1 15 193 https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/d8dde5b7c4df355082aea038fce032e3.pdf e9e6edb1e47de890a54be24c894f59f9 PDF Text Text er1 ~. ~ ~ ~ &i C ;< ' . . I ! I~· r f II r ~ ~- -, ~ ,~ - ~ :.~_,-_ I ~ ii.-• r,..-1 · -· ~ 1.1111111111,1111.: - ~ JC~P - ~i'f.., Ill~ _~:'. iiiii---=-1■■~-~: ~~-•= -~--,;--.,-,-' ., I·-·~ --- ·jtJI___ ~-,:,1- l:: •~- ~ - ~£.~ ~ _: II a: 111r ~-r: 44 South River Street Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Mr. Gilbert S. McClintock �Manuscript • • The second edition of the M anuscript, literary magazine of Wilkes College, was published in September under the sponsorship of the English department. The magazine made its first appearance in June. At present, the magazine will appear each semester. Journalism Course LOUISE RUMMER, President CHRISTINE WHITEMAN, Vice President MARY KENNY, Recording Secretary ALLEN SIEGFRIED , Treasurer MARIAN THOMAS, Corresponding Secretary • FREDERICK J. WECKESSER, Vice-Chairman The Rev. CHARLES S. ROUSH, Secretary JASPER B. CARR The Hon. ANDREW J. SORDONI DR . SAMUEL M. DAVENPORT JULIUS LONG STERN MISS ANNETTE EV ANS MRS. CHARLES E. CLIFT The Hon. THOMAS F . FARRELL MRS. FRANCK G. DARTE DR. JOSEPH J. KOCYAN GEORGE W. GUCKLEBERGER JAMES P. HARRIS CHARLES H. MINER MRS. SARA E. KENT F. ELLSWORTH PARKHURST, JR. MISS MARY R. KOONS Col. J. HENRY POOL . .. Winter Tour Carrying out what is probably one of the most extensive language training programs in American colleges, Wilkes College Spanish department, headed by Miss Martha J. Silseth, is planning its second trip within a year to study the languages and customs of peoples in a foreign country . The second trip will be to San Juan, Puerto Rico, from Dec. 27 to Jan. 3. Last April, 46 students and faculty members of the College visited Havana, Cuba. The course is under the direction of Mrs. Gertrude Marvin Williams. Mrs. Williams is the author of numerous books about India. Her most recent book, Priestess of the Occult, published in 1946, is a biography of Madame Blavatsky, founder of the Theosophical Society. GILBERT S. McCLINTOCK, Chairman REUBEN H. LEVY In recognition of the vigorous power and tremendous responsibility of a free press, Wilkes College this year has included a course in journalism to give students an accurate foundation for the reporting and writing of news. During the second term , students will study a history of English and American journalism from the 17th century news sheets through the development of the daily newspaper, and the voluminous Sunday paper, and the tabloid down to present day standards and trends. The course will also feature visiting lecturers. EDWARD B. MULLIGAN As a reporter, first for the Boston Transcript, and then for the New York Evening Sun, Mrs. Williams gained practical experience in writing. In recent years she has engaged in public relations work and free lance writing. Chinese Students COVER PHOTO Dr. Eugene S. Farley, addressing the Charter Day audience. IN THIS ISSUE Page GOINGS ON ABOUT WILKES 3 REPORT TO ALUMNI 4 CHARTER DAY 5 FROM THE PRESIDENT'S DESK Dean of Women THE " NEW LOOK"AT WILKES THE THEATRE Miss Elizabeth Harker, who acted as assistant personnel director of the Radio Manufacturing Corp. in Chicago, before coming to Wilkes College, has been appointed Dean of Women. She also served in the personnel office of Boeing Aircraft in Seattle during the war. Graduated from Lawrence College, Appleton, Wis., Miss Harker obtained her master's degree from Northwestern University. 8 FACULTY 9 ATHLETIC PROGRAM 10 ALUMNI NEWS II ALUMNI NEWS Alfred S. Groh, Editor REMINDER Alumni are requested to inform the association of their activities in order to keep the alumni file complete and up-to-date. Two Chinese students, Irene Wang and May Way, have been admitted to Wilkes College for the fall semester . Born in Kumming, China, Miss Wang is enrolled in a pre-medical course. Shanghai-born Miss Way selected the secretarial course at Wilkes because she wishes to become a business executive. College Bookstore The book store, located on the lower floor of Chase Hall, was operated as a separate unit last year. Supervised by Mildred Gittens, the book store also furnishes student supplies, yearbooks, tickets for social activities, information, and-advice. Alumni Meetings Local alumni are urged to attend the alumni meetings held at Chase Hall the first Monday of every month. EXECUTIVE AND EDITORIAL OFFICE: CHASE HALL, WILKES COLLEGE , WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA ,.. ALUMNI NEWS OCTOBER, 1947 �• • • Today's challenge to education is in the realm of human relations. The function and obligation of a college, aside from disseminating knowledge, is to meet the necessities of a world devoted to the constructive needs of peace. We no longer attend college to escape realities. With life becoming complicated and our reactions confused, every institution in society, even every individual in society, must scan and screen ideas for faulty facts, quick opinions, and unprincipled patterns of life to which we have become accustomed. It is the business of a college to offer an education for living and the function of its faculty to prepare its students for community participation. In a report to our alumni it is well to inform them of the progress at Wilkes. The essential activities and aspects of the college program have been maintained and strengthened to serve the needs of its students in a swiftly changing and adjusting world. The college is prepared to move forward along many lines as rapidly as the needful resources can be made available. Our college looks to us alumni for our determination, resourcefulness, and steadfastness of purpose. We must give constructive consideration to our alma mater in the coming days of its expansion. Dr. Arnaud C. Marts, former President of Bucknell University, reviewing the history of the Junior College at impressive charter ceremony. June 26, 1947, designated as Wilkes Charter Day, marked a new era in the growth of Bucknell University's Junior College. From a stormy beginning in 1933 when the resources of the Wyoming Valley Junior College were zero to the sturdy position of a four year school whose resources are well over $1,300,000, Wilkes College has been an integral part of the community. Performing its function of educating young people to live full , creative lives, Wilkes enters this new phase of its achievement with confidence and gratitude. Left to right: Dr. Charles S. Roush, Dr. Herbert L. Spenser, Dr. Eugene S. Farley, Dr. Arnaud C. Marts, Dr. Henry Klonower, Attorney Gilbert S. McClintock. ALUMNI NEWS OCTOBER, 1947 Gilbert S. McClintock, chairman of Wilkes College Board of Trustees, receives State Charter from Dr. Henry Klonower, of the State Department of Public Instruction. �<fhe "New ..foah'' ai 'kid~ By Dr. Eugene S. Farley Even through the period of transition from a junior college to a four-year institution the regular work at the College went on, all on an accelerated basis. No one has minimized or lost sight of the main objective of the College-to render a service to the community through the maintenance of a strong scholastic program. To many of you , it will seem strange to associate yourselves with Wilkes College. You have so long considered yourselves alumni of Bucknell University Junior College that I suspect it will take you some time to accustom yourselves to the fact that you are now alumni of Wilkes College. Those of us who are still associated with the college have changed our thinking slowly. In a period of three months , we have come to think of ourselves as Wilkesonians, even though our past is interwoven with the past of Bucknell University Junior College. Courses It has been satisfying to us to see the development of Bucknell Junior College into Wilkes College. We hope that you may gain the same satisfaction from this development that we have. It has been gratifying to participate in the steady and sound expansion of the College. As the student body has expanded, buildings and equipment have been added and the financial position has been improved. This Fall, we will open with a student body of approximately 1,700 to 1,800 students. Over 1,300 will be enrolled in the day school and approximately 400 to 500 will be enrolled in our evening classes . To many of you , it will seem impossible that your Junior College could have expanded to this extent. In so far as numbers are concerned, the expansion could have been much greater, for during this past summer, we have refused admission to many more qualified students than we were able to admit. In some instances, students who were refused admission this fall. will take evening courses while they wait for admission in February. Others, of course, have sought and have gained admission to other colleges. To accommodate our large student body, five additional residences have been purchased and adapted to college use. Perhaps one of the most amazing adjustments has been the change of the large garages into classrooms and laboratories. By installing tile floors , fluorescent lights, and new walls, attractive and adequate classrooms have been provided. Naturally these adjustments could not have been made without adequate financial resources . Fortunately, Trustees and members of the community have contributed over $600 ,000 during the last two years and i t is only because of their assistance and interest that the college has been able to carry this heavy load . It is also because of their support that we have been able to obtain a charter authorizing the full four-year program in Wilkes-Barre. In 1947, we are entering a new era in our development. The foundations that have been laid during the past fourteen years have been sound, and they provide substance upon which we can build in the future. Although we continue to serve the young people of this community, we are gradually drawing students from other states and countries. As our facilities expand and our reputation is enhanced, we expect to attract many others. All of you who have attended the college have helped to build it . Each student in some way or another contributes to the character and spirit of the College while he is with us. We have appreciated this cooperation, and we are in hopes that in the years ahead, you Alumni may feel a close bond to the College that you have helped to create. You are always welcome at Wilkes College and those of us who remain hope that y ou will visit us and r enew old acquaintances in changed surroundings. Best wishes for happiness and success to all of you. EUGENE s. FARLEY ALUMNI NEWS mitory for men. The Wekesser Home on Northampton Street became a women's student residence. Social and recreation rooms are available in each dormitory. In the interest of the greater use of its physical plant Wilkes is re-designing and improving the interiors of two buildings, the cafeteria in the rear of Chase, and the recently purchased Stoddard Home on South Franklin Street. One half of Stoddard is devoted to the music department, the other side reorganized into classrooms for the new course in journalism. It is hoped that here also will be found the offices of the College publications. In recognition of the changes that have been brought about as a result of a four-year curricula, Wilkes College is developing a curricula to meet the present needs of all its students. Detailed planning , on the part of the administration to offer a wide variety of courses, has resulted in formulating new programs. The College has been called upon to give courses in the following fields : retail selling and buying; life insurance salesmanship; training for laboratory technicians ; and to render counselling service to industry or individuals in the community through the College Guidance Center. Expansion of the College library at Kirby Hall to include more than 25 ,000 volumns helped unquestionably to secure approval of the charter this year by the State Board of Education. Veterans Tradition Veterans now constitute 63 % of the men students at Wilkes College. Their arrival has created problems , as well as a great and welcome opportunity. Under the supervision of the late Dr. Clement Alderfer the College established a Veterans Guidance Center to advise and aid veteran students toward the completion of preparation for their chosen professions. Through the generosity of the community and its alumni the College was enabled to attain an independent charter. Dr. Arnaud C. Marts. former president of Bucknell University from 1935-1945, summarized the feelings of all of us when he said, " Never take Wilkes College for granted . It is an institution built on years of planning and human sacrifice." Equipment To reinforce the Engineering and Biology departments the best equipment possible is continuously being assembled and installed. Re-equipped laboratories are part of Wilkes' effort to increase present facilities. Faculty .-. ....:---· The number of faculty, including part-time, now numbers eighty-nine. Throughout the College, appointments have been made looking toward the future to maintain a high reputation and to assure a steady development of the departments of instruction. Buildings A college's buildings are measured in proportion to the service they perform . Present facil·1 ities are inadequate and several ~iver Street ( garages have been converted into college anA nexes " to handle increased enrollment. As the ii. :,1,,,, College expands , it is expected that additional ,6.~'-~--(7 buildings will be made available either as gifts t '-J! from trustees and friends , or by outright purchase by the College. The Payne Home was turned over to the College to be used as a dor- /i-. OCTOBER, 1947 �The set was struck. The theatre was darkened and emptied. The stage was still. The curtain had fallen , but more than just a play had ended. A show had completed its run . After the performance on May 17, 1947 Bucknell Junior College Thespians became the Wilkes Thespians, opening a new chapter in our history of dramatics. Under the direction of Mrs. Norma Sangiuliano Tyburski from 1937 to 1946 our theatre made an impressive record. Shakespeare, Marlowe, Moliere, Ibsen, Wilde, and other important dramatists were represented on our stage. During the first year, the plays were offered in an auditorium of the college-rented building on Northampton Street. The next year " A Midsummer Night's Dream " and " Tartuffe" were given in two of the local high schools. In 1938 the garage back of Chase Hall was remodeled and in April, 1939, the first play "Button, Button ," was presented on the campus in Chase Theatre. Transformation of Bucknell University Junior College from a two-year education institution to a fouryear community college, Wilkes College, has necessitated the enlargement of the school faculty to more than 60 instructors and professors . Last year, after the final performance of " The Father," fire gutted the interior of the theatre. Repaired and enlarged , the theatre became the meeting place for classes in speech and drama under the direction of Miss Blandina A. Foster. In December, 1946, the Theatre was without a director when Mrs. Tyburski resigned. " The Barretts of Wimpole Street," already in production, was staged in Februarv under the direction of Alfred Groh, former Junior College Thespian, now director of the theatre. LOCAL MEMBERS Among the faculty memberships at Wilkes College is a large group of instructors who are natives of Wyoming Valley. Heading the list is Herbert Morris, registrar and acting head of the economics , who is a former resident of Nanticoke. Clemens E. Pell, who will head the Wilkes College Bureau of Safety education program , and Roy E . Morgan, director of radio workshop, are also residents of Wilkes-Barre. PROMOTIONS OTHER MEMBERS Members of the early faculty roster who are continuing their teaching assignments at Wilkes College are Paul Gies, recently promoted to professor of music; Voris B. Hall , associate professor of physics , and Elwood J. Disque, instructor in German. Remaining members of the expanded faculty at Wilkes College are Virgil Abbott, instructor in engineering; Leon Agranat, assistant professor of economics; Clare Bedillion, assistant professor of economics; Lisabeth Beynon, associate professor of chemistry; Willard H. Burchard, instructor in chemistry; Mary E . Craig, professor of English; Edwin R. Creasy, instructor in mathematics; Frank J. Davies , assistant professor of English; Lawrence DiToro, instructor in physics ; Kathryn Dominguez, assistant professor of psychology; Eugene S. Farley, associate professor of education ; Catherine Fehrer, assistant professor of French; Irvin M . Gottlieb, instructor in chemistry; Betty L. Harker, instructor in psychology; Hazel Hart, instructor in mathematics; Charles Henderson, instructor in music ; Mildred E. Hull . assistant professor of mathematics . economics, Edwardsville; Edward M. Williams, assistant professor of English , Wilkes-Barre; Gertrude M. Williams , assistant professor of English, Wilkes-Barre; John J. Williams , instructor in English, Forty Fort; Edward J. Manley, instructor in economics, Hanover Township , and Mr. Disque, Wilkes-Barre. ALUMNI NEWS Donald Kersteen, of Kingston, who attended Bucknell University Junior College, and was graduated from Bucknell University in 1942, is the present comptroller at Wilkes College and is also an instructor in economics. In the dim beginnings of the college less than a dozen members comprised the administration and faculty. Today the combined total is almost seventy-five on the administrative staff and faculty of Wilkes College. Other faculty members who come from valley towns include Catherine Bone, assistant professor chemistry; Forty Fort; Charles Cann, instructor in economics, Wilkes-Barre; Stanley L. Chickson, assistant professor of mathematics, Hanover Township; Joseph G. Donnelly, assistant professor of English, Wilkes-Barre ; Alfred Groh, instructor in English and director of theatre; Edward Heltzel, assistant professor of engineering ; James E . Laggan, instructor in economics, Wilkes-Barre; Joseph M . Markowitz , instructor in chemistry, Swoyerville; Edith S. Namisniak, instructor in biology , Thomas R. Richards, assistant professor of mathematics , Plymouth; Charles R. Taylor, instructor in physics, WilkesBarre; Cromwell E. Thomas , instructor in engineering; Stanley H . Wasilewski assistant professor of mathematics, Nanticoke; Paul R. Werner, instructor in economics, Forty Fort; John P . Whitby, instructor in Three Shakespearean plays were presented in repertory to meet the expanding need of Wilkes large enrollment. With the opening of " You Can't Take It With You" in July, 1947, the curtain lifted on the first performance of a play at month-old Wilkes College. The stage was set. A new show had begun its run . Joseph H. Myers, Wilkes College librarian is a resident of Kingston , and John A. Hall, who directs the Veterans Guidance Center at Wilkes College, is a native of West Pittston. OCTOBER, 1947 Ruth Knowles, assistant professor of English; John A . McKee, instructor in mathematics; Amy MacMaster, assistant professor of sociology; Hugo V . Mailey, assistant professor of sociology; Mrs. Pearl Mitchell , assistant professor of English; Thaddeus Mitana, assistant professor of Polish; Bernard N eivelt, assistant professor of chemistry; Phyllis Nelson, instructor in history; Robert W. Partridge, assistant professor of history; C . Frank Petrullo , instructor in civil engineering ; George Ralston, dean of men and instructor in biology; Charles B. Reif, associate professor of biology; Nicholas Revotskie, instructor in physics; Martha Silseth, instructor in Spanish; Robert R. Smith, instructor in economics ; Julius B. Spiro, assistant professor of economics ; Konstantin Symonolewicz, assistant professor of sociology; Harold W. Thatcher, assistant professor of history; Stanko M. Vujica, instructor in philosophy; Lenore Ward, associate professor of biology; Arthur N. Kruger, assistant professor of English ; Catherine Fehrer, assistant professor of French . �• • The new and enlarged athletic program which has been developing rapidly at Wilkes actually had its beginning in the spring of 1946 when a group of Bucknell Junior College students with a vision of the need for increased student participation in extra curricular affairs began a campaign to establish a broader athletic program at the college. Their efforts were met with opposition at the outset, but by the first of September they had won the support of the student body, and the director of the college fortified the idea by appointing a director of athletics and authorizing funds for the establishment of a college football team. Since then the program has gone forward by leaps and bounds. Last fall the first football team to represent the college enjoyed an experience which even established intercollegiate teams seldom gain. It went undefeated in a six game schedule. None of us even so much as dreamed of so great a measure of success when forty-eight selfequipped , uncoordinated students reported for the first practice on September ninth . The trials of the first season will not be soon forgotten. The profits in experience we cannot adequately estimate. During last winter the basketball program was expanded and despite the privation of practice facilities at the YMCA, the team enjoyed a 50 % season. Wrestling too was added to the winter sports program and the team made a worthwhile showing. As in basketball, wrestling activities were hampered by the lack of facilities for training. A swimming team, which was formed, had to be discontinued since there were no available facilities. During the spring the college baseball team resumed Christine Whiteman and B,etty Schwager are emlopyed by the Bell Telephone Company, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. its activities and a tennis team was sponsored on an intercollegiate basis. Both squads offered unlimited participation and enjoyed success. • • Robert Templeton is with the Vete rans Administration . Joy Bodycomb is an occupational therapist at Sta tion Hospital, Fort Monmouth, Red Bank, N ,ew Jers ey. This summer an intramural softball league provided extensive participation and a great measure of good to students and faculty resulted. We are planning now for intramural touch-football this fall. Enthusiasm for a broad intramural program is great and success for such a program seems assured. AT WORK: The athletic program more than any other factor , we believe, has contributed greatly to student morale and served as a much needed integrating force at Wilkes. The program has not been revolutionary in nature, it has evolved . Certainly the beginning of football, as an example, was cradled humbly. There has been no emphasis on athletics. We want the program to be a part of one's college education, and opportunity for participation is extended to every student. James Rashi, employed by EiXide Battery Corporation, has been tra nsferred to t ho Chicago plant. By making out athletic program a part of physical education we are sound in policy. We believe that athletics in the form of team games have a definite contribution to make to the personality of the individual. In the rapid give and take on the playing field one loses oneself in the game, expends a lavish amount of energy, and in so doing enjoys a therapeutic treatment, which is natural and especially helpful for life in a civilization which is intricate and confusing. Furthermore, our program teaches lessons in cooperation and competition by methods rarely surpassed in effectiveness. Where does one learn such lessons more thoroughly and enjoyably, as on a football field? Day by day we are realizing the benefits which are the outgrowth of a vigorous athletic program. The idea is the fruition of a real need that existed at the college. We solicit the participation and interest of our alumni in the program. Jac k Batey is back in Wilkes-Barre with the, Penn State Extea sion School Office. AT SCHOOL: John Shannon recently accepted a position as salesman for Best Foods, Inc. Alumni attending Dickinson Law School are: John O'Malley, Bob Hourigan, Grier Carpenter, Jack Keeney, and Pete Serhas. June Owens is now teaching at G. A. R. High School. Sylvester Kasnikowski has a position with Rogers Optical Company of Scranton. Alfred M. Keay is station,ed with the 11th Airborne Division in Sapporo-Hakaida, Japan. John T. Katz is with Curtis Wright Corporation in Caldwell, New Jersey. Phyllis Kirshner· is employed by Pomeroy's in the Advertising Department. Vincent P . Laptus is with the War Assets Division in Philadelphia. B essie A. Lewis is Personnel Manager for the Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company in New York City. Blanche Liddicate is a commercial teacher at Hershey, Pennsylvania. Rev. Jack Leather is now at Christ Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Robert Leh,et is employed by Burpee Company in Clinton , Iowa. Wil1iam Morton is associated with General Electric Company in Schenectady, N. Y. Marjorie E . Mattern is teaching in the Johnstown High School. Philip Netzel is employed by General El.ectric Company, Philadelphia. Major Luther P. Arnold is in Bayreuth, Germany. Joseph Lard is in the graduate school at Harvard University. George P. Mras is at Princeton. Robert S . Mills is at Mansfield State Teachers College. Albert W. Miller is at Penn State. Sidn,ey H . Mendelsohn is attending Temple Law School. Marion Martin, teaching in Shickshinny, recently received her master's degree at Bucknell University. Edward P. Nork is in pre-med at Lehigh University. Charles Nicholson is at Hobart Coll,ege, Geneva, New York. Robert Austin and ,Sondra Berger are seniors at Bucknell University. Steven Baloga is at Villanova. Stanley Blazejowski is at University of Pennsylvania. Irving Bonawitz is attending Bowling Green State University. Philip Cutler will be at Penn State until February, 1948. Philip Cease is working for his B. S. in Agricultural Economics at Penn State. Murray Edelman is at the University of Illinois . MARRIAGES: Cabbages and Kings Mary Elizabeth James to Michael Andelewicz. Mrs. Norbert George Blaskowski (Eleanor Line) is living at Alden Station. Bertha Arnold is teaching at the Dallas Borough High School. Dr. John Anthony is a Resident Physician at Nesbitt Memori a l Hospital, Kingston, Pennsylvania. Mrs. C. R. Curtis (Bertha Shedlesky) is at Maryville, Tennessee. Harold B ,e rgmann is employed at the Keystone Paint and Supply Company, Wilkes-Barre. Mrs. Harry A. Rower, the former Marian Clark, is the mother of a nine-month old daughter. Muriel Rees (Mrs. Cliv.e Dill) is in the graduate school at Syracuse. Allen "Snuffy" Siegfried and his wif.e are expecting their third child in December. Ros s er Bodycomb is at Fort Worth, Texas. Joseph Bankovich is w ith the local Veterans Administration as a training officer. Ruth Guarnaccia was married this summer to Cullen Shippen. Ellen Badger is a Personnel Aide for the I. C. S . in Scranton. Robert Bohn is teaching at Hanover Township. Eleanor Parry Held recently announc,e d the birth of a daug hter, Gail Ann. Dr. Rob.ert Babskie is interning at Wilkes-Barre Genera l :"fospital. Mary E . Coggins is with the Finance Office of the War Depa rtment at Washington. B e njamin Badman is an Accountant in Wyoming, Pennsylva nia. George R. Culp is a Sales Engineer with General Electric. Irene Dolores Betz was married to William Jones. Robert Conway and Joan Law w e re married in August. KILL:F~D IN SERVICE: Gold Stars Francis Bednarek. John McDade. Jack Smith. Al,exander Curnow is Supervisor of Music in Philadelphia. Wayne Swanherry. John Pisano is a junior executive at Pomeroy's . Steven Gacha. Albe rt Fladd, engineer at Philadelphia Electric. Fla dd is a t Bucknell University. Bernard Joseph Jimison is a surveyor with a mining compa ny in East Central, Ohio. ALUMNI NEWS Thomas Brislin and Joseph Kelly are at the University of P ,e nnsylvania Law School. OCTOBER, 1947 Robert Cappellini, Jr. DEATHS: Marga ret Bachman. �Plan to attend--. • • y' • I THE FIRST ANNUAL ALUMNI HOMECOMING SATURDAY EV'ENIN G, OCTOBER 25, 1947 1 Reunion Dance to be held at Hotel Sterling after Wilkes-Kings Football Game Meyers Stadium WILKES COLLEGE 1947 - Football Schedule - 1947 Sept. 26, Fri.-Army Junior Varsity . . . .. .. . .. Away Oct. 4, Sat.-Pittston Vocational School. .. . Away Oct. I I, Sat.-Keystone College .. .. .... .. .. Home Oct· I 8, Sat.-New York A&M ... . . . ... .. .. Home Oct. 25 , Sat.-King 's College . . .. . . . . . . ... . Away Nov. 8 Sat.-National Junior Colle ge . ... . . Away ¥Nov. I 5 Sat.-Dickinson Seminary . ........ . Home 1 1 ¥Nov. 22 , Sat.-Wyoming Se minary ..... . .... Home ,t- Ni g ht Game ALL HOME GAMES AT KINGSTON STADIUM �■I .I ■u , �Manuscript • • The second edition of the M anuscript, literary magazine of Wilkes College, was published in September under the sponsorship of the English department. The magazine made its first appearance in June. At present , the magazine will appear each semester. Journalism Course • • LOUISE RUMMER, President CHRISTINE WHITEMAN , Vice President MARY KENNY, Recording Secretary ALLEN SIEGFRIED , Treasure, MARIAN THOMAS, Corresponding Secretary • FREDERICK J. WECKESSER, Vice-Chairman As a reporter, first for the Boston Transcript, and then for the New York Evening Sun, Mrs . Williams gained practical experience in writing . In recent years she has engaged in public relations work and free lance writing . The Rev. CHARLES S. ROUSH, Secretary The Hon . ANDREW J. SORDONI DR. SAMUEL M. DAVENPORT JULIUS LONG STERN MISS ANNETTE EV ANS MRS. CHARLES E. CLIFT The Hon. THOMAS F . FARRELL MRS . FRANCK G. DARTE DR. JOSEPH J. KOCYAN GEORGE W . GUCKLEBERGER REUBEN H . LEVY JAMES P. HARRIS CHARLES H. MINER MRS. SARA E. KENT F . ELLSWORTH PARKHURST, JR . MISS MARY R . KOONS Col. J. HENRY POOL Winter Tour Carrying out what is probably one of the most extensive language training programs in American colleges, Wilkes College Spanish department, headed by Miss Martha J. Silseth, is planning its second trip within a year to study the languages and customs of peoples in a foreign country . The second trip will be to San Juan, Puerto Rico, from Dec. 27 to Jan . 3. Last April, 46 students and faculty members of the College visited Havana , Cuba. The course is under the direction of Mrs . Gertrude Marvin Williams. Mrs. Williams is the author of numerous books about India. Her most recent book, Priestess of the Occult, published in 1946, is a biography of Madame Blavatsky, founder of the Theosophical Society. GILBERT S. M c CLINTOCK, Chairman JASPER B. CARR In recognition of the vigorous power and tremendous responsibility of a free press, Wilkes College this year has included a course in journalism to give students an accurate foundation for the reporting and writing of news. During the second term, students will study a history of English and American journalism from the 17th century news sheets through the development of the daily newspaper, and the voluminous Sunday paper, and the tabloid down to present day standards and trends . The course will al so feature visiting lecturers. Chinese Students COVER PHOTO Dr. Eugene S. Farley, addressing the Charter Day audience . IN THIS ISSUE Page GOINGS ON ABOUT WILKES 3 REPORT TO ALUMNI 4 CHARTER DAY 5 FROM THE PRESIDENT'S DESK EDWARD B. MULLIGAN Dean of Women THE "NEW LOOK " AT WILKES THE THEATRE • Miss Elizabeth Harker, who acted as assistant personnel director of the Radio Manufacturing Corp. in Chicago, before coming to Wilkes College, has been appointed Dean of Women . She also served in the personnel office of Boeing Aircraft in Seattle during the war. Graduated from Lawrence College, Appleton, Wis ., Miss Harker obtained her master's degree from Northwestern University. FACULTY ATHLETIC PROGRAM 10 ALUMNI NEWS II ALUMNI NEWS Alfred S. Groh, Editor REMINDER Alumni are request ed to inform the association of their activities in order to keep the alumni file complete and up-to-date. Two Chinese students, Irene Wang and May Way, have been admitted to Wilkes College for the fall semester. Born in Kumming , China, Miss Wang is enrolled in a pre-medical course. Shanghai-born Miss Way selected the secretarial course at Wilkes because she wishes to become a business executive. College Bookstore The book store, located on the lower floor of Chase Hall. was operated as a separate unit last year. Supervised by Mildred Gittens , the book store also furnishes student supplies, yearbooks, tickets for social activities, information, and-advice. Alumni Meetings Local alumni are urged to attend the alumni meetings held at Chase Hall the first Monday of every month. EXECUTIVE AND EDITORIAL OFFICE : CHASE HALL, WILKES COLLEGE , WILKES.BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA ALUMNI NEWS OCTOBER, 1947 - �• • •• Today's challenge to education is in the realm of human relations. The function and obligation of a college, aside from disseminating knowledge, is to meet the necessities of a world devoted to the constructive needs of peace. We no longer attend college to escape realities. With life becoming complicated and our reactions confused, every institution in society, even every individual in society, must scan and screen ideas for faulty facts, quick opinions, and unprincipled patterns of life to which we have become accustomed. It is the business of a college to offer an education for living and the function of its faculty to prepare its students for community participation. In a report to our alumni it is well to inform them of the progress at Wilkes. The essential activities and aspects of the college program have been maintained and strengthened to serve the needs of its students in a swiftly changing and adjusting world. The college is prepared to move forward along many lines as rapidly as the needful resources can be made available. Our college looks to us alumni for our determination, resourcefulness, and steadfastness of purpose. We must give constructive consideration to our alma mater in the coming days of its expansion. Dr. Arnaud C. Marts, former President of Bucknell University, reviewing the history of the Junior College at impressive charter ceremony. June 26, 1947, designated as Wilkes Charter Day, marked a new era in the growth of Bucknell University's Junior College. From a stormy beginning in 1933 when the resources of the Wyoming Valley Junior College were zero to the sturdy position of a four year school whose resources are well over $1,300,000, Wilkes College has been an integral part of the community. Performing its function of educating young people to live full, creative lives, Wilkes enters this new phase of its achievement with confidence and gratitude. Pho o b Left to right: Dr. Charles S. Roush, Dr. Herbert L. Spenser, Dr. Eugene S. Farley, Dr. Arnaud C. Marts, Dr. Henry Klonower, Attorney Gilbert S. McClintock. ALUMNI NEWS OCTOBER, 1947 Gilbert S. McClintock, chairman of Wilkes College Board of Trustees, receives State Charter from Dr. Henry Klonower, of the State Department of Public Instruction. �1/J-IUJm tlie <'/lie P1ieuJeniJ :b ulz "Neae .foa/z'' at 'Wd~ By Dr. Eugene S. Farley To many of you, it will seem strange to associate yourselves with Wilkes College. You have so long considered yourselves alumni of Bucknell University Junior College that I suspect it will take you some time to accustom yourselves to the fact that you are now alumni of Wilkes College. Those of us who are still associated with the college have changed our thinking slowly. In a period of three months, we have come to think of ourselves as Wilkesonians, even though our past is interwoven with the past of Bucknell University Junior College. • C ourse s It has been satisfying to us to see the development of Bucknell Junior College into Wilkes College. We hope that you may gain the same satisfaction from this development that we have. It has been gratifying to participate in the steady and sound expansion of the College. As the student body has expanded , buildings and equipment have been added and the financial position has been improved. This Fall, we will open with a student body of approximately 1,700 to 1,800 students. Over 1,300 will be enrolled in the day school and approximately 400 to 500 will be enrolled in our evening classes. To many of you , it will seem impossible that your Junior College could have expanded to this extent. In so far as numbers are concerned , the expansion could have been much greater, for during this past summer, we have refused admission to many more qualified students than we were able to admit . In some instances, students who were refused admission this fall, will take evening courses while they wait for admission in February. Others , of course, have sought and have gained admission to other colleges. To accommodate our large student body, five additional residences have been purchased and adapted to college use. Perhaps one of the most amazing adjustments has been the change of the large garages into classrooms and laboratories. By installing tile floors , fluorescent lights, and new walls , attractive and adequate classrooms have been provided. Naturally these adjustments could not have been made without adequate financial resources. Fortunately, Trustees and members of the community have contributed over $600,000 during the last two years and it is only because of their assistance and interest that the college has been able to carry this heavy load . It is also because of their support that we have been able Even through the period of transition from a junior college to a four-year institution the regular work at the College went on, all on an accelerated basis. No one has minimized or lost sight of the main objective of the College-to render a service to the community through the maintenance of a strong scholastic program. to obtain a charter authorizing the full four-year program in Wilkes-Barre. In 1947, we are entering a new era in our development. The foundations that have been laid during the past fourteen years have been sound, and they provide substance upon which we can build in the future. Although we continue to serve the young people of this community, we are gradually drawing students from other states and countries. As our facilities expand and our reputation is enhanced, we expect to attract many others. All of you who have attended the college have helped to build it. Each student in some way or another contributes to the character and spirit of the College while he is with us. We have appreciated this cooperation, and we are in hopes that in the years ahead , you Alumni may feel a close bond to the College that you have helped to create. You are always welcome at Wilkes College and those of us who remain hope that you will visit us and renew old acquaintances in changed surroundings. Best wishes for happiness and success to all of you. EUGENE S. FARLEY ALUMNI NEWS mitory for men. The Wekesser Home on Northampton Street became a women's student residence. Social and recreation rooms are available in each dormitory. In the interest of the greater use of its physical plant Wilkes is re-designing and improving the interiors of two buildings, the cafeteria in the rear of Chase, and the recently purchased Stoddard Home on South Franklin Street. One half of Stoddard is devoted to the music department, the other side reorganized into classrooms for the new course in journalism . It is hoped that here also will be found the offices of the College publications. In recognition of the changes that have been brought about as a result of a four-year curricula , Wilkes College is developing a curricula to meet the present needs of all its students. Detailed planning , on the part of the administration to offer a wide variety of courses, has resulted in formulating new programs. The College has been called upon to give courses in the following fields: retail selling and buying; life insurance salesmanship; training for laboratory technicians; and to render counselling service to industry or individuals in the community through the College Guidance Center. Expansion of the College library at Kirby Hall to include more than 25,000 volumns helped unquestionably to secure approval of the charter this year by the State Board of Education. Ve te ran s Tradition Veterans now constitute 63 % of the men students at Wilkes College. Their arrival has created problems, as well as a great and welcome opportunity. Under the supervision of the late Dr. Clement Alderfer the College established a Veterans Guidance Center to advise and aid veteran students toward the completion of preparation for their chosen professions. Through the generosity of the community and its alumni the College was enabled to attain an independent charter. Dr. Arnaud C. Marts, former president of Bucknell University from 1935-1945, summarized the feelings of all of us when he said, "Never take Wilkes College for granted. It is an institution built on years of planning and human sacrifice." Equip ment To reinforce the Engineering and Biology departments the best equipment possible is continuously being assembled and installed. Re-equipped laboratories are part of Wilkes' effort to increase present facilities. Faculty The number of faculty, including part-time, now numbers eighty-nine. Throughout the College, appointments have been made looking toward the future to maintain a high reputation and to assure a steady development of the departments of instruction. Buildin gs A college's buildings are measured in proportion to the service they perform. Present facil') ities are inadequate and several River Street ( .1¥,. garages have been converted into " college anA: , nexes" to handle increased enrollment. As the J.i, : I(,,, College expands , it is expected that additional ,6.4:•~'-(7 buildings will be made available either as gifts l ~J! from trustees and friends, or by outright purchase: by the College. The Payne Home was turned over to the College to be used as a dor- O CTOBER , 1947 �• •• The set was struck. The theatre was darkened and emptied. The stage was still. The curtain had fallen , but more than just a play had ended. A show had completed its run. After the performance on May 17, 1947 Bucknell Junior College Thespians became the Wilkes Thespians , opening a new chapter in our history of dramatics. Under the direction of Mrs. Norma Sangiuliano Tyburski from 1937 to 1946 our theatre made an impressive record. Shakespeare, Marlowe, Moliere, Ibsen , Wilde, and other important dramatists were represented on our stage. During the first year, the plays were offered in an auditorium of the college-rented building on N orthampton Street. The next year " A Midsummer Night's Dream" and " Tartuffe" were given in two of the local high schools. In 1938 the garage back of Chase Hall was remodeled and in April, 1939, the first play " Button, Button," was presented on the campus in Chase Theatre . • ~ Transformation of Bucknell University Junior College from a two-year education institution to a fouryear community college, Wilkes College, has necessitated the enlargement of the school faculty to more than 60 instructors and professors. Clemens E. Pell , who will head the Wilkes College Bureau of Safety education program , and Roy E. Morgan, director of radio workshop, are also residents of Wilkes-Barre. PROMOTIOMS Members of the early faculty roster who are continuing their teaching assignments at Wilkes College are Paul Gies, recently promoted to professor of music; Voris B. Hall, associate professor of physics , and Elwood J. Disque, instructor in German. OTHER MEMBERS Remaining members of the expanded faculty at Wilkes College are Virgil Abbott, instructor in engineering; Leon Agranat, assistant professor of economics; Clare Bedillion, assistant professor of economics; Lisabeth Beynon, associate professor of chemistry; Wil,., lard H . Burchard, instructor in chemistry; Mary E. Craig , professor of English; Edwin R. Creasy, instruc,., tor in mathematics; Frank J. Davies , assistant professor of English; Lawrence DiToro , instructor in physics; Kathryn Dominguez, assistant professor of psychology; Eugene S. Farley, associate professor of education; Catherine Fehrer, assistant professor of French; Irvin M . Gottlieb, instructor in chemistry; Betty L. Harker, instructor in psychology; Hazel Hart, instructor in mathematics; Charles Henderson, instructor in music; Mildred E. Hull. assistant professor of mathematics. Other faculty members who come from valley towns include Catherine Bone, assistant professor chemistry; Forty Fort; Charles Cann , instructor in economics , Wilkes-Barre; Stanley L. Chickson, assistant professor of mathematics, Hanover Township; Joseph G. Donnelly, assistant professor of English, Wilkes-Barre; Alfred Groh, instructor in English and director of theatre; Edward Heltzel, assistant professor of engineering ; James E. Laggan, instructor in economics, Wilkes-Barre; Joseph M. Markowitz, instructor in chemistry, Swoyerville; Edith S. Namisniak, instructor in biology, Thomas R . Richards, assistant professor of mathematics, Plym,., outh; Charles R. Taylor, instructor in physics, Wilkes,., Barre; Cromwell E . Thomas, instructor in engineering; Stanley H. Wasilewski assistant professor of mathematics, Nanticoke; Paul R. Werner, instructor in economics, Forty Fort; John P. Whitby, instructor in economics, Edwardsville; Edward M. Williams , assistant professor of English, Wilkes-Barre; Gertrude M. Williams, assistant professor of English, Wilkes,.,Barre; John J. Williams, instructor in English, Forty Fort; Edward J. Manley, instructor in economics , Hanover Township , and Mr. Disque, Wilkes-Barre. Three Shakespearean plays were presented in repertory to meet the expanding need of Wilkes large enrollment. With the opening of " You Can't Take It With You" in July, 1947, the curtain lifted on the first performance of a play at month-old Wilkes College. The stage was set. A new show had begun its run . ALUMNI NEWS Donald Kersteen, of Kingston, who attended Bucknell University Junior College, and was graduated from Bucknell University in 1942, is the present comptroller at Wilkes College and is also an instructor in economics. In the dim beginnings of the college less than a dozen members comprised the administration and faculty. Today the combined total is almost seventy-five on the administrative staff and faculty of Wilkes College. LOCAL MEMBERS Among the faculty memberships at Wilkes College is a large group of instructors who are natives of Wyoming Valley. Heading the list is Herbert Morris , registrar and acting head of the economics , who is a former resident of Nanticoke. Last year, after the final performance of " The Father, " fire gutted the interior of the theatre. Repaired and enlarged , the theatre became the meeting place for classes in speech and drama under the direction of Miss Blandina A. Foster. In December, 1946, the Theatre was without a director when Mrs . Tyburski resigned. " The Barretts of Wimpole Street," already in production, was staged in February under the direction of Alfred Groh, former Junior College Thespian, now director of the theatre. Joseph H. Myers , Wilkes College librarian is a resident of Kingston, and John A. Hall, who directs the Veterans Guidance Center at Wilkes College, is a native of West Pittston. OCTOBER, 1947 Ruth Knowles , assistant professor of English ; John A . McKee, instructor in mathematics; Amy MacMaster, assistant professor of sociology; Hugo V. Mailey, as,., sistant professor of sociology; Mrs. Pearl Mitchell, assistant professor of English; Thaddeus Mitana , assistant professor of Polish; Bernard Neivelt, assistant professor of chemistry; Phyllis Nelson , instructor in history; Robert W. Partridge, assistant professor of history; C. Frank Petrullo, instructor in civil engineering; George Ralston, dean of men and instructor in biology; Charles B. Reif, associate professor of biology; Nicholas Revotskie, instructor in physics; Martha Silseth, instructor in Spanish; Robert R. Smith, instructor in economics; Julius B. Spiro, assistant professor of economics; Konstantin Symonolewicz, assistant professor of sociology; Harold W. Thatcher, assistant professor of history; Stanko M. Vujica, instructor in phi},., osophy; Lenore Ward, associate professor of biology; Arthur N. Kruger, assistant professor of English; Catherine Fehrer, assistant professor of French. �• • The new and enlarged athletic program which has been developing rapidly at Wilkes actually had its beginning in the spring of 1946 when a group of Bucknell Junior College students with a vision of the need for increased student participation in extra curricular affairs began a campaign to establish a broader athletic program at the college. Their efforts were met with op,., position at the outset, but by the first of September tr~y had won the support of the student body, and the director of the college fortified the idea by appointing a director of athletics and authorizing funds for the estab,.., lishment of a college football team . Since then the program has gone forward by leaps and bounds. Last fall the first football team to represent the col,., lege enjoyed an experience which even established intercollegiate teams seldom gain. It went undefeated in a six game schedule. None of us even so much as dreamed of so great a measure of success when forty-eight self,., equipped, uncoordinated students reported for the first practice on September ninth. The trials of the first season will not be soon forgotten . The profits in experience we cannot adequately estimate. During last winter the basketball program was expanded and despite the privation of practice facilities at the YMCA, the team enjoyed a 50 % season. Wrest,., ling too was added to the winter sports program ancl the team made a worthwhile showing. As in basketball. wrestling activities were hampered by the lack of facilities for training. A swimming team, which was formed, had to be discontinued since there were no available facilities. During the spring the college baseball team resumed its activities and a tennis team was sponsored on an intercollegiate basis. Both squads offered unlimited participation and enjoyed success. This summer an intramural softball league provided extensive participation and a great measure of good to students and faculty resulted. We are planning now for intramural touch-football this fall. Enthusiasm for a broad intramural program is great and success for such a program seems assured. The athletic program more than any other factor, we believe, has contributed greatly to student morale and served as a much needed integrating force at Wilkes. The program has not been revolutionary in nature, it has evolved. Certainly the beginning of football, as an example, was cradled humbly. There has been no emphasis on athletics . We want the program to be a part of one's college education , and opportunity for participation is extended to every student. By making out athletic program a part of physical education we are sound in policy. We believe that athletics in the form of team games have a definite contribution to make to the personality of the individual. In the rapid give and take on the playing field one loses oneself in the game, expends a lavish amount of energy, and in so doing enjoys a therapeutic treatment, which is natural and especially helpful for life in a civilization which is intricate and confusing. Furthermore, our program teaches lessons in cooperation and competition by methods rarely surpassed in effectiveness. Where does one learn such lessons more thoroughly and enjoyably, as on a football field? Day by day we are real,., izing the benefits which are the outgrowth of a vigorous athletic program. The idea is the fruition of a real need that existed at the college. We solicit the participation and interest of our alumni in the program. •• Christine Whiteman and B.etty Schwager are emlopyed by the Bell Telephone Company, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. • • Robert Templeton is with the Veterans Administration. Joy Bodycomb is an occupational therapist at Station Hospital, Fort Monmouth, Red Bank, N3w Jersey. AT WORK: •• f Jac k Batey is back in Wiikes-Barre with the Penn State Extension School Office. AT SCHOOL: John Shannon recently accepted a position as salesman for B ,e st Foods, Inc. Alumni attending Dickinson Law School are: John O'Ma.1ley, Bob Hourigan, Grier Carpenter, Jack Keeney, and Pete Serhas . June Owens is now teaching at G. A. R . High School. James Rashi, employed by E iXide Battery Corporation, has been transferred to tho Chicago plant. Sylvester Kasnikowski has a position with Rogers Optical Compa,1y of Scranton. Alfred M. Keay is station,e d with the 11th Airborne Division in Sapporo-Hakaida, Japan. John T. Katz is with Curtis Wright Corporation in Caldwell, New Jersey. Phyllis Kirshner is employed by Pomeroy's in the Advertising Department. Vincent P. Laptus is with the War Assets Division in Philadelphia. Bessie A. Lewis is Personnel Manager for the Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company in New York City. 'B lanche Liddicate is a commercial teacher at Hershey, Pennsyivania. Rev. Jack Leather is now at Christ Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Robert Leh,et is employed by Burpee Company in Clinton, fowa, Will.iam Morton is associated with General Electric Company in Schenectady, N. Y. Marjorie E. Mattern is teaching in the Johnstown High School. Philip Netzel is employed by General El,ectric Company, Philadelphia. Major Luths.r P. Arnold is in Bayreuth, Germany. Joseph Lard is in the graduate school at Harvard University. George P. Mras is at Princeton. Robert S. Mills is at Mansfield State Teachers College. Albert W. Miller is at Penn State. Sidn,e y H. Mendelsohn is attending Temple Law School. Marion Martin, teaching in Shickshinny, recently received her master's degree at Bucknell University. Edward P. Nork is in pre-med at Lehigh University. Charles Nicholson is at Hobart CoUege, Geneva, New York. Robert Austin and ,Sondra Berger are seniorsr at Bucknell University. Steven Baloga is at Villanova. Stanley Blazejowski is at University of Pennsylvania. Irving Bonawitz is attending Bowling Green State University. .Philip Cutler will be at Penn State until February, 1948. Philip Cease is working for his B . S. in Agricultural Economics at Penn State. Murray Edelman is at the University of Illinois. MARRIAGES: Cabbages and Kings Mary Elizabeth Jam.es to Michael Andelewicz. Mrs. Norbert George Blaskowski (Eleanor Line) is living at Alden Station. Bertha Arnold is teaching at the Dallas Borough High School. Mrs. C. R. Curtis (Bertha Shedlesky) is at Maryville, Tennessee. Dr. John Anthony is a Resident Physician at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, Kingston, Pennsylvania. Muriel Rees (Mrs. Cliv,e Dill) is in the graduate school at Syracuse. Harold B.ergmann is employed at the Keystone Paint and Supply Company, Wilkes-Barre. M r s. Harry A. Rower , the former Marian Clark, is the mother of a nine-month old daughter. Allen "Snuffy" Siegfried and his wif.e are expecting their third child in December. Rosse r Bodycomb is at Fo r t Worth, Texas. Jo seph Bankovich is with the local Veterans Administration as a training officer. Ruth Guarnaccia was married this summer to Cullen Shippen. Ellen Badger is a Personnel Aide for the I. C. S. in Scranton. Eleanor Parry Held recently announc,ed the birth of a daughter, Gail Ann. Robert Bohn is teaching at Hanover Township. Irene Dolores Betz was marr ied to William Jones. Dr. Rob.ert Babskie is interning at Wilkes-Ba)'re General :.:.rospita l. Mary E . Coggins is with the Finance Office of the War Depa rtment at Washington. B enj a min Badman is an Accountant in Wyoming, Pennsylvania. Georg e R . Culp is a Sales Eng ineer with General E lectric. Robert Conway and Joan Law w ere married· in August. KILLEiD IN SERVICE: Gold Stars Francis Bednarek. John McDade. Jack Smith. Al,exander Curnow is Supervisor of Music in Philadelp hia. Wayne Swanb.erry. John Pisano is a junior executive at Pomeroy's. Steven Gacha. Albert Fladd , engineer at Philadelphia Electric. Fladd is a t Bucknell University. Berna rd Jos eph Jimison is a surveyor with a mining company in East Central, Ohio. ALUMNI NEWS Thomas Brislin and Joseph Kelly are at the University of P ,ennsylvania Law School. OCTOBER, 1947 Robert Cappellini, Jr. DEATHS: Marga ret Bachman. �• Plan to attend . • • THE Fl'RST ANNUAL ALUMNI HOMECOM/Nfi Reunion Dance to • e held at Hotel Sterling after Wi'lkes-Kings Football Game Meyers Stadium WI.LKES COLLEGE 1947 - Football Schedule - 1947 Sept. 26, Fri .-Army Junior Varsity .......... Away Oct. 4, Sat.-Pittston Vocational School .... Away Oct. I I, Sat .-Keystone College ............ Home Oct· 18, Sat.-New York A&M ............. Home Oct. 25, Sat.-King's College .............. Away Nov. 8, Sat.-National Junior College ...... Away ¥Nov. 15, Sat.-Dickin~on Seminary .......... Home ¥Nov. 22, Sat.-Wyoming Seminary ......... . Home *Night Game J ALL HOME GAMES AT IUNGSTON STADIUM • �LOUISE RUMMER. President MARY KENNY. Recording Secretary CHRISTI E WHITEMAN. Vice President MARIAN THOMAS, Corresponding Secretary ALLEN SIEGFRIED. Treasurer ' B<J.(i/1,J air </,w,deeA- air 'Wd/ieJ, eolleye .. . .. GILBERT S. McCLINTOCK. Chairman 'FREDERICK J. WECKESSER. Vice-Chairman The Rev. CHARLES S. ROUSH. Secretary The Hon. ANDREW J. SORDONI JASPER B. CARR DR. SAMUEL M. DAVENPORT MISS ANNETTE EVANS The Hon. THOMAS F. FARRELL DR. JOSEPH J. KOCY AN REUBEN H. LEVY CHARLES H. MINER F. ELLSWORTH PARKHURST. JR. Col. JULIUS LONG STERN MRS. CHARLES E. CLIFT MRS. FRANCK G. DARTE GEORGE W. GUCKLEBERGER JAMES P. HARRIS MRS. SARA E. KENT MISS MARY R. KOONS EDWARD B. MULLIGAN J. HENRY POOL ALUMNI NEWS �.. ·. '....-......: -;.,. --- 1... , __ .. .:--. - : ~ f _, .I"' . ,:t. . ..,/ : . ') ~ 'J. 9b I • .I ~ - ~ _!_:--- ... - • i ... ... ! �Ma nu.script • • • The second edition of the M anuscript. literary magazine of Wilkes College. was published in September under the sponsorship of the English department. The magazine made its first appearance in June. At present, the magazine will appear each semester. Journalism Course In recognition of the vigorous power and tremendous responsibility of a free press. Wilkes College this year has included a course in journalism to give students an accurate foundation for the reporting and writing of news. During the second term, students will study a history of English and American journalism from the 17th century news sheets through the development of the daily newspaper. and the voluminous Sunday paper, and the tabloid down to present day standards and trends. The course will also feature visiting lecturers. Winter Tour Carrying out what is probably one of the most extensive language training programs in American colleges, Wilkes College Spanish department, headed by Miss Martha J. Silseth, is planning its second trip within a year to study the languages and customs of peoples in a foreign country. The second trip will be to San Juan, Puerto Rico. from Dec. 27 to Jan. 3. Last April, 46 students and faculty members of the College visited Havana, Cuba. The course is under the direction of Mrs. Gertrude Marvin Williams. Mrs. Williams is the author of numerous books about India. Her most recent book, Prie.stess of the Occult, published in I 916, is a biography of Madame Blavatsky, founder of the Theosophical Society. As a reporter, first for the Boston· Tcansccipt, and then for the New York Evening Sun. Mrs. Williams gained practical experience in v:riting. In recent years she has engaged in public relations work and free lance writing. Miss Elizabeth Harker, who acted as assistant personnel director of the Radio Manufacturing Corp. in Chicago, before coming to Wilkes College. has been appointed Dean of Women. She also served in the personnel office of Boeing Aircraft in Seattle during the war. Graduated from Lawrence College, Appleton, Wis.. Miss Harker obtained her from Northwestern Chinese Students COVER PHOTO Or. Eugene S. Farley, addressing the Charter Dey audience. IN THIS ISSUE Pa9e GOINGS ON ABOUT WILKES 3 REPORT TO ALUMNI 4 Two Chinese students, Irene Wang and May Way, have been admitted to Wilkes College for the fall semester. Born in Kumming, China, Miss Wang is enrolled in a pre-medical course. Shanghai-born Miss Way selected the secretarial course at Wilkes because she wishes to become a business executive. CHARTER DAY 5 College Bookstore FROM THE PRESIDENT'S DESK 6 THE "NEW LOOK"AT WILKES 7 THE THEATRE I The book store, located on the lower floor of Chase Hall, was operated as a separate unit last year. Supervised by Mildred Gittens. the book store also furnishes student supplies, yearbooks, tickets for social activities, information, and-advice. FACULTY 9 ATHLETIC PROGRAM 10 ALUMNI NEWS II ALUMNI NEWS Alfr.d S. Groh, Editor Alumni Meetings REMINDER Alumni •re requested to inform the uwci•• tion of their •cti .. iti es in order to •eep the •lumni fil• complete •nd up-to-d•te. Local alumni are urged to attend the alumni meetings held at Chase Hall the first Monday of every month. EXECUTIVE AND EDITORIAL OFFICE: CHASE HALL, WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA �• • • Today's challenge to education is in the realm of human relations. The function and obligation of a college. aside from disseminating knowledge. is to meet the nec~ssities of a world devoted to the constructive needs of peace . .. . We no longer attend coJlege to escape realities. With life becoming complicated and our reacti~ns confused. every i_nstitution in society, even every _ individual in society, must scan and screen ideas for faulty facts. quick opinions. and unprincipled patterns of life to which we have become accustomed. lt is the business of a col1ege to off er an education for living and the function of i_ts_faculty to prepare its students for community participation. In a report to ~mr ~lumni it is well to inform them of the progress at Wilkes. The essential activities and aspects of the college program have been maintained and strengthened to serve tpe needs of its students in a swiftly changing and adjusting world. The colJege is prepared to move forward along many lines as rapidly as the needful resources can be made available. Our college looks to us alumni for our determination. resourcefulness. and steadfastness of purpose. We must give constructive consideration to our alma mater in the coming days of its expansion. ' ·· ~ --· - . , ~--: --_.. _ ,. - "'! - . .-=-.. -· . - -:. --,.:;_ •• ,,--~ r .• - ALUMNI NEWS �Dr. Ar n aud C. Marts, former Pres idtnt of Bu cknrll Un i, ieniry, rie,·it••, ing the history of tht Junior College at impressive chartH crrc mony. June 26, 1917, designated as Wilkes Charter Day. marked a new era in the growth of Bucknell University's Junior College. From a stormy beginning in 1933 when the resources of the Wyoming Valley Junior College: were zero to the sturdy position of a four ye.ar school whose re.sources are well over $1,300,000, W ilkes College has been an integral part of the community. Performing its function of educating young people to live full. creative lives, Wilkes enters this new phase of its achievement with confidence: and gratitude. co risbr: Dr. CharlN S. Rou•b, Dr. Httb~ L Spr-oiott. Dr. Euitrnr S. Farley, Dr. A .... ud C. Mana, Dr. Hrnry Klonowu, Anorney Gil~ S. McClintock.. OCTOBER, 194 7 Gilbe-rt S. McOintock, chairman of Wilk..- Collrxr Board of Tnut......, rrcmn Suu from Dr. Henry J(lonowu, of the Su&c Department of Public Inarrunion.. Charttt �q.IUJ m Ilie p,ie,uJen!J :lJ ,u/z By Dr. Eugene S. Farley To many of you. it will seem strange to associate yourselves with Wilkes College. You have so long considered yourselves alumni of Bucknell University Junior Col1ege that I suspect it will take you some time to accustom yourselves to the fact that you are now alumni of Wilkes Col1ege. Those of us who are still associated with the college have changed our thinking slowly. In a period of three months, we have come to think of ourselves as Wilkesonians, even though our past is interwoven with the past' of Bucknell University Junior College. It has been satisfying to us to s.ee t.he develop~ent of Bucknell Junior Col1ege into Wilkes College. We hope that you may gain the same satisfaction from this development that we have. It has been gratifying to participate in the steady and sound expansion of the College. As the student body has expanded, buildings and equipment have been added and the financial position has been improved. · This Fall. we will open with a student body of approximately 1,700 to 1,800 students. Over 1.300 will be enrolled in the day school and approximately 400 to 500 will be enrolled in our evening classes. To many of you. it will seem impossible that your Junior College could have expanded to this extent. In so far as numbers are concerned, the expansion could have been much greater. for during this past summer, we have refused admission to many more qualified students than we were able to admit. In some instances, students who were refused admission this fall, will take evening courses while they wait for admission in February. Others. of course, have sought and have gained admission to other colleges. In 1947, we are entering a new era in our development. The foundations that have been laid during the past fourteen years have been sound, and they provide substance upon which we can build in the future. Although we continue to serve the young people of this community, we are gradually drawing students from other states and countries. As our facilities expand and our reputation is enhanced, we expect to attract many others. To accommodate our large student body, five additional residences have been purchased and adapted to colJege use. Perhaps one of the most amazing adjustments has been the change of the large garages into classrooms and laboratories. By installing tile floors, fluorescent lights, and new walls. attractive and adequate classrooms have been provided. All of you who have attended the college have helped to build it. Each student in some way or another contributes to the character and spirit of the College while he is with us. We have appreciated this cooperation. and we are in hopes that in the years ahead, you Alumni may feel a close bond to the College that you have helped to create. Naturally these adjustments could not have been made without adequate financial resources. Fortunately, Trustees and members of the community have contributed over $600,000 during the last two years and it is only because of their assistance and interest that the college has been able to carry this heavy load. It is also because of their support that we have been able You are always welcome at Wilkes College and those of us who remain hope that you will visit us and renew old acquain~ances in changed surroundings. to obtain a charter authorizing the full four-year program in Wilkes-Barre. Best wishes for happiness and success to all of you. EUGENE s. FARLEY ALUMNI NEWS �mitory for men. The Wekesser Home on Northampton Street beca~e a women's student residence. Social and recreation rooms are available in each dormitory. <Jl-te "New ..eoak'' <Zi 'Wdlie-i Even through the period of transition from a junior college to a four-year institution the regular work at the College went on . al1 on an accelerated basis. No one has minimized or lost sight of the main objective of the College-to render a service to the community through the maintenance of a strong scholastic program. Courses In the interest of the greater use of its physical plant Wilkes is re-designing and improving the interiors of two buildings, the cafeteria in the rear of Chase, and the recently purchased Stoddard Home on South Franklin Street. One half of Stoddard is devoted to the music department, the other side reorganized into classrooms for the new course in journalism. It is hoped that here also will be found the offices of the College publications. In recognition of the changes that have been brought about as a result of a four-year curricula. Wilkes College is developing a curricula to mee't the present needs of all its students. Detailed planning. on the part of the administration to offer a wide variety of courses, has resulted in formulating new programs. The College has been ca11ed upon to give courses in the following fields : retail selling and buying; life insurance salesmanship; training for laboratory technicians; and to render counsel1ing service to industry or individuals in the community through the Co1lege Guidance Center. To _reinforce the Engineering and Biology departments the best equipment possible is continuously being assembled and installed. Re-equipped laboratories are part of Wilkes' effort to increase present facilities. Veterans Tradition Veterans now constitute 63% of the men students at Wilkes College. Their arrival has created problems , as well as a great and welcome . opportunity. Under the supervision of the late Dr. Clement Alderfer the College established a Veterans Guidance Center to advise and aid veteran students toward the completion of preparation for their chosen professions. Through the generosity of the community and its alumni the College was enabled to attain an independent charter. Dr. Arnaud C. Marts, former president of Bucknell University from 1935-1945, summarized the feelings of all of us when he said, "Never take Wilkes College for granted. It is an institution built on years of planning and human sacrifice." Expansion of the College library at Kirby Hall to include more than 25,000 volumns helped unquestionably to secure approval of the charter this year by the State Board of Education. Equipment Faculty The number of faculty, including part-time. now numbers eighty-nine. Throughout the College. appointments have been made looking toward the future to maintain a high reputation and to assure a steady development of the departments of instruction. Buildings A college's buildings are measured in proportion to the service they perform. Present facilities are inadequate and several River Street garages have been converted into "col1ege annexes" to handle increased enrollment. As the ColJege expands. it is expected that additional buildings will be made available either as gifts l 'from trustees and friends. or by outright pur- .,,, chase by the Col1ege. The Payne Home was turned over to the College to be used as a dor- OCTOBER, 194 7 ._i ·-~· �The set was struck. The theatre was darkened and· emptied. The stage was still. The curtain had fallen, but more than just a play had ended. A show had completed its run. After the performance on May l 7, l 947 Bucknell Junior College Thespians became the Wilkes Thespians, opening a new chapter in our history of dramatics. ) - l (, . --. ) j\ ,I .• \ 1 I Under the direction of Mrs. Norma Sangiuliano Tyburski from 1937 to 1916 our theatre made an impressive record. Shakespeare, Iviarlowe. Mohere , Ibsen, Wilde, and other important dramatists were represented on our stage. -· During the first year, the plays were offered in an auditorium of the college-rented building on Northampton Street. The next year "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Tartuffe" were given in two of the local high schools. In 1938 the garage back of Chase Hall was remodeled and in April. 1939. the first play "Button, Button," was presented on the campus in Chase Theatre. • .. d ' "--< I J • . ..... ~i r- · . . ~.. Last year, after the final performance of "The Father," fire gutted the interior of the theatre. Repaired and enlarged, the theatre became the meeting place for cJasses in speech and drama under the direction of Miss Blandina A. Foster. '\:.·' ~ __ji~ )}L --~ In December, 1946, the Theatre was without a director when Mrs. Tyburski resigned. "The Bar.retts of Wirnpole Street." already in production, was staged in February under the direction of Alfred Groh, former Junior College Thespian. now director of the theatre. Three Shakespearean plays were presented in repertory to meet the expanding need of Wilkes large enrollment. With the opening of "You Can't Take It _ With You" in July, 1917. the curtain lifted on the first -- - performance of a play at month-old Wilkes College. The stage was set. A new show had begun its run. -~?j ~ ~/i .·r- ) ~~~- -- ---- - -~ ~; :.J ; \ ... ....-4 fY. 'M r , 1 I 1 - •, - , I ~,- . : ,· , 'I: r.' .1,._-r • . t: • ~ I • I I ~,111 #, I • ., r ALUMNI NEWS �Transformation of Bucknell University Junior ColJege from a two-year education institution to a fouryear community college. Wilkes CoJlege. has necessitated the enlargement of the school faculty to more than 60 instructors and professors. In the dim beginnings of the co11ege less than a dozen members comprised the administration and faculty. Today the combined total is almost seventy-five on the administrative staff and faculty of Wilkes Co11ege. Joseph H. Myers. Wilkes College librarian is a _resident of Kingston, and John A. Hall. who directs the Veterans Guidance Center at Wilkes College, is native of West Pittston. a Donald Kersteen, of Kingston, who attended Bucknell University Junior College. and was graduated from Bucknell University in 1942, is the present comptroller at Wilkes Co11ege and is also an instructor in economics. Clemens E. Pell, who will head the Wilkes Col1ege Bureau of Safety education program, and Roy E. Morgan, director of radio workshop, are also residents of Wilkes-Barre. PROMOTIONS Members of the early faculty roster who are continuing their teaching assignments at Wilkes College are Pau] Gies. recently promoted to professor of music; Voris B. Hall. associate professor of physics. and Elwood J. Disque, instructor in German. LOCAL MEMBERS Among the faculty me11_1berships at Wilkes Co1Iege is a large group of instructors who are natives of Wyoming Valley. Heading the list is Herbert Morris, registrar and acting head of the economics, who is a former resident of Nanticoke. OTHER MEMBERS Remaining members of the expanded faculty at Wilkes College are Virgil Abbott. instructor in engineering; Leon Agranat, assistant professor of economics; Clare Bedillion, assistant professor of economics; Lisabeth Beynon, associate professor of chemistry; Willard H. · Burchard, instructor in chemistry; Mary E. Craig, professor of English; Edwin R. Creasy, instructor in mathematics; Frank J. Davies. assistant professor of English; Lawrence DiToro, instructor in physics; Kathryn Domingue;::, assistant professor of psychology; Eugene S. Farley, associate professor of education; Catherine Fehrer, assistant professor of French; Irvin M. Gottlieb, instructor in chemistry; Betty L. Harker, instructor in psychology; Hazel Hart, instructor in mathematics; Charles Henderson, instructor in music; Mildred E. Hull. assistant professor of mathematics. Other faculty members who come from va11ey towns include Catherine Bone, assistant professor chemistry; Forty Fort; Charles Cann. instructor in economics. Wilkes-Barre; Stanley L. Chickson. assistant professor of mathematics. Hanover Township; Joseph G. Donnel1y. assistant professor of English. Wilkes-Barre; AlRuth Knowles, assistant professor of English; John fred Groh, instructor in English and director of theatre; A. McKee, instructor in mathematics; Amy MacMaster, Edward Heltzel. assistant professor of engineering; assistant professor of sociology; Hugo V. Mailey, asJames E. Laggan, instructor in economics, Wilkes-Barre; sistant professor of sociology; Mrs. Pearl Mitchell, Joseph M. Markowitz. instructor in chemistry, Swoyer- assistant professor of English; Thaddeus Mitana, assistant professor of Polish; Bernard Neivelt, assistant ville; Edith S. Namisniak, instructor in biology. Thomas professor of chemistry; Phyl1is Nelson, instructor in R. Richards, assistant professor of mathematics. Plymhistory; Robert W. Partridge, assistant professor of outh; Charles R. Taylor. instructor in physics, Wilkeshistory; C. Frank Petru Ho, instructor in civil engineerBarre; Cromwell E. Thomas. instructor •in engineer- ing; George Ralston, dean of men and instructor in ing; Stanley H. Wasilewski assistant professor of biology; Charles B. Reif, associate professor of biology; mathematics, Nanticoke; Paul R. Werner. instructor in Nicholas Revotskie. instructor in physics; Martha Sileconomics, Forty Fort; John P. Whitby. instructor in seth. instructor in Spanish; Robert R. Smith, instructor economics, Edwardsville; Edward M. WiJliams. assist- in economics; Julius B. Spiro, assistant professor of ant professor of English. Wilkes-Barre; Gertrude M. economics; Konstantin Symonolewicz, assistant profesWilJiams, assistant professor of English, Wilkes-Barre; sor of sociology; Harold W. Thatcher, assistant proJohn J. Williams. instructor in English, Forty Fort; fessor of history; Stanko M. Vujica, instructor in philEdward J. Manley, instructor in economics. Hanover osophy; Lenore Ward. associate professor of biology: Arthur N. Kruger, assistant professor of English; Township, and Mr. Disque, Wilkes-Barre. Catherine Fehrer, assistant professor of French. OCTOBER, 1947 �• • • The new and enlarged athletic program which has been developing rapidly at Wilkes actually had its beginning in the spring of 1946 when a group of Bucknell Junior College students with a vision of the need for increased student participation in extra curricular affairs began a campaign to establish a broader athletic program at the college. Their efforts were met with opposition at the outset. but by the first of September they had won the support of the student body. and the director of the college fortified the idea by appointing a director of athletics and authori::ing funds for the establishment of a college football team. Since then the program has gone forward by leaps and bounds. Last fall the Brst football team to represent the college enjoyed an experience which even established intercollegiate teams seldom gain. It went undefeated in a six game schedule. None of us even so much as dreamed of so great a measure of success when forty-eight selfequipped, uncoordinated students reported for the first practice on September ninth. The trials of the first season will not be soon forgotten. The profits in experience we cannot adequately estimate. During last winter the basketball program was expanded and despite the ·privation of practice facilities at the YMCA, the team enjoyed a 50% season. Wrestling too was added to the winter sports program and the team made a worthwhile showing. As in basketball. wrestling activities were hampered by the lack of facilities for training. A swimming team, which was formed, had to be discontinued since there were no available facilities. During the spring the college baseball team resumed its activities and a tennis team was sponsored on an intercollegiate basis. Both squads offered unlimited participation and enjoyed success. This summer an intramural softball league provided extensive participation and a great measure of good to students and faculty resulted. We are planning now for intramural touch-football this fall. Enthusiasm for a broad intramural program is great and success for such a program seems assured. The athletic program more than any other factor. we believe. has contributed greatly to student morale and served as a much needed integrating force at Wilkes. The program has not been revolutionary in nature, it has evolved. Certainly the beginning of football, as an example. was cradled humbly. There has been no emphasis on athletics. We want the program to be a part of one's college education, and opportunity for participation is extended to every student. By making out athletic program a part of physical education we are sound in policy. We believe that athletics in the form of team games have a definite contribution to make to the personality of the individual. In the rapid give and take on the playing field one loses oneself in the game. expends a lavish amount of energy, and in so doing enjoys a therapeutic treatment, which is natural and especially helpful for life in a civili::ation which is intricate and confusing. Furthermore. our program teaches lessons in cooperation and competition by methods rarely surpassed in effectiveness. Where does one learn such lessons more thoroughly and enjoyably, as on a football field? Day by day we are realizing the benefits which are the outgrowth of a vigorous athletic program. The idea is the fruition of a real need that existed at the college. We solicit the participation and interest of our alumni in the program. ALUMNI NEWS �Christine Whit ema n and &tty Schwager are ernlopyed by the Bell Telephone Company, Wilkes-Banc. Pennsylvania. • • Robert Templeton is with the Veterans Administration. Joy Bodycomb is an occupational therapist at Station Hospital, Fort Monmouth, Red Bank, N-2w Jersey. AT WORK: Jack Batey is back in Wiikes-Barre with the Penn State Extension School Office. AT SCHOOL: John Shannon recently accepted a for Best Foods, Inc. Alumni attending Dickinson Law School are: John O'Malley, Bob Hourigan, Grier Carpenter, Jack Keeney, and Pete Serhas. position as salesman June Owens is now teaching at G. A. R. High School. James Rashi, employed by E."Xide Battery Corporation, has been transferred to tho Chicago plant. Sylvester Kasnikowski has a position with Roger.s Optical Compa;iy of Scranton. Alfred M. Keay is stationed ·with the 11th Airborne Division in Sapporo-Hakaida. Japan. John T. Katz is with Curtis Wright Corporation in Caldwell, New Jersey. • Phyllis Kirshner is employed by Pomeroy's in the Advertising Department. Vincent P. Laptus is with the V.'ar Assets Dh·ision in Philadelphia. Bessie A. Le~is is Pe rsonnel Manager for the Massachusetts Bonding and Insu1·ance Company in New York City. Blanche Liddicate is a Pennsylvania. commercial teacher at Hershey, Rev. Jack Leather is now at Christ Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Robert Lehet is employed by Burpee Company in Clinton, !owa.. Wil'iam Morton is associated with General Electric Company in Schenectady, N. Y. Marjorie E . Mattern is teaching in the Johnstown High School. Philip Netzel is employed by General Electric Companl", Philadelphia. Major Luther P. Arnold is in Bayreuth, Germany. Thomas Brislin and Joseph Kelly are at the UniYersity of Pennsylvania Law School. Joseph Lard is in the graduate school at Harvard Univer- sity. George P. Mras is at Princeton. Robert S. Mills is at Mansfield State Te achers College. Albert W. Miller is at Penn State. Sidney H. Mendelsohn is attending Temple L::i.w School. Marion Martin, teaching in Shickshinny, recently received her master's degree at Bucknell University. Edward P. Nork is in pre-med at Lehigh University. Charles Nicholson is at Hobart College, Geneva, New York. Robert Austin and Sondra Berger are seniors at Bucknell University. Steven Baloga is at Villanova. Stanley Blazejowski is at Univer·sity of.,.. Pennsylvania. Irv in g Bonawitz is attending Bowling Green State University. Philip Cutler will be at Penn State until February , 1948. Philip C ease is working for his B . S. in Agri cultural Economics at Penn State. · Murray Edelman is at the University of Illinois. MARRIAGES: Cabhagt>s and Kings Mary Elizabeth Jam-es to Michael Andelewicz. Mrs. Norbert George Blaskowski (Eleanor Line) is living at Alden Station. Bertha Arnold is teaching at the Dallas Borough High School. Mrs. C. R. Curtis (Bertha Shedlesky) is at Maryville, Tennessee. Dr. John Anthony is a Resident Physician at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, Kingston, Pennsylvania. Muriel Rees ( Mrs. Clive Dill) is in the graduate school at Syracuse. Harold Bergmann is employed at the Keystone Paint and Supply Company, Wilkes-Barre. Mrs. Harry A. Rower, the former Marian Clark, is the mother of a nine-month old daughter. Allen "Snuffy" Siegfried and his wife are expecting their third child in December. Rosser Bodycomb is at Fort Worth, Texas. Joseph Banko,•ich is with the local Veterans Administration as a training officer. Ellen Badger is a Personnel Aide for the I. C. S. in Scran- ton. Ruth Guarnaccia was married this summer to Cullen Shippen. Eleanor Parry Held recently announced the birth o! a daughter, Gail Ann. Robert Bohn is teaching at Hanover Township. Irene Dolores Betz was married to William Jones. Dr. Robert Babskie is interning at Wilkes-Barre General Robert Con way and Joan La. w were married in August. :.:iospital. Mary E . Coggins is with the Finance Office of the War Dep:lrtment at Washington. Benjamin Badman is an Accountant in Wyoming, Penn- sylvania. George R. Culp is a Sales Engineer with General Electric. KILLED IN SERVICE: Gold Stan Francis Bednarek. John McDade. Jack Smith. Alexander Curnow is Supervisor o! Music in Philadelphia. Wayne Swanberry. John Pisano is a junior executive at Pomeroy's. Steven Gacha_ Albert Fladd, engineer at Philadelphia Electric. Fladd 111 at Bucknell University. - Bernard Joseph Jimison is a surveyor with a mining company In East Central, Ohio. OCTOBER, 1947 Robert Cappellini, Jr. DEATHS: Margaret Bachman. �Page 'f wo THE BUCKNELi.. BEACON FA.CllLTY CH.ANG~S The Bucknell Beacon Professor John Gold's return to the Campus this year left a vacancy in the department of Mathema, tics, which will be ably filled by Dr- \V. T . l,-1.iller of the University of Pittsburgh.· Dr. Mille-r is a. Rucknd l alum nus t1nd l olds hi.s Ph. D :.'1 ,111 Pitts· Published at Buc~nell University Ju.nior College in Wil~es-Rarre Co{WrR ..,,TING EDITOR<; ft)R Tws IssuE: burgh. Jose. 1.)1 V. GaLlagher, Julia Levine, Sidney Le vine, J- 7·_ M ayoct Helen Morgan, Jo/in Saric~s. VI alter 'Thomas. Jae~ Lwther. FACULTY ADVISER: Wilfrid H . Groot TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1936 To tlh~ deep r.:grr-t of ht· colleagues Pru[es.\.OL Flll' rest Keller has resigll ed from the Junior Coll ,U'i? fa~ ~ulty to acct-pt a post in the cl epartm nL of FC1;1w n, 1~ at the Un_ivers~ty ?f \Vest ~irginia . The- Collcg~. wdl sadly m1ss h1S fme enthusiasm in the field of Dramatics_as well as in the classroom. W c wish him all success at West Virginia. -W.H. C. If th~ {Contin ue-<.l frc~,L IJa.ge 1.) ing, paper, clrc1.matic.s, and the choral rlub. The student council is ably assisted by commit.tees, namely, planning committee, social activities commiltcr, and ~ousc committee. For ddails concerning tlw~.:comnnttecs, the Constitution of rhc Junior College should b~ ~o nsulLed. The stlL..lcnl' coun ii acts only as a supcLv tsrng ~n ~l a_dvi-5ory bo-ly. Th: purpose o ( tl1 1.' student council 1s t bring each activity into a dosn ~elationship witli the others and Lo create a foding of rnte~-depcndencc. Only with such a f~chng can the Juntor College hopt. to progress. I am asking ca -h freshman to get a. copy of the Constitution and read it carefully. Let's boost tht> student council nor run it down. ' --\\! . T . arl , N. J., began his cl~;_;~,-;;~ J)i~cc~~---i11···A;rii.-/ l ,,l)Jn isin~ ye:-u \; te; Lasl y, has depa: 1eturninf..!J for vou fj The Sll tl.a r _Already the Junior College has enabled hundreds · · > ot students of Wyoming Valley to s1:curc dicir fir~! two yea rs of col kgc t r;1ini.'.1g withoul tli~ ad1.kJ co~t Throu,2: 1)r. 1'arle\· of study away from hom,. The College has also made · In - 1933 Bucknell University, located at Lewis- it possible for / adults of the community, as wdl ,ts for eai:h burg, realiz.ing the need for a Junior C ollc$!e in Luz- Y?Ui~g people, to study one or more subjects of spctlie .mideil ~ l t h ·l I / . thn:'c I imc erne County, petitioned the State Council of Edu- · ~ta rn ere5t to t em, some wit 1out t 1ought of work, th cation for approval of the establishment of such an rng toward a degree, othe 5 ~i th an advan ced dt:an:/ Y. at. eir, institution. This .;ras granted on June 9, l933. The as their .goal. Thus, in nron· tha n one w,ty 13uck~1ell · ~\ ':in yrhiiw; t'\ organization of the new division was undertaken by University Junior Collee.e bas aimed to aise the::·;, ·.. I 'to. ot~· ha~·\ + ~1 " u.r. f'n \.t.<,". 1 · Dr. Frank G . Davis, and Dr. John H. Eisenhauer, average cu l tura I lcvt: l o. t w comnn 1,1ity. /~ . dent will who formerly had been· Professor of Education and In its.first three years Buckn dl Univetstl)'I'· .!,1-.~:. ·· \ • i_,, i-..1 h~ ·,'idvanl Director of the Summer Session and ExtP.nsion at College has become an important feature of tfie-. ~--. Lewisburg, came he re as Director of the new institu· commm~ty in which it originated. Now, with an tion. The Junior College oegan work in September ,~ able ne~v Director and a new set of stud~nts coming 1 1933 at its present location- In January 1936 Dr. . •, in to j</in those who attended last year, the College1 Eisenhauer resigned to become- Principal of the Sen· faces . its fourth year with high hopes for anothcf ior High School at Reading, Pennsylvania and Dr. succes~ful term. B11ckndl University Junior Coll::-ge, · Eugene S. Farley, who had served for many years as like time, marches on. !J 1 Director of Research for the public schools of New\. J H S. -/ OUR JUNIOR COLLEGE I F also on ~ · .1 th, al\ STUDEN T ORGANIZATION Last fal 1 :-t-1e- Bison Stampede tnade a brief appear, a· ce an<l th,:,n vanished into the w ilderness . . . where sucli a. phenomenon properly belongs- In these modern days of air-mindedness a bison stampede is as out of place as it..c; contemporary the covered wagon . . . lv>nce our new name. The Bu.c~nell Beacon hopes to shed light on the future plans of tudents and faculty and to prove a reliable guide to college opirion, as any sel f-r esp:.-:-ct·· ing beacon should . This first issue is the co-operative product of many willing hands. Not least among the contributions is J. T . Mayock's original drawing for our title. . It is our hope to publish at least twelve issues during the college year. To achieve this goal we shall need active co-operatio1tfrom all who are interested in college journalism .. . good writers, good reporters, good cartoon;,ts, a nd last bur by no means least, no end of gond ,.:vill from our r~aclcrs! but first\l racuse -W.H.C. THE BUCKNELL BEACON six vetc ;I . .,. ' .1 . ___ _.,~~~::.· ·/ : ,, .,.._:. __ , - 1' t / � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Alumni News October 1947 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bucknell University/Bucknell Beacon Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 1947 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Magazine https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/a32eb8ff312f956ee49b9abc77be71dc.pdf 8514870a662bdbe2b165e828c67b1117 PDF Text Text 7ie WILK~S ALUMNUS FIRST COMMENCEMENT (See Page 3) �( Cover Story ) FIRST WILKES GRADS RECEIVE DIPLOMAS WILKES ALUMNUS Official Publication of the Wilkes College Alumni Association _ _ _ _ _ IN THIS ISSUE _ _ _ __ Alumni Banquet................................................................................Page 5 A Message from the President of the Alumni Association 4 Fir st Class Graduates ........................... . 3 Frosh Are Rated.......................................... ..................................... 4 Library Expands................ ................................ ... .. .... ... ... .. .. 5 Safety Courses Offered........... ... ... . . . . ... .... .......... ......... 7 Senior Class Gift ........................................................................... .. 3 FEATURES . . . T he F aculty ........................ On Campus . .................... ............................... .. Page 7 6 . Sportscope....................................... . What We're Doing (Alumni Bri efs) ................................ . 10 8 On Saturday evening, June 12, the first four-year graduates of Wilkes College received their bachelors degrees . A capacity crowd witnessed the ceremony, held in the First Presbyterian Church, S . Franklin St. Sixty-five students were awarded diplomas from Bucknell University for work done at Wilkes . Bucknell degrees were granted because of a ruling that makes it mandatory for a college to graduate one class before it can be fully accredited. A breakdown of the graduates according to degrees reveals that twenty-five received the Bachelor of Arts, eight received the Bachelor of Science in Biology, thirty-one received the Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Finance, and two received the Bachelor of Science in Education . In addition to the four-year graduates, certificates were awarded to sixty-five terminal students, most of whom were engineering students who will transfer to other schools for the last two years of work . Two graduates received awards at the ceremony . John G . Gooch was awarded the Dobson Medal in Accounting for outstanding scholastic work in that field . Reese E . Pelton received the Service Award for responsibility assumed in creating and training the college band . The graduation address was delivered by Dr. Everett Hunt , Dean of Swarthmore College . Diplomas were presented to graduates by Dr. William Coleman, Dean of Bucknell University, and to the convocants by Dr. Farley. Two selections were offered by the Wilkes College Choral Club under the direction of Mr. Donald E. Cobleigh . Rev . Charles Roush gave the benediction . Mr . Charles Henderson played the organ and recessional. In his address Dr . Hunt told graduates that, " instead of trying to cure the world, you might learn to endure it ." He explained that by enduring the hardships of life one actually helps to cure the ills . The Dean offered four suggestions to the graduates which he considered necessary for a well-balanced life: "Satisfying work , a satisfying amount of play, a large amount of love and a reverend attitude of worship .·· The ceremony was preceded by a buffet luncheon served to graduates and convocants on the campus behind Chase Hall. EDITORIAL With this issue of the Wilkes Alumnus we are beginning the periodical publication of a magazine to be devoted to the task of continuing re lationships between Wilkes College and its alumni , including graduates of B . U. J . C. In publishing this periodical we have two primary aims . First, we intend to inform each alumnus of the latest developments and additions to his Alma Mater . Wi'lkes College is now in the process of rapid growth and through the medrum of this magazi'ne each grad will share the pride of the faculty and undergraduates . The second aim is to help each alumnus discover what his former classmates are doing and to assist the Alumni Association in bringing groups of graduates together into closer contact. Activities being considered for the coming year include a huge Homecoming celebration during the football season and a reunion program to be held next spring in connection with graduation events . There is one way in which each alumnus can help to make both this magazine and the association a success . Send us any scraps of information you may have concerning both alumni and the college, and above all , send you personal comments and suggestions for improving alumni relations . If you have recently moved , received a new position or promotion, been married, received recognitions, etc ., be sure to write . We shall eagerly await your card or letter ; with your aid we shall progress with Wilkes . REESE E . PEL TO , Alumni Secrelary **** Seniors Donate Trophy Case Published at WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI OFFICE Chase Hall 184 S . River Street Wilkes-Barre , Penna . The Class of 1948 unanimously voted to present a trophy case to the college as a class gift. The case will be built into the wall of the proposed gymnasium to be built on S . Franklin Street. At present the athletic department has been awarded several trophies and there are no means for their display. Among trophies a warded to the school are the Dr. McNeal Trophy, presented for an undefeated record during the first year of participation in collegiate football , and a trophy awarded to the basketball team for placing in the Pennsylvania Junior College Tournament. CHINESE STUDENTS STUD Y HERE . .. Th e s tudent body of Wilkes is gradually assuming an in ternation al aspect. Above are Miss Iren e Wan g an d Miss May Way, two Ch inese students n ow studying at t h e college. Students from Columbia, Nicaragua, an d El Salvador are also enrolled. �Alumni Dinner-Dance Huge Success An Open Letter from The President of the Dear Alumni: This year should be outstanding in the history of our Alumni Association and our Alma Mater will do all in her power to insure the attainment of this goal. We start the year with an acting Alumni Secretary, Mr. Reese E. Pelton, at the college . I have had the pleasure of working with Reese , know him to be a hard worker, and feel confident that much will be accomplished. At last we have an office of our own . This office is on the third floor of Chase Hall and we invite you to drop in to see us anytime you are in town . \Ve hope to get all our tangled records in order and in one office by the end of this summer. I am going to count on your help for any missing information you may be asked to give or can volunteer and, as your President, have volunteered to give all my free time over to this work. We have a fine new constitution to work under and in it there are provisions for branch organizations. We want branch clubs. If you would like to see one in your area, write to us and we will put you in touch with others in your area who are interested and supply you with names and addresses of Alumni living in your area . Branches, aside from contributing to the growth and prestige of our Alma Mater, provide opportunities for renewing old friendships , good fellowship, and many good times and memories among people with common backgrounds and interests . The Alumni Office of Wilkes College stands ready and waiting to help yo u . The Wilkes-Barre Association meets the first Monday of every month, September through May, (the September meeting is held on the second Monday), at 8 :00 P . M . in Chase Hall. If you live in this vicinity or are in town that day, we invite you attend the meetings . I can' t tell you in words what this college has meant to me, for without the start I received at B.U . J .C. I would be minus a college education today . Many of you have the same deep feeling I have and know that it was the economy and convenience of a college in your own community that gave you the opportunity to go to college . There are others among you have other reasons for loving this college . Some of you like myself looked forward and worked for the day that B.U.J .C. would become a four year co lege and now that we have obtained that goal our task instead of ending has just begun . We know our college needs more new facilities and that a gymnasium is of prime importance for accreditment. It is now that Wilkes College has a definite need to expand, and it is to us , the Alumni, that a large portion of this task should fall . With this issue of the Alumnus comes the first information about that Wilkes College Alumni Building Fund. This program is not a "matter of the moment." It has been presented to you after much deliberation and study on our part. Alumni Association First, it should be emphasized that you will never be told that you owe Wilkes anything . Maybe you do, but you will never be reminded of it and it is hoped that no one will contribute because of that feeling . The Fund Committee wants you to give what you are able to give because of your love and respect for Wilkes and because of her need to better serve the many young people who are annually clamoring for permission to come to your Alma Mater . For the institution which does not continuously grow in the quality of its service will lose not only the respect of its Alumni but also that of the public . None of us have achieved great wealth, but if we all give our small share we will build a fund that will go a long ways toward making Wilkes the college we want her to be. In this issue of the Alumnus you will find a coupon for that purpose . I hope that you will make use of it. Wilkes today takes its place among the institutions whose Alumni take pride in the privilege of becoming investors in the future of their Alma Mater and of a system of government which we consider the best. We have many more plans for the coming year in the blueprint stage and I intend to see that I receive your co-operation in carrying them out to final success . I would appreciate hearing from you and would welcome any suggestions on your part for improvement of our program. I close my letter to you with high hopes of a bigger and better year in Wilkes Alumni history. Sincerely yours , DA IEL E . WILLIAMS, President , Wilkes College Alumni Association. **** Frosh Rated High Wilkes College recently participated in a Psychological Examination program conducted by the American Council on Education . Over 65 ,276 college freshman from 293 colleges participated in the survey . Results of the survey recently came from the Council's headquarters at the University of Chicago . Wilkes College freshmen achieved the rank score of 16th among the 293 participating colleges . The testing functions which the Council has sponsored will in the future be a part of the Educational Testing Service. Approximately 70 Alumni and guests attended the Wilkes College Alumni Association's 3rd annual dinner-dance on Saturday evening, May 29 , at the Commercial Club, Harvey's Lake . Leon Wazeter , a former president of the Association, was chairman of the committee for this affair. This committee really worked hard and the members are to be congratulated for their efforts. After dinner we were formally welcomed by Danny Williams, president of the Alumni Association, who turned us over to the toastmaster, Atty. Ralph Johnston . Ralph left his court-room dignity at home and informality was the keynote. The principal speakers were President Farley and Dr . Roy C. Tasker . Dr. Tasker was formerly professor of biology at B.U.J .C. and is now at Bucknell University. Dr . Farley amazed the Alumni present with his report of the changes at our Alma Mater, but injected a serious note when he mentioned the need of a gymnasium for accreditment. The new buildings, the new use of the old ones, the size of the faculty, the enrollment, and plans for the future were astonishing and seemed like a dream fulfilled to some of the oldtimers . After Dr . Farley's talk we were all eager to attend our first real homecoming day so we could actually inspect all these changes . Dr. Tasker proved to be an interesting and entertaining speaker. He told us of the great strides of science and pointed out the similarity between this progress and our future possibilities. We were all amused when he produced some old copies of the Beacon and passed them around so we could see what we were doing back in our college days. During the course of the evening we had a few vocal selections by William Burnaford with Betty Schwager at the piano . At the conclusion of the program we turned our attention to dancing and renewing old friendships until late in the evening . Those in attendance were Dr . and Mrs. Eugene S . Farley, Dr. and Mrs. Roy C. Tasker , Atty. Ralph Johnston , Daniel E . Williams, Naomi Hons , Carol Kearns, June M . Owens , William M . Toplis, Katherine P . Freund, Sallyanne Frank, William L. Wentz, Harold Rosinn, Andrew P . O'Malley, Rita O'Malley, Joseph P . Brislin, Mary R . Brislin, Dr . Frank Speicher, Mrs. Treveryan Williams Speicher, Thomas G. Duffy, Claire L. Duffy , D. A Frederick, Irene Frederick, Lillian Evans , Walter Casmark, William C. Davis, Genevieve Brennan Davis, Marion Martin, Marian Frantz, Evelyn Hudak , William Burnaford, William Waters, Mr. and Mrs . R . T. Conway , Margaret Graham , Dorothy Hughes Royer, Robert D. Royer, Gertrude Marvin , Dr . Robert M. Kerr, Cordis Langdon , Dr. William F. Dowdell , Atty . Joseph V . Gallagher , Irene Straney, Atty. Leon F. Rokusz , Laura Rokusz , Leon Wazeter , Betty Marlino, Evelyn Feinstein, Aileen M . Carr, Betty Schwager, Marge Krashkevich, Mr. and fv1rs. Kornblatt , James Mallahan, Joseph B . Farrell, Betty McGinty, Louise M . Jones , Robert B . Eastwood, Charlotte Davis, Robert \.Ventz, John McCann , Scotty Rut.haford, Stephen Wartella, Loretta Farris, and Joseph Weir. Everyone had a wonderful time and we look orward to more affairs like this. Next time we want to see even more Alumni, and hope to meet more wives and husbands . ALUMNI DANCE . Last Christmas a large number of us living in the WilkesBarre area attended the Annual Alumni Dance in the Crystal Ballroom of Hotel Sterling. The Association plans to enlarge it's social calendar for the coming year. **** Library To Occupy ~nti re Building Plans are at present underway to greatly expand both the facilities and contents of the college library . When the task is completed the library will occupy virtually all of Kirby Hall By this fall most of the changes and additions will have been made . The first floor will stand much as it now is ; main desk, reference rooms , study rooms, and new book arrivals. The second floor will contain the bulk of the 15 ,000 books now on hand, a working area of two rooms, and the all-important card catalogue. Floor three, at present occupied by Dr. and Mrs. Farley, will be transformed into study rooms . It is expected that the former music room will become a browsing room for light reading . Over 4,000 new books have been purchased by the library during the past year and the drive is not over yet . Before September, 1949, the shelves are expected to contain more than 20 ,000 volumes . When the present expansion is completed the library will provide chair space for 150 students . Some new aluminum chairs and steel tables were recently installed in the reference room and from all reports the third floor study rooms wil l be similarly equipped . Fluorescent lighting will also be installed. The library staff is to be increased from three to four. Present members are Joseph H . Myers, Librarian ; Mrs. ada Vujica , Circulation Assistant; and Miss Ellen Brennan, Ordering Assistant . Mr . Myers received his A. B . at Lehigh University and his B. S. in Library Science from McGill University, Montreal, Canada . The new member of the staff will be Miss Marian E . Nicolls of Saskatchewan, Canada . She is a graduate of McGill University and will be in charge of cataloguing. �Public Relations Department . . . Publicity at Wilkes College is now being handled by John C. Bush ' 42 and Tom Moran ·49 _ Bush is sports editor of the Sunday Independent at the present time and handles general publicity at the college . He graduated from Bucknell University in 1942 and entered the navy as an ensign . Following his discharge from service , Bush resumed his work with the Bucknell University Public Relations Department and in 1946 came back to Wilkes-Barre as a member of the Sunday Independent's staff. Moran, also a member of the Sunday Independent staff, is a student at Wilkes College and will graduate in February · 49 . At present he is Director of Sports Publicity and assistant to Bush on the general publicity staff. II ON CAM pus II The 1947-48 school year at Wilkes saw the establishment of a great man y new activities , the basis for an expanded curricular and extra-curricular program . This was a year of "firsts" and alumni will be interested in noticing the growth . Here are some "firsts" - Annual Cinderella Ball . . . Not a first , but of interest as a thoroughly established activity, the "Cindy Hop" is the peak of social activity at Wilkes . Ten lovely candidates for Cindererella are chosen weeks before the affair , at a special assembly . Then the entire student body votes by secret mail ballot . The winner is announced during intermission of the dance and in a colorful ceremony is crowned by the "name" orchestra leader, and presented with a wealth of gifts donated by local merchants . Last year Charlie Spivak entertained; this year 800 couples danced to the music of Tomm y Dorsey & Co . and Miss Peggy Woolcock '48 was the choice for Cinderella. Placement Center and Careers Library . . . The new Placement Center of the college, under the supervision of Mr . Clarence Boston , is endeavoring to find positions that graduating students are qualified to fill . Mr . Paul Mehm, head of the Careers Advising Dept . is chief librarian for what is believed to be the most unique, complete library of its kind . Employment and career reports for all types of positions on three continents are available to those interested. In addition, information on Corporation scholarships is at the office . Band Concert . . . The College Band, now in 1t s second year of existence, concluded a successful season by presenting an outdoor concert before a large , appreciative audience on the campus behind Kirby and Chase Halls . The band, which for the past two football seasons added color to the grid contests , consists of forty student musicians . The public concert was presented at night and the program included a wide variety of selections plus trombone, flute , and piano soloists . This concert will be presented annuall y". **** College Offers Safety Courses The new Wilkes College Bureau of Safety, under the direction of Clemens A . Pell · 48 is offering two courses in safety education . The two courses are General Safety and Driver Training and Education . Each course is six weeks in duration and students taking them receive co llege credits . Wilkes College Rings . . . As the result of a vote taken b y the senior class , Wilkes College now has an official college ring . Any t y pe of stone desired ma y be mounted on the circular face which is surrounded by the lettering "Wilkes College·· . One shank of the ring pictures the college seal , a woodcut of old Fort Durkee , and the other side has a likeness of Chase Hall. The class year is on the outside of the ring while the initials and degree receiv ed are engraved on the inside. tv1r . A . T. Nolan , . Franklin St., who represents the Balfour Co ., is taking orders for the rings . Aw ards Dance . . . Five theatrical " Oscars" , a plaque , and numerous individual awards were given out at the first Annual Awards Dance held at Sans Souci Park by the Student Council . The " Oscars" were awarded for the two best leading roles , the two best supporting parts , and for the best technical work . The plaque was awarded for outstanding work with the college band . Pins or ke ys were a warded to the following organizations ; Concert Band, Majorettes , Thespians, Beacon Staff, Cheerleaders, Choral Club, and the Student Council. Athletic Awards were made at a later date . Successful completion of these two courses entitles the student to recei ve certification to teach the subjects in public secondary schools of Pennsylvania . Beginning in September, 1948, teachers in all public schools of Pennsylvania will be required to have six hours credit in safety . The Driver Training course consists of class work and actual behind-the-wheel training and leads toward the completion of requirements for acquiring a driver's license . The college has a dual-control training car for the " fledgling " drivers . The course in General Safety covers all t y pes of safety practices and unlike the driving course requires payment of semester hour fees . COLLEGE FACILIT IES EXP AND . . . Top to Bottom: An engineering drawing room, part of the new cafeteria, main desk of library. Mr . Pell is a member of the Wilkes-Barre Police Department on leave of absence . He received his B . S . in Commerce and Finance this year at Wilkes . Dr. Craig Abroad . . . Dr . Mary E . Craig , head of the Wilkes English Department, will sail June 23 for the British Isles aboard the S . S . America . She hopes to attend the Edinburgh Music Festival , the Mal vern Festival , and the Olympic Games at Wimbley Dr. Craig also plans to renew old acquaintances at the various universities and to visit the Hebrides . Dr . Craig recently received news that her book, The Scottish Periodical Press 1750-1789, published at Edinburgh in 1931 , has had a seventeen year sale in the British Isles . This is the first news she has received on the publication in five years. Dr . Craig will leave England for the return trip to the United States on September 2. Mr. Edward Williams, professor of English , will leave this month for Columbia University where he will take work leading to the Doctor's degree . For the past several semesters Mr. Williams has been a familiar figure before the American Literature classes . He was master of ceremonies at the senior dinner-dance held recently. Mr. Williams will return to Wil k es in the fall of 1949. Mr. Konstantin Symonolewicz, head of the Wilkes College Sociology Department, is attending Columbia University where he is writing the thesis that will ultimately bring him a Doctorate . Mr. Symonolewicz has also been teaching Polish courses at Wilkes and was instrumental in arousing interest in establishing a Slav ic Culture Center at the college . Mr. Elwood Disgue , head of the Foreign Language Department, is working on his Doctor's thesis here in Wilkes-Barre . The German professor was wor k ing on the paper several years ago when Uncle Sam interrupted him . Twenty-one Wilkes College professors are t a king summer work. Among them are Mr. Alfred Groh , English instructor, theatre director and yearbook advisor , who is taking work at Columb ia Uni versity; Mr. Thomas Richards , head of the Mathematics department ; Mr . Edward Wasilewski , a member of the Mathematics department, and Mr . John Riley · 48, an instructor in the Commerce and Finance department . N ewest department head at Wil kes is Mr. Donald E . Cobleigh who is the man behind the mus ic d epartment. Mr. Cobleigh, who came here from Dartmouth College , succeeds the late Professor Paul Gies . Other department heads at the college include : Dr. Mary E . Craig ________ _________________________________________ English Dr. Charles B . Reif__ ____________ _____ ___________ ____________ Biology Mr . Harold W . Thatcher__ ____________________________ __________ Histor y Mr . Voris B . Hall... _________________________________________________ Physics Mr. Elwood J . Disque ______ __________________ Modern Languages Mr . Thomas Richards ____________ _______ _______________ Mathematics Mr. Konstantin Symonolewicz _______________ ___________ Sociology Miss Kathryn E. Dominquez ________________ __________ Psychology Mr. Herbert J. Morris _________________________________ ____ Economics The faculty itself has grown from some sixty to one-hundred within a year . �WHAT WE'RE DOING As far as we know no ne of our Alumni have reached everlasting fame and fortune , but we are stil l young and hoping . In the mean t ime this column will help keep us in touch with each other. In order to have plenty of up-to-date information we are going to ask for your help and we would appreciate hearing from you. Just write and tell us your name, class year , address, occupation , marita l status, and number and names of children. If vou know of the location and activities of some 0th.er Alumni or want to know about some of them , indicate that too. Address all communications to Alumni Office, Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvanir1. . Because so many of our Alumni are away from Wyoming Valley we have lost track of t hem, so until your letters begin to come in , we wi ll have to content ourselves by telling you what is new with us at home . Bertha Line Arnold is teaching at Dallas Borough High School . Her address is 99 Elizabeth Street, ·W ilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania. A son, John Moore , was born to l'v1r . and Mrs . James Bryson, (Margaret Moore "39" ) December 13 , 1943. The Brysons also have a daughter Mart ha J anc. Their address is Centre Hall, Pennsylvania . Phyllis S. Eichler recently received her doctorate from Pennsylvania State College of Optometry and became the first member of her sex to en ter this practice in Wilkes-Barre. Her address is 203 West River Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsy lvania . George R . Rader is public officE' manager of the Bell Telephone Company of Penns ylvania in Ha rrisburg . His address is 1201 Rolleston Street, Harrisburg, Pennsy lvania. Robert Podrasky and Helen Janosky, both .. 