135 15 4134 https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/d93cb56a1132c7751e13335ab657c1c9.pdf ca6eac4315a6aa526b1f48c3d7dc6bd6 PDF Text Text ,~ - WILKES WILKES COLLEGE - ~Beacon The CommunHy College. Serving Wyoming Valley And The World Vol. X, No. 6 WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATION'S BUSY KAR-R CAME UP HARD WAY By BILL DeMA YO One of the busiest and most persistent persons to ever appear on campus is the latest addition to the Education department, Johnston T. Karr. A look at his activities, past and pr esent, should prove an inspiration to those of us who feel "snowed under" with work and a certain sense of futility in reaching our goals. In 1934, when he graduated from high school in Hawarden, Iowa, he had already decided upon a career in education. Anyone old enough to r em ember can tell you those wer e the "lean years". Getting a college education was no easy task without financial aid. Lacking such support, Mr. Karr set out to get his degree the only wa y open to him-the hard way. First he took a position as a t ea ch er in an age-old American institution-the one room school. All that was necessary in the days of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn was to drill the pupils in the 3 R's JOHNSTON T. KARR and send them home to do the chores, but Mr. Karr's school house containecLnine grades, from kinderg arten to the eighth. All preparing for further study in high school. As Mr. Karr recalls "it was quite a job trying to keep eight grades busy while teaching the other one." Grad Work In Iowa During his summer "vacations" he took undergraduate courses at Iowa State Teachers College, earning his way by working as a pastry cook from 4 to 9 in the morning. Needless to say, this was a slow process, so that in 1942 when he answered the World War II call to arms he still had three summers ofof work to do at Iowa State. In 1946, after his discharge from the Army Air Force, he did not return to the one room school; instead he took a position at a Junior high school in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Continuing his undergraduate work at Iowa State during the following summers, he received his Bachelor's degree in education in 1949, fifteen years after setting that goal in high school. (continued on page 2) Orcheslra Sponsors Dance Salurday I.R.C. MOCK ELECTION A sport dance to benefit the pro- 1 ~osed new college danc~ orchestra 1s slated for Saturday mght at the W C g ym. A combo of member s of the proposed orch estra w ill supply music fo r the week-end affair and music depa rt ment official s are hoping for a fine crowd. A dance orch estra is something t hat will be a definite aid to the stud ent body and one that will enh ance school spir it. Tick ets for the ho p a re only 40 cent s p er tic ket and dancing to the fine m usic of the Wilkesm en combo w ill conti nue from 9 t o midnight, accor din g t o Robert Moran of the music depar tm ent. WILKES HUNTERS WARNED The annual small game season started last week and from the latest reports there were quite a few members of Wilkes College who took to the woods. And since there are a great number of hunt ers and "would be" hunters here at school the Beacon sports staff would like to ii sue a word of warning and caution. When in the woods observe all the safety rules that go with good and safe hunting. - PLAY IT SAFE! PREDICTS DEM. WIN; CAMPUS VOTE LIGHT By CHUCK WHITE The prediction of the Wilkes' International Relations Club's mock election h eld Monday came true for t wo Dem ocratic candidates during Tu esda y's statewide electi on. George M. Leader, 36-year old York County farm er, who was the people's choice for governor at Wilkes def eated Lt. Gov. Lloyd H. Wood. Dan Flood outpolled Republican incumbent Edward J. Bonin for the Cong ressional seat in the 11th District. The na rrow margin of Flood's (continued on page 2) Strange Visitations ~ ~~\:l. mq \\NO t\ov("s THE BEACON Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1954 Allocalion lo Go lo Adminislration For Approval_; Clubs to Gel Money On Prorated, Percenlage Basis By HELEN M. KRACHENFELS A majority of the Student Council members voted to submit the budget to the administration as it stands, without reconsidering any of the allocations at a grueling session Monday night. The meeting was called as a result of a noon meeting held last Tuesday, at which Robert W. Partridge, faculty adviser to the council, spoke to the group concerning the budget and asked that they make some reconsiderations before submitting it to the administrative council for approval. At the noon meeting, a motion was made and carried by a su bstantial majority, that a reconsideration be made. In view of the THE WAY THEY VOTED outcome of Monday's meeting, it Here is the way your Student appea rs that a complete reversal Council representatives voted on of f eeling on the part of the counthe two most important motions cil r epresentatives occurred during· placed before them Monday. the lap se between sessions. The first column shows the reThe issue, whic'h supposedly ocsults of a motion by Irv Gelb that the council accept the budget ca ssioned the calling for a reconwitqout reconsideration before sideration, was whether the clubs sending it to the administration on campus should be given funds or whether they should be expected for approval. to be self-sufficient, thus leaving Results of the voting on the more money in the Student Actimotion concerning the allocation vities Fund for the major activities · of fund s to clubs on a prorated . of the coll eg e. A majority of the basis, made by Dick Carpenter, council representatives seemed to are listed in the second column. f eel that they were best representJim Neveras Abstain Yes ing the students by giving funds Irv Gelb Yes No to the clubs, and ther efore the issue Bill Crowder No No becam e not, "Shall w e give the Dick Carpenter Yes Yes clubs money ?" but rather, "How Jim Benson Yes Yes much money shall we gi ve them?" BOB LYNCH Absent Absent Following the decision to submit H. Krachenfels No No the budget a s is, Dick Carpenter Nancy Morris Abstain Yes presented a pr oposal for a systeDick Bunn Yes Yes matic allocation of fund s to clubs Phyllis Walsh Abstain Yes in the futur e. Mr . Ca r penter's moGloria Dran Yes Yes tion wa s stated a s foll ows: That Merrie Jones No Yes th e S tudent Council allocate funds Sam Lowe Yes Yes to clubs on a prorated basis, givAnn Dickson Yes Yes in g n ot more than 1 ¼ % to each club. ( 1 ¼ % of the entire Student Activities Fund.) Mr. Car penter later a ccepted a ceiling fo r his proposal and amended his motion to state that the By JOHN KUSHNERICK whole amount given to clubs shall The charter of the proposed not exceed 14 % of the S.A.F. Mr. Vet erans Club will be a ired by a Ca r penter also included in his mothree m emb er -committee, the Stu- ti on a defin ition of a "club". It dent Council announced after its was agreed that the clause · in the const itution dealing with this be last meet ing. The The committee composed of Irv a ccepted a s a definition . Gelb, Sam Lowe, and Dick Car- clause states that an y "recognized penter will r eview the charter this organization having a faculty adweek and present its findings and viser" can be considered a club. Mr. Carpenter exp ressed his recommendations to the Council at (continued on page 3) the next meeting. Of the trio, Carpenter is the only vet. Committee Appointed To Act on Vet Charter Debaters Seek to Hold Mastery Over Hofstra ' 8: A StOO AM - ~;~ ~;::=====================:::;:;;::~:::::;;~ ';:;:=================='=~\==::;::======' To dispell rumors which have been overheard on campus, the Vet erans have expressed a desire to make cl ea r the fa ct that their attem pt to organize has not been Hofstra College will be out for intended t o ali enate an yone. A their first debating win over Wilkes spokesman for the club said that t omor row. The meeting will mark indi viduals who contru ed the pur- the beginning of the season for the pose of the organization as an at- Wil kes men. t em pt to organize a type of presThe t eam, represented by Jim sur e g roup a re compl et ely ou of N everas and J esse Choper for the touch wit h reality. a ffi r mati ve and J. Harold Flannery " Certain people have common and John Buchol z for the negative, traits a nd inter est s and they just will argue the question, "Resolved: natu rall y have a t endency to want t ha t the U .N. should ext end dipto flock t ogether. That's why we lo mati c recognition to Communist have the Chem Club, the Educa- China." tion Club, a nd all the oth er clubs Th e debate will be h eld before a nd that's wh y we want a Vet s the Wilkes-Hofs tra football game. Clu b. Think of it this wa y, p eople F outh best in the Eastern seaa_r e able to a ssist their communi- · boar d last year, and selected to aptres best through group effor ts, and pear at the Nationals at West the most natural group is of peo- Point, this year's squad has been pie who have common backgrounds augmented by a lar ge turnout of and common interests. candidates. �2 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON BEACON EDITORIALS Boy, Are We Interested We're wondering just how much interest the student body, ~mpposed mature college people, has in the running of the country. It would seem that there isn't much interest at all. The result of the recent IRC mock election here is certainly indicative of that lack of interest. Or else nobody took the trouble to get .o ut and vote-felt it wasn't worth the time. The fact is that only 275 of 643 day students were moved to get up off their respective hindsides to get to the Chase Theater polls. Some interesting facts were brought to light in the election and they lead to some very confusing conclusions. The fact that, of the 27_5 who voted, ~80 were under the legal voting age which wo~ld give them the nght to select their candidates at municipal ,p ollmg places, makes us wonder whether there isn't enough interest among the under-21-ers to legally give them a vote. But then, when one considers the fact that only 65 of 323 freshmen voted, it seems that maybe we should go easy on considering a vote for 18-year-olds. It's no wonder that the nation is undecided about giving the "youngsters" a vote. When such a small percentage of freshman college students takes its opportunity to register even a mock voice at the polls, just what could we expect of non-college students of the same age group. That's just it, you can't really tell. But, then again, when you consider that more than half of those who did vote were members of that "under age" group, you wonder, "Just what is wrong with those pepole who do have a legahight to vote?" All of which-reminds us of a statement in our first editorialfrom the typewriter of Neal MacNeil originally. We, via MacNeil, said in effect, that without a free and courageous press man cannot offer intelligent criticism or poll an intelligent vote. That we still believe, but what good does a free press-with the facts, Jvia'am-if the citizens do not get out and exercise their right to a voice in their own governmant. You may think, "Now, what's this guy getting all excited about, it was only a mock election here on campus;" Well, the fact is that this election was run for a better purpose than merely finding out which candidates the students favor. Such an election is excellent experience for persons who never voted before and we are sure is meant to cultivate the voting habit. One last blast. A number of persons who performed much of the "talking it up" duties before the elections, during the time when both congressional candidates were making appearances on campus, did not v0te. They also got some good trainingtraining to be politicians, that is. All talk and no results. We hope that Wilkes College's mock election is not indicative of a generally disinterested attitude throughout the nation. But, all indications are that it is, Too bad, we say. Just too o.arn bad, Again, We've Had It! We know when we're licked. We had hoped, naturally, that with the Student Council's vote to reconsider the budget, the Beacon might just happen to get a few extra pennies tossed its way. But, alas, this was not the case as the Council turned thumbs down, even after certain faculty members had asked its serious consideration of the matter. An article in the Bridgeport University "Scribe" shows that other schools in our class hold their campus papers in high regard. At UB, the Student Council granted the paper $2,000, the same amount given the yearbook and the social activities committee, called "The Big Three" in the article. But, and this is too ironical for words, the Council at Bridgeport had only $7,700 to work with, while here at Wilkes, the council had $8,280. At UB, the vote was 13-0-pass. Ah, me, it does hurt so, right down deep-right down around the ads. And why wasn't every member of council present to vote on the all-important and so hotly contested issue? Curtis, Editor ttttJJJnJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ Thursday, November 4, 1954 COED CAGERS OUT TO BETTER DISMAL RECORD WISDOM I OF II WILKES THE INQUIRING REPORTER By T. R. PRICE and JANICE SCHUSTER Question: Do you think that 18-year olds should be allowed to vote? Sam Shugar. Junior from Plymouth '"No! In my opinion, the average 18year old has had neither the opportunity nor the inspiration to think seriously about the political issues placed before him. One qualification for a stable government is intelligent voting and I don't think that. for the most part, this would .be the case in this age group.'" Bruce Warshal. Freshman from Pittston - '"No! The average IS-year old has neither the interest nor the maturity needed in deciding political questions. At 18, a person has not had the experience of supporting himsell an·d lacks the wisdom gained from the school of hard knocks. He is a sheltered youth just emerging from the cocoon." Phyllis Walsh, Sophomore from Wilkes-Barre - "Usually the 18-year old is just out of high school and hasn't too much interest in the political world. I feel that he wouldn"t take his privilege of voting seriously enough, and that he should wait until he is 21. By that time. he should realize how the outcome directly affects him as an individual and should vote intelligently.'" Don Wilkinson, Freshman from Dallas - '"Yes. ..II 18-year olds must give their lives for their country, they should be able to vote for who runs it." Doug Johnson, Senior from Plymouth - '"I am for lowering the voting age to 18 because most people do not go to college after high school and they seem to lose interest n government and voting during the lapse of three years before they reach 21." Irene Tomalis, Sophomore - "I'm for the 18-year old vote. There Is not much difference In the maturity and intelligence of an 18-year old and 21-year old and both are capable of making such a decision. Evidence of this could be seen in the IRC mock eleclion in which 18-year olds as well as 21-year olds studied the candidates and mcide their choice." Mr. George Elliot. C&F instructor 'Tm in favor of it, except for those few harsh moments alter I have corrected a set of examination papers. However. after a student has been through a few courses in economics. even choosing between Dan Flood and Bonin becomes a relatively easy affair. I rest on that.'" By HELEN M. KRACHENFELS Toni Shoemaker, women's physed instructor, sent out a call last week for all able-bodied females on campus interested in learning the finer techniques of hair-pulling, biting, scratching, kicking, or in oth er words, girls' basketball. Wilkes' coed cagers have had an outstanding (that's a real safe adj ective ) record in the past. Two years ago they had a 3-1 season, and last year a 2-0 record. (That looks a little better than saying we ha ve won only one game in the last two years!) In the old days the Colonelettes boa st ed such a ces as "Ancient Ann Azat", "Flea Green", " A~azon Gayle Jones", and "Terrific Tomasetti", to mention only a few of the more illustrious. Last year such stars as Phyl Walsh, a true athlete, Janie Keibel (of battered arm fame), Pat Reese , Nancy Morris, Freda Billstein, Gloria Dran, a nd Faith Stchur , were added to the roster of the notables. Barbara Bialogowicz, Gerry Kolotelo a nd Hel en Krachenfels, veteran guards, will be answering the call to action (?) this year also . Mrs. Shoemaker was pleased to find several promising freshmen among th e candidates. They are: Jackie Oliver, Betsy Bretz, Elaine Jakes , Mary Ann Sparks, and Jud y !'fenegus. There will be a m eetmg next '.{'hursday at 11 a.m. for all potential fema le gunners. The schedule for this year ineludes games with Marywood and Misericordia, two schools where basketball is really the thing, (maybe because there aren't so many other "things" there) so the Colonelettes will have some rough battles on their hands. I Robert Metzger, Senior from Kingston - '"II a man is old enough to go into the army, and ii. in the majority of instances has finished all of his formal education, I believe that he is capable of assuming the privileges and responsibilities of the vote. Chronological age, I believe, means very little." Louis XIV, Women's Clubs, Letter to the Editor . . . Typewriters, ' in Kirby Books This year many new entertaining and helpful books have been Dear Jack: added to the Wilkes College LiAfter I read th e first few issues brary for the benefit of all students. of the Beacon, I felt that here was One im portant and helpful book a paper that was far superior to that has recently been added to - WILKES COLLEGE -thos e published during the four the present book supply is "The years I spent at Wilkes. Clubwoman's Book" by Helen M. The articles written by the vari- . Avery and Frank W. Nye. This ous students were interesting, the book furnishes a source of informaA newspaper published each week sports section exceptional, and th e tion for organizers of clubs. jokes terrific . For th e historian, "The Spl endid of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes ColRecently I read where the Stu- Century" by W. H . Lewis is the lege, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subdent Council, by not appropriating realistic story of Ki_ng Louis XIV scription: $1.80 por semester. sufficient funds has made it im- of France and carnes the reader possible to prod~ce the type of pa- back to th e years of Louis' reign. Editor . ....... .. .. John D. Curtis per that was put out th e first few For the person who is interested Asst. Editor Ivan Falk weeks. in the business world, there is Asst. Editor Pearl Onacko Allen Jeter It seems to me when the Student Br~c~ Bliven'~ :?he. Wo~derful Sports Editor Arthur Hoover Council starts cutting the amounts Wn~mg Machme wh~ch gives a Business Mgr. asked for by the various organiza- deta!led a~count of busmess_ before Faculty Adviser ... . George Elliot tions on campus, they should con- the mvention of the typewriter. Editorial and business offices sider where the interest of the vast located on second floor of Lecture majority of the student body lies. published in the school paper. Why Hall, South River Street, WilkesSurely, it doesn 't lie in the debating not give it sufficient funds to make Barre, on the Wilkes Campus. team or the International Rela- it one worth bragging about? Telephone: VAlley 4-4651-2-3-4. I hope that things will work out tions Club who crusades against a Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's man who is fighting Communism, so that the Beacon will once again Printery, rear 55 North Main the greatest threat to our nation shine in all its glory. Street, Wilkes-Barre. today. Everybody at Wilkes has Sincerely yours, E. James Phillips '54 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ a great deal of interest in what is JJJJJJJJJJXJJXJJJJJJJJJJ BeaCO·ll I I Education (continued from page 1) Desiring more practical experience before commencing work for a Master's degree, Mr. Karr accepted a position at the Laboratory school of Washington State University in Seattle. There he taught, served as a model teacher for undergraduate students to observe, and as a critic when the time came for individual students to take over classes in the laboratory school. In 1951, Mr. Karr entered graduate school at Teachers College, Columbia University, in New York City. Receiving his Master's degree in 1952, he began work immediately for a doctorate. Serves Interneship After completing the minimum number of classroom hours, Mr. Karr, in order to gain furth er practical experience, elected to do educational interneship rather than the other elective of more classroom work . Educational interneship, a new trend in education, is similar to the interneship of docI tors: the individual serves a required length of time under expert guidance in an operating institution. In Mr. Karr's case this was one year (1953-54) at a high school in Schenectady, N.Y. as administrative assistant to the principal. Here at Wilkes he is teaching all elementary education seniors, and, as his record shows, he has a tremendous amount of experience plus book-learning to pass on to them. In addition to his teaching duties here, h e is in the process of planning his th esis. This keeps him quite busy since he goes to New York every week-end to meet with his committee at Teachers College, and does his work in the advanced students laboratory there. Mr. Karr hopes that this information on his current activitiies will serve as an explanation for his inability to get out and meet people, and for those (like your reporter) who have to track him down in order to meet him. Career Conferences Start The first in a series of ten career conferences t o be staged by the Wilkes guidance department, headed by Mr. John -Chwalek, will start tomorrow. AT EASE! ~ ~ J ~ By Dick Jones, Cliff Brothers This is another in the series of columns written generally for the veterans on campus, but not exclusively for them. We hope that through this column the ex-Gl's at Wilkes will become better known to the students. The column will contain Veterans Administration information and general scuttlebutt pertaining to the campus. It was announced by the Vet's Club that Dr. Thatcher has consented to be the Club's faculty adviser. The club welcomes and enco urages faculty members who are veterans to join. Al Kislin, a member of the steering committee, said about the first m eeting, "There was a wonderful spirit there. Nob'ody was obsessed with the idea of the club being a separate body, but rather an int egral part of a larger organiza- . tion. Taken from the context of · the Constitution is the following: "Purpose-to serve the school both academically and socially." We think the whole idea is a good oneco nsidering that there are approximately 200 veterans on campus. The club will also serve as a decided aid to the veterans, not only by making him feel more a part of the school by membership to a clu b, but it will keep him up to date with the most recent legisla- . ture concerning Veterans. Many Vets are already acting in leadership capacity and are well known on campus. President of the Sophomore class is Reese Jones a veteran of the Air Force and Russ Picton, veteran of the Ma- • rines, is President of the Senior Class. There are many other Veterans . at Wilkes active in· various capacities and we hope to introduce them to the student body. Two vets were seen at the Masquerade Dance wearing Bermuda shorts made from GI kha- . kis. The Ivy League collgees have a few tricks to learn from Gene and Moe. So boys, don't discard those khakis. IRC Election (continued from page 1) win was reflected in the IRC election. However, the majority of 15 votes that Leader received over Wood at Wilkes turned into a greater majority, percentage-wise, in the District election. The IRC was more than a little discouraged at the turnout of voters, according to a stat ement by election head Art Hoover. Of th e approximately 643 day students at Wilkes, only 275 exercised their referendum . The usual percentage· of voters is about 50 %. Of the 275 who voted, 180 were under the legal voting age of 21. Another interesting item is that 70% of the voters were males. This ·was the second time that th e school has sponsored a mock election. In 1952, the college picked Ike to win the presidency by a landslide. '' You are Welcome. AT ZIMMERMAN'S Exquisite Styles In College Sportswear. Just what you've been Looking for. ZIMMERMAN'S 51 Public Square Wilkes-Barre, Penna. I �Thursday, November 4, 1954 3 WILKES COLLEGE. BEACON GRIDDERS, SOCCERMEN HIT THE ROAD Dave Polley Nabs 'Player of the Frosh Flash Sparkles al Stroudsburg, ![THE Re!~~.:8hl!~~..~~~~? Ob?..~~:!~~~~~~~~~c~ ~ W [?AT ti --, Colonels Invade Week Hofstra, Boolers for Trenton ] ByHead RODGER LEWIS ~ T ~ l? Sports action on the Wilkes scene is all out of town this week as the gridders travel to Long Island and the soccermen EVERYWHERE YOU GO Commercial football is a subject that crops up in the darn d es t invade Trenton State Teachers 0 O I° J than at most colleges, stepped in to deal an irorucal blow to Coach Partridge's soccer team last wee k. A n d as th e e~ponent~ of predestination would put it, "It just had to happen this way. places. This time the little monster reared its ?ead in nor:e other than College. After a week's rest, Coach George For Jess than 12 hours after Dave the University of Bridgeport's paper, the Scribe. We pick no bo~es Ral ston's sq uad will encounter Polley, Garden City, Long Island, with Bridgeport because certain elements of the school want t~ go big~ dorm student, had been selected time but we do think it is of interest to us because the school 1s on om Hofstra's Flying Dutchmen Friday night at 8 in Hempst ead, L.I. In the Beacon's Player of the W eek, schedule and it could be a sign of things to come. . he was told qy his doctor that he's According to the sports column of the October 21 issue, someone two previous games the Colonels through with sports and soccer for in Bridgeport needed to "wake up". It wasn't the coach and it wasn't were defeated by 20-13 and 39-20 scores in '52 and '53, respectively. the rest of the season and possithe players. As a matter of fad, the wri~er took bly for good. no exception to the student spirit or any thmg else '52 Flashback Polley, a freshman engineering in that line. Who needed the wake up treatment? The 1952 contest brings back student, played a great game at The man who holds the purse strings that open for many memories . The Flying Dutchthe left fullback post in the Coloscholarshjps to ball players no less. m en scored the winning touchdown n el s' 1-0 loss to East Stroudsburg SIGN YOUR "X" on a pass play in the last eighty T eachers last Saturday. He was The writer of the column went on to say that seconds of the game. Then too,. advised on Monday night that he the purse strings should be open_ed for real honest parti cipants and spectators alike eith er cracked or broken· a rib and to you know what ball players instead of "geniuses" recall th e t errific running speeds that his old "athletic h eart," a rewho only make a sta b at th e game. Now we know of Tom Nunziata and the 200 suit of soccer and track at Garden some people that just might argue that it helps out pounds of fullback in Bill Sanford,. City High, was kicking up a storm . quile a bit if a football player is intelligent as well who that year, was the country's The rib injury ha ppened in the as athl eticall y gifted. · fourth leading scorer with Little first period of the grueling t est Perhaps th e writer was just a little overst eamed, , All American honors. One consowhich the Wilkesmen saw go for a tendency that all of us have every once in a while, AL JETER lation however, is that the rapid naught in the last minute and 30 about the record of the Pm:ple Knigh~s so far this_ fire quarterback of the Flying seconds, but it didn't affect his season. They have ge ne without 't wm to date this year. Maybe the Dutchm en, Jack Plunkett, will be play, in fact he didn't have time DAVE POLLEY guy was just Jetting off some steam, but it seems to us that when ):OU out af the Colonels' " hair" as the to think about it until after the terested in the more violent things advocate turn ing the sport into a monster just because you are havm g result of last year's graduation. game. Dave was a busy fellow all in the sporting world besides soc- a bad season that is treading on dangerous ground. It was also in this ga me that afternoon, making a number of cer. The former president of the And from the ton e of the column it would seem to anyone that read Russ Picton had his playing days saves on what looked like surefire Garden City Hot Rod Club, Dave's it that there must be certain el ements in the -University of Bridgeport ended due to a broken leg sufferWarrior goals. prize possession, now that he has that are in favor of buying a ball t eam. ed in the fray. Russ' efforts in One of the fastest men on the sold his "rod" is a beautiful black, BIGGER AND BIGGER the game before the injury helpsquad, the fullback post was new stallion, Banner, which he keeps in It may not mean a thing but if you glan ce down the game results ed net him Little All-American for Polley. H e played at center- Lon.,. Island. every Sunday morning we think that you will be surprised at how many honors that year, too. Since then half in high school, a post similar J;st how did he get to Wilkes? of the so-called small colleges are_ turning out tremendous teams this Russ has assisted George Raisto the quarterback role on the One day last spring, he was wan- year. Wonder why so many fine athletes are ending· up at small insti- ton at the helm of the team. gridiron, and was named to the All- dering through the section of the tutions that offer very little or nothing in the way of financial returns On the other hand, Wilkes will Long Island soccer t eam. He also Garden City High library that to the 'prime beef'. Could be that they are there for the education a counter with their former All-Statstarred in track, having won the shelves college catalogues. Just small college affords although they could get the same education else- er Al Nicholas and speedsters Ron Island low hurdles championship as meandering, Dave didn't see that where and put a little of the green stuff that we all love so well into Rescigno and Andy Breznay. Up well as being a top-notch relay book shelf come out of nowhere, their respecti ve pockets. front the Colonels' forward wall man. with the result that about _100 colBut to Bridgeport and the faction that wants to buy a winning will be at top strength to give arCoach Bob Partridge, who tag- Jege bulletins fell on the floor. season we say hats off because they have guts enough to admit that gument to any ground gains the ged the late-comer to the squad · You guessed it-the first one he they want to buy a team. All too often in these days of the purity purge Dutchm en backfield may have in as a first-line performer from the picked up was from a little Penn- schools get their athletes and then because they fear public censure or mind. first day he reported for practice, sylvania college, name of Wilkes, something they pass the scholarships off as something else. So far this season, Hofstra's loses one of his most dependable "which I had never heard of beWe think that these schools do much more to ruin the sport than slate stands at wins against 2 5 backs a s Dave hangs up his cleats. fore, I must admit," he says. any of' the honest ones who corrie out in the open and make no bones losses. Among their victories can The irony was most felt by the " I liked what I saw in the book, about the fact that they are giving athletic scholarships. be noted a _ triumph over neighBeacon sports staff, members ofI came up here and like it even 13 0 which had no idea that Dave would more, so ... so, here I am!" boring Scranton University. ha ve to quit when they made their The Beacon extends congratulaWinner Wanted unanimous selection. tions to Dave and wishes for a Closing out their campaign, Bob t A fellow who likes to mix it up speedy recovery to its moS ironiThe WC soccermen took a rude until the time that the winning goal Partridge's hooters travel to Trenon the soccer field, Polley is in- cal "Player of the Week". jolt last Saturday when they tra- was scored. ton and Elizabethtown. This Sa- I I ROOTERS EDGED AT STROUDSBURG 1 TO 0 ' ANDY'S DINER G Al l oes ( fOcation d f 1) continue rom page faith in the intelligence of future s tudent counci~s , in th:1t h e be:ieves Plenty of Free Parking such bodies will consider seriously Prices for the Collegian's Budget . . the worthin~ss of an org~nizatio_n . . A Reputation Built on Fine Food before allotmg funds to it. This i ntelligence, according to Mr. Carpenter, would make it extremely unfeasibl e that a~ Amalgama!ed liliililillllililiJXXiXX Bee r-Drinl,.ers Society or any hke organization would be allocated ACE DUPONT funds. Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym DRY CLEANING - 1 Hour Service - 280 S. RIVER ST. WILKES-BARRE llilllilllllllllilliliil Toll Gale Restaurant Featuring The Newest In College Men's Fashions --- F. DALE, Prop. TUXEDOS TO RENT Meet Your Friends at ... Special Price To Students 198 SO. WASHINGTON The SPA ST. ... 18 South Main Street • •• A PAPER FOR THE HOME • . . SUNDAY INDEPENDENT --- •• I ====== ' It's a Pleasure to Serve You A Full Course Meal Or a Sandwich Good Food Reasonable Prices Plenty of Free Parking Space Catering to Small Groups Wilkes started off fast but was never quite able to put that little b'1t ex t ra m · t o it · t o d e1·iver th e scoring punch. They stayed in the ball game all the way though and were still trying as the final whistle blew. Stro udsburg threatened on nun: ero us occasions but they were deadlo.cked by the determined Colo-, nels nght up to the last. The brightest spots for Wilkes were Ahmed Kazimi and the new Freshman find from Garden City, Long Island, Dave Polley. Between the two of them they kept the wolf from the door time after time. BA UM'S I "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 0 veled East Strouds b urg way an d came home with a lto O loss tacked again st them. It was the second defeat of the season for the booters. The game was lost with less than two minutes remaining to play. A deflected kick in front of the Colonel goal afforded reserve lineman J erry Davitt of the teachers a perfeet shot and he blasted it through the net to tally the game's only score. As testimony as to just how close the game was, each goalie had the identical. number of saves up SPECIAL TUX GROUP PRICES for The Most Complete Local and National Coverage ,~ WILKES DANCES at ' JOHN B. STETZ~ Expert Clothier I9 E. Market St., W-B. ~ i... '"'"-'-.-. FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS GIANT SOCIAL SECTION WEEKLY FEATURES I \;:;;=============~ After the game After the dance Anytime for a friendly get-together JORDAN Favorite Spot ... ... For College Students Est. 1871 Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality Louis Rosenthal ** Men's Clothing & Furnishings Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 1 turday, _the soccermen invade the t eachers college and on Tuesday play a return engagement wit h Elizabethtown. The Partridgemen will be 'up' for these ga mes because they mean the difference between a winning or losing season for the Wilkes sq uad. So far this season, the hooters ha ve a record of three wins two defeats and two draws. The previous s~ries record with Trenton State stands in favor of the Teachers, two games to one. The Colonels gained their victory last year by a score of 4-0. Taking a look . at the Colonels' other opponent we find that the booters opened the season with a 1-0 shutout against this same Elizabethtown sq uad. This is the only team that the Colonels have two contests with during the course of the season and they should be tough nuts to crack in the season's finale. J 9 West Market Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 " - - - - - - - - - - - - -·· �Thursday, No:vember 4, H -------------------------------- WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 4 WC CAGERS, GRAPPLERS TO REPORT MONDA\ Booters, Gridders to Join Hopefuls Later; Prospects Bright for Fine Winter Seasons Plans Progressing for Homecoming By AL JETER Pre-season practice for both the basketball team and wrestling squad will begin Monday afternoon in the gym, it was announced yesterday by Director of Athletics George Ralston. Equipment will be issued at this time and all men who are interested are urged to attend this session. The cagers will be directed as in the past t wo years by assistant coach Bill Mock until the football season is over and Ralston assumes command. According to Ralston this will be a rebuilding year for the Colonel cagers. Last year the Blue and Gold lost almost all of their key men via the graduation route. When Len Batroney left the cagers lost an almost sure guarantee of 23 points a game. The blond flash will be a very hard man to replace. Also gone from the fold are men like Joe Sikora, Eddie Davis, and Bob Heltzel. Sikora, now in Uncle Sam's service at Fort Dix, New Jersey, developed from a fellow who had never played high school bas•ketball into one of the hottest men under the basket that has been seen in these parts. Ralston was optimistic even though the team will be a relative.ly green one. He stressed the fact -that he still has holdovers from ]ast year that should come along .and develop into fine ball players . Among the standouts back this -season to bolster the WC forces are Jim Ferris, Joe Jablonski, Harry Ennis, Carl Van Dyke, and Frank Ko picki. They are crew of speedsters •and although there are no really tall men among them they have plenty on the ball and should be able to hold their own against the "goons" of modern day basketball. Ralston said that even with these men returning the team was wide open and that he hoped for a good turnout of new players. "It is essential that we get a lot of candidates this year because we have to rebuild and we can't do it without players," Ralston stated. Groaner Outlook The wrestling crew came through the June graduation in much better shape than the cagers. The only member missing from the "mat giants" of '53 and '54 is Warren Yeisley, one of last season's co-captains. Yeisley grappled in the 147-pound class and was a real hustler who was hard to pin at any time. It will be a job to find someone who can take his place. The groaners will be working JIM FERRIS-Expected to be a standout cager this year after shedding soccer cleats for sneaks. A fleet Junior, Jim played his high school ball at Kingston and has starred in baseball, soccer and basketball at Wilkes. under a disadvantage for a while though because three members of last · year's starting aggregation will be playing football for the next few weeks. They should be in good shape by the time that they report to the squad because George Ralston, coach for the gridders, is a stickler for condi- By JANICE SCHUSTER "Welcome Alumni" and "Beat Moravian" should be the themes of the building decorations for the scheduled November 20 Alumni Homecoming Week-end, Robre tra Homecoming W e e k e n d , Robert Partridge announced in a recent memorandum to club presidents. The Activities Director also estimated that the cost of each organition. The late comers will be Bob Masonis, Neil Dadurka, and Don McFadden. Masonis, who wrestles at 177 is an outstanding guard for the football machine. Dad_urka plays a fine game at end and has been named once this year as BEACON player of the week. Don McFadden weighs in at the 157-pound class and performs in the backfield. Others returning who should help to make a successful season are Bobby Morgan, Bobby Reynolds, Don Reynolds, and Jerry Elias. l!M NOW KING SIZE OR REGULAR! · · a ,«L•: . Wilkes College BOOKSTORE AND VARIETY SHOP Books - Supplies - Novelties Subscriptions Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 . WELCOME Misses' Orlon SWEATERS Short Sleeve SLIP ONS 4.99 Long Sleeve CARDIGANS 'UC 6.98 o Soft 'n' Silky Wear Like Iron o Pastels - Jewel - Deep Shades o All Perfect Quality - Sizes 34-40 Sportswear - Pomeroy's 2nd Floor Opening Soon! The New Modem Franklin Street Addition And Parking Ramp FOWLER, DICK and WALKER The Boston Store A Great Store .. . . . . In A Great State 1:ation should not exceed five dollars and this financial support depends on each club. The method of arranging the decorations is as fo llows: McClintock .. Women of McClintock St erling Women of Sterling· Vv eckesser . Women of W eckesser Butler . . .... . Men of Butler Conyngham Chem Club and Engineers Kirby Biology Barre I.R.C. and Beacon Chase Theater . ... Cue 'n' Curtain Ashley Men of Ashley Chase Hall . .. Theta Delta Rho Pickering · Economics Club Gies ........ Band and Choral Society Gymnasium Lettermen Sturdevant Education Club Guidance Cent .. . Men's Choral Club Hollenback . . .. Student Council It is hoped that everyone concerned with the project will share in the spirit of making this homecoming as successful a s it has been in previous years or, if possible, better. It's the FILTER that Counts and L&M has.the Bestl L&Ms have already won the quickest, most enthusiastic nation-wide acceptance a cigarette ever had. Now, L&M comes to you in king-~ize, too ... the same great cigarette - at the same low price as regular. In either size - only L&M Filters give you real full-flavored smoking en- vor /,fuch {#SJ· . . ,I joyment-plus the Miracle Tip - the effective filtration you need. You get much more flavor - much less nicotine - a light and mild smoke. Remember, it's the filter that counts . . . and L&M has the best! Buy L&Ms king-size or regular. JUST WHAT THE POCTOR ORDERED! � 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. 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Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1954 November 4th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954 November 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 https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/97442015a99105390908b30d87f7cde3.pdf 3414b724f2f55a10d0f93e8e8a8ea6e9 PDF Text Text \VICI{ES -~ .,?~ WILKES COLLEGE THE BEACON ~Beacon The Community College, Serving Wyoming Valley And The World WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA Vol. X, No. 8 Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1954 I ' Three-Hour Parking Slickers To Be Issued, Lines Will Be Painted On South River Street BEACON Photo l;>y Jerry Lind Mayor Receives College Commillee lo Discuss Parking CITY HALL CAUCUS - Several ideas to help solve the Wilkes 1>arking situation were outlined yesterda y at a City Hall meeting between Mayor L uther M. Kniffen and members of his official sta ff and a parking committee of the Beacon. Left to right are: Jack Curtis, Beacon Editor; Ca pt. Chris Ri goni, Ca ptain of Traffic; J . Russell .Taylor, Chief of Police; Mayor Kniffen; Robert ,vmiams, sec retary to the Mayor; Jonni Falk, Beacon News Editor; and Dick Jones, staff feature writer. Several of the plans outlined will be put into effect s hortl y. Engineers to Hold Wilkes' Biggest Dramatic Old r·ashion Sta.mp E d ''G ■ IC '' At Gym Friday n eavor, 1r razy , By TOM KASKA · The musical Straw Hats, featuring caller Carl Vehoski, will be on hand at the Wilkes gym tomorrow night. to furnish music for the Harvest Hoedown, a Fall sport dance sponsored by the Engineering Club of the co-li ege. The Straw Hats, an aggregation widely known in th is area, will present an evening of round and square dance music beginning at 9 and continuing to midnight. Lou Kline, President of the Engineering Club, said earlier this week that the dance promises to be one of the gayest dance spectacles of the year at Wilkes. Kline, speaking for the club, expressed hope for a fine turnout, to benefit one of the largest clubs on campus. H e announced at the same time that a steel guitar, a straw hat, and plenty of fun were chosen as the central themes for the affair. The General Chairman for the dance is George Kolesar. In charge of ti ck ets is Art Clemm, a freshman. Sophomore Ben Howells has handled advertising chores, and Tom Sarnecki and Dick Bunn are Chairmen of the Refreshments and Decorations Committees, respectively. Set for Next Fri., and Sat. - See Photos On Page 2 By MARY AN POWELL When the orchestra plays the overture• to "Girl Crazy" on opening night, November 19, at Irem Temple, Wilkes College will be presented with its first big comin-of-age birthday present. As part of the college's 21:St birthday celebration, Cue 'n' Curtain joins the music department in presenting its first fullscale musical comedy to usher in a Homecoming Weekend that prom- one-act opera, "The Professor" , Mr. ises to be the most spirited in the Gro h and Mr. Detroy announced hi story of the college. that both groups had sufficient taGeorge and Ira Gershwin's hila- len t and energy to do a first-rate rious and zestful "Girl Crazy", a musical comedy. Included in "Girl Crazy", are hit show which contains the most joyous score ever written by an Ameri- tunes which h elped the Gershwins can composer, is th e first big pro- gain immortal fame. Some are : duction on Cue 'n' Curtain's calen- "I'm Bidin' My Time", "Treat Me dar. This play was proclaimed the Rough", "I Got Rhythm", and "Em best s how of the 1930 Broadway braceable You". season . Not s ince "All in Fun", an In th e comedy leads are veteran original all-male musical written performers Howard "Skinny" Enfor the Lettermen and presented in nis and Basia Mieszkowski, with th e spring of 1949, has Cue 'n' Cur- Paul Shiffer making his debut in tain considered such an ambitious a comic ro le, Fred Cohn and Eleaproject. nor Detroy as the romantic leads, After last year's s uccessful pro- and Bruce Williams as Lank, the duction of Ibsen's "The Master outlaw of Arizona. Others in the cast who contribute Builder" and "The Nervous Wreck" and, in conjunction with the School to the merriment are B'ili Crowder, (continued ·on page 2) of Music, Wilbur Isaac's original I By JACK CURTIS, JONNI FALK and DICK JONES The City of Wilkes-Barre is deeply concerned with the critical" parking conditions for students at Wilkes College and it will take positive action to alleviate the situation within the next ten days, Mayor Luther M. Kniffen told a three-man editorial board of the Beacon yesterday afternoon. In a meeting at City Hall between Editor Jack Curtis, News Editor Jonni .Falk and Feature Writer Dick Jones, representing the paper, and Mayor Kniffen, Police Chief Russell J. Taylor, Traffic Captain Chris Rigoni, and Robert Williams, secretary to the Mayor, several remedies were discussed and several adopted. Suggestions put before the city board by the Beacon and adopted, included (1) the issuing of three-hour parking stickers to students having classes or laboratories of three hours or more, (2) painting of individual parking spaces in the block di- HOFSTRA DEBATE ENDS IN IMPASSE; JUDGES DON'T SHOW By T. R. PRICE Wilkes can't even claim a split with Hofstra after the Friday foot ball game and debate held at the Long Island school. We lost the footba ll game, but for the sake of hon est reporting . who won the debate? According to Dr. Arthur Kruger, coach of the debating team, everybody showed up for the debate except th e judges. Thus, while a good workout was had by his Wilkes charges, nobody will ever knGw who won. The debate went on as scheduled, and while the team is sure ft emerged victorious, there is no ,way of knowing officially since the delinquent judges are the king ,bee;; who say for the record just who got stung. Wh en it comes to stinging, the Wilkes wasps have an impressive r ecord for doing just that. Last year a lon e, they defeated s uch major league competition as Flor ida and UCLA in th e Nationals at West Poi nt. Veteran Nick Flannery won the state extemporaneous speaking champions hip. We can't put the Hofstra debate into the books as a win, but we're sti ll undefeated, aren't we? STUDENT COUNCIL SETS BUDGET MEETING SUNDAY Since t he administrative council has refused to accept the budget which the student co uncil submitted to it last week, the student council will meet on Sunday afternoon to further discuss the problem. rectly facing the college on South Riv er Street between Northampton and South, and (3) policing of the student parking lot at South Franklin and South Streets. Mayor Kniffen, sincerely concerned with th e lack of adequate parking facilit ies for students, stated that while he is in the process of arranging for t he "possible" so1ution to the whole thing," he will make concessions regarding violation tickets received by Wilkes drivers. The Mayor requested all students receiving tickets in the immediate college area to write the circumstances leading to the tagg ing of their cars on the back of the tickets, n a m e, address, • course, and reason for overparking or otherwise violating parking regulations. The city h ead stated that arrangement will only be a temporary one, but that h e feels "that the students at Wilkes should not suffer because of a lack of parking facilities." The Mayor was sympatheic with students, especially those at Wilkes, "many of whic h I know are working their way through college. It seems completely wrong for us to expect them to pay $2.50 for one day's parking. We also would not expect them to· pay 50 cents to a dollar to park elsewhere on a Jot." Long Aware "This situation has been bothering me for a long time," Mayor Kniffen revea led, "and I have been hoping for an opportunity to talk to members of th e Beacon." "I've got my fighting shoes on," he said, "and if it's in my power we will have this solution soon." Chief of Police Russell Taylor pointed out that he has had a number of complaints from residents of the area within four blocks of Wilkes, and that from (continued on page 2) �2 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Thursday, November 1L 1954 LJ • Queen' College To Have ·' nomecomzng By JANICE S CHUSTER . The fir s t Alu mni Hom ecoming Queen in the history of the college will be chosen by members of the BEACON s taff to reign over the sched ul ed November 20 fest ivities. E very co-ed on cam pus, excluding members of the BEACON, is eligible and t he queen will be select ed s trictly on the basis of beauty. The luc ky g irl, who will have all the co mforts of a qu een, will be re vealed in the next is sue of this paper. Ho wever, t he BEACO N will be del ay ed until F riday of ne xt week in or der that the Queen's identity rem a in a deep secret until the day of the beg innin g activity. At a r ecent meeting between s taff members and secretar y of the Al umni Association , Tom Moran, it was decided that the lovel y youn g miss who will be presented with a loving cup through the comtesy of t he BEACON, a nd flo wers from the A lu mni Associa t ion, will be crown ed bet ween hal ves of the Wilkes-Mo r avian game. She will ru le over the afternoon r evelry a nd continue her r eign PRINCIPALS OF "GIRL CRAZY" CommiUee Set For .AH-College Dance Nov. 26 on into the even ing ove r t he clim axin g cocktail party at the Hotel Sterling. is expected t hat the q ueen will be able to lead the A lu mni caravan from Chase Hall to Kingston Stadium if the services of a convertible can be obtained. Also: the BEACON hopes to acquire an honor g ua rd for her reignin g ma jesty. It is believed that this preced ent set by t he BEACON will become a n annu al feat ur e of future Homecoming Days. It BIGHOMECOMINGCELEBRATION BEGINS NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT By JANICE SCHUSTER The week-end of November 20th will take Wilkes Alumni back to the cherished memories of their college days as they return to the campus to a ttend the annual Homecoming. The welcome mat will be set out by the present students as they do the ir share to make the festive occasion a complete success by decorating all buildings to highlight the spirit of the Homecoming. The activity begins officially on Friday night at the Kingston. House, where an informal reception will be held for the sons and daughters of the Colonel. and will continue throughout the re- By HELEN M. KRACHENF E LS Glori a Dran an d Jim Benson, coch airm en fo r t h e All- College Dance to be held on No vemb er 26, r ecen t l y announ ced th e following committee h eads : Entertainment: Bill Crowder and Bob Lynch; Refreshm ents: Ann Dick son and Dick Carpenter; Clean-up : Dick Bunn and Merrie Jones; Chap eron es : Sam Lowe and Jim N everas ; Publicity: Phyllis Walsh and H elen Krach enfels ; Invitations: Nancy Morris and Ann Dickson; !)~c;9r;i,tions: Sam Lowe and Mer- YEARBOOK PICTURE DEADLINE SET FOR TOMORROW AT 3 mainder of the week end. Saturday morning registration will begin at nine and will continue t hroug h noo n in the main lounge of Chase Hall. A combination luncheon and bus ines s meeting w ill fo llow in t h e mai n ca feteri a with Dr. Eugene S. Farley, coll ege presi- , dent, h eading th e list of speakers. A Colonel Caravan will form at 1 :30 from the campus to t he stadium where a special Homecoming Section will be set aside for th e Al umni so th ey can cheer t h eir Alma Mater on against the Moravian College eleven . The fun -filled week-end will come to a climax at a cocktail party a nd dance beginnin g at 7 p .m . where t he res ults of the election of officers fo r 1955 w ill be r evealed. Members of the Homecoming Committee are: · Regi st ration : Louise Hazeltine, . chai r la dy; Loretta Farris, Doris Shiner, Mrs. Ruth Roberts; Public Relations : Frank Stolfi, Lloyd Davies, Jim Richardson; Get-Together Party : Dr. Robert Kerr, chair man ; Dr. Frank Speicher, Stewart Colman, Ann Treveryan Speicher, Jos eph B. Farrell, E sq ., . Al Colman , Leon Wazeter, Alberta No vick Killian; Luncheon Meeting: Shirley Sal sburg, chairlady; Rhu ea Williams Culp, Jun e 0 wens ; l Und erclassm en w ho have n ot had th ei r picture taken for the 19,55 Amnicola still have until 3 p.m. tomorrow to do so. Through the fault of defective eq uipment, the pictures taken last d ~ Jottes, FRED COHI'-{ ELEANOR DETROY week for the yearbook were not 'rhe da nce is an annual affair, up to par. The photographers have CR A ZY LEADS - The leading roles in t he college's biggest a nd an d invitations are sent to colleges agreed to retake them at no addiMost elaborate dramatic pres entation, "Girl Crazy", are Fred Cohn and uni ver si ties for hundreds of tional charge to those who have and Mrs. Elean!)r Detroy, wife of John Detroy, head of t he Wilkes miles around. Last year's affair a lready paid a sitting fee of $.75. Music Department. The play, part of the giant Homecoming Weekwas attended by a hu ge crowd, and These people have until 3 o'clock end, will open Friday night at Irem Temple and will continue was hailed as a tremendous social tomorrow to have th eir pictures t h rough ~turday night. A la r ge cast of actors, dancers and singsuccess by the students of other ers has been rehea r s ing for many weeks to assure a top-flight pror etaken. colleges who attended. Editors J ean Kravitz and Jim du ction. Bes ides the fine acting and s inging of Cohn and Mrs. DeAl Powell a nd his orch est ra wiH N everas urge all under classm en to troy, the unbeatable comed y antics of Howard "Skinny" Ennis will provide the music for t he evening, r eport to th e Amnicola office tobe featured. through the cou rtesy of the Amerimo rrow if you plan to have a piccan F ederation of Musician s , L ocal ture in the yearbook. The office 140. ch ronic off end ers are and we are Fellowship lnfonnation is located on the second floor of There is no admission cha rge conductin g a tho rough check to deInfo rmation on National Science f or th e affair, and refreshm ents term in e just how m any students of Foundation graduate and postdoc- the L ecture Hall. are al so free, so remember to save necessity must drive to school." toral 'l'ellowships may be obtained room in your Thanksgiving holiday In clos ing the meeting, the by contacting Dr. Alfred Bastress, END schedule for th e Student Council 's Mayor s uggested that car pools dean of inst r uction. COLLEGE LOSEs · FRI A ll College Dance. be explored as a possibility for The fellowships will be awarded BY SUDDEN DEATH OF eliminating unnecessa ry cars in in March, 1955. Applications must THEODORE DUGANNE The student body , facu lty and the area. be received in th e Fellowship OfMAYOR VOWS administration of Wilkes were "We'll do everythin g hum anly fi ce by January 3, 1955 . possible," the city head stated , shocked at the sudden death of (continued from page 1) "and yo ur coo peration will help Mr. T heodore Duganne, resident the city's standpoint alone, "this squad. There is a person h ere at of the camp us and a friend to us to help you." problem must also be solved." Bowling Green taking graduate the school and a ll who knew him. Chief Taylor and Mayor Kniff en The Beacon s peaks as a repreFootball Arrangem ents : Jack work with m e by t h e nam e of Phil join ed ~~ptain_ Rigoni a!1~ Secre- Re ort From Dannick Sek erc hak . He is the fellow who sentati ve of t he en t ire college F eeney, Norman Cross , George tary W1lham s 111 em phas1z111g that p . . the onl y real sol ution is to provide H ere 1s news of 111terest to all set all thos e basketball records at when it extends sincerest sy m- Lewis, Jack Jones, Olin Thomas, a parking Jot of size enoug h to those who have f?l\ owed th e for - Wilk es that were broken by " Mr. path y to members of his fami l y. Bob Gorgas; I "Ted's" friendly s mile a nd ever Cockta ils, Buffet, Supper, Dance : eventually eliminate a ll parki ng on tunes of t he Wi lkes Basketball Bask etball," Len Batroney. pleasant con versations will be Don Honeywell, Murray Hartman, South River Street. missed. Clayton Kar embelas , . J ack Kar n, The Mayor made m ention to th e by Dick lfibler LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS T he former chaulfer of Fred Joseph Savitz, Esq., R ay J a cob s , fact that s uch a lot does exist close M . Ki r b y, Woolworth milliona ire, Miriam Long; to the school a nd would park up Mr. Du ganne res ided in the sec R eservations : Jack Culp, chairto 175 cars. H e intends to explor e ond floor apartment of the build- man; Dot Winter st ei n, Jack Klo ebthis possibility w ithin the next t en ing at the r ear of Kirby H a ll, er, All en Bloomburg; days, he told t he Beacon. former residence of the Kirby Jud g ing: G ifford Cappellini, Stickers Planned family. He died s uddenly at chairm an ; Doris Knarr Piersall, Plans for th e three-h our sti ck ers, noontime last Friday. Ru th Puncheon Jon es , N elson to be handl ed by the Beacon , will ■---------•·•·llli---• Jon es, Shirl ey Stookey Frank, Sal-• be drawn up in t he n ext week. 'l yann e Frank Rosenn, John F. 0'-· Painting of lin es will be don e by Malley, Esq., L enor e Linsh es T ishWILKES' BIGGEST t h e city and th e Mayor will notify ler, William Mattern , E l mer J .. (continued from p age 1) the coll ege of th e time of painting. Jane Obitz, Britton Kil e, Nancy Ha rris, Esq. The Mayor praised the contri Batch eler, Natalie Rudusky, J erry bution of Wilkes to the commuLind, James J ones, and, in a spenity and its young people and cial write-in rol e, Millie Gittins. agreed with the Editorial staff All stud en ts will r eceive on e that it is a shame the college and 1complimentary ticket for either the s tudents should s uffer bad public Friday or Saturday per f ormance relations with the city and area upon presentation of their a ctivity residents. "Es pecially," the MayOri. Tuesday , Nov. 2, election day,, passes at th e bookstore. The actior commented, "when it is not vity pass is not considered an ad- t h e political minded students of their fault." mission ticket. Additional tic<kets Wilkes ventured into the h eat of Another meeting with th e city are 85 cents. All reserved seats the political battl e. h ead is tentati vel y scheduled in two Several students conducting a are $1.85. weeks , to allow suffi cient time for Dramat ic stud ents in Valley high s urvey fo und that loca l polling the city board to run down all posschools ha ve been presented with places are fairly good in regard sibiliti es of reaching a satisfactory ti ckets, continuing the Wilkes poli- to their physical en vironment. solution - one which will be satisOf 70 voting places visited , 14 cy of " Open House" nights for lofactory to the college, stud ents, could be considered poor , 21 wer·e cal amateur theatrical groups. the city governm ent and residents. Mr. Groh and Mr. Det roy are di- judged to be in fair condition and Urges Cooperation recting the show. Lois Long is do- 21 were con sidered good. Only 12 In the meantime, the Mayor sug ing th e dances, Francis Schreiber received the accolade of 'excellent'. gested , the students can help by The survey found stores, garages, designing th e set s and Joseph Sa- -.:__-=showing as much consideration unraceni is in char ge of lighting and barber shops and schools being used der the circum stances as possible. "Did you notice t hat genuine imported special effects. · m ost fr equently fo r voting places. He a lso stated, "We know who the l I 12 Polling Places Get 'Good' Ratings I -- �vv 1LKES COLLEGE BEACON · Thursday, November 11, 1954 Letters to the Editor Dear Sir: During the last two weeks you have blasted the Student Council for cutting The Beacon budget. You have based your argument for the funds which you requested on the fact that you want to publish · a paper of six pages in order that you will ·have enough space in which to print news of importance to our college. The publicity chairman of The Big Band Blast submitted an artide for The Beacon which was cut to the point of a want-ad; most of her article was replaced by a cartoon. Are cartoons "news of importance"? The biggest event forth-coming en t he coll ege calendar is the muskal comedy "Girl Crazy", but not a word in the Nov. 4th Beacon. In short, you have not justified your request. Stop the sour grapes editorials. Take what you have, be thankful for it, and do some honest reporting. You will, no doubt, receive many letters concerning the "mud slinging" in "The Way They Voted" article, so I shall just mention that Bob Lynch is working his way through school. He attended part of the Student Council meeting, and then had to leave for work in The Bookstore. If this dirty tabloid type of thing is journalism, I am amazed that The Beacon received one cent from the Student Council. Sincerely yours, Robert E. Moran Asst. Prof. of Mus. Ed. Science Majors Find Balance Handy Gadget By LES WEINER Would you like to weigh something that goes about one tenthousandth of a 'gram or 0.0000035 ounce? The Chem lab can do it by using one of the most intriguing and interesting instruments in the scientific field - the analytical balance. Even if you have never ta•ken "Quant", you may have heard about this gadget. The essential feature of the balance is a simple lever operating on a knife-edge fulcrum which is placed at the center of the lever. Pans are suspended at both ends of the lever. The object is placed in one and weights of a known value in the other. There are different types of analytical balances. The one used in "Quant" is the rider balance. Other types are the chain balance, the notched-beam, the keyboard and the micro balance. The microbalance is a special instrument sensitive to one one-thousandth milligram or one microgram. Whew! Just a ittle to light to ·w eigh the Frau. - WILKES COLLEGE - Beacon A newspaper published each week of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. ... John D. Curtis Editor . . Ivan Falk Asst. Editor Asst. Editor Pearl Onacko Sports Editor ..... ... Allen Jeter Business Mgr . .. .. Arthur Hoover Faculty Adviser . .. George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes Campus. Telephone: VAlley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Prirttery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. Dear Editor : May I be allowed to comment upon a development which I consider to be dangerous, infantile, and unprodu ctv i ve? I write this letter as an interested reader of the Beacon rather than as a member of the faculty. Perhaps the observations of a third person are what is needed at this stage to point out the absurdity of certain actions. The Beacon has become involved with the Student Council over matters pertaining to the budget. While honest differences of opinion are to be expected and encouraged, one questions whether anything is accomplished by intemperate language, by personal vendettas, or by constant bickering and name-calling. How long are we to be exposed to the cycle of passionate attack one week, passionate counter·- attack the next, counter-counter-attack the third? I have followed this controversy from its inception. I, too, have gone through a cycle: from interest, to amusement, to irritation, to boredom, to frustration. I have been appalled at the viscious statements and at the under-handed techniques that have been employed. I have shuddered at the irresponsible and unsupported allegations that have been made, allegations that come very close to slander and libel. Not only have the individuals involved been dirtied, but certain disinterested clubs and organizations have been inj ected into the controversy by your correspondents. What is going to be the final result: The Beacon standing alone against the student body, or The Beacon working cooperatively with and for thr. student body? Many r eal problems exist on this campus, as they do at any vital and expanding college. Both the Student Council and The Beacon have the talent, the enthusiasm, and the opportunity to contribute materially to the solution of those problems. Both of your staffs have been chosen to represent the student body and the college; both of you have made optimistic promises to us about what you could do and would do. I know well the individuals who are serving on the council and on the newspaper, and I have no doubt as to their sincerity and abilities. However, all of you, will be judged on the basis of your accomplishments rather than on the basis of your controversies. Would it not be well to bring this usel ess and irrational controversy to an end? Would it not be well to make apologies, where apologies are necessary? Would it not be well to conciliate and cooperate, where conciliation and cooperation are fruitful? Would it not be well to reassess your philosophy and goals so that your proven talents can be utilized to their maximum degree? You are to be congratulated for tl;le interest, for the enthusiasm, for the vitality, and for the readability you have brought to The Beacon. Let the record show at the end of the year that you have been imaginative, a productive, a successful, a model editor-in-chief. The decisions, the goals, the opportunities, the challenges are yours. Sincerely yours, George F. Elliot Chem Club Holds Meeting A reorganization m e et in g of the Wilkes College Chemical Society was held recently at Conyngham Hall. Warren Blaker, president, was in charge of the meeting. Other officers present were Richard B. Carpenter, vice president; Sally Harvey, secretary; and James E. Mark, treasurer. Plans were made for the forthcoming year's social and educational events. After transaction of routine business matters , the meeting was adjourned. The club later held a social gathering at Chase Theater and Blaker welcomed the Freshmen on behalf of the club. Carpenter discussed plans of the student affiliation of the American Chemical Society and AT EASE! BEACON EDITORIALS A Clarification By DICK JONES Beginning today, Armistice Day will be renamed Veterans' Day and will honor all American GI's who hav e served their countr y from the Argonne Forest to the mountains of Korea. Armistice Day had been set aside to observe and honor only World War I vetera ns. The college set aside from 11 a.m. to 1 p.'m. for observance of Vets' Day. One veteran we would like the student body to meet is Joh'n Kushnerick, who is 25 and resides in Plymouth. John enlisted in the Navy through the V-5 program and attended Wilkes under this program from 1946-48. He then entered Naval Pre-Flight school in August, 1948, at Pensacola, Florida, and was commissioned a naval aviator with duty as carrier pilot, in June, 1950. He served aboard the carrier USS Coral Sea for 13 months on occupation tours in the Mediterranean area, and was later assigned to the carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. Kushnerick compiled 185 carrier landings and 1200 flight hours in th e F4 U Corsair. He has also flown the AD Skyraider and the F2H Banshee Jet Fighter. John resigned his commi ssion as Lieutenant, Junio r Grade in 1954, and returned to Wilkes to study chemistry and education. Glancing at the many papers sent to the Beacon from various colleges , we notice that our column is one of few. However, most of th e -colleges do have a Veterans' club. Greetings from the President have r eached John Williams, who left Tuesday for the service. Maybe he'll be lucky enough to have Joe Sikora blast reveille in his ear. Joe, as we hear, is playing a wonderful bugle in Uncle Sam's gravel pounders. I'd Ike to introduce to our readers Cliff Brothers, the co-writer of this column. Cliff is 24 and hails from Casey, Illinois. An ex-Flyboy, Cl iff served four years with the Boys in Blue, the Air Force to those not fa miliar with Airedale lingo. Fairbanks, Alaska, was Cliff's happy, but cold , residence for two years. He was then transferred to Red Rock AF Base, Penna. During his tour of dut y, Cliff served as a Radar Technician. A major in law, he is a r esident of Ashley Hall. He is interest ed in creative writing, is a member of the Beacon staff, ·and likes tennis and basketball. By the way, girls - I think he's engaged. Veterans interested in forming an intramural basketball team, contact Cliff Brothers or Dick Jones at Ashley Hall, VA 3-9298. Did any of you fellows see our allotment checks? I think Vic Vet must have mi splaced them. Does anyone have a dime? Coffee, you know! You too can compete in the Ugl y Man Contest! I say Yanks, shall we give it a go? the social calendar was discussed by Miss Harvey. Frank J. Salley, faculty adviser to the club, made a few brief comments. Refreshments were served. Club spokesmen feel that the club is entering its most profitable and successful academic year since its in ception on the Wilkes campus. Engineers Pick Officers The Editor was much disturbed by the misconceptions expressed in what was probably a well-meaning letter to the editor which appears in this week's issue. May we take space to clarify. Mr. Bob Moran states that during the past two weeks we have blasted the Student Council. To start with, that is not so. We skipped a week between blasts. Secondly, in his letter, Mr. Moran points out the " want-ad" size story the Beacon re-wrote from the publicity release sent it by students in the _music department. Now, the Beacon has from the beginning of the year been the strongest advocate qf school spirit and has tried to lend itself to an improvement of that "invisible" at insti tutions of higher learning. Does it seem logical that we would purposely "kill" a story which would be of help in building that spirit? Well,' we will answer a point-blank, "No." The real reason that the story came out so small - in spite of the robm we needed for the excellent parking cartoon, which by the way, is also for the benefit of the entire student body - is that the story came in long after deadline time, noon Tuesdays, and was written in such a manner that no journalist in his right mind would print it. Had·the story been for a high school paper, it possibly could have passed - you know how disinterested some of those English-teaching faculty advisers are in high school. We did our best at the printery. We had luckily taken a portable typewriter to the shop and pounded out as much as we could understand of the "hep cat" theme article, not typewritten, just before the presses began to roll. We felt we were doing a good turn. We even gave it a two-column headline. About 'Girl Crazy' Then about Cue 'n' Curtain. Mr. Alfred Groh, adviser of the group and director of "Girl Crazy" will verify this. It was no fault of the Beacon that no publicity was given the musical in last week's issue. In fact, sir, the editor personally, wishing to support what hopes to be a great play, pounded the pavements on campus two evenings trying to find someone to give us a story. The representative of the drama group who is supposed to handle all publicity for it, showed up Wednesday night, according to Mr. Groh, to write the story. Well, folks, we go to press early Thursday morning. This kind of thing can't be done, even if we wanted to do it. Quite a storm has developed as a result of the Beacon's use of a certain council member's name in capital letters. This was done to point out that a person who had severely criticized the paper and its policies and personnel the week previous was not interested enough to vote in the crucial re-consideration of the student activities budget. Now, we were wrong in implying that the council member in question should have been present for the voting. For this we apologize. We feel badly that we have "dragged his name through the Wilkes mud." He really did have to be at work in the bookstore as is testified by Miss Millie Gittens, whose opinion we respect highly. Basic Idea Right But, we still feel that the basic idea of our "caps" letters was right, call it "dirty tabloid journalism" as you may. The individual in question could easily have made his vote by proxy or could have arranged to cast it on the issue prior to leaving the meeting. For the harm, if any, we have done, again, we are sorry. We have made our apology. As pointed out in another letter to the editor, from a person whose opinions we also respect highly, apologies were in order. The Beacon and the Editor now stand ready to accept apologies from persons on campus who deem them proper. Now, let's put an end to this mess. We haven't liked it anymore than you have. All we can say is that we have done our best in the interest of the student body or at least for the greatest portion of it - the majoriy. If we have made enemies, we are sorry, for we meant to make none. Now let us go forward, friends all once again, for the betterment of the college, students, faculty, administration and your college newspaper. Curtis, Editor ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE NOVEMBER 11-iArmistice Day I2-Cue 'n' Curtain, Major Production I3-Football, U. of Bridgeport, Away Tea or Wiener Roast, Education Club 14-Town and Gown 15-Philharmonic I9-Sport Dance, Junior Class and Engineers Club 20-Football, Moravian at Home Alumni Homecoming 22-All College Tea, T.D.R. 24-29-Thanksgi ving Recess 24-T u r key Trot, Sophomore Class · ..26-Dance, Sophomore Class All College Dance, Student Council At a recent meeting, the following were elected officers of the Engineering Club: President, Lou Kline; vice president, Ronald Reed; secretary, Rita DECEMBER Prischnick; treasurer, Younsu Koo. I-Basketball, Ithaca, Away 3-Card Party, T.D.R. 4-Basketball, Bloomsburg at Home 8-Basketball, East Stroudsburg at Home IO-Wrestling, Brooklyn Poly, Away Christmas Formal, Lettermen's Club 11-Basketball, Albright, Away 12-Town and Gown 14-Christmas Buffet, T.D.R. Basketball, Kutztown. Home 15~Christmas Party, Biology Club Wrestling, Swarthmore at Home I6-Movie, Economics Club 17-Wrestliing, Ithaca, Away Christmas Party, Faculty I8-3I-Christmas Recess 28-29-Wilkes Open Wrestling Tournament �4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ===.......,----;-_W.:..:....::ILKES===-C=-O==LLE=-:G=E=-=BEA=..:CO==~N:___ _-,--_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _T.::h~u~r~sd~ay, Nov.e mb;er 11, 1954 THEIR SOCCER DAYS DONE By PEARL ONACKO Hello, again. Miss me? ("Almost," mutters Jeter as he peeks over my shoulder.) Reason for my absence last week - I was waiting for Cunis to print the other half of my previous week's column. He didn't, Falk refused to go social whirling, so no column. Anyway, I'm back - for b etter or for worse - probably the latter. Blast Hit The band blasted its way to a booming success last Saturday nite. The group took in enough moneyno t good Wilkes money for the most part, since outsiders seem ed to outnumber Wilkes m en and women at the affair - but money's m on ay and we should argue ? Not on your li fe. All we hav e to say is good job the group sent in vi tations to other schools; the blast would' , e bee n a dud otherwise. Anyway, the band's happy, w e're happy fo r them, and we'll be looking fo rward to the debut of our own co ll eg e dance orchestra in th P n ear f uture. Square Dance Tomorrow night t h e engineers take over the gym. The group from Conyngham will sponsor a sq uare dance and they're hopnig to far e out better than their chemist n eighbors who were foiled by Hurricane H azel a few weeks back. So, put on your dan cing togs and join in the fun, gang. This 'n' That I dropp ed in on one of the reh ear sals for "Girl Crazy" the other The APE'S EYE VIEW By LEE (Ape) DANNICK (The following column was written by a former Beacon reporter who is still loyal to his old alma mamie. More Wilkes students s hould have the spirit of Lee Dannick. - Editor ) The breezes are blowing, the lea ves are falling , and the annual fall madness called football is upon us once more. Bob Moran raises his baton as of yor and sounding in our ears we h ear the strains of " Wilkes I s In Town Again" as the Colonels rush on the field flashing colors blue and gold. It is a sight that has met my eyes many times in the past and one that I hope to see in the not too distant future . · You who are the students of Wilkes: stick by the Colonels, fill the stands with yo ur presence and the air with your cheers, and imbue the helmeted ones on the fi eld with unbeatable spirit and determination. This column is being written from the press box of my homea way-from-home in Bowling Green, Ohio. Wilkes is b ehind me but certainly not forgotten. You n ever realize how much a thing can mean to you until yo u no longer have it within your grasp . Sekerchak Coaching Phil, who has changed his name to Seker, is a graduat e assistant, helps coach basketball and baseball, and plans to depart from the ranks of the unmar ri ed by the end of n ext m onth. We had quite a time the other ni ght talking about WiJ,kes and compiling a list of all the fri ends w e have in common. JORDAN Est. 1871 evening . I don't claim to be an authority on the theatre, but from what I saw and heard , the musical is go :ng to be terri fic . The so ngs are great, l\i rs . Detroy and Paul Shiffer are excellent , and Skinn y Enn is is at his very best. So, let's ta lk it up, gang. This is one show you can 't afford to miss. Plans for Hom ecoming Weekend are well und erway. Latest bitth e Beawn will sponsor a Homecoming Queen to reign over the festivities. W e think it's a g r eat idea. A reminder to campus organizations time is getting short; better start thinking about decorations for the occasion . Final scoop: Dr. Mailey finally found him. A former student sent the good doctor a magazine article a bo ut him - that great American, Oscar Zil ch, cousin of t he wellkn own man about campus, Joe Zilch . The treasury of the Zilch foundation is at the low point of 7 cents. Any students wishing to contribute to the foundation are assured that their money wiill be used for a good purpose - the betterment of the Zilch's. The Beacon Beams The Bucknellian reports Frosh hazing rules revised in an attempt to set up a more adeq uate syst em. Tribunal hearings will be held in private with only t h e Tribunal and the offending Freshmen pr esent. From the Bloomsburg STC's Maroon and Gold "What's Your Opinion?" Do you think a good name band would be successful at BSTC ? One student answered, "If ye would invite a near-by college s uch as Wilkes the larger attendance would decrease the expense." Mo ravian College c e 1 e b rat e d Fo1:1nder's Dany on October 7, 1954, which commemorat ed the 147th year of the college. Univers ity of Bridgeport's physical education requirements can be completed in two semesters by takin g two courses in gym each semester. George Washington University has a popular column called Job Jots. Each week they list various job openings around the city. U niversity of San Francisco's soccer team's 56 ga me win streak ended by City College of San Francisco. The USF team had not lost a g ame since 1948. The Daily Orange of Syracuse University printed t h eir first wom en 's page. It will be featured once a month. Bucknell University Nat Fruc i, tra nsfer from Wilkes, elected to Tau Beta Pi which is t he eng ineers' equivalent of Phi Beta Kappa. Washington College allows unlimited cuts for those juniors and seniors who maintain ed an average of 1.75 in their Freshman and Sophomore years. T he Uni versity of Buffalo held a dance using as its theme "The Roaring Twenties". The atmos11here was authentic from the "speakeasy" (snackbar) to the customary candle in a bottle. T he affa ir was attended by 900 students who danced to the music of a Dixieland Five and a more conservative type orchestra. Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality 11111111111111111111111111111111111111 II I I I I I I I I '/rt Louis Rosenthal 9 West Market Street Wilkes- Barre, Pa. BOOTERS LOSE FOUR - The Wilkes soccer team, which notched its second straight winning season this fa ll, loses t hree players and a mana ger by graduation this June. Left to right, they includ e : Dick Polakowski, co-captain; Jack Curtis, Library Receives Gift A ustin Sherman, manager ; and Dean Ar van. With only three members of this yea r's squad to be lost, Coach Bob Partridge looks to an even better year on the soccer fields next season. For This Week The library has r eceived another g ift of a periodical coll ection, t his on e given by the daughter of the late William Will i.s , consisting of over 900 copies of the 'Literary Digest', and a like number of the 'North American Review'. A wedding is like a tourniquet- wou ldn 't lik e it." The Wyoming Seminary, Kirby H e: If it was yo ur Dad, I Hall also announces, has graciously it stops circulation. ,:, * ' ' * ,:, wouldn 't do it." presented the College w ith a bound A gentleman is a guy who would set of the 'Congressional Record' marry Jane Russell for companionMan. to cab driver: "What are for the eighty-first Congress. ship . you stopping for?" Driver: "I thought I heard the EVEN HOBOES FIND His wife is a human dynamo young lady say stop ." COLLEGE LIFE THE THING Man : "She wasn't talking to Everybody goes to college she charges ::;everything. ::: * * ,:: you." these days. A good example of Our idea of success is a fellow this fact was illustrated by the "Do you and your wife ever have gentleman who visited Ashley who can heat his home wi th blondes. words?" Hall last week. Some girls are so beautiful that "Yeah, but I don't get a chance A pparently mistaking Ashley for the Salvation Army head- it's a darn shame 20 years from to use mine." ::: ::: i,: ::: ::: quarters, a "Knight of the road" now they'll be 5 years older . ::: : : ::: * : : Said th e small boy: "My pa and was found soundly sleeping in Marriage license clerk: "Have 11;a had an awfu l time getting marthe lounge·. ried . Ma wouldn't marry pa when After a few moments of gentle you been n:iarried before? " Movie a ctress : "Yes ." he was drunk, and pa wouldn't persuasion and a firm had, the Clerk : "To whom?" marry ma when h e was sober." Ashleyites pointed him down the Actress : "What is this a s idewalk, and away he went. Wilkes is known as a friendl y memory t est?" Meet Your Friends at ... college, but after all, he didn't Doct or: "You've been a very even pay tuition. sick man-only your strong conJane: "I wish you'd stop drinking stitution pulled you through." Pati ent: "I hope you remember for my sake." 18 South Main Street Joe: "But I'm not drinking for that when you make out my bill." ::: ::: * * * your sake." . e After the game She: "Stop kissing m e. Dad A .Chuckle and a Smile The SPA LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS ') by Dick Bibler ii I I I I II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I II I 1111111111111111111111 After the dance Anytime for a friendly get-together Favorite Spot .. . . .. For College Students TUXEDOS TO RENT 1 Special Price To Students 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. BAUM'S ======= ANDY'S DINER Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym Plenty of Free Parking Prices fo r the Collegian's Budget , . . . A Reputation Built on Fine Food XXJXJXXXXJXXIJIJJJXIIIXX ACE DUPONT DRY CLEANING Men's Clothing & Furnishings Wilkes-Barre, Pa. • • . "This is when th' coach ran out on th' field for a few words with the referee." 1 Hour Service - 280 S. RIVER ST. WILKES-BARRE XXIIXJXXXIIXXXXXIXIIIXII �Thursday, November 11, 1954 5 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Colonels Travel Again Sat. To Try For 4th Win of .Year Against Bridgeport Knights By RODGER LEWiS Wilkes College gridde1·s will be on the road again this week as they invade Bridgeport for a Saturday afternoon contest with the hometown Purple Knights. • After last week's defeat al the hands of Hofstra the Colonels will be out to get back into the win column. As it now stands the Wilkesmen have a record of three wins against two defeats. Both squads are plagued by injuries . · The Purple Knights have been trying a ll season to fi nd a quarterback to fi ll the •sho es of P ierre Daporis . To add to this headache Bridgeport may have to TRIO OF TROUBLE-MAKERS: A WINNER play w ithout the services of All Left to right, Ronnie Resc ign o, Al Nicholas, Andy Breznay. Stat e cent er Dave Deep w ho is s uf By TOM KASKA Cong ratu lations a re in order to Bob Partridge and the soccer squad A s peedy Hofstra College foot - fe ri ng from an ankle injury. fo r turning up another winning bal l ele ven hand ed the Wil kes grid Bridgeport on the other hand sea son. The y have every reason machine its seco nd defeat of t h e season last Friday, by a score of hasn't won a game so far this in the world to be proud of themHowever, they have s elves seeing a s how the record 32-1 2 in a game played under th e season. lights at Hempstead, N.Y. played major competition of was a ccomplished against major Wilkes , after being held s core- sm all colleges in the east. The c:ompetition with a lot m ore soccer less in the fir s t half, was abl e to only mutual opponent has been experi ence than the Colonels. Wh en we look back over soccer By JOE JABLONSKI punch a cross a tall y in th e third Hofstra. Bridgeport went down A promising group of candidates, composed primarily of period and one in. the fourth, w?ile to defeat by a 45 to 14 score. history at Wilkes it is hard to compare th e t eam of th e past two seas. llofstra scored m every penod. freshmen and sophomores reported for basketball tryouts this . Two long runs highlighted the Other noted losses came against ons with the earl y editions of the past Monday. game, one an 80-yard runback of Upsala, 27 to 0, and Northeastb o .o t e r s . Not It was encouraging to Assistant Coach Bill Mock to have an intercepted pass by Hofstra, the that the old boys such a large representation of underclassmen reporting for the other a 67-yard touchdown gallop ern. didn't p I a y to win - because woTkouts; s ince Wilkes is in the by Al Ni cholas, Colonel halfback. Injury Problem they did - but painful stages of rebuilding, these Are quarterback Bill Sanford was Coach George Ralston has a youngsters a re vitally n eeded to the spark of the Hofstra off ense. s imilar problem. In last wee k's soccer was a new sport here and ' replace last year's graduates. H e threw two touchdown passes defeat, speedsters Andy Breznay As of yet, it is impossible to • 00p and scored once himself on a plunge and Ron Rescig no suffered injuries pioneers always predict the outcome of this year's As the intra-mural league g·oes through the center of the Wilkes that may limit their action against seem to get the eage squad since many of last into its final week of play, the line. shor t end of Bridgeport. Breznay has a chest year's veternns have not yet re- Golden Trojans hold the lead with The Colonels' score in the final injury and Re scigno an ankle inthings for some ported for practice, many of them four wins and no losses. period came after Joe Trosko fell jury. r eason or anbeing members of the soccer and Two of the biggest wheels on the on a fumble on the Hofstra 40. The other. At any However when the Colonel football teams_ However, this talent-loaded Trojans are Harry Wilkesm en moved the ball to the rate we are darn year's team will rely heavily on 'Crazy Legs' Ennis and 'Jum pin' 14, where Nicholas hit Gronka with backfield was forced to play withglad to see this. AL JETER out this duo, Al Nicholas filled such boys as Parker Petrilak, Jim Joe Jablonski. The league leaders a pass in the end zone. new trend and in at his old slot at tailback and hop e .that it will become permanent. Ferris, Harry Ennis, Carl Van have trampled the opposition under did it very impressively. Jack One more year like this one fellas Dyke, Ed Troutman, Joe Popple, by overwhelming scores with the (of all positions) Richards moved a nd we'll call it a habit. Joe Jablonski and Frank Kopicki. exception of Butler Hall. The BEACON STAFFERS CALL , into the fullback s pot made vaThere are only eight players Golden ones eked out a close win FOR CAMPUS KEGLERS A lion's share of credit must be cant by the switch of the former from last year's squad which means over the Butler crewmen , 14 to 12. given Bob Partridge who had If you are a bowling fan then All Stater. Ron Fitzgerald at a golden opportunity for ambitiIt was in this momentous battle "OU are 1·ust the perso n that Dick faith when the res t of us figured wingback and Howard Gross at ous youngsters to "break in". For- that Mickey 'Lung' Perlmuth, the , that the spo rt here was a waste • Jones and Jonni Falk are looking quarterback completed the "new tunately, many former high school Long Is land loudster, t hreaten ed of time and money. The lean stars compose the nucleus of the the referee with phys ical viol ence for. The kegling twosome are look" in the Wilkes backfield. yea rs would have been enough to 'd interested in forming intra-mof res h meh can d I ates, namely: Rob- in such trem endous ton es that Pat b . • • The ser·i·es between these t"'o make lesser men throw in the 'll L JI ra 1 ow 1mg competlt10n. " k l B S d ert o o an 1 !ewe yn, Dougherty s kipped a car in his daiAt one time in the dim dark clubs is even to date with Bridge- towel, but Bo!J stayed with it and Cou ghlin; Ed Birnbaum, Meyers; ly marking round s on South River past Wilkes did have a bowling port taking last year's contest, 2 5 the res ult has paid off in a big JLim . MaPrlks, Lahr ks ville; a nd Art st reet. loop. Interest waned and there to 6. A victory by the gridders ew1s, ymout . W eckesser Hall is still looking way. have been no organized keglers wou ld put th em in th e "se I ect" And s11eak ing of Partr idge, we Assistant Coach Mock has been for its first victory. However, • h h on canmpus for the past few gro up with the soccermen, as it lea rned that the coach missed an m c arge of t e cager drills th e Coach Mel Schmeizer feels that hi s years. would 1·nsure th ein of a wi'n 111· ng a cc1'd ent b y me · h es on th e way · t o past f ew d a ys d ue to t h e fact t h at cha rges have now hit their midS 0 1'f h . sseaso n with only the "Homecoming Ti·enton la st wee l<. The boys were 1 H ead Coach George Ral sto n is still season form and can be counted on ' , yo u ave a yen to sp it · h h' b II the pins why not let the boys game" with Moravian remaining on ' ro llin 00- down the road with Partb usy wit 1s foot a duties. to give th e league som e r eal competition _ next year. kriow about it. the sc hedule. ridge in t}:Ie lead when his car took Credit must be given the brave _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a qu ic k swerv e and the brakes scree ched. When quizzed later as 1 ~~~ ~owr:~e;eaev~h!tu;:Yi_:_%r s~=~~: to what h_ad happe ned, he explained I that a bird had flo wn across the t h at h ave occurre d at K ir b Y Par k road and th at h e was tr yi ng to aThe grapplers of Wilk es began rd in th e past few weeks . Well Fedrills last week with an almost all- membered in th e minds and hearts . . . , ~oipda~\ri~~.a~t~~~r:~ bi a~~~::~ vet eran sq·uad. Prospects for th e of the intra-mural boys are Mel . N e1·1 T ur t e I (h u h ?) maJ·or contest will be played on Bob insists - no your relation. season app ear to be better than Sc h me1zer, . , an d By HEJ.._EN M. l•RACHENFELS ~ Here's Hat t he Misericordia floor. average with a good turnout of Dick Murray. T he Wilk es Colonelettes began h B t h grape v' 1 n e we Schm eizer announced yesterday The Colonelettes will t en rest Y e ·· · hear· that ca ndidates . Th e g roaners will wo rk und er a handicap for th e next that plans were und erway for th e practi ce yesterd ay at t he gym, up for a month, then with r enewed ';I'renton State Teac hers is missin g two weeks whi le th ey wait for the formi ng of an intra-mural ba sk et- turning th e ole drill shed into a energy, the gals will meet the . so me "Beat W ilkes" signs. Okay, tear down t hat wall paper return of several k ey m en w ho are ball loop an d that ther e were sever- real a ct ive place. Over th e noi se Marywood t eam on t h e h ome fl oor c: oach • · y Sth . A re t urn we go t.cha 1· now playing football. al teams sig ned up in the fold al- of bouncing balls and bounding at 2 :30 on J a nuar . . belles, co uld be heard those s hri eks ga me with Misery wi ll be played An item earn ed m the Sunday Bob Masonis will be on hand to ready. which could only belong to fema le on January ll, at 8 p.m., and anpap ers remarked that UP reporter fil_i the 177 pound spot, while J erry 1 basketball players. Such stateother tilt with Marywood on Janu. Faye Loyd was barred from the as well as last season th ev will be E lias will return to duty as a pr ess box a t the Army-Yale game. heavyweight. In th e li g hter divi- doing all right seeing as ·how last m ents as, "You're over the center ary 31 will wind up the season. More candidates have been turn - She wrote the story anyhow even sions Don McFadden, th e Rey nolds year's squad ca me out with the line" and "You can't shoot, yo u 're boys, and Bobby Morgan will bols- first winning season in t he h istory a g uard!" would ce rtainly not be ing out duri ng th e past week, and t?ough it was datelin_ed "From Ou~; com ing from the mal e cag ers. among them were Nat Barone,, one side t~e _Press Box m Yale Bowl . ter the mat squad. of Wilkes College wrestling. On December 7th , th e Colonel- of last year's scrap py forwards, Now it ~s not unusual for womer). All inter ested men are urged to A ten meet schedul e has been I arranged for th e matmen whi ch co me out for the team and it has ettes will meet th eir old rivals, and Nancy Schooley a r eturnee I to be eJected fro m th e abode of should prove very interesting to been stressed that all positions those Mise rabl e Mobsters from th e from the Colonelettes 'of two year s sports scrib es. It has happened before and will probably happen agrappling fans. are open eve n with th e large a- Dallas college. (The adjective re - back. fers to the us ual scores of the Coa ch Shoemaker announced that gain: A lot of th e old sports m en If th e t eam shows up this year mo unt of vet erans returning. games, and not to the character of practice will be held every Monday con sid er th e lof~y perch , the last the players!) The Colonelettes and Wednesday at 3 p.m., and in- refuge for ~en _m. the ".'orld. ' E,j wi ll be at a distinct disadvantage tramural games will be played on We do thmk it is a bit unuSual A PAPER FOR THE HOME • (yo u said it, dad) s ince this first Thursda ys at 11 a.m, for news men to be ejected from the locker room after football AT contests though. Especially if the news man is your own repreSPECIAL 'IUX sentative. e found ourselves Exquisite Styles in that unfortunate position at GROUP PRICES In College Sportswear. the Hofstra game last Saturday The Most Complete for ~ 1 Just what you've been night. Was the bounce put on WILKES DANCES ~ , Local and National Coverage us by Hofstra 1>eople? No, we Looking for. at , ' FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS found the folks there to be right JOHN B. STETZ congenial and willing to help in GIANT SOCIAL SECTION Featuring The Newest any wa y that they could. We WEEKLY FEATURES Expert Clothier ~ 51 Public Square In College Men's Fashions got bum's-rushed by our own (no Wilkes-Barre, Penna. 9 E. Market St., W-B. Hofstra Hobbles Colonels 32-12 Wrath of Jeter CAGERS FACEDWITH REBUILDING; FROSH, SOPH .TURNOUT HEAVY I Golden Tro1·ans Lead Intra Mural L Play Grunt and Groan Squad Features Mat Veterans Ico·LONELETTE CAGERS" DRILL· I LOOK TOWARD MISERICORDIA I I I · Yon are Welcome SUNDAY INDEPENDENT ZIMMERMAN'S ZIMMERMAN'S • Lt>NGS1N( - on.W-.e...,. I 't-::.. l... ,v (continued on page 6) �6_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _W.;.;. ;;.;IL;;,;;,;;;;KES COLLEGE BEACON Thursday, November 11, 1954 YOUNSU KOO GARNERS 'PLAYER OF THE WEEK' SPARKLES IN SEASON'S SOCCER WINDUP BY SCORING BOTH .COLONEL MARKERS WRATH OF JETER (continued from page 5) Booters Deadlocked In Season's Finale doubt publicity s h y) manager. A sor r y state of affairs say we. Soccer season at Wilkes end • Although- the Wilkes College the opinion of the sports staff of You can't get favorable stuff that the Beacon, he s hould repeat this ed as an anti-climax Tuesday soccermen were held to a 2-2 way. Just for the sake of relations between the schools we hope as the hooters were held to a tie in their final game of the that the Hofstra representatives 2-2 tie by q strong and much year, there was an outstanding were not treated in like manner improved Elizabethtown club. bright spot in the Colonel lineup. bes ides, it was cold out there. Younsu Koo did a near perfect job The hooters clinched a winning When we finally did manage to and came through with both of the season last week by defeating sneak by the "Cerberus" of the scores that kept the Wilkesmen in locker room, Assistant Coach Russ Trenton State Teachers, 2-1. The • the ball game. Picton told the story of the game year's record stands at four wins, -Anyone connected with Wilkes in just one sentence. It was a case three losses and three ties. College soccer can tell you that of a good little team running into At that, the hooters of Coach the flashy goal artist · lives and a good big team. The result dis- Bob Partridge did themselves well breathes soccer. Coach Bob Partproves once more that th e bigger seeing as how all the games on the ridge describes him as one of the th ey come th e harder they fall. The schedule were against m·a jor comfinest competitors that he has ever team held it's own and in our opi- petition. seen. H e keeps driving all th~ nion actually outplayed the Flying The E-town game started off fast time and he never gives up. Dutchmen in the secpnd half, but and it was obvious that the 'down Younsu is an engineering student it just wasn't enough. th e ri ver' boys were much strong er with one more year of soccer left than they had been in the opening to play here. He expects to transasked about leaving, he replied, ga me when the WC'e_r s came f~r to finish his education a ·y ; "Wilkes-Barre is a ni ce town and I through with a 1 to O victory. from this coming February. it will be hard to leave the many Wilkes scor5 d first, late in the YOUNSU KOO In his first year of competition friends that I ha ve made here." first period when Elizabethtown in the United States, Koo made a feat and go even further into th e The Beacon congratulates Youn- committed a foul that called for berth on the Tri-State Team. In All-America class. su on being named "Player of the a penalty shot. Younsu Koo of In his t wo years at Wilkes, Koo W eek" and is s ure that he will the Wi1'kesmen was elected to try has come t o lik e our town. When make out well wherever he goes. for th e score and he came through Toll Gale Restaurant "On the Boulevard" • Rt. 115 yY'ilkes-Barre, Pa. It's a Pleasure to Serve You • •• A Full Course Meal Or a Sandwich Good Food Reasonable Prices , Plenty of Free Parking Space Catering to Small Groups F. DALE, Prop. l!M NOW KING SIZE OR REGULAR ! / Both Some low PnCe, Opening Soon! The New Modem Franklin Street Addition And Parking Ramp FOWLER, DICK and WALKER The Boston Store A Great Store ... . . . In A Great State 'UC Wilkes College BOOKSTORE AND VARIETY SHOP Books - Supplies - Novelties Subscriptions Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 . WELCOME Men's Reg. 12.95 Value 8.99 Save 3.96 o o o Flannels - Gabardines Brown - Navy - Grey • Blue All Perfect Quality - Sizes 28-42 Men"s • Pomeroy·s First Floor to p ut the Blue and Gold out in front by a 1 to O count. The s econd stanza had hardly gotten und erway when Bill Bucher of Elizabethtown punched through a score to ti e the ball game. Wilkes came back strong several minutes later as Koo dented the cords on a pass from Captain Dick Polakowski, from about 18 yards out. The · first half ended with Wilkes in command of the game, 2 to 1. Early in the third period E-town came back once more and tied the score as Gene Steinback blasted back a kick by a Wilkes man into the net s. The fourth quarter produced no resu lts for either team and the regulation game ended at 2-2. Two fi ve minute extra periods were ticked off, but with the same result. Wilkes seemed to have the advantage as darkness fell .with Jim Ferris and Ahmed Kazimi pounding at the gat e, bu:t never quite making the grade. 'Of It's the FILTER that Counts and L&M has the Best! L&Ms have already won the quickest, most enthusiastic nation-wide acceptance a cigarette ever had. Now, L&M comes to you in king-size, too .. . the same great cigarette - at the same low price as regular. In either size - only L&M Filters give you real full-flavored smoking en- Much {:g$1 · otilJ.§ l joyment-plus the Miracle Tip - the effective filtration you need. You get much more flavor - much less nicotine - a light and mild smoke. Re• member, it's the filter that counts ... and L&M has the best! Buy L&Ms king-size or regular. JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED! � 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 1954 November 11th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954 November 11 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/fbb89d3256e1dbf940991f96c324ddbc.pdf d1344d1eb8521213d0964c5d1123b3eb PDF Text Text 'Girl Crazy' Tonight at /rem Temple (See Pictures, Stor y On Page 2) WILKES WILKES The Community College, Serving Wyoming Valley And The World COLLEGE '!Beacon WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA Vol. X, No. 9 Queen Gloria and Court THE BEACON Covers The Campus From Comer To Corner Week Alter Week FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1954 Pat McNelis, Marlene Toth Picked As Princesses; Crowning Tomorrow By JON N IFALK Wilkes College has its first Homecoming Queen and the student body a nd alum ni will ioin togeth e r tom orrow to pay hom age to her highness - MISS GLORIA DRAN. a t the football g ame. G loria won the title by amassing the gre atest number of votes in a BEACON staff election held last Friday. The runners-up, Marlene Toth and Pat McNelis, were selected to be princesses in th e q ue en's court. A 19-yiear old, sophomore biology major, Gloria will be the first person in the history of Wilkes to wear the crown of "Home• coming Queen." When informed of her selection. she exclaimed, " What an h onor. I'm overjoyed and proud to be chosen." Ex-high school d rum majorette Marlene Toth has bee n After she regained her composure, she managed to state that it chosen as a prince ss in the - - - -- -- - -- - - - - s houl d be a lot of fun, and th e idea of selecting a queen should bring court of the first Wilkes College th e stud ent body closer to the Homecoming Q ueen. al umni. · Freshman Named To Royal Court ♦ GLORIA DRAN The personable fre shman art stud ent earned the distin ction by ty ing co-p rin cess P at McN eli s in last F rida y's BEACON staff balloting. S he will rid e in the c:a ra van to Kingston High School Stadium and will participate in the ha lftime ceremoni es . Marlen e chose Wilkes over a numbe r of schools because it was not too far, and yet not too close to h er Fullerton , Pa., home. She is a 1954 graduate of Whitehall BEACON Photo by Irv Kaye High School, Fullerton. Incidentally, her hometown is located very Allentown and Bethlehem, 1 n ear I hom e of Moravian, tomorrow's opponent. Princess Marl ene is a meber of the AMNICOLA st aff, Cue ' n' Curta in and Theta Delta Rho. Da ncing and te nnis are favorite hobbi es and she says , "I ha ve an affinity for do gs.' ' She considers it a thrill and a real s hock to be select ed on th e first hom ecoming court. Miss Bone Honored MARLENE TOTH Law School Exam Set P r inceton, N.J., (Special - L ess than three weeks remain for prospective law school applicants who plan to take the Law School Admission Tes t at Villanova Univer- Miss Catherine Bone, che mi stry in stru ctor at Wilkes College, received an esteemed honor by being pledged to Iota Sigma Phi , a women's international honorar y chemistry societ y. Th e honors w er e bestow ed at a banqu et h eld in State Coll ege last week. Miss Bone began instructing Chemistry at Wilkes as a summer instructor in 1942 and a ccepted a regular position in 194ti. Formerly the head of th e Science Department at Forty Fort High School, Miss Bone did her undergraduate and graduate work at P enn State PAT McNELIS College, earning a M.S. in Che msity on November 13 to fil e their istry. completed applications with the Educational Testing Service, P.O. Dorm Girls Hold Tea The women of Sterling and McBox 592, Princeton, New Jersey, Dean Harold Gill Reuschlein ad- Clintock Halls gave a t ea for the faculty me mbers last Saturday vised. Wilkes Has Own 'Princess Pat' Gloria was born in Hazleton, lived in Baltimore, and now resides with her pare nts, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Drnn, and two you nge r sisters in Button wood, Hano ver Township. S he graduated from Hano ver Tow nship Hig h School in 1953 and coming Co ur t is Mary Patricia Mc- entered Wilk es in September, 1953. N elis, a Sterling Hall do rm itory Liked Small School stud ent from Hazleton. She is a When asked about h er choice of vivacious blue-eyed blond, and obviousl y an excellent choice for th e Wilkes, she answered that she liked t h e idea of attending a small coltitle ~f princess. Pat is 19, and cam e t o Wilkes lege close to home and felt that last year a s a m edi cal st enography th e education offer ed was a s good majo r . At Hazleton High School, as anywhere in the country. She Pat was head majorette, won the has never fe lt so rry about h er Actress of th e Year award, and was choice. Thi s is not th e fir st time that voted the best-dressed girl in th e cla ss of '53. H er wearing of Ber- th e queen has been singled out for muda shorts and kilts here at her beauty and charm. She -was Wil kes is a fulfillm ent of thi s lat- select ed as May Queen in high school and was a candidate for Cinter titl e. Princess Pat, who can be fo und derella her e at Wilkes last year a s sipping coffee at odd hours in a freshman. Harding House, is .active in Cue 'n' Gloria likes to play piano in her Curtain, Theta Delta Rho , and is s pare time and favors semi-classisoc ial c hairman of the L.A.S. C. music. She is a r epresentative on Her interests include building mo- the student council, and member of dels of foreign cars, particularly th e biology club and Theta Delta t he Jaguar and th e Austin-Healey. Rh o. Football, swimming, basketA s a resident of Sterling Hall, ball and soccer hold h er attention Mary Pat fee ls that the friendly in the sporting world. atmosphere and the democratic Fro m King's, Yet co nduct among the gi rls maks 90 After g raduation, th e queen per cent of th e coll ege life at Wilk es. Of th e social life, s he says , wo uld like to do laboratory research, but someday hopes to have "It is what you make it.'' h er own family. As far as we at Wilkes ar e concerned, the ironical afternoon. Each meinber of the thing a·bout her is that she goes faculty was surrounded by a group st eady with a very lucky fellow of stud ents from his or her classes from that othe1'. school - King's. · Queen Gloria and her court will - points, you know. Pat Fox, general chairman of be featured in the Colonel Caravan th e affair, was aided by Jeannette parade which will leave Chase Hall Perrins and H elen Young, refresh- at 1 :15 tomorrow afternoon. She ments; Connie Kamarunas and Peg will be presented with flowers by Stevens, invitations; and Barbara th e Wilkes Alumni Association and Booch and Barbara Hollinger, de- she and the princesses will be given (continued on page 4) corations . The Canadians are not the only ones who have a Prince ss Pat. There's is a lig ht infantry regiment, b ut one of the two princesses in the Wilkes Home- �WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 2 Friday, November 19, 1954 College's Biggest Show Runs HOME.COMING WEEK-END BEGINS Tonight, Tomorrow at Temple !9~i1I:~t~T.!:~~~~cl!~~~~e~~! cially when graduate Colonels, young and old, get together at the Kingston House to attend the inaugurating informal reception . This get-together party will continue until after midnight for the benefit of those out-of-town graduates who will be arriv- By MARY AN POWELL The Homecoming Week-End Celebration officially gets underway tonight when the curtain goes up at Wilkes' biggest and most elaborate dramatic presentation, "Girl Crazy," at lrem Temple. The Gershwin musical curtain t ime is scheduled for 8 o'clock both tonight and tomorrow night. The play, which from pre-opening night r eports, is expected to be just a s much a hit in WilkesBarre don e by Wilkes College a s it was wh en it opened on Broadway many years ago, is being prese nted through the cooperation and close work of Cue 'n' Curtain and th e Music Depa rtm ent. A lfred Groh, dramati cs director at th e colleg e, and J ohn Detroy, s: ha irman of the music department, have worked hard in assuring a top-flight performance by the large cast of a ctors, singers, dance r s, and backstage technicians. Leads in the gala musical, which gave the nation several song immortals, are shared by Mrs. Eleanor Detroy and Fred Cohn, dramatic and vocal, and Howard "Skinny" Ennis, co m edy. "Girl Crazy" is the first fullscale musical comedy ever attempted by a college in Northeastern P ennsylvania and will be watched throughout the East as to its s uccess or failure. After the amount of hard work that has been put forth by the students and faculty involved, it seems only logical that the full s upport of the college and W yoming Valley is to be expect ed. A fe ature of the play will be the elaborate set s, which show a sens e of imagination a n d th eatrical knowledg e of design. Music majors of the colleg e mak e up th e orchestra, which will be under the baton of Detroy as will be th e full chorus. The chorus will rend er , s uch immortal songs as " I've Got Rh ythm," and " I'm Bidin ' My Time. " Ti ckets for th e play are available to all Wilk es stud ents m er ely by t he presentation of student a cti vities passes at t h e book store. But t ickets must be exc hang ed. An overflow crowd of stud ents, a lu m ni and frie nd s of th e college is ex pected for both performances. ·rurkey Trot Set For Wednesday Night at Gym • The Seniors and Sophomores are comb ining talents to bring the student body of Wilkes another night loaded with surprises, contest s , and best of all, fun like you've never had before on November 24. Thi s will be no ordi nary dance, but one w hich will give you the opportunity to really let yo ur hair down a nd enjo y yo urself. Ask anyone who attend ed th e Masqu erade Ball - th ey'll t ell you that when th ese two classes g et together on an affair "there's no t ellin' what's gonna happ en." On e thing w e can promise (and t his is a new venture) everyone who is interested may enter the danc e contest. Modern, mambo , FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 198 :30 p.m.-"Girl Crazy", musirhumba, jitterbug, and Charleston cal, at lrem Temple; are only some which will be judged. 9 :30 p.m.-Informal Reception, By way of mentioning, the judges at Kingston House ; are g oing to be impartial ... th ey are not m embers of any class on SATURDAY,NOVEMB~R20campus. 9 :00 a.m. to noon - RegistraCom m ittee h eads as chosen by tion, Tours, Visiting, Presidents Russ Picton and Reese Main Lounge, Chase Hall; Jon es are: g eneral chairman, Larry 10 :30 a.m .-Alumni Co u n c i 1 Amdur; tickets, John Coates; pubMeeting, at Lecture Hall ; licity, Elnora Metroka; entertain11 :30 a.m.-Luncheon Meeting,. ment, Walt Phillip s; refreshments, at Main Cafeteria; Bob Morgan. 1 :15 p.m.-Colonel Caravan PaMusic for this affair will be furrade, Chase Hall to Stadium; ni s hed by "The Dreamtimes," and 2:30 p.m.-Wilkes vs. Moravian, the donation is only 35 cents. at Kingston Stadium; R efreshments, contests, dan ce 7 :00 1>.m .-Cocktail Party, Dins pecialties , s urprises and entertainner -Dance, at Hotel Sterm ent are pr'omised. Dancing wi ll ling. be fro m 9 to 12. · I ~ As They9ll Perform in 'Girl Crazy' THE SHOW GOES ON - Four of the leading actors in Cue 'n' Curtain's 1noduction, "Girl Crazy", run through last minute rehearsals prior to tonight's first curtain at Irem Temple. At top, Millie Gittens, fresh out of a hospital bed, goes oYer a routine with college co median Howard "Skinny" Ennis. Bottom, romantic leads Fred Co hn a nd E leanor Detroy brus h up on one of the many great mus ical routines in the s how. Miss Gittens, ru s hed to the hos pital last weekend, has received s pecial permission from her doctor to appear a s scheduled in the gala musical, but then s he must convalesce for three weeks after the show. Her insistance on being in the s how lends meaning to the old say ing, "The s how must go on." ALL-COLLEGE DANCE SLATED FRIDAY; THRONG EXPECTED By N6RMA DA VIS j leg es within a 150 mil e radius Mention to a ny Wilkes student about 50 in all. These include colthe date November 25, and you r e- leges s uch as L ehigh , Princeton, cei ve a quick smile and the breath- Cornell, Lafayette, Wilson, Syraless response - Thanksgiving _ cuse, Susquehanna, Bucknell, P enn, turkey, pumpkin pie, football, P enn State, and U. of Pittsburg. Church, and a co ntented satisfying Last year, approxi mately 700 atevening with one's family. Now t ended. mention the date Novemb er 26, and Banner s and pennants will deth e sam e stud en t will burst out co rate th e gym. Free refreshwith - A ll Coll ege Dance - per - m ents wi ll be served. feet climax for a holiday, delightFor a per fect evening, w e'll see fu l music, everyon e is there , best you n ext F r iday night at 9. da nce of t he yea r . Yes , everyon e seem s to a gree that t his dan ce is one of th e best dan ces of th e sea s on. The All College Dance, an an nual affair spons ored by the Student Council, will be h eld Friday night, No vember 26 at th e Wilkes Coll ege gym. Dancing will be from 9 to 12 and ad mi ss ion is fre e. Co-chairme n of th e affair are Jim Ben son and Gloria Dran. ' The orchestra of Al Powell will entertain th ro ugh t h e co urtesy of Local 140, American Federation of Musicians. I'm sure that you will agree that th is orchest r a definitely has two celebrities in its rank s. The trump et player was a m ember of the original Dorsey Brother s Orchestra, and the piano is a former Wilkes stud ent. Come and see t hem in acti on . In vitations have been sent to all local nursing sc hools , a nd to col- PARK, SHOP and EAT at the new FOWLER, DICK and WALKER The Boston Store ing in the valley t hroughout the evening. Early tomorrow morning, the re~ turning Alum ni will register in th e main lounge of Chase Hall before they attend th e combination luncheo n and business m eeting which will co mm ence at. 11 :30 a.m. in the main cafeteria . Dr. Eugene S . Farley, College President, will head the list of speakers from the college at this reunion. At 1 :30, followi ng the lunch eon, a Caravan will begin from th e campus over to Kingston Stadium preceding th e Wilkes - Morav-an ga m e. Th er e, a special section will be set aside for th e A lumni to view the co ntest which will get und er way at 2:30. The Hotel Sterling will be the scene of the concluding Homeco ming cocktail party which is schei duled to begin at 7 p '.m. A capacity crowd is expected to attend. The program is as follows: Student Council lo Re-Consider Budget; Carpenter May Resign I By HELEN M. KRACHENFELS Th e main purpose of th e Student Co un cil meeting Monday evening was t o a ct upon th e Jetter from the administrative co uncil which accompanied a r efu sal to approv e th e THET A DELTA RHO budget in its entirety. (This l etter is printed in today 's Beacon.) A SPONSORS ALL-COLLEGE TEA proposal to re-submit t he original The All Coll ege T ea . s ponsored student a ctivities budget, as is , was by Th eta Delta Rho will be h eld I def eated after a stormy session. from 3 to 5 n ext Monday, NovemImmediately followin g th e r eadber 2~ on th e_ s ec?nd floor of the ing of th e letter, Sam Lowe mad e Dormitory cafetena. Everyone is a motion that t he council re-s ubmit uJ·ged _to attend. . . the budget a s it stands. The moChairman of _th e affair is Pat tion was s econded and d iscussion Fox. H er c?mm1tt_ees a:e: _Ho ~tess, followed. Once again, debate reE ell en ~oUise Wmt; . m vitatw_ns,: verted to th e question of the nature Rut~ :Wilbur and J essie Rodenck, of clubs: ar e they "open to everypubhc_:ity, Pats1 R ees~ ; tabl e de- one" or should they be con sider ed corations, Don s Mer:ill; refresh- "closed" because of subject matter ments, Margaret Smit~; cleanup, ·or departmental affiliations? P eggy Steven s and Marian ThompJim N evera s ex pressed his opison. nion that the clubs are not serving all th e stud ents to the ex t ent w hich a cti viti es do, and th erefor e they should be dropp ed from the Student Activ iti es Fund budget . Dick Carpenter expressed th e feeling that th e main issue f acing Stud ent Council at this tim e is one of power. The question, Carp ent er believed, is whether th e Student Council shall function a s a LOFT'S Candy Shop 2 South Main Street Wilkes-Barre LOFT'S ... . The Candies of Finer Quality r ep r esentati ve group to fulfill the :,vi shes of ~he ~tudents, or w heth er 1t shall exist sim ply as a~ _enfor~em ent _agency of the adm1m ~trat:ve council. If th e la~~er s1tuat1on sh_o uld com e . to pas~, it. would consbtute a direct v10lat1on of ~h~ purpose of the Stu~ent ~ounc~l. Car penter offered hi s r esignati on from the co un cil if such a condition should occur. Carp enter feels that th e administration is attempting to curtail the a cti viti es of th e very organizations on campu s which support it. In r eply to a statement that Carpenter made to th e effect that the a ctivi ti es on campus are more restrictive than th e clubs, because of th e ne ed for so m e special ability to participate in certain activities, Mr. Partridge r emind ed him that anyone can go to see a production of Cue 'n' Curtain, or h ear a debate by th e Debating Societ y, or read any of the publications on campus. In thi s way, th e results of these a ctiviti es ar e a pparent to the entir e stud ent body. (continued on page 4) Dr. Mailey Speaker At Last Assembly By T. R. PRICE Ei senh ower's policy of political a loofn ess is somewhat impractical, if not unr eal, Dr. Hug o Mailey declared at assemb ly Tuesda y. BEST OF LUCK In today's world of politics, h e I emphasized, the President is for ced TO THE COLONELS, to go out and make fri ends, form QUEEN AND ALUMNI allegian ces to th e benefit of h is• party, if h e ex pect s it to rem ain from the in power. In th e ma tter of policy, Mailey went on, Ei senhower is fa ced with th e need to comp romise with the conservatives of his party. But at Wilkes' Foremost Social Club th e sam e tim e , t he speaker caution ed , the popul a rity of the mas him self is still trem endous. �Friday, November 19, 1954 ------------By JOHN KUSHNERICK HOMECOMING '54 WILKES cot.LEGE BEACON· 3 BEACON EDITORIALS Council Split As Budget -Debate Goes On .. The Budget debate goes on. But this time, it's not the Beacon that is involved in a battle with the Student Council, but rather the Student Council with the Student Council. A broad stripe has been drawn right down the middle of the organization and from the way the editor saw it at Monday's meeting, several members are about to swing from one side to the other. It seems that a number of the group have delved deep into the debate that centers around the question as to whether the clubs should get money from the Student Activities Fund or not, and have come up with some facts they had heretofore overlooked. Dr. Farley Asks Budget Re-Hash, Lists Recommendations to Council The letter below was sent to the Student Co uncil through that body's treasurer by Dr. E ugen e S. Farley, President of Wilkes. Dr. Farley explains the Administration's position on the question of clubs - whether they s hould receive financial aid or not. The editor ur ges each student to read the letter carefully, consider both sides of the debate, and then see yo ur Student Co uncil representative to a dvise him how to vote for yo u. Mr. Irving Gelb: Today the Administrative Council considered the proposed budget for the st udent activities progra m and acted favorably upon items that ha ve been included in the activities program over a period of years, but deferred action upon items introduced during the past few yea rs. So that there may be no uncertainty or delay in planning, the items that we approved are listed, with certain recommendations, on the attached page. Unless yo u wish to take further action, the listed activities may be notified that both Councils approved the grants indicated. The Administrative Council noted that only five of the many clubs on the campus received financial support from the student activities fund. ,ve do not understand why certain clubs receive contributions from the Co uncil while a majority of the clubs strive t'o su pport their own activities. This does not seem equitable and we do not feel that we s hould act upon the reques t of any club until every club is invited to s ubmit its budget. At this time it may be well to call attention to the fact tha t when the Administration agreed to g ive 2½ % of the student fees for student activities, it was understood that the monies would be limited to the s upport of activities which were open to all members of the student body and which, in the public eye, represented the entire college. S ince that time, money for the clubs has been granted and in co nsequence there has been a s ubstantial deviation from the understanding which first led to the granting of the 2½ %. In a n y further consideration of the problem, it seems desirable that the Student Council and the Administrative Co uncil confer in order that we ma y reach a new understand ing. So that we may act upon the deferred items, it will be appreciated if the Stude_nt Co uncil will use the attached form, or any form that you ma y prefer, to obtain requests from all of the student clubs and will then make arrangements for, a s pecial committee to meet with representatives of the Ad ministrative Council. Very sincerely yours, EUGENE S. FARLEY, President regular special - 1100 600 500 Debating Society .Intercoll egiate Conferences 600 200 Could Have Retracted Manuscript Men's Chorus Social Activities 400 75 600 Amnicola TOTAL 3300 $7575 Biology Club Holds Party The Biology Club held its annual wiener roast at Lake Silkworth last Saturday night. Over 50 people attended and the affair was deemed a floating success by club officials. The musical requires special appropriation this year. It is recommended that the appropriation for th e musical be recorded separately But about the football team. Brother, this from the regular appropriation. one is anything but foul and as a matter of fact Thi· will g ive a better understanding of th e s ituation in the years no football team or any other team here at Wilkes has ever smelled in the slightest, with ah ead. Attention Lettermen the exception of that necessary aroma of athletic order in the locker rooms. And to imply that because a team doesn't win every game it is foul, is just plain ridiculous and downright slanderous. As Jim Neveras stated indignantly, "The (A new activity.) Recommend an increase of $400 to football team has won four games and lost s upport an expanded program of two - is this foul ball?" "And for that matter," activities. Jim continued, "win or lose, I have never seen a Wilkes athletic team that I have felt the least bit ashamed of." There is no need to say more. Strike up a dirge (political, that is) will you, someone? SNAPSHOTS WANTED Carpenter, a member of one of the clubs An y 1ierson having candid in the science department must realize that all s na1>s hots which he or s he feels mi ght be appropriate for use in of his constituents are not club members. And this year's AMNICOLA are urg- as he put it, "The Student Council is now at the ed to bring them to the yearbook cross roads." So right. But why not get it on the right road. A number are, and as it looks office. Incr ease of at least $100 is recommend ed to encourage student repr ese ntation at intercoll egiate conferences . This did the trick. Adverse psychology has its place, but this was just plain suicide. Carpenter was referring to Mr. Partridge's explanation that at one time the Student Council controlled the athletic budget. This has not been true for several years. The 3½ per cent of the tuition deducted not only includes football, but the entire athletic program. And by the way, Mr. Carpenter. Did you ever think that some students may not like the While the one faction advocated the quick idea of some of their SAF money going for return of the budget - as originally passed by · clubs and parties which they can not even atthe Student Council - the other group, on tend? weighing Dr. Farley's letter (whic:h appears in Bill Crowder first leaped to the defense of this issue of the Beacon), dec~ded that some Mr. Partridge, who has every right to feel inchanges were and are needed. sulted. Then Jim .Neveras spoke up and it was The leader of the "quick-return" faction, quite obvious that on both remarks, Carpenter Dick Carpenter, made some statements at the had drawn little more than nothing on the Cololast meeting, which it would seem at least on nel laugh meter. the surface, are not the type of thing one usualThe same representative's statement that ly expects to hear from an elected representawe cannot compare student councils in other · tive. schools to ours because we cannot compare He may have committed political suicide. scholastically, points out his lack of information on the school he is representing. We'd Carpenter, who got the floor and held it suggest he consult with college directories and for periods running to 15 minutes or more graduate schools, for that matter, and he'll learn while a number of the members almost fell a- just how Wilkes is rated academically. Amazsleep (some on his own side of the issue), stated ing how we have risen in such a short time, in mustering every defense for his crumbling too, isn't it. arguments, "I hope the members of the Student In all fairness, we must point out, that he Council will take everything that Mr. (Robert) Partridge says 'with a grain of salt.' " Carpen- may have meant this to be understood just the ter went on to say that Partridge was slightly reverse - that Wilkes is superior. But, again out of order in offering information on the issue no explanation. - a clarification of the administration's views It is not uncommon for humans to make on the subject. rash statements, but when one regains his comThen, losing more ground as he talked, he . posure, he usually has sense enough to retract made this wild gem, which should plea·s e ma- them - if he is wrong. Carpenter had every opportunity to retract his statements at the meeting, while the other members were rising to censure him in defense of their faculty advisor, (for 8 years) and their football team. The editor told the council that he was attending as a member of an organization not primarily which has had a squabble with it, but rather as a representative of a paper which wants the facts and wants to be informed first hand. In the issue before the council now, the Beacon is firmly behind the Administration and that faction of the Student Council which is acting sensibly. Be this as it may. We are presenting the facts in this issue as w.e have in the past and the students should make sure that their representatives vote as they wish them to. As for the statement concerning Bob PartACTIONS APPROVED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL ridge, we feel that nothin9 more has to be said. Everyone on campus knows genial Bob as a Approved Student Budget Activity Recommendations square-shooter from way back and a friendly Beacon $1300 Incr ease $200 so that a reaso nable cuss, too. The choice of words was indeed unnumber of 6-page editions may be fortunate - and perhaps, deliberate, since they published . were not . altered or rescinded. Cue 'n' Curtain ) ny, many people here on campus, most of them voters. "Mr. Partridge," Carpenter asked, "would you, if you were a student, want to see 3 ½ per cent of your tuition money go for the support of a 'foul ball' football team?" from here, many more will join them down the straight and narrow of campus politics. Council President Art - Hoover stated last week in answer to our query as to whether we were welcome or not at the meeting, that all council meetings are open to the student body and that "we want the students to know that we encourage their attendance." Credits Where Due The editors would publicly like to thank the persons responsible for helping us get the "Homecoming Queen" started. It's something we hope will be continued and something long lacking at Wilkes - another of the intangibles that help to make a school a college. To Janice Schuster, a newcomer to campus with fresh and progressive ideas; to Freda Billstein and Janie Keibel, who went out of their way, without being asked, to make sure the Queen and her court would receive suitable gifts, a sincere vote of "thanks" from the editors, and the student body, too, we're sure. An interesting item arrived this week in the mails. Just to show you how (and we use the term with hesitance) "fouled" up things can get, we'd like to transcribe the address on a letter from Arthur C. Croft Publications, New London, Conn. It read, "Dr. Beacon, Wilers College, 184 S. River St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa." We'll admit that the paper has taken an active part in trying to "remedy" certain situations on campus, but we make no claims to physicianship. Und chust unudder qvestion. Vas is dis Vilers Collich. No moral - schtill linking. Welcome Home Speaking on behalf of the student body, faculty, and administration, the Beacon extends a warmest "welcome home" to members of the alumni who are making their yearly visita\ion to their Alma Mater. A number of. events have been planned by the college and your Alumni Association to make your visit a pleasant and memorable one. We are happy to have you back. We have profited and learned from reflecting on your days here at Wilkes and we too hope to be of help in much the same manner some day. Alumni. the college is yours, in all of the several possible meanings. �'WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 4' AT EASE! By DICK JONES We thought that we would be able to bring official word from the Student Council as to their decision on the vet's club becoming a legal and fulllfledged organization on campus. However, several other items are on the agenda before our constitution can be considered for voting. We hog_e that the selection of a Queen to r eign over Homecoming Day will become a precedent. However, establishing it as part of the regular program of Homecoming will definitely depend on the support of the student body, So gals and guys "get with it," and turn out for the gala affairs being held this week-end. Fall Out! Come on, Vets, let's line up for that basketball team. The intra-mural league will be starting soon. Let's be represented. Get in touch with Cliff Brothers or Dick Jones. Have you noticed that green jacket bearing the letters SHAPE? Well, it belongs to one of the boys of the fo ld. George "Mo" Batterson is a native of New Canaan, Conn,, and he entered Wilkes in September, 1950, leaving in 1952 to spend two years in the Army. "Mo" took signal corps training at Camp Gordon, Ga., special training at Fort Devens, Mass., and then he was sent to foreign shores. Overseas, "Mo" was assigned to s pecial services at SHAPE and stationed in Paris. While at SHAPE, "Mo" was attached to basketball and baseball teams, These teams toured the continent playing in such countries as England, Scotland, Germany, Italy, and Spain attempting to build amiable international relations. The Wilkes "dlobetrotter" returned to his studies here this September and •is now a Commerce and Finance major, a resident of Butler Hall, and a candidate for the college basketball five, What happened? Three happy warriors, Al, Cliff; and Dick, all graduates of Uncle's guaranteed map-reading course getting lost on S. Main St. while looking for Chanecka's. Ugly? Are you the ugliest? If so, maybe you should be running for Ugly Man in the Beacon's forthcoming contest. Remember Basic Training? Rough, wasn't it? But not as rough or bruising as trying to run the gauntlet against a crowd of bargain-thirsty women in a downtown department store. One of our ex-rangers tried it Saturda y. Next week he is receiving the "Royal Order of the Mangled Arm." Meet Your Friends at . .. The SPA • • • WILKESMAN HAS DOUBLE BAD LUCK - TICKETS The Beacon Beams Somedays it doesn't even pay to get out of bed. Artie Meyer, sophomore med student, received a ticket for overtime parking last Friday while attending a lab. Following advice and arrangements made by Mayor Kniffen, Meyer hopped into his car to deliver said ticket to the Mayor's office in person. Art took the ticket to the office and it was accepted by the Mayor's secretary, Millie Christian. When he returned to his car, parked across from City Hall, he found a welcome awaiting him . . . a ticket for illegal parking. This too, came to pass - into the Mayor's hands. When researchers at the University of Vermont discovered that the students at that college drank nearly twice as much milk as normal college students, the University newspaper wrote an article about the sub ject, Above the sto ry, a two-column headline stated: "Vermont Students Outdrink Nation by Two to One." The Utica College Tangerine reports that one of its reporters was barred from sitting in on an inter-fraternity council meeting causing quite a bit of concern to the paper. The Editors felt it had a responsibility to serve the student body by gathering and disseminating all the news. The final judgment has been left up to the administration. Debaters Travel To Muhlenburg The Wilkes College Debating team will leave this evening for Muhlenburg College, where they will participate in their first real debate of the season, inasmuch as the Hofstra debate recently ended in a deadlock when the judges failed to appear, The team is optimistic, despite the fact that it had to replace one of its members at the last minute. The team going now will be comprised of James Neveras and Ronald Price for the affirmative; and Jesse Choper and J. Harold Flannery for the negative. SAM Holds Meeting A m eeting of the Scientific Advancement of Management Club was held Wednesday at the Harding House Cafeteria, A representative of Tung-Sol Electric Company spoe on "The Inadequacies of a College Graduate to Meet the Challenge of Modern Business." Chuckle 'n' Smile A woman driving 70 miles an hour out on Long Island noticed a motorcycle cop tailing her and thought she could shake him by speeding up to 80, When she looked in the rear window again, she saw two cops behind her. She pus hed the car up to 90. Then sudd enly sh e spotted a gas station ahead and pulled up to a stop in front of it, leaped out and dashed into the room marked "Ladies". When she came out, the cops were still there, Without batting an eye, the lad y said coyly, "I'll bet yo u thought I wouldn't make it." de;~~/~,~t;~ ;o:!,r :~ don't n eed a car in Wilkes-Barre!' Ann: "Yes, but the car will be good for Al's morale." Jane : "'W hat's Al's morale got to do with it?" Ann: "He'll look so good when I drive him down to pick up hi s unemploym'e nt checks!" VARIETY SHOP Books - Supplies - Novelties Subscriptions l 1-5 ••• A news paper published each week of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. Editor . . .. ... .. John D. Curtis Asst. Editor Ivan Falk Asst. Editor Pearl Onacko S ports Editor Allen Jeter Business Mgr. Arthur Hoover Faculty Adviser .. .. George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes Ca-mpus. Telephone: V Alley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. · GLORIA DRAN (continued from page 1) awards by the BEACON during the half of the game, H er honor guard will cons ist of two Marines in dress blues, co urtesy of the Marine Recruiting Office, City Hall. Following the game, Gloria will be the guest of the Alumni at their Partridge Presented Gift cocktail party and dinner-dance at At Annual Soccer Party Soccer Coach Bob Partridge was the Hotel Sterling. presented a gift certificate by members of his 1954 sq uad last Satur- Ed-Club Party Success day night at the annual Soccer About 30 members of the EducaParty, held at Gronski's Farm . tion Club attended a party on the Partridge spoke briefly to the second floor of the dormitory dingroup, thanking members for a fine ing hall last Saturday evening. The year and expressing a hope for an- affair was such a success that the other banner season next fa ll. club is already planning a ChristOver 40 soccermen and their mas Party. dates attended the party. ~:,$,~$~~~=~;=~~~- Elliot Attends PSEA Session At Harrisburg, Makes Report George Elliot, adviser to the Beacon, represented Wilkes at a meeting of the Pennsylvania State Education Association last Friday at Harrisburg. Mr. Elliot was guest speaker to the secondary education students on Monday and Tuesday, when he gave a report on the Capital meeting and discussed the Commerce and Finance Department in relation to t eaching. ;You are Welcome AT ZIMMERMAN'S Exquisite Styles In College Sportswear. Just what you've been Looking for. ZIMMERMAN S 51 Public Square Wilkes-Barre, Penna. ~ ...,.~ ......... .. ..t- ..,.,.~.. ,. .., .. ,.,.4-,.,.,.,.,. ,.,.,.,... -.,._ presents AND Hours: 9-12 - All students r ece1vmg traffic tickets have been requested to write the circum stances leading to the tagging on the back of the ticket and stating that you are a student at Wilkes, name, address, course and reason for overparking or otherwise violating parking regulations. This ticket should be sent to the Mayor's office at City Hall. Shortly, parking stickers will be issued to all stud ents having classes or labs lasting three successive hours. These stickers will permit parking on South Ri ver Street for three hours, The procedure for iss uing these stickers will be announ ced soon. Beacon Wilkes College Wilkes College BOOKSTORE WELCOME A Major Musical Everit G,org, and Ira Gershwin's "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. TUXEDOS TO RENT Special Price To Students 198 After the game After the dance Anytime for a friendly get-together A Full Course Meat~ Or a Sandwich • Good Food • Reasonable Prices Plenty of Free Parking Space Catering to Small Groups Featuring The Newest In College Men's Fashions In attempting to explain that. the student council should not feel it is being undul y superseded by the administration, Mr. Partridge menti oned that in comparison to other coll eges with which he is acquainted, the Student Council at Wilkes has much more power. To this remark Carpenter replied that since "Wil•kes is not compared scholastically with other coll eges, it sho uld not be compared in this instance" Carpenter quoted from the Constitution that the duties of the Director of Student Activities, include "sitting on the Student Council in advisery capacity.'' Mr. Carpenter felt that the adviser should not attempt to influence the voting of the council. Art Hoover attempted to terminate the discussion by suggesting that the student council comply with th e request of the administration, and send a committee to the next administrative council meeting, for a further discussion of the problem, The question was moved on the motion at the beginning of the meeting, and a roll call vote was requested. A large majority voted against resubmitting the budget a s it stands. A committee consisting of Jim Benson, Dick Carpenter, Dick Bunn, Jim N everas, Sam Lowe and Bill Crowder will attend the next administrative council meeting. -- Questionable Tickets Should Go to Mayor WILKES COLLEGE Toll Gale Restaurant It's a Pleasure to Serve You • Lt>NGS,N( on.th.e~ . BUDGET Matthew Cvetic, former "Communist for the FBI", will speak at the Wilkes gym, Monday night at 8, under the auspices of the ·west Side .Junior Women's Club. He will reveal man y of his experiences while working with the FBI and talk about "taking the Com munists serious ly." - Broadway Hit 18 South Main Street Favorite Spot ... ... For College Students MATT CVETIC TO SPEAK AT GYM MONDAY NIGHT (continued from page 2) Joan: "Jane, wouldn't it be won- Friday, November 19, 1954 SO. WASHINGTON ST. BAUM'S • F. DALE, Prop. ANDY'S DINER Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym Plenty of Free Parking Prices for the Collegian's Budget •• . . A Reputation Built on Fine Food 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 IIXXXXXXIXXXXXXXIXIXXXXX Louis Rosenthal ACE DUPONT DRY CLEANING Men's Clothing & Furnishings Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 111111111111111111111111111111 II I I I II I I I IIIIIIIII - 1 Hour Service - 280 S. RIVER ST. WILKES-BARRE IIXXXXIXXXXIXXXXIXXIIIXX Directed by Alfr.ed S. Groh John G. Detroy Dances LOIS LONG S ettings FRANCIS SHHEIBER Starring Howard "Skinny" Ennis Eleanor Detroy Basia l\'lieszkows-k i Paul Shiffer Bruce Williams and "Millie" Gittins Tomorrow Night �Friday, November 19, 1954 5 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON COLONELS CLOSE SEASON WITH MORAVIAN Homecoming Day Game with 'Hounds Seen as Tough One for Grid Forces As They Try for Fifth -Win of Year By RODGER LEWIS The Colonels close out the current grid season tomorrow . afternoon at 2 o'clock in Kingston Stadium against Moravian College. In two previous encounters the Greyhounds have emerged with one victory and the Ralstonmen have one. _A large Homecoming Day crowd is expected in what shapes as one of the best games of the year. - - -- - - - - - -- - -- - wrath Of Jeter I N LAST GAME - F ive s eniors wh o will end t heir play ing days to morrow a r e, left t o r ig ht : Al Nicholas, J oe Tros ko, Bob Fay, Ron F itzgerald , a nd Wa lt Cha pko. All of t hem will be missed by n ext year's s qu ad, but s hould cause Mo rav ian plenty of pa in befo re t hey ha ng up th eir cleats. RALSTONMEN MAUL KNIGHTS 46 6, IN FREE WHEELING ROUT 1 \ The Colonels invaded Bridgeport last Saturday night and rolled over the New Englanders, 46-6. The win was the fourth of the season for the Blue and Gold against two defeats. Dec:::~rETB:9~~-5S5CH E DU LE 1-Wed . . .... .. ... ......... . Ithaca 4-Sat . .. .... ... ...... Bloo msburg 8-Wed. Stroudsb urg 11-Sat . ........ ...... .... .... Albri·ght 14-Tues. Kutztown 15-Wed. . ..... Lyco ming January 6-Thu r . Ithaca 8-Sat. Lafayette 12-Wed. Hartwick 15-Sat. Rider 29-Sat. . Lycoming February 5-Sat. Susquehanna 8-Tues. Yeshiva 12- Sat . . . .. Bloomsburg 16-Wed. Hofstra 19-Sat. . Mansfi eld 21- Mon. Mora vian 23- W ed. Scranto n March 2-Wed . . .. ....... .. Ha r pur 5-Sat. . ... Man sfield 9-Wed. Stroudsburg A H H A H A Walt Chapko and Al Nicholas - -·-·--- - - - - - - - -paved t h e way to victory wit h Chap H Chapko scoring three times and A Nicholas scoring twi ce before he H left the game via the injury route H in the second period. H Up until the time of his injury, With the season still several Nicholas was averaging better than A twelve yards a try and was showing week's off, t he WC cage squad H seems to be shaping up as a r ' e al the form that made him All-State A and Little All-Am erica in years be- threat for thi s year. The Colonels H of the court have been holding pracfore. H With Nicholas out of action, tice sessions for the past two weeks H and Assistant Coach Bill Mock is Chapko took over the ground-gainH pleased with their prograss. ing chores. One of his scoring Thi s is necessarily a building jaunts was on a 47-yard run and H the other two · were pushed over year for th e cag ers and neither A Mock or Head Coach George Ralsfrom the one-yard line. Jack RichA ton wi ll give much in the line of a ards and Paul Gronka contributed prediction except that the team wi ll the rest of W ilkes' scoring with a be in their pitching all th e way. TD a piece. Near the end of the third period The hop efuls swelling th e ranks I ·.l ~, Bridgeport got into Colonel t erri - with last year's holdo vers are mostly freshmen and sophomores, but tory for th e first and last time. John Reese wiI-1 once again serve They connected on an aerial for 22 there seems to be quite a bit of po- as wrestling coach at Wi lkes, it yards and paydirt, saving th em - tential in the newcom ers. was announced earl y t h is week by Th e basketball schedule this year George F. Ral sto n, Director of selves from a shutout. The _stone wall defense employ- is an ything but a snap and it ap- Athl etics . In his coll egiate debut ed by the Colonels was led by Joe pears that t h e Blue and Gold has last year, Reese guided the ColoTrosko, Cliff Brautigan, and Bob plenty of work in front of them if nel matrnen to their first winning Masonis who never let the Purple th e t eam hopes to better last year's season. Knights get started and frequentl y even season team. Wilkes fell off At the close of the season, last ca ught them way ·b ehind the line. in the closing games last year and year, Rees e a ccepted a coaching Coach Ralsto n virtually cleared only managed to break even in- position at Kingston High School the bench and the substitutes did st ead of going on to a winning seas- where he was a l ready teaching . well in the latter part of the game. on that was with in their reach . His departure left coll ege officials Coach Ralston said that he hoped with a big problem as t o w here Chef Gets Birthday Gift that there would still be more can- to find a replac ement of equal caliTh e Wilkes dormitory students didates out for the t eam and stress- bre. Then, last week, Kingston ofpresented · Fred Wall, chef of the ed that all positions are still open. ficials announced that Reese had dorm dining hall, with a savings Being faced with a schedule that asked the sc hool board to relieve bond last week in celebrating his seems, on the surface at least, to him of a ll coaching duties . He acbirthday. George "Moe" Batter- be rough er t han last year's and with cepted an in vitatio n to return to son, Butler Hall , _a ct ed as spokes- only a handful of veteran s back it Wilkes for the second year as menman for the dorms and made th e is no wonder that t he 'guiding light' tor of the matmen. presentation . of t h e, cagers feels concern. His acceptance takes a big load off t he m ind of Ral ston and the administration and brig ht en s the · chan ces for a s uccessful wrestling season. Intra-mural basketball t eams are Metroka, a vet eran of last year's Reese will find no easy road bei ng formed for th e fairer sex on cage wars with the Colonelettes. though . Although the groaner campu s and women with a yen to Members of th e team are Barbara sq uad was not hit hard by graduabounce a basketball or to lose som e Walters, Barbara Bialogowicz , Le- tion, news came last week that the extra weight are urged to sign up na Misson, Beverly Clause , and Rey nolds boys would be unabl e to for the loop. There are plenty of Audrey Cragle . continue in the mat game this year. positions still open to all com ers . A veteran in the tru e sense of The gap caused by their departur e The games will be played every the word is Mary Ann Sparks, a from t h e scene is a wide one, both Thursday morning at 11 o'clock former U.S. WAVE. Mary Ann of the boys being standout m en in starting shortl y after Thanksgiving (Salty for short) played basket- t h eir , respective weights. vacation . · ball while in t he Navy and sh ould However, Reese has a reputation Although there has been a good Drove a · valuable asset to the of building teams from practically turnout up to date it is hoped that Wilkes women. She has onl y one nothing t hat hold thei r own in any still more will co me into the fo ld. difficulty at present and that is competition, and it is hoped t hat A dorm team has been formed, try in g to learn how to play a ccord- many n ew faces in the form of composed completel y of freshmen. ing to g irls ' rul es. (In the Navy candidates will be on hand to welThey are Phyllis Schrader, Miriam the y do everything by men's rules come Reese back. Thomson, Joan Davi s, Betty Jane 'ti s rumored.) Ralston announ ced that the mat Lott, Margaret Malko, and MarShipmates of Sparks are Delores schedule is one of the most atg aret Stevens. Pietrns,ki, Betsey Bretz, Elaine tra ctive in years and the t eams facHeading a so far unid entified Jakes, Ka ckie Oliver, and Sally ing W ilkes this season are topteam of lassie cagers is El Nora Wer m uth. flight in every way. Cage Squad Shapes Up, Season Unpredictable REESE HEADS MATMEN CJ\~JDJDATES NEEDED WOMEN'S INTRA-~JURAL LOOP IN OFFING Attendance Aga in The attendance at tomorrow's game should prove somethng one way or another. With only four high school contests scheduled in the area and t he oth er local college playing t heir gam e at night, we should ha ve a good opportunit y to see just how well the community has taken to th e 1954 Colonels. Of course t he attendance figures should be swelled by a large gathering of old grads back for homecoming at any rate we hope so, but if th e town is at a ll interested we should notice it in t he lack of space left to sit down in at game A L JETE R time. It's always nice t o see t he old boys come back to the campus (every once in awhile we even run into a few who swore ·th ey would never return for fear so meo ne wo uld t ell them they had to tak e an oth er semest er due to ov erc ut a ssemblies. ) E ven in the face of Could Happen Like we say, it's nice to see th em, and nicer yet, if we have so mething that we can brag about. Thi s year we beli eve that the '54 edition of the Colon els is something worth just that - bragging about. If we were betting people we might be inclin ed to go out on a limb and predict a victory for Coach Ral ston's 'tigers'. Of course when we talk about going out on a limb we remember a guy by the name of Ralston who made a prediction about last year's basketbal l season, a few games before it end ed , only to see the crystal ball bounce off his skull in the last gam e. One More Time W e a lso remember the early part of this year when we planted our feet firm ly on the ground and anno unced to one and all - Cleveland in seven games - no doubt about it. W e never have h eard the end of this little miscue. In fact, the finance company confiscated our crystal ball and the insurance company took away our policy claiming that we w ere a bad risk. We've had our setbacks and that's for s ure, but we have a hunch that we a re finally going to get on the ball tomorrow when Moravian in va des Colo n elland. JORDAN Est. 1871 Men's Furnishin g s anrl Hats of Quality ** 9 West Market Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Both clubs assured t h emselves of winning seasons last week w hen they hum bled their foes. For Moravian, this mar-ks the first time they'v e been on the black side of t h e ledger in 12 years. The Greyhounds to date have 5 triumphs against 2 losses . One of these defeats came at the hands of one of P ennsylvania's two undefeated t eams, Juniata, by a 14 to 12 score. Their other downfall came against P enna. Military College. T o t h e only common foe, Lebano n Va lley, Moravian handed to the Dutchmen a 20 to 6 defeat. The home forc es beat th e boys from Annville, Pa., 19 to 0. Last year, left halfba ck Jim Evanko was the big gun in the Grey hounds attack wh en the two t eams clashed. This season , right. ha lfback Joe Gerencser has been· ea ting up yardage to form a terrifi c one-two punch . Along w it h t hese halfbacks sparking the ground attack, quarterback Bill Marsh adds deception via his passing, t o make the Greyhounds a rea l threat. T o top it a ll , th e squad is at top strength and on defense Moravian ranks 15th in the nation among small colleges. In the opposite corner, Coach George Ralston's sq uad is quite hampered. Al Nicholas, ·who came into hi s own la st week against Bridgeport, has an injured rib. Ron Rescigno is recovering from an a nkl e in j ury and Andy Breznay is re : up erating from a chest injury. Ralston hopes that Breznay and Resc igno will be ready to go but Nicholas is strictly on th e doubtful li st. Probable starting lin eups are: Wilkes: LE, Gronka; LT, Braut iga n ; LG, Fay; C, Carey; RG, Trosko; RT, Masonis; RE, Dadurka; QB, Gross; LH, Chapko; R H, F itz gera ld; FB, Ri chards. Morav ian : LE, Potter, LT, Engstrom; LG, Gum; C, Storch; RG, Savacool, RT, Haack; RE, Shrophire; QB, Marsh; LH, Evanko; RH, Gerencser; FB, Weaver. suc h danger there always seems to be a good turnout. Parker Petrilak Named Booter Captain Bob Partridge a nnounced ea rly this week t ha t t he soccer t eam has elected Parker Petrila k t o serve as ca pta in of t he 1955 hooter sq uad. Parker, a vete ran of t h ree years of soccer play h as done a stand out job in his ca pa city of goalie. Petrila k was named 'Player of t he W eek' by t he Beacon earlier this yea r for pe r fo rm a nce in t he nets during a week t hat saw t he Colonels play t h ree ga mes against stiff com 1>etition. Old Park seems t o cro p up in th e da rnd est places. Just when yo u expect to see him retire fr om t he act ive list as far as athletics are co ncer ned he co mes back s tronger than eve r . Misses' Orlon SWEATERS Short Sleeve SLIP ONS 4.99 Long Sleeve CARDIGANS 6.98 o Soft 'n' Silky Wear Like Iron o Pastels - Jewel - Deep Shades o All Perfect Quality - Sizes ·34-40 Sportswear - Pomeroy's 2nd Floor �.;.s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _W_IL_KE __S_C_O_L_LE_G_E_B_E_A_C_O_N _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _F_ri_d_ay.._,;,..._N___ ovember 19, 1954 Al Nicholas Wins 'Player of Week' As Career Ends Cited. by Bridgeport Scribes As Best Ball Carrier Seen in New England Area This Season This week the Sports Scrib~s of the _Beacon had no tr_ouble m selectmg the outstandmg athlete for the last seven day period. Because of his outstanding performance, leadership, and sportsmanship at Bridgeport last Saturda y, th e title of Beacon 'Player of th e Week' goes t o A l Nicholas. Al was a consistent thorn in the side of the Un iversity of Bridgeport all night as he ate up yardage through th e Pu1·ple Kn ight line. He was averaging, u p . to the time of a ri b injury whi ch put him out of action, 16 yards per t l' y . Newsmen of th e Bridgepo l'L area were overh eard to say tha t Al Ni cholas is th e greatest ball ca.n ier that they h ave ever seen . He attended Auburn High School, New Yorfl, as a freshman, where ·- PIC SCHEDULE The following clubs will have th eir yearbook pictures taken at the gym next week: Monday, November 22 12:1 5-Biolo~y Club 12 :30-Che'!ustr?' Club 12 :4fi--Eng meermg Cluh Tuesday, November 23 12 :15-Choral Club 12 :00-Psychology Club 12:30-Men's Chorus 12 :45-Band he was introduced to the game. His sop homore year was spent at GAR High School in Wilkes-Barre; then i,e ,·eturned to Auburn where he r eceiv er! hi s dir,loma. lt was here that Al began to shine in the wav of football honors. His first award ca me to him when he was chosen to represent the All-State New Nick Gets Last Collegiate Touchdown Yo rk Football t eam. After two and a half years at Wilkes, Al re<:eived "Greetings" from Uncle Sam and was forced t o put his educat ional plans as ide in favor of t he United Stat es Marines. Wanting to keep his hand in th e game while in the service, he voluntee red for the football I squad at Camp Lejeune. He not j only piled up a great deal of extra ; experience, but made a real name fo r him self in t he service leagues. , Al is in his eighth semester, and upon completion of his student ; teaching in F ebruary, will g ain hi s dip loma as an education major. A happily married man, Al fee ls that he is just about fini s hed with footba ll fr om a player's standpoint, ! but the sports scribblers fee l that i foo tball is in his blood and that he : will a lwa ys ha ve some kind of con11ettion with th e game. The BEACON asked Al's pn!tty w1fe,,Louise, whether or not shv ' ";rndcd his pla~·ing. Wi thout hesi - : tation sh e answered '' I like the game, and I pa rtin;larly lik e to 8eP Al 1un." 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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 1954 November 19th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954 November 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/337929c5b9a6904b2b215728837587ec.pdf c81a67d58b81894b0b275eb9f106a69f PDF Text Text Cagers Lose to Ithaca, .· 77-70, JV's Win See Stories On Page Three ~ WILKES -WILKES COLLEGE- THE BEACON ~ Be a con The , Community College, Serving Wyoming Valley And The World WILKES COLLEGE, W~BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA Vol. X, No. 10 Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1954 TALK LEGS OFF VISITING 'MULES' WC Day Slated For Tomorrow At Blood Bank Kelley, Krohle EDUCATORS HOST ON CAREER DAY; Poems Accepted BERTIN TO SPEAK -For Anthology By JANICE SCH USTER (Special to the Beacon) BEACON Photo by Cliff Brothers OFF TO FINE START-The Wilkes debators, who got off to a r'o using start of t heir 1954-55 debatin gseason with a fourth place win at Mtihlenburg College in Allentown, readies for further debate at Princeton and Bucknell. Members who went over notes and strategy· with t heir well-known coach at a recent "practice session" were, left to right, first row: J im Neveras, Dr. Kruger, and Nick Flannery. Back row: Ronnie Price and Jesse Choper. The ,vilkesmen, with the aid of Bruce WarshaH, downed Johns Hopkins, St. Joseph's, LeMoyne and King's (Pa.) and tied with the Universit y of Pennsylvania. • • • • • * WC DEBATERS WIN OVER KING'S IN TAKING 4-TH AT MUHLENBURG By T. R. PRICE The Wilkes College debate team showed that it will be powerful again this year by emerging fourth from a group of over twenty teams entered in the recent Muhlenburg tournament, defeating, among others, Wilkes-Barre's King's College. The gentlemen from upper River Street fell in a storm that also dropped John Hopkins,·St. Joseph's, L e Moyne and Allegheny. Rated First In three of their contests, J im Neveras and J. Harold Flannery, Jr. were rated first among the s peakers. The whole team was only three points away from a perfeet record, made only by Georgetown, the tournament winner. Wilkes' affirmative was handicapped by the absence of one of its members who was h eld back at Wilkes-Barre by heavy fog . He was replaced with Bruce Warshall, who was along as an observer. The team did well, defeating John Hopkins and St. Joseph's. The negative team of Flannery and J esse Choper crushed King's and Le Moyne, and tied the University of Pennsylvania. Meet Bucknell Princeton Bucknell an'd Princeton will be the next scenes of action for the locals, with the regular team arguing at its former parent school, and a novice set of Warshall, J_o hn Scandale, Virginia Brehen, and Hermina Fried going to Princeton. Among other tournaments which the Wilkesmen will attend following the Princeton and Bucknell sessions will be the Boston Invitational, the Debating Association of Pennsylvania Colleges Tournament, the Eastern Forensic Association Tournament, the John Hopkins de-bate, and the District Seven finals, at which Wilkes came out second for the region of the Eastern seaboard last year. MANUSCRIPT Staff Swells to 13 As Five New Members Join Magazine 'Ilhe Manuscript, literary magazine o·f Wilkes College, added_five members to its staff at its last m eeting, Editor Sandy Furey announced yesterday. Most of these members, the MS head noted, are sophomores, with the exception of returning ex-staffer Dale Warmouth, a senior. The new members, who bring the literary staff up to a strength of 13, are Norma Jean Davis, Darcos Younger, Katia Karas, William De Mayo, and Frederick Krohle. Despite this influx of fresh blood, the maga.:ine can still use a few more consciencious workers-membership is defi nitel y not closed, Furey ~tressed: Queried on plans for this year's edition, Furey revealed that .