaged to play for a bridal shower. The piaI14st was to fu:rnish music for two hours. Since every one at the shower was having a jovial time listening . to music, singing, and· then being entertairied with a jam session the pianist played for an extra hour. Nevertheless he was not paid for his services. That pianist, anoth~r excellent pianist with a mighty fine style and a manner of pleasing the crowd, refuses to play today. To cite another instance the owner of a very quaint business place reached a musical trio asking them to take an engagement at his establishment. When the price was discussed, he told them in a very frank manner they would have to work under scale. When the trio politely refused to accept his offer, a very mediocre trio nonunion, is now playing the e~gagement first offered to the top union trio. . If th e peo.pl e of t h is va11ey ex. pect to spend an enjoyable eveW_h~t is _to happen t~ theM ning listening and dancing to good n_iusicians if canned ~usic conmusic, something must be done. I tmues to replac~ theme . Ar_e they leave the so1ution to the reader! to leave the . field of ~usic and attempt to fmd work m another field? They would undoubtedly be unable to find work in this valley. The number of unemployed today is tremendously high. The Chamber of Commerce has stated it will do all it can to alleviate this situation ,but with more men The juke box today has re- thrown out of jobs · the possibility placed many musicians. Though of finding employment for this this condition ,exists throughout addition! number will be very the entire country, let's look at small. the situation as it exists in our What is to become of these valley. musicians and possibly their famFirst let's take a glan~ at ilies? Is there a solution to their what goes on in our. local radio problem? Who can tell? statio~s. A good deal of the music that comes over the air is Time tells on a man-especially produced by mens of records. One a good time. JUKEBOXES OR LIVE OUTFITS �Friday, Nove~b_e r 14, 1947 7 WILKES BEACON I. R. C. ADOPTS POLICIES BRASS AT LIVELY MEETING TACKS In Passing TRAVIS & HUDAK "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of a little mind." In consideration of this quotation we announce that the purpose of this coLumn is to encourage thought. No individual attends college without first thinking of th!.! benefits he must derive from it. Offered to him are mental and social responsibilities p,erhaps never realized before. Mellltally, college attempts to stimulat°e the intellect so each individual may become a citizen responsible to the needs of socity and constructive under those needs. Haw~ you considered that this responsibility, too, is an important part of your education? The prime objective of a liberal ,education is to penetrate an apparent wall of personal indifference. More than any other syst em, a IRC officers assume duties. Left to right: Charles Hailstom'!, sec- liberal education strengthens unit retary; Larry Pelish, vice-president; Ralph Car.ey, president; Thomas spirit, yet maintains individual reJenkins, treasurer; Hugo V. Mailey, f~culty advisor. . sponsibility. Never th el~ss, t?o At the last regular meeting of the International Rela:tions Club, many instances can be cited m which this has been so completely the follo wing aims and policies were adopted : reversed .that th!.! individual emerTo aid in th.e promotion of an understanding among nations t oward ges as superior to the system. the purpose of securing world peace. Frankly, w,e don't see how anyTo educate and Ito arouse interest among th.e students in inter- one can consider himself a responsnational affairs by free criticism and discussion. ible citizen if he cannot respect To make the students r,e11lize that the problems besetting the world himself. The basic concept of indiare intricate owing to the · difference in the economic institutions and vidual respect is honor, both social governmental systems of th!.! nations of the world, and that there are and moral. Those habits practiced many solut ions to each problem. by the student in his college years To acquaint the students with the proper methods of conducting will b,e carried away by him into and participating in group discussions. \;!e~!it:e;e;;i!fse i~a;i~e~c~no~r~~~~ To develop powers of leadership in the students as . they are our is the manner in which he will meet future civic leaders. later crisis. Thus a good student is The aforementioned aims and the club, the presen:t world political car,eful to meet his every requirepolicies ar,e included in the pre- and .economic situ:ation makes this ment with integrity. amble of the new constitution of idea infeasible. To those who read this art icle, Plans are tentatively formulated the kno~ledge of cheruting befor~ the IRC which was presented to for a joint meeting with the IRC of and during examinations is nothing the club at the r.egular meeting. Scranton Univ.ersity, and probably, new. An academic honor system Attendance reached a high p_eak at a meeting will be held someitimes such as exists at Columbia, Harthis meeting, and many of the old during this m-0nth. vard, W,est Point, and Princeton di.e-hard "IRC-ers" expressed the Larry Pelish, manager of the ha·s been proposed here as a mean_s opinion that the unusually large IRC intra-mural touch football of eliminating this situation. No attendanc.e was caused by the cam- team, announc,es that the IRC will definite action along such lines has paigning of the student council present another crack athletic team b,een taken, however. The answer politicians. in ~he intra-mural league. ,to this rests with each member of Compared to qther meetings, this Since th,e Lycoming-Wilkes foot- the student body and with the facgathering was particularly wild. iball game will be payed on the day ulty. The famous Baron-Kanner-Likow- of a regularly scheduled IRC meetLet's examine the vaLueless opski Bloc immediately went into ac- ing, th.e IRC meeting will be post- portunity of cheating. First, the tion and continued to hurl barrages poned until Monday night at the mental energy expanded for thPof parliam.e ntary technicalities and usual time and place. Students "stolen" maiterial consumes little irreguladt.ies at the chair which should cons11.1lt the bulleitin boards and is, therefore, cheap to come was presided over by the capable for information pertaining to the by. The proportionate value of that chairman Ralph Carey. Several schedule of the meeting. The speak- information is exactly the sametimes during the course .of the ers committee hopes to have Mr. worthless. "Last night I was busy, meeting "Tex" Trammel rose to Dwight Falconer present as a guesrt. but I can get the exam from Joe the floor to reprimand the mem- speaker. ·How.ever, at this time t he Bit 9:30 tomorrow." How can it be bers who were resorting to dilatory arrangements are rather uncertain, possible to retain information and capricious tactics to disrupt thus all members are requ,ested to garnered in such a fashion? Yet the movement of the gathering. . check on .the bulletin boa_rds for the lack of mental dicipline :that During the discussion period, further information. r~sults from seeking second-hand which was conducted · in a more At this meeting the various de- information may one day cost one subdued atm~phere, the IRC went !e!il'ates will report on their activ- his job. Although we cannot. predi~t on record as op.p osing the stand- 1t1es. The IRC recen~ly sent thr~e anyone's future, this maxim srt:111 ardization of armaments and delegates to the Middle Atlantic I remains. "What costs little is -equipment of countries in the west- States IRC conference which was valued less." Important as this is em hemisphere. ,In the opinion of. held at Monrt:clair, N. J. individually, remember we are a part of a functioning body-Wilkes The entire confer.ence, entitled College. _ "Building World Peace", began on This brings us to o,ur second Saturday afternoon with a welcome point. The student who cheats . to address by Dr. Harry A. Sprague, obtain his degree has not cons1dPres. of N,ew Jersey State Teach- .e red the significance of that ,piece ers College. Following the welcome of paper obJectively; for if cheataddress, Mauric,e Sauve, Represent- ing supplants honesty, the deg!ee, ative of Cana dian Student Union as such, is a worthles·s scrap of · Albert J. Stratton, Jr., and How- gave a spe.ech on "The Student's pap.e r. How can it be 01therwise ard A. Trammel, IRC repr.~senta- Plac.e in World Affairs". Sunday since the intellectual b~sis was distives to the Middle Atlantic Re- began with special Catholic and honest? gional Conference of International Protestant Services, and was folA degree is the merit award.-ro Relations Ciubs. which was held lowed by breakfast in the Edward for a job well done. Why should it at State Teachers co·leg.e, Mont- Russ Hall. The main feature for be prostituted? No school is greatclair, New Jersey on Nov. 8th have the morning was an address and .er than the individual conception brought back th,e following report general discussion of "Our Ideo- fo its founding principles, and a from the conference. logical World •P olicy" at which college is .st.ill judged on th~ qualThe conference was attended by time Felix Wittmer presided as ity of its graduates. Since other delegates from approximately 144 speaker. college towns proclaim their pride coUeges in New York, PennsylvaDuring the afternoon the grot!p let us desire to have Wilkes-Barre nia, New Je;rsey, and Maryland. had th!.!ir choice of several discus- just as proud to look at this corner The topics of discussion were on.. . M St d T. 11 of the city. T o,effect this, the rethe foLowing subjects: United Na- s10ns. r. ratton an ramme sponsibility is laid upon us to untions, Religion, Culture and Educa- , attended the address on . "Under- derstand the traditions and values tion, United States, Western Itemi- standing Soviet Russia" and "Our we must advance in our society. sphere and the East, and Europe. Poiitical World . Policy". George S. We should consider carefully Included in the list of speakers Countz, Teachers College, Colum- what we are discarding when we were: Dr. Harry A. Sprague, Pres- bia University, was the speak.er on resort to dishonest methods. We ident of New Jersey State Teach- "Understanding Soviet Russia" and are ·losing integrity, self-respect, ers College at Montclair, and Harry S. Gideonse, Presid.ent of and true knowledge. These · are Commissioner for International Brooklyn Coll~ge was the speaker fundamental concepts that give our Educ at ion and R.eco!).struction, for "Our Political World Policy". lives dignity and grace. Without Wendell M. Lewis, Representative Pennsylvania State College bas them the "art- of living" is disof Carnegie Endowment for Inter-. been chosen as the · site of 1947 torted and we find ourselves incapnational Peace, Maurice Sauve, Re- Middle Atlantic Regional Confer- able of decisive action. We owe it presentative of Canadian Student ence of International Relations to oua-selves to become honorablp, Union. Clubs. · citizens-now. By EUGENE MA YLOCK Stratton And Trammell Bring Conference Report By Robert Mlkulewicz The Moneyman "ZOTZ" Hilarious Proves InterestingReading THE MONEYMAN by Thomas B. Costain, published by Doubleday and Company, Inc., Garden City, N. Y. 1947. This book is a historical novel based on the career of Jacques Coeur, the moneyman, for Charles VII of France. This French Monarch was known as the well served king. In the case of Jacques, King Charles supplied t he ingratitude while Jacques sup.plied the money and loyality. Jacques Couer was a 16th Century Horatio Alger, a man with a 20th century mind and ideas born out of his time. The French merchant Cou,er was admired by the common people of Paris, and hated, but feared, by the French court because he had th.e means to supply Charles VII with · money. Though he did not always supply his own money, he always knew where to go or whom to s.ee to get the money. This book is full of court intrigue, duels and battle field encol.!nters. Some minor characters are introduced to supply the love interests other than those of King Charles. The love affair of the minor h.~ro and heroine is based on the -0ld idea of true love never runs smooth, and true to form there .is a happy ending for this cou,p le. The author captures the readers interest at the start and never allows it to drift away. Mr. Costain very neatly intertwines the facts and the fiction into a smooth, easily readable, well balanced story worthy of attention. Cold Rain Oh, it rains, it rains, it It's so gloomy, cold and While you think of how might have been, And of what you might rains-sad things have had. Oh, you sit, yoU: sit, you sitWhile the rain repeats its jeers; Till it seems as though it always • rained, And intends to rain for years. Oh, you smoke, you smoke, you smoke While the ashtray overflows, And when you're low on cigarettes You're high on "Cold-rain" woes. WE ARE DISTRIBUTORS for BUCKNELL JEWELRY Easy Payments -*BERMAN'S Zotz by Walter Karig, with drawings by the author, published by Rinehard and Company, Inc., New York, N. Y., and Toronto, Canada. · Zotz is a hilarious, satirical novel on Washington bureaucracy during th.e war and gentil satire on Theological colleges and small colleges in general. Professor John Jon,es, professor of Semitic Languages at St. Jude's Theological Seminary (Episcopal), is the main character in the story. H,e is a mild, shy, unassuming individual who is suddenly given the power of ZOTZ. This is the .power to destroy merely by, th.e persol! so possessed, pointing his finge1 and uttering the world ZOTZ. Once J on,es realizes his potenc:, he tries desperately to secure an interview with- the President of the United States, and to divulge to the president the power that he, the professor, possesses. From h!.!re, .to the end of the story, the complications that take place provide ever increasing mirth. The conclusion of the novel is, to the story, what a special desert is to a completely enjoyable m.eal. Mr. Karig must have derived a great deal of pl.easure from writing this laugh-packed story. When the author speaks of bureaucracy, he knows wh.ereof he speaks. He was a naval officer in the Public. Relations Office in Washington,. D. C. during the war. Zotz is a treatment in laugha guaranteed tobring out any chuckles that might have been subdued by the not too pleasant condition of world affairs. USE GLENDALE WOODLAWN DAffiY PRODUCTS RECORDS VICTOR DECCA COLUMBIAand Accessories -THE- CampUS Record Shop 14 W. NORTHAMPTON ST. Phone 2-07 40 CRAFTSMEN ENGRAVERS * 20 North State St. Phone 3-3151 · There is No Substitute For QUALITY BISCUIT CO. * Wilkes-Barre. Pa. FRANK CLARK Jeweler 63 South Main Street �WILKES BEACON 8 ,, Friday, November 14, 1947 Manuscript Ready Choral Club · ForContrihutions Makes Plans At the recent Choral Club elecThe Manuscript is now ready to tioM Rosemary Zukoski was. re'accept contributions f o r this semester's edition. Any Wilkes e1ected president; Leon Gilbert, student may submit as many con- vice-president; Janet Rogers was tributions as he desires. Any type re-elected secretary-treasurer. Betof article that is original and ty Jane Reese and Robert Levin,e were elected librarians. well wi:itten will be considered for As has been the custom, the publication. Contributions may be Choral Club has made tentativ.P. left at the:: Manuscript box in the office. or at :the Manuscript office plans to appear at various local ~vents this season. Even with the in the basement of Chase Hall. In addition contributions may be sub iecr.ease in membership, the Club is looking forward to a successful mitted to any member of the staff. year. , Those now on the staff o( the The membership in the Choral literary magazine are Thomas JenClub has dropped from .65 to 44 kins, Miriam Golightly, Edythe memb,ers since last year. This deRudolph, Trudy Jolmson, and crease necessitates •urging the stuJoe Hudak. dent body to join the group now. Following the plan set down in Any p.erson can do so by merely the by-laws of the literary maga- coming along to the next rehearsal zine, the ,editors of the Manuscript (which will be posted on the bu'.will select several students who letin boards) and then continuing will be added to the staff at the as a steady member. It would not recommendation. of the faculty take much more than the present members of the English Depart- existant spirit in the Choral Club ment. The faculty members of to bring the group to its full the department will submit to the strength. Join now and mak.e the editors a list of names of those Wi1kes Choral c:ub one of the finsophomores, juniors, and seniors est musical organizations in Wyowho excel in Eng1ish composition ming Valley. a~d the appreciation of fine litera- · ' ture. From the recommended list of names the Manuscript editors will select a staff consisting of four seniors, three juniors, and two sophomores. Because the fr.eshmen have had Hear y.e, guys, and hear ye, gals; little time in which to demon- We've got good news for you. :strate their ability, the selection On November twenty-first, -of. a freshman editor will be de- Whatever else you do. layed temporarily. Wb.en the fac- • ulty has had ample time to be- Please make sure that you'll come acquainted with the talents attend of the freshman class, they will The fancy Costume Ball. submit art approved list of stu- Where? It's at the Sterling and dents from whom one person will Admission's free, for all. be selected to fill the highly-coveted position. You can dance till one A. M. Lee Vincent's band will p'ay. Prizes and r.efreshments free. How can you stay away? -~~ ·::><t:::c.· .. "THERE'S ONLY ONE "❖, CIGARETTE FOR ME .•. MY FAVORITE Noticia A Amigos Theatre Group Plans Staging Of "Antigone" Hosted by the Spanish Club You're sure to have much fun. Be there, please, at 9 P. M. Come all, come everyon,e! MANUSCRIPT STAFF MEETING The Greek play ANTIGONE has been chosen for the next dramatic There will be a meeting of the production of the Wi:kes theatre Manuscript staff Monday . at noon group. Staging of the production, in the Manuscript office in Chase howev,er, depends upon the avail- Hall. All staff members are re~ility of a c~s~ capable of h:and- quested to be present as the plans 1mg such a d1ff1cult underta~mg. I for tl).e new edition of the magTwo years ago a production ~f azine will be discussed. ANTIGONE was first produced m this country by Katherine Cornell in New York. It was an instant hit. The administration has announcThe plot is based on an early drama by the Greek writer, Sophocles, ed that Mr. Alfred Groh, membP-r and has been revised by J.ean An- of the Wilkes College faculty, has soilh and adapted by Lewis Galan- been appointed Director of the tiere. Treated in the modern idiom, College Theatre Group. ANTIGONE is very timely in its ideas and universal in its appeal. The setting of the play is particularly effective today in a world where people are r.equ.ired to take For . a definite stand against the many Accurate and Dependopposing forces of ,evil. This origable Nationally FamoWI inal thought has been preserved in Watches the translation. The story of ANTIGONE reprr.- For . aents, through the characters . of Certified Perfect DiaAntigone and Creon, the King of mond Rings O' DevoThebes, the conflict between detion mocratic and totalitarian ways of life. During the German occupation For . .of Paris, the Germans a:lowed Up-to-the-minute styles ANTIGONE to be produced b,ecause i,n Fine Jewelry they felt it advocated their ideas of totalitarism. The French pro- ON . duced ANTIGONE because, to Easy Credit at No Exthem, it advocated ·those famous tra Cost principles of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity. S This Greek chorus is retained to ee · serve as a link between the audience and the characters. Basically, ANTIGONE is the story of a woman who gives up the man she loves rather than abandon her convictions. As y,et no d_efinite date has been set for tpe first performance. Nevertheless, plans ar.e being arranged 75 South Main Street to present the production in the WILKES-BARRE Meyers High School aiuditorium in mid-December of this year. ,& ALWAYS MILDER }-rJe~J/,,/ ~111:tuta/._~ /J&UPJ B · BETTER TASTING CJ COOLER SMOKING Frank Parkhurst, Inc. * General Insurance * Miners Nat') Bank Bldg. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 1 - g/lli EXPERTS IN SOLVING DIFFICULT PLUMBING AND HEATING PROBLEMS TURNER VANSCOY CO. 'I DEEMER & co. School and Office Supplies GIFTS AND STATIONERY 27 E. Northampton St. Est. 1871 Wilkesy 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/. 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 Wilkes Beacon 1947 November 14th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1947 November 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 Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/aefdf82e0fc6f8046d1cb79c57137c36.pdf add8f5a880e9413161e69d22bc12b9b5 PDF Text Text Local High. Schools· Attend Beacon Press Club Con£erence: .Editors of Working Press Speak ✓ By VINCENT MACRI An Interscholastic Press Conference, the first of its kind ever to be conducted in WyolJ}ing Valley, was attended by _14 11ocal high schools Saturday, February 21, under the auspices of the BEACON· Press Club 'in the newly erected Science Theatre in the rear of 154 South · River St_reet. The purpose of the conference was to introduce the high school students to the workings of a college newspaper, to a cquaint them w'ith the wol'king press, and to promote closer cooperation between the various high school papers .in the valley. Prominent Speakers Guest speakers at the conference, men who are prominent in ~e field of diournali.sm in ithis area, were Mr. Joseph T. Murphy, manag ing editor of the TimesLeader - Evening News, _Joseph and a chronicle of the news. . . •. In closing, Mr.' ?4urphy men-' tioned the ethics of the American Society of Newspapers, organized to raise the standard of American journalism. Some of the points he brought out were freedom of the press, independence, sincer•ity, truthfulness, accuracy, impartiality, and fair play. Color Printing Explained Mr. Joseph Gorman delivered a spirited talk on the make-up and J. ·Gorman, president of the International ·color Printing Co., William E. Bachman, city editor of the Hazelton Standard - Sentinel, and Robert Patton, sports editor of the WilkesrBarre Record. Mrs. Gertrude M. Williams. head of · the Wilkes College journalism department OJ:>ened the conference with a few introductory ·remarks. She introduced Robert Mikulewicz, president of the BEACON " Press Club, and Henry Anderson, editor of the BE.'ACON, who spoke briefly on how the BEACON is publ ished. Mr. Murphy, who spoke on ethics of American news papers, ga ve the delegates an insight into all the phases of newspaper writing, describing t he newspaper as a 'condensed daily history of the world." Mr. Murphy also stated Vol. 2, No. 1. t hat t he daily newspaper serves as a t r a ding guide, agency of barter publication of the comic supple' ment. ·He explained how the color printing presses are set up in four "decks" and how the - comics are produced through a long, complicated process. An interesting fact noted was that the comics are made from only four colors yellow, red, blue, and black. Relating the history of color printing, Mr. -G orman stated that the first cartoon was printed on February 16, 1896 in the New York World. The title of this cartoon was "The Yellow Kid", drawn by a man named Outcag.lt. Mr. William E . Bachman, city editor of the Hazleton StandardSentinel, speaking on the job of a city editor, imparted many helpful suggestions to the group. He said a reporter, who is the essential man on a newspaper, must be alert, hon(!st, and accurate. The reporter must also be friendly, as (continued on page 4) · FRIDAY, FE!BRUARiY 27, 1948 WILKES COLLE.GE, WIUKES~BARRE, PA. Athlete ofYear To Receive Beacon Trophy ·School Newspaper To Give Thespians·Plan Council To Hold Theatre Sc~ne "Beacon Sports Trophy'' At Of Thespian . Next Play Freshman Hop Athletic· Banquet Thursday Tomorrow Night Party Tonight By REED LOWREY For the first time in the history of athletics at Wilkes College, "The :Beacon Snorts Trophy," an award which will be presented to the outstanding college athlete of the year, will ·b e ·g iven at the second annual . WHkes College Athletic • Banquet next Thu~,sday · night in the college cafet~1a. ·.i,, Due to -the fact that any athlete on the committ.e e which will choose the winn er of tbe · award would automatically be ineligible to receive it, a committee of three will decide who is to be named "outstanding athlete of the year" 1ft Wilkes College and the trophy will lbe suitably engraved for the winner. The committee, composed of George Ralston,· director of ath~ letics and coach of three sports, Cromwell Thomas, coach of wrest.:. Hng, and Tom Moran, sports editor of the Beacon and director of sports publicity, will meet this afternoon to decide the winner of the 1948 Beacon ·sports Trophy. Sports Editor 'of the 'Beacon will .present the trophy at the banquet on Thursday nignt to the outstanding athlete and announce the intention ol the Beacon editors to carry on the custom of awarding a trophy to the outstanding athlete e~ch year· at the annual sports dinner. In deciding the winner of 'the -t rophy the committee will base their selection of the person deserving to receive the Beacon Sfports 'rz'ophy. on the fjllowing ooints: Sportsmanship, Leadership, Scholastic Ability, and Athletic Ability. Any member of a Wilkes College athletic team, which participates in intercollegiate competition, will be eligiible to receive the award. There is · no restriction placed upon one man winning the award twice in 's uccession. : ·The trcwhy wil'l be awarded on a personal basis and will not be c!lissed · as a school tr6.p hy. Speakers Urge Tolerance ciples for which they fought by returning to a world of bigotry, prejudice and intolerance. The Rabbi went on to say that it was hatred that caused the destructio n of Germany· and • Japan, and it was hatred that has ruined hundreds of thousands of lives. "All faiths are founded on love, love of our neighbors, and love of .mankind" Rabbi Friedman concluded, "the world can only live on the basis of love." Love of our neighbors, love of mankind and racial and 'religious tolera'nce were .p oints stressed at Tuesday's assembly program which was under the direction of Rabbi' Newton Friedman and D e a n George Ralston. A c:hallenge to rid themselves of , Friendliness Needed racial and religlou~ intolerances Reverend Carl Trexler, pastoJ," of was presented to the students by Rabbi Friedman, Rev. Carl Trex- the First Evangelical and Refor mler, and· Atty. Daniel · J. Flood, 'ed Church, the second of the three leaders in Wyoming Valley's ob- speaker,s, prefaced his remarks by servance of American Brotherhood :s aying that one of the miracles of history is Am~rica, and that one Week. of the reasons for this is the fact that America is built on the. idea Hatred Destroys Rabbi friedman, Wilkes Relig- t'hat we are all equal. ion instructor and Rabbi of Temple He cited Toynbee's recent article B'nai B'riith u sing as his central in Life Magazine about the 21 theme, " Our Great Americ'an Heri- civilizations of history, and noted tage," pointed out that America that our western civilization is is founded on .the basis of equal- leading the field in a scramble for ity of mankind an<1 that Ameri- an obscure peak. cans accept no dictator except Reverend Trexler called attenGod. tion to the fact that America is He wondered how · Americans a country composed of peoples ca·n fight .s ide by side with men of from the four oorners of the all creeds and c,o lors during a war earth, and went on to say that if such as we just had, ~nd then we want out American Civilization just as quickly1 forget the prin(continued ,on page 8) Tryouts for the Tl:J,espians' second major production of the 1947Opening the social calendar for .Tonight the Thespians will play 48 school year began Monday night th e current semeS t er,. th e · Student hdst to the ,s tudents of Wilkes Col-, Coup,cil wi)l sponsor a sport dance u nd er th e supervision of dramatic to be held tomorrow night at St. lege when they present · . Minor coach Mr. Alfred Groh, and will Stephen's Church House, South Miracle; a one-act play, and concontinue until some time next Franklin Street. The event will .duct an "open house" at Chase. k follow the Wilkes-King's basketwee . ., ball contest and will begin at 9:00 Theatre. The af:l!air will ,begin The Hepburn Story P. M. Jack> Feeney, head of the with · an informal inspection o! d t· Council's social committee, is in lighting and stage equipment. At ThT •hPeh'I fdor thhc.omiS·ntg pro uc iedon. charge of the affair. this time ithe Thespians will at.1 1 18 e .. a e P ory, a . com . Y Music will he furnished by questions ' by Philip Barry, was th e firS t sue- Reese Pelton's " Collegians ", tern.pt to answer any ces_sfully produced by th e Theatre eleven-piece orchehstra composed posed by guests concerning the puild at th e Shubert Theatz:e, N ~w of Wilkes students. Expected to preparation and production of a York! March 28! 1939 · .T his play appear for the first time with the stage play. starr1ng Kath enne He~bur~ an~ band will be a vocal trio. A It was leal'lled earlier this week supported _by such lummaries _, as balanced prog.r am of current balVan He~flm, Joseph Cotten, a nd lads, · s tandards and "jump" tunes that the Green Room, located on the second floor of .Chase Theatre, Dan Tobi~, had a very success_ful . has been arranged. run on Broadway_ before be~ng The dance is being held to has been completely remodeled. s7lected as th e vehicl~ for a ~otio;11 honor the incoming freshman class The transition includes a naw color p_icture ?f tI:e same }itle. In addi- and introduce them to the social scheme for the walls, new electriction, th1 s nc·~ comedy has ~een activities program,· Refreshments al fixtuhes, . floor lani:ps, end done s everal times on ·the rad~o.. will be served throughout the tables and new cushions for all chairs and couches. At pr~seht, the only ~efmite evening. Following the • inspection tour pa~. assign~e.nt has been given to Scheduled a,s part of the eveWilham Griffi th • 11• newcomer but, ning's · program is something nevi students will be entertained by a from reports received., a_ 1;1atutal in musical entertainment, a nov- prize-winning, twen'ty .minute, onefor th e 'Pai.it of Uncle Wilham in ·elty entitled "Bir.th of a Band". act play entitl~d MlNOR MIR.B arry's play. A "jitterbug" contest may also be ACLE. Featured in the all mafe cast of this drama of human . emoIrem Temple Engaged staged. As is the custom, admission to tions will be Sheldon Fried, Ted; The Thespians have reported the affair and .r efreshments will Warakomski and David Jones. that it intends to provide more be free to all Wilkes students and The play will begin at 8:30 p. m. Admission will' be free and remature work of nearly profession- their friends. f;i..-e shments will be served during al standards and perfection. To the course of the evening. ·insure proper appreciation of The Philadelphia Story arrang(;lments to engage the !rem Temple for the three nights of · the play have BEACON MEETING nearly reached completion. MONDAY Albin Auckerhmd and Allfred sta ge· light• C?mer who handl<'d The 'International Relations Club There will be a meeting of the i~g and· special effects for Mac- will hold its initial meeting of the BEACON staffs' Monday at noon beth, You Can't Take It With You, semester tonight at 7:30 p. m. in in the BEACON office rear of and 'Antigone, will also be in·, Ghase Hall Lounge. The pur:pose Shoemaker Hall. Students interestcharge of lighting for The Phila- of the meeting will be to hold nom- ed in joini.ng the Beacon staffs are delphia Story,,;· The pr oduction of inations for the various vacancies welcome to attend the ·meeting. Antigone, whlfc-h is . reported to . ~~=~to~~~have · compared favorably wi th members with the club 's activities. · Catherine Cornell's version, necesThe Club members have been .sci.tated tthe 'U.Se of two switch- active on t he Intercollegiate Con, boards, the usual house equipment, ference , on Government . Political and a crew of six technicians to Parties Conference, and the ICG operate the 20 spot lights used. chairman will be on hand to preOWn Onlg The stage and lighting equip- sent the IOG agenda to the club ment, which was totally destroy- fo r final approval. ed when a fire gut ted Chase Wilkes College, which has been Clem Waclowski, president of Theatre in th e summer of 1946 , selected a s the headquarters of the the French Club, announces that ha•s now been replaced. Addit iona l Northeast ern region of the ICG, the club will present a French new equipment has been purchased will play host to the other col- film tonight'~ in tbe new science and will be used to assisit the caSt Jeges and universities in the lecture hall. ·T he picture "Algiers" of The Philadelphia Story during Northeastern district. A regional and an added short, "The Private their .rehearsals at Chase Theatre. meeting of the 100 to beheld Life of Pierre", will be shown in sometime in March will serve as two, performances. The first pera preliminary meeting to the final formance will be at 8:00 p. m. ·The Colonel's Queen; Who 'conference which will be held in. and .t he second performance will Is She? Philadelphia. · begin promptly at 9 :30. IRC To Nominate Officers ·Tonight 'Alg1ers • , TO Be Sh T • ht �WJlllKES COLLEGE BEA!CON_ 2 Press Conference ASplendid Affair .,, ~© Henry w. Anderson ~ .. ...... ....... .. ...... .. .. ............. .. Editor-in-Chief Joseph Purcell ......... .. ............................... .. ....... .... .......... Business Manager Tl!._omas J. Moran ............ .. ... .. . ...... ... . .... .... 'sports Editor Norbert S. Olshefski ....... ..... ....... ............ ... .............. News Editor . Robert T. Mikulewicz ···· ·· ·· ·· ·····•·· ···•··•·· · ·· ··· ······· F~atures Editor Vincent Macri .... .... . ····· • .... .... ......... ... .. ....... .... .... ... Club News Editor Frank Eiwaz .... .. ............... ... .................... ........ .. ...... ..... Circulation Manager Thomas J. Moran .,........ ...... ........... ..... .. ... .... ..... ..... ,........... ..... .. Photographer · FEATURES STAFF Garfield Davis, Ted Wolfe, Clayton Bloomburg, Edwaltd J. Wasilewski, · Gene Bradley NEWS STAFIF Russell Williams, Robert Miller, Eugene Maylock, Margot Golin, George Brody, Edythe Rudolph, Muriel Bransdorf, Don Williams Charles Reif ........... ............................ ................... Faculty Report.er Alfred Groh .... .. ..... .... ... ..... ...... .. ... .... . Faculty Advisor Professor Paul "Pop" Gies Professor Paul Gies had the blessings of humility, ability and understanding. Professor Gies was recognized a:s an expert musician, a verita;ble storehouse o f mu!Sical knowledge, a fine instructor and a very likeable person: To s tudents and faculty alike he was ' known simiply as "Poip". ''Pop" Gies had the same warm feeing for students that they felt for him. He frequently held parties for them at hi,s Pocono farm. Some students became hi-s closest friends. In his, will ''Po,p" left most of his estate to 'his very close friends Charles Henderson and Joe Higgens, both of. whom had once been his Professor Paul Gies · students. 1 The air cadets Professor Gies ill!Structed in meteorology here during the war received the highest results in the Army examination in that subject. He was the cadets' favorite in:st:mctoc. "Pop" was active in civic affairs. Among many other concerts, he conducted the annrual !Bach Festival in Wilkes. Barre and Scranton. iMusiciall!S and music lovers esteemed his falent and vesitility in musci. He played expertly almost every known instrument. In addition he was a conductor and a composer. On December 9, 1947, "Pop" Gies was scheduled to con- duct hi.s own (and last) composition, LOVE'S ADVERSITY at the !rem Temple, but he became too ill to appear. ',Pop" !Gies, who last sumlffier had been appointed full professor at Wilkes College, became a full time instructor in 1942 after serving time since 1~33. Previously he had' taught at" Bucknell University. • He was the leader of the annual Bach Festivals in Heid,. elberg, Germany before leaving Germany in 1923. Hi:s blessings of humility, ability, and understanding will permanently serve to inspire students who knew "Pop". • The Interscholastic Pres:s Confer~mce held Saturday proved to be a significant and. exceedingly successful affair. During the program everyone had the opportunity to listen to this section's most ;prominent men whose addresses were, by the way, informative and extremely impres:s,ive. Moreover, we are ,s ure that everyone iprofited from the vigorous and stimulating exchange of ideas carried on dur:ing the discussion periods. . M Ge Will . h ad The able manner in Which ' rs. rtrude 1ams, e of the Wilkes, journalism department, ~ond!ucted the program jn,sured the affai~ of total success. To culminate proceedings the college. cafeteria served a splendid ·luncheon. , · We were further impressed by the interest of the high school journalists in the entire iprogram. During the speeches . the guests were :so absorbed in the texts that one could have heaird the proverbial ;pin drop, something quite uncommon among Wilkes assembly goers. Furthermore the speeches were so well planned and genuinely excellent that the audience had no desire to stir for ,the three and one half hours of the,. session. It was simply too 'good to hav.e just once. It was meant to be an annual conferen~. · As Sister Mary Evangeline GBS of St. Mary's High School told the group, it ·was wonderful, word should b~ spread. Dear Editor: It was with much chag.r in and disgust that I read Mr. Mikulewicz's "critique" , of, "Une Nuit a Paris" in' the January 23 issue of the Beacon (Val. 1, . No., 20). It is with" ithe approval of the French Club (Thursday; Jan. 29) that this letter is forwarded. , The fact that local talent was to be utilized 1n the floorshow was publicized beforehand by the pro- ' gram committee, and also announced by Clem Waclawski, General Chairman, and Joe Goldbe.r g, Master of Ceremonies, in their introductory remarks preceding the show. . We had difficulty in :i;ounding up talent (keeping the roundup · localized and gratuitous) · and needless to say, we were gratififed to receive so many entrants. I personally reassured at least three. entertainers who had expressed doubts •about appearing before the student body on the grounds that they weren't ". ... good enough." I informed them that "'OUr floorshow was not presented fot the benefit of a hidden ,talent scout, but ratb,er for a cooperative, bro'act-minded student body. This is not to ·say that we expected to please everyone. Every guest was certainly entitled to his own opinion. However, criticism One of the most constl'luctive ideais we have heard to is · one thing; ridicule, quite andate was suggested to ,u,s by BEAOON Business Manager Joe other. · Purcell, who was also deerply impressed by Saturday's ConSchool spirit b,e ing at the level that it is at Wilkes we all were ference. Joe took us aside at the Conference and told us that very much ertcouraged at the exWilkes schola;rshi;ps ·s hould be awarded t6 high school stw- cellent cooperation and interest dents showing the most ability in J. ournalism. Upon ohserv- which everyone conne!!teci with the form.ulative plans demom,trated. ing the guests' tremendous interest in the conference, he had Just how much cooperation and instruck upon the i-dea. Competitive examinations , could be terest can we expect in the future judged :b y a board headed by Dr. Farley and consisting per- if th'e hard working . entertainers receive · this sample of gratitude. haps of the head of the college journalism dep~ment, his- (And, if you don't think it was tory department, and the BEAOON faculty advisor. har<J., try it, Mr. M.) The is cholarships, he reflected, cou;1d be awarded at each Perhaps, Mr. Mikulewicz and his sympaithizers will be satisfied only annual conference. This would effect even greater interest when thousands of dollars of studin such a seminar. ent funds are expended on name Not only did Purcell have an idea, he had a plan to ac- bands and professional entertainment. complish it. Let the BEACON s,ponsor the scholar.s hips, said In. furthering school spirit, the Joe. Realizing that one does not have such a significant idea " .... Social Activities Committee, th:rown at him everyday, we met with Joe Purcell this week and all members of the student to determine J·U!st how we could do it. council... ..... " did cooperate wonderfully. It is abominable that__the We knew that the only way we could ;pc>ISISi:bly m~nage Beacon, in one article of ins.u lting such a plan would be to put the BEACON on I a paying basis gioes, could destroy what the and to use the money saved to sponsor scholarships. At pre- Fr~nch Club had taken month•s to . . . • build up. sent BE:AiCON coots are ,paid by the student council from s. GEORGE .MAISEL student funds. · Program Chairman Two Scholarships - Sponsor · The Beacon·· 1 This is what we found : This semester and in each succeeding semester the price of pwbli,shing the BEACON will cost the student council as· representatives of the students approximtely 1$2,000. However, at its present advertising rates, the paper, without injiuring its makeup, can be made to defray well over half the publishing e::icpenses. In ;i.dditon, if the BE.AOON were sold at five cents a copy, it would completely pay for itself. " Without selling the paper, the saving could send one student through four years of college here. But why not sell it and send two students! With the $2,000 saved two students each year could receive an entke college education free. No matter how one ,looks at jt, the college and the students can't Jose any money by iputting such a iplan into effect. On the other hand, there is everything to ijgain by doirig so. Miller, Maylock Resign More Carnivals Urged Winter Carnival sponsored by the student council as Beacon Staff Heads at theThePocono's Split Rock Lodge wais perhaps thoroughly enAsspciate Editor Robert Miller and BusineSIS Manager Eugene Maylock in a-ssuining the duties of practice teachers at OAR this semester suddenly found they could no longer devote sufficient time to their duties on the BEACON and promptly resigned. They did, nevertheless , consent, upon persuasion, to remain as reporters, which the BEAOON sincerely appreciated. Miller and Maylock, two very amiable and busy fellows, will still serve as editor and busines,s manager res;pesctiv~ly of the MANUISCRt:LPT. LETTERS . TO 'rHE EDITOR joyed by more students than any other social event in Wilkes history. Certainly no other outdoor social event has been so well received. Days before the deadline, reservations were filled. In Sll)ite of the terribly ;b ad weather of the day on which the carnival fell, Wilkes students ,p acked busses and cars to get there. No one was disappointed. In fact the party was even better than anyone had been led to believe. Now many students feel that this carnival should be an annual affair. Ma,ny believe, moreover, that each semester should bring forth a carnval appropriate to the season:. FOR MORE EDITORIALS SEE P A GE 5 1 Ed. Note - BEACON cover,age of the French Club'·s cabaret party attempted to destroy nothing. M'<r. Mikulewicz was ass~ned . to write a candid report of the party, which he did. A review of He report will show Mr. Maisel that the writer consider.ad the party a big success, w'hich was made possible largely by some of its performers. .... His account, though frank, certainly cannot be considered insulting or unfair. Says writer Mikulewicz, "It is gratifying to know that the BEACON is being read with such interest." USE GLENDALE WOODLAWN DAffiY PRODUCTS CR·AFTSMEN ENGRAVERS * 20 North State St. Phone 3-3151 �·Friday, February 2.7, 1948 WILKES COiiLEIGE BEAIOON 3 War ·and Navy J)epartments \n our foreig,n policy. He T00 Many"' MI"]"1tary Iformulating states potential dangers of the trees about you were changing into something else? 1 The trees and blackboards wor•fl popular idea of unified command ried me immensely. There sho_uld and the armed forces merger bill. be something stable, something Military influence in science and rthat would remain the same i~ education is already tremendous this fast-changing world, I told By JACK REESE according to Baldwin, along with myself. I didn't see how I could By Robert Mikulewic:i An attempt is made by Hanson industry, especially in the aircraft be anything but uncomfortable W. Baldwin to open the long closed industry. · when confronted with the idea that eyes of the American public in the The conclusion of the analysis any material object I could name December issue -0f Harper's. Maga- deals with our national prob '. em might at any moment turn out A WAµM STORY OF FOUR MEN--ONE A NEGRO zine. In, a daring article, Baldwin which Baldwin bel_ieves is a chieve- LO be sorr.ething different. But bl,untly points out the prominence ment of a reasonable security. He since it was then near lunch time, THE OHEQUER BOAIRD, by Nevil Shute, published by William that former military and naval does not agree with , others that I decid~ that it might be more Morrow and Company, New York, 1947. leaders now exert as present 1ead- this cannot be done without sac- fun to mull over the question with THE CHEQUER ,B OARD is the ,s tory of four men who _met in a ers of American policy in and out rificing the basic principles -0f a full stomach, and started for 1 hospital in England during World War H. Jack Turner·, a salesman, of the United States. In a nine- democracy. The problem is older home to eat lunch. whose deals had not been completely out of the shade; Phil Morgan, page analysis, Baldwin of th e than the atomic bomb and is the When I got to my cai;, I found young RAF pilot, who later divorced his unfaithful wife and went to New York Times does his beS t fight between security a nd liberty, on it ithat which is the dread of all . . of1 our present according o the author, and he be- Wlkes students w-11 '-'o dri·ve cars to live in . Burma·, Dave Lasurier, an American negr-0, w:h o was f acmg an to d'1ppresent 1 • thet facts · re omatic se up m a t·ion to th e Jieves that a compromise between h 1 attempted rape charge for trying to kiss a girl; Duggie Brent, a young atomic era. and growing military relative security and guarantees of_ ·scff'oo - a parking ticket. The. · ed t o k'll o icer, one who has quite a repupara t rooper, t ram i , w h o was ch arge d W1'th murd er. influence without· too much em- basic liberties ca:r;i be a reality. The story of the others is told as seen and heard by Turner. After phasis on change one way or t he "The middle way, is the best way. tation as the nemesis of all those who make the mistake of violating the war was over the doctors told Turner he had only six months to other. We need military strength in this traffic regulations. in the vicinity live -b ecause of an incurable head wound. With this reality facing In regard to trend, · Baldwin uncert_ain world •, appeasement and · of Wilkes College, had noted on had :i--ppened to his. hospital com- states, "I say that the growing in- weakness certainly mean war. But the ticket that I would please . be him' he decided to find out what m• . 1 panions. fluenee of the miijtary in Ameri- so, too, do militant and overbear- good enough to appear at the City Turner flew to Burma, looked up 'Phil and found that he was tnlir- can life is dangerous to. our demo- ing strength and to grea,t an em- Hall the .following day to pay a phasis on military as opposed to two-dollar fine. ried to a lovely, educated Burmese girl of high caste, that he had ari cratic h kliberties. . h Fewf Americans, h This, . too, was I. t in , rea•1ize · ow ar we ave political, economic, and psychoimportant government job, a large home, a healthy son, and was very 1 _, t d f t some,t hing which could best be happy. . a reauy devia e ;om our pas logical strength. The military must mulled over with a full stomach concepts · of freedom." The men to be h_ onored but not extolled, allow- 80 I drove home for lunch. ' When Turner returned to E'ngland he learned that Duggie Brent's whom Baldwin is referring are at d nfl nc b t not t O r gan la,wyer, formerly hi;; commanding officer, successfully defended him the present. time carrying out the ~iz;, h::e ethe~r pla~e i~ io~ern: · ~B that day I worked on a plan on ._ the . murder charge showing that Brent, who went frim school into policies advocated by our adminis- ment but a place strictly circum- which, felt would save me two army life,, acted i_n stinctively when he had killed a man in a brawl. tration in Washington. About s'Cn'b e d . F or th ere 1s · no th mg ' When I went so I· dollars. • ht I · dto dbedf thatI I t ;'~II dm He pointed out that Brent had been taught not to think but to act, and these former war leaders, he hopeless, all past history tells us, I! mg ' \~Pt e; , or f that Brent had not been the aggressor in the fight but merely acted writes, "George C. Marshall, Gen- as the attempt to achieve absolute ~as s~r: a atl a hoto1•proo . lf _, f . h . h h d era! of the Army ,is Secretary of security by the sword. The tra"'ic P ~n. new exac Y w a 1 was iti -se ue ense, emp 1-0ymg sue tactics , t at e 1earne as a para- State The Assistant Secreta Of . . ~ gomg to do ·when I went dow.n to trooper. · ry fallacy of such • attempts is wnt- the Cit H 11 T tat ·t 'I.§' 1 State for Occupied Areas was ten large upon the past for all to Y_ . a . o s e i s1mp y, Brent was found guilty of manslaughter but was given only a six Major General John H. Hildring see. Least of all in , the atomic I ~as gomg: to ' co1'.fuse th~;n. I was month sentence. and is now Charles E. Saltzman, a , age can we achieve absolute secur- gomg- to make philosophy pay off. Dave Lasurier's story is -Nevel Shute at his best. His love of man former brigadier general. Japan ity or total preparedness. If we The next day( when I arrived at aJ).d his same humor are at work here to show, ei;pecially to Ameri- is gover1,1.ed almost ,u nilaterally by attempt it we shall have sold our the City Hall, the clerk said, "Two cans, ' the stupidity of racial discrimination. Dave . was one of a com- General of the Army Douglas Mac- birthright . of freedom. liberty will dollars, please." ' pany of Negroes stationed near Trenarth, a small English town, to Arthur, who is n?minally an Allied have been sacrificed for a mirage. "Just a moment,',' I said. "I'm build an airfield. The Negroes and the towns ·people got along very commander but m some ways has ·There is strength in moderation, not so sure thait I should pay two well together, because the English treated Negroes like human beings been a law unto himself. Korea is strength above all ih the basic Am- dollars for a parking violation. In and the N~groes showed their appreciation by mending irons, painting u nd er a 1:1-ilitary. man. Germany is erican concept that military power the first place, how do ~ know that_. the domam of Lieutenant Generl11 is and must remain subordinate . I actually parked overtime?· How feJ).ces, and helping in many other ways. · Lucius D. Clay; Austria, of Lieu- to civilian authority." do I know that the situation is not When the airfield was nearly completed, the:r;e arrived a battalion tenant General Geoffrey Keyes. ________ such that the time allotted for of white troops whose commander was a southern "gentleman" of the These men ostensibly carry out" a parking should not · be one hour, old school. The southern boys in the white battalion, encouraged by policy frame,d _by the civilian State I instead of forty-fifve .minutes? the knowledge that their C. 0. would take their side, started an argu- Department, but actually, as ad~ , And how do I know that it was my ment with the colored boys one night in the only pub in town. Mr. ministrators of policy in mili~ary car! that was parked overtime? Frobisher, the owner of the pub, turned them all out and the next government, they are also aro_h i- . '.·, · ·v1 · fi Of { You know, my good man, what is · day hung a sign on his pub which read, "This House is for Englishmen tects of it. ____ knwon as "my •aut0mobile" · could'. and Colored Amercan Troops · Only-." · "In the foreign service Lieuteneasily be someithing else. Right?'~ __ When the -colonel took issue with him, Mr. Frobisher said, "Some ~nt,Aieneral Walt!!r Bedell ~mith By GARFIELD DAVIS I was surprised when the clerk of the whites ... don't seem to like anything ... t,hey don't like our -h(our ambassador _to ~oscow, AdIt was the first day of class in didn't become at all co1,r fused. He: girls, they don't like the colored troops, they don't like the beer, they bm1raldAl~n BG. ~irk_ is ·dourL~m- Philosophy 100, and I listened looked as if he thoug.ht that any · "ih I· · to · d th d , • d . bo . assa or ·so e1gmm, an ieu- enraptred as the instructor ex- man who spoke a:s I did was d~n 't l'k i ~ " e · ava ne_s · · · an · ey -on t mm ~e11mg you a ut it. tenant General Albert C. Wede- pounded on how words are merely probably dangerous, and might be, Nme out of t;en are qwte decent lads, reniarkable hke us. The rest of meyer has just headed a s,pecial symbols for material objects _ better off locked up some-where, . . them are quarrelsome an<!, always making trouble. I never had no mission to China, where our policy merely a "convenience" to the bu he definitely did not become· 1 trouble wit~ the colored ~ldiers, of any sort at all." ,has long been influenced by the h·u man race. "For instance,'' he confused. What was this, [ During his ,stay at Treriarth, Dave fell in love wi·t h Grace Trefu~is military;, In South Africa and said, "take this blackboard. How thought - what about the philosbut did not get up enough courage to ' ask her to g'o -0ut until his unit (Panama retired generals head the do we ]mow that what we call a ophy ' I was using on him ,? At that was preparing to move. He waited for her to leave a movie and started legation and embassy, a n d 'black9oard' really is a black- moment the door opened and a. to walk home with her. •G race looked 80 pretty he tried to kiss her~ th~-0ughout Sou:th Am_e~h::a · so1?e bo:ird? 1:he word is !Ilerely some- policeman" came in. I shuddered. It she was start . led, screame. d an_d ran. As luck would have it, a white 1;~1rteen_ Amencan mil~t'.'-ry m1_s -jthmg which was c,omed so ~hat was the one who. had givl}n me M. P. from Alabama, was standing on ,the corner and Grace ran ri ht s101_1s_ wield not only m1hta~y. but when I speak of a blackboard t,o the ticket. • h' · D . . · ' . g, political power. Two military you, you'll know what I mean. "This guy's giving me some mto. is 9:rms. · ave was_ pamc st:icke:1 and ran, the white M. P. s ,men---<General of the Army Dwight But isn't it possible that whait we trouble," the clerk .s aid. "Doesn't chasmg him. He ducked mto an a1r raid shelter and all the stories ·D. Eisenhower and General of the call a blackboard might in reality want to pay his fine." he had heard as a boy in the -s outh of lynchings, ~nd tarring and fea- Army Douglas MacArthur-Eisen- be something else - something 'I'he officer didn'rt; seem to like thering came into his mind. Dave inexpertly cut his throat and the ~ower wa'!, and MacArthur still is entirely different from what we that. "Look, buddy,'' he said. "youMilitary Police took him to a hospital. a potential candidate for the Presi- think of? Or that tree we see '11 pay the fine, or you'll go to • .Mr. FTobisher, after talking to Grace, realized that the "attempted dency; and many other le:;;s widely outside. How do we know it reaUy jail. Take yocr choice." rape" was only an attempted kiss, and that Dave had been far more 'known military figures are making is a tree? Whait is a tree, anyHis voice was menacing. I began frightened than Grace. Mr. Frobisher and Grace- came to Dave's de- themselves politically iivaila'ble for way? Why should that particular to think I might 'have to part with fense and charges against him, were dropped. Congressional or other elective object be called a 'tree'? How do that two dollars after all. But 1 When the war ended, Dave was sent home but soon took ship for positions." we know that it's substance is not _then I told myself that· I wou_ld 1 England. He found Grace, ·g ot a Job is draughtsman, courted and ""ar- . As the article unfolds, Baldwin such that it should be called some- centa.i nly not give up as easily as . , "' expresses. feelings. that there is thing else?" I that. I'd use my education on ried Grace. They g-0t in touch with Duggie Brent who was happily nothing insidious in connection Jle looked at the class question~ them, by gum! married and had a 'j,ob driving a true~ Duggie had made the transi- with such an arrangement and ingly. Did we understand whait "Oh, no I won't," I said. "Offi_ tion back to civilization successfully. that it_is all a natural outcome of he was "getting at,"• he wanted to cer, how do I ·know that was :my When Mr. Turner ends his travels, he knows that all his friends victory in World War II. know? · Was it my imagination, or car. How do I know I was par-ked are comfortably established. As the story ends, it is quite evident "Most of the men mentioned are was he looking at me when he overt1me? How do I ]mow that that Turner's life is also at its end. goqd public servant; _m any of asked the question? Perhaps I what we call a 'ticket' really is a The author has taken the four stories and intertwined them into them are exceptional. Collectively, looked puzzled. If I didn't look ticket? l could just as easily be an easily read, simply told story that is fu,ll of a warm, understanding however, they represent a pattern; puzzled I should have, becaµse I an invitation to a wedding, or a feeling toward humanity. :they have il). common the habit of was. How do I know a bllick- ticket ito· a policeman's ball, OJ," even N ·1 h 1 command and discipline and the board is a blackboard and a tree a box top from , a box of corn th st th :fyir. evi S ute is ab _e to treat e Negro que ion wi a clean mental outlook of years of military a tree? I thought: ls this college flakes. How do you and I know st humanitarian approach unad~lterated by uping prejudices. rt.raining-a tendency to apply in life getting ,to be too much for. a ticket is a ticket?" /their thinking the yardstick of me? Or worse still, is this old This didn't seem to stump him, physical power. It is a pattern to world falling apant, and the civil- but it did serve to make him even ,be watched.'' ' ization I have known, crumbling? angrier than he had been at first. Baldwin shows a calm and rea- A blackboard not a blackboard Perhaps he thought I was talking sonable state of mind when he and a tree not a tree, but some- nonsense. (Oh no, not thait!) AnyVICTOR BARBECUE states that we are not so far gone thing else? I was a sadly · dis- way, he kept i,nsisting that I pay DECCA that the Romrevelt or Tru1:iian or illusioned young man, and was the fine or go to jaiL Finally, I Pork, Beef and Ham any other American administra- very glad when the period was saw that he meant it, so I handed COLUMBIA ' Home Made Pies 1tion can be likened to that of Hit- over and I could hurry out of the him two dollars and started to and Accessories ]er or .Stalin. Baldwin feels classroom. As I went out the door, stroll out of the place. When I , French Fries . t hat we need federal power in I fancied ithat the instructor was looked back alt the officer, and the WEST END ROAD -THEregulation of cofumercial . airlines. once agan looking at me quizzic- clerk, they were debating whether Near Plymouth Bridge control of interstate ' COIIIlinerce, ally. Perhaps it was my imagin- or not it would be safe to let me George Mamary & Earl Wolfe, and , legislati,on preventing mono- ation again. But, certainly, I was go out and mingle with the people Props. 14 W. NORTHAMPTON ST.' polies of capital or labor. · puzzled. Who wouldn't you be if of the outside world, so I quickened Student Owned and Student Baldwin goes on to state facts he found that blackboards were no my pace, and hurried out the door Managed rhone 2-07 40 'about the growing influence of the longer blackboardds and that the (continued on page 8) ln Passing Men Savs Baldwl I I The Ph . osophy . 1 ·f· h.. _, J\.!·d , w. } at t. . HALF CIRCLE RECORDS CampUS Record Shop �.4 Wlil..lKES 001.JLEGE ~EA!QON Friday, Februar-y 27, 19.48 ============================'======================================= LOCAL HIGH SCHO()LS :C _·,:_on·i·er·ence H. g'hi g·ht-s·. ~i~!):t:1; 1~d ;~:s:~];{:s :~~ _·1• I~ have been impressed by the character of the reporter. Three characteristics .o f a newspaper, according to Mr. Bachman, are dramatic effectiveness, compactness, and clarity. He recommended t hat the young Bible Recommended journalist read Charles Dickens to study character descri pt i on ; Shakespeare to acquire an extensive vocabulary; and the Bi'b le to learn dramatic English, brevity' and power. Mr. Robert Patton explained the difference between sports writing and news writing. He expressed the hope that the local high schools would profit from the conference by forming an organization to help get the high school news to the offices of the papers. In this way, Mr. Patton state, more news of the high · school,s would be printed. Students at th~ Press Conference show deep interest as Mr. Joseph 'l'. Gonnan,- President -of International Color Printing Company, explains the in's and out's of printing .comic,;;. Pictured above are faculty advisors of the studen t publications of hte various high s-2hools represented -at the recent Interscholastic Pre3s Confere·1ce. F:irst row, Mrs. ~ - Repotski, Newport;· Eliza_be'.h Whitenight, Shickshinny; Eileen Donohue, ,vyoming-; Mary Gilmore, Luzerne ; Sister Mary c;,a -: g-e ine CBS, Marymount. Rear r () w, J ohn C::illahan . Jenkins Township; t'i 1 hert Schappert, GAR; Alfred Brenner, Kingston. Pictured are participants in the recent Press Conference. Left to right; Robert T. Mikulewi-cz, feature,; editor of the Wilkes Beacon; Henry Anderson, e:iitor-in-chie f Pe ws editor of ec!L or of the Patton, sports of the Beacon; Norbert Oishe~ ki, the Beac.on; William Bachman, ci-ty Ha.z leton StandaFd-Sentinel; Bob editor of the Wilkes-Barre Record. Luncheon Served At the conclusion of the speeches. the delegates were guests of the BEACON Press Club at'a'lunelf~-o'n in the College cafeteria. Foliowing the · luncheon three movies, "Journalis)'ll", a picture showing all the phases of newsc paper work, "Cover To Cover", picture showing the . steps in · the publication of a book, and '\Spot News", a picture de·s cribing how telephotos are made, were shown in Chase Theatre. After the movies, a discussion period was· held. Later the delegates were taken on a tour of the campus. - a In bringing t he · conference to a close, Mrs. Williams toid the delegates that she hoped this would be an annual affair because by discussing the problems of putting out a high school paper, much was gained by all who participated. Delegates attended the confer- ence from the follo\\'.'ing schools: Kingston, St. Mary's, G. A. R., Kingston Township, N ewporit Township, Shickshinny, Dallas Borough, Wyoming, Marymount, Jenkins. Luzerne, Forty Fort, Meyer,s, and Coughlin. Who Is the Colonel's Queen? Snapped at the conference are left to right, Kingston High School's Merritt Wagner of the KINGST.ONIAN and ~IN<GSTONIAN co-editors Jean Smith and Joseph Moran (brother of BEAC ON sports editor Tom Moran). Pictured during Saturday's conference left to right, first row: William Bachman, city editor of the HAZLETON STANDARD SENTINEL; John Callahan, !ldvi<sor of Jenkins Township High School publication. Back row: . Jack Reese, BE.'ACON. reporteF; Bob Patton, WILKES-BARRE RECORD sport11 eclitor; , Mrs. Gertrude Willi~ms, Wilkes journalism instructor; Marty Blake, College journalism student. �Friday, February 27, 1948 WliI..JKES OOLLIDGE lB®.AJOQN 5 Y:~~!:study Winter CarniVal ·.Outpoints Weather Ur~es Osterhout ' ._J , ,.... . .Mr. Joseph Myers, Wilkes College librarian, has requested that Wil~es sfodents refrain, whenever po~s1ble, from the practice of usmg the Osterhout Library as a study hall. Mr. Myers stated that the facilities of the college library are not being used to the fullest e'len during the hours when th~ library is most crowded. The college (ibrary now has a seating capacity ?f approximately 120, and even durmg the busiest hours has sufficient seating space to accomodate at least two-thirds of the students who have been going to ~he Osterhout to pursue their Situd1es. · Mr. Myers - made it clear, how~ver, that the Osterhout is anxious to ?ave , Wilkes students make use: Qf its Reference and Circulation Departments, bUJt students who are merely lo&ing for a place to sit and study are requested; to employ the college library. The reason for "this is that Wilkes students have · ~een studying at th~ Osterhout n't such great numbers that other patrons at that library have been unable to find seats. Mr. Myers said it was his hope · It was no easier returning on the ,s lippery highways. that in the future students will mak~ greater use of the increased dents help put chains on the bus they were riding. s_eatmg capacity in the college hbra~y, it~us alleviating the crowded s1tua_t1on at the Osterhout. ( continued from page 2) LETTERS TO THE EDITOR It was tough going to get through the Poconos .t o the College Here stu- Winter ,Carnival held between semesters. -Above a bus and car on the way to the Split Rock Lodge (site of the carnival) are stuck on an icy hHl. . News Without Information? Can't Be Done! BEACON reporter,s have been complaining increasingly Dear Sir : that some sturdents and faculty members simply won't co.. On Novem:ber 29, 1947 newspap- :opetate to gj.ve them the information necessary to turJl out ers throµghout the country carried a pruper. · jubilant headlines of the partition- • _T hey -report that som . e students and faculty · members ing of ·Palestine. Since that timei these same newspapers have been sometimes re.fu1 se to give the t~for an interview, but more carrying daily accounts of the often decline to give them the factSI necessary to write a strife and tension now s.preadi~g throughout the Holy Land; hav_e news story, or keep them comingg pack until the reporters .been carrying flagrant accounts of are not only absolutely weary but have missed the deadline. violations of the United Nations (One weary_reporter has· been trying consistently for a week decision · E ach day h as b een t old It was by n-0tthe theArabs. Jews who decided to get_a •s t ory f or th· · IS 1,s:sue. . t o come on the ;partition of Palestine, by the United Nations, foremost among which was, the United States; it should not be expected that the Jews must bear the entire responsibility for the carrying ~ut of the decision, while embargoes · exist which prevent them from receiving desperately needed material aid for their · own defense and for. the defense of the partition \~cheme. The arms embargo which our own government has imposed upon the Middle East serves onlY. to strengthen the hand of the Ara.bs who are openly receiving munitions from the British and from America which is shipping them to Yemen, technically considered not in the Middle· East. The Jews of Palestine are ready and willing t o defend themselves. Our government is morally and duty ·bound to heed their .cries for material aid, to insure that the citizens of the newly created Jewish State are ,p roperly equipped• to protect themselves against the as- · ·saults of- those determined to o,ppose by violence the democratically arrived at decisions made by the world's highest tribunal. • 'I:he United States holds the key to the proper equipment of the Jewish militia. In our l-0ng history, -0ur government has not hesitated to send arms and military missions to other parts of the world to back up its foreign policy; it should not hesitate now. Sincerely yours, PHILIP BARON The .Wilkes-Barre M.etrqpolitarl Chapter Intercollegiate 'Z;ionist Federation -Of A<merica. Who Is the Colon:efs Queen? back). Mi,ssin:g a deadline causes con:fiusion in every depaa.'tment. It adds a tremendous amount of )VOrk to the BEAICON · t_e r, ne1·th er of w h om h ave the mat en·a1 s t a ff,s and th e ,prm they had ,planned on. There are too many coml}lications involved in missing a deadline to diSCUJ$S here. However, the most serious complications, we feel, are that a reporter who is frequently turned away by faculty membel'!S and students loses interest in his work and that consequently the paper ' soon loses reader appeal. A Wilkes skier makes his ,;ay along; the icy ski run. In most institutions reporter•s a.Te granted interviews . and given 1sufficient information (in time for deadlines) _to report in the college newspaper. Here, apparently some people feel it unnecessary to give reporters the slightest consiideration. At the same time, there is often a terr,ific clamor from the :s ame .people and others if the BEACON misses any news items. It is a very obvious fact that news can't be printed without the facts. The cooperation of students and faculty alike is necessary to the pi~blishing of the neWispaper. Students may have had trouble getting to and from the carnival, ,..but n<> one had any troulble epjoying his stay there. Above Wilkes fl!,llsters descend the Lodge's swif1i totioggan slide'. ' I . �WIU{ES COLJLEGE BEACON 6 Friday, February 27 ,... 1948' Athletic Banquet -Set For Thursday • u ' SPOR'TS- EEACON By TOM MORAN Beacon Sports Editor OUT OF 'l'HE DARK AGE-PLEASE :Several weeks ago in the King's Cro~ there appeared an edi,t oriaf which literally took the proud wearers of the gold and red apart for not _s upporting their college basketball team. At Wilkes. we have the same trouble. For the µas t' two year.s~ ever since this college .began sponsoring a.thletic:s on a large scale--we have been listening to narr_ow.tminded in.d ividuals sound off in a critical manner about the various athletic teams. The majority of the students at Wilkes prefer to· stay away from sports contests and then indulge in their "Sunday Morning Quarterbacking" the day after the event. There is seldom ever an enco\iraging remark made--always it is in the form of criticism. I . Don't get this department wrong~we're not saying that some things c_o uldn't be .improved, but to those who prefer to criticize from a \distance , after reading th'e newspaper account of the sports event, there appears ,to be a definite lack of school spirit and loyalty. · At ~ time like this when we should be enjoying the sports we have at :present and striving to build a bigger and better sports program, some · of the students are getting a bigger kick out of knocking the player~, coaches, and program. Let's get out of the dark ages .. We have an excellent athletic program at this school. There are a few kinks, but to the critic even the perf~t would seem imperfect. We can put it in another way. This is college. The college has athletic teams. · The college also is supposed to ' have school spirit. But the college cannot have any of these things u11less it has · students who enjoy them. The excuse that we are veterans and above any such childishness is in itself a far more drastic form of childishness. · · Many times we have heard people say that this is nothing like college, because there is no spirit and the student body in general is dead. Well, who made it that way? The student -council and the school officials have provided the students with all the tools. The task of building is up to the students. SECOND ANNUAL SPORTS DINNER-DANCE AT 6:30 . .IN Will(ES CAFETERlA ,;. Severi Matches Set For Wilkes Tennis ·Team ,, Candidates for the Wilkes College tennis team . will be called out as soon as the weather ·permits, according to George Ralston, director of athletics. This year will mark the second year of tennis competition for the Colonels and many of t~e netmen who were members of last year's clp b will be back on , tpe courts f?r the college this season. The first match is scheduled for April 16, when the Colonel net squad will play host to Hartwich College team in the Kirb~ Park court area. Expe~ted to ,be back in action for the Wilkes tennis team this year are: John Glbwacki, .Bill Dave·n port, ·.j oe Danielewicz, Bob Miklil ewicz, Edward Burtsavage, , Hank Collins, a11d Kenny Widdall. . The si!hedule is: April 16, Hartwich; .home; April 17, Lycoming, home; ' May 1, Lycoming, away; May 8, Hartwich, away; May 15, Susquehanna, away; May 2'2, Triple Cities, a'Yay; May 28, Triple Cities, home. Cobleigh Named Music Dept. Head \ Cobleigh Appointed---,. 'Donald E. Cobleigh, former Dartmowth instructor, is replacing the late · Professor Paul Gies as head of the Music Department at Wilkes College, it was announced by Dr. 'Eugene S. Farley, Presi.. ~e~ember, it's almost impossible to criticize_ the school wjtho~t dent of Wilkes College. c-nt1c1zmg yourself, .because YOU are a part of 1t. What you don t ,M r. Cobleig,h is a graduate of like is what you have created. If it's a monster only _you can change it:' Phillips Exeter Academy and Let's support the school activities in the future. Dartmouth College and has been · a. member of the faculty since \INTRAMURAL SOFTBALL LEAGUE THIS YEAR , .. . ,;i'_,.· 1 1 I i,93j2. For the second straight year, Wilkes will have an lp.tramural Softball League, which will be made up of about 10 teams from the various clubs in the school. George Ralston, director of athletics, announced that this year's intramural' softball program will be handled by the • Athletic Department and the teams 'will have plenty of equipment and top-'notch ofl'icial-s to handle the games .in Ki11by Park. •· He received -his degree of music ·from the University of Wisconsin. He studied music at Ecole Normale de la Musique in Paris and was a student of the famous Nadia Boulanger. In addition to being member of the faculty of Dartmouth Col-. BEACONETTES lege, Mr. Cobleigh was associated Chet Knapich, whom Bob Mikulewicz referred to as the kindly with the Dartmouth Glee Clu'g. He faced · judge, will have to· cease smiling at the trials. It ruins the is ~ veteran of World War II,\ haveffect... Best remark of the week came when Marty Blake, who could ing served with the Office of Straprobably talk the head off a cigarstore Indian, remarked jokingly that. tegic Se~ces as a member of the the fans in Wyoming Valley were planning to' hold a Marty Blake United Sta;tes Marine Corps. He taught music appreciation, Night and present him with , a traveling bag. A potential journalist history, theory, and modern music popped from nearby, "It's a wonderful idea and I'll go on record a•s at Dartmouth. Mr. Cobleigh asvolunteering to pay the full -p rice for a one-way ticket so the bag sumed his duties here at the bewon't go to waste." · ginning of the semester. a· For The Best in Sports Rivalry SEE Wilkes vs. King's -Saturday Night at 8 -IN- King's College Gym The second arinuiail Wilkes · College Athl~tic ·Banquet, which was originallf scheduled to take ;place last Monday, will be held next Thursday evening at 6.:3•0 in the Wilke& College ICafeteria, according .to an an11,ouncement ·m,a<le yesterday, by George F. Ralston, director of athletics at this college. Over 150 persons, including members of all . past athletic teams, who ,are still in school, and Wilkes College lettermen, are expected to attend the combined banquet and dance, which will honor the athletic teams of the past year. The Athletic Council, working in conjunction with George Ralston, have arranged a program which will top last year's sports dinnerdance in every dep_a rtment, food, entertainment, and speeches. Clayton Karambelas, William Rice, Steve •· W:olff, James Farrell, Crane. Buzby, Jack Jones, James Davis, James Brennan, Marty Warmus, Joe Baltrushes, Tom Moran, Jack Kloeber, Jack Reese, Jack Feeney, Fr1mcis Brokus, ·elem Hill~r, Henry Heineman, Norbert Olshefski John Vale, James Trumbower, Wi.lliam Naricarrow, Chester Kriapi~, Sammy Elias, Ed Gill, Millard Skalla, .Bill McDonough, Lew Jo;nes, Osea Galletta, Joe Danielewicz, John Glo-~ .wacki, Bob . Mikulewicz, William No Outside Speakers . Davenport, Jack Josephs, Bob According to the director , of Gorgas, 'Paul Thomas-, George athletics, there will be no outside Lewis, Bill . Eckert, Melvin Barry, speakers at this year's affair, but Francis• Pinkowski, John Florciewa,ddresses will proba,bly -b e made· icz, Kenny Widdall, Bob Waters, by several local college men as .foe Swartwood, Bill Harvey, Gerwell as the captains of the verious rard Washco, Walter Hendershot, athleti-c teams., which are being Earl Fritzges, Al Morse, Joe Savhonored. itz, Dahny Norman, Bill Borman, 4-rnong those who will be pres- Bill Luetzel, Don Casey, · Venton ent at this year's ,banquet a.re: Lugg, and Jack Cain. WHtT ABOUT- SCHOOt SPlRIT... Schoo,! spirit seems. to be like the weather........ 1 Everyone talks about it-no one does anything about it! Well, what i-s school spirit anyway? Chances are, one could get as many interpretations as there are personalities. However, there are various other names, such as morale, esprit de corps and oomphwhich connote about the same meaning. L1?t's see how this applies to \\;ilkes College. We h~ve here in school unlimited opportunities for student expression in sports, (dramatics, student government, enteretainment and many other fields of interest for 7ou.rtg people. The student body in general has, responded admirably-and with a wealth of talent. · We have a splendid football team. Thi) basketball team has compiled an enviable record. We ha¥e had greil.t plays in the past (thanks to· oµr many talented dramatic students) and can 'c ertainly look forward to many more. We have conducted many successful dances: formal and s-emi-formal. We have done much In spite of all this there appears to be a lack of that whole hearted enthusiams by the student body that could be de.scribed as . . . school spirit. What's the matter? In all probaJ:>ility there is more than one reason. And there are a few which appear conspicuous enough to merit attention. Perhaps the 'most. important of t-hese factors is that the great majority of students have predominantly local interests, not neces-s arily connected with the school! They have long esta:blishecj friendships, membership in clubs and associations and other neighborhood attachments which lay first claim to their time and attention. Quite naturally a conflict arises when a transfer of loyalty and sentiment to th~ school is attempted by the student. 'rhen we have the problem of the hard pressed married student, who gets along as bravely as he can, on the present subsistence allowance under the ·G. I '. Bill of Rights. · There are also many students with outside employment, who consequently have scant time. for participation in student activities. Many students take education as no light matter and devote as much time as possible to studies. Last we find a few students w}w cast a .cynical eye on all efforts to promote student affairs as so much hoopla and whoop de do. Now facts like these are not discouraging. . They point up a decisive challenge to those capable people who are willing to work in the grass roots of the student body as a whole: and to whip up a program acceptable to the greatest majority of students possible. Due attention should be paid to current flow of student opinion. Maturity and curiosity should be cultivated 'in the student, insofar •a s ,it will lead to his spontaneous and whole hearted interest in scholastic affairs. Dignity of the individu!l,l should be th"? keynote of the .movement. All the tools, all the means, all the skills are present........ , Let's· put them to use! · Edward J. Wasilewski �Friday, February 27, 1.948 7 WLLKES CO!LEGE BEACON King's Quintet Next Colonel Cage Foe ·WILl(ES GRAPPLERS FACE Eleven Contests WEAl(ENED WILl(ES FIVE PRINCETON ON SATURDAY, Face Wilkes Nirie; HOPES TO AVENGE EARLY SEASON DEFEAT SATURD·AY F. & M..SQUAD THURSDAY First Game Apr. 16 The Wilkes College wrestling team will enter its busiest week of the season tomorrow, ;when it will travel to Trenton to engage the Princeton Junior Varsity in a wrestling meet; and on Thursday, it will join han<ls with King's and the Y. M. C. A. against Franklin and Marshall in a benefit match for the Crippled Children's fund. After a short and not too successful season, the matmen finp.lly pulled. into the win column with a resounding 18-1'5 triumph over King's College last Saturday. To. morrow, Wilkes matmen hope to add the JeDseymen to what they hope will be a growing list of victims. · The Tigers of Princeton will be hard to handle, and a win for the Colonels will bring some desired prestige which they wilt use in adopting a full four-year college schedule for next season. The Princeton squad has a rich background in the field. of sports, not the least of which is wrestling. It will bring into the squared ring years of experience against the best the Ivy League was able to throw at them. However, Coach Cromwell Thomas of Wilkes feels that hi's men are ready for the bigger fields, an<l is confident that his team will make ibetter than a creditable showing, He promises trouble f.Jr Princeton and thinks highly of his squan's capa,bilities. The Thursday encounter will have an All~Star ·team comaiosed of Wilkes, King's and the Y. M. C. A. in an engagement against the famed Franklin and Marshall Wrestlers. This match will be ,sponsored .by the West Side Lion's Club for the benefit of the Crippled Children's Fund. Preparations for the event are bei-ng handled by Frank Walp, Supervising principal of the Forty Fort, schools. The encounter will take place at 7 :30 in the Kingston High School Gymnasium. Failure to Receive Court Barber Joh Angers Feelzw~l} had Heineman as a student. Feelzwell, who does not take kindly to shunning, was seen to g-0 as far as reporting the new barber to the union. Events were seen to take a serious turn, for Feelzwell, a glib clip hadn't been heard from publiely for some. time. When the good professor is quiet it is generally conceded rt;hat he . is conceivi-ng a sheer headache for someone. News reporters and feature writers alike sought intervit:!c\vs with Feelzwell to no avail. one occasibn he wasn't in,· but reporters in combing his office noted the :professor's diploma (Lather College) proudly displayed · on' the wall, h.is elegant chair with the reversable hoist, a shelf containtaining bottles of shampoo invented. by the •professor ~nd recognized. as a famou,s dandruff_ an<l scalp remover, and a card from Petrillo permitting him to whistle while he worked. All this, the writers thought, and he· didn't get the' court job. Apparently Feelzwell agreed, for the next day a quartet of reporters seeking an interview, were brushed off when he ' would not permit entry into his ~ffice, shouting bitterly from 'inside, "I disaffiliate". Asked for an interview, the professor retorted; "I'll send my ans- . t Appointment of Henry Heineman, Wilkes Letterman, as court barber recently caused considel"'able speculation in the · Beacon office .as to .. the stand Herkill,ler Feelzwell, professor · of exterior decorating on campus, would take. It was · common knowledge to Beacon reporters that Feel~well, loi;ig acknowle<lge<l as campus barber instructor, nev.er so much as DEEMER & CO. School and Office Supplies GIFTS AND STATIONERY Wi}i.es-Barre, Pa. On ~ For Accurate and Dependable Nationally Famous Watches · . Certified Perfect Diamond Rings O' Devo~;ion For . Up-to-the-minute styles * Miners Nat'l Bank Bldg. Wilke:,-Barre, Pa. ial Fine J ewelr'y ON . Easy Credit at No Extra Cost • See . BISCUIT CO. 75 South Main Street WILKES-BARRE * Wilkes-Barre. Pa. GAME AWAY AT 8 By TOM MORAN Beacon Sports Editor Although considerably weakened by the loss of several key players, a determined Wilkes College quintet will try to avoid what seems almost inevitaible when the blue and gold Colone1s face a more powerful and .experienced King''S CoUege cage team tomorrow night at 8 in the King's College Gymna:::ium in Kingston. King's will reign as the favorites in tomorrow night's contest because of the one-sided shellacking the Monarch cage team handed tl},is institution's five in the first meeting of the two clubs earlier this season. This second contest between the two Wilkes-Barre colleges will see Coach Tom Brock's cage machinery e v en stronger than it was on January 24, while the blue and gold bannermen will be playing with a squad that is considerably weakened. by the loss of Bill Johns and possibly one other courtnnan, who may be out on injuries. Colonels Hopeful Undoubtedly, the Colonels will play with a "do or die" spirit, since all hopes of copping any grand and glorious honors as a result of the 1947-48. cage season have long since been blown into nothing. But there is always the chance that one of those strange Wilkes and sel-dom seen phenomenons will N. Y. Arts and Sciences .37 occur in the King's gym in the .45 44 aucknell Frosh 39 form of an unexpected Wilkes vicPenn State ·E xtension 48 tory. 58 I{eystone , 36 51 Coach George Ralston has a ''Penn State Extension .,.. ' 53 48 40 . Lycoming ' 34 44 Rider 76 43 King's 6.5 34 Triple Cities 28 39 Keystone 42 50 Bucknell 24 '6 Lycoming 61 Season's Results group of top-notch cagers on h:is roster and all of the courtmen have plenty of scholastic experience under their belts, but the big· question is whether it will be• enough to prevent the Brock aggre-. gation from conducting one of its now famous scoring sprees. Starting Five . Doubtful With the loss of Johns in the· Wilk~s line-up, Coach Ralston was·not too sure as to just who would! be in the starting five, but with such regulars as Danny Norman, Paul Huff, Paul Zlonkiewicz, Joe Swartwood, Bill Harvey, Do I\ Casey, and Charlie Jackson to pick from, the Kingsmen may ,b e the recipients of many surprises. While the .p eace offerings are being offered to the Gods of Basketball in abun<lance by the Wilkes cage followers, it must be remembered that King's is going to have plenty of power · in the form of Tom McLaughlin, one of the finest ball players in the small.er! circles, · MoGlrane•, Mµlvey, Engle, Dragon, Wawe11, and Murphy. Wilkes Grapplers Nose Out Rival l(ing's Club~ 18--15 Remaining Schedule: Saturday, Feb. 28-King's College away Wednesday, Mar. 3-Triple Cities away Saturday, Mar. 6-National J . C. home Saturday, Mar. 13-N. Y., A & S away FIRST COLONEL vrnTORY Saturday, February 21, at the Monarchs quickly achieved an adSt. Stephen's Gym, the Wilkes vantage ove,r Bill ·McGinley of the, College wrestlers defeated. King's Colonels, and held on doggedly, College in a gruelling meet that although McGinley threatened sevsaw the traditional rivals go to eral times to reverse the position. the last match before the cont~st The decision went to Leddo 2-12. was decided. The final score was The 165 pound match, Lasky of 18-15. Wilkes mauled Bill Meier. . Meier It was a well earned victory, was nearly pinned several times, and one badly needed by the Blue but held on ·only to lose a decision. and Gold Colonels. l;t seemed that After a slow ,s tart, George Lewis Wilkes would have to content it- in the 175 pound bracket sudd~nly self with a lone football victory came to life, aind in amazingly for the year. The basketball team quick fashion, Gallagher of ~ng's has never found the range in its found. himself pinned. in 1 :561~ matches against the Monarchs, and For the first time, Wilkes· saw the wrestling team lacked. much , victory within striking distance. The first "Coffee Hour" of the needed experience. But experienc~ It needed only five points, but current s~n:iestet will be held by le±it by the back door when the those five points weighed heavy. the Spamsh Club on ~-◊nday, ·determined. Wilkes grapplers set on the broad shoulders of NorMarch 1, at 3 :00 P. M. m room out to emulate their brothers in man "Ctusher" Cross. He had to 204 of the _Shoema.k~r building. arms, the victory-minded gridders. come through. Essef of King's Pablo Diaz; a W1l~es student The meet opened. with an exhi- had the unfortunate experience of f 7om Bo?'ota, Col~mh~a, a~? Hen~ bition between Joe Berger ,and meeting the "Crusher" and the :ie~ta ~ivas, a Mex~can. Senor- Larry Barret, which saw the bout Colonels were determined to settle ita , :will speak on hfe 1h South go the limit before Berger emerg- for nothing lessthan victory. Like America. ed the viotor by a 10-2 decision. a raging bull, the burly Cross Arr~ngernents for this affair In the first regular match, A t battered his man to the canvas are bei_ng handled by Marty ,Blake Rice, although outweighed by eight time and . again, and would hrve, and Kieth _Rasmuss~n, two stu- pounds, wrestled a smart m.a tch undoubtedly, pinned Es~E\f if'' indents studY:1ng Spamsh 103. until Dougherty of King's, by sheer jury hadn't forced the Kingsn1an :1\11 Spa~ish students who attend force of weight, gained the upper to default.. · Cross' victory was this ~eetmg are asked by _the hand, and in the second period, the deciding match, making the Spamsh DeJ?artment to s_u bmit a Rice was pinned. In the 128 .s core 18-15 :in favor of the copy of their_ s ched1;1les so a per- pound division, Bill Rice staged a Colonels. mane~t meetmg time can be good match, ·but was extended all Other, members of the squad are e st abhshed. the way by George Their of_ King's to be commended. for their work in before Thier gained an exciting preparing the squad for victory. • wer. It's a singe you111 have a 6-2 ~ecision. They are, namely; Ted Smith . at cutting reply from me". FeelzWilkes had no contestant in the 128,. Joe Evans at 155; Nick Heinewell .p romised he could be dandruff 136 pound class and forfeited the man art; ,145 Tom Check at 175 and match to King's. 1-n the 145 pound Joe Berger' at 150. ' . aibout this incident. Reporters felt certain that a cla~s, Norris 158gan of Wilkes and serious crisis was in the' making Chick Armstrong of King's battled Th~ Colo.-.el's Queen, Who ','_ and that last of the -issue had not evenly to an 8-8 draw. In the 15:5 Is .She?, been beard: · · pound weight, Bill Leddo of the Spanish Club To Hold First, .Frank Parkhurst,.Inc. Meeting Tonight * General 'Insurance ' For The baseball schedule, which released by the Athletic Department yesterday, revealed that Wilkes College diannond squad will play a total of 11 games during a six week period, with the first contest scheduled to take place at home with Hartwich as the opponent on Friday, April 16, in Kir.by ·Park. The club this year is expected to be one of the strongest that ever represented the ,blue and gold on the diamond. New equipment and uniforms have been purchased tori the o:nembers ·,pf tfue squiad and there is a good possibility that an early season drill shed may be obtained for the pitchers and catchers to wor,k out. During the season, the Wilkes nine will play six home games, all in Kir,b y Park, and five away. The schedule is: April 16, Hartwich, home; April 17, Wyoming Seminary, home; April 28, Rider College, away. May 1, Keystone, away; May 4, Wyoming Seminary, away; May 8, Hartwich, away; May 12, Keystone, home; May 15, Rider College, home; May 19, King's, home; May 22, Triple Cities, away; May 29, Triple Cities, home. W$.S �WILKES COLLEGE BE!AiCON. 8 CAMPUS IDGHLIGHTS By TED WOLFE The horse-laugh this week comes from the Council member who was dubious about holding the "'Winter Carnival" on Friday the 13th. All winter long we were blessed with perfect weat_h er for winter sports, a11d then , rthe day on which the earnival was held brought forth . miserable conditions. In spite of this, the students made the best of it, and managed to have a' good time. Some of them said it really seemed good to breath WilkesBarre air again after that nervewracking trip home, down icy ~ountain .roads . . · Some of the .it)coming freshmen got drift of the initiation that was in store for them. They heard the rumor that they would have to go around with their head in a bucket instead of their books. Simultaneously, it was repol'ted that local drug stores are completely sold out of nerve-tonic. ; • • • • • • • · The Manuscript came out with the New Look this year, from a white cover to a blue one. Even the stories had a variety in color, ranging from melancholy-blue to blood-red. • • * • • * * * * * * Many of the students who were Recently, many of the students looking forward to the trip were have expressed the opinion that disappointed and peeved when the ·the Beacon should feature a reservations for it were cancelled "who's ga-ga about who" gossip two days before they were sched- column whose main purpose would uled to have been. To them, it's be to br~ng the l?ve 0 l_ife of t~e another black mark against the -s tudents mto the hmehght. Vari1ous inquiries were made, and some Student Council. * * * * * * interesting-ideas, pro and con, were Sheldon Fried can be called the noted. The climax of the whole parenthesis of the current success affair was a letter received from "Antigone"; He ·,appeared for two one of our most popular students, minutes at the beginning and two Cedric Glub. minutes at the end. rCedric is a n Arts student, who, * * * . •· * * in spite of a scarcely noticeable Some enthusiasts noted that last hole in his head, manages to edition's revue of that presenta- maintain a passing average. He is / tion . failed to mentio~ that the a rather conscientious student both lighting effects for the play were in studies and in extra-curricular exceptionally fine. For shame activities.. Some of his deals are ·' a little on the shady sid'e. He has B , eacon, and d,id you notice that the ushers' fin.g er-nails were beau- done some heavy speculating in t ifully manicured, too? the 9--sed text book market, and Orchids to the technical crew recently it's been rumored that he :and apologies to the readers. is t he local dealer in black market * • * * * * term papers. · Both the Student Council and Here is what he has to say: ·the ·Lettermen's Club are smarting Dear 4th-est aters: under the verbal )ashing given I underst and that some Wilkes ·them by Dean Ralston at the meet- students would like to see a gossip ing of January 27. It seems that column appear in the Beacon. Withbo_th , · organizations were going out going into detail, I would like :about thing-s in the wrong way, the to express my opinion on the matCouncil unconstitutionally, and the ter. Lettermen unconventionally. In I am definitely against it. Not, :spite of all this to-do, the Let- however, because I realize that I , termen emerged clothed in smiles :wouldn't be one of those talked of victory, a n d blue-and-gold about. After all, I can't help it if ewelrters. The Council? Well, all I' have, two · noses. But I think it's they could say wai,, "Darn that a childish idea. When I was ten, -P re-Med Club!" my father and I had a heart to * · * * ·* • • heart talk in his place of business. The idea for a student-sponsor- As we sipped our beer, he said, ed scholarship ,for some wo;thy · "Son, life is a funny and compliperson, foreign or <i'omestic, fell cated matter. You'v~ got to grow through.. The reason ., was that into it. When you become a man, such an undertaking would conflict put away childish things." wirth plans for a Cindere!Ja Ball, I often recall that scene. I'll as . far as funds were concerned. in ever forget how papa looked as Either affair would help to popu- he sat there playing with his larize Wilkes, and it was just a yo-yo and giving me that advice. question · of · w'hich one would be All I can say about the matter chosen. Also, each one would have is, what is this a college or a to be financed from the Student high school? Reople are grown u,p Fund. It was decided that the stu- when they get to college, or at dents would rather pay for enter- least they're supposed t o be. tainment than for someone else's And gossip is an awful thing. education. It's -the only thing that runs down Now wouldn't it be fine if more people than automobiles. But whatever band-leader chosen for if it's gossip they want,· all they the Ball ("Tex" Beneke was men- have to do is glance in at Chase tion.e d) could be persuaded to use Lounge every day around noon to the money paid him to finance see who loves who. some lucky person's education? ·P lease don't think my comments That way, everything would work are too ', harsh as I want to reout wonderful, and Wilkes could be main on friendly terms with the sure of doubly-effective popular- college. ity. Sincerely, ' What dreamers some people are! Cedrick Glub. • * • • • • Thank you, Cedric. For · some real, rib-tickling en• • • • • • tertainment, read Librarian Joseph Many students have given up Meyer's "Guide -to the use of the idea of trying to see Dean Wilkes- Library". Copies may be Ralston concerning s c h e .d u 1 e obtained at ,t he loan desk in the changes. After one look at the Library. waiting line, they throw up their * * * • * • arms in disgust and retire to the The newly-formed Breeze-bat- Cafeteria to drown their troubles ters Club of Wilkes is looking for in coffee. One fel!ow tried to run recognition from the Student the gauntlet and came out with Council. . The Club meets every two . broken legs, which g oes to Friday morning in the Cafeteria, show y:ou just how bad the situand the members drool over coffee ation r.e ally is. and debate over pressing iss\les. Members include Bill Griffith, The Colonel's Queen, Who Tom Lasky, John Haracz, Sheldon Is She? Fried, Harold Morgan, Vince Macri, Norbert Olshefski, and · Ted Wolfe, wirth Cedric Glub as temSPEAKERS URGE pora r y president. The problem being discussed currently , is "How (continued froµi page 1) to relieve the congestion of stu- to become even greater, we must dents in the Cil.feteria during build on the spirit of friendliness. lunch hour". Best suggestion thus Don't Bury Heads far-dynamite. Attorney Daniel J. Flood, ex- I • congresspian and one time Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania, began by noting that Wyoming Valley has finally reached maturity by harboring a college this size. lHe then· went on to say that since we are college students, we should abhor the word ignorant, and that ignorance is the iiurturer of prejudice and iptolerance. ' · Fr~day, February 27; 1948 He expressed the desire that at THE PHILOSOPHY. the end of American Brotherhood \ Week, we don't rush bacl~ and bury · (continued .from page 3) our heads in the sands of indif- and away from C1ty Hall. : ference. . I d~n't enjn 'philosophf c.l ass Attorney Flood concluded by saying that · there are still mil- any more. · It's in1;eresting, I suplions of people wl".o are being po~e, buit now I feel- that : it is entirely theoretical, too much · so •S trangled by the serpents o'f. in- for me. I like subjects that have a ;tolerance. practical applicatin, so that leaves philosophy out. It's not practical. Who Is the Colonel's Queen? I proved that. . ''l'VE TRIED THEM ALL, CHESTERFIELD 15 MY FAVORITE CIGARETTE 11 ·@ e~ . STAIIIIHG /HA 'TRIANGLE PRODUCTION "SLEEP, MY LOVE" RELEASED THRU UNITED ARTISTS ESTERFIELD £LWAYS MILDER ll3ETTER TASTING @OOLER SMOKING Copyrip: 1948, 1-rrr a Mnu TOlo\CCO Co. � 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. 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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 1948 February 27th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1948 February 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 Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/326d6ab998c33f0612819ae90ed98f1e.pdf b4b326dbaa516717b3e3500966790487 PDF Text Text IIJ!i Vol.___2, No. 2. Friday, March 5, 1948 WILKES COLLE.GE, WILKES-BARRE, PA. LETIERMEN SELECT DATE FOR APRIL SHOWERS BALL APRIL 9 SET Marilyn Broadt Star In Next To Thespian Play Mr. Alfred Groh, director of Jack ''Chippy" Josephs, Pre-s i- the ·Co-Chairmen have announced dent of the Wilkes Lettermen's . that again, "NO CORSAGES" will Chase Theatre, has announced that Club has announced that commit- be the rule. They added, neverthe- Marilyn Broadt was given the part tees have been appointed and final less, that the girl-s will have flowplans are being prep.ared for the ers to add to their beauty-compli- of Tracy Lord, lead role in the Thespians' new production THE Secpnd Annual April Showers Ball ments of the Lettermen's Club. to be held •on Friday, April 9, at PHILADELPHIA STORY, which Joe Savitz, Chairman of the the Admiral Stark Ballroom in the is an account of the upper crust of Ticket c'ommittee, stated that Hotel Sterling. Philadelphia's social world. tickets are being distributed and Jack Feeney and Henry Collins, Although a newcomer to the Co-Chair'men of the Affair, stated are available from any member of campus, Marilyn brings with her that Jack Melton's Orchestra will the Lettermen's Club. provide the music for what they The committees and their chair- the acting experience ,s he received feel, promises to be the ou:tstand- man, appointed by President Jos- on the stage at Frty Fort High ing ball of the year. Jack Melton's ephs, are, Ticket Committee; Joe Scohol. While there, she played in Orchestra ,p layed at the April Savitz, •Chairman; Joe Danilowicz, Showers Ball held at Irem Temple John ·G lowacki, Joe Swartwood, 'Junior Miss', 'A Date With Judy', Country Club last year. Danny Norman; Decorations, and several one act plays. The feature attraction of this Geovge Lewis and Kenneth WidMarilyn is the sister of Beverly year's April Showers Ball will be dall, Co-Chairmen; John Moss, Broadt, a former Wilkes graduate the crowning of some beautiful B,ill Davenport, Sam Elias, Edward who was secretary of the Thespiand outstanding Wilkes coed as Burtsavage, Don Casey, Jack the Colonels' Queen by the Letter- Reese, Henry Supinski and Gerard ans' during the i946-47 school men. Joe Danilowicz, -Chairman of Washko; Floor Committee; Lewis year. Beverly made a good showthe committee on selecting the Jones, Chairman; Jack Vale, Walt- ing in "The Taming of the Shrew", queen, said that plans to have the er Henders:hot, Henry Heineman, and it is expected that Marilyn will entire club ,p articipate in the John Florkiewicz, Francis Pinkowchoosing of the queen are • com- ski; Publicity, , orbert Olshefski, make an equally good .appearance ~ a n d"-~.J-1:,e, p:tesented •to the ,Chairman, ~RQbert -:fyl.i,)mlewicz, Bill .in , The Philadelph~ Story. club .~.tits next meeting: . Johns, "I:~ Teresinski, Melvin Bar:.. • i'.aul Thomas ' will appear( in the ·:N .t er ·the hearty approval re- ry; Program Committee, Paul play as Mike Connor, a hard boiied ceived. from the male students last Thomas, Chairman, Jack Kloeber, magazine eporter Ruth Richards year, . on the Lettermen's . Club's Bill Harvey, Marion .Smith, Clay. . r . . pla~r to ease the financial problem ton Karembe1as and Gerald Muns will take th e role of ~iz, .;the equalby' r10t haying to pay for cor,s ages, zing. ly hal'd boiled sob sister. With the exception of a few parts, the Thespii:fns report that Accounting Club Schedule Released Plans Activities By Choral Club For Semester Lectures by local Certified Publie Accountants, accounting machine demonstrations and field trips to local business firms to study ac: counting methods, are some of the plans of the Accounting Club for the current -semester. The club, organized July 15, :J-947, proposes to give its members an insight into the practical side of business before they ·graduate from college. The club has been active in bringing in local businessmen and t~king field trips in the past and the club officers hope that the members will continue to show an interest in the activities this semester. J-o hn b. Gooch is president of the club, Raymond Smith, treasurer; and Frank J. Wheeler, secretary. The faculty advisors are M.r . \ James Laggan and Mr. Edward J. Manley. The Choral Club of Willkes College held its first rehearsal of the semester last week at which time it announced a tentative schedule for the current term. The Club's agenda includes an assembly program, a radio program, an outdoor concert, and participation in the graduation exercises. The Club has also expressed the hope that . they will be a):>le to present a concert in the Irem Temple sometime in the spring. ' Officers of the Club are: President, Rosemary Zukoski; VicePresiden~, Leon Gilbert; -SecretaryTreasurer, Janet A. Rogers; Librarian, Robert Levine. The Club will continue to meet on Tuesdays at 11 A. M. in ·mrby 306, and will also arrange two other meeting t imes throughout the week. Leaving one of her English cl:asses resterday, Dr. Mary E. Craig, head of the College English , iD epartment, fell on an icy pavement anµ broke a wrist. Dr. Craig was 'taken to the Mercy Hospital :where she remain~ ed for the night. She will return to her h~me this morning. LOT PURCHASED The hopes and desires of many of this college's sports enthusiasts to someday see a gymnasium on the school's campus moved a step closer to realization last week with the announcement by Dr. Eugene S. Farley, president of Wilkes College, that tentative arrangements have been made for the erection of a lat,g e gymnasium on South Franklin Sheet. Present plans call for work on the new structure to begin sometime in the -s pring. The Wilkes ,g ymnasium is at present in the blueprint stage acco'r ding to George Raliston, Athletic Director. The site of the new athletic hall will be on South Franklin Street, between South and Ross Streets. T,h e lot was purchased from the YMHA, which planned to build a new "Y" there until it acquired the Shoemaker property on South River street. Architects have drawn-up plans, which are now on the desk of Dean Ralston. The building will be a · two _. isutfY affair, 175 feet long and 100 feet wide. Space has been ,provided for casting has been n~arli.' completed. · Through Mr. Grohs affiliation with the Little Theater Group, arrangements have been satisfactorily concluded for the Thespian Club to purchase some surplus flats from the Little Theater . These larger flats will be usP-d to replace the smaller ones which were at Chase Theater, but are useless at the Irem Temple. Mrs. Hazel Hart, me)nber of the faculty, will assist Mr. Groh as technical adv,isor. Thespians ._Repeat 'M.1nor·M.1ra~.'le' J ' either offices or a wrestling room on the first floor, front. Dressing rooms for both -W ilkes and visiting teams will be ,p rovided for in the rear of the building, with the men's dressing room on the first floor and women's on the second. Ralston estimated the cost of the proposed building at $,150,000, but due to rising building costs, stated that it may be slightly more. He emphasized the fact that all funds must he available, before' construction of the new Wilkes building begins. He also pointed out that the entire physical education program at Wilkes will be conducted there. The new constructi9n may be completed by the start of the next football season. With this building all the difficulties and hardships which confronted the Athletic De.p artment in the past in trying .to make the proper faciities available for the teams will · be alleviated. It is hoped too that the gymnasium will · ,provide incentive for· m-0t e participation in the Athl'etic Program in both Boys and Girls _athletic activities. POLI-SH CLUB Life· of Schubert TO RECEIVE Film To Be NEW ADVI.SOR s Shown Tonight l A tea ¥1d reception, sponsored by the Polish Club as a formal welcome to their new advisors, Dr. St anko Vujica and Dr. Thaddeus Mitana, will be held on Sunday. March 7, at 3:00 in Chase Lounge. Mary Glowacki, serving in the capacity of hostess, will pour, and Casimir Kopk9, president of the club, will welcome the guests. Dr. Konstantine.Symnqlewicz will introduce the new advisors. Two Polish films, Studies of Chopin, and Modern Art in Poland, will be shown . The latter will Schubert's ·Serenade, and \he Affairs of Pierre, two French films, will be presented tonight in ·the new Science Theatre b y the French Club, it was recently announced by Clem Waclawski, president of the c.lub. There will be two showings of the films, one at 8 and the other at 9:39. Schubert's Serenade, a story of the life of the great composer, fea,. tures some of his .g reatest music. The cast includes Lilli11in Harvey and Louis J ourvet. The French language will be translated in English captions. The -s hort, The · Affairs of Pierre, is a comedy of errors in American colleges in ·the teaching of the French language ' ii.nd pr-0mises to be hilariously ent~rtaining. Minor Miracle, a prfze-winning one act pJ.ay, was staged last night be accompanied by a commentary in Chase Theatre by the. Thespians byy Dr. Irena Piotrowski. for the second ' tim'e M'ithiljl the The club is currently conducting · past wee k . Th e Pl!lY •was given a membership drive and· students before a group of fa:c,u lth memdesiring to join the club are espehers and their gue.s ts. ·, . . . . · . · The program . :beg_ll.n with a:n in- c1ally mv1ted to attend this affair, . · formal inspection of lighting, stage which is open toall students of equipment, ·dressing and rehearsal : wi\kes. rooms, and make-up departm,ents: Felicia Czarnecki is chairman of · Albin Auckerland add alfred Col.; ' th th mer were on hand to exil'lain lighte _cmm'.ttee a~angmg e t~a. · ing .intricacies. She is bemg assisted by Jean ZalT,he inspection wai; followed by ata, Nellie Bernatski, Helen RoPlans for a trip to Ouba, sponthe play which stah-ed Sheldon manick, Kay Mazur, .Stanley Kosored by the Spanish Club, and Fried, Ted Wa:rakomski, David wallski, Joseph Chupka, a n d open to all ,s tudents of Wilkes · ColJones, and Evan Sorber. Minor lege, I:iave been announced by Miss Miracle i,s a study of faith and Pet,er Zawatski. Martha J. Silseth, head of · the . human conflict in four men who S-panish · Department. All Pre-Law students, or those ai;e adrift in a life raft without interested in the study -o f law, are 'food, or hope of being rescued. BEACON MEETING MONDAY The tour is scheduled to begin on Mitrch 2'7 and the travelers will requested to get in contact with ' Their reactions to the unknown AT NOON return on April 3. The trip to Mr. Hugo v. Mailey, Ralph Carey, form ~he plot of ·t~e story. Both Miami, Florida will be made by last mght's and Fri<U!,y's performor Joe Savitz, on or before Wed-· There will be a meeting of the train, and the last lap of the jourances were well attended. nesday, March 10. The Thespians report that they BEACON Staffs Monday at noon. ney will be made by plane. A limit of 50 students has been Pl.ans are - being formulated for intend to pre15ent .several of these Students interested in joing, the the organization of a Barristers one act plays throughout the staffs should attend this meeting. set. Reservations must be · made with Miss Silseth not later than Fo1 um to act as ~ clearing-house present semester and plans are Those students unable to attend at March 19. The price of the tour. is for the dissemination of pertinent now underway for ·t he next one, information relative to the under- the title of which will be released noon may come into' the BEACON $185, ,including train f!lre, reservations, meals, and tips. office any time M-0nday. at a later date. taking of the legal profession. WILl(ES BAR Dr. Craig Injured TO ORGANIZE ·In Fall On Ice I Wilkes Gymnasium To Be Built On Franklin Street Soon 0 Latest spanJS •h Club Plans Ca]l FOr T •'. TOCUba . rip �2 Friday, March 5, 1948 Henry W. Anderson Editor-in-Chief J ose.ph Purcell · Thomas J. Moran Business Manager Sports Editor Robert T. Mikulewicz Norbert S. Olshefski Features Editor News Editor Vincent 'Macri Frank Eiwaz Club News Editor ·Circulation Manager Thomas J. Moran, Dominic Yanchunas 'Photographers In Passing By Robert Mikulewic:i STORY OF THE · MEN OF TiHE SEVEN'fli AIR FORCE ONE DAMNED ISLAND AFTER ANOTIHER (T,h e Saga of the Seventh), by Clive Howard and Joe Whitley, Chapel Hill, the University of North Ca~lina Press, 1947. . . ·Th··s is the .s tory of . the 7th Air Force from Pearl Harbor until •the end of the war. It is the story of the, "little guy", w{th some praise Features Staff ' Ted Wolfe, Reese E. Pelton, Edward J. Wasilewski, Gene Bradley, for the "brass", the ones tha't rated praise. Many times during the Pacific War th'ere appeared in the newsClayton· Bloomburg Garfield Davis, Jack Reese, Don Lennon papers ' back home, War Department Commli:niqlies th~t _ca~ed a line ' News Staff , at the close o~ the message, " .... .... of' our aircraft missmg. . !n One Russell Williams, Robert Miller, Eugene Maylock, Margot Golin, E>amned Island After Another, the authors take the reader behmd the George Brody, Edythe Rudolph, Muriel Bransdorf, scenes of that cheerles·s line of print. They tell the experient e of the Don Williams, Reed Lowrey men who flew,. their names, the names. of their planes and how some men were lucky and how others pushed their luck too f.ar. Thi-s is also the story of the less glamorous phases of the Pacific War, of the men who ~ere stationed for months on little hunks of rock ~nd coral called atolls. Bits of land so small and barren that a man could see the end of his world drop off into ,salt water in w'hich ever By EDWARD J. WASILEWISKI direction he might look, or he could walk to the end of that World in ten minutes. . · The recent and unprecedented tide of students attending and ONE DAMNE,D ISLAND AFTER ANOTHER deals in names such awaiting entrance into colleges and universities throughout the nation asi John~ton, Palmyra, Canton, Baker. Fumg uti, Tarawa, Makin,. Kwahas elicited widespread interest in many quarters - and alarm in jalein,, Eniwetok, Guam, Saipan, Iwo Jima, names that, early m the some! war, ,s ent people · back home scurrying to their Atla·s to ,s ee where the Most people would consider these youthful aspirations for higher action was taking place. education laudable and a credit to the country. However, there are Those little spits of land were the road to Tokyo, each one was a many, including ,p rominent people in the fields of education, business bloody milestone that ,h ad to be passed; this book tells of each step, and public life, who feel that the supply 9f candidates for the pro- the careful planning that sometimes broke down and had to be pulled fessions and whit~ollar jobs will far exceed the demand for them. through by prayers, sweat, fighting. prayeiis and a few more prayers. This situation, we believe, will cause severe disturbances in the r!'he authors of ONE DAMNED ISLAND AFTER ANOTHER, historic proportion between manual and white collar workers. Clive ~oward and Joe Whitley were there, they , saw it happen and · T,h e concern expressed by the commander of the· American Legion they ,p ut .d own what they saw, bµt. the authors let themselves fall into r~ently, about finding jobs for the two million veterans now attending a rot in the first part of the book and never make any effort to reach school, illustrates this kind of thinking. level ground, They wave the fl,a g and beat the patriotic drum too .loudWith the main body of students arriving at the graduation stage 1y. These soldiers, as Howard and Whitley _wrote about them, were now, the prdblem becomes more and more pressing. Disillusionment, never afraid, they were alrways ·"spoilin' for a f;ig,ht", and more than loss of morale, and most important of all, loss of faith and respect in eager to be on any assignment regardless of the odds. " our free, democratic institutions and government - may be the lot If when reading ONE DAM;NED ISLAND A?DER ANO'Ill~ER, of many a hopeful graduii:te striving for social success and career the re~der wili ta:ke the superman propoganda with a grain of salt, security. the book will be exciting and in some instances very revealing to read. Democracy and our free enterprise system are on tria~ before' There are in the book facts that prove we were not fast asleep in the a world of despairing socialism --and a watchful commums~! ~f Pacific prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. The islands that prowe as a people neglect our most precious asset, namely, the mtelh-- vided the bases for our "leap-frog" campaign later in the war, had gence of our young people - we are certainly doomed to failure and been surveyed earlier to determine wihether these spots. of land could regimentation. be used for airfields. Civilization through the world is in the grip· of vast epochiD espite the failing of trying to be too dramatic and to show the making changes. The swift advance of science and technology in the American soldier as a fearless fire-spitting ,p erson, this book is a factual fields of atomic fission, electronics, mass production techniques and the account of the 'Pacific War and the part the 7th Airforce played in it. like, have posed baffling problems for our slower moving social institutions of family, government, and even religion. And this is not all, for we are also witnessing a titanic, world-wide struggle of ideoold peculiar answers. logies: between those who uphold the freedom and dig~ty of _the Feelzwell heard a pencil being individual and that of the all powerful state. This situation is • 1 tapped gently agaii:ist a chair. causing ad<litional social dislocations due to the instability of many Automatically he recognized the governments, ,some of which are overturned suddenly, with the condots and dashes of the Morse sequent difficulties and confusion · of an entirely new regime. code. Several students were "talkIt is this sort f a world, which the graduate with sheepskin in Professor· Herkimer V. Feelzwell ing" to tea.ch others in what the hand and high hopes for the future will step into. was administering the final ex- professor thought was at least an But that graduate is not the lamb in the woods, as it would first amination in Exeter Decorating original manner. Rather cl~ver in appear. His capacity for flexibility and adaptability has been ably 101. The examination was the fact. Feelzwell's thoughts, or perhaps demonstrated by his superb performances under the most trying con- same old process which had been ditions of depression and war. He has also shown that once he has repeated year after year. H. V. F. one should say thought (only one at a time trickled through the properly understood the situation, he can be c9unted , on to do the job stood around, bored stiff, while Feelzwellian mind wMch was decthe students regurgitated the inat hand with determination, resource and dispatch. And above all orated like a Victorian living ,h e has the priceless gifts of a spirit of give and take, and a sound formation Feelzwell had read to room), still sought something with them from his outline. The marksense of humor which is buoyant in times of fortune, as well as in the ing of the papers consisted in find- which to occupy itself for the next stress of adversity. . ing the errors the students had hour. What vital matter in the The nation's .leadership today, in every phase of life should pre- made in transcribing the material field of exterior decorating needed pare itself to extend the hand of welcome to a ready and willing from his lectures to their notes to the attention of the expert? The youth. It must ta,ke our youth into its confidence! It must be. pre- the examination ·blue hooks. Feelz- cigarette~butt-on~steps problem ? well's lectures fitted the time-hon- No, that situation was normal. pared to share the 1burden of responsibility! And they are .great " An enlightened leadership can do much to provide opportunities ored definition of a college lecture Butts were everywhere. Professorial beards ? No, that problem for the vast potential of creative and productive genius of oilr college well. '.' A. college lecture is a pro- had been shorn of its more intercess whereby the subject matter of and university graduates. For these are the real bulwark of demthe course gets from the lecturer's esting effects. The bulletin boards? ocracy. notes onto the pages of the stud- Any bulletin board ? Ah, yes. Yes Only by the concerted action of combining the experience ~~£ ent's notebooks without passing indeed! those who have proven their mettle, with the energy and ·z eal of through the head of either lecturFeelzwell had been noticing the youth, on a voluntary. basis, can we guarantee the heritage of our er or student". bulletin boards, those collectors of ciitizens in our American way of life, through greater freedoms and Professor Feelzwell paced slowly hieroglyphics, cluttered beyond any expanding production. back and forth across the front of real usefulness. Only the other exam.i nation hall. How to day H. V. F. had found a notice -------------:---_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_:-_-_-_-_-_-,...-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_;_-_-_-_-~ the pass the time auring f.inal exam- on a Kirby bulletin board posted inations had always been a""Prob- by Professor Nicholson announcing lem to him. As a young instructor that Nicholson would not meet his he had several times read over the class on Monday. The notice was examination questions and try to · undated 'but Professor Nicholson School and Office recall the answers but that prac- departed Kirby's halls shortly tice had made him so confused he after V-J day. Supplies had given it up years ago. In one of his studies of the For the fun of seeing what pecu- problem Feelzwell had examined GIFTS .AND liar answers some students could the six largest bulletin boards on think up Feelz.well had learned to campus and had found that on each STATIONERY read lips. He had spent many only one notice was not particuamusing examinatin periods watch- larly covered by some other paper. ing students whisper questions and That single uncovered notice was Wilkes-Barre. Pa. answers to each other. But lip the last one posted. He discovered, WilkeswBarre, Pa. reading had lost its appeal. The furthermore, that the boards had students whispered only the same an average of five thumb tacks Are We Educating For Failure? Feelzwell Busy Grading Exams ---- . DEEMER & CO. :BISCUIT CO. * apiece. The great number of pos- . ters, announcements, letters from the deans, and personal notes tha;t . each tack held did attest to a certain amount of cleverness on the part of Winkesonians. The Morse code 'senders were still busy. Feelzwell decoded without thinking. "What is two times two?" "Six." "We been dou'blecrossed. This is not exam we swiped." "Faculty all croo~s.," :'Ro.ger.n 1. Students who had finished t:h e examination bega.;n to 'strag_g lA from the room. A few fiau se'd 'to polish the . old apple by remarking to Feelzwell that they thought the final to be a · very fair exam, .th:a:t they had enjoyed the course, that Feelzwell was a good teacher, and . such items of assorted guff. .Each time H. V. F. spoke with a studerit the audible vocal sounds thr-ough- . out· the room increased as des,p era te students made frantic efforts to obtain information from more desperate neighbors who didn't have the information either. When at last all the papers were in and the examinatio.p. was offlcially terminated, Feelz'Yell don-, ned his wraps, took the pile of examination papers, and prepared to leave. Before he could escape, however, into the room burkt Quincy X. Jydrczxski, C&F sophomore and top-flight . flea~brained eager beaver. "0~, Profess?r Feelzwell. I am so mterested m your course. I have come for my grade. Do you have the examinations graded yet?" Let us leave the professor as he replies. to Quincy in his most restramed man ner, and later · perfo,r ms the grading process. • . We join the professor for · one last moment as he posts the list of final marks. What a happy· moment it is for Feelzwell as he Jlears a corner of the bulletin board, fo:rees t h e ,thll:JI\:bt~k .,iv through fifty-seven layers of · paper and posts the list of grades so that it is the only sheet on the bulletin board not · partially or completely covered by others. There is No Substitute For QUALITY FRANK CLARK , Jeweler 63 South Main Street ,..- USE GLENDALE WOODLAWN DAffiY PRODUCTS CRAFTSMEN ENGRAVERS * 20 North State St. Phone 3-3151 HALF CIRCLE BARBECUE Pork, Beef and Ham Home Made Pi~s French Fries WEST END ROAD Near Plymouth Bridge George Marnary & Earl Wolfe, · Props. Student Owned and Student Managed �Friday, March 5, 1948 3 WILKES COIJLEGE BEACON ·• Over .150 Attend Second Sports Dinner Spring Grid Drills HENDERSHOT, FLORJ(lEWICZ For Wilkes Mav I AND GORGAS WIN TROPHIES AT LAST NIGHT'S BANQUET1 SPORTS BEACON By TOM MORAN I Beacon Sports Editor . IT WAS ACTUALLY A BANQUET Our good pal, Noah Webster, who has .done much to improve the usage of the English language, last night would have been mighty proud of his definition of banquet. The old master of the King's grammar tools says a banquet is, "A feast, often ceremonious and followed by s-p eeches." Last evening's shin-dig certainly was a feast. Instead of the usual miniature banquet plate which contains a sliver of milk horse, a teaspoonful of watery potatoes, 11 peas, a hard bun, and for a dessert a slice of strawberry on a eornfl.ake, tJhe Wilkes College Cateteria went all out and prepared one of the finest meals this depeartment has ev~r eaten. Mrs. ~rennan, head of the college eating emporium, produced a meal not fit for Kings, but for Colonels. The menu last night provided the ever~hungry athletes and their guests with huge helpings of mashed potatoes, roast turkey and dressing, pe~, salad. fruit cup, cake and ice cream, and coffee or milk. THREE ATHLETES SURPRISED The three trophies that went to members of the athletic teams at the banquet not only caught the second guessers by surprise, but found the ,r ecipient; of the presenta,t ions floundering for adjectives of gracious acceptance. · Walter Hendershot, winner of the first Beacon Sports Trophy, was named ".Outstanding Athlete of 1948 at Wilkes College" and no one was more surprised than Walt. This writer talked to Hendershot a few days b~ore the banquet and heard the 1946 and 1947 Wilkes tac.kle reel off 1Jbe names of three people whom he thought deserving -·of .the award. ' . . . The •~outstanding Athlete Trophy" was awarded on the basis of sportsmansliip, leadership, scholastic ability, and athletic ability. Hendershot fulfilled every requirement. He was outstanding during the past year on three teams, 'baseball, wl'estling, and' football. Bob• Gorg,as, who received the "Outstanding Lineman Trophy" was completely surprised. Gorgas, who could probably play with any college team in 1Jbe country, is a former all-schola~tic tackle from Hanover and was a member of the Wilkes teams for the past t;wo years. The "Outstanding Back Trophy" went to Jarrin' John l<'lorkiewicz, who played top-notch football for Wilkes during the past two .seasons. Fforkiewicz, a former Nanticoke gridder, was instrumental in bringing victory to Wilkes in many of the contests since the time this college first entered the grid drcle in 1946. •. 1 The decision made in all three cases was close. There were several candidates who qaulified for ~ach award and tJhe judges eliminated by the finest margin to arrive at . their decisions. ·BASEBALL TO ST ART SOON · ,. For the first time in the history of Wilkes College athletics, the Colonels' potential grid stars of the 1948 season will have a By TOM MORAN chance to loosen up the stiff Beacon Sports Editor joints for four weeks during the Over 150 athletes of Wilkes College and their guests, as well as spring football practice, which members of the radio and press, witnessed the awarding of three ~ill start May 1. trophies to outstanding school athletes last night at the second annual There are many obstacles which have to be overcome be- Wilkfa!s College Athletic Banquet held in the school cafeteria. Walter Hendershot, junior at the c_is Pin_kowski, Arthur Rice, Wilfore the plan is definitely set. The equipment, which was stored college · and participant in three, ha~ Rice, George ~us~, Joseph after the 1947' season, will have major sports at this institution Savitz, Henry Supmski, Joseph to be recalled early and the use was awarded the Beacon Sport~ Swartwood, Paul Thomas, Martin of the field, so as not to conflict _Trophy after being named "Out- Warmus, Gerrard ~asco, Robert Waters, Kenneth Widdall, Edward with baseball and softball teams, standing Athlete of the Year". must be obtained. The other two major awards, Witek, Francis Brokus, Donald Coach Ralston, in announcing "The Coaches Grid Trophies" went Casey, John Feeney; Joseph Galthe inauguration of spring grid to Bob Gorgas as "Outstanding lagher, Clement Hiller. Venton Lugg, William Borman, practice, said, "This practice will Lineman For 1947" and to ·John not include the candidates who Florkiewicz ,a s "Outstanding Back- Henry Heineman, Norbert Olshefexpect to come out for the team, fieldman For 1947." These troph- ski, Joh'll Vale, Chester Knapich, but are not yet enrolled in ies were presented by George William Nancarrow, James TrumWilkes. The workouts will be Ralston, directo.r of athletics and bower, Samuel Elias, Edward Gill, Keith Rasmussen, Millard Skalla, light and cali~thenics will be the , coach of footbal) at this college. William McDonough, Lewis Jones, main point in the. drill sessions." Many of those who attended last Leo ca·st1e, John Cain, Paul Zlonnight's affair stated that it was kiewicz, Charles Jackson, William. one of the finest banquets that Jula, Paul Huff, Osea Galletta,. they have ever attended. Every- Tom Moran, Wilfred McGinley, thing moved along in a fine man- Thomas Check, Nicholas Heinener. The food was excellent and man, George Dale, Tom Miller, served in a quick and efficient Clemence Scott, William J:?avies, manner . ;N'orman Hughes, Arthur Berger, Principal ,speaker at the banquet Joseph Evans, Donald Morgan, ,. was Dr. Eugene S..Farley. presi- William Luetzel; Robert Anthony, dent of Wilkes ,College, who com- Earl Fritzges, Reese Pelton, JosBy GEORGE BRODY plimented the athletes on the fine With an eye to g-ai'F1ing- from job they are doing in school and eph Pinola, Jack Kloeber. Guests - Bob Patton, sports past experience,. George Ralston, express.ed his desire to s.ee them Director of Athletics announced .p erform even gr(;later accomplish- editor of Wilkes-Barre Record; Thomas E. Heffernan, managing that there will be a -r~birth of the ments in the sports field next year. editor of Sunday Independent; Intra Mural Softballl · League, and Among those who attended the Tom Brock, King's College coach; that the new organization will op- -banquet were: Dave Evanson, coach at Wyoming erate under rules closely resembJoseph Baltrushes, Melvin Barry, Seminary; Jones Evans, SipOrts'ling those of organize\! .baseball. Coach Ralston will assume the Joseph Brennan, Edward Burti caster at WBAX; Chuck Whittier, position of director, and on or savage, Crane Busby, Henry Col- sportscaster at WILK; Bert Uhl, about March 15, there will be a lins, Norman Cross, Joseph Dan- Dr. Eugene S. Farley, president of meeting of managers who wish to ielowicz, W i 11 i am D.avenpoi-t, Wilkes College; H. J. Morris, enter the league. During the meet- James Davis, William E.'ckert, JoS- regi.lStrar a t Wilkes College; ing, Ralston will appoint a league eph Evans, John Florkiewicz'. Dan- George Ralston, coach and director President, whose duties it will be iel Gilroy, John Glowacki, Robert of athletics at Wilkes; Ann Havir, Delores Hartman, George Lambert, to supervise the entire actions of Go11gas, William Harvey, Walter director of YMCA; Carolyn \ J. the league members. He will Hendershot, William Johns, John Jones, Ralph Carey, Charles Temhandle all gripes, schedule the D. Jones, John Josep:qs, Morris teams, · check rosters for viola tons, Kagan, Clayton Karambelas, Tho- pleton, Raymond Mechak, Paul and assign umpires. mas Lasky, 'George Lewis, Robert Callahan, Ed Boyle, George Brody, This year . umpires will be of Mi-kulewicz, Gerald Munzing, Dan- Marita Sheridan, Joa!Jl Lawlor, the best calibre. Each umpire be- iel Norm,an, Edward PaPry, Fran- John Burak, and Mildred Gittens. Intramural Softball Loop Begins March 15 • ·Old man weather, with · more snow than this valley has seen in a fore being chosen will have to long time, is the deciding factor in just when Wilkes will begin its submit to a written examination b and if he proves able, will be apaseball drills. Coach Ralston has hopes of\ obtaining a practice shed. pointed. The umpires will be paid where the pitcher,s and catchers may be able to get a little pre-season from the athletic fund set aside practice. for such purposes. This year will find the Colonel nine jockeying for playing space At •p resent, the plan calls for wtith Coughlin and King's in Kirby Park. This situation should be an eight-team league to play the cleared up. Wilkes and King's are city colleges, the same as Coughlin season in two halves. The firstis a city 1high school, and no partiality shoulld be shown by city offi- half winners willl play-off against cials. · the second-half winners for the With just two weeks to go be' e pennant. Then the ,g rand fore the winter sports program i Mayb e th ere 's a chance of playing some of our home games in leagu Artillery _Park. .._ finale will see the league all-stars wra,pped up and stowed away, the battle the flag winnets at the an- Wilkes College cagers, battling to LETTERMEN UNWELCOME nual picnic. -stay over the .500 mark, will take The Wi1kes Lettermen had the distinction. of being the first group Possible Two Leagues on the New York A aind s quintet of Wilkes .s tudents to be thrown out of King's College. The only con.However, ·if 12 or more teams at Binghamton, N. Y., one 'Yeek solation was in the fact that it doesn't hurt too much to be tossed out wish to enter ,they .will' be split from tomorrow. of the institution where you are not actually enrolled. into two leagues - the American and National, and the winners of The colone~ quintet is a far bet.. The whote tJhing sarted when five . of the lettermen attempted to those leagues will play for the ter ag,gregation than the record of present Shirley Babcock, violator of freshman regulations to the school title. If less than iz, but the last half of the season indi. King's College assembly for purposes of .speech making. No sooner _more than eight teams submit- cates. . hacJ Miss Babcocf · gotten situated 'p rior to delivering a fine oration, rosters, a league meeting will be Tabbed as an early season fav. when one of the Kingj; faculty entered and administered the old held to r.educe the number to eight, orite, the lack of practice facili"heave ho". so as to maintain a balanced lea- ties and the loss of key men put Since permission !had been obtained earlier in the week and the gue. the team on skid<s that took a five first speec! the day before had been · delivered wit hout interruption, Manager will be allowed to use win no loss record down to the the five lettermen were at loss to explain why they had been tossed out. an .unlimited number of men until present eight win six loss record. Judge Chester Kna:pich c.Ieared everything up when he called. the the fourth game. After that, the As Coach Ralston put it, the King's office to fi nd - out why there had been a c'hang,e of h,e art at teams will have to cut their ros- team is·· "cold", and while other King's. The ret urn story went something like this. · · ters to the 115 men they will be teams are enjoying the advantage permitted to carry. No man will of constant practice, the Colonels We didn't mind you people coming up here and initiating your be allowed to play; with two teams, have ,h ad few practice sessions in freshmen but when one of your members put a notice up on our official nor will there be any jumping of the last month. When the season bulletin board caJing a meeting of our student body to hear a well rosters. Once a man has "signed" started, other teams were also known _W ilkes orator, we thought we would object. , with a certain team, he will be cold, and Wilkes was able to When it was all straightened out the lettermen fom;d that a little there to stay. meet them on even terms, but pink man- was displ'eased with the turnout 9f King's students the first · Last year's cham,ps, the Sad while the Blue and Gold cagers day so decided to have a l.,irge,r attendance for the second speech. Sacks, are still on the campus, rem'a ined cold, the opposition grew What he didn't know was that at King's a notice on the bulletin bo'ard, intact, and judging, of course, hot. That ty,p e of unbalance is such as . the one h~ attached, automatically excuses King's students from the past record, they are not condusive to a winning schedfrotn c-fasses. still the team to beat. They have ule. · given notice that they enter In the season's fir.st meeting, I wonder why they objected. with no change in the roster. the Colonels cagers took the Triple Wilkes Cagers Meet,N. Y. Five Next Saturday will ' ' Cities quintet by a 45-37 count, but to date, Wilkes hasn't had much luck in return engagements, which seems to ·indicate that the breaks have been going the other way. But fickle fate ' has always had a way of evening matters, nd that's what Coach George Ralston is banking on. THE BOSTON STORE Men's Shop has everything f.or the college man's needs. from ties to suits. FOWLER, DICK AND WALKER �Friday, Mar.ep. 5, 1948 WILKES COLLEGE BE'ACON 4 CAMPUS HICiHLICiHTS by Ted Wolfe l The recent Press Conference is A face that .m en get sick at sight ancient history as far as records of · go, but it is stilf being talked . Or will she be a reg'lar cutie about. It proved to be not only 'P eer of Venus, doddess of Beauty? beneficial, but entertaining as well. 5. Some of those present were a little Will she have dark, or golden bewildered when one of the speak~ tresses ers emphasized the importance of Will she be dressed in "New Look" using' the 5 "W's" in reporting a · dresses . news story, namely, "Who", Will she have freckles, dimples, "What", "When", "Wh~", and moles "How". After the discussio ,p eriod, A head that's slightly full of holes? one querulous .student as ed how 6. "How" got in there ·a nd an erst- Will she be the kind of stock that while j.ournalist explained that Men would like to throw a rock at "How" ENDS in "w". Said the stu- Or of ;whom it can be said · dent, "Oh, i see." (Ed. note : The "On beers I've seen a better head"? othei; "W" is "Why".) 7. **•• Or will she truly be a dream Cedric Glub is one of the many Of the crop will she be the cream students who are anxiously look- And will she have more than her ing forward to the time when share AMNICOLA will hit the market. Of the beauty that is rare? Cedric says, "I have not yet found 8. {he pause that refreshes. The near- These are questions to which anses,t I come to .it is when I take my wers daily dose of be~zedrine and wash Will be given by the dancers it down . with a cup of Heinz' coffee Until then don't get indigestion ev;ery morning in the cafeteria. Trying to answer this maddening Ev:en that fails to hit the spot question. sometimes. If AMNIOOLA can sat**** :isfy my thirst, 'tnen I promise to · Many students have expressed .,i:l.rink nothing else." the opinion that more carnivals of For Cedric's benefit, AMNICOLA the type recently hel dshuld be is the name of the college year- planned. They may get their wish, book, not .a soft drink, and it means because it's been rumored that a "that which grows or dwells .b y a group of students is planning an river". Perhaps some bottling Easter Egg Hunt to be held in works may be situated on the bank Kirby Park some time in the near ,of some river, which may account future. Winner of the contest will for the taste of the beverage in receive a bronze jelly bean, with some cases, but for the time be- his name engraved on it. ing, Cedric, AMNFOOLA refer *** * Marty Blake, reportedly the inonly to the college yearbpok. spiration for "swisssssh", · Raleigh * * * * 'DHE . PRIVATE LIFE OF 903's advertisement, says that PIERRE ' is the name of a movie Hollywood is planning to do a picthat was to have ·b een· shown last ture about him ealled "The Blake Friday night under the auspices of Story". Said one of Blake's followthe French Cllub. Failure of the ers, "Are you sure it isn't "The film to arrive on time for the show- Bleak Story?" ** * * ing caused it to be postponed until It seems t hat some students don't the following Monday night. It was also postponed Monday night like the odor that issues forth from until a future date. As one student Tommy Moran's pipe. When asked remarked, "Perhaps Pierre was a what kind -of tobacco he uses, Tomlittle dubious about making his my replied, "Oh, tobacco?" private life public." * * * * Miss Martha Silseth has an' nounced plans for another attempt to travel to the Caribbean. Hold on, South Seas, we'll reach you yet! * * * * General Insurance Last week's BEAOON report on the 'T'hepians' plans for their next production, The PHILADELPHIA STORY, carried this sub-heading, "lrem Temple Engaged", whereMiners Nat'l Bank Bldg. , up,on one reader remarked, "There goes that Temple family again. Wilke:3-Barre, Pa. First ·Shirley, and now Temple." will H. A. WIIlTEMAN !. FOR YOUR . VISIT OUR HIT TUNES .& CO. INC. FOR SMART COLLEGE 'CLOTHES Wholesale Paper and Stationery THEl@HUB . . IIIIV R. ■ 111 SNOWIT& Wilk~Barre, Pa. So. Main St., 1, ■ ROS . ' Wilk~s-Barre LAZARUS RECORD CENTER All · The Newest · Popular Recordings By Your Favorite Artists LAZARAS LOWER, FLOOR; r, .. 0 ''I've tried them all and I like Chesterfield the best". ~~ STARRING IN . DAVID 0. SELZNICK'S PRODUCTION "THE PARADINE CASE" Frank Parkhurst, Inc. * * * ** * Garfield . DaviJs' story, "The Philosophy That Didn't Work", caused a lot of <;omment on the campus. When questioned about it, Rev. Schindler, inst ructor in Philosophy, replied to the effect that the author should take Philosophy 213. * *** Accurate and Dependable Nationally Famous Watches I E,'veryone on the campus is anxious to know who will be the Colonels' Queen. For publicity purposes a Shakespeare student was asked to write a poem concerning the question. Here (with apologies to Shakespeare) is the result: ' For. For Certified Perfect Diamond Rings 0' Devotion For . 2. Or -will she be a campus lassie Not too smart, but plenty classy Must she be tall, short, fat, or lean To qualify for Colonels' Queen? 3. Will she be a studious girlie The type who has to be in early Or will she be a "hot" tomato The kind who says, "The heck with Plato"? 4. Will she be chosen Queen in spite of I . ke Chesterfield smo AUABSl N1S IY ,aoM1NEtff tOIACCO f !FRO"' A sEa1Es o, stAUME fi tobacco as "Liggett & Myers buf ;'oni:: mild, sweet there is grown. They u ciaarette tobaccoCh terfield cigarettes a"!, 1, I smoke only , es . ht from the start. I have smoked them rig . Up-to-the-minute styles 1. Who at April Showers Ball Will be chosen "Queen of All" Will she be a famous woman Princess Anne, or Margaret Truman? · iJn Fine Jewelry ON. Easy Credit at No Extra Cost See. 75 South Main Street WILKES-BARRE HESTERFIE.LD £LWAYS MILDER ll3E'l"IER ~ G ©ooLER SMOKING � 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 Wilkes Beacon 1948 March 5th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1948 March 5 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 Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/aaa490829bf5c0d4b6558a675b24b1f4.pdf a8e3cbb0f09c41fb51c7e776d28dcc43 PDF Text Text BlJDGETS REQUESTED Gym. Plan .. ... ......... .. ... ... ... .... .Page 3 Tribunal Highlights .......... . Page 7 All dub, are requested by the Student .C ouncil to turn in their budgets and audits , before March 22. No budgets will be considered a.f te.r t'.hat date. STARTING THIS WEEK Notes on Notes ........... .. .... . .Page 4 B): Reese Pelton WILKES COLLEGE, W;JLKES-BARRE, PA. VoL 2, No. 3 IRCHost-To !CG.Conference Toniorrow MELTON ORCHESTRA SLATED FOR APRIL 'SHOWERS BALL QUEEN TO BE CHOSEN By Norbert Olshefski 'Jack Melton's Orchestra, one of the oldest established musical organizations in the valley, will play at the · April Showers Ball to be held in the Hotel Sterling's Admiral Stark Room on Friday, April 9.th. Melton's orchestra has played for ma-n y of the old BUJC dances and has also played for many Wilkes dances. He usually carries 10 men including himself. Feat ured vocalist is Theresa Lane, who has been with hi.tn for the past nine months. Melton uses a smooth, sweet style which ,s eems to be preferred by Wilkes students. He shys · away from the ·fast jazzy numbers. The higplight of the evening will be the crowning of the Colonels' Queen by Jack Josephs, president of the Letterman's Club. 'The queen for the evening will be ohosen by the entire membership of the Lettermen's Club. ·The first ballot for the Colonel's · queen will be distributed at the next meeting of the lettermen which will be held Monday evening at 7 :30 in the Chas~ Lounge. The Co-Chairmen of the dance, which promises to be one of the highlights of the semester, are Jack Feeney and Henry Collins. World federation was the topic presented at last 'Tuesday's assembly by Dr. Harold W. Thatcher, professor of History at Wilkes College, and a staunch crusader for international peace. In his ta1k, Dr. 'Dhatcher outlined a plan for world .p eace which he hopes will gain acceptance. He emphasized the fact that because of recent developments in atomic energy, the .p ractice of na1Ji.onal morality must' ibe developed to a much ,g reater degree. Another point he brought out was the imminent collapse of, civilization if the operation of peace machinery proves unsuccessful. JACK MELTON Other members of the club who are handling the affair ·as chairmen of their committees are: Ticket Committee, Joe Savitz; Program, Paul Thomas; Decorations, George Lewis and Kenneth Widdall; Floor Cor:nmittee, -Lewis Jones. Data· On Class Thespians Set New Play Dates ·Rings Released For April 15~ 16 Mr. Alfred Groh, Director of Chase Theatre, has announced' that arrangements to present The Philadelphia Story at !rem Temple on April 15 and 16 have been completed. · In following the policy of presenting more mature plays, the Thespians feel that the full corrnplement of talent found· in the organization will ,b e •u sed. The play contains a div,e rsity of parts, ranging from the juvenile role of ten year old Dinah Lord, to ,t hat of a hardened old role as presented -in the part of the father, Seth Lord. Although several important male roles haven't been as•s igned as yet, rehersals have ,b een started with the following persons playing the roles. Dinah Lord . ... ..... . Joan Wylie Margaret Lord ... N o-r ma Persiana Tracy Lord ... .. . Marilyn Breadt William Tracy ....... Bill Griffith Elizabeth Imbrie ... Ruth Richards MacauJay Connor .... Paul Thomas Seth Lord . ......... Reese Pelton The Jighting and technical end o:ll the .production wiU ·be handled by the following people. Lighting .... .. . Albin A ucke11hmd .Staging .......... Alfred Colmer Tickets ... : ... ... .. Joe Gudaitis Book Holders .... Jean Dougherty and Shirley Salzburg Costumes . · ........ Bill To.p lis Thatcher Urges 22 Colleges To Attend Regional World Federation Meeting of Model Government; Mailey and ·Hailstone· To Speak W.i lkes College Class Rings may be available for those student-s who expect to graduate this semester, it was recently announced by the administration. The Administrative Council, composed of Dr. Eugene Farley, Mr. Herbert Morris, Miss Betty Harker, and Mr. George Ralston, ,l ast Tuesday decided on the style -of -r ings. Because only one company, the Balfour Corporation, has submitted plans for the make-up of the ring, no definite plans can be r.eleased, added the administration. However, the Balfour Co.'s plan has been offered for consideration, althoi;igh decision is pending until the other three companies submit their plans. The . .plans of the Balfour Co. call for a · blue stone set in eightor ten-.penny weight gold. On one ·s ide of the setting will be the off-icial Wilkes College· sea1, which is a picture of .the old fort that was at one time situated .o n the spot where Wilkes now stands, and on the other side, a picture of Chase Hall. Mr. Ralston would not release theprice of the rings, but stated that they wiLl be medium priced and not in the high cost ,b racket of other coHeges. It was also emphasized that students may choose any type or color stone, and not necessarily the blue one designed by the Balfour Company. Sacrifice of Nationalism The first step in tp.e preservation of world peace demands a sacrifice of national sovereignity, stated Dr. Thatcher, adding that thus far the pleas of crusaders for such plans have been but voices in the wilderness. No success in world peace can be attained until a crusade of the peoples of the world is launched, according to Dr. Thatcher. A community of nations is like a local community, either of which could not operate without laws and a police force to enforce the laws. Present_ international law is not really law ,b ecause it has no police power. We must inaugurate an international constitution, said Dr. Thatcher, that will be supreme, subject to change only by a majority of nationi.. OPENS 9:30 A. M. IN LECTURE HALL By EUGENE MA YLOCK Wilkes College International Relations Club will play host to Intercollegiate Conference on Governme11t delegates from twenty.two col- , leges and universities of the Northeastern Region of the I-OG at the regiogal meeting which will be held tomorrow on this - campus. The regional meeting is the first step toward the final conference which will be held in Philadelphia· and wjll be attended by delegates from approximately seventy-four universities and colleges of the state. Registration in Morning The Northeastern Regional meeting will open tomorrow at 9 :30 in the new ;Science Theatre. Registration of all delegates will take place during the morning. Following registration, students will be greeted dby Dr. Eugene S. Farley on behalf of the college. Mr. Hugo · V. Mailey will s p ea k to the convention for the International Relations Club} and · Charles Ternpleton will address the group in behalf of the Student Body. · Representatives to be Selected A~ this time the group will adjourn for luncheon. When the delegates reconvene, Charles Hailstone, Regional Chairman, will present the lOG program to the group. Then the faculty advisors will interview candidates for the various executive offices. Later t he entire group will elect the representatives as selected by the faculty advisors. First Conference 1934 The ICG is , an organization of Most Powers Retained Pennsylvania colleges and universCHARLES HAILSTONE The plan does not call for a sac- ities. The organization meeting of rifice of all national sovereignty, the ICG was held at the University Dr. Thatcher added. The world of Pittsburg,h in 1934 and was at- will ,be the first model political government could have restricted tended by delegates from twenty- convention since 1940. powers with control over ato111ic five schools. The first meeting of Committees Appointed energy, levyjng of tariffs and a the ICG was so s uccessful and Charles Hailstorm has appointed few others, allowing the national well-liked, that the participants exstate to retain most of its power. pressed a desire for their continu- the following committees: RegisThe advantage to this plan is that ance. The prine1ple aim o.f the ICG tration Committee, Ralph Carey, w.e could start off small and grad- is to provide a laboratory for gov- chairman; Larry Pelish, Toni Menually expand if it were proven ernment students whereby student igus. Refreshment Committee : Barbara Noble, chairman, Tom ,Jenkfeasible. legislators will get as much experi- ins, Joan Lawler, Joe Berger. ProColonies Sacrificed Sovereignty ence as real legislators. The ICG gram Committee: Phil Baron, Since it is not practical to main- is primarily for students. The or- chairman, John Faneck, Julius tain a police force large enough to ganization has a student body, is Likowski and Tom Daniels. The ensuhjugate a world state, for a student cpn'trolled and student tire body of the IRC will serve in method of exercising police power operated. The students do what the capacity of members of the we must take a leaf from our own they please, there is no effo-r t oif committee-at-large. history. When it becomes neces- anybody to influence or propaganAt t he preceding meeting of the IRC, the f.ol1owing officers were sary, sai,d the speaker, to choqse dize. . elected for the Spring Semester: between the power of the individModel Legislature Set-u ual state and da strong central . p President, Charles Hailstone, Vice government, our .colonies were 1 • Whenever poss·rble the ICG funcwilling to sacrifice some sover- 1hons as a m,odel gov~rnmen~al President, Eugene Maylock, Seceignty for the good of the nation. body. Last years conventi_on, whic~ retary, B<1rbara Noble, and TreaThe United States government I was well ~ttended by Wilkes Co,- surer, Joseph Berger. need not ask permission to pun- ' Iege, was _m the form of a ~odel ish a member of a state. Dr. State . Legislature. The .only differThatcher said that if the inter- ence m the _M odel Legislature and national government were given t~e real legislature wa:s the form. the power to act in a comparable ~rnce_ th_e s_tudents ar~ hard pressed manner, it would be operating or tmre, I~ ,was decided that t~e against individuals instead of. Mod~l Legislature would ~eet m states and thus c.onflictss could be a umca~eral bo~y to exp~chte m~tprevented. te:l's· ['his year~ conv_ention, :which Mr. Hevbert M.orris, registrar, Dr. Thatcher believes this plan will . ibe h~ld m. Philadelphia on haS' requested that all transfer to be a practical, workable sys- April 9, w_il_l be m the ~orm of _a tern and that world peace depends Model Political Convent10n. This students report to_ his offic~ by Wednesday, March 17, in order on it acceptance. We must bend every effort to convince all na- University of Chicago. He taught that their class standing may be tions of the practicability of this at the University of Maryland for determined . plan. a number of years, and for five The 'names of the students who Ohica.go U. Ph.D. years prior to his coming to • Dr. Thatcher received his B . .A . Wilkes, he was employed by the will be eligible to . graduate in and M. A .. degrees from Columbia U. S. War Department as Chief of June, 1948, will appear in the Univel'Sity and his Ph. D. from the .one of its many historical sections. Beacon next week. REGISTRAR ANNOUNCES �WHIKES COLLEGE BEACON 2 Friday, March _12, 1948 In Passing Henry W. Anderson Editor-in-Chief Joseph Purcell Thomas J. Moran Business Manager Sports Editor Robert T. Mikulewicz Norbert S. Olshefski. Features Editor News Editor 'H>-tcent Macri Frank Eiwaz Circulation Manager Moran, Dominic Yanchunas Photographers Waclawski Finds Valuable Record · J3y NORBERT OLSHEFSKI Curiosity may harm . a cat, but By Robert 1uikulewic:i curiosity on the part of Clem Waclawski, President of the French Club, led to the discovery of what A MESSAGE OF FAITH AND UNDERSTANDING is bel:ieved to be th e only voice , r.e cording of Dr. Paul H. Gies, ;b eTHE LIVING WOOD, by Louis de Wohl, published by J. B. Lippin- loved Wilkes Music Instructor' who cott Co., Philadelphia and New York, 1947. . died last month. THE LIVING WOOD is a historical novel that takes place in While looking through some ol<;i Features Staff · Britain during the Roman occupation 300 hundred years after Christ's recordings in the Shoemaker build- · Ted Wolfe, Reese E. Pelton, Edward J. Wasilewski, Gene Bradley, death. It is a story of romance and ' politics{ intrigue and r~ligion ,i.ng, Mr. Charles Iterider-s on, Wilkes Clayton Bloomburg Garfield Davis, Jack Reese, Don Lennon centered around Helena, mother of the first Christian Roman emperor, Music Instructor, came· across · a News Staff · Constantine. huge sixteen , inch record without Russell Williams, Robert Miller, Eugene Maylock, Marg·ot Golin, -The story begins when the 'T ribune, •Constantius, a Roman officer a label. Not knowing 'what -the reGeorge Brody, F..<lythe Rudolph, Muriel Bransdorf, stationed in Britain got' lost in the woods during a heavy fog. While cord held, and seeing that it was · Don Williams, Reed Lowrey he was •b lindly .searching for his way iback to camp he met Helena, too ,l arge to. u s,e on an ordinary the daughter of the wise and prophetic King Cael. This meeting o.f turntable, Mr. H enderson decided I Helena and Constantius developed into courtship, and finally marriage. to throw it away. Clem Waclawski Constantius remained in Britain for several years after the birth was there also .g oing through the of his 'cs on, Constantine, but theh he had to return to Rome. The sep- ,r ecords, and ' seeing that Mr. Henaration of hcsband arid wife lasted for ten years, alter which time derson was gou:ig to throw the reConsta11ti_u s returned to Britain as the conquering Caesar accompanied ccir,d away, Cleim',s curiosity w'as by his Roman wife. · aroused and he asked Mr. Hender.Shortly after his return ~ Britain, Constantius, receiv~d news son for the r ecording. By EDWARD J. W A,SILEWSKI Clem then took the recording .to · In the recent check up -of the most outstanding personalities of the from Rome to the effect that he was now the emperor. donstantius had children by boilh his wives, but in order to make amends to Helena, Radio Station WHWL, where they nation, it has been found that the graduates of the smaller colleges outnumber the graduates of the larger colleges by four . to one. And and because his son by his second marriage ~ould have made a weak have a transcription turntable large enough to accomodate the recordthat's significant, especially for ' those whom the grass appears greener ruler, he named Constantine as his successor. The main character of the story is, ' Helena and the novel centers 'ing. Upon hearing the voice of the in the bigger yard next door. It proves that education is not adaptable to the mass production around her. discovery and acceptance. of Christianity and how she raised 'kindly old man who was affectionately called "Po.p ", Waclawski techniques which have been applied to aJ.so everything else we know Constantine to ·be a true and forceful warrior and leader. The author, Loui:s de Wohl, never 'intrudes into the story, he simpkn·ew that he had something valuin our modern society. It proves that successful people just don't flow off assembly lines as ready-made, .b right, new, shiny products. It ly creates his characters and lets them unravel the plot. His treat- able and immediately began to also proves the old proverb that there is no royal road to knowledge; ment of the characters is warm and affectionate, he makes them live check to see if ther,e were other for the reader and act according to the traits he has placed in them. recordings of "Pop" iGies' voice. and as we all know very well, knowledge is behind all achievement. At the end of the story Helena is· a very old :woman absorbed in Until now, Clem has not been able Now there are two schools of philosophy concerning knowledge. One school, influenced ,b y Lao-·Tze, a Chinese ,p hiloso,p her, and Rous- her Christian faith and very ha.ppy with her home in Rome. She made to find any other ,r ecordings made sean, a Frenchman, expounds the doctrine that it is utterly futile t<> a trip to the Holy Land and ·h ad the Roman soldiers remove the buried by Professor Gies. cross from · Calvary. 1S he then had the cross brought to Rome and The recording, according to the strive for, to desire, and to gain knowledge. For the more one does placed on her terrace where· she could see it. The story ends as Helena Fvench Club President, is an elecso, the unhappier he shall .become. It is' far better in their view, mere- · took her last look at,the Cross, the True Cross, the living wood, closed tdcal transcript ion of an -o rgan ly to cooperate with the inevitaible and to do nothing, to live a life of her eyes and died. recital by Charles Henderson with simple wants and needs, much like the pre-society man Roussean so THE LIVING WOOD is a story that grasps the readers attention Profes,s or Gies giving a description fondly calls the "nobl.e savage". Although this sort of thinking may seem ludicrous in our day ·and and bomibards it s•o r~pidly with events that there isn't any chance to of the ,s tops on an organ. An exloose interest. • planation of the organ techniques age-it still claims many adhereants. Perhaps we would more rea4ily \. There is a message in this , b ook, which if amplified unselfishly in be.ing used ,t ake·s up most of the recognize its modern counterpart as the ideal of resignation . . • the the world to-day, the small petty squabbles• that seem so important seed bed of dictatorship. transcription ,b y Gies. Standing four square in opposition to this defeatist philosophy, would sink to a very secondary ·position. That message is faith and When asked what he plans to do unders tanding. The author .h as done a superb piece of writing in his were those who upheld the individual, who held forth t he spiritual and with the transcription, Waclawski of some of the forgotten years in the early development of moral energies that sparked the creative and constructive activity of treatment stated that the French Club will Christianity. individual into a living flame an this baS'is, Western Civilization has have repro ductions ma de which it led humanity out of t he darkness of ignorance and inactivity. wilI present to .the Music DepartFrancis Pink_o wski ... Sammy Kaye ment of the college. He said that In every phase of this march of progress, it was the individual, Charles Eldridge .... Sammy Kaye the pr,e sent size of the record is free to shape his own destiny and free to seek his own level in life, Harold Hipn en .. . . Tommy Dorsey too clumsy for ordinary use on rewho provided the power and the drive. These men were self-made and S. Buttman .... .. . Tommy Dorsey acquired the necessary knowledge through study, a capacity for hard WHAT IS YOUR CHOICE OF P . Bancos ... .. . . . Tommy Dorsey cord players. work and enthusiasm. A BAND FOR THE CINDERELLA J ean Wasileski ... . Tommy Dorsey Thus we find that all -p ersona l success and achievement implies BALL TO BE HELD IN MAY? Judith Dressler ... . .. Lee Vincent self-discipline, self-control, and self-direction. It is the individual Wm. E. Griffith . . . . Sammy Kaye who counts, not the place where he studies This was amply Judging from ,t his "Student Douglas MacNeal demonstrated by Abraham Lincoln who educated himself by firelight Poll", Tommy Dorsey holds fi rst Claude Thornhill after a .long, hard day's work of rail splitting. plac,e with nineteen votes; Sammy Sam Elias .. . ...... . Sammy Kaye Some may argue that the larger schools ·h ave greater technical Kaye is second with fif.teen votes; Henry .Sipinski .. . .. Sammy Kaye facilities. That may be true - but only in a matter of degree, for the and Les Brown holds third place Lew Jones ... . ..... Sammy Kaye underlying facts and prindples remain the same everywhere. Of with ten v.o tes. Joseph .Sooby . .. .. Tommy Dorsey greater importance is the opportunity for closer human relations and Clem Waclawski .. Guy Lombardo •fraternity which is possible only in the smaller colleges. Specialization W.Hliam Booth. ·... . . Sammy Kaye J. M. Bendick ... , .. Sammy Kaye in the larger schools may have its merits, but iri the long run, it is Mike Cinnas .. .. .. Tommy Dorsey Dave Katz . . .... . . Chaz,lie Spivak the ability to understand people that wins the greater measure of Geo. Stonzenski . .. Tommy Dorsey Cy Kovalchih ..... . . .Sammy Kaye Walter Ales . ......... Les Brown success. ._ In any ·event, it is the intelligent solution of our ,p roblems as they Tony Vilcan ..... . .. Sammy Kaye John Fink ... ... ..... 