141 15 4132 https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/0e8120bb53683544fcd3cedfd61ec762.pdf 0a33b33db72b945c0b2f3d8f886e2356 PDF Text Text ~ . WILKF.S COLLEGE Serving the Valley for 22 Years Vol. XI, No. 4 - WILKES COLLEGE THE BEACON ~Beacon Serving the College since 1944 WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1955 ■ ' Students Aid In Naming Cal· Vann In Unopposed . ' As Soph President; B eacon G~thers. S uggestions Total Of 461 Votes Board lo Make Final Selechon TEACHER DEFERMENT Yesterday Wilkes College students went to the polls to their class leaders for this school year. The results: Seniors: President. Georgf! "Mo" Batterson: Vice-President, Laler This Year, Elliot Announces; NOT CUT -AND -DRIED elect Goetzman: Secretary, Jessie Roderick: Treasurer, Howard DRAFT BOARDS SAY Henry Gross. Building to be Completed Soon Juniors: P1·esident, Larry Amdur; Vice-President, William Far461 In order to confirm or spike rumors that teachers had been ruled The College's cafeteria will finally get a name this year, Act- "essential'' by selective service offi- ish: Secretary, Phyllis Walsh; Treasurer, John Coates. Sophomores: President, David ing Dean of Men George Elliot announced yesterday. Students cials, and as such would be exempt Vann; Vice-President, Sam Puma; will submit names to receive final approval by the College's from being drafted into the Armed Forces, the Beacon yesterday interSecretary, Janice Schuster; Treaboard of trustees, Elliot explained. surer, Edward Kotula. viewed officials of several local Within a few weeks it is expected that the new addition to draft boards. The information given Freshmen: President, Bob Thomthe college cafeteria will be completed, and the building will be by these sources indicates that The three new Student Council as; Vice-President, John Saba; Secopened to the students. there is no cut-and-dried policy for members who were chosen by the retary, Toni Scureman; Treasurer, And while welcomed back by all, the exempting of teachers from the freshman clas in yesterday's elec- Robert Payne. it would, in the normal run of draft. tion are: Pat Bedeski, Judy Bodkin, After listening to the candidates' things, continue to be referred to The personal secretary of Selec- David Schoenfeld. speeches in asembly on Tuesday, it by the somewhat colorless and tive Service Field Representative In the ·junior clas special election was indeed difficult to even attempt characterless title of "the caf' ". Mr. A. H. Hendershot stated that for a Council meber to replace Gene to pick the winners. It would be Sensing that a more lively and an unofficial memo has been receiv- Riley, Irene Tomalis and Leslie only correct to say that each of the appropriate name for the Colle·g e's By NORMA DA VIS Members of the faculty will be ed in his office and that Mr. Hen- Weiner had exactly the same num- candidates appeared sincere, welleatery would be a fitting embellishment for the new building, the ad- the hosts Sunday at the Freshmen dershot is in Harrisburg at the her of votes, necesitating a run-off qualified, and deserving of the The affair, present time conferring with gov- election. This new vote will be · office. ministration, through Elliot, an- Parents Reception. nounced Wednesday that it would which serves to acquaint the par- ernmental officials on, "this teach- taken on Friday from 11 to 1 in This year's vote was nothing to Chase Theater, Council president brag about as far as numbers were ents with members of the faculty, er, draft, situation." take steps to name the building. The information at ·p ress time Bob Lynch announced late yester- concerned. The total vote of 461 Recognizing that Wilkes has al- has been held in the past at the end ways been a democratic institution, of Freshman Week. The procedure stacked up at press time like this. day after the votes were tallied. does not compare favorably with the administration has decided that has been changed this year due to Science teachers, chemistry, biololast year's total which exceeded the it would be in the spirit of such the fact that at the end of the first gy, mathematics, physics, etc., who 500 mark. The increase in enrollpolicy to give the students an op- week students generally knew the are currently filling fulltime teachment of which we hear so much ing billets may receive deferments portunity to participate in the faculty members only slightly. these days, simply did not show up Co-chairm en of the affair are if the school and the individual connaming of the new building, which at the polls. after all is being built for their Mrs. Gertrude Doane, Aean of Wo- cerned both request the deferment. Batterson, a native of New The Secretary of the National men, and Mr. George Elliot, Dean It must be renewed at the beginning Poetry Association announced that Canaan, Conn., is a newcomer to convenience. The Beacon will serve in the nam- of Men. They have anno unced the of each school year. college students may now submit the political field. A veteran of All other cases are being held in original verse for posible publica- Army service, he is a member of ing program as a clearing-house following program. Guided tours for proposed cafeteria names, hopes of the campus will be conducted abeyance pending the outcome of tion in the Annual Anthology of the baseball and soccer teams, and to gather enough names to enable between 2:30 and 3:15. A recep- current discussions. That means College Poetry. proctor of Ashley Hall. the board of trustees to make their tion will l:,e held at the gym at 4:00 student teachers, in all fields, and He succeeds Cliff Brautigan, Recognition afforded the publicaselection before the end of the with Bob Lynch furnishing the mu- teachers in any field not classed as tion will reflect definite credit on president of the class as a junior. present semester. sic. Dr. Farley, to be introduced a "science" field, should not assume the student and his school. From Cliff was forced to withdraw from Students desiring to submit a by the Freshman Class president, they may receive deferments. the }0,0,000 manuscripts submitted this year's elections due to illness. Observers noted the split in sename for the new building may do will address the group, and refreshto the association over the past ten so simply by contacting any mem- ments will be served. years only 4,500 have been selected nior ranks this year when Brautigan threw his support to Dick CarThe following students will asber of the Beacon staff, or by leavfor publication. ing a note at the paper's office on sist: Vi rginia Brehm, Nancy CasThe rul es are few and simple. penter. It was thought that dorm the second floor of the Lecture Hall. terline, Merri Jones, Margaret Poems must be typed or written in students Batterson and Carl Van Th e International Relations Club ink on one s·ide of the paper only. Dyke would split the opposition's Names submitted by the student Smith, P eggy Stevens, Bernice body will be then referred by the Thomas, Mary West, Vera Wrobel. held elections, this week, to fill Name of the student, name of the vote. vacancies in several of the execu- college, and the address of each Beacon to the deans, who will pretive positions of the club . sent them to the College's board must appear on the manuscript. The club secretary made known The number of poems or the style of trustees. the following selections: President, of each is unrestricted. In the past it has been somewhat Richard Munay; vi ce-president, the prevalent custom to name ColMail manuscripts prior to Novlege buildings in honor of local The Wilkes College Male Chorus, Geo rg e Silewski; secretary, Dan em ber 5 to the National Poetry As~oc iation, 3210 Selby Avenue, Los families, early local settlers, or The Collegians, has r ecentl y re- Metroka; treasurer, N eil Turtel. The Wil kes College library has The ap r, ointrnents by the !RC Angeles 34, California. men in some manner connected his- organized with a slight increase in set aside a library "truck" of books torically with the region. membership over last year's figure. have comp leted t he executive posts which are given free to Wilkes ColBob Lynch, student director, feels of every club on the camp us. Most Wiener Roast Scheduled lege students desiring them. This of these appointments were made KRUGER TO ATTEND that this year's group has great "truck" is located across from Miss At TDR Meeting Tuesday before the summer vacation. potentialities. Lynch stated he will PHILA. CONFERENCES The annual T.D.R. Wiener Roast, Vujica's desk and students desiring scheduled for October 22, was one any book on that "truck" can mereDr. Arthur N. Kruger, coach of do his best to make this group as of the chief topics at Tuesday's ly help themselves to it. the Wilkes College Debating team fine a chorus as those produced by These free books are free because will attend the thirty-second an- William Crowder, his predecessor Mickiewicz Books at Kirby meeting of the sorority. The WienThe library is celebrating the er Roast will be held from 8 to 12 they either are old editions of new nual conference of the Debating As- and founder of the Collegians. No set plans have been made yet Centennial of the Polish poet, Adam and tickets will be $1.20. The site books, duplicates, or books which sociation of Pennsylvania Colleg.es for the Collegians; but as in the Mickiewicz (1798-1855), by exhibit- of the affair remains to be announc- the library cannot use because they at Philadelphia this week-end. do not supplement the college's Kruger, who leaves for the con- past, they will sing at local high ing books by and about the poet. ed. Nancy Beam is chairman. Other forthcoming social events courses and are on too low a level ference early today, will also at- school engagements, a function al- Under glass cover in the lobby are tend the P enn sylvania Speech As- ways an impor tant part of the con- pictures of his hometwon and il- discused were the All College Tea to be found in a college library. From time to time, more books sociation conference, held in Phila- stant good relations between the 1ustrations of his most famous epic, on November 18th, and Homecomwill be added to the free list. ing on November 12th. College and the community. "Pan Tadeusz". delphia, also . FROSH, JUNIORS ELECT S. C. MEMBERS FROSH PARENTS' DAY SLATED FOR SUNDAY; BOB LYNCH TO PLAY N.P.A. Now Accepting Poetry Contributions All Club Offices Filled As I.R.C. Elects Murray Male Chorus Organizes For Current Se a s on Free Books in Library "Truck" at Kirby Desk �WILKF.S COLLEGE BEACON Thursday, October 6, 1955 Anderson to Play for Bio Club Dance; Tomorrow ends hazing, at least the Joe College-kangaroo FOR COMING SEASON; Affair to Run from 9 lo 12 at Gym court kind, and for once the hazing period was conducted with TEAM ' ( N· C · L '1D· ~ . · N'I·NE something surprisingly like decorum. , u T:omorrow Night; Luchino Chairman The pkm of Dav,e Vann and the present sophomore class for , , DEBATERS PREPARE A Hand for Vann £ii.) what they expected to be ,a constructiv,e hazing program seemed With some nme _students .out for , The social set at WHkes will get a chance to display some of its b d · f · l 11 .h · •• S f h ' the team the Wilkes College de- fa ncy dance attire tonight as the Biology Club s ponsors the first big 0 f h" to e · omg · arr Y we at ! e. tune. _t lS wntmg. ·o ar t ere haters fa~e this season's schedule ' dance progcam of the year, t he "Fall Ball". ~as ~een an _aura of re~trcnnt _m rnh~vmg contrast to some of th,e with one of the largest compleman1ty practiced here m the immed1cote past. ments ever. Club president Dave Luchino announced earlier in the week that General peace and half-way intelligent behavior was the The debaters, national runners- Al Anderson's orchestra has been procured to furnish the melodious plan for the first week of the program. as frosh and upperclass- up last y,e ar at the West Point st,r ains for twosomes to .g lide to among the rusti c embeUishments that men g,ot ,acquainted; that ,s eem,e d ,to go over withoat too much championship rbournament, have - - - - - - - - - - - - - - will dominate the dance hall. (He di!Hiculty,, but it was what would happen within the next two fo~r members back from la st seas- i:, .. .l ,,i a1so said that the gymnasium wm weeks .of ha.z ing .proper, .,t hat, in the light ol sacy, last year's onTshsquahd. tl . t IWII ,, , hav e an autumnal decoration h d · ·h •. l !k f d oug mos y novices 1, as year, someWi_ at ro_w . YIS cr:speots, ga;1e us cause to ·oC!li ' orwar to the veterans provide a lea\V'en of at scheme.) th.e !Period w!l.th a .somewhat dubious ·e ye. least some ,experience f.@r the rest Frustrated terps-ichorists will in.So fem- ithe prO<Jram seems -to h:mr·e .made t!hose doubts u.n- of the team, saw perha,ps their best dulge in their favored avocation justified. It makes us wonder if maybe there might still be some action at last year's Princeton from the commencing note at 2100 point left in hazing, if done in the proper manner. Unhappily, Novice tourney. • The Red F eather Campaign on hours to the fatal Cinderella hour. in t-he last few years, hazing has been carried out in anything _Ba_c~ this year are Jesse Choper, the Wilkes campus begins in earn- (Dancing will be from 9 to 12.) bu.t the right manner, assuming that in the past it really had a V1rg1ma Brehm, John Scandale and est this week, with the two main To steep the dehydrated esophagi supposedly constructive purpose, and was not just an excuse John Bucholt~.. collection days being Friday and of th e over-animated, exhilarating . d . . Newer additions to the squad are , M d aliquots will be readily accessible for Sad ism y. · · in the revivifying enclosures. """ h an · asmity. '' h d h b h · · Fred Rob erts of Shavertown ' John °cnola!ection stations, manned by :c.ac ¥ear we 'li'e . ear muc moan a out • azmg as an m- Karolchek of Larksville and Scran- Student Council members and vol- ,( There will al so be cold carbonated strument for chopping down the so-called 'high school big-shots'. ton's Willard Hughe~. Georg.e unteer student workers will be lo- refreshments on sale.) To begin with, this year is the first time we ever heard of an Schlager and Seymour Holtzman cated in the rear of Chase HaU at During the ,one third hour reactual case of such, and we have yet to see one. Usually the of Wi'l'kes-Barre fill out the roster the stone bench, and in front of cuperative period for the wind and. only 'big-shots' we have ·s een have been among uppezdassmen, so far. . Coyngham Hall. Contacts are also percussion specialists, a local yokel from which it might well be concluded that if removing pretenTh.e team will probably debate at being made through the clubs and talent burlesque will be undertaken. tions of importance was the reason for hazing's existence, then Mth~hlenberg fTohr itMsfirhslt tbournamb e~t activity groups on campus. · (Luchino announced that the Moh O Id l eth· f f 01·1 is yea r. ·e u en erg ou ' Mr. Welton Farrar, the Chest logy club will present a comedy skit t t e . sy.s em ~PP-<:1:ent_y v.:as som · mg_<D· a ure. . . · g,enerally the "·Get - Acquainted" worker in char,g e of the drive on during th e intermission.) With ·s ome 1ustifaca:t1on it could be said t0 be a failure m a tournament serves to familiarize t d th t h h' h h 1 h t •t ft d t d , St upen d ous ass1s . t ance f or th e a f f ew oi.her .r espects, outsi"d·. e ·Of t.,he ,1C1Ct t a , i o .en , egenera e : colleg-iate debaters with the nation- campus, t d t s atet 'b at· t e h1g est t at s u enwascon u 1ons • h · :·en dere d m · th e d. einto a series of senseless brawls which, occuring as they would• ' al debate question. been in ·n1949 , when ave the ever stu- f,a ir ·. as b een hav,e 1.o , the campus being located where it is, did no notabie 'T he point of controversy ?etwe~n dents gave a total of $ 4oo. It onl coration depa1~ment by George good for the CoHege's dignity and r,eputation. For a place ten . teams _tbrou~}1out the. nation this seems i,easonable that the large~ Weavt\ ~art k\urla~fteek h~s miles from town behind a high brick wall, some of what went on Fall_ will be, Resolv~d. That Non- number of students now on cam.pus seen · 0 1 a ic e 6 wi _e avai_in the ,n ast mLght have been all right, but at a place in the middle Ad grticulptur.al 1nd upst n~ds. ShouGlduaAr- should be able to ta that amount '. able for .a forty cent donatwi:i; Liz , r . . op a rogram rov1 mg a ·1 It h b P t d th t DeLong has done a bang-up Job on. of a busy c.ommumty It ought to have be.e n tcrboo. anteed Annual Wage." The wage ehasi y. 'fi asf een skugge~ e a ,publicity; Tom Dreislmch will keep .J•d h azmg . ~tt em pt to do , theoret1cedlu in the past? b t e sacn ce o a pac of cigarettes . . . '° b Coo~ h as Jus t w h a t ui '' . ·· · ,z, • question is one that has een and a few cokes migbt provide each . th·e s t'll 1 fl. .owmg, an d <DO Th~e w.as the freshm<:m side of the question, the upperclassman brougt into the public eye by the stl!lden:t with an adequate sup 1 o{ seen to it that cha,p ero?es will be, side., -and th.ere was the side of the hazing principle itself. The actions toward labor of several of change for a contribution. Py : on hand to keep the -affa,1r "proper." frosh, .o ften justly, cla:imed they were being mistreated. The th_e i:iation's largest manufacturers Whether you pr,e fer this method Ser-iously, Y'all come. It's really upperclassmen used to blame the frosh for lack of co-opera·tion. · withm the past few ~onths: of scra.p ing up the money or some ; one of the big sport dances of the The ,system -seem.e<il. to be the prob1em. The question seemed to : o th er to~rnaments m which t~e other, please do scrape it up! Con- year and you'll have a lot of fun .. :L t .. ·1" 'h d · debateii.·s will probably engage will tribute and put a feather in your , Don't make the Fall Ball a Foul b e .o:ae O f ·wua n aecomp ts e · be the Buckne'll '\Goad Neighb@r" · 1 ., Ball. Theore.tically, hazing unifies the new entrants by forcing , and Princeton Novice c-0ntests late : cap· them togeth.e r in opp.o.s1tion to the upperclassmen. Granted that '. in December, the J·oihns Hopkins - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - a unity of .sorts might result, if this is to be represented as an and ~oston Invitational tourneys accomplishment :at th..e cost of divisi!:>n o:nd disunity among the , early next year, and the state tour- · . · · · · . other classes (as in fact was the ,c ase in re.cent years., many up- , na~ent held. a~nually by the D~- , pe.rclassm.en then decrying the beihavior of some of their more , h atmg Association of Pennsylvama : - - _ - - - - - - - - - - - - On Tuesday the voices of :a singhoodlumish deu;smates), then il would seem the purpose of haz- CoMlleges. th t ·11 h t ing team that is destined to be one· . · , be d-1- 1• f • . oreo·v-er, •e earn w11 av,e o , 'it IJ . . .· · of the sensations of the current enmg of late hC!IS en ~at :ve O ~ts own purpose. , . , defend .its possession of the Notre tertainment scene wiU echo in the Even assuming_ that the hazmg _p~ocess were successful,_ it Dame Invitational Tournment cup, UC , RO, · { · . ;gymnasium, as the assembly pr-0mi9M still be ques~ion<:tble whether it IS .~arranted. Columbia, which it won la,s t season. . . . ' gram pranned by the student comwe are told, doesn t thmk so, nor does Princeton. The U. of P. . Besides the Notre Dame tourna- '. Da¥e Luchmo, semor and biology mittee int11oduces its :fkst off-camh.a,s CJJl.b ed its annuo:1 'rowbottoms'. HarvQrd, we're even told, ment, Wilkes won four other tour- m_a jor, was ele~ted presi?ent of ~he pus personalities. threatens_ hazers with .expulsion, while other respected colleges naments l~st_ ~ear, winnjng _70 of ' B10l?gy Gub m a sp_ec1al election Dan Ga,ge, t enor, and Lila Fay, hpve made -s imilar moves. :95 of the md1¥1dual debates m the . ·s ession bel~ early this week. .s oprano, with their own accompa.fodeed hozing today seems chiefly to exist on the more or, season'' s contest s. The election was conducted _to fill nist, will present a program en, : · , . . h . 1• d _______ the vacancy created when president- , titled "An Hour of Operetta". less fr.atemity levels, levels whick, with t err cnqu.e concepts an Council Meeting Monday elect Don Winters did not return to ' . . . little-minded actions, are quite at odds with the dem0cratic con- To Discuss Activities Budget . Wilkes for the fall semester. The . musJCal team, which was cept <:1-nd liberal prcxctice of small (only in regard to size, or so it The Wilkes Student Council will Winters entered a school of op- ~rought toge th e~/ _fe; ye_~rs 8 ?'d0 , Further, such hazing as is tometry in the Philadelphia area. as ~on recogm ion d or 1 s t'!'l.1t e O ught to be) community colleges. · . . . d hold its initial meeting on Monday Th tr· f t mus 1 ca 1 range an versa 1 1 y. cru1ied out seems to reflect a high school menta1ity, if that, an evening at 7 P.M. The main busi- ft · e O ~ tecre :iryGv:as a 1~0 They ea ch enjoy background ex""'SUming · the submergence cif high-school traits is one of the ness of the meeting will be the set- 1e vacan w en orrame wcome · · p Jar e i classkal ..,.,,, · · · · · · ' transferred to another school. penence _m po u . • s m of hazing, we have another case of defeatmg ones own ting up of the Student Activities ti M . W'll' t d t and classical music. P·nmoses -r b d t f th R t an1yn 1 iams was e1ec e o . . . purpose. . . .. u ge or e year. epresen a- that office in the same election. Gage began his muswal studies It's .o ften said thaJ hazmg 1s good for school spmt. And be- tives of the various activities will The following executives now di- at the a ge of 12 at The New Engfore we go further let's define that term, one oft tossed about with be present to make their requests rect the club: President, Lave Lu- l~nd _Conservatory. He later stund little thought as to what it is. Presumably, it's akin to pride in for fu s. _ chino; vice-president, Sam Mines; te~hm Jr.ance_t nd /~n ret~r~ed one's school Very well, what is there here to justify such feelsecretary, Marilyn Williams; trea- 0 b eh mveJs1 Y O • erm?n Jr This hap.p ens to be one of the area's better liberal arts -,- WILKES COLLEGE surer, Jerry Stein; and program ad'd ac et1ors d egtree 1~k mtutshic. U _e l· n·g.s ? · · L es1·1e w einer. · 1 pos e mchools has fairly high standards of achievement and just in ch airman, •t -gra f M' ua h' e wo1 a s . f b . The club has added about 35 new vers~ y O IC igan. . . case its been lost m the shuffle, education 1s our excuse or emg · b d th t t l b h" Miss Fay has been active m the mem ers an e o a mem ers 1p . . here . . t the h'gh world for some time. 1 - entertamment ·Well, we assume that we ,re gettmg · d · h A newspaper published each week is now approxima e1Y 70 • Sh d ·t G · th an _e uc~hon, we a"'.'e d est ever. The newcomers were " e starre_ o~pos1 e age m . e to work to get it, and that ought to be sahsfachon enough, m :!/~~;e;t~;;n~:h:~l ~i~~e~Y ~=I- for mall y initiated last sun day Mderry Widodw .' <,:~ncert ;,er~,1~~) hese days when so many substitute club. lege, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Sub- night at the biology building. The api:i tappefarpe m .~n~Rei:i 'R·t ,; . , ha college for al country b , d b . 1ra es o enzance 10 1a In ot:qer words, the school 1tselht oug t mh ?,:e P!O~er Y,, e ohur ':on- scription: $1.80 per semester. ~net cere:_nonydw;s f~ 11 owe Y re- " Dester Song" and others. ' cern, and the school is more t an sue mshtuti?ns as azmg. res men s an ancmg. The musical program for TuesBut at least the sophomores have recogmzed that some- Editor · ·,, · ,, .... ,, .. ,, T. R. Price ------day has not yet been disclosed but Asst. Editor .. H. M. Krachenfels Bn·dge Classes Sta rt : thing has been wrong, and therein lies a spark of h ope. with two such talented performers Asst... Editor ,,,, John Kushnerick To be Held at Sterling Hall it should be outstanding. •F,eather on· e Tomorrow, Monday On College Campus Ass,embly Op·e·reHa Pr·o:g.·ram Sl·ate,d. B•o·'ogy Club Elects L w· w·m·ams . · ; t~ I I • • • , 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 RICHMAN BROTHERS Makers of Richman Clothes 20 SOUTH MAIN STREET -•- WILKES-BARRE, PENNA. 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Beacon Sports Editor Jonni Falk Business Mgr. ,,,, Richa rd Jones Asst. Bus. Mgr. ,,,,,,,, Irwin Kaye Faculty Adviser Mr. F. J. Salley Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes campus. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Those interested in learning to play bridge are now invited to join a dass being conducted by Miss Antoinette Shoemaker on second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. Classes will be held at 7 :30 in Sterling Hall, South River Street. Many men never bring the boss home to dinner 'cause she's already there. STUDENTS, LEARN THE TOUCHDOWN SONG Hail to Colonels Blue and Gold They have made a score! Rise all Colonels young and old And shout for more and more! Here's to our college home To thee we'll loyal be So fight on Colonels, And sing on Colonels For we want a victory. �Thursday, October 6, 1955 3 WlLXES CO~E BEACON Rooters Play at Home Friday, Saturday Gridders Trav -e l t·o Ithaca In Search For First Victory When Russ Picton takes his rootball charges to ltha•c a this Saturday, he'll be without the services of tackle Cliff Brautigan, center Jerry Levandoski <Illd have only the limited -s ervices of quarterback Howie Gross and guard Bill Farish. All but Levandoski are m'embers of the starting 11. However, Picton feels that the Colonels wili sfill have ·e nough punch to rack up their first' win of the year. He and the team Lafayett,e and Hofstra lo Oppose Colonel Soccer Team This W:eekend In Big ·:Contests at Kirby Park 1 The Colonel booters take on double trouble this weekend at Kirby Pai'k when Lafayette and Hofstra invade the local arena. Th.e soocermen will be attempting to chalk up their first victory · of the year against Lafayette Friday afternoon. They then take on rugged Hofstra Saturday afternoon. PH ET.HEAN ''ATHLETE OF WEEK'' have dismissedthe41-6lostoLebanon Valley last Saturday as "Just · one of those things." The team just used up its season quota of h.tmbles in one game. The Lebanon Valley tilt did have one happy note for the coaching . staff. That was the play of fresh- , man fuliback Dave Panzitta, a 5-10, 180-pound crusher from West Pitts- · ton. Picton has asured the youngster a starting berth against Ithaca. · . • · . • · • , . : . , Called Team Sparkplug t= ·l 2OM Tti ~ : Touch ROSIers By Coach Reese; Has Vil~~~ UOX. ust be r1·1ed Lettered for 3 Years w·IthGym Today The distinction of being the first BEACON "Athlete of the · M; Ithaca Needs Kicker Ithaca, always big and fast, dropped their first tilt of the season last Friday night to East Stroudsburg Teachers, 19-18. They are a running team which likes to roll up yardage the hard way. Another bright spot for Picton is the return of Ronnie Rescigno who saw limited action at Annville. Ronnie will be ready for full-time duty Saturday night. Emphasis in this week's scrimmages was placed upon ball-handling from the newly unveiled Split-T. The seven fumbles against Lebanon Valley kept the Colonels in the hole at all times. Also, look for more passing against Ithaca. Andy Molitoris, Duryea freshman, will handle the quarterback chores if Gross does not play. He will have Rescigno, Panzitta and Dick Wozniak as his running mates in an improved backfield. The line will be headed by Joe Wilk, Captain Glenn Carey, Bob Masonis, Royal Hayward and Neil Dadurka. GRIDDERS HAMMERED, 41-6, BY STRONG LEBANON TEAM Russ Picton's gridders traveled down to Lebanon Valley last Saturday for their first game of the year only togetbelted, 41-6. Hampered by injuries and costly fumbles, the Colonels never got started. The Dutchmen recovered seven Wilkes fumbles and converted four of them into touchdowns. Three other boots halted Colonel drives. Dick Wozniak chalked up the only Wilkes score with an eightyard scoring thrust. · Rosters for touch football must be handed into the gym office today, according to an announcement made by Intramural Head John Reese yesterday. Forms have been placed in all dormitories and other noticable places about the campus, or can be obtained at the gym office. Morris Head Na med Dick Morris has been appointed student head for the touch league. He will supervise the making of schedules and rules. He announced that a meeting of all captains will be held next Tuesday following assembly. At that time, rules will be discussed and playing dates will be decided upon. Each team captain should check his roster carefully to see when his team will be able to play games without any risk of forfeit or postponement. It is hoped that the season will ge~ under way Wednesday or Thursday at the latest. Bowling Around Corner Reese also stated that plans are being made for the start of intramural bowling. The starting date will depend upon the completion of the Jewish Community Center building, site of this Sunday night activity. The league will once again be co-ed. However, there will be one notable change this year. Each team will have girls, and the scores of the lady keglers will count in the team scoring. It is hoped that enough girls will register to insure at least two on each team. Last year about 20 girls participated. CLIFF BRAUTIGAN STRICKEN AFTER PLAYING 55 MINUTES Cliff Brautigan Cliff Brautigan, . star Colonel tackle for the past three grid seasons, was rushed to the General Hospital Monday where doctors diagnosed his illness as pneumonia. Brautigan played 55 · minutes a- gainst Lebanon Valley last Saturday while running a temperature which was unknown to Coach Russ Picton. Brautigan was reported to be resting comfortably at the General yesterday, but will be lost to the Colonel line this Saturday. Coach Picton has not as yet decided upon his replacement for the Ithaca game. Brautigan is a 5'10", 185-pound senior tackle from East Orange, New Jersey. He attended Immaculate Conception High School, starring in football. He was president of his class during his junior and sophomore years, but found it necesary to withdraw from this year's elections due to illness. He has been a member of the Colonel basketball teams as well as football and was named Beacon "Athlete of the Week" during last year's campaign. Cliff is a resident of Butler Hall. It is expected that he will be able to return to action for the Trenton game, October 22. By JONNI FALK By TOM KASKA Week" goes to Glenn Phethean, who turned in a gritty performance in a losing cause against Rider College last Saturday in the first soccer game of the season for the Colonels. Slated to start in a fullback slot, Phethean was called upon to fill a gap at halfback when Ahmed Kazimi, star veteran, was hospitalized. Glenn Phethean He took on a man-sized job and made it look easy. One of the best conditioned men on the team, he mainta~ned a sensa• tional pace throughout the entire game though the halfback position calls for more running than any other position on the team. He played the entire 88 minutes. Called Sparkplug Coach John Reese said of his performance, "Phethean was the spark plug of the team ~ always fighting and driving." He contributed the spirit that bolstered the Colonel charges when they showed signs of faltering in the second half. Phethean was continually in the thick of action, keeping the Rider offense on guard at all times. Time after ti me, when it appeared that the Trenton hooters were about to close in on the net, he made magnificent steals. On the offense, his pases were sharp and accurate in a game of sloppy passing. Improved Player In the opinion of the sports staff, he is the most improved player on the team. A native of West Pittston Phethean never played soccer before coming to Wilkes. As a senior with two years of experience behind him, he is sure to be a mainstay in the Colonel lineup throughout the remainder of the season. Glenn is a secondary education major who specializes in English and social studies. He is president of the Education Club and active in the Future Teachers of America program. When informed of his being chosen 'Athlete of the Week,' he said, "I'm thankful for those days of hard work with Bob Partridge. He taught rrte the tricks of the trade. I' also glad to be playing .with a great bunch of guys upon whom I know I can depend." About the only cloud in the sky these days is that pall of gloom hanging over Kirby Park. There may also be a couple over the hospitals in which a few front-line Colonels have been dwelling for the past week. Said athletes are Colonel Ahmed Kazimi of the Soccer Light Horse and Colonel Cliff Brautigan of the Pigskin Rifles. First, Kazimi was rushed to the Nesbitt Hospital to add to John Reese's woes and then Brautigan came out of the Lebanon Valley game and into the General Hospital. Who knows? Maybe Percy's has been sending Kidney stones and mashed virus to the dorm dining hall. The only thing we can say is, get well quick, Colonels. We kind of miss you around here. Better Late Than Never It is too bad that both Colonel units had to go into Saturday's games cold. While it was the first game for the gridders and the hooters, both Lebanon Valley and Rider had already played a tilt. Lebanon had battled to a 6-6 tie with Millersville Teachers, and Rider had who m p e d Fairleigh-Dickinson's hooters, 5-1. Neither of our squads had even been able to scrimmage against a team of college caliber. We don't feel that we have to make excuses. What we are leading up to is that it is almost sure death to wait until October to begin competition, especially in football. It seems like footba ll starts earlier every year. Yet the Colonels must wait while other squads gain valuable game experience. PLAN TO ATTEND KIWANIS BENEFIT GAME NEXT WEEKEND J0hn Reese reports the team in excellent spirits despite the 3-2 loss to Rider J.ast Saturda·y. Most of the men feel that they should have won that game and will be out to atone for mistakes this weekend. The same starting lineup will take the field against Lafayette with one posible exception. Tony Bianco, recent service returnee, came up with a charlie-horse in the Rider game and may be replaced by Bill Lloyd at inside left. Bianco last week's game. Tied Leopards Last Year was impressive with his spirit in The Colonels will not only be trying to nail down their first decision of the year against Lafayette, but they will also be after the first win in Colonel history against the Leopards from Easton. The closest we have ever come to beating them was the 3-3 tie last year. Hofstra is a new addition to theschedule this year. However, they are coached by Bill Van Breda Kolff who had coached Lafayette t eams for the past several yeai-s. Bill: moved on to Hofstra this year to become basketball and soccer coacn. The two games this weekend mark t he beginning of a period of eight days in which the Colonels will play four games. They will tangl e with Muhlenberg at home next Friday and then journey to Philadelphia to play rtatiortally rated Temple Ort Saturday. This period will mark the test fot the soccermen. If they can win three of the four games, they should be asured of a winning season. COLONtL BOOTERS LOSE OPENER TO RIDER, 3-2 The soccermen dropped their first tilt of the season last Saturday when they were dumped by Rider College, 3-2, at Trenton. It was the second win of the year for Rider, following a 5-1 victory over Fairleigh-Dickinson. Carl Van Dyke scored both Colonel goals. He tallied on Jim Ferris' assist in the first period and on a pass from •Bill Lloyd in the third. Rider tied the game in the second, and then boomed home two big goals in the final stanza to cop the tilt. KAZIMI LOST FOR SEASON; OPERATED UPON AT NESBITT Colonel hopes for a winning soccer season received a severe setback this week with the loss of Ahmed Kazimi. Kazimi, stellar halfback from Trans Jordan, was suddenly stricken ill before the Rider game and doctors at Nesbitt Hospital in Kingston found it necessary to perform surgery Monday. At press time, it was learned that Kazimi was resting fairly comfortably, but would be lost to the hooters for the entire season. The doctors seem to think that his soccer career may be permanently finished. Ahm ed had been a stalwart of the Colonel hooters for two seasons, the only two winning seasons in Ahmed Kazimi Wilkes history. He played in the front line but was shifted to half- about this time. He had also been back this year to make better use spoken of as a candidate for Allof his versatile talents . It was American soccer mention this year. hoped tpat his speed would help the He was definitely missed in the 3-2 defense more in the backfield and loss to Rider. his strong kicking foot and splendid The loss of Kazimi and a leg inball-control would give added im- jury to Seth Ansah brings the bootpetus to the attack. ers foreign delegation down to two He received recognition as "Ath- \ in number. They are Nick Giordalete of the Week" last y,ear at just no and Younsu Koo. �WILKF.S COLLEGE BEACON 4 WISDOM Wilkes Education Dept. Adds Lillian Fortress Thursday, October 6, 1955 The DEAN'S CORNER Little Bits . • • By HELEN KRACHENFELS Most n ews papers have some sort By NORMA J. DA VIS On Education of commentary columns: the Record Newest addition to the Education What is it you seek? Why is it carries H. I Phillips, the IndepenDepartment at Wilkes is Mrs. Lil- that you plan to spend the last dent has its Tom Moran and Robert lian Fortress. Mrs. Fortress, who precious years of your youth away Ruark, and if additional precedent has had a long career both in teach- from the arena of life, with its for this sort of thing is needed, reing and in administration and pleasures, its challenges, and its call some past Beacon pieces of a supervision in the New York City opportunities? Why is it that you similar nature - Ludwig's "This By ED McCAFFERTY and The other day a friend of the Schools, declared that she finds not only sacrifice earnings now but MARVIN KURLAN~HEEK Beacon came gleefully up to us and 'n' That" and "Homer's Hodgeherself thoroughly at home here. What do you think of the fact She said that she has come from a even pay out money in order to remarked, "Well, I finally found podge" of recent years. Having fashioned a reason (or that Wilkes has only two home community-oriented sch o o 1, and have t his experience? There is no that Cord." The Cord under conlegal compulsion that keeps you sideration was a plastic model he'd excuse, if you prefer) for existing football ·games this year? now finds · herself in a communityhere ; there is no disgrace in not been tearing the city's model shops - on the premise that "everybody's BEVERLY BLAKELEE, Wilkes- oriented school. The school is one having accepted this challenge. apart for for about a week, but we <loin' it" - we shall attempt to creBarre, Sophomore, Education Ma- of the nerve centers of the comTo get an education, you say. think it's indicative of the recent ate an additional reason, this time munity, Mrs. Fortress stated, and jor: "·Could deflate school spirit." And what is this education? Is it revival of interest in classic and on the bassis of merit. The obj ect JESSE CHOPER, Wilkes-Barre, this is as it should be. a mark of social status, of mental antique autos brought on by the of our merit: your amusement. Junior, C&F Major: "I think that This year Mrs. Fortress hopes to accumulation, a vacation from life, For today, a Little Bit on the it is a good way to teach the stu- follow a program in the elemenary a gift from doting parents, a key post-war craze for sports cars. dent body a lesson for the poor at- department whereby seniors in that to open future doors? Do you beThis is one of the few practical subject of collections - ah-ah-ahtendance in previous seasons. May- field would observe classroom meth- lieve that having attended college crazes to hit this country in many don't stop reading! We do not rebe these games will be more appre- ods in local schools for 100 hours and having received a degree will a moon, inasmuch as it made people f er at the moment to the Communiciated and will be properly attend- in the fall semester and actually be ample justification, will make sit back and take stock of the De- ty Chest Drive! ed now.'' student-teach for 200 hours in the you an educated man? If you have troit go-carts that the average man We mean, instead, those collecJACK EUST:fCE, Wilkes-Barre, spring semester. The 100 hours of come to college with these ideas, had in his back yard . .. When John tions of all sorts of things which Sophomore, C&F Major: "Person- observation would serve to acquaint your diploma will someday be akin Q. Driver saw what bulky, mushy- we humans prize so highly. You ally I don't like it because most stu- the students with various teaching to the Brooklyn Bridge or a gold handling wagons he was usually know - small boys collect stamps, d.e nts at Wilkes are from Wyoming procedures in different grades. Dur- brick. It will be an everlastirrg getting, he began buying foreign insects, and bubble gum wrappers ; Valley and cannot attend the away ing this period they would also take symbol to your having been one of makes if he could afford them, and larger ·boys collect girls; women games. The two games do not give part in class work as "teacher life's prize suckers. You will have admired them when (as was the collect clothes and money (the latthem a very good chance to see the helpers". been, in effect, ed ucated beyond the rule more than the exception) he ter usually accompanied by the men to whom it belongs.) Do you team. I think that more home couldn't. Student-teaching would follow limits of your intelligence. games could be arranged.'' the regular procedure during the Plato once said of education, Then a .few fairly moderately- get the idea? Well, one of our TEX BARTLETT, West Pittston, spring semester. It has .been sug- " The fire must be alight in a man's priced, smart-looking, sweet-handl- favorite collections is rather interFreshman, Liberal Arts Major: gested however, that the teaching soul. All that one man can do for ing ones like the M.G. came along, esting if somewhat peculiar: classi"Perhaps now the students at be done all day Monday, Wednes- another is to convey the spark that and some more of the men in the fied ads. We don't answer 'em, we Wilkes will realize what their foot- day, and Friday. This plan would kindles it, and that only in the inti- street walked off the street to buy just read them and collect some of ball team means to them and give leave Tuesday and Thursday free macy of a shared daily life and pur- them. Meanwhile, most of their the unusual specimens. Here are ·the team their utmost support in for assembly, classes and various suit.'' To be expedient, to take on neighbors, unwilling to part with a few "finds" that we especially the protective coloring of the a couple of thousand for a two- lik e : these two home games and those meetings. ,coming in the following years.'' A graduate of Hunter College, crowd, to get by, to accept the chal- seater but still admiring its looks, NINE YEAR OLD BOY interestSOOTT W. Trethaway, Wyoming, New York, Mrs. Fortress received lenge of college life in terms of the began to howl about their bulbous ed in stud ying unusual rocks Freshman, Political Science Major: her masters degree from N.Y.U. least common denominators is the leviathans, and Detroit finally from different parts of U. S. Will pay postage. NO BIG "The fact that there are so few and is now working for her doctor- great em ptation. Survival for four heard them. home games sch eduled reflects the ate at that university. When ask- years may be posible, but the intelThe Studebaker people were a- ROCKS, PLEASE! ·This one made us reminiscent of fact that there is little school spirit ed her opinion of Wilkes, she re- lectual and spiritual dividends will mong the first to come up with a on the part of the students attend- plied enthusiastically that the col- never be paid. car that didn't look like a hunk of t h e Parisian atmosphere in Barre ing the games. Therefore, my lege is -b eautifully located and has . Probably education cannot be tin escaped from a small passenger 103! a distictive charm and horniness. easily defined nor can the value of train. opinion is self-explanatory.'' They brought out their French WITHOUT TEARS! Cona college experience be reduced to classy hard-top, while other manu- versation with minimum gramJACKIE JONES , Kingston, Pa., She likes it very much. a few simple terms. Our likely lot facturers, notably Buick and Cadil- mar, taught in French atmosJunior, Elementary Ed.: "I don't is to become in our lifetime what lac, produced standard passenger phere. believe it helps our school spirit we are today .as students, thorough autos recognizable as such and not And then there are the most inany, or the team spirit either. The or slipshod, outgoing or selfish, de- as over-sized beetles with wheels. triguing products: only trouble is when we do have pendable or untrustworthy, setting THE WHOLE WORLD WHIShome games, very few turn out for Meanwhile, the Ford and Kaiser PERS when NODS guard your our own pattern n ow for the years Wilkes Guidance Director J ohn them. But I do think we should that are ahead. To build a frame- companies had developed the Thun- precious sleep - Nods ear stops have more than two home games. Chwalek announced yesterday that work big enough, sturdy enough, derbird and Darrin, with Chevvie banish noise! Used by noiseSAM DILGER, Trucksville, Pa., the first of a series of careers con- and symmetrical enough to make following with the Corvette. All, sensitive connoisseurs since 1940.4 Junior, Chemistry: "I feel the stu- ferences will be held next Friday, for continuing growth is the chal- particularly the Thunderbird, nice Now what's this one? dents of Wilkes have brought this October 14. looking boats, but costing. The WANTED, BY READERS, AN lenge which I leave with you. The Northeastern Chapters of upon themselves. It costs money average man still was stuck with a END TO THIS NONSENSE! to have home games. And how can the Pennsylvania Accounting Assobunch of pretty drab-looking wagAll right, we can take a hint LETTERMEN RAFFLING we expect other people to support ciation will act as co-sponsor for gons. Then came last Fall. must keep Little Bits consistent ARMY-NAVY TICKETS the conference with Wilkes College. a team which the students themWhen Fall of '54 rolled around with its title! The WC Lettermen's Club iniApproximately fifty nearby high selves refuse to support.'' ALLAN ROSENBERG, Kings- school people will be invited to at- tiated their annual raffle yester- and this vear's modeP.s hit the showton, Pa., Senior, Commerce and Fi- tend 'the lectures on accounting op- day. The monogram winners are rooms, it became evident that Denance: "Last year we had three a- portunities and benefits, the tenta- selling chances which will enable troit was not deaf to the urgings way games, so this year we should tive speaker at which will be John two lucky winners to go to the of its customers to .put out somealso have three home games. But Stapleton, president of the spon- Army-Navy game. Consolation thing that didn't make a driver prizes are two tickets to the blush too much when he parked his we took on a new team this year soring organization. Penn-Cornell game and . three car next to a Jaguar or Healy. and that game is played away. AND You'rn getting old when the turkeys. This year's autos are probably When you look at the schedule in Tkkets may be purchased from the most aesthetic in a long time this way, there is nothing you can gleam in yo ur eye's from your an y letterman on the campus. But they don't just have mere do about it. If the schedul'e could glasses; looks; many of them have horses Books - Supplies - Novelties have been worked so that we could by Dick Bibler LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS under the hoods that are nothing Subscriptions have had more home games, it to sn eeze at, and some are improved Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 would have been preferred by all. ·in handling and roadability as well. But that wasn't the case ; we can ... WELCOME still back the t eam to the fullest, But so far, there have been few for we do have a good team.'' whose dependability and distinc. DOLORES CORADETTI, Lution might put them as far out in zerne, Pa., Freshman, Elementary front of the rest as were, say, the Ed.: "I don't think that it is a good Cords, the Duesenbergs, or the idea. Since I am a frosh I am very flashy boat-tailed Auburns or Packanxious to see Wilkes play, and it's ards of the thirties. hard for me to attend the away - B~TitterTis h itpe.-~~t:o"'e"gam es, especially since they are so tro it has shown that it can do a far away." fairly good job when it wants to, now that it has shown that it can at least attempt to answer the demand for a good safe, sprightly, TUXEDOS TO RENT good-looking car as it once did, now Special Price To Students there is hope. 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. A lot of eyes are turned toward thi s month, when Lincoln is expect ed to bring out a n ew version of the last of the classics - the f'LEASl:: S\-IOW Continental. Sports and motoring -{(:)UR magazines have been full of S'TUPENT sketches and conjectures on the IDi=NTlflCA Open A Mark II, as the Lincoln ads have CARDbeen terming the car, and ideas on ,. 1'1NK :5Lli' the Continental's appearance have 2, ~WTJtATIOI.> SL ranged from the Buck Rogers l DruVell'~ L1Ct;NS ► At Newly Remodeled school of futuri sm through the traditional Mark I and on off into the sport st er class. Whatever the new luxury wagon For All Your College Needs looks like, it'll go a bit further in Throughout The Year showing what the manufacturer Men's Clothing & Furnishings can do when he listens to the people. And SAVE! Wilkes-Barre, Pa. And he'd better listen to them they buy his product. ~----·~--· 0 F --·~~ - OUTLOOK BRIGHT FOR '56 MODEL CARS WILKES I-st Careers Conference Opens Next Friday Wilkes College BOOKSTORE VARIETY SHOP - - PARK, SHOP and EAT CHARGE ACCOUNT at the new FOWLER, DICK and WALKER The Boston Store POMEROY'S Louis Rosen th a I BAUM'S "Oh, heck no - My mattress sags." � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. 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Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1955 October 6th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 October 6 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/dae0f3e7188c7526a14b95b2f822d40a.pdf c316ea5a5cff962d5ca0b0a2d3a2fd4e PDF Text Text Boaters, Gridders Open Tomorrow 1955 Foolball Team All Set For Dutchmen - - - - - (See stories on page 3) - - - - - COLONELS READY-The 1955 version of the Wilkes College football team will open its eightgame schedule tomorrow at Annville against a reportedly powerful Lebanon Valley College team. The team, under the guidance of new coach Russ Picton, is expected to be strong. Left to right, first row: Al Manarski, Gene Price, Cliff Brautigan, Glenn Carey, Bob Masonis, Art Tambur, Ronnie Rescigno, Wilbur Smiles, Ray Saba, Jim Walsh. Second row: Royal Hayward, Howie Gross, Dick Wozniak, Jim Thomas, Neil Dadurka, Jerry Levandoski, Joe Wilk, Bob Yakavonus, Andy Molitoris. Third row: Joe Reese, Don McFadden, Andy Dovin, Russ Knies, Jarrell Cashmere, Paul Smith, Bill Farish, Gil Gregory, Don Straub, Bill Simenovich. ~ WILKES COLLEGE Serving the Valley for 22 Years Vol. XI, No. 3 - WILKES COLLEGE ~,Beacon WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA THE BEACON Serving the College since 1944 FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 30, 1955 Junior Sport Dance Tonight Walsh, Roth, Amdur to Head Season's Third Dance al Gym; Ticket Tab To Be Two Bits IWC Job Orientation Wilkes College's third sport dance of the Fall season will commence tonight at nine. The affair will run until midnight. is sponsored by the junior class. Everybody plays for this dance; all the name bands that can be crowded onto the gymnasium's record player. The absence of a regular organization to fee at least has the advantages of taking some of the load from student wallets. Tonight, a quarter gets you into the hall. And· again the freshmen will have an opportunity to socialize with the upperclassmen and each other. While the newcomers are required by freshman regulations to attend, they are absolved for the evening of wearing their regalia, can come looking civilized. This particular dust-off will be l'Un tonight for the juniors by Larry Amdur and Gene Roth, chairmen for the dance. Committees for the Junior dance are: Co-chairmen: Phyllis Walsh, Larry Amdur, Gene Roth. Ticket Committee: Larry Amdur, chairman; Larry Cohen, Jesse Choper; Bill Farish, Dick Morris, Marvin Kurlancheek. Refreshment Committee: John Coates, chairman; Neil Dadurka, Irene Yastremski, Pat Kennedy, Irene Tomalis, Joan Zworski, Irma Bianconi, Barbara Tanski. Publicity Committee: Ph y 11 i s Walsh, chairman; Pat Reese, Norma Davis,, Marilyn Williams. Mrs. Francis Sears New Student Counselor Wilkes students this year will again be abl e to avail themselves of professional help in solving their personal and emotional problems. It was announced yesterday that Mrs. Francis M. Sears, of Scranton, will serve the College this year as consultant for students desiring such aid. Mrs. Sears repiaces Mrs, Guttman, who held the consultant's post for several years. Mrs. Sears has worked for some time with both Dr. and Mrs. Guttman, is experienced in dealing with young people. Appointments with the new counselor, who -b egins her service here next Tuesday, may be made either directly with Mrs. Sears or through the deans. The counseling service is located in Barre Hall, first floor. ATTEND THE DANCE TONIGHT! Unique College Service The second session of the new and unique Senior Employment Seminar being conducted this semester by John J . Chwalek, director of guidance and placement, met in the biology building this morning. The foresighted Chwalek has introduced this three session seminar in an effort to prepare student s for. their job-seeking intervi ews with the officials of nation-wide firms. "Good jobs, good paying jobs, are not as easy to get as some of you might believe," Chwalek told the seniors in the first session last Friday. H e stated the interview is often the most important point in an individual's life, for it is the moment he will be rejected or accepted by the industry he has chosen to make his life 's work. The program has been geared to make the all important interview a suecess. "First of kind," Chwalek Chwalek indicated that the seniors are being offered aids, in leetures and written materials, that have -been in the planning stages for about six years. He stated that he has sought help from colleges and universities throughout the east in establishing this seminar, but was unable to find a single school which offered such training for students. The Placement liureau had previously limited its functions to offering leads on jobs and arranging interviews with potential employ(continued 0~ pa.c,~ ·U 15 Positions Open In Race; Amdur Named Junior President, 2-nd Unopposed '57 Class Head By HELEN M. KRACHENFELS Student Council President Bob Lrnch has announced that the election of class officers will be held on Wednesday, October 5, in Chase Theatre from 9 A.M. to 3 P.M. Each of the presidential candidates will have a chance to address the student body in assembly on Tuesday, the day prior to elections. one. The frosh have displayed typical enthusiasm in nominating a lengthy slate of candidates. Since the majority of the frosh are unknown to the rest of the student body, it will be interesting to see who the newest crop of class leaders will in. elude. Class Election Candidates Seniors: President, George 'Moe' Batterson, Cliff Brautigan, Dick Carpenter, Carl Van Dyke. Vice-President, Henry Goetzman, Glenn Carey, J eanette Perrins. Secretary, Nancy Batchelor, Jessie Roderick, Joan Shoemaker. Treasurer, Howard Gross, Irwin Kaye, Gail Laines. Juniors: President, Larry Amdur. Vice-President, Dick Morris, Bill Farish, Marvin Kurlanchek, Larry In the sophs' presidential race Cohen. Secretary, Natalie Barone, Mariwe find David Vann campaigning lyn Williams, ·P hyllis Walsh. for re-election, after having led his Treasurer, John Coates. class through its crucial freshman Student Council, Barbara Tanski, year. Although Dave may hold an advantage over his running mates, Irene Tomalis, ~.e s Weiner. · ~ · ,. · · · {<eQ~\~~'4 o~ -pa9• 41 _ . th~ contest will probably be a tough_ Lynch urges the students' full support for the election. He hopes that evidence of this year's enrollment will be clearly shown by a. proportionate increase in voting. The presidential election in the senior class promises to be an int eresting one, since three of the four candidates are dormitory students, and the fourth man on the list has been very active in campus political activities. This year's junior cl~ss seems to ha ve set some sort of precedent for running unopposed candidates. Larry Amdur will automatically become president, and John Coates, treasurer. Last year, when the members of this class were sophomores, Reese Jones was their unopposed candidate for the presidency. �2, WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Friday, September 30, 1955 Class of '59 Biggest Ever Enrolled EDITORIALS Check That Ballot Fulbright Competition Open Till November 1 Wednesday is election day. Wednesday the student body will elect officers to administer the affairs of the four classes Senior, Junior, Sophomore, and Freshman - for the coming school year. If we're lucky maybe half the students might consider voting. Probably much less actually will. Every campaign for the last few years has ended, or so it seems, in much the same manner; a few people work to get their candidates into office, and these actively. concerned few seem to do about the only voting which takes place. So when the ballots are counted, who's usually in? The candidates who had people working and voting for them. And who's doing the complaining? The people who couldn't be bothered to vote. We've given up urging these apathetics to vote; all we ask is that they don't bore those who did with their complaints. Cheers, Chaps Tomorrow afternoon the Wilkes soccer team takes the field against Rider. And tomorrow night the helmet and pad men have a go at Lebanon Valley, as the College's athletes commence the Fall sporting season. The people who comprise the teams are attemptfng to carry the College's name and that of the community into the distant reaches of New Jersey and the dowstate regions of their own commonwealth. Whether they win or lose, which we flatter ourselves isn't important in the long run, at least they're trying, as the Beacon wishes them luck on the long road they've scheduled for the coming months. Caution, Please We've noticed, in the last week or so, that the daily bulletin has had a rash ·of announcements concerning missing books, the owners of which have been making piteous moan for return of their misplaced property. Now l.t occurs to us that while a few of the student body might by some stretch of the imagination be able to afford the loss of a piece of study equipment worth five dollars or so, the rest of us would find such a loss, to put it mildly, inconvenient. There is only one fairly sure method of insuring against such possible loss, and that is ordinary common-sense caution. While for the first few days of class it might have been advisable not to write in a book lest it be found needful to return it to the Bookstore as incorrect for the course in question, a .t this late date all such problems ought have been solved, and the use of a bit of ink is little enough, one should think, to protect an investment whose loss hits not. only the pocket-book but the grade-book. Wilkes Gels $1,000 In Balances; Refrigerator, Other New Equipment Added lo Chemistry Department By JERRY STEIN The Wilkes College Chemistry Department this year has added to its array of equipment five analytical balances, Cl refrigercrtor, and has equipped all older balances with magnifying reading glasses to aid students in reading the minute graduation marks where the weight is recorded, it was learned from Francis J. Salley, assistant professor of chemistry. The purchase of five new analytical balances was perhaps the most expen sive of the purchases since each balance costs a'b out $200. The analytical balance is an instrum ent which can weigh objects to onet enth of a milligram , the approximate weight of the ink used in making the period at the end of this sentence. This precision-made instrument plays a vital part in such courses as Physical Ch emistry and Quantitative Analysis because accuracy to such a degree is extrem ely important. To facilitate t he determination of the weights of objects, the department has supplied all the balances (22 in all) with magnifying glasses. This will enable the observer to recoi·d his readings more easily and .accurately. Very often in chemical work, procedures require that objects be cool•ed to a certain .degree . . Ice cubes, therefore are needed frequently. Instead of resort-ing to the refrigerator in the Biology Building. as has been done in the past, chemists now have. ·their own refrigerator. The Carr· Biscuit . Company has donated :• a moisture tester and an oven. The·s e two instruments are also important in analytical ch emical work. An automatic buret will be used this semester. A buret, in general, is an inst r ument used in m easuring volumes of liquids. This buret is characteristically different fro~ others since it possesses the feature of automatically filling itself from a reservoir. ------- COMMUNITY CHEST DRIVE BEGINS NEXT WEDNESDAY Next week begins the annual drive of the Wyoming Valley Community Chest. Students w ill again have an opportunity to contribute, and it is hoped that the College w ill make its usual good showing, according to Mr. Welton. Farrar, who is Chest worker for the College this year. In the past the College has always been one of the few institutions which ea ch year fill · its do.nation quotas. This year's quota for the College will be some $1600, 'a n increase of some 5% over last year, but comm ensurate with th.e recen t growth .i n both ·faculty and stud ent body. Farrar will assist Dr. Charles Reif, of the Wilkes biology departm ent, who is campaign major for area private schools. Novem1ber 1, 1955 is the closing date of the com petitions for United St ates Government educational exchange grants for graduate study abroad, it was announced by Kenneth Holland , President of the Institute of Internationa l Education, 1 E ast 67th Street, N ew York City. Scholarship application blanks are avai lable at t he Institute, at its Regional Offices in Chicago , Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington. The programs under the Fulbright Act and the Buenos Aires Convention for the Promotion of Inter-American Cultural Relations are part of the international educational exchange activities of the Departm ent of State. They .will give a lmost 1000 American citizen~ the chance to study abroad during the 1956-57 academic year. Since t h e establishment of these programs in 1947, over 4,600 American students ha ve received grants for study. This is th e first year in which awards have been available in Chile und er the Fulbright Act. In the Asian countries, Burma, Ceylon, India, Japan, and t he Philippines , as well as in Greece, only a limited number of grant s are available. Eligibility requirements for these foreign study fellowships are: (1) United States citizenship; (2) A coll ege degree or its equivalent a t the time the award is to be t aken up; · (3) Knowledge of the language of t he country sufficient to carry on t h e proposed study; ( 4) Age 35 ·years or under; ( 5) Good health. Final selection of Fulbright grantees is made by the Board of Foreign Scholarships appointed by the President of t h e United States. A wards under the Fulbright Act are made enti rely in the currencies of participating countries abroad. This Act authorizes the use of foreign currencies a nd credits acquired through t h e sale of surplus property abroad for educational exchanges. The awards cover transportation, expenses of a language refresher or orientation course abroad, tuition, books, and main tenance for on e academic year. ENGINEERS TO SPONSOR SPEAKER FRIDAY NIGHT 350 In New Freshman Group; Total Enrollment Up by 10-15%. Oualily High/ Whitby Reports By JOHN KUSHNERICK Three hundred fifty freshmen attending classes in the fall semester at Wilkes compose the la~gest single class ever enrolled in the history of the college, Registrar John P. Whitby announced in a personal interview with . the Beacon last Friday. Whitby also sta ted the college's total enrollment is up 10 to 15 percent over last year. TENNER JOINS WILKES; V/ILL TEACH ENGLISH CLASSES ONCE CRAIG'S The appointm ent of RO'bert L. Tenner as an in structor of Englis h at Wilkes College was recently announced by Dr. Eugene S. Farley, college president. Tenner will fi ll the vacancy in the English Department created by the retirement of Dr. Mary E. Craig, former department head . ROBERT L. TENNER Tenner, a nati ve of Barbertown, Ohio, received his bach elor of arts degree from the Unive rsity of Akron and his master o-f arts degree from Western Reserve Uni versity in Cleveland. He has completed his study requirements for a doctor's degree from Western R eserve University in Cleveland. He former ly taught in t h e evening division of the University of Akron and later taught mathematics and English at Ohio State. He is a facu lty resident at Butler Hall. This Friday evening at 7 :30 o'clock , Mr. Eugene D. Lavery of t h e Bell T elephone .C ompany of Pennsylvania will speak on the subject of "The New Solar Battery". Mr. Laver y, who is coming from Harri sburg, is being spon sored by the Engineering Club. Mr. Klemovitch , the president of the club, in vites all freshmen and sophomore engineering students, their guests, and all those interested to attend. This is the opening meeting of the yea r and should prove to be Acting Dean of Men George Elquite inter esting and enjo yab le. Re- liot will continue as proctor of member, a ll are invited ! Weckess er Hall, men's dormi tory, it was announced early last week. Elliot, who has r esided at Weck- WILKES COLLEGE esser for the la st two years is the only remaini ng one of last year's proctors. One of the new appoi ntments this year is Cliff Broth ers, A newspaper published each week who will be r esident at Wilkes newof the reg ular school year by and est dormitory, the former Mcfor the students of Wilkes Col- Laughlin home, while George Batlege, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Sub- terson will succeed \\' alter Savage scription : $1.80 per s emester. a s maintainer of law and order at Editor T. R. Price Ashley Hall. Savage, who taught Asst. Editor .. H. M. Krachenfels English last semester, has left t o Asst ... Editor .. .. John Kushnerick continue studies toward his doctorSports Editor Jonni Falk ate. At Butl er Hall, fo urth of t h e .Business Mgr.. . Richard Jones Asst. Bus . Mgr . .. .. .... Irwin Kaye men's dormitor ies, the English de· Faculty Adviser Mr. F. J. Salley partment's new instructor, Robert Tenner, will take over the resident Editorial and business offices post vacated by Dean George Ralslocated. on .second ffoor of Lecture ton, who is absent from the campus . Hall, South River Street, Wilkes.• this year studyi ng for his _d octorate. · _Barre, ·on the Wilkes camp1,1s. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Adamek, Mechal)ical :Qept.: Schmidt's Pr.intery, rear 55 North Main announce t h e birth of an eightpoun d baby boy. Chuck is a Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Wilkes graduate. ELLIOT, BROTHERS, TENNER,BATTERSON NAMED PROCTORS Beacon Th e Registrar sa id the newcomers seem not only to ·be high in quantity but are, on paper, one of Wilkes' best classes qualit y-wise . Many of the frosh were class officers or student council members in their high schools . They have chosen diversified fields so that the increases in liberal arts and science students are balanced. More Dorm Students The majority of the enrollees con tinue to come from Wilkes -Barre and surrounding communities, will commute to classes each day. The swelling of the tota l ranks, however, has caused an increase in in dormitory students . Mr. Whitby indicated the trend has been for the school to add more dormitory students as freshmen eac h year than are lost a s graduates. The school h as bee n fortunate in this respect to acquire the McLaughlin home as a new men's dormitory. This addi tion increases the total campus resid ence ., to six 'b uildings. Engineering in Demand "Although the stud ents are equally divided between those seeking degrees in liberal arts and the sciences," Whitby expla ined, "there seems to be a great demand for engineering . This has made it necessary for us to t urn away some students, for our engineering facilities are limited.'' Students in engineering can obtain a 'certificate in en g ineering' in a two year course here. Those who have gon e to ~ngineering schools for baccalaureate degrees have attained excellent records. No indication was made that Wilkes intends to expand its engineering co urse to four years. SENIOR ED. STUDENTS TO OBSERVE CLASSES IN NEW PROGRAM By DICK JONES This fall, as part of their curriculum, secondary and elem entary education majors are required to observe a ctual classroom methods and procedures by visiting t h e various public school and parochial schools in Wilkes-Barre and vicinity. Thi s system known as student observing helps to prepare education majors for the second semester of their senior year when they will begin to student teach under the supervision o f a n experienced teacher. While observing classroom methods and procedures the future student teac hers see in action the various principles, methods, and a ctivities which t hey have been studying fo r th e past three ·years, but will have to utilize themselves in the near future. BACK THE COLONELS TOMORROW! JORDAN Est. 1871 Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality tt 9 West Market Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. �Friday, September 30, 1955 3 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Gridders Open With Lebanon Valley Soccermen Kick-Off at Trenton Rooters Out to Even Score for 2-0 Loss To Rider Last Year THESE LETTERMEN WILL FACE RIDER TOMORROW Dadurka Returns; New Prospects Up Squad lo 3 Teams A silver streak broke through the clouds of h eavy gloom hanging over Kirby Park this week a n d through it marched some new recruits for Russ Picton' s hard-pressed gridders plus several " old timers" who had been on the virus list. The Wilkes soccer team will b e out to avenge a 2-0 loss to Rider College at Trenton tomorrow afternoon as well as to start John Reese's college coach'ng career off w ith a convincing ;;in. The Colonels started off last y ear with a 1-0 win over Eliza- The best n ews Picton heard all week was that lett erman end N eil Da durk a would be rea dy t o play in to morrow's opener agai n st Lebanon Va ll ey at Annvill e. Ro yal Hayward, W est P ittston guard, is al so bethtown and then were dumped by expected to be re ady for limited Rider, 2-0. The many veterans on a ction. the squad have not forgotten this Th e r eturn of the sic'k a nd the defeat. addition of six n ew candidates brought the Colonels' st reng th up For m er Penn State wrestling to 33. The new a ddit ions are: Dave star Re ese will be standing on the Panzetta , promising fu llback from sidelines for his first soccer gam e West P ittston; Don H umphrey, a s a coach . John does not have a Sa m Pum a , Tex Bartl ett, Sonn y small pair of shoes to fill. Bob Pro ni ewski and Jim O'Dwyer. P a rtridge turned out winning t eams Second Game for Dutchmen hi s last two years before leaving Tomorrow aft ernoon's t ussle will fo r the Kent School. However, be the second of th e week for the Reese learned his soccer at P enn Dutchmen. Th ey battled Miller sState under the tutelage of the BEACON Photo by Cliff Brothers ville State Teachers to a 6-6 draw fam ed Bill Jefferies, coach of the wi t h pr evious exp er ience. Pictur ed above: Left National Champion Nittany Lions. \\' hen the Wilkes hooter s take t he fi eld a in a benefit game at Middlet own to r ig ht, fi rst ro w : Fred Boot e, Hank Deibel, Subs Battle Var sit y gainst Rider tomorrow afternoon at Trenton, Monday. Wit h a game already 'unGlenn P het hean, Sam Shug ar, Younsu Koo, J im fre sh man coach John Reese will be able to call on der t heir belts, the down-st a t er s Ru gged scrimm ages featured this Sto , ker and Carl Va.n Dyke. Second row : Bill t hese 14 lettermen for service. T hey will for m t he should be doubl y to ugh. t h t h week's practice sessions wi e nucleus of a Colonel soccer team which faces the .! loyd, Ah med Kazim i, J oe Popple, John Bresna According to members of the second team giving the first a batha n , Capt ain P a r ker P etrilak, 1955 Athlete of t he +.le all t h e wa y. Monday's scrimt oughest schedule in t he histor y of t h e s po rt at coa hing staff who saw the game, · Wilkes in a quest for a th ird straig ht winning Year Ji m F erris and Dave Polley . the Dut chmen w ill ha ,·e a slight mage fo und the starting eleven ekh - b ted h ing out a 4-3 win in a tussle that season. T ey w1 11 e aug men by ot er men weight ad va ntage over the Colonels. T heir sq uad num ber s abo ut left Reese smiling over some of his \ · 40 men and ope.rates from the tight bench strength. Seth Ansab a ga in H "T" fo rmation. Most of the playimpressed with a terrific shot for a . , .. 