44", were married last January in Wilkes-Barre. Alfred Eisenpreis, who is on the advertising staff at Pomeroy's Department Store, is doing double duty as a teacher of advertising at Wilkes College. Other Alumni on the faculty are Joe Donnelly, Al Groh, Donald Kersteen, Joe Markowit z , John Riley, Arnold Sullum, Reese Pelton, Clemens Pell, John Cooney, Marcella Novak , and John Boy ce . Ellen Brennan is in a much expanded library and Louise Brennan, Louise Dodson, Jean Machonis, Madelyn Molitoris, and Jean Withey are working in the college office . Miss Marion Ganard " 45" is teaching at the Middletown Junior High School in Middletown , Delaware . Janet Post ''44" became the bride of Walter S. Phillips in the First Baptist Church, Kingston , Pennsylvania , February 28 , 1948. The Phillips' are residing at 10 E . Dorrance Street, Kingston , Pa . Vince Wall recently graduated from Hahnemann Medical Cr-liege, Philadelphia . He will serve his internship at Scranton State Hospital. Mary Kenney " 44" is employed as a technician at White P lains, ew York , Hospital The marriage of Ruth Evans "44" to Robert Thomas , a student at Dickinson, was recently announced. Mrs. Thomas is teaching in Plymouth, Penna. Alberta Novick "46" is teaching in Plymouth Borough. June Owens "42" and Katherine Freund "42" are teaching at GAR High School in Wilkes-Barre . Marian Reid "46" is employed as a secretary in ew York City . Her address is 103 Woodland Avenue, River Edge, New Jersey . Bob Moser is living at 1007 Columbia Avenue , Lancaster, Pennsylvania . He is employed as a draftsman by the Hamilton Watch Company . Beatrice Hoyle's address is Centra l apartment , 11 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsy 1vania . Beatrice is Operating Room Supervisor at Jefferson Hospital. Mrs . Kieth Moser (Claire Harding) is living at 427 E . Sixth Street, New York City. Mrs . Moser is working at the Cornell Medical Center in New York . Mr . and Mrs. Walter D. Celmer (Florence Mackiewicz) are living in Urbana, Illinois . Mr. Celmer has been appointed a Fellow in Chemistry at the Graduate S:::hool of the University of Illinois , Urbana, Illinois. Phyllis Smith "44" is an instructor of English at Bucknell University . Shirley Mason (x49) is employed as a secretary by the Wilkes-Barre Lace Company . Leon Wazeter is employed as an adjudicator by the V. A. in Wilkes-Barre . He is living in Trucksville, Pen nsy lvania. Dr. and Mrs. Frank Speicher (Treveryan Williams) both "43" are living in Palmerton, Pennsylvania where Frank is practicing dentistry . Dr. Robert M. Kerr is a Resident in Medicine at the Robert Packer Hospital , Sayre, Pennsylvania . Mr. Robert Wentz "46" has accepted a position with Stone and Webster of Boston . His first assignment will take him to Baton Rouge, La. Thomas J. Boyle is a student at New York University. He is living at 616 West 116th Street, ew York City . Ellen Badger is employed by the International Correspondence Schoo l in Scranton, Pennsylvania and lives at 377 Wash ington Avenue , Jermyn , Pennsylvania . Betty James is living at Pocono Manor where she is employed as secretary to the superintendent of Pocono Manor Hotel. Jim Mollahan lives at 396 Park Avenue , WilkesBarre . He is employed by the Veterans Administration . Evelyn Eichler has announced her engagment to Norman Baum, a member of this year's graduating class at Wilkes . Allan Siegfried is married and the father of three children . The Siegfrieds live at 8 Magnolia Avenue in Wilkes-Barre , and Allan is employed at Pomeroy's . Betty Schwager is employed in the Service Repair Department of the Bell Telephone Company in Wilkes-Barre . Her address is 934 Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort, Pennsylvania . Wallace Jones "48" is associated with Dunn and Bradstreet in ew York City . THE LETTER BOX ( We are anxious to hear from any and all Alumni, Address your letters to the Alumni Office, Chase I-la/I ) I am one of the "old grads" who as students were limited not only to two years of schooling at the "Junior College", but also to two buildings within which almost all of our activities -- curricular and extra-curricular -- took place. Facilities for registration , instruction, research, and informal get-togethers, for eating and studying were confined to these quarters . Thus, both time and space, in comparison with the college today , were quite unpretentious . However , it is not in terms of the physical that I think of our college, but rather, in terms of those intangible qualities -- spirit, inspiration, comradeship -- which were flourishing in my day and which to me will always be the school's outstanding assets . These are the primary assets which have been available to all students attending Wilkes from its inception as a junior college to its present status as a four-year institution . It is not my intention to ignore the physical expansion of our alma mater, however. On the contrary , it is with pride that I now can call it Wilkes College, knowing that it offers complete facilities for a college degree . As first president of its alumni association, I know how great was the desire of all Junior College students for the fulfillment of this expaned four-year program . We like to feel that we have had a small share in making it possible ; nor did we ever doubt that such an achievement would not materialize . Those alumni who formulated our constitution and by-laws provided for the necessary adjustments during the transition period , in view of the fact that a fouryear status would soon be realized . The major purpose of our organization was to further the interests of our school , and the fact that so many of us had a sincere desire to organize is an indication of our enduring interest and affection. Actuall y, the alumni association is still in its infancy. But I am confident that, as the college grows, the organization will proportionately assume its responsibility as a purposeful and successful adjunct to its alma mater. JA E AGRO LOWUM First President of Alumni Assoc . How gratifying it is to know that we now have an accredited four-year college in our community . And how gratifying it is also to know that many of us have had some part in its development. I wonder just how many of us know the significance of this realization and what it means to our community . I think those of us who endeavored to seek out our future during the old days of the "Boiler Factory", as Bucknell Junior College was called when it held classes in the old Business College building, and the early days when Chase Hall and Conyngham Hall were our only buildings, wi ll appreciated t he effort that was expended to reach our goals. Scenes changed frequently in those days, and, to some of us , receiving college degrees seemed like scaling a high mountain , difficult and uncertain . We all had to face the necessity of leaving Wilkes-Barre in search of higher education. Today , however, thanks to the combined efforts of numerous foresighted citizens of this community , we have a "full-fledged" four-year college which awards accredited degrees to aspiring young people who have no need to seek their fortunes elsewhere but here in Wyoming Valley. The door of opportunity is now open to students of moderate means who live in the surrounding areas and who otherwise would find it difficult, or even impossible, to receive a college education elsewhere. These are the individuals who form the backbone of our community and in them lies the responsibility of its progress. ow that Wyoming Valley offers its youth a complete education at Wilkes College, an active alumni association aids in the strengthening of its ties within the community . With more and more members on its roster , the alumni association will be an important factor in the growth of the college and in turn will raise the intellectual standards of this community . M . K. �I THE s,oRrsco,E HERE'S YOUR CHANCE I By Tom Moran Director of Athletic Publicity HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO HELP YOUR ALMA MATER. WILKES With the close of the 1948 baseball season Wilkes College wrote the final chapter to its second "big year" in collegiate sports and at present the members of the Athletic Department, headed by George F . Ralston, are preparing for the 1948-49 season, which promises to surpass all previous achievements in the sports history of the co llege. The evolution of sports at Wilkes College -taking into consideration the two-sport program sponsored by the school when it was known as Bucknell University Junior College -- has been rapid. With the first large-scale flow of veterans into the school in 1946, the first really great emphasis was placed on sports. George F. Ralston was introduced to Wyoming Valley sports fans and athletic enthusiasts at the college as the first Director of Athletics at the institution. The college entered the sports world in its first important move in September 1946 with start of football. Ralston did what many consider to be almost t he impossible -- when he coached his first team through a perfect season of six wins and no losses . In t he Winter basketball was given a proverbial shot in the arm and wrestling was introduced at the college with Cromwell Thomas , a member of the faculty and a former Washington and Lee grappler, as coach. In the Spring, tennis was the fourth sport to be added to the steadily growing list of athletics and Joseph Danilowicz, a student of the college, was assigned the duties of coach . Baseball -- reorganized at the college in 1945 -- became the main attraction in May and June of 1946 when Ralston piloted his club through an exceptionally good season. The second year of sports at the school -- then a four-year institution known as Wilkes College -- found the Athletic Department with better equipment and more experienced athletes . Wilkes fans delighted at the variety of athletic events scheduled for the 1947-48 seasons and valley people suddenly became aware of the spirit that was growing with the new college. The second year of football at the college found Ralston with another first-rate team, which went through the season with six wins , one loss , and one tie . To support the team -- Wilkes College now had its own band, organized and directed by Reese E. Pelton, and cheerleaders . The rest of the year's athletic events further proved that Wilkes was definitely on the road to becom ing one of the most important sports college in its class in the country. NEEDS NEW BUILDINGS; THE NEED FOR A GYMNASIUM IS URGENT. WE HAVE THE LAND BUT NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO BUILD. WE AS ALUMNI FEEL WE CAN HELP AND HAVE SET UP A COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF A CAMPAIGN FOR THIS PURPOSE. THIS IS YOUR AREN'T OPPORTUNITY ASKING PROPORTION TO FOR TO PROVE HUGE YOURSELVES SUMS; JUST ALUMNI. AS TRY TO GIVE WE IN YOUR ABILITY TO PAY. Committee members in charge of the drive are: BASEBALL PROGRESSES . . . B as e ball has become one of the College's major athle+ic attractions . Un der Coach George Ralston this year's team rolled u p a record of nine w ins and three losses. Chairmen-Daniel Williams, Reese Pelton '48 Alberta Novick Sallyanne Frank **** Marguerite Krashkevich WILKES COLLEGE 1948 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Floyd A. Seigfried September 18- Bloomsburg State Teachers College Douglas MacN eal , 48 Away September 25-St. Francis College Home October 2-Hartwick College Away October 23-Mansfield State Teachers College Away October 30-Lycoming College Away Naomi Hons Ellen Brennan Leon W azeter Ruth Tischler June Owens Katherine Freund George Fry ' 48 ALUMNI BUILDING FUND COMMITTEE ALUMNI OFFICE WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA. Name ______ __________________ ·----------·-----·---------------------- --- ------------·-------·-- __________________ Class _. --·-·------------ _ Address ____ -·---------•------- . ·---- .. ·------- -----·-·----------------------------------·-·--------·- -- -----·------···------ -·-- ·-- .. --- · November 6-Rider College Away November 20- K ing, s College Home Occupation. _____ -·--·-·-··· .. ----··· ______ -·-- __ If Married, Husband' s or Wife's Name _____ ······----·----------------·-·------·-·-----·- -----··----------·---- Number of Children and Ages ______ .--------------------------··-----·--·--------· --------- ------·-------·---------· -- ---- Home Games -- Kingston Stadium Colleges attended after B .U.J.C. or Wilkes and Degrees: Plan Now To Attend SECOND ANNUAL HOMECOMING' ' Celebration TO BE HELD IN THE FALL Enclosed is my contribution or pledge for $ _____ ·-------··-----------------------··-------··-·---------· --·(Checks or Money Orders should be made payable to the WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI BUILDING FUND . If a pledge, please state how payable. ) �~ ,I - Printed by I.lewellyn Brothers ~ I near porated U, If) ()),,, N 0 �7ie WILK~S ALUMNUS SeuHHt,e,e E&tto,e 19 4 8 FIRST COMMENCEMENT (See Page 3) �( Cover Story ) FIRST WILKES GRADS RECEIVE DIPLOMAS WILKES ALUMNUS Official Publication of t he Wilkes College Alumni Association _ _ _ _ _ IN THIS ISSUE _ _ _ __ Alumni Banquet __________ _____________________ _ ________________________________ Page 5 A Message from the President of the Alumni Association 4 First Class Graduates ____________ ----------------------- -------------------------------- 3 Frosh Are Rated __________________________________________ --- ------------------------ 4 Library Expands____________________________ ___________________ _ 5 Safety Courses Offered ____ ------- _______ ----------- __ - 7 Senior Class Gift______________________________________________________________________________ 3 FEATURES . . . The Faculty ________________________ .. _________ _ ____ __________________ .. Page 7 6 On Campus _ Sportscope __________________ ___________ ------------------------------------------------------------- 10 What We're Doing (Alumni Briefs ) ___ ---------------------------------_ . 8 On Saturday evening, June 12, the first four-year graduates of Wilkes College received their bachelors degrees . A capacity crowd witnessed the ceremony, held in the First Presbyterian Church, S . Franklin St. Sixty-five students were awarded diplomas from Bucknell University for work done at Wilkes. Bucknell degrees were granted because of a ruling that makes it mandatory for a college to graduate one class before it can be fully accredited. A breakdown of the graduates according to degrees reveals that twenty-five received the Bachelor of Arts, eight received the Bachelor of Science in Biology, thirty-one received the Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Finance, and two received the Bachelor of Science in Education . In addition to the four-year graduates , certincates were awarded to sixty-five terminal students, most of whom were engineering students who will transfer to other schools for the last two years of work . Two graduates received awards at the ceremony . John G . Gooch was awarded the Dobson Medal in Accounting for outstanding scholastic work in that fie ld . Reese E . Pelton received the Service Award for responsibility assumed in creating and training the college band. The graduation address was delivered by Dr. Everett Hunt, Dean of Swarthmore College. Diplomas were presented to graduates by Dr. William Coleman, Dean of Bucknell University, and to the convocants by Dr. Farley . Two selections were offered by the Wilkes College Choral Club under the direction of Mr . Donald E. Cobleigh. Rev . Charles Roush gave the benediction . Mr. Charles Henderson played the organ and recessional. In his address Dr . Hunt told graduates that, "instead of trying to cure the world, you might learn to endure it." He explained that by enduring the hardships of life one actually helps to cure the ills. The Dean offered four suggestions to the graduates which he considered necessary for a well-balanced life: "Satisfying work , a satisfying amount of play, a large amount of love and a reverend attitude of worship ." The ceremony was preceded by a buffet luncheon served to graduates and convocants on the campus behind Chase Hall . EDITORIAL With this issue of the Wilkes Alumnus we are beginning the periodical publication of a magazine to be devoted to the task of continuing relationships between Wilkes College and its alumni , including graduates of B. U. J . C. In publishing this periodical we have two primary aims . First, we intend to inform each alumnus of the latest developments and additions to his Alma Mater. Wi'lkes College is now in the process of rapid growth and through the medrum of this magazine each grad will share the pride of the faculty and undergraduates . The second aim is to help each alumnus discover what his former classmates are doing and to assist the Alumni Association in bringing groups of graduates together into closer contact . Activities being considered for the coming year include a huge Homecoming celebration during the football season and a reunion program to be held next spring in connection with graduation events. There is one way in which each alumnus can help to make both this magazine and the association a success. Send us any scraps of information you may have concerning both alumni and the college, and above all , send you personal comments and suggestions for improving alumni relations . If you have recently moved, received a new position or promotion, been married, received recognitions, etc ., be sure to write . We shall eagerly await your card or letter ; with your aid we shall progress with Wilkes . REESE E . PEL TO , Alumni Secrelary **** Seniors Donate Trophy Case Published at WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI OFFICE Chase Hall 184 S. River Street Wilkes-Barre , Penna . The Class of 1948 unanimously voted to mesent a trophy case to the college as a class gift . The· case will be built into the wall of the proposed gymnasium to be built on S . Franklin Street. At present the athletic department has been awarded several trophies and there are no means for their display . Among trophies awarded to the school are the Dr. McNeal Trophy, presented for an undefeated record during the first year of participation in collegiate football , and a trophy awarded to the basketball team for placing in the Pennsylvania Junior College Tournament. CHINESE STUDENTS STUD Y HERE . .. Th e s tudent body of Wilkes is gradually assumin g an int ernational aspect. Above are Miss Iren e Wang and Miss May Way, two Ch inese studen t s now st udying at t h e college. Students from Columbia, Nicaragua, and El Salvador are also enrolled. �Alumni Dinner-Dance Huge Success An Open Letter from The President of the Alumni Association Dear Alumni: This year should be outstanding in the history of our Alumni Association and our Alma Mater will do all in her power to insure the attainment of this goal. We start the year with an acting Alumni Secretary, Mr. Reese E . Pelton, at the college . I have had the pleasure of working with Reese, know him to be a hard worker, and feel confident that much will be accomplished. At last we have an office of our own . This office is on the third floor of Chase Hall and we invite you to drop in to see us anytime you are in town. \Ve hope to get all our tangled records in order and in one office by the end of this summer. I am going to count on your help for any missing information you may be asked to give or can volunteer and, as your President, have volunteered to give all my free time over to this work . We have a fine new constitution to work under and in it there are provisions for branch organizations. We want branch clubs. If you would like to see one in your area, write to us and we will put you in touch with others in your area who are interested and supply you with names and addresses of Alumni living in your area . Branches, aside from contributing to the growth and prestige of our Alma Mater, provide opportunities for renewing old friendships , good fellowship , and many good times and memories among people with common backgrounds and interests. The Alumni Office of Wilkes College stands ready and waiting to help you. The Wilkes-Barre Association meets the first Monday of every month, September through May, (the September meeting is held on the second Monday), at 8 :00 P . M . in Chase Hall. If you live in this vicinity or are in town that day , we invite you attend the meetings . I can· t tell you in words what this college has meant to me, for without the start I received at B.U . J .C. I would be minus a college education today. Many of you have the same deep feeling I have and know that it was the economy and convenience of a college in your own community that gave you the opportunity to go to college . There are others among you have other reasons for loving this college . Some of you like myself looked forward and worked for the day that B .U.J .C. would become a four year co lege and now that we have obtained that goal our task instead of ending has just begun . We know our college needs more new facilities and that a gymnasium is of prime importance for accreditment . It is now that Wilkes College has a definite need to expand, and it is to us , the Alumni , that a large portion of this task should fall. With this issue of the Alumnus comes the first information about that Wilkes College Alumni Building Fund. This program is not a "matter of the moment." It has been presented to you after much deliberat ion and study on our part. First, it should be emphasized that you will never be told that you owe Wilkes anything . Maybe you do, but you will never be reminded of it and it is hoped that no one will contribute because of t1:at feeling . The Fund Committee wants you to give what you are able to give because of your love and respect for Wilkes and because of her need to better serve the many young people who are annually clamoring for permission to come to your Alma Mater. For the institution which does not continuously grow in the quality of its service will lose not only t?e respect of its Alumni but also that of the p~blic . None of us have achieved great wealth, but 1f we all give our small share we will build a fund that will go a long ways toward making Wilkes the college we want her to be. In this issue of the Alumnus you will find a coupon for that purpose . I hope that you will make use of it. Wilkes today takes its place among the institutions whose Alumni take pride in the privilege of becoming investor3 in the future of their Alma Mater and of a system of government which we consider the best. We have many more plans for the coming year in the blueprint stage and I intend to see that I receive your co-operation in carrying them out to final success . I would appreciate hearing from you and would welcome any suggestions on your part for improvement of our program . I close my letter to you with high hopes of a bigger and better year in Wilkes Alumni history. Sincerely yours, DANIEL E. WILLIAMS, President , Wilkes College Alumni Association. **** Frosh Rated High Wilkes College recently participated in a Psychological Examination program conducted by the American Council on Education. Over 65,276 college freshman from 293 colleges participated in the survey . Results of the survey recently came from the Council's headquarters at the University of Chicago . Wilkes College freshmen achieved the rank score of 16th among the 293 participating colleges. The testing functions which the Council has sponsored will in the future be a part of the Educational Testing Service. Approximately 70 Alumni and guests attended the Wilkes College Alumni Association's 3rd annual dinner-dance on Saturday evening, May 29, at the Commercial Club, Harvey's Lake . Leon Wazeter , a former president of the Association, was chairman of the committee for this affair. This committee really worked hard and the members are to be congratulated for their efforts. After dinner we were formally welcomed by Danny Williams, president of the Alumni Association, who turned us over to the toastmaster , Atty . Ralph Johnston. Ralph left his court-room dignity at home and informality was the keynote . The principal speakers were President Farley and Dr. Roy C. Tasker . Dr. Tasker was formerly professor of biology at B .U.J .C. and is now at Bucknell University. Dr . Farley amazed the Alumni present with his report of the changes at our Alma Mater, but injected a serious note when he mentioned the need of a gymnasium for accreditment. The new buildings, the new use of the old ones, the size of the faculty , the enrollment, and plans for the future were astonishing and seemed like a dream fulfilled to some of the oldtimers. After Or. Farley's talk we were all eager to attend our first real homecoming day so we could actually inspect all these changes. Dr . Tasker proved to be an interesting and entertaining speaker. He told us of the great strides of science and pointed out the similarity between this progress and our future possibilities . We were all amused when he produced some old copies of the Beacon and passed them around so we could see what we were doing back in our college days During the course of the evening we had a few vocal selections by William Burnaford with Betty Schwager at the piano. At the conclusion of the program we turned our attention to dancing and renewing old friendships until late in the evening . Those in attendance were Dr. and Mrs. Eugene S . Farley, Dr . and Mrs . Roy C. Tasker, Atty. Ralph Johnston , Daniel E . Williams , aomi Hons, Carol Kearns, June M . Owens , William M . Toplis, Katherine P. Freund, Sallyanne Frank, William L. Wentz , Harold Rosinn, Andrew P . O'Malley, Rita O'Malley, Joseph P . Brislin, Mary R. Brislin, Dr. Frank Speicher, Mrs. Treveryan Williams Speicher, Thomas G . Duffy , Claire L. Duffy, D . A. Frederick, Irene Frederick, Lillian Evans, Walter Casmark, William C. Davis, Genevieve Brennan Davis , Marion Martin , Marian Frantz, Evelyn Hudak , William Burnaford, William Waters , Mr. and Mrs . R . T. Conway, Margaret Graham , Dorothy Hughes Royer, Robert D . Royer , Gertrude Marvin, Dr . Robert M . Kerr , Cordis Langdon . Dr. William F. Dowdell , Atty . Joseph V. Gallagher, Irene Straney, Atty . Leon F. Rokusz, Laura Rokusz , Leon Wazeter, Betty Marlino, Evelyn Feinstein, Aileen M . Carr, Betty Schwager, Marge Krashkevich, Mr. and .1rs . Kornblatt , James Mallahan, Joseph B . Farrell, Bett y McGinty, Louise M. J.ones, Robert B . Eastwood, Charlotte Davis, Rober t Wentz, John McCann, ScoLty Ruthaford, Stephen Wartella , Loretta Farris, and Joseph Weir. Everyone had a wonderful time and we look orward to more affairs like this . ext time we want to see even more Alumni, and hope to meet more wives and husbands . ALUMNI DANCE . . . Last Christmas a large number of us living in the WilkesB arre area attended the Annual Alumni Dance in the Crystal Ballroom of Hotel Sterling. The Association plans to enlarge it's social calendar for the coming year. **** Library To Occupy ~nHre Building Plans are at present underway to greatly expand both the facilities and contents of the college library . When the task is completed the library will occupy virtually all of Kirby Hall By this fall most of the changes and additions will have been made. The first floor will stand much as it now is ; main desk , reference rooms, study I ooms, and new book arrivals. The second floor will contain the bulk of the 15,000 books now on hand , a work ing area of two rooms, and the all-important card catalogue. Floor three, at present occupied by Dr. and Mrs . Farley, will be transformed into study rooms . It is expected that the former music room will become a browsing room for light reading . Over 4,000 new books have been purchased by the library during the past year and the drive is not over yet . Before September, 1949, the shelves are expected to contain more than 20 ,000 volumes. When the present expansion is completed the library will provide chair space for 150 students . Some new aluminum chairs and steel tables were recently installed in the reference room and from all reports the third floor study rooms will be similarly equipped . Fluorescent lighting will also be installed. The library staff is to be increased from three to four. Present members are Joseph H . Myers , Librarian ; Mrs . Nada Vujica, Circulation Assistant ; and Miss Ellen Brennan, Ordering Assistant . Mr. Myers received his A. B . at Lehigh University and his B . S . in Library Science from McGill University , Montreal , Canada . The new member of the staff will be Miss Marian E . icolls of Saskatchewan, Canada . She is a graduate of McGill University and will be in charge of cataloguing. �Public Relations Department . . . Publicity at Wilkes College is now being handled by John C. Bush ·42 and Tom Moran ' 49. Bush is sports editor of the Sunday Independent at the present time and handles general publicity at the college . He graduated from Bucknell University in 1942 and entered the navy as an ensign . Following his discharge from service, Bush resumed his work with the Bucknell University Public Relations Department and in 1946 came back to Wilkes-Barre as a member of the Sunday Independent' s staff. Moran, also a member of the Sunday Independent staff, is a student at Wilkes College and will graduate in February · 49 . At present he is Director of Sports Publicity and assistant to Bush on the general publicity staff. CAMPUS The 1947-48 school year at Wilkes saw the establishment of a great many new activities , the basis for an expanded curricular and extra-curricular program . This was a year of "firsts" and alumni will be interested in noticing the growth . Here are some "firsts" - Annual Cinderella Ball . . . Not a first, but of interest as a thoroughly established activity , the "Cindy Hop" is the peak of social activity at Wilkes . Ten lovely candidates for Cindererella are chosen weeks before the affair, at a special assembly . Then the entire student body votes by secret mail ballot. The winner is announced during intermission of the dance and in a colorful ceremony is crowned by the "name" orchestra leader , and presented with a wealth of gifts donated by local merchants. Last year Charlie Spivak entertained ; this year 800 couples danced to the music of Tommy Dorsey & Co . and Miss Peggy Woolcock '48 was the choice for Cinderella. Placement Center and Careers Library . . . The new Placement Center of the college, under the supervision of Mr. Clarence Boston , is endeavoring to find positions that graduating students are qualified to fill. Mr. Paul Mehm, head of the Careers Advising Dept. is chief librarian for what is believed to be the most unique, complete library of its kind . Employment and career reports for all types of positions on three continents are available to those interested. In addition, information on Corporation s:::.holarships is at the office . Band Concert . . . The College Band, now in 1t s second year of existence, concluded a successful season by presenting an outdoor concert before a large , appreciative audience on the campus behind Kirby and Chase Halls . The band , which for the past two football seasons added color to the grid contests, consists of forty student musicians . The public concert was presented at night and the program included a wide variety of selections plus trombone , flute, and piano soloists . This concert will be presented annuall~,,- . **** CoHege Offers Safety Courses The new Wilkes College Bureau of Safety, under the direction of Clemens A . Pell · 48 is offering two courses in safety education . The two courses are General Safety and Driver Training and Education. Each course is six weeks in duration and students taking them receive college credits . Wilkes College Rings . . . As the result of a vote taken by the senior class , Wilkes College now has an official college ring . Any type of stone desired may be mounted on the circular face which is surrounded by the lettering ··Wilkes College". One shank of the ring pictures the college seal , a woodcut of old Fort Durkee, and the other side has a likeness of Chase Hall. The class year is on the outside of the ring while the initials and degree received are engraved on the inside . 1'v1r. A. T. olan , Franklin St., who represents the Balfour Co ., is taking orders for the rings . Aw ards Dance . . . Five theatrical ''Oscars", a plaque, and numerous individual awards were given out at the first Annual Awards Dance held at Sans Souci Park by the Student Council. The "Oscars" were awarded for the two best leading roles , the two best supporting parts , and for the best technical work . The plaque was awarded for outstanding work with the college band . Pins or keys were awarded to the following organizations ; Concert Band, Majorettes, Thespians, Beacon Staff, Cheerleaders, Choral Club , and the Student Council. Athletic A wards were made at a later date. Successful completion of these two courses entitles the student to receive certification to teach the subjects in public secondary schools of Pennsylvania . Beginning in September, 1948, teachers in all public schools of Pennsylvania will be required to have six hours credit in safety . The Driver Training course consists of class work and actual behind-the-wheel training and leads toward the completion of requirements for acquiring a driver's license . The college has a dual-control training car for the "fledgling" drivers. The course in General Safety covers all types of safety practices and unlike the driving course requires payment of semester hour fees . COLLEGE FACILITIES EXP AND . Top t o Bottom : An engineering drawing room, part of the new cafeteria, main desk of library. Mr. Pell is a member of the Wilkes-Barre Police Department on leave of absence . He received his B. S. in Commerce and Finance this year at Wilkes . Dr. Craig Ab road . . . Dr. Mary E . Craig, head of the Wilkes English Department, will sail June 23 for the British Isles aboard the S . S. America . She hopes to attend the Edinburgh Music Festival, the Malvern Festival , and the Olympic Games at Wimbley. Dr. Craig also plans to renew old acquaintances at the various universities and to visit the Hebrides. Dr. Craig recently received news that her book , The Scottish Periodical Press 1750- 1789, published at Edinburgh in 193 I, has had a seventeen year sale in the British Isles . This is the first news she has received on the publication in five years. Dr. Craig will leave England for the return trip to the United States on September 2 . Mr . Edward Williams , professor of English, will leave this month for Columbia University where he will take work leading to the Doctor's degree. For the past several semesters Mr. Williams has been a familiar figure before the American Literature classes . He was master of ceremonies at the senior dinner-dance held recently. Mr. Williams will return to Wilkes in the fall of 1949 . Mr . Konstantin Symonolewicz, head of the Wilkes College Sociology Department, is attending Columbia University where he is writing the thesis that will ultimately bring him a Doctorate . Mr . Symonolewicz has also been teaching Polish courses at Wilkes and was instrumental in arousing interest in establishing a Slavic Culture Center at the college . Mr. Elwood Ois:iue, head of the Poreign Language Department, is working on his Doctor·s thesis here in Wilkes-Barre. The German professor was working on the paper several years ago when Uncle Sam interrupted him. Twenty-one Wilkes College professors are taking summer work . Among them are Mr. Alfred Groh , English instructor , theatre director and yearbook advisor, who is taking work at Columbia University ; Mr . Thomas Richards , head of the Mathematics department ; Mr. Edward Wasilewski , a member of the Mathematics department , and Mr. John Riley · 48 , an instructor in the Commerce and Finance department . Newest department head at Wilkes is Mr . Donald E . Cobleigh who is the man behind the music department . Mr . Cobleigh , who came here from Dartmouth College, succeeds the late Professor Paul Gies . Other department heads at the college include: Dr. Mary E . Craig ..... ............... English Dr. Charles B. ReiL . ...... ................ .......... Biology Mr. Harold W . Thatcher.. .................................... History Mr . Voris B . Hall ............................................ .... Physics Mr . Elwood J . Disque ........................Modern Languages Mr. Thomas Richards .......... ........... ..........Mathematics Mr . Konstantin Symonolewicz ............ .. ........ Sociology Miss Kathryn E. Dominquez .......................... Psychology Mr. Herbert J. Morris .......... ........................ Economics The faculty itself has grown from some sixty to one-hundred within a year. �WHAT WE'RE DOING As far as we know no ne of our Alumni have reached everlasting fame and fortune , but we are still young and hoping. In the meantime this column will help keep us in touch with each other . In order to have plenty of up-to-date information we are going to ask for your help and we would appreciate hearing from you. Just write and tell us your name , class year, address, occupation, marital status, and number and names of children. If vou know of the location and activities of some oth-er Alumni or want to know about some of them , indicate that too . Address all communications to Alumni Office, Wi lkes College, Wilkes-Barre, PennsylvaniR. Because so many of our Alumni are away from W yoming Valley we have lost track of them , so until your letters begin to come in , we will have to content ourselves by telling you what is new with us at home . Bertha Line Arnold is teaching at Dallas Borough High School. Her address is 99 Elizabeth Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania . A son , John Moore , was born to Mr . and Mrs . James Bryson , (Margaret Moore ''39") December 13 , 1943 . The Brysons also have a daughter Martha Jane . Their address is Centre Hall , Pennsylvania. Phyllis S. Eichler recently received her doctorate from Pennsylvania State College of Optometry and became the first member of her sex to enter this practice in Wilkes-Barre . Her address is 203 West River Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Georg e R . Rad er is public office manager of the Bell Telephone Company of Penns ylvania in Harrisburg. His address is 120 l Rolleston Street, Harrisburg , P ennsylvania . Robert P odrasky and Helen Janosky, both "44", were married last January in Wilkes-Barre. Alfred Eisenpreis , who is on the advertising staff at Pomeroy's Department Store, is doing double duty as a teacher of advertising at Wilkes College . Other Alumni on the faculty are Joe Donnelly, Al Groh, Donald K erst een, Joe Markowitz, John Riley, Arnold Su llum, Reese Pelton, Clemens P ell, Joh n Cooney, Marcella Novak, and John Boyce . Ellen Brennan is in a much expanded library and Louise Brennan, Louise Dodson, Jean Machonis, Madelyn Molitoris , and Jean Withey are working in the college office . Miss Marion Ganard "45,, is teaching at the Middletown Junior High School in Middletown , Delaware . Janet Post "44,, became the bride of Walter S . Phillips in the First Baptist Church, Kingston , Pennsylvania , February 28 , 1948. The Phillips' are residing at IO E. Dorrance Street, Kingston , Pa. Vince Wall recently graduated from Hahnemann .:vfedical C~llege, Philadelphia . He wi ll serve his internship at Scranton State Hospital. Mary K enney " 44, , is employed as a technician at White Plains, ew York , Hospital The marriage of Ruth Evans " 44,, to Robert Thomas , a student at Dickinson, was recently announced. Mrs. Thomas is teaching in Plymouth, Penna . Alberta Novick "46" is teaching in Plymouth Borough. June Owens "42, , and Katherine Freund "42,, are teaching at GAR High School in Wil kes-Barre. Marian Reid " 46" is employed as a secretary in New York City . Her address is 103 Woodland Avenue , River Edge , ew Jersey . Bob Moser is living at 1007 Columbia Avenue , Lancaster , Pennsylvania . He is employed as a draftsman by the Hamilton Watch Company . Beatrice Hoyle's address is Central apartment, 11 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsy lvania . Beatrice is Operating Room Supervisor at Jefferson Hospital. Mrs . Kieth Moser (Claire Harding) is living at 427 E . Sixth Street, ew York City . Mrs . Moser is working at the Cornell Medical Center in New York . Mr. and Mrs . Walter D. Celmer (Florence Mackiewicz) are living in Urbana , Illinois . Mr. Celmer has been appointed a Fell ow in Chem is try at the Graduate School of t he University of Illinois , Urbana , Illinois . Phyllis Smith "44,, is an instructor of English at Bucknell University . Shirley Mason (x49) is employed as a secretary by the Wilkes-Barre Lace Company. Leon Wazeter is employed as an adjudicator by the V . A. in Wilkes-Barre . He is living in Trucksville, Pennsylvania . Dr . and Mrs. Frank Speicher (Treveryan Williams) both "43 " are living in Palmerton, Pennsylvania where Frank is practicing dentistry . Dr. Robert M. Kerr is a Resident in Medicine at the Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pennsylvania . Mr . Robert Wentz "46" has accepted a position with Stone and Webster of Boston. His first assignment will take him to Baton Rouge, La . Thomas J. Boyle is a student at ew York University . He is living at 616 West ] 16th Street, ew York City . Ellen Badger is employed by the International Correspondence School in Scranton, Pennsylvania and lives at 377 Washington Avenue , J erm y n, Pennsylvania . Betty James is living at Pocono Manor where she is employed as secretary to the superintendent of Pocono Manor Hotel. Jim Mallahan lives at 396 Park Avenue , WilkesBarre . He is employed by the Veterans Administration . Evelyn Eichler has announced her engagment to Norman Baum, a member of this year's graduating class at Wilkes . Allan Siegfried is married and the father of three children . The Siegfrieds live at 8 Magnolia Avenue in Wilkes-Barre, and All an is employed at Pomeroy's . Betty Schwager is employed in the Service Repair Department of the Bell Telephone Company in Wilkes-Barre . Her address is 934 Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort, Pennsylvania . Wallace Jones 1 '48 ,, is associated with Dunn and Bradstreet in ew York City. THE LETTER BOX ( We are anxious to hear from any and all Alumni, Address your letters to the Alumni Office, Chase Hall ) I am one of the " old grads" who as students were limited not only to two years of schooling at the "Junior College", but also to two buildings within which almost all of our activities -- curricular and extra-curricular -- took place. Facilities for registration, instruction, research, and informal get-togethers, for eating and studying were confined to these quarters . Thus, both time and space, in comparison with the college today , were quite unpretentious . However , it is not in terms of the physical that I think of our college, but rather, in terms of those intangible qualities -- spirit, inspiration, comradeship -- which were flourishing in my day and which to me will always be the school's outstanding assets . These are the primary assets which have been available to all students attending Wilkes from its inception as a junior college to its present status as a four-year institution. It is not my intention to ignore the physical expansion of our alma mater, however. On the contrary, it is with pride that I now can call it Wi lkes College, knowing that it offers complete fac ilities for a college degree . As first president of its alumni association, I know how great was the desire of all Junior College students for the fulfillment of this expaned four-year program . We like to feel that we have had a small share in making it possible ; nor did we ever doubt that such an achievement would not materialize . Those alumni who formulated our constitution and by-laws provided for the necessary adjustments during the transition period , in view of the fact that a fouryear status would soon be realized . The major purpose of our organization was to further the interests of our school , and the fact that so many of us had a sincere desire to organize is an indication of our enduring interest and affection . Actuall y, the alumni association is still in its infancy. But I a m confident that, as the college grows, the organization will proportionately assume its responsibility as a purposeful and successful adjunct to its alma mater. JA E AGRO LOWUM First President of Alumni Assoc . How gratifying it is to know that we now have an accredited four-year college in our community . And how gratifying it is also to know that man y of us have had some part in its development. I wonder just how many of us know the significance of this realization and what it means to our community . I think those of us who endeavored to seek out our future during the old days of the "Boiler Factory", as Bucknell Junior College was called when it held classes in the old Business College building, and the early days when Chase Hall and Conyngham Hall were our only buildings, will appreciated the effort that was expended to reach our goals. Scenes changed frequently in those days , and, to some of us , receiving college deg rees seemed like sca ling a high mountain , difficu lt and uncertain . We all had to face the necessity of leaving Wilkes-Barre in search of higher education . Today , however , thanks to the combined efforts of numerous foresighted citizens of this community, we have a "full-fledged·· four-year college which awards accredited degrees to aspiring young people who have no need to seek their fortunes elsewhere but here in Wyoming Valley . The door of opportunity is now open to students of moderate means who live in the surrounding areas and who otherwise would find it difficult, or even impossible, to receive a college education elsewhere . These are the individuals who form the backbone of our community and in them lies the responsibility of its progress . ow that Wyoming Valley offers its youth a complete education at Wilkes College, an active alumni association aids in the strengthening of its ties within the community . With more and more members on its roster , the a lumni association wi ll be an important factor in the growth of the college and in turn will raise the intellectual standards of this community . M . K. �~ ERE'S YOUR C~ANCE I THE S'PORTSCO'PE I By Tom Mor:an Director of Athletic Publicity HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO HELP YOUR ALMA MATER. WILKES With the close of the 1948 baseball season Wilkes College wrote the final chapter to its second "big year" in collegiate sports and at present the members of the Athletic Department, headed by George F. Ralston, are preparing for the 1948-49 season, which promises to surpass all previous achievements in the sports history of the college. The evolution of sports at Wilkes College -taking into consideration the two-sport program sponsored by the school when it was known as Bucknell University Junior College -- has been rapid. With the first large-scale flow of veterans into the school in 1946, the first really great emphasis was placed on sports . George F. Ralston was introduced to Wyoming Valley sports fans and athletic enthusiasts at the co llege as the first Director of Athletics at the institution. The college entered the sports world in its first important move in September 1946 with start of football. Ralston did what many consider to be almost the impossible -- when he coached his first team through a perfect season of six wins and no losses . In the Winter basketball was given a proverbial shot in the arm and wrestling was introduced at the college with Cromwell Thomas, a member of the faculty and a former Washington and Lee grappler , as coach . In the Spring, tennis was the fourth sport to be added to the steadily growing list of athletics and Joseph Danilowicz , a student of the college, was assigned the duties of coach . Baseball -- reorganized at the college in 1945 -- became the main attraction in May and June of 1946 when Ralston piloted his club through an exceptionally good season . The second year of sports at the school -- then a four-year institution known as Wilkes College -- found the Athletic Department with better equipment and more experienced athletes . Wilkes fans delighted at the variety of athletic events scheduled for the 1947-48 seasons and valley people suddenl y became aware of the spirit that was growing with the new college. The second year of football at the college found Ralston with another first-rate team, which went through the season with six wins , one loss , and one tie . To support the team -- Wilkes College now had its own band , organized and directed by Reese E . Pelton, and cheerleaders. The rest of the year's athletic events further proved that Wilkes was definitely on the road to becoming one of the most important sports college in its class in the country. NEEDS NEW BUILDINGS; THE NEED FOR A GYMNASIUM IS URGENT. WE HAVE THE LAND BUT NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO BUILD. WE AS ALUMNI FEEL WE CAN HELP AND HAVE SET UP A COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF A CAMPAIGN FOR THIS PURPOSE . THIS IS YOUR AREN' T OPPORTUNITY ASKING FOR TO PROVE HUGE YOURSELVES SUMS; JUST AS ALUMNI. TRY TO WE GIVE IN PROPORTION TO YOUR ABILITY TO PAY. Committee members in charge of the drive are: BASEBALL PROGRESSES . . B aseball h as become one of the College's major athletic attractions . Under Coach George Ralston this year's team rolled u p a record of nine w ins and three losses. Sallyanne Frank **** Alberta Novick Marguerite Krashkevich WILKES COLLEGE 1948 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE September 18-Bloomsburg State Teachers College September 25-St. Francis College Chairmen- Daniel Williams, Reese Pelton '48 Away Naomi Hons Floyd A. Seigfried Ellen Brennan Leon W azeter Ruth Tischler June Owens Katherine Freund Douglas MacNeal ' 48 George Fry ' 48 Home October 2-Har t wick College Away October 23-Mansfield State Teachers College Away October 30-Ly coming College Away ALUMNI BUILDING FUND COMMITTEE ALUMNI OFFICE WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA . Name _____________________________________ ______________________ _ Class Address __________________________ ----------------------··---------------------------------------------- ----------- ------------------ November 6-R ider College Awa y November 20-King' s College Home Occupation ________________________ _________________________________________ -------------------------·-·-·-----------··--------- ___ __ If Married, Husband's or Wife' s Name __________ ----- -------------- -------------------- ____ ----------------·---· Number of Children and Ages _ Home Games -- Kingston Stadium Colleges attended after B.U.J .C . or Wilkes and Degrees : Plan Now To Attend SECOND ANNUAL HOMECOMING ' ' Enclosed is my contribution or pledge for $ __ -------------- -----------------------------------·--·-··-- ___ _ Celebration (Checks or Money Orders should be made payable to the WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI BUILDING FUND. If a pledge, please state how payable. ) TO BE I-IELD IN Tl-IE FALL �,"rinted by Llewellyn Brothers ~ Incorporated �7ie WILK~S ALUMNUS FIRST COMMENCEMENT (See Page 3) �( Cover Story ) FIRST WILKES GRADS RECEIVE DIPLOMAS WILKES ALUMNUS Official Publication of the Wilkes College Alumni Association _ _ _ _ _ IN T 1-11 S ISSUE _ _ _ ____, Alumni Banquet ___ ____________ ________________ ______ ___ ___ _____ ___________________________ _____ Page 5 A Message from the President of the Alumni Association 4 First Class Graduates _ 3 Frosh Are Rated __________ __ ___ ___ ________________________ -- ---------------------------------- - 4 Library Expands __ __ ____________ --- ------------------ -- ----- --------------------- ____ _____ .. 5 Safety Co urses Offered __________ _----- -- ------------ _____ ____ _------- ____ ------- 7 Senior Class Gift ______________________________________________ __ ____ __________________________ 3 FEATURES . . . The Faculty_________________ _______ _ ______________ _______ _ ----·- ----------------------- __ Page 7 On Campus ________________ _ -------------------- ------------·----·-------- _________ ------- 6 10 Sportscope_ What We're Doing (Alumni Briefs)_____________________ __ ______ __ _ _ 8 On Saturday evening, June 12, the first four-year graduates of Wilkes College recei ved their bachelors degrees. A capacity crowd witnessed the ceremony, held in the First Presbyterian Church, S . Franklin St . Sixty-five students were awarded diplomas from Bucknell University for work done at Wilkes . Bucknell degrees were granted because of a ru ling t hat makes it mandatory for a college to graduate one class before it can be fu ll y accredited. reakdown of t he graduates according t o degrees revea ls that twenty-five received the B ac helor of Arts , eight received the Bachelor of Science in Biology, thirty-one received the Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Finance, and two received the Bachelor of Science in Education . In addition to t he four-year grad uates, certificates were awarded to sixty-five terminal stud~nts, most of whom were engineer ing students who will transfer to other schools for the last two years of work. Two graduates received awards at t h e ceremony. John G . Gooch was awarded the Dobson Medal in Accounting for outstanding scholastic work in that field . Reese E . Pelton received the Service Award for responsibility assumed in creating and training t he college band . The graduation address was delivered by D r. Everett Hunt, Dean of Swarthmore College . Diplomas were presented to graduates by D r . W illi am Col eman , Dean of Bucknell University, and to t he convocan ts by Dr. Farley . Two selections were offered by t he Wilkes College Choral Club under the direction of Mr . Donald E . Cobleigh . Rev . Charles Roush gave the benediction . Mr . Charles Henderson p layed the organ and recessional . In his address Dr. Hunt told graduates that, " instead of try ing to cure the world, you might learn to endure it.'· He explained that b y enduring the hardships of life one actually h elps to cure the ills . The Dean offered four suggestions to the graduates which he considered necessary for a well-balanced life : "Satisfying work, a satisfy ing amount of play , a large amount of lo ve and a reverend attitude of worship ." The ceremony was preceded by a buffet lun~ serv ed to graduat es and convocants on tn: =eam pLis behind Chase Hall . EDITORIAL With this issue of the Wilkes Alumnus we a re beginning the periodical publication of a magazine t o be devoted to the task of continu ing relationships between Wilkes College and its alumni , including graduates of B . U . J . C. In publishing this periodical we have two primary aims . First, we intend to inform each alumnus of t he latest developments and additions to his Alma Mater. Wi'lkes Co llege is now in the process of rapid growth and through the medrum of this magazi'n e each grad will share the pride of the f acuity and undergraduates . The second aim is to help each alumnus discover what h is former classmates are doing and to assist the Alum ni Association in bringing groups of grad uates together into closer contact. Activities being considered for the coming y ear inclu_pe a huge Homecoming celebration during the foot6all season and a reunion program to be held next spring in connection with graduation events . T here is one way in which each alumnus can help to m ake both this magazine and t h e association a success . Send us any scraps of information you may have concerning both a lumni and the college, and above a ll, send you personal comments and suggestions for improving a lumni relations . I f you have recent ly moved, received a new position or promotion , been married , received recognitions , etc ., be sure to write . We shall eagerly await your ca rd or letter ; with your aid we shall progress wit h W il kes. REESE E . PEL TO , Alumni Secrelary **** Seniors Donate Trophy Case Published at WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI OFFICE Chase Hall 184 S . River Stre et Wilkes-Barre, Penna. The Class of 1948 unanimousl y voted to nresent a trophy case to the college as a class gift . The' case will be built into the wall of the proposed gymnasium to be built on S . Franklin Street. At present the athletic department has been awarded several trophies and there are no means for their displa y . Among trophies a warded to the school are t he Dr . McNeal Trophy, presented for an undefeated record during the first year of participation in collegiate footba ll , and a trophy awarded to t he basketball team for placing in the Pennsylvania Junior Co llege Tournament . CHINESE STUDENTS STUDY HERE . .. The student body of Wilkes is gradually assuming an intern ational aspect . Above are Miss Irene Wang and Miss May Way, t w o Chinese students now studying at the college . Students from Columbia, Nicaragua, and El S alvador are also enrolled . �Alumni Dinner-Dance I-luge Success An Open Letter from The President of the Alumni Association Dear Alumni: This year should be outstanding in the history of our Alumni Association and our Alma Mater will do all in her power to insure the attainment of this goal. We start the year with an acting Alumni Secretary, Mr . Reese E . Pelton, at the college. I have had the pleasure of working with Reese, know him to be a hard worker , and feel confident that much will be accomplished . At last we have an office of our own . This office is on the third floor of Chase Hall and we invite you to drop in to see us anytime you are in town . We hope to get all our tangled records in order and in one office by the end of this summer. I am going to count on your help for any missing information you may be asked to give or can volunteer and , as your President, have volunteered to give all my free time over to this work. We have a fine new constitution to work under and in it there are provisions for branch organizations . We want branch clubs . If you would like to see one in your area, write to us and we will put you in touch with others in your area who are interested and supply you with names and addresses of Alumni living in your area . Branches, aside from contributing to the growth and prestige of our Alma Mater, provide opportunities for renewing old friendships , good fellowship , and many good times and memories among people with common backgrounds and interests. The Alumni Office of Wilkes College stands ready and waiting to help you . The Wilkes-Barre Association meets the first Monday of every month, September through May, (the September meeting is held on the second Monday), at 8 :00 P . M . in Chase Hall. If you live in this vicinity or are in town that day, we invite you attend the meetings . I can't tell you in words what this college has meant to me, for without the start I received at B .U . J .C. I would be minus a college education today . Many of you have the same deep feeling I have and know that it was the economy and convenience of a college in your own community that gave you the opportunity to go to college . There are others among you have other reasons for loving this college . Some of you like myself looked forward and worked for the day that B.U.J .C. would become a four year co lege and now that we have obtained that goal our task instead of ending has just begun. We know our college needs more new facilities and that a gymnasium is of prime importance for accreditment . It is now that Wilkes College has a definite need to expand, and it is to us , the Alumni , that a large portion of this task should fa ll. With this issue of the Alumnus comes the first information about that Wilkes College Alumni Building Fund. This program is not a "matter of the moment." It has been presented to you after much deliberation and study on our part. First, it should be emphasized that you will never be told that you owe Wilkes anything . Maybe you do , but you will never be reminded of it and it is hoped that no one will contribute because of that feeling . The Fund Committee wants you to give what you are able to give because of your love and respect for Wilkes and because of her need to better serve the many young people who are annually clamoring for permission to come to your Alma Mater . For the institution which does not continuously grow in the quality of its service will lose not only the respect of its Alumni but also that of the public . one of us have achieved great wealth, but if we all give our small share we will build a fund that will go a long ways toward making Wilkes the college we want her to be. In this issue of the Alumnus you will find a coupon for that purpose . I hope that you will make use of it. Wilkes today takes its place among the institutions whose Alumni take pride in the privilege of becoming investon in the future of their Alma Mater and of a system of government which we consider the best . We have many more plans for the coming year in the blueprint stage and I intend to see that I receive your co-operation in carrying them out to final success . I would appreciate hearing from you and wou ld welcome any suggestions on your part for improvement of our program . I close my letter to you with high hopes of a bigger and better year in Wilkes Alumni history . Sincerely yours , DA IEL E. WILLIAMS, President, Wilkes College Alumni Association. **** Frosh Rated l-ligh Wilkes College recently participated in a Psychological Examination program conducted by the American Council on Education . Over 65,276 college freshman from 293 colleges participated in the survey. Results of the survey recently came from the Council's headquarters at the University of Chicago . Wilkes College freshmen achieved the rank score of 16th among the 293 participating colleges . The testing functions which the Council has sponsored will in the future be a part of the Educational Testing Service. Approximately 70 Alumni and guests attended the Wilkes College Alumni Association's 3rd annua l dinner-dance on Saturday evening , May 29 , at the Commercial Club, Harvey's Lake . Leon Wazeter , a former president of the Association , was chairman of the committee for this affair. This committee really worked hard and the members are to be congratulated for their efforts . After dinner we were formally welcomed by Danny Williams, president of the Alumni Association, who turned us over to the toastmaster, Atty . Ralph Johnston . Ralph left his court-room dignity at home and informality was the keynote. The principal speakers were President Farley and Dr . Roy C. Tasker . Dr . Tasker was formerly professor of biology at B.U.J .C. and is now at Bucknell University . Dr. Farley amazed the Alumni present with his report of the changes at our Alma Mater, but injected a serious note when he mentioned the need of a gymnasium for accreditment. The new buildings, the new use of the old ones , the size of the faculty, the enrollment, and plans for the future were astonishing and seemed like a dream fulfilled to some of the oldtimers. After Dr. Farley's talk we were all eager to attend our first real homecoming day so we could actually inspect all these changes . Dr. Tasker proved to be an interesting and entertaining speaker. He told us of the great strides of science and pointed out the similarity between this progress and our future possibilities. We were all amused when he produced some old copies of the Beacon and passed them around so we could see what we were doing back in our college days. During the course of the evening we had a few vocal selections by William Burnaford with Betty Schwager at the piano . At the conclusion of the program we turned our attention to dancing and renewing old friendships until late in the evening . Those in attendance were Dr. and Mrs. Eugene S . Farley, Dr. and Mrs. Roy C. Tasker, Atty . Ralph Johnston , Daniel E. Williams , Naomi Hons , Carol Kearns, June M . Owens, William M. Toplis , Katherine P. Freund, Sallyanne Frank, William L. Wentz, Harold Rosinn , Andrew P . O'Malley, Rita O'Malley, Joseph P . Brislin, Mary R. Brislin, Dr. Frank Speicher, Mrs. Treveryan Williams Speicher, Thomas G. Duffy, Claire L. Duffy, D . A . Frederick, Irene Frederick , Lillian Evans, Walter Casmark, William C. Davis, Genevieve Brennan Davis, Marion Martin, Marian Frantz, Evelyn Hudak , William Burnaford, William Waters, Mr . and Mrs. R. T. Conway , Margaret Graham, Dorothy Hughes Royer, Robert D. Royer, Gertrude Marvin, Dr. Robert M . Kerr , Cordis Langdon . Dr . William F. Dowdell , Atty . Joseph V . Gallagher, Irene Stroney, Atty . Leon F . Rokusz, Laura Rokusz , Leon Wazeter, Betty Marlino, Evelyn Feinstein, Aileen M . Carr , Betty Schwager, Marge Krashkevich, Mr. and Ars . Kornblatt , James Mollahan, Joseph B . Farrell, Bett y McGinty, Louise M . J.ones, Robert B . East\\'Ood, Charlotte Davis, Robert \\tentz, John McCann , Scotty Ruthaford, Stephen Wartella, Loretta Farris, and Joseph Weir. Everyone had a wonderful time and we look orward to more affairs like this. ext time we want to see even more Alumni, and hope to meet more wives and husbands . ALUMNI DANCE . . . Last Christmas a large number of us living in the WilkesBarre area attended the Annual Alumni Dance in the Crystal Ballroom of Hotel Sterling. The Association plans to enlarge it's social calendar for the coming year. **** Library To Occupy Entire Building Plans are at present underway to greatly expand both the facilities and contents of the college library . When the task is completed the library will occupy virtually all of Kirby Hall By this fall most of the changes and additions will have been made . The first floor will stand much as it now is; main desk, reference rooms, study rooms, and new book arrivals. The second floor will contain the bulk of the 15,000 books now on hand, a working area of two rooms, and the all-important card catalogue. Floor three, at present occupied by Dr . and Mrs. Farley, will be transformed into study rooms . It is expected that the former music room will become a browsing room for light reading. Over 4,000 new books have been purchased by the library during the past year and the drive is not over yet . Before September, 1949, the shelves are expected to contain more than 20 ,000 volumes. When the present expansion is completed the library will provide chair space for 150 students. Some new aluminum chairs and steel tables were recently installed in the reference room and from all reports the third floor study rooms will be simi larl y equipped . Fluorescent lighting will also be installed. The library staff is to be increased from three to four . Present members are Joseph H . Myers , Librarian ; Mrs . ada Vuj ica , Circulation Assistant ; and Miss Ellen Brennan, Ordering Assistant . Mr. Myers received his A . B. at Lehigh University and his B . S. in Library Science from McGill University, Montreal, Canada . The new member of the staff will be Miss Marian E. icolls of Saskatchewan , Canada. She is a graduate of McGill University and will be in charge of cataloguing . �Public Relations Department . . . Publicity at Wilkes College is now being handled by John C. Bush ' 42 and Tom Moran '49. Bush is sports editor of the Sunday Independent at the present time and handles general publicity at the college. He graduated from Bucknell University in 1942 and entered the navy as an ensign . Following his discha rge from service, Bush resumed his work with the Bucknell University Public Relations Department and in 1946 came back to Wilkes-Barre as a member of the Sunday Independent's staff. Moran , also a member of the Sunday Independent staff, is a student at Wilkes College and will graduate in February · 49 . At present he is Director of Sports Publicity and assistant to Bush on the general publicity staff. CAMPUS The 1947-48 sc hool year at Wilkes saw the establishment of a great many new activities, the basis for an expanded curricular and extra-curricular program. This was a year of "firsts" and alumni wi ll be interested in noticing the growth . Here are some "firsts" - Annual Cinderella Ball . . . ot a first , but of interest as a thoroughly established activity, the "Cindy Hop" is the peak of social activity at Wilkes . Ten lovely candidates for Cindererella are chosen weeks before the affair , at a special assembly . Then the entire student body votes by secret mail ballot. The winner is announced during intermission of the dance and in a colorful ceremony is crowned by the "name" orchestra leader, and presented with a wealth of gifts donated by local merchants . Last year Charlie Spivak entertained ; this year 800 couples danced to the music of Tommy Dorsey &. Co . and Miss Peggy Woolcock '48 was the choice for Cinderella . l Band Coneert . . . The College Band, now in 1t s second year of existence, concluded a successful season by presenting an outdoor concert before a large, appreciative audience on the campus behind Kirby and Chase Halls . The band , which for the past two football seasons added color to the grid contests, consists of forty student musicians . The public concert was presented at night and the program included a wide variety of selections plus trombone, flute, and piano soloists . This concert will be presented annuallj-. The new Placement Center of the college, under the supervision of Mr . Clarence Boston, is endeavoring to find positions that graduating students are qualified to fill. Mr. Paul Mehm, head of the Careers Advising Dept . is chief librarian for what is believed to be the most unique, complete library of its kind . Employment and career reports for all types of positions on three continents are available to those interested. In addition, information on Corporation sc holarships is at the office . **** Co~lege Offers Safety Courses The new Wilkes College Bureau of Safety, under the direction of Clemens A . Pell ' 48 is offering two courses in safety education . The two courses are General Safety and Driver Training and Education . Each course is six weeks in duration and students taking them receive college credits . Wilkes College Rings . . . As the result of a vote taken by the senior class , Wilkes College now has an official college ring. Any type of stone desired may be mounted on the circular face which is surrounded by the lettering "Wilkes College" . One shank of the ring pictures the college seal , a woodcut of old Fort Durkee , and the other side has a likeness of Chase Hall. The class year is on the outside of the ring while the initials and degree received are engraved on the inside . 1r. A. T. Nolan, I Franklin St , who represents the Balfour Co ., is taking orders for the rings . Awards Dance . . . Five theatrical "Oscars", a plaque, and numerous individual awards were given out at the first Annual Awards Dance held at Sans Souci Park by the Student Council. The "Oscars'· were awarded for the two best leading roles , the two best supporting parts, and for the best technical work. The plaque was awarded for outstanding work with the college band . Pins or keys were awarded to the fol lowing organizations ; Concert Band, Majorettes, Thespians , Beacon Staff, Cheerleaders, Choral Club, and the Student Council. Athletic A wards were made at a later date. Placement Center and Careers Library . . . I Successful completion of these two courses entitles the student to receive certification to teach the subjects in public secondary schools of Pennsylvania. Beginning in September, 1948, teachers in all public schools of Pennsylvania will be required to have six hours credit in safety . The Driver Training course consists of class work and actual behind-the-wheel training and leads toward the completion of requirements for acquiring a driver's license . The college has a dual-control training car for the "fledgling" drivers . The course in General Safety covers all types of safety practices and unlike the driving course requires payment of semester hour fees. COLLEGE FACILITIES EXPAND . Top to Bottom: An engineerin g drawing room, part of the new cafeteria, main desk of library. Mr. Pell is a member of the Wilkes-Barre Police Department on leave of absence . He received his B. S . in Commerce and Finance this year at Wilkes . Dr. Craig Abroad . . . Dr. Mary E . Craig, head of the Wilkes English Department, will sail June 23 for the British Isles aboard the S. S. America . She hopes to attend the Edinburgh Music Festival, the Malvern Festival, and the Olympic Games at Wimbley . Dr. Craig also plans to renew old acquaintances at the various universities and to visit the Hebrides. Dr. Craig recen t ly received news that her book , The Scottish Periodical Press 1750-1789, published at Edinburgh in 1931, has had a seventeen year sale in the British Isles . This is the first news she has received on the publication in five years . Dr. Craig will leave England for the return trip to the United States on September 2 . Mr . Edward Williams , professor of English, will leave this month for Columbia University where he will take work leading to the Doctor's degree . For the past several semesters Mr. Williams has been a familiar figure before the American Literature classes. He was master of ceremonies at the senior dinner-dance held recently . Mr. Williams will return to Wilkes in the fall of 1949. Mr. Konstantin Symonolewicz, head of the Wilkes College Sociology Department, is attending Columbia University where he is writing the thesis that will ultimately bring him a Doctorate. Mr . Symonolewicz has also been teaching Polish courses at Wilkes and was instrumental in arousing interest in establishing a Slavic Cu lture Center at the college . Mr. Elwood Disque, head of the Foreign Language Department, is working on his Doctor's thesis here in Wilkes-Barre. The German professor was working on the paper severa l years ago when Uncle Sam interrupted him. Twenty-one Wilkes College professors are taking summer work . Among them are Mr. Alfred Groh, English instructor, theatre director and yearbook advisor, who is taking work at Columbia University; Mr. Thomas Richards, head of the Mathematics department ; Mr. Edward Wasilewski , a member of the Mathematics department, and Mr. John Riley '48 , an instructor in the Commerce and Finance department. l ewest department head at Wilkes is Mr. Donald E. Cobleigh who is the man behind the music department. Mr. Cobleigh, who came here from Dartmouth College, succeeds the late Professor Paul Gies . Other department heads at the college include: Dr. Mary E. Craig ___________ ··------------ _____________________ _English Dr . Charles B . Reif___ ________ -·-·· ______ .. _____________ Biology Mr . Harold W . Thatcher___ ___ ---·--------·-----·-------· _____ History Mr . Vo ris B . Hall Physics Mr . El wood J . Disque_··------------·--- __ Modern Languages Mr . Thomas Richards _ ______________________ Mathematics Mr. Konstantin Symonolewicz ---·--·- _ ____ _ _Sociology Miss Kathryn E. Dominquez_____ ________________ Psychology Mr. Herbert J . Morris _________________________________ Economics The faculty itself has grown from some sixty to one-hundred within a year . �WHAT WE'RE DOING As far as we know none of our Alumni have reached everlasting fame and fortune , but we are still young and hoping . In the meant ime t h is column wi ll help keep us in touch with each other . In order to have plenty of up-to-date information we are going to ask for your help and we would appreciate hearing from you. Just write and tell us your name, class year, address , occupat ion , marita l status, and number and names of children . If vou know of the location a nd activities of some oth-er Alumni or want to know about some of them, indicate that too. Address all communications to Alu mni Office , Wilkes College, Wi lkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Because so many of our Alumni are away from Wyoming Valley we have lost track of them, so until you r letters begin to come in , we will have to content ourselves by telling you what is new with us at home . Bertha Line Arnold is teaching at Dallas Borough High School. Her address is 99 E lizabeth Street, Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania . A son , John Moore , was born to Mr . and Mrs . James Bryson, (Margaret Moore ' '39,, ) December 13, 194 3. The Brysons a lso have a daughter Martha J anc . Their address is Centre Hall, Pennsy lvania. Phyllis S. Eichler recently received her doctora te from Pennsylvania State College of Optometry and became the first member of her sex to enter this practice in Wilkes-Barre. Her address is 203 West River Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania . George R . Rader is public office manager of the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg . His address is 1201 Rolleston Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania . Robert Podrasky and Helen Janosky, both .. 44", were married last January in Wilkes-Barre. Alfred Eisenpreis, who is on the advertising staff at Pomeroy's Department Store, is doing double duty as a teacher of advertising at Wilkes College. Other Alumni on the faculty are Joe Donnelly, Al Groh, Donald Kersteen ~ Joe Markowitz, John Riley, Arnold Sullum, Reese Pelton, Clemens Pell, John Cooney, Marcella Novak, and John Boy ce . Ellen Brennan is in a much expanded library and Louise Brennan, Louise Dodson, Jean Machonis, Madelyn Molitoris, and Jean Withey are working in the college office . Miss Marion Ganard ''45" is teaching at the Middletown Junior High School in Middletown , Delaware . Janet Post "44,, became the bride of Walter S. Phillips in the First Baptist Church, Kingston , Pennsylvania , February 28 , 1948. The Phillips' are residing at 10 E. Dorrance Street, Kingston , Pa. Vince Wall recently graduated from Hahnemann :v1edical Cr>llege , Philadelphia. He will serve his internship at Scranton State Hospital . Mary K enney " 44" is employed as a technician at White Plains, New York , Hospital The marriage of Ruth Evans " 44" to Robert Thomas , a student at Dickinson, was recent ly announced . Mrs. Thomas is teaching in Plymouth, Penna. Alberta Novick "46" is teaching in Plymouth Borough . June Owens "42" and Katherine Freund "42,, are teaching at GAR High School in Wilkes-Barre. Marian Reid "46" is employed as a secretary in ew York City . Her address is 103 Woodland Ave nue, River Edge , ew Jersey. Bob Moser is living at 1007 Columbia Avenue, Lancaster, Pennsylvania . He is employed as a draftsman by the Hamilton Watch Company . Beatrice Hoyle's address is Central apartment, 11 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsy lvania. Beatrice is Operating Room Supervisor at Jefferson Hospital. Mrs . Kieth Moser (Claire Harding) is living at 427 E. Sixth Street, ew York City . Mrs . Moser is working at t he Cornell Medical Center in New York . Mr . and Mrs . Walter D. Celmer (Florence Mackiewicz) are living in Urbana , Illinois . Mr. Celmer has been appointed a Fellow in Chemistry at the Graduate School of the University of Illinois , Urbana , Illinois . Phyllis Smith "44'' is an instructor of English at Bucknell University . Shirley Mason (x49) is employed as a secretary by the W ilkes-Barre Lace Company . Leon Wazeter is employed as an adjudicator by the V. A. in Wilkes-Barre . He is living in Trucksville, Pennsylvania . Dr. and Mrs . Frank Speicher (Treveryan Williams) both "43" are living in Palmerton , Pennsylvania where Frank is practicing dentistry . Dr. Robert M. Kerr is a Resident in Medicine at the Robert Packer Hospital , Sayre, Pennsylvania . Mr. Robert Wentz "46" has accepted a position with Stone and Webster of Boston . His first assignment will take him to Baton Rouge, La. Thomas J. Boyle is a student at Tew York University. He is living at 616 West 116th Street, New York City. Ellen Badger is employed by the International Correspondence School in Scranton, Pennsylvania and lives at 377 Washington Avenue , Jermyn, Pennsylvania . Betty James is living at Pocono Manor where she is employed as secretary to the superintendent of Pocono Manor Hotel. Jim Mollahan lives at 396 Park Avenue, WilkesBarre. He is employed by the Veterans Administration . Evelyn Eichler has announced her engagment to Norman Baum, a member of this year's graduating class at Wi lkes . Allan Siegfried is married and the father of three children . The Siegfrieds live at 8 Magnolia Avenue in Wi lkes-Barre, and Allan is employed at Pomeroy's . Betty Schwager is employed in the Service Repair Department of the Bell Telephone Company in Wil kes-Barre. Her address is . 934 Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort, Pennsylvania . Wallace Jones "48" is associated with Dunn and Bradstreet in ew York City . THE LETTER BOX ( We are anxious to hear from any and all Alumni, Address your letters to the Alumni Office, Chase I-la/I ) I am one of the "old grads" who as students were limited not only to two years of schooling at the "Junior College", but also to two buildings within which almost all of our activities -- curricular and extra-curricular -- took place . Facilities for registration , instruction, research, and informal get-togethers, for eating and studying were confined to these quarters . Thus , both time and space, in comparison with the college today , were quite unpretentious . Howeve r, it is not in terms of the physical that I think of our college, but rather, in terms of those intangible qualities -- spirit, inspiration, comradeship -- wh ich were flourishing in my day and which to me wi ll a lways be the school's outstanding assets . These are the primary assets which have been available to a ll students attending Wilkes from its inception as a junior college to its present status as a four-year institution . It is not my intention to ignore the physical expansion of our alma mater, however. On the contrary, it is with pride that I now can call it Wilkes College, knowing that it offers complete facilities for a college degree . As first president of its alumni association, I know how great was the desire of all Junior College students for the fulfillment of this expaned four-year program. We like to feel that we have had a small share in making it possible ; nor did we ever doubt that such an achievement would not materialize . Those alumni who formulated our constitution and by-laws provided for the necessary adjustments during the transition period , in view of the fact that a fouryear status would soon be realized . The major purpose of our organization was to further the interests of our school , and the fact that so many of us had a sincere desire to organize is an indication of our enduring interest and affection . Actually, the alumni association is still in its infancy. But I am confident that, as the college grows, the organization will proportionately assume its responsibility as a purposeful and successful adjunct to its alma mater . JANE NAGRO LOWU First President of Alumni fus_o? How gratifying it is to know that we now have an accredited four-year co llege in our community. And how gratifying it is also to know that many of us have had some part in its development . I wonder just how many of us know the significance of t his realization a nd what it means to our community . I think those of us who endeavored to seek out our future d u ring the old days of the "Boiler Factory", as Bucknell Junior Co llege was called when it held classes in the old Business College building, and the early days when Chase Hall and Conyngham Hall were our only buildings, will appreciated the effort that was expended to reach our goals . Scenes changed frequently in those days , and, to some of us , receiving college degrees seemed like scaling a high mountain , difficult and uncertain . We a ll had to face the necessity of leaving Wilkes-Barre in search of higher education . Today, however, thanks to the combined efforts of numerous foresighted citizens of this community, we have a "full-A.edged" four-year college which awards accredited degrees to aspiring young people who have no need to seek their fortunes elsewhere but here in Wyoming Valley . The door of opportunity is now open to students of moderate means who live in the surrounding areas and who otherwise would find it difficult, or even impossible, to receive a college education elsewhere. These are the individuals who form the backbone of our community and in them lies the responsibility of its progress . Now that Wyoming Valley offers its youth a complete education at Wilkes College, an active alumni association aids in the strengthening of its ties within the community . With more and more members on its roster , the alumni association will be an important factor in the growth of the college and in turn will raise the intellectual standards of this community . M . K. �~ Printedb Uewellyn Brothers ~ Incor Porated ~ (J1 (/) fl' (j\ ,,., JJ N 0 �7ie - WILKES -ALUMNUS FIRST COMMENCEMENT (See Page 3) �7~ WILKES ALUMNUS Official Publication of the Wilkes College Alumni Association ISSUE _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ IN THIS ___ -·-·····-··· __ _____ _____________ Page 5 Alumni Banquet A Message from the President of the Alumni Association 4 First Class Graduates ___ ............ --·····-•---·-·-···-·········-·· -···· ....... ... 3 4 Frosh Are Rated_ 5 Library Expands 7 Safety Courses Offered 3 Senior Class Gift .. FEATURES . . . __ Page 7 The Faculty. __ .. .... .... .. . .. ...... .. 6 On Campus 10 Sportscope.. -····· ...... __ ........ .. _ What We're Doing (Alumni Briefs) .. -·····-·- -···- ····- ... ... Published at WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI OFFICE Chase Hall 184 S. River Street Wilkes-Barre, Penna. 8 �( Cover Story ) FIRST WILKES GRADS RECEIVE DIPLOMAS On Saturday evening, June 12, the first four-year graduates of Wilkes College received their bachelors degrees . A capacity crowd witnessed the ceremony, held in the First Presbyterian Church , S . Franklin St . Sixty-five students were awarded diplomas from Bucknell University for work done at Wilkes. Bucknell degrees were granted because of a ruling that makes it mandatory for a college to graduate one class before it can be fully accredited . A breakdown of the graduates according to degrees reveals that twenty-five received the Bachelor of Arts, eight received the Bachelor of Science in Biology, thirty-one received Lhe Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Finance, and two received the Bachelor of Science in Education . 1n addition to the four-year graduates, certificates were awarded to sixty-five terminal students, most of whom were engineering students who will transfer to other schools for the last two years of work . Two graduates received awards at the ceremony. John G . Gooch was awarded the Dobson Medal in Accounting for outstanding scholastic work in that field . Reese E . Pelton received the Service Award for responsibility assumed in creating and training the college band. The graduation address was delivered by Dr. Everett Hunt, Dean of Swarthmore College . Diplomas were presented to graduates by Dr. William Coleman, Dean of Bucknell University, and to the convocants by Dr. Farley. Two selections were offered by the Wilkes Coll ege Choral Club under the direction of Mr. Donald E . Cobleigh. Rev . Charles Roush gave the benediction . Mr . Charles Henderson played the organ and recessional . EDITORIAL With this issue of the \'?'ilkes Alumnus we are beginning the periodical publication of a magazine to be devoted to the task of continuing relationships between Wilkes College and its alumni , including graduates of B. U. J. C. In publishing this periodical we have two primary aims. First, we intend to inform each alumnus of the latest developments and additions to his Alma Mater. Wi'lkes College is now in the process of rapid growth and through the medrum of this magazi'n e each grad will share the pride of the faculty and undergraduates . The second aim is to help each alumnus discover what his former classmates are doing and to assist the Alumni Association in bringing groups of graduates together into clo er contact. Activities being considered for the coming year include a huge Homecoming celebration during the football sea on and a reunion program to be held next spring in connection with graduation events. There is one way in which each alumnus can help to make both this magazine and the association a success. Send us any scraps of information you may have concerning both alumni and the college, and above all , send you personal commenLs and suggestions for improving alumni relations . If you have recently moved, received a new position or promotion, been married, received recognitions, etc ., be sure to write . We shall eagerly await your card or letter; with your aid we shall progress wiLh Wilkes . REESE E . PEL TO , Alumni Secrelary **** In his address Dr . Hunt told graduates that, "instead of trying to cure the world, you might learn to endure it." He explained that by enduring the hardships of life one actually helps to cure the ills. The Dean offered four suggestions to the graduates which he considered necessary for a well-balanced life : "Satisfying work , a satisfying amount of play, a large amounL of love and a reverend attitude of worship ." The ceremony was preceded by a buffet luncheon served to graduates and convocants on the campus behind Chase Hall . Seniors Donate Trophy Case The Class of 1948 unanimously voted to Dresent a trophy case to the college as a class gift . The. case will be built into the wall of the proposed gymnasium to be built on S . Franklin Street. At present the athletic department has been awarded several trophies and there are no means for their display . Among trophies awarded to the school are the Dr. Mc eal Trophy, presented for an undefeated record during the first year of participation in collegiate football , and a trophy awarded to the basketball team for placing in the Pennsylvania Junior College TournamenL. CHINESE STUDENTS STUDY HERE . .. The student body of Wilkes ,is gradually assuming an international aspect. Above are Miss Irene Wang and Miss May Way, two Chinese students now studying at the college. Students from Columbia, Nicaragua, and El Salvador are also enrolled. �An Open Letter from The President of the Alumni Association Dear Alumni: This year hould be outstanding in the history of our Alumni Association and our Alma Mater will do all in her power to insure the attainment of this goal. We start the year with an acting Alumni Secretary, Mr. Reese E . Pelton, at the college. I have had the pleasure of working with Reese, know him to be a hard worker , and feel confident that much will be accomplished . At last we have an office of our own . This office is on the third floor of Chase Hall and we invite you to drop in to see us anytime you are in town . We hope to get all our tangled records in order and in one office by the end of this summer . I am going to count on your help for any missing information you may be asked to give or can volunteer and , as your President, have volunteered to give all my free time over to this work . We have a fine new constitution to work under and in it there are provisions for branch organizations. We want branch clubs . If you would like to see one in your area, write to us and we will put you in touch with others in your area who are interested and supply you with names and addresses of Alumni living in your area . Branches , aside from contributing to the growth and prestige of our Alma Mater, provide opportunities for renewing old friendships , good fellowship, and many good times and memories among people with common backgrounds and interests . The Alumni Office of Wilkes College stands ready and waiting to help you . The Wilkes-Barre Association meets the first Monday of every month , September through May , (the September meeting is held on the second Monday) , at 8:00 P . M . in Chase Hall. If you live in this vicinit y or are in town that day, we invite you attend the meetings . I can· t tell you in words what this college has meant to me, for without the start I received at B .U . J.C. I would be minus a college education today . Many of you have the same deep feeling 1 have and know that it was the economy and convenience of a college in your own community that gave you the opportunity to go to college . There are others among you have other reasons for loving this college . Some of you like myself looked forward and worked for the day that B .U .JC. would become a four year co lege and now that we have obtained that goal our task instead of ending has just begun. We know our college needs more new facilities and that a gymnasium is of prime importance for accreditment . It is now that Wilkes College has a definite need to expand , and it is to us , the Alumni, that a large portion of this task should fall. With this issue of the Alumnus comes the first information about that Wilkes College Alumni Building Fund. This program is not a "matter of the moment ." It has been presented to you after much deliberation and study on our part . First, it should be emphasized that you will never be told that you owe Wilkes anything. Maybe you do, but you will never be reminded of it and it is hoped that no one will contribute because of that feeling . The Fund Committee wants you to give what you are able to give because of your love and respect for Wilkes and because of her need to better serve the many young people who are annually clamoring for permission to come to your Alma Mater. For the institution which does not continuously grow in the quality of its service will lose not only the respect of its Alumni but also that of the public . None of us have achieved great wealth, but if we all give our small share we will build a fund that will go a long ways toward making Wilkes the college we want her to be. In this issue of the Alumnus you will fmd a coupon for that purpose . I hope that you will make use of it . Wilkes today takes its place among the institutions whose Alumni take pride in the privilege of becoming investors in the future of their Alma Mater and of a system of government which we consider the best . We have many more plans for the coming year in the blueprint stage and I intend to see that I receive your co-operation in carrying them out to final success. I would appreciate hearing from you and would welcome any suggestions on your part for improvement of our program . I close my letter to you with high hopes of a bigger and better year in Wilkes Alumni history . Sincerely yours , OA1 IEL E . WILLIAMS, Pre idenl , Wilkes College Alumni Association . * ** * Frosh Rated High Wilkes College recently participated in a Psychological Examination program conducted by the American Council on Education. Over 65,276 college freshman from 293 colleges participated in the survey . Results of the survey recently came from the Council's headquarters at the University of Chicago . Wilkes College freshmen achieved the rank score of 16th among the 293 participating college . The testing functions which the Council has sponsored will in the future be a part of the Educational Testing Service. �Alumni Dinner-Dance I-luge Success Approximately 70 Alumni and guests attended the Wilkes College Alumni Association·s 3rd annual dinner-dance on Saturday evening , May 29 , at the Commercial Club, Harvey"s Lake . Leon Wazeter, a former president of the Association, was chairman of the committee for this affair . This committee really worked hard and the members are to be congratulated for their efforts . After dinner we were formally welcomed by Danny Williams , president of the Alumni Association , who turned us over to the toastmaster , Atty . Ralph Johnston . Ralph left his court-room dignity at home and informality was the keynote . The principal speakers were President Farley and Dr. Roy C. Tasker . Or . Tasker was formerly professor of biology at B .U .J .C. and is now at Bucknell University . Dr . Farley amazed the Alumni present with his report of the changes at our Alma Mater , but injected a serious note when he mentioned the need of a gymnasium for accreditment. The new buildings , the new use of the old ones , the size of the faculty , the enrollment, and plans for the future were astonishing and seemed like a dream fulfilled to some of the oldtimers . After Or. Farley·s talk we were all eager to attend our first real homecoming day so we could actually inspect ALUMNI DANCE . .. Last Christmas a large number of us living in the WilkesBarre area attended the Annual Alumni Dance in the Crystal Ballroom of Hotel Sterling. The Association plans to enlarge it's social calendar for the coming year. all these changes . Or . Tasker proved to be an interesting and entertaining speaker . He told us of the great strides of science and pointed out the similarity between this progress and our future possibilities . We were all Plans are at present underway to greatly expand amused when he produced some old copies of the both the facilities and contents of the college library . Beacon and passed them around so we could see what When the task is completed the library will occupy we "vere doing back in our college days. During the course of the evening we had a few virtually all of Kirby Hall By this fall most of the changes and additions vocal selections by William Burnaford with Betty chwager at the piano . At the conclusion of the prowill have been made . The first Aoor will stand much as it now is ; main desk , reference rooms , study rooms , gram we turned our attention to dancing and renewing and new book arrivals . The second Aoor will contain old friendships until late in the evening . the bulk of the 15,000 books now on hand , a working Those in attendance were Or . and Mrs . Eugene area of two rooms , and the all-important card caLalogue . S. Farley, Or and Mrs . Roy C. Tasker , Atty. Ralph Floor three , at present occupied by Or . and Mrs . John ton . D aniel E . Williams , aomi Hons , Carol Farley, will be transformed inLO study rooms . It is Kearns , June M . Owens , William M . Toplis , Katherine expecLed that Lhe former music room will become a P . Freund, Sallyanne Frank , William L. Wentz, browsing room for light reading. Harold Rosinn , Andrew P . O'Malley , RiLa O'Malley, Over 4,000 new books have been purcha ed by Joseph P . Brislin , Mary R . Brislin , Or. Frank Speicher , the library during the past year and the dri e is not Mrs. Treveryan Williams Speicher , Thomas G. Duffy , over yet . Before September , 1949 , the shelves are Claire L. Duffy , 0 . A . Frederick, Irene Frederick , expected to contain more than 20 ,000 volumes . Lillian Evans , Walter Casmark , William C. Davis , Genevieve Brennan Davis , Marion Martin , Marlan When the present expansion i completed the Frantz , Evelyn Hudak , William Burnaford, William library will provide chair space for 150 swdents . Waters, Mr . and Mrs . R . T. Conway , Margaret Some new aluminum chairs and steel tables were Graham , Dorothy Hughes Royer , Robert D Royer , recently installed in the reference room and from all Gertrude Marvin. Dr. Robert M . Kerr , Cordis Langreports the third Aoor study rooms will be similarly don . Or . William F . Dowdell, Atty . Joseph V. Galequipped . Fluore cent lighting will also be installed. lagher , Irene Stroney , Atty . Leon F . Rokusz, Laura The library staff is to be increased from three to Rokusz , Leon Wazeter , BeLty Marlino , Evelyn Feinfour . Present members are Jo eph H . Myers , Librarian ; stein, Aileen M . Carr , Betty Schwager, Marge KrashMrs . ada Vujica , Circulation Assistant ; and Miss kevich , Mr . and Mrs . Kornblatt , James Mollahan, Ellen Brennan, Ordering Assistant. Mr . Myers reJo eph B . Farrell. Bett y McGinty , Louise M . Jones , ceived his A . B . at Lehigh niversity and his B . S . Robert B . Eastwood , Charlotte Da\'iS, Robert \,\ientz , in Library Science from McGill University , Montreal, John McCann , Scolt Y Ruthaford , Stephen Wartclla , Canada . The new member of the staff will 1 e Miss Loretta F a rris , and Joseph Weir . Marian E . icolls of Saskatchewan , Canada . She i Everyone had a wonderful time and we look a graduate of McGill University and will be in charge orward to more affairs like this . t ext time we want of caLaloguing. to see even more Alumni , and hope to meet more wives and husbands . **** Library To Occupy Entire Building �Public Relations Department . . . CAM pus II The 1947-48 school year at Wilkes saw the establishment of a great many new activities , the basis for an expanded curricular and extra-curricular program . This was a year of "firsts" and alumni will be interested in noticing the growth . Here are some "firsts" - ' Annual Cinderella Ball Not a first , but of interest as a thoroughly established activity , the "Cindy Hop" is the peak of social activity at Wilkes. Ten lovely candidates for Cindererella are chosen weeks before the affair , at a special assembly. Then the entire student body votes by secret mail ballot. The winner is announced during intermission of the dance and in a colorful ceremony is crowned by the "name" orchestra leader , and presented with a wealth of gifts donated by local merchants . Last year Charlie Spivak entertained ; this year 800 couples danced to the music of Tommy Dorsey & Co . and Miss Peggy Woolcock '48 was the choice for Cinderella . Placement Center and Careers Library . . . The new Placement Center of the college, under the supervision of Mr. Clarence Boston, is endeavoring to find positions that graduating students are qualified to fill. Mr. Paul Mehm , head of the Careers Advising Dept. is chief librarian for what is believed to be the most unique, complete library of its kind . Employment and career reports for all types of positions on three continents are available to those interested. In addition, information on Corporation scholarships is at the office. Band Coneert . . . The College Band, now in it's second year of existence, concluded a successful season by presenting an outdoor concert before a large, appreciative audience on the campus behind Kirby and Chase Halls . The band , which for the past two football seasons added color to the grid contests, consists of forty student musicians . The public concert was presented at night and the program included a wide variety of selections plus trombone, flute , and piano soloists . This concert will be presented annuall 1·. **** Co~lege Offers Safety Courses The new Wilkes College Bureau of Safety, under the direction of Clemens A . Pell ' 48 is offering two courses in safety education. The two courses are General Safety and Driver Training and Education. Each course is six weeks in duration and students taking them receive college credits . Wilkes College Rings . . . As the result of a vote taken by the senior class, Wilkes College now has an official college ring . Any type of stone desired may be mounted on the circular face which is surrounded by the lettering "Wilkes College" . One shank of the ring pictures the college seal , a woodcut of old Fort Durkee, and the other side has a likeness of Chase Hall. The class year is on the outside of the ring while the initials and degree received are engraved on the inside . l'v1r. A . T. olan , T_ Franklin St. , who represents the Balfour Co., is taking orders for the rings. Awards Dance . . . Five theatrical "Oscars", a plaque, and numerous individual awards were given out at the first Annual Awards Dance held at Sans Souci Park by the Student Council. The "Oscars.. were awarded for the two best leading roles , the two best supporting parts , and for the best technical work . The plaque was awarded for outstanding work with the college band . Pins or keys were awarded to the following organizations ; Concert Band, Majorettes, Thespians, Beacon Staff, Cheerleaders, Choral Club, and the Student Council. Athletic Awards were made at a later date . Publicity at Wilkes College is now being handled by John C. Bush ' 42 and Tom Moran ' ..J.9 . Bush is sports editor of the Sunday Independent at the present time and handles general publicity at the college . He graduated from Bucknell University in 1942 and entered the navy as an ensign . Following his discharge from service, Bush resumed his work with the Bucknell University Public Relations Department and in 1946 came back to Wilkes-Barre as a member of the Sunday Independent's staff. Moran , also a member of the Sunday Independent staff, is a student at Wilkes College and will graduate in February ·49 _ At present he is Director of Sports Publicity and assistant to Bush on the general publicity staff. Successful completion of these two courses entitles the student to receive certification to teach the subjects in public secondary schools of Pennsylvania . Beginning in September, 1948, teachers in all public schools of Pennsylvania will be required to have six hours credit in safety . The Driver Training course consists of class work and actual behind-the-wheel training and leads toward the completion of requirements for acquiring a driver's license . The college has a dual-control training car for the " fledgling " drivers. The course in General Safety covers all types of safety practices and unlike the driving course requires payment of semester hour fees . COLLEGE FACILITIES EXPAND . . . Top to Bottom: An engineering drawing room, part of the new cafeteria, main desk of library. Mr . Pell is a member of the Wilkes-Barre Police Department on leave of absence . He received his B . S . in Commerce and Finance this year at Wilkes. Dr. Craig Abroad . . . Dr. Mary E . Craig, head of the Wilkes English Department, will sail June 23 for the British Isles aboard the S. S . America . She hopes to attend the Edinburgh Music Festival, the Malvern Festival, and the Olympic Games at Wimbley. Dr. Craig also plans to renew old acquaintances at the various universities and to visit the Hebrides . Dr . Craig recently received news that her book , The Scottish Periodical Press 17 50-1789, published at Edinburgh in 1931, has had a seventeen year sale in the British Isles. This is the first news she has received on the publication in five years . Dr . Craig will leave England for the return trip to the United States on September 2. Mr. Edward Williams , professor of English , will leave this month for Columbia University where he will take work leading to the Doctor 's degree . For the past several semesters Mr . Williams has been a familiar figure before the American Literature classes . He was master of ceremonies at the senior dinner-dance held recently. Mr. Williams will return to Wilkes in the fall of 1949 . Mr . Konstantin Symonolewicz, head of the Wilkes College Sociology Department, is attending Columbia University where he is writing the thesis that will ultimately bring him a Doctorate. Mr. Symonolewicz has also been teaching Polish courses at Wilkes and was instrumental in arousing interest in establishing a Slavic Culture Center at the college. Mr. Elwood Dis:::iue, head of the Foreign Language Department, is working on his Doctor's thesis here in Wilkes-Barre . The German professor was working on the paper several years ago when Uncle Sam interrupted him. Twenty-one Wilkes College professors are taking summer work. Among them are Mr. Alfred Groh, English instructor, theatre director and yearbook advisor , who is taking work at Columbia University ; Mr . Thomas Richards , head of the Mathematics department ; Mr . Edward Wasilewski , a member of the Mathematics department, and Mr. John Riley · 48, an instructor in the Commerce and Finance department. Newest department head at Wilkes is Mr. Donald E . Cobleigh who is the man behind the music department . Mr . Cobleigh, who came here from Dartmouth College, succeeds the late Professor Paul Gies . Other department heads at the college include: Dr . Mary E . Craig __________ ______________________ ______ English Dr . Charles B . Reif _ _Biology Mr . Harold W . Thatcher __ ____________ ___ __ ··- _History Mr. Voris B . Hall__ ________ ____ ____ _____ __ __ ______ __Physics Mr . Elwood J . Disque_ . ___ __ .. ___ ___Modern Languages Mr. Thomas Richards Mathematics Mr . Konstantin Symonolewicz __ ___ . ___ __ . _Sociology Miss Kathryn E. Dominquez ------·· _______ Psychology Mr . Herbert J . Morris _____ .Economics The faculty itself has grown from some sixty to one-hundred within a year. �WI-IAT WE'RE DOING As far as we know none of our Alumni have reached everlasting fame and fortune, but we are still young and hoping . In the meantime this column will help keep us in touch with each other. In order to have plenty of up-to-date information we are going to ask for your help and we would appreciate hearing from you . ) ust write and tell us your name, class year, address, occupation , marital status, and number and names of children. If vou know of the location and activities of some 0th.er Alumni or want to know about some of them, indicate that too. Address all communications to Alumni Office, Wi lkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvanin . Because so many of our Alumni are away from Wyoming Valley we have lost track of them , so until your letters begin to come in , we will have to content ourselves by telling you what is new with us at home . B ertha Line Arnold is teaching at Dallas Borough High School. Her address is 99 E lizabeth Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. A son, John Moore , was born to I\1r . and Mrs. James Bryson, (Margaret Moore "39" ) December 13, 1943. The Brysons also have a daughter Martha Jane . Their address is Centre Hall, Pennsylvan ia. Phyllis S . Eichler recently received her doctorate from Pennsylvania State College of Optometry and became the first member of her sex to enter this practice in Wi lkes-Barre. Her address is 203 West River Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania . George R. Rader is pub lic officE' manager of the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg. His address is 120 I Rol leston Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Robert Podrasky and Helen Janosky, both .. 