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Tommy Dorsey ·... . --------------Congestion and Indigestion · ' YI• WHO'S WHO AND THE SMALL COLLEGE 1 Student Poll USE GLENDALE WOODLAWN DAIRY PRODUCTS CRAFTSMEN ENG RA v·ERS * �WILKES 001.JLEGE BEACON Friday, February 27, 1948 5 Colonels Meet New York Five Tomorrow WILl(ES LOOl(S 'FOR FffiST WIN IN FOUR STARTS "OUTSTANDING ATHLETE'' SPORTS. BEACON By TOM MORAN After a recent loss to Triple Cities College-which found the members of the Wilkes College cage team juggling a seven win, seven loss record the Colonel quintet wiLI attempt to end dts season a little ahead of a .500 By TOM -MORAN Beacon Sports Editor SAD SACKS ARE CLOWNS IN REVIVAL SPRING GRID DRILLS VS. BASEBALL The announcement recently that Wilkes College will have sp!ing grid -p ractice may present the S<:hool athletic department with quite a .prol:ilem when both ,t he diamond drills and grid practices fall in the same period. . .There has ·b een s-o me word (UNOFFICIAL) that another member of the faculty will take over the diamond duties until Ralston winds-up the moleskin rehearsals. TRIBUNAL JUDGE . AND JURYMAN NEW GYMNASIUM The announcement .by Dr. Eugene S. Farley, president of the college, that Wilkes will have a new gymnasium as soon as sufficient funds are raised was well received by the students ·o f the school. For the past two years-since Wilkes began to ·o perate a large-scale athletic program-the members of the athletic teams have been under a handicap. This year's 1b as·k etbali team had some top-notch material, but the lack of practice space made it almost impossible for Coach George Ralston to whip the team into a fine playing unit on two or three nights ,p ractice every week. ·' TRIBUNAL ALMOST OVER . Judge Chester Knapich a,n d his capable court and jury announced during the week that the Freshmen Tribunal will be held once more and then the judiciary group will call it quits until next Fall when a new crop of freshmen will form the basis for an interesting three or four weeks of heckling . The sad part of the whole situation i~ that Barber 1 / c Henry Heineman had to co.nfine his tonsorial talents to a few clips and snips over the cranium of a hot-headed freshman last ii-eek. ·1 DR. FARLEY SCORES AT BANQUET Dr. Eugene .S . Farley, president of Wilkes Col_Jege, who was the principle speaker at the recently held Athletic Banquet, did something that is very seldom done at a sports dinner. He touched only briefly on ,s ports and yet gave one of the finest talks that we've ever heard at a banquet. The college president spoke on world conditions today in the atomic era during the main portion of his speech. Besides complimenting the athletes -on their fine performnces, he emphasitzed the importance of "playing the game rather than the man". SPORTSWRITERS VS. SPORTSCASTERS The .g ame of the century will -take .place on Sunday afternoon, March 21, at 2, when the •Sportscasters and Sportswriters meetl in the preliminary contest to one of Eddie White's Wilkes-Barre Baron tilts in the West Side Armory. ' Little Bill "Phillips, sportscaster for W]ZZ, is captain of the casters' five and in recent broadcasts announced that his uoldtimers" would whip the t ypewriters off the writers . . The writers; captained by Marty Blitke, will have such inex-p ert cagers as Bud Pe~rson, -;John Bush, Jim "Nolan, Bob .Patton, and this writer. On the .s portscasters' team will be Fra~klin Coslette, Chuck Whittier, Jim McCarthy,' and "Btiddy Brode. , ' BEACONETTES Some of the ,b oys on last year's football team found that too much eating with only an occasiot1al meeting ·o f the tribunal as exercises results in the loss of the hour-glass figure so each day Florkiewioz, Supinski, Jones, 'Pinkowski, Widdall, Knapich, and several others are pli,.ying basketball three times a week . .. Tom Miller, who was assistant ,g rid coach last year and is now in charge of the Wilkes physical education classes at the "Y!MICA, was caught off guard at the recent athletic banquet when the lettermen presented him with a beautiful wallet and Swank set. game winning streak. Since that streak was snapped by Penn State Extension when Wilkes met the Pot1"{lyille quintet for the second time, the Colonels haven't been -b urning up the courts. After the first defeat at the hands of King',s -coupled, of course, with the fact that the Ralston aggregation had to play teams who could hold -daily practices-lack of practice began to show. The second Wilkes-Kin.g's contest found -the · Colonels playing good ,baLl and almost taking the favored Monarchs over the coals, but in the last three contests Wilkes dropped ball games to . clubs it had :previousJy beaiten in early season tilts. Tomorrow night's contest will find the Colonels with a full s quad. The addition recently of Ed Witek, who played here -a few years ago, has strengthened the squad some, but there are still a few holes in the · Wilkes power machine-both offensively and defensively. The New York club will be lots stronger tomorrow night than it was back in De cember and the w ·i lkes aggregatiQ,n · will have to play some mighty good b:i,11 to hand the Arts and Science club its second beating. Season's Results i Wilkes N. Y. Arts aml Sciences 37 45 39 Bucknell Frosh 44 48 Penn State Extension 58 36 Keystone 51 Penn State Extension 53 48 Lycoming 34 40 76 Rider 44 King's 65 43 Triple Cities 28 34 · 42 Keystone 39 Buc.kne11 24 50 Lycoming 61 56 're, Ge '·-t•~e' " Pick 'e~., " Lew1·s, J·ur· yman, and 51 Kin.g 's 58 . o;ve, Ief : t o n·ght", ,;__ Ab ' 58 Triple Cities Ch ester· Knapich, judge, both of whom are members of the Wilkes 50 College Freshmen Tribunal, which has been giving the frosh . a hard Last Game Satur-d ay, time during the past two weeks of initiating. Mar. 13-.New York A & S, Away , -ided. drive will be realized if all the Class Presidents Robert Mr. Robert Partri~ge . and Mr. students contribute, regardless of Smith, members of the fac- the amount. On the discuss-ion of !tbe rings I ulty who are in charge of the To Conduct Drive drive appointed Charles Templeton Douglas McNeal, Senior President, • By DON WILLIAMS A meeting of the Glass presid. ents to discuss the class rings an ,! the coming Red Cross Drive was held last Wednesday at Chase Theatre. Charues T,empleton, president of the Student Council, .pres- chairman. Assisting Mr. Templeton will be the respective class presidents, and Jean Ryan, secretary of ~he drive. It was said that containers wiH be placed at strategic points on the cam1p us and students will be asked to contribute freely. Success in the ann6-unced that in a poll of Seniors, rt was found that they were unanimous in their choice of Buoknell rings. Other classes will have an opportunity to make a choice .betweer: class rings and school rings in the .near future. �1 · W1lLKm COLILEGE. BEAOON --·"7""-·-1 Friday, Fe.b:ruacy 27, J948 R,ECOGNIZED ORGANIZATIONS Student . Government .· · . a 1· t of ·w· ·1:1k· . , •· ·.'.Th e, f ollowmg 1s · _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _,.__________________,,,..,_,.___..,,+t■ · Organization 0 Mr. Templeton, President of the Council read a letter of- resignation from Miss Carolyn Jones, representative of the Junior Class. The council voted for the acceptance of the resignation. Templeton then told the members that there are two vacancies existing on the council and that an electi,o n to fill the positions s hould be held. He then appointed Raymond Mechak to conduct the election of a new representative from the Junior Class, and Maritta ,Sheridan to do the same in the freshman class. The nominations will be held next Tuesday, and the elections the following .Tuesday. Ray · Mechak introduced a motion to set a deadline on March 22 when the clubs will send in their b udgets and udits , and submit plans for the coming semester. An amendment was added to the effect that no budgets would .be considered after that date. This motion came _after the president explained that there is a clause in the Student Council .constitution that requires every cluh to submit an audit with its budget for the semester. The motion was pa~sed unanimously. The Student Council will now have a scribe to take down the minutes of the meetings, and then type them for distribution. The motion for the hiring of the scribe was entered by Miss Lawlor •Secretary of th_e Council, after _a discussion was .held on the subject.' The student ~11 probably be hired from one of Miss Bediliari's classes. The scribe will , be paid at the. regular student rate. Jack Fe~ney, chairman of the Social Activities Committee, reported that the Social Calendar for the month of M,arch is now completed and posted. He also reported that the Committee is working on the Cinderella Ball, The French Cluib's budget for $17·6.50 to present ~ix foreign films w~s reduced to three films for $60. Mr. Brody reported that his com~ m1ttee had effec~ed the changes, and made a motion to accept the budget .. The Council voted, nd the Frenc-h •Club will not .get its films. The motion was defeated by a vote of 7-1. A petition to b~y two FM radios, one each for the boys' and girls; lounges, was submitted to the council. The president of the Council reported that there. w~re approximately 135 names on the petition. He a~ked the perm1ss1on of the Council to appoint a committee to 0 ?~ mto the matte~ and _c onfer with the Administration on the poss1bihty of the coun~1l buying the radios. He appointed Ray Mechak, John Burak and himself on the committee. The committee will give a re~ort at the ?ext student council meeting t o be held next Monday evenmg at 7:30 m the Chase Hall lounge. · ! Beacon 6ff'ice Chase Lounge 0 eo1'1•ege orgaruza ' •· t. 1Qns . . !l'ecogmzcu_ . . ~.:i b y th e s' t uden, t... Co unc1·1 : Student Head Advis~r Mr. Alfred Groh Mr. James Langan Mr. Edward Manley It seemed strange to attend one meeting of the student counucil Kirby 306 Rosemary Zuckoski Mr. Charles Henderson which wasn't interrupted by men jumping up and trying to shout down Choral Chase Theatre Eugene Repotski Mr. Julius Spiro Economics their op.p onents, students bringing all sorts of trivial gripes, and clubs' . ¥r. John Riley representatives giving everyibody a hard time. Last monday's meeting IRC Chase Lounge Charles Hailstone Mr. Hugo Mailey Chase Lounge Edward Burtsavage Dr. Lenore Ward · of the Student Gouncil which was held at 7 :30 in Chase Hall lounge, Pre Med Shoemaker 205 Aurthur Spengler Miss Martha Silst!th ran off with comparative ease and dispatch. Although there were Spani sh French Shoemaker Clem Waclawski Dr. Catherine Fehrer 1 barely , enough members for a quorum, the council accomplished more ·German Shoemaker Carl Dudek Mr. Elwood Disque in the two hour meeting on Monday night than they ever did in threii Thespians Chase Theatre Nelson Nelson Mr. Alfred Groh Lettermen Chase Lounge J iwk J osephs . Mr. George Ralston meetings .b efore. •Yearbook Stoddard Hall Eleanor Krute Mr. Alfred Groh Dr. Farley attended the meeting of the council and .informed them Manuscript Shoemaker Robert Miller Dr. Mary Craig of .s ome changes that the Board of Directors founud necessary to ma:ke Beta Gamma Chi Girls L ounge Miriam Golight ly Miss Betty J . H arker . . . Polish P CH Casimir KQ'Pko Mr. C onstantine S_ymonolewicz m tuition, policy and administrat ion. First, the tuition will be raised ' M. 1:.t · B d Cha seTheatre Reese Pelton Mr. Geor g e Ralston · h $200 b • • . 1 1 ary an t o a s t ra1g t eg mnmg m the Fall Sem ester . Second, the Student Beacon Press Beacon Office Robert Mikulewicz Mr. Alfred. Groh Activities fund will not be completely in the hands of the Student .Psychology 164 -S . River Albert Sitratton Dr. Catherine Dominguez Council, _b ut will be directed by a committee whom Dr. Farley will Che_m istry Conyngh~m 104 Aloysius Swi~ h Dr. Elizabeth Beynon • choose. The raise in, tuition is the result of increased c'o sts in prac- _s_o_c_1o_l_o_g_y_______C_h_a_s_e_L_o_u_n_g_e______H_o_w_a_r_d_M _a_r_v_e_l_le_____M _r_._C_o_n_s_t_a_n_t1_ ·n_e_~~y_m_-_on_ol_e_w_i_c_z_ tically every phase of the college. Dr. Farley explained that the $200 will include tuition, library fees, yearbook and student activity funds. Any ,s tudent carrying a normal course for hi,s field will pay the same tuition. Dr. Farley added that the cost fqr each individual hour will be raised from $10 to $12.50, · By NORBERT OLSHEFSKI Beacon Accounting 1s ~ ' Meeting Place Collis Promis·es Guild Cards Joseph Collis, city ed1tor of the Wilkes-Barre Record, is going to see that journalism ,s tudents of W!hlk~is College g et associ-ate m emberships in the News paper Guild. Mr. CoUi-s, international 'vice-president of the Guild, discussed plans for m embership with the students on Wednesday afternoon when he spoke to them in the Shoemaker building. An _associate membership in the organization, which is concerned about journali,sm students and wants to see that they · get along, would cost three dollars. The bearer who would r eceive the guild report would be entitled to attend guild m eetings. The a-s sociate membership, more or Jess a courtesy membership, brings the worudng members of the ~raft closer to journalism students. Inexperienced r eporte,s now s:tart a t salaries from $35 to $~ 0 a week, according to Collis, and experienced r eporters wiU s oon ,b e · r eceivin g $100.00 weekly. "We have h i d some ,r ough ,g-o ing .in the past and we will probably have some rough going in, the future, but we have made considerable progress." This is one of the statements the city editor made to the students when he discussed the Newspaper Guild and newspaper work in general. Henry Anderson John G0;och I 9AF£T't'-fl·R5T ANO NO REGRETS.' DO YOUR PART/ AID JNfM~ P~EVENTION . or I .fl.CC\ ott{fS .. AFTER EXERCISE REFRESH YOURSELF ·coHfa described his job as cit y e ditor with a staff which •u suaUy cons ist s of nine or ten reporters. He stated that ordinarily rthe ,p resses at the Record office are ready to roll aibourt 1 :50 :in the morning. On Sunday they operate ' with a mini'T housands of d~eased judges·, lawyers, and members .0 f juries stir- · mum staff oi about five reporters . red and then !abor1ously rol_led· over in their final resting place, as the Fres~man Tr1bun_al ~or t r ying violators of the Freshmen regulwtions Mobile telephone units are a held its first session m the Science Theatre. coming thing in police ,r eporting, Judge Ches,ter Knapich presided --:,.-· - - - - - - - - - - - - ing, by the way in which Co!Hs over the court and while laughter utes later. talked, and have ,become an im.and crys of "Bring on the hairJudge Knapich was in an excep- :portant factor in spot news in that cuts" ?rif~ed from the top rows of tionally lenient mood during the the re_porter is in touch with tlte the scientific emporium from mem- trial of the three offenders and bers of the Wilkes College Letter- Miss Babcock f 6und herself faced city desk' as soon as he picks the men's Club assumed their new rolls with the problem of giving four pho.n e up. Ther e are many things of defenders of the campus law. addresses in front of the King's going on in n E:wspaper work which Only three of the four violators Colleg e students. 'T he speech never are in the experi mental phase, one showed up for ,t he session-while came off. of which the New York Time's is ~he rest, of freshman class decided The second offender, Joe Des- experimenting with and that is t):le ~t wasn t the most healthy thing chak, had the ,b ook thrown at him facsimile m achine. A fli ck of the · ~n . the w_orld to be found in the vie- and a s a penalty had to provide the button w:ill give the u ser his mornmity of a place, wher e freshmen Wilkes Lunch Club with music were ,considered the finest products from 12 to 12 :30 every day last ing n ews paper. Such an operation, according to Co!Hs, w.ill reof the· human race. week. quire more r eporters because of t he The first offender to be led into Dick Script was the t hird violatth~ improvised courtroom was or of freshme n reg ulations and for coverage of a lo.nger period of · Shirley Babcock, a cute lit tle car- s everal minutes was in a rather time. Installati-orr of this me chan rot-topped· lassie who at first seem- difficult spot after the Judge gave ism would be more -b en eficial where ed a bit timid, but later carved him hi's choice -o f either taking a the:re are la rge crowds of people. herself a loophole in the book of paddling or receiving a haircut. He and city editor CoHis thinks that freshman regulations t hat had wisely chose the former arid missed this wi11 make t he famous Amer~ros ecuting Attorney aJck F eeney having his locks s horn. IOTTlED UNDER AUTHORITY OP THE COCA-COLA COMPANY 1Y ican n ews boy a thing of the past . m a ra~~r precarious position. But The defense attorney, Paul COCA.COLA BOTfLING CO., Inc., 141 Wood St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. the position was used by Mr. Fee- Thomas, was in a rather slumberney as a stepping stone to the ver- some mood and confined his three BEACON MEETING © 1948, The Coca°Cola ·compah'y diet of guilty -that was ·b roug.h t in examinations of witnesses to. a by the eight.,man jury several min- triple, "The defense 'rests". MONDAY · AT NOON TRIBUNAL SENTENCES THREE FRESMEN FOR VIOLATIONS �7 Friday, March 12, 1948 WILKES COULEGE BEACON Gedye Predicted Czech Crisis TRIBUNAL HIGHLIGHTS By JACK REESE The story behind what happened last week in Czechoslovakia when the Communists of Russia took over the government is described clearly and emphatically by G. E. R. Gedye in the Feb. 28, 1948 issue -0f THE NATION magazine. The article, "Behind the Struggle for Czechoslovakia," was written by Gedye, Eastern European correspondent for the London· Daily Herald, from Prague on Feb. 10. Gedye begins the article with the self-explanatory sentences, "To tp.e average Czech the most mportant thing about Russia is that when Chamberlain and Daladier brought about the destruction of the First Republic at Munich, Stalin offered to support the abandoned Czechs if they would defy Hitler. That made more impression than the Soviet treaty with Germany, which Russia observed until it was itself attacked and which secured Hitler against the dreaded 'two-front war' and enabled him to launch destruction on the world within· a few days of its signature." The jury fintls Frsehmen Shirley Babcock and Joe Deshak guilty. Although there existed friendly relations between the Czechs and Babcock's original penalty (a speech at King's) never came off. }lo~ · Russia, resistaince against Com- Deshak see below. munist control was stronger in Czechoslovakia than in any other Eastern European nation. "The logical deduction was that the future lay with the Communist .p arty, and many people acted accordingly. But when the nonCommunist '.Parties made it dear that being tied to Rus,s ia need not deter them from resisting communism at home, there was a fresh reaction. The opportunitists who had rallied to the Communists fell away, the Communist prospects· for the general elections of May, 1948, began once more to decline." Here was where the Communist leader, Premier Goittwald, and Deputy Premier Zdenek Fierlinger, pro-Rus·s ian chief of the Social Democrats, decided to try to beat the issue. They issued a statement signed by themselves and two other 1J eaders of each party in th e absence from Prague of other prominent Socialists who were de fini,tely opposed to fusion with the Communists. Such an act was without authority because they had not consulted their party execUJtives. When some Communist propaganda posters indicated that it was · fu!lion, immediately a I wave of indignation swept from within the I r{Lnk and file of the Socialists. Freshman violator Joe · Deshak does a bit .of his da~ly accordion Communist action against Slo 0 playing for Wilkes <linen;. vak Democraits began with the discovery of the. "Zilina ,p lot" on September 16. This was supposed to · have been a ,plan ' to assassinate 'President Benes on his · visit to Slovakia. At the end of -September, the "Bratis\ava plot" was uncovered, in which Diurcansky, a ifugi,ti,ve fascist, was impli~a,ted. It appears that Durc@nsky attempted to establish a network of infor.mrution and resistance posts within the country. The "Sidor p!O'f;" was a third incident, but of ill-O important or serious consequence. Gedye concludes his article with an intelligent and opinionated prediction which \}ast week turned out to be a reality. He writes, "The next few weeks are .Jikely to be the most c,ritical in the history of the Second Republic, since every one knows that th e Communi sts will not take their setback at Brno and Bra tislava lying down. Well -before rthe_May elections they will certainly strike at their opponents; no one knows how or Pi ctured above, from left to right are Tri bunal mem bers Walter where. One finds the Czech Social Hendershot, H enry Heineman, Kenneth Widdall, George Lewis. Democrats, the Slovak Social Democi:ats, and tl-ie Slovalc , Democrats rather surprised at their own tem- to disrupt the 'other parties and the out Socialist cooperation the Comerity and inclined to deprecate government coalition. People are n' unists would be a minority, and di•s cus,s ion of it. The Communists anxiouSl!y wondef ing just what the Socialists, although not preare well aware of this state of mind Gottwald had in mind when he pared to refuse general cooperaand encourage it by equivocal hints recently threatened that "adminis- tion, seem .now to realize that they in speeches· and in the press, pres- trative action" might have to be themselves set limits and exact a sure in the factories and efforts taken against recalcitrants. With- price for it." Frosh Dick Script _stands (though seated) on trial before Judge Knapich. Script was found guilty. · Given choice of haircut) or paddling, he selected paddling ( see below). Barber 1/c Henry Heineman looks disgruntled at having to apply his efforts to the other end of the violator. AssistaJts hang on. I Tribunal Judge Knapiah gets a shoe shine as accordion player wearily plug.s away. �Friday, M.a:roh 5, 119~ WILKES COLLEGE. BEACON 8 CAMPUS HICiHLICiHTS H.A. WHITEMAN' VIS~S/1Pl' & by Ted Wolfe Wilkes will have a bargain day deluxe not long frqm now, and the main attraction will be dances. The April Showers Ball is scheduled for April 9, and the Polish Club has set aside April 11 for their dance. Both affairs will take place at the same hours, the same place (Admir-a l Stark Ballroom), and will feature the same -orchestra (J,ack Melton), but the Lettermen have set a price of $2. 50, and the Polish Club $1.50. It follows that by waiting two days, students can save $1.00, and in this day and age, who wouldn't? Money is scarce, and bargains are even more so. CO. INC. Wholesale Paper and Stationery ~ . HIT T~S LAZARUS FOR SMART COLLEGE CLOTHES RECORD- CENTER T·H'Ec@HUB All The Newest Popular Recordings By Your Favorite Artists ..,.,.'!I 11.•111 :uo ■ nz • ■ aos . Wilkes-Barre, Pa. FOR -YQU:R So. Main St., Wilkes-Barre LAZARAS LOWER FLOOR 1 • • • • (The following conversation was overheard between two Wilkes students.) Student A: "Wilkes is going to organize a bar." Student B: •~Good! I never have enough time to walk all the way up to Nick'-s Long Bar for a drink between ·classes." Student A: "It's not that kind of bar, stupid. This bar concerns law, it's a legal bar." , Student B: "You better not let Nick hear that. He runs a legal bar, too." Student A: ,'Of course he does, but a legal bar is for lawyers." Student B: "What's wrong, ain't Nicks' good enough for them?" :Student A: "Of course it's good enough for them, but that's not what I mean. You'd better see Mr. Mailey." • • * • Vince Macri, hardfisted BEACON reporter who does ,p ublicity for the Spanish Club, says, "I've never been to Cuba, but I know enough about it to be governor of the place." • • • • The Thestpians' production MINOR MIRACLE. was staged twice last week. The play is a story of the hardships endured by four men .adrift in a life raft, destitute and without hope of being rescued. As one person remarked, "They must have been Democraj)s." * * • * Practical joker's sign on the skeleton in the Biological - Building: 'This man eats at the Wilkes College Cafeteria. Please, no comments! • * • * * BEACON feature writer Bob Mikulewicz, who did the "job" J n the French Club'-s Cabaret Party, is pictured on the bulletin board with a knife protruding from ,h is anatomy, and the caption, "Beacon critic". Says writer Mikulewicz, "They slay me." * * * * , The new gymnasium will compete with the pool table for patrons. Observed ·one cue.;ball artist, . "Now maybe the pool table won't ·be so crowded. Only by squqezing through the crowd, chinning myself on a cue stick, wrestling some .g uy for the rack, and bringing my own cueballs do I get a chance to use the table. The new gym is definitely a boon to the world of billiards." * * * * A new twist to the practice of students' bringing their own lunch to school is th_e fact that Biology ·students bring their own fish but for study purposes, not for nourishment, according to ,t he potential scien. tits._ That's. rather risky busine&s during the present food situation, isn't it? For the fish, that is. * * * * ~Question: "What do you think of the NO CORSAGE rule for the · forthcoming April Showers Ball?" Answer: "I 'Should be happy when my father's a florist ?" .Q : "Your father's a florist?" A : "He supplies my coffee money." Q : "The rule would affect you indirectly, then?" A: "No corsages, no coffee." Q: "What of thEI other poor vets?" A : "Their fathers should be florists." Q: "But not everyone can be a flori st ." A : "Details, details." Q: "Can't you give up your coffee," A: "What, and fall asleep in class?" Q: "Details, details." * * * * STUDENT REGISTER_,ZELD~ KLEIN, "Antigone" of that play, has flown to Germany to marry Norman Weiss, former Kingston resident. While in E~rope, Zelda will continue her education in Switzerland ... Council member ED BOYLE' has a pugilistic record unknown to many. Boyle ranked · in the bracket of Mickey Doyle, Lou Ambers, and others, during -the early 30's ... MiARIGUERlTE GOOD A Y, Hollywood's newest local find, , is an ex-BUJC drama student. There is No Substitute For QUALITY FRANK CLARK Jeweler 63 South Main Street . ww~ 0~ ke , Chesterfield 1 5111,0av . TOBACCO FAIMEISI ,aOMINENl h" k it's a good cigarette. . h terfield. I t in "I smoke Cl ~ood tobacco flavor. d ercentage of ,ny It has a rea M er.s buy a goo P When they "Liggett & uf ripe, sweet tob~~c;\,ay the top besttobacco;•;;";ob~cco they want f e . II - AotA ~ see a baske . ,, A price·tO get it. ; .J. ER VAMCE'tVILLE, M, c. 1,aoM,. s1111s OF STATEMENTS J 7 / ~ --:.": tOIIACCO fARIA • Frank Parkhurst, Inc. * General Insurance * Miners Nat'I Bank Bldg. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. · ESTERFIELD ~;LWAYS MILDER illETTER TASTING @OOLER SMOKING Copyright 1948, LICGnT I< MYW 'l'.oaMlCO Co. � 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 Wilkes Beacon 1948 March 12th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1948 March 12 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 Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/5ae743e2fadf25e4b4d7c15f25b683ab.pdf 77cbb1149604e56deb6d49e621b5fa32 PDF Text Text Ralston Calls For Managers AU managers who expect to enter their teams in the Intramural ·Softball League are requested to meet Mr. Ralston in the Chase Lounge on Monday, Mar:ch 22, at 4:00 P. M., it was antiounced by the Dean of Men. He· also said that the managers should bring their tentative rosters. REGISTRAR ANNOUNCES 1/J!i Vol: · 2, No. 4. A -list of courses to be offered next semester will be released in the Beacon next week, according to Mr. Herbert Morris, registrar. Grades for the past semester will be in the mails on Friday, March 19, Mi. Morris said. WILKES OOLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA. Friday, MaJrch ·19, 1948 LEITERMEN PLAN TO D·ONATE REGISTRAR RELEASES ADDRESSES LIST OF GRADUATES SPANISH CLUB PROFITS FROM NEXT DANCE TONIGHT _AT 8 TO NEW GYMNASIUM FUND / Mr. Herbert Morris, registrar, has released the list of potential J·un:e or September graduates. Mr. Morris stated that these people wiff- not graduate if they fail to meet the requirements necessary for. graduation. Any of the students who- fulfill the requirements by June will graduate June 12. Those who are not eligible until s·~ptember will not graduate until a later date. Anyone whose name is not on the · list, and who may have reason to believe it should ·be, may call at his office to have the situation expl~ined. (.The Beacon will publish a list of t he June graduates when tl\e information is available from the registrar's office.) "T he list follows: Aleo, Joseph J., Anderson, .Henry W.,. Antonczak, ·Bennie, Baum, Nor man, Bellas, John A., Berger, Art;hilr J•.,, Bialogowicz, Dorothy A., Boyce, J'ohn W., . Bransdorf, Muriel R.,,' Bti.c ksbaum, .Gerald. · ;Burtsavage, · Edward, Callahan, PaiJJ A., Carey, Ralph P., Chupko, Jo~eph A., , Glemente, Elmo M., Cond6s,ta, A:ibert L., Conklin, Richar-<~-- H.',· C-Ooney, John A., Cross, J av,es s. 0-:in,, Delbert D., Davidson, Helen B.;--Delilaven, 1'rorris D., Dido, Rober,t;- J., Fisqher, Claire, Fritzges, E:kl D,, Fry, George F., Jr., Gilbqf, T,homas A. P., Gl-0wacki, John If{, Glowacki, Peter, Golightly, l\~tiam D.,. Gooch,' John G. a-Iail~tomi, Charles . E., Hall, Winston II., Harkins, Frank A., Hendler, Ed.w ard R., Hiznay, James M., Hii.dzik, John E., Jenkiii,s, Thomas . R., J ohn.son, R. Frederick, Jones, Carolyn L., Jones, Lester G. , Kelly, William F., Kipp, Joseph J., Kll-Oeber, Jack M., Kopko, Casimir J., Kovalski, Leonard Ed., Kovalski, Stanley J., Legosh, Mildred, Litchman, Joseph F. McHale, Margaret E ., MacN eal, Douglas M. Marshall, Eugene J., Marvelle, Howard, Maylock, Eugene L. , M~hak, Ray, Michaels, Thoinas A., Mi-k ulewicz, Robert T ., M.iller, Robert J., Mintzer, Jerome N. , Mo.ran, Thomas iJ., Moss, John A., Nachlis, Arnold H., Nelson, Nelson E'., Nowak, Edward· J. Orlowslki, Mildred, Owens, Thomas C., Pelton, Reese E., Persneski, Robert L., · Repotski, Eug ene L., Rice, Arthur J., Jr., Richards, Nan; Riley, Robert C., Roberts, James F., Rosolowski, Stanley, Rudolph, Edythe. Sakoski, Robert ·C., Savitz, · Jos eph; Siberaki, Stanley W., Smith, Horace A., Smith, Raymond B., Sooby Joseph, Jr., Sott, John A., Stratt~n, Albert J., Jr., Stryjak, Edward R., Switch, Aloysius C. Templeton, ·C harles, Teresinski, Thomas M., Tomusko, William R., Verbyla, John G., Wentzel, Frances E ., Wheeler, Frank. E., Williams, Nancy, Williams, Ray, Williams, Rhuea V., Zuhoski, Rosemary. . Slamon, Joseph B., Jones, Wallace, Kocher, Frank~ Riley, John, Evans, Thomas, Kotis, John. Danilowicz, Pascal J., Davidoff, Mark, Dew, Alice J., Duder k, Carl, Fierverker, Harry L., Hartman, Jean, Koval, Paul J., Scott, H ~ Shepherd, James, Tranel!. Carl J. Hons, Naomi (Terminal), Jablonski, Eleanor (Terminal), Pell, Clarence. Beta Gamma Chi ICG ELECTS Chooses Pins CHAIRMEN A pearl encased pin was chosen as the official award of the Beta Gamma Ohi, women's sorority, at a secret ballot selection held last Friday, March 12, in the Girls Gounge. All memebrs of the sorority will receicve the pins but the next class <if Freshmen, coming in in the fall [ f the. year, will have to go ,t hrough in initiation before being qualified to receive the awards. 1176 Day Students Attending College A breaikdown of the number of Wilkes students reveals these fiwts . The grand total of students enrolled in the regular day classes is 1176, 1019 of whom are males and 157 who are eligible to be the Colo·n els' Queen. The special i,tudents and those enrolled for evening classes .bring the student hody up to 1641. Closer scrutiny reveals that there are 700 male veterans and 15 ex-service women among the attendees . The A. B.'s .11,re the largest s ingle group with 360 students, B. S. in C. and F. is seconp in popularity . with 346 enrdlled, and ,t hose , seeking a B. S. in Biology rank third with a total of 144. With only one student, lndustrial Engineering ranks a definite last among the 15 courses offered. By Eugene Maylock One hundred student delegates attended the Intercollegiate Conference on Government Regional Meeting held at the :science Theatre last Saturday. The meeting opened at 9:30 A. M. with registration of all delegates and continued into the late evening hours. D,uring the course of the meeting the students elected the chairman and clerk of the Natural Resources Board, and the National Defense Board. Wi.lkes College entered Phil Baron as chairman of the National Defense Board, but during the course of the voting,. the Wilkes delegates decided to withdraw Baron's name from the nomination in order to win the support of the entire delegation when he would be nominated f.or chairman of the Rules Committee at the Political Parties Convention which . will be held in Philadelphia on April 8-11. This year's convention will be a little different from the convention attended by the delegation last year at Harris'burg. The smaller schools were powerful enough to unite and have the voting power of each school represented limited to twenty-five members. This move will put all schools on an equal representative basis since some of the larger schools were able to flood the important committees. Lettermen's Club president, Jack ducted by the lettermen. Last year, Josephs, has announced that all the ball was held at the Irem profits from the second annual Temrple Country Club and_ was a April Showers Ball will be given to smashing success. The pomt that the school to aid in ,b uilding the appealed to a lot of the fellows new gymnasium. Josephs said that was the "NO CORSAGE" ru~e the move to help the school in its which the lettermen passe~. Aga~n new ,project was decided upon at a this year, the same rule will be m meeting of the club held last Mon- effect. day evening. Joe Danilowicz, Chairman of the The lettermen feel that since they Judging Committee, has announced are members of one of the leading that plans for selecting the queen clubs on the cam.pus, they should have been completed, and with the help the school in one of its most cooperation of the members, the worthy projects. A need for a gym- Colonels' Queen will be truly the nasium of our own was seen by queen of the Wilkes campus. Sylthe lettermen a long time ago, and via Roth, whose passing saddened when it was announced that the the school recently, was chosen the school was to build one, the letter- queen last year. men decided to do their part and Jack Melton's orchestra will play conttibute toward the fund. , at this year's April Showei;s Ball. The dance which will be held on F eatured on Melton's program will April 9, · at the Hotel Sterling's ·be Theresa Lane, vocalist who ~;1s Admiral Stark room 'will be the been wit hthe Melton aggregation second affair of its kin.d t o be con- for -the past nine months. Sofa and Thomas Receive Roles . Mr. Charles A. Boillod, Regional Manager of lnte.rnational Sales for American Airlines, will address the Spanis·h •Club this evening at 8:00 P. · M. in Room 104 of the Shoemaker Residence. Mr. Boillod will give a lecture the topic of which will be "Life In Mexico''. As a part of the progra,m, a film, Wings On Scandinavia, made especially f.or American, Air'lines, will be presented for the first time before an audience. \ · 1 Monday Deadline Set F~r Spanish Trip Reservations By VINCE MACRI Reservations are still open for the Spanish Club trip to C~ba from March 27 to. April 4, it was announced this week by Miss Martha Soon to be 1,een in the f --rthcomJ . Silseth, head of the Spanish Department, "However", Miss Silseth ing Wilkes •College production "The Philadelphia Story" is' Arthur hastened to add, "Monday, March Sofa playing the role of '!George". 22, is the deadline for people wishing to go on the trip to sign up ." Miss Silseth explained t hat Miss Leonharda Adja:s, Sales Promoter of Foreign Travel for American and Pan. American Airlines in this . 0 area, has been informed that the guest list must be completed by this date in order t hat final arrangements can be made to accomodate the group during their stay The first in a series of three teas, in "'h Havana. d b y t h e gir · 1 'd' · t · · h d , d t t sponsore .1 , e rip 1s sc e u,e o ge un. s res1 . mg m derway on Saturday, March 27, at , the Dormitory for the purpose of 7:45 A. M. at the Lehigh Valley a cquainting the student body with Railroad station in the city. The ! their fel:ow students and the factrip to · Miami 'will .be made by ' ulty, will be held in W eckesser train, Upon reaching Miami, the Hall on Monday, March 22, from group will bo.ard a Pan American 3 to 5 P, M.. All Freshmen and Airliner which will take them to Junior students are invited ,t o atHavana, Cuba. tend this affair. Approximately one The return trip will be made half of the faculty has also been by plane to Miami, and ,from Miami invited. to ' Wilkes-Barre ,by train. Miss Betty Harker, Dean of The price of the tour is $185, Women, has an nounced that these w,h ich includes fare, meals, hotel, teas are to be held each month for and tips. Anyone, wishing to go on the next ,three months. The April the tri,p and who has not yet n1ade affair will be held for all Sophoreservations should do so immedi- mores, Seniors, and the remainder ately by conta<;ting Miss Silseth of the faculty. The last of the in her office in Shoemaker, where series, in May, will include the enfull particulars can be obtained. tire student body and faculty. Thomas, turns from footiball to the footlights in the new Thespian pr,o duction "The Philadelphia Story", when he play.s the role of Macaulay Connor, a hardboiled magazine reporter. First 'In Series / Council Elections Of Teas T Be This Tuesday Held On Monday I Electiol1ls for the two vacancies on -t he Student Council will be held on Tuesday at 11 o'clock, it was announced bv the Student Council. The Junior class will hold its election in Chase Theatre, and Freshman elections will take place in the Presbyterian Church House. Junior nominees are Chester Knapich, Anthony Zabiegalski, and Edwin Kosik. Freshman ca·ndidates are Philip A. Nichols and Antoinette Menegus. The vacancies ocurred when Carolyn Jones resigned, and when Joe Gallagher left school. Committees at Weckesser Hall are .n ow making preparations under the direction of Dean Harker, Mrs. C. J. Alderfer, and Charlotte Davis. �2 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Ill~ Henry W. Anderson Editor-in..:Chief In -Passing Friday, March, 19, 1948 he asked Sammy, again assuming his rather lofty manner of speaking. "I'm sur-prised that you don't turn over a new leaf yourkelf, Sam", Kwite continued. "I can't understand how you canbe content to plod along in your mediocrity." Sam was hurt. Such talk as ithis from the man who had sipped ~hocolate s,h akes with him in innumeral1e PX's was too much to bear. Features Editor u News Editor PROUD DESTINY ,b y Lion Feuchtwanger, the Viking Press, N. Y., He could not have been more surRobert T. Mikulewicz ~ orbert S. Olshefski 1947. ,prised if Kwite had struck him. Proud Destiny is a ,h istorical nqvel ,set in France at the time of "I'll leave you to your books'~, he Club News Editor Circulation Manager the American Revolutibn. It tells the stories of Louis XVI and Marie Vincent Macri Frank Eiwaz ,Antoinette; of Framklin, Silas Deane; Arthur Le~ and· John Adams; of · murmured a nd departed for Bren~ nan Hall for coffee and Darlene Photographers Pierre Beaumarchais; of French and American diplomacy; of the French Thomas J. Moran, Dominic Yanchunas court and the French people. Bars. He had not counted on any'The setting and the people of this novel are true-and fascinating. thing like this. He and Kw:i,te, Features Staff A contrived setting peopled witih imaginary characters could not have though they had no classes togetTed Wolfe, Reese E. Pelton, Edward J. ,Wasilewski, Gene Bradley, their color and enchantment. her, were taking the same cou,rses Garfield Davis, Jack Reese, Don Lennon M.r Feuchtwanger skillfully weaves the tapestry of history for in three instances. They :had planthe reader into living materi11l. . ned to w,o rk together when term News Staff I When ,t he s'tory opens monarchy is still -strong in France. The re- paper time came, but Sammy had Russell Williams, Robert Miller, Eugene Mayloc,k , Margot Golin, volution has not touched it. The story grow:s like a small cold wind never dreamed it would come so . Geor,ge Brody, Don Williams, Reed Lowrey grows, the wind of ' change-the shadow of the revolution that was to soon. Now he found it loneshme indeed to eat and drink alone; ~the come. chatter, the camerderie, the good Skillful as is the plotting and the forward movement of the action, fellowship now missing had been KNOCK 'EM DOWN AND DRAG 'EM OUT! Fe1,1chtwanger's drawing of his characters outshines this. H1s portrayal the best part of the treks to the of the wise, 15hrewd, -p atient Fran•k lin with his homely anc~dotes makes cafeteria. He finished his coffee By EDWARD J. WASILEWSKI an excellent foil for the witty', fashionable Beaumarchais, the sophisti- and walked home slowly, sadly. A salty old journalist recently said, "The only lesson to be learne<l cated author 'of "The Marriage of Figaro", a mixture of idealism and "It's tough to lose a friend", he from history is that men don't, learn /rom history." acquisitiveness of pettiness and ,generosity worked for the same things told himself. A study of :h istory would seem to confirm this belief beyond any that Franklin did, but each approached the problem from different In the following · months Sammy shadow of a doubt. What with wars, massacres, plagues, migrations p~ints of view, each typical of his country and day. saw very little of Kwite. Sammy and the like, man despite all his other almost divine achievements conAll of the ciharact~s are clear-ly drawn and a,ppear very human, seldom went to the library; ~-he, tinues this ever so dreary .cycle of misery, destr_u ction· and death. not all black and white, bu't checkered or gray,-Antoinette, thought- dreaded the thought of seeing his New generations have alwa·y s mean~new wars. The· wounds and less but kind; Louis, indecisive and pathetic, and the American diplo- ,boon companioii absorbed in :books grief of the old have barely time enough to heal, when youth is on the mats-opinionated and proud, but heart and soul fro America's cause. when: the semester was little more The ;book i's long, ~nd at times very heavy reading, but never tedi- than a month old. Between classes march once more. Paradoxically enough, wars are hardly ever ended he journeyed to the old haunts by tho~e who ibegan them. There seems t q be a continuity of the ous. It holds the interest of ,t he reader from cover to cover and long alone. It was not the same. It •;')Vas causes and effects. in the unending chain of battles and wars throug,h - after that. It is a book to be ketp on a convenient shelf and re-read harder; much harder to hit that from time to time. i It is history rmade enjoyable. out the centuries of time. One waT breeds another. ,floating can without Kwite by .',his NOTICE. side to help, and the coffee at BrenThis raises the question of the inevitability of war. After the From now until the end of this semester, this column, "In Pas,s ing" nan Hall just didn't taste the same turn of the century Europe was filled with powerful little sovereignties who were struggling among themselves for political . domniation over will have a section of it reserved for contributions from the student · without_his drinking comp-anion. · all of Europe. It ,was also at this time, as destiny would haye it, that body and the faculty. Finally, Sammy was forced_, to Atjy student or facu1ty member who wishes to see some ·of his go to the_library. He hated t ,do two titans., wielding power over the greatest land masses in the world, · 9 light verse, clever sayings or observations in 1p rint now has his, her's so; the thought of seeil\g his friend were beginning to stir and flex their sinews. , immersed in his "scholarly '· apIn the two world wars that followed, history has witnesse,d the or it's chance to do so. ' If at any time you dear readers find yourselyes taken by a sud- , proach", would, he feared, be m'l)l'Ei' disposal of the small fry nations according to the best fashion and den rush of words or ideas to the lhead, heart, liver or some other part than he could take u.Bt he had·· to practi~e of lbar room ethics. _ Each pretender to world domination has of your anatomy, jot them down (the words and send them 'to the do it; in a very short time he fiad been knocked down in his turn and unceremoniously dragged out. Only Blj:ACON office in care of "In Passing.) Anonymous writing will re- to hand in th7ee term J?'I\Pers ·_ and tw,o remain. ceive a very cool treatment. so had to begm work W1thout ,r urThe preliminary process of eliminations would seem to have been Th th f th t 1 · d 't' · ·n . ther delay. eH knew he would XtQt e au or o e mos :warm Y. receive_ wn ing WI receive a be able to work as fast without l,he done, and now the· two survivo1~s .are gathering about them those little free co~y -0:f tih·e BE~CON smtalple for :firammg .. _ , _ help of th11,t sho,r t-order ·term papnations who they think will ~ of ,s ome help in a future showdown. Write and! send m NOW-remember the Presidents speech! er specialist- his friend Kwite. ~ere are none that are exen;~t: there is _no neutral~•t y. ' Each natjon When he entered the library he mu~t decide ,and declare itse14 on one , side or the other; sometimes saw Kwite complacently reading against its ·own will. · f ' · . pleting my term paipers with true the latest issue of Time Magazine. scholarly zest." How nice ijt must be to have your What comes after this ,p rodess of consolidation has been effected? term papers finished and to ,b e able Speculation on this point is abundant. There are those who argue Wow! Such words! This vocabuto spend the closing days of the for preventive ,war now! They say we should attack Russia immedilary was a far cry from what Samsemester reading Time Magazine, ately-to make a satisfactory disposition of her before she becoanes m·y th ad heard from Kwite in their Sammy thought. He decided he army days together. Sammy recalltoo .s trong. These same people also claim that any conciliatory attiwould let Kwite have his well de ~y GARFIELD DA vfs ed Kwite's "Hey, Sammy, 'ja eat tude we show toward the Russians will be interpreted as a sign of served rest. Any man who comyet" and his "whadaya, s ay we weakness and lead only to a -p olicy of appeasement. When Sammy came into the libplete's all his term papers only a _ There are -others who would be more patient and ulidep,tanding rary the other day he , found his take in a mo:vie". Now, suddenly, few weeks after the semester bethis "scholarly approach" and this toward Russia. With an eye to the unimagiJiable carnage of another friend, E;wite A. Guphoff, sitting hurried' completion of term papers! gins certainly deserves to take it easy toward the end. Sammy tried war, they would ·go to any length to e~haust every possibility of 'a vert- in the science room, his nose liter- What goes? to sneak past Kwite and get the ing · actual war. They fear that we are using ninete~nth century dip_a lly buried in a book. . This was "Where did you get this sch'o lar- bGO:ks he would need for his paper, lomacy to solve the seemingly insurmountable and terrifying · problems surprising, as Kwite had never he- ly approach so quick-like?" Sam- but Kwit e A. Guphoff, the old eagle of an atomic age. eye, saw him and called him over. After each new crisis of continued Russian expansion and our own fore been one to devote much time my asked. ",Since when have you to his schoolbooks. "W1 hat goes on become the , h ard-working student? determined efforts to stem the tide with "get tough" policies, talk of "What's the big idea of not cQ,!llsurprise me, my friend, No universal training and re-armament-the veteran warily casts a glance here?" Sammy a sked. "Have you You more carefree days? No more ing around all these months, Samat his uniform quietly reposing in moth balls· and wonders--how soon? suddenly reformed, my friend? strolls on the di'ke? No more my?" 1 Kwite asked, indignantly. H~ begins to feel as though he is only on an extended furlough. Studying so early in the semester! throwing rocks at the cans floating "All this time we could have been , Weighing the future in light of -t he past, he !begins to feel another I don't get it!" down the Susquehanna, no more talking over term paper subjects. Kwite looked up at • Sammy in a jivin' at Hanson's? How can such What's the matter-are you getimpending interruTt\tion and frustration of 'his already obstructed plans manner which clearly indicated a revolting change come so quickly ting to •b e too good for yo1:1r old and career. There is a new feeling in insecurity, like that of the huntthat he didn't Ii: k e to ,be bothered to a man? M,y buddy of old is fast friends?" ed, here to plague hi:m right in the midst of his present difficulties in when making with the books. This fleeting! Oh, this mad, changing By this develo.p ment Sammy was readjusting ,h imself to normal life after spending gruelling years of too was a departure from the usual world!" · astounded, to say the least. '.' I don't service in the war from which the world has been only recently re- -Sammy remembered the time · get you, Kwite", he stamme~d. . leased. when ,h e couldn't study for more Kwite, ever sensitive became "What about the early completion What would ,b e the veteran'.s reaction in event of a new war? than five minutes at a time in the alarmed at this outburst from his of your term papers? And no frivIt is hard to tell right now; he isn't sure himself. He hardly knows library without having Kwite come bosom companion. He hated to hurt olity? And what about that scholwhat to maike of it all! He can't fathom the possibility that we could along and persuade him to go to his friends; he never became an- arly approach you told be a't1out? the · cafeteria for a quick helping have another war so soon! I figured you'd have your term of coffee and Mars bars. Now he gry at them, not even when they While there i,sn't any doubt that he would fight to the death in pa-p ers finished a long time ago." was haughty and annoyed because teased him about his name, which defense of the homeland against invasion, an unexplained foreign adStrangely enough, K:wite seemed his attention was taken ,from his was ardinary enough in his home ventu~e might not elicit from him 'the ingenuity, courage, and stamina books for a few moments·. country of Lubonia (a small coun- to be hurt by this. "Please, Sam-. needed to win a · war. , "My boy", said Kwite, supercili- . try bordered .on the south by Man- ,my'', he said, "do you have to rub , It is the responsibility of ,t hose who guide the ship of state to steer ously, "some day you will learn, as atuko and on the north by Alku- it· in? Sure, I mean:t to finish my a wise course, for the sea's are troubled, and the clouds of war are 1 have learned already, that a stu- ria), but which naturally was look- term papers early, ,b ut I }us't couldgathering on the horizon. It is not a duty to be charged to those who dent will get nowhere in college ed upon as qua[nt by Americans. n't do it. I sat up here and tried, are faint of heart or weak of knee, nor short in vision, it is a job fpr without what, has been termed the He hastened to explain to Sammy ibut I kept thinking of you( having resolute men, who -have a sound grasp of the dimensions of the prob- 'scholarly approach' by our edu- that they were, of course, still the a good ·time, enjoying target• praclem; who are wise in the ways of our human history of experience; cated brethren. If I were attending best of friends and would continue tice over on the dike, drinki'Q,~:.CO-fwho have a proper balance of short and long range ,p lanning; and who school merely to meet standards, their adventures as of old, but that fee and going out at night, ' and I then I would wait until the last he, Kwite, wanted to study more just couldn't c·o ncentrate on ~hat I have the moral resources to stand on the firm ground of. righteousness. possible moment, and whip up a than he had in the past. In short, was trying' to do. Believe me, it -Otherwise, through hypocrisy, bungling, and muddling our way passable term paper. However, I he was determined to acquire the was, a,wful. But it',s all over now, through the present crisis we may stumble into the holocaust that every feel that we are in college to learn, "scholarly approach". "Do you so let's get together and get those thinking human dreads. Especially the little, fellow, whose advice is and, in conjunction with that idea; thilllk I want to go on ,i ndefinitely term papers finished. We still ha've neither sought nor taken-who, nevertheless, pays all the bills. I intend to attack the task of com- being just an average student?" four days." Business Manager Joseph PurcelJ By Robert Mikulewic:i Sports Editor Thomas J. Moran SAMMY AND ms FRIEND \ �Friday, iMarch, 19, 1948 ,3 WILKES COiiLEGE BEACON ALUMNI NEWS NOTES ON NOTES by REESE PELTON "BIG"' BAND SCHED.U LE RELEASED A ltst of "name" bands scheduled to appear soon at the South Main St. Armory has just been released to us for publication. It looks like Wilkes-Barre will be host to a group of bands that will include everything from strictly "sweet" outfits to the best novelty orchestras. The schedule runs as follows: Easter Monday__:Tony Pastor,• Memorial Day -Louis Prima, and then Guy Lombaro, Harry James, Tex Beneke, Vaughn Monroe, and Tommy Dorsey. Dates for the latter group will be released later. ACE PIANIST TO RECORD Mel Powell, the man behind the scintillating piano styles heard among the old Benny Goodman collectors items and featured performer with the Glen Miller service or,k will soon be heard on a new hatch of pressings, soon to be released under the Capitol label. Powell, long recognized as a foremost jazz. artist, is currently apipearing with the , new Goodman orchestra, .but these records will feature Powell exclusively, with orchestral backgrounds, ,Mel is married to actress Martha &ott. At twelve the prodigy was leading a six piece Dixieland combo at New York's Palais Royale. Announcement of the virtuosos releases is welcome new.s to all disc collectors. NOTES ON VODVIL WO~K What would you do if you received a set of dog-eared manuscripts with a fe,w hastily written notes and more verbal instructions such as "Fake one chorus in E' flat-cut on cue-double tempo :for half chorus'' every week, and were expected to furnish a background for everything from strictly rhythmic dancing acts to intricate comedy routines? That is precisely the task facing the pit orchestra of the Penn Theatre as each week it prepares a new show. It talkes real ability and a keen alertness ,to play anq fake the music on which each act depends for its success . Don MacLuskie, the g roup 's leader, is faced with a real task which he has successfully performed for a good ma.;y years. And then there's Bill Chris tian. The veteran drummer sits among more gadgets than a Fuller brush man and is the sound behind the actions. More than one act has been put across sillliP1Y ,b ecause Bill blew a whistle or b~n&"ed on a pan when the performer had the audience asleep. Bill was playing in symphony orchestras and dance bands when most of the valley's hide-pou~ders didn't even exist and his uncanny sense for those added! touches has never waned. Completing a fine rhythm section are Leo Barrett, well-known for his ability on the piano and Lenny Matzer, who is also heard with the WERE studio orchestra and formerly headed his own trio, Lenny and his bass are the most recent additions to the orchestra, but his ability is surpassed only ,b y his enthusiasm. When one considers the size of the orchestra ( eight men) and and realizes the musicianship involved in playing a vodvil show he is convinced that Mac;Luskies· Mighty Men do a .top-notch job. LN BRIEF - With , the announcement that Kings College has contracted with Art ~ooney to .play at their Co:ronation Ball speculation as to who will appear at the Cinderella Ball has reached fever pitch. - "Be Bop" Gillespie and his combo are slated to introduce that latest American rage to the British wihen they make an appe~rance soon at the London Palladium. The interesting ' thing about this item is that Gillespie found a way to get ar.o und the British union rule against American musicians that has already kept Spike Jo';ies, Stan Kenton, and Louis Armstrong from ma'k ing scheduled appearances. From here on out Dizzy is ''professor". - Those readers who feel "loaded" enough to pay the cover charge might be interested in catching .Jack Rowe's fine combo now currently appearing at Tom Fogarty's. Rowe's str~ctly "sweet" outfit recently was featured at the Vi~tory Room of the Hotel Redington. An ex-Andoloro man, Rowe doubles on clarinet ·. and takes the vocal choruses, backed up by a fine rhythm trio. M-G-M's ·next big musical picture, '-'Easter Parade", is scheduled to be released soon. The movie will feature a dozen Irving Berlin hits.Recently asked how he ca:rne to use a left-hand boogie b,a.-;s in "Near You", Francis Craig answered promptly: "Eddie Heywood recorded it several years ago and I simply copied him." At least he was frank! Next week this columJI will contain the first of •a series of articles on the hi~tory of jazz a~ swing and the men·. wl.o pioneered in its t• development, The first installment will be entitled "The Roots of Jazz". . ,flict between Russia and · America, that Russia was ,on the gaining · '· side. · However most members did not 1know. wfui.qh side ·'would be aheatl twenty years from now . Most of the members believe that compared with last year at the By Eugene Maylock The International Relations Club same ti.me, we are worse off, and devoted part of its meeting to a five years from now we will condiscussion of questions .based on a tinue to ,he worse off. The students poll that Elmo Roper is cond1.J,cting choose Canada Brazil and Switzerfor TIME magazine am.ong the land as the countries they would population of ten countries: Great care to live in if they could not Britain France, Italy Sweden, Swit- live in the Vnited States. The IRC thinks that the Comzerland, Germany, Mexico, Brazil, munists will likely take over the 1Cana<la and the United States. Results of the poll will be com- government of Italy within a year pared with the results of 800 Inter- or two, but unlikely that the govnational Relations Clubs at a ernment of France will be taken national conference of the Clubs in over ,b y Communists within the The members polled St. Louis. Questions asked in the next year. poll concern the differences exist- did not think that the United ing among nations outside the Rus- States military forces should be used to prevent the Communists sian sphere of influence, , Mr. Hugo V. Mailey, advisor of taking over the government of the IRC, said that the results of Italy in a revolution. the IRC poll .here w:ere: The maWh~n polled on our military jority of the IRC members are strength abroad, the club believes confident that in the present: con- that the United States has over a World-Wide Poll ·Discussed.By., IRC MARCELI;A NOV AK ,is now at Columbia University. S,h e expects to get her M. A. in August of this year. ELMER DA VIS is now at Bucknell University at Lewisburg. He expects to be enrolled soon at Princeton University to study for a Doctor of Divinity degree. MILTON BRITTEN is an English major at Yale University. ELMER HE~KOVITZ is . now studying law at Harvard University. He expects to finish his course in June of this year. MAR!Y HENE'SS is now employed by the Children's Service Center in Wilkes-Barre. · PAT STEELE and CARYL GALOW are now doing graduate work at Bucknell University. Miss Steele was graduated from Bucknell in August, 1947, and Miss Galow was graduated in January, 1948. ALFRED EISENPRISE is teaching Advertising at Wilkes College and is on the advertising staff at Pomeroy's. EDWIN COBLEIGH has been elected president of the Wilkes College Alumni Association, JOSEPH SALSBURG is novr chief announcer on Radio Station WARM in Scranton. By NORBERT OLSHEFSKI The Student Council met last Monday evening in the Women's Lounge in Chase. Things were back to normal with eleven of the thirteen members attending the meeting and, as usual, keeping things interesting by having discussions on not only the ·b usiness on . ha:nd, but digressing into practically every other subject. The most interesting action of the council occured when Edwin Kosik, representative of the IRC, asked the student council to act on a budget for the coming convention of the IC Gto be held in Philadelphia. The IRC ,p lans to send 26 .delegates to the convention which will be held from April eighth to •the eleventh. The grdup will stay at the Bellevue Stratford the headquarters hotel for the convention. The budget called for {he reservation of 13 d~uble rooms, at ten dollars a night, and the hiring of a bus for $138.50. Mr. Boyle made a motion for the council to act on the budget as a committee of the whole. Th council debated the question for a length of time, then, Boyle m:111 a motion to table the budget until the members of the cou~cil had l chance to see how the students felt on the subject. He also said thlt the ·budget should be sent to the Appropriations Committee. . Here is where the rub· comes in. Mr. Boyle, who all of a sudden pecomes ver:11,. concerned over the feelings of his "constituents" has, .up until now, repeatedly backed budgets which never became known to the students until they were passed .•b y the council anq reported in thi5; column. , So, Mr. Boyle entered the motion for tabling. The group took up, the discussion again, and after a few minutes, Mr. Templeton called for a vote. The motion to table the budget was defeated by 6-5. Temple- , ton decided the vote. After the motion was defeated, Mr. Carey made a motion p~ss the budget. One of the reasons he gave for passing it at this time was that time was limited, and the council had to act quickly. A role call vote was taken and the motion was passed 6-3. Mr. Brody abstained from voting. The report <1f the Appropriations Committee was submitted by Mr. Brody. He said that a few club's budgets were sent ·b ack for clarification. He then submitted the budget of the Athletic Council. The budget, Announcement was made this for $3,035, ,w as tabled ·until the athletic council submits an audit of its week that the college Military last budget. The motion to table was made by Mr. Carey~ and after Band will have an office located in some debate, was passed with Templeton again deciding the tied the rear, second floor, of Sboemak- vote. er Hall. Cabinets, already .installed Mr. Templeton suggested that the Student Council have an audit in 'the room, will be used to store made of its books. He said that last year, Mr. .Manley 1;1nd his auditmusic and equipment .belonging to the band. In addition a file of in- ing class did the job for $25. Mr. Boyle entered a motion to .have formation relative to band activ- the books audited -by the Auditing class with Mr. Templeton acting as ities will be maintained. the agent between the council and Mr. Manley, insofar as fees ar4 With the establishment of the concerned. The motion was passed unanimously. office came an announcement that · A report on the possibility of having radios in the men's and women's the band concert has been tenta, lounges was · given by Charles Templeton . He said that he arid Ray tively set for May 7. The music Mechak had priced a few sets that would be suitable for the lounges, for the concert has a,lready been • • f h b f · · th · chosen and it is expected that the but th~t ther would m_vest1gate ur_t er e ore g1vmg e1r recomprogram will soon be released. De- mendat1ons to the council. spite the present lack of any hall Mr. Feeney, acting as a representative of the Letterman's , Club, lar,ge enough for foll band rehears- reported that the LetterTI1an's Club was returning the $720 whic~ ,that als, sectional rehearsals are well · cluib received from the council. He said the Lettermen wou\d likeunderway. to donate the sum to the new gymnasium. 1 to Band Office In Shoemaker F1UNK & WAGNALLS OFFER DICTION ARY STUDY BOOK The Editorial Staff of Funk & Wagnalls Company, publishers of tJhe NEW COLLEGE S'TANDARD DICTIONARY, Emphatype E'dition, ,h as prepared a "Dictionary Study Book" to be sent free upon request to teachers, students, or anyone interested irt words, Written in the belief that words are the most important tools man has for his daily life, the booklet covers such subjects as pronunciation, definitions, etymology, history, word-building, grammar, and slang in an original and interest~ ing way. Each subject is presented in two-page lesson form for conve.n ient classroom use. In a message ,o students and teachers, the "Dictionary Study Book" refers to the testimony of college English iprofessors tJhat not one freshma;n in 100 entering the colleges and universities in this country tod'ay KNOW,S the alpha-' bet. The .book, therefore, begins with the A-B-C's, and continues in an analysis and study of words designed to stimulate interest and further thought on the p'a rt of the reader. thousand troops in Japan, Germany, and Greece. IRC members unanimously believe that everybody should have the following rights: The right to say or write what one believes without fear of punishm.e nt. The right to work at any job one cl\oos-es; to ,be protected from unreasonable interference •b y police; to vote in a fair and free election to decide who shall govern the country and the right to private ownership of ibusiness. H.A.WHITEMAN·t & CO. INC. Wholesale ' Paper and Stationery Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Frank Parkhurst, Inc. General Insurance * Miners Nat'l Bank Bldg. Wilke:J-Barre, Pa. There is No Substitute. For QUALITY FRANK CLARK Jeweler 63 South Main Street THE BOSTON STORE Men's Shop has everything for the college man's needs. from ties to suits. FOWLER, DICK AND WALKER �Friday, Marrch 19, 1'948 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 4 CAMPUS HICiHLICiHTS by Ted Wolfe II Time Once More ~=======================::,, It seems like the old philosophy of ''why do things half way" is being shown by the two local colleges, "King's and Wilkes, especially on the part of the latter. It is almost universally known that two dances are scheduled · for next month, the Lettermen's April Showers Ball on April 9, a-n d the Polish Club's dance on April 10. Both affairs will take place at the same hour in the Sterling's Admiral Stark Ballroom, and will feature the same o,r k, Jack Melton (w4o. also does a strong-arm act carrying 10 men and himself). The only differences ' . . , . . are a day and a dol~ar. ~e P:o hsh Clubs dance is a blessmg to :he IRC students who will 1b e m Philly for the IOG conference, thus missing the Colonels' hop. Royalty will . reign at each event, with the cro1wning of a queen and .king respectively:· Not satisfied with one ou'tburst of tripping the light fantastic (and each other), danced-crazed students will further attempt to aipall their craving with the Wilkes Cinderella Bal] and a King's dance to be held sometime in the near future : The affairs will take place just 24 hours apiirt, and ·reportedly Art Mooney's orchestra will do musical honors for both. • .See ·what you've done, Petrillo? * * * * This week the BEAOON'S fan mail included a letter from Cedric Gluib, popular young man about the campus. In his letter, Mr. Glub comments on the plan to put radios in the lounges. Dear BEACON: I think the idea of installing radios in the boys' and girls' lounges is a prime sug,g estion. Now ,perhaps the •s tudents will show more interest in class with the realization that after class they can rush to the lounge and hear the next episode 'of their favorite soap operas. Mly 10 o'clock class has forced me to give up listening to my favorite serial, "John's Dentist's Other Wife", and you can't ' imagine ,w hat a sacrifice it has been. • · But there are some disadvantages, too. With such programs as the many ·a udience-participation shows that ride the air waves, where :money and expensive prizes flow like water, the students may think they're wasting their time in school. They may get the idea that ·"Heart's Desire", "Double or Nothing•·•, and the like, have more to off.er (although t he idea is absurd). I hope this letter doesn't discourage them into dropping the idea, because I like radio as well as tJhe next person, and I think it's a coming field. Si;i'J.cerely, Cedric Glub. P. S. I still think Jack Benny is "The Walking Man". * * * * A few students have expressed their opinions concerning the possibility of 1948 graquates gett_ing class rings. Said one student, "I understand they haven't set the price yet. If · they cost too much, though, I'll just remodel my Roger Wilco Ma,gniray Ri-ng". Said anotJher, "W1hy don't they give Dick Tracy wrist radios." And another (obviously a Fosdick fan), "I'd rather have a chippendale chair." Figures show that 64 per cent of the girls would prefer ballerina skirts. Seventy-four per cent of the male students (veterans) want their rings under the G. I. ,bill. * * * * -Mrs. Vujica, Wilkes hbrarian, revealed that Shakespeare visited the Library not long ago, probably, she added, trying to find out for himself just what he did have in mind when he wrote those classics. (Mrs. Vujica explained that a student borrowing a Shakespeare book accidently sig,ned Shakespeare's na:me instead · of his own.) * * * * After the recent' war, John Evanouskas, Wilkes junior,' and five other fellows planned to form a professional pall-1bearers service, but soon buried the idea. The reason-they figured that they would have to have at least ·two funeral,s ,p~r <lay to keep in the black. Also, the ovel1head expenises and the carrying charges were too great. These proved to lbe grave circumstances, but give them credit for an original undertaking, anyiway, even though they didn't hold any reheamals. * * * * Note to the student body: Those containers placed at various points on the campus are not sp_itoonis. They are for contribu.t ions to the Red Cross. Thank you, Marty Blake. * * * * 'P erhaps the new gym will be an outlet for the hea~ed discussions that take ,p lace during the Beta Gamma Chi meetings. Now when the girls are trying to ,s ettle their problems (such as whether or not the sorority pins will have ,pearls), they can s:iJmply go to the gym, put on the gloves, and arrive at a decision more quickly. * * * * Mr. Morris, registrar, has announced that all ,t ransfer students should report to his office as soon as possible so that their class standing may ,b e determined. Only the transfer students? * * * * By the way, Bulldog Baker's in town. CRAFTSMEN .ENGRAVERS * 20 North State St. Phone 3-3151 USE GLENDALE WOODLAWN DAffiY PRODUCTS of the United Nations, but at the same time it must prepare to defend its11lf in the event that war does come. Not being able to count on absolute security under law, it must seek the next best thing . .. relative security under the ProtecBy REED LOWREY tion of its own arms." On March 11, at its annual meetIf there are any doubts of the ing in New· York, the Columbia need for our Air Force to be kept Scholastic Press Association pre- in fig1hting trim the following sented its yearly prizes to the out- should dispel them. "lt would he an unreasonable . standing young journalists of high schools and junior colleges through risk for our present planning purout the _country. William ~- Has- poses to assume that other nations kell, assistant to the Presid~nt of will not have atomic weapons in the New York Herald Tribune, quantity by the end of 1952." "urged the delegates to support the "Biological weaipons are undobutUnited Nations and ignore those edly being studied in all parts of who contend the United States is the world. In an all-out attack on "virtually at war". · the United States the possibility This naive statement, remini- that they may be used should nqt scent of the childlike trust Wood- be overlooked. They may be delivrow Wilson placed in the ,now de- ered by air or by preplacement by enemy agents." fuct League of Nations, is typical The Commission does not deny of public opinion today which. ostrich-like iprefers to place its that this · proposed preparedness faith in an organization based on program will be expensive since 'high idE1als rather than in taking the plan calls for the expenditure steps that will ,p revent war frdm of 4,150 million dollars for the year 1948 and 5,450 million dollars becoming inevitable. for 1949. Congress has already cut With d'a ily headlines blaring this year's recommended budget fortJh the facts that Russia is dup- for the Air Force to 2,850 million licating Hitler's tactics of Euro- dollars. However, the Commission ,pean infiltration in the guise of at the same time points out that bloodless political conquests, our while preparedness is expensive, own State Department warns the I eight~ ~ercent of the budget for country that unless . the Marshall 1948 1s m payment for past wars Plan goes into eff~ct befor~ the im- and eighty-five percent of our Fedpending elections in Italy on April era! budgets since 1915 have been 18, we may expect serious· develop- for war, or payments for war. ments in Europe. 18hould there still be doubts in In the interval between the end the mind of anyone let him rememof W odd War II and the present, ber that the following paragraph our State Department embarked on was written two months ago, a policy of aippeasement and our "The Air Force as presently commilitary strength was neglected. posed is inadequate. It is inadeThis neglect was felt to be import- quate not only at the present time ant enough in some quarters to ap- when we are relatively fre~ from point a five man commission to in- the dangers of sustained attack on vestigate the condition of our na- our homeland, b,ut it is hopelessly tional air power. The commission wanting in respect to the future .... composed of: Thomas K .. Finletter, when a seri-ous danger of atomic attack will exist." New York Attorney, Chairman; George P. Ba:ker, , Professor of Transportation at the Harvard ·Business School, Vice Chairman; Palmer Hoyt, Publisher of the Denver Post; John A. McCone, President of the Joshua Hendy Iron Works, San Francisco; and . Arthur D. Whiteside, 'President of Dun & Bradstreet, New York. The Commission's 166 page report to the President, entitled "Survival in the Air Age", was released for publication on January 13, 1948. ] Peace In Our I Psychology Club Plans Two Trips Two trips, one to the Pennhurst State Home for the Feebleminded near Norristcryvn, Pa., and one to Retreat Mental Hospital, are a part of the plans of the Psychology Club for this semester, it was recently announced by Albert Stratton, president of the club. Mr. Stratton also stated that the Bsychology Club, in conjunction with the Sociology Clu.b, is planning to present lecture by Dr. Franklin J. Robinson, psychiatrist at the Children's Service Center, somei.ime near, the end of the month. a =:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::= 'vrSIT OUR • I. • ,:1i, , /, ~ ? ' . ,5/iP'P FOR SMART COLL~GE CLOTHES THE'®HUB "aaos. hRR!f R.NiR SNO ■ ITZ So. 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The hope, of course; is that the existence of such a force will do more than win a war; the hope is that by serving notice that war with the United States would be a most unprofitable business we may persuade the nations to work for peace instead of war." The Commission will undo-ubtedly be laibeled . "warmongers" just as those who advocated preparedness were before World War II. In their words; "We believe that the United States will be secure in an absolute sense only if the institution of war itself is abolished under a regime of law. World peace and the security of the United States are now the same thing." IJ'twll I* mrl "Even tpe most optimistic vie';'/ of the record of the United Nations does not assure us that United Nations will develop in time the neState Tax cessary authority to :prevent anIOm.ED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY • · other g,r eat war. ' COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO., Inc., 141 Wood St., Wilkes-Barre; Pa. "The United States must ha.ve a double~barrelled policy abroad. It © 1948, The Coca-Cola Company must work to achieve world -p eace through support and •d evelopment � 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 Wilkes Beacon 1948 March 19th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1948 March 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 Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/9b3a6ac460c9b8c97a2eaddbc0f95872.pdf 0f3e0e291b73a4c53654c060eed008d4 PDF Text Text 1/Jti APRIL SHOWERS BALL ONE WEEK TONIGHT Vol, 2, No. 5. "PHILAIDELPHIA STORY" IREM TEMPLE APRIL 15, 16, 1948 WILKES COLLEGE, WIIJKES-BARRE, PA. Friday, Arpril 2, 1948 =========:::;=============;:::============~===================== Wi~kes IRC ·Preparing To Make Strong Stand At ICG Convention l(ovacs Pleads Sixty-£our Students to Comprise For World-Peace First Wilkes Graduating Class With all the emotion of a · man DESil,GN OF RINGS SELECTED fired by an ideal, Mr. Imre Kovacs pleaded to the students· of A list of seniors who will be Frederick; Jones, Lester Gilmore; Wilkes that it was t ime to "begin graduated in June of this year, and Jones, Wallace Oman; Kocher, fi g hting FOR something and not will comprise the first graduating Frank; Kopko, ,Casimir; Kovaleski, AGAINST communism, fascism, >!lass of Wilkes College, has been Stanley Joseph; Litchman, Joseph socialism, or any other "ism" or released for publication by Mr. Francis; N achlis, Arnold. thing. He said that we must fight Herbert Morris, Registrar. · Pell, Clemens; Repotski, Eugene for - a world peace by getting rid Arrangements for the first Frank; Riley, John Joseph; Rosoof the common attitude of "Nyit- .g raduation in the history of lowski, Stanley; Scott, Harry, Jr.; chevo" which, literally translated, the college are fast nearing com- Slamon, Joseph Berchman; Smith, means, "nothing", or, "Let George pletion. At a meeting of the Raymond Brice; Templeton, Chardo it." · class, -held last Wednesday, March les F .; Tereshinski, Thomas MichMr. Kovacs was introduced to 31, Mr. George Ralston, Dean of ael; Wheeler, Frank Erwin. the students at an assembly pro- Men, announced that the Balfour gram held at the Presbyterian Corporation will manufacture the B. S. IN BIOLOGY Church House last Tuesday, by - rings. He stated that rumors are Aleo Joseph John; Bialogowicz, Dr. Farley, who has been a friend being cir~ulated that the class of the speaker for the past four rings are not reaily class rings, Dorothy Ann; Burtsavage, Edward; Kovalski, Leonard Edward; years. ibut college rings. The students at the assembly The rings will be the same from Orlowski, Mildred; Owens, Thomwere rudely awakened to the fact year to year, the only change be- as; Roberts, James Frederick; that we here in America are a ing the date. It will take the manu- Wentzel, Frances Elaine; Wiltremendous force in bringint a!l;>out facturer at least six ~eks to make liams, Nancy Jane. world peace, if ·we would only the rings, and if the seniors want B. S. IN EDUCATION realize that we are the hope of them, they must act on the issue the world. Mr. Kovacs cited the immediately. )Davlidoff, Mark Irving; Wilfact that, today, in the American The highest priced ring w:l.ll cost Iiams, Rhuea Vaughn. and British Zones of Germany, $29, and the miniature rings. for there are about 500 Russians es- the coeds will cost from $18 to $22. A. B. ' caping across the ,b order from the On the inside of the ring will Baum, Norman; Berger, Arthw:Russian Zone' only to be sent back be the initjals of the o;yner, his Joseph; Bransdorf, Muriel Ruth; to certain death or a lifetime ill the ci.egree,, an<l the J;lalfour tradenfai:lt. Carey, Ralph P. Davidson, Helen Russian concentration camps or' ·' ' " Belle; Gilboy, Thomas A.~P:; 'GoSi:beria. He said that these people B. S. IN c. & F. lightly, Miriam D.; Hailstone, are our allies and that we are disBoyce, John. Walter, Jr., Buchs- Charles Edwaro; Harkins, Frank regarding them. He stressed the baum, Gerald; Callahan, Paul An- Aloysius; Jones, Carolyn Lucille.