- the staff plaris - a larger edition than last year's, but that this . m eans that students must submit more material. The Manuscript, Furey emphasized, must save more short stories and good poems. Publication is planned early in the spring. The MS, by the way, is the only purely literary publication on campus, and one of the very few places (continued on page 2) Los Angeles, Cal. - Two Wilkes College stud ents have had poems accepted for publication in the Annual Anthology of College Poetry, it was announced yesterday by Dennis Hartman, secretary of the National Poetry Association. Frederick J. Krohle, Butler Hall dormitory student, and Leo P. Kelley, of Kingston, submitted works adjudged superior by the association and those works will appear in the annual anthology, Secretary Hartman announced. Krohle's work is entitled "Sonnett", and Kelley's poem is "Song In Self Defense". For Kelley, an active member of the Manuscript staff, it was the second literary honor of. the school year. He won third prize in IF magazine's college science fiction contest earlier this year. The anthology is a compilation of the finest poetry written by college m en and women of America, representing every section of the country. Selections were made from thousands of poems submitted. Ed. Note-The Beacon wishes to congratulate both Krohle and Kelley on an excellent achievement. Since 1953, Wilkes College has held the record in blood donations at the local blood bank. Tomorrow is Wilkes College Day there, and · students and faculty members will be out to break their own record. This will be the eighth Wilkes visit in four years, and about 800 pin1s of blood have been given. Mr .Robert Partridge, Director I of Activities, said that each person EUGENE P. BERTIN Tomorrow is another in a series of Career Days at Wilkes. The education department will entertain a group of high school seniors from throughout Wyoming Valley who have shown an interest in the teaching profession. An elaborite program has been arranged for the campus visitors. Wilkes Prexy Named Member Of PAC Executive Committee The featured speaker will be Eugene P . Bertin, assistant executive Dr. Eugene S. Farley, Wilkes secretary of the P ennsylvania State P resident, was recently elected to Education Association (PSEA). the executive committee of the Sessions, which will include, bePennsylvania Association of Col- sides Mr. Bertin's talk, a panel disleges at a meeting held in H ershey. cussiion by Wilkes education seDr. John C. Werner, president of niors, Naomi Kivler, Ruth Wilbur, the Carnegie Institute of Technolo- elementary; Art Hoover and Esther gy was elected president of the Goldman, secondary; and Arthur Association. G. Ta ylor, Wilkes alumnus, who is now t eaching in a junior hig school in North Plainfield, N.J. QUICK THINKING AVERTS DISASTER Quick thinking on the part of Sheldon Isaac, a chemistry student and a junior, prevented pos s ible disaster in Conyngham Hall last week. Isaac and one other student were working in the OrganicQuant Lab when an unattended organic experiment boiled over onto a n ignited Bunsen burner and immediately began to blaze. Isaac not iced t he fire first, seized a small carbon dioxide bottle and calmly extinguished the blaze before serious damage was done. A few minutes later an unwary student returned fro m the Chemical Supply Room and discovered his experiment, which represented two weeks work, spilled on the floor of Conyngha m. Mr. Bertin will moderate the discussion. h ere should consider it his privilege to donate to this worthy cause, and hopes that each one will make an hon est attempt to do so. To be eligible for the free coffee and other refreshments given at the center, the donor must be between the ages of 18-51. Parental permission is necessary for anyone under 21 years of age. Giving blood is an advantage, There have been_ t en cases where -blood was given to Wilkes students and their families without cost because they had once themselves donated. Also, eight people were notified that they had serious blood · dis eases upon examination, and prompt action was taken to make their recovery possible. Students See It Done In assembly on Tuesday, Helen Krachenfels and Art Hoover gave their blood as the student body watched. The purpose was to dispel the fears that many people may have, and to acquaint the student body with the procedure o fcontri buting. First, a history of these students' past illnesses, if any, was taken by a trained nurse. This was t o make sure that it would be safe for them to donate, and that the blood would be pure. Then a hemO'globin test to determine the content of iron in their blood was taken. Following this test, the contri(continued on page 2) Theta Della Rho Card Party Set For Tomorrow Night al Dorm 'Cal' The women of Theta Delta Rho will sponsor a card party Friday evening, December 3, from 8 to 11 at the dormitory cafeteria, second floor. Bernice Thomas, Junior from Nanticoke, is general chairman of the affair, an annual event for T.D.R. Anyone can come .and anyone can play his favorite game, providing he brings his own cards. Highlight of the evening will be a skit presented by T.D.R. members. Re- freshments will be served and prizes will be awarded to lucky card players. Tickets for the party ars 60 cents each and can be purchased from any member of the sorority. Assisting the general chairman are: Barbara Rogers and Sylvia Bator, tickets; Marianna Kraynack, house; Lois Jones, refreshments; Helen Koelsch, gifts; Marlene Toth, publicity; Jeannette Perrins, entertainment; Phyllis Shrader, cleanup. �WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 2 BEACON EDITORIALS ALWAYS A 'WINNER'? · Thursday, December 2, 19~~ - Beacon Critic Hails 'Girl Crazy' as Finest It's a good thing, getting newspap ers from other colleges through- By DALE W ARMOUTH out the country as this paper does. By reading them, you come across Either we have become mellowed just a little different slant on things and often, if you try hard enough, by the narrowing gap between raw you can learn something. youth and the rocking-chair age, We ran a cross a couple of interesting headlines in two collegiate or else "Girl Crazy" was the most sheets last week. The first, in the Long Island University Seawanhaka scintillating and enjoyable show read: we've seen to date at Wilkes ColSoccer May be Dropped Unless Jege. In past reviews, we have Players Build a Winner for Fall usually found plenty of reason to It seems, from the accompanying story, that there has been a con- Jay about us with a cudgel, but the siderable furor raised over the L.UU t eam's inability to win games thi~ faults we find with the Gershwin fall. The lead on the story states that "soccer is in jeopardy of being comedy, put on during Homecoming dropped unless members of this year's team show an interest in build- Weekend, are minor. ing a winning team next fall." - stated by Buck Lai, the school's diThe dance routines were extrarector of athletics. neous. The athletics head feels that duriing the season a minimum At times the dancing company of three days of practice for each man is es sent i a i to have a showed timing so ragted . that it "smooth running teain." (Notice Bo~, they o_nly need 3'~,ays, uhuh !) put us in mind of a thr.ee-whe.e led The whole si.t uation · arose, accordiing to the Sewanh,a.ka, ~Jue to ~odel T climbing a flig.h t of stairs. g~~eral disi,ntetest in the players and their ensuing la:ck of ·condi-. There was also one dance with tiorifng. three senoritas that looked like Our point is that it is certainly too bad when a school appears to .nothing so much as a trio of geese he so interested in always winning that it must give up a sport unless drinking water. Those who have it gets that "winner". So they've ha\! a bad year - it happens to the seen this dance and who know geese best of schools. May we point out that Wilkes' soccer team had (sorry weil will agree. Some flaws seemto bring this up again, too) five "bad·" years without a win, yet no one I ed to be iriherent with the play iteven cons'i\fered throwing in the towel here. And then look what hap- self. The book was bad and very pened. Two straight winners in a row. Besides, although what goes . slight. · ' on at· LIU is none of our business, why jeopardize those fellows who We loved si naers Eleanor Detroy, might want to play and try to win and even gain excellent moral train- who looked so doll-like; Fred Cohn, ing in soccer In years to come. Soccer bleu! Or !l!? ,v~ ~ilY in the south who gave a pleasurable performQ~ Frimce, Sacrt bleu you-all! ance ; and Basia Mieszkowski, Thank goodness !or out policy, whose l,Jlues are indigo enough for The other headline, in the Moravian College Comenian, read: real raves. College Sponsors Contest Skinny Ennis as the comedy lead . To Rename WC "Snack Bar" played not only comedy but, for We knew the new snack bar had raised considerable debate here the first time in our reckoning, a on campus, but things ·must be really getting bad when little old Mo- really human role. We liked him. ravian, some 80 miles away, gets concerned. Actually, though, the 'WC' Space does not permit us to extol doesn't stand for Wilkes College, rather women's campus. Moravian further the individual merits of has both a women's and men's campus, you see, stemming from two such as Paul Shiffer, and we know separate colleges at one time. so little about music that we say It' is interesting to note, though, that other colleges are having nothing on the orchestra and the problem$ even just a little like ours. whole Sch9oJ of Music which did such a yeoman job. A BELATED :SACK-SLAP Sets were magnificent, and we !es a little late to offer congratulations for things well done. But, suggest that the designers should folks, the fact is we haven't had a paper for nigh on to two weeks. receive some recognition at the anLate as it may be, here's a public pat (on the back) to the combined nual C'n'C banquet. crews from Cue and Curtain (and we do like it written that way) and The whole show was so colorthe Music Department. ful, delightful, and successful that "Girl Crazy" was the most enjoyable play we have ever seen . we are convinced that Wilkes need in Wyoming Valley, bar none, and was a fine tribute to Wilkes Colhave no qualms about presenting lege. The fact that we havt such talent, such facilities and instrucanother musical to the public. tors to produce such a play speaks highly of the school. Many larger, older and supposedly wiser institutions have made· ~imilar ventures and have failed. They call this sort of thing progress. UC m1 e WILKES COLLEGE - Beaco,i A newspaper published each week of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. Editor ...... ... .. .... ... .. John D. Curtis Asst. Editor ............. .. Ivan Falk Asst. Editor Pearl Onacko Sports Editor . Allen Jeter Business Mgr. .... Arthur Hoover Faculty Adviser .... George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes Campus. Telephone: VAiley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. · Giving You The Business C & F NEWS WOMEN'S SORORITY SPONSORS PROJECT FOR 7-YEAR INVALID By JONNI FALK George Lach, a patient at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital for the past seven years, will be the recipient of this year's Theta Delta Rho charity project, it was announced this week by Naomi Kivler, TOR president. Seven years ago, Lach was playing on the front porch of his home when the ·bannister collapsed. He suffered serious injuries to his back which have kept him bed-ridden since that time. ·Last year, a Wyoming Valley women's club gave a dance to raise funds for George'.s hospital expenses. This money, plus what TDR is able to donate, will be used to purchase a special orthopedic bed for him. The girls of TOR hope to sponsor a dance in January for the purpose of raising funds for George. Along with their aid to George, the Wilkes girls club is planning to make regular visits to sick child-ren at the General. They made the first of these visits last Sundayand gave small gifts to the youth-ful patients. President Kivler also stated that all money George Lach will receivewill come exclusively from the pro-• ceeds of TDR social functions. By IRENE R. TOMALIS Congratulations are in order for Molly Beard and the members of the Economics Club who worked on the homecoming decorations on Pickering Hall. Molly designed the display for which the Economics Club was awarded the trophy. The prize-winning display featured two comical Ii'! characters on the roof - one pointing and the other looking for the alumni with Bud Price Presides at SAM binoculars - with a sign which Meeting; New Officers Named Robert "Bud" Price, co-ordinator, read, "Pound the Hound." A Colonel Jed a greyhound on the porch presided at the meeting of the Sowith "real gone" cheerleaders on ciety for the Scientific Advanceeither side. It was a well-propor- ment of Management, (SAM), re- • tioned balanced display well worth cently held in conjunction with the Economics Club. the ti~e and effort put into it. A secretary-treasurer was elect- • Our sincerest congratulations are also extended to Dr. and Mrs. ed as were the . following commitSamuel A. Rosenberg who celebrat- te; chairmen and vice-chairmen ed their 25th wedding anniversary who will constitute an Executive on November 21. Dr. Rosenberg Council: Program committee, Molis the fa culty adviser of the Eco- ·ly Beard and Judy Menegus; Pub- · !icity committee, Howie Gross and nomics Club. At a recent meeting, President Leah Jean Neuberger ; Membership Lou Steck announced tentative committee, Chet Miller and Leonplans to have Mr. Olin .E vans, noted ard Mulcahy. It is still not too late for those prothonotary speak to members of interested to join the Economics . A AT BUCKNELL h d't d I the Economics Club on Timothy Hear from some of the boys down -at Bucknell that a nea r-riot in "I h~av~ t e / d 1 or a poe~a~~n Pickering after whom the " home" Club or S.A.M. one of the dorms greeted Wilkes' victory (1-0) over the Bison soccer told im wan e thn~ rmune e el of the E c~nomics Club was named. UII 111111111111111111 II IIIII111111111111111 II I,,. _ team this fall. It seems as though a number of the boys in the dorm for the _poe~ a wts ~/,, Y . - · are ex-Wilkesmen who have moved on to Lewis_burg to finish :mg!neer- pr~sentmgd-~ a c~~p ime • O O 0 ing courses. They were most happy about their Alma Maters victory "What. 1 - , e.s~y . WHICH WAY, DAN'L? but a number of full-fledged four-year Bucknellians were not so much He sai?, P~r,~it m e to return They·•re telling the tale about the IIIIUIIIIIIIUlllllllllllllllllllllllll!l~IIII , t,,, · ,·.. ,:, ... Herbie Binder: (as Jeter, wit out the S". me, Oh 1 well 1 it wouldn't have teen the first r iot in Lewisburg. the comphm e,;n " . two Wilkes woodsmen. who set up mentioning the fact that it's un- camp on Red Rock Mountain late loaded, drops a grenade on Binder's. HOMECOMING WITH TURKE'/ Wife: "Dear, you kno w . . . I'm th lt was old home night at the gym last Friday n ig ht. Seems that ashamed of the way we live. Ma- Sunday afternoon so "deep" in e bed) " Really, I don't care any-more recent graduates of Wilkes were on hand for the All-College dance ma pays our rent, Auntie buys our wilderness that Jack London would more." ,, * ,:, ,, ,:, than were here for the actual Homecoming. It was good to see and clothes, my sister sends us m,oney have cringed in sham e. Armed with compass and charts , Friend: "Is that a psycho-anat alk with the guys and gals you spent up to three years with here on for food - I'm sorry we cant do the two "he1'oes" of the tale trud~ed Jytical book you're reading for socampus and it was heartening to see such a crowd at a college dance, bett er than that." , Maybe we should have a planned Homecoming around Thanksgiving. Hubby: '-'You should be. Y?u've through mud, slu~h and tea1;~ fi~e ciology '? Don't t ell me Sym's go- · , Prize remark of week - "Did Leo Kelley write that?" (poem got two uncles that don't send us miles from the highway to . be m ing Freudian!" the right spot" for the openmg of Warmouth: "Naw, Freud s goentitled "Song In Self Defense") a nickel." "I thought maybe it was McCarthy's." deer season. I ing Symian." Pack-weary, they made camp at * ·* * * * . Sign on psychiatrist's office: HELP THEM HELP US Love, says D. L. Hoats, 1s nought Heads examined - we call for and dusk _ on cold, wet and clammy The Beacon has been pleased to hear from the many students who deliver. ground. After a night of John~- but vanity; have enjoyed our six-page papers, and all our papers, in fact. We entown floods, spent keeping their 'tis animal emotions plus mild joy putting out the sixers as much as you may enjoy reading the~ , and She's got an open mind - there's tent erect, they fell asleep about insanity. we also enjoy putting out the four-pagers, although only two-thirds as a hole in her head. 4:30. much. Round about six o'clock, herds of · The thing we're driving at, though, is that we must have financial monsters _ iron monsters, st~angeSalesman: "Sir, I have somesupport to put out a weekly paper, and the six-pagers take quite a bit ly similar to cars, bellowed m ~he more than the four s. Therefore, ads are a must-and believe us, we're thing here which will make you not too distant distance, rousmg popular, make your life happier, glad to get them. and bring you a host of new our happy wanderers from rocky If you enjoy the paper, how about trying to remember to pafriends." beds. tronize our advertisers next time you have something to buy. They Someone must have moved t~e Man: "I'll take a fifth." will appreciate your patronage, and believe us, so will we. highway during the night - now it 2 South Main Street Also, thanks to Mel Karp at Green's Record Shop, Frank Smith, Men ma y not be musically in- was only a quarter of a mile away. Columbia Records representative, Zimmerman's, Meyers J ew elers, and Wilkes-Barre "But we walked at least fi-- . . • the Alumni for gifts which were given the Homecoming Queen and her clined but they know how to make Aw, shucks, Coach, we only made overtures. court. You've shown real friendship toward Wilkes, and it won't be one wrong turn." LOFT'S ..• forgotten. A woman may put on a riding The Candies of Finer Quality habit and never go riding ; she =::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~ may put on a bathing suit and SPECIAL TUX BLOOD DRIVE MANUSCRIPT never go swimming; but when a GROUP PRICES {continued from page 1) {continued from page 1) woman puts on a wedding gown for ~ Meet Your Friends at ... butors' blood pressure, temperature, · where local talent - may not only she means business. :!; ::c )Jc 1Jc * WIUES a~ANCES , ~ and pulse were. recorded. After publish, but also copyright material. the thorough examination proved T elevision only proves that that it was safe for both ·of them One of the greatest problems things are really as bad as they JOHN B. STETZ~• to contribute, the giving of blood facing the Manuscript is the atti- sound. Expert Clothier ~ 18 South Main Street was witnessed by the Wilkes stu~ tude on campus that student work 1 9 E. Market St., W-B. dent body. will not be good. en.o ugh for accepAfter the game So don't tote that heavy lunch on tance. There is absolutely no basis illlllHIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII After the dance Friday. Get a free mea.J down at for this conciipt, . Furey declared . . ,- i the blood center by ·simply giving All material submitted will be giverr LOU • S Anytime for a a .. p.int . of blood. And if you can't a detailed and unbiased c.riticism 1 friendly get-together make.·it .to the blood center on Fri- on its merits alone, and students . Men'.s . Clothing . & Furriisl:iing$ day_,_ remember that students can ma.y hand in any form of literary Favorite Spot ... POTATO CHIPS go ne:?Ct week on Tuesday night and expressiqn they desire. The im, Wilkes-Barte, Pa. . . . For College Students Friday · afternoon. Don't forget--,- port:ant thing,, is that they. do hand 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 it is your privilege to give. in material. =============== srm I Ch kle ,n, S •1 \ :s Campus Quotes LOFT'S Candy Shop The SPA Rosen tha I 11:1r,se -'ff •• • �~ Th.t¥;sd,ay, _Dec,e mber 2, 19~,4 3 COLLEGE BE,AQON COLONELS DROP OPENER AT ITHACA, 77 to 70 Glad We Did So Well, But Sure We Could Have Done Better-Partridge INTRA-MURAL BASKETBALL LOOP STILL IN PLANNING There is still no accurate information as to the formation of the men's intra-mural basket- · ball league which tentative plans have been drawn up for. According to the latest reports received by the Beacon, there are quite a few teams interested in the loop and there i_s the makin_g s of a better circuit than last year. Team managers and all interested personnel are urged to turn in rosters to Mel Schmeizer at their earliest possible convenience. It is necessary to have this information before schedules can be drawn up and play gotten und,e r way. - - - -- - -- - - - -- - - - First in an annual series of articles by Wilkes coaches reviewing their seasons.-Ed. By BOB PARTRIDGE, Head Soccer Coach, Wilkes Col,l ege FE.RRIS AND VAN DYKE PACE WILKESMEN'S LOSING CAUSE AS ITHACA COLLEGE WEATHERS FULL COURT PRESS IN CLOSING MINUTES The brand new edition of the Colonel basketball team dropped their opening game at Ithaca last night by a 77 to 70 score. Aft.er the Blue and Gold lead throughout the first half, the host club found themselves and gradually caught up to and passed t~e Ralstonmen. The Colonels held as much a s a seven point lead at one time in the first half. Then pivotman Al Chadwich of Ithaca began hooking from all over and hitting the cords at a high percentage. If he didn't make his shot he was usually foulI with Al Jeter1 ed and made good on 13 of 18 free They Had It throws. Maybe it's a little late for post At half-time the Bombers held mortems of the football season a siim two point lead, 31 to 29, but with the winter sports coming in, began pulling away after the inI but we just have a few more things termission. In an attempt to to say about the Colonels. We counteract the Ithaca scoring, thwi.k that this year's t eam was the Coach Ral ston threw up a full best potential squad ever fielded at , court press with five minutes left the college. Beside that, it wou"nd in the game. up with a winning season which is During this period, the Colonel more than many of its predecessors defense gained possession on many did. occasions, but were fouled on their We also f eel that the team play- driving ~hots. This is evid~nt iD Despit e a crew of nine shapely the latter part that durrng these last five mmutes, GOOD FORTUNE ALSO HELPS j and sharpl y uniformed cheerlead- eel into hard luck in of the season the Colonels made 14 fouls and on- Soccer is unlike any sport played by American boys. In football ers plus i_nore than a handful of w i t h injuries I ly one goal. a sup~rior tea·m can often power its way to a score. In basketball: . g:-1~-chewmg COf' Is, Keystone Juthat had been I Jim F erris made 10 out of U stressmg the hands, accuracy in passing and shooting is more possible j n10r College went down . to defe~t a b s e nt during foul shots which aided his cause · than in soccer, thus sc_or_ing is more frequent. Those of you who saw at th e_ hands of the Wilkes _JV s the early part of being the Colonels' high scorer the Buckn,eU and the Philadelphia Textile games, saw t h r u s t after last ~1ght, 5 !-52, at the Wilkes of the campaign with 20 marker s. Carl Van Dyke thrust by the Wilkes College team turned a side. A rolling, bouncing gym. rhe Jumor cager~ pulled the cropping up like was right behind with 19 tallies, ball, ricocheting off bodies, heads and legs is a difficult object to con- ~ame ou_t of th ~ fire rn an overthe seven year hitting from the outside with onetfroL Power tactics are useless. Skill here, is often a matter of good ts1hmoets penod by vir tue of three foul itch. The Colo- hand set shots. John Bresnahan', ortune. · nels d r o p p e d who totaled 13 points, turned in a The final score against either of the two above-mentioned Deadlo~ked at 50-50 going into their last game stellar performance of retrieving teams co.uld well have be_e n higher in our favor. These games sh~wthe overtim_e, Pasquale fouled Bob to Moravian and rebounds. ed our team ii;t their fe'w moments of brilliance. When we met reSokol of Wilkes who sank the fr~e they knew that Two sidelights on the game were sistance, in the form of offensive pressure put on by other teams, one to put th~ Blue and Gold m they had been the new rules of the season. One our bri.md new backfield, gallantly as they tried, could not fully the _lead. A mmute later Pasquale, AL JETER up against a being twenty minute halves instead turn aside the thrust. . ea sily the most frustrated man on team. In our of a breakdown into quarters. The F ,e rris and Petrilak were steady in their play in the backfield. The the co_urt, miscued again fouli!l g other men were a season away. Most of the trouble of the younger men Da~ ~rncavage, who added the rn- opinion the Greyhounds were big other is that if a player makes his and good, but that wasn't all. first foul shot he is entitled to anwas caused by lack of familiarity with their positions, and with the sman .e. . Eureka ! other. However, if he misses his play of their team-mates. . Half way through the third pe. nod WiJ.kes seemed to gain confiMoravian made a discovery one first attempt the ball is in play. G AINED WHILE 'BUILDING' dence and started playing a con- day. We don't know when they Despite the abo•:e, the record shows that w e have had a good seas- troll ed game with Jim Puderbach, did, but no matter, it was in time on. I am grateful that in this , a building year we were so fortunate ex-All-Stater from Audubon, N ew for the Wilkes game. The little It is my belief that ':'lith th)s year behind us, _a~d because we Jose on!; J er sey, playi ng a fine floor game discovery they made was that of three m emb ers of this y~ar s team, the experience we ha ve gained will as he set up plays for his mates. the telephone. Now the phone is fit u_s for what_ I hope will be our fin est sea son in 1955. If our shortMidwa y throu gh the stanza the a nice handy modern convenien ce By JOE JABLONSKI · conungs of _this year have been suffi cientl y impressed upon us, 1955 W C squad tied the scor e and from that enables som eone to call anThe Wilkes College bask~tl;>all could be a banner year. . t h er e on in it was nip and tuck. other party no matter how long team will meet a strong BloomsThe fourth period was a see- the distance. Believe it or not, burg quintet this Saturday at · . the saw battl (i! which saw an operation the phone is used for other reasons Wilkes gym. The game loo.rn:s 1ts yo-y o of both teams charging up t oo, and we don't rnean just to a real thriller sin::e both squads Masonis, now throug h with his a nd down the cour t with neither chew out the neighborhood butcher are natural ri vals and both employ With an eye to th e futu re the Wilkes wrestling squad ha·s been foo tball duties, Jerry Elias, Don on e eff ecti ve, a s the r egulation when _he sends pastrami instead of a wide open race horse style· of game ended in a dead h eat. working fuli time to prepare for McFadden, and Bobby Morgan. salami. . 1 , Pay. . The schedule is an attractive one High man for the Wilkes · forces their first m eet on the twelfth. Moravian put the phone t o us e The Huskies will no doubt be thi~ year and the groa ners have was Bill Llewell yn with 17 points Coach Reese has been putting his as a syst em of communication be- one of the best t eam s that the Colocharges through some stiff dr ills their work _cut out for them if th ey followed by Linca vage with 11. Top tween an assistant coach high in nels will meet all sea son, having in keeping with his policy that h e expect to encl _u p with a record man for the losing ca use was Kra- the press box and the general in lost only two members of last comparable to last year's. nick with 17. w ill fi eld well conditioned t eams. charge at the ground level on the year's squad th ro ug h graduation. Last year this idea paid off when be~ch. We have to concede that The Blue and Gold's main pro:b the grapplers came through with th1s w~s a pretty cagey maneuver lem will be that of stopping Bob the first winning sea son since the o-n their part no~ because it is an Kozik, who last year scored better A PAPER FOR THE HOME . conception of the s port here at unhear~ of practice today (eve~ a than twenty points a game against Wilkes. lot of high school ball clubs us e 1t) the Wilkes cagers. Reese has a nucleus of a squad !qut because of the way it was Slowly but surely the charges left this year, but there are several handled. . . of George Ralston are rounding gaps that need to be filled due to Joe Fan, w?o was s1ttn:1g pretty into shape. According to latest re"On the Boulevard" Rt. 115 the graduation of Bill Yeisley and close to the l(ttle m:ch_amcal trou- ports from the coaching staff, they The Most Complete Wilkes-Barre, Pa. the retirement of the Reynolds ble maker, _said he d1stmctly h~ard are not ex pected to hit peak form Local and National Coverage boys, and Neil Dadurka. the man with the squawk box d1ag- until two or three games from now, On hand to make things rough FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS nose the t:·ouble of t~e Greyhound though. Ther e is a large scatterlt's a Pleasure to Serve You , f.or the opposing t eams will be Bob offense, p01?t out the _ills and trou~ ing of newcomers on the squad and GIANT SOCIAL SECTION ble spots m the Wilkes def ense time is needed to indoctrinate them WEEKLY FEATURES • A Full Course Meal and then sure enough, pretty soon into the Wilkes style of play. Or a Sandwich a score. Coaches Ralston and Mock have , Tele~cope_. Anyone? consistantly placed heavy empha• Good Food Let s put it this way -: the guy sis on the need for speed and ac• Reasonable Prices . had a perfe c~ vantage pomt to se_e curate shooting. The key to viePlenty of Free Parking Space what was gom~ on and he used 1t tory for th e Colonels this year Catering to Small Groups to the best P?~s1ble advantage. W e seems to lie here, seeing as how Featuring The Newest are ~ot wr~trng_ to condemn the the t eam is in bad shape as far F. DALE, Prop. practice which 1s perfectly legal, a s height goes. They are one of In College Men's Fashions but we sure would like everyone the smallest clubs to be field ed to know what a hand): little gadget here in the past several seasons. the t elephone really 1s and how it The t eam's main height is Harry TUXEDOS TO RENT Men's has ad~antages that you never 'Skinny' Ennis who is expected to Special Price To Students thmk o,f- . do yeoman service this season. woo~ SLACKS e ven 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. We wouldn t like to say that they Several new faces will be makhad done _a fin_e scouting job on us ing their debut this week as the Reg . .12.95 Value or any thrng like that, but v:e will cagers swing into action. They are . . say that the guy who sat high a- Ed Birnbaum Jim Puderbach Roy b?ve the field unn~ticed by anyone Rosenbaum, Bob Sokel, Dan ' Lin':, .,, .., ' did more to contribute to t.h e de- kavage, and Bill Llewellyn. ANDY'S DINER Save 3.96 ~-. oA ;? feat of the Colon.els than anyone we can think of on the Greyhound \. ~ · . ·\_:·~~.; Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym o Flannels . Gabardines squad. Th e little man knew our vian, e,ven_ though we still think Plenty of Free Parking o Brown . Navy . Grey . Blue players by their faces instead of that the Colonels could · have gone Prices for the Collegian's Budget .. o All Perfect Quality . Sizes 28-42 numbers. So, when it comes to home with a win tu cked under th eir . A Reputation Built .on Fine Food Men's - Pomeroy's First Floor good scouting and modern football belts in their last ti me out for the ·- - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - " . we have to say hats off to Mora- year. MIXED EMOTIONS I view the past soccer season with mix,ed emotion. I was pleasantly surprised that the team lost only two of nine games. On the other hand, I was quite disappo.i nted not to have won them all. If the above statements seem to contradict each other the answer lies in the type of team w_e put on the field. ' This year's team spent the entire season groping for the one game that would tes.tify to its collective ability. That game never materialized. We did have moments of brilliance, but they were fl eeting moments. The entire season was spent in trying to piece together a defensive unit, which would at the same tirrte act as a shield against our opponents' forward thrust, and turn them into offensive thrusts of our own. I felt that, since we lost our entire d.e fensive unit of the year before, this would be a building year. 01U' early succes_ses in the WON and TIE column, led me to conclude, "falsely, th.a t this year's defensive unit had progressed faster than I had anticipated. So it can be seen that I was pleasantly surp-rised by early season results, but I counted too heavily on them. As a result, whet1, we tiejl teams we should have beaten, !}~Ad ~•m sure the team shared my feelings) felt quite disappoint- SJ)(),J 2TI~• 14.IJ(}U .,-. I) Colonel JV's Sink Keystone JC, 54-52 I I I I Cagers Loek ·H·orns w·1th BSTC Husk1·e·,s sa·tu-rda_,·y Groaners Await Opener, Candidates Still Nee.ded, I SUNDAY INDEPENDENT T:oll Gate Restaurant I • lt>NGS,. CM'.l,W\e~ ·· I PARK, SHOP and EAT BAUM'S at the new FOWLER, DICK and WALKER The Boston Store 8.99 ~. J' . •. . '·> �4 Thursday, December 2; 1954 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Paul Gronka Cops 'Player of the Week' Honors Little End Starred In Moravian Tilt To Win Beacon Title Despite all this, he came through in every way and was a fine defensive ball player as well. Although he didn't get on the receiving end of near as many aeriais this year, he did act as a very effective decoy so that other men were in the clear. Against Moravian he was in a tough s pot in a defensive way. The Greyhound quarterback was a past master at the art of the bootleg play and used it to good advantage. More than once the 'Gronk' was in there to smear things up for him before the , play got und er way. For his general all around work both on otfense and defense against Moravian ColIe'g e, the Beacon Sports Staff names as its Player of the Week, Paul Gronka. Paul is just a little guy in a big man's position at end, but his lack of size didn't stop him from becoming one of the most feared pass receivers in. the state. · He showed that he had lost none of his 1953 form as h e grabbed a touchdown pass from Howie Gross a np, , outdistanced the Greyhound s'econdary. It was a spectacular catch and although Wilkes ended up on the low end of the score, for a. tim e it put them into th e ball game. With a little luck it could have been the turning point of the game. Last year Gronka earned himself All-State honors a nd came very near being the leading scorer Jn th.e state. H e was a pint sized AT ZIMMERMAN'S Est. 1871 Exquisite Styles In College Sportswear. Just what you've been Looking for. Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality menace to the opposition who were completely baffled by his ability to get out there and cat ch 'em right under ·everyone's nose. This year was t oug h on Gronka. Playing a schedule of teams that was nearly identical to last year's slate, everyone was waiting •f or him. Not to be stopped though, h e again slipped through time and again to make near impossible cat ches . ** ZIMMERMAN'S 9 West Market Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 51 Public Square Wilkes-Barre, Penna. IIXIXXJIIIIIIIIIIIIXJIII LASC Meets Tonight PAUL GRONKA JORDAN ;You are Welcome The LASC will hold a meeting tonight at 8 :30 at the club room. All mem-bers are urged and invited to attend. Club dress will be the order of the ni ght. A business meeting and social period are planned. Wilkes College -BOOKSTORE AND VARIETY SHOP Cohen Set for West Point ACE DUPONT DRY CLEANING - 1 Hour Service 280 S. RIVER ST. WILKES-BARRE XXXXXXIIIIIIXIIXJXXIXIIX Books - Supplies - Novelties Subscriptions Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 WELCOME °John Cohen, Wilkes frosh from West Pitts ton, received notice last week of his appointment to the U. S. Military A cademy. 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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 1954 December 2nd Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954 December 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/cf0328c52c7df2059be433124cbd2420.pdf f2ac4d4bf062c08d69fa82d156c9d6ae PDF Text Text WILKES The Community College. Serving Wyoming Valley And The World Vol. X, No. 11 ~ - WILKES COLLEGE - ~Beacon WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA Debating Teams Away Novices and Varsity Argue Saturday at Princeton, Bucknell By T. R. PRICE King's College, defeated by the Wilkes debate team at Muhlenburg, will be among those entered in the Bucknell tournament to which the Wilkesmen travel Saturday morning. In addition to the Bucknell event, Wilkes is entered in the Princeton novice debate, also held on Saturday. in order to accept both Bucknell and Princeton invitations, the team was for,ce!l to forego an invitation to the N.Y.U. "Hall of Fame" held on the same day. In the past, the local debaters had emerged second at N.Y.U twice in a row, defeating Annapolis, Howard and Johns Hopkins last year, and Howard, Columbia, Fordham, Rhode Island and C.C.N.Y. the year before. The varsity team at Bucknell, will be Lesley Weiner for the first will be Lesley Weiner, first affirmative, and James Neveras for second Jesse Choper will handle first negative, backed up by J. Harold Flannery, Jr. Th e team's coach, Dr Arthur Kruger, will a ccompany them to Bucknell. Assistant coach Robert Darrow will urge on the novices at Princeton. They will be Bruce Warshall, Hermina Fried, and Virginia Brehen. A cup goes to the winner of the Bucknell tournament, and a medal to its best speaker. Dr. Kruger, interviewed Tu es d a Y, expressed confidence that Wilkes would win at least one of the events. Hazing, 'Honor' Issues Sidetracked by_Budget THE BEACON Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1954 Tomorrow Night's Tux -Gown Affair To be Held in Gaily-Decorated Gym; Lettermen Busy with Final Details Advance tickets sales promise one of the largest turnouts in the history of the Christmas Formal, it was revealed yesterday by Russell Picton, president of the Wilkes Le'ttermen. The annual pre-holiqay dance, which is Wilkes• only strictly formal affair, will be held at the Wilkes gymnasium tomor• row night, featuring Lee Vincent's Orchestra. Dancing will be from 9 to 12. Tuxedos and evening gowns are proper as are corsages for the once•a-year completely formal event. By HELEN M. KRACHENFELS tion to attempt to settle this year's "This -dance looms as the best we have ever sponsored," The student council meeting budget appropriations and to forwhich was held on Nov. 22, was mulate some policy which can be Picton stated; and "from ticket sales, we expect a record or nearrecord turnout." schedul ed as a meeting for the dis- applied in future years. The recussion on two important issues, sults of this joint meeting will be The spacious gymnasium will freshman hazing and the question- reported in nex.t week's BEACON. be transformed into a beautiful able "honor" of Wilkes students, It has been suggested that a ball room with a winter's night but because of several unexpected more complete and correct r epretheme of decoration. The tradidevelopments at the meeting, (such sentation of the student body by tional backdrop mural on the as a lengthy discussion on the two the elected council members would bandstand will, this year, rep"open letters" which were circulat- be desirable. Perhaps the students resent a winter evening scene, ed on the campus during the •after- should be reminded that if they with pine trees, sleigh and, of noon of the meeting) the two topics want to be represented they must course, snow. The gymnasium will schedul ed for that meeting were make their wishes known by in:reflect Della King's mural with denot considered. forming their elected representacorations designed to continue right Today at 11 a,m . the student tives of their opiniions and desires out from the backdrop. council met with the administra- on the issues under consideration. Giant Christmas Trees Two giant 20-foot Christmas trees have been purchased, one to stand at the entrance end of the gym and the other in the middle of the dance floor. A large quantity of pine will be scattered throughout. NEIL DADURKA By IRENE TOMALIS .. . Heads Decorations Committee Santa Claus, in the person of Members of the Economics . Club just who nobody seems to know, were guests of the Magee Carpet By DICK JONES will be on hand to greet ladies Company at Bloomsburg during a During an interview with Art as they leave the receiving line recent field trip. Hoover, President of the Student and present them with favors. A complete tour of the company Council, the Beacon was informed The dance floor, according to rewas made, preceded by a discussion that the proposed system of issuing ports from Dance Chairman Glenn in which the general business as- parking stickers to those students Carey, will b_e surrounded on four pects of the organization were ex- having long lab periods had been sides, with entrances in strategic plained. The club observers fol- approved by the Council. places through colorful archways. lowed wool from the raw product Nearly every Letterman now acPresident Hoover stated that t hrough the various stages of pro- "the Student Council will pay for "We must realize in dealing with tive on campus as well as a number duction. the stickers, and the Beacon will the world situation that if we do of friends of the club will spend After lunch at the Hotel Magee, have the responsibility of issuing not have co-existence, we will pres- tonight and most of tomorrow's wee hours getting the gym ready the students were taken on a tour them ." The Beacon has followed of the Magee museum and radio this policy and has formulated a entl y have war and no existence at for the dance. st 0 design and a plan for t he issuance all," Dr. Harold W. Thatcher, head Chorus to Sing ~~ : ':o~v~~i~ of the trip, mem- of the decals. The Lettermen's Chorus, led by of the Wilkes history department, By LOIS LONG hers were given scarlet velvet (6x9) Advisor George Ralston will sing declared Tuesday at assembly. "The Council will purchase the The Choral Club and Cue 'n' Cur- rugs - 6x9 inches, that is. (continued on page 2) Speaking on "This Age of Destitain will combine to present the Members of the club who made decals as soon as possible after the Christmas vacation and the ny" by which he meant the age annual Christmas a ssembly next the trip were Mollie Beard, Lois Tuesday. The theme of the pro- Long, Charles Ciesla, Frank ,Cusce- system will most likely go into ef- facing the present generation, Dr. gram will be "The Universal Ap- la, Mel Farkas, Howie Gross, Sey- fect at the commencement of the Thatcher cited Toynbee as saying peal of Christmas", and the two mour Holtzman, Bill James, John Spring semester," stated the Presi- that to avoid destruction, humanity departments hope to bring out the Kearney, Chet Miller, Len Mulcahy, dent. The time delay is due to various must Jive as one family. true spiritual meaning of Christ- Bill Zdanewicz, President Lou By CLIFF BROTHERS factors such as the Christmas holiThis is an age of destiny, the mas. Steck, and Irene Tomalis. High school students, 115 strong, days, the time element involved in Wilkes historian went on, because interested in teaching as a profesDuring the program, the Choral printing, and the coming of final s. this generation will face the prob- sion, met last Friday in the second Club will sing two groups of songs lems bequeathed it by his own. That of a series of nine career counseling which will include "Alleluia", "Go FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT generation left this one the prob- sessions to be held at Wilkes. Tell It On The Mountain", and ma- REPORTS ON WC CONTEST 8th Wilkes Day Nets lems of today's world and the inn y ·Christmas carols. Jane Obitz By AGAMEMNON J. SCHULTZ Third Largest Blood Take The day's crowded program was will then present a reading from Upper Slobovia, December 9 Wilkes ·College's eighth visit to struments to cure or destroy it. climaxed by a panel discussion on How it will use: those instruments the immortal Dicken's "Christmas (PU)-The Beacon foreign cor- the blood bank last Friday proved the topic, "Why I Want to Teach." Carol". The audience will also respond_ent h!!ard a rumor from very successful. For the eighth is the tremendous problem this Panel members were education maparticipate in the Christmas pro- Upper Slobovia that there will consecutive tiime 105 Wilkes stu- generation must face, he concluded. jors from Wilkes., and the discussion was moderated by Dr. Eug,e ne gram. ---'----'--~ be an Ugly Man's Contest on the . dents voluntaril y gave blood in the ·Wilkes College campus imme- Wilkes College annual blood drive. Bertin, assistant executive secreKirby Lists Holiday Schedule diately followiing the Christmas tary of the Pennsylvania State EduIt was the third largest supply Pay Up, Folks, You're Due! Underclassmen wishing to keep cation Association. The Wilkes College Library will vacation. of blood that Wilkes students have pictures taken for the Year book Accounting will be the subject be open during the Christmas holiWe are not sure of t'he vera- donated. Students who were unable to give may pay fbr them at the Lazarus of the next session to be held in da ys from December 16 to January city of this rumor, but we feel February, according to John Chwa3 fro m 9 a .ril. to 5 p.m., with the that . ugly men are few and far blood last Friday may do so in the studio. If you do not want the pictures, lek, director of placement and guiexceptions of Dec. 24 and 31, when between .on the campus in Wilkes- future by calliing General Hospital for an appointment. return them to the photo studio. dance at the college. it will be open from 9 to 1. Barre. WC ECONOMICS CLUB VISITS BLOOMSBURG CARPET FACTORY Council lo Issue Parking Stickers In New Year THATCHER STRESSES 'AGE OF DESTINY' IN ASSEMBLY TALK Choral Club, Dramatists In Christmas Assembly High School Students Hear Noted Educator �~ COLLEGE 2 BEACON EDITORIALS Thursday, December ~. 1954 BEACON - HOW SO, WILL? A Statement of Policy The editor is entrusted with the responsibility of making and carrying out policy of a n~wspaper, certainly a large and serious responsibility. The editor, among his other duties, is charged with the right and responsibility (according to Webster) of presenting arguments or opinions in the paper's editorials. Often editors, as is the case with the average man on the street, must step back and have a look at themselves or re-examine their views and opinions. We must, every so often, take ourselves into a comer and have a chat. Kirby Finds Shakespeare Text Errs; Other Interesting Books Available By T. R. PRICE Was Shakespeare's seamanship shaky? Was he all at sea when it came to ship handling? When we read the English 215 text, we wondered. In the first scene of "The Tempest" it has the bosun bawling for the sailors to "take down the topmast", an order that would tumble tangled tophamper on top of the tempest-tossed tars. Naturally when we noticed this nautical nonsense, we noted that we had nosed nothing notable about the master of drama as master of a ship - drop the topmast and one would have a ghostly galleon, egad. Fortunately the First Folio, or rather its reproduction which has come to close-by Kirby, has the bard's bo'sun bellowing for his mighty mariners to "take down the top-sail", so Shakespeare's sailing science was solid, or perhaps he knew some knave in the navy. Evidently an editor erred, and the caitiff should be carefully, but not too kindly, and completely, keelhauled. This vindication of Shakespeare's seamanship is not the only new matter at the College library. It is the Christmas season, the season of Tiny Tim and Scrooge, and for an early Japanese version of what the hard-fisted partner of Marley looked like before the visit of the Christmas spirits, we recommend a sketch to be found in "Fifty Centuries of Art", whi~h might well pass as a portrait of one of Nast's grasping trust owners at the turn of the century. Another art book, "Maunal of Ri st0 ric Ornament" traces man's means of decorating himself a nd his possessions down through the ages, but we were not so much interested in this as in "One hundred Pennsylvania Buildings", which pained us greatly in that the only local buildiing was the Forty Fort Meeting-house, a blow to our Wilkes-Barrean civic pride scarcely allayed by the confession of a Forty Forter that it was warmer here on Monday than up the line. To our great delight, Kirby also has "The Reno Court of Inquiry", the record of the government attempts to fix the blame, if any, in th e case of th e Cu st er massacre (arou nd here only one battle· is Massacre) and the vindication of Major Reno, Custer's second-ins command at the Little Big Horn. AT EASE! WILKES COLLEGE - Beacon A newspaper published each week of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. Editor .. .. John D. Curtis Asst. Editor ....... ........ Ivan Falk Asst. Editor Pearl Onacko Sports Editor ........... Allen Jeter Business Mgr.. .. Arthur Hoover Asst. Bus. Mgr. Dick Jones Faculty Adviser .... George Elliot As a result of the recent fwors here at Wilkes, the editor felt it was time to go into that corner and have a look-see. It's amazing just what you can see - if only you take the trouble to stop, Editorial and business offices to take time out from th_e iurious pace of things. located on second floor of Lecture . . t=I At the beginning of the year we stated editorially that "The Hall, South ~iver Street, Wilkescollege paper rnust act as a two-way st:reet," and further thai By DICK JONES Barre, on the Wilkes Campus. it must be the "voice of the students." We also said, .to tbe agreeA new bill to aid ex-servicemen Telephone: VAlley .4-4651-2-3-4. ment_of ijie administration, that the paper must be given a free Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's jn fin;mcing their schooling is in hand tp operate and "to fulfill its obligations, of nature, to its the discussion stage. It seems too Printery, rear 55 North Main readers, 'the majority of whom are students." many Vets are quitting college be- Street, Wilkes-Barre. Perhaps we have taken the task too seriously. Perhaps we cause of financial difficulties. The have been over-impressed with the responsibility of being an thought provoking bill would aleditor. Still, the best an editor can do is to support those issues low, in addition to payments preswhich he thinks right (from what student opinion he can gather), ently provided for under PL 550, a sum equaling fifty per cent of and he must speak out against what he thinks wrong. the tuition cost of the school to be INTERPRETATIONS DIFFER paid directly to the institution. A These responsibilities, we realize, may be interpreted di£great · majority of peopie do · not ferently by each and every editor, particularly to the degree that realize that veterans attending colthey should be fulfilled. As humans, we of the Beacon editorial lege under PL 550 receive approxistaff have tried to live up to our sincere interpretation of those mately $990 to finance the entire responsibilities. school year, and at times it's hard In three of our 11 issues we have taken editorial stands on to make ends meet. issues, and our stands have been controversial. But, from the MEET ANOTHER EX-GI corner where we had that little talk, we found that possibly we Arthur R. Boote, an erstwhile hqve erred in some respects. On the basic issues we feel sinmember of the Army Corps of Encerely that we have been right. Ideals are ideals, and we have gineers, served as chief clerk in ows, to which we must cling. It is a sad individual who cannot the China - Burma. - India theater headquarters in New Delhi, India sU.c k to his gun on basic issues-if he is deeply convinced that for thirty-two month, after enterhe is right. ing the Army in 1942. We feel that in every issue we mll$t "stick to our~-" What After being discharged in 1946 we did discover, however, is that the angle frorn w~ich we preArt was eplployed in the "Havoc 1'erited our views and arguments has twice been q'IJ,estionable. Center", better known as the VeNo matter how strongly we have felt, we now conclude (and terans Administration regional ofwe might add this is not an opinion resulting from coercion) that fice, in Wilkes-Barre. He entered Wilkes as an accountin a college it is wrong to single out indiviuals, no matter how ing major in September, 1952 and right or wrong they may be. There are other means of dealing at present is undecided whether to with individual problems which arise besides through the colpursue a career in public or private Iege paper. Neither do we profess to close kin to the Gods, nor accounting, but he is investigating do we feel qualified as judges. all possible openings in both fields . Fears that this year's paper might develop into a "monster" Boote is interest ed in photoall-powerful and dictatorial, are unfounded, we know, but th e graphy, especially pictures of his six-month old son, and when time fact that they did arise perhaps shows that methods have not permits he also raises tropical fish. always been -t he best. It is easy to let enthusiasm and zeal run away at the typewriter. From time to time writers do get to acting with the haste of a knight on a white charger. So-called 'attacks' on individuals, though they be impersonal DORMS INVITE CAMPUS in nature, can have deep emotional and social effects on those TO ANNUAL YULE PARTY ersons a newspaper might single out. Since college gims toP By FREDA BILLSTEIN ward developm?nt of :"'ell-~djusted individuals, no news?ap~r Everyone is invit ed to put on should do anything which rmght have adverse effects. This will their best finery and attend the happen no more. Issues - yes, as strongly as ever, but indi- ·- - - - - - -- - - - - - - Christmas party· to be given by the viduals - no. , Wasileski_N~eds Parts combined dormitories of Wilkes But let us in the future concern ourselves wjth the. ipsqe$ of For Math Project College. It will be held at Sterling importance and · not petty ones . . They are . a . w~_ste all around. By IRV KAYE Hall on Wednesday evening, .DecEnloy this great edition on the easy . Evenipg School Djrector and ember 15, Jrom 8 0 12 .. Mathematics Professor . Stanley Faculty and students are-cordial~ Wasileski yesterday made a re,- · ly urged to attend this affair, which quest to the student body fQr old . will be held beneath the lights of To Lee Vincent, a friend to many of us and a friend of the erector s_e ts Qr parts thereof as a large yule tree. Singing. by the PAYMENT PLAN ·' college as a whole, we wish to express our deepest and most . well as parts from a similar type popular qu;utet, the Hannonaires; · Pay for it as' you en toy H·and dancing to the strains of 45 sincere sympathy on the death of his wife last week. Although set called mecca no. Wasileski stressed that he can RPM records are two of the highIike buying a book a month I Vince will not be on hand to direct his orchestra at the Christmas use the part$, no niatter what . lights of the evening. Not the least Formal, the thoughts of rhany cif us will go out to him. The Stu- their co11dition, No new building of the enticements will be • the Every subject of interest to Dian dents, Lettermen, and the entire college join in sending condo- in the ' maki_n g - Wasileski is .buffet that Fred Wall, the dorm -past and present-is auth.oritatively explained,'factually illus~· lences to Lee and his family. working on a math project for chef, will put out "for free." trated and clearly presented. : the college and needs the parts There are 38,182,156 words, for construction purposes. Sets 26,731 pages, and 33,432 illustracan be delivered to Room 202, HUGE CROWD A WAITS tions, many in full color. What's TUXEDOS TO RENT · Barre Hall. more, this New Edition provides (continued from page 1) the most complete cross-reference Special Price To Studepts a number of carols af intermission. Dear Mr. Editor: indexing system ever devised to Misses' The dance, the college's socially 198 SO. 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BAUM'S . •, L I :l , . , , rs ·R'0s'e·11 ·fh a,.,J: :t~~:~':'.:•: I r~. �Thursday, December 9, 1954 3 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON COLONELS EDGE STROUDSBURG STC 78- 75 Groaners Open Today Against Brooklyn Poly HOOPSTERS BREAK INTO VICTORY COLUMN AS FERRIS CLINCHES GAME AT FOUL LINE IN CLOSING MINUTES TO THWART TEACHERS Gridders Lived Up to Prediction On Courage and Speed - Ralston By RODGER LEWIS _ Wilkes College basketball squad broke into the win column (Second in an annual series of articles by Wilkes coaches reviewing last night as they took the measure of East Stroudsburg State their seasons.-,Ed.) Teachers College by a 78 to 75 margin. Jim Ferris led the ColoBy GEORGE F. RALSTON, Head Football Coach, Wilkes College nel attack with driving shots and superb foul shooting to gain PREDICTION CLOSE · The ninth year of Colonel football turned out almost exactly as pre- scoring honors with 32 tallies. By JOE JABLONSKI The Wilkes College wrestling team will open its season today as the grapplers travel to New ·York to meet Brooklyn Polytechnical at 5 :30. diicted. Before the season began it was thought that possibilities for The groaners, under the close winning all but the Bloomsburg and Hofstra games were good. The scrutiny of Coach John Reese, have Moravian game was considered a toss-up. been training diligently for the Looking back on the season and in consideration of our prospects, past three weeks in an effort to be the schedule came out just as predicted. The Moravian game could have in top shape for the season's inau- m eant a great boost. A victory over the Greyhounds would have meant gural. a great season. Last year's t eam was a pleasant The team this year was the best of our teams duriing the past few surprise to both the student body years. From the standpoint of size, it was a small team but the memand Reese, ending up with a win- hers wer~ not withou_t strong hearts and courage with speed to offset ning season with a record of fi ve I the need m ?ver-all size. wins and four losses. In the lme there was courage, maneuverability and spring-steel reMatmen Wanted siliency. W e changed our defe nses toward the end of the season to take Although R eese is pleased with advantage of these qualities to meet the overall weight advantage which the turnout this year, he said that most _opponents possessed. Throu_g hout the season it was a joy to watch there is still a dire need for more ,the lme fir e out on offense and give blocking support as fin e as Wilkes candidates, especially in the heavi- has ever had. BACKFIELD CAME THROUGH er weights. Our backfield s howed the qualities of the line. There was more H e stressed the point that High School experience is not necessary speed than any previous Colonel backfield has known and with it there in order to wrestle and that he will was ready courage. What was lacking in size was evident in speed and more than welcome anyone that is there was surprising durability despite opposing weight advantages. Our greatest improvement for the season could have been in pass interested. The squad has only three veter- ?efense. ':£'he play in this phase of the game was spotty, but all in all, ans from last year on hand. They it was an improvement and it added much to the success of our season are Jerry Elias, Bob Mason is, and In this respect, backfield speed and maneuverability should r eceiv~ Don McFadden. Masonis, former credit. As in oth~r y_ears, a lack of depth necessitated chess-like strategy Kiingston standout, will be out of . actiion for ·this meet though, due m order to mamtam a team on the field. Because of injuries in the backto a heavy cold. Reese hopes that field it was necessary to play men in unfamiliar positions which dehe will be ready for action within creased efficiency. In rn54 we could have desired two main things: An adept balla week. handler in the backfield; and a consistantly accurate passer. These The probable starting lineup: 123 lb.---,Bob Morgan; 130 lb.- needs ":'ere great and _because of a constant shuffle of personnel the Ed Masonis ; 13'7 lb.-Don Rey- backs did not get a fair chance to make a maximum contribution. COURAGE PLUS nolds; 147 lb.-Dennis Kravitz; The greatest praise goes out to our 1954 team for courage and 157 _lb.-Don McFadden; 167 lb.Dave Thomas; 17'7 lb.-Stan Ab- sports mans hip. In these factors the squad was unsurpassed. It was a squad of which the college can be exceedingly proud for it played good rams; Unlimited-Jerry Elias. football and never faltered as gentleman and sportsman. W e are thankful for a fine record which our 1954 squad established an_d very enthusiastic about th e prosp ect s for 1955, for they seem to be brighter than ever before. I Intra-Mural Cagers Start Play This Week The always successful Intramural basketball league will get under way this week. Acco r ding to Int ramural Director, Mel Schmeiser, the league will _b e composed of t hirteen solid teams. This year's · campaign is expected to be th e best yet to be seen at Wil<kes. All the teams seem to be well balanced, taleiit~d, and spirited'-and it app ears· that no one t eam is ' capable of I'.UI}ning away with ; th¢ loop: }Ionor:s ... • . .•. Bob f~r.triidge,, ift especially impressed by the large number of team rosters submitted to him and Mel Schrrreiser, and• says that -i t will ea sily be the largest number of t eams that has ever participated in intramural basketball here at Wilkes. TO BLOOMSBURG STC CAGERS LOSE, 82-72, The Huskies of Bloomsburg came The second half started off with from behind last Saturday night to Ko zik and Betz becoming very efhand th e Colonels th eir second fec tiive and Harrison Morrison straig ht loss of th e current basket- ma•king ringers from the foul spot ball season by the score of 82 to 72. every f ew m inut es. Bob Kozik, as expected, was a E nnis tried in vai n t o keep th e large thorn in the side of the Colo- Colon els in th e ba ll g ame and put nels as lie dented the cords for 19 on a scoring burst in the last five points along with teammate Fred minutes that netted him seven Betz who also garnered· 19 markers. points. Harry 'Skinny' Ennis led the WC The Huskies kept plugging aattack with 25 big points. The way from all angl es thoug h and lanj{y center just . couldn't be stop- went on to increase their lead until ped and iiut on his best scoring the final whistle. show jn ,quite some time, but it was . not e!lo.ugh. :--·: ·· · l Joh~ Breshahan· was n ext in line' ·as h~ hit for 15 points, floating in .some fine one-armed push shots. Jim ·F erris contributed 14 to the Colonel cause. ANDY'S DINER Wilkes started fa st with Ennis "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 and. F~1:is givi ng th em a jump off Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym Wilkes~Barre, Pa. lead .o f 10-l, b ut the Blue and Gold Plenty of Free Parking jus t co uldn't hold on and th e Pric~s -lor the Gollegicn's Budg~t .. Huskies overtook th em, thanl~s to It's a Pleasure to Serve You . '. A Reputation Buift on Fine Food the sl\arpshooting of Larry Bush and .Elmer Robinson, to lead at the A Full Course Meal half-way mark by the score of 48Or a Sandwich 32. Toll Gate Restaurant • • • Good Food Reasonable Prices Plenty of Free Parking Space Cater_ing to Small Groups A PAPER FOR THE HOME . •. SUNDAY INDEPENDENT . The Most C6~plete :t.~ccil' and National C~verage : ',_ ! ... • ' FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS ' . GIANT SOCIAL :SECTIO!f . \VEEig,Y , ~~ ( :, - : l PARK, SHOP and f. P.+'\LE, Prpp. .. ~ \~et Your Friends at. . . rvt _'· 1:'.;.::: '•,. .A1itt i~tf1r::Sttirl·j:f ;,: . ' 0 .• ·. . .. , ... ; 1 .. · Mdin Stre~i. • · After. tl,i~ g~~ ··; ·• After the., dcince' A . . •' i ,.- .. · a·.n/a-~ wA:J,LKE:R \ ·'\ .• • . . •''t,•' .. .. ' ••. 18 South . . . . ·.·. E. R·: ·. ,,·•· D.· .IC I\ ,.·. ..'·L F O· W ' - ... ", ·, · · · .. Misericordia Shades Wilkes Lassies, 71-27 of L'o··, ·y· •T·· .s_.. ·' Th e SPA.·, .· (,.-.C\ , • at the new Foul shooting proved to be the difference in th e game as the Ralstonmen proved almost perfect in that category making 36 for 45 free throws. The new rule of a bonus shot if the first try is made was the main aid for the Colonel with Al Jeter cau se. Jim F erris made 16 of 17 What's Thiis? and Harry 'Skinny' Ennis hit 12 We've been h earing neat little for 12. rumors al read y from some of those Wilkes jump ed to an early lead who are always quick to criticize, a nd scored seven points before the that you can disco unt the Colonel visitors were able to light the scorebasketball crew as a threat. Some board. Th e t eachers gradually of these guys mean well and are whittled away at th e Colonel lead just natural pessimists and others until they forged ahead at halfar e jokers that would gripe if some- time by a 31 to 29 score. ' one handed them a million dollars In the second half the home just because they wouldn't feel forces showed added life and the natural if they didn't have some- lead chan ged hands several times. thing to say. Wilk es was able to gain an 11 point. This just might be a tough year lead at one time in the second half· on the cagers, but you can bet only to see it _dwindle back to even, your las t buck that' they're going t erms when Harry Ennis fouled to look a lot better than they out of the game with fj.ve minutes; have showed so far. As a matter r emai ning in the contest. of fact, we can't see where they Then wifh the score tied going have done any thing to be into the last minute of play, Jim ashamed of right now. One thing F erris sa ved th e game with three we have never had to say about fouls which proved to be the wina Wilkes team of any kind is that ning margin . Two of those shots it ev.e r quit fighting. In our came as the result of his being minds this means more than all foul ed in th e act of shooting one the winning seasons in the world. of his many driving lay-up shots. The coaching staff has a job on The other was a technical foul due it s hands and it knows it. Rebuild- to too many time-outs credited to ing years are the Pocono boys. always tough. Next week th e cagers entertain It's not human-1 Kutztown on Tuesday and .go on ly possible to the road the foll owing day to . Wilfi eld a new t eam liamspo rt where they m eet Lycomovernight. You ing. Due to a co nflict in Albright's just can't r e- schedule, th e g11me slated f.or this place boys like Saturday at Reading has .been canBatroney and celled with ho r edate in sight. Da vis in a day or two by the wave of th e magic wand. It takes long hours AL JETER of practice a nd By HELEN M. KRACHENFELS concentration. The Wilkes Coll ege Colonelettes N o Towers Apparently . t he team's main showed plenty of spirit as they weakness, as it has been ever since fo ug ht their way to a moral vicwe fi rst came t o Wilkes-·Ba:rre ma- tory .over Misericordia on Tuesday ny moon s ago, is th e lac ',kof height. ni ght on the Dallas floo r . For any Some . of th e Wil kes cage t eams fans of th e fema le· cag.ers who rehave been s o small that we have • mem·ber the score of last year's wonder ed whether there was a li- game with,. that team (a mere 93mitation to height. in the college 11) this ·y~ar's shows improveentrance exams. Of coqrse, · there menf T'ji.e ·colon elettes -h eld their isn't, and there must ·be another opponents to · 71 points, while th ey reason · for it. The only on e that r aised their own . tally t o an· a s· ·'- "· · . w,e ·.can -think of is that we just t onishing 27 ! ·.. • ': · 'At the end. of the fii;st-:-half,;:the aren't ·lucky ·that' way. But no · matter wh-.lt, we pre~ , Wil<lrns Women wer,e ,slight t f disdiet that within the next · two co ur a ged a s the~scoi:eboard showed weeks you. will see a. drasic im- 40-8, ~ut they: rallied in .the §econd .t he provem ent in the s.quad. In our ha lf (ch eered ,o n by most mind it is • potentially a good res idents of But ler H;all) to hold team and one that will 'ca use lots down th e Misery gals, and do so.me of trouble . throughout the 'year top notch · scoring themselv~s . even if it doesn't live up to last Freshman Barbara Vavrek was year's aggregation as far as "wins high scorer with nine points, and and losses go. We wouldn't be a Toma setti fo llowed with six. . ·•. bit surprised if it did though. The .9agemen hurt last week llJJJJIJJJJ~JJJllJ.JO!iJJ when th ey lost the services of Carl ACE DUPONT. Van Ditke due to an a r m injury. DRY CLEANING The 'quiet man' from western Pennsylva·nia · ~alJle through in the first :--- 1 Hour Seryice ~ : game with .. 19 .. markers to dispel 280 s RIVER ST ·' ,WILKE .,·. ··s.·•.B·;.RRE th e myth that. he was a good floor ,· ' •, · · · .. ,.~ man and no_t, much of a scoring,. JJJJ.,J iJJJ .J JJJ#ixuxihJ thre;tt. He ·see:ms to have found · · · · h1s stride ·,afid ~e ·are watching for , .. him 't .o . ~ti¢.~me a. c6ns,istent high 1 scorer .thi~ ,:s~son. ., . . _ . , . • :: . Col,on'~ •:Come 'l;'hr.ougli ' . . ' . . .Last 'WeeR:; ·, Cliff B'r autigan ' and C . . ·d ·,.-,:., . .,·, ..,m .•.t.e_·.. , ., ' Glenn',:Qar-ey:: :Were selectecl-cm the Bio:omsburg "All Op.pcitient'; foo.t-; ball team. ,.- This we .think ,is high praise· for the paii: ~!;!eing a~ 'how ·. th.e . migh_ty , Hui;~ies ' had Httl~ or'..' 1...¥.:e.•.:: g.'.• ;.:;.:_;:l.: ; . ~.. ·,;_j _·.,t_h ;~,:.!:';[.,·;, ;1Qr:11~~hltat!::i :ifa°J.:~;.~}:le's: '. y .n_~····d t···~-.. Favorite Spot. . . .. ... For College Students . : Jl .:'J,,·,;l . ·: ~ ·;'.. s;b., .,'\ .., g •,:,p:·:·. .:l < . ,... .v' " . ,., .·-;~-'! . . 2 South .Main S~eet...... Wilkes-Bane",:',·· '·'' J,. ' kt;!:?:: ;t'o;~~e~:e!~:~:~::di •: ('" i~:~::~~;~~ the team speaks mighty well for their work. . ., :,',.i ,~··· JtFirl~;;;~J~iity �Thursday, December 9, 1954 3 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON COLONELS EDGE STROUDSBURG STC 78- 75 Groaners Open Today Against Brooklyn Poly HOOPSTERS BREAK INTO VICTORY COLUMN AS FERRIS CLINCHES GAME AT FOUL LINE IN CLOSING MINUTES TO THWART TEACHERS Gridders Lived Up to Prediction On Courage and Speed - Ralston By RODGER LEWIS _ Wilkes College basketball squad broke into the win column (Second in an annual series of articles by Wilkes coaches reviewing last night as they took the measure of East Stroudsburg State their seasons.-,Ed.) Teachers College by a 78 to 75 margin. Jim Ferris led the ColoBy GEORGE F. RALSTON, Head Football Coach, Wilkes College nel attack with driving shots and superb foul shooting to gain PREDICTION CLOSE · The ninth year of Colonel football turned out almost exactly as pre- scoring honors with 32 tallies. By JOE JABLONSKI The Wilkes College wrestling team will open its season today as the grapplers travel to New ·York to meet Brooklyn Polytechnical at 5 :30. diicted. Before the season began it was thought that possibilities for The groaners, under the close winning all but the Bloomsburg and Hofstra games were good. The scrutiny of Coach John Reese, have Moravian game was considered a toss-up. been training diligently for the Looking back on the season and in consideration of our prospects, past three weeks in an effort to be the schedule came out just as predicted. The Moravian game could have in top shape for the season's inau- m eant a great boost. A victory over the Greyhounds would have meant gural. a great season. Last year's t eam was a pleasant The team this year was the best of our teams duriing the past few surprise to both the student body years. From the standpoint of size, it was a small team but the memand Reese, ending up with a win- hers wer~ not withou_t strong hearts and courage with speed to offset ning season with a record of fi ve I the need m ?ver-all size. wins and four losses. In the lme there was courage, maneuverability and spring-steel reMatmen Wanted siliency. W e changed our defe nses toward the end of the season to take Although R eese is pleased with advantage of these qualities to meet the overall weight advantage which the turnout this year, he said that most _opponents possessed. Throu_g hout the season it was a joy to watch there is still a dire need for more ,the lme fir e out on offense and give blocking support as fin e as Wilkes candidates, especially in the heavi- has ever had. BACKFIELD CAME THROUGH er weights. Our backfield s howed the qualities of the line. There was more H e stressed the point that High School experience is not necessary speed than any previous Colonel backfield has known and with it there in order to wrestle and that he will was ready courage. What was lacking in size was evident in speed and more than welcome anyone that is there was surprising durability despite opposing weight advantages. Our greatest improvement for the season could have been in pass interested. The squad has only three veter- ?efense. ':£'he play in this phase of the game was spotty, but all in all, ans from last year on hand. They it was an improvement and it added much to the success of our season are Jerry Elias, Bob Mason is, and In this respect, backfield speed and maneuverability should r eceiv~ Don McFadden. Masonis, former credit. As in oth~r y_ears, a lack of depth necessitated chess-like strategy Kiingston standout, will be out of . actiion for ·this meet though, due m order to mamtam a team on the field. Because of injuries in the backto a heavy cold. Reese hopes that field it was necessary to play men in unfamiliar positions which dehe will be ready for action within creased efficiency. In rn54 we could have desired two main things: An adept balla week. handler in the backfield; and a consistantly accurate passer. These The probable starting lineup: 123 lb.---,Bob Morgan; 130 lb.- needs ":'ere great and _because of a constant shuffle of personnel the Ed Masonis ; 13'7 lb.-Don Rey- backs did not get a fair chance to make a maximum contribution. COURAGE PLUS nolds; 147 lb.-Dennis Kravitz; The greatest praise goes out to our 1954 team for courage and 157 _lb.-Don McFadden; 167 lb.Dave Thomas; 17'7 lb.-Stan Ab- sports mans hip. In these factors the squad was unsurpassed. It was a squad of which the college can be exceedingly proud for it played good rams; Unlimited-Jerry Elias. football and never faltered as gentleman and sportsman. W e are thankful for a fine record which our 1954 squad established an_d very enthusiastic about th e prosp ect s for 1955, for they seem to be brighter than ever before. I Intra-Mural Cagers Start Play This Week The always successful Intramural basketball league will get under way this week. Acco r ding to Int ramural Director, Mel Schmeiser, the league will _b e composed of t hirteen solid teams. This year's · campaign is expected to be th e best yet to be seen at Wil<kes. All the teams seem to be well balanced, taleiit~d, and spirited'-and it app ears· that no one t eam is ' capable of I'.UI}ning away with ; th¢ loop: }Ionor:s ... • . .•. Bob f~r.triidge,, ift especially impressed by the large number of team rosters submitted to him and Mel Schrrreiser, and• says that -i t will ea sily be the largest number of t eams that has ever participated in intramural basketball here at Wilkes. TO BLOOMSBURG STC CAGERS LOSE, 82-72, The Huskies of Bloomsburg came The second half started off with from behind last Saturday night to Ko zik and Betz becoming very efhand th e Colonels th eir second fec tiive and Harrison Morrison straig ht loss of th e current basket- ma•king ringers from the foul spot ball season by the score of 82 to 72. every f ew m inut es. Bob Kozik, as expected, was a E nnis tried in vai n t o keep th e large thorn in the side of the Colo- Colon els in th e ba ll g ame and put nels as lie dented the cords for 19 on a scoring burst in the last five points along with teammate Fred minutes that netted him seven Betz who also garnered· 19 markers. points. Harry 'Skinny' Ennis led the WC The Huskies kept plugging aattack with 25 big points. The way from all angl es thoug h and lanj{y center just . couldn't be stop- went on to increase their lead until ped and iiut on his best scoring the final whistle. show jn ,quite some time, but it was . not e!lo.ugh. :--·: ·· · l Joh~ Breshahan· was n ext in line' ·as h~ hit for 15 points, floating in .some fine one-armed push shots. Jim ·F erris contributed 14 to the Colonel cause. ANDY'S DINER Wilkes started fa st with Ennis "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 and. F~1:is givi ng th em a jump off Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym Wilkes~Barre, Pa. lead .o f 10-l, b ut the Blue and Gold Plenty of Free Parking jus t co uldn't hold on and th e Pric~s -lor the Gollegicn's Budg~t .. Huskies overtook th em, thanl~s to It's a Pleasure to Serve You . '. A Reputation Buift on Fine Food the sl\arpshooting of Larry Bush and .Elmer Robinson, to lead at the A Full Course Meal half-way mark by the score of 48Or a Sandwich 32. Toll Gate Restaurant • • • Good Food Reasonable Prices Plenty of Free Parking Space Cater_ing to Small Groups A PAPER FOR THE HOME . •. SUNDAY INDEPENDENT . The Most C6~plete :t.~ccil' and National C~verage : ',_ ! ... • ' FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS ' . GIANT SOCIAL :SECTIO!f . \VEEig,Y , ~~ ( :, - : l PARK, SHOP and f. P.+'\LE, Prpp. .. ~ \~et Your Friends at. . . rvt _'· 1:'.;.::: '•,. .A1itt i~tf1r::Sttirl·j:f ;,: . ' 0 .• ·. . .. , ... ; 1 .. · Mdin Stre~i. • · After. tl,i~ g~~ ··; ·• After the., dcince' A . . •' i ,.- .. · a·.n/a-~ wA:J,LKE:R \ ·'\ .• • . . •''t,•' .. .. ' ••. 18 South . . . . ·.·. E. R·: ·. ,,·•· D.· .IC I\ ,.·. ..'·L F O· W ' - ... ", ·, · · · .. Misericordia Shades Wilkes Lassies, 71-27 of L'o··, ·y· •T·· .s_.. ·' Th e SPA.·, .· (,.