44", were married last January in Wilkes-Barre. Alfred Eisenpreis, who is on the advert ising staff at Pomeroy's Department Store, is doing double duty as a teacher of advertising at Wilkes College. Other Alumni on the faculty are Joe Donnelly, Al Groh, Donald Kersteen, Joe Markowitz, John Riley, Arnold Sullum, Reese Pelton, Clemens Pell, Joh n Cooney , Marcella Novak , and John Boy ce . Ellen Brennan is in a much expanded library and Louise Brennan, Louise Dodson, Jean Machonis, Madelyn Molitoris, and Jean Withey are working in the college office. Miss Marion Ganard ''45" is teaching at the Middletown Junior High School in Middletown , Delaware. Janet Post "44" became the bride of Walter S . Phillips in the First Baptist Church, Kingston, Pennsylvania , February 28, 1948 . The Phillips' are residing at l O E . Dorrance Street, Kingston , Pa . Vince Wall recently graduated from Hahnemann Medical C~llege, Philadelphia . He will serve his internship at Scranton State Hospital. Mary K enney " 44" is employed as a technician at White Plains, ew York, Hospital The marriage of Ruth Evans "44" to Robert Thomas , a student at Dickinson, was recently announced. Mrs. Thomas is teaching in Plymouth , Penna. Alberta Novick "46" is teaching in Plymouth Borough. June Owens "42" and Katherine Freund " 42" are teaching at GAR High School in Wilkes-Barre. Marian Reid "46" is employed as a secretary in New York City. Her address is I 03 Woodland A venue, River Edge, ew Jersey. Bob Moser is living at 1007 Columbia Avenue, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He is employed as a draftsman by the Hamilton Watch Company . Beatrice Hoyle's address is Central apartment, 11 Spruce Street, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . Beatrice is Operating Room Supervisor at Jefferson Hospital Mrs. Kieth Moser (Claire Harding) is living at 427 E. Sixth Street, ew York City. Mrs. Moser is working at the Cornell Medical Center in New York . Mr. and Mrs. Walter D . Celmer (Florence Mackiewicz) are living in Urbana , Illinois . Mr. Celmer has been appointed a Fellow in Chemistry at the Graduate Schoo l of the University of Illinois, Urbana , Illinois. Phyllis Smith "44" is an instructor of English at Bucknell University . Shirley Mason (x49) is employed as a secretary by the Wilkes-Barre Lace Company. Leon Wazeter is employed as an adjudicator by the V. A. in Wilkes-Barre. He is living in Trucksville, Pennsylvania . Dr. and Mrs. Frank Speicher (Treveryan Williams) both "43" are living in Palmerton, Pennsylvania where Frank is practicing dentistry . Dr. Robert M . Kerr is a Resident in Medicine at the Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pennsylvania. Mr. Robert Wentz "46" has accepted a position with Stone and Webster of Boston. His first assignment will take him to Baton Rouge, La. Thomas J. Boyle is a student at ew York University. He is living at 616 West 116th Street, New York City. Ellen Badger is employed by the International Correspondence School in Scranton, Pennsylvania and lives at 377 Washington Avenue, Jermyn, Pennsylvania . Betty James is living at Pocono Manor where she is employed as secretary to the superintendent of Pocono Manor Hotel. Jim Mollahan lives at 396 Park Avenue, WilkesBarre. He is employed by the Veterans Administration . Evelyn Eichler has announced her engagment to Norman Baum, a member of this year's graduating class at Wilkes . Allan Siegfried is married and the father of three children. The Siegfrieds live at 8 Magnolia Avenue in Wilkes-Barre, and Allan is employed at Pomeroy·s. Betty Schwager is employed in the Service Repair Department of the Bell Telephone Company in Wilkes-Barre. Her address is 934 Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort, Pennsylvania . Wallace Jones "48" is associated with Dunn and Bradstreet in ew York City . Tl-IE LETTER BOX ( We are anxious to hear from any and all Alumni, Address your letters to the Alumni Office, Chase Hall ) I am one of the "old grads.. who as students were limited not only to two years of schooling at the "Junior College" , but also to two buildings within which almost all of our activities -- curricular and extra-curricular -- took place. Facilities for registration, instruction, research, and informal get-togethers, for eating and studying were confined to these quarters. Thus, both time and space, in comparison with the college today, were quite unpretentious . However, it is not in terms of the physical that I think of our college, but rather, in terms of those intangible qualities -- spirit, inspiration, comradeship -- which were flourishing in my day and which to me will a lways be the school's outstanding assets . These are the primary assets which have been available to all students attending Wilkes from its inception as a junior college to its present status as a four-year institution. It is not my intention to ignore the physical expansion of our alma mater, however . On the contrary, it is with pride that I now can call it Wi lkes College, knowing that it offers complete facilities for a college degree . As first president of its alumni association , I know how great was the desire of all Junior College students for the fulfillment of this expaned four-year program . We like to feel that we have had a small share in making it possible; nor d id we ever doubt that such an achievement would not materialize. Those alumni who formulated our constitution and by-laws provided for the necessary adjustments during the transition period, in view of the fact that a fouryear status would soon be realized . The major purpose of our organization was to further the interests of our school , and the fact that so many of us had a sincere desire to organize is an indication of our enduring interest and affection. Actually, the alumni association is still in its infancy. But I am confident that, as the college grows, the organization will proportionately assume its responsibility as a purposeful and successful adjunct to its alma mater. JA E NAGRO LOWUM First President of Alumni Assoc . How gratifying it is to know that we now have an accredited four-year college in our community. And how gratifying it is also to know that many of us have had some part in its development. I wonder just how many of us know the significance of this rea lization and what it means to our community. I think those of us who endeavored to seek out our future du ring the old days of the "Boiler Factory", as Bucknell Junior College was called when it held classes in the old Business College building, and the early days when Chase Hall and Conyngham Hall were our only buildings, will appreciated the effort that was expended to reach our goals . Scenes changed freq uently in t hose days, and, to some of us, receiving college degrees seemed like scaling a high mountain, difficul t and uncertain . We all had to face the necessity of leaving Wilkes-Barre in search of higher education. Today, however, thanks to the combined efforts of numerous foresighted citizens of this community, we have a "full-fledged" four-year college which awards accredited degrees to aspiring young peop le who have no need to seek their fortunes elsewhere but here in Wyoming Valley . The door of opportunity is now open to students of moderate means who live in the surrounding areas and who otherwise would find it difficult, or even impossible, to receive a college education elsewhere. These are the individuals who form the backbone of our community and in them lies the responsibility of its progress. ow that Wyoming Valley offers its youth a complete education at Wilkes College, an active alumni association aids in the strengthening of its ties within the community . With more and more members on its roster, the alumni association will be an important factor in the growth of the college and in turn will raise the intellectual standards of this community. M . K. �\ THE SPORTSCOPE I By Tom Moran Director of Athletic Publicity With the close of the 1948 baseball season Wilkes College wrote the final chapter to its second "big year" in collegiate sports and at present the members of the Athletic Department, headed by George F . Ralston, are preparing for the 1948-49 season, which promises to surpass all previous achievements in the sports history of the college . The evolution of sports at Wilkes College -taking into consideration the two-sport program sponsored by the school when it was known as Bucknell University Junior College -- has been rapid . With the first large-scale flow of veterans into the school in 1946, the first really great emphasis was placed on sports . George F . Ralston was introduced to \Vyoming Valley sports fans and athletic enthusiasts at the college as the first Director of Athletics at the institution . The college entered the sports world in its first important move in September 1946 with start of football . Ralston did what many consider to be almost the impossible -- when he coached his first Learn through a perfect season of six wins and no losses . In the Winter basketball was given a proverbial shot in the arm and wrestling was introduced at the college with Cromwell Thomas , a member of the faculty and a former Washington and Lee grappler , as coach . In the Spring, tennis was the fourth sport to be added to the steadily growing list of athlelics and Joseph Danilowicz , a student of the college, was assigned the duties of coach . Baseball -- reorganized al the college in 1945 -- became the main attraction in May and June of 1946 when Ralston piloted his club through an exceptionally good season . The second year of sports at the school -- then a four-year institution known as Wilkes College -- found the Athletic Department with better equipment and more experienced athletes . Wilkes fans delighted at the variety of athletic events scheduled for the 1947-48 seasons and valley people suddenly became aware of the spirit that was growing with the new college. The second year of football at the college found Ralston with another first-rate team , which went through the season with six wins, one loss , and one tie . To support the team -- Wilkes College now had its own band, organized and directed by Reese E . Pelton, and cheerleaders . The rest of the year's athletic events further proved that Wilkes was definitely on the road to becoming one of the most important sports college in its class in the country . BASEBALL PROGRESSES . . Baseball has become one of the College's major athletic attractions. Under Coach George Ralston this year's team rolled up a record of nine wins and three losses. **** WILKES COLLEGE 1948 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE September 18-Bloomsburg State Teachers College Away September 25-St. Francis College Home October 2-Hartwick College Away October 23-Mansfield State Teachers College Away October 30-Lycoming College Away November 6-Rider College Away November 20-King, s College Home Home Games -- Kingston Stadium Plan Now To Attend SECOND ANNUAL HOMECOMING!! Celebration TO Bl= l-ll=LD IN Tl-II= FALL �HERE'S YOUR CHANCE HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO HELP YOUR ALMA MATER. WILKES NEEDS NEW BUILDINGS; THE NEED FOR A GYMNASIUM IS URGENT. WE HAVE THE LAND BUT NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO BUILD . WE AS ALUMNI FEEL WE CAN HELP AND HAVE SET UP A COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF A CAMPAIGN FOR THIS PURPOSE. THIS IS YOUR AREN'T OPPORTUNITY ASKING PROPORTION TO FOR TO PROVE HUGE YOURSELVES SUMS; JUST AS ALUMNI. TRY TO GIVE WE IN YOUR ABILITY TO PAY. Committee members in charge of the drive are: Cha irmen- Daniel Williams, Reese Pelton '48 Sallyanne Frank Alberta Novick Marguerite Krashkevich Naomi Hons Floyd A. Seigfried Ellen Brennan Ruth Tischler June Owens Leon W azeter Katherine Freund Douglas MacN eal ' 48 George Fry '48 ALUMNI BUILDING FUND COMMITTEE ALUMNI OFFICE WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA. Name_-----------------------------------------_-------------Address __________________________________________________ _ __ _Class Occupation If Married, Husband's or Wife's Name _____________________ _ Number of Children and Ages _ Colleges attended after B.U.J.C. or Wilkes and Degrees: Enclosed is my contribution or pledge for $ __ _ __________ _ (Checks or Money Orders should be made payable to the WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI BUILDING FUND. If a pledge, please state how payable. ) �..· r. 3'=>7 an i el ~. Ni 11 iams s. River St. l Nilkes-Sarre, Pa. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumni Magazine, 1947-present Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations Description An account of the resource <p>An archive of Wilkes University Magazine, from 1947-present. The magazine went through various names including <em>Wilkes Alumnus</em>, <em>Wilkes Quarterly,</em> <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, and the current title, <em>Wilkes Magazine</em>. Some editions for the <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, will have multiple issues within the file record. 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Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumnus Summer 1948 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wilkes College Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1948 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Magazine https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/af6a110328cddc3c0d90cf0cd8b143b7.pdf 813e95e184ae5bf4bf2cf839600f68ba PDF Text Text �EDITORIAL ^Jke. THE CHALLENGE... WILKES ALUMNUS After glancing through issues of alumni magazines of older colleges and universities two points become very clear to us who are the working nucleus of our new Alumni Association. First, we see the goal. A body of former students who feel a bond of common interest founded in their past experiences and their future hopes for an all-round development of the in­ fant college. A group of grads who will support their Alma Mater because they believe in her, overlook her shortcomings, and rejoice in her progress. In short, a real group of supporters. Official Publication of the Wilkes College Alumni Association IN THIS ISSUE Touchdown! (Cover Story) Page 3 Grads in Grad School 4 Students in Who's Who 6 Homecoming — Success 9 Xmas Trip To Cuba ___ 9 Your Alma Mater_____ 9 10 Honor Roll FEATURES.. On Campus . There are two primary steps that each alumnus can take to further this goal. To begin with, every grad can join the active association simply by stating his desire and forwarding the nominal yearly dues of S1.00 to the Alumni Office. This entitles him to receive all pertinent college and alumni information and helps the association to grow. And there is another step open to all grads who are in the Wilkes-Barre area. The association meets the first Monday evening of every month in Chase On the inside of the rear cover of this issue is a handy coupon for you to send us. Do this and enroll in the alumni association. And if you're living near Wilkes-Barre, drop in to the meetings. (The December meeting will be held on December 6 at 8:00 in Chase Hall.) We're counting on YOUR support. (Cover Story) Touchdown!! This issue's cover pictures Leo Castle, key backfield man for the 1948 edition of the Colonels, as he smashes through the Hartwick line to add the second touchdown in Wilkes' 14-6 victory over the New York team. After getting off to a slow start this season by dropping two games to Bloomsburg STC and St. Francis, the Colonel gridders finally came into their own when they defeat­ ed National College 28 to 13. Hartwick was the next victim. Then the Colonels traveled to Mansfield for what experts considered certain defeat, and returned with a 7-7 deadlock that almost became a victory. The following week the gridders outclassed Lycoming and returned with the better half of a 34-7 score. A power­ ful Rider team fell prey as Wilkes romped to a 14-0 victory. Steubenville, and the old city rival, King's, complete this season. National recognition of the Colo­ nels came early in the season when the Atlantic Foot­ ball Forecast began to list Wilkes regularly in their weekly nationwide forecasts. Page 7 Sportscope 8 What We're Doing 5 . 4 At The Meeting Second of all we begin to see the task before us if we are to reach this goal. We understand that hun­ dreds of individual attitudes of cooperation are neces­ sary for a general achievement. We realize that only constant efforts on both our, and your, part will bring us toward this goal. Hall. A pleasant, worthwhile evening is guaranteed to all who attend. Well planned social sessions follow each business meeting. Be as supporter; accept the challenge and attend! Stork Club . 10 Together 10 Who Are They? * Published Quarterly at WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI OFFICE Chase Hall 184 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. VOLUME I NUMBER 2 ’s meetings. Left to right are—NAOMI HONS, They’re your alumni officers for the year 19-18—19 shown during one of the central association : mt; and IRENE KONIECKO '45, corresponding secretary, recording secretary; REESE PELTON, ’IS, treasurer; DANIEL WILLIAMS, *43, presidei And they will be very happy to welcome you as an active member when you attend the :next meeting. �AT THE MEETING Minutes of Association Meeting;^ The first fall meeting of the Wilkes-Barre branch of the Wilkes Alumni Association was held Monday, September 13 in Chase Hall. An active group of Alumni were present to discuss reorganization and plans for the 1948-49 year. The meeting was formally opened at 8:00 P. M. by Danny Williams, new president of the association. After welcoming the group, Danny pointed out that the position of treasurer was vacant and explained that under the constitution the president could appoint members to fill vacancies. Reese Pelton was then ap­ pointed temporary treasurer. Mr. Pelton, who is serving as alumni secretary at the college, talked briefly on distribution and news accumulation for the WILKES ALUMNUS and outlined general plans for Homecoming weekend. Mr. Williams then asked for suggestions to organ­ ize an effective drive to raise money for the college's expansion program. Allan Siegfried Jr. offered the suggestion that literature containing the architects plans for the new campus be distributed to all alumni so that they might see the goal toward which they are working. A discussion on increasing enrollment in the asso­ ciation, and particularly at meetings, was held. A suggestion made by June Owens was agreed upon. Active members are to receive phone lists of inactive members to contact before the next meeting. This brought up the question of what form the next meeting would take. A heated debate took place with those in favor of a smoker emerging victorious by a majority vote. Mr. Williams announced that committee members would be chosen and notified soon. The last issue on the agenda was the Christmas Dance. Ruth Tischler and Katherine Freund were ap­ pointed to check with Hotel Sterling to find an open date for the annual affair. The business being consumated, Mr. Williams ad­ journed the meeting. Those in attendance, however, held an unscheduled social session for some time after­ wards. On November 1, the third alumni meeting of the year was held in the Women's Lounge of Chase Hall at 8:00 P. M. A business session, devoted mainly to a discussion of Homecoming, was held. Lists of alumni in the Wilkes-Barre area were distributed to a commit­ tee of those present, for the purpose of insuring a suc­ cessful celebration by making personal contact. Mem­ bers appointed to this committee are Irene Koniecko Gloria Boguszewski, Gene Maylock, Trudy Johnson' Zosia Glowacki, and Douglas McNeal. President Wil­ liams also spoke briefly concerning the Christmas Dance and mentioned that a tentative date had been arranged with the Hotel Sterling. Following the business meeting, refreshments were served, and a social session completed the evening’s program. One Third of Grads In Grad School A recent study of the first four-year graduating class of Wilkes College, the class of 1948 reveals that about 36% of the graduates have applied and been accepted in recognized graduate schools. This per­ centage means that Wilkes definitely rates high among the leaders in such a field. A breakdown of these statistics is as follows: Total Number of Wilkes Graduates September—43 Total—108 Graduates Known to Be Accepted in Graduate School June—24 Total—39 A brief business meeting was held during the course of the evening. JJl.ans for Homecoming were explained to enthusiastic listeners and the Christmas Dance Committee gave a preliminary report. This committee consists of Ruth Tischler, Katherine Freund and June Owens. Following this interruption the social activity recommenced and continued until twelve We're Doing Zcsia Glowacki '45 is currently directing the Chil­ dren's Theatre of Wilkes-Barre. She follows Mrs. Lee Tyburski (Miss Norma Sanguliano) whom many alumni remember as director of the old BUJ 3 Thespians. In­ cidentally, while speaking of the theatre it might be mentioned that Al Groh '41, another BUJC alumnus, is now director of the Wilkes College "Cue 'n Curtain” club, successor to the Thespians. We've been able to keep good "tabs" on the class of '48 and among the information streaming into the office is the following: Joseph Lilchman is working as a junior accountant at the Ley Accounting Service in the city. Dick Conklin, who was recently married, is a correspondent for the Alumnium Company of America and lives at 1032 Ken­ neth Ave., New Kensington, Pa. Thomas A. P. Gilboy is attending the U. of Penna, graduate school and plans to continue his work of sales promotion for M. C. Gilboy Associates of Wilkes-Barre. Thomas Teresinski, who was vice-president of the class of '48, is now employed as a credit investigator for Dun and Bradstreet and works at the Scranton office of the firm. John G. Gooch is employed as an accountant by the Scranton-Spring­ brook Water Service Co. John was the recipient ol the Dobson Accounting Medal for his outstanding scholas­ tic achievement in that field at Wilkes. Edyfhe Rudolph became Mrs. Harold Rein very recently. Mr. Rein, who recent graduates will remember for his journalistic and dramatic work at Wilkes, is attending school in New York City. Bob Miller and Charles Hailstone are at­ tending graduate school at Columbia University. Bob is taking work in English and Charles is studying theo­ logy. Rhuea Williams has accepted a position as mathema'ics instructor at the Wilkes-Barre Day School. George F. Fry is attending the U. of Penna, where he is doing graduate work in industrial management. Ralph Carey and Nelson E. Nelson are enrolled in Dickinson Law School. June—65 September—15 The second monthly meeting of Wilkes-Barre Alumni was held on Monday, October 4 at 8:00 in the Girls' Lounge. As decided previously, the meeting was in the form of a mixed smoker. Fifty alumni were present and among the group were several out-oftowners. Refreshments, games, and plain "gab" were the attractions. '■ Percentages of Wilk,:es Grads Accepted In Graduate School June—36.9% September—34.8% Total Percentage—36.1% Among colleges accepting these thirty-nine grads tor advanced study are Columbia, University of Chica­ go, University of Pennsylvania, Jefferson Medical Colege. Western Reserve, Brown, George Washington, Dickinson Law School, University of Colorado, U. C. L. A University of Kentucky, Hahnemann Medical behoof, Georgtown, University of Buffalo, and Bucknell. Mrs. John K. Wood (A. Margaret Wilson '43) has recently moved to Laramie, Wyoming. Mr. and Mrs. Wood were living in Rochester, N. Y. Mrs. Wood re­ ceived her B. S. in commercial chemistry from Penn State after leaving BUJC. Mr. Henry Lewerl '41 informs us that he has re­ cently become a father. He has been living in Cleve­ land, Ohio, and plans to remain at Harvard graduate school where he expects to receive his Ph. D. in com­ parative philology. Congratulations, Henry, on both accounts! Among recent visitors to the campus was Joseph Lorosso '43. Joe is now enrolled at Notre Dame and this was his first trip to Wilkes-Barre in two year. He was tremendously impressed by the expansion of his old alma mater. While attending BUJC Joe was an active Thespian. Mrs. Agnes Wolfe Conway '35 is another alumna employed by Dun and Bradstreet. She graduated from the Columbia University School of Library Science and is a librarian at the firm's New York offices. Mr. Floyd Siegfried, the wandering employee, is at present an assistant buyer for the housewares de­ partment of Lazarus Dept. Store, Willkes-Barre. Mr. Siegfried, who is active in the alumni association and was formerly treasurer, lives at 8 Magnolia Avenue. Wilkes-Barre, and is the proud daddy of two fine chil­ dren. A card from Mrs. R. E. Lowum (Jane Nagro '41) brings us news that she is at present employed as a service representative for the Illinois Ball Telephone Co. at Chicago, Illinois. Jane was first president of the Alumni Association and worked hard to build up an active group. James A. Ramsey '36 was active in the Wyo­ ming Valley Community Chest drive. Many older alumni will remember that Jim did a bang-up job for the drive at BUJC when he was a student. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey reside at 266 S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre. Thomas "Bud" Owen, Jr., '41, is operating a dye­ ing and pressing business in Trenton, N. J. "The Col­ lege Cleaners", in which Bud is part-owner, is located at 240 E. Front St. Bud graduated from Rider College. If you're planning a vacation you might see Betty Dawn Fenton '38. Betty, who transferred from BUJC to Bucknell for her A. B., is a travel agent for Vacation Advisers of New York City, and at present resides at 1651 Metropolitan Ave. James B. Aikman '40 is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Buffalo. Mr. Aikman received a B. S. in Mechanical Engineering from Bucknell, following his work at BUJC. Robert S. Graham '39 takes his place among our alumni who are clergymen. Bob, a graduate of the Princeton Theological Seminary, is pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Long Branch, N. J. Among our illustrious M. D. alumni is Richard E. Crompton '42. Dick is a resident physician at the Nes­ bitt Memorial Hospital, Kingston, Pa. and received his medical degree from Syracuse University. Ralph G. Beane '46, who recent alumni will remem­ ber as the bulwark of the cafeteria at old BUJC, tells us that he is attending Boston University's Theological Seminary. Ralph received his B. A. from Syracuse. Recent mail informs us that Mrs. Thomas Paul Turnbull (R. Jean Maran '38) is employed as secretary by Dr. Henry L. Yeagley of Penna. State College. Her husband is an engineering student at the same insti­ tution. Marjorie Mattern is a high school teacher in the Johnstown, Ja. Public Schools. She received a degree in Business Education from Penna. State College after leaving BUJC . BUJC graduates include at least two ministers with charges in Wyoming County, Penna. These are Reuben 'continued on page 6) �What We're Doing (continued from page 5) W. Rader '38 of Rush, Pa., and Thomas A. Kline 35 of Mill City, Pa. Both are Methodist clergymen. Mr. Rader is the brother of George R. Rader 44, who is Public Office Manager for the Bell Telephone Company in Harrisburg, Pa. A letter from Durham, North Carolina, brings news that Lilyanne Babslde '42 is undertaking graduate work in physical medicine at Duke University. Our thanks to Miss Babskie for her wishes that Homecoming be a huge success. A list of alumni who graduated this September and who are now taking graduate work includes John Bellas, Julius Likowski, University of Chicago; James Hofford, Jefferson Medical College; Nelson Nelson, Ralph Carey, Dickinson Law School; Robert Riley, Albert Stratton, Jean Hartman, Western Reserve; Howard Marvelle, James Shepherd, University of Penn­ sylvania; William Tomusko, Brown University; Nan Richards, University of Colorado; John Glowacki, Georgetown Law School; and John Plesnar, University of Kentucky. Delbert Dare '48 has just received a position as cost accountant with S. Frieder and Sons through the school's new placement bureau. At the Homecoming Banquet there were three alumni present who are college instructors. They are Raymond H. Young '41, instructor in electrical en­ gineering at Bucknell, John W. Boyce '48, economics instructor at Wilkes, and Albert Fladd '43, instructor for Penn State at the Swarthmore center. High school teachers present at the same affair included June Owens '42 and Katherine Freund '42, both of whom are teaching at G. A. R. High School in Wilkes-Barre; Jean C. Steele '46, who is teaching at Donaldson, Pa.; and William Toplis '48, now a science teacher at Glenside-Weldon High in Abington Town­ ship, Pa. Carl Dudeck '48 is now assisting in the biology department of Wilkes. Carl has been accepted at Jefferson Medical School and plans to enter there soon. Jean Franklin '44 attends night school at Wilkes, but spends her days as a secretary for the Common­ wealth Telephone Company. Jean formerly worked for the U. S. Civil Service Commission in Washing­ ton, D. C. Anthracite Institute is the employer of Anne Harton '41. Before working for the local company Anne was employed by American Airlines. Two former BEACON editors were present at our Homecoming celebration. The former newswomen are Jean Donohue '44 and Kay Vanderlick '46. Kay Kay is now a medical technologist, but Jean has continued in the field and is an advertising copywriter. 12 Wilkes Students ReceiVe Collegian Who's Who Salute Wilkes College once again has shown itself as a ■school of high calibre by having 12 of its students listed in the 1948-49 issue of Who's Who Among Stu­ dents in American Universities and Colleges. Recogni­ tion by that annual publication means that the student was, first, officially recommended from the university or college he attends and, then, accepted by the or­ ganization. ON CAMPUS 1 Those students of Wilkes College who were ac­ cepted by the organization include George Ernel, Donald Evans, Doris Gorka, Marjorie Green, Edwin Kosik, Eleanor Krute, Evelyn Penaligon, Narcy per. kowski, Leonard Shetline, Donald Vernail, Edward Wasilewski and Anthony Zabiegalski. Only juniors seniors and post-graduates were eligible for nomina­ tions. Nominating committees were requested to con­ sider the student's scholarship, his leadership and cooperation in educational and extracurricular activ­ ities, his general citizenship, and his promise of future usefulness. In the schools there is an increasing ten­ dency to use objective point systems for selecting nominees. Each student who becomes a member receives without cost; a certificate of recognition awarded by the organization and presented at the school; recogni­ tion in the annual publication for the year during which he was selected in the form of a write up of his college and personal record and a listing in the index under the college form which he was nominated; benefits of the Student Placement Service provided by the organization if he neds assistance in making employment contacts or supplying other recommend­ ations. Who's Who Among Students in American Uni­ versities and Colleges is designed to render service: As an artificial goal to inspire greater effort in those who do not innately perform to the best of their ability. As a reminder that time must be used intelligent­ ly to bring the best results from one's college experi­ ence. As a means of compensation for outstanding ef­ fort and achievement. As a standard of measurements for students com­ parable to other recognized scholastic and service or­ ganizations. Among members of the class of '48 at Homecommg were John Burak, Douglas McNeal, class pre' ,Re^e Pelton- BiU Toplis, John Boyce, Gene y oc , Henry Anderson and Muriel BransdorL id i ° hSrs' unable ‘o attend because of classes and wTsheT1”6111 °ut‘of’town sent ‘heir regrets and best I The big event with which the 1948 year opened was football. Now in its third year, the game was drawing capacity crowds and the usual color of foot­ ball season spread the veil of glamour over the entire event. Clubs reorganized—and in the case of two, changed their names. Then the elections and their inevitable campaigns came. After the last soap box and election card was put away eyes turned towards the customary sport dances and the traditional cabaret parly. Too much is happening to give you a complete picture, but we can give you some flashes of what is happening On Campus—■ COLLEGE BAND Beginning the football season with the team was a 45 piece military band under the direction of Reese E. Pelton '48. The band made trips to every game with the exception of the Hartwick contest. Well-balanced, with every type of instrument available, the band has produced many fine half-time shows and plans to make several performances before the public of Wyoming Valley. CHEERLEADERS This year's cheer squad has been the most active in all recent Wilkes history and boasts twelve members including 4' Bill Snee. Several skits have been per­ formed in conjunction with the band and the squad is responsible for a great deal of the new school spirit. Jimmy Catnes is captain and Bruce Mackie is trainer. FRESHMAN WEEK—'48 STYLE Freshman Week got off with a bang this year and weekly trials for offenders were held publicly before capacity crowds. Folio wing somewhat orthodox court­ room procedure the High Tribunal of Lettermen doled out such punishment as shown in the adjoining picture. Offenders were fairly numerous and the week was con­ sidered highly successful. There was however, only one case of "capital crime", resulting in a haircut to the offender. BETA GAMMA CHI NOW DELTA THETA RHO Sometime ago the old Beta Gamma Chi girls soror­ ity took on the new title Women of Wilkes, explaining that the title B. G. C. was not suited to a four-year in­ stitution. However, the WOW’s as they were next called finally decided to return to the Greek and re­ cently voted to change the sorority name to Theta Delta Rho, meaning "by the river". SPORT DANCES CONTINUE The traditional week-end sport dances are still in vogue at Wilkes, at the usual site, St. Stephen's Church­ house. Crowds of 350 or more are usually in attendance to relax after the week's scholastic burden. Music by the college's fourteen piece band, cokes, and social chatter, are the usual attractions. CABARET PARTY The traditional cabaret party, held each semester, was sponsored this year by the BEACON staff and held November 5 in St. Stephen's Churchouse. Professional and amateur performers staged two, hour floor shows and music for dancing was supplied by Reese Pelton and his "Collegiate" orchestra. Decorations, reserved tables, and a variety of refreshments were other high­ lights of the successful affair. Nancy Yaufman and Nancy Ralston, two frosh dorm students are shown as Clayton Karambelas, a member of the Lettcramn’a Club, orders the “scrubwoman” and “angel of mercy” to clean the campus. ipus. Offend Offer ­ ers of upperclassmen went on trial before the high Tribunal11. One of the features of Wyoming Valley’s annual Parade of Progress is the selection of a career girl. From a field of hundreds of entrants, three Wilkes students emerged among the finalists. and one of these was selected as career girl. Left to right are Janet Gearhart, Career Girl Doris Gorka. Ann Havir. NOW IT'S "CUE & CURTAIN" Gone are the Thespians—replaced by the new Cue & Curtain group. Boasting an active membership of 100 members, the dramatic society meets three times each month, one meeting being devoted to social activ­ ities. The membership is divided into committees, each one responsible for some phase of work and each com­ mittee head is responsible to a central stage manager. Present plans of the group which is directed by Al Groh '41, call for several one-act plays and major produc­ tions, one of which may be a musical. Bill Griffith '50. is president of the group. �(SPECIAL) Firsi Homecoming - Successful Everyone in attendance agreed that the affair was a success! November 19 and 20 were the dates and the occasion was Wilkes' first annual Homecom­ ing celebration! ■ Li Nine of lhe isriddcrs ore >rge Lewis, Sammy Eli Second row—Bobby Evans, Normnn Cross, Henry SupinsKI. Jobhn Florkiewicz. r second or third year for Wilkes. Pictured nboi Koscinski, Walter Hendershot, Joseph Gnllnghc .The. SPORTSCOPE By THOMAS J. MORAN Athletic Publicity Director By the time most ol the alumni of Wilkes College read this issue of the association's magazine, hte blue and gold Colonel eleven will have completed its third season of intercollegiate football. In all probability the 1948 grid record will see Wilkes carrying a seasonal record of six wins, two losses, and one tie, but the two remaining games to be played after this publication goes to press can still change what looks like another outstanding season for Coach George Ralston to the first average season for the team. If the Gods of the Gridiron should continue to smile favorably on the Colonel aggregation and allow the club to annex its last two wins of the season, the over­ all record will be most impressive. Taking for granted that this season will see no more losses for Wilkes, the total number of games won during the short, but colorful three-year period of grid competition will be 18 out of 23 contests. The record will show only three defeats and two ties, which is a mighty good record for any school. The 1948 edition of Wilkes football is probably the best yet sponsored by the college. Many of the gridders such as George Lewis, Walter Hendrshot, Gerrard Washco, Bob Gorgas, John Florkiewicz, Francis Pinkowski, Paul Thomas, Henry Supinski, Melvin Barry, and Tommy Swartwood are playing their third year of ball and due to the fact that the first year was played under the junior college banners, will be eligible to play a fourth year for the club. The entire program has progressed at jet speed during the three-year period. The first year—the club was undefeated in six contests—found a group of not exceptional players, but yet they mastered one of the toughest fundamentals in football—working to gether. The unity and cooperation in that eleven paid big dividends in the form of an unbeaten team in the first year of the college's participation in intercollegiate football. The second year found the school considerably advanced in all phases and the calibre of opponents was higher. The season record of six wins, one loss, and one tie gave Ralston another pigskin feather in his grid cap. This year, in answer to many followers of the team, who wanted to know why Wilkes didn't play tougher opponents, the Colonels faced nine football conscious institutions—the most powerful being Blooms­ burg STC, Mansfield STS. R'der College, and the tradi­ tional rival, King's College. During the present season, wins have been scored over Hartwick College, Naional Agricultural College of Doylestown, Lycoming College, Rider College, and unless oiir second guessing is wrong, College of Steubnville and King's College. Two losses were at the hands of Bloomsburg STC and St. Francis College and the one tie was with Mansfield STC. (Ed. Note:—Steubenville and King's fell to the Colonels.) The two-day affair opened with the annual King'sWilkes gridiron classic. Three hundred and fifty alumni sat among the drenched crowd that saw the Colonels top the Monarchs, 26-0, for the third win in as many games. During the half-time, a pageant, "Dethroning of King's", was presented to the rainsoaked spectators. Everyone agreed, however, that the satisfaction of seeing the scoreboard after the game was worth any discomfort caused by "Jupe Pluvius". Following the game a sport dance was held in the Admiral Stark room of Hotel Sterling. Reports have it that the entire student body of both colleges must have been present. At any rate, room was at a premium until the affair terminated at one A. M. The Wilkes Letterman Club raffled five turkeys during intermission. Another feature of the evening was the "barrel-painting" ceremony, in vzhich the student council of the losing college, (King's for the third time), paints the final score on a traditional barrel, using the colors of the winners. Saturday saw the climax of the affair. A large group of alumni, many from out-of-town, attended the first annual Homecoming dinner held in the new col­ lege cafeteria. Mrs. Brennan and her staff prepared a delicious chicken-a-la-king banquet and informal congeniality was the keynote of the evening. Reese Pelton served as toastmaster, welcomed the group, and introduced Daniel Williams, president of the Alumni Association. Danny spoke about plans to enlarge and make more effective the association and expressed his desire to see everyone present in the alumni organization. He reminded local alumni that meetings were held on the first Monday of each month in Chase Hall at 8:00 P. M. and urged each one to attend. Danny also announced that the annual alumni Christmas Dance will be held on December 28 in Hotel Sterling. At his suggestion each person present introduced himself to the crovzd. It v/as dis­ covered that the profession represented by the largest number of alumni was teaching. The principal talk of the evening vzas given by President Farley who told alumni of the high scholas­ tic rating achieved by Wilkes. Dr. Farley mentioned that the sophomore class ranked 16th among those of 293 colleges tested. He also stated that 37 < of the alumni have applied to and been accepted in graduate schools, a figure well over three times tne average college percentage. Dr. Farley called on the alumni to take a vital active part in helping the college to develop. He also sxplained that the standing of any coilege de­ pends largely on the standing of its alumni and stated that future freshman classes vzill be even more closely screened than in the past. Quality of students an not quantity is of prime importance, explained t e president. Mr. George Ralston served as song leader and succeeded in getting a large vocal response from the group. Other administration members present were Mr. Herbert Morris and Miss Betty Harker. The dinner came to a close with the singing of the Alma Mater. Following the dinner an extended social session was held, and the renewing of friend­ ships continued until much later in the evening. Christmas Trip To Cuba Arranged Miss Martha J. Silseth, Spanish instructor at Wilkes, is completing plans to arrange the second trip to Cuba conducted for Wilkes students. The trip is expected to last throughout the Christmas holiday period and reservations for staying in Havana have been made with the Royal Palms Hotel. The entire trip will cost $250 per person, plus meals. This price includes fishing, swimming, and boating at Ancha Beach, visits to Morro Castle, a tour of the famous Rosa Rose Gardens, a perfume factory, and a tobacco and banana plantation, and a visit to the famous Tropicana Night Club. Some fifty persons are ex­ pected to make the trip by train, bus and plane. Your Alma Mater When BUJC became Wilkes Colege, almost over­ night, the infant institution found itself without an Alma Mater. The lyrics of the old Junior College song were no longer entirely appropriate. The instituion vzas in a guandary when Mrs. Farley submitted a nevz set of lyrics for the original alma mater, which she had vzritten originally. They were soon accepted and once again we vzere a college with an alma mater. The new lyrics follow: Wilkes, Our Alma Mater We pledge our hearts to thee Honor, faith, and courage, Truth and loyalty. In our vzork and in our pleasure Gu:de us as a friend; We shall always love thee. Loyal to the end. Thou shall lead us onvzard. In search of finer things. May vze find the vzisdom That thy spirit brings. May our deeds of love and service Ever svzell thy fame— Wilkes, we stand io greet thee Glory to thy name! �STORK TOGETHER LUB One Moment Please!! Mrs. and Mrs. Joseph Breskman (Dorothy Ruth Shephard) informs us that they are the proud owners of a nine month old son. Mrs. Breskman graduated from the University of Penna, and the family resides at 117 Shadeland Ave., Lansdowne, Pa. On September 4, 1948, Nan Richards '48 was mar­ ried to William G. Carley, a graduate of Alfred Univer­ sity. Following the ceremony the couple went to Fort Collins, Colorado, where both are taking advanced work at C. A. & M. University. Mrs. Carley is working for an M. A. in English. — WILKES —------- DUES FOR 1948-49 ARE NOW PAYABLE. Mrs. Robert E. Graham (Helen R. Coats '39) became the mother of a daughter, Janice, born October 23, 1947. Mr. Graham is a Presbyterian minister in Tamaqua, Pa., where the family now resides. Miss Sallyanne Frank '43 was recently married to Attorney Harold Rosen. The couple reside in WilkesBarre. WILKES - ------- September 2, 1948 was the date for the marriage of Anne L. Hiznay '41 to Dr. Edward Putkoski. Mr. Putkoski is associated with John Hopkins Hospital and at present the couple resides in Havre de Grace, Mary­ land. MEMBERSHIP AND ALL PRIVILEGES OF THE CENTRAL WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. - April 16, 1948 saw the birth of John Andrew, Jr., io Mrs. John A. Feldman of Burlingome, California. Mrs. Feldman (Dorothy Davenport) received her M. A. at Barnard College after leaving BUJC. --------- On August 14 Joan Adamshock '42 became Mrs. Edward M. Pierce. A card from Mrs. Pierce informs us that she is working as a secretary for the Pabst Bewing Co. of Newark. ANYONE WHO WAS ENROLLED AT BUJC OR WILKES FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR IS ELIGIBLE FOR MEMBERSHIP. DUES ARE ONE DOLLAR, PAYABLE AS YOU DESIRE. WILKES A card from Mrs. Harry A. Dower (Marion Clark) of Allentown brings the news that she is the mother of a daughter who will soon celebrate her second birth­ day. Miss Mary J. Ciesla '37 became Mrs. Leon J. Helk within the recent past. Mrs. Helk is a Bucknell gradu­ ate and is employed as a medical technologist at the General Hospiial of Carbondale. Mr. and Mrs. Helk reside at 19 Laurel St., Carbondale, Pa. THIS ENTITLES YOU TO CLIP COUPON BELOW AND MAIL IT TO THE ALUMNI SECRETARY, WILKES COLLEGE. ANNUAL XMAS DANCE WILKES ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HOTEL STERLING DECEMBER 28 MEDIATELY. YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR MEMBERSHIP CARD IM- JOIN A GROWING ORGANIZATION! I I ♦ The following is an honor ro 11 of BUJC-WILKES alumni KILLED IN ACTION - WORLD WAR II Name Address ft MR. FRANCIS BEDNAREK MR. ARTHUR H. FRITH MR. ROBERT R. CAPPELLINI MR. STEVEN GACHA MR. RICHARD WELLINGTON CEASE MR. CHARLES EDWARD HARRISON MR. ROBERT WILLIAM CRESSWELL MR. JOHN J. McDADE JR. MR. ROCCO ANTHONY DITORO MR. WAYNE SLEPPY MR. FRANCIS P. FORD MR. JACK DICKIE SMITH I attended Wilkes between 19 I convocated in 19 I graduated in 19 Dues of S1.00 per year will be payed as follows: MR. WAYNE THOMAS SWANBERRY I ☆ i We shall appreciate it if anyone knowing of an alumnus who made the supreme sacrifice and who is not listed above will forward such informa.ion to the Alumni office so I and 19 that our roll may be complete. t �� 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 Alumni Magazine, 1947-present Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations Description An account of the resource <p>An archive of Wilkes University Magazine, from 1947-present. The magazine went through various names including <em>Wilkes Alumnus</em>, <em>Wilkes Quarterly,</em> <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, and the current title, <em>Wilkes Magazine</em>. Some editions for the <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, will have multiple issues within the file record. 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Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumnus Fall 1948 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marketing and Communications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 1948 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Magazine Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/9fae49629b5c95229662c0c5d2bf6364.pdf bb8159b371f547180ed61fe9935b328a PDF Text Text �EDITORIAL WILKES ALUMNUS EDITOR — REESE E. PELTON SPORTS EDITOR — THOMAS J. MORAN TYPIST — JANE W. SALWOSKI Outstanding were: our first Homecoming Day and the annual Christmas Dance. However, as my term of office draws to a close I do not feel that I have accomplished all I had hoped. If my success­ or is to complete any program that he may under­ take and if this association is to grow and be of out­ standing value to Wilkes, a constitutional reorganiz­ ation is necessary at this time. IN THIS ISSUE 3 3 Page ON CAMPUS Johnny Long To Play . ... Debating Team .... . . College Band Concerts WHAT WE'RE DOING Class News of '48 Class News of '49 Milestones 4 4 4 __ 5 5 5 CONSTITUTION New Alumni Constitution 6 SPORTSCOPE Exit Winter Sports 9 TOGETHER Theatre Conference Another Success 10 10 Published Quarterly at WILKES1 COLLEGE ALUMNI Dear Alumni: It has been several months since my last letter on alumni affairs appeared in the "Alumnus". Dur­ ing these months a number of events have been added to the History of the Wilkes College Alumni Association. Official Publication of the Wilkes College Alumni Association EDITORIAL Why Reorganize? ... Return Visit (Cover Story) Why Reorganize? OFFICE Chase Hall 184 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. VOLUME 1 NUMBER 3 It was with this thought in mind that some of us got together to draw up a constitution that would enable the Association to keep pace with the growth of the College. This year has seen our Alma Mater take a greater interest in alumni affairs. This is exactly what most of us have looked forward to for some time, but when the time arrived we found ourselves and our constitution unprepared for it. The college has seen to it that we have a paid Alumni Secretary in charge of an office where all alumni affairs and records have been centralized. The college was largely responsible for the incep­ tion of this magazine and has been solely respons­ ible for the financial support of the same. Those of you who were at all familiar with affairs of the alumni know what a terrific undertaking this has been. The officers of your association realize that previous to this year our activities have been almost entirely restricted to the Wilkes-Barre area. The wide dispersal of the alumni and inability of your officers to give their undivided attention to alumni affairs, the financial inability of the association to keep in touch with all the members and the wide gap between affairs at the college and alumni af­ fairs were among the primary causes of this re­ striction. In fact for a number of years we have existed almost as a community club with only nom­ inal recognition by the college. This year when the College Administration volunteered the desired assistance we found ourselves totally unprepared for the sudden change and if it had not been the constant reviewing and amending of our set-up there would have been two organizations working toward the same goal, Recognition of these factors led to the formula­ tion of a new constitution which would recognize these changes and provide for an association on a nation-wide basis. The result of our labor appears in this issue of the "Alumnus". I don't believe it is necessary for me to review each section of the constitution paragraph by para­ graph. However, as you read the constitution you will discover it includes remedies for the major diffi­ culties that I have outlined above. We have com­ pared the constitution with those of other college alumni groups and believe it to be a worthy equal. Wilkes is fast becoming the college we all wanted back in the early years and an institution ot which we can rightly be proud. If we as alumni ore to add to and share in this reputation, we must provide for a working Alumni Association. There­ fore, in the minds of your officers, it is imperative that we begin our new year under this revised con­ stitution and we would appreciate and welcome any and all suggestions on your part for its improvement. Now that I bring this letter to a close I feel con­ fident that this necessary change will meet with your approval. In making a summary, it is only through a well organized, larger and more active Alumni Association, that we can aid in the growth of Wilkes or share in the benefits that Alumni receive as a result of the growth of their Alma Mater. Sincerely yours, DANIEL E. WILLIAMS, President Wilkes College Alumni Association * * * (Cover Story) Return Visit This issue's cover photo, taken in front of Chase Hall, pictures Tommy Cobum and his dog Hap as they returned to visit their Alma Mater. Tommy, first Wyoming Valley serviceman to be totally blinded during World War II, received his Bachelor of Arts degree in February, 1949, with the second group of four-year students to be graduated from Wilkes. Tommy, accompanied by his faithful canine friend have been familiar campus figures for the past several years. Behind Tommy is the recently erected college signpost. The attractive sign, which is constructed of sturdy wood, includes a large replica of the college seal and designates the dates when the college was founded and chartered. �On Campus - ■ ■ Debating Team Is Impressive Wilkes College made an impressive showing at the Second Annual Invitation Debate Toumamen sponsored by Brooklyn College on March 11 ana .. Vying for honors, were such outstanding universi­ ties as: Columbia, Dartmouth, Tufts, Vassar, M. I. T., Holy Cross, Boston University, Penn State, Anna­ polis, Temple, and Fordham. Jack Faneck and Tom Morgan, Wilkes affirma­ tive team, won victories over Stephen's Institute of Technology, and N. Y. U. Faneck and Morgan were defeated only by Annapolis and Champlain, co­ winners of the tournament, in very close decisions. Don Kemmerer and George Maisel, upholding the negative end of the argument, inflicted defeats on Boston University and St. John's whose affirma­ tive team had been previously unbeaten. Tufts, with an especially aggressive affirmative group, de­ feated Kemmerer and Maisel and remained victori­ ous throughout the remainder of the contest. Rutgers, the defending national champions, scored against Wilkes in one of the most closely matched encount­ ers in the entire tournament. College Band Prepares Programs The Wilkes College Band, under the direction of Reese Pelton, concluded a very successful football season and is at present rehearsing for two concerts scheduled for late spring. During the days of gridiron glories, the bands­ men were present at almost every contest; trips were made to Mansfield, Williamsport, and Bloomsburg for games with those institutions. In addition the band made a striking appearance in the annual Armistice Day Parade. Navy blue uniforms trimmed in gold made the group an organization ' of which Wilkes may well be proud. A distinct honor was given the organization when it received a reguest to send representatives to the annual Intercollegiate Band Festival at Indiana State Teachers College, Pa. Three members of the band—Carl Strye, trumpet; Vester Vercoe, flute; and Don Follmer, clarinet—were selected in competition to play with the 125 piece all-state band under the direction of noted arranger-director Morton Gould Three days of rehearsals, concerts, and a radio broadcast kept the musicians very busy. The band is now rehearsing in preparation for its annual outdoor concert to be presented on the campus in May. Selections in many different veins will be included on the program, as well as solos and ensembles. Another program will be given by the group in conjunction with the qraduation exercises in June. WHA T WE'RE DOING Johnny Long Johnny Long's fine musical aggregation of "Shanty Town" fame has been selected to provide the music for the third annual Cinderella Ball, it was announced recently by Art Spengler, council president. The choice of Long and his crew of eighteen musicians and vocalists was made by the student representatives after much debate about prices of "name" bands and the cost of tickets to students. Since there is not as much money to work with as in previous years, the group decided to cut expenses to a minimum and to price tickets as reasonably as possible. Ben Sterling's new $100,000 dance pavilion at Rocky Glen Park has been chosen as the site of the dance. Spengler stated that the hall was still in the process of being constructed, but probably would be completed by Easter. The building is 100 by 225 feet and will accommodate several thousands of people. It is located near the Swiss Cottage and ex­ tends over the lake. Spengler also disclosed that the rental price of the hall includes seating arrangements and five huge amplifiers, so the music will be heard clearly in all parts of the hall. The parking area at Rocky Glen is large enough to accommodate the cars of all the people who are expected to attend. Up to the present time no mention has been made of the selection of Cinderella candidates for 1949. In the past the student body first cast pre­ liminary votes for any of the Wilkes co-eds. The eleven girls receiving the highest number of votes were then declared Cinderella candidates. Last year post cards bearing the names of the eleven candidates, were mailed to each student, and votes were counted by a special committee. Most of the student body was unaware of Cinderella's identity until just before the orchestra leader fitted a spe­ cially constructed glass shoe on her foot. Beginning with this issue, the "Wilkes Alumnus" will publish news of interest about members of the different four-year graduating classes. In addition the column Milestones will cover articles of particular interest. »k« CLASS NEWS OF '48 John A. Sott has reenlisted in the Army, as has Clemens Pell. Miriam DeRuth Golightly is an En­ glish instructor in the schools of Boonton, New Jersey. John A. Moss is employed as an accountant by Pogson, Peloubet & Co. of New York City. If you want to purchase an Encyclopedia Brittannica, bet­ ter see Ray B. Smith, who is at present a salesman for the firm and works out of Birmingham, Alabama. Margaret McHale is preparing to receive a B. S. in Library Science at Drexel Institute of Technology. John Burak is at Temple; John Verbyla is at Fillmore College; Tom Jenkins is an English teacher at Wom­ elsdorf, Pa. Norman Baum is attending George Washington Law School, as is Joe Berger. Among those grads now working as accountants are Paul Callahan, at Plasticraft Co., Wilkes-Barre; Albert Condosta, with Western Electric at Allentown, Pa.; Elmo Clemente, working for C. L. Snyder & Co. of Wilkes-Barre; Joseph Slamon, with the Joseph Williams Agency of Wilkes-Barre. Robert Dido is working as a credit correspondent for the General Motors Acceptance Corporation, under the field re­ presentative training program. Thomas A. P. Gilboy has been doing testing work for Wyoming Seminary, as well as sales promotion for M. C. Gilboy Asso­ ciates. Tom expects to enter the University of Penn­ sylvania soon on a scholarship. Joseph Sooby is at the University of Michigan; Robert Riley and Albert Stratton attend Western Reserve; James Hofford and Joseph Aleo are at Jefferson Medical School where Joe is also a laboratory assistant. William Kelly and Joseph Kanner are doing testing work at the Wilkes College Guidance Center. A number of members of the class are taking additional work at Wilkes, under the Bucknell University extension pro­ gram. Among these are Harry Fierverker, Claire Fischer, Stanley Kovalski, Stanley Rosolowski and John Hudzik. CLASS NEWS OF '49 As only a portion of this class have completed their studies, and these very recently, news of the class is difficult to gather. However, here are a few notes: KM be an rankSjOf the inarching band and will Donald Evans is working in the Sales Dept, of the Colgate-Palmolive Peet Corp. William Davies is concerned with unit control for the Isaac Long Co. of Wilkes-Barre. Joseph Olesky is on the faculty of Wyoming Borough High School. David E. Walters has entered the U. S. Army as a lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. Anthony Zablegalski has en­ tered George Washington University. Thomas Moran has been appointed to the newly created office of Public Relations Director at Wilkes. "MILESTONES" A press release recently received at the Alumni Office brings us the news that Marguerite Kraskevitch '39 has been appointed secretary to W. S. Rice, Jr., sales manager for American Airlines in the Wilkes-Barre-Scranton area. Her father is pastor of the Holy Resurrection Russian Orthodox Church of Wilkes-Barre. Marge is a member of the Apollo Club, a pro­ fessional women's chorus, and likes to experiment with her own piano arrangements of popular tunes. Her outdoor sport is fishing. Jimmy Stewart in the theatre field, and Fred Waring in the musical field, round out her personal likes. We wish Marge every success in her new posi­ tion. Edward Hartman '35, director of libraries and assistant professor of History at Suffolk College has had published by the Columbia University Press his book, "The Movement to Americanize the Immi­ grant". Dr. Hartman was formerly head of the his­ tory department at Wilkes, where he and his collec­ tion of unusual pipes were well-known campus figures. The newest additions to the local alumni club are Dr. and Mrs. Frank Speicher '43. Mrs. Speicher is the former Treveryan Williams. Both of them re­ turn once again to the valley from Palmerton, Pa., vzhere Dr. Speicher was associated with Dr. D. A. Roth in the practice of dentistry. Frank has taken over the dental practice of the late Dr. Chandler and has offices in the Miners National Bank building of Wilkes-Barre. He attended Bucknell University and graduated from Temple University Dental School. An active member of several professional organizations, he is vice-presi­ dent of the Junior American Dental Association and president of Delta Sigma Delta fraternity. During the war Frank served as an officer in the Navy. A letter from Art Williams '44 brought, along with other items, the fact that Wilkes College athletic scores, and particularly football results, were carried in metropolitan Los Angeles newspapers during the past year. The news astounded everyone, including Coach Ralston, and was accepted as evidence that the college is coming of age. �the new sole for the purpose of working out plans and policies and being generally helpful in furthering the inter­ ests and regulating the activities of the Alumni Assoelation. CONSTITUTION 2. Officers. The officers of the Alumni Association, elected from time to time, shall be deemed to hold the same respective office in the Alumni Council without action to such effect by the Alumni Council. OF The Wilkes College Alumni Association ARTICLE I. Name and Purpose 1. This organisation shall be called the Alumni Association of Wilkes College. 2. The object of said Alumni Association shall be to stimulate and vitalize interest in the welfare of Wilkes College, as well as to foster and maintain good fellowship among its graduates and friends. ARTICLE IL Membership in Alumni Association 1. Every person who shall have graduated from Wilkes College and shall have left the institution in good standing shall be deemed a member of the association. Members of the senior class shall be eligible to membership when they shall have been recommended by the faculty for graduation. 2. All persons who have completed thirty (30) semester hours of work while the institution was known as Bucknell University Junior College shall be deemed full members of the association. All per­ sons completing regularly prescribed two - year courses shall also be accorded the privilege of mem­ bership. 3. Members of the faculty, board of trustees, and the recipients of honorary degrees shall as such be deemed ex-officio members of the association, with full voting powers therein. 4. There shall be no membership dues, although it is earnestly hoped that each member of the asso­ ciation will contribute annually to the Loyalty Fund, hereinafter described, the same to include subscrip tion to the official alumni publication for the then current year. ARTICLE HL Meeting of the Alumni Association 1. There shall be an annual meeting of the Alumni Association Wilkes College to be held on the first Saturday of June. A quorum for such meet­ ings shall be not less than thirty-five (35) members. ARTICLE IV. Officers and Elections 1. The officers of the Alumni Association shall be a President, a Vice President, a Treasurer, a Record­ ing Secretary, and an Executive Secretary. The Alumni Secretary of Wilkes College shall be the Executive Secretary of the Wilkes College Alumni Association. The officers, excepting the Recording Secretary and the Executive Secretary, shall be 3. Meetings.—There shall be at least one formal meeting of the Alumni Council each year at such time and place as shall be determined. A quorum for such meetings shall be seven (7). In addition to formal meetings the Alumni Council shall transact business among its members through the media of mail. elected for one year. No officer of the association excepting the Treasurer and Executive Secretary shall serve in the same office for more than three successive years. The Treasurer shall deposit all funds of the Association in a depository designated by the Executive Committee. Vacancies may be filled by the Executive Committee of the Alumni Association, except the office of Executive Secretary, which shall follow the procedure set forth in Article VIII hereof. 2. At the fall meeting (Homecoming) of the Alumni Council, the organization personnel and function of which are hereinafter set forth, the Presi­ dent shall appoint a nominating committee of three members whose duty it shall be to nominate a can­ didate for President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Re­ cording Secretary, Member-at-large. This commit­ tee shall report its nominations to the Alumni Coun­ cil, and, if approved, to the Alumni Association an­ nual business meeting, at which time additional candidates may be nominated from the floor, and the successful candidates shall be those receiving a majority of votes cast by mail ballot. Not later than one week from the aforementioned annual busi­ ness meeting the said Alumni Secretary shall send to all members of the Alumni Association an official ballot with return envelope for the same. All alumni shall be elegible to vote. Successful candidates must receive a plurality of all votes cast at least onetenth (1/10) of the association membership must have participated in the election. Voters shall cast their ballots by person, delivery, or mail addressed to the office of the Alumni Secretary of Wilkes College. All ballots shall remain closed until the closing of the polls which shall occur at 3 P. M. one month (30) days following the mailing of ballots. The closing day shall be mentioned on all ballot forms. Immediately after the closing of the polls, three aPPointed by the then Alumni Secretary of Wilkes College shall open the ballots, complete the count of the vote, and certify in writing to the Alumni Council the names of the elected officials. 3. The President, or in his absence, the Viceresident, shall preside at all meetings of the Alumni ssociation, the Alumni Council, and the Executive Committee thereof: The President and Executive ecre ary of the Association shall be ex-officio memoers of each committee provided for here-in or other­ wise appointed. ARTICLE V. Alumni Council aenem1Ut1Cti°?’~^e ^umni Council is designed in “ to act in a measure as a committee of the 4. Eligibility.—Any member of the Alumni Asso­ ciation is eligible for membership in the Alumni Council. 5. Membership — Membership in the Alumni Council shall consist of four groups: (a) Class representatives.—This group shall be composed of one representative duly elected from each class that has been graduated. The senior class presidents shall be considered as class representa­ tives unless other class members are appointed by them to this position. The president of the senior class in attendance at college will have the privi­ lege of attending both Alumni Association and Alumni Council meetings and shall have full voice in the Alumni Council. (a)Class representatives.—This group shall be composed of one representative duly elected from each class that has been graduated. The senior class presidents shall be considered as class repre­ sentatives unless other class members are appointed by them to this position. The president of the senior class in attendance at college will have the privilege of attending both Alumni Association and Alumni Council meetings and shall have full voice in the Alumni Council. I (b)Club representatives.—This group shall be composed of one representative from each Alumni Club having bona fide membership of at least ten (10) members. The Club representative shall be elected at meetings of their respective clubs in the fall and shall serve for a term of one year. (c) Representatives-at-large.—At the annual busi­ ness meeting of the Alumni Association a memberat-large shall be elected for membership on the Alumni Council. The term of office shall be four years. During such periods as there are less than four (4) bona fide alumni clubs there shall be three (3) members-at-large, such members to serve for one year. (d) Special membership.—This group shall be comprised of all past presidents of the Alumni Asso­ ciation and ex-officio representatives of the associa­ tion as may be appointed by the president of the association for the purpose of representing the asso­ ciation in other college groups. 6. Disqualification.—If any member of the Alumni Council is absent without excuse from three conse­ cutive regular meetings of the Alumni Council his membership therein is automatically ended. 7. Vacancies.—Vacancies among class repre­ sentatives, members-at-large, and special member­ ship shall be filled by appointment made by the Executive Committee of the Alumni Council subject to ratification of the Alumni Council. Vacancies in club representatives shall be filled by the respective clubs in question, otherwise the then president of such clubs shall be deemed the representative there­ of. ARTICLE VI. Committees of the Alumni Council 1. Executive Committee.—The executive commit­ tee shall be composed of the officers of the Alumni Council, past presidents of the Alumni Association, the members-at-large, and the chairmen of the stand­ ing committees. This committee shall have the power of the Alumni Council when the same is not in session. The president of the Alumni Council shall be the chairman of the Executive Committee. Written notice of each meeting of the Executive Com­ mittee shall be mailed to each member by the Ex­ ecutive secretary at least one week in advance thereof. 2. Standing Committees.—There shall be at least eight (8) standing committees of three (3) members each, to be appointed by the president of the Alumni Council who shall designate one member of each committee as its chairman. These committees shall be appointed in the fall to serve for one year or until successors shall be appointed. Vacancies on such committees may be filled by committee chairman in cooperation with the president of the Alumni Council. (a)Committee on Finance.—It shall be the duty of this committee to determine financial policies from year to year, to audit the books or receive the audit­ ors report of the Alumni Council and Alumni Asso­ ciation, and generally to direct the financial admini­ stration of the organization in conjunction with the college comptroller. (b) Committee on Secondary Schools.—This com­ mittee shall cooperate with the college and the alumni clubs in presenting the merits of Wilkes College to prospective desirable students. This com­ mittee shall also endeavor to arrange for the co­ operation of our alumni and friends to further our interests at the various meetings of State and Na­ tional Educational Association gatherings. (c) Committee on Alumni Clubs.—The objective of this committee shall be to aid in the organization and development of new alumni clubs, to suggest club policies and programs, and to stimulate sus­ tained interest in such organizations. (d) Committee on Undergraduate activities.—This committee will cooperate with the college authorities and undergraduates in linking up the graduate and undergraduate interest, and in promoting a closer relationship between students and alumni. (e)Committee on Alumni Days.—This committee shall arrange and further the continued observance of reunions, shall devise and initiate new commence­ ment features, and in general shall aid in the pre­ paration for and management of the various activ­ ities incident to Commencement and Homecoming or other special occasions. (f) Committee on Nominations.—It shall be the �function of this committee to effectuate the constitu­ tional provisions and requirements with respect nominations and election of officers, and representa tives-at-large. (g) Committee on Public Relations^-This committee shall advance the cause of Wilkes Co eg through newspaper publicity, arranging for college representation at desirable occasions, sponsoring special alumni gatherings and when possible, i (h) Committee on Class Endowments.—This com­ mittee shall encourage the establishment of class endowments, for scholarships and other purposes, and with the treasurer shall likewise administer said class endowments. This committee shat in elude a member from each class establishing an endowment fund. 3. Additional Committees.—The Alumni Council may, from time to time, provide for and appoint such additional committees as it may deem advisable, with such duties and powers as it may define, and may adopt bylaws, rules and regulations for the transaction of its business. ARTICLE VH. The Loyalty Fund 1. Name.—The name of the fund shall be the WILKES COLLEGE LOYALTY FUND, and such fund shall be under the direction of the Alumni Council as herein provided. 2.Purpose.—The underlying purpose of the fund shall be to provide an agency which shall further the practice among alumni and friends of Wilkes College of giving money annually, in large or small amounts, according to ability, for the purpose of the college; thus providing a means of consolidating many gifts into one large amount which may be used for particular needs of Wilkes College from time to time. 3. Objective.—The immediate or special objective of each annual appeal, and the allocation and dispo­ sition of the fund collected shall be determined by the fund committee in consolidation with the then Presi­ dent of Wilkes College and his counsels. 4. Presentation.—In presenting the annual appeal the fund committee shall work through the various class representatives, appointing representatives for those classes not having official alumni council re­ presentatives. The appeal to friends of the institution shall be conducted through the then Alumni Secretary of Wilkes College. Cash and noncontinuing pledges shall be payable before the close of the college fiscal year. Council a portion of loyalty fund collections may be set aside from time to time as a student loan fund Regulations for the administration of such a fund shall be made by the then President of the Alumni Association in cooperation with the Finance Com­ mittee. 8 Records.—The Alumni office shall keep fuR records of gifts and class standings at all times and shall publish at the close of each annual appeal a report giving names of donors but not the amounts of their respective gifts. ARTICLE VIII. Filling Vacancy in Office of Alumni Secretary of Wilkes College 1. The Alumni Council shall cooperate with the President and Board of Trustees of Wilkes College in the selection of an Alumni Secretary of Wilkes College, whenever a vacancy shall occur in that office. 2. The officers of the Alumni Association are authorized to act with the President of the college and Chairman of the Board of Trustees to appoint a temporary incumbent to said office. 3. The officers of the Alumni Association are authorized to appoint three (3) members of the Alumni Association to serve on a joint committee with such members as may be appointed by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees and President of the college for the purpose of choosing a new Alumni Secretary. 4. Any recommendations made by the commit­ tee, shall, if permitted by the procedure of the Chair­ man of the Board of Trustees in filling such vacancy, be submitted to the Alumni Council for its approval, before being finally acted upon by said Board of Trustees. ARTICLE IX. Amendments 1. Proposed amendments to the constitution may be submitted to the Association Executive Committee through a petition signed by ten (10) members of the Association or by the majority request of those pre­ sent at any meeting of either the Alumni Council or the Annual meeting of the Association. 5. Supervisions.—Overall supervision of the col­ lection of the fund shall be the function of the fund committee, which shall be the executive committee of the Alumni Council. 2. Amendments proposed shall be studied by an amendment committee composed of members of the Alumni Council appointed by the Association presi­ dent. A report of the study shall be submitted to the Executive Committee of the Alumni Council who shall approve or disapprove the amendment accord­ ing to the study report. If the suggested amendments are approved they shall be published in the next edition of the "Wilkes Alumnus" or other official PU"J lications, with a brief summary of the merits and demerits. 6. Campaigns.—The annual appeal shall take place between July 1 and June 30. Gifts to be counted in the current year must be in the hands of the fund committee not later than June 30, which date marks the end of the college fiscal year. 3.Return postcards or forms for a mail vote shall be included with the proposed amendments, singed vote on the return card or form postmarks no later than midnight, thirty (30) days after the mail­ ing of the amendments shall be considered valid. Loan Fund. —By resolution of the Alumni 4. A favorable vote by two-thirds or more of those voting shall be required for approval. SPORTSCOPE. . By TOM MORAN Director of Public Relations Exit Winter Sports Like the young man's fancy which lightly turns to other things at the first sign of Spring, the sports world at Wilkes College has shifted its attention to the prospects of the coming Spring Sports program. The Winter Sports program—which included basketball, wrestling and swimming—failed to offer anything in the way of outstanding achievement in the intercollegiate sports circles, but the results re­ corded by the trio of Colonel athletic teams were good. The basketball team, under the guidance of George Ralston and Assistant Coach Tom Miller, wrote the final chapter to its 1948-49 cage season on March 8 when it bowed to a strong King's quintet by a 66 to 59 count in the latter school's Kingston gymnasium. Individual scoring for the Wilkes College basket­ ball team found Phil Sekerchak high man with 122 goals and 109 free throws for a total of 353 points or a total of 19.62 points per game. Results: Sekerchak Piorkowski Jackson Swartwood Dragon Zlonkiewicz Witek Casper Snee VonHiel G 18 16 17 15 17 17 13 7 5 1 G 122 53 47 48 38 34 31 2 1 0 F 109 33 34 8 27 13 13 2 0 0 Pts. 353 139 128 104 103 81 75 6 2 0 Ave. 19.82 8.68 7.52 6.93 6.05 4.75 5.76 0.86 0.20 0.00 The loss gave the Colonels a season's record of 12 wins and six losses, which isn't a bad tally for about two and one-half months of court activity. If we wanted to dwell in the wonderful land of "its" it wouldn't be too difficult to figure out how close the club came to going through the entire season with only one or two defeats. In every instance where the blue and gold quin­ tet lost a contest, the misfortune took place in the final portion of the tilt. Against Hartwick College— the first defeat in a string of six—the Colonels led throughout the game until the final few minutes and then the Oneonta institution forged ahead. The first defeat set the pattern for the next five losses. Wilkes College grappling team made an out­ standing record in its third year of intercollegiate mat competition. Coached by Cromwell Thomas, the Wilkes matment collected five wins as compared to one loss. The only smear on the Colonels' record was administered by Millersville STC. In its first season of swimming competition since before the war, Wilkes aquatic team won one and lost five. The victory was scored over Wyoming Seminary late in the season. Two tilts were dropped to University of Scranton and another duo of meets t° Lyccming. The swimming team was coached by two student-coaches, Clayton Karambelas and Charlie Flack. Paul Zlonkiewicz reaches way up to drop another one in as the Colonels trounce Lycoming College. Other Wilkes eagers in the photo arc Jce Piorkowski and Phi! Sekerchak. The 1919 squad turned in an impressive record. �TOGETHER The two marriages listed below took place some time ago, but because we just received the news and believe in the adage "Better Late Than Never we are happy to congratulate. Al Dervinis '46, who married Miss Marion Stock­ er in the Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church of Collegeville, Pa. The wedding took place on June 12th of last year. Al was first business manager of the college annual, and at one time held the same position on the BEACON staff. At present he is working in the laboratory of a Philadelphia pharma­ ceutical company. Bill Hannigan '44, who married Ruth Douglas '45 last March 30th. At present Mr. and Mrs.- Hannigan reside in State College, Pa., where Bill is attending college. Wilkes Sponsors Theatre Conference The first Eastern Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Theatre Conference, sponsored by the Cue 'N Cur­ Wilkes College tain Club, was held March 12-13 on the Wilkes cam­ pus, with representatives of 16 state colleges attend­ ing. As a result of the meeting, the delegates voted ON THE AIR to become charter members of an organization to be known as the College Theatre and Radio Con­ ference of Eastern Pennsylvania. The consolidation of the drama groups into a permanent organization marks the first time in the Monday - Wednesday - Friday 10:45 - 11:00 A. M. history of the United States college theatre that such a movement has taken place. The general aims of the organization are to stimulate interest in college theatre as a community asset, and to provide for community support of col­ lege theatre; to exchange information and ideas Another Success The annual Alumni Association Yuletide Ball was held December 28 in the Crystal Ballroom of Hotel Sterling, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. This semi-formal event was successful. Over one-hundred couples were in attendance to dance and reminisce from 9 p. m. to 1 a. m. Music for dancing was provided by the college dance orches­ tra of Reese Pelton. Station WHWL among member colleges; and to develop experiment­ ation and explore new theatrical forms. Nanticoke, Pa. »★« Broadcast from radio booth located in Chase Hall One of the evening's highlights occurred when the senior class held a drawing for an Elgin wrist watch. Tom Moran, class president, announced the drawing and named Wesley Klesa '49 as winner. This event was the first embodied in a plan designed to promote closer relations between alumni and undergrads—the alumni of tomorrow. < r MUSIC DRAMA INTERVIEWS CLUBS ETC, ETC. The affair was cabaret-styled and this did a great deal tovzards promoting the congeniality that keynoted the evening. It was interesting to note how many old friendships were revived. A great many out-of-town alumni, home for the holidays, were among the crowd that circulated amidst the college banners and ground pine that decorated the ballroom. The dance committee was headed by president Danny Williams and general secretary Pelton and also included Ruth Tischler '44, Naomi Hons '49, June Owens '42, and Katherine Freund '42. Note flic happy expressions on these alumni! They’re part of the record crowd that attended the annual Yuletide Ball. (Sec story). Schmidt's Printer)- ■-'.ib" Wilkes-Barre, Pa. �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumni Magazine, 1947-present Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations Description An account of the resource <p>An archive of Wilkes University Magazine, from 1947-present. The magazine went through various names including <em>Wilkes Alumnus</em>, <em>Wilkes Quarterly,</em> <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, and the current title, <em>Wilkes Magazine</em>. Some editions for the <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, will have multiple issues within the file record. 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Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumnus Spring 1949 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marketing and Communications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Spring 1949 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Magazine Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/9bd8c505ddf76398c8da82fefdde8f1b.pdf c1b511c1d635b10af1b8eabddfcfb987 PDF Text Text �EDITORIAL A Message - "Taking Stock". WILKES ALUMNUS When I assumed office as general secretary last fall there was a tremendous amount of organization and work to do. Now that I am leaving office I see that the same is still true. My satisfaction therefore comes from noting the progress that I attempted to mark throughout the year. There is much work left for my successors, for attempting to integrate a group of alumni scattered across the country and engaged in their own tasks can be neither a simple nor speedy task. Let us then look back at 1948-1949 and "take stock". Official Publication of the Wilkes College Alumni Association EDITOR — REESE E. PELTON SPORTS EDITOR — THOMAS J. MORAN TYPIST — JANE W. SALWOSKI IN THIS ISSUE FEATURES - - - Editorial—"Taking Stock" I ----- Page 3 3 Second Class Graduates Magical Midnight (Cover Story 3 On Campus Cinderella Dance Wilkes On The Air Band Concert Letterman's Revue 4 4 4 4 4 Semester With Theta Delta Rho New Building On Campus What We're Doing Dorm Social Life Faculty Sportscope ... Career Info For Grads Meeting Notes Together 5 5 6 8 8 9 10 _ 10 10 Also noteworthy was the first attempt at staging a homecoming celebration. Three hundred and fifty alumni saw Wilkes again defeat King’s and then at­ tended the crowded sport dance that folllowed. Satur­ day evening a large group attended the alumni banquet that terminated the celebration so successfully. Future Homecomings, if exploited properly, should prove to be increasingly greater successes. Other social highlights cf the year were the an­ nual Christmas dance, a smoker, and various meet­ ings of the central Wilkes-Barre Club. Over one hun­ dred couples danced at the annual Yuletide Ball. Here at the alumni office much work has been done. Besides the gathering of information for the magazine there was the work of answering correspon­ dence and requests from alumni. Another job, of prime importance, was the compilation of an indexed file on all graduates and convocants. Coupled with this was the revision and compilation of an addressograph file cf the same group for mailing purposes. These then were our most important achievements. The job has merely begun. However, the value of an integrated alumni group cannot be overestimated and constant work towards such a goal is the only tool that can bring success. F ubli.sh.ed Quarterly at: WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI First of all there was this magazine. It has proved to be a practical method of intra-alumni communica­ tion; something for which the association has long had need. The suggestions and communications received in connection with this innovation was indeed grati­ fying. While in itself it cannot hope to unify the alum­ ni, it can and has done a great deal of work toward that goal. OFFICE Therefore, as my tenure of office comes to a close, I wish to thank President Williams and all members of the organization who have assisted me in trying to lay a groundwork for those who will follow. If the past has glimmered with the light of success, the future should shine even more brightly. Chase Hall 184 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. VOLUME I NUMBER 4 Reese E. Pelton, General Secretary 1948-1949 Second class graduates Two hundred and fifty-five students, comprising the second graduating class in the history of Wilkes, received degrees and certificates at the Second Annual Commenecment Exercises. The ceremony was held Monday evening, June 13, at the Irem Temple, WilkesBarre, Pa. Mr. Adrian Pelt, Assistant Secretary-Gen­ eral in the Department of Conferences and General Services of the United Nations Secretariat, was prin­ cipal speaker. Dr. Eugene Farley also addressed the graduates briefly, and introduced President Spencer of Bucknell University who conferred the degrees on the graduates for the second and last time. Beginning with next year's class, graduates will receive Wilkes College degrees instead of those of Bucknell Univer­ sity. Concordia Singing Society, under the baton of Mr. Charles Davis, presented a group of two selections. This was in keeping with the dedication of a plaque to the late Professor Paul "Pop" Gies, first director of the Wilkes College School of Music and former direct­ or of this male chorus. Mr. Donald Cobleigh, present director of the music school, played the organ for the academic procession and recessional. Two awards were given to graduates. The En­ gineering Award, given for outstanding work in that field went to Joseph Teno, and the Dobson Accounting Award for the best work in that field was earned by Jerome Mintzer. Marjorie Tyler Green graduated summa cum laude. Five graduates graduated cum laude; they were Jean Hartman, Jerome Mintzer, Robert Riley, Charles Schneiderhan, James Spanos, Leonard Swicklick, Donald Vemall. A breakdown of statistics shows that one hundred and ninety persons received bachelors degrees. This figure includes those students who completed their work in September and January but who did not at that time receive their diplomas. A closer inspection of statistics reveals the following figures on graduates: .... 58 A. B. ___ 82 B. S. in Commerce & Finance ------27 B. S. in Biology .. . ----------------.... 10 B. S. in Education — ... 8 B. S. in Chemistry 5 B. S. in Commercial Education ------- . In addition to these graduates, sixty-five indivi­ duals received certificates for the completion of term­ inal courses or the first two years of engineering work. Two people received certificates as laboratory techni­ cians. five finished the two-year secretarial course, and fifty-eight engineers completed two-years of work. Engineers must complete their junior and senior years of work at other institutions under present conditions. (Cover Story) Magical Midnight. Time: The magic hour of 12. Place: Rocky Glen Aquadium. Event: Placing of the glass slipper on Cinderella. Johnny Long, nationally famous dance orchestra leader and featured band of the third Annual Cinder­ ella Ball, places the specially constructed glass slipper on the 1949 Cinderella, Elaine Turner of Nanticoke, Pa. Miss Turner, a member of the freshman class was qiven the honor by a vote of the student body. Her Majesty received everything from a diamond ring to a tiny puppy as gifts. �On Campus . .. Cinderella Dance - cold but successful About 800 couples attended the most successful Cinderella Bah in the history of Wilkes. Thet new Rocky Glen Aquadium, a huge aance haU built out over a lake, presented pleasant surroundings, and Johnny Long and his Orchestra produced pleasant music to match. The cool evening prevented dancers from usincr the promenade walk around the Aquadium and even made the inside temperature a bit cool. In keeping with tradition, the eleven electea can­ didates for “Cinderella" were presented at midnight in a colorful ceremony. A glass slipper, built to fit only the winner, was tried on the feet of each candidate by Johnny Long who proclaimed Elaine Turner, a mem­ ber of the freshman class to be the 1949 winner. Miss Turner was then presented with a multitude of gifts donated by local merchants that included everything from a diamond ring to a tiny puppy. The evening will long last in the memory of those who attended. Wilkes College on the air Wilkes College took to the airways during the last semester when radio station WHWL in Nanticoke offered its equipment, and radio time for a program to be heard three times weekly as "Wilkes College On The Air". At first it was doubted that Wilkes College had enougn activity to keep a 15-minute program going three time a week but every member of the faculty and administration helped and the colleae produced 27 radio shows over WHWL. T°„-hl-P J'r°d“-e *e P^Sratns- which were writ,° WUkes Public Bela­ f­ ns Departmen.. Dr. Eugene S. FarUv Farley, college presi souncSroo* fl? u 1 dent, authorized workmen to «_ >irr1 fin^T room next to the PRO on the third floor'of'ch^Hril as a radio room. uz ,WHYZL installed its equipment and each Monday A Semes ter With Theta Delta Rho Band concert races rain - wins On May 22 the Wilkes College Concert Ft raced the threatening storm that began to qath .nd previous to the 7:00 concert, and succeeded i 61 ^Usl pleling its program before the torrential dow COtt1' started. Four-hundred and fifty people assembled °"r the campus behind Kirby and Chase Halls fa .?n second annual program, undaunted by the dark1 • skies. Seats were provided for all in attendance111119 The band, forty strong, played a light program < ten selections including Overture to the Operetta dent Prince by Romberg, In A Persian Market bv r » t by, and Introduction to the Third Act of Lohenari u ' Wagner. Donald Follmer played a clarinet solo*1 companied by Director Reese E. Pelton, and The City was played as a trumpet duet with band accom paniment by Carl Strye and John Badman. This concert completed the band's third year 0< existence. It was organized in September, 1946 by its present director, Mr. Pelton, one week before the col leges first gridiron contest, at which it appeared thirty strong. From that beginning it has evolved as a wellestablished campus organization with uniforms and equipment. This year the band has appeared at all football games, several local parades, and their second annual concert, which marked the last appearance of the band under the baton of Director Pelton. The year 1948-1949, and especially the second semester of the year, proved to be the most outstand­ ing in the recent history of the women's organizations of Wilkes, now known as Theta Delta Rho. A con­ siderable schedule of activities was instituted by the officers of the organization, Dean of Women, Betty Harker, and Head Resident of Weckesser Hall, Mrs. Davis. Many of these activities are expected to be­ come traditional affairs. Among the most often-held, popular affairs were the teas given by the women. In February and March two teas were given to honor senior high school girls of Wyoming Valley schools. Each of these events attracted almost one hundred students. The guests were conducted on a tour of the campus and exposed to the life of Wilkes. In April, by popular demand, the Theta's held an all-college tea. A program of musical numbers was featured and a portion of the affair was broadcast over a local station. This was followed in May by a Mothers' Day Tea held in Weckesser Dormitory. It is expected that this event will be a regular feature of each year's social calendar. In April the girls deviated from their tea schedule long enough to sponsor a most successful card party to raise funds for the organization. Senior dinner and trophy Lettermen produce musical revue May 25 and 26 were the production dates, the let­ termen were the characters, Kingston High was the place, and the occasion was the first all-male revue and college. The show was entitled, “All 5Un and was a satire based on well-known events ancJ people on the campus. Play director Al Groh i were responsible for the book and Ted Warakomski, a student, wrote some original music for ne show. The orchestra, dance routines, and clever dialogue made a big hit with audiences. Probably most outstanding was a "can-can" routine done by a ^j^'Stepping chorus of twenty that included Coach —The success of this revue has practically assured its continuance in years to come. The second annual Junior-Senior Dinner in honor of the graduating senior girls was held in the college cafeteria early in May. As is customary, members of the junior class served as hostesses for the affair. Mrs. Farley, Dean Harker, and Head Resident Davis were guests of the organization. Mrs. G. Williams, Assistand Professor of English, was principal speaker. I® The opening program was heard on April 4, when Dr. Eugene E. Farley presented the 6ning address and told about the growth of Wilkes°P ’S^ . —if ^founded in 1933 as BuckneD University Junior Three oeople worked each show. Ned McGhee and Tom Moran alternated as announcers and Jay Rauscher was chief engineer. playSb7the cV'N^CuriaR “ci a —t Wilkes College band, undeMhe dimr-^t n°m the Pelton; musical selections by studette r W m ^ese E' School of Music; meteorology lectures- Un S°llege forums; interviews; and Wilkes College newt NallOns The programs are off the air for the " months but will be resumed next ,he E “““'*e summer times a week. le:5Umea next year-possibly fiV(re 'oullnoB, In |hla C’" ’ ■’ "All In tul show Fun-- b W°nl ln'° ,lnal rohoaraa,s ,ot lh°lr ’ Among Iho affairs on Iho social calendar ot Theta Delta Rho was a somi-iormal dance. Pictured hero are officers and committee members o( for Iho affair. Front row, 1. to r.: President Evelyn Ponaligon. Joyce Nobel. Charlotte Davis. Standing. 1. to r.: Virginia Meissner. Mary Porter. Marilyn Broadl. Francis Trembath and Norma Jean Persian!. For the first time in the history of Wilkes College an award for overall scholarship was presented to the graduating girl with the highest average,. Winner of this scholarship cup, known as the Deans Dc“: Award, was Marjorie Tyler Green of Wilkes-Barre. This re­ ward of outstanding academic achievement will be presented annually at the dinner. New officers installed Recently elected officers of the Thetas were in­ stalled during the past month. The new officers are: President, Marilyn Broadt; Vice-President, Peggy Anthony; Secretary, Jo Ann Davis; Treasurer, Virginia Bolen, and Social Chairman, Mary Porter. The social calendar for next fall has already been drawn up and will include a fashion show, a tea dance, a Hallowe'en masquerade party, a Valentine dance, and a wiener roast. Another innovation for the group is the new Com­ mittee on Orientation that will work with the faculty­ in trying to help freshmen adjust themselves to their new collegiate environment. It is hoped that this group will be the answer to many initial frosh problems. Jackets and Songs With the advent of spring the female collegians suddenly blossomed forth in smart white blazers. Questioning revealed that the attire was the new and official Theta Delta Rho blazer and would be seen in ever-increasing numbers. Each jacket has the emblem of the club sewed on its pocket. The blazers were purchased by individual club members after some discussion on color and style. Not to be outdone in the field of music the Thetas recently came up with their own song. The selection was written by Norma Jean Persian! of the organization. Before long the soothing sound of female voices will be heard above those of even the deep-throated male campus crooners. New building to campus Wilkes College plant facilities were recently ex­ panded by the addition of the property of the late Dr. S. P. Mengel at 181 South Franklin St. This is the twelfth building to be acquired by Wilkes. Beside the buildings two plots of land are owned; one is now used as a parking area and the other is to be the site of the proposed gymnasium. Renovation of the new building is almost com­ pleted. When entirely converted it will house class­ rooms and offices. The purchase of this property means that the college may not need the facilities of the central city Baptist and Presbyterian Churches which have been graciously offered and used for the past two years. A new, picturesque walk from Chase Hall, around the back of the Theatre Workshop, and through a newly erected opening in the old brick wall, wifi en­ able students to go from South River Street properties to the Mengel property. The spacious lawns of the property will mean potential area for parties. A gar­ age in the rear of the hall will also be utilized for col­ lege purposes. �WHAT WE'RE DOING This issue of the ALUMNUS will be devoted to a listing of all four year grads about whom we have information. Address-------- '-•j'Ses any alumni can be obtained by writing to the alumni office. All articles of interest are solicited. w $sr. Margaret Hobbs—Teacher at Plymouth, Pa. Tom Jenkins—English teacher at Womelsdorf, Pa. Carolyn Jones—Teacher at Washington, N. J. Lester Jones—Standards Engineer for Columbia Mills of Wilkes-Barre. Class News of '49 JUNE GRADUATES: With 113 more students having just completed their work it seems advisable to begin news of this class by looking into the crystal ball for some facts First let us consider those who are continuing their education; among these we find: Eugene Anderson to Bucknell for M. S. in Educa­ tion. t t * Class News of '48 By this time the 1948 grads have been literally shewn to the "four corners of the earth." Nevertheless* with the help of our 'radar' communications we have the following information on graduates of the first class: Norman Baum—George Washington Law School Arthur Berger—George Washington Law School. Dorothy Bialogowicz—Now married, (see Together) Muriel Bransdorf—Columbia University Graduate School. Frank Evan to University of Pennsylvania for M. B. A. Paul Callahan—Accountant for Plasticraft Co. of Wilkes-Barre. Ralph Carey—Dickinson Law School. S. George Maisel to George Washington for M. A. in Foreign Affairs. Elmo Clementi of Wilkes-Barre. Narcy Perkowski to University of Pennsylvania for M. A. in Governmental Affairs. Albert Condosta—Accountant for Western Electric of Allentown, Pa. Leonard Swicklick to University of Pittsburgh for M. S. in Chemistry. Dick Conklin—Employed by Aluminum Co. of America, New Kensington. Donald Vemall to University of Michigan for M. S. John Wisniewski to Hahnemann Medical College for M. D. Stephen Wolf to Temple University School of Medicine for M. D. A large number of students not listed above are planning on attending graduate or medical school but have not decided where at this wriing. Bill Apfelbaum -will enter executive training under Sears, Roebuck & Co. in September, and Evelyn Penaligon will begin similar training with Pomeroy's Dept. Store. Also taking executive training is Don Honey­ well who will be with Deemer & Co. 1 Clayton Karambelas expects to be associated with his father in the management of a restaurant Bill Klopfer and Albert Williams will be associated with the Equitable Life Assurance Society of U. S. Thomas J. Miller is now employed as Head Coach and Assistant Dean of Men at National Agricultural College Doyletown. Pa. Ralph Weaver will continue as sales repre­ sentative and buyer for the West Brothers Automobile Co. 1 John Boyce—Economics Instructor at Wilkes. Bernard Cupsenski to University of Pennsylvania for M. B. A. Harold Lawrence io Rutgers for M. S. Wallace Jones—Assistant Manager for Dun & Brad­ street, Philadelphia. Frank Kocher—Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester. Leonard Kovalski—University of Buffalo Medical School. Stanley Kovalski—Bucknell Graduate School. Joseph Litchman—Accountant for Ley Service of Wilkes-Barre. -Accountant for C. L. Snyder Co. John Cooney—Economics Instructor at Wilkes. James Cross—Salesman. Helen Davidson—Now married. Mark Davidoff—Columbia University Graduate School. Robert Dido—Employed by General Motors Ac­ ceptance Corp., Wilkes-Barre. Tom Evans—Production Dept, of General Electric, Schenectady, N. Y. Claire Fischer—Teaching. George Fry—University of Pennsylvania. Earl Fritzges—Representative for Girard Invest­ ment Co. Tom Gilboy—Psychological Testing and Whole­ sale Plumbing Sales. Jersey'”0"1 —English teacher at Boonton, New <1 gicaF^a^eS Oilstone—Columbia University Theolo- Frank Harkins—Bucknell Graduate School. School. Edward Hendller—Bucknell Univ. Grad School. James Hofford—Jefferson Medical College. William Kelly—Psychometrician at Wilkes College Margaret McHale—Drexel Institute of Technology. Guidance Center. Bob Mikulewicz—University of Colorado Grad Julius Likowski—Univ, of Chicago Grad School. School. Doug MacNeal—Univ, of Penn'a Dental School. Bob Miller—Columbia University Grad School. Eugene Marshall—Agent for Reliance Life Insur­ Arnold Nachlis—Nachlis Furniture Co., Plains, Pa. ance Co., Wilkes-Barre. Howard Marvelle—Univ, of Penn'a Grad School. Tom Owens—Jefferson Medical College. Gene Maylock—Bucknell University Grad School. Clemens Pell—Major in U. S. Army. Ray Mechak—Service Manager for Pomeroy's Reese Pelton—Teacher at Dallas Township School. Dept. Store, Wilkes-Barre. Gene Repotski—Bank Clerk at First Federal Sav­ John Moss—Accountant for Pogson, Peloubet & Co., ings & Loan, Wilkes-Barre. New York City. John Riley—Economics Instructor at Wilkes. Eugene Moyer—Univ, of California Grad. School. James Roberts—Hahnemann Medical College. Nelson Nelson—Dickinson Law School. Ed Plesnar—University of Kentucky Law School. Stanley Rosolowski—Bucknell Grad School. Nan Richards—Now married. University of Color­ Edythe Rudolph—Now married. Secretary at Phil­ ado Grad School. lips H. Lord, Inc., N. Y. C. Robert Riley—Western Reserve University Grad Joe Savitz—University of Penn'a Law School. School. Harry Scott—Employed by Woodlawn Dairies, James Shepherd—Univ, of Penn'a Grad School. Inc. Stanley Siberski—Temple Univ. Medical School. Joe Slamon—-Accountant for Joseph Williams Horace Smith—Standards Engineer for Roeblings Agency, Wilkes-Barre. Sons, Trenton, N. J. Ray Smith—Salesman for Encyclopedia Britanica, Joe Sooby—University of Michigan Grad School. Inc. John Sott—U. S. Army in Germany. Edward Stryak—Pennsylvania State College. Albert Stratton—Western Reserve University Grad Charles Templeton—Adjuster for Commercial Cre­ School. Bill Tomusko—Graduate School. dit Corp., Philadelphia. John Verbyla—Fillmore College Grad School. Tom Teresinski—Dun & Bradstreet, Scranton, Pa. Carl Tranell—Bucknell University Grad School. FEBRUARY CLASS: Frances Wentzel—Bacteriologist for Ryder Dairy Clayton Bloomburg —Insurance Agent. Products, Lemoyne, Pa. Bill Davies—Unit Control Work for Isaacs Long Frank Wheeler—Accountant for General Electric Co., Wilkes-Barre. Corp., Schenectady. Nancy Williams—Employed by Merck Chemical Donald Evans—Sales Dept, of Palmolive-Peet Co. Corp, of New Jersey. Joe Hiznay—Technical writer for Engineering Dept, Rhuea Williams—Mathematics teacher at Wilkes- ci International Correspondence Schools. Barre Day School, Forty Fort, Pa. Joseph Kanner—Psychometrician at Wilkes Col­ lege Guidance Center. Class News of '49 SEPTEMBER CLASS: Water^C G^rj£~Accountant for Scranton-Springbrook John Bellas—University of Chicago Grad School. John Burak—Temple University Grad School. Joseph Chupka—Accountant at Harry L. Naveen Agency, Wilkes-Barre. Delbert Dare—Cost Accountant for S. Frieder & Sons, Wilkes-Barre. Morris DeHaven—Teacher in Hanover Twp., Pa. Carl Dudeck—Jefferson Medical College. Harry Fierverker—Bucknell Grad School. John Glowacki—Georgetown Univ. Law School. Jean Hartman—Western Reserve University Grad Joseph Aleo—University of Penn'a Dental School. Henry Anderson—University of Pennsylvania Grad School. Bennie Antonchak—Chemical Corp in Rahway, N. J. John Martin—Sales work for National Biscuit Co. Tom Moran—Director of Public Relations at Wilkes. Joe Olesky—Teacher in Wyoming Borough, Pa. David Walters—Second Lieut, in U. S. Army. Anthony Zabiegalski—George Washington Univ. Grad School. �The FACULTY Mr. John McKee will assume his duties as newly appointed Associate Professor of Mathemaitcs at Beaver College in September. Before they prepare to enter Beaver's life, Mr. and Mrs. McKee will spend the summer at their new summer home in Laurel Run, Pa. Summer is here and a metamorphosis takes place. The faculty become students and hurry away to obtain » » yy « « their Masters Degree or Doctorate. This is in keeping Hugo V. Mailey, Associate Professor of Political with college policy which allows each faculty member, under a rotation system, to have time free for graduate Science plans on spending the summer months work­ ing on his thesis which he will complete for his Ph.D. work at regular intervals. Although it is not generally known, Mr. Mailey is a Joe Markowitz '41, who is an instructor in Chem­ talented musician also. istry, will study at Bucknell University this summer »» w «« where he is working for his M. S. Joe recently married Mr. James Moran of Rochester, N. Y„ will begin (see Together) and has been serving as an officer with his duties as Instructor of Instrumental Music and Band the local Naval Reserve unit Director at Wilkes in September. Mr. Moran has had Robert W. Partridge, Instructor of History, will at­ over ten years experience in band and orchestra work tend either Harvard or Boston University, where he will ci all types. Reese E. Pelton, organizer and director be waking for his Ph.D. Mr. Partridge is also coach of of the band for the past three years, has left to assume the college's newest athletic team—soccer. With the a teaching position. first scheduled games coming up soon he'11 be a busy man. Dean of Men George Ralston will spend the sum­ mer ar Columbia University, studying for his Masters degree. Also at Columbia will be John Chwalek, In­ structor of Sociology and head of the new college Placement Bureau. He also will study for his Masters, as will John Bovce '48, and John Cooney 48, Economics Instructors, who will join them at the institution. John Riley '48 will attend the University of Penn­ sylvania again this year where he is doing work On 37 VX'13 -03.-.SS O’? his M. A. John has been quoted as saying that he 3133101X7 OI? "hopes it's not as hot as last summer". James Laggan, another Economics Instructor, will also study this sum­ mer at the U. of P. ji. W3. TO Mr. John HalL Director of Guidance and Super­ .