· point later in his speech. . drew; Condosta, Albert Lee; ConkLegosh, Mildred; -M cllale,,:MarThe speaker gave an interpre- Jin, Richard Henry; Cooney, John garet Elizabeth; Mikulewicz, Rob- . tation of the attitude of the Slovak Aloysius; Cross, Jagies Schooley; ert Thomas; Miller, Robert James; and Ba1kan people, ·a nd why they Dido, Robert Joseph; Evans, Pelton, Reese; Rudolph, Edythe; have been forced to accept the Thoma,s Alfred; Fischer, Claire; Savitz, Joseph; Smith, Harold; heel of the Russian dictators. Fry, George Frear. Stryjac, Edward Richard; Tmnell, Mr. Kovacs explained that the ,Gooch, John Glenn; Hall, W.i n- Carl Joseph; Zucoski, Rosemary; typical attitude of the people is ston Harold; Johnson, Ernest Kotis, John. one of "Nyitchevo",· "Lass Mich In Ruhe" or to use an American phrase, "Let George Do It". He said .that the Slovak people can • ' :\. sit for 10, 12, and even 14 hours discussing a .subject, and the end result i,s "Nyjtchevo". He continued to explain that these people love freedom, claim: · . :\. · freedom, talk freedom, but do · • I Clem Waclawski, President or' The first sport dance to be' held nothing to ~ight for it. Another in a current series ·of the French Club, annol,lnces that si-nce Lent will take place tomor"As a '· result of the rugged Mr. John M. -Snook, Traffic Supthe Club will present the film row night at St. Stephen's Church- Slovak individualism, which · con- ervisor of th'e Pan American Air- radio forums entitled "Wyoming SONG ,OF THE STREETS tonight ij.Ouse. The affair will begin at 9 siders itself right and everybody ways System, will addtress the Valley .Speaks" will •be presented at •8 :00 and 9:30 in the new Lee- and coJ11tinue until midnight. It is else wrong, the Slovaks are now Spanish Club on Wednesday eve- over ,s tation WILK Monday eve-ture Hall. The SONG OF THE expected that a large crowd will be a s ubjugated peoples." He added ning, April 14, _at 8:00 P. M., in ning at 10 ,o'clock under the ausSTREETS is currently being fea- in attendance, but Hank Collins, that the Russian people themselves Room 104 of the Shoemaker resi- pices of Wilkes Colleg,e and the tur~d on Broadway, and Wilkes chairman of the affair, promises are suffering under a yoke of dence. Mr. S,nook will give a talk Wyoming, Valley . Junior Chamber Colleg;e is the first stop on the road that there will · be pfenty of re- foreign ideologies forced upon on the customs, history and cul- of Commerce. Three prominent show of the film. The film is in freshments on hand. them -b y the iron rod of a Georgian' ture of the Latin American na- men in the Valley, Mr. John KenFrench hut has English sub titles. M:usic for ,the dance will be pro- dictator. He explained the ·1"for- tions. . nedy, Mr. Jesse Dixon, and Mr. On April 16, THE BARBER OF vided by the "Collegians". The or- eign ideolog,,ies" -b y noting · that Mr. Snook will address the group Reuben Levy, will discuss the subSEVILLE will be shown on this chestra, which disbanded last Karl Marx was neither a Russian, as a .part of the Spanish Club cele- ject "lis Vocational Training Needcampus as part of the French month, has just reorganized. In ad- an economist, nor a socialist. All 'qration of 'Pan American Day, ed In Our .Schools?" Moderator for Club's Activities. TH'E BARBER dition to the regular vocalist, Sy.bi! this is a result of "Nyitchevo", which is on April 14. This date is the program will be Mr. Edward· OF SEVILLE has just been com- Ichter, it was recently announced according to Kovacs. a very special day to all the coun- Williams of the Wilkes English pleted, and Wilkes College's show- ·by Reese .P elton that George Fry Talking about propaganda, the tries of North, Central, and South Departmen who has been modering will :be OI).e of the first show- will handle the male vocals. An- speaker noted that the Slovak America, for on this day they all ating these forums in a permanent in?s of this for eign film in Am- ' other new addition to <the oi,chestra peoples are taken in ,b y the prom~ hold celebrations in 1honor of the capacity since February 16. The purpose of these programs er1ca. .• will be the . vocal trio recently ises of Communism which tells Pan American Union, of which DR. KNOCK, a satirical comedy, formed. . them that they will have peace twenty one nations of the western which were started last January, will -b e shown on •M ay 7. This film, The sport dances, run weekly- in and plenty and will not have to hemisphere are members. This is to ,p resent the people of Wyoas well as all the other French the past, w~re discontinued for the work for it. He said that propa- Union has prevented many wars ming Valley with matters of both . films shown on this campus, will Lenten season. The large crowds ganda promises the people brother- among the countries of the Ameri- local and national concern in a have English sub titles. which have appeared at these · hood, freedom, dignity, and s~cur- cas. It. has settled border disputes manner which considers both sides dances attest .to their popularity. it y. He pointed out that there is a'nd promoted peace among various of the question at hand. The proAs usual, admission is free to all no more disillusioned person than S.outh American Republics. It has grams are given on a question and 0filP students of Wilkes and their a Slovak who has lived under _established cooperaiton in com; answer basis, and are entirely unt, ·friends. •, Communism for two weeks. . merce and is a proof that peace rehearseli except for a few formal In an attempt to make · the and friendship are possiible among statements. Subjects are alternated in order to present a local problem ing ,t he part -o f George Kitterege, students realize the tremendous the countries of one continent. Tracy Lord's fiance. ta,sk ahead of <them, Mr. Kovacs For two and. ,one half years Mr. one week and a national problem Worlc has begun at Chase The- pleaded with the students to help Snook lived in Ciudad Trujillo in the next. Mr. Alfred Gr.oh, director of the Many of the programs presented Thespians, announced earlier this ater on scenery _which will be a world state. He said, "We must the Dominican Repwblic. While in (continued on page ~) ' week that casting of their new traDJsported to Irem Temple as have a United States of the World Ciudad Trujillo, he attended classes - preferaibly, with -t he Soviet at the University of Santo Dominshow The Philadelp'hia Story has soon as it is possible. The Wilkes College· Alumni Union - if necessary, without it." go. He travelled extensively thru Cuzco. He also visited the Aztec been completed. John Feeney will play the male Association will sponsor The Phila- He warned the aissembly that now the Caribbean and Latin America, Ruins in the Yucatan Peninsula. A Pan American film will be lead opposite :Marilyn Broadt with delphia Story and tickets may be is the time for the young people of visiting twenty two Latin Am·e riBruce Mackie in the role of Alex- p.rocured from any mem!ber of the our country, particularly th e can nations. He spent some time shown and refreshments will be (continued on page B) in 'Peru and at the Inca Ruins in served. ander Lord and Arthur Sofa play- organization. By EUGENE MA YLOCK Twenty-six members of Wilkes College will leave Chase Hall next Thursday for the Intercollegiate Conference on Government Political Parties Convention which will be held in the Bellvue Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia. The ICG convention is held once a year and is in the form of some model legislatµr e group. JRC members have been planning for this affair since the delegation returned from the Model Legislature Convention held in Harrislburg last year. The · IRC members remember the tactics employed by other colleges and are well versed in parliamentary procedure so that they will be able to make a standing at the Political ,P arties Convention. N. Perkowski has been selected by the IRC as one of the candidates for the position of, speaker of the house. The IRC will also run candid'ates for the position · of clerks and chairman of the various committees. Not only will the Club run a full -slate of ,p olitical candidates, but also a complete calendar of bills for consideration by the commi,ttees. ' From . e:icperience gained from · the last convention, the club will make a .s howing in political candidates and legislature measures. Last year the dub · was content with one member as clerk of the Veterans Committee. This year, however, the IRC will not be satisfied until it has put several candidates into the running field and most of the bills purposed iby the club members are put through the house by any means possible. Tonight's regular meeting of the IRC will be the culmination of work started by the Regional Meeting of t he ICG which was attended! by most of the Colleges in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The outcome of the regional meeting showed t hat the Northeastern region of the Northeastern r egion of the ICG, if properly formed into a bloc under the control of Wilkes College, would be an influencing fa ctor of any election of the ICG. As the IOG now functions, there \are two fa ctions. The eastern faction is under the control of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Western faction is under the influence of the University of Pittsburgh. The middle bloc, under the guidance of Wilkes College, could use any :means to bring the /other groups to a compromise which would be beneficial to the Northeastern region. lRC members will have the final reports for · the club on the action which their c ommittees will take during the· ·model convention in Philadelphia. The club members \have divided themselves so that ;all of the committees will have representation .by some members of Wilkes College. · The Intercollegiate Conference on Government Political Parties Convention will serve as a laboratory where government students will be able to transfer the theory which they have learned into practical use. 'T he students will have the opportunity of actually 'doing something instead of learning from some text book or lecture course. FRENCH CLUB ANNOUNCES FILM DATES POST LENTEN SPORT DANCE SAT..NIGHT I JOHN M· SNOO}7 Wilkes and Junior NEXT SPANISH C. of C. to Present CLUB SPEA}7ER Radio Forum Mon. 1, • c. . aStlng C }ete ·d • Pl .· .esp1an . ay F.Or Th I �Friday, April 2, 1948 2 Red Hot Hurler Now At Wilkes have to accept a subordinate role. You know how it goes." Sammy had to admit that the situation looked bad, indeed. He wished there was something he could do so that his school would not be denied the services of this potential diamond great. ✓ "I've got it!" he exclaimed, suddenly inspired. "What about th e infield? We'll have Marty Warmus on th ir<l, Jack Reese at short, a nd Jimmy Davis on seco nd , but Al Darte will not be back to play fir st, .s o th at's it - go out for th e firS t ~-b ase position." Sammy's friend did not share his enthusiasm. I can't 'be bothered," he said. "Anybody can play first. It's an absurdly easy position to play.' Beneath your dignity, huh?" " "Right." 1 "Well, good luck", Sammy said and departed, feeling that anybody with ahat muc h ta1ent couId so1ve his own pr()blems. Kanner Presents Thesis At Seminar By GARFIELD DAVIS By EUGENE MAYLOCK Sammy was walking down River The first psychology seminar . of Street munching on a piece of the Wilkes College was held in the Business Manager Sports Editor chocolate Easter bunny he had Science Theatre on Thursday, Thomas J. Moran Joseph Purcell pilfered from his kid sister, and March 25th. Miss Kathryn Dominwhistling a few bars from tne quez, of the Psychology DepartNews Editor Features Editor latest Russian song hit, "Henry, ment, opened the ,Seminar by statNorbert S. Olshefski Robert T. Mikulewicz We Love You," when he came to ing, "The purpose of ,t he Psycholothe men's. domn. The driveway begy Seminar will be :f'.o'r the presentCirculation Man.a ger Club News Editor tween the men's dorm and the adation of the research wo:t;k being Frank Eiwaz Vincent Macri joining building has long been used done by students in Psychology". as a bullpen · for the dorm lads Mr. Joseph Kanner, the first Photographers who aspire to positions as mounds~ speaker of the Seminar, presented Thomas J. Moran, Dominic Yanchunas m,en on the Wilkes Gol,lege basehis thesis on conceptual thinking. ball team. Sammy was well acMr. Kanner opened his discussion Features Staff by saying, ".Conceptual thinking is Ted Wolfe, Reese E. Pelton, Edward J. Wasilewski, Gene Bradley, quainted with the fellows who were usually ,s een "warming up" alongan abstract idea which enables Garfield Davis, Jack Reese, D-On Lennon side the dorm, but on this occasclassification by likeness and union he noted a new face. It was a likeness." Thirty years ago, conNews Staff iower freshman. centual thinking had been under Russell Williams, Robert Miller, Eugene Maylock, Margot Golin, , The f. re'shman was throwing, observation, but it wasn't until Geor,g e Brody, Don Williams, Reed Lowrey with a strange overhand motion, to 1934 that Vigosky used conceptual another freshman. He would wind Sammy didn't see him again thinking with statistical results . up frant ically, twisting and turn- until a few weeks later, when he Upon this !basis, ·s everal tests ing his right arm until it threat- went ~ver to. Kirby P_ark. to see have been devised for the testing ened to tear itself loose from its. th e '\~hikes ~me _practice m pre- of conceptual thinl!:ing. The Wechssocket. Then, starting his delivery paratlon its firS t g~me. When ler Bellvue Intelligence Test dehe would re.a r ·b ack on his right leg ~a~y arrived at th e di~mo nd th e votes part of its composition to a until his right arm was almost ~ squad was_ engaged;/1;, a prac-. test of ·s imiliarities which checks touching the ground, and at the bee gam~ agam st th e B sqttad. the extent of veroaiization in consame t ime extending his left, On the first t~am Sammy noted a ceptual thinking. By EDWARD J. WASILEWSKI gloyed hand straight up into the new face behm~ th e plate a nd a Mr. Kanner's future research air in a wonderful imitation of a newcomer at fi~~t . . He checked work will be concerned with the re•~can this counrtry afford a deteriorated product? Can we afford m'an attempting to . touch the th e oth er , p_ositrnns_: . Warmus, lationship of conceptual tJ:1-inking to waste the facilities of our colleges and universities upon men and ground and the. sky .at one and Ree~e, Davis m th e mfield,. Flor- in education and •intelligence. In women who lack the mental equipment for thought and leadership and the .s ame time. After holding that' ke'Y:cz, Waters a nd Joseph m th e order to do this, Mr. Kanner plans wlho are not likely to provide a greater capacity for work in learned pose for a few seconds, he would outfield. Hend ershot wa~ on th e to use the Vigosky Conceptual and professional fields after a tenure. at college than they would have start uip and fol'Ward in his de- mou nd . ~he~?e w~ his newly- Thinking Test and the similiarities been ·a:ble to do had they gone into their chosen Jieldis earlier in life?, livery. His delivery was a long, fou~d frie nd · ~VJdently ~e had part of the Wecl'isler Bellvue Intelth at he J~ st could~ t bear ligence Test. Then the results of Is college merely ,a place to mark time? Does the · student benefit by slow sort of thing, and was so decided loose-jointed and sloppy-looking to do anybody dirt by gomg out the entire Wechsler Bellvue Intelattendance even if the years so spent add nothing to · his intellectual th e team. thi:it Sammy wondered how he_ ever for . \igence Test will be taken to ·show stature or his competence. · managed to get the ball successSuddenly Sammy caugh~ sight the I.Q. of the subject being tested. He was arrangmg the By following his · plan, Mr. KanWhat seems ,t o be the outcome of all this is a prqletariat .o f the fully to his receiver. His follow- of him. white .c ollar, a proletariat that has trained itself for a satisfied and throug:h was a thing of ibea•ty. He Wilkes bats in order. W):iat's this? ner will then ,b e able to corrleate the results of the Vigosky with secured low income, sufficient t<;> maintain the white collar, but insuf- put everything he had into it; he Surely he was not the batboy! Sammy hurried over to Mr. the similiarities of the Wechsler ficient for a stimulating life of leadership. It is interesting to not how worked on it as if it were the last thing he would ever do on this Ralston. "What goes on here?" he Bellvue Test, and then it will be many of the students today aspire for the low income of civil service earth. His tosses, however, had asked. "Mr. Ralston, don't you possi'ble to correlate the results of positions where they j)erform clerical tasks for which girlis out of neither accuracy nor speed. know you have the hottest bases the Vigosky w~th the intelligence commercial high schools ought to 1be adequate. Does one have to spend Sammy, feeling a bit devilish, ball prospect of the century in the of the subject as shown by the four years at college for ·tha.t ?"-\George Sokolsky. asked, "Going out for the Wilkes palm of your hand? And you're Wechsler Bellvue Intelligence Test. team, Mac?" using him as a batboy!" Mr. Kanner then hopes to find out Quite an indictment! How about that? The freshman turned to face "You must mean Skinny •W ilk- the relative degree of conceptual If the above description of the present day college student is cor- Sammy.. He was very tall and ins," said the coach. "So he's been thinking in education and intellivery skmny, and ha~ a" rather talking to you, too, has he? Be- gence. rect, then what is the reason for it? sleepy look,, about ~um." ,Why, I lieve .ll_l~, Sammy, I _tried :1im_ at J.t would seem that the college student, or his entire generation, don t _know, he _.replied._ Ive been all positions _ catchmg, p1tchmg, for that matter, is profoundly security conscious. This feeling was thinkmg about it, but m a way I in the infield and outfield. At first to knock he wouldn't try out said he developed during the long, hard years of the last unprecedented eco- hate to go out. I'd nomic depression. Then came the war ·a nd the grim reminder of "kill anybody out of a posit1~n. ~ play at hated to take anybody's position or be killed". Is there any reason then that thi,s generation should not any spot, you k~ow - mfield, out- from him but then, after I confield, pitcher or catcher. I under- vinced hi~ that he owed it to his be security conscious? stand that Mr,. Ralston had . a school, to the team, to himself, and Mr. James Evans, Comptroller Emerson once said, "Men live in perpetual.fear of four things: pretty fa_ir . team las~ . year, W1th to me to give it a try, he worked the future, fortune, death, and-each other." If these fears lived to good boys m all pos1t1ons. Walt out at all positions. After giving for Thompson and Derr Fire InHendershot, for_ mstance_, would him an extensive try-out, I con- surance Company, spoke ,b efore a plague men i.n the days of Emer,son, certainly they are even mor~ viru- ~eel pretty bad if ~ took his, mound eluded that he is best ~uited for group of advanced accounting stulent today. For confusion breeds fear and fear 'breeds confusion: and Jo'b away , fr?m ,h im, don t _ you the position he now holds. Only dents Tuesday, March 23, at 12:30 today we ha_;e much of both. ' think? Ima,g me that happenmg to we don't call him the "batboy," we P. M., in Stoddard Hall. Mr. Evans was • introduced by The last war left the entire world in an uneasy state of transition. the athlete of the year. I'd sure call him the "student manager." hate to embarrass Walt like that, He likes it better that way. , Mr. Paul Werner. The topic of Mr. The old patterns of morality, religion, ideologies and culture no longer but that's what would ;probably Evans' speech was ''The Accountcommanded the values and meaning of former days. If the axis part- happen if I went out for ·the team. -------• ing System For a Fire Insurance ners lost the military phase of the war only after a struggle of desper- I hate to -b oast, -b ut let's face it Company''. ation, ,,t hey surely have contrived to make the winning of the peace I'm pretty darn ·good as a pitcher'.' Mr. Evans stated that the acthe victors no easier. Their short but violent reign of power and With a windup like that.? Sammy · · counting procedure is fairly simple, b.ut as his talk progressed the proterror has left repercussions that will taike long to dispel. And . in asked himself, but saying nothing cedure soon proved to be quite their final reckless moments these men of evil genius were busily pre- to the would.Jbe Ewel Blackwell. com~licated and very complex, nevparing the groundwork for new wars to come iby sowing the seeds of "Well, yes," Sammy said aloud, "I suppose Walt would take it kjnda ---ertheless his talk was interesting, discord among the victorious allies. hard, not to .mention Crane Buzby The staff of the Manuscript is constructive and educational. Mr. Evans began his accounting Their seed~ wo~d seem to have borne fruit, for the world is once and John Cain. How a:bout catch- now working on the spring issue ing? I/ understand that Jones, who career as an accountant for Genmore an armed camp.' · was terrific last year, will not be of\ the literary magazine w,h ich eral Motors,•· In c. In addition he These are the hard facts facing a generation bred and raised in with us -this season. What about will appear in June. As in the worked eighteen years for a local a world of fear. The lives of these people can be chronicled by an taki11g over his job?" past, the magazine will be made C. P. A. before accepting his pre"Don't like catching," said the up solely of contributions from sent position with 'I,'ho.mpson and endless series of crises; prepartion for war, threats of war and war hottest · baseball prospect Sammy the' student body. Such material Derr. itself. had ever heard tell of, and that as s•h ort stories, poetry, current The group was informed that a Now they are ,s ummoned to face the challenge of difficult probseemed to settle that. events, and scientific articles have speaker from a building and loan lems that fate has in store for them. And' face them they mus•t -"What about the outfield," ask- appeared in past issues of the association would address them in and will! ed .Sammy, never one to give up magazine and will agajn be seen the near future. _________.;....._ _ _ _ -They realize that attitudes which are created by fears and an easily. "In the garden Mr. Ralston in the new issue. Contributions to the Manuscript · abnormal desire for security, needless to say, ·b rings with them a great has Waters, Florkewicz and Josimpoverishment in life and a warping of personalities. They know that eph, but he might be ablil to is restricted to no one group in in ,a changing world, there is no greater individual security than that squeeze you in, considering that the school. There have been arIl , .• which comes from the opportunity to qualify for a better jo:b, 'by de- you're such a good-looking . pros- ticles written by students from pect." Once again, as he spoke the the science, sociolbgical, and other monstrating one's -b etter worth, and greater productivity, therefore, words of p,r aise, Sammy recalled departments in Wilkes. All stugreater social value. Finally they remember the late President Roose- that fantastic windup and delivery. dents regardless of their major velt's defiant challenge, ''We have nothing to fear but fear itself." "Sure," said the skinny one, fields are welcome to submit their General Insurance "the coach has the three of them manuscripts for consideration. The The early pioneers · ·b uilt this counltry from a noble experiment in coming back, and I don't want to deadline for material has :b een set human freedom to the ,greatest nation this world. has ever seen. It is taike a job from any of them. You for the last week in April. the duty of this generation to keep the faith; to rededicate itself to know, those three ·boys were big Manuscripts may b~ left in the the lofty principle and ideals of oµr eminent forefathers. They met stars on the football team and Manuscript office, Room 208 ShoeMiners Nat'l Bank Bldg. the challenge of destiny in their time undaunted; with intelligence, naturally they won't like being maiker building; with any English 1trength, resourcefulness and an unswerving faith in the Almighty. mere substitutes on the baseball instructor; in the magazine's mail Wilkes-Barre, Pa. ':e have inherited their fabulous heritage created by blood, sweat and squad. A man who is used to im- box; or in Mrs. Williams' or Dr. portant positions doesn't like to Craig's office. .:.,:.______________ ,rs. We must prove ourselves worthy of that trust. Henry W. Anderson Editor-in-Chief A PROLETARIAT OF THE WHITE COLLAR fo: Speaker Expl~ins Account Systems ?~te 'by Manuscr1·pt Asks For Contr_I.hut1ons • Fra k Par'khurs't Inc * * �Friday, April 2, 1948 POLISH CLUB Recommending SETS SEMIBoard Set Up FORMAL DATE. For Pre-Meds By ALMA M. FAN UCCI A ·semi-formal dance, spons·o red by the Polish Club, will be held on s ·a turday evening, April 10, in the Admiral 'Stark Ballroom of the Hotel Sterling, it was recently announced. The committee arranging the dance has ·decided that the affair will follow a cabaret style, due to the great success ' affairs of the caibaret style have attained in the past. It was decided that it was time the men got a ·b reak, and as a result, a contest, in which one of the • j men present will be crowned as King, has been planned. As his reward, the winner will receive a prize -o f $25. Contrary to the beliefs of many of the students, the music will not consist entirely of Polish Folk dances. For this occasion the club has secured the services of Jack Melton and his orchestra. The admission is $1.50 per couple and tickets can be purchased at the I!_ook Store. The proceeds from the dance will be add.e d to the fund which the club someday hopes to use in building a library and a cultural center for the benefit of t i!:'·siud$lnts. Jlan~::Concert ?et For May The program for the first band concert to be ,p resented by the Wilkes College Band has already been arranged and a date for its presentation will be announced very soon. It is expected that the concert will take place some time in May. The program will i~lude marches, overtures, classical . compositions, semi-classical selections, solos and ensembles. Appearing as soloists with the organization will be Vester Vercoe, fhHe and piccolo; Leon Gilbert, trombone; ~nd Bob Swiegert, piano. In addition, a trumpet quartet composed of Loius Blight, Carl Strye, Tom Foster, and Bob Levine will appear on the program. Rehearsals are being held weekly· at St. Stephen's Church house in preparation for the current concert. However, due to. the large number of mid-term exams being given next week, no rehearsals will be held again until the following week. A membership <;ommittee was recently appointed to notify band members of rehearsals. Members of the committee are Vester Vercoe, Carl Strye, Tom Foster, Dick Ridall, Bob Rodine, and John Fink. Members of the concert band are: Clarinets-Howard Dinstel, Richa r d rRidall, Larry W exlin, Charles Eldridge, Henty Kraft, Jr., Sheldon Gearhart, Carl Mes·s inger, , Sam Reese, Charles Knapp, Joe Sooby, Donald Follmer. Saxophones---1Sanford Cohen, Gerard Rodgers, Francis Krzwicki, LF'rank Falk, John Fink. Trumpets - ,L ouis Blight, Carl .Strye, Bob Levine, Tom Foster. Trombones--lLeon Gilbert, Keith 141,smussen, Willarl:l Prayer, Willil!-m Meck, Jay Seitchek. Baritone-,Bdb Rodine. Ho~-Paul PeWitt. Flute and Piccolo---Vester Vercoe Jr., Bill Ellis. Bas.Iles George Neely, Walter Greenawalt. 'Percussion-,Doug MacNeal, J-ay R,lflJSGhe.r, Donald Pep-ego 3 WILKES C<lliLEGE BEACON ATTENTION VETERANS! As of April 1, 1948 the office hours for the V. A. Training Officer at the Guidance Center will be as follows: Mondays ..... .... . ·. 9 :30-11 :30 A. M. Wednesdays ........ 9:30-11:30 A. M. Thursdays . .. .9 :30-11 :30 A. M. America, and that it should not be a unilateral American undertaking, backed by American money, drenched with American blood, and an American disgrace. Mr. Kovacs, a tall husky man, was born in Pancevo, Yugoslavia and studied in Hungarian, German, Bohemian, Serbian, Rumanian, and American schools. His authority to speak is a complete knowledge of the Slovak people and their ·ways. His father arrived in America about six months ago from Yugoslavia after harrowing experiences in getting out of the country. The American schools which Mr. Kovacs attended were:· Yale Graduate School, Juillard School of Music, and the Lancaster Theological Seminary. In 2,000 lectures, Mr. Kovacs estimates he has spoken to two million people. He once spoke to an audience of 25,000 people in Madison Square Garden. THE Facing a situation requiring more :.careful ,consideration than can . be given ,b y individual members of the faculty, the college has organized a faculity committee to make Wiikes recommendations to RADIO FORUM medkal colleges. The recomending committee is composed of (contiamed from page 1) Charles B. Reif, Chairman, Thomas in the past have been most interR. Richards, Miss._ Catherine H. esting and have been. concerned Bone; George F. Ralston, and with problems which are of vital Nicholas Revotski. Pre-medical importance not only to the United ,s.t udents heretofure have · :re- States as a whole, but to Wyoming quested individual members of the Valley especially. Aside from such faculty to submit recommendations ·interesting topics as UMT, inflahas everything for the to medical schools. tion, civil liberties, ahd the all-imcollege man's needs ... Because of the high calibre of portant question of world conflict, work required for medical school the forum has discus•sed matters of from ties to suits. and the great competition for ad- concern to Wyoming Valley, ininis·sion, it was found necessary eluding consolidation of local mun. . FOR SMART for pre-medical students to re- icipalities, minority groups in the peatedly evaluate their chances for Valley, local war memorials, and COLLEGE CLOTHES admission to medical school. The bringing new industries to Wilkes"rriedical transfer committee", will Barre and the surrounding terrievaluate the work of the student tory. at the end of each year and will To date, the forums have preNAIi~ 11.1111{s10 ■ 1Ti • ■ aos. "' advise him as ito adjustments that sented only men who have been inSo. Main St., Wilkes-Barre must be made if the college is to · fluential in the affairs of Wyoming support his application for admis- Valley, including Attorney Daniel sion to medfoal school. The com- Flood, Rev. Jule Ayers, Rabbi , mittee will attempt to assist the Newton Friedman, Mr. Joseph Mc- : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . student in evaluating intelligently Cracken, · Dr. Eugene Farley, and There is No his chaces of attaining his voca- M.r. Reuben Levy, to mention a Substitute For tional objective; at the same time few . However, Mr. Williams has it will be able to strongly recom- announced his intention to have mend for admission ' to medical Wilkes students participate in the school all students whose records programs in the future. I justify admission. KOVACS PLEADS Recommendatioils by this comJ niittee are expected to give the (continued, from page 1) maximum assurance to outstanding students and dshould prevent un- veter&ns, who fought the war, Jeweler qualified students from continuing and let the old men lose the peace, a futile pursuit. to revert to one of the most 63 South Main Street powerful, but the least used weapons at man's disposal, namely, prayer. He · ,s aid that we ' must pray for peace, and at the same time, use paper bullets. Paper bullet:, in the form of letters, letters, {S and more letters. He advocated "."riting letters to Stalin, yes, Stalin. He said that the letters .. should take this form. Dear · Marv shall Stalin: I have no desire to kill Russian boys. We have no Dr. Franklin Ro'binson, psychia- desire to take over Russian tertrist at the Children's Service ritory, nor do we want war. He Center, will add.dress the Sociology ~hen said that at _<the same time, Club of Wilkes College on Tues- we should write to Secretary Marday evening, April 6 at 7 :30 in shall, and use this form: Dear the Science Theatre. Dr. Robinson Secretary -Marshall: I fought in the will spEtlk on "Psy_chiatric Prob- last war, and do not wish to fight lems of the ·Communit'y." in another one. We have peace As a part of the program, the here in Wilkes--Batre because we motion pictur~ "Our . Town" will - have a police force to uphold the .be .s hown. This touchmg and_ hu- law and protect, property. What · man drama, based on the Puhtizer about an International Police Prize-winning play :b y · Thorp.ton Force? Wilder, features such fine ~layers From this, Mt. Kovacs went into as Mar~h_a .Scott, Thomas Mitchell, explaining an idea that isn't puband Wilham Holden. licized too much. He said that we 'T he lecture wi!l begin :it 7:_30 should ask Mr. M,arshall about the P. ~-, af_ter which a brief di~- possibilities of a ''Foreign Legion c~sswn will be held. T?e m~vie of the United Nations", one which will be shown after the discussion. could be sent anywhere at any time. He said that there are 500 men escaping across .the border into the American and British Zones ·in Germany who would be the first to join. He said that undoubtedly there · were many men in the audience who would immediately join if they knew that Additional parking s,pace, allow- such a force wouid help in main, ing for fifty more •p ermits, has taining world peace. been provided Wilkes students at • The speaker in bis final remarks tli1e newly ·purchased lot on South indicate that the people of the Franklin Street between Ross and world look to America as a nation which makes promises but doesn't South Streets. The lot, purchased by .the college uphold them, but these people from the Y. M. H. A. for the still have faith in America and will future gymnasium, was ashed by help her a,s, long as she does some. . , •plus l~ the city of Wilkes-Barre to make thing to help them. Kovacs then said that an InterState Tu it suitable for parking cars. College parking . facilities now national Police Force1 of the typ~ provide for 100 cars - fifty in he suggested should be backed by the new lot and an additional dskfor it either way ••• both fifty in f.ron,t of K.itj>y garage trade-marks mean the same thing. and on the lot at the QOrner of South and South Franklin Streets. Permits may be procurred by BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OP THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY any Wilkes student or faculty member frorn Mr. Kirsteen in the COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO., Inc., 141 Wood St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Finance Office upon presentation of owner's card and twenty-five © 19,4 8, The Coca-Cola Company cent fee. BOSTON STORE Men's S4op VIS~s~ ~ FOWLER, DICK THEC@HUB AND WALKER -====::;;;:::=======================- QUALITY FRANK CLARK Psychiafrist spea} To Cluh STUDY .R[FRESHED Tuesd.ay N.I!!ht HAYE A-COCA-COLA New. Parking Lot Holds 50 Cars ~¢ _ USE GLENDALE WOODLAWN DAIRY PRODUCTS �Wi:LKES OOLLEGE BIDACON 4 CAMP-US HICiHLICiHTS by Ted Wolfe With the A;pril Showers Ball so near at hand, talk around the campus has been concerned with only one thing-the Cinderella, Ball. This has been due mainly to the fact ithat students are rather peeved over the fact that Art. ;M ooney has been slated (supposedly) to ;provide the music for the latter affair. · In a recent poll, it was seen that studenits_ preferred Tommy Dorsey over any other cigarette . . • I mean music-maker. ( Darn those radio commercials). Even ·Spike Jones came out' ahead of Mooney. Evidently the students don't know that Mooney made classical music history with his "I'm Looking Over A Four-leaf Clover". Therefore, Mooney would be the better ch~ice: Anyway, T. D. just got married for the third !time. By the time he finishes ,h is honeymoon and starts looking for ' another wife, ihe won't have much time left to devote to playing for college dances. If an agreement can't be reached, they could both be hired!. Dorsey could play for the dancers, and Mooney could play for the situdents who are out on the lawn looking for four-leaf clovers. And if the Student Council runs short .of funds, it can finish paying off the orchestras in Easter Eggs. (It may -h ave to anyway if the BEACON'S budget _is approved.) So please, let's consider the facts! H.A.WHITEMAN JORDAN Est. 1871 Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality ** 9 West Market Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Friday, April 2,19~ & 1 CO. INC. FOR YOUR HIT TUNES LAZARUS Wholesale Paper and Stationery Wilkes-Barre, Pa. RECORD CENTER All , The Newest Popular Recordings By Your Favorite Artists LAZARAS LOWER FLOOR CHAMPION N. Y. YANKH'S JOE D1_MAGGIO VOTED MOST VALUABLE PLAYER IN THE AMERICAN. LEAGUE * * * ~ Wyoming Valley's annual Easiter Parade didn't come off this year because many of the horse..drawn buggies hadn't had their two-way radios installed yet. In spite , of this and some very unfavorable weather, people still insisted on showing off their spring clothes; and it wa·s no more wevalent than on the Wilkes campus. Eleanor Krute wore an unique head-gear creation <that looked like a soft-drink bottle full of Susquehanna River water, and bearing the caption AMNICOLA. Hard'boiled BfilACON editor Hank Anderson wore a green jacket with an orange tie that he had left over from St. Pat's day. Norb Qlshefski, one of Wilkes' most eager beavers, was all set to wear a brown Scotch tam, but on ,t he way up from Glen Lyon he dropped it in a cow pasture and was afraid to pick it up again. Marty Bfake wore a turtle-neck :sweater with shell attached. (He bet, 8 to 1 that the weather ma~ would K. 0. Laizarus' Easter bunny in the second.) Margot Golin wore .a new sweater; too. Enough said! A:t first sight it looked as though some of the male students were wearing corsa~es, too, but they were only Henry Wallace buttons. Bill Griffith wore his two new belts. These are only a few of the sights seen over the week-end!, but all in all it was a very colorful spectacle. · * * * * Tommy Moran broke his fast Monday. During Lent he refrained from smaking cigarettes and took to a pipe. Now he's back smoking tobacco again. * * * * Bar-,bound Tom Laskey, erstwhile pre-law student, asked of Dr. Vujka, Religion instructor, "Must we know the names of ~11 the deities of these religions?" Answered Dr. Vujica, "No, only .a few." * * * * The Beta Gama Chi finally settled the dispute over the choice of style for sorority pins. The pins will be pearl-encased. Now: arises the problem of which of the girls will dive for the oysters. * *. * * Some students have suggested raising a fund to hire someone _to clear the 'b ulletin 'b oards of the many notices posted on them. Nobody else seems to :have the initiative. The fellow who's beert trying to sell his 19,30 Hudson for <the past 3 months has had on an average of 8 offers per day. Did he finally sell · it, or did he return it ~o the coffeegrinding plant? Bob Mikulewicz is still suffering from stab wounds. Telephone calls ma-de w'eeks ago are still unanswered. The Ch.o ral Club will meet February 27, 1948. , ' An Engineering student well versed in such matters has allowed three weeks before the bulletin boards are ripped fr.om the walls and thrown <to the floor from the sheer weight of the paper they hold. WMnyouclta,we67~ THE FIRST THIN'G- IDUlfII,I, NODCE IS THEIR MILDNESS -tltat} oecaure f//tkirIf&M{JJmbz'nalion "MlrltlsBest!lboaccos4LWAW MILDER E'fTER TASTING OOI.ER SMOKING I * * * * Cedric Glub, commanding figure on the campus and reportedly the ins•p iration for the sculpturing of "Gertie the Colonels Queen", is still striving for better campus conditions. His latest correspondence has to do with the cafeteria. Dear BEA 00N: I was under the impression that the accordion music rendered by the tribunal victim not long ago would provide the impetvs for presenting dinner music in ·the Cafeteria daily, but I see that my hopes were <too ·hig,h. -- Isn't such an idea feasible ·? If such music couldn't be presented directly, then I'm sure records would suffice. Also I noticed that the rear entrance to the ,b uilding was being ' used more frequently. This is probably due to the fact that the vestibule in front is so clouded wi<th cigarette smoke that it's hard to penetrate the maze. I s,a~ three burly male students being' carried out the other day, obviously overcome with the smoke. If they can't make it, I d,on't see ho.w the girls do. In fact I know of only one that did. Even she had to wade through so much nicotine that she came out with a Florida tan. These conditions must be improved, or else the Cafeteria's coffee sales will go down, a,nd students will revert to their old, nervous selves. 1 ·Sincerely, Cedric Glub * * * * The French Club will present a little com,petition for the CrosbyHope "Road" s eries when it gives a showing of the French film SONG OF THE S'TREE'J1S tonight. Rumor has . it that they will follow it up with a sequel entitled SOUTH RIVER STREET STRIKES BACK. · BOSTON BRAVl'S BOB ELLIOTT VOTED MOST VALUABLE PLAYII' IN THE NATIONAL LIAOUI .ESTERFIELD Al,LWAYS MILDERll3E'n'ER TASTING ©oot:ER SMOKING Copyright 19411, I.loom & Mna TOIACCO Co. , � 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 Wilkes Beacon 1948 April 2nd Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1948 April 2 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 Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/33f9f9311b35569dd8787a3e865ee784.pdf 819af627ac00f48b17c0b25bd11c5666 PDF Text Text STUD,ENT BODY WILL CHOOSE CINDERELLA ATMEETING TO BE HELD TUESDAY MORNING Jack F!!eney, Chairman of the Social Activities, has announced that there will be a meeting of all the students in the school at the First Presbyterian Church next Tuesday at 11:00 P. M. The purpose of the meeting will be to select a Cinderella for the Cinderella Ball which will be held sometime in May. The plans to have the Cinderella elected by ,the student body were completed by Jack Feeney and Ralph Carey who will be in char,g e of the meeting. According to ,the members in charge of the selecting the first twelve girls with the highest votes will ,be selected to Vol. 2, No. participate as the Cinderellas of the ball. From these twelve, the girl with the highest number of votes will be entitled to wear the glass siipper of the Fairybook Cinderella. This is the second year straight that the Student Council is sponsoring a dance with a famou,s orchestra. Last year, the Council brought Charles Spivak to Fernbrook Park. From the reports, the program for this year will be just about the same as it was last year. Last year, the highlight of the evenin.g came when eleven beautiful Coeds walked down the aisle of red carpet and up td the band platform where Charles Spivak himself tried the 6 glass slipper on the eleven contestants. Finally, the slipper fit one of the girls and she was chosen as Cinderella. The girls who~ participated in last year's Cinderella contest were: Peggy Woolcock, Dorothy Wilkes, Frances D~wileski, Jane Korper, Miriam Golightly; Barbara Medland, Sylvia Roth, Marie Stamer, June Persing, Shirley Phillips, and Josephine Battisti. Marie Stamer was chosen as the Cinderella. Summer Term, 1948 - September 4 through September 10. Fall Term, 1948 - January 24 through January 29. Spring Term, 1949 - June 2 The dates for final examinationc through June 8. for the next four terms, recently released by Mr. Herbert J. Morris, Registras, appear as follows: "PHILM>ELPHIA STORY" Spring Term, 1948 - June 5 IREM TEMPLE through Junell. May 28 through June 3 (Senior APRIL 15, 16, 1948 Exams) FINAL EXAMINATION DATES ANNOUNCED Friday, April 9, 1948 WILKES OOLLJOO-E, WIUKES-BARRE, PA. Lettermen J-lold April Showers Ball Tonight " DELEGATES GO TO STAT.E ICG CONFERENCE I 26 DELEGATES IN PHILADELPHIA TO ATIEND MODEL CONVENTION GROUP PREIPARES FOR STAND AGAINST UMT, SELECTIVE SERVICE, FIVE POWER PACT By EUGENE MAYLOCK Twenty-six student delegates of Wilkes College International Relations -C1ub are attending the Intercollegiate Conference on Governnient Model Political Convention at Philadelphia. The group left Wilkes College yesterday afternoon by chartered bus and arrived at the Bellvue-Stratford Hotel, the convention headquarters at 5 p. m. · Delegates Register Immediately . u p o n ~lighting from the bus, the IRC filed into the reception room where the re- , gistration of delegates was taking place. During the registration procedures, the students stated their names, college represented , and committees which they would attend. In return for this information, the delegation members ~ere given an identification tag which would admit them to any portion of the convention. · ' Committee Outlines Agenda The Executive Committee, consisting of Mr. Edwin Kosik, Mr. Charles Hailstone and Mr. ·Hugo V. Mailey, met at 7:00 behind closed doors to outline the agenda for the convention. This year, as well as fast year, the Executive Committee had been trying to arrange to have the Pennsylvania Governor as one _of the spea~ers. However, it was iinnounced that recent governmental affairs are so urgent that th!! governor will l:>e unable to attend the conference. The last committee to go into session for the evening was the Faculty Interviewing Committee. This committee met at 10 :00 p .. m. for the purpos e of interviewing and screening the candidates for, the various positions. The meTlJibers of the Rules Committee met for the firist time at 8:00 p. m. and did not come out of session until the early morning hours. The Rules Committee sets up the rules by which the c~nvention will operate and decides any questions which may ari11e while the convention will be in order. Parliamentary Procedure, as outlined by ROBERTS' RULES OF ORDER, form the basis of operation for the convention. Three Wilkes Candidates Wilkes College IRC is sponsoring Narcy Perkowski as Speake:r,: of the House, Gehe Maylock as Clerk of General Sessions, and Betty Rutherford as Clerk of the Rules Committee. After passing the Faculty Interviewing Committee, these members were put · into the running field against candidate.s from almost every college and university in Pennsylvania. During the general session of the Model Political Convention th e delegation will vote for the candidates to fill the open positions. Today the viirious committees will meet to thrash-out the legfslation submitted by the delegates. Each committee will meet in separate rooms and will be attended by members of the most of the s.eventy-four colleges and universities participating in the convention. Wiikes College is fortunate enough to have enough members to send two delegates to each committee thereby gaining the advantage of an extra vote in the committee and general sessions. E'ach school is entitled to one vote until it has placed two members in every committee, the school is then entitled to an extra vote or a total of three votes. · At 9 :00 p. m. · the committee chairmen and clerks held their meetings. During this meeting, the cliairmen and clerks received an outline of the program which wili be followed .~t the convention. T,he committee chairmen were given outlined forms of Roberts' Rules of Parliamentary Procedure to aid them in conducting the cdmmittee meetings, and the clerks were supplied with the proper tools of the trade. · Every Phase Covered The IRC . delegates to the convention will submit legislation that will affect almost every .p hase of political activity. The Taxation and Finance Committee will submit bills advocating: a · graduate income tax cale, )ligher corporation taxes and a recommendation that the proposed taxcut bill be ~pproved and put into effect. · Other memtbers·wil! advocate that . a Fair Employment Practice Act ibe enacted and ,p ut into effect. Member& of the Labor Committee -b elieve a permanent disability allowance should be allowed those workers who ·,b ecome permanently dis111bled while pursuing. an occupation. The Federal Bureau of Mines power should be incr.eased o pEj!rmit mgre freedom_ in inspectiom in order to prevent accidents. Certain sections of the Taft-Hartley Act should be revised, particularly the section which prohibits political participation of · unions. Also that If Board -should be enacted to settle difficulties in ,pending strikes. · The, proposed board would be composed of persons not directly associated with any of t~ members involved in . the dispute. The main purpose of this board would he to enable critical industries to operate while negotiations are taking place. 'T he delegates interested in the foreign affairs committee. advocate: First, an active part in the United Nations, amplified · "benevolent neutrality" towards members and friends of the 'Five Power Pact.' Some members believe that a Secret Service be .est ablished, also that the organization of the Sixteen Nations · of Western Europe should be granted relief. Tlie Foreign Affairs Committee adv.o cates direct supervision and control c,f _a ll aid to distressed countries. Civil Rights Committee advocates: an enactment of the FEP A, enforcement of the , 14th Amendment, abolition of all poll taxes and other measures which .r estrict the privilege of voting, also a parallel should be drawn between the Federal anti-lynching bills and the Federal Kidnapping Act. Military Affairs Com!J,littee advocates a system _of seleetive service ap.d a system whereby reserve training could <be established. The Education Commjttee spongsoring state subsidized higher education for teachers possessing the bii.ccalaureate degree. This education would be for a period of up to three years in the progressive colleges and universities of the 'United States. However, upon completion of the pursued courses, the teacht!rs' would return to the educational field to put into effect those . methods and practices suitable for progressive education. Delegation Votes Colonels' Queen T o B e Crowned By Letterman's President TICKET SA.LES INtDICATE LARGE TURNOUT AT SEOOND ANNUAL BA:LL By NORBERT OLSHEFSKI Tonight at the Admiral Stark Room of the Hotel Sterling, the. Lettermen's Club of Wilkes College will hold its Second Annual April · Showers Ball. This will be the second ball to be held by the Letter-man's G1ub at which ~ Wilkes Coed will be chosen the Oolonels' Queen. ,. Ticket sales have indicated that there will be a huge turnout for tonight's aff~ir which will be one of the highlights of the current semester. President of the club, Jack Josephs, has announced that the committees, which have ibeen hard at work for the past five weeks, have completed their assignments and that a gala affair will be conducted tonight. The "NO CORSAGE" rule has caught the fancy of the Wilkes males who have long ·awaited sqmething of this sort. It frees them from financial problem which puts quite a dent in a $65 check at the end of the month. Jack Feeney and Henry Collins, Co-chairmen of the . affair, have announced that there will ,be plenty of flowers on hand to dress up the ,g owns of the Wilkes lovelies who attend. Jack Melton's orchestra, one of the oldest musical ·aggregations in the valley;- will provide the music for tonight's affair. Jack has played for many of the Wilkes dances, inclu«ing the April .Showers Ball of last year. Featured with Melto.n will be · Theresa Lane, vocalist. In a close vote, the delegatE\S defeated measures designed to support Universal Military Training and Selective Service. They did feel, however, that the sixteen nations of Western Europe should be granted relief. ·On labor, they voted to revise the Taft-Hartley law. Stressed for revision was the clause prohibiting politlcal participation of unions. Other legislation presented was app-r oved. . Committee members despite the vote, will be free to present their platforms as they have drawn them up. 'T he delegation voted at its final . meeting ,b efore leaving for the Assembly Must Approve conference to support measures · If .a ny of the legislation is suecalling for complete support of the cessful in the committees, the proUnited Nations and its original posed legislation will then be put ptJrposes, ~bus . refutip.g any at- on the calendar- and presented at tel1).,p t to join the -p roposed "five the general session for approval power pact" or 0. S. S. . ~continued on page 2) , Melton's music w)lich is slow and smooth, will add to the enjoyment of the evening. 1 The program' fo_r the evening will be roughly tMs: At nine o'cl-ock, dancing will start in the Admiral Stark Room. During the dancing portion of the night, Joe Danilowicz and his, committee will roam around the room and search out the Queen of the Wilkes Lettermen. She will have · to possess-native beauty, poise, and personality. About mid-way through the. evening, the crowning of the Queen by President of the Club, Jack Josephs will take place. The Queen will wear a crown of flowers in the school colors. ' She will he presented with a dozen red roses, and a valuable gift pur-' chased from on~ of the leading jewelry stores of Wilkes-Barre. After the crowning of the Queen, dancing ' will continue until one o'clook. Dominic Yancliunis, BEACON photographer, will he on hand to photograph couples who would -like to have pictures as souvenirs. Mr. Yanchunis will also take pictur~ for publication in next week's BEAObN. . . Joe Savitz, chairman of the ticket committee, has announced that tickets will be on sale at the door for those who haven't purchased them from members of the Lettermen's Club or at the bookstore. Following is a list of the committee member,g who arE/ responsible for tonight's dance: Joe Savitz, Joe Danilowicz, J oh:n Glowacki, Joe Swartwood, Danny Norman, Kenneth Widdall, George Lewis, John Moss, Bill Davenport, Sam Elias, Edward Burtsavage, Don Casey, Jack Reese, Henry Supinski, Lewis Jones, Gerard Washko, Jack Vale, Walter Hendershot, Henry Heineman, John Florkiewic:z, Francis Pinkowski, Norbert Olshefski, Bill Johns, Robert Mikulewicz, Thomas Teresinski, Melvin :J3arry, Paul Thomas, Jack Kloeber, Bill Harv~y, Marion Smith, Clayton Ka'reni:belas and Gerald Munzing. · · ·· .. �2 W:ILKES COLLEGE BEACON Henry W. Anderson Editor-in-'Chief Business Manager Sports Editor Joseph Purcell Thomas J. Moran Features Editor Robert T. Mikulewicz News Editor Norbert S. Olshefski Ciub News Editor Vincent Macri Circulation Manager Frank Eiwaz Photographers Thomas J . Mor3;n, Dom Yanchunas Features Staff ' Ted Wolfe, Reese E'. Pelton, Edward J. Wasilewski, Garfield Davis, Don Lennon · 'News Staff ,Russell Williams, Robert Miller, Eugene Maylock, Margot Golin, Geol"ge Brody, Reed Lowery, Alma Fanucci, Naomi Gould, Gene Bradley ,. INTEILECTUAL HONESTY Intellectual honesty is more than a 'righteous' term. It is a way .of life. Honesty itself is a word symbolic of cha;acter fairness and justil!e (freedom from fraud claims Webster). Inteliectual h~nesty takes on additional meaning, placing a greater responsibility on the ,b earer, for chances are that more responsilbilities will be placed upon him by society when he finishes college. He will have to he able to handle them. ' Intellectual honesty is so important that without it a student loses his identity as a .s tudent to himself and to others. A student who cheats is one either unaware of his sociai and moral respons~bilities or . worse unwilling to accept these res,ponstbilities. At a time of world degeneration there is an increasing demand for men ·and women of ilbility.. (For· a philosophical view of the subject see Ed Wasilewski's ''Intellectual Dishonesty"). A pamphlet generally issued to freshmen puts it this way, "Would you want a doctor who cheated his way through medical school to operate on you?" It'•s trite as the devil we'll admit, but who could honestly answer the question affirmatively. The safest and best way to security, success, and even happiness . is through honesty. From the results of one's own work a student at least receives satisfaction, from someone else's nothing more· than a bad conscience. Now if one feel,s it impractical to be honest, he should remember that the college considers it both moral and pratical matter. Consequently it intends to have honesty. There i-s only one -a lternative (if he doesn't get caught and thrown out first)-an honor sy-s tem. L Such a .sy,stem is not satisfactory either, for it demands of a student the responsibility of reporting another student who is dishonest. \ Naturally this is a duty many people do not wish to assume. In the first place, it is often embarrassing. · In the last place, many feel it none of their business to prevent someone else from hurting him.B'elf. Whether or not these feelings are justified is really not important. Important is the fact that it might not work. The only answer is intellectual honesty. .ON INTELLECTUAL HONESTY By EDWARD J. WASJ.iLEWSKI Honesty is a versatile word. It is one of those terms that c~n be bent, twisted, or press~ into any shape to meet almost any par<ticular situation. And it usually is! Now each individual human •b eing is an egocentric character who interprets all world phenomena in light of his own needs, . wants, and desir-es. That i-s all well and good-within G!ertain limitations: Selfassertion and disapproval of existing forms of life have been the misgiving's of all the progress of mankind: for better or for wol"se. But these tremendous powers conjured up by the deep~seated inner urges and motives of the individual have been increasingly curbed, modified, and turned into socially approved channel-s as civilized society advanced with faltering step toward community life. Each individual within the group had to conform to a more and more effective code of behavior and attitudes, which had as its objectives the welfare of the group as a whole. Everyone was prescribed certain riglhts which he could freely enjoy . . . and duties which ,h e was socially and morally bound to perform. There is no one among us who would prefer to live outside of a group. A simple inventory of human needs and their satisfaction would convince the most skeptical in our midst of the greater social values o fg,r oup existence. To enjoy these privileges is one thing; to discharge our duties and obli,g ations is another ... There are tw:o sides of the same coin. One , cannot exist without the other. The concern of society is that its citizens carry out these obligations with the least amount of compulsion. Toward that end we find the church a,s the Keystone in the s tructure of man's relations to his fellow man. The moral principles as espoused by the Church are the mortar that hold fast the briciks of society. To reenforce tMs pervading influence, the group has introduced social sanctions, which approve of the good and virtuous in man, and denounce his wickedness. Finally to cope with. the few who -a re too strongly inclined toward wrongdoing-thexre is the power of the law-which protects those who aibide ,b y it and punishes those who would take it upon themselves to transgres.s. One of these universal laws is honesty. The reasons 1b ehind it .are Friday, April 9, 1948 well known to al:J.i for one of the keenest satisfactions in life is the DELEGAT~S (;0 TO STATE p~sitive results we obtain by our own honest, creative efforts. · We are ICG CONFERENCE all familiar with the thrill of getting a good •mark for a good paper -if it is a ,p roduct of our own imagination and energy. Otherwise it is as ashes in our mouth: (continued from .p age 1) Notwithst anding these ,b enefits of honesty, and despite the strict- by the entire. body. The general est enforcement, dishonesty is quite prevalent in our s ociety. It costs session will take .p lace tomorrow. Several -p rominent political leadthe nation untold billions in uncollected taxes, losses in production, and ers will be on hand to address the the .g eneral slowing down of all our social machinery. · group. Both political parties will But here we are concerned with intellectual dishonesty--common- send speakers to state their ly known a-s cheating, cribbing , or getting term papers second hand. ·parties' views, and this year, a What a price some _people pay for temporary gain or advantage! member of the third party has been The peculiar thing about di,shonesty is its cumulative nature. Little asked to speak before 'the group. fiibs lead to 'big lies ; appropriation of little articles leads to ultimate The convention will be in the genburglary; and so it g,oes-till the culprit comes to grief at the hands eral session for the entir~ day. of the law. During the evening hours, the ,Anyway, there is not much logic in .p retending greater· capadty convention members will take time and albility than we have been endowed with. Such pr, etense brings to relax from their political duties · to attend a dance in the Bellevueeven greater responsibilities and leads to inevitable and painful ex- Stratford Ballroom. Music will be , pose. The fear and agony of attending such a situation is nerve supplied for the occasion b'y one wracl,cing, oftentimes produdng dangerous consequences. Mostly, it . of the name bands. Usually the is simply a case of overweening amibition superseding better judgment. Executive Committee keeps the In the end, such people discover they have cheated no one hut them- name of the ,b and a secret until selves. the night of the dance. Intellectual dishonesty ends in intellectual bankruptcy. On Sunday the General. Session will reconvene to finish all affairs that have not been . attended 'I -+ to. During the aftern.oon, the Executive Committee will meet with its recommendations for the next convention. I l--·-·-·-·-··-··-·-·-·--··--··-·--·-·-··-·--··-·-•-+ II II II II N II II II N II · - - - - - - - - - - - - - - · -..- · - · - - - -.. Student Government At 5:10 Wednesday evening the lounge in Chase Hall was cleared of loafing students, and members of the Student Council filed in to begin a very dull session of p-r o's, con's, question and debate. ScriHe Mitzi Purcell called roll and announced that there were just enough (9) present for a quorum. She then read the minutes of the previous meeting, revealing that the idea of installing radios was dropped on the advice of the Ad.m inistration, and that Dean George Ralston was investigating a matter concerning the high ·prices whic-h the Cafeteria charges for food. After Paul Thomas· made a few corrections in the reading of the minutes, they were cordially accepted . Appropriations Committee Chairman George Brody was asked to give a report of that ,body, which he unhesitatingly proceeded to do. The IRG budget for $38, their estimated expenses for the remainder o.f the semester, was acted on and promptly pa,ssed. Then the college Band •request for ~245· equipment ,disbursement was .brought to the floor for d~uss-ion, and there arose the question of whether Band funds were tli,e problem of the Athletic Council or the Student Council. It was · explained by .Mr. Tem-pleton that Dean Ralston had only acted in an emergency when he equipped the Band before relinquishing the job to Mr. Gobleigh. With no one dissenting, the budget was passed. Next on the agenda was a Spanish Glub request for $35 fot future activities, Before being passed, however, Mr. Callahan raised the Olbjection that two, years ago it wa,s the practice of the Council to grant $2.0 in a case like that instead. of $315, · but Mr. Templeton . explained that since then, grants of more th'a n that amount had become a matter of precedence. The Spanish Cluh will get the money. About this time, one of the kids playing iball on the dike hit a triple, bu.t was thrown out trying to steal home. The hub--bub of South River ,Street traffic nearly drowned out the next issue, but through it all the Council decided that, because of an irregularity in form, the Beta Gama Chi's !budget for $815 (for teas, coke parties, and the like) would ibe held up until Miss Harker was notified. The Pre~ed's budget for $43.5-0 for films, speakers, etc. was also passed in a hurry . The Council then courteously granted the BEAOON funds amounting to $2171 for printing_and engraving costs, film, flash bulbs, and a few other items. Mr. Brody explained that the high sum was 'due to the many events taking place on the campus which had to be reported, and also to the students' demand for a bigger paper. The Council' then acted as a committee-of-the-whole on the Psychology Club's request for $117.99. While this was taking place; Wilkes President, Dr: Eugene Farley, appeared in the door of the lounge and :woke up a spectator who was asleep on the couch in the south end of the lounge, explaining that sleeping in the lounge is prohibited. The fellow took the hint and pTOmptly awoke. The Council finished their discussion, went ,b ack into session, and the spectator fell asleep once more. Council accepted the action of the committee and the budget· wasn't passed. Then Paul Thomas gave the. treasurer's report, announcing that there approximately $4985 surplus. Becaµse of Social Committee Chairman Jack Feeney's absence, expenditures for the remainder of the semester could not be ascertained. It was estimated, however, that a .g reat deal of expense was as yet to be incurred (including at least $2000 for the Cinderella Ball, and $500 for the senior pa:rty.) In the words of .Mr. Templeton, "The pot of gold -i s ,b eginning to run dry}' The difficulty of getting enough Council members to attend the meetings to constitute a quorum incited Mr. Templeton to suggest meeting on a different day and hour. ''Five o'clock ,is an odd hour", he ,s aid, "and consequently, some of our d-0rm members are obliged to miss supper at the Cafeteria in favor of attending the meetings." It was then agreed to hold the next meeting Monday at 7 o'clock. A suggestion then arose that the Council grant a sum of money to the new gymnasium fund, but was deftly tossed aside. The most interesting result of this was the announcement that the Lettermen's Club did not, as was supposed, donate $720 to the gym. Rather, this money is a part of the ·C ouncil's surplus. A proposal to hold Council elections in April instead of the fall was quickly 1b atted down and declared that such an action would be unconstitutional. The best suggestion of the evening was the one that called for adjournment, with which everyone unanimously .agreed. It should be added that the absence of Mr. Feeney, Mr. Garey, and Mr. Boyle was very noticeable, and the Council (not to mention excitement-lovers) are earnestly praying for their attendance at next week's meeting. THE . . BOSTON STORE Men's Shop has everything for the college man's needs. from ties to .suits. FOWLER, DICK AND WALKER FOR YOUR HIT TUNES LAZARUS RECORD CENTER All The Newest Popular Recordings By Your Favorite Artists LAZARAS LOWER FLOOR was VIS~Sft01' ~ FOR SMART COLLEGE CWTHES THE~HUB . . . . ~ a.1191s1o ■ ITZ• ■■ os. So. Main St., Wilkes-Barre �Friday, Alpril 9, 194,8 3 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Beacon To Award Oscars To Thespian Players ·Ticket Sales .Indicate Large ' Turnout At ·Play In Passing By Robert Mikulewic:i "PIHILADE'IPHIA STORY", "ANTIGONE", "YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU" TO FIGURE SEVERAL MERCHANTS VOLUNTEER SERVICES By J,?EED LOWREY Achievement Plaques To Be Given Five Thespians For ·outstanding Work In Year's Major Productions A TELESCOPE TO WATCH CAESAR By ROBERT MIKULEWIGZ THE IDES OF MARCH by Thornton Wilder, Harper and Bros., Beacon .F eatures Editor Advanced ticket sales indicate N. Y., 1948. that The Philadelphia Story, schedNow is the .time for all Thespians to look to their acting. uled for production April .1,5 and THE !DE'S OF MARCH is the tale of ··t he last days of Julius , Hollywood ha._s its Academy Award Dinner; baseball has its Hall 16, will play to the lar.gest audi- Caesar . . Caesar ,the dictator, the commander, the emperor, the ~usof Fame; football has its All-Americans and the Wilkes Athletes ence ever to attend a Wilkes Col- band-and above all Caesar the man. In this book he appears as he had · their Athletic Award Dinner; now the Thespians finally come appeared to himself, his soldiers, his family, his friends, and ;his into their own with a miniature Academy Award •P arty to bj sponlege performance. · Alfred Groh, director of the Thes- enemies. sored by the Wilkes Beacon. The st@ry is told through a series of imaginary documents and pians reports that the cast of The The party will be 'an annual Philadelphia Story. The judging committee will be Philadelphia Story are hard at work letters, cleverly written so as to reveal the character of their authors. event to be held sometime in May There are letters from Cleopatra to Caesar that tell of a planned trip or following the final major Thes- Editor of Wilkes Beacon; Mr. Robas rehearsals go into their final to Rome and .notes •b etween them after her arrival. There are Caesar's ert Mikule)Vicz, Feaitures Eo.itor of stages this last week before the edicts-among them one aboli,shing the state religion-but he destroyed pian presentation for the year. Five Awards ..;omposed of Mr. Henry Anderson,. play i.s released. The Thespian~ it shortly after writing it. There are the poems and letters of Catullus The awards to be presented will Wilkes Beacon; Robert, Miller, will endeavor to adhere to the pre- the poet, revered by Caesar yet reviling him who lauded Clodis Pulcher, be for th~ best actress, best actor, Beacon Reporter. · Faculty consultants will be Mrs. sentation of Philip Barry's smash one of the wildest women of Rome. There are the "Broadsides" auth- best female supporting a.etress, hit as closely as when it was ored iby the Council of Twenty, who plotted Caesar's assassination. best male supporting actor and an Gertrude M. Williams, instructor of originally . produced on Broadway Through these letters moves Caesar, feared, envied and loved by the award to the person behind the English and Journalism and Mr_ scenes who did the best job in 'Edward Williams, instructor of by the Theatre Guild. In keeping Romans. making the performance possible. · English. The •p attern of the book is· different. It is as different for a novel with this fidelity, Marilyn Broadt, Any person who is no longer a The Annual Award Party will • who will play the role of .Tracy as Mr. Wilders' "Our Town" was for a play. This volume is divided student of Wilkes College because give the Thespians something Lord in which Katherine Hep- into four books. 'Ea.eh book of documents is presented in chronological of transfer or graduation, but w'ho more to look fo•r ward to other than burn originally starred, has haq order, yet every book covers approximately the same time. Book One .took part in the Thespian presenher hair dyed red for the part. covers the month of September, 45 B. C. Book Two covers the period tations to be judged, will be con- applause and self ,satisfaction. The The plot of the play itself re- between August 17 and ·October 28. Book Three begins on AugU1St 9 sidered for an award and the entire Thespian organization will volves around the doings of an old and continues .t o December 13, The first letter in Book Four is dated award made if the j_u dges so de- attend the Award Party. Philade1phia 'Main Line" family, August 8, while the last is dated March l&-the Ides of March. Book cide. Details , as to time, place and the Lords, whose daughter Tracy One, though it covers- the shortest period of time, is the longest. The plays that will be under type .of award to •be ,presented at is preparing to embark on a career consideration in this first judging the party will ,b e woJ:11,{ed out by the of·, matrimony for the second time. Books Two, Thl'ee, and Four diminish in size while they grow in l;cope. will be, You Can't Take It With Beacon Staff as a committee of a As different as is. the presentation of ,this novel, tlhe characteristic The situation provides · plenty of Y ~u., Antigone and the forthcoming whole. ' laug,hs when two inquiring report- which . most distinguishes it is its literary quality. Thornton Wilder, 1ers .from a magazine, thinly dis- with wisdom and imagin!!ition has recr,eated an important historical ' guised as "De~tiny", invade - the figure. He provides a telescope through time that enables us to watch Lord home while covering a story Caesar a.nd his wor]d at work. , J ' on the "tipper ·crust" of Philadel• • • phia's social world. In hopes of CRY HAVOC! 'd iverting attention from his father, Cry Havoc, ye Heralds of Hate! whose . philanderings with a New York chorus girl would provide Hark not to call of the sane, plenty of scandal if publicised, the Lash out and destroy all the efforts of peace, .s on Alexander plies both reporters . Be masters, ye converts of Cain. with champagne. Champagne, beSPANISH MUSIC ON BILL ing Tracy's undoing, causes her to Cry Havoc, ye Heralds of Hate! 1 cast inhibition to the winds and Stamp out from men's minds the word· love, go for a midnight swim' with Nor tremble, but _insulate well your small minds By VINCE MACRI Macaulay Connor :the male newsI From fear from the Power above. hound.' Tracy's conventionally hide-, Beacon Club News Editor bound fiance is thoroughly s,hockFinal plans f·or the Spanish Club celebration of Pan ½merican Cry Havoc, ye Heralds of . Hate! ed by her condµct and ,d eparts in Day, Wednesday, April 14, have been announced by Lester Gross, Build up your clay gods upon lust a 'huff. The ensuing melee involvpresident of the club. The program is scheduled to get underway at ing Tracy, her former husband, For powers that lasts only long as the clay, 8:00 P. M. in the Chase Theatre. It will consist of Spanish music, her fiance, and the magazi~e reThen watch while ,t hey cruml:tle to dust. porter, makes the play well worth dances, and songs, and the speaker of the evening will be Mr. John M; • • the price of admission. "In Passing" has received its first contribution from one of. the Snook, Traffic Supervisor of the Pan American Airways System. .MEROHANTS OFFER SERVICES most faithful re!i.ders o~ this Kol-yum and here 'tis . speech, a Pan American film Good Will Emissaries Several of Wyoming · Valley's · PIGEONS An the c-0untries of North, Gen- be shown. leading merchants have volunteerThe second part of the program: Fait old pigeons on the graiss, alas! tral and South America hold celeed costumes, furniture, and accesIf thel{'d just stay on the g,rass, alas! . brations on this day in honor of will consist of one tl).ing - resories. Zimmerman's Apparel But, oh no, they must' fly o'er a lass the Pan American Union which, freshments! Sp.op is supplying gowns fot the 'dots, alas! ' they feel, has done so much in N h ow my at has polka Feature Spanish Numbers wedding scene, the Paris is outpromoting good will among the The third section will feature Thank you, Mrs. Mikulewicz. That proves that the readers of "In countries of the Americas in the fitting the women in the latest sut_nmer fashions. The Hub is pro- Passing" are in. the plural •b racket, oh, happy day. Remember, if you development of the countries of Spanish music, dances, and songs, viding clothes for the men:. Kur- can't -g et it printed, anywhere else ·s end it in to us--maybe we won't South America. The Pan American with the students of Wilkes Collancheek's is furnishing the stage, print it either. · ' · Union has received- credit for pre- lege providing the talent. David the Collateral Loan Association is , In Pas•sing ,t he Chase Hall Bulletin Board, I noticed that the venting wars, settling border dis- Jones will play a piano solo. donating accessories, and the Em- Thespians have decided to pass out one free ducket per pupil for their putes and promoting peace among Stephen W anclisson will demonpire •B eauty Salon is creating the presentation of "Philadelphia Story" and with $1580. (that means b~cks the nations of t~e· western hemis- strate how to play the guitar and women's hair styles. dollars,) granted to the Thespians by the Student Council how come phere, thus proVIng that peace and the harmonica at the same time. Tickets are ,b eing distributed to just one ticket? Tsk! Tsk! Such inflation, ,such stingy out;ut, oh such friend~hip are possi-bl: among the Pablo Diaz, accompanied by Norstudents in Ohase Lounge every a such! man Baum, will play the marac:!as. , countries of one continent. afternoon from two to five. ExThe maracas selection will be folIf the attendance at ,t he past performances was not up to expecta~r. Sno?k, who will co~e from lowed by a group of ~panish dancchange tickets are on sale at Tuck's Drug Store and the Wide- tions, the actions taken by the Thespians will certainly knock down ~h1lad~lphia to a~d~ess the clu?, ers, and the program will ,b e conA wake Shop. All esats are reserved. what was already down. HOW DO YOU EXiPECT ME 'DO TAKE hved m the Domm1can Repub~\c cluded with the singing of Mexicali MY WIFE, ,'PAY? WI'NI WOT? !or t:"'o and on?, half years. While Rose, and La' Cucaracha •b y the · m Cmdad Tru:J11lo, he attended audience.classes at the UIJ,iversity of Santo The committee arranging the Domingo. He then travelled exThe Forum has been instituted tensively through the ,Caribbean affair are: ' There is No for the purpose of centralizing and> and Latin ·America, visiting twenHouse: N-0rman Hart, John Substitute For distributing information .. relative ty-tw-0 Latin American Republics. Hainse, Kenneth Widdal, and to the study of law; it will be used He .s pent some time in Peru and Charles Collins. as a means of familiarizing its at the Inca ,Ruins in Cuzco. In his Decorations: Keith Rasmussen, The first Qrganizational meeting members with the qualifications travels he also visited the Aztec John Kotis, and ~e Weis-berger. of the Barristers' Forum, Wilkes demanded by law schools and with Ruins in the Yucatan Peninsula. Refreshments: Virginia Me'issCollege's pre-.Iaw group, will be acquainting the members with ner, Virginia Bolen, •Dorothy WilThree Parts To Program held on Monday, April 12, at 3:00 courtroom procedure by sitting in The program for the evening kes, Joyce Nobel, George Ermel, P. 'M. in the office of Mr. Hugo V. at current cases at the County has been divided into three parts. Stanley Andricyk, and George Jeweier Mailey in the Veterans Guidance Courthouse. The first ,p art will consist of the Lewis. Center, 154 S. River Street. Mr. All students interested in law or singing of AMERICA by the audiProgram: Lester Gross, · Vince Mailey and Attorney John H. Hib- anticipating the pursuance of the ence, to open the show. .This will Macri, Stanley Andricyk, Alberta 63 South Mai1.1 Street bard are the advisors' of the fQr- study of law are welcome to enter be followed ,by Mr. Srlook's ad- Mur!!,wski. · the groqp. um. dress. At the conclusi@n of the Artist: Lenora Lynches. ' SPANISH CLUB TO CELEBRATE PAN AMERICAN DAY APRIL 14; • JOHN M. SNOOI( • ro SPEAI( • will QUALITY FRANK CLARK BARRISTERS WILL MEET MONDAY AT 3· �4 Friday, Apri.l ~. 1948 WILKES COLLEGE BE~CON N·OTES ON NOTES by REESE PELTON EDMAN & OTHERS LEAVE DORSEY; NEW BAND BEING FORMED Tommy Dorsey, now vacationing in Los Angeles, recently made the announcement that his group's personnel would .b e changed con. siderably when the orchestra resumes engagements in early April. Among ithe men who will NOT rejoin Dmisey are Ziggy Elman, the ever--dependaible trumpet star. He will stay in California. Also missing will be the Town-Criers, vocaI group featuring Go_rdon Polk, Charlie -Sib.avers, noted colored trumpeter is al..so considering resigning from the lband. His contract with T. D. e:icpired last month. Stuart Foster, male -singer, is already out of the !band, and hais no plans about returning. Despite these handicaps, rumors have it that Dorsey is building another grade "A" orchestra. He will open with a one-nighter in Atlanta on April 5, then follow with a week at ,t he Fox Theatre of that city. From here on it',s a series of one-nighters until the band plays the Surf Cl,u.b in Virginia Beach, opening on May 28. Only time will show what merits tqe new T. D. outfit has. ECONOMICS CLUB TO VISIT IBM FACTORY APRIL 23 I Plans for a trip to ,t he International Business Ma~hine factory at Binghamton, New York, Friday, April 23, were formulated at the last meeting of the Economics Club, it was announced by Frank Wheeler, secretary of the club. · All those who desire to make this trip are urged to attend the next officially called meeting of ·the clurb so that plans can be made to determine the number of students going. John Bellas was recently elected to fill the post of Vice President. The following new members were taken into the club: Gerard Finn, Walter. Haczewski, Leonard Cyajkows,ki, Harry Scott, and John Clansek. 201 Educational Psychology , Most tudents probably know Jack Meton as a •b andleader.. But .how Engineering100 Engineering Problems many of you readers know Jack, the teacher? The angle is this. Jack 101 Engineering Drawing and had always taught trumpet lessons to a limited number of students, Geoni,.etry but finally an idea struck him! Why not have a special coume in the Geometry intracacies of playing .styli-zed dance music? Being a · man of action, 104 Engineering Drawing and Jack soon !began to apply his brainstorm. Result - Jack'J:iais a crowded Englishsched:u le of pupils. who are learning the '"hows" of the dance band using 101 Composition regulM orchestrations as texts. Wyoming Valley can look forward to 102 Creative Writing 103 World Literature some rbetter Jtrumpet men who hav~ specialized in the ins and outs of 104 World .Literature their profession. For proof of the progress spend an afternoon at 131 Fundamentals of Speech Charle, 'N Mary's. . 133 Oral Interpretation · ,201 Advanced Exposition WHY NOT BETTER MUSICALS FROM HOLLYWOOD? 262 18th Century Literature The bugaiboo of failing ibox~ffice :receipts, foreign taxes, etc., has 274 Victorian Prose forced the movie mogu1s to turn to musica1s as sure-fire hits. This tra- French,ditional type of movie has given rise to a series of trumped-up plots, 101 · Elementary French :sometimes with ,good music as a partner, but more than usual, with 102 Elementary French :some grade " 1F" trash. Despite the critics, Hollywood, however, has 103 Intermediate French :pevsisted in plac;ing ahead of quality and are turning musicals out at a , 104 Intermediate French terrific rate. Ten musicals are now on the production stages. Musicals Germanare fine, but a little more ti~e spent on finished productions with good 101 Elementary German plots and good musical arrangements instead of mass productioiis of a 102 • Elementary German 103 Intermediate German fantastic nature with slim threads of realistic dialogue-would result in 104 Intermed,jate German production of musicals worthy of the ballyhoo which accompanies their History- , press a<lvertisements. 