-.C\ , • at the new Foul shooting proved to be the difference in th e game as the Ralstonmen proved almost perfect in that category making 36 for 45 free throws. The new rule of a bonus shot if the first try is made was the main aid for the Colonel with Al Jeter cau se. Jim F erris made 16 of 17 What's Thiis? and Harry 'Skinny' Ennis hit 12 We've been h earing neat little for 12. rumors al read y from some of those Wilkes jump ed to an early lead who are always quick to criticize, a nd scored seven points before the that you can disco unt the Colonel visitors were able to light the scorebasketball crew as a threat. Some board. Th e t eachers gradually of these guys mean well and are whittled away at th e Colonel lead just natural pessimists and others until they forged ahead at halfar e jokers that would gripe if some- time by a 31 to 29 score. ' one handed them a million dollars In the second half the home just because they wouldn't feel forces showed added life and the natural if they didn't have some- lead chan ged hands several times. thing to say. Wilk es was able to gain an 11 point. This just might be a tough year lead at one time in the second half· on the cagers, but you can bet only to see it _dwindle back to even, your las t buck that' they're going t erms when Harry Ennis fouled to look a lot better than they out of the game with fj.ve minutes; have showed so far. As a matter r emai ning in the contest. of fact, we can't see where they Then wifh the score tied going have done any thing to be into the last minute of play, Jim ashamed of right now. One thing F erris sa ved th e game with three we have never had to say about fouls which proved to be the wina Wilkes team of any kind is that ning margin . Two of those shots it ev.e r quit fighting. In our came as the result of his being minds this means more than all foul ed in th e act of shooting one the winning seasons in the world. of his many driving lay-up shots. The coaching staff has a job on The other was a technical foul due it s hands and it knows it. Rebuild- to too many time-outs credited to ing years are the Pocono boys. always tough. Next week th e cagers entertain It's not human-1 Kutztown on Tuesday and .go on ly possible to the road the foll owing day to . Wilfi eld a new t eam liamspo rt where they m eet Lycomovernight. You ing. Due to a co nflict in Albright's just can't r e- schedule, th e g11me slated f.or this place boys like Saturday at Reading has .been canBatroney and celled with ho r edate in sight. Da vis in a day or two by the wave of th e magic wand. It takes long hours AL JETER of practice a nd By HELEN M. KRACHENFELS concentration. The Wilkes Coll ege Colonelettes N o Towers Apparently . t he team's main showed plenty of spirit as they weakness, as it has been ever since fo ug ht their way to a moral vicwe fi rst came t o Wilkes-·Ba:rre ma- tory .over Misericordia on Tuesday ny moon s ago, is th e lac ',kof height. ni ght on the Dallas floo r . For any Some . of th e Wil kes cage t eams fans of th e fema le· cag.ers who rehave been s o small that we have • mem·ber the score of last year's wonder ed whether there was a li- game with,. that team (a mere 93mitation to height. in the college 11) this ·y~ar's shows improveentrance exams. Of coqrse, · there menf T'ji.e ·colon elettes -h eld their isn't, and there must ·be another opponents to · 71 points, while th ey reason · for it. The only on e that r aised their own . tally t o an· a s· ·'- "· · . w,e ·.can -think of is that we just t onishing 27 ! ·.. • ': · 'At the end. of the fii;st-:-half,;:the aren't ·lucky ·that' way. But no · matter wh-.lt, we pre~ , Wil<lrns Women wer,e ,slight t f disdiet that within the next · two co ur a ged a s the~scoi:eboard showed weeks you. will see a. drasic im- 40-8, ~ut they: rallied in .the §econd .t he provem ent in the s.quad. In our ha lf (ch eered ,o n by most mind it is • potentially a good res idents of But ler H;all) to hold team and one that will 'ca use lots down th e Misery gals, and do so.me of trouble . throughout the 'year top notch · scoring themselv~s . even if it doesn't live up to last Freshman Barbara Vavrek was year's aggregation as far as "wins high scorer with nine points, and and losses go. We wouldn't be a Toma setti fo llowed with six. . ·•. bit surprised if it did though. The .9agemen hurt last week llJJJJIJJJJ~JJJllJ.JO!iJJ when th ey lost the services of Carl ACE DUPONT. Van Ditke due to an a r m injury. DRY CLEANING The 'quiet man' from western Pennsylva·nia · ~alJle through in the first :--- 1 Hour Seryice ~ : game with .. 19 .. markers to dispel 280 s RIVER ST ·' ,WILKE .,·. ··s.·•.B·;.RRE th e myth that. he was a good floor ,· ' •, · · · .. ,.~ man and no_t, much of a scoring,. JJJJ.,J iJJJ .J JJJ#ixuxihJ thre;tt. He ·see:ms to have found · · · · h1s stride ·,afid ~e ·are watching for , .. him 't .o . ~ti¢.~me a. c6ns,istent high 1 scorer .thi~ ,:s~son. ., . . _ . , . • :: . Col,on'~ •:Come 'l;'hr.ougli ' . . ' . . .Last 'WeeR:; ·, Cliff B'r autigan ' and C . . ·d ·,.-,:., . .,·, ..,m .•.t.e_·.. , ., ' Glenn',:Qar-ey:: :Were selectecl-cm the Bio:omsburg "All Op.pcitient'; foo.t-; ball team. ,.- This we .think ,is high praise· for the paii: ~!;!eing a~ 'how ·. th.e . migh_ty , Hui;~ies ' had Httl~ or'..' 1...¥.:e.•.:: g.'.• ;.:;.:_;:l.: ; . ~.. ·,;_j _·.,t_h ;~,:.!:';[.,·;, ;1Qr:11~~hltat!::i :ifa°J.:~;.~}:le's: '. y .n_~····d t···~-.. Favorite Spot. . . .. ... For College Students . : Jl .:'J,,·,;l . ·: ~ ·;'.. s;b., .,'\ .., g •,:,p:·:·. .:l < . ,... .v' " . ,., .·-;~-'! . . 2 South .Main S~eet...... Wilkes-Bane",:',·· '·'' J,. ' kt;!:?:: ;t'o;~~e~:e!~:~:~::di •: ('" i~:~::~~;~~ the team speaks mighty well for their work. . ., :,',.i ,~··· JtFirl~;;;~J~iity �Thursday, December 9, 1954 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 4 BRESNAHAN NABS 'PLAYER OF WEEK' TITLE Steady All Round Play Earns Lanky Forward Week's Top Position You are Welcome ZIMMERMAN'S Scintillqting floor play and jack-rabbit rebounding in the first two basketball encounters of the season send this ·week's sporting laurels to the rangy Colonel forward, John Bresnahan. Apparently of the school of t hought that a team that doesn't have possession of the ball doesn't score a point, the former Plymouth star used his six-foot, two-inch frame to every possible advantage by controlling the backboards for Wilkes. A missed shot by the opposition frequently became a rebound by ·B resnahan and a Colonel score. The talents of "Prodigious John" found no satisfaction in these deeds however, for whil e ballhawking he found sufficient time to stifle the opposition with his tricky push shots, swishing the nets for an average of fourteen counters a game. Early Start A native of Plymouth, Pa., he got his start in basketball at an early age, playing on make-shift AT outdoor courts. On entering high school it was not long before it recognized that he was of the caliExquisite Styles ber that could go on to play varsiIn College Sportswear. ty ball Just what you've been John served his apprenticeship Looking for. with the junior varsity for one year, then played two years with the first stringers. He was chosen 51 Public Square co-captain of the Plymouth High Wilkes-Barre, Penna. five which won the Conference Championship in 1951-52. After graduation he decided to enter ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; Wilkes since he felt it afforded him the educational opportunities of most other schools, while offering the additional advantage of being able to cut expenses by living at home. Soccer also draws John's attenAND tion at Wilkes and he participated in that sport with this year's winning season booting crew. What do you think a guy like Books - Supplies - Novelties Subscriptions this has for a hobby? He takes a busman's holiday and turns basket- Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 ball spectator, watching the Val... WELCOME ley t eams go through their paces. ZIMMERMAN'S JOHN BRESNAHAN A player's merits are usually best expressed by his coach, and Coach Ralston said unhesitatingly of John, " ... definitely one of the bright spots of this year's team, mainly because of his hustle and rebounding ability. I am for the selection 100 per cent." JORDAN Est. 1871 Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality tt 9 West Market Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Wilkes College BOOKSTORE VARIETY SHOP •~=======~ In the Stocking'under the Tree . ~ The Most Popular 2- Way Cigarette ( Regular & King Size) for every smoker on your list I "HOME FOR CHRISTMAS"-Gift package of the season -colorful -attractive-designed by the famous artist, Stevan Dohanos. Remember all your smoking friends with the gift that really satisfies-Chesterfields. Best to give-best to smoke. Beats the stuffing out of other transportation! Storms can't cancel your trip. Traffic jams can't make you miss vacation dates, or get you back to the campus late. And it's more fun traveling by train with your crowd, enjoying swell dining car meals en route. Save 25 % or More Travel home and back with two or more friends on Group Coach Tickets. On most trips of 100 miles or more, you each save 25 % of usual round-trip rate. Still better, gather 25 or more to travel long-distance together on the same home wa rd train. Then return singly or together, and each save 28 % of the regular coach round-trip fare . And this is gravy! Get the Full Facts from Your Railroad Ticket Agent Well in Advance Eastern Railroads � 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 1954 December 9th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954 December 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/bb38f8dcbc474e78af712351d3d61443.pdf fac08843744a4480fcba88046a9b2e5c PDF Text Text WILKES The Community College. Serving Wyoming Valley And The World ,4:#3 - WILKES COLLEGE - THE BEACON ~Beacon Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA GRADE 'A' CHRISTMAS WISH By John Kushnerick THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1954 WC Wins at Bucknell, Novices Cop First Meet; Flannery Top Speaker Farley Explains Stand On Nixing Club Money CHRISTMAS MESSAGE FROM DR. E. s. FARLEY WC Music Groups Spread Christmas Cheer in Valley For the past two we and, Choral Club, and horus have been bus hristmas programs ·ganizations through y. Their acti · · rida y with a pr a s music for t ownship High Sc Club. That s In this Christmas season wish you not only happiness and a pleasant holiday, but I wish for you a greater appreciation of the inner serenity and trength that come to those who . believe in high ideals and in a cause greater than they. Merry Christmas to you all. -Dr. Eugene S. Farley Wilkes President DR Buffet Features The annual Theta Delta Rho uffet supper for the women of :Wilkes was held Tuesday night in he dormitory cafeteria. Food for this affair was supplied by the bers about the present financial difBy HELEN M.. KRACHENFELS The Student · with ficulties of the school which are making i ecessary for him to Dr. Farley 1 ab $75,000 year in addithe questi This amounts to Thursday. dent in the colhe was gla ty to meet that in atmatter so t hese funds, he learn of hi lain what the situation. for, and he said A hi stor cannot ask for piled a e used for the ceived ly a few stuse with clubs, e college were rough tuition ts themselves, ith their funds Farley contipresent cirnot the case. e it clear that he ed" the Student but he now feel s t ely necessary for cil to act in acishes, because s given. Club , e Skit ry Parly at Hoyt performance o Mr. Detroy, al Club, Mr. M Band, and w· rector of th ducted these Sextet con · Ralph Har Shiffer, Be Moran, th Club will sponsor ·e" party in the a on January 5. e highlighted by e" skit about a ntemporary Ae policy with s::r:~:h: i:t~:: Kruger's Charges· In Unprecedented Three-Time Slam The Wilkes debate teams performed an unprecedented triple slam last weekend when the varsity walked away with the Bucknell "G o o d Neighbor" tournament, the novice squad took top honors at Princeton, ~ ; ~ J. HAROLD FLANNERY, JR. and J. Harold Flannery, Jr., was adjudged the top speaker at the Bucknell event. i" J. Many former Wilkes engineer- l · ing students now taking advanced studies at Bucknell watched the Colonels sweep the Lewisburg event. The Bucknell cup was won by an impressive 7 to 1 stampede which~ ground both the P enn State men and women's teams into the dust#, in three of four contests. Scran(continued on page 2) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ #, #, College Register Ready for Presses ~ secret . arty time. I and refreshments are al- I ~ for what promises In a year of many " firsts" at pe of part y. Pat Wilkes Coll ege, another innovation 1rman. Jessie Roderick will get underway this week. ~ arge of the skit. Scheduled to go to press near embers of the Education the end of the week is the first e invited and invitations Student Register in Wilkes history. -have' been sent to officers of It will contain the names, adthe Fu u e T eachers of America dresses, and phone numbers of the / Clubs in the local high schools. entire student body, faculty and administration and will be in alphabetical order .according to classes. Howard Gross, Glenn Carey. The student register, which has Chaperones, Bob Lynch, Pat become a necessary thing on many Stout; entertainment, Mo Batter- progressive campuses around the son, Paul Shiffer, Jim Jones, Ruth nation, is a project of the sophoReml ey, Nancy Brown, Bob Lynch. more class. / l .J.. #,Ji p; ~ ~ �WILKF.$ COLLEGE BEA~ON 2 Thursday, December 16, 1954 TDR To Sponsor' Ugly Man' Contest Balloting lo Find Homeliest Man On Campus lo Start in January; Trophy lo be Presented lo Winner WC COEDS REVIVE OLD CHRISTMAS SPIRIT BY TREATING ORP,HANS TO DAY OF FUN By JANICE SCHUSTER Who the ugliest man on campus is will be revealed in the In this day of modern commercial Christmases, the old time spirit once more prevailed first "Ugly Man Contest" of Wilkes College to be conducted by as twelve thoughtful Wilkes College co-eds this week practiced the old saying that giving is Theta Delta Rho, from January 3 to 14. This contest has been better than receiving. employed successfully by many colleges as a whimsical and Since the Jay Cee's take only fund raising event. the older orphans on their annual MIRACLE RIDS CHASE All organizations and clubs are urged to nominate and Christmas shopping trip, the girls campaign enthusiastically for their candidate. The names of OF EXCESS BAGGAGE decided to brighten the holidays all candidates are to be submitted to the co-chairmen, Freda Billfor the younger pre-school age By LOIS LONG stein and Pat McNelis as soon as possible. It is, however, not orphans of St. Stanislaus Orphan- Naomi Kivler Engaged To Beacon Writer age by treating them to their own shoppin g tour. Playing the part of guardian angels were Audrey Cragle, Natalie Barone, Barbara Tanski, Nancy Wood, Justine Battisti, Helen Rut. ledge, Joan Zawoiski, Merri Jones, Beverly Clause, El Nora Metroka, Irma Bianconi, and Nancy Schooley. Under no supervision, they took thirteen ea ge r and appreciative youngsters, ranging from 2 to 4 years of age, into their own hands and shared with them an experience which both groups shall long remember. To start off the fun-filled excursion, the excited children were taken to the College Education Ciub where they saw a display of toys and other items of interest to young child ren's minds. Then their pictures were taken and the little tots were guided by the coeds on a window shopping spectacle down town. The benevolent Wilkes girls then bought mittens and toys for the little ch erubs. The highlight of the whirl of events was the visit to Santa Claus which the youths welcomed with eager antici-pation. The generosity of the girls did not cease after the trip to Santa, for they then took their inexhaustible wards to the Spa and treated them to sodas. Through th e kindness of the Spa, candy was donated to the orphans' home. The last stop of the memorable tour was at Pomeroy's where the tots enjoyed rides on the ponies. The fun-filled day came to a close and the "little bundles of energy" were return ed to the home feeling happy and lively - the girls feeling tired but satisfied. Do you believe in miracles? Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kivl er, 116 Chestnut Street, Nanticoke, an- If not, take a jaunt over to the nounce the engagement of their Chase Theater building and you daughter, Naomi, to Richard Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence may · change your mind. Last Monday evening about twenty 1 Jones, Towanda. Sandy Furey and Miss Ellen Naomi, a popuiar coed at Wilkes, consciencious elfs got on the president of Theta Delta Rho soro- loose and did a miraculous job Witiak announced their engagesity, received her diamond from cleaning it. ment at the Lettermen's Formal Dick prior to attending the Christlast Friday. Tuesday morning not a flat mas Formal last Friday evening. The announcement culminated a A graduate of Nanticoke High or a prop could be found lyiing School, the bride elect , will gradu- around and all the paint buckets romance which has been blossomate in June with a bachelor of sci- were rubbed clean. This certain- ing since the couple's senior year ence degree in elementary educa- ly was an unusual occurance as at Old Forge High School. tion. any of the visitors who occasionEllen is a senior majoring in Jones, a native of Towanda ana ally stumble into the building elementary educatiort and a memresident of Ashley Hall, is a junior to get out of the rain will tell ber of the MANUSCRIPT staff. education major. He is a veteran you. Sandy, a senior in pre-med, will of four years in the Air Force, Could such mortal men as Cue enter J efferson Hospital Medical which saw him travel in 43 states. The author of the popular vete- 'n' Curtain members have done School in September. He is the ran's column in the Beacon as well this? No, this could only have editor of the MANUSCRIPT, Wilkes College literary publication. as a f eature writer, Dick was re- been done by a miracle. cently appointed assistant business manager of the paper. He is a graduate of Towanda High School. No date has been set for the wedding. room. By T. R. PRICE In the literary field, Dr. Raddin " Dr. Raddin: · Author, Artist, Educator" ran one of the Beacon's has presented the College with the feature headlines a few issues ago. manuscripts (something, by the MOTHER OF STUDENT The doctor's students are already way, which students would do well familiar with his educational fa- to present to the College MANUTAKEN BY DEATH cilities , but there are examples of SCRIPT) of three of his books. The Beacon speaks on beother, and perhaps not so evident, The works he has kindly donated half of the entire student talents of this latest addition to to the Wilkes library are: "Hocbody, faculty and administraquet Cantatit and the Early New the college English department. tion in sending deepest symOn display on the east wall of York Literary Scene", "The New pathy to Dick Carpenter on Kirby Hall's first floor periodical York of Hocquet Cantatit and His the loss of his mother. Such room is one of Dr. Raddin's land- Associates", and "Cantatit and the a great loss is even greater s~apes, a snow scene, while another Genet Episode". in this season of the year. reposes over the reading room To his entire family, sincere A smart guy is a fellow who mantle. Further examples of Dr. condolences. Raddin's work may also be seen hitches his wagon to a girl who in the dormitory students' dining works like a horse. KRUGER'S CHARGES (continued from page 1) ton, Bucknell and Wilkes-Barre's King's also fell before Dr. Arthur N. Kruger's char ges. O:mly the Penn State men's alfirm::ative could down the Wilkesmen. Flannery won the best-speaker mred:al for his work a s second n egative. At Princeton,, a green novice • t eam entered their first real tournam ent and trou111C'ed Hofstra , lmmaculata, For.dham , St. P et er's, GC NY, a nd Brookl yn to emerge th e winner. The junior debaters who a ccom plished this fin e feat were: Virginia Brehn, Bruce Warsha l for the affirmative; H.ermina Fried a nd John Scandale fo r the negative. The victorious varsity" was r epresented by Leslie Wei ner and Jam es N everas for th e affi r mati ve and J esse Choper a nd Flannery for the negative. Weiner joined the varsity only fo ur days befor e his first tourna ment and did surpri singly well. The Bucknell sweep was applauded by such debate authorities as the P enn State coach who called Wilk es "The finest debating team that I have ever heard." His sentiments were echoed by Professor O'Brien, coach of the Penn men's team, and Dr. Merritt of the host school. Dr. Kruger's proteges will next debate at the Johns Hopkins tournaip ent early in February. This is a two-man invitational tourney. Last year, the Neveras-Flannerycombination tied five-two for first place. Engagement of Furey, Witiak Announced I Raddin's Works Now on Campus Advancement Of Management Society Chapter Chartered I· • I necessary t o be a member of a club to be nominated. Any group of t en students can nominate somebody w ho is not in a club. To be eligible for this contest , a candidate must be a Wilkes College male student, carryiing one semest er hour of credit, with an academic average of .0000. This means that a ny male is eligible. Voting will be conducted in such a manner as to allow an unlimited amount of ballots to each person. However, one stipulation is being made - one penny must accompa-• ny each and ever y vote. Ballot boxes will be placed at various places on campus and will be attended by members of TDR. The funds raised by the contest will help aid the sorority's charity patient. Game Galore in Woods; Hunter Bags Deer, Bear The big game season ended last Saturday and so far the BEACON sports depar tment has heard of only one successful nimrod as far a s the large beasts are concerned. The lad with the dead eye is Larry Groninger who was a double barreled success, bagging both a. bear and a deer. Groninger was loping along the ridges of Bald Mountain about three weeks ago when• br'er bruin incautiously showed his vanishing tail a little ways down the trail. Larry levered up, leveled, and let fly, larruping the big black beast in the brain, and that was the end of the day's hunting. The bear was a beaut indeed, weighing over 200 pounds. There's more to this little tale however. Th e next week our hero goes out to the same mountain, and while other poor souls are getting wet and so forth, what happens? He barely gets posted when a buck bounds by. Larry's blunderbuss bellows, and it's time to go home with a five point buck. "Getting the carcass of the animals was the worst part of all," says Larry. "Lots of work involved ther e." But at lea st he had a carcass to bring back . We've heard of several wo uld-be deerslayers who sq uatted all day by a pipeline and go t nothing but cold. - WILKES COLLEGE - Beacon A newspaper published each week of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. Beacon Photo by Ace Hoffman With the presentation of a charter by the National Society for the Advancement of Management this week, Wilkes College became the first school in northeastern Pennsylvania to establish a junior chapter of the organization. Charter was granted last week at Scranton by officials of the local senior chapter. Shown above, left to right: Robert Kaufman, senior chapter vice president; Frank Hertig, chapter president; Robert Price, Wilkes chapter president; Dr. Eugene S. Farley, Wilkes· College president ; and John Jones, senior chapter secretary. Kaufman and Hertig are associated with TungSol Electric Corporation, and Jones with International Correspondence Schools. Dr. Farley is a member of the executive board of the chapter. The Wilkes chapter of S.A.M. was begun last June. Among the purposes of the organization is to promote closer relationship between commerce and finance students at Wilkes and area business management. Local speakers are called in to discuss commos management problems. Discussion grups, seminars and conferences are planned. Stanley Young is faculty adviser. Editor .. · .. ..... ... ..... John D. Curtis Asst. Editor .... .. .. ........ Ivan Falk Asst. Editor Pearl Onacko Sports Editor . .. ... Allen Jeter Business Mgr . .... Arthur Hoover Asst. Bus. Mgr. Dick Jones Faculty Adviser .... George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes Campmi. Telephone: VAlley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. �LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS 3 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Thursday; December 16, 1954 by Dick llbler Chem Deparlmenl BEACON EDITORIALS Gets Colorimeler; A Message for Christmas the time of the year when everyone seems friendly, Aid lo Scientists heartsThisareiswarm and in general there is a feeling of excitement By LESLIE WEINER The •Chemistry Department has announced the acquisition of a new Bausch and Lomb Spectronic 20 Colorimeter received this week. It is assumed that everyone knows what a Spectronic 20 Colorimeter is, but there is a possibility that one or two freshmen may not be acquainted with this handy gadget. For these few unfortunates, we add that it is an instrument for determining and specifying colors. It is used for comparing the intensities of the corresponding colors of the spectra. The Spectronic 20 Colorimeter will be a great help to the physical chemists and the more elementary students of "Q1iant" and "Qua!". It is also used to determine what is in a substance and the quantity of the substance present. For example, through the use of this instrument, the chemist can determine . whether Albumen or bacteria or Globulins are present in the blood and the percentage of each. The Chem Department deems itself lucky to possess this instrument and reminds students that no red-blooded American home should be without one. In Your Stocking... A soft blanket of fluffy white snow covered the portable typewriter and a plump, little bewhiskered reporter sat down in his office at the North Pole and sent out the most startling flash of the century. "Dunder, a five to one shot, upset the fabulous Rudolph tonight in the annual Ch,rjstmas gingerbread stakes. Vixen placed third." The flash, came o,v er our non-existant teletype in the BEACON office alng with some garbled gibberish which turned out to be our Season's greetings to all Wilkesmen. DR. F ARLEY--,Fulfillment of his dreams for a new arts building. GEORGE RALSTON-His doctorate. MRS. GERTRUDE DOANE-Continued success as a personable dean. Bt>B PARTRIDGE-More happy days with t he student council. THE GIRLS IN CHASE-Less work and more s pare time. MR. KERS·T EEN-Money. BILL JERVIS-Take that pool table away. MILLIE GITTENS-A singing put in the next musical. AL GROH and JOHN DETROY-Another smash hit. TO THE FACULTY-Less red ink. STUDENT COUNCIL-A continued effort for better student government. TO THE CLUBS-Success in all your social ventures. J ANICE SCHUSTER-A byline on a scoop. T. R. PRICE-A typewriter that actually works. PEARL ONACKO-" Bill Ba iley, won't you please come home?" BOB DARROW-A few more s pecific hates. JOAN PERASH-A couple more assorted frogs and possums to care for. HELEN KRACHENFELS-Pencils to go with t he erasers. JOH N KUSHNERICK-Recognition as a top-grade cartoonist. CONNIE KAMARUNAS-Her name in the paper, just like she asked. BUD PRICE-To really make something out of S.A.M. VERNE BUNN-All work handed in on time, without asking. DR. ARTHUR KRUGER-Even greater laurels for his excellent debaters. J ACK CA VE-To beat Na ncy Wood in a n MG race from the lake. WALT DiMARCO-Even more social activity on campus. BOB LYNCH-A lip like Harry James. (His wife will do, too.) GENE RILEY-Just st.op singing Christmas Carols (or singing, period.) AL JETER-Just to be allowed to go stark, raving mad in peace. Ah, work, it's wonderful. DICK GRIBBLE-More dances like the last one!!! !??? MRS~ BRENNAN, NANCY, HELEN and MISS MEEKER AT THE SNACK BAR-Brig hter faced students early in the morning and late in t he evening. P A<RKElt PETRI LAK-An admission from George that he's not througfi. DICK BUNN- Conti;nued serious deliberatio1:1 before voting in council. BILL CROWDER-My Stan Kenton record back. SHELDON SCHNEIDE'R- Acceptance at the New School __. (psychology) . FREDA BILLSTEIN-"Nothing, rahlly, I have everything." MRS. RUTH ROBERTS-Complete and speedy recovery. RUSS PICTON and. REESE JONES-To have even further success in dis playing top-flight class leadersh ip. TO EVERYBODY'-A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A H.ArPP-Y' 1955 ! CURTIS and FALK Research Papers Presented Four research papers were present ed by students of local colleges Wednesday night at the college Lecture Hall , sponsored by the Intercollegiate Chemical Society of No rtheastern P ennsylvania . Students from Wilkes,. King's, Misericordia, and Scranton U. presented papers. Warren Blaker of Wilkes presented a paper entitled "The Synthesis and Strains in Nonmembered Rings of the Non-Benzoid Type". AT EASE! in the air. And why not? It's Christmas time and not long after that the New Year rolls in. Yes, indeed, it is a festive time of the·. year and if it only betters relations among men, even just for a while, then the holiday season, commercialized. as it has . become in many ways, is serving a purpose that is worth all the money in the world. This feeling of a kinship among men, which is so pronounced in the Yuletide season, shows that even in this day of alarming materialism, either knowingly or unknowingly we revert to behavior prescribed in the Bible. "Peace on earth, good will to men." Now if this feeling of good will, of kinship and feeling toward the other fellow can be kept alive, not only each holiday season, but rather each year, throughout the year, perhaps much of our worldly toil and strife can be eliminated. You get a feeling of warmth, don't you, when a stranger passing by nods and offers a cheerful "Merry Chrstmas." Even men at odds the majority of the year will stop and have a friendly chat in the Spirit of Christmas - decorations, falling snow, packages, colored lighis, pine trees, family get-togethers, church, Christ, or all of these, according to what Christmas means to you. Our campus has been touched by the intangible spirit that makes Christmas the unique holiday of holidays. Many students prepare to leave for their homes and vacations. Many others, who live in town, just prepare for the holiday. A busy time has been had by nearly everyone- during the "warm-up" period here at school. And it ha·s been go0d. For busy and hurried as everyone has been, there seems to ,have been more time for those extra "little things" that me·an a lot. As an editorial writer, we have what is perhaps an unequalled opportunity of expressing our feelings here on campus. That is, we· print our feelings in 1,000 copies each week. Hoping that at least 1,000 different people will read our effort this week, we stop now: To each and every person a truly happy Christmas, one which will see your hopes and desires of the holiday completely fulfilled. For the New Year The next issue of the Beacon will not be published until next year. We haven't run out of money; it's simply that we have· run out of days - in 1954. With a sad look at what is left in the old year and at the days gone by, good and bad - and they were both - we loo~ to the future year with new hope for peace, prosperity and happiness. This is our wish for you in 1955; Curtis, Editor A TRAVELIN' GAL Dorm's Returns J." Kernshen, N~rse·, School, Aiming Hiwh, By BILL DeMA:YO Of all the full-time students at Wilkes, probably no one has risen as hig h in his or field as Dorothy By DICK JONES The Veteran's Club basketball Jane Kernchen. Prior to her enteam came through with a 39-33 rollment here, D.J. (which she prewin over t he Biology Club in their fers to be called) was administrafirst game of the sea son last Mon- tive assistant to the director · of a, day. Lenny Mulcahy paced the large Chicago hospital. She also five "Iron Men" with 17 points. can probably take honors as our However, the boys aren't as young most widely traveled student. Most of her accomplishments can and chipper as they used to be and will need some reserves. How a- be traced to one outstanding charac teristic _ she refrains from makbout some volunteers ? Ashley Hall received a Christ- ing long range pla-n s but knows mas card from John Milliman, ex- which decision to make at the right Colonel athlete. John is currently time U~on her graduation, in 1942, in Germany. His address is: Pfc John Milliman US 51273713 from Hyde Park High School in her home town, Chicago, Ill., D.J. Co C 801st Engr Bn went to Beloit College in WisconAPO 190 c/o PM N.Y., N.Y. The vets would like to extend sin. There she remained as a Iitheir best wishes for a very happy beral arts student for two years holiday season to the entire stu- when it becam e necessary to decide upon a major. Slie heard of dent body and administration. the United States Cadet Nurse A (hie!) P0ME Here's to re-enlistees, they're Training Program, looked into it, and decided that nursing was the true blue; Here's to Falk, may he re-up too. field for her The annu~l polio epidemic beAt the last Student Council meeting the Veteran's Club constitution came quite severe in the following was approved, and it will now .go summer (1949) and D.J. volunteerto the Administrative Council for ed to do polio work with the American Red Cross in New York where final approval. she worked with the National InNO EiX -Gl'S HERE News from the various training fantile Paralysis Foundation. camps finds John Williams, Ray_ D.J. found that she saved enough Tait, Bob Heltzel, and Jim Ather- to make a trip to Europe. She has ton stationed at Fort Dix. John's many relatives in northern Geraddress is US 52375579, 893 Tank many and in Denmark whom she Battalion, Co. A., Platoon 4, F ort had not seen since before the war. Dix, N. J. Joe Sikora is scheduled She sailed fro m New York in June, to enter one of Uncle Sam's Tech- 1950 on the Norwegian liner Oslonical Training Schools, and John fjord. Once there, she found everyMilliman is now stationed with t he thing so delightful that her estiArmy in Germany. This column mated departure dat e was extended will be glad to receive any other from September beyond Christmas news of Wilkes' men and women at which time her funds would cerin service. tainly be gone. This had just a- bout happened when she was offered and had accepted a job. Her work was assisting the Senior officer of the United States Displaced Persons Commission,. and entailed the responsibi~ity for t~e s:1fety and ~ontrol of h_1 g.hly classif1 ed matenal concerning the· rejection of displaced person~ being p_rocessed through ~he _Secunty Section tha~ organization.. . While :"'1th t~e Commission she was stationed m Frankf~rt and Stuttgart, Germany, and m Salzburg, A~stria. Back m the States, she settled at the Indianapolis Medical Center. ~bon t a year later, w~i~e ?n vacation, she stopped to v1s~t m h~r old :',Ima .Mater, St. ~uke s Hospita! 1~ Chicago. While the~e, she was introduced to the new director of the nursing school, Mis~ Edith P~yne. After a long talk with I:er, Miss Payne came to the conclusion that D.J. was the type of person . that she needed_ on h~r staff,. 9:nd offered her an 1mm ed1ate position as her administrative assistant at the school: . Realizing her la~k. of formal trammg for such a position, D:J. ac~epted her offer with the st1pulat10n that she would leave after one year to complete the require~ents for a degree in nursing educ:ition. . ~1ss Pa,yne wa~ also m~trumenta! m D.J. s selection of Wilkes for her deg~·ee work - she served f?r some. time on the Pennsylvama ~ursmg Board. and kn~ws of the ~ugh standa_rds m the Wilkes Nursmg Education Department. o! Dr. Reif after telling joke to class: To all of those who gave me that pleasant look - thanks. To those who gave me a sour look - go to H-1! �Thursday, December 16, 1954 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 4· CAMPU S CHATTER All About Evenin g With t h e holiday sea son - t.h c big holida y of each school y ea r so close at hand, campus people are and have been more active and doing m or e things t hat t h ey probably will fo r the rest of the year. A s a sidelight, we thought it w ould be nice t o r ep or t a few of t h e (and pardon, Tom Moran ) people a nd things. The Christmas Formal, s pon- . sored by the Lettermen, was a booming success. Many of the over 100 couples attend ing remarked about the sp irit shown at the dance. It was the fi rs t time that many ever heard a pplause for an orchestra and it ha ppened several times. Orchids to t hose people who started t he hand work for Lee Vincent's orchestra, as fine a musical agg regation heard at Wilkes. Campus scene and heard - Ji m Ne veras walking proudly arou nd cam pus last Sunda y with t h e first place t r oph y the debators won la st week at Bucknell . . . Irv Gelb's prize r ema rk of t h e year at dance. P a ssing the bandst and on the n ext to last number of the night and saying t o Wilk es Alu m Len Seras , " Say, man. H ow abo ut. playing som ething pretty." Ouch! George Ra lston seeing a life-lon g a mbition fu lfill ed at t he dorm itor ies' annual Christmas dinner as he l ed t he group in singing Ch r istma s Carols: Shoot, man, I love t o sing . Ah'm a rea l tenor, too. Erwin Kaye, off to N ew York fro m Berwick over the week-end via a friend's plan e a nd hopping ba ck t o get t o work on t h e yearbook earl y Sunday. Still up in t h e air - deadline ti m e . . . Dave Polley a tot a l wr eck aft er 72 h ours of partying that took him to Wilkes' gym, Lund y's, P ittston, Centenary Junior Coll ege (N .J.), on e t raffic ticket a nd back ... F li rtacious Pat McN elis making eyes at John Chwalek's son at Chr istmas dinn er. "Curly" .Joe Trosko muss ing hair out at Lundy's after dance to make sure he'd live up to his nickname in picture about to be taken . . . . Al Wallace back among old friends for dance ha ving bus y ti me of hand-shaking. . . . Dick Gribble supplying latfs for everybody Friday night . . . P eople on campus wo ndering who wa s beaming more wh en Mrs. Farley attended the Christ mas Assembly and later had lunch at the dorm itory dining hall. The beam ing fac es belonged, first t o Dr. Farley, for r ea sons obvious to all, Mrs. Farley, so happy to be back amon g us at the college, and the studen ts th·e mselves, who have missed h er war mth an d vibrance du r ing h er illness .. . Student rushing up to Dick Jones, recently engaged, to offer "Congratulatio ns," and getting a surprised "For What" in ret urn. I sn 't love grand? Well, ah mean, isn 't it? ... Bruce Harbater , known fo r h is fi libustering in the ed ucation department, came up wit h a beauty la st week. Th e class was discussing financ es in teaching and Bruce asked Dr. Eugene H am mer, " Do you have broken do wn statistics?" Class broke up. Nancy Wood cracking u p the crowd by dropp ing her two fro nt t eet h and thing ing " Thister Thue." . . . Alumna Doris Gates requesting song du r ing dance only to see it passed by in t h e shuffl e. Seeing Wilkesman Joe Sabalaski, l ead clarinet is t , after last son g, entering gripe, wh ereupon J oe uncased sax and played th e r equest "solo" while Dale- Warmouth (with Doris ) and Miriam Long (with J oe) h owl•ed at command perform an ce. It wa s easy to t el1 wh o's in and out of . shape by attendi ng inaugural session s of intra-mural bask etball play th is w eek . . . A certain roommate complaining about "muscles I ain't n ever used b efore." . . . And fina ll y, a fee ling of a nti cipat ion a s classes, tests, sh opping da ys, and finally h ours and mi nutes pass by before Christmas. S O.UR NOTE Don't forg et those term papers, kiddees ! by Dick Bibler LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS. For This Week A Chuckle and a Smile These .modern da ys t h e baby g oes around in r ompers, the wife goes around in sa bies a nd the husband goes a r ound with another gir l. A wife is never inter ested in what her husband is sa ying unless he's talking to anoth er wo man. my beard grow a litte past shaving da te, put some mud on m y face, get a spot on my colla r, sprinkle dust all ove r m y coat , and - then I a m sure to m eet her. ,:, * ,:, ,:, ,:, A gentleman advert ised for a wife t hro ug h the newspa pers, a nd Half t h e lies they t ell about h er r eceived letters fro m seventeen aren 't tru e. hundred husbands saying h e coul d · * ,:, ,:, * ,:, have theirs. Some w om en dress to kill -and Tea cher : ," Tell me, what is it cook the sam e way. wh en I say, 'I love yo u,' 'you love,' 'he loves ''!" You've reac hed middle a ge wh en Bright pupi l : "Sou nds like one yo ur wi fe tell s you t o pull in y our of those tria ng les wh er e someon e st omach - and you already h a ve . a lways gets sh ot." ,:, ·:· ,·, ,:, '' . Repar t ee is wha t you'd say if yo u had a nother chance. Coll eg e J oe-"Y ou say you're qu it e a Bible stud ent, eh ? Can you g ive me a quotation fro m the Bi ble?" Coed-"Sure. 'J udas we nt and hang ed him self'." "A nd a nother ?" She, bor ed to death-" 'Go th ou and do likewise' ." t,/.,1,~ ~ .J!iZl!.a .e. t::-15. - - •-■•r..,.. "It's only Ed's sister with his laundry." 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Campus Quotes . . . 111111111111 1111111111 1111111111111 I II II II II II II Dr. Ma iley (after h earing r eports of what students fou nd at polls on elect ion day ): " I k new yo u'd have your eyes open ed, but I didn't th ink yo u'd meet such stark reality." Jim A lcorne: "Voltaire wrote profusely on everything a nd profoundly on nothing." :;: ::: ::: ,:: ::: Helen Krachenfels : (on a dank an d drizz ly aft erno on ): "I just don 't feel l ike ,~~~n: ing t oday. " BEACON APOLOGIZES TO SHAKESPEARE T he fa ult, S ha kes pear fa ns, is not in .ou r text s , but in the fact t hat we were hasty. Last week's library a r t icle, fe a t uring the immo rta l bard, conta ined some rather glar ing errors concerning Shakespear e's seamanship. Closer exa mination of texts, t he "First F olio" and "Furness", shows tha t we unsus pecting ly went otf ha lf-cocked. Oh well, even Quent in Rey nolds get s tr ipped u p when h e forgets to check. Herea fter, we will st ick to C. S. Fo rester and F letcher P ra tt. JORDAN Friend: "Do you know that 'Sugar' and 'suma c' are t he only t w o English words beginn ing with 's' with an 'sh' sound?" Hoats : "Sure." Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality The smoothest r unning t hing about a car is t h e salema1:'s tongue. : You are Welcome AT ZIMMERMA N'S Exquisite Styles In College Sportswear. Just what you've been Looking for. ZIMME RMAN'S 51 Public Square Wilkes-Barre, Penna. "My wife's fa vorite book . before we were married was "Th e Three Musketeers," and we had triplets." "Good Gdd ! 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The Candies of Finer Quality BOTTLED UNDER AUTHOR IT Y O f THE CO CA -COL A COMPAN Y BY THE KEYSTONE COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. "Coke" is o reg iste red trad e .ma rk. @ 195 3, THE COCA -COL A COMPANY �Thursday, December 16, 1954 5 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON . COLONEL COURTMEN LOSE 2-ND GAME IN ROW; LYCOMING, ·SNOW, ICE PRODUCE "REAL COOL" RECEPTION AND 86- 72 LOSS AT WILLIAMSPORT HIGH FL YIN' ENNIS NETS ANOTHER TWO-POINTER By RODGER LEWIS Wilkes College basketeers weathered the snow and traveled to Lycoming last night only to get a reception as cool as the night when the host club beat the locals 86 to 72. It was the second game in as many nights for the Colonels. · The Wilkesmen trailed throughout the contest and at halftime by a 44 to 37 score. At one time in the second half, Wilkes caught the Warriors and tied the score at 63all. Shortly after SVOVTI~~ Al20U~I) with Al Jeter No Tradition Broken Inasmuch as this is th e last issue of the BEACON before the Christmas vacation w e think it a good time to give out with our wishes for the coming yea r. This, for som e reason unknown to us, has been a tradit ion among n ews paper peope for years and we don 't liike t o be the ones to break the tradition so h er e goes. To Coach George Ralston: a football t eam equal to this year's squad, an assistant coach of the calibre of Rus s Picton, and a couple of basketball players that can put th eir h ead through the hoop without jumping. (Also one giant economy size box of Pheno-Barbital.) To Coach Bob Partridge: a 'Bob Feller' type pitch er and a couple of fence buster hitters for his baseball t e a m, and and influx of for eign exchange students for his soccer squad. Money, Money! To Don Kersteen: bigger 'n' better receipts at the gate n ext football season. AL JETER (Put that gun away, Mr. Acme.) To the football t eam : a stadium where they don't ha ve to wear miners caps to see what's ging on. To th e mebers of the press in the Kingston Stadium press box: an automatic coffee machine. To the soccer team: an automatic laundry or somethin gthat corresponds to it. (This good wish probably dates back to the late s occer season just buried several weeks ago when there wasn't enough room for u s and our roommate's s occer uniform whi ch seemed to have gained itself a permanent niche on a clothes line in our room.) Also for t he soccer t eam : so me spectators. Tennis Anyone? To the eager athletes who don't play any of the sports that the college f eatures: a swimming, golf, and track t eam . To Bob Moran: just one mor e hockey t eam before the old firehorse goes into th e pasture. To the Letterman's Club : bigger and bett er Chri stmas formals. W e can't rem ember a n icer one than this year's. To Coach John R eese : anoth er wi nning sea son with his groaners. To several of th e 'deer hunter s' in the vicinity: one original copy of th e 'Pathfi nd er's Guide' and one "Guaranteed To Bring You Back Alive" compass. To t h e BEACON: a r eal hon est to blazes telephone and a typewrit er that ' works. An to th e school in generalthe students, faculty and administ r ation : we wish most of all a very Merry Chri stmas and a Happy New Yea r. SPECIAL TUX GROUP PRICES for WILKES DANCES at •1 , -.. · JOHN B. STETZ't-::._ Lyco forged ahead and stayed there until the fi nal buzzer. Ennis Hampered The big blow came to Ralston's attack when high scorer Harry Ennis was force d to leave the game to assure him of playing the last fe w minutes, as he acquired his fourth per sonal. "Skinny", who had 17 of his 20 points in the fir st half, "appropriately" got four fouls called against him within six minutes of the second half. The sco rin g for WC was spread out quite evenl y with five m en in do ubl e figures and the sixth with nin e markers. Van Dyke, Bresnahan, .and P etrilak came through with 11 tallies while F erris grabbed 10 .and Jablonski 9. Lycoming's stocky forward, Art Wilson, paced the visitors with 2-8 points, 12 of which came on fouls. 4 t;,hr:~oss was the foutth for Coach Ralston's boys against one win. The record does not tell the whole story however. Their fir st loss was to Ithaca by seven points in the season's opener. Loss number two was inflicted by a good Bloomsburg squad by a 10 point margin. WC's only win was against East Stroudsburg and oddly enough played it's worst game thus far this season. The Colonels will have a long la y-off over th e Christmas holidays and play their first game of th e new year at hom e with Ithaca the attraction. Hoopslers Shaded In Final Seconds By Kulzlown STC Th e Wilkes cage crew lost a heart-breaker to Kutztown State T each er s Tuesday ni g ht in the final seconds of play 72-71. It was th e thi rd loss for th e Colonels in fo ur times out. In the closing seconds of the fracas, Harry Ennis drew two foul shots as he attempted to drive for the basket. H e stepped to the line and made th e first one to raise th e Wilkesm en within one point of the t eac hers. The second shot went astray and Kutztown took the rebound keeping possession of the ball until the final buzzer. ~;:;~~~\~~ 11 ~:~n~f~~~e~~a:::e on them at half time with some classy ball playing, and for awhile Harry Ennis goes way up for another two points against it seemed that would pull the game Kutztown Tuesday night. His effort was in vain though as the out of the fire. Teachers nosed the Colonels 72-71 in a down-to-the-wire finish. Even in losing, the hoopsters had five men in the double figur e column. John Bres nahan was high with 16 counters. Right on his tail was Carl Van Dyke, playing his first game since the season's opener, with 14. Jim Ferris co ntributed 13 to th e Bob Masonis of Kingston stepped out of the 177-pound class Colonel cause as did Harry 'Skinny' Ennis. Joe Jablonski hit the double into the heavyweight division and scored a 5-2 decision to gain column for the first time this seas- the Wilkes College wrestling team a 16-16 tie with Swarthmore on with 12. College last night n the Wilkes ' gym. It was the fir st time for the Wilkes veteran to wrestle this year. H e was confined to bed with a heavy co ld in th e Colonels fir st meet with Brooklyn Pol y Tech. H e The "foul tactics" of Jim Ferris, the mighty mite from Kings- defeated Ben Beattie. AND ton, had a great part in his garnering the coveted "Player of the The Wilkes grapplers jumped off Week" honors thi's week. Ferris' "foul tactics", by no means, to an earl y lead with Bob Morgan overstepped the rules of basketball scoring a pin over Howie T emn of Books - Supplies - Novelties sportsmanship. Swarthmore in 2 :45 of the first Subscriptions In the court encounter with East period. Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 Stroudsburg last week he stepped Swarthmore cam e back in the up to th e free toss line 17 times 130-pound match with .Frank Huy. . . WELCOME and with deadly accuracy accuracy ler scoring a decision over Ed Masa nk 16. sonis by an 8-5 score. A Cool One Wilkes countered with another With th e nonchalance of a pro. pin in th e 147-pound class, as forfess ional, Jim toed th e line in ' the • mer YM CA champion, Don Mc- I final seconds of play with the score Fadden dropp ed Bob Leavitt in 2 :55 ti ed and made two for two to give of the second period. At this tim e Wilkes the margin of victory. Wilk es held the lead, 13 to 3. H e also hit th e net s frequently In th e 157-pound class, John T yfrom his floo r shots to boost his son of Swarthmore decisioned Dave tota l in th e evening scorin g shw to Thomas, 13 to 7. 32 points. The Philadelphians took the n ext Ferris, 5' 9", is a David a mong two match es to go into the lead, Goliaths of tod ay's six and seven 16 to 13, a s Gladney Oakley pinned foot hoo psters. His speed, alertSeymour Holtzman in th e 167 ness, and flo or generalship mak e pound class and Hank Bode won JIM FERRIS him a coac h's dr eam co me t r ue. The big boys pose no problem for major, hailing from just across the by a default over Stan Abrams in him - he outspeeds· and out thinks river in Kingston where he was a th e 177-pound match. th em . standout on the cage sq uad and Gives Credit to Coach the baseball nine. The modest g uard gives all the credit for his success at the foul line to Coach Ralston. "The coach has been stressing foul shooting for everyone du1·ing the practice sessions," he said, "and I've been just lucky to score on them." But a player must make himself a scoring threat before the oposiMeet Your Friends at . . . Men's tion is going to bump him around. The elusive dribbling and driving WOOL SLACKS layups draw the "bludgeoning tactics" that "Dead Eye" Ferris is Reg. 12.95 Value 18 South Main Street able to make the most of. He is a junioi: and an Education e After the game : . . •J•· from the 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 GRAPPLEB.S HELD TO 16-16 TIE BY STRONG SWARTHMORE CREW I ~============~• Wilkes College Jimbo Ferris Named Week's 'Tops' On Court Wizardry! Point-making BOOKSTORE VARIETY SHOP PARK, SHOP and EAT at the new FOWLER, DICK and WALKER The Boston Store MERRY CHRISTMAS and A HAPPY NEW YEAR Louis Rosenthal Men's Clothing & Furnishings Expert Clothier ~ 9 E. Market St.., W-B. /.. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1 L. A. S. C. Wilkes' Foremost Social Club The SPA 8.99 Save 3.96 . ---~ o o o - !,r . ~ " ""' .\._, Flannels - Gabardines Brown • Navy - Grey , Blue All Perfect Quality - Sizes 28-42 Men's - Pomeroy's First Floor • • After the dance Anytime for a friendly get-together Favorite Spot ... ... For College Students �WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 6 WRESTLING TOURNEY ON 27TH; LARGE TURNOUT IS EXPECTED By DALE W ARMOUTH Mat champs galore will headline the 23rd Annual Wrestling Championships at Wilkes College during the Christmas holiday. The two-day spectacle will bring forth between 200 and 300 amateur grapplers from all parts of the east. Growing rapidly year by year the mat festival has been under the Wilkes aegis since 1962 when it outgrew its home gym in the Wilkes-Barre YMCA. Entries have zoomed steadily into astronomical numbers, so far as such meets go, and this year the tournament committee, spearheaded -b y George Ralston and Forty Fort High School's Frank Walp, has seen the necessity of adding an afternoon preliminary session. Dates for the epic of grunt and groan are: preliminar ies, December 28 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; semifinals, December 29 at 2 p.m. and final s December 29 at 8 p.m. Large Turnout "Last year 256 wrestlers, repre- GIRL HOOPSTERS IDLE The Colonel lassies better known as the Colonelettes will not see action again until after the Christmass recess. It is reported that the fairer sex cagers are resting up after coming within a bobby pin of upsetting the apple cart on the Misericordia 'tigers'. The girls, 'tis rumored, are sharpening their claws in order to be ready for Marywood. However they would appreciate anyone who has come up with a fingernail polish that is guaranteed not to come off or chip when they sink their claws into unwary opponents. It is also rumored that the little angels are going to practice in the Boston Store over the holiday rush just to get in a mean mood. senting more than 40 colle_g es and universities, YMCA's and Athletic Clubs, entered the lists. The competition in some weight classes was so big that the prelims ran until the wee hours of the first session, four mats notwithstanding. The Open Wrestling Tournament's roster reads like a Matman's Who's Who, having attracted such eminent jousters as Frank Bettucci of Cornell; the Peery brothers from Pittsburgh; Joe Krufka, Olympic team member from Plymouth; Bill Kerslake, Case Institute's heavy and member of the same Olympic squad; Bill Baron, NYAC; the Rooney broth- of Ray Sparks on December 29. ers from Syracuse; Jim LaRock, All coaches are invited and r esponse Ithaca College ; Jim Mahoney, Le- has been heavy. high; Johnny Meys, Millersville star from Meyers High; Dan Hodge, S. Navy and Olympic TUXEDOS TO RENT world champ; and Sam Coursen, Special Price To Students form erl y of Forty Fort and Spring198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. fi eld College, and still another Olympian. Clinic Featured Another important feature is a wrestling clinic under the tutelage u: BAUM'S Thursday, December 16, 1954 Young'ens, Veterans, Idiots Row Win In 1st Week's Round of Legal Mayhem As Intra-Mural Loop Gels Underway This week saw the beginning of hostilities in the brand new intra-mural basketball league which is reported to be the largest in the history of the school The loop is so large that Bob farfeited to Falk's Five. Partridge and Mel Schmeizer found One Time Around it necessary to divide it into two Several more games are on the sections, the Blue and the Gold. docket for tonight and Mel Schmei-•. Young'ens Start Fast zer reports that each team in the league will have played one game In the first round of play on before the Christmas vacation beTuesday night the Young'ens, gins. comprised of the Freshman members of the football team, defeated the Finale Hoppers, to start off their season in winning style. The 'Five old iron men' of the Veterans Club huffed and puffed up and down the floor to come back footsore and weary with a margin of victory over the Biology Bugs. In a game played as a .p reliminary to the varsity tilt on Wednesday night the Idiots Row took over the Bar Rags decisively, showing that they are once again a threat to take the loop crown. In one other game that was scheduled to be played, Butler Hall forabnd ofa.trip... ~- 1t I® I ~~~ --~;lt:i\~ ... FOR EVERY FILTER SMOKER ON YOUR LIST! ~ i goHome' QY.......... ! Beats the stuffing out of other tra ns po rtation! Sto rms can 't cancel your trip. Traffic j a m s can't m a ke you mis s vacation dates , or get you back to the campus late. And it's more fun travelin g by tra in with your crowd, en joy ing swe ll dinin g ca r m eals en route. Save 25% or More KING SIZE OR REGULAR Perfect to give ... no filter compares with L&M's Miracle Tip for quality or effectiveness. Much more flavor, much less nicotine. 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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 1954 December 16th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954 December 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/44d8fa674fc0ad0954f4e46e42d5add0.pdf 4faf383631685b29ecd04a2109ab1322 PDF Text Text Drs. Farley, Kruger Named to 'Who's Who' WILKES The Community College. Serving Wyoming Valley And The World Vol. X, No. 13 ~ - WILKES COLLEGE - THE BEACON ~Beacon Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1955 Kruger First WC Teacher Council To Make 'Who's Who• Cl b A Settles Budget· Ti d D ' u s re urne own, ConI e ren ce Fiund se t u·p Jt,~:~~ !;~Sl~~~O prominent people throughout the coun. try, 15 are chosen under carefully tested selective standards io · represent the outstanding citizens of America in "Who's Who". Among the few selected distinguished persons was Dr. Arthur N. Kruger, who this year will join Wilkes' president, Dr. Eugene S. Farley, in the filth edition of "Who's Who in the East" and "Who's Who in America" ,which will be published at a later By HELEN KRACHENFELS date. Dr. Farley's name has appeared previously, but it is the The Student Council wrote finis to the lengthy budget debate at Monday night's meeting first time for Kruger to be so honored. by drafting a revised budget which included a special Intercollegiate Conference Fund and exKruger, who was informed of his cluding clubs from receiving SAF money. The freshman hazing and honor system questions, selection on October. 2~th, and Dr. were also acted upon. Farley, College President, share In view of the developments which have occurred since the Council made its original allothe distinction of being the only cations in October, it was detwo faculty members on campus cided that the most advisable who have been chosen for this course of action to be followed honor. The purposes of this publication are to introduce American was a general rescinding of the citizens with the prominent leaders initial appropriations and the The Wilkes College Male Chorus By WILKES 'COLLEGIANS' TO BE FEATURED ON CHANNEL 16 SUNDAY of their country in various professions and for publicity reference for newspapers and other communication media. Kruger was chosen on the basis of being an outstanding educator and community leader. The data published on Wilkes' distinguished educator, will include his biography, the schools he attended, and the organizations to which he belongs. Some of the many organizations to which Kruger belongs include Phi Delta Kappa, Professional Education Fraternity, Speech Association of America, Speech Association of the Eastern States, and the College English Association. Kruger, coach of the championship Wilkes Debating Team, has shown his versatility by his authorship of several articles in leading educational magazines. He has written for such publications as "The Kansas State University Journal", "The Gavel", . and "The Speech Teacher". steps into the limelight (and floodlights) again this Sunday at 6:45 p.m., when it presents a 15-minute program on WARM-TV, ABC in Scranton. The "Collegians", their correct name, will appear on the "Choral Time" show on Channel 16 and will offer a five-piece program. Included in the program, which will be directed by Bill Crowder, student director in his fourth year at the helm of the singing organization, will be "Ave Verum" by Mozart, Victor Herbert's "Stout Hearted Men"; a Creole folksong, "Mr. Banjo"; plus "Flow Gently Sweet Afton" and "Russian Pienic". The chorus, which saw heavy duty during the Christmas season, is planning an ambitious schedule for the remainder of the year. Presently the "Collegians" are comprised of 24 voices. Freshmen Sponsor First Big_ Hop With Square Dance al Gym Tonight By MARYAN POWELL The freshman class of Wilkes College will sponsor its first dance tonight in the Wilkes gym from 9 to 12. The initial frosh event will be a square dance, Chairman Cliff Brothers has announced. Harry Wilkie, well known in square dance circl-es, will be the caller. Music will be by the Sharp Trio,. who are famou s western style music. Ticket s are only 35 cents. The purpose of the dance is to raise funds for the freshman class t reasury. This will be the third fund raising project by the class. The other two projects-selling chrysanthemums at the Homecoming game and Christmas cardswere very successful. The class has high hopes that this undertaking will be as successful. The president of the freshman class, David Vann, has appointed the following committees: General chairman, Cliff Brothers; publicity, Bruce Warshal, John Scandale; decorating, Marian Laines; refreshment, Edmund Kotula; ticket, Janice Schuster; entertainment, Marilyn Carl; art work, Mary Bortez, Larry Guninger. David Vann, class prexy, and the chairmen of the respective committees request your unanimous cooperation in this fr eshman class event. EXAM LIBRARY HOURS Library Hours to be in effect during the final examination period were announced yesterday by Mrs. Nada Vujica, head librarian. Hours will be : Daily from 8 . aim. to 9 :30 p.m., except Friday, when hours will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. On January 26 (Wed.) and 27, hours will be from 9 to 5. COtLEGE GETS HOME ON W. RIVER STREET FOR NEW DORMITORY i, \ \ > ~ -j Former Roberts Home_ At 64 West River Street Gift of Daniel Warner ONE MORE-Wilkes added another property to its rapidly expanding campus recently with the joint announcement by President Eugene S. Farley and Chairman of the Board Gilbert F. McC!intock that the Daniel Roberts residence on West River Street had been presented to the board by Daniel Warner, grandson of the former owner. Many of the Wilkes properties have been obtained in this manner through the generosity of local people who desire to provide a lasting memory and at the same time help the local college in its effort to provide even greater service to the community. The new property will be completely done over inside and will be another men's dormitory. *** *** NEW BUILDING, at 64 West River Street, which is only about half a block from campus (left), will be new men's dorm. preparation of an entirely new budget. After much discussion the following allocations were made: Beacon . $1500 Amnicola 3300 Manuscript 400 Debating Society 600 Male Chorus 75 Cue 'n' Curtain .. 900 Dormitories 100 Intercollegiate Conf. Fund 505 Social Activities 900 Some of the changes which occurred in the appropritions wern made as a result of recommendations from the Administrative Council. Since Cue 'n' Curtain obviously did not need the amount of money which it previously received as a special grant for the production of "Girl Crazy", that appropriation was reduced by $200. Because the decision has been made to give no further funds to the clubs on campus, an Intercollegiate Conference Fund is being set up so that club members who will be attending conferences as a part of their activities may receive some financial aid. A committee consisting of Gloria Dran, Dick Bunn and Dick Carpenter, was appointed to work out the details of the policy by which the ICF will operate. Clubs w.ill be informed of the particulars as soon as they are worked out. Other Matters Several other matters of importance were acted upon at this meeting, including a statement of policy in regard to Freshman hazing. A Jetter was prepared by Dick Carpenter, chairman of last year's hazing committee, and the letter was accepted by the council as containing suggestions which would make for an improved hazing program in the future. Some of the (continued on page 2) HOWIE GROSS NEW SAM COORDINATOR Howard Gross was elected coordinator of the Wilkes Chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Management (SAM) at a meeting yesterday. Gross replaces Bud Price, who r esigned. Price will attend only night classes next semester. Len ·Mulcahy was named chairman of the membership committee to replace Chet Miller, who resigned. Bob Chase will be vice-chairman. Leah Jean Neuburger was elected publicity chairman and Larry Cohen vice-chairman at the meeting. N ew members are needed and interest ed persons are invited to join SAM by contacting any member. �2 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Friday, January 14, 1955 Winter Carnival Set For January 27 Mid-Semester Spree lo be Held • At Pocono Mountain Inn, Cresco; Service c:~!;~o:~~i~~;i~~t;~:1.~~~:[;;~~~ • • • Schools Cr1tlc1zed On Year's Debate Question in time to nix a skiing trip to the Dike, which was in the planning By T. R. PRICE stage. Dr. Arthur N. Kruger, Wilkes College debate Jim Neveras, who along with Dick Carpenter, is serving as coach, condemned the action of Annapolis and a co-chairman of the annual winter sports spree and just plain West Point in refusing to debate the question of spree, announced late yesterday that the Carnival will be held Am,,.erican recognition of Red China as undemoat Pocono Mountain Inn, Crescratic in a recent article. co, Pa., and that it will be held Both the Naval and Military Academies had as planned on Thursday, Janurecently refused to recognize the question for fear ary 27. that they would find themselves on the affirmaThe Inn will be open to Wilkes students free of charge from 11 in the morning to 1 a.m. the next morning. There will be skiing (there is a shortage ·of skis, so bring your own slippery skatescoined by Nancy Wood), ice skating, (better also bring your own ~kates) and tobogganing (bring your own cushions), i£ there is snow. Otherwise there wil be such fine winter sports as tennis, outdoor shuffleboard, etc., available. (Water-ski anyone?) The Inn, a former nightclub, will not serve anything out of the ordinary to drink, however, there is no rule against assorted brands of firewater on the premises. Latest rumors have most wellequipped Wilkesmen carrying their hip flasks, full of Pepsi-Cola, of course. There will be bus service to the Inn. Schedules will be posted on all bulletin boards during finals. Maps and routes to the Inn will also be posted. Music will be supplied by Wilkes' Bill Figard and his orchestra in the Rainbow Room of Pocono Mountain Inn. A fine crowd is expected to attend the annual between semester blowout. WC Economics Club Visits IBM Factory By IRENE TOMALIS Members of the Economics Club visited the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) and the Endicott-Johnson shoe factory at Endicott, New York, recently. They were met by Mr. Austin, an IBM employee, who is also president of the Economics Club at Harpur College. Austin described the economic background and history of the corporation and conducted a tour of the various buildings. Club members saw most of the business machines that are made at the Endicott plant, except those which are still considered secret. All White Collars They were impressed by the extreme cleanliness of the factory and the fact that "you couldn't tell the difference between the managers and the workmen", because even tool-makers wore white shirts on the job. After a complete tour of the various buildings of the IBM plant, the members of the group were literally presented with "meal tickets" which were prepared on IBM punch machines. After an enjoyable lunch at the IBM cafeteria, the Wilkesmen proceeded to the Endicott-Johnson shoe plant, where they saw men's Many of us are wearing last shoes go through all the manufacyear's clothes, driving this year's turing processes. car and living on next year's inTo conclude the field trip, a visit come. was made to the IBM country club. Ugly Man Dies Horrible Death It appears the novel "Ugly Man" contest, which was to have been sponsored by the Wilkes sorority, Theta Delta Rho, has been can~elled. This contest, which might have been responsible f~r a little more college hi-jinx and spirit being instilled here, was JUSt not for Wilkes. Who wants spirit anyway? There were many objections to the contest, which is only a harmless popularity contest in the final analysis. _.Just what they were, we were not informed. This we know! The sorority ~as foregone a chance to make some money for its charity proiect, and we wasted space aplenty in the last issue because of its decision to back down. We want it understood that this Iriess is not the responsibility of Naomi Kivler, president of TDR, or the two planners of the contest, Pat McNelis and Freda Billstein, who backed the contest with enthusiasm. A majority also was in favor at the offset. Other, and we might add, spirited colleges, which are probably looked on as abnormalities by some Wilkes students, have run "Ugly Man" contests, and they were not only a howl, but also financial successes. Just a few schools running such contests this year are Penn State, Buffalo, Bucknell (our mother school), and Utica College. It is considered a great honor to win such a contest at these and other colleges, and we're sure that Wilkes men wouldn't have obi~cted to being entered in a humorously-tagged popularity contest. Any other takers? Otherwise, to the Beacon's embarassment, the "Ugly Man" has died a horrible death. A pity we weren't told before we wasted space on the thing. Ah, this changing world (with minds to match). Beacon Gets· Money It was gratifying to note that there was no opposition to a proposal by Irv Gelb that the Beacon get an j_ n c r e a s e of $200 in its budget. The Student Council obviously realizes that it does take a considerable amount of money to run a good school paper. Even though we are running far behind most college papers in our budget, we realize that the Council has only so much money to work with. We'll do the best we can to stay within our financial bounds. A sincere vote of thanks to the Wilkes student government for reconsidering in our favor, Curtis, Editor tive, thus producing material for Communist propoganda. The question of censorship in regard to college debate subjects goes deeper than mere endangering of collegiate debate programs. It goes beyond, to an attempt to stifle and abridge freedom of thought in America's institutions of higher learning, Kruger declared in an article in the January issue of "Today's Speech", the publication of the Speech Association of Eastern States. Such refusal to permit students to inquire freely into a subject, no matter how much of a tinderbox it may be, seems a breach of the traditional freedoms of inquiry and speech, according to Kruger. Com menting further on what the publication titles as "The greatest controversy in many years in debate circles," Kruger remarks that while the America n mind is closed on the subject, the minds of A merican colleges must remain open. If the service schools, or any other schools which consider themselves institutions of higher learning in the democratic sense, continue to refuse debate of the 1954-'55 subject, he concludes, their actions are inconsistent with their principles. TOR INVITES CAMPUS TO FORGET EXAMS AT "FROST FANTASY"; CHARITY TO BENEFIT Those who made the field trip were: Joe Augustine, Charlie Ciesla, Mollie Beard, Richard Eyerman, Howie Gross, Chet Miller, Joe Modla, Len Mulcahy, Leah Jean Neuburger, Joe Orchard, Don Wilkinson, Bill Zdanewicz and Irene Tomalis. Eyerman, guest of Chet Miller, is a student at Penn State, majoring in civil engineering. He was By NORMA DA VIS The Wilkes Education Club emimpressed with the Wilkes Econobarks on ·another of its series of mics Club and the field trip. annual projects this month with a program to encourage and assist Future Teachers of America Clubs in local high schools. The purpose of the FTA is to give its members a better idea of the teach er and his job and also to encourage those who might wish (BULLETIN) The Administrative Council turn- to make teaching their career. ed thumbs-down on the chartering Coughlin, with assistance of the of a Veterans Club at Wilkes, it Education Club, is currenty follow wa s learned in a letter relea ~ed ing through with the idea. Other late yesterday to the Beacon by schools are organizing. Student Council President Arthur Students from Coughlin and Hoover. Meyers, who are interested in the The Vets have an appeal left, ac- FT A, were guests at a recent party cording to the letter written to of the Wilkes organization. Hoover from Dr. Eugene Farley, Jeanette Perrins will be the diWilkes prexy. The Student Coun- r ector of the new program. cil approved the Veteran's organization earlier inthe year. The status of the Vets' Club basketball team in the Intra-Mural League is now uncertain, in view of Dr. Farley's letter. WilkesCollege Wilkes-Barre Pa. . . Januar 11 955 The Wilkes_Lettermen's Club will Y ' sponsor the first dance of the new Mr. A r th ur H oover · d p 'd t St d nt CO uncil semester,. it was announce at a resi en , u e club meetmg yesterday. A square Dear Art : . . . . dance, "The Letterman Low-Down" . The Administrative Council con- has 'been scheduled for Friday Febs1dered you~ r~quest for approval ruary 4 at th e college gym . ' of the constitution for the suggestWalt Chapko chairman of the ed vet~r~ns club. . . affair, revealed' that Abe Bellas Pr~hmmary to a con~ideration and The Night Hawks will be on of th is ~equest, w~ felt it best to ha;;d to suppl y th e western and re-examine t he poh~y th at has gov- modern music ·for dancing, which erned the formation of student will be from 9 to 12. groups for the pas_t fifteen years . Committees include: Publicity, It has been our pohcy n~ver. to ~n- Don McFadden, Howie Gross, Jack courage 0 ~ app~o~e an or~amzation Ri chards and Tony Greener; rethat has its on_gm~ outs1d~ of the fre shm ents, Andy Breznay, Jim College and which is orgamzed for Ferris and Mel McNew· tickets purposes unrelated to the welfare Joe Wilk Ron Rescigno 'and Cliff of t~e gen~ral st~dent body. Brautiga~. It is our u~press1on that v~terans A big crowd is anticipated for "'.ould orgamze to serve th eir spe- the dance as is the case for all Letc1al _ends rather than to advance_ term-en-sponsored affairs. the interests of the College, and it is also our impression that they can most effectively work for the COUNCIL SETTLES attainment of their ends through (continued from page 1) existing veterans organizations. suggestions included were that the Under these circumstances, the Ad- hazing period be restricted to two ministrative Council is withholding weeks, with the possibility of holdapproval at this time, but will be ing two Tribunal meetings each glad to hear from the veterans week. The meetings would be group if the Student Council and shorter in length than in the past, the veterans group feel that this and attendance at them would be appeal should be reconsidered. compulsory. Very sincerely yours, The letter w h i c h Carpenter EUGENE S. FARLEY prepared was to be sent to the offiPresident, Wilkes College cers of the various clubs on campus Ed. Club to Sponsor FTA in Local Schools Administrative Council Nixes Vets' Charter i Lettermen Hold 'Low Down' Feb. 4 l Dr. and Mrs. Farley in Florida Wilkes President Dr. Eugene S. Dr. Farley is expected to return Farley left Tuesday morning with to the campus in time to welcome Mrs. Farley for a business trip in the new freshmen at th~ l;>eginning Florida. . of the second .s emester, ·- I By IRENE TOMALIS Theta Delta Rho's first charity ball, the Frost Fantasy, will be held Tuesday night, January 25, in the gym. Dancing will 'be from 8 to 12. Tickets will sell for 50 cents, and the attraction will be Jack Melton's music, Jim Jones' ventriloquism, and selection of a king and queen. The patient for whom the benefit is held has been hospitalized for· some eight years with a back injury incurred in childhood. The dance will fortunately fall after the fiendish and frantic finals are fatiguingly finished, and the fanta sy will presumably provide a relieving froth of frolicsome fun to which not only local students, but collegians from all over the area have been invited. Committee heads are: decorations, Phylli s Bennett; entertainment, Jess ie Rod erick; invitations, Margaret Smith; posters, Pat Reese ; publicit y, Irene Tomalis; refr eshment, Irene Goliash; tickets, Bernice Thomas. which hold their meetings at the same time which the Tribunal meetings were usually held. The clubs were r equest ed to excuse all freshmen from their club meetings for the two week period of hazing in order that better cooperation might be obtained. Art Hoover appointed a committee to work on the question of taking a ction a gainst the cheating which has bee n occurring at Wilkes. The pro blem was not discussed at · length at the meeting because of insufficient t"ime. Nancy Morris, Dick Bunn , Bill Crowder and Helen Krachenfels will ser ve on the committee and report at the next council meeting. - WILKES COLLEGE - Beacon A newspaper published each week of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. Editor . . .. .. ..... ... ... . John D. Curtis Asst. Editor .. .... .. Ivan Falk Pearl Onacko Asst. Editor Sports Editor .. . Allen Jeter Business Mgr • .... Arthur Hoover Asst. Bus. Mgr. Dick Jones Faculty Adviser .... George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes Campu&. Telephone: VAlley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. �Friday, January 14, 1955 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 3 Wrestlers, Cagers See Action In First Twin Bill of Season Saturday Night at Home Base Both the cagers and the grapplers will see action under the same roof Saturday night in the first twin bill of the season at the gym. The matmen will start off the evening's festivities at 6:30 when they lock horns with a powerful Cortland State Teachers outfit. Following the match, the cagers meet Rider College. Coat:h John Reese was anything but overjoyed at the prospects of Saturday's meet. He §VOl!TI~!) Cage Crew Splits Even; Al20U~U with Al Jeter N O CIGA R - W il kes' Cliff Br autigan ( 16) goes up in t he air a la ba llet, but m isses after eluding two· Hartw ick defender s. Joe J ablons ki (23 ) looks on. W ilkes won an yway, upsetting t he W arriors for t he fir st tim e in th e series between the t wo schools . * * * * HOOPSTERS UPSET HARTWICK BY DECISIVE 83 TO 61 SCORE By RODGER LEWIS . The Colonel basketball squad registered win number three Wednesday. as they whipped Hartwick 83 to 61 in the Wilkes drillshed. The victory marked the first time in the series between the two schools t hat the Colonels were able to turn back t he N ew Yorkers. Carl Van Dyke led the Blu e and Gold scorers with 18 markers followed closely by Jim F erris and Parker Petrilak, who tallied 17 points apiece. Petrilak Hot Coach George Ralston was impressed by the improved showing of Petrilak. When ace rebounder, John ,Bresnahan, was forced from the game due to too man y persona l fouls, Parker was inserted and came through in fine style. Big John had three fouls again st him in the first six minutes of play. Then after sitting out the remainder of t he first half, he fouled out • Ll>NGS1N( of the game within eight minutes of t h e second round. At half time t he Colonels led, 37 to 25. From t hat t ime on the locals gradually increased their lead t o a twenty point margin at one tim e. Th e Warriors cut t he lead down t o nine points m idway in the second half, but the Ralston men put on a final spurt and finis hed with a comfortable lead. Hartwick's scoring load was as s um ed by their classy forward, Jim Barber, wh o was hig h man on t he score sheet with 23 talliefl. Coach George Ra lston's crew broke even in last week's play as th ey opened with a victory over Ithaca then lost to a powerful Lafayette squad. SPECIAL TUX GROUP PRICES on.