--3 MX 'KHS SL“SSn'^ visor of Educa-ion will continue his week-end treks to ALW FMFZSS&& Oi* Bj&IC Columbia University Teachers College. He will re­ r-' • ceive an Ed.D. in Philosopnical Foundations. Mr. Hall has been making his week-end journeys throughout the college year, in addition to his multiple duties of the week. Edith Namisniak will travel io Ann .Arbor to work This beautiful metal plaque honoring the late Professor Paul towards her Doctorate. The Instructor of Biology will "Pop" Gies will be placed on Gies Hall, which now houses the be at the University of Michigan during the summer. School oi Music. The plaque was presented by the class of '49, the The University of Connec.icut will claim Madeline last group to have known "Pop". Dague for a few months. Miss Dague is an Instructor in Physiology and will be taking work on her PhD. Economics and Poliacal Science will still be fore­ most in Welton Farrar's mind this summer. Mr. Farrar will be at Cambridge where he will attend Harvard University to work for his Doctorate. Not to be outdone by other groups, the dormitory FACULTY WIVES ORGANIZE residents oi Wilkes sponsored several highly success­ During the second semester an organization of ful affairs this year. Both Weckesser Hall (women) faculty wives, known to date as the Women of Wilkes, and Payne Hall (men) received allotments from the was formed. The group sponsored regular "coffee student council and were established as organizations, hours" in the college cafeteria. The affairs, unique in even wri.ing their own constitutions. the history of Wilkes, -were held every other week on The most often postponed affair of the year was Thursday afternoons and proved to be tremedous suc­ Weckesser s well-publicized pajama party. Measles in cesses. Members of the organization poured. The the dorm forced two postponements but the event was affairs were open to the student body who immedia.ely unally held and was a tremendous success. Other became enthusiastic about them. Weck-sponsored events were the annual Christmas Mrs. Samuel A. Rosenberg served as president for Party and a tea held for college department heads and this year. Mrs. Harold Thatcher has been elected pre­ the Board of Trustees. Mrs. Davis, for three years Head sident of the group for the coming year. Resident at Cornell, is sponsor of the group. »J» V/ «<£ The men of Payne had their affairs also. The Mr. John McKee, Instructor in Math, has resigned year commenced with a Hallowe'en party. From that from the faculty to accept a position on the faculty of date on no special holiday was needed as an excuse. Beaver College. Mr. McKee will be the entire mathe­ Parties for Week and parties for the whole college were matics department at the women's college. Mr. and < < q.uile °Jten- Dancing, billiards, cards, and 'tons' Mrs. McKee will spend the summer at their summer oi food were features of all the affairs. Dean Ralston home, Laurel Run, Pa. is advisor to Payne Hall. ta Dorms score social triumphs 1i SPORTSCOPE... By TOM MORAN Public Relations Director yl year in sports The 1948-49 sports season at Wilkes College re­ vealed one thing. Wilkes College is now among the leading sports colleges in its class in Pennsylvania. The record books reveal that the Colonel institu­ tion participated intercollegiately in five sports—foot­ ball, basketball, baseball, wrestling and swimming. Besides the five key sports, the college had soccer on an intramural trial basis during the 1948-49 season and plans to enter the intercollegiate competition next year. A well-balanced intramural program of football, basketball, softball and bowling rounded out a year's schedule of athletics at the institution. Looking at the sports individually and viewing the past season and the prospects for next year, football seems to be the big man on the horse for next year. Like basketball and baseball, football is coached by the director of athletics, George F. Ralston, a man with a never-ending amount of energy and drive, Rals­ ton has hopes of fielding his finest eleven in 1949. The next grid season will be the last time that most of the men who were on the first team—in 1946 —will be playing in a blue and gold uniform. The ex­ perience gained by them in their past seasons of ball will undoubtedly serve them and the college well next season. The over-all record for Wilkes football is fine. The books reveal that the college has run up 18 wins, three losses, and two ties. That record will stand among the best ever produced in the country. One of the odd things is the fact that the first year the institution enter­ ed the ranks of the football elevens in the country, Wilkes was undefeated with six wins and no losses. The schedule for next season includes such new opponen's as the University of Bridgeport, Ithaca Col­ lege, and Upsala College. Returning as foes for the Colonels will be Bloomsburg STC, St. Francis College, Lycoming College, Rider College, National Agricultural College, and King's College. Jumping back to the 1948-49 sports seasons, basket­ ball was another of the thrilling activities in the athletic pregram for the past year. The Colonels produced cne ol their best teams and had a nice record of 13 wins and five losses. The only bad part of the five losses was in the fact that two of the smudges were inflicted by the city rival King's College. One of these years the tide will change and Wilkes will lose a football game and win both basketball contests. Ever since the sports relations were started between the two schools it has been the other way around. Wilkes has three wins in football to King's zero, while t e Monarchs hold six wins in basketball for three seasons to a big "goose-egg" for the Colonels in the cage sport. During the wrestling season, which was under the leadership of Cromwell Thomas, Wilkes had five wins and one loss. However, the grapplers were not too strong and one of the big reasons was due to the num­ ber of experienced ex-high school matmen who did not come out for the team. Baseball was first-rate on paper, but a flurry of err­ ors by the team during each game usually spelled doom for the club in most of the contests. Everything looked fine for a swell season before the activity actu­ ally got underway against other competition. But the sprag in the wheels of the team's progress was not long in making itself known when the Colonels began to meet their 1949 opponents. As for swimming—and last season was the first for Wilkes—there seems to be a great possibility of this sport becoming one of the chief ones at the local college. Last season it was brought about through the initiative of two students, Clayton Karambelas and Charlie Flack. The two men worked as student­ coaches and also participated in the meets. The sea­ son, like most first-seasons, was not one that listed Wilkes as the all-time winner. Instead, the meets were entered in the record books as simply experience for the members, all of whom are freshmen and sopho­ mores. Soccer was introduced at the college last year for the first time. Bob Partridge, member of the faculty and one-time All-American soccer player from the Uni­ versity of Pennsylvania was at the head of the new sport. The sport was played intramurally during the first season as’ sort of an introductory activity for those in­ terested. Soccer caught on immediately and next year Wilkes will compete intercollegiately in the sport— reputed to be one of the oldest in the world. The intramural program of touchfootball, basket­ ball, and softball was again a huge success. Those who could not take part in the sport in a major way, spent after class hours several times a week participat­ ing in the sport in one of the intramural league. The latest addition to the intramural program was bowling. Manv fine keglers were found among the student bodv. The alleys at the Hampton were used and the CPA pinmen were crowned champions at the end of the season. Many new horizons seem to be opening to Wilkes in the future. The new gymnasium may soon become more than a hope and athletics at the Colonel planta­ tion will blossom even faster than has been the case during the past three years. �TOGETHER Career Info Available To Grads The Wilkes College Careers Library, under the dir­ S;. Ignatius Church, Kingston, Pa., was the setting ection of Mr. Paul Mehm, is a department that is never ci the recent marriage of Jeanne Barbara Klienkrtuf '44, completed. This is because new literature about job to Thomas Paul Roan, also of Kingston. Mr. Roan is opportunities and training facilities arrives each day a graduate of Wyoming Seminary' and is associated at the library, is catalogued, and put on the shelves with the Prudential Insurance Co. for the use of students and alumni. Joe Markowitz '41, a member of the college faculty, Mr. Mehm recently announced that 299 new regis­ was recently married to Jane Sare of Scranton, Pa. trations for the Careers Consulting Service were made Older alumni will remember Joe as an avid record between November 1, 1948 and May 24, 1949. This collector; newer ones will remember his classes. Joe's means that an average of two new registrations is sister, Frances, is now a dormitory’ student at Wilkes. made each day. During the same period twelve alumni Irene M. Sieminski '45, became Mrs. Hugh Rob er: and fourteen students of other colleges also used the Williams on June 4th. Irene has been residing in New career service. York City. Mr. Williams is a medical doctor. In a recent interview Mr. Mehm explained that Christine Whiteman '46 was married to Mr. George the facilities of the library are open to all alumni and Bird last month in First Methodist Church of Wilkes- ’hat he would be most happy to consult with any Barre. Mr. Bird is at present employed at Harrisburg, alumnus who desires to use the services. A personal Pa.; Mrs. Bird is employed by Bell Telephone Company­ call at the college Guidance Center, 164 South River Street, or a letter in care of the college may start you in Wilkes-Barre. Shirley Mascn '46 and Bob Moser '46 were recent­ on the way towards gathering valuable information ly married in the First Baptist Church of Wilkes-Barre. and guidance. The Careers Consulting Service has received na­ Mr. Moser is employed in Lancaster, Pa. Betty James tional recognition and the following are typical of '47 was maid of honor for Mrs. Moser. comments received by Mr. Mehm: Alumni Meeting Notes On April 18 the Wilkes-Barre Alumni Club held a business and social meeting in the college Lecture Hall. Despite a heavy thunderstorm a large group of alumni were present. Daniel Williams, president, pre­ sided. The evening opened with the showing of a film entitled "Campus Capers", which is a college-owned technicolor film on campus activities during the past two years. After some opening remarks concerning the pur­ pose of the meeting, Danny introduced Reese Pelton who spoke on the necessity of a constitution if the Alumni Association is to function on a national scale. Mr. Williams then read the proposed constitution, as patterned generally after htat of the Gettysburg College Alumni Association. (For copy of constitution see the last issue of the Alumnus.) A discussion of the constitution, point by point, fol­ lowed this introduction. Several points were clarified and several others were modified. A great deal of in­ terest in the constitution was exhibited by the group. It was suggested that a committee be appointed to study he changes proposed. This committee in­ cludes: Donald Kersteen '42, Sallyanne Rosenn '42, June Owens '42, Katherine Freund '42, Al Eisenpreis '42, Bob Sloan '42, John Goobic '43, Martin Berger '43, Ruth Tischler '44, Irene Koniecko '44, Doug MacNeal '48, J. Glenn Gooch ’48, Trudy Johnson '48, Gene Maylock '48, Ray Mechak '48, Allen Miller '49, Jack Karnofsky '45, and Joe Kanner '49. To close the meeting two additional films were shown. They were "Fact and Fancy" and "Holiday in Havana", another school film covering the Spanish Club's trip to Cuba. Refreshments were served. It was decided that the next meeting would be held on May 2. Respectfully submitted, IRENE KONIECKO, secretary Aetna Life Insurance Company "... I would like to congratulate Wilkes upon instituting a counseling program beginning with the freshman year. A continuing, four-year pro­ gram seems to me the best way to make real headway on this problem." »» w «« E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company ", . . We were interested in noting in your letter of December 28 that Wilkes College has under­ taken to counsel its undergraduates in career re­ quirements and opportunities. This is a function which has been too largely neglected by our col­ leges, and we feel sure that your efforts along this line will pay dividends to all concerned." has it that ho may Boon graduate, �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumnus Summer 1949 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marketing and Communications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1949 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Magazine Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/d805c90a03af25c81e87e346d38b0920.pdf 6a97b6fffbe36c83c6b37135d49a485c PDF Text Text -------------- € yiLKI COI I BX WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA FALL 1949 �alumnus EDITORIAL PUBLISHED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF WILKES COLLEGE THOMAS J. MORAN, '49, EDITOR A recent announcement by Herbert J. Morris, regis­ trar, revealed that the 1949-50 school year finds Wilkes College with 1,929 students enrolled in the day and evening school. This is the largest enrollment in the history of the institution. In plain English, the junior college that was started back in 1933 has gotten to be qui'e a man-sized project and present statistics indicate that it is growing. STAFF: JANE SALWOSKI, WILLIAM UMPHRED, DON FOLLMER, ARTHUR BLOOM FALL 1949 VOLUME 2 HUMBER 1 (i CONTENTS Cover On the cover of this issue of Alumnus is a picture of Admiral Harold Stark, USN, (Rt), who was recently appointed to the board of trustees at Wilkes College. Standing on the left of the former Chief of Naval Opera­ tions and Commander of Euro­ pean Naval Forces during the last war, is Atty. Gilbert S. McClintock, chairman of the board of trustees. Dr. Eugene S. Farley, right, welcomed Admiral Stark and Mr. McClintock io the WiTIroc College campus recently for the purpose of showing the former resident of Chase Hall the lat­ est development at the institu­ tion. During the visit to the college, the photography staff of the Alumnus and the school publicaaons made various shots of the campus spots visited by the three men. PAGE 3 Editorial 4 A Message from the President 5 ---------------- Second Annual Homecoming 6 Wilkes Sponsors Famous Concert Pianist 7 Student Teaching Program Successful 8 Campus News 9 1949-50 Social Calendar 10 Campus Candids 12 That answer made sense the first 1,000 times we heard it. Then we began to think. Isn't it true that every colleae or university was, more or less, a com­ munity project in its infancy? Of course it was. It ius1 doesn't stand to reason that olaces like the Universi'y of Pennsylvania or Columbia University popped up over night as institutions with student enrollments numbering in the thousands. Campus News I 13 Campus News 14 Wilkes Gridders Still Winning 15 For the past several years efforts have been made to keep an active alumni association connected with the college. In some ways, the plan hasn't been en­ tirely successful. The reason for the lack of enthusiasm seems to dwell around the same answer that is given, when someone asks why there isn't a great deal of the old college spirit in the student ranks. If you don't know that answer, it sounds something like, "Well, this is a community college and with the lack of oncamous residents, most students have interests in their respective towns." 1 The cold facts seem to reveal that Wilkes College is no longer just a "community college". Its enroll­ ment has already proven that it ranks above many of the colleaes that are accented as good examples of the nlaces where old grads flock to once a year to drink in the remains of long-past, but not forgotten, memories. Soccer Team Enjoying First Season 16 Down Memory Lane 17 New Placement Center at Wilkes 18 Keeping Up With the Grads 19 Alumni Record Pub/isk<2fl Quarterly at WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI OFFICE Chase Hall 184 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The Wilkes student body this year has more spirit *han has ever before been displayed on the South River Street campus. Just walking around the campus, which in recent vears has ceased to be miniature, aives you the feeling that at last the college spirit is here. There's life and the rapid growth on all fronts proves it. Alumni Association Plans Meeting For Nov. 14th The first meeting of the B. U. J. C.—Wilkes College Alumni Association during the 1949-50 school year will take place on Monday evening, November 14, at 7:30, in the Lecture Hall on South River Street. Since this will be the first meeting in a good many months there are many important issues that must be brought up for discussion. A nominating committee for the 1949-50 Alumni Association officers must be appointed. Other items listed for discussion are: The amount of dues that should be paid by members and when it should be paid; the turning over to the college the funds that have been collected by the association during the past several years; the appointment of a committee for the annual Christmas Dance; and discussion of how the Alumni Association can be made more attractive. Daniel Williams, president of the association, has expressed a desire to see all former students attend this meeting so that plans for the year can be made. Student Enrollment Hits New High at Wilkes College A study of the enrollment statistics by Herbert J. Morris, registrar, and Stanley Wasilewski, director of the evening school, revealed recently that this year finds Wilkes College with the highest combined eve­ ning and day school enrollment in the history of the institution. There are 1,929 students attending Wilkes College. A count of the evening school registrations dis­ closed that 944 persons are attending classes during that session of the college program. This figure is 50percent higher than the number of students enrolled during the same semester in 1948. The one last item needed to make Wilkes College a model institution is a good Alumni Association. Not just an association which exists on paper, but one that has every member working for the success college. In 1948, the total enrollment at Wilkes College was 1,723, with 1,062 people attending day time classes on a regular basis, 40 enrolled as special students, and 621 attending night school. The responsibility that was given to the people who worked for the college when you had the privilege of attending it, has now been passed on to its gradu­ ates. You are enjoying benefits as a result of your days spent at this college. Your cooperation and sup­ port will help to make the days for present and future students at Wilkes College among the most pleasant and cherished of thejr lives, The figures for the total enrollment verify a con­ tinual growth in the enrollment at the college. It was expected this yearthat because of the decrease in the number of veterans enrolling for college courses, the number would be greatly lowered. However, a slight decrease suffeeed in the day school enrollment was more than made up by the large number of persons who enrolled for the evening classes. �MUTED Information About Misplaced Grads Located in the Public Relations Office is a master file of former B. U. J. C. and Wilkes College students. However, over a period of years some of the addresses have become incorrect and important literature mailed from the college to members of the Alumni Association has been returned. Second Annual B. U.J.C. - Wilkes Homecoming Set For November 5th Ove 2,000 members of the Bucknll University Junior College — Wilkes College Alumni Association have been invited to attend the Second Annual Home­ coming Celebration, which will be held on Saturday, November 5, on the South River Street campus. Listed below are the names of the people who can­ not be located. If you know any of these people or their whereabouts, please notify this office by mail or telephone. The mailing address is: Alumni Office, Chase Hall, Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The telephone number is: Wilkes-Barre 4-4652. V Albert Gelb John J. Lorenzini Jack M. Walsh Lillian W. Hebron Joseph J. Kipp Joseph F. Yarnot Donald E. Evans Donald P. McHugh Mrs. Stanley Weiss Helene E. Mahaffey Emmett M. Molloy Mrs. Thalenfield Henry V. Lewert Joseph M. Ravitz Lillian Stein Ruth D. Williams Barbara Harding Lillian Rosen Richard Owen Marian S. Sage William H. Klopfer Larry Fredericks Betty Salsburgh John Mera Howad Baum Beatrice Solomon Robert E. Siegfried Julius Brand Edwin W. Smith Henry H. Ward Joseph H. Brennan Mindell Small Carl W. Ziegler John Grieger Robert Sakoski Irma J. Bodycomb John C. Frick John A. Vail Lena Van Tuyl Leland W. Green Richard H. Widman Wendy E. Barkhoefer SEND YOUR CORRECT MAILING ADDRESS TO THE ALUMNI OFFICE TODAY Under the direction of Reese E. Pelton, executive secretary, and Daniel Williams, president of the asso­ ciation, the organization had its first large-scale home­ coming last year. This year's program, which is chocked full of activ­ ity, is expected to attract a large percentage of the alumni association members to the campus. The November 5 program, planned by the college alumni offcials and the members of the Wilkes College Student Council, will open with registrations in the main lounge of Chase Hall at 9 on Saturday morning. Throughout the registration period, returning grads will have an opportunity to visit members of the faculty and administration and tour the campus. I f Four members of the Wilkes College Student Coun­ cil will handle the registration. Two will have the re­ turning graduates fill out information blanks and two more will handle the sale of tickets for the events which are scheduled for the day on campus. A special section along the middle of the field will be roped off for the members of hte Alumni Associa­ tion. Taking place on campus during the afternoon will be the open house, sponsored by Theta Delta Rho Sorority, in Weckesser Hall on Northampton Street at 4 p. m. The evening program for the Homecoming Cele­ bration will begin with the annual dinner at 6 in the college cafeteria. A special program has been pre­ pared for this event. Dr. Eugene S. Farley, president of Wilkes College, will give the principle address. Re­ marks will be heard from Daniel Williams, president of the Alumni Association; Herbert J. Morris, registrar; and Thomas J. Moran, executive secretary. At 8, the Alumni Association will have a special section on the 50-yard line at Huber Stadium in Ply­ mouth to allow its members to witness Coach George Ralston's Wilkes eleven battle Rider College. Following the game, the annual Homecoming Dance will be held from 10:30 to 1 in St. Stephen's Church house on South Franklin Street. The college cafeteria will be open only to dorm­ itory students on Saturday, but lunches may be obtain­ ed in establishments close to the campus. The entire expense of the day at Wilkes College will not exceed S3.00. Tickets for the dinner, football ball game, and dance may be purchased during the registration period on Saturday morning in Chase Hall. At 2 p. m. the first major event on the homecoming program will take place when Coach Bob Partridge's Wilkes College soccer tem will play host to the squad from Howard University in the area along side of the dike in Kirby Park. For those members who desire to attend only one or two events, arrangements have been made to sell tickets for each affair. Reservations for the dinner, however, must be made in writing before Wednesday, November 2, to the Alumni Office. Homecoming Events // 9-12—Registration—Main Lounge, Chase Hall. 2 p. m.—Soccer Game—Kirby Park. 6 p. m.—Homecoming Dinner—Wilkes Cafeteria. 8 p. m.—Football Garni -Huber Stadium, Plymouth. (Wilkes College vs. Howard University) & e**^**^*e*,H? // / 4 p. m.—Open House—Weckesser Hall. (Theta Delta Rho Sorority) 10:30 to 1—Homecoming Dance (Informal) St. Stephen's Churchhouse �College To Jointly Sponsor Malcuzynski, Concert Pianist Witold Malcuzynski, internationally famous concert pianist, will appear at Irem Temple on Monday evening, November 7, under the auspices of Wilkes College and the Polish-American Organizations in Wyoming Valley. Malcuzynski, a former student of Professor Turczynski at the Warsaw Conservatory, winner of a Grand Prix at the last Intenational Chopin Competi­ tion, and the most celebrated protege of Paderewski, is today holding concert audiences spellbound all over the world. Without question, he is one of the busiest artists in concert, and his stage personality has a tremendous and evergrowing mass appeal. The local organizations are working in conjunction with the Kosciuszko Foundation. AU proceeds from the concert, after expenses have been de­ ducted, will be turned over to the Kosciuszko Foundation Fund for the purpose of providing musical scholarships. "f Tickets for this affair are available at various music centers in WilkesBarre and at the music studio on the Wilkes College campus. In order to pre­ sent this fine pianist to the people of Wyoming Valley, a special price of SI.65 has been set. Witold Malcuzynski Malcuzynski, who is famous for his interpretation of Frederic Chopin's music will appear at a time when the whole world is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the great composer's death. ary schools during the present semester. Left to right. First row: Above are the student teachers training iin the three Wilkes-Barre secondai lall, George Petrilak, Clement Scott; Third Kenneth Widdc C Elva Fuller, Jane Reese, Mary Porter, Virginiat Meissner; Second row, William Griffith, row, Lewis White, Raymond Smith, Herbert Quick, Larry Melias, John Stark. Members of the committee are: Honorary Chairman, Dr. Eugene S. Farley; Chairman, Dr. Joseph Kocyan; Co-Chairman, Miss Mary Koons; Sec­ retary-Treasurer, Donald E. Cobleigh. Tickets—Chaim an Mrs. Marie Mieszkowski, Mrs. E. J. Varhely, Charles Henderson, Mrs. Charles H. Miner, Mrs. Sherman Ryan, Mrs. Edward Nork, Mrs. E. Makowski, Mrs. Sophie Wojcik, Mrs. Aaron Weiss, Mrs. Reuben Levy. Publicity and Advertising—Chairman Thomas J. Moran, Mrs. E. Makowski, Mrs. E. J. Varhely, Joseph Lester, Richard Stefanski, Mrs. Stephen Heller. Scholarship Fund—Chairman Joseph Lehter, Rich­ ard Stefanski. Ushers—Miss Betty Harker. Watch Those Newspapers... Many times during the past two years you have probably picked up the newspapers and read about various development at the college. These articles are products of the Public Relations Department at Wilkes College. Publicity is valuable to a college. It is one of the major tools for introducing the institution and its value to the public. The outside world, which has no con­ nection with Wilkes College, must obtain its news about the institution in the nev/spapers and other pub­ lications. The public relations staff has been directing the major portion of this publicity to newspapers in the Wilkes-Barre area, but another very important share of news releases is sent to nev/spapers in towns out­ side the regular college area. In order to find out just how much news about Wilkes College is being used in nev/spapers outside the community it is necessary to depend upon clippings which appear in publications. Some of the larger universities and colleges em­ ploy clipping services to return their publicity, but colleges the size of Wilkes must depend upon members of the Alumni Association and other friends of the in­ stitution to keep their publicity offices informed of progress being made in other regions. The publicity staff at Wilkes College would greatly appreciate it if former students living outside of WilkesBarre would clip items containing mention of Wilkes College and mail it to the Public Relations Office in Chase Hall. We do not want articles that appear in the Wilkes-Barre newspapers, but items appearing in other publications (magazines, trade magazines, fold­ ers, brochures) are available. No article is too small. Send it to us. The Student Teachers Of The Past I Anderson, Eugene R.—Graduate student, Bucknell University. Baum, Norman—Employed by father. 'Bensbn, Nicholas M.—Seeking a teaching position. Bransdori. Muriel—Graduate student, Columbia University. Cavan, Gerard—Teacher, West Pittston High School. Culp, John M.—Graduate student. Teachers College, Columbia Davidoff, Mark I.—Instructor, Wilkes College. ""Davies, William S.—Isaac Long Unit Control. Dew, Alice—Fellowship, Carnegie Tech School of Library Science. Ermel, George F.—Lieutenant, U. S. Army in Japan. Farris, Loretta—Clerical position. Fischer, Claire—Seeking position. Glowacki, Sophia Ann—Director, Children's Theatre, Wilkes-Barre. Golightly, Miriam D.—Teacher, Boonton High School, New Jersey. Green, Marjorie T.—Seeking a teaching position. Gudaitis, Joseph L.—Student, Wilkes College. Hass, Karl L.— Henry, William J.—Department of Public Assisance. Hudzik, John E.—Graduate student, University of Pennsylvania. Hiznay, Joseph M.—Instructor, Main Div. International Cor. School. Jenkins,'Thomas R.—Teacher, Womelsdorf High School. Jones, Carolyn L.—Teacher, Lansdown High School. Jones, David G.—Seeking a teaching position. Jones, George B.—Teacher, Seattle, Wash., Public School. Jones, Henry L.—-Seeking a teaching position. Kitler, Joseph G.—Student, Wilkes College. Knapich, Chester—Student, Wilkes College. Kosicki, Graduate student, Bucknell University. Kovalski, William S.—Graduate student, Bucknell University. Manning, Thomas G.—Graduate student. University of Pennsylvania. Maylock, Eugene—Teacher, Shickshinny High School. Mikulewicz, Robert T.—Teacher, Lajunta High School, Colorado. Miller, Robert J.—Graduate student, Columbia University. Moran, Thomas J.—Director, Public Relations, Wilkes College. Oleksy, Joseph S.-—Teacher, Wyoming High School. Pelton, Reese E—Teacher, Dallas Township High School. Permowicz, Edward S.—Student, Wilkes College. Pulos, John—Teacher, University of Athens, Greece. Rees, Shirley J.—Seeking a position. Richards, Thomas C.—Graduate student, Columbia University. Rosoloski, Stanley J.—Graduate student, Bucknell University. Rudolph, Edythe—Employed, Jewish Welfare, New York. Russell, Roberta L.—Married. Sleicher, Laura J.—Seeking a teaching position. Shetline, Leonard J.—Teacher, Maryland. Spanos, James A.—Teacher, Towson High School, Maryland. Thomas, Burton J.—Teacher, Medina High Schoola, New York. Toplis, William M.—Teacher, Media, Pa. Trannel, Carl J.—Graduate student, Bucknell University. Trowell, James M.—Graduate student, University of Pennsylvania. Watrs, Robert W.—Student, Wilkes College. Wideman, Anthony—Teacher, Mshoppen, Pa. Widman, Richard H.- -Teacher, Laceyville and Mehoopany H. S. Williams, Daniel E.—Teacher, Dallas Township High School. Williams, Rhuea V.—Teacher, Wilkes-Barre Day School. Woolcock, Margaret J.—Teacher, Kingston Township High School. �Wilkes Graduate Named Career Girl of 1949 Four Appointments Made To Wilkes College Staff For the second time in as many years Wilkes College contributed the winner of the Career Girl Con­ test sponsored by the Parade of Progress, when Miss Mildred Orlowski, 22, was chosen for the honor in September. Wilkes College faculty was further strengthened this semester with the announcement by Dr. Eugene S. Farley of the appointment of four new members to the body and the return of two others, who has been on leave of absence for graduate study. Last year, Doris Gcrka of Nanticoke, a member of the 1949 graduating class, became the first Wilkes College student to receive the honor. The History and Language Department each re­ ceived one new member and the Psychology Depart­ ment was increased by two. The two returning mem­ bers were to the English Department. Miss Orlowski, who is studying for her master's degree in bacteriology at the University of Maryland, was selected as the new career girl by Nancy Carrol, screen actress; Helen Hess Duke, managing editor for McCall's Magazine, and Phoebe E. Follmer, dean of women at Dickinson College. The new career girl was given S1.000 in cash from the Parade of Progress; an entire street outfit; a Con­ over Career Girl schooling; a 36-inch safari dyed Mouton lamb coat; a 17-jewel yellow gold wrist watch; a diamond solitaire gold ring; an evning gown; an allwool twoo-toned street coat, courses in ballroom and ballet dancing, a full portrait, and a scholarship now being arranged. Hoh-Cheung Mui, a graduate of Columbia Univer­ sity, was named assistant professor in the History Depar.mem, Mui graduated from Lingman Middle School and Lingman University. He came to this country for graduate work and received his M. A. from Columbia. He recently completed his work for his doctorate at the same institution. Mui taught English and history in Lingman Middle School and in Chee Hong High School, Hongkong. He was employed in the research department of the Department of Civil Administration for the Kwangtung Provincial Government and represented the Bank of China in its New York Agency. 1949-50 College Social Event Calendar Date Date NOVEMBER— JANUARY- 3— Coffee Hour—College Cafeteria—3:30 18—Final Exams Begin 4—Women's Faculty Party 28—Final Exams End 5—Homecoming—Wilkes-Rider Football Game J T 30—Student Council's Winter Carnival 7—Malcuzynski Concert 12—Beacon Press Conference FEBRUARY11—Theta Delta Rho’s Valentine Dance —Wilkes vs. National Agricultural College 13—Theta Delta Rho's High School Tea 14—Alumni Meeting—7:30—Science Lecture Hall 15— Coffee Hour—College Cafeteria—3:30 MARCH— 16— One Act Play—Cue 'N' Curtain Club 1—Theta Delta Rho's Fashion Show 17— One Act Play—Cue 'N' Curtain Club 4—Beacon's Cabaret Party 18— One Act Play—Cue 'N' Curtain Club 17—Theta Delta Rho’s High School Tea 19— Wilkes vs. King's College Sport Dance (following game) 24—Theta Delta Rho Tea Dance APRIL— 6—Men's Dorm Social 14—Letterman's April Shower Dance Five of the seven candidates selected during pre­ liminary screening were from Wilkes College. Other Wilkes students participating in the contest were: Helen Casey, Jean Grumbling, Mary Porter, and Doro­ thy Wilkes. Mark Davidoff, who graduated from Wilkes Col­ lege, and took graduate work during the past summer, joined the Language Department as an instructor in Spanish. Two additions were made in the Psychology De­ partment with the appointment of Joseph Kanner and Robert Riley, both of whom graduated from Wilkes College. Theta. Delta Rho Again Takes Lead On Campus For the past three years Theta Delta Rho, Wilkes College's only sorority, has been one of the big guns in the sponsoring of campus affairs and the 1949-50 social calendar reveals that this same organization is again one of the chief planning groups for campus activity. Under the capable guidance of its faculty adviser, Miss Betty L. Harker, Dean of Women, the sorority has been playing a big part in the college's program to acquaint local high school girls with the advantages of attending an institution of higher learning at home. Twice during the Spring Semester, Theta Delta Rho holds high school teas in the third floor lounge and Assistant Professors Edward Williams and Joseph Donnelly returned to the English Department's faculty after working on their doctorates at Columbia Univer­ sity. girls representing almost every high school in Luzerne County are invited to attend. Besides the teas, the sorority sponsors many dances and afternoon socials for both students and faculty. The big event of the year for the sorority is the Valentine s Dance, which is usually held at the Irem Temple. Marilyn Broadt is president of the sorority this year and Mary Porter, officer during the 1948-49 school year, is social chairman. DECEMBER— 20—All College Punch Party 1—Cue 'N' Curtain's "Ghost Train" 2—Cue 'N' Curtain's "Ghost Train" 9—Senior Tea Dance in Weckesser Hall 13—Theta Delta Rho's Christinas Party MAY— 5—Punch Party in Weckesser Hall 12— Mother's Day Tea—Theta Delta Rho 13— Men's Dorm Picnic 14— Men's Dorm Christmas Party 18—Theta Delta Rho's Junior-Senior Dinner 16—Letterman's Christmas Dance 26—Cinderella Ball �FKOSEJ TTEIIISWAIL, "FALL CAMPUS SCENE" "JOHN FLORKIEWICZ, WILKES BACK" "SAD-EYED JURY" "FATHER DAUGHTER AT WILKES" "THE END OF A SENTENCE" "COLLECTING 1,000 NAMES" �Two Prominent Men Named To College Board of Trustees During the past month two outstand­ ing men of local and national importance were named to the Wilkes College Board of Trustees bringing the total number on the governing body to 24. Admiral Harold R. Stark (ret.), former Chief of Naval Oper­ ations and Commander of the European Naval Forces during the last war, and the Honorable John S. Fine, Judge of the Pennsylvania Superi­ Hon. John S. Fine or Courts, vzere introduced by Gilbert S. McClintock, chairman of the board, as new members. Admired Stark, who was prominent as one of the nations top naval officials during World War H, ended Scholarships To Be Awarded Student Publication Editors Dr. Frank Specher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Speicher, 353 W. Main Street, Plymouth, Pa., and former Bucknell Jun­ ior College student, has opened a dental office in the Miners National Bank Bldg., in Wilkes-Barre. In an effort to encourage greater interest in jour­ nalism at Wilkes College, eight scholarships valued at SI,500 have been made available to students, who through outstanding service on student publications, become editors and business managers. 47 years service in 1947 and is presently residing at Lake Carey. Judge Fine, who was born in Newport Township and later moved to Nanticoke, where he now resides, graduated from Nanticoke High School. He attended Dickinson School of Law and took post-graduate work ’ at Trini.y College and at the University of Dublin in Ireland. He was admitted to the Luzerne County Bar in March 1915, and pracaced law until 1917, when he en­ tered the military service. Appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County on January 3, 1927, and then serving two ten-year terms in that office. Judge Fine was appointed to the Pennsylvania Superior Court on June 17, 1947. He was elected for a full ten-year term in November of that year. 4 f Other members of the Wilkes College Board of Trustees are: Chairman Gilbert S. McClintock, Charles H. Miner, J., J. B. Carr, Mrs. Charles E. Clift, Mrs. Franck G. Darte, Dr. Samuel M. Davenport, Miss Annette Evans, Edward Griffith, George W. Guckelberger, James p. Harris, Mrs. Edward H. Kent, Dr. Joseph J. Kocyan, Miss Mary R. Koons, Reuben H. Levy, Arnaud C. Marts, Dr. P. P. Mayock, F. E. Parkhurst, Jr., Col. J. Henry Pool, Dr. Charles S. Roush, Andrew J. Sordoni, Julius Long Stern, Admiral Harold R. Stark, and Fred­ erick J. Weckesser. Dr. Frank Speicher Three Wilkes College Buildings Named After Historical Figures Both John Wilkes and Isaac Barre, whose last names form the title of this key city in the "coal re­ gions , vzere English patriots, who carried out a con­ tinual fight for freedom in the colonies and in England. Gilbert S. McClintock, chairman of the board of trustees, announced recently that the buildings would be named after Zebulon Butler, Isaac Barre, and Tim­ othy Pickering. Two of the three buildings named—-located on South River Street along the Susquehanna River—were presented to the college by the members of the Board of Trustees during 1945-46. The other property, the home of the late Dr. S. P. Mengel, South Franklin Street, was purchased by the college earlier this year. The naming of the buildings after historical figures in addition to the name of the college and its location on a nationally known Revolutionary War site, calls attention to Wyoming Valley as one of the most color­ ful and best known locations of early American His­ tory in the country. The property at 154 South River Steet, which is used for classes and faculty offices, is now known as Isaac Barre Hall. Zebulon Butler Hall, located at 158 South River Street, is the Men's Dormitory. The newest addi.ion to the college properties—the building at 181 South Franklin Street—was named after Timothy Pick­ ering. Foil owi n g two years at the junior college. Dr. Speicher went on to receive his degree from the University in Lewis­ burg. He took his graduate work at the Temple Unive r s i t y Dental School. He is affiliated with many fraternal organizations: John A. Kolmer Honorary Medical Society; James Society of Clinical Pathology; President, James R. Cameron Honorary Society of Oral Surgery; Vicepresident, Junior American Dental Association; Presi­ dent, Delta Sigma Delta Fraternity. i Wilkes College, named after the outstanding ad­ vocate and defender of American freedom, John Wilkes, turned again to the pages of the Eighteenth Century history to obtain titles for three buildings located on a campus, which almost 200 years ago was the site of the old Fort Wyoming. B. U. J. C. Grad Opens Dental Office In City Civic Groups Use Wilkes College Among the many civic organizations who have recently chosen Wilkes College as the site for their meetings was the Northeastern State District of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction. Held in the Lecture Hall, which seats 240 people, the meeting was under the direction of district chair­ man, Lonard Utz, supervisor of English in Wilkes-Barre City Schools. The session was one of nine district meetings being conducted throughout the state for the purpose of discussing secondary school curriculum improvement. Dr. Eugene S. Farley, president of Wilkes, opened the day's activities with an address on "Keeping the Secondary School In Step With Contemporary Develop­ ments." Dr. Frederick L. Pond, Supervising Curriculum Consultant for the Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction, spoke on the possible changes needed in the secondary school curriculum and acquainted the district representatives with the changes needed to The scholarships will cover college journalists who gin the top editorial and advertising positions on the student newspaper, "The Beacon", and the college yearbook, "The Amnicola". According to the statement issued by Dr. Eugene S. Farley, president, after a meeting with the adminis­ trative council and the board of publications, the edit­ ors of both publications will receive full tuition for the year they are serving. These two awards are valued at $900. The News Editor, Feature Editor, and Business Manager of the student newspaper will each receive $100 scholarships. The yearbook Assistant Editor, Pic­ ture Editor, and Business Manager will also each re­ ceive S100 awards. The notice from the president's office stated, "It has been found that many outstanding students can­ not participate in the work of hte Beacon and the Amni­ cola because of excessive demands upon their time and energy. These demands have been so great that students who must earn all or a portion of their tuition have found it impossible to contribute to these publica­ tions. "To enable all students to cooperate in the produc­ tion of these school publications, a series of scholar­ ships will hereafter be awarded to those who through outstanding service become editors and business man­ agers of these publications." In order to be eligible for the award the editors must have at least two years of experience on the pub­ lication and must have rendered outstanding service. In addition, they must maintain academic standing of at least a C average. The assistant editors and busi­ ness managers must have one year of service nd a C average. All awards will be made by a publication board composed of faculty advisers of both publications, Dean of Women Bettly L. Harker, and the editors of the two publications. bring the present curriculum up to date with existing conditions. The State Department of Public Instruction has committees working in each of six subject fields: Eng­ lish, Mathematics, Science, Geography, Social Studies, and Modem Languages. Following the initial assembly, which found an over-flowing crowd of more than 300 representatives, the groups were assigned to rooms in the various col­ lege buildings for individual subject discussions. �THE COLONEL SPORTS PARADE ,<:!!! Ki Above are members of the first soccer team to represent Wilkes Colleg. Left to right: Kneeling, Benjamin Beers, Bruce MacKie, Keith Rasmussen. Lester Gross. Captain Cy Kovolchick. Carl Wallison. Jerry Weiss. Ed Wheatley; Standing, Coach Bob Partridc Partridge. Bob Hooper, Bill Mosely. Riga Lemoncelli, George Petrilak. Charles Jackson. Bob Neilson. Jim Gatens. Donald Tosh. Tosh, Sam Owens, Owens. Manager Marly I Blake. Above arc the members of the 1919 Wilkes College football squad. right: First row—Ed Krombel, John Feeney, John DeRemer, George Lewis, Al Dalton, Olie Thomas, John Jones, Dick Scripp, Frank Radaszewski, Gerrard Washco, :o, John Johi Florkiewicz, and Walt Hendershot. Seocn ! row—Norman Cromack. Al Molosh, Francis Pinkowski, Joseph Stevens, Paul Thomas, Dill Davis, Norm Cross, Al Nicholas, George Elias, Leo Solomon. Sam Eiias, Hank Supinski, Gene Snee. Third row—Chet Knap’ch, Don Jones, Al Manarski, George McMahon, John Strojny, Bill John, Dan Pinkowsk’., John Havir, Dan McHugh, Robert Hall, William Morgan, Ed Bogusko. Colonels Face Toughest Foe On Saturday The Wilkes College football team will take the field on Saturday evening at Plymouth's Huber Stadium and a record ot 13 games without having suffered a loss will be at stake. This Saturday's game, however, finds Coach George Ralston's eleven facing one cf the toughest teams—i: not the toughest—in its four-year grid history. The opponent will be Rider College, the same team that had a bowl bid all sewed up last year when the little college from the heart of the Anthracite Region sen: dovzn an eleven that walloped the ears off the lads from the Trenton, N. J. school by a 14 to 0 margin. Tha: astounding upset by Wilkes College will never be forgotten because it ruined the chances Rider College had of making a name for itself in one of the quickest, sure-fire fashions—a bowl game. When the out-of-state eleven takes the field against Wilkes the stage will be set for one of the hardest- fought contests this area can ever hope to see. Bo h colleges have good records. Rider has lost to only one foe—Bowling Green—and that is nothing to be ashamed cf, while Wilkes has only one slight smudge on its record and that is the 14-14 tie with St. Francis. Coach Ralston reports that his team will be in top condi ion for the contest that the campus grid enthusi­ asts call, "The game of the season." The genial coach, who seldom makes predictions abou; the outcome of games, broke silence this week and s ated that this contest with Rider will be a tough cne. The Rider club is supposed to be one of the top small college teams of the East and it is just possible that the power may be too much for the Colonels. Last year the same feeling was present, however, but the outcome of the game 14 to 0 in favor of Wilkes surprised many of the supporters of the Jersey school. t Soccer, The Fifth Intercollegiate Sport After one year of intramural conditioning, "Opera­ tions Soccer" stepped into the intercollegiate competi­ tion and became the fifth major sport at Wilkes College this year. Under the coaching of Bob Partridge, member of the History Department, who has more than a fair amount of the booting game under his belt, Wilkes has given a good account of itself on the field. The parent of the modern gridiron game is not new to the coal regions. It was one of the chief sports here some 25 years ago, but suddenly dropped from its once lofty perch when other sports came into being in great­ er numbers in this area. The gap between the lime soccer was in the coal regions and the present period when it has returned was too great to produce regional players who under­ stood the fundamentals of the sport. Coach Patrridge started from scratch with the majority of the candidates and had some encouragement from the fact that a few of the men out for the team had played it while at­ tending schools away from here. Although no victories have been chalked up for the Colonels to date, the season cannot help but be a success because the foundation for what well may turn out to be the chief sport at Wilkes is being laid now. The years to come should see the present sea­ son's efforts paying off with wins. The college is fortunate in having a competent ccach. Partridge has been closely related to the game that is so much like the pigskin sport since his high school days. He played in the highly soccer conscious secondary school league and later shifted his booting interests to the University of Pennsylvania. Besides being one of the too baseball men for four years at that institution, Partridge was outstanding on the soccer field. In his senior year, he was not only elected captain of the team, but was named to the All American team for outstanding performance. This Saturday the Wilkes College team will play Howard University in a special Homecoming contest on the soccer field along the dike in Kirby Park. A special section has been provided to alumni to attend the game, which commences at 2 p. m. �"down memory lane 15 YEARS AGO (FALL, 1934) Sophomore courses have been added to Bucknell University Junior Colleqe this year and are identical to those offered on the . . . . . , ~ _______ T> •»—I________ _r —,011 stated President. --TT Homer P. Rainey of Bucknell campus at c..Lewisburg, ------------- 3.-----------------------University. » w« The first student to transfer from Bucknell University Junior College will be Miss Ruth Dattner of Luzeme, who will enter as a sophomore at Wellesley College. // New Placement Center Aids Students and Grads Realizing the need for research in the employment field for the purpose of aiding students and graduates obtain positions, Wilkes Col­ lege has opened its own Placement Office on the third floor of Chase Hall. Bucknell Junior College Thespians will present their first major production for this year on December 12 and 13. The play, a comedy in three acts, was written in 1826 by John Poole, under the title of “Wealthy Widow”. »w« Prof. Paul Gies, director of music at BUJC, announced that re­ hearsals of the large company of Wyoming Valley singers that will take part in the Bach Festival, will begin on Thursday evening, October 24. » W€ Ambrose Saricis, Jr., son of Wilkes-Barre's new fire chief, was elected president of Bucknell Junior College Economics Club. Other officers named were: Marjorie Richards, secretary-treasurer; Robert Nelson, luncheon-manager; and George Jacobs, field trip manager. The fall dance cf Bucknell Junior College was held in the audit­ orium of the college last night and was attended by 150 students and friends. »w« Dr. John H. Eisenhauer, directoro of Bucknell Junior College, has returned to this div following a short visit to Lewisburg. Members of the Political Science Club of Bucknell Junior College held their first luncheon meeting at the Vanity Fair last night when Attorney Wiliam A. Valentine appeared as the principal speaker for the occasion. Th“ entire bu-Td;nq of the Wilkes-Barre Business College, 29-31 We=‘ w^rt^amotrn Street has been recently leased for a period of years hr Bucknell Junior College. The Junior College has occupied part of he buHdina- durinn the past year. In the course of the sum­ mer various improvements were made. 10 YEARS AGO (FALL 1939) ten scholarships for young men of Wilkes-Barre and the Wyo­ ming Valley area who have applied for private pilot trrrirnng nndor the proaram offered by the Civil Aeronautics Association through Bucknell Junior College will enable the candidates to begin training this week. Two of the wnners of the annual scholarships given by Bucknell Junior College to high ranking students in last year's freshman class are Miss Ruth Lynn and Miss Ruth Guamacci, it was announced yesterday b”- Director Eugene Farley. 3> W e Dr. Daniel J. Gage, head nead of the history histc department of the Buck­ nell Junior College, will deliver his second secant lecture of the series being sponsored by the International Relations Group of the Wilkes-Barre branch of the American Association of University Women this eve­ ning at 8 in the Studio Theater at Chase Hall. » W< A. group of BUJC students are spending their Thanksgiving vaca­ tion touring the play houses of New York City, enjoying ballet per­ formances. Miss Norma Sanguillano, head of the dramatics group at the college, is in charge of the trip. Miss Muriel Rees, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Rees, 81 Grove Street, a sophomore at BUJC, has received one of the two dramatic scholarships, given annually by the Children's 'Theater for dramatic excellence. John J. Chwalek 3 YEARS AGO (FALL 1946) Dr. Eugei me S. Farley, director of BUJC, announced yesterday that the local1 junior college will be represented on the gridiron this fall for the first time in the history of the institution. He disclosed that Georgee F. Ralston, former member of the Forty Fort High School athletic dep jpartment, will become the first coach of football and director of gathletes. 5 John Chwalek, member of the Sociology Department, has been released from some of his teaching duties to handle the assignment of Director of the new center. The office has been in operation since the early pari of September and results to date have proven that the new center will provide aid to many students and graduates who otherwise would not be able to obtain employment. »w« Two cappointments to the BUJC faculty ’were announced by Dr. Eugene S> .Farley, director. George F. Rak Iston was named to the newly-created post of dean of mn, while Kathryn E. Domingu juez of the Children's Service Center, city, was named insturcotr of A psychology. A considerable amount of time and effort has been exerted by Mr. Chwalek toward the establishing of con­ tacts with the many business agencies throughout the three coun ies surrounding the college. To date, many students and graduates have been placed. Students who are in need of aid while attend­ ing college have been placed in positions which allow them ample time to attend classes and handle lesson preparation. According to the new placement director, the holi­ day seasons will provide a large number of parttime positions for students. He emphasized the importance of the new center to local merchants and businsss men. Previously, the employer was at loss when he wanted additional help on either full or parttime basis because of the lack of a central office upon which he could place his request for help. It is the hope of the new director that the contacts o' the Placement Center can be enlarged so as to pro­ vide employment to both students and graduates on both a local and national basis. Notices concerning the inauguration of the new service being offered by Wilkes College have been sent to all businessmen and merchants so that this in­ stitution will receive first call when vacancies occur. "Wilkes College On The Air" Resumes Regular Programs Wilkes Women's Group Enjoying Best Year Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning at 11:45 over radio station WHWL in Nanticoke, Pa., "Wilkes College On The Air"—a 15-minute program of news, views, and interviews about Wyoming Valley's only four-year co-educational institution of higher learning goes out over the airways to thousands of people. The program was started last January through the generosity of the Nanticoke station and has continued to be beamed to friends of the college and station listen­ ers ever since. The programs are under the direction of the Public Relations Staff of Wilkes College and enable all the van ous scholastic and extra-curricular activities of the ins.i.u ion to present their interests to the public over the microphone. There is little trouble in finding radio material for these programs as the college has many clubs, which are anxious to acquaint the public with the intricate details of their organization. "Wilkes College On The Air" has just about every type of program possible. During the present college radio season the most unique program was the talk given by Dr. Charles B. Reif, head of the Biology De­ partment. The faculty representative shattered the long believed myth about Harvey's Lake having no bottom, when he presented facts and figures to prove that the so-called mysterical body of water went down only 90 feet in the deepest spot, Other programs include: one-act plays, chemistry reviews cn the latest development in modern science, choral work, band music, sports interviews, and news. One of the most active organizations on campus is the Wilkes Women's Group, composed of faculty wives and women faculty members. Every other week the. organization sponsors a Coffee Hour for the benefit of the students and faculty members in the college cafeteria. Besides the regular school year program, the Wilkes Women's Group plans many extra social func­ tions that provide the highlights of the social year at Wilkes College. The club was organized last year with Mrs. Rosen­ berg as the first president. Its first project, which is being continued this year, was a series of Coffee Hours. The club has regular meetings on the second Friday of ach month in the evening in the Chase Hall Lounge, with a business session and a program. Officers and committee chairmen: President, Mrs. Harold Thatcher; Vice-president, Miss Mildred E. Hull; Secretary, Mrs. Hugo V. Malley; Treasurer, Mrs. Robert W. Partridge; Historian, Mrs. Stanko M. Vujica; Pub­ licity, Mrs. Edward M. Williams; Program, Mrs. Samuel A. Rosenberg; Coffee Hours, Mrs. Alfred W. Bastress; Hostess, Mrs. Herbert J. Morris. Program—Mrs. Samuel A. Rosenberg, chairman; Miss Mary E. Craig, Mrs. Cromwell E. Thomas, Mrs. Edward J. Manley, Mrs. Eugene S. Farley, Mrs. John Howell Williams, Miss Catherine E. Bone, Miss Betty L. Harker. Coffee Hour—Mrs. Alfred W. Bastress, chairman; Mrs. John A. Chwalek, Mrs. Edward N. Heltzel, Mrs. Donald R. Kersteen, Mrs. Arthur N. Kruger, Mrs. James J. Laggan, Mrs. Edward J. Manley, Mrs. John J. Riley. »w« Dr. James M. Hepbron, one of the country's leading criminolo­ gists and chairman of the Maryland State Commission on Juvenile Delinquency, spoke to the student body of Bucknell Junior College yesterday during the assembly program in the Presbyterian Church House. 1 YEAR AGO (FALL 1949) Wilkes College will inaugurate two courses in Slovak—element­ ary Slovak language and Slovak culture—during the evening classes of the fall semester, which begins September 20. » w « Wyomingj Valley residents will have their first opportunity to view the celel ?brated Gimbel Pennsylvania Art Exhibit, sponsored by lection is opned to the general public this morning at 9 in Ashley Wilkes College and the local Chamber of Commerce, when the colHall Annex. »w« A fighting Wilkes 1 College - - -. eleven last night ran, slipped, slid end fell to a 26 to 0 victoryr over King's College before 2,200 raindrenched fans at Kingston Hi figh School Stadium. »w« The inauguration of a new tradition, a homecoming celebration for Bucknell University Junior College and Wilkes College alumni, will take place on the week-end of November 19. » w« Registrations for individual instructions at Wilkes College School of Music during the fall semester will be taken this week, according to an announcement by Donald E. Cobleigh, head of the school. » w v. Wilkes College Student Council will ope.. >en its fall semester social program with a freshman dance tonight ------ ----from Z ‘.w 912, to 12, at 3-.. Sans Souci Park pavilion, according to John J. Feeney, Peen social chairman. » v/ v. The flow of students entering Wilkes College for the fall sem­ ester on one of the two subsidized programs has dropped Io 23 per cent of the total number of now students admitted, f �Alumni Record Did We Tell You That... HARRY CAMPBELL, who attended the Junior Col­ lege in 1938-39, recently visi.ed the campus while spending several days in this region with his sister, Dr. Marion Eckert, resident physician at the Nesbitt Hospital. Harry is exployed by the Glen L. Martin Company in Baltimore, Md. . . . RALPH CONNOR, class of 1949, is employed by the Traveler's Insurance Company. He is selling life, health, and accident in­ surance with offices in the Miners National Bank .... DR. VINCENT A. McCROSSEN, who was an instructor in German and World Literature at uBcknell Junior College in 1935-36, has been appointed professor of Romance languages at Boston College. MURIEL RUTH BRANSDORF, class of '48, became the bridge Jerome Mintzer of Wilkes-Barre on August 27 .... DR. HENRY G. GALLAGHER, M. D„ who at­ tended the Junior College and later graduated from the University of Scranton, has opened offices on Lake Street in Dallas .... Two fomer Wilkes students, MISS JUDY BARTLEBAUGH and PAUL K. RICHARDS, class of '49, were married recently in the Forty Fort Methodist Church .... FAITH DAVIS, former Wilkes student, who was the granddaughter of the late Dr. S. P. Mengel, former owner of what is now known as Timothy Picker­ ing Hall, was maried to William Abbott Weaver, Jr. . . . .MIRIAM GOLIGHTLY, who served as social editor c: the Sunday Independent before she graduated in 1948 from Wilkes, became the bride of HERMAN BAUMANN, JR. Mrs. Baumann is teaching in NewJersey. REESE E. PELTON and DANNY WILLIAMS, mem­ bers ol the 1948 class, are teaching in the Dallas Town­ ship High School Reese has continued his musical in­ terests and now has one of the finest dance orchestras in the region .... GLORIA F. BOGUSZEWSKI, class of '45 at the Junior College, is married to Emil J. Suda .... MARY LOU SEROKA, former Wilkes student, recently became the wife of John Cintala of Nanticoke DOUGLAS MacNEAL, president of the 1948 graduating class, recently marria KATHRYN POTTER, class of '49. Doug is now attending the University of Pennsylvania Dental School .... ALBERTA H. NOVICK, member of the class of '48 and one of the first cheerleaders for the college, became the bride of Theodore J. Killian. Wilkes College had the distinction of sending the first candidate in Eastern Pennsylvania to the new Regular Army Wac Officer Candidate School in the person of MISS ELEANOR E. KRUTE, secretary of the 1949 graduating class. Before coming to Wilkes, Miss Krute served 23 months overseas in Cairo and Vienna and also in Washington as a civil service employee. REV. GEORGE DICKINSON is minister of the Methodist Church in Avoca. Rev. Dickinson finished at the Junior College in 1940 and received his degree from Lewisburg in 1942 .... HARRY BLACK, class of '49, is employed by the Nanticoke Review as business manager .... JOSEPH KANNER, MARK DAVIDOFF, and ROBERT RILEY, members of the 1948 class, are now instructors at Wilkes College .... NATHANIEL W. TREMBATH, who attended Wilkes in 1946-47, has been appointed to the faculty of Bucknell University as an instructor in electrical engineering. The latest of transfers which pop up in every college at the beginning of the school includes: ALFRED J. CYGONOWSKI to Bloomsburg STC, ALBERT GEORGE DANISHONKO to Temple School of Pharmacy, HAINARD GONCHAR to University of Pennsylvania, BER­ NICE LEAGUS io Bucknell University, NAOMI HONS to Bucknell University, ELVIRA THOMPSON to Blooms­ burg STC lor commercial education, NORMA VON IGNATIUS to Whittier College, WILLIAM POLTROCK to Fenn State, HOWARD STUBBLEBINE to Temple Uni­ versity Law School, JOHN ENDLER to Lehigh Univer- I”° that we may keep our alumni records up to date and increase our service to you, please fill out this informa.ion blank and mail back to the Alumni Office, Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., immediately. All college material, which will be of interest to you will be sent to you, following the arrival and filing of this information sheet. 1 Name LAST MIKE FEZ, class of 1949, is employed by the Boy Scouts of America in Reading, Pa JOHN J. EVAN is a federal bank inspector in Pittsburgh. He is a mem­ ber of the 1949 class. . . .Another '49er, JACK BROBYN is working for Bloomsburg Mills. . . .DONALD WOLFE, '49, is working with the U. S. Army for one year .... BOB MIKULEWICZ, class of '48, is teaching Lajuanta High School, Colorado, after graduating from that state's university, MIDDLE Maiden Name P RESTON STURDEVANT to University of Pennsyl­ vania Dental School, GEORGE MAISEL to George Washington, ALBERT FREEMAN to University of Penn­ sylvania Dental School, FRED CATLIN to Dickinson College, MARIE. YOZVIAK to Bloomsburg STC, MARI­ LYN SICKLER to Misericordia, TOM BRAIN to U. S. Mili.ary Academy, FRANK MAYEWSKI to New Eng­ land Conservatory of Music, FRANCES MARKOWITZ to Penn State, TOYCE BURCHARD to Nursing School in Moline, UL, ETHEL SNEE to U. C. L. A., DICK LAUX to Bloomsburg STC, FRANK RUSINKO to Penn State, EARL LAWTON to Muhlenberg College, JOAN WALSH io Misericordia. JIMMY FARRELL, class of '49, is working for Brooks and Company, engaged in investments and trusts .... KENNETH TAYLOR, '49, is employed in the petroleum department of G. L. F. Corporation, Erie .... ALICE DEW, '49, is attending Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh, where she was granted a fellowship to the School of Library Science, under the sponsorship of the Osterhout Library .... RUTH D. SMITH, also from the 1949 class, has been employed at Lackawanna Casualty Com­ pany since July, 1949 .... BOB LIPMAN, class of '47, is employed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health Sanitation in Harrisburg .... Working for the same department in Wilkes-Barre is JOE CHILORO, class of '47 ... . IRA D. HALL, '49, is employed by the General Motors Acc?pt3nce"Corporation in Wilkes-Barre .... JOHN WILSON, '49, is handling duties at the Lacka­ wanna Motor Corporation in Scranton .... PAUL K. RICHARDS, '49, is in training for n executive position with S. S. Kresge Company in Pittston .... Burrough's Adding Machine Company is employing JOHN B. MERRITT, class of '49. His wife is the former JANE KORPER, who attended Wilkes in 1946-47-48 HILLARD KOSLOWSKI is working with the sales de­ barment of a trade magazine, with duties centered throughout Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties . . . • LESTER JONES, class of '48, is teaching at the Star School of Business Management in Scranton R * LPH E. HODGSON, class of '49, is working for the FqVirtatai'eTnfd ASUHFdrice Society and operating out of Miners Bank in Wilkes-Barre. FIRST Street ... Town State Telephone 2 Entered Wilkes College (B. U. J. C.) Withdrew Graduated 3 Transferred To Graduated t 4 Semester Hours at Wilkes (B. U. J. C.) Degree _. Major t 5 Present Employment and Duties 6 Business Address 7 Do you know of any people who attended Wilkes or BUJC and are not receiving the regular literature of the Association?. (a) List: �E flj «r-» =3 • -P (f) O -'i- u aa> >-»<D •'-<> — CC ? • -z» W 31 <0 O ri Schmidt’s Printcry Wilkes-Barre, Pa. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumni Magazine, 1947-present Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations Description An account of the resource <p>An archive of Wilkes University Magazine, from 1947-present. The magazine went through various names including <em>Wilkes Alumnus</em>, <em>Wilkes Quarterly,</em> <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, and the current title, <em>Wilkes Magazine</em>. Some editions for the <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, will have multiple issues within the file record. Our holdings may be missing editions for certain years due to having no physical copy within the collection. </p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wilkes University Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wilkes University Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1947-present 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 Alumnus Fall 1949 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marketing and Communications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 1949 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Magazine Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/83949a0331ade3f5b7c8bdb1c4b2b719.pdf 81b471586552a4f340a46e198a0829b2 PDF Text Text WILKES COLLEGE WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA WINTER 1950 IN THIS ISSUE The Next "MUST” For Wilkes College _____ — _ J �alumnus EDITORIAL DON FOLLMER, ARTHUR BLOOM News About Alumni Members Sought For Use In Alumnus STAFF: JANE SALWOSKI, WILLIAM UMPHRED, THOMAS J. MORAN, '49, EDITOR PUBLISHED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF WILKES COLLEGE WINTER 1950 VOLUME 2 Would you enjoy the thoughts of joining an or­ ganization that was having a "big sleep"? Of course, you wouldn't, and you wouldn't care for the idea of belonging to such a group, but haven't we, more or less, placed ourselves in this category? NUMBER 2 This month 70 Wilkes College students will com­ plete their four-years of work and receive certification of their graduation from this institution. It is our pleasure to invite these new graduates to join the Alumni Association, but with the exception of a small percentage of our organization's members, what are we going to display as proof that we are strong and constantly striving to better our group? CONTENTS Cover Pictured on the front cover Page 3 Editorial 4 Wilkes Graduate in W. A. C. Officer Training is a scene from the annual Christmas season dance, spon­ Local Newspaper Creates Journalism Award sored by the Wilkes College Alumni Association on Decem­ ber 30 in the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Sterling. 5 Combat-Blinded Graduate Gains State Post 6 1949 Wilkes College Homecoming Celebration January Graduates To Join Alumni Association Although the crowd wasn't 7 Membership Cards To Go To All Alumni Members by officers of the association, a 8 Do You Want To Accept A Challenge good many of those who attend­ 9 SPECIAL EDITION, "The Next 'Must' For Wilkes Students" as large as was first expected ed represented the classes of the past 16 years. Additional pictures of the committees, guests, and floor scene are included in "Campus 14-15 Two More Properties Added To Wilkes Campus 16-17 Campus Candids 18-19 The Colonel Sports Scene 20 1949 Wilkes Athletic Banquet 21 Alumni Urged To Recommend Students For Admission 22 Keeping Up With The Former Students 23 Alumni Record Candids" on pages 16 and 17. ★ Published Quarterly at WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI OFFICE Chase Hall 184 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. ! First, read the following letter, and then think about it. Won't you join us in making the Wilkes College Alumni Association an organization of which we will all be proud. This is the second issue of the ALUMNUS that you have received during the 1949-50 school year. As you have probably noted, it contains about 80 percent news about your college and 20 percent about former students, who are now active members of the Wilkes College Alumni Association. While it is important to keep you informed of the developments that are taking place at Wilkes College, it is also the desire of the editorial staff of this publica­ tion to keep you informed and in touch with former classmates. The only practical way of performing the duties that fall upon us as the creators of your ALUMNUS is for you to cooperate. Send us news about yourself. It doesn't have to be anything elaborate—just a penny postcard that tells us about something you have done. Perhaps it is only a business trip, or then again it might be the birth of a son or daughter, a new position, marriage, or promotion. Send it along. Mail us news now about yourself. Drop a note to the Alumni Office, Wilkes College. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. "Dear graduate: "Although you have not as yet completed the last minute details concerned with your graduation from Wilkes College, your past record seems to indicate that you will be declared eligible by the registrar's office, and therefore, your name will soon be trans­ ferred to the alumni files. "I consider it a oleasure to welcome group of former students. You are soon member of an organization that can help to become stronger each year through hearted support and encouragement. you into this to become a your college your whole­ "The Wilkes College Alumni Association is still very young. You might say that we are feeling our way around, but each day some new indication is found of the potential strength that is hidden in this group of 2,800 former students. "For many years neither the association or the college was large enough to place the customary em­ phasis on former students, but now each can help the other to grow in strength and prestige. "Now is the time when a thorough awakening and organization of the alumni must take place. There must be a severe rocking of the comfortable boat we are all in. Allegiance to our Alma Mater must not be simply sentimental and wholly taken for granted. No longer can we live in the dream fantasy that we shed honor and glory on our college by simply having at­ tended. "When you look at it, a college education is not actually paid for by those who receive it. As a matter of fact, we owe a real debt to our college, which can only be paid for by increased attention to her needs. "As a new member of the Wilkes College Alumni Association pledge yourself to the active support of your Alma Mater by keeping in touch with its needs and desire. Help it grow, because, by so doing, you help yourself to grow," P. R. Department Urges Alumni To Mail Out-Of-Town Clippings The return of the Alumni Record Blanks included on the inside cover of the last issue (and republished in this issue for those who failed to return it) revealed to us that our former students are spread all over the country. If the members of the association, who are living outside of Wyoming Valley, will do us just a little favor, it will enable us to measure the range and ef­ fectiveness of our publicity. It would be far too expensive for Wilkes College to employ national clipping bureaus to return articles appearing in out-of-town newspapers concerning our institution. Members of the alumni association could act as reoresentatives of the college by mailing to the Public Relations Department clippings containing the name of the institution. Alumni Meeting Called For Tuesday, January 17 Members of the Wilkes College Alumni Associa­ tion are asked to mark a red circle around Tuesday, January 17 on the family calendar. This will serve as a reminder of the next, and prob­ ably the most important, meeting of the Alumni Asso­ ciation, which will be held at 7:30 in Chase Theatre. According to President Daniel Williams, the nom­ inating committee will report at this meeting and elec­ tions for the 1950 offices will be held. Also listed for discussion is the report of the fund raising committee on the aid expected of members in the college's present drive to raise S250,000 to build and equip a gymnasium for Wilkes College. �Eleanor Krute, Class of '49, In Third Uroup Peacetime W.A.C. Officer Training And she speaks with authority, becaus. speaKs wnn uuuiuniy, Because Only a few short months ago Eleanor E. Krute was secreta­ ry of the 1949 gradu­ ating class, but now the civilian tag has been removed from the former coed, who did so much to make the last year a suc­ cessful one for the seniors. She is now Officer Cand i d a t e Eleanor E. Krute. Stationed at Camp Lee, Virginia—one of the few Officer Training Centers in the country for members of the Women's Army Corps, she has only four months to go before she receives her bars as a Second Lieuten­ ant in the U. S. Army. During a recent visit to the campus, she summed up the whole experience as, "wonderful". According to O./C Krute, "The army has changed considerably from what it was during the last war." World War IL O/C Krute t , 'two-year hitch with the highly security-minded 0^ at of Strategic Services. Her association with the Office of Strategic q vices was one in which she was pledged to secrem' The organization accomplished a considerable anion , of fifth column and behind-the-lines work in enemy ritory during World War II and many of the plans such operations were worked out in O/C Krute's pr” sence. Combat Blinded Veteran, Class of '49, Appointed P.S.E.S. Contact Interviewer At one time Tommy Coburn, combat-blind veteran, thought his greatest accomplishment would be to gra­ duate from college. This he did last June, when Dr. Eugene Farley presented him with his diploma. But She went overseas as a civilian and was not allow ed to disclose her destination to her parents. After spending some time in Cairo, Egypt, she moved to Vienna, Austria, to serve as secretary to Brig. Gen Ralph A. Snavely, chief of the Air Division, Headquark ers, U. S. Forces in Austria. that simply presented the former Air Corps enlisted The former Wilkes student hopes to be retained at Camp Lee following graduation as an instructor. been paving the way for a possible "break" in the Her present assignment consists of rigid training with the same rigorous duties as those heaped upon male candidates for commissions. Tommy had graduated and still there was nothing. man with another problem—-where to find a job. His right eye was removed after the crippled bomber returned to its English base and for several years Coburn had only one percent of nomal vision in his left eye. However, late in 1947, the condition of the left eye worsened, and it was removed. He was an excellent student at Wilkes and attend­ ed classes daily, accompanied by his seeing-eye dog, Several people connected with various veteran organizations and the Veterans Administration had Hap, who is pictured with the young veteran on this page. ■ state employment field before graduation, but now The same lost feeling that once had plagued Tommy when he was fighting for his life and preparing to live in a sightless world began to return. It wasn't Local Newspaper Creates Student Journalism Award Wilkes Engagement Calendars On Sale In College Bookstore Dr. Eugene S. Farley, president of Wilkes College, in a letter to L. J. Van Laeys, general manager and vice president of Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company, announced recently the creation of the L. J. Van Laeys Journalism Award. It was a Christmas present from employes of the Wilkes-Barre Record. For the first time in the history of Wilkes College, the institution will distribute its own engagement calen­ dars, complete with 15 campus scenes. The books are being offered for sale in the College Bookstore at the low price of one dollar. These calen­ dars are so designed as to allow plenty of room after each date for the noting of social engagements, class assignments, business appointments, birthdays, anni­ versaries, and other important events, which you do not want to run the risk of forgetting. A limited number of these calendars will be sent to local businessmen as a reminder of the growth that is taking place at Wilkes College. Dr. Farley, in his letter said: "The employees and staff of the Wilkes-Barre Record have collected a fund which they wish to use at Christmas time to show their regard for you. They suggested that because of your interest in the college and in young people, you would like to have the fund used as the basis of an award to graduates in jour­ nalism. "In consequence, they are turning over to the col­ lege a fund of SI 30, with which they wish to create an L. J. Van Laeys Journalism Award. The college will use the funds contributed by members of the Record staff to cast a number of gold medals which will in­ dicate the nature of the award, and will have en­ graved on them the names of the recipients and the years in which they are granted. "I know you will appreciate their thought of you as much as you will the award that is given in your name I am grateful to them and to you for this opportunity to offer an award bearing your name and I am truly appreciative of the privilege of informing you of their plan to honor you by stimulating interest in your chosen field of journalism." easy to refrain from becoming discouraged when you had a college degree, but no job. Then last week Tommy received word that he had been named a contact interviewer in the Pennsylvania State Employment Service. Announcement of his ap­ pointment was made by P. J. Connolly, director of the Wilkes-Barre-Scranton District of the PSES. Connolly said the former flyer took a Civil Service examination for the position in this city last February. The score the Forty Fort veteran attained certified him for the appointment Staff Prepares 1950 Issue Of Wilkes College Amnicola The staff of the Wilkes College yearbook, Amn*- 2„ Wjjte “S,X“PY a”d p“““ , u • the directi°n of Leon Gilbert, editor in chief, nprt^U!lnlSS mana9er Donald Rau, the book is ex- d""ib”“0” to Wilkls*5 r9n9 ^°o!< was tke finest ever published a* Office staT T- ,but ,he reP°rt the Amnicola Bia n Mhat the comin? editi°n will be even better, the bolk bTem V°W is the soliciting of advertising for always bee L0CT merchants and businessmen have Sroubffi !Xtremely gener0Us in the Past and uh these people. mS *° be in makin<J the contact with In his new position, Tommy will assist in the em­ ployer relations work with the employment service, and will contact local firms concerning personnel require­ ments, with special emphasis on the hiring of handi­ capped veterans and non-veterans. Tommy, a B-17 top-turret gunner, was wounded October 2, 1942 in a bombing raid over France. He is listed by the War Department as the first Air Corps en­ listed man to go blind as a result of a wound received in the European Theatre of Operations during World War II. 5'1 VI �1949 Homecoming Celebration Brings Many AlumniBack .— To Wilkes College Since the last issue of the ALUMNUS was published, the Alumni Association of Wilkes College spon sored its annual Homecoming Celebration on e South River Street Campus. The affair, although not attended by as many former students as was desired, ran smooth and pro­ vided the returning graduates with a day of fun. Many expressed amazement at the growth that had taken place since they attended the institution in many cases when it was still known as Bucknell Uni­ versity Junior College. No longer is the campus com­ posed of three buildings. The most recent count re­ vealed that Wilkes College has 16 major buildings and two lots—one used for parking and the other the site of the proposed S250,000 gymnasium. The Homecoming Celebration started off with re­ gistration in the morning and the ex-students found many of the once-famihar sites still unchanged. They enjoyed the morning session of tours and personal ex­ ploring about the new additions to the college. Old friendships were renewed and plans for the rest of th day were made. In the afternoon a good many of the alumni tr veled to Kirby Park to watch the Wilkes College SOc team go down to a thrilling 3 to 2 defeat at the hanT of the nationally powerful Howard University team A 6 that evening, the alumni members enjoyed the annual Homecoming Dinner in the Wilkes Collea Cafeteria. Dr. Eugene S. Farley, president of Wilkes6 reported to the members on the progess that has bee made at the institution and revealed some of the plans for the future. Over 2,500 Alumni To Receive 1950 Membership Cards Soon wickes Aliuuni Assortaitnn college •J9 WILKES-BARRE. PENNSYLVANIA Slits rath mill nrrue is ibrntifij WHO IS A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF WILKES COLLEGE IN WILKES-BARRE. PENNSYLVANIA Seated in a special section of the bleachers at Plymouth's Huber Stadium that evening, the alumni and their guests watched Coach George George Ralsirm'Ralston's eleven suffer its first defeat of the season—a thrilling 41 to 34 loss to Rider College. PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE SECRETARY The entire day of fun and activity was climaxed at a sport dance in St. Stephen's Church house. Shortly after the end of the month, 1950 member­ 70 January Graduates Become Members Of Wilkes College Alumni A ssociation The Wilkes College Alumni Association, number­ ing well over 2,800 at the last count, will be enlarged by 70 members with the mid-year graduation on January 28. Under the present policy at Wilkes College, which calls for only one actual commencement ceremony each year—that one in June—the students will not re­ ceive diplomas upon graduation. New members are: Robert D. Barber, Wyoming; Joseph Bendock, Nanticoke; William Bergstrasser, Kingston; Joseph Brennan, Wilkes-Barre; Donald Brodbeck, Pittston; John Cain, Kingston; Robert S. Capin, Wilkes-Barre; Frank Celmer, Plymouth; Robert Clem­ ent, Kingston; Leonard Czajkowski, Ashley; John M. Davis, Nanticoke; Clem Drozdowski, Nanticoke; David W. Edwards, Nanticoke; Michael Elchak, Hudson; Paul Finley, Plymouth; Gerard P. Finn, Wilkes-Barre; Frank Henry, Hunlock Creek; Carl Gibson, Wilkes-Barre; Armin Gill, Wilkes-Barre; Albert Gorski, Nanticoke; Theodore Gribb, Nanticoke; Joseph Gudaitis, WilkesBarre; Irvin Haefele, Wilkes-Barre; Walter Haczewski Plains; Luther R. Jones, Nanticoke; Philip Kennedy Wilkes-Barre; Theodore J. Killian, Plymouth; Raymond Kinback, Scranton; Joseph Kitler, Nanticoke; Chester Bruce Mackie, White Plains, N. Y.; Beni°®in Maczuga, Wilkes-Barre; Thomas Miller, WilkesWilliam J. Miller, Wilkes-Barre; Victor Mineto ■ Wilkes-Bane; George Monigas, Luzerne; O'Shea, Trenton, N. J.; Samuel Owens, Wilkes-Barre, Frank L. Paduck, Wilkes-Barre; Nicholas Pa Exeter; Stanley Perlick, Wilkes-Barre; Edward rei wicz, Nanticoke; Edgar Plummer, Wilkes-Barre; wa Pryse, Upper Darby, Pa.; Herbert Quick, Joseph Radko, Korn Krest; Ame K. Rasmussen, wood, N. J.; Robert Rubright, Hudson. Florence Savitz, Wilkes-Bane; Mostyn SaY®'-./* ticoke; Fred Schultz, Plymouth; John Shoemaker. mmg; Marvin Smith, Wilkes-Barre; Arthur Spe . Kingston; John Stark, Pittston; Joseph Stofko, D , e; Allan Strassman, Exeter; Henry Strozeski, Nant Henry Vnukoski, Kingston; Theodore Warako u?n‘lCOke: RalPh Weaver, Kingston; R?sseR rteWilhams, Kingston; Russell Wolff, Wilkes-Barr Plymouth; Joseph Zawod But it certainly would be a big help to your Alma Mater if the dona­ be mailed to approximately 2,800 members of the tion is forwarded. Wilkes College Alumni Association. McGee' Kingston; David MacGowan, Wilkes- ^arernba, Wilkes-Barre. is sent to you as a former student. ship cards, similar to the one reproduced above, will Records will be kept in the Alumni Office of all For the first time since the Alumni Association was contributions for the ALUMNUS. If you fail to pay the started combined fee of two dollars is asked to cover annual dues you will be classed as an inactive mem­ both dues and to help defray the expense of publishing ber. the ALUMNUS on the quarterly basis. Bare 50 When you receive your membership card you will The reason for this change in policy is because of the growth of the association and the new demands We are now sending you a 20- note on the back the following: "Notice. Every member which must be met. of the Alumni Association is asked to contribute the page magazine four times a year. sum of two dollars each year. This sum covers Asso­ issue is slightly higher than seventeen cents. ciation dues for 1950 (SI.00) and helps to defray the the cost of printing, mailing, and handling of the many expense of publishing the ALUMNUS quarterly. Failure other publications that are forwarded to members of The cost of each When to pay dues will result in being classed as an inactive the alumni association is figured the requested price member. However, college literature and alumni mag­ of one dollar is far below the actual cost to your college. azine will continue to be sent to you." If you can see your way clear to meet the two So the way it stands you actually lose nothing by dollar contribution requested by your Alumni Office, not sending in the extra dollar to help with the expense please forward it to Alumni Secretary, Alumni Office, of publishing the ALUMNUS and other literature that Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. �Do You Want To Accept a Challenge? Some people say it's impossible for the Wilkes College Alumni Association to attain the $5,000.00 goal set by your officers as our share of the $250,000.00 quota needed to build and equip a gymnasium for Wilkes students. Now would be an excellent time to begin supporting your Alma Mater. Won't You Help? The Next "Must" For Wilkes College... A GYMNASIUM Since the College was established in 1933, it has depended upon the Wilkes-Barre YMCA for facilities for its program of physical educations and indoor sports. This arrangement was an excellent one during the early years when the student enrollment was small. But in recent years, the YMCA facilities have not been adequate for a student body of over 1,200 full time day students. And, while the College enrollment has been growing, the other normal demands upon the YMCA have also been growing, so that their whole facilities are needed by their own membership. It is no longer possible for Wilkes College to carry on a proper pro­ gram of physical education in the YMCA. The time has come for Wilkes College to have its own gymnasium. It is the next "must" in the phenomenal develop­ ment of this College. Adequate physical education is such an essential element in a complete program of higher education that it has already been made clear that accreditment of Wilkes College was given with the distinct understanding that a gymnasium would be built very soon. A site on South Franklin Street within one-half block of the administration building has already been purchased for the gymnasium. This site is sufficiently large to permit the erection of a building 210 feet in depth and 100 feet wide. This building will include a playing floor 150 feet by 98 feet, which can be divided into three playing floors or equipped with moveable bleachers to seat 1,200 to 1,600 spectators for basket­ ball games. It will have a reception room to be used for dances, alumni groups, or other college activities. In addition, the usual showers and dressing rooms for students and visiting teams will be provided. The Cost Of The New Gymnasium Careful planning by the Administration and the architect indicates that an adequate gymnasium can be provided for a sum which seems most reasonable in these days of high construction costs—S250.000. The above figure includes construction, landscap­ ing, equipment and initial supplies and contingent ex­ penses. The site, 110 feet by 220 feet, on South Frank­ lin Street already has been purchased by the College for SI7.000. With this addition to the campus Wilkes College will have a total worth in land, buildings, equipment and endowment of over S2,000,000. This gymnasium will be the first main building to be erected on the Wilkes College campus. All but one of the present buildings were orginally built for a. residence and were remodeled and re-equipped for educational purposes, when acquired by Wilkes College. The gymnasium will thus be unique in being the first important building on the campus to be designed and erected for its particular educational function. To supply this "missing picture" Wilkes College must appeal for the necessary funds to its many friends who want to have a continuing part in developing a college worthy of the community and its youth. This appeal for generous, capital fund subscrip­ tions for an enduring purpose is to people of vision interested in the future destinies of Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming Valley. �A Message .From This message is both a report to you and a requ for assistance. Although most of you are aware that the College has grown, it is probable that none of you have a com plete knowledge of the nature and extent of growth made during these formative years. The story of our growth is fascinating and stimulating, and will gratify all Wilkesonians who have participated in it. It is encouraging because of its promise of future achieve­ ment as much as because of its demonstration of pre­ vious accomplishment. The real worth of a college is, of course, measured by the character of its students and its alumni. The College, after all, exists to serve them, and its value can be measured only by their success. It is gratify­ ing to report to you that the student body of your col­ lege has been well scattered. In spite of its rapid growth, the College has only admitted one out of every three applicants since 1945, and because of this I The President selective policy the College ranks among the uPper ten percent of the many colleges giving the same admissions test. Considerable thought has been given to the ad visability of maintaining high standards or of seekin' high enrollment. It has been decided by the Board Trustees, the Faculty, and the Administration that in the long run, it will be better for the College to face Ja reduced enrollment than to increase enrollment by re­ ducing standards. It is this policy that has guided us in the past and it is this policy that will guide ur us in the future. Adherence to it may at times reduce <_ •o enrollment, but eventually such a policy will increase th< influence of the College and enable it to render its• most significant service. Wilkes received accreditment by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in May, 1949, so that graduates of Wilkes College may now be admitted to the graduate and professional schools of the country without further reliance upon Bucknell. 4 We are building a college in which you may have pride and to which you will wish to refer your friends and the children of your friends. As dormitory facili­ ties increase, we will be able to take an ever larger number of students from areas outside of Wyoming Valley. At the present time there are approximately one hundred students who have come to us from other states, and each year the number increases. It was anticipated that adherence to this selective policy would reduce the student body this past year because of the decline in veteran applications. Much to our surprise, however, the total number of applica­ tions increased during the past year with the result that the College this year has the largest enrollment in its history. The day and evening school enrollments now total 1,929. Alumni not only refer new students to their Alma Mater, they also contribute funds that enable it to ex­ pand its services and maintain its integrity as an in­ dependent institution. As a young institution Wilkes College must depend upon its old established friends, but it is hoped that with the passing of time the alumni will assume their full share of responsibility. It is possible for independent institutions to continue their services only when those who have received help from It is apparent that the College could not have ex­ panded without obtaining additional facilities. Since Conyngham and Chase Halls were given to the Col­ lege in 1938, we have acquired a total of 16 proper­ ties on South Franklin and South River Streets. Two of these buildings were given to the College in the week before Christmas, 1949; one will serve as a boys dormitory, and the other as the residence of the Presi­ dent. r Even though buildings may be given, a college cannot be developed without funds. It is significant, t erefore, that the people of the community and other nen s of the College have given substantially. In consequBncB of their generosity, the endowment now exceeds $500,000, and the total assets of the College will ‘pass the $2,000,000 mark by the opening of the 1950 e™- 1 is the vision and generosity of men and women ° e ,eve in young people that have made possible this record growth. n ■ ]Ong as the College was affiliated with Bucknell san, « lndePendent accreditment was not necesnecpcc-t 7!rance °' tke ties with Bucknell, however, tutirn 'am. accred'lment of the newly created instinell ext ^°,Ugh Wilkes was chartered in 1947, BuckDR. EUGENE S. FARLEY ableH 6 'tS suPPort through 1949, and thus en­ ter aror/PerCent °Ur ^rst 9raduating class to en9 UQ e and Professional schools. Fortunately, The developments of the past have been tremend­ ously encouraging and I believe promise sound growth in the years ahead. Each attainment, however, in­ creases our obligations to students and to the commun­ ity. We are compelled constantly, therefore, to expand our offering and to increase the significance of our educational program. In this we need the counsel, encouragement, and support of all alumni. *> one generation return it to the next. At the present time, many colleges are requesting large sums from their alumni. Wilkes is making no such request, but it is hoped that as you prosper you will, through annual giving, assist the College to ex­ pand its services and to extend finer educational oppor­ tunities to the students of succeeding generations. This year the Board of Trustees is undertaking the construction of a gymnasium which will cost $250,000. The Trustees have already contributed $100,000, and are requesting an additional $150,000 from other mem­ bers of the community. The attainment of this goal will be difficult in spite of the contributions already made by the Trustees, as this is the third appeal made by the College since 1944. In these three campaigns generous members of our community have given over $800,000, and with the completion of this current appeal they will have given nearly $1,000,000. So far, the alumni have not been in a position to contribute funds to the College. They have been establishing themselves, their homes, and their busi­ ness, and in most instances their personal obligations have demanded all their resources. It is hoped, how­ ever, that this year alumni may find it possible to con­ tribute to the gymnasium fund. If alumni of Wilkes College will contribute to this campaign, the Trustees will be heartened and the future will look brighter. Your own alumni association is requesting your help, and it is my hope that a large portion of our alumni will contribute. The act of giving will be almost as important at this time as the amount that is given. �nJ o o S A special Message To All Alumni g Pa tn ’/I- g CP ■ ' ■' e2 § § £ S o E-t (D tn in M CD tn CD I A o Pa M Al H ftfK' hito H At press time, over $115,000 has been subscribed by Trustees and initial donors. The general public campaign, under the chairmanship of Attorney William S. McLean, who is also president of the Northeast Pennsylvania Alumni Association of Lafayette College, will be in full swing late this month, with 250 local businessmen enrolled as volunteer workers. This proposed building is the second of the 16 major buildings now on the campus to be designed for its particular use. A 100 by 210 foot structure planned—large enough for three basketball courts and 2,000 spectators. The need is urgent. With present enrollment of 1,929 students make-shifts are no longer possible. When Wilkes College obtained full independent accreditment last spring from the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, it was granted You, as a former student of this institution and now a member of its alumni association, can help by filling out the subscription form below for as much as you can give in extended payments. Send in your subscription early so it can be re­ ported in the published totals during the campaign. Mail it today to Gym Fund, Chase Hall, Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. O Wilkes College Gym Fund V-Ii A A g) ! / I SUBSCRIBE TO THE GYM FUND PAYABLE AS FOLLOWS: / S per Month for Months / s per Quarter for Quarters TOTAL X M a (M A public subscription campaign is now underway among the citizens of Wyoming Valley to raise 3250,000 to build and equip a new gymnasium building on a large lot already purchased on the East side of South Franklin between West South and Ross Streets. Pa rd a with the understanding an adequate gymnasium would be built as soon as funds were raised. pc; 8 .8 ‘w 8 0 The time has come for Wilkes College to have its own gymnasium. 1950. Payments to begin A Bl ■ Ia ! r. m i A. T. 1 I Signed Address ... Class of / / / / / �Two Moio PiopoitiQS A Jdod Having previously expressed a strong desire to assist Wilkes College in providing dormitory accom­ modations for the ever increasing number of students coming from other communities and states, a residence at 72 South River street was given to Wilkes College by Col. Walter Carleton Sterling, who died on Decem­ ber 12. The bequest to the local college provided the fifteenth building and is the first in the block between West Market and West Northampton streets. During the past three or four years, Col. Sterling frequently discussed the possibility of his home being used by Wilkes College and indicated to a number of his friends the possibility that his residence would be left to the institution. The bequest of his home, therefore, is a realization of his frequently expressed hopes that his property would be of service to Wilkes College, as is the case with other large residences on South River street. When notified of the bequest, Dr. Eugene S. Farley, Wilkes College president, stated, "This gift will per­ mit the college to provide dormitory facilities for ap­ proximately 30 more students. At the present time, approximately 50 students from out of town cannot be accommodated in the present dormitories. The gift of this building will provide out-of-town students with im­ proved accommodations and will enable the college to accept a larger number of students from distant areas." The new 1building "" has been named Sterling Hall in honor of its donor. 146 SOUTH RIVER STREET The sixteenth building—and the second in as lege to gradually transfer all activities to its own many days—was added to the Wilkes College campus campus. For some years it was necessary for the col­ on December 17, when a gift made by a friend of the lege to rent facilities in neighboring churches and to college for the specific purpose of purchasing this depend upon the courtesy of neighboring churches latest addition enabled the institution to accept the and the Luzerne County Medical Society on South home of Edward and Lillian Morris at 146 South River Franklin street. street. At present a public campaign to raise S250,000 to The gift made possible the extension of the college build and equip a gymnasium is underway. When the holdings on South River street between Northampton fund raising for the gymnasium is completed, it vzill It marked the sixteenth addition to then be possible for the college to conduct all activities the campus since the college first moved into the other than field events on its own campus. The acquisi­ quarters on South River street in 1938. tion of this building is just one more step in the evolu­ and South streets. The gift of these residences has enabled the col- tion of the community college. ��SPORTS SCENE Above is a portion of the Colonels' varsity basketball team. Charlie Jackson, Gene Snee and Paul Huff. Left to right: Bill Johns, Bob Benson, Bon Dragon, Coach George Ralston, After compiling one of the best basketball records in the school’s history during the 1948-49 campaign with 13 wins against five setbackes. Coach George Ralston v/as faced v/ith the dismal job of replacing both of the high scorers from that team, when he issued a call for practice drills at the end of November for the 1949-50 team. Both Phil Sekerchak and Joe Piorkowski, who garnered 492 points for last year's cage team transferred to other colleges and Coach Ralston had to start from the beginning to round out a team to meet the toughest sche­ dule a Wilkes team ever had to face. Listed amongj the opponents the Colonel cage: »rs had to fact :e this season as they made their■ debut into top-notch college basketball v/ere Lafayette College, one of the best teams in the East; Philadelphia College e of Pharmacy; the University of Scranton; Stro roudsburg STC, Ithaca College, v/hich travels in the best college circles, meeting " West ” Point and LIU; Bloomsburg S' >TC, Mansfield STC, and the al­ ways tough King's College quintet. Although both of last year's high point makers v/ere missing. Coach Ralston had sev­ eral familiar faces among the candidates re­ porting for the first drills, including Ben Drag­ on, who was selected to captain this year's •earn; Charlie Jackson, third highest scorer on last year's team v/ith an average of 7.52 per game; and Paul Huff, a good set shot. After several v/eeks of hard v/ork on the practice court. Coach Ralston had a team composed of Dragon, Jackson, Huff, and three newcomers to varsity competition, Bob Benson, a sophomore playing his first year of basketball, Al Casper, a member of last year's junior varsity, and Gene Snee, another eager moved up from last year's scrub team. with Charlie Jackson at center the Colonels have two point makers who can mingle with the best in their class. Dragon's floor v/ork —'k— and rebound ability have helped to mold the club into a smooth working outfit. BASKETBALL Jan. Jan. 4—Lafayette College 7—Phila. Col. of Pharm. < Jan. 14—Lycoming * Jan. 16—Bloomsburg STC * Jan. 21—Mansfield STC 4 Jan. 28—King's College ........... 4 Feb. 4—Stroudsburg STC Feb. 7—King's College .... Feb. 11—Triple Cities < * and Laggan v/ere greeted by one o f the best turnouts in the The winter sports program at the college got into full sv/ing in school's four-year history of participation in the mat sport. Among the first week of December when Athletic Director George Ralston the large turnout v/ere many former high school wrestling stars from announced the appointment of the new wrestling coach, Jim Laggan, Wyoming Valley, v/hich has developed into one of the best breeding and his assistant, Billy Lee, to replace Cromwell Thomas, last years Benson is counted on to take up the scoring slack, and along 1 Abovo arc the candidates lor the 1943 50 edition ol the Wilkes College wrestling loam. Loll Io right: first row. John Reynolds. Phil Husband. Charles Thomas, Norman Cross, George McMahon. Joe Stephens. Howard Ennis. Tod Krohn; second row. George Dvorznlak, Preston Echmeador, George Cross. Joe Moran. Bill Brown. Frank Hadaszewski. Dan Sadvary and Norman Cromack. ...H ..H ..H ..H ..H < Feb. 14—Mansfield STC ... < Feb. 18—Lycoming .. * Feb. 25—Stroudsburg STC ..H J Mar. 1—Susquehanna..... < Mar. 4—Bloomsburg STC 4 Mar. 7—Ithaca j Mar. 11—Triple Cities .H .H .A .A . > > —k— The appointment of Laggan and Lee to the Wilkes athletic staff gave the Colonels Because of the limited time in which to practice before the first game, < Coach Ralston's eagers looked ---------- anything —a----- j but good in their first th.ee games, when they thej came out on the tail end of )f the score each time. Against Ithaca the Colonels began to show some spark and dropped a close game in the final minutes, when the Ithaca team's experience helped them to pull av/ay from the Colonels. Against Lafe fayette College the Wilkes quintet dropped .. its fifth straight contest but nlaved snmp played some nf of its best basketball before being —3 ed< _dged in the final quarter 78-56. another top flight coach, who turned out some of the best wrestlers in the valley while handling the YMCA mat program. A former National Champion. Lee has continued to re­ main active in the grappling sport and should heto to develop some of the best in the state the candidates for pre­ cord of five wins against two setbacks. Re­ turning were Chuck Thomas, at 136-pounds, Norm Cromack, 154-pounds, Bill Brown, 121- University of Pennsylvania mat team while in Jan. 14—East Stroudsburg pounds, Joe H Stephens, 165-pounds, George McMahon, 175-pounds, and Norm Cross, Colo­ plers in the school's history. Jan. 20—Ithaca College nel heavyweight. .H Feb. 18—Millersville STC the.AWilkes grapplers v/ith a possible fifth A four-meet schedule has been lined up for In Billy Lee the Wilkes matsters obtained while handling the Colonel coaching reins. among last year's team, which compiled a good re­ WRESTLING •he college mat scene, having captained the college, where he was one of the finest grap­ Listed season drills were six returning lettermen from two of the best coaches possible for them to obtain. Laggan brings plenty of experience to Although he has still to break into the win column, Coach Ralston appears to have the makings of another good Wilkes cage team, v/hich should begin to rack up wins now that the nev/comers have had an oppor­ tunity to gain some much needed experience in the early season games. grounds for college v/restlers in the country. coach, who is doing graduate work. meet still being discussed. (Tentative)—Lafayette Listed among the school's scheduled to face the Wilkes wrestling team are Wyoming Seminary, East Strouds­ k burg STC, Ithaca College, and Millersville STC. A tentative meet with Lafayette College is still in the discussion stage and if scheduled Upon issuing the first call for candidates Io the 1950 Colonel mat squad, Coaches Lee will bring the Colonel schedule to five meets. �Registrar Urges Alumni To Recommend Students For Admission To Wilkes In 1950 Dear Alumnus: It has occurred to us that you may be interested in recommending some worthy students for admission to Wilkes College in 1950. OUTSTANDING ATHLETE - We. offer four years of work in Commerce and Finance, Liberal Arts, Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Biology, and two years in Engineering. We also offer two-year terminal programs in Medical Technology, Medical Stenography, Radio Production, Secretarial Training, and Music. The prospective students whom you may wish to recommend might be interested in the fact that we are a fully accredited college—accredited not only by the State of Pennsylvania, but also by the Middle Atlantic States Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges, the University of the State of New York, and our own State University. 1949 WILKES COLLEGE ATHLETIC BANQUET At present the combined day and evening school enrollment at Wilkes College is 1,929 students. Of this number 1,000 are in the day school. The total figure is the largest ever recorded at this institution. 'A' You might mention to prospective male students that the college has a well-rounded physical education and intercollegiate athletic program. Our football team last year finished first in the State for total points scored and over a four-year period, has a record of 25 wins, three ties, and four losses. V/ilkes is also represented intercollegiately in basketball, wrestling, baseball, and swimming. aS J 1 I _ I 1950 GRID CAPTAINS ’ ) are interested in attending college next If you know of any students vzho year, we wirill appreciate your referring them to us. Sincerely yours, Herbert J. Morris, Registrar �Some News About Your Friends.. Robert Nagle, a student at BUJC for two years from 1937 to 1939 is employed at the Dekalb Nurseries in Norristown, Pa., as a landscape draftsman and retail salesman . . . Irene Spears, BUJC student from 1941 to 1943 and a graduate of Cornell University School of Nursing is working as a registered nurse in New York City . . . Wesley Lane, who attended Wilkes from June 1946 to Sept. 1947 and graduated from George Wash­ ington University in 1948, is employed as an auditor in Chicago, Ill. . . . Margaret Mary Bendock, BUJC class of '38 is now married to Ernest Towers, and is living in Wilmington, Delaware where she is employed as a Trade Analysis Clerk at the Dupont Company . . . Pauline Lastowski, BUJC class of '45, is now married to William E. Davis of Westminster, Md. . . . Lloyd Davies, who transferred from Wilkes to Bucknell University in 1947 and graduated in 1949 is employed as an engineer in Hazleton, Pa. . . . Joseph Pringle, Jr., who received his degree in Commerce and Finance in 1948 is employed as a clerk and teller in the Second National Bank in Wilkes-Barre . . . John Martin, class of '49 is employed as a salesman with the National Biscuit Company in Forty Fort . . . Joe Hiznay, also from the class of '49 is employed as a Technical writer for the International Correspondence School in Scranton, Pa. . . . Roberta Louise Russell, class of '49 is now married to Ensign C. E. Rakes and is temporarily residing in Norfolk, Va. . . . Doris Mae Thomas, class of '41 is teaching school at North York High School in York, Pa. . . . F. Algerd Baludauski, class of '39 and Penn State graduate in '41 is employed as a chemist at the Sheffield Farms in Norwich, N. Y. . . Doris Smith, class of '46 is now married to Mitchell Gordon of Wilkes-Barre and is the mother of a five months old son, Robert . . . John W. Edwards, class of '49 is working as a visitor for the Department of Public Assistance in Wilkes-Barre . . . Myron S. Freed, BUJC student in 1944 and 1945 was graduated from Penn State in August . . . Louise S. Hazeltine, BUJC class of '45 and a graduate of Bucknell University in '46 is a member of the faculty of the Cornell University School of Nursing where she received her BS degree in nurs­ ing in September . . . Earle A. Herbert, who attended BUJC in 1942-43 is serving as an interne in the WilkesBarre General Hospital. . . Joseph F. Litchman, class of '48 is working as a senior accountant with the Ley Accounting Service in Wilkes-Barre . . . Ralph Carey, also from the class of '48 is studying Law in the Dicldnson School of Law . . . Ruth Jean Maran, BUJC class of '38 is now married to T. P. Turnbull and is living in Palmerton, Pa............. Dorothy Susan Smailes, class of '39 is now married to Richard Nutt the Methodist student pastor at the Uni­ versity of Nebraska. . .Frank Ostapowicz, who attended BUJC in 1942, and received his M. D. from the Univer­ sity of Pittsburgh in 1948 is now living in Philadelphia. Jess Forsythe, Jr., who attended Wilkes from 1946 to 1948 is now serving as naval aviator with the navy at Norfolk, Va. . . . Frank Wheeler, class of '48 is living in Saratoga Springs, N. Y. where he is employed as an Accountant for General Electric . . . Edward Hendler, '48 received his Masters Degree in Chemistry at Buck­ nell University where he is now employed as a chem­ istry laboratory assistant . . . Edmund Chesney, who attended Wilkes in 1946-47 is now a senior in the Temple University School of Pharmacy . . . Joseph Seitchak, class of '49 is employed in the Biological Laboratories of the National Drug Co. in Swiftwater, Pa.; his sister Dolores, who attended Wilkes from 1945 to 1947 is employed as a Physical Therapist for the Veterans Hospital in Staten Island, N. Y. . . . Alberta Killian, class of '46, is employed as a teacher in the Plymouth Borough Schools . . . Morris Greenberg, who attended Wilkes in 1946-47 before transferring to New York U. is employed as an Adver­ tising Manager for the Merson Musical Products in New York City . . . John Swengle, junior college class of '35 is employed as a Superintendent in the Steel Foundry for the Malleable Iron Fittings Co. in Branford, Conn. . . Gertrude R. Jones, class of '40, is now married to Arthur M. Davies of Wilkes-Barre, and is employed as a teacher in the junior high school at Plymouth . . Mary Snyder, who attended Wilkes from 1945 to 1947 before transferring to East Stroudsburg STC, is em­ ployed as a Physical Education instructor in Allentown Central Catholic High School . . . Ambrose Saricks, Jr., class of '35 is a member of the faculty at Ohio State U. where he is an instructor in history . . . Benjamin Davis, Jr., class of '35 is employed as an assistant credit manager in the Fowler, Dick & Walker store in Wilkes-Barre . . . John Hurley, class of '36, is a member of the teaching staff in the Nanticoke school district . . . William Morton, junior college class of '39 and a graduate of Bucknell University in '41, is em­ ployed as an application engineer in the industrial en­ gineering division of the General Electric Co. in Schen­ ectady, N. Y. . . . Carol Weiss, class of '49 is now mar­ ried to Sheldon Morrison, also of the class of '49 who is now attending the Penn State school of Optometry in Philadelphia. . .Edward Hartmann, junior college class of '35 and Bucknell University graduate in '37, is now working as the Director of Libraries at Suffolk Univer­ sity, Boston, Mass. . . . John Heim, class of '48, is em­ ployed as an assistant shift supervisor in the Hercules Powder Co. in Hopewell, Va. . . . Stephen Wolf, class of '49, is a student in the Temple U. medical school. . . Jerome Mintzer, class of '48, is employed in the Foreign Accounting Dept, of Warner Brothers in New York. He is married to Muriel Bransdorf, also of the class of '48, who is wokina as a correspondent for The Family Bookshelf in New York . . . E. Marjorie Mattern, who attended the junior college in '42 and graduated from Penn State in '44 is employed as a teacher in the Business Education department of the Altoona Senior High School . . . Arthur Williams, iunior college class of '44 and a graduate of the University of Southern California in '49, is emnloyed in the Public Relations Dept, of the Kaiser Aluminum Co. in Los Angeles, Calif. Dolores Hartmann, class of '49, is working as a stenographer at Morris Jewelers in Wilkes-Barre . . . Gretchen D. Troback, who attended the junior college in 1944-45 before transferring to Bloomsburg STC where she graduated in '49, is employed as a Speech Thera­ pist at the Woods School in Langhorne, Pa. . . Nelson F. Jones, who attended the junior college in 1941-43, be­ fore transferrina to Temple U. is employed as a sales representative for the Sheaffer Pen Co. . . .Ruth Jones, junior college class of 44 and Temple U. graduate in 46 is working as a Business Teacher in Audubon Hiah School in Audobon, N. J. Alumni Record I*-* blank «nd mJ feel our service to you, please fill out this Wilkes-Barre, Pa., immediately. All college material, which will be of interest ' to you will be sent to you, following the arrival and filing of this information sheet. 