1\L · ers who saw a ction in last year's goal. 19-0 loss t o t he Colonels are back Once ag ain, t h e hooters will l ean a gain. They Jost onl y five pla yers h eavily on students from foreign and these were rep laced by five lands . A hmed Kazimi of Trans·ser vice r eturnees . J ordan, Nick Giordano from Italy, Those intending to pla y touch P icton has planned a light work a nd Younsu Koo · of .South Korea, football this year shoul d be forming out for the Colonels this afternoon . will be in t h e starting lin e-up. An- t ea ms thi s week, a ccording to an They will leave for Annville a bout sah will see plenty of a ction once ann ouncement made yest erday by 10 t omorrow morning. One of the he g et s into top shape. H e h as not John R eese, h ead of the program problems fa cing t h e coaching st aff played in five years. this year. is that o.r work ing 11 men into a The rest of the starting team The r egular sea son will get uns m o o th unit. The devastation ·l hat Rider will be facin g is well - derway in two weeks. Roster s RECEIPTS WITHOUT GLORY wrought by injuries and sickn ess fortified with experi ence at all posi- should be handed in to the gym Th e BEACON was inter est ed to hear that the W est Side Kiwanis has set the t eam back somewha t, tions. Th e w elcom e a dditions of office befor e Octob er 7 so that sch e- Clubs are going to sponsor t he Wi lk es-Bloomsburg football game. A . but a ll are hopefu l t hat the squad J im Stocker and Tony Bianco, let- dul es can be made out. few t imes durin g the past several years, it was rumored thas the college will be ab le to jell tomorrow a ft ert ermen of previous years, has g iven A ll clubs on the campus are in- had been offered a chance to inc r ea se attendance by t ying up with a noon. the t eam a big lift. vited to enter teams in the to uch food chain-store promot ional st unt. The opportunit ies wer e declined, Pkton to ld the Beacon that he loop, but students are re minded though they see m to have w orked for other schoo ls. PROBABLE LINE-UP hopes t hat a ll students will t r y t o We t hink t hat t he Kiwan is Idea is a good one and a step in t he a ttend the g a me . He was sure t hat Center Forwa r d .. Carl Van Dyck that t h ey n eed not be memb ers of an y school organizati on t o be eliright direction. Nobody will be able to say that Wilkes was trying a la r ge r ooting section would sp ur Outside Left . Bill Lloyd gibl e to play. Any gro up of men to grab som e addi tion al income on gate recei pts. The profits, and the t eam in. t heir quest for victory Outside Right Hank Deibel m ay fo r m a tea m and enter t h e we join t he adm in istration in a ho1Je for 1ilenty, go to underprivinumber one. Member s of the squad Inside Left ... Nick Giordano league. leged ch ildr en. W hat was it that Red But t ons said ? - A man is expressed t h e same belief. n ever so big as he is when he stoops to help a child. Predominately a defe nsive outfit Inside Right . . ... Younsu Koo •Onl y fo ur tea ms compet ed last in the past, t he Colonels ma y unCenter Halfback .... ... Jim F erris yea r in this once popular intramuWHAT HAPPENED TO THE CARAVANS? ravel one of the best offensives in L eft H alfback Sam Shugar ral sport. It is hoped that t hat W e can r em ember way back wh en ea ch fo otba ll g am e which wa s t he histo ry of the school this year. figur e will be at lea st doubled this Ri ght Halfba ck .. .. Ahm ed Kazimi yea r. played in for eign t err itor y wa s the exc use for W ilkesmen to take a lit tle W ith Ronnie .Rescig no a const ant t r ip fo r themselves. They used to call it the "Colonel Carava n." What t hreat t o break loose on any play Dave P olley Left Fullback Rost er for ms will be iss ued earl y or Glenn Phethean next week in ord er to facilitate t he ever ha ppened to that idea? We think tha t this would be a good year a nd veteran Howie Gross p a ssing, Right Fullback Joe Poppl e ent r y of t eams. They will be call- to put the operation back into effect . There is not one of the six away t he gridders will be a ble to strike grid games which is not in rea ch of students. Leban on Valley, Trenton, from an y point on t h e fi eld. Parker P etrilak ed in t he fo llowing week. Goalie Hofstra and Moravian could all be a n enti cement fo r book-weary stu- ·JNTRAMUR LOOP TO ISSUE TEAM FORMS FOR TOUCH FOOTBALL I WEST SIDE KIWANISTO SPONSOR BLOOM GAME FOR NEEDY I{IDS The Wilkes-Bloomsburg football game, scheduled for the night of October 15 at Kin gston Stadium, w ill be the scene of one of the biggest football promotions ever staged in the valley. The Forty Fort and Kin gston Kiwanis Clubs will combine to sponsor the game in the interest of ch a rity. It will mark the first time for a Colonel squad to b e involved in any outside promotion. The W est Side Kiwanians announced that they have ._a two-fold purpose in sponsoring the game _ to earn m oney for u nd erprivileged children and to h elp stimulate interest 'in local ·college footba ll. They expect ·a · crowd of 12,000 to attend. This could be the largest ,,,.owd to ever attend a Wilkes game. Tick et agencies will be installed throughout t he Valley t o. st imulate sales . Locations have already been a rran ged in Shick shinny,· Berwick, Bloomsb urg and Benton. Th e local interest in the gam e, due t o the fa ct t hat m an y former W yoming .Valley scholastic g r idder s are on both squads, has led the 'Kiwanians to conceive the idea of pr esent ing a coal troph y to the wi nner of t h e g a me. . This could become a yearly award as t he W est Sider s have expressed a desire to sponsor the game ever y yea r . Two hi gh school bands, those of Kingston and Forty Fort, will be on ha nd to entert a in during the gala program planned. Of _course the Wilkes and Bloomsburg bands will also be •in atten danc·e: dents t o " get a wa y fr om it all " for a day. Ther e is no -doubt tha t a frien dly crowd can help a tea m. Ther e is noth ing like pla ying befor e the home fo lks. If only two of the gam es are her e, wh y don't we fo llow the team ? A s we r em ember Caravans, t h ey were alwa ys more fun than t he TV set or Gur nari's. HOW BIG IS SOCCER? Some people around the cam pus still think of soccer a s being a min or spo rt. It will undoubtabl y rem ain so in the minds of t hese p eo ple. But let's take a look at t he fa cts. Wilkes •College actuall y has two major , small college sports durin g t h e fal l. Last year the hooter s played nine gam es. However, only eight tea ms were r epr esented on the schedul e. Elizabethtown opened and closed t he sea son. This yea r , t he Colonels pla y 12 different t eams in a perio d of 43 days. Lock Haven has been d_r opped fr om-- the slate and Hofstra, Muhlenberg, T emple and Gettysbu1:g have been added. Hofst ra is big -ti me. An y of t he footba ll or basket ba ll players who have compet ed against them can tell you t hat. What most people don't know is that their lacrose and soccer t ea ms are a mong t he eli te every yeai;. T here is no sense in wasting space talkin g about Temple. They were nosed out by P enn State for t he National Cha mp ionship last year, that's all. Ot her to p-notch ga mes a re Rider and Lafayette. GRIDDERS HAVE ROUGH PATH The football t eam plays their usua l good schedul e. Lebanon Vall ey, Bloomsburg, Mar yland Stat _e, Hofstra and Moravian are the to ugh nuts on a r ug_g ed slate. But then , .a s coach es say, they're all t ough. We f eel safe in saying that thi s is t he tou g hest schedule t he gridder s have ever fa ced: The fa ct that t h ey are playing six of t h e eight gam es on t h e road makes it just that much rougher. Scribes to Select 'Athlete of Week' Beginning with n ext w eek's edit ion of the Beacon, the sports staff will pr esent t he "Athlete of t he Week" fea ture wh ich ha s been po pular in previous years. The selection will be made by members of the staff in a round tabl e discussion. Coach es of the team s which are in action w ill be con sulted. Th e Beacon st aff .feels that this is a n excellent way t o k eep a con~ s tant r ef erence to aid in the selectio n of t he " Athlet e of the Yea r ," a fe at ure which has been traditional in the past . A t r oph y will be a warded to the player who wins t h e ann ua l honor s. A point syst em has been devised to a id in t he seledion of the "Athlete of t he Year." Any player named "Athlete of the Week" wi ll receive t en points. A pla yer no minated will be rewa rd ed wit h five points, a nd special eff ort will be g iven one t o th ree poin ts. �4 Friday, September 30, 1955 WILKFS .COLLEGE BEACON LIBRARY PURCHASES PULITZER PRIZE BOOKS FROM '53 ON CLUB PLANS EVENTS: Beacon Asks ASSIS• tance; ED. MS Available to Frosh; FOREIGN STUDENTS SPEAK Letters a,,n d Opinions theAWilkes successful initial meeting of Reorganizes Thursday Club was held The staff of the Manuscript, Will Be We ) COme d last week Education with President Glenn Wilkes College literary magazine, This is the third issue of the Beacon to be published this year. Each ·issue has been a toilsome, though enjoyable, task for our· small staff to get into print. We hope that all of you, faculty and student alike, have seen the first issues, read, and enjoyed them. If you have already formulated some opinion about the Beacon or any article published herein, we would be extremely glad to hear it, whether it be complimentary, der ogatory or constructively critical. We soon hope to incorporate a "letter to the editor" column that will prove as scintillating a s last year's. Now that we are about to enter the third week of publication, and most of the tasks of getting organized in schedule and school work are eompleted, the Beacon staff hopes anyone interested in any phase of newspaper work would offer a f ew of his free moments by attending one of the weekly staff meetings. These meetings are held Mondays at 12:30, in the second :floor of the Lecture Hall. The :Beacon has vacancies in the report:ing, typing, copy reading, and circulation departments. It is well-nigh impossible for ·three or four staff members to produce a paper that gives each of the college's department, club, or stu- Phethean presiding. Phethean welcomed new members of the club and outlined a few of the many events scheduled for this semester. In a ccordance with this enthusiastic start, yesterday's meeting was highlighted by the presence of severa l of the foreign students who spoke of education in their homeland. Tentative plans of the Education Club include a Classroom Tea cher s Conference in Bedford Springs, Pa., on October 14 and 15, a County Teacher s Workshop in Kingston on October 20 and 21, and a FTA District Meeting in Scranton on November 3 and 4. The Club also hopes to continue its work with Future Teachers of 'America clubs in the .high schools of the area. dent a ctivity the coverage it deserves. Because a few students know of a service their organization is rendering to the school there is no assurance that others know of it. Most of it is news we are all interested in. If you do not have the time to write or assist the Beacon on a regular schedule feel free to drop bits of news at the Beacon office. These will be scr eened and a reporter assigned to write the story. Club officers ar, especially urged to report such domgs of their respective clubs that they 'feel all the m embers of Wilkes should know a15 POSITIONS OPEN bout. (continued from page 1) We feel that the college paper is Sophomores: President, David the voice of the college. If it is to Tom Buckman, Sam Lowe. speak the words of all, it must have Vice-President, Len M u 1 c ah y., the assistance Of more than a few. Sam Puma, Roger Lewis. Secretary, Marilyn Carl, Janice Schuster, Claire Ambrose, Marguerite Malko, Barbara Hollinger, Janice Loyek. Treasurer, Ed Kotula, Ted Jones, Jackie Oliver, Jackie Jones. Freshmen: President, Robert Thomas, Richard Bartlett, James Walsh, Nick Sieko, Jerome Gorski, Terry Smith. Vice-President, Mike Melchior, John Saba, Dick Eskilson. Secretary, Judy Gomer, Kay Noonan, 'T oni Scureman. Treasurer, Grace Major, Robert Payne, William Duffy, Gill Gregory. Student Council, Garry Weingartner, Dave · Schoenfeld, Phyllis Charnecki, Bill Davis, Pat Bedeski, Al Ku chinskas, Judy Botkin. . 50 million times a day at home, at work or on the way has extra copies of the Spring, 1955 edition which it has placed for dist ribution at convenient points on campus early next week. It is the hope of the Manuscript staff that fres hmen will help themselves to a copy of the magazine, and that any budding authors or poets consider contributing to the coming edition in Spring, 1956. At pr esent the Manuscript staff is suffering from lack of staff members, but they urge all interested persons to watch the bulletin board and the Beacon for further announcements. An organizational meeting will be held next Thursday to which any freshman or upperclassman interested in becoming a Manuscript staff member is cordially invited. Fresh a nd new material is needed and an yone may contribute. We repeat, anyone may contribute. Again we remind you that copies of the Manuscript will be available early next week and freshmen are urged to procure a copy. WC JOB ORIENTATION (continued from page 1) ers. Now a senior will learn what to expect and how to respond when he is placed face to face across a desk with the man who will judge the desirability of taking him into industry. The final session of the seminar will be conducted on October 7. LET'S GO, BOOTERS BEAT RIDER! • I I I I I I I There's nothing like a I I TUXEDOS TO RENT Special Price To Students 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. BAUM'S 1. PURE AND PARK, .SHOP and WHOLESOME ••• Nature's own flavors • 2. BRIGHT, EVER-FRESH SPARKLE ••• distinctive ·1:aste. EAT 3. REFRESHES SO QUICKLY ... with as few calories as ha/,f an average, juicy grapefruit. at the new FOWLER, DICK and WALKER The Boston Store Louis Rosenthal Men's Clothing & Furnishings Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Books By Hemingway, Callon, MacLeish, Faulkner, Hogan, Among New Library Additions Last summer the Wilkes library made a special point to procure books which received the Pulitzer Prize. The librarian ordered allot the 'books from the 1955 awards, and also some that won 1953 and 1954 awards. These books are placed on the New Book Shelves (next .to the entrance of the Reference Room) or are displayed on the circulation desk. Among others are: From the 1955 Awards Fiction: A FABLE, by William Faulkner. A novel which takes place on the Western battlefront in the spring of 1918. The author imagines that the Passion of Christ is r e-enacted by a corporal in the French Army det ermined to r edeem the world from evil. History: GREAT RIVER: THE RIO GRANDE IN N·O RTH AMERICAN HISTORY, by Paul Hogan. A history, not only of the river, but also of the entire New Mexico, Cheerleaders, WC Band Spark Gym Pep Rally Texas a r ea fro m Ancient to Moder n t imes. The a ut hor has written many novels a nd other work s about t he Southwest. Biography: THE TAFT STORY, by William S. White. Although this is not a definitive biography of Senator Taft, the author - a N ew York Times Wa shingt on Correspondent - pr esents an objective and absorbing study of the late senat or fr om Ohio. Poetry: COLLECTED POEMS OF WALLACE STEVENS. A coll ection of poems published to honor the author on his 75th birthda y, this Sunday. Drama: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, by Tennessee Williams. This play, which won both the Pulitzer Prize and Drama Critics Award, involves a rich, ruthless and dying old man and his childr en's interest in his fortune. From the 1954 A wards History: STILLNESS AT APPOMATTOX, by Bruce Catton. This is the third and final volume of the author's story of the Army of the Potomac and follows MR. LINCOLN 'S ARMY and GLORY ROAD. It is the story of the last year of the Civil War, 1864, with its army of mer cenaries, bounty. jumper s, and embittered veterans who had lost sight of the original goal of radiant victory and had become a ruthless machine of war. From the 1953 Awards Fiction: THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA, by Ernest Hemingway. A short no vel about an old fisherman, overtaken by hard luck, wh<. hooks a monster marlin and gets towed out to sea. History: THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS, by George Dangerfield. A well-written account of the period in American history between 1815 and 1865. Poetry: C O L LE C T E D POEMS OF AR CHIBALD MACLEISH . This volu me of the au thor's poet ry covers a period of 35 year s of writ ing. At Tuesday's Pep Rally the Wilkes College Band, in conjunction with the cheerleaders, gave a rousing program of march music and stirring cheers to send the charges of football coach Russ Picton and soccer coach John Reese off to victory in the first games of the season tomorrow. ROlber t Moran, band director, introduced Coach Picton and made an appeal for the wealth of book-bound football talent Wilkes possesses to come out for the team. ·Picton then introduced Glenn Carey, captain of the team. Carey emphasized that although the team is small in num ber and light in weight it is a scrappy bunch and will give each opponent a run for the money this year. Picton lauded line coach Joe Trosko for producing a line that should stand up to the high standards established by form er coach George Ralston. The band then played the Wilkes Drinking Song, which was followed ,by a "Beat Lebanon Valley" cheer. Reese Non-committ,;i.l The soccer team also was accorded an ovation when Coach John Reese spoke about his team's expectations. He said that the team had high hopes for a good season but preferr ed to remain more or less non-committal and to let the first t est at Rider College tomorrow speak for itself. Parker P etrilak, captain of the t eam, compared this year's squad to the oth ers he has seen at Wilkes. He stated flatl y, " Thi s t eam is a Della Milliman, wife of basketmong the best." ball star J ohn Millima n, who at The band pla yed the Whiffenpoof present is stationed in Germany, Song, Londonderry Ai r, and The , gave birth to a baby g irl named Wilkes Touchdown Song , while the J udith E ileen. Milliman is expectstudent bod y st r uggled pathetically ed to ret urn to the College in early with the words to the latter. F ebruary. Open A Deemer & Company Inc. CHARGE ACCOUNT At Newly Remodeled POMEROY'S STATIONERY· SCHOOL SUPPLIES DRAWING SETS . NOTE BOOKS For All Your College Needs Throughout The Year . . . And SAVE! 6 W. 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We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1955 September 30th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 September 30 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/735305a75882d786c3b2d969dbf89ab2.pdf ff15df81361e77e9618d5eb95553ebd1 PDF Text Text <<4 WILKES COLLEGE Serving the Valley for 22 Years Vol. XI, No. 2 -WILKES COLLEGE - ~Beacon WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA Curtis Appointed Publicity Head; Former P.R. Director Will Teach Wilkes-Barre Native Was BEACON Editor The appointment of John D. Curtis, a South Wilkes-Barre native, as director of publicity and publications at Wilkes College was announced last week by Dr. Eugene E. Farley, president. · · Curtis, a 1955 graduate of Wil'kes, will replace Mrs. Ruth Roberts, who has joined the fulltime faculty of the institution. She will be an instructor in English, business correspondence and reports during the Fall term. The new publicity director was graduated in June with a bachelor of science degree in secondary education, with a major in English and social studies. His English study was concentrated in writing subjects. Worked in Radio The son of Mrs. Florence D. Curtis, Washington, D. C., formerly of Wilkes-Barre, and the late Harold L. ·C urtis, he is an alumnus of Meyers High School. He was employed by the Federal Government in Washington for three years prior to entering Wilkes and also worked as a radio announcer at WGA Y, Silver Spring, Md. At Wilkes he was sports publicity director for three years and assistant director of public relations a year. In his senior year he was editor of the Beacon, student weekly newspaper, and received the L. .J . Van Laeys Journalism Award at graduation. Active in sports at Wilkes, he was a member of the Lettermen's Club, having excelled in soccer. Husband Is Teacher A native of Scranton, Mrs. Roberts joins her husband in the ranks of husband-wife teams of private school teaching. Her husband, Edwin J. Roberts, is professor of Latin at Wyoming Seminary. A graduate of Wyoming Seminary, Mrs. Roberts received her bachelor's degree at Goucher College, Baltimore, and completed requirements for her master's degree at Cornell University. She taught English at Seminary for several years. She joined the public relations staff at Wilkes in 1953 and became publicity director in the Fall of 1954. . Manuscript Editor Studies · in Israel; Bynder on .Scholarship Herbert Eynder, editor-elect of the Manuscript, Wilkes literary annual, is studying this semester in Israel. Bynder, who was a member of last year's Manuscript staff, won a scholarship to Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He will study at the University for the next year. On official leave of absence from Wilkes, he will return to the College next Septel]lber. THE BEACON Serving the College since 1944 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1955 Lynch lo Play At College Gym The year's second weekend dance will run this evening from nine to midnight at the College gym. Bob Lynch and his band will -p lay for tonight's to-do. The affair is sponsored by the grand old seniors, as the song says. It will b.e the graduating class' first social undertaking of the season. As part of this year's new hazing program, it is expected that many members of the freshman Mrs. Nada Vujica, who heads the class will be on hand for the dancWilkes library staff has issued ing party. And here's a breather seven simple reminders that will aid for them-though they must attend students in using the library most the event in order to comply with fr eshman regulations, tonight they efficiently this year. can dispense with dinks, ties (well, 1. The library is open Monday through · Thursday from 8 a.m. to official ones, at least), and pennants, and join in the fun in mufti. 9:30 p.m.; Friday from 8 a .m . to So the frosh should be there; but 5 p.m. ; Saturday from 1 a.m. to 4 that's no reason why the sophop.m. mores and juniors shouldn't be 2. If you wish to locate a book inthe library, check the card cata- there to help the thing along. The log ueeither under author, subject top of the ladder, the seniors, will or title. (Please remember to dis- be there, and so will the bottom r egard the initial "a", "an", and rungs, so it'd be a bit pointless to "the".) Memo slips and pencils are leave a gap in the middle. Tickets, if one must descend to provided for your convenience at such mundane subjects as money, the card catalogue. will take but a quarter out of the 3. To check out the book, bring it to the circulation desk where (in pockets, and the two-bit tab will most cases) it will be charged out get one from members of the senior John D. Curtis Mrs. Ruth Roberts for a period of two weeks. Be sure class, or at the door tonight. Cliff Brautigan, president of the to bring your library card as it is senior class, has chosen as his committee members the following: ne:~e~/;~ut~=n:i::t~~nd\hebookon the shelf, ask at the desk. The Tickets, Jim Ferris and Jeanette Highlights of the College's first achieved the highest scholastic book may be placed on a special Perrins ; publicity, Helen Krachenfels. The head of the whole sheassembly held Tuesday were the record during her freshman year. reserve shelf. bang, Brautigan, will handle. the The Mrs. James McKane Award 5. A list of the library's periodipresentations of awards by Mrs. was given to Miss Irene Tomalis cal holdings can be found on the refreshment stand. He'll be aided Gertrude Doane, Wilkes Dean of and to Jesse Choper. The juniors Hanging Kardex in the lteference by Mickey Perlmuth, Women. Mrs. Doane presented the have maintained the highest scho-, Room. "' 6. Remember - the library has Faculty Women's Award to Vera lastic records during their freshWroble. This award is made each man and sophomore years at a wealth of material in pamphlet form for your use. Feel free to year to the sophomore girl who Wilkes. browse through the pamphlet file (Photo on Page 2) (arranged by subject) which is located in the main hall rear. Please do not refile material, but return The Graduate Record Examinathe pamphlets to the desk. tions, required of applicants for ad7. The library is intended for mission to a number of graduate study - please remain quiet while schools, will be administered at in the building. examination centers throughout the Princeton, N. J., Sept. 16 - The country four times in the coming Law School Admission Test requiryear, Educational Testing Service As is customary at the beginning ed <if applicants for admission to has announced . During 1954-55 of each school year, elections were a number of leading American law more than 9,000 students took the held in the various dormitories. On schools, will be given at more than GRE in partial fulfillment of adSept. 19, Ashley Hall elected its 100 centers throughout the United Another Wilkes "first" was set mission requirements of graduate officers for the coming year with States on the mornings of Novem- last week when the Wilkes-Barre schools which prescribed it: the following results: her 12, 1955, February 18, April 21, School Board appointed Wilkes This fall candidates may take the Leslie P . Weiner, Forest Hills, and August 11, 1956. During 1954- graduate William Crowder as music GRE on Saturday, November 19. L. I., President; J erry Stein, N. Y., 55 nearly 10,000 applicants took teaeher in Coughlin High School In 1956, the dates are January 21, Vice President; Dick Jones, To- this test, and their scores were sent for the coming year. Crowder is April 28, and July 7.• ETS advises wanda, Pa., Secretary; Irwin Kaye, to over 100 law schools. the first Negro appointed to the each applicant to inquire of the Berwick, Pa., Treasurer. A candidate must make seperate City teaching staff in its history, graduate school of his choice which The officers of the other dormi- application for admission to each according to a story carried in a of the examinations he should take tories include: law school of his choice and should recent edition of the Wilkes-Barre and on which dates. Applicants for graduate school fellowships should Butler Hall: Cliff Brautigan, E. inquire of each whether it wishes Record. Crowder, of 36 Orchard Street, ordinarily take the designated exOrange, N. J., President; Bill him to take the Law School AdFarish, Huntington, Pa., Exec. mission Test and when. Since ma- Wilkes-Barre, was graduated this aminations in the fall administraCouncil; Michael Weinberger, For- ny law schools select their fresh- past June with a degree in music tion. The GRE tests offered in these preceding est H 1.11 s, L . I ., E xec. Coµnc1·1 ; man classes in the spring . f d education. He will also direct the nationwide programs include a test James Walsh, Bronx, N. Y., Exec. their entrance, candidates or a - Coughlin High School band. While at the College, he was stu- of general scholastic ability and adCouncil. mission to next year's classes are advised ordinarily to take either dent director for the Wilkes Male vanced level tests of achievement Weckesser Hall: Carl Van Dycke, the November or the February test, Chorus, and for the Mixed Chorus in sixteen different subject matter Punxsutawney, Pa., President; Dick if possible. as well. In the Wilkes band he fields. According to ETS, candiMurray, Brooklyn, N. Y., Treasur- . The Law School Admission Test, played tympani and bell lyre. dates are permitted to take the er. prepared and administered by EduCrowder was active in other than Aptitude Test and / or one of the The new men's dormitory in the cational Testing Service, features purely musical circles on campus; Advanced Tests. farmer - McLaughlin home: Fred objective questions measuring ver- he was vice president of Student Application forms and a Bulletin Krohle, Weatherly, Pa., President; (continued on page 4) Council and of Cue 'n' Curtain, the of Information, which provides deMcClintock Hall: Helen Young, dramatic club. On the Dean's List tails of registration and adminisBerwick, Pa., President; Barbara several semesters, he was listed in tration as well as sample questions, Hollinger, Lancaster, Pa., Soc. Hunlocks ·Creek, Pa., President; "Who's Who Among Students in may be obtained from college adChairman. Barbara Booch, Sugar Loaf, Pa., American Colleges" during his last visers or directly from Education.a l Sterling Hall: Jeannette Perrins, Soc. Chairman. two years at Wilkes. (continued on page 4) Library Aids Issued; Seven Simple Rules Find Elusive Works Wroble, Tomalis, Choper Win Awards Graduate Examinations In Nov., January, April, Testing Service States WEINER, BRAUTIGAN LAW SCHOOL TESTS VAN DYCKE, KROHLE IN EARLY NOVEMBER VOTED DORM PREXIES CROWDER TO TEACH MUSIC AT COUGHLIN �2 Friday, September 23, 1955 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON EDITORIALS A Slight Answer Somebody-who we don't recall, and it's unimportant, anyway-asked us earlier this week just what our editorial policy this year would be. Now that's a fair enough question, we think, and it ought to get some kind of a reasonable answer. It occutted to us that others might also be wondering too what the Beacon's attitude might be in regard to various campus events in the coming year. Now a policy in a paper such as this isn't necessarily a cutantl-dried thing about which we can say, "The Beacon. will take this stand and this stand and this stand on that subject and the oth~r situation." Rather than uhdertake such a cold and premeditated attitude, the Beacon expects to scrutinize events as they come, scrutinize them carefully, and then decide in favor of whatever side of the question under consideration seems to be most for the good of its readers. Suffice it torsay that in general the Beacon will take as much a reserved view as possible, withholding judgement until each question that might be a possible source of controversy actually .9ome1? before the student body. Med School Accepts Coon Robert J. Coon III, has received official notification fro m the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine that he has been accepted for admittance in the term beginning September, 1956. Coon, undertaking an A.B in Biology, is among the first of the premedical students at Wilkes to be accepted fo r Medical School. He was extremely elated with the news. When asked how he thought Wilkes had prepared him for advance study he replied, "I have been very happy at Wilkes ... .with the number of students from Wilkes taken into medical schools I would say my preparation is great . . . academically and socially." Coon is a native of Towanda, Pa., where he attended St. Agnes Parochial school and graduated from Towanda High School in 1952. He Congratulations! It gives us considerable pleasure to see that at least some of our readers are remembering that intramurals, card parties, tects, football games, dances, club meetings and what-have-you are side-shows to the main event here at the College, that is to say the business of attempting an education. Last Tuesday morning we sat in the College gym and watched two young ladies and one of the spear side of the student body receive awards for outstanding scholastic work in their freshman and sophomore years at Wilkes. There's a good bit of busmess running around this place known as 'student activity', and it's good to see that a few of the students got it into their heads just what their principle activitiy ought properly to be. So the Beacon is happy this week to salute Vera Wroble, Irene Tomalis, and Jesse Choper. It's nice to know someone's thinking. Falk Heads Sports IRANIAN STUDENT For BEACON This Year ENTERS C. AND F. Ivan H. Falk has been appointed _sports Editor on the Beacon staff FIELD AT WILKES for the 1955-56 semesters. Falk replaces Al Jeter who graduated from Wilkes last June. The new appointment was confirmed this week by acting Dean George F. Elliot. Falk, a veteran newsman, served as Asso.ciat'e Editor of the Beacon last year. Prior newspaper experience includes editorship of the Wurzburg Post Argus in Germany · while Falk served with the U . S. Army. The Argus was a tabloid similar to the Beacon in style. Falk has t a k e n several journalism courses at Wilkes and plans a career in the newspaper field. Adding even further to the already fa miliar international element at Wilkes this year is Nasser Bonheur from Teheran, Iran. Nasser arrived in the states in Sept ember, 1951, when he entered Lakemont Tcademy, a school located at Elmira, New York. After graduating from Lakemont, a prep school, Nasser continued his education at Keystone Junior College, near Wilkes-Barre at LaPlume, Pa. This fall he entered Wilkes as a junior majoring in Commerce and F inance . He is now a resident of Ashley Hall. Nasser's plans for the future include entering the export and imLIBRARY GETS GIFTS port phase of the business world. · Kirby Hall, the Wilkes College When interviewed he stated that library, is richer this semester by he considers that "the United some 250 books, gifts from friends States is a great land of progress of the College. and opportunity." One of the Fall's donations was the present of Dr. and Mrs. Guttman. Mrs. Guttman was the College psychology adviser for several years. Another group of books, about Poland, was given the College by Mrs. Kocyan in memory of some deceased friends. Integrity Urged Hoover io Teach By Farley Speech Al Alma Maler Ifi F. Jrs f Assembl y ■ Dr. Eugene S. Farley, Wilkes president, in s peaking to the student body at the first assembly prog ram of the year, reaffirmed his belief that integrity is probably the most important single quality a college student could possess. Dr. Farley remarked on the attempts to inaugurate an honor system at Wilkes over the past nineteen years. He stated it has been one of his greatest desires to see such a system instituted, "for an honor syst em is m erely a small measure of the integrity that we know all college students possess. If we have honesty in one another, we can have faith that men can create for t hemselves a fine world." The president later announced through Dean of Men George Elliot that his remarks were misinterpreted by those who construed them to mean that the administration intends to assume the initiative in , expanding the groundwork laid in honor system discussions last year. During th e closing semester last year students met with the fa culty in a series of informal discussions to bring before ea ch other the views from both sides of the lecture table. At that time, Dr. Farley expressed hope that the development would proceed slowly, methodically, and purposefully on a student level. He saw possible failure in a sudden thrust into a seemingly different educational atmosphere. The basic theme of the remarks at assembly was that our tomorrow Robert J. Coon III is a product of our today. Only chose to attend this college because through the integrity of educated "it was convenient to his home and men and women who are able to because it had an excellent record face the difficult issues in the presfor placing students in medical ent can our future be better, he schools." He has been active local- stated. "Today is a product of yesly in the Ionian Fellowship at the terday, and things done today are Presbyterian Church, the Students the foundations for tomorrow." Zionist Organization, and the Fine Arts Club. During his second seAllen Jeter, former Sports Editor mester he worked in the Wilkes of the BEACON, became engaged library. this summer to Joan Spraque of The hope of the prospective doc- Toms River, New Jersey. tor is to specialize in obstetrics and to work in a large hospital. He has little desire to enter private prac- me to go into medicine only because tice. He can remember no specific I want to." incident or time in his life that When asked for comment on the made him turn to medicine as a unusual events in his life, Coon ancareer. "There are no doctors in · swered, "Up until 10 :45 this mornmy family, my father is a dress ing (the day he was notified of acsalesman travelling through Vir- ceptance) my life has been uneventginia and P ennsylvania. He wants ful ... (now it begins)." Hermina Freid, an ex-student of Wilkes, married William F ink at Fort Dix on Aug ust 18. - WILKES COLLEGE - -Beacon A newspaper published each week of the regular school year by and for the stucl_ents of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscrjpt,io~.: $1.80 pei: semester. Editor T. R. Price Asst. Editor .. H. M. Krachenfels Asst; ·Editor .... John Kushnerick Sports Editor Jonni Falk Business Mgr. Richard Jones Asst. ·Bus. Mgr . ... ..... Irwin Kaye Faculty Adviser Mr. F. J. Salley Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarr~, . on the Wilkes .campus. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's •Printery, rear 55 North Main •Str·e et, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Arthur Hoover, always a leading campus fi gure in his student days at Wilkes, has moved to the other side of the lectern by agreeing to teach Secretarial Studies at the College. A Glen Lyon native and a graduate of Newport Township High School, Mr. Hoover graduated cum laude from Wilkes in June with a B.S. in Business Education. While studying at Wilkes he was a ctive in extra-curricular activities, serving in such varied roles as business manager of the Beacon for three and a half years, presi- Arthur J. Hoover dent of the Education Club and the Future Teachers of America. He was director of intra-mural sports, chairman of the Red Cross and Community Chest fund - raising campaigns on campus, and president of the Student Council. The fa culty and administration named him "the outstanding graduate of the year", and the class of 1955 chose him for their permanent president. He was also selected as one of the graduates to be listed in Who's Who in American Colleges and. Universities. Hoover feels that his new position will provide a stimulating challenge while affording him an opportunity to gain some valuable teaching ex perience. First T.D.R. Meeting Opens Registration For Sorority Till 30th On Tuesday evening the women of Theta Delta Rho met in Sterling Hall for their fir st gathering of the semest er. The main purpose of the meeting was the introduction of the new freshmen members. · Following the "get acquainted" session, a brief business meeting was hel d. President Bernice Thomas announced that registration for upperclassmen will be held throughout this week and continuing until Sept ember 30. Upperclassmen ma y regist er with a n y of th e officers of the sorority: Gerri Kolotelo, Jessie Rod erick, Peggy Stevens, Mary West, Connie Kamarunas, and Margaret Smith. It was announced that Nancy Beam will be chair man of the first big social event for T DR, the annual wiener roast, which will be held on October 22. The evening's program wa s provided by the freshmen who graciously and somewhat hilariousl y contributed their talents. BEACON MEETING AT NOON REWARD FOR WORK -, Dean of Women Gertrude A. Doane presents the Mrs. James McKane award to Irene Touialis and Jesse Choper. The juniors earned the award with ou.t standing scholastic work during the last two years. (Story on page 1.) The regular meeting of the Beacon staff will be held today at noon in the office on the second floor of the Lecture Hall. All people interested in joining the staff are invited to attend. �Friday, September 23, 1955 3 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Prepping Gridders Plagued by Injuries Boaters Prospects Bright For Opener Colonels' Ranks Thinned lo 27 by Ailments; Lebanon Valley lo Open Toughest Schedule Vlith only eight days remaining before the Colonels embark on their toughest grid schedule, Freshman coach Russ Picton found more to worry about than the veteran Lebanon Valley team his charges will be facing next Saturday. Just a few hours after Picton told the BEACON that he felt a lot better about the schedule with Bill Sirnonovich doing a crack job at fullback, the Edwardsville line-smasher found it necessary to withdraw from the squad. HEADS GRIDDERS Just filling this gap in the gridders' offense would cause a case of ulcers, but then Neil Soccer coach John Reese was able to face the coming season with a bit more confidence than his football counterpart as the hooters rapidly got into shape for next Saturday's away opener with Rider. The illness and injury bug has not yet bitten the inhabitant's of Kirby Park's dike sector as it has their older brothers, the Grid coach Russ Picton yesterday SOCCER CAPTAIN gridders. Most of the team remade a plea to any member of the student body who would like to ported in good physical shape come out for football to do so imand the late-comers have found PICTON ISSUES CALL FOR NEW PROSPECTS it difficult to keep up in the tough drills scheduled by Reese. Conditioning has been the most important factor in practices thus far. Following the opener with Rid er, the Colonels must be prepared for a tough weekend. They meet Lafayette and Hofstra at home on October 7 and 8. Wilkes has n ever beaten the Leopards from Easton though last year's winning team came close. However, they had to settle for a 3-3 tie. After wading through Lafayette, the booters tackle Hofstra the next day. This New York school boasts one of the best small college teams in the country and have always been rough in football and bask etball. Temple Came Close The most difficult challenge on the sch edule is the Temple game, slated for Philadelphia on October 15. This tilt marks the entry of the ·Colonels into big tim e soccer. Temple, runners-up to the national champions, always ranks high in the sport. They lost the national champion ship last year to Penn State, 1-0. Reese and the team feel that this is the year for the Colonels to make their move. The squad is w ell fortified with returning lettermen. The 14 seniors on the team form the nucleus of a juggernaut which has been under construction for three years. The graduation of Dean Arvan and Dick Polakowski left two holes. However, the addition of Nick Giordano, native of Italy; Seth Ansah, resident of the Gold Coast; and the return of Tony Bianco from the service will supply replacements. Giordano Looks Good Giordano has been a bright spot mediately. Picton stressed that experience is not n ecessary - only a desire to play the sport. He emphasized that any n ew additions will not be dropped from the squad. The coaches will make every effort to teach them the fundamentals of the gam e. The coach said t hat h e knows that there is a wealth of football talent in the school that has n ot com e out as yet. Now t hat sickn ess and injuries have cut the squad to 27 men, the presence of n ew prospects would be most encouraging. Parker Petrilak A new father, vetera n Petrilak will guard the goal and ca11tain t he hooters. starting job. The rest of the lineup is wellseasoned. Younsu Koo a nd Hank Deibel round out the front line with Carl Van Dyke back at center forward. Ji m F erris, Sam Shugar, ru gged Ah med Kazimi and Parker P etrilak, captain and goalie, are the remaining starter s. John Bresnahan has looked so good that ,Coach Reese is considering moving him to another position when he is not spelling the veteran Petrilak at the goal. Despite the tough road ahead, it is Rider that the Colonels are pointing at first. The team has not forgotten that the Trenton school handed the booters their first loss of the campaign last year. in pre-season scrimmages . His fan cy footwork has virtually assured hi m of a spot in the starting 11 -probably at inside right. Bill Lloyd and Fred Boote will probably share the outside left spot. The most spirited competition for a starting berth has been seen at left fullback where Joe Popple, Dave Polley and ve rsatile Glenn Phethean have b een staging a battle royal. Ansah has also impressed in workouts with .his rugged style and knowledge of the game. Soccer is the national sport of his homeland and though he has not played in fi ve years, he has quickly shown that he has not forgotten anything about the game. When he rounds Plans are already in progress for into . shape, he may take over a the 1955-56 intramural sports proPlans are already in progress for gram, according to a statement the 1955-56 intramural sports pro- made yesterday by John Reese, head of the program this year. Touch football, basketball, softball and last year's popular new THE INTERNATIONAL TOUCH feature, bowling, will highlight the program again this year. Reese is also thinking of instituting table tennis, volleyball, and golf if enough students show interest. The touch football season will begin in the near future. Those int ending to enter teams should be making plans at this moment. The interest shown in the bowling league last year has led to hopes for a bigger and better league this year. An earlier start should lead to a longer, competitive season. However, the keglers will have to wait until at least November 1 before they can begin rolling, due to the fact that construction at the Jewish Community, Center, site of the Sunday evening intramural bowling, will not be completed until that date. Those interest ed in join. ing t eams should contact R eese in the next' month. INTRAMURAL SET-UP IN PLANNING STAGE Wilkes College B·OOKS TORE Beacon Photo by Cliff Brothers Despite the departure of Dean Arvan, Greece, the Colonel hooters will retain the international flavor this year. The three men ' listed above, all foreign students, will be in the starting lineup. Left . to right: Ahmed Kazimi, Trans-Jordan; Younsu Koo, South Korea; and Tony Giordano, native of Italy, who now resides in Kingston. A forirth hooter, Seth Ansah, native of the Gold Coast, Will alscnee· plenty of ttction; Dadurka, veteran end, was stricken with pneumonia and will be lost for two weeks. Bob Masonis was forced to miss practices du e to illn ess and Glenn Carey was feared to have suffered cracked ribs. However, Glenn was back at his old center post Wednesday. Art Tambur has moved into the battle for the wide open fullback slot. Joe Re ese, stransfer student from Juniata and former Kingston star, is proving to be the brightest. light among the end prospects. The pass-catching wizard co uld be an a d e q u at e replacement for AllStater Paul Gronka. Glenn Carey The squad fell to a total of 27 · Back for his fourth season, men this week, probably the smallCarey will lead the gridders this est team in Colonel history. How-• ever, winning teams have bee~ campaign. built with less and returning letter~ m en for most positions will insure experience on t h e starting eleven. LEWIS SUCCEEDS JETER The small bench will hurt unless P icton's rugged conditioning proIN P.R.O.: WILL HEAD gram can create iron men. ATHLETIC PUBLICITY The first line will be a little Rodger Lewis, Plymouth sopho- heavier this year, but will still remore, has been appointed Sports tain the mobility which made it a Publicity Director. He succeeds Al tough nut to crack last season. Bill Jeter, 1955 graduate who is now Farish, Cliff Brautigan and Bob on the sports desk of the Tom s Masonis bolster the middle. JarRiver, New Jersey, paper. rell -Cashmere, a healthy Dadurka Lewis will handle all athletic and Joe Reese offer flank protection publicity and statistics for the and Captain Glenn Carey will do the Colonels. He is a major in the ball-snapping. Ronnie Rescigcommerce and finance and worked no, last year's frosh flash, has addas a reporter for the Beacon last ed some weight. Howie Gross will do the signal-calling. year. . . . AND THIS IS IT We all did a bit of shopping this week. The BEACON went looking for a sports editor and we couldn't r esist getting back into the ink (not the pink, Senator Joe). Then we had to go shopping for a sports page and a pair of feet big enough to fill the shoes of Al J eter, last year's sports chief. Now we hear that Russ Picton is shopping for a f~llba ck . How many days to Christmas, Mabel? Anyway, from no~ until Ju_ne, we'll be doing our shopping right here on page three trymg to brm g you the sports n ews to the best of our ability. IN THE TRADITION The soccer and football squads move into action on October 1 and that means that we'll be starting to name the Athlete of the Week in every issue thereafter. W e also hope to bring yo u the utmost in intramural ~ports coverage. At the end of the year, we will again select a Colonel to receive the Athlete of the Year trophy. The soccer team boasts two former recipients of this award. They are Parker Petrilak, captain a nd goali e, and Jim F erris, winner last year. COLONEL TO THE CORE Th e coaching staff has a distinct local flavor thi s year. Grid coach Russ Picton hails from Hanover Township; soccer, wrestling and baseball head John R eese is from Kingston; bask etball h ead Ed Davis is a Plymout h product; a ssistant football coach Joe Trosko is from Plains. All but Reese are graduates of Wilkes. Reese m atriculated at Penn State. RAMBLING ATHLETES Wilkes students will have the opportunity to watch the Colonels in only 27 of 68 athletic events sch eduled for the year. The sore point seems to be that only two of eight football games are to be played at Books - Supplies - Novelties home. However, maybe it's a good thing. At least Hawkie Gross won't hear his signals reverberating from the empty seats of Kingston StaSubscriptions dium too often. · Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 . A. predom.i:tiantly a;way .schedule will not help the Colonels in their ... WELCOME · search for winning seasons. Now that Notre Dame has abandoned the title of "Ramblers", maybe we can adopt it for the Wilkesmen. VARIETY SHOP �Friday, September 23, 1955 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 4 (continued from page 1) suggestions of students and faculty port; I will oppose him when I feel (continued from page 1) Testing Service, 20 Nassau Street, bal aptitudes and reasoning ability alike. I will always consider their he is ill-informed or in error. These are the ideals with which Princeton, N. J., or P. 0. Box 27896, rather than acquired information. interests my interests. I will never seek popularity for I start this new adventure and this Los Apgeles 27, California. A com- It cannot be "crammed" for. Sam(This is the first of a series of its own sake. I would rather be new job. I hope that I will manage pleted application must reach the ple questions and information rearticles to be written for the known as a dean who "calls the to live up to most of them most of ETS office at least fifteen days be- garding registration for and adBEACON by Wilkes' Acting plays as he sees them" honestly and the time. I will strive to be the fore the date of the administration ministration of the test are given Dean of Men, George Elliot. The above-board than as one who sur- same person, to have the same for which the candidate is applying. in a Bulletin of Information. Bulletins and applications for series will endeavor to clarify and renders to popular whims, There philosophies I had during my years the test should be obtained four to implement the administration's will be times when I will have ·to as a teacher. When I return to the six weeks in advance of the desired relations with the student ---<Ed. support the individual against the Economics Department next year group; at other times it will be my I trust that both you and I will feel testing date from Law School Adnote.) duty to support the group against that I did the job I was asked to do, mission Test, Educational Testing DECLARATION OF POLICY sincerely and enthusiastically if Dean of Women Gertrude Doane Service, 20 Nassau Street, PrinceThis year I am assuming a posi- the individual. I will try to be forthright and not successfully. announced Tuesday that the stu- ton, N. J. •C ompleted applications tion that would challenge the capadent assembly program on tap for must be received at least ten days cities of men far greater and far realistic in all my dealings with this year has been entirely student before the desired testing date in stronger than I. I am asked to be the students, and I will dispense CHEM CLUB REORGANIZES; planned. She stated that a great order to allow ETS time to comall in one: an observant shepherd of equal justice to all. I will never PLANS TO WELCOME FROSH deal of dissatisfaction was express- plete the necessary testing arrangestudents, a wise counselor, a sym- gloss over a situation nor try to An executive committee of the ed with the program the faculty ments for each candidate. pathetic father-confessor, an en- p ortray it in anything but honest terms. I will always give adequate Chemistry Club met yesterday in had arranged last semester. At 111111111111111111111 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I II I II I I I I I I courager of the discouraged and a moderator of the overly-ambitious. warning to each student before ac- Conyngham Hall to reorganize for that time the students were to plan In addition I must be an informed tions are taken concerning him. As the coming year and to discuss the program for this year. Mrs. Open A "nterpreter of college policies, a much as possible I will try to avoid plans for the welcoming the club Doane worked with the student referee .of disputes, an enthusiastic making one-sided decisions · which plans to give the freshman class. committee in a consultant ·capacity supporter of college activities, a affect a student's activities or ac- Richard Carpenter, president, an- and believes the schedule they have liaison man between students and tions; I would rather have him nounced that plans would soon be planned to be excellent. At Newly Remodeled Tuesday the cheerleaders will difaculty, an honest administrator, make his own decisions and plan available for official publication. his own future. rect a pep rally at assembly. The and a sincere friend of all. I will always strive to look upon Wilkes College Band will make its I will strive to be always humble debut to add color to the affair. and dedicated in my day-to-day each student as an individual hu- Volunteer Readers Wanted For All Your College Needs Students wishing to volunteer as The schedule for October includes activities. I will avoid rigidities man personality rather than as a Throughout The Year of policy and practice. I will ·s in- mere name on the college rolls. I readers for a blinded veteran study- elections, an hour of operetta, a And SAVE! cerely try to correct the mistakes will be patient and sympathetic to ing at Wilkes please contact Acting talk on Viet Nam, and a joint InterI must inevitably make. I will him and his problems.. I will sup- Dean George Elliot at his office on national Relation Club and Education Club program. always welcome the criticisms and port him when I feel he needs sup- the second floor of Chase Hall. IIIIII II I I I I I I I I 11111111111111111111111111111111 The Dean's Corner I ASSEMBLIES LISTED FOR OCTOBER DATES CHARGE ACCOUNT POMEROY'S Meet ALL Your Friends YOUR BIG RED LETTER DAY ~t:o2f~~ -At- 1. SUPERIOR FILTER Only L&M gives you .DELLARTE'S the superior filtration of the Miracle Tip, the P.urest tip that ever touched your lips. It's white .. , all white . .. P.Ure white! Deluxe :COFFEE SHOP 205 South Main Street Below the Post Office -•Where All Wilkes College Students Meet TUXEDOS TO RENT Special Price To Students 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. BAUM'S PARK, SHOP and EAT KING SIZE + at the new FOWLER, DICK and WALKER The Boston Store Louis Rosenthal Men's Clothing & Furnishings Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 'ill' HM Fl LTERS ~to 2. SUPERIOR TASTE L&M's superior taste comes from superior tobaccos - especially selected for filter smoking. Tobaccos that are richer, tastier ... and light and mild. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1955 September 23rd Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 September 23 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/e53d931f4fc6a6f7e26a902680dbb5e3.pdf c79219b600ae2955c035c1f97f48c159 PDF Text Text ~ WILKES COLLEGE Serving the Valley for 22 Years Vol. XI, No. l - WILKES COLLEGE THE BEACON ~Beacon WILKES COLLEGt, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA Serving the College since 1944 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1955 New Cafeteria, Dormitory, Parking Lot Highlight Wilkes Caanpus Expansion 'Come See Us' Party Friday at 8 P. M. Schiffer to Play At College Gym Wilkes College's annual "Come and Meet Us" party runs Friday night at the College gym. The Student Council-sponsored event starts at eight, runs till midnight. The yearly affair acts as part of the College's program of accustoming freshmen with campus life. It is usually the year's first social event, and provides an opportunity for the frosh to meet each other, the Student Council, upperclassmen, and everybody on campus in general. In line with this, the Council has co-operated with Dave Vann, president of the sophomore class, in arranging for the freshmen to meet their "Big Brothers" at the dance officially for the first time. The "Big Brother" business is part of the sophomore plan to help the incoming frosh this Fall, in addition to the usual Tribunal hazing. This Fall's party will feature music by Paul Schiffer and his orchestra. While Schiffer and his crew take care of the background for dancing, Bob Moran will again be in charge of the -entertainment. So the party begins at eight; "Big" and "Little" brothers will be there, Schiffer and his four will be there, Moran will be there, the Council will be there, free Cokes will be there and there's a water shortage on, so it might not do the rest of yo u an y harm to be there, too. Why not? Everything's free! New Lot Now in Use; In Back of New Dorm Remodeling of the Wilkes cafeteria highlights the College's program of Fall construction. The cafeteria, located be-hind Chase and Kirby Halls, oH South River Street, will incorporate the former Kirby garage, as well as an entirely new structure. The new structure will cost over $100,000. Another new feature of the physical campus is the acquisition of the former home of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. McLaughlin, Jr., 170 South River Street. The building has been remodeled and will be used as a men's dormitory. ON THE JOB - Workmen on the new $100,000 addition to the Wilkes College cafeteria speed construction of the new building to make the new accommodations available to Wilkes students. Yet another change made iu the course of the summer's face-lifting is the construction of the recentlycompleted faculty parking lot located behind the McLaughlin property. Slow-ups in the early summer which delayed construction on the cafeteria for a short time have been overcome, and work on the building is progressing so rapidly that the dining hall is expected to be completed within few weeks, possibly by October 1. Despite thi s slight delay, eating facilities will be available to students during the school day. Soft drinks and · a dining area will be available in the old section of the building. Students are requested to enter thi s area only through the r ear entrances to t he cafeteria, which face South Franklin Street and Gies Hall. The new addition to the dining hall will be two stories high , joining the old cafet eria with the former Kirby garage, is being constructed of brick and steel, paralleling the present walk from the cafeteria entrance to Kirby Hall. When completed, the new structure should be some 40 or 42 feet long. It is expected that the enlarging of the dining hall should provide sufficient space for a reception room and lounge. The completed cafet eria building will accommodate from 500 to 550 students at a time. 'lt will have facilities for day students in one section, while another area will accommodate the increasing number of those residing in the College's dormitories. Purchase during the summer of the McLaughlin home, and its conversion to a dormitory, brings to three the total of dormitories located in the heart of the South River Street, cam-pus. Other dormitories are located farther up River Street a bit north of the main camp~s, and another is situated on W est Northampton Street. The McLaughlin building, now the southernmost of the men's residen<:es, is expected to ,p rovide quar- a BEACON WINS CONTEST WITH AREA PAPERS The Wilkes Beacon, weekly student paper of Wilkes College, was awarded first place in last Spring's first annual area college newspaper competition, spon sored by the University of Scranton's Aqu~nas. N ews of the Beacon's victory was not received until after the last edition of the year had been published. The Beacon, edited last year by John D. Curtis, competed against the Aquinas, as well as publications from Misericordia, Marywood and Keystone Junior colleges. · Judges were Al Williams of the Scranton Tribune and Frank Parry of the Scranton Times. Williams was a recipient last year of the stat e's top prize for front-page make-up, while Parry, telegraph editor of the Times, has been cited numerous times for excellent work in journalism. A critique handed down through the co-ordinator of the contest, Tom Edwards of the Tribune, said, "'T he Wilkes paper was excellent from stem to stern and showed careful planning throughout." "Starting from the headline on page one," the citation continued, "the paper caught the eye and kept reader interest throughout." The Beacon was further lauded for variety of type, face and size, imagination in presenting the news and for news tuned to the interest of readers on campus. Students to Eat In Old Side of Caf1 'Til Job Finished· NEW MEMBER OF THE FAMILY recently purchased home of Mr. and Mrs. McLaughlirt joins Ashley and Butler Halls in the South River Street famiiy of men's dormitories. TIP 'N' SIP - CONSERVATIVELY I Safe water for drinking, toothbrushing, tea-brewing, or whathave-you is available to Wilkes students, but ONLY at the bottle stands in the dormitories and at Chase and Kirby Halls. WATER FROM OTHER DRINKING FOUNTAIN IS NOT TO BE \ you are urged to conserve as USED. Conditions from last much as possible. Take a drink month's hea vy rains and floods if you're thirsty, but don't waste northeast of here are still such any. If yo u do, so will othersthat the water is contaminated there'll be none when you need it and unfit for consumption. again. Again, we beg - please The College has provided drinking water during this period, but cooperate. I - (conti!l\led on paq~ 4) �Wednesday, September 14, 1955 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 2 Constructive Hazing Sophomores' Fall Plan EDITORIALS The Hands Are Out NEW ECON. TEACHER IS WISCONSIN PH.D.; WILL TEACH BUSINESS It is the beginning of a new school year, and the Beacon greets arriving freshmen and returning upperclassmen alike with b~th hands out. With one we extend the grasp of friendship, with the other our publication. We trust the student body will accept both. !he Beacon w 7lcomes the freshmen and hopes that this years plans of helpmg them as well as hazing will end some of the confusion and mixed emotions which were in other years attenda~t upon the first few weeks of college. We hope that the frosh will take whatever comes in the spirit in which it is given, that they will use the period to better acquaint themselves with then: cl,ass members (for ,which reason we urge they attend Fridays Come-and-See-Us Party), and that they will generally look about and sample the kind of college life Wilkes has to offer. As to the upperclassmen, we sincerely trust that they will be good sports with the frosh, and try to remember that a school whi9h is over twenty-one years old, having presumably reached sdme maturity, should at least attempt a semblance of dignity. The job is up to them. Frosh to .be Aided As Well as Hazed The sophomores have initiated a new haz in g program this year with the objective to do a better job of integrating freshmen into college life. The student council a ccepted an outline submitted by the sophomores for the n ew program, to be Eight Wilkes graduates will fill supervised by a tribunal consisting teaching positions this Fall in Penn- of upp er- classmen. The program sylvania and N ew J ersey. Four is in three stages, which are: prewill remain within the Common- hazing , ha zing, and post-hazing. wealth, while the other four will The first stage, ·pre-hazing, will teach in the Garden State. Mary Pomicter, Patricia Fox, Al- last fro m September 19 to 25, and bert Orzechowski, and Mrs. Sandy is designed to let the fr eshmen become better acquainted with t h e A. Furey, Jr., will accept positions college. During this stage the in Pennsylvania. Helen E. Koelsch, • Edward Yarasheski, Neal J . Mc- fros h will be r eminded that old fashioned hazing will be coming, Hugh and Rob ert J. Metzger will will be conducted on a tour of t h e teach in Jersey. campus, a nd assign ed to a "big Miss Pomicter will teach in the brother" or "sister" to a ssure that Pennsylvania secondary schools as the green one will meet sundry a sThis summer has witnessed some of the most radical will Orzechowski. Miss Fox will Robert E. Werner signments that they will later be teach in the elementary schoo.l s of changes on the face of the College campus that have appeared given. Rob ert E. Werner, newly appoint- Towanda, her home town, while in some time. Entire pieces of property have been purchased or The second stage, hazing proper, Mrs. Furey will join the faculty of reconstructed or changed in some major way. Larger and im- ed instructor in the College's dewill begin on September 26 and last the Russell Elementary School, proved facilities have created for the residence or the comfort of partment of economics, comes to Bloomfield. She is the former Ellen until Oct ober 9. This stage will be the traditional hazin g· with the pur:Poth boarding and commutting students alike; the College has the campus from the University of Witiak. where he has a teaching pose of assimilating the freshman grown a little faster than is usual in a single year, and is still a Wisconsin, Among the four teaching in J erassistant in that field for the past class and instilling in them sentibit in the process. sey, Miss Koelsch will join the eletwo years. ment with our school sp irit. The We're glad to see the old stomping grounds returned to the Werner is one of several new ap- m entary system of Montclair, while tribunal wi ll be in full forc e with, commuting students as well as being available to the dormitory pointees added to the Wilkes facul- Yarasheski and McHugh will t each however, a new f eature; an upp er inhabitants. Harding Hall, last year's Snack Bar, may have ty because of increased enrollment in Bound Brook and Hamilton court composed of Dr. R eif, Dr. Township High School, respective- Thatcher, a nd Mr. Elliott to inbeen cozy, but it lacked the old cafeteria's view. A cup of teCli at the College. ly. Metzger will teach at the or a Coke may be refreshing, but the sight of the Susquehanna He completed his resident re- Nathan Hale Public School, New sure justice and fair play. P unishment will be justly dealt out to rolling past the ball park improves the flavor considerably more quirement towai,:d his Ph.D. in eco- Brunswick. freshmen who break any of the folnomics while at Wisconsin, and is than the stench of exhaust pipes or the view of slush. Miss Koelsch graduated from lowing rules, which are listed in The cafeteria, even in the brief time it's been around has especially prepared to teach labor Wilkes magna cum laude, while the 1955-56 Freshman Handbook : become incontestably more than a mere feed-trough. It's been a economics, theoretical economics, Mrs. Furey was graduated cud and related business sub- laude. Miss Fox was also a Dean's 1. Wea r Wilkes dinks within the general meeting place, a discussion spot, a resort for those weari- sociology, College area (which will be ch eerjects. List student. ed by the strains of the day. There are few comparable institufully defined for them by any upWerner graduated in 1952 from tions to set next a college cafeteria, unless we put beside them Roosevelt percla ssman) and observe the ButUniversity, Chicago, with the greC1t coffee-houses of the eighteenth century, those great an A.B. degree, continued graduate ton Rule. 2. Wear identification tags( 3" marts for exchange of human activity and enjoyment. work at Wisconsin, earning his x2") bearing their names and the Just how best to describe or compare the cafeteria isn't the M.S. in 1953. names of th eir high schools and point at this moment; the point is that it's back among us all, He had two years experience in majo r subjects. They shall neith er or soon will be, and it's good to see an old friend back. We hope clerical work with several firms, sport tacky or tattered tags nor that the students will abide by the few restrictions forced by the among them the Merchantile Exconceal their tags beneath lapel s , Season tickets to production s of exigencies of construction and help to get their old friend back change in Chicago and the Gen eral the Wilkes-Barre Little Theater in etc. Electric Corporation. H e served even sooner. -T.R.P. 3. Fresh me n will conform to the T eletype Corporation of Chica- the form of student memberships, go as an industrial worker, had 30 are now availabl e to Wilkes dr ama any an d a ll additional rulings by They are obtainable the Tri bunal. months with the Navy in World devotees. 4. Wear regulation ties, black from Mr. French at the Wilkes LiWar II. brary for $-3 .90 each, will entitle and white socks, and garters. (This Werner is married and the father the holder to a reserved seat. rule applies to men only.) It's Fall, and the haze hangs by both classes as a sign of amity of one child, 4, has many outside 5. Carry matches at all times. heavy over the land, particularly and goodwill. The local drama group plans 6. .Sing the Alma Mater on reover that part of the land between While the hazing is in session, interest s, as sailing, model rail- some five productions this season, roading, .participation in forums, Wilkes-Barre's River Common and the usual 'kangaroo court will hanregular admission t o which would quest. You will also be r eq uired Franklin Street. It's Fall, and the dle the problem of punishing fresh- comm unity service and counseling com e close to the cost of the stu- to fulfi ll reasonable 1·equests made Wilkes upperclassmen will proceed men found guilty of violating regudent membership tickets. The pro- by up.perclassmen. 7. Resign themselv es to smokto initiate the freshmen. Tribunal lations printed in the Freshman j ected works for the year will be highlighted by a production of ing only in the lounges. is in session but with a new twist. handbook and elsewhere in this 8. Kee p off Campus grass (not "South Pacific", will also include This year there's a tribunal for the week's Beacon. But just to insure " The Remarkable Mr. P ennypack- to be confused with pampas grass ) . tribunal, plus a committee of ob- that everything will be strictly ac9. Address upp erclassmen as er" and " Outward Bound". "'Sabriservation to checkits progress. cording to Hoyle, Culbertson and This year's sophomore class, con- Jacoby, an upper board of appeal Three Wilkesm en, graduates of na F air" and "The Rainmaker" are "Sir" or "Miss". (They shall be vinced that a more reasonable or has been established to which com- the class of 1955, have accepted expect ed to round out the sch edule. expected to make the distinction Mr. French also noted that the for them selves.) at least more constructive method plaint of illegal or unauthorized positions with Sears, Roebuck since 10. Repeat class cheer wh en reof conducting hazing can be applied a ction toward the freshmen may be June. They are Louis F. Steck, Little Theatre would be happy to at Wilkes, proposes to help the made. This de fa cto "upper court" Ralph M. Zezza and Robert E. Fay. welcome those who wish to become quested. Be sure to go throu gh frosh through their first week of will be composed of m embers of Steck's post is slated for Read- players a s well as paying members cheerleader's motions. l 1. Refrain fro m shooting .pool, classes, haze hot and h eavy for the faculty and administration. ing , while Zezza is at Binghamton. of the group. In point of fact , n ext two, end everyth ing up with a As it now stands, the members of Fay's duties take him to Red Bank, there are several students h ere at pla yi ng table tennis, or engaging co-operative Hallowe'en dance run this appeal board will b e act ing in his hom e state of New J ersey. the ,College already active in the in an y other g ames in the dorm itori es. Dean of Men George Elliott, togeth- All th ree held degrees in commer ce organization. 12. Attend all pep sessions and Regular Subscription Memberer with Drs. Thatch er and Reif. and finance . rallies. - WILKES COLLEGE ships are being sold at $6 .50. Sopho more president Dave Vann. Steck, a Kin gston man, was pres13. Attcmd all hom e athletic on e of the originators of this year's ident of his class in its freshm an new plan, a lso will be available for year, h eaded the Economics Club as BEACON. MANUSCRIPT MEET events. 14. Ch eck all bulletin boards on appeal, as will be Tribunal Jud ge a senior. In between, he found SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY A.M . campus for Tribunal summonses. Sam Lowe. time to manage the Beacon in '51, A n ewspaper published each week Students will ha ve an opportuni15. Greet everyone they meet on Lowe, a Student Council mem- work on the yearbook staff, become of t he reg ular school year by and ber, ,vill h ead the Tri bunal in his a ctive in t he I.R..C . He also parti- ty to join the Beacon or Manuscript the campu s with something more for the students of Wilkes Colstaffs this Friday, if they so desire. respectful than a "Hi-yah!" position as judge. While the lower cipated in assembl y committee, lege, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Sub16. Upo n request of an upperAmong t h e several student acticourt is in session , it's Lowe who'll Freshman Tribunal, Par ent's Day, scription: $1.80 per' semester. m ete out the sentences to those the Senior Class gift and dinner- vities meeting s slated for th is Fri- classma n he will introduce himself day at 11 :00 is one at which inter- to fi ve other fre shmen and will Editor T. R. Price found guilty by the jury of Vestal dan ce. ested students will discuss t h e t wo bring them back to the upper--classAsst. Editor .. H. M. Krachenfels Virgins. Zez za, a Wyoming native, was College publication s. The meeting man. The Vestals, of whom there are Asst.. .Editor. .... John Kushnerick a n intramural basketball player , will be held in Room W3 of Barre 17. Pick u p any papers on t he but six this year (a petit petit juBµsiness Mgr. Richard Jones treasu r er of his sophomore class, campu s H requested to do so by Hall. .A,sst. Bus. Mg r. .. .. Irwin Kaye ry) , will be those upon whom re- and a bandsman. H e also served The Beacon not only welcomes upper-classman. ];aculty Adviser Mr. F . J. Salley spon sibility for a fair decision of as treasurer of t h e band, was active students to this meeting, but urges 18. F reshm en g irls w ill sew on guilty or innocence will rest. This them most strongly to attend. The butto ns for any upper-classman Editorial and business offices session the jury commissioners in the College 's Male Chorus. Fay, an out-of -stater from New Beacon staff is rather small this who needs and desires such . assislocated on second floor of Lectur e (i.e., the Sophomore Council, a n Hall, South River Street, Wilkes- other inn ovation ), have called Bet- Roch elle, was a Letterman , served year, so there is little chance of tance. 19. Fresh men girls m ust wear Barre, on the Wilkes campus. sy Bretz, Jacqu eline Oliver, Ma r i- th a t group as sergeant-in-arms in a ny interest ed individual being make-up only on the right side of turned away. The Manuscript, the his senior year. He gained his letlyn Carl, Janet Jones, J anice Loyek Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's College's literary magazine, faces the face. Ptintery, rear 55 North Main and Roseann Patner to turn th eir ter in football fo r all fo ur years of 20. Freshmen boys will shave thumbs for conviction or acquittal. his college sports C!',,P.er· 1 h eld an - a reorganization this year, too, so Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (continued on page 4) there should be openings for many. (,;:,mti~ue\J. 9n page 4) other in wrestli ngs. 8 Wilkes Graduates Accept Teaching Jobs In Pa. and New Jersey On Faceliftings Student Memberships In W•B Little Theater Available at Library TRIBUNAL TO HAVE APPEAL, REPORT BOARDS 3 June Graduates Take S-R Positions Beacon �Wednesday, September 14, 1955 3 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Soccer, Football Games Begin On October 1 Ex- Teammate Joseph Trosko First Home Tilt Slated To Be Booters' Brawl Now Assists Russell Picton Coach Russell Picton will have a fonner teammate, Joe Trosko, aiding him to whip the Wilkes football team into shape this season. Trosko, who played with Picton for the Colonels in 1>2, also graduated with the new coach last June. Both were members of the Lettermen's Club. Picton's new assistant will be iealipg mainly with the Wilkes ·1e, was a guard himself in his playipg days. Considered by some to be perhaps the greatest ever to play for the College, Trosko should combine well with Picton, since the head coach is often rated as Wilkes' finest quaterback. Even better, it is reported that their line of football thought is alike. Picton has declared himself delighted to have Trosko's assistance, while Trosko hopes that together they can produce a good t eam. · "I know," Picton has said, "that if just a little of Joe's a,bility rubs off on his proteges, we'll have a good line." "I really hope we can produce a good line this year," Trosko commented, "and I hope we have some\ good prospects entering school in th e f a II . Th a t ,s qui•t e a sc h e d u 1e arranged for us _ it'll be tough." · t an t coac h was Th e new assis graduated with a bachelor of scinee degree m · d · d e · . , ~Jore m secon. a ry education. He is. the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Trosko, Sr., of Plains. Trosko was by no means a narrawly football man, but has broadend his sports education with experience in baseball and basketball as well as football while at Plains High School. H e played baseball under Coach Bob Partridge while at Wilkes. A catcher for th e Colonels in his senior year, he switched from positions in the outfield and third base, was a long-ball hitter when at bat, and is even considering a possible futur e in professional baseball. With Lafayette On 7th BOOTERS FACE 11 IN CURRENT SEASON The Wilkes College soccer and football teams will commence intercollegiate competition on the first of next month. Russ Picton's footballers are slated for eight games, only two of which are scheduled as home events. Coach John Reese's Th h d I Of th c O11 e sc e u e e ege so~- soccennen have an eleven-game schedule facing them this fall. ce r t eam has been . . beefed up this Five of these will also be home games. year by the addition of two more games. than were played last seas. on, brmgmg the tally to an even 11. The way the schedule read at press time was: D .t Op'ponent o:tiber : l - Rider Away Home 7-Lafayette Home 8-Hofstra Home 14-M uhlenberg Away 15-Temple Away 22- Elizabethtown Away 25-Buckn ell Home 29-Trenton November: 2- East Stroudsburg . . Home Away 5-Gettysburg . . 