~~ Featuring The Newest In College Men's Fashions ANDY'S DINER , Toll Gate Restaurant Ba ck-to-Back with Wilkes Gym Plenty of Free Parking Prices for the Collegian's Budget •. .. A Reputation Built on Fine Food Wilkes College BOOKSTORE AND VARIETY ' SHOP Books - Supplies - Novelties Subscriptions Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 . . . WELCOME "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Hammers Ithaca, 86-72, Loses at Easton, 104-63 The Colonels entertain ed It haca The Weekl y Quiz A good question for t he week last Wednesday and gave t heupwould be- What happ ened to the states a rough ni g ht beating them, wrestling team? A short two 86 to 72. T he Wilkesmen in t h is weeks ago there seemed an excel- game looked like t h ey had fina ll y lent chance t hat t his year would be hit their stride, h itting for bet ter a repeat performance for the gra p- t ha n 50 percent of t heir shot s. Th en, la t er in t he week t he locals plers. W ith retu rn ing veterans a nd quit e a few prom isin g newco mers, t raveled to Easton to tangle with it seem ed a lmost cert a in t ha t the Lafayette, one of the st ronger team wo uld go places, baring in- team s of the east. The Leopards showed t h eir class and layed it on ju ry to key personnel. The team never, never heavy in WC by taking them over t he coals manpower, dwindled in the two- to t he t une of 104 to 63. The host clu b ran th e score u p week period to a shadow of itself. To begin with, Bobby Morgan broke in order t hat star center, Todd his hand, which was a blow to the Walker, could set a n ew club scorReesemen, althoug ht not a fatal ing record of 38 points for a sin g le one. Then the s ize of the squad ga me. Ra lston's charges were handiwas further cut by men dropping from the roster for reasons better cap ped in t hat they were unable to get a percentage of rebounds due known to them selves. (continued on page 4) to t he h eight disadvantage. But For One So no matter how you look at it, the fact rem ains that Reese was 1 force d to tak e a badly und er manned sq uad to Ithaca. The boys came close, but t here just Because of the outstandiing performance that he turned in weren't enough during the past week's competition, Jim Ferris is the first repeater men to go a - in the Beacon's 'Player of the Week' feature. The little speed rou nd . If ~n e' arti st played two of the finest : ~ \e wre st ~r gam es of his career against Lafay1 a~le t::;,~;~:e s= ette and Hartwick. . . Id h At Lafayette, workm g against men ~u 3:v t he the 'Towers of Easton', Ferris ch -ome_ tome wi l demonstrated that he could perA L JETER t e vie ory• sea · any Ieague a t any t·1me. b Itp f orm m un d er th e1r e . Coa h G R I t h. h . The matmen have eight meets . c . eorge a s_ 0 1:1 w~s ig m . . his praise for th e d1m inut1ve guard, Ieft, and unless somethmg .1sd done, ca 11mg . h 1m " one of th e b es t a IIth e prospects f or t h e remam er. of roun d an d s t ea d ies ' t b a 11 p Iayers th. e season are not on t h e bnght t h at has hit t h e Wilkes scene. side, to s~y t h e least . It would 1?e Hustle Plus a s~ame 1f th e se_ason ended u p m Ferris isn't an 'on-and-off ' ball a disastrous fashion for Reese, as I E th t h I ·t · ht I t h· . P ayer. very game a e p ays, we11 1 m 1g ,. un ess. some m g 1s h e 1s • ou t t o d o h"1s I eve I b es t . N o d one. R eese 1s a mce g uy.-They b t· th t can remem er any 1me a d on 't come any b et t er.- A n d more one th K'1 t fl h I f d th than that, he is a good wrestling . e 1:igs on as oa e on e coach who deserves the best of JO~. His t ea mmates ~nd coach ar e l talent to work with. qm ck to say _that h e JS a real husWhat's You r Line? t ier all th e tim e and never 1ets up. JIM FERRIS There a r e n a mes of for mer hi g h upH. e ga th ere d up 17 porn · t s agams · t . wishes he had. His outside shots h I I f h sc oo wr est ers ro m t 1s a r ea dotf d d h 1 H t tin g t he school roster. However , a. a vore an m uc a~ger 3:r - are deadly and if given an inch h e t his column has noticed t hat t hese wick five W ~dnesday while playmg can drive in for layups with amaz. . a n outstanding floor game. For a ing speed and accuracy. na mes a r e con spicuous by t heir ab- J'ttl h t · th · senc O n t h t i" t It 1 e guy e ge s way up m e air Now in his t hird season as a e e . wr es m g ros e r· . on rebounds and is an apt ball would seem hke an excellent ti me s t ea 1er as man y o f h'JS opponen t s Wi lkes cag er, Ferris has yet to hit his pea k and seems to improve wit h f or t h ese f orm er gra pp 1er s to re- h · c h agnn · . · · th • . ave f oun d ou t t o th e1r every game. Ralston is fort unate Jo m e s port Just one more tim e. Double Threat It w~ uld be th e per fect _a ns wer t o As a scoring threat, Ferris is th e in the fact that he will be on ha n d t he ills th a t ar e ca us ing Reese t f I th t h n ext year to see duty with t h e cagsleepless ni g hts. yp e o p ayer a every coac e rs. As a m atter of fact, it m ight be 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 helpful to note that Reese isn 't looking for t h ese men with experiOU S OS ence only. 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There is a chance t ha t Neil Dadurka, who recentl y rejoi ned t h e sq uad, will be available t o tak e over the 167 po und chor es, although Reese doesn't expect him to be in. shape before the Lafay ette meet .. Hoopsters Read y Th e hoopsters, on t h e oth er hand; should be operating at full st rength for their t ussle with Rider. Coach George Ra lst on f eels tha t his charges are a drastically im proved team from t he one that star ted t he season , and are capable of making t he night a roug h one for the invaders fro m N ew J ersey. So far t h e Colonels have blown SUNDAY .._ INDEPENDENT WOOL SLACKS Meet Your Friends at ... 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CLAWED BY MISERICORDIA MOB, 74 TO 17; BOMBED BY MARYWOOD MARAUDERS, 54 TO 21 By HELEN KRACHENFELS Dark clouds of doom settled over the Wilkes gym as the Colonelettes suffered double defeat in their two most recent clashes this week. On Saturday afternoon, before a capacity crowd (of screaming Scranton lassies), Marywood barely edged out the Women WRESTLERS, CAGERS (continued from page 3) hot and cold since the beginning of the season. However, if John Bresnahan and company are operating at full steam, the hoopsters , should be able to pull this one out of the hat. The Colonels have been handicapped in the height department this season. Ralston has been forced to abandon the two platoon system that he initiated last year, due to this lack of height in the reserves. This has hampered the efficiency of the cagers to some extent, but they are still a fast-br eaking t eam that is well able to outrun many taller opponents. 'S Janet Blair, Actress: "'I have the fullest confi- dence in L&M's Miracle Tip .. . and L&Ms taste so good, I made them my regular cigarelle." of Wilkes for a 54-21 victory. Nancy Schooley and Barbara Vavrek were high scorers for the Colonelettes, tallying 10 and 7 points respectively. Murdock of Marywood had 12 points. Georgia Tomasetti and Phyllis Shrader each contributed 2 points to the Wilkes score. Guards for the Kernelettes were Metroka, Davis, Morris, Thompson, Bretz and Menegus. The gals fought long and hard (as can be evidenced by the battle scars they bear proudly) but they just couldn't seem to get their hips operating fast enough-oops! I mean they couldn't seem to hang on to the ball! Pull That Hair! The Tuesday evening encounter with the Misericordia Mobsters was almost called because of "unnecessary roughness". (You thought that applied only to football? Man, you should see these women in action!) There was probably one advantageous aspect to the ref's warning: the Misery gals were obviously so upset that they failed to hit the big 100 mark even though they played their "four year" women against Wilkes' freshmen and sophomores. The final score of the game (?) was 74-18. Phyllis Walsh, co-captain of the Colonelettes chalked up 6 points to be high girl for the night, while Schooley added 4, Bretz and Sparks 3 each, and Vavrek 2. Misericordia's 7-foot (well, she looks that tall when you're tryin' to guard her) Lillian Maluo paced the Dallas team with 19 points. Caught in the Act Again the guards for Wilkes did their best, whic h this time showed considerable improvement over' last Saturday's game. Metroka played an especially good game, but unfortunately she got caught-er, that is, well, she fouled out! Morris, Davis, Thompson, Menegus and Krachenfels also added their bit to hold down the miserable score. TDR's Future Wives Hold Bake Sale John Robert Powe rs, Creator of the Powers Girls: "I think L&M's fil ter is fa r superior to the others. Great smoke .. . wonderful flavor." Jrun/M1 OutFROM AIL m REsr 1 STANDS OUT FOR FLAVOR. The pure, white Miracle Tip draws easy, lets you enjoy all the taste. STANDS OUT FOR EFFECTIVE FILTRATION. No filter compares with L&M's Miracle Tip for quality or effectiveness. Yeste rday , TDR's future wives of America held a bake sale at Harding Hall. The goods, consisting of various pies, cakes, cookies, and bread, were bought by hung r y students. Doris Merrill, chairman of the sale, had the cooperation of Mrs. Brennan of Harding House fame, who gave the girls space to sell t he assorted baked goods. Other members of the committee were Pat Reese, Bernice Thomas, Mary Jones, Barbara Tanski, Justine Battisti, Jeanette Perrins, Ruth Wilber, El Nora Metroka, Naomi Kivler, and May Pomicter. PARK, SHOP and EAT Patrida Morison, Musical Comedy Star: "I love L&M Filters. Never qreamed a filter cigarelle could filter so thoroughly, yet~ so good!" ST ANDS OUT FOR HIGHEST QUALITY TOBACCOS, low nicotine tobaccos, L&M tobaccos •.. Light and Mild. MUCH MORE FLAVOR - MUCH LESS NICOTINE Americas Best Filter Cigarette~-··-·- at the new FOWLER, DICK and WAL KER The Boston Store � 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 1955 January 14th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 January 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/e98efa93fc9e5bca546c4b6b2dc5a6bd.pdf 7131cfdb3fec524419c2149f192094f2 PDF Text Text Lettermen's Low-Down Tonight At Gym WI LI{ES The Community College. Serving Wyoming Valley And The World Vol. X, No. 14 .. ~ - WILKES COLLEGE - ~Beacon THE BEACON Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA FEBRUARY 4, 1955 Aclivilies Director Coach Accepts SAVAGE REPLAcEs DONNELLY AS LATTER Teaching Position al Kent School; Calls New Job 'Chance of Lifetime' Lettermen's Low-Down Tonight at College Gym ~~Y:!~!ce?s~!~RATE Lettermen of the Blue and Gold will .trade their letter sweaters tonight for blue Jeans and checkered shirts and their respective fields of athletics for women as they present their first endeavor of the new semester-the Lettermen's Low-Down, a square dance, at the WC gymnasium. Chai rman of the event Walt Chapko stated yesterday that Abe Bellas and the "Night Hawks" are set for the old-fashioned hoedown . They will supply music for modern, square and polka dancing to suit the t ast e of all Wilkesmen and their feminine counterparts. Chapko also advised that dancing will continue from 9 to 12. The event is expected to be a huge success as are all Lettermensponsored affairs . The club had its most successful dan ce, the Christmas forma l, prior to the holiday vacation and looking fo·rward to another well -attended affair tonight. Tickets, at 50 cent s per person, can be obtained from any Letterman on campus and a lso may be purchased at the gymnasium. The dance chairman also list ed committees who have arranged for the dance. They include: publicity, Don McFadden, Howie Gross and Jack Ri chards; r efre shments, Andy Brezna y, Jim F erris and Mel McNew; tickets, Joe Wilk, Ron R escigno and Cliff Brautigan. Kaufman, Imdorf Get Price Waterhouse Jobs As the result of their work during an internship this winter at P r ice Waterhouse, International Accounting firm in New York City, two Wilkes College accounting majors have been accepted by the company as permanent employees and will begin work there in June, acco.rding to John J. Chwalek, placement director. They are Arthur Imdorf, 114 South Ridge street, Taylor, Pa., and Joshua J . Kaufman, 201 West 89th Street, New York City. Imdorf, 'Yho will graduate from Wilkes in June, attended Keystone for two years. He is married-to Janet Harrison of Wilkes-Barre. Kaufman, a F ebruary graduate, came to the lcoal college from the Bronx High School of Science. Prexy Back from florida Dr. Eugene S. Farley, Wilkes President, returned this week from a short 'business trip to Florida. He t ermed the trip a "moderate success" but r efu sed to disclose the nature of the business. Walt Chapko DARROW RESIGNATION PRESENTED TO VETS INCHARTER PROTEST By JOHN KUSHNERICK Bob Darrow, who acted a s temporary president of the now defunct Veteran's Club, announced to members of the organization's steering comn, ittee that h e is resigning. In a bri ef m eeting this week, Darrow told the members of the committee that h e fe lt he could n o longer assist the club in its battle to win recognition since the administration had vetoed the club coTistitution which he was chiefly responsible for drafting. Darrow stated that he would further ext end his op,i nions to the student veterans and other interested members through an open lett er to the BEACON. Darrow welcomed a new standard bearer, but after discussion of the m ethods by which the constitution had been rejected, the committee a greed that future attempts might prove futil e. A course of action was n ot decided upon, nor was a n ew president appointed. Several m embers stated that they might take it upon themselves to seek an explanation for the adm inistration's r ea son for vetoing the club: that it had its origin outside of the college. It was f elt that the only outside influence could be the U. S. government. During the absence of Professor J oseph J;)onnell y, who has left to obtain his doctorate at the Universit y of Pennsylvania, Wilkes students will have an opportunity to become a cquainted with his tempor ary replacement, Walter Savage, who has already r eceived a nod of approval fro m hi s students h ere on campus. The congenial n ewcomer, who is r esidi ng at Ashley Hall Men's Dormitor y, was most impressed b y the attitude of Wilkes students whom he described as "friendly and purposeful. " A native of Woodbury , New J ersey, Savage completed his undergraduate work at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Ver,mont, where he was acti ve on the _n ewspaper staff, in intr amural sport s, and on many student committees. H e received his master's deg ree at the University of P ennsyl vania and is pr esently studying for his doctorate ther e. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa honorary fraternity while at Middlebury. The young instructor is a man of varied interests but is especially interested in sport s, drama, and a future in the field of writing. His wife is employed by The Saturday Evening Post in Phil adelphia. Savage is a vet eran of three years service with the army in the First Rang er Battalion of the Infantry . Mr. Donnell y, a life r esident of Wilkes-Barre and an alumnus of Wilkes , will work on the thesis on the life of George Orwell and is to return to Wilkes after completing the work. Savage replaces Dale Warmouth as dormitory proctor of Ashley Hall. Warm uth, former director of public relations and al so Editor of the Manuscript;"received his A.B. in English at the end of last semest er. DR. KLEIN TEACHING PEDIATRICS COURSE l Robert W. Partridge, director of activities, will leave Wilkes at the end of this semester, it was learned officially yesterday. Rumors that the ·genial member of the Wilkes faculty would leave leaked on campus during the past week. and the announcement was made definite by Partridge in a special interview with the Beacon. The loss of the former All-American soccer player at the University of Pennsylvania will leave several positions to be filled here. No indication as to who will fill the vacancies has I Robert W. Partridge Year's Top Back Led To Altar by Wilkes Co-ed By FREDA BILLSTEIN Ronald F itz gerald, recently vot ed the outstanding Colonel back of the year, and Barbara Bialogowicz, Wilkes co-ed, were married last Wednesday evening, January 26, in a small church wedding attended by the family and a few close fri ends. Le Ro y F itzgerald, brother of the bridegroom was best man, and Geri Kolotelo was maid of honor. After the marriage a r eception was held at the Hotel Redington. The Fitzgeralds then went to New York for a week-end honeymoon. Ronnie will graduate in June, and then will probably join Uncle Sam. At present, the couple is living with Barbara's parents in Plymouth. The BEACON extends its best wishes for the future to Barb and Fitz. Another new course was adde_d to the Wilkes curriculum with the opening of classes in pediatric nursing this week in the Evening Division. Dr. Joseph M. Kl ein, WilkesBarre pediatrician, is conducting the course on Tuesday evenings from 8 to 10. The new offering The one time of the year wh en has attract ed professional p eople a Wilkes co-ed can ask an availfrom Nor thea stern Pennsylvania able man for a date is fast apand stands a s just another service proaching in the form of the annual of Wiilkes . Theta Delta Rho Valentine Dance, Dr. Kl ein attended the city which will be h eld next • Friday schools here and graduated from night at the college gym. So gals, (continued on page 4) , get your man before they're all been given by the administration. Partridge, who began his career at Wilkes as a history instructor, is director of activities, director of the Wilkes gym, a p hysical education instructor, soccer and baseball coach, and advisor to the Student Council. In addition, h e is a m ember of the Wilkes board of athletics. The Philadelphia native tendered his r esignation three weeks ago so that he can accept a position as an instructor of history at the Kent School, an exclusive boys' preparatory school at Kent, Conn. "I will leave Wilkes with many regr ets ," Partridge told a reporter "but the opportunity offered me at' Kent comes only once in a lifetime." "I often thought t hat I'd like to t each in a private boys' school, such as Kent, b ut I n ever dreamed I'd get the opportunity. Naturally, I jumped at the chance," he conti~ued , "and I'll be doing what I like best , anyway-teaching." "Louise (Partridge) and I have made many friends h ere at Wilkes and we'll n ever forget the really wonderful ex periences we have had h ere," Partridge said. "After being h ere so long, and gettin g to feel like a part of Wilkes, it is awfully h ard to leave." Known to students and faculty alike as "Bob", he has contributed h eavil y in building a spirit of . Wilkes' own. He headed the first soccer t eam here and saw his last two teams take winning seasons. He has also been successful as baseball coach. Tllis spring will be his last as diamond mentor. Alway:, eager to lend a hand, Bob has been one of the most popular persons on campus-instructor, coach· and friend. Partridge, Mrs. Partridge and their two children, Carol and Glenn, who now reside on Gibson A venue, Kingston, will move to the campus at Kent in September. VALENTINE DANCE NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT gone. Jack Melton and his orchestra will supply the music. TDR president Naomi Kivler w ill draw the number that will select a King and Queen of Hearts. The couple will be presente<:l wtth ~n. ~ssQrt;n_en.1; of g-ifts, �February 4, 1955 WILKFS COLLEGE BEACON 6°Frosh Added, . Both Debate Teams On Road Today _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _·_ Vets Predominate, Varsity, Novices Al Johns Hopkins, NYU Tourneys The Wilkes College debate team travels again this weekend. Both the varsity and the novices left yesterday for Johns Hopkins and N.Y.U. respectively. Jim Neveras and Nick Flannery, the varsity team, will spend today and tomorrow at Johns Hopkins, where they tied for first place last year, winning certificates both as individual and t eam debaters, as well as in extemporaneous events. In this first two-man team event of the present sea son, the varsity men will handle both sides of the question of the recognition of Communist China. Both will also compete in the extemporaneous tourney, and Dr. Kruger, team coach, holds that his men have a fairly good chance. While the varsity speaks at Johns Hopkins, the novice team will debate in the National Forensic Fraternity's contest at N.Y.U. There the group of Virginia Brehm, Bruce Warshall, L eslie Weiner, and Jesse Choper will also enter the Tau Kappa Alpha's extemporaneous, discussion, and oratory contests, as well as the debate, and will participate in a model Congress in which each m ember will speak. Last week the debaters presented a program before the Dallas Rotary, and three weeks from now they will be paired with Florida at a double two-man debate at Dartmouth. Dr. Kruger is coaching and travelling with the varsity, while assistant coach Rob ert Darrow serves the novices. - WILKES COLLEGE - Beacon A newspaper published each week of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. Editor ...... ..... ...... .. John D. Curtis Asst. Editor Ivan Falk Asst. Editor Pearl Onacko Sports Editor .... .... .... Allen Jeter Business Mgr . ... Arthur Hoover Asst. Bus. Mgr. Dick Jones Faculty Adviser .... George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture ' Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes Campui. Telephone: VAlley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. Registrar Reports , BEACON Photo by Cliff Brothers Wilkes Coaches, Players Hob-Nob with Yankee Stars DIAMOND DOINGS-During the semester "recess" Wilkes baseball stars and coaches held a parley with major league stars at a baseball clinic held at the Wilkes College gym. The clinic was held for the benefit of youngsters, but college diamond personalities were on hand to pick up pointers for the corning campaign. The big leaguers talked on different phases of baseball, and then left themselves open to questions from their young admirers. The clinic was sponsored STRENGTH KEY TO U.S.DEFENCE,SAYS PENNA.GEOGRAPHER. By T. R. PRICE Strength is the key to defense against R ed Russia and Communist China, Mr. Michael Dorizas, geography professor at the University of Pennsylvania, told the student body of Wilkes at assembly last Tuesday. He explained that the menace is great and cited Russia's schools for revolution. The students of the schools have caused much of the di sturbances in the world, most recently, the murder of the President of Panama. There is also a great difficulty in handling the communist element in such f11iendly nations as France and Italy. Communists will att em pt to exploit such critical areas as Palestine where the Isra eli-Arab dispute has been helped by the blundering of Western diplomacy. However, wherever the communists have been met with force, as in Spain, P ersia and Greece, they have been stopped cold. Dorizas stressed that we need not fear them. If we k eep ourselves militarily, finan cially, and above all, spirituall y strong, we will have naught to fear in the futur e. EDITORIAL AND NOW - - JUNE Another semester has passed, and for many of us, the last turn has been made and we're heading down the home stretch - or walking the last mile, as you will. . After all that studying-then a period without any to doit's pretty tough to get back in the habit again, isn't it? "Oh, well," say many on campus, "this is better than the Army." Already the senior class is beginning to prepare for the many activities in which it will take part, so the end of May isn't really so far off. To those students who are having the common rough time along about this time in their college careers, buck up, old man. Ask any senior how many times he almost threw in the towel. The ones who didn't will see the reward one afternoon in June. Perhaps the cry for this week should have been "Medic! Medic!" as we licked our wounds and dove back into academic battles. At any rate, here we go again. And as we go again, so with us will go the memories that "last semester was the worst I've ever se.e n." Complaints that more low grades were recorded than ever before will also be heard. But, again, don't lose heart. Just wait until the year's final round of finals this spring and the waves of nausia, headaches, nervous breakdowns, and perhaps a few suicides that come with them . . About then, you'll be ready to forget the fall semester. Machine gun, anyone? by the American Legion. First row, left to right are former Wilkes catcher Joe Trosko, head baseball coach Bob Partridge, Gene Woodling, former Yankee now with the Baltimore Orioles, Jim Ferris, Wilkes top outfielder, and the Yankees' Gil MacDougald. Second row, New York's Jerry Coleman, Joe Collins, and Colonel assistant coach Bill Mock. Wooding is a one-time Wilkes-Barre Baron and Collins hails from nearby Scranton. MacDougald is a frequenf visitor to Wyoming Valley. l AS MIMI Letters To The Editor: IIIIIIIUIWUllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll_lllllllllllllllll KNOWS IT lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllnlllllll Editor: I was disappointed, but not surprised, to read about the rejection of the proposed veterans organization. The Administrative Council stated: that the organization violated a Wilkes tradition by having off-campus origins and affiliations; that the organization would be unable to make any substantial contri butions to the College; and that the needs of the organization's members could better be served by existing organizations. The announcement also stated that the Administration would .gladly meet to discuss their decision with any gro up representing the veterans. · The Administration had in its possession a copy of the organization's proposed constitution -- approved by the Student Council at least two weeks before the holidays . Whether intentionally or by accident, they a nnounced their rejection on the day before fina l examinations began - a time when the students involved would be least able to form any concert ed reaction . The first reason given for the rejection of the organization is simply founded. The second and third reasons might easily be said of any organization on campus. At the meeting of the Student Council which approved our constitution, these questions, and others, were raised by Dr. Reif. Dr. Reif attended only as a privately interested individual. If he had remain ed long enough -to hear the discussion which followed his statement, h e could have informed the Administration that all these arguments were countered to the satisfaction of three-quarters of the Student Council. I must assume, therefore, that the Admi nistration has other motives for turning down our petition which they do not care to mention. Since the purpose, intention, and operation of the organization were all listed in the constitution, I can find no argument to take before the Administrative Council. Sincerely yours, Robert W. Darrow SENIORS - A MUST! All seniors who have not filled out their record forms at the Placement Office are requested to do so immediately. Arrangements must be made for conducting !!mpk>y!ll~~t jnterviews. (ADVICE TO THE SHOOK-UP) Dear Mimi, I was jilted! The man I was in love with ran off with my widowed grandmother. How can I regain his love? Yours truly, Perplexed Dear Perpl exed, Try being his obedient granddaughter. Mimi Dear Mimi, I have a schedule of 21 semester hours and I also go steady. This is quite a problem because it is interfering with my drinking. What can I do? I'm feeling mighty Lowe's. F luidl y yours, Etaoin Shrdlu, frosh Dear Etaoin, Quit school and open a bar. Very flu ently yours, Mimi ,:, ,:, ,:, ,:, '~ Dear Mimi I am a p~rsonable yo un g man (of age) and have been looking for a girl who will support me in the manner to which I would like to be accustomed. Do you have any good leads ? · Sincerely, Desperately Broke Dear Desperately Broke, Where can I meet you? Yours for the asking, Mimi Toll Gate Reslaurant A freshman class of about sixty students has joined the ranks of older Wilkesmen who beat the pavements along the Susquehanna. Registrar John B. Whitby announced that although accurate . statistics are not available, the mid-term enrollment of sixty is "average in number and predominantly veterans". Enrollment at this time of the year is necessarily reduced since the number of high school graduates in January is very small. Enrollment is further limited to those students who can adjust their courses to earn sufficient credits to be eligible for graduation in four years. Major fields of study are gen erall y restricted to business and comm erce and finance. It is difficult for Science or Engineering students to enroll since some of the required freshman courses are not offered during the Spring semester, Mr. Whitby stated. CAMPUS CHATTER When two people tie the knot, it usually means - well it means something. However, when Al Jeter and Pat McNelis decided to tie the knot last Sunday night, they did it in real style - four or five times according to reports. The truth of the matter is that they had to tie the old knot everytime they got in and out of the car. A door had fro·z en and couldn't be shut. In order to a ssure sa-fety, a rope was tied fro m one door to the other right across Pat and Al. The things some women will do to hold their men . . . Younsu Koo came up w ith a good one as they led him out the door, "Excuse m e please, they tell m e I have to go." Then there was the debut of a local Irishman at a Bar Mitzvah last Saturday night. The band wouldn't play "When Irish Eyes are Smiling" .... J oe Jablonski peeped his h ead through the door of English 242 on the firsf day of school and asked, "Is this Romantic?" Can you imagine anybody getting hit with about 15 twopound anthologies? The price tag is still on the TV set in Harding Hall-On the screen no less ... There is a sign in Sterling Hall (girls' dorm) " In case of raid go to basement." What are we running here ? Jack Tippett has a fine new night job. ~ e works in an undertaker's . establi shment. May we ask what co~ld be deader thai:1 Homer or Volta~re · · · Som~ Joker offeredb a W1lkesman a dnnk at. a _foot a 11 game. The Colonel md1gnantly stated, " I'm from Wilkes, suh!" The benevolent one a n s were d sheepishly, "I'm sorry. I didn't know. H ere, take the whole bottle." ::::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;::::::; I • Ll>NGS1N( on.W-.e~ Featuring The Newest In College Men's Fashions "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Misses' Orlon SWEATERS It's a Pleasure to Serve You Short Sleeve • • A Full Course Meal Or a Sandwich Good Food • Reasonable Prices Plenty of Free Parking Space Catering to Small Groups F. DALE, Prop. SLIP ONS 4.99 Long Sleeve CARDIGANS 6.98 o Soft ·n• Silky Wear t.ike Iron o Pastels • Jewel - Deep Shades o All Perfect Quality • Sizes 34-i!l · Sportswear . Pomeroy's 2nd Floor = �February 4, 1955 3 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Wrestlers, Cagers Active Tomorrow Night on Road HOOPSTERS TANGLE WITH SUSQUEHANNA; TRYFOR WIN NO. SIX Grappling Crew Meets Huskies; Lineup Changed By RODGER LEWIS Wilkes' basketball forces will be gunning for win number six tomorrow night when they invade Susquehanna College at Selinsgrove, Pa. If the Colonels A finely conditioned Blue and Gold wrestling squad will lock horns with a winless Bloomsburg State Teachers College tomorrow night on the latter's home grounds. The meet is scheduled to get underway at 8 o'clock. Although the Huskies have no wins to their cr edit this year it has been r eported that they gained several new men over the semester and are now much stronger. Coach John Re ese has predicted that his charges are in for more trouble than the teachers' record would seem to indicate. Reese stated that he expect ed the most trouble in the middle weights, 147, 157, and 177 pound , class. Bloomsburg's captain, Roy Welliver, is one of the best wrestlers in the state and can always be counted on as a top trouble maker. .. Weight Jump To make things difficult, Ahmed Kazimi, Don McFadden, and Neil Dadurka of the Wilkes squad will have to work one class above their nor mal weight. The Colonels will be counting heavily on the services of Bob Morgan and Dave Thoma s. Morgan, who grapples in the 123 pound class, is undefeated this year in five starts. Thomas, only a fr eshman, has a record of five wins against two defeats. Seen as Strong According to reports, the Wilkes crew is in the best physical shape that it has been in all year. In the ea r ly part of the season Reese was plagued with a lack of candidates and injuries to several key men. The grappl ers will return home on th e 16th to tangle with an ever powerful Hofstra College team. Wilkes probable lineup: 12:3-lb., Bob Morgan; 130-lb., Sam Shugar; 137-lb., Don Reynolds; 147-lb., Ahmed Kazimi; 157lb., 'Don McFadden ; 167-lb., Dave Thomas; 177-lb., Neil Dadurka; Heavyweight, Jerry Elias. Colonelettes Dropped, 46 to 16, by Marywood In Virus Sweepstakes BEACON Photo by Cliff Brothers Alhleles Honored al Annual Banquet TOPS IN SPORTS IN '54 - Special award win~ ners at the recent Wilkes Athletic Banquet line up with their coaches after being honored for outstanding achievement on fields of play. Left to · right, first row, are Jim Ferris, voted the year's outstanding athlete by t he coaches and also the top baseball player; Al N icholas, recipient of the cherished Jos eph Gallagher Memorial award voted him by his grid teammates; and Younsu Koo, out standing soccer player - Reggie Burr trophy. Secom\ row, Assistant Grid Coach Russ Picton, Joe Trosko, outstanding lineman and top gridder; Ronald Fitzg.erald, outstanding backfieldman ; Bob Partridge, head soccer and baseball coach and George Ralston, football and basketball mentor. with Al Jeter Wedding Bells Congratulations are in order for Barbara Bialogowicz and Ronni e Fitzgerald who recently tied the matrimonial knot. The lucky groom was recently named the outstanding backfield man on the 1954 edition of the Colonel footballers and this column would like to wish the kids all the best - they're both swell. It was fire drill time in the gym last week when the cagers tangled with Lycoming c O J I e g e and came out on the Jong end of the h O r n. Earlier in the season the Lycoming cr ew handed the C o1 o n e I s a stinging defeat in a g a m e which, according to all r eports, featured AL JETER the ejecting of Harry Ennis from th e ball game via the fou l 1 ro ute. The Colonels were well on their way to working up a TWENTY point lead th e other night when Ralston sent in the reserves to give them some much-needed experience. Lycomiing narrowed the margin, but there wa s no doubt in anybody's mind as to just who the masters of the situation were. Only logical explanation - must be the difference in courts - or something. Who's Confused? The last fiv e minutes gave witness to some of the finest antics that we have seen all year. The Lyco ming line was torn to shreds by the power plays of Brautigan and P etrilak, who both avera ged about six yards per try for what may be a new collegiate record. There was no stopping the pair as t hey tore off yardage through tackle and around end for t elling gains. It was during thi s tim~ that a new star was born in the form of Parker P etrilak, who in his time has been noted as a soccer, basketball , and football player. The "Park" added more laurels to his cap by turning actor and drew the plaudits of the Academy Award crowd to the tune of many bravos. Spirited What? In a more serious vein though, t he team was just plain aggressive with a will to win t hat would not be denied. If the game g ot slightly out of hand in the closing minutes, we believe that it was a res uit of a ha rd played fracas with quite a bit of tension mounting in players of both sides : not deliberat e rough stuff. The Colonels have come a long wa y since a rather dismal start. Thi s yea r was figured to be a rough one du e to the reb ulding process tha t was necessary after losing most of last year's star perfor mers. Th e team has done right well and has showed steady improvement right along and now seems to have hit a stride that should spell trouble for all comers. By HE.LEN M. KRACHENFELS Those determined women of basketball, the Wilkes College Colonelett es, traveled to Scranton Monda y night, only to m eet their second defeat at t he hands of the Marywood cagers, this time to t he tune of 46-16. Sickness on the Wilkes team (befor e the game, not after viewing the score ) seemed as large an obstacle to the gals a s t he forbidding height and rotundity of the Scranton lassies. The game was played amid much coughing, sneezing, and "time out for a Kleenex!" (Well, STATISTICS OF INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS we must have some excuse, after FGA FG PCT FTA FT PCT RB TP A VE all!) Harry Ennis .................................. 152 69 .454 59 41 .695 111 179 17.9 Jim Ferris ...................................... 128 144 .344 84 65 .774 51 153 15.3 Closed the Gap The Marywood Monsters went John Bresnahan ............................ 124 60 .484 34 22 .638 109 142 14.2 Carl Van Dyke ............................ 101 38 .376 27 15 .555 56 91 11.4. wild in the first quarter, to chalk Joe Jablonski ................................ 106 33 .311 13 7 .539 79 73 7.3 up 21 points, while Wilkes managed Parker Petrilak ............................ 67 24 .358 40 18 .450 57 66 6.6 a bare 2. In the second period, Dick Bunn .................................... 3 1 .333 2 1 .500 1 3 .3 scoring on both sides was notably Cliff Brautigan .............................. 13 4 .308 15 8 .533 12 16 2.7 curtailed, with Marywood gaining Joe Popple .................................... 4 2 .500 1 1 1.000 3 5 1.3 7 2 .286 2 2 1.000 1 6 .8 only 6, and Wilkes none. Georgia Bob Sokol ...................................... 6 1 .166 0 0 .ODO 3 2 .3 Tomasetti, high scorer for the Colo- Ed Troutman ................................ nelettes, ran wild in the third quar111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 ter, bringing the WC tally to a ANDY'S DINER tremendous 11 ! Barbara Vavrek, a rough-and-tumble freshman on Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym the squad, shared the scoring honPlenty of Free Parking Men's Clothing & Furnishings ors for the night. The next encounter for the Colo- Prices for the Collegian's Budget •. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. . • A Reputation Built on Fine Food nelettes will be on Feb. 12 with the gir!!'l fr<.>Il'! J(ey!!t<.>nf;! Junior C<.>llege. ! ! 111 !I !I! I! I I!! 11111 nm 1111111111111111111111 I Louis Rosenthal 1 Club 20 Sets Fast Pace In Intra-mural League The end of Wednesday night's play in the intramural league found the Club 20 firmly entrenched in first place by virtue of two forf eit wins. The '20' crew holds an enviable record of five wins against no losses. In games played duriing the week Idiots Row downed the Bar Rags, 54 to 3'7. Bunn shot high for the Idiots with 18 points. The Accelerators stepped on the gas and ran down the Flashy Five to the tune of 43 to 35. Darke paced the winners with 16 counters. Falk's Five tripped up the Spanish Flyers , 40 to 35. Heltzel set the pace for the Falkmen with 10 markers. It just wasn't the Flyers week and they were downed for the second time by the Idiots, who aren't quite a s crazy as their names, by the score of 40 to 36. Barouvage sunk 15 points to lead the victory. The Bar· Rags rung themselves out a nd stiffened the aging and The Standings: Team Club 20 Idiots Row Weckesser Hall Falk's Five . Vet's Club Accelerators .. Bar Rags Young'uns .. . Spanish Flyers Economics Club Butler Hall F lashy Five Finale Hopp ers Biology Bugs ... w 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 L 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4 5 5 slightly paunchy Vet's Club, 3·9 to 38. McFadden registered 19 points for the Rags. The Bar Rags came through again the next night and outfumed the Biology Bugs, 69to 3'3. Carey, without the aid of John Barleycorn, came through with ·22 markers for the winners. Falk's Five went on a scoring spree and completely demolished the Y oung'uns by the score 55 to 23. H eltzel was high man for the winners, contributing 17 points to the outrage. Club 20 won on forfeits from the Economics Club and Butler Hall Weckesser Hall and the Vet's Club both registered wins when the Flashy F ive failed to arrive on the scene. Idiots Row also took a win come here with a victory they will be ahead of the win-lose column by one game for the first time this season. As it stands the Colonels have an even record of five wins against five defeats. Coach Ralston expects a victory, but no easy tim e. Susquehanna is supposedly the "sleeper" on the Colonels' schedule, but they are known to be rough on their home court. Coaches Happy The coaching staff is pleased with the overall improvement of the t eam. Their opinions are backed up by the current three game winning streak. Much of the improvement can be attributed to the in- • creased rebounding of Joe Jablon- • ski and the floor work of Carl Vall< Dyke. Not to be counted out is the· steady play of high scorer Harry Ennis, top rebounder J ohn Bresnahan, and the all-round play of pintsized Jim ·Ferris. Added Depth Some new players have added strength to Ralston's bench. Former Luzerne sparkler, Dick Bunn, joined the squad at the beginning of the second semester to give some height to the substitutions. Two fr eshmen have also brightened the future, namely Danny Lynn and. Bob Sokol. Next week the Colonels entertain a strong Yeshiva. t eam on Tuesday in the local drill shed. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ via the forfeit route as the Finale Hopp ers hopped out and faiiled to p ut in an app earance . =;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;-;,. r; Wilkes College BOOKSTORE AND VARIETY SHOP Books - Supplies - Novelties Subscriptions Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 ... WELCOME LOFT'S Candy Shop 2 South Main Street Wilkes-Barre LOFT'S • •• The Candies of Finer ·Quality Meet Your Friends at ... The SPA 18 South Main Street • •• After the game After the dance Anytime for a friendly get-together Favorite Spot ... . . . For College Students �February 4, 1955 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 4 EVEN THOUGH HE COULDN'T SEE DR. KLEIN NO HANDICAP TOO GREAT FOR FEATHERMAN; GRADUATE WAS REGULAR GUY, TOP STUDENT Wyoming Seminary before taking his undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan. He graduated from Michigan Medical School in 1936. Following internship at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, the local doctor returned to Michigan to study in the School of Pediatrics, and later served his residency at Boston City and Children's Hospital, Washington, D.C. Besides belonging to numerous medical organizations and holding many offices in professional groups, Dr. Klein is on the staff of General Hospital and conducts his private practice at 136 South Franklin Street. (continued from page 1) 1 By JACK CURTIS For a fellow almost totally blind, who wanted to give up college two weeks after h e arrived at Wilkes, Roland F eatherman did pretty well by himself when he finished his undergraduate career last weekin just three and a half years. Known as one of the friendliest f ellows on campus, the Shickshinny, Pa. , lad achieved a bachelor of arts degree in sociology and was consistently on the Dean's list for outstanding academic standing. Roland's ability to get around the Wilkes cam pu s was a remarkable f eat in itself, since he had no aid. H e simply m emorized the way to ea ch building, spoke t o friends on campus just as though h e could see them. His secret wa s memorization aga,in, for h e knew even casual acquaintances by voice. The Butler Hall dormitory student enter ed Wilkes in the summer of 1951. At first, about two weeks after beginning his career as a collegian, h e was ready to throw in the towel. He, of course, couldn't read, and in the summer there w ere few persons to read aloud to h im. But, using a little honest to goodness ingenuity, Roland came up w,i th -the idea of carrying a tape recorder to lectures. Until the dorm filled in the fall, this was practically his onl y means of studying . . Later, when the rest of the gang moved in, and for the rest of his days at Wilkes, Featherman got the boys to read to him. "Gee, " a number of "readers" have exclaimed, "that guy teaches me when I'm readin g to him . I don't know how he does it." Even later, after a year here, he l earned to read and write in braille. It was disturbing to sit next to the chipper young guy in class. "He made me feel like a foo l," one History student exclaimed. "The guy was taking three times as many notes as I was, and you know how fast you have to write in Dr. Thatch er's class ." Yeah, he got along 0.K. Not only were his notes better, but al so his grades in many instances. No h elp on eating meals, either. Roland had hi s plate arranged in clock order. Meat at midnight, potatoes at 3, vegetables at 6, and so on . H e thought of everything. Man y tales are told of the tall, good-humored man about campus. His ability to laugh at obviousl y frustrating experiences made him "one of the boys" and not a guy that you feel sorry for . He didn't want that anyway. And besides, he has a brand of wit all his own. One day while entering the rear of Chase Hall, Roland made a wrong turn. As he groped for the door that wasn't there, he walked head-long into a wall. Stepping back, he said calmly, "Damn it, funny place to put a wall, isn't it?" He plans to go further in his sociology studies and has applied to the University of P enn sylvania, where he plans to ready for a car eer in social work- h elping others, of course. Remarkable, you say. That's for sure. His popularity is best indicated by the fact that he even had a them e in Freshman Composition written about him . And, when yo u think of it, how many of us can make t hat claim to fame? You are Welcome AT ZIMMERMAN'S Exquisit~ Styles In College Sportswear. Just what you've been Looking for. I ZIMMERMAN'S 51 Public Square Wilkes-Barre, Penna. 1~~~~~~~~~t JORDAN Est. 1871 Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality ~ 9 West Market Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. TUXEDOS TO RENT Special Price To Students 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. BA UM ·'S A PAPER FOR THE HOME .•. SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Most Complete Local and National Coverage FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS GIANT SOCIAL SECTION WEEKLY FEATURES ?Ju; CHESTERFIELD 7oMf- PARK, SHOP and You'll smile yQur approval of Chesterfield's EAT at the new FOWLER, DICK and WALKER The Boston Store smoothness - mildness - refreshing taste. You'll smile your.approval of Chesterfield's quality - highest quality - low nicotine. · •· © UGGElT , .. & Mrnu 1"0BACCO 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 1955 February 4th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 February 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 https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/a5dc72c530e58208bc53d3bf349a6a92.pdf c6a2d98fb16cc5791b45f7d45c164bb5 PDF Text Text TDR Valentine Dance Features Jack Melton WILKES The Community College, Serving Wyoming Valley And The World Vol. X, No. 15 .~ -WILKES COLLEGE- ~B -- . e aeon WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE. PENNSYLVANIA THE BEACON Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1955 Melton Plays Tonight At TDR Valentine Dance By JANICE SCHUSTER Members of Theta Delta Rho and their heart-throbs have transformed the Wilkes Gymnasium into a fantasy of frilly valentines for the sorority's annual semi-formal, the Valentine Dance, to be held tonight. The girls of the sorority, along with the manly assistance of the Letterman's Club and their boyfriends, spent all last evening at the gymnasium adding the final to.uches to the decorations. The gala affair will be highlighted by the crowning of a king and queen to rule over the splendor of the evening. The reigning couple, who will be chosen by Sorority President Naomi Kivler as she draws the lucky ticket stub, will be presented to a radio audience over station WBAX. The broadcast will start at 11 :30 aRd continue to the climax of the dance at midnight as a portion of Bob Whitehead's popular disc-jockey show "Bobby's Shop". 50% DAY STUDENTS ATTEND IN EVENING, WASILESKI REPORTS By JOHN KUSHNERICK Reserve Wednesday as your night to witness a Wilkes College sports spectacle at the local gymnasium. Something new is .in the offing for students, faculty, and local sports fans, as the One of every two day students Letterman's Club plans an affaiir to boost attendance, ahd takes evening courses at Wilkes, bolster school spirit. Evening Director Cites Night School Importance Jack Melton and his orchestra will supply dance music to harmonize with the magnificent them e of the lovely decorations. Gigantic mobiles will be suspended from the ceiling of the gymnasium and a h 1 t~nt-like aff~ct will add to t e goMARILYN PETERS rious valentme scenery. . Marilyn Peters, dance chairman, announced that each of the girls' dates will be presented with a souvenir of the girls' s_orority at_ the annual girl-ask-boy affair. She also chose the followmg committee heads to help promote the success of the ,e vent: . Decorations: J essie Roderick, Jeannette Perrms. Orchestra: Ruth Wilbur. Tickets: Joan Shoemaker. Hat check: Mary Pomicter. Re-, freshmen ts: Helen Krachenfels. Publicity: Della King. Gifts: Margaret Smith, Barbara Walters. Dance Program: Pat Reese . Chaperons : Gerri Kolotelo. Favors: Barbara Rog ers. D1R. REIF EN'TERS FLUORIDATION DISPUTE IN LETTER TO EDITOR In a recent letter to the editor of the Wilkes-Barre Record, Dr. Charles B. Reif of the Biology Department claimed that articles attacking the fluoridation of the cities' water supply are c~nspicuous by their omission of the background and research mvolved. The addition of fluorine compounds to the water supply has been proposed as a measure to decrease tooth decay. This proposal is moti vated by the finding that in areas where fluorine exists in the water naturally, the population is noticably free of tooth decay. The letter which appeared in the "Voice of the People" column, urged citizens not to draw conclusions from opinions advanced by unscientific individuals and groups, but to gather the facts from the scientific journals. "Science has no a xe to grind, it is n either pro nor con ... if people or groups want to apply scientific principles they may do so ... The survival of civilization depends on the successful separation by citizens of the demonstrable evidence Lellermen Sponsor Night lo Help Sports Attendance, Band lo Play Wilkes Offers Courses In Four Penna. Cities Wilkes College now offers courses in four Pennsylvania cities, it was learned last week from Stanley Wasiileski, director of the evening division. The nursing education departm ent, headed by Miss Ruth Jesse, is conducting courses in Danville, Lebanon and Scranton, besides on the campus here at Wilkes. In Danville, the courses are conducted in the Nursing School at Geisinger Hospital. At Lebanon they are given at the Veterans's Hospital and in Scranton on the (continued on page 2) university campus. it was revealed yesterday by Stanley Wasileski, director of the Wilkes evening division. Wasileski also stated that the ni g ht school enrollment for this semester, although it has fallen off slightly from last semester, is approximately 750. That number is just about equal to the day school enrollment. "Ou~ night school is one of the most important parts of the college," the director pointed out. "Not only are courses offered at night that are not given in da_y school, but for the sake of convenience in scheduling alone, the night sessions are a big aid to both day and night students ." Wasileski also stated that full degrees can be obtained by attending night school. Degrees in nursing edu cation, commerce and finance can be gained by hours earned only in night school. Other degrees tha t will be offered at night in the near future are psychology and sociology, the director said. In addition to regularly offered cour ses, the education department, of necessity, gives some of its cour ses in the evenin g session and Bucknell University offers postgraduate credit here as well. PROSPECTS OF NEW WAR TO BE AIRED BY HISTORIAN Charles Walker will discuss the question "Must We Fight Again" Tues.d ay, February 15 at 8 p.m. in Chase Hall Lounge. Walker is executive secretary of the Fellowship of Reconciliation and has been invited here by the Wilkes History Club to speak to faculty and students ·i nterested in this timely subject. The formal address will be followed by an informal discussion and question period. Parking Stickers Ready For Drivers Next Week By DICK JONES Art Hoover, president of the student council , stated this week that the proposed parking stickers for three hour parking on South River street will be completed some time next week. . . A s soon as th_e s~ickers a~·nve th_e student council will ~o-o_rdu~ate v:ith the Beacon on their ?istrib?tion_ and three _ hour parkmg will begm at that ~ime. . . The ma1:ner m w~uch the ~ticke:s are to be issued ~111 be prmted rn t~e College Bull etm as soon as possible. The proposal by the Mayor's offlee to aid the stud ents in solving their_ parking problem ~a~ been handicapped b:r: the Mayo_r s illness. The B~acon is :1ttemptmg to &"et fu::t~er mformation from the ci!y off1ci_als a s to how _ problems m parkrng can be alleviated. Additional Photos Not Included in Pose Price Co-editors Jean Kravitz and Jim N everas of the Amnicola have announced the policy being followed regarding publication of individual pictures in the yearbook. The seventy-five cent sitting charge covers only· the cost of printing the picture in the yearbook. Additional pictures which individuals wish to purchase must be paid for by direct negotiation with Lazarus Studios. The editors stated that the unusual delays in obtaining satisfactory pictures from the photographic studios have necessitated their selecting the picture which will be publi sh ed. This action was taken as a matter of expediency in meeting rapidly approaching deadlines. Wilkes will engage Hofstra, a traditional rival, in wrestling and ba sketball in s uccessive contests commencing at 6:30, with free dancing to follow . Joe Wilk, chairman of the program, announced that special concessions have been granted by the administration to honor student activities passes as admission for two persons, stud ent and guest . .He stated this arrangement should prove very satisfactory for econo. mically minded students. A committee composed of Howie Gross, Glenn Carey, J erry Elias and George Batterson is preparing a special half time feature that tentatively includes performances by the Wilkes Band, and a comedy skit by Wilk es' own "Little Skinny" Ennis. Dancing to the music of the Wilkes Band will continue to 12. The affair has so much to offer, one Letterman is purported to have said, "Bring the whole family, there is fun for everyone." Sections will be reserved for clubs or groups that wish to attend as a unit, Wilk stated. Such group attendance is highly urged by the Lettermen. Sections may be reserved by contacting any of the committee m embers mentioned above. The cheerleaders will be on hand to whoop things up and add to the color of the affair. Both Coaches John Reese and George Ralston have expressed confidence in a large turnout for what is termed a "natural drawer". Both teams will be in peak condition for the keen competition that is expected. A strong home crowd could provide the inspiration to make the difference between victory and defeat. All groups and individuals are urged by the Letterm en to do their part, "all that is required is your attendance," a committee members said, "the resti will take care of itself." �WILKF.S COLLEGE BEACON 2 EDITORIALS For Just One Night The crowd at Tuesday night's basketball game was probably the best of the 1954-55 season and it was good to see. The fact remains, though, that in order to have a bigger and better crowd next Wednesday night, for the Big Lettermen's Booster Night, many more Wilkes people will have to attend. Better than half of the crowd Tuesday was made up of outsiders-friends of Yeshiva and Wilkes-and it is doubtful if we can count on such fine support from the outside on Wednesday. We had this Booster Night idea kicking around out brain last year as sports editor, but nobody we talked to seemed interested. __Well, now the Lettermen are going to stage one, and it wo.u ld be a shame for the thing to be a fizzle. Just from the spectators standpoint-on sports alone, that is -Wednesday will present a terrific evening of entertainment. There will be both a wrestling meet and a basketball game. Then, the extras. Planned is a dance afterwards, half-time entertainment, plus the band and cheerleaders to whoop things up during the contests. After all the publicity is spent and every feature of the Booster Night is ·promoted, the success or failure of the v e n t u r e is squarely up to you. · And after all; the guys who knock their brains out representing you in the college athletic wars deserve some token of our appreciation. This is your way of saying "somebody is really interested after all." Let's have a crowd like we've never had before. WC Takes Johns Hopkins Cup Lml.lllANGNGAI. . .. The Snack Bar - Good; Bad Features It has been good to see the ~nack Bar in use during evening sessions at the college. It. seems that the night students were quick to take advantage of a place affored them to grab a bite to eat, sip some coffee and shoot the breeze. It appears that the experiment has been a success and that the night students count "The only clue I'll give on "their place on campus" from now on. student cafeteria." But on the other side of the ledger, there is this. At the beginning of the year, the shift of the day students' cafeteria to Harding Hall (Snack Bar) was a hard one for many to adjust to. It took IIIIIIIUIWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII almost a semester for the daytimers to get accustomed to the best they could expect in the line of a gathering spot. Letter to the Editor ... · The upstairs room was picked as the spot where the folks liked to congregate and we all got pretty used to it. But, alas, now the second floor is closed except between the hours of 10 and 2. Why close the second floor, since it is the favorite spot of the students, and there is no student union at Wilkes. To an outsider and perhaps to some Wilkesmen, this may seem like too trivial a subject to be discussed in an editorial. But, so many students have stopped us to complain about the situation that they feel they've been robbed of what little they have, that we think space is worthwhile. How about revising the system over at Harding? The students will go half way, that's for sure. - Curtis, Editor. CUE 'N' CURTAIN PRESENTS RECORDS OF PLAYS Howard "Skinny" Ennis, a ssis-1 tant to Alfred Groh, director of C Wilkes College dramatics club, has asper UrgeS announced that Cue 'n' Curtain will U • }d" present a 'Theatre Listening Hour' ny1e Ing Endeavors each Thursda y from 12, to 1 p.m. at s d t d h1 t d • t O f th Th b Th t Ch e 'L" ase t • eaHre. , • et o Jee t 1s enmg •our 1sd o presen ret 1 an curren P1ays cor d e dt tcIass1ca d• th 0 f ou s an mg au ors. The . purpose of presenti~g the plays 1s to arouse mterest m and acquaint students with outstanding dramati~ present.ations. Th e s e plays .will also give to every st udent interested in dramatics a chance to study the techniques of drama. Among the records that will be played are : Don Juan In Hell, (Shaw), F irst Drama Quartet; Media, (Euripides), Judith Anderson ; Julius Caesar, From the MGM sound track; Little Foxes, Tallula h Bankhead . Cue 'n' Curtain cordially invites the student body to attend. Toll Gale Restaurant "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. lt's a Pleasure to Serve You • • A Full Course Meal Or a Sandwich Good Food • Reasonable Prices Plenty of Free Parking Space Catering to Small Groups F. DALE, Prop. tu en s an sc o ars o ay are · a wor Id of ou t pos t s of courage m f · an d t error. Th ey are no t , con u s10n as h as b een oft en sai"d , a con f use d and frig htened flock, Mr. C. L. Casper, of the department of Commerce and Finance a ssured his audience at the Wilkes gym Tuesday. "Like Demothestnes Galileo and the hosts of other bra~e and thinking m en the world has known we must not fear to stand up with ~onviction, must not fear to stand up within our own minds," h e declared. Moreover, today the student is faced with the further difficulties of facing the era's anti-intellectualism, the danger of being castigated a s a n "egg-head". Yet h e dares not yield to such pop ular ch ecks on his right and duty to think and to disagree. "Today," said Casper, "it is not the 'safe' man, but the m an of h eart and courage, who counts." Our weapo ns today on the ideological battlefi eld are literature and learning, and only that under standing of the thing which we are pleased to call wisdom will survive, will be the stable element of our times a nd world. W e must, conclud ed Casper, take courage, then, and seek this wisdom, that we may continue in a fr ee so~iet y. We must strive, he said, to seek, to find, to never yield. TUXEDOS TO RENT Special Price To Students 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. BAUM'S Friday, February 11, 1955 llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Editor, In my opinion the Student Council has been doing a good job, but there have been complaints. In the minds of many, the Council does not hold the esteem it should. I would like to suggest that this school adopt the policy employed by many others in electing officers to the Student Council by direct election. I think this policy would h elp students feel their direct representatives were formulating student policies. Art Hoover, now president of the Council, introduced a motion simiJar to this last year, it was defeated. The plan is a difficult one to execute since it entails two separate elections, one for the Council itself and another for the officers. The elections would of necessity have to be in the spring so that all persons could be in office when the fall semest er gets underway. I believe this early part of the school year is when the Student Council is n eeded most. I know there are many problems to be solved but I believe the basic ~Dick ...... Flannery Top Speaker; Choper Leads Novices To Fourth at NYU By T. R. PRICE The Wilkes College debate team cam e up with another victory and a cup last weekend as it added the Johns H opkins trophy to that won at the Bucknell t ourna ment ear lier this season. The Wilkes varsity of James Neveras and Nick Flannery defeated N ew J ersey in the fi nal Johns Hopkins run-offs, after a duplication of last year's tie with Princeton. Meanwhile, t h e novice team, talking at the Tau Kappa Alpha for ensic fraternity tournament at N.Y.U., won five of eight to cop fourth, defeating St. Lawrence, Seton Hall, Washington and Lee, Amherst, and W ells in the second start for the second string. N everas a nd Flannery also received certificat es for their team and indi vidual performances as debaters, while Flannery emerged winn er of the individual extemporaneous s peak ing contest, .with Neveras a close th ird. Flannery had 160 points to w in, Staunton of St. P eter's had 152 for runner-up, and. N everas had 151 for third. Among t h e novice team of Viryou is that it came from the ginia Brehm, Bruce Warshall, Leslie Wein er, and J esse Choper, Choper came up with a record which is DR. REIF ENTERS now surpassed only by that of (continued from page 1) Flannery. Choper has won ten,. from the exhorbitant facts." Dr. lost t wo, while Flannery has a 13-2 Reif's letter stated. r ecord. . Final standings at Johns Ho p-When approached by the Beacon for further comment on the battle kins found Wilkes on top, with such which is rapidly gaining momen- names as Princeton, Boston, Fordtum in the city, Dr. Reif stated it ham, Seton Hall, U. of P., Howard. was a closed issue with him and T emple, George Washington, and Lo yola trailing off behind. had nothing to add. ----------------------------- I I 50 1nillion I I I I thnes a day at honie, at work or on the way I There's nothing like a I I idea to be a good one. Perhaps, . we could resolve some of these problems for further discussion. Let 's hear from some other people on the subject to show Art and me 11. PURE AND I WHOLESOME ... I 2. BRIGHT, EVER-FRESH ! SPARKLE ... I 3. REFRESHES I SO QUICKLY ..• I I we do not stand alone. Sincerely yours, Jim Coleman - N ature's own flavors. WILKES COLLEGE - di stinctive taste. Beaco,n with as few calories as ht1l/ an average, juicy grapefruit. A newspaper published each week of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. Editor ........ ... ..... .... John D. Curtis Asst. Editor .... Ivan Falk Asst. Editor Pearl Onacko Sports Editor .... ..... .. . Allen Jeter Business Mgr . .. Arthur Hoover Asst. Bus. Mgr. Dick Jones Faculty Adviser .... George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes Campu2. Telephone: VAiley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY KEYSTONE COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY "Coke" is a registered trade-mark: C 1955. THE COCA-COLA COMPANY �riday, February 11, 1955 3 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Cagers Active Tomorrow; Out To Avenge Early Loss At Huskies' Home Grounds By RODGER LEWIS Coach Ralston's cage forces will travel downstreaw to Bloomsburg tomorrow night to gain revenge for an early season defeat at the hands of the Huskies. In a previous contest the Colonels were defeated by a ten point margin. However. the other Wilkes-Barre college (King's) beat the teach ers last week, which is an added incentive for a Colonel win. A victory will depend on the abi lity of the Colonels to get rebounds. Much of the burden will fall on top r ebounder Harry "Skinny" Wilkes College basketball squad Ennis and big John Bresnahan. Joe set two seasonal records in it's last Jablonski usually can be counted two contest s wh ile defeating Sus- on to add timely captures along qu ehanna and Yeshiva Universities. with the surprising get up and go One an indi vidual scoring hig and of small statured Jim Ferris. th e other an attendance high. The locals worked on their foul Tu esday, the locals entertained shooting this week in that their Yes hiva Uni ver sity before a crowd loss to the Huskies was attributed of 1500 fans and took the measure to in consistency at · the foul line. of the visitors by a. 67 to 61 score. Th e Colonels outscored Bloom in The Colon els h eld a slim margin the field goal departm ent. throughout the game, but Jost the The Ral stonmen are on the crest lead with four and a half minutes of a five game winning streak. They have brought their seasonal ·to play, 59 to 57. However, the home forc es came r ecord up to seven victories against five defeats after a poor start. back and made a goa I to b· e t h e BEACON Photo by Cliff Brothers score at 59-all. Then the Yeshiva Since being humbl ed by a powerful WHO'S GOT IT?-John Bresnahan goes through some aerial acrostrategy was to "freeze" the ball, Lafayette squad, the WC'ers toplooking for a sure la st m inute shot. pled Hartwick, Rider, Lycoming, batics under the basket against Yeshi va Uni versity. Wilkes took Th e alertn ess of Joe Jablonsk i Susquehanna, and Yeshiva in suemeas ure of the New Yorkers, 67-61, at the WC gy m Tuesday night. cession. turned a m ite scoring attempt into a Wilkes goal on an interception. High Attendance Seen Many WC students will make the This all but "iced" the game for the Colonels, but Jim Ferris and trip in keeping with the local rivalJohn Bresnahan added foul shots ry of the two schools. With a feeland Carl Van Dyke contributed an- ing such as exists between the two other goal to round out the scoring colleges a good gam e can always for the evening. Van Dyke paced be counted on. Next week the Colonels take on the scorers with 18 points. a strong Hofstra sq uad on W ednes- By JIM COLEMAN S usquehanna Downed day night in the locals' gym. The Last Saturday the Ralstonmen game has been set aside as the A well conditioned Wilkes wrestling squad took to the mats tangled with Susquehanna at Se- Letterman's "Booster Night". A last Saturday against Bloomsburg and came through with an linsgrove and took th e host club wrestling meet between the two impressive 19 to 13 victory. by a 81 to 78 margin in two over- school s will precede the game. times. Harry "Skinny" Ennis set The t ea m, after working hard all a seasonal scoring high, gathering week to g et back into shape after 34 tallies. At the end of the reguthe semester break, bore no resemlation period the score was knotted blance to the one that lost to East at 64 apiece . Stroudsburg the last time out. · Also at the end of the first five Sam Shugar started Wilkes rollminute period the score was tied; ing by pinning H. Kuntz in one this time at 68-all. Then in the Bob Morgan, a guy that they just part of the year by a fra ctured minute of the third period. Bob final overtime Ennis showed his Morgan then cam e through with scoring punch by making 10 of the can't seem to pin, is the Beacon's hand . Although the hand injury his most impressive win to date thirteen points gathered by the choi ce as top man in sports this has probably limited his effecti vebv pinning K. Lynn in 2:57. Don club in that stanza. He also tied week . In gaining the title he has ness to some extent, it has not been Rey nolds was next in the win pathe added distinction of being the the game with two foul conversions rad e, decisioning Bill Trovinai, 8 fir st man on the wrestli ng team to with 15 seconds remaining in the to 0. cop the laurels . regular game. The shoe was on the other foot 123-pound Morgan is undefeated in the 147-pound class when Ahmed this year in six starts, which inKazimi was pinned in 1 :04 by forclude four pins-a record that will mer Stat e Champion Tom W elliver . stand up in an y league. He has Don McFa.d den r eturned the scorbeen the most con sistant performer ing to the Wilkes column by taking on a squad that plays one of the the de cision from C. Abermoha, 8 roughest schedules of any WilkeR to 7. team. Only a sophomore, Morgan has Thomas Comes Through attained his fine record despite the In the 167-pound class, the defact that h e has been handicapped ciding bout, a s predicted by Coach John Reese, Dave Thomas decisioned B. Asby, 9 to 6. This gives Thomas a reco rd of 6 wins against 2 defeats, good for a freshman in an yone's lea g ue. The WC grappler s in the 177pound and heavyweight classes didn't fare too well. Neil Dadurka was decision ed by Don Wise, and Seymour Holtzma n st epped out of For the Best Essay-(250 to 500 Words) BOB MORGAN his weight class to be p inned by On The Subject noticabl e to the string of opposing towering Huskie, Harry Hughes. The ma tm en w ill be idle this .grapplers that h e has bowled over. Before coming to Wilkes, Mor- weekend, but face two strong gan did his rnat chores for Wyo- t eams, Hofstra and Kings Point, in min g Seminary. H e compiled an the space of three days n ext week. outstanding record there and was ___ _ _ __ _______ _ _ nam ed runner-up Prep School Champion. Men's La st year a s a fres hman, Morgan ~-.::::::: didn 't really come into his own. He RULES 3. Only one entry accepted from each WOOL SLACKS came out for the t eam late in the I. Only bonofide students of accredited' col• student. season due to a heavy load of leges ore eligible to compete. Isl prize 4. Contest now open. Closes April 30, 1955. classes and showed promise of Reg. 12.95 Value $500; 2d, $200; 3d, $100; plus four $SO 5. Moil entry to Box 3097, Jacksonville, things to come in the short time that he was with the matmen. prizes. Florido. Decision of judges will be final. The promise held true this year All entries become ihe property of ..• 2. Essays must be accompanied by one (1) as is easy to see by the record . Save 3.96 KING EDWARD CIGARILLO bond, or reason• JNO. H. SWISHER & SON, INC. The Beacon believes that Morgan able facsimile thereof. is one of the outstanding grapplers Makers of King Edward Cigarillos o Flannels - Gabardines in the area and he shoul d be a sure o Brown - Navy - Grey - Blue bet for some kind of recognition "You don't have to inhale to enjoy a Cigarillo" o All Perfect Quality - Sizes 28-42 statewise when the end of the seasMen's • Pomeroy's First Floor on rolls around. Hoopsters Win Twice; 2 Season Records Fall with Al Jeter The Future Even though it is out of season, we think that right now is a good time to talk about the future of the soccer team. It's old n ews no w that Bob Partridge will leave at the end of the semester. His departure creates a siz eable gap in the coaching staff of the school, and soccer in particular. It was under Partridge that the sport was first plaHyed at tWihlkesd. e•thwen h' a 1ea w; P t~s 0 ma! mg e Co 1?ned s a recogmze soccer P O we r ' many times with virtually no support of his idea. Giving his baby (soccer) more care th an your Aunt T i 11 i e gives her favorite geraniums, AL JETER he saw it grow a full fledged inand blossom into stitution here. Up Grade After the record that the soccermen have made in the last two years, we feel sure that the school will not let the sport die on the vine with the loss of the man who started the ball rolling. We have been accepted as a soccer power and have turned out some fine players in an area where the sport is little known or played . The college came close, through no fault of its own this year, to not having a wrestling coach. As all concerned with the matter know, it was quite a fire drill right down to the finish wire. The grapplers came within an inch of going into the season minus a mentor. Start Early We realize that it won't be easy to fill the sho es of Partridge. Soccer coach es are few and far between in thi s area, mainly because the sport has never been played here to any great extent like football, basketball, and baseball. With this thought in mind we think it would be wise to start looking early for a suitabl e r eplacement so the sport can continue at the same high calibre play that it has had in the last two seasons. There are a few of us who have been here long enough to watch the hooter s evolve from more or less of a joke to a position where they command the respect of all. We hope that they will be able to remain on that high perch. t of • Ll>NGSIN(• cmkl\e~ Featuring The Newest In College Men's Fashions ANDY'S DINER Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym Plenty of Free Parking 'Prices for the Collegian's Budget •• .. A Reputation Built on Fine Food MATMEN DOWN HUSKIES, 19 - 13; LIGHT WEIGHTS COME THROUGH Bob Morgan· Gains 'Player of Week'; First Wrestler to Take the Title $1,000.00 IN CASH PRIZES "How I Would Increase the Popularity of Cigarillos" 8.99 �WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 4 CAMPUS CHATTER The college paper staff recently d eclared the female member of its editorial staff officially dead. The s even-year regulation was waved .. . Pastel shades are back! If you don't believe it, take a gander at the skull cap Ki Hwan Lee wears around Ashley. Dick Jones, curator in charge of obscure statistics, says that 90 percent of the people in the world would never fall in love if they didn't hear so much about it. This from an enga ged man yet ... Walt Savage, new Eng lish prof, continues to impress students with his broad knowledge of the world and its people. The international s it u at ion must be rough. Notice Jim S peicher and Chuck Pulos practicing setting up mortars on the common everyday. The Beacon office is one left - basestake men . . . Bill Daw is planning a trip to the Mardi Gras. Any girl with evening gown willing to travel is requested to report to t he snack bar at 6 A.M. Picadilly Commando Gene Reilly reports that Bartels has cut production one-third since the resumption of classes ... Sam Mines, still jubilant over passing Quantitative Analysis, is heard around Conyngham mumbling, "The buret is leaking, but I 'm not weeping, Quant is .over for m e." : Names sometimes conceal nationality. We're sure that Jane Keible is one-fifth Scotch . . . A Colonel was recently heard to remark to an inmate of Sterling Hall, "So help me, we'll raid you." (meaning Sterling) The cutie retorted, ~•so raid us, :we'll help you." Jim "The Animal" Catell finally got his hair cut, allegedly Pennsylvania style. But being a conservative New Yorker, he only got a half-crew cut. Now nobody, not even the cats, likes it. • . . The ukelele rage has hit a segment of the dorm population, much to the s uffering of several music haters, who just moan when the plunkers s it down at the strings. Sounds better than some of the s inging, too. Dave Hoats and Sheldon Schneider ha ve come up with a Mickey Katz-styled rendition of the "Wabash Cannon Ball" entitled the "Kosher Cannon Ball". A slight sen sation was caused t he other ni ght in the dorm din ing hall when Dr. Farl ey's dog , Micke y, couldn't mak e it outside b efore r espo nd ing to a call of nature. Mike Kennedy had th e unplea san t task , liken ed t o the fellow who fo llows the elep hants down the street in a cir cu s parad e. H e "volunteered", of course . LA SC, in middle of m eeting, getting t elegram from somewhere in P ennsy lva nia from debaters Nick Flannery and Jim N everas stating , " Our palates are with y ou. Ha ve a f ew for us." Then they went on, LASC in m ind, to glorif y the organizatio n by winning the Johns Hopkin s tourney . The Vets basketball team is suing challenge to the girls' varsity, the Colonelettes, for a game (of basketball, to be sure). The Vets insist that Gunner Schooley and Krashing Krachenfels be watched closely for foulin g . The Vets are confident of themselves, since they've won their last three games in a row (all by forfeit). No married men will be allowed to play, Len. - Jonni and Jack. A PAPER FOR THE HOME • • • SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Most Complete Local and National Coverage FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS GIANT SOCIAL SECTION WEEKLY FEATURES spea:k on the topic, "Practical Application of Human Relations in Industry" . ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE Industrial Expert To Address SAM Next week's list of activities was released by Director of Student Activities Robert W. Partridge yesterday. The _schedule includes: Sunday: Town and Gown Concert. M on d a y: Intra murals. Tuesday: Intra murals. W ednesda y: Wrestling, home, Hofstra ; Basketball, home, Ho f s t ra . Thursday: Jazz Concert. Friday: Wrestling, away, Kings Point ; Biology Club Dance. Saturday: Basketball, home, Mansfield. Friday, February 11, 1955 The February meeting of SAM will be held on Monday evening at McClintock Hall starting at 7 :30. The speaker will be Frank Hertig of Tung-Sol Electric Co ., Waverly. Hertig, president of the senior chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Management, will ~~iEl3 PARK, SHOP and Where Smart College People Meet - The MAYFAIR DUPONT HIGHWAY Wilkes College BOOKSTORE AND VARIETY SHOP Books - Supplies • Novelties Subscriptions Hours: 9-12 - 2 South Main Street Wilkes-Barre 1-5 • • • WELCOME LOFT'S ... The Candies of Finer Quality at the new FOWLER, DICK and WALKER The Boston Store pUl tiI ' ~CHESTERFIELD7oe/nu . , / . ~ You'll smile your approval of Chesterfield's smoothness-mildness-refreshing taste. You'll smile your approval of Chesterfield's quality-highest quality-low nicotine. IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD NO CIGARETTE © #.I= !!;i/':': ,,11 5a:o:,~ UKE CHESTERFIELD - The SPA . . . 18 South Main Street •• • After the game After the dance Anytime for a friendly get-together Favorite Spot ... ... For College Students EAT LOFT'S Candy Shop Meet Your Friends at ... ,._ JORDAN ' Est. 1871 Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality AA 9 West Market Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. I J � 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. 