1 Name LAST FIRST MIDDLE Maiden Name Street Town State Telephone 2 Entered Wilkes College (B. U. J. C.) Withdrew Graduated 3 Transferred To Graduated 4 Semester Hours at Wilkes (B. U. J. C.) Degree 5 Present Employment and Duties 6 Business Address 7 Do you know of any people who attended Wilkes or Association? (a) List: Major BUJC and are not receiving the regular literature of the �� 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 Alumni Magazine, 1947-present Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations Description An account of the resource <p>An archive of Wilkes University Magazine, from 1947-present. The magazine went through various names including <em>Wilkes Alumnus</em>, <em>Wilkes Quarterly,</em> <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, and the current title, <em>Wilkes Magazine</em>. Some editions for the <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, will have multiple issues within the file record. Our holdings may be missing editions for certain years due to having no physical copy within the collection. </p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wilkes University Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wilkes University Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1947-present 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 Alumnus Winter 1950 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marketing and Communications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Winter 1950 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Magazine Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/760ec9cd49712320571802767703389a.pdf e9470c22767200667101a2576bab302c PDF Text Text �ALUMNUS EDITORIAL THOMAS J. MORAN, '43, EDITOR Ten Ways To Kill Our Alumni Association STAFF: JANE SALWOSKI, WILLIAM UMPHRED, (Taken from Duquesne University Magazine) DON FOLLMER, ARTHUR BLOOM PUBLISHED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF WILKES COLLEGE HUyBSEEHS 3 SPRING 1950 VOLUBiE 2 CONTENTS Cover Beauty on the Wilkes College Page Editorial Page Rose, well-known showman and Two Grads Named To Local Faculty 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 8 New York nightclub owner, as Wilkes Teacher-Trainees End Program (Photo) 9 campus was emphasized dur­ ing the Spring Semester as the Yearbook Editors conducted their second annual contest to Out of the Mailbag A Message From the Alumni President Alnmrn-Senior Outing The Association's Officers (Photo) select a "Campus Queen". On the front of the ALUMNUS Spring hutiaSon Dinner (Photo) ... New Offices Created At College are the coeds chosen by Billy his selection of the five most Campus Candids beautiful among the 25 candid­ Constitution Being Revised ates for the title. General Echelberger To Address Grads Center photo is of Miss Nan­ 10-11 Wilkes Gridders Sign With Pro-Eleven . Placement Office Aiding 1350 Grads 12 13 13 13 14 15 15 Seniors Plan Annual Dinner-Dance ___ cy Yaufman, Brooklyn student Commencement Admission Tickets Limited ... in the School of Secretarial New Frosh Orientation Program Science, who was chosen "Campus Queen". This Year's Colonel Nine (Photo) 16 Nancy Raub; top left, Joan Like­ The New Cinderella (Photo) . . wise; bottom right, Gwen Clif­ Campus Tidbits 17 17 18 19 The runner-ups are: Top right, ford; Shaw. and bottom left, Lois Alumnotes .... Alumni Record Published Quarterly at WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI OFFICE Chase Hall 184 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Growing Pains 1. Don't come to the meetings. In this issue of the Alumnus your president, Donald Honeywell, mentions in his message that our Alumni Association is presently suffering from grow­ ing pains. Fortunately, in the last several months those pains were more than welcome to the handful of loyal alumni who were working for the organization of this group into a powerful association. Previously, there was no pain. The inactivity presented a dead, gloomy silence. It suggested something that was either asleep or pre­ paring for death. The Wilkes College Alumni Association in the past two semesters has received the proverbial shot-in-thearm and the response has been amazing. Alumni, who have not been in direct contact with the college since they attended the institution as Bucknell Junior College students, are reviving relations with their Alma Mater. Loyal alumni have responded in an encouraging manner to the request for the 1950 dues and financial aid for the organization's publication. Attendance at the monthly meetings has increased to record-high figures. Within the organization there is now a feeling of strength. The "growing pains" are welcome because they are the first indication that the Alumni Association is moving forward. There is still a considerable amount of work to be done, however, and additional help is needed from other members, who have not as yet shown an interest in alumni affairs. If you haven't already indicated your interest in the Wilkes College Alumni Association, why not sit down now and write a letter to the alumni office in Chase Hall. To renew contacts with the association is the same as returning to your college days. You'll be among friends and helping to strengthen the found­ ation of Wilkes College. 2. But if you do come, come LATE. The Next Meeting The Wilkes College Alumni Association will con­ duct its next regular meeting on Monday evening, June 5, at 7:30 in the Women's Lounge of Chase Hall on South River Street. Donald Honeywell, alumni president, will call for discussion of the local plans for the remainder of the 1950 calendar year and take up such matters as the new constitution, graduation plans, and the initiation of the June graduates into the organization. Special entertainment will be provided at each meeting. These programs are planned by the Enter­ tainment Committee, under the guidance of its chair­ man, William Luetzel. Refreshments will be provided at the June meeting, with past president, Daniel Williams, in charge of the kitchen details. 3. If the weather doesn't suit you, don't think of coming. 4. If you don't attend a meeting find fault with the work of the officers and other members. 5. Never accept an office, as it is easier to criti­ cize than do things. 6. Nevertheless get sore if you are not appointed on a committee, but if you are appointed, do not attend the committee meeting. 7. If asked by the chairman to give your opinion on some important subject, tell him you have nothing to say. After the meeting, tell everyone how things ought to be done. 8. Do nothing that is absolutely necessary, but when other members roll up their sleeves and willingly, unselfishly use their ability to help matters along, then howl that the association is run by a clique. 9. Hold back your dues as long as possible, or don't pay at all. 10. Don't bother about getting members. "Let the other guy do it." Send Us Some News Members of the Alumni Association are requested to send in little items about themselves or their friends for publication in the ALUMNUS. Drop us a line about anything. Send a picture of yourself now, or better yet, how about one with the children. P. R. O. Wants Clippings The Public Relations Office at Wilkes College is having the same problem that prevails in other insti­ tutions: Out of town clippings about Wilkes College appear and the PRO has no way of knowing about them. Why not do your share of college public rela­ tions work by clipping out news items or any article that mentions your Alma Mater and mail it back to the Public Relations Office. Are You Active? The response to the call for 1950 dues was excep­ tionally good, however, many of our 1,782 members still have not mailed in their two-dollar contribution. One dollar will be credited to your name as dues and the other will be used to help defray the publication costs of the ALUMNUS. �Out of the Mailbag An average of five letters are received at the Alumni Office each day from former just want to say hello, others send dues, and st pass along information about themselves or their families. Each issue of the ALUMNUS will carry as many letters as space will permit. Drop a line and tell us about your present activity. Dear Mr. Moran: This is to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of March 17th, also the 1950 membership card of the Wilkes College Alumni Asso­ ciation. mey order lor for the amount You will End enclosed herewith a money of S2.00 as payment cf dues, for the year 1950, to the Alumni AssoAsso­ ciation. I sincerely regret that my absence from the United States pre‘ ? participation in Alumni activities. It is always vents me from active sf the activities of the Alumni Association. a pleasure to hear cf _Since ___ ___ our arrivalGermany, last September, Mrs. Pell and I have become well settled at our new station. Life in Germany is interesting as well as being educational, it is quite a contrast in comparison to the war years. Mv work is very interesting, however, due to its classified na­ ture I'm not at liberty to discuss it I hope you will understand. There are many opportunities available for travel to other coun­ tries. it is mv hope that I may 2nd it possible to visit such countries as France. Belgium, Switzerland. Italy, and a few of the lesser countries. Please express my best wishes to Dr. Farley, the faculty, and my friends at the College,. I haven't forgotten them and will write as seen as the pressure 1we are under at the present time eases slightly. Clemens A. Pell Captain. USA Reman 11. S5ih CIC APO 757. U. S. Amy A Message From The Alumni President Dear Sir: Enclosed is a check for alumni association fee. Since I live out of town it is impossible for me to attend the meetings, but I am always interested in the growth of Wilkes Wilkes College and its alumni. 4 The next time I come home to visit my family in Shaverto,>wn, I hope to visit the campus. Best wishes to you and all your helpers in the alumni asso' ciation. Frances Pierce Mutch ‘40 Dear Tom: Enclosedd you will find a money order to cover my I950 dues and to help gdefray the cost of publishing the ALUMNUS. In regcjard to the publication. I think it is an excellent idea to continue to> send the publication to members regardless of their dues' status. This policy should acquaint inactive members with the achievements of the association, and thereby induce them to take an active part in the future. I am sorry that distance prevents my taking a more active part in the functions of the association. I am looking forward with great interest to receiving my first copy of the ALUMNUS. Carl Gibson '50 Dear Sir: My two dollars for alumni dues and publication fee is enclosed. I wish the best of luck to those members who are concerned with keeping the activities of the alumni association alive. As a member of the alumni association, I sincerely hops that Dr. Farley will continue to move forward on the road of achieve­ ment. I am presently a student at the Temple University School of Pharmacy and I realize how much is lost when one transfers from a small family-like school to a large factory-like institution. Again, good luck and may Wilkes College achieve all of its goals. Edmund P. Chesney Dear Sirs: Enclosed please find S2.G0 for Alumni andpublication. pi — dues ----- — reading the news cf eld old friends and new develoj Enjoy rearing developments at Wilkes. Yea are doing an excellent Job in retainirg interest Thank you for taking care cf of my i 1950 registration. At present, I am Hightstown suburban correspondent for the Trentoniam a daily Trenton newspaper. Also do substitute teaching in the Hightstown schools. Mrs. William Henderson Nee Beverly Jones 100 Broad Street Hightstown. N. J. Dear Mr. Moran: Enclosed is a check for current dues. My address has chacgc-d from 1435 South Main Street Wilkes Barre, to Thurmont, Maryland. I have been teachina Ena’teh and French in the Thurmont High School since March 20' and' eniov it very much. J * Herbert 14. Quick Dear Sir: Sorry for the delay in sendii -.rding my 1950 alumni dues. I enjoy all the alumni pubL mblications and’ announcements. All of you are doing a splendid Job. Tony Wideman Dear Tom: Received my 1950 ] Alumni Association card. I was very hajippy to find out that I <am eligible eligi' _ for membership, despite the fact that t I did not completes a full ill four years at Wilkes College. I think that I will have something of interest for the ALUMNUS in ax week or two. Right now I'm working like mad on a term paper. ..... „ an article comparing At some future date, I would like to write a large university If you , with .... Wilkes. --------- .. 1__think that such an article may be of interest. ---- ■ I'll ’have .it .in the .. mail in time for the Fall issue. I would like to have other alumni in the New York City area contact me so that we might start a chapter in this region. Marvin Walter c/o Rubinstein 53 Morris Street Nev/ York Dear Tom: I have received uvea your alumni card and proqadanda which accompt ■earned it. rI'm glad to know that the- ball is rolling in lino fashio lion with your capable lingers in the pie. If I were residij residing in the Valley, I'd he very inclined to pathcipale in your activities. However, as a Schonecladian, I shall have to remain a passive, even though an active, member. wiv onG v/ord or three;), the best ol luck to tho 1 u Alumnl Association. Tlegards to the old crowd, Mildred Cittens, and anyone else that Is still around. Tom "Tex" Evans Dear Alumnus: : Your Alumni Association is growing. The first four months of this year have shown a marked increase in general all-around member interest in the activities and projects of the association. Of course your organization is still in its infancy and is undergoing many growing pains. We know, however, that potentially we have an alumni associa­ tion that can be as strong as any in the country. We already are well on our way to mak­ ing this claim a reality, since we have or soon will have the three most necessary ingredients. We al­ ready have the full support of Wilkes College. We are building a strong foundation in relation to the organ­ ization of our association. And last, but most important, we are finding that more and more of our members HONEYWELL are showing their personal interest by their attendance at meetings, participation on committees, and financial aid. Consequently, with these three ingredients, we will soon be powerful enough to fulfill our purposes for existing, which are service to cur Alma Mater, service to our members, and service to our community. In building the strong foundation of organization, which I previously mentioned, we have done these things. We have formed various committees each of which is designed to fulfill an important need in build­ ing and continuing the growth of the Association. To better serve you at our regular monthly meeting we have program and refreshment committees. We have framed a finance committee to study our financial needs and devise appropriate methods to meet these needs. The legislative committee is busy reworking our pre­ sent constitution so that it may better serve our grow­ ing organization. A most important committee now being formed is the membership committee that will keep in contact with our members and initiate new groups into the Association. To be formed within the next sixty days will be committees to work with the college as our representatives in school projects and alumni committee to work hand in hand with the place­ ment bureau so that both the placement bureau and the alumni members will benefit. Some of you may be asking of what value it is to you to be an active member of the Association. Here are a few of the present benefits to be derived. First, you receive quarterly one of the best alumni publica­ tions produced. Through this media you may main­ tain contacts with your school and friends. If not at the present then in the future you will find that main­ taining these contacts may be very important to you. Also closely related to this publication is the Associa­ tion's information service that is always at your dis­ posal. Through this service we will strive to answer any question concerning former graduates or school activities that is not confidential in nature. In the near future, we will have an active committee working with the school placement bureau so that both you, our members, and the school may be better served. We will have more information on this at a later date. Our future plans call for many things. All of these plans are concentrated to increase our strength. Once we have built our active membership we can go on to bigger and more satisfyinq projects. In the long run, we are looking forward to having our own private recreation and meeting hall. Of course this is in the distant future but not so far away that it cannot be seen. To do all of these things we must have whatever help you can best give. We need your abilities: we need your presence at meetings and social functions; we need your financial contributions; we need all the information you can give us concerning your own personal activities and accomplishments. Your investment in your association now will pay you dividends in the future. BE ACTIVE! Alumni-Senior Outing On June 3 A "Fun For AU Day"—actually it will be the alum­ ni association's welcome to another 126 graduates, who finish their courses this month—will take place on Saturday afternoon, June 3, at 1:30 at Sans Souci Park. Ralph Connor, '49, has been selected as general chairman of the affair by Donald L. Honeywell, alumni president. Connor announced this week that plans have been almost completed for this first outing of the alumni association and a large crowd of alumni, seniors, and their guests are expected to attend. Letters, announcing the program and telling of the arrangements, have been sent to approximately 2,000 people, A program of recreation has been prepared for the afternoon. Highlight of this program will be the softball game between the seniors and the alumni. This contest—"A Twilight Game"—will be played at 6 p. m. on the diamond adjacent to the shelter on the southern end of the park. Members of the Wilkes College faculty have been invited to attend this affair. Robert Waters, president of the senior class, will be introduced to the members of the association. Donald Honeywell will preside at the welcoming cere­ mony at 2:30. If you haven't as yet sent in your reservation, don't, it's too late, but come anyhow. We've taken the precaution of having some extra refreshments on hand for those who have difficulty in finding mailboxes. �Alumni Association Cainx : New Members Enjoy Initiation Dinner The ranks of the Wilkes College Alumni Association were swelled by 68 on March 10, when the organization welcomed the February graduates into the association at the first annual initiation dinner in the college cafeteria. Following a delightful meal served under the direction of Mrs. James Brennan, who is in charge of the cafeteria, Donald 1. Honey­ well, association president, welcomed the new members to the asso­ ciation and presented them with their 1950 membership cards. Thomas J. Moran, executive secretary of the association, acted as toastmaster and introduced Bobert W. Partridge as the principal speaker. Partridge, who recently was appointed director of student activ- R. CONNOR D. HONEYWELL M. SLEVA Wilkes President Heads County Citizens Committee Group Dr. Eugene S. Farley, president of Wilkes College, is currently engaged in the extra task of being chair­ man of the Luzerne County branch of the Citizens Com­ mittee for the Hoover Report. During the last three months, the Wilkes president has visited many local civic, veteran, and union groups to explain the recommendations for a reorganization of the executive branch of the government as set down in the report submitted to Con­ gress by the bi-partisan Hoover Commission. Dr. Farley enlisted the aid of other leading men in the community who were of the opinion that the adoption by Congress of the recom­ DR. FARLEY mendations made by the Hoover Commission would bring a more economic and effi­ cient type of government. Chairmen of the committees working in the local area are: Business, Frank Burnside; Club, Corey Patton; Education, Allen E. Bacon; Finance, Rulison Evans; Labor, Joseph Walsh; Membership, William Logan; Promotion and .Publicity, Robert Johnson; Speakers Mitchell Jenkins. T. MORAN T. GILL College Invites Alumni To Use Library Facilities In response to many inquiries from alumni about possible use of the college library facilities, Dr. Eugene S. Farley announced during the week that former stu­ dents are always welcome to use the services offered in the Kirby Home of Education. A committee of officers approached Dr. Farley three weeks ago about special privileges for former students. The committee had in mind use of the library and reduced admission rates for athletic events. The request for library privileges was granted, but no change was made in the price of athletic admis­ sions for alumni. Dr. Farley pointed out that the rates for athletic events as compared with those of other colleges and universities are considerably lower. Because of this it was decided that no reduction would be made for alumni. Through the Alumni Office, however, it will bo possible to gain information about corning events, both ~ocia and athletics, and also to make reservations or obtain tickets in advance Partridge, "has helped more than the eye can see at present to bring Wilkes College along the road from a small institution to one of great promise." New members brought into the association were: Robert Barber, Joseph Bendock, William Bergstrasser, Joseph Brennan, Donald Brodbeck, John Cain, Robert Capin, Royal Culp, Frank Celmer, Robert M. Clement, Leonard Czajkowski, John M. Davis, Clem Drozdowski, David Edwards, Michael Elchak, Paul J. Finley, Gerard P. Finn, Henry Frank, Carl Gibson, Armin Gill, Albert A. Gorski, Ted Gribb, Joseph Gudaitis, Irvin Haefele, Walter Haczewski, Luther Jones, Philip Kennedy, Ted Killian, Raymond Kinback, Joseph Kitler, Nicho­ las Konchuba, George Lewis, Reed Lowrey, Benjamin Maczuga, Bruce MacKie, Clarence McGhee, William J. Miller, Victor Minetola, �Former Penn Star Named 1951 Baseball Coach; Will Direct Student Affairs And Gym Program The appointment of Robert W. Partridge, former All-American soccer player and University of Pennsyl­ vania baseball star, as director of student activities, physical director, and baseball coach for 1951 was announced this week by Dr. Eugene S. Farley, presi­ dent. Two of the positions—director of student activities and physical edu­ cation director—mark tne creation of new posts at the rapidly expanding college. The other post—baseball mentor — will be relinquished by George Ralston, who has served in that position since he first came to Wilkes College in 1946. Ralston will continue as director of athletics, dean of men and coach PARTRIDGE of football and basketball. I— J 1 Partridge, who has been a member of the Wilkes College hisrcry department since 1947, will assume his duties in me newly created positions next Septem­ ber. In the meantime, he is planning to spend the summer taking courses in physical education at Boston University. The crea.icn of the new offices at the college is evidence that Wilkes is rapidly growing to well-estab- Two 1950 Grads Named To West Pittston Faculty Two former Forty Fort High School athletes, who will receive their bachelor's degrees frcm ‘Wilkes College in June, have been appointed to teaching positions at West Pittston High School. The new appointees, who will begin their classroom duties in September, are Bob Waters, a three-sports participant at Wilkes College, and Tom Richards, who is considered by many to be one of the finest wrestlers ever produced at Forty Fort High School The announcement concerning the ap­ pointment of the two former scholastic and collegiate athletes caused some speculation BOB V/ATERS among the sports enthusiasts in West Pittston about the chances of the high school entering the scholastic arappling circle in 1951. Waters has been an outstanding athlete during four years at Wilkes College. He captained the first eleven in 1246 and year was given the Howard W. Davis Memorial Trophy as the outstanding athlete of the year. Richards, vzho finished his courses in September, but due to the one-commencement policy at Wilkes, will not receive his diploma until June 12, is now studying for his master's degree at Columbia University. Oddly enough, he will receive his master's degree before be­ ing awarded his A. B. from Wilkes. TOM RICHARDS lished proportions. The construction of the new new 3250,000 gymnasium, which according to reports will be ready tor use by September 1, prompted the institu- lion officials to prepare for physical education classes, fe Increased enrollment, causing more and bigger W student activities, uncovered the need for a director of events to coordinate the program of extra-curricular activities at Wilkes College. Fortunately enough, the search had to go no further than the tacuhy of the college because Partridge had received the finest of training for just such a job as a member of the U. S. Navy Tunney Program during the last war. As a lieutenant, the former Penn athlete was in charge of athletics and the coordination of the activi­ ties for some of the largest naval bases. His experience in this particular field more than qualified for the new posts. Partridge already has a first in athletics to his credit at Wilkes College. It was in 1948 that the former col­ legiate soccer performer introduced the kicking sport ar the college for the first time. The action marked the revival of the sport in the Anthracite Region for the first time in over a quarter of a century. Then in 1949, he moved his soccer proteges into the intercollegiate limelight against some of the better small college soccer institutions. Wilkes Student Teachers Finish Training In Six Valley Schools I a Columbia Faculty Members Address Students, Faculty Faculty and students of Wilkes College were hosts to two members of the Columbia University faculty during special programs in April and May. Dr. Harry J. Carman, dean of Columbia College, visited the campus in April, He addressed members of the student body at a special assembly and then was the principal speaker at a faculty dinner in his honor that evening. Dean Carman delivered an iinspiring address before the student body and concluded by reviewing his Student's Ten Commandments." Dr. Kenneth Herrold, assistant professor of educa­ tion at Columbia University, was the speaker at the special assembly for students in May. That evening, he spoke to the faculty on "General Education" at~a dinner in the campus cafeteria. Dr. Herrold discussed with the students the steps to freedom from futility. He called upon the students to become conscious of the fact that they were "meant for something better than war, inter-racial strife, reli­ gious discrimination, anxiety, want and fear." Pictured above are the Wilkes College students who were engaged in the teacher-training program during the current semester. Left to right, first row: John Persico, Doris Gauger, Jean Ditoro, Sally Mittleman, Dolores Passeri, Dorothy Winters teen, Ned McGhee, Ross Leonardi. TT Second row: Theodore Killian, Carl Malisheski, Henry Rhydzewski, Louis Miller, Joseph Gabriel, Paul Thomas, Harris Havard, Harry Black, Robert Gorgas. Third row: John A. Hall, supervisor of teacher training; John Fedastian, Richard Todd, Lester Gross, George Brody, Earl Jobes, John DeRemer, James Davis, John Florkiewicz, Steve Percalis, Donald Kemmerer, Evan Sorber. Fourth row: Simon Faltz, Victor Minetola, Leon Gilbert, Edward Yarish, Frank Darte, Leo Noll, Samuel Elias, Edward Godek, George Monigus and Joseph Breslin. Absent when photograph was taken were: Reed Lowrey and Thomas Jordan. The Teacher Training Program at Wilkes College, under the capable guidance of John A. Hall, ended its fourth semester of ex­ istence on May 24, when over 40 students returned to the campus after completing the usual 16-week training period in a regional secondary school classroom. The first group of Wilkes sponsored student teachers entered the local city high school in September, 1948. At that time there were only a handful, but the program formed the basis for a more progressive schedule during the following semester, when almost 30 finished the teacher training program. During the current school year the program reached new pro­ portions and instead of employing the use of the classroom in only the three city high schools, Coughlin, GAR, and Meyers, additional institutions in Kingston, Plymouth, and Forty Fort opened their doors to the Wilkes trainees. According to the supervisor of teacher training, the student training program at Wilkes is expected to continue to grow during the next few years as more and more valley residents realize that they can fulfill the requirements for a teaching certificate without leaving the region. Registration for the 1950-51 teacher-training program has already begun at the education office of the college. The enrollment in the student teaching course during the Fall Semester is expected to be high, but an increase over any past semester figure is anticipated for the next Spring Semester. 5s=========f=-=:sssE==-=====-====--=g===s=="i==°Bs!!BBBs===ai5=isin=aisiBBss!iiia5Biii====isiii==ss====s==ssH===s==s==s=========B �THE PASSING PARADE Sports Era Ends With 1950 Graduation ----------------------ays atat Wilkes The spirit of the first real athletic days WilkesCollege College isis embodied embodied inin the the above above group of veterans, who began their collegiate sports 'ear that our institution tossed its hat into the intercollegiate in's.-sol’days during the first year sports world. aelli. soccer; Left to right, firstt rovz: row: Paul Zlonlaewicz, basketball; Rigo Lemon celli. soccer; Chester Knapich, football; Ben Dragon, basketball and baseball. Second row: Samuel Elias, football; Jack DeRemer, football; Jack Semmers, baseball; Georgeje Brody, baseball. Third and wrestling; TU: ~J row: -- Bob Waters, baseball, football — J------Gerard. v/ashco, football; ' and Frrancis Pinkowski, football, basketball and baseball. The old maxim "You never miss the water 'till the well runs dry" may be out of place for this particular story, but we can't help feeling that v/e have witnessed both the birth and the death of a sports era at Wilkes College. While it Is true that athleti.s have been so firmly established at this institution, that it would be almost impossible to eliminate the program without taking something out of college life, the so-called "good old days” the days of the first participants in the initial endeavor—vzill end with the June 12 commencement. Others, it is true, vzill take the places vacated by the departing athletes. Seme vzill perform athletic feats that vzill overshadow those of their predecessors. Somehovz or other the deeds, both small and large, accomplished by those in the first four years of large scale athletics at Wilkes, will stand as a stopping stone for gonerations the future gencruti' _ . at our college, The basis for much our Sv school spirit was created by those who part:c!pated :n the four ’ - first ’ .~~r years of athletics at W’lkes. No# that the foundation has been set, the roughest part ol the job of building campus life is finished. This group . , of athletic pioneers helped to bring[ about five major sports on' the Wilkes campus football, basketball,I, baseball, wrostIng, and soccer. In years to come when Wilkes athletes gather to exchange tales of sports prowess, someone is bound to recall this first groupp of athletes who made it possible for the blue and gold loams to established on a sound fooling as an integral pail of college life. ALUMNI NEWS COLONELS' QUEEN �New Alumni Constitution Now Being Prepared. By Special Committee The literary steering wheel of the alumni associa­ tion—the constitution—is in the process of receiving a fare-lifting by a special committee appointed by Donald L. Honeywell, president. With the increase shown in alumni affairs during the past year, it was decided by the members of the association at a recent meeting that the constitution, which was originally drawn up for the old Bucknell Junior College association, was out-dated and needed revising. June Graduates To Hear Former Eighth Army Commander, Lt. Gen. Eichelberger Upon completion of its work the recommendatio for changes and additions to the constitution will b reviewed at a regular meeting of the association a! that time the recommendations will be either apnrov a or rejected. It is expected that the entire proiert not reach the final stage—which is the printing S distribution of the new constitution—before Fall y M •r ilL< Class of 1967/ Work on the revision of the blueprint of alumni operations began late in April and already several major changes have taken place. Included in the new constitution will be provisions for the organization of chapters of the Wilkes College Alumni Assodauon in other cities. A monthly meeting day, which will remain per­ manent for the central organization, has been included in the recommendations for changes in the constitution. To date, the committee has covered about one-third o_ the old constitution and expects to complete the docu­ ment that will govern the association in the future within the next two months. Labor Management Forums Huge Success At Wilkes In its role as a community college, Wilkes en­ deavored to create a more ameniable attitude between labor and management by sponsoring a series of throg monthly Labor-Management Forums on the campus'* Attended by an almost capacity crowd each eve­ ning, the forum closed on May 17 with a total of almost 700 valley residents having attended the discussions between the representatives of both factions. "RiohfTnH RdiSCUSSe^,’r ere\ Pensioa Pi^ns." - H ??ln .. Responsibilities of Labor and Management in Collective Bargaming," and "Union-Manaaemen Cooperation: It can Work. y mem Instrumental in the success of the three sessions was John Riley, '48, who is now a Tnemcier member of of the the EcoF nomics Department and acted as moderator for the trio of panel discussions. On the program were: Christopher Boland, U S or. Sears Roebuck and Company; Attomev Rosenn; Leon Decker, business agent Dairy Union; Morton Wolovsky, president, Pionee7iSac tunng Company; and Eugene Considine nrfJi 1 ? Central Labor Union. lne< president, The college plans to continue this forum in the Fall Members of the June graduating ’ . _ni ' class will hear as the principal speaker at the commencement, Lt. General Robert L. Eichelberger, form­ er commander of the Eighth Army during Word War II and now con­ sultant to the Secretary of the Army on Far Eastern Affairs. seized Marinduque. His amphibious Eighth Army task force struck the Bataan corridor northwest of Manila on January 29, 1945. Two days later, the 11th Airborne Division made an amphibious thrust at Manila from the southwest. General Eichelberger personally led the forces in this operation. To consolidate its hold -> on the Philippines, the Eighth Army struck at the heart­ & The event, which will take place land of the islands—the rich Southern Visayas. Less than 100 days later, the islands of Panay, Negros, Cebu, on Monday evening, June 12, at 8, and Bohol were liberated. EICHELBERGER in the Irem Temple, is expected to After completing the liberation of draw a capacity crowd of students, the Philippines by crushing the Jap­ laculty, their guests and alumni of anese forces on Mindanao and clean­ Wilkes College. ? ALUMNI INVITED TO '( ing out the last bits of pocket resistance VISIT COLLEGE / The former commander of the well- f on the islands. JUNE 12 /) known and much publicized "Amphi­ I On August 30, 1945, The Eighth bious Eighth" will address the gradu­ t College officials have extended / ating class prior to the issuing of dip­ 1 an invitation to all members of / Army Commander with a small de­ \ the alumni association to visit \ lomas and certificates to four and twotachment from the 11th Airborne Divi­ \ the campus on June 12 — Com- ( year graduates. sion landed at Atsugi Air Field in what / mencement Day. r Alumni President Donald L. ; General Eichelberger first entered \ has been termed by many as one of \ Honeywell stated. "Graduation r the spotlight of World War II, when he / day is the time of the year that '/ the most daring gambles in history. brought the initial corps to Australia \ the faculty and students like to y Two hours later, he greeted the Sup­ in the summer of 1942. He retained \ see former members of the stu- ( reme Commander, General of the Army command of this combat unit until he / dent body arriving on campus Douglas MacArthur, on his arrival. visit with old friends and to assumed command of the newly activ­ \; to meet those who will be taking While General Eichelberger never hesi­ ated Eighth Army at Holandia, Dutch / their places among the alumni." tates to give credit to the officers and 1 Faculty offices and school faciNew Guinea in September, 1944. men of the Eighth Army for this daring \ litres will be open that day. landing, the occupation of this point Early in January, 1945, Eighth Why not return to your Alma / Mater for the big day? has been described by many as just Army troops under General Eichelber­ i short of miraculous. ger cleared the island of Mindoro and ;J ■ BEVERLY JANE ELIAS September 1967 could be a mighty proud day for Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Elias because it is on that date that their first child, Beverly Jane, just might be among the freshmen beginning classes at Wilkes College. Seniors Plan Annual Dinner-Dance June 10th As it stands now, Beverly Jane won't celebrate her first birthday until July 21, but already both mom and pop are thinking in terms of the time when their daughter will be checking in at the registrar's office and finally touring the campus of their Alma Mater. Mrs, Elias, the former Beverly Jane Brown, discovered her busLand on the Wilkes campus. At that time, he was just Sammy lia.„ fanner Meyers High School graduate, who was playing out­ standing football for Wilkes College. At present, Sammy is finishing up several graduate courses on t e //ilkes campus and looking forward to his now job in Lazarus Department Store. Beverly Jane's father received his diploma with the 1949 gradu­ ating class and decided to return to the campus for several graduate courses in education. Included among the courses was student teaching. With the 1949 football loam, Sammy ci egan back in 1941 as a member of team. Ho ccaptained the scholastic eleven handled the3 same assignment in his senior finished a grid career the Meyers High School in his senior year and year at Wilkes. The traditional Senior Dinner-Dance will be conducted on Satur­ day evening, June 10, in the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Sterling, according to an announcement made by Class President Robert Waters. e- Present plans call for this year's affair to be one of the finest ever sponsored by a senior class. An invitation to attend this affair has also been extended to the terminal students at Wilkes CoUege. who will terminate their academic relationship at the same June 12 commencement. Virginia Meissner and William Griffith have been named cochairmen oi the Third Annual Dinner-Dance and have appointed a group oi 25 seniors to help with the arrangements of the gigantic affair. Herbie Green and his orchestra will provide the music for dancing from 9 to 12. The dinner time has been set at 6:30. Commencement Announcements, Admission Tickets Limited Wilkes College, which at one time held its commencement pro­ grams in the Presbyterian Church, has outgrown the largest audit­ orium in Wilkes-Barre. With the 1950 graduation ceremony set for the Irem Temple, which seats approximately 1,475 persons, it became necessary this year to place restrictions upon the issuing of announcements and brought about the inauguration of admission tickets to the program. Each person taking part in the ceremony has been notified that he will receive from the bookstore, without charge, four announce­ ments. Additional announcements may be purchased at cost. Four admission tickets have been allotted to each person taking part in the commencement. Limited space makes it impossible to grant requests for extra tickets. An announcement from the office of the president stated, how­ ever, that persons without tickets will be admitted to the place of commencement at five minutes of eight. �New Freshman Orientation Program By BETTY L. HARKER DEAN OF WOMEN and ng misty eyed f Alumni everywhere have a habit of lockinc Main" has; been rehurt when the news reaches them that "Old M. presiig, or that the rplaced _____ _______ ultra modern glass brick buildinc by an dent's home is now to be turned over to the■ drama group for a workshop. _ ? in the estabIn fact, almost any change of doing things, in the personnel, fished way cf joked upon ’’•sical plant is often lot or in the physi with a wee jit bi of misgiving. It is as if the loyal alumnus, who enjoyed his years in ■= and thrilled to the class reunions, college ly resented any interference in "his" secretly static idyllic i campus dream world. This feeling is pretty understandable, 'especially since the writer confesses to it, too ■ and need not be eliminated entirely from staunch alumni hearts. Indeed, some of this feeling makes a solid, well-knit alumni, but DEAN HARKER too much of it leads to -great opposition to changes, which though departures from tradi­ tion, make a good college grow. One of Wilkes' most nutstemding assets is its youth. Our alumni completely refute the charicature that we have sketched in the opening paragraphs. This is one cf our blessings. Alumni who welcome changes need never fear that their college will destroy tradition. Actually, we are very an-ious to preserve those which we have at Wilkes, but we want to do still more. We want to continually area! ideas and plans which one day will become our traditions. This is a very long winded wiray of preparing you for our short statement abcvt the new programi :r Freshman Orieniiation which was inaugurated in Septeibe 1949. We want you to know of a pregram in which you didn't participate as a coUeglan. but which is typical of some cf the changes iges Wilkes is making. Daring th? past several semesters it became perfectly clear to us that what was needed at Wilkes, was some kind ci semester program which would meet the Frosh's needs and help him to be assimulated inm oar txRege commendv with as little' stress and st. a n as possible. O..r program. was launched in September as a co: mxpulsory, noncredit semesie.- coarse, which Included all incoming first year studenis. . Transfer students were "elzzme at our meetin: igs, but not competed to come. .;kh the fine assistance of John A. Hall, Hall, sunersue? Vssor o- teacher training at the college,, v/e we divided divided the the total total fresh fres ­ man class enroEmens cf 250 students into to ten ten groups of 25 students. We decided that we would each be responsible lor car.-yina through the oemeste.- live dtfierent serfions of Freshman Orienta ticn. Each sertren ma cnee a week- at a regular hour. We dubbed S rre2,h°an. Oration Leaders, prepared a statement of ‘ and a brochure explaining the general procedure of the program. F 9 The freshmen probably didn't know it. but we were b»ina it, but orientated simultaneously with them! What vze mean, of enure,? -s that as advisors to them in this new venture, we had no idea’ how effective or satisfactory this plan vzould be. Actually. the students carried the entire program on their own shoulders. Each week, sections vzould meet with the faculty orienta- tion leaders and proceed to discuss, informally, one of the several -5 5which the students had selected from a s ”yg—*- ’ list. These topics suggested topics ranged from practical, realistic problems — such such as “How To Study" Study" to the somewhat abstract item "Choosing 3 Your Philosophy of Life." Students were given free reign in the lo selection of dis- W cussion topics, so that we felt many times their own _________ choice indicated an area of particular importance to them, and hence, was much more valuable than many of those pre-selected. At no time were formal lectures conducted, though the tempta­ tion to correct misconceptions, re-interpret the facts, or deny un­ truths was tremendous. We confess that often we failed to resist the temptation and went plunging into a topic dear to our hearts after which we invariably apologized for monopolizing the dis­ cussion. We were really more interested in the students discovering through their own discussions, the difference between fact and fiction, subjectivity and objectivity. Occasionally, and with no apologies, we stepped in, as was our duty as moderator, and ex­ plained that it was fantastic to believe such falacies as all faculty were monsters beset on failing each student or that human beings could breathe under water without the aid of artificial devices and survive! We would like to think that we interferred as little as possible, though we know that there were many times when we felt compelled to reinterpret a great deal of what is generally ac­ cepted as minsinformation. • Two Members of 1949 Wilkes Eleven Sign Contracts With Pittsburgh Steelers All-State halfback John Florkiewicz and 230-pound Gerard Washco, two of the mainstays of the powerful Wilkes College grid team, who finish college this jO month, were signed to play professional football next season with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Ipl few*?? H FLORKIEWICZ Florkiewicz and Washco com­ pleted four years of outstanding play tor the Colonels last year after com­ ing to Wilkes from Nanticoke High School where they held down var­ sity spots on that school's grid team. Florkiewicz completed his most brilliant season last year by gaining a berth on the second all-state team after placing among the state's lead­ ing scorers wi h 72 points in eight games. In his four seasons of play at Wilkes the hard-running tailback tallied 29 times in 25 games to estab­ lish himself as one of the best half- The two Wilkes stars were the first players to be signed by a professional league club since football was started at the two Wilkes-Barre colleges, Wilkes and King's in 1946. Their outstanding play all season enabled the Wilkes eleven to chalk up a record of seven wins, one tie and one loss in nine starts, Florkiewicz completed high school in 1942 and saw service in the army for three years before com­ ing to Wilkes at the start of the 1946 season. Washco completed high school in 1944 after playing three years varsity ball. In 1947 the two Wilkes stars co-captained the grid team to a record of six wins, one tie and one loss. WASHCO Our orientation program is based on on. the following objectives: 1. Social responsibility. By this we mean a recognition of the individual's responsibility to think clearly on social issues and to express hs ideas. We mean also responsibility for working not only by himself, but harmoniously and effectively with others. 2. Individual confidence and maturity. Through our small dis­ cussion groups, we hope that the student will learn a gre<. great deal ------- _ about himself, his own behavior jhavior and how it attracts or repels others as he finds himself being ing accepted or rejected by the group. group, We hope also that this small ill group will give him some sense of belong belorrr­ing which will be particularly rrly important important to to this this feeling feeling of of self assurance in the first months of college. 3. 1The stimulation of thinking and ________ the encouragement of the expression of ideas. Here we have in mind our contributing to the students' use of spoken English. 4. r - teaching • ” • an indirect way the social amenities of life, Thein V/e try to create an atmosphere of mutual consideration in spite of the informality of the meetings. Placement Office To Aid 1950 Grads Wilkes College Placement Center, operating with the majority of its contacts in one of the 43 "Distress" areas declared by the U. S. Bureau of Employment Security, has succeeded in uncovering 210 part-time jobs for its students and placing 60 per cent of the February graduating class. workers out of jobs, as one of 43 "distress" areas that pockmarked U. S. prosperity. This report, coupled with the statement by educational officials that a 25 per cent decline in employment possibilities is expected for June graduates, caused many students to speculate about their chances for gaining employment. The announcement was made by John Chwalek, who recently re­ leased his first set of statistics as director of the Placement Center. The Wilkes Placement Center has been extremely fortunate in its efforts to place students and graduates in either part-time or full time employment. - • 7’na?y' We k°pe *^at this program will reduce the number O- individua.s having difficulty adjusting to college and we hope t ai the student s personal, academic, and social life will perhaps bo o enriched as a result of his experience in Freshman Orientation. We cannot say enough in appre: jciation for those other faculty members, who generously gave their Itime periodically to come into our sections and act as guest moderators. The news of the success enjoyed by the center helped considerably to ease the tension on the students, who are graduating this month and will be seeking employment. Naturally, our greatest debt is to our own Freshmen students, •hi ° .cau^n^ spirit of the Orientation Program and were respons­ ible for any of the success it had. PA the end of the semester a questionnaire was answered by -•ach freshman student. The results indicated that thejy ’ enjoyed the program, that it helped in their adjustment to collegi je ' life, and that they would recommend its continuation for future Fr ’resman classes. CHWALEK Many of the June graduates have already been placed in jobs, while others have been registered at the Placement Office for future job openings. Summer work has been taken by many of those who will graduate this month. At the end of January, a federal announcement declared Wilkes-Barre, with at least 12 per cent of its S5SSSSS"“”"SS"’^^ backs produced in many years in Pennsylvania's hard ccal regions. While a good many of the last several graduating classes at Wilkes have elected to continue their edu­ cation by attending either graduate or professional schools, the Placement Center has had to make con­ tacts about employment possibilities for about 60 per cent of the graduates. Flans have been made for summer employment for Wilkes students. To date, employment has been obtained for 35 students and reguests for additional help are being received daily by the Placement Center. In May, representatives from many of the coun­ try's leading firms spent a day on the Wilkes College campus, interviewing graduates for positions. ssssggssggsBgsHh55sg85EsssgS£ssB5gsSsHsHEsssBEss£8S5g£sEEUBs5S5B88gi88sii:siss88S8sssEssassIlssggssM5s5SISHKissEE5sMwgK8ss �7950 Baseball Team Best In Histofy '•MaHaMia Tomassetti lairf 1950 (Meretta The fabulous Cinderella fairy tale was relived for the fourth time in as many years on Friday evening. May 26, at the Rocky Glen Aquadium, when Claude Thornhill, nationally known orchestra leader, pro­ claimed Miss Marianna Tomassetti, a junior at Wilkes College, as the 1950 Cinderella at the Fourth Annual Cinderella Ball. In keeping with storybook version the stroke of midnight was the big moment for the Cinderella setting. The 11 Wilkes College coeds, who had gracefully walked toward the bandstand, were assembled behind the stage when the minute hand approached the mark of midnight. At the stroke of 12, Miss Tomassetti and her escort broke into the spotlight as the students' choice for the title of 1950 Cinderella. A record-breaking crowd of Wilkes students, facul­ ty, alumni, and friends attended the affair. Miss Tomassetti, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Tomassetti, 110 North Franklin street. City, is a graduate of Coughlin High School. Prior to her admission to the city secondary school, she was a stu­ dent at Sacred Heart School in Plains. As a student at Wilkes College, Miss Tomassetti, Easily the greatest diamond saua Left to right, first row: Chet Molli Second row: Coach George Ralston Third row: John Fedorchak, p; Johi PHOTO PAGE Exit baseball for the 1950 year and the only thing remaining for sports enthusiasts to become interested in is the 1950 football season, This, however, is rather difficult to do since the first signs of the pigskin sport don't appear until about September 1, when Coach George Ralston is expected to issue his first call for grid candidates. The 1950 baseball squad took its place among the great athletic teams that have represented Wilkes College since it first entered the intercollegiate sports picture in a big way in 1946. Highlight of the season is the fact that Wilkes is the only col­ lege team to beat Ithaca College and did it both at home and away. When this article was going to press, only one game remained —that one with Bloomsburg State Teachers College -and the Colonels had recorded a record of 13 wins in 17 starts. Besides being the hardest-hitting team ever to represent the blue and gold, the 1950 squad was tops defensively. The work of such men as Al Molosh, Ben Dragon, Ed Skordinski and Francis Pinkowski made it almost impossible for opposing players to hit through the infield. Dr. Eugene S. Farley, president of Wilkes College, reported recently that work has been progressing so favorably on the new S250.000 gymnasium that the project will more than likely be com­ pleted by September 1, instead of the original date of October 1. In the outfield, all three men were tops. Jack Semmers, Don Blankenbush, and either Jake Waters or Al Minarski handled the chores. Unusual was the fact that all four had excellent throwing arms and several times saved the game by tossing mon out at home. The Alumni Association already is making plans for several dances in lhe new gymnasium. President Donald L. Honeywell will appoint a special committee in the near future to make arrangements for holding the first affair in the new recreation center. Big Johnny Zigmund. hard-hitting pitcher, was the ace-in-the-hole forjhe Ralston aggregation during the season. It was his vzork on the hill that enabled the Wilkes team to move past some of the tougher college opponents. He chalked up a season's record of six wins in seven starts. Three of the 11 coeds chosen as Cinderella candi­ dates were selected last year. The other two are Janet Gearhart, South Franklin street, City, and Gwen Clif­ ford, Straub Road, Trucksville. Miss Elaine Turner, chosen as the 1949 Cinderella, was the general chairman of last evening's dance. Working with the other members of the Wilkes College Student Council, Miss Turner guided the arrangements of one of the most successful dances ever sponsored by the community college. Miss Mary Porter, another ol the 11 coeds, was a finalist in the contest to select the 1949 Career Girl in the Wyoming Valley Parade of Progress Show. Other candidates for the title were: Marilyn Broadt, E. Pettebone street. Forty Fort; Barbara Lee Hartley, West Dorrance Street, Kingston; Beryl Colwell, Main Street, Dallas; Nancy Raub, Colonial Gardens, Forty Fort; Margaret Brenish, Cleveland Street, Hudson; Jean Ditoro, Parsonage Street, Pittston; and Marysh Mieszkowski, Lee Park Avenue, Wilkes-Barre. NEWS TID-BITS I F3^ who was a candidate for the Cinderella title last year, is exceptionally active in extra-curricular activities. She is a member of Theta Delta Rho Sorority, and stu­ dying for a bachelor's degree in sociology. »»W«< As far as Bob Partridge, newly appointed baseball coach is Concerned, Santa Claus came„ real early this year. A former Penn diamond star, Partridge has always hoped that someday he would bo the coach of a team. >’W«« John Coonoy, member of the Economics Department and a mem bor of the 1948 graduating class, has been accepted at the Univer- sity of Pittsburgh's Graduate School. He will accept a leave ol absence Irom Wilkes College for the 1950-51 school year. Alumni officers have started to plan for the 1950 Homecoming, scheduled to take place in November. This affair will begin on Friday evening and continue through the week-end. Events and a planned program of activity will be arranged. >»W<< _ first reports reached the college of the big fire at the When Rocky Glen amusement park, site of the college's Cinderella Ball, there was some fear on campus that the incident might bring about ~ the cancelation of the school's biggest dance of the year. The *—3 on the campus announcing "Fire Sale— appearance of ---posters Cinderella Ball tickets reduced from S4.00 to S3.40" and others re­ porting that the "Cinderella Ball" would be held as scheduled, soon dispelled any doubts that may have existed. The Colonels' second baseball victory of the season over the strongC Ithaca College nine proved to be one of the most satisfying George Ralston's club has copped all season. After wins Coach ( downing the Ithacans in the first tilt many fans felt that it would be only a matter of time until affairs were squared, when the Colonels traveled to Ithaca for a return game. However, the Colonels' second win, via a 5-4 count, left little doubt in the fans' minds as to the excellent club Ralston had developed. �ALUMNOTES.. Miss Caryl L. Galow, BUJC class of '45, is employed as a member of the Boiling Springs High School facul­ ty, Carlisle, Pa., where she teaches science and English . . . Gordon T. Gallow, BUJC grad, is residing in Hagerstown, Md., where he is employed as an aero­ nautical engineer by the Fairchild Corp. Gordon is married to the former Ruth Hick of Wilkes-Barre . . . Ruth Douglas, BUJC class of '45, is married to William Hannigan and living in West Chester, Pa. . . . Norman Baum, a Wilkes College graduate in the '48 class is living in Alexandria, Va., while continuing his law studies at George Washington University. Norm is married to the former Eveley Eichlu, BUJC class of '46... Miss Jean Withey, BUJC grad in '46, and former secretary to Herbert Morris, Wilkes College registrar, was married recently to Ronald Carey of Wilkes-Barre. Mr. and Mrs. Carey are now living in Edwardsville. . . Another former secretary to Mr. Morris, Eleanor Uhle, was married recently to Harry Davis, a BUJC alumnus and recent graduate of Columbia University. Mr. and Mrs. Darris are living in Rochester, N. Y. where Mr. Davis is employed by the Eastman Kodak Co. . . . Mrs. Ruth Punsho Jones, BUJC class of '44 is teaching in Audobon, N. J. . . . James P. Peara, BUJC graduate in the class of '42, is living in Hasbruck Heights, N. J. Jim is married to the former Olive Thomas, another member of the class of '42. of Parsons was announced recently . . . Ray Mechak, class of '49, and Irene Koniecko, BUJC grad, were mar­ ried in Nanticoke . . . Alfred P. LaVie, former Wilkes^— student, is now attending the University of Scrantorflfc’ . -. Gertrude Nemshick is living in Philadelphia, where she is employed at the Jefferson Hospital . . . Wesley Klesa is living in Newark, N. J. . . . Dr. Nicholas A. Lorusso is now practicing in St. Louis, Mo. . . . W. Grier Carpenter is residing in Pasedena, California . Robert Podrasky and Helen Janoski, both alumni, have been married and are living in New Cumberland, Pa. ALUMNI RECORD This information blank has appeared for three c person receiving a copy of the ALUMNUS would helpconsecutive times. It was our hope originally that every The response has been poor. F> us by filling in the questionnaire and returning it to us. You can make our job much easier and help us Ifill in the blank and ret'um it to us'imm^tefyt' “ 1° Ifill in the blank and return it to us immediately. accurate check on our alumni U ?ou wiU If you have already sent in a questionnaire, diregard this notice. f THOMAS J. MORAN '49 Executive Alumni Secretary 1 John Earl Young, former Wilkes College student in Mechanical Engineering, is attending Penn State . Elsie C. Kaper, Wilkes College graduate, is a full Hedged stewardess with American Airlines, having re­ ceived her silver wings recently at graduation exer­ cises in the company's training school in Chicago, Ill. Miss Kaper did secretarial work for the Merritt-Chap­ man and Scott Corp, before joining American Airlines . . . Fred Williams, former Wilkes student in history, has transferred to Elizabethtown STC . . . John Wordzel, former Electrical Engineering student at Wilkes, is now working for his degree at Bucknell University . . . Also attending Bucknell is Bob Thomas, a former Wilkes history student . . . Sam Reese has transferred to Penn State, where he is working for a B. S. in Physics . . . ° Name LAST FIRST MIDDLE Maiden Name Street ... Town State Telephone 2 Entered Wilkes College (B. U. J. C.) Withdrew Graduated Transferred To 3 Rita Wertheimer, a member of the class of '44, is employed as a psychologist at the Allentown State Hospital, Allentown, Pa. , . . Joseph H. Lorusso, class of '44, is attending Holy Cross University in Washing­ ton, D. C. where he is studying for the priesthood. Dr. Edward G. Hartman, BUJC grad, is teaching at Suffolk University . . . Ruth Tischler, class of '44, -was married recently to Robert Voelker . . . William B. Davies, Wilkes College graduate in the class of '49, is employed as a member of the faculty at the WilkesBarre Business College, vzhere he is teaching Commer­ cial subjects. Keith Rasmussen, Wilkes College, class of '50, and Evelyn Mae Penaligon also a Wilkes grad, were mar­ ried recently in West Pittston . . . The engagement of Jim Catnes, former Wilkes student, to Shirley Jordan Also included among the Wilkes students who have transferred to other schools are: Al Rebennack, New York School of Aeronautics; Carl Popodick, Penn State; John Poole, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy; Bill Pickett, Arizona State College; Bill Palfey, Buck­ nell University; Carl Messinger, Scranton University; John Krupa, Bucknell University. Al Kascak, Penn State; Ann Ide, East Stroudsburg STC; Jim Hoffman, University of Pennsylvania Extension; Bernard Heidelbach, Baltimore College; Dorothy Grumbling, Bucknell University; Bob Green, Richmond University; Cyril Good, Bucknell University; Robert Gill, Penn State; Nancy Flynn, Traphagen School of Design; Richard Edwards, Bloomsburg STC; Jean Dougherty, Bucknell University; Michael Delaney, Bucknell University; Frank Bankus, Bucknell University; John Young, Penn State. Graduated 4 Semester Hours at Wilkes (B. U. J. C.) Degree 5 Present Employment and Duties 6 Business Address 7 Do you know of any people who attended Wilkes or Association? (a) List: Major BUJC and are not receiving the regular literature of the �� 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 Alumni Magazine, 1947-present Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations Description An account of the resource <p>An archive of Wilkes University Magazine, from 1947-present. The magazine went through various names including <em>Wilkes Alumnus</em>, <em>Wilkes Quarterly,</em> <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, and the current title, <em>Wilkes Magazine</em>. Some editions for the <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, will have multiple issues within the file record. 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Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumnus Spring 1950 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marketing and Communications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Spring 1950 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Magazine Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/e09b954649715dab78d1d4bfd0d8d1c5.pdf 6f833fa6d3d91218452972070efe65f5 PDF Text Text ■ i OOKrC© ZL Si, ■ * ' '*■ '■ c„ •- '& y 07 7/=V ‘C'k^ COLLEGE WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA SUMMER 1950 �alumnus EDITORIAL THOMAS J. MORAN, '49, EDITOR STAFF: JANE SALWOSKI, WILLIAM UMPHRED, EDWARD BOLINSKI Wanted: Your Cooperation PUBLISHED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF WILKES COLLEGE SUM&SEK 1950 VOLUME 2 Cover You have all heard at one time or another that old saying, "For the want of a nail the shoe was lost; for the want of a shoe the horse was lost; for the want of a horse the race was lost ..." NUMBER 4 CONTENTS Although the rapid expan­ sion program at Wilkes College during the past four years has brought about the addition of many new buildings to the campus, one of the 1 rmdmarks which members of the alumni will have little trouble recalling on Homecoming Day, Novem­ ber 17 and 18, is Chase Hall. Presented to the college in 1936, Chase Hail has filled vari­ ous roles in the 14 years it has been occupied by the college. Included among its numerous duties were those of housing classrooms, offices, a cafeteria, a faculty dormitory, and stu­ dent lounges. In recent years the building has been transformed into an administration center, serving as the home of the President's office, the Registrar's office, the Deans' offices, the Public Rela­ tions and Alumni office, and the Finance office. Editorial Page Missing Alumni i 3 3 General Eichelberger's Commencement Address 4 Graduate Awards 4 1350 Graduating Class 5 New Trustee 6 Additions to the Faculty 6 September Enrollment 7 7 Alumnus Enters Fur Business 7 Faculty News 8-9 10 Wilkes Alumni Enter Graduate School Football Preview 12 Soccer Preview 12 Sports Clippings Alumnotes Alumni Record Published Quarterly at WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI OFFICE Chase Hall 184 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Your alumni association is stronger at the pre­ sent time than ever before. The treasury is well stocked—at least when compared with our financial standing of not too long ago. The interest being shown by many is greater than it has ever been in the past. But there is still much to be desired. Dr. Farley Selected As Community's Outstanding Citizen Campus Candids As long as we are borrowing cute sayings we could go one step further and use another: "IT CAN HAPPEN HERE!" Page . We might apply the same thing to our own case. I: would go something like this: For the want of a member the meeting was lost, for the want of a meet­ ing the interest was lost, for the want of interest the association was lost. .... 13 •i Let's look at it this way. Now that you are out of college you undoubtedly belong to several civic and fraternal organizations. The reason you joined was because you sought a form of social life that could be enjoyed with people who liked and did the same things. Remember when you were in college you couldn't wait for the day? Then remember how you weren't too keen about bidding farewell to ALL phases of college life when that big day did arrive? Actually a good alumni association can provide you with the one form of college life that you most regreted to leave—the student activities such as ... 10 dances, athletic events, and other social gatherings. It can very well serve the same purpose, or even a bet­ ter purpose, than many of your present memberships because this organization has been formed by you and its growth depends upon your participation and help. Besides all this, you have an opportunity to help other students and your college. You may well be conscious 14 of all these advant­ ages and fully intend to help in every way, but per­ 15 haps you overlook the fact that many of the "little things", which you feel do not require your attention aren't too important. Actually, these so-called little things are the basis for much larger projects and are considered essential by your organization and college. Why not decide now to cooperate fully with your alumni association, Plan to attend the regular month­ ly meetings and take an active part in these sessions when you do attend. Pay your dues early. Support college-sponsored projects. Answer all correspondence from the college as soon as possible. Can we depend upon your support and coopera­ tion? Important Notes A nominating committee, consisting of Marilyn Broadt, Mrs. Alberta Killian, June Owens, Don Rau, Sam Elias, Stan Novitski and William Luetzel, has been appointed by President Donald Honeywell. This com­ mittee will present its slate at the September 5th meet­ ing. At that time nominations from the floor will be in order for the four offices. Ballots will be mailed to all alumni and results tabulated so that the new officers can be introduced at the Homecoming on November 17 and 18. Homecoming will be held on November 17 and 18 and an interesting program has been planned for the two-day affair. On Friday the tentative program calls for registration, college president’s reception, and a formal dinner dance at the Hotel Sterling or the new gymnasium. Saturday will be occupied with registra­ tion and campus visiting in the morning, a special luncheon in the cafeteria at noon, a general business meeting at 2 p. m., an alumni reception in the Crystal Ballroom, the game with King's in the evening, and a student victory sport dance following the contest. Many members still have not paid their 1950 dues and it is impossible for the alumni association to close its books until additional returns have been made. Let's send it in. Our association asked only $2.00. Other institutions ask for as high as $5.00 dues and charge an additional S3.00 for the magazine. The classes of 1949 and 1950 are among the greatest de­ linquents. ****** ATTENTION 1950 GRADUATES -The graduate Questionnaires are extremely important to the college. Please forward them to the Public Relations Office within the next 24 hours. Here's where the cooperation is needed. Missing: Some Alumni A recent check of our alumni records has disclosed that many members of the association have failed to notify the alumni office of changes in their mailing addresses. In an attempt to bring our files up to date, the members of the Alumnus staff would appreciate hear­ ing from anyone who has any knowledge of the present whereabouts of the following lost alumni: Phyllis Ruth Ackerman, Joseph Francis Alpauah, Henrv W. Anderson, Leonard S. Anthony, Toseoh M. Arendash, Donald Lester Arnold, Jane Marie Ayre. Edith Marie Basta, Thomas Richard Bean, Georae Nicholson Beiswinaer, William George Beiswinaer. Margaret Mary Bendock, John Leonard Berry. Irene Dolores Betz, John Joseph Bisczat, Eleanor Mae Line. Mitchell Stanley Blicharz, Irma Joyce Bodycomb. Mrs. William H. Bogar, F. Gloria Boguszewski, John Henry Bone, Robert Bonn, Betty Jane Boyd, Thomas Joseph Boyle, Tom Harvey Brain, Julius Brand, Marvin Seymour Bransdorf, Mrs. Joseph Breskman, Sheldon Broedel, Mrs. Russell Brown, Mrs. James Bryson, Twyla Louise Burked, Stanley Richard Byorick, Mrs. William Carley, Donald John Casey, Lillian Guelda Celmer, Constance Koons Christian. �Capacity Cro-vrA Attends Graduation As 248 Students Finish College COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS °r is shown above delivering the commencement address to the 248 members of the 1950 graduating Lt Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger the college. Gen. Eichelberger is the consultant to the Secretary of the Army on Far Eastern Affairs. class, the largest in the history of th Eichelberger warns, "there is no short cut to world peace" "There is no short cut or easyway to world peace," was the theme of Lt. General Robert L. Eichelber­ ger's address to the 1950 Wilkes College graduating class at the third annual commencement in the Irem Temple. The former commander of the well-known "Amphibious Eighth" re­ EICHELBERGER minded the capacity crowd or 1,500 that a great transition has taken place in the international situation since the peak of the United States' strength in late 1945. "Since that time," he explained, "many trouble spots have developed in the world which could be ignited and turned into another world conflagration. If the fearful tragedy of world conflict should again engulf us," the ex-army commander emphasized, "we shall pay the principal portion of the price." He reminded the graduates that many persons have returned from abroad vzith fear lurking in their hearts that we have not done enough to meet the inter­ national threats of the day, but went on to say, "Cer­ tainly our bi-partisan military policy, including the world-aid programs, backed by a determined military posture serve as material proof that America intends to support freedom and democracy throughout the world and to protect them against any aggression." I I Four June graduates receive outstanding scholastic awards Four members of the 1950 graduating class were honored at the June 12 commencement exercises when they were presented with awards by Dr. Eugene S. Farley for their outstanding scholastic and academic work at Wilkes College. Recipients of awards for their college achieve­ ments were Russell Williams, Harold Anderson, Edgar Plummer and Charles Eisenstein. Williams was presented with the newly created L. J. Van Laeys Journalism Medal for his work and effort as editor of the college newspaper and as a member of the journalism class at Wilkes. Anderson received one of the two engineering awards offered by the faculty of the Engineering De­ partment, for his outstanding improvement during his two years at Wilkes. The second Engineering Award for outstanding scholastic achievement was awarded to Charles Eisenstein for his accomplishments in the academic side of the two-year course at Wilkes. The fourth award, the Dobson Accounting Medal, v/as presented to Edgar Plummer for having attained the highest average in the field of accounting at Wilkes. Special mention was also made of the five stu­ dents who graduated cum laude. Donald Kemmerer was the top man in the 1950 class, followed by Rudolph Bottei, William Plummer, Jean Ryan and June Williams. At a dinner held by Theta Delta Rho Sorority earlier in the semester, Miss Ryan was presented with a Scholarship Cup by Miss Betty Harker, dean of women, for her outstanding academic achievement among the women of the college. Alumni ranks swelled by­ addition of June grads The ranks of the Alumni Club were greatly in­ creased on the night of June 12, when 248 Wilkes College students were presented with their degrees and certificates by Dr. Eugene S. Farley before a near capacity crowd in the Irem Temple auditorium. The third annual commencement saw 218 young men and women receive their bachelor's degrees, while an additional 30 students were awarded certificates for having completed the two-year terminal division course. ------ ---. graduates, , and their degrees includes: Bachelor of Arts— The list of Robert W. Angelo, Margaret E. Anthony, Harry H. Black, Rudolph S. Bottei, Ellen Brennan, George Brody, George F. Carpenter, Samuel M. Chambliss, Stuart D. Colman, Royal J. Culp, Thomas J. Dan’els, Char­ lotte M. Davis, James W. Davis. Lois W. DeGraw, John R. DeRemer, Jean B. Ditoro, Judith Dressier, David Edwards, George Ermel, Simon Faltz, John J. Faneck, John J. Florkiewicz, Henry G. Frank, Elva J. Fuller, Joseph Michael Gabriel, Julius J. Ganski, Sheldon R. Gearhart, Leon M. Gilbert, Edward A. Godek, Theodore Gribb, William B. Griffith, Lester S. Gross, Irvin J. Haefele, Marvin J. Horwitz, Earl G. Jobes, Edwin L. Johnson, William D. Jonathan. Thomas J. Jordan, John M. Kaytrosh. Donald E. Kemmerer, Joseph G. Kitler, Chester Knapich, Ross S. Leonardi, George A. Lewis, Edvzard H. Lidz, Reed D. Lowrey, Bruce H. Mackie, Vincent P. Macri, Clarence E. McGhee, Virginia M. Meissner, Cameron Moffat, George M. Monigas, Chester P. Omichinski, Dolores Passeri, Lawrence B. Pelesh, Edward S. Permowicz, Walter A. Piczak, Albert E. Pollick, Mary Z. Porter, John T. Pulos, William F. Purcell, Herbert M. Quick, Joseph Radko, Edward F. Rafter, Arno Keith Rasmussen, Donald M. Rau, William G. Rees, Jane Ann Reese, Joseph T. Rowinski, Robert W. Rubright. Robert C. Sakoski, Florence K. Savitz, Samuel Sawka, Harold A. Schmidt, Sara L. Schultz, Catherine M. Smith, Priscilla A. Smith, Evan R. Sorber, Arthur A. Spengler, John D. Stark, John R. Tasker. Clem E. Waclawski, Henry H. Ward. Joan Wasileski, Robert William Waters, Hazel J. Wallis, Kenneth R. Widdall, James M. Williams, Russell H. Williams, Dorothy Winterstoen, Amon T. Wolfe, Russell A. Wolff, Edward J. Zapotoczny, Paul Zlonkevicz. BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ECONOMICS Robert D. Barber. Andrew J, Basar, Robert P. Beck, Joseph M. Bendock, William H. Bcrgstrasser, Leonard Bhaerman, Stanley H. Blaszczak, William W. Boyd, Joseph P. Brennan, Donald R. Brodbeck, John M. Cain, Robert S. Capin, Michael F. Connors, Leonard J. Czajkowski, John M. Davis, Daniel E. Doris, Benjamin A. Dragon, Frank C. Eiwaz, Michael T. Elchak, Ellsworth E. Everett, James F. Farrell, John Fedastian, Carl G. Fiene, Paul . Finley, Gerard P. Finn, Carl M. Gibson, Zirmin J. Gill, Joseph L. Gudaitis, Walter F. Hanczewski, Harris W. Havard, Howard J. Holman, Paul E. Huff, Luther R. Jones, Philip E. Kennedy, Theodore J. Killian. Raymond S. Kinback, John E. Klansek, Francis S. Koch, Nicholas □no E. Lizzi, John Konchuba, Francis B. Krzywicki, Rigo J. Lemoncelli, Mario J. Marin, Ritchard J. Loftus, Benjamin S. Maczuga, Edward Mamary, John J. L. Melias, Richard E. Martin, Edvzard J. Marut, Michael Meko, Lawrence L. Mohan. P. F. Miedrich, William J. Miller, Victor Minetola, John J. ” ' TJohn -v- " Nelson, Charles O'Shea, Jr., Samuel L. Ovzens, Frank. IL. Paduck, Angelo :k, George Petnlak, P. Pascucci, Andrew M. Patsko, Stanley A. Perlick, Pollard, Maurice Z. Francis S. Pinkovzski, Edgar C. Plummer, Leon S. F. Price. Walter W. Pryse, Jr., Thomas C. Richards, Clyde H. Ritter, Richard D. Rogers, John J. Rostook, Mostyn A. Saye, John R. Semmer, Daniel Sherman, John N. Shoemaker, Marvin Smith, Thomas T. Smith, Jr., John J. Stofko, Allan J. Strassman, Hery F. Strozeski, James W. Sutherland, Joseph E. Swartwood, Stanley M. Svzick, Kenneth L. Taylor, John Turchin, Henry S. Vnukoski, Ralph J. Weaver, Robert L. Williams, Jr., William B. Williamson, Frank G. Wintergrass, Joseph T. Woznitski, Joseph A. Zawodniak. BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOLOGY Grant H. Barlow, Edward J. Brill, Klem D. Drozdowski, Don C. Follmer, Doris M. Gauger, Robert M. Gorgas, Albert S. Gorski, James M. Holifield, IV., George E. Hudock, Jr., Carl J. Malisheski, Walter E. Mokychic, Agnes E. Novak, Nicholas J. Parrella, Wayne R. Redline, Jean Ryan, Theodore R. Warkomski, Edmund A. Zaremba. BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CHEMISTRY - Frank Celmer, Robert M. Chopick, William G. Dyke, Robert L. Fischer, Raymond Jacobs, William A. Plummer, Stephen R. Polakoski, Charles A, Salinis, John J. Surash, Anthony Urban, Jr., June K. Williams. TERMINAL IN BIOLOGY- Barbara Lee Hartley, L. Arlene Pletcher, Emily M. Smetana. TERMINAL IN COMMERCE AND FINANCE—Marilyn M. Broadt, Gwen Clifford, Edna A. Sabol. Ruth E. Tretheway, Elaine E. Turner, Beverly H. VanHorn, Nancy E. Yaufman. ENGINEERING —Harold P. Anderson. Frank G. Bankus, Robert L. Boston, William J. Brown, Joseph H. Chaponis, Michael J. Delaney, Charles R. Eisenstein, Frederick M. Fisher, Cyril A. Good, Thomas A. Kleback, John F. Krupa. Julius E. Kuhn. John W. Lloyd, Jr., Joseph J. Saber, John R. Usaitis, John J. Wardzel, John E, Young. �Local realtor named to Board of 7 rusfees urn **h" been „< the local businessman brings to 25 the total members of the BoarH . The appointment of the local made eady fau Admiral ft? of Trustees. f ™er Chief ol U S Naval Operations and Commander of the Europ6an Fleet during ww” andle° HonoSrabiae JohA fine. Republican candidate for the gover^rsh^ Pennsylvania, were added to the board. The new Wilkes trustee was bom in Wilkes-Barre and attended Coughlin High School, He was graduated from Wharton School of Business, and has been in the real estate business ' since 1913. jsition as trustee immediately, is also on the board f Mr. Goeringer. who will assume his pos the Miners National Bank in this city and1 the Wyoming Valley Industrial Development Fund He is affiliated as a trustee of the Community Welfare Federation and a member of the church board of the First Reformed Church. Mr. Goeringer on two occasions has been president of the Wilkes-Barre Real Estate Board and past vice-president of the Pennsylvania Real Estate Board. He is a member of the various Masonic Orders and a charter member of the American Legion in this region. HARRY F. GOERINGER Enrollment figures exceed 1949pace Cnllpnp Board ol Trustees was increased recently with the announcement K Other members of the beard are: Atty. Gilbert S. McClintock. Charles H. Miner, Jr.. J. B. Carr, Mrs. Charles E. Clift, Mrs. Franck G. Darte, Dr. Samuel M. Davenport, Miss Annette Evans, Hon' John S. Fine. Edward Griffith, George W. Guckelberger, Att'y James P. Harris, Mrs. Edward H. Kent Dr. Joseph J. Kocyan, Miss Mary R. Koons, Reuben H. Levy, Arnaud C. Marts, Dr. P. P. Mayock^ F. E. Parkhurst. Jr., Col. J. Henry Pool, Dr. Charles S. Roush, Andrew J. Sordoni, Admiral Harold R. Stark, Julius Long Stem and Frederick J. Weckesser. 10 new retractors appointed to Faculty Buy Dr, Fairley Many new faces will be on hand to greet the Wilkes College student body when classes start in September due to Dr. Eugene S. Farley's recent an­ nouncement that 10 new instructors have been added to the college faculty. Among the most recent additions to the faculty are eight men and two women, including two assistant librarians, a women's physical education director, and instructors in economics, chemistry, psychology, his­ tory, and English. Mrs. Helen Bubeck of Forty Fort has been appoint­ ed by Dr. Farley to fill the newly created post of Women's Physical Education head. A former instruct­ or in physical education at Forty Fort high school, Mrs. Bubeck's appointment follows the recent appointment of Robert W. Partridge as Director of Men's Physical Education. Partridge, who will begin his new duties in Sep­ tember, has been a member of the college faculty since 1947, and will direct the entire physical educa­ tion program, as well as handle the coaching reigns of the college soccer and baseball teams. For many years the college has conducted its phy­ sical education classes in the YMCA and YWCA, but with the new gymnasium scheduled to be completed early in September, the necessity of the students leav­ ing the campus for these classes has been eliminated. Miss Kathleen M. MacDonald, the other addition to the women's faculty, will join the college library staff as an assistant librarian. Miss MacDonald a resident of Long Island, N. Y„ received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Library Science from Marywood Col­ lege in June. Also scheduled to join the college staff as an assist­ ant librarian is Warren French of Andover, New Hamp- shire. French is another recent graduate, having com­ pleted his studies in Library Science at Syracuse University in June. Two of the new faculty members will join the staff of the Chemistry Department. Francis J. Salley, who received his Doctorate from the University of Pennsyl­ vania, where he also served as a chemistry instructor for two years, has received an appointment as in­ structor in Chemistry, along with Howard Halpin, who received his Master's degree in Chemistry from Lehigh University. Replacing Robert W. Partridge in the history de­ partment will be Thomas F. Rock, who received his Master's degree in history from Columbia University in 1949. The Economics department has been bolstered through the addition of two new members to the facul­ ty. George F. Elliot, a former instructor at Mohawk College, Utica, N. Y. and Wade Brightbill were named to that department. Elliot received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the New Jersey State Teachers College before doing graduate work at Clark University and Harvard Uni­ versity; Brightbill, who obtained his Bachelor's degree from Millersville State Teachers College, completed his of'p’tt^b1' aj^asters degree in June at the University tJw0. °ther additions to the faculty were made in e English and Psychology departments. James Foxlow, who received his Master's degree in English from o umbra University in June, received an appointment to the English department, while John E. Conklin, a lormer member of the Cornell University faculty, will structor '™^es College faculty as a psychology in, Although most universities and colleges throughout the country have reported a gradual decline in their enrollment, Wilkes College, according to statistics revealed by Herbert J. Morris, registrar, is continuing its rapid growth with the September enrollment showing a noticeable in­ crease over last year's July figures. Morris revealed recently that up to July 15, 225 students have been admitted to the September freshman class, including 39 out-of-town students from four states. These figures show an increase of 20 students over figures from the same period in 1949. The freshman class figures for,-iy. July, 1949 revealed that 204 students had already idy been -----------admitted to the college at that time, with 128 students receiving admission in the k last two months prior to the start of school to complete the class of 332 students stuc which entered college last September. This year's students are from the four states of Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. Pennsylvania suppliedi the largest large number of new students, with 206 slated to enter. New York supplied 14 of the new students, while three were admitted from New Jersey, and two stude from Connecticut. Wyoming Valley has been the source of most of the new students with all but twelve of the students from Pennsylvania coming from Wilkes-Barre and the surrounding region. The new freshman class will include 145 men and 80 women. The largest number, 92, has enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts division, while 34 will work for a B. S. in Biology, 19 for a B. S. in Chemstry. 10 for a B. S. in Chemical Engineering, 22 for a B. S. in Engineering, 35 for a B, S. in Commerce and Finance, five for Commerce and Finance Terminal degrees, seven will study Medical Stenography, and one has entered as a special student. The three dormitories which the college occupies will house the 27 new dormitory students. Two of the dormitories, Butler and Weckesser Halls, will be used to accommodate men students, while the newest dormitory. Sterling Hall, will supply accommodations lor the women students. ig the new students are seven transfers from Boston University, Cazenova Included amonc jxel Institute of Technology, Penn State College, and the Penn State Center Junior College, Drej ar Pottsville. Wilkes Alumnus enters fur retailing business One of the biggest problems facing recent college graduates is the critical employment situation which now exists throughout the country. The large classes which have been graduated from the na ion's leading colleges and uni­ versities in the last three years have resulted in the over crowd­ ing of most fields of employment, STAN NOVITSKY leaving only cne choice to many grads—that of going into business for themselves. A recent Wilkes College graduate who has turned to the latter alternative is Stan Novitsky, 49, who has opened a fur repairing and retailing establishment in Kingston. An economics major while at Wilkes, Stan acquir­ ed considerable experience as a furrier while attend­ ing college, having served his apprenticeship under one of Northeastern Pennsylvania's leading furriers. After further study in New York, Stan has equipped his own shop in Kingston and is now doing cleaning, glaz­ ing, repairing and restyling of fur garments. Stan informs us that he would be pleased to hear from his many old friends in the alumni club from both BUJC and Wilkes College, on any matter concerning furs. His address is 427 Rutter Ave., Kingston, Pa. <1: HERBERT J. MORRIS Dr. Farley named outstanding citizen Seventeen years of outstanding work as a community leader were rewarded recently when Dr. Eugene S. Farley, president of Wilkes Col­ lege, was selected by the WilkesBarre Rotary Club as the communi­ ty's outstanding citizen of the year. In presenting Dr. Farley with the award for his outstanding service as a community leader, Rotary Club DR. FARLEY President Judge W. Alfred Valentine paid tribute to his work as an educator, who has re­ cognized and emphasized that freedom can only be preserved if men and women are encouraged and trained to think freely and constructively. Along with his work as an educator, Dr. Farley was commended for the deep interest he has shown in community affairs, including his service as Luzerne County chairman for the Committee for Economic De­ velopment; director of the Wyoming Valley Recreation Association Board and the Wilkes-Barre YMCA Board, and as Luzerne County chairman of the Citizens Com­ mittee for the Hoover Report. Judge Valentine stressed Dr. Farley's responsibil­ ity for the growth of Bucknell Junior College in this city, and for the creation of Wilkes College as its successor. He stated, "As president of Wilkes College, Dr. Farley has developed an educational institution of which Wilkes-Barre and the Wyoming Valley may justly be proud. The remarkable progress made bv Wilkes College is the result of his able leadership, and has been largely brought about through the fact that he believes that education is primarily concerned with those intangible qualities that constitute the character of man, and that it must be measured by those un­ seen influences which create intelligence, integrity and character." �CANDIDS CA MP US L u .Hi U<1 \ BUTLER HALL—MEN’S DORMITORY Above are the guests at the speakers' table of the third annual senior Dinner-Dance held in the Hotel Sterling's Crystal Ball Room. First row, left to right: Mrs. Eugene S. Farley; Dr. Eugene S. Farley, president of Wilkes College; Herbert J. Morris, registrar; Mrs. Herbert J. Morris; George F. Ralston, dean of men; and Mrs. John Chwalek. WECKESSER HALL—MEN'S DORMITORY Second row: Robert Waters, president of the 1950 class; Miss Patricia Fahey, Donald Kersteen, comptroller; Mrs. Robert W. Part­ ridge, Robert W. Partridge, director of student activities; and John Chwalek, placement officer. Dormitory facilities increased through addition of Sterling Hall One of the more recent additions to the rapidly expanding Wilkes College campus, Sterling Hall, is expected to be ready for use as a women's dormitory with the beginning of the fall semester on Sept. 18. The building, which was given to the college by the late Col. Walter C. Sterling last December, pro­ vides the college with three dormitories for the large number of out-of-town students who have applied for admission to the institution. Since acquiring possession of the building last winter, the college has completely renovated it in order to supply new students with the best possible dormi­ tory conveniences. The building is expected to pro­ vide facilities for approximately 30 students. 1; Weckesser Hall, which has served as the women's dormitory since 1945, will be used as a men's dormi­ tory along with Butler Hall which has served in that capacity since 1946. STERLING HALL—WOMEN'S DORMITORY The addition of Sterling Hall to the campus brings to 18 the number of buildings which the college has occupied on South River and South Franklin streets. class and their Some of the members of the 1950 graduating pictured above. guests who attended the senior Dinner-Dance are S' ... The event was me iasi scuu, seniors received their degrees. �Faculty News.. Although for many faculty members the period from early June until the middle of September is a time when they can forget about correcting examinations and checking assignments, for quite a few members of the Wilkes College faculty the summer recess calls for a return to the classroom in their old role of a student. , According to an announcement made recently Uy Pr. Eugene S. Farley, 16 members of the college facul­ ty are using the summer vacation to further their edu­ cation by working for graduate degrees. Heading the list of Wilkes faculty members doing summer graduate work is George F. Ralston, Dean o: Men, and Director of Athletics, who is spending his second summer at Columbia University. Also enrolled at Columbia for the summer session are three other members of the college faculty. Kon­ stantin Symonolewicz, head of the Sociology Depart­ ment; John Whitby, an accounting instructor; and John Boyce, a business administration instructor. Three members of the faculty are doing graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania. John Riley, another business administration instructor, who receiv­ ed his Bachelor of Science Degree from Bucknell Uni­ versity, is enrolled in the Philadelphia University along with James Laggan, the college wrestling coach and instructor in business administration, and Mildred Hull a mathematics instructor. Welton Farrar, an instructor in economics and political science, who received his bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania, is using the sum­ mer recess to work on his Ph.D. at Harvard Univer­ sity, while Bob Partridge, newly appointed Physical Education Director, has enrolled at Boston University for summer graduate work. Other members of the faculty spending the sum­ mer months in graduate school are: Edith Namisniak, who is enrolled at Penn State College, where she is doing advanced work in biology; Robert Moran, music instructor and director of the college band, who is working for his master's degree at Northwestern Uni­ versity; Mark Davidoff, a member of the language de­ partment, who is studying at Middleburg College; and Madeline Dague, who is taking a ten week course in biology at the University of Colorado. Several members of the faculty are using the sum­ mer vacation to study abroad including Charles Hend­ erson who is studying in Paris and Clare Bedillion who has taken a European field trip with a group from Beaver College, where she will do work in Compara­ tive Economic Systems, and European Art and Archi­ tecture. Two other faculty members are visiting Europe during the summer vacation. Al Groh, who finished his graduate work at Columbia during the past winter while on a leave of absence from the college, and Joseph Donnelly, both members of the English depart­ ment, are travelling through Europe on an educational trip. Don't Miss the ON THE 1950 GRIDIRON BUY A SEASON PASS NOW Why? o 24 June graduates enter graduate school The high scholastic rating which Wilkes College has achieved since its birth as a four-year college in 1947, was further attested recently with the announce­ ment by Herbert J. Morris, registrar, that 24 mem hem of the 1950 graduating class have been admitted to graduate schooL The largest number of graduates accepted in one field was in medicine where six members of the June graduating class have been admitted to some of the nation's leading medical schools. Five members of the class have been awarded graduate assistantships in Chemistry, which will en­ able them to continue their research work in Chemistry while aiding the faculty of their respective universities with some of the instructing. Other June grads have been accepted for gradu­ ate work in education, law, political science, engineer­ ing, English, biology, psychology, commerce and finance, and social science. Heading the list of recent graduates accepted for advanced work was Paul Griesmer whose outstanding scholastic achievements at Wilkes were rewarded with acceptance in three of the best medical schools in the country, Temple University, Pennsylvania University, and Jefferson. ’’ The other Wilkes students admitted to medical school are. Robert Pemeski, who has also been accept­ ed at the University of Pennsylvania; Charles Volpe, who entered the University of Rome Medical College in Italy; and Edward Brill, Wayne Redline and David Katz, who have been accepted at Hahnemann Medical School. The five June graduates who have been awarded graduate assistantships in Chemistry include William Plummer, who will enter the University of Pittsburgh; Rudolph Bottei, Cornell University; John Surash, Lehigh University; June Williams, Penn State; and Robert Rubright, Lehigh University. Two of the 1950 graduates have been admitted to Law School. George Lewis, who completed his studies in February is studying at the George Washington Law School, while Samuel Chambliss has been admit­ ted to the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Completing the list of graduates who will continue their college work are: John Faneck who completed his work at Wilkes in February and is now enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania's Institute of Local and State Government; William Jonathan, who is also do­ ing graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania's Institute of Local and State Government; Kenneth Widdall, who will enter Penn State to work for his Master's in Biology; Tom Richards who completed his studies a, Wilkes in February and is now studying at Colum­ bia University for his Master's Degree in Education; Julius E. Kuhn, who will enter Bucknell University to do graduate work in Engineering; Lester Gross, who will study Theology at the Louisville Presbvterian Theo­ logical Seminary; Frank Celmer, who will also enter Bucknell University for graduate work in Chemistry; Joseph Kitler, who will enter Bucknell to do advanced work m Social Science; and Luther Jones, who has been accepted at the University of New Mexico, where he will continue his study in the field of Commerce and Finance, COLONELS I It's economical You avoid standing in line o You're sure of a good seat $3.50 Pre-Season Price (TAX INCLUDED) Return application NOW - This offer expires September 15 CLIP HERE—MAIL NOW 1950 SCHEDULE 1950 FOOTBALL ORDER BLANK ★ — RETURN TO — WILKES COLLEGE PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT SEPT. Sat. 30—St. Francis Please send me College home football games. OCT. Sat. 7—Univ, of Bridgeport . Sat. 14—Ithaca College Sat. 28—Lycoming College ! H ...A H A 1950 season books for Wilkes J Enclosed is my check or money order for S /' Name NOV. Sat. 4—Bloomsburg S. T. C. Sat. 11—Maryland S. C. Sat. 18—King's College ★ ALL HOME GAMES AT NIGHT A H H Street City MAKE ALL CHECKS PAYABLE TO WILKES COLLEGE — DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 15 — a �Colonels prepare for fall sports pi ogram Nine Lettermen among 50 gridders set for practice on August 28 Coach George Ralston will issue the first call for candidates for the fifth Wilkes College grid team on August 28, when a squad of over 50 gridders is expected to report to the Colonels' Kirby Park practice field to bid for positions on the 1950 eleven. Heading the list of aspirants for this year's grid team are nine returning lettermen from last year's squad, which romped through its nine-game schedule by copping seven wins against one tie and one setback. Ralston's chief worry this season appears to be the major job of replacing the large number of lettermen missing from last year s team. The genial Wilkes mentor reported that graduation and with­ drawals have resulted in a mass exodus of 22 gridders from last year's club. Although the 1950 club will be faring a reduced seven-game schedule, the caliber of the teams fazing the Wilkes eleven will provide the Colonels with some strong opposition. Only one new foe has been added to the new schedule, while three of the 1949 opponents are missing from this year's grid slate. Maryland State College is the latest addition to the Colonel schedule, with the Wilkes eleven slated to meet the Maryland grid­ men in a home contest on Saturday evening, November 11. Missing from the 1950 schedule are Rider College, Upsala College, and the National Agricultural College. The rest of the current schedule finds the Colonels playing three more ------ home v■■ games and three tilts on the road. St. Francis College will supj jply the opposition in the curtain raiser at home on Septemher 30. The following Saturday the Colonels travel to Connecticut for a gc jame with the strong University of Bridgeport club which bowed to tc the Colonels in a thrilling 21-31 contest last fall. Partridge starts second year at helm of Colonel hooters in September With a tough seven-game schedule already lined UP for this year’s Wilkes College soccer team, and the possibility °f at least two more games before the 1950 campaign rolls around, Coach Bob Partridge's club appears to be headed for a rough season in its second crack at intercollegiate competition. Partridge, a former University of Pennsylvania All-American, will issue the first call for soccer drills early in September, when a squad of over 40 candidates is expected to report to the Kirby Park practice field. Included among the squad will be a large contingent of re­ turning lettermen from the 19-19 soccer team, the first in the history of the college. Heading the list of returning lettermen is Captain Cy Kovalchik, who paced the Colonels in the scoring column in 1949. A senior, Kovalchik displayed plenty of natural ability in his first start at the sport last fall, and with a year's experience is expected to be a big threat in the Wilkes attack this season. The Wilkes hooters will be called upon to face a vasty stly improved schedule this season. Athletic Director George F. Ralston reported that he has already made arrant igements for seven games with some of the top college soccer teams in the East. ___ There _____ ____ exists a possibility of at least two more additions before the start of the season. The 1950 schedule finds the Wilkes kickers opening up with a home tilt on September 23, against the Bloomsburg State Teachers College eleven. The strong Husky team started the Colonels on their losing streak last season, when it copped a one-point, 3-2 vic­ tory over the Colonels in the first tilt of the season. The remaining games on the seven game e grid slate will pit the Colonels against Ithaca College at home on C October 14, and King's College at home on November 18. Away tilts are scheduled with Lycoming College on October 28, and Bloc jomsburg State Teachers College on November 4. The club then takes to the road for three consecutive consecutive games, games. starting on Saturday, September 30, when Wilkes meets the Franklin and Marshall booters. Partridge takes his team to Stroudsburg for a contest with the East Stroudsburg State State Teachers Teachers College College club club on October 7, followed by a return tilt with Bloomsburg State Teachers College on October 21. One of the bright spots in Coach Ralston's 1950 gridiron picture is the return of three varsity backs from last year's high-scoring backfield. Heading the list of returnees are co-captains Leo Castle and Norm Cross, and scat-back Al Nicholas. Castle and Nicholas are expected to hold down the halfback posts, while Cross will occupy the starting fullback position. The Wilkes booters *— *oters — return to their home field for a gai ime with Ithaca College on ^October (___ 25, muu and play num host i<to Lafayette College on November 2. The regular season closes with ‘ ”i a game at Howard University on November 4. Castle appears to be headed for his most brilliant campaign this season after three years of alternating at the tailback slot with All-State halfback John Florkiewicz. An excellent broken field run­ ner along with his pin-point passing and long distance punting ability, Castle is expected to be the big gun in Coach Ralston's 1950 attack. The other returning lettermen who will form the nucleus for the 1950 eleven are ends, George McMahon and Al Molosh, tackles, Ed Bogusko and Frank Radaszewski; guard, Olie Thomas, and center Jack Jones. Although the power from last year's team, which ran up a total of 294 ponts in nine games to lead the state in scoring, will be missing from the 1950 club, Ralston's fifth grid team is expected to possess plenty of speed and football ability. Instead of relying on his bone crushing attack from last year, when the team worked out of a powerful single wing formation which could grind out yardage consistently, Ralston is expected to switch to an attack which will utilize the speed of his fleet stepping halfbacks. SPORTS CLIPPINGS by BILL UMPHRED Although most of the nation's sports fans are still breathlessly following the knock-down, drag out pennant races in the two major leagues, the trend of talk around the Wilkes College campus is slowly drifting towards the coming cominc football season and the possibility of o another outstanding icampaign for Coach George Ralston's gridders. With three of last year's varsity backs re­ turning for more action, Ralston has the makings of another fine club. Head­ ing the list of returnees are backs Leo Castle and Al Nicholas, and blocking back Norm Cross. Nicholas will be re­ AL NICHOLAS membered by grid fans as the fleetfooted halfback who turned in many long runs for the Colonels last fall. In luded among his long trips to the end zone was a 90-yard jaunt cn a3 kick-off against Ithaca College, a 73-yard sprint from scrimmage intercaption i'nst Upsala College, and a 75-yard run on a pass interception agar ne Lycoming College rout. in the »»w«« Soccer Coach Bob Partridge, who will also direct the fortunes of next year's Wilkes diamond team along vzith his duties as Physical Education and Activities Director, is using the summer vacation to brush up on his physical education vzork at Boston University. 3 > w«« Many Wilkes athletes are spending the vacation period vzorking at summer camps, vzhere their duties also allow them to put in time training for next year's teams. Included among the men vzorking as camp counsellors are Al Nicholas and Bob Hall, members of the football and baseball teams, respectively, vzho are vzorking at a summer camp in Lebanon, Pa. »• w«« Bob Waters, last •year's "Athlete of the Year" and President of the 1950 senior class,, is spending the summer vacation at a boys' ’ area. area. Waters vzill assume his nevz duties camp> in the Pittsburgh at Wt rest Pittston High School as an instructor and athletic coach in Septemoer. > »w« < Bill Johns, fullback on last year's grid team and one of the members of the first grid team in the school's history in 1946, is using the summer months to recuperate from a recent operation which kept him in bed for three weeks. Bill, a 200-pound fullback, was one of the best punters in the valley in 1946, when he averaged over 50-yards per boot. The GAR High School product also puts his athletic ability to good use on the basketball court, where he has held down a varsity spot vzith Coach Ral­ ston's quintet for three years. Ralston reported the schedule ma] ry include two games with the Ft. Monmouth team. The army camp always comes up with plenty of top notch material and if the games mat tterialize they should provide the Colonels vzith some tough opposition. Lincoln University, which administered a 4-0 setback to the Colonels last year, has droppt oed the sport from its athletic program and v/as forced to cancel its s scheduled contest with the Colonels. Partridge conducted a spring training program for four weeks last spring and reported that t__ this year's club looks much stronger than the first edition of the Wilkes ILwS soccer team. Several newcomers were among the candidates> for spring drills and the Wilkes mentor vzas well pleased vzith thei sir fine showing in practice sessions. Included amc among the new candidates who appear to be headed for varsity * berths _rths are Carlos Ortega, a South American product, who entered college in February and displayed plenty of soccer ability in his first start with the Colonels, and Don Tosh, a sophomore hooter, who looked exceptionally good in practice and will be count­ ed upon for heavy duty this season. Also ready for another season are Eckmeder, Charh - ^«u*les Petrilak, Charlie Jackson, inomas, Carl Wallison, Ed Ed Wheatlev Wheatley and and Rocky Reynolds, Preston Earl Wolfe, Charlie Bill Bill Moslev. Mosley. BILL JOHNS _ ”W<« 1 rancis Pinkowski and Don Blankenbush, both members of last spring's Colonel baseball team, are working during the summer 'n Wilkes-Barre. Pinkowski. who also quarterbacked the 9 eleven to its fine record, is employed at the Woodlawn Dairy, t ik Bfonkenbush, captain of the "1950 baseball team, is working 2 the International Color Printing Co., and will return to school in eptember for his senior year. Three Wilkes coeds, who participated in the Wilkes College ater Ballet Group, are putting their swimming ability to good use unng the summer months. Miriam Long, a recent addition to the ranks of the alumni, is employed as a life guard at the Irem Temple ountry Club, while JoAnne Davis is serving in the same capacity at ne Promised Land Lake in the Pocono Mountains. Jane Salwoski, who A?.. es the alumni secretarial duties in the Wilkes Public Relations YWCA *S work*n9 as a swimming instructor in the Wilkes-Barre Bob Gorgas. who co-captained th? first Wilkes College grid team in 1946, when the Colonels surprised even their most ardent rooters by romping through a six-game schedule undefeated, i'. working during the summer months as a welder in Philadelphia. Bob, who be­ came a member of the alumni with the June graduation, finished up four years of outstanding college football as a starting guard with last year's eleven. BOB GORGAS »>w«« With a seven-game schedule listed for this year's grid squad, Coach George Ralston will have an opportunityty to push his already remarkable record to even greater heights,. In his first four seasons Wilkes' gridders to an of grid campaigning, Ralston has directed his 1 outstanding record of 25 wins, four losses, and threei ties. The only defeats wore suffered at the hands of the Army Junior Varsity, College, and last Bloomsburg State Teachers College, St. Francis Cc season's 41-34 defeat by Rider College. Paul Huff, ace Wilkes' set shot for the past four basketball sea­ sons, and co-captain of the 1948-1949 court team, is vzorking in Wash­ ington, D. C. Huff vzas one of the big reasons for the Colonels' amazing upset of King's College last season. The pint-sized guard played his heart out against the heavily favored Kingsmen in order to break the long losing streak vzhich the Colonels had suffered at the hands of the Monarchs. It v/as his long set shots from mid-court which finally broke the back of the towering King's five and allowed the Colonels to go on to a thrilling 69-65 victory. »>w«« 2 w "TOLIE THOMAS Wedding bells will ring this month for Olie Thomas, a member of the Colonel varsity eleven for the last two years, and one of the lettermen counted upon this year to continue the winning ways started by the past Wilkes teams. A halfback in 1948 after transferring to Wilkes from Syracuse University, Thomas moved up to the guard slot last year to fill a vacancy in the start­ ing line-up. The veteran gridder will marry Irene Sheplock, a member of the office staff in the Wilkes Registrar's office on August 26. »>W<« John Zigmund, the strong armed right-hander of last spring's Wilkes College baseball team, vzound up a brilliant first year with the Colonels by joining the ranks of the Lettermen's "Married Men’s Club". The ace hurler, vzho copped six wins in seven starts to pace the Colonels to a season's record of 13 wins in 18 starts, vzas one of the most sought after ball players in the region after his sensa­ tional first year vzith the Colonel nine. Several major league scouts were beating a path to his door vzith tempting offers, but the big chucker decided to finish up his college career before joining the play-for-pay ranks. Although Coach Ralston witnessed a mass exodus of talented football players in the June graduation exercises, the 1950 Wilkes grid roster will find many returning lettermen from last year's oncebeaten club. The reserve strength of this season's eleven will not have the depth of the 1949 team, but the club should make up in speed what it may have been lost in power. Such speedy backs as Leo Castle, Al Nicholas and Al Manarski, are expected to supply Ralston with the nucleus for a fast aggressive club. �ALUMNI RECORD ALUMNOTES... Louise Brennan, junior college alumnus, who served for several years as the registrar s assistant, is spending the summer months in A’lantic City before returning to college in September to complete her un­ dergraduate work . . . Larry Pelesh, one of the more recent additions to the alumni club after winding up college life with the 1950 class, has accepted a position in Brooklyn, N. Y. with the YMCA . . . Ralph Carey, member of the class of '48, and a former Student Coun­ cil representative, is attending summer classes at CCNY .... John Cooney, another member of the 1948 graduate class, and more recently a mem­ ber of the Wilkes faculty in the Economics department, will enter the University of Pittsburgh in September to do graduate work . . . John C. Bush, BUJC class of '40, who migrated to Bucknell University, where he received his bachelor's degree with the class of '42, returned recently to his duties at the sports desk of the Sunday Indepen­ dent after spending two weeks with the Naval Reserve in Philadelphia . . . William Kosicki, Wilkes College alumnus, has returned to his home in Plymouth after spending the winter in Lewisburg . . . Marty Blake, popular Wilkes College alumnus, is doing publictiy work in Wilkes-Barre for several clubs handling sports presentations, including the professional wrestlers and the amateur boxers. Marty journeyed to Florida early last spring to handle the publicity for the Wilkes-Barre Indians baseball team . . . Don Kemmerer, who was graduated with the June class, has accepted a position in Leesport, Pa., as a high school English teacher. Don, who attained the highest average in the 1950 class, will also serve as coach of the Dramatics Club at the Leesport Hiqh School . . . Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lawson returned to their home in Kingston recently after spend­ ing their summer vacation at New Jersey's Asbury Park. . .Mrs. Lawson is the former Madelyn Molitoris, a BUJC alumnus, who is now employed on the Wilkes College office staff. News abou1 our 1950 grads—Raymond Kinback, a Commerce and Finance graduate, has accepted a posi­ tion as an accountant with the DuPont Company in Wilmington, Delaware. . .Rudolph Bottei, who received his A. B. degree in Chemistry in June, has been grant­ ed a graduate student assistantshio at Cornell Univer­ sity. His new duties begin in September, when he will serve as a teaching and research assistant . . . Reed Lowery, an English major while at Wilkes, is spending the summer vacation in the Pocono Mountains where he is serving as editor of one of the resort's news­ papers. Reed reports he plans to continue his educa­ tion in the fall when he will enter the Universitv of Pennsylvania to do graduate work in English . . . Ger­ ard Finn, another Commerce and Finance graduate, is working at the Hessler Laundry and Drv Cleaning Co. in Wilkes-Barre as a salesman . . . John Surash, who received a B. S. in Chemistry in June, will enter Lehigh University in September where he has been awarded a graduate assistantshio in Chemistry. John informs us that his schedule calls for him to teach fresh­ man chemistry. Russell Williams, who received his A. B. in English at the June 12 exercises, is employed at the I. Miller Shoe Co. in Wilkes-Barre as a stock supervisor. Russ was awarded the L. J. VanLaeys Journalism Medal in June for his outstanding work and effort on the student newspaper and as a member of the journalism class at Wilkes . . . John Mohan, a June graduate with a B. S. in Economics, is working for the H. J. Heinz Co. in Wilkes-Barre as a salesman . . . Art Spengler, who finished up his college work in February with an A. B. in Social Studies, is employed in Endicott, N. Y„ in the p.cduc.ion department of the International Business Machine Ccrp. Ar; was one of the most active students on the campus while attending Wilkes, and devoted much of his free time to his work with the Student Council, having served one term as President of that group, along with his duties as a member of the Beacon and Yearbook staffs . . . Marvin Smith, a Commerce and Finance grad, has entered the insurance business with a Wilkes-Barre firm . . . Joseph Gudaitis has jour­ neyed to Newark, N. J., to accept a position with the Continental Transportation Lines in that city as a motor freight dispatcher. He received a B. S. in Economics in June. Edward J. Brill, a June graduate with a B. S. in Biology, has been accepted for graduate work at the Hahneman Medical College. Ed is spending the sum­ mer months working in a Wilkes-Barre theatre . . . Also slated to do graduate work is George Ermel, who received an A. B. in Social Science, and will enter Syracuse University in Sept., where he will major in Library Science . . . Kenneth Widdall, a June grad with an A. B. in Biology, has entered graduate school at Penn State where he will continue his studies in Biolo­ gy .. . Dick Rogers is working for the Scran'on Dry Goods Co. as a floor manager. Dick received his bach­ elor's degree in Economics . . . Nick Konchuba is em­ ployed in Washington, D. C. as a police department statistician. Nick, who received a B. S. in Commerce and Finance and Economics, reports that he plans to do graduate work in the near future . . . Armin J. Gill, another Commerce and Finance grad, is employed in Wilkes-Barre as a salesman. . .Marvin Horwitz is work­ ing in the Wilkes College Guidance Center as a Coun­ selor ... Ed Lidz is employed in Wilkes-Barre as a salesman . . . Nancy Yaufman, who completed her Commerce and Finance work in June, is employed as a secretary . . . Herbert Quick has accepted a position as a senior high school French and English teacher in Thurmont, Maryland . . . Arlene Pletcher has been ad­ mitted to the Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, Pa., where she will receive training as a Lab Technician. . . Julius E. Kuhn is doing graduate work in Engineering at Bucknell University . . . Barbara Hartley will enter the Robert Packer Hos­ pital in Sayre, Pa., on Auaust 1 where she will train as a Lab Technician . . . Lester Gross plans to enter the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Sep'ember to do graduate work in Theology . . . Henry Ward is employed on a part-time basis in Wilkes-Barre with a building contractor . . . Joseph Zawodniak, who received his bachelor's degree in Economics in June, has accepted a position with the Woodlawn Farm Dairy Co. in Wilkes-Barre . . . Mary Porter is employed in Harrisburg State Hospital as a social worker . . . June Williams has been awarded a graduate assistant­ ship in Chemistry at Penn State . . . Any other members of the alumni association, who have not already mailed us their copy of the Alumni Record, are also requested to do so as soon as possible. THOMAS J. MORAN '49 Executive Alumni Secretary 1 Name FIRST LAST MIDDLE Maiden Name Street State Town Telephone Entered Wilkes College (B. U. J. C.) 2 Withdrew Graduated Transferred To 3 Graduated I 4 Semester Hours at Wilkes (B. U. J. C.) Major Degree 5 Present Employment and Duties 6 Business Address 7 Do you know of any people who Association?. (a) List: no', receiving the regular literature of the attended Wilkes or BUJC and are �t— a* CD 0) C/2 o O P 3 cn so cd w* CD T •"5 CD < CD T * cn T> c<ciT) 0) 0 P3 H» P g � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumnus Summer 1950 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marketing and Communications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1950 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Magazine Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/7a41129c11d999ee7d7f0f075633484c.pdf db840948b3a005139a08ea6972a02434 PDF Text Text I i Vol. 3, No. 1 Alw Ukes college —I__ .. —'"I. :.F 77'7777 rT\—yr-grT K__ 7 U v U LI vJ v__ > WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA Homecoming Nov. 17 FIRST FORMAL ON FRIDAY AT 7 November, 1950 18 RETURNING alumni GALA WEEK-END EXPECTED TO DRAW HUNDREDS OF ALUMNI TO CAMPUS MUST REGISTER . The main lounge of Chase Hall on South River street will A formal note will be injected be used as the temporary head­ into a gala week-end of Homecomquarters for Homecoming regis­ i ig activity on Friday evening at tration during the Nov. 17 - 18 7, when former students of Wilkes celebration. College and Bucknell University Miss Jane Salwoski, college Junior College will attend a Formal alumni assistant, will be in Dinner-Dance in the Victory Room charge of registrations. of the Hotel Redington. This office will be open from Music for the evening of dancing 9 a .m. to 5 p. m. on Friday, will be provided by Lee Vincent Nov. 17, and from 9 a. m. to and his orchestra. This popular noon on Saturday, Nov. 18. Wyoming Valley dance band—ac­ Returning alumni are urged claimed by many to be the finest to register in this office before in the state—recently completed a doing anything else. All tickets six-week engagement at the Steel for Homecoming events will be Pier in Atlantic City. available at this office. A special committee, under the guidance of Chairman Rau and Alumni President Donald L. Honey­ well, has been working for the past six weeks in order to make this part of the Homecoming a big I success. T hc new . The new ...... constitution for the First Formal Dance I Wilkes College Alumni Association, The event will mark the first which was approved at the Septemlime in the historv of alumni af- Der meeting of the organization, is fairs at Wilkes College that a for-! published in this issue of the mal dinner-dance has been held. At | ALUMNUS. ___ ______ ________ It *iss suggested that you clip nrsi, there was some objection J* ...... raised about the move to make the j th*8 constitution so that'J* it can be dance formal, but a vote was taken used for future refrence. among the members present at the August meeting and it was decided by a majority vote that this dance .should be of the tuxedo variety. The cabaret theme will prevail. A speaker’s table will be located There’ll be plenty of color on on the east end of the huge room. campus when the former students A decorating committee, composed return for the Third Annual Homeo former students who have coming and the reason will be that handled the color schemes for un­ every student club and society has dergraduate dances, will spend the joined in a contest to see which can biggest part of Tuesday making do the most successful job of de­ the room conform to the traditional corating the college buildings. Wilkes College blue and gold at­ Each club has been assigned a mosphere. building and will see to it that The speaker for the formal affair there is an abundance of external will be announced in the daily welcome for the alumni, when they newspaper several days before th<- revisit the campus on Friday and dance. It is expected that the guest Saturday, Nov, 17 and IB. speaker will be a prominent Wyo­ Joining in the spirit of the con­ ming Valley resident, who is ex­ test is the alumni association, tremely interested in the work be-I which has offered a trophy to the ing done at Wilkes College and club or society whose decorations also one who is well versed in the are judged to be the best, benefit:, of having a strong alumni Supervising the contest is Rob­ association behind a growing in­ ert V/. Partridge, director of stu­ stitution. dent activities. WCAA CONSTITUTION' IN THIS ISSUE CAMPUS CLUBS PLAN COLORFUL RECEPTION Many of the 2,000 members of the Wilkes College Alumni Association are expected to make their annual pilgrimage to the South River Street campus on Nov. 17 and 18 to attend the Third Annual Alumni Homecoming. The two-day affair promises to be one of the finest ever sponsored at the community college and it is expected that a good representation will be present from each of the 17 classes which have studied at the local institution since its founding Bucknell University Junior ColCol­ when the main lounge of Chase at Bucknell^ lege in 1933. Hall will be opened as the HomeAlumni President Donald L. coming registration headquarters. Honeywell has appointed Donald Returning alumni will be register­ M. Rau, class of ’50, as general ed at this center before receiving chairman of the affair. A commit­ tickets to the variety of events tee of over 30 former students has that will fill their two-day pro­ gram. First regular activity will be the President’s Reception given by Dr. and Mrs. Eugene S. Farley in their home at 146 South River street. This event will commence at 3 p. m. and continue until 5. On Saturday morning registra­ tion for late-comers ■will be held until noon. The Special Alumni Luncheon will take place at 12:30 I on Saturday in the college cafe­ teria. Dr. Farley will make his an­ nual report to the members of the Alumni Association at this lun­ cheon. The annual general business meeting will be held at 1:30 on Saturday in the Lecture Hall on South River street. Alumni Presi­ dent Honeywell will open the ses­ sion by giving a report of the pro­ gress made by the association dur­ ing the past year. Reports will also be heard from various officers and committee heads of the organ­ ization. An informal alumni reception Donald M. Rau will be held in the Victory Room been working for the past six of the Hotel Redington on Satur­ weeks in order to make this year’s day afternoon from 3 to 5:30, and Homecoming a session of interest­ from there the former students ing business and social activity. will journey to Kingston Stadium Highlighting this year’s Home­ where they will watch the annual coming Program will be a formal grid contest between Wilkes and dinner-dance on Friday evening at King’s Colleges from a special re­ 7 in tho Victory Room of the Hotel served section on the west side of Redington and tho traditional the field. football clash between Wilkes and The entire Homecoming Program its city-rival, King’s College, on will be concluded at a Sport Dance, Saturday evening at 8 in the planned for the gymnasium on Kingston Stadium. South Franklin street by the The program will officially get Wilkes College Student Council underway on Friday morning at 9, following the football game. �WILKES ALUMNUS Pago Two The ALUMNUS Editor THOMAS J. MORAN Assistant Editor WILLIAM J. UMPHRED Staff Assistants JACK PHEATHEAN JANE SALWOSKI BOB SANDERS Photographer EDWARD BOLINSKI This publication will be puliblishcd monthly throughout the regular school year (September through June). An alumni ________ A report in the form of a magazine will be published in the summer of each year. oared for publication in the Alumni Office, 309 Chase The ALUMNUS is prepared Hall, 184 South River Street, jet, Wilkes-Barre, Wilkes Pa. Subscription price is SI.00 a year. The I EDITOR’S C o r n e r. THOMAS J. MORAN ■= - ■n **’**” I L ' ; /J THE HOMECOMING Most of the important arrangements for the Third Annual Homecoming have been completed by the general chairman, Don Rau. Now the entire committee and officers of the association have but one worry —what kind of a turn-out will there be for this important week-end? There are approximately 2,050 members in the Alumni Associa­ tion. Without consulting the record books, it is safe to say that there are about fifty per cent of this number located within four hours travel­ ing distance of our campus. That means that if there is sufficient in| terest among our alumni we should have at least 500 at this year’s homecoming. I would imagine that it is rather difficult for the members to de­ velop the same enthusiasm for this affair as we have, but it is only natural that when you work on a project you must be enthusiastic Intercollegiate athletics at Wilkes Colege are five years old. about it or the venture turns out to be just another affair. From all indications the 1950 Homecoming will be for a long time Yet, there has never been a single instance of special aid or to come a goal for other planning committees to reach. There has consideration being given to an athlete. The new athletic code, been considerable time and effort spent in the planning of this affair. which was approved recently by the Board of Trustees, insures A full program for the two-day period has been planned to provide activity for all but a few short hours. the fact that there never shall be any special privileged athletes It is with the greatest of pleasure that I look forward to seeing at this institution. you on Friday and Saturday, November 17 and 18. OUR ATHLETIC POLICY In shot!, athletics will always remain in their rightful place —as part of the college. As soon as a transformation takes place and the college becomes part of the athletic program, then it is time to abolish athletics. It is impossible for Wilkes College to carry on an athle'ic ■ relationship wrb. institutions that have different standards of scholarship, admission, and policy. ’ We would consider it poor judgment on the part of our athletic council if games were arranged wi'h Army, Notre Dame, Penn, and other first-rate athletic institutions. It would be unfair to pit our teams against schools of this size because the contests would be too one-sided and the ou'eome would never be in doubt. There just wouldn't be a contest in the true sense of the word. For the same reason, it would be unfair to schedule our athletic teams against schools that have too loose ar. altitude scholarship, admission, and general policy. EDITORIAL THE NEW CONSTITUTION In this issue of the Alumnus you will see for the first time the new constitution of the Wilkes College Alumni Association. You. will note that it is unlike most constitutions. It does not contain all the laboring phrases and par's of speech that make most blueprints for organization and operation, about as easy to understand as a timetable for a large railroad. When it vzas first decided that the old consti ution was far. A LOYALTY FUND You have been more fortunate than members of other college alumni associations. You have been iasked for only two-dollars a year vmo is io uiviucu uuuwtur and this divided tcjuidii.y equally between dues and a subscription to the ALUMNUS, our official publication. Look around you at the graduates from other colleges. Better still, walk _ right up and ask them how much it costs to be members in good standing of their respective alumni association. You’re surprised be­ cause the answer you got wasn’t even close to two dollars. Be honest, now, was it? If you didn’t have the misfortune to question one of the minority, who told you “Sure I get that stuff in the . mail, but I just toss it away, It’s the usual propaganda about being loyal and sending along a few bucks,” then you probably found out thatit it costs quite a bit of money to belong to other associations. In the new constitution, which was passed by the members of the association at the September r eeting, there is an article concerned with a Loyalty Fund. That fund is separate from the regular twodollar annual dues. In brief, the Loyalty Fund is an annual campaign sponsored by the Alumni Association to solicit your financial help in making addi­ tional approvements possible at Wilkes College. Granted that few of our alumni are so well established at present to make annual gifts that can be recorded in three or four figures, but I would like to hear from any member who can’t at least give fivedollars or at the very least one-dollar. Some can give more and will. Others can’t now, but will in the future. This Loyalty Fund campaign will be held in the Spring of 1951 and each year thereafter. Prepare yourself for it. If necessary, budget yourself to the extent of saving at least a dollar a month. The dues, which is much lower than that required by other college alumni associations, will remain the same—two dollars/ THE 1950 DUES Some members of the Alumni Association still have not paid their 1950 dues. It will be possible to do this when you register in the main ou*-da!ed, a special committee vzas appointed by the alumni lounge of Chase Hall on Friday or Saturday, November 17 or 18. president for the purpose of drawing up a new charier. Simpli­ city vzas the goal of this committee. The group wanted most to compose a conr/ifution that would bo adoquaio, yet not bo WE’RE LONESOME—WRITE so filled vzith "pigiron" that it would cause nc.-vour, frustration It gets mighty lonesome on the third floor of Chase Hall. The only thing wo see all day are women passing to and from the Women’s to someone seeking a bit of information. Lounge and what alumni secretary could be satisfied with such an un­ Tho finished product vzas presented to the alumni at tho eventful existence. What we’re trying to say is please write and let us know how September meeting of the Association. Afler a few slight things are on the outside. What have you accomplished since you left changes it was approved by those present. Tho action made it college. Did you gain a mate and possibly a few cherished offsprings? tho official guide to the conducting of alumni affairs at Wilkes Maybe you weren’t quite so ambitious and just confined your activi­ ties to getting a wonderful position. Why not drop us a line and. College. tell all? �WILKES ALUMNUS Pago Four WILKES ALUMNUS CONSTITUTION WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 1950 shall be held during the Homecom­ ing Week-end in November and at a specific time to be designated through official correspondence. 1. This organization shall bo called the Wilkes College Alumni ARTICLE IV Association. ARTICLE I Name and Purpose Chapters of the Alumni 2. The object of said Alumni Association Association shall be to stimulate and vitalize interest in the welfare 1. Whenever ten (10) or more of Wilkes College, as well as to foster and maintain good fellow­ members of the Wilkes College Alumni Association meet together ship among its graduates and beyond a reasonable commuting friends. distance of Wyoming Valley (A distance that will cause incon­ ARTICLE II venience in attending the regular Membership in the Wilkes College meetings of the association) for the purpose of conducting social or Alumni Association business sessions similar to those 1. Every person who shall have held at the regular meetings of the completed at least thirty (30) sem­ Alumni Association, it shall be the ester hours of work at Wilkes privilege of this group to petition College and shall have terminated the president and Membership academic relations with the latter Committee for official recognition institution shall be eligible for full as a Chapter of the Wilkes College Alumni Association. membership. 2. Every person who shall have completed at least thirty (30) sem­ ester hours of work while Wilkes College was known as Bucknell University Junior College shall be accorded full membership. 3. Members of each senior class at Wilkes College shall become eligible for membership in Wilkes College Alumni Association when they shall have been recommended by the faculty for graduation. 2, Chapters of the Wilkes College Alumni Association (see Article, III, Section 3), located outside of Wyoming Valley shall conduct meeting at a time and place de­ signated by their membership. 3. Chapters shall be required to conform to all parts of the Consti­ tution which governs the Wilkes College Alumni Association, ex­ cept those part or parts that con­ flict with the conducting of alumni 4. Members of the faculty, board j affairs in a specific locale. -____ _____________ \ of- trustees, andj the ____ recipients ofI honorary degrees shall as such be ARTICLE V deemed ex-officio members of the Officers and Elections Wilkes College Alumni Associa­ tion. 1. The officers of the Wilkes College Alumni Association shall be a president, vice-president, ARTICLE III treasurer, recording secretary, and Meeting of the Alumni executive secretary. The alumni Association secretary of Wilkes College shall be the executive secretary of the 1. There shall be a meeting of the Wilkes College Alumni Asso­ Wilkes College Alumni Associa­ tion. The officers of the Alumni ciation held on the first Monday of every month at the place de­ Association, excepting executive signated through official corres­ secretary, shall he elected for one pondence. A quorum for such year. No officer of the association, excepting the treasurer and execu­ monthly meetings shall be 15. tive secretary, shall serve in the 2. The president of the Wilkes same office for more than three College Alumni Association shall successive years. have the power to call a special 2. The treasurer shall be required meeting at any time he so desires. to deposit all funds of the associa­ 3. Chapters of the Wilkes Col­ tion in a depository designated by lege Alumni Association, located the Finance Committee. outside of Wyoming Valley, shall 3. Officer vacancies may be filled conduct meetings at a time and place designated by their member­ by the President of the Wilkes College Alumni Association, ex­ ships. cepting the office of executive sec­ ■1. A general meeting of the retary, which shall follow the pro­ Wilkes College Alumni Association cedure set forth in Article VIII. All appointments to fill vacancies shall be ex-officio members of each in the ranks of officers shall be un­ committee provided for here-in or til the expiration of the regular otherwise appointed. term. ARTICLE VI 4.' At the regular August meet­ Alumni Council ing of the Wilkes College Alumni Association (the first Monday of 1. Function—The Alumni Coun­ the month), the President shall cil is designed in general to act in a measure as a committee of the appoint a nominating committee of seven members, whose duty it whole for the purpose of working out plans and policies and being shall be to nominate a candidate generally helpful in furthering the for the offices of president, vice- interests and regulating the activi­ president, recording secretary, ties of the Alumni Association. treasurer, and member-at-large. 2. Officers—The officers of the The choice for each office by the Alumni Association, elected from appointed nominating committee time to time, shall be deemed to shall be made known to the mem­ hold the same respecitve offices in bership immediately following the the Alumni Council without action to such effect by the Alumni Coun­ close of nominations from the floor cil. at the September meeting. The 3. Meetings—There shall be at successful candidates shall be those receiving a majority of votes cast least one formal meeting of the Alumni Council each year at such by mail ballot. Not later than one time and place as shall be deter­ week from the aforeemntioned mined. A quorum for such meeting meeting the executive secretary of shall be five (5). In addition to the alumni association shall send formal meetings the Alumni Coun­ to all members of the association cil shall transact business among its members through the media of an official ballot to be returned. mail. All alumni shall be eligible to vote. 4. Eligibility—Any member of All ballots shall remain uncounted until the closing of the polls, which the Alumni Association is eligible for membership in the Alumni shall occur at 3 p. m. one month Council. (30 days) following mailing of the 5. Membership—Membership in ballots by the executive secretary. The closing day of the polls shall the Alumni Council shall consist of nine members and one from each bo mentioned on all ballot forms. chapter of at least 10 members. Immediately after the closing of This figure shall be reached in the the polls, three tellers, appointed following manner: by the executive alumni secretary a. Four elected officers of the of Wilkes College shall open the Alumni Association. ballots, complete the count of the b. One representative from each vote, and certify in writing to the chapter of 10 or more mem­ Alumni Council the names of the bers. elected officials. c. One representative appointed 5. All newly elected officers shall by the President of the take office January 1 of the follow­ Association. ing year. The term of office shall be until the following December 31 d. Four elected from the mem­ or until new officers are elected to bership at large. fill vacancies after the expiration 6. All members shall serve for of the one-year term of office. All committee appointments made dur­ one year after election to office. ing a year shall not run longer The election of the four persons than December 31 of the year the from the membership at large shall appointment is made or until new take place at the first regular meeting in October. officers are elected. 6. Tiie President, or in his ab­ sence, the Vice-President, shall preside at nil meetings of the Alumni Association and Alumni Council. The President and Execu­ tive Secretary of the Association 7. Members of the Alumni Coun­ cil who miss three consecutive meetings shall be disqualified. Vacancies occuring through dis­ qualification of a member for ab- (continued on next page) sentism shall be filled by presiden­ LOYALTY FUND, and such fund shall be the function of 1 tial appointment. shall be under the direction of the committee, which shall Alumni Council as herein provided, Alumni Council. ARTICLE VII 6. Campaigns—The am 2. Purpose—The underlying pur­ Standing Committees pose of the fund shall be to pro­ peal shall take place bet-' (Permanent) vide an agency which shall further 1 and June 30. Gifts to b( 1. There shall be at least four the practice among alumni and in the current year must (4) standing committees of three friends of Wilkes College of giving hands of the fund comm (3) or more members each, to be money annually, in large or small later than June 30, wt appointed by the president of the amounts, according to ability, for marks the end of the coll Alumni Council, who shall desig­ the purpose of the college; thus year. nate one member of each commit­ providing a means of consolidating 7. Records—The Alum tee as its chairman. All such ap­ many gifts into one large amount shall keep full records of pointments may be terminated at which may be used for particular class standing at all t needs of Wilkes College from time any time by action of the Presi­ shall publish at the clos dent of the Alumni Association. to time. annual appeal a repoi These committees shall be appoint­ 3. Objective—The immediate or names of donors but ed in the Fall to serve for one year special objective of each annual ap­ amounts of their respeci or until successors shall be ap­ peal, and the allocation and disposi­ pointed. Vacancies on such commit­ tion of the fund collected shall be ARTICLE IX tees may be filled by the commit­ determined by the fund committee tee chairman in cooperation with in consolidation with the President Filling Vacancy in C the president of the alumni asso­ of Wilkes College and his counsels. Alumni Secretary ciation. Wilkes College 4. Presentation — In presenting 1. The Alumni Counci (a) Committee on Finance—It the annual appeal the fund com­ operate with the Pres shall be the duty of this commit­ mittee shall ■work through the tee to determine financial policies various class representatives, ap­ Board of Trustees of V from year to year, to audit the pointing representatives for those lege in the selection of books or receive the auditor’s re­ classes not having official Alumni Secretary for Wilkes port and generally to direct the Council representatives. The appeal whenever a vacancy occ financial administration of the or­ to friends of the institution shall office. ganization in conjunction with the be conducted through the Alumni 2. The officers of t college comptroller. Secretary of Wilkes College. Cash Association are author: and non-continuing pledges shall with the President of (b) Committee on Program—It be payable before the close of the and Chairman of the shall be the duty of this commit­ Trustees to appoint a tee to plan and promote social pro­ College fiscal year. incumbent to said offic grams for each scheduled general 5. Supervisions—Overall super­ alumni meeting unless otherwise visions of the collection of the fund 3. The officers of 1 specified by the President. This . committee will be expected to co­ operate with the planning and pro­ motion of other social events spon­ sored by the Alumni Association . throughout the year. HOMECOMING (c) Committee on Legislation— It shall be the duty of this com­ mittee to consider and draft amend­ ments and interpret the constitu­ tion upon the written petition of any ten (10) members and upon the request of the President. (d) Committee on Membership— It shall be the duty of this commit­ tee to plan and promote member­ ship drives designed to bring about greater interest in the alumni asso­ ciation and attract greater num­ bers to the meetings and affairs sponsored by the association. This committee will cooperate with the college authorities and undergrad­ uates in linking up the graduate and undergraduate interest, and in promoting a closer relationship be­ tween students and alumni. (e) Additional Committees—The Alumni Council may, from time to time, provide for and appoint such additional committees as it may deem advisable, with such duties and powers as it may define, and may adopt by-laws, rules and re­ gulations for the transaction of its business. ARTICLE VIII The Loyalty Fund Friday, November 17 9 a. m. - 5 p. m. Registration (All Day) 2 p. m. Get Acquainted Tour of Can 3 p. m. - 5 p. m. President's Reception Dr. and Mrs. Eugene S. Farl 7 p. m. - 1 a. m. FORMAL HOMECOMING E Orchestra—Lee Vincent Saturday, November 18 9 a. m. - 12 noon Late Registration 12:30 p. m. SPECIAL ALUMNI LUNCHE Speaker—Dr. Eugene S. Fai Topic—"Report to the Alum: 1:30 p. m. GENERAL BUSINESS MEET 3 p. m. - 5:30 p. m. ALUMNI RECEPTION 8 p. m. HOMECOMING FOOTBAL WILKES College vs. King's (Section will be reserved fo 10:30 p. m. "Welcome Alumni" Sport 1. Name—The name of the fund shall be the WILKES COLLEGE I______ . �WILKES ALUMNUS CONSTITUTION COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION □OPTED SEPTEMBER 1950 All appointments to fill vacancies ’ shall be ex-officio members of each in the ranks of officers shall be un- i committee provided for here-in or til the expiration of the regular' otherwise appointed. term. ARTICLE VI 4.' At the regular August meet-. ARTICLE IV Alumni Council ing of the Wilkes College Alumni Chapters of the Alumni Association (the first Monday of 1. Function—The Alumni Coun­ Association the month), the President shall cil is designed in general to act in 1. JX henever^ten^ (10) or, more appoint a nominating committee a measure as a committee of the members of the Wilkes College of seven members, whose duty it whole for the purpose of working Alumni Association meet together out plans and policies and being beyond a reasonable j commuting j shall be to nominate a candidate generally helpful in furthering the distance of■ Wyoming Valley (A I for the offices of president, vice- interests and regulating the activi­ distance that .4- — will n cause ■ presjjincon en^ ­ recording secretary, ties of the Alumni Association. venience in attending the regular 1^1 ireasurer and member-at-large. meetings of the association) lor ... . , 2. Officers—The officers of the the purpose of conducting social or, cIJ01ce iOr eacL onice by the Alumni Association, elected from business sessions similar to those j appointed nominating committee time to time, shall be deemed to held at the regular meetings of the shall be made known to the mem­ hold the same respecitve offices in Alumni Association, it shall be the bership immediately following the the Alumni Council without action privilege of this group to petition to such effect by the Alumni Coun­ the president and Membership close of nominations from the fioor cil. Committee for official recognition at the September meeting. The as a Chapter of the Wilkes College successful candidates shall be those 3. Meetings—There shall be at I Alumni Association. receiving a majority of votes cast least one formal meeting of the Alumni Council each year at such 2. Chapters of the Wilkes College by mail ballot. Not later than one time and place as shall be deter­ Alumni Association (see Article week from the aforeemntioned mined. A quorum for such meeting III, Section 3), located outside of meeting the executive secretary of shall be five (5). In addition to Wyoming Valley shall conduct the alumni association shall send formal meetings the Alumni Coun­ meeting at a time and place de­ to all members of the association cil shall transact business among signated by their membership. its members through the media of an official ballot to be returned. mail. 3. Chapters shall be required to All alumni shall be eligible to vote. ■ conform to all parts of the Consti­ All ballots shall remain uncounted ’ 4. Eligibility—Any member of tution which governs the Wilkes until the closing of the tolls, which Ithe AlumI!i Association is eligible College Alumni Association, ex­ » n , o , for membership in the Alumni Alumni cept those part or parts that con- , =hall occur at 3 p. m. one month romr.y flict with the conducting of alumni (30 days) following mailing of the affairs in a specific locale. i ballots by the executive secretary., 5. Membership—Membership in The closing dav of the polls shall Ithe AIumni Council shall consist •oe mentioned „ r on all 11 •ballot n 4. forms. ofi nine members ARTICLE V , , and. one ,n from ,each ■ chapter of at least 10 members. Officers and Elections Immediately after the closing of • This figure shall be reached in the 1. The officers of the Wilkes i the P°Us' three teUers’_ appointed following College Alumni Association shall !\ bv 'a•>' the executive alumni secretsrv secretary1 -iiinrrn Aiumni al>™™ Association a c-snail a. Four elected officers of the be a president, vice-president, vice-president,, of Wilkes College shall open the Alumni Association. treasurer, recording secretary, and j ballots, complete the count the r, ! comnlete r-nnnt of nr t.hn executive secretary. The alumnii vote, and certify in writing to the b. One representative from each secretary of Wilkes College shall chapter of 10 or more mem­ be the executive secretary of the Alumni Council the names of the bers. Wilkes College Alumni Associa­ elected officials. tion. The officers of the Alumni One representative appointed 5. All newly elected officers shall Association, excepting executive by the President of the take office January 1 of the follow­ secretary, shall be elected for one Association. ing year. The term of office shall rear. No officer of the association, be until the following December 31 d. Four elected from the memexcepting the treasurer and execuor until new officers are elected to bership at large. ive secretary, shall serve in the fill vacancies after the expiration ame office for more than three 6. All members shall serve for of the one-year term of office. All uccessive years. committee appointments made dur­ one year after election to office. 2. The treasurer shall be required ing a year shall not run longer The election of the four persons o deposit all funds of the associa- than December 31 of the year the from the membership at large shall is made or until new take place at the first regular ion in a depository designated by appointment ‘ meeting in October. he Finance Committee. <officers are elected. shall be held during the Homeconi-’' ing Week-end in November and at ! a specific time to be designated j a through official correspondence. 3. Officer vacancies may be filled y the President of the Wilkes ollege Alumni Association, ex­ iting the office of executive sec­ tary, which shall follow the pro­ cure set forth in Article VIII. 6. The President, or in his ab­ sence, the Vice-President, shall preside at all meetings of the Alumni Association and Alumni Council. The President and Execu­ tive Secretary of the Association _________WILKES ALUMNUS _____________ _ 7. Members of the Alumni Coun­ cil who miss three consecutive meetings shall be disqualified. Vacancies occuring through dis­ qualification of a member for ab- (continued on next page) sentism shall be filled by presiden­ LOYALTY FUND, and such fund tial appointment. shall be under the direction of the Alumni Council as herein provided. ARTICLE VII 2. Purpose—The underlying pur­ Standing Committees pose of the fund shall be to pro­ (Permanent) vide an agency which shall further 1. There shall be at least four the practice among alumni and (4) standing committees of three friends of Wilkes College of giving (3) or more members each, to be money annually, in large or small appointed by the president of the amounts, according to ability, for Alumni Council, who shall desig­ the purpose of the college; thus nate one member of each commit­ providing a means of consolidating tee as its chairman. All such ap­ many gifts into one large amount pointments may be terminated at which may be used for particular any time by action of the Presi­ needs of Wilkes College from time dent of the Alumni Association. to time. These committees shall be appoint­ 3. Objective—The immediate or ed in the Fall to serve for one year special objective of each annual ap­ or until successors shall be ap­ peal, and the all ^cation and disposi­ pointed. Vacancies on such commit­ tees may be filled by the commit­ tion of the fund collected shall be determined by the fund committee tee chairman in cooperation with in consolidation with the President the president of the alumni asso­ of Wilkes College and his counsels. ciation. 4. Presentation — In presenting the annual appeal the fund com­ mittee shall work through the various class representatives, ap­ pointing representatives for those classes not having official Alumni Council representatives. The appeal to friends of the institution shall be conducted through the Alumni Secretary of Wilkes College. Cash (b) Committee on Program—It and non-continuing pledges shall be payable before the close of the shall be the duty of this commit­ tee to plan and promote social pro­ College fiscal year. grams for each scheduled general 5. Supervisions—Overall super­ alumni meeting unless otherwise visions of the collection of the fund specified by the President. This committee will be expected to co­ operate with the planning and pro­ motion of other social events spon­ sored by the Alumni Association throughout the year. (a) Committee on Finance—It shall be the duty of this commit­ tee to determine financial policies from year to year, to audit the books or receive the auditor’s re­ port and generally to direct the financial administration of the or­ ganization in conjunction with the college comptroller. Page Five shall be the function of the fund Association are authorized to ap­ committee, which shall be The point three (3) members of the Alumni Council. Alumni Association to serve on a joint committee with such mem­ 6. Campaigns—The annual ap­ bers as may be appointed by the peal shall take place betwen July Chairman of the Board of Trustees 1 and June 30. Gifts to be counted and President of the College for in the current year must be in the the purpose of choosing a new hands of the fund committee not Alumni Secretary. later than June 30, which date marks the end of the college fiscal ARTICLE X year. Amendments 7. Records—The Alumni Office 1. Amendments proposed shall be shall keep full records of gifts and class standing at all times and studied by an amendment commit­ shall publish at the close of each tee composed of members of the annual appeal a report giving Alumni Council appointed by the names of donors but not the Association President. A report of amounts of their respective gifts. the study shall be submitted to the Executive Committee of the Alum­ ni Council who shall approve or ARTICLE IX disapprove the amendment accord­ ing to the study report. If the sug­ Filling Vacancy in Office of gested amendments are approved Alumni Secretary of they shall be published in the next Wilkes College edition of the “Wilkes Alumnus” 1. The Alumni Council shall co- or other official publications with operate with the President and a brief summary of the merits and Board of Trustees of Wilkes Col­ demerits. lege in the selection of an Alumni 2. Return postcards or forms for Secretary for Wilkes College, whenever a vacancy occurs in that a mail vote shall be included with the proposed amendments. A sign­ office. ed vote on the return card or form postmarked no later than midnight, 2. The officers of the Alumni • Association are authorized to act thirty (30) days after the mailing with the President of the college of the amendments, shall be con­ and Chairman of the Board of sidered valid. Trustees to appoint a temporary 3. A favorable vote by two-thirds incumbent to said office. or more of those voting shall be 3. The officers of the Alumni required for approval. HOMECOMING PROGRAM (c) Committee on Legislation— It shall be the duty of this com­ mittee to consider and draft amend­ ments and interpret the constitu­ tion upon the written petition of any ten (10) members and upon the request of the President. (d) Committee on Membership— It shall be the duty of this commit­ tee to plan and promote member­ ship drives designed to bring about greater interest in the alumni asso­ ciation and attract greater num­ bers to the meetings and affairs sponsored by the association. This committee will cooperate with the college authorities and undergrad­ uates in linking up the graduate and undergraduate interest, and in promoting a closer relationship be­ tween students and alumni. (e) Additional Committees—The Alumni Council may, from time to time, provide for and appoint such additional committees as it may deem advisable, with such duties and powers as it may define, and may adopt by-laws, rules and re­ gulations for the transaction of its business. ARTICLE VIII The Loyalty Fund 1. Name—The name of the fund shall be the WILKES COLLEGE Friday, November 17 9 a. m. - 5 p. m. Registration (All Day) 2 p. m. Get Acquainted Tour of Campus 3 p. m. 5 p. in* 7 p. m. - 1 a. m. President's Reception Dr. and Mrs. Eugene S. Farley FORMAL HOMECOMING DINNER-DANCE Orchestra—Lee Vincent Main Lounge Chase Hall President's Home 146 South River Street Victory Room Hotel Redington Saturday, November 18 Main Lounge Chase Hall 9 a. m. - 12 noon Late Registration 12:30 p. m. SPECIAL ALUMNI LUNCHEON Speaker—Dr. Eugene S. Farley Topic—''Report to the Alumni'' Cafeteria 1:30 p. m. GENERAL BUSINESS MEETING Lecture Hall R154 South River Street 3 p, m. - 5:30 p. m. ALUMNI RECEPTION 8 p. m. HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME WILKES College vs. King's College (Section will be reserved for alumni) 10:30 p. m. "Welcome Alumni" Sport Dance Victory Room Hotel Redington Kingston Stadium New Gymnasium South Franklin Street �WILKES ALUMNUS Page Six Glornan Goes Roamin’ = Finds Saucermobile By CHUCK GLOMAN (Feature writer, Wilkes Beacon) what I’d like to know is where in the world you got that ‘thing’,” ...... As I left the campus cafeteria 'tI replied, indicating the smoking, this morning, after gulping a pot- chugging object from which Mr. ent glass of Coke (spiked with Barfly had come. prune juice), I was halted abrupt“Oh. that’s one of my inventions ly by a strange whirring sound the flying saucermobile. Ever that seemed to be coming from the . since I quit my job at the office, sky. sky. Looking Looking up, II saw saw a strange I I’ve been an inventor.” ’* «floating • ’ * “Why did you quit your job?” object down from the roof•' “Well, I decided not to go back of Chase Theatre. But what was plane? A- flying saucer? A to work until the boss takes back it? A r ’ K4. r — m something he said.” world lit book? “What" did he say?” Presently, the black and white, “ ‘You’re fired!’ ” silvery, polka-dot contraption, sup­ “Was that the only job you ported in the air by five weird­ hard ever had, Mr. Barfly?” looking wings, landed with “No, not at all. During the last bounce on Chase Lawn. t war I was employed by the Air Just as I was about to phone the city police, the state police. Force.” “What was your job?” the secret service, homicide squad, “I used to take the pilots around the F.B.I., and Dr. Davies. I was astounded to see a tall, gawky to all the night clubs, so they’d form of a man step from the queer, get used to LOW DIVES.” Barfly?” vibrating craft. “Are you married, ’ ’. Mr. ~ “I say there,” he called out as “Yes, but my wife isn’t very he waddled over toward me. “Is good looking. In fact, she’s rather corpulent.” this London?” “Really?” “London? Not quite,” I answer­ “Well I won’t say she’s actually ed. “You’re standing on’ Chase fat but every time she falls down Lawn of Wilkes College.” he 'began. “That she rocks herself to sleep trying “Wilkes Col is odd. I must've made a left turn to aCL get up!” somewhere over Germany.” i “Then I suppose you have a Then, noticing that I was star- happy married life.” ’ ’ ’look.. “Not exactly. You see, my wife ing at him with a puzzled mxu his eyes lighted up as he extended used to walk in her sleep. But I Oh, forgive his hand, declaring, “‘CL, f._oi 'I finally “ “ cured that.” me. Permit me to introduce myself. ' “How could you ever cure her I'm Basil Barfly, the famous in- of walking in her sleep?” ventor. No doub: you’ve heard of “I gave her car fare every night tore she sne went to bed. oea. ” me in all the leading newspapers.” = before “Well, Mr. Barfly, Barfly, is your wife “No, can’t say that I have. But! “ Well, Mr. is yc , , , • TA.,, like some wives - talkative?” You’re the one who invented square “Oh, I wouldn’t exactly say she peas - guaranteed not to roll off was talkative, but I had lockjaw your knife.” for eight months before she even “That’s true. But one of my greatest has never been publicized. found out!” “Well, it’s no wonder she mar­ You see, I was the one who crossed ried you, Basil. There’s something a cuckoo bird from the hall clock with a parrot, and they hatched about you that’s different.” “That’s the same thing a lot an alarm clock that calls you of people have told me. You know, names if you don’t get up!” “Say, that Is amazing.” people always mistake me for Cary “Ah yes, but not half as asGrant.” founding as my newest invention.’’ “Really?” “What’s that?” “Yes indeed. After all, there’s “A cigarette holder six feet long, very little difference between Cary Grant and me. Except where Cary so a man can smoke in bed, keep has long wavy hair and a straight his feet warm and give his wife nose, I’ve got straight hair and a a hot-foot at the same time.” “Now I can see why they call long wavy nose.” “Have you always had such a you the world’s greatest inventor. By the way, have you any plans red nose?” “Oh yes. In fact, my father has for future inventions?” “Positively. In fact, right now a red nose, my mother has a red nose, my brother has a red nose I’m working on the greatest in­ vention ever created by man. It and my sister has a red nose.” “In other words, red noses run will definitely astound the entire scientific world!” in your family.” “What kind of an invention is “Only in the winter time.” “Mr. Barfly, you say you are it? “I call it - - the baitless mouse­ an inventor. Just what are some of your inventions beside the trap.” “Baitless mousetrap? How does flyingsaucerir obile ? ” “Well, just last summer I amaz­ it work?” “Well, I’ve designed it espe­ ed the scientific world with one of my greatest achievements! I cially for people too poor to buy successfully crossed a rubber plant cheese. You just stand behind the trap and make noise like a piece with an orange tree!” “Crossed a rubber plant with an of cheese. You whisper, “Swiss! orange tree? What was the re­ Swiss! Swiss!” and when the mice 1 run in the trap, you slam the door sult?” “ “Seedless golfballs!” iland and yell, “FIRE!” Then the mice “Astounding! Now I remember ' trample themselves to death try. reading about you, Mr. Barfly, j ing to get out!” THIS YEAR'S COLONEL SOCCER TEAM a tie game this Beason to end its long losing streak. With all but one of Iho players slated to roturn lor another crack at the booting sport, the 1951 team vzill carry plenty of experience into the soccer wars. Members oi the 1949 team are: first row, loft to right: Paul Beers, Ted Cross, Don Tosh, Charlie Jackson, Carl Wallsion, Charlie Thomas, Jim Reynolds. Second row: Coach Bob Partridge, Art Bloom, manager; Earl Wolfe, Stan Polk, Clod Rollins, Jim Stocker, Bob Neilson, Charlie Petrilak, Cy Kovalchik, Ed Wallsion, Preston Eckmeter, Bill Morgo, Reggio Burrs, ass't coach; Bob Moran, ass’t coach. �Page Seven WILKES ALUMNUS rid Tdi CAMPUS SPORTS SCENE By Bill Umphrrd ❖ The big topic of conversation along the Wilkes College campus this week centers around the coming grid battle between the Colonels and their city neighbors, the Monarchs from King’s College. Victors in their last four clashes with the Monarchs, and heavy favorites to cop decisive wins in the last two games, the Colonels find themselves confronted with an entirely different situation for the filth , clash with the Kingsmen. For the first time in the history of the an­ nual classic, the Colonels will enter the grid battle as underdogs. While the Colonels have been moving at a rather slow pace this season, winning only two of their first five tilts, the Monarchs 'nave been rolling over most, of their opposition in steam roller fashion to cop five wins in their first seven starts. At first glance at the 1950 records of both teams, a football fore­ caster would select the Monarchs as a heavy favorite to trip the Colo­ nels on Saturday night on the basis of their new showing this season. However, a look at the schedules of both teams shows a slightly differ­ ent picture. While the Wilkes gridders have been meeting some of the top small college teams in the East, including Bridgeport University, Mary­ land State, Bloomsburg STC, and Ithaca College, the Kingsmen have played a light schedule against teams which have provided them with very little opposition. Some of the wins registered by the Monarchs this season have come over such teams as Cheyney College, which bowed to Maryland State 66-0; Mansfield STC, which is experiencing one of the worst seasons in its history; and the National Agricultural College. 1 Coach Ralston.’s_ Colonels have displayed a marked improvement is season, and narrowly missed upsetting the undein each contest this feated Bloomsburg __ STC eleven before bowing in the final frame. With such veteran gridd udders as Leo Castle, Al Nicholas, George McMahon, Al Molosh. Ed Bo« igusko, Olie Thomas and Norm Cross slated to see action against the_________ Monarchs,, the __ writer is inclined to believe that the —<.—,-r~ alui alumni will be able to complete the large number of returning ..xuxx a «. real Vici Victory Dance in the college gymnasium. colorful weekend with COLONELS FACE STIFF OPPOSITION IN NOV. 18 HOMECOMING CONTEST Wyoming Valley’s most success­ ful collegiate football season comes to a close Saturday evening at 8 in the Kingston Stadium, when Coach George Ralston’s Wilkes College football team plays host to the powerful King’s College grid machine in the valley’s annual col­ legiate grid classic. The annual tilt will find the Monarchs looking for their first •win in five years of gridiron com­ petition between the two WilkesBarre colleges. A two touchdown favorite, the King’s eleven will be seeking to atone for the one-sided 47-7 defeat they suffered at the hands of the Colonel eleven in 1949. The Monarchs have come up with what looks like the best team in the school’s history this season and have racked up a record of five wins in their first seven starts. Headed by their ace passers, Mitty Marcinko, Bob Olshan and Leo Zynel, and End Neil West, the Monarchs have developed a smooth functioning aerial attack, which is usually good for plenty of points in each tilt. Along with the excellent passing attack, Coach Ray Chesney has de­ veloped a sharp ground attack this season, which is built around half­ backs Jay Zaleskas and Joe Law- lor, and Fullback Joe Tondora. Tondora is the top scorer on the club, having collected six touch­ downs thus far this season. Slated to see action against the Monarchs is a Wilkes team, which has suffered from an injury jinx all season, while playing one of the toughest schedules a Wilkes grid team has ever been called upon to face. The Colonels have copped two triumphs this season, over Lycoming College and Ithaca Col­ lege, while dropping three games to Bloomsburg STC, St. Francis College, and Bridgeport University. The big gun in the Wilkes attack is George Ralston’s ace tailback, Al Nicholas. The fleet-footed half­ back will carry the brunt of the Colonel offensive against the Mon­ archs, and will also handle the man-sized defensive job of stop­ ping the Monarchs’ pass-catching sensation Neil West. Most of the Wilkes gridders are looking forward to the clash with the Monarchs and feel that al­ though their record may not be quite as good as past Colonel grid teams, if they can pull through with an upset win over the favored King’s eleven the 1950 Wilkes sea­ son will go down in the books as another successful one. 1950 EDITION OF WILKES GRID WARRIORS -1: ----- ------ a if- " - ■ - • tel JI - ft i ■ '■ JA Bl i ill ’ z| ri , ! 7tO77~ -■ - '■& itefemiJ7 Z ■ w ' mH -BfU ’ - .; A '-z.< y" fl 77 J / _ __ * __ \ The members of Coach George Ralston's 1950 Wilkes Collego football team, which completes its season against King's College this week are: first rov/, left to right: Al Jeter, Ed Krombel, Al Manarski, Bill Myers, Bob Fay, Bob Hall, Jack Jones, Loo Castle, Nick Heineman. Second row: Coach George Ralston, Gone Snee, Bill Foote, Tom Bromfield, John Strojny, Frank Radaszo wski, Ray Engler, Olio Thomas, Dick Scripp, Norm Cromack, Dave Jeffrey, Bill Johns, manager. Ihird rov/; Joo Irosko, manager; Carl Stryo, manager; John Lino, Goorgo Elias, Sian Scholosser, Ed Edgerton, Ed Bogusko. Bill Letcher, Ed Gritsko, Leo Solomon, Bill Morgan, John Florklowicz, graduate assistant coach; Lionel Dannick, manager, Fourth row: Al Nicholas, Russ Picton, Ray Tait, Al Molosh, Goorgo McMahon, Joo Stephens, Dan Pinkowski, Norm Cross. �WILKES ALUMNUS Page Eight KEEPING UP WITH THE GRADS ....Nich Konchuba is now enrolled at the Georgetown University School of Law. He is also affiliated with the U. S. Treasury Department . . . Charles Hoffman is now on duty at Oborammergon, Germany, with the US Air Force. His address there is Capt. Chas. A. Hoffman, Jr., Student Det., E. C. I. S. APO 172, c/o Postmaster, New York, N. Y. . . . Robert M. Llewellyn recently received his MA degree from Teachers' College, Columbia University. His is a teacher of English and Social Studies at the New Milford Consolidated Schools in New Milford, Pa. . . . Marian Reid was recently married to David W. Francis instruct­ or in Animal Husbandly at the University of Delaware. Marian and her hus­ band now reside at Newark, Delaware . . . Bernard Cupsenski, now living at Springfield, Mass,, was recently married to Lois Rohon of Nanticoke . . . James J. O'Malley, Jr., assistant treasurer with the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Wilkes-Barre, was recently married to Jane E. Smith, Riverside Drive, Wilkes-Barre . . . John M. Culp, Kingston, was married cn October 28 to Rhuea Vaughn Williams of Kingston... Stan Novitsky and Ted Wolfe are barracks mates at Fort Campbell, Ky., where-■ they are taking a refresher course and awaiting reassignment . . . Mr. and Mrs. Dudley S. James celebrated the first birthday of their son, Stuart Weir James, on November 3 . . . Lorna Coughlin, who left Wilkes in June, '50, has been accepted at George Washington University . . . Walter D. Celmer, former BUJC student, received his doctorate from the University of Illinois in February, 1950. Dr. Celmer has joined the staff of Chas. Pfizer and Co., Chemical Manufacturers as a research chemist . . . Frances Marie Wilk, of Norwood, Pa., is now employed as a medical tech­ nician in the Control Division of the laboratories at the Sharpe and Dohme plant in Glenolden, Pa. . . . Dick Conklin's family was increased by one with the addition of a baby girl bom August 7 . . . Alexander J. Perkson, class of '49, is now employed as Assistant Finance Director and Personnel Director of the Village of Winnetka, Illinois . . . David Edwards, now an insurance adjuster for General Motors, was recently married to Charlene Belles of Nanticoke . . . Joseph Cheponis, Kingston, and Margaret Ann Williams, Exeter, recently an­ nounced their engagement . . . Alfred R. Fry was recently married to Norma Quinn of Luzerne. He is employed by Archway Motors, Baltimore . . . Anthony Pomianek was married on October 4 to Charlotte Mikush of Wilkes-Barre. Anthony is employed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue . . . Laura J. Schleicher, formerly employed by General Motors Acceptance Corporation, was married recently to Murray Rothman of Hazleton . . . Margaret Anthony and Kenneth Widdall, both members of last June's gra­ duating class, were recently married, Ken began graduate studies at Penn State last summer . . . John W. Lloyd, Jr., native of Nanticoke, recently enrolled in the Electrical Engineering course at Bucknell University . . . Joan Schrempp, Forty Fort, is now manager of the book store at Wyoming Seminary . . . Shadrach Jones, is enrolled at the Pennsylvania State College of Optometry in Philadel­ phia* . . . Elmo M. Clemente has been recalled to active duty with the United States Naval Reserve . . . Leonard A. Shetiine was married to Betty Ann Coady, of Sebring, Florida, at his bride's home town . . . Frank J. Evan was married on September 2 to Lydia Blar.codine of Nanticoke . . . Sterling Meade, now serving as pastor of Green Point Church of Christ in Brooklyn, N. Y., was married on September 25 to Shirley Naomi Benscoter of Hunlock Creek . . . —‘.William A. Perlmuth entered Columbia University Law School in September. He is now engaged to Loretta Kaufman of Forest Hills, Long Island . . . Richard Plummer, employed at the Quartermaster Depot in Philadelphia, was married recently to E. lane Coolbaugh of Trucksville . . . Thomas R:chards, now a teach­ er in the West Pittston schools, was married recently to Joan Marie Unger of Forty Fort . . . Joseph Davis, employed by E. I. duPont de Nemours and Com­ pany at Wilmington, Delaware, will be married this month to Patricia E. Steele, former BUJC student . . . Naomi Gould, graduate of BUJC, will be married on November 14 to Matthew A. Segall of Jamaica Estates, Queens . . . Bob Waters is a teacher in the West Pittston High Schools, where he is also an assistant football coach . . . Wayne Redline has been accepted at Rochester Medical School . . . Mary Porter is doing social work at the Harris­ burg State Hospital . . . Virginia Meisssner is a teacher at the Hartford High School . . . Donald Kemmerer, employed as a teacher at Wolmesdorf High School, is slated for induction into the US Army this month . . . Charlotte Davis is employed at the Pennsylvania State Hospital in Harrisburg as a Social Work­ er . . . Sam Chambliss was accepted by the University of Pennsylvania Law School . . . George Brody is teaching English at Steven's Technical Institute in Lancaster, Pa. . . . THE ALUMNUS Entered as Second Class Matter Published NINE times a yet jar by the De department of Public Relations and Alumni of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 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Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumnus Fall 1950 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marketing and Communications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November 1950 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Magazine Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/01a0b0040e3a993c4d72dc06074eb261.pdf 39adeb93ed4012d95ee57d3b054079d0 PDF Text Text ____ ' oO5?- WILKES COLLEGE WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA SUMMER 1951 _ �alumnus XS. EDITORIAL C. J. FOXLOW, EDITOR STAFF: JANE SALWOSKI, DALE WARMOUTH PUBLISHED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF WILKES COLLEGE HUMBER 2 SUMMER 1951 VOLUME 3 CONTENTS ----------------------- —- 3 First On-campus Commencement Review of Commencement Addresses 4 Alumni Officers Elected --------------- - 6 Editorial Page There's no need to explain away the seeming incongruity between the summer green and the harvest pumpkin on S Servicemen Gain Degrees ---- 6 characteristically Grads Join Alumni Association 6 "Wilkes"—and non-autumnal— Summer Twilight Session Resignation of Old Editor-------- 6 our cover, for nothing could be more than this particular pumpkin. It is, of course, one of the tradi­ tional props of the Cinderella Ball, caught just as vivacious 7 Alumnotes 7 Award for Office Bard 8 Summer Theater at Wilkes 8 Graduate Education Center 8 the honors due her. Shown with Activities Come Home 8 her back—such a nice back, Life Cycle of a College Building 9 too — to the camera is Miss New Dean of Women Louise Brennan, 1951 Cinder­ ella, pops out of it to receive Marianna Tommassetti, year's Cinderella. last As for the seemingly slumbering trumpet­ .. . 10 Noted Educator Engaged 10 Student Council Elected . 11 Cinderella Chosen 11 A Letter from the President 12 With The Faculty 12 music at the spring stir-off did Sports Clippings 13 not share his ennui. Fall Athletic Plans 14 er—well, it was midnight, you know. But most of those who danced to Elliot Lawrence's Published Quarterly at WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI OFFICE Chase Hall 184 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Sitting gingerly in the chair just vacated by Tom Moran (who took his cushion with him, hang it), your new editor would like, just this once, to inflict some­ thing of himself upon you, to drop the editorial "we". I find myself in a rather rum position—trying to handle alumni affairs for a college of which I am not an alumnus. But things are not quite so bad as they seem. My college, like Wilkes, is a small one. Its alumni are de­ voted to it, feeling that the grass on its greensward is somehow greener than any other grass, that the waters of nearby Sugar Creek are—appearances to the con­ trary—clearer than any other waters. To be sure, the college I speak of is considerably older than Wilkes. The spirit of the place, to which the feeling of the alumni for it contributes, has had many years in which to grow. But, as Josiah Royce has pointed out in his Philosophy of Loyalty, loyalty, which is of supreme value to the individual, is the whole­ hearted devotion of a person to a cause, something greater than himself—not necessarily as that cause is, but as it can become. That, I think, is something we should do well to remember. I would add that what our cause, Wilkes College, becomes depends entirely upon us. If I may ring in still another college, I should like to share with you a bit of a talk I once heard given by Ernest Martin Hopkins, president emeritus of Dartmouth: "Dartmouth is not loved because she is great; she is great because she is loved by countless loyal alumni." So it can be with Wilkes. One of the pleasantest events on the Wilkes camp­ us this spring was the testimonial dinner given for Dr. Frank J. J. Davies of the English department. Dr. Davies himself was the first to point out that his being selected for the honor really did not signify. What was significant—and altogether gratifying to the entire faculty, we suspect—was the fact that Wilkes students recognized quality instruction when they en­ countered it, that they were properly grateful to a teach­ er who was doing a conscientious job of work. There is a further reason for our pride in the stu­ dents who planned the dinner—a reason Dr. Davies did not comment on. As many of the alumni know, Dr. Davies is not and never has been an easy mark— or marker, for the matter of that. The testimonial din­ ner went a long way towards proving that a teacher can exact a high degree of scholarship and still be not only respected but liked. Loved, even. Ocm fyacc Perhaps we should be justified in calling this column Our Jane Says." Anyway, Miss Salwoski has a request to make of you. Our scrapbooks, which Jane keeps up to date, con­ stitute no mean record of how Wilkes is faring in the public eye. Jane spends a good part of her time past­ ing up Wilkes articles culled from local and out-of-town papers. Though the one clipping service that sends us Wilkes cuttings from the latter papers does a decent job enough, it is by no means infallible. We are not getting quite all the news. Thereby hangs the tale of how you, the alumni, can help us. If each of you would be so good as to cut out and send us articles on the College that appear in your home-town paper—provided that home town is not Wilkes-Barre—we should be considerably beholden to you. And we should have rather more evidence than we now have that we are earning our salt. Much thanks. •■W” *7'awancta. (^aviee.Ccit<y The response to our November letter on dues has been something less than overwhelming. As we told you last fall, annual dues come to only three dollars—surely not a prohibitive amount for even the youngest alumnus. One half of the money helps defray the expense of the business and social events sponsored throughout the year by the Alumni Associa­ tion; the other half pays—in part—for the printing of the Alumnus, official publication of the Association. Whether he pays his dues or not, every alumnus receives all Association publications. But we are hard put to believe that any Wilkes alumnus would deliber­ ately take advantage of that fact. We hope you will consider this a reminder that we are also hard put to make ends meet without your help. The success of the Association—and of the College— depends in large measure upon each of you. Throughout the coming months we shall make every effort to keep up our end by passing on to you all alumni and College news we receive. May we not count on you for a line now and then—and for three dollars NOW? APPEAL TO MARRIED ALUMNAE / / / Jane Salwoski, secretary in the Alumni Office, reports that her files are pretty much at sixes and' sevens. She would be grateful if all married alumnae who have been receiving incorrectly• addressed mail from the College would drop her a card indicating both their maiden and married names. ■ / / / / / �isewwze (fatditiaaed PT fl66 Inflective weed Long. serp prow. procession, led by Dr. Charles B. Reif, commencement marshal, forms on the Liun behind Kirby end Chase Halls _s prior : to marching to gymnasium to join Dr. Farley and trustees. On the evening ci June 11 the college staged its first rn-rffTTnug commencement Families ana friends of the graduates and of the college filled the South Franklin Street gymnasium to see some 160 members cf the Class of 1951 receive degrees and certificates and hear Dr. Martin D. Whitaker, president of Lehigh University r—'n nuclear physicist formerly with the atomic research laboratories at Oak Ridge, deliver the commencement address, "Old and New/' which is reviewed cn the next page. A particularly pleasant part of the evening came when Dr. Farley and various department heads presented special awards. The new Outstanding Graduate of the Year Award, presented by Dr, Farley cn behalf cf the alumni, went to Anthony J. ’ Andronaco. ’ ' New Canaan, Conn., who has been active in college lit? terary and dramatic affairs. Tony also has the signal honor of being ing the only member of the class graduated magna cum laude, havx> tving maintained the highest scholastic average among the graduating students. Dr. Samuel Rosenberg, chairman of the economics department, awarded the Dobsen Accounting Medal for outstanding work in accounting to Robert R. EHus. Pittston, and another new honor, the Journal of Commerce Award, to Stanley J. Kieszek, Plymouth, for ex­ ceptional scholarship in the Division of Commerce and Finance The oldest Wilkes award, the Engineering Medal, offered by the engineering faculty to the student with the highest scholastic aver­ age in the two-year engineering course, was given by Voris Hall, had of the engineering department, to George H. Brown, 7/ilkes-Barre, James R. Tinsley, Nanticoke, received from Mrs, Gertrude M. Williams, of the journalism section of the English department, the L. J. Van Laeys Journalism Medal for his proficiency in journalism and work on "The Beacon." In addition to Andronaco's magna cum laude. cum lauds rating was earned by four members cf the clars. They m were: Benjamin ____ J. Arch, Wilkes-Barre; Jack R. Phethean, West Pittston; Arthur A, John­ son, Hazleton, and Helene V. Donn, Wilkes-Barre. A complete list of 1951 graduates follows: Bachelor of Arts: Anthony J. Andronaco, Benjamin J. Arch, Jules H. Baltimore, Elmo J. Begliomini, Donald E, Biankenbuah, Arthur V/. Bloom, Benjamin R. Bona, Patricia A. Boyd, Eugene G. Bradley, Norman E. Cromack, Michael Curilla, James B. Davenport, William H. Eckert, Jr., John J. Feeney. Jr., Joseph C. Ford, Gytell Freed, George P. Heffernan, Jr., Robert P. Hilburt, Donald E. Himlin, Harry R. Hiccoz, Walter J. Hom, Harold J. Hymen, Cecil E. Jenkin-,, Donald A. Jones, Herman R. Kessler, Jr., Joseph Klutchko, Joseph Knish, Jr., Victor B. Kotulak, Michaline P. Kowicz, Robert D. Levine, Mildred J. Maxwell, Antoinette M. Menegus, Reno J. Menichelli, Sally R. Mittleman, Thomas D. Morgan, Joyce H. Nobel, Kenneth G. Northrup, William S. Owens, Ann Pavlik, David J. Pelmoter, William A. Perlmuth, John J. Persico, Joseph J. Petrosky, Willard G. Prater, Richard Raiber, Gerard F. Rogers, John M. Russell, Elizabeth A. Rutherford, Bartholo­ mew R. Rutkowski, Shirley E. Salsburg, Fred B. Schultz, Marita K. Sheridan, Donald C. Stalbird, Joseph A. Sullivan, Bernard R. Swetts, John Paul Thomas, James R. Tinsley, Richard Todd, Diane S. Travis, Matthew B. Valigra, Vester V. Vercoe, Jr., Rolland Viti, Donald E. Williams, Helen M. Williams, John W. Williams. Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Finance: Arthur A. Johnson, Raymond H. Ales, Virginia J. Bolen, Frederick E. Brotherton, Joseph A. Cipriani, Sanford Cohen, Norman M. Cross, Carl H. DeWitt, Cyril H. Drezinger, Tudor M. Ellis, Robert R. Eltus, John M. Fink, John B. Gallagher, Julian Goldstein, John A. Good, William A. Gorgas, John Gresh. John B. Guerra, Robert Hall, Wade W. Hayhurst, Henry G. Jones. Jr.. Stanley J. Kieszek, Donald C. Kivler, Norman P. Komblau, Raymond C. Kresge, John H. Line, Jr., Leonard F. Ludwikowski, John J-,I5.cCarthy>. Delbert C- McGuire, Jr., William H. Mohr, James Morse, Philip A. Nicholas, Daniel D. Phillips, Glenn H. Reinhart, Leon J. Shumosic, William C. Siglin, Robert J. Smith, Robert P. Starr, Edward owisloski, Frances E. Trembath, Robert R. Weeks, Daniel S. Wil­ cox, Jr., William J. Williams, Charles F. Woodring, Jr. 2-chelor of Science in Education: Frank W. Anderson, Fred D. " 'F. Jackson, John T. Jones, Jr., Charles R. Knapp, jzyr.i .■!, Kovalchik, Doris M. Kanarr Pearsall, M. Thomas Robbins, E. Olin Thomas, Marion S. Weltman. Bachelor of Science in Biology: Peter J. Coray, Albert G. Dani.^anko, Phillip T. Dornin, Edward A. Groblewski, Michael J. Kotch, Jcsc-pn C. Pawlak, Betty Rebennack, Joseph B. Schleicher, Nancy R. shackles, Thomas D. Stine, Robert S. Tether, ?ach,el°' ScIonce in Chemistry; Helene V. Donn, Joseph G. Bendoraite, Z/iUlam L. Evans, Joseph I. Gorko, William J. Hopkins, Ihomas Jones, Jr., William C. Kashanis, Jeanna C. VanNowonhizon, Stanley f, runkunis. Division Biology: Mary T. Sholoski, Ann W. Treelar. , „ n ? b” Division Commerce and Finance: Beryl A. Colwell, Qlsh<»k/‘kMWi‘8O'J?la^no LlBW°llyn. Barbara J. May, Constance M. vlnakas B°Che' Aidu Shul’no<>, Mary I. Varga, Joan A. Rrr TorI"!nal Division Engineering: Edwin P. Bachoson, George H. FadrrirV0A"r- Dvo'°zniak. Leo F. Gavlick, Harold W. Grabosko, Mav Da. 1M m'h ' William Hollz'nan, Paul J. Kostova, William IL May, Daniel M. Ungvarsky, John H. Williams. Speaking before a near capacity audience at the fourth annual Wilkes commencement, Dr. Martin D. Whitaker, president of Lehigh University, told the mem­ bers of the class of 1951, that the free peoples of the world must be wisely conservative if they are to pre­ serve their heritage of individual freedom and respons­ ibility. The distinguished atomic scientist asserted that education is a lifelong process of learning to select "that of the old which is good, that of the new which is worthy of adoption." Reminding the graduates that their education did not end with their receiving their diplomas, he said that the progress of that education would depend upon how much effort they exerted as individuals. Dr. Whitaker drew upon the experiments of the Russian biologist, Pavlov, to warn that human beings, like Pavlov's dogs, can be conditioned to become "bell responding as well as meat responding." He stressed the obligation of educated men and women to "look into the conditioned responses that are being planned far us." Using modem advertising as an example, Dr. Whitaker showed how effective such conditioning can be. At the beginning of his address, the Lehigh presi­ dent stated his intention of dealing with some of the problems facing individuals in preference to attempt­ ing to provide a panacea for the ills of the world. "We take cur heritage of individual freedom and responsibility altogether too much for granted," Dr. Whitaker said, "forgetting that only a small percent­ age of those who live and have lived on this planet have enioyed it." He cited a number of authors, from ancien- times to the present, whose writings tended to support: this assertion. TflanaG, Just as the ancients turned for aid to such gods as Jupiter and Mercury, the Bethlehem educator observed, so many of us are beginning to turn to Uncle Sam as a comparable figure; by so doing we are sacrificing our birthright, he said. "We must be chary of schemes that would force our thinking into patterns set by others," Dr. Whitaker cautioned. TOM S/zeMc at ^acca^awiecite Rabbi Samuel Wolk, one of the first trustees of the College, delivered the address at the first Wilkes bac­ calaureate on Sunday, June 10. Assuring the graduat­ ing class that "this is a very good time in which to live if only we know what to do with it," the Albany clergyman asserted that "the mind and heart and soul of man will determine whether he chooses blessing and life, or curse and death." Whether man sees life in its plain or its exalted sense makes all the difference, he added. "Man’s mastery over the arts and. sciences is stu­ pendous," Rabbi Wolk said, "but out of it arises man's persistent dilemma. Depending upon his own actions, man faces either ruin or triumph." At the beginning of his speech, the former WilkesBarre civic and religious leader paid tribute to the founders of Wilkes College as men deeply concerned about the "kingdom of the mind." . , —... J isident ot Lehigh University, addresses the largo commencement audience in the Wilkes gymnasium. Dr. Martin D. Whitaker, pre: faculty members are shown in the> background. Trustees and �s4CcMt(tc fi^ieezd. Sheeted: 'Pzedcdeat patted ^4/4"^. (fazdd (Idt j4b&tfd rSdociatuMt; Following a Class Day luncheon on Chase lawn, at which administration, faculty and alumni were hosts to the graduating class William Luetzel, presi­ dent of the Alumni As­ sociation, formally wel­ comed the 166 mem­ bers of the class of '51 into the organization. Results of the election were as follows: president, Don Honeywell, '49; vice president, William Luetzel, w '49; secretary’, Elaine Turner, '50 terminal; treasurer, Tom Gill, '49. Sezuteewea "Decreed Service in the armed forces prevented five mem­ bers of the class of 1S51 from receiving their diplomas at the commencement exercises in the Wilkes gymna­ sium. The five men are: Thomas D. Morgan, Plymouth; Donald C. Kivler, Nanticoke; and Norman P. Komblau, Robert J. Smith, and Gerard F. Rogers, all of WilkesBarre. Tom Morgan, the only one of the five who was still in college when he was called to the colors, is serving with the 967th Armored Bataliion at Fori Sill, Okla. At Wilkes, Tom sang with the Mudgutters and the Choral Club, and was president of the Denrrting Society. Many alumni will also remember him n<s a cheerleader. Certified to teach on the secondary level last Janu­ ary, Don Kivler, who was active at Wilkes in Education Department functions and in the Economics Club, is now stationed at the U. S. Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, Md. Norm Komblau, who holds a lieutenant's commis­ sion in the Army Air Force, is at Mather Field, CaliL He took a Bachelor of Science degree in Commerce and Finance. Now living with his wife in Norfolk, Va., Bob Smith is—obviously—in the Navy. Active in the Debating Society and the International Relations Club at Wilkes, Bob also received his degree in Commerce and Fin­ ance. Gerard F. Rogers, once a member of the Naval Re­ serve, is currently being trained as an infantryman at Fort Jackson, S. C. While at Wilkes, he participated in German, Psychology, and Sociology club activities and played in the college band. Up to the time of his call to service, he worked in the Testing Bureau here. Tfew fM: "fyciKiecL Stteeeida'i Ballots mailed to alumni were returned in time for new Alumni Association officers to be named at the November homecoming. As the Alumnus gees to press, however, Luetzel is serving as president, Don Honeywell having been recalled to service in April. Don is now with the Army’ Air Force in Mount Clemens, Michigan. While still in mufti, he was married to Miss Eleanore Sterling, Wilkes-Barre. ‘TPlo'Met c7a<ie<i A week later, local members of the Asso­ ciation invited gradu­ ates and their guests to an outing at Toby's VESTER V. VERCOE, JR. Park, Blakeslee. Swimming, golf, baseball, dancing and a wiener roast were on the docket. In extending the invitation, Luetzel expressed the hope that the affair would become an annual custom. Immediately after Luetzel's Class Day talk, the new graduates elected permanent class officers. Vester V. Vercoe, Jr., who had held the same office through­ out his senior year, was elected president. Willard G. Prater was named vice-president, and Virginia Bolen, secretary. Sewed. Sw-diy&d Seddioa This summer, for the first time in the eighteenyear history of the Col­ lege, Wilkes is holding a 'twilight session' for those members of the communi­ ty who desire to continue their education but have full-time jobs. Enrollment for the sixweek term is considerably higher than the College had expected, some 400 students having registered for the session. Stanley Wasileski, director of the STAHLEY VZASILESKI Twilight School, is of opin­ ion that the opportunity to take college courses during the most convenient hours of summer days has appealed tremendously to Wyo­ ming Valley residents. In point of fact, the new session is the upshot of suggestions made by working people of the communi­ ty. A special faculty committee, appointed and headed by President Farley, studied the suggestions and came toward with the plan for holding classes in the early evening (4 through 10 p. m.). Eighteen fields of study are open to the twilight students. THOMAS J. MORAN 1950, served as a general assignment and sports re­ porter. During the summer of 1949, he handled the play-by-play baseball broadcasts for the Wilkes-Barre Baseball Club. Your alumni secretary ann his bride of less than a month, the form­ er Joan Curley of Wilkes-Barre, left for Pittsburgh at the end of last month. Tom is affilia’ed with the Knights of Columbus, American Legion, Wyomina Valley Sportswriters and Sportscaster- Association, University Club, American College Public Relations Association, and the Colum­ bia Universi y Journalism Alumni Association. Thomas J. Moran, alumni secre­ tary and pubfic relations director al the College since January, 1949, re­ signed his post here to accept a posi­ tion on the copy desk of the Pitts­ burgh Post-Gazette. Succeeding Tcm in the public relations office is C. J. Foxlow, who has been an instructor in the Wilkes English department for the past year. A s.ud-nt in Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism during the past year, Tom received his Master of Science degree at the Columbia com­ mencement last month. He took the degree in absentia, but managed to be on hand for his wedding on June 9. Tom has been employed at Wilkes since 1947, when he helped organize the news bureau at the Col­ lege. Following his graduation in 1949, he was ap­ pointed our first full-time public relations and alumni director. For seven years Tom worked for the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent entering the newspaper field as a suburban correspondent in 1943 while he was a junior in the Kingston High School. The next year he was switched to the sports department, and until June Considerable news, (much of it dealing with wed­ dings and engagements), has drifted into the Alumni Office since the las- issue of the Alumnus. High time we cut you in on a bit of what? Beryl Colwell, ternrnal '51, has become engaged to Paul Fahringer, who also attended Wilkes . . . Leonardins Terescavage was re­ cently marred to Carl E. Leslie of Washington, D. C. The Leslies are living in Seat Pleasant, Md. . . . Dorothy Ann Pickering became Mrs. Charles E. Boyer cn December 2. The couple is now living in >rps, Forty Fort . . . Malcolm J. Lee, now a sergeant in the Marine Corps, has married M>ss Joyce Sharkey . . . Mary Popple, employed in the finance office of the College, married Paul J. Argenio on November 4. Argenio is associated with Granville Rice, local photographer . . . Margaret A. Aten, and Charles Williams, now livina in Johnson City, N. Y., were married in November. Charles is employed by Ozalid General Analine and Film Corporation . . . Charles O'Shea has mar­ ried Miss Eleanor J. Doherty of Trenton. N. J. . . . Den Tosh, recalled to active duty with the Second Marine Division in October, married Miss Ruth Lennon on December 30. At the time of his call, Don was in his sophomore year at Wilkes. . .Eileen Carmody, former Bucknell Junior College student, was married to Walter Pryse, '50, on April 29. Walter is associated with the Premier Auto-Ware Co. in Reeding, where he and Eileen are living . . . Sarah Schultz was recently mar­ ried to Matthew S. Jones of Wilkes-Barre. Her husband works for the Eastern Light Company, Allentown . . . Clyde H. Ritter was mar­ ried in November to Miss H. Jane Booth. The couple now resides in Kew Gardens, L. I., where Clyde is associated with Life Office Man­ agement Association . . . Joseph PstTak has married Miss Jule Long. Joo is employed at Frankfort Arscml in Philadelphia. Virginia M. Meissner and John P. Nolson, both graduates of Wilkes, wore married on June 9. Virginia is a faculty member at Haiford Township High School. Harford. Pa., while John is employed by Cleveland Brothers Equipment Company. Mary Pitler. 50 was maid of honor at the wedding . . . Two more gradulies, Lyd a Blancondino and Frank J. Evan, were married in September. Frank, who earned his M. B. A. degree al the University of Penusylvan a is pre­ sently connected with Rohm and Haus Company. I hiladelphia . . . Nancy Nancy Yaufman, Yautman. terminal ’50 and former campus queen chosen by Billy Rose in the contest sponsored by Amnicola, was married to A. native of Indianapolis, Foxlow was educated in the public schools there, and la’er attended Kenyon, Dartmouth (in the Navy V-12 program), and Wabash colleges, taking his A. B. degree from the last-named institution in 1948. At the Columbia University Graduate School of Enafish in 1948-49, Foxlow was spe­ cially interested in eighteenth-centu­ ry English literature. He received his A. M. there in 1950. The new public relations head, who will also act as alumni secre­ tary and adviser, to The Beacon, is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Blue Key, Pi Delta Epsilon (collegiate jour­ nalism honorary), the Kappa Sigma social fraternity, and the Speech Association of America. C. J. FOXLOW John Russell Jones, former Wilkes student, in February. Arlene Pletcher. '50. of Howard. Pa., was one of Mrs. Jones' attendants. While at Wilkes. Nancy and Arlene were roommates in Weckesser Hall . . . Joyce H. Nobel and Kenneth G. Northrup, both members of the class of '51. were married on July 14. Ken is with the Lyons and Carnahan Educational Publishing Company of White Plains, N. Y. . . . Louise Dodson, former secretary to the comptroller of Wilkes and now se-retary to Herbert J. Morris, registrar, is engaged to Thomas C. Ph’pps. Wilkes senior . . . Bill Griffith ‘50, has become engaged to Miss ^race Ruffn. student at Wilkes: no wedding date has been set. B’ll >s an active local member of the Association . . . Marianna Toma«^-'“5. farmer Wilkes student and Cinderella of 1950, is engaged to John D. Stark. '51. Marianna is currently employed in the occupationa1 *herapv department of the State Hospital at Harris­ burg. and John is associated in business with h’s father . . . Marita Sheridan, who took an A. B degree in psychology at Wilkes last month, will be married in September to Robert C. Riley. Wilkes graduate now studying for h’s doctoral degree in psychology at Western Reserve University. Cleveland, O. . . . Donald J. Murphy, former Wilkes student Graduated from Bloomsburg this year, is en­ caged to Miss Theresa Schappert . . . Allan J. Allan, Wilkes gradu­ ate now in busmess with h’s father, was married tn Miss Catherine Monash on May 20 . . . Former student Andrew F. Roan, recently re-alled to active s—-vice bv the Eastern A:r Defense Command, is engaged to Miss Virginia Llewellyn of Plymouth. . .John J. Wardzel, Wilkes student who went on to complete his studies at Bucknell, was married recently to Miss Geraldine Cragle. The couple is living in Lewisburg. Dolores Hen-zel, of the finance office of the Colleae, is engaged to Edwin Hvdock. araduate of—tell it not in Gath!—King's College Lois DeGraw. ‘50. of Butler. Pa., was married last December to Homer Huffman. Wilkes student. Homo’ is working for the Lucerne County Gas and Electric Corporation in Kingston . . . Former student Anna J. Cheponas was married to William Hess Lewis last January. Anna is a medical technologist for the American Society of Clinical Pathology. Bill, who also attended Wilkes for a time, received his R. S. degree in chemical' «engineering at Bucknell and is now emN. J. On February 11. Joann cloyed by _____________ Merck. Inc.. _.jhway, Rai to Joseph J. Ehrlich. Her husband is associated Brook was married r (continued on page 15) �rftcwuti ^cvicC 'TUfat Dale Warmouth, of the Public Relations and Alumni Office staff, was recently advised by the board of judges of the National Poetry Association that his poem, "Ringneck Pheasant," is to be included in a new anthology that the Association is publishing. Bearing the title. Voice of Young America, the bound volume will contain selected poems previously printed in the annual anthologies of the Association. Dale’s poem has already appeared in America Sings, an anthology of American College poetry, and in our own Manuscript Some of his other work has been published by The Writer, Review of Contempor­ ary Poetry, Trails, Epos, New Athenrreum, and the Am­ erican Courier. In 1950, our bard received the Ann Hamilton Poetry Book Award, given annually by The Writer magazine to the young poet who shows the greatest improvement in poetic expression during the year. In a congratulatory letter to the PRO poet, David Hartman, secretary of the National Poetry Association, said in part: "During the past fourteen years, we have published over two hundred annual rm th ninnies of poetry. Among the works contained in these, there are many that are excellent efforts, worthy of being re­ printed in a bound volume. Your manuscript, 'Ring­ neck Preasant,' published in one of the annual antholo­ gies, is one of those we wish to reprint" So do we—but permission is w rm ting as we go to press. Perhaps we shall be able to reprint it in some future number of the Alumnus. Sttwtwt&L GJbeaten "PteM face a Chase Theater is doing double duty this summer, serving as a lounge for summer students and as a straw-hat theater. Bert Stein, Cue 'n' Curtain president, has invited all Wyoming Valley college students who are home for the summer to participate in summer theater at Wilkes. "We would also like to see anybody who plans to begin college in September, and anyone who is in­ terested in theater, whether a college student or not," Bert said recently. Tentative summer plans call for presentation of a series of one-act plays, such as were produced during the past two college terms. The enthusiastic players also hope to give one three-act play before September. Cue 'n' Curtain members assure all Wyoming Valley alumni who long to tread the boards that it is not so late as they think. Although there may be many alumni who have vet to see their new gymnasium it is unlikely, We hink, that the captions for the photographs on the op. posite page are really necessary. To those of you who have hoped and worked and contributed, they must, hi themselves, tell quite a story-one with the haPpiest of endings. Completion and dedication of the structure this vear nroved to the satisfaction of almost everyone about‘the College that Wilkes is indeed the communi­ ty college it professes to be. The gymnasium is co­ gent evidence that the community, appreciating the fact that the College exists for Wyoming Valley, sup. ports it to the full. We of the College community are most grateful. As we enjoy the first-rate facilities of the gymnasium for dances, assemblies, concerts, plays, and confer­ ences, we must be sensible of a very considerable debt to those alumni, townspeople, faculty, and stu­ dents whose devotion to the College converted our dreams into bricks and mortar. Il ‘Bue&weU Set a< Beginning in September of this year, the College will offer graduate courses in education, thereby en­ abling teachers and other graduate students to earn eighteen credit hours in education towards the Master of Science degree on the Wilkes campus. The College, in conjunction wiht Bucknell Univer­ sity, has now completed plans for the establishment of a Graduate Center of Education here in Wilkes-Barre. Students who enroll at the Center and successfully complete the courses offered will need only twelve more hours of work to satisfy the Pennsylvania re­ quirements for the M. S. degree in education. They may take that work on the Lewisburg campus during a regular summer session. Nov/ that we have the Bucknell-Wilkes Graduate Center, together with an expanded undergraduate edu­ cation program in which regular students of the College may quality for teacher certification on both secondary and elementary levels, our gaining a reputation as one of the outstanding teacher-training centers of North­ eastern Pennsylvania ought not to be a matter for sur­ prise. We are particularly fortunate in our association y/itn Bucknell, which has long been recognized as an institution permitted to train school administrators at al! levels—superintendents, supervising principals, and elementary and high school principals. seeing that most students in the Graduate Center wil. be employed during the day, all classes at the -ont'.-r will be held in the evening. The courses to be offered in the fall semester are Guidance, Occupations and Occupational Research,Visual Education, Public behoof. Administration, and Elementary School Super­ vision. Labor and Personnel Problems, Intelligence and Its Measurement, Extra-Curricular Activities, Socondary School Supervision, and Elementary School dmmistration will be given in the spring semester beginning in February of next year. ’3 Top: March, 1950. Dr. Farley and Gilbert S. McClintock, chairman of the board of trus­ tees, participate in ground-breaking ceremo­ nies on gymnasium site. Center: September, 1950. The South FrankStreet structure almost as it appears today. We now have proper doors, however—very handsome ones, too. Left: April, 1951. Wilkes students pay hom­ age to Terpsichore at the April Showers Ball, one of the many social affairs now held in the gymnasium. �'Hew "Deaw ( A former newspaper­ woman who once inter­ viewed such figures as Jawaharal Nehru. Mad­ ame Chiang Kai Shek, and the late Mahatma Gandhi has turned to in­ terviewing the women of Wilkes. Mrs. Gertrude Marvin Williams, remembered by MRS. GERTRUDE MARVIN many alumni for her WILLIAMS sprightly courses in jour­ nalism and composition, has been named by Dr. Farley to serve as Dean of Women during the 15-month absence of Miss Betty L. Harker, who is beginning graduate study in psychiatric social work at Smith College. Mrs. Williams holds an A. B. degree from Welles­ ley College and an A. M. in sociology from the Uni­ versity of Pennsylvania. She is assistant professor of English at Wilkes, where she will continue to teach as well as discharge the duties of the dermship The new dean's experiences have by no means been confined to the Groves of Academe. She has lived in India and London and worked on newspapers in Boston and New York. During the last war, she served for four years as a member of the Luzerne County Council of Defense, directing all activities of the wom­ en's uni* she organi?en. In the course of a busy life, Mrs. Williams has somehow found time to publish a number of books. She is the author of "India's Silent Revolution," "Under­ standing India," "The Passionate Pilgrim," and "Priest­ ess of the Occult," a biography of Madame Blavatsky. There is a story—perhaps apocryphal—about a student whe went to Mrs. Williams after a semester in one of her courses and said, "I like your course so much that I'm going to flunk the final so I can take it again." We would add that a large measure of common sense is not the least of the qualities this popular teacher brings tc the position so competently filled by Miss Harker since 1947. Granted a leave of absence by the trustees of Wilkes, Miss Harker believes her work at Smith will be of considerab'e help to her when she resumes the task of counseling students. The good wishes of the college go with her. TUifaeb 'Hated Student ^auftcit Sleeted: "^ecfitalde 'Kamed 'P'letid.ettt Sdcccatan- Voting in this year's Student Council elec­ tions, which were held early in May, was spir­ ited and close, according to Bob Eltus, retiring president of the Council. All classes, Bob said, responded to appeals to vote. Dr. Vernon G. Smith, who deve­ loped the Scarsdale, N. Y. public school system into one of the sound­ est in the nation, is coming to Wilkes to head our expanded Depar ment of Education. > rH DR. VERNON G. SMITH The constituion of the College's govern­ ing body provides for the election of four mem­ bers from each of the three upper classes an J. of three representatives of the incoming fresh­ man class sometime in September. Dr. Smith served the Scarsdale system as a high school principal and later as superintendent of ■—■ schools. He will assume his duties here in September. The announcement of Dr. Smith's appeintment fol­ lowed by less than a week the news that Wilkes had been approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction to offer courses in elemen'ary educa­ tion. The new courses to be given in the 1951-52 term, President Farley explained, will round out the offerings in education, enabling Wilkes students to qualify for teacher certification in both secondary and elementary fields. Shown above are the new Sindent Council officers. They are, left to right, seated—Nancy Lee Hannye, secretary, and George J. Lewis, vice-presi­ dent; standing—Henry Merolli, treasurer; Joseph Reynolds, president; and John Mertha, parliamentarian. ••w«< A graduate of Colby College, Waterville, Me., Dr. Smith earned his Master's degree at Teachers College, Columbia University, and later returned to that institu­ tion to take his doctoral degree in education. Also known as a prominent schoolman in Vermont, the new Education Department chairman has been headmaster of St. Johnsbury Academy there. He has been a lecturer at New York University, and is a mem­ ber of the National Educaaon Association, the Asso­ ciation of School Administrators, and Phi Delta Kappa. Dr. Smith has made special studies of teacher salaries, in-service growth of school personnel, and school costs and salaries in villages and cities of the New York metropolitan area. Appointment of Dr. Smith and state approval of the new elementary education program point up the fact that V/ilkes is steadily growing in importance as a teacher-training institution. The past academic year, which began with approval by the Department of Public Instruction of the course in secondary educa­ tion, has been a particularly successful one for the Wilkes Department of Education. Becoming independent of Bucknell University last September, the Department, under Dr. John H. Semon, proved itself altogether wor.hy of that independence. There is every reason to believe that its work will go forward, on an even larger scale, under Dr. Smith. We are persuaded that the alumni will join us in welcoming him and wishing him a good year. (tycMevi Five of the old Council members were reelec'ed. They are: for the senior class. Joe Reynolds, George Lewis and Henry Merolli, all of whom are officers; for the junior class, Isabel Ecker, and for the sophomore class, Alex Cathro. Reynolds was named president; Lewis, vice-president, and Merolli, treasurer. The Council acts in an advisory capacity to all clubs, classes, and other organizations and serves as liaison between students and administration. It considers all requests for funds required for student activities and then makes recommendations to the Administrative Council. In conjunction with various activity groups, the Student Council may also recommend to the Administrative Council modifications in the policies of those groups. (fyadenMa Wilkes students, con­ fronted with a slate of 11 comely candidates, selected Miss Louise Brennan, senior from Forty Fort, to reign over the fifth annual Cinder­ ella Ball this spring. Results of the balloting were secret up to the lime of her triumphal exit frem the pumpkin. An economics major at Wilkes, Miss Bren­ nan is a member of Theta Delta Rho, and was a candidate for the title of Queen of Hearts at the sorority's Valen'ine dance last February. All arrangements for the Cinderella Ball were completed by the S‘udent Council, under the direction of Wade W. Hayhurs', general chairman. / . 1 Tom Robbins, Beacon editor. escorts the 1951 Cinderella. Miss Louise Brennan, to the bandstand in the gym. �TVcd Rettert 'Jaccdfy fry Dr. Bastress in New Post A new deanship has been cre< ated at Wilkes College. The vear 1951 is a reminder in many ways of the year 1941. The threat of war hangs over all of us, and the Colleqe, its students, and alumni are making those adjust­ ments in thinking which are prere­ quisite to constructive action. Wilkes, along with all our col­ leges, is fully aware that the interna­ tional situation and the threat of war will affect its enrollment and its program. AH colleges are seeking to make adjustments with a minimum of disturbance while preserving the soundest foundations for future growth. Although present uncertainties max' cloud our vision of the future, it is still possible to forsee and to plan for many probable developments. I believe that at Wilkes we have made adjustments which will assure maximum stability for the College and will increase the likelihood of its continued growth. DR. FARLEY As the demands of the "cold war" have affected enrollment it has been necessary to reduce our staff. In order to give cur teachers time to obtain other posi­ tions, thirteen members of the faculty were notified last winter that we could not guarantee them work in September, 1951. However, it has proved possible to retain at least three of these teachers. In consequence, only about ten cf the staff of seventy teachers have been affected. We regret that any changes have been necessary, but we are all obliged to respond to emer­ gencies. While we adjust to the immediate present, we also formulate plans for the future. In consequence of this long distance planning I believe that Wilkes College will experience the finest developments of its short history during the next decade. Our instructional pro­ gram will be strengthened and the dormitory facilities will be expanded. During such a period of uncertainty the College must consider its policies and make important deci­ sions regarding adjustments and changes. Inevitably the temptation arises during moments of crisis to lower standards of admission in order to maintain enroll­ ment. It has long been the policy at Wilkes to offer broad community services while we at the same time maintain standards that will encourage the maximum development of the individual and enable araduates to hold their own under all circumstances. I firmly be­ lieve in this policy, and am convinced that we cannot sacrifice the quality of our work in the hope of tempor­ ary gains. Inasmuch as the future of the College de­ pends upon the future of its graduates, I believe that soundness is of areater importance than size, and that the integrity of the institution and its program must rank first in our plans. I hone that the alumni of the College share this feeling. We shall welcome a word from you regardina the path that you feel the College should set for itself, for we denend uoon your participation in planning the future of the College. Yours in the Wilkes bond, EUGENE S. FARLEY In February, Dr. Farley announced the appointment of Dr. Alfred W. Bastress, professor of chemistry, to the new post of Dean cf Instruction. Since the primary pur­ pose of the deanship is to improve the quality of instruction at Wilkes, Dr. Bastress will, as he puts it, "keep DR. ALFRED W. an eye on the academic procession." BASTRESS He will act as liaison officer between the faculty and administration in matters of instruction and curriculum. For obvious reasons, he now sits in the Administrative Council. Now busy scheduling courses for the next semes­ ter, Dr. Bastress, accompanied by Mrs. Bastress, will leave in August for a holiday in Nova Scotia. After that, he will attend a meeting of the American Chem­ ical Society in New York. He promises to spread the word about Wilkes College while he is among the Nova Scotians. librarian Weds Miss Kathleen MacDonald, circulation librarian at the College since last September, became the bride of Ensign S. Robert Foley, USN, in St. Paul's R. C. Church, Scranton, Pa., on June 23. The Foleys are now living in Pensacola, Fla., but expect to make their home— for a time, at any rate—at Corpus Christi, Texas. Sev­ eral Wilkes faculty members attended the wedding, and Jim Foxlow, new Alumnus editor, was one of the ushers. Kanner on Leave for Studies Joseph H. Kanner, instructor in psychology and chief psychometrist at the Guidance Center, has been granted a leave of absence to study for his A. M. in clinical psychology at the New School of Social. Re­ search in New York. Gene Bradley, '51, is carrying cn Kanner’s work at the testing Department this sum­ mer (see "Alumnotes"). Instructors Pinch-Hit at Guidance Center Welton G. Farrar, instructor in economics and poli­ tical science, and James J. Laggan and John Riley, insfruc'ors in business administration, are working as counselors at the Guidance Center this summer to keep things running smoothly while members of the regu­ lar staff are on vacation. Williams in Publicity Work Edward M. Williams, former assistant professor of English, has resigned from the faculty to become public relations director of the Wyoming Valley Community Chest. A1 Groh at Columbia Alfred S. Groh, instructor in Enalish, is doing gradvatc work in English at Columbia University this summe.'. Last summer, he and Joe Donnelly toured Europe. Dean cl Men Pursues Studies Dean Georqe F. Hairston is also at Columbia to study for his Master's degree in student personnel work, continuing his studies from last summer. He will return to Wilkes-Barre in time for the opening of the fall semester, (continued on pogo 15) * SL TVawwid The old Wilkes College nemesis, Bloomsburg STC, re-established its jinx over the Colonels in the last game of the season, despite a first inning Wilkes lead of 6-0. For a while it looked like that old carousel was back in motion for the season's finale but the final score was 7-6. Credit should be given to Zigmund because he proved earlier that Wilkes doesn't have to lose to the Huskies. In that game he allowed five hits to beat BSTC 5-2. University of Scranton continued to win over Wilkes in 1951 with Milliman, the hard-luck kid, losing a heart-breaker by a single run. Partridge Ige introduced the running game on the local diamond, and the Wilkes the race was Len Zilkes batsmen stole 55 bases. Leading th Batrony with fifteen. Don Blankenbush had 12, and Al Manarski, 10. ;.-r --.'X u-j.-. PARTRIDGE AND BASEBALL CO-CAPTAINS Lett to right: Don Blankenbush. Alex Molosh. Bob Partridge 'Diamond “ Pen^onmeid. £,«d Seadon 'WitA. % and 6 Second "Jan. Ifem (?oadc Wilkes Colonels on the diamond started the 1951 season in fireball fashion after recovering from, an initial 13-5 walloping by Wyo­ ming Seminary and went on to win six straight. The winning streak was snapped by the old rivals from King's at mid-point. red a After losing to Rocco English’s crew 7-6, the Colonels played lot of uninspiring baseball and ended the season with a record1 of eight wins and six losses. Under Bob Partridge, former Pennsylvania short-stop star, for the first time, Wilkes went into competition blessed with a good pitching staff, headed by holdover John Zigmund (6-1). The team was strong down the middle with Don Blankenbush at centerfield, Len Batroney at second and Al Molosh at short stop. Hitting power on the Wilkes nine wasn't a negligible factor, either. Blankenbush and Batroney could be counted on for consistent hitting, while Partridge had some sluggers such as Zigmund, Molosh, catcher Joe Deschak and third-baseman Eddie Davis. Talking over the season afterward. Partridge said that he felt afterward, Partridge unearned runs by the opposition ,51don meant meant the the difference difference between win­ ning and losing. They average'1. **Q ^aid. three a game throughout ;raged, he said, three a game the 1951 docket. With Susquehanna After such merry-go-rounds as the games r5 College (19-3), it ___ Harpur (15-5), the Seminary re-match (7-0),and mentor with a his debut as looked as though Partridge would end h fat record. The merry-go-round ran down in the eighth inning cof the first ue carousel King's game. Freshman Joe Sikora, a southpaw, had^ the 15-3 victory, but going a couple days later at Stroudsburg with a 1— v then it closed for the season. The Colonels did get back at King's 5-3 in the opener of a. threegame series in four days. The next day. the Blue and Gold Now Jorsoy and lost lo Upsala College 10-8 alter the East Orange squad got four unearned runs in the first. Two days later, the visit ing Wilkesmen ran up against Ithaca College. Ithaca’s two-year record had been spoiled just foot 1 Milkes that date. Throe of those occasions had been 5-4 vxclo"es J ' all hurled by Zigmund. This time, with the game played under lights, thu Ithacans were avenged 20-9. Victim of the game was John Milliman. Genoa, N.^Y.« . 4 Idling almost in his own neighborhood that night. -t Batler. blasted throe Wilkesmen ell the mound before little L 9 son put the fire out. The 1951 season: Ing Seminary 13 Wilke’s 5, Wyoming Wilkes 5, Ithaca College 4 .quehanna University 5 Wilkes 15, Susq ” Wilkes 5, Bloomsburg imsburg STC 2 jurg STC 1 Wilkes 5, Stroudsbi ig Seminary 0 Wilkes 7, Wyominc jur College 3 Wilkes 19, Harpr Wilkes 6, King's5 College 7 judsburg STC 3 Wilkes 15, Stroi —:‘y of Scranton 4 Wilkes 3, University Wilkes 5, King's College 3 Wilkes 8, Upsala College 10 Wilkes 9. Ithaca College 20 Wilkes 6, Bloomsburg STC 7 Muhlenberg College—rained out Pitching record: John Zigmund, won 3, lost 1 John Milliman, won 2. lost 4 Chet Molley, won 1, lost 1 George Batterson. won 1, lost 0 Joe Sikora, won 1, lot 0 Batting averages, top five: Len Batroney, 2b Don Blankenbush. cf John Zigmund. p-lb Al Molosh, ss Joe Deschak. c 12 13 11 12 10 ab 49 50 39 45 36 h 20 20 16 15 12 a -e.. .408 .400 .385 .333 .333 'Pa'iC'tidtpe. d Saecvi '7ecutt Rafted. 'Win As the Alumnus went to press, Coach Bob Part-u..