12-Philadelphia Textile . Away * * ::: ::: ::: Only one evening game, that with Elizabethtown, will be played. The fir st of any of the events available to non-traveling local fans will be th e second soccer bout, one with Lafayette on October 7. The footba ll Colonels won't have a game in the area until the followi ng week, A score and a half of football when th ey m eet Bloomsburg on the hopefuls have turned out for prac- fifteenth. tice sessions at Kirby Park thus Opening games for both teams, far this sea son. Among the new naturall y, then, a re scheduled for candidates for Coach Ru ss Picton's the road, with the Pictonmen startsquad thi s. year are many ex-ser- ing at Lebanon Valley and the bootvicemen who are being co unted on ers away at Rider.. While the to aid the gridiron attack. i second ~occer ~ame is the one at Drill s to date have been a bit 011 1 hom e wtLh Lafayette on the sevt h e light side proceedino- first with enth, on which date as we've noted, in st r uction i~ the f m'.;'damentals we'll fi nd the footballers still away. H eavie r sessions have been gradual~ They'll be at Ithaca that week. ly worked in, putting i nto practice Last year's opening games provt he blackboard theories. ed heart ening for both t eams, inasLaps around the Park's cinde r . much as the soccermen edged Eliza-track and a program of calisthenics bethtown , 1-0, while the pigskinmen i i~f ser ve to beef up the t eam for the trom ped Lebanon Valley, 19-0. Susquehanna Ri ver, between the knock s they'll get in the real thing, Against the teams who'll be first winning squad. While h e loses the road and th e dike. The field is at and though so me huffing and puff- t o appear at hom e against the services of Dearn Arvan and Dick the south end of th e •P ark, n ear th e ing exists, the helmet and pad men Colo nels thi s year - Bloom and LaPolakowski, both of whom graduat- 1picnic grounds. seem to be coming along in a pretty fayette - the foot ball team just ed from Wilkes last June, Reese 1 fa ir m a nner. wasn't so lucky. The big, bad boys will still have something of a ser-1 This year's backfield will prob- from Bloom blanked them in a 1 ably lea n heavily on Art Tambur slaughter which ended, 44-0. The vic~:! \;ret:~ brighter returning and Sam Puma, sophomores, in the boaters went on t hou gh, to a slightfullba ck positions, while Ronni e ly better fat e ; they ti ed Lafayette, li~hts will b~ Parker Patrilak, captam-elect this season. He'll hold J • Rescigno and Howie Gross will hold 3-3. down his old post as goalie, with down two of the other runn ing Despite any dire parallels that According to the sports depart- posts. This should leave the fourth mi g ht be drawn in prognostication John Bresnahan as next in line of succession to that post. Last year ment of th e College Office of Public backfield slot open to one of th e of th is season's openin g events, last was Bresnahan's first yea r in th e Relation s, this is th e slate for this newcomers, or so it looks at this year's defeats should insure a good game, but he managed to pick up season's football encou nters: writing. pair of games - for the spectators, Opponent Wilkes ' lin e, perennially lig ht, is at least, - si nce the Wilkesmen a bit of valuable experience at it. Date up in a vo irdupois a little, inasmuch will be thirstin g for re renge, while Younsu Koo, the Korean gentle- October: Away as many of last year's m en are a Bloomsburg and Rider will naturalI-Lebanon Valley .. man, and Ahmed Kazimiof TransAway trifle hea vier, without, happily, be- ly want to main tain a winning rec8-Ithaca J ordan , still give the team a cosmoHome ing out of condition. 15- Bloomsburg STC .. . or·d a ga :r.st the local t eams. politan fl~vor, and are expected to Away 22~Trenton It thus appears hopeful th at Th e showi ng though, if it pleases turn in their usua l highly compeAway while slightl y better suited to with- one to take a sli g htly longer view, 29-Maryland State tent performances. Novemb er: stand assaults by sue hard-charg- wasn't too bad . Both teams shook Still others among the returning Awa y ing heavies a s, say, Bloomsburg , off any effect the defeats might 4-Hofstra hooters will be Glen Phethean, Jo e Home the Colonel line will 1·etain much of had and plow ed on to end up with 12-Bridgeport Poppl e and Sam Shugar. Hank Away that speed which in former years winning seaso ns. Only Moravian 19--Moravian Deible, Carl Van Dy,ke, and Jim l~a s enabled it to ou tmaneuver its and H ofstra rou ld stop th e footFerris, last year's Beacon Athlete Of the two home games, the bulki er oppon ents. All in all, as it ballers, who mauled Ithaca, blanked of the Year, will be there, too, as Octobc>r 15 on e against Bloomsburg stand s now, this season should Trenton, a nd defeated Bridgeport. will Bill Lloyd, who, having gained is sch ed uled as an evening game, prove in teresting, if nothing else . These victories, added to th e iniso me needed experience in last while the November 12 game with tial one ov er Leba non Valley gave season's campaign, is also expected Bridgeport is listed as the annual W ilkes a 4-3 season; a narrow one, to be an asset to th e Colo nel's cause. Homecoming bout, which will begin LIBRARY OPENINGS to be s ure, but a winning one. in the afternoon at two . Meanwhil e, th e boaters did even The Library has openi ngs for The two hom e eng agements will boys to act as projectionist s. In- better. Losing only two games be played at t h e Kingston Stadium, teres ting work - choose you r own to Stroudsburg and Rider, - they the capacity of whi ch, we are in- hours. E xperien ce pr efe rred but went on to blank Bucknell, tie Elizaformed, is some 12,000 peopl e. The not n ecessa ry. See Mrs. Vu jica at bethet ow n and Lock Haven. Wins old exc use, " I co uldn't find a seat" t he li brary. over Philadelphia Textil e and TrenMen's Clothing & Furnishings just doesn't go. Some of the stut on left the season score at twice dent body ought t o go, if only to Mr. and Mrs. Par ker Petrilak, as man y won a s lost, plus three Wilkes-Barre, Pa. make the pictures in the yearbook Kingsto n , a nn ou nce the birth of a ties, a joll y sum that toted up to a look good. daughte r la st Sunday. w inning year. 30 PLAYERS REPORT FOR FOOTBALL DRILLS 11 VETERANS BOLSTER 1955 SOCCER SQUAD ~~~~Sn~~ ~~l ~~~la~~: ~~-~ The Wilkes College soccer squad I h.egan practice last week at Kirby Park, with this year's team coached by Kingston's John R eese, who re~=~::r ~~:cep7;:r~!!:~t:::. t ; ; t riqge left the College to teach at the Kent School for Boys in Connecticut. Reese has served for the past two seasons as head wrestling coach at the College, will also continue in this capacity. Besides these two sports, Reese will coach the Wilkes baseball team as well, another job last p erform ed by Partridge. In announcing the opening of this .1ear's practice sessions Reese expressed· hopes that he'd see many new faces on the t eam. "The m ore men we have out for the sport," h e declared, "the better our chan ces will be for a winning season against some major comp etition." Reese's team will have a total of 11 veterans left from last year's Wilkes College BOOKSTORE AND VARIET Y SHOP Books - Supplies - Novelties Subscriptions Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 . . . WELCOME GRID MEN SCHEDULE 8; ONI y TWO AT HOME Louis Rosenthal PARK, SHOP and EAT at the new FOW LER , DICK and WALKER The Boston Store "AND AFTER THE BALL IS SNAPPED" - Colonels Coach Russ Picton shows how to get our ball across their line. Some 30 ca ndida tes s howed u p for the earl y s kull-sessions. �----------------------------- WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Wednesday, September 14, 1955 Sordoni Gives Rare Book Collection Street Department Clinic Slated for 28th VaIue d al $700 lo Wl.lkes L.b I rary T. D.R. Coke Party 4 Andrew J. Sordoni, national president of the American Automobile Association, has donated $700 worth of rare and special books to the Wilkes College Library. The former State Senator, a resident of this area, donated a collection consisting of books autographed either by author or publisher, books notable for the early date of their printing, others illustrated with valuable pictures. The collection, from Kroch's and Brentano's, world's largest bookstore, also include volumes with rare bindings, ·some published only in limited editiQns, others which were the products of private ,p resses. The collection also includes miniature books. One of the miniature rarities is a work half an inch by eleven sixteenths of an inch; and illustrated. It has seven portraits in it, plus more on each cover. TheAlmanach Auf Das Jur, it was published in Carlsruhe in 1823. Another work, the Book of Kells, contains some two dozen plates reproducing the original manuscript. Highlights of the collection are the pages of medieval manuscripts and pages of first .p rinted books. These, samples of medieval church books, will be displayed in cases in Kirby Hall. Other sets or single volumes will be housed in the Treasure Room, the College library's repository for rarities. An all-day Street Workers Clinic, first of its kind to be held in Northeastern Pennsylvania, will be sponsored on September 28 by the department of political science of Wilkes College. Invitation to attend the sessions, to be held in the College Lecture Hall, is being sent to state and county workers as well as to local municipal street men. Purpose of the clinic, according to Dr. Hugo V. Mailey, head of the political science department, is to bring to street workers of the region information on how they may better .perform their duties. Instruction will proceed by means of slides, films and panel discussions. Clinic, conducted as a community service, will commence at 10:30 in the Wilkes Lecture Hall. Speaker will be Donald D. Dagler, district engineer for the Asphalt Institute. He will discuss street construction, employing films and slides . Afternoon session of the clinic will begin at 2, with George. T. Smith, city superintendent of streets, as chairman. Also on the program will be representatives of the .State Department of Highways. James C. Whalen, assistant district engineer, will speak on "Highway Treatment", while · Robert Shaffer of the Highway · Research Bureau, will discuss specifications. F r ank Witkowski, director of research and testing, will also speak on that subject. Luzerne County superintendent of roads John H. Eigenbrod will talk on equipment. Tomorrow At 8:30 Theta Delta Rho, Wilkes's women's sorority, will meet their "Little Sisters" at a Coke party tomorrow afternoon at Sterling Hall. The "Little Sisters", of course, are the incoming freshmen women, each of whom is assigned an upperclasswoman as a "Big Sister" in the sorority's annual program of introducing the freshmen to their first f ew days of college life. The program has been a feature of TDR's social organization for many years. Chairman of this year's program is Barbara Rodgers, head of Theta Delta Rho's welcoming committee. The Wilkes senio\. will work in cooperation with Mrs. Gertrude A . Doane, the College's Dean of Women. Preparations for the sorority's welcoming program have been accumulated all through this summer, Francis J . Salley, of the Wilkes ley is working toward his Ph.D. and swung into action when the College chemistry department, has from that University and is an infreshmen began their orientation been appointed faculty adviser to structor in chemistry at Wilkes. period yesterday. the Beacon for the 1955-56 school Each freshman has been assigned Barbara Rodgers year. an upperclasswoman, who has alSalley's appointment was disr eady written to her "Little Sister" CHEERLEADER SQUAD closed last July by a letter .to the during the summer, and will answer Beacon from acting Dean of Men AN ALL-GIRL LINEUP any questions, give any needed inGeorge Elliott. After but one recent season formation, and generally make herSalley replaces Elliott, who was last year's - with a few men on self useful to and life less confusing adviser to the College publication the crew, the Wilkes Colleg e Cheer- for the freshman during these first Dr. Frank J. J. Davies has been last year. Elliott vacated .the adleaders return this September with few days on campus . appointed acting chairman of the visory post at the end of last sean all-girl lineup. They will be brought together at mester upon his appointment to the Wilkes College department of EngFor the last few seasons, the the Coke party tomorrow at 3 :30, ;position formerly held by George lish. The announcement of his apboys have crashed the yell team many to meet each other face to pointment came last week from Dr. F. Ralston. only once, with Neal McHugh and face for the first time. TRIBUNAL TO HAVE Eugene S. Farley, Wilkes president. The new Beacon adviser is .a Al Rosenburg on the '54 team. The meeting, besides enabling .the The new head of the English de- (continued from page 2) -graduate of St. Joseph's College, Heading this Fall's yell team is frosh to meet their upperclass el- · Just to further insure that this Philadelphia, and received his Mas- part ment was born in England, but captain Della King. She'll be back- ders and those of their own class ter of Science from the University r eceived his education in this coun- year's Tribunal faithfully fulfills ed up by fi ve other Colonel cuties: with whom they are unfamiliar or its avowed purpose to insure justice t ry. Dr. Davies is a graduate of -of Pennsylvania. At present SalSally Wermuth, Rose Ann Patner, unacquainted, will also serve the Yale Uni versity, also earned his as well as punishment to the fresh- Judith Menegus, Anne Kennedy, sorority girls as a business meetmen, the sophomores have appointMaster's and his do ctorate at the ing, over which TDR president ed a presumably objective commit- and PhyJlis Walsh. N ew England school. AN OPEN LETTER All the girls are upperclasswo- Bernice Thomas will preside. tee charged with observing the Dr. Davies succeeds Dr. Mary E. 'TO THE STUDENT COUNCIL men this season, with one of them, At the meeting the freshm en will Craig, who retired from the Eng- progress of the new hazing in an Anne Kennedy, a transfer student. be given a history of Theta Delta attempt to evaluate its contribution LEON A.RD WOOD MEMORLA.L lish department last June. Dr. As usual, Wilkes' band director, Bob Rho, and will learn the require(American Leprosy Foundation) Craig was the first instructor at as .a constructive program. Moran will be the yell team's ad- ments they must possess to enter Not only will this committee Wilkes to retire. One Madison Avenue viser. th e organization. And since wocheck the program and report its Dr. Davies' appointment confirmNew York 10, N. Y. men will brighten their lives with ed many rumors and speculations progress to the Tribunal each we~k, FROSH TO BE AIDED President, .Student Council dances, teas, card parties and such but its four members - Jamee (continued from page 2) on campus as to who Dr. Craig's WiI.kes College what-not, the girls will also discuss successor would be. A good deal Shuster, Janet Jones, Tom Jenkins only one side of the face. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania this t erm's social calendar. and Tony Kutz will present anof the speculation was as to when In addition to these basic rules Barbara Rodgers, chairman for Dear Sir: the appointment would be made and other report to the Student Council it is further suggested that the the event, has selected a general Previous correspondence indi- when it would be made public, in- at the conclusion of the hazing pe- frosh eat lunch on campus every committee to serve as hostesses at cates that Wilkes College has not asmuch as a good many expected riod. day, and cooperat in a pr-oject tomorrow's party. The hostesses found it possible in the past to aid Dr. Davies might well be the selecOn the other hand, freshmen are such as composing a song in tribute include three girls from each of the The Leonard Wood Memorial in its tion . exuected to do their part by observ- to upper-classmen. upper classes, namely: Pat Stout, Nothing was really definite, as ing and respecting the hazing reguscientific efforts to find a cure and The third stage, post-hazing, will Gloria Dran, Sylvia Bator, Janet immunization for those suffering far as most of the student body lations. Tribunal meetings will be be run from October 10 to 29 to be Jones, Maryann Kraynack, Helen from the old illness of leprosy, was concerned, until the announce- held at least once each week, with ended with the freshmen and sopho- Young, Pat Re ese, Dot Thomas, which we are now calling Hansen's ment last week by the administra- additional ones slated should over- mores cooperating on the Hallow- and Lena Mission. disease. It is estimated that there tion. frequent charges of regulation in- e'en dance to wind up the entire are 5,000,000 of these sufferers and fring ement require. p1'.ogram. D_uring th~ affair hazing I STUDENTS TO EAT they are found in practically every j Should such situations come a- will be permitted until an uncrow ncountry on earth. . bout notice of any extra-regular ino- cer emony is compl eted. After {continued from page 1) Efforts to banish it possibly have sitti~g of the Tribunal court will t h~ frosh, a s a group, have sung ter~ f~ r students who, this. semesspecial appeal to the young people be posted upon all bulletin boards t heir song in tribute to the upper- ter s high enrollment makes it pro?in our colleges and universities as on campus, and especially upon the class men, it will then be assumed able, cann~t _be a ccommodated m a means of promoting international College's most central one, that be- that a fr eshman is a human, and present bmldmgs. . While . construction has been good will. World peace receives hind the Chase Hall lawn, near the the hazing program for this fall Dr. Francis J. Michelini, former ca f eteria. will be terminated. rushed m oth(?. quarters of the today probably greater attention campus, demolition has been the than any other factor in the well- assistant in botany at the Universiby-word in the area to the rear of being and preservation .of the hu- ty of Pennsylvania, has been ap- STUDENT FROM LIBERIA pointed assistant professor of biothe McLaughlin property._ There, TUXEDOS TO RENT man race. logy at Wilkes. ENTERS WILKES COLLEGE work crews have removed a bricl1 Special Price To Students I believe that very few a ctivities l\Hchelini received his doctorate garage and laid a stone-surfaced Seth (Edward) Ansah of Monro198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. are more universally accepted as at the University in June, combined parking lot for m embers of the famarks of good will than those hav- his doctoral studies with service as via, Li be ria, will add further t~ the culty to replace th e one previously internat ional element at W1lkes ing to do with health, and among t eaching assistant. in the area of what will soon be thi s F all. the ill, I know from wide travel A native of Clifton, N. J., he took the new cafeteria. Ansah arrived late this July and throughout the countries of the his B.S. studies at Seton Hall Uniworld, ..there a re few who attract ver sity, r eceived his master of sci- plan s to major in mathematics . H e and deserve greater sympathy than ence from the University of Dela- will r eside in the men's dormitory at Butler Hall. those ill from a di sease which not ware. only robs them of their health but, A graduate of a Presbyteriaii While preparing for his Master's because of ignorance and supersti- at Delaware he collaborated with Mission School on West Africa's tion centuries old , causes them to M. A. Russell in the writing of an Gold ,c oast, he · is being sponsored be exiled from their homes, their article published in "Cancer Re- at Wilkes by the First Presbyterian families, and their friends. search", dealing with the effect of Church of Wilkes-Barre. All This Week With A I hope that Wilkes College will X-rays and nitrogen mustard on Ansah will return to his homeconsider this cause as a beneficiary corn seedings. land as a teacher when his studies of its generosity this year. If more in America are completed. · information is desired it will be Among other foreign students on Two Wilkes graduates, Robert sent upon request. Fay and Marlene Toth from the campus are representatives of KoSincerely yours, vicinity of Allentown, were married rea, Trans-Jordan, Greece, and MoPerry Burgess on Labor Day. rocco. Francis J~ Salley, Beacon Adviser, Replaces Aeling Dean George Elliott Davies Heads English; WC Teacher Replaces Retired Dept. Chairman Michelini Appointed Biology Assistant; Holds U.P. Doctorate BAUM'S POMEROY S.. . Welcomes You Back GIANT GRAND OPENING SALE! Win an RCA Victor Color Television Set FREE! DELLARTE'S DELUXE COFFEE SHOP 205 SOUTH MAIN STREET - - BELOW THE POST OFFICE Open a Charge Account ... Use Your Credit for All Your College Needs ... at Pomeroy's! � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1955 September 14th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 September 14 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/5151ee8171298469df49c45be839e057.pdf 1dbda856ed39b5fd733aa6d53d501701 PDF Text Text . The Community College, Serving Wyoming Valley And The World Vol. X, No. 27 ~ - WILKES COLLEGE - THE BEACON ~Beacon Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1955 Cinderella to be Revealed Tonight at Gym One of 11 Coeds To Win WC Title; Ball Begins at 9 ASSISTANT NEW EDITOR H. Krachenfels, John Kushnerick To Be Assistants ASSISTANT T. R. Price, editorial assistant this year, has been named editor of the BEACON for the 1955-56 school year, according to an announcement yesterday from the Wilkes Board of Publications. By HELEN M. KRACHENFELS Which one of these charming Wilkes coeds will be Cinderella for 1955? Which one will succeed in rallying up the largest "bloc" of voters? (What a legislative and unromantic fairy tale this is!) Cindy no longer needs tiny feet, but voters instead! But never fear, even if our syst em of choosing Cinderella does not seem properly ethereal, everything else about the Ball will be in the most fantastic style that our fantastic Student Council can devise. As you drive up to the Palace in your high-powered carriages, (please remember the one-way coach t r affic ruling on the King's South Franklin Street) and enter the gorgeously decked ballroom to the melodic strains of Jack Melton's orchestra, you will surely feel that y ou are attending a truly Royal affair. All this-the splendor of ,t he musis, the gala decorations, the regal at mosphere, and of course the exciting climax of the evening, Cinder ella's r evealing. You don't :want to miss a bit of it. One last note of a ssurance-cease your worrying about that almost e mpty fe eling in your pocket. For t he mere pittance of $2.00, the d rawbridge will be lowered and affo r d you admittance to the royalest of evenings-the 1955 Cinderella Ball! Bob Partridge, Ralston Ho n o r e d Tomorrow Coaches Par t r idge and George Ralston will be honored at a banquet at Hotel Sterling tomorrow even ing at 7 o'clock. The f east wil l fo llow the alumni g am e slated for 2 p .m. at Kir by Park a nd will commemorate the leav ing of the two coach es from the Wilkes sports scene. J i.:-: F erris will open on the mo und for the current diamond squad. He will be r elieved by Partridge when Ral ston does his stint fo r the Alumni. Welton Far rar and John Chwalek will "umpire" the game. The latter will ump behind the plate and commented, " I will call the game fair a nd sq uare- -until the alumni g et too far behind." In two previous g a mes the alumni were defeated. Helen Krachenfels T. R. Price John Kushnerick CURTIS ENDS TERM AS BEACON'S 10-TH EDITOR Editor Jack Curtis stepped down a s. head man of the Beacon today at noon when the paper arrived at its point of destination-the Snack Bar on campus. In over seeing the 27th issue of the paper-more than have been published here in a number of years, possibly the most in a school year- Curtis had a number of observations to make. He told one of his former Beacon r eporters, now under the charge of the new editor, T. R. Price, that he has appreciated the help of the staff during the entire school year, and that, though there have been a number of lapses, during which time interest seemed to lag in the paper, he has felt well-supported during the year. Particularly mentioned for yeoman duty were T. R. Price, Al J et er, Jonni Falk, John Kushnerick, Art Hoover, Dick Jones, and Helen Kra chenfels, those who made up the backbone of the staff. Also praised by the former editor were promising newcomers Janice Schuster, Jerry Stein, Les Weiner, Maryan Powell, Irene Tomalis, Bill DeMayo, Rodger Lewis, Jim Coleman and others whose names he might not have been able to recall on the spur of the moment. The photo staff of Cliff Brothers, Irv Kaye and Jerry J_,ind also came for praise by the Editor, as did the all-round work of Freda Billstein, Janie Keib el and Pat McNelis, who perform ed some of the unsung tasks, Freda (By-line) Billstein having also turned out to be a topnotch writer. The circula tion staff al so got a plug from its former chief , including Bernice Thomas and Barrf,lra Rog ers who had the job of keeping the Beacon in the mail s. Then there were sportsmen Jerry Elias, Tom Kaska, lzz Sherman and a host of other s. The editor wanted to make sure that if some de(continued on page 2) I BIO CLUB OUTING The Wilkes College Biology Club is holding its annual outing at W olf e's Grove this Sunday, May 15, 1955. Thi s will be the last function of the year for the club as a whole. RETURN OF BOOKS TO LIBRARY URGED All students are urged to return books on time to the library. Preparations for the annual inventory are now being in process. BEACON Photo by Cliff Brothers Campus Coeds Competing In Contest; Tonight's Ballots Will Tell WHICH ONE-One of these 11 pretty girls, all students at Wilkes, will be chosen as Cinderella at the annual Cinderella Ball which will be held tonight in the gymnasium. Candidates are, left to right, seated: Nancy Beam, Jacqueline .Jones, Constance K.amarunas, Jeannette Perrins, Miriam J ean Dearden and J,ois Long. Standing: Patricia Fitzgerald, Nancy Morris, Jacqueline Oliver, Ann F a ust and Ruth Wilbur. Jack Melton and his orchestra will provide music for dancing from 9 to 1. According to tradition midnight will mark the revealing of the Cinderella. In making the announcement, George Elliot, member of the board a nd a dviser to the paper this year, al so r evealed that John Kushnerick and Helen Krachenfels, both seniors,· will serve as assistant editors , while Roger Lewis, a sophomore next year, will be sports editor and Richard Jones, another senior-elect, will hold down the post of business manager. Price, a native of Wilkes-Barre and a r esident of 68 Elizabeth Street, is a graduate of Elmer L. Meyers High School, Class of 1952. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Price, he is majoring in English and expect s to enter journalism on graduation next June. This year, Price served in a number of capacities on the staff of the Beacon, including headline editor, copy a ssistant, £eat u re writer, general r eporter and makeup assistant, among many others. The new appointee r eplaces this year's Editor Jack Curtis , who graduates in June. Price earns the distinction of carrying on what has become tradition for the editorial post in rece nt yea rs. He is the fo urth editor in fi ve years to call South Wilkes-Barre home. Chuck Gloman started the spell and was follo wed by Paul Beer s. Then came Curtis, and now Price. The editor will have an experienced staff under him next year in Mi ss Krachenfels and Kushnerick. Helen is a resident of Forty Fort and wa s edu cated in that borough's schools. She has been an a ctive person in her th ree yea rs on camp us, having served as a r eporter for the pa per, meber of TDR and a s member and secretary of the Student Council. She has also been a dean's li st st udent. Kushnerick, a native of Freeland, near Hazleton, is a vet eran of the Navy, in wh ich he served as an offi cer. Presentl y, he res ides in Plymout h with his wife . H e is a major in English and Education. He has been a bright spot on the Beacon staff this year, and began his journalistic career here as an artist, drawing several excellent ca r toons for the Beacon. He later br anched into writing and other face t s of newspaper publication Heading the sports department will be a bright newcomer to the campus journalistic world this year, Rodger Lewis of Plymouth. Only a sophomore next year, Rog has been a ctive on campus in many r espects this year. Besides being one of the sports department's most dependable r epor t er s, he has been active as basketball manager and a member of the Lettermen's Club. He also has written for the local (continued on page 2) �WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 2 Council Discusses The Last One - · For A While Hazing Program It's not usually "style" for an editorial writer to use the first EDITORIALS person or to refer to himself as "I". We've been against it for four years, but this week, the last for a while which will see us writing editorials, we figure it's appropriate. Perhaps I'd best take first things first. To do that I'd have to say that being editor of the Beacon this year has been the fulfillment of one of my fondest desires. It has been ·· _1derful. Certainly, it has not been a bed of roses. The paper and the editor have had their ups and downs. We've both had a lot of adverse conditions with which to deal from time to time, too. But on a whole, I think we profited by it all. As to whether we succeeded in our purpose -that of giving the college the kind of paper it really wants-I can't really say. The Beacon, and especially the editor, has had a great number of critics this year. In such a position, that of editor, one must expect such JOHN D. CURTIS criticism. There's the old saying, you can't please everybody, and that's so right. Sometimes, it seems, you can't please anybody. And at first, I'll confess, this criticism made me want to fight back. I simply wasn't used to such harsh outcries among a stud~nt body I had considered as a whole as friendly. But, and to use another time-worn cliche, time heals all things, I got used used to the status quo-learned to accept what's what without running away from it. Many Changes - Growth I changed in many ways-in actions, attitudes, and even in editorial policy. We started the year with certain specific goals in mind. But as we went along, I realized, almost too late, I confess, that as editor of the Beacon, it is my job to learn as I go along, that this is extremely important. Right now, after having completed a job which I felt my past experience would make "easy" for me, I can say with all sincerity, that I have grown from the experience, broadened, so to speak, and maybe even literally, and I learned that being editor of the Beacon was one of the most important experiences in my college career. Perhaps in life, for that matter. For, what I learned here, through the school of college hard-knocks, won't soon be forgotten. Perhaps you'd like to know what I feel I've learned. Well, first, I think I have a greater understanding of people. An editor must work with people, all different individuals, and must be able to get along with them. Secondly, the responsibility for everything which went into the paper, in the end, was directed right back to me. It was a good feeling at first, but later, a rather frustrating one at times. Journalistically, I formed ideas and attitudes which will stick with me throughout any career I might choose in a similar field, be they good or bad, which again, is just a matter of opinion, I realize. Most Important, Perhaps But, and perhaps most important, I learned to appreciate the end product of hard work-work by myself and the others who worked with me in 'putting out your paper'. At the end of the week, when I'd walk into the snack bar and pick up the paper, I'd get a feeling of "Well, be it good or bad, we've turned out another paper to the best of our abilities." And that feeling of accomplishment was a good one. But, then, I'd sit down at a table, usually by myself, and do what many chided me forI'd read the Beacon over from stem to stern to see what errors were made and what could have been done in a more improved fashion. I'll admit that I was never completely satisfied. This lack of satisfaction bothered many with whom I came in contact, too-but that was how it was. · I've had words editorially with many people this year. Some, most I might add, were constructive and usually complimentary, but others were what you might term calling a spade a spade, which is just what we did . . True, as many have expressed it, "Why get yourself so excited about things on campus. In viewing the world as a whole, all of Wilkes College is insignificant." True, again, but I have felt that many fine things are developing here and that I should stick up for that which I feel is right-all toward the betterment of the world and society, in a long-range view. Certainly, never has there been any personality attack involved. Personally I wanted to alienate no one, for I can honestly say I have no ill feelings toward anyone on campus. I can only wish that this feeling were shared by all. Those Who Did It! There have been a number of people this year who have not only helped me put out your Beacon, but without whom the paper would never have gone to press. First, was Al Jeter, my roommate, who started on the sports section with me last year when I was sports editor and who did a marvelous job, beyond the call of his responsibilities to me or the paper this year. He was the first member of the staff to work with me this year and was . the last at the printer's as we readied to give you issue No. 27. Then there was Ivan " Jonni" Falk, himself qualified to be the editor of this or any college newspaper. Jon was the best right-hand man an editor could have, his ideas were fresh and his work thorough. T. R. Price, your new editor, was another. (continued on page 4) Friday, May 13, 195;.. WALTER SAVAGE LEAVES TO WORK ON DOCTORATE The Beacon wishes to take this last opportunity to wish "good luck'' to a member of the faculty who will leave at the end of this semester, his first at the college. That person is Walter Savage, English instructor, who will work on his doctoral dissertation next year at the University of Penns ylvania. Mr. Savage has proven a likeable person, a fine Ashley Hall dormmate, and top-notch teacher. He came to Wilkes for the semester to fill the ga p left by the absence of Joseph Donnelly, and did a fine job. We're sure the entire college joins in wishing him luck and success in the future. By HELEN M. KRACHENFELS At the Student Council meeting Tuesday night, Sam Lowe presented a suggested program for next year's Freshman orientation. The program has been drawn up by members of this year's Freshman exec utive council , and has as two of its salient features a n ex t ensive "big broth er-big sist er" plan, and a new concluding program consisting of a Sophomore-Freshman s ponsored Halloween Dance, at which an "uncrowning" ceremony would be h eld. Some discussion was held on this matter and a motion was made and carried to the effect that a meeting of the Student Council and class officers or executive councils be h eld on Monday night, May 16, at 7 :30 in Hollenback Hall for the purKon stantin Symonolewicz, propose of further discussion. f essor of sociolog y at Wilkes, was recently informed by the University of Columbia that his doctorate KRACHENFELS thesis was accepted without cor(continued from page 1) papers on occasion and was active rections. The thesis, which concerns the in journalism at Plymouth High School, from which he graduated. sociological contributions of MaliH e will be one of the youngest per- noski and sociological theories, will sons to hold such an important post be published as soon as the details in nine years of Beacon publica- of printing and copyrighting are completed. tions. Symonolewicz c o m p l e t e d his Dick Jones, a nativ e of up-river Towanda, was a ssistant business a cademic wor k toward the doctormanager and a featur e writer of ate earlie r in the year. H e has the paper this year. His work in been a m ember of the staff at several departments qualifies him Wilkes since the school r eceived it. a s the bu siness manager and gives charter. him an excellent viewpoint for such a .po st. Jones was res ponsible for much of the new advertising in the momentarily escaped him, that they Beacon this year, a factor which too be extended best wishes for the kept the sheet going even in face future and a vote of gr atitude for any and all services rendered him of a lack of appropriated funds . and the paper this year, no m atter ONE OF 11 how big or small. Columbia U. Accepts Symonolewicz Thesis WC Tops· Tigers In 2Home Debates By T. R. PRICE Wilkes debaters routed Princeton Monday night and Tuesday morning . Speaking on the negative side of the question of U. S. recognition of Communist China, Wilkes debater s, Jam es Neveras and J. Harold Flanne1·y, Jr., def eated the J er sey t eam in both debates. The cont est s wer e the first appearances of the Colleg e t eam befor e hom e audiences this season. The Monday nig ht affair was h eld at th e St. Stephen's Episcopal church-house, while the Tuesday debate was one of the College's assembl y pr ograms, held in the First P res byt erian Church . Prominent Judges Monday evening 's judges were David J ones, Attorneys Harold Rosenn and Charles Coslett, and Dr. Ellis Rob ert s of the WilkesBarre Bu siness College. They voted 4 to 1 t o give the decision to Wilkes. Mrs. Enoch Thomas, Attorney· Edward Dar ling, and the Rev. Willard Edmond s, who were the judges for th e a sse mbly debate on Tuesday morning , g ave the College t eam a unanim ous 3 t o O victory. Three ma in points of ar gument in the Tu esda y debate were those concerning the effect recognition of Communist China would have on the United States, its r elations with its allies, and t he effect on the U.N. Make Strong Point N ominations to fill the vacated post will be made at t oday's Manuscript meetin g , and elections will be h eld at t h e club 's final meet in g n ext week. (continued from page 1) serving individuals were not mentioned, and from the looks of the list there are many whose names - JORDAN Est. 1871 WILKES COLLEGE - Beacon A newspaper published each week of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. Editor .. John D. Curtis Asst. Editor .. Ivan Falk Sports Editor ..... . Allen Jeter Editorial Asst . ... .. .. .. T. R. Price Photo Editor .... .. . Cliff Brothers Business Mgr . . .. Arthur Hoover Asst. Bus. Mgr. Dick Jones Faculty Adviser ... . George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes Campua. Telephone: VAlley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. ~==========~=~ Toll Gale Restaurant "On the Boulevard" - Rt. llS Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Dr. Eugen e Hammer, h ead of the education department of Wilkes Colleg e will act a s moderator for Area Public Relations Workshop on May 17th at 8 in Coughlin High School. Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality tt 9 West Market Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The Theta Delta Rho JuniorSenior Buffet, an affair to honor the seni or memb er s of the sorority, is slated fo r n ext Wednesday, May 18 at 6 on the second floor of the Dorm Cafeteria. A varied program, highlighted by the presentation of gifts to the seniors, is promised. 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You a d aggage, s round t . r can ea h n two m mile • r,p coach f c sa'Ve 25% ore tra'Ve/. s or m Ores o of r FARES * Ore by u . on most tr' egu/ar home ~t thOr, 9athe~n~SGRoup Eth~~, You each e same time . or more h '."1 y sepa sa'Ve 28% ,n same d ' _ead,ng rate/y, o, e'Ven 'f irect,on and ~•cept for lo I You return oo Oshirir,tor, arid' tr~'le/ beti,v Points ea st otta:caster, New YorkPo.- EASTERN RAILROADS ~ 'if . ·.. �riday, May 13, 1955 3 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON TOSSERS LAST HOME TILT TODAY AGAINST E. STROUDS; FINISH SEASON NEXT WEEK The Second Annual AIDS Spring · Worksho-p was held yesterday, May 12 at Kingston High School. The program theme was "A Plan of By JIM COLEMAN The Wilkes diamondmen finish their home season today at 4 at Kirby Park against East Stroudsburg and then wind up the works when they travel to Bloomsburg on Wednesday and lo Ithaca on Friday. Th e Colonels will be out for revenge today as they face t h e Teachers who handed them a 14-6 beatin g on fiv e home runs last Saturday. George "Mo" Batterson will get the starting assignment By RODGER ·LEWIS and the men in back of him will Wilkes College's baseball squad have on their fighting togs as they drop-p ed three contests in last try to rede em themselves. The week's diamond action. The losses lineup that has been employed in came at the hands of Cortland, th e last three gam es will once a- Stroudsburg, and Rider. Th e Colog ain be put on the field. nel s record now stands at 2 wins Mike Goobic seems to be settled a g ainst 9 defeats. at second a s he ·handled that bag effi ciently in the la st few games. Against Cortland State Teach ers And, with Ron Rescigno, who has Coll ege, on Wednesday, Mel Mchandl ed 57 chances without a mis- N ew pit ched great ball, but lost cue, at shortstop, a sure double out on a mi s understanding by the play combination appears. On cat cher, Sokol. The t eams were Wedn esday against Bloomsburg , deadlo cked for 5 ½ innings wh en Wilkes will try to add the extra in the bottom half of t he sixth pun ch th ey have finally shown to frame, with two out, a call ed third com e through with the victory after strik e was mi sund erstood by th e los ing t o Bloom, 5 to 4, earli er in Col onel catcher to have been call ed th e sea son. a ball. Sokol threw, but it was Th e Colonels were leading durin g not in time. The hom e club then most of thi s g ame, but th e T each- continu ed t o bat and coll ect ed th e ers a dded fo m· runs in th e sixth to t hree winning talli es. give th em th e winning mar gin in s pite of a late rally by WC. Mel In th e cou rse of th e game McN ew McN ew w ill take on t he hurling stru ck out nin e Cortland batter s chores against t h e Maroon and whi le giving up only two walks . Gold. Th e Blue and Gold had runn er s on Wilkes w ill end th e season on base in every inning except two, Fri da y in a night game against but co uld not push a cross a tally. Ithaca w ith Birnba um most lik ely In last Saturday's defeat East doi ng th e chu ck ing. The Bomb~rs St r oud sburg Stat e Teach er~ Cold shu t out t he Blue a nd Gold behm I 1eo-e pounded three Colon el pitcher s th e ~hree-?it pitchin g of Don Kern , , fo~· 15 hits to win, 14 to 6. Broody, earli er thi s sea son. _McN~w also I first of th e trio that also included pitched a_ ~- ood gam e 111 th is m eet- Birnbaum and Batterson, was tagmg by givi_ng 1:1P only two earned ged for the loss, r uns and six hits, McN ew , who has been hitting the The locals collected one run in ball at a .349 clip, will be looked the fourth stanza and fo ur tallies on to add the needed hits to bring in . the sixth fra me to account for victory back to the Wilkes campus. th eir runs. Mel McNew had three Dick Kachinosky, the only senior of the seven Colonel hits, two of on th e t eam, has been hitting well which were good for doubles. and is another main cog in the ofLast Friday Dick Kachinosky's fen se machinery. All of the other player s seem to have found their grand slam home r un went to waste hitting eyes so there may be a a s Rid er scored two runs in the bri ght s pot a s the diamondmen top of the ninth to win , 7 to 5. The finish their season. With seven Colonels collected their tallies in fr eshmen on the team, an optimis- the second and a four run third tic outlook can be shown in looking inning. McNew pitched all the way and · was tagged for the loss. to the corning years. Colonels Suffer Triple Dumping in Week's Play with AL JETER, Sports Editor Slips Goois and bobbles do happen every once in awhile in th e newspap er business . Some people say they happen all the time, but whichever vi ew com es closer, the fact r emain s that we pulled a beaut in the last issue. Bob Morgan's pictur e app eared among the honorable mention men in the Athlete of the Year competition, but a writeup for hi m was missing. A lot of people noticed it and it's on e of those times when you wish you could crawl som ewhere. The slight was unintentional of course, and the r esult of having to ru s h like blazes to m eet a dea dline. But, we reall y can't offer an excuse because we should have AL JETER caught it before t he paper w ent out. So t o Bob Morgan this column offers its apol ogy- we sure didn't mean it. Morgan is one of the finest grappler s we have seen and has done himself and th e school credit wherever he has wrestled. He is a worthy honorabl e mention and one of Wilkes ' brightest shining stars with a fin e future still ah ead of him. The last issue is h ere and it's time to hand th e sports editorship r eigns over. Before going, we would like to say that it's been som etimes fun, sometimes a strain, sometimes a pain in the neck, but worth the experience for sure. It's been a good year too, because betw een th e s e v e r a 1 outstanding t eams produced and the changes in almost all of the coaching departm ents w e hav e n ever run short of cop y. Thanks Gang As a final word we would like t o sa y a thanks that comes right fr om down deep to Rodger Lewis, who will be your sports editor next year, and Jim Coleman. Lewis has been the right hand man all year long and without his always dependable work the sports page mi ght not have come out several times. Always on th e ball, Rodger could alwa ys be counted on to produce wh en th e chips were down or at any other time for that matter. We ,w ish him g ood luck for n ext yea r and are s ure that he will have a con sistentl y fin e page. J im Coleman joined th e staff during wres tling season when we needed a grappling expert a nd has been a consi stent wr iter ever since, following th r ough during baseball. Wi t hout thes e two, our job would ha ve been mag n ifi ed greatly and at times impossible. Anoth er m ent ion must be made of John Ku shn eri ck who came t hrough wh en we were bogged down on more than one occasion to lend hi s help even though he had r egular a ssig nments in the general departm ent. In closing , thanks to all of you who have read th e paper, offered sugg estions, comments, and criticisms. You have all been a big help in letting us know what the school wanted to read about. Adios ! Iron Man McNew Comes Through Again In Player Of Week Balloting! Mel McNew Th e iron man does it again. Mel McN ew is th e Beacon's choice for Player of the Week for the second tim e during this baseball season. Mel ha s been tagged as the heavy duty man of th e Wilkes mound corps and with good reason. We can think of f ew pitch ers who could come back time after time to throw I c.'Onsistently good games with the small amount of rest time between a ssignments. The last Wilkes hurler to see such action was John Milliman, now in the Army. And there's very little that McNew can't do on the diamond, thus making him a doublely useful man to have around. His work in the outfield leaves little ,t o be desired and when he isn't blazin' 'em past that's where h e can be found - in the outfi eld. Few pitchers are known for th eir hitting ability, but McNew seems to be the exception to th e rule and is a dangerous man with t h e sti ck at all times. H e is a noted clutch hitter and has come through more than a few times when Wilkes has been in a t ight spot. With still another y ear left McNew is well on his way to being one of the most versatil e m en on th e diamond that the school has ever been bl essed with. t tI ~•+f:•~ ~ ~ · ~* Jlllll~i,1111--.i1-.1111i!!I - - ■-•-- Action". Executive Secretary of AIDS is Dr. Eugene Hammer, head of the Wilkes College Education Department. Why do more college men and women smoke VICEROYS than any other filter cigarette? BECAUSE ONLY VICEROY GIVES YOU A PURE, NON-MINERAL, NON-TOXIC FILTER WITH 20,000 FILTER TRAPS IN EVERY FILTER TIP! 1. Yes, only Viceroy has this filter comp9sed of 20,000 tiny filter traps. You cannot obtain th~ same filtering action in any other cigarette. 2. 3. Besides being non-mineral and non-toxic, this cellulose-acetate filter never shreds or crumbles. 4. 5. Smokers en masse report that filtered Viceroys have a finer flavor even than cigarettes without filters. Rich, satisfying, yet pleasantly mild. The Viceroy filter wasn't just whipped up and rushed to market to meet the new and skyrocketing demand for filtered cigarettes. Viceroy pioneered. Started research more than 20 years ago to create the pure and perfect filter. Viceroy draws so easily that you . wouldn't know, without looking, that it even had a filter tip , .. and Viceroys cost only a penny or two more than cigarettes without filters! That's why more college men and women smoke VICEROYS than any other filter cigarette ... that's why VICEROY is the largest-selling filter cigarette in the world! 20,000 TINY FILTER TRAPS • • • plus Richer, Smoother Flavor �WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 4 Riders Upset Terrors; Clinch Bowling Loop 'A' League ' A' of the intramural bowling loop finished last Sunday night wit h the most stunning upset of t he entire season. The Ghost Rid ers, who up until that night had trailed the College Terrors, got red hot and took four points from the Terrors t o clinch t he championship . The Terrors had led the league fro m the start although the Riders lived up to their name and rode on the tail of the Terrors by the marg in of a point throughout the .regular competition. The Riders, led by Smith and Rydzewski, mowed down the hapless Terrors although they weren't even there. Falk a nd Ennis held up the losers' end, but it didn't even come close to being enough and the Riders rode on. TUXEDOS TO RENT Special Price To Students 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. B;AUM'S • Lt>NGS,N< on.Ww~ AMNICOLA DUE SOON According to the latest word from Dallas, Texas, where the A mnicola, Wilkes yearbook is being· produced, the publication should reach the campus someti me shortly after May 17. That is the date set by the Dallas printing firm for shipment to the college. Next week the championship will be decided when the winners of the 'B' loop, the Ralston Raider s, m eet the Riders at the J GC at 6 :30. It is hoped that a trophy can be presented to the winners at this time. Meet Your Friends at ... The SPA . . . 18 South Main Street • • • After the game After the dance Anytime for a fri~ndly get-together Favorite Spot ... ... For College Students Friday, May 13, 18 Farish Appointed Editorials from page 2) To Yearbook Position (continued He w a s perhaps the original "all-around man", No detail was too large or too small for him. \Vhen I was sick one week and confined to my room to do only the editorials, he put the paper together almost by himself. You'll have a good editor rt'ext year, I can assure you. Art Hoover was another, as was Dick Jones, your new business head. Helen Krachenfels and John Kushnerick were terrific as were all the others, space limita tions forbidding me from mentioning them. And to Mr. Stanley Schm idt, owner of the printing establishment in which the Beacon is produced and to his sons Ed, linotype operator, and Leo, pressman, a sincere vote of thanksand Ed, you'd better set this, it's an order. But finally, thanks should go to you, our readers. As we struggled with a lack offunds and other problems, with which I hope no editor will ever find himself faced in the future, you Where Smart College People Meet kept reading. Yes, to the students, faculty and administration, THANKS, it's been swell. This has been my Swan Song, my edition of Hearts and Flowers, but I've meant it for what it's worth. I guess a guy deDUPONT HIGHWAY serves a chance to go sentimental once in a year. It's all over, and, you know, it's hard to believe. Gone now, as this editorial goes to press, is a year's worth of toil. But also gone with this paper, for you, is as much sweat, anxiety, tension as the ,e ditor ANDY'S DINER was capable of coping with. Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym But if our paper has done one bit of the good I meant it to Plenty of Free Parking do, then, it has been worthwhile and we're not going to apologize Prices for the Collegian's Budget •. for that in which we believed-truth, understanding and progress. .. A Reputation Built on Fine Food Good luck-to you and to our alma mater-Wilkes. The future is squarely up to you . Bill Far ish, Butler Hall Dorm student from Huntingdon, Pa., has been named business manager of Am nicola, the Wilkes yearbook, f or the next school year, it was announced yesterday. Fari sh, a junior next year, will take over the post vacated by n ext year's editor, Hank Goetzman. Bill has been active on the business staff this year and in general yearbook work. He is also an active Letterman and a guard on t he football team. The MAYFAIR Featuring The Newest In College Men's Fashions Wilkes College BOOKSTORE AND VARIETY SHOP , Books - Supplies - Novelties Subscriptions Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 .•. WELCOME The Most Complete Local and National Coverage FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS GIANT SOCIAL SECTION WEEKLY FEATURES Misses' Orlon SWEATERS Short Sleeve SLIP ONS 4.99 Long Sleeve CARDIGANS 6.98 o Soft 'n' Silky Wear 'Like Iron o Pastels . Jewel - Deep Shades o All Perfect Quality • Sizes 34-40 Sportswear - Pomeroy's 2nd Floor PARI{, Buy SHOP and EAT at the new FOWLER, DICK and WALKER The Boston Store You'll SMILE your approval of Chesterfield's smoothnessmildness- refreshing taste. CHESTERFIELD You'll SMILE your approval of Chesterfield's quality highest quality- low nicotine. today! _.,. .... ............ .. :,. Largest selling cigarette . ,1ii:. America's colleges © LIGGETT & MYEJ..5 T OBACCO Co. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1955 May 13th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 May 13 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/85062ca40aca6ae9a00a09462c73816a.pdf 2d4f83f8e2f0aa14735c7819b7ec09e1 PDF Text Text Farley Reveals Plans For Cal' Addition WILKES The Community College. Serving Wyoming Valley And The World ~ - WILKES COLLEGE - ~Beacon WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA Vol. X, No. 26 THE BEACON Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1955 The Beacon's Choice Caf Addition Planned by September JIM FERRIS - THE BEACON'S ATHLETE OF THE YEAR By JACK CURTIS, Beacon Editor By AL JETER, Sports Editor The College will have new and modernized dining facilities for both day and dormitory students next September, according to plans revealed by Dr. Eugene S. Farley, Wilkes president. Dr. Farley told th e Beacon y est erday t ha t plans for a new com bined snack bar-dining hall to serve both resident a nd day stud ents have been drawn up and that the goahead signal for the project awa its the a p;::ro, a l of th e Wilkes Eoard of Trustees. Under th e proposed new set-up, the old day -sc hool cafeteria, now u sed as the dormitory dining hall and th e garage at the rear of Kirby Hall will be connected with a new s tructure to increase th e space by three-fold and improve facilities of the present dupli cate operation of the sna ck ba r and the dining hall. The garage, th e home of the late Theodore Duganne, form er F. M. Kirby chauffer, is owned by the Coll ege and will be compl etel y r enovated and rebuilt ins ide a s will be the dining hall. Dr. Farley showed in blueprints how the new structure will connect the two buildings . It will run somewhat parallel to the walk between th e dining hall and Kirby Hall, extending to the end of the garage n earest South River Street. The main entrance will be on the library side of the garage with other entrances on South Street and in the present dining hall building. Running along the present walk, will be the almost completely glass encased side of the new structure, which will be two stories. Dr. Farley emphasized that "the college has needed such a building for some time and we've been waiting for the right time to go ahead (continued on paCJe Ii) Three-Sport Star 1st In Poll of Newsmen; 14 Others Honored Jim Ferris, standout three-sport performer, has been named as Athlete of the Year for the 1954-55 season by the Beacon Sports Department. In his three seasons of play at Wilkes he has been the consistent. dependable all around man that every coach likes to have on his side. Ferris gained the nod over 14 other outstanding Wilkes athletes. Given honorable mention were: John Bresnahan, Glenn Carey, Jerry Elias, Harry Ennis, Ronald Fitzgerald, Ahmed Kazimi, Younsu Koo, Don McFadden, Melvin McNew, Bob Morgan, Al Nicholas, Jack Richards, Joe Trosko, Carl Van Dyke. The selection of Ferris was made early this week at a meeting of t he entire s ports staff who found no easy job in choosing an outstanding man among the fifteen nominated. It is the fourth presentation in the Beacon's history, thus continuing what has become a tradition. · Previous wi nners of the award have been George McMahon, Parker Petrilak, and Len Batroney. It is very seldom that a man turns up in a college the size of Wilkes that plays three sports and does a first rate job in each of them. Ferris BEACON Portrait by Cliff Brothers Sophomore Dance in Gym Tonighl Inform a I Affair Begins al 8:30 The Sophomore Class again steps into the spo tlight tomorrow night, this time with a sport dance. The affair is slated to begin at 8 :30 sharp in the Wilkes Gym , and admission is only 30 cents. We're s ure you'll have it! Refreshments will be sold, and tickets may be purchased at the door. Co-chairmen of the dance a re Gene Roth and Larry Amdur. The committees are a s follows: Refre shments, John Coates; ti ckets, PhylThe dance will be very informal lis Walsh; decorations, N ei l Dadur- just come rea.dy for a good_ time, ket; pulilkity, Norma Davis. does all of that and more. He is known as a cool head and a stead y influence when the going gets rough and has been described by his coaches and teammates as a ball 1>layer's ball player. Rather small for a basketball player, Ferris more than makes up for the height deficit, (he stands 5' 9"), by hustl e, determination and speed to burn. As a floor man and playmaker on the co urt he leaves little to be desired. H e is particularly effective with the deadly fast break, utilizing the hard driving shots that he is a master of. Dead Eye He has a dead-eye and plenty of calm and assurance at the foul line which he has demonstrated to grief of opponents. Against E a st Stroudsburg the Kingston flash sank 16 out of 17 free throws. On the diamond he covers the centerfield slot like a rug. Once again the Ferris' running ability comes into good use an<;! it is a. mighty long hit ball that gets away from him and then not by much. H e has been us ed mainly as the second man in the battirtg order because of his base stealing ability. When he heads around the base paths Jim is a good bet to run out from under his hat Willy Mays style. ,F ield General On the soccer field Ferris ably demonstrates his field generalship and team cooperation. He is a dependable performer in the backfield where timing and co-ordination are of utmost importance. He seems to possess an uncanny knack of being able to smell out opponents strategy and is well remembered for his ability to break up offensive thrusts. The Beacon staff joins in sending congratulations to a most able and certainly deserving Athlete of the Year - Jim Ferris. His name will be engraved on the perpetual cup that is kept on display at the Beacon office. �Friday, May 6, 195!) WILKFS COLLEGE BEACON 2 9th Wilkes Cinderella Ball Next Friday It's Cinderella time at Wilkes once more! Mr. Grimm, Walt Disney and Leslie Caron have nothing on us. For the ninth consecutive year WC Student Council members are scurrying hither and yon in search of pumpkin coaches, obliging white mice who will turn into prancing steeds at the wave of a wand, and a glass slipper to fit the unbound American Cindy's twinkling tootsies, while Jack Melton's Orchestra serenades her. True to Wilkes' high moral standards in literature, our version of the Cinderella fantasy ignores all the morbid and unappealing details (such as wicked step-mothers and -sisters) of the original story and retains only the happiest aspects of the tale. The entire student body will act as a 700 man Prince Charming in selecting our Cinderella . from among the 11 candidates. (How could we trust the judgement of one mere man confronted with such a bevy of beauties from which to choose?) The list of poor Wilkes co-eds (not meant insultingly -what Wilkes student is not poor t hese days?) aspiring to the honor includes: Nancy Beam, Jeanne Dearden, Ann Faust, Pat Fitzgerald, Jacqueline Jones, Connie Kamarunas, Lois Long, Nancy Morris, Jacqueline Oliver, Jeannette Perrins, and Ruth Wilbur. On Friday evening, May 13, in the South Franklin CO AT WEST POINT LAUDS WILKES DEBATERS (The following letter was r eceived this week by Dr. Farley commending the Wilkes debate team for its fine showing in the Nationals at West Point. We f elt it would be of interest to the student body.-Ed.) Office of the Superintendent United States Military Academy West Point, New York President Eugene S. Farley Wilkes College Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Dear President Farley: It was a pleasure to ha ve your students James Neveras and J. Harold Flannery, Jr. and their coach Arthur N. Kruger as our guests at the Ninth National Invitational Debate Tournament at .West Point, You can be pro1,1d of them as representatives of your college. Th£? success of your team in the district competition that earned them the right to participate in this tournament must have been a source of great satisfaction to you. The successes they achieved in reaching the Final Round in our tournament certify to their distinction as debaters and to the guidance of their faculty coach. The close decision by which they lost the final round attests to their outstanding achievement in this close competition. I congratulate them and you for their achievements and thank you for permitting them the opportunity to participate in our tournament. We hope they shall have the opportunity to visit us again. Sincerely yours, / s/ B. M. Bryan / t / B. M. BRYAN Lieutenant General, USA Superintendent Street Palace, all this feverish preparation will reach its climax as Cinderella of 1955 is revealed. The Royal Ball begins at 9 and lasts until 1 A.M. (We give OUR Cindy an hour's grace before she has to turn in her crown and slipper and be just another co-ed cramming for finals!) No self-respecting subject of this little kingdom-bythe-ri ver will want to miss the most exciting event of the year. Tickets may be obtained from any Student Council member for a price geared to Colonel wallets, only $2.00. His Royal Majesty Art Hoover has not issued a decree for mandatory attendance, but he hopes along with the rest of your faithful servants-Student Council members, that is-to see you all there. Annual Parents' Day Features Concert by Wilkes College Band By JANICE SCHUSTER Metcalfe Scorns War Scare For Next Decade A band concert will be the highlight of the eighth annual Parents' Day celebration which will be held in the college gymnasium on Sunday. Starting at 2:30, parents and students will meet at Chase,. from where tours of the campus will begin. These guided tours HISTORY CLUB PLANS SECOND IN RECORDING SERIES ON MAY 12-TH Clearer definition of our defense lines in the Formosa area can avert fighting there, John C. Metcalfe declared in a talk at By DICK JONES the College gym Tuesday. Speaking on "Where are We GoOn Thursday, May 12 , at 11 in ing in World Affairs", Metcalfe Gies Hall-B, the Wilkes College added that such clarification could History Club will present the first have prevented the Korean conflict. in a series or'recordings portraying We have faced crises in the last the historical development of Amerdecade, but in all but the Korean one we have been able to prevent icaThe first recording, narrated by Edward R. Murrow, describes bloodshed, he noted. When we had but one armored events from the "Roaring Twendivision in Europe to support us, ties." we made the Russians back down Wilson's appeal for the League in Iran. Again, when the Russians of Nations, the great orator Wilinstituted the Berlin blockade we liam Jennings Bryan, Al Smith, and did not spark an international in- Jimmy Walker, then the mayor of cident by rushing a relief column New York, will be some of the polito the city, but came up with the tical figures to be heard. ingenious airlift which blew up the In the field of sports the Demppropaganda device in Russian faces. sey-Tunney fight and Babe Ruth's Now we worry about Formosa; home runs will be described. fourth post in council representing we cannot leave the islands off the Representing show business will Red China coast without a great be such voices as Amos 'n' Andy, next year's senior class. Th e tie vote had been a surprise loss of face for the present. What Bing Crosby, and Rudy Vallee. The historical and record-breakto many observers on campus, so we ought to do is to make our posiyesterday's vote was watched care- tion on defense of the area more ing flight of Lindbergh will be on fully. Though at times an out- clear, Metcalfe said. the record. The noble experiment We could have averted an inva- of prohibition, and the Sacco-Vanspoken member of the student council, Carpenter scored high in the sion of Korea five years ago, he zetti death sentence will be poreyes of those who supported him emphasized, if we had made it clear trayed. and they rallied to his support yes- that force there would be met with All members of the studtmt bodf, faculty and administration interestterday when the chips were down. force. Metcalfe also predicted flatly that ed in listening to what has happenThe Beacon, which has been at the United States will not enter inodds with the councilman-elect on to a global war within the next dec- ed to America during the era it of age are invited to attend occasion during the past year, ex- ade. He pointed to a number of came The History Club hopes to hold a tends congratulations to Carpenter reasons and emphasized our unpreand best wishes for a successful paredness as the main reason for similar meeting the following Thursday, May 19. year in council in 1955-56. our reluctance to accept the challenge being thrown at us from two sides of the oceans. He gave a number of examples of weapon-power discoveries by the Soviet m recent years and explainDr. Hugo Mailey, professor of By JOHN KUSHNERICK ed that we are still in the "catching. political science at Wilkes, will act The Mental Health Institute, up'' stage in the armament race. sponsored jointly by Wilkes ColMetcalfe, a Washington newsman as moderator for a panel discussion lege and several county and state and authority on international and on fluoridation of the city's water mental health agencies on Tuesday I national affairs, stated also that supply this evening at the American was termed a success attendance- there has been too much unwarrant- Legion Home on North River wise by program officials. ed criticism of President Dwight D. Street. The meeting, announced as open The institute opened in the after- Eisenhower as the "vacationing to the interested public, is to be noon with remarks by Dr. Eugene president". S. Farley and continued through the Said Metcalfe, "It is on these attended by many city officials and evening featuring instructive talks 'vacations' that he does his real will bring many out of town speakby psyciatrists and psychologists on thinking." "And it is while he is ers from the medical and dental the various aspects of the preven- away from the helter-scelter ,p res- professions to present their views tion and cure of mental illness. sures from all sides in the nation's on fluoridation. A Wilkes alumnus, Dr. Donald B. It was planned for the benefit of capital that he g ets time and peace graduate nurses, student nurses, of mind to make the decisions that teachers, PTA's, and college stu- keep us out of war." Meet Your Friends at ... dents. College personalities active in the Mrs. Marie Collins, evening stuprogramming of the institute were: dent; and Mr. Cyril Spiecher, presiMiss Ruth Jesse, chairman of the dent of the Nursing Education 1 nursing education department; 18 South Main Street Club. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ! Carpenter Wins Election For Student Council Post Dick Carpenter of West Pittston, an incumbent in the student council, was yesterday re-elected to his post on the Wilkes student government in a run-off election with John Hessler. Council President Arthur Hoover termed the victory as being "by a substantial margin." In all 63 votes were cast in the spirited balloting between 11 and 1 yesterday in the Harding Hall Snack Bar. In the regular student council election for next year which was held last week, Carpenter and Hessler were tied in a dispute over the MR. BELL'S INVENTION GOOD-FOR SOME FOLKS Someday the BEACON may be able to phone pe<>ple at night. Someday, perhaps, but not now. As far as the stalf is concerned, after five o'clock the most useless phone in the Valley is the one on the editor's desk in the BEACON olfice. Now this seldom-tingling instrument does represent some progress; early in the year, when the BEACON had moved from its cubbyhole slung along Barre Hall, there was no phone at all. Now Mr. Ameche's creation is on hand to save a little shoe leather in the daytime. But as the buds and the College switchboard close up when the sun drops behind the ball park, the stalf members at the office in the evening prepare to do legwork for information they couldn't glean during the day. When the sun goes down, so does the receiver; the faithful instrument is willing servant all day long, but when five rolls around, it becomes as useful as the office typewriters-and they are as useful as a Mormon fire hose. It's too late now, anyhow! ..Ah, so-o-o ! Dr. Mailey Moderates Fluoridation Talks MENTAL HEALTH TALK VIEWED AS SUCCESS I ANDY'S DINER Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym Plenty of Free Parking Prices for the Collegian's Budget •• . . A Reputation Built on Fine Food ========' TUXEDOS TO RENT I Special Price To Students 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST, BAUM'S I The SPA • •• After the game After the dance Anytime for a friendly get-together Favorite Spot ... ... For College Students will culminate at the gymnasium th nd ~~r f~:~. s;.~~~c~~ e ba program Band Director Robert Moran has announced that the musical program will consist of a variety of works. Among the numbers in the program will be a new arrangement. of Bach's "Prelude and Fugue in _ B Minor", a modern version of , 'Loch Lomond" by Clive Richard-· son, and "Three Negro Dances" by Eric Leiden. Other selections will be "Farandole" from L'Arlesienne· Suite number 2 by Bizet, "Rakes of tMallow" by Leroy Anderson, "On he Trail" by Grofe and "Triumphal March" from Quo Vadis. 1 gr~ile!~tri! ~;~=~:~o~~~ili~~.P ; ; Dr. Howard Hanson, Musical Director at the Eastman School of Musk and Moran's former instructor .. While at Eastman, Moran played first trombone under Hanson's direction for three years. The main numbers on the program will be alternated with popuJar marches by John Philip Sousa m celebration of the great com. poser's 100th birthday anmversary .. At the conclusion of the concert, refreshments will be served on Chase Lawn. In previous years the annual Parents' Day program has been largely attended, with some 950 to 1000 at the affair last year, accord-· mg to an announcement in assembly Tuesday. It is expected that a similar crowd will attend Sund_a_y_'_s_s_e_s_s_io_n_._ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Ayers, a local chiropractor, has been active in opposing the addition to the water supply, compounds purported to prevent tooth decay. Dr. Ayers advocates keeping the water "pure". Earlier in the year, Dr. Charles B. Reif, professor of biology, expressed an opinion in a letter to the editor of a city paper, that many of the articles appearing on the subject were unscientific. - WILKES COLLEGE - Beacon A newspaper published each week of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. Editor . . . .. .. . .. John D. Curtis Asst. Editor ..... . ..... Ivan Falk Sports Editor Allen Jeter Editorial Asst. T. R. Price Photo Editor ClilJ Brothers . Business Mgr . .. . Arthur Hoover Asst. Bus. Mgr. Dick Jones Faculty Adviser .. .. George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on. second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes Campu11. '.felephone: VAlley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. �:'riday, May 6, 1955 ----------- Wii.Kf:S _COLI£GE BEACON 3 ·- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _ : WILKES DEBATES PRINCETON ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY EDITORIALS Mixed Up All · Around What a fouled up world! Of course this is not an unusual ' • remark in these parts or in any part of the world~ for that matter. · But, unlike Mr. Metcalfe, we're not thjnking _of the intemc;xtional situation. . · · ' · ·· What we had in mind is the relationship between the advent By T. R. PRICE Princeton will be up on Monday and Tuesday to meet Wilkes in a pair of debates on the of final exams and the turn of the weather. It just don't seem right. And for that ma-tier, with graduation just around the corquestion of the recognition of Red China. The Jersey team will meet the College varsity ori Monday night at 8, in a contest open to the ner (down at the gym, we think), U's pretty tough for the 750 alleged students at Wilkes to think along the lines of subject matgeneral public. A second deter-academic subject matter, .that is. bate will follow in assembly But, when you think of it, finals weather and/ or graduation Tuesday at 11. with long gowns and caps to boot, things are going to be hot The College talkers, James Neall-around. For many, though, this will be the last round of veras and J . Harold Flannery, Jr., will meet the sam e Princeton men examinations and really they aren't so bad, they are-er, are against whom they contested in the they? Round about this tim:e each :year, just after a nice couple Johns Hopkins tournament early in weeks on the golf courses, baseball diamonds, drive-ins, etc., of February. Wilkes won the Johns the area, we're hit with the realization thaf much still remains Hopkins tournament. to be done scholastically. · And it'$ downright frustrating, isn't it? The Princeton team will be .comWe've done a lot of reflecting philosophically in our four posed of Martin Louis and Tom years of writing here at Wilkes, so why not again. Guess we've Farer, both veteran debaters. just got to accept the bitter with the sour, or something like that. Louis, one of the top debaters in So, folks, it's out with the late lamps and down with the baggy hi s class, -w as first speaker at the King's College tournament held eyes-here we go again. here in Wilkes~Bane last year. You may wonder just what the purpose is for this tirade on Farer won the ·New Hampshire something about which we can do nothing. It's simply to set State Champions hip in hi s junior that psychological stage for that excruciating moment of realiza- . high sc hool year, and th e state's tion that "the time is now-or maybe never" to get goin'. Or as top debater award in hi s senior. Citizen Tom Paine put it so well .a few years before our entry Farer was last adjudged Princeinto journalism, "These are the times that try men's souls." See ton's second debater, and this year what we mean about a fouled up world. was first speaker at the District Bunn Accepts Job As Head of Dept. Al Wichita Univ. Verry to Study For Doctorate Next Year in NY Seven eliminational tournament, edging Wilkes' Flannery by a few points. The Wilkes combination of Neveras and Flannery won some four tournaments this season, and was the nation's second . best team, emerging as runner-up at the West Point Nationals. In addition to the Johns Hopkins tourney, Flannery and N everas also won the Notre Dame Invitational, defeating Dana H. Verry some of the Mid-West's ,top teams. Verne A. Bunn B FREDA BILLSTEIN Their record for the two years in. , V A B W"lk . y · which they have debated as a team . em~ · unn, . 