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Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1955 February 11th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 February 11 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/1de2cc756f6b665614c6ba62bb68a765.pdf 2f265b44597a025e2b00a582e9f8a1bc PDF Text Text WILKES -~ ' -WILKES COLLEGE- ~Beacon The Community College, Serving Wyoming Valley And The World WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA Vol. X, No. 16 THE BEACON Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1955 RALSTON TO LEAVE FOR YEAR • • • • • * * * Bio- Club Mardi Gras Tonight at 9 Jerrilones lo Provide Music; Last Chance for Many to Dance Belore the Beginning of Lent By JOAN C. PERASH The abnosphere of gay, old New Orleans will invade the gymnasium tonight when the Wilkes College Biology Club pre sents the Mardi Gras dance. The Mardi Gras is an annual fete celebrated for a month preceding the Lenten season. It ends on Shrove Tuesday. New ·;:·if,~ .. WC PLANS ADDITIONS IN NEAR FUTURE, TO REVISE DINING HALLS By JOHN D. CURTIS, Editor Dean of Men, Athletics Head to Study For His Doctorate al Columbia Univ.; No Replacement Named al Present Wilkes College is planning a By JONNI FALK, News Editor number of additions for the near George F. Ralston, dean of men, recently made official future, it was learned this week the news that he will take a year's leave of absence commencing at the Lettermen's-TDR sponsor- in une to pursue studies for his doctorate at Columbia University. Ralston, who is head of the athletic department and the only .e d assembly. Dea n of Men George Ral ston ex- football coach the school has had since it became Wilkes Col- plained, answering a question conce rnin g th e lack of space in the present snack bar (Harding Hall) . ~ t ·Ai Along w ith Stude nt Co uncil P rexy Arthu r Hoo ver, h e revealed that th e college plan s to all eviate th e problem by next year. Ral ston then called on President Dr. Eugene Far ley, who was sitting in the audience. By u se of the roving microphone , Dr. F arl ey explained the long-range plans of the college to eventua lly build a n ew Art s Building. Farley also sa id that a Student U nion Building is also a "sure thing" a nd now just a question of time. He th en stated that the shifting at th e college t h is yea r has been un comfortabl e for many people, but in th e end it will have proven n ecessary and w is e. " W e're looking to the f uture," Dr. Farley said, "and all I can do is a sk you t o bear with us this year-we are planning some , ' Richard Kent chan ges." Th e latter statement George Ralston was mad e regarding th e snack bar, it w a s f elt. Partridge Invites Coeds Dr. Farl ey told the Beaco n h e To Discuss Women's Lounge wo uld be more specific on his plans Hofstra Cagers, Groaners Directo r of Activities Robert later in th e semest er. Two-Day Guests of Dorms Partridge stated t his week that he Hofstra Coll ege's basketball and would be happy to m eet with a wrest ling t eam s, at Wilkes for a group of Wilk es co-eds at any time cage-mat doub le-header vV edn esday to di sc uss the proc urem ent of a Farley Stops Donn Cooking at th e gym, wer e guests of the colwomen's lounge s imilar to the one Due t o a number of fu se blow - lege dormitori es for two da ys this th ey had last year in Chase Hall. outs in Ashle y Hall (at lea st three week. There hav e bee n a num ber of com - a night for t he past t wo m onths ), The F lyi ng Dutchman squads plaints from the day students about Dr. Farley has pu t ou,t the cooking fro m H em ps t ead (L.I.), N.Y., were th e inadequacy of th e present wo - lamp in the dorm s. Th e fu se blow- qua r t ered in Butler Hall a nd ha d By FRE DA BILLSTEIN m en's lounge located on th e third outs were att r ibuted to overloading me a ls at the dormitory dining hall. Tuition will be raised n ext se- floor of Sturd evant Hall. on t h e electr ic lin es . They cam e to Wil k es-Barre by bus. mester, a c,cording to an announ cement by Dean of Men George F. Ralston. The 10 dollar incr ease will make tuition 250 dollars p er norm al load of credit hours. Ralston and Rob ert W. Partridge, d irector of stud ent activities, exDan Metroka, Wilkes senior, was terested in th e workings of the plained that even the raised tuition chosen chairman of th e Rul es Com- state and national governments , to pics whi ch will be presented to cannot possibly cover the entire mittee fo r the forthcoming conven- t he group is g iven an opportunity th e model state legi slature in April. expen se involved in operating a tion of th e Intercollegiate Confer- to di spla y its knowledge of govern- Any Wilkes student who is interschool. Our 500 dollars p er year en ce on Governm ent at a regional m ental problems and parl iamentary ested in governm ent and legislative tuition is appro x imatel y half the meet ing of th e ICG last Sunday at procedure at th e annua l state con- pr ocedu re is in vited to join the Wil kes cha pter. amount charg ed by schools such a s Marywood Coll ege, Sc ranton . vention, w here stud ent governm ent Me mbers hip is not restricted to Princeton, ·Tufts , and Bryn Mawr. R epresentati ves of ICG chapters lead ers througho ut the state vie Political Science majors. Meetings They w ent on to explain that for r ecognition. are held ever y Friday at 12 :15 in private colleges must depend h eavi- from colleges in th e N orth ea st r eTh e Wilkes I CG will s oon begin ly upon gift s from friends in order gion of P enn syl vania-King's, L e- drafti n g legislation on various As hl ey Ann ex . not to r un into deficits. Our in- h igh , Scranton, Marywood, Lafaycreased tuition will still be less ett e, Muhlenburg, and Wilkes-also than that of other colleges of di scussed strategy for their 21st ASSEMBLY CUT RUMOR Gies Hall Gets Hi-Fi Set annual state con vention to be held KILLED BY RALSTON Wilkes' size. The music departm ent had a n ew April 21-23 at Harrisb urg. Officiall y k i 11 e d by Dean This year I CG delegations from George Ralston is the rumor that hig h fid elity record player installed Allen Feld Named to Council ma ny P ennsylvania colleges and assembly cuts deduct from a stu - in Gi es Hall this we ek. The hi-fi Allen Feld was elected Student universiti es will m eet to conduct dent's quality credits. Mr. Rals- set had long been anticipated by Council representative from the se- ( a mod el state legislature. Gover- ton stated at Tuesday's assembly th e college, but became a nec essity nior class at a special election Wed- nor George M. L eader, along with that there is now no system for n esday at the Snack Bar . Feld re- R epublican and Democrati c legis - deducting points for excessive with the increase in enrollment in places Irv Gelb in Council. lative leaders, will address the cuts, and there is no plan to in- mus ic appreciation classes. Running for the office, beside mod el ICG state legislature at the stitute s uch a program at this The new a cquis ition of the deF eld, w er e Dave Ro sser and Dick op ening session. school in the future. partment was obtained through the K ent. Feld is a Com merce and The chapter at Wilkes is an affiThe information came from a efforts of Rob ert Moran, music . inFinance major and wi ll graduate liate of th e International R elations very informative question and structor, and Jose ph Saracini , diin Jun e. H e is a native Wilkes- Club. For th e past several years answer exchange between the rector of radio and television publiBarrean and an alumnus of GAR t he Wilkes group has been a ctive student body and members of the city for the college, who assembled Hig h School. in state functions. Primarily in- faculty at Tuesday's assembly. th e new set. Orl eans has celebrated with a comb i nation of Halloween and New Year's Eve a ntics for over a century. Tonight's dance w ill not last until Shrove Tuesday. Dancing to t he mus ic of th e J erritones w,ill be fro m 9 to 12 in a gail y decorated gym which is guaranteed to capture th e flavor of N ew Orl eans ' Fren ch Quarter. W hil e this dance is not restrict ed to Roman Cath olics, it will be the last chance for people of that faith to enjoy a night's dancing and frolic before th e beginning of L ent. For people of oth er r eligions, it is a cha nce to have another night of fun with their ,.fellow st udents and friends. Tick ets for the danc e are 50 cents per person and can be ob tained from a n y member of the Biology Club. Proceeds w ill be used to h elp finance th e annual fie ld trip of the organizatio n. Dick (Kleyps) Kent, president of th e Club, is gen eral cha ir man of th e affair. Assisting him are : R efres hm en ts, Dave Luchino; tickets , Barbara Boock, Bernie Ondash , Jessie Roderick ; decorations, Mary Kozak. s '.. ,;>J ~ ' Tuition Ante Upped; Now $250 per Semester Metroka Picked as ICG Rules Head leg e, w ill work toward his Ph. D. in pe rso nn el psyc holo gy. The University of North Carolina graduate arriv ed on the campus in 1946 following se rvice with the Army during the Second World War. H e was appointed football, basketball and baseball coach, and instru ctor in Biology. H e became dean of m en shortl y thereafter. Des pite his man y administrative a nd athl etic duties, Ralst on r eceived his master' s degree from Columbia by doing work during the summers. One of th e b us iest m en on any American campus, he is also adviser t o th e Letterm en's Club and facul t y resident of Butler Hall. Ralston is the third m ember of th e "Old guard" to leave the campus this s'emest er. H e follows English instruct or Jos ep h Donnelly, a lso working fo r his doctorate, and Activit ies Director R obert W. Partridge, w ho is leaving in June for th e Kent Scho ol. The departure of Ral sto n diminishes th e Wilkes coachin g staff to one fu ll-time member, wrestling coach John Reese. Vacancies will exist in th e fo otball, basketball, soccer a nd baseball departments. Ralsto n's successor has not been na med as yet, b ut President Eugene S. Farl ey has infor m ed the Beacon that successors to a ll existing vacan cies will be named later in the semest er. Parking Stickers Ready For WC Drivers Monday By DICK JONES The three hour parking stickers, suggested by students of Wilkes and -approv ed by Mayor L. Kniffen, arrived this w eek. The following procedure has been announced in issuing them. The Beacon office, located on the seco nd floo r of the Lecture Hall, will be open Monday, Tuesday, and W edn esda y from 10 to 12 noon. Students elig ible to receive these permits are those carrying three s uccessive hours of classes. The permits will apply to authorized · Wilkes stud ents, but are honored only on days when those classes are in session. This sticker does not authorize a student the right t o park on S. River St. between 4 and 6 p.m. Students applying for these stickers must present their ownership card and licen se. A schedule card showing the hours being carried by the student should also be presented. The arrival of these stickers is a step closer to alleviating the parking situation, and it is hoped that students will util ize this privilege wisely. �2 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON EDITORIALS 'Letter to the Editor', Plus One We're confused. Letters to the editor are fine. In fact, we encourage them, whether they be to the Beacon or any other paper. But when we start getting letters to the editor about an article which was written about a letter to the editor of another paper, whew, we get just a little bewildered. Particularly, since in the whole "issue" we can't understand t?e reason for all the excitement, anyway. Last week we published a story about a Letter to the Wilkes-Barre Record, which one of our staffers found came from Dr. Charles B. Reif, chairman of the Wilkes Biology Department. Our reporter, a very competent member of our staff to say the least, approached Dr. Reif for a story, and through some obvious misunderstanding, he failed to get a story. It might also be added that although Dr. Reif had not before known the reporter, he has been quite active on the paper this year and, a former Navy officer, started at Wilkes prior to his time in the the service and is a senior this year-one of our top staff members. . We carried our own story, which we felt was of interest and importance to the student body, based solely from the letter in the Record. We took no stand, rather, we viewed the things as did Dr. Reif in his letter, obviously objectively. In fact, we thought that Dr. Reif deserved credit for having offered the facts to the general, unfamiliar, public. His action reflected interest in the peqple of Wyoming Valley, which is, in the end, one of the main objectives of Wilkes- to serve the community. The letter to the Beacen editor, if you can still follow us, said in part, "I was surprised to discover the announcement in the Beacon in fairly bold type that I had entered the fight concerning fluoridation, posted as it was over a· misquoting of my letter to the editor of _the Record." The following was taken from the letter to the Record, "In recent numbers of the local papers have appeared articles attacking the luoridation of water supplies. The articles are conspicuous in their omission of both the background of the research on fluoridation and the evidence which has been obtained thus far." Then there was this portion, which was a part of last week's Beacon story taken right out of the Record, "Science has no axe to grind, no chip on its shoulder, is neither pro nor con. If people, as individuals or groups, wish to apply scientific principles theymay do so." Following in the letter, but not in the Beacon story directly, was "The present position of the U.S.A. is due in large part to the use of the scientific method." 28 Students Begin Teaching Question of Understanding Another paragraph said, in part, "To those who may have read the unscientific notices concerning fluoridation of water supplies one can only suggest that people read the history of the matter, examine the evidence, test it if they care to and then draw conclusions." Regardless of the snappy interview with the Beacon reporter, who was allegedly told that no further comment would be made by Dr. Reif, we do wish to state that it is obvious that whether knowingly or not, Dr. Reif did enter the dispute with his first letter. The very fact that he used the term "fluoridation" and offered advice on the subject, objective as it was meant to be, throws his hat into the ring if we must get technical. But, then, the misunderstanding. In the interview, which resulted in the cancellation of the 2:30 appointment. Our reporter stated to us, "If the attitude of the interview puzzled Dr. Reif, it was only because I was puzzled by his apparent belligerence at the mention of the Beacon." Here again, the editor, is hopeful and leaning more to the sure side that this was all a misunderstanding on both parts. But we can't understand why "this is none of the Beacon's business." We are resentful. too, of the remark about newspapers distorting articles, as any true newspaperman would be, whether the remark be made by a scientist or the publicity chairman of the Ladies Aid Society. But, we do agree that and to quote from Dr. Reif's letter to the Beacon editor, "This incident can be a lesson from which benefit may be derived for all concerned." The big lesson we have derived is that people find it easy to misunderstand each other, very easy, in fact. And with regard to the last statement in the letter to the Beacon, may we add, the Beacon wishes, in return, to be considered a friend of the Biology Department, which, and one can never tell, may some day also need a friend. -Curtis, Editor. Music Majors lo Leave for Boston; Will Go to Conference Next Friday By JANICE SCHUSTER Fourteen Wilkes College music majors will leave next Friday to attend the Eastern Division Convention of Music Educators National Conference in Boston. The student group will represent twenty-seven members of Student Chapter 388, which is a college musical organization, it was announced by Chapter Adviser Rob ert Moran. The purpose of the trip is to introduce future music educators from all parts of the country to material which will supplement their college training. The young scholars, who will have at their disposal exhibits from all music publishers and manufacturers in the United States, will also have an op- Friday, February 18, 1955 portunity to meet their future employers. John Detroy, head of the departm ent, and Moran, who belong to the organization, will accompany the group on the trip . Discussion groups and lectures in all basic fields of music instruction will be h eld, and each representative of the various organizations can attend the one which interests him most. Flood Lauds WC Debaters In Congressional Talk Ed. Majors to Begin At Local High Schools As of February 28th Twenty-eight secondary educcrlion majors will begin actual teaching experiences on MonThe Wilkes two-man debating team of J, Harold Flan- day, February 28, it was an- . nery, jr., and Jim Neveras was the subject of attention on the nounced by Dr. Eugene Hamfloor of the House of Representatives in Washington, recently. mer, chairman of the Education Congressman Daniel J. Flood (D-Pa.) cited the team's first place Departm ent. BEACON Photo by Cliff Brothers win over Princeton University at the Johns Hopkins Tourney, Baltimore. Flood, representative for the seventh congressional district, stated on the House floor, "Mr. Speaker, it could be that my remarks in this historic forum today will not be world shattering, but in the midst of the storm and stress of world events, I bring you a h eartwarming and typical American story. The future high school and junior high S<:hool teachers will be scattered in the Wilkes-Barre City high schools, Meyers, Coughlin and GAR, as w ell as Kingston. Thirteen student teachers will go to Coughlin, the largest group, six will be at Meyers, two at GAR, and five at Kingston. The elementary education majors will also begin practice teaching, but the list of teachers and schools has not yet been announced by Jonathan Karr, elementary education instru ctor. The students and schools to which they have been assigned include: Charles Adam ek, Meyers; Peter Caprari, Coughlin; Walter Chapko, Meyers; Jose ph Chrzan, Kingston; John Curtis, Coughlin ; Howard Ennis, GAR; Patricia Fitzgerald,. Coughlin; Esther Goldman, Meyers. John Griffiths, Kingston; Bruce Harbater , Coughlin; Dale Hess, Kingston; Arthur Hoover, Coughlin; Douglas Johnson, Kingston; Carl Lahr, Coughlin; Leonard Les-ko, Coughlin; M a r g a re t Luty, Coughlin ; Dori s Merrill, Mey ers. Angelo Pappa, Coughlin; Mary Pomicter, Meyers; Arthur Reshke, Coughlin; Rob ert Sabatino, Kingston; Margaret Schlager, Coughlin; Eugene Scrudato, Kingston; K ent Stoddard, Meyers; Dorothy Travis, Coughlin; Joseph Trosko, GAR; Edward W allison, Meyers; and Ed-ward Yarasheski, Coughlin. The popular congressman went on to mention the fact that Flannery, who won a special award as the top debater of the tourney, is a "chip off the old block", since his father, Judge Flannery of the Court of Common Pleas, is "my dis- BOB LYNCH ELECTED "I have before_me a newspaper tinguished predecessor in this COUNCIL 'I;'REASURER Bob Lynch, junior class Stusto1'y from the Washington Post to House of some 12 years ago." the eff ect that little Wilkes College Flood then directed that his dent Council representative, was in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., my home- speech be included in the Congres- unanimously elected treasurer of town, defeated the great Princeton sional Record. The win also the Council at Monday evening's University in the recent intercol- brought much national publicity to meeting at Harding House. The election was necessitated legiate debates held in Baltimore, Wilkes and the debate tea m. Left Md., this past week. Twenty-four to right are "Nick" Flannery, Dr. by the graduatio n of Irv Gelb, of the nation's best colleges and Arthur N. Kruger, Wilkes debate the treas urer last semester. Gelb universities took part in the con- coach, and J im Neveras. On the served in his former position test and it is a high honor for the table are two of the trophies won since last Spring. Lynch is a music education victor Wilkes College," Flood con-I at the tourn ey and the first place major and band member. tinued. cu p won at Bucknell University. HONOR, APATHY CONCERN STUDENT GOVERNMENT By HELEN KRACHENFELS A meeting to discuss the possibility of initiating the honor system at Wilkes will be held Wedn esday night at 7 in Chase Lounge. A Student Council committee, consisting of Nancy Morris, Helen Krachenfels, Bill Crowder and Dick Bunn, has been considering the question. It was decided that a special m eeting to be h eld to discuss at the last meeting of Council. Arthur Hoover, Council prexy, announced at the meeting that faculty m ember s have approached him about the probl em. Among t hem , H oover said, was Dr. Worstall, who offered to m eet with interested students and share his knowledg e on th e operation of honors systems in the three colleges with which he is acquainted. Students who have transferred fr om other coll eges wh ere honors syst ems exist are especiall y invited and urged to attend, and all other students are invited a s well. Jones Urges Class Meetings Reese Jones, president of the s o p h o m o r e class, attended this week's Student Council meeting and addressed the body on the apathetic attitude of Wilkes students on campus issues. Jones appeared at the meeting with the hope that the council might take some action to arouse more student interest. H e presented three main points. First off, Reese stated, there is a need for strengthening relations between the Student Council and the student body. In order to achieve such a status, he proposed the use of class presidents as liaison officers between Council and the students of their classes. In line with his hope to consolidate relations between the Council and stud ents, Reese also suggested that regular class m eetings be held on the first Thursday of each month. Jones declared that the office of class president has been reduced to the standing of a mere figurehead. He also advocated an honorary or functiona l m embership in the Council for all class h eads. LETTER TO THE EDITOR As I mentioned to yo u in passing, The Beacon's article concerning my letter to the editor of the Record disturbed me. The Beacon's articl e was a good example of what happens too often in the popular press . Most sc ienti sts shun giving interviews to newspap ers because they ha ve seen so many incorr ect or distored newspaper articles written by reporters to whom interviews had been granted. Your reporter (whom I had never seen before, to my knowledge ) entered my office about three minutes before my one o'clock class. Since I was rush ed I off ered to see him at half past two. His manner puz zled m e for he was rather persist ent and continued to talk in a querulous ton e concerning fluoridation until I gained the impression he was there not to have an interview but to needle m e on the subject of fluoridation. I then told him that my letter could stand as it was and that he could take from it what he wo uld. He did not return to my office at half past two. Th e strange thing to me was that my letter to t he editor of The Record did not concern , one way or the other, fluoridation. I did write about the advisability of citing evidence in scienti fic writing, wh ich one of the opponents of fluoridation had com pletely fai led to do. I tried to make the point that all citizen s s hould weigh fact s subst antiated by research, not just the scientists. Thus I was surpri sed to discover the announ cem ent on the front page of The Be.a eon in fairly bold type that I had entered the fight concerning fluoridation, posted as it was over a misquoting of my letter to the editor of The Record. This incident can be a lesson from which benefit may be derived for all concerned. Please consider me a friend of The Beacon, the poor paper certainl y needs a friend. Respectfully, Chas. B. Reif �WILKES COLLEGE BEACON .iday, February 18, 1955 3 MATMEN, CAGERS ACTIVE OVER THE WEEK-END Grapplers Meet Kings Point Tonight Cagers Face Mansfield Tomorrow; Could be Make-Break Point for Both with Al Jeter Off Again · Last week a card was received by the Beacon and signed by some people known only as the "Friends of Wilkes". The essence of the epistl e was that it would be a good idea to hav e the two local schools, Wilkes and King's, play a basketball game for the March of Dimes. We assum e that this card was written by someone or some ·people with all good intentions, but who must have been s leeping for the past several years. As a matter of fact, if the two schools were to get togeth er, they could find no bett er ca use to do it for . A s we all know, the March of Dimes is an organ ization that performs a great public service in helping the victims of polio to regain health. No Soap But- as has been said in ass emblies so many times that it is getting to sound like a broken recordth e two schools have severed relations and nothing sho r t of a large atomic expl9sion could ever bring them together again. The friend s of Wilkes ! - We do not know who they are, but friends? to bring that up again? Ouch. There are two soccer players in the confines of the school who don't confine their activity to the booting sport. It seems that they got imbroiled in a 'blood' ping pong game the other night. The series started at 11 :30 in the evening. 22 games later-by now it was 3 :00 in the morning, the finally dropped over in utter exhaustion. Ping pong for that long? Let's hope it isn't contagious. Split a Couple For those who would like to bowl in the newly formed intra-mural bowling league and are not sure of their prowess on the alleys, there is a certain demure young miss about campus, who will admit if questioned, that she oDtained a top score of 27 once. And beside that the yo ung lovely isn't downhearted about it. She says she will improve with time and then look out. So if you like to bowl, why not give it a try ?-there is yet hope. By RODGER LEWIS Wilkes College basketball and wrestling squads will see action this weekend in an attempt to fatten up their season percentages. The wrest ler s under th e tutorship of able George Reese will be , , first to tast e battle. They take on the Merchant Marine Academy of I Kings Point at Long Island tonight. Tomorrow evening th e hoopsters entertain the Mansfield STC five at the local drill shed. This game By JIM COLEMAN is a "must" for the Colonels if they The wrestling a nd basketball are to have any possibility of a teams made their second appear- winning campaign. As it stands an~e of the year. in a double-header now the ba skete ers have a record before a big booster crowd, but they of seven victories against seven dewere unable to com e through with feats. a victory against two strong aggregations from Hofstra. According to Coach George Rais• ton, his charges must take two The grapplers showed good form, but were unable to come through games from Mansfi eld and register CAGERS GRAPPLERS DROPPED IN TWIN BILL ·BY FLYING DUTCHMEN ;~~e;~;Jc~:~·alio~~~;a t~e!%~at WHO HAS WHO?-Colonel grappler Don Reynolds, see ms to be a ll wrapped up in his work in recent Blue and Gold meet. Reynolds has a n effective record t his year, having s uffe red only two defeats. In his last time out, he gained a pin against Hofstra College's Bob Wilmotz in 5 :25. IDIOT'S ROW, WECKESSER UNDEFEATED; PHOTO FINISH SEEN FOR CHAMPIONSHIP By DANNY LYNN Idiots Row and W eckesser Hall remained tied for first place when they pulled through the week without a loss, to remain undefeated in the intramural loop. W eckesser put a stop to the Bar Rags, who had a hot streak a week ago. Idiots Row, led by Andy Barovich, piled up th e score against the Falk's Five, 59-48. Members of the undefeated Idiots Row team are : Batterson, Barovich, Luft, Gardenr, and Potoski. On the W eckesser Hall team ar e : Turtel, Schm eizer, Johnson, Burns, and Hoffman. The two powerhou ses will meet on Tuesday, March 1. Since the championship may hinge on th e tilt, both teams will be out in full force . U ntil that date W eckesser has to get past the Falk's Five, which isn't too far behind in the standings. Before the big encounter, both t eams will also ha ve to get past the Accelerators. The sc hedule for the remainder of the month: Tuesday 22: Accelerators vs. Idiots Row Bar Rags vs. Spanish Flyers Falk's Five vs. Weckesser Hall Finale Hoppers vs. Econ. Club Thursday 24: Vets T eam vs . Young Uns Club 20 vs. Idiots Row Flash y Five vs. Spanish Flyers Accelerators vs . Weckesser Hall Monday 25: Finale Hopper s vs. Bar Rag s Falk's Five Falk's Five vs . Vets Team Young Uns vs. Biology Bugs Club 20 vs. Spanish Flyers I~==:-, PARK, SHOP and Wilkes College BOOKSTORE EAT at the new FOWLER, DICK and WALKER The Boston Store Where Smart College People Meet - The MAYFAIR DUPONT HIGHWAY AND VARIETY SHOP Books - Supplies - Novelties Subscriptions Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 . WELCOME Special Price To Students 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. BAUM'S 2 South Main Street Wilkes-Barre LOFT'S ... The Candies of Finer Quality ANDY'S DINER Toll Gale Restaurant "On the Boulevard" · Rt. 115 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. It's a Pleasure to Serve You A Full Course Meal Or a Sandwich • Good Food • Reasonable Prices Plenty of Free Parking Space Catering to Small Groups F. DALE, Prop. The SPA 18 South Main Street e O • After the game After the dance Anytime for a friendly get-together Favorite Spot ... ... For College Students Colonelettes Canceled; Drill for Vets' Clash Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym Road conditions kept the clawing Plenty of Free Parking Colonelettes on their leashes last Prices for the Collegian's Budget .• .. A 'Reputation Built on Fine Food Saturday and the game with Key~ Meet Your Friends at ... • TUXEDOS TO Rt:NT LOFT'S Candy Shop J~~ ~u~i:v~~e\~:ri~1;}0 ;th~eaJJcfJ;~; game of the season might be the Morgan, suffering his first defeat of the season, and Sam Shugar staged final game with Stroudsburg. If two of the best, but nev ertheless W C ca n win this one, the coaching staff wil l be satisfied with t h e seaslosi ng bo uts of th e night. on. Th e Colonels took the m easure Th e Hofstra coach moved his firs t four m en down a weight to of the t eac hers earlier in the year. strength en hi s club and it proved Much will depend on the play of eff ective in the first two bouts. In Wilkes' scoring and rebound ace,. the next two bouts his strategy captain Harry Ennis. Also n eeded: didn 't work as Don Reynolds pin- will be the high percentage ;;hootned Bob Wilmotz in 5:25 and Don ing of John Bresnahan and dependMcFadden decisioned Bill Baer, 8-4, able Jimmy F erris. Joe Jablon ski in the only high spot for the booster and Carl Van Dyke will lend ascrowd. Hofstra took the remaining sistance as playmakers with Dick bouts to make it a 22-8 victory for Bunn and Parker Petrilak on hand them. to fill any gaps in the lineup. Cagers Dumped Next week the Colonels will enThe basketball squad also came counter Moravian a nd Scranton at up on the losing end of things when home on Monday and "'.ednesday they faced the towering New York- r espectively. ers, suffering their seventh loss a- · Matmen Near Finish gainst seven wins. Hofstra took The grapplers will be facing a the lead at th~ beginning of ~he tough opponent, Kings Point in game and h eld 1t all the way, wm- their attempt to in crease the winning &2-62. The two ·6 '-6" m en and ning side of the ledger. So far some shor t er dead eyes were too this season the mat for ces have a much for a much smaller WC team. r ecord of thr ee wins, five losses, and The Wilkesmen fought hard all one ti e. the w~ y , but_ the nearest they could In their last outing, WC's only co~e m closmg the gap was el even previo usl y und efeated wrestler, J3ob points. . Morgan, lost a decision. Morgan, Carl Van Dyk e and John Br~sna- who was last week's :Player of the h~n were t~p scor~rs for Wilkes W eek' , is figured to get back on his with ten pomts apiece. winning ways tonight. The team as a w hole will be out for revenge a s th ey are s marting from t he loss to Hofstra. f The mari ners meet is als·o termed a "must" for Reese's crew. They only ha ve on e remaining match af t er this and have to tak e both to break eve n for th e season. The Featuring The Newest final meet is against Muhl en burg In College Men's Fashions next Saturday. Misses' Orlon SWEATERS Short Sleeve SLIP ONS 4.99 Long Sleeve CARDIGANS 6.98 o Soft 'n' Silky Wear Like Iron o Past.els - Jewel - Deep Shades o All Perfect Quality • Sizes 34-40 Sportswear • Pomeroy's 2nd Floor stone Junior College was called off:. According to latest reports, the fracas will take place at some future date a s vet und et ermined. Sterling guard, E l Nora Metroka, clai med that th e Ke yston e maulers were lucky that th e w eathe r turned foul. " \¥ e'd have scored on 'em," sa id 'Ti ge r' Metroka. Mea nwhil e, bus in ess a s usual was the ord er of the day for the Wilkes lassies. Practice sessions are ber ing held as usual in pr:eparation for th e next hair-pull. The Vets Club has issued a challenge to th e fair sex cagers which has reportedly been acce pted. This should automati cally class the vets among the schools bravest or craziest. The Vets are riding high on the crest of three wins in the intramural leagu e-two of them by forfeit. On the other hand the ladies are still winless in nobody knows quite how many starts. However, they always put u p a good battle, and are sure to have fingernail s sharpen ed and hip s swingin' for this one. �Friday, February 18, L. WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 4 History Club Speaker Urges World Good Will PP&L Display at Gym Concludes This Evening BOWLING, CHESS PLANNED The Pennsylvania Power and Light Company lighting display window will be presented in the Wilkes gymnasium lobby for the last time this evening. The display, brought to the college thro ugh arrangements made by Dana H. Verry, chairman of the business educatio n department, and C. E . Brown, chairman and organizer of the proj ect, has run for the -past week. The budding History Club and several members of the faculty attended a stimulating address on When a guy is the outstandTuesday night by Mr. Charles ing scorer and rebounder of a Walkes in Chase Lounge. basketball team it figures that Mr. Walker, a well known paci- · fist, stated the world can and must resolve its three social problems, war, tyranny, and revol ution , by methods other than war. Patience and persistent good will are the solutions he suggested. The lecturer made several interesting commentaries on militarism that ended only half an hour before and the type of war economy this class, he took his seat in the front country is now experiencing row and promptly fell asleep. The instructor began calling the roll. Once he called our hero's A fus e blows. This usually repeats name-the only response was a three or four more times in the medium pitched snore. Amazed, he evening, and no one can explain cried out the sleeper's name again, why. If this keeps up, Wilkes betcausing a rude awakening. ter go into the fuse business .. . . "Gibbons," cried the student. There, it happened again . . . . A Then, realizing where he was, add- restaurant · just off campus is just ing meekly, "sir." slightly behind the times . With Ashley Hall , the former residence the temperature reading in the of an old Wilkes-Barre family, still neighborhood of five below zero reHarry Ennis has one mystery that nobody has cently, a big colorJul sign reading been able to sol ve. Every night "Come in and keep Cool" was plas- he must be something excepat 9, like clockwork, the lights go t e-red on the front window, obvious- tional. The description fits out in a portion of the building. ly left over from last summer. 'Player of the Week' Harry 'Skinny' CAMPUS CHATTE'R The Va lentine Dance was a disastrous evening for several guys The snow and ice contributed heavily to Jack Cave's misery as he dropped the transmission on his Ford, and Dave Polley, the Merc ury Madman, tangled with a big mail truck and came out second best and less a front fender . . . . Amnicola deadline time again brought with it more scurrying a round than a monkey cage sees in a day. Jean Kravitz, Jim Neveras and Irv Kaye are working on their second case of aspirin. . . . Busy photog Cliff Brothers is still leaving his coat in a certain editor's room with regularity. Tom Conway's on Carey A venue is the haunt for many Wilk esmen from all over the Valley of late . . .. Must like the new records o·n the juke box, or is it the dart board? •. . Dapper Dale Warmouth, former PRO chief, was back recently after a job-hunting t r ip to Phill y. . . . Ed Wallison, w~o will do his practice teaching at Meyers, has a Wilkesman's dream of a job~bar tending at the Kni ghts of Columbus. Never touches the stuff, though . A well-known man-on-campus shook up an entire 8 o'clock English class recently. Having breezed in fairly well-oiled from a bad n ight All those interested in· intramural bowling are requested to sign their names on lists which are posted on the bulletin boards about the campus. The contests will be held at the Jewish Community Center, Sunday evenings at 6 :30. Admission is 25 cents per game. It is also to be noted (in a sports page yet) that anyone interested in playing intramural chess should sign their names to lists also posted on the various bulletin boards about the campus. 'HIGH-JUMPIN-G' HARRY ENNIS COPS PLAYER OF WEEK AWARD Ennis who has made an exceptional record for himself this year in the Wilkes cage wars. The lanky center is a senior this year and from his performance will be a hard man to replace next season . Hi s total points to date are 236 and his rebounds number 142. In the scoring department 'Skinny' has more than lived up to pre-season expectations. On numerous occasions this year he has been given the task of handling the tallest man in the opposition and in many case!;l the roughest. Ennis has com'e through in winning form. Being the biggest man on an otherwise undersize Colonel squad, he has had a lion's share of the rebound work delegated to him. Ennis has been an all-round handy man for the Ralston forces working equally as w~ll on offense as defense. His work under thE opponents' boards in capturinf Colonel shots that went astray ha~ been a big factor in that al important second chance at the hoor ~-------------- JORDAN Est. 1871 Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality ** !l 'W est Market Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. A PAPER FOR THE HOME • • • SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Most Complete Local and National Coverage FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS GIANT SOCIAL SECTION WEEKLY FEATURES - WILKES COLLEGE - Beacon A newspaper published each week of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. · Editor . . John D. Curtis Asst. Editor .... ... ... . Ivan Falk Sports Editor . .... Allen Jeter Business Mgr . .... Arthur Hoover Asst. Bus. Mgr. Dick Jones Faculty Adviser .... George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes Campu2. Telephone: VAlley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. 7uj CHESTERFIELD 7oday You'll smile your approval of Chesterfield's smoothness- mildness- refreshing taste. teri te . .,Ji:~ ) ETTEj You'll smile your approval of Chesterfield 's quality- highest quality- low nicotine. © L1GGE1T & Mvns Toa,cco .c,,. · � 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 1955 February 18th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 February 18 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/5f780afd1401e225c1857980fc9eb1eb.pdf 30c7202464cf6b142b0d4db5c473648d PDF Text Text Wrestlers Meet Muhlenberg In Final Tilt See Story On Page T-hree WILKES a:# WILKES ~Beacon The Community College, Serving Wyoming Valley And The World Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week Dance Tonight at 9 I The Wilk~s C~llege Che~try and Engmeermg Clubs will present "The February Frolic" tonight from nine to twelve at the gymnasium. Music for dancing will be supplied by the Elkay Quartet, featuring Bobby Baird on the .tr umpet. Bair d has· t h e distinction of having been the yo ungest man to play trump et in the United States Navy Band. Another m ember of the band, Al Orzakowski, i s well-known to Wilkes students for his musical talent. Recentl y he led the a ssembly program in sin ging. Tickets for the dance are 50 cent s per person and can be obtained from any m ember of either club or may be p urchased at the door. Co-chairmen of the affair are Lou Kline and Dick Carpenter. Assisting them are: Tickets, James E . Mark and Art Kl em ; refreshments, Robert Rydzewski, Thomas Sarnicki, Ann Dixon, and Natalie Gripp. Decorations, Ri chard Bunn, Monica Utrias, Stephen Gaydos, Sheldon lsaac, and Harry W est; publicity, Mary Mattey, Robert Jacobs, and Donald Videgar. Bunn ' Students at New York Conference Two students and a facu lty repr esentative from Wilkes were among the more than 160 students and advisers w:ho participatea in the all-day conference on careers in retailing held at New York University's School of Retailing last Friday. BEACON EXCLUSIVE By J ACK CURTIS , Editor George F. Elliot has been named acting dean of men and Russell Picton has been appointed head football coach and executive alumni secretary. it was revealed to the Beacon exclusively yesterday by Dr. Eugene S. Farley, Wilkes presid ent. Elliot and Picton will fill two jobs that will be left vacant when present dean of men and football coach George F. Ralston takes leave for a y ear to work on his Ph.D. at Columbia University this spring. Both appointments will become effective in June. Elliot, a member Qf the Economics Department at Wilkes for the past seven years, will drop his teaching duties except for one course to devote full time to the administrative position. Picton will take over the full-time alumni secretary job, in which post he will have the responsibility of co-ordinating all alumni activities. A former Little All-American, the Hanover Township native has served as assistant coach to Ralston as a student the past two years, He The Wilkes' delegation was composed of Kingsley N. Snyder and Daniel Metroka, students, and Professor Verne A. Bunn of the college's retailing department. Some 55 colleges and uni versities in the East were represented. The program included lectures by prominent retailing executives, visits to N ew York fas hion showrooms for spring style preview~, and · a luncheon sponsored by t he NYU Merchant's Advisory Counci l, a group representing more tha n 30 department stores. The day's activities closed with a behind-th escenes tour of Bloomingdale Bros. department store in Manhattan. The theme of the conference was "Get Ready for Retailing. " The annual meeting was designed to give stud ents a knowledge of the opportunities offered by the fi,~ld and h ow to prepare for them. The Washington Day Tea, an annual affair held by TDR, was h eld Tuesday afternoon from three to five at McClintock Hall . Guest s of TDR were the girls from high schools in the outlying district s of The Wilkes College debating Wilkes-Barre. team left for Dartmouth yesterThe girls became a cquainted with day to compete in the Dart• Wilkes through guided tours of the mouth !invitational Tournament campus and buildings. which is to be held today and Chairman of the affair was Ellen tomorrow. L ouise Wint. Committees assisting A victory at the N ew Hampshire h er were: Host ess, Pat Fox; house, school would boost the total of Mollie Beard and Ruth_ 'Yilbur; re- tournaments won by the debaters freshm e1:ts, Ire ne Sche1~11:g; clean- this year to four. They have alu~, Ger~·1 ~olo~elo ; pµbhcity, Della r eady walked away with the honors Kmg ; mv1tat10ns, Nancy Beam; at Bucknell, Princeton, and Johns volunteers to conduct tours, Mary Hopkins W est and Marian Laines. Dr. A~thur N . Kruger's charges On Marc}:i 17, another t ea will \ will meet som~ f amiliar faces abe held for high school girls from mon-¥( t~eh' opponents at DartMeyers, Coughlin and GAR htgl\ \\11wt~- Hiu-vard, Princeton, Yale, schools. - V~rm@i, No~r~ D.~.m~1 Florida and FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1955 Fill Vacancies Left ·by Ralston; Appointments Effective In June Science Clubs Hold Washington Day Tea Held at McClintock THE BEACON WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA Vol. X, No. 17 By MARYAN POWELL COLLEGE I George F. Elliot Russell Picton WC DEBATERS TALK AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE will r eceive a bachelor of science degree in commerce and finance in June. Tom Moran, sports editor of the Sunday lndependent, has published the Alumni Bulletin for the past two years on a part-time basis but has been unable to devote full-time a s alumni secretary du e to outside work. He is expected to expand his teaching hours in Journalism in the evening school. With two of Ralston's positions filled; two more a J) pointments remain to be made. N o names have been mentioned as candidates for director of athletics or basketball coach. Po1rnlar Choice Ell iot, genial dormitory r esident of W eckesser Hall, is a graduate of Clark Univers ity, where h e earned hi s M.S. in Economics. This year he served as adviser to the Beacon. A congenial person and popular faculty m ember, Elliot's appointment to fi ll the post of the absent Dean Ralston is expected to be greeted with enthusiasm by students and faculty alike. Picton, a former gridiron star at Wilkes and in the Marine Corps, made Little All-American honors with the Colonel gridders in 1952, before severe leg injury. ended his playing career.. He t,:ad previously gained AU~)~·arine and A ll-Na::'_ ..~o~ •:nree yeirfil !\~ Dartmouth will be among those Wilkes will enter two squads in present. this tourney. Bruce Warshall and Jesse Cho per will comprise one TDR LISTS SOCIAL MEETING team. The other duo will consist FOR TUESDAY AT STERLING of the winners of the Johns Hopkins -c up, veterans Nick Flannery a qql!J.,g;_""e ... A s pecial meeting of Theta and Jim N evera s. ,'\ :ff'f0l'D"' -r member of the Beacon Delta Rho, Wilkes sorority, will . Each t eam will d~bate tl:\r~ Picton is pres!dent of th~ be held Tuesday night at 8 in , 1lkes Lettermen this year. Htt Sterling Hall , it was annou nced times ea ch on both sides ~f' \;biyesterday by TDR President question , "Should the Unit~d S?-· · · has concentrated on English and r ecognize Red China." ,o.tes business studies at Wilkes and has Naomi Kivler. 1 written for local newspapers as a The Dartmouth t, The meeting is listed as "an places the Bostor • JUrnament r emember of the college public rela• important social get-together" by Doris Merrill, chairman of the nament at ...-· . invitational tour- tions staff. It is expected that the . ✓ hich Wilkes placed new coach-alumni secretary will do session. She announced that fourth le."' - • year. It was while on some t eaching. there will be refreshments as well the W' ... y to Boston that the team 's Two other coaching jobs remain as entertainment. All members n"' .es and evidence burned in a fire to be filled, due to the resignation are urged to atte11_d .. · in their auto. (continued on page 2}. a j t\~-, I �2 Friday, February 25, 1955 WILKFS COLLEGE BEACON 67 ON DEAN'S LIST FOR FALL SEMESTER 3rd Careers Conference Here Today High School Students lo Hear W. F. Dodson This Afternoon; Program lo Close with Tea Ten Elementary Majors Set To Begin Teaching By JOHN KUSHNERICK I planning to?ay's program. The third in a series of "Career Two prev10us Career Conferences Days" is being held at Wilkes Col- have been held in the Secretarial Th e announce ment of teaching Jege today for the benefit of local and Educational fields this year. assignments for 10 elementary eduhigh school students interested in Both were highl y successful. cation students brings to 38 the careers in Accounting. Eltus to Speak number of Wilkes students pracA total of forty high schools have Robert R. E!tus, graduate of been invited to send seniors inter- Wilkes College who majored iin ac- tice teaching in area schools. Jonathan Karr, elementary eduested in Accounting to a special counting, will return here to take program here designed to present part in the Career Conference. He career possibilities in that field. will address the career group at the ~~ The "·Career Day" program brings morning session on 'the subject, successful men from most every "Opportunities in Private Account• • • ];>ranch of the fi eld being discussed ing." . to speak on their experiences. The Eltus, an accountant, was grantstudents thus obtain first hand in- ed his B.S. degree in comm erce and Edito_r: formation on all facets of the oc- finan ce from the local college in There is at Wilkes College an cupation they are interested in. 1951. He is a former p_resident of eclipsed organization known as the This morning the prospective ac- both the Student Council and Eco- S t u d e n t Assembly Committee. countants were welcomed by Dean nomics Club here. Members for this committee are of Men George Ralston. They elected yearly by the current membership which presently is composheard addresses by: Mr. Robert ed of thirteen upperclassmen. Eltus, Wilkes College graduate ROBERT GREGORY, The purpose of the committee is now employed as an accountant for CHEM STUDENT, STRICKEN to carry out the following powers: the Corning Glass Co., Mr. Thomas WITH APPENDICITIS Tinsley, local director of Internal For the past two weeks, chem- (1) Help the Administratioi:i to preRevenue; and Mr. Arthur Podesta, istry students have missed the pare the assembly schedule, (Z) controller, and assistant secretary- familiar good natured jibes and Proctor the planning of assemblies treasurer of the Scranton Spring the wholesome jocularity of Rob- by campus groups, and (3) Yearly Brook Water Company. The topics ert Gregory which are usually select the winner of the "Best Studiscussed were "Opportunities in heard around Conyngham Hall. dent Assembly Award." Private Accounting", "OpportuniGregory, a sophomore Chemis- These last two powers have been ties in Government Accounting", try major, suffered a sudden at- ' executed very well by the Assembly and "Opportunities in Public Ac- tack of appendicitis two weeks Committee although most of their counting", respectively. ago yesterday. He had mention- work is done behind the scenes. This afternoon Mr. W. F. Dodson ed experiencing abdominal pains However, the power of helping the wiIJ discuss with the group "What to several students in class. The Administration prepare the assemMakes an Accountant". The stu- same night he was rushed to the bly schedule is the troublesome The Student Assembly dents wiIJ then be given an oppor- Veterans Hospital where he un- power. tunity to ask questions of the day's derwent an appendectomy. He Committee, in an effort to improve speakers. The program wiIJ close is now recu,perating at his home the assembly schedule, is endeavoring to execute this power more conwith a Tea at McCiintock Hall, with in Sha vertown. Mrs. Gertrude Doane, Dean of W o"Greg" has expressed serious cretely and forcefully. We all know that speakers on men, Mrs. Gladys Davis and Mrs. concern about being able to reJohn Cabore, house mothers, serv- sume study in some of the scienti- world events and Democracy are an ing a s hostesses. fic courses after an absence that important part of our education, A special committee of Econo- may extend to three weeks. We but it becomes rather boring when mics Club m~mbers has given valu- wish him the best of luck and almost all the speakers discuss apable assistance to Mr. John Chwa- look forward to seeing thim a- proximately the same thing in a slightly different manner. The lek, Guidance Center Director, in round Conyngham soon. committee is now meeting weekly with Mrs. Doane, its adviser, to EDITORIALS draw up an assembly schedule that will be recognized by the Admini-• stration a1:d. wil~ con_tain more s_tudent part1c1p_at10n 111 assemblies,. more mteres~mg and more plea~urA curious thing about different observances that come abl e ass~mbhes, a nd more local ized throughout the year is the fact that they often cause one to do asse1;1bhes. . . some serious thinking. Last week was Brotherhood Week and Loi s Long is the chairman of the Student Assembly Committee a nd Wednesday saw the beginning of Lent. the othe~ memb~r? of the group are We were sitting over in the Snack Bar one day during the Ruth W1lbu:, Mmam_Dearden_, L0u past week and since Lent had just begun, it was not unusual to Steck, Jessie Rodenck, Mananna hear the discussion turn to religion. Kraynack, James. Benson, Henry A number of bqll sessions developed spontaneously and ~oetzman, Che_t Miller, Nancy Mo:.nobody held back to ponder to think "Gee, I wonder what ns, Joan Russ!n, Donald Reynold,,, religion th1S" guy or g;~11·s." There was a common real'izat1"on a nd Samuel Dilc er. Any conS t ruc.. tive suggestions that you may have that we've arrived at something pretty wonderful here at · bl ·11 b te Wilkes. appreciation of the other fellow's views, whether in ~~ri~e::~:~t~~st; a~yw~f thee ~i~aov~ agreement or disagreement. students. No feelings are hurt. No one feels he must jump to defend So, fellow assembly-goers, don t his belief. because he knows the other fellow has a right to dis- despair-something is being done agree with him and a right to air his views. Call it broc;cd-minded- to improve the assembly programs. Letter to the Editor I And It Doesn't Hurt One Bit ness or what have you, it's good. And the fine thing about this freedom of thought as it is applied to campus life is that it tends to knit the college into one group of friendly people who get along with each other, at least basically. And after all, one of the main obi·ectives of our entire educational system is to teach people to get along with one another. It takes many students considerable time to catch this nack of getting along. But it seems to come easier as you go further in becoming educated. Wilkes can be proud of itself and of its student body. Take a tour of one of the m .e n's dorms sometime and see how well persons from practically all races, religions and nationalities live together. The wonderf}l,l thing is that there is no effort put into this "getting along" because practically nobody ever h h 1 A d h h ld h gives a t oug t to not getting a ong. n t is o s true t roug h out the campus, in all organizations. You know when you stop to think of it, every week is Brotherhood Week at Wilkes, and it really doesn't hurt one bit to treat the next fellow with friendship, courtesy and respect. As a matter of fact, it feels pretty good, doesn't it? Curtis, Editor. -::ation in structor, yesterday released the list of assignments which are in Wilkes-Barre and Kingston and which will see college students teaching in all but the fourth grade. Last week, Dr. Eugene Hamm er, chairman of the departm ent, made assig nm ents to 28 secondary education major s. The elementary students include: Ruth Fischman, 6th grade, Carey A venue School, Wilkes-Barre; Patricia Fox, 3rd grade, Hoyt School, Wilkes-Barre; Leona Goldberg, 2nd grade, Main Street School, Kingston; Anne Harton, 1st grade, Hoyt School, Wilkes-Barre. Naomi Ki vier, 2nd grade, State Street School, Nanticoke; Helen Koelsch, 1st grade, Loveland Avenue School, Kingston; Robert Metzger, 5th grade, Maple Avenue School, Kingston; Austin Sherman, 5th grade, Rutter Avenue School, Kingston; Ruth Wilbur, 2nd grade, Hoyt School, Wilkes-Barre; Ellen Witiak, 1st grade, Rutter Avenue, Kingston. · BEACON CHOSEN TO REVIEW BIBLER CARTOON SERVICE The Wilkes Beacon was selected last week as one of those college papers that the Bibler Feature Service would most like to have pass critical opinion on its cartoon series, "Little Man on Campus". The Bibler Service requested a 15-item questionaire be filled in by the editorial staff' of the paper. The supplier of cartoons for hundreds of American college and university newspapers, saw its cartoons in the Beacon for the first time this year. Bibler is located in Elkhart, Indiana. Glenn Phethean New Head Of Wilkes Education Club Glenn Phethean was chosen as the new president of the Education Club at the election meeting held recently. Glenn succeeds Chuck Adamek who will graduate this June Officers installed at a buffet supper in addition to Phethean were: vice-president, J ess ie Roderick ; executive chairman Chuck Neeley· secretary, Gail Lai~es; correspond~ ing secretary, Jeanette Perrins; treas urer, Nancy Morris ; and libra-1 rian Naomi Kaufer ' · TVerryh AttMendint· g ~usCinhe.ss eac er ee mg m 1cago Dana H. Verry, assistant professor of commerce and finance in the department of Business Education at Wilkes College is attending the National Association of Business - WILKES COLLEGE , Teacher-Training Institutions, at the Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago W' over the week-end. Verry will be A newspaper published each week one of the principal discussants of b d t he group of teachers whose subject of the regular schoo1 year Y an will be "Background in Professionfor the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Sub- al Education." scription: $1.80 per semeS t er. FILL VACANCIES Editor . .... .. ... John D. Curtis (continued from page 1) Asst. Editor ______ _.. _ Ivan Falk of Robert w. Partridge, who has Sports Editor .... .. .. Allen Jeter been soccer and baseball mentor. Business Mgr. Arthur Hoover The college will also have a n ew Asst. Bus. Mgr. Dick Jones director of ph ysical education and Faculty Adviser .. .. George Elliot activities by next year. But as yet, Editorial and business offices no indication as to who will fill the located on second floor of Lecture spots has been given. Hall, South River Street, WilkesElliot's appointment will probBarre, on the Wilkes Campus. ably leave another job open-in the Telephone: VAiley 4-4651-2-3-4. Economics department. There has Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's been no statement as to who would Printery, rear 55 North Main fill the tempo rary vacancy. Street, Wilkes-Barre. Ben,co-n Only 2 Perfect Averages in 700, Whitby Reports John 'Whitby, registrar, announced this week that of approximately seven hundred fulltime students eligible, sixtyseven were placed on the Wilkes College Dean's List for the fall semester. Esther Goldman, a senior, and Francis Gallia, freshman, were the only students who attained a 3.00, or straight "A", average. Second place found a three way tie with Naomi Kivl er, Helen Ko elsch, and E ll en Witik ha.ving a 2.87 average. A student who aspires to the Dea n's List must meet two requirements. He must carry at least twelve semest er hours and attain at least a 2.25 average. The Beacon congratulates those who have made the Dean's List on an excell ent achievement. Stud ents named to the Dean's List include: Bernice B. Argonish, Constantine Arvanitogeorgos (Dean Arvan), John W. Blaker, John J . Bucholtz,. Richard L. Bunn, Nancy L. CasterJin, Mary Ann Cha ychis, Jesse H. Choper, Lawrence E. Cohen, Donald H. Covey, William C. Crowder,. George W. Davis, Andrew G. Dovin,. Ann Elizabeth Faust, Monroe H. Firestone, Patricia Ann Fox, Sandy· A. Furey. Francis J. Gallia, Esther H. Goldman, Irene M. Goliash, Ralph S. tHarrison, Morris I. Hollander, Arhur J . Hoover, Judith Hopkins, Wiiliam David James 3rd, Thomas N. Kaska , Joshua J. Kaufman, Leo P. Kelly, Dorothy J. Kernchen, Naomi R. Kivler, Richard B. Kleyps,. Helen E . Ko elsch, Helen M. Krachenfels. Marianna C. Kraynack, Gail J .. Laines, Albert D. Latzko, Gerald J .. Levandoski, Rob e rt V. Lynch, James E. Mark, Robert J. Metzger, Arthur N. Meyer, Chester H. Mill-er, Jr., Edward J. Milowicki, Leah J. Neuberger. Jan A. Olenginski, John S. Prater, Rita M. Prichnick, Patsy L. Reese, Jessie A. Roderick, Margaret M. Salley, Sheldon Schneider, Harold P . Shannon, John F. Shinshock, J erome Stein, Margaret J. Stevens. Patricia R. Stout, Joseph J. Szostak,Barbara B. Thomas Miriam L. Thom son, Irene R. Tomalis, Joseph Tullai, Dale Warmouth, Ruth I. Wilbur, Ell en Witiak, Vera A. Wroble, Frederick Yuengling, Jr., Victoria J. Zavatski. CAMPUS CHATTER Two men on campus swore off late studying for good Monday morning when they walk ed into the Snack Bar with eyelids drooping and saw Lois Long sitting there with GREEN finger nails .... The long lin e standing outside Chase Hall Monday was not waiting to see the dean. It was just the veterans trying to cash their checks. . . . Cheer up men. Only 23 days until the next on e. Jim Speicher now teaching guerilla warfare to freshma n girls .... Notice Moe Batterson walking a- ~~~:~I ~~1:t~~;~t;/ i,~~i1~~o~i;. a buck slip Moe? . . . First tests in World -Lit started a rush on outline books at the bookstore . . . . Believe it or not, Marv Kuriancheek's middle name is Zeft. Noticed headline in the Sunday Independent last week which stated, "King's Dream Students to Offer Twelfth Night". O.K., we'll play your silly game. Just what are Dream Stud ents? They can't be that good. One co-ed to another, "You know, Alphonse has a contagious smiletrench mouth, I think they call it." �.day, February 25, 1955 3 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON GRAPPLERS IN FINAL MEET TOMORROW AT 2; TILT FIGURED TO BE NIP AND TUCK BATTLE By JIM COLEMAN The wrestling team will wind up its season this Saturday at 2 P.M. against a strong and revengeful Muhlenburg squad. The meet promises to be the best of the season as both squads seem to be about equal in strength and both have a particular purpose for wanting to win the meet. The Mules would like to avenge the 17-11 score which WC took them by lqst year and the with AL JETER, Sports Editor Colonels want to end the season looking good to make up for their losing record. Last year at Muhlenburg, the score was 11-9 with Wilkes trailing going into the 177-pound class. Bob Masoni s came through with a pin to make it 14-11 Wilkes. The meet rested on the outcome of th e heav yweight bout. J erry Elias showed his best as h e has don e this season and decisioned hi s man, bringing the victory hom e. Coach Reese has said that this meet will be just like last year with the victory proving to be just as elu sive. If the squad shows the ability it did against Lafayette Hofstra, and Ithaca, it co uld prove the determining factor. Muhlenburg has fiv e men back from last year. Their main strength, according to Coach Reese, is in 157 lb. Guttereze and the 177 lb . Paul Billy. Th ere is no definite information on the Mules' lower weight grapplers except that two of them are returning lettermen. Wilkes now has a 3-1-6 record for the year. All chances of a winning season were lost last week when the matsters lost to an improved Kings Point team, 19-11. The scale tipped in favor of the mariners when Ahmed Kazimi was pinn ed and Neil Dadurka suffered an injury and was unable to continue his bout. Sam Shugar and Bob Morgan provided some superior grappling against two good wrestlers to come through with decisions. Wilkes' other win came in the heavyweight div ision a s Jerry Elias pinned his ma n. Definite Asset The football team's entry into the Middl e Atlantic States Confer ence could turn out to be one of the best things that has happened to Wilkes athletics since t he college decided to have a sports program. In gaining entrance to the organization, Wilkes joins most of the top flight large and small schools in Pennsylvania, N ew York, N ew Jersey, and Delaware, that adhere to a sane athletic policy. Through the affiliation, Wilkes raises its total of athletic organization m e m b e rs hips to three, the other two being the N CAA and the ECAC. T h i s actually completes th e chain of comm and so to speak, g o i n g from national to eastern, to geographical · division of eastern. The link up AL JETER with the two larger organizations doesn't do a college the size of ours much good except in the prestige of belonging. The prestige is all well and good, but small schools have problems that can't be solved, in many cases, by such spread out machinery. Schedule Trouble A traditional difficulty at Wilkes has been trouble in sched uling athletic events . -The school has · been forced to settle for games with institutions that are out of our class and that go under different policy more than a few times, just in order In being named as Player of the to have a somewhat full schedule. Week, Dave Thomas becomes the The reason for such difficulty lies second Freshman to walk off with in the fact that we are a so-called fringe area school, an unhappy distinction shared with Hofstra, Wagn er, Lycoming, and Juniata to name a few . Concrete results of hooking up with the MASC probably won't show for several years due to long term contract s and the like. In the end, though, Wilkes will be able to obtain the kind of schedule it should have. Although the organization will assign officials to Wilkes games from here on in and communication of ideas between Wilkes and other member schools will be easier to maintain, the scheduling is the thing that holds the most importance. Long Stride We believe Wilkes has always fielded pretty fair football squads Dave Thomas that have been handicapped too many times by being forced to step the title. T o gain recognition from out of class in order to play at all. ! coaches, players, and fan_s , a frosh The joining of the conference is a · n:iust stand out as somethmg excepstep to - in the right direction. t10nal. Thomas is an exceptional grappler. He holds an enviable six win SPECIAL TUX against four defeat record that Intramural l{eg Loop lo Start Sunday The addition of the Intra-Mural Bowling League, which will begin play Sunday at th e J ewish Community Center, and a chess tournament will bring the total of Wilkes students a ctive in intra-mural sports to 177, it was announced yesterday by Robert W . Partridge, director of a ctivities. Seventy-fl ve are n ow active in basketball. Partridge also revealed that a chess to urney wi ll begin next week and that ping pong and fou l-shooting tourneys are in the offing. The first week of bowling will see 12 teams square off, six against six, at 6:30 Sunday evening at the JCC. Team rosters and schedules are posted on all bulletin boards. Information on the chess tourney will likewise be posted. Partridge is working on details of the ping pong t ourney a nd will have further data in the n ext week. The genial soccer and baseball coach has issued a challenge to his alleged "foul-shooting" championship, which " I have held h ere for the past seven years." - for ~ WILKES DANCES at \\i~ , eii,. JOHN B. STETZ ~ Expert Clothier 9 E. Market St., W-B. • Lt>NGS1N( cmW\e~ Featuring The Newest In College Men's Fashions Meet Your Friends at ... The SPA 18 South Main Street • • • After the game After the dance Anytime for a friendly get-together Favorite Spot . . . ... For College Students 1-=============~ HARPUR HERE WEDNESDAY IN CAGERS' LAST GAME AT HOME Old Father Time is a pickin' the 'games left' pocket of the He advises that any challenges Colonel cagers as they meet Harpur at 8 on Wednesday at the be carefully thought out before ac- WC gym. tion is taken, however, since "I hate Harpur is remembered at Wilkes to waste my time if t h e competition for ruining what could have been isn't right." a winning season for the Blue and Gold last year. They downed the WC hopefuls , 56-51, in t he last game forcing t hem to be content By RODGER LEWIS Having a day's rest between each with a break-even campaign. of their last three games, the WC Although Harpur has been debasketball squad was able to win feated this year by both Mansfield two while dropping one to bring and Lycoming, they are considered stands up with the best of them. their seasonal total to nine vic- no easy mark for the Blue and Gold He has shown plenty of improve- tories as compared to eight defeats. quintet. The unpleasant memory ment in the short time that he has The Blue and Gold courtmen took of last y ear's upset remains in been under the tutelage of John the measure of Scranton and Mans- everybody's mind and no complaReese and could become one of the field, but were interrupted by a cency is visible. Ralston's crew is finest grapplers to be produced loss to powerful Moravian . ......... .. anvious to make a good showing in Jim Ferris added a "story book" their final home game of the season. here. H e has two pins to his credit so finish to the Scranton contest on Just as last year, the New Yorkfar this year with one match re- Wednesday W ed nesday which will ers find t hemselves in a position to long be remembered by those who put the hex on the Wilkes season. maining. witnessed the fray. With five sec A product of Coughlin High onds remaining in the battle and Although it isn't the finale this school, h e was being groomed for the score 85-84 with Wilkes on the tim e, a loss would be ~ost.ly and statewide honors in hi s senior year short end, Scranton gained posses- Ral ston's charges would have a · until an ankle injury put him out sion of the ball. An attempt to get steep uphill battle to salvage the year. of action. it down the floor resulted in a All of the Colonels first line perThe ankle ruined his chances of charging violation into Ferris sibecoming a state champion, but multaneously with th e sound of th e ~onnel are in good shape, which may be somewhat of a break. Ralsdidn't stop him from continuing the buzzer ending the game. match at hand. Wrestling on his The calm floor leader stepped to ton has been short of dependable knees he not only finished, but beat t he foul line, tied the score with his. stop-gap replacem ents this year. his man as well. first. conversion, and won the game If the Wilkesm en can get p a st the Thomas has wrestled in the 157- with his second . Teammates mob- New Yorkers and run hot for the pound class th is year, which is ad- bed the little guard as the score- remaining three g am es t hey will mittedly a tough division. Reese board r egist ered an 8(; to 85 upset have accomplished an exceptional stunt, in what was regarded as a has been enthusiastic about his victory for the Colonels. The fracas was a see-saw battl e building year. work and figures that his future all the way with high spirited rival- five by a 73 to 70 margin. The shows plenty of promise. Thomas entered the Wilkes Open ry adding to the tenseness of the Colonels were down by one point, Tournament this and won two situation. Carl Van Dyke turned 70-69, with less than a minute to matches before being defeated. The the tide of the game when he stole play and the teachers in a "deep tourney featured som e of the best the ball with 15 seconds remaining freeze'' that was broken up ,b y two grapplers in the coll egiate circles. to set the stage for Ferris' "win or unsuccessful foul attempts. A quick lose" shots . Barry "Skinny" En- goal for WC soon followed to put nis paced the locals with. 35 mark- them in the lead. Captain Harry ers. Ennis led the scoring with 20 points. Moravian Wins ANDY'S DINER In Monday night's contest a st rong Moravian squad took home Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym a hard fought 88-79 victory. A W C Plenty of Free Parking rall y f ell short even though they Prices for the Collegian's Budget .• .. A Reputation Built on Fine Food outscored the visitors in the second half. The Colonels also outscored the Greyhounds at the foul line, but lacked consistent field work. 2 South Main Street John Bresnahan led the losing TUXEDOS TO RENT cause with 26 points . Moravian Wilkes-Barre Special Price To Students had five men in double figures with 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. Bob Jones leading the way gather- LOFT'S ing 19 talli es. On Saturday the Ral stonmen took The Candies of Finer Quality the measure of a stubborn Mansfield Dave Thomas Nabs Player Award; Has ·Outstanding Record as Yearling GROUl' PRICES BEACON Photo by Cliff Brothers TWO NEE DED ONES-Lanky John Bresnahan exhibits his deadl y corner sho t for two points against Scranton Univer sity. The Colonels pulled the ga me out of the fire in the closing seconds, 86 to 85. Hoopmen Win 2, Lose 1 Through Week's Play LOFT'S Candy Shop BAUM'S �____________________________ .;.. 4 Friday, February 25, 1955 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Common Man Musi Seek Maturity Of Character, Ralston Tells Assembly By T. R. PRICE The concept of security, Dean George Ralston told his gym audience Tuesday, has been with man for centuries, but with the triumph of the common man it has become even more important. particularly since the genial aristocracy which once guided him no longer exists and must be replaced in stability and order. The gentleman class differed from the co mmons not so much in wealth, but rather education. The common man needs a liberal education now that he has risen from cellar to salon. he stated. His apparel and technology have changed, but his ha:bits have not; he can earn a living, but h e cannot reall y liv e without knowledge, the Dean said . With so much emphasis upon the material in security, the common man toda y fears challenge, and we have entered an age of sec urocrats w hose hysterical pursuit of the m a ter ial proclaim s that they are not on t h e r ight track. They mistake change for progress, he continued. But change is not progress, the Dean stressed, unless it is g ood . And ·to be good, change must have longevity, uni versality, and depth of spirit. To produce r eal security, Ralston declared, we m ust first improve our intell ect, then our knowledge of humanity, finally our spiritual concepts, lest our genius run unchecked. If the common man wish es to gain true security, he concluded, h e must adopt the mature character attainable only when man b ecomes relia ble, able to differentiate change and progress, live self-relia ntly and ethicall y. It is the selfless wh o are the secure. International Education. Closing date for admission is June 15, 1955. -Closing date for scholarship applications is April 18, 1955. Applicants should write to the Inst itute of International Education, 1 East 67th Street, N ew York City. BEACON MEETING Kirby Hall Now Displaying Salon Prints from Camera Club MONDAY NOON; STAFF This is Brotherhood Week, true ; URGED TO BE PRESENT but in the Wilkes College Library at any rate, it is also Camera Week. The point of all this is that the main reading room has a welcome change from four walls of painted flowers; the Library st a ff has seen fit to decorate the room with salon prints of the Wilkes-Barre Camera Club. Chief among the contributors to the exhibition of prints is the Engineering Department's Voris B. Hall, long a local photography fan, while t h e subject for most of the shots is a Wilkes co-ed, Miss Lois Long. · A very important BEACON meeting is announced for Monday ; staff is reminded that meetings will begin promptly on the dot of 12 :25. NEW YORK - The University of Vienna Summer School at Schloss Traunsee, Gmunden, Austria, w ill offer courses open to American students fro m July 25 to September 4, 1955, it was announced yest erda y by the Institute of Juniors , seniors and principals from all the high schools in the valleyley have been invited to attend the -show. Because of the wide interest in this program, adm ission is by ticket only. Tw o hundredfifty t ickets will be granted for each of the four shows . WOOL SLACKS Reg. 12.95 Value It's a Pleasure to Serve You A Full Course Meal Or a Sandwich • Good Food • Reasonable Prices Plenty of Free Parking Space Catering to Small Groups • 8.99 Save 3.96 o o o Toll Gale Restaurant "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Men's Dr. Reif Named Chairman Of Two-Day Science Show Dr. Charles B. Reif, h ead of the biology department, has been named chairman of the Wilkes College annual science show, w hich will be i held March 4 and 5. l - - - - - - - - -- - - - - Girls don 't marry a man for his money. They divorce h im for it. Vienna Summer School Offers Courses for American Students Flannels - Gabardines Brown - Navy - Grey • Blue All Perfect Quality - Sizes 28-42 Men's - Pomeroy's First Floor F. DALE, Prop. Where Smart College People Meet - The MAYFAIR DUPONT HIGHWAY Wilkes College BOOKSTORE 'S AND : VARIETY SHOP Books - Supplies • Novelties -Subscriptions Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 .. ~ WELCOME PARK, SHOP and EAT at the new FOWLER, DICK a n d WALKER The Boston Store JORDAN Est. 1871 Janet Blair, Actress : " I have the full est confidence in L&M's Miracle Tip ... and L&Ms taste so good, I made them my regular cigarette." F\\.;TE RS John Robert P owe rs, Creator of the Power s Girls: '_'I think L&M's filt er is far superior to the others. Great smoke . . . wonde rful flavor ." 1rk 9 West Market Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Most Complete s ,-os~c co co. . JltlHIU OutFROM A11 mE REsr, Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality A PAPER FOR THE HOME ••• LIG GEi T g. M'i'ER STANDS OUT FOR FLAVOR. The pure, white Miracle Tip draw.s easy, lets you enjoy all the taste. STANDS OUT FOR EFFECTIVE FILTRATION. No filter compares with L&M's Miracle Tip for quality or effectiveness. •:-:-: Patrida Morison, Musical Comedy Star: "I love L&M Filters. Never dreamed a filter cigarette could filter so thoroughly, yet~ so good!" STANDS OUT FOR HIGHEST QUALITY TOBACCOS, low nicotine tobaccos; L&M tobaccos •.. Light and Mild. MUCH MORE FLAVOR - MUCH LESS NICOTINE Local and National Coverage FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS GIANT SOCIAL SECTION WEEKLY FEATURES -============~·- Americas Best Filter Cigarette~-·-,- � 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 1955 February 25th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 February 25 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/9f827eb926895917052aaf80d38c1332.pdf 83a77b8594201470b6a2a147fb77d290 PDF Text Text Senior Spectacle Tonight at WC Gym WILKES The Community College, Serving Wyoming Valley And The World . Vol. X, No. 19 .