-------_ for colleges fill out his ridge was still looking to fall i the boaters' circuit. At present only three schedule in but Ann Havir, athletic office secregames are listed, 1 t a batch of letters to schools which tary, has sent out have soccer on their th. athletic programs. All-American soccer player, has dePartridge, an veloped a group of inexperienced performers into a lod outfit in the past two years. He thinks that the go: Colonels are now due for a win. The former Penn coach now has a strong nucleus, composed of such players as Cled Rowlands, Roxie Reynolds, Ben Beers, Len Kurella, Charley Thomas, the Wallison brothers Carl and Ed, Bill Mergo, Flip "?o-t Jones and Pres Eckmeder. Last year's co-captains, Cy Kovalchik and Charley Jackson, are now alumni, as are Bill Owens and manArt Bloom. Partridge has lost Don Tosh to the ager Marines and Parker Petrilak to the Army. �^etUiem. >&ze&4 ’7/(.ci(t^<yw:i ^az “ Seen on Wilkes CoUege gridiron hopes have changed dras­ tically trom the palmy days oi 1946 wnen an impres­ sive array ox football talent was available to George Ralston. Several more or tne Wilkes pigskin perform­ ers have gone the diploma route this Jtine and others are scheduled to fims.i tneir requirements for gradua­ tion this summer. Leaving in the last commencement were such '50 stalwarts as Jack Jones, Norm Cromack, Olie Thomas, Bob Hall and Norm Cross. August graduates will in­ clude Leo Castle, Nick Hememan and Ed Bogusko. Looking over the manpower prospects, Ralston announced that me line-up or top players this fall will be smaller than ever. "We can field one team, but that is about all," he said. New talent on campus is not the answer, either. The Colonels' memor has interviewed all prospective students for the September term and has not come upon any likely canaida.es tor tne eleven. schedule last year, will be host to Ralston's gridders at Princess Anne on November 10. Sparked by Swifty Polk, member of the Negro All-American team, Mary­ land exploded 47-13 over the Colonels last year. The big game, Wilkes College vs. King's College, comes up November 17. The Colonels have been vic­ tors five times in a row over the Monarchs, last season by a 14-12 tally, but with the dim prospects of a strong team this fall facing Ralston, Wilkes may have to play a heap of football io maintain its unbroken superiority. “7e 'iZrca.d Sazazcfy Jane Salwoski, a senior and our handy girl at the Alumni Association and Public Relations Department, was elected president of the Theta Delta Rho for the coming year. She succeeds Ginny Bolen, who graduat­ ed in June. Other officers elected to the Wilkes sorority at the May meeting were: Isabel Ecker, vice president; Lucille Reese, treasurer; Carol Reynar, secretary, and Kay Read, social chairman. Officers who served during the 1950-51 term were, in addition to Ginny: May Way, vice president; Kay Read, treasurer; Lucille Reese, secretary, and Joyce Nobel, social chairman. Ball carriers are going io be even harder to find. The exodus or leaermen .cok wim it more than a right­ ful share o. txrczfielders. Main chores in tne backfield may go to nda.e Davis or George Elias. Mrs. Gertrude M. Williams, acting dean of women, replaces Miss Betty Harker as faculty adviser. The other adviser for the girls' group is Mrs. Gladys Davis, house mother at Sterling Hall. St. Francis College will be the hardest game, the coach claimed. St Francis, he said, has always been the mos, rormidable ox W fixes opposition with the ex­ ception of Rider College. at S&aufvn “SeM Charles A. Hoffman, Jr., a captain in the Army Air Fnrr. • rationed in Germany . . . Joan Pierce, the former Joan aS having completed a course in city management at the Universitv of Pennsylvania, is presen ly working with the city management ta Winnetka, Ill. . • • Li. Og) Elmo Clemente has been ordered to active duty With Navy from Organized Reserve Batallion 18. He is assianed to the recruit training command at the Naval Training Center in Newport, R. I. . . .A. F. MacDonald has been recalled to active dutv in the Navy . . . John Faneck is in Korea . . . John Klansek is a per sonnel man in the ship's office of the USS Cape Esperence . . . Evan Sorbet. 50. is in Officer Candidate School at Fort Riley, Kansas. Promotion of former Captain Andrew W. Winiarczyk to the rank of major has been announced by the Army. A chemical engineering major (in a rather different sense) at Wilkes, Major Winiarczyk is now professor of military science and tactics at Christian Brothers College in St. Louis, Mo., where he is in charge of the ROTC. He is a veteran of ten years' service. He commanded a medium tank company of the 14th Armored Division in France and Germany during World War II and afterwards served with occupation forces in Korea. Edward S. Gorwick, who attended Wilkes in 1946 and 1947, is presently a construction engineer with the Bureau of Reclamation at Grand Coulee Dam in Washington. Ed received his B. S. degree in civil engineering at Bucknell in February, 1950 . . . Gene S. On, former Wilkes student, is Port Patrol Officer with the Bureau of Cus­ toms at Seattle, Washington . . . Charlotte Davis, '50, is a social worker in the Pennsylvania Health Department at Harrisburg. Edmund A. Zaremba, now in the Navy, is stationed at New London, Conn. . . . Lewis A. White is at Fort Dix, N. J. Mrs. Ruth McHenry, who has done a large part of her college work at Wilkes, recently received her B. S. in nursing education from Columbia University. She has been appointed assistant director of nursing services at Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia. Robert D. Levine and Reno Menichelli, both '51 graduates, are now at the New School for Social Research in New York. Frances Ann Markowitz, who attended Wilkes for two years, has been elected to Phi Beta Kappa, honorary scholastic society, at Pennsylvania State College Carl G. Fiene, '50, has been recalled by the U. S. Navy . . . Captain Stephen Wartella is stationed at Kelly Airfield Base, San Antonio( Texas. Eugene G. Bradley. '51. who has been assistant psychometrisl at the Wilkes Guidance Center for the past two years, has just been named chief psychometrisl. Gene will serve in that capacity uu September, at which time he will enter the New School of Socia Research in New York to study for his Master's degree m clinical psychology under the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social n Removal of Lycoming College from the football scene leaves a lack of proportion between home and away games on the Wilkes docket Tne Lycoming game was tabbed as a home event. The rest of the schedule falls into the same pattern as it did last autumn. St. Francis will again De the opening game on Sep.ember 29. Last year the Frankies dropped Wilkes 20-0, blanking Wilkes for the first time in 18 games. On the following Saturday, October 6, Wilkes makes its initial home appearance, meeting University of Bridgeport, which powered over for a 25-13 victory after Wilkes led in the first halt ■ ar - ,-4CcMutc O^iec '^aetatcan "Tlanted He will have to rely on returning lettermen from last season. Tne material with which he will have to work includes ends George xViacMahon, Alex Molosh, Bill Morgan ana Joan oaojny; guards Bill Letcher, Dan Pinkowssd and Dicir Bcripp; center Ed Edgerton; tackles Leo bolcmon ma rrcmr naaaszewskL The 1951 schedule, though reduced to six games, is a tough one, Rals.on said. The only fairly easy op­ ponent was Lycoming College which recently suspend­ ed football for the emergency. - WUkes last month ... A daughter. CherelTn„W“ 9Iaduated K and Mrs. Franklin Conner. Jr., of Lewisburg bom 10 J?’ k attended Wilkes and is continuing his work at BJ v ‘Jf7 22' Connets have another daughter. Katherine. * Buckne11- The - •; October 13, the Colonels go to Ithaca College. Last fall, Al Nicholas carried on a " flashy attack to defeat the New York team 14-7 at Huber Stadium, Plymouth. 1 J search. Robert W. Rubright, '50, received his M. S. in Lehigh University commencement last month ... * ‘51, who entered Drew University as a theologica_s arY« is working as a handicrafts counselor at the o camp near Butler, N. J., this summer. Purpose of Ithe habilitate children from slum areas, many of nile courts. ’ F bru. Institute's P . Horman R. Kessler. '51, editor of this year ® awarded an assistantship at Bowling Green State to study for his A. M. Captain E. Olin Thomas. '51. recalled to the __ , . Ohio, . rmy.^ „„OIted ol Having been trounced 27-7 in its last game with Bloomsburg STC, Wilkes will be putting plenty into its November 3 game with the Huskies, the second home tilt of the season. Jack jones and to Fort Meade, Md. At Wyoming Seminary. Jho four-man combination, including Norman ' f00tball team. Loo Caatlo, that later played on Coach Georg t. grace the re­ Mrs. Thomas, the former Irene Sheplock. con h not-distant Arar's office but hopes to join her husband m One of the most powerful small college teams of the east, mot Maryland ---- ■> State, State, a new addition to the Wilkes lulure. . senior cost clerk Loon J. Shumosic. ‘51. has been a^c°P . native of West at the Newark, N. J., plant of Anheuser-Bus . • and received Nanticoke. Loon was a member of the Ec0^n“^, Finance. his Bachelor of Science degree in Commer t. Joanne Smith and Ralston number f Vfa toe Placement Bureau has announced that a billAte • °k° • r mem^ers of the class of '51 have ahead” found „ ,busi*Jess and industry. Arthur A. Johnson. Hazleton, who graduated cum laude, is pursuing a training course for store na«efs m Philadelphia branch of Sears, Roebuck & Company. • • • Kobert R. Eltus, Pittston, last year's Student Council president, egmning work in the cost accounting department of Comina Glass, Corning, N. Y. . . . Daniel D. Phillips, West Pittston, is in Boston ° a six-week course in claim adjusting in the home office of Liberty Mutual Life Insurance Company . . . Miss Patricia Boyd has been engaged to teach on the elementary level in Towson, Md. She is now at Columbia University taking courses that will further pre­ pare her for her teaching duties in September . . . Miss Virginia Bolen has left her native Wilkes-Barre to begin training in merchandising with the Shumaker Company in New York. The permanent secretary of her class. Miss Bolen was president of Theta Delta Rho and was active in the Economics Club and Cue 'n' Curtain . . . Miss Beryl Colwell, Dallas, a terminal graduate, has been employed by Delbert Craig, Wilkes-Barre food broker. She was a member of Theta Delta Rho, a Wilkes cheerleader, and a Cinderella candidate in 1950 . . • Miss Ann Pavlik, Edwardsville, a February graduate who received her degree in absentia at the June commencement, is associated with the Tradesmen's National Bank in Philadelphia . . . The E. I. Du Pont de Nemours Company of Wilmington, Del., has employed two graduates as accountants. The men are: Frederick Brotherton, Wilkes-Barre, and Charles F. Woodring, Kingston. Both hold Bachelor of Science degrees in Commerce and Finance. Robert Hall, '51, has reported to Sampson, N. Y„ to begin train:— with —:»i. the »u_ Army x----- member of the Wilkes football, ing Air Force, baseball, and ice hock: jekey teams. Bob received his B. S. degree in Commerce and Finance. Charles R. Knapp, ''51, Trenton, N. J., who received a B. S. in Education degree at the! June commencement, has been accepted by the Miami University Law School, While a student at Wilkes, he was active ..................................................... in the International Relations Club. Education Society, and Letterman's Club. - continued Partridge in New England Robert W. Partridge, director of student activities, has taken his wife and daughter Carol to New England for the summer. He is taking courses in the field of physical education at Boston University, and the female Partridges, we suspect, are spending considerable time with Mrs. Partridge's family in Providence, R. I. Summer Faculty on Night Shift What with the new Twilight Session in the sum­ mer school, a good many faculty members are still to be found along South River Street o'nights. The eve­ ning schedule runs from 4 p. m. to 10 p. m. Brightbill Recalled to Navy Wade J. Brightbill, instructor in retail merchandis­ ing, was the first faculty member to be recalled to ser­ vice since the start of the Korean war. He reported to the Philadelphia Navy Yard in January. A World War II veteran, Brightbill compiled an outstanding record during his 34 months service with the Navy as a mem­ ber of the Sino-American Cooperative Organization. He was discharged as a radioman, first class, in 1945 and commissioned as an ensign in the Naval Reserve in 1949. Faculty Secretary at Mayo Clinic Miss Clare Bedillion, assistant professor of secre­ tarial studies and secretary of the faculty, is spending the summer at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., with a view to learning more about the demands made upon medical secretaries, whom she trains at Wilkes. Cooney Receives Degree, Takes New Post John A. Cooney, '48, former instructor in economics, received his master's degree in retailing from the Uni­ versity of Pittsburgh last month and accepted a posi­ tion with Abraham and Straus Company in Brooklyn. John has been on leave of absence from Wilkes during the past year taking graduate work in the Research Bureau for Retail Training at the Pittsburgh institution. �__________ � 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 Alumni Magazine, 1947-present Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations Description An account of the resource <p>An archive of Wilkes University Magazine, from 1947-present. The magazine went through various names including <em>Wilkes Alumnus</em>, <em>Wilkes Quarterly,</em> <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, and the current title, <em>Wilkes Magazine</em>. 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I JANUARY, 1952 No. 1 �CONTENTS From the Editor's Window 3 New Residence for Women 4 Greek Students at Wilkes 4-S I 1» Placement Director Reports 6 New Faculty Members 7 Ralston on Athletics 8 Air Force Appointments 8 College Receives Bequest 9 Concert Series in Gym 9 Account of Homecoming 10-11 Homecoming Candids 12-13 Scholarship Program Outlined 14 Symphony for Wilkes-Barre 14 Field, Court, and Mat 15-21 "The Old Familiar Faces" 22-23 Cover: McClintock Hall, new women's residence WILKES COLLEGE BULLETIN Published quarterly by Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Application ior entry as second-class matter is pending, 2 serving the community of mankind." Not too far out, either. Returning students found that the customs they had known—and per­ haps had instituted—were passing im­ A quarterly is a quarterly, and perceptibly into traditions. Wilkes that's all there is to say about a quart­ "ivy" was beginning to grow. erly. . . As the year wore on, it became Several weeks ago we wrote: "Last apparent that the architects of the week a distant prospect of the Burning College calendar had not overlooked Mountain, that best of barometers, the lively arts. October saw the pre­ told us some dirty weather was knock­ sentation by Cue 'n' Curtain of three ing about, and now the first snowfall one-act plays before packed houses of the season, not to mention a conver­ in Chase Theatre on three successive sation with Dr. Farley this morning, evenings, and early November makes it clear that the deadline for brought Roy Eaton, young concert another alumni quarterly is at hand." pianist, to the South Franklin Street A honeymoon intervened. gymnasium to open our Town and Now, snowfall ----- one ----------, -and innumer-Gown concert series. The month end­ able conversations with Dr. Farley ed Cue -n- Curtain's major offer. later, we go to press, secure in the ing of the season, the firsl Off-Broad-.. knowledge that our spouse, the form- way production of "Gramercy Ghost." er Gloria Chiloro of Wilkes-Barre and As for December, the really big the College library, will keep us cal­ event was the Alumni Association's endar conscious. High time, too. annual Christmas dance, held Decem­ ber 29 in the Crystal Ballroom of Hotel THE YEAR SO FAR Sterling. A second homecoming, the Thanks to Dean Gertrude Marvin affair v/as planned by an outsize com­ Williams' elimination of non-essen­ mittee headed by Att'y Tom Brislin. tials, the current academic year be­ Well planned, too: word reaches us gan with a shortened Freshman that their work enabled the Associa­ Week. Some 200 new students spent tion to recoup some of the losses suf­ the three-day "week" being register­ fered at homecoming proper. ed, lectured, entertained, guided about the campus (green and pleasant, just as the ads said), and confused. But confusion, after all, is the beginn’.ng NEW RIG of wisdom. Though some alumni may bo of The freshmen, in their bluer-thanopinion that thoir quarterly is already ever dinks and "new school ties" pre­ nineteenth-class matter, v/o have applied scribed by the Tribunal (composed to the Post Office Department for per­ mission to havo it and tho collogo cata­ this year of members of the sopho­ logue entered as second-class matter— more class), were a colorful and spir­ and have been told that only publications ited lot. Their presence and that of issued as frequently as four times a year the upperclassmen soon made those may be so entered. of us who had spent the summer here Since paring tho budget Is a matter forget that the long, quiet days of ox some importance, v/o havo seized up­ June, July and August had ever been. on tho Department's suggestion (v/o think v/e know a good thing when v/o seize it) The new group was a cosmopoli­ that v/e change tho name of tho ALUM­ tan one, too—so cosmopolitan that NUS to WILKES COLLEGE BULLETIN and members of the PR staff felt constrain­ publish tho catalogue under that title ed to remind the newspaper-reading in the spring. public that Wilkes is still a community While v/o v/ero at it, v/o thought v/e college. One of our minions even went might as v/ell make a clean sweep— so far, in a highly wrought passage hence the new format. in one of our football programs, as to call Wilkes "a community college 3 �St™* % fatten Shortly before the College opened in the fall, Dr. Farley announced that the Board of Trustees had accepted Atty. Gilbert S. McClin­ tock's offer of his home at 44 South River Street. Almost , before anyboy here­ in. a. s. McCiiniock abouts knew what was happening, the college mainten­ ance crew had completely redecorat­ ed the house for use as a women's residence. Long a friend of the College and chairman of its Board of Trustees, Mr. McClintock decided to give the stately old residence to the college when he learned last spring that Sterling Hall, then the only women's dormitory on the campus, was filled to capacity and that applications for admission had been received from a consider­ able number of out-of-area women students. Mr. McClintock retained the mel­ lowed little building on the northern portion of his property in which his offices are situated. There, in asso­ ciation with Atty. James P. Harris, also a member of the College Board, he is continuing the practice of law. The house, now called McClintock Hall, adds a touch of old Wilkes-Barre to the college campus. Jacob Cist, Mr. McClintock's great grandfather, purchased the property on which the house now stands from Obediah Gore, Mr. Harris' great-great-great-greatgrandfather, in 1810. The property has been in possession of Mr. Cist's descendants ever since. After the death of Mr. Cist, whose ouse stood on the site of the present Hrst Baptist church, h.s pr P™ fad Oned umong childrenY The land on which the "new" colleae U1 ng now stands was given to the £ “ rt h 'a 4 Board chairman's , A. T. McClintock, n&^,, sent house was erected Hie73after. ed soop t^6An incident of about 20 affords an interesting sidoi-Y,e®s property. While workmen Ught th° ing excavations to m^® a^ 4 uncovered several graves A°U' C ly the site had once been , pP®ent churchyard by either the F® a excellent scholastic records in their the College received letters from them preparatory schools—and apparently expressing their gratitude for the ophave not left off maintaining them portunity to study in the United States and their desire to use their education here. for the benefit of their homeland and Early in September members of its people. Power District 4 of the Daughters of John Theloudes, an engineering Penelope, senior auxiliary of the Order student reached the campus before cf AHEPA, Greek-American fraternal classes had begun, but Katia and Con­ and service organization, sponsored stantine—who, out of consideration the first social affair of the college for their instructors and friends, have "season"—a benefit dance for the begun to call themselves Katia Karas Greek students. Seeing that the wom­ and Dean Arvan—arrived a few days en had sold tickets for the dance in late. How they managed to catch up Harrisburg, Scranton, Allentown, Beth­ to their classmates is no mystery to lehem, Hazleton, Reading, Pottsville, nocturnal strollers on South River Tamaqua, and Mahanoy City, as well Street, who cannot have failed to ob­ as throughout Wyoming Valley, it was serve their dormitory lucubrations. a smashing success. It is clear to most of us hereabouts The Anglo-American-Hellenic Bu­ that the three visitors, like other for­ eign students before them, are enrichreau of Education, New York, cooper-• ’' •’ . _ r .1 . ____ 1___ * ated with the Daughters and the Col- ing the lives of the rest of the students — lege in bringing the students here. Dr. on campus. nThe ’1 Bulletin, moreover— Chryst Loukas, executive secretary of which speaks with the wisdom of that organization, accompanied them those who speak seldom—ventures to predict that Katia will be a Cinderella from New York to Wilkes-Barre. Prior to the arrival of the students. candidate one of these days. »„„cte=hotil5prece^^ Mr. McClintock's qift brought the total number'ofWfel> buildings to 18, permits, with tt, lkes three dormitories, the accommn?lhei of approximately 100 boSdfaall0n dents. ming s>uThree large, attractive roomp the south side of the first floor ““ which some of Mr. McClintock's fa ture had been stored, were rea‘ readied for use just before homecoming —.g this Year- -Alumni who attendee attended’ the tea given for them by the Studer c‘"lent Connoil, Theta Delta Rho, and the —J women residing m McClintock had uv^mnocK nad an oppor‘unity to see these t-------- and other rooms in the “ne old house, Altogether, McClintock Hall is a notable addition to the campus— which, incidentally, it has extended almost to Market Street. The Wilkes College community will not soon for­ get Mr. McClintock's generosity. freeze ‘T^e^enaCiC&W „ , ■ Owing largely to the efforts oi local Daughters of Pent elope ana an anonymous Greek friend of the coi g in New York, three amiable studen from Greece are in residence at J from Greece are in residence at the College this year. At this writing they are getting on swimmingly. The students are: Katia Karageor­ gopoulou, Volos, Magnesias, Greece; Constantine Arvanitogeorgos, Kerkyra, Greece; and John Theloudes, Isle of Chios, Greece. All three maintained i Shown as they arrived at Wilkes-Barre-Scranton Airport are Constantine Arvanitogeoigos and in residence Katia Karageorgopoulou, two of the three Greek students now" in residence at Wilkes. With them is Dr. Chryst Loukas, executive secretary of the Anglo-American-Hellenicz Bureau of Education, and an American Airlines stewardess. 5 �fa Rand Company, Atlantic York Corporation. Amerin^6 ulinS r> Although the Col­ lege is gradually closing down the Veterans' Guidance Center, its sister of­ fice in Ashley Hall, the Placement Office, & is still very much a going concern. Director of Place­ ment John J. Chwa­ Mr. J. J. Chwalek lek, who is now busy I finding permanent billets for February graduates, recently reported that whereas representatives of only five firms found their way to the South River Street campus in 1949, the year he organized the Placement Office, 28 firms sent personnel men to the Col­ lege last year. DuPont de Nemours Com^my pany of America, Armco St*Un’«ua PE-1 Time Magazine. National S , Talon, Inc., Bell Telephone St. Regis Paper Company Ron °'Qloti^ Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and cP6'S Penn Power Company, Johns-Mr,0'0?011?. W tion, United States Steel CompaSTS? Corp^? Electric Company. Piasecki HelicoJhUad'b>& tion, Campbell Soup Comp±°P‘" Corp™’ Gamble Company, American Optical'??" Federal Reserve Bank of Philadein?’ Glenn L. Martin Company. delplu<’. andfi' Also, Bethlehem Steel Comncmv » and Porter Company, U. S. Rubber c Flahcer Columbia Engineering Corporation w house Electric Corporation, Sears Ttoohu “T Company, Overseas Division of the °'“i Oil Company of New Jersey, Gulf Oil p doni tion, Goodyear Tire and Rubber ComnafJ’?'1Oil Company, U. S. Steel Corporation oZF’ ware, Pratt and Whitney Aircraft, Montn™ Ward and Company, Minnesota £ Manufaculring Company. Chase National n? > of the City of New York, Pennsylvania Po?,’? and Light Company. Armstrong Cork Company W. R. Grace and Company, Arthur Anderson and Company, Smith, Kline and French Labor, atories, Philco Corporation. Prudential Insur­ ance Company of America, Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, American Cynamid Company, Liberty Mutual Life Insurance Com­ pany, and General Motors Corporation. That the visitors from another part of the forest were interested in some­ thing more than sight-seeing is bome out by the fact that every June, 1951, In submitting his report to the graduate who applied to the Office for Bulletin, Mr. Chwalek emphasized work has now been placed. Average starting salary for gradu­ that the services of the Placement ates holding Bachelor of Arts degrees, Office are available to alumni seek­ Mr. Chwalek said, is about $250 a ing employment as well as to students month, while that for chemists and now enrolled in the College. He also physicists is likely to be at least $275. urged alumni placed through the ef­ forts of the Office, particularly those June graduates for whom the Office has found positions include: Miss Pat­ engaged in personnel work, to keep him informed of openings in then ricia Boyd, now with the Baltimore companies. County (Md.) School District; Mi<ru Beryl Colwell, with Delbert Craig, Wilkes-Barre food broker; Frederick Brotherton and Charles F. Woodring, THE LIGHTEST DRAWER with the E. I. du Pont de Nemours In the Alumni Office cabinet holding Company; Arthur A. Johnson, with alumni addressograph plates there are Seam Roebuck and Company; Robert many drawers. But there is only one n. Eltus, with Coming Glass; and drawer labeled "Paid-up Alumni"—and it is not quite full. Pleasant though this year's homecoming was, it left the Association in a very delicate financial condition. Tho bottom having dropped out of our trea­ sury, we can't even scrape it. Won't you therefore send us three dollars for your 1951 dues and so pro­ vide some ballast for that Paid-up draw­ Victor. Cuarrat™TI^’Sm & Co“pcmy' BCA er? Heavy seas, these. * 6 ffa "Hew HeaeAeae lege. Miss., where he served as an in­ structor in music for two years. He studied music at Evansville College, Ind., and at the Arthur Jordan Conser­ vatory of Music, Indianapolis, where he was a scholarship student. While living in his home state, Mr. Detroy gained a considerable reputa­ tion as a recitalist in Hoosier music circles and appeared as piano soloist with the widely acclaimed Indiana­ polis Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Fabien Sevitzky. He holds a Mast­ er of Music degree in music theory from the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, N. Y., where he is now a candidate for the doctorate. The opening of Wilkes' fifth aca­ demic year saw the arrival of five new faculty members. They are: Dr. Vernon G. Smith, chairman of the edu­ cation department, whose appoint ment was announced in our summer issue; Mr. J. Ernest Crane, who took charge of the new Wilkes courses in elementary education; Mr. John G. Detroy, Jr., appointed head of the School of Music; and Mr. Walter E. Mokychic, '50, assistant in biology. Mr. Greninger, the new man in history, attended Susquehanna Uni­ versity and Gettysburg College, re­ ceiving his Bachelor's degree from the latter institution in 1941. He took his Master's degree at Temple Universi­ ty in 1947 and has since worked to­ wards his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania. A native of New Jersey, Mr. Crane was graduated from the Trenton, N. J., Normal School and received his Ph.B. degree from Dickinson College. Fol­ lowing several years of service as a principal and supervising principal in South Amboy and Butler, N. J„ he went on to do graduate work in socio­ logy and take a Master's degree. He remains active in alumni work at that institution. The nevz teacher's experience in­ cludes tours of duty as an instructor in history at Valparaiso University, Ind., and the Ogontz Center of the Pennsylvania State College. The recent appointee to the educa­ tion department, who has also pur­ sued graduate courses at Columbia University, served the Newark, N. J., school system as an elementary and junior high school principal for many years, retiring in 1949. The Wilkes alumnus, Mr. Moky­ chic, a Bachelor of Science in biology, came to the college as a student fol­ lowing 49 months of service as a sur­ gical technician with the U. S. Army in the United States and Germany. Nov/ that he has taken to the birch, he assists regular students in the biology laboratories here and helps train Wyo­ ming Valley Hospital student nurses in anatomy and physiology. Dr. Detroy, who has taken on the task of directing the Choral Club and the Madrigal Singers in addition to his duties as music department head, comes to us from Blue Mountain Col- 7 �"The emphasis upon inle!1®ctu°1 attained when too much emp placed upon any one phase of'an ex- tracurricular activity. Th college gives no scholarships for the cnle nurnose of encouraging St^WBkS ConZ AthleSS receive the same consideration in ad­ missions, in the classroom and in the awarding of scholarships that is given to other students." So reads the first paragraph of the College's statement of its athletic poli­ cy—and if Director of Athletics George F. Ralston's utterances serve to ex­ press his convictions, he is the man to implement that policy. In recent addresses before local luncheon clubs—and more particular­ ly in the speech he made at the November meeting of Wilkes Faculty Women—Dean Ralston lashed out at commercialism and professionalism in college athletics and presented a pro­ gram of reform—the same program the College is striving to put into ef­ fect. Speaking before the faculty wives and women teachers at the College, the athletic director attributed to pro­ fessionalism such evils as double standards in college admissions and the cencouragement ---of Ulieaicheat. ------ — —gvmvui Ui mg-. and other practices Icuuiug leading tome to the —" prachCio dismtegration of players' personalities. Professionalism has led to the ____ _ mvio xcu iw me recruitment of recruilmenf r>f boys who —> cannot poss­ ibly profit from a college education," he said. Continuing, the Dean poked holes in the argument that winning athletic teams bring glorious prestige t 7 the colleges and universities that tohave them. "Among the great universities, Harvard, Yale, and Chicago have perhaps the largest endowments and 8 the most enviable reputations s thejr football teams among the ten?" he asked. °P "As for good small colleges - h went on, "did you ever hear of Vm hams, Amherst, and Bowdoin hcrvina winning teams? y Turning to suggestions for restor ing amateur athletics to "their rightful place in the American educational scheme," Mr. Ralston proposed reaf. torn, fhe principle principle" that "the prim,— firming the purpose of education is to tr .Pnrncffy P t„. ta]dng n « to tram the^ of education, "as has been^ 8 °ut Johns an“as done Q1 ganizing schedules so that th' ?60r‘ similar strength and poUcy com’8 ?f with one another; reexamining aS sions policies with a view to rnni? them more democratic, and makT9 coaches full-time faculty membeS 9 Ofaeci Alumni may be interested in a new Air Force program about which we have recently received an inform­ ation bulletin. Details are avaiable in the Alumni Office. A letter from the headquarters of the First Air Force reads in part:: The United States Air Force is, at the xpresent time, offering direct appointments in the Air Force Reserve • qualified -in technical to individuals specialties which can be utilized by the Air Force. The need is for college graduates who possess degrees in Business Administration, Engineering, LIU UO11, .Lilly lllCCllliy I Psychology or or allied allied fields. fields. ItIt isis icuirealxoycliuluyy tzed that, due to lack of publicity, qual­ ified, intelligent, young men are unaware of the vast opportunities offered them by the Air Force. It is our inten­ tion to offer commissions to those qual­ ified young men so that they may serve their country in the capacity for which they are best suited. Inquiries may be directed to Head­ quarters, First Air Force, Mitchel Air Force Base, New York. Attention: Dir MPP. liant and altogether pleasant start November 5 when Roy Eaton, young concert pianist who had won the Kosciuszko Foundation's $1,000 scholar­ ship in 1950, appeared in a recital Dr. Farley announced last month here—and contributed proceeds from it to a scholarship fund for the Wilkes that an outright grant of S50.000 in addition to an undisclosed number of School of Music. As a Christmas offering, the Madshares of Planters Nut and Chocolate Company stock has been left to rigal Singers of the college presented of' madrigals Wilkes under the will of William B. a~ program \ ’ „ ’ and’ carols ’ ’by „ Schaeffer, vice president of Miners European composers of the fifteenth, National Bank, who died December 11 sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. centuries, in General Hospital here at the age of The performance was in the style of early madrigal singing—with the dir­ 86. A trust fund, Dr. Farley added, is to ector, Mr. John G. Detroy, Jr., head of be established for Mr. Schaeffer's the School of Music, at the piano and daughters, Miss Marian R. Schaeffer the singers grouped around him. of Fine View, Rice Township, and Mrs. Admission to the remainder of the Violet Schaeffer Fleugel of Boston, Sunday-aftemoon concerts, which fea­ Mass. The Miners National Bank has ture School of Music faculty members and students, is free. The schedule of been named executor of the estate. The will, dated June 30, 1948, dir­ coming concerts in the College gym­ ects that net income from the trust nasium follows: fund shall be paid in equal shares to Sunday, January 13 — Recital by the two daughters for a period of 20 Wilbur Isaac, instructor in voice at the years. Twenty per cent of the corpus college who is well known as an in­ of the estate is to be shared by the terpreter of art songs. daughters five years after the death Sunday, February 17—Piano and of Mr. Schaeffer's wife, which occur­ voice recital by John and Eleanor De­ red in 1949. The remaining forty per troy, both graduates of the Eastman cent is to be shared by the daughters School of Music. Mr. Detroy has ap­ 20 years following the wife's death. peared as piano soloist with a number If either or both daughters be de­ of symphony orchestras, and Mrs. ceased before the 20th year payment, Detroy, in the major oratorios and the will continues, the share due them operas. shall be paid their children. Should Sunday, March 16—A joint pro­ they be deceased without issue sur­ gram of outstanding choral works by viving them, the balance of the estate the Singers' Guild of Scranton and the is to be given the College. Wyoming Valley Oratorio Chorus, By action of the Board of Trustees, conducted by Charles Henderson, in­ Dr. Farley revealed, a considerable structor in music at the College. portion of the income from the gift has Sunday, April 27 — Program by been set aside for scholarship pur­ Wilkes College Chorus, conducted by poses. Mr. Detroy. Sunday, May 11 — Concert by Wilkes College Band, conducted by Robert E. Moran, School of Music in­ structor long familiar to football fans among the alumni. If the two concerts already given Again this year, through its Town & Gown Concert Series, the College may be considered a foretaste of what has the pleasure of sharing with mem­ is to come, alumni hereabout could do bers of the community the best in old a great deal worse than to devote one Sunday afternoon a month to the com­ and new music. The current series got off to a bril- ing programs! $50,000 and Setter 'Way 9 �to relive, for a little time, what a Yale man has called "the shortest, gladdest years of life." acid Tfeca Cold and wet though the weekend rv„.L_r 16 was, the homecoming ___ then must have warmed the of November cockles of every returned alumnus' held t*— heart. The weekend's activities, planned ■ by student groups as well homecoming committee K aS the Ray Jacobs, '50, provided lleaded bv tunities for former stnd= .rare °Pnnr and B. U. J. C. to visit with\°f dikes’ mates and whilom teacher ^lassass~ ■1 so A < i - - T If'*'- ! L — i zx i /....................... .■ O? I ' . r~- 1;3 ' fli t. •■< H ■ I ml ■ 1 ■ *’>■ " ?.A 5UAU.COM-EGE.RNOSTW THERE ARE those WHO LOVE IT.* t>M®.teii •/ a s&l McCLINTOCK: DETAIL OF WINNING DECORATION 10 i i *k ts.Sirsjust a ■! I ■ Kki - * .1 i Ray's committee, made up of Mary Pohala, Loretta Farris, Tony Wide­ man, Association President Bill Leutzel, Dan Williams, Tom Gill, and Tom Brislin, met in Chase Hall one evening a week for several weeks prior to the annual stir-off to arrange details for such events as the cocktail party and collation at Hotel Sterling—certainly not the least pleasant features of the two-day affair. Then, just as the far-llung alumni were recovering from the shock of learning that they were not to be guided about a long familiar campus, they received invitations from the Col­ lege for a homecoming tea at McClin­ tock Hall (described in the invitation as a "bit of old Wilkes-Barre")—an af­ fair arranged for them by the Student Council, Theta Delta Rho, and the women of McClintock. Prime mover behind the affair was Mrs. Gertrude Marvin Williams, act­ ing dean of women, whose suggestion to the Administrative Council that re­ turning alumni were at least as inter­ ested in seeing the teachers vzho had really got to know them in Wilkes classrooms as in being 1 greeted by officers of administration bore fruit Saturday afternoon, November 17, at McClintock. It was pretty much of a toss-up whether alumni or faculty en­ joyed the gathering more. Inclement weather Friday forced postponement of two events of some importance—the Wilkes-King's game and the judging of the homecoming decorations—and more of the same Saturday failed to justify the post­ ponement. Undaunted, the committee of judges (married alumnae all) that had ap­ peared on campus Friday returned Saturday to squish about the entire campus, from the gymnasium to Mc­ Clintock Hall, and take in the decora­ tions conceived and executed by stu­ dent clubs and dormitory groups. Al­ though the elements had wrought havoc among the decorations, com­ pletely wiping out one of them (an extraordinarily clever display done by the women of Sterling Hall), a suffi­ cient number were intact—or nearly so—to enable Mesdames Ruth Tischler Voekler, Phyllis Eichler Berger, Irene Koniecko Mechak, and Charlotte Reichling Lisses to come to an equit­ able decision. The spirited boarding students of McClintock—-whose display included, on an upper level, a dejected King's player seated head in hands at a stu­ dy table, his housecoat hanging on a hall-tree in the comer, and, on a lower level, a Wilkes classroom, the black­ board in which bore the best-known quotation from Daniel Webster's Dart­ mouth College Case speech—won out, with honorable mention going to the Beacon and the International Rela­ tions Club, whose joint decoration graced Barre Hall. Retiring President Bill Leutzel presented the Alumni Association's trophy to Nancy Fox, senior honor student in McClintock, at the Association's December meeting in Chase Hall. Many high points were reached during the convivial soiree at Hotel Sterling, which served as homecom­ ing headquarters, but perhaps the highest was Bill Luetzel's announcement of the results of heavy voting in the recent Association elections. The slate, greeted with hearty huzzahs, was—and is—as follows: president. Bill Griffith, who is also in line for con­ gratulations for having won Wilkes v/oman Grace Ruffin; vice-president, Dan Williams; secretary, Betty Reese; treasurer, John Fink; and member-atlarge, Bill Luetzel. The warm congratulations and good wishes of the Bulletin go to the new officers. We look forward to hear­ ing a great deal more from them. Turning to colder matters, we shall remark only that PR minion Jack Cur­ tis, described by Dean-coach George F. Ralston as "young and laht of heart," has written a complete jere­ miad on the Wilkes-King's game for this issue. 11 �r / 1951 1 HOTEL STERLING 12 HOMECOMING COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND RINGER 13 �uc/teaa-cd "How settle the debt we owe the College?" Some such question must often occur to loyal Wilkes alumni— who, unlike most other alumni, lack an organized alumni fund. We suspect such alumni are aware—though the figures are not quite so impressive as they would be in a highly endowed institution—that the tuition and other fees they paid as students failed to cover the cost, of their instruction. If they are Wyoming Valley natives, they are conscious of a debt of gratitude to the public-spirit­ ed members of the community who provided the buildings, grounds, and money that enabled them to attend college while living at home. And if they believe in education, they no doubt wish to extend its benefits to those who follow them. So far, alumni wishing to contri­ bute a few dollars a year to the col­ lege (being youngish, they are hardly in a position to establish trust funds) have been given no inkling as to how to make a beginning. But now the col­ lege has published a folder entitled Keeping the Faith: A Scholarship Pro­ gram for Wilkes College, which we think furnishes some of the answers. In a section called "Pertinent Ques­ tions and Straight Answers Concern­ ing a Scholarship Program," the auth­ ors point out that funds now available for scholarship purposes are inade­ quate. If the college is to continue to assist outstanding students who lack financial resources—and it must—it must turn again to its friends, among whom members of the Alumni Asso­ ciation are of course numbered. Worse, the folder continues, if scholarship funds are not forthcoming, the college has no alternative but to draw upon such present resources as tuition fees and income from endow­ ment—a practice which, long continu­ ed, would threaten the very existence of the college. The folder also makes the point that Wilkes scholarships are not "free 14 rides": almost every one of the 90 scholarship holders at the College last year found it necessary to supplement his scholarship vzith money earned on the campus or in the community. The college provided him with oppor­ tunity, not security. Happily, the scholarship commit­ tee of the Board of Trustees sees a solution to the present problem__ a solution alumni can help the college arrive at. It lies in the establishment of endowed scholarships, the giving of small annual gifts, and the pledging, by alumni and other friends of the col­ lege, of money to be given over a period of years. "All three types of giving," the folder concludes, "are essential to the success of the program." Here, we think, is a program of giving that even impecunious fledg­ ling alumni need not be diffident about participating in. Interested members of the Association—and we are persuaded there must be many— may secure folders or pledge-cards, or both, from either Dr. Farley or the Alumni Office. OzeAe^tna, As the Bulletin goes to press, the long-defunct Wilkes-Barre Symphony Orchestra goes into rehearsal. The first rehearsal of the reorgan­ ized group marks the culmination of plans afoot since early fall, when Dr. Farley and the School of Music facul­ ty members began to discuss with Ferdinand Liva, concert master of the Scranton Philharmonic and part time school of music instructor, the possibil­ ity of bringing symphony music back to Wyoming Valley. Mr. Liva, the third local musician to undertake the task of welding a group of valley instru­ mentalists into a symphony is serving as conductor of the reactivated or­ chestra. Expected to absorb the entire pro­ fessional element of the Valley, the Wilkes-Barre Symphony will also pro­ vide an outlet—the only outlet—for talented amateurs hereabouts. ‘gaUtw eCewt cut By Jack Curtis. Public Relations The time has finally come when Wilkes closes its football book and has to say, "This has been our first unsuccessful season." A quick look at the records shows a lopsided propor­ tion of losses over wins, but, far worse, the Colonels failed to tie their sixth knot in the tail of the King's Lion. George Ralston, who has become quite accustomed to turning out cre­ ditable teams on a shoe-string, vzas faced with the usual prospects—short­ age of manpower and lack of experi­ enced candidates. But the telling fac­ tor in the 1951 annals of the Blue and Gold was the injuries jinx. Lady Luck stepped in to deal a severe blow in the very first tilt. Dovzn at Cresson Stadium, the Colonels had a neat victory going vzhen Al Nichol­ as, star running and passing tailback, suffered a broken nose and an injured hand. The Wilkesmen hung on to a one point lead through the vzork of fullback Eddie Davis and end Al Molosh until the very end of the ball­ game vzhen the Red Flash capitalized on a blocked punt to give them a 12-7 victory. Next vzeek, in the home opener, the Colonels gave their fans a treat and shovzed plenty of class to trounce the University of Bridgeport 25-7, scor­ ing in every quarter. Once again, hovzever, Nicholas was put out of ac­ tion, and Davis took over, finding passing targets in Al Molosh and Billy Veroski. Besides snagging TD passes from Nicholas and Davis, Molosh vzas all over the field that night. One of his feats vzas the blocking of a UB punt vzhich became a Wilkes touch­ down vzhen tackle Leo Solomon fell on the ball in the end zone. In the waning moments of the fray the Purple Knights from Connecticut ed all through the campaign. .„„T,he,£o??win9 week George Ralsy“,to°k h's squad to upstate New York for a battle with the Ithaca Colege Bombers. Wilkes held a 2-0 edqe in this series, but the outlook was not So promising that night. Nicholas, Dan­ ny Pinkowski and Gigi Elias were de­ stined to sit the entire game out and tadie Davis was available for only limited action. After playing three years as de­ fensive end, Molosh switched to tail­ back and did a bang-up job despite his novice status in the backfield. The best the Colonels could do was to hold off the Ithaca power as attack after attack battered the line. Finally the Wilkesmen crumpled and Ithaca pushed across its lone touchdown in the last quarter. As time ran out, the Ralston Raiders were holding the Bombers on the one-yard line. Final score: Ithaca College 6, Wilkes Col­ lege 0. Following a three-week rest from the grid wars, the Colonels took on the highly favored Bloomsburg STC povzerhouse. The Huskies were riding high on the crest of an undefeated, untied record and were determined not to let our boys spoil it. Coach Bob Redman shovzed plainly that he had not forgotten the 1949 shellacking handed the future teachers by John Florkievzicz and crevz. The game vzas played at Kingston Stadium in bitter cold vzeather on a field covered vzith ice. The Huskies took every break and used all their flash to get a snug 27-0 lead. It has become legend that the last quarter of a Wilkes game is al­ ways action-packed and the Bloom tilt vzas no exception to the rule. Late in the final stanza, Nicholas faded to pass. Eluding a swarm of would-be tacklers, Nick let one fly into the endzone where Ronald Smiley gerald, center turned vzingback, squeezed betvzeen a pair of Husky de­ fenders and made a beautiful catch 15 �while lying practically flat on his face. Molosh converted. Maryland State College was next on the agendum, with the Colonels unpacking their gear at Princess Trincccc Anne, on the eastern shore of that state. Nicholas was bedded with a virus infection, and once again Molosh assumed the role of tailback. Babes Davis made the Colonels' TD with Molosh's boot splitting the goalposts. The flashy Negro eleven proved too much for the jinx-ridden locals and the score came out Maryland State 26, Wilkes 7 . . . even without Swifty Polk, The big homecoming game with Mcrthamptcr. Street rfr.'ale the Northampton rivals was the cne vL' ‘ would square „ ... which things ... in the ■ ■ ’ ■ record' books. At least that was what everyone thought. The game was set for Friday night at Meyers Stadium, and the boys looked at their best when the final practice was held at Kirby Park Thursday afternoon. Fate wouldn't let up on Wilkes, though. Foul weather led to the post­ ponement of the epic until the following evening, and by the time the game started the Colonels seemed to have lost their edge. When Saturday night came it was Wilkes trying to protect its perfect record against King's. The Colonels had swept the series with five in a row since the two schools began gunning for one another in 1946. The outcome of the game was in doubt all the way down to the open­ ing kickoff. Then King's took over and was never headed. Trailing at half­ time, Wilkes came back with a surge that loyal supporters thought would surely pull the game out of the fire. George Elias snagged a King's pass and raced 51 yards to the Monarchs' 30. A pass from Nicholas to Molosh put the ball in the vicinity of the five. Nick scoring for the first time this season, plunged across to keep the Colo­ nels from suffering a shut-out. The very next play from scrim­ mage was the one which broke the backs and hearts of the men in Blue and Gold. Harry Miller, imported King's halfback, took a pass in the flat and picked up interference from every16 where except the bench to gallop eighty yards for a TD. From that moment it was all King's. Wilkes just couldn't stop the aerial wizardry of the Monarch quarterbacks. The final score, unbelievable even to. R°cco English, we suspect, was King s 27, Wilkes 7. The Colonels supremacy over King's had ~ been snap­ ped. It led the hot-stove leaguers to remark that all Wilkes needed was 21 points and 25 athletic scholarships to have turned the tide. But even in defeat, Wilkes had won a moral victory. It had held fast to its policy of de-emphasizing sports even though it meant lopsided records in the scorebooks. Coach George Ralston's boys will always remember him for his firm stand on clean sports and the mental and moral training .physical, . derived from that approach, We like to think of Wilkes College as an oasis in the midst of present-day athletics. Our college can be recom­ mended for the clean brand of ball the squads play, If the majority of ...u ~~ coaches ■— could come to recognize, as our coaches do, that the things that really count are the values individual players realize from the game, then we have reason to hope that college football may yet emerge from the muck and mire into which it has been dragged. rfC fyea/t at -33 was George Elias, junior that athletics must be seen in a prop­ prowess Wilkes-Barre, who was named from T'-; prospective. He went on to relate Outstanding Back of the Year. His er through personal experience that it is election as co-captain of the 1952 foot­ the mental and physical training ball squad along with Dan Pinkowski, gained from college athletics that was also announced at the dinner by counts most. head coach George Ralston. Coach Ralston thanked "his boys" A veteran of four years of football for the splendid co-operation they at Wilkes as a defensive end, Molosh gave him this year. "Even though we became a 60-minute man this year did not have a successful football sea­ due to a shortage of football material son," he said, "my boys worked hard­ and even doubled as tailback against er than any other squad in the his­ Ithaca and Maryland State Colleges, tory of Wilkes." pjis performance against Bridgeport Letters were awarded to the follow­ was termed by Ralston as "All-Ameri­ ing alumni, including 1952 gradu­ can". Also chosen as first-string end ates and terminals: football—Al Mol­ on the Ukrainian All-American team, osh, Dick Scripp and John Strojny; he was the Wilkes' team's leading basketball—Bob Benson, Al Casper, Charlie Jackson and John Zigmund; scorer. His teammates accorded him the baseball—Al Molosh, Len Gavlick, highest mark of recognition last night John Zigmund, Don Blankenbush, Joe by selecting him as recipient of the Deschak, Chet Molley, Al Manarski; Gallagher award, created in honor of soccer—Ed Wheatley and Charley Joseph Gallagher, Wilkes football Thomas; wrestling—George McMah­ player who was killed in an automo­ on, Joe Stephens, Skinny, Ennis, Geo. Dvorozniak and Norm Cromack. bile accident in 1949. Dr. Farley spoke briefly and offer­ Letters for basketball were award­ ed congratulations to all Wilkes teams ed in absentia to Jake Bator and Park­ of the past year. He stressed again er petrilak, now in Korea. CHAMPIONS AT THE FREE THROW LINE t&e A1 Molosh received triple honors at the college athletic dinner Decem­ ber 12 in the cafeteria. The 1951 foot­ ball co-captain received the Outstand­ ing Lineman of the Year Trophy, the Joseph Gallagher Memorial 1 Trophy, — -------J W. Davis —-- Memorial ------and the TT Howard Trophy. The senior from Brooklyn, N. Y„ was awarded the Davis Trophy for achievement in athletics, sportsman­ ship, leadership and scholarship last year and is the first two-time winner. Also receiving a mark of high esteem and a trophy for his athletic Here are the Wilkes College players who dropped in 24 straight foul shots when the; they won over East Stroudsburg State Teachers College. Left to right are Jim Moss, inset; Jim Al, Atherton, Bob Benson. Joe Sikora. John Milliman. CTron^ Lon Batroney, and a'nd'Harry Harry Davenport, inset. Inset ’ ' in ' center is Coach GeorgeisRalston. Mr. Ralston checking with the NCAA to see if the Colonels set a new record by making all their foul tries. Batroney shovzed the way with eight conversions. Sikora made six while Milliman and Atherton had three each. Benson converted converted twice twice while while Mess and Davenport had one each. 17 �BW'd 6eatea &atte/ied (footer M&Ce 6atc^ TROPHY CASE STILL SANS TIE S&ont ‘Sat Senary 2,ccta- tet "7^0. fyeM Despite his team's definite lack of With the largest number of experienced players he had ever seen on his height and experience George Rals~ • - ..... roster. Coach Bob Partridge had ton, rea­ basketball mentor at Wilkes for son to believe that 1951 was the year the past six years, has so far directed for the booting Colonels to break into his charges to five victories and six the win column. They had been with- hard-fought defeats, out a win ever since they started play­ Only holdovers from last year's ing in 1949. quintet are Bob Benson and Len Bat­ roney with Jimmy Atherton, Harry In the first place, Partridge had Davenport, and Joe Sikora up from the such seasoned lettermen as Cled Row­ reserves. The Colonels, although lands, Flip Jones, Roxey Reynolds, plagued by a decided lack of a tall Ben Beers, Charley Thomas, Ed Walli- man, have shown plenty of scrappi­ son. Bill Mergo, Jake Kovalchek, Ed ness. Even in games that they lost the Wheatley and Preston Eckmeder. It Blue and Gold five gave the opposi­ looked like a nice nucleus. tion plenty to worry about, John Milli­ In addition, he had been able to man, a sophomore and a newcomer recruit several more - than - passable to Wilkes basketball, has shown stalwarts. These included Jim Hart­ splendid form off the backboards and man, Bill Clausen, Jim Moss, John the has gained possession of the ball for Geek Milliman, Benny Lucas and Dick the Colonels while contending with the best of the "backboard giants." Polikowski. The game against East Strouds­ Despite all, however, the gymna­ burg State Teachers College at the sium trophy case did not become the . . home court here in Wilkes-Barre resting place for Bob Partridge's red proved the Ralstonmen to be chamand blue Pennsylvania tie, destined j.—«—i pions in at least one sense of the word. to rest forever among the Wilkes mem­ They performed one of the most re­ entos as soon as the Colonels win. markable feats in the history of col­ High points of the season included lege basketball against the teachers two games with Elizabethtown Col­ by sinking 24 foul shots in as many lege, a newcomer to Wilkes athletic tries for a perfect record for the night. The team's accomplishment, believed relations. The Colonels had a near­ to be a new national record, received brush with glory on the Blue Jay much publicity, stories appearing in home-field, only to see a 1-1 tie eva­ Associated Press releases and The porate in the closing minutes of the Sporting News, a national sports game. At Kirby Park the Colonels ac­ weekly. tually found themselves two points The Wilkesmen went on with the ahead of the Etowners, 4-2. The Wilkes aid of their sharp shooting from the power faded in the all-important final free throw line and defeated the period as the visitors slammed Strouds by a score of 68 to 64. through to a 5-4 reverse. After dropping successive games The Elizabethtown return match set to neighboring rivals King's College a new high mark for the Colonels, at and the University of Scranton, the least. In the third quarter,, Ben Beers, team went wild and soundly drubbed whilom Girard College hooter, reeled a strong Mansfield State Teachers to the sidelines and punchily an­ outfit. nounced to the assemblage, "This is The Colonels unleashed a fast some sort of a record. We never had break in this game and won going four before." away as they really poured it on in late minutes, the final gun going off with Wilkes the victor by an 86-58 score. The Cagemen started the New Year off right when after a peaceful layoff over the holidays they came back strong and emerged victorious ifi a home tilt against Harpur College of Endicott, N. Y. This one was a thrill­ er all the way. Our boys came from way behind to take the lead late in the last period and went on to win. Once again the sports pages of American newspapers gave much at­ tention to the little quintet from Penn­ sylvania. Ratings received from the National Collegiate Athletic Bureau (NCAB) shovzed that the Wilkes team v/as in seventh place nationally in foul shooting. At that time Len Batroney was 30th in individual scoring averages among the nation's leaders in the small college ranks. Moravian College, long noted for their fine court pacers, came to tovzn on Saturday the 5th of January. After the jayvees took a lacing from the junior Greyhounds, things looked mighty dim for our varsity. But to the amazement of the large crowd of basketball enthusiastis on hand for the tilt, the Colonels withstood a late rally of the Bethlehem team and vzon the game. The next NCAB release shovzed the Wilkes-Barre five in second place in the country in foul shooting and up among the leaders in many other categories. Batroney had moved up to 19th place in over-all scoring and vzas ninth in foul tossing. The Wilkesmen had at that time an incredible mark of 69.9 per cent in charity swish­ ing. An even later release put the Blue and Gold up vzith the cream of the ac­ curate tossers in college basketball. This time it was for field goals. Rals­ ton's cage crevz at this writing are ranked fifth and are fighting hard to up their 41.2 percentage from the floor. The quint is on an extended road trip at the present time and so far it has been only so-so. At Williamsport they dropped one to Lycoming Col­ lege and at Bloomsburg were edged by the future teachers. Joe Sikora, who has been the big rebound man this year as well as the tallest man on the squad (only 6-2), was out of action in the tilt with the Huskies and his ab­ sence in the lineup meant the differ­ ence. The Colonels lacked height and lost out in the last minute of play by a 75-71 count. A busy schedule looms ahead of the team as they go on to finish the five-game away slate before returning home to meet Susquehanna February 6th. Ralston's charges took the mea­ sure of the same Susquehanna team January 16th and is hoping to repeat the success. Lafayette College looms as the team to beat in the near future. Coached by a former professional star, Bill van BredaKoff of the New York Knicks, the Leopards will present a tough contest on their home floor in Easton. That game will be followed by Mansfield STC at the upstate school and then Susquehanna here at home. If the Colonel eagers can 1keep — „ up the fast pace, Wilkes is in for a very int nesting 1951-52 cage season. Games played to date, their scores, and remaining contests on the schedule follow: 1951-1952 Schedule Hartwick •Kutztown STC •Stroudsburg STC University of Scranton •King's College •Mansfield STC •Harpur •Moravian Lycoming Bloomsburg Susquehanna University JAN. 19 „ ii Lafayette College 2 Mansfield STC 6 * Susquehanna University 9 ’Philadelphia College of Phar. & Science 13 ’Lycoming College 16 Nevz York St. Tech. Inst. 20 ’Bloomsburg STC 22 King's College 23 Kutztown STC L L W L L W W W L L W 76-55 61-51 68-64 83-53 83-60 86-58 62-47 59-52 75-56 75-71 - �'WneattenA 'pcuniiccifi paced Ohm. Jim Laggan's grunt and groan society has been in action this year even though it hasn't been at home so far. To date the wrestling team has won two meets and lost two and has placed one man in the Collegiate Open Tourney here at Wilkes over the Christmas holidays. Charlie Thomas, a senior from Forty Fort, is this year's captain and has shown some excellent form in the manly art. He and his teammates dropped an oh-so-close decision to Cortland STC at the New York city in the campaign opener by an 18-17 score. A little out of their class at Millersville, the Colonel grapplers took a decisive beating at the hands of many former Wyoming Valley stars who wrestled with the Teachers. At Swarthmore College our boys had things pretty much their own way and emerged victorious 24 to 10 for win number one. The big one against King's at the Monarchs' home gym was the one that really counted, though. With three pins to their credit our men went on to trounce the neigh­ boring institution by a mighty 23 to 13 score. Some of last year's stalwarts are back and are helping Coach Laggan and his assistant Billy Lee in fielding (or matting) a team worthy of repre­ senting Wilkes. So far they have done wonders. Big surprises of the newcomers have been Bob Reynolds of Hanover Township and Joe Yanovitch of Nan­ ticoke. Reynolds hasn't lost yet and Yanovitch is probably the man most feared by opponents. Next meet and first home affair is scheduled for January 19 at the Wilkes 27 Harpur STC MAR. 1 *Hartwick 8 Stroudsburg STC ‘Denotes home game W-Won game; L-Logt game 20 CHARLIE THOMAS. CAPTAIN gym. The opponent will be Lock Haven STC. Meets to date, scores, and remain­ der of schedule: 1951-1952 Season DEC. 15 Cortland STC JAN. 5 Millersville STC 8 Swarthmore College 12 King's College 19 *Lock : Haven STC 26 ‘*E. Stroudsburg STC L 18-17 L 32- 3 W 24-10 W 23-13 FEB. 16 *Ithaca College 20 *West Chester STC 29 Wyoming Seminary Now that the College is in full session again, our Jane, who is nothing if not a stu­ pas precious little time in which to dig dentalumni news and prepare it for publication. up c** This is- <xft®r aU' your BULLETIN: we urge you send us notes concerning your own activities and those of your classmates and other Wilkes friends. More people are interested than you might suppose. IL moreover, you will always mention tho Wilkes class of tho person you are sol up this thio section ac­ writing about, wo can set cording to classes—as an alumni newsletter should. Wo aro Indebted to Tony Wideman, '49, nsw serving as secretary to Dean of Mon George F. Ralston and Acting Dean of Women Gertrude Marvin Williams, for a considerable part of the nows wo have this time. DR. EARL J. RHOADES. '38, who astonished a good many people hereabouts by getting hiraDolf admitted Io Yale Medical School from tho Junior College, writes to toll us of his practice of orthopedic surgery in Nov/ Haven. Conn. Part of his letter Io Dr. Farley follows: a‘ birth' In °f these children have been Placed in institutions and declared mentally deficient c-fi" on the basis ol an intolllgence test designed fer children without a motor handicap. Now. something is being done throughout the country to remedy this situation. The United Cerebral Palsy Association of Connecticut offered a fellowship lor study of this condition under Dr. Winthrop Phelps at Johns Hopkins University, School ol Medicine, and at the Children's' s Rehabilitation Instituto. Fortunately, It was selected Irom the group of applicants as < the _ _____ recipient ol this award. During this study. I saw children who, under proper supervision, were able to cover three or four years of regular school work in half of that limo. Proper orthopedic bracing playa a largo part In this training, and that is my rolo. Although Earl had considered returning Io Wyoming Valley to practice, ho choso Now Haven because it offers him tho cultural advan­ tages of a university city without tho disad­ vantages of a largo city such as Nov/ York. Medical Director of tho United Cerebral Palsy Association of Connecticut, ho has, in ono month of practice, olfcclod tho alteration of a school plan to Include a special program for handi­ capped children, v/hlch program provides them with tho audio-visual equipment they need for proper instruction. During the past year I was a Follow in Children's Orthopedic Surgery, at tho Hos­ pital for Special Surgery in Nov/ York. This is an integral part of Cornell University, School of Medicine. I became interested in the problem of cerebral palsy and the educa­ tion of children v/ith such a handicap. This condition, as you probably know, may bo duo to many causes, most of which happen DON HONEYWELL, former Association pre­ sident now stationed at Selfridge Air Force Base, Mich., passed a pleasant half-hour v/ith us tho other day and confirmed v/hat ho had said in a letter to the exec sec. That letter reads, in part: ‘Denotes home meet ‘^S.ei.ca.'ic^ ‘Pna^tetm "^av 'Wci&eA -datib A Wilkes-Barre physician's zeal for research has enabled the college to establish a program of medical re­ search within its biology department. The physician is Dr. Sheldon G. Cohen, who has been authorized by the U. S. Public Health Service to use Wilkes facilities for carrying on the research he began as an immunolo­ gist in the Gibson Laboratories of the University of Pittsburg School of Medi­ cine. Having received two substantial grants from the National Heart Insti­ tute and the National Microbiological Institute, subdivisions of the Public Health Service, Dr. Cohen is continu­ ing his investigation of the role of in­ fection, allergy, and immunity in rheumatic fever and tuberculosis. A fellow of the American College of Allergists, the new research asso­ ciate is working closely with Walter E. Mokychic, ‘50, assistant in biology, in the college laboratories. ... I sincerely hope that I will be hear­ ing more from you, and perhaps you might mention to the other Alumni officers that I would be happy to hear from them and would certainly answer any letters that they might v/rite to me. Unfortunately, I don't have their addresses or I would certainly initiate the correspondence . . . I will also be interested to hear from you, or anyone else in the Association who may v/rite, concerning . . . what progress has been made in the matter of increasing 21 �Alumni attendance at monthly meetings and social functions. I am vitally interested in all the activi­ ties of the Association and in the success or failure of them. As I mentioned in my letter to Dr. Farley, I have quite a few ideas that I think would be useful. Don is now living with his wife (his mar­ riage was reported in our summer number) at 112 Smith St., Mount Clemens, Mich. Just such a suggestion as Don requests comes from TOM MORAN, former exec sec now working as a copy editor on the Pittsburgh Post­ Gazette. Tom, an inveterate suggestion-sender, writes Dr. Farley: I have another scheme for building a fire under the Alumni Association. As you know, the Wilkes-Barre Junior Chamber of Commerce holds a weekly luncheon meeting in Lazarus' cafeteria. Perhaps local alumni who have to eat in town anyway would wel­ come a similar chance to get together once a week. Your editor thinks tho notion has possibili­ ties. What do you think? Tom, by the way, is in Wilkes-Barre at this writing, recovering following an operation at Mercy Hospital, and appears to bo thriving. No wonder—seeing that he and Joan expect to enter into parenthood in May. JACK P. KARN (Kamofsky) writes to tell us that he has opened a theatrical booking agency in Wilkes-Barre under the name of Jack P. Karn, Theatrical Enterprises. Ho would ap­ preciate being kept in mind by members of the Association who desire entertainment for their club or business organization meetings. Such alumni may phone Wilkes-Barre 3-5383 or call at Room 231 Simon Long Building. ZOSIA GLOWACKI, who attended classes at Northwestern University last summer, is now teaching at Shickshinny High School. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Voelker (Mrs. V. is the former RUTH TISCHLER, '44) have moved into their new home on Ferguson St., Shaver­ town. Ruth was one of the judges of homecoming decorations this year. vities in New York. Nov/ doing graduate work in clinical psychology at the New School of Social Research, the former psychometrist at the Wilkes Testing Bureau is also serving as an attendant at tho Bellevue Hospital. Along with JOE KANNER, former chief psychometrist at the College, and BOB LEVINE, '51, also Nevz School students. Gene is concerned with the re­ habilitation of psychotics. JEAN WASHILEWSKI, '48, is working with Eastern Airlines in Nevz York. Indications that Wilkes engineers are com­ ing into their ov/n have been provided by Mr. Voris B. Hall, chairman of tho engineering de­ partment. Mr. Hall reports that ROBERT H. FRITZGES, v/ho completed tho engineering course hero in 1941, spoko at tho November meeting of the Society of Automotive Engineers in Philadelphia. Now an engineer with tho Mack Manufacturing Company of Allentown, Bob has become an authority on tho hydraulic systems of Mack buses. As a trouble shooter for his company, ho travois about tho country consulting with engineers of city transit firms. Mr. Hall also furnished us with a copy of The Flying A, house organ of tho Aoroquip Corporation of Jackson, Mich., that carried one of Bob's articles entitled "The Bus of Tomorrow —Today." After leaving Wilkes, tho Mack engineer continued his engineering work at Penn State, from which he was graduated in 1943, and be­ gan his association with Mack later that same year. He put in a year as a Naval Reserve Ensign and upon his discharge in 1945 returned to the Allentown firm. Bob's younger brother Carl is a socondyear engineering student at Wilkes. Another bit of nows bearing the Hallmark: HAROLD P. ANDERSON, Eng., '50—tho man who drew the library floor plans now under glass in Kirby Hall—has been elected to Tau Beta Pi, national honorary "”'v engineering fraterni­ ty, where ho is i winding ty, at Syracuse University, up his course in electrical ical engineering. Hal is havinc been compiling an outstanding record, having named also to membership ip in Theta Tau, Tv na­ tional professional engineering fraternity; — Eta Kappa Nu, national honorary society for electrical engineers; and Scabbard and Blade, R. O. T. C. honor society. Ruth's classmate WILLIAM ROBINSON is working in the office of the Glen Alden Coal Company in Scranton. His home address is 450 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre. Consistently on the Dean's List for the School of Applied Science at Syracuse, Hal is also cadet lieutenant colonel in the Signal Corps R. O. T. C. unit there. As commandant of that outfit, he recently received a commendation from Dean Galbraith of the School of Applied Science. Two or three weeks ago GENE BRADLEY, '51, called at the office to cut us in on his acti- Another pair of Wilkes alumni have come out in favor of bonds stronger than those the 22 Association provides. j In plan English, CHAR__ IS, '50, and BOB WENTZ, '46, were LOTTE DAVIS recently married. GEORGE JONES, '49' now in the Air Force, is stationed at Sampson Air Force Base near Geneva, N. Y. With the personnel d< lepartment there, George somehow finds timeand _______ _ energy enough to v/ork towards his Master's degreeJ at nearby learby Cornell University. ROSS LEONARDI, '50, has completed the work required for his Master's at Bucknell Uni­ versity. At present he is associated with his uncle in their Scranton and Pittston stores. MARY SLEVA, '49, is employed by I the Veterans' Administration Hospital of Wil WilkesBarre an secretary to the chief of nurses. SHELDON FRIED of Kingston, v/ho has ap­ peared on a number of radio and television shows in Nov/ York, has accepted an invita­ tion to join tho Hedgerow Theatre in Philadel­ phia. Nov/ stationed with tho U. S. Arr rmy in Germany, Pvt, DAVID G. JONES. ’49. writer! that his 11 life in Europe would bo muchi more interesting 1if tho Army v/ould allow him more traveling time. Another Army man, PAUL THOMAS, '50, is 'Wit.&ea e=7zai(t *7fyeacl Handed and ^ndt'iacta'iA stationed at Camp Detrick. Md.. where he is housing and billeting officer. Paul, who was in charge of the first seven grades in a oneroom school last year, says his present vzork is a far cry from teaching. PHIL NICHOLAS, '51, who seems deter­ mined to make the exec sec insurance poor, is a frequent visitor in the Alumni Office. Follow­ ing a two-week training program with tho Met­ ropolitan Life Insurance Company in New York last summer, Phil became associated with its Kingston office. Word reaches us that JOHN GUERRA, another *51, who was editor of the yec ’arbook last year, was recently married. He iss connected with Standard Oil in Cleveland. HAROLD LAWRENCE. '49, is working for Merck, Inc.. Rahway, N. J. Mail still reaches him, however, at his home address, 21 Garahan St., Wilkes-Barre. TRUDY JOHNSON and Durant W. Pask, Jr., were married November 25, 1950. The] )y arc at home at Roberta Lane, Waldwick Heights, Waldwick, N. YWo neglected to mention above that our informant Tony Wideman has broken into ]print since our last writing. An article of his ent ititled "Stop That Waste” appeared in tho Oct. October issue of Office Executive, a publication of tho National Office Management Association. BILL KOS1CKI, '49, has received his M. S. degree from Bucknoil and is now toachiiinq in the public school system of Sparrow's :Point, Md. As some 16 student nurses from Wyoming Valley Hospital complete their pre-clinical period of training at Wilkes under an arrangement that may be extended to include other hos­ pitals in the area, word comes fr-m the President's office that Miss Ruth lessee of Presbyterian Hospital, Phila­ delphia, will head the recently ap­ proved two-year course leading to the Bachelor of Science degree in nursing education. She will undertake her duties here in September, 1952. Tho Public Information Office of Fort Meade, The Meade Md.. informs us Md., ua ihal that Pvt. DONALD C, STALBIRD, '51, has been processed p ------w., ___ at the Reception and unsigned assi Center there a..d to the Fifth Infantry Division, Indiantown Cap, ( Military Reservation, Pa. JOHN J. SURASH of Luzorno sends tho news that he expects to bo active In tho Asso­ ciation in '52. Nov/ doing graduate v/ork at Lehigh University, he v/ill wind up his studios there next month. EVAN R. SORBER, '50, entered military service in November 1950. After basic training he took the Leaders Course at Fort Knox, Ken­ tucky. Ho received his orders for OCS at Fort Riley. Kansas and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Military Police on December 15. 1951. Evan has been ordered to the Provost Marshal General's School at Carnp Gordon, “ Georgia, for 14 weeks of specialized training. The new program in nursing edu­ cation is intended to supply hospitals and schools of nursing with instruct­ ors, head nurses, and supervisors. JIM TINSLEY '51, let the U. S. Army shift for itself long enough to marry Miss Shir irley 1 Thomas of Wilkes-Barre and spend a v/cveek OB. honcymooing in Nevz York last October. Any state-registered nurse gradu­ ated from an approved school of nurs­ ing may become a candidate for the degree. Such a student may receive a maximum of 60 credits for work done in the school of nursing but must earn at the College at least 60 of the 120 credits required for the degree. Jim's classmate and former Beacon asso­ ciate TOM ROBBINS has just accepted a pc >osilard tion as an advertising copywriter with Standr Pressed Steel Company, Jenkintown, Pa. But v/hat have YOU been doing? 23 �2 ? - □S’ y X Irt>— Q> "4 v n c+ ■ W � 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 Alumni Magazine, 1947-present Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations Description An account of the resource <p>An archive of Wilkes University Magazine, from 1947-present. The magazine went through various names including <em>Wilkes Alumnus</em>, <em>Wilkes Quarterly,</em> <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, and the current title, <em>Wilkes Magazine</em>. Some editions for the <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, will have multiple issues within the file record. Our holdings may be missing editions for certain years due to having no physical copy within the collection. </p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wilkes University Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wilkes University Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1947-present 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 Alumnus Bulletin January 1952 Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marketing and Communications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource January 1952 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Magazine https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/05e7029e34460c04c7d616677e41bd23.pdf 0c466b066cbfa334f7de92327c4b1c5b PDF Text Text WILKES COLLEGE BULLETIN o JULY 1952 No. 3 �CONTENTS SeUt&iA Window. .5-j.April found us in Cleveland ,■the thirty-sixth annual conattefon of the American College ve?y° Relations Association—an afthat broadened the view from window considerably. From the Editor's Window acter for a fee, or create them with one or two stories." The Principal Herself If that is true—and we're persuad­ ed it is—you can't sing and celebrate the College as we know you wish to without being mlvmied. vvnat ot the 5 principal herself, then? How has she fairs too often played second fiddle behaved since the last issue of the 6 —necessarily *so_ ' to • > our "" publicity —i-i-— Bulletin? Is recognition due her—and The "convention served to has she received it? Is she growing function. **— — 8 ’ r- off -« publicity —jn wisdom and stature? take the emphasis and drive home the truth that alumni The events of the past few months, 8 work cannot be divorced from public we believe, justify an affirmative relations, that you are just as deep answer to all those questions. in this fascinating business of PR as 8 we news grinders are. First of all, the College continued to play an active part in community 10 Definitions of the relatively new affairs, making it abundantly clear term "public relations" are of course that her independence had not led 10 legion, and a number of them were her to cut herself off from the con­ bandied about at the convention. The cerns of Wyoming Valley. Sponsor­ ir we liked best was an earthy ’fl Statement that Harold K.Sc £elll g^ ing the second United Nationalities Pageant, a remarkable demonstra­ executive secretary of the Ohio tion of community solidarity; under­ 12 XSw meSSH taking ming Valley Philharmonic Orchestra, the reorganization,^ Wyo- A Look at Ourselves Town Meeting Debating at Wilkes May Alumni Meeting Valley Symphony Nationalities Pageant Farmer Dance New R. M. Course Fifth Commencement Alumni Award 13, New Education Courses I-? With the Faculty 15 Olshefski Returns 16' The Sports Picture 18 Beers on Burr 22 i "Ths Old Familiar Faces„ 26 f I Published r-— Octobfcl Wilkes-Bane r jd-d®5’ ; rJ, 2- 19*1. at theAllege. pAugust 24, 1„, 912 Pennsylvania. Entered as seco11 ad °! : ■ „ wllk6s.B( - as amended by ■3arre, Pennsylvania, under ---- l_°Ct 0{ August 4. 1947. mLY, 1952 s I Vol. I. the Association. "Public relations, he said, "is simply being good and then making damned sure people find out about it." If, in other words, we at the College do our job, you can be the best of missionaries by just telling the truth about your Alma Mater. We aren't likely to build and maintain a solid reputation without your help. a full-fledged symphony; cooperat­ ing with a local American Legion post in bringing "America’s Town Meeting of the Air," the most famous of radio forums, to the South Frank­ lin Street gymnasium; holding a second Careers Conference as well for area high school students as for her own undergraduates; opening her science classrooms and labora­ tories to student nurses from four local hospitals; offering a C. P. A. re­ view course — all these activities pointed up Wilkes' ever-increasing interest in satisfying community We liked also what another Cleve­ land speaker, Kenneth G. Patrick of General Electric's Public Relations Services, had to say about PR. Holdlng that a successful PR program is made up of a lot of little things that °mer people (who better than the alumni?) must do for the "specialist, e stressed . the principal himindividual, company, or col■ what he does every day, he lives, and whether he has shaved himself over a long period. °u cant hire reputation and char- needs. Looking at the picture the other way round, we may doubt whether Town Meeting would have come here—or whether Carl Conner, auth­ or, editor, and authority on American folklore, would have taken time last January to conduct a workshop in research methods for students in our 3 �. hisW advapiif the College rad not al­ COX established serm- ert of repuSo^he right jtside Wyo“lL we be accused rf ma^So“ coSon that there is mumty affal ® college that sees seems to us that a coneys itself as a part of a community, that encourages its students not to ignore that community but to recognize its importance and the desirability of making places for themselves in 1L is performing a service all too often neglected these days. But what is even more important is that Wilkes has not forgotten, m the recent spate of activities, her principal business. She is still seek­ ing to provide her students with op­ portunities to receive a sound educa­ tion, to develop all the powers of their minds. Now that the University of the State of New York has granted us provisional accreditment of our accounting course, all our curricula have the approval of three accredit­ ing agencies: the University, the Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction, and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Second­ ary Schools. And our faculty have not left off striving towards the realiz­ ation of the liberal arts ideal, which effort has brought us and continues to bring us the only kind of recogni­ tion worth having—the kind we all desire for the College. In sum, this has been a good a good year, a very good year. Go ye thereOF OBJECTIVES Attending fund-raising sessions in Cleveland set us thinking about the objectives of Wilkes College Alumni Association. Do we have any? If so what are they? Y' ' Ringer that we are, we rm>u — swer ourselves only in general, Loyalty to their college as desire to continue the pleasant ciations of four golden years^.,Ssso. relive a portion of those years to a month or so, it seemed to us° most alumni to organize. Wilkes alumni living in WyGrnValley, we went on (there being 3 one about to challenge our conc’° sions), can enjoy "laughter and 2' love of friends at their months meetings and demonstrate their 1OJ. alty by cheering at the homecominq game and awarding a trophy or tWo' But what of their scattered brethren’ What are the possibilities of estab-1 lishing Wilkes clubs in, say, Phila­ delphia and New York? What about an alumni fund, the lack of which we deplored in the January issue oi the Bulletin? gv^^"s,udYOf "Hold, enough!" we admonished ■ ourselves. "Best we ask the alumni. Perhaps—though we don't for a mo­ ment believe it—they feel they owe the College nothing and have niA xj’ wish to get together for auld lanj syne." Accordingly we are soliciting ex­ pressions of your opinions on clubs , and funds. Won't you write to us— remembering, of course, that interest • alone is not enough: the requisite or­ ganization requires time and work. THE COVER Second United Nationalities Pageant i (See story on page 10) Top: Polish dancers; Welsh choir Center: Russian chorus; Greek dancers Bottom: Last-minute briefing; the audience with perform In terms of worldly success, the S?T graduate is very well * we're all tremendous- 'off In 1947, when the median income of Amencan men was $2,200, the col­ Let's face • ourselveS. For that lege men surveyed had median . interested without comment earnings of $4,689 (median being that *> permission o! the point at which half the incomes were -bul Excerpts from a report by above and half below). Even more a**0' Bentock-Smith, director for impressive, the census figure in­ William . the American Alumni cludes interest on savings and in­ "They Went to College," come from dividends, etc., but the survey figures does not. The median total family income for the college man was $5,386. Even the 26 percent hTq%kTthiSMhe1CcSege graduate of the graduates in the less important jobs were doing better than com­ thing 1 likely to be a married busi­ parable people in clerical, sales, and nessman about 37 years old, with at manual work throughout America. n \ «np child, a home-owner in a The financial success of the col­ city5 or town in the East or the Mid­ west- He may very well come from lege men can be judged partly by a college family; he more than likely the jobs they hold: 53 percent are in worked his way through college, in business; 16 percent are doctors, whole or in part; and whatever else lawyers, or dentists; 16 percent are he may be, he is pretty well off m teachers; 9 percent are in the Govern­ comparison with the rest of his fel- ment; 4 percent are ministers; 1 per­ low countrymen. He's very conserva­ cent is in the arts; and 1 percent tive in his political opinions; he be­ are scientists. The big money-earners lieves firmly in American participa- are the doctors, more than half of Aon in world affairs; he's tolerant on whom earned $7,500 or more at the Vacial and religious issues; he's a time of the survey. The least pros­ Protestant and thinks that religion perous group were the ministers and has something to offer this material­ the teachers; their median of $3,584 istic age; he claims to go to church was below even the manual, sales fairly regularly. He normally votes and clerical workers in the college Republican but has a tendency to­ graduate sample. ward political independence. If he The college man is also a family had to do it over again, he would go man. Not only do college men mar­ back to the same college from which ry more generally than the average he graduated and his only change of American, but they stay married. mind about the place would prob­ This fact, Mr. Havemann (the author ably be in the courses he took. of the study) indicates, should be reOur composite portrait turned out commended to young women who are hesitating between a college be male because there are more student and a non-college wage­ ch lrn' tbe subject were female, she would, it is pleasant to report, be earner. The college graduate's matrimothe lrne housewife with many of her social characteristics as. nial possibilities run in direct propor­ verv a ?, COunterpart. She's doing tion to his worldly lar -at Carriage; she's a regu- earns $7,500 or more, he! Pr°b°blJ C1P°nt bi civic and social get married no matter where het Uves the nniT' sbe exercises her vote at but if he earns less than $3,000 his an intort ancd is having just as full matrimonial possibilities.run i career 1 ectual as the college verse ratio to the size o the town ^ide^bb^^*?., Presumably^ a he lives in. The smaller the town m II �Referring to the then new sim ^ predecessor once cooked a news release beginning with lhe conundrum "When is a gymnasium no?a gymnasium?" To his catalogue of answers we could, now add, "When it's a town hall. So it was on a grand scale the evening of March 18 when Wilkes and American Legion Post No. 1J/, Wilkes-Bane, played host there to "America's Town Meeting of the Air," world-famous radio forum, and a near-capacity audience heard and questioned two speakers of interna­ tional reputation on a timely and lively public question Carrying on a "discussion from two points of view" on the topic "Should We Fear the New Germa­ ny?" were news analyst Cecil Brown, author of Suez to Singapore, and Dr. George N. Shuster, president of Hunter College and former U. S. land commissioner for Bavaria. Moderator was Dr. Clarence R. Decker, presi­ dent of the University of Kansas City (another community college). From the alumni point of view, not the least important aspect of the pro­ gram was that it carried the name and fame of Wilkes and Wyoming Valley into millions of homes in the United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Europe. Nearly 300 ABC stations -he Pr°9ram nationally, overS^V°1Ce °f Amenca beamed it „? and community owe John I ciabli\de? °f g^Ide to J hn I- Chwalek, director of placeSe worid m?atld ne9otiati°ns for “i® World-Wide broadcast last fall SXpr^ Brown Supped Affirmative view for murder," Cecil Brown o I broadcast proper with theP611ed th’ that a rearmed Germany^6^ constitute a great gamble ny's past conduct, he Sa'id gives us reason to beliey' nardl- ' seriously interested in the def 15 Western democracy. Ieuse oj ’ A German alliance with RUs i argued, is as strong a possibiln1Ct' as great a danger as a -Yaild of Nazism. "It would be much to n' sia's advantage to effect a u -his™ I union oj her raw materials with Germ —ian in. dustrial might," he said. "Russia's basic effort," he contin ued, "must be to keep Germany frOm ' joining the North Atlantic Treaty dr ganization." It would satisfy Russic to neutralize Germany, he pointed out. Dr. Shuster, who recently returned to this country from Germany, where 1 he served with the McCloy entour­ age, held that America can defend her interests in Germany by winning good will and advised against erec^ ing a foreign policy based on dis trust. To his contention that "Germany is the most anti-Communist country’ in the world—and there is no evidence that the Germans would modi­ fy that basic position," Brown replied he was "not on sure ground in em­ phasizing German hatred of the Communists. Anti-Communist reg- . imes in the past have made deals \ with Russia," he stated, adding tha I the attitudes of the German people will not be important if another dem agogue arises in their midst. Warm-up Period Stimulating ( ; Though the Town Crier's bell didn < | ring till 9, members of the audienc began formulating questions f°r speakers shortly after 8, when Mo^ erator Decker, playing the gadflygan to draw them out on th® ejLi Ring's topic. He did such a master^ job that large numbers of them queued up at hand microph0.11 missed some of the and observations. T aues-ion be3‘ / the SO’S.nPnv>ip'B™ four Le Western democracies "PernaP" ± - . include German regim-ghi sG' Western European army, ^nst not allow Germany to buttbe/ her divisions again, he added that the Western build up warned- ne 5tS i?° powers should take a tougher line with Germany, holding "the Ger­ mans are accustomed to taking or­ ders." The splendid turnout apparently pleased Town Hall, producer of the pregram, as much as it did us. Ac­ cording to latest reports from Presi­ dent Farley and Mr. Chwalek, the Town Crier and his retinue will be with us again next year. �'Mun "Wide Recayidtiw “ ■■ spring. Of sup^-J,^1 The affirmative spealfo • eras and Roxie Rev^nl ?'N best in their first se ds' at th ‘ legiate debatina H °n °1 'ned LeMoyne, bowed to Union. Theirand Utica !bacase scribed by four toum °Se Was ds °s the "'best best affirmal^e 2ont jud afta^E* . S the question ('Resolvedtl9 UrnGr‘t 0', "’--IvedtSaS eral ™I Government e.mSent Should sh°ukl O Red­ Permanent Program of p^^’Lte Q Wage Control') we have e h6 Qn'he, Dr. Kruger's hones”■ -' ever ^er beard? Murtha's securina £ es of ?Davis avis lege among the 28 Ln °r tlle Col" peting for national I" ull°ns c°®‘ ’ Point April 23 throuah 2*62 Wesed when Davis sufferer? !re dash‘ 1 Having competed against a re­ doubtable array of distinguished ad­ . versaries, the College’s varsity de­ baters wound up a remarkably suc­ - - with a recessful season this spring cord of 26 victories and eight defeats, Two important tournaments, the one sponsored by the Debating Association of Pennsylvania Colleges at Lehigh University and the annual Brooklyn College competilion, found the Wilkesmen making their most spectacular showings. After establishing the only undeF feated record among the 30 colleges ---'at in an automobite ^2^ --------------------participating in the tournament Lehigh, the Wilkes four, accompa- mishap forced Doris Gates 4 ■ ■ med by their coach. Dr. Arthur N C°Ue9e- *° b«fin Ar vZ the ^nglish department, debating career at an affair of n lI Ferdinand Liva conducts Schubert's Fifth Symphony in B-flat major at the first concert of Wyoming Valley Philharmonic Orchestra in April —3 — less moment than the first tr» ,T!td “?ht, De' Eastem Forensic AssX ' Thanks to a unique community assisted by John G. Detroy, chairman in r r,lnce!on- Sbe came throuah ?n-C?pUaI,style' enabling Wilkes 11 ■movement sparked by the College, of the music department and asso­ finish sixth among the 27 teams en- ' Wyoming Valley at long last has a ciate conductor of the Philharmonic, symphony of its own. Called Wyo­ was rehearsing an orchestra of ap­ tered in the competition. ming Valley Philharmonic, it pre­ proximately 70 pieces. The profes­ Murtha, who has since received the Dean s Scholastic Award to high- < sented its first concert in the College sionals agreed to join the group a gymnasium April 28—to delight an couple of weeks before its first con­ est-rankmg man in the class of '52, audience of some 900 persons. cert. P,a?ed sbdb in discussion sessions ; at the Princeton tournament. 1 V 1 ! ° rches,ra had its beginnings Once rehearsals were under way, 'he elements'vlctory $1£ind °£ ■ast fall m conversations between local music-lovers undertook the for­ ‘ e, °cuhy the music department mation of a supporting group, Wyo­ s4tct&.ai<i ^eeecae , . jdinand Liva, Scranton violin- ming Valley Philharmonic Society. and ,Part;time teacner teacher in in the the The more active of them put in long l rfdaiee T , , A1 °f Music at the College. When hours making phone calls and per­ th °n alumni who turned out for xr' Liva u.--------:-------conrhiL a voluntas v°lynteered his services as sonal visits in an effort to sell Society Association's May meeting in its int ?-r' 'he College announced memberships at five dollars each. , ,ase Hall were treated to a delightnv °n°f orUanizing a sympho- Several weeks before the April con­ ful talk te’ur rTn^led to absorb both the ama- cert, Dr. Farley reported that enough total points kept the 2!°* based °n book “ on the detail of writing a by Mrs. Gertrude Marvin ' the nre Phy out of the ca2 ^la1ment troProfessional elements of subscriptions had been sold to en­ uxeci. WillicimS' acting dean of women. able the orchestra meet concert ex­ Sou,h penses—and that without any formal nar>aS Williams, a former newswas fr°m talented amateurs organization of the solicitors. nS, rW?man' traced ibe joys and her oT?e?ate- A considerable num­ writer °f °udlo{ship from the time a The Family Membership rents qp1 v school and college stu­ he w btsphation to the day Contemplating more thorough or­ mer an as well as storST lnt° a second-hand bookmannand picks up a copy of th15 > ?hose embers of the community ganization for next season in the PhaS XPUS for 4° centsPyShe eny lent in iSIruments had long lain si- hope that the orchestra might pre­ aPPeared1irCS drawers or closets, sent a series of three concerts, con­ and hXd autbor's habits of work 5r°Ur> nT. j - 'be first meeting of the cert-goers who had agreed to serve Nations with his publisher. "**l**i^^^ ' 8 - - and m no time cd all Mr. Liva, i (continued on page 22? J r* aj bS Sjw i?5 a!,empt *°drive AEd"preCoE’ives I r 9 ■ -- I �Saute I-laving to an appreciative audi­ ence of some 4,00(1 persons, repre­ sentatives of ten of the national groups that have made distinctive contributions to the life of Wyoming Valley presented the second United Nationalities Pageant in the College gymnasium March 30. The impressive spectacle drove home the message that America is cn attempt, potentially a successful cne, to realize a dream of freedom common to all men of all nations. Tied in with local observances of International Theatre Month, the pa­ geant was also a convincing demons ration that the theatre promotes in­ ternational understanding. Jews, Negroes, Greeks, Swedes, Slovaks, Syrians, Poles, Lithuanians, Welshmen, Russians—all were there, apparently having the time of their lives. Their offerings ranged from powerful liturgical music to light­ hearted folk dances. Individual performances were woven into a meaningful whole by Alfred S. Groh’s verse script, which showed rare understanding of the peopies represented in the pageant. Miss Charlotte Lord, G. A. R High School English teacher, did a skillful job as narrator. mSLrj“bers 01 Mdience Pyam as by th’e colMul and“uth ap'pe^d Bo“m 0“? Perio“>- United States thP reared ln the nevertheless as ademas^he? X”® m performing the old elders dances of their K J? i ?ngs and attesting to the^won^5^ds'a fact of cultures. nderful continuity It would be a difficult -rv | task to try to determine whiS1'^-turned in the best performer^ signifies is that each suc-eA'^ making a peculiarly appxo^ tribuiion to the total effect was one of considerable beauv??' dignity. ! 2’- ( „,ce and finance at the Colof c01^ Bunn is working out a cur- require advanced lege, Mr. retaH training designed to on-the-job training riculuu1 ; rqe numbers of Wilkes ized fields as adver enable - tQ find attractive work tfitruu - * stores Ms In ^ ‘Wyoming Valley and to proT” addition ------vide local ^L. ufc J™ '» “raying on their sorael famibar aspect of students win'?’ C°“«ge. retailing within c.toreswith withevery competent perretailiagset up for difeusrion .‘V’”1™'® iel familiar _ The new instructor has explained exPenences and problem?^ Store "Da One of the year's most su alumni events was the As^- farmer dance in the Cofc"5> sium May 9. "ymna-, A committee headed by JeaKocyan and Tony Wideman went"' work at least a month before the dance in an all-out effort to "sell' it to townspeople and local alumni One of the group's biggest jobs con­ sisted in helping an alumni office publicist who feels there is so much and no more one can say about a bam dance to see new angles. Ray Jacobs and June Search her charge of the chuck wagon; Eleanor Kryger and Loretta Farris looked al­ ter tickets; Jack Karn arranged for the "orchestra,'' and Jack Feeney, we un­ derstand, was the committee s pub licity man. Slim Barton and his Wanderers manned the fiddles and washboards, , and caller Carl Hanks, Jr. jushiiea his popularity in hayshaking erre e • hereabouts. Some 125 couples tended the dance. instructor has explained course by be thesimilar University^ the program will to the ^Training. course offered by the University of Pittsburgh's bureau for Retail TrainingResearch in which he took his Master of Letters in Retailing. Its sueMaster of Let! cess depends largely on the whole­ -----hearted cooperation of community was Bratn RPf aslsS^'0,^' ' > Cai man. ager of theoperator Valley Camn Company, o? a r—3 Company, operator of1 aa rchain of coal-mining stores in Pennsylva­ nia and West Virginia. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree, with a major in merchandising and adver­ merchants. tising, at the University of Idaho be­ Seeking the closest possible rela­ fore undertaking graduate work at tionship between classroom work Pittsburgh. and actual experience in retailing, A first sergeant with the Corps of Mr. Bunn hopes to arrange for his students to spend part oi their time Engineers during World War II, he observing and working under super- spent 40 months in the South Pacific. tyuen cl Appointment of Verne A. instructor in retail merchandising the beginning of the spring semeS in- | a* lor 'he success heralded a long-range progrc®1 Partridge, direcfc ofT. ? Robe« W. tended to benefit both Wilkes ties at the CollecTe JL dent achvients and the community. * efio^ of the Together witil Dr. Samuel Rosenberg, chairman of the divis*0 10 .< of the student work exhibitedI at a Fitzgerald, John ^oth ,6 CoUege s junior art committee displays some are: Byron Phillips, Pat 1_ Merry Slavin, Michael Thaler, and Day °Pen bouse. First row, left to right, Mrs tr ’’ Cmd Leonard Majikas. Second row: Frank Alexis, sw I ’ Welton Farrar. (I 11 �Distinguished Social, to Speak Principal speaker at a mencement will be Dr. WillCorc. ing Ogburn, Sewell L tinguished Service Profes^!^ ciology at the University of ri? S°He has chosen "Four CharaeS — of Your Future" as his top£StlCs ’ DR. WILLIAM F. OGBURN As we go to press, Plans *or the College's fifth commence ment, 9 which willannual be history by the­ time this reaches you, are almost complete. Scheduled for 8 p. m. June 9 in the gymnasium, the affair will mark the conferring of degrees and certificates upon some 150 members of the class of 1952. Included among the gradu­ ates will be 16 alumni who left us last August and 29 more who finish­ ed up in January. It is pleasant to report that this year the Alumni Association has solved for the graduates the peren­ nial problem of where to go after commencement. Remembering their own bewilderment, local members of the outfit have decided to welcome 52s to the Association by holding a reception-dance for them in the Am­ erican Legion Home, North River Street, immediately following the ex­ ercises m the gymnasium. Gradu- e?ceSetSeCted t0 Pr°Vide nothing ments Presence and refresh- Acw-fring *° °ean Ge«-ude M„ vin Williams, who has knownT Ogburn for some time, it was he developed the concept of "c • lag." A prolific writer on socioloq^S economic, and statistical subjects u ' is the author of a number of te? books regarded as standard in the field of sociology. Two of them he found in use in some 20 colleges and universities of India, where he spent the past year lecturing as a Fulbright i exchange professor. Long active in public life, the speaker has served under three pre^ sidenls—Wilson. Hoover and Boss.f veil n. He was head ot the cost c' living department, National War Labor Board, 1918 to 1919, and dir­ ector of research for the Presidents I Committee on Recent Social Trends, 1930 to 1933. Under Roosevelt he i was also associated with the N. R- A I Dr. Ogburn says he likes to think of himself as an "appraiser of na tions and national welfare. As . member of a team, he studied soci trends in France following W0 ) War I, and later undertook to ao same thing for China. Unoftciauyhe adds, he has been ' , similar ideas on India." Next ye he goes to Oxford, England, ' professor of sociology C°llege‘ • rsitYA graduate of Mercer Umv®^ of which later granted him a Doc Laws degree, he earned his .( ., f and Ph.D. at Columbia Um t The University of Chicago ,g a second LL.D, upon him m j gtr | Before becoming professor Of' Washington. Washington Former at °* SociologUndent off the American SociolcgP16]5 Society, he is a member of the national Statistics Institute and ^population Association of Ameri­ ca- Award Winners Following Dr. Farley's conferring ( degrees, department heads will c ,sent awards to outstanding stu­ dents in their departments. Two awards in the Division of Commerce and Finance, the Dobson Medal to the highest-ranking gradu­ al in accounting and the Journal of Commerce Award to the C. and F. graduate whose performance in his field of concentration has been ex­ ceptional, will go to Donald Royal Law, son of Mr. and Mrs. Royal E. Law, West Pittston. Active in a num­ ber of Wilkes clubs, Don is treasurer of the class of '52—and why not? A new accounting award, estab­ lished ---------by ,/ the , _ Pennsylvania , .. . Institute . -n fe* Certified Public Accounlams. will be presented t„ to W.lltam William Georae George NelNel­ son. The son of Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Nelson, Dallas, Bill has been a mem­ ber of the band and the Economics Club. The oldest Wilkes award, the En­ gineering Medal, will be presented by the faculty of the Engineering De­ partment to Bernard Patrick Zapotowski, who completes the two-year course in engineering this spring. One of the students who helped re­ organize the Engineering Club dur­ ing the past year, he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Zapotowski, Wilkes-Barre. Charles Klein Gloman, 3rd, editor 0 the Beacon since February, will receive the L. J. Van Laeys Medal or proficiency in journalism. The son Mr. and Mrs. Irving Gloman, rums. Chuck has also been a year­ book man and, briefly, an actor with tiUe n* Curtain. He leaves us to join e_®T?d^or^al stcrff of the Plain Speak­ er- Hazleton. - - ft Ttecned ✓ < Here, to our mind, is the best news of the semester: Jane Williams Salwoski, long a very present help in time of need in the alumni office, will receive the Alumni Association's Outstanding Graduate of the Year award at the fifth annual commence­ ment June 9. Established by members of the Association last year as an enduring symbol of their attachment to Wilkes, the award is presented annually to the graduate who, in the opinion of a special faculty committee, has made the strongest contribution to the life of the College. Members of this year's committee were: Dr. Charles B. Reif, chairman of the biol­ ogy department; Dr. Hugo V. Mailey, chairman of the department of political science; Robert W. Part­ ridge, director of student activities; George F. Ralston, dean of men, and Mrs. Gertrude Marvin Williams, act­ ing dean of women. It seems singularly appropriate (continued on page 17) JANE W. SALWOSKI (continued on page 25) 13 �t,h, designed to “prep™ V 'Kext This spring marked further expan­ Robert E. Moran ’ sion of the College's teacher-training at the College and former * * *4 facilities. instrumental music in the The Pennsylvania Department of hm^ member. SC??°ls' and's^3^ Public Instruction authorized Wilkes The' course in but;^31- fac-jU11’ ! to offer courses in music and busi­ will be directed by Misfc^^a.| ness education, making available to aspiring teachers five different pro­ hon assistant professor oM- | grams in education. The other three studies In addition to training I are: elementary education, second­ ers in the new program, she £ > ary education, and the recently ap­ tinue to offer courses lerrrtT 4 I proved course in nursing education degree of Bachelor of Sh 9' intended to train instructors, head Commerce and Finance, withn^ in nurses, and supervisors for hospitals * and schools of nursing. Beginning or in secretarial studies and ♦ in September students may register duct two-year programs in stenography and secretarial ”ud£‘ for any one of the courses. The music department will fiC John G. Detroy, chairman of the wise retain its A.B. course and iu department of music, will administer two-year program. 5 i J f AO 1 ( I * F jury were such nationally known painters and sculptors as Eugene Speicher, Isabel Bishop, John Carroll Hobart Nichols, Roy Brown, Robert Philhpp, Cecil Howard, C. Paul Jennewein, and George Lober. certification as teacheS'1'1"'-^^ ♦ I li THE 1952 Wiiii c 4 ) I J T i I ci 2 t f / f .« I Cheers for Morris Six ° T ^orTis, director of admisHerberi ,-^ a.s{rar at a{ the the College College reaistrar 1 r—s sions ari had the signal Mhonor ofr since ' distinguished Service Distinguished receiving the Young Man of the Av' ardt°She' 14th annual dinner of Year cn* Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce t The 1934 Pulitzer Prize winner__ who, by the way, is offering courses in basic art, landscape painting, and lettering and layout this summer— has had considerable experience on art juries. He was a member of juries of selection at the New York World's Fair, 1939 to 1940, and for National Art Week, New York, 1941, and a member of the jury of awards for the Society of American Etchers in 1937. in February. The citation accompanying the rd read in part: His service au aL self has been outstanding. In “ddiiioii to carrying the burden of imposition at W.lkes College in a Sne in the history of the college ,„hen its greatest period of expansion was at hand, he has borne trie re­ sponsibility of a family and served numerous community projects which have benefited the entire Valley." It went on to mention an al­ most astronomical number of speci­ fic civic and charitable activities to which he has given and continues lo give time and effort. Lakeside Summer for Elliot George F. Elliot, instructor in eco­ nomics, has received a study grant from Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, enabling him to spend six weeks in the Ohio industrial cen­ ter this summer studying problems in contemporary economics under six of the nation's leading economic thinkers. b Some time later Mr. Morris's phiz cegan to appear on posters he de­ scribed as "half as big as the door to Chase Hall" over an outsize ap­ peal to members of the Pennsylvania Junior Chamber of Commerce to "Join the Chorus for Morris." In the laboratory phase of the pro­ gram, called "Economics in Action," he will visit industrial plants and business offices to investigate the ap­ plication of economic theory to busi­ ness practice. He will also examine industrial methods of teaching eco­ nomics to employees with a view to adapting them for use in Wilkes classrooms. One of 50 college teachers -select­ ed from a group of nearly 300 ap­ plicants for the study grants, Mr. Elliot will be provided with board, lodging, tuition, textbooks, and travel expenses. They did just that: at a late April convention in York he became their president. In tendering our heartiest congratulations, we can’t help won­ dering whether the coming political conventions will force us to adver­ se for an admissions director in the next issue of the Bulletin. Q Toole on Art Jury Detroys to Go South John G. Detroy, who taught piano and theory at Blue Mountain Col­ lege, Miss., before coming here to head the School of Music last Sep­ tember, will return to that sunburnt state this summer to teach at Mis­ sissippi Southern College, Hatties­ burg. He will be accompanied by his wife and his sturdy son, Douglas. . director of our School of Detir^H Cchhal B. O'Toole, had the dis10->n serving on the jury of tinriar(:J3 a* 127th annual exhibiNational Academy of DeAprifrz ew Y° r'k March York March. 27 through 1MBa Ecm ■ 14 — AND I—ThirH^nn Second row: Lois Sha''' Third ihird row: Carol Reynar. LudIle Heese. a menrber of the select diinp Mr- O'Toole helped deter­ in 2-me disposition of some S8,000 zes- Serving with him on the (continued on next page 15 �And Morans We other full. Robert E Morantake his to e instructor in t0 the 5e and very young^daug rut-ing in 14 months as . , gan- P4he general Staff Color*public-information the degree of Midwest this Educatan a. Northwestern University. ed John J. Riley and erce9gnd *3(^*0^ the faculty this spring. rEea Stanley J- ^oung, wh° rePlaced_ tut. Rileyrnme as an instructor m from ec M to the College S,"» C. where he tad served during 1951 as an industrialrelaiions analyst wnh the Wage at bilization Board. Following a stint at the University of Georgia, the new instructor enter­ ed the Army in 1944 and traveled ex­ tensively in France, Germany, Swit­ zerland, and England. Discharged in 1946, he enrolled in Washington Uni­ versity in his home city, St. Louis, and received his A. B. in economics there in 1949. He earned his A. M. in economics at the University of Penn­ sylvania, where he has since done graduate work in industrial relations. Mr. Laggan's successor is Miss Cecilia V. Tierney, instructor in busi­ ness administration, who taught ac­ counting at Syracuse University be­ fore coming to Wilkes. A A n j the University of Delaware, where awarp UC ke °* she served as an instructor in ac­ counting from 1947 to 1950, she has pursued graduate studies in the Eve­ ning School of Accounts and Fin­ ance, University of Pennsylvania, and in the same institution's Wharton Graduate Division, in which her M. B. A. is currently pending. VM^ltJ1ou19h tbere aPPeared to be little likelihood of her taking over Mr. Laggan's duties as wrestling coach, her hockey, speedball, basketball archery, and bowling experience al Delaware led us to suppose the senior girls would find a formidable opponent in her at the annu™Sentr sta* Korean war had l^egun S*- n.' he reached Tokyo, by *eoromised public-information Nc* s P1 , given to a man on billet had me fighting started, the S?c‘-n general headquarters ar0*^," assignment to Stars and r<Mea which he subsequently serv^(rr^l monthse Following three months on the F -'city desk in Tokyo, he went as a correspondent, joining nN troops on ’.he Hungnam beachin December, 1950. He also saw Son with the 25th Division, Eighth Armv Headquarters, the 10th Corps, and the British 29th Brigade. Re returned to the Stars and Siripes news desk in May, 1951, only to find Japanese linotype operators almost as troublesome as the enemy in Korea. "We had to spell out every­ thing for them,” he said, "and often had to pull as many as half a dozen ft[alley proofs." " Muttering something about 'pas­ sive resistance," he disclosed galley proofs of the Nippon Times, Englishlanguage Japanese daily set by Jap­ anese operators in the same plant, were always "much cleaner” than the Army paper's. One of the biggest jobs the seven­ man S. and S. news staff undertook during Norb's service was printing a complete list of nearly 4,000 prison­ ers of war last December. "It was the sist^d COPy'readin9 Job ever»" *e hi- MISS CECILIA V. TIEriNEY Spectacle next spring — until ---- 1 we I learned a day or two ago that u1Ui oi.-j sh^ has accepted a position1 as as a a travel trnvpi.