100 History of Western IN BRIEF - T. Dorsey seems to be a runner-up for Tommy Ma,nCivilization ville. He just ,t ook his third woman to the altar. · - Doug MacNeal, who 107 History of the U. S. handles the percussion for the college band wais .s tumped at the last 108 History of the U. S. rehea11sal when the music · called for a tambourine and none was avail231 Hispanic American History able at the moment. - Duke Ellington is .slated to furnish music for 256 Recent European History the seconii consecutive year at Bucknell University's senior prom. 304. History of-Foreign Policy George Maiisel, pianist with Billy Mann's Ork, tells us that the band is of the U. S. packing them in every Friday and Saturday at La Casa Chib, Harvey's Math ematics101 Algebra Review Lake. ----, Since Barkley Allan, who made the notable recording of 107 College Algebra Ritual Fire Dance,among others, lef,t him to form his own band, Freddy 109 Plane Trigonometry Mar.tin has added two pianos to his ork. Looks like competition for 115 Commercial Algebra Lom'bardos famous "88" team. - The "Cqllegians", college orchestra, 116 Introduction to Statistics have just completed arrangements for a series of spring proms that 202 Analytic Geometry will take them from Tunkhannock to West Side •P ark, Berwick. The 205 Differential Calculus band is now reorganizing, having disbanded early in March. Among 206 lhtegral Calculus ,new addiitions to the orchestra is George Fry, who will take the male 208 History of Mathematics vocals, an<l a new vocal trio which will be featured. - '"Question of the :210 Theory of Equations and Determinants day" - Who will play at the Cinderella Ball and what date is it 215 Mathematics of Finance scheduled for( A release answering this question will appear soon in and Investment the BEACON. and Investment (Can be counted toward Economics maj·o r) 310 Differential Equations Mechanical Engineering205 Elements of Mechanism 2·09 Engineering Mechanics Philosophy100 Introduction 302 Physical Chemistry Mr. He11bert Morris, Registrar, Physical Sciencehas announced that the following 325 Qualitative Organic 100 Physical Science Analysis courses will ·b e offered during the Phy11icssummer semester. This is the first 329 Advanced Organic Chem. 20l General Physics ttme in the history of Wilkes Col- Civil Engineering202 General Physics lege that there will be a twelve Political Science103 Surveying week semester. Starting on ·June 103 Government in the U. S. 214 Route Surveying 17, the semester will run until Sep- Economics106 Municipal Government tember 10. 112 Pennsylvania tltate 101 Business Education and Government Gui<lance Course-Psychology103 Principles of Economics Biological Science-- • 100 General P.sychology 104 Economic Problems 100 Biological Survey 201 Industrial . Psychology 105 P.rinciples o.f Accounting 204 Advanced Experimental 106 P.rinciples of Accounting BiologyPsychology 100 Hygiene 116 Business Correspondence 207 Child :P sychology 121 Banking and Finance 102 Zoology Religion201 Corporation Accounting 104 General Botany 100 History of Religions 207 Bacteriology 202 Advanced Accounting Sociology208 Bacteriology 207 Transportation "' 100 Introduction to the Study 225 General Entomology 209 Business Law of Society 210 Business Law Chemistry107 The Modern City 213 Credits and Collections 101 General lnor.ganic Chem. 110 Social Disorganization 231 Business Law 102 General Inorganic Chem. Spanish232 Busines,s Law 115. Qualitative Inorganic 101 E,1ementary Spanish 303 Cost Accounting Analysis Hll2 Elementary ,Spanish 308 Insurance (Life) 203 Quantitative Inorganic 103 Intermediate Spanish 324 Advanced Economics Analysis 104 Intermediate Spanish Education,- · 209 Organic Chemistry 204 Spanish Conversation 101 Introduction to the Study 227 Advanced Q1µ1,ntitative 206 19th Century Novel of Education Analysis MELTON TEACHES DANCE TRUMPET 1 WILl(ES SUMMER COlJRSES RELEASED BY REGISTRAR CAMPUS Hl<iHuGHTs . J· by Ted Wolfe . . ~Y !"Mother, where's Toni Home Pemnanent Set ?II · asked little Mary. "I've got to set my hair for the April Showers Ball tonight." ~•rm sorry, dear, but I think · your brother borrowed it", replied her mother. "He's going, ,t oo." '~Oh darn!" ~id little Mary, "now I'll never be chosen Queen." "Well I understand they're going to give each girl a corsage a,s she enters the door", answered her mother. "Just pin the flowers in your hair and it'll look just as nice." "Mother!" replied little Mary, horrified, "you've never ,s een the kind of corsages they give, have · you? Well never mind, I'll make the best of it. By the way, can you advance me two dollars on my next week's allowance? Bill and I are ,g oing Dutch treat this weekend." 1 "Mary", said h·e r mother, "what do you need two 'dollars for? How much do you expect to spend?" "Well" 1 said little Mary, "there',s ·$'2.50 for the d ance tonight, not to' mention .money for going out after the dance. And there's ga,s to pay for, and if Bill can't get the car, there's taxi fare. Then tomorrow ni·g ht is the ,P olish Club's dance and that's $1.50 plus/' · "But must you go .to :\)oth affairs, dear?" asked her mother. "It sounds ,so expensive, and we aren't millionaires you know." "I know", answered little Mary, "but we have friends in the Lettermen's Club and in the Polish Club. l£ we go to one and not to the other we're ,b ound to · make some enemies." "Yes I see" said her mother. "Oh well, a,i,,k your father." ''Th~~k you: mother", said little Mary, gleefully. 0 • • • • Newest Pelton v-o calist George ·F ry could have a;ppeared at the sport dance last Saturday night unrehearsed. Pelton's brass was so loud and the St. Stephen's accoustics so poor that Fry sang unheard. The few students who were there had a lot of fun dancing, tho~g:h. • • * * 'While Council member Marita Sheridan was doing the town the other night with Marty Blake, l~al pugilistic promoter, she tore her Sunday-go-to~meetin' nylons. .Monday morning Blake presented her with a brand new pair, and explained to inquisitive O'Illookers, "What could I do, it's a matter of morals." * * * * Norb Olshefski, acting BEAOON ·editor for the past three issues, asserts that perhaps the movie "Miracle of the BelLs" will give his home town -o f Glen Ly.on a spot on the map. A •Silot, or a blot? * * * * Funniest remark of the week was heard when one student, evidently misunde~standing ·the situation, proclaimed after reading that a psychiatrist addressed the Sociology CIUJb, "I wonder when he'll get to. the Student Council?" * * * * It's been rumored that Guy Lombardo will play for the Cinderella Ball instead of Art Mooney. If the p~ople responsible c'an change their minds a' few more times before the affair takes place, they might finally arrive at a favorable decision. Some 1ocal music connoisseurs have described. the music of the above mentioned orchestras as 'out of this world', but unfortunately it isn't. If one of these ,two aggregations is hired, it may cause many people to leave school. Many students have ju,st finished facing one grim experienc e, and to face another one ·s uch as this would be too much. The human body can stand just so much torture, and then something is bound to happen. It will be interesting to see the reaction. * * * * Reportedly, the Cafeteria will i,nstall a juke~box in the first floor of that building. ·" Now", exclaimed ·one student, "I, won't mind getting indigestion." * * * * With the new parking-lots, the College will proba,bly expenence a fall in health ·s tandards. Car-owners will mis•s their daily · exercise runni,ng ,b ack and forth between classes and vehicles erasing chalk marks fr.om their tires. The patrolman will be disappointed, too. He seemed to enjoy his work. * * * * The Thespans'· ,p roduction '11HE :PHILADELPIHIA sroRY will not be an account .of the · ICG conference, as some people have mistakenly believed. · The play is a story of the upper crust of Philly's social life and ,h as nothing to do .with ,poHtics. __ . ___, the BEACON office shifts into high gear to meet the demands of 1176 students ___ _ � 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 Wilkes Beacon 1948 April 9th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1948 April 9 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 Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/cdd3b2b4f0e92ad2f1370648d1a92461.pdf 57618688641754f3d530243482796afd PDF Text Text ceived bis biggest response when he stated that the Republicans were responsible for the paBSage of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments. The Rev. Mr. Jackson talking of racial discriminatiotl8 resulting from the policies of both parties and of the intentions of his party Heated con'traversies among delegates of 54 Pennsylvania Colleges to eliminate these discrimnations and Umiversities over United States domestic and foreign policy mat- if elected, finished under a thunters reached fever pitch at the four day JOG model political convention derous round of applause. attended by 25 Wilkes College delegates in Philadelphia on ·April 9. The convention, which is carried on in the same manner as is congress for the purpose of giving college ,s tudents experience in the functions of govern;ment, was highlighted by spirited discussions and hammering speeches. delivered by prominent members of the · two major parties. Three Parties Heard Bapti,st Minister and Progressive On opening da y, following a wel- Party representative, . remarked coming address by Senator Francis briefly and humbly of the incomB. Myers (Dem. Pa.), delegates petency of the both parties. Repheard Rep. A . J. Forand, (Dem. resentative Forand played heavily R. I.) and Representative Robert on the idea that ris party believes Scott (Rep. Pa.) throw political in the dignity of man while the Remud at each •other's party, while publicans "believe in the benefit of Reverend Henry Jackson, Negro classes". Representative · Scott re- Heated Debate Highlights ICG's Model Political Convention , Attended By 54 Penna. Colleges Only The Beginning clerk of the rules committee. But that was only the beginning. Swing Into Action Following the speeches the deleWith formalities over the future gates elected their own officers. As politicos swung into action on their chairman of the convention they respective committees. After ten elected dignified, baritoned voiced hours of lively debate in the comRussell Shelton, Negro student . mittees the planks were ready for from the University of Pittsburgh. the floor. The wrangling in the Marywood's Phyllis De Groot was committees was nothing to that on named chief clerk of the rules com- the floor. Using blocs and proceedmittee. ure to their advantage delegates Wilkes representative Charles pushed through a number of Hailsone was elected assistant (continued on p~ge 3)' 1/Jfi I Friday , April 16, 1948 WILKES OOLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA. Vol. 2, No. 7. Tommy Dorsey Slated For Cindy I-lop PHILLY SAGA PLAYS BE:FORE: PACKE:D HOUSE: Sentimental Gentleman Selected Temple Filled As Thespians Romp; Tune Contest Final Performance Tonight At 8:30 Will Highlight ·As Band For Gala Annual Dance <FoR PLAY REvuE sEE 'IN !PASSING' PAGE 2> Sat. Sport Dance Set For May 14 In West Side Armory ' Marilyn Broadt, as Tracy Lord, and Paul Thomas, as Macaulay Connor, in a scene from "Philadelphia Story". Another in the' series of ,Saturday night sport dances will take nlace tomorrow night at St. Stephens Churchhouse. The affair will begin at nine o'clock and continue until midnight. Ice cold coke and edible refreshments will be served t.hroughout :thP. evening. Jack Feeney is arranging the dance. Reese Pelton and his 'Collegians' will furnislh music for dancing-. Featured soloists and the vocal trio of the orchestra will appear. Highlight on tomorrow night's program will be a song-naming contest. Cont.estants, chosen impartially from the, audience, will. be asked to name titles of selections played by the orchestra. The selections will include popular melodies of today !lnd yesterday, and each contestant will be · asked to name titles of t hree tunes. This contest, sponsored by the orchestra, will be of a type similar to tJhe old "Kay Kyser College of Musical Knowledge". Recognition will be given to each winning contestant. Admission to the affair is free for every student of Wilkes and '.·heir friends. The dance is the second sport affair s•ponsored by the Student Council since Lent. A large crowd was in attendance at last week's event. By REESE E. PELTON Beacon Music Editor • Cinderella Girl Candidates Named Thespian production of 'DHE PHILADELPHIA STORY opened last night at the !rem Temple before a packed house. Second and final performance of the play, which is under the direction of Alfred Tommy [)orsey Groh, will get underway at t he Temple at 8:30 tonight. The quest ion is finally answered! The "Sentimental Gentleman of Last night's performance brought TTncle Wiilie Wm. Griffith · Swing" and his crew of twenty-two top-notch musicians and vocalists fifty Susquehanna students, while Liz lmbrie Ruth Richards Here it is, what everyone has will furnish music for the Second An nual Cinderella Ball. students from Lyc'bming College, . Macaulay Connor · Paul Thomas , heen waiting ·for! A list of candiThe trombone virtuoso and ,h is orchestra have already signed conCollege Misericordia and New \ Elsie . . Shirley Babcock dates chosen to reign over the trac · s to appear in person at the number one affair on the Wilkes' York's Hartwick Collee:e .. William Toplis Wilkes Colle~e · ~ are ex- Tromas .-, c,nnous a s ont.en - social calendar; it was announced today by Social Activity Committee pected tonight. . Georg e Kitteredge ,.... · Arthur Sofa tial Cinderellas. These candidates 1 While the• house is almost sold ' C.K. Dexter Haven . Jack Feen ey were chosen at a meetin <l." of the Chairmen Jack Feeney and Henry Collins. out for tonight, it was reported Seth Lord .. . Reese Pelton student body held on Tuesday, Place and Date Chosen will be a new crooner, Denny Denfrom Thespian headquarters that a i Mac ... ....... Joseph Berger April 13, at the First Presbyterian . Dorsey will appear on May 14 at n is. Dennis, who was England's few tickets -are still available. Dr. Parsons N. A. Perkowski Church. the West Side Armory in Kingston. top .s inger .b efore ' .leaving that 1 The Philly Saga ( Story of Main I ------Here is the list of the eleven large hall was secured as the country to sing with T: D., is re'Line Upper Crust) has been makWilkes ·coeds who will participate only one in Wyoming Valley which ported to possess a voice amazinging the rounds frequently since its i,n the Cinderella contest : PEGGY -:ould a ccommodate the large ly similar to Bing Croshy. Metrofirst production in 1939, 'but theatre · ANTHONY, PATRICIA BOYD, crowd of students who will un- nome, music magazine, in a recent people have always considered it GWEN CLIFFORD, MIRIAM GO- doubtedly attend. Decorations will article claimed that Denny could an excellent vehicle to stage. , LJiGH'l1LY, TONI MENEGUS, a dd a hrig,ht atmosphere for the:. put all American vocalists to Following is a list of the cast ANN PAVLIK, MARITA SHERI- gala affair. The highlight of the ! shame. At any rate, Dennis is gofor last night's and tonight's per---DAN, MARIANNA TOMASE'TTI, evening will be the presentation of \ ing _over big with the American formances: ' The MANUSCRIPT staff would LEE WEISBERGER, FRANCES ' 1Cinderella" from a field of con- public. CAST like to see every department of WILKIE, PEGGY WOOUCOCK. tenders chosen among the female f Replacing the old T. D. "Town Margaret ;Lord . Norma Pesia~ Wilkes College represented in the Pictures of the contestants for branch of the Wilkes' student body. \ Criers" will be the ".Stardusters", · ,Tracy Lord .. . Marilyn Broadl. spring issue, it was announced to- the coveted pos1tion of Cinderella New Vocalists To Appear I already well known to the .public Dinah 1Lord ....... Joan Wylie\ day by Editor Robert Miller. Any will be published in the BEACON Appearing with the Dor.s ey band, , for their appearances with several Sandy Lord ... Bruce MacKie (continued ori page 2) (continued on page 2) which very recently reorganized, ' (continued on, page •~ ) 1 ·· M ..anuscnpt • sets Apri}'30·D'ead}•Ine I The �2 In Passing ;Henry W. Anderson Editor-in-Chief iJ oseph Purcell Thomas J. Moran Business Manager Sports Editor Robert T. Mikulewicz Features Editor Norbert S. Olshefski News Editor Vincent Macri Club News Editor Frank Eiwaz Circulation Manager Reese E. Pelton Music Director Don Lennon Cartoonist Photographers Thomas J. Moran, Dom Yanchunas Features Staff Ted Wolfe, E'd ward J. ·Wasilewski, Garfield Davis News Staff Robert Miller ,Eugene Maylock, Margot Golin, Reed Lowrey, Alma Fanucci, Naomi Gould, Gene Bradley · ·-··-··-·--·---·-·--·.-.:·-·-··-·-··-·•-•1 - 1 •- ··-+ By Robert Mikulewic:i "Philadelphia Story" Well Told TERRIFIC ACTING KEYNOTES PRODUCTION; MACKIE, THOMAS, GRIFFITH, FEENEY SET PACE ~ N Student Government · ' Monday's St~dent Council meeting wasn't quite as boring as .the previ_o us one, but nevertheless, it adhered to the only too evident fact that recent discussions are a far cry from the lively and active meetings that were presented in days of old. · _ Scribe Mit,;i .Purcell'.s roll-call and r~ding of the ~inutes were accepted and the Council proceeded with the business at hand. Appropriations Committee Chairman ·George Brody's absence prevented any , discussion on money affairs. · Jack Feeney, Social Committee Chairman, and "wheel" behind college affairs, .g ave a report on the Council-sponsored dinner-dance zforma,;1 to be· held for the seniors on June 5." Feeney recommended that the faculty be invited to the affair, adding that such a move would bring the number of"guests to an estimated 400. His motion brought forward many "nay's". Said Marita Sheridan, "It's ridiculous, and besides, why use the students' money to feed the faculty?" John Burak thought it would be too many as "they usually bring a .g ood part of their family with them, too." Ray Mechak suggested letting tre seniors vote on it. Feeney made the fonnal motion once more, with Tony Menegus suggesting that an amendment be added to it to the effect ~µat a limited num,b er of the faculty be invited. "l3ut this", said Ed Boyle, "would cause hard feelings among the ~acuity", and Feeney agreed. The amendment was defeated, and the motion to invite the entire faculty was passed. On the question of hiring a band for the affair, Feeney suggested ,Spade Cooley. Boyle said that it shouldn't be hard· to get a good band, to which Council Chairman Charles Temple~ ton replied, "Yes, .,but we'd ·b etter start looking now.'' Concerning the Cinderella Ball, Feeney mentioned that no return contract had ,b een received from the orchestra as yet. He also announced that a sport dance would ·b e held in the ,St. Stephens' Church House Saturday night. Chairman Templeton then read Article 4 of the Council's constitution concerning amendments to it. This was followed by Mechak's reading of a petition (signed with the necessary 20 names) which asks that Article 4 ibe amended to the effect that the time of holding Council . elections be changed. The new system suggested by the petition would have elections for the sophomore, junior, and senior representatives held ,the first ·w eek in May instead of in the fall, with pominations for same to be held no later 'than the 4th week of kpril. Freshman elections would be held no later than the 4th week of the fall -s emester. On the question, Callahan asked about Council status during the summer session, and Templeton replied that a Council is considered in office until replaced by a new. ,election. Mechak thought the new system would give the newly-elected members a chance to get acquainted and to formulate policies. · The motion was referred for later action. . The question of aw.al'ds was brought to the floor, and Boyle suggested that the Awards -Committee "get hot" and make some. Clfairman Templeton reminded him tha't the Committee would assemble after the meeting, adding that it was presently considering Thespian awards. Dean George Ralston's suggestion that the band be considered, too, receiv~ Templeton's promise to "look in'to it". Dean Ralston also mentioned something about a student collegiate organization. It was recalled ·that one had been organized in 1987, -b ut was disbanded on the grounds that it had a -s light tinge of pi-nk. However, it will be discussed further between the Dean and a Council CINDERELLA GIRL member. The motion to adjourn was heartily welcomed, and with number( continued from page 1) less cries of, "I -s econd", the amusing, not uninteresting, but wholly next week. Included', wil be a short spiritless hour came to an end. biography of each girl. Of the eleven candidates, Miriam Golightly, Fran Wilke, and Pee:gy Woolcock are the only girls who participated in the contest held I last year at Fernbrook Park where Every staff member of the BEACON must atte~d Monday noon's Charlie Spivak entertained the meeting. Failure to attend will mean dismissal. BUJ•C students with his sweet trumpet. Fina.I balloting will be conducted MANUSCRIPT SET members of the staff in Shoemaker through the mails, according to the 208 or any teacher in the English chairman. who stated that postcards with the narrnes of all con(continued from page 1) department. student who has any material suitDeadline for material has been testants will be sent to every stuable for printing in the magazine set for April 30. There will be a dent. The students will then select or who is contemplating writing I. meeting of the MANUSCRIPT one girl and dro.p· the penny po st card in the nearest mailbox. The an article should see any of the Istaff Friday afternoon at 2:00. Beacon Meeting Monday By REED llOWREY The Roth Players, previously known as the WBRE-FM Playhouse, which W~f, founded by Al Moskowitz and Sylvia Roth, · is now entering its s~nd suc~essful year. This radio dramatics group, although not officially -connected in any way with the. school, · is co~-· prised -largely of talent that is en.: rolled in Wilkes College. The organizatiQ,j'l had its' beginning in February 1947 when' Al Moskowitz procured fifteen minutes free air time and togethe;r with Sylvia Roth, Sheldon Frieq, Edythe Rudolph, Narcy Perkowski, Martha Hoyle, and Harold Reln presented their first radio drami. They secured more air time until finally when they were heard on WERE in the summer of 1947 a full hour was devoted to presenting their plays. T,h e Playhouse continued on WBRE' for three months under the direction of Al Moskowitz until he 'left the group to study at ,t he New · School of Social Research in New York. Sylvia Roth then took 0ver the directorship of the group ~iitil illness · forced her to retire, at which time Joe Hudak, the present director, took over. A£ter a summer on WERE- the group returned to the FM ' circuit where they remained, with the exception of a short sojourn on WBAX, until taken up by WtHWL at thebeginning of 1948. At present the group is com'posed of 28 people including: Joe Hudak, Director; Al Colmer, Jr., Producti~n Manager; Don Wolburg, Business Manager; Mary MaJoney, Treasurer; Narcy Perkowski; .Sheldon Fried; M,a,rtha Hoyle; Edythe Rudolph; Beverly Broadt; Arvilla Travis; and Ted Warcomski. As a tribute to the late Sylvia Roth, o.n e of the charter members of the organization, the group decided to change the name ,t o "The. Roth Payers". I,t is under this name .that the program is heard every Sunday ·' afternoon on WHWL from 12:80 until i:(}0 P. M. . Wilkes College Thespians, under the direction of Mr. Alfred Groh, told THE PHILADELPHIA SID&Y last night in a very professional manner. ~s witnesses to that fact are the nearly 1000 people who attended the play at the Irem Temple, The play concerns a wealthy Philadelphia family, the Lords. Tracy Lord is about to take her second swing at wedded bliss. Complications set in when two reporters from a magazine descend upon the stately howiehold in order to get a story on how the other half lives-the half with the money. From here, the plot goes round and round. Tracy thinks she is in love, with her husband to be, she falls in love with Connor .the reporter, but Liz the other reporter is in love with Ccmnor, Dexter, Tracy's former husband is· still in love with Tracy and hopes to prevent the marriage. A mid-night swi~ming expedition by Tracy ·a nd Connor, brought on ,by a case of champagne, thoroughly infuriates the prospective groom. He leaves in a huff. Connor offers to marry Tracy, but she realizes it, would not work, so :Liz gets her boy. All this time, faithful De:x;ter is in the ib~ckground, and finally catches Tracy on the first :bounce. So Tracy ·and Dexter wind up 'r ight back where they were before the play started. · As the curtain parted the .p lay began with a · slow phh-t-t-t, but gr'!l,dually gat11ered momentum and became a continuous chain of improvements. The role of Macaulay Connor, the reporter, was played by Mr. iPaul Thomas, and played well . Perhaps the reason for this is that he did not try to imitate James Stewart. Mr. Thomas's timing and delivery were perfect--he WAS Connor. Miss Marilyn Broad't handled her .p art well, but she appeared to be imitating LuciUe Ball imitating Katherine Hepburn. Miss Broadt was not the convfocing ,p erson the role of Tracy called for. Mr. Bruce MacKie did himself right proud in the role of Sandy Lord, the ,o nly son. Mr. MacKie was straining at the leash throughout the play but his part would not allow him to cut completely loose, he enjoyed his part, himsef and made both enjoyable for the audience. The surprise of the evening was Uncle Willie of the booming voice and garter snapping; fingel's, played by Mr. William Griffith Uncle Willie just wa:sn't going to qe denied w,:hen he was on . stage. Miss Ruth Richards as Uz lmbrie, Connor's girl friend had complete control of her part. She handled her lines and , herselr' surely and competently,_ She was Miss Efficiency herself. • Miss Joan Wylie, a little girl somewhere· in the neighborhood of being five feet tall, played the part of the young daughter, Dinah Lord. How so much talent, energy and · appeal can be packed into such a small bundle goes to prove the old bromide. The groom to be, George Kittredge was played by Mr. Arthur Sofa-and Mr. Sofa was certainly George Kitteredge, the stuffy, porn~ pous, suspecting lover. He was unbearable alright. Mr. Jack Feeney portrayed C. K. Dexter Haven the discarded husband. Handsome and spirit.et! F eene's fir st whirl at dramatics can certainly be placed on the credit side of the ledger. Handsome because of good health and the hub's sport jacket, and spirited because of his irood lefit arm with which he delivered the punch line of the play. But, Mr. Feeney did get excited in a few spots. and spoke his lines too rapidly. The mama and papa roles of Margaret Lord and Seth Lord were played by Miss Norma J. tPersiani and Mr. Reese Pelton . Both had a I part to play, parts that called for underacting, they underacted with ease and assurance. i The nightwatchman's part ·o f Mac was in the stickey hands of Mr. Joseph Berger. One line he had to recite and he fluffed it. But he looked like a watchman! The roles of the maid 'E lsie and the butler Thomas were quietly handled ·b y Miss Shirley Babcock and Mr. William Toplis . THE PHILADE!ImHIA STORY will be presented for the second and finial ti.me tonight at the Irem Temple. Curtain time is 8:30. The curtain calls, the applause and laughter that accompanied last night's performance proves that the Thespians' presentation of THE P(HILADELPHJA ,STORY deserves to lbe commended and attended. · I l--·--·~----··-··-·-•-•·-··-··-·-··-··- ·-··- ·-··-··-··-··-··-·--+ • ROTlI PLAYKRS ENT.ER SECOND RADIO YEAR cards will be received at a box set aside for the contest in the WilkesBarre post office. The winner of the contest will then be announced at the Cinderella Ball on May 14 at the West Side Armory. That "Sentimental Gentlema,n of Swing", Tommy Dorsey, will announce the winner. Social Activities Chairman Jack Feeney and his assistants, Ralph Carey and Henry Collins, were in charge of t he balloting at the meeting held last Tuesday. I All gids who are participating , in the Cinderella cont est are asked j to report to Chase Lounge Monday evening, April 19, at 7:30. They are requ ested to bring formal attire. Pictures for publication in the BEACON will be taken. J THE BOSTON STORE Men's Shop has everything for the college man's needs ... from ties to suits. FOWLER, DICK AND WALKER FOR YOUR HIT TUNES LAZARUS RECORD CENTER All The Newest Popular Recordings By Your Favorite Artists LAZARAS LOWER FLOOR �Friday, April 16, 1948 3 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON ICG Convention, 2 Coronations Highlight Eventful Weekend Band Concert Plans Progress Plans for the first annual concert of fthe Wilkes College Band are well underway. It is expected that the program will be held on May 22. Music for the concert includes everything from Jerome Kern's "Showboat" to Bach; a list of selections will soon be .released for publication. Thirty-five musicians, under the direction of Reese Pelton, will begin intense rehearsals next week. Sectional rehearsals have Leen conducted for ,the past month. It is expected that the final _equipment needed for a successful concert will an-ive soon. Faculty advisors of the organization are Mr. George Halston and Mr. Edwin Cobleigh. Committees will be appointed within the next week to handle the various tasks connected with the concert. A war ds for band members participat ing in the concert band will be di &tributed at the concert. The Wilkes College Band is the oldest organi·zation of its kind in , t his section of the - state. The ' for ~hcorning concert will, however, be its first; the organization has previously appeared only at football games. t 1 Enthroned Colonels' Queen Agnes Novak receives wrist watch from dance committee chairman, Jack F eeney, as lettermen's President, Jack Josephs smiles approvingly. Delega tes to recent Conference pose before sta:riting enroute to Philadelphia. Pictured left to rght : Jack Fannich, Albert Stratton, John Sott, Joe Berg er, Joe Savit z: Henry Anderson, Ailen Miller; Phil Baron, Joe H iznay, Tom Daniels, Ralph Carey, Nelson Nelson, John Haines, and Eugene Maylock. HEATED DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS l,CG < ' Economics Chili Meets Tuesday., . To Plan IBM Trip There will be a meeting of the Economics Club on Tuesday, April 20, af Chase Theat,re, to complete plans for the trip to the IBM factory on -Friday, April 23, it was announced today. Plans call for the group to leave Wilkes early Friday morning. The trip will be made by car, and will last just one day. ·club president, Eugene Repotski said that the meeting is being called to decide upon the number of cars to be used and the price to be charged for the trip. · This is the fourth trip to be made by the club since its inception last summer. The members have visited 1 I s•Jch places as the ACF plant in Berwick, the Federal Reserve Bank and New York Stock Exchange in New York and the Dorrance· Colliery of the Hudson Coal Company. Future plan& indicate that a trip to the new mill on the Dallas Turnpike will be made some time before the end of the semester. · The trip to the IBM plant is expected to prove highly educational because it will give the students the 0pportunity to see how the IBM machines, so widely · used by the government and _private business, are constructed. Wilkes Planks Passed Charlotte Najaka stands pToudly by as Felicia Czarnets·k i, Polish Wilkes College delegates, represented on every committee, were Club Social Activities Chairman, makes "King" Thomas Teresinski ( · d f responsible for getting through a happy with a crown and a check for $25 at the Polish Club's semi1 , contmu-e rom page l) large number of planks. Among formal dance last Saturday. planks. As expected, the greatest num- them were labor bills calling for ber' of differences arose over for- . permanent disability compensation ~Jll and military affairs. A call i for. total~~ disabled Federal work- dollar income and a national pen- ' But the fireworks didn't end with for amendment of the submitted ers, reviswn of the Taft-Hartley sion plan for teachers (to raise the discussion of p\anks. The convention wanted to l<now how the plank advocating military service ~ill to _a)low participation of uni?n.s the quality of teachers). and selective -s ervice was defeated m political campaigns. On CIVIi Health and Welfare delegates stood on the coming pre, in a close vote--119 to 100 In for- ' rights, delegates passed Wilkes El imination of undue restriction sidential election. During nominaeign affairs, an amen~ent to , planks proposing ~ National. F:iir on production and sale of oleomar- tions a bloc trying to throw Henry 1 strike out "to the limit" was passed Emplyoment Pract~ces Co1;1m1ss1on garine. Wallace off the ballot was overoh a bill proposing that "comm~n- ! and a Federal Anti-Lynchmg Law. Commerce and Industry ruled by the executive committee. ist aggression in Western Europe -01:her planks passed at the con1. Reduction of protective tariff. In attempting t.o appeal the deciVISIT OUR • . be resisted to the limit". Passed- vention: 2. That existing anti~trust laws sion of the committee the bloc en,be more stringent1y enforced to al- gaged in bitter debate with the opbacking of the Marshall Plan in en-/ Civil Rights tfrety but that it be administered That cross examinations for de- low greater penalties for viola:- position. The depate was the hQttest of the entire convention. Re- ~ through ' the United Nations if not ! fendants and all other rights given tions. subject to veto, .and aid to China [ in courts of law be given defendGovernmental Organizations suits of the ~.:1l, ; · F~R SMART if_ ,t hey reform t<their government ants at trials held by the "UnamA1b olition of electoral college (to 1. Stassen t _o -a · coalition government with erican Activities" committee. be replaced by popular vote). 2. Eisenhower COLLEGE CLOTHES proportion11,l voice for all factions. Education Natural Resources 3.- Vandenburg Tru:stees}ip for Palestine passed. 1. Elimination of racial discrim_Advocation of Missouri Valley 4. , Wallace Th~ opposition was not heard. At ; ination and segregation in public Authority for conservation of na5. Truman times the delegates became bitter colleges and professional schools. tural resources. 6. Douglas . ..RR'J R.NIR SIIO ■ ITZ. • a ROS. over issues raising a problem of 2. ·Complete abolition of quota Taxation and Finance The Wi lkes delegation was split So. Main St., Wilkes-Barre maintaining order for the chair- system. Higher corporation taxes. between its two highest candidates, m:an. 3. A decent minimum constantPresidential Vote Taiken Vandenbur,_;, ( 10) and · Wallace ( 8). s-'1PP I !.,.,:ti, . ~ I I· ~-, THEr@HUB �4 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Friday, April 16, 1948 Feelzwell Comes ,.. NOTES ON NOTES Out of Retirement. CAMPUS HICiHLICiHTS by REESE PELTON BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON DORSEY Born in Mahanoy Plane, Pennsylvania, Novemiber 19, 1905, Tommy was brought up in nearby Shenandoah and began his do-re-mi's at the same time a,s he tackled the A-B-'C's. Tommy's dad was a -music teacher and brass band organi'zer. Tommy studied every instrument that then constituted the "brass b and" under the tutelage of his . dad and became utility man of the latter's band. He also sold popcorn and peanuts when the band played. Since the trombone position was often vacant, young Dorsey was wished on to that particular instrument. It wasn't long before he and older brother Jimmy organized their first square-dance orchestra. The first engagement nett~d each 68 cents. To Attack Smokers Herkimer V. Feelzwell, mildmannered man though he be, was unhappy. His gall bladder performed the rare biological phenomenon of reverse peridyphial endosmosis. Bile flowed through his viens and Ibis complexion took on the hue of a healthy rhododendron leaf. Yes, the .p rofessor of exterior decorating was perturbed. He bit ,l ~=====b=v=T=e=d=w=o=,i=e====;::!) Until the BEAOON went to press this week, hardly anyone new just who would supply music for the Cinderella Ball-hardly anyone, that is, except about 800 hopefuls. In fact, before sentimentalist Tommy Dorsey, the Tommy Manville of musical circles, was decided dn,'the Council considered many other proposals including such classicists as Art "Four-leaf Clover" Mooney, Guy "Speedboat" Lombardo, and rpolka master Brunon Kryger. The decision to slate T . D.'s band for the affair is a wise one, and will be well received by the student body. • • • • Tuesday's assembly program prompted Social Committee Chairman Jack Feeney to mention that he made a startling discovery conFROM ''WILD CAN ARIES" TO "SCRANTON 8IRENS" and ·s pat molten blohs of metal AND ON · which splattered on his spittoon in cerning J. Parnell Thomas, also a committee chair:man. The discovery -Thomas' real name is Jack Feeney. The next Dorney Brother-s outfit was called "The Dorsey Brothers a silvery spray. Novelty Orchestra". It soon became know as the "Wild Canaries" Feelzwell scratched the nearly Mrs. Vujica, librarian, announced that since the library underwent which drew the gate in their ,h ome town, but got the gate in Baltimore. healed burh on his back. The itchReturning home the brothers were picked up by the "Scranton Sirens". ing of that ·burn had aroused the its change last week, she's •b een caught in the draft. She will not In their first day the "Sirens" were really solid. The next ten y ears old fighting spirit in Feefawell. The have to count cadence or bear arms, though. Explained Mrs. Vujica, found them in the big time. By 1934 they had blown their ,h orns with very nature of the bul'n had seared "My desk is too close to Kirby Hall's frequently used front door." Wh' his social conscience. The burn had 1teman, Goldkette, Kostelanetz, Vallee, and a host of others. Then been made :b y a lighted cigarette Practice teacher Gene Maylock, who often contributes to the the ~oys organiz~d another orchestra which included Bob Crosby as which had fallen down Feelzwell's vocalist, Glenn Miller _on trombone, and Ray McKinley as drummer- , neck. The cigarette had been flip- BEACON, c ontributed a little too much last week. Hi.s IOG conference a ter~ific nucleus for any band. The band went right to the top! But ped from an open window on the story took up most of the front page and part of page 2. Said printer one mght at the Glen !island Casino the inevitable breach came. Differ- third floor of Chase Hall. The cig- Stanley Schmidt, "It's the only college paper I know of that has a ent ideas on dance styles was the cause. Jimmy went to the west arette had lipstick on the unlighted tapeworm on its staff'." coast with the rest of the outfit; Tommy started in from scratch. The end. The cigarette had burned Newly crowned Colonels' Queen Agnes Novak received a .b eautifimt T. D. band opened at the French Casino in New York. It wa,s n't Feelzwell's back in a neat line as it slipped past his collar and then ful wristwatch, compliments of the Lettermen's Olub. Exclaimed long before the ork waxed "Marie" and "Song of India" for Victor. between his undershirt and the Queen A~es, "I still can't believe it." The rest is modern history! pale ·s kin of his back while the proDID YOU KNOWfessor frantically tried to stop it. It's been rum'ored that the Economics Club trip to •Binghamton's The holes burned in his clothes IBM •p lant next Friday is to look for jobs, not for education; That Dorsey has waxed 19,000,000 recordings of 38 million tunes. only idded injury to injury. That among T. D. alumni are many band leaders. To mention a few That incident opened Feelzwell's This week's BEACON fan mail included a letter from that wellthere are Ray McKinley, Glenn Miller, Bob Crosby, B~nny Berigan eyes to the deplorable butt situaJess Stacy, and Buddy Rich. Ninety•one percent of Tommy's incom; tion on campus. Wherever piles of known handshaker, Cedric •Glub. goes to Uncle Sam via income tax. T. D. has made 400 appearances snow had melted with the coming Dear BEACON: I think that this school should buy a new microphone. At the last at militS:ry camps-and three at the a ltar. That the "Stardusters" of spring there remained · a disnow appearing with the Dorsey band, were once featured with th~ gusting a5,cumulation of soggy sport dance, George Fry, Reese Pelton's low-voiced vocalist, had a .Spivak orchestra. That Henry Ford once made a mistake and hired half-consumed cigarettes liberally great deal of trouble trying to make himself heard. The fau)t was the 1 T seasoned with gum ,papers, candy ' ommy a:s a radio commentator, thi nking that was his profession. wrappers, and notices from the microphone. The accoustics in St. Stephens aren't too go0c!, I know, 'That next week this column will run more info on T. D. and his orch- deans. N'o sooner had the grounds but even with that a good microphone should be able to overcome the Fry is ta.tented, and I needn't mention that Pelt.o n is, too. 1 keepers moved in with their trucks obstacle. -estra, plus notes on local musical aggregations. to remove the winter's collection But that microphone didn't do either of them justice. A niw mike is than new vernal messes replaced definitely needed. Sincerely, the old. Feelzwell chatted with the colCEDRIC G'LUB. lege gardener who was removing dead shrubs. "We used to be both•B est remark of the week came from a student in the chow line of ered .b y canine characters", report- the ,Cafeteria. Said the would.fue dyspeptic to hi-s buddy, •qShall we ed the gardener,· "now it's t'he nicoeat here, or go up to the opium den ?fl tine. The.• ground - is so soaked-up with nic'otine from cigarette butts Irving Haeffle proved to his flame-haired girl friend that he was that a shrub · that lasts about one week after it's put in the ground. ever faithful by walking her up and down the campus the dther day I wouldn't be surprised to see the and sticking his tongue out at every other girl he saw. foundations of these buildings rotted away by the dod-'blasted nicoMarty Blake described his last Saturday night date as having a tine. At least we don't have any very melancholy look. ,Said Blake, "She had a shape like a melon and ants around." a face like a collie." FeeJ.zwell walked on toward the mathematics building. "Ah, for 'the • · advantages of a college· education" "It certainly is gratifying to see universities, u sing their own unique thought H. v. F. as he watched t he wav in which the students uti- :four-part arrangements. They can I Smogly Jones Pltzxlskach, C&F , lize t h~ir opportunities , .not only in , be counted on for the finest vocal senior, neatly flip a lighted cigar- :ittend~ng classes occa~10nally, but work. ette through the open back window m their fru P-al financial man~g-eDorsey Alw,a ys Outstanding of a passing automobile. "Smogly ments. The figure you have JUSt Dorsey's aggregation has been couldn't have done that without st :'lted compares ver y favorably voted no. 1, 2 or 3 band of the nathe culture he has obtained at col- Wl th th e small sum of $ 40.00 th e tion in every major poll. 'He has lege. And what would the biology situdents waS t ed on th e Red Cros~-" waxed five different • recordings majors do without their twentyFeelzwell left th e ma th ematics that have sold over a million platminute break every half hour for department ~nd - started towa rd t?e ters each. T,he T. D. orchestra has a smoke? How proud the profess- lecture ~all 1~, mspect th e fag-dis- been incubator for some of the ors of biology must be of the gr f'<1.t po~al_ situation about th ~ new most important names -in show buscare their incipient .scientists tai..e bml~mg. A_s he w3:lked be~ide th e iness; a few-Frank Sinatra, Jo in being accurate about the dis- b~ys ~orr~utory a hghte? cigarette Stafford, Jack Leonard, Ziggy Elposal of their butts. Every single wi th l~p 3 trnk on th e ~nhghted e_nd man, Charlie Shavers, The Sentibutt is unerringly thrown in the was flipped f:om a th1rd floor wm- mentalists, Dick Haymes, The Pied courtyard (the same courtyard to dow. Th~ cigarette went down Pipers, etc. Tommy has himself apwhich students have tramped that F~elzwell s neck so neatl_Y one peared with the best outfits of the beautiful muddy path across the might have suspected a deliberate past decade. With his brother Jimlawn). attempt. . my he worked his way to fame Feelzwell stopped to check the !he ~rofessor_ of exterior_ dec?r- through the ranks of such bit progress of research geing done by a t mg tned frantically to extmguish bands as Goldket~~ Whiteman, the department of .mathematics. th e fire. H e was extremely perturb- Rudy Vallee, Red Nichols, · Eddie He Vl'.as g.r eeted by Professor ed. He not only turned green as a Elkins, Kostelanetz, and the ScranThoomas who immediately began rhodo?end r?n leaf, he _a lso took on ton Sirens,' famous sweet-'Swing ora discussion of the findings "From th e pmk tmts of a rhododend ron c,hestra fom Scanton which was one January l , 11947 to .; a1·1ary l, 1948 bloom. _T hen wi th a sigh -th at of the best in its day. In 1934 the enough cigarettes were thrown on sou nd ed like 3:n exhauS t ed hippo- Dorsey Brothers Orchestra made the campus sidewalks (as well as P?tamus settlmg down f?r t h e its first appearance, but divergent the walks aof neighbors) to cover mght, F_'eelz"'.ell tu~ed _mto a ideas on dance music caused a the entire system of campus walks smoke rmg six feet . m_ diameter breach. Tommy organized his own to a depth of seven a nd three quar- a nd was laS t seen dnft~ng ~Iowly orchestra and his rise to fame beter inches. Those measurements o:1er ~he tree tops, movmg m the gan. are made after the butts have been direction of th e proposed gymnaThe ap-p earance of Tommy Dorsium. tramped on and fl attened , of _ _ ______ sey's ·Orchestra at the Cinderella plus lt course." Ball is an assurance that Wilkes' StatcTaz 'What was the total cost of this SENTIMENTAL students will dance to the best grand display of intelligence?" GENTLEMAN sweet and swing music available. BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OP THE COCA-COi.A COaPANY BY asked Feelzwell. - - -As plans are formulated the COCA-OOLA BOTI'LING CO., Inc., 141 Wood St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. "We have that fi gured exactly. (continued from page 1) BEACON will announce them in 1 The total cost was $51,234.20 of other top orchestras. The group subsequent issues. • © 1948, The Coca-Cola Company which only $1129.70 was borne by has appeared at most of the na(For more about Dorsey, see the faculty." I tion's leading niteries, theatres and "Notes on Notes" column). the .heads oft' five ten penny nails • • • • •••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • KEEP FUN GOING PAUSE FOR COKE ••••• • • • • I 0 I r- � 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 Wilkes Beacon 1948 April 16th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1948 April 16 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 Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/2bcb377f2f0e786ddfa40a77ce131109.pdf fe27b8eba97c36091f24d09df1c0c7c3 PDF Text Text Cinderella Candidates To Appear At Saturday Night Sport Dance In St. Stephen'~ Auditorium Introduction of the eleven candidates for "Cinderella" will highlight the program arranged for the sport dance to be held tomorrow night at St. Stephen's auditorium. The candidates will appear on a short program designed t o· introduce them to the st"cdent body. Other features of the evening 's entertainment point towards a thorou_g-.hly enjoyable affair. Jack Fe<)- Members of the "Collegians" are Saxes, J>aul Fahrnger, Frank Falk, Bill Nelson, Carl Messinger; Trumpets, Bob 'L evine, Tom Foster; Trombones, Leon Gilbert, Keith Rasmussen; Piano, Don Kemmer- rer; Bass, George Neely; Drums, -Doug McNeal; vocal soloists, Sybil Ichter, George Fry; plus a vocal trio and band chorus. :Pictures of candidates who will be presented at the dance will· be found on pages 4, 5 and 6. Refreshments will be s erved throughout the evening. Both ·s.t ags and coup,les are invited to attend the dance; .admission is free ·to all students and their friends. ney, Hank Collins and Ralph Carey, members of the student council's social committee, are handling arrangements. Mus ic will be furnished by Reese J>elton 's "Collegians". In a songnaming contest held last week six student-contestants were presented with prizes. Each award consisted of a gift certificate, good for cash t owards purchases made at the Boston Store. Vol. _2, o. 8. ==~~===============W=I=L=KES==;==CO= ·=LLEG== ·=E=•=W ..=IL~KE~S;,-B;;A;;;;R;;R;;E~,;,P;;A;,·.===========F=ri=·d=a=y,=A=p=r=il=23=,1=9=48 = 'CINDY' CROONER 'Barber of Seville' CAMPUS WILL BE STAGE Featured Tonight FOR BAND CONCERT MAY 22 By French Club CHORAL CLUB TO SING By REESE E. PELTON The French movie, THE BARThe first annual concert of the !Wilkes College Band will be preBE.'R •OF SEVII.JLE, a comic opera, sented on May 22 . It is expected that the program will take place at based on the immortal playis of night on the college campus, in the area bordering Chase Hall, and the Beaumar~hais and ,t he operas "Barber of Seville", •b y Rossini, · and Cafeteria. The ,b and is composed of thirtySOLOIST "Marriage of Figaro", by Mozart, five musicians, all students· of wi.Jl be presented tonight at Kirby Wilkes, and is the first college band Hall at eight and nine-thirty. As to be organized in this area. Aran added attraction a Canadian rangements for staging the conshort "The Cross and The Sword" cert are well underway. It is. exwill also play. pected that the Choral Club will The French Club, through its adalso appear on the program. At visor Dr. Fehrer and its president the conclusion of the concert Clem Waclawski ' extend an invitaawards will be presented to all tion to all students and their active band members. guests to see thi,s sensational muThe WHkes Band . is under the sical. direction ·o f Reese Pelton, who orFor the benefit of those who canganized the :g roup in 1945. Faculty not undenstand French, the lanadviser is Mr. Edwin Cobleigh, guage is supplemented by English head of the college's music departcaptions. ment: The band's business manager is Vester Vercoe, assisted by a, committee comprised of John Fink, Bob 'Rodine, Dick Ridall, Carl Strye and Tom Foster. New Equipment to Be Used Among the equipment used by the band in the concert will be many instruments purchased by the coHege for use of the .organizaWilkes Thespians will ·perform tion. Among these are two bass Vester V ereoe MINOR Mrq tACLE in a one .act horns, a bell-lyre, a baritone horn, ,p lay contest to 'be staged at St. an alto horn, bass drum, two snare • Denny Dennis · Stephen's auditorium Monday drums and cymbals. Also purchasnight by a group of Northeastern ed for band use were ten folding colleges and theatre groups. music stand s. All of the instruMINOR MIRACLE, directed by ments are b eing used by band Mr. A·l fred Groh, was performed members. The marching band i-s by the College theatre group earliwell equipped with uniforms of er in the season. navy blue, sweaters and trousers. Tickets may be procured from Tentative Program Released Mr. Groh at his office in the Science ENGLISH VOCALIST WITH DORSEY , The prqgram for the concert has Lecture Hall. "La Comida a la Valenciana", not b,een definitely arranged. HowB),' REESE PELTON, Music Ed itor a dinner sponsored by the Spanish e~er, a tentative list of _selections Club, will be held on Saturday eve- expected to ,b e included hais been Tickets for the Cinderella Ball will be on sale · to · student s next ning, May 15, in the dining room released. The Ji.st includes: week. Each student will receive one ticket on pr esentation of an offi"SHOWBOAT" MEDLEYof the Hotel Fort Durkee. The dincial .postcard at the. bookstore; these postcards are being mailed to all Kern (Arr. by Yoder) students along with a ballot from which each person may select his ner will consist of six courses of OONNECTWCT MAROHtypical Spanish food, prepared by .choice for "Cinderella". The price of each ticket, good for one couple, Nassann Approximately 25 members of the Spanish chef at the hotel Abel, will be $2.40. the E ~onomics Club left for Bing- ino Rodriguez. Sixteen musicians and five vocalJESU, JOY OF MEN'S T.h e idea for .the dinner was coni<sts will appear with Dorsey when tinued juke-box success is another hamton:. this morning at 6 , on a DESIRINGhe a.ppears at the Kingston Arm- evidence that Wilkes has hired the visit to the International Business ceived by the students of Miss SilBach Machine factory in that city. The 6eth's classes some time ago. Miss ory •on May 14. The new ·T. D. solo- best. (as transcribed for the Goldgroup, in the charge of Eugene Silseth and Lester Gross, president ist is penny Dennis, England's latman Band) Repotski, president of the club; of the · club, visited some hotels est contribution to the American · · '11HE BAND THAT J A;OK left Chase Hall iI). 6 private cars- and finally decided that the Durkee popular music business. Dennis has BIUTIJTand fill return about 7:00 P. M. was the best place to hold the afbeen compared to our own Bing Hayward tonight. fair. The fact that the chef was Oro.shy, right down to the ineviSpanis h, coupled with the fact that MIDNITE SUN OVERTUREtable •b ow-tie. Many critics, how· .J . J the price of $2.10 per 'p erson was Yoder ever, claim that Denny has more reasonable, were two factors that depth and feeling in his style of LOVER GOME BACK TO ME.played a large part in the decision singi<ng. Dor,sey was the first perWilkes College cheerleaders held Romberg to hold the dinner there. son to latch onto the English lad ' , Reservations -f or the dinner are since he came to America. a practice session last night in 'T ROMBONE TOBOGGANbeing accepted presently · in Miss Weber arrangmg t h e Chase Hall. Ja~es Catnes, captain Th e committees . . Silseth's office on the second floor ball, ·' fhich is semi-formal, are of ,t he squad and other members of IN A PERSIAN MARKETof the Shoemaker Residence. All making arrangements for what the group assisted in the selection Kete1'by . • Spanish students and their friends promises to be a huge crowd of of the new cheerleaders. There is not much time left for are invited to attend this affair. N-C 4 MARClIWilkes dancers. The evening's The cheerleading squad, under contrib,utions to the Manuscript, Bigelow highpoint, will come when one of the direction of Dr. Charles B. college literary magazine. The LETTERS FROM THE EDITORS MAROH OF THE PEERSthe ,Cinderella candidates, whose Rief, was organiozed two years ago, deadline for contributions is FriSullivan picture is amon gthose on one of the same time that Wilkes College, day, :April 3,0, one week from to- Dear Friends, (as transcribed for the Goldthe following pages of this edition, then Bucknell Junior College, trot- day. Any student of Wilkes may There will be no BEACON next man ,B and) will be crowned a nd presented with ted out the fi11st football team in submit articles, written in either week. prizes befitting her "royal high- .the history of the school. pro.se or · poetry. Contributions Editors. Soloists appearing with the band ness". 'T he following were selected as should be Jeff in the Manuscript are Vester Vercoe, flute; Sweigert, · In every .poll held in the last ten new cheerleaders to represent the office, located in Shoemaker 208, 'Dear Beacon Membe11s, piano; aind Leon Gilbert, trombone. years Tommy has ·b een voted one college at the football •g am'e s next or with Dr. Graig or Mrs. Williams. There will be a meeting of the In addition to -solos· by these musiof th,e three most popular ·bands fall : · This will be the fourth issue of BEAOON staff Monday at noon in cians, a trumpet quartet composed in tp.e country. In most cases he Peggy Anthony, Helen Williams; the Manuscriipt, which makes its the BEAOON · Office. Pictures for of Carl .Strye, Loui&l Bight, Tom . was 'No. 1 ·and in the rest of the Pat Boyd, Lee Ann Jakes, Toni appearance once ·a semester, the the Yearbook will be taken, Foster, and Bob Levine will appalls he was No. 2 or 3. His con- Menegus, and Agnes Novack. (continued on p~ge 5) 1 Ed. pear on the ~rogram.' Thespians Enter Play Contest Monday Night_ SPANISH CLlJB PLANS DINNER AT DURl(EE Cindy Hop ff ickets Go On Sale Next Week in .C~mpus Book Store Economics Club Visiting IBM CHEERLEADERS . ARE SELECTED D d] • N ea Ille ears FOr Manuscnp •t .Contr1·but1·0·ns· �. . Friday, April 23, 1948 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 2 In Passing Henry W. Anderson Editor~in-Chief Joseph Purcell. Thomas J. Moran Business Manager Sports Editor Robert T. Mikulewicz Features Editor Norbert S. Olshefski News .Editor Vincent Macri Club News Editor Frank Eiwaz Circulation Manager · Reese 'E. Pelton Music Director Don Lennon Cartoonist By Robert Mikulewic:i Photographers Thomas J. Moran, Dom · Yanchunas Features Staff Ted Wolfe, E<lward J. Wasilewski, Garfield Davis News Staff Robert Miller ,Eugene Maylock, Margot Golin, Reed Lowrey, Alma Fanucci, Naomi Gould, Gene Bradley • II ·---■-H-■---■-■-■1-■1-■■-■■-■-■■-■-■■-■-■■-■-■li-■-+ 1 Student Government GREAT M·ISCHIEF, by Josephine Pinckney, Viking Press, New York, N. Y., 1948 GREAT MllSCHIEF is the story of a nineteenth-eentury pharmacist in the city of Charleston, .S. C. A quiet thoughtful man, Timothy Partridge, age 35, bachelor, under his :liorceful sister's benevolent-but _firm thumb, finds release in studying books of sorcery and witchcraft. He finda them easily credible because of his childhood tutoring from_ his Negro mammy, Ma um Rachel. She wa,s well versed in charms, hexes, and too-doo. Through his study and natural inclinations he is ripe for the picking of his soul. He is visited by a witch-.Sinkinda, who is 'sin, kinda'. She is the curvaceous hag who rides him, seduces him, -and even finagles an audience with Satan for him. Under the "Advel'sary's influence, he 'i>urns -h is home. His sister is in it at the time, but he feels more released than pentinent about it. Though his ideas of Good and .E.'vil are not those of his neighbors, or rather, his morals are not, be cannot accept Satan wholeheartedly. Because of this he resigns himselft to the acceptanc~ of retribution on Judgment Day___.:.which he believes has come when Charleston's famous earthquake hits. !GREAT M:ISOHIEF is a book to give one pause----it.he length of the pause to be determined by the d'egree of the reader's ·b elief or, nonbelief in witches. At the least, it provides a light, amusing evening. At most, provides a fascin·a ting subjec,t to ponder over. Mis~ Pinckney bas made the hag, Sin-kinda, seem plausible and very charming-even when she rides Timothy through the streets of Charleston till cocks crow. The description of Hell is almost worth the price of the book itself. The author has skillfully balanced fantasy with a sort of psychological realism. The result is an engaging and provocative novel, written with irony, imagination and great literary ability. I 1-------:---••------·-·-·-·-·~·-··-··-·-··--··~---~-----i- The Student CouncH surprised Chairman Charles Templeton at last Monday's meeting by presenting him with a neatly full attendance, and he opened the meeting with a somewhat dazed, but hap.p y look. After Council scrivner Mitzi Purcell called the roH and read the minutes, the •b usiness of· the evening got underway. Appropriations Committee Chairman George Brody announced that he had no business to report this week, so the floor was -taken by ,Social Chairman Jack Feeney. Mr. Feeney reported that the Senior dinner-dance formal planned for June 6 could not be held at either of the country clubs in the Valley due to the fact that those places have been reserved for other activities. As a precaution, Feeney had the Irem. Temple Club reserved for June 3, and the Hotel .Sterling's Admiral · Stark room for June 5. A discussion folJowed and an individual vote was taken. · It developed that the Sterling deal for June 5 would be more favorable than June 3 because the senior exams will have ended' by then, thus allowing the atudents to have a better ,time with exam worries behind them. Thomas, Sheridan, Calilahan, Brody, and Collins ·agreed to that. Mr. Burak -wanted it moved•up or back a week; but concurred wirth Feeney's suggestion that weddings, etc. would draw from the crowd. Boyle suggested that the seniors decide the question at one of their meetings, whereupon Chairman Templeton repli84 "Have you ever been to one of their meetings?" Senior Ralph Carey said it made no difference to him when th~y hold it, and Miss Lawlor · agreed with Boyle. Final decision was the Sterling on June 5. . -Concerning the _Cinderella Ball, Feeney stated that voting cards would be sent out this week, and tickets were being printed. On the question of awards, Chairman Templeton announced that pins for members of the Thespians, Beacon, Yearbook, Choral Club, Band, and Wilkes "forgotten group", the Cheerleaders, were being considered. Individual awards for the Beacon will be made, and will probably be plaques instead of pins. Participants in Thespians' activities will eb eligible to receive awards whether or not they are members of that organization. This decision arose from the fact that many students who have taken .p art in the plays have not necessarily been Thespians. These persons would •be eligible only for ,s pecial awards, though, not pins. No final choice of ,s tyle has been decided on, ,b ut several •companies, the American School Su:gply, the Balfour Company, and· others will be checked. Cost in all will run tentatively around $150, and Thomas moved that a commttee be appointed for the purpose of spend'ing that amount and more if necessary. During the discussion, Carey interrupted with, "I have a bone to ,pick, but in so doing I don't want to ·seem selfish. Student ,Councils in other -schools have always _bad pins, and I don't see why we should be an exception." Templeton re.p lied that it was alreardy being looked into. Council awards will be in the form of key6, and each of the four officer-s would have the name of his office engraved on the key. Carey agreed and added that the college name and the year served be included also. It was agreed that a key would be appropriate and more outstanding than a pin. Boyle shggested tie pins or -broaches, as the case might be, and added, "A,s long as it's for us, why limit the budget?", with which everyone was in agreement. ~he question of amending Article 4 of the Council's Constitution was taken up. The amendment would have freshman Council nominations held no later than the 4th week of the fall semester, and elections no later than the 6th week. All other nominations would be held no later than the 4th week of April, with election the 1st week of May. A special election would be held fQT vacancies occurring. Members elected in the spring would be requried to attend the last three meetings of the current Council in order to learn procedure. On the question, Boyle declared that Article 4 cou,ld not be amended untii Article 3 was. If this wasn't done, then newly-amended Article 4 would read " ..... those elected in the spring ...... ". with Article 3 reading ". ..... those elected in the fall term ..... ." Chairman 'Templeton declared the amendment out of order until "certain ambiguous terms were straightened out." The -Council acted as a committee of the whole on the Beta Gama Chi's budget, which• asked for $90 to cover the remainder of the semester's activities. Mentioned were coke parties, teas, and a Senior Women's Dinner to -b e held near the end of the -s emester. The last called for $30 from the Student Activities Fund, with the sorority paying anything over that amount. This would cover costs, including refreshment, awards, etc. Callahan asked, ''Would this be in order? It seems that everyone is invited to all the parties except , the- Dinner.'' (continued on page 5) EXPERTS IN SOLVING DIFFICULT PLUMBING AND HEATING PROBLEMS TURNER VANSCOY CO. 27 E. Northampton St. Est. 1871 When You Think of FLOWERS THINK OF RU CH'S Flower Shop 112 EAST MAIN STREET, PL YMOUTH,~P A. Member Florist Telegraph Delivery Association NOTES ON NOTES by REESE PEt.:TON ROWE COMBO IS VERSATILE GROUP VIS~ S/tlTI' The versatility of the Jack Rowe Quartet was well demonstrated to this .writer when he recently interviewed Jack at the latter's current stamping-ground, Fogarty!,s Turnpike Inn. The Rowe-men have occu- ~ . FOR .SMART pied the stand ,for several months and it's our hunch they'll be there COLLEGE CLOTHES for some time. Currerut members of the combo are Jack on clarinet, I tenor, and vocals; Bernie Kay on accordion and piano; Norbert Cummins on guitar, and Joe Fox on the string bass. Kay and Cummins weer formerly with hotel orchestras in F'lorida, while Fox was a mem..... lllf R.NIRSNO ■ ITZ. ■ ROS. her of the weH~known Jack Gordon trio. Jack, himself, has had a good So. Main St., Wilkes-Barre crack at show business. He toured the country with the old Ray Keating Orchestra, was a member of Ray Pearl's band, and more recently was featured tenor_man and vocalist with Russ Andolora. Leaving the Andolora crew, he formed a combo that held forth for some time at Lilly Laike. The group· improved and before long Rowe was booked into the Victory Room of the Redington Hotel where he was held over four times in eighteen weeks iby popular request. The music we heard at Fogarty's included everyithing from novelties, through rhumbas, to ballads. The best number of the evening, in our impression, was "Just Like That", based on the Johnny Long disc arrangement. The quartet is not flawless , but it IS '11HE' outstanding combo appearing locally. Drop in some Friday or Saiturday night and form your own opinion! THEc@HUB 1 THE MELTON PLANS TO DOUBLE ON TROMBONE Jack Melton, popular local dance-band leader, recently disclos~d to this columnist that he is planning to play trombone, as wel'l as trumpet with his orchestra. Jack, who memorizes all of the trumpet music he plays, expects to acquire new effects by being able to use two troi-nbones in harmony. Readers of this column will undoubtediy recall that band-leader Sonny Dunham, among others, is featured on both instruments; Wyoming Valley dancers will soon see a trumpet-trombone playing band-leader. The greater versatility provided by doubling on sliphorn wil,l make the already popular •M elton aggregation even better. Theresa Lane,' the latest Melton canazy, handles vocal,s with a natural ease and puts much personality into ballads. We've heard vocalists with better voices, but Theresa's vivacity more than makes up for any slight flaws.. Another asset to Jack is Joe Sa:bailesky, who plays first aito sax with the band and writes most of the arrangements. Among his best is "The Man I Love", which has been a favorite with Melton fans for ,s ome time. The sweet Me1ton style is constantly attracting attention. BOSTON STORE Men's ·Shop has everything for the college man's needs. from ties to suits. FOWLER, DICK AND WALKER IN BRIEF · • • -Last week's college band rehearsal was conducted in undershirts. Reason-the temper ature of 'St. Stephen's was quite a bit above 80 degrees. Whew! Did you know that one of Tommy Dorsey's arrangers is a native of Kingston and a member of the Wilkes-Barre -local of the musician's union? His name is Hugo Winterhalter. You'll hear some of his arrangements -at the Cinderella Bal:!. We hope to soon have a feature story on Denny Pennis, T. D.'s new English crooner from a prinmary source. We've discovered a local giril. who was a personal friend of :Qenny's when she was in England a year or two ago. Louis Prima is slated for the South Main Street Armory on Memorial Day. The Lee Vincent Orchestra is featuring an arrangement of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" that is terrific and tinged with a touch of Glenn Miller. FOR YOUR HIT TUNES LAZARUS RECORD CENTER All The Newest Popular Recordings By Your Favorite Artists LAZARAS LOWER FLOOR �Friday, April 23, 1948 WLLl{ES OOI.1LEGE B~ACON 3 Wilkes Nine Faces Taylor Tomorrow Colonels Seek ·Second Win Unbeaten _Drips In Three Starts at 2 in l(irhy Park Lead Wilkes Softball League By TOM MORAN · ·sPORTS BEACON w Beacon Sports • Editor The residents of the Colonel Baseball Camp will be trying to ·chalk up thei-r second win in three starts tomorrow afternoon at 2 in Kirby Beacon Sports Editor Park, when Coach George Ralston's diamnod hopefuls lock horns--or possibly typewriters~with the Taylor. Business College nine from Trenton; N. J. In announcing his probable line- petition . Taylor has managed to LAMENT TO A WiliKES ATHLETIC COACH up late today, Coach Ralston dis- _hang up some mighty fine records I spend s o many sleepless night, closed the fact that Crane Buzby, for itself on the "court and diamond. Just trying to figure out my rights. who was the chief moundsman for While 'Tay~or College nine hasn't For as a coach of s porting teams, the Blue and Gol<l last year, will had much more luck with old Jupe Practice is a mu.st it seems. be on ,t he hill for to~orrow's con- Pluvius than Wilkes has, the Trentest. In the backstop spot will be ton .Stenographers are expected to But wihere . and when to hold these drills, a new starter-Joe Deschak-for- be plenty powerful on the diamond. mer Nantic-oke player in place of Wilkes had quite a battle with the Fills my spine wth icy chills. Charlie Swanson, who did a hang- Weatherman-and the city schools 'Cause when I set a practice date, up catching jab for the local team to try to find a place to practice It seems it's time to hear from Fate. whi-le Deschak was suffering from and when the .season opener rolled a sore limb. around the Colone1s went against Just like last year when Coughlin ·tried, The return of team · captain MarHartwick co1d. The result was an All ~irby \Park from me to. hide; ty Warmus to the third base posi- eight-inning 13 to 10 -d efeat for This season started out the same, tion was well received by followthe local performers. ,B ut where was I to place the blame? ers of the Blue and Gold nine. Last Tuesday'.s contest against Warmus, who has been playing unSeminary, which saw the Ralston ded this college's colors for the With .three big squares on which to play, past three year.s, was injured dur- diamond squad ,sail to a sparkling I ,t hpught my team on one could stay, ing the opening contest of the sea- 15 to 4 victory gave the fans a But traok and ',ball equipment flew, son against Hartwick College . good idea of just what kind of . All .sponsored· by the Red and Blue. ' Warm us was .removed from the material Wilkes has this' year and g,ame. and sat out the next contest what can be done in the way of :So I'll content my.s elf to sit, · on the bench while his spot was winning games when Ralston gets Arid, dream of days in opposite; filled .b y Alec Molash. The injury a few of the much needed. breaks. Proba:ble starting line-ups: When Wilkes will have a gym and field, . necessitated a shift of the entire Taylor T,hat it, w.i.ll never. have to yield. infield.,.--,,bripiging Jimmy Davis to Wilkes Molash Morris i s.e cond, Joe Brennan to shortstop; SS ARABIAN C0[;0NELS SEEKPLAY'ING SPACE lib Eivan Gianangelo and .M_olash to the "hot corner". Audres While Taylor College has seldom 2:b Brennl,ln Like the worp. out, but -s till £amous Arabs, who, as .the story -g~, 3b Warmus Nasuti been heard of in local,. athletic cirpicked up their ·t ents and silently crept into the night, Coach 'George Keesey cles, reports from Trenton indicate LF Semmer Ralston'.s athletic teams for the ,p ast· t wo years ·have fu)filled all the that the athletic minded steno- CF Blackenbush King requirements for •becomill!g ·g ood dtizens of Arabia after caravaning graphers aren't entirely new to RF Galletta Steet their way from one end of the valley to the other in search of a place the Doubleday Hobby. During the C Deschak · Konopka Buzby Shubert to ,h old practice. , ,_. ..:.1 past several years of athletic com- P '!'.he year 'round tours have ,s een the grid teams roam a:bolit the wide open .spaces of Kirby Par-k, the basketball teams use everyplace n was ·during the past year that his new interest--dramaticsfor their periodic practice but the tea kettle in the cafeteria, the ,b asecame to light. During the past two months, Jack has been on more ball teams conduct an "if I get there fivst you can have it when you come" contest with ·Coug;hlin High .School for · the main diamond i~ committees than the much traveled Kilroy has been on barracks' walls. BEACONETTES~Between now and the end of the year ,i t might Kirby .P ark, and the tennis team trying to string a net in the trackless trolley on the wiay to Forty Fort High School Courts. be a good idea for the lettermen to get together and try to tie a few It's a well..known fact that the situation will be helped consider- knots in the very, very loose ends. President Jack Josephs, according ably when the new gym is erected, but the question. is whether Coach Ralston can stand ,t he strain. · to reports, is not no"( listed as an active ,student. Why not a comoiete:·evision? .... . After hearing a:bout lhe IR,C receiving $500 and a few T.he ,s ituation ~s it stands now with' the baseball. team is this. •: .. d pennies for the trip to Philadelpihia, a few members of the "WeCoughlin has the right to use the big diamond for its nightly practices. That -s till leaves plenty of space in the two remaining diamonds. But were-gonna-get-je.ckets" lettermen's club decided focy would- propose the other animal in the ,glue-p.ot is the city high school's. track team: to the S~udent Council .a week-end trip to R,?bbin; and l.ihl Spo1·ting It takes up the entire quarter-mile track and the surrounding diamonds. Goods Emporium. The Student Council would be asked for $720 to No~ this wouldn't stop an ordinary team from practicing, but Ralston cover expenses. Oh, by the way, Messer.s Robins and Uhl would show charges are funny that way-particularly the members of the infield. their gratitude for the friendly visit by GIVING each traveling letterThey objoot to Javelins ·and discus in their area and the catcher is sort man some little token-like a jacket or sumpin'. of touchy albout the hurdle which rests between home and first. By TOM MORAN 1 "'DIS 00.AiLK, MISTER?'' The Wilkes bench, Umpire Mickey Noonan, and a portion of "the Wyoming Seminary infield were nudged into a few hearty chuckles this past Tuesday afternoon at Nesbitt Stadium. · -It all s tarted when Ralston decided he would replace Charlie Swanson, -the Wilkes catcher'; with Joe Deschak, in the Colonels' half of the fifth inning. Not having reached the decision to make the change until he arrived at the third-base coaching box, Ralston swung around quickJ.y and yelled, "Deschak. Tell Deschak to bat for Swanson." One of the younger generation · standing about the sideline ho.ping to obta1n a broken bat and eager to please everyone in general, picked up his ears at the first crackle of Ralston's voice. He heard, " Deschak" and then the wind took the rest of the message wit,h it. A frantic search throug.h his pockets produced a small white object and he began .r unp.ing toward Ralston in the third~base coaching box, "Here it is mii&ter, You want DIS Ol!AJLK." Even 'IChalkie" Deschaik got a few snickers out of it. STUDEN'I' GOVERNMENT (continued from page 2) Boyle replied, "'11here would be no harm in that. It's a last get together, and, perhaps the last time the girls will see each other." Answered .Callahan, "But . if we start ,something, it'U just keep the ball rolling, and other clubs will want to do the same thing." Boyle i;eplied that ''those other' clubs would :be dealt with later, if and when such ·a case .should arise." The bu<lget was passed with one "nay". To Boyle's question, "Would it be possible to have a member of the Student Council appointtid to the Athletic Council?", Dean George Ralston replied, "I don't se why not. He would. be welcome, and I would heartily recommend it. The question of hi,s voting -p ower would have· to be settled, but that could easily be taken care of. And it's anpther means of check and balance." The matter will be considered. With that, the meeting was adjourned, and the Council had accomplished. a great deal in it's. 47 minute ·,session. ' CRAFTSMEN ENGRAVERS * 20 North State St. Phone 3-~151 Frank Parkhurst,1lnc. * General Insurance * Miners Nat') Bank Bldg. Wilkeg-Barre, Pa. For. Accurate and Dependable Nationally Famous Watches For . Certified Perfect Diamond Rings 0' Devotion 1 For. Up-to~the-minute styles im Fine Jewelry ON. JOHN "JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES" FEENEY That famous, but now almost forgotten service slogan, "Kilroy Wa•s· Here", came •b ounding back to us this week when we noted that: John Aloysius Feeney is not only heading ,t he committee at the controls ,of the second annual Cinderella Ball, but doing a mighty fine job. Unlike many of the members of the -Colonel Camp, this writer rem.embers Jarrin' John from away back when. He was quite the lad. · Even in his grade school day,s he was interested 'in athletics and extracurricular activities. This -interest continued and became more pronounced while at Kingston High School, where he played three years. <;>f football-making AU.,Scholastic in 1943-and two year-s of basketball. Going into the navy, he played the pigskin sport with some of the top-notch ball players in the country. After arriving home he played some ;b all for Lafayette College, finally arriving here in 19.47 as a member of the Sophomore Class. At the end of the third week of intramural softball activity, Bobby Waters' club -;- The Drips - are camping in the first place spot with a one and one-half game lead and a spotless three wi,n and no lo.s s record. A four-way tie for second place finds the Draft Dodgevs; Faculty, IRC and Pre Meds each ·with one win and one loss, while the Dormitory, Economics Clu,b- and Sad Sacks are in a three-way tie for last place with one win and two losses each. Headed by Student Commissioner Chet Knapich - the man who donned the robes and posed as Chief Justice of the .Supreme Tribunal-the eight-team league has progressed through the first portion of its • two-month schedule without too much trouble. All teams have faithfully honored .s chedules and player regulations. According to reporUs from the members of the teams even the student-umpires appear to be honest. Standing of the Clubs: Drips 3 0 1.000 Faculty 1 1 .500 Dodgers 1 1 .500 rnc 1 1 .500 Pre..Med. 1 1 .500 Dorm 1 2 .33~ E'Conomic Club 1 2 .333 Sad Sacks 1 2 ;333 * * * Co.mpliments . of KNIFFEN * * * HARTER'S Trucksville·Dairy Easy Credit at No Extra Cost See . • Pasteurized Dairy Products SQUARE DfAL JEWELER * Trucksville, Pa. 75 South Main Street Phone Dallas 35 WILKES-BARRE �·WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 4 Friday, April 23, 1,948 Wilkes Student Formulates Plan For Car-Owners PEGGY ANTHONY :Kingston sends as one of its representa,tives, PEGGY ANTHONY, an upper sophomore. "Peg" belongs to the Sociology .Club, the ·French Club, _and if we had a Photography Club here at Wilkes, she would undoubtedly belong to that too, She is an avid camera bug who, when she isn't doodling with the cameras, is swimming. Winter must be a terrific bore to Peg, She is looking for a Bachelor of Arts Degree. Her ambition is to become an interior decorator. At Kingston High School, Peg took part in Girl's Athletics and was a memtb er · of the honor society. GWEN CLIFFORD Brown h::dr, green eyes, a ·b eautiful smile all rolled into one, describes GWEN CLIFFORD who comes to Wilkes from Trucksville. At .Kingston Township High ,School, Gwen participated in ch~erlead1ng, the. Glee Club and Athletics. Miss Clifford has as her objective, a B. · S. in Commerce and Finance. An upper freshman, Gwen has a few years to go until ·she reaches her goal of becoming ,somebody's pretty and capable secretary. She lists her hobbies as piaµo playing, art, and sports. She has a hidden ambition for si,nging on tp.e concert stage. -Gwen prefers blond men. By G,A RFIELD DAVIS Sammy Schnitzenburger strolled down River street, content 'With the world and all it contained. He had just learned that the girls of Beta Gamm.a Chi had voted him "The Male Student At Wilkes Most Likely To Have To Repeat His College Education". Sammy wasn't ·sure whether or not the title the girls had bestowed upon him was complimentary, but he was happy to have been singled out for attention from among Wilkes College's 1-000-plus male students. All, however, was not brig.ht for Sam.my. He was having Student Council trouble. He was encountering much · opposition from that worthy body in his attempts to interest its members in several projects he wished to initiate. Being a lower senior, hi s college career was nearing its end, and he was determined that he should leave behind something for which he would be remembered and loved. To that -end he appeared at student council meeting with varied and involved proposals. First, Sammy introduced his .p lan for the creation of the International Organization of Plutonium HuntPA TRICIA BOYD ers- In Canada. The council turned him down, stating that the Cana"PAT" BOYD, upper freshman, loves swimming and reading. Miss dians could ·very well find ·any and will be one of next ·year's cheer- Boyd has an A. B. in Psychology all plutonium which might be lo- leaders according to the latest re- as her objective and her final goal cated in Canada. · ports. -She comes into her position is Psychiatric nursing. "Pat" usu. Still undaunted, ,Sammy next pro- well qualified after ' serving as a ally -spends her summers swimming posed that the council set up a 'cheerleader at Berwick High School at Lily Lake where her family has committee to -b e known as "The where .s he also took part in dra- a cottage. She prefers tall blond Wilkes. College Chapte.r of The matic-s and the school paper. "Pat" men. Society Organi,z ed To ·Help The · Sailor of Dorothy Dix's Column." As .Sammy explained to the council, he had once re.a d in 'Miss Dix's column (he stated that he "just couldn't start the day's activities until I have read Dorothy Dix")he had read a letter to Miss Dix in w.hich a sailor had ,related an incident which bad occurred when he had returned home after six months sea duty. When the sailor entered his home and went into the kitchen, he found his wife and a strange man having coffee together. When the sailor asked if he could join them, the man said, "You get out of here or I'll make plenty of trouble for you." "Was I within my rights in demanding that I be given a cup of coffee?" the sailor had asked, ahd for the first ti-me in her career, Dorothy Dix had been at a loss for an answer .. Here indeed, Sammy told the council, was the opportunity of a lifetime for Wilkes students to aid a fellow man. Somebody had to set the sailor straight-why shouldn't the help come from Wilkes College? The council, after some debate, was about to aJ}prove plans for the formation of the committee when one of its members pointed out that since the event which had so disconcerted the sailor had taken place sometime ago, the situation had probably resolved itself one way or another by this time, to the advantage of the sailor or otherwise. ~he other members of the council then were forced to agree that Sammy's proposal was withMIRIAM GOLIGHTLY out merit. Again Sammy was deMIRIAM GOLIGHTLY ought to contest held last year. 