1 . es m~tructor Dana H. Verry, assistant -p rofes- . f . . t m .Retail Merchand1smg, will leave sor of Commerce and Finance, will j ; s one O 58 wms agams on1Y ·20 j at the end of the semester to head spend the summer and the follow- o~se~. f th d b t . b D . the Wichita (Ka nsas) University's ing school year at Columbia UniIru ges ~r e e a e wi 11 e L n ew Department of Retailing. versity where he will be studying ~h is ;.ober:s, D;v; on~s, head 0 Bunn will organize a completely for his doctorate in education. At~ mgs ~n .. ek a e earn, an new department for the Western Verry, well known to secretarial Y· Josep t· Sair ·th th p .· t University, and will accept an as 0 and business education majors, has d 1bn /onne~~f: w~ , . ~ r;ncel ~ sistant professorship ther e. 1 been teaching s horthand, typing, ~ a es, e~- an es ow er' A member of the Wilkes staff and office co urses at Wilkes for th e ?1~~ ard _Watter dd~~:tm~nt ~?re since 1952, Bunn has been respons ipast two years. is isp aymg e. _e a mg rop ies, ble for developing the Retailing DePrevious to Wilkes, Verry taught cups, plaques, ceitificate~ a nd 0th er partment at the Coll ege . He has at the South Idaho College of Edu- awa rd.s won. by th e Wilkes team. seen it grow from a department cation. He received his masters Th~ display is s lated to ru11 for an wit h some four majors into one of degree at the University of Idaho, entire week, began yeS t e rd ay. th e most promis ing ones on the While in the Army he taught cam pus. English in the Berlitz School of During this tim e a Merchants Languages in Paris and he also Association Advisory committee coac:hed a class in literacy training has been established to furth er the in Missouri. eff ort s and interests of the College Mrs. Verry, who teaches in W est and the community in the retailing Pittston, will receive a leave of abfields. · sence for a year to join her husDo you like tomato juice? Well, A cooperative t raining program band at Columbia. They will re- you can i nd ulge your desire, to a is now being developed to give r eturn to Wilkes-Barre in the fall of certain degree, on th e 17th when tailing students opportunities to th e Red Cross comes around. 1956 and resume teaching. gain work experience while still in As yet there has been no anThey charge no exhorbitant price college. nouncement as to who will fill his for th eir liquid goodies-all th ey Bunn will organize the Wichita position. want is a little blood. retai ling course in somewhat the They will arriv e on campus with same manner. He explained that their bloodmobile th e Tuesday after the merchants of ·th e Wichita area, next, according to Wilkes Director as well as the University, are an of Student Activities Robert W. xious to have such a program esOear Editor: Partridge. tablished. I was amused by the pair of letPart ridge, who also h eads the The western post will a lso tak e ters in yo ur April twenty-second camp us blood driv e, declared that Bunn and his family closer to their issue regarding the honor system. the traveling plasma platform will Idaho and Minnesota homes. They The one bluntly stated there is no be parked at Chase Theater. now live in Meadow Crest, Truckshonor, while the other merely hintThere is more than a mere blood vi lle, a f ew miles from the College . ed that it doesn't flourish at Wilkes. donation at stak e; the bloodmo"I have certainl y enjoyed workAlthough it may provoke a derisive bile's record is held at present by ing at Wilkes ," Bunn decla red resneer on the scornful countenance the ewish Community Center, and centl y. "My experiences and conof one 'tough guy' Beers, I fee l the College will want to go all out tacts," he co ntinued, "have been honor bound to step forward and to maintain its own record, whi ch very enjoyable. You don't forget bravely announce that I am for at the blood bank proper has usual- s uch things." honor. ly been fairly good. I shall not define the t erm-even Undoubtedly, the paper you editif challenged to by the more foren- outside control. ed was the lievliest, most colorful, s ic elem ents on campus. For the There is a comforting number of purposes of this discussion, how- students at Wilkes who will · not most co ntroversial, and the most ever, honor implies that the stu- cheat, no matter who is not watch- widely read paper we have had at dent will conduct himself in such ing. The people with honor will Wilkes in th e eight years I have a manner that he will need no proc- probably continue to lose out to been teaching h ere. While it is true there were some, including m ytor .during examinations. th e people with the system. They self, who t ook issue with you on Any honor system which calls up- don't mind; they have honor, and certain stories, no one that I know on the students to watch each other no honor system will take it a-w a y was indifferent to what was publishwill fail to inspire honor; it merely from them. ed, and every one was given a fair increases the number of proctors. Respectfully, chance to voice his sentiments. An honorable person avo-ids cheatROBERT W. DARROW The paper was probably the most ing because h e feels it is wrongrepresentat ive one we have had, and not because other people are ,w atch- Dear Editor : you are to be commended for having ing. Therefore,· no system is neI should li ke to tak e this opportucessary, or effective, in fostering nity to thank you for the fine sup- made it th e lively vehicle of campus expression that it was. the growth of honor. Honor comes -p ort and encouragement given the Once again, on behalf of the defrom pride and self control-not debating t ea m by The Beacon this baters and myself, thank you for from the absence, or alteration, of year. your generous coverage of our acti- f ! BLOODMOBILE VISITS COLLEGE ON MAY 17,• SQUEEZE OUT ALITTLE Letters To The Editor: The Beacon's Fourth Each year, once a year, the Beacon gets its chance to give that special award-the award of all awards, we think~to a · -wnkes athlete. Jim Ferris of Kingston, a three-sport participant. stood out in the minds of the sports scribes of this paper after all other contenders for the title had been eliminated. To Jim goes the fourth annual award as the Beacon's Athlete of the Year. Each year, it seems, the award means niore. · Before Jim were Parker Petrilak, George McMahon and Len Batroney (last yearl-and these three were certainly fine .e xamples of sportsmanship, ability and competitive spirit-qualities · which the winner is supposed to po.s sess. We feel that Jim Ferris also possesses these qualities. · There were 14 other athletes chosen to join with Ferris to · make up what the Beacon thinks were the "Top 15" for the scholastic year, 1954-55. To Jim .and to the men who gained honorable mention, we extend our heartiest congratulations. Another Step of Progress The plans announced by the administration in this week's Beacon to improve and augment the school's dining facilities is certainly a step in the right direction. It also does another important thing. It shows that the plans laid down at the beginning of the year by Dr. Farley amid.st a storm of protest regarding Harding Hall situation are underway and will be carried out just as__fast as physical and financial conditions will permit. The blueprints of the construction job on the Donn Pining Hall and the Kirby Garage, plus the new glass-encased addition show that the combined facilities for the donn and day students will not only be more modem, expedient and economically sound, but also more · comfoJ,"tcible and convenient as a campus meeting place. This project is something that ha,s been needed for . a long time. In our hasty thinking, though, we must stop and remem);,er that we have grown slowly, but soundly. And although many times we have lacked in facilities, we have gone ahead in our progress level-headedly and without fear of losing all by wrong decision. This method of progress is one of the big reasons why Wilkes will not fail as an educational institution. a. Lettermen, TDR Name Presidents Howard Gross, Bernice Thomas The Wilkes sororit y, Theta Delta Rho, and the Lettermen's Club r ecent.ly elec t ed officers for the next sc hool year, startin g next Septem ber. Elected president of TDR was Bernice Thomas, of the circulation staff of this pap er, and head of the Columbia University next year. Letterm en is Howa rd "Hawkey" Picton, a senior is the present LetGross. t ermen's president. The Wilkes Lettermen elected Other officers named in the poll Gross of Dupont as their president for the next year at an election last of club members were: vice presiweek. Gross will take the reigns dent, Neil Dadurka, Forty Fort; of the Wilkes service organization secretary, Cliff Brautigan, East made up of monogram winners of Orange, N.J.; treasurer, Joe P opple, W est Pittston; sergeant-.a t-arms, the athletic fields next fall. Russell Picton, r ecently named Don Reynolds, Hanover Township; head football coach and a m ember and members of the executive comof the administration of the col- mittee, Jim Ferris of Kingston, and lege, will step into the post of ad- Dave Thomas of North Wilkesviser to the club in the place of Barre. Besides Bernice Thomas a s presiGeorge F. Ralston, present adviser, who will work on his doctorate at dent, TDR elected three other offi<;ers yesterday in a heavy, 54-vote ballot. Named treasurer of the vities and for your personal support sorority was Marg;lret Smith, who of them. gained t he highest vote in the enSincerely, tire el ection. Vice president :will be A RTHUR N. KRUGER Jerri Kolotello and the secretary Director of Debate post will be filled by Peggy Stevens. �Friday, May 6, 1955 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 4 Top Standards In the Wilkes Sport World HONORABLE MENTION BACKGROUND SHOTS JOHN . BRESNAHAN The lanky forward is a consistent threat with well mastered corner shots and is ohe of. the ace rebounders of the Wilkes cage crew. He is a fine competitor and an able play maker. GLENN CAREY Small for a center, Carey has held the post for three years now on the Colonel grid squad. Despite his size he is one of the most vicious tacklers and defensive men in the school's hi.story. JERRY ELIAS Elias has been one of the most reliable men for Coach John Reese's wrestling· squad. He wrestles in the heavyweight division and usual.ly finds himself up against much larger opponents since the class is unlimited. HARRY ENNIS 'Skinny' has been one of the brightest sparklers on the high scoring hoopsters. He was the team's leading scorer this year and did yeoman service as a rebounder, a job that he often bore the brunt of owing to the team's general lack of height. RONALD FITZGERALD The coaches' selection as the ' Back of the Yea1J Fitz is a fine wingback who can get up and go when tearing off yardage on end sweeps. A converted lineman, he has done a fine job in his four years at Wilkes. AHMED KAZIMI One of the big three of the international flavor on the .soccer team, Kazimi combines a superb knowledge of the game with hustle and determination. He performs equally well on offense or defense and is probably the most aggressive man on the field. YOUNSU KOO All the way from Korea comes Koo, a former officer in the ROK Army. His offensive punch combined with a fine sense of timing has saved more than one game for the Wilkes booters. A fast keen competitor, he never stops running and is a fin e team player. DON McFADDEN A former YMCA wrestling champion Murph comes up with winning records even under the handicap of being moved from weight to weight on occasion when the need calls. He is one of the men that Coach Reese can depend on to turn in a g'OOd performance every time out. MEL McNEW The Baltimore fireball has been the mainstay of the Colonel mound ~orps for three years. Plagued by !l bad arm last season Mel has retained his top ranking status this year. When he is not hurling he foes a capable job in the outer pasture. !\L NICHOLAS Nick came back from the service ;his year and did a fine job in the tullback spot that was foreign to 1im. A shrewd field general and 1 fast, shifty runner he will be re:nembered as one of the all tim e ;:Teats of Wilkes football. rACK RICHARDS An infielder or outfielder - it :ouldn't matter less. Richards can Jo just about anything on a base)all diamond. A very handy man ;o have around for filling any gap ;hat might occur as Coach Partddge discovered last season . 1 fine passer in football, too. JOE TROSKO Trosko is generally conceded to )e one of the finest linemen that ;he Colonels ever had. His brutal ine play earned him All State 1onors in his junior year. Trosko s equally adept at either offense >r defense. :::ARL VAN DYKE The little high scoring forward m the Blue and Gold five just does 10t know the .word stop or quit. ffampered early in the season with 1 hand injury he came back to be me of the best. Jerry Elias Harry Ennis Ronald Fitzgerald - --- - - ---· -·-·---· -·········--·· Ahmed Kazimi Carl Van Dyke SPEEDSTER FERRIS ON THE BASE PATHS Younsu Koo Joe Trosko Jack Richarm Bob Morgan Melvin McNew 30 Don McFadden �WILKF.S COLLEGE BEACON friday, May 6, 1955 5 SWATTERS MEET RIDER COLLEGE TODAY AT HOME Tangle With Slrouds Tomorrow; Take lo Revenge Trail Against Cortland Slate on We dn e s da y with AL JETER, Sports Editor Explosion Whatever got into the diamond forces on Monday should, in our opinion, happ en more often. For a team that was about a half inch from earning t h e tag of the hitle~s wonders they did one job for themselves against a bewildered Lycoming crew. By .JIM COLEMAN The diamond.men are in for another busy week as they play Rider and East Stroudsburg this weekend and then, travel to· Cortland on Wednesday for their second chance against the Teachers. Today will be the only home game of the week as the Colonels take on Rider College. RAIDERS GAIN CROWN IN BOWLING LOOP 'B' Fourteen runs worth of batting power in one game is m ore than eno ugh for a team as a general rule. In the case of the Colonels, it was a way more than enough. They didn't need all of that to win, but it was a heartening sign to see the latent plate talent explode. The Ralston Raiders grabbed three out of four points from the second place Walloping Wags last Sunday night to cinch the Inrtamural Bowling League 'B' title. We on ly hope that the boys didn't use up all the potential in one fell S WOO p. We The Raiders will meet the chamwould prefer to pions of Loop 'A' after the latter take the optiis decided this week. The 'A' keg mists view of crown is a toss-up between the Colthe whole thin g lege Tenors and the Ghost Riders and go out on who will meet each other in the the limb to prefinal match. NOW WATCH THIS GUY-Coach Bob Partridge talks things over di ct that better with his ace hurler, Mel McNew. Although the Baltimore fireball things will come Lind paced the champs with 468 has been on the losing end of several games this year, he is the the way of the pins and Weinberger was next ir. main hope of the Colonel mound corps. tossers f r o m line with 455. For the losing Wags, here on in. Morris was the heavy artillery with And one 508 markers with Chapko adding AL JETER can't help but 438. wonder if the The Kingpins sowed up third boys in the Lycoming outfield didn't place honors by taking four points get an acute case of battle rattle from the Deadly Strikers. Llewelfrom all the shelling that took By RODGER LEWIS uprising, and four in the sixth stan- · lyn took the scoring honors for the place. It's a wonder that the ball za. Wilkes College baseball team Kingpins by blasting 516. Larrish park isn't full of fox holes. If the The seven run fifth inning was also hit in the 500 reaches by takoutfielders felt bad think of how broke even in their games this week by downing Lycoming, but losing the most explosive thus far this ing down 50-1. the pitchers must have felt. season for the Partridgemen. In to Cortland. There's still a chance for the fact the stanza topped the single Coleman burned brightly for the The Colonels put together 10 game high for the locals during the losers with 412 while Ackoury came charges of Bob Partridge to salvage a decent season. If the swatters hits, gathering 14 runs to defeat current campaign. through with 3'72. do come through in the final games, Lycoming on Monday at Kirby Last Saturday the Colnnt>ls were The Rampaging Five didn't even they wouldn't be the first Wilkes Park as Eddie Birnbaum held the subdued by Cortland St.ate Teachteam to make a poor start and then boys from Williamsport to 5 tallies. ers, 4 to 2, at Kirby Park. Mel have to start a minor stampede as all of a sudden come from nowhere In his first start of the season, McNew was tagged for rhe loss, they took four points on a fo,·feit from the last place Rambling Six to be world-beater's. the freshman southpaw limited the his third against one vic1: 1ry. who failed to show at all. Even if they don't come through opposition to seven safeties. It was The Teachers produced single The Fivers bowled away with with a whole string of wins from Birnbaum's first win of the current runs in the seventh and ninth in~ here on in there is still consolation campaign against no losses. He nings to pull ahead and defeat the Steck rolling 388 and Price hitting in the fact that the squad is fresh- has appeared several previous Colonels. Up to the seventh, the for 83. man dominated. And even if the times in relief roles and may be tossers were tied with the •.· isiAt the present time plans are season doesn't come up to what the answer to the pitching prob- tors. underway for the awarding of Partridge would like in his last lems. The Wilkesmen collected their trophies of some sort to the winyear a s a coach he can leave feelingThe Blue and Gold collected two tallies in the fourth and sevPnth ning teams and high bowlers in assured that he has built up a t eam runs in the first frame, one in the frames. Rescigno collected two of each loop. The presentations will that will be together for several third, seven in the big fifth inning the locals' four hits. be announced at a later date. years and will be heard of before they are through. SPIKERS EXPLODE FOR 14 RUNS TO REGISTER SECOND VICTORY 0 In last year's outing, Rid er edged Wilkes, 4-2, and East Stroudsburg split two high scoring games with the Blue and Gold. If the team again com es to the plate with the power they dis played last Monday, they might have a slight edge on the J erseyites. In the first game this year with Cortland, the Colonels hitting was behind par and Mel McNew dropped a close decision to th e Tea chers, 4-2. Infield Intact Coach Bob Partridge will again employ the infield combination that he had at the beginning of the season and which he used against Lycoming in the 14-5 victory. Bob Mioduski covers the first sack and. Mike Goobic at second with Ronnie· Rescigno at short form the key-. stone combination. The "hot corner'' will have Joe Parsnik coveringit. For today's game, the outfield will be Dick Kachinosky, Jim Ferris and Sam Shugar while on Saturday, Mel McN ew will handle left field in place of Kachinosky. Mel McNew, who has started six of WC's eight games, will once again take on the ironman's role as he starts today's game against Rider and then, comes back on Wednesday to get his second chance against Cortland. Ed Birnbaum or Al Broody will get the nod to take the hurling assignment against East Stroudsburg. Promise Birnbaum, although a little wild, pitched Wilkes on to victory against Lycoming and Broody hurled the JV sq uad to a win against Keystone in their only starts this year. Broody hurled fine ball throughout the game although plagued by a sore arm. He struck out eight batters while walking four and won his own game in the ninth by knocking in the winning run. The Colonels displayed this best best offensive attack this past week and it is hoped that they continue Air Tight Fielder Ronnie Rescigno [~gc~;\i~~;t;j;~ :~:l~sfir:ct.eldINTRAMURAL BOWLING STANDINGS . Gains Pl~yer of the Week Award Intramural Softball In the major league circuit the Title Goes to Champs Yanks have their "Scooter" Rizzu- Top Man Alt}:lough there is a story on the Athlete of the Year on the front page, we would like to stick a LEAGUE 'B' couple of cents in here. In our mind, the Beacon Sports Staff made FINAL STANDINGS the best possible choice that 1t Ralston Raiders 19 could have made in Jim Ferris. We Walloping Wags 16 were in wholehearted agreement Kingpins 13 with the selection and believe that Rampaging Five 5 if ever a guy was deserving of the Deadly Strikers 4 title, Ferris is. We also believe Rambling Six . . 3 * * * * * that the runners up were a fine representative group of the school'~ TOP TEN (Men) athletes. All in all we're quite LEAGUES A and B pleased with the selections and hope Grns. Pins Avg. that you are too. Congratulations, Morris, Wags . 12 1988 167 Jim Ferris. Llewellyn, King. 15 2467 164 Falk, CT 12 1967 164 Havir, WB 12 1921 160 Rydzewski, GR . 12 1900 158 Gross, Wags . 15 2361 157 Smith, GR . 12 1875 156 Larish, King. 15 2342 156 Sabalesky, King. 9 1404 156 Ennis, CT 12 1859 153 * ** * * "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 TOP FIVE (Women) Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Grns. Pins Avg. Pish, Wags ·12 1496 125 Thomson, DS 6 643 108 It's a Pleasure to Serve You Hopkins, WW . 9 960 107 Luty, GR . 12 1274 106 • A Full Course Meal Giacometti, WW 9 861 96 Toll Gale Restaurant Or a Sandwich • Good Food • Reasonable Prices Plenty of Free Parking Space Catering to Small Groups F. DALE, Prop. Where Smart College People Meet - The MAYFAIR DUPONT HIGHWAY 11 to, and in the college circuit Wilkes has its own man on a scooter filling the shortstop position in Ronnie Rescigno, this week's 'Player of the Week.' The little s-peedster, who plugs the big hole between third and second, has been a defensive sparkler all year. After bobbling a pla,;r early in the season, he settled down to display a calm unruffled, steadiness that has seen him handle 47 fielding attempts without an error. Earlier this week he chalked up seven smooth assists against Lycoming. The fellow with the magnetic glove doesn't fall into the "good field, no hit" category, for he has displayed no petty talents at the plate. A switch hitter, he is belting the horsehide at a strong .360 percentage, and has one triple on record. Ronnie is a freshman with his sights set on a degree in Education. He came to Wilkes from Cambria Heights, Long Island, after an alumnus from up that way recommended the school to him. Ron visited Wyoming Valley, looked the school over, and decided he liked it. In baseball and football, he has given Wilkes' coaches much reason to be thankful for his decision. Ronnie attended Evanderchild s 11 Ron Rescigno High School, in Long Island, where he gain ed two years of varsity experience as an infielder. In his sophomore year he had the misfortune of breaking an ankle. H e gained further experience in anJ around New York City in games sponsored by the New Yorf< Athletic Club . • LC>NGS1N( on.W\.C~ Featuring The Newest In College Men's Fashions For the second year in a row the Champions reign as the victors in the intramural softball league. Lead by captain Parker Petrilak the Champs went undefeated in four games. The Champs were followed in the standings by the Barbarians with a 4-1 record; the Hawks, 3-2; Maxwell's Deemonds, 3-3; Weckesser, 1-3; and the Misfits, 0-5. In the Shawnessey Playoffs which begin Monday, the Champs will meet Maxwell's Deemonds and the Barbarians will tangle with the Hawks. The winners will meet Tuesday to decide the playoff crown. The two losing teams will play a consolation round on the same day. If the winner of the playoffs is a different team than the Champions, a playoff game between that team and the champions will take place Thursday for the trophy. If the Champs win the playoffs the trophy is automatically theirs. SPECIAL TUX GROUP PRICES for ~ WILKES:ANCES , ~ JOHN B. STETZ~• Expert Clothier 9 E. Market St., W-B. [G~ /... \ �Friday, May 6, 195. WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 6 MOTHER'S DAY TEA SET THIS AFTERNOON AT This afternoon is the occasion of a very special event for the girls of Theta Delta Rho, the Mother's Day Tea. The t ea, which will be held from 3 to 5 at McClintock Hall will provide the opportunity for the mothers to relax, enjo y themselves, and meet each other, the women faculty members, and the members of the sorority. Naomi Kivler will pour. A hig hlight of the event will be a short skit in which the girls will model old fashioned costumes. The skit begins with an old woman pensively leafing through an old picture album, and reminiscing. The pictures magically becpme lifesized as the TDR girls, bedecked in old fashioned clothes, step into a huge .p icture frame . The costumes will depict many periods. Th ere will be 19th century suits with fitted bodices, full long skirts, and long fitted sleeves puffed at the shoulder . Then from a later period will come cotton dresses with high necks, long sleeves , and lacy ruffled skirts. And of course, it wouldn't be complete if the fla pper g irl era wasn't represented. The headdress of t he models will TUESDAY DEBATE ASSEMBLY AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Assembly next Tuesday will be held in the First Presbyterian Church at the corner of Franklin and Northampton Streets. The assembly has been changed to accomodate a dinner of the Chamber of Commerce. Debaters Speak at Kingston The Wilkes debat ers will present a forum program this evening at 7 :30 before the Luzerne-Lackawanna Counties Laymen's League. The program will be held at Kingston Christian Church, 881 Wyoming Avenue, Kingston. vary from small bonnets, extravagant in design, to huge sweeping hats decorated with multicolored flow ers and plumes. Chair man of th e affair is Patsy Reese. Her committees inelude: Refr es hments, Marion Laines ; invitations, J essie Roderick; entertainment, Pat Fox, J eannette P errins, Connie Kamarunas; hostess, Gai l Laines; hou se, Margaret Smith ; publicity, Molli e Beard; cl ean -up, Mary W est . Petrilak, 3Parker Lois Jones Married Two Psych Majors Accepted at New School Two Wilkes College senior psychology ma jors have been accepted for graduate study at the New School, New York City. David L. H oats, native of North Wilkes-Barre, and Sheldon Schneider, Ashley Hall resident from New York City, have received notification of their acceptance to the school considered by many as the finest of its type in the world. Both Hoats and Schneider will be graduated from Wilkes on June 6. The Beacon wishes to congratulate Parker Petrilak and the for mer Lois Jones upon their marriage. Both Parker and Lois are full time students at Wilkes majoring, at the present dme, in Elementary Education. They are now living in Kin gston at 172 E. Dorrance St. Parker and Lois were married in Maryland last New Year's Eve. The marriage was first announced during the Easter vacation. Parker, who was ranked "Player of the Year" in 1952, has been active in soccer, basketball and football. Lois, who is now a junior, intends to finish this semester of schooling and become a professional housewife. Library Plans Outing June l Students who work in the Wilkes Library and the Library's project io ni sts who want to g o on the Library outing on the first of June a re urged to hurr y to Ki rby and ge t their nam es in fo r the party. T he outing w ill be held at Pioneer Avenue, in Dallas . Pioneer A ve nue, for the benefit of out-of tow ner s, is the one on which Dallas ha s it s library. CAMPUS "STAND-OUTS" VARIETY SHOP Books - Supplies - Novelties Subscriptions Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 ... WELCOME full -window display of t he trophies the Wilkes debaters have won during the year, statistics of their debates and photographs of the t eam and its coach are now on display on th e South Main Street sid e of Fowler, Dick and Walker, the Bo ston Store. A * * * "I've got L&M... and L&M's got everything!" A PAPER FOR THE HOME ••• SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Most Complete Local and National Coverage FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS GIANT SOCIAL SECTION WEEKLY FEATURES Men's Reg. 12.95 Value 8.99 Save 3.96 o o o Flannels - Gabardines Brown - Navy - Grey - Blue All Perfect Quality - Sizes 28-42 Men' s • Pomeroy's First Floor PARK, SHOP and EAT at the new FOWLER, DICK and WAL KER The Boston Store with our plans." He added, "I th ink we have foun d the solution to a probl em that has concerned us for some time." Dr. Farley also said that, if the project is approved, work should begin immediately following the close of the spring semester and that the building should be ready for use by September. The work will reportedly cost in the neighbor hood of $70,000 and the job has been contracted by Lacy, Atherton and Davis, archit ect s, and the Sordoni Construction Company. JORDAN Est. 1871 Display of Debate Trophies In Boston Store Windows Wilkes College BOOKSTORE AND CAF' ADDITION (continued from page 1) Stands Out from All the Rest! L&M wins its letters for flavor ... Light and~ And the pure, white Miracle Tip draws easy, so you enjoy all the taste. No wonder L&M sales are soaring on campus after campus. It's America's best filter cigarette. Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality ** 9 ,vest ~1arket Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. BMOC � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1955 May 6th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 May 6 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/d2a8f261b5737d545b6b3ae1b331de1e.pdf e7943ec8a8fb6eb43abfa374e9177244 PDF Text Text WILKES The Community College. Serving Wyoming Valley And The World Vol. X, No. 25 ,~ - WILKES COLLEGE - ~Beacon WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA THE BEACON Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1955 Goetzman New Amnicola Editor Reese, Brothers Head Artj Photos Chem - Engineers' Henry Goetzman has been Spring Jamboree appointed editor-in-chief of next year's ye a r book staff. the Wilkes College Board of PubliTomorrow Night cations announced Wednesday. Debaters Place 2nd At W. Point Tourney WC National Runner-Up in 2nd Year At U. S. Championship Tournament Wilkes has the second best debating team in the nation. Only the University of Alabama is superior, and that very little so. This was the decision rendered la·s t weekend at the National Invitational Debate Tournament ot West Point. There, Wilkes COUNCIL ELECTED FOR 1955-56 TERM BULLETIN Victorious candidates in yesterday's Student Council election: For Class of '56: Helen M. Krachenfels and Robert Lynch, re-elected; Chester Miller, elected. ,,A run-off election will be held later to break the tie between incumbent Richard Carpenter and challenger John Hessler. For Class of '57: Larry Amdur, Donald Reynolds and Eugene Riley. Incumbent Nancy Morris, re-elected. , For Class of '58: Sam Lowe, incumbent, re-elected. Virginia Brehm, Cliff Brothers and John Scandale, elected. On e of the last dances of the year wi ll be the Spring Jam boree of the Ch emistry and Engineering Clubs, held tomorrow night at the Coll ege gym . Th e Cra cker Jacks will pr ovide music for the "last day of April" fro lic. Harry Wilkie, one of the Valley's better known callers w ill officiate at the square dancing portion of the program. Tickets are fift y cents, and they may be obtained from any member of the Ch emistry or Eng ineering Clubs, or at the door. The affair is slated to begin at 8 :30 a nd is expect ed to end aro und midnight. Co-chairmen for the dance are Monica Utrias and George Kol esar; other commit tees include: Tickets, Art Clem and James Mark; publicity, Ronald Reed and Donald Pacropis; refreshments, Natalie Gripp and Tom Sarnecky; decorations, Ben Howells and Sam Dilcer; while the door committee is composed of Donald Burns and Edward Dark. I CARMEN, HECHINGER TO SPEAK AT WC GRADUATION EXERCISES TEAM, TROPHIES AND COACH- T he Wilkes debaters before leaving for las t weekend's West Point Tournament, with the season's pre-nationals tro phy collection. Left to right, J ames Neveras, coach Arthur N . Kruger, J. Harold Flannery jr. emerged second out of some 34 top teams from all reaches of the nation. The local tea m lost to Alabama in the final ro und by the decision of a s ingle judge. The vote was five to four , out of nine for the southern school. In aggregate points, Wilkes s cored 823, Alabama 826, another close marg in. The runn er-up troph y awarded coaches as Rev. Father Murphy of the t eam is now on display with St. Peter's, the O'Briens of Penn other debating awards, notably the State, Rev. Father Earhart of St. Notre Dame cup, on t h e mantel of Joseph's, Prof. Algodelis of Brooklyn College, and Lt. Ludgowski of t h e ,College Library. Jam es Neveras and J. Harold King's Point later declared that Flannery, J r., the varsity t eam they wo uld have voted fo r Wilkes members who spok e at the West had they been judging . Final standings of the top 20 P oint contest, also garnered certifi cates of excellence and a perma- teams: 1. Alabama; 2. WILKES ; n ent trophy. Each debater also 3. Northwestern; 4. Wake Forest; 5. Vermont; 6. N ebraska; 7. N ot re was award ed an E lgin watch. Flanner y placed seventh as Dame; 8. Penn State ; 9. Kansas sp eaker at the tournament, N everas University; 10 Augustana; 11. Illinois; 12. Houston; 13. Southwest twenty-fifth. The debates covered three days, Missouri; 14. Wisconsin State; 15. beginning Thursday. On that and Harvard ; 16. Dartmouth; 17. Baythe fo llo wing day , Wilkes defeated lor ; 1·8. Miami; 19. Idaho; and 20. Abilene Christian of Texa s, San Washington University. The regular tournament sea son Diego State, previously undefeat ed Dartmouth, Illinois State, Wiscon- ends with the national championsin State, another undefeated team; ships, but Wilkes will participate and last year's national champion, in a home debate with Princeton on the 9th and 10th of n ext month. Kansas University. The debate on the evening of the In the early rounds, Wilkes' only loss was to Augustana, of Illinois. 10th will be open to the public. In Saturday's qualifying rounds, Wilkes wo n over Southwest Mis- Vuiic·a Speaks in New York souri. In the quarter-finals, they Dr. Stanko Vujica , head of the defeated Penn State, receiving the Wilkes department of religion and votes of all seven judges. Against philosophy, spoke last weekend at W ake Forest, in the semi-finals, the Croatian Academy in New eight of nine votes also went to York. Dr . Vujica spoke on "Myth and Wil kes. In the fina l round the locals met Reali ty ; An Outline of Marxian Ala bama, and many of such debate Theory." By JOHN KUSHNERICK The graduating class at W ilkes this year w ill don the traditional cap and gown on June 6 as the culmination of graduation activities which will begin on Jun e 1, it was anno un ced yesterday by Dean of Men George Ralston. Ralston stated that certain events on the senior social calendar are still tentative, but that examinations would officially end on the last da y of May and that the sen iors would begin their graduation festivities with the Senior DinnerDa nce on the evening of June 2 in t he Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Sterling. The two most important days scholastic-wise will come with Baccalaureate and Commencement services on June 5 and 6 resp ectively. Ralston added that speakers for these two events have confirmed th eir availabilty to deliver parting addresses to the seniors. Dean Emeritus Harry J . Carmen, of Columbia Uni versity will deliver the Baccalaureate address, and Mr. Fred Hechinger, educational editor of the N ew York H erald-Tribune will speak at the Commencement service. Rehearsal on June 6 P robab ly the most a ctive day for the seniors will be on June 3, Class Day, when Commencem ent r eh ear sal will be h eld, permanent class BEACON STAFF TO SELECT "ATHLETE OF THE YEAR" In keeping with a tradition set u1> several years ago by the Beacon, an Athlete of the Year will be announced in next week's edition. The selection will be made by all of the members of the Sports Staff some time this week, and will cover last year's baseball season and this year's football, basketball, soccer, and wrestling campaigns. officer s will be elected, a group picture will be taken and the Senior Lu nch eon will be held on Cha se Lawn. On June 4, the grad uates will spend the day out of doors when they journey to Dr. Farley's farm fo r the Senio r Outing. Class President Russ Picton has assisted Mr. Ralston in the arrangement of the social activities and is preparing a time schedule for each event that should be available a s soon as several final confirmations are made. C'n'C Does Well With 'Emperor', 'Androcles' By T. R. PRICE < Saturday night was more like it. Cue 'n' Curtain came up last weekend with a pair of .p lays done in a much more acceptable manner than in their last attempt. O'Neil's "Emperor Jones" was a fairly reasonable portrayal of a man in the throes of t error, and Sha w's "Androcles" provided a more or less worth y evening's entertainment. "The Emperor Jones" was a tribute t o William Crowder, who starred in the play and also directed it. Use of lighting to suggest the s pecters envisioned by the fleeing Emperor was a good idea, we felt, a voiding the possible ludicrousness that sh eet ed players might have produced, and which would have damaged the whole illusion. Paul Shiffer was good a s Smithers, although we had somewhat the feeling that he ended the last speech of the play a bit abruptly. Certainly it l eft us hanging for a second. "Androcles and the Lion" was all right as long ·a s it was handled as a farce, but 'When Audrey Cragle and Bruce Williams tried to inject The Publications Board also named Miss Patsy Reese to the post of Art Editor, and appointed Cliff Brother s as Photography Editor. Th e new Amnicola chief served a s Bus in ess Manage r on the yearbook staff thi s past year. He also a sisted this year's editors, James N eve ras and Jean Kravitz, in copywriting , production and layout. A junior, Goetzman majors in the fi eld of Commerce. He is a Valley student, a native of Forty Fort. Thi s is the second consecutive year in wh ich Miss Reese w ill hold the position of Art Editor. In addition t o the duties of that -p ost, she w ill continue to aid in p lanning the layout of the Am nicola. Majoring in Art, Miss Reese will a ssist the yearbook adviser, Catha! O'Toole, in this task. Brother s w ill also begin his second sea son w ith the Amnicola this Septembe r. J oining this year's staff as photographer in November, he handl ed the bulk of t he yearbook's photo chores, was a familiar figur e on cam pus wi t h his Speed Grap hic a nd equi pment bag. Goetzman succeeds Co-Editors N everas a nd Kra vitz . Pre vious editors within the past few yea rs have been Edward Groga n las t year , and Robert Croker the yeaT previous . PUNCH PARTY - A SUCCESS Despite bad w eather, a good crowd turned out for the Theta Delt a Rho All -College Punch Party last Tuesda y in the Dorm Cafet eria. The gro up , consisting of students and fa cult y alike, socialized over punch, sandwi ches, and cake. Naomi Kivler did the pouring. Chairman of the affair was Margaret Smith. Her committees were: Refreshments , Barbara Walters; flow ers, Ruth Younger ; house, Geri Kolotelo; publicity, Nancy Morris; and clean-u p, Elaine Jakes an d Audrey Radl er. Although m a ny of the TDR affai r s are teas restricted to the women of the campus, this event w as one to which all Wilkes students and faculty m ember s were invited. a more serious note, sh e was a bit too serious-as someon e added, she appeared a t times to be speaking lines--while h e was perhaps too casual. Abo ut all they seemed to need was a little of what proved excess in their opposite. But t hat was about the only fault. Otherwise, George Ralston, who sound ed like a Caesar whose Rome is in Georgia, and Bob Partridge, perhaps the most natural-sounding one on the stage, w ere fairly funny fe ll ows. The most hilar ious incident, we t hought, was when Joe Trosko , a Chri stian with a temper, attempted to aid Centurion Partridge to an understanding of Christianity by offering to give the doubting heathen a chance to store up riches in heaven by turning his cheek to the burly religionist. Ronnie Price, as the lion, was o-ood for the mane part, we felt, :nd Skinny Ennis redeemed himself from "Carrie of the Carnival" by u sing r easonable humor and not forcing the laughs . �2 Friday, April 29, 1955 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Students to Receive Manuscript May 12 EDITORIALS John Cohan Appointed to West Point Definition - What Is a 'Win'? Enters West Point Early This July WC REPRESENTED IN MODEL LEGISLATURE AT STATE CAPITAL We couldn't help but notice in one of the local papers this week a headline which read something like "Wilkes College Team Loses in Debate." Nothing grammatically wrong you say, and you're right. John A . Cohan, freshman student However, when a team of two guys from little Wilkes College at Wilkes in engineering, recently can ta~e second_ place in a competition in which virtually every accepted an appointment to the Wilkes College was r ep resented school m the Umted States is eligible to try for qualification, then United States Military Academy at at the nineteenth annual meeting West Point. The West Pittston we think the word "lose" is a negative approach to a positive resident will enter the Academy on of the Intercollegiate Conference accomplishment. July 5 for preliminary courses, af- on Government held in Harrisburg We're not criticizing any newspaper. We can certainly ter completing his studies at April 21 to 23. Jean Kravitz, Barbara Grow and Pearl Onacko, mem appreciate the problems involved in getting out a paper and Wilkes. bers of the Wilkes I.R.C., made the how many things, which could be done better, often get by Cohan graduated from West trip to Harrisburg with the Maryin the rush. But that particular headline dld give us and many Pittston High School in 1954 and wood College and the University of others on campus a good chuckle. In fact, it started many to was a ctive in student activities Scranton delegations. there. He was treasurer of the musing. Students from approximately 50 Here is a David and Goliath story of debating-the kind the senior class, a member of the stu- P enns ylvania colleges and universident council, co-editor of the senior American people literally "eat up". It's the "old American and active with the track ties participated in the 1955 I.C.G. tradition," whatever that is, for the little guy to show his mettle tyearbook, model state legislature. Honorable eam . and surprise the "giants" in whatever competition it might be. On completion of the course for George M. Leader and Miss GeneYou know, basically the American people have been optimists professional soldiers at West Point, vieve Blatt, Secretary of Internal starting right from pre-revolutionary days-the reason why many Cohan will be granted a regula r Affairs and Executive Director of came here, was optimism about freedom. And all through our commi ssion in the United States the In tercollegiate Conference on Government, gave addresses of welhistory it has been so. We've emphasised the positive, rather Arm y and a ssigned to the duty of come to the college students at the his choosing, with the option of rethan the negative approach. turning to civi lian life after com- opening session of the model state legislature. JUST ONE MORE POINT pleting hi s obligated service. The three-day convention offered And when you stop to think that Nick Flannery and Jim Pennsylvania coll ege students an Neveras missed taking the top prize in the nation by one little opportunity to learn how their state point, then we feel the positive approach is needed. Wilkes WC in Library Conference legislature operates. Bills drawn defeated every other team in the West Point Tourney and we With Osterhout, King's College up by the "collegiate legislators" The Wilkes Library will take part were referred to various commitcertainly can be proud of the finest team of its kind in the young in the Northea stern P enn sylvania tees for consideration. Pearl Onabut spirited and fruitful history of our school. Such a team, an aggregation which compares on an aca- Library Conference n ext month. cko, who had been chosen to her demic level rather than on an athletic one, can do more good The Osterhout and t he King's Col- post at a regional convention of lege libraries will also participate. I.C.G., served a s clerk of a m ajor for the good of the college by a fine showing than an undeMrs. Nada Vujica, Wilkes librari- committee, the Committee on Labor feated team in every sport-and we're certainly not saying an, will head the committee on and Industry, with Bob Lentz of that sports are unimportant. But we do think you can see nominations and college and refer- Lafayette serving as chairman. what we mean. ences section. Her section will dis- Jean Kravitz and Barbara Grow No sir, second place is nothing to feel badly about, although cuss college archives, which Kirby participated in the session s of t h e Jim and Nick probably do-it's only normal for someone to feel Hall is now extensively collecting . Committee on Natural Resources. During the committee meetings George Ermel, Wilkes assistant so after coming so close to the top. What they've done is accomplishment. The Beacon congratulates J.m, Nick and their librarian, will be nominated for wh ich took place on Friday, April 22, Pennsylvania college student s coach, Dr. Arthur N. Kruger, for an outstanding season and a Vice President at the conference. displayed a k een knowledge of partremendous finish. W e knew they could and would do it all liamentary procedure in arguing along. for or against the bills proposed. Bunn Recovers from Illness Three bills were reported out of Contracted During Easter ea ch committee and were then in- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Dear Editor: Ordinarily I would have a chance to congratulate members of the Debating T eam and their coach, Dr. Arthur Kruger, before the entire student body. It just happens that this week the students have had charge of the assembly and therefore no opportunity presented itself for nie to express my deep gratitude to members of t he Debating Team for their outstanding work for themselves and for the College. I believe that all of us at Wilkes feel that we are part of a team building the College for a finer future. The members of the team, especially Jim Neveras and Nick Flannery, and their coach, Arthur Kru ger, have set a standard in their field which is the best for our coun try and which we hope will characterize everything we do at Wilkes . Through the Beacon I wish to express the gratitude which all of us fe el for their significant work. EUGENE S. FARLEY - WILKES COLLEGE Beacon A newspaper published each week of the regular school year by and for - the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. Editor ... .... . John D. Curtis Asst. Editor Ivan Falk Editorial Asst . ........ .. T. R. Price Sports Editor Allen Jeter Business Mgr. Arthur Hoover Asst. Bus. Mgr. Dick Jones Faculty Adviser .. .. George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes Campu.11. Telephone: VAlley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. Dear Editor: Until the appearance of last week's Beacon, I have remained on e of the "masses" ; one of the blobs of anonymity found on every college campus. But as of last Friday afternoon at two o'clock I have joined the Missionaries, possibly .the Martyrs. As for Mr. ·Paul Beers' letter I should like to say this-Either my t emperature gauge for taste is foul ed up or he definitely registers BAD. It seems a shame to me, and to other serious students on cam pus, that just this time, when a truly serious problem is confront ing us, namely that of instituting an Honor System h ere at Wilkes College, we students can not put aside the mask of the typical college Jan e or J oe and be the mature individuals who are to become lead ers in the future . Mr. Beers' letter, and he is certainl y. voicing the opinions of many people in his subtle and polished way, seems to picture life as being made up of nothing but jam sessions at the Snack Bar, a point of view which amazes me considering that our Mr. Beers is a member of the Armed Forces. Concerning Miss Fisher's letter, 111ay I say this-I shall be thoroughly and s incerely grateful to anyone who can show me the advantage in keeping the Honor Syst em a golden theory, an intellectual bubble which will surely collapse the moment subj ected to the t est of practicability. Miss Fisher seems to feel that the word "honor" is one of the multi-definitions. To me, this word has only one definition; but in this letter yo u may be sure I will not defi ne it, or "maturity", or "integrity". I am writing to and for those people who already know the definitions. I feel there is little hope for those who do not. (continued on page 4) Dick Bunn, sophomore student in chemical eng·ineering, has made an a ma zing recovery from the serious illness which h e suffered during the Easter vacation and will resume his studies on Monday. Bunn spent several weeks in hospital confinement where do ctors were able t o check t h e disease that was expected to keep him out of school t he remainder of the sem ester. LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS Literary Magazine Has Essays, Stories The Wilkes Manuscript, literary magazine of the Coll ege , will be out on May 12, Editor Sandy Furey anno un ced Monday. The magazine this year will be mainly composed of essays and stories. Its work s will cover both light and serious themes. Some dozen works will embrace writings by such well-known campu s authors a s Esther Goldman, Margaret Luty, Anne Lodge Haskell, Katia Karas and Frederick Krohl e. Among the names, less familiar, to Manu script readers, to be found in it this semester are those of Ralph Hanison, J erome Luft, Walter Chapko, Jack Curtis, and T. R. Price. Miss Goldman writes on "Centers of Jewish Education", Miss Karas on "Finiteness and Infinity in Architectures", and Mrs. Haskell on "Mexico". Miss Luty has contributed a ghost story, and Krohl e the magazine's only poem. Harri son's work is a character sketch, while Luft tell s of "The Bear Wh o W ent to the Movies". Chapko's "The Restless Souls" concerns railroading. Curtis is "Just Dogging It", and Price tells of "Invaders From Beyond". This year's Manuscript is dedicated to the Manuscript adviser, Dr. Mary Craig, who leaves Wilkes at the end of this semester. Commenting on his publication, Editor Furey remarked, "We're sor(continued on page 4) BERNS GETS U. OF P. CHEM ASSISTANTSHIP By JEROME STEIN Donald S. Berns, Wilkes College senior, has r eceived a t eaching assistantship of twelve hundred dollars ,per year to the University of Pennsylvania graduate school of chemi stry . Berns, an Ashley Hall dormitory troduced on the floor of the General resid ent and a na t ive of New York Assembly for consideration. City, will enter the University of The purpose of the Intercoll egi- P enn sy lvania this September. He ate Conference on Government is to foster an interest in governmental problem s am ong the students in colleges and universities by dramatizing the activities of the government in an unbiased, non-partisan manner. Last year the I. C.G. delegates m et to conduct a model (continued on page 4) by Dick Bibler Donald S. Berns " ... 48 gum wrappers, 12 cigarette butts, 8 orange peelings and 3 votes in this one-if you ask me there hasn't been enough student interest in campus politics this year." plan s to work toward a doctorate degree in in or ganic ch emistry and hopes , when his formal schooling is completed, to teach in college. Th e University of Pennsylvania is kno wn to be one of th e foremost edu cational inst itutions in the country. Its graduate school of chemistry awarrls a bout thirty assistantships per year. Don has completed the required chemi stry course at Wilkes in three and one-half years. A graduate of Stuyvesant High School in New York City, he entered Wilkes in February '52 an d will graduate this summer. During hi s stay at Wilkes, Don has managed to maintain an average of 2.2. This is the first time that a Wilkes graduate has received such an award from the University of Pennsylvania graduate school of chemistry. �Wll.KES COLLEGE BEACON Friday. April 29, 1955 Tossers Lose to Moravian 9-1 For Fifth Setback of Season; Dropped Tuesday by Ithaca 3-0 Wilkes College baseball team yesterday found errors and walks costly as they lost to Moravian College. 9-1. on the· latter's field. The winning team had twice as many errors. four, but they were of no aid to the local nine. Moe Batte rson suffered his second loss as the Colonels took their fifth setback in six games. The lone Wilkes tally was made when Sokol got a single on a centerfield error and Ferris · clouted a double to score him. Cortland Due Tomorrow; ~ J) O 12TI ~ ~ Lycoming Here Monday 4. [2 0 U ~ I) . In Week's Diamond Play with AL JETER, Sports Editor The winners got their first tally when Swartz singled, advanced to second when Gift walked and Weaver scored both on a double. H eard singled and Brennan scored him to make three runs in the first inning. By RODGER LEWIS Wilkes College's baseball t eam Moravian scored three more runs in th e second when Shoup walked, will entertain Cortland tomorrow took second on a sacrifice. Swartz, and Lycom ing on Monday in this next up, was walked and both week's contests. Tomorrow's game scored on Kachinosky's error. To begins at 2 o'clock while Monday's get the other run in the inning, game gets underway at 4. Weaver walked, Kemmerer' s In last season's games the Cologrounder advanced him and Gift nel s lost both encounters to Cortscored him. land. The two games with Lycom. I ing were rained out. In the fifth, Sha~p sm~led, adCoach Bob Partridge is still in vanced on ~a~tne_tt s sacnfice and the experimental stage with his scored on Gift s smgle. freshman dominated squad. Due to And just to keep the game mov- the wet weather Partridge has been ing, Shaup singled in the seventh, unable to find what he thinks to be took second on Goobic's error and t h e right combination. came home on a si ngle by HartThe infield presents his biggest nett. Hartnett, in turn, scored on problem. Bob Mioduski holds down Swartz's single. first base. Joe Parsnik and Ronnie Rescigno take up two other posiLose to Ithaca tions of the inner defense. The re The Colonels met Ithaca College maining post can be filled by either at home on Tuesday and dropped Joe Kachinosky, Mike Goobic, or a pretty tight 3-0 decision. John Hessler. All three along with The New Yorkers pushed two Sam Shugar can be used in the outbig runs across in the third inning field also to fill the right field gap. to actually cinch the game on the Centerfield is sewed up by agile spot. Jim Ferri s and left fi eld is filled by They added one more in the fifth Vince Groblewski who is relieved for ins uran ce although it wasn't at times by Mel McNew when the la tter isn't pitching. Hustling Bob needed. Mel McNew, mainstay of the Sokol assumes the catching duti es . In the pitching depa rtment anPartridge mound corps, was charged with his third loss against one other problem lies. The inability of second line pitchers to com e win. through has been a big worry for McNew gave up only six hits, but the me ntor since the start of the several were timely and for extra season. bases. The staff is anchored by the Once again, a possible weakness "Ironman", Mel McNew. Following in getting hits when they count him are Al Broody, "Mo" Batterson, plagued the Colonels. and Ed Birnbaum. The latter gave The squad on the whole looked the coaching staff a pleasant surbetter though. The fielding was prise when he did a 4 inning stint improved. against Susquehanna last week. The flashy little southpaw came A misjudged play came close to putting a couple Colonels out for in and put out the hot fire t he down good when Kachinosky and Mio- river boys had going. Eddie is the duski collided with each other in an only fr eshman on the Blue and Gold mound corps. attempt to fie ld a pop fly. Good Fielding, Timely Hitting Earn Joe Parsnik 'Player of Week' Honors Joe Parsnik This week' s selection for "Player of the Week" goes to the standout infielder of the diamond forcesJoe Parsnik. His brilliant fielding feats and timely hitting were more than enough to gain him the honor. Joe was originally a second base- man. Ho wever, he was s witched to th e hot corner early this season by Coach Bob Partridge when the Colonel m entor saw how the flashy freshman handled himself. Joe is also used at shortstop when the occasion demands. Parsnik bats from the right side and is in his first season with the Blue and Gold. He played summer ball with Hanove r in th e Wyoming Valley leag ue last year. His experience in high school was confined to keystone sack duty and he obtained a uniform all of h is four years. After a fres hman season of "limited" action, he became a mainstay on the Nans diamond squad his remaining three years. Joe graduated from high school in 1953. After a year of work he enrolled in the Commerce and Finance department at WC and is majoring in business administration. Old Man Mose There was at least one interesting sidelight last Saturday afternoon to an otherwise dismal day for Wilk es baseball fan s. When Moe Batterson r eceived the starting nod from Partridge a spectator was heard to r emark, "Hey, I remember that guy. Didn't he pitch for Wilkes about seven years ago?" The fella was stretching the point a bit because Moe isn't quite that old. He told us that much him self. However, h e did do some pitching cho res for the Colonels a few years back along with Big John Milliman. Moe left in the middle of h i s collegiate career to do a stint with the U. S. Army and returned t h i s fall to civilian life. This accounts for recognition by some of the AL JETER old timers. And speaking of the tossers, they ha ven't seemed to hit their stride yet. Although there seems to be pl enty of tal ent and a lot of hustle, t hat little extra scoring punch when needed is still lacking. Even so, with the potential that has been shown to date they are still a pretty good bet to catch fire and surpri se a lot of people before they are through. Top Ma n Selection As announced elsewhere in the paper, the Beacon 'Athlete of the Year' will be announced in next week's edition. The cu stom, if our information is correct, was started by Paul Beers when he served a s Editor of the paper several years ago. It is our opinion that the selections for the title have been worthy ones and not just popularity cont ests as has been the obvious case in many of the contests held h ere. First in line for the cup was Par ker P etrilak who gained the title by burning up the basketball courts the same year that he was called back to the service. Parker return ed to Wilkes after his hitch and continued to make a na me for him self on both the basketball co urt and th e soccer field where he h eld down the goalie's post and did a creditable job of it. Then there was George McMahon who is remembered as one of the finest ends ever to be produced at Wilkes. The former Meyers athlete was quite a man on the wrestling mats too, as well as an excell ent track -p erformer. Who's Next? After McMahon came 'Mr. Basketball', Lenny Batroney, who broke scoring records on the basketball court like they were going out of style. Not only was Batroney a constant scoring threat, but he was a fine rebounder and floor man who always put the good of the team first. Like we said, all of the former title holders have been fine athletes, and worthy representatives of t he Colonels. We of the Sports Staff ar e glad to be able to continue what we beli eve to be a fine Wilke tradition. 3 I NUFF SAID? Editor: Beacon writer: I once got ten Scribe: dollars a word. judge. Hmm! How was that? I talked back to the • • Why do more college men and women smoke VICEROYS than any other filter cigarette? BECAUSE ONLY VICEROY GIVES YOU A PURE, NON-MINERAL, NON-TOXIC FILTER WITH 20,000 FILTER TRAPS IN EVERY FILTER TIP! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Yes, only Viceroy has this filter composed of 20,000 tiny filter traps. You cannot obtain the same filtering action in any other cigarette. Besides being non-mineral and non-toxic, this cellulose-acetate filter never shreds or crumbles. The Viceroy filter wasn't just whipped up and rushed to market to meet the new and skyrocketing demand for filtered cigarettes. Viceroy pioneered. Started research more than 20 years ago to create the pure and perfect filter. Smokers en masse report that filtered Viceroys have a finer flavor even than cigarettes without filters. Rich, satisfying, yet pleasantly mild. Viceroy draws so easily that you wouldn't know, without looking, that it even had a filter tip .. . and Viceroys cost only a penny or two more than cigarettes without filters! That's why more college men and women smoke VICEROY~ than any other filter cigarette ... that's why VICEROY is the largest-selling filter cigarette in the world! 20,000 TINY FILTER TRAPS • • • plus Richer, Smoother Flavor �4 COLLEGE BEACON Friday, April 29, 1955 ~------------s----W--E-C_K_E_S_S_E_R __. ..;._":.:._.::._' . WILKES ;;;._~3_-::._:-_-:.._-:::._::._=_=_;:._::._:.._=_=_:;._:::._::._~.:_~--::~M-a_n_y--:A-tt_e_n-:d~ H:--0-n_o_r-=M-=-e-et::-in-g---:-:S:-A ::-M::-:-to--:-M-;e-e~t-:T;:-o·night TERRORS BLA T ·. . ; HOLD I-ST SPOT BY ONE POINT The College Terrors once more p ulled the four point trick last Sunday night in Intramural Bowling League 'A' to hold on to their first place position by a scant one point margin. The last place W eckesser Warriors fell victim to the Terrors 180'3 ,to 1417. Pacing the league leaders was Jonni Falk with 485 pins. Next in line was Harry Ennis with 458. For the losers, Zachman rolled 378 and Murray contributed 316. The Ghost Riders continued to ride the tail of the Terrors by benefit of a forfeit from the Spare Boys. Rydzewski led the Riders with 438 and Kolesar knocked off 424. For Misses' Orlon SWEATERS Short Sleeve SLIP ONS 4.99 Long Sleeve CARDIGANS 6.98 o Soft 'n' Silky - Wear Like Iron o Pastels - Jewel - Deep Shades o All Perfect Quality - Sizes 34-40 Sportswear . Pomeroy's 2nd Floor PARK, SHOP and EAT at the new FOWLER , DICK and WALKER The Boston Store Toll Gale Restaurant "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. It's a Pleasure to Serve You • A Full Course Meal Or a Sandwich • Good Food • Reasonable Prices Plenty of Free Parking Space Catering to Small Groups F. DALE, Prop. SPECIAL '!'UX GROUP PRIC"t;:; for , WILKES DANCES 1~ at JOHN B. STETZ V ' Expert Clothier ~ 9 E. Market St., W-B. /... . Meet Your Friends at ... The SPA 18 South Main Street •• • After the game After the dance Anytime for a friendly get-together Favorite Spot ... ... For College Students the losing Sparemen, who had only three of the required four m en show up, Kachinosky hit 513 and Miceli added 435. The Flying T errors pulled the upset of the evening and grabbed three points from the Wilkes Best, scoring a total of 16'24 to the Besters' 1600. Toraitis rolled 445 to set the pace for the winners and Constanzo was second with 409. Havir championed the losing cause with a score of 450 and Stocker followed with 408. Loop 'B' plays next Sunday night at the JCC with the games scheduled to start at 6 :30. (continued from page 2) Letters To The Editor: In conclusion, I ~hould like to point out to Miss Fisher •t hat Charles Darwin's "survival of the fittest" was and still is based upon brute strength and the adaptability of an individual or a species to its external environment. In Man, a small portion of t his may depend upon intelligence, but for the animal kingdom as a whole it does not. Till t hen, till the day when one student clubs another in order to survive a cademically, let us come back down to the basic problem"Do we trust ourselves?" Sincerely, BOB COON Dear Editor: I was very much disturbed to find that Dr. Kruger had viewed my last letter as casting aspersions on the integrity of the debating team. Vilifying anyone, particularly the debaters, was fa.rthest from my intention. I have always and openl y admired both t he debaters and Dr. Krnger; no one can belittl e th eir ability, and their ach ievements s.peak for themsel ves . Ther efore, it was distress ing to see Dr. Kruge r charact erize my descri ption of a debat ing t echnique as "clearly falla cious ad hominem attack" on Nick Flannery and as implying that the debaters use rep rehensible methods. As a matter of fa ct, the description of the t echniqu e was included in my letter only to help explain why I had not origina lly defined my term s. Nor was my impression of this technique gained from a misinterpretation of Dr. Kruger's articles, as he suggests, but from a conversation with Mr. Flannery himself. Nowhere in my letter did I imply that Wilkes' debaters used this tech.nique as a matter of policy ; nowhere did I describe it as "questionable" or "dishonest". Nowhere did I suggest that the debating t eam won so consistently on anything but merit. Finally, let me point out to Dr. Kruger that the argum entum ad hominem is as repellent to me as it seems to be to him. And, ironicall y enough; his sweeping charge that I attempted to "discredit" Mr. Flannery as a "tricky debater", with no substantiating evidence even being offered to support the charge, might reasonably be interpreted a s an ad hominem attack attempting to discredit me. Dr. Kruger merely says that m y argument was "clearly a fallacious ad hominem attack." Is it possible that he has confused denunciation with r efutation? It is fortunate that he saw fit to attribute to me dishonorable intentions and to find m e guilty of intellectual dishonesty. Although he and I are animated by divergent philosophies, in the past we have always respected each other's point of view and have never questioned each other's sincerity in taking a specific position. It is difficult for me to see what constructive purpose is served .b y cynically questioning a man's motives or by attributing ulterior motives to him . We should have learned by now that cynicism only poses problems; it solves none. And what this world has in abundance is problems. Let's not add to the over- INTRAMURAL BOWLING STANDINGS LEAGUE 'A' College Terrors 15 Ghost Riders . 14 Flying Terrors 8 Wilkes Best 6 Spare Boys . 4 W eckesser Warriors 1 * * * * * TOP TEN (Men) LEAGUES A and B Gms. Pins Avg. Morris, WW 9 1480 164 Falk, CT 12 1967 164 Llewellyn, King. 12 1951 163 Havir, WB . 12 1921 160 Gross, WW .. 12 1920 160 Rydzewski, GR ..... 12 1900 158 Smith, GR . 12 1875 156 Sabalesky, King. 9 1404 156 Ennis, CT 12 1859 155 Lind, RR . 12 1839 153 ** * ** TOP FIVE (Women) Gms. Pins Avg. Pish, WW . . 9 1104 123 Thomson, DS 6 645 108 Hopkins, Week. 9 960 107 12 1274 106 Luty, GR 6 579 97 Giacometti, WW The meeting held last Thursday in the Lecture Hall for the discussion of an honor system at Wilkes was well attended by about 35 memhers of the student body and faculty. Mrs. Gertrude Doane, Dean of W omen, acted as chairman and introduced the student panel which brought newcomers up to date on the phases of honor systems discussed at previous meetings. Mrs. Doane announced that two assembly programs will be devoted to further discussions next year. It assumed that members of the administration consider that there is insufficient time to resolve the issue this year. (continued from page 2) WC REPRESENTED national legislature. Next year the I.C.G. convention will take the fo rm of a model national political convention. Last year, in a National Congress held by l.·C.G., the Wilkes group introduced a measure to expel McCarthy from the Senate. An invitation to join the Wilkes chapter of I.C.G. is extended to all students interest ed in government, especiall y freshmen and sophomores . Membership is not restricted to political science majors. supply. Meetings are held every Monday at By now, of course, the orignal 12 :15 in Ashley Annex. question concerning the periodicals in the library has become thoroughly obscured and perhaps has :been STUDENT RATES AVAILABLE forgotten . That may not be re- FOR COMMUNITY CONCERTS Membership cards for the grettable, however, for the bulk of the student body seems indifferent Community Concerts for the to the type of periodicals available. 1955-56 season can be obtained It is possible, though, that I have from Mrs. Vujica in the library. mistaken satisfaction with the sta- Special student rates. tus quo for indifference to it. And if the majority is satisfied with the existing situation, then I am out BISON BAFFLERof order in proposing changes. At What great organization on cama ny rate, as far as I'm concerned, pus was represented by the following m en? Thomas, Davis, Evans, the entire matter is closed. Sincerely yours, Finn, Clemente, Carpenter, DerleJOHN BUCHOLTZ vich? 50 million times a day at home, at work or while at play There's nothing like In Dorm Cafeteria The Society for the Advancement of Management is having its April meeting tonight on the second floor of the dorm cafeteria at 8 p.m. The program consists of a panel discussion with recent Wilkes graduates as the panelists. Dr. S. R. Rosenberg will moderate. All members and non-members are urged to attend. (continued from page 2) LITERARY MAGAZINE ry we couldn't print all of the articles that were offered." The Manuscript maintains an exchange service with other college magazines and these other publications will be made available to Wilkes students later in the semester, Furey added. Moreover, this year requests by other colleges for copies of the Manuscript have increased by some 10 percent over last year. This semester's Manuscript will be 40 pages long, as was last year's, and will have a cover of springtime green, Furey a lso revealed. Wilkes College BOOKSTORE AND VARIETY SHOP Books - Supplies - Novelties Subscriptions Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 .•. WELCOME A PAPER FOR THE HOME ••• SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Most Complete Local and National Coverage FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS GIANT SOCIAL SECTION WEEKLY FEATURES Where Smart College People Meet - The MAYFAIR DUPONT HIGHWAY ANDY'S a DINER Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym Plenty of Free Parking Prices for the Collegian's Budget •. .. A Reputation Built on Fine Food JORDAN Est. 1871 Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality 1. You feel its LIVELINESS. ** 2. You taste its BRIGHT GOODNESS. 9 West ~larket Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 3. You experience PERFECT REFRESHMENT. • Lt>NGS1N( on.tf\C~ Featuring The Newest In ,College Men's Fashions TUXEDOS TO RENT BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY KEYSTONE COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. "Coke" is a registered trade~mark. @ 1955, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY Special Price To Students 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. BAUM'S � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1955 April 29th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 April 29 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/f57a8c0330f67d0b0007965ea2ee138c.pdf 32463bebcc3008f41176b0f18f32eeb1 PDF Text Text WILKES The Community College. Serving Wyoming Valley And The World ;~ - COLLEGE - ~Beacon WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA Vol. X, No. 24 . WILKES - - -- -- -- POINTING FOR WIN AT NATIONALS The W ilkes varsity debating culminates both the seasSp' r,·ng Dance team on and its career at the West Point national invitational deStudent Council President Art bate tournament this weekend. Hoover a nnounced on W ednesIn the tournament, which began day night the names of the 11 yesterda y, Jam es Neveras and J. girls who will be candidates for Harold Flannery, Jr., will try for the title of Cinderella this year. By HELEN M. KRACHENFELS Nominations were open to the entire student body and were conducted during the past week. The 11 lucky lasses chosen for t he honor of competing for the coveted "glass slipper" are: Nancy Beam, Miriam J eanne Dearden, Ann Faust, Patricia Fitzgerald, J ackie J ones , Connie Kamarunas, Lois Long, N ancy Morris, Jackie Oliver, J eannett e P errins, Ruth Wilbur. The annual Cinderella Ball, sponsored by t he St udent Council, will be held on May 13 at the Wilkes gym. Jack Melton and his orchestra will provide the music for dancing from nine 'ti! one. According to tradition the enchan ted midnight hour will mark t he dramatic 1·evealing of our own Cinderella. Co-chairmen for the Ball, -:Sill Crowder and Art Hoover recently anno unced the following com mittee heads: Tickets, Bob L ynch a nd Allen Feld; Refreshments and Ch eck Room, Dick Bunn and Sam Lowe; Band, Bob Lynch; Gifts, Nancy Morri s and Gloria Dran ; Chaperones, Jim Benson; Invitations, Phyllis Walsh, Merri Jones and Ann Dixon; Selection, Art Hoover a nd Bill Crowder; Publicity, Helen Krachenfels, Dick Carpenter and Jim Neveras ; Radio a nd TV, Jim Neveras. Tickets for the dance can be purchased fro m any council mem ber for a mere $2.00. A No Corsage Tuling will be in eff ect, and dress will be sem i-formal. Conference Attended by ·45 · Last week's Careers Conference on Retailing was warmly received by some 45 local high school students, it was learned from Guidance Director John Chwalek . Th e co nfere nce featured several of Wilkes alumni as guest speak ers. It was announced that the next conference will be held in Ma y and wi ll have the theme, "Careers in Nursing". t he silver trophy .p roclaiming t h e nation's champions. Today they will continue the eig ht qualifying rounds begun yesterday. This evening the top speaker for the meet will be named, as judged on the basis of t hose eight rounds. Eliminations Tomorrow Should Wilkes have qualified in t hese rounds, they will join the top 16 teams in further debate tomorrow in the eliminational rounds which will produ ce the nation's champions. I Last year at this time t he same team won four of eight rounds t o place among the country's top 20 teams. In the last two years the t eam has won 45 rounds of intercollegiate de bate to 13 lost, a .776 ave rage. Dr. Avt hur N. Krug er, coach of the team, remarked last week, "I think that we will probably qualify for the round of 16, and with ai few breaks, we may go all the way." Science Delegates Hear Timely Talks At Seton Hall University Conference By JEROME STEIN Delegates from the Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering Clubs a ttended the ninth annual Eastern Science Conference at Seton Ha ll University la st w e ekend. This two-da y affair (April 15th and 16th) was highlighted Four Wilk es coeds were el ect ed w ith prominent speakers, tours of various chemical, medical, and research cent ers, and r esearch .papers prepared by members of the attending colleges. On Friday morning, April 15th, the delegat es heard an enlightening talk by Father Joseph Lynch of Fordham University on .the topic of "Seismology". Following this, the y were given an opportunity to see a t elevision demonstration by Mr. S. David Page of the New J er sey Bell Tel ephone Co. and a lecture on "Heart Surgery" by Dr. Anthony D. Crecca, a thoracic and cardiac surgeon of ,the Newark area . Friday a f ternoon was devoted to tours of various chemical, m edical, and resea1·ch centers. The Edison F oundation and the E sso Research and Engineer ing Co. we re among t he places visited. Due to limited tim e, the delegates were allowed to attend but one tour. Friday night was devoted to the purposes, Dr. Cohen has ,t aken this opportunity to demonstrate t he "Annual Confer ence Banquet" in (continued on page 2) killing of an animal by anaph ylact ic shock. In such a procedure, a dosage of horse serum is injected TDR MOTHER'S DAY TEA into t he guinea pig and a fter a TO SHOW OLD FASHIONS two-week period, in which the g uiTDR made plans fo r the a nnea pig is not disturbed, another nual Mother's Day Tea, to be dosage is administ er ed. As a re- held May 6, a t t his week's meetsul t of t his second dosa ge, the a ni- ing . mal passes into a state of shock Anybody on campus possessing and, consequently, dies. , clothes dating from the 1600's to It is interesting ,to note t hat m uch the F lapper Age is requested to can be learned from an experime_nt donate them to TDR for the afeven tho ugh t he knowledge obta in- fai r. Gir ls who would like to ed is not directly related to t he de- model these creations should consired result, t a ct Connie Kamarunas. tiuinea Pigs Fail lo Develop Allergy Dr, Sheldon Cohen, who is concerned with the project dealing with cobalt allergy in g uinea pigs, announced last week tha t this experiment will have to be delayed until next sem es.ter. It was found that t he g uinea pigs did not develop an allergy toward coba lt under t he present t reatment consisting of inj ections of a cobalt chloride solu t ion and the application of a c,'.lbalt chloride pa ste. When t he experiment is resu med, a different tre a tment will be administered. Since t he gi:tinea pigs can no longer be used . for experimental BEACON Photo by Cliff Brothers A LL IN FUN-"Skinny" E nnis res trains Joe Trosko from attacking Bob Pa rtridge, b ut it is a ll in fun as Partridg~ joins the Cue 'n' Curtain in presenting "Androcles and the Lion." Partridge is cast as a s tumble-footed centurion in the com ed y. Cheerleading Squad Gets 4 New Members to the cheerleading squad for the coming year at a meeting held last Thu rsdav after several weeks of practice "sessions and try-outs. Freshmen Roseanne Patner, .Judy Menegus, and Sally Wermuth, and Sophomore Anne Kenn edy were the gals chosen to "rah-rah" next year's Colonels on to bigger and better things on the sport s scene. Three Graduate Juniors Della King and Al Rosenberg, and Sophomore Phyllis Wal sh are ithe incumbent member s of t he squa d who will be r eturning . Pat F it zgerald, Ellen Louise Wint, and Neil McHug h will graduate this June. Faculty adviser for t he group is Mr. Robert Moran . Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week Alter Week FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1955 - - - - - - 1Emperor Cinderella Candidates Announ·ced Jack Melton DEBATERS TO Appear at THE BEACON Council Candidates To Campaign Tuesday Th e following candidates for Student Council r epresentatives were announced thi s week: Freshm en : Bruce Warshall, Cliff Brothers, Virg inia Brehm , Sam Lowe and John Scandal e; Sophomores: Don Reynolds, Larry Amdur, Les Weiner, Gene Riley , Nancy Morris, Phyllis Walsh, John Bucholtz and Marilyn William s ; J uniors : Jim Benson, Dick Carp enter, Bob Lynch, Helen Krachenfels, Irv Kay e, Glen Phethean, John Hessler and Chet Miller. The candidates will speak in assembly on Tuesday, and elections will be held on Thursday , April 28. Ralston, Partridge to Goad Shaw's Androcles By T. R. P RICE The lion roars tonight. He roars at 8: 15 tonight and 8:30 tomorrow night. And when he roars, Dean George Ralston and Director of Student Activities Robert W. Partridge will be on hand to see why as Cue 'n' Curtain's production of "Androcles and t he Lion" gets underwa y. The two members of the administration will not be box seat guests or anything usual like t hat; Ra lston will be on stage as Caesar Augustus, backed up by his faithful centurion, Partridge. The thornstuck lion will be R onnie Price, while Skinny Ennis takes off Androcles, and Bruce Williams 'is Augustus, captain of the guard. On the same bill , t he Colleg e drama group is also presenting Eugene O'N eil's "The Emperor Jones", with William Crowder as O'N eil's tragic hero, and Paul Shiffe r a s the trader Smithers. Both plays will be given tonight and t omorrow evenings at t he College gy mnasium on South Franklin street. Admi ssion is fr ee to students and one dollar to the public. In "Androcles", suppor t will be given the coaches and Ennis by t he Lettermen, Merri Jones and Jerry Luft, wh ile A udrey Cragle handles the female lead. Ennis will direct "Androcles", while Crowder will boss the O'Neil play actually a s well as histrionicall y. Those behind- t he-scenes people so essential to any production will be Nancy Brown, Merri Jones, Nancy Batcheler, Fred Cohn, Ronnie Price, Ben Howells, Elaine Fabian, Jan e Obitz, Pat Stout, Carl Ernst, Jim Miller, Gene Roth, Jerry Lind. ·Pomicter to Teach in Montrose Miss Mary Pomicter, recently accept ed a posi,t ion on the t eaching staff at Montrose High School, in Mpntrose , Pa., it was anno unced 'by Guidance Direct or John Chwalek early this week. She will teach classes in the commercial subjects. Miss Pomict er is majoring in business education and will graduate in June. Bio Club Tops Drive Mr. Pa i,tridge has announced t hat the Biology Club contributed t h e most money in the Red Cross Drive held on campus during t he past two weeks. The sum consisted of eight dollars. Future Sophs Plan for Frosh Hazing I broken down to three members By JAN ICE SCHUSTER Freshman class president Dave after t he pla ns for next year have Vann recently called a meeting of been t hor oughly discussed and apthe class council to discuss plans proved by all who are taking part for next year's initiaition of enter- in the arrangem ents. ing fros h. The .purp ose of t he remaining At t he meeting, P resident Vann three members, Vann revealed, will appointed f ourteen members of the be to organize the proposed procla ss who will m eet at the end of g ram decided up on for the student this week to plan fo r a f easible council's appr ova l. fres hman progra m. The council Vann has prop osed a plan for a aims to crea te a pleasant relation- Fresh man-Sophomore dance to end shi p between enterin g students and the fresh man progra m next fall on upper-classmen t hrough a properly Oct ober 28th. F inal arrangements organized pr ogram. will be made by the council in the The · appointed council will be near futu re. �WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 2 EDITORIALS A Pleasant Evening, Yeurs The two plays which are scheduled by Cue and Curtain for tonight and tomorrow night at the college gymnasium should be interesting if only for the fact that they are cast with "unusual" actors. Take for instance the first play, "Androcles and the Lion," by G. B. Shaw. In starring roles will be that genial dean of '.l}len George "Southern Caesar" Ralston and Bob Partridge, that gum-chewing Centurion, who is better known for his activities in soccer and baseball. Add to this crew of the most "spirited" Lettermen-turned-actors, and it should prove amusing. Funnyman Howard "Skinny" Ennis who is directing the play will also appear and add to the gaiety. In the other play, O'Neil's "Emperor Jones," Bill Crowder and Paul Shiffer should turn in creditable performances, if reports from the drama group are any indication. At any rate, the plays should provide an evening of good entertainment. The drama group here at Wilkes has shown itself as industrious a club as any and certainly deserves your support. Why not plan to spend an enjoyable evening with Cue and Curtain? Our Public Relations Sing.ers WILKES PREXY SAYS EDUCATION INCOMPLETE IWITHOUT INTEGRITY By JOH N KUSHNERICK An education without the understanding and the practice of honor is an incomplete education, Dr. Eugene S. Farley, Wilkes President, stated when queried on the work of individuals on campus to begin an honor system. Dr. Farley expressed pleasure toward the new attempt to establish a code of honor among the students. He attached great significance to the fact that present attempts have originated Kamarunas Named Colonels' Queen At Lettermen's April Showers Dance Connie Kamarunas was picked Colonels' Queen at last Friday's April Showers Ball. She is an inhabitant of Sterling Hall; a tral)splanted Scrantonian. A 20-year old junior, she is studying toward a Bachelor's degree in Retail Merchandising, and is an active memb_er of Theta Delta Rho. Connie K., as she signs her posters, oft seen on campus, ha,s done considerable work in art. In point of facrt, she designed the program cover for the ball of which she was chosen queen. The Queen was selected by a committee of Lettermen and the faculty and was presented with a Longine-Wittnauer watch by Lettermen's adviser George Ralston. She wore a black net gown trimmed in velvet. Her corsage was of lilacs. Her escort was Eugene .T. Riley. The "Collegians," Wilkes Male Chorus, gave another of its especially prepared high school concerts this morning at Coughlin High Schoo1. The chorus, headed by Bill Crowder, was invited !9 :r;pake its third appearance at the city school in its existence of as many years. A personal invitation was made by Francis Truscott, principal. so enjoyable was the show given last year by the group of fellas who give up their lunch hours so they can get togethsr and sing. The "Collegians" came into being purely on student effort and have grown into a first-rate musical group. As well, they have established an enviable reputation. And what better public relations agent could Wilkes have to represent it out among its prospective students. We'll answer that one- none better. Students at Coughlin have asked us from the time we started teaching there when the chorus would sing this year, so impressed were they. You may ask, "Why all the spiel about the Male Chorus?" Just this. It is an organization on campus which asks little and gives much. And too often, it doesn't get its share of the credit. Hats off to an organization which Wilkes can be proud to have representing it. Science Brochure Prepared by PR Office It's Up to You - Think, Vote! Nominations were held this week for Student Council' posts for next year. Many new names and faces (and hats, we might add) have been thrown into the campus political ring. That's good. For with the new names and faces have also come new promises and ideas. Certainly, there will be plenty of candidates from which the student body can choose. It looks as though we will have a lively election for the council posts. Interest in the vacancies has perhaps reached a new high. The Beacon advises only this. Take the trouble to find out about your candidates before election time. Find out who will and will not represent you. The paper has always stood behind any sincere move for improved student government. Consider the records of past members carefully, too, before you vote. Don't forget, there have been good and bad members in the Student Council this year. The good ones may well deserve your support. As for the bad ones, well, you be the judge. But, most important, think before you vote. End of sermon. Wilkes Gym to Host Mental Health Clinic Farrar, Ralston, Picton To Meet NYC Alumni Welton Farrar, Director of Development, Dean George Ralston, and senior clas president Russell Picton travel to New York on the evening of April 29 to a meeting of New York City alumni. The trip will serve as an aid in t he preparation for Picton, who moves into the post of Alumni Secretary next year. A mental health institute, sponsored by the College Depa11tment of Nursing Education and Men (·al Health, Inc., of Luzerne County will be held May 3 in the gym. Miss Ruth Jessee, h ead of the departm ent will be general chairman . Dr. Farley will open the afternoon session with a welcome to the group. Dr. J. Franklin Robinson PR Head in Washington, D.C. will be principal speaker. Mrs. Ruth Roberts, h ead of the Wilkes deparrtment of Public Relations, fl ew to the nation's capital - WILKES COLLEGE yesterday to attend the Educational Writers' conference on publicity writing in education. Beacon A newspaper published each week of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. Editor .......... .. ..... John D. Curtis Asst. Editor ............. .. Ivan Falk Editorial Asst . ........ T. R. Price Sports Editor ............ Allen Jeter Business Mgr . .... Arthur Hoover Asst. Bus. Mgr. Dick Jones Faculty Adviser .... George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes Campua. Telephone: VAlley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main ,Street, Wilkes-Barre. SCIENCE DELEGATES (continued from page 1) which General Crawford F. Sams gave a talk on the "Relationship between Education and Research in the United States and the Far East." On Saturday, April 16th, 'members of the various colleges presented their research papers. Over ninety papers were delivered in the course of the day. It was necessary for the delegates, however, to choose twelve out of this number because several presentations were given at ,t he same time. The s ubjects dealt with specialized matters in biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, and psychology. Friday, April 22, 1955 COLONELS' QUEEN Miss Connie Kamarunas is presented a Longine wrist watch by Lettermen's adviser George Ralston, after her s election as Colonels' Queen. The Wilkes Department of Public Relations is now working to produce a brochure on careers in pure science. The brochure will be distributed to high school students, and is t he fourth in a series being currently prepared by the department. It is planned to produce a total of eight ,brochures for the series, it was announced Tuesday. Already completed are brochures on engineering, retail merchandising, and t ea ching. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Dearest Editors: I read with lively interest the expatriations of a Philip D. Jones on honor, honor systems, and dropping bombs in last week's Beacon. I can remember a Jones back a few years ago who was either a rather seedy comedian or a warped crooner. In any case, this f ellow wasn't the least bit honorable, so it could not be he. I too have lived under an Honor Code and I agree, as Mr. Jones reports, that there is nothing to compare with it. It is t errible. Every week is a week full of Sundays. Your fri ends who were once panting protoplasms develop the enthusiasm of a three-day old fi sh. Forever and forever t here is Big Brother. And in the meantime no on e both ers to look up the definition of "honor". Whatever "honor" is, it works only for the increpit, t he demented, th e immoral, and the senile. For most it is either the last chain to respectability or a pipe-dream of warm Spring afternoons. Like the Honorable Gentleman of old, Brutu s, most of the present-day versions have s uch a deterring fault that it renders them foolish . Honor remains pleasantly ephemeral, untouched by interstate traffic or southern evangelists with wings. Consequently, honor systems are in a league with Platonic Love, voodooed or unvoodooed with six memorized a rticles of code. As for that bombing idea that Mr. Jones mentioned, I saw no need for it. The Wilkes boys and girls do no bombing to speak of, and, besides, they keep their dissipations decently quiet from the genel'al public. As for this Mr. Jones and his proposal and support of honor, I do now remember that he was also a slithering seller of football pools in the cafeteria once. He should be investigated without question. Cordially, PA UL B. BEERS NAS Oceana, Va. Dear Sir, My general apathy has been disturbed by some murmurings on campus relevant to an "honor system." I have been exposed to some of the finer details of such a system at a University where it was labelled a "success." Our "honor system" comprised mainly of a teacher leaving a room during an exam . ... the simpler the exam, the higher the ratio of honor. H owever, for every honorable student t here was an honorable informer ... thus the system was based not on honor, but on fear of exposure, fear of being seen and social pressure (the latter which was lacking among fraternity brothers, and any other Greek letter affiliates). Once out of class, however, the shreds of academic honor we possessed were mutilated still further by the perfectly acceptable practices of pulling themes, reports, and t ests from carefully kept files and smuggling quizes out from under quizzical noses. However, no-one can blame the student for slightly misusing the word honor. Ever since Darwin intimated that only the strong can survive, the word has flourished while its concept has become increasingly hollow. We are only the products of our environment . . . and the world around us does not pay homage to the honorable man. Our entire undergraduate syst em is not ready for such a radical move as an honor system. Both administration and teachers think (consciously or sub-consciously) of the Undergraduate as immature or on the student level. "It is a sign that our students are now willing to accept integrity," he said. The president stated that over the past 19 years the administration has made numerous attempts to begin such a system, but that it has always been met with di._sinterest or dissatisfaction by the students. He feLt the real beginning might be made this year since the origin is where it should be. Dr. Farley also expressed hope .that the development would continue slowly, m ethodically, and purposefully; for he saw .p ossible failure in a sudden thrust ·into a seemingly different educartion atmosphere. He stressed his belief that each student must completely understand the workings and purpose of any system he is to work under. Four steps were envisioned as a logical progression in the attainment of an honor system: (1) Student and faculty exploration and recommendation of specific systems, (2) Discussion by students and faculty for modification and adoption of a final sys.tern, (3) Indoctrination of all students in the program to be undertaken, (4) Indoctrination of incoming classes in the ideals and practices of an honor code, and the pledge of each to adhere to ,t he code. Dr. Farley cited the University of Virginia for its indoctrination system in making students aware of the honor system they are to be held to before they ever enter the school. He affirmed his desire to give the students all the help he could. Ex~Beacon Editor, WC Co-ed to Wed Mr. and Mrs. James Panzetta, 1800 Susquehanna Ave., Exeter, announce the recent engagement of their daughter, Frances, Wilkes College sophomore, to Eugene A . Scrudato, former editor of the Wilkes Beacon, a post-graduate stud ent at the college. Scrudato, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scrudato, 38 Parsonage St., Pittston, returned to Wilkes this year to earn a bachelor of science degree in secondary education after having majored in political science here previously. The bride-elect is attending evening courses this year after completing her freshman year as a day student last year. The couple is planning a wedding for "the near future." • SOPHS TO HOLD SWIM Plan to attend the sophomore sw imming party at the YMCA pool on April 29 at 7 :30. Admission is free and dates are welcome but not necessary. Here's a chance to have some fun with the crowd. IT'S A FACT!!! There are 17 steps in the Snack Bar stairs. untrustworthy. You will know these skeptics ... . tell them a simple truth ... and watch the jaundiced eye that says "where have I hea rd that before .. ." To ithem the student is not an individual, but a replica of a hazy merging of personalities that forms, an image or "Generalized Student." In an atmosphere of such orovious distrust, even the most virtuous will at one time or another be devastated by the calloused pedantical eye. So place your honor system beside your gold . debating cup . . . polish it . .. admire it ... talk about i.t . .. even imitate it .. .but don't debase it bJf trying to make it work. Barbara Fisher �3 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Colonels Gain First Win Over Lebanon Valley Tossers By Close Shave 2-1 Margin By RODGER LEWIS Wilkes College baseball team copped its first victory yesterday by edging out Lebanon Valley, 2 to I. on the latter's diamond. The win brought the still young season's record to one victory against two setbacks for the Colonels. RAIDERS HOLD LEAD IN BOWLl~G LEAGUE BY 3-GAME SWEEP SOCKO--Dave Polley gets ready to powder an unsuspecting golf ball as he and several other W i 1 k e s collegians practice for the Wilkes Open Golf Tournament. The tourney started this week and is expected to continue for at least a week. Left to right: Irv Kaye, Cliff Brothers, and P oJley. TOSSERS IN FOR BUSY TIME; MEET THREE TEAMS IN WEEK By JIM COLEMAN Baseball gets a real whirl in the next few days with three games lined up for the swatters in the coming week. Tomorrow they play host to Susquehanna and remain home Tuesday to take on Ithaca, who took measure of the Colonels least year by an 8 to 3 margin. On Thursday they take the road again meeting Golf Tourney Underway; Perlmuth Wins Round The Wilkes Op en Golf Tournament got underway last Friday afternoon at the Hollenback Golf Course. The day was anything but perfect conditions for the Wilkes 'Hogans and Sneads' but the Colonel divot diggers slogged t hrough their first 18 holes in good form. The opening day saw half of the Class D as•p irants clubbing and sometimes flubbing their way through. After the fog and rain cleared, it w as Mickey Perlmuth shooting a sharp 93 t hat came through for the initial round. P erlmuth took over Irv Kaye, Cliff Brothers, and Al J et er. By measure of t h e win on the saturat ed links, h e becomes a strong cont ender for the Class D crown. According to Reese Jones, t h e rest of the Class D men will finish the first round this Friday. It is also hoped that the Class B players will b e able to finish before the w eek is up. J ones also reminded players that tournament fees are due a nd should be paid as soon as possible. The fees will be u sed to cover expenses and obtain a trophy for the final winner of the tourney. JORDAN Est. 1871 Moravian . The Greyhounds squeezed out a 5 to 4 victory last season. Coach Partridge has spent a good deal of time in the past week going over stock infi eld positions that turn up often, in an effort to coordinate the almost brand new sq uad. Doing Well Partridge has no complaints as h e stated t hat the club has been playing good ball for the amo unt of experience t hey have. Some bad breaks seem to be the major cause of the Colonels' downfall in their first two games. Partridge, as well as the t eam and quite a few fa ns, feel that t h e tossers should have taken the first two tilts, but that the breaks just were not with them. Lineup Switch In order to take advantage of the boys that have been producing at the plate, Partridge has revised hi s lineup to som e ext ent. He feels t hat this just m ight be a winnin g combination. Joe Parsnik's steady hitting will be taken full advantage of by moving him to the cleanup spot. Jim F erris has been shifted to t h e number two post in order to utilize his speed on the base paths. Parsnik and Ron Rescigno are being counted on to keep hitting the pellet as t hey h ave been doing to produce runs. The old r eliables, McNew and Kachinosky w ill round out the lineup. On Saturday, Partridge will probably call Moe Batterson to t h e mound to take over the starting duties, in which case McNew will probably see outfield duty. Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality ** 9 West Market Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. • Lt>NGS,. Where Smart College People Meet - The MAYFAIR DUPONT HIGHWAY The Ralston Raiders retained their first place standing in Intramural Bowling League 'B' last Sunday night by taking measure of the Deadly Strikers, gathering four big .p oints. The Raiders led by Mickey Weinb erger with a total of 470 pins swept the three game series. Next in line for the Ralstonmen was Batterson with 458. Although the Strikers didn't 'show as too deadly against the Raiders, Dombroski came through with ·373 pins t o champion the losing cause. The Walloping Wags kept a firm grip on second place by benefit of a forfeit, the first one in either lea gue this sea son, from the Rambling Six. , Morris once again paced the Wags with 499 markers. Chapko came in second for the winners with 419. Several of the Ramblers must have r ambled too far and only two players showed up for the fracu s. Sherman rolled a total of 427 for the forfeited club and Luft h it 253. The Kingpins entrenched themselves in third place by grabbing four points from the Rampaging Five. Llewellyn topped the Pins f or a grand total of 505 pins and Larish came through with 497 . For the losers, N everas dropp ed 418 and Hughes contributed 362. Loop 'A' swings back into action this Sunday night at the J CC. All members are urged to be on time. INTRAMURAL BOWLING STANDINGS LEAGUE 'B' TEAM Pts Ralston Raiders . .. ..... .. ... .. . 16 W aJloping Wags .. ... . .. ... ..... 15 Kingpins ........... . ........ . ..... 9 Deadly Strikers . ... .... .. .... . .. .... 4 Rambling Six . .. ... ... .. ......... 3 Rampaging Five .... .. .. . . 1 * * * * * TOP TEN (Men) Gms. Pins Avg. Falk, C.T. ........... . 9 1482 165 9 1480 164 Morris, W.W . . Havir, W.B . ........... . 9 1471 163 Llewellyn, King. 12 1951 163 Rydzewski, G.R. . 9 1462 162 12 1920 160 Gross, W.W. . 9 1434 159 Smith, G.R. . Sabalesky, King . .. 9 1404 156 E nnis, C.'f. 9 1401 156 Lind, R.R. 12 1839 153 TOP FIVE (Women) Gms. Pins Pish, W.W . . 9 1104 Luty, G.R . . .. 9 982 Thomson, D.S. 6 645 Hopkins, W.W. 6 644 Giacometti, W.W. 6 579 Avg. 123 109 108 107 97 ~============~ Wilkes College BOOKSTORE Mel McNew went all the way to even his record at a win and a loss for .the current campaign. He struck out eight Flying Dutchmen and walked none while giving up eight hits to the host club. Kosier was the losing pitcher. The Colonels got off ito a fast start by getting a run in the first frame. Catcher Bob Sokol singled and moved to second on an error by the right fielder. Jim Ferris followed with a walk and both runners advanced on a passed ball. Joe Parsnik then ,b elted a long fly .t o the outfield to bring in Sokol with the tally. Then in the seventh, Mioduski walked and back to back singles by Kachinosky and Goobic brought in the winning score for the Blue and Gold. Lebanon Valley scored its lone tally in this stanza when Benneth started off the inning with a single. H e advanced on a ground out and scored later on a throwing error by Parsnik. The team played without the services of shortstop Ronnie Rescigno who had to attend a compulsory Naval Reserve meeting. The gap was fill ed by H esler who took over t hird moving Parsnik from his customary hot corner post to the shortstop slot. In last Saturday's game the diamond forces were edged out by Bloomsburg State Teachers Coll ege at Kirby Park af:ter the Colonels lead most of the way. Wilkes starter Mel McNew was relieved by "Mo" Batterson who suffer ed the loss. Rudy Holtzman got credit for the win although h e needed help from Jim Starr. Champs, Barbarians And Hawks Winners Intramural baseball play began this week at Kirby Park with three of the four sch eduled gam es being played. In Monday's games Parker Petrilak's Champions trounced the Barba r ians, 16 to 2. The other tilt on the slate was forfeited by the Misfits to W eck esser. Tuesday's action saw a close contes:t and a pushover. The Barbar ians of Al Feargang edged out Maxwell's Deem onds captained by Don Pacropus by a 5 to 4 score. In the other frac us, Ho wie Gros' Hawks were busy tamping Weckesser to the tune of 12 to 0. Carl Lahr hurled the shutout for the Hawks. Commissioner John Bresnahan stated that all participants should 'be ready t o play promptly at 4:30 at t he park Games are played on Mondays, Tuesdays, an d Thursdays. The schedule for next week is as follows: Monday: · Misfits vs. Champs Hawks vs. Barbarians Tuesday: Deemonds vs. Misfits Hawks vs. Champs Wednesday: Barbarians vs. Misfits W eckesser vs. Deemonds Marriage license: A hunting permit entitles you to only one dear at a time. with AL JETER, Sports Editor Baseball Fever Old man spring fever took a punch at just about every.body's b~lt line this week and ..the air took on a distinct aroma of baseball and golf. The Barons opened again, but it looks like the proposed move to have some of the Colonels' home games played in Artillery Park that was prevalent last year has gone the way of many ideas-file x •. But good playing field or not~ Bob Partridge just might have a. ball club for himself this year. Most of the lineup is composed of untested fres hmen . However, from the indication they have showlil so far, these guys just might come through and .take their share of ball games. Backstopping Solved A pleasant surprise has been John Sokel behind the plate. The backstop job has been a source of gray hairs to Par tridge many times before, but n ewcomer Sokel shows the promise of developing into something fin e. To begin with, he is a natural a thlete, who we suspect would be able to fill any position t hat h e had a mind to. Beside that, h e is a hustler and eager to learn. Talent plus industry has been proved time and time a gain to be a top notch combination. Mel McNew seem s to have shaken off the arm trouble that .p lagued hi m last year which is a promising sign for the mound corps. If McNew is effedive t his year, it will greatly enhance the ch ances for a season that P artridge, in his last year of coachi ng h ere, can be proud of. Breznay Leaves A way from the .b aseball scene though comes a more sober note in t he way of bad news for brand new football coach Russ Picton. It was learned last week that Andy Breznay, speed m erch ant back, will don t h e uniform of the United States Air Force on May 2. Breznay is a 'sizzling starter' kind of a back that yo u like to have around. Once the little guy takes off, it's a fast man who catches him. Tough to Replace Several weeks ago, in looking over the prospects for n ext year's grid season, it seemed that Brez would fit into the type of football that Picton has been brought up und er, to a T. Brezn ay is an ex-Air Force man who gained a commision while doing reserve time as a civilian. His leaving will be sure to make a gap in the backfi eld ranks that will be hard to plug. The Bea con Sports Staff takes this opportunity to wish Li eutenant Andy Breznay good luck in his new career. 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Af.ter being relieved of his mound chores he found sufficient stamina to perform capably in right field. An "old timer" on the freshmandominated squad, Mel is in unjform for the third year. He is the type of throw hard, run hard, hit hard, player that shoots life into an outfit and creates the team spirit that pulls the best from a squad. Mel takes exception to most eve- HURLER TOPS ry rule in the manager's book. He is primarily a pi,tcher, supposedly a fragile, no slide, no hit individual who r ests when he is not pitching. But so far, he has run the bases like a speed merchant, roamed the outer pastures when he wasn't pitching and hit safely in each of the games. McNew is a native of Eas:t Baltimore, Md., where he attended Patterson Park High School. He playno high school baseball, but was an ' active pitcher on the sandlots. On A PAPER FOR THE HOME, . . SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Most Complete MEL McNEW Local and National Coverage FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS GIANT SOCIAL SECTION WEEKLY FEATURES coming to Wilkes he made the varsity his first time out. Now a junior in Education, Mel has one more important year left as a Wilkes athlete. Wilkes Education Department Head· Has Article in Penna. School Journal Dr. Eugene L. Hammer, head of the Wilkes education depal'ltment, has a featured article in . this month's "Pennsylvania School Journal", official organ of the Pennsylvania Education Association. Writing on the question of what students will learn, Hammer declares ,t hat the teacher's dilemma is one of providing for the unique needs of each child in the classroom. The question is important because of the position of education in our society. It is a democratic institution, which must itake into regard the worth of the individual. We must individualize the curriculum, he continues, must give our .i nstruction meaning for the student taken as an individual. The teachers facing the problem must be masters of their l?Ubjects, students of human development. He must appreciate the finer things, and also appreciate the non-conformis,t. At the last, the teacher attempting to solve the dilemma, must have a love for teaching. To him, the supreme achiev.ement must be ito help another human forward, Hammer concludes. All-College Punch Party Next Tuesday The All College Punch Party, sponsored by Theta Delta Rho, is slated for next Tuesday, April 26, from 3 to 5 on Chase lawn. Everyone is invited. The affair is an annual one and a large attendance is expected. In case of rain, the party will be held on ,t he second floor of the Dorm Cafeteria. Chairman of the affair is Margaret Smith. Farrar, Chwalek Meet Alumni Welton Farrar, Wilkes Director of Development, and John Chwalek, Director of Placement, returned early this week fro m a meeting of northern New Jersey alumni at Newark. PARK, SHOP and EAT at the new FOWLER, DICK and WALKER The Boston Store Toll Gale Restaurant "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. It's a Pleasure to Serve You • A Full Course Meal Or a Sandwich • Good Food • Reasonable Prices Plenty of Free Parking Space Catering to Small Groups F. DALE, Prop. SPECIAL TUX GROUP PRICES - for WILKES DANCES at 1 · 1 ' JOHN B. STETZ 't- Expert Clothier ~ 9 E. Market St., W-B. /., ,. ''\\~nllll&III-.: Meet Your Friends at ... The SPA 18 South Main Street • • • After the game After the dance Anytime for a friendly get-together Favorite Spot ... . . . For College Students Buy :~ ~ -,-~,., .. . ..J. . <=. CHESTERFIELD You'll SMILE your approval of Chesterfield's smoothness -mildness-refreshing taste. You'll SMILE your approval of Chesterfield's qualityhighest quality, low nicotine. today! Lu:;c;r,r1, MY(IUTOIA((OCO. Largest selling cigarette in America's colleges C> IJoom & Mn,s ToaACco Co � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1955 April 24th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 April 24 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/745185e6680df5f995a78117e2c422ef.pdf 69e037d268b48453532bf203a3076326 PDF Text Text Debaters Go To Nationals Wednesday ~ WILKES - WILKES COLLEGE - ~,Beacon The Community College, Serving Wyoming Valley And The World Vol. X, No. 23 WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA CUPS, CLIPPINGS SHOW WC DEBATING POWERS DEBATE TEAM TROPHY DISPLAY-Now on display on the mantel of the main hall in the Wilkes library are the cups won by the College debate team at the Notre Dame and Johns Hopkins tournaments. The poster between the cups contains clippings of this season's victories. The team, composed of James Neveras and J. Harold Flannery Jr., will travel to West Point Wednesday for the national debate tournament. * * * * Debaters Journey To West Point Meet The Wilkes College debaters leave Wednesday to compete for the national debate championship. They will participate at the national invitational tournament h eld annually at West Point. There, the Wilkes two-man team of J. Harold Flannery Jr. and James Neveras will argue both sides of the question, "Res olved: That the United States should Recognize Communist China." The national debate will mark the Notre Dame Invitational cup. the wind-up for both boys' debating Flannery and Neveras qualified careers. Seniors, they have a total for the nationals some two weeks of six years in intercollegiate de- ago by emerging second in the bate circles, F lannery having two, and Neveras having served on the District Seven eliminations at St. Peter's. They were second only team during his entire four years to St. Joseph's of Philadelphia. at Wilkes. At West Point for their second The team is the same va r sity consecutive year, the locals ha ve which earlier t his year won the a good record for the nationals. Johns Hopkins tournament. Earlier Last year, they finished among the this month, they came home with top twenty teams. ------------------------------ CHANGE OF FIELDS dge lo Appear Ralston . In Next· slage pro dUC110n / Partrl■ Football Coach George Ralston and his counterpart of the soccer field , Bob Partridge, will leave their respective athletic fields for new endeavors-the stage-next Friday and Saturday nights at the Wilkes gym. And the Ralston-Partridge ' t eam' of actors will be directed, ironically, by a Wilkes Letterman, Howard "Skinny" Ennis, in George Bernard Shaw's "Androcles and the Lion", presented by Cue 'n' Curtain. Also featured in supporting roles is a cr ew of Lettermen, undoubtedly imported to lend moral (and perhaps physical) support to their two l eaders. "Androcles and the Lion" will be only one half of a two-play bill which will include Eugene O'Neill's "Emperor Jones,'' with Bill Crowder in the title role and directing. Ennis, although directing, will play one of the title roles in "Lion" Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1955 April Showers Ball Tonight; Colonels' Queen to be Picked Beacon Photo by Cliff Brothers * THE BEACON as Androcles. The fellow who will do the roaring is Ronni e Price, an old hand at picking up splinters. Ennis will have the job of r emoving a portion of a 2 x 4 from Ronnie's left tootsie in the play. Ralston will be featured a s a southern Caesar Augustus who g ives Bruce Williams, captain of the guard, a particularl y rough time of it. Partridge is cast as the Centurion who has two left feet, and the whole thing points to something r eal good . .. Sure, it does. The f emale lead will be played by Audrey Cragle. Others in the cast include Merri Jones and J erry Luft. In " Jones," Paul Shiffer, a stage vet by now, is bound to stir up some t hunder as Smithers. Assisting in the productions behind the scenes will be Nancy Brown, Merri Jones, Nancy Batche!or, Fred Cohn, Ronni e Price, Ben HON0RMASS MEETING AT 11 THURSDAY 1 By JOHN KUSHNERICK The Wilkes Lettermen hold their annual April Showers Ball this evening from 9 to 12 at the College gymnasium. Theme of the dance will be, appropriately, "April in Paris", and decorations will implement the theme with sketches and models, decorations chairman Howard Gross has revealed. Lee Vincent, popular bandleader, will be there with his aggregation for the music.. Vincent has been a frequent headliner at Wilkes events in the past. He is well known throughout many Esther Goldman Receives Morris Award honor The proposed W ilkes system is scheduled to receive its m ost thorough a iring this coming Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at a m a ss m eeting to be held in the Lecture Ha ll, Dean of Wom en Gertrude Doane announced early this week. The program tentatively will open with a panel discussion in which students will direct questions at Helen Krachenfels, Her meina Fried, Bob Koon and Bruce Warshall in an attempt to bring all present up to date on th e progress of th e paS t di scussions. The remaining time will be given to hearing pro and con reasoning from the s t u d en t b od y. F acu It Y mem b ers · · t e 1·n w1·11 b e on h an d t o part 1c1pa th e d1' scuss10n. · Th e en t·ire h onor sys t em concep t · · t d th t d t I el nd ongma e on e s u en l evb ah has been received warm y y t e f a cu It y an d th e a d mm1s · · t ra t·10n • The meeting on Thursday will be the fo urth of the year, and Mrs. Doane announced that intereSt is running so high the Lecture Hall has been obtained to insure th e accomodation of all students who wish to pa r ticipate in the discussion or wish merely to listen. Interest has trickled even off campus to fo rm er students who met similar past attempts with mixed r eactions. "Flip" Jones, now engaged in pilot training wi th the Air Force has made his feelings l::nown in a let ter to a fa cult y m ember . On her req uest the lett er is published in the Beacon to show the enlightenment that com es to some when they venture into life a nd are able to see the advantages of such a system. - - - -- - -- - -- - - - - 3 Elementary Ed. Students Take Long Island Jobs Three Wilkes coeds have accepted t ea ching positions in the elementary school at Cedar Hurst, Long I sland, it was announced through Guidance Director John Chwalek yesterday. The three are Anne Harton, Ruth Wilbur and Naomi Kivler, all doing student t eaching in the elementary schools of W yoming Valley. How ell s, Elaine Fabian, Jane 0bitz, Pat Stout, Carl Ernst, Jim Miller, Gene Roth, J erry Lind, and J oe Saraceni. Miss Esther Goldman, Wilkes senior, last week received the Linda Morris Memorial A ward fo r h er outstanding record during her first three years at t he College. The a ward, presented to Miss Goldman at last week's assembly was set up recently by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert J . Morri s in memory of their small daughter Linda. Mr. Morri s, executive secretary of the Cham ber of Commerce made t he award. Miss Goldman has been on the Dean's List for all of the previous three years, also compiled a straight 3.0 average in the present scholastic year. A student of English, Miss Goldman will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in J une. She plans to continue post-graduate in September. Eastern campuses as well in the Valley, having -p layed recently at P enn State and Cornell. Main attraction of the affair, however, will be the naming of the "Colon els' Queen" by Dean George F. Ra lston, Lettermen's adviser after a vote by the Lettermen. Among other honors, the Queen will be presented with a Longine-Wittnauer watch through the co-operation of Tommy Van Scoy, J eweler. In line with the Parisian theme, tables in the gym will be arranged after the manner of sidewalk cafes, with white-coated waiters. Dress for the dance will be semiformal. Dance chairman Joe Trosko stat ed that this does not necessarily imply corsages for the ladies. Committee members include : Decorat ions, Chairman Howard Gross, Joe Wilk, Moe Batterson, Glenn Carey, Bob Fay; publicity, Chairman Jack Curtis, Dave Polley, Bill Lloyd; ticket s, Joe Jablonski, Dick Ka chinosky; refreshm ents, Large "Skinny" Ennis ; drawings, Molly Beard; waiters, Volunteers! Nancy Hannye Gels Fellowship Al Cornell; Alumna of Wilkes Nancy L. Hann ye, Wilkes graduate, has received a teaching fellowship at Corn ell University. While continuing study for her master's degree, she w ill commence instruction of under grad uate calculus at the 'Uni versity this semest er, it was recently announced by Thomas R. R ichards, chai rman of mathematics at the college. This summer she will assist in an Air Force project in statistics at Cornell, working with a small elect ronic brain. If the results of certain theorems are attained, Miss Hannye will use this material and conclusions ther efrom for her thesis, completing her work toward her master's degr ee in mathematics . One of la st June's graduates, she was consistently on the Dean's List, served a s student assistant in t he Wilkes mathematics department. Active in Theta Delta Rho, the German and Education clubs, and the Student Council, Miss Hannye was recipient of both the James Mc Kan e A ward and the Wilkes Faculty Women's Award for outstand- Nancy Lee Hannye ing scholastic achievement. She came to Wilkes from Kingston High School where sh e was a member of the Honor Society, was granted a scholarship award. �2 W1LKFS COLLEGE BEACON Friday, April 15, 1955 WC Alumni to Speak at Careers!_lConference Today Graduates lo Talk On Retailing at 5th Annual Affair EDITORIALS Bigger Than Ever Today's batch of Letters to the Editor points even more strongly than ever before to the fact that people really do "give a damn" and are doing some original thinking. True, many readers . might not agree with the opinions of the writers. The main thing, though, is that we do have opinions. By reading the other fellow's views and ideas, often we can supplement our own. Even in disagreement, we can strengthen our own beliefs. The editor is still not certain of the recent "barrage" of letters, but he is glad that the Beacon can be of such direct service to its readers. It's good all around. Service For Support , The Wilkes Lettermen will present their annual spring affair, the April Showers Ball, tonight at the college gymnasium. From all indications, it should prove to be one of the outstanding events of the year. The Lettermen's Club, a service organization, asks your support for the dance. Odd, isn't it? Here are the Lettermen, asking your support, and in the end, they're just presenting you with another of their outstanding services. They deserve your support. The Crucial Period Isn't it getting tougher and tougher to study? Speaking for ourself, we'll give a blast in the affirmative. Dreary days this week, especially right after a long vacation, made it one rough job getting back into the swing of things. But we take heart in the realization that we're in the home stretch. And come the middle of June, you'll look back and think, "Gee, it really was pretty worthwhile, wasn't it?" That is, if you don't let yourself "way down" around this time. LE'ITERS TO THE EDITOR: (The Letter to the Editor column of the Beacon is open to the entire Wilkes College campus. Views expressed here are those of the wriiters and ane not necessarily representative of the views of the Beacon.) Editor: This is in no way to take sides in the controversy concerning the nature of the periodicals in the Wilkes College Library; but as a teacher of debate and one who has taught both Bucholtz and Flannery, the chief spokesmen in the controversy, I should like to correct an impression conveyed by Bucholtz in his last letter to the Beacon. His implication that Wilkes' debaters resort to questionable, if not dishonest, stratagems in winning debates is not true and never has been in the seven years I have been coaching Wilkes' debaters. In fact, his impression concerning our use of definitions was probably gained from an article I wrote on. the subject, the purpose of which was to censure those debaters who employed "tricky" and unorthodox definitions to facilitate t heir winning deabtes . .. Actually, I have written two articles on the s ubject, "Interpreting the Debate Question" and "Honest Definitions Are the Best Policy." The latter title speaks for itself. Wilkes' teams, so far as I know, have never resorted to the technique that Bucholtz a lludes to, one which h e says "has pulled many a team out of a seemingly hopeless position," the technique of simply "asking the opposition for a definition of terms (although you may know exactly what they mean)." He states that h e was a member of the debating society early in the school year. True, he was. But apparently he was not a member long enough to learn what constitutes the best debate strategy, an honest, logical approach to any given question. This I have always taught my students, as Bucholtz should know and no doubt would, had he remained on the debating team. Not only do we not employ the technique attributed to us but to do so would be a waste of time and t hus ineffective debating. We do, however, insist, that the various abstract concepts which freq uently appear in a debate resolution be defined logically and honestly, so that an opposing debater cannot squirm out of a weak ·argument merely by shifting his definition of term s. In conclusion, I should like to point out that this whole portion of Bucholtz's argument is clearly a fallacious ad hominem attack, an attempt to discredit Flannery's a r gument by discrediting F lannery a s a "tricky debater"; it is certainly no answer to the argument itself. Being the fine student that he is, Bucholtz is certainly capable, I am sure, of sounder arguments than this one. Sincerely yours, ARTHUR N. KRUGER Director of Debate Dear Editar: In the past couple of weeks there has been published in your paper some letters by some fellers that I think is tryin' to jest plain snow us people frum the country. Up in North End we jest like our language kinda plain-maybe 'cause we're jest plain ignorant. I jest about wore out m y coppy of ol' Noah Webster's Word Book alookin' up the words that them fellers writ in from them big cities of Nannycook and West Pitstun. Howsomever, I gess them college fellers jest cain't resist showin' off t hey didn't flunk English 101 er sumthin'. But in the futur I wish t hat you'd keep them words down about 4 or 5 sillables fe llers, an' in short (as the feller sez) avoid pompus verbosity. Or as the tother feller sez, "Brevity is the soul of wit and tejusness its lims an' outward flourishes, etc ." H eres fur keepin' h er sh ort JEST PLAIN DA VE P.S.-If any one a them :fellers takes exsepshun to this here missif, they kin dule me with Ohio State Vocabulary tests any time. D.L.H. Dear Editor: I read, with a great deal of interest, the article in the Beacon concerning the new attempt to establish an Honor System at Wilkes. This was interesting to me since the same t hi ng was attempted while I was a student. At the time I knew little about such a system and did little to support it. Since this time, however, I've come to live under an Honor Code and thera e is really nothing to ocmpare with it. From my experience under this system I find that the most successful method for its adoption is only through proper indoctrination of t he students. As lowerclassmen in the cadet corps it is mandatory that we memorize all six articles of the Jake Kovalchek Mrs. Eulah Smith WC to Ask for Alumni Donations Soon Alumni will be presently asked to voluntarily donate to the College a sum hoped to amount to some $6,200. The donations will be divided between groups from some 20 or so graduated classes. code and also attend courses in honor training. The Air Force places a great emphasis on honor, for they realize that without it we are nothing . ... It's important that when a man states he hit the designated target with his bombs that he really did, for the results of an untruth could be very serious. On the campus, to m e, the results of dishonesty are equally as serious. The unfortunate part is that students don't, for the most part, realize t his and would rather continue to be proctored in their exams, et c., than to take on the responsibility of an honor system. (This comes) from someone who finally saw the light. There is no doubt in my mind that collegetrained people should take into their respective fields a sense of honor, for this is undoubtedly the most important lesson they could ever learn while in college. I hope that I haven't st epped out of line by making these suggestions, but there is a certain feeling within me which makes it an obligation to help better the school that did so much in h elping to better m e. Sincerely yours, PHILIP D. JONES While the first time such a fundraising attempt has been tried at Wilkes, it is by no means an unusual method; Lehigh, for instance, being said to have gained some quarter of a million last year employing the method. It is hoped to obtain enough funds to purchase such equipment as a spectroscope and an analytical balance, an opaque projector and an optical pyrometer for the science departments, calculating machines for statistics laboratories, codi ng and transcribing equipm ent for drama and speech departments. The program is being implem ented by members of each class of alumni, who send letters to oth er members of their class. Alumni will also receive a specially prepared brochure explaining the program, it was mentioned early this week by W elton F arrar, Wilkes Director of Development a nd co-ordinator of the program. Frosh Co-ed Engaged To Wilkes Graduate Elaine L. Jakes, Wilkes co-ed, was r ecently announced engaged to J. Warren Blaker, Wilkes graduate now teach ing organic chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Miss Jakes, now a fres hman at Wilkes, graduated from Kingston High School last June. Blaker graduated from Wilkes this January, was previously from Wilkes-Barre's Coughlin High. MEET TO ORGANIZE- Alumni of the Wilkes Lettermen's Club met recently to discuss 1>lans for an alumni lettermen 's organization. Shown at the meeting are, left to right, first row: Bob w ·aters, Carl Strye, Dom Yanchunas and J ack Three Wilkes a lumni will be guest speak ers at retailing sessions during today's Careers Conference . . Jacob S. Kovalch ek Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kovalchek, Andover street, Wilkes-Barre, heads the list of ex-students who will speak. After his graduation in 1953, Kovalchek accepted a position with Sears, Ro ebuck, is now with their Philadelphia operations. At the Coll ege h e was active in. soccer, football, and as a member of the "Harmoneers" g uartet. Other alumni speaking this afternoon are Barry Iscovitz of Luzerne's Globe Store, and Alfred Eisen preis of Pomeroy's. Th e alumni will speak briefly of their experiences in the field of retailing. Also speaking at the Careers Conference, fifth in a series h eld each year by the College, will be Mrs. Eulah Smith, I saac Long's advertising manager, and John Gale, merchandising manager for Lazarus Department Store. After a morning coffe e hour the high school seniors attending the conference will move to Pickering Hall for films on retailing. Lunch eon w ill be available in the College dining hall for those choosing to remain on ·campus until the afternoon sessions. In the afternoon sessions Mrs. Smith and Frank B. Burnside, vice president of Fowler, Dick and Walker, will discuss opportunities in retaili ng , and conduct a question and answer period. It is in these afternoon sessions that the alumni are slated to speak. A tour of a local department store is scheduled to follow. DICK BUNN TAKEN ILL OVER VACATION PERIOD Richard Bunn, sophomore student in chemical engineering, was stricken seriously ill during the Easter vacation. Dick will probably be out of school for the r emainder of the semester, it was reported. Dick has been active in the Engineering Club, he is a member of the student council, h as been one of the leaders in the student drive for an honor system, and was named to the Dean's list last semester. The BEACON, on behalf of the entire student body, wishes Dick a speedy and complete recovery. Sem mers. Second row: Norman Cross and George F. Ralston, adviser to t he Wilkes Lettermen. For details on the meeting see "Sportin' Around with Al J eter" on page 3. �WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Friday, April 15, 1955 Tossers Host Bloom Tomorrow; Travel To Leh. Valley Thursday In This Week's Diamond Tills By RODGER LEWIS The 1955 edition of the Wilkes College baseball team will play its second home game of the new campaign tomorrow when Bloomsburg invades Kirby Park for a ·contest slated for 2 o'clock. Also on lhe Clonels' schedule for the week is an away tilt with Lebanon Valley on Thursday. with AL JETER, Sports Editor Some good news for those who like to see college spirit came along last week with the announcement of plans for an Alumni L ettermen's Club of Wilkes College. It may turn out to be nothing and then again it just might give a needed shot in the arm to a slightly sagging Alumni Association. Word received from former Colon els gives the impression that the Alumni has a good deal of difficulty in being organized. The only really strong segment of ex-Colonels seems to be in the WilkesBarre area. Now it's a p r et t y wellknown fact that t h e Lettermen AL JETER have long been a hotbed for school spirit. They have been foremost for many years in taking the reins of leadership when needed. Although there has been, in past times, some criticism that the club has dominated school affairs, even above the student council and the like, it should be realized that no one but the students themselves have been to blame. Where there has been a lack of interest, the guys in the monogram sweaters have stepped in and in most cases have done a creditable job. Now maybe we got off the track a bit there, but it serves to show that the organization has always had the interests of Wilkes in mind. The fact that there has been an interest in the formation of an alumni club may be an indicator to a better and stronger Alumni Association. We wish the erstwhile Colonels good luck on their new venture. On the ailing list is basketeer Dick Bunn. The Beacon sports staff wishes him a real speedy recovery. The former Luzerne flash came into his own this year at Wilkes serving as a fine utility man for Ralston's cagers. We've noticed that Bob Partridge and George Ralston are to be honored at a dinner on May 14 at the Hotel Sterling. It's a nice gesture for two guys who have done more than their share to further athletics here at Wilkes. They'll both be missed next year on the sports scene. We had the pleasure over the Easter recess of renewing a friendship· with former Colonel gridder and diamondman Jake Waters. He passed on the good luck word to the '55 edition of the Blue and Gold tossers and asked to be remembered to his friends in town . Jake, who now makes his residence in New J ersey will be remembered a s the guy who hit over .500 in his last season h ere and also kicked the two crucial extra-points when Wilkes beat King's for the last time by a 14 to 12 score. • Ll>NGS,N( In last year's games with these opponents, the Colonels broke even in both series. Against the Huskies the Blue and Gold won at home and lost on the road. However it was just the opposite against Lebanon Valley. The locals dropped their home game in last year's opener, but won away. This season's initial fracas saw the spikemen lose to Albright. Their second contest scheduled with Muhlenburg was rained out. Therefore the Colonels will be in quest of their first victory of the yet infant season. Coach Bob Partridge will be going along with his freshman dominated lineup of last game. Some of the brighter first year prospects are shortstop Ron Res cigno, third sacker Joe Parsnik, and catcher Bob Sokol. They aren't rookies as far as baseball experience goes, though, all three having seen action in various amateur loops. The catching spot is something new for Sokol however. In high school play he specialized at shortstop. Being a fine competitor and a team-first man, he saw the need for a catcher and gave up his old slot to strengthen the squad. The upperclassmen in the lineup include juniors Jim Ferris and Mel McNew, and senior Dick Kachinosky. Ferris is a mainstay in the outer pasture along with "Katch". McN ew is the "strong arm" of the Colonel pitching staff. The r emaining starters are Miodusky at first base, Goobic at second, and Groblewski in left field, all fresh men. KEGLER$ REMINDED All members of Intra Mural Bowling League 'B' are reminded that the loop will swing into action this Sunday night at the Jewish Community Center. All teams are requested to be there promptly at 6 :30. There was no bowling competition over the Easter recess. Colonel Opener Spoiled By Albright College, 7-4 By JIM COLEMAN Baseball showed its face on the Wilkes campus a week before the major leagues, but opening day was as dismal as t:-he everlasting spring monsoon as the Colonels dropped the decision to Albright College, 7 to 4. Albright's clouters grabbed an early lead and held it throughout the game. The Blue and Gold threatened in every inning, but just couldn't put enough together to get a real rally going. The Albright second baseman played the part of the spoiler on several occasions, coming up with a couple of sensational stops on what seemed to be sure hits by Jim Ferris and Moe Batterson with men in scoring position. The day was brightened for the Colonel tossers in the fifth, sixth, and seventh stanzas when they came up with four runs to put a scare into the visitors. · Joe Parsnik, a rookie, took advantage of a passed ball to score from third. Ron Rescigno came through with a timely single in the next inning to score Dick Kachinosky. Rescigno tallied him self in the next frame by virtue of Mel McNew's double. The Wilkes scoring ended with Jim Ferris com ing in as Bob Miodusky grounded out. Errors hurt the WC swatters, but the squad showed that it had plenty of potential and should make itself known this year. Since the forces are composed mostly of freshmen the outlook for the coming several seasons seems to be brighter than usual. Rookie catcher Bob Sokol showed that although the spot is a new one for him he has plenty on the ball to become a polished backstop. The behind the plate job was a constant worry to Coach Partridge year, but from the results of the opener it seems that Sokol might be just what the doctor ordered to cure the ill. GOLF TOURNEY STARTS TODAY, WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEEK The first Wilkes College Open Golf Tournament will get underway this afternoon at Hollenback Golf Course at 2. The initial round will be composed of Class D duffers. Due to a heavier than expected turnout for the tourney, it has been necessary to stagger the flights through several days. It is r equested that a ll players check the bulletin boards as to the exact playing dates for each class. The competition is expected to continue t hrough next Saturday to determine the finalists. At the present time it is planned to let the final men choose their own course for the championship match. Irem Temple had previously been named as the tentative spot for the last round. According to Reese Jones, a trophy will be awarded to the winner and will be paid for out of the 50- TUXEDOS TO RENT cent fee required of all contestants. Reese also said that from the number of entries received this year there is a fine possibility of making the affair an annual one. Entries are as follows: Class A: Reese Jones , Neil Dadurka, Russ Picton. Class B: Robert Price, Bob Fay. Class C: Moe Batterson, John Lycos, Nick Flannery, Ivan Falk, Andrew Dovin. Class D: Joe Trosko, Jack Curtis, Irwin Kaye, Al Ro s·enberg, Lou Steck, Dave Polley, Cliff Brothers, Al Jeter. 5 WC at Seton Hall Confab lege at the Eastern Science ConRichard Kent and Richard Car- ference this weekend. They will penter, Wilkes biology and chemis- be the official delegates at the contry students will represent the Col- ference, held at Seton Hall Univ. • Why do more college men and women smoke VICEROYS than any other filter cigarette? . BECAUSE ONLY VICEROY GIVES YOU A PURE, NON-MINERAL, NON-TOXIC FILTER WITH 20,000 FILTER TRAPS IN EVERY FILTER TIP! 1. 2. 3. Yes, only Viceroy has this filter composed of 20,000 tiny filter traps. You cannot obtain the same filtering action in any other cigarette. 4. 5. Smokers en masse report that filtered Viceroys have a finer flavor even than cigarettes without filters. Rich, satisfying, yet pleasantly mild. Besides being non-mineral and non-toxic, this cellulose-acetate filter never shreds or crumbles. The Viceroy filter wasn't just whipped up and rushed to market to meet the new and skyrocketing demand for filtered cigarettes. Viceroy pioneered. Started research more than 20 years ago to create the pure and perfect filter. Viceroy draws so easily that you wouldn't know, without looking, that it even had a filter tip . .. and Viceroys cost only a penny or two more than cigarettes without filters! That's why more college men and women smoke VICEROYS than any other filter cigarette . . . that's why VICEROY is the largest-selling filter cigarette in the world! JORDAN Est. 1871 Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality on.W\e~ Special Price To Students 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. tt Featuring The Newest In College Men's Fashions BAUM 'S 9 West Market Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 20,000 TINY FI LTER TRAP S • • • plus Richer, Smoother Fla vor �Friday, April 15, 1955 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Tossers Host Bloom Tomorrow; Travel To Leh. Valley Thursday In Tbis Week's Diamond Tilts By RODGER LEWIS The 1955 edition of the Wilkes College baseball team will play its second home game of the new campaign tomorrow when Bloomsburg invades Kirby Park for a contest slated for 2 o'clock. Also on lhe Clonels' schedule for the week is an away tilt with Lebanon Valley on SVOl2TI~~ Al2OU~I) with AL JETER, Sports Editor Some good news for those who like to see college spirit came along last week with the announcement of plans for an Alumni Lettermen's Club of Wilkes College. It may turn out to be nothing and then again it just might give a needed shot in the arm to a slightly sagging Alumni Association. Word received from former Colonels gives the impression that the Alumni has a good deal of difficulty in being organized. The only really strong segment o f ex-Colonels seems to be in the WilkesBarre area. Now it's a .p r et t y wellknown fact that t h e Lettermen AL JETER have long been a hotbed for school spirit. They have been for emost for many years in taking the r eins of leadership when needed. Although there has been, in past tim es, some criticism that the club has dominated school affairs, even above the student council and the like, it should be r ealized that no one but the students themselves have been to blame. Where there has been a lack of interest, the guys in the monogram sweaters have stepped in and in most ca ses have done a creditable job. Now maybe we got off the track a bit ther e, but it serves to show that the organization has always had the interests of Wilkes in mind. The fact that there has been an interest in the formation of an alumni club may be an indicator to a better and stronger Alumni Association. We wish the erstwhile Colonel s good luck on their new venture. On the ailing list is bask eteer Dick Bunn. The Beacon sports staff wishes him a real speedy r ecovery. The former Luzerne flash cam e into his own this year at Wilkes serving as a fine utility man for Ralston's cagers. We've noticed that Bob Partridge and George Ralston are to be honored at a dinner on May 14 at the Hotel Sterling. It's a nice gesture for two guys who have done more than their share to further athletics here at Wilkes. They'll both be missed next year on the sports scene. We had the plea sure over the East er r ecess of r enewing a friendship· with form er Colonel gridder and dia mondman Jake Water s. He passed on the good luck word to the '55 edition of the Blue and Gold tossers and a sked to be r ememb er ed to his fri ends in town . Jake, who now mak es his r esidence in N ew Jersey will be remember ed a s the guy who hit over .500 in his last season her e and also kicked the two crucia l ext ra-points when Wilkes beat King's fo r t he last tim e by a 14 to 12 score. • Ll>NGS,N< Thursday. In last year's games with these opponents, the Colonels broke even in both series. Against the Huskies the Blue and Gold won at home and lost on the road. However it was just the opposite against Lebanon Valley. The locals dropped their home game in last year's opener, but won away. This sea son's initial fracas saw the spikemen lose to Albright. Their second contest scheduled with Muhlenburg was rained out. Therefore the Colonels will be in quest of their first victory of the yet infant season. Coach Bob Partridge will be going along with his freshman dominated lineup of last game. Some of the brighter first year prospects are shortstop Ron Rescigno, third sacker Joe Parsnik, and catcher Bob Sokol. They aren't rookies as far as baseball experience goes, though, all three having seen action in various amateur loops. The catching spot is something new for Sokol however. In high school play he specialized at shortstop. Being a fine competitor and a team-first man, he saw the need for a catcher and gave up his old slot to strengthen the squad. The upperclassmen in the lineup include juniors Jim Ferris and Mel McNew, and senior Dick Kach inosky. F erris is a mainstay in the outer pasture along with "Katch". McNew is the "strong arm" of the Colonel pitching staff. Th e r emaining starters are Miodusky at first base, Goobic at second, and Groblewski in left field, all fr eshmen. KEGLER$ REMINDED All members of Intra Mural Bowling League 'B' are reminded that the loop will swing into action this Sunday night at the Jewish Community Center. All teams are requested to be there promptly at 6 :30. There was no bowling competition over the Easter recess. Colonel Opener Spoiled By Albright College, 7-4 By JIM COLEMAN Baseball showed its face on the Wilkes campus a week before the major leagues, but opening day was as dismal as t:he everlasting spring monsoon as the Colonels dropped the decision to Albright College, 7 to 4. Albright's clouters grabbed an early lead and held it throughout the game. The Blue and Gold threatened in every inning, but just couldn't put enough together to get a real rally going. The Albright second baseman played the part of the spoiler on several occasions, coming up with a couple of sensational stops on what seemed to be sure hits by Jim Ferris and Moe Batterson with men in scoring position. The day was brightened for the Colonel tossers in the fifth, sixth, and seventh stanzas when they came up with four runs to put a scare into the visitors. - Joe Parsnik, a rookie, took advantage of a passed ball to score from third. Ron Rescigno came through with a timely single in the next inning to score Dick Kachinosky. Rescigno talli ed him self in the next fram e by virtue of Mel McN ew's double. Th e Wilkes scoring ended with Jim F erris coming in as Bob Miodusky grounded out. Errors hurt the WC swatters, but the squad showed that it had plenty of potential and should make itself known this year. Since the for ces are composed mostly of fr eshmen the outlook for the coming several sea sons seems to be brighter than usual. Rooki e catcher Bob Sokol showed that although the spot is a new one for him he has plenty on the ball to become a polished backstop. The behind the plate job was a constant worry to Coach Partridge year, but from the results of the opener it seems that Sokol might be just what the doctor ordered to cure the ill. 5 WC at Seton Hall Confab lege at the Eastern Science ConRichard Kent and Richard Car- ference this weekend. They will penter, Wilkes biology and chemis- be the official delegates at the contry students will represent the Col- ference, held at Seton Hall Univ. • • Why do more college men and women smoke VICEROYS than any other filter cigarette? ., BECAUSE ONLY VICEROY GIVES YOU A PURE, NON-MINERAL, NON-TOXIC FILTER WITH 20,000 FILTER TRAPS IN EVERY FILTER TIP! 1. Yes, only Viceroy has this filter composed of 20,000 tiny filter traps. You cannot obtain the same filtering action in any other cigarette. 2. 3. Besides being non-mineral and non-toxic, this cellulose-acetate filter never shreds or crumbles. The Viceroy filter wasn't just whipped up and rushed to market to meet the new and skyrocketing demand for filtered cigarettes. Viceroy pioneered. Started research more than 20 years ago to create the pure and perfect filter. en masse report that filtered Viceroys have GOLF TOURNEY STARTS TODAY, 4. aSmokers finer flavor even than cigarettes without filters. Rich, satisfying, yet pleasantly mild. WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEEK The first Wilkes College Open Golf Tournament will g et underway this afternoon at Hollenback Golf Course at 2. The initial round will be composed of Class D duffers. Due to a heavier than expected turnout for the tourney, it has been necessary to stagger the flights through seve ral days. It is requested that all players check the bulletin boards as to the exact playing dates fo r ea ch class . Th e competition is expect ed to continu e through next Saturday to determine the finalists. At the present time it is planned t o let the final men choose their own course for the championship match. !rem Temple had previously been named a s the t entative spot for the last round. Accor ding to Reese Jones, a trophy will be awarded to the winner a nd will be paid for out of the 50- TUXEDOS TO RENT cent fee required of all contestants. Reese also said that from the number of entries received this year ther e is a fine possibility of making the affair an annual one. Entries are as follows : Class A: Reese Jones, Neil Dadurka, Russ Picton. Class B: Rob ert Price, Bob Fay. Class C: Moe Batterson, John Lycos, Nick Flannery, Ivan Falk, Andrew Dovin. Class D: Joe Trosko, Jack Curtis, Irwin Kay e, Al Ros·enberg, Lou Steck, Dave Poll ey, Cliff Brothers, Al J et er. 5. Viceroy draws so easily that you wouldn't know, without looking, that it even had a filter tip ... and Viceroys cost only a penny or two more than cigarettes without filters! That's why more college men and women smoke VICEROYS than any other filter cigarette ... that's why VICEROY is the largest-selling filter cigarette in the world! JORDAN Est. 1871 Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality OT\W\e~ Special Price To Students 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST, tt Featuring The Newest In College Men's Fashions BAUM'S 9 West Market Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 20,000 TINY FILTER TRAPS • • • plus Richer, Smoother Flavor �WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 6 - APPLICATIONS FOR BEACON POSTS DUE FRIDAY; EDITORIAL~ OTHER POSTS OPEN A call has been issued fo r letter s of application fo r posts on next year's Bea con staff. George F. Elliot, Beacon adviser, stated yest erday that let t ers should be addressed to the Wilkes College Board of Publications. Editorial and b usiness positions are open to all students at the c olleg e. Jobs open n ext year will be editor, two a ssistant editors, s por t s editor, and business manager. Other editorial, news and b usiness posts will also be available n ext year, the selections to be made by next year 's editors. Letters should be in the hands of Mrs. Gertrude Doane, dean of women, no later than one week from today-on April 22. All aspiring journalists are urged to make application for any of the positions for which they fe el qualified. Previous experience on the Bea con is not a prerequisite. IRC at Model Assembly Wilkes College was r epresented a t the a nnual Intercollegiate Model Gen eral Asse mbl y, held earl y this month at the UniveTsity of P ennsylva nia. L ois L on g, Richard Murray a nd N eil Turtel were t he College's deleg ates. Misses' Orlon SWEATERS In the mock a ssembly they Tepr esented the Caribbean Republic of Dominica . At the confere nce the Coll ege delegat es also ser ved on com mittees whi ch drafted bills for submission t o t he General Assembly. The onl y bill fr om the important polit ical committee wa s Murray's concerning arms r edu ct ion. All t h ree of the delegates wer e fo r emost committee spokes men fo r the Latin-A meri can bloc. WILKES COLLEGE - Beacon A newspaper published each week 0 f the regular school year by and f or the students of Wilkes Colle ge, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subs cription: $1.80 per semester. Friday, April 15, 1955 Farley at Harrisburg Meeting Dr. Eugene S. Farley, Wilkes president, is in Harrisburg for a special educational conference called .by Gov. George M. Leader for yesterday and today. Dr. Farley is one of only two representatives of this area to be invited. Over 600 from throughout the state are at the confab. A PAPER FOR THE HOME ••• SUNDAY INDEPENDENT ] The Most Complete Local and National Coverage FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS GIANT SOCIAL SECTION E ditor .... ... ..... ... ... John D. Curtis Asst. Editor ...... .. ... ... .. Ivan Falk sports Editor ............ Allen Jeter B usiness Mgr. ... . Arthur Hoover A sst. Bus. Mgr. Dick Jones F aculty Adviser .... George Elliot Editorial and business offices lo cated on second floor of Lecture H all, South River Street, WilkesB arre, on the Wilkes Campu11. T elephone: VAlley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's p rintery, rear 55 North Main street, Wilkes-Barre. PARK, SHOP and WEEKLY FEATURES . Where Smart College People Meet - EAT at the new FOWLER, DICK and WALKER The Boston Store ,~im The MAYFAIR DUPONT HIGHWAY ANDY'S DINER Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym Plenty of Free Parking Prices for the Collegian's Budget .