­ ing auditor. Pity. Norbert vjisneisKi, Olshefski, '51, man di, the me raw* n^— 10 dreamed up up the me long-popular Beacon press conference, turned up the other day with a fascinating account of his experiences as a sta reporter for the Tokyo Stars and Stripes, Army daily. A Glen Lyon native. Norb became news editor of the Beacon and a member of the Student Council be­ fore withdrawing from the College m 948 to join the Army. Upon completing an intensive si* week course in Army public-infamm non work at Carlisle, he was assign' P to the Arkansas Gazette, Li ’■ ock. Ark., where he served aS vvxxeit^ lie Stlivcu — 0 general ireporter cpuner lor for three month3' V _ went _ . r _ —Leaven .ranFrom there he to Fort 1 ?, / ' [ i i ; 1 \ Jn Norb s pocket was one of his ost valued possessions — a front ALUMNI AWARD (continued from page 13, that the alumni award this year should go to the woman who pre­ pared for publication, up to the be­ ginning of this semester when stu­ dent teaching started to occupy a considerable part of her time, most of the news appearing in what used to be the "Alumnotes" and is now "The Old Familiar Faces" section of the Bulletin and who got off notices cf monthly meetings to Wyoming Valley members of the Association. Fact is, she has been a mainstay of the alumni office ever since Reese Pelton's time. As president of an exceedingly active Theta Delta Rho during the year just past, Jane was prime mov­ er in effecting a change in the soror­ ity's constitution intended to assure the group a genuinely interested membership selected by democratic means. Under her leadership the or­ ganization seized every opportunity to serve the College's various "pub­ lics," thereby assisting PR immeasur­ ably. Jane also found time for Cue n Curtain, which awarded her a ser­ vice key at its annua] banquet this spring; the Education Club, the girls, basketball team, the Sociology Clue and the now defunct Water Fads'. Her name is listed in Who s •‘ ar among Students in American -.c. leges and Universities ana Axer.can Student Leaders. .'< .’.o', ts e • f..' more important, she has a.: .' a very creditable acaaennu* throughout her four years a; S' °? the sPecial "Olshefski Edi- A part-time YMCA exr.p. ing part of her college ac has spent the pas’, sc . a;a. at the Georgetown Seine-.-.: as a waterfront v.c:cto teach English in the cub of Pennsylvania she > casting about tor a b'. <" of Stars and Stripes prepared er„a Pacing tribute by his co-work& m the Tokyto newsroom. Unwilling t to trade his Army exPenence "for anything," Norb ex­ Poets a discharge in July. Having forked nights with the Associated Preess during his last months in Toky°» 3 hen hopes to find a job with one the wire ■ services in this country. Jane is the dauchfe: o. ' tha Salwoski Wilkes ?ar e 16 17 �VlamoHiC TV™*™ 'W"'h 'Mitk By DALE WARMOUTH, ‘54 Off to a start as cold as the v, er at the season's beginning, Partridge's baseball squad go ing ?ate to show great potencies -for next year. The youngWilkes team was racked by such hareI hitting outfits as Bloomsburg, Ithaca College and University of Scran.on in its 1952 diamond wars, but came around in the second half of the campaign. It was a reverse on last season s team which started hot and ended cold, but then the current nine was as green as the outfield at Kirby Park. There just weren't enough vet­ erans to go around, but even the rookies showed plenty of promise by mid-May. The team, holding the baseball spotlight all by itself now that the Monarchs have dropped the game and the Wilkes-Bane Indians call Reading their home, opened against their Lackawanna County rivals, University of Scranton, to begin a 14game schedule. The total number of set-to's was further reduced when rain canceled two of the big games just before finals. The Scranton Royals cracked out eight hits off sophomore George 'Mo' Batterson to take the Colonels 5-1. Two days later a visiting Bloomsburg team shut out the Wilkesmen 9-0 by virtue of Bill Creasy's one-hit game Third-sacker Eddie Davis managed “ bmgle ,in the nmth inning to spoil the victor s no-hitter. y person was pitted against Wyonung Seminary the following wJek the Knights but i6’6 TUnawaY over AvreaS it b SUig Pitcher Tom High-flying Ithaca College, now Colonels endAttd trip­ ed tb<L-artwick 8-6 in a- hard-fought pi-’1-? jX-ing which the victors got 16 J ---- , ne By PAUL B. BEERS, 'S3 hctt*e opposition's opposdior nine..ned out A tough schedule, lack oi c.ass . •^*5 to Wilkesxnen were rained out Vfilkesmen wer st {or. the heavier weights, and a * o occasions, for- teied rough breaks a.,' comrccasions, both both against g nn on - foes- The The first first was was a night ig51 y College,' and the. season only a fair one. ; ce tec^. ^ablXith Ithaca1 Coh^ Blooms A so-so Lycoming Colic.son's finale at Bloomssqueaked through to a 6-4 evicto*. seasons hn record stands three wins, one ...c. ?G was saving his Kirby Park, and it looked as f•JrYat ' John Jota Milliman, for “ld siX 1OS3CSthe Colonels would never see vi< sK°ng!-hsh Wfih his revised infield mfield Jimmy Laggan-S highly sucin '52. Len Batroney got his hiS1CflfryA >ved crew in these i m p rC)V ed out m the feam of the year Defore ^sround-trip knock of his " collegial' conegi^ and an ^Ppoked as though thougn neither a ed on him when he opened career in this game. ,e ^dd ld be able ..to breeze through PastUre PP campaign just over. Giaaua• "P the ond transfers left him Down at East Orange, N. J., Wilkes ’ ^thetH011b*161 eaS-' ' victories. victories. perked up and played one of the , ‘ Come with deep holes to fill. But lor some best games ever seen in college ball Thing5 „„ fine incoming freshmen the team The 1953 season, which depends against the Upsala Vikings. Although would have had no chance at all. a great deal on Uncle Sam's attitude the Wilkes nine had eight hits and ioward college students, shows more played a nearly perfect game, in­ Rookie Bob Reynolds came to than a little promise for the nine. Coach Laggan’s aid and in the end cluding three double-plays, Upsala Graduation riddled the 1951 team, turned out to be the most successful came out on top 2-0. But from there on, it was Wilkes College against all I depriving it of the services of such wrestler on the squad. Filling in the stalwarts as infielder Al Molosh, out­ 123-pound spot, the same position his opposition. fielder Don Blankenbush, pitcher brother had held the year before Led by Batroney, newcomer Jim Chet Molley and catcher Joe Des- rough Robert won six, tied one, and Moss Moss and and Eddie Eddie Davis, Davis, all all oi oJa ^hak But Bob Partridge has a young jost two He got himself two pins and whom got home runs, the ColonelT ^eam COming up. He loses no regular {wq deiaults. scampered roughshod over Lycomthrouah the diploma route this year. ing College and three pitchers to a Switching baseballwise Joe KropiewJim Ward, another rooci1951 style score. Every man hit safe- . nnicki -ckj to shortstop post 130-pound position. A cha~ to tBe the shortstop post proved proved ly in the tilt. to be a boon to the current squad. M. C. A. wrestler, he showed his . He was replaced as catcher by Joe class with a seven-three record, in­ Back at Kirby Park, Wilkes squeez­ ’ Wengyn, who may prove every bit cluding four pins. Old reliable Phil ed out a 13-12 victory over Strouds­ as — goodJ as Kropie by the time he Husband advanced one notch to the burg STC in the tenth frame of a gets a bit more experience. Boston's 137-pound class, winning four, losing rainy game which halted by the ' icn wasin9 naiiea F7™e Thee,vy ?oeca!s Sa’nd'Tetaintag the honor of being elements once. L.y - ■ - — one ofi^rH^^.workina the hardest-working Colonels Colonels Eddie Davis rounded out the infield ------happen in that game. The locals ever to don the Blue and ijold. in '52 to make a sweet combination. went run happy in the fourth inning The outfield remained a bit green which and piled up an 8-2 C 2 lead, 1 ’ -1* the Captain Charlie Thomas finished and shaky but came along nicely. out four years of wrestling ten Wnkes Stroud's batter's soon bxuuiv^. eradicated — to Chuck Anderson, Norm Gates, Walt in the 147-pound spot. The former Ao end of take a 10-8 advantage. A/ At the o the ninth, the score stood tied 12U2, 12-1 , j Chapko, and Joe Trosko were the Forty Fort star netted o. five live rand in the extra inning, catcher Joe ■ boon-dockers who hope to work up cord for that difficult weight into the Don Blankenbush tradition. Wengyn rapped out a hit which whic So every Newcomer Joo Yanovitr. • ■> Speaking of Blankie, it was a real drove in the winning run. rssve one went home for supper two houis eat to have him back as a spectator pounds, was aspecic, >ly Wrestling all muscle s e. °r several home games. The 1951 Yanovitch, a touch -e . < . <? C \ ( \ Was a terrific little centerfielder, Again the Partridge Panthers ■- .v. •' nd his presence on the bench as an for Coach °m behind to wipe out Harpur immediately • ’ e - ■ ‘ nnmus was a morale booster. Me 8-6 at Endicott, N. Y„ but fa]^ fancyH'-ho ’ d tur ■ •’ ed at -Selinsgrove to drop aIJJ 11 Batroney came out on top in >^yJUVe io mup VL •a- 7-6 J g ..g I this six (out IP' Old " ' ■' TT__r ___________ dfiSP 11 Susquehanna University/ desp^ ( j . A------ -‘VAXiuu. Mill VC1OH] / — J year s batting race and was also a blg four-run spree in the early Pu ■continued on page 2S> the home of ex-Wilkes nilf4, f Pitch, Zigmund, was the next outfi* the Colonels' measure. fiS 7-to *4 ' used to slap Ithaca down at9' v,h-. . intervals, did not pitch former Alma Mater but coached * base during the tilt which end a lop-sided Cayugan victory ' Ici the . aAlOr .r ... Then theupbeat by On an 1« A bVAAAM.*- I - ------------ — I ‘ ■ �of both sides, by five PAST MATSTERS tion of squaring things with ▼ I riverside rivals but were*ith short—to the tune of a lopsided score in which Captain Bob Ba 1 t and his cohorts scored at will By JACK CURTIS, '55 delphia College of Pharmacy Coach George Ralston's Colonel Science provided the opposi^' , eagers closed the 1951-52 campaign the' W'll^"’ with an impressive 82 to 73 win over mikes> gymnasium in a “• 1 played beforet a large gathering J g East Stroudsburg State Teachers Col1 lege at the Pocono Mountain City on ’ ■ > harma C y J school'i on alumni. Much to the disapn s o’Regional ■ -;nj;, — a Hh jointmer l( of the partisan fr^nti partisan Philadelphia rooteiB I March 8. the Wilkesmen ran wild, It was the second victory of the their highest score of the piling np season over the Poconos for the Colo­ in winning 95-54. campaign I nels, who had previously emerged victorious from a Wilkes-Barre , --------------.• scrap r Jhe Lycoming game presented as. I -1_ with their towering opponents, racK- other picture as the locals went down ‘ ina uo a new collegiate foul-shooting for the second time to the Billporters ' re9ord, 74-63. New York State Technically (continued from page 19) haU *° The The 167-pound position was a one to fill all season. Two nova minute ana a .mea like a tough tough one -eriod that seemed 1 the South jce gra ppiers. Bill Faye and Dave Wi* ■o Ralston's men- three-point .L. Whitney, took over the spot for took over Monarch Coach Laggan, but pld? to jt n five held a Athree-point but neither could make off with a win. For all that, Then it happened, x*------e\'fouled near his team's basket they must be given credit for lor plugplug­ Xj was awarded two shots. He ging and spirit; it's just that college “ade both, bringing the score to 71- wrestling is much too/difficult difficult to pick ind ’f“= -_Wilkes. With several wild sected® lCjs to go, the Monarchs put on a up in one season. Bob Javer, last season's freshman onds to ’hich g°-, the scrapping Colonels whiz, was hot again this year, win­ after time to break up, but freeze wlthe game wen, dc—n in the record ning six and losing four in the 177tried li^a;eVdown pound billet. Like Yanovitch, he ■ as King's 75, Wilkes 72. books asthat, — the basketballT season wrestles with all the fury of a tiger. His meanness and savage body con­ Kutztown After t— i. its course. I! tacts got him four sweet pins. quietly -ranexhausted Colonels an Ray Tait filled Coach Laggan's found mark the the < following evening to heavyweight position. He won two easy 61-46. m< Wilkes 1bounced back to , , ,, year i1951-5Q[;i co as na stitute an--oh-so-close- tilt .... atat The basketball , copped vr------a last-minute win In­ j - College in and lost five. whole proved a fruitful one, especial­ Binghamton 83-82, in which tempers The team's record shows another take Harpur ly from the standpoint of the fans. of both teams ran hot and furious, i unset 75-73. win over King's. The Colonels The Colonels thought that they i The final home game was auog-er have yet to lose to the Monarchs' The Stroudsburg tilt put the finishing tough one which the Hartwick Co*touch to a season which saw the should have won the game, but the matmen, and now that King's is giv­ Blue and Gold notch nine wins New Yorkers and officials prevailed. I S quintet won 80-66 to tnumph ing up wrestling, that record is like­ Bloomsburg's Huskies came to town . over the locals for the second time against 14 defeats, not a bad record ly to stand for some time to come. considering the stiff competition they on February 20 and handed Wilkes during the season. an 83-68 setback, but the big King ‘ s The other two wins were gained faced. The big factor was the team's Followed by a loyal delegation of at the expense of Swarthmore never-ceasing effort to win. "They game was next and the Colonel” rooters, most of them on the a.s.afi and East Stroudsburg. We tied La­ played to win each ball game from figured that they would make up for 1 to side, the Colonels journeyed start to finish," stated Coach Ralston the three straight losses by downing of the fayette. Our defeats were dealt us by Stroudsburg for the last game cl the Monarchs. at the end of the season, "and our year and took over the mountain top-flight wrestling schools — Cort­ I land, Ithaca, West Chester, Lock record was a far cry from last year's at I Played at the King s gyn1 men 82-73. ’ Haven, Millersville, and a newly when we won only five and dropped -— Vaughan ’s Corners, Kingston, the j Wilkes was fortunate enough to 22." Wyoming Seminarysecond Wilkes-King's encounter pro- ' have a lot of standout players dur­ strengthened nine. We opened the season with big of the ye®We left off in the last issue of the ing the season. Several records were Cortland, losing by just one point Bulletin with the SusquehanZrT n1" nised to be the 9ame erst r , Uni- Pre-game publicity created [ an intercracked: Bob Benson accumulated collegia versify game. The Colonels buzzed 899 points in three years of basket­ rastaba^gX^Ms “ama. "Can down the .river It U Zvliu: ball to set a new all-time individual buzzed right back from after the taking an W1'.kes s,ar wi,h the toU- fast «osy_66-62 decision Cm, ? I tally, hen Batroney continued a " next ’ day ion from the Crusad'­ 9ation °f eagers King's will put on the Ralstonr/ scorching pace throughout the year victory over ers. The i — * 1 °n * Easton °wE *lo°r?” was the question asked i o score a total of 439 points. While tie in the same manner. took it . am ed... to a flashy Lafr/6 tbe 3,000 fans crowding into the Prospects for next season are no: his pre-game mark fell somewhat they succumbed too clear. Coach Jim Laggan who ette College below Phil Sekerchak's 19.62 aver­ ^nsllel KT one in the stands would STC pulled age in 1948-59 campaign, it was a must be credited with splendid work --- '<.a turn-about and unsetd No _ ,record in total points. these past seasons, has left Wilkes the tired Wilkf ew sc°ring able asset - —- and a new coach has not ye*, been second meetingrrvO.^^tahieere *en £■ f the" atai ^obn Nlilliman proved valu- named. Since graduation robs or.: .ecaH9 in rebounl anda^ed time, at Mansfield, ^in lai! bddie Davis, comyoung 1951-52 team ot Charl.e walked off with a decisive decisivi 73-43 a anwin. ail' nio^e aj2-point lead at halftime. The The first encounter had beenwian all- gamp^ Wilkes rooter thought the p. . 111 rebounds.season, Eddie Davis, nnina also was a young Thomas alone, it stands a nice Thomas WilVae- affair, ~a. - the coione}s , Wilkes 9 Was the bag-but it was bl bio ivll-c 111 tne season< arso woo xx chance of improving next yea86-58 here. the netg SWlshing the ball through chance ai^ °ns^over- Playing oh head But chances of a winning season de­ — uvei. riuyxxA'j +hetf pend largely on the incoming iiesb. Wllkes' alone, neiabKthe- Colonels ----- crept C up ™ Susquehanna can 011 , a]f I utes^ Captain Bob Benson graduto Bane on Februarycame 6 men. May they all be mat monsters — -nand S nn g . rivals in the secona n-neighborina secon with the into arlv m tKa neriod led, t° 3X?, £'^steS! 9y"' ! i 7 U.1C UCLD XXXXVX x. 21 �On 1 Enspiriting Expvriviu »’ IlM • > ■ rheAnconcert itself was deeply n..i concert itself was . h-ing, making everyone i<?ni..|o|y WPtP Mt making everyone cilivp » H >'-» l^ected with Wilkes proud to fh>r>I ;ted with Wilkes prov t1the College beh.nd '“.CH* '5 • '< ' College was was .be 1’ » su.b ,, minor, a»v’ enture. The enthusiasm of Mr. Livo. Wilk The enthusiasm ~ dynamic conductor, c: and the mem Zandarski, ter-nr, bers of the>conductor, then 90-piece orchestra utrd an effc-v ! o‘ ? '<• < then f \ ’ was s0 infecdous in tin* Grand Seen" <■/ >e Co; .3 that that satisfaction stemmed as much from a ... ich from a realization iion from Verdi’s "Aida," ;ymphony could become the high point of the eiJire co .o of what the s; J — A chorus of 80 voices, mad- ••*;> of aS from what it was. the College Choral Club, the Scro;.But what it was was graifiyinq ,d offering, too. After the group's second " ton Community Society Chorus. a.,o in B-fla* the Kosciuszko Glee Club of ScrarSchubert's Fifth Symphony ton and perfectly controlled by Mr. major, it became apparent to the lishad, in a Liva, joined with the orchestra and teners that the conductor elded a hetero- the soloists in climaxing the musical few months' time, wc. ’d. entalists ingeneous band of instrum' event. to a responsive unit. • (The following piece first appeared in Paul B. Beers Varsity Limn" ccluixqj in Beacon. With Paul's permission we reprint it here as a perfe-tly SWeI1 v/ay 0{ _ . to Reqgie Burr of the gym. who will not soon be forgotten by recent gradum^5^ | I r - -Ed.) ' 05 C^» 1 It's nothing that you can put up in big black headlines or stories for, but Reggie Burr is leaving Wilkes and many f0]ks Write 1^. Some of the big black headline stuff is soon forgotten, but the lit?6 S0lt7 ' of a guy named Reggie Burr will be brought up countless times in ' lockerroom next season and many seasons afterwards. Maybe wVk^ I say something about the old guy. v e bettSl I I remember three years ago when soccer first started at Wilkes h two or three days before the opening game and Partridge had the J- 1 listening to a little bit of blackboard oratory without a blackboard. At tk ’ | end of his comments he said, ' Oh yes, you fellows all know Reggie B ■ there. He's my new assistant coach now. No pay or nothing, Reggie likes the game. Come here and say a few words, Reg." Reg took his sW ' der off the goal post, adjusted that mothy cap he has somehow worked u; I I a reverent feeling for, and took a step or two toward the group. "I'm nci going to say much, Bob's the coach. I'll just come around and try to help ■ I you boys out." ( I That put Reggie Burr and Wilkes College together. A year later he go: I a job as head janitor down at the gym. The old boy went at the job with . I I great enthusiasm, keeping the place in tip-top condition and adding lots o! I new friends outside of the soccer team. Now he plans to give up that | I and head for Buffalo, where he figures he can do better. ' ’ I As I said, this is nothing that you can put in the headlines. Still you I can't pass over the guy named Reggie Burr and some of the stuff he has 1 done. Like the time down at Franklin & Marshall two years ago. The team f went into the final quarter with a 2-2 tie and on the downward side of the I hill. Everything was pointed for the outfit's first victory, and everybody uas . I a bit on edge. There was a poor referee decision and Reggie went charging I Two guys had to hold him on the edge of the sidelines while he relate I 1 e re^eree lys stout opinion. Later this caused a couple of parties to vi that some of the Wilkes athletes had half of the fight that Reg had. A ; a ^ls stories and his wonderful Burrian manner of phr > just the guy, Reggie Burr. But you BUt Se atK^ '7 ALLEY SYMPHONY (continued on next page' 22 I ■■ ■ ■ ■ ■ -- ■ ■ ■ - '*1 V. fl 41 >? 4 J ' dren's concert, which could (continued bom page 91 scheduled this season, tri® 0{ as the Society's executive committee Membership reflected the con oWth next year met two or three weeks the Society for the musical Syey( beiore the concert to take a decision of the young people of the j jn believed to be unique in the history who, like all the rest of us, s a of symphony orchestras and the danger of becoming mere P j0 groups that support them. viewers and listeners re^^^mniit' They voted to admit to the first nothing for themselves. The c concert, on a single membership, tee also decided to sell Family a family of four—father, mother, and berships at six dollars eacillC_er ts. eristwo children. A substitute for a chil- season for, it hoped, three con ' >| ■ AI A \ I j j | I J ■1 ••• , - ■ ■ ■ I c — B i 1 . ■ ‘ V I_eit tQ ^E GUY, REGGIE BURR. HELPS THE BOYS "GOT" ^ollison, and^ ^>au^ Beers, the delighted author of the piece opposite' Pres 23 •?. . �UM A LOOK AT OURSELVES (continued from page 5) the popular opinions about I women, for there was no difference in marriage-ability which the less wealthy graduate the ones who got very good lives, the more likely he is to marry. the all-around girls, or the girCVwere "big women on campus.-^' * "Our graduates are not notably prolific," Mr. Havemann reports. "It group that seemed to have the chance of‘ matrimony were the is obvious that the vast majority are .— who just ! practicing birth control and that they _ _____ .f. i-L- ‘V- -=-; ?.-------- -----------------------------campus activities sat there" and got tend to limit the size of their families verY good marks s nor participate^ b” their *1'"- ”:-------„„2 ' by £ome and^bAverage While there are manthe town they hey live in. all Theour average mar. maids in every age grou number of chdd which begraduates than among i 1 ouris mar™anT niore old|' maids in --------- man among Fh^pS’, «on - large, — there is a sharp dift <tion at ence in the direction of the tre^ Among the general population £ ' direction is downward from 25 J •• . cent in the group under thirty, to? lj The Distaff Side percent in the thirties, to 8 percent iThe picture of the woman gradu­ the group over forty. The college figure drops sharply in the twenty­ ate is not nearly so favorable as that thirty age group, rises noticeably k I of the man, in both matrimonial situ­ the forties, and then spectacularly ation and earning power, although there are signs that a college career among those in the fifties. The older * is no longer an "education for spins­ generation of college woman "car her weight on the side of spinster- I terhood.'' hood"; today's college woman is q, The Time survey revealed that different breed. |i nearly one out of every three women r every three college graduates was unmarried In the matter of remuneration is -■» was i — (31 percent to be exact). This figure found the biggest difference between ____ _____________ xxcuveeu exact). “ —1 compares most unfavorably with the mo*-' men ** and women graduates. The col- . with the lege T13 percent unmarried ably among woman's median income is American women as a whole. Mr.> $2,689, J, compared with the mans Havemann speculate* - ’iength ^ecz^ phZno CUlaleS at some r-.vo out of every three col- f on this . o^yges career women less °^ non and suggests ^an S3,000 a ; , are I earning r many reasons, among them the the, co nnn r, compared with ry of Dr. Paul Popenoe, the sociolo ­ '°- I4 Percent of the male ^graduates. ■’ gist, who feels that there is a "wide­ There are practically no college spread tendency of women to seek — “ ""P ' wom en in the ......................... women is the high salary brackets, j to marry above their own level, and income Although the college career woman5 s of men to seek to marry below." income is two and a hall times be I Mr. Havemann found that the like­ ter than that of the U. S. worMS lihood of marriage varied among woman. asserts woman asserts Mr. Mr. Havemann, hgious groups. Only 23 percent "compared with the Old Grads, the)’ ' rethe Jewish women graduates j of were nowhere." unmarried compared with 31 Were Part of the answer is in *e the g job among the Protestants < ui percent situation, and Mr. Havemann of^ cent among the Catholics. and 48 per. many other possible reasons. Th survey also showed that th< ?erSg c°nelati°n between ; college career career w woman? couege °Ttn fee5-b- was teacher (59 percent reported r1. „ c earninc spins- the field of education); ord ^ . nd d ! education); only 26 pf■> — r cent are in the business field. bare 6 percent are in medicin6' in America. But nevertheless onmen every matter, except the production large families, they are doing quite well." 24 three of the highest in do not seem to have any effec‘ on deutisiryyour later satisfaction or dissa-.stacSessions. faying ProL iicn with your alma mater. cs show that the former r The stahstics, The men who make the A’s but "doing pretty well at coIj'e?ne—and, in every’ respect ex- seldom engage in campus activities outside the library make the most ^^the number of children, has a cep‘ "cfable married life than the money—more even than the all^raqe woman, xAnv theoretical aroYnd stud^ ,who maY b® Picked .2 i a as the most likely to succeea. CV r-_ that college might make fcrnan unfit for matrimony seem to thoroughly dispelled by the facts." And what of those who try to mix home and a career? Mr. Havemann develops the hypothesis that "once a working wife, always a working wife." vuc has The woman college graduate who a child early in marriage is who has to a go child early in marriage is unlikely back to work and with each succeeding child, the chances of job-holding decrease further. "Motherhood and careers prove to be quite incompatible. Motherhood militates against the career—and the job militates against motherhood . . . In general, and on the basis of what we have measured, it appears that ^e average graduate who tried to be ®>th wife and career woman is not fully successful either way." Some More General Conclusions In answer to the statement "Reli­ gion has little to offer intelligent scientific people today," 91 percent oi the Catholics, 84 percent of the Protestants, ------and 56 percent of the ---------Jews disagreed. Churchgoing, as might be expected, was mos, pre , ■'ent among t) lent ” five cjmong Catholicthe Catholics; four out of ten Catholic : men and nine out of „eck OI nearly everyattended «ee^.F°every teJ women Protestants, it was seven °u* it was of ten• men and four out seven of fiveoutworn men , and out of never five women. Nearly halffour of the Jews att ^d- a»d °ne °Ut °*;ws never attendY one out of eight rarely at' 6 ’ aeneral contended. Here are s°m? “^r^Xemann: cluHere slOnSare reached Mr.general Hav some by other con­ tusions reached by Mr. Havemann: _ The higher the grades you get in college, the more satisfied you are ukely to be with your college career. The number and intensity of the extracurricular activities you engage (continued on next page- A 25 FIFTH COMMENCEMENT (continued from page 13) Another new honor, the Chemistry Award, willdaughter go qo to of Priscilla Pricrillr, Mary m Swartwood, Mr and^Mr? Swartwood, daughter ofWilkes-B^re Mr. and Mrs. George F. Swartwood, who, as the highest ranking woman a I , Class of ’52- received the Dean's Scholastic Award at Theta Delta Hhc s Junior-Senior Buffet this spring. One of the most active girls in the class, Pris has found time for Theta Delta Rho, the cheerleading squad, the German Club, the Chemistry Club, and the Student Council. An account of the alumni award to our Jane may be found elsewhere in this issue. DIAMOND WARRIORS (continued from page 19) the pace-setter in runs, assists, extra­ base clouts and stolen bases. The Georgetown ace seemed never to let up. varsity in hitting, but he By points. Marsh Karesky led the comer ’ 1 ’ was a latelve him and needed 9 . one more game vc blxxi enough to put average, despite a Phim in the officially. He had a phenomenal in *e batting box. ------- debut Eddie Davis had a rough Yea far as hitting goes, an Qccounted for ,269 average. H though also ^P^Sudsburg. driving an error against &u in three runs. t �z* ff Again we thank Tony Wideman, '49, ably assisted this time by Dan Williams, president of the Association, for the news we pass along herewith. We were particularly glad to see classes indicated in Tony's copy. 1939 BERNARD L. GREENBERG, who withdrew in ’39 to enter Oberlin College and is now abroad, has the most fascinating address we've heard lately Garden Hose Hotel, Cam­ bridge, England. 'Twould be absolutely wizard if he'd pop over an account of punting on the Cam for the Bulletin. 1940 Mrs. William C. Davis, the former GENE­ VIEVE BRENNAN, is living at 256 James Place, Havertown. Pa. 1942 A letter from Mrs. Harold Dunham, the former MARION THOMAS, contains an invi­ tation to Nantucket-bound alumni to visit her at her home in Swain Street, Nantucket, Mass. JOSEPH FARRELL was recently admitted to the bar in Luzerne County, Pa. 1944 Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Thomas (classmates knew Mrs. T. as RUTH EVANS) have moved to Claude Street, Dallas, Pa. Ruth's husband is football coach at Dallas Township High School. Now associated with the Cornell Medical Center, New York City, LOUISE hazeltine expects to spend the summer in Europe. Her present address is 1320 York Avenue, New York 21, N. Y. LORETTA LunriiA FARRIS, FARRIS, one of the most active local members of the Association, has been appointed to the teaching staff of the Swoy­ ersville, Pa., schools. Reporting that Frances, Steve 3rd, and he are fine, STEPHEN WARTELLA sends us his present address: Captain Stephen Wartella, Jr., (MC) USAF, 2794th Medical Group, Kelly AFB, Texas. 1945 JEANNE KOCYAN presented an account of her summer tour through Europe at the Janu­ ary meeting of Wyoming Valley alumni. "Cookie" left Wilkes-Bane last June to board the U. S. Constitution for its maiden voyage to Gibraltar. Following a summer session at the University of Madrid, she bade Spanish Student Tours, Inc., farewell and went touring on her own, visiting France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, and England. She returned to this country by plane November 1. BETTY MARLINO, now teaching commercial subjects at Lykens, Pa., may accept a similar position at Hatfield. Pa., in the fall. Another '45 who has found her way into the Groves of Academe is JUNE SEARCH, who is an instructor in Spanish at Wyoming Sem­ inary, Kingston, Pa. JOSEPH SLAMON. 1947 who recently passed his 26 C. P. A. examination, is associated firm of Joseph Williams, Wilkes-Ba 1948 Mrs. Gertrude Marvin 'Williams ar of women, has had a letter MIKULEWICZ. a former journalism®?0^’ hers who is now teaching journalism U-■ cott, Arizona. A loyal Wilkesman, heh PtC; terested one of his students in ent/,College in September. ln9 ftt RAY MECHAK has been appointed promotion manager of the Lauback Easton, one of the Allied Stores Thre<.' of work with AL EISENPREISS. '42. in roy's here has groomed him for the job°pC' is married to the 'ormer IRENE KONIECKO i « ■ j bv recall tc active duty as "... in‘eIS£n in September. 1950. Spent 16 to Fleet Sonar School SquadFlc. Released to inactive duty GZ KeY , Jhis year. Returned to Syracuse :n foouOty semester. Will complete the ,r. :he for M. S. (Library Science' in lent5’ - Mucfa thanks, George. Keep G'juiremen1953. I ' i 1 ' ■ J iirnRS another active 'local alumlAC,?"fA by bv Daytona Mills, Jiployed ----- Inc., Dal- &K.D0UGHERTY_isse 7’mg , ~— j as a teachELLEN BRENNAN, ,'in Salisbury, Md., I---- and the Pennsylvania Economy League in Philadelphia. raUSCHER. formerly with the Deposit ' JAY r11""-’T ', Wilkes-Barre, is now in the 4 Savings Bank. basic training at Bainbridge, Navy undergoing ’'’flatmates PAT BOYD and PAUL THOMAS .„ be married in St. Therese's Church, Wilkes-Barre. July 19. after which date they 1949 ’ ' • will make their home in Maryland. TOM MORAN, former executive alumni retary now on the staff of the Pittsburgh ”' ‘ ELVA J. FULLER is employed as an element. Gazette and wife Jean have crv-school teacher in Beach Haven. N. J. Her announced th t I birth of a daughter. address is Box 3. Beach Haven Terrace. N. J. BOB RUBRIGHT is working as a chemist An assistant in the Biology Department of with Atlas Powder Company Tamaqua. Pa. the College during the past year. WALTER MOKYCHIC Will enter Jefferson Medical We were nonplussed at the Lettermen's Ail School. Philadelphia, in September. College Punch Party this spring when a youth 1951 Dean George F. Ralston had in L. ;tow turned I Our notice concerning U. S. Air Force com­ out to be ANDREW SKUNANICH. who con- « missions fcr alumni, published in the January pleted his engineering work here i.< in --'9. (C.n I ^number of the Bulletin, had a taker in SANfessedly, we had thought he must .: be Lj a cajr • iRD COHEN ■ but something must have hapdidate for admission.) Now’ working tcwai'W hnd in transit. Soon after he called at the his Ph.D. at Princeton, he is a research assit. ciiice to pick up the details we mentioned, we ant in astrophysics there. End a publicity release from Fort George JACK POWELL, who attended Wilkes Iron ■ Meade. Md., which contained the news that '47 to '49, and his wife announce the birth c! he had completed processing at the reception a daughter, Jaclyn Stephanie, who happened / center there and had been assigned to the along April 26. Now living at 10 Ledyard , 101st Airborn Division, Camp Breckinridge. Ky. Avon>.^ XT ---- “--J Avenue, Hartford, Conn., the Powells have > (which our brother-in-law tells us isn't an Air also an older daughter, Lindsay. Force base at all). We wish him well. CHARLES WILLIAMS'S address is 58 Church ETHEL FARLEY SPACEMAN, who spent the Street, Greenwich, Conn.; and ELEANOR 1950-51 college year with us swotting up some KRUTE'S. 505 University Avenue (Apartment education courses, is teachina in the Fairview 3), Reno, Nevada. Schools, Mountain Top, Pa. 1950 -J n JACK FEENEY, an industrial representative BILL GRIFFITH, who gave up the presiden­ °r the Alemite Company, Division of the Stu­ cy of the Alumni Association to accept a po-^ art Warner Corporation, has a territory that tion with the International Business Mac" includes Luzeme County. Company in Allentown, Pa., is living wi ‘ Currently employed as aclaim __ _— adjuster wife, the former GRACE RUFFIN. '52, at with Liberty Mutual Life Insurance Company Northampton Street there. DON RAU, « Washington, D. C„ BOB WILLIAMS writes a fellow townsman, Bill reports. Wn, 's sharing rooms with his classmate Our assistant Dale Wannouth tells us his WARD HOLMAN, who is doing social work Dallas neighbor, ROYAL J. CULP, recent., d Ltly _had °r the government in Arlington, Va. the good luck to sell a car to Miss Clare Richard raiber, tom stine and al iUion of the College faculty. UISHANKO have been admitted to JefferFebruary marked two events of cons?ge Medical School, Philadelphia. They will able importance to JOHN J. SURASH, WD egin their studies there in September. work at Lehigh University was mention® Fifty-one's flutist, VESTER VERCOE, returned the January Bulletin. He received his M-=? . e College in May to hold down the first chemistry and went to work as a chenus air in the flute section (what else?) at the the Duplan Corporation of Kingston. ailJ1ual concert by Bob Moran's band. to our GEORGE F. ERMEL, writesappeal in the for best ^5' [. ROBBINS, Beacon editor last year, was married to Betty Jane Hunt of Wilkesera Union style: "Attendance at GlHd“eiBai School if Library Science at Syracuse Un" trre April 12. Health and long life to 'em. ' „ 1952 BYRON M. PHILLIPS accented a position at Milford High School, Milford S shortly after he left us in February. His wife' die -ormer LaVerne Jenkins of Kingston, and sen Enc joinea hun in March. D-LpUMEA>BREN-AN' n0W work“9 with the Du Pont Atomic Energy Division, Wilmington Del., returned to the campus to present her successor as Cinderella. Isabel Ecker, at the big come-all-ye in May. Last semester's Beacon editor, GEORGE H KABUSK, a February graduate, has landed the job hes been working toward ever since he entered college. A staff reporter (he says that means a cub) with the Harrisburg bureau of International News Service since March 30, he expects to be assigned to the Capitol as soon as he completes his apprenticeship. His wife Gloria has probably joined him by this time. George’s successor. CHUCK GLOMAN, who will receive the L. J. Van Laeys Medal for proficiency in journalism at the commence­ ment June 9, will join the staff of the Hazleton Plain-Speaker after graduation. CHET MOLLEY, who took his A.B. in Eng­ lish in February, is now teaching in West­ moreland High School, Dallas, Pa. While an undergraduate here, Chet was a baseball let­ terman and a member of the Beacon editorial staff and the Education Club. He and Wendell Clark, '53, represented the College at the twentieth annual New York Herald Tribune Forum in New York last October. GEORGE SCHEERS. EDMUND NICKLEWSKI. JOSEPH STUCCIO. and LEON DECKER are among the eight alumni recently admitted to New York and Philadelphia medical schools. Thanks in part to his debate training at Wilkes, FRED DAVIS acquitted himself so well in five hours of interviews with directors of the Third Federal Reserve District recently that they named him to their executive trainina program, giving him an opportunity to be­ come familiar with central banking and to work towards his Master's degree at the Uni­ versity of Pennsylvania. He is one of three college graduates from the Third District, which includes Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware, selected for the program. � 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 Alumni Magazine, 1947-present Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations Description An account of the resource <p>An archive of Wilkes University Magazine, from 1947-present. The magazine went through various names including <em>Wilkes Alumnus</em>, <em>Wilkes Quarterly,</em> <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, and the current title, <em>Wilkes Magazine</em>. Some editions for the <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, will have multiple issues within the file record. 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Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumnus Bulletin July 1952 Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations; Wilkes College Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marketing and Communications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1952 July Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Bulletin https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/02bf5ee462c9b27009d0b2a83059b3bf.pdf 800527797d14d1a817e9ebe15c4506a2 PDF Text Text �DOROTHY COLLINS, “The Sweetheart of Lucky Strike,” BLOOMSBURG STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE says: FOOTBALL PROGRAM Be HappyGO LUCKY! LUCKIES TASTE Published by the Office of Public Relations JOHN A. HOCH Director of Public Relations National Advertising Representative Don Spencer Company, Inc., New York, N. Y. AS THE WHISTLE BLOWS A brand new Bloomsburg State Teachers Col­ lege football team makes its 1952 debut under the lights at Athletic Park tonight, and Husky fans have their first opportunity to see the handiwork of the Maroon and Gold eleven’s new head coach, Jack Yohe, who served as Glenn Killinger’s assistant at West Chester for the past five years, replaces Bob Redman, who drove the Husky dog sled during the past five seasons Yohe, a confirmed disciple of the “T” forma­ tion, has come up with a bunch of fleet backs who run like the proverbial scared rabbits, and a rugged gang of linemen who are reportedly tougher than last year’s crack forwards. Knock­ down and drag-out scrimmages have indicated that the 1952 Huskies will ask no quarter and give none. Win, lose, or draw, this year's out­ fit is a scrappy ball club, ready to trade blocks and tackles down to the last whistle. Although many of last year's veterans will be answering the starting whistle tonight, at least two Freshmen gridders will be in key spots at the kickoff. Mike Lashendock. 148-pound Kulpmont yearling, will likely get the nod at quarterback in the Huskies deceptive "T"-powered offense, while hard-hitting Tony DiPaolo. 1951 Berwick High School captain, will prob­ ably be the starting center. Both lads cap­ tained their high school clubs to outstanding records last year. LS/M. FT- Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco COM,, Th« amirican tobacco company Otherwise, the starting Husky line lists Russ Verhousky and Charley Brennan, both Seniors and All-State prospects at ends; John Ncmetz, 1951 All-Teachers’ selection, and Don Thomas. 230-pound soph, at the tackles, and Ardell Zeigenfuse and Joe Glosek, at the guards. In the backfield, Coach Yohe will likely pick Bob Rainey and Bernie Mont for the halfback spots and Banney Osevala for the fullback duties. Fans should keep their eyes pealed for sev­ eral potential stars among this year’s Freshman crop — Jimmy Browning, lightning-fast Me­ chanicsburg ball-toter; Bob Bottorf, hard-run­ ning 165-pound full back from Bellefonte: Tom Shuey, a rugged tackle from Coal Township, and Tom Persing, an outstanding guard from Shamokin. Senior Dave Linkchorst will spell Lashendock at quarterback, while Fran Bidelspach, the Huskies’ 1951 All-Teachers guard from Sun­ bury, is slated to see action on the defensive unit. Space does not permit the mention of other Husky stars, but before the game is over Maroon and Gold fans will have seen most of them in action. Little is known of the strength of this year’s Wilkes College bail club, but Coach George Ralston always fields a tough, wel’-drilled. eleven that doesn't know the meaning of the word. "Quit.” The Ctlcnels will be using their usual single-wing form.non plus the "T" . and the key men to wsteh. will be Russ Pieton. former Hanover Township ace and A”-lIarm. Corps fullback for the past two seasons, and little Eddie Davis ths cn.-.im. Fly.-.curb Hj.lt School standout. Pictor. -mil b. .1.. ur-.-u..;..rthe-center on the "T” and fir; most ci rb.c Blue and Gold aerials. Coach Ralston says 1-. 'arks e.-.ds backs, but Bloomsburg s troubles are mostly gm.t.-y anybody's ball game . . . AS THE WHISTLE BLOWS: i �Here’s an All-American Team that’s never been beaten for value! Amoco-Gcs —lhe original special motor fuel Permalube Motor Oil — Amoco Approved Amoco Tires & Tubes — cleans as it lubricates Lubricants the tires experience cu'l! Amoco Batteries—extsp-oweres for exlra-fosl starts Everything you need for your car One star player never won a championship all by himself. He needs ten ether men, working with him as a team. And teamwork is what you get when you make it Amoco all the way. Motor fuel, motor oil, lubricants, tires, batteries and acces­ sories—every Amoco product is a champion. Together, they make a perfect team for your car—and give you more motoring satisfaction at less cost. CHECK THE RECORD Bloomsburg’s 1952 Football Schedule (with score of last meeting) 1952 Last Meeting Date Opponent Year BSTC 9/27 fWilkes .1951 10/4 "Mansfield STC .1951 20 10/11 Trenton STC .First meeting 10/18 Scranton University First meeting 10/25 California STC .1932 Cancelled 11/1 "New Haven STC .First meeting 11/14 West Chester STC .1951 16 11/21 Lock Haven STC .1951 35 t At Athletic Park. * Home games at Mt. Olympus. AMERICAN Oil COMPAiiY -from Maine to Fiorica „ Zeigcnfu.e. fronci. BidcUpach^ yn J01™' �Huskey Seniors Meet New Coach Gene Morrison, Ardell Zeigenfuse, Charles Brennan, Russ Verhousky, Dave Linkchorst, and Coach Jack Yohe. Harvcy Boughn;ri �Compliments Oldest Bank in Columbia County Compliments of Founded 1864 Compliments BLOOMSBURG PROFIT through regular SAVING NORTH BRANCH BANK- of COLUMBIA The First National Bank BUS COMPANY TRUST CO. Milco Undergarment Bloomsburg, Pa. Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania "The Bank on the Square" Company Bloomsburg, Pa. Member Federal Deposit Insurance Member F. D. I. C. Corporation I. OLYMPIC, Inc. Compliments We specialize in Prescription filling and ATHLETIC of take pride in our profession Housenick Motor Co. EQUIPMENT RITTER’S RECONDITIONERS STATIONERY Pure Drugs Stroudsburg, Pa. Fresh Candy [FORD) FIFTEEN YEARS w "THE HOUSE OF SERVICE" ALWAYS OPEN Bloomsburg, Pa. Office Supplies - Equipment Our Own-Made Ice Cream OF DISTINCTIVE SERVICE MOYER BROTHERS “Marty" Baldwin, Mgr. Your Prescription Druggists Stroudsburg, Pa. Since 1868 Phone 1200 Phone 430 ART BLEWITT, Cent. Penna. Rep. j Books - Magazines - Papers 112 E. Main Street Phone 675 �OFFICIAL SIGNALS ADOPTED BY NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION I. OFFSIDE HUSKIES' HEAD MAN Jack Yohe, the Huskies’ new football coach, is widely known in Teachers Col­ lege athletic circles, and local sports fans will get to know him much better as the 1952 grid campaign moves into high gear. Five years as backfield assistant to Glenn Killinger, the veteran West Chester foot­ ball mentor, have given the thirty-seven year old Husky tutor a wealth of exper­ ience in Teachers College football which should prove valuable in his new post. Yohe succeeds Bob Redman, highly successful Husky grid coach of the past five seasons, who resigned early in May to accept the head coaching post at East Orange, N. J. High School. It was during Redman’s tenure that the Huskies became a power in Penn­ sylvania collegiate football, romping to 38 victories in 42 starts and posting unbeaten, untied records in 1948 and 1951. © dsgs 22. TLME-CUT see /A 2. ILLEGAL POSITION OR PROCEDURE 9 © 2. ILLEGAL MOTION OR SHIFT J4. DELAY OF CAME 5> PERSONAL FOUL CALL C-AD. Yohe learned his football lessons at Jersey Shore High School so well that he became one of the best backs in the history of Lock Haven State Teachers College, where he graduated in 1938. He began teach­ ing and coaching at Biglerville High School following his graduation. IF HA’.T IS MCVS3 RC‘J S.’CE to s~e. touchllck 6. ROUGHNESS PILING ON World War II interrupted his career in 1942, and he served with the U. S. Navy for a period of 46 months, being separated in 1946 with the rank of Lieutenant Following his separation, he taught for one year at Upper Merion before accepting an assignment at the West Chester State Teachers College as assistant football and basketball coach. A confirmed “T” formation man, Yohe hopes to convert the single­ wing-minded Huskies to a “T” generated machine, but the personable young mentor is quick to state that variations will be made in the sys­ tem to fit available personnel. He is known as a stickler for funda­ mentals and conditioning—two hallmarks of Bloomsburg football since 1946. Jack, who is married, is the father of a future Husky guard—fouryear old Gary. The new Husky coach holds a master’s degree from Temple University where he is slated to complete all the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in the near future. " 'a 13. CRAV.NC KEEPING Huge screen, beautiful compact cabinet and on-the-spot picture realism —it's G-E Model 21T4. Go into a huddle with your dealer—fast. Ask him to demonstrate the features. 6. ROUGHINC KICKER wtf.Atti fas* PENALTY fecux:? KO FLAY Of NO SCORE When you can't get to the game, the next best thing is G-E Model 21T4I IB. BALL ILLEGALLY TOGO NICKED OR BATTED § 9. UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT HNSIVE holding ILLEGAL USE OF HANDS AND ARMS vN 11 INTENTIONAL GROUNDING A AL A '' ILLEGALLY PASSING OR HANDING BAH FORWARD & Mb 14. FORWARD PASS OR KICK CATCHING INURIKiKCfi IX INtllCiME RKiiYTS B0WN l.liB ON PASS H. B. LOW & SON, 8NC. 63 E. MAIN STREET PHONE 1027 BLOOMSBURG, PA. �BLOOMSBURG STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE WILKES COLLEGE 1952 FOOTBALL ROSTER 1952 FOOTBALL SQUAD Pos. Age Ht. Wt. Anthony DiPaolo, ’56 c 18 5-7 41 Ralph Verano, ’55 B 20 5-7 44 Len Starr, '56 B 17 5-10 45 John Mihaly, ’56 T 18 5- 11 46 Donald Thomas, ’55 T 19 6- 2 21 5- 10 170 160 170 200 220 210 200 150 190 170 150 160 185 165 175 165 175 165 180 200 200 185 165 NO. 40 PLAYER 48 Ted Rainey, '55 B 49 John Angus, ’55 B 20 6- 0 50 52 53 Mike Lashendock, ’56 B 18 5- 9 Joe Zahora, '53 B 24 6- 2 William Ellinger, ’55 E 19 6-1 54 James Browning, ’56 B 18 5-10 55 Eugene Morrison, '53 E 21 5- 10 57 Charles Skiptunas, ’56 C 17 6- 2 59 James Starr, ’56 G 18 5-9 61 Robert Rainey, ’55 B 19 5-9 62 Bob Bottorf, ’56 B 18 5- 8 63 Robert Van Gorder, ’56 C 21 6- 0 65 Barney Osevala, '54 B 21 5- 11 67 Rodney Kelchner, ’56 E 18 6- 0 69 Francis Bidelspach, ’55 G 18 5- 11 71 Floyd Williams, ’54 T 20 6- 2 73 Thomas Shuey, ’56 T 17 6-1 74 Richard Caton, ’56 B 17 6-1 75 Russell Verhousky, ’53 E 24 6-0 76 Moritz Schultz, ’56 E 17 6-1 77 Thomas Persing, ’56 G 20 5-10 78 Edward Connolley, ’55 C 18 5- 10 79 Sammy Bell, ’56 B 18 6- 0 G 19 6-0 80 Joseph Glosek, ’54 82 David Linkchorst, ’53 B 24 5- 10 83 Charles Brennan, ’53 E 20 6- 1 85 Bernie Mont, ’54 B 20 5- 11 87 Ardell Zeigenfuse, ’53 G 24 6- 1 90 John Panichello, ’55 T 21 6-1 91 Merlyn Jones, ’54 G 20 5- 10 175 175 180 175 170 190 165 190 180 200 210 210 210 NO. Home Town Berwick Shamokin Shenandoah Berwick Shamokin Johnstown Mt. Pleasant Kulpmont Coaldale Shickshinny Mechanicsburg Bloomsburg Kingston Williamsport Johnstown Bellefonte Endicott, N. Y. Shamokin Bloomsburg Sunbury Ashley Coal Township Berwick Coaldale Plains Shamokin Danville Williamsport Coal Township Shenandoah Towanda Lehman Ashland Glenside Wilkes-Barre 95 John Nemetz, ’54 T 22 6- 0 96 Claude Rumer, ’55 G 19 5- 10 98 Charles Pope, ’55 18 6- 1 190 190 Hatboro E 99 Ronald Couch. '55 T 21 6-0 200 Tamaqua Shamokin Conyngham 'I PLAYER Home Town Pos. Age Ht. Wt. Bill Foote, ’54 John Aquilino, ’54 Robert Fay, ’54 B G G 21 20 20 5-10 5-9 5-10 165 185 167 Wilkes-Barre Flushing, N. Y. New Rochelle, N. Y. 9 10 11 John Tkash, ’56 George Elias, ’53 Vincent Slavisto, ’54 B B B 17 20 25 5-8 5-11 5-10 150 180 180 Plains Wilkes-Barre Ashley 12 14 15 Joseph Veroski, ’55 Russell Picton, ’55 Jack Curtis, ’55 B B B 19 24 22 5-10 5-11 5- 9 175 175 150 Plymouth Hanover Wilkes-Barre 16 18 19 20 Phil Baker, ’56 Ed. Gritsko, ’53 Fred Grieshaber, ’55 Bill Morgan, '53 B E B E 18 24 24 21 6- 0 6-0 5-11 5- 10 175 185 185 155 Ithaca. N. Y. Nanticoke Wilkes-Barre Shavertown 23 24 25 Bob Gillis, ’55 Eddie Davis, ’54 Al Wallace, ’54 T B G 18 20 23 6- 0 5-10 5- 9 195 175 152 Plymouth Plymouth Plains 27 29 30 John Milliman, ’54 Henry Reep, ’56 Jacob Kovalchek, ’54 E C E 19 19 21 6- 1 6-1 6-1 180 170 170 Genoa, N. Y. Plains Wilkes-Barre 32 38 41 Andy Sofranko, ’54 Joseph Wilk, ’56 Allen Jater, ’54 T T E 23 18 22 5-11 5-11 5-9 230 185 160 Wilkes-Barre Plymouth Ventnor, N. J. 44 49 Norman Chanoski, ’55 Walt Chapko, ’55 B E 18 20 5-9 5-8 156 160 Wilkes-Barre Wilkes-Barre 60 61 62 Joseph Kropinicki, ’53 Clifford Brautigan, ’56 Cornelius Boyle, ’54 B T E 20 17 20 5-7 5- 10 6- 2 165 180 180 Plains East Orange, N. J. Buttonwood 63 64 Leo Solomon, ’53 Glen Carey, ’56 T C 21 18 5- 10 6- 1 180 165 Wilkes-Barre Swoyersville 65 66 67 Gene Snee, ’53 Dan Pinkowski, ’53 Frank Radaszewski, ’53 G G T 23 22 5-11 5- 11 21 6- 1 190 180 183 Edwardsville Nanticoke Wilkes-Barre 68 69 Ronald Fitzgerald, ’55 George Yanuk, ’56 C C 19 20 6-2 6-0 172 175 Wanamie Larksville 70 71 George McMahon, ’53 Ray Tait, ’54 E T 23 21 6-1 5-10 180 210 Wilkes-Barre Wilkes-Barre 72 73 Bob Dymond, ’55 Ed. Edgerton, '53 B C 19 20 5- 10 6- 0 159 192 Wilkes-Barre Plains 74 80 Jerome Wright, ’56 Warren Reed, ’56 G B 22 17 5- 9 6- 1 195 170 Glen Lyon Wyoming 81 82 Paul Gronka, ’56 Leonard Brozoloski, ’56 E E 17 17 5- 8 6- 1 155 170 Nanticoke Plymouth 83 David Hughes, ’56 Howard Gross, ’56 Charles Anderson, ’55 B 21 21 22 6-0 175 180 Wilkes-Barre Duryea Flushing, L. I. 2 5 6 C B 6-0 5-7 145 �THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION IS ALWAYS INTERESTED IN THE ATHLETIC u TEAMS AT THE COLLEGE 'I Husky Ends Get Together First row: Rod Kelchner, Moritz Shultz, Dick Caton, Bob Bloskey. Standing: Charles Brennan, Charles Pope, Gene Morrison, Bill Ellinger, and Russ Verhousky. CARPETS OF BEAUTY . . . ... a roof over your head — Woven by Magee — The Magee Carpet Co. the first step to smart decorating and gracious living. Husky Tackles Get Lowdown John Koch, Floyd Williams, John Nemetz, John Panichello, Tom Shuey Coach Hoch, Joe Shemanski, Don Thomas, and Richard Ishler Bloomsburg, Pa. �WHIM "The VOICE of the HUTCHISON AGENCY SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY" INSURANCE on your Dial ®©(Q; on. yz — yy_~ 777-J Tops in Sports Worth Listening To irtgrtirt I Couch Yohs Meets Managers I i i i i i -rscs .’arc Yore plans ec-cipmeni with Eddie Confer, head manager, £—i Acme Garinger, Sophomore assistant. SHENK and. TITTLE SCHEDULE 1952 Sat^rcay. &eptember 20 ^atr-'day. Septemher 27 Home Saturday. Ott&ijer 4 Manafield STC Homecoming Sstcriay October II Trenton, N. J, STC Away Scranton University Av/ay California STC Away New Haven, Conn. STC Home *3eT~cay October Sator-fay OC-ooer 25 Set.r-fay Noverrezr I '-at..--fay ■y. .y , i I i Open Wilkes College -.•er.-.-zc % ,.. .z . ■ ■ 2; "EVERYTHING FOR SPORTS1 313 Market Street Open PLAY MORE . . . LIVE. 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Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Football Game Official Program, 1952 September 27 Subject The topic of the resource Football; Athletics; Wilkes College Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wilkes College Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1952 September 27 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Football program https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/ff4f85009e5d9f71727bfe7a8146b452.pdf 8e66c89bdf24e6fd2cd4df379d0aff82 PDF Text Text ♦ I homecoming at Thanksgiving i (SEE PAGES 12-13) V°tl OCTOBER 1952 No. 4 �The tdicor s Window ippeal ed o P,°bv ,aX, Dan 7? nkSher man,9en '50,« tha* the W Rh° intelli furnishI dues K°;d Philadelphians" and a closely ■ rente. £have nit group o{ more graduates ■ managed to recent get together, and I . response to our recent cr to our are presently bestirring themselves I n Alumni Association dues 'Alumni ASSI to plan an organization meeting. I ioi ■ gratifying in the extreme. Now Association President Dan I 5 □ wasn't it we - were delighted has ’ well as checks. Williams and a group of local alum’ ’ rn v of the remittance enveEditorials Ses we opened yielded letters full ' nf details. as to alumni addresses welcome, did ni are planning a trip to the City of Another New Building H Activities as as ch< . well our hard-working Brotherly Love to get down to brass Warmouth, '54, in his tacks. The cunent college year may Sch notes, thrice welcome, Local Government of bringing our -nii-h to encourage our ~ ad- see the establishment of the club— Classes in Astant Dale Warmouth, 54, his Hatein and and as the Main Line goes, so goes Smer task of bringing our adNew Trustees dressograph plates up to date and the nation, we hope. tc sWell "The Old Familiar Faces . South River Scene Chase Hall mailers can't venture With The Faculty We are especially grateful to the 1 the confines of the campus carents of alumni in the services beyond these days without being asked, Colonel Teams "How's VU ocP ( enrollment at the College?" , ho saw their way to pay tneii ^ues. To those who enclosed letters ci explanation we have replied; to Happily, the question requires no Homecoming hedging. Classes began September these who did not, we extend our 13 15 with 267 freshmen and transfer warmest thanks herewith. Placement Report on '52 students, as against 179 at the same When our duns produce expres­ time last year, and 374 sophomores E sions of genuine pleasure at hearing and upperclassmen registered. The Umphred Abroad Jrom us—as they did in this instance evening division, which opened the If . same day, reported an enrollment of -we are persuaded that ours is a loyal alumni body. Our summer sol­ Ellis and "Wyoming Valley Central" icitation confirmed us in our deter900. 1° j mination to justify your faith in the over Enspiriting figures, those, and re­ Miller, '48, at Swiss School markable in the light of the nation­ College and the Association. wide drop in enrollment over the past few years and the fact that the Williams' Garden Party i Ex About Oriente College has neither relaxed its theLux time we went to press standards of admission nor begun to _ with the last "Bulletin", which con ­ The Old Familiar Faces enjoy another "veterans boom. Less tained an editorial urging far-flung than a dozen veterans of the fighting a umni to consider organizing Wilkes , clubs in their communities, we had in Korea were admitted this fall. a Vlsjt from Doug MacNeal, '49, who Whether the increased enrollment apprised us of his desire to form just is typical of the national picture this SleYphia area. year or peculiar to the College we Such a club in the FU’ -J diamondL at 0 BARBERING BAILIFF Larry Turpin, '55, polishes a rough scooping cannot now say. We suspect, how­ of*e y his ear), judge < •ticed Not at all miffed by ever, that Dr. Farley may not be far copY Tribunal meeting, while Hon. Lou Steck (pencil behind with a aar cold and PraC f th * su PPli ec f him v out high , of work jons const institution, and short-circuit court, overlooks the freshman felons with a tionin as attributing well to the the sound job e Association's _— Philadelphia-area eye. he facitity is doing in this place as sugBesses of Pmiauu,c^_ and some second-cla5’ , Wilmington alumni, cnm on l based X kw i. Morns. the 0 gestions on organization iolleges. Published quarterly by Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Entere c< of admissions, m mgn i nvTwriences of other Mhe experiences — matter October 12, 1951, at the post oihce at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, replythroughout the East. have no August 24, 1912, as amended by the act of August 4, 1947. that At this writing we stinatoi can i. E r and, inveterate procrasl CONTENTS | <from 1 .1 THE COVER �grams, basic police class and mag­ istrate class, are open free of charge members, "Decay’d *n her to all municipal officials in Luzerne .embers tfc longer rem once did"— County. They are intended to enable Things as she Bell Tele- registrants5 to build up a background .-ent of a waiting to of knowledge to assist them in the ,0 the astonishm* who was performance of their daily duties. phone PR man v Persons enrolled in any one of the residence that now residence seeThe us. stately courses have opportunities to discuss stately departments of education houses the departments c sociology — nractices in the of education the room ----presided over by '-«*** pertinent practicesThey in the neiu Mr by*"-lolewicz of and the local government. willfield receive" the j culture and nursing edu<.^._ cl Slavonic culture pre: department was occupied by Rev. Public Service Institute certificates nW Dorrance most of his upon satisfactory completion of their Symont throughout ' long and distinguished ministry at work at ai the uiv College. _ . lartment Dorrance The basic police class is conduct­ Dorrance furnished a footnote (edThe by City ~ Detective rmnlf Frank Flvnn Flynn of of ,beMiss jFirst and Presbyterian di' Church here. First Pre; Wilkes-Barre, and the magistrate io the Dorrance effect that her grand-uncle’s class, by Alderman Francis Murphy effect inf'--the pulpit of the First (of Wilkes-Barre, predecessor Church was Irish-born Rev. Nicholas « Murray, grandfather of Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, late president of Board Elects New Trustees "olumbia University. Upon the death of Rev. Dr. Dor­ rance, the property was acquired by Dr. Jesse Thomas, who had married Ellen Miner, daughter of Charles Miner, local historian. When Mrs. Thomas died in 1913 at the age of 99, the house and lot passed into the Possession of her daughter, Mrs. W. ■■ Sturdevant, and her son Isaac, who affected the present division of the house to provide a home for his Old Sturdevant House Purchased by College ------- j College'shome purchase of the fine oldThe Sturdevant on South FrankIm street, Wilkes-Bane, enabled us to don our skull-cap and play the antiquarian in Luzerne County Reg­ istry of Deeds one morning in August. Local lore graciously provided by Miss Frances Dorrance, then librarian ? Hoyt Library, Kingston, Pa and Miss Koehlin of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, Wilkes-Barre, supplemented what we learned in the Registry to form one f the most fascinating news stories oi the year—or so we think. xxxw ______ _ building, t°’ The present College which h gether with the land on„ 1841 by LjClllCX* stands, was purchased inDorrance's Rev. John Dorrance, Miss D---grand-uncle, from John L. Butler. 1 e t was once part of a larger trac lot granted by Commonwealth patent □-------- -x r aaCommon 1 <Ww1 1PD5 Butler, pioneer dated 1805 to to Lord Lord L __ settler in these parts. Miss Josephine Hillard of Wes. River street, Wilkes-Barre, who has s nee gone to her reward, could n°‘ be reached for comment at the time the College acquired the house. The last of the Butlers, she had had a brother named Lord Butler Hillard--------- ▼ i T Our difficulty in piecing the story together caused us to walk out of the office muttering Lamb's lines about prim Betsy Chambers", who, married daughter. The north half of the home, the part purchased by the College, was occupied by Miss Jessie Thomas Sturdevant up to her death last year. 1 *- : • r. -''6 . ||| 4 WO Dr. H. V. Mailey Briefs '■I:.. Burgesses In addition to supervising the three V/. M. ROSENFIELD hon. courses in the essentials of local gov­ Election of four new Wilkes trus­ ernment offered at the College this summer brought the ■ a ofthe i°ur fall by the Public Service Institute tees during of the Pennsylvania Department of beard's totalthe membership to 28. during Elected were: Mrs. Paul Bedford, Public Instruction, Dr. Hugo V. Mailey, chairman of the political Wilkes-Barre; William L. Conyng­ ^science department, is conducting ham, Chase Comers, Pa.; Hon. Wil­ e class for borough and township liam M. Rosenfield, Towanda, Pa.; officials. His course andJ ,l, the° other other two pro- 5 �.,^/TH THE FACULTY University of Pennsylvania Law. He is now president i?001 the 42nd Judicial District, Tq.?^ ) ‘ A native of Yugoslavia, she was long beent active “ founded He has served as associat?^ She founded Members cf the "University of Pennsvl^ 0 Shut-Ins Club, Inc., Miss Jessee. Lav/ Review," Bradford CoUrC^-1 to L~ — Ruth . and he Wheel Chair Club, Inc greb, where her father. Dr. Vladimir In addition [ppointment as head of the district attorney, member of < '?• ' which lends wheel chairs and walk­ Keslercanek, is professor of Creation whose a; ’ --education program was trict Attorneys' Association of ers free of charge to persons who ne w nursmgiced in a recent issue of the and Russian. She was serving as a sylvania, Bradford County clerk in the Zagreb library when the cannot afford to rent or buy them. announce- : teachers joined mander of civilian defense defend du?' Nazis forced her into a labor batta­ -Bulletin , four new Having proved the need for such a the beginning o fthe -Bull etir‘. the faculty at t-.c ’ Word War II, and secretary. I secrefarv service here, she has been instru­ lion. the I-__ president of the Bradford Count,, ?While working for the Nazis in the mental in forming similar clubs in fall term. They are: Dr. William H. Fisher, Association. “C: . Alps, she met Dr. Vujica, who had other cities. named assistant professor of educa­ been imprisoned for publishing anti­ A member of Phi Beta KapDa .. Sometime president of the ya­ tion; Mrs. Nada K. Vujica, librarian; Nazi articles. They were married in nation's oldest scholastic honn ’ r , rning Valley Playground and Recre­ Joseph B. Slamon, '47, instructor in society, he belongs also to Sli ation Association, she helped estab­ 1946. accounting; and William E. Evans, wood Law Club of the University* Mrs. Vujica succeeds Joseph H. lish three Oldster Clubs that meet '52, assistant in biology. Pennsylvania, Beta Theta Pi Myers, who has accepted a position weekly throughout the year. Acacia fraternities, the Pennsylvania Dr. Fisher, granted an Ed.D. by in the Scranton Public Library. Both Mrs. Bedford attended the old Teachers College, Columbia Univer­ Society of the Sons of the Revoluticshe and Dr. Vujica worked in Brook­ Wilkes-Barre Institute, Norwood In­ sity, is the son of Charles H. Fisher, and the American Legion. stitute, Washington, D. C.; and Miss widely known Pennsylvania educat- lyn, N. Y., during the summer. Mr. Lester, head of Lester Pontier Porter's School, Farmington, Conn. The appointment of Mr. Slamon is who served as president of Kingston, has been an automol She later studied at Columbia and in line with the University of the Bloomsburg Normal School, now dealer in this country for 28 yeau State of New York's suggestion that New York Universities. Bloomsburg State Teachers College, As a special representative of the Wilkes courses in C. P. A. problems Mr. Conyngham, son of Mrs. Wil­ General Motors Corp., he invest- I in the early 1920s. and the like be taught by a C. P. A. liam H. Conyngham, Wilkes-Barre, Born in York, Dr. Fisher attended gated automobile possibilities in his 1 and the late Mr. Conyngham, is sec­ schools in West Chester and Blooms­ He was certified last May. native Poland in 1928. His study led retary-treasurer of Eastern Pennsyl­ burg until his father became presi­ After receiving a Bucknell degree to the establishment of an assembly vania Supply Co., and Hillside in 1947, he entered the accounting dent of Western Washington College plant in Warsaw. department of the international Gen­ Farms, Inc.; a director of the First x Education, Bellingham, Wash. Active in Wilkes-Barre and Kinc eral Electric Company and under­ After finishing high school in Bell­ National Bank of Wilkes-Barre and ton civic organizations, he serve., ingham, he entered Western Wash­ took graduate studies at La Salle Ex­ Wilkes-Bane General Hospital; and a vestryman of St. Stephen's Episco­ as civilian defense chief of transport­ ation in Kingston during World War f ington but transferred as a junior to tention University. pal Church here. the University of Washington, Seat­ II. He is president of the Kingston tle, where he later received both his A veteran According to "The Dallas Post", he Businessmen's Association, president service with is also a Jackson Township volun­ of the Tatra Club of Wyoming Va.A.B., and Ed.M. degrees. teer fireman, president of the Penn­ States durinc ley, a trustee of the Kosciuszko He has taught in Washington high sylvania Milking Shorthorn Breeders' to continue Foundation, and a director of Wyo­ schools, Fieldston Ethical Schools, ing in Wilkes-Barre, his home, 551and bourn Association, and secretary-treasurer street, confessedly New York City; Eastern Washington ming Valley Motor Club, Communi­ of the Cow Testing Association. I hopes to find some clients among College of Education, Highlands Uni­ ty Chest and Northeastern Pennsyl­ alumni in business and the profes­ Prior to entering Yale University versity, N. M., summer sessions, and vania Heart Association. in 1938 he attended Wilkes-Barre Temple University, where he was in­ He has also participated in Wy° sions. Acadaemy, Wyoming Seminary, ( structor in education up to June, 1952. Connecticut ming Valley Industrial Fund, Re Mr. Evans attended and the Hotchkiss School, Lakeville l3 enrollWesleyan University before Cross, and YMCA campaigns. Mrs. Vujica, who became associ­ Com. He took his degree at Yale in succeeds xxx ... 1947 ing at the College. He sue^— Honored by Pontiac and Gener ated with the library staff in Walter E. Mokychic, '50, as instructor ing M. Motors as an outstanding dealer when her husband, Dr. 1Stanko ----- ' Commissioned ensign, USNR, in ■3 teach 1950, he is president of Wyoubj1? January, 1943, Mr. Conyngham Vujica, joined the faculty to in biology. philosophy and religion, attended Valley Automobile Dealers' Assocserved two years in the Pacific r and religion, Henderson Resigns Marywcod College, Scranton, during Charles N. Henderson, long asso­ ^he 1951-52 academic year to work ciated with the College s School of academic year 'Ward a Master's Music, has left the Valley to become Master's degree degree in 1 library service. She ’received -arrived the t— degree nd Tosenh F. Lester, Kingston, Pa. last June. 7 �minister of music at the Church of the Covenant (Presbyterian}, Erie, Pa., a congregation of 2600 members. In addition to teaching at Wilkes, Mr. Henderson served 13 years as organist and choirmaster at the First Presbyterian Church here. He was also conductor of Wyoming Valley Oratcria Chorus and the Singers' Guild of Scranton. conduct the orchesti famous San CarL [ra of Naples, !®s/ in in its itsl°stCcPperc£^crk Enthusiastic Gridders Given at Pozzun^P^M' ' W" r cert. C outside de Naples, Napies, his his jr,rn4res^.4 pign 'T for Opponents operatic as well wcrks, the stars of _ k Both our minions having fallen viccompany joining with the {o the autumnal madness they iim tc treat in print—one with Rals­ for the occasion. try, men and the other with Part­ ton's Blackduck Brannigan With him go his wife, the former ridge's, -idge's. there's nothing for it but to The third national Survey;,., Jane Sadler Curtis, sometime dean laV aside our editorial shears and •------ MCU11 inr BW ■ of oi women at the College, and daugh dauqh-­ Teachers' Conference, heldSu •a <e a baffled look at the gridiron. tprc Sally CJ^.-lbr and Ann. n.... duck, Minn., in August, saw Croir. ters, j4o easy easy task, either, for as Dr. F. J. No well E. Thomas, instructor in engin. j Davies has suggested, one can’t Bare Without Baron eering, named to the chairmanship ! ieuiral about such things. be neutral of the committee on junior colleges The last time we ventured into this and —J technical schoolsjunior of thecol], Amerlterra incognita — to the extent of ls the Ai can Society for Engineering Educaphoning Western Union at the end tion. of each quarter in last year's WilkesBridgeport tilt—we racked up (How Together with Fenn College and ’ easily and naturally we fall into the Vanderbuilt University engineers, he ‘ parlance of the game!) quite a score was assigned the task of investige \ Jar the Colonels by the simple de­ 4 ing the role of junior colleges an ’ ice of reporting the cumulative re­ technical schools in aiding the ad­ sults of each of the said quarters. vancement of surveyors and civil "The New York Times" and a num­ engineers. ber of other newspapers swallowed the almost unbelievable total, but One of 80 educators from 42 col­ leges and universities attending the we've an uneasy feeling the tele­ five-day conference, Mr. Thomas • graph people haven't felt the same presented a paper entitled 'The Aj j ^towards us since. plication of the Graphic Arts to Fiela To turn to the business at hand, and Office Problems in Surveying." we, duffer though we are, and every­ Written by Harmer Weeden, associ­ one else about the College were ate professor of engineering at Buck- I astonished and elated by the en­ nell University, the paper summar­ thusiastic response to Coach George ized the results of research the two Ralston's announcement of the open­ teachers completed at Lewisburg ing of football practice. About half last summer. a hundred hopefuls and men of FERDINAND LIVA proved mettle showed up the first Mr. Thomas returned to the camp Ferdinand Liva, conductor of Wyo­ day to bask in the warmth of the us fired with enthusiasm for a survey ming Valley Philharmonic Orchestra Ralston beams, which of course were and instructor in violin, viola, and course in surveying, "man's oldes never more brilliant. art." cello at the College, returned from According the best intelligence we his native Italy this fall with a title. Hanover Host to Hall, Heltzel have been able to come by, the In the course of an extensive con­ The Blackduck affair was veUr team, growing more knowledgeable, cert tour, he presented one concert small beer compared with the Dan has lost none of its opening-day before "a lot of dukes and counts mouth College conference of the keenness. To be sure, it dropped its and commendatores," he explained. American Society for Engineering September 27 opener to Bloomsburg "They thought my name looked too Education, which Voris B. Hall, chain 32 to 12. But that is hardly a matter bare as it stood," he said, "and there­ r for surprise, seeing that the peda­ fore made me a baron." man of the engineering and physic­ I departments, and Edward N. Heltzelgogues last season won the PennWhat pleased him more than the “^sylvania State Teachers Conference assistant profesor of engineering, a title, however, was an invitation to tended in June. Both Wilkesmen took ■itle with a record of seven victories and no defeats; and our men, who r (continued on page 11) need a good deal more than a 8 mighty forward wall falling on them to persuade them to hang up, have bounced back in plenty of time for their press-time contest with Bridge­ port. Even Coach Ralston isn't glum over the initial set-back, and that, as every alumnus knows, is saying something. Both he and "Beacon" editor Ben Beers, '54, have told us the Bloomsburg game was a good one, and we'd as soon take their word as that of anyone else we know. From the local viewpoint, high points in the game down the line were reached when a series of passes to Bill Morgan and Mouse McMahon took Wilkes down to the five-yard line, whence Eddie Davis went over for a touchdown, and when, in the final quarter, ex-Marine Russ Picton, Colonel quarterback, shot a 21-yard pass into the end zone for the second Wilkes score. L > A Still later, Joe Kropiewnicki, form­ erly a stand-out on the diamond, justified our cheering section's trip to Bloomsburg by galloping 90 yards to the BSTC one-yard line. Only a penalty for holding kept the team from scoring again. Coach Ralston officiated at the marriage of the T formation and his long-favored single wing early this season. A marriage of convenience, perhaps, since Picton and Davis, the Colonels' two quarterbacks, are in­ timately acquainted with the intri­ cate working of the T. Among the newcomers who show considerable promise are linemen Cliff Brautigan, Glenn Carey and Gerry Wright, and tailback Davey Hughes. DON'T EXPECT THE NEXT ISSUE OF THE "BULLETIN" IT'S THE CATALOGUE 9 k V �r looked excellent_ in scrimhas who turned m an Allj up at n, should be as the Colonels as „cCd c up against in actual i^Son ThePfullback, the two comPeS- defensive men. are as -her stncuy^ can dig up. acod ®s Bill Mergo. a Girard ex-wrestler Preston O'D iel'a a’d ev-wre, ’ ve»eran, fast, heavy, andL have ' Id will be tne EcklTienarboot. This trio line this Fall^manyabnerb. So the team should win. It has a rough schedule, but then it’s a rough team. Following the Colonel soccer team should be most interesting this autumn. The schedule: Wed^B—East Stroudsburg, away Thur 16—Lock Haven, away Sai is—Elizabethtown, home Wed. 22—Cortland, home Fri 24—Lafayette, home Sat 25—Elizabethtown, away November Sat. 1—Trenton, away — all experienced The balltacte are right: Tcny Bianco. Bill Clausen. Bill Mergo and THE 1952 SOCCER TEAM. First row, left to -- Dean Aivan. Flip Jones, captain: Dick Hawk j Iah Beers. Second row. Mike Lewis. Lefty Kemp - Coach Bob Partridge. Cled Rowlands. Wane-- ; Dick Polikowski and Hank Deibel. Third row. Pres Eckmeder. Red Russin. Manager Larry Turpin, a, ] Blaker. Dale Warmoulh, Jim Moss, 1---------Assistant Coach Bob Moran. When the club runs smack into East Stroudsburg on the 8th, it will be meeting one of the nations ten . top soccer teams but it will be mee. • ing it with the best Colonel team r ] three years. The team has ne • Consistent Losers Confident been stronger in more post of Emerging "On Heavy End" weaker in fewer, more of { =ve By PAUL B. BEERS, '53 ing outfit, more of a stiff defensive club, and possessing more o fg When the Wilkes soccer team trots out to its positions this October 8 up ing spirit. Spirit is a difficult thing at East Stroudsburg, it will be com­ generate in a losing team, mencing its fourth season and still '52 club looks to have Plen}Y searching for its first victory. No opponent will out-hustle he • Three years, 22 games, and no The team that will face ^^nccer wins is a rough lot for any team, the nation's really g°° v-y to but especially difficult for a new­ teams, equal in comparative y sport team in a Valley where the football strongholds such as word "soccer" is more closely asso­ ciated with the boxing game. Twen­ or Princeton, and three more ty-two games and all to show for it nation's average soccer team ' er one glorious tie with Lincoln Univer­ be at least a good average -7 (then ----------axixuxueiuaiherself and even b^®d buIg, sity powerhouse, incidental­ ly ' _ ly) two years ago is ________ something that three rough outfits. East btrou works into a team. It has had its Lcck Haven, and Cortland, m 0( psychological effect on the Colonels, Jhree average elevens, LaiayState. but still Coach Bob Partridge speaks Elizabethtown, and Trenton . teartear for the club when he says that this will see a real good defensive year~ he boys will■ start to -J come out and a fair offensive team. last on the heavv heavy end. Goalie Jim MosS( back from Staunch Soccermen Seek First Victory 10 men- Ben e balL He s been year of JarslJ captalmng through all th encounter m the team m son against Ehzafour years la^ really had a bethtown when ,^rst chance to mak a dosing bUt of thetailgame. Willie minutes oi me c ng Clausen is aehm- , { tke ballHe could be the surp.-s^ g me club. CaptainosiUon of center halfall-important posni soccer back, the X S-time scoring SoX eS^"cSdthe°P' ponents' biggest heada-he. WITH THE FACULTY in general “““““omiJal number of the almost asu and MrTaXnd time to undertake.a aSorieThd Hanover. N. H.. . parking meters. M an<Ld Montreal her new Swing commencea medisome six weeks ™°nowned Mayo Cal secretary at the c a Clinic, she set ou' and nOt so The line is bo* Here is where P Making a linemost of his ^mcmy football— man_o backheld man m ftny much as takes more than * at all has lineman who is and g So, been at it Pr°b°blJn?kas a good considering. V/Orking on. At line, but it will years, is outside right, a vet°o four a Cled Rowlands. At ou ospects is rookie but one of the n r BianCO. ever picked up, swtfty T The inside men. theHank Dick Polikowski,Dea Blaker Deibel, Lefty Kemp, war and Dale Warmouth. da'c?S “S‘hev,aY. Good looking . | ! 11 �Ce?/ are going on to graduate or professicna] schools. , J Chwalek, director of guidjOi and placement at the College, ^wittingly contributed to our alum: notes in making his annual report cnol'acement to the administration. Reviewing the year's work, the placement director said teachers, particularly those certified to teach in elementary schools, were in great­ est demand. "Engineers were also easy to place—and are likely to be for some time to come," he added. Job Problems For Class of 52 Every one of the 79 members of , „ class of 1952 who actively availthemselves of the services of the cifice is now employed, he revealed. Thirty-on© of that number were diiectly placed by the Wilkes bureau, he said. "Although a few of the remainder were entirely on their own in finding jobs," he went on, "most of them are now with firms and school districts with which the placement office has tablished working agreements." For Thanksgiving Continuing, he stated only five of the June graduates are at present un­ employed. They have been unable to accept positions his office has offered them during the past few , ---- 1 /ibuui nau 0! - months owing to summer work comme membership favored the innovaU ■%' ^n’tments, he explained. kon; ^ other half was unw^ng forgo either a tea sim slu. at which the women boarding dents entertained alum buildingmembers last fa heretofore decoration competm Wilkesconducted on the eve of the King's game. lled for Plainly, the situat p[ere jS some sort of compromise.aL President Williams m b the which has been sanctioned , , Administrative Counci . shoulc 1. That homecoming P P sqiving be held during the Than carcely put the question weekend. . 0 me 11 'hone rang. On the line 2. That the dormitory Jonsor a illiams, Association pres­ should be requested to P hoi11 * xoovjcianon pressocial affairand (teafaculty or choco had_ been asked by a for alumni on gaturjdaV' fol a November 15, the day app e# local alumni about the possibility of holding homecoming the Wilkes-King's football g jymr ' at Thanksgiving. 3. That a committee oi r t0 Dr. Farley having been consulted, should judge, immediately Riding the scheme was discussed at length the November 15 tea/ the ueen consulted, was discussed at length at the September 3 executed by stua tOTT,-u_-. meeting of the ^211. decorations 12 The Administrative Council of the College has approved the Associa­ tion's request for a Thanksgiving homecoming. Late in the summer a Philadelphia alumnus called at the alumni office to report that few of the Wilkesmen among his fellow townsmen—those he had talked with, at any rate— would be able to return to the Valley for both a November 15 homecoming and Thanksgiving. He wondered ecoming whether a Thanksgiving homecomronrio—-> ing^was out of the question. . Nine members of the class, he said, are now in military service and 12 ( Rewarding contacts were made during the year with school districts in Maryland, New Jersey and Dela­ ware, and with a number of firms whose representatives had not pre­ viously visited the South River street campus, Mr. Chwalek disclosed. Among the newcomers were: East­ man Kodak Co., Hercules Powder Co., Cities Service Research and De­ velopment Co., American Chain and Cable Co., Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Bell Telephone Co., Daystrum Instrument Co., Ingersoll-Rand Co., Wyeth Phar­ maceutical Corp., National Supply Corp., North American Insurance Corp., General Electric Co., Contain­ er Corporation, Campbell Soup Co., Mathieson Chemical Corp., Atlantic Refining Corp., Montgomery-Ward & Co., Baltimore, Md.; Lukens Steel Corp., Armco Steel Corp., Bethlehem Schedule For Saturday, November 15 I , , Homecoming Schedule FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28 8:30 p. m.—Alumni Dance, sponsored by Student Council, College * -----Ti.iUU.xxixx -x---------Gymnasium, South Franklin Street ; ' t 2:00 p. hi.—Alumni judging of student-executed building decorations |j 8:00 p. m.—Alumni tea, McClintock Hall 8:00 p. m.—(probably) Wilkes-King's football game DON'T MISS THIS ONE! SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29 5:00 p. m.—Alumni reception and buffet. Hotel Sterling 8:00 p. m.—General meeting of Wilkes College Alumni Association, �new Ensign William Umphred, U. S. Wilkes-Barre; George Liddicote, N. R„ from his home base, the air­ jAmerican Insurance Co., craft carrier USS Coral Sea in the Chester Molley, West, school; Alexander Mediterranean. Average starling Billy finished at Wilkes last Feb­ tai Supply Co., PittsarraSduateds M^Chwalek reported, is ruary and went on to the Naval Offic­ Robert H. Nash, Nescopeck Joto W Murtha jr WesA: & B^on er-candidates' School at Newport, R. ;Ss;Bvron Milford, a month, while no chemist Corp., Elmira, N. Y.; Gerald "/noolst Lc M. Phillips, .pmul I., where he was commissioned last s , c ' n f Schools; Louis Polombo, du Pont placed bY his office is earmng less skie, =kie, Harter high school wwe ■■5^. schoOi." on, De1-' D . on, Del.; Bernard D. summer. than $300 a month. ticoke; Ann Belle Ferrv n 4,1 pel- filming —1®11; ministration ----In his letter Bill says his training *ler*caj Airlines, New York, N. Y • N^* Co- veterans D c .i CenWashingion, D. C.; Rich- here at Wilkes has been a tremend­ In submitting his report the P^°c® Ralston, Nesbitt Hospital K? ment director made public the fol o aiu1 Scripp, U. S. and Indonesia ous help to him in his short Navy ln9ston, | iia a. Trading Corp., New York City; Mario career. "Willie" formerly served as ing list of graduates and their pre aid pU. S. Government; Barton M. career, w uuCiy director and for a sent employers: Rich. I gellani, Smith, Western Electric, Elmira, N. sports publicity director of public relay_; Francis J. Stolfi, du Pont Co., Wil- short time as■ di Louis J. Bonanni, Armed Forces .... — Alma ions at his Ah Mater, and was Plate Glass, Newark, N. J. Ur<^- I jnington, De’.; John J. Yurek, Dela- ’assistant Security Agency, Washington, D G, to Sports Editor John C. ware schools; Frederick E. Williams, assistant to "Sunday Sp John A. Brown, T. J. Brown Co., Ply Bush at the Independent" Jane W. Sa’woski, Newark Cenu mouth; Charles A. Caffrey, Federal schools, for a number of years. N. Y.; Leo D. Slife, £ ' West Pittston schools. Security Agency, Washington, D. U-, Bill's studies here included courses Cas.le. Del., schools; Jeanne Smith Joseph S. Cherrie, Sears Roebuck, in education, which led him to do Scranton; Albert T. Cole, managing Kings on high school; John Strojny some practice teaching and substi­ hardware store in Thornhurst; Geo. Sears Roebuck, Ph;ladelphia; Pns’. Rilly Umphred Sees tuting in the city schools—more ex­ A. Cross, Hercules Powder Co., Wil­ cilia M. Swartwcod, Hercules Po?\ 1 perience that has come in handy for dev, Wilming.on, Del.; Irene Wan ’ mington, Del.; Fred R. Davis, Federal i ito Wolf Hot-Dog Reserve Bank, Philadelphia; JoAnne Schenectady, N. Y., hospital nursery; him. He says the Navy is very thorough E. Davis, Cedarhurst high school. John A. Wolfkeil, Hopewell, N. J., about getting the most out of its men. Long Island, N. Y.; Paul J. Delmore, schools; Jerome K. Yakstis, Bausch g Discovering his flair for journalism, Eastman Kodak, Rochester, N. Y.; Lcmb Optical Co., Rochester, N. Y.; the men ;n blue and brass appointed Boyd Earl, Forty Fort schools; Chas. Mary Jane Brogan, D.D. Trethaway him tc the staffs of the Coral Sea's Co., city; Ruth Ann Carey, Bell Tele ­ F. Eastman, Milford, Del. schools; newspaper and cruise book. His George W. Edwards, Snyder & Co., phone Co., Wilkes-Barre; Carol Reyteaching experience was responsible nar, Daystrum Instrument Co., Arci | Philadelphia. for his appointment as Third Division bald; Eleanor Gorney, Holyoke Hos­ Walter E. Elston, Hercules Powder, pital, Holyoke, Mass.; Elizabeth JaroTraining Officer. Wilmington, Del.; William E. Evans, lim, Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre; I As to his battle assignments, he is Wilkes College; Ann G. Fox, Balti­ Archie F. Aloisantonio, Ingerso.1control officer on a Mark 63 gun more County, Md., schools; Charles Rand, Newark, N. J.; Louise C. Bren­ director and control operator of an < K. Gloman, "Plain Speaker", Hazle­ nan, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., | anti-aircraft gun aboard the giant ton; Romayne H. Gromelski, Eastport, Wilmington, Del.; Albert F. Casper, floating airport. Long Island, schools; Albert M. Gush, Wyeth Pharmaceutical Co., Philadei At present the carrier is docked on Eastman Kodak, Rochester, N. Y.; phia; Joseph M. Deshcak, FredencK, the French Riviera, where Bill says Michael H. Gustave, Marysville, Pa. he is having a wonderful time. His | schools; William G. Hart, Eastman Md„ schools; travels have taken him to Yugosla­ Kodak, Rochester, N. Y.; Helen B Edward G. Donner, Container via, Italy, France, and Sicily. He Hawkins, Wilkes College School of Corp., Philadelphia; Eugene says his ship will stop off at Lisbon, Music; Edward G. Hendricks, East Portugal, on the way back to the Dougherty, National Supply man Kodak, Rochester, N Y • Albert New York City. Joseph A. Faton- > States sometime in October. B. Jacobs Millville, N. J„ schools; Barker and Williamson, Camden, r ■ | The carrier recently entertained Zeney P. Jacobs, Camden Regional Marshal Tito and his staff, and Billy ' nigh school, Lindwald, N. J.; William J-; Charles J. Frederick, ENSIGN W. J. UMPHRED had a chance to get a good look at house Co., Williamsport; the iron-handed ruler. He said Tito (The following account of the recent activi­ Tones, Hazard-Okonite, Wilkes-Ba < from ties of Bill Umphred, '52, was clipped from was Very unimpressive, garbed Donald Kistler, Standard Equip1? nek Curtis' ''Dike Divots" column in the Septhough he was in a brilliant uniform John C. Kirchman, J. C. Pennv Co Co., Wilkes-Barre; Joseph K°c mber 26 BEACON.—Ed.) ew York, N. Y.; Mary L. Lamoreux" Westinghouse Electric Co., Elm^' . 1 Leiter early this of red and white. Lehman-Jackson schools; Donald R* J.; Loren Haefele, Nanticoke 1 We received a letter ■ Ld Bill Umphred, bow and George J. Le™, G™rai Street Branch, Miners National Bd ’ week from our frienc.__ 15 Joseph Leyba, Veterans Admin1311 Steel Co., and the Radio Corporation of America. Electric, Johnson Ciy, N y. p ' P5d^e- i Wolf Hot-Dog ** Y n c» wiAXcan Chain s �"He looked like a tough character to contend with, though," wrote Bill. "I got a good look at him when he came up on the flight deck and stood only a few feet away from me; and later on in the afternoon, I bumped into his entire party in one of the crew's mess halls, where he was enjoying an American hot-dog." Bill hopes to be home about the middle of October and expects to be on hand for the King's game. "Rail-Fan n Rides Hobby Into Print When a letter arrived some time ago bearing a "Wyoming Valley Central Railroad" letterhead and the signature of Bill Ellis, '48, we thought we smelt a news story for the "Bul­ letin." The Wyoming Valley Central sounded about as probable as the Beaver Meadow, Pompanoosic, and Western—especially since the letter­ head carried a sketch of the famed Toonerville Trolley. An inquiry produced tion from Bill that the i an explananameme "Wyoming Valley Central" L is at the moment considerably longer than railroad. He does own -----1 the HO-gage equipment, which he has set up in the basement of his West Pittston, Pa., home, but "the urge to build equipment has been much stronger than my layout-building power," he said. "The set-up at home," Lc tinued, "is non-scenic, full ofhe bi conand merely for testing." - toners, Bill has added three pieces of motive power to his equipment since he started working in Philadelphia. Previously his total powered stock consisted of two model interurban cars. He hopes ultimately to build a complete electric rail set-up. o=,.up. A confirmed "rail-fan" :ail-fari'since he received his f first < electric train one Christmas years '—J ago, Bill has ridden his hobby horse, ( ,e’ « print on at least th. vccabularies of such subjects as geo­ metry and geography. As soon as he masters French, he explained, he will be assigned to one or more of the school's nine grades. Language Barriers i He also looks after a "family" of some seven boys from almost as many countries, doling out their spending money and accompanying them on weekend treks into the mountains.. Next summer he expects to teach at the school's mountain chalet pictures of which looked especially attractive as we sweltered in our Chase Hall attic. 1 • ' Much impressed, the ordered a reprint—"aboutJ-aurel 300 LiCe — 3 copies, ii I remember correctly." Students from Siam, Iran, Mada­ gascar, Indo-China, Egypt, Italy, France, Greece, Turkey, England, and the Bronx attend the school. Bob said. All of them speak French, and many are sufficiently advanced to profit from instruction in English. , A bit later Bill's expanded and r^ vised version of a Scranton Trans.’ Company history appeared in the "Headway Recorder," publication c! , the Washington division of the E. R. A., in which our boy is a wheel here­ abouts. Ar.icles on the Laurel Line that ap- ( pear in the "Wilkes-Barre Record from time to time, Bill added, oftei. include excerpts from his "Head­ "I very conveniently _lights" ipiece. ___ gave themi a copy for their files," he explained. But dig this: "During the spring I got an urge to write an article on the rail movements for the annual ArmyNavy game held here in Philadel­ phia. As such, the research was com pleted and the article purchased by 'Trains and Travel'. According them, it should appear in the Decem ber issue, out about the 15th 0 November. This is a national mag azine, circulation of which I can‘ even guess at—it should run °ve 100,000. Appearing with the article, as faj ....xx xxxc ^^'eveio 1 as «— ^ 1 e, a ? ,can £oaa adjoining Municipal ■ pictures taken at the Stadium rain fellow Wilkes graduate, John Jr." 16 Miller, '43, Hurdles While working in 1947, he began to i these tLine to work and beet ride the lJ * -came interested in the _ ...o history anH enselv .Lu road. His SCo^-W iicn o,' the "Scranton Times" and "Wilk I Record" morgues, chatting rel Line employees, and ar^n the officials of the line into^r ?lrtheir scrapbooks to his inspec.k^ abled him to whip upno^ c. historical research. The article gether with some of Bills own h • egraphs, was published in "Heri lights," monthly organ of the *”nead. Electric Railroaders' Association. j , Before assuming his present posi­ tion, Bob conducted classes in Eng­ lish literature, conversation, and grammar for both regular students and the general public at the Uni­ versity of Genoa, Italy. The adult­ education classes there were spon­ sored jointly by Genoese business­ men and the United States Informa­ tion Service. Some of his evening classes met in a dormitory used as headquarters by the Germans during World War II. Among his students were a trans­ lator who will soon bring out an Italian edition of "Peter Pan" and two businessmen who have since be­ come associated with Socony Vacuum in New York. nOtiiAl I. MILLER Small French and less Italian is io mere cl a stumbling-block to Bob Miller, '48, .han small la in and less Greek was to Shakespeare. The Bard, despite h’s lack of depth in their languages, managed to sur­ pass the ancients in comedy and tragedy; and Bob, similarly benight­ ed (he says), has succeeded in impar.ing instruction to Italian students and French-speaking boys at a Swiss school. Thanks to the urging of Dr. Mary E. Craig, chairman of the English de­ partment, Bob visited us during the summer with an account of his activ­ ities in Europe since June, 1951. Like his present charges, most of his students in Genoa were able to speak a bit of English. American teachers of English, whether they speak Italian or not, are much in de­ mand in Italy today," he revealed. "The language, particularly as we speak it, is needed in business, and very few Italians can understand us. We talk too fast and run our words together." Editor Editor of of "Manuscript" during his student days at Wilkes, Bob was em- Now instructor in English at Ecole Nouvelle de la Suisse Romande, an international private school of strict­ est standards, he has the task of giv­ ing private lessons in English litera-ire and conversation and helping European students about to leave for English schools brush up the English 17 �ployed in the Bureau of Publications at Teachers College, Columbia Uni­; versity, after receiving his Master's degree in English at Columbia's gra­ duate school. Following his arrival in Europe he toured Southern France, Italy, and the German-speaking pari of Switzerland before entering upon his teaching career. On leaving the office he asked us to play our story down. "People make quite a fuss over anyone who's lived in Europe," he said, "but actu­ ally it's just like living anywhere else." He returned to Ecole Nouvelle a week later. Williams Garden Oasis for A/ums all that day, and the gather of the pleasantest of the sii?9' Dan had stood for re-elecS^ spot, he couldn t have lost I d < The Old Familiar Faces’’ The heat of the day havina I thoughts of notebook and guest^ ' I quite from our minds, we ca-'- k ' I just vzho or how many were rn’' SaY 1 But al! the host's chairs, plus | of the Colleges, were woefully “ I adequate. From far and near alu,?' I came—by invitation and rumor U ■ the sweet corn Dan served f ■ whole stir-off was quite something1’ ■ Among the remembered guests I ■ were: Frank and Treveryan Speicher ■ Al Eisenpreis, Ross Leonardi, BiH W Toplis, Tony Wideman, June Search Eleanor Kryger, Jean K. Dougherty and her fiance, Harry and Gloria Fierverker, Bill Luetzel, Joe Reynolds, B Henry Merolli, Helen Hawkins, Bo’\ and Ruth Voelker, Ray Krokosk.,' Evan Sorber, Bill Lawrence, Zosia Glowacki, Bill and Grace Griffith, Jeanne Kocyan, Barbara Noble, Bob Rubright, Tom Brislin, Dr. and Mrs. Charles B. Reif (Mrs. Reif is the form­ er Caroline Hoffa), and Jim and Gloria Foxlow—a list even more in--* adequate than the number of chairs I / i Dan Williams, president of the Association, chose the hottest Satur­ day evening in July to prove that Wilkes alumni, given a proper in­ centive, will turn out in force. His proof took the form of a gar­ den party at his South River Street home. Colored lights were buung throughout the seemingly boundless strung garden for the occasion, and a bar­ The spryer guests rounded out the rel was concealed in every bower. The place was the coolest we'd found evening with square dancing in Hat­ maker's nearby garage. We just re­ 11=^—---- ---laxed and enjoyed it. il I j ■ V Remaining Ga. mes On Grid Schedule Oct. 4, Saturday—Unriversity Oct. 11, Saturday—Ithaca ColLof Bridgeport J i / Oct. 17, Friday—Hofstra Colli—lege Oct. 25, Saturday—Trenton S.lege T. C. |i Nov. 1, Saturday—Adelphi Collet •j Nov. 8, Saturday—Moravian ColL>ge Nov. ]5j Saturday—King's Colli lege lege *-Time to be decided Ivan J. Faik, right, is editor of his post newspaper in Germany. Away 8:15 p. J11Home 8:00 p. rn- Away 8:00 p. m- Home 2:00 p. »■ Home * Home 2:30 p. m. Home * 18 J He entered Wilkes with the class of 1951. I 1942 JOHN C. BUSH and Mrs. Bush are the prop­ erly proud parents of a daughter, Mary Elizabeth, who was bom in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital June 17. One of our predecessors in this office, John is novr sports editor of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent 1946 Quite as welcome as his 1952-53 Alumni welcc ^Association dues was the delightful news­ ——...uu dues letter WILLIAM F. ELLIS, general manager of ne "Wyoming Valley Central Railroad, sent along. He told us, first, that RICHARD W. PLUMMER, '50, having finished his schooling with the International Business Machine Com- pany in Endicott, N. Y., is now with the firm's customer engineering department in Philadel­ phia; second, that JOE TYBURSKL '50, is working in the development and maintenance section of the research and development lab­ oratory of the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot; and, third, that he himself is an assist­ ant supervisor in the miscellaneous section of the general testing laboratory of the PQD. 1947 TED and ALBERTA NOVAK KILLIAN have announced the birth of their first child, Theo­ dore Francis. Alberta formerly taught in Ply­ mouth. JUNE SEARCH, instructor in Spanish at 19 s �Wyoming Seminary, did her bit for the forces of law and order in July when she helped a Spanish-speaking York Stater accused of steal­ ing S300 from a fellow worker waive extra­ dition at Luzerne County court house. Imme­ diately June explained the extradition proce­ dure to the prisoner, who had been taken from a bus at Tunkhannock, Pa., he assented, and was returned to New York to face a grand larceny charge. "Though round the girdled earth they ream," etc. KEN MALONEY, sent his dues from Saudi Arabia, where he is an engineer with the Arabian American Oil Company. Phila­ telist Dr. Alfred W. Bastress, dean of instruc­ tion and chairman of the chemistry depart­ ment, was pleased as punch. Ken's classmate, JOE CHILORO, who also took his engineering degree at Bucknell in 49, is associated with the Francis Engineering Company, Saginaw, Mich., consulting engin­ eers. Formerly a sanitation engineer in the Pennsylvania Department of Health's WilkesBarre office, he gave his sister, Gloria, in marriage last November thereby earning our eternal gratitude. M. Lloyd Davies is working for the Coxe Stoker Engineering Co. of Hazleton, Pa., as a project engineer. He still receives mail in Wilkes-Baiirre, however. 1949 Lt. (jg) DOROTHY PLZESKATT Navy. Her address is; who now has a fine wife (hter) and baby." Joe, accord­ Nurses' Quarters. Bldg. &3a clipping. Fas taken over the Naval Hospital cf the Sherwin-Williams Paint Bainbridge, Md. DONALD W. PERREGO ■ Wayne. S‘eLecting a discharge in November Cpl. training withL the Fifth Infai the fifth Indiantown Gap, Gan Pa., during infantry the Divi^ \I --EL MALISHESKI, is now stationed at Fort CA1-—uth, N. JLEONARD J. SHETLiNE, who visaed I T'r.nffiO-' looking for fofcs during the past few Mary E. Craig. rig, cha.rman of the Engli* £ ’ 1 DAN SHERMAN and LEO SLIFE, 52, 0Inths, partmen;, during the summer, dropped in •' ' ■ring the ffli been dropping Wilkes catalcaues in cut us in oni his ... vdoinarhis present ha»e ike, i „ No bad idea, that. "Surprising the Vi— doings. j‘' teaching sophomore end junior Em ■^ their warm, of business executives in Jersey and Sebring. Fla., high school. number —folish Delaware<--,who had never heard of the Col­ ‘’the WILLIAM J. LAVELLE has r-, . lege."- Dan says. York City to Washington, D.! ™C„ Ovc‘d hem ■'(It "working with juveniles for tl 1951 it men;." His address: N. T. S„ C HAVER DREX1NGER an auditor for the Washington. D. C. - K «•< 2^. Prudential Life Insurance Co., has spent the major part of the past year on the West Coast. 1950 He works out of the company's Newark office. JEAN K. DOUGHERTY, who taught in SalBOB SWEIGERT, who was a standout on bury, Md. last year, is currently employed rthe Wilkes swimming team back in the days a fifth-grade teacher in Upper Merion pc when the Blue and Gold was making a splash She continues to receive mail at her Wilk£” in intercollegiate aquatics, is currently super­ Barre address. vising East Coast bridge-building jobs for the ART SPENGLER is with the Internationa* American Bridge Company. Business Machine Company in Endicott N. ■ According to a note from his mother. BEN CLEM WALTERS (WACLAWSKI), formerly a 1948 NA is serving with the army in Texas. WHWL, Nanticoke, Pa., announcer, is new DON STALBIRD is stationed at Fort Knox. associated with Station WAEB, Allentown. Pc. Ky.. working as a social-work specialist in the ER. ‘45, in receiving their M. S. degree at Now working with Standard Equipment Cc. neurotic clinic of the army hospital there. His Bucknell’s summer commencement. of Wilkes-Barre is JOHN P. NELSON. Ho lives mother, who lives in Avoca. Pa., was good in Harford. Pa., where his wife, the forme: AL MARKIM (MOSKOWITZ), enough to provide us with the information. VIRGINIA MEISSNER, teaches school. Then "You Can't Take It With You" - t who shone i„ in and "Macbeth" address is Box 104. Harford. at the College, is hooked v- .. up with the cast of the "Space Cadets" TV show First Lt. ROBERT M. CHOPICK of Edwardphia. ----- z in Philadelville. Pa., is serving in Korea as maintc-nanc NORMAN BAUM, officer of the 92nd Chemical Service Co., which an attorney for the U. S. Army Ordnance was recently awarded the Meritorious Unit Pentagon, was ' Procurement Division in the Citation for outstanding service in support :• was recently admitted to practice in the second combat operations during the first six month; highest court in Washington. the United ond SStates of 1952. A veteran of World War II. Bob holds District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. „__..Uu»u. After niter practirm~ practicing for a Wilkes B.S. He has earned the Korean Ser­ three years before the District Court, he will be vice Ribbon, the European Theatre Ribbon eligible for admission to the United States Sup­ and the World War II Victory Medal. reme Court. A graduate of George Washing­ BEN DRAGON is associated with the^De­ ton University Law School, he is married to partment of Defense in Washington. D. C. the former EVELYN EICHLER. '46, of Wilkeshigh scorer on the 1949-50 Wilkes basketbau Barre. team, he now keeps in trim with governmen Now employed at the Walter Reed Armysummer softball leagues. Medical Center in Washington, D. C., MILD Army­­ Happy Coincidence Department—The Ji-1? RED ORLOWSKI, recently completed require money order submitted by EDNA SAB ments for the degree of Master of Science in Biology at Bucknell. While studying there she payment of her 1952-53 dues bore the sign ' ture of LOREN HAEFELE, '52, as cashier worked as laboratory technician at the Zieg­ the First National Bank of Nanticoke, Paler Memorial Infirmary. ENSIGN ROBERT D. DIX Another member in good standing, RAY­ We interrupted these jottings l°nU ax’ Another dues-paying mother, Mrs. George MOND S. MARTIN, writes that he 1_ to collect two dollars from STUART COLMAR V. Dix, tells us her son, ENSIGN ROBERT D. Employed by the Okonite Corporation employed by the Brown Instrument Divisit . “ *X, is presently knocking about Paris with Jias been­ Wilkes-Barre, Stu apprised us of the fact « the Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Compa fhe U. S. Navy. Officer of the watch aboard ion in of DON SNYDER, '49, has accepted a Pos^y ny since February, 1950. A junior engineer U. S. S. O'Hare (DD889) when the Wasp the panel division, he is concerned with the with the Atlantic City Electric Light Comp^w rammed the destroyer Hobson, he sped his building of wired and piped instrument panels Dean George F. Ralston recently ship to the rescue. What is even more imfor oil refineries, power plants, and the like. us with a note, a clipping from the Aprtanr, perhaps. Bob didn't bum his books His address 4606 Wayne Avenue, Philadel­ Fa., Times, and a letter from William H. Da phia 44. -n he left college. Mrs. Dix assures us he deputy controller of Luzerne County—“J1 M . -aks them out and turns them over whencernmg JOE BRENNAN. Characterized bY ‘J ever he gets home on leave. A true liberal Ralston as "a grand personality, student. -rts man 'twould seem. 20 A former treasurer of the Association. JOHN 21 w. rz di FINK, is employed as an accountant by BakeDick and Co.. Washington. D. C. JOE SULLIVAN, '51, sports editor of the "Beacon" back in the days when TOM MORAN. '49. was editor-in-chief, dropped in just bfeore press time to tell us he has been admitted to the evening course at Temple University Law School, Philadelphia. A West­ ern Union telegraph operator in White Haven. Pa., since his graduation from Wilkes, he is now employed by day in the legal depart­ ment of the Sears Roebuck mail-order house on Roosevelt ave. . . . This will remind him. as we forgot to do, to get in touch with the projected Philadelphia club. How? Write to Doug MacNeal, 3427 Walnut st., Philadelphia. 1952 Having completed half of the Navy's officer­ candidate course at Treasure Island. San Fran­ cisco. in the summer of 1951, STEVE KRUPINSKI received a supply-corps commission upon winding up his second stint there in August. He spent the fag end of the summer at a sup­ ply school in Bayonne. N. ]. With him in California were MIKE LEWIS and ALEX CATHRO, both '54, who will finish the course and (D. V.) take commissions next summer. GEORGE KABUSK, former "Beacon" editor now a staff writer with International News Service in Harrisburg, tells us FRED POLTROCK has been tranferred by Hercules Pow­ der Co. from Kenvil, N. J., to Hercules, Calif. (According to a postal card received by Dr. Alfred W. Bastress, chairman of the chemistry department, he was able to include the Grand Canyon in his "expense-paid tour".) George adds Fred's brother BILL has been sent from Dayton. O„ to an Air Force base in Massa­ chusetts. MARRIA GES Don C. Follmer, '50, to Muriel Ann Smith, Matamoras, Pa., June 21. Frances Elizabeth Trembath, 51, to Raymond H. Ales, '51, Forty Fort, Pa., August 23. Griffith E. Jones, '51, to Hilda Nich­ olson, West Pittston, Pa., December 8, 1951. Patricia Boyd, 51, to Paul Thomas, '51, Wilkes-Barre, July 19. Carol L. Galow, '46, to Lewis A. S. Tomlinson, Wilkes-Barre, September 13. Joseph G. Donnelly, '37, to Dolores Morris, Harveys Lake, Pa., August 23. Norman E. Cromack, 51, to Cath­ erine Kintzel, Kingston, Pa., June 7. Antoinette Menegus, '51, to John N. Shoemaker, '50, Clifton, N. J., July 26. jfl 1 �Rnrbara Joan May, '51, to Robert rConlogue, Wilkes-Barre, July 12. Robert L. Benson, '52, to Shirley E. Robe: t„„ps Kingston, Pa., September 6. ' Cyril M. Kovalchik, '51, to Alice aj-n Valatka, Luzerne, Pa., June. > Leen Ann Jakes, 52, to Edwin L. Johnson, Kingston, Pa., August 19. Dorothy Krizenoskas, '49, to Nor­ bert L. Warenko, '49, Wilkes-Barre, September 6. Theodore W. Lesperance, '48, to Geraldine Pashinski, Plymouth, Pa., Reservation Form For Homecoming (Please complete this form and return it to Robert Rubright, 76 Oak j Street, Hudson, Pa., at your earliest convenience. I' ceive your remittance and send you your ticket. Cost: S3.00 Bob will also rea person.) Dear Bob: Please reserve places for me at the Homecoming Recep- tion-Buffet-Meeting scheduled to be held in Hotel Sterling Saturday |i 1 July. Sidney Falkowitz, 51, to Charlotte Goichman, Wilkes-Barre, July. Frank E. Mayewski, '52, to Otylie Gritsko, Nanticoke, Pa., June 14. Aida Shulman, 51, to Willard Fur­ man, July 13. Donald J. Warakomski, 51, to Mild­ red Bedeski, Nanticoke, Pa., June 14. , Louise Dodson, '49, to Thomas ,pps, '52, Shavertown, Pa., Sep­ tember 13. Stanley Kieszek, 51, to Madeline Rudnicki, Plymouth, Pa., Seotember 13. Mary Lippincott, '51, to Cpl. Albert Smalley, Winchester, Va., late July. Ruth Richards, '48, to Lt. (jg.) John I shbaugh. Long Beach, Calif., June 1* George B. Jones, '48, to LaVina Regers, Wilkes-Barre. Leo E. Smith, '48, to Nancy J. Cur­ ran, Plains, Pa., September 20. evening, November 29, at 5:00 p. m. !: I I nery Range of Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. A student pilot, he had been stationed at the base several months. Bom in Wilkes-Barre, Red was graduated from Meyers High School, where he won letters in football and track and swam in intercollegiate meets. He entered the College in February, 1946, two months after his discharge from the Air Force as a second lieutenant, and became a Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Finance in 1950. The following year he returned to the Air Force. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph N. Weaver, Asbury Park, N. J.; a sister, Mrs. Irene Hom­ ing, Troy, N. J.; and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Williams of Wilkes-Barre. A detail from Ohmstead Air Field, Middletown, Pa., conducted military rites at the burial in Oaklawn Ceme­ tery. Two of Red's Wilkes classmates, Ed Mamary and Earl Wolfe, were among the pallbearers. Yours sincerely. ■ ENGAGEMENTS I ;l I William F. Apielbaum, '49, to Rosalie Spellman. Lorraine Mason, '54, to Harold Roth. Jerome J—.......J.- Stone, '51, to Dorothy Blanard. '-tUUiU. 5 Carol Reynar, '52, to Robert Hall, deaths Hannah Silverstein, who attended the College during the 1946-47 aca­ demic year, died August 13 at her Park Avenue home in Wilkes-Barre. She had been ill for a year. Graduated from General Hospital School of Nursing here in 1941, she was engaged in private-duty nursing until 1943, when she enlisted in the Navy Nurses' Corps. She served during World War II at Philadelphia Naval Hospital, Farragut Naval Base, Ida., and Bethesda Medical Center, Md. She was discharged as a Lieu­ tenant (jg) in 1945. Later the same year she was granted the degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing Edu­ cation by the University of Pennsyl­ vania. In the latter part of her career Han­ nah participated in a number of cancer-research efforts. She was serving as an instructor in nursing education at Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre. Pa., at the time she fell ill. '“'First Lieutenant Ralph J. (Red) saver, '50, was killed July 19 when■ his F-81 collided in the air with an­ other F-81 over the Gila Bend Gun- i She is survived by her parents, Jacob and Hannah Finnerty Silver­ stein, Wilkes-Barre. 22 23 ��� 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 Alumni Magazine, 1947-present Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations Description An account of the resource <p>An archive of Wilkes University Magazine, from 1947-present. The magazine went through various names including <em>Wilkes Alumnus</em>, <em>Wilkes Quarterly,</em> <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, and the current title, <em>Wilkes Magazine</em>. Some editions for the <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, will have multiple issues within the file record. Our holdings may be missing editions for certain years due to having no physical copy within the collection. </p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wilkes University Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wilkes University Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1947-present 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 Alumnus Bulletin 1952 October Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations; Wilkes College Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marketing and Communications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1952 October Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Bulletin