'Mim" says feated. He trudged out of the room. But Sammy had still another feel qui.te at ease when she ascends that she hasn't much time for hobplan. Having noted a growing num- the steps to the band platform on bies because her duties as a pracber of "Wallace For President" May 14. She has had plenty of tice teacher and Society Editor of .-b uttons ,being sported on the camp- practice on the footboards in the the Sunday Independent keep her .us, Sammy called for a "Commit- starri,n g role of Alice Sycamore in too busy. Miss Golightly is the Pretee to Prevent the Practice of last year's Thespian product.ion, sident of Beta Gama Chi. A native Calling A Student A Communist "You Can't Take It With You", Wilkes-Barrean, Miriam graduated Just Because He Wears A Wallace and also as a -Cinderella Girl in the from G. A. R. High ,School in 1945. Button." ohe of the council m81lllbers promptly endorsed this plan, was no need to .p rotect the few ad- black for -Sammy. He was defeated, because, as he put it, ""Any man mirers of the · intrepid idealist. crushed. He ,asked himself: why who thirtks Henry Wallace would "When the number of Wallace fan- was he unable to conjure up spmemake a good president is in bad atics-uh, excuse :qie--when the thing worthwhile--something that shape as is, without people caJling number of Wallace followers in- would · serve as his legacy to the him a Communist. I feel that Mr. creases", the council member stat- school he loved so well? ;!'here Schnitzenburger;s plan should be ed, "then will be the time to offer must ,b e something he could do! approved." them protection from the rowdy And suddenly, dramatically - it The council was about to legis- rightists". came to him, as if in a ,b linding late, when one of its mem.beri The inspiration came the The. council concurred. Sammy, flash. pointed out that Wallace buttons b:( this time quite a slinker, slunk night before a scheduled student were not seen in great numbers on out of the room for the third time. council meeting. .Sammy didn't the Wilkes ca.mpus, and that there (continued on page 6) From that point on, life was .r------------si:E_______________ I I I· , THE 'CINDERELLA CANDIDATES -AT- l~-=~;~~~;~:~.~~~~~C~ �Friday, .April 23, 1948 5 ITALIAN -ELECTION By JACK REESE "TONI" MENEGUS Coming all the way from Clifton, New Jersey, TONI MENEGUS is the only out-of-state girl represented in this year's Cinderella con, test. Her soft, low voice and her blond hair will help Toni in her ambition to become a marketeer for which she is studying a Commerce and Finance course in her first year at Wilkes. Toni is a member of the Student Council, IRC, and the Choral Club. She graduated from Clifton High School in 1947 and while there she participated in the Dramatics and Choral Clubs. Some of her favorite hobbies are swimming, tennis and horseback riding. Italy is now a part of western Europe and not of the Bal,k ans. Italy, as poverty-stricken and demoralized by war and defeat as s he was, still had enough courage, enough vision, to vote down the Communists. Elections that took place Sunday and Monday were more than political and party choices. They were choices of cultures and systems, the choice ·of one way of life over another. The Italian people themselves actually felt as though they were choosing between Russia and the United States-and they were. Italy's future, despite the excellent choice she made poli.tically, will certainly not be an easy one, but the stage has been set and from here on in it is the ability and faith of fthe actors that counts. The huge wave of Communist aggression threatening to blanket F.uro.p e has come to an abrupt halt in the land where just a few short yeaiis ago General Mark Clark's Fifth Army was slowly pushing and slogging its way to victory. Out of this haze and uncertainty should come the realization by Americans of just how valuable the policies and principles of democracy are. The Communi,sts and their henchmen have retained about onethird of the electorate votes, which is sufficient to cause confusion and disruption in Italy. More important, however, is unity among the anti-Communists with the solid power in the hands of the Christian Democrats. Led by Premier Alcide de Gasperi, the Christian Democrats took the ' election by a greater majority than was expected. It is virtually assured ·that for the next five years Italy will be governed by anti-Communists and anti-Fascists. Only revolution or war is likely to change that picture, and revolution possibilities are greatly reduced because of the severe defeat the Communists suf- ANN PAVLIK A lovely ex-WAVE, ANN ·P AVLIK hails from Edwardsville, and is the only service woman represented. A lower sophomore, Miss Pavlik has as her objective, a B.A. in Mathematics, with her ultimate goal being a statistician. An artistic aptitude is shown· in her love of sketching. Her other hobbies, bicycling through the countryside and watch sports. events, should give her plenty of opportunity to engage in sketchi,ng. She likes her men to be "rugged". Ann. likes T. [ D., but would rather listen to I Vaughn "Matinee" Monroe. H. A. WHITEMAN ! & CO. INC. Wholesale Paper and Stationery Wilkes-Barre, Pa. DEEMER & CO. School and Office Supplies GIFTS AND STATIONERY MARITA SHERIDAN After graduating from Nanticoke H. S . in '47, upper freshman, MrARITA SHERIDAN wasted no time in entering Wilkes and ,p articipat1ng in many activities here, Marita's winning personality and charming looks gained her mem- bership in the Student Council, and now candidacy for the coveted title, Cinderella Girl. W)1en not playing a smashing game of tennis, or playing mermaid i-n some swimming spot, Marita spends her pastime enjoying good music. DEADLINE NEARS tering. The members of the saff are: Robert Miller, editor; Eugene Maylock, business manager; Turdy Johnson, art editor; E'dythe Rudolph, Miriam Golightly, Thos. Jenkins, Robert Mikulewicz, Julius Likowski, Leonard Shetline, -David Jones, and Clem Waclawski. Advisors to the M-a nuscript are Mrs. Gertrude Williams and Dr. Mary E. Craig. (continued from page 1) first issue being . published i:i:J. the spring of 1947. Nan Richards was the editor at that time. Robert Miller then became editor and· this will be the third issue under his guidance. , The book will have a light green spring cover with dark green let- MARIANNA TOMASETTI I WilkesvBarre, Pa. HALF CIRCLE Hoping to . cure some ;f ·the Maskers, and also was a member of world's ills MARIANN A TOMA- the Speakers. A pretty WilkesSETII is ~ollowing a course in . B_arre mi'ss, _Mar;iari?a lists ~er-hob, . hies as music, read111g, sewmg, and Soc10logy m order to become a so- dancing . She is an upper freshman cial worker. Miss Tomasetti gra- here at Wilkes and is also a memduated fr om Coug hlin High School her of the · S.panfsh Club. She .e xin 1947 where she was active on pressed a love. of sports and "all the school Journal, took part in the · around" men. BARBECUE Pork, Beef and Harn · Horne Made Pies French Fries WEST END ROAD Near Plymooth Bridge . George Mamary & Earl Wolfe, Props_ . Student Owned and Student Managed fered at the polls. It is also virtual- that Italy's anti-Communis.t · vote ly certain that the new government will mean tense relations with the in ftaly, wrn consist of an alliance Balkans. Yugoslavia has protested between the Christian Democrats to the Italian government aghinst and the Right-wing Socialists , several recent · vio!.atio.ns of Yugoheaded by Giuseppe ·Saragat. Such .slav skies by American military a coalition would be based on op- reconnaissance · planes supposedly .p osition to Communism and on co- . based in Italy. Yugoslavia was said operation with the United States to have told the Italian governand the Marshall Plan. ment that it would be held respons/ There are already indications i,ble. �·Friday, April 23;'- 1948 WIDKES COLLEGE BEACON 6 WILKES STUDENT FORMULATES PLAN (c1mtinued from page 4) sleep that night; he could barely wait for the 'meeting. The next day, at the student council meeting, Sammy, overjoyed .b ecause he had at last found 'I1HE PLAN he had sought, jubilantly outlined his scheme. "As you all know", he began, "one of the most annoying things Wilkes students must endure is the practice of a certain member of WilkesBarre's Finest of putting tickets on their ears. Now, to determine whether or not the cars have been parked on River Street for more than one hour, this - this - this policeman! puts a chalk mark on one of the tires of ·each car, and returns in one hour to append ~ickets to all cars bearing a chalkmarked tire. "Now (and here Sammy paused for dramatic effect), I -p ropose that . the sum of ten dollars and seventy- five cents be appropriated for one week, and the sum of ten dollars for eaeh aueceeding week. The '75 cents is to purchase a bucket. The ten dollars each week is the salary to be paid to the gallant person who volunteers to carry out my scheme. Ladies and gentlemen '(again Sammy pause.d dramatically), I submit that it is our duty to select a Wilktis College student as a volunteer for the obviously dar' LEE WEISBERGER FRAN ing and· ha~rnrdous task of wiping Miusie, sports, dancing and ,b ridge ' Lee says that she developed her those oppressive c-halk~marks from FRAN WILKI, ,sophomore, is a • -are the hobbies of Miss LEE love of sports while watching those our students' tires!" Newport '46 graduate, and claims WEISBERJGER who is now an up- I great Kingston teams. Here at Suddenly it was as if a block- :Sheatown as her residence. She is per sophomore studying for a · B. Wilkes, · Lee is a member of the buster had been dropped in the a member of the cheerleaders A. in Languages. A graduat~ of Spanish Club. When asked what midst of the student council. What squad, and is striving for a B. S. King.ston High School where she she thought of Tommy Dorsey, Lee a -p lan! All gazed admiringly at · in Biology, hoping for a position participated in ·Girl's Basketball, gave out with a huge "TERRIFIC". the sincere, the humble Sammy Schnitzenbur.g er; all stared at each other with a clearly defined whydidn't-I-think,-of- that- myself look in -their eyes. What a man was thia Schnitzenburger! And Sammy, to add to his already •p rodigious glo] ry, proclaimed : «Gentlemen, I wish by Ted Wolfe to volunteer for the Job!" And the stout timbers of Chase Hall shook with applause for Schnitzenburger The Thespians production of Phil Barry's PHILADELPHIA ' -truly a student made of sturdy STORY was ,s omething short of .a minor miracle, and played to a full stuff. Never in the history of house ·b oth nights in spite of Friday',s bad weather. Four curtain calls Wilkes College was there such a attested to the success of the play, and Director AI Groh can feel day a s that one! mighty proud. And every day since that moThe acting was magnificent, as far as amateur ,acting goes. With mentous occasion in Chase Hall, the support of such ,p ersons as Bill Griffith, Bruce McKie, Marilyn the River Street ,p rocession can be Broadt, and Paul Thomas, not to mention the stage and technical crews, seen travelling .south to north: the the rest of the tvoupe was able to make a fair appearance without any patrolman on his motorcycle with remarks be~ng made. Griffith as Uncle Willie stole the show, and side-car, armed with a piece of is now convinced that the material in women's panties will do in a chalk, marking tires with reckless pinch. Bruce McKie as Sandy had a stage presence the like of which abandon; and Sammy on his sturhas .been shown only once before at Wilkes, when Harold Rein played dy motor-bike, with a bucket of the Russian ballet teacher in YQU .CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU. Mi~s water dangling from the left Broadt played the lead role of swearirng, tempestuous Tracy Lord as handle-bar, and a wet rag in his · good left arm erasing chalk-marks no other college amateur could. Surprise of the evening was Paul with an abandon even more reckThomas' -pol'itrayal of writer Mike Connor, acting that part in such a less. A sight to gladden the heart manner that might make cinemactor Jimmie Stewart say "Hhmmm!" of any man, car-owner or not. And it is popular opinion that Mr. Groh overlooked a great actor by Is it any wonder, then, that Samnot putting "Bud" Nelson in the play. Nelson's limes were, "There will my has lost his title, "The -Male be a ten minute intermiss ion", and he spoke them with a magr;ificence Student at Wilkes Most Likely to and confidence that only comes from years of stage experience. Have to Repeat His College EduAll in all, it WIIIS a great affair, with the only disgusting part being cation", and is now known simply the solfnds of someone snoring in the back row. One pe~on explained as "Mr. Wilkes College of 19·4 8."? that .t his sleeping beauty had just come in out of the rain, ibut from all appearances it didn't seem as though he knew enough to. · WILKI as lab technician and "·b ugologist". Her choice in men cans for height, person~lity, a,nd dancing ability. Fran devotes her spare time to music and swimming. CAMPUS HICiHLICiHTS ~=============================::,/ 1 Earl Wolfe and Jack Feeney are dtsappoi,n ted at not being allowed in the •Cinderella contest. Wolfe's disa,ppointment came when he received only one vote (his own) in the recent election, and · Feeney seemed a ibit ,p eeved when the photographer refused to take his picture. From the looks of the pictures, Feeney should :b e glad. PEGGY WOOLCOCK • • • • A year old, a year wiser, and just as pretty as ever, PE,'GGY WOOLCOC K has a gain been picked as a contender for the honored position of Cinderella. Peggy is a native of Wilkes-Barre and graduated from Coughlin High .School in 19'45. In Peggy's biography of last year, she stated her objective as being jour- ;Many students al'e rather surpri sed with the Council's choice of the West Side Armory as the scene of the Cinderella Ball, at least Cedric Glub is. Say,s ,Glub, "The Council has sponsored some good successful events in the past, and now when they come to the moi,t important of them all, they chose the Armory to hold it in. Usually, that Wilkes-Harre. Pa. place is used as a ,s phere of sports action, and it seems rather out of place to present there 8111 affair such as this. To me, it's -too bare and gloomy to ·b e the scene of a semi-formal, and no amoimt of decoration Cinderella candidate Fra,n Wilki explained the system of . grading can overcome these situations. Even Tommy Dorsey might be insulted. I know many of the students are. There's still time for the Council to her mother not long ago as follows: F-fine, D~dandy, C-colossal, B-better, and A-awful. ''See, mother", she said, "I never get any A's!" to change its decision. How aibout it?" :She isn't alone, as any World Lit student can avow. tW ell, how about it? BISCUIT CO. * •••• After tasting a candy ibar that he had purchased at the Cafeteria, one student remarked, "If the cost of this candy had been cut down one penny each year fTom the time they put it on the counter, the Cafeteria would owe me money." "If you think rthat's stale", replied hi:s buddy, "you ought to taste their sandwich buns." . • • • • The .Spanish Club has finally come down to earth, and is planning to hold an affair ,r ight here in the old home town, after giving up the idea of touring the Caribbean. Latest plans call for a dinner-dance, LA COMIDA A LA VALEN.CIA, to. be held at the Fort Durkee Hotel, with an honest-.to-.g oodness Spanish chef doi,n g the victual honors. Sort of a Durkee dinner, ltuh? Thank you, Hank Anderson. nalism but s:nce then, -s he has changed her mind and has decided to become a t eacher of English in·stead. Music seems to be an imp.ortant part of Peggy's life. She belongs to the choral club here at Wilkes, and has appeared with a girls' orchestra. Her hobby is playing the piano. USE GLENDALE WOODLAWN DAffiY PRODUCTS � 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 Wilkes Beacon 1948 April 23rd Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1948 April 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 Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/4e7c80d629ad0582aa22b84f38aa6fbd.pdf fa6e09e134e388200de3be6309ec76f9 PDF Text Text left school. ·ski, <i(lnter and fullback, respectiveWhen the business end of · the Thomas Named Letterman President, and Not to be done out of their elec- ly; of last year's squad, were ~ombination· meeting and smoker tion spirit, the rnemilfers · of the chosen to head this year's football was finished, . the lettermen profootball and basketball teiims ·voted team, while Joe Swartwood and ceeded to dispose of the · food and LSupinski; Elias Grid Co-Captains, for their respective Co-'captains. Paul Huff were elected to handle drink. After the refreshments (continued on page 2) Sammy Elias and Henry Supin- the court squabbles. Swartwood, Huff ·court Co-Leaders 1 By NORR OLSHEFSKI Expecting explosions like the atom bomb at Hiroshima, the lettermen were a· trifle disappointed last night when their election of a new president came off like corn popping on a hot stove. Nobody expected the startling show of hands was almost unanimntove made by Tom Moran when · ous except for two dissenting votes. he called for a vote of confidence After Mr. Ral·ston announced that for the acting President, Paul Paul Thomas was the new PresiThomas. After Tom put inthe mo- dent th group gave a long round tion, tli,e g:,,:oup was temporarily of applause. stunned. Then, George Ralston, The election of a new Letterman advisor of the club and temporary President became necessary af.ter chairman, called for ij;he vote. The Jock Josephs resi~ned his position Vol. 4 , , ~ ~/. _· ·· _ WILKE}S OOLLEGE, W=l==;u=:KE== ·:!::=s=.:.B=A=R=R=E=,=P=A=.=:::;==========F=r=_ ida=i='=M=a=y==7;=1=9=48 No. 9. :Harold Russell, War Hero and Students To Be Given Chance To Name Cabaret Party Winner of Two Academy Awards, Presidential Preference Next Week Being Planned By Frencli Club To Speak At Assembly Tuesday BALLOTIN(; TO BE HELD IN CHASE . Want a chance to vote? Election age or not Wilkes students will have an opportunity to vote for their favorite Presidential candidate when the BEACON moves . its voting machinery into Chase Hall Lounge Monday noon for a week of ,b alloting. The vote will ,b e by secret ballot. To pJ:'.event any ballot stuffing to determine the favorite candidate students will be requested to pre- : ?f Wilkes .students ~ligible to vote t the' 1;· 't' d f f m the national elections. However, sen '.r ac ivi ies car or . or i a total as well as a separate vote perforation by Beacon staff mem- - will be counted. ·hers handling the voting proceed- 1 ,Cand•i dates Taft, Stassen, Mac1 .Ur!)~. · The voters will tb.en write · Arthur, Wallace, Dewey, Eiseniii ~their f~'f:orjte candidate on a ' hower, Vandenburg\ Truman, Warpririt.~d . b~1'lot. _T}_iis type ·of straw ren and Douglas appear on election .was dev:'lsed by Beacon the tb allot. <Countmg the total :staff 'm.emli'ers to ihsui-e a secret · ballots will be Mrs. Gertrude vot'e ·ahd a fair election. , Williams, Mr. Alfred Groh, Beacon . / l'wo_-~ ll_ot iboxes will be set up. 1 Advisor, Journalism Jnstrtictor, Students o'f :voting age will be ask- Mr. Edward Williams, English Ined :to· dt-op their ba:llots in a separ- ' -structor and ·the Beacon's Vince ~te bo~ from that ·of other voters Macri. v.:m I Harold Russell, World War II hero and two-time Academy Award The French Cl~, in planning a ·gala affair to be !;held ' on Friday, winn~r, will ·a ddress Tuesday's assemi]:)ly on "The Fears 'of Our Lives" Before addressing the assembly May 21. at St. Stephen's Hall, is the heroic veteran will tour the going all out to make it an even Wilkes ci;,.mpus. bigger success than the one staged Russell, , who lost both hands in last semester.' the war, has been hailed nationally The program, ~hich will ine¥ude 'ror his impressive courage in overdancing in a Parisian atmosphere, coming his handicap. Fighting back after a long period of hoswill be . topped bY, a floor show ar- pitalization Russell is ranged ,b y Ross L!:!OI}ardi, Elva Ful- garded as one -o f the ler, and Ruth Ri~hAr<ls-, that .prom- most valuable citizens. In his first professional acting ises to be even. ~c;ire: hilarious than the famed "Can..,Can Girls" of role Harold Russell walked off with '1 •. the Oscar for his· accomplishment "Une Nuit a :P.~tis". as the best supporting actor in, th,e Elva Fuller; 'f ehairtnan of the film The Best Years Of Our Lives . Refreshment Committee, promises The veteran will discuss . hate that there will ,b e, , va,riety and quantity in the line of refresh- anr prejudice, citing their futility and dangers. ments ... General _(fuat'!:'m.~n, ,(}eorge .Mais~ough br?ught he_re esp_eci11,lly el and, ,Co:-Cl'i.l!'Jnnan, Carl M!llesh~, to add_ress Wilkes, ,Ru.sseH v.:ill al~ efS:ki hfve ·d~j'gh .~ ~d ,hte ·follow- S:p:ak tc;i l~!ll schools during his ing com:n;iitte1!i': ' :. . . . r ' . ' ' v.ii,1t. . . ; • . ' ' . R~fre!Jn!j:l#)tr~, .Chair-w1an1 _ Elv~ ,.'~;\Jde~ts ,are \ 1t1V1ted,, to_ bri.ng 1 -}!'uller, •,Qo.i9B·~ ~a~ J~ttit~~ss:f t~e1r-_fri~~ds. _rto. hear' ,t he _add,res~, 1 '- · · Tnhn Sott ;Sherdon, MorrisiW! l,t},1~ -a,d:mmu,tratlot} p,1;mounced.i ·· . 1 ,. : ., .. .·; ·•·.:.'. .,,.:.. >y ·.. : ,.. W.hen Tommy Durs'e y a .. .ra appear next Frida~ · a.t the West Side Ar1~-o ry, _on:.. _ m . .t popular mixed singing • tets in the country will 1perform with ~he band. The "St..:!.rdm, •. one ,of Dorsey'.s newest acquisitions, are expected to turn in a performance 'that will •explain why they are billed as "America's Most Versatile Qu;rtet". ..- · · Doc of Swing will salute Cinderella. Tommy, "Dictor of Swingology" is the himself, will present the winner. title given ·C inderella man Drosey In a program of colorful pageantry by Seton College students at their the queen will reign over her .c ourt. The c_ulmination of the program will come when she is p_resented with many valuable . gifts, prseented by local firms, and obtained through the efforts of Gift Committee Chairman Joe Savitz. I Voting Heavy Voting for Cinderella has been heavy and the coveted position may go to any one of the eleven eleven candidates say committee chairmen. Ticket sales are reporteddly large, but there are still many on sale at the campus bookstore. Tickets may be purchased by students for their friends this week upon presentation of the special card mailed them by the committee entitling them to purchase dance tickets. Cindy Hopefuls To Rehearse Cinderella candidates are expected to appear at the West Side "STARDUST" Armory Tuesday night, at 8 and recent dance. T D. and hi,s twenty- .F riday, May 14 at 12:30 noon for one side-men, including the new rehearsals, committee chairmen singing sensation, Denny Dennis, report. .. ., ·•-~f:i£S·,~-·n·p;1 ·For May -28th '-ri> Trnin'- , ttif -1..-~ r. :~, ·~,.;ras : f·., , - Do) res , J>ass~f!~-- ~'an~ X _.._ _ } and •.C1nester Omilchmski. :· · · , .· ' -u se:C~rlirmanc,I~riWa5;.~w.... :::o-Cp.amrl).an 'Geor;~~ ..Morgas, ~· · · ~ ...... _,m--·l\forrisol), J at,• Sietchek, Jack Russell, George .l\!aisel, and · An "Award Dance", the first of John Baloga. / its kind ever to tbe held at Wilkes, Deconations: Chairman, Jean will be held on Friday evening Wasilewski, Trudy Jol:\.nsol), David May 28, at 1the Sans Souci Park Jones, George Ermel, John Baloga, .Dance Pavilion. Music for the ocFlorenc·e Crump, Paul Thomas , Jim cil.sion will be supplied by Larry Holifield, Ruth Richards, Joan Wayne and his orc-h estra. Walsh, T; Morgan. Wayne is well known and popu·P ublicity:_ _-Don Williams and lar with dancing enthusiasts in the Alma Famrec1. · upper end of the valley. It is reFrench students • interested in 'ported that he is under contract to making the affair a success are appear art; Rocky Glen throughout a*ed to get in touch with Chair- the sunimer months. Featured voeman George Maisel. alists with the 1band are the Lang Gytelle Freed, Chairman of the Sisters. ' Reservation Committee, has anThe idea for an awards dance nounced that reservations can be was · initiated at a recent meeting made starting Thursday at Chase of the Student ,Council when it was Lounge. · brought to the council members' attention that many of the students in the various clubs on the campus were entitled to awards • for participating in the club activities. The council then decided to b i hold a special affair at which the awards would be presented. "Heart's Desire" an American The · organizations who will refil-m, will ,be pre~ented by the ! ceive awards are the Choral Club, French Club tonight at 8 and 9:30 Cheer!ead:rs,. Band, BEACON and in Kirby Hall. The picture, a mus- the The~p1an. Club. Som~ members ical will feature the music of i of the Thespian Club will also reJoh~nn Strauss and star Richard I ceive the Beacon Trophies for outTauber renowned Metropolitan i standing work in the Thespian proOpera ~tar. · ductions of the past year. Also on the agenda will be three shorts including Desi Arnez in "Cuban Rhythms" and Willie How· ard in "South River Street Stri-k es • Back". The identity of the third short will be held back as a surt, prise. Dr. Fehrer, advisor to the The International Relations Club French Club, and Clem Waclawski, will meet tonight at 8 (D.S.T.) in president, promise an evening of Chase Hall lounge where a speakpleasing entertainment for all er, yet unannounced, will speak to music lovers. They extend an in- the group. Refreshments will b-e vitation for all to attend. served at the meeting. 'HeartS Des1·re.' plays Tonl O'ht I . 1 I 1R1C To Meet TonIO'ht At 8 n;" -F~.,,t·e·._ - p •, ·tnDurkee .U1nn_er_·. In~erest is reportedly . running. high for the Spanish Club "La Comida a la Valenciana", which will b-e held in the mairt , I dinint room of the Fort Durkee Hotel, on Saturday evening, May: 15. Lester Gross, ,president of the club and -general chairman of the. affair, has announced that tickets are already on sale and can be purchased from any member of th,e committee. The price of the dinner is $2.10 per person. dinner, The dinner is being prepared by Mr. A:belino Rodrigues, the SP,anish Chef at the hotel, and the food will be typically Spanish. Entertainment will be supplied by the students of -Miss Martha J. Silseth's classes and will includd~ musical selections by David Jones, I Norman Baum, ,S tanley Wanehisen, and Don Kemerer. There will also be a maraichas demon:s tration by ··Thomas Foster, Don Kemerer, Stanley Wanclisen and Pablo Diaz. In addition to 'the above mentioned acts, -Mrs. Eugene Farley, wife of Wilkes President, Dr. Farley1 will play a few selections on the piano. The committees arranging for the dinner are as follows: Program: Norman Baum, chairman, Jean Hartman, Don. Kemerer, Thomas Foster, Trudy Johnson, Vohn Crawley arid Stanley Andricyk. Decorations: Lenora Lynches and Bob Levine. Tickets: Norman Hart and Lester Gross. �I WILKES1' COLLE_G~ BEACON In Passing Henry W. Anderson Editor-in-Chief Thomas J. Moran Joseph Purcell Sport's Editor · Business Manager Robert T. Mikulewicz Features Editor By Robert Mikulewic:i Norbert S. Olshefski News Editor TENEMENT HOUSES AND SOLEMN WORDS Cry, The Beloved Country; by Allan Paton. The scene of this novel is laid in South Africa. The plot seem s to be Kumalo's search for his son in the city of Johannesburg. Kumalo is. a Don Lennon Reese E. Pelton country parson. When the story starts, we are told that Kumalo's Cartoonist Music Editor sister's husband had gone to Johannesburg. to work and had disappeared. Kumalo's sister, Gertrude, went to Johannesburg with her young Photographers son in search of him. They disappeared. Kumalo's son then went in Thomas J . Moran, Dom Yanchunas search of Gertrude. He disappeared. As the story opens Kumalo is Features Staff about to go to Johannesburg in search of them al~. He doesn't disTed Wolfe 1 E'd ward J . Wasilewski, 'Garfield Davis appear because the author takes us with him. Kumalo finds Gertrude and her son in a ,baudy house, from which ,h e rescues them. News Staff After a long search, about six chapters worth, Kumalo finds his son Robert Miller ,Eugene Maylock, Margot Golin, Reed Lowrey, in prison, charged with the murder of a white man . He als o finds his Alma Fanucci, Naomi Gould, Gene Bradley, Chester Omichinski son's girl friend , who is pregnant. Kumalo marries his s on to the girl-friend and prepares to return to the country with her and Gertrude and Gertrude's son. Kumalo's son is convi cted and hanged. Gertrude'5 hllsband is never found, and she, at the last minute decides to return to th~ house of ill repute. Kumalo goes back to his country parish with his son's wife and Gertrude's son. The title page of ·this . book reads, "Cry, the Beloved Country, A Story of Oomfort In Desolation." The comfort seems to be that By '.l'ED WOLFE throug,h Ktimalo's son's murder of a white man there has come better It has been definitely decided by the Student Council that the understanding between the races. The fath~r of the murdered man Senior dinner~dance formal will be held on June 5-, and in:embers of is the largest -)and-owner near Km:µalo's parish, and he helps the the facµlty will ·b e invited. The plan was worked out by the Coun- natives with irrigation works, schools, etc., because his son had been cil's Social •Committee under the able guidance of · 'C hairman Jack wo~king for thi'S better understanding when he was killed. . The story -p roves more desolate than comforting. It is a dirge. It is Feeney, who, after recommending that invitations ,be extended to the faculty, probably had in mind the fact that such an action would be written like a 'dirge and it moves like a dirge-slowly, solemnly and the best way to bring the s eniors and dthe faculty · together for a without gaiety. You must watch closely in order to see it move at an. · But even dirges can be 'beautiful - in a melancholy way. This has last friendly get-together ·b efore the g raduates leave school. The Awar<ls Committee reported that it had miscalculated on its a sort of hopeless beauty about it; ,rather like an elegy, but not as satestimate of $150 for awardds, and consequently asked the Council isfying nor as spiritually comforting. It seems as though ,t he author, with lots of time to tell a little for $100 more. Award pins for the Thespians have not been received as yet. Pins, ikeys, etc., will be made and designed by the Balfour story, every now and then says, "Well, let's get off here and admire Company, as that compan.Y has a lower price (30% off) and a _greater the scenery, shall we?" Then he describes the scenery; meticulously, · and ends with a :moral. He does this at the beginning of a chapter, s·e lection. at the end of a chapter, in the middle of a chapter, ad infinitum, ad ...,, The Rains Came nauseum. Beacon Editor Hank Anderson asked the Council if it would be ,,A, book is rea:d, usually, for entertainment, inspiration, amusement permiss;i;ble ~ present the Thespian ",0.5-cars" at the Cinderella ,D ance, or enlightenment. But not in order to be depressed. This book is w:hereupon the Council, with Messrs. Carey and Gallahan providing de.p ressing. Example; Chapter I com;ists of ·two paragraphs describing \ he,. impetus, prqc~eded to make ,a ,big issue out of a. sorr:ewhat trivial, . fertile cl;)untry, two describjng ?es . 'ate_ country ~n~ ,ends th~ly: "The matter. -Editor Anderson put up a good !battle, but to no -avail, as it men are away, the young men and gtrls are away.~T-he so1-l "'lnnot was the conte~ticln of Carey and Callahan tha..t such doings woul<;l cfrain k,eep them anymore." the dance <lry of any ,p ublicity, glory and importance. "If this 'isi going · · · Gh~hter II is• a: c' . mos<tly of conversatir,· to be a Cinderella dance, let's keep it that way, and leave the· .awards follO'finf~~ typicaf. Kumalo) ' l it ' , p,re~enta~ion for som_e other time," they thundered. Anderson c~me, in . •~She miµltereid ·• out' of the · rain, and conceded.,. It was then suggested tha+.. a §P'ebial · ~N, '· A.wards D_ance bP. irive~ for ,~ \nfx.-_<:i_·e··n\ .-..A"'-w_.;; _·:'~ n:.'._.:__._.-,,~ y, l,"~hp, 1it·_cd ?/'eh:::. J , J , ., -,u.,..,.""r''l.),;,; e cu, LU. ' ,IL'"r t [ Q , . ' es , e S8J • ~ T, at m 11 ' ~ Xslst.<.:- :~ f1<,!Z wi.1f' work with ' a s,p ecial Cou\ ci! cQt#!i'ittee . '; 1i I).0t ' frorii 1gertru~ fffect th,e a:i.-~~'lr (to _be held 01,1 May 2&). I , ·!"!, ,~-1.;)W{!ei:'haps it ·_i~i:-fr<:>n1 n Jhn. ' \, , \h .~. ~:.:?. lft' LI ' ' Finally - Agreement '; ·, _:_It i.s •not front Jo~ m.! satCI. ~. Tlre;yVwe~e sil~rlt'>;.(" \ ·, •' · · .; Andersbn then sugges<ted an award be given to the outstanding • 'I.. R-ea~ii\lg,' this:,;o<>ok' is like Jooking at Tenement houses, ot sharesenior, to be presented at the dinner,,qance. Everyone, especially sencroppers) ~a,bins l>r: ;~ bofnbed-qut town. The ,bo?k ponders as an old iofs in the Council, ,h eartily agreed with this. On the question of just man does who has J.i\red lon·g , seen much sorrow, and is resigned to the , which seniors it would include, Anderson replied that only seniors wic~ dness of the world. from the '48 graduating cl3ss, would be considered for the award. :As 'the 'book itself say.; twice, '~Oh the grave and the solemn words." En~owment . Brody mentioned that the Senior Class is contemplating asking for a budget from the Council 'for the purpose of donating someTl\e contrilbutions received by this column did not bear the name thing to the College as a t oken of remembrance. A trop,hy case was i~ of the author, or authors. If any contributor wants to see his work in ~ip.d, ·b ut Appropriations · Committee Chairman Brody suggested that print he must accompany said literary effort with his name. Don't be the donation be · in the form of some kind of endowment · policy so bashful, send in contributions. This column will print almost anythingthat the idea would take hold, thus being perpetual and somewhat of a as reviews of the past will show. · precedence. Council President Charles Templeton answered that "such an undertaking wo.u ld be robbing Peter to pay Paul", and that "it MEECHAK AND FIRST TICKET would be no .sa{!rifice on their part" if they got the money from the Council. . With Carey's suggestion that each senior :b e assessed $1.00, it was decided to postpone the discussion for further consideration, and the meeting was adjourned. Vincent Macri Club News Editor Frank Eiwaz Circulation Manager ....,__..-·--·-----··-··-··-··-·-··-··-··-··-··-··-·- ·-+ l-----··---·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-··-·-·-·-·-·-··-··--+ Student Government .j ~1; ··-- 0 Friday, May 7, 1'\,-.: . , r ~ • EXPERTS IN SOLVING DIFFICULT PLUMBING AND HEATING PROBLEMS , TURNER VANSCOY CO. 2_7 E. Northampton St. Est. 1871 · When You Think of FLOWERS THINK OF RU CH'S Flower Shop 112 EAST MAIN STREET, PLYMOUTH, PA. Member 'F lorist Telegraph Delivery Association . •· ~ ,r - ........, • .. I ,.a.es-... ',, 0 r ' to ' .i; -THE BOSTON STORE Men's Shop has everything for the college man's needs. from ties to suits .. , FOW_LER, DICK_ AND WALKER ~ .- ' . FOR YOUR I . HIT TUNES h1\ ~ ' ' ' "NEED A'NY HELP?" THOMAS NAMED ' movies of the Louis-Walcott fight, Highlights of the 1947 Football (continued from page 1) Season, and the home produced Ray Meechak has the age-old honor of ,buying a first dance ticket as were all gone, the letter winners pictures of the Wyoming Sem~ he purchases the first Cindy ducat from ticket seller Mildred Gittens. filed ba~k into the lounge .to watch Wilkes game. LAZARUS RECORD CENTER AU The Newest Popular Recordings By Your Favorite Artists LAZARAS LOWER FLOOR i �Friday, May 7, 1948 3 WILIQJS COilLEGE B~~N Wilkes Nine Faces King's Away Today SPORTS BEACON Drips' ~emler Hurls No Hitter John Richard Semler,- star hurler for Bob Waters' Drips, made history · W edd'flesday afternoon w.h en he pitched a no-hit, i:io-run game, ,s triking out 18 men. Wa'ters' team is now leading the softball le;igue,t wi th fal 6· reco rd , for a . percen age o ..000 . .. The standings. Waters' Drips · 6- o · 1.000 Dorm 3 3. .500 IRC 2 2 .500 Draft Dodgers 2 3 .400 E'conomics -club . . 2 3 .400 Faculty 2- 3 .400 Pre-Med 2 3 .400 Sad Sacks 2 3 .400 COLONELS SEEi( FOURTH STRAIGHT WIN AT LUZERNE; MEET HARTWICI( SATURDAY By TOM MORAN Beacon Sports Editor ·T oe memhers of the Wilkes College Colonel Baseball Colony will Beacon f}ports Editor invade the realm of its · city-rjval college this afternoon at ~ :30, when . . f ourth consecutive . . t ory ,the Blue and Go1d co1omsts w1·11 seek. t h e1r v1c when they meet an experienced King's -College nine at Connelly Field, GOOD SHIP "SNAFU" SAILS AGAIN Luzerne . The good -s hip Snafu, loaded with lettermen, left last night from Follo\}'ing through to make it are' scheduled to meet Hartwick the busiest week-end on the sporls College nine for the ,second time Chase Hall on a voyage to an undisclosed destination. The big quesschedule, the Colonel diamond per- this season in the afternoon. tion is whether i,t will again take on water and sink as it did on its form er s will hit the proverbial Plenty of Power last voyage when tlre captain of the vessel left the :barge and the road again early tomorrow moi:nTo date,' the nine coached by ing for Oneonda, N . Y., where they other three officers and crew found themselves floundering about the George Ralston .hasn't exactly ·b een collegiate sea witho. a skipper and definitely minu,s a rudder. in a slump on the diamond. Besides winning the last three games All this may seem like a lot of bilge to the "lan'.d lubbers" who delve over Rider -College, Keystone and in the normal activities of college life, but to the lettermen, who reWyoming Seminary - the locals cently found themselves noit only without a president-Jack Josephs have chalked up a season's record having .performed a "fade out"-but without what used to be a smoothso far of four wins and two lossly operating organization. es. The two smudges on the nine's record are the results of bowing When this article was being recorded in the log books the election to Hartwick College in the opener . was -still several hours away, but the mob gatherings and pre-election and Taylor Business College on propagan,d a we're so intense that the recently held Italian election April 24. would. seem li,lte a Sunday 'School picnic in comparision. Naturally, Since the opening day when the boys from Oneonda tapped thre_e when the sports world at the col.l ege reads this article they. will alWilkes pitchers for 13 runs - fin~ re114y have ibeen informed who was chosen president of t he letter- 1· ally prolonging the game so ·1ong men's· club and the news of the new football captains will be listed that the officials cailed it in the among the past events. ninth on darkness - Wilkes . h~.s proven itself t 9 possess a mµ_ch Many times in the past two s emesters-since the letterman's club improved ball club. The pitching ,began to' nose-dive-we have been tempted t o write something about is much better and the. hitt ing ' is the situaition, but left ~ell-enough alone in hopes of seeing the 011ganmuch stronger. The fielding i's ·still i7ia~\~n level off. · · weak - particularly in the inner garden area - but that may be -The · s~tuation is not too bad---!but bad enough when one considers due te the fact that Wil~es has not 1;h~t only 'one-year ago the ·Wilkes College Letterman's Club was. the been consistent .· in ' its: infield i 1,Qp· orgarii•z·ation on ithe campus. It 'i,as following its constitutionroster . .the one tha1t now se~ms obsolete-and the lettermen were looked up Two Strong ~~:ders . , 'to by the_ members o~ the -student body and the faculty. Now, many Ralston has two top-notch pitch· are 1un4eci,<!,ed. They }lren't sure jus<t what the s~ore is on the athletic ers · who have. proven t'he'mselves <4:ub, _. -The big cause ,\s not the results · • -ttie c iu-b's actions-beca11 c;~ and two more wh,c>·are on the quesit ·,,has, ·s·p onsored som~ migb-t.y_ frn, ;-<but the dissension ir tionable . li&,t, ·c r ane Bru;by, expected to be one of the po~e,r-boys cb~b fa · bi:'inging many/dciu,bts. Th '1enied by some, but 1 ·,, • on this yea'r 's club because of h,is "· '"'"'tt ~f '-ci:i ssen~io'r ' ~~~ng tJ., nd _rth,e s · ' I ' \ ' • ' • \ . : • ' fin <>. performance,s las1; s_e a~on, has '. when 1-~ - 7 : t.,.1s,,~~!L 'fl ~S-µ,½iV~<lll 14¥!Ule)( !,!i.t! ~~ li <:! L <m._,~,J,...~ 'll editio~ . o,f, th~ W1IJces ':'.lllege been rather disappoin,t)Ag . ..Buz.by , to . hol:d ll~. el.~ t ~oli,J9~ :tp.e .' !i~dt l ~l t~am;r ~ hic~ ~1t ~e.et''Jf(n'g'.~r~ ll¢gEP ni,1;_1e th~s after~" on a:-t :4a¢ started thre ;ga~ es,_anu lU~;__.,; . d~nc,~: ;?:_~ 'the '!!tter:in11f f e,µb '.' ', \ . '~ m ~ Qni,r~li Y. -F:~~lcf --.~ ?-Il'!9nd; ~11' p uzer ne,, anti topiorr,ow . wi,U Ja.ce · lilf,-e his oM' !l'e lf. for .., tp.e' ":first, f e;_--w; 1 ': i ·,n\.ean~ 'to 1 us\ , -slainrlfahg article ·des' i7k c y1~,~e ~eanr:r.9n~~~a, ·~. ;t :: .. · .. ·,- :; ,, -~- ~- ·, . . . J,il)ni-n~s; .~Sil}\ , ~he~ ,the _'hot_tom' fli.l~s to< c~4f?e:nar\J: feel~'lltiil !1:1!14n1n "iie clur, .. imJ~~rs, q-ut is: -rathe:r an .,. , . t _! 9 :f)~ht; . E;_n,eeh~~~o!J.,, !ll;ac~~nJi~sh", 'I'.~ni-1Richa:,ds.-,S~and'" ,ou,t-:and:.\ts 'up t; 1_Walt~~.. ~ender-, icl~ ,Wl_it~~n in ~9,?d faith i:ii );lopes of drf wing the ·m embers together mgLAl Sem1\t~l'~:, Jo: :Gf ies, Jp.clc. Feen~y, ~1'1-~. ~se:a 'Galletta:1 1 - · . sh_ot O):'Y~o~d E1,~:'l to .\~':;i-~le,, t!i.e -· · . ,' · : ... . "· · · ·. , ·· ', • •' : · ,re1lef ass:1 gnments,:- Anotl'ie.:i:'•P•tcli~ · 9nc~ aga_m . · '·_· ,· Ill••·· , ·t'"'·'"• .. ·. , .. '"'· .' · . ''.1·. · ' . et who.is ·suJ}jclsed to ,'ha;,e 't h'e . • \ , ' l 'Tc/11>e hlµnt-there is' too much je~lousy awong the members. ln' \>tuff ,''bu( r~a!ly ; ~ -i ~f~ }~ en ' gitt~ , ·· · : •,, _. ,· · . · a _c hance 1s .\[,)rc~ ,1 Me.tttie~.-' · iitea,d o,:f' ehoosing a · president for the common good of the dub, the · _______ •. The }iittit\i~i .p,o:Wer (?I -,tlie ., <;;lu;h ~e~ bers. are forming groups and match,ing one ·power against aJ).other. is centeted around Al' · Sem:mers;, '· By ED. WAS'I L~WSKI 'Many times at the _meetings we haye heard members -s tand np and leftfielder, and Pon '. ];llackenbush, What ha:ppens, in- the student's mind' when he first comes ,face to center fielder. Bo-th lads 1have been say .they do not want one thing or another j~st l!leca~se ANO'I'HE'.J?, face in class wiJth a new professor? powdering the apple consistently, coliege has it. Yet, when it comes time to handing out awards, pickWell, the fi t-st 'thing the student notes is the ,p hys ical appearance and present the hulk of the battin~ · strength when combined · with ing offic~r~, or other _important tasks, there is a s udden cry for diviand the bearing of his instructor. The saying, "First impressions Frank Evan, Osea Galletta, Joe sion of athletes into majC>r or minor categories. When it comes time ~re luting impressions" is valid sometimes- bwt the experienced .Brennan and Maiity •Warm us. for picking a president, do the men in the club try to nominate a pre- student has learned not to judge a book by its cover. Many a mediocre sident who has proven in the past that he is capable of directing a · looking professor has tu_rned out to be a fi ery orator, a st em but club? ·Or -do the men in the club t ry to follow the leaders who have kind teacher and a strict disciplinarian in the clas,s room. chosen a candidate for other reasons? More than likely the student then wonders if the said profess or By TOM _M ORAN ° ;,; .J . T-ttit'-it •~<k ~~ ."The StndenfLooks'At~The F _a~ulty' Whatever way t he election turned out last night, we hope it was for the best. The natural thing in ca se of a president leaving would have been to move u<p the vice-president and if necessary elect a man to fill that office. In t his case, it would ' have been the wiser and more g;iractical thing t o do because the office has only two more months to run. · However, it is too late to erase what ha·s been done. The · only course left is to hope for a better organization. An organization which will once again -g ain the respect and admiration of the student body. It is not too late to r eorganize the club into one of tlie finest club's in the school, but PETTY JEALOUSY and PREJUDICES MUST be forgotten. Let's try working with the next fellow- not a gainst him. Let'-s start now! BEACONETTESAccording to George Ralston, director of athletics, announced that the tentative grid schedule for 1948 h_a:s seven games listed, including tilts with S t. Franci-s, Bloomsburg STC, Mansfield -STC, Hattwick Col_lege, Rider College, Lycoming College, and King's •College . . . . The only hitch in the program is t hat at present five of the seven games are away. The contests with St. Francis and King's are home events .... Boyd Earl, who has won two games for the Colonels this · season, pitched 'h is way into the local hall of fame last ·Sunday by chalking up a no-hit, no-urn contest with an amateur team. Earl was chiefly responsibleij for Kingston High School winning the championship in 1945-the first year it entered the diamond loop. has a senc; of humor- and -soon sends out trial balloons in order to find it. For it is something all ·s tudents look for a~d all profes-s;rs strive for. · Next the student wants to know how well the professor knows hi-s subject. And this is a reasonable request; after all, he is ,paying for .the knowledge, and as a cash cust ol1'\ er, he is enti tled to a decent product. At any rate ~e opines there is not much s ense to the blind leading the blind. The student is quick to detect extraordinary ability in a profes-s or to which he responds with a will and enthusiasm . Needless 1 to say, that is what he is looking for .... and admires. On the other hand, the student is just 'a s quick to detect a deficiency or unpreparedness in a professor, who usually hides behind a screen of ambiguities and equivocations in his lectures, examinations and :mar-king system. Such a procedure cannot elicit respect 'from any individual, and the student is no exception. Finally the student expects the professor to be a good sport to whom he ca ngo with his problems, or for further explanation of something that wasn't quite clear i n a lecture, · or just for a friendly chat on some interesting -p oint of everyday life. That's the personal side of teaching, now what does the student expect in the w,ay of teaching ? The teacher should take a little time at the beginning of • the semester to explain his subject - to -show the relationship of hii;: particular subject matter. to all others, and how and what significance it holds for the student. Such an orientation is desirable instead of (continued on page 4) H. A. WHITEMA.N! & COe INC. Wholesale Paper and Stationery I Wilkes-Barre, Pa. I BISCUIT CO. * Wilkes-Harre. Pa. 1---------------- �4 WILKES dpLLEGE BEACON ·1 Dram~ CAMPUS HICiHLICiHTS Present Students . Three by Ted Wolfe ~ = = = = = = = = = = = d i One-Act Plays With the Cinderella Dance only one week away, the Student Couneil stubbornly sticks to its decision to have it in the West Side Armory, Kingston's own stockyard. In spite of t he many pleas that students have· hurled at ,Council members outside of session, the Council has made no attempt to hold the dance in any other place. It's a good thing Tommy Dorsey has been ·h ired for the affair instead of Art ,Mooney (as it was originally planned) else attendance at the dance would probably be pitifully small. Let's hope the rodeo that is being held there this week takes everything with it when it leaves, and that means EVERYTHING. • • • • 3 'Speaking of the rodeo, it's been rumored · that Marty Blake is g oing to attempt to ride "Big ,Syd", the notoriously wild bull, for which fete $1000 is ,b eing offered. Blake claims that he needs the money to enable him to attend tl\e Cinderella Dance. Well, if he can't ride it, he certainly should be able to throw it. • • • • , Despite the many complaints that the Cafeteria charges too 'much fot its food (25c for two pieces of , bread soaked in a solution of cream cheese and olives), nothing has as yet ·b een done about it. Also, the tables in the eatery continue to ,b e cluttered up with bottles, dishes, cups, food, napkins, overshoes and what have you. Nor has any attempt been made to install a juke-box t here. This last suggestion was made for the purpose of enabling patrons to enjoy their food a little better. Digestion wouldn't be ,so hard, claim the originators of the idea, As a ·result, students have taken their trade to the five and dime . stores up town, which seem to have more to offer, such as lower prices (('hot roast beef sandwich-with roast beef in it-with mashed .potatoes and gravy, 45c, a good price any place these days), better service and music to raise the spirits. .1---,.--..--------,------------------- A program of three one-act plays was held last night in the Chase Theatre. The plays were directed by student directors, under the supervision of Mr. Alfred Groh, advisor of the Thespian organization. The first play, · SUPPRESSED DESIRES, was directed by Miss Charlotte Davis. It was a play pertaining to p!,!ychology. The cast included Francis Markowitz, Jane Reese and Dick Schroeder. Archibald MacLeish's satire on capitalism, FRESCOES OF ROCKFELLER, a - monolo.g ue, was handled 'b y Mis·s , Arvilla Travis. The final play, .MULIE, a comedy, was enacted by Joan Walsh, in the title role, . and Evan Sorber, Ro1;1s Leonardi and rPhiliip Nicholas. This play was ditected ·b y Miss Martha Hoyle. Lighting for all the plays was in charge of Albin Aukerland and James Matthews. Alfred Colmer was responstble for the ,s taging of the plays. Beacon . Meeting Monday Noon * * * * There will ·b e a meeting of the !Students who attended the showing of "Barber of Seville" last BEACON staff Monday at noon in week, put on by the French Club, have only one gri,pe - they got the BEACON office. Every member clipped. • is expected ,t o attend. * * * * Headline: ,S 'PANISH CLUB RAS BIG FE·T E IN DURKEE DINFLOW,ER .PRINTS .NER. ON S,ALE Ws a .good way to mash the potatoes anyway. . \_ To stude.nts a1'd· faculty mem* * * * . ~rs . inter~sted in •·u~ral prints, The. Beta ,G ama: Chi, ·b eta, known as the Women of Wilkes·,. which, ' .the finest> ·coloj,ed , ,p rints of they claim is a much beta name,. sponsored a su~essful tea. not long :American \ii.Id flowers .[!,one this ag'o,, . From all observances, it was •b eta tea, ·too, as everyone was' still centun:, ·avaiia~le at ijfty cents • a,h _J'e,·.to • smile .a fter drin:k . ing _ it. ! ,•. . . • ~-:~ i •' , {. \ . per prfnt. ., , 4, · • ,, .. · 1 ·:. €H.&S., B REIF * * * • • , •.. •. t ~ - ~\~ ~\-•.•.;. ~ i -. •■ -. "'■ .:.:_ ·•• ', • • • J 'G . L.E·\ rA·Ll. .~•i? , 11P r, & f •• -~ii . One watchful stud~nt noticed that the art w'f>r~ the plaY!bm. of ;., : . u· THE' PHILADEI1P.l ll~ S''DORY carr ifd the. picttjre . qf a man who' , • '' look~d v_ery >nuch like Henr}j Wallace, adding ,th~r the ' gi~l'{,'~ e .'~ as. ' . holdmg m his arms could _rep resent thei J?e~ocratI party, 1nd1c~t1ng,. _ _.,.~, ·-- .tb :;i.t. T_;JpJ>~~~"--'\JUR. ''I".!?~ ·h y , ~ 'L /t~"r 'l fot w~ y re. urn,ng . ; to th~ fold. The picture, for\ t he s~udent's in!orm•!J;tion, actually; re. ·presented writer .Mi~e Connor getting Tracy ~rd into h'ot water after •· s he hljl,d just returned from a midnight swim (accompanied QY Mike) · in cold water. · - Friday, May 7; 1948 c · N·OTES ON NdTE·S by REESE PEL TON COLLEGE BAND TO PRESENT WELL-VARIED, PROGRAM Realizing the variety of taste among connois eurs of music, the first band concert to be presented by the Wilkes Band is ex,pected to be well-worth listening to. Thirty-five students, who have sacrif iced a few hours weekly, will exhibit the fruits of their labor before the public. Eight band selections and three instrumental solos will comprise the program. In add ition, ~the Choral Club will sing la group of three selecti-ons. The whole program · includes music t hat is familiar to each student. It's our hunch <that you will enjoy the concert. Why n ot plan to ,be on campus the night of May 2r2? ELLIOT LAWRENCE FOR KING'S COLLEGE According to an article recently published in the "Crown", newssheet of King's College, that institution wos fortunate enough to secure Elliot Lawrence, 23 year-old maestro, and his orchestira as the band for their annual -Coronation Ball. It seems that Art Mooney, who was originally s<:heduled as the band-lead~r, was recently rush,e d to the hospital, suffering froon a stomach condition. We don't know how rthe student body of King's took the change, but it's our hunch that they were, or should be, pleased. Moon,y undoubtedly has a top ~notch novelty band, but Lawrence will provide danceable music . . ZIGGY ELMAN QUITS ROAD FOR STUDIO "Fifiteen years is enough. I'm through with the road." Tha,t's how Ziggy Elman feels about travel these day,s . Last month he quit Tommy Dorsey "for good" and decided to become a local yokel. of Hollywood. He is n9w sitting · out the probationary time required by the Musicians Union before he can join t he Los Angeles local. He plans to land a studio job in the Hollywood area. Ziggy, who hit the big-itime playing trombone for Benny Goodman eleven years ago, hopes t o eventually wind up as a conductor. But, whatever happens, he doesnt plan t o buy any bus or t rain tickets for a long time. IN BRIEF - Look fo r JiJnm y Dorsey's new outfit <to put him once again in the foregr ound, and don't say we didn't tell you! ........ Rumors have it that the " Collegians " will have a steady resort j·ob thifi summer. Would it be unfounded speculation to' say ,t hat before too long there might be a juke-box in the college cafeterit? .. . .. . In H ollywood some ex-Shaw side-men have organized a '·' finishing -s chool" fo,r dance musicians. U5ing . name-band arrang,ement's · the instructors are taking youngsters from high school and- coMeg.e outr, fits and preparing them for big band work. Lots of Pt\ople a:re . wa~hing the venrture with interest . . . ... It seems flitting to liand · some well-deserved orchids to the Choral ·Cluib and' its directpr, · Mr. Cobleigh f or a w~ll-ii~mg ~rogram in Asse~b!y thi's 'week. ''.('he ,organization exhibited -11- ·m - - 1, ed impr~ve:m~t • ?ver ..-previous' ~ppear·es. ·- , , ,._ ·( --------.......,...,.--_.,..,..........,,.,--,,,,.,,,, fuoo~·n(:rr''l WAT ,·,.t,:! __ '4JJ,JJ...A .. . : '!'11... DAlKY ,PRlODUC ..•J · , THE S'J.'1UDENT LOOKS AT-THE F.AJCULTY ' . 1 There is No Substitute For . (continued from page 3) plung ing helter skelter into ·the subject matter. Then too, a .good teacher is never a boss. He is, instead, a guide who helps to ·s timulate and maintain the student's interest toward gain· ing a fuller knowledge, and a mastery in the use of that knowledge in a particular field. A good teacher builds up a desire to learn. The teacher should ever keep aware of the state of learning of his , students; to s et a pace of teaching that will challenge their .c ap~city and not throw t hem into a state of hopelessness by demanding too much or, too little. It is a well-known fact that, the one who is doing the learning-, must .do the learning, ibut .1t is also true that, those doing the teaching must do the teaching. The task of the faculty is to equip the student mep.tally and morally so that the student may eventually "go it alone". The ultimates that the faculty should aim at are: efficiency in the application of the talent and energy of t he student; inculcating in him a sense of justice in dealing with others; and finally, facilitating the creative freedom of the s tudent insofar as each individdual is provided with the widest opportunity to express the uniqueness of his own personality- thereby enriching t he lif e of all. Quite an order, but the teaching is quite a r espon<1ibility. QUALITY FRANK CLARK Jeweler 63 South Main Street DEEMER & CO. School and Office Supplles GIFTS AND Above: A committee of girls fr om Weckesser Hall a ct as hositesses at a lawn party given ,b y them on Tuesday, on the ·campus in the rear of Chase Hall. Left to right; Irene .Wang, Mrs. Kat hryn A.lderfer, Housemother; To.h i Mevegus, Betty Rutherford, Doris Brier, Nora Persiani and May Way. In the foreground , Mrs. Edward Williams. Below : Wilkes i;nales swarm into the ,party t o enjoy the many refreshment s prepared •b y girl Dorm Students. STATIONERY Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Frank Parkhurst, Inc. * General Insurance * Miners Nat'l Bank Bldg. Wilkes-Bari:e, Pa. DARTER'S Trucksville Dairy Pasteurized Dairy JORDAN Est. 1871 Products Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality * *'* Trucksville, Pa. Phone Dallas 35 9 West Market Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Photos by Dom � 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 Wilkes Beacon 1948 May 7th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1948 May 7 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 Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/7010bdd597bafaac3decaccf7dac142c.pdf 10111ed08f29bfcf48af244b956bc965 PDF Text Text CINDERELLA DANCE TONIGHT Cinderella Naming, Tommy Dorsey To Attract ·830 Couples To Prom DOZENS OF GIFTS AWAIT CINDERELLA Vol. 2, No. 10. WILKES COLLEGE, WILJKES-BARRE, PA. Friday, May 14, 1948 ===========:;::============,========= Spanish Club Dinner French Club's Set For Saturday Nite Cabaret Party In Durkee Hotel By Vince Macri The Spanish Club dinner, LA COMIDA PI.. LA VALENCIANA, will he held tomorrow evening at 7 in the main dining room of the Fort Durkee Hotel. Principal speaker of the evening will be Dr. Eugene S. Farley, P resident of Wilkes College. Lester Gross, president of the club and chairman of the affair, has announced that tickets are selling at a brisk pace and a large t urnout will be on hand for the evening of Spanish food, m usic and songs. The meal, which is being prepared by Mr. Albelino Rodriguez, Spanish chef at the hotel, will consist of six courses. Pineapple Celery and Olives Chicken and Rice Ice Cream and ·Cookies Rolls and Butter Coffee and Milk Norman Baum, chairman of the program committee, ha,s !'-1SO . announced that 'his· committee--· has prepared a -p rogram to satisfy the desires of even the most ra:bid of South · American music fans. Mr. Baum will play a few selections as will David Jones, Stanley Wanchisen and Don Kemerer. As a special feature of the program, Mrs. Eugene Farley, wife of President Farley, will entertain the guests with some -South American selections on the piano. There will also be a maraichas demonstration by Thomas . Foster, Don Kemerer, Stanley Wanchis·en and Pablo Diaz. Mr. Rodriguez, who was born .in Spain, will make a few remarks on the culinary art in the Spanish speaking countries. · Follo~ ing is a list of the committees who have arranged the affair. Program: Norman Baum, chairman; Jean Hartman, Don Kemerer, Thomas Foster, Trudy Johnson, John Crawley and Stanley Wan- Set For May 21 The overwhelming success of the last affair they presented has prompted the members of the French Club to wol'k even harder to overshadow it when they present anot her Cabaret party in St. Stephen's Church H ouse on F r iday evening, May 21. The program which has been planned for this festive occasion includes dancing in a Parisian atmosphere, refreshments and another gala floor show, even better than the one that was presented at Une Nuit a Paris. Ros; Leonardi and Elva Fuller, co-chairmen of the program committee have announced that the fl oor s how is half completed. It will be headed by Herbie Greene, well known orchestra leader and will include vocal selections by Jean Dougherty and a trio composed of Marie Stamer, Dolores Gaugher and Elva Fuller. May Way will entertain with a few sel_ections on the piano. As a special feature of the show, the "Can Can Girls" of Une Nuit a Pa-r is will honor the gathering with their _presence and will demonstrate the art of French peasant folk dancing. This group includes Bill Toplis, Harry Lawrence, David Jones, Ivan Sorber, Danny Williams and Russ Leonardi. in addition, Joe Goldberg will do a card routine and Sylvia Roback will act out a comedy number. Arvilla Travis and Ted Warkoniski will team up to .p resent a ~kit. The rest of the program will be published next week. Reservations are 1b eing made every day in Chase Lounge. Admission to the affair is free. chisen. Tickets: Norman Hart and Lester Gross. Decorations: Lenora Lynches and Bob Levine. Publicity: Vince Macri. REED SECTION OF COLLE GE BAND 1 Pictured above is the reed section of the Wilkes College Concert Band, which will -p resent an outdoor concert Saturday night, May 22, on .the college campus between Kirby and •Chase Halls. The event, which will •b e open to the public, is scheduled to begin at 7:30 P. M. Members oi the reed section are: Left to dght, row 1_,S. Cohen, V. Vercoe, J. Soo_by, J. Fink. Row 2--0. Messinger, C. Eldridge, .S. Reese, F. Falk, L. Wexlin. Row 3--G. Rodgers, R. Ridall, C. •Knapp, F. Krzywicki, H. ·Kraft, H. Dinstel. .Mi,s sing-W. Motsko, W. E.llis. JUNE GRADUA~ TO' ELECT NO. 1 CLASS MEMBER Seniors graduating in June will have an opportunity to elect the per,sori they consider the outstanding -s enior in their graduating class when the· BEAJCON holds a secret ballot election in Chase lounge Monday !ind Tuesday, noon hours, of next week. . The name of the outstanding sen ior will be revealed at the senior dinner-dance, June 5, when that person will receive an award. Seniors last year will receive their diplomas with this year's .group and will figure in the running and voting. . As each voter casts his ballot his name will be checked off a list containing the names of all June graduates. A list of the June graduates will be displayed near the ballot box for perusal by voters. The results of the presidential preference vote will be announced in next week's BEACON ·Dear Diary DIARY OF CINDERELLA By NORB 6LSHEFSKI Tonight, one of the eleven Wilkes, lovelies who have been chosen to participate in the Cinderella contest will probably make the following entry in her diary: Dear Diary: Tonight, I was chosen the Cinderella of Wilkes College. I.t was all very wonderful, I mean, the way M':.". Dorsey tried the glass slipper cm -all of the contestants and finaliy chose me as the queen. ( I knew that the students had elected som~body queen, but nobody knew who , it was until tonight.) Jack Feeney, Chairman of the Affair and his two assistants Ralph Carey and Henry Collins sure did 1 a fine job of keeping the secret quiet. And then those lovely gifts I received were really the result of hard working Bill Apflebaum and his committee. First, I received a wonderful one-quarter carat ,diamond ring from · Tommy Van Scoy, the G. I. Jeweler, then S'Ome costume jewelry from the Hollywood Shop. After that, I received a gorgeous wrist watch from Morris' Square Deal Jewelry Store and a collapsable umbrella from Sears Roebuck Company, then a bottle of perfume from the Beverly Shops and a pair of nylon stockings from the Hub and two strings of pearls, a single strand from Zimmerman's, where the gowns . worn in "THE PHILADELPHIA STORY" came from, and a double strand from Meyer's Jewelry Store. I thought t hat wou ld be the end of the gifts, but no, t here were more. I received an album of Tommy Dorsey's records from the Campus Record Shop, a half slip .from the Paris Corset Shop, and tomorrow I am going down to the P. D. Q. Photo Studios to sit for a 12x15 portrait. Pardon me, diary, while I take off this beautiful corsage which Essie's Flower Shop .gave me for being chosen Queen of the WHkes Cinderellas'. Oh, yes, on my way -down to the studio tomorrow, I will wear my new hat from the Hickory Hat Company, and also the matched earring and clip set that the American Auto Stores By REESE PELTON Beacon Music Editor "I'm Getting ,s entimental Over You" will be the first selection heard this evening when Tommy Dorsey, minus his old featured sidemen but with some excellent vocalists, lifts his trombone to serenade Wilkes' dancers. Dancing will ,b egin at nine, and the band will not "pack up" until one A. M. Ticket Sales Predict Large Crowd If Wednesday's returns on ticket sales means anything, dancers can be assured that the West Side Armory floor will have no vacant spaces. An unofficial report claims that well over seven hundred tickets were sold by Wednesday afternoon; sales since then will bring the total much higher. General chairmen of the dance report that preparations are completed and that the, atmosphere of the armory will clos ely resemble a ballroom, thanks to the decoration committee. The program committee has arranged for the proper presentation of "Cinderella" and her court. There are many -s urprises in store for those in attendance tonight. Dorsey Reportedly To Be "Smooth" While those who enjoy a rousing "jump" tune will not be disappointed, latest reports on the style of the new Dorsey orchestra say that .the majority of selections will be in the old established Dorsey style -sweet. Charlie Shavers and Ziggy Elman, both featured sidemen in the old Dorsey band, have left Tommy, but with his reputation f-0.r making star-s, there need be no doubt that the trombone maestro will have a top-notch crew. . · Denny Dennis, the English singing sensation, will ·b e soloist with T. D. He has a voice similar to our own Bing Crosby, but musical sources claim he has a much deeper, fuller tone. Dorsey's new vocal group, the Stardusters, will also, appear on the stage. Cindy Candidates To Appear; One To Be Crowned At the magic hour of 12 o'cloclc, the winner of the Cinderella poll will be announced, and in a colorful ceremony she and the other contestants will be presented to the crowd. The queen will be crowned according to traditional ceremony, and gifts, donated by many individuals and firms of Wyoming Valley, will -b e presented to ·"Cinderella of '48". The eleven candidates are Peggy Anthony, Pat Boyd, Gwen Clifford, Miriam Golightly, Toni Men~gus, Artn Pavlik, Marita Sheridan, Marianna Tomasetti, Lee Weis·berger, Frances Wilkie and Peggy Woolcock. Committees General Chairman of the Ball, Jack Feeney when interviewed yesterday, said that he would like to take this time to thank the members of the committees who have gave me. What a wonderful evening it has been, I have never had such a gay time in all my life. Tommy Dorsey was wonderful, and the :bandstand was beautifully decorated by Henry Collins and his committee. The program, under the direction of Ralph Carey, went off without a hitch. I don't know what else to tell you, dear diary, therefore r will finish by saying that tonight will live forevre in my memory. I am tired and I must get to bed. Mother will ,b e surprised and happy when I tell her all about it tomorrow morning. Gee, I hate to even close this book, because it will seem as though I am closing the page on one of the highest moments of my life. But, I must, so, goodnight dear diary, you are my most •p recious_companion . LUCY ANN POLK Dorsey Chirper worked so hard to make tonight's affair a success. He also s aid that he appreciates the fine work done by all. If everything comes off as it should, the dance should be one of the nicest affairs held at Wilkes, b.e continued. Following is a list of committees for tonight's dance: Honorary Chairman, Charles Templeton; General Chairman, Jack Feeney; Program ,Committee, Ralph Carey, Chairman; George Brody, Narcy Perkow,ski, Paul Thomas, Margot Golin, May Way, Norma Jeanne Parsiani, June PerS:ing, Dolores Hartmann, Angela Pascucci, Edwin Kosik, Larry Pelish; Ticket Committee, Paul Callahan, Chairman; Ray Mechak, Anthony Zabiegatski; Arrangements Committee, Bill Apfelbaum, Chair-man; Toni Menegus, William Tomusko, Art Dallessandro, Douglas MacNeal, Joe Savitz, John Burak; Publicity Committee, Norbert .S. Olshefski, Chairman; Tom Moran, Henry Anderson, Trudy Johnson, Edward Boyle, Ted Wolfe, Marty Blake; Decorations Committee, Henry C,ollins, Chairman; Joan Lawler, Ed.ward Cronauer, Ted Gribb, Joan Wylie, Phil Nicholas, Marita She1idan, Charles Knapp, John Glowacki, Charles Williams, Henry Supinski, Lew Jones, · Francis Pinkowski, Jim McDermott, Jo Guiliani, Ed Stryjak, Lydia Blancodine, Frank Anderson, Donald Casey, Joe Danilowicz, Chester Knapich, Kenneth Widdall and Gerard Washco. CAREER SERVICE FOR GRADUATES BEING PLANNED By Gene Bradley Wilkes College is in the process of expanding and developing its Ca:reers and Occupations Library under the direction of Mr. Paul R. Mehm of the Veterans Guidance Center. :rhe Careers Advi~ing Ser~ vice will furni.sh any material or suggestions relative to occupations, careers, scholarships, fellowships, employment or training opportunities to senior students of Wilkes College. The library is the nucleus of -the program, ·b ut -is still in the formative stage; however, in view of the announcements received from many concerns, Mr. Mehm. is of (continued on p~ge 2) �WILKF.s COLLEGE BEACON 2 Friday, 'May 14, 1948 Letters To The Editor DEAR HESH, Dear Ed.: MR. HAROLD REIN New School of Social Research In -keeping your policy of fairDear Hesh, ness , I am certain that you will Henry W. Anderson The jud'ges have named you the outstanding performer of YOU ,g ladly correct an injustice cauesd Editor-in-Chief CAN'T TAKE IT WITH ,YiOU (see Beacon April 9), for your excellent by a misstatement of fact in last Joseph Purcell Thomas J. Moran portrayal of -Kolinkov in that ·p lay, but you won't get an award along week's BEACON. Business Manager Sports Editor with the other best performers judged 1b y the committee. Your May 7 issue stated that Rob_e rt T. Mikulewicz Norbert S. Olshefski If things had gone as the judges planned, you wouldn't hear apout Cinderella will be presented with Features Editor News Editor your winning until ~Y 28, when all the awards will be given. But many valuable gifts "obtainetl the awards committee of .the student c~uncil, which insists O'Il handling through the untiring efforts of Vincent Macri Frank Eiwaz all awards, turned down the award; saying they couldn't ~pend any Gift ·c hairman Joe Savitz." It so Club News Editor Circulation Manager money for anything that happened last summer. One member of the happens that the untiring, persistReese E. Pelton Don Lennon ent efforts were expended by Comawards committee would ha'.ve voted for it, hut ,she tells us that she Music Editor Cartoonist mittee Chairman Bill Apfelbaum wasn't consulted on the matter. and his worthy side-kick, Art (I Photographers Anyway, we thought we would make a last appeal so we attended won't take "NO" for an· answer) Thomas J. Moran, Dom Yanchunas •· this week's meeting . of the ·s tudent council and asked them nice like Dallessandro. Features Staff if they would change 'their decision, but not ,so nice like .they refused. By virtue of their hard plugging Ted Wolfe, Edward J. -Wasilewski, Garfield Davis Now that's not to say that some. of them didn't believe we, were right. and consistent trail-blazing, Bill News Staff Some memhers attend the· meeting regularly and really keep up on arid Art have accumulated numer.Alma Fanucci, Naomi Gould, Gene B!ladley, Chester Omichinski everything,. Four of the nine there thought -it was a good idea, but ous ex,p ensive gifts from prominent Robert Miller, Eugene Maylock, Margot Golin the chair's vote overrode· them on the same theme--that the council businessmen in town --and in the could not :b e responsible for putting out ,s ix or seven (a little less or suburbs. Their grand work should receive honorable· mention since a little more) dollars it would cost. The assumption was that the last both have kept modestly in the student council should have taken care of the matter, and ·b esides as background when it came to perthe chair explained, you don't even go here any more . . sonal publicity. The kind of care used by some council m.embers in authorizing Thanks for correcting this mis"They distort and wiH distort everything we say", said third party expenditures in the past leads us to 1believe that the price of the trophy conception. presidential candidate Henry" Wallace Tuesday night in referring to may very well be needed to make ends meet so maybe they were right Sincerely, the majority of radio commentators and the press. · . after ·all. I JOE SAVI'J1Z While we were there the council pr_e sident took time out to try to To prove he was right the next day the press and radio commentP . S. Originally, I was Chairators continued their systematic distortions of Wallace's aims ~and put our star reporter, Ted Wolfe, in an awkward position by stating policies. that he didn't like -s ome things Ted had written in his column. Now, man but realized that the two fellows mentioned above could do a , It has been a tough battle fighting reactionary and unfair forces that made Ted feel kinda bad to think that there was someone who much bigger and better job. The these months, ,b ut Henry Wallace has continued hi-s relentless fight for didn't like his copy. error might have been caused by peace and undoubted-ly will continue it. It hasn't been a .fair bat,tle by It cut me to the bone to have a staff member insulted; you know that. any means. Both press and radio have twisted his words into their how small our ,s taff is, and we can't afford to lose a man of Ted's calibre: Ed. Note--Reporter Reese Pelown unscrupulous translations. However, since 99 percent of the school thinks hi,s column ts very ton took Mr. Savitz's name from the committee list given him. HowDepite all this misrepresentation, -Wallace support is snowballing. - funny, I guess eve;ything will turn out o. k. His present strength f:gghtens rivals. With a fair chance the snowWell, at least you know what happened. But, for heaven sake, ever, Mr. Pelton wrote nothing about any "untiring" efforts of Mr ball could become an avalanche. _ don't let the word get around, or the BEACON may have to put up a Savitz. _"They know", said Mr. Wallace Tuesday night, "we are fighting battle before it gets its budget next semester. As one council member We regret printing the wrong for democracy. - - - - - 'T hey cry communism to breed fear." warned us the other day, ''We . own that paper!" I know you'll ,g et a name. From what we hear -Messrs. "-F ear", he added, -"is a killing disease." kick out of that, hut he really -s aid it. Apflebaum and Dallessandro have If politicians, press and radio think Wallace has nothing to offer The BE.ADON would ·b uy a plaque, but it isn't allowed to use any been doing a bang-up job of ob the American public, it seems strange that they need resort to smear of its money for such things. taining gifts for Cinderella - all tactics and to any refusal to allow the public the opportunity of knowSe·e you at the award,s dance.the credit due them. HANK ing just what Wailace says and what he stands for. He is the only presidential candidate who hasp't conveniently beaten around the well-trodden bush on important is sues. Dear Ed: Hats off to Ted Wolfe for his How many people know that he intends to deal a death blow to "crusade reporting" in the BE.'A _Jim Crowism? The present administration, of course, has come out CON. The paper has needed a re against it after almost four years in office. This sudden change in BASEBALL porter of his type fo.r a long time policy, however, i-s a little late to convince victims of Jim Crow ' May 15, Rider, home; May 19, King's, home; May 22, Trtple Citie~ In every ty,p e of organization of· the administration's sincerity. How do the other candidates stand? Colleg~, away; May 29, Triple Cities College, home. there are points of disagreement What do they intend to do? and someone is needed to take the TENNIS Wallace's program strongly protests against anti-Semitism, and initiative and start the •b all roll he intends to do something about it. Has anything concrete been done ,May 15, Susquehanna University, away; May 22, Triple Cities ing toward betterment. Tel has the "reform ball" on its about this in the past? What do other candidates propose to do? College, awya; May 29, Triple Cities College, home. w ay, and it i.s up to us who feel One of the highlights of Wallace's Tuesday night speech came the same a-s he does on many when he challenged the government to recognize the new state in points, to get behind his-campaign 'Palestine. Remember, he campaigned for partition. Who eJ.se d-id? of fear. Previously the Federal Council of Churches proposed a simand not let this movement for pro Wallace tauntingly queries which is more important humanity or oil. ilar message, while drawing up a positive plan for peace. gressive change come to a stand Another war could ·b e the end of civilization. Let's give some WHI the new state be recognized? still. , - Wallace wants price and real rent controls .to help curb the rapid- thought to peace. I respect Ted for standing on his We have nothing to lose by looking into Wallace's program-as rights and saying what he has to ly mounting infli1tion. Inflation is serious, and who is suffering? say-not behind someone's back Wallace proposes old age pensions of $100 a month, miners pen- he has drawn it up. There may be everything to gain. -We shouldn't be too willing to listen to everything that is said but right out in public where his sions, government subsidation of veterans housing, free enterprise, viewpoints are 'S ubject to criticism elimination of exploitation by management of workers and national- against him. ,somebody may be trying to fool us. Here's hoping his right to say what Let's look into his program. ization of big 1b usinesses forming monopolies. He advocates freedom he wants, as long as it's true, is Wallace is fighting for peace. What do the other candidates have of speech and the press, two freedoms that seem to be slip,ping away. not threatened. He calls for complete use of the United Nations to do world busi- to offer? John Martin lt. Anderson ness and to settle world differences, the original intentions of the late President Roosevelt and other originators of the UN. Politicians have favored j,o ining a western alliance--a direct threat to peace. Even Secretary_ of State Marshall recently said we must have a strong United Nations with every country represented if we intend to have peace. Senior Class President, Douglas Bill Apfelbaum, Chairman of The United Nations was created to do business. Use it says MacNeal requests that senior ques the Gift Committee for the CinderWallace. tionnaires be returned to Mi,ss Ann Havir Room .204, 2nd floor of "I W-a llace calls for the defeating of the Mundt-Nixon bill, "baby" . ella Ball, would like to express his Chase' Hall as soon as possi:ble General Insurance of the House Un-American Activities committee, who have already appreciation and thanks to the foiAny .senior who has not received a dall'laged the reputations of valuaib le American scientists, intimidated lowing Wilkes-Barre and Nantiquestionaire, may obtain one there other Americans and sentenced still others. , coke stores and. merchants for Wallace knows the bill is directed to slander him, i'ts "real pur- their cooperation in making the pose-to call everything Democratic, communistic." He added to the Cinderella's dreams come true. Miners Nat'l Bank Bldg. (continued from page 1) delight of 19,000 cheering supporters assembled in Madison Square Wilke:3-Barre, Pa. These stores are in addition to Career Service Garden, that if they think they can frighten him by a threat of 10 years imprisonment "they are utterly wrong and you have said they those mentioned in " Dear Diary". are utterly wrong." ·Wallace has proved himself a man of courage, the opinion that seniors ought to Ace Hoffman's Studio, American - -- know· and it is certain that no amount of intimidation is going to stop him about this opportunity. Furniture-Jewelry Co. The following concerns, Stand from spreading ;peace and dem ocracy. It is up to the American people ard Oil, Westinghouse, Pe,p si-Cola, Leo Jacobs Music Store, Primo to see that free speech is not denied. General E1ectric, Eastman Kodak, Wallace wants unrestricted tratle except for military goods, a re- Record Shop, George Weaver Son s Est. 1871 Ford Corporation and many others invigorated UNRRA or its like for the administration -of international Florist, Tremayne's Electric, Gem have written to Mr. Mehm giving relief and defeat of selective service and all other measures that might Furniture Inc .. Claire's Dress Shop, Men's Furnishings and information that will help ap.p li lead to war. l\I1s. E. J. Lew :s, Florist Shop, cants secure employment in any Hats of Quality He remembers that the bodies of American veterans are still being field. Lew Levi & .Sons, Jimmy The brought back from foreign shores from the recent war. He knows Jeweler, Mary · Lee Dress Shop, Any mem!b er of the senior clas•s that ·a nother war will destroy humanity. He is interested in humanity, •B erman's Jewelry, Lazar's Dress desiring this information is advis ed to vi,s it the Veterans Guidance and he calls for church leadership to preach peace. Already churchi Shop, Anthracite Printery, Sua.jak - 9 West Market Street Center, mai'n floor, r~ar office, and 4' leaders are shouting peace from the hilltops. Recently Methodists Electrical Store, Worth's Dress Wilkes-Barre, Pa. -r ead the valuable information . postissued a report, following their conference in Boston, urging the admin- Shop, People's Clothing, J. K. ed on the bulletin boards. istration to take stronger peace measures and to stop the spreading Evans Florist. .....,® A FIGHT FOR PEACE SPRING SPORTS SCHEDULE Note Of Thanks Frank Parkhurst, Inc. * * ------------·- JORDAN *"* SENIORS �Friday, May 14, 1948 3 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Wilkes g ·Faces Rider Tomorrow SPORTS • • BEACON By TOM MORAN Beacon Sports Editor JUST RAIN, THAT'S ALL 1. Why shoot man, blast it, doggone it all, Came the cries from old Chase Hall; As Jupe Pluvius scratched hts brain, And on the diamond showered rain. 2. Early Fall Semester. Advances Grid Drills Next football season will find lege team coming out for grid lege team comin gout for grid drills much earlier than in past yeaffi. The reason for this is that instead of the fall semester starting' early in October-this next semester will begin on September 12. Plenty of experience is expected to turn out for the 1948 edition of the Wilkes College football team. Most of the men who played .on last year's squad will be back, plus plenty of ·material, which will be included in the incoming freshman class in September. NEW JERSEY COLLEGE NINE HOPES TO AVENGE PREVIOUS 9 TO 8 SETBACI( BY WILl(ES By TOM MORAN Beacon Sports Editor If old Jupe Pluvius can restrain from •s wishing hi-s sloppy mop about the diamond in Kirby Park tomorrow, Coach George Ralston's baseball team will play host to a powerful Rider College team at 2 :30 in the West Side park in closure. Not having played for the past week and a half because of the bad weather that has .b een plaguing the club, the Colonel aggregation is in hopes of continuing with its diamond •s chedule in a successful And on the second floor of Cha,s e A little man began to pace; Said he, "Tis now the third straight time, .That I was forced to halt my nine." ' 3. The first time "JP" cast his blow, King's nine was listed as the foe; Hartwick, Keystone followed next, As Pluvius tried and rained his best. 4. The third straight time was the worst of all, That was the one that shook Chase Hall; And time and time there came the scream, "What's to !become of my fine team?" 5. "When it's just practice I am blessed, With golden sunshine from the West; But when I say well now play teams, They take away those sparkling beams." 