• . . A Reputation Built on Fine Food Short Sleeve SLIP ONS 4.99 CAMPUS "STAND-OUTS" * Long Sleeve CARDIGANS 6.98 * * Real Gone Gal o Soft 'n' Silky • Wear t.ike Iron o Pastels . Jewel • Deep Shades o All Perfect Quality • Sizes 34-40 Sportswear • Pomeroy·s 2nd Floor Wilkes College BOOKSTORE AND VARIETY SHOP Books - Supplies - Novelties Subscriptions Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 . .. WELCOME Toll Gale Restaurant "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. "I've got L&M... and L&M's got everything!" It's a Pleasure to Serve You • A Full Course Meal Or a Sandwich • Good Food • Reasonable Prices Plenty of Free Parking Space Catering to Small Groups F. DALE, Prop. SPECIAL TUX GROUP PRICES Meet Your Friends at ... ' The SPA . . . I 8 South Main Street • • • After the game After the dance Anytime for a friendly get-together Favorite Spot .. . ... For College Students L&M's Miracle Tip's the greatest-pure and white. And it draws real e-a-s-y-lets all of L&M's w~>nderful flavor come through to you! No wonder campus after campus reports L&M stands out from all the rest. It's America's &est filter tip cigarette. @l1ocan & Mvus Toucco Co, � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1955 April 15th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 April 15 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/975e5a1a1f2f3e78b0b40923d5311b3f.pdf dab6c30ff755352e89f077faf04a83bb PDF Text Text Vincent .Plays for Lettermen on 15th See Story on Page Two "TILK_ES The Community College. Serving Wyoming Valley And The World ~ WILKES COLLEGE ~,Beacon • Dr. Craig to Leave WC zn June Ends 12½ Years at Wilkes; Now Head GALLIA LEAVES BIO. POST AT END OF THIS SEMESTER of English Dep't. twelve and one-half years. The head of the English department feels that she is commencing a new phase of life in which Debate Coach Arthur N. Kruger will speak at the Speech Convent io n in New York this weekend. Take Second in District 7 Meet, Oualify for Nalionals; Al Noire Dame Today By T. R. PRICE W ilkes in 1952, after receiving her B.A. in Biology at Temple University. While there sh e worked with Dr. Asa Shafer, who was engaged The yo ung instructor, who con- in research in protozoology. Localducts lectures or laborat ory classes ly she has done som e research work with Dr. Sheldon Cohen at the in comparative anatomy, histology, Veterans Hospital. embryology, and qualitati ve anal ysis, announced she will be married Miss Gallia will b~ married to . . . . Mr. Thomas Lazarov1ch, a native m Aug_ust and will estabhsh a re~1- of Massachusetts, who is em ployed dence m Allentown, P ennsylvama-. as a sales representative for the She has no immediate plans to con- fir.m of Bird & Son in the Lehigh tinue in a teaching career, I Valley area. she can travel abroad to visit h er many friends and relatives. In June sh e plans to sail for Holiday, England,, and Scotland on the SS. United States. During t h e past several years, Dr. Craig, _who is of English ~ncestry, has made numerous tn?~ to those co1;1ntnes. After completing h er many amb1t1ons, the English Department h ead hopes to settle in Ohio where she wa s -reared. Dr . Craig feels very optimistic about the progress of Wyoming Valley and Wilkes College of which sh e has become such a vital ,part. Miss Craig received h er AB degree at Cornell Uni versity, and then went on to the University of Chicago wher e she worked for her Master's degree. She completed the work for h er Doctorate at Corn ell University. Before com ing to "\Vilkes, Dr. Craig taught at W ebster Reserve Uni versity and Beaver College where she wa s Chairman of t h e English Departm ent. Being a woman with much interest in ed ucatio n, Dr. Craig belongs to th e Modern Languag e Association, the Coll ege English Association, and the Cornell Univer sity Dr. Mary E. Craig W om an's Club. Kruger Speaks at Debate FRIDAY, APRIL 1. 1955 The Wilkes College debaters qualified last weekend for the national debate tournament to be held late next month at West Point. The local team duplicated its feat of last year by again emerging in second place in the DisMiss Gallia, began instructing at trict Seven eliminations held last weekend at St. Miss Rose Marie Gallia will r etire from instructing in the Wilkes Dr. Mary E. Craig recently announced her Colleg e Biology department at the plans to retire at the end of the semester. She termination of this semester, it was has been on the Wilkes faculty for the past announced officially late yesterda y. By JANICE SCHUSTER B y NORMA DA VIS Thi s week's meeting of the Education Club was enlive ned by reports of delegates who attended the Seventh Annual P enn sylvania Future T each er s of America Convention held last weekend at Juniata College. Interesting reports of the delegates disclosed the purpose of the convention to be that of promoting interest and exchanging ideas on the problems encountered by futu re teachers. The two-day convention included business meeti ngs, confer ences, and the election of new officers. The Wilkes College Education Club was one of 18 Pennsylvania coll eges represented. The group who attended the convention at Juniata w er e Glenn Phethean, Chuck N eely, Nancy Morris, and J eanette Perrins. Covers The Campu!i From Comer To Comer Week After Week WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA Vol. X, No. 22 Ed Club Hears FTA Convention Reports THE BEACON I Careers Conference Attended by Over 100 The thi rd annual Wilkes-sponsored Careers Confere nce was attended by over 100 local high school stud ents la st F r iday. Dr. Gordon D. Bell, director of the northeastern Penns ylvania Blood Center, was the main g uest speaker for the discussion of career s in Medi ci ne, Dentistry, as Laboratory Technicians, Chemistry, and Biology. Gu idance Director John J . Chwalek announ ced t hat th e next confe r ence will be held on April 15th. Careers in Retailing w ill be discussed. I P et er's College, J ersey City. Wilkes was second only to St. Joseph's of Philadelphia in cont ests involvi ng some 22 teams from an area embracing the states of P ennsylvania, Maryland, New J er sey, Delaware, the Virginia's and the District of Columbia. St. Peter's was third, George Washingt on and Penn ·State tied for fourth. Wi lkes varsity debaters James Neveras and J, Harold Flannery, Jr., won on nine out of a possible 12 ballots against St. Joseph's, the elimination winner, Dickinson, Princeton, William and Mary, George Washiington, and nearby Scranton. Inasmuch as the same system of t eam-matching was emplo yed at the District eliminations as is used at the nationals, qualifying teams had t o meet other teams with fairly good records. According to the chairman of the District committee, Wilkes had what he called "the AMNICOLA APPLICATION toughest schedule of all", in its bid LETTERS DUE TUESDAY for qualification. The Yearbook office announces The Wilkes team will go to West that the time has come for appliiPoint for the second consecutive cants to get those all important time on the weekend of April 20 letters written and sent into the to 23 . Since the service school is Publications Board. Acording to not debating this year's question, Co-editors Jean Kravitz and that of the r ecognition of ComJames Neveras, letters should be munist China by the United States, addressed to the Board of Publiit is possi bl e that both Penn State cations, Wilkes College. and George Washington may be Positions 01Jen for next year eligible to compete in the nationare those of editor, for which the als, since District Seven may then colleg e offers a full scholarship. be allotted an additional team. Partial scholarships are offered At the West Point tournament for assist ant editor posts. last year, Wilkes defeated UCLA, A lso open are th e jobs of busiN ebraska , Oregon, na tional runnerness manager and tJhotographers. up Florida, to compile an impresFinal dates for filing of candisive record which placed the locals dates' nam es is next Tuesday . amon g the country's top 20 teams. LETTER~1EN TO SHINE TODAYAND MONDAY The Wilkes Lett er men are offering a spo rting proposition. It may be April First today, but the wearers of the "W" presumably are not fooling - they do intend to get some polish. What the ro ugh and ready brawlers w ill do today and Monday will be not to rise, but r ather to stoop a nd shine. And the rest of the campus should benefit thereby-for a price, naturally. Th e s porting financi eers want to raise the level of their treasury by spending t oday and Mo nday shining the shoes of their admiring fan s . The bleacher- warmer s and Monday-morning coaches will be granted th is service from the athletic gi ants fo r a paltry quarter. For two bit s, 25 cents, t h e price of a hot dog, inflation you know, the no ble son s of Wilkes w ill wield polish and rag, the profits produced thereby doing good for both Letterman and donor alike, inasmuch as the gelt gained goes, among other projects, to pay for the coming April Shoewr Bsall. Just think! At a quarter apiece , that's eight white bucks for one green one. Debaters Talk at Notre Dame Today The Wilkes debaters took to the air yesterday. They fl ew to South Bend, by way of Chicago, to take part in the Notre Dame Invitational debate tournament being held at the Indiana school this week end. Ther e they will compete against t he better teams of the midwestern colleges. Th e two-man t eam of J emes Neveras and J . Harold F lannery Jr., fresh from last weekend's St. Pet er's to urn ey wh ich qualified them to participate in the national t ournam ent at West Point, will arg ue the questio n of United States' r ecognition of Communist China. Both debaters are seniors and in t heir last year of intercollegiate co mpetition. FROM THE TOP-The Lettermen of Wilkes will s hine the shoes of anybod y on ca mpus from the top administrator to the lowliest fro sh. Al Wallace, las t yea r 's club president, buffs the leather of Dr. Eu g ene S. Farley (left) and Dean of Men George F. Ralston. Ralston is the Lettermen's adviser, By famil iarizing them with the midwestern teams and t echniques the Notre Dame tournament will provide the Wilkes team with something of a preparation for the nationa ls at West Point. �WIIJCF.S COLLEGE BEACON 2 Friday, April 1, 195[: 'April Showers' Coming to Wilkes on 15th 'Cinder·e tla' Nominations Changed; Now Open to Alt 'April in Paris' lo be Theme; 'Colonel Queen' lo be Selected To Reign Over Annual Dance By JOHN K USHNERICK A night in Paris for two, just for $2.80; your's soon! By HELEN M. KRACHENFELS A new method of selecting candidates for Ciinderella was decided upon at the Student Council meeting Monday evening. In the past students have often expressed dissatisfaction with the old system of nominating candidates through the clubs, since many popular and attractive girls were not nominated simply because they did. not belong to a c-lub. This year the Council has come up with a diifferent scheme which it hopes will be satisfactory to all. The new method, which might be described as sort of an "open primary" will enable every student to cast a ballot indicating his nomination for a first, second, and third choice for Cinderella. The girl whom he indicates as his first choice will receive 3 points, second choice 2 points, and third choice 1 point. The nominations will be tabulated by the Council, and the 11 girls receiving the highest num- ber of votes will be the finalists in the Cinderella The Lettennen's Club will sponsor the gala April Showers contest. Ball on April 15, and with a theme of "April in Paris" will atNominations will be held in the following places tempt to bring to the Wilkes gymnasium a touch of "Gay Paree", during the week of April 12 to 19: Lee Vincent's top-notch orchestra will furnish the musical Tuesday, April 12: Gym Lobby, 10:30 to 12:30 background for 9 to 12 dancing and Wednesday, April 13 : Conyngham Hall, 11 to 1 the Lettermen will select a "ColoThursday, April 14: Dorm Caf (2nd floor) 11 to 1 nels' Queen" to reign over the ball. Friday, April 15: Snack Bar, 11 to 1 Monday, April 18 : Library, 11 to 1 Decorations chairman H ow i e Tuesday, Apriil 19: Gym Lobby, 10:30 to 12:30. Gross, revealed the "April in PaThe nominating places have been spread throughris" theme early this week. He out the campus, in the hope that all students will stated that sketches and models take advantage of the opportunity to participate will be used to create a panoramic in the nominating. Parisian background for the sideOther plans for the Cinderella Ball under diswalk cafes that will line the gym. cussion Monday night included the orchestra and Cafes will be given appropriate price of tickets. Jack Melton's orchestra was decided French names and white-coated upon, and the tickets will be the same as last year's, waiters will be on hand, in true $2.00 per couple. A No Corsage ruling will be in Parisian fashion, to serve refresheff ect. ments. Gross stated his committee soon hopes to announce plans by FACULTY WOMEN HONOR which clubs or individuals may reDR. CRAIG, MRS. WILLIAMS serve space in their own cafes. The Wilkes faculty women last During the intermission, a LetWednesday honored Dr. Mary E. term en's committee headed by Craig and Mrs. Gertrude M. George F. Ralston will select this Williams at an afternoon tea. year's "Colonels' Queen". Dance Dr. Craig, head of the English chairman Joe Trosko announced department, retir-es at the end that the selection will not be reAssembly Tuesday at the Wilkes of the present semester, while stricted to Wilkes co-eds, but will gym was a musical program featur- Mrs. Williams was Wilkes' dean By JEROME STEIN Delegates from the Wilkes Biobe made from all the lovelies presing Ferdinand Liva and Mr. and of women for several years as ent. · Mrs. John Detroy. well as an instructor in English logy, Ch emistry, and Engineering Clubs will be participating in the Lee Vincent Liva, violin soloist, played "Ber- and journalism. The music of Lee Vincent needs ceuse" from the opera "Jocelyn"; littl e introduction to Wilkes social Students as well as faculty at- Eastern College Science Conference at Seton Hall University on April "Son of Pusta", a Hungarian fanta- tended the tea. goers. In the past few years Lee 15th and 16th. sy by Bela; and the first movement has built one of the finest bands in of "Viotti Concerto No. 23", by the nation. He has enjoyed speThe Eastern Colleges Science Conference is an affair which is cial popularity at college proms and Monti. Debaters Present Program held every year at different schools dances. This is partially attested Mrs. Detroy _sang "~tars In My Monda for Pittston Lions Eyes", by Fntz Kreisler; "One . Y . to by the success of his popular refor the purpose of presenting inThe library will be open every . "f "N M " "I' F 11 Wilkes debaters will present a formation concerning the latest deK 1ss cording, "Penn State Hop". Lee ew oon ; m · · I rom L w·th S ,, f a - I program of d e bate an d d"1scuss1on during Easter Vacation and in- also provides yo uth entertainm ent m g n ove 1 omeone rom M d · t 6 ·30 f th velopments in the scientific field and day vites stud ents to make us e of its "N ht M · tt , d "G tt· on on ay evenmg a . or e aug Yy ~,ne d~'W;ah~ tl eHmg combined Lions Clubs of Pittston research papers prepared by mem- facilities. Just come in and finish on Saturday mornings when his 1s e a ap. t o K now ou an hers of the various attending col- (or start) your term paper. Look youngsters .t eam with him on his PY Tune" both from "The King and and Exeter, at Pittston. at the new book shelf (next to the disc jockey show on station WHWL, I,, ' Debaters James Neveras and J . leges. It is a well organized affair and Circulation Desk) with over 100 Nanticoke. ·M D t • d b Oth Harold Flannery Jr. will argue and _r.t e roy a ccompame discuss the problem of U . S. recog- provides for tours of various chemi- brand new books on a variety of The attire for the evening will 1 soLl ois s.. h d f th W . nition of Red China, while Bruce cal, medical, and research centers. subjects-one more interesting than be semi-formal. Trosko stated that va 1s ea o The participating members are giv- the other. · e 0 reyommg h es t ra, Wars h a 11 w1•i1 serve as mo d eraht or. in the Lettermen's opinion this does V a 11 e y Ph1.lh armomc I There are books for lovers of not n ecessarily mean corsages for while Detroy is h ead of the Wilkes The last _s~ch program to be e d en an opportunity to listen to prom. before a c1v1c group was held re- inent speakers as well as to attend American History and Political Sci- the ladies. music departme~t .. Mrs. Det~·oy re- centl y for the Dallas Rotary. a banquet given in their honor. ence. Scholarly souls indulging incently had a smgmg role m the The important committee work Eighty-eight colleges will be rep- to Philosophy or Economic theory College production of "Girl Crazy" . resented. The two official dele- will find much to interest them. has been delegat ed as follows: Degates from Wilkes College are Rich- Artistically inclined readers will corations, Howie Gross, chairman, ard Kent, president of the Biology enjoy reading works on German and Jo e Wilk, Moe Batterson, Glenn TUXEDOS TO RENT Carey, Bill Farish, Bob Fay; publiClub, and Richard Carpenter, presi- English literature. A PAPER FOR THE HOME . . . Special Price To Students city, Jack Curtis, Dave Polley, Bill dent of the Chemistry Club. A point of interest to everyone 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. This year, Wilkes is sending a is the new book by Carl Carmer, Lo yd; tickets, Joe Jablonski, Dick Kachinoski; refreshm ents, Large fairly large delegation and the sci- , 'The Susquehanna." For an ex- "Skinny" Ennis; drawings, Molly ence departments hop e that much will be derived from the affair in ceptionally good and breath-taking Beard; waiters, "Volunteers". novel, try "A Few Were Left" by general. Wilkes' own pride-former student The Most Complete Harold Rein. Local and National Coverage Some other books that are disFIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS played on the n ew bookshelf are: GIANT SOCIAL SECTION Menotti's delightful story, Amahl WEEKLY FEATURES and The Night Visitors; Alcohol, Culture, and Society; Th e Art of A study course to be held at the AND Est. 1871 Primitive Peoples; two books on Coll ege for the next nine weeks propaganda: Propaganda Handbook began with the first weekly lecture the Appeals of Communism; last Saturday. The course is sponMen's Furnishings and and ANDY'S DINER Manners and Morals of the 19·2 0's; sored by the Northeastern PennsylBooks - Supplies - Novelties Hats of Quality The Distribution and Abundance of vania Chapter of the Society of Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym Subscriptions Animals; and many, many others Resid ential Appraisers, and will Plenty of Free Parking Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 to interest all types of readers. feature George V. Deegan, S.R.A., Prices for the Collegian's Budget •. Just come in and browse . . . . WELCOME member of the Appraisal Institute .• A Reputation Built on Fine Food 9 West Market Street And don't forget the 400 current as tomorrow's speaker. periodicals scattered "right" and Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Deegan will speak on city and "left." neighborhood analysis. Purpose of the appraisal course Where Smart College People Meet will be to emphasize the requirements of a Narrative Appraisal Report, and to present a condensed summary of practical appraisal DUPONT HIGHWAY procedure. "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 Meals served in the dormitory Director of the course is Edgar Wilkes-Barre, Pa. dining hall will be prepared on a H. Wood, president of the local catering basis by Percy A. Brown branch of th e S.R.A. Some 30 perand Company starting April 12, it It's a Pleasure to Serve You was learned yesterday by the Bea- sons are re g istered for the course , whic h will be divided into two sescon. sions, morning and afternoon. A Full Course Meal There will be no change in the Or a Sandwich dining hall staff, however, the Morning sessions will be of a source said. lecture type, with demonstration Good Food 2 South Main Street Th e m eals will be pre-prepared periods. Afternoon sessions will • Reasonable Prices at the Percy Brown kitchens, a break down into 10-man groups for Wilkes-Barre Plenty of Free Parking Space move which is something n ew for work on specific properties in Catering to Small Groups both Wilkes and Brown's. The preparation of a case study r eport, LOFT'S meat portion will be sent here to to be con sidered adequate for subF. DALE, Prop. The Candies of Finer Quality be cooked in the Wilkes kitchen by mission for Senior Appraiser staFred Wall, chef. tus. Assembly Livened By Delroys, Liva In Music Recital WC Science Clubs To Send Delegates To Seton Hall U. Library to be Open During Easter Vacation SUNDAY INDEPENDENT BAUM'S Wilkes College BOOKSTORE JORDAN VARIETY SHOP ** Toll Gale Restaurant PARK, SHOP and The MAYFAIR Percy Brown & Co. To Supply Dorm Food EAT at the new FOWLER, DICK and WALKER The Boston Store • • LOFT'S Candy Shop Nine Week Study Course Includes Demonstration �WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Friday, April 1, 1955 Cohen Heads WC Cobalt And Guinea Pig Project By JERRY STEIN The projed concerning cobalt allergy in guinea pigs is in full swing at the biology building. The participating biologists are attempting to find out if guinea p~g are allergic to cobalt, and if they are, their reaction to it. The work is under · the supervision of Dr. Sheldon Cohen who is primarily concerned, in this particular experiment, with the study of allergy in relation to the treatment of anemia. The experiment is being conducted in the following manner. Two teams have been formed. One team is concerned with the injection of a cobalt chloride solution under the skin of one group of guinea pigs and the other team is concerned with the application of a cobalt chloride paste to an abrased portion of the skin of another group of guinea pigs. One guinea pig has been set aside as a control. The two teams meet each day, except Sunday, to administer the re- College Queen To be Picked Al Asbury Park (Special to the Beacon) ASBURY PARK, N.J. - Undergraduate college girls between the ages of 17 and 24 are eligible to enter the third annual National College Queen Contest to be held here at Convention Hall over September 9-11. The contest is sponsored by the City of Asbury Park. Free entry blank forms and complete contest information may be obtained by writing to: College Queen Contest Director, c/o Convention Hall, Asbury Park, N.J. Mayor George A. Smock, 2nd, honorary chairman of the contest committee, announced that judgings will be based on 50 per cent for beauty and 50 per cent for brains. The purpose of the contest is to select and honor on a national level as well as state and sectional, the typical and all-around versatile college girl in the nation. The judges will be headed by Ida Lupino, screen star; Col. Clarence E. Lovejoy, internationally-known education author and counselor; and beauty authorities Ern Westmore and Bruno of Hollywood. The National College Queen winner will receive the National College Queen Trophy A ward; a Grand Tour of Europe with all expenses paid; scholarship awards and$5,000 in prizes including all-purpose wardrobe of designer's apparel. Tact is when you make visitors feel at home when you wish they were. "So you failed the pharmacy exam?" "Yes, I didn't know how to make a western sandwich." - WILKES COL.LEGE - Beacon A newspa.per published each week of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. Editor ................. John D. Curtis Asst. Editor ...... ......... . Ivan Falk Sports Editor ...... ...... Allen Jeter Business Mgr . ... Arthur Hoover Asst. Bus. Mgr. Dick Jones Faculty Adviser .... George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes Camp11.1. Telep.hone: VAlley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. Dr. Sheldon Cohen quired treatment. Up until the present time, the experiment has been carried out with the minimum if difficulties. The control, however, has contracted what seems to be a cold in the left eye and a paralysis of the hind legs. Whether or not this will affect the results of the experiment is not known as yet. The two groups of guinea pigs are going to be given the cobalt chloride treatment for a period of three weeks. During the fourth week, no treatment will be given. At the beginning of the fifth week, the cobalt chloride will be administered and if a positive reaction occurs at this time, it means that the guinea pigs have developed an allergy to cobalt. It takes from three to fuor weeks to develop an allergy artificially. If the guinea pigs have been successfully made al.l ergic to cobalt, the next step in the experiment will consist of determining their reaction to it. LE'ITERS TO THE EDITOR: (The Letter to the Editor column of the Beacon is open to the entire Wilkes College campus. Views expressed here are those of the wriiters and one not necessarily representative of the views of the Beacon.) Dear Editor: Two weeks ago in a letter to the editor I contended that the selection of periodicals available at the Library betrays a distinctly liberal bias amounting to tacit censorship. Since that time a letter from Nick Flannery has appeared in the Beacon which may have been interpreted by some people as proving that my original allegation was without foundation in fact. Therefore, I felt constrained to write another letter to attempt to demonstrate the weaknesses of Mr. Flannery's arguments: Nick Flannery is undoubtedly best known on campus for his very considerable debating ability. Early in this school year when I was yet a member of the Debating Society, I was introduced (by Mr. Flannery, no less!) to one of the more effective debating techniques. This t echnique, which has ·pulled many a team out of a seemingly hopeless position, simply consists of asking the opposition for a definition of terms (although you may know exactly what they mean). This device is especially effective when the terms arse so elusive that they can't possibly be defined by your opponents in the limited amount of time at t..heir disposal. Mr. Flannery, I fear, is up to his old tricks; with tongue in ~heek he berates me for making " .•. no attempt to tell us what elements compose 'rightism' or 'leftism.' " At the same time he is fully aware of the fact, as well-informed as he is, that an astute political scientist might easily require a half-dozen or more ·p ages to formulate the definitions which he so glibly requests. Furthermore, in his own letter he quite frankly admits this difficulty: "Since the formulation of a measuring rod is beyond the scope of this letter ..." In m y opinion, lack of space constitutes insufficient cause for resigning oneself to a situation considered to be totally intolerable. But was I, indeed, guilty of "arbitrarily designating" periodicals as liberal? What Mr. Flannery seems ( or pretends) not to know is that six of the eight periodicals' originally cited as liberal (all except "F.P.A.," "Bulletin," and "Harper's") are avowedly liberal. If he would like to ascertain precise.ly what criteria they used in so designating themselves, he had better take up the matter with the publications themselves. I had nothing to do with it. I believe it is significant that neither Mrs. Vujica nor Mr. Ermel in a personal interview saw fit to question the reasonableness of the classification which I set up in my first letter. (However, in the un,likely event that Mr. Flannery did not have his tongue in cheek and is genuinely interested in criteria, he may find a custom-tailored list neatly posted on the bulletin board in back of the old cafeteria.) In his second and last argument attacking my position, Mr. Flannery utilizes some very curious "logic" to reach the astonishingly fatalistic conclusion that ". . . a severe imbalance would be inevitable." However, because of space limitations, I must refer interested readers to the bulletin board already mentioned. If I feel that .a ny further defense of my position becomes necessary, I will confine my replies to this bulletin board. To those readers who, from the very beginning, have failed to see what all the furor is about, I apologize for having consumed a great deal of valuable newspaper space. Sincerely yours, John Bucholtz Dear Editor: You are misinformed, sir. Placing the Cue 'n' Curtain on the list of organizations suffering from disinterest and lack of spirit is a mistake. Please read the item on the front page of the March 25 issue of your Beacon and you'll see that 'Paris Bound' was not given up but replaced. Two, not one, but two plays will be given, which will call for as much, if not more, interest on the part of the club. The reasons for chang-i ng the productions are best understood by the director and his staff (Just as any coach makes a change of his line-up or plan of attack) and have nothing to do with "interest being nil." Please come to the production in April and see that the Cue 'n' Curtain has not let anyone down, given up, or called anything off. A request is also made to have· a more qualified critic observe and report on any productions in the future. I realize Mr. Editor that this is not your fault and know that your staff is hindered by a few pseudo-literary members that think they can write on any subject. Sincerely, HOW ARD E. ENNIS and disinterested Cue 'n' Curtain members. Liva to Conduct Monday Night Ferdinand Liva, of the Wilkes music department, will conduct the Wyoming Va 11 e y Philharmonic Monday evening at 8 :30 in a concert at Irem Temple. Tickets are $2.20 each. 3 EDITORIALS Letters and More Letters - But Good It seems that the Beacon's Letters to the Editor column has been used more this year than any year we can remember. And, we're not complaining, for it's a good sign. The fact that the students, faculty, and administration see fit to use the column is fine with the paper. For, after all, the column is open for such use. We have encouraged Letters to the Editor this year, as have the editors in the past several years. This year we seem to have had more than the usual number cif people who have something to say-views to air. This. itself is a good indication. It indicates that more people are doing some thinking for themselves-not just shrugging their shoulders and accepting things without question. It also shows that a number of people are not too indfferent or possibly too lazy to sit down and write their views, feelings or gripes. . In a personal note which we received recently from one of the letter writers, he apologized for taking up too much space with his letter. Certainly, there is no need for an apology. For if we printed the letter, we thought it was worthwhile. And that is one of two stipulations that are made in accepting "letters." 1) They must be signed, although we will withhold the name of the author on his request; and 2) they must be worthwhile in the opinion of not just the editor, but the entire editorial staff. So, il the letters meet with these qualifications, which are not stiff by any means, whether they be for, against or totally indifferent toward this paper, they will be printed. Rest assured. On Cue and Curtain - Misformation In one of the letter this week, it was pointed out that the writer erred in his "disinterest" editorial of last week regarding Cue and Curtain. We can only print what we hear and observe. And the story we got from more than one member of the dramatics group was as we printed it. We may well have been misinformed, however. We are happy to see that Cue and Curtain decided to substitute other plays for "Paris Bound" which it dropped last week. And remember, there are always dyed in the wool supporters in any organization who never give up because of disinterest. To those in that category, we offer humble apologies, for certainly you are to be commended. But in his letter, Howard Ennis intimated that the Beacon staff member who covered the last one-act plays is incompetent. Actually, the person in question was expressing his own opinion, on the editor's orders, and can't very well be incompetent in doing so. I don't know of any one more competent to express his own opinions. That was the reason for the by-line on the story. And. as a matter of fact, the writer, an editorial assistant, is one of our most faithful workers, without whose services we certainly would not have come out on a number of occasions this year. Just to get this straight (Too many people have been reading between our lines), when we talked to "Skinny" Ennis about the letter he was going to send the paper, he stated he wasn't angry. We were happy, for we think there are too many really important things in the world to get "mad" about. We certainly are not cross at anybody, especially for anything that has involved the Beacon. No grudges held here. Dr. Craig's Retirement The announcement in this issue that Dr. Mary E. Craig will retire as chairman of the English Department and a member of tlie faculty is probably no surprise to many people on campus. But, surprise or not, the loss to Wilkes by Dr. Craig's retirement · will be a great one. Dr. Craig has been a trusted adviser to her students, a gifted English teacher and a friend to all who have come in contact with her. And as an active person in campus publications, she has served as adviser to the "Manuscript," Wilkes' excellent literary magazine. Dr. Craig has what appears to be an exciting period ahead of her, which will include ever-broadening travel. The Beacon wishes her the best of everything in the future. Wilkes will look long and far to find another of the caliber of Dr. Mary E. Craig. At Easter Time - A Wish Since this is the last paper before Easter and the spring vacation, the entire staff takes this opportunity to wish each and all of you a Happy Holiday. Lincoln, Freud, Milay Now on Kirby Shelves By JUDITH HOPKINS Everyone knows that the book~ they need are located on the second and third floors of the Library. But have you ever noticed the shelf of new books in the Library? This bookcase, located on the first floor near the circulation desk, contains the newest acquisitions to the Library. Their variety is as great as that of the whole library collection, while they have the advantage of being the most recent books on the subject. Whether you want to catch up on your studies during the holidays, or intend to devote them to non-scholastic activities, you can find a book there to suit your interests. If you are a history student, you will have learned by now that the British were not blackhearted scoundrels who delighted in refusing the American colonists' just demands. "British Politics and the American Revolution" is just the book for you if you want to know the other side of the story. �4 WILKES .COLLEGE BEACON What are the Hopes of Man? ... Let not a monument give you 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111III "Old Egypt's King Cheops erect- or me hopes, since not a pinch of ed the first pyramid and largest dust remains of Cheops." - Byron. • • Why do more college men and women smoke VICEROYS than any other filter cigarette? BECAUSE ONLY VICEROY GIVES YOU A PURE, .NON-MINERAL, NON-TOXIC FILTER WITH 20,000 FILTER TRAPS IN EVERY FILTER TIP! 1. Yes, only Viceroy has this filter composed of 20,000 tiny filter traps. You cannot obtain the same filtering action in any other cigarette. · 2. 3. Besides being non-mineral and non-toxic, this cellulose-acetate filter never shreds or crumbles. 4. 5. The Viceroy filter wasn' t just whipped up and rushed to market to meet the new and skyrocketing demand for filtered cigarettes. Viceroy pioneered. Started research more ihan 20 years ago to create the pure and perfect filter. Smokers en masse report that filtered Viceroys have a finer flavor even than cigarettes without filters. Rich, satisfying, yet pleasantly mild. Viceroy draws so easily that you wouldn't know, without looking, that it even had a filter tip ... and Viceroys cost only a penny or two more than cigarettes without filters! That's why more college men and women smoke VICEROYS than any other filter cigarette ... that's why VICEROY is the largest-selling filter cigarette in the world! A Chuckle ... . .. and A Smile LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler llllllllllllllllllll llllllllll lllll II llll{IIIIIIJ Teacher: "Tell ID!!, what is it when I say, 'I love,' 'you love,' 'he loves'?" Brig ht pupil: "Sounds like one of those triangles where somebody always gets shot." "So you .f ailed the pharmacy exam?" "Yes, I didn't know how to make a western sandwich." Many of us are wearing last year's clothes, driving this year's car and living on next year's income. Did you notice how my voice filled the hall last night? Yeah! I even saw some people leavin' the hall to make more room for it. Two business partners, who were a bit distrustful of each other, went to the club for dinner one evening. While seated at the club, one of the partners spoke up and said ex-citedly, "Great Heavens, I came away and left -the safe open." "What does it matter," said the partner, "we're both here." My husband is crazy about me. He says such nice things in his sleep, but he always calls me by the wrong name. Larry: "What do they call a man who is lucky in love?" Nick : "A bachelor." CAMPUS CHATTER We aren't all music lovel's, "Skippy" proved this to the student body at Tuesday's assembly as he queried students and played sliding Mom: Tommy, you're all out of boal'd on the bleac·hers during the musical goings-on . .. SAM MINES breath and your suit is torn. introduced a new chemical t erm to DR. BASTRESS' vocabulary when Why were you running? Tommy: I was trying to keep two he offered "jungle juice" as an answer in an Organic quiz ... kids from fighting. Then, they're howling about the fellow who was busying himDad: What two kids? self in the little room. down at the end of the hall when a substitute Tommy :Me and the kid next door. cleaning lady barged into the room. Embarrassed, she exclaimed, The hardest thing about learning "Oh, hello!" Then she turned on her heels, leaving the fellow and to skate is the ice, when you come his magazine. A little later, in another part of the building, the right down to it. dorm dweller was talking to one of the regulars of the dorm tidiers when the newcomer came along. "- -·-, I'd like you to met ---," saidShe used to do a tight-wire act, the one cleaning lady. To which the other answered forthrightly, but the last time she was tight and the wire wasn't. "Oh, we've already met." He reminds us of a drip - something you can -hear but can't turn off. A man's horse sense always flees when he is feeling his oats. ~: * * * * "H a 1 f the Legislature a r e Crooks," ran a glaring headline in a local newspaper. A r etraction was demanded of the editor. The next day the headline ran: "Half the Legislature are not Crooks." Joe: "Did you ever have a • romance in your life?" Moe: "Yes, I had · a beautiful school teacher. One day she asked : me to stay after school." Joe: "Did you do anything wrong?" Moe: "Yes, I didn't stay." :;: * * * * "You say the censors closed Oscar's Movie Palace?" "They sure did." "Why." "Well, you know how he always dresses up his usherettes to fit the film. This time they sent him a production called "The Garden of Eden." Ernie: "Do you know when you have had enough." Be'rnie: "No, when I've had enough I don't know anything." 20,000 TINY FILTER TRAPS • • • plus Richer, Smoother Flavor Friday, April l, 1955 Judge: "And why did you stick a knife into this man?" Prisoner: "Your Honor, I heard a doctor say the fellow needed some iron in hi s system.'' * * * * * Claude: "When I was a boy I thought nothing of a ten mile walk." Guy: "Well, I don't think much of it myself.'' * * * * * We heard of one town that has a fire department consisting of one engine and three dogs. The dogs help locate the fire hydrants. DAVE POLLEY, who by this time in his college career has almost given up relating his true experiences because few people are willing to believe that so many things could happen to one guy, had another harrowing time recently. (Relax, Dave, it's not THAT one.) Seems he was on the way back from Syosset, N.Y., his hometown, and got a flat tire off, with the car resting precariously on the top notch of a (only about six inches from a three-foot embankment) Dave took the flat tire of, with the car resting precariously on the top notch of a bumper-jack. It could only happen to Polley, but along came a Greyhound bus. So close to his car did it pass that the wind knocked Mercury and Polley down into the ditch. Three hours later in desperation, he drove the tireless wheel out of the ditch and continued on to WilkesBarre. According to JOE RASKIN, reportedly commenting on the honor system: If you copy from one man it's cheating; if you cQPY from two men it's eclecticism; and if you copy from three people it's research. It's also rationalization, Joe.... AL JETER, commenting on an outburst from the wizard at the keyboard (typewriter, that is) T. R. PRICE, "Watch it, Tom, that little cog is going backwards again." •.. Yes, even the s ports staff thinks. One of our members who s plits his time between sports and general news coverage came up with a remark on the Letters to the Editor barrage of late. Said he, "The top intra-mural sport of the year is probably the debate between VERBOSE BUCHOLTZ and FLABBERGASTED FLANNERY." The strange effects that college students have on professors was graphically illustrated recently when the usually sophisticated DR. FRANK J. J. DAVIES remarked concerning the antics of "CURLY PHILLIPS, "How does he get that wa y?" ... The boys ar estill talking, with hushed howls, about the Lettermen's initiation last Saturday night at the Kingston House. Ah, so much fun ... And then the town is still shaking after St. Patrick's Night celebrations in which Wilkesmen were involved, they tell us. A Psychology student used adverse psychology to the confusion of himself, his class and professor recently, when he burst into laughter in the middle of one of DR. HAMMER'S favorite jokes. "You've heard it before,'' the doctor said dejectedly, continuing apologetically, "it isn't in my notes for tonight, either." . . . DAVE ROATS' latest - a comment on love. "They say that love makes the world go 'round, but then again, so does a good swallow of tobacco juice." Several of the student teachers have been getting the rasberries up at Coughlin. One fellow gets the "b-z-z-z-z" of a vacuum cleaner bearing his last name when he walks by a flock of young fems from his business classes, while another, an English teacher, gets the "Hey, Yogo!" treatment, much to their embarrassment, it might be added. And several of the other student t eachers at the uptown school have suffered the complaints of their homerooms concerning one of their cohorts in crime. "What's he bucking for, anyway, principal?" complain the students. Guess Wilkes just rubs off on some . .. And finally, everybody at Tuesday's assembly was amused and amazed at DR. FARLEY'S unexpected display of baby-sitting ability. �riday, April 1, 1955 LITTLt tt\Al"i UN \;AMPU~ WILKES COLLEGE BEACON - ---- - by Dick Bibler 5 Diamondmen Open Tomorrow At 2 Against Albright College; Starting Lineup Still Unsettled By JIM COLEMAN Baseball takes over the sports field at Wilkes this Saturday at 2:00 when the Blue and Gold swatters open the season against Albright College at Kirby Park. Bad weather hampered the team at the beginning of this week, but the sudden change gave them the much needed opportunity for outside practice. Coach Partridge took advantage of the warm weather and gave the outfield candidates their first workout under his direction. "I've been practicing catchin' flies like you said, coach, but I t hink I caught some bees, too." with AL JETER, Sports Editor A New Season Baseball app ears on th e scene tomorrow and one can't help but wonder how the swatters will fare. A s in past years, everything seems to be against them. The springs experi enced h er e are anything but conducive to the national pastime and we have sometim es wondered how it wa s possible t o put a team out at all. Last year was a poor sea son for t he Blu e and Gold f ence busters. The weather put th em so far behind schedule that it to ok all season to work out of the rut and at that they n ever quite made it, experi encing one of the worst seas ons in a lon g time. The times that the school has turn ed out a creditable ball club have been those tim es w hen it was blessed with an abundance of top fli g ht ball player s who could play with ve r y little practi ce. But how of t en do Joe Troesko' s, John Milliman 's, and t he like come along ? Th ese g uys were r eal excepti on s. Whatcha Gonna Do? N ot that th e player s or the coaches are to blam e. A good coach , which Bob Partridge is, can hardl y be expect ed t o turn out a t op fl ight club if h e has no time to wo r k with what h e has due to fo ul w ea t h er and lack of faciliti es. The gu ys who play may not be world b eaters ever y year, but we have yet to see a ball player on a Wilkes team that couldn't be made into a better than a verag e man if given th e n eeded practice. F r om where we stand, it looks like Partridge is on ce more behind th e eight ball. Ther e has been little chance to g o outside so far, and out sid e is wher e t h e game is played. It's a bad break t oo, ~ecause h e has a r ebuilding job this year a nd most of his player s are of an unknown qual it y. Sticks and Stones To t op it all off- look ~t t h e pl:3-ying fa ciliti es. No self-respecting Little League wo ul d play on 8: fi : ld the shap e t h at Ki r by Park 1s rn . Director of Athletics George Ralst on h as managed ever y yea r , by t he swea t of his brow, to put the diamond int o some kind of sh~pe, but it would tak e a m aker of miracles to put it in first cla ss condition. All this is not a pre-season excuse fo r anything that happen s later , and we wouldn't want it to be taken a s such . Because- even Raiders Take Command Of 'B' Bowling Loop By Zeroing Ramblers The Ral ston Raid ers rod e rough shod over th e Rambling Six last Sunday night to pull into the lead in Intr amural Bowling League 'B'. The Ral stonm en shut out the Sixers by g arn ering fo ur points. Dadurka wa s h ig h roll er for the Raid er s with a 200 game and 485 total. Lind was next in line with a 445. Sherman led the way for th e loser s w ith 379 and Troutman captured 344. Th e "".alloping Wag~ dro?I_>ed from _th ell" ~rst pl8:ce tie pos1~1on by losmg a smgle pomt to the Kmgpins. The Wags took three counters, but it wasn't enough to keep pace wit h th e Ralstor:i ~eglers. Gross was th e shmmg star for the Wags with a 200 gam_e and a total of 533. _Trosko ~1t place money by droppmg 497 pms. Ll ewell yn h eld th e losers' heads up w ith 479 and , S_a bal_esky added 465 to k eep th e Pms m the running. Th e Deadl y Strikers pulled into fou r th place by taking thr ee points from th e last place Rampaging Five. Col eman cam e thr ough for the Striker s with a total of 457 while Dromr osk i downed 445 for second place honors. For the tail end Rampag er s, Reilly was tops with 444 and Steck cont r ibuted to the losing caus~ with 405. Leagu e 'A' will swing back into a ction next w eek at the JC C at 6,:30. George Havir announced y esterda y that ther e would be no bowling on East er. The 'B' loop will roll again on April 17. if Wilkes plays baseball under s upr em e diffi culty, just the fact tha t t h ere are people in school who come out fo r the team and want to pla y justifies th e sport, and w e're pull ing for th e n ew Colon els all t h e way. W e just want to po int out diffi cult ies. And - n obody can offer weather r em edi es, that's true but we haven 't n oti ced Artillery P a rk m enti on ed as a possible playing place for som e home g ames this year. • Ll>NGS1NC on.th.e~ Featuring The Newest In College Men's Fashions The outfield shapes up with the most difficult positions for Partridg e to decide upon. The only assured man in the outfield is Cocaptain Jim Ferris at the centerfield slot. Partri dge says that he will not be sure of the other two pasture spots until Friday, so the candidates will have to battle right down to the last day. Second base will not be decided until Friday and it should be a good fight among the aspirants as their ability is almost equal. Leading candidates are John Hesseler, Larry and Wayne Pugh (not related) and Mike Goobic, with Goobic being given th e slight edge to start on Saturday. The only positions that seem to be sowed up are Ronni e Rescigno at shorts top and F erris in centerfi eld. At th e initial sa ck, it is a battl e betw een Bob Miodu ski and Mickey W einberg, with Mioduski holdin g slight advantage.. At third, Joe Parsnik and Dick Kachinosky are try ing to gain th e starting a ssignm ent. If Kachinosk y do es n't start a t th e hot corner, h e will patrol his old stamping ground in left fi eld . Bob Sokol and Jo e Yeninas a re th e lik ely candidates for th e wor k behind th e plate with Sokol given the nod right now, but with som e likelihood that this decision might be changed before game time. On the mound this y ear will be vet erans Mel McNew, Mo Batterson, Al Broody, and fre shman J im •Birnbaum. McN ew will start opening day. During the other games wh en h e isn 't pitching, he may be called upon t o fill the right fi eld spot. Batter son's foot has healed sufficientl y to be able to lend his pitching s kill to WC efforts. Both th e other pitch ers , Broody and Birnbaum, have shown polished form in practice and may prove good additions to the mound corp s. Little is known about the hitting potential of th e t eam, although some of th e men have looked good in batting practice. Much of t~ e slugging will depend on F ern s, Kachinosk y and McN ew , but help looks to be fo rthcoming fr om Yeninas, Sokol and Rescigno. Partridge has said that th e t eam can depend on their s peed, which they have plenty of, to make up for any hitting th ey may lack. Baseball Schedule for 1955: April 2- Albright, Home April 13- Muhlenburg, Away April 16-Bloomsburg, Home April 21-Lebanon Valley, Away April 23-Susquehanna, Home April 26-Ithaca, Home April 28-Moravian, Away April 30- Cortland, Home May 2-Lycoming, Home May 6-Rider, Home Ma y 7-Stroudsburg, Away May 11-Cortland, Away May 14- Stroudsburg, Home Ma y 18- Bloomsburg , Away Ma y 20-Ithaca , A way. a Men's Reg. 12.95 Value 8.99 Two Games Set for Softball Opening JINX TAILS WRESTLER THROUGH NATIONALS I 1 Bad luck trailed Bobby Morgan again in the Nationals, but not in the form of the r unner-up jinx that has haunted him in the past. In the preliminaries of the tournament, Bob was pitted against Hugh Hulings, 123-pound Eastern Collegiate Champ who had come down to 115 for the matches. Morgan put up a sharp battle, but Hulings proved to be the better wrestler, taking the decision, 6-1. Coach Reese was well pleased with th e way Morgan worked in the National s and in th e other tou r naments. H e stated that these tournaments have gi ven the WC matman n eeded experience, that will prove useful n ext year. Bobby looked good against th e champi ons and it is Reese's opinion that h e will obtain greater heights in his n ext t wo years of competition. By RODGER LEWIS The six team intramural softball lea g ue will get underway April 14 at Kirby Park . Two games are listed for opening day with the Misfits up against W eckesser and the Cham ps chall enging the Barbarians. If teams make their commitments as to the playing of regularly scheduled games, the league will bedivided into two halves. A playoff' game between the winners of the halves will determine the league champion. At the present time, plans are in,_ progress to form a faculty softball squad to compete. If it material~ izes an eight gam e sch edule will be put into effect with each team drawing a bye every round. Last sea son th e loop was a success with plenty of participation and few forfeits to mar the season. Bob Partridge, activities director, has expressed the hope that this year's league will follow through in th e sam e style. It was also noted that any t eam wishing to enter is still welcome and can be fitted in the schedule. 50 million times a day at home, at work or on the way There's nothing " like a ' 1. FOR TASTE .. . bright, bracing, ever-fresh sparkle. 2. FOR REFRESHMENT . quick energy, with as few calories as half an average, juicy grapefrui t. Save 3.96 BOTTLl:D UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY o Flannels - Gabardines o Brown - Navy - Grey - Blue o All Perfect Quality - Sizes 28-42 Men's . Pomeroy's First Floor KEYSTONE COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. " Coke" is a registered trade-mark . © 1955, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY �WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 6 DEBATERS TO OPPOSE PRINCETON TEAM Peter and the Wolf, Wilkes College Version IN ASSEMBLY; HAVE DUMPED TIGERS TWICE Things t ha t gripe (or, they'll do it every time) - After you're late a number of times to any given class, t he excuses start t o wear thin. Take the ca se of a person who jaur.1ted into his 11 o'clock class at 11 :15 one day this week. You can't very well use the "overs lept" excuse for this time of the morning, can you? The excuse this person had was a real dazzler. Getting up in plenty of time for a change, Joe Wilk walked leis urely to his class only to find it in session when he arrived. His clock had read 10 :30 when he got up, too. "G ee," he muttered, "I didn't spend that much time shaving, did I? I know I'm in a fog in the morning, but how foggy can you get?" At the end of the day, a note in the hall of the dormitory exp lained the whole thing, a lthough the prof involved just shook his head in dubious fas hion when the latecomer later explained. The note read - "Power failure this morning." . Moral-Beware of electric clocks. They're dangerous. The Wilkes debaters will present an assembly debate program in May with Princeton a s the guest team for the debate. Princeton's expected team, that of Tom Farer and Martin Louis, is the same which last week lost to Wilkes at the District Seven eliminations at St. Peter's College, Jersey City. Princeton did better last year in the eliminations, placing at the head of the District Seven schools. In the eliminational tournament this year, Princeton's Farer placed first as speaker, while Wilkes' Flannery was third. Neveras placed ninth. Only last month, however, the Princetonians were defeated by the Wilkes team of James Neveras and J. Harold Flannery Jr. at the Johns Friday, April 1, 1955 TOP TEN (Men) Gms. Pins Avg. Morris, W.W. 6 1031 172 Gross, W.W. . 9 1499 167 Rydzewski, G.R. 6 995 166 Dadurka, R.R. . 3 485 162 9 1446 160 Pts Llewell yn, King. Smith, G.R. ... 6 951 159 7 Havir, W.B . . 6 950 158 7 Ennis, C.T. . 6 949 158 4 6 944 157 4 Sabalesky, King . . 9 1395 155 1 Lind, R.R . . . 1 T OP FIVE (Women) INTRAMURAL BOWLING STANDINGS Ho pkins tourna ment which the Wilkes team won. LEAGUE 'A' The t eams will argue on the ques- TEAM tion, "Resolved : That the United College Terrors States Should Recognize Commu- Ghost Riders . nist China", a question patently of Wilkes Best debate not only in collegiate circles, Spare Boys .. and subject of considerable contro- Flying Terrors .. versy, so much so that t he service Weckesser Warriors . * * * * * and a number of other schools either will not debate on t he question LEAGUE 'B' or have been for bidden so to do. Pish, W.W . . Pts. 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Costs less, too ... you and two more traveling together can each save 25% of regular roundt rip coach fares on most trips of 100 miles or more by using GROUP E CON OMY FARES~Or, gather 25 or more heading home at the same time in same direction and you each save 28%, even if you return separately. *E xce pt f or local travel between New York\Vashi-ngton and points eastuf L a ncaster, Pa, Ask your Railroad Ticket Agent about Group Plan Savings NO CIGARETTE SATISFIES LIKE EASTERN RAILROADS CHESTERFIELD © LlCCETT & Mvu.s T OBACCO Co. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1955 April 1st Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 April 1 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/124882154bde2e38f6a552dedf8565cb.pdf c6132969f81111ef498a986131d1488d PDF Text Text Debaters At St. Peter's College This Weekend ~ The Community College. Serving Wyoming Valley And The World Vol. X, No. 21 Mrs. Vujica Objective On Library Slam - WILKES COLLEGE - ~Beacon Soph Carnival Set ~:b~~er;i;:,~ · 1 0 · n·1g · ht at 8!!T.!.~:: For Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA Mrs. Nada Vujica, head librarian at Wilkes, interviewed Tuesday took an objective stand on the whole matter of politically tinted publications. "Since every question has at By NORMA DA VIS Tonight is Carnival Time in the Wilkes Gym starting at 8:00. This unusual event, sponsorleast two sides, I believe that every library should provide ma- ed by the Sophomore class, will have all the glamor and excitement of a present-day carnival terial for both," she declared. complete with Midway. The donation is only 25 cents. Mrs. Vujica added that her reDo you know your faculty? marks were not intended to favor If you do, you may be the lucky or agree with any side in the diswinner of an expensive gift. The p ute. She referred interested students person guessing the greatest Four Wilkes Musicians at Band Festival to the publications cited in the letters of the disputants, and urged that students rather see for themselves the leanings of the magazines. Kirby carries many of the works either cit ed in the arguments of the two letters, or at least containing some articles or editorials leaning to one side or the other. Magazines on Main F loor These magazines can be readily found, for the most part, in the first floor reading room off the main hall of Kirby, and include the "American Mercury" (not in current editions, but available), "Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science," "Atlantic Monthly,'.' "Ch ristian Century," Commonweal," "Congressional Digest," "Current History," "Harper's," and "Life." Other publications which may shed light upon the situati on are "Nation," "New Republic," "Newsweek," "Reader's Digest ," "U. S. News and World Report," "Vital Speeches of the Day," "Yale Rev,i ew," and "Foreign Affairs." In newspapers, one would do well to inquire into the "New York Times" and the "Christian Science Monitor." There are doubtless other works along the same general lines which are also pertinent, but these are those found at the College library, the center of the dispute. The above works are among those listed in Miller's "Magazines for School Libraries," a pub1ication enumerating such works a s the author evidently believes essential for any high school or college library. number of approximatel y 15 facult y sil houette profiles will be the recipient of this gift. And if opening locks is one of your skills, you can make that pay too. There will be about 90 keys and one lock. You will be able to examine both keys and lock, and then make your choice. Your key may be the one which will open the door to a valuable prize. Lapboard, pitching pennies, darts and a variety of games will be featured with prizes for everyone. And after you have made your rounds of the side shows, there will be dancing for all . Refreshments will also be served. Co-chairmen of the affair are Larry Amdur and Gene Roth. Assisting at the various booths will be John Coats, Jesse Choper, Nancy Schooley, Audrey Cragle, Don Reynolds, Bob Chase, Natalie Barone, Richard Morris, Larry Cohen, Bill Farish, Phyllis Walsh , Pat Kennedy, and Justine Battisti. Library Lists Schedule For Easter Vacation The Library will be open every day during the Easter vacation, it was announced yesterday. The hours will be: Tues., April 5: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wed. and Thurs., April 6 and 7: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Good Friday, April 8: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and Monday, Aprill 11: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. After the switchboard closes, the library can be reached by calling: VA 4-4654. JACK DAVIS - South Africa Capable of Solving Own Problems Without Any Aid What South Africa wants is to be left alone, declared Jack Davis in Tuesday's assembly. Davis, a native of the Union of South Africa (this country, one will observe, has evidentl y no monopoly on the initials U.S.A.), em phasized that the Union wants to solve its problems without foreign intervention. That she is able to do this may readily be seen in h er prosperity. This little nation at the tip of the vast African continent produces some 60 percent of the world's gold, all of its diamonds, twice as much proportionate boots and shoes as this U.S .A. The Union of South Africa, is second only to France in export of wine, to Australia in hides and to Russia in chromium and manganese. In production of uranium the little nation is second to none-and iill thi~ in a country of only six THE BEACON cities. Moreover, the De Beers diamond monopoly reta rds the Communist industrial output by refusing to export industrial diamonds to Russia. Culturally, South Africa is a land of contrasts. There one finds t h e highest peak of modern civilization existing side by side with the only remaining paleolithic culture in the world, that of the bushmen who still shoot whites. It is, however, not these or any other native group as such which provides the most problems, but the native who has abandoned his quiet tribal life-tribal life South Africa tries to preserve undisturbed-and who apes the white man without the white many's way of providing a living. There are problems, true, Davis concluded, but they are the country's own, and she will solve them in h er own way. IN STATE BAND-Four Wilkes College music majors are in New Wilmington this week-end for the Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Band Festival at Westminster College. Only 80 musicians fro m throughout the commonwealth were chosen from a list of 237 applicants to take part in the festival, which began Thursday to continue through tomorrow. Shown with their director, Robert E. Moran, assistant professor of music and band director at Wilkes, are left to right, James mark (inset), Janet Jones, Moran, Bob Lynch and Bob Sabatino. The festival is being conducted by Frederick Fennell, Moran's one-time instructor at the Eastman School, Rochester. Beacon to Compete With Area Schools FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1955 Place The Wilkes College debating team hits the road again this weekend to compete in the District Seven regional eliminations held this Friday and Saturday at St. Peter's College, Jersey City, N. J. Varsity debaters James Neveras and J. Harold Flannery will argue some dozen times on the question of United States recognition of Communist China. Try for Nationals Should the local team place as high as fourth in the St. Peter's contest, they will be qualified to participate in the national championship debate tournament at West Point ,in April. The team placed among the top 20 at the nationals last season. The Seventh national debate district comprises the states of Pennsylvania, New J ersey, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. In last year's eliminations, the Wilkes wound up second only to mighty University of Pennsylvania, with George Washington and Howard completing the district's complem ent. The Wilkes debaters then went on to do well in the nationals, defeating the runn er up, University of F lorida, while losing a split decision to the national champions, Kansas. Both Neveras and Flannery are seniors and will conclude their int ercollegiate careers with the tournament at Notre Dame later this season, if they do not go on to the nationals at West Point. N everas will complete a full four year's service on the debate squad, while Flannery terminates his career after two. The debate team is also scheduled to present a debate in assembly later this year, the first such event since they defeated Kings Point before a home crowd a year ago. I l)r. Bridgman lo Address Nursing Students on Problems, Conditions The front page of last week's ment of Baccalaureate and Higher "Beacon" carried a small story By JOHN KUSHNERICK Students of nursing are being in- Degree Programs for the National which stated that the Beacon would compete with the University of formed of the problems and condi- League of Nursing. Dr. Bridgman will also confer Scranton "Aquinas" to determine tions in nursing education on a nawith Miss Ruth Jessee, chairman which is the better paper of the tional scale by Dr. Margaret Bridgof the department of nursing eduarea. man in her visit to the Wilkes cation to assimilate local problems This was misleading and in part campus today. into her studies. incorrect. The "Beacon" has been Dr. Bridgman has been sent to The lecturer is the author of challenged to competition by the w i 1 k es through the National "Collegiate Education for Nursing". Aquinas a s have the papers at Key- League of Nursing in New York She was formerly a teacher of Engstone Junior College, King's, Mi- City. As the basis for her lectures lish at St. Mary's College, Dallas, sericordia and Marywood. Dr. Bridgman u ses the information Texas, and also at Indiana UniverThe Beacon was happy to accept she has compiled from her studies sity. She holds a master of arts t he challenge made by the Scranton of over 80 colleges and universities degree from Yale University and school. The judging will be by and from the information available an honorary Litt. D. from Skidmore members of the Wilkes-Barre and to her as Consultant in the Depart- College. Scranton Newspaper Guilds. '-------,------------------------A letter of acceptance to the j · · Scranton paper is in the mails .. ~he 121 an,? 22. These ~re: "Em~.eror Beacon will be in the competit10n Jones by Eugene O Neill and Anif it materializes further, it was 7 drocles and the Lion" by George officially announced by Editor Jack Bernard ~haw. Curtis this week . Students m Charge Th e "Paris B.ound" production Bill Crowder, Howard Ennis and scheduled by Cue and Curta.in fQr Fred Cohn will be in charge of the this spring has been cancelled, it production details. EDUCATION TALENT SHOW was reported yesterday by club adGroh requests all students who KO'D BY LENTEN SCHEDULE viser Al Groh. It will be given n ext signed up for the club at the begin"Cream of t he Crop", the Edu- year. ning of the school year to report to cation talent show scheduled for In its place, Cue and Curtain will Chase Theater at the earliest posApril 5th has been cancelled. present two well-known pla ys April §i_l:>le moment for committee work, "Par1·s Bound" Replaced By O'Nel•11 andG. B. Shaw �2 Friday, March 25, 19St WILKES COLLEGE BEACON EDITORIALS Why the Sudden Disinterest? It is disturbing to note a sudden lack of disinterest in several activities planned recently. Latest to bite the dust is the Cue and Curtain production of "Paris Bound," a three-act play which was to have begun rehearsals las·t week. Interest seemed nill in the play, as we understand the situation, and the club decided there was nothing else to do but to call the whole thing off. Then ' there was the proposed talent show, "Cream of the Crop" which was to be run by the Education Club. This, too, has been cancelled. It seems nobody registered for the show, which we think would have been not only good entertainment, but also a lot of fun for all. Just what the reason is for this sudden reversal of form here at school, after we seemed to be building spirit, is hard to determine. We can't help of thinking of the ventures that have been successful, however. Which brings up another question-why? The intra-mural bowling league seems to be well on the road to success, not that success is the important thing, but rather that the people participating are getting a lot of fun, ·fellowship and exercise out of it. And then there is the proposed Wilkes golf tourney, which hqs stirred a lot of interest among the male enrollment. It seems as though this will also be a success. Maybe sports are of more importance here than many people would admit. Often the paper has been criticized for devoting too much space to athletics, but the proof is fairly obvious- that people do want to watch and participate in sports. But, we can't have all sports. In order to get a well-rounded extra-curricular schedule (which lends itself to a well-rounded education) we must have other activities. The crowds at the one-act plays given recently by the theater group were anything but good, and there was plenty of work put in on the plays. Then there was the United Nationalities Pageant last Sunday night, which drew a fine crowd to the gym. But, according to $evernl ol;>se:rvers, few of the several thousand who attended were from Wilkes. Po!leibly the folks here are studying more than usual. Although, knowing students, it's hard to believe that they're doing more work one semester than they did the semester before. Of course, there is the possibility that inore work is being poured on this semester. We are experiencing just such a situation ourselves. We're not criticizing. For without knowing the reason for this general apathy, criticism would be stupid. But we have done a lot of thinking, and to be honest, we're stumped. There mu~t be a reason for this new disinterest, though. And we doubt 1f Lent is the reason, since some ventures (a few early in Lent) have been well supported. It's too bad, we think, that after a pretty good year here, that we have to come down the home stretch with pessimism and gloom. Perhaps when spring gets here (not just in name but in weather too) the spirit will leap alive with the land. We can only hope. - WILKES COLLEGE - A PAPER FOR THE HOME . . . SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Most Complete Local and National Coverage FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS GIANT SOCIAL SECTION WEEXLY FEATURES ANDY'S DINER Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym Plenty of Free Parking Prices for the Collegian's Budget •• .. A Reputation Built on Fine Food Beacon A newspaper published each week of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. Edit.o r . . . John D. Curtis Asst. Editor . Ivan Falk Sports Editor . . ..... Allen Jeter Business Mgr . .... .Arthur Hoover Asst. Bus. Mgr. Dick Jones Faculty Adviser .... George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WUkesBarre, on the Wilkes Campus. Telephone: VAlley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. Toll Gate Restaurant PARK, SHOP and EAT at the new FOWLER,' DICK and WALKER The Boston Store "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. It's a Pleasure to Serve You • A Full Course Meal Or a Sandwich • Good Food • Reasonable Prices Plenty of Free Parking Space Catering to Small Groups F. DALE, Prop. Harold Rein, Ex-Student Has First Novel Published An alumnus of Wilkes last week saw his first book hit the bookstores of the nation. He is Harold Rein, former resident of the Heights section of Wilkes-Barre, who attended college here in his freshman and sophomore years. Rein's nov el, "Few W ere Left", was released last Friday by th e John Day Company, publishers, and has appeared on local bookshelves for the past week . A grad uate of GAR High School, class of 1944, Rei n saw service in World War II before joining the throng of ex-Gis who enrolled here following the cessation of hostilities. After studying for two years at Wilkes, h e transferred to the New School of Social Research in New York City, where h e received his degree. H e has long been an ardent st11dent of writing and has done cons id~rabl e work for radio and TV, as well as a number of sh ort stories and magaz ine articles. While he was handling a number of different writing a ssignments, Rein began work on his recently publi s hed novel. Th e story tells, with t errifying plausibility, w hat happens io a group of survivors trapped in a New York subway by a catastrophe, the ca use and extent of which th ey cannot even grasp at first. In order to gather authentic mat erial for the book, Rein spent a good deal of time in New York's subways. Rein, 28, is married to the former Edith Rudolph, daughter of former Wilkes-Barre Baseball Club business manager and Mrs. Harry Rudolph. LETIERS TO THE EDITOR: (Th e Letter to the Editor column of the Beacon is open to the entire Wilkes College campus. Views expressed here are those of the writers and are not necessarily representative of the views of the Beacon.) b ear Editor: There appeared in last week's "Beacon" a letter by John Bucholtz expressing his cont ention that the Wilkes Library subscribes almost exclusively to leftwing periodicals. The result of this imbalance, Mr. Bucholtz feels, is that it is impossible to consider both points of view on any given sub ject since only the liberal view is available. Although h e concedes that the situation may be inadvert ent, the result is contrary to academic traditions and the ideals whi ch cons ervatives and liberals espouse. None can disagree with Mr. Bucholtz's goal of decisions based on complete and objective examination of conflicting points of view. Nor is it untrue that, for Mr. Bucholtz, the Wilkes Library bulges with verbiage from the left. .. But, is his conclusion logically valid and universally true? Let's see. I should liike to co nsider Mr. Bucholtz's contentions in two parts . Firstly, the logic or method of reasoning by whi ch he reached his conclu sion, and seco ndly, hi s conclusion itself. It is obvious that, if Mr. Buholtz's methodology is faulty, the possibility of an accurate conclusion is almost nil. To prove that our Library abounds in leftwing literature Mr. Bucholtz cited several publications which h e arbitrarily designated as "unswervingly liberal". He made no attempt to tell us what elements compose "rightism" or "leftism". H e made no atte mpt to tell u s what criteria a periodical must meet to be called liberal or conservative. The only standards applied by Mr. Bucholtz were those of his own mind. Can anything be more subjective? What has beco me of the objectivity for which he 1>leads ? A member of the Communist Party might ter m t hese same publications pseudo-liberal or even reactionar y. And for him it would be as true as the opposite is for Mr. Bucholtz. The failure of Mr. Bucholtz to supply criteria or a meas uring rod by which all men might judge of the leftness or ri g htness of a specific publication by comparing its con- Rev. Whitmer Speaks on PTA The organization, need, and benefits of Parent T ea chers Associations was the subject of a speech given by the Rev . Ralph Whitmer at a recent Education Club m eeting. The Rev. Whitmer, who is a fulltim e student at Wilkes, is president of the n ewly organized Freeland P.T.A. He pointed out the obstacl es which must be overcome and described hi s experience in P .T ,A. work. tents with the accepted standard reduces his argument to one man's opinion. Although Mr. Bucholtz's reasoning does not sustain what he alleges, the original question remains unansw er ed. Does our Library co ntain a reasonable balance of both points of view? Since th e form ulation of a measuring rod is beyond th e scope of this letter, my citation of the available spokesmen of the right such as: "The U. S. News and World Report", Pegler, Winchell, etc. is guilty of the error for which I chide Mr. Bucholtz, i.e. total subjectivity. For a different approach let us momentarily accept what seem to be the standards of Mr. Bucholtz, namely, that all periodicals from "Harper's" leftward, represent the liberal point of view. Let us ass ume that the Library subscribes to all periodicals. What is the res ult? Since periodicals to the left of " Harper's" outnumber those to the right of "Harper's", a severe imbalance would be inevitable. I conclude that even if what Mr. Bucholtz alleges were true, h e has not proved it, and furthermore, if any imbalance does exist, the application of Mr. Bucholtz's formu la would onl y worsen it. Sincerely, Nick Flannery Dear Editor : Thi s Jetter is to clarify any misunderstanding that may have been brought forth by John Kushnerick's article on the musical program of the Wilkes Collegians in which he stat ed that I was solel y responsible for the writing of the lyrics for thesong "Down In Pennsylvania." Since the song's composition in 1952 there have been many questions as to the identities of the original lyricist s. I feel that it is necessary a t this time to m ention that the lyrics were written through the combined effo rts of Helen Scherf, J erry Yakstis and mys elf-and, perhaps, the hints a nd sugg estions of other dormitory stud ents. The above mentioned individual s have si nce graduated but I feel th ey n eve rthel ess deserve their portion of credit where due. Mo Batterson Editor's note-We agree with "Mo". Such a mistake was, of course, purely an oversight on our part. No harm intended, to be s ure. Harold Rein WISDOM OF WILKES HONOR SYSTEM, OPINIONS ... To gain campus opinion opinion on the much discussed honor system, the "Beacon" this week polled several students with the proposition, "Do you think an honor system would work at Wilkes?" WALTER S. FISHER, Biology major-"Yes, I definitely think the honor system would work. I have grea t faith in th e honesty of m y fellow students at Wilkes." SHELDON ISACC, Chemistry major-"! do not think Wilkes should have an honor system. Too many of the students appear to be insufficiently mature to make such a system work. They would probably co nsider it 'squealing' to prosec ut e a ch eater, and would glory in getti ng away with ch eating." CA ROLYN A. SELECKY, Elementary Education-"If the purpose of an honor system is to instill a sense of honor ... it will fall far short of thi s. Can a person be made more honorable when his fellow students check on him than when an objective t each er checks on him? Due to th e element of personal friends hi p involved, I believe the honor system would lead to greater conflict than exists under our present system." ROBERT EV ANS, Language major-"As a practice applying to the entire student body at Wilkes, the honor system seems impracticable. From past experience I have learned that what applies to so me do es not necessarily apply to all. Th e use of the honor system s hould be left to the discretion of the individual t eac her involved. I have attended classes w here it has worked . . . and where it has not. Therefore I think the t ea cher should have th e right t o use or not to use the honor system. " BARBARA HOLLINGER, Liberal Arts-"The honor system seems to be co ming more and mor e popular. Som e stud ents have said to me that when they are left a lone with a test th'ey would feel more Beacon Financial Statement di shonest to cheat tha n· if they Following is a statement of excheated while there were proctors penditures to F ebruary 28, 1955 in around. I'm definitely all for it!" relation to the budget of th e Bea co n HELEN YOUNG, Secretarial for the school year 1954-55: major-" ... a step in the right diBudget . $ 1,500 .00 rection but will require the full coIncome . . 