£1?1# - WILKES Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA hind Butler Hall wh ere he has set up a peach basket as a target, and Bob Moran has been seen dribbling his trombon e home lately. Ral ston and Moran are expected to star for the House of Da vid team along with teammates Pot- shot Par tridge, Efficient Elliot, Rampagin g Re ese, Flash Farrar, and Mighty Mock. The sto ck market has recently reported a record sell-out of Serutan (That's nature spelled backwards) -so t he faculty for ce offers a threat to the senior boys. In addition to the basketball game, there will be a skit on prowrestling as shown by pi:ofessionals Killer Trosko, Bruiser Chapko, The Mauler Elias, and Crusher Arvan. The athletic men of might will be cheered on by very special and unusual cheerleaders who have been chosen especially for the event. Hair-pulling a n d shin-kicking will be ruled out by referees Art (P.I.A .A.) Hoover and Hugo (Constitution) Mailey. Members of the class working toward a successful affair: senior class president Russ Picton, Harry "Sk inn y" Ennis, J ean Dearden, ,Jerry Elia s, Dori s Merrill, Morris Hollander, Allen Feld and Carl Smith. the tournament as a memb er of the negative side of the varsity debate t eam, which bounced back last weekend with a record somewhat improved over that of the week before, when it lost at Dartmouth. This time, talking at Allegheny they em erged eighth, winning six, and losing only four. The debaters defeated the P enn State University m en's team and were furth er vktorious over Mt. Mercy College, Dickinson, California State Teachers College, Washington and Jefferson U., and the Westminster women's team . The local talkers were defeated only by St. Vincent's, Seton Hall, the Westminst er men, and the University of Scranton. On the affirmative side of the question of United States r ecognition of Communist Ch'ina were Leslie W einer and James N everas, FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1955 1951 Penn State Graduate To Head Physical .Educatio·n Department By JACK CURTIS, Editor John Reese, Wilkes wrestling coach, will become director of physical education as well as head soccer coach next fall, it was learned yesterday by the Beacon. In addition, Reese will become head baseball mentor next spring, it was revealed, making him the first three-sport coach in many years at Wilkes_. He replaces Robert W. Partridge, who has been the physical education, soccer and baseball head since the opening of the gymnasium in 1950. Partridge resigned, effective in June, to accept a position on the faculty of the Kent Sch0iol. Kent, Conn. . Reese will also continue as head wrestling coach at the college, a job he has held, parttime, with a good deal of success for the past two years. Presently a member of the faculty of Kingston High School, the new appointee will resign teaching and coaching duties at the West Side school effective this June. TDR Schedules Tea For High School Girls On St. Patrick's Day The women of Theta Delta Rho will hold a St. Patrick's Day Tea on Thursday, March 17, at McC!intock Hall from 3 to 5. The Wilkes Women will pla y host to students from high schools throughout the valley at this annual affair of T .D.R. Nancy Beam, general chairman of the tea, has announced the follo wing committee heads: Nancy Morris, refr es hm ents; Carol Specter and Ruth Younger, house; Janet Eck ell, cl eanup; Irene Goliash, favors; Pearl Onacko, publicity. John Reese FLANNERY RETAINS EXTEMPORANEOUS TITLE Wilkes' J. Harold Flannery Jr. became the first speaker ever to win the P ennsylvania. extemporan eous speaking championship two years in succession. Flannery, a senior from W est Pittston, won his second victory at the annual Debating Association of P ennsylvania Colleges debating and speaking tournament h eld at Allegheny College, Meadville, last weekend. In the preliminary rounds, he spoke for t en minutes on the subject "Why Is the United States Unwilling to Compete with Foreign Competition on an Equal Basis?" In the final rounds of the speaking contest, he then spoke on changes in Russian government personnel a s perhaps affecting Russian foreign policy. Aside from defending his championship, Flannery also engaged in THE BEACON ~Beacon Seniors To Romp Tonight at Gym By JANICE SCHUSTER The Harlem Globetrotters and The House of David basketball teams will invade the Wilkes Gymnasium tonight portrayed by the fiercest members of the senior class and the most vicious members of the faculty. The seniors and courageous members of the faculty will be on exhibit at the annual Senior Spectacle starting at 8 p.m. for the purpose of raising funds for the senior class gift and for covering other graduation expenses. The crowd is in for a rare treat of athleticsall in a class of its own, dramaas only Wilkesmen can perform it, and a dance-according to the individual's taste. Coaches Parker (Abe Saperstein) Petrilak and Amos Fay have been skillfully drilling their Globetrotters as only experts can. The men have been in very strict training for the past several weeks. The probable starting line-up of t h e Sinister Seni ors is fortu nate in having s uch powerful players as Harry "Healthy" Ennis, John "Balducio" Lancio, Morry "Hydromatic" Hollander, Ron "Flash" Fitzgerald, and Al "The Bull" Feld. Dean Ralston has been seen vigorously practicing foul shots be- COLLEGE - 1Par1•s Bound1 1·s Camp US-bQUD d as Clnl C prepares while J esse Choper and J . Harold Flannery Jr. spoke for the n egative. Neveras and Flannery each placed first in four of their debat es, and will appear as a team in the Res gional District Seven tournam ent which decides eligibility for the national tournament later in the season at West Point. The Regional By JEROME STEIN meet will be h eld in two weeks at "Paris Bound", a sophisticated St. P et er's College. \ comedy by Philip Barry, will be In addition to debating, Wilkes pres_ented by Cue 'n' Curtain on was also entered in the extempora- Apnl 14, 15, 16 at the College gymneo us speaking and oratory events nasi um. It will be the second maat the · tournam ent. Besides Flan- jor production of the year presen.ted nery, who won speaking contest, by the Wilkes theatrical group. Virginia Brehm went to fourth At the present tim e, Chase Theaplace in th e f emale oratory di vision ter is buzzing with a ctivity. Alwith a talk on "Are W e P ersecuting though no definite cast has been Our Teachers?" decided upon a s yet, casting is in Dr. Arthur N. Krug er, coach, fu ll progress and preparations for a ccompanied the team and served the production have begun. on the tournament committee as "Paris Bound" is a comedy on well. {continued on page 2) I H e is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University, class of 1951, where he majored in physical education, with a minor in social studies. He wrestled on the Penn State varsity under the well-known mat coach Charlie Speidel and held a Mid-Atlantic weight championship while at State College. He attended Millersville State Teachers College in his freshman year and held the State Teachers College 123-pound title that season. H e is an alumnus of Kingston High School, where he began his interest in sports and returned there in 1951 to guide two straight District 2, PlAA w r e s t 1 i n g championship t eams. He also served a s baseball coach and assistant football coach at his alma mater. Reese told the Beacon yesterday, " I am happ y for such a fine opportunity to come to Wilkes. From my experiences as wrestling coach on a part-time basis, I feel sure that I will be very happy here. I fee l it's a r eal advancement." He added, "And now I'll be back to what I like best, physical education." The director has been teaching history and social studies at Kingston. H e will teach all men's gym and hygiene classes at Wilkes beginning in the fall, and will have charge of the gymnasium as did hi s predecessor, Bob Partridge. While at Penn State, John studied under the famed Bill Jeffries, well-known Nittany Lion soccer coach, and participated in several phases of the game. A veteran of two years in the Navy, Reese is married to the former Patsy Tosh, of South WilkesBarre. They have one child, a son. Re ese 's appointment puts the accent on youth in the Wilkes coaching ranks. Two weeks ago, Russell Picton was named head football coach to replace George F. Ralston, who will study for his doctorate next year at Columbia. I �2 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON EDITORIALS More On Parking - A Possibility A letter to the editor which appeared in last week's edition of the Sunday Independent pointed out a possible solution to the Wilkes parking problem, the problem which is-there just ain't enough room for all the autos. The brief note, signed "Wilkes Students in Favor of Better Wilkes-Barre Parking (we're checking to see if it is on the subversive list) came out in favor of parking spaces on the River Common "tree lawn." The letter wass well-meaning, we feel sure, and except for the weak arguments in favor of the idea, made its point. · As a matter of fact, the idea is one of a number now being considered at City Hall. Another, perhaps a little more practical, would see South River Street widened 20 feet or so on the river side of the artery. Such a project in the two blocks between the Market Street Bridge and South Street, would, according to statements from persons close to City Hall, allow for angular parking. Angular parking has proven successful in many towns, Bloomsburg being the first to pop into our mind. The parking space would be more than doubled. And, if you're still worrying about the beautification of the area, there would be no particular eye-sore created. It sounds good to us. And according to the sources, this is a defiinite possibility. Neveras Picked for Federal Bank Post; Begins at P h i 11 y in June James Neveras, Wilkes senior, has been named this week to the executive training program of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. He will begin training following his graduation in June. The position will enable him to familiarize himself with banking and to work toward an economics Master's at the University of Pennsylvania. Upon completion of the two-year training cour~e, he will move into a junior executive position with the Federal Reserve system, which also pays the training tuition bill. Neveras formerly resided in 14 Get February Diplomas Blaker, Kaufman, and Warmouth on Dean's List, Whitby Reports Hazleton and graduated from Hazleton High School, but is now a resident of Korn Krest. He has been active in campus politics, has served as sophomore and junior class presidents. Among other a ctivities he has served •a s debater for the past four years, helped Wilkes win the Johns Hopkins trophy earlier this year. Too, he has been copy editor of the Amnicola, Wilkes yearbook, and is its co-editor this year. In March of 1952, Fred Davis, another Wilkes student was appointed to a similar position to that Sunday Independent to which N everas has been named. W e are students at Wilkes College who are often blamed for cluttering up parking places with the cars we need to get to school from Scranton, Tunkhannock, Berwick, Bloomsburg and West Side pointsand not just from around the block. The mayor and other officials have been nice in giving us some help in solving our parking problem s. We want to get on record in favor of parking spaces on the River Common tree lawn. To those persons who oppose the move on the grounds it will destroy the beauty of our fair city, let us remind that we have many more years than they (we hope) to face the horrors of cars parked on the River Common tree lawn-and we are sure our childt;en will be able to survive the horror, too.-Wilkes Students in Favor of Better WilkesBarre Parking. Letter to the Editor ~L:~unday Independent' Chuckle 'n' Smile "What would you do if som ebody left you a million dollars?" "Nothing-from then on." * :;: * ::: ::: A smart guy is a fellow who hitches his wagon to a girl who works like a horse. Elliot Addresses Kiwanis George F. Elliot, recently ap.pointed to succeed dean Ralston spoke Wednesday before a meeting of the Plymouth, Pa., Kiwanis Club. The talk followed a noon dinnermeeting. Dr. Vujica Stricken by Kidney Ailment; In W.-B. General Dr. Stanko Vuj ica, head of the Wilkes religion and philosophy departments was stricken Wednesday night with a kidney attack. He was moved to General Hospital early yesterday morning. At the time of this bulletin, it was reported that no operation was thought necessary, and that Dr. Vujica would be able to return to his classes on Monday. Parking Stickers Only For 3-Hour Lab Students Dr. Willard R. Hancock 'PARIS BOUND' (continued from page 1) the theme of the modern approach to marriage. The subject matter coupled with an effective presentation should prove to be of interest and should attract a large audience. Other plays by Philip Barry include "Holiday", "Hotel Universe", " Tomorrow and Tomorrow", "The Animal Kingdom", and "The Philadelphia Story". Interested persons should contact Alfred Groh at Chase Theater. Rozelle Teaching Classes Here and at Kingston High Ralph Rozelle, who earned a B.S. in Chemistry here last June, is back on campus for Education study after completing one semester of graduate work at t h e University of Pittsburgh. Rozell e is gaining teaching experience on the college level at Wilkes by conducting a la boratory class, as well as doing student teaching at Kingston High School. LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS By JACK CAVE John P. Whitby, registrar, made official today the names of fourteen students who have completed their studies and r eceived their degrees in February. Of the fourteen who graduated, three were placed on the Wilkes College Dean's List for the fall sem ester. Those who received this honor were: John Warren Blaker, Joshua Ja y Kaufman, and Dale Warmouth. Those who graduated were: John Francis Aquilino, B.S. in co mmerce and finance; John Warren Blaker, B.S . in chemistry; James Wallace Dull, A.B. in English; Roland Edwar d Featherman, A.B. in sociology; Irwin Harold Gelb, B.S. in commerce and finance; Ann Lodge Haskell, A.B. in psychology; Robert Melvin Ichter, A.B. in mathematics; Joshua Jay Kaufman, B.S. in commerce and finance; Melvin Sidnay Karp, B.S. in commerce and finance; Albert Peter Nicholas, B.S. in secondary education; Anthony Joseph Pilarek, B.S. in commerce and finance; Eugene Vincent Snee, B.S. in elementary education; Dale Warmouth, A.B. in English; Charles Aloysius Williams, Jr. B.S. in commerce and finance. Dr. W. Hancock Addresses Government Group Dr. Willard R. Hancock, state official, spoke here last night on legislation concerning local governments. He addressed a meeting of the Luzerne County Boroughs Association. Dr. Hugo V. Mailey, Wilkes professor, is chairman of the organization. Hancock, director of the Bureau of Municipal Affairs of the state Department of Internal Affairs, talked on "Legislation for Local Governments Before the Present Legislature." In 1952, Hancock was among those who aided in the organization of the first P ennsylvania Regional Planning Conference in the anthracite region. A former native of Plains, h e received his early ed ucation in the local community. Friday, March 11, 1955 Students are reminded that only those with three-hour or longer laboratory classes are eligible for the special parking stickers obtainable from the Beacon editorial staff. Des pite the clarity of the announcement in last week's Beacon, some confusion still seems to exist. We reiterate, only those students with three-hour laboratory courses or longer are eligible for these stickers . - by Dick Bibler "I better help that new student stretch his canvas-he seems pretty anxious to get started." 'Manuscript' Loses Kelly, Warmouth;· Bynder, Krohle Fill Vacated Spots By BILL DeMA YO The staff of the Manuscript, the campus literary magazine, lost two of its veteran members with the mid-year graduation of Leo Kelly and Dale Warmouth-both men who have achieved considerable literary merit in off-campus publications and have contributed greatly to the success of the college magazine for NEW CHANGES MADE IN DISTRIBUTION OF MID-TERM GRADES Another change has been announced in the system of distributing grades at Wilkes. This change will affect the grades received by students as a result of mid-term examinations. Henceforth, in view of the generally diagnostic basis for mid-term examinations, g r a d e s resulting therefrom will not be registered unless they fall below the "C" required for quality credits. That is, th e only mid-term grades mailed out will be those of "D" and "F". Change was made in the grade distribution earlier in the year when semest er grades were distributed to show the total grades and hours accumulated at each semester's end. Prior to this, such cumulative grade distribution was made only at the end of each school year. I several years. The associate editorship left vacant by Kelly's departure passed to Herbert Bynder by a unanimous vote of the Manuscript's staff. Bynder's form er position as business manger is now filled by Frederich Krohle. Sandy Furey, associate editor of the Manuscript staff, reports that they have been working steadily and that the magazine is shapingup nicely with a good variety of poems, short stories, and articles. But he added that the Manuscript desires to publish the very best, and stands ready to welcome new material· for consideration. A box is provided for the reception of such material at the rear exit of the library. Students are reminded that the Manuscript is a co py-righted magazine and is distributed to several hundred coll eges throughout the United States. Council Meets Monday at 6:30 There will be a meeting of the Student Council in Chase Lounge on Monday evening, the fifteenth, at 6:30. WILKES COLLEGE - Beacon A newspaper published each week of the regular school -yeai;; by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. Editor . John D. Curtis Asst. Editor Ivan Falk Sports Editor . Allen Jeter Business Mgr . . .. Arthur Hoover Asst. Bus. Mgr. Dick Jones Faculty Adviser .... George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes Campua. Telephone: V Alley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. Toll Gale Restaurant PARK, SHOP and EAT at the new FOWLER, DICK and WALKER The Boston Store "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. lt' s a Pleasure to Serve You • A Full Course Meal Or a Sandwich • Good Food • Reasonable Prices Plenty of Free Parking Space Catering to Small Groups F. DALE, Prop. �~ 3 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON riday, March 11, 1955 Hoopsters Settle for Break Even Campaign KEG CHAMPIONSHIP IN N.Y . .REESE VIEWS MAT SEASON AS SUCCESS; PREDICTS WC POWERHOUSE IN FUTURE (Third in a series of articles by Wilkes coaches reviewing their seasons.) By JOHN REESE, Head Wrestling Coach I must admit that this year when I was asked to write this article, I felt much better about it than I did last year. Actually our won and lost record ·was not as good this year, but our t eam was really much better. If you recall last year we had trouble getting enough boys to make a full team, whereas this year there was only one occasion when we had to forfeit a bout, and that was because of a bad injury. The interest the boys showed was wonderful. Everyone worked hard and was more con scientious about practice. It will still take a couple of years before we become a wrestling power, but I have the feeling that we are ready to blossom very soon. Five of our eight boys are freshmen or sophomo res, so you can see the possibilities the future holds. Looking back over the season it was odd in a way. Th e team seemed to wrestle very well against the good teams and poorly against the weak teams. Lafayette, Ithaca and Hofstra were three of our toughest opponents and the boys looked great against them. Then against East Stroudsburg, Swarthmore and Kings Point, three of the weaker ones , the team looked poor. We have a very attractive schedule again next year and I'm looking forward to a very successful season. As far as the boys go we hav e everyone back. Th e only loss we have will be Jerry Elias and, perhaps,· Stan Abrams after the first semester of next year. That h eavyweight spot w ill be tough to fill because the big boys are few and far between. I hesitate to single out any one boy for recognition because they all worked so hard and diid a fine job. Bob Morgan, Sam Shugar, Don Reynolds, Don McFadden, Neil Dadurka, and Jerry Elias were all r eturning veterans from last year and were the backbone of the team. Ahmed Kazimi, Stan Abrams, and Seymour Holzman were all first year men who helped us greatly. Dave Thomas, a freshman, did a wondeful job and had a winning year. . All in all it was a good year and it did a lot in the way of building wrestling at Wilkes. We still need to be strengthened in a few spots but the nucleus of a good team for n ext year is here. I am looking forward to next year and lam very optimistic about the season. BRESNAHAN STARS AGAINST MANSFIELD; REGAINS TITLE Lanky John Bresnahan adds his name to repeat performers this week by again winning Player of the Week honors. Bresnahan was the first basketball player of the season to walk off with the title. Even though the Colonels fought a losing battle against the towering Mansfield crew h e was a standQut throughout the game. Coach George Ralston had predicted a few days before that the teachers were in the middle of a hot spell and they showed it. Although Wilkes lost, the Plymouth dead-eye cam e through. He collected over 20 r ebo unds during the game which held the Mansfield man down no end, and scored in th e double figures himself to lead the losing cause. The corner-shot expert has been consistent in his play through the season. He started as one of the question marks that could make or break the rebuilding season for the Blue and Gold forces. His play has shown that he was a definite 'make' factor, many times being the steadi est ball player on the court. He came into his own in the scoring and defensive play departments early in the season · and stayed there. Bresnahan is a perfectionist who ANDY'S DI NE R Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym Plenty of Free Parking Prices for the Collegian's Budget . • .. A Reputation Built on Fine Food Misses' Orlon SWEATERS Short Sleeve SLIP ONS 4.99 Long Sleeve CARDIGANS 6.98 o Soft 'n' Silky Wear Like Iron o Pastels • Jewel - Deep Shades. o All Perfect Quality • Sizes 34-40 Sportswear - Pomeroy's 2nd Floor The Fifth Annual Eastern Intercollegiate Individual Match Ga m e Bowling Championship will be held the weekends ot Mar~h 26, 27 and April 23 at City Hall Lanes, 23 Park Row, New York City. Last year's matches attracted 100 bowlers representing 25 colleges and was won by Pete O'Toole of Iona College. Any student interested in competing should contact the athletic office for entry blanks. Over 200 schools in the east have received invitations. Winning Season Vision Smashed By Mansfield and East Stroudsburg In All-Important Last Two Games By RODGER LEWIS Coach George Ralston's basketball crew mised a winning season by dropping their last two games of the season to Mans- · field and East Stroudsburg by 89-81 and 80-64 scores respectively. The Colonels were forced to settle for a seasonal record of 10 wins against 10 losses. Their inability to win on opponents' courts cost them their winning Susquehanna in two overtime pecampaign. In seven away contests riods. At hom e the Wilkesmen had this season, the hoopsters were able a 9-4 record. 1 to grab only one victo r y, that over Last Saturday the cagers journeyed to Mansfield and the teachers revenged a Joss of two weeks earlier by staving off a last minute Wilkes spurt. The netmen were behind most of the way, but man° aged to go ahead for a short time in the first half, 32-30. Then the By JIM COLEMAN host club regained the lead and. Baseball takes over the sports scene on the WC campus held a 40-36 edge at half-time. Monday at 4 o'clock according to Coach Bob Partridge who anIn the second stanza, the teacherS' nounced the formal opening of diamond practice. secured their biggest lead of the I Pitchers and catchers are urged game and forged ahead, 70-56. The to report to the gym in order to Blue and Gold countered and began get in shape for the opening game to put the pressure on, only to have whi ch comes up in just three short time run out. weeks. •Calls for ather aspirants John Bresnahan was high man ByJONNIFALK will be issued as soon as the weath- in the losing cause with 21 markers. With two weeks of competi- er will permit outside work. John Linkoski paced the victors by tion. under its belt, it looks like Partridge is hoping for a quick setting a new single high for Mansthe new mixed bowling league weather change as a whole new field with 42 tallies. is destined to be the most suc- team must be picked and put into Dropped in Finale On Wednesday, the Ralstonmen cesssful intramural venture in shape in a short time. All positions are open with only four letter- travelled to Stroudsburg where the the history of th e college. Rolling on the Jewish Communi- men returning from last year's teachers ended hopes for a winning campaign for the Colonels. ty Center alleys on Sunday nights, squad. The Pocono boys jumped into a Freshm en and reservists are the coed league has shown the type of keen competition which comes looked on to to fill many of the commanding 27-10 lead early in the from th e interest and attendance slots. The real need for the team, game. With the score 30-16, Ralsas it was last year, is in the pitch- ton put in his "second platoon" and of its participants. Leagu e "B" opened the kegling ing and catching departments. they narrowed the margin to 36-28. season two Sundays ago. The These two spots afford hopefuls the However they were unable to check Walloping Wags whacked the Ram- widest opening, with only one regu- the teachers' scoring and fell bepaging Five for four points. lar hurler back in the ranks and hind at halftime, 52-34. At the beginning of the second Hawkie Gross, high average hold- no first line catcher on hand. er with 169, and Joe Trosko paced Jim Ferris and Mel McNew, co- half the varsity held the entertainthe Wags. Tro sko's 198 game is captains for the season , will be the er s to six points while cutting the high for the season thus fa r. R. F. center around which a team must lead to 58-52. It was a short-lived Price led the Rampagers with a 415 be built. Last year while patrol- respite as the teachers again took The series . ling center field, Ferris was the a comfortable 77-57 lead. Ral ston's Raiders, with Mickey sq uad's leading hitter with a .357 margin was enough to assure them Weinberger, Moe Batterson and avernge, while McNew who alter- of victory. Harry "Skinny" Ennis and ParkMickey P erlmuth all averaging over nated between the outer pasture 150, mowed down the Kingpins. and pitching chores had the second er "the old pro" Petrilak concluded Llewellyn and Larish sparked the lowest earned run average, 2.01. their playing days for the Blue and Kingpins. The t eam as a whole had to settle Gold in this contest. Despite the handicap of having for a disanpointing 4-10 season. only three men present, the Deadly Other r eturning lettermen are Strikers salvaged one point in their Dick Kachinosky, who saw duty in duel with the Rambling Six. Karl both the outfield and infield last Blight's 458 series for the Strikers season, and Jack Richards, second was almost a one-man effort. baseman and shortstop. College Terrors High LEAGUE "B" The pitchscatch combos will work In League "A", the College Ter- in the gym until favorable weather. Pts. rors rolled up the season's high Then they travel along with other Walloping Wags 4 three game series as their top four candidates to Kirby Park where Ralston Raiders 4 men shattered the maples for a fan- practice sessions begin in earnest. Rambling Six 3 cy 1806 while sweeping the Flying Deadly Strikers 1 Terrors. Neil McHugh's 181-477, Kingpiins 0 Ivan Falk's 184-467, and Skinny Rampaging Five 0 Ennis' 456 led the CoJlegians. Bob ** * * * Helmbold had 423 for the lo sers. LEAGUE "A" The Ghost Riders showed plenty Pts. The reg ular season is over for of power in taking four from the College Terrors 4 the wrestlers, but the post season W eckesser Warriors. Rydzewski, Ghost Riders 4 tournaments are just beginning. Smith and Kol essar received help Wilkes Best 3 For the first time in the history of from Margaret Luty, high girl with Spare Boys . . . ........... .. 1 a 130 average. Dick Murray's 191 this school, Wilkes will enter men Flying Terrors ............ ......... .. 0 in some of the big meets of the ga me for Weckesser was wasted. Weckesser Warriors .... .......... .. 0 Wilkes Best took three from the nation. * :!c * * * Yest erday, Bob Morgan left with Spare Boys with Havir and Stocker THE TOP TEN: doing the h eavy work. Dick Ka- Coach Reese to participate in the G. Ave. chinosky helped the Spare Boys to Four I's Invitation Tournament. Gross 3 169 Thi s match is considered the bigt heir one point. This match was McHugh 3 159 gest in the nation next to the Nafeatured by George Elliot's sucRydzewski 158 3 tionals. Morgan ended the season Trosko cessful 7-9 split shot. 157 3 Second round games are schedul- with an 8-1 record suffering his Falk . 156 3 ed for this Sunday. All members only loss in a close battle with De- Havir 154 3 Groff of Hofstra. of League "B" are urged to b e Llewellyn 154 3 present at the JCC by 6:30 p.m. In his array of wins are five Weinberger 154 3 pins, some of them being against Batterson 153 3 men in the heavier 130-lb. class. Blight 153 3 Bob is coming down to 117 for this A PAPER FOR THE HOME . tournament and if he takes first place h e'll go down to 115 for the is good in anybody's league for a Nationals. freshman. Morgan is considered one of the In the other tournaments coming best wrestlers ever to hit WC cam - up, Sam Shugar will enter the 123The Most Complete pus and big things are expected lb. class in the National Y.M.C.A. of him in these post season meets. Tournament. Shugar's record for Local and National Coverage Dave Thomas originaJl y sch edul- the year was 4-5, but he wrestled FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS ed to enter the Four I's also, but out of his weight class. GIANT SOCIAL SECTION on Monday his injury jinx was still Morgan will probably enter the haunting him and he suffered a Middle Atlantic Conference or the WEEKLY FEATURES broken elbow while prac,ticing. He National Y's which are both on the had a 6-5 recor:d for the year which same weekend, March 18-19. DIAMONDMEN GET FIRST CALL; DRILL SESSIONS BEGIN MONDAY Intramural Keglers Round into Top Form INTRAMURAL BOWLING STANDINGS John Bresnahan never stops practicing. He is always at work trying to improve, which is well illustrated by the 'impossible to stop' shots that he has mastered. More than one rival coach has been heard to remark this year that they would more than welcome th~ bi.g fellow on their t eam . The Beacon believes he would be an asset to anyone's squad. TUXEDOS TO RENT Special Price To Students 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. BAUM'S Wilkes College BOOKSTORE AND VARIETY SHOP Books - Supplies - Novelties Subscriptions Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 . . . WELCOME . Morgan, Shugar Enter Post Season Grappling SUNDAY INDEPENDENT �Friday, March 11, 1955 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 4 'Little Stone House' Best of One-Acts; Remley, Miller Take Players' Palm Yap Stresses Importance of Asia In Security of U.S. and Free World The security of the United States today rests upon that of southeast Asia, Dr. Diosado M. Yap, of the Philippines, emphasized Tuesday at assembly. When the greatest struggles of the epoch occur, it may well be this area which will save the world for which America strives. For centuries beneath the exploitation of the colonizing European nations the Asian peoples suffered in teeming millions. On the other hand, America has taken an opposite attitude toward the region, and the Communists cannot point accusing fingers at the United States for its interest in the Far East. When the United States did go into the area, it went to aid the people of the area, as in the Philippines, where the standard of living was raised to the region's highest, and to which independence was recently granted. Because of the kindness and benefit s of America, the Philippines s tood by it dur ing the war, while other Asian nations revolted or collaborated against their mother countries. It is that lo yalty and frie ndship which now occasions American interest in southeast Asia. Both the United States and t h e Philippines desire to preserve the peace bou ght with the blood of thei r m en. In t h e area, three main objectives of the Communist s are its tremendous manpower, its industrial po- M'l-a--""'1 tential, with emphasis on Japan, and its multitudinous natural resources. "You see, Joe, they had what they called quality credits. Now, I got just a few behind, so ..." We stand today in Formosa to deny these objectives, and have stood in Indo-China and Korea, but we must continue in our efforts, remembering that for the Communists the road to London and Paris lies through the Far East. Ellen Witiak Accepts Job In Penna. Elementary School Ellen Witiak has accepted a position in Broomhall, Pa., as a teacher in the first grade, it was learned yesterday from Placement Director John Chwalek. Miss Witiak, a resident of Old Forge , will receive a B.S. degree in Elementary Education this June. It is because of this that the United States has taken upon itself the union of the free nations of the area, a s it has the leadership of the fre e world. The Ea st turns to America today beca use, unlike th e nations of Europe, America is willing to do more than g rant political independence or economi c aid; America r ecognizes the dign ity of Asians as human bei ngs. As One Sees His Editor Editors don 't want slopp y cop y ; Sloppy co py ain't what they wantIf yo u turn in sloppy copy Th ey'll turn yo ur life into a haunt. - T. R. Price. By T. R. PRICE Well, "Little Stone House" came off fairly well. Indeed, almost as well, one might say as last year's "Master Builder". Otherwise, Cue 'n' Curtain's three one-act plays last night and the two prior didn't impress us overmuch. "Madretta", the first on the program has been done before (as summer stock, we believe), and turned out much the same waysomewhat mediocre, though a considerable bit more human. "Carrie of the Carnival" was in last place on the program, about what it seemed to deserve. "Carrie" was another of those rather pallid plays about a play, one of the kind involving a group of bungling amateurs, herded by a director who is a worse ham than most of his players. As we said, " Littl e Stone H ouse" came off well. It was a work along the lines of the familiar Russian short story, concerning a humble, inoffensive old lad y-w ho get s kicked in the teeth by life. Ruth Remley played the little woman, Praskowyo, and we can find absolutely no fault with her. Overcoming the perennial difficulty C'n'C seems to have in appearing natural, she gave a performance for which the only word is "nice". An overworked and weary word, perhaps, but the right one. Almost as good was James Miller' as Astuga, the calm, strong player of Patience, a man whose will and ideals have become deadened by the daily tediums, a gentle soul for all his strength, and a kindly one. Jane Obitz lent some sympathetic touches to "Madretta", and Larry Amdur managed to do a deathb ed scene that was decently restrained. Oddly, the thing that impressed u s most here was the swirling currents than before. ees to surround Madretta and her husband seemed much more like improvement in so und effects since the last time we saw "Madretta". 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SAllSflES LIKE CHESTERFIELD -- ir> LIGG11T 1k Mnas TollAQ;Q 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 1955 March 11th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 March 11 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/39021126e29c12dfa72ad37cc049dd33.pdf ca9dbb1fe4d5ff545ddebe20f02aca8e PDF Text Text TDR To Give Fashion Show ~ - WILKES COLLEGE - ~Beacon Vol. X, No. 20 WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA. FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1955 Al Groh, Partridge Direct UN Pageant Sunday Evening By T. R. PRICE Beacon Photo by Cliff Brothers • FASHION HEADLINERS - Shown above, left to right, are three of the T.D.R. models: Connie Kamarunas, Shirley Wasenda, and Natalie Rudusky. Others in the show are: ·Jackie Oliver, Justine Battista, Barbara Tanski, Gloria D'ran, Nancy Beam, Joan Shoemaker, Pat Fitzgerald, Ruth Wilbur, Pat Fox, Helen Koelsch, Lois Long, Virginia Brehm, Nancy Schooley, Jackie Jones, Jane Obitz, Lena Misson, and Miriam Thompson. * "Fashion Fantasy", * a showing * of the latest * in women's* spring a-nd summer fashions, will be presented by the women of Theta Delta Rho on Wednesday, Mar_c h 23 at the Wilkes Gymnasium. The show is sched~led to ,begin _at 8 p.m. . . An annual affair for T.D.R., this years fashion show is bemg Studenl Council Grants Conference .Money lo Clubs held in cooperation with Zimmerman's on Public Square. Wilkes coeds will model the ver y latest Zimmerman fa shions-from casuals to bridal wear. All proceeds from the show will go toward a scholarship fund established by T.D.R., it was announced by Helen Krachenfels and Barbara Boock, general chairmen. Helen Kra chenfels, who also wrote the introduction for "Fashion Fantasy", will be interviewed by Sally Wolfe on the WILK-TV program "Just Between Friends" Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Assisting the general chairmen are the following committee heads: Jeannette Perrins, tic)cets; Joan Z aw o is k i, entertainment; Jessie Roderick, wardrobe; Margo Matko, programs; Betsy B'r etz and Elaine Jakes, r efr eshments; Phyllis Walsh, usherettes; Phyllis Shrader, cleanup ; P earl Onacko, publicity. Whatever your r eason-to see the latest fashions, to help a worth y cause, to partake of free r efr eshm ents-the women of Theta Delta Rho hope you attend their "Fashion Fantasy." Tickets are only 50 cents and they can .be purchase(,l from any ,sorority member or at Zimm~rman's. By HEl,,EN M. KRACHENFELS Several club representatives attended the Student Council meeting on Monday night to submit requests for financial aid from the newly established Intercollegiate ·Conference Fund. Three of the requests were granted, and a fourth was partially· fulfilled. Both the Biology and Chemistry Clubs asked for and received, $50.Q0 to help send del.e gates to the forth. coming Eastern Science Conference at Seton Hall University. The Education Club requested and was granted $25.00 for an int ercollegiate · conference on education at Juniata Coll ege. The Wilkes International Relations Club requested a sum of $163.00 for two conferences which its members are planning to att end. The IF:'C policy which the Council recently established, does not allow for allocations of more than $75.oo· per .club per year. The Councilmembers therefore felt it unwise to make an exception to the policy at such an early date. A motion was made and carried that IRC be granted $27 .00 and $48.00, Among other developments cited or a total of $75.00 for their two by Robert Shaw, TV writer of conferences. " Rob ert Montgomery Presents", at Tuesday's assembly, was the KI HW AN LEE TO APPEJ\,R rapidity with which televised news ON SALLY WOLFE TV SHOW will be brought to the public withKi Hwan Lee, Wilkes College in the next few months. s tudent from Korea,. will appear Shaw, speaking in a somewhat on WILK-TV next Tuesday at 2. jocular vein, went on to discuss Ki H wan will be the guest on t elevision in general, mentioning Sally Wolfe's television show. the huge amount of the populace Miss Wolfe told .P.R.O. staff to whom Mary Martin's Peter Pan members that she is very much was available-some two out of interested in Wilkes College, its every three Am ericans. The pres tudents, and college events. sentation of "Peter Pan" was onl y She also said that a discussion the beginning of the quality prowith Ki Hwan should be _inter- grams which will presently be .esting to the people of WyQming ready for the public. Valley. Television has considerable ad- . In the seal of the United States the Valley and the College have an advertisement. In the the seal of the United States is the motto, lmown to all, "E Pluribus Unum - Out of Many, One". The motto, of course, refers to the federal union. It also refers to the unity of the American people, a people of every race or creed in the world. The motto refers to this union of nationalities and cultures; the motto refers to a union exemplified in Wyoming Valley and in Wilkes College. Here. all races, all beliefs are blended to produce not little bunches of Poles, not clannish groups of Welsh, not closed circles of Rus, Manuscript Lisls Several Arlicles To be Published By BILL DeMA YO Sandy Furey, editor af the Manuscript, releas.ed information this week regarding a few of the works which will appear in the college literary magazine soon to be published. The works cited show a variety of inter est s and style, and should prove pleasurable and infor mative reading to a large audience. Margaret Luty, who is remembered fo r her short story which dealt dramaticall y with the supernatural in last year's Manuscript, this time delves lightly into the r ealms of fantasy with a highly humorous ghost story, I See Red. Mexico, an account of some meaningful experiences in that country, is by Ann Haskell, writer who submitted last year a description of the fine points of mountain climbing. In her article on Mexico she uses her vast experience among the Mexican people in penetratingyortrayals that greatly increase the understanding of them. Contrasting forms in architecture are the subjects of Finiteness and infinity in Architecture by l{atia Karas. By sensitively describing her own reactions to two forms of architectural expression, she makes them a p.e rsonal experience for the reader as well. Final decision on the balance of matedal to appear in this year's Manuscript has not been made, and all those who are interested in submitting material are to hurry. sians, but rather one broad class of a homogeneous people-Pennsylvanians, Americans. In view of this union in miniature which is the Valley and the College, the Valley and the College present each year a United Nationa. lities Pageant, in which the contributions of each national group to our culture is dramatized. This year the pageant will take place this coming Sunday, March 20th. As it has in the past, the United Nati!malities Pageant will be given by the people in the g ymnasium of the College, a meeting and a binding of the r etorts which distill Am ericans, Here some dozen of the Valley's national groups will present tableaux, songs, dances, and hymns of their homela nds. Many of the groups will display the dress of their fath ers, or will exhibit the a r t s and crafts which t ypif y the lands of their origin. Among the participating groups will be those of Welsh extraction, those of Lithuanian descent, of Italian, of Slovak, Russian, Greek, or Irish, or of Polish, Syrian, Negro, Ukranian, or Jewish. The program, which begins at 7, will be under the direction of Robert W. Partridge, Wilkes director of student activities, and its script is written by Wilkes' Alfred Groh, director of dramatics _at the College. Narrator for the pageant will be Miss Annette Evans, while Mrs. Robert Partridge is in charge of design and co-ordination of the programs. Wilkes students will be assisting in the annual affair. Some of these will be: James Benson, Samuel Shugar, and James Ferris, properties; Joseph Saracini, Paul Shiffer, and Howard Ennis, technicians; William Crowder, original music; Naomi Kivler and the TDR sorority. SHAW DESCRIBES ADVANTAGES OF TELEVISION ' vantages. It can sell soap and transform hams into artists, but it can also bring symphonies and inaugurations to all. Commenting on the development of a TV program, Shaw explained that after the sponsor's wife had :been convinced of its worth and had cajoled her husband into footing its bill, that the writer st eps in. Only recentl y, he added, have the product of college radio and t elevision wr iting courses begun to en- - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - . ter the field, a young man's business in many respects. Wilkes Biologists Prepare Project Under Dr. Cohen By JEROME STEIN The Wilkes College ·b iologists are, at the present time, making preparations for a research project under the supervision of Dr. Sheldon Cohen. Dr. Cohen is associated with hospitals in the Wyoming Valley area and is primarily concerned with the study of allergies. Last Friday morning, he met with the biologists to give them a preliminary talk concerning the project. Practical work should beg in within a very short time. Dr. Cohen is attempting to find out if guinea pigs are allergic to cobalt, and if they are, their reaction to it, The experiment will be conducted in the biology building. Treating Anemia In treating anemia, substances such as proteins, iron, and cobalt are used. It has been found that a small minority of people have developed cobalt allergies from this treatment. Dr. Cohen, in the project, is attempting to reproduce the cobalt allergy in guinea pigs and thereby carry the study further. Although no such experiment dealing with cobalt has ever been carried out, Dr. Cohen pointed out that world-shaking disc o v er i e s would not result from this project. May Expand The results of this experiment, however, if successful, could possibly lead to further experimet).ts dealing with the human organism. This research project will give the participating biologists valuable experience in laboratory technique and may stimulate interest in this t ype of biological work. After the program is paid for BEACON TO COMPETE and written, it must then find a AGAINST U. OF SCRANTON good announcer, one who will not The Beacon has consented to too frequentl y read, say, "Bupert's Reer" for a nationally known bever- accept the request of the Univerage. Not too much use is made sity of Scranton Aquinas to enter today of the sound-effects man, al- a contest to determine which of though radio finds him handy for of the two is the better college paper. poking cabbages with table · knives Each paper will submit five isto simulate a gory stabbing. sues to be judged by members of Finally, the t elevision program the Wilkes-Barre and Scranton Farrar Returns from NY Trip embraces multifar ious rehea rsals, N ewswriter's Guild, and efforts Welton Farrar, Wiilkes director so ma ny that on the same day that will be made to make the contest of development, retu r ns toda y from the prog ram is at last produced, an annual affair. an organi zational tri p to Bingham- 1 rehearsal fo r the following week Results of the contest will be ton, N.Y. begins, made public on or about May 9. �2 Friday, March ·l8, 1955 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON • WC Collegians Sing, Grow zn Past Four Years Crowder's Crew Crooning on Campus Since '51; Have Given Performances Letter to the Editor. • • Before Local Clubs! Civic Groups LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler (The Letter to the Editor column of the Beacon is op en to the entire Wilkes College campus. Views expressed here are those of the writers and are not necessarily representa tive of the views ol' the Beacon.) By JOHN KUSHN ERICK · Because they sing, they me spirited: because they sing, they are happy: and because they are happy their spirit is infectious. The· fame of Wilkes and the spirit of college life is thus spread through song by the Wilkes Collegians. The Collegians, a chorus of 20 male voices, found its origin Dear Editor: on can;rpus in 1951 as spontaneously ' as the · spirit of song . springs from every hamlet w here college students a ssemble. In just a f ew yea rs t he Collegians have become almost a self-suffi cient organi zat ion. They have come in dema nd at local civic gatherings, club banquets, and have been h eard on local radio stations and · at college affairs . In a ccepting invitat ions t o sing at high school a ssemblies, the Collegians are meet ing prospective coll ege students and im pressing t hem with the warmt h and spirit at Wilkes. This year, under t he direction of Bill Crowder, t he Collegians have appeared before a group of Pharmacist s' Wives,. at t he Hot el Ster ling ; t he Eastern Star ; t he student nurses at Wilkes; and _on WA RMTV in Scranton . They pr ovided one of the school's most entertain- .ing assembly programs a few ~eeks ago. The repertoir e of t he versatile g roup includes folk songs, negro spirit uals, semi-classics, creoles and t he traditional college songs . One stirring select ion is " Down in P ennsylva nia," a coll eg e song dedicat ed to Wilkes, w it h lyrics by Moe Batt erson, a Wilkes student. Soloist s Paul Shiffer and Bob Ma r gan add color to t he chorus whose other m em bers include: Bob Sabitino, president ; E d Yarasheski, vice president ; Bob Lynch, assistant conductor ; J im Miller, t reasurer; Ted J ones, J er r y Gard ner, J oe J a blonski, Ronni e Reed, Ben Omillan, Ray Rosenbaum, Sam Lowe, Nor m P hilli ps, Georg e Richa r ds, J erry Luft , Bob Hontz, Bob Dia mond and Shupp. EDITORIALS What Does All This Mean? Recent appointments here at school have kept students, faculty and all Wyoming Valley buzzing. We've been lucky, for we got our "big story" on each one. There will be others this year, too. And we will make sure that you read them first in the Beacon. And it might be well to add here that we think the college has made excellent choices. Russ Picton's acceptance of the head football coaching job was the first of a number of surprises. Wilkes was lucky that it had a fellow of the caliber of Russ. Not only is he the type of man the college needs as grid mentor and alumni secretary, but he is, as well, one of the best liked persons on campus. If his popularity is any indication, then Russ will be successful. And don't forget, too, he really knows football-just ask any who have worked under him, and played with him. Then, there was an even bigger surprise when George F. Elliot was appointed acting dean of men. George has been one• of the most respected members of the Wilkes faculty since he came here. Another popular personality on campus, he should be a "natural" as dean. His friendliness and willingness to be helpful beyond the call of his teaching responsibilities, have shown his genuine interest in the students as individual personalities. And we need this feeling at Wilkes. George will fill the bill well. John Reese comes to us with a background as a top-notch worker with boys. He has shown he can get along well with, the teams he has coached and can produce good teams of clean sportsmen. This, too, is in the Wilkes tradition. He has majored in the field he now heads at Wilkes. As a physical education director, he should be excellent. It is fortunate that Wilkes is getting such excellent replacements for those who are leaving. We can look for the return of George Ralston, who will be gone only a year. But, Bob Partridge is leaving for good, and it was known by the administration that his shoes would be hard to fill. Partridge in his time here has become a symbol of Wilkes just as Dr. Farley and a few others. That's why we think the choice of young, spirited, and certainly enthusiastic person such as Reese has been a good move. We wish him every success. The emphasis is on youth. Both Picton and Reese are still in their twenties and perhaps the new ideas they will bring with them will give us that little extra something that is so hard to define, but which is so important. Certainly, young blood is healthy. A sit ua tion w hich is tanta mount t o being a t acit for m of censorship has exist ed for some time at the Wilkes Library. I realize full well that t ha t is a pretty serious allegation t o brin g forward, especially since t he whole concept of censorship has been a nathemat ized · time and again by spokesmen .for aca~ demic communities t h ro ugho ut t he land. However , let t he facts speak for th emselves. Th e cru x of t he matter is t his: '::::: The r eader of t he per iodicals available at the library is subj ect ed t o a barrage of verbiage emanat ing from practically only one direction, the left.· In other words, he get s t he news and t he interpr et ation of the news, for t he m ost part, only after the news and interpret at ion have been given a liberal slant. To substantiate th e preceding st a t ement, let me point out that there are available a t Kirby seven unswervingly 1 i b er a 1 publications " I've got one student tha t I dread t o see put up his hand." (" Nat ion," "New Republic," " Chr ist ian C e n t u r y," " Commonweal," " Reporter," " Foreign Policy," "AsLibrary Lists Schedule sociation Bulletin," and " Expose" ) Lib ra r y Hours : Monday through a nd a n eighth (" Har per 's" ) which Thursday, 8: 00 a .m . to 9:30 p.m.; is liberal more often than not. Friday, 8: 00 a.m. · t o 5:00 p.m.; In contrast, the conservat ive Satur day, 1:00 p.m. to 4 :00 p.m. viewpoint is represented by only · I t wo periodicals ("Human Events" and Facts Forum") . But even that - WILKES COLLEGE is not the whole st or y ; fo r , although t he liberal publica t ions can be F ift een faculty members met yescounted u pon t o appear with un- t e r da y with a small group of stufaili ng regularit y t,hose represent- dents in Chase Lo un ge t o discuss A newspaper published each week ing the conser vative views appea r the inaug ura tion of an honor sys- of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes Colirregular ly, if at all. F or example, t ern at Wilkes. Subt he issue of "Human E vents" at the Basic issues in volved in honor lege, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. library as of t his writing (Ma rch syst ems were discussed a nd many scription: $1.80 per semester. 15) is dat ed J a nuary 15. What fac ulty members expressed their in- Editor .. . .. .. . ... John D. Curtis happened t o the eight issues sche- divid ua l views . No issues were re- Asst. Editor .... .. .. .... Ivan Falk duled to appear in t he interim? I solved since it was felt a represen- Sports Editor .. Allen Jeter can onl y guess. t ative num ber of st udents was not Business Mgr. .... Arthur Hoover In order to secure a fairer ba- present. Asst. Bus. Mg r. Dick Jones lance of views present ed, would it Faculty Adviser .... George Elliot Announcement Mis interpreted be over ly presumptuous of me t o Editorial and business offices suggest tha t "American Mercury" Chairman of the discussion, Dean and "Freeman" be added t o t he Gert rude Doane, expressed regret locat ed on second floor of Lecture roster of publicat ions a vailable at tha t t he announcement of the dis- Hall, South River Street, Wilkest he library ? cuss ion ma y have been misinter- Barre, on the Wilkes Campu&. 1 r ecognize t he fa ct that the st ate pret ed a s r est r ict ing it t o cert a in Telephone: VAlley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's of aff airs described above may have groups. Printery, rear 55 North Main come abo ut either ina dvertently or A nother discussion period open Street, Wilkes-Barre. · deli berately. H owever, this a spect · to all students and faculty memis reall y unim port a nt, because ei- hers, has been scheduled fo r next t her wa y the eff ect is the same. Thursday a t 11 :00 A.M. in Chase Men's What pa rticular ly galls me is the Lounge. All who have a negative WOOL SLACKS fa ct t hat it wa s in the very class- or a ffi r mat ive inter est in the a doproo ms of Wilkes that t he necessity t ion of an honor syst em a re urged of weig hing both sides of a ques- t o attend. · Reg. 12.95 Value tion before rea ching a conclusion wa s assiduously inculcated into me. How can both sides be weighed if only one side is a vailable? ANDY'S DINER Save 3.96 Thi s letter has been written with Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym fu ll r ea lization that to some minds, Plenty of Free Parking it will merely be const r ued a s f u r o Flannels • Gabardines o Brown - Navy - Grey - Blue t her confirma tion of t heir worst Prices . for the Collegian's Budget •• o All Perfect Quality - Sizes 28-42 fears-that I'm a r ea ct ionary. To .• A Reputation Built on Fine Food Men's . Pomeroy's First Floor t hese people let m e sa y tha t if it is r eact iorniry t o presume that people ought t o pay mo re than lipser vice t o t heir self -proclaimed ideals, then, gentlemen, m y thinking is not onl y react ionary, but medieval to boot . Sincerely yours, John Bucholtz _, ..:?c ?- 'Honor' Me.et1·ng Draws 15 • Try Aga1·n·. Thursday Beacon 8.99 Osterhout Library Meeting The great opport unities t o be fo und in the field of libra ry work will be t he subject of a r ecruiting meeting to be held next Wednesday at 3 in t he auditorium of the Osterhout Library. TUXEDOS TO RENT Special Price To Students 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. BAUM'S Wilkes College BOOKSTORE AND VARIETY SHOP Books - Supplies - Novelties Subscriptions Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 .. . WELCOME Toll Gate Restaurant PARK, SHOP and A PAPER FOR THE HOME • • • SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Most Complete Local a nd National Coverage FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS GIANT SOCIAL SECTION WEEKLY FEATURES EAT at the new FOWLER, DICK and WALKER The Boston Store "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 Wilkes-Bane, Pa. It's a Pleasure to Serve You • A Full Course Meal Or a Sandwich • Good Food • Reasonable Prices Plenty of Free Parking Space Catering to Small Groups F. DALE, Prop. �Friday, March 18, 1955 WlLKFS COLLEGE BEACON 3 DIAMONDMEN HOLD INITIAL DRILLS IN GYM Why do more college men and women smoke VICEROYS than any other filter cigarette? BECAUSE ONLY VICEROY GIVES YOU A PURE, NON-MINERAL, NON-TOXIC FILTER WITH 20,000 FILTER TRAPS IN EVERY FILTER TIP! _ 1.• Yes, only Viceroy has this filter composed of 20,000 tiny filter traps. You cannot obtain the same filtering action in any other cigarette. 2. 3. Besides being non-mineral and non-toxic, this cellulose-acetate filter never shreds or crumbles. 4. 5. Smokers en masse report that filtered Viceroys have a finer flavor even than cigarettes without filters. _ Rich, s;:i.tisfying, _yet pleasantly mild. The Viceroy filter wasn't just whipped up and rushed to market to meet the new and skyrocketing demand for filtered cigarettes. Viceroy pioneered. Started research more than 20 years ago to create the pure and perfect filter. Viceroy draws so easily that you wouldn't know, without looking, that it even had a filter tip ... and Viceroys cost only a penny or two more than cigarettes without filter$! That's why more college men and.women smoke VICEROYS than any other fi lter cigarette ... that's why VICEROY is the largest-selling filter cigarette in the world! 20,000 TINY FILTER TRAPS . .. e,lus Richer, Smoother Flavor with AL JETER, Sports Editor Ahoy Duffers One thing that Wilkes do esn 't lack is new ideas this year in the sports field. The latest is one that we think to be the best yet-an a ll coll ege open golf tournament. Reese ('low 70's) J ones and a few of his duffing pals came up with this gem, and from the sound of it, the possibilities of such a tournam ent stretch out quite a ways . The object will be to have the tournam ent run on a handicap basis and to include any• person in the s c h o o 1 who wants to dig up the turf a little bit. This m eans that the m a I e students, co-eds, m embers of the faculty, and administrapersonnel w h o want to try their luck are more than welAL JETER come. Since it will be run, if interest can , be co njured up, on a handicap -Aas aq:i JO .ra2uEp OU S! .I!al{+ 'S]SEq era! miniature Ben Hogans that inhabit the joint running off with the works and everyone has a chance, even if they shoot _in the low 150's. Say we might even have a chance of placing. Interest Already At any rate the thing has been talked up a bit and has received the h earty endorsement of the pros and divot diggers alike wherever it's been m entioned. I rv ('so you think you can dig a deep hole with a five iron') Kaye claims that he will get in s hape for it even if he has to exercise. And-'1£ the idea goes through, it's rumored that Bonzo Fay will come out of temporary retirement t ,o take a crack at the title. In a more serious vain, the tourn ey would be a unique and unusual thing for th e campus. A lot of fun can be had by one and all and Wilkes could receive some good publicity with such a stunt. We know of few colleges who have thought of such an idea and we would, in all probability, create a first in this region. If .it goes over, anoth er annual event can be added to the, growing list at Wilkes. As a matter of fact the tourney', without too much urging, could become pretty big if handled right. This column goes for it in a big way-we throw our best putter (a cu e stick) into the ring. Branch Out More on golf: Jones, who swiings a mean driver himself, has been in conference with Athletic Director _George Ralston, and has come out with th e fir st favorabl e report ever received on a golf team for intercollegiate competition. Beside those of us who break sticks, sprain wrists, and generally start strip mines on the fairways, there are som e top notch golfers in th e. school like Jones, N eil Dadurka, and Fay to nam e a few. We think they could hold th ei r own in college competition and since Ralston has said that there is a possibility of a few matches for the boys, we hop e that as th e old proverb says, 'It will co_m e to pass.' Prestige for the school could be given a boost for the best if the golf team becomes a reality. Most of the top notch schools have one and we could probably schedule matches with them in the n ext few years-A good thing for th e school, a good thing for the guys who like to p la y golf-and it could happen. Fresh Hurling Prospects Plentiful; Catching Posilion Causes Concern As First Game Date is Moved Up By JIM COLEMAN Initial practices for pitchers and catchers began last Monday with a large nwnber of candidates showing up to try for · the baseball Colonels. Even some of the fielders tried to beat the gun by showing up for practice with the pitching and catching aspirants. · Quite a few men reported for pitching chores and the prospects of finding a fair staff looks good. Mel McN ew should be the mainstay of the $taff, but it is hoped that some other flingers will shape · up so h e will not be overworked. Mo Batterson, w ho hurled for the Club 20 grabbed an ea rly lead Colonels before entering the Army, and h eld it all the way, defeating will add a little more experience Idiots Row, 56-49, to clinch the In- to th e t eam . tramural championship Tuesday Batterson had two winning seasnight at th e gym. ons before he left the camp us and The Club has been operating for it is hoped he will duplicate the fi ve years in th e loop and has play- f eat this year. Not too much is ed the role of always being close, known about the other men, but it. but never quite mak ing it until this is hop ed that they will furnish the yea r. The squad also holds the dis- needed strength to bring Partridget inction of be ing the only team in a winning season for his last year: the circuit n eve r to have forfe ited a s coach. a game. ·weakness Sho ws The gam e was close all th e way, The main weak spot is still thebut it was a determined crew that catching position, but enough asjust wouldn't quit that came pirants showed up to raise hopes through for their first champion- that one of them will fill the backship. stop s hoes in good style. Joe PopThe half-time score found the 20 pie and Neil Turtel, veterans of squad leading by a 31-24 margin. last year, are trying for the job, From there on in they never l et but several freshmen are expected loose of the strangle hold on the to give them a good battle. Idiots. The other weak spot on the squad Trailing in the final minutes, the as of now seems to be the first Row put on a press, but the 20-men sacker's position, with no really exnabbed the ball and held it in deep perienced man in sight. It looks freeze for the remaining seconds as if Wilkes might have the same to ice the game. problem as th e Yankees. · John Linkosky paced the new Rush for Time champs with 23 big markers and Coach Partridge stated, "Next played a fine floor game to boot. week, I'll give everyone a chance Jim Marks was next in line for to win a position and then, at the scori ng honors with 14 tallies. end of the week I'll pick the team Gay and Hontz shared scoring so that I can devote my full time laurels for the losers, both register- to them in order to shape up for ing 15 counters. the first game on April 2nd. The Although h e figur ed lightly in the l other m en are not being cut, but scoring, a lion's share of credit due to the shortage of time I will must be given to Jim Mitchell who not be able to spend too much time has been a guiding force holding with them. I -hope they wiH stay the club together this year. out during the season so they can Idiots Row Club 20 get experience for next year and Pts Pts if they really show improvement 15 Linkosky . 23 they will be able to break into the Gay . 4 Mitchell 2 lineup at a later date. Many of Gritsko 15 Wanko . 13 these men will receive uniforms beHontz .. 0 Pacropis 4 fore the end of the season because Pataski 6 Marks 14 it is inevitable that some bad Krenich 2 breaks will occur som ewhere." Batterson Total 56 The . first game was originally scheduled for April 5th, but it has 49 Total I been moved up to the Saturday beI fore Easter vacation, April 2nd. This gives th e t eam about two weeks to get in condition and to fi Ollf S. 0Uffiey start working as a unit. Albright Wilkes' Bobby Morgan ·went all College, who has been scheduled for the way to the finais in the Four -the last two years, but rained out I's Tournament last weekend be- each tim e, will be the opponents fore being stopped by Wayde Cum- in the first tilt at Kirby Park. mings of Cortland State Teachers BRESNAHAN GAINS College. The match was close all the way NEW HONORS and Morgan seemed, for a time, John Bresnahan, holder of two to be on th e verge of bringing the Beacon "Athlete of t h e Week" atitle back to Wiilkes. wards added another laurel to his However with just a few remain- titles. In pacing his team to the ing minutes Cum11,1ings snapped the Parsons Memorial YMCA chamBlue and Gold grappler on a tak e pionship, John gained the Parsons down and gained the lead, 5-4, to Co mmunity League award for the win. most valuable player in the tourIn the quarter finals, Morgan pin- ney. n ed Doug K eeler from R.I.T. and After finishing th e regular court went on to pin Ja ck Love of Kent season for the Blue and Gold, he State in the semi-final round. entered the Parsons tournament, Through his showing Morgan playing with the Leader Store team . placed Wilkes t enth in th e tourney Other Colonels on the squad includwhich had entrants from 26 schools. ed Jim Ferris and Harry Ennis. According to latest reports th ere Last year's WC star, Eddie Davis, is a chancs he will enter the Na- also played and was instrumental tionals that will be held on March in the win. The boys will enter the Ro gers tournament this week. Bresnahan was a great asset to ' Coach George Ralston's squad this season. H e was top rebounder on the squad and one of the club's leading scorers. CLUB 20 TAKES CUP IN INTRAMURAL LOOP; DEFEAT IDIOTS TO WIN I Morgan Comes Close_I F I' T • Ll>NGS1N( cmkh.e~ · Featuring The Newest In College Men's Fashions 25 and 26 . This weekend Morgan and t eammate Sam Shugar will enter the National Y.M.C.A. Tournament. �W~KES COLLEGE BEACON 4 WAGS, RAIDERS SET FAST PACE Assistant C~ge Coach IN 'MURAL 'B' BOWLING LEAGUE By RODGER LEWIS Wilkes' fastest growing intramural sport, bowling, completed its third week of success last Sunday evening at the Jewish Community Center, with the Walloping Wags and Ralston's Raiders pacing the 'B' League. Jerry Morris took over leadership of the Wags and also of the league a s he rolled an individual high game of 231, raising his average to a sizzling 179. He also set a new three-game high, 537. INTRAMURAL BOWLING STANDINGS INTRAMURAL BOWLING . League "B" TEAM Walloping Wags Ralston Raid•ers Kingpins Rambling Six Deadly Strikers .. Rampaging Five * * * TOP TEN (Men) Gms. Pins Morris, W.W. . 3 537 Llewellyn, King. 6 967 Gross, W.W. . 6 966 Sabalesky, King. . 3 479 McHugh, C.T. . 3 477 Lind, R.R. . 6 950 Rydzewski, G.R. . 3 473 Havir, W.B. . 3 469 Falk, C.T. 3 467 Larish, King. 6 905 * * ** * TOP FIVE (Women Gms. Pins Luty, G.R. ... 3 390 Pish, W.W. 6 737 'Thomson, D.S. 6 645 Giacometti, W.W. 3 278 Gelb, F.T . . 2 179 :j . Pts 8 8 4 3 1 0 In last week's matches all the winners collected clean sweeps of four points. The Wags whipped the Deadly Strikers, Ralston's Raiders shut out the Rampaging Five, and the Kingpins downed the Rambling Six. The sweep by the Kingpins put them into third place in the 'B' loop standings, one point ahead of the Rambling Six. In the previous week's action the Kingpins fail ed to register a point. The second individual-high game was registered by Joe Trosko of the Wags, a sharp 198. Bill Llewellyn of the Kingpins came in for third man honors with 189. In the thre game high competition, Jerry Lind ran second with 514, while Howie Gross hit for 508 to give him third spot. In the "women's world" Marge Luty continues to head the pack with a high average of 130 followed by Eleanor Pish with 123. League 'A' will swing back to action this Sunday evening at 6 :30. The College Terrors and Ghost Rid ers are riding on the top of the InE~~a~~Olop ~ ~e~?~s~!~n~ ba sketball and baseball coach, William C. Mock, into the local political arena was noted in a story carried in Tuesday's Wilkes-Barre Record. In a general article on the city nominations for the coming primary elections, Mock's name was mentioned as one of some 16 competing for nomination to the office of city school director. Mock, according to the Record, will run on the Democratic ticket. He will be among seven seeking that party's endorsement. Friday, I'(larch 18, 1955 RALSTON PLEASED WITH CAGERS' SHOWING J . . . . . · ~The fo~rth m a senes of articles by Wilkes College coaches renewmg their seasons.) The 1954-55 basketball squad very pleasantly surprised us. At the beginning of the year most interested people, including the coaches, looked upon the year as a sort of rebuilding period, and the prospects for a good season were not promising. To begin with, we had graduated an entire starting team; secondly, the new squad lacked height; and thirdly, most teams on our schedule indicated that they had improved teams. The outlook for ·the season was not good. As the season turned out we say again that it was a pleasant surprise. Many schools would not consider a 10-10 record as good, but at Wilkes we are pleased. We feel that our team in winning as many as it loses gains sufficiently from the efforts of competition to justify the experience. We were pleased with our entire squad. Each man contributed to Symonolewicz Pursues Degree the best of his ability and there was balance. Perhaps the greatest facKonstantin Symonolewicz, head of the Wilkes department of sociology, will return this morning from New York, where he has been submitting his dissertation for his dictorate degree. h eap closely followed by Wilkes Best. The Collegians are paced by Neil McHugh who is a member of the top ten bracket. R ydzewski leads the Rid ers and is also one of the scoring leaders. tor in the success of the team was the fact that it was balanced. By never quitting, and by exerting a maximum effort individually, and as a team, the season was made a success. Our squad was one that was endowed with a great deal of hustle and competitive spirit but less talented with sheer physical assets. This all adds to the glory of the team for it was a squad that achieved a near maximum of its potential. We congratulate the squad members for excellent service and above all for outstanding sportsmanship. The prospects for next year are good. We shall miss Harry Ennis and Parker Petrilak, but we look forward to some help from the freshman squad. Of course, there will be even a greater loss in height. Let's hope the tall man will come along. If he does, our prospects are extremely good. Avg. 179 161 161 160 159 158 158 156 156 151 Avg. 130 123 108 93 89 Where Smart College People Meet - :The MAYFAIR DUPONT HIGHWAY Meet Your Friends at ... The SPA 18 South Main Street • • • After the game After the dance Anytime for a friendly get-together Favorite Spot ... ... For College Students JORDAN Est. 1871 Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality ** 9 West ~farket Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. You'll SMILE your approval of Chesterfield's smoothnessmildness refreshing taste. You'll SMILE your approval of Chesterfield's qualityhighest quality-low nicotine. In the whole wide world no cigarette SATISFIES like Chesterfield © llGGm & MYUS ToBAC<;Q 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 1955 March 18th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 March 18 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/124882154bde2e38f6a552dedf8565cb.pdf c6132969f81111ef498a986131d1488d PDF Text Text Debaters At St. Peter's College This Weekend ~ The Community College. Serving Wyoming Valley And The World Vol. X, No. 21 Mrs. Vujica Objective On Library Slam - WILKES COLLEGE - ~Beacon Soph Carnival Set ~:b~~er;i;:,~ · 1 0 · n·1g · ht at 8!!T.!.~:: For Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA Mrs. Nada Vujica, head librarian at Wilkes, interviewed Tuesday took an objective stand on the whole matter of politically tinted publications. "Since every question has at By NORMA DA VIS Tonight is Carnival Time in the Wilkes Gym starting at 8:00. This unusual event, sponsorleast two sides, I believe that every library should provide ma- ed by the Sophomore class, will have all the glamor and excitement of a present-day carnival terial for both," she declared. complete with Midway. The donation is only 25 cents. Mrs. Vujica added that her reDo you know your faculty? marks were not intended to favor If you do, you may be the lucky or agree with any side in the diswinner of an expensive gift. The p ute. She referred interested students person guessing the greatest Four Wilkes Musicians at Band Festival to the publications cited in the letters of the disputants, and urged that students rather see for themselves the leanings of the magazines. Kirby carries many of the works either cit ed in the arguments of the two letters, or at least containing some articles or editorials leaning to one side or the other. Magazines on Main F loor These magazines can be readily found, for the most part, in the first floor reading room off the main hall of Kirby, and include the "American Mercury" (not in current editions, but available), "Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science," "Atlantic Monthly,'.' "Ch ristian Century," Commonweal," "Congressional Digest," "Current History," "Harper's," and "Life." Other publications which may shed light upon the situati on are "Nation," "New Republic," "Newsweek," "Reader's Digest ," "U. S. News and World Report," "Vital Speeches of the Day," "Yale Rev,i ew," and "Foreign Affairs." In newspapers, one would do well to inquire into the "New York Times" and the "Christian Science Monitor." There are doubtless other works along the same general lines which are also pertinent, but these are those found at the College library, the center of the dispute. The above works are among those listed in Miller's "Magazines for School Libraries," a pub1ication enumerating such works a s the author evidently believes essential for any high school or college library. number of approximatel y 15 facult y sil houette profiles will be the recipient of this gift. And if opening locks is one of your skills, you can make that pay too. There will be about 90 keys and one lock. You will be able to examine both keys and lock, and then make your choice. Your key may be the one which will open the door to a valuable prize. Lapboard, pitching pennies, darts and a variety of games will be featured with prizes for everyone. And after you have made your rounds of the side shows, there will be dancing for all . Refreshments will also be served. Co-chairmen of the affair are Larry Amdur and Gene Roth. Assisting at the various booths will be John Coats, Jesse Choper, Nancy Schooley, Audrey Cragle, Don Reynolds, Bob Chase, Natalie Barone, Richard Morris, Larry Cohen, Bill Farish, Phyllis Walsh , Pat Kennedy, and Justine Battisti. Library Lists Schedule For Easter Vacation The Library will be open every day during the Easter vacation, it was announced yesterday. The hours will be: Tues., April 5: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wed. and Thurs., April 6 and 7: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Good Friday, April 8: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and Monday, Aprill 11: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. After the switchboard closes, the library can be reached by calling: VA 4-4654. JACK DAVIS - South Africa Capable of Solving Own Problems Without Any Aid What South Africa wants is to be left alone, declared Jack Davis in Tuesday's assembly. Davis, a native of the Union of South Africa (this country, one will observe, has evidentl y no monopoly on the initials U.S.A.), em phasized that the Union wants to solve its problems without foreign intervention. That she is able to do this may readily be seen in h er prosperity. This little nation at the tip of the vast African continent produces some 60 percent of the world's gold, all of its diamonds, twice as much proportionate boots and shoes as this U.S .A. The Union of South Africa, is second only to France in export of wine, to Australia in hides and to Russia in chromium and manganese. In production of uranium the little nation is second to none-and iill thi~ in a country of only six THE BEACON cities. Moreover, the De Beers diamond monopoly reta rds the Communist industrial output by refusing to export industrial diamonds to Russia. Culturally, South Africa is a land of contrasts. There one finds t h e highest peak of modern civilization existing side by side with the only remaining paleolithic culture in the world, that of the bushmen who still shoot whites. It is, however, not these or any other native group as such which provides the most problems, but the native who has abandoned his quiet tribal life-tribal life South Africa tries to preserve undisturbed-and who apes the white man without the white many's way of providing a living. There are problems, true, Davis concluded, but they are the country's own, and she will solve them in h er own way. IN STATE BAND-Four Wilkes College music majors are in New Wilmington this week-end for the Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Band Festival at Westminster College. Only 80 musicians fro m throughout the commonwealth were chosen from a list of 237 applicants to take part in the festival, which began Thursday to continue through tomorrow. Shown with their director, Robert E. Moran, assistant professor of music and band director at Wilkes, are left to right, James mark (inset), Janet Jones, Moran, Bob Lynch and Bob Sabatino. The festival is being conducted by Frederick Fennell, Moran's one-time instructor at the Eastman School, Rochester. Beacon to Compete With Area Schools FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1955 Place The Wilkes College debating team hits the road again this weekend to compete in the District Seven regional eliminations held this Friday and Saturday at St. Peter's College, Jersey City, N. J. Varsity debaters James Neveras and J. Harold Flannery will argue some dozen times on the question of United States recognition of Communist China. Try for Nationals Should the local team place as high as fourth in the St. Peter's contest, they will be qualified to participate in the national championship debate tournament at West Point ,in April. The team placed among the top 20 at the nationals last season. The Seventh national debate district comprises the states of Pennsylvania, New J ersey, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. In last year's eliminations, the Wilkes wound up second only to mighty University of Pennsylvania, with George Washington and Howard completing the district's complem ent. The Wilkes debaters then went on to do well in the nationals, defeating the runn er up, University of F lorida, while losing a split decision to the national champions, Kansas. Both Neveras and Flannery are seniors and will conclude their int ercollegiate careers with the tournament at Notre Dame later this season, if they do not go on to the nationals at West Point. N everas will complete a full four year's service on the debate squad, while Flannery terminates his career after two. The debate team is also scheduled to present a debate in assembly later this year, the first such event since they defeated Kings Point before a home crowd a year ago. I l)r. Bridgman lo Address Nursing Students on Problems, Conditions The front page of last week's ment of Baccalaureate and Higher "Beacon" carried a small story By JOHN KUSHNERICK Students of nursing are being in- Degree Programs for the National which stated that the Beacon would compete with the University of formed of the problems and condi- League of Nursing. Dr. Bridgman will also confer Scranton "Aquinas" to determine tions in nursing education on a nawith Miss Ruth Jessee, chairman which is the better paper of the tional scale by Dr. Margaret Bridgof the department of nursing eduarea. man in her visit to the Wilkes cation to assimilate local problems This was misleading and in part campus today. into her studies. incorrect. The "Beacon" has been Dr. Bridgman has been sent to The lecturer is the author of challenged to competition by the w i 1 k es through the National "Collegiate Education for Nursing". Aquinas a s have the papers at Key- League of Nursing in New York She was formerly a teacher of Engstone Junior College, King's, Mi- City. As the basis for her lectures lish at St. Mary's College, Dallas, sericordia and Marywood. Dr. Bridgman u ses the information Texas, and also at Indiana UniverThe Beacon was happy to accept she has compiled from her studies sity. She holds a master of arts t he challenge made by the Scranton of over 80 colleges and universities degree from Yale University and school. The judging will be by and from the information available an honorary Litt. D. from Skidmore members of the Wilkes-Barre and to her as Consultant in the Depart- College. Scranton Newspaper Guilds. '-------,------------------------A letter of acceptance to the j · · Scranton paper is in the mails .. ~he 121 an,? 