6. "I guess I'll have to be content, The hi,p~boots and boat to rent; It's either that or drill 'til-1 fall, Why shoot man, blast it, doggone it all!" SIX VERSES LATER-STILL RAINING manner so as to further fatten its four wins in six starts record; Wilkes Pulls Upset Wilkes surprised the East Coast collegiate baseball world earlier this season by taking a close 9 to 8 decision from the favored Rlider College club at Trenton. This cam·e as a complete surprise to the sons of old Rider since their club had just finished knocking off Lafayette College -rated as one of the best this season. More than likely, Boyd Earl, who has been doing marvelous mound work for the Blue and Gold this season, will be Rastlon's choice as the starting hurler against the Trenton city performers. Earl has shown up well in past contestswinning two and pitching a no-hitter for an amateur club earlier in the season. Starting Lineup The rest of the Hne-up will find Marty Warmus, Wilkes captain, at third; Alex Molash-the Brooklyn terror at the shortstop post; Joe "Red" Brennan covering the second base ,s ack; Frank Evan, one of the top hitters on the club, at first ibase; Jack Semmer in leftfield; Don Blackenbush in centerfield and · Osea Galletta in rightfield garden. Joe Deschak, a top-notch catcher iri any college loop, will be the man behind the plate, with Beachnut Charlie Swanson in reserve should Ralston decide to give Deschak a The farmers in the region are ,s eriously thinking of presenting each member of the Wilkes team with a medal for services rendered them in helping to alleviate the drought which prevailed for the past two weeks. It ,s eems that everytime the toilers of the ,soil want a little rest. · of the precious dew they call the Director of Athletics. He in turn calls another school and arranges a baseball .game with that school's team-naturally. If the farmers had. asked for rain on Saturday, that's There is No the day the game is scheduled for. Now it's not too easy. The whole WILKES BASEBALL CAIP TAIN Substitute For program is very complicated. Farmers are scientific and they just Above is Marty Warmus, .captain of this year's Wilkes College can't have little showers, medium •s ize .s howers, and large showers drip-' baseball team, who is playing his third straight season under the local ping all over their lands. So, the foll~wing schedule has been worked institution's colors. Warmus is one of the reasons that the "hot cornout. For a small shower, Ralston schedules a seven inning .g ame; a er" on the Wilkes side of the ledger is always a -s trong spot. medium-size shower is a .nine inning contest; and a super-dooper cloud burst is' geared to a double-header. Incidenta!Iy, during our farm-assistance ,p rogram, we got a little too enthusiastic and just concentrated in sending rain-forgetting in Jeweler three instanc.es to play the games. So, with four wins in six starts, we still have games with King's; Hartwick and Keystone Colleges to 63 South Main Street make up. Alex Molash, the Brooklyn Flash, who has been meteoring his way RIDE~ !JERE TOMORROW around the "hot corner" and shortstop positions for the Wilkes College It would be nice gesture on the part of Wilkes College students baseball team led the group of Colonel batsmen last week with a .440 and faculty members if they would drop over to Kirby Park tomorrow average for six games. .Molash-who ran second in the error departafternoon at 2:30 and back the local performers when they meet Rider ment with ,s ix-whacked out 11 hits for 25 trips to the plate. One of College in the second get-together for the two cluib s this season. the hits by the Brooklyn lad went for a double and another for three School and Office So far thi-s sea1son at home contest, there has been a smattering bases. of fans-mostly from the dormitories. .Since the game is free and Supplies Jimmy Davi-s, who has' been getting into the game only when ·there is plenty of room for .fans, there is no reason why the Blue and Captain Marty Warmus can't attend, thus necessitating a shift in the Gold players ,s hould not have the support from the school's student infield, has .m ore than proved that he has plenty of power in his war GIFTS AND body and faculty. club. · Davis in 'five games walloped out .five hits in 12 jaunts tothe STATIONERY LE'ITERMEN BACK THO:\\IAS AS PtREXY platter, for an average of .415. Last week, this department may have gone off the deep end when Al Semmers, gardenman in the lef.t field spot, ran third in the batwe devoted most of the column to tearing apart the Letterman's Club. ting averages with a .407 average ,on 11 hits in 27 attempts in six We •s uggested in the colu mn that the lettermen· give a vote of confi- contests . WilkesuBarre, Pa. dence to' Paul Thomas, •h eretofore vice-president of the organization, and that night at the meeting put the same proposal in the form of a motion. The huge vote of confidence given Thomas after the motion was made proved, more or le.ss, that others felt the same way that Player Pos. G AB R H PO A E 2:B 3B Ave. FLOWER .PRINTS .440 1 1 6 we did. ss 6 25 10 11 10 13 Molash ON SALE It was a case of one of the two political factors-the formation Davis 0 .415 1 0 To students and faculty mem7 8 5 2.b 5 12 13 hers interested in floral prints, .407 of which could have developed into something really serious-bucking Semmers 1 1 0 7 0 lf 6 27 10 11 the finest colored prints of the one that got 'in office. · 'T his way neither party is in and if worst Blacken bush 1 .371 0 0 2 7 9 cf 6 19 11 American wild flowers done this 4, .350 should come to worst-at least they be fighting together. 0 0 5 3 9 7 3b 4 20 Warmus century, availab.le at fifty cents 0 .333 49 2 3 24 7 8 3 6 lb Evan FACULTY MAKING GOOD SHOWING IN SOFTBALL per print. .300 0 2 0 0 4 6 7 rf 6 -20 Standing in front of a classroom doesn't necessarily make one com-. GaJletta CHAS'. B. REIF .295 5. 10 11 8 2 0 4 ss 5 17 pletely stiff . as was evidenced by this writer last Tuesday afternoon Brennan 0 .286 0 2 6 2 3 4 C 3 7 when .we watched the faculty softball team play some mighty fine ball Swanson .280 0 2 1 5 29 1 3 C 5 18 at times. Led by Bob ,P artridge and George Ralston, the faculty at Deschak p 3 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 .250 times threatened to burst at the seams, but under the guidance of the Buz:by .222 1 0 2 0 p 4 2 5 9 ·1 two former college performers i;nanaged · to pull itself together for Earl .000 0 0 0 2 0 ·2 0 7 p 4 another last-ditch stand. Tom Richards, who has a top-notch hurling Hendershot .000 0 0 0 0 0 2 • 0 0 f 2 arm, was ·on. the: mound for the faculty and it wasn't the easiest thing Gries 0 0 0 0 0 .ooo 1 1 0 0 f 3 Feeney in ., the wor.J.d -to get the ba.U out of the infield. QUALITY F:RANK CLARK MOL_J\SH LEADS WILl(ES BATSMEN WITH .440 AVE. I DEEMER & CO. ' Individual Baseball Statistics f -------- USE GLENDA'LE WOODLAWN DAffiY PRODUCTS �I Friday, May 14, 1948 WILKES OOLLEGE BEACON 4 •• •--•----•----•• • •---•--•-•-•-•---:-•-1 I ACADEMY AW AR» WINNER SPEAKS Student Government , 1--·-·-··-·-··-··-·-·-·-·-·--·-·-·-··-··-··-·-··-··-·---+ by TED WOLFE This week the Student Council adhered more strongly than ever to its usual practice of making big concerns out of trivial matters. George 'Brody, in his report from the Appropriations Committee, aSJked that $:8.82 1b e granted the Senior Class. This sum was on last semester's budget, but couldn't be paid then, and was thus carried over to this budget. . The sum was granted. Social Committee Chairman Jack Feeney reported that the A wards Dance to he held May 28 at Sans Souci lf'ark would be a sport' affair, that plans for the Senior Dinner-Dance Formal are progressing well, and that the gifts for Cinderella will be displayed on tables in th,e Armory the nig,ht of the Dance, each gift having a. card bearing the name of the donor. Council president Charles Templeton announced that as of 3 :30 P. M. Monday, 675 tickets for the affair had been sold, whieh was very good. · * * * • It was at this point that president Templeton interposed with his "suggestion" that "certain Monday-morning quarterbacks" refrain · from so much "ridicule" of Council doings., adding, "and that's for pulblication, Mr. Wolfe" to Ted Wolfe, who was taking notes on the. meeting. Mr. W-o lfe turned red and said, "Right!", knowing (as did everyone else) that the "suggestion" was aimed at ·h i.m for what he had written in Ms "Campus Highlights" the previous week. But knowing that it would be futile to argue with the Council, Mr. Wolfe remained silent. Obviously, thought Mr. Wolfe, president Templeton didn't know (1) that in spite of anything that might be said, Mr. Wolfe . was extremely glad that his column was being so widely read, (2) that in saying what he did, Mr. Wolfe was only voicing the opinion of most of the students, and (3) that not only the Cinderella Ball, but also "Now is the time for us to translate our thoughs into action by past Council events have received beaucoup (French for "much") valudeveloping friendship and cooperation,", said Harold Russell, Winner able publicity in "Compus Highlights". · · of Academy Award, just before this picture was taken of him, Dr. 'Actually, rwolfe -s miled inwardly, because he knew that no columnist becomes a good one until he has been deraiied 3 or 4 times Farley and Dean George Ralston at last Tuesday's assembly. The award winner is making a tour of U . .S. Schools, trying to impress on from certain forces. the youth of America their vital position in the future of the world. * * * * Then the mountain-making began. It was brought to the floor that a suggestion had been made whereby one Cinderella Dance ticket -'ould -be -g iven to the "King;' and "Queen" ch~sen at the' King's Col- . COUNTING CINDY BALLOTS lege Coronation Ball. E1.reryone seemed to be in agreement with this except president Templeton, who, in a rather lengthy manner, gave his opinion as to why the ticket should no be granted·. It wa ,s his con. tention that petty grieva~ces with the rival college in the past would prevent Wilkes' extending any favors to King's. But in an individual vote; it was unanmously decided to give the tickets to thl) royal couple. It was then suggested that as many Council males as possible should wear tuxedos at the <Cinderella Dance, in order to distinguish them from the rest of the crowd as the hosts. of the affair. This seemed to be a good ,s uggestion as it seems to be the custom in other schools, and will be considered further. * * • * BE.AJOON Editor Hank Anderson was again present at the meeting to attempt to increase his "batting" average (he had effected the passing of 2 out of 3 proposals at the previous meeting), but thi.s time he struck out. Anderson's propo'sal was that a 6th "Oscar" award be given for the best performance in YOU CAN'T T.AJKE IT WITH YOU. This additional award would cost only 6 ·or 7 dollars, but the Council acted as though it were an extra 6 or 7 hundred dollars. Feeney made a motion -that the award be given. On the question, it was mentioned - . . that since the play was given last summer, it was therefore not under I Left to nght---.Henry Collms, Jaok Feeney and Ralp_h Carey, memthe jurisdiction of this Council, which was elected the following sem- hers of .the Student Council in charge of the Cinderella Ball, are seen ester. But Feeney said that this would make the actors in the play counting the ballots, which will decide who will reign as queen at "orphans1'. President Templeton replied "It would not, because they tonight's Ball. had a Council then." A ·vote was called for which ·b ecame a tie, 4-4, but with pre&idenrt Templeton's vote it was 5-4. So, the award will not be given. PRESENTS FOR CINDERELLA President Templeton asked ·acidly, "Is there anything else, Mr. Anderson?" Anderson replied, rather disgustedly, "No, thanks, not right now." * * * S{,t,l,1P, VISIT OUR • 'I/~ r• ' FOR SMAR'.li COLLEGE CLOTHES THE .C@H.u.aaos. a . . . 11!1 11.IIR s•o ■ IT .Z, • So. Main St., ~ilkes-Barre THE BOSTON STORE Men's Shop has everything for the college man's 1>1eeds. from ties to suits . FOWLER, DICK AND w,•tKER FOR YQUR HIT TUNES LAZARUS RECORD QENTER All The N ewt¥1t Popular Recordings' By Your Favorite Artists LAZARUS LOWER FLOOR EXPERTS IN SOLVING DIFFICULT PLUMBING AND HEATING PROBLEMS • The meeting was then adjourned, but it seemed as though the most interesting part was not included in the format ses-sion. After the meeting, every member present (9) gathered in a huddle and had a little informal (and, judging froin the laughter, an evidently amusing) chat before ' disbursing, showing that the world's plea for universal fellowship is not being disregarded at Wilkes. TURNER VANSCOY CO. 27 E. Northampton St. Est. 1871 TWO INSTRUCTORS ADDED TO WILKES TEACHING STAFF The appointment of two new instructors to the faculty of Wilkes was announced yesterday by Mr. Herbert M0rds, Registrar. The instructors will take up their teaching duties beginning in the summer semester. Philosophy in Economics in 1938, will instruct the following courses: Money and Banking, Advanced Economics, Transportation, Credits and Collections. Dr1• Stokes is now the head of the Economics Department at Wi1son College, Chambersburg, Pa. The other instructor, Miss Lorna D. Holbrook, will teach all the sociology courses this summer. These will be Sociology 100, 107 and 110. Mi~s Holbrook is a graduA diamond for m' Il;ldy?, "Sure, have one on me", says Tommy ate of Nanticoke High School and Van Scoy, the G. I. Jeweler, as he hands over a one-quarter carat will receive her M. A. Degree at . . . . . Dr. Milton L. Stokes, a graduate Columbia in June, 1948. She was. diamond rmg to Gift ,C ommittee Chairman, Bill Apfelbaum and comof University of Pennsylvania an honor student while at Colum- mittee member Art Dalless:andro. Photos by Dom where he received his Doctor of bia. When You Think of FLOWERS THINK OF RUCH'.S Flower Shop 112 EAST MAIN STREET, PLYMOUTH, PA. Member Florist Telegraph Delivery Association � 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 Wilkes Beacon 1948 May 14th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1948 May 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 Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/962d1e7f5010e452b187b861a4e4e9c1.pdf 18a49988fd282ddb81f447c6ba1c890e PDF Text Text ing permanently are Editor Ander- On resignation of Tom Moran only a temporary position for the position of Sports Editor, Eiwaz, as Purcell will continue in son, Sports Editor Moran, columnTed Wolfe To Become Beacon Editor~ from Garfield Davis, a veteran of the that capacity on his return to ist (In Pas.sing) Bob Mikulewicz, Staff, and creator of that school next fall. Macri Named Associate, Davis Sports Beacon Other members of the staff, columnist Reese (Notes on Notes) befuddled and amusing character, "Sammy", will edit any and all new and old, who will work on Pelton and rep.o rters Bob Miller sports news that happens around the paper this summer are Car- and Eugene Maylock. Members Editor as Paper Organizes for Summer Wilkes. toonist Don Lennon, Photographer leaving but who will ireturn in the .B EAOON columnist Ted Wolfe (Campus Hightlights, Student Gq;vernment) will succeed Henry Anderson as editor-in-chief of the college newspaper. Appointed to assist Wolfe in his duties are Vince l,\facri, former ·BEAOON Club News Editor, who will assume the position of Associate Editor, and feature writer Garfield Davis, who will succeed Tom Moran as Sport sEditor. Frank Eiwaz, circulation manage;, will act as busines,s manager, a ,position temporarily vacated by Joe Purcell. Late last fall, Wolfe, who began the paper since his first week of writing for the Beacon in the lat- school last summer, has written ter part of the 1947 summer sem- everything :f.rom soup to nuts as ester; came out with his Campus Highlights, and recently took over the saying goes, but has been the Student Government column a mostly concerned with club news, few editions after N 011bert Olshef- acting in the capacity of Club ski's accession to BEACON News News Editor. His reports of Spanish Club goings-on have rep.ortedEditor. ly greatly increased interest (and From Soup to Nuts membership) in that organization's Macri, who began working on activities. Harold Morgan and writers Tom Eiwaz Summer Manager Lasky, Bill Griffiths, Art Spengler After doing a wonderful job as Earl Jobes, and anyone else meetCirculation Manager, Frank Eiwaz ing BEACON qualifications. Anderson Resigns will inherit Joe Purcell's work as Staff members who are resignBusiness Manager. · 'J.1his will be' WILKES OOLLEGE, WILKES-l3ARRE, PA. Vol. 2., No. 11. fall are Business Manager Joe Purcell, News Editor N-011b Olshefski, and ;reporters Alma Fanucd, Gene Bradley, Margot Golin and Reed Lowrey. Friday, May 21, 1948 Band· Concert, Cabaret Party. Mark Weekend French Club Presents Cabaret Party Tonight College Band Will Present First Spanish Chm Concert Tomorrow Night on Campus Patio Pienic ' soLoisTs, oHoRAL cLuB, To ASs1sT Next Wednesdav Tomorrow night at 7 :30, a group of thirty-five musicians comprising the Wilkes College Concert Band will present their first annual concert... The organiz,ation is under the direction of Reese ':0. Pelton. The concert will be held on the college campus, behind Kirby arid Chase Halls, but in case of inclement weather 'the affair will be postponed until Monday night. Soloists On Program program highlights will be A PERAppearing with the band will be SIAN MARKET. three soloists all of :whom are Although haimpered by lack of members ,of the organization .They a hall for reheal'Sals and the re. are Leon Gilber, trombone; Vester sponsibilities of academic work, Vercoe, Jr., flute; and Bob Sweig- foe musicians were able to partialert, piano. Accompa/ilists are Bob ly surmount these difficulties. St. Sweigert and Elvira Thompson. Stephen's Church donated the use Gilbert was formerly a soloist at of their church house auditorium Meyers High School, Vercoe has and as many rehearsals as po·ssible held the first place in state-wide were held. Outdoor rehearsals schecompetition, and Sweigert is well- duled for the pa1;1t week were known for his solo work. "rained out". Choral Club To Assist Committees Announced The College Choral Club, under Members of the band who have the direction of Mr. Donald Cob- •h elped in making arrangements leigh, will present a short group of for the concert are: selections on the program. With Business Manager, Vester VerMi$S May Way at the piano, the coe, Jr., assisted by Jay Rauscher I grou:n will sing two modern selec- and John Fink. tions. This g-roup of more than fifMembership Committee: Vester ty mixed voices was well-received Vercoe, John Fink, Tom Fo~ter, when they recently presented a. Richard Ridall, Carly Strye and program at one of the a.s semblies. Bob Rodine. Well-BalanGed Program Invitations have been extended Arranged to all local high-school band d.i rectT.he band will prt;lsent a program ors to attend the concert. The pubof ten selections, including the lic is invited to .a ttend. It is the three solos, that include semi- hope of the organization that this classical ·s electi,6 ns, classical mu- concert will pave the way for fusic, rnarches, an overture, a novel- ture public programs by studentty and an intermezzo. One of the musicians of Wilkes ,College. ... . AWARDS DANCE TO TAifE PLACE NEXT FRIDAY AT SANS SOlJCI . Large Attendance · Expected The Spanish CIU:b will bring to a close one of the most successful semesters of its existence when it presents a ''Patio if'icnic" on the lawn of tihe Shoemaker residence on Wednesday evening, May 26, at 7 :00 p. m. Lester Gross, chairman of the affair has announced that guests will bring their own lunches, and cokes will be sup~lied by the Spanish Club. Alex Truszkow~ki, an accordionist will supply the music while those in attendance eat. Other acts will be announced sometime next week. A film, LA ISLE -MALDITA" will be shown. The committees arranging for the affair. are as follows: Reception committee: Marty Blake, Sheldon Fried, Janet Pringle, Norbert Olshefski, Elmo Begliomini, Martin Herll),an, George E'rmel,- Ric!hard Scripp, Kenneth Widdall, ·Michael Fox, John Kotis, Joe Radko, Jack Reese and Thomas Jordan. Program committee; Lester Gross, Vince Macri and Keith Rasmussen. Clean-up committee: George Lewis,. Irvin G. Haefele, Benjamin Bona and William Perlmuth. House committee: Norman Hart, Alexa,nder Molash, Jerry Fluegal, Stanley Andricyk and Bennett Benson. Decorations committee: Lenora Lynches, Trudy Johnson, Jean Hartman, Dorothy Wilkes and Joyce Nobel. Publicity committee: Vince Macri, Norbert Olshefski, Trudy Johnson, Lenora Lynches, and Bob Levine. The last dance of the semester wlil take place next Friday evening at 9 o'clock when the Student Council will present ' an . Awards Dance, the first of its kind ever to be l:).e1d at" this college, at the Saris So:uci D'<tnce Pavilion. M;usic for the affair will he 11rdvided by Al White and his orchestra, one of the ,~ost popular musical aggregation in Wyoming Val- ley. Students to receive awards' represent such active organizations as the Choral Club, the Band, the Cheerleaders Squad, the Thespians, and the BEAOON. Admission is free to all students, announoed Jack Feeney, chairman of the dance committee. It is hoped that as ,.many as possible will attend this impor¼nt event. Registrar Announces . It is essential that all students A ,punc<h party, sponsored by the complete their registration by May Women of Wilkes, will be held to2i8. Registration will be held in day in Chase Lounge between the Chase Lounge. hours of 3 and 5 p. m., it was reThe hours for all courses will be cently announced by Virginia published on ].\'lay 26. All students Meissner, general chairman of the who have conflicts should report affair. Everyone is invited to atto Mr. George Ralston, Dean of tend this affair-especially the Men, or Miss Betty J. Harker, m~n of Wilkes. There will be enDean of Women. tertaJnment and refreshments. Final registration for the June semester will take place on May 27 for. those stqdents whose last nal:nes begin with A through M and . on Friday, May ·2.s from N through Z. · Women of Wilkes Sponsor Punch Party Today . . TWO FLOOR SHOWS PLANNED By Vince Macri HERBIE GREEN Wilkes Grads Offered .Navy Aviation Career A limited number of college graduates. are being offered the opportunity of being commissioned as ensigns in Na val Aviation this spring and of rece1vmg flight training, the Navy has announced. In order to provide full information to those who are interested, a flying- team of Navy officers will visit Wilkes College on May 26, and May 27. ' This is a career program in which college men with degrees who are between the ages · of 18 rn<l 25 will be taken into the Navy as commissioned officers. Flight training will be at Pensacola, Florida, frequently referred to as the "Annap.olis of. the Air." This training will take from 18 to 24 months after which the officerpilots will Join regular naval aviation units. shorebased and on carriers. l\!Linimum starting pay is $290 a month. Details on the program will be brought to Wilkes College by the Naval Aviation Information Team on above dates. Plans are now being made for a meeting in the Men's Lounge of interested Wilkes seniors. The Information Team will be available to answer questions and provide assistance in filling out applications both days at, the Lounge. The fact that all reservations have been filled since Wednesday indicates that a large crowd will be on hand' when the French Club presents its cabaret party, PARIS AU 'P RINTEMPS, this evening at nine in St. Stephen's Ohurch House on South Franklin Street. Those in attendance will not be disappointed as an evening of fun and entertainment has been planned for all. Dancing will be to the music of Herbie Greene and his orchestra. There will be two floor shows, one at 10 and the second scheduled to get underway ·at 11 :30 p. m. Reservations will not be held after .10 P. M. The first part of the floor show will feature the George Ralston Quartet. Joe Goldberg will do some . card tricks and May Way will render a piano solo. Marty Blake wili do an imitation of a well known comedian. A trio composed of Doris Gauger, Marie Stamer and Elva Fuller will sing, and Marvin W eis:berger will close this part of the program with a vocal selection. Jean Dougherty will start· the second section of the ffoor show by singing "Because". Miss· Dougherty's song . will be followed 'by a male trio-Phil Nicholas, Frank Anderson and Johnny 'Burak. John Martin will sing and Ted W a:r,komski and Arvilla Travis will ,p ut on a dramatic skit. The program will be closed with a French peasant dance by the famed "Can Can Girls" of Wilkes College. This group includes Bill Toplis, Harry Lawrence, David Jones, Ivan Sorber, Danny Williams and . Russ Leonardi. · Elva Fuller, chairman of the refreshment committee :has announced that there will be plenty of ice cream, cokes, 0hi,:ps and ,p retzels for those who get hungry during the course of the evening. George Maisel, general chairman of the affair, has reported that a commercial photographer will be present to take pictures. of anyone who wishes to pos.e. The following coiv,mittees have arranged the affair: · Refreshments: Chairman, Elva Fuller,, Co-Chairman, Judith Dressler, John Sott, Sheldon Morrison, Jane Maxwell, Doris Banks,· Lee Ann Jakes, Bob Rubright, George (continued on page l{) ·· �2 WILKES OOL'LEIGE BEIACON TIT FOR TAT 1/J~ By ED. WASILEWSKI Friday, May 21, 1948 Troubles, Troubles, Troubles·! This is an incredible age. We are bearing witness to the grealtestextravaganza of man-anade wonders the world has ever seen. This era is crowded and choked with the inven'tions, diseoveries, and generai over-41.11 progres'e of science. It seems man has outdistanced himself in his ability to use effectively whait he has ingeni~usly crea,ted. J \ Such are the stresses and strains produced by modern science By Edward J. Wasilewski that mighty ,nations are overthrown and disappear seemingly over!Where do they all come from? night. The atomic missiles ,b rought aibout the capitulation of a powerful and militaristic state in a couple of days ...... .. where it might Why are there so many? ,Wherehave fought on perhaps several years in a costly war of attrition, fore all our human melancholia? The fact is we. all have our which would have bled whlte both victor and vanquished. share of troubles · albeit of a ' And the general tlll'lbulance caused .b y this rush of scientific dis- different nature. And as we grap pie with these abnoxious, problems coverer social structures and political systems hav~ fared the worst. we are sometimes led to wonder . Features Staff The. older forms, a heritage of the past, proved incapable of ad- as to their sources: whenc e · they Ted Wolfe, E'dward J. ·W asilewski, Garfield Davis justing ,t hemselves to the demands and chang~ of the new order ,s prung and what is their pur News Staff · of life. Newer forms were involved, ,s uch as the cor-p orate states of pose. Alma Fanucci, Naomi Gould, Gene Bradley, Chester Omichinski Well the very fact that there Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. These n_e wcomers, however, thought Robert Miller, Eugene May!ock, Margot Golin is much left to be devised in their systems were so perfeot, they should seek world dominationAlfred Groh Charles Reif people themselves, attended lby the an.d that hY. decree of Providenc.e ! · Faculty Advisor Faculty Reporter misfortune of being thrown to History has told its .story, and presently we ,see the two most gether in an imperfect wo~ld_ is successful forms of social and :political organization which ha_v e fertile soil in itself whence Sjprlng the weeds of discord and unhap survived two of the mosrt devastating wars in the history of mankind, piness. In the first connection we divided into hostile camps. find all human ,beings the · happy Outwardly at least, it appears that the difference b,e tween the capacity of being · able to , ~y one thing-and doing another! two contenders are polarized, that the disparities among them 1 are This is as far a:; we go. T,he trouble is that we get along impossbile of reconciliation... .'.·.. that a test of str~mgth is inevitaMe. as well as we do! After three semesters and thirty two papers, we're hanging up Yet every human ,b eing, whether as editor. Resigning with us are Tom Moran, and June graduates, In lthi<s respect both sides have taken · it upon themselves to make over his heritage or not, for none Robert Miller, Eugene Maylock, Reese Pelton and Robert Mikulewicz. a. diligent and exhaustive :survey and s~,~dy of the other's _system. of -us has ihad the opportunity of As our critics will no doubt agree, there have ,prob!1hly been a Jot Smee both syster;is are gomg converns it follows that ~uch ~ould choosing his own parents, must of thing-s we should have done and didn't. be learned by ,s uch a process. However, none make so mtensive a needs adjust himself as best he At any rate we have always done the best job we know how. For study of a subject wilthout be~oming imbued with some of its knows how to a rather hostile There is · much proof and precedent to support such a environment. It would seem we the most part it has been fine· ex,perience and a lot of fun. Sometimes, principles. however, the BEACON has proved a headache, trying to -p lease as supposition. Especially in the case of ,pilitics, where we have many live in a world of mutual an· · many people as possible, get the paper out on time ( often a tl!rrific times noted with a sm'ile' some blatant politician eloquently es,pou,sing tagonism. What are some of the methods task in itself), c·o ver everything and cover it well, spend most of our the caus~ of his opponents. or ,p hilosophies \ which individuals time on the pa,p er and •s till do some class work. But everything conAn examination of recent history ,s hows that Russia, despite its employ to make their lives more . sidered the experience received and the fun derived have been well avowed claim of a ~assless ,socie_ty has adopted ranks and status into tolerable? ·worth any headaches incurred. Some think of the world only its industrial ,s ociety and especl ally into its military or.ganizatiori, The very small staff we have worked with has turned out bundles wher-e rank between officers and enlisted men is definitely ~stab- in terms of chaos: we. are living of wol'lk and, we feel, has done a very fine job. lished: They have also adopted a capitalistic system of incenti.ves for in the most brutal and corrupt age in all human history they say. It all began last summer. When we started at that time, we soon increasing individual productivity. ' Life for them is a task, to be discovered that a huge roster of names means nothing. Dozens of On the other hand·, we find in capitalistic countries the gradu- spent in penitence •and self-denial, people were willing to lend their names to the masthead, hut few ated income tax, t he abolition of child labor, and other deforms dein preparation for the end of the wete willing to work. One of the few worker-s was Harold "Hesh" manded by Karl Marx in the Communist Manifesto. world, which they expect the day Rein. Resh reeled out bales of copy in the time "it took the loafers Now the upshot of all this is .. in the heat and excitement of a after tomorrow. There are those I to excuse themselves from doing an assignment. In addition to his war of nerves, lo and behold, we are quite likely to find both sides 'Wlb:o see the world as an . evil, other work, Rein wrote the favorite column in the -p aper, Rein Speak-s, arguing the cause of the other. This is an incredible age. wicked thing, and their philosa masterwork of subtle, satirical humor. But the BEACON lost him to But afte~ a proper period of embarrassment and indignantion, if ophy is, "evil be thou my good' Others see this as the best the New School of Social Research in the fall. we have real s tatesmen on 'both sides, we should ,b e able to seize the Another good wo:r,ker rwas Tom Moran (former BEACON editor) opportunity ·.s uch a situation is bound to create; ~f a new and better possible of all worlds under the circumstances, and ·Jive accordwhom we had ,t he good fortune to keep. As sports editor, Tom has basis for understanding each other's problems and difficulties. ingly; filling their n~eds and deturned out what looiks to us like the best college sports ,page we have Statesmen of real stature and historical perspective would be the sires by astute improvi'sions. seen first to admit that no single government or social system has a Not a few people project themHowever, with only a coµple people working on the staff we m·o nopoly on the ,b est ways and means of serving the general wel- selves into a world of phantasy were in a •b ad spot. In desperation, we scou_ted the campus fo-r good fare of its people. They should · recognize therefore, that both sides and dreams t o escape the hard writers. Few said they had .the time, others had other excuses. may have fruitful practices and ideas to exchange. For, the main realities of this world. There they Though we came up with only ·one, he was worth the · time problems of both center chiefly a:bout the centralization andi de- live the lives of their own chooswe spent looking. And frankly, if there is anything for .which we pat centralization of government and industry. Two heads are always ing-to their own delight. We can also find many people ourselves on the back, it is for talking Bob Mikulewicz into joining better than one -;- except when they are being knocked together! who are nothing but good . everythe staff. Bob soon started rolling out a book review a week and also After all, what have we to lose? We have a wo-r ld to gain. where. Through their rose colored quickly took over as the first BEACON critic. Sneered at and terlTied glasses they see · the world as a c'ynical by disgruntled performers he has remained unruffled, always · bright warm, comfortable place to . · t d fl · b busy Tom Moran .started clicking some p ictures. Then Dom Yanchunas cont mumg o o a ne Jo . · . · D. live in, where everybody is always At last volunteers started to come on the scene. During mid- came on tlre scerie to take the load off his shouJders. The Job om happy. slimmer Norb Olshefski and Vince Macri (now editors on the BEA- has ?one ~~s been tremendous. . . . The rest of us just plug along CON) joined the staff and sine~ have worked their hearts out for the With c~tics at. every corner 1~ is always comfortmg. to meet the from day to day - enjoying our · t··ious wri·tel'\s , th ey h a ve done outstanding work • BEA<CON S favonte flatterer, paper. B oth consc1en h . W , Billth'Tomusko, k' f who • • contmues B"ll f to tell b ups and trying our best to make Following them Ted Wolfe volunteered his services. Like Rein, us ~o~ good t e paper is. e ~e m mg O . .g ivmg i · a ree su - our downs as easy and painless as possible. Someone once remarked, Ted demonstralted a flare for -b iting humor, and by fall his "Campus scription to th e. BEACON for hfe. . , Hi hli hts" was much discussed .on .the campus. In addition the future Before <;losmg shop we want to thank the entire BEACON staff that modern man lives a life of quiet desperation. for all the fme work BEgA,., ·~ gON ed'i t or h as d one a Iot of oth er f'me work . . they've done. We also want to thank three other 'Sociologists say much if not · ' · · th D' · k Gr f' Id b bl the f' st people who have given us help and encouragement all the way. J ommg us m e summer, ic een 1e was pro a y ir ,..r • k • • most of our unhappine_s s and even • ul t' • B'EAOON h ' t t d the per out on We owe thanks to Tom J.uoran · who tned to eep us movmg m c~rc a iodn manager hm ·th ' ' is ory odsetn Fpal ~ h' the rig.ht direction when we were at our greenest and who since has our misery Hes in the fact that time an to everyw ere ey were .suppose , o go. o owmg im, . d th bl t' we expect too much of life, our . , . -'-! . • h •b given us an e paper many va1ua e sugges ions. this semester, Frank Eiwaz has been ..., e to give t e JO even more W . 1 t . d bted t M G rt d w·11· h Id desires are expanded bey,o nd any • . • • b h h k e are ,p en y m e o rs. e ru e I iams, w o cou time. The Job of circulation manager 1s proba· ly t e most t an b d d d f d d • d h · t · t· · measure of their satisfaction. less job of thankless jobs; but that never bothered either Greenfield or always!' e epen : n or soml e goo a vice an 'W ose m s rue ion m Thus do we encounter .not only . J ourna ism we wi11 a 1ways va ue. frustration of our desires, but we Eiwaz. With plenty of dances to report we were lucky to have Reese W h b t f ,._ h be bl t f II b k M . e ave . een gra e u 1 so ave en a e o a ac on r. also fail to · enjoy the things we Pelton on hand to write . them. Reese has done a fine Job all year. Alf d G h the Beacon's faculty advisor wihen things got tough. do have. ' Then there is Ed Wasilewski. who contributed some fine chunks of H rhe Iro ' b h f d h f, - d t b k t h BEACON While some demand too much of . e as a ways een e1p u I an as neevr a1 1e o ac e , philosophy in his column. Bob Miller and Gene Maylock helped us a . d · HANK ANDERSON ·the world, like the employer who 1 lot until student teaching tied them down. · m a goo cause. feels anger toward his wor,kers To round out a small, but hard working staff, Joe Purcell caine in - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - because they are not willing to !a,s t semester and proceeded to do a bap.g-up job as business manager. work overtime wit'l).out pay, there are others who expect too littleAt double our previous rates, Joe has brought in more advertising and are more than grateful for any than most previous managers dreamed of. . crumbs that may fall from . the Ideas started pouring in from BEACON staff members; some of table of humanity. them - Beacon Press Club; Press Club Scholast'ic Press Conference 1 Est. 1871 Now life is not all unhappinrss, conceived by Norb Olshefski 'and organized by Norb and Bob Mikulewnor on the other hand is it all icz; a .s ports trophy authored by Tom Moran; those are only a few. misery. It's a combination of both Writers had a banner year for news: .a few events - conversion Men's Furnishings and for the good that comes of evil Hats of Quality to a four year college; staging by Thespians of YOU CAN'T TAKE is that it iproves to us how desirWholesale _ IT WITH YOU, ANTIGONE, and PHILADELPHIA STORY. Dorm able is the virtuous in life. Suctt Paper and St3itionery fire; speech by war hero Harold Russell; I-CG conference he!? at cess in lifo comes to those who can by intelligen,t thinking and Wilkes and the -s tate convention in Philadelphia attended by 2,6 Wilkes 9 West Market Street effort attain a satisfactory balance delegates; Cinderella dance. Wilkes-Barre, Pa~ between these two , extremes, and Wilkes-Barre, Pa. It has been an eventful school year and we wanted pictures. (continued on page 3) However, we couldn't fmd a photographer we could depend on until .:.-----------------------Henry W. Anderson Editor-in-Chief Joseph Purcell Thomas J. Moran Business Manager Sports Editor Robert T. Mikulewicz Norbert S. Olshefski Features Editor News Editor Vincent Macri Frank Eiwaz Club News Editor Circulation Manager Reese E. Pelton Don Lennon Music Editor Cartoonist Photographers Thomas J. Moran, Dom Yanchunas Afte+ Three Seniesters I 1 ° --------------H. A. WHITEMAN ! JORDAN & CO. INC. ! �Friday, May 21, 1948 3 WILKES COLLEGE BE1ACON :Wilkes . Offers .Career POLISH CLlJB -Library For .Graduates TO -INSTALL NEW OFFICERS In Passing Wilkes College is i_n troducing one of the most up-to-<late careeradvising departments in the country. , It is believed to be unique in this area, and centers around a separate library in which is being assembled Wilkes College ,P olish Club will a complete coverage of career-s, not only in the United States, but also hold an installation of new\y electDUST ON THE BISHOP'S MANTLE in Canada, the British Empire and South America. Heading the pro- ed officers on Sunday, May 23 at The Bishop's Mantle, by Agnes Sligh ·T urnbull, the MacMillan Co., ject is -P aul R. M.ehm,· Consultant on Careers, who is associated with 3 :00 p. m. in Chase Hall Lounge, • N y 1 Wilkes College Faculty. ervisors, teachers, and head nurs- it was announced by Mr. Konstatin 948 • ., • The new section is not just an- es, 93. . . . Symonolewicz, advisor for the club. The Bishop's Mantle is the story of a young Episcopalian priest, other library of standard books Space does not p~rm1t a lisitmg The new officers for the club Hilary Laurens, his pagan brother Dick, his socialite wife Alexa and one can buy on the market. Bulk of_ all the scholarships and f~llow- are: Edwa.rd Wasilewski, Presihis big city parish, St. Matthews. of the new library consists of em- s~1ps offered lby ~he many m~us- dent; John Florkiewioz, Vice-Pres. The plot is fair - as •p lots go. Hilary is very young to have ployment and career reports se- t~1es and. ~rofess1o~al orgamza- ident; Fran Wilki, Secretary; Stanbeen appointed to St. Matthews, one of, his vestry men owns outlawed cured from industrial and pro- t1ons. This mformat1on may'. how- ley Rozolowski_, Treasurer; Norbert . tenements and :b awdy houses, Hilary forces him to resign. A .b eautiful fessional centers here and abroad. ever, be secured at the Careers and Olshefski, Historian. ,_, . t o s educe H ilary, but he resists h~r. His secretary falls in Large corporat1"on·s, 1·n every branch Occu~ations_ Lib_rary. Edward Stryjak will d give wwow ,t ries Ka the · address an · sm1r Of work, are o-ivi'ng detailed pie- . T.h1s service 1s op_en to all sen- welcoming love with him, ·b ut being an honorable -g irl, she leaves. His wife is tures of just what .,. careers are part 10r .students of Wilkes College, Kopk o w1·11 d 1rec " t th e proce ed'mgs. g8:y and fun-loving, but since she truly loves Hilary she settles d;own. of their make-up. And many of male or female, veteran or nonA buffet luncheon will follow the The book's medt lies chiefly in its portrayal of the everyday them are offering jobs to i:.rained veteran. installation. Entertainment will be life, sorrows and joys, of an Episcopal priest. It holds the reader's ~tudents right now. · The prof esprovided. Admission charge will be interest fairly well, but 1 it is not a book that cannot .be put down sions an<l others are advising 0 n 50 cents to cover cos-ts. before it is finished. Many of the situations are almost as trite as present needs and trends. The Committee members planning those found in soap-operas. British Embassy, for instance, has and executing the affair are: EdThe chaa-acters are better than the plot, however. The book is well sent a report to Wilkes College, ward Stryjak, Chairman; Eleanor nd ~tten, hut s·o mehow flat. 1t is not a ·b ad book _ it is in the un- specifying the kind of careers that Kryger, Bill Tomusko a Joe fortunate posi,tion of deserving faint praise. · go to make up their service all i'1. Chupka. through their empire. , A Play In One Act House: Chairman Clem WaclawThe _n ew department .g oes furGOEBBELS DIARIES REVEALING ski, Co-Chairman George Morgas, ther than merely listing careers. Sheldon Morrison, · Jay Sietchek, THE GOEBBELS DIARIES-Edited, translated and with an In- It will emphasize requirements By JOHN F ANEOK troduction by Louis P. Lochner, Doubleday & Co., New York, N. Y., and recommended student pro- CHARkCTE'RS OF 'I.1HE DRAMA Jack Russell, George Maisel and John Baloga. 1948. grams accordingly. -Also, much inDecorations: Ohair.man, Jean The GOEBBELS . DIARIES is a book of undeniable fascination formation on scholarships, fellow- Sir Justice, Supreme Court . Injustice. Wasilewski, Trudy Johnson, David especially to students of . -p sychology. A mor-bid sort of fascination ships, and training opportunities I Attendant Jones George Ermel, JohmBaloga, is, but very revealing of the personality, intimate thoughts and dreams fo~a_r~~:s has ·tbeelnf gatdhetr:d. Flore~ce Crump, Paul Thomas, Jim of the No. 2 Nazi. e 1; ~ary I s~ an e carHolifield, Ruth Richards, JO!l,n . . . eers-adv1smg section have not yet Sir English ) Members of tb.e Staff Walsh, T. Morgan. ·~ de <?oeb:bel.s _was ~ot schiz~phrenic, his personality .does have been opened for use. However, so of Inquisitors Publicity: Don Williams and two sides; hke a com, brightly pohshed on one side with the reverse much valuable infonnation on Alma Fanucci. left tarnished and dirty. He wa,s a man of great intellect who had tio scholarships and fellowships as Sir Physics ) French students interested in moral sense when it would conflict with his ambitions. well as training opportunities has ma:king the affair a success are 11he diaries co,ver the period from 1942 through 1943. The con- been secured that it is felt seniors ·SCENE: Court of Justice, asked to get in touch with Chair- · trol ·h e had over the thinking processes of a nation is frightening. sho_uld be_ given t~1e opportunity of Campus On Susquehanna. man George Maisel. Goebbels reveals himself as a man capable of guiding other people's seemg !his material. . TIME: 20th Century. thoughts and yet susceptible himself to self-delusion. He doctored West~nghouse Elec:nc and ManSIR JUSTICE How now, what TROUBLES,TROUBLES the newis, withholding and/ or falsifying items again . and again, and ufacfurmf1 Co?ora~~~~• f~r k' ef :::~~!;b:em~h~~u:irmotion which I 0 his diaries contain. cynical- admissions of this · However' afmp .m s (continued from page 2) . · . • he. frequent. o sceh, o1arsehr~1ps.our I n tehrenS e c1ence ATTENDANT. M.ost noble Sire, 1Y assumes a ~ohe~-than-thous horro~ to":'ard the Alhes with regard Talent Search there are five-day your staff of Inquisitors arrive to it requires eternal vigilance to to alleged falis1_fication of_ news, and m this he a,ppears. to be ~incere. all-expense trips to Science Talent give their reports. m'a intaih thart balance once esta:bMany entries deat with the Jewish people. Goebbels puts fo.r th Institute in Washington, D. C., to SIR JUS. Bid them enter, and I Jished. How does one . go about achiev(for an educated man) all the old unscientific, false and ridiculous forty finalists, plus two $,2440 hope -their reports are better than ing such a .balance one might ask? arguments against them. Yet when he speaks. of the liquidation of Westingl\.ou.se Grand Scholarships those· -o f last semester. Well the obvious thing to do is the Jews, the phrases, "this is no time for ,s entiment" and "One must (one .b oy and one girl), eight $400 enter SIR ENGLISH and expect trouble from any source- . not :b e •s entimental in these matters>', appear frequ;ntly, as though W~stinghouse Science _Schol~rSIR PIHY:SICS he ·h a,dn't quite convinced himself sh1-ps, $-3000 a'\\:arded at d1scret10n SIR JUS. The -s miles on your and he 'p repared to meet it. Sec·· . . of judges •among remaining thirty faces give me ,g reat joy, I can fore- ondly, a clear and accurate anH e posed as a t rue representative of the common man, yet each f" r t bl t· · t see many "F"s. alysis should be made of the s h of his tma , six children .had. a pony, and each pony had a groom · wo Ihsun•d-r edono:a" -s 1x,ye-othmention er op can.SIR ENGLISH. I have good tid- problem. Thirdly, deal with iit -He -wa:si a reahst m some matters,and a wishful thinker in others. didates. As .a result of their high ings, indeed, mo.st noble Sire; I resolutely. and decisively; . anyHe advocated decent food and pay for slave labor, not from any hu- rank in the Search most of the·s e have evidence enough to charge thing less leads to a sn~balling . manitarianism, but because he felt it would speed up production. On winners receive scholarship offers 48% of tho.s e within my jurisdic- of troubles and unfinished business the other hand, he refused to believe, because he did not want to, that from colleges and universities. tion with heresy No doubt they that may well nigh become intole'ra:ble. Germany could ever be invaded, that America really had· a great war There are ten $1850 George West- W:ill all be condemned to flunk. It all sounds very simple potential, that she could ever make use of it, and that the small So. ing~ouse Sch?larships at (!arne;~ie SIR JUS. Most commendable inAmerican nations were not ,p aid -b y us, or that Indian princes did not . Institute leadmg to an e~gmeermg deed, most 1w-orthy Sir English, You until you try it! But •t he developreceive huge checks from England to stay at peace with her. degree at the end of five years, have done well. What specific menit of good habits in meeting will pay handsome dividends. Each ..,b . . . . twenty a.wards of honorable men- char.g es do you have? G oev e1-s :Was born m 1897, m a factory town m the Rhmeland t· .SIR 'ENG. Most of them are and disposing of personal problems H" . . . . · ion t o ot.·h er t op can d"d 1 · a t es w h ose 1s parent-s were Cathohc a~d he attend~d Catholic grade schools. He names are sent to engineering col- guilty of having their commas mis- individual must look into him.~elf, secured a number of Catholic S'Cholarsh1ps and he attended the Ger- leg-es and universities for scholar- placed; some have poor para- decide on his strength and weakman universities of Bonn, Freiburg, Wuerzburg, Munich, Coiogne, ship co_n sideration. There are four graph construction; while others, ness - and from that •b asis build Frankfurt, Berlin and Heidelburg. He received hi-s Ph. D. degree in $2000 Westinghouse War Memor- only a few, misspelled words. _h is own .p hilosophy of life. As an old Polish proverb states, 1921, at Heidelbur.g , at the age of twenty-four. He wanted to he a ial Scholarships in engineering, six SIR JUS. Oboni.inable crimes! writer, but no publisher would accept his books. He couldn't even $200 scholar-s hips to national win~ They must be dealt with severely. it succinctly, "The way you f"a: get a job as reporter on a ne~spaper. Because of his deformed loot ners in the Westinghouse B~tt1;r SIR ENG. Very true, Sire, but your :b ed........ is the way you will he was rejected for military service. This, together with the loss of ~arr and Home Methods_ Electric I am in a quandry over the remain- sleep." the war, and his unsuccessful attempts at a writing career embittered $1.o6nOOestW, anhd . tone S Wh elstmh~house ing 2% which would give me my . "H . ore es er c o ars 1p. full quota. On what charge can we h 1m. e w~s rest1ess and wa1;-der~ over Germ~ny until, by accident, The Pepsi-1Cola Company last indict them? he ~eard H_1t_ler speak a~, Mumch m 1922. Until then, he had been a year awarded 126 scholarships, SIR JUS. That is a problem.- We rad1-c11l, pohtically speakmg and leaned to the extreme left. Now the Monsanto Chemical . Company cannot let them escape .. .... .. This r~ little man with the club foot tied him-self securely to the coat tails of maintains and finances a number quires ?eep thought ........ ZOUNDS! Hitler and rose to power -w ith the madman of Europe. The _s eeds of fellowship,s at. ·w ell-kn°wn uni- I have 1t. You can accuse them of these two men ,s ow,ed _fell upon the rocky ground and perished in time versities,_ as does the Gulf Oil . using . "secondary sources" for for the want of hohest strong roots. Corporation, Dupont and numer- : their term pa·p ers. . That covers Lochner'.s introduction makes for fine reading. His· selective trans~ o_us_ others. Th~~e g:ant;; are not every offense in the criminal c~e. t"' th" t b d . d t hm1ted to work 1n science and enSIR ENG. You are a gemus, 1a ions 1eave no mg O · e · esire excep more. gineering. The Natio nal Foun-l rs ''(continued on page 5) ~ tion for Infantile Paral:,sis, for · IN PASSING-OUT instance, offers the followin ~ FRENCH CLUB GOOD-BYE, DEAR FRIENDS! scholarships a n d fell owships: PRESENTS CABARET In passing all my subjects (instructors please copy) for this my physical therapist, 901; physical therapy teachers, 21; medical (continued from page l l eighth semester .of study at Wilkes College I shall pass into the cruel ' record librarians, 26 ; orthopedic world and perhaps even ' have to (you should pardon the expression) surgeons, 30; virologists, 30; pedi- Heffernan and Herb Quick. FOR YOUR work for a living. , atricians, 7; medical social workReservations: Chairman, Gytelle Since this is my last column for the BEACON I wish to thank er,s, 122; health · educators, 58; Freed, Co-Chairman, Jim Trummy vast reading public (all three of them, my wife1 Miss-s Nann Rich- public health physicians, 18; sani- bower, Dolores Passeri, Jane ards and me) for faithfully reading and favorably commenting upon tary engineers, 35; othopedic sup- Reese and Chester -Omichinski. my writing, arid thank!s to any other person who in passing happened to read In Passing. It you have not gathered by now that this is my la.st column I wish to thank the Thespians, bless 'em, for offering such an ('brief pause for cheering) for the BEACON, then I am not going to RECORD pENTER abundance of material me to work with. No ·hard. feelings- on my tell you that it is. All The N~west Popular _part and I really do forgive you for all your little shortcomings. You To the instructors that I have at the present time, good-bye (I Recordings By Your are forgiven. I wish to thank Mr. Alfred Groh for being· so broad- think) and thank you (I hope). Favorite Artists minded aibout my review• of his Thespians. To Mrs. Williamis I wish Than-ks Hank Anderson, thanks a lot, it has been a pleasure to to extend a vote of thank!s for her encouragement and taetful g11idance. be a member of your staff. LAZARUS LOWER FLOOR · And thank you, Mr. Williams for appreciating, at times, my reviews. l So long to the entire student body and faculty. By Robert 'Mikulewic:i Th·e Academic Il\'1UlSit1on ••• it ° HIT TUNES LAZARUS for �,Friday, May 21, 1948 WILKES COLLEGE BIDACON '4 A Year With The Beacon Staff -'EDITOR-IN-CHIEF NEW ED[TOR FEATURES EUITOR SPORTS EDITOR TOM MORAN ROBERT MIKULEWICZ BEACON Sports Editor, Tom Book reviewer Mikulewicz buries "Campus Highlights" sometimes Moran gets underway' on another amuses even its creator Ted Wolfe. his nose in a book . and gathers BEACON sports page. As sports material for his next colum,n. who takes over as Editor · riext publicity writer 'for the college, · week. "' sports writer for Wilkes-Barre's BUSINESS MANAGER Sunday Independent, and . Sports Editor here, Moran g:rincls out NOTES-ON NOTES yards of exciting copy every day. TED WOLFE ~ANK ANDERSON TAKING DOWN NEW A~OCIATE EDITOR VINCE MACRI As Club News Editor, Vince Macri has had an unenviable job of keeping up on the mountains of cllllbs formulated at the college. Macri has done a good job (much of it alone) of covering Wilkes clubs "who are either going some~ where or sponsoring something". JOY TO THE WORLD JOSEPH PURCELL Business Manag er Joe Purcell has been doing a wonderful job of A bandleader on his own, Reese Pelton has continued t o amaze keeping BEACON business relaBEACON editors with his ·wide range of musical knowledge. If it was tions on an up-to-par status. a big story on a band or a dance, Pelton handled it. An enthusiastic reporter, Pelton was said to have written a story on last winter's CIRCULATION MANAGER dormitory fire while he helped smother it. N orb · Olshefski, Chester Omichinski and Margot Golin get a big charg e out of some copy as Gene Bradley and Alma Fanucci punch out some material during a BEACON session. To this date Olshefski has never ex-p lained the source of the laughter. THE WORLD IS BUT A STAGE · AN ACCUSING FINGER For three semesters Wilkes ententainers have been calling revuer Bo~ -Mikulewicz, names in answer to his biting reviews. Here, Mike decides to call something if only a phone number. His reviews have been acclaimed as a boon to school spirit - and better acting ; his boo,k reviews as outstanding. Call him what they will, Mike intends ~ be gentle enough to reward six outstanding Thespians with trophies. FRANK EIWAZ He never wrote a word for the paper, but as Circulation Manager, Frank Eiwaz silently and efficiently has done bundles of work for the BEACON behind the scenes. Frank will act as Business Manager for the summer. CARTOONIST REIN AND FRIEND Hardworking, tenacious N or,b Olshefski points out that the assignment was due yesterday. Ambitious himself, Norb has made clear his pet peeve-- a loafing reporter. Shakespeare. solemnly agrees in the backg,rowid. -Phot os by Dom There is No Substitute For A return visit by Harold Rein, former star BEACON reporter, is always reason for Hank Anderson to ,smile happily. He remembers Rein's great work last s ummer. Now a student at New York's New · School · · Social Research . "Hesh" Rein will be married to Edie Rudolph, another former BEACON reporter, June 2.6. DON LENNON Cartoonist Don Lennon has satirized campus life with humor, puncih and vitality. More of Don's fine work will be coming up thruout the succeeding semesters. DEEMER & CO. QUAIJTY School and Office Supplies FRANK CLARK GIFTS AND STATIONERY Jeweler 63 South Main Street 'filkeswBarre, Pa. �WllXES 00!..ILEGE BElACON Friday, May 21, 1948 5 Pie Story ·of Paper's Operations CLUBBING OUT THE NEWS PRINTER Library Moves Into New Quarter.s STANLEY E. SCHMIDT Besides working on the Beacon BEACON Club News Editor Vince 'Macri edits any and all club news the BEAOON prints, and , doubles as publicity writer for the during the days, printer Stanley E. Schmidt has worked at least one Spanish Club. night each week with Beacon EditTHE INTERVIEW The College library had a complete facial this semester when it ors to get the paper out on time. Mr. Schmidt and his employees was eniar ·ed o take 111 t r, e first fl.0..or of Kirby Hall. Here ·assistant have been mighty fine people to librarian Mrrs. Stanko Vujica busies herself with some library business_ work with. ACADEMIC INQUISITION SIR JUS, No! Stay your blow. Let him be heard. (continued from page 3) . STUDENT. Most illustrious. LINOTYPE OPERATOR Sire, one of your Inquisitors acSire, I am indebted to you. cused me of heresy. I committed exit SIR ENGLISH no crime; I am innocent. . SIR JUS. And now Sir Physics, SIR JUS. Indeed? State your it is time for you to report. I hope case. you can match the record of Sir STU. Before one of his examinEnglish. · ations, he instructed us to sign\:out,1 SIR ·P HYSICS. I am happy to names on the upper left hand cor. say, I too, have uncovered my quota ner of the sheet, and I signed mine of heretics. on the upper right hand corner. SIR JUSTICE. This certain.Jy is SIR JUS. No crime? You young a day to be remembered. What knave, that is a most despicable charge was outstanding? crime. Now off with you. What is SIR PHY. Failure to hand in more, your punisliinent will , be laboratory reports on time. more severe for insinuating that SIR JUS. A very serious charge. my court of injustice could posWe will have to set an example sibly be ·just. Behatted Scribbler Ted Wolfe interviews Mr. Alfred Groh for a story with these impudent peasants. In 1_ _SI~ PHY. Shall I continue, on the Thespians. Mr. Groh, instructor, theatre director, BEACON, yearbook and Thespian advisor is. pr-o ba:b ly the most interviewed man the future .... . Si-re . on campus . flourish, enter S'.ITUDE.'NT . 1 SIR J;US. No. tha,t won't be MISSION COMrPLETED struggling with GUARD •nesessary now. I must retire ·to What now disturbs my roya my inner study .to devise more dia-. HENRY S. KUCHARSKI court? ! bolical punishments for thae Linotype operator Henry 'Chick' GUARD. •S ire, this rogue rushed rogues. Flunking is too good for Kucharski has been knocking out past me and before I could restrain them. the Beacon copy on his machine him, he gained entrance. Shall I off exeunt for over five semesters. with his head ? FINIS I To Play _at ;Band Concert Tomorrow Night . ~eporter Margot Golin inserts a completed assignment under her name. Assignments are checked and edited ,b y BEAIOON edi.t ors bebefore printing. · PRESSMAN Above is ·a group of members oi the Wilkes College Concert Band. First ro~ left to right:, Rodine, I Pressman Thomas "Jake" Jaskiewicz puts the Beacon through its MacNeal, Rauscher, Martin; 2nd final _sta.ge _o f operations . . Here the papers start rolling off the press. row: Levine, Greenwald, Vercoe; \II Sooby, Wexlin, Fink, Beck; 3rd row: Pelton, director, Prater, Foster, Neely, k.rz.ywicki, . Kraft, Dinstel, Reese; .. th row: Knapp, Rogers, Eldridge, Ridall, Strye, .,Mess- -Photos by Dom inger, Cohen, Gilbert, Falk. Mis.sing when picture was taken : Motsko, Rasmussen; Lemmond, DeWitt, Perrego, Sweigert. �6 Senior -Final ADMINISTRATION RELEASES FINAL EXAMINATION SCHEDULE Examination Schedule 5 . Final Examinations will begin on June and end on June 11, ~~Ording to the sehedale. released by the administration today. Senior ~ams will 1beg1n May 28 and end ·June 4. Students with conflicts are requested · to see the instructor of the cla:ss with the smaller enrollin,ent, ,any time prior to May 27. Friday, May 21, 1948 WILIIBS OOLLEGE BEACON Senior Exams Office Releases Scheduled for List of Special May 28 to June 4 Student Grads SECOND SEMESTER 1947-1948 Senior examinations are scheduled from May 28 through June 4. It is necessary that all seniors con9 A. M. 2 P. M. 2 P. M. SATURDAY, JUNE 5 9 A. M. tact thei,r instructoi:s to determine Friday, May 28 Biology 103 Economics 116 the exact date of examinations. Mech. Eng. 205 (45) Science Hall Econ. 109 (74) Science Hall Biology 100 Economics 121 Econ. 105 (43) ms ~- F. Rr. 201, MatJh. 109 (73) POH 1st floor All Examinations must be com· Chemistry 203 French 103 202, 301 · Math. 310 (5) PCH 1st floor pleted by June 4. T.he examination Economics 104 History 235 Math. 10'1- (l2) P.GH 3d floor Gernlan 120 (17) 158 Annex E'c onomics 225 P,s ychology 3310 schedule has ,b een posted on the Math. 115 (24) PCB 3d floor German 103 (11) 158 Annex History 256 Economics 22-0 bulletin boards, it ·was recently anMath. 116 (25) PCH 3d floor Sociology 302 ,(15) _154 Annex Sociology 212 nounced by Mr. Herbert J. Morris, Math. 202 (109) PCH 1st floor French 103 (13) 154 S. R., Rm; 102 Sociology 215 Saturday, May 29 Polish 102 (8) 164 Annex French 204 B (11) 1,54 S. R., Rm. 'Registr~r. Biology 203 Economics 2i0 Soc. 212' (48) CoAnz and, Con 104 . 103 Mr. Morris also .announced that Economics 110 Economics 227 Spanish 310 (9) 154 Annex Econ. 314 (14) 195 S. F., Rm. 302 all seniors should place their orEnglish 284 History 206 · Poli. Sci. 309 (13) 154 Annex Math. 215 (6) 164 Ann.e x History 231 Math. 207 ders for c~ps and gowns through Econ. 317 (13) 195 S. F., Rm. 302 Math. 308 (4) 164 Annex Sociology 205 German 102 (27) 158 Annex Econ. 225 (18) 195 S. F., Rm. 301, Music 100 Miss Mildred Gittens in the bookSociology 216 Religion 100 German 202 ( 4) 164 Annex 302 store, prior toMay 26. Invitations · Religion 202 E'con. 115 (14) 195 S. F., Rm. 102 French 101 (25) CoAnx for grad\ration may be obtained at Monday, May 31 Biology 208 Chemistry 210 9 A. M. MONDAY, JUNE 7 2 P. M. the book store. Economics 232 Economics 308 All other examinations will start Englis,h ,250 (10) 154 S. R. ~m .. 103 History 108 History 256 (26) K 10 .. English 264 on- June 5 and extend through English 103 (145) Science Hall & Music 202 English 284 (15) Co 204 History 100 1,54 Anx Engin. 100A (20) Co 301 June 11. In case of conflicts, the Political Poli. Sci. 309 English 102 ( 173) PCH 1st · and Engin. 100B (20) Co 302 stµtlents are to contact the instrucScience 212 Sociology 110 3d floors Eeoii. 202 (60) CoAnx, Co 104, 2-04 tor of the course having the smallFrench 204 Economics 220 Econ. 103 (110) Science Hall and Engin. 103 (19) Co 302 er enrollment. Spanish 103 E'con. 220 (66) 1-95 S. F., Rm. 201, 164 Anx Spanish 310 202, 301, 302 •' Spanish 101 (28) 154 S. R., Rm. French 104 ' Econ. 116 (111) CoAnx & Co 104( 101, 102 Socidlogy 303 Co 204, 304 Econ. 210 (80) 154 Anx, 158 Anx, Tuesday, June 1 Biol. 207 ( 6) 164 Annex 164 Anx Biology 22 Economics 314 ;English 104 (150) PCH 1st and Biol. 208 (20) 164 Annex Economics 322 Engli-si'h 104 Music 202 (3) 164 Annex 3d floors English 132 French 200 • •Chem. 302 (5) 154 S. R., Rm. 101 Chem: 330 (5•) 154 S. R., Rm. 102 History 99 . German 103 Hist. 106 (8) 154 S. R. Rm. 102 :Biol. 203 , (25) 154 S. R., Rm. 102, "' • FOR SMART Psychology 100 German 120 1 Psycih. 319 (3) 154 S. R. R:m. 102 Philosophy 216 Phys. Scie 100 103 COLLEGE CLOTHES E'c onomics 316 Sociology 302 TUESDAY, JUNE 8 2 P ~ M. 9 A. M. Wednesday, June 2 Econ. 101 (78) 158 Anx, 164 Anx, Econ. 106 (90) P,CH 3d floor · Biology 320 Economics 330 French 104 (27) 158 Annex 154 Anx Biology 319 Education 201 ....... ll. ■ 111.s ■ O ■ IT& • ■ aOS, Soc. 205 (56) 154 is. R. Rm. 101, German 104 (7) 158 Annex Economics 317 German 202 Spanish 104 (25) 154 S. R. Rm . English 250 .102. 103 So. Main St., P,hi,losophy 100 Wilkes-Barre 101, 102 . · English 201 (22) K 107 Poli. ,Sci. 205 Physics 202 Ohern. 102 (92) PCH 1 & 3 floors History 107 (26) K 107 Psychology 203 Economics206 English 101 (111) PCH 1st floor Sociology 319 Chem. 203 (55) PCH 3d floor Math. 107 (61) GoAnx, Co 104, 204 Poli. Science 205 (20) 154 Anx Thursday, June 3 Econ. 231 (24) 195 S. F. Rm. 201, Econ. 2'32 (39) 1Co Annex Education 207 Economics 303 Econ. 315 (7) Co Annex 202 Economics 316 Economics 315 Biol. 103 (14) 1,54 S. R., Rm. 103 Spanish 316 . Engli-sh. 122 (8) 164 Annex English 257 Econ. 136 (10) 195 S. F. Rm. 101 Radio 100 Math. 215 Sociology 216 : Polish 208 Hist. 235 (14) 164 Annex • History 106 Chem. 3,19-320 (3) Co 304 All examinations will be held in· Polish 208 (8) Co 304 the Presbyterian Church House, 2 P. M. 9 A. M. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9 third floor. History ·100 (231) PCH 1st & 3d Psych. 100 (149) Science Hall, 154 Anx, 158 Anx floors and Rms 101, 102 Chem. 101 (63) PCH 3d floor History 108 (23) K 107 Math. 205 (49) 154 S. R., Rm. 102, Music 100 (111) PCH 1st floor Chem. 115 ( 41) CoAnx, PCH 3 flr 103 Soc. 100 (130) Science Hall & 15'4 Econ. 393 (22) 195 S. F. Rm. 201 Meclh. Engin. 209 (62) Co 104, 204, Annex 304 · Econ. 201 (48) 195 S. F ., Rm. 201, Biol. 320 (16) 164 Annex 202, 301 Econ. 31-6 (28) 195 S. F., Rm. 301, Biol. 103 (14) 164 Annex Soc. 216 (9) 1•64 Annex 302 Econ. 110 (10 195 S. F: Rtn. 301 . Chem. 301 (7) K 107 Math. 206 (113) CoAnx, Co 104, Econ. 121 (23) 195 S. F . Rm. 302 Econ. 139 (6) 195 S. F. Rm. 101 204, 304 Biol. 102 (36) 158 Annex Wilkes-Harre. Pa. Math. 341 (2) Con 304 Soc. 319 ( 8) K 107 Following ·is a list of special students who will graduate this semester: SECRETARIAL TERMINALS Lydia B!ancodine, Jeanne Cummiskey, Eleanor Jablonski, Shirley PhiUlps, Mitzie Purcell, Gordon Ro'bert Schlier, Dorothy J. Sorber, Joan Wylie, Naomi Hons. LABORATORY TECHNICIANSwho will rec,eive certificates are: Marian Shuman Beach, Anne Ruth Byorick, Anna J. Cheponis, Florence T. Domashinski, Ruth Ann Dukinas, Josephine A. Giuliani, Charlotte Ann Najaka, Cpnstance M. Perkuraski, Dorothy Ann Pickering, Jean Ryan, Dorothy Ann Wilkes, Frances Wilki. These people should get in touch with their instructors in order that they may take 'early examinations with the seniors. EXPERTS IN SOLVING DIFFICULT PLUMBING AND HEATING PROBLEMS ~;~s"'11' THE~HUB -I\ TURNER VANSCOY CO. " 27 E. Northampton St. Est. 1871 COKE AND MUSIC ' FOR HAPPY MOMENTS BISCUIT CO. * 2' P. M. 9 A. M. THURSDAY; JUNE 10 English 132 (11) K 107 Religion 202 (10) Science Hall E'con. 209 (56) 195 S. F. Rm. 102, Pol. Science 103 (133) Science Hall 201, 202 154 Anx, 158 Anx Civil Engin. 103 (27) Co 301, 302 Biol. 100 (132) PCH 1 & 3 floors Biol. 101 (21) PCH 3d floor Chem. 209 (12) CoAnx Engi. 101 (37) Co 301, 302 Chem. 210 (24) CoA,nx Hist. 99 (129) PCH 1 & 3 floors Civil Engi. 214 (10) Co 309 Biol. 222 (19) Co Anx Econ. 206 (44) 158 & 164 Anx Econ. 138 (12) 195 S. F., Rm. 102 Religion 100 (77) Science Hall Poli. Science 212 (13) 154 Anx Phil. 216 (9) Co Anx Econ. 330 (29) 195 S. F. Rm. 201, English 264 (7) 154 Anx . -Psych. 310 (4) 154 Anx 202 French 200 (12) 154 S. R. Rm. 102 History 231 (7) K 107 Econ_. 322 (15) 154 S. R. Rm. 101 9 A. M. FRIDAY, French 102 (2,7) Co 104 German 101 (40) CoAnx Physics 201 (5'2) PCH 3d floor Physics 202 (104 PCH 1st and 3d floors JUNE 11 2 P. M. Soc. 210 (35) Co Anx Phys. Sci. 100 (77) Science Hall Biol. Sci. 100 (109) Pch 1st floor Phil. 100 (89) PCH 3d floor Span. 102 (59) 158 Anx, 154 Anx · Span. 103 (19) 154 Anx Econ. 104 (84) Science Hall English 131 (51) 1·54 S.R. Rm. 101, English 257 (13) K 107 102, 103 Soc. 215 (19) Co 204 Econ. 227 (25) 195 S. F. Rm. 201, 202 Psych. 310 ( 4J 158 Annex Engin. 104 (47) Co 301, 302 Psych. 203 (26) 158 Annex History 206 (8) Co Anx Econ. 308 (12) K 107 Econ. 236 (13) 195 S. F. Rm. 102 Ma!Jh. 207 (6) 164 Annex Math. 210 (3) 164 Annex Math. 306 (4) 164 Annex THE BOSTON STORE Men's Shop has everything for the college inan' s needs ... from ties to suits. FOWLER, DICK AND WALKER 4slc Jor ii eitlur way ••• !,all Plus It S~tcTu: ll'rllh-tnarics mean the sam, thing. tom.ED UNDER AUTHORITY OP THI! COCA-COLA COMPANY IY COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO., Inc., 141 Wood St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (C) 1948, The Coca-Cola Company �7 WILKES 001.JLEGE BIDACON Friday, May 21, 1948 WILKES PITCHER SPORTS ¥ ¥ BEACON By TOM MORAN Beacon Sports Editor LAMENT TO FACULTY SOFT BALL PLAYERS We st~nd all day before our classes Lecturing to the lads and lasses; While the future Einsteins figure, We've lost all our vim and vigor. · But there's one particular season, We cast aside all rqyme and reasen; Our thoughts go back to college days, Of hard hit balls and sparkling plays Once upon the field of battle, We seem to hear a funny rattle; Could it be that we' are growing, You know what without our knowing? There were times when we W\!re certain, That it was time to draw the curtain; So with two wins and many losses, . We'll settle down to being bosses. INTRAM'URAL SOFTBALL LEA•GUE FOLDS-AGAIN The Wilkes College Intramural Softball · League has just about folded up - following the path of least resistance and the ·beachhead established by the 1947 edition of the same program. Despite the inclusion of a commissioner -this year, the leag ue has just about closed Sihop for the 19·48 season. During the early part of the year, all the members of the eight teams in the loop were eager to play, but like most things that require cooperation and a little time - it soon began to fall apart at the seams as one by one of the members of the teams began to drop out. Another thing that might be looked into is the equipment. In the beginning there was enough equipment tp keep three games going, but near the end i-t was difficult to find enough in the way of bats, balls, and g loves to supply one game. Wilkes NineFaces Tri-City•.. Away Tomorrow Coach George Ralston's Wilkes College nine will pack its bag arid head for Binghamton, N .. Y., tomorrow morning for the first of a -series of two games with Triple Cities College squad tomorrow afternoon. According to the Wilkes coach, Boyd Earl, star hurler for the local club, will probably be called upon to do the hurling. Earl has shown up well in many .p ast games and with any amount of luck tomorrow will add another victory to his win c'o lumn. The Blue and Gold batsmen will be seeking their seventh win in ten starts tomorrow. In past contests - especially of late - the local club has battled under player handicaps. Tomorrow's contest will see the drastic shift in the infield with Jimmy Davis at second, Red Brennari at shortstop and Alex Molash covering the firstbase sack in the absence of Frank Evan. The last time that Wilkes met Keystone it was a contest that saw the locals come out with a victory, but only after one of those once in a lifetime finishes. After trailing throughout most of the contest by an 8 to 1 count,. Wilkes scored 14 runs in the seventh, while the best Keystone could do during the remainder of the game was to add six more tallies - one short of dumping the proverbial applecart for the Above is Crane "Buzz" Buzby, who is one of Coach George Rals- Ralston aggregation. t on's key hurlers on the 1948 Wilkes College baseball team. Buzby If tomorrow's contest is ln.yis in his second year of diamond activity at this institution, having thing like the first meeting of the starred on the Colonel nine last year. two clubs, t he Binghamton college fans are in for some mighty RAI.;STON GREETS NEW PREXY fine baseball. - - - - - - - - - - - - - -·- LETIElRMAN'S LAWN SOCIAL The Wilkes College Letterman's Club will conclude its semester's social program with a fawn social at the Irem Temple Country Club tomorrow: with events getting underway about 10 a. m. During the year tp.e lettermen have done a swell job in the social circle at the college and many of the fine events that were held during the past two semesters were inspired\y either the Letterman's Club directly or members of the. organization who are affiliated with the Student Council. Tomorrow's aff~ir is un~er the ~eadershi,p . of Chester Knap~ch, 1 who· also played. a big part m promot mg the Wmter Sports Carmval and the Freshman Trib unal. He will ·b e assisted by Henry Colljns, Henry Supinski, Lew Jones, and J.ack Feeney. · FLOWER PRINTS · ON SALE To students and faculty members interested in floral prints, the finest colored prints of American wild flowers done this century, available at fifty cents per print. CHAS. B. REIF ' l -------~---·····~ THE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE While the exact schedule for the 1948 Wilkes College Grid ·season hasn't as yet been settled. George F. Ralston, Director of Athletics, announced this past week that the . Colonels will face seven and possibly eight opponents. The season - as it stands now - will open in the third week of September with St. Francis College as the opponent . That will be the last home game until Nov. 20, when Wilkes plays h ost to King's College. · While there are only two :home games listed .to date :lior the 1948 season, the following year will see the local college team playing · Paul Thomas, newly-elected Letterman's Club President receives almost a11 of its games at home. congratulations from Dean George Ralston, 'Club advisor. ' Frank Parkhurst, Inc. * I General Insurance * Miners Nat'l Bank Bldg. Wilke~-Barre, Pa. . • Above are Joe Swartwood and Paul Huff, veteran Wilkes College cage performers who were elected as co-captains of the 1948-49 Colonel basketball t\:)am at a recel).t meeting of the Wilkes College Letterman's Club. Above are S~mmy Elias and Henry Supinski, who were recently elected to the post s of co-.captams o! the 1948 Wilkes College football team. Supinski, a former GAR graduate and grid performer,. played for the last two years at Wil:kes. Elias who began his college grid activity last year at the center post was captain and all~ scholastic center for Meyers High School in 1943. ' ·' �8 FEELZWELL HAS OWN CINDY STORY Herkimer V. Feelz.well sat beside hi-s Bunsen purner staring into the blackened vent where once such a beautiful blue~tipped flame had danced. Melancholy was his mood for he had been left alone by his confreres who had gone to the rollerdrome. A tear' rolled 'fully down his full cheek, ran carefully around his neatly wa.~ed moustache, and trickled off th~. trim van Dyke beard to drip with a splash into a half-filled beaker of sea water. The liquid tones of the splash reverberated on the rim of the beaker and dhanged to a bright blue glow that floated upward likE: slow smoke at sunset. WILKES OQLLEGE BEACON Friday, May 21, 19.48 THE STARVING ECONOMICS MAJOR By Harry Fierverker As a rule I usually bring my lunch to school hut one day my wife grabbed the family broom and proclaimed herself "king for a day" and refused to make my lunch unless I incr.e ased her allowance from $4.28 to $4,56. I was amazed at such a revolt. I accused her of having too Jllany co.m munist friends and also told her to keep away from Shooky's Teamsters 401. I told her that such a revolt was defeated at Bogota and I would st~p this revolt. I agreed with my wife that the cost of living had increased but to such a degree, never! I brought out all my economic books, wiped the dust off them, and explained to her the interaction between the laws of supply and demand, the marginal th~ory, and also prepared ~ balance 'sheet, income statement and bank reconciliation to prove how impossi-ble it would be to grant su~h . an enormous increase, H. V. F. stared in amazement as out of the beaker stepped his fairy godfather who looked more like the dean of men than a fairy god.f ather. In his hand th e fairy godfather held a left-handed base·ball bat which Feelzwell in his wonder took to be a,, magic wand. The fairy .godfatfuer waved the wand three times (which is the After clev~rly proving each usual number of free swings for point my wife gave the same rethe · ,d ean of men) and said in buttal, "No raise, no lunch", Four perfect godfatherese, "Whatcha hundred and thirty thousand words bawlin' fer, Herky?" later and four hours hungrier l "Ah, the loneliness of it all. My resorted to .still ani>ther economic ,e xams are graded, finals all made, • argument, I began to explain to a free evenip.g for a change, but my wife the primary causes undernothing to do," lying the .·c hang~s in the business· "Why do:hcha go t'da Cinderella cycle, At first it was like teaching Ball?" a donkey how to crochet argyle " socks hut gradually she began to "Ah, you jest, In this garb? comprehend. I convinced her that I am but a poor professor of Ex- inflation meant something else beterior Dec·o rating." sides the air that goes into tires 'Dhe fairy godfather took a new and recession wasn't the free time stance and swung again. Herkimer the kids had in school to play. V. Feelzwell .stood there attired in When I explained to Gloria that a neat white dinner jacket, stiff the dollar, at present value, was shirt, . black tie, and all the trim- only worth 50 cents ,s he came . up mings. His many decorations (in- with a brilliant idea-suggesting eluding his gol<l star for perfect we take all our 50 cent pieces to attendance at Miss Fitzheimer's the bank and trade them in for Dancing School for Proper Little dollar bills. Three hours later I Young Ladies and Young Gentle- proved to my wife that if we saved men) gleamed on his scarlet sash that 28 cent raise until the de"Howdaya Ji,ke dese glad rags? pression in April of 1952 we would Okeh, huh? Ony lissen closely. Dis have $43,68 more ( excluding interhere cape here fits youse likea est) in the bank. Also, the dollar glove, 'n I don't mean no fielder's would have a value of 2 dollars in mit. But if youse ain't outa da purchasing power and we would ballroom, I mean armory, before therefore have $87.3,6. With this da clock calls strike one youse'll money we would be able to hire ·a come home ina first sack, I mean a good lawyer to get our darling gunny sack, . junior out of -reform school. This "We swiped a couple a white almost convinced her as she was rats from da biology buildin' an willing to compromise and lower dug up 'n old can a punkin fer her request to $4.47. I refused to yer transportashun. Here's yer accept her offer. If I consented to ticket, here's .fifteen cents to park her present request, I would be d'a can, here's fifteen cents fer a losing face and besides we were bottla coke, and here's fifteen talking Economics . and I couldn't cents to give fda checkroom boys. let an Economics ,s tudent be deBe sure youse check yer cape. Savvy?" So Herkimer V. Feelzwell went line. Feelzwell watched the college to the Cinderella Ball with the boys carting away mink coats, fur bases loaded. He stood and gawked wraps, and their own coats from with the guests· at the embarrass- the chec.kroom. Innocent Feelzed-looking quartet when the band well, his unshakeable faith in the played slow music. He stood and dheckroom boys to whom he had gawked at the faculty members given his fifteen cents and endoing the samba, the rhumba, the trusted his cape would not allow shag- and their versions of the him to believe anything was amiss, jumping jive when the band played Bt:t amiss it was. Pandemonium fast music while the students had reigned in the checkroom. . retired from the floor. He stood Just as the clock struck one and listened to the drummer man Feelzwell finally stepped dazedly make continuous cacaphonous cad- into the checkroom a little the ences for hours on end. He stood worse for wear from the trampat the refreshments counter for ling he ha~ taken :f.i-om outgoing forty-five minutes before he could students . The room was a shamtrade his fifteen cents for a bottle bles. Not a coat, not a hat, not of coke, He stood and gawked at a fur wrap, not a cane, not even the many wonderful Cinderellas THE cape remained. Feelzwell present and was rapped sorely suddenly felt chilly, and well he across the knuckles with a billy inight for his da·shi:ng evening atclub when he tried to toueh a tire had vanished. Poor Herkimer ·plastic slfpper, He stood like a stood amidst the .ruins decorated sardine on end as an announcer 'au naturel', Quickly he cast about inarticulated into the microphone for some covering and there it and T. D. crowned Peggy Cotton- was, the foretold gunny sack. The faucet queen of the bawl. gunny sack fitted like a fielder's At twelve fifteen, just to be on . mitt. the safe side of his fairy godfather, H. V, F. took his place in Feelzwell turned to go. Before line which supposedly led to the him stood his fairy godfather, checkroom and there .h e stood and "Well, wise guy! I hate ta say stood and stood, The line moved I told youse so. But youse surabout as fast as a Navy chow asheller l.e ft holdin' da bag, huh?" II . . THERE'S NO FIN~R CIGARETTE THAN CHESTERFI-ELD. I KNOW, IT'S MY BRAND ... _..d!,. .. YII\ '\ \ 'f&ff~\ ~ ·::::~. .