713.30 operation of both students and faTotal available . 2,213.30 Expenditures culty. After graduation we will to Feb. 28, 1955 . 1,768.68 face greater tests than we see here at Wilkes. There will be no procBalance ,,,,,.,........ $ 444.62 tors then, so why not start to pracMr. Kersteen ti ce honor here and now.'' �_.iday, March 25, 1955 3 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON RAIN, COLD HAMPER DIAMOND DRILLS Terrors, Riders Hola L eaa Set Blistering Pace For ' 8" League Intramural Bowlers 6 By RODGER LEWIS RUNNER-UP JINX FOLLOWS BOB MORGAN IN NATIONAL Y.M.C.A. CHAMPIONSHIP MEET right for himself but fell just short of gaining top hono rs. A possible piece of irony to th e affair was the fact that Morgan did not wrestle in the final s due to th e differences in scheduling of Olympic type bouts from collegiate grappling. If the man who lost to champion Tom Billet had won, he would ha ve been champion despite the fact that Morg an had beate11 him earlie r in the meet. Morgan started off in fin e fa- COLLEGE COURTMEN DOMINATE LOCAL TOURNEY After taking the Parsons Memorial Tournament, the Wilkesdom inated Leader Store team took their opening game in the Central YMCA Rogers Tournament. Members of the squad currently playing with the Plymouth team are: Jim Ferris, John Bresnahan, Harry Ennis, and Joe Jablonski. Two games remain in their championship quest. 50 million times a day at home, at work or while at play nents in Friday's session and taking two more in the-Saturday afternoon matches. Morgan has taken runner-up hono rs in all t he out of sc hool tournam ents he has pa rtic ipated in this year. Coach John Re ese, who has guided the pint-sized grappler all the way is hoping that he will be able to break the second place jinx this week in the College Nationals. Morgan is the only grappler from Wilkes 'to enter any of the post season tourneys this yea r. Dave Thomas was originally scheduled to be a running-mate with him, but a last minute injury force d h im out of the competition. Golf Tourney Plans In Formation Stage; Ap,plications Available Applications are now ready for anyone wishing to enter th e Wilkes College Open Golf T ournam ent, it was announced by Rees e Jones, one of th e organi zers of the affair. The blanks ca n be obtained frn m Bob Fay, N eil Dadurka, or J on es at any tim e. A meeting will be h eld next Thursday in Chase Lounge at 12 :30 for all interested duffers. Everyone planning to enter is urged t o attend so that detai ls can be ironed out. ·1(' . It is also requested that application forms be filled out by m eeting tim e if at a ll possible. Th er e wi ll be a n ecessa ry donation of $1.00 required of each entrant. 50 cents will be returned upon playing. At the present · time it is planned to send off several fli g hts according to experience and previo us score. A champion will be named for each flight and an award w ill be prese nted to eac h win ner. The nature of th e award was not disclosed at the present tim e. The final round will be com posed of the champions of each flight. It will b e run off on a handicap basis according to the scores pos t ed in the first round of play. The final is being t entatively planned for Ire m Temple Co untry Club if the co urse is available. There's nothing like a TUXEDOS TO RENT Special Price To Students 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. BAUM'S • Ll)NGS1N( onW\e~ Featuring The Newest In College Men's Fashions 1. FOR TASTE .• • bright, bracing ever-fresh sparkle. LOFT'S Candy Shop 2. FOR REFRESH_M ENT ••• a welcome bit of quick energy that - brings you back refreshed. 2 South Main Street BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY Wilkes-Barre KEYSTONE COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. "Coke" is a regiStered trade-mark. By JIM COLEMAN Bad wea1her has greatly harassed the WC diamond hope- , fuls as they just managed to get outside this week with only a short time remaining to the first game. Coach Partridge will get his first real look at the team this Hard luck Bob Morgan became a shion, pinning his first two oppo- Saturday when an inter-squad game has been scheduled. The College Terrors and the Ghost Riders continue to pace runner-up again in the National the __ "A" _intramural _bowling YMCA Championship_ last Saturleague after their second round day. The little Wilkes grappler did a ll of the pin loop. Big Harry Ennis set an individual single game scoring high of 192 . to lead the College Terrors in their victory over Wilkes Bes t. The Terrors were able to pick up three points in the standings by w hipping the Hesters who were trailing the l eaders last week hy the :sc:ant margin of one point. Co-l eaders, the Ghost Riders, were busy beating the Flying Terrors at the same time.. The Riders ha ve the two top rnllers for the individual three game high in Jo e R ydzewsk i with ;a itotai ,o f 522 followed by P•ete :Smit'h witb a 497 total. In the oilier game pfayed, the Spare Boys pick,ed 1Ulp thre e points in the standings by downing the W eckesser Wardors. The College T e:rmt·s hold the t eam high for a :s ing1e g:ame w ith a 647 score. TI1ey also hold t he t eam high for a three game series w ith a total of 1822. Leagu e "B" will swing back into action this :Sunday with the first encounter scheduled for 6 :30 at the Jewish Community Center. Swatters Lack Outside Practice As Opening Day Tilt Draws Near; Scramble for Infield Positions Seen © 1955, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY LOFT'S The Candies of Finer Quality with AL JETER, Sports Editor The gam e wi ll give candidates their first opportunity to win a berth on thi s year's squad. This week was spent, for the most part, in the gym with Partridge devising a make-shift infield to give . the m en a little fielding work. This method proved effective und er th e cond itions, but the need for actual practice is undisp utable. Partridge is anxious for a few days of outside work so h e can actually see what his new swatters w ill show under natural conditions. The pitchers have been able to·· work out for th e last two weeks wit hout much undu e harm to co nditioning, although they too w ill be effec t ed by the lack of outside work. The hurling staff s uffered a loss during the past week whe n Mo Batt erson turn ed up with a bad foot that may k eep him from pla ying. A long with the bad n ews came some good, as Al Broody who had a .500 percen tage last year arrived for practice. Broody was a little wild last year, but if h e can overcom e it, he wi ll be a much n eeded addition. In the other positions, a fine batt le is shaping up for infield spots. Partridge said, " The infield battle mig ht , prove to be a fight right down to the day before the game. Ronni e Rescigno, freshman sensation on th e gridiron, showed good form in the inside practices at sh ort and if he continues on the diamond in the same fashion, he will be a big help. More competition show ed up in th e catchi n g lin e th is week and w ill give the r eturning men a fight for the backstop slot. If the hitting shows up as well as the fi elding se.e ms to be, Wilkes will turn up with a fair team and should do better than last year. Fresh Meat On Saturday night 20 m ore men wi ll be officially added to the roster of the Letterman's Club. They're co mposed of athletes who have gained letters for the first time and includes last sea so n's baseball players, this year's footba ll, basketball, wresling, and soccer m en . It's a good organization too, this L etterman 's Club. You hav e to look far and wide to find a club on ca mpus that is active in m ore things or that holds more worthwhile a f . fairs . If a good stunt is thought up you can bet that many tim es t he lettermen are at the bottom of it. For instance-do yo u remember the shoe shine brigade last year? At any rate her e are the guys who ha ve sweat ed blood and m ade th e grade . this season : Willia m Franyock, John Richards,. J a c k Tippett, J o h n Bresnahan, Jack Curtis, William Lloyd, Dave Polley, Joe Popple, Andy Breznay, Jim Catt ell , Jerry Levandoski , Tony Greener, S t a n · Abrams , Eddy Troutman , AL JETER D a v e Thomas, Jarrell Cashmere, Bob Masonis, Ron Rescigno, Bob Morgan and Rodger Lewis. The Sports Staff of the "Beacon" gives a hearty "hats off" to all of them and co ngratulations on jobs well don e, because after all, this has been one of the better yea rs for sports h ere and these are th e By RODGER LEWIS guys that mad e it possible. Intramural activities head Bob Hither and Thither Partridge set the date for the beAnd whi le we're on the Letter- g inn ing of th e intramural softball man's Club there are some notes league at Apri l 14. The opening of interest from some lettermen date was set in view of the present who have hit the graduation trail. rainy weather and due to th e Eas,ter Bob Gillis , former Colonel grid- recess. der, w ho is now stationed with Plans are being made with Kirby Uncle Sam's Army in Arizona, Park heads to sec ure two diamonds dropped us a line to say that he had for the use of the intramural teams. a chance to take in a couple of ex- 'Dwo games will be played at a hi bition gam es between the Giants tim e, starting promptly at 4 o'clock and Indians. Playing second sack at the park. Days set aside for for · th e Indians was Stan Pawlow- play are Monday, Tuesday, and ski, former Newport Township Thursday. standout. H e was doing an all Mr. Partridge also emp hasized right job of it too, Bob says. that teams must meet their comJim Atherton, former cager, was mitm ents. If a team is scheduled reported to be on his way over- for one week does not play in that seas heading for Germany. Jimmy designated week the cont est will will be remembered for hi s deadly a utomatically be forfeited . accura,;y with set shots and it's a A total of six teams are entered good bet he'll do some fancy cage up to date in the new ly formed work while servi no- time in the land I league. They are as follows: Maxof beer and pretz:is. well's Demo ns, the Barbarians, the No rm Chanosky, a right smooth Misfits , th e Hawks, the Champions , quarterback who traded shoulder and W eckess er Hall. pads for a hitch in th e Air Force, is presently stationed at Keesl er Field, Mississippi . Norm is itching to get bac k in the saddle and plans to g ive Air Fo rce football a whi rl next season. A former Colonel, who saw his AND s ervice before going to college , is Jake Kovalchek. The erstwhil e gridder and soccer player has just Books - Supplies - Novelties completed 16 months of executive training with the 'Sears, Roebuck Subscriptions Company at McKeesport and is now Hours: 9-12 .;.._ 1-5 looking to be mov ed closer to t h e .. . -WELCOME Wilkes -Barre ar ea in the near fu . ture. Intramural Softball Set for After Recess Wilkes College BOOKSTORE VARIETY SHOP �Friday, March 25, 19: WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 4 HONOR SYSTEM DISCUSSIONS CONTINUED; MORE ADVISED Dean George Ralston told faculty members and students at yesterday's honor system meeting, that in spite of all the apparent obstacles which new systems meet, Wilkes must strive to attain its ideals. "If we do not look and strive for the ultimate good," Ralston stated, "we are labeling ourselves for mediocrity." The meeting, conducted informally, was attended by about 20 students and six fa culty members. Frank expressions of opinion resulte d from the informality. At one point, Dr. Raddin asked Ins tructor Robert Reilly whether he believed the basic testing system was the cause of cheating. Reilly replied that he did not think the t ype of qu estions instructors ask is at all involved. The area of r es ponsibility for dealing with dishonest students under the honor system was widely discussed. The opinion of Dr. Hugo Mailey, that h e would favor the complet e separation of responsibility from the faculty was countered by several. Bob Coon answered that the system must enjoy the cooperation of both faculty and students, not one body alone. Coon told Dr. Mailey that the type system the student s would accept was the very system Dr. Mailey now u ses in some of his classes. Bruce Warshall expressed a fear that an honor system would bring too great a tension on students during t est s. H e said innocent actions of relaxation could be misinterpret- ed by some students to bring the charge of cheating. He opposed the hono r system, but later amended his stand to let each class decide whether the system should be used. The fa culty will meet weekly wi th students t o h ear new ideas . Th e time and place of t h ese meetings will be announced early n ext week. Student opinion will probably decide whether an honor system will be adopted. The faculty has stated it is ready to accept a workable plan . Each student is urged to att end the weekly meetings since each has something at stake. ~~;Er~:::,~:·~:::!;~;:;,?~~fil-;~:-~::~: Th e MA y FAIR 1; : ; ; : : ; : - ; : - - : and Ann Murrays, they provide ballroom lessons. Sailboat enthusiasts participate in a yacht club. DUPONT HIGHWAY Club members u sually spend their weekends at the Oonodaga Yacht ~~~~~~~~~~*~~*~ Club where its fleet of dingh ies is SPECIAL TUX moored. 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Costs less, too ... you and two more traveling together can each save 25% of regular roundtrip coach fares on most trips of 100 miles or more by using GROUP ECONOMY FARES!' Or, gather 25 or more heading home at the same time in same direction and you each save 28 %, even if you return separately. GROUP PRICES Dig those l&M'sl-America's best filter cigarette. What a filter-that pure white Miracle Tip really filters. And you get all the taste! Campus after campus agrees-"L&M stands out from all the rest!" � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1955 March 25th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 March 25 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/39021126e29c12dfa72ad37cc049dd33.pdf ca9dbb1fe4d5ff545ddebe20f02aca8e PDF Text Text TDR To Give Fashion Show ~ - WILKES COLLEGE - ~Beacon Vol. X, No. 20 WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA. FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1955 Al Groh, Partridge Direct UN Pageant Sunday Evening By T. R. PRICE Beacon Photo by Cliff Brothers • FASHION HEADLINERS - Shown above, left to right, are three of the T.D.R. models: Connie Kamarunas, Shirley Wasenda, and Natalie Rudusky. Others in the show are: ·Jackie Oliver, Justine Battista, Barbara Tanski, Gloria D'ran, Nancy Beam, Joan Shoemaker, Pat Fitzgerald, Ruth Wilbur, Pat Fox, Helen Koelsch, Lois Long, Virginia Brehm, Nancy Schooley, Jackie Jones, Jane Obitz, Lena Misson, and Miriam Thompson. * "Fashion Fantasy", * a showing * of the latest * in women's* spring a-nd summer fashions, will be presented by the women of Theta Delta Rho on Wednesday, Mar_c h 23 at the Wilkes Gymnasium. The show is sched~led to ,begin _at 8 p.m. . . An annual affair for T.D.R., this years fashion show is bemg Studenl Council Grants Conference .Money lo Clubs held in cooperation with Zimmerman's on Public Square. Wilkes coeds will model the ver y latest Zimmerman fa shions-from casuals to bridal wear. All proceeds from the show will go toward a scholarship fund established by T.D.R., it was announced by Helen Krachenfels and Barbara Boock, general chairmen. Helen Kra chenfels, who also wrote the introduction for "Fashion Fantasy", will be interviewed by Sally Wolfe on the WILK-TV program "Just Between Friends" Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Assisting the general chairmen are the following committee heads: Jeannette Perrins, tic)cets; Joan Z aw o is k i, entertainment; Jessie Roderick, wardrobe; Margo Matko, programs; Betsy B'r etz and Elaine Jakes, r efr eshments; Phyllis Walsh, usherettes; Phyllis Shrader, cleanup ; P earl Onacko, publicity. Whatever your r eason-to see the latest fashions, to help a worth y cause, to partake of free r efr eshm ents-the women of Theta Delta Rho hope you attend their "Fashion Fantasy." Tickets are only 50 cents and they can .be purchase(,l from any ,sorority member or at Zimm~rman's. By HEl,,EN M. KRACHENFELS Several club representatives attended the Student Council meeting on Monday night to submit requests for financial aid from the newly established Intercollegiate ·Conference Fund. Three of the requests were granted, and a fourth was partially· fulfilled. Both the Biology and Chemistry Clubs asked for and received, $50.Q0 to help send del.e gates to the forth. coming Eastern Science Conference at Seton Hall University. The Education Club requested and was granted $25.00 for an int ercollegiate · conference on education at Juniata Coll ege. The Wilkes International Relations Club requested a sum of $163.00 for two conferences which its members are planning to att end. The IF:'C policy which the Council recently established, does not allow for allocations of more than $75.oo· per .club per year. The Councilmembers therefore felt it unwise to make an exception to the policy at such an early date. A motion was made and carried that IRC be granted $27 .00 and $48.00, Among other developments cited or a total of $75.00 for their two by Robert Shaw, TV writer of conferences. " Rob ert Montgomery Presents", at Tuesday's assembly, was the KI HW AN LEE TO APPEJ\,R rapidity with which televised news ON SALLY WOLFE TV SHOW will be brought to the public withKi Hwan Lee, Wilkes College in the next few months. s tudent from Korea,. will appear Shaw, speaking in a somewhat on WILK-TV next Tuesday at 2. jocular vein, went on to discuss Ki H wan will be the guest on t elevision in general, mentioning Sally Wolfe's television show. the huge amount of the populace Miss Wolfe told .P.R.O. staff to whom Mary Martin's Peter Pan members that she is very much was available-some two out of interested in Wilkes College, its every three Am ericans. The pres tudents, and college events. sentation of "Peter Pan" was onl y She also said that a discussion the beginning of the quality prowith Ki Hwan should be _inter- grams which will presently be .esting to the people of WyQming ready for the public. Valley. Television has considerable ad- . In the seal of the United States the Valley and the College have an advertisement. In the the seal of the United States is the motto, lmown to all, "E Pluribus Unum - Out of Many, One". The motto, of course, refers to the federal union. It also refers to the unity of the American people, a people of every race or creed in the world. The motto refers to this union of nationalities and cultures; the motto refers to a union exemplified in Wyoming Valley and in Wilkes College. Here. all races, all beliefs are blended to produce not little bunches of Poles, not clannish groups of Welsh, not closed circles of Rus, Manuscript Lisls Several Arlicles To be Published By BILL DeMA YO Sandy Furey, editor af the Manuscript, releas.ed information this week regarding a few of the works which will appear in the college literary magazine soon to be published. The works cited show a variety of inter est s and style, and should prove pleasurable and infor mative reading to a large audience. Margaret Luty, who is remembered fo r her short story which dealt dramaticall y with the supernatural in last year's Manuscript, this time delves lightly into the r ealms of fantasy with a highly humorous ghost story, I See Red. Mexico, an account of some meaningful experiences in that country, is by Ann Haskell, writer who submitted last year a description of the fine points of mountain climbing. In her article on Mexico she uses her vast experience among the Mexican people in penetratingyortrayals that greatly increase the understanding of them. Contrasting forms in architecture are the subjects of Finiteness and infinity in Architecture by l{atia Karas. By sensitively describing her own reactions to two forms of architectural expression, she makes them a p.e rsonal experience for the reader as well. Final decision on the balance of matedal to appear in this year's Manuscript has not been made, and all those who are interested in submitting material are to hurry. sians, but rather one broad class of a homogeneous people-Pennsylvanians, Americans. In view of this union in miniature which is the Valley and the College, the Valley and the College present each year a United Nationa. lities Pageant, in which the contributions of each national group to our culture is dramatized. This year the pageant will take place this coming Sunday, March 20th. As it has in the past, the United Nati!malities Pageant will be given by the people in the g ymnasium of the College, a meeting and a binding of the r etorts which distill Am ericans, Here some dozen of the Valley's national groups will present tableaux, songs, dances, and hymns of their homela nds. Many of the groups will display the dress of their fath ers, or will exhibit the a r t s and crafts which t ypif y the lands of their origin. Among the participating groups will be those of Welsh extraction, those of Lithuanian descent, of Italian, of Slovak, Russian, Greek, or Irish, or of Polish, Syrian, Negro, Ukranian, or Jewish. The program, which begins at 7, will be under the direction of Robert W. Partridge, Wilkes director of student activities, and its script is written by Wilkes' Alfred Groh, director of dramatics _at the College. Narrator for the pageant will be Miss Annette Evans, while Mrs. Robert Partridge is in charge of design and co-ordination of the programs. Wilkes students will be assisting in the annual affair. Some of these will be: James Benson, Samuel Shugar, and James Ferris, properties; Joseph Saracini, Paul Shiffer, and Howard Ennis, technicians; William Crowder, original music; Naomi Kivler and the TDR sorority. SHAW DESCRIBES ADVANTAGES OF TELEVISION ' vantages. It can sell soap and transform hams into artists, but it can also bring symphonies and inaugurations to all. Commenting on the development of a TV program, Shaw explained that after the sponsor's wife had :been convinced of its worth and had cajoled her husband into footing its bill, that the writer st eps in. Only recentl y, he added, have the product of college radio and t elevision wr iting courses begun to en- - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - . ter the field, a young man's business in many respects. Wilkes Biologists Prepare Project Under Dr. Cohen By JEROME STEIN The Wilkes College ·b iologists are, at the present time, making preparations for a research project under the supervision of Dr. Sheldon Cohen. Dr. Cohen is associated with hospitals in the Wyoming Valley area and is primarily concerned with the study of allergies. Last Friday morning, he met with the biologists to give them a preliminary talk concerning the project. Practical work should beg in within a very short time. Dr. Cohen is attempting to find out if guinea pigs are allergic to cobalt, and if they are, their reaction to it, The experiment will be conducted in the biology building. Treating Anemia In treating anemia, substances such as proteins, iron, and cobalt are used. It has been found that a small minority of people have developed cobalt allergies from this treatment. Dr. Cohen, in the project, is attempting to reproduce the cobalt allergy in guinea pigs and thereby carry the study further. Although no such experiment dealing with cobalt has ever been carried out, Dr. Cohen pointed out that world-shaking disc o v er i e s would not result from this project. May Expand The results of this experiment, however, if successful, could possibly lead to further experimet).ts dealing with the human organism. This research project will give the participating biologists valuable experience in laboratory technique and may stimulate interest in this t ype of biological work. After the program is paid for BEACON TO COMPETE and written, it must then find a AGAINST U. OF SCRANTON good announcer, one who will not The Beacon has consented to too frequentl y read, say, "Bupert's Reer" for a nationally known bever- accept the request of the Univerage. Not too much use is made sity of Scranton Aquinas to enter today of the sound-effects man, al- a contest to determine which of though radio finds him handy for of the two is the better college paper. poking cabbages with table · knives Each paper will submit five isto simulate a gory stabbing. sues to be judged by members of Finally, the t elevision program the Wilkes-Barre and Scranton Farrar Returns from NY Trip embraces multifar ious rehea rsals, N ewswriter's Guild, and efforts Welton Farrar, Wiilkes director so ma ny that on the same day that will be made to make the contest of development, retu r ns toda y from the prog ram is at last produced, an annual affair. an organi zational tri p to Bingham- 1 rehearsal fo r the following week Results of the contest will be ton, N.Y. begins, made public on or about May 9. �2 Friday, March ·l8, 1955 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON • WC Collegians Sing, Grow zn Past Four Years Crowder's Crew Crooning on Campus Since '51; Have Given Performances Letter to the Editor. • • Before Local Clubs! Civic Groups LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler (The Letter to the Editor column of the Beacon is op en to the entire Wilkes College campus. Views expressed here are those of the writers and are not necessarily representa tive of the views ol' the Beacon.) By JOHN KUSHN ERICK · Because they sing, they me spirited: because they sing, they are happy: and because they are happy their spirit is infectious. The· fame of Wilkes and the spirit of college life is thus spread through song by the Wilkes Collegians. The Collegians, a chorus of 20 male voices, found its origin Dear Editor: on can;rpus in 1951 as spontaneously ' as the · spirit of song . springs from every hamlet w here college students a ssemble. In just a f ew yea rs t he Collegians have become almost a self-suffi cient organi zat ion. They have come in dema nd at local civic gatherings, club banquets, and have been h eard on local radio stations and · at college affairs . In a ccepting invitat ions t o sing at high school a ssemblies, the Collegians are meet ing prospective coll ege students and im pressing t hem with the warmt h and spirit at Wilkes. This year, under t he direction of Bill Crowder, t he Collegians have appeared before a group of Pharmacist s' Wives,. at t he Hot el Ster ling ; t he Eastern Star ; t he student nurses at Wilkes; and _on WA RMTV in Scranton . They pr ovided one of the school's most entertain- .ing assembly programs a few ~eeks ago. The repertoir e of t he versatile g roup includes folk songs, negro spirit uals, semi-classics, creoles and t he traditional college songs . One stirring select ion is " Down in P ennsylva nia," a coll eg e song dedicat ed to Wilkes, w it h lyrics by Moe Batt erson, a Wilkes student. Soloist s Paul Shiffer and Bob Ma r gan add color to t he chorus whose other m em bers include: Bob Sabitino, president ; E d Yarasheski, vice president ; Bob Lynch, assistant conductor ; J im Miller, t reasurer; Ted J ones, J er r y Gard ner, J oe J a blonski, Ronni e Reed, Ben Omillan, Ray Rosenbaum, Sam Lowe, Nor m P hilli ps, Georg e Richa r ds, J erry Luft , Bob Hontz, Bob Dia mond and Shupp. EDITORIALS What Does All This Mean? Recent appointments here at school have kept students, faculty and all Wyoming Valley buzzing. We've been lucky, for we got our "big story" on each one. There will be others this year, too. And we will make sure that you read them first in the Beacon. And it might be well to add here that we think the college has made excellent choices. Russ Picton's acceptance of the head football coaching job was the first of a number of surprises. Wilkes was lucky that it had a fellow of the caliber of Russ. Not only is he the type of man the college needs as grid mentor and alumni secretary, but he is, as well, one of the best liked persons on campus. If his popularity is any indication, then Russ will be successful. And don't forget, too, he really knows football-just ask any who have worked under him, and played with him. Then, there was an even bigger surprise when George F. Elliot was appointed acting dean of men. George has been one• of the most respected members of the Wilkes faculty since he came here. Another popular personality on campus, he should be a "natural" as dean. His friendliness and willingness to be helpful beyond the call of his teaching responsibilities, have shown his genuine interest in the students as individual personalities. And we need this feeling at Wilkes. George will fill the bill well. John Reese comes to us with a background as a top-notch worker with boys. He has shown he can get along well with, the teams he has coached and can produce good teams of clean sportsmen. This, too, is in the Wilkes tradition. He has majored in the field he now heads at Wilkes. As a physical education director, he should be excellent. It is fortunate that Wilkes is getting such excellent replacements for those who are leaving. We can look for the return of George Ralston, who will be gone only a year. But, Bob Partridge is leaving for good, and it was known by the administration that his shoes would be hard to fill. Partridge in his time here has become a symbol of Wilkes just as Dr. Farley and a few others. That's why we think the choice of young, spirited, and certainly enthusiastic person such as Reese has been a good move. We wish him every success. The emphasis is on youth. Both Picton and Reese are still in their twenties and perhaps the new ideas they will bring with them will give us that little extra something that is so hard to define, but which is so important. Certainly, young blood is healthy. A sit ua tion w hich is tanta mount t o being a t acit for m of censorship has exist ed for some time at the Wilkes Library. I realize full well that t ha t is a pretty serious allegation t o brin g forward, especially since t he whole concept of censorship has been a nathemat ized · time and again by spokesmen .for aca~ demic communities t h ro ugho ut t he land. However , let t he facts speak for th emselves. Th e cru x of t he matter is t his: '::::: The r eader of t he per iodicals available at the library is subj ect ed t o a barrage of verbiage emanat ing from practically only one direction, the left.· In other words, he get s t he news and t he interpr et ation of the news, for t he m ost part, only after the news and interpret at ion have been given a liberal slant. To substantiate th e preceding st a t ement, let me point out that there are available a t Kirby seven unswervingly 1 i b er a 1 publications " I've got one student tha t I dread t o see put up his hand." (" Nat ion," "New Republic," " Chr ist ian C e n t u r y," " Commonweal," " Reporter," " Foreign Policy," "AsLibrary Lists Schedule sociation Bulletin," and " Expose" ) Lib ra r y Hours : Monday through a nd a n eighth (" Har per 's" ) which Thursday, 8: 00 a .m . to 9:30 p.m.; is liberal more often than not. Friday, 8: 00 a.m. · t o 5:00 p.m.; In contrast, the conservat ive Satur day, 1:00 p.m. to 4 :00 p.m. viewpoint is represented by only · I t wo periodicals ("Human Events" and Facts Forum") . But even that - WILKES COLLEGE is not the whole st or y ; fo r , although t he liberal publica t ions can be F ift een faculty members met yescounted u pon t o appear with un- t e r da y with a small group of stufaili ng regularit y t,hose represent- dents in Chase Lo un ge t o discuss A newspaper published each week ing the conser vative views appea r the inaug ura tion of an honor sys- of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes Colirregular ly, if at all. F or example, t ern at Wilkes. Subt he issue of "Human E vents" at the Basic issues in volved in honor lege, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. library as of t his writing (Ma rch syst ems were discussed a nd many scription: $1.80 per semester. 15) is dat ed J a nuary 15. What fac ulty members expressed their in- Editor .. . .. .. . ... John D. Curtis happened t o the eight issues sche- divid ua l views . No issues were re- Asst. Editor .... .. .. .... Ivan Falk duled to appear in t he interim? I solved since it was felt a represen- Sports Editor .. Allen Jeter can onl y guess. t ative num ber of st udents was not Business Mgr. .... Arthur Hoover In order to secure a fairer ba- present. Asst. Bus. Mg r. Dick Jones lance of views present ed, would it Faculty Adviser .... George Elliot Announcement Mis interpreted be over ly presumptuous of me t o Editorial and business offices suggest tha t "American Mercury" Chairman of the discussion, Dean and "Freeman" be added t o t he Gert rude Doane, expressed regret locat ed on second floor of Lecture roster of publicat ions a vailable at tha t t he announcement of the dis- Hall, South River Street, Wilkest he library ? cuss ion ma y have been misinter- Barre, on the Wilkes Campu&. 1 r ecognize t he fa ct that the st ate pret ed a s r est r ict ing it t o cert a in Telephone: VAlley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's of aff airs described above may have groups. Printery, rear 55 North Main come abo ut either ina dvertently or A nother discussion period open Street, Wilkes-Barre. · deli berately. H owever, this a spect · to all students and faculty memis reall y unim port a nt, because ei- hers, has been scheduled fo r next t her wa y the eff ect is the same. Thursday a t 11 :00 A.M. in Chase Men's What pa rticular ly galls me is the Lounge. All who have a negative WOOL SLACKS fa ct t hat it wa s in the very class- or a ffi r mat ive inter est in the a doproo ms of Wilkes that t he necessity t ion of an honor syst em a re urged of weig hing both sides of a ques- t o attend. · Reg. 12.95 Value tion before rea ching a conclusion wa s assiduously inculcated into me. How can both sides be weighed if only one side is a vailable? ANDY'S DINER Save 3.96 Thi s letter has been written with Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym fu ll r ea lization that to some minds, Plenty of Free Parking it will merely be const r ued a s f u r o Flannels • Gabardines o Brown - Navy - Grey - Blue t her confirma tion of t heir worst Prices . for the Collegian's Budget •• o All Perfect Quality - Sizes 28-42 fears-that I'm a r ea ct ionary. To .• A Reputation Built on Fine Food Men's . Pomeroy's First Floor t hese people let m e sa y tha t if it is r eact iorniry t o presume that people ought t o pay mo re than lipser vice t o t heir self -proclaimed ideals, then, gentlemen, m y thinking is not onl y react ionary, but medieval to boot . Sincerely yours, John Bucholtz _, ..:?c ?- 'Honor' Me.et1·ng Draws 15 • Try Aga1·n·. Thursday Beacon 8.99 Osterhout Library Meeting The great opport unities t o be fo und in the field of libra ry work will be t he subject of a r ecruiting meeting to be held next Wednesday at 3 in t he auditorium of the Osterhout Library. TUXEDOS TO RENT Special Price To Students 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. BAUM'S Wilkes College BOOKSTORE AND VARIETY SHOP Books - Supplies - Novelties Subscriptions Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 .. . WELCOME Toll Gate Restaurant PARK, SHOP and A PAPER FOR THE HOME • • • SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Most Complete Local a nd National Coverage FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS GIANT SOCIAL SECTION WEEKLY FEATURES EAT at the new FOWLER, DICK and WALKER The Boston Store "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 Wilkes-Bane, Pa. It's a Pleasure to Serve You • A Full Course Meal Or a Sandwich • Good Food • Reasonable Prices Plenty of Free Parking Space Catering to Small Groups F. DALE, Prop. �Friday, March 18, 1955 WlLKFS COLLEGE BEACON 3 DIAMONDMEN HOLD INITIAL DRILLS IN GYM Why do more college men and women smoke VICEROYS than any other filter cigarette? BECAUSE ONLY VICEROY GIVES YOU A PURE, NON-MINERAL, NON-TOXIC FILTER WITH 20,000 FILTER TRAPS IN EVERY FILTER TIP! _ 1.• Yes, only Viceroy has this filter composed of 20,000 tiny filter traps. You cannot obtain the same filtering action in any other cigarette. 2. 3. Besides being non-mineral and non-toxic, this cellulose-acetate filter never shreds or crumbles. 4. 5. Smokers en masse report that filtered Viceroys have a finer flavor even than cigarettes without filters. _ Rich, s;:i.tisfying, _yet pleasantly mild. The Viceroy filter wasn't just whipped up and rushed to market to meet the new and skyrocketing demand for filtered cigarettes. Viceroy pioneered. Started research more than 20 years ago to create the pure and perfect filter. Viceroy draws so easily that you wouldn't know, without looking, that it even had a filter tip ... and Viceroys cost only a penny or two more than cigarettes without filter$! That's why more college men and.women smoke VICEROYS than any other fi lter cigarette ... that's why VICEROY is the largest-selling filter cigarette in the world! 20,000 TINY FILTER TRAPS . .. e,lus Richer, Smoother Flavor with AL JETER, Sports Editor Ahoy Duffers One thing that Wilkes do esn 't lack is new ideas this year in the sports field. The latest is one that we think to be the best yet-an a ll coll ege open golf tournament. Reese ('low 70's) J ones and a few of his duffing pals came up with this gem, and from the sound of it, the possibilities of such a tournam ent stretch out quite a ways . The object will be to have the tournam ent run on a handicap basis and to include any• person in the s c h o o 1 who wants to dig up the turf a little bit. This m eans that the m a I e students, co-eds, m embers of the faculty, and administrapersonnel w h o want to try their luck are more than welAL JETER come. Since it will be run, if interest can , be co njured up, on a handicap -Aas aq:i JO .ra2uEp OU S! .I!al{+ 'S]SEq era! miniature Ben Hogans that inhabit the joint running off with the works and everyone has a chance, even if they shoot _in the low 150's. Say we might even have a chance of placing. Interest Already At any rate the thing has been talked up a bit and has received the h earty endorsement of the pros and divot diggers alike wherever it's been m entioned. I rv ('so you think you can dig a deep hole with a five iron') Kaye claims that he will get in s hape for it even if he has to exercise. And-'1£ the idea goes through, it's rumored that Bonzo Fay will come out of temporary retirement t ,o take a crack at the title. In a more serious vain, the tourn ey would be a unique and unusual thing for th e campus. A lot of fun can be had by one and all and Wilkes could receive some good publicity with such a stunt. We know of few colleges who have thought of such an idea and we would, in all probability, create a first in this region. If .it goes over, anoth er annual event can be added to the, growing list at Wilkes. As a matter of fact the tourney', without too much urging, could become pretty big if handled right. This column goes for it in a big way-we throw our best putter (a cu e stick) into the ring. Branch Out More on golf: Jones, who swiings a mean driver himself, has been in conference with Athletic Director _George Ralston, and has come out with th e fir st favorabl e report ever received on a golf team for intercollegiate competition. Beside those of us who break sticks, sprain wrists, and generally start strip mines on the fairways, there are som e top notch golfers in th e. school like Jones, N eil Dadurka, and Fay to nam e a few. We think they could hold th ei r own in college competition and since Ralston has said that there is a possibility of a few matches for the boys, we hop e that as th e old proverb says, 'It will co_m e to pass.' Prestige for the school could be given a boost for the best if the golf team becomes a reality. Most of the top notch schools have one and we could probably schedule matches with them in the n ext few years-A good thing for th e school, a good thing for the guys who like to p la y golf-and it could happen. Fresh Hurling Prospects Plentiful; Catching Posilion Causes Concern As First Game Date is Moved Up By JIM COLEMAN Initial practices for pitchers and catchers began last Monday with a large nwnber of candidates showing up to try for · the baseball Colonels. Even some of the fielders tried to beat the gun by showing up for practice with the pitching and catching aspirants. · Quite a few men reported for pitching chores and the prospects of finding a fair staff looks good. Mel McN ew should be the mainstay of the $taff, but it is hoped that some other flingers will shape · up so h e will not be overworked. Mo Batterson, w ho hurled for the Club 20 grabbed an ea rly lead Colonels before entering the Army, and h eld it all the way, defeating will add a little more experience Idiots Row, 56-49, to clinch the In- to th e t eam . tramural championship Tuesday Batterson had two winning seasnight at th e gym. ons before he left the camp us and The Club has been operating for it is hoped he will duplicate the fi ve years in th e loop and has play- f eat this year. Not too much is ed the role of always being close, known about the other men, but it. but never quite mak ing it until this is hop ed that they will furnish the yea r. The squad also holds the dis- needed strength to bring Partridget inction of be ing the only team in a winning season for his last year: the circuit n eve r to have forfe ited a s coach. a game. ·weakness Sho ws The gam e was close all th e way, The main weak spot is still thebut it was a determined crew that catching position, but enough asjust wouldn't quit that came pirants showed up to raise hopes through for their first champion- that one of them will fill the backship. stop s hoes in good style. Joe PopThe half-time score found the 20 pie and Neil Turtel, veterans of squad leading by a 31-24 margin. last year, are trying for the job, From there on in they never l et but several freshmen are expected loose of the strangle hold on the to give them a good battle. Idiots. The other weak spot on the squad Trailing in the final minutes, the as of now seems to be the first Row put on a press, but the 20-men sacker's position, with no really exnabbed the ball and held it in deep perienced man in sight. It looks freeze for the remaining seconds as if Wilkes might have the same to ice the game. problem as th e Yankees. · John Linkosky paced the new Rush for Time champs with 23 big markers and Coach Partridge stated, "Next played a fine floor game to boot. week, I'll give everyone a chance Jim Marks was next in line for to win a position and then, at the scori ng honors with 14 tallies. end of the week I'll pick the team Gay and Hontz shared scoring so that I can devote my full time laurels for the losers, both register- to them in order to shape up for ing 15 counters. the first game on April 2nd. The Although h e figur ed lightly in the l other m en are not being cut, but scoring, a lion's share of credit due to the shortage of time I will must be given to Jim Mitchell who not be able to spend too much time has been a guiding force holding with them. I -hope they wiH stay the club together this year. out during the season so they can Idiots Row Club 20 get experience for next year and Pts Pts if they really show improvement 15 Linkosky . 23 they will be able to break into the Gay . 4 Mitchell 2 lineup at a later date. Many of Gritsko 15 Wanko . 13 these men will receive uniforms beHontz .. 0 Pacropis 4 fore the end of the season because Pataski 6 Marks 14 it is inevitable that some bad Krenich 2 breaks will occur som ewhere." Batterson Total 56 The . first game was originally scheduled for April 5th, but it has 49 Total I been moved up to the Saturday beI fore Easter vacation, April 2nd. This gives th e t eam about two weeks to get in condition and to fi Ollf S. 0Uffiey start working as a unit. Albright Wilkes' Bobby Morgan ·went all College, who has been scheduled for the way to the finais in the Four -the last two years, but rained out I's Tournament last weekend be- each tim e, will be the opponents fore being stopped by Wayde Cum- in the first tilt at Kirby Park. mings of Cortland State Teachers BRESNAHAN GAINS College. The match was close all the way NEW HONORS and Morgan seemed, for a time, John Bresnahan, holder of two to be on th e verge of bringing the Beacon "Athlete of t h e Week" atitle back to Wiilkes. wards added another laurel to his However with just a few remain- titles. In pacing his team to the ing minutes Cum11,1ings snapped the Parsons Memorial YMCA chamBlue and Gold grappler on a tak e pionship, John gained the Parsons down and gained the lead, 5-4, to Co mmunity League award for the win. most valuable player in the tourIn the quarter finals, Morgan pin- ney. n ed Doug K eeler from R.I.T. and After finishing th e regular court went on to pin Ja ck Love of Kent season for the Blue and Gold, he State in the semi-final round. entered the Parsons tournament, Through his showing Morgan playing with the Leader Store team . placed Wilkes t enth in th e tourney Other Colonels on the squad includwhich had entrants from 26 schools. ed Jim Ferris and Harry Ennis. According to latest reports th ere Last year's WC star, Eddie Davis, is a chancs he will enter the Na- also played and was instrumental tionals that will be held on March in the win. The boys will enter the Ro gers tournament this week. Bresnahan was a great asset to ' Coach George Ralston's squad this season. H e was top rebounder on the squad and one of the club's leading scorers. CLUB 20 TAKES CUP IN INTRAMURAL LOOP; DEFEAT IDIOTS TO WIN I Morgan Comes Close_I F I' T • Ll>NGS1N( cmkh.e~ · Featuring The Newest In College Men's Fashions 25 and 26 . This weekend Morgan and t eammate Sam Shugar will enter the National Y.M.C.A. Tournament. �W~KES COLLEGE BEACON 4 WAGS, RAIDERS SET FAST PACE Assistant C~ge Coach IN 'MURAL 'B' BOWLING LEAGUE By RODGER LEWIS Wilkes' fastest growing intramural sport, bowling, completed its third week of success last Sunday evening at the Jewish Community Center, with the Walloping Wags and Ralston's Raiders pacing the 'B' League. Jerry Morris took over leadership of the Wags and also of the league a s he rolled an individual high game of 231, raising his average to a sizzling 179. He also set a new three-game high, 537. INTRAMURAL BOWLING STANDINGS INTRAMURAL BOWLING . League "B" TEAM Walloping Wags Ralston Raid•ers Kingpins Rambling Six Deadly Strikers .. Rampaging Five * * * TOP TEN (Men) Gms. Pins Morris, W.W. . 3 537 Llewellyn, King. 6 967 Gross, W.W. . 6 966 Sabalesky, King. . 3 479 McHugh, C.T. . 3 477 Lind, R.R. . 6 950 Rydzewski, G.R. . 3 473 Havir, W.B. . 3 469 Falk, C.T. 3 467 Larish, King. 6 905 * * ** * TOP FIVE (Women Gms. Pins Luty, G.R. ... 3 390 Pish, W.W. 6 737 'Thomson, D.S. 6 645 Giacometti, W.W. 3 278 Gelb, F.T . . 2 179 :j . Pts 8 8 4 3 1 0 In last week's matches all the winners collected clean sweeps of four points. The Wags whipped the Deadly Strikers, Ralston's Raiders shut out the Rampaging Five, and the Kingpins downed the Rambling Six. The sweep by the Kingpins put them into third place in the 'B' loop standings, one point ahead of the Rambling Six. In the previous week's action the Kingpins fail ed to register a point. The second individual-high game was registered by Joe Trosko of the Wags, a sharp 198. Bill Llewellyn of the Kingpins came in for third man honors with 189. In the thre game high competition, Jerry Lind ran second with 514, while Howie Gross hit for 508 to give him third spot. In the "women's world" Marge Luty continues to head the pack with a high average of 130 followed by Eleanor Pish with 123. League 'A' will swing back to action this Sunday evening at 6 :30. The College Terrors and Ghost Rid ers are riding on the top of the InE~~a~~Olop ~ ~e~?~s~!~n~ ba sketball and baseball coach, William C. Mock, into the local political arena was noted in a story carried in Tuesday's Wilkes-Barre Record. In a general article on the city nominations for the coming primary elections, Mock's name was mentioned as one of some 16 competing for nomination to the office of city school director. Mock, according to the Record, will run on the Democratic ticket. He will be among seven seeking that party's endorsement. Friday, I'(larch 18, 1955 RALSTON PLEASED WITH CAGERS' SHOWING J . . . . . · ~The fo~rth m a senes of articles by Wilkes College coaches renewmg their seasons.) The 1954-55 basketball squad very pleasantly surprised us. At the beginning of the year most interested people, including the coaches, looked upon the year as a sort of rebuilding period, and the prospects for a good season were not promising. To begin with, we had graduated an entire starting team; secondly, the new squad lacked height; and thirdly, most teams on our schedule indicated that they had improved teams. The outlook for ·the season was not good. As the season turned out we say again that it was a pleasant surprise. Many schools would not consider a 10-10 record as good, but at Wilkes we are pleased. We feel that our team in winning as many as it loses gains sufficiently from the efforts of competition to justify the experience. We were pleased with our entire squad. Each man contributed to Symonolewicz Pursues Degree the best of his ability and there was balance. Perhaps the greatest facKonstantin Symonolewicz, head of the Wilkes department of sociology, will return this morning from New York, where he has been submitting his dissertation for his dictorate degree. h eap closely followed by Wilkes Best. The Collegians are paced by Neil McHugh who is a member of the top ten bracket. R ydzewski leads the Rid ers and is also one of the scoring leaders. tor in the success of the team was the fact that it was balanced. By never quitting, and by exerting a maximum effort individually, and as a team, the season was made a success. Our squad was one that was endowed with a great deal of hustle and competitive spirit but less talented with sheer physical assets. This all adds to the glory of the team for it was a squad that achieved a near maximum of its potential. We congratulate the squad members for excellent service and above all for outstanding sportsmanship. The prospects for next year are good. We shall miss Harry Ennis and Parker Petrilak, but we look forward to some help from the freshman squad. Of course, there will be even a greater loss in height. Let's hope the tall man will come along. If he does, our prospects are extremely good. Avg. 179 161 161 160 159 158 158 156 156 151 Avg. 130 123 108 93 89 Where Smart College People Meet - :The MAYFAIR DUPONT HIGHWAY Meet Your Friends at ... The SPA 18 South Main Street • • • After the game After the dance Anytime for a friendly get-together Favorite Spot ... ... For College Students JORDAN Est. 1871 Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality ** 9 West ~farket Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. You'll SMILE your approval of Chesterfield's smoothnessmildness refreshing taste. You'll SMILE your approval of Chesterfield's qualityhighest quality-low nicotine. In the whole wide world no cigarette SATISFIES like Chesterfield © llGGm & MYUS ToBAC<;Q Co. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1955 March 18th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 March 18 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/9f827eb926895917052aaf80d38c1332.pdf 83a77b8594201470b6a2a147fb77d290 PDF Text Text Senior Spectacle Tonight at WC Gym WILKES The Community College, Serving Wyoming Valley And The World . Vol. X, No. 19 .£1?1# - WILKES Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA hind Butler Hall wh ere he has set up a peach basket as a target, and Bob Moran has been seen dribbling his trombon e home lately. Ral ston and Moran are expected to star for the House of Da vid team along with teammates Pot- shot Par tridge, Efficient Elliot, Rampagin g Re ese, Flash Farrar, and Mighty Mock. The sto ck market has recently reported a record sell-out of Serutan (That's nature spelled backwards) -so t he faculty for ce offers a threat to the senior boys. In addition to the basketball game, there will be a skit on prowrestling as shown by pi:ofessionals Killer Trosko, Bruiser Chapko, The Mauler Elias, and Crusher Arvan. The athletic men of might will be cheered on by very special and unusual cheerleaders who have been chosen especially for the event. Hair-pulling a n d shin-kicking will be ruled out by referees Art (P.I.A .A.) Hoover and Hugo (Constitution) Mailey. Members of the class working toward a successful affair: senior class president Russ Picton, Harry "Sk inn y" Ennis, J ean Dearden, ,Jerry Elia s, Dori s Merrill, Morris Hollander, Allen Feld and Carl Smith. the tournament as a memb er of the negative side of the varsity debate t eam, which bounced back last weekend with a record somewhat improved over that of the week before, when it lost at Dartmouth. This time, talking at Allegheny they em erged eighth, winning six, and losing only four. The debaters defeated the P enn State University m en's team and were furth er vktorious over Mt. Mercy College, Dickinson, California State Teachers College, Washington and Jefferson U., and the Westminster women's team . The local talkers were defeated only by St. Vincent's, Seton Hall, the Westminst er men, and the University of Scranton. On the affirmative side of the question of United States r ecognition of Communist Ch'ina were Leslie W einer and James N everas, FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1955 1951 Penn State Graduate To Head Physical .Educatio·n Department By JACK CURTIS, Editor John Reese, Wilkes wrestling coach, will become director of physical education as well as head soccer coach next fall, it was learned yesterday by the Beacon. In addition, Reese will become head baseball mentor next spring, it was revealed, making him the first three-sport coach in many years at Wilkes_. He replaces Robert W. Partridge, who has been the physical education, soccer and baseball head since the opening of the gymnasium in 1950. Partridge resigned, effective in June, to accept a position on the faculty of the Kent Sch0iol. Kent, Conn. . Reese will also continue as head wrestling coach at the college, a job he has held, parttime, with a good deal of success for the past two years. Presently a member of the faculty of Kingston High School, the new appointee will resign teaching and coaching duties at the West Side school effective this June. TDR Schedules Tea For High School Girls On St. Patrick's Day The women of Theta Delta Rho will hold a St. Patrick's Day Tea on Thursday, March 17, at McC!intock Hall from 3 to 5. The Wilkes Women will pla y host to students from high schools throughout the valley at this annual affair of T .D.R. Nancy Beam, general chairman of the tea, has announced the follo wing committee heads: Nancy Morris, refr es hm ents; Carol Specter and Ruth Younger, house; Janet Eck ell, cl eanup; Irene Goliash, favors; Pearl Onacko, publicity. John Reese FLANNERY RETAINS EXTEMPORANEOUS TITLE Wilkes' J. Harold Flannery Jr. became the first speaker ever to win the P ennsylvania. extemporan eous speaking championship two years in succession. Flannery, a senior from W est Pittston, won his second victory at the annual Debating Association of P ennsylvania Colleges debating and speaking tournament h eld at Allegheny College, Meadville, last weekend. In the preliminary rounds, he spoke for t en minutes on the subject "Why Is the United States Unwilling to Compete with Foreign Competition on an Equal Basis?" In the final rounds of the speaking contest, he then spoke on changes in Russian government personnel a s perhaps affecting Russian foreign policy. Aside from defending his championship, Flannery also engaged in THE BEACON ~Beacon Seniors To Romp Tonight at Gym By JANICE SCHUSTER The Harlem Globetrotters and The House of David basketball teams will invade the Wilkes Gymnasium tonight portrayed by the fiercest members of the senior class and the most vicious members of the faculty. The seniors and courageous members of the faculty will be on exhibit at the annual Senior Spectacle starting at 8 p.m. for the purpose of raising funds for the senior class gift and for covering other graduation expenses. The crowd is in for a rare treat of athleticsall in a class of its own, dramaas only Wilkesmen can perform it, and a dance-according to the individual's taste. Coaches Parker (Abe Saperstein) Petrilak and Amos Fay have been skillfully drilling their Globetrotters as only experts can. The men have been in very strict training for the past several weeks. The probable starting line-up of t h e Sinister Seni ors is fortu nate in having s uch powerful players as Harry "Healthy" Ennis, John "Balducio" Lancio, Morry "Hydromatic" Hollander, Ron "Flash" Fitzgerald, and Al "The Bull" Feld. Dean Ralston has been seen vigorously practicing foul shots be- COLLEGE - 1Par1•s Bound1 1·s Camp US-bQUD d as Clnl C prepares while J esse Choper and J . Harold Flannery Jr. spoke for the n egative. Neveras and Flannery each placed first in four of their debat es, and will appear as a team in the Res gional District Seven tournam ent which decides eligibility for the national tournament later in the season at West Point. The Regional By JEROME STEIN meet will be h eld in two weeks at "Paris Bound", a sophisticated St. P et er's College. \ comedy by Philip Barry, will be In addition to debating, Wilkes pres_ented by Cue 'n' Curtain on was also entered in the extempora- Apnl 14, 15, 16 at the College gymneo us speaking and oratory events nasi um. It will be the second maat the · tournam ent. Besides Flan- jor production of the year presen.ted nery, who won speaking contest, by the Wilkes theatrical group. Virginia Brehm went to fourth At the present tim e, Chase Theaplace in th e f emale oratory di vision ter is buzzing with a ctivity. Alwith a talk on "Are W e P ersecuting though no definite cast has been Our Teachers?" decided upon a s yet, casting is in Dr. Arthur N. Krug er, coach, fu ll progress and preparations for a ccompanied the team and served the production have begun. on the tournament committee as "Paris Bound" is a comedy on well. {continued on page 2) I H e is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University, class of 1951, where he majored in physical education, with a minor in social studies. He wrestled on the Penn State varsity under the well-known mat coach Charlie Speidel and held a Mid-Atlantic weight championship while at State College. He attended Millersville State Teachers College in his freshman year and held the State Teachers College 123-pound title that season. H e is an alumnus of Kingston High School, where he began his interest in sports and returned there in 1951 to guide two straight District 2, PlAA w r e s t 1 i n g championship t eams. He also served a s baseball coach and assistant football coach at his alma mater. Reese told the Beacon yesterday, " I am happ y for such a fine opportunity to come to Wilkes. From my experiences as wrestling coach on a part-time basis, I feel sure that I will be very happy here. I fee l it's a r eal advancement." He added, "And now I'll be back to what I like best, physical education." The director has been teaching history and social studies at Kingston. H e will teach all men's gym and hygiene classes at Wilkes beginning in the fall, and will have charge of the gymnasium as did hi s predecessor, Bob Partridge. While at Penn State, John studied under the famed Bill Jeffries, well-known Nittany Lion soccer coach, and participated in several phases of the game. A veteran of two years in the Navy, Reese is married to the former Patsy Tosh, of South WilkesBarre. They have one child, a son. Re ese 's appointment puts the accent on youth in the Wilkes coaching ranks. Two weeks ago, Russell Picton was named head football coach to replace George F. Ralston, who will study for his doctorate next year at Columbia. I �2 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON EDITORIALS More On Parking - A Possibility A letter to the editor which appeared in last week's edition of the Sunday Independent pointed out a possible solution to the Wilkes parking problem, the problem which is-there just ain't enough room for all the autos. The brief note, signed "Wilkes Students in Favor of Better Wilkes-Barre Parking (we're checking to see if it is on the subversive list) came out in favor of parking spaces on the River Common "tree lawn." The letter wass well-meaning, we feel sure, and except for the weak arguments in favor of the idea, made its point. · As a matter of fact, the idea is one of a number now being considered at City Hall. Another, perhaps a little more practical, would see South River Street widened 20 feet or so on the river side of the artery. Such a project in the two blocks between the Market Street Bridge and South Street, would, according to statements from persons close to City Hall, allow for angular parking. Angular parking has proven successful in many towns, Bloomsburg being the first to pop into our mind. The parking space would be more than doubled. And, if you're still worrying about the beautification of the area, there would be no particular eye-sore created. It sounds good to us. And according to the sources, this is a defiinite possibility. Neveras Picked for Federal Bank Post; Begins at P h i 11 y in June James Neveras, Wilkes senior, has been named this week to the executive training program of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. He will begin training following his graduation in June. The position will enable him to familiarize himself with banking and to work toward an economics Master's at the University of Pennsylvania. Upon completion of the two-year training cour~e, he will move into a junior executive position with the Federal Reserve system, which also pays the training tuition bill. Neveras formerly resided in 14 Get February Diplomas Blaker, Kaufman, and Warmouth on Dean's List, Whitby Reports Hazleton and graduated from Hazleton High School, but is now a resident of Korn Krest. He has been active in campus politics, has served as sophomore and junior class presidents. Among other a ctivities he has served •a s debater for the past four years, helped Wilkes win the Johns Hopkins trophy earlier this year. Too, he has been copy editor of the Amnicola, Wilkes yearbook, and is its co-editor this year. In March of 1952, Fred Davis, another Wilkes student was appointed to a similar position to that Sunday Independent to which N everas has been named. W e are students at Wilkes College who are often blamed for cluttering up parking places with the cars we need to get to school from Scranton, Tunkhannock, Berwick, Bloomsburg and West Side pointsand not just from around the block. The mayor and other officials have been nice in giving us some help in solving our parking problem s. We want to get on record in favor of parking spaces on the River Common tree lawn. To those persons who oppose the move on the grounds it will destroy the beauty of our fair city, let us remind that we have many more years than they (we hope) to face the horrors of cars parked on the River Common tree lawn-and we are sure our childt;en will be able to survive the horror, too.-Wilkes Students in Favor of Better WilkesBarre Parking. Letter to the Editor ~L:~unday Independent' Chuckle 'n' Smile "What would you do if som ebody left you a million dollars?" "Nothing-from then on." * :;: * ::: ::: A smart guy is a fellow who hitches his wagon to a girl who works like a horse. Elliot Addresses Kiwanis George F. Elliot, recently ap.pointed to succeed dean Ralston spoke Wednesday before a meeting of the Plymouth, Pa., Kiwanis Club. The talk followed a noon dinnermeeting. Dr. Vujica Stricken by Kidney Ailment; In W.-B. General Dr. Stanko Vuj ica, head of the Wilkes religion and philosophy departments was stricken Wednesday night with a kidney attack. He was moved to General Hospital early yesterday morning. At the time of this bulletin, it was reported that no operation was thought necessary, and that Dr. Vujica would be able to return to his classes on Monday. Parking Stickers Only For 3-Hour Lab Students Dr. Willard R. Hancock 'PARIS BOUND' (continued from page 1) the theme of the modern approach to marriage. The subject matter coupled with an effective presentation should prove to be of interest and should attract a large audience. Other plays by Philip Barry include "Holiday", "Hotel Universe", " Tomorrow and Tomorrow", "The Animal Kingdom", and "The Philadelphia Story". Interested persons should contact Alfred Groh at Chase Theater. Rozelle Teaching Classes Here and at Kingston High Ralph Rozelle, who earned a B.S. in Chemistry here last June, is back on campus for Education study after completing one semester of graduate work at t h e University of Pittsburgh. Rozell e is gaining teaching experience on the college level at Wilkes by conducting a la boratory class, as well as doing student teaching at Kingston High School. LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS By JACK CAVE John P. Whitby, registrar, made official today the names of fourteen students who have completed their studies and r eceived their degrees in February. Of the fourteen who graduated, three were placed on the Wilkes College Dean's List for the fall sem ester. Those who received this honor were: John Warren Blaker, Joshua Ja y Kaufman, and Dale Warmouth. Those who graduated were: John Francis Aquilino, B.S. in co mmerce and finance; John Warren Blaker, B.S . in chemistry; James Wallace Dull, A.B. in English; Roland Edwar d Featherman, A.B. in sociology; Irwin Harold Gelb, B.S. in commerce and finance; Ann Lodge Haskell, A.B. in psychology; Robert Melvin Ichter, A.B. in mathematics; Joshua Jay Kaufman, B.S. in commerce and finance; Melvin Sidnay Karp, B.S. in commerce and finance; Albert Peter Nicholas, B.S. in secondary education; Anthony Joseph Pilarek, B.S. in commerce and finance; Eugene Vincent Snee, B.S. in elementary education; Dale Warmouth, A.B. in English; Charles Aloysius Williams, Jr. B.S. in commerce and finance. Dr. W. Hancock Addresses Government Group Dr. Willard R. Hancock, state official, spoke here last night on legislation concerning local governments. He addressed a meeting of the Luzerne County Boroughs Association. Dr. Hugo V. Mailey, Wilkes professor, is chairman of the organization. Hancock, director of the Bureau of Municipal Affairs of the state Department of Internal Affairs, talked on "Legislation for Local Governments Before the Present Legislature." In 1952, Hancock was among those who aided in the organization of the first P ennsylvania Regional Planning Conference in the anthracite region. A former native of Plains, h e received his early ed ucation in the local community. Friday, March 11, 1955 Students are reminded that only those with three-hour or longer laboratory classes are eligible for the special parking stickers obtainable from the Beacon editorial staff. Des pite the clarity of the announcement in last week's Beacon, some confusion still seems to exist. We reiterate, only those students with three-hour laboratory courses or longer are eligible for these stickers . - by Dick Bibler "I better help that new student stretch his canvas-he seems pretty anxious to get started." 'Manuscript' Loses Kelly, Warmouth;· Bynder, Krohle Fill Vacated Spots By BILL DeMA YO The staff of the Manuscript, the campus literary magazine, lost two of its veteran members with the mid-year graduation of Leo Kelly and Dale Warmouth-both men who have achieved considerable literary merit in off-campus publications and have contributed greatly to the success of the college magazine for NEW CHANGES MADE IN DISTRIBUTION OF MID-TERM GRADES Another change has been announced in the system of distributing grades at Wilkes. This change will affect the grades received by students as a result of mid-term examinations. Henceforth, in view of the generally diagnostic basis for mid-term examinations, g r a d e s resulting therefrom will not be registered unless they fall below the "C" required for quality credits. That is, th e only mid-term grades mailed out will be those of "D" and "F". Change was made in the grade distribution earlier in the year when semest er grades were distributed to show the total grades and hours accumulated at each semester's end. Prior to this, such cumulative grade distribution was made only at the end of each school year. I several years. The associate editorship left vacant by Kelly's departure passed to Herbert Bynder by a unanimous vote of the Manuscript's staff. Bynder's form er position as business manger is now filled by Frederich Krohle. Sandy Furey, associate editor of the Manuscript staff, reports that they have been working steadily and that the magazine is shapingup nicely with a good variety of poems, short stories, and articles. But he added that the Manuscript desires to publish the very best, and stands ready to welcome new material· for consideration. A box is provided for the reception of such material at the rear exit of the library. Students are reminded that the Manuscript is a co py-righted magazine and is distributed to several hundred coll eges throughout the United States. Council Meets Monday at 6:30 There will be a meeting of the Student Council in Chase Lounge on Monday evening, the fifteenth, at 6:30. WILKES COLLEGE - Beacon A newspaper published each week of the regular school -yeai;; by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. Editor . John D. Curtis Asst. Editor Ivan Falk Sports Editor . Allen Jeter Business Mgr . . .. Arthur Hoover Asst. Bus. Mgr. Dick Jones Faculty Adviser .... George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes Campua. Telephone: V Alley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. Toll Gale Restaurant PARK, SHOP and EAT at the new FOWLER, DICK and WALKER The Boston Store "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. lt' s a Pleasure to Serve You • A Full Course Meal Or a Sandwich • Good Food • Reasonable Prices Plenty of Free Parking Space Catering to Small Groups F. DALE, Prop. �~ 3 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON riday, March 11, 1955 Hoopsters Settle for Break Even Campaign KEG CHAMPIONSHIP IN N.Y . .REESE VIEWS MAT SEASON AS SUCCESS; PREDICTS WC POWERHOUSE IN FUTURE (Third in a series of articles by Wilkes coaches reviewing their seasons.) By JOHN REESE, Head Wrestling Coach I must admit that this year when I was asked to write this article, I felt much better about it than I did last year. Actually our won and lost record ·was not as good this year, but our t eam was really much better. If you recall last year we had trouble getting enough boys to make a full team, whereas this year there was only one occasion when we had to forfeit a bout, and that was because of a bad injury. The interest the boys showed was wonderful. Everyone worked hard and was more con scientious about practice. It will still take a couple of years before we become a wrestling power, but I have the feeling that we are ready to blossom very soon. Five of our eight boys are freshmen or sophomo res, so you can see the possibilities the future holds. Looking back over the season it was odd in a way. Th e team seemed to wrestle very well against the good teams and poorly against the weak teams. Lafayette, Ithaca and Hofstra were three of our toughest opponents and the boys looked great against them. Then against East Stroudsburg, Swarthmore and Kings Point, three of the weaker ones , the team looked poor. We have a very attractive schedule again next year and I'm looking forward to a very successful season. As far as the boys go we hav e everyone back. Th e only loss we have will be Jerry Elias and, perhaps,· Stan Abrams after the first semester of next year. That h eavyweight spot w ill be tough to fill because the big boys are few and far between. I hesitate to single out any one boy for recognition because they all worked so hard and diid a fine job. Bob Morgan, Sam Shugar, Don Reynolds, Don McFadden, Neil Dadurka, and Jerry Elias were all r eturning veterans from last year and were the backbone of the team. Ahmed Kazimi, Stan Abrams, and Seymour Holzman were all first year men who helped us greatly. Dave Thomas, a freshman, did a wondeful job and had a winning year. . All in all it was a good year and it did a lot in the way of building wrestling at Wilkes. We still need to be strengthened in a few spots but the nucleus of a good team for n ext year is here. I am looking forward to next year and lam very optimistic about the season. BRESNAHAN STARS AGAINST MANSFIELD; REGAINS TITLE Lanky John Bresnahan adds his name to repeat performers this week by again winning Player of the Week honors. Bresnahan was the first basketball player of the season to walk off with the title. Even though the Colonels fought a losing battle against the towering Mansfield crew h e was a standQut throughout the game. Coach George Ralston had predicted a few days before that the teachers were in the middle of a hot spell and they showed it. Although Wilkes lost, the Plymouth dead-eye cam e through. He collected over 20 r ebo unds during the game which held the Mansfield man down no end, and scored in th e double figures himself to lead the losing cause. The corner-shot expert has been consistent in his play through the season. He started as one of the question marks that could make or break the rebuilding season for the Blue and Gold forces. His play has shown that he was a definite 'make' factor, many times being the steadi est ball player on the court. He came into his own in the scoring and defensive play departments early in the season · and stayed there. Bresnahan is a perfectionist who ANDY'S DI NE R Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym Plenty of Free Parking Prices for the Collegian's Budget . • .. A Reputation Built on Fine Food Misses' Orlon SWEATERS Short Sleeve SLIP ONS 4.99 Long Sleeve CARDIGANS 6.98 o Soft 'n' Silky Wear Like Iron o Pastels • Jewel - Deep Shades. o All Perfect Quality • Sizes 34-40 Sportswear - Pomeroy's 2nd Floor The Fifth Annual Eastern Intercollegiate Individual Match Ga m e Bowling Championship will be held the weekends ot Mar~h 26, 27 and April 23 at City Hall Lanes, 23 Park Row, New York City. Last year's matches attracted 100 bowlers representing 25 colleges and was won by Pete O'Toole of Iona College. Any student interested in competing should contact the athletic office for entry blanks. Over 200 schools in the east have received invitations. Winning Season Vision Smashed By Mansfield and East Stroudsburg In All-Important Last Two Games By RODGER LEWIS Coach George Ralston's basketball crew mised a winning season by dropping their last two games of the season to Mans- · field and East Stroudsburg by 89-81 and 80-64 scores respectively. The Colonels were forced to settle for a seasonal record of 10 wins against 10 losses. Their inability to win on opponents' courts cost them their winning Susquehanna in two overtime pecampaign. In seven away contests riods. At hom e the Wilkesmen had this season, the hoopsters were able a 9-4 record. 