22. These ~re: "Em~.eror Beacon will be in the competit10n Jones by Eugene O Neill and Anif it materializes further, it was 7 drocles and the Lion" by George officially announced by Editor Jack Bernard ~haw. Curtis this week . Students m Charge Th e "Paris B.ound" production Bill Crowder, Howard Ennis and scheduled by Cue and Curta.in fQr Fred Cohn will be in charge of the this spring has been cancelled, it production details. EDUCATION TALENT SHOW was reported yesterday by club adGroh requests all students who KO'D BY LENTEN SCHEDULE viser Al Groh. It will be given n ext signed up for the club at the begin"Cream of t he Crop", the Edu- year. ning of the school year to report to cation talent show scheduled for In its place, Cue and Curtain will Chase Theater at the earliest posApril 5th has been cancelled. present two well-known pla ys April §i_l:>le moment for committee work, "Par1·s Bound" Replaced By O'Nel•11 andG. B. Shaw �2 Friday, March 25, 19St WILKES COLLEGE BEACON EDITORIALS Why the Sudden Disinterest? It is disturbing to note a sudden lack of disinterest in several activities planned recently. Latest to bite the dust is the Cue and Curtain production of "Paris Bound," a three-act play which was to have begun rehearsals las·t week. Interest seemed nill in the play, as we understand the situation, and the club decided there was nothing else to do but to call the whole thing off. Then ' there was the proposed talent show, "Cream of the Crop" which was to be run by the Education Club. This, too, has been cancelled. It seems nobody registered for the show, which we think would have been not only good entertainment, but also a lot of fun for all. Just what the reason is for this sudden reversal of form here at school, after we seemed to be building spirit, is hard to determine. We can't help of thinking of the ventures that have been successful, however. Which brings up another question-why? The intra-mural bowling league seems to be well on the road to success, not that success is the important thing, but rather that the people participating are getting a lot of fun, ·fellowship and exercise out of it. And then there is the proposed Wilkes golf tourney, which hqs stirred a lot of interest among the male enrollment. It seems as though this will also be a success. Maybe sports are of more importance here than many people would admit. Often the paper has been criticized for devoting too much space to athletics, but the proof is fairly obvious- that people do want to watch and participate in sports. But, we can't have all sports. In order to get a well-rounded extra-curricular schedule (which lends itself to a well-rounded education) we must have other activities. The crowds at the one-act plays given recently by the theater group were anything but good, and there was plenty of work put in on the plays. Then there was the United Nationalities Pageant last Sunday night, which drew a fine crowd to the gym. But, according to $evernl ol;>se:rvers, few of the several thousand who attended were from Wilkes. Po!leibly the folks here are studying more than usual. Although, knowing students, it's hard to believe that they're doing more work one semester than they did the semester before. Of course, there is the possibility that inore work is being poured on this semester. We are experiencing just such a situation ourselves. We're not criticizing. For without knowing the reason for this general apathy, criticism would be stupid. But we have done a lot of thinking, and to be honest, we're stumped. There mu~t be a reason for this new disinterest, though. And we doubt 1f Lent is the reason, since some ventures (a few early in Lent) have been well supported. It's too bad, we think, that after a pretty good year here, that we have to come down the home stretch with pessimism and gloom. Perhaps when spring gets here (not just in name but in weather too) the spirit will leap alive with the land. We can only hope. - WILKES COLLEGE - A PAPER FOR THE HOME . . . SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Most Complete Local and National Coverage FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS GIANT SOCIAL SECTION WEEXLY FEATURES ANDY'S DINER Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym Plenty of Free Parking Prices for the Collegian's Budget •• .. A Reputation Built on Fine Food Beacon A newspaper published each week of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. Edit.o r . . . John D. Curtis Asst. Editor . Ivan Falk Sports Editor . . ..... Allen Jeter Business Mgr . .... .Arthur Hoover Asst. Bus. Mgr. Dick Jones Faculty Adviser .... George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WUkesBarre, on the Wilkes Campus. Telephone: VAlley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. Toll Gate Restaurant PARK, SHOP and EAT at the new FOWLER,' DICK and WALKER The Boston Store "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. It's a Pleasure to Serve You • A Full Course Meal Or a Sandwich • Good Food • Reasonable Prices Plenty of Free Parking Space Catering to Small Groups F. DALE, Prop. Harold Rein, Ex-Student Has First Novel Published An alumnus of Wilkes last week saw his first book hit the bookstores of the nation. He is Harold Rein, former resident of the Heights section of Wilkes-Barre, who attended college here in his freshman and sophomore years. Rein's nov el, "Few W ere Left", was released last Friday by th e John Day Company, publishers, and has appeared on local bookshelves for the past week . A grad uate of GAR High School, class of 1944, Rei n saw service in World War II before joining the throng of ex-Gis who enrolled here following the cessation of hostilities. After studying for two years at Wilkes, h e transferred to the New School of Social Research in New York City, where h e received his degree. H e has long been an ardent st11dent of writing and has done cons id~rabl e work for radio and TV, as well as a number of sh ort stories and magaz ine articles. While he was handling a number of different writing a ssignments, Rein began work on his recently publi s hed novel. Th e story tells, with t errifying plausibility, w hat happens io a group of survivors trapped in a New York subway by a catastrophe, the ca use and extent of which th ey cannot even grasp at first. In order to gather authentic mat erial for the book, Rein spent a good deal of time in New York's subways. Rein, 28, is married to the former Edith Rudolph, daughter of former Wilkes-Barre Baseball Club business manager and Mrs. Harry Rudolph. LETIERS TO THE EDITOR: (Th e Letter to the Editor column of the Beacon is open to the entire Wilkes College campus. Views expressed here are those of the writers and are not necessarily representative of the views of the Beacon.) b ear Editor: There appeared in last week's "Beacon" a letter by John Bucholtz expressing his cont ention that the Wilkes Library subscribes almost exclusively to leftwing periodicals. The result of this imbalance, Mr. Bucholtz feels, is that it is impossible to consider both points of view on any given sub ject since only the liberal view is available. Although h e concedes that the situation may be inadvert ent, the result is contrary to academic traditions and the ideals whi ch cons ervatives and liberals espouse. None can disagree with Mr. Bucholtz's goal of decisions based on complete and objective examination of conflicting points of view. Nor is it untrue that, for Mr. Bucholtz, the Wilkes Library bulges with verbiage from the left. .. But, is his conclusion logically valid and universally true? Let's see. I should liike to co nsider Mr. Bucholtz's contentions in two parts . Firstly, the logic or method of reasoning by whi ch he reached his conclu sion, and seco ndly, hi s conclusion itself. It is obvious that, if Mr. Buholtz's methodology is faulty, the possibility of an accurate conclusion is almost nil. To prove that our Library abounds in leftwing literature Mr. Bucholtz cited several publications which h e arbitrarily designated as "unswervingly liberal". He made no attempt to tell us what elements compose "rightism" or "leftism". H e made no atte mpt to tell u s what criteria a periodical must meet to be called liberal or conservative. The only standards applied by Mr. Bucholtz were those of his own mind. Can anything be more subjective? What has beco me of the objectivity for which he 1>leads ? A member of the Communist Party might ter m t hese same publications pseudo-liberal or even reactionar y. And for him it would be as true as the opposite is for Mr. Bucholtz. The failure of Mr. Bucholtz to supply criteria or a meas uring rod by which all men might judge of the leftness or ri g htness of a specific publication by comparing its con- Rev. Whitmer Speaks on PTA The organization, need, and benefits of Parent T ea chers Associations was the subject of a speech given by the Rev . Ralph Whitmer at a recent Education Club m eeting. The Rev. Whitmer, who is a fulltim e student at Wilkes, is president of the n ewly organized Freeland P.T.A. He pointed out the obstacl es which must be overcome and described hi s experience in P .T ,A. work. tents with the accepted standard reduces his argument to one man's opinion. Although Mr. Bucholtz's reasoning does not sustain what he alleges, the original question remains unansw er ed. Does our Library co ntain a reasonable balance of both points of view? Since th e form ulation of a measuring rod is beyond th e scope of this letter, my citation of the available spokesmen of the right such as: "The U. S. News and World Report", Pegler, Winchell, etc. is guilty of the error for which I chide Mr. Bucholtz, i.e. total subjectivity. For a different approach let us momentarily accept what seem to be the standards of Mr. Bucholtz, namely, that all periodicals from "Harper's" leftward, represent the liberal point of view. Let us ass ume that the Library subscribes to all periodicals. What is the res ult? Since periodicals to the left of " Harper's" outnumber those to the right of "Harper's", a severe imbalance would be inevitable. I conclude that even if what Mr. Bucholtz alleges were true, h e has not proved it, and furthermore, if any imbalance does exist, the application of Mr. Bucholtz's formu la would onl y worsen it. Sincerely, Nick Flannery Dear Editor : Thi s Jetter is to clarify any misunderstanding that may have been brought forth by John Kushnerick's article on the musical program of the Wilkes Collegians in which he stat ed that I was solel y responsible for the writing of the lyrics for thesong "Down In Pennsylvania." Since the song's composition in 1952 there have been many questions as to the identities of the original lyricist s. I feel that it is necessary a t this time to m ention that the lyrics were written through the combined effo rts of Helen Scherf, J erry Yakstis and mys elf-and, perhaps, the hints a nd sugg estions of other dormitory stud ents. The above mentioned individual s have si nce graduated but I feel th ey n eve rthel ess deserve their portion of credit where due. Mo Batterson Editor's note-We agree with "Mo". Such a mistake was, of course, purely an oversight on our part. No harm intended, to be s ure. Harold Rein WISDOM OF WILKES HONOR SYSTEM, OPINIONS ... To gain campus opinion opinion on the much discussed honor system, the "Beacon" this week polled several students with the proposition, "Do you think an honor system would work at Wilkes?" WALTER S. FISHER, Biology major-"Yes, I definitely think the honor system would work. I have grea t faith in th e honesty of m y fellow students at Wilkes." SHELDON ISACC, Chemistry major-"! do not think Wilkes should have an honor system. Too many of the students appear to be insufficiently mature to make such a system work. They would probably co nsider it 'squealing' to prosec ut e a ch eater, and would glory in getti ng away with ch eating." CA ROLYN A. SELECKY, Elementary Education-"If the purpose of an honor system is to instill a sense of honor ... it will fall far short of thi s. Can a person be made more honorable when his fellow students check on him than when an objective t each er checks on him? Due to th e element of personal friends hi p involved, I believe the honor system would lead to greater conflict than exists under our present system." ROBERT EV ANS, Language major-"As a practice applying to the entire student body at Wilkes, the honor system seems impracticable. From past experience I have learned that what applies to so me do es not necessarily apply to all. Th e use of the honor system s hould be left to the discretion of the individual t eac her involved. I have attended classes w here it has worked . . . and where it has not. Therefore I think the t ea cher should have th e right t o use or not to use the honor system. " BARBARA HOLLINGER, Liberal Arts-"The honor system seems to be co ming more and mor e popular. Som e stud ents have said to me that when they are left a lone with a test th'ey would feel more Beacon Financial Statement di shonest to cheat tha n· if they Following is a statement of excheated while there were proctors penditures to F ebruary 28, 1955 in around. I'm definitely all for it!" relation to the budget of th e Bea co n HELEN YOUNG, Secretarial for the school year 1954-55: major-" ... a step in the right diBudget . $ 1,500 .00 rection but will require the full coIncome . . 713.30 operation of both students and faTotal available . 2,213.30 Expenditures culty. After graduation we will to Feb. 28, 1955 . 1,768.68 face greater tests than we see here at Wilkes. There will be no procBalance ,,,,,.,........ $ 444.62 tors then, so why not start to pracMr. Kersteen ti ce honor here and now.'' �_.iday, March 25, 1955 3 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON RAIN, COLD HAMPER DIAMOND DRILLS Terrors, Riders Hola L eaa Set Blistering Pace For ' 8" League Intramural Bowlers 6 By RODGER LEWIS RUNNER-UP JINX FOLLOWS BOB MORGAN IN NATIONAL Y.M.C.A. CHAMPIONSHIP MEET right for himself but fell just short of gaining top hono rs. A possible piece of irony to th e affair was the fact that Morgan did not wrestle in the final s due to th e differences in scheduling of Olympic type bouts from collegiate grappling. If the man who lost to champion Tom Billet had won, he would ha ve been champion despite the fact that Morg an had beate11 him earlie r in the meet. Morgan started off in fin e fa- COLLEGE COURTMEN DOMINATE LOCAL TOURNEY After taking the Parsons Memorial Tournament, the Wilkesdom inated Leader Store team took their opening game in the Central YMCA Rogers Tournament. Members of the squad currently playing with the Plymouth team are: Jim Ferris, John Bresnahan, Harry Ennis, and Joe Jablonski. Two games remain in their championship quest. 50 million times a day at home, at work or while at play nents in Friday's session and taking two more in the-Saturday afternoon matches. Morgan has taken runner-up hono rs in all t he out of sc hool tournam ents he has pa rtic ipated in this year. Coach John Re ese, who has guided the pint-sized grappler all the way is hoping that he will be able to break the second place jinx this week in the College Nationals. Morgan is the only grappler from Wilkes 'to enter any of the post season tourneys this yea r. Dave Thomas was originally scheduled to be a running-mate with him, but a last minute injury force d h im out of the competition. Golf Tourney Plans In Formation Stage; Ap,plications Available Applications are now ready for anyone wishing to enter th e Wilkes College Open Golf T ournam ent, it was announced by Rees e Jones, one of th e organi zers of the affair. The blanks ca n be obtained frn m Bob Fay, N eil Dadurka, or J on es at any tim e. A meeting will be h eld next Thursday in Chase Lounge at 12 :30 for all interested duffers. Everyone planning to enter is urged t o attend so that detai ls can be ironed out. ·1(' . It is also requested that application forms be filled out by m eeting tim e if at a ll possible. Th er e wi ll be a n ecessa ry donation of $1.00 required of each entrant. 50 cents will be returned upon playing. At the present · time it is planned to send off several fli g hts according to experience and previo us score. A champion will be named for each flight and an award w ill be prese nted to eac h win ner. The nature of th e award was not disclosed at the present tim e. The final round will be com posed of the champions of each flight. It will b e run off on a handicap basis according to the scores pos t ed in the first round of play. The final is being t entatively planned for Ire m Temple Co untry Club if the co urse is available. There's nothing like a TUXEDOS TO RENT Special Price To Students 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. BAUM'S • Ll)NGS1N( onW\e~ Featuring The Newest In College Men's Fashions 1. FOR TASTE .• • bright, bracing ever-fresh sparkle. LOFT'S Candy Shop 2. FOR REFRESH_M ENT ••• a welcome bit of quick energy that - brings you back refreshed. 2 South Main Street BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY Wilkes-Barre KEYSTONE COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. "Coke" is a regiStered trade-mark. By JIM COLEMAN Bad wea1her has greatly harassed the WC diamond hope- , fuls as they just managed to get outside this week with only a short time remaining to the first game. Coach Partridge will get his first real look at the team this Hard luck Bob Morgan became a shion, pinning his first two oppo- Saturday when an inter-squad game has been scheduled. The College Terrors and the Ghost Riders continue to pace runner-up again in the National the __ "A" _intramural _bowling YMCA Championship_ last Saturleague after their second round day. The little Wilkes grappler did a ll of the pin loop. Big Harry Ennis set an individual single game scoring high of 192 . to lead the College Terrors in their victory over Wilkes Bes t. The Terrors were able to pick up three points in the standings by w hipping the Hesters who were trailing the l eaders last week hy the :sc:ant margin of one point. Co-l eaders, the Ghost Riders, were busy beating the Flying Terrors at the same time.. The Riders ha ve the two top rnllers for the individual three game high in Jo e R ydzewsk i with ;a itotai ,o f 522 followed by P•ete :Smit'h witb a 497 total. In the oilier game pfayed, the Spare Boys pick,ed 1Ulp thre e points in the standings by downing the W eckesser Wardors. The College T e:rmt·s hold the t eam high for a :s ing1e g:ame w ith a 647 score. TI1ey also hold t he t eam high for a three game series w ith a total of 1822. Leagu e "B" will swing back into action this :Sunday with the first encounter scheduled for 6 :30 at the Jewish Community Center. Swatters Lack Outside Practice As Opening Day Tilt Draws Near; Scramble for Infield Positions Seen © 1955, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY LOFT'S The Candies of Finer Quality with AL JETER, Sports Editor The gam e wi ll give candidates their first opportunity to win a berth on thi s year's squad. This week was spent, for the most part, in the gym with Partridge devising a make-shift infield to give . the m en a little fielding work. This method proved effective und er th e cond itions, but the need for actual practice is undisp utable. Partridge is anxious for a few days of outside work so h e can actually see what his new swatters w ill show under natural conditions. The pitchers have been able to·· work out for th e last two weeks wit hout much undu e harm to co nditioning, although they too w ill be effec t ed by the lack of outside work. The hurling staff s uffered a loss during the past week whe n Mo Batt erson turn ed up with a bad foot that may k eep him from pla ying. A long with the bad n ews came some good, as Al Broody who had a .500 percen tage last year arrived for practice. Broody was a little wild last year, but if h e can overcom e it, he wi ll be a much n eeded addition. In the other positions, a fine batt le is shaping up for infield spots. Partridge said, " The infield battle mig ht , prove to be a fight right down to the day before the game. Ronni e Rescigno, freshman sensation on th e gridiron, showed good form in the inside practices at sh ort and if he continues on the diamond in the same fashion, he will be a big help. More competition show ed up in th e catchi n g lin e th is week and w ill give the r eturning men a fight for the backstop slot. If the hitting shows up as well as the fi elding se.e ms to be, Wilkes will turn up with a fair team and should do better than last year. Fresh Meat On Saturday night 20 m ore men wi ll be officially added to the roster of the Letterman's Club. They're co mposed of athletes who have gained letters for the first time and includes last sea so n's baseball players, this year's footba ll, basketball, wresling, and soccer m en . It's a good organization too, this L etterman 's Club. You hav e to look far and wide to find a club on ca mpus that is active in m ore things or that holds more worthwhile a f . fairs . If a good stunt is thought up you can bet that many tim es t he lettermen are at the bottom of it. For instance-do yo u remember the shoe shine brigade last year? At any rate her e are the guys who ha ve sweat ed blood and m ade th e grade . this season : Willia m Franyock, John Richards,. J a c k Tippett, J o h n Bresnahan, Jack Curtis, William Lloyd, Dave Polley, Joe Popple, Andy Breznay, Jim Catt ell , Jerry Levandoski , Tony Greener, S t a n · Abrams , Eddy Troutman , AL JETER D a v e Thomas, Jarrell Cashmere, Bob Masonis, Ron Rescigno, Bob Morgan and Rodger Lewis. The Sports Staff of the "Beacon" gives a hearty "hats off" to all of them and co ngratulations on jobs well don e, because after all, this has been one of the better yea rs for sports h ere and these are th e By RODGER LEWIS guys that mad e it possible. Intramural activities head Bob Hither and Thither Partridge set the date for the beAnd whi le we're on the Letter- g inn ing of th e intramural softball man's Club there are some notes league at Apri l 14. The opening of interest from some lettermen date was set in view of the present who have hit the graduation trail. rainy weather and due to th e Eas,ter Bob Gillis , former Colonel grid- recess. der, w ho is now stationed with Plans are being made with Kirby Uncle Sam's Army in Arizona, Park heads to sec ure two diamonds dropped us a line to say that he had for the use of the intramural teams. a chance to take in a couple of ex- 'Dwo games will be played at a hi bition gam es between the Giants tim e, starting promptly at 4 o'clock and Indians. Playing second sack at the park. Days set aside for for · th e Indians was Stan Pawlow- play are Monday, Tuesday, and ski, former Newport Township Thursday. standout. H e was doing an all Mr. Partridge also emp hasized right job of it too, Bob says. that teams must meet their comJim Atherton, former cager, was mitm ents. If a team is scheduled reported to be on his way over- for one week does not play in that seas heading for Germany. Jimmy designated week the cont est will will be remembered for hi s deadly a utomatically be forfeited . accura,;y with set shots and it's a A total of six teams are entered good bet he'll do some fancy cage up to date in the new ly formed work while servi no- time in the land I league. They are as follows: Maxof beer and pretz:is. well's Demo ns, the Barbarians, the No rm Chanosky, a right smooth Misfits , th e Hawks, the Champions , quarterback who traded shoulder and W eckess er Hall. pads for a hitch in th e Air Force, is presently stationed at Keesl er Field, Mississippi . Norm is itching to get bac k in the saddle and plans to g ive Air Fo rce football a whi rl next season. A former Colonel, who saw his AND s ervice before going to college , is Jake Kovalchek. The erstwhil e gridder and soccer player has just Books - Supplies - Novelties completed 16 months of executive training with the 'Sears, Roebuck Subscriptions Company at McKeesport and is now Hours: 9-12 .;.._ 1-5 looking to be mov ed closer to t h e .. . -WELCOME Wilkes -Barre ar ea in the near fu . ture. Intramural Softball Set for After Recess Wilkes College BOOKSTORE VARIETY SHOP �Friday, March 25, 19: WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 4 HONOR SYSTEM DISCUSSIONS CONTINUED; MORE ADVISED Dean George Ralston told faculty members and students at yesterday's honor system meeting, that in spite of all the apparent obstacles which new systems meet, Wilkes must strive to attain its ideals. "If we do not look and strive for the ultimate good," Ralston stated, "we are labeling ourselves for mediocrity." The meeting, conducted informally, was attended by about 20 students and six fa culty members. Frank expressions of opinion resulte d from the informality. At one point, Dr. Raddin asked Ins tructor Robert Reilly whether he believed the basic testing system was the cause of cheating. Reilly replied that he did not think the t ype of qu estions instructors ask is at all involved. The area of r es ponsibility for dealing with dishonest students under the honor system was widely discussed. The opinion of Dr. Hugo Mailey, that h e would favor the complet e separation of responsibility from the faculty was countered by several. Bob Coon answered that the system must enjoy the cooperation of both faculty and students, not one body alone. Coon told Dr. Mailey that the type system the student s would accept was the very system Dr. Mailey now u ses in some of his classes. Bruce Warshall expressed a fear that an honor system would bring too great a tension on students during t est s. H e said innocent actions of relaxation could be misinterpret- ed by some students to bring the charge of cheating. He opposed the hono r system, but later amended his stand to let each class decide whether the system should be used. The fa culty will meet weekly wi th students t o h ear new ideas . Th e time and place of t h ese meetings will be announced early n ext week. Student opinion will probably decide whether an honor system will be adopted. The faculty has stated it is ready to accept a workable plan . Each student is urged to att end the weekly meetings since each has something at stake. ~~;Er~:::,~:·~:::!;~;:;,?~~fil-;~:-~::~: Th e MA y FAIR 1; : ; ; : : ; : - ; : - - : and Ann Murrays, they provide ballroom lessons. Sailboat enthusiasts participate in a yacht club. DUPONT HIGHWAY Club members u sually spend their weekends at the Oonodaga Yacht ~~~~~~~~~~*~~*~ Club where its fleet of dingh ies is SPECIAL TUX moored. 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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 1955 March 25th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 March 25 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/975e5a1a1f2f3e78b0b40923d5311b3f.pdf dab6c30ff755352e89f077faf04a83bb PDF Text Text Vincent .Plays for Lettermen on 15th See Story on Page Two "TILK_ES The Community College. Serving Wyoming Valley And The World ~ WILKES COLLEGE ~,Beacon • Dr. Craig to Leave WC zn June Ends 12½ Years at Wilkes; Now Head GALLIA LEAVES BIO. POST AT END OF THIS SEMESTER of English Dep't. twelve and one-half years. The head of the English department feels that she is commencing a new phase of life in which Debate Coach Arthur N. Kruger will speak at the Speech Convent io n in New York this weekend. Take Second in District 7 Meet, Oualify for Nalionals; Al Noire Dame Today By T. R. PRICE W ilkes in 1952, after receiving her B.A. in Biology at Temple University. While there sh e worked with Dr. Asa Shafer, who was engaged The yo ung instructor, who con- in research in protozoology. Localducts lectures or laborat ory classes ly she has done som e research work with Dr. Sheldon Cohen at the in comparative anatomy, histology, Veterans Hospital. embryology, and qualitati ve anal ysis, announced she will be married Miss Gallia will b~ married to . . . . Mr. Thomas Lazarov1ch, a native m Aug_ust and will estabhsh a re~1- of Massachusetts, who is em ployed dence m Allentown, P ennsylvama-. as a sales representative for the She has no immediate plans to con- fir.m of Bird & Son in the Lehigh tinue in a teaching career, I Valley area. she can travel abroad to visit h er many friends and relatives. In June sh e plans to sail for Holiday, England,, and Scotland on the SS. United States. During t h e past several years, Dr. Craig, _who is of English ~ncestry, has made numerous tn?~ to those co1;1ntnes. After completing h er many amb1t1ons, the English Department h ead hopes to settle in Ohio where she wa s -reared. Dr . Craig feels very optimistic about the progress of Wyoming Valley and Wilkes College of which sh e has become such a vital ,part. Miss Craig received h er AB degree at Cornell Uni versity, and then went on to the University of Chicago wher e she worked for her Master's degree. She completed the work for h er Doctorate at Corn ell University. Before com ing to "\Vilkes, Dr. Craig taught at W ebster Reserve Uni versity and Beaver College where she wa s Chairman of t h e English Departm ent. Being a woman with much interest in ed ucatio n, Dr. Craig belongs to th e Modern Languag e Association, the Coll ege English Association, and the Cornell Univer sity Dr. Mary E. Craig W om an's Club. Kruger Speaks at Debate FRIDAY, APRIL 1. 1955 The Wilkes College debaters qualified last weekend for the national debate tournament to be held late next month at West Point. The local team duplicated its feat of last year by again emerging in second place in the DisMiss Gallia, began instructing at trict Seven eliminations held last weekend at St. Miss Rose Marie Gallia will r etire from instructing in the Wilkes Dr. Mary E. Craig recently announced her Colleg e Biology department at the plans to retire at the end of the semester. She termination of this semester, it was has been on the Wilkes faculty for the past announced officially late yesterda y. By JANICE SCHUSTER B y NORMA DA VIS Thi s week's meeting of the Education Club was enlive ned by reports of delegates who attended the Seventh Annual P enn sylvania Future T each er s of America Convention held last weekend at Juniata College. Interesting reports of the delegates disclosed the purpose of the convention to be that of promoting interest and exchanging ideas on the problems encountered by futu re teachers. The two-day convention included business meeti ngs, confer ences, and the election of new officers. The Wilkes College Education Club was one of 18 Pennsylvania coll eges represented. The group who attended the convention at Juniata w er e Glenn Phethean, Chuck N eely, Nancy Morris, and J eanette Perrins. Covers The Campu!i From Comer To Comer Week After Week WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA Vol. X, No. 22 Ed Club Hears FTA Convention Reports THE BEACON I Careers Conference Attended by Over 100 The thi rd annual Wilkes-sponsored Careers Confere nce was attended by over 100 local high school stud ents la st F r iday. Dr. Gordon D. Bell, director of the northeastern Penns ylvania Blood Center, was the main g uest speaker for the discussion of career s in Medi ci ne, Dentistry, as Laboratory Technicians, Chemistry, and Biology. Gu idance Director John J . Chwalek announ ced t hat th e next confe r ence will be held on April 15th. Careers in Retailing w ill be discussed. I P et er's College, J ersey City. Wilkes was second only to St. Joseph's of Philadelphia in cont ests involvi ng some 22 teams from an area embracing the states of P ennsylvania, Maryland, New J er sey, Delaware, the Virginia's and the District of Columbia. St. Peter's was third, George Washingt on and Penn ·State tied for fourth. Wi lkes varsity debaters James Neveras and J, Harold Flannery, Jr., won on nine out of a possible 12 ballots against St. Joseph's, the elimination winner, Dickinson, Princeton, William and Mary, George Washiington, and nearby Scranton. Inasmuch as the same system of t eam-matching was emplo yed at the District eliminations as is used at the nationals, qualifying teams had t o meet other teams with fairly good records. According to the chairman of the District committee, Wilkes had what he called "the AMNICOLA APPLICATION toughest schedule of all", in its bid LETTERS DUE TUESDAY for qualification. The Yearbook office announces The Wilkes team will go to West that the time has come for appliiPoint for the second consecutive cants to get those all important time on the weekend of April 20 letters written and sent into the to 23 . Since the service school is Publications Board. Acording to not debating this year's question, Co-editors Jean Kravitz and that of the r ecognition of ComJames Neveras, letters should be munist China by the United States, addressed to the Board of Publiit is possi bl e that both Penn State cations, Wilkes College. and George Washington may be Positions 01Jen for next year eligible to compete in the nationare those of editor, for which the als, since District Seven may then colleg e offers a full scholarship. be allotted an additional team. Partial scholarships are offered At the West Point tournament for assist ant editor posts. last year, Wilkes defeated UCLA, A lso open are th e jobs of busiN ebraska , Oregon, na tional runnerness manager and tJhotographers. up Florida, to compile an impresFinal dates for filing of candisive record which placed the locals dates' nam es is next Tuesday . amon g the country's top 20 teams. LETTER~1EN TO SHINE TODAYAND MONDAY The Wilkes Lett er men are offering a spo rting proposition. It may be April First today, but the wearers of the "W" presumably are not fooling - they do intend to get some polish. What the ro ugh and ready brawlers w ill do today and Monday will be not to rise, but r ather to stoop a nd shine. And the rest of the campus should benefit thereby-for a price, naturally. Th e s porting financi eers want to raise the level of their treasury by spending t oday and Mo nday shining the shoes of their admiring fan s . The bleacher- warmer s and Monday-morning coaches will be granted th is service from the athletic gi ants fo r a paltry quarter. For two bit s, 25 cents, t h e price of a hot dog, inflation you know, the no ble son s of Wilkes w ill wield polish and rag, the profits produced thereby doing good for both Letterman and donor alike, inasmuch as the gelt gained goes, among other projects, to pay for the coming April Shoewr Bsall. Just think! At a quarter apiece , that's eight white bucks for one green one. Debaters Talk at Notre Dame Today The Wilkes debaters took to the air yesterday. They fl ew to South Bend, by way of Chicago, to take part in the Notre Dame Invitational debate tournament being held at the Indiana school this week end. Ther e they will compete against t he better teams of the midwestern colleges. Th e two-man t eam of J emes Neveras and J . Harold F lannery Jr., fresh from last weekend's St. Pet er's to urn ey wh ich qualified them to participate in the national t ournam ent at West Point, will arg ue the questio n of United States' r ecognition of Communist China. Both debaters are seniors and in t heir last year of intercollegiate co mpetition. FROM THE TOP-The Lettermen of Wilkes will s hine the shoes of anybod y on ca mpus from the top administrator to the lowliest fro sh. Al Wallace, las t yea r 's club president, buffs the leather of Dr. Eu g ene S. Farley (left) and Dean of Men George F. Ralston. Ralston is the Lettermen's adviser, By famil iarizing them with the midwestern teams and t echniques the Notre Dame tournament will provide the Wilkes team with something of a preparation for the nationa ls at West Point. �WIIJCF.S COLLEGE BEACON 2 Friday, April 1, 195[: 'April Showers' Coming to Wilkes on 15th 'Cinder·e tla' Nominations Changed; Now Open to Alt 'April in Paris' lo be Theme; 'Colonel Queen' lo be Selected To Reign Over Annual Dance By JOHN K USHNERICK A night in Paris for two, just for $2.80; your's soon! By HELEN M. KRACHENFELS A new method of selecting candidates for Ciinderella was decided upon at the Student Council meeting Monday evening. In the past students have often expressed dissatisfaction with the old system of nominating candidates through the clubs, since many popular and attractive girls were not nominated simply because they did. not belong to a c-lub. This year the Council has come up with a diifferent scheme which it hopes will be satisfactory to all. The new method, which might be described as sort of an "open primary" will enable every student to cast a ballot indicating his nomination for a first, second, and third choice for Cinderella. The girl whom he indicates as his first choice will receive 3 points, second choice 2 points, and third choice 1 point. The nominations will be tabulated by the Council, and the 11 girls receiving the highest num- ber of votes will be the finalists in the Cinderella The Lettennen's Club will sponsor the gala April Showers contest. Ball on April 15, and with a theme of "April in Paris" will atNominations will be held in the following places tempt to bring to the Wilkes gymnasium a touch of "Gay Paree", during the week of April 12 to 19: Lee Vincent's top-notch orchestra will furnish the musical Tuesday, April 12: Gym Lobby, 10:30 to 12:30 background for 9 to 12 dancing and Wednesday, April 13 : Conyngham Hall, 11 to 1 the Lettermen will select a "ColoThursday, April 14: Dorm Caf (2nd floor) 11 to 1 nels' Queen" to reign over the ball. Friday, April 15: Snack Bar, 11 to 1 Monday, April 18 : Library, 11 to 1 Decorations chairman H ow i e Tuesday, Apriil 19: Gym Lobby, 10:30 to 12:30. Gross, revealed the "April in PaThe nominating places have been spread throughris" theme early this week. He out the campus, in the hope that all students will stated that sketches and models take advantage of the opportunity to participate will be used to create a panoramic in the nominating. Parisian background for the sideOther plans for the Cinderella Ball under diswalk cafes that will line the gym. cussion Monday night included the orchestra and Cafes will be given appropriate price of tickets. Jack Melton's orchestra was decided French names and white-coated upon, and the tickets will be the same as last year's, waiters will be on hand, in true $2.00 per couple. A No Corsage ruling will be in Parisian fashion, to serve refresheff ect. ments. Gross stated his committee soon hopes to announce plans by FACULTY WOMEN HONOR which clubs or individuals may reDR. CRAIG, MRS. WILLIAMS serve space in their own cafes. The Wilkes faculty women last During the intermission, a LetWednesday honored Dr. Mary E. term en's committee headed by Craig and Mrs. Gertrude M. George F. Ralston will select this Williams at an afternoon tea. year's "Colonels' Queen". Dance Dr. Craig, head of the English chairman Joe Trosko announced department, retir-es at the end that the selection will not be reAssembly Tuesday at the Wilkes of the present semester, while stricted to Wilkes co-eds, but will gym was a musical program featur- Mrs. Williams was Wilkes' dean By JEROME STEIN Delegates from the Wilkes Biobe made from all the lovelies presing Ferdinand Liva and Mr. and of women for several years as ent. · Mrs. John Detroy. well as an instructor in English logy, Ch emistry, and Engineering Clubs will be participating in the Lee Vincent Liva, violin soloist, played "Ber- and journalism. The music of Lee Vincent needs ceuse" from the opera "Jocelyn"; littl e introduction to Wilkes social Students as well as faculty at- Eastern College Science Conference at Seton Hall University on April "Son of Pusta", a Hungarian fanta- tended the tea. goers. In the past few years Lee 15th and 16th. sy by Bela; and the first movement has built one of the finest bands in of "Viotti Concerto No. 23", by the nation. He has enjoyed speThe Eastern Colleges Science Conference is an affair which is cial popularity at college proms and Monti. Debaters Present Program held every year at different schools dances. This is partially attested Mrs. Detroy _sang "~tars In My Monda for Pittston Lions Eyes", by Fntz Kreisler; "One . Y . to by the success of his popular refor the purpose of presenting inThe library will be open every . "f "N M " "I' F 11 Wilkes debaters will present a formation concerning the latest deK 1ss cording, "Penn State Hop". Lee ew oon ; m · · I rom L w·th S ,, f a - I program of d e bate an d d"1scuss1on during Easter Vacation and in- also provides yo uth entertainm ent m g n ove 1 omeone rom M d · t 6 ·30 f th velopments in the scientific field and day vites stud ents to make us e of its "N ht M · tt , d "G tt· on on ay evenmg a . or e aug Yy ~,ne d~'W;ah~ tl eHmg combined Lions Clubs of Pittston research papers prepared by mem- facilities. Just come in and finish on Saturday mornings when his 1s e a ap. t o K now ou an hers of the various attending col- (or start) your term paper. Look youngsters .t eam with him on his PY Tune" both from "The King and and Exeter, at Pittston. at the new book shelf (next to the disc jockey show on station WHWL, I,, ' Debaters James Neveras and J . leges. It is a well organized affair and Circulation Desk) with over 100 Nanticoke. ·M D t • d b Oth Harold Flannery Jr. will argue and _r.t e roy a ccompame discuss the problem of U . S. recog- provides for tours of various chemi- brand new books on a variety of The attire for the evening will 1 soLl ois s.. h d f th W . nition of Red China, while Bruce cal, medical, and research centers. subjects-one more interesting than be semi-formal. Trosko stated that va 1s ea o The participating members are giv- the other. · e 0 reyommg h es t ra, Wars h a 11 w1•i1 serve as mo d eraht or. in the Lettermen's opinion this does V a 11 e y Ph1.lh armomc I There are books for lovers of not n ecessarily mean corsages for while Detroy is h ead of the Wilkes The last _s~ch program to be e d en an opportunity to listen to prom. before a c1v1c group was held re- inent speakers as well as to attend American History and Political Sci- the ladies. music departme~t .. Mrs. Det~·oy re- centl y for the Dallas Rotary. a banquet given in their honor. ence. Scholarly souls indulging incently had a smgmg role m the The important committee work Eighty-eight colleges will be rep- to Philosophy or Economic theory College production of "Girl Crazy" . resented. The two official dele- will find much to interest them. has been delegat ed as follows: Degates from Wilkes College are Rich- Artistically inclined readers will corations, Howie Gross, chairman, ard Kent, president of the Biology enjoy reading works on German and Jo e Wilk, Moe Batterson, Glenn TUXEDOS TO RENT Carey, Bill Farish, Bob Fay; publiClub, and Richard Carpenter, presi- English literature. A PAPER FOR THE HOME . . . Special Price To Students city, Jack Curtis, Dave Polley, Bill dent of the Chemistry Club. A point of interest to everyone 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. This year, Wilkes is sending a is the new book by Carl Carmer, Lo yd; tickets, Joe Jablonski, Dick Kachinoski; refreshm ents, Large fairly large delegation and the sci- , 'The Susquehanna." For an ex- "Skinny" Ennis; drawings, Molly ence departments hop e that much will be derived from the affair in ceptionally good and breath-taking Beard; waiters, "Volunteers". novel, try "A Few Were Left" by general. Wilkes' own pride-former student The Most Complete Harold Rein. Local and National Coverage Some other books that are disFIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS played on the n ew bookshelf are: GIANT SOCIAL SECTION Menotti's delightful story, Amahl WEEKLY FEATURES and The Night Visitors; Alcohol, Culture, and Society; Th e Art of A study course to be held at the AND Est. 1871 Primitive Peoples; two books on Coll ege for the next nine weeks propaganda: Propaganda Handbook began with the first weekly lecture the Appeals of Communism; last Saturday. The course is sponMen's Furnishings and and ANDY'S DINER Manners and Morals of the 19·2 0's; sored by the Northeastern PennsylBooks - Supplies - Novelties Hats of Quality The Distribution and Abundance of vania Chapter of the Society of Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym Subscriptions Animals; and many, many others Resid ential Appraisers, and will Plenty of Free Parking Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 to interest all types of readers. feature George V. Deegan, S.R.A., Prices for the Collegian's Budget •. Just come in and browse . . . . WELCOME member of the Appraisal Institute .• A Reputation Built on Fine Food 9 West Market Street And don't forget the 400 current as tomorrow's speaker. periodicals scattered "right" and Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Deegan will speak on city and "left." neighborhood analysis. Purpose of the appraisal course Where Smart College People Meet will be to emphasize the requirements of a Narrative Appraisal Report, and to present a condensed summary of practical appraisal DUPONT HIGHWAY procedure. "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 Meals served in the dormitory Director of the course is Edgar Wilkes-Barre, Pa. dining hall will be prepared on a H. Wood, president of the local catering basis by Percy A. Brown branch of th e S.R.A. Some 30 perand Company starting April 12, it It's a Pleasure to Serve You was learned yesterday by the Bea- sons are re g istered for the course , whic h will be divided into two sescon. sions, morning and afternoon. A Full Course Meal There will be no change in the Or a Sandwich dining hall staff, however, the Morning sessions will be of a source said. lecture type, with demonstration Good Food 2 South Main Street Th e m eals will be pre-prepared periods. Afternoon sessions will • Reasonable Prices at the Percy Brown kitchens, a break down into 10-man groups for Wilkes-Barre Plenty of Free Parking Space move which is something n ew for work on specific properties in Catering to Small Groups both Wilkes and Brown's. The preparation of a case study r eport, LOFT'S meat portion will be sent here to to be con sidered adequate for subF. DALE, Prop. The Candies of Finer Quality be cooked in the Wilkes kitchen by mission for Senior Appraiser staFred Wall, chef. tus. Assembly Livened By Delroys, Liva In Music Recital WC Science Clubs To Send Delegates To Seton Hall U. Library to be Open During Easter Vacation SUNDAY INDEPENDENT BAUM'S Wilkes College BOOKSTORE JORDAN VARIETY SHOP ** Toll Gale Restaurant PARK, SHOP and The MAYFAIR Percy Brown & Co. To Supply Dorm Food EAT at the new FOWLER, DICK and WALKER The Boston Store • • LOFT'S Candy Shop Nine Week Study Course Includes Demonstration �WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Friday, April 1, 1955 Cohen Heads WC Cobalt And Guinea Pig Project By JERRY STEIN The projed concerning cobalt allergy in guinea pigs is in full swing at the biology building. The participating biologists are attempting to find out if guinea p~g are allergic to cobalt, and if they are, their reaction to it. The work is under · the supervision of Dr. Sheldon Cohen who is primarily concerned, in this particular experiment, with the study of allergy in relation to the treatment of anemia. The experiment is being conducted in the following manner. Two teams have been formed. One team is concerned with the injection of a cobalt chloride solution under the skin of one group of guinea pigs and the other team is concerned with the application of a cobalt chloride paste to an abrased portion of the skin of another group of guinea pigs. One guinea pig has been set aside as a control. The two teams meet each day, except Sunday, to administer the re- College Queen To be Picked Al Asbury Park (Special to the Beacon) ASBURY PARK, N.J. - Undergraduate college girls between the ages of 17 and 24 are eligible to enter the third annual National College Queen Contest to be held here at Convention Hall over September 9-11. The contest is sponsored by the City of Asbury Park. Free entry blank forms and complete contest information may be obtained by writing to: College Queen Contest Director, c/o Convention Hall, Asbury Park, N.J. Mayor George A. Smock, 2nd, honorary chairman of the contest committee, announced that judgings will be based on 50 per cent for beauty and 50 per cent for brains. The purpose of the contest is to select and honor on a national level as well as state and sectional, the typical and all-around versatile college girl in the nation. The judges will be headed by Ida Lupino, screen star; Col. Clarence E. Lovejoy, internationally-known education author and counselor; and beauty authorities Ern Westmore and Bruno of Hollywood. The National College Queen winner will receive the National College Queen Trophy A ward; a Grand Tour of Europe with all expenses paid; scholarship awards and$5,000 in prizes including all-purpose wardrobe of designer's apparel. Tact is when you make visitors feel at home when you wish they were. "So you failed the pharmacy exam?" "Yes, I didn't know how to make a western sandwich." - WILKES COL.LEGE - Beacon A newspa.per published each week of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. Editor ................. John D. Curtis Asst. Editor ...... ......... . Ivan Falk Sports Editor ...... ...... Allen Jeter Business Mgr . ... Arthur Hoover Asst. Bus. Mgr. Dick Jones Faculty Adviser .... George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes Camp11.1. Telep.hone: VAlley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. Dr. Sheldon Cohen quired treatment. Up until the present time, the experiment has been carried out with the minimum if difficulties. The control, however, has contracted what seems to be a cold in the left eye and a paralysis of the hind legs. Whether or not this will affect the results of the experiment is not known as yet. The two groups of guinea pigs are going to be given the cobalt chloride treatment for a period of three weeks. During the fourth week, no treatment will be given. At the beginning of the fifth week, the cobalt chloride will be administered and if a positive reaction occurs at this time, it means that the guinea pigs have developed an allergy to cobalt. It takes from three to fuor weeks to develop an allergy artificially. If the guinea pigs have been successfully made al.l ergic to cobalt, the next step in the experiment will consist of determining their reaction to it. LE'ITERS TO THE EDITOR: (The Letter to the Editor column of the Beacon is open to the entire Wilkes College campus. Views expressed here are those of the wriiters and one not necessarily representative of the views of the Beacon.) Dear Editor: Two weeks ago in a letter to the editor I contended that the selection of periodicals available at the Library betrays a distinctly liberal bias amounting to tacit censorship. Since that time a letter from Nick Flannery has appeared in the Beacon which may have been interpreted by some people as proving that my original allegation was without foundation in fact. Therefore, I felt constrained to write another letter to attempt to demonstrate the weaknesses of Mr. Flannery's arguments: Nick Flannery is undoubtedly best known on campus for his very considerable debating ability. Early in this school year when I was yet a member of the Debating Society, I was introduced (by Mr. Flannery, no less!) to one of the more effective debating techniques. This t echnique, which has ·pulled many a team out of a seemingly hopeless position, simply consists of asking the opposition for a definition of terms (although you may know exactly what they mean). This device is especially effective when the terms arse so elusive that they can't possibly be defined by your opponents in the limited amount of time at t..heir disposal. Mr. Flannery, I fear, is up to his old tricks; with tongue in ~heek he berates me for making " .•. no attempt to tell us what elements compose 'rightism' or 'leftism.' " At the same time he is fully aware of the fact, as well-informed as he is, that an astute political scientist might easily require a half-dozen or more ·p ages to formulate the definitions which he so glibly requests. Furthermore, in his own letter he quite frankly admits this difficulty: "Since the formulation of a measuring rod is beyond the scope of this letter ..." In m y opinion, lack of space constitutes insufficient cause for resigning oneself to a situation considered to be totally intolerable. But was I, indeed, guilty of "arbitrarily designating" periodicals as liberal? What Mr. Flannery seems ( or pretends) not to know is that six of the eight periodicals' originally cited as liberal (all except "F.P.A.," "Bulletin," and "Harper's") are avowedly liberal. If he would like to ascertain precise.ly what criteria they used in so designating themselves, he had better take up the matter with the publications themselves. I had nothing to do with it. I believe it is significant that neither Mrs. Vujica nor Mr. Ermel in a personal interview saw fit to question the reasonableness of the classification which I set up in my first letter. (However, in the un,likely event that Mr. Flannery did not have his tongue in cheek and is genuinely interested in criteria, he may find a custom-tailored list neatly posted on the bulletin board in back of the old cafeteria.) In his second and last argument attacking my position, Mr. Flannery utilizes some very curious "logic" to reach the astonishingly fatalistic conclusion that ". . . a severe imbalance would be inevitable." However, because of space limitations, I must refer interested readers to the bulletin board already mentioned. If I feel that .a ny further defense of my position becomes necessary, I will confine my replies to this bulletin board. To those readers who, from the very beginning, have failed to see what all the furor is about, I apologize for having consumed a great deal of valuable newspaper space. Sincerely yours, John Bucholtz Dear Editor: You are misinformed, sir. Placing the Cue 'n' Curtain on the list of organizations suffering from disinterest and lack of spirit is a mistake. Please read the item on the front page of the March 25 issue of your Beacon and you'll see that 'Paris Bound' was not given up but replaced. Two, not one, but two plays will be given, which will call for as much, if not more, interest on the part of the club. The reasons for chang-i ng the productions are best understood by the director and his staff (Just as any coach makes a change of his line-up or plan of attack) and have nothing to do with "interest being nil." Please come to the production in April and see that the Cue 'n' Curtain has not let anyone down, given up, or called anything off. A request is also made to have· a more qualified critic observe and report on any productions in the future. I realize Mr. Editor that this is not your fault and know that your staff is hindered by a few pseudo-literary members that think they can write on any subject. Sincerely, HOW ARD E. ENNIS and disinterested Cue 'n' Curtain members. Liva to Conduct Monday Night Ferdinand Liva, of the Wilkes music department, will conduct the Wyoming Va 11 e y Philharmonic Monday evening at 8 :30 in a concert at Irem Temple. Tickets are $2.20 each. 3 EDITORIALS Letters and More Letters - But Good It seems that the Beacon's Letters to the Editor column has been used more this year than any year we can remember. And, we're not complaining, for it's a good sign. The fact that the students, faculty, and administration see fit to use the column is fine with the paper. For, after all, the column is open for such use. We have encouraged Letters to the Editor this year, as have the editors in the past several years. This year we seem to have had more than the usual number cif people who have something to say-views to air. This. itself is a good indication. It indicates that more people are doing some thinking for themselves-not just shrugging their shoulders and accepting things without question. It also shows that a number of people are not too indfferent or possibly too lazy to sit down and write their views, feelings or gripes. . In a personal note which we received recently from one of the letter writers, he apologized for taking up too much space with his letter. Certainly, there is no need for an apology. For if we printed the letter, we thought it was worthwhile. And that is one of two stipulations that are made in accepting "letters." 1) They must be signed, although we will withhold the name of the author on his request; and 2) they must be worthwhile in the opinion of not just the editor, but the entire editorial staff. So, il the letters meet with these qualifications, which are not stiff by any means, whether they be for, against or totally indifferent toward this paper, they will be printed. Rest assured. On Cue and Curtain - Misformation In one of the letter this week, it was pointed out that the writer erred in his "disinterest" editorial of last week regarding Cue and Curtain. We can only print what we hear and observe. And the story we got from more than one member of the dramatics group was as we printed it. We may well have been misinformed, however. We are happy to see that Cue and Curtain decided to substitute other plays for "Paris Bound" which it dropped last week. And remember, there are always dyed in the wool supporters in any organization who never give up because of disinterest. To those in that category, we offer humble apologies, for certainly you are to be commended. But in his letter, Howard Ennis intimated that the Beacon staff member who covered the last one-act plays is incompetent. Actually, the person in question was expressing his own opinion, on the editor's orders, and can't very well be incompetent in doing so. I don't know of any one more competent to express his own opinions. That was the reason for the by-line on the story. And. as a matter of fact, the writer, an editorial assistant, is one of our most faithful workers, without whose services we certainly would not have come out on a number of occasions this year. Just to get this straight (Too many people have been reading between our lines), when we talked to "Skinny" Ennis about the letter he was going to send the paper, he stated he wasn't angry. We were happy, for we think there are too many really important things in the world to get "mad" about. We certainly are not cross at anybody, especially for anything that has involved the Beacon. No grudges held here. Dr. Craig's Retirement The announcement in this issue that Dr. Mary E. Craig will retire as chairman of the English Department and a member of tlie faculty is probably no surprise to many people on campus. But, surprise or not, the loss to Wilkes by Dr. Craig's retirement · will be a great one. Dr. Craig has been a trusted adviser to her students, a gifted English teacher and a friend to all who have come in contact with her. And as an active person in campus publications, she has served as adviser to the "Manuscript," Wilkes' excellent literary magazine. Dr. Craig has what appears to be an exciting period ahead of her, which will include ever-broadening travel. The Beacon wishes her the best of everything in the future. Wilkes will look long and far to find another of the caliber of Dr. Mary E. Craig. At Easter Time - A Wish Since this is the last paper before Easter and the spring vacation, the entire staff takes this opportunity to wish each and all of you a Happy Holiday. Lincoln, Freud, Milay Now on Kirby Shelves By JUDITH HOPKINS Everyone knows that the book~ they need are located on the second and third floors of the Library. But have you ever noticed the shelf of new books in the Library? This bookcase, located on the first floor near the circulation desk, contains the newest acquisitions to the Library. Their variety is as great as that of the whole library collection, while they have the advantage of being the most recent books on the subject. Whether you want to catch up on your studies during the holidays, or intend to devote them to non-scholastic activities, you can find a book there to suit your interests. If you are a history student, you will have learned by now that the British were not blackhearted scoundrels who delighted in refusing the American colonists' just demands. "British Politics and the American Revolution" is just the book for you if you want to know the other side of the story. �4 WILKES .COLLEGE BEACON What are the Hopes of Man? ... Let not a monument give you 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111III "Old Egypt's King Cheops erect- or me hopes, since not a pinch of ed the first pyramid and largest dust remains of Cheops." - Byron. • • Why do more college men and women smoke VICEROYS than any other filter cigarette? BECAUSE ONLY VICEROY GIVES YOU A PURE, .NON-MINERAL, NON-TOXIC FILTER WITH 20,000 FILTER TRAPS IN EVERY FILTER TIP! 1. Yes, only Viceroy has this filter composed of 20,000 tiny filter traps. You cannot obtain the same filtering action in any other cigarette. · 2. 3. Besides being non-mineral and non-toxic, this cellulose-acetate filter never shreds or crumbles. 4. 5. The Viceroy filter wasn' t just whipped up and rushed to market to meet the new and skyrocketing demand for filtered cigarettes. Viceroy pioneered. Started research more ihan 20 years ago to create the pure and perfect filter. Smokers en masse report that filtered Viceroys have a finer flavor even than cigarettes without filters. Rich, satisfying, yet pleasantly mild. Viceroy draws so easily that you wouldn't know, without looking, that it even had a filter tip ... and Viceroys cost only a penny or two more than cigarettes without filters! That's why more college men and women smoke VICEROYS than any other filter cigarette ... that's why VICEROY is the largest-selling filter cigarette in the world! A Chuckle ... . .. and A Smile LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler llllllllllllllllllll llllllllll lllll II llll{IIIIIIJ Teacher: "Tell ID!!, what is it when I say, 'I love,' 'you love,' 'he loves'?" Brig ht pupil: "Sounds like one of those triangles where somebody always gets shot." "So you .f ailed the pharmacy exam?" "Yes, I didn't know how to make a western sandwich." Many of us are wearing last year's clothes, driving this year's car and living on next year's income. Did you notice how my voice filled the hall last night? Yeah! I even saw some people leavin' the hall to make more room for it. Two business partners, who were a bit distrustful of each other, went to the club for dinner one evening. While seated at the club, one of the partners spoke up and said ex-citedly, "Great Heavens, I came away and left -the safe open." "What does it matter," said the partner, "we're both here." My husband is crazy about me. He says such nice things in his sleep, but he always calls me by the wrong name. Larry: "What do they call a man who is lucky in love?" Nick : "A bachelor." CAMPUS CHATTER We aren't all music lovel's, "Skippy" proved this to the student body at Tuesday's assembly as he queried students and played sliding Mom: Tommy, you're all out of boal'd on the bleac·hers during the musical goings-on . .. SAM MINES breath and your suit is torn. introduced a new chemical t erm to DR. BASTRESS' vocabulary when Why were you running? Tommy: I was trying to keep two he offered "jungle juice" as an answer in an Organic quiz ... kids from fighting. Then, they're howling about the fellow who was busying himDad: What two kids? self in the little room. down at the end of the hall when a substitute Tommy :Me and the kid next door. cleaning lady barged into the room. Embarrassed, she exclaimed, The hardest thing about learning "Oh, hello!" Then she turned on her heels, leaving the fellow and to skate is the ice, when you come his magazine. A little later, in another part of the building, the right down to it. dorm dweller was talking to one of the regulars of the dorm tidiers when the newcomer came along. "- -·-, I'd like you to met ---," saidShe used to do a tight-wire act, the one cleaning lady. To which the other answered forthrightly, but the last time she was tight and the wire wasn't. "Oh, we've already met." He reminds us of a drip - something you can -hear but can't turn off. A man's horse sense always flees when he is feeling his oats. ~: * * * * "H a 1 f the Legislature a r e Crooks," ran a glaring headline in a local newspaper. A r etraction was demanded of the editor. The next day the headline ran: "Half the Legislature are not Crooks." Joe: "Did you ever have a • romance in your life?" Moe: "Yes, I had · a beautiful school teacher. One day she asked : me to stay after school." Joe: "Did you do anything wrong?" Moe: "Yes, I didn't stay." :;: * * * * "You say the censors closed Oscar's Movie Palace?" "They sure did." "Why." "Well, you know how he always dresses up his usherettes to fit the film. This time they sent him a production called "The Garden of Eden." Ernie: "Do you know when you have had enough." Be'rnie: "No, when I've had enough I don't know anything." 20,000 TINY FILTER TRAPS • • • plus Richer, Smoother Flavor Friday, April l, 1955 Judge: "And why did you stick a knife into this man?" Prisoner: "Your Honor, I heard a doctor say the fellow needed some iron in hi s system.'' * * * * * Claude: "When I was a boy I thought nothing of a ten mile walk." Guy: "Well, I don't think much of it myself.'' * * * * * We heard of one town that has a fire department consisting of one engine and three dogs. The dogs help locate the fire hydrants. DAVE POLLEY, who by this time in his college career has almost given up relating his true experiences because few people are willing to believe that so many things could happen to one guy, had another harrowing time recently. (Relax, Dave, it's not THAT one.) Seems he was on the way back from Syosset, N.Y., his hometown, and got a flat tire off, with the car resting precariously on the top notch of a (only about six inches from a three-foot embankment) Dave took the flat tire of, with the car resting precariously on the top notch of a bumper-jack. It could only happen to Polley, but along came a Greyhound bus. So close to his car did it pass that the wind knocked Mercury and Polley down into the ditch. Three hours later in desperation, he drove the tireless wheel out of the ditch and continued on to WilkesBarre. According to JOE RASKIN, reportedly commenting on the honor system: If you copy from one man it's cheating; if you cQPY from two men it's eclecticism; and if you copy from three people it's research. It's also rationalization, Joe.... AL JETER, commenting on an outburst from the wizard at the keyboard (typewriter, that is) T. R. PRICE, "Watch it, Tom, that little cog is going backwards again." •.. Yes, even the s ports staff thinks. One of our members who s plits his time between sports and general news coverage came up with a remark on the Letters to the Editor barrage of late. Said he, "The top intra-mural sport of the year is probably the debate between VERBOSE BUCHOLTZ and FLABBERGASTED FLANNERY." The strange effects that college students have on professors was graphically illustrated recently when the usually sophisticated DR. FRANK J. J. DAVIES remarked concerning the antics of "CURLY PHILLIPS, "How does he get that wa y?" ... The boys ar estill talking, with hushed howls, about the Lettermen's initiation last Saturday night at the Kingston House. Ah, so much fun ... And then the town is still shaking after St. Patrick's Night celebrations in which Wilkesmen were involved, they tell us. A Psychology student used adverse psychology to the confusion of himself, his class and professor recently, when he burst into laughter in the middle of one of DR. HAMMER'S favorite jokes. "You've heard it before,'' the doctor said dejectedly, continuing apologetically, "it isn't in my notes for tonight, either." . . . DAVE ROATS' latest - a comment on love. "They say that love makes the world go 'round, but then again, so does a good swallow of tobacco juice." Several of the student teachers have been getting the rasberries up at Coughlin. One fellow gets the "b-z-z-z-z" of a vacuum cleaner bearing his last name when he walks by a flock of young fems from his business classes, while another, an English teacher, gets the "Hey, Yogo!" treatment, much to their embarrassment, it might be added. And several of the other student t eachers at the uptown school have suffered the complaints of their homerooms concerning one of their cohorts in crime. "What's he bucking for, anyway, principal?" complain the students. Guess Wilkes just rubs off on some . .. And finally, everybody at Tuesday's assembly was amused and amazed at DR. FARLEY'S unexpected display of baby-sitting ability. �riday, April 1, 1955 LITTLt tt\Al"i UN \;AMPU~ WILKES COLLEGE BEACON - ---- - by Dick Bibler 5 Diamondmen Open Tomorrow At 2 Against Albright College; Starting Lineup Still Unsettled By JIM COLEMAN Baseball takes over the sports field at Wilkes this Saturday at 2:00 when the Blue and Gold swatters open the season against Albright College at Kirby Park. Bad weather hampered the team at the beginning of this week, but the sudden change gave them the much needed opportunity for outside practice. Coach Partridge took advantage of the warm weather and gave the outfield candidates their first workout under his direction. "I've been practicing catchin' flies like you said, coach, but I t hink I caught some bees, too." with AL JETER, Sports Editor A New Season Baseball app ears on th e scene tomorrow and one can't help but wonder how the swatters will fare. A s in past years, everything seems to be against them. The springs experi enced h er e are anything but conducive to the national pastime and we have sometim es wondered how it wa s possible t o put a team out at all. Last year was a poor sea son for t he Blu e and Gold f ence busters. The weather put th em so far behind schedule that it to ok all season to work out of the rut and at that they n ever quite made it, experi encing one of the worst seas ons in a lon g time. The times that the school has turn ed out a creditable ball club have been those tim es w hen it was blessed with an abundance of top fli g ht ball player s who could play with ve r y little practi ce. But how of t en do Joe Troesko' s, John Milliman 's, and t he like come along ? Th ese g uys were r eal excepti on s. Whatcha Gonna Do? N ot that th e player s or the coaches are to blam e. A good coach , which Bob Partridge is, can hardl y be expect ed t o turn out a t op fl ight club if h e has no time to wo r k with what h e has due to fo ul w ea t h er and lack of faciliti es. The gu ys who play may not be world b eaters ever y year, but we have yet to see a ball player on a Wilkes team that couldn't be made into a better than a verag e man if given th e n eeded practice. F r om where we stand, it looks like Partridge is on ce more behind th e eight ball. Ther e has been little chance to g o outside so far, and out sid e is wher e t h e game is played. It's a bad break t oo, ~ecause h e has a r ebuilding job this year a nd most of his player s are of an unknown qual it y. Sticks and Stones To t op it all off- look ~t t h e pl:3-ying fa ciliti es. No self-respecting Little League wo ul d play on 8: fi : ld the shap e t h at Ki r by Park 1s rn . Director of Athletics George Ralst on h as managed ever y yea r , by t he swea t of his brow, to put the diamond int o some kind of sh~pe, but it would tak e a m aker of miracles to put it in first cla ss condition. All this is not a pre-season excuse fo r anything that happen s later , and we wouldn't want it to be taken a s such . Because- even Raiders Take Command Of 'B' Bowling Loop By Zeroing Ramblers The Ral ston Raid ers rod e rough shod over th e Rambling Six last Sunday night to pull into the lead in Intr amural Bowling League 'B'. The Ral stonm en shut out the Sixers by g arn ering fo ur points. Dadurka wa s h ig h roll er for the Raid er s with a 200 game and 485 total. Lind was next in line with a 445. Sherman led the way for th e loser s w ith 379 and Troutman captured 344. Th e "".alloping Wag~ dro?I_>ed from _th ell" ~rst pl8:ce tie pos1~1on by losmg a smgle pomt to the Kmgpins. The Wags took three counters, but it wasn't enough to keep pace wit h th e Ralstor:i ~eglers. Gross was th e shmmg star for the Wags with a 200 gam_e and a total of 533. _Trosko ~1t place money by droppmg 497 pms. Ll ewell yn h eld th e losers' heads up w ith 479 and , S_a bal_esky added 465 to k eep th e Pms m the running. Th e Deadl y Strikers pulled into fou r th place by taking thr ee points from th e last place Rampaging Five. Col eman cam e thr ough for the Striker s with a total of 457 while Dromr osk i downed 445 for second place honors. For the tail end Rampag er s, Reilly was tops with 444 and Steck cont r ibuted to the losing caus~ with 405. Leagu e 'A' will swing back into a ction next w eek at the JC C at 6,:30. George Havir announced y esterda y that ther e would be no bowling on East er. The 'B' loop will roll again on April 17. if Wilkes plays baseball under s upr em e diffi culty, just the fact tha t t h ere are people in school who come out fo r the team and want to pla y justifies th e sport, and w e're pull ing for th e n ew Colon els all t h e way. W e just want to po int out diffi cult ies. And - n obody can offer weather r em edi es, that's true but we haven 't n oti ced Artillery P a rk m enti on ed as a possible playing place for som e home g ames this year. • Ll>NGS1NC on.th.e~ Featuring The Newest In College Men's Fashions The outfield shapes up with the most difficult positions for Partridg e to decide upon. The only assured man in the outfield is Cocaptain Jim Ferris at the centerfield slot. Partri dge says that he will not be sure of the other two pasture spots until Friday, so the candidates will have to battle right down to the last day. Second base will not be decided until Friday and it should be a good fight among the aspirants as their ability is almost equal. Leading candidates are John Hesseler, Larry and Wayne Pugh (not related) and Mike Goobic, with Goobic being given th e slight edge to start on Saturday. The only positions that seem to be sowed up are Ronni e Rescigno at shorts top and F erris in centerfi eld. At th e initial sa ck, it is a battl e betw een Bob Miodu ski and Mickey W einberg, with Mioduski holdin g slight advantage.. At third, Joe Parsnik and Dick Kachinosky are try ing to gain th e starting a ssignm ent. If Kachinosk y do es n't start a t th e hot corner, h e will patrol his old stamping ground in left fi eld . Bob Sokol and Jo e Yeninas a re th e lik ely candidates for th e wor k behind th e plate with Sokol given the nod right now, but with som e likelihood that this decision might be changed before game time. On the mound this y ear will be vet erans Mel McNew, Mo Batterson, Al Broody, and fre shman J im •Birnbaum. McN ew will start opening day. During the other games wh en h e isn 't pitching, he may be called upon t o fill the right fi eld spot. Batter son's foot has healed sufficientl y to be able to lend his pitching s kill to WC efforts. Both th e other pitch ers , Broody and Birnbaum, have shown polished form in practice and may prove good additions to the mound corp s. Little is known about the hitting potential of th e t eam, although some of th e men have looked good in batting practice. Much of t~ e slugging will depend on F ern s, Kachinosk y and McN ew , but help looks to be fo rthcoming fr om Yeninas, Sokol and Rescigno. Partridge has said that th e t eam can depend on their s peed, which they have plenty of, to make up for any hitting th ey may lack. Baseball Schedule for 1955: April 2- Albright, Home April 13- Muhlenburg, Away April 16-Bloomsburg, Home April 21-Lebanon Valley, Away April 23-Susquehanna, Home April 26-Ithaca, Home April 28-Moravian, Away April 30- Cortland, Home May 2-Lycoming, Home May 6-Rider, Home Ma y 7-Stroudsburg, Away May 11-Cortland, Away May 14- Stroudsburg, Home Ma y 18- Bloomsburg , Away Ma y 20-Ithaca , A way. a Men's Reg. 12.95 Value 8.99 Two Games Set for Softball Opening JINX TAILS WRESTLER THROUGH NATIONALS I 1 Bad luck trailed Bobby Morgan again in the Nationals, but not in the form of the r unner-up jinx that has haunted him in the past. In the preliminaries of the tournament, Bob was pitted against Hugh Hulings, 123-pound Eastern Collegiate Champ who had come down to 115 for the matches. Morgan put up a sharp battle, but Hulings proved to be the better wrestler, taking the decision, 6-1. Coach Reese was well pleased with th e way Morgan worked in the National s and in th e other tou r naments. H e stated that these tournaments have gi ven the WC matman n eeded experience, that will prove useful n ext year. Bobby looked good against th e champi ons and it is Reese's opinion that h e will obtain greater heights in his n ext t wo years of competition. By RODGER LEWIS The six team intramural softball lea g ue will get underway April 14 at Kirby Park . Two games are listed for opening day with the Misfits up against W eckesser and the Cham ps chall enging the Barbarians. If teams make their commitments as to the playing of regularly scheduled games, the league will bedivided into two halves. A playoff' game between the winners of the halves will determine the league champion. At the present time, plans are in,_ progress to form a faculty softball squad to compete. If it material~ izes an eight gam e sch edule will be put into effect with each team drawing a bye every round. Last sea son th e loop was a success with plenty of participation and few forfeits to mar the season. 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" Coke" is a registered trade-mark . © 1955, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY �WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 6 DEBATERS TO OPPOSE PRINCETON TEAM Peter and the Wolf, Wilkes College Version IN ASSEMBLY; HAVE DUMPED TIGERS TWICE Things t ha t gripe (or, they'll do it every time) - After you're late a number of times to any given class, t he excuses start t o wear thin. Take the ca se of a person who jaur.1ted into his 11 o'clock class at 11 :15 one day this week. You can't very well use the "overs lept" excuse for this time of the morning, can you? The excuse this person had was a real dazzler. Getting up in plenty of time for a change, Joe Wilk walked leis urely to his class only to find it in session when he arrived. His clock had read 10 :30 when he got up, too. "G ee," he muttered, "I didn't spend that much time shaving, did I? I know I'm in a fog in the morning, but how foggy can you get?" At the end of the day, a note in the hall of the dormitory exp lained the whole thing, a lthough the prof involved just shook his head in dubious fas hion when the latecomer later explained. The note read - "Power failure this morning." . Moral-Beware of electric clocks. They're dangerous. The Wilkes debaters will present an assembly debate program in May with Princeton a s the guest team for the debate. Princeton's expected team, that of Tom Farer and Martin Louis, is the same which last week lost to Wilkes at the District Seven eliminations at St. Peter's College, Jersey City. Princeton did better last year in the eliminations, placing at the head of the District Seven schools. In the eliminational tournament this year, Princeton's Farer placed first as speaker, while Wilkes' Flannery was third. Neveras placed ninth. Only last month, however, the Princetonians were defeated by the Wilkes team of James Neveras and J. Harold Flannery Jr. at the Johns Friday, April 1, 1955 TOP TEN (Men) Gms. Pins Avg. Morris, W.W. 6 1031 172 Gross, W.W. . 9 1499 167 Rydzewski, G.R. 6 995 166 Dadurka, R.R. . 3 485 162 9 1446 160 Pts Llewell yn, King. Smith, G.R. ... 6 951 159 7 Havir, W.B . . 6 950 158 7 Ennis, C.T. . 6 949 158 4 6 944 157 4 Sabalesky, King . . 9 1395 155 1 Lind, R.R . . . 1 T OP FIVE (Women) INTRAMURAL BOWLING STANDINGS Ho pkins tourna ment which the Wilkes team won. LEAGUE 'A' The t eams will argue on the ques- TEAM tion, "Resolved : That the United College Terrors States Should Recognize Commu- Ghost Riders . nist China", a question patently of Wilkes Best debate not only in collegiate circles, Spare Boys .. and subject of considerable contro- Flying Terrors .. versy, so much so that t he service Weckesser Warriors . * * * * * and a number of other schools either will not debate on t he question LEAGUE 'B' or have been for bidden so to do. Pish, W.W . . Pts. 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Costs less, too ... you and two more traveling together can each save 25% of regular roundt rip coach fares on most trips of 100 miles or more by using GROUP E CON OMY FARES~Or, gather 25 or more heading home at the same time in same direction and you each save 28%, even if you return separately. *E xce pt f or local travel between New York\Vashi-ngton and points eastuf L a ncaster, Pa, Ask your Railroad Ticket Agent about Group Plan Savings NO CIGARETTE SATISFIES LIKE EASTERN RAILROADS CHESTERFIELD © LlCCETT & Mvu.s T OBACCO 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 1955 April 1st Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 April 1 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