·./,:. . AS " THE LADY FROM SHANGHA \. -.-.. .,-.• -,:, ~I"I \ <fP·\~.-' A COLUMBIA PROD,UCTiO ·=... · . >,. WHY. .. I smoke Chesterfield ( FROM A SERIES QF STATEMENTS BY PROMINENl TOBACCO FARMERS) I have done business with Liggett & Myers \for over 40 years. They buy the best crops in the house at the auctions. ·· I am exclusively a Chesterfield smoker. I think they are the best cigarette made. ~ feated I by a mere English magna cum laude, What does Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, or Euripides know about money.. I had the knowledge of Ricardo, Lord Beveridge, Adam Smith, Keynes, and Spiro behind me. Then I pulled my last test. I appealed to her vanity and told her that with the savings of $43,68 she would be a!b le to buy twice as many dresses in 19.52 and have a beautiful wardrobe. · Her eyes began to sparkle, her hands left the broom and she walked . over ~ -. . ff to the mirror and began to imagine her new clothes which she would receive in the depression of April 1952. She kissed me on the cheek and said to forget abo'ut her request and began to m~ke lunch, for the following day. ·I was so happy and elated that my knowledge of economics was so useful and that my college education was not wasted that I told my wife she could have a 2.8 cent weekly raise ;n her ai,owauce starting 11cxt week. USE. GLENDALE WOODLAWN DAffiY PRODUCTS. � 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 Wilkes Beacon 1948 May 21st Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1948 May 21 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 Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/e1b5bb972210088e9c8be3fd21a44a26.pdf 44806367a79c5e735fa830f8bae0c4ac PDF Text Text COMMENCEMENT ·EXERCISES WILL TAl(E PLAC~ JUNE 12. The Coonmencement exercises for the first graduating class of Wilkes College will be held on Saturday, June 12, 1948, in the First Presbyterian Church of Wilkes-Barre, ,l ocated on the corner of Northampton and '·Franklin Streets. Mr. Charles Henderson of the make the presentation of diploma's. Wilkes Music Depa11tment will beThe Choral Club will ,t hen give .gin the program with an organ their rendition of Handel's Thanks prelude, Franck's Chorale No. 1 in Be To Thee, followed by the singE Major. Following this, Dr. Chas. ing of the Wilkes Alma Mater. B. Reif, head of the Wilkes Science Termination of the program will Department, will _lead the academic be the reading of the benediction procession. by Rev. Roush, and the recessional The invoc"ation will then be read led iby Dr. Reif. by the Reverend Charles S. Roush, Following is a list of students followed by the Wilkes College who will graduate this June: Choral Club, directed by Mr. DonB. S. IN C. & F. ald Cobleigh, singing Palestrina's Gory to God. Boyce, John Walter, Jr.; BuchsNext on the program is the baum, Gerald; Callahan, Paul An Commencement address by Dr. drew; Condosta, Albert Lee; ConkEverett Hunt, Dean of Swarth- lin, Richard Henry; Cooney, John more College. Following Dr. Hunt's Aloysius; Cross, James Schooley; a-d dress, Dr. William Coleman, Dido, Robert Joseph; Evans, Dean of Bucknell Universit y, will Thomas Alfred; Fischer, Claire; ======================== Vol. 2, No. 12. TO VISIT ENGLAND DR. MARY CRAIG Dr. Craig To Visit British Isles Dr. Mary E. Craig, head of the English department at Wilkes College, will sail June 23 aboard the S. ,S. America for the Britis:\1 Isles where she will spend the summer. In addition · to renf;Jwing old acquaintances at the various universities, Dr. Craig .also hopes to attend the Edinburgh Musical Festival, the Malvern Festival, and the Olympic Games at Wimbley. The Hebrides are a point of interest she would like to include in her itinerary while i-n Wales. Tl).is spring Dr. Craig had the · good news that her book, Scottish Periodical Press, has had a seventeen year sale in the British lisles. This is the first news she has received on this publication in five years. Dr. Craig will sail September 2 for the return trip to the United States. BEACON MEETING The following people are reQuested to ,meet in the BEACON office, rear -o f Shoemaker Hall, at noon on Mond~y, June 21: Vincent Macri, Garfield Davis, Davis, Frank Eiwaz, Don Lennon, Harold Morgan, Bill Griffith, Earl Jobes, Bill Kashatus, Tom Lasky, Ruth Lawlor, Art Spengler, a·nd Russ Williams. - Anyone else desiring to join the BEACON staff isl also invited to attend this meeting. Fry, George Frear. ·Gooch, John _Glenn; Hall, Winston Harold; Johnson, E1·ne.st Frederick; Jones·, Lester Gilmore; Jones, Wallace Oman; Kocher, Frank; Kopko, Casimir; Kovale3ki, Stanley Joseph; Litchman, Joseph Francis; N achlis, Arnold. 1Pell, Clemens; Repotski, Eugene Frank; Riley, John Joseph; Rosolowski, Stanley; Scott, Harry, Jr.; Slamon, Joseph Berchman; Smith, Raymond Brice; Templeton, Charles F. ~ Tereshinski, Thomas Michael; Wheeler, Frank Erwin. B. S. Ih iH0LOCfY Aleo, Joseph John; Bialogowicz, Dorothy Ann; "8urtsavage, Edward; Kovalski, Leonard Edward; Orlowski, Mildr :J; Owens, Thomas; Roberts, James Frederick; Wentzel, Fra11.:es Elaine; Williams, Nancy Jane. Joseph; Bransdorf, Muriel Ruth; Carey, Ralph P.; Davidson, Helen Belle; Gi1boy, Thomas A. P.; Golightly, Miriam D.; Hailstone, Charles Edward; Harkins, Frank Aloysius; Jones, Carolyn Lucille. Legosh, ,Mildred; McHale, Margaret Elizabeth; Mikulewicz, Robert Thomas; Miller, Robert James; B. S. I!\ EDUCATION Pelton, Reese; Rudolph, Edythe; Davidoff, Mark Irving; Wil- Savitz, Joseph; Smith, Harold; Stryjak, Edward Richard; Tranel!, liams, Rhuea Vaughn. Carl Joseph; Zukoski, Rosemary; A. B. · Baum, Norman; Berger, Arthur Kotis, John. WILKES OOLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA. Theatre Group . Gets New Name, New Officers Friday, June 4, 1948 "Amnicola" Out June 10; Distribution Will Take Place at Yearb'o . ok Office An organization meeting of the Wilkes College Theatre was held on the evening of June 2 in preparation for the autumn productions. YEARBOOK STAFF Mr. Alfred Groh, Director, presided. _ A constitution was adopted and "OUE AND CURTAIN" was unanimously accepted as the new t'iame for the Theatre group. The following persons were elected as officers:· 'President, William B. Griffith; vice-president, Ross Leonardi; secretary, Elva Fuller. The following persons were tentatively appoinrted as department heads: Staging, Edgar Gartley; Props, Helen Sorber; Lighting, Jim Matthews; Furniture, Donald Jones; Publicity, Trudy Johnson; Production -Organization, Norma Jean Persiani; Program, Sheldon Fried; House, Charlabte Davis; Costume and Makeup, Janet Gearhart; Business and Finance, Joseph Gudaitis. An open meeting will be held Pictured is a group of yearfbook staff members who have worked within the first twenty-one days of and hard towards getting the AiMNICOLA out on time. the fall semester. An invitation to earnestly First row, left to right: Rita Walberg, Gertrude Johnson, Marjorie arttend this meeting will be extend- Green, Eleanor Krute, Ruth Richaros. ed to all students who are interestSecond row: Franrk Anderson, Carolrn Jones, Ruth Lawlor, Alfred ed in theatre work. Groh, advi~or, Naomi Hons, Rhuea Williams, Donald Rau. . SENIOR DINNER DANCE FORMAL REGISTRAR TO BE HELD TOMORROW NIGHT ANNOUNCES The Senior Class Formal Dinner Dance, -s ponsored by the Student All students who have not as yet Council of Wilkes' College, 'w ill he held tomorrow •night at 6:30 P. M. registered for the sum.mer semesat the Admiral Stark Room of the Hotel Sterling. The purpose of the ter should-- do so before Monday, affair is to honor the first and •s econd graduating clli.sses of Wilkes June 7. These people should contact Miss Madelyn Molitoris in the College. It is expected that approximate- M. C. AT SENIOR FORMAL office of the registrar. ly . 400 people, including graduates, Summer school will be a twelve week semester, •b eginning on June faculty members and terminal stu17 and terminating on Septemeber dent graduates, and their es-c orts, will attend the affair. Dress for 10. Fall registration for students the occasion will be optional, but not enrolled in the summer school it has been re.q uested that as ll).any will be held on September 1'3 for as possiJble wear formal attire. those whose last names :begin with The master of ceremonies for A through M, and on September the· event• will 1be Mr. Edward 14 for those whose last names beWilliams, pl'lofessor of English at gin with N through Z. However, Wilkes. This will be Mr. Williams students may begin registration as last appearance at school before early as September 9. Those stuhe leaves for Columbia University dents attending summer school will where he will study for his Doc; register on September 2 and 3. tor's -d egree. I Books will be available at the •Charlie Masters and his orchesbookstore on September 8. tra will ·p rovide music for the afStudents who received "cond,ifair. t.ions" or "incompletes" for the Invitations will be checked at present semester c~n remove them the door, and only those whose on September 10 mstead of July names are on the invitations will , 31 as originally: scheduled. Those be adn\i.tted. : attending summer school may re·Committees for the affair are: move "conditions" or "incompletes" on July 31. Dinner-Dance Committee: JosIMPIORTANT! eph Savitz, chairman; Rhuea Williams, Edythe · Rudolph, Ralph All seniors and terminal students Mr. Edward Williams who will convocate must report to Carey, Douglas MacNeal and Miriam Golightly. Feeney and Henry Collins, repre- the Presbyterian Church· House, ( continued on page 2) ~rrangements Committee: Jack I sentatives of the -Student Council. l 1600 Copies of - First Annual Available PICS OF CAMPUS LIFE TO BE FEATURED Wilkes students will receive their copies of the 1947-48 AMNICOLA on Thursday, June 10, it was announced recently by Eleanor Krute, editor-in-chief of the yearbook. · Sixteen hundred copies of the AMNI,COLA will rqll off the presses. Distribution will be made at the Yearbook Office on the second floor of the New Science Lecture Hall. Arrangements are being made for delivery of copies to graduating· -s eniors, terminal students and transfers. Students who are not attending school this summer 'but who will return in the fall will receive their copies upon reentering. Upperclassmen attending summer school will be al:>le to obtain their copies at t'he Yearboqk Office. The AMNICOLA, written by and for the ,s tudents, will feature candids of activities and buildings on campus. It is delightfully informal in its manner of presentation of highlights throughout the scho_ol year. This is the third yearbook to be published by the student body; ' however, this will be the· first ~nnual -s ince Wilkes became a fouryear college. The 1945-46 and 194647 yearbooks were published under the name, "BUJC". In the faU, a contest was held for the pur,pose of selecting a new name for the annual. The name AMNICOLA, a Latin word meaning "That which grows or dwells by a river", was chosen by a staff of six judges as the most original and ,best suited name of all entries. For her prizewinning entry, Miss Nan Richards was presented with a $25 Victory Bond. The following are members of the AMNI<COLA staff who with their constant interest and haro work contributed toward its production: Editorial staff : Marj-orie 'Green, associate editor; Ruth Rieh-ards managing editor; Rhuea Williams Ruth Lawlor, Thomas Moran David Jones Donald WilHams, Nan Richards: Joan Lawlor, Miriam Golightly, Rabert Miller, Lee Ann Jakes, Agnes Novak, Carolyn Jones. Business • Staff: Frank · W. Anderson and Donald M. Rau, co~ business manage~s; Joseph Pringle, Rita Walberg, Florence Crupm, Ray Williams, Stanley • Kovalski, Casimir Kopko, Stanley Rosolow(<tontinued on page 2) �2 WILKES OOLLEIGE BElACON . Friday, June 4, 1948 EDITORIAL LE'ITERS TO THOUGHTS ON GRADUATION THE EDITOR TED WOLFE Editor-in-Chief VINCENT MACRI Associate Editor NORB OLSHEFSKI News Editor TQM MORAN Sports Editor JOSEPH ·PURCELL Business Manager FRANK EIWAZ Circulation Manager ALFRED GROH Faculty Adviso:r DR. CHARLES REIF Faculty Reporter DON LENNON Cartoonist The graduates of today are the leaders of to~orrow. . ·. .1 and the fate of a nation depends on its leadersnip. Our schoolis, colleges, and universities have made an i.rnmeasurable contribution in making. th1s country the most industrious and powerfful .n ation the world has even seen. And the hasis of its growth hais 'been the dignity and freedom of the i.ndividual : fre®oms that have made our ·p eople dynamic, yel conscious- of their responsibilities. / · Each June, t he eyes of the nation turn to its healt hy, happy, young rpeople who a pproach the ,g raduation stag e of their scholastic life - and stand eagerly at the threshold of their chosen career. They .stand as a promise to t hemselves and their fellow man. DOM YANOHUNAS, HARiOLD MORGAN · Photographers Who can tell what treasures of literature, science, arts and s,t atesmanshirp lie hidden among their thoughts ,- to be soon discovered ? News Staff As one ponders the fu.ture of their lives, one becomes increasGene Bradley, Garfield Davis, Alma Eanucci, Margot Golin, Naomi ingly aware of the tremendous possibilities these people poss ess in Gould, Bill <Griffith, Earl Jobes., William Kashatus, Tom Lasky, Ruth moldi ng not only the future of their own lives-, .b ut that of the nation Lawlor, Robert Miller, Chester Omichinski, Reese Pelton, Art Spengier. as well. , . . . a nd conceivab.Jy that of a disordered world. Edward Wasilewski , The astonishing social mobility of our -p resent a ge, and the wide areas of oppor tunity within our own society accentuate the EDITORIAL cosmopolitan asp ~ct _of modern day life. It is therefore quite pos,s ible that while many graduates will ,seek their. careers locally, many are certain to seek their fortunes in t he other g.reat indust rial and cultural centers of the nation. BEACO_N POLICY The Wilkes College BE.AJCON is beginning another year of existence. Some of its readers will say, 'ISo what", some will stiU continue to criticize; and a few _other s will compliment. Not t~t criticism is unwelcome, becau'Se no organization can progress without criticism. It is needed in order to further the betterment of. the or. ganization. With a few exceptions, the .paper will have a ,crew that is completely riew. !Most of the members of the oid s.t aff will be leaving school for various reasons. We would li:ke to compliment the retiring staff which was, inspite of some misunderstandings, a very capalble one. Any person who has ever ,served on the BE.AJCON for some length of time will agree, and jU1Stifyably, •t hat he may as well •h a~e been holding two full-time jobs at once, because· 'that's exactly how it was. In addition to his work 'on the paper, the BEACON staff ,mem'b er has to make sure his classwork is on at least an up-to-par basis. It's not as easy as it may ,s eem. For a certain few, work on the BEACON doesn't stop at writing the story. The /biggest job is still ahead', for the responsibility of getting the copy to the printer on time, taking pictures to the .e ngraver, spending a full day and a half setting the paper up and seeing that it . is printed correctly, and then publishing it on time so ;that they will not be plagued with ,.Where's the BEAOON ?", must yet be realized. Add to all this the. maintainance of at least a ''C" average in studies, and you have a full picture of th~ worries (yes, that word is WORRIE!S) ?f a BEACON staff merniber. The aibove dissertation doesn't make it difficult to come to one conclusion - that it isn't hard for the BE'A,CON to make a mistake now and then. We are, however, striving to effect an antithesis to that statement. In the past, the BEAGON has made mistakes. In spite of careful editing, mistakes do occur. After all, even the New York Times isn't immune from erring once in a while (though this is no attempt at compariS'On with the TIMES). Nevertheless, we hope BEA.CON mistakes will become fewer in number, For the readers' mwtual information, this paper will attempt to refrain from printing unkowingly any false or erroneous statements. Also, and in keeping with the . newspaper code, scandalous or libelous statements will be excluded from the pages of this publication. Any news that i,s of immediate or near future importance will be -g iven first cons_ideration. If space allows, news of past happenings will be printed. . Advertiisements will continue to .appear, since they are a necessary part of any newspaper's anatomy, the BEAOON not excluded. Ads may even take the place of out-of-date news, as contracts must 1b e fulfilled, and our a<lvertiisers gratified. It can be truthfully claimed that our predecessors were consistent, as far as possible, in keepi_n g with the aforementioned policies. As has been previously emphasized, the new staff will con~ tinue to do so. Every effort will tbe made to publish, a paper every week, but no one will be resp onsible if this -p ractice is not strictly adhered to. Lack of cooperation (not only from people concerned with p-roducing the paper, 1b ut from others. too) , a scarcity in the a,mount of news at hand, and other r easons, all contribute toward making it necessary to cease operations every so often. · · And these people shall be ·heard. They will not be voluntarily swallowed up ·in the vas.t ness of society, lose their identity, and disappear forever from our ,s ight. True, they miay not all sit in the White House, though perhap-s one or two may, but they shall all be in some sort of position to wield influence in shaping not only their own destinies, but also those of others. And here we aprproach what may perhaps be the _most important aspect of their lives. Democracy depends on the free operation CYf conflicting ·opinions. Yet how many times have -we witnessed the corrupting influence of success and pawer am.o ng individuals, who work at cross purposes with th~ avawed principles of democracy? In this respect lies the greatest menace ,to the graduate. After a long, arduous process of education and career building, will he be ready for success ? Not unless he prepared for it. The ,t ruly great and successful people in life are always modest and humble. Who among us has not seen how even a small amount of succeSfl and irresponsible power perverts the intelligence and hardens the sensibilities? The haughty :bureaucrat who regards humanity with a cold eye, the rpetty boss, 'when no superior is watching, ,b ecomes a bully the newly commissioned officer who no longer recognizes his form~r buddies in the ranks. And so it goes, in every sphere of human activity, in the factory, in the home, in the trade~union, in the barracks, in ,pri,sons, and even in churches and schools. So soon we ~oosen ·controls over power, whe~her fro~ superiors or our own self-control, we soon find it works the same effects. Along this line it is c&mm,onplace to find people seeking excessive consideration fo.r themselves - who show little or none to others. And if we find s uch detrimental effects of uncontrolled power on the lower level, we can well imagine the evil it can do in the highest positions of responsibility and trust . People on the way up to success must keep constantly aware of thi1s virus of human nature, for none are immune. There are no controls yet devised lby man to mitigate its evil effects better than self control and self discipline. Shakespeare directed some of his bitteres-t words toward this peculiarity in man. Said he, "Man, proud man, Dressed in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most a~sured, Hi,s glassy es-s ence, like an angry a-pe, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep." It might lbe well for each graduate t o meditate on these words,. They ~ill soon have the greatest meaning and ,s ignificance for him or her. As. one great philosopher once said, "True glory lies in the silent conquest of ourselves." Edward · J. Wasilewski EDI'DOR WILKES REAGON: During the past two semesters the French Club of Wilkes College has been o·J e of the most active organizations on the ·campus. The success of all the social affairs held at Wilkes Colleg~ during the past year depended largely upon the cooperatio~ of all club members and the general student body. Without their desire to see active student ,p articipation in all matters, s ome of the school spirit for which we have been preaching woula ne,,er have been made possible, The French Club would like to tak,e t his opportunity to thank the editors and the s taff writers of the Wilkes BEACON for their part in publicizing the activities of the French Club. Without the support of the newspaper many of our affairs ' would not, have had the wide range of notice they possessed. The :s ocial Activities Committee of the Student Council did give this organization,· as they say, "a hard time". In some instances this necessary, and in the main was helpful. We extend our thanks to Jack Feeney for his ever•ready helping hand. The last French Cabaret Dance, iParis Au Printemps, owes its success largely to the ·c apable chairmanship of · George Maisel. . The work of all committee heads does not go unnoticed. Space does not permit the listing of all their names. To the advisers of the French Club go our• inestimable thanks. Doctor Catherine Fehrer and Mr. Elwood Disque have greatly given of their time and effort to help us make the French· Club an ·organization whose precedent in campus activities should be made a standard to ibe followed by French Clubs in succeeding semesters. We can not, however, run an efficient newspaper without the whole-hearted cooperation of our readers. The paper is YOU:R paper. It is an outlet for your sentiments. You are invited to "let out", provided your material is printable, and provided you have the courage to ,sign your "John Henry" to the article. This is no challenge. We have merely tried to give you .a few informative facts , so that we can effect \better cooperation and fewer misunderstandings in the future, through: constructive a.nd "Now remem:ber, when .the instructor asks me why I haven't done intelligent work. Ted Wolfe my homework, you start crying." . was Clem E. Waclawski, ;P resident, French Club "AMNIC0LA" OUT ( continued from page 1) ski, Marie Judge, Janet Gearhart, Jean Grumbling, J ohn McCole, Evelyn 1Penaligon, Earl Wolfe, Paul Richards, Joseph ,Savitz, Judith Bartlebaugh, Joan Wal.sh , Na omi Hons. Art Staff: Gertrude Johnson, art editor. Photographic .Staff: Dominick Yanchunas, . editor; John Burak, Gomer Jones. Faculty Advisor: Alfred Groh. Editor - in - Chief: Eleanor E. Krute. REGISTRAR ANNOUNCES ( continued from page 1) first fl oor, at 1 o'clock on Saturday, June 12. Dr. 1Charles B. Reif is the marshall of the academic procession knd will rehearse the processional ·a nd recessional. ,Caps and gowns may be obtained at the bookstore . It is requested that all seniors receive their caps and gowns by June 10 or 11 in order that size, etc., are satisfactory. Frank Parkhurst, Inc. * General Insurance * Miners Nat'l Bank Bldg. Wilkes-Barre, _Pa. D �Friday, June 4, 1948 EDITOR,IAL WILl(ES -THE UNl(NOWN 3 WILKES COLLEIGE BElACON That is as it should not be! Several solutions come to mind as one contemplates this situation. For instance, •there mi,g ht be a closer persona, relationship between ·the incoming student a nd his faculty adviisor where the student's problems, aJbildties, needs, ambitions and difficulties may be thoroug,hly analyzed and integrated, and finally g iven direction. This relationship s hould continue to the graduatiori •stage, in order that the student's position could be re-defined ,i n the light of new problems and new situations. ,On the other hand there might be offered a course on "How To Study", where the student could .be familiarii:z,ed with the best availaible techniques of acquiring and integrating knowJedge, as dei'J eloped . by the present day sciences, especially in the field of psychology. · And further, an agency could be developed by the school to deters mine new and promising fields of opportunity as they are developing in industry, government, and other related aspects of our social structure, for the purpose of •g uiding the incoming student into career~ ,that may benefit the student and the community better than a hit or miss select ion. Much time, energy and iJ1Jitiative has been lost. in the past in preparing s tudents for careers in fields already overcrowded, necessitating a re-e'iiucation -of the graduate, which has proved costly in time and money. This is a situation which appears. to merit the attention of our educators. It is the hope of the mass of students that somet hing constructi ve will be done al.bout it. ' The Placemenit Service at Wilkes is a step in the riglJt direction. The student 1body will be more than willing to cooperate. Edward Jan Wasilewski ''WiLkes Colleges--where is t hat?" How many times have you heard ,s ome local citizen make that statement after you told them you were attending Wilkes. College ? Though the statement! may seem unimportant, it is a very s erious one which affects all of us. Here we have a colleg e with s eventeen hundred students; a college located in the center of a great population; and yet, a large portion of the ,p opulation does. not know WHE.tlE it exist~; neither do they. realize· . the far-reaching •effects- the college has on the community. In order to survive. Wilkes Col.lege must expand ; to expand, the college needs the support of the community. How can the colleg e receive this support if a great segment of the population does not know the colleg e exists ? The administration has .endeavored to publicize through t he newspapers the locat ion and t he work being done by the school. Unfortunately, most people rea d . only what is of interest to them. They have no desire or,.. inter est whatsoever t o help in the thing s which do not benefit them. These are the people who say, "Wilkes College--where · is that?" These people, then, are the ones who must be made acquainted with the s·chool and s hown what benefits Wilkes College ' w..ill indirectly give them. H ow can we as students make the community awar e of the fact that there is a four year college in Wilkes-Barre, which is located on South River Stre~t, which is called Wilkes College, a nd which merits the support of the community? We can do this by becoming "Wilkes conscious" oursel-ves. When someone a sks, "Wilkes College-where is that?", tell them . More,over, tell them it is a .c ollege where seventeen hundred students are enrolled, a college that now has an enrollment comparable to schools which were f'ounded many years ago with tremendous s upport from their respective communities and alumnae. There is nothing s o effective as personal contact. · Bring these questioners to t he campus. Take them through the buildings. True, we do not possess a magnificent engineering building filled with awesome The Du Pont Company has awarded a total of eig.h.ty · one felgadgets with which to impress our visitors, but they will be able to . • · lowships to forty seven umvers1see for themselves what is lacking. If they do not, explain to them ties for the academic year 1948 _49, that the school must have their complet,e support _in order to g row to be known a s Du Pont Company and survive. , '-Fellowshi'ps. These fellowships are You are probably asking your'selves, "Wll.y should. I attempt to allocat ed on an annual basis and get people interested, in Wilkes?" 'T hink of the future. When you leave cannot be regarded by the recipient Wilkes, you may start a ·business here in Wilkes-Earre. Well then, institution as ,p ermanent grants. suppose- one uses an arbitrary amount of money . . . say a hundted Following World War One, the dollars . .. spent . each month .by seventeen hundred ; tudents, one hun- Du Pont Company felt the shortdred faculty ·members and sixty maintenance per-s onel, plus thousands age of men adequately trained to · carry on the important work which of dolla:r:s ,s,p enf for maintenance and supplies. If th is sum is, multi- was essential if the industry was plied by twelv.:e it is· evident that a tremendous amount' of purchasing t o continue to grow. In conse-p ower is brought into the community through Wilkes. This purchas- auen, ce, the Fellowship Plan was ing power increases the volume of business in the whole community. inaugurated in 191,8 for the speSome of y.o~ will proba bly get married and have children, These cific purpose of eneouraging young chi.ldren will need. a colleg e education. Remember, there will be no men to undertake postgraduate G. I. Bill \ o sponsor your offs pring's education. You will be the per- work in chem ist,ry, leading to the son who pays. With Wilkes in Wilkes--Ba rre, y.our child will not have !Ph.D. degree. to leave home to' g o · to a college where it will cost a small fortune During 1935-36• th e .Du P ont Company established a Postdocfor his room -and board . Here in Wilkes~Barre, he will be able to toral Fellowship Plan g ranting stiattend a well-equippe able s taffed, and a highly accredited institutioi . pends, to certain universities with Some of you reader-s may not lbe from Wyoming Valley and say, the provision that they be admin"11his does not pertain t o us." On the contrary, this i.s as much of istered by specified men whose emimportance to non-residents of . the valley, a s it is to residents. Em- inence in t he field of organic chemp loyers. are beg inning to ask: "What colleg e did you gr aduate from?" istry was well r ecognized. and not, "Do you have a, college diploma ? " Employers. want graduates Be.ginning with the 1946-47 acah d from schools which have g ood rating,s. If Wilkes is to attain a nigh derpic year, h~we_ver, t e Po~t ocstanding among the colleges, it will need the a1bove sugg~sted support- ttor.tahl Fdellowsthip its mf adh_e a:'.atilablef . . . ., . . . o e epar men o c em1s ry o m order to ,-proVIde its students with the best m plant and personnel. the selected university for award . And finally, no matter what part of t he world the reader may to an outstanding student, not necome from, Wilkes will produce thinking citizens, citizens who will cessarily :from the same institution. · better understand the -p eo,ples of other countries, citizens w ho w1-·11 want The ap,p ointment of .the Fellow ~s and strive to seek an answer to the international problems. subject to the approval of the FelIf we ·all ·put our shoulders to this job, we will then be able to low.ship Committee. . return to Wilkes College campus in the coming years and proudly and More recently, the plan has been honestly say, "I helped build that school." extended to cove; award_s for post•H graduate work m phys ics, metalWM. GRIFFI"' .1 · ~ lurgy, and electrical and mechanical engineeri"ng. The recipient of the award must EDITORIA~ submit a progress report of his research work at the end of the first term . and a final report at the expiraJtion of the Fellowship. Dupont Announces Nicaraguan Will Fellowship Plan Studv At Wilkes TIME PLUS STUDY MINUS GUIDANCE EQUALS ZERO Jt, seems that too many ~tude~ts are arriving in their senio~ year of thefr ..college career with no more of a sense of direction than when they first entered the college. Where does the fault lie? Undoubtedly as in most other cases, the truth, rather the ·fault, lies somewhere in !between; in some resp.ects it lies with the student, in others with the school. 'I'he faculty excuses itself 1b y saying a college student is intelligent enough, ,or should 'be, to know what his own desires are. The .student counters that he has t he inrtelligence---but doesn't know the way. When a student first enter.s colleg e, in most cases, if not in all, he has no more of an idea of what he is to become or h ow he is to achieve this nebul<ius goal, tha n he is sui,e of why he is being taught certain subjects which appear to him illogical . . . . This is usually ex;plained to hiim that-education is like a doct or's prescription, to be taken all or nothing. Well; that's good enough for the time being, until the sUJbject pops up again · somewhere along the line. · To all appearanfes then, education seems to be a process of muddling through certain subjects, getting a passin,g grade--or better, · meeting the scholastic reqlllirements, and then getting a diploma; finally leaving the ,scho<;>l and tramping to the nearest ·employment agency and pl11cing oneself at their disposal. There is No Sub_stitute For qUALITY FRANK CLARH Jose Ocampo, a student from · d W'lk Nicaragua, has arrive at I es where he intends to pursue a de- · gree in Chemical Engineering. Jose, a native of Grana~a, · Niearagua, attended the Colegio Centro America, equivalent to a combined grade and high school in the .United States. Wishing tb fu'rther his knowledge, Jose readily accepted the invitation of a friend living here in Wilkes-Barre, to be a guest at his home while · studying at· Wilkes. J ose arrived in New York on Ma~ 2O, w h ere h e spent a f ew d ays. sightseeing. He then stopped over at ,Scranton to· visit a friend at the University of Scranton. Jose has a strong ambition to become a .chemical engineer and is planning to study at Wilkes ·until he receives hi.s degree. He also intends to -~tudy for a Ph.D. in this fieid. He likes Wilkes College, its students, and ass er ts that they have. received him warmly a nd ha ve treated him very kindly. "The best part about it", says Jose, "is tha t 110 one makes fun of my Enqi•sh no matter how poorly I speak i~.·• . When asked how he likes ~!" } United ,States, Jose replied, "I have read many boo:ks ·a'bout th e United States and have i,; met the people of now this Igrand country. Everything I have read describes the people and the country exactly as they are. I like the United States very much." . . to t h is This is Jose's fl rst v1s1t country. -----------'---- FOR YOUR · HIT TUNES LAZARIJS RECORD CENTER All The Newest Popular Rec!ordings By Your Favo_rite Artists JORDAN Est. 1871 Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality tt ' 9 West Market Street ,Wilkes-Barre, Pa. H.A.WHITEMAN 1 & CO. INC. Wholesale Paper and Stationery Wilkes-Barre, Pa. THE· BOSTON STORE., ' - Men's S~op has everything for the college man's needs. from ties to suits. FOWLER, DICK. AND WALKER RE.CORDS VICTOR DECC1A .· coLUMBIA and Accessories -THE- CampUS Record Shop · 14 W. NORTHAMPTON ST. Phone 2-07 40 DEEMER & CO. School and Office Supplies GIFTS AND STATIONERY · Wilkes~Barre, Pa. LAZARUS LOWER FLOOR Jeweler 63 South Main Street FLOWER .PRINTS ON SALE To students and faculty members interest~~ in floral prints, the fl.nest colored prints of American wild flowers done this century, available at fifty cents per print. CHAS. B. REIF BISCUIT CO. * Wilkes-Barre. Pa. �Friday, June 4, 1U48 WILKES OOLLEGE BEACON 4 Highlights FrontWilkes' Initial FIRST PRESIDE.NT WILKES BEOOMES FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE Wilkes College, formerly known as Bucknell l]niversity Junior College, became a four year institution on June 26, 1947. The new . college received its ~arter in ah impressive ceremony witnessed by trustees, friends and students. Picture at left shows Dr. Herbert Spenser, president of Bucknell Junior College, presenting the a ssets of the former BUJC to Attorney Gilbert McGlintock, Chairman of the Board of Trustees. In an equally impressive ceremony, Dr. Eugene Farley officially became the first president of Wilkes College on November 12, 1947. Picture shows Dr. Christian Gaus, former Dean of Princetort University, addressing the a ssem·bly. Pictured at right are Attorney Gilbert. S. McClintock, Dr. Gaus, Dr. William Coleman, Dr. and Dr. Charles Roush. NEW LECTURE HALL \ Early in 1948, the new science lecture- hall was built in •the rear of 154 'S outh River Street, and was ready for use in mid-February. Picture shows the north side of the building. TRIBUNAL An Interscholastic Press Conference, t~ first of its' kind ever to be held in Wyoming Valley, was sponsored by the Beacon Press Club on February 21, 194'8 . Students from surrounding schools attended the conference and heard talks from many prominent i:eJp1e in the field of journalism. AboYe, s :;udents learn how comics are printed. BAND CONCERT The 1948 spring semester saw the incoming freshmen s t r ictly regulated by the Tribunal that the Letterman 's Club had formed for that purpose. Above, Barber Henry Heineman bows head in a litt le prayer as Judge Chet Knapich prepares to ,p ass sentence on freshman viol11-tor Dick Scri,pt. * * * Compliments of KNIFFEN , One of the mos't successful events in Wilkes' first year was the presentation of the first annual band concert by t,he Wilkes College Concert Band, under the able direction of student Reese Pelton. Pictur~d are some of the band members. * * * EXPERTS IN SOLVING DIFFICUL1' PLUMBING AND HEATING PROBLEMS TURNER VANSCOY CO. 27 E. Northampton St.. Est. 1871 �WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Friday, June 4, 1948 5 Year As A Full- Ti01e College WINTER CARNIVAL Wilkes rfhespians Staged 'Three Hits YOU CAN'T TAKE l'f WITH YOU Winter Carnival- It was mutually agreed that the Winter Carnival held at Split Rock Lodge on February 13 was one of the most SUC{!essful events the Student Council had spons·o red. Picture shows students demonstrating their tobagganing skill. ANTIGONE · LIBRA!RY GETS RENOVATED Library Gets RenovatedEarly this year, it became necessary for the Library to .undergo an ex;pansion program. The result · was that now, the library takes in nearly all of Kil'.by Hall. In picture, Mrs. Nada Vujica, Wilkes Hbrarian, once more gets "caught in the draft" as a student leaves and exposes her to few brief moments of Mr. Winter's cold breath. a . THE PHILADEUPHIA STORY Cinderella Ball- The affair that topped all student activities was the Cinderella Dance presented on May 14, 1948. The dance was sponsored by the Council and proved highly successful. Pictured are orchestra leader Tommy Dorsey, who provided music for the affair, dance chairman Jack Feeney, and Wilkes beauty 'P eggy ·Woolcock, chosen "Cinderella": At right Johnny Martin serenades the new ·C inderella. NOTICE! -Photos by Dom This will be the last issue of the BEACON for this semester. The Wilkes College c ·u e and Curtain -Club, formerly known as the Thespians, had a stellar year in play production. Members of the organization, under the capalble direction of Mr. Alfred Groh of the En- glish Department, have yet to be unsuccessful in their attempts to entertB:in audiences with their delightful presentations. Top sh-0ws a scene from last summer's .p roduction' of Yl()U CAN'T TA!KE IT 'W ITH YOU. This play was under the direction of Miss Blandina Foster, di•r ector of the Thespians before Mr. Groh took over. The play was presented in June, 1947. Middle ,p icture shows a scene fa-om ANTiiGONE, presented in January, 1948. Directly above is a scene · from The Philadelphia Story, ;probably the most .s uccessful of the three ,p lays, which ran for two nights at the Irem Tem,ple in April, 1948. -Photos by Dom WILKES HIGH[,IGH'IS-(contin ued on page 7) �WILKES COLLEIGE BE1AOON-=-=-=-:._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Fri_·a~ . a....:.y_,_J_u_ne_4_,_19_48 6 DAVIS TO REPLACE MORAN AS BEACON SPORTS EDITOR WILKES 'SPARKPLUG' ,SPORTS BEACON By TOM MORAN B'eacon Sports Editor 'PtlE BEST J(!)B G:F A•LL !J.ege, spoms also showed signs growing. So:m-e, merti sfu\ive for wol'ldly fame, The spring sports program, which 1 g:~&ls<untouched by man' :. just ended, chailked' up ant>ther vic11hey claim•; ;tory in- the· struggle to make this Whil.e: oi:h'et-s try (to mea'Sure o.rle of the top sports colleges of wealifJh , its class in the sfate. in· itime, the By nothing.. ftlote, than shnply , .road; will be harder tO' travel and head.ill-. ,progress will become slower. The 'miles of ne:w a<:ihievements will Some men seek a •pot •of' gold; be ,m arked off only a±iter harder And, sea'l'ch· untii tney'·ve grO'Wll ·work~ too old;. This region has the material to 'ilhen there are ithose who tramp ,offet the college irt the sports the· ear.th,, · depamrnent. Conversely, the colSeekcing e:i£1ii"avagant dreams 1Iege has ed\icatfonal benefits to of.. wor-th. tdffer the· studen.t s, who come to . '·Wilkes. The t:wo rtlost important Some· men• nev-ei' accdlftlJlish m:uch, ,things are here. 'Fhe· rest is up· to A'in<f. sel~· f,ee11goool f-dt-tutfe'B' · i:ffle- irtdividtia1l.. 1!he coll~g~- will • foudl:·; ' ' n!lver become pant of athletics, beLike ,the Holy Grail sought cause that has happened too often so long, 'i'il' otlfer instances with drastic reThey seek in a way entirely wrong. suits. But athletics can and should continue to be an importalllt part Some men;, like we;. ar-e. content , ofi the coMeg:e: or· . 1lc)\•'1feffll . ,:m~, in.I t1te,.~a'l'l'ds in the· . ' ::For-given;. But N,ot Forgotten! sp~t;er's' nest; Pounding, out- spdr-tis· 'till• the· call r.>uting'. those last sev•ert semes!tier,ir w,e have seen rnany 1fuings 1happen. •S ome were funny, others :pa"t'lietic,: and: others - well', they Estiate. ;Just happene~. Flowevetl, the1;e are . .. . · , men · tliings we'll never f<(lrget. I'F'st 'l!ME' 'i?(!)) :E.:Ei!\<~ tF16r ~nstance: The weifienaous api.fliei' seven, serrtestef!S: of l'ietik- )Ji&tlitec ,o f• .~ob _<;orga§ :W~M _lie:s·,°n • ...... · . •· ed· tions us'tlltll~· •a · I'/Jatl fa>1p• w1th tlfe f'oo!Jbs:U teacm. hh•lf , &I'g:11mg, , PI' -m .,. ,,,,,,,,,,t • . T; .• •· .• 1. .. · " f•- ., .'. . ... • .. • 10 •., . •n'd" compli~• •l"I<.:A'1es: ,J,ew1s.• comfng co· a •=1' •uew~~g;. !~~g,~s,_tl 8;;,.e WiiR:esJ1 \ n::g khockeci' siHier t'lfan' a drti~Il:en men:t!lt , i;ull!" 1s"ue 01: "" . • . t· ·· · •· . . :nd be~ will, ca~ fil:ie• last Spot<t81 1 :t. i ~ ~r!i:' ·1ceR~~~=m~ 8 BeiUlbt\! c·ofortln. It's: hlllld to· }>ei i ~ N.~ ~ . , :; s 1 ay . s~'W~l y fli _a su:iie· we• a¥e' wt'i<tling. ffie •pPbper· :oh g. e or 00 tfui'rfg:s, tn, a lti.sti colunth, l:5utl- fu, !s ,0 · s•h., .. ·m'.·'eII,A ·· geD: ,.'.!:~· 1 · ·t sW · •- we·had ldtis,·of fun,,:0 on t J,tUS · ~ay " ef., ... . . 1· a,•"'"• s ~, ~ ~ . . ·1,~ ~ ·,...., 'll Mend!! boil'li· ian, efiil' ort filie• f.itst W,llkes g.rtd we; Rl~ue o.,.,., .,,, ..... e · · · · '!te!i · hmii: ~ r!! f "n .. · th in1 ,andl 0 u;e of •th'e' aitlil~tie' ei:'rcle1Ji1lil••,.:m,.,.,.. •~ . g;,. ..,.0 , .,....,! h.1n h. ·ed hom :fll{te, . caills'•us· aw11y· from the' Fourtlr ?'\ tn. ' :t m: ,J ~f• ., 't:. B Tnaty .. .. ......... Dr. Farley working up The first Sports eacon was ,more of a sweat alt the King's written seven semesters ago when 'mame than ><!he Th1"lkes playe~,::, as • ., ~ vv •b we decided ~ht~~ -would e, ~ice •the ·€olo.nels fought, to take over if some cons,1~e11ll.tion'.~as g,1"v-en to lfil.ie···~lt'rtle ....... Ev~t' consistent B'ob8 th the i~~' of _o ri~~n~. _ll g:rtid, ,P~!t: lfiY 'Wli-1Jel's 'bea1!in~ King's twfo!! in ~bait:, Wll~ 1lHen ~'S _ Bu~~- }at' nflifly 'yea•r!t ,iwilth· spaork,l-i,rt,g, r.11-tts neU Wm,v~:rts~t-Y , J~~uor yolleg.e, . I?r. 1:ti>"r· tlie winning touchd6\Vfis'. .......... . Eu~:e· S::F~¥ler,:Pl'e·s· ident of 1lU·Ef. ' ; i1tlhi: ,Pi'ckets "'.e' S:lh'iost g<:Jt ..h1• tli ' 'e. colle~,, was aU. ~a"fOI' .~f_ tll.~ f.~ ei'-nfan!.8, Gliib ...... Jfflitlre· Gita pl~,· ~ ;y~ · ert~ag:ea. .1~ f?~tb!fl~,· <lWi!;. "Pepsi"' ehlJ#lhi_g: to and wres1lhng,. a'rid lacrosse i.1..~1s cf-. :1,1,0 m: atlitetic events .... ..·..Tlie· mmr" 3 11 leglr dll.:ys;. J>fo ~ ~ •:On idet-ttole :l!el'fiiind~ · on one- of <the past Stu~ ti~~, atu:li e!fort_ in finding a' ~~~h !dent Courtci~:8 liolding a: p-ig'Skirt and>-0:attHt .u p, 'Y:1't~ (!;e()'rge.. F .. · .· als-, '.· pl'otn, tll'e night bef.ore 1fue game ton'~ w. ·.h. o: .1'.·1a~. J.us.t b.·ea. n..• .dt'Sc1Ul:ii'..g.·.·.e d·. '. w.· i1lh. Se-fttin..a-ry. Ima·gine -. • a pig . ·fr<ntt fil\e 1ll'ln?- The. choi~e W~f! ex- :skin' p1'!h1i.· wrehotft the· boys who cel1~t ~nd' smce that .tn~e it h~~ flug-, th~pigskfo. . . . Bob Pa'l'tl'id'g;e; been·. Pilo\>ed tllat Dr. F~'tl.e y _coul1 '. Jil'.i~o1'¥ h'i!mructor, teHing how n't have. done: an,y. bettet- m '. ~'1•~ 1-i>.bnn,' whipped · @eo:rge Ralston's chmt\e· of t~e, fi,,t,.~t Director of A,.fili- ':NJ{jrtjfu GfiJ!'oiiinii' fl>uys ..... .. 'Flie· foe leffic\J.l a:6 this colleg.e. :Folli:eSC=-W-ltidl· we/I,}! fcntg,et aiBourt .Jt was; not fong be:116'.l'e"w-resti'ing- ldgQ:re 1lhetie' Swan~on1s· fast wi~antl/ ·telHtfs, Wi!re' ada~d' to, ffle> col;_, •gl~·. a~ ht~· ffilipped' !h'orne J>llfte· .., .. le~ ,illtiiMi~· progr!OO;·· Wi-tlll ba:s~ A- l~t. _6f , sweH, ~ '1s :R'll.ls'tl!lti g..i)_t keffi~i\l a'!l'ltli ,fii$e~e;li: al'M ~' e!I~ 1:fo,r· ' 1fi:is-, boys" tnll't he-won~t met11. li>sl\~ti! a(!, tl\.lUl tli~, 1lf.u,, ~:6il~g·:e:r,~i'6t}, _he'<J:oesn'rtl wa:rt:t,clf~&~: ha81 fiy~\ :fi:~t!ate sp<»\ti!· and, tl~, 1Bti·t 1n1 m'Ol'~ tl:hm- one. i,ti!!ta•n ce · enth~~1 w!Ui ~ ~ ' g W•iiffi the JC1>ach _ Geotige· stjlCk his ne~k out lfo, ~ke· ca;.re of an· ath'l~te. and co . ·· ''. . :M)ip• ftiID' out in a, tig.}if spot.. :Htis · 1!othi'f's; ctfll~g~· l'ooks, like .th';" fatJlii'etes· rt'e ed· never fe~r 0 ,f gettirtg! scl\O<W #Hf(!.l , ·w as, hetle i"' l\~\ 1 La,, biint deaf ftont th'e li:ttle· n1a:n• o'f wln!'nt ,til\.e,, li'ffll~i~ p:t!l>g'.ra'tW wl~'if is·pl»'1ls, an& h'e 's aiwa.'ys rea'dy fu fiffl- Silla~ ~11' · a; 14ri!ge' s~l~;• il\'lfllp, otit ~en someone neetl's' as'W'i'ti\1 ·ti\;~ lfii.ll.1iltt1!ii<)n< o'f' !h~ Jfi,h1>- i~mili.tlec .. Mla~ty ma,JM. arttl h'.fs ior· '€6ft\§p i~ ~:11:'...!~U,-!:fe~,~15!: 1'!'}ial /6t, ·tecl}'gt,i~1ifon as, an otf~tartdi........--,--·----- ' "l 'fug- atmrt!!lii' •lfo61HI! vvfiic)ti n·evel' , turned ~ut. While w.~•ve had lots of VISIT OUR fun making cracks about Marty , . , , - during the past. two serne·s ters, we ; · · · think it's only fair to tell of our · true feelings . Marty is tops as a .~ , ,., sp~Iitswriter and •:tlriend. There FOR SM-ART would lbe a lot of fun missing ~f · Marty was to suddenly turn ser1COLLEGE CLOTHES ous .... .... .. Some shorts: Pinky Pinkowski trying. to e.:x!plain to the master of the househokl where he was until the wee hours of the morning ........ Jack Feeney · with his name · on more committees in one So. ~in St.• Wilkes-Barre month than the averaie student gets on in one year .... .Tom Miller, to: ~wn' m: [11etts' I II!Rnhet'. : ' I?t rfif ··ftwtr a' c:!il'i'::lo1Ui' o'f ~ll!~tii ,,~......- C'\J!htug, ,-,Om~ .•lfl~u• 6 . 8 amemories. we m helpmg to . beat 'D1ckmson Sem- Garfield Davis, member of the Junior Class at this college, will take over the duties of sports ttiitor of the W;,k,,, College Br, acon beginning ,~i t n the first issue ~,; the summel' seml'.; ter to replace Tom Moran, who served in the capacity of editor in chief and sports editor during his last t hree and one-half years on the school publication. Moran, who will not a.tteni:l school this summer, will graduate in F ebruary. For the past two years ~e has been affili~ted with the Wilkes College Pubhc Relations Staff as Athletic Publicity Director and will continue in this capacity during the fall semester. Davis, rated as one of the outstanding sports writers on the school's publications staff, has done considerable work in the general reporting and feat ure fields during {his la,s t •tfuree year.s ,of membership on the college publication's editorial staff. A graduate of G A R High School, Davis worked on that school's newspaper and yearbook before entering the Air Corps. He joined the Beacon .staff as a reporter in 1945 arid turned out some top-notch stories during the first semesters-dabbling in the sports Don Blackenbush field throughouit the first portion Above is Don .B lackenbus:h who of his initial year at w!hat was roamed the centerfield gardens the1: known as Buck1:ell_, University for this year's Wilkes College Jum.or College. In his second year on the publication's staff, Davis baseball team in almost errorless Blackenbush, who was captain of Coughlin High School's team last year and according to that school's coach, Tony Ruc\d y, was one of the best players ever t o represent the Red and Blue insititution. A member of the freshman class at this school, Blackenbush start1 ed off the season in a s am-bang fashion by breaking into the lineup during the first game of the season _ against Hartwick- and gaining himself his first hit in co11 ege b a JI . H e went ct h rough th e next four games with a 1.000 batting average before settling down to an approximatP. .350 for the season. In the field, where nothing ·was too difficult for the little fellow to catch, and at the plate, he reminded many of the Wilkes followers of another "Mighty Mite", Hubie Fi,t zge:ald, who played_ tor many years m the same pos1t1on for rthe Wilkes-Barre Barons. · l n•· ~<il :us~ · s f~trt'J . one of our best friends , not pulling his punches iwhen criticising t he Sports Beacon. Bill Tomusko telling us how happy he'd be if the paper would come out without a s:porl:s page . ,~eese Pelton and his fme band which hel~ed pep up the football games . J1mm~ Catnes an~ the cheerleaders. domg a. swell Job . ~e compliments of Mr. Ed. W1ll18:ms on . our early attempts at bemg a poet . . Chet Knapich trying to act like a ju~•g e and then several months later appearing before one to explain why he .was the key man in a game of follow-the-leader with cars Jim Nolan and John Murphy~first e~itor and s_p orts edito , r~spec7 J1mm.Y t1vely, a:t Kmg's. . Purcell-who we think is the best King's 'has had •so far i!1 t~e sports depi:,rtment--patternmg his column after our Sports Beacon Tom Brock and his Model "A" Ford ....... and a countless number of other things-all too numerous to mention. Many thanks to all who helped make this column possible. It was swell writing for the paper and don't let anyone ever tell you t.h at writing .s ports isn't the best job on a newspaiper-:-large or small. GARFIELD DA VIS switched to the sports field and for a short time worked as sports editor. Davis plans to t onrtinue the policy of running a special sports column, , but under a new name. The Sports Beacon 'b y Moran is being run for the last time today after three years of publication starting with the drumbeating for the inauguration of football at this college to this issue's farewell. COLO'NEL GRID:DERS ·TO OPEN SEASON ON SEPTEMBER 25 Although still in the planning stage, the Wilkes College football team wil open the curtain on its 1948 grid season on September 25 at home with St. Francis Collc;re, Loretta, Pennsylvania, as the opponent, according to Coach George· Ralston. To date there are seven games scheduled. The coming year found Wilkes on the receiving end of the away games and the Colonels will travel for five out of the seven contests. The other home game is viith King's late in l'iovember. In 1949 the tables. will be turned and Wilkes will have almost all of its grid contests scheduled for home. Other games on the sch~dule at the present time are with Mansfield .STC, Lycoming Colleg.e,: Bloomsburg STC; Rider Coll'ege,: and .Hartwick ·College. There is a. p.o ssibility that another home game will be scheduled with :Na~; tional Farm -School-now a fouryear college. LET'S GO WILl(ES .(Sports Editor's Note-With the ,next major sport schedule for this college being football in the Fall, we thought it would be nice to end his sports season with an article written last Fall by bne of the greatest sportswriters and one of the best friends we have ever hadthe late Howard W. Davis, sports editor of the Sunday Independent; Howy knew sports and wrote t:hem well because he love~ them. . one was more pleased than Howy when Wilkes and King's Colleges entered the coal region's athletic circle.) * * *, * The advent of Wilkes College in collegiate football circles--'-under the new name of the fol!r-year institution-opens the way for w;ellc rounded athletic program which can become' an important part of the life of the institut ion. · · ' From Wyoming Valley and surrounding territory, Wilkes hai; .a; fertile field to dra,w on for potential college players. It can expect that it will be able to compete in its own class and win its share of games. The other requisites of winning teams after material are, of course, g ood! coaching, will-to-win and proper training. The time is not far off-1948 would be a good time to add su·c h neighboring colleges as University of Scranton, Dickinson College (at Carlisle) and .o ther colleges of that calilbre. Wilkes can compete that clas,s of football and not be ashamed of the results. College footlball in its place can do much for a school. It can helP. mold school spirit and a feeling of camaraderie which .means 'so muclf :, in after life. When the Fall sport is played as a spo,r t and not ·a corii~ mercial venture to bring renown to a coach and some persona!' satis-· faction to some old grads, it i,s e~cellent. · , It needs no expanded explanatio1+ here that college football in many institutions has reached the point where strong, big ,a nd · fast young men hire their· services at a stated sum to play the game. _It is pure professionalism-not. of course, not nearly as honest as a man earning his ibread at a jolb in w'hich h e excels. · Some colleges have better pros than others and have better pro coaches than others.· As far as we can see, there is absolutely no reason why a y,o ungi man should spend f~ur years ostens.irbly getting an education if he winds up wth nothing but a batch of newspaper clippings, ~emories· (continued on page 7) No a in �WILKES COLLEGE BE~CON Friday, June 4, 1948 7 21 ATHLETES TO GET SWEATERS NEXT WEEI( SWELLS LETTERMAN'S CLUB TOTAL TO WELiL OYER 80 A/hove are the memibers of the 1948 Wilkes Col leg;e baseball team, which amassed an eight win and four loss record. Left to right: First row, Charlie Swanson, Joe Desc'h ak. 'Second row, 1)i,ck Rapaport, Charlie Knapp, Red Brennan, Jim.my Davis, Don Bia ' kenbush, Marty Warmus, Alex Molash, Frank Evan, Coach Georve Ralston, Crane Buz.by. Franci s Pinkowski. Third row, Tom Richards, Dick Mettrick, Boyd Earl, Osea Galletta, Jack Semmers, Walter Hendersh ;t, Joe Gries, Jack Feeney and Fred Fisc·h er. Twenty-one new men will be inducted in to the Wilkes College Letterman's Club when ithey receive their -s weaters and letters for ath, letic service next week, according to an announcement made yesterday by George F. Ralston, director of athletics. Representing the basketball, baseball, wrestling and tennis teams of this past year, the 2·1 new le!Jtermen will swell the rolls of the athletic organization to well :iver the 80 mark. Many of the members of the four · teams have previously received sweaiters for ,p ast collegiate sports work and will only receive letters this time. Initial plans called for the issuing of sweaters and letters this wMk; but several members of the various teams neglected Ito turn in proper sizes and the order had to be postponed until all the inforniation was collected. Those scheduled to receive both awards are: Zlonkiewicz, Jackson, Witek, Huff, Knapp, Cain, Cross, McGinley, Laskey, Heineman, Kagen, Dale, Deschak, Swanson, Barber, E'arl, Evan, Molash, Semmers, , Blackenbunsh and · Scripp. LET'S GO WILKES- Baseball and Tennis Tearns bnd - (continued from ,page 6) of some banquets and a low weekly salary. They're selling themselves cheaply. The only ones to benefit from this a~e coaches who gain a .s tanding a,s !brilliant strategists because their collection of young men can run faster and put the opposition on the ground more often than the players -o f another coach. On the other hand, there's no reason why football at Wilkes can't BY TOM MORAN be a winning venture, played .by men who have serious intentions of Beacon Sports Editor getting an education. It can be done. And there',s ,just as much thrill · winning a · game over a college The lid was nailed on the major portion of the 1947-48 Wilkes College athletic program recently , with the close of a most successful baseball -and tennis· season as the repreentatives of the Blue arid Gold team of the same calibre, as there is in getting heap.lines from coast to coast. Right tl\is Sf;!as,on there is a Wyoming Valley resident pl_a ying institution chalked up impressive records for both t_h e diamond and court squads. professional footJball with one of the better teams. He "graduated" As mo st of th e college sports from colleg,e last year. Th , e reas~n he's plamng pro ball this 's eason enthu-stasts are ,content to da:bble ing this season, but after about dium. When Ralston arrived. he .,. in tlie summer intramural softball the third game began to play ball l walked up to Hendershot and said, and expects to for another couple Falls is to get enough money to pay program while awaiting t h e i~ ithe usua_l fine fashion. Marty's "Walter. you bette: not start to- for an education he didn't get in four years spent in school. sahool's major athletic feature - biggest thrill of the year came •day. You pitched m an amateur He would have done better to have gone directly from high school football - a rehash of the spring against Keystone when the short. game yesterday afternoon." Walt- to the pro ranks and would have his- education now-gained in the off season' sports activities · finds stocky third baseman clubbed in er was a bit peeved as he hadn't season. Wilkes College climbing steadily t'Yo runs on :i, 390 fo?t h-01;1e run r~eived a starting assignment Promoted properly, Wilkes' games can attract 40,000 "to 50,000 to a high position in sports among o:,rer, the battmg barricade m left smce t~e s~~son began a1;d came fans a year. From th_is revenue, plus what is available in the student the other schools of its class in the field · ;pitched a , activitie& fund, there · .shoukl be sufficient funds available to pay the fhack . with . ·' ,,But It I only ' country. , In the fielding ·department the tew mnmgfis. wdas ~do use.ethai_1 nsg- expenses of representative teams in basketball, wrestling, swimming, The program of spring sports honors are divided between two on was rm an sai som · . . . has come a long ay from the outfielders - J a,c k Semmers and about taking their ' choice between tem;us,- base'ball, track a11d field, soccer and anythmg el,se the_men and spring of 1946, when baseball was Don . Blackenbush. Both pla)fers college and amateur ball.' women of Wilkes want. revived at. this college ~ then were outstanding in the garden The genial coach walked next to The chance is here. It can lbe done. It's up to the young men Buck,nell 1'hiver.sity Junior College spots. There were very few - in- Earl and asked him ho;w he felt .. and young women who are Wilkes students ·now and who will be able -and in almost a leap and bound stances when either seemed to "Good", replied Earl. to help the athletic prog~aim in the future to start planning it this fashion has geysered into .a first- have trouble in judging or capRalston patted Ear l on the back, ;Yay.-HOWARD W. DAVliS. rate 9utfit. Tennis - one · of the turing ,the 'hard-hit ball of the op- "Good. You start today." • ------------------------------most recent · sports to be in,,ugur- posing batsmen. The :f.unny part about the wh~le "" h' · h d ft H:!iGHrLlGHTS (continued)a_ted at the college -:-- is still in Ralston was fortunate this seaso.n t mg was tha'.t it was t e ay a er '1,he experimental stage, but - the in having two :top-notch · back- Earl had worked nine hard innings APRIL SHOWERS BALL excellent ·work done in ' organizing stops to fill in the gap left · by notching himself his first no-hit, and coaching_ by Joe Danilowicz Jack Jones who played last no-run game. has insured the net .s,port of a year for Wilkes and this season The tennis team had a good seaproniinent. spot on the college's is playing professional baseball. &on under Danilowicz. Many of -s ports agenda. " Joe Deschak of Nanticoke and the newcomers to Wilkes tried out 'Iihiis year'.s base'ball team, Charlie Swanson of Plains were for the squad, lbut when the final coached for the second straight first-rate as catchers and ., their results were listed it showed most year .By George Ralston, go steady receiving enabled ;many of of the first team from the previous down on record as one of the finest the Colonel .p itchers to pull out year still too good for the outside teams ever to represent the college. of some mighty tou~h spots. opposition to touch. The material was excellent and ,S,w anson started the season and During th e season th e club had 'th th two wins and t hree losses. The WI e proper amount of breaks later turned over the reins to Desmany Wilkes followers believe that chak. After the mid-seas-on po.i nt, Colonel net squad captured victothe club could 'have chalked up a both receivers alternated at the ries over Triple Cities, a nd Wyo· turned out catching s-p ot. Perhaps the most ming , Seminary, wh,ile_ dropping per f ec t season. A·s it ' tilts to Lycoming College twice t h e Colonel diamondteers register- talked about incident that happen• ed eight wins against four losses. ed -d uring the season in the catch- a nd Hartwick College once. The team was the best Wilkes 'ing department was the time that has evh had in both the hitting I Swanson rounded third base and and fielding department. With started for home only to fall flat . such men as Alex Molash Jack on his front porch about 10 feet $emmers, iWrank :Evan, 'Marty from the 1plate. The ball was Warmus, and Don Blacken-bush fielded and began its relay to the ,batting out steady hits, the club opposition's catcher, while Swanie was never lacking in th~ power began a frantic and almost sym The only sports activity_ on the department. Osea "Moose" Gal- pathetic search for the final stopletta, who could always .be counted ping point. Grunts, moans, bounds, Wilkes College athletic program upon to take three healthy , cuts at leaps, <;urses follow_ed as Swanson r'or the summer months will be the pellet was a dangerous man in rocking-chaired his way home. Intramura Softball according to anybody's ball park when he found An'o ther grunt and he reached out an announcement made l?,y the 'the range. M-any times ~ some- to slap his hl}nd on the plate a what like the old "Sultan of Swat" ,split second before the catcher Director of Athletics yesterday afternoon. · --Galletta only connected with a took the throw. bushel of ozone, _b ut when the big In the pitching department, New leagues will be formed boy's eye found the spheroid it Boyd Earl is rated as the number after the summer semester begins usually landed where the opposi- one man, haying ·amassed five vic- and George Ralston will head the tion's centerfielder wished he had tories and one defeat plus played. One such clot by the pitching a no-hit, no-run game for loops to insure proper functioning. An announcement · will be made Moose landed against lthe fence in an amateur team during a Sunday the centerfield territory of Kirby afternoon tilt. Walter Hendershot at a later date asking for team _Park - about 400 fe et away, but was the "Hugh Casey" of the managers to send in a list of their some fast fielding stopped Galletta outfit and ma~y times saved the players and their schedules. Ar- ' 9n third. The next time the ,power- day with his relief hurling. Crane rangements will be made to use ful Philadelphian connected on the Bu.z:by, top-notcher on last year's the· diamonds in Kirby Park. As was the case last year, an Wilkes home field .t he !ball went team, had troulble finding himielf over the centerfield fence a this season and was troubled with outing will be held late in August wallop of about ~15 feet. a sore arm. ThJ:! best story in the or early September to honor the Mai\y W-armus, captain of this pitching department took place mem'bers of the various teams . At the Annual April Showers Ball sponsored by the Letterman's year's Wilkes team _and a veteran one Monday afternoon iw'hen the During the course of the day, the Clulb, Agnes Novak was crowned "Colonels' Queen". (Picture shows of three years of diamond activity team was scheduled to play Wyo- champion-ship team will play the dance committee chairman Jack Feeney presenting a wrist watch to Her Majesty as former Letterman's president Jaok Josephs lo_o ks on. for the college, was slo!"' in start- ming Seminary at Nesbitt Sta- All-Star team of the league. . . I Successful Spring Sports Program a I tR will Softball Onlv ~ Summer Sport �;, Friday, June 4, 1948 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 8 i~u~~~~~.~I i~i::~ ~~~:~s By VINCE MACRI The Student Council meeting of May 24 found most of the memhers in a rather jovial mood despite the fact that the meeting was one hour late in getting started. The delay was caused ·· by President Charles Templeton, who confessed that he had forgotten there· was meeting that. evening. . Scribe Mitzi Purcell rea:d the ' mimltes of the p.r evious meeting. When these were accepted the council settled down to the new business b'e fore it. George Brody of the appropriations committee reported there had been no. activity in . that committee the past week ' and as a result there was no new !busmesS( to transact. . f h . . . . . h H enry C o1.11?:s o t e soc1a1 activ1t1es committee t e_n ~av a re7 po.r t on the actions of that body. He stated that the mv1tat10ns to the Senior Dinner-Dance to !be held on June 5., in the Hotel Sterling had ,b een sent out. · . ' At the completion of° this report Mr. Templeton asked .the council to act on the election of a vice-president, reminding the council that at present there is no vice-president and when the summer session begins, there -w ould not be any president, either, · . . . . Th seemed to differ m opmmn as to how .a111d when the . e members , . election should be held. Mr. Boyle wa:s m favor of electmg a temporary chairman, while Mr. Thomas wanted to elect a vice-president at once. At this· point John Burak informed the council that an election .could not be held unless all · memlbers of the . council were present. (Feeney, Carey and Casey were ahsent). Paul Thomas made a motion to nominate and ele'ct a vice-president at once. This motion was tabled until the next meeting. 1 Mr. Boyle then opened a discus·s ion on the Senior Dinner-Dan~e, . asking if the terminal students and the laboratory technicians had been invited. Mr. Collins informed him that if the terminal graduates were invited, the transfer students would have to be invited also. There followed a discussion on the question of whether or not terminal students and laboratory technicians are graduating. Toni Menegus moved that la1boratory te'Chnicians and secretarial terminal ' stu4ents !be invited to the affair. A vote was taken, the result being 11 to 1 in favor of inviting these students to the affair. (There is a totai of -21 in the College). The motion for adjournment was made and the council immediately disbanded. I Students Honored At Awards Dance :i: e~f~~c::es LOST! Bob Gorgas, member of la t · Evelyn · Penali:gon was · elected year's . football team, reported that The Wilkes College Oareets Ad- president of the Women of Wilkes, a Ship's Yearb~k was misplaced vising department, under the di- formerly the Beta Gama, Chi, at or lost in either, Kirby or Shoerectfon of -Mr. Paul R. Mehm, an election held last week. She will maker .Buildings. Owner • plea';e Corisul-tant on Careers, has an- succeed Miriam GoHghtly who will contact Gorgas or Sports Editor nounced that several companies graduate next week. have placed Wilkes on their mail- . ·The · other officers eected ,yere of 'this newspaper. ing lists, and are fol"Warding their ' Naomi Hons, vice-president; Mari,comp·any and employee ·magazines lyn Broadt, secretary; ~nd Mary to the college. Students · who are Porter, treasurer. interested are invited to visit the - - - - - - - - - - - - - _Careers _and Occupations Library lege students 'starting summer 1ocat e d ~n 'th e rear Of th e V et er- "-get acquainted" employment unan's ,Gwdance Center and look der a special program offered by f th ' • · .· the company. The Hudson Coal over -~ome o ese magazmes. C Information on training oppor- ompany offers a year of training tunities in industry may also be in mining engineering. 20 N9rth State St. obtained at the Careers Lihrary. These are just a few samples of Phone 3-3151 Many companies are offering th e opportunities offered by the scholarships and fellows·h ips, for Careers Advising department. advanced ' work in various fields . -.-.-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-,:-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-~ The American -Institute of Arc~itee.ts annually a"'.a:<is ~cholars_h1ps for advanced trammg m arch1tect UJre throug h s t ud y, t rave1, or research as the candidate elects Studebaker Corporation has tr;ining for five different objectives including •b usiness managenien,t , sales promotion arid accounting. The Camp'oell Soup Company provides training for general office and production work. -The Ford Company's field training program is a twoyear sequence, supplemented by brief ·periods of classroom work to interp·ret · and integrate experiences. Each year in the research and dejelopment la:boratories of the Sun Oil Company, a group of new faces appears. These are col- CRAFTSMEN ENGRAVERS * WHERE THERE'S COKE THERE'S REFRESHMENT George Brody, John Burak, Paul Callahan, Ralph Casey, Don Casey, Henry Collins, Jack Feeney, Ray Meechak, Toni Menegus, Marita Sheridan, Toni Zabiegalski. Wilkes College Majorettes (Keys) For . Accurate and DependEleanor Forrish, Irene Melhuish, able Nationally Famous Ruth Richards, Merle Steele, DorofWatches thy Wilkes. For Thespian Pins Five ".Os·c ars", a special plaque Al Colmer, Sheldon Fried, GerCertified Perfect Diaand numerous individual awards trude Johnson, Shirley Sals'burg, · mond Rings O' Devowere given out at the Fir.st Annual Paul Thomas. tion A wards Dance held by the Student Wilkes Beacon Council at Sans Souci Park last For . Friday night,. Up-to-the-minute styles (Pins) President of the council, Charles .im Fine J ewelrY: · Templeton, made the presen:ta'.tfons He_nry Anderson, ;Joseph Purcell, of the awards. Thoma.s Moran, Robert Mikulewicz, ON. The first theatre "Oscar" was N orl:iert Olshefski, Vincent Macri, Easy Credit at No Ex-' awarded to Zelda Klein for her Frank Eiwaz, Ted .Wolfe; Reese tra Cost performance as Antigone in Soph~ Pelton, Gene Bradley, Clayton Bloomburg, Garfield Davis, Russell See . ocle's tragedy, ANTIGONE. Paul Thomas was awarded the Williams, E'ugene Maylock, Richbest actor award for his perfor- ard Greenfield, Margot Golin, Harmance as 'Mike Conner in "The old Rein, George Brody, Edythe Rud'olph, Muriel Bransdorf, Robert Plus lt Philadelphia Story". Miller. State Tax The "Oscars" for the .besit supporting actor and actress were Cheerleaders awarded to Joan Wylie, (Dinah BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA 'COMPANY BY (Keys) Lord in "The Philadelphia Story") COCA-COLA ,BOTTLING CO., Inc., 141 Wood St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. and Bruce Mackie (Sandy Lord in 75 South Main Street · James Catnes, William Walp, "The Pjliladel-phia .Story") . . Gene Bradley, Harry Lawrepce, © 1948, Th& Coca-Cola Company WILKES-BARRE Albin Auckerland was awarded Bob Boyd, Jo Guiliani, Fran Wilki, an ' 1Oscar" for outstanding tech- Char Davis, Anne Cneponis. nical achievements during the past Choral Club Keys year in the theatre. Newt Alvord, Robert Bowersox, A special plaque was awarded Albert Chisefsky, David Davis, to Reese Pelton for his outstanding George Fry, Leon Gilbert, William achievements as student organizer Griffith, Leo Hanson, Nicholas and dir.ector of the Wilkes College Heineman, Clayton Karam:belas, Joseph Klutchko, Charles ., Knapp, Military Band. ' · The following students were Joseph Kosko, Robert Levine, Carl awarded keys or pins at last Fri- Malishefski, John Martin, Philip Nicholas, Reese Pelto!?,, Jerome day'~ .dance; Perry, Jay Rauscher, Richard Concert-Military Band . Scripp, Evan .Sorber. Robert Sweigert, Donald Rau, (!Pins) Marilyn Broadt, Marguerite Casey, I Bob Levine, Carl 1Strye, Walter Ruth Cook, Gwen Clifford, Lois De Greenwald, Keith Rasmussen, Bill Graw, Elva Fuller, Doris Gauger, Beck, William Ellis, Richard Rid- Ann Havir, Eleanor Krute, Frances all, Lawrence W exlin, Charles Markowitz, Jane Maxwell, Irene Wilkes Members of The Knapp, Lawrence Kraft, Jr., Sam Melhuish, Joyce Nobel, Barbara Varsity Shop Reese, Francis Krzywicki, Frank Noble, ·Norma Per.siani, Kay PotWear This Official Pin ter, May Way, Janet Rogers, RoseFalk, 'Sanford Cohen, Douglas Mcmary Zukowski. N eal. Tom Foster, George Neely, Leon The Student Cquncil of Wilkes Gilbert, Willard :prater, Bob RodCollege ine, Vester Vercoe, Jr.-, · Myron Motsko, Joseph .Sooby, Charles (Pins) Eldridge, Carl Messinger, Gerard ltARRIJ R. HIRSHOWITZ t, BR.OS. Charles Templeton, president; Rogers, John Fink, Sheldon Gearhart, Jay Rauscher, Robert -Sweig- Paul Thomas, treasurer; Joan Lawlor, secretary; Edward Boyle, .L.-----------...;._________,____________....________-' erit. U~ ¢ You'll Appreciate the Style~ the Fit and the Econom~o: 'tu ~ VCL'L~t- J ~~Of Clothes THErmiHUB �Friday, June 4, 19.:..48=---_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___:_W[L:....: 1==KES=::__:::00:..=.=l.J=L=EG=-=E=-=B::..::EACO==.:_ ·.:_N:....:..__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _9_ NOTES ON NOTES by REESE PELTON As t his is -the last column of notes to be written by your columnist, I thought it would be interesting to review the year's mmiical activities. With this in mind I searched the Beacon files and came up with the following info : October-The first sport dance of the year wa_s held on the 11th at Sans Souci to the music of Lee Vincent and his "band of the year". The dance was held to w.elcome the new frosh class; Joe Pringle was presented with a bond for winning the contest to · name the athletic teams; Joe named them ' \Colonels" ..... College military band makes its first appearance replete in new uniforms, thirty-five men and four majorettes . ... First annual homecoming dance follows Kings-Wilkes grid game; ,large crowd jams Green Room of Hotel Sterling. "Collegians" donate $50.00 to Community War Chest from their pay for this job .. N ovember_,Choral Club elects offkers: Rosemary Zukoski is reelected president .... ,Sport dance follows night game with Lycoming; large crowd attend,s; ' 1Collegians" orchestra play,s . ... Wilkes, goes Spanish for the Costume Ball of the Spanish Clulb at Hotel Sterling; Lee Vincent plays a top-notch dance program. Spanish floorshow is wellreceived. December-Large cro'wd attends sport dance that follows initial basketball game . . .. Rhineland Music Makers play for Ge·r man Club's Christmas party. January-Billy Mann Ork and Wilkes talent spell succes,s for .first of the year's Calbaret Pa:rties, sponsored 'by the French Cluib .... Large a't tendance at first 1Sport Dance of the new year. February_,College is saddened by the loss of Prof. Paul "Pop" Gies. The whole college, in fact the whole valley, mourns the loss of it~ number one musician ... ..New vocal trio appears with the "Collegians" at successful sport hop. , March--'Choral ,Club announces tentative schedule for semester; plan concert . .,.. Accordionist serves "sentence" from frosh tribunal by playing for luncheon in cafeteria each noon .... College band_announces plans for future concert .. .. First "Notes on Notes" column printed in Beacon and column breaks news that Art Mooney is to play for Kings' Coronotion ·B all .... Band office established in , Shoemaker Hall .... This column relea,ses local "name band" schedule. Aprit--First 'Post-Lenten sport dance draws huge crowd; newly reorganized "Collegians" provide music . ... 'M elton big success, at Letterman'-s annual April Showe:r,s Ball .... :Big neW<s that Tommy Dorsey is slated for• Cindy Hop is officially released . . Excitement mounts as new details appear each week .. .. In cooperation with Student Council the "Collegians" present a Kay Kyser tune-naming contest with' p.r izes at Saiturday night sport dance .... College band concert set for May 22 on colleg-e campus at night; partial pr-0gram released. May-Cinderella Dance attracts £00 couples; dance is success despite poor acoustics of West Side Armory . . .. Choral Club presents wellsung chapel program .. ,.. Big weekend of the Hst includes Ca:baret .P arty and Band Concert. \Herib Green 'band play,s for Ca:baret affair. Large crowd attends first annual band concert .... Awards dance held at ;Sans Souci ; music by Al White Ork. "I LIKE CHESTERFIELDS -THEY'RE MY BRAND BECAUSE THEY'RE MILD." Since this is the last installment of our ,scrihblings, it seems fair to hand out a few orchids for work during the past yearTo Hahik Anderson who really cooperated in helping .p ublicize musical events and suggested a music column be written. To Mark Allyn who ,giave us the title "Notes on Notes". To Vester V~rcoe, Jr_., who gave a great deal of his time to handle publicity and ibu~iness for the band concert. ' To membe11S of the ,College Band who made the year successful and paved the way for futur e Wilkes instrumental organizations. To Mr. George Ralston who helped the band a~quire the necessary equipment to "1g et on its feet". To Mr. Donald Cobleigh for his worthwhile advice. To all those who gave time and advice that helped us to successfully complete a year of real musical ~hievement at Wilkes. . , REESE E. PELTON I "I think Chestenield is a good-smoking cigarette and I like them. They have a good, ripe-tobac_co taste and they're mild. "Nobody pays a higher price to get good-smoking tobacco than Chesterfield. They buy SWf!et, ripe tobacco. Looks like a gold dollar in the barn.,, SENIOR .BULLETIN 1. Graduation Rehearsal Saturday, J llPe 12 'Presbyterian Church House 1:00 P. M. All -g raduates and convocants must be pu-esent. 2. Caps and Gownsare to be picked up at the College book store June 10. No gowns will be worn at graduation rehearsal. 3. Graduation Invitations-No invitations are necessary for , immediate family. ,One invit~tion is sufficient for each family group .o f relatives or friends outs\de of immediate family. J:t, will not be necessary to ·present invitations at the door. There will 1be no reserved sec-tion for immediate families of graduates. · :Doors will open at 7 IP. M. on June lZ. 4. Class Gift to the Conege It was unanimously decided at a meeting of the class, held May 2-7, that the class of 1948 qonate a · trophy case, to be placed in the loliby of the p,roposed ·g ym nasium. At the meeting it was agreed that each member of this first class to be graduated from · Wilkes College (including classes of Sept., 1947; Feb., June, and Sept., 1948) donate at least $1.60· for construction and installat ion of the case. , Donitions will be accepted by Mr. Donald Kersteen, college comptroller, at the Fina.nee Office in Chase Hall. If possible, all donations should be made by June L. Donations may, however, be 'm ade Jat~r, if necessary. 5. isenior Rings WHY... I smoke Chesterfield ( FROM A SERIES OF STAT~MENTS BY PROMINENT TOBACCO FARMERS) . f<.~ ,t:~ f!><RMER,PAR1$, KY. at Mr.. Nolan's shop. All ring,s already ordered 6. Senior Questionnaire should be in Wilkes-Barre by These are for the -b enefit of the end of June. the college . placement bureau, Those wi,shing to place orders the alumni association and other for rings to be received before purposes that will be of benefit September must contact Mr.. A . to seniors and the administraT. Nolan, 22 N . Franklin St., as tion; all seniors are requested to as soon as possible. A depooit of complete and return their ques$5.00 is required with the order. tionnaire forms. Sketches ,of the ring can ibe seen Questionnaires can be secured from Miss An~ Havir, Room 202, Chase Hall. Completed Question.naires',s hould be returned to Miss Havir as soon as possible. Anyone who will graduate in June and has not received an invitation to the buffet supper to be• held June 12, should contact Miss Stephens, Room 202, Chase Hall. USE GLENDALE WOODLAWN DAffiY PRODUCTS �10 Friday, June 4, 1948 FOWLER, DICK and WALKER THE BOSTON STORE A Great Store in a Great State 69 year ago George Fowler~ Ale antler Dick and Gilbert Walker founded a little dry good . tore and toda that tore i nationally recognized a A Great Store In A Great State". The Bo. ton Store will continue to match the tride of thi growing communit with the calm confidence borne of experience and it as ociation with uch wonderful friend as vou. our cu tomer . • Wyoming Valley Owned * ✓ Wyoming Valley Managed * Wyoming Valley Minded � 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 Wilkes Beacon 1948 June 4th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1948 June 4 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 Wilkes College