1 to grab only one victo r y, that over Last Saturday the cagers journeyed to Mansfield and the teachers revenged a Joss of two weeks earlier by staving off a last minute Wilkes spurt. The netmen were behind most of the way, but man° aged to go ahead for a short time in the first half, 32-30. Then the By JIM COLEMAN host club regained the lead and. Baseball takes over the sports scene on the WC campus held a 40-36 edge at half-time. Monday at 4 o'clock according to Coach Bob Partridge who anIn the second stanza, the teacherS' nounced the formal opening of diamond practice. secured their biggest lead of the I Pitchers and catchers are urged game and forged ahead, 70-56. The to report to the gym in order to Blue and Gold countered and began get in shape for the opening game to put the pressure on, only to have whi ch comes up in just three short time run out. weeks. •Calls for ather aspirants John Bresnahan was high man ByJONNIFALK will be issued as soon as the weath- in the losing cause with 21 markers. With two weeks of competi- er will permit outside work. John Linkoski paced the victors by tion. under its belt, it looks like Partridge is hoping for a quick setting a new single high for Mansthe new mixed bowling league weather change as a whole new field with 42 tallies. is destined to be the most suc- team must be picked and put into Dropped in Finale On Wednesday, the Ralstonmen cesssful intramural venture in shape in a short time. All positions are open with only four letter- travelled to Stroudsburg where the the history of th e college. Rolling on the Jewish Communi- men returning from last year's teachers ended hopes for a winning campaign for the Colonels. ty Center alleys on Sunday nights, squad. The Pocono boys jumped into a Freshm en and reservists are the coed league has shown the type of keen competition which comes looked on to to fill many of the commanding 27-10 lead early in the from th e interest and attendance slots. The real need for the team, game. With the score 30-16, Ralsas it was last year, is in the pitch- ton put in his "second platoon" and of its participants. Leagu e "B" opened the kegling ing and catching departments. they narrowed the margin to 36-28. season two Sundays ago. The These two spots afford hopefuls the However they were unable to check Walloping Wags whacked the Ram- widest opening, with only one regu- the teachers' scoring and fell bepaging Five for four points. lar hurler back in the ranks and hind at halftime, 52-34. At the beginning of the second Hawkie Gross, high average hold- no first line catcher on hand. er with 169, and Joe Trosko paced Jim Ferris and Mel McNew, co- half the varsity held the entertainthe Wags. Tro sko's 198 game is captains for the season , will be the er s to six points while cutting the high for the season thus fa r. R. F. center around which a team must lead to 58-52. It was a short-lived Price led the Rampagers with a 415 be built. Last year while patrol- respite as the teachers again took The series . ling center field, Ferris was the a comfortable 77-57 lead. Ral ston's Raiders, with Mickey sq uad's leading hitter with a .357 margin was enough to assure them Weinberger, Moe Batterson and avernge, while McNew who alter- of victory. Harry "Skinny" Ennis and ParkMickey P erlmuth all averaging over nated between the outer pasture 150, mowed down the Kingpins. and pitching chores had the second er "the old pro" Petrilak concluded Llewellyn and Larish sparked the lowest earned run average, 2.01. their playing days for the Blue and Kingpins. The t eam as a whole had to settle Gold in this contest. Despite the handicap of having for a disanpointing 4-10 season. only three men present, the Deadly Other r eturning lettermen are Strikers salvaged one point in their Dick Kachinosky, who saw duty in duel with the Rambling Six. Karl both the outfield and infield last Blight's 458 series for the Strikers season, and Jack Richards, second was almost a one-man effort. baseman and shortstop. College Terrors High LEAGUE "B" The pitchscatch combos will work In League "A", the College Ter- in the gym until favorable weather. Pts. rors rolled up the season's high Then they travel along with other Walloping Wags 4 three game series as their top four candidates to Kirby Park where Ralston Raiders 4 men shattered the maples for a fan- practice sessions begin in earnest. Rambling Six 3 cy 1806 while sweeping the Flying Deadly Strikers 1 Terrors. Neil McHugh's 181-477, Kingpiins 0 Ivan Falk's 184-467, and Skinny Rampaging Five 0 Ennis' 456 led the CoJlegians. Bob ** * * * Helmbold had 423 for the lo sers. LEAGUE "A" The Ghost Riders showed plenty Pts. The reg ular season is over for of power in taking four from the College Terrors 4 the wrestlers, but the post season W eckesser Warriors. Rydzewski, Ghost Riders 4 tournaments are just beginning. Smith and Kol essar received help Wilkes Best 3 For the first time in the history of from Margaret Luty, high girl with Spare Boys . . . ........... .. 1 a 130 average. Dick Murray's 191 this school, Wilkes will enter men Flying Terrors ............ ......... .. 0 in some of the big meets of the ga me for Weckesser was wasted. Weckesser Warriors .... .......... .. 0 Wilkes Best took three from the nation. * :!c * * * Yest erday, Bob Morgan left with Spare Boys with Havir and Stocker THE TOP TEN: doing the h eavy work. Dick Ka- Coach Reese to participate in the G. Ave. chinosky helped the Spare Boys to Four I's Invitation Tournament. Gross 3 169 Thi s match is considered the bigt heir one point. This match was McHugh 3 159 gest in the nation next to the Nafeatured by George Elliot's sucRydzewski 158 3 tionals. Morgan ended the season Trosko cessful 7-9 split shot. 157 3 Second round games are schedul- with an 8-1 record suffering his Falk . 156 3 ed for this Sunday. All members only loss in a close battle with De- Havir 154 3 Groff of Hofstra. of League "B" are urged to b e Llewellyn 154 3 present at the JCC by 6:30 p.m. In his array of wins are five Weinberger 154 3 pins, some of them being against Batterson 153 3 men in the heavier 130-lb. class. Blight 153 3 Bob is coming down to 117 for this A PAPER FOR THE HOME . tournament and if he takes first place h e'll go down to 115 for the is good in anybody's league for a Nationals. freshman. Morgan is considered one of the In the other tournaments coming best wrestlers ever to hit WC cam - up, Sam Shugar will enter the 123The Most Complete pus and big things are expected lb. class in the National Y.M.C.A. of him in these post season meets. Tournament. Shugar's record for Local and National Coverage Dave Thomas originaJl y sch edul- the year was 4-5, but he wrestled FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS ed to enter the Four I's also, but out of his weight class. GIANT SOCIAL SECTION on Monday his injury jinx was still Morgan will probably enter the haunting him and he suffered a Middle Atlantic Conference or the WEEKLY FEATURES broken elbow while prac,ticing. He National Y's which are both on the had a 6-5 recor:d for the year which same weekend, March 18-19. DIAMONDMEN GET FIRST CALL; DRILL SESSIONS BEGIN MONDAY Intramural Keglers Round into Top Form INTRAMURAL BOWLING STANDINGS John Bresnahan never stops practicing. He is always at work trying to improve, which is well illustrated by the 'impossible to stop' shots that he has mastered. More than one rival coach has been heard to remark this year that they would more than welcome th~ bi.g fellow on their t eam . The Beacon believes he would be an asset to anyone's squad. TUXEDOS TO RENT Special Price To Students 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. BAUM'S Wilkes College BOOKSTORE AND VARIETY SHOP Books - Supplies - Novelties Subscriptions Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 . . . WELCOME . Morgan, Shugar Enter Post Season Grappling SUNDAY INDEPENDENT �Friday, March 11, 1955 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 4 'Little Stone House' Best of One-Acts; Remley, Miller Take Players' Palm Yap Stresses Importance of Asia In Security of U.S. and Free World The security of the United States today rests upon that of southeast Asia, Dr. Diosado M. Yap, of the Philippines, emphasized Tuesday at assembly. When the greatest struggles of the epoch occur, it may well be this area which will save the world for which America strives. For centuries beneath the exploitation of the colonizing European nations the Asian peoples suffered in teeming millions. On the other hand, America has taken an opposite attitude toward the region, and the Communists cannot point accusing fingers at the United States for its interest in the Far East. When the United States did go into the area, it went to aid the people of the area, as in the Philippines, where the standard of living was raised to the region's highest, and to which independence was recently granted. Because of the kindness and benefit s of America, the Philippines s tood by it dur ing the war, while other Asian nations revolted or collaborated against their mother countries. It is that lo yalty and frie ndship which now occasions American interest in southeast Asia. Both the United States and t h e Philippines desire to preserve the peace bou ght with the blood of thei r m en. In t h e area, three main objectives of the Communist s are its tremendous manpower, its industrial po- M'l-a--""'1 tential, with emphasis on Japan, and its multitudinous natural resources. "You see, Joe, they had what they called quality credits. Now, I got just a few behind, so ..." We stand today in Formosa to deny these objectives, and have stood in Indo-China and Korea, but we must continue in our efforts, remembering that for the Communists the road to London and Paris lies through the Far East. Ellen Witiak Accepts Job In Penna. Elementary School Ellen Witiak has accepted a position in Broomhall, Pa., as a teacher in the first grade, it was learned yesterday from Placement Director John Chwalek. Miss Witiak, a resident of Old Forge , will receive a B.S. degree in Elementary Education this June. It is because of this that the United States has taken upon itself the union of the free nations of the area, a s it has the leadership of the fre e world. The Ea st turns to America today beca use, unlike th e nations of Europe, America is willing to do more than g rant political independence or economi c aid; America r ecognizes the dign ity of Asians as human bei ngs. As One Sees His Editor Editors don 't want slopp y cop y ; Sloppy co py ain't what they wantIf yo u turn in sloppy copy Th ey'll turn yo ur life into a haunt. - T. R. Price. By T. R. PRICE Well, "Little Stone House" came off fairly well. Indeed, almost as well, one might say as last year's "Master Builder". Otherwise, Cue 'n' Curtain's three one-act plays last night and the two prior didn't impress us overmuch. "Madretta", the first on the program has been done before (as summer stock, we believe), and turned out much the same waysomewhat mediocre, though a considerable bit more human. "Carrie of the Carnival" was in last place on the program, about what it seemed to deserve. "Carrie" was another of those rather pallid plays about a play, one of the kind involving a group of bungling amateurs, herded by a director who is a worse ham than most of his players. As we said, " Littl e Stone H ouse" came off well. It was a work along the lines of the familiar Russian short story, concerning a humble, inoffensive old lad y-w ho get s kicked in the teeth by life. Ruth Remley played the little woman, Praskowyo, and we can find absolutely no fault with her. Overcoming the perennial difficulty C'n'C seems to have in appearing natural, she gave a performance for which the only word is "nice". An overworked and weary word, perhaps, but the right one. Almost as good was James Miller' as Astuga, the calm, strong player of Patience, a man whose will and ideals have become deadened by the daily tediums, a gentle soul for all his strength, and a kindly one. Jane Obitz lent some sympathetic touches to "Madretta", and Larry Amdur managed to do a deathb ed scene that was decently restrained. Oddly, the thing that impressed u s most here was the swirling currents than before. ees to surround Madretta and her husband seemed much more like improvement in so und effects since the last time we saw "Madretta". 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SAllSflES LIKE CHESTERFIELD -- ir> LIGG11T 1k Mnas TollAQ;Q Co. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1955 March 11th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 March 11 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/5f780afd1401e225c1857980fc9eb1eb.pdf 30c7202464cf6b142b0d4db5c473648d PDF Text Text Wrestlers Meet Muhlenberg In Final Tilt See Story On Page T-hree WILKES a:# WILKES ~Beacon The Community College, Serving Wyoming Valley And The World Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week Dance Tonight at 9 I The Wilk~s C~llege Che~try and Engmeermg Clubs will present "The February Frolic" tonight from nine to twelve at the gymnasium. Music for dancing will be supplied by the Elkay Quartet, featuring Bobby Baird on the .tr umpet. Bair d has· t h e distinction of having been the yo ungest man to play trump et in the United States Navy Band. Another m ember of the band, Al Orzakowski, i s well-known to Wilkes students for his musical talent. Recentl y he led the a ssembly program in sin ging. Tickets for the dance are 50 cent s per person and can be obtained from any m ember of either club or may be p urchased at the door. Co-chairmen of the affair are Lou Kline and Dick Carpenter. Assisting them are: Tickets, James E . Mark and Art Kl em ; refreshments, Robert Rydzewski, Thomas Sarnicki, Ann Dixon, and Natalie Gripp. Decorations, Ri chard Bunn, Monica Utrias, Stephen Gaydos, Sheldon lsaac, and Harry W est; publicity, Mary Mattey, Robert Jacobs, and Donald Videgar. Bunn ' Students at New York Conference Two students and a facu lty repr esentative from Wilkes were among the more than 160 students and advisers w:ho participatea in the all-day conference on careers in retailing held at New York University's School of Retailing last Friday. BEACON EXCLUSIVE By J ACK CURTIS , Editor George F. Elliot has been named acting dean of men and Russell Picton has been appointed head football coach and executive alumni secretary. it was revealed to the Beacon exclusively yesterday by Dr. Eugene S. Farley, Wilkes presid ent. Elliot and Picton will fill two jobs that will be left vacant when present dean of men and football coach George F. Ralston takes leave for a y ear to work on his Ph.D. at Columbia University this spring. Both appointments will become effective in June. Elliot, a member Qf the Economics Department at Wilkes for the past seven years, will drop his teaching duties except for one course to devote full time to the administrative position. Picton will take over the full-time alumni secretary job, in which post he will have the responsibility of co-ordinating all alumni activities. A former Little All-American, the Hanover Township native has served as assistant coach to Ralston as a student the past two years, He The Wilkes' delegation was composed of Kingsley N. Snyder and Daniel Metroka, students, and Professor Verne A. Bunn of the college's retailing department. Some 55 colleges and uni versities in the East were represented. The program included lectures by prominent retailing executives, visits to N ew York fas hion showrooms for spring style preview~, and · a luncheon sponsored by t he NYU Merchant's Advisory Counci l, a group representing more tha n 30 department stores. The day's activities closed with a behind-th escenes tour of Bloomingdale Bros. department store in Manhattan. The theme of the conference was "Get Ready for Retailing. " The annual meeting was designed to give stud ents a knowledge of the opportunities offered by the fi,~ld and h ow to prepare for them. The Washington Day Tea, an annual affair held by TDR, was h eld Tuesday afternoon from three to five at McClintock Hall . Guest s of TDR were the girls from high schools in the outlying district s of The Wilkes College debating Wilkes-Barre. team left for Dartmouth yesterThe girls became a cquainted with day to compete in the Dart• Wilkes through guided tours of the mouth !invitational Tournament campus and buildings. which is to be held today and Chairman of the affair was Ellen tomorrow. L ouise Wint. Committees assisting A victory at the N ew Hampshire h er were: Host ess, Pat Fox; house, school would boost the total of Mollie Beard and Ruth_ 'Yilbur; re- tournaments won by the debaters freshm e1:ts, Ire ne Sche1~11:g; clean- this year to four. They have alu~, Ger~·1 ~olo~elo ; pµbhcity, Della r eady walked away with the honors Kmg ; mv1tat10ns, Nancy Beam; at Bucknell, Princeton, and Johns volunteers to conduct tours, Mary Hopkins W est and Marian Laines. Dr. A~thur N . Kruger's charges On Marc}:i 17, another t ea will \ will meet som~ f amiliar faces abe held for high school girls from mon-¥( t~eh' opponents at DartMeyers, Coughlin and GAR htgl\ \\11wt~- Hiu-vard, Princeton, Yale, schools. - V~rm@i, No~r~ D.~.m~1 Florida and FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1955 Fill Vacancies Left ·by Ralston; Appointments Effective In June Science Clubs Hold Washington Day Tea Held at McClintock THE BEACON WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA Vol. X, No. 17 By MARYAN POWELL COLLEGE I George F. Elliot Russell Picton WC DEBATERS TALK AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE will r eceive a bachelor of science degree in commerce and finance in June. Tom Moran, sports editor of the Sunday lndependent, has published the Alumni Bulletin for the past two years on a part-time basis but has been unable to devote full-time a s alumni secretary du e to outside work. He is expected to expand his teaching hours in Journalism in the evening school. With two of Ralston's positions filled; two more a J) pointments remain to be made. N o names have been mentioned as candidates for director of athletics or basketball coach. Po1rnlar Choice Ell iot, genial dormitory r esident of W eckesser Hall, is a graduate of Clark Univers ity, where h e earned hi s M.S. in Economics. This year he served as adviser to the Beacon. A congenial person and popular faculty m ember, Elliot's appointment to fi ll the post of the absent Dean Ralston is expected to be greeted with enthusiasm by students and faculty alike. Picton, a former gridiron star at Wilkes and in the Marine Corps, made Little All-American honors with the Colonel gridders in 1952, before severe leg injury. ended his playing career.. He t,:ad previously gained AU~)~·arine and A ll-Na::'_ ..~o~ •:nree yeirfil !\~ Dartmouth will be among those Wilkes will enter two squads in present. this tourney. Bruce Warshall and Jesse Cho per will comprise one TDR LISTS SOCIAL MEETING team. The other duo will consist FOR TUESDAY AT STERLING of the winners of the Johns Hopkins -c up, veterans Nick Flannery a qql!J.,g;_""e ... A s pecial meeting of Theta and Jim N evera s. ,'\ :ff'f0l'D"' -r member of the Beacon Delta Rho, Wilkes sorority, will . Each t eam will d~bate tl:\r~ Picton is pres!dent of th~ be held Tuesday night at 8 in , 1lkes Lettermen this year. Htt Sterling Hall , it was annou nced times ea ch on both sides ~f' \;biyesterday by TDR President question , "Should the Unit~d S?-· · · has concentrated on English and r ecognize Red China." ,o.tes business studies at Wilkes and has Naomi Kivler. 1 written for local newspapers as a The Dartmouth t, The meeting is listed as "an places the Bostor • JUrnament r emember of the college public rela• important social get-together" by Doris Merrill, chairman of the nament at ...-· . invitational tour- tions staff. It is expected that the . ✓ hich Wilkes placed new coach-alumni secretary will do session. She announced that fourth le."' - • year. It was while on some t eaching. there will be refreshments as well the W' ... y to Boston that the team 's Two other coaching jobs remain as entertainment. All members n"' .es and evidence burned in a fire to be filled, due to the resignation are urged to atte11_d .. · in their auto. (continued on page 2}. a j t\~-, I �2 Friday, February 25, 1955 WILKFS COLLEGE BEACON 67 ON DEAN'S LIST FOR FALL SEMESTER 3rd Careers Conference Here Today High School Students lo Hear W. F. Dodson This Afternoon; Program lo Close with Tea Ten Elementary Majors Set To Begin Teaching By JOHN KUSHNERICK I planning to?ay's program. The third in a series of "Career Two prev10us Career Conferences Days" is being held at Wilkes Col- have been held in the Secretarial Th e announce ment of teaching Jege today for the benefit of local and Educational fields this year. assignments for 10 elementary eduhigh school students interested in Both were highl y successful. cation students brings to 38 the careers in Accounting. Eltus to Speak number of Wilkes students pracA total of forty high schools have Robert R. E!tus, graduate of been invited to send seniors inter- Wilkes College who majored iin ac- tice teaching in area schools. Jonathan Karr, elementary eduested in Accounting to a special counting, will return here to take program here designed to present part in the Career Conference. He career possibilities in that field. will address the career group at the ~~ The "·Career Day" program brings morning session on 'the subject, successful men from most every "Opportunities in Private Account• • • ];>ranch of the fi eld being discussed ing." . to speak on their experiences. The Eltus, an accountant, was grantstudents thus obtain first hand in- ed his B.S. degree in comm erce and Edito_r: formation on all facets of the oc- finan ce from the local college in There is at Wilkes College an cupation they are interested in. 1951. He is a former p_resident of eclipsed organization known as the This morning the prospective ac- both the Student Council and Eco- S t u d e n t Assembly Committee. countants were welcomed by Dean nomics Club here. Members for this committee are of Men George Ralston. They elected yearly by the current membership which presently is composheard addresses by: Mr. Robert ed of thirteen upperclassmen. Eltus, Wilkes College graduate ROBERT GREGORY, The purpose of the committee is now employed as an accountant for CHEM STUDENT, STRICKEN to carry out the following powers: the Corning Glass Co., Mr. Thomas WITH APPENDICITIS Tinsley, local director of Internal For the past two weeks, chem- (1) Help the Administratioi:i to preRevenue; and Mr. Arthur Podesta, istry students have missed the pare the assembly schedule, (Z) controller, and assistant secretary- familiar good natured jibes and Proctor the planning of assemblies treasurer of the Scranton Spring the wholesome jocularity of Rob- by campus groups, and (3) Yearly Brook Water Company. The topics ert Gregory which are usually select the winner of the "Best Studiscussed were "Opportunities in heard around Conyngham Hall. dent Assembly Award." Private Accounting", "OpportuniGregory, a sophomore Chemis- These last two powers have been ties in Government Accounting", try major, suffered a sudden at- ' executed very well by the Assembly and "Opportunities in Public Ac- tack of appendicitis two weeks Committee although most of their counting", respectively. ago yesterday. He had mention- work is done behind the scenes. This afternoon Mr. W. F. Dodson ed experiencing abdominal pains However, the power of helping the wiIJ discuss with the group "What to several students in class. The Administration prepare the assemMakes an Accountant". The stu- same night he was rushed to the bly schedule is the troublesome The Student Assembly dents wiIJ then be given an oppor- Veterans Hospital where he un- power. tunity to ask questions of the day's derwent an appendectomy. He Committee, in an effort to improve speakers. The program wiIJ close is now recu,perating at his home the assembly schedule, is endeavoring to execute this power more conwith a Tea at McCiintock Hall, with in Sha vertown. Mrs. Gertrude Doane, Dean of W o"Greg" has expressed serious cretely and forcefully. We all know that speakers on men, Mrs. Gladys Davis and Mrs. concern about being able to reJohn Cabore, house mothers, serv- sume study in some of the scienti- world events and Democracy are an ing a s hostesses. fic courses after an absence that important part of our education, A special committee of Econo- may extend to three weeks. We but it becomes rather boring when mics Club m~mbers has given valu- wish him the best of luck and almost all the speakers discuss apable assistance to Mr. John Chwa- look forward to seeing thim a- proximately the same thing in a slightly different manner. The lek, Guidance Center Director, in round Conyngham soon. committee is now meeting weekly with Mrs. Doane, its adviser, to EDITORIALS draw up an assembly schedule that will be recognized by the Admini-• stration a1:d. wil~ con_tain more s_tudent part1c1p_at10n 111 assemblies,. more mteres~mg and more plea~urA curious thing about different observances that come abl e ass~mbhes, a nd more local ized throughout the year is the fact that they often cause one to do asse1;1bhes. . . some serious thinking. Last week was Brotherhood Week and Loi s Long is the chairman of the Student Assembly Committee a nd Wednesday saw the beginning of Lent. the othe~ memb~r? of the group are We were sitting over in the Snack Bar one day during the Ruth W1lbu:, Mmam_Dearden_, L0u past week and since Lent had just begun, it was not unusual to Steck, Jessie Rodenck, Mananna hear the discussion turn to religion. Kraynack, James. Benson, Henry A number of bqll sessions developed spontaneously and ~oetzman, Che_t Miller, Nancy Mo:.nobody held back to ponder to think "Gee, I wonder what ns, Joan Russ!n, Donald Reynold,,, religion th1S" guy or g;~11·s." There was a common real'izat1"on a nd Samuel Dilc er. Any conS t ruc.. tive suggestions that you may have that we've arrived at something pretty wonderful here at · bl ·11 b te Wilkes. appreciation of the other fellow's views, whether in ~~ri~e::~:~t~~st; a~yw~f thee ~i~aov~ agreement or disagreement. students. No feelings are hurt. No one feels he must jump to defend So, fellow assembly-goers, don t his belief. because he knows the other fellow has a right to dis- despair-something is being done agree with him and a right to air his views. Call it broc;cd-minded- to improve the assembly programs. Letter to the Editor I And It Doesn't Hurt One Bit ness or what have you, it's good. And the fine thing about this freedom of thought as it is applied to campus life is that it tends to knit the college into one group of friendly people who get along with each other, at least basically. And after all, one of the main obi·ectives of our entire educational system is to teach people to get along with one another. It takes many students considerable time to catch this nack of getting along. But it seems to come easier as you go further in becoming educated. Wilkes can be proud of itself and of its student body. Take a tour of one of the m .e n's dorms sometime and see how well persons from practically all races, religions and nationalities live together. The wonderf}l,l thing is that there is no effort put into this "getting along" because practically nobody ever h h 1 A d h h ld h gives a t oug t to not getting a ong. n t is o s true t roug h out the campus, in all organizations. You know when you stop to think of it, every week is Brotherhood Week at Wilkes, and it really doesn't hurt one bit to treat the next fellow with friendship, courtesy and respect. As a matter of fact, it feels pretty good, doesn't it? Curtis, Editor. -::ation in structor, yesterday released the list of assignments which are in Wilkes-Barre and Kingston and which will see college students teaching in all but the fourth grade. Last week, Dr. Eugene Hamm er, chairman of the departm ent, made assig nm ents to 28 secondary education major s. The elementary students include: Ruth Fischman, 6th grade, Carey A venue School, Wilkes-Barre; Patricia Fox, 3rd grade, Hoyt School, Wilkes-Barre; Leona Goldberg, 2nd grade, Main Street School, Kingston; Anne Harton, 1st grade, Hoyt School, Wilkes-Barre. Naomi Ki vier, 2nd grade, State Street School, Nanticoke; Helen Koelsch, 1st grade, Loveland Avenue School, Kingston; Robert Metzger, 5th grade, Maple Avenue School, Kingston; Austin Sherman, 5th grade, Rutter Avenue School, Kingston; Ruth Wilbur, 2nd grade, Hoyt School, Wilkes-Barre; Ellen Witiak, 1st grade, Rutter Avenue, Kingston. · BEACON CHOSEN TO REVIEW BIBLER CARTOON SERVICE The Wilkes Beacon was selected last week as one of those college papers that the Bibler Feature Service would most like to have pass critical opinion on its cartoon series, "Little Man on Campus". The Bibler Service requested a 15-item questionaire be filled in by the editorial staff' of the paper. The supplier of cartoons for hundreds of American college and university newspapers, saw its cartoons in the Beacon for the first time this year. Bibler is located in Elkhart, Indiana. Glenn Phethean New Head Of Wilkes Education Club Glenn Phethean was chosen as the new president of the Education Club at the election meeting held recently. Glenn succeeds Chuck Adamek who will graduate this June Officers installed at a buffet supper in addition to Phethean were: vice-president, J ess ie Roderick ; executive chairman Chuck Neeley· secretary, Gail Lai~es; correspond~ ing secretary, Jeanette Perrins; treas urer, Nancy Morris ; and libra-1 rian Naomi Kaufer ' · TVerryh AttMendint· g ~usCinhe.ss eac er ee mg m 1cago Dana H. Verry, assistant professor of commerce and finance in the department of Business Education at Wilkes College is attending the National Association of Business - WILKES COLLEGE , Teacher-Training Institutions, at the Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago W' over the week-end. Verry will be A newspaper published each week one of the principal discussants of b d t he group of teachers whose subject of the regular schoo1 year Y an will be "Background in Professionfor the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Sub- al Education." scription: $1.80 per semeS t er. FILL VACANCIES Editor . .... .. ... John D. Curtis (continued from page 1) Asst. Editor ______ _.. _ Ivan Falk of Robert w. Partridge, who has Sports Editor .... .. .. Allen Jeter been soccer and baseball mentor. Business Mgr. Arthur Hoover The college will also have a n ew Asst. Bus. Mgr. Dick Jones director of ph ysical education and Faculty Adviser .. .. George Elliot activities by next year. But as yet, Editorial and business offices no indication as to who will fill the located on second floor of Lecture spots has been given. Hall, South River Street, WilkesElliot's appointment will probBarre, on the Wilkes Campus. ably leave another job open-in the Telephone: VAiley 4-4651-2-3-4. Economics department. There has Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's been no statement as to who would Printery, rear 55 North Main fill the tempo rary vacancy. Street, Wilkes-Barre. Ben,co-n Only 2 Perfect Averages in 700, Whitby Reports John 'Whitby, registrar, announced this week that of approximately seven hundred fulltime students eligible, sixtyseven were placed on the Wilkes College Dean's List for the fall semester. Esther Goldman, a senior, and Francis Gallia, freshman, were the only students who attained a 3.00, or straight "A", average. Second place found a three way tie with Naomi Kivl er, Helen Ko elsch, and E ll en Witik ha.ving a 2.87 average. A student who aspires to the Dea n's List must meet two requirements. He must carry at least twelve semest er hours and attain at least a 2.25 average. The Beacon congratulates those who have made the Dean's List on an excell ent achievement. Stud ents named to the Dean's List include: Bernice B. Argonish, Constantine Arvanitogeorgos (Dean Arvan), John W. Blaker, John J . Bucholtz,. Richard L. Bunn, Nancy L. CasterJin, Mary Ann Cha ychis, Jesse H. Choper, Lawrence E. Cohen, Donald H. Covey, William C. Crowder,. George W. Davis, Andrew G. Dovin,. Ann Elizabeth Faust, Monroe H. Firestone, Patricia Ann Fox, Sandy· A. Furey. Francis J. Gallia, Esther H. Goldman, Irene M. Goliash, Ralph S. tHarrison, Morris I. Hollander, Arhur J . Hoover, Judith Hopkins, Wiiliam David James 3rd, Thomas N. Kaska , Joshua J. Kaufman, Leo P. Kelly, Dorothy J. Kernchen, Naomi R. Kivler, Richard B. Kleyps,. Helen E . Ko elsch, Helen M. Krachenfels. Marianna C. Kraynack, Gail J .. Laines, Albert D. Latzko, Gerald J .. Levandoski, Rob e rt V. Lynch, James E. Mark, Robert J. Metzger, Arthur N. Meyer, Chester H. Mill-er, Jr., Edward J. Milowicki, Leah J. Neuberger. Jan A. Olenginski, John S. Prater, Rita M. Prichnick, Patsy L. Reese, Jessie A. Roderick, Margaret M. Salley, Sheldon Schneider, Harold P . Shannon, John F. Shinshock, J erome Stein, Margaret J. Stevens. Patricia R. Stout, Joseph J. Szostak,Barbara B. Thomas Miriam L. Thom son, Irene R. Tomalis, Joseph Tullai, Dale Warmouth, Ruth I. Wilbur, Ell en Witiak, Vera A. Wroble, Frederick Yuengling, Jr., Victoria J. Zavatski. CAMPUS CHATTER Two men on campus swore off late studying for good Monday morning when they walk ed into the Snack Bar with eyelids drooping and saw Lois Long sitting there with GREEN finger nails .... The long lin e standing outside Chase Hall Monday was not waiting to see the dean. It was just the veterans trying to cash their checks. . . . Cheer up men. Only 23 days until the next on e. Jim Speicher now teaching guerilla warfare to freshma n girls .... Notice Moe Batterson walking a- ~~~:~I ~~1:t~~;~t;/ i,~~i1~~o~i;. a buck slip Moe? . . . First tests in World -Lit started a rush on outline books at the bookstore . . . . Believe it or not, Marv Kuriancheek's middle name is Zeft. Noticed headline in the Sunday Independent last week which stated, "King's Dream Students to Offer Twelfth Night". O.K., we'll play your silly game. Just what are Dream Stud ents? They can't be that good. One co-ed to another, "You know, Alphonse has a contagious smiletrench mouth, I think they call it." �.day, February 25, 1955 3 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON GRAPPLERS IN FINAL MEET TOMORROW AT 2; TILT FIGURED TO BE NIP AND TUCK BATTLE By JIM COLEMAN The wrestling team will wind up its season this Saturday at 2 P.M. against a strong and revengeful Muhlenburg squad. The meet promises to be the best of the season as both squads seem to be about equal in strength and both have a particular purpose for wanting to win the meet. The Mules would like to avenge the 17-11 score which WC took them by lqst year and the with AL JETER, Sports Editor Colonels want to end the season looking good to make up for their losing record. Last year at Muhlenburg, the score was 11-9 with Wilkes trailing going into the 177-pound class. Bob Masoni s came through with a pin to make it 14-11 Wilkes. The meet rested on the outcome of th e heav yweight bout. J erry Elias showed his best as h e has don e this season and decisioned hi s man, bringing the victory hom e. Coach Reese has said that this meet will be just like last year with the victory proving to be just as elu sive. If the squad shows the ability it did against Lafayette Hofstra, and Ithaca, it co uld prove the determining factor. Muhlenburg has fiv e men back from last year. Their main strength, according to Coach Reese, is in 157 lb. Guttereze and the 177 lb . Paul Billy. Th ere is no definite information on the Mules' lower weight grapplers except that two of them are returning lettermen. Wilkes now has a 3-1-6 record for the year. All chances of a winning season were lost last week when the matsters lost to an improved Kings Point team, 19-11. The scale tipped in favor of the mariners when Ahmed Kazimi was pinn ed and Neil Dadurka suffered an injury and was unable to continue his bout. Sam Shugar and Bob Morgan provided some superior grappling against two good wrestlers to come through with decisions. Wilkes' other win came in the heavyweight div ision a s Jerry Elias pinned his ma n. Definite Asset The football team's entry into the Middl e Atlantic States Confer ence could turn out to be one of the best things that has happened to Wilkes athletics since t he college decided to have a sports program. In gaining entrance to the organization, Wilkes joins most of the top flight large and small schools in Pennsylvania, N ew York, N ew Jersey, and Delaware, that adhere to a sane athletic policy. Through the affiliation, Wilkes raises its total of athletic organization m e m b e rs hips to three, the other two being the N CAA and the ECAC. T h i s actually completes th e chain of comm and so to speak, g o i n g from national to eastern, to geographical · division of eastern. The link up AL JETER with the two larger organizations doesn't do a college the size of ours much good except in the prestige of belonging. The prestige is all well and good, but small schools have problems that can't be solved, in many cases, by such spread out machinery. Schedule Trouble A traditional difficulty at Wilkes has been trouble in sched uling athletic events . -The school has · been forced to settle for games with institutions that are out of our class and that go under different policy more than a few times, just in order In being named as Player of the to have a somewhat full schedule. Week, Dave Thomas becomes the The reason for such difficulty lies second Freshman to walk off with in the fact that we are a so-called fringe area school, an unhappy distinction shared with Hofstra, Wagn er, Lycoming, and Juniata to name a few . Concrete results of hooking up with the MASC probably won't show for several years due to long term contract s and the like. In the end, though, Wilkes will be able to obtain the kind of schedule it should have. Although the organization will assign officials to Wilkes games from here on in and communication of ideas between Wilkes and other member schools will be easier to maintain, the scheduling is the thing that holds the most importance. Long Stride We believe Wilkes has always fielded pretty fair football squads Dave Thomas that have been handicapped too many times by being forced to step the title. T o gain recognition from out of class in order to play at all. ! coaches, players, and fan_s , a frosh The joining of the conference is a · n:iust stand out as somethmg excepstep to - in the right direction. t10nal. Thomas is an exceptional grappler. He holds an enviable six win SPECIAL TUX against four defeat record that Intramural l{eg Loop lo Start Sunday The addition of the Intra-Mural Bowling League, which will begin play Sunday at th e J ewish Community Center, and a chess tournament will bring the total of Wilkes students a ctive in intra-mural sports to 177, it was announced yesterday by Robert W . Partridge, director of a ctivities. Seventy-fl ve are n ow active in basketball. Partridge also revealed that a chess to urney wi ll begin next week and that ping pong and fou l-shooting tourneys are in the offing. The first week of bowling will see 12 teams square off, six against six, at 6:30 Sunday evening at the JCC. Team rosters and schedules are posted on all bulletin boards. Information on the chess tourney will likewise be posted. Partridge is working on details of the ping pong t ourney a nd will have further data in the n ext week. The genial soccer and baseball coach has issued a challenge to his alleged "foul-shooting" championship, which " I have held h ere for the past seven years." - for ~ WILKES DANCES at \\i~ , eii,. JOHN B. STETZ ~ Expert Clothier 9 E. Market St., W-B. • Lt>NGS1N( cmW\e~ Featuring The Newest In College Men's Fashions Meet Your Friends at ... The SPA 18 South Main Street • • • After the game After the dance Anytime for a friendly get-together Favorite Spot . . . ... For College Students 1-=============~ HARPUR HERE WEDNESDAY IN CAGERS' LAST GAME AT HOME Old Father Time is a pickin' the 'games left' pocket of the He advises that any challenges Colonel cagers as they meet Harpur at 8 on Wednesday at the be carefully thought out before ac- WC gym. tion is taken, however, since "I hate Harpur is remembered at Wilkes to waste my time if t h e competition for ruining what could have been isn't right." a winning season for the Blue and Gold last year. They downed the WC hopefuls , 56-51, in t he last game forcing t hem to be content By RODGER LEWIS Having a day's rest between each with a break-even campaign. of their last three games, the WC Although Harpur has been debasketball squad was able to win feated this year by both Mansfield two while dropping one to bring and Lycoming, they are considered stands up with the best of them. their seasonal total to nine vic- no easy mark for the Blue and Gold He has shown plenty of improve- tories as compared to eight defeats. quintet. The unpleasant memory ment in the short time that he has The Blue and Gold courtmen took of last y ear's upset remains in been under the tutelage of John the measure of Scranton and Mans- everybody's mind and no complaReese and could become one of the field, but were interrupted by a cency is visible. Ralston's crew is finest grapplers to be produced loss to powerful Moravian . ......... .. anvious to make a good showing in Jim Ferris added a "story book" their final home game of the season. here. H e has two pins to his credit so finish to the Scranton contest on Just as last year, the New Yorkfar this year with one match re- Wednesday W ed nesday which will ers find t hemselves in a position to long be remembered by those who put the hex on the Wilkes season. maining. witnessed the fray. With five sec A product of Coughlin High onds remaining in the battle and Although it isn't the finale this school, h e was being groomed for the score 85-84 with Wilkes on the tim e, a loss would be ~ost.ly and statewide honors in hi s senior year short end, Scranton gained posses- Ral ston's charges would have a · until an ankle injury put him out sion of the ball. An attempt to get steep uphill battle to salvage the year. of action. it down the floor resulted in a All of the Colonels first line perThe ankle ruined his chances of charging violation into Ferris sibecoming a state champion, but multaneously with th e sound of th e ~onnel are in good shape, which may be somewhat of a break. Ralsdidn't stop him from continuing the buzzer ending the game. match at hand. Wrestling on his The calm floor leader stepped to ton has been short of dependable knees he not only finished, but beat t he foul line, tied the score with his. stop-gap replacem ents this year. his man as well. first. conversion, and won the game If the Wilkesm en can get p a st the Thomas has wrestled in the 157- with his second . Teammates mob- New Yorkers and run hot for the pound class th is year, which is ad- bed the little guard as the score- remaining three g am es t hey will mittedly a tough division. Reese board r egist ered an 8(; to 85 upset have accomplished an exceptional stunt, in what was regarded as a has been enthusiastic about his victory for the Colonels. The fracas was a see-saw battl e building year. work and figures that his future all the way with high spirited rival- five by a 73 to 70 margin. The shows plenty of promise. Thomas entered the Wilkes Open ry adding to the tenseness of the Colonels were down by one point, Tournament this and won two situation. Carl Van Dyke turned 70-69, with less than a minute to matches before being defeated. The the tide of the game when he stole play and the teachers in a "deep tourney featured som e of the best the ball with 15 seconds remaining freeze'' that was broken up ,b y two grapplers in the coll egiate circles. to set the stage for Ferris' "win or unsuccessful foul attempts. A quick lose" shots . Barry "Skinny" En- goal for WC soon followed to put nis paced the locals with. 35 mark- them in the lead. Captain Harry ers. Ennis led the scoring with 20 points. Moravian Wins ANDY'S DINER In Monday night's contest a st rong Moravian squad took home Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym a hard fought 88-79 victory. A W C Plenty of Free Parking rall y f ell short even though they Prices for the Collegian's Budget .• .. A Reputation Built on Fine Food outscored the visitors in the second half. The Colonels also outscored the Greyhounds at the foul line, but lacked consistent field work. 2 South Main Street John Bresnahan led the losing TUXEDOS TO RENT cause with 26 points . Moravian Wilkes-Barre Special Price To Students had five men in double figures with 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. Bob Jones leading the way gather- LOFT'S ing 19 talli es. On Saturday the Ral stonmen took The Candies of Finer Quality the measure of a stubborn Mansfield Dave Thomas Nabs Player Award; Has ·Outstanding Record as Yearling GROUl' PRICES BEACON Photo by Cliff Brothers TWO NEE DED ONES-Lanky John Bresnahan exhibits his deadl y corner sho t for two points against Scranton Univer sity. The Colonels pulled the ga me out of the fire in the closing seconds, 86 to 85. Hoopmen Win 2, Lose 1 Through Week's Play LOFT'S Candy Shop BAUM'S �____________________________ .;.. 4 Friday, February 25, 1955 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Common Man Musi Seek Maturity Of Character, Ralston Tells Assembly By T. R. PRICE The concept of security, Dean George Ralston told his gym audience Tuesday, has been with man for centuries, but with the triumph of the common man it has become even more important. particularly since the genial aristocracy which once guided him no longer exists and must be replaced in stability and order. The gentleman class differed from the co mmons not so much in wealth, but rather education. The common man needs a liberal education now that he has risen from cellar to salon. he stated. His apparel and technology have changed, but his ha:bits have not; he can earn a living, but h e cannot reall y liv e without knowledge, the Dean said . With so much emphasis upon the material in security, the common man toda y fears challenge, and we have entered an age of sec urocrats w hose hysterical pursuit of the m a ter ial proclaim s that they are not on t h e r ight track. They mistake change for progress, he continued. But change is not progress, the Dean stressed, unless it is g ood . And ·to be good, change must have longevity, uni versality, and depth of spirit. To produce r eal security, Ralston declared, we m ust first improve our intell ect, then our knowledge of humanity, finally our spiritual concepts, lest our genius run unchecked. If the common man wish es to gain true security, he concluded, h e must adopt the mature character attainable only when man b ecomes relia ble, able to differentiate change and progress, live self-relia ntly and ethicall y. It is the selfless wh o are the secure. International Education. Closing date for admission is June 15, 1955. -Closing date for scholarship applications is April 18, 1955. Applicants should write to the Inst itute of International Education, 1 East 67th Street, N ew York City. BEACON MEETING Kirby Hall Now Displaying Salon Prints from Camera Club MONDAY NOON; STAFF This is Brotherhood Week, true ; URGED TO BE PRESENT but in the Wilkes College Library at any rate, it is also Camera Week. The point of all this is that the main reading room has a welcome change from four walls of painted flowers; the Library st a ff has seen fit to decorate the room with salon prints of the Wilkes-Barre Camera Club. Chief among the contributors to the exhibition of prints is the Engineering Department's Voris B. Hall, long a local photography fan, while t h e subject for most of the shots is a Wilkes co-ed, Miss Lois Long. · A very important BEACON meeting is announced for Monday ; staff is reminded that meetings will begin promptly on the dot of 12 :25. NEW YORK - The University of Vienna Summer School at Schloss Traunsee, Gmunden, Austria, w ill offer courses open to American students fro m July 25 to September 4, 1955, it was announced yest erda y by the Institute of Juniors , seniors and principals from all the high schools in the valleyley have been invited to attend the -show. Because of the wide interest in this program, adm ission is by ticket only. Tw o hundredfifty t ickets will be granted for each of the four shows . WOOL SLACKS Reg. 12.95 Value It's a Pleasure to Serve You A Full Course Meal Or a Sandwich • Good Food • Reasonable Prices Plenty of Free Parking Space Catering to Small Groups • 8.99 Save 3.96 o o o Toll Gale Restaurant "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Men's Dr. Reif Named Chairman Of Two-Day Science Show Dr. Charles B. Reif, h ead of the biology department, has been named chairman of the Wilkes College annual science show, w hich will be i held March 4 and 5. l - - - - - - - - -- - - - - Girls don 't marry a man for his money. They divorce h im for it. Vienna Summer School Offers Courses for American Students Flannels - Gabardines Brown - Navy - Grey • Blue All Perfect Quality - Sizes 28-42 Men's - Pomeroy's First Floor F. DALE, Prop. Where Smart College People Meet - The MAYFAIR DUPONT HIGHWAY Wilkes College BOOKSTORE 'S AND : VARIETY SHOP Books - Supplies • Novelties -Subscriptions Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 .. ~ WELCOME PARK, SHOP and EAT at the new FOWLER, DICK a n d WALKER The Boston Store JORDAN Est. 1871 Janet Blair, Actress : " I have the full est confidence in L&M's Miracle Tip ... and L&Ms taste so good, I made them my regular cigarette." F\\.;TE RS John Robert P owe rs, Creator of the Power s Girls: '_'I think L&M's filt er is far superior to the others. Great smoke . . . wonde rful flavor ." 1rk 9 West Market Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Most Complete s ,-os~c co co. . JltlHIU OutFROM A11 mE REsr, Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality A PAPER FOR THE HOME ••• LIG GEi T g. M'i'ER STANDS OUT FOR FLAVOR. The pure, white Miracle Tip draw.s easy, lets you enjoy all the taste. STANDS OUT FOR EFFECTIVE FILTRATION. No filter compares with L&M's Miracle Tip for quality or effectiveness. •:-:-: Patrida Morison, Musical Comedy Star: "I love L&M Filters. Never dreamed a filter cigarette could filter so thoroughly, yet~ so good!" STANDS OUT FOR HIGHEST QUALITY TOBACCOS, low nicotine tobaccos; L&M tobaccos •.. Light and Mild. MUCH MORE FLAVOR - MUCH LESS NICOTINE Local and National Coverage FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS GIANT SOCIAL SECTION WEEKLY FEATURES -============~·- Americas Best Filter Cigarette~-·-,- � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1955 February 25th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 February 25 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/1de2cc756f6b665614c6ba62bb68a765.pdf 2f265b44597a025e2b00a582e9f8a1bc PDF Text Text WILKES -~ ' -WILKES COLLEGE- ~Beacon The Community College, Serving Wyoming Valley And The World WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA Vol. X, No. 16 THE BEACON Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1955 RALSTON TO LEAVE FOR YEAR • • • • • * * * Bio- Club Mardi Gras Tonight at 9 Jerrilones lo Provide Music; Last Chance for Many to Dance Belore the Beginning of Lent By JOAN C. PERASH The abnosphere of gay, old New Orleans will invade the gymnasium tonight when the Wilkes College Biology Club pre sents the Mardi Gras dance. The Mardi Gras is an annual fete celebrated for a month preceding the Lenten season. It ends on Shrove Tuesday. New ·;:·if,~ .. WC PLANS ADDITIONS IN NEAR FUTURE, TO REVISE DINING HALLS By JOHN D. CURTIS, Editor Dean of Men, Athletics Head to Study For His Doctorate al Columbia Univ.; No Replacement Named al Present Wilkes College is planning a By JONNI FALK, News Editor number of additions for the near George F. Ralston, dean of men, recently made official future, it was learned this week the news that he will take a year's leave of absence commencing at the Lettermen's-TDR sponsor- in une to pursue studies for his doctorate at Columbia University. Ralston, who is head of the athletic department and the only .e d assembly. Dea n of Men George Ral ston ex- football coach the school has had since it became Wilkes Col- plained, answering a question conce rnin g th e lack of space in the present snack bar (Harding Hall) . ~ t ·Ai Along w ith Stude nt Co uncil P rexy Arthu r Hoo ver, h e revealed that th e college plan s to all eviate th e problem by next year. Ral ston then called on President Dr. Eugene Far ley, who was sitting in the audience. By u se of the roving microphone , Dr. F arl ey explained the long-range plans of the college to eventua lly build a n ew Art s Building. Farley also sa id that a Student U nion Building is also a "sure thing" a nd now just a question of time. He th en stated that the shifting at th e college t h is yea r has been un comfortabl e for many people, but in th e end it will have proven n ecessary and w is e. " W e're looking to the f uture," Dr. Farley said, "and all I can do is a sk you t o bear with us this year-we are planning some , ' Richard Kent chan ges." Th e latter statement George Ralston was mad e regarding th e snack bar, it w a s f elt. Partridge Invites Coeds Dr. Farl ey told the Beaco n h e To Discuss Women's Lounge wo uld be more specific on his plans Hofstra Cagers, Groaners Directo r of Activities Robert later in th e semest er. Two-Day Guests of Dorms Partridge stated t his week that he Hofstra Coll ege's basketball and would be happy to m eet with a wrest ling t eam s, at Wilkes for a group of Wilk es co-eds at any time cage-mat doub le-header vV edn esday to di sc uss the proc urem ent of a Farley Stops Donn Cooking at th e gym, wer e guests of the colwomen's lounge s imilar to the one Due t o a number of fu se blow - lege dormitori es for two da ys this th ey had last year in Chase Hall. outs in Ashle y Hall (at lea st three week. There hav e bee n a num ber of com - a night for t he past t wo m onths ), The F lyi ng Dutchman squads plaints from the day students about Dr. Farley has pu t ou,t the cooking fro m H em ps t ead (L.I.), N.Y., were th e inadequacy of th e present wo - lamp in the dorm s. Th e fu se blow- qua r t ered in Butler Hall a nd ha d By FRE DA BILLSTEIN m en's lounge located on th e third outs were att r ibuted to overloading me a ls at the dormitory dining hall. Tuition will be raised n ext se- floor of Sturd evant Hall. on t h e electr ic lin es . They cam e to Wil k es-Barre by bus. mester, a c,cording to an announ cement by Dean of Men George F. Ralston. The 10 dollar incr ease will make tuition 250 dollars p er norm al load of credit hours. Ralston and Rob ert W. Partridge, d irector of stud ent activities, exDan Metroka, Wilkes senior, was terested in th e workings of the plained that even the raised tuition chosen chairman of th e Rul es Com- state and national governments , to pics whi ch will be presented to cannot possibly cover the entire mittee fo r the forthcoming conven- t he group is g iven an opportunity th e model state legi slature in April. expen se involved in operating a tion of th e Intercollegiate Confer- to di spla y its knowledge of govern- Any Wilkes student who is interschool. Our 500 dollars p er year en ce on Governm ent at a regional m ental problems and parl iamentary ested in governm ent and legislative tuition is appro x imatel y half the meet ing of th e ICG last Sunday at procedure at th e annua l state con- pr ocedu re is in vited to join the Wil kes cha pter. amount charg ed by schools such a s Marywood Coll ege, Sc ranton . vention, w here stud ent governm ent Me mbers hip is not restricted to Princeton, ·Tufts , and Bryn Mawr. R epresentati ves of ICG chapters lead ers througho ut the state vie Political Science majors. Meetings They w ent on to explain that for r ecognition. are held ever y Friday at 12 :15 in private colleges must depend h eavi- from colleges in th e N orth ea st r eTh e Wilkes I CG will s oon begin ly upon gift s from friends in order gion of P enn syl vania-King's, L e- drafti n g legislation on various As hl ey Ann ex . not to r un into deficits. Our in- h igh , Scranton, Marywood, Lafaycreased tuition will still be less ett e, Muhlenburg, and Wilkes-also than that of other colleges of di scussed strategy for their 21st ASSEMBLY CUT RUMOR Gies Hall Gets Hi-Fi Set annual state con vention to be held KILLED BY RALSTON Wilkes' size. The music departm ent had a n ew April 21-23 at Harrisb urg. Officiall y k i 11 e d by Dean This year I CG delegations from George Ralston is the rumor that hig h fid elity record player installed Allen Feld Named to Council ma ny P ennsylvania colleges and assembly cuts deduct from a stu - in Gi es Hall this we ek. The hi-fi Allen Feld was elected Student universiti es will m eet to conduct dent's quality credits. Mr. Rals- set had long been anticipated by Council representative from the se- ( a mod el state legislature. Gover- ton stated at Tuesday's assembly th e college, but became a nec essity nior class at a special election Wed- nor George M. L eader, along with that there is now no system for n esday at the Snack Bar . Feld re- R epublican and Democrati c legis - deducting points for excessive with the increase in enrollment in places Irv Gelb in Council. lative leaders, will address the cuts, and there is no plan to in- mus ic appreciation classes. Running for the office, beside mod el ICG state legislature at the stitute s uch a program at this The new a cquis ition of the deF eld, w er e Dave Ro sser and Dick op ening session. school in the future. partment was obtained through the K ent. Feld is a Com merce and The chapter at Wilkes is an affiThe information came from a efforts of Rob ert Moran, music . inFinance major and wi ll graduate liate of th e International R elations very informative question and structor, and Jose ph Saracini , diin Jun e. H e is a native Wilkes- Club. For th e past several years answer exchange between the rector of radio and television publiBarrean and an alumnus of GAR t he Wilkes group has been a ctive student body and members of the city for the college, who assembled Hig h School. in state functions. Primarily in- faculty at Tuesday's assembly. th e new set. Orl eans has celebrated with a comb i nation of Halloween and New Year's Eve a ntics for over a century. Tonight's dance w ill not last until Shrove Tuesday. Dancing to t he mus ic of th e J erritones w,ill be fro m 9 to 12 in a gail y decorated gym which is guaranteed to capture th e flavor of N ew Orl eans ' Fren ch Quarter. W hil e this dance is not restrict ed to Roman Cath olics, it will be the last chance for people of that faith to enjoy a night's dancing and frolic before th e beginning of L ent. For people of oth er r eligions, it is a cha nce to have another night of fun with their ,.fellow st udents and friends. Tick ets for the danc e are 50 cents per person and can be ob tained from a n y member of the Biology Club. Proceeds w ill be used to h elp finance th e annual fie ld trip of the organizatio n. Dick (Kleyps) Kent, president of th e Club, is gen eral cha ir man of th e affair. Assisting him are : R efres hm en ts, Dave Luchino; tickets , Barbara Boock, Bernie Ondash , Jessie Roderick ; decorations, Mary Kozak. s '.. ,;>J ~ ' Tuition Ante Upped; Now $250 per Semester Metroka Picked as ICG Rules Head leg e, w ill work toward his Ph. D. in pe rso nn el psyc holo gy. The University of North Carolina graduate arriv ed on the campus in 1946 following se rvice with the Army during the Second World War. H e was appointed football, basketball and baseball coach, and instru ctor in Biology. H e became dean of m en shortl y thereafter. Des pite his man y administrative a nd athl etic duties, Ralst on r eceived his master' s degree from Columbia by doing work during the summers. One of th e b us iest m en on any American campus, he is also adviser t o th e Letterm en's Club and facul t y resident of Butler Hall. Ralston is the third m ember of th e "Old guard" to leave the campus this s'emest er. H e follows English instruct or Jos ep h Donnelly, a lso working fo r his doctorate, and Activit ies Director R obert W. Partridge, w ho is leaving in June for th e Kent Scho ol. The departure of Ral sto n diminishes th e Wilkes coachin g staff to one fu ll-time member, wrestling coach John Reese. Vacancies will exist in th e fo otball, basketball, soccer a nd baseball departments. Ralsto n's successor has not been na med as yet, b ut President Eugene S. Farl ey has infor m ed the Beacon that successors to a ll existing vacan cies will be named later in the semest er. Parking Stickers Ready For WC Drivers Monday By DICK JONES The three hour parking stickers, suggested by students of Wilkes and -approv ed by Mayor L. Kniffen, arrived this w eek. The following procedure has been announced in issuing them. The Beacon office, located on the seco nd floo r of the Lecture Hall, will be open Monday, Tuesday, and W edn esda y from 10 to 12 noon. Students elig ible to receive these permits are those carrying three s uccessive hours of classes. The permits will apply to authorized · Wilkes stud ents, but are honored only on days when those classes are in session. This sticker does not authorize a student the right t o park on S. River St. between 4 and 6 p.m. Students applying for these stickers must present their ownership card and licen se. A schedule card showing the hours being carried by the student should also be presented. The arrival of these stickers is a step closer to alleviating the parking situation, and it is hoped that students will util ize this privilege wisely. �2 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON EDITORIALS 'Letter to the Editor', Plus One We're confused. Letters to the editor are fine. In fact, we encourage them, whether they be to the Beacon or any other paper. But when we start getting letters to the editor about an article which was written about a letter to the editor of another paper, whew, we get just a little bewildered. Particularly, since in the whole "issue" we can't understand t?e reason for all the excitement, anyway. Last week we published a story about a Letter to the Wilkes-Barre Record, which one of our staffers found came from Dr. Charles B. Reif, chairman of the Wilkes Biology Department. Our reporter, a very competent member of our staff to say the least, approached Dr. Reif for a story, and through some obvious misunderstanding, he failed to get a story. It might also be added that although Dr. Reif had not before known the reporter, he has been quite active on the paper this year and, a former Navy officer, started at Wilkes prior to his time in the the service and is a senior this year-one of our top staff members. . We carried our own story, which we felt was of interest and importance to the student body, based solely from the letter in the Record. We took no stand, rather, we viewed the things as did Dr. Reif in his letter, obviously objectively. In fact, we thought that Dr. Reif deserved credit for having offered the facts to the general, unfamiliar, public. His action reflected interest in the peqple of Wyoming Valley, which is, in the end, one of the main objectives of Wilkes- to serve the community. The letter to the Beacen editor, if you can still follow us, said in part, "I was surprised to discover the announcement in the Beacon in fairly bold type that I had entered the fight concerning fluoridation, posted as it was over a· misquoting of my letter to the editor of _the Record." The following was taken from the letter to the Record, "In recent numbers of the local papers have appeared articles attacking the luoridation of water supplies. The articles are conspicuous in their omission of both the background of the research on fluoridation and the evidence which has been obtained thus far." Then there was this portion, which was a part of last week's Beacon story taken right out of the Record, "Science has no axe to grind, no chip on its shoulder, is neither pro nor con. If people, as individuals or groups, wish to apply scientific principles theymay do so." Following in the letter, but not in the Beacon story directly, was "The present position of the U.S.A. is due in large part to the use of the scientific method." 28 Students Begin Teaching Question of Understanding Another paragraph said, in part, "To those who may have read the unscientific notices concerning fluoridation of water supplies one can only suggest that people read the history of the matter, examine the evidence, test it if they care to and then draw conclusions." Regardless of the snappy interview with the Beacon reporter, who was allegedly told that no further comment would be made by Dr. Reif, we do wish to state that it is obvious that whether knowingly or not, Dr. Reif did enter the dispute with his first letter. The very fact that he used the term "fluoridation" and offered advice on the subject, objective as it was meant to be, throws his hat into the ring if we must get technical. But, then, the misunderstanding. In the interview, which resulted in the cancellation of the 2:30 appointment. Our reporter stated to us, "If the attitude of the interview puzzled Dr. Reif, it was only because I was puzzled by his apparent belligerence at the mention of the Beacon." Here again, the editor, is hopeful and leaning more to the sure side that this was all a misunderstanding on both parts. But we can't understand why "this is none of the Beacon's business." We are resentful. too, of the remark about newspapers distorting articles, as any true newspaperman would be, whether the remark be made by a scientist or the publicity chairman of the Ladies Aid Society. But, we do agree that and to quote from Dr. Reif's letter to the Beacon editor, "This incident can be a lesson from which benefit may be derived for all concerned." The big lesson we have derived is that people find it easy to misunderstand each other, very easy, in fact. And with regard to the last statement in the letter to the Beacon, may we add, the Beacon wishes, in return, to be considered a friend of the Biology Department, which, and one can never tell, may some day also need a friend. -Curtis, Editor. Music Majors lo Leave for Boston; Will Go to Conference Next Friday By JANICE SCHUSTER Fourteen Wilkes College music majors will leave next Friday to attend the Eastern Division Convention of Music Educators National Conference in Boston. The student group will represent twenty-seven members of Student Chapter 388, which is a college musical organization, it was announced by Chapter Adviser Rob ert Moran. The purpose of the trip is to introduce future music educators from all parts of the country to material which will supplement their college training. The young scholars, who will have at their disposal exhibits from all music publishers and manufacturers in the United States, will also have an op- Friday, February 18, 1955 portunity to meet their future employers. John Detroy, head of the departm ent, and Moran, who belong to the organization, will accompany the group on the trip . Discussion groups and lectures in all basic fields of music instruction will be h eld, and each representative of the various organizations can attend the one which interests him most. Flood Lauds WC Debaters In Congressional Talk Ed. Majors to Begin At Local High Schools As of February 28th Twenty-eight secondary educcrlion majors will begin actual teaching experiences on MonThe Wilkes two-man debating team of J, Harold Flan- day, February 28, it was an- . nery, jr., and Jim Neveras was the subject of attention on the nounced by Dr. Eugene Hamfloor of the House of Representatives in Washington, recently. mer, chairman of the Education Congressman Daniel J. Flood (D-Pa.) cited the team's first place Departm ent. BEACON Photo by Cliff Brothers win over Princeton University at the Johns Hopkins Tourney, Baltimore. Flood, representative for the seventh congressional district, stated on the House floor, "Mr. Speaker, it could be that my remarks in this historic forum today will not be world shattering, but in the midst of the storm and stress of world events, I bring you a h eartwarming and typical American story. The future high school and junior high S<:hool teachers will be scattered in the Wilkes-Barre City high schools, Meyers, Coughlin and GAR, as w ell as Kingston. Thirteen student teachers will go to Coughlin, the largest group, six will be at Meyers, two at GAR, and five at Kingston. The elementary education majors will also begin practice teaching, but the list of teachers and schools has not yet been announced by Jonathan Karr, elementary education instru ctor. The students and schools to which they have been assigned include: Charles Adam ek, Meyers; Peter Caprari, Coughlin; Walter Chapko, Meyers; Jose ph Chrzan, Kingston; John Curtis, Coughlin ; Howard Ennis, GAR; Patricia Fitzgerald,. Coughlin; Esther Goldman, Meyers. John Griffiths, Kingston; Bruce Harbater , Coughlin; Dale Hess, Kingston; Arthur Hoover, Coughlin; Douglas Johnson, Kingston; Carl Lahr, Coughlin; Leonard Les-ko, Coughlin; M a r g a re t Luty, Coughlin ; Dori s Merrill, Mey ers. Angelo Pappa, Coughlin; Mary Pomicter, Meyers; Arthur Reshke, Coughlin; Rob ert Sabatino, Kingston; Margaret Schlager, Coughlin; Eugene Scrudato, Kingston; K ent Stoddard, Meyers; Dorothy Travis, Coughlin; Joseph Trosko, GAR; Edward W allison, Meyers; and Ed-ward Yarasheski, Coughlin. The popular congressman went on to mention the fact that Flannery, who won a special award as the top debater of the tourney, is a "chip off the old block", since his father, Judge Flannery of the Court of Common Pleas, is "my dis- BOB LYNCH ELECTED "I have before_me a newspaper tinguished predecessor in this COUNCIL 'I;'REASURER Bob Lynch, junior class Stusto1'y from the Washington Post to House of some 12 years ago." the eff ect that little Wilkes College Flood then directed that his dent Council representative, was in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., my home- speech be included in the Congres- unanimously elected treasurer of town, defeated the great Princeton sional Record. The win also the Council at Monday evening's University in the recent intercol- brought much national publicity to meeting at Harding House. The election was necessitated legiate debates held in Baltimore, Wilkes and the debate tea m. Left Md., this past week. Twenty-four to right are "Nick" Flannery, Dr. by the graduatio n of Irv Gelb, of the nation's best colleges and Arthur N. Kruger, Wilkes debate the treas urer last semester. Gelb universities took part in the con- coach, and J im Neveras. On the served in his former position test and it is a high honor for the table are two of the trophies won since last Spring. Lynch is a music education victor Wilkes College," Flood con-I at the tourn ey and the first place major and band member. tinued. cu p won at Bucknell University. HONOR, APATHY CONCERN STUDENT GOVERNMENT By HELEN KRACHENFELS A meeting to discuss the possibility of initiating the honor system at Wilkes will be held Wedn esday night at 7 in Chase Lounge. A Student Council committee, consisting of Nancy Morris, Helen Krachenfels, Bill Crowder and Dick Bunn, has been considering the question. It was decided that a special m eeting to be h eld to discuss at the last meeting of Council. Arthur Hoover, Council prexy, announced at the meeting that faculty m ember s have approached him about the probl em. Among t hem , H oover said, was Dr. Worstall, who offered to m eet with interested students and share his knowledg e on th e operation of honors systems in the three colleges with which he is acquainted. Students who have transferred fr om other coll eges wh ere honors syst ems exist are especiall y invited and urged to attend, and all other students are invited a s well. Jones Urges Class Meetings Reese Jones, president of the s o p h o m o r e class, attended this week's Student Council meeting and addressed the body on the apathetic attitude of Wilkes students on campus issues. Jones appeared at the meeting with the hope that the council might take some action to arouse more student interest. H e presented three main points. First off, Reese stated, there is a need for strengthening relations between the Student Council and the student body. In order to achieve such a status, he proposed the use of class presidents as liaison officers between Council and the students of their classes. In line with his hope to consolidate relations between the Council and stud ents, Reese also suggested that regular class m eetings be held on the first Thursday of each month. Jones declared that the office of class president has been reduced to the standing of a mere figurehead. He also advocated an honorary or functiona l m embership in the Council for all class h eads. LETTER TO THE EDITOR As I mentioned to yo u in passing, The Beacon's article concerning my letter to the editor of the Record disturbed me. The Beacon's articl e was a good example of what happens too often in the popular press . Most sc ienti sts shun giving interviews to newspap ers because they ha ve seen so many incorr ect or distored newspaper articles written by reporters to whom interviews had been granted. Your reporter (whom I had never seen before, to my knowledge ) entered my office about three minutes before my one o'clock class. Since I was rush ed I off ered to see him at half past two. His manner puz zled m e for he was rather persist ent and continued to talk in a querulous ton e concerning fluoridation until I gained the impression he was there not to have an interview but to needle m e on the subject of fluoridation. I then told him that my letter could stand as it was and that he could take from it what he wo uld. He did not return to my office at half past two. Th e strange thing to me was that my letter to t he editor of The Record did not concern , one way or the other, fluoridation. I did write about the advisability of citing evidence in scienti fic writing, wh ich one of the opponents of fluoridation had com pletely fai led to do. I tried to make the point that all citizen s s hould weigh fact s subst antiated by research, not just the scientists. Thus I was surpri sed to discover the announ cem ent on the front page of The Be.a eon in fairly bold type that I had entered the fight concerning fluoridation, posted as it was over a misquoting of my letter to the editor of The Record. This incident can be a lesson from which benefit may be derived for all concerned. Please consider me a friend of The Beacon, the poor paper certainl y needs a friend. Respectfully, Chas. B. Reif �WILKES COLLEGE BEACON .iday, February 18, 1955 3 MATMEN, CAGERS ACTIVE OVER THE WEEK-END Grapplers Meet Kings Point Tonight Cagers Face Mansfield Tomorrow; Could be Make-Break Point for Both with Al Jeter Off Again · Last week a card was received by the Beacon and signed by some people known only as the "Friends of Wilkes". The essence of the epistl e was that it would be a good idea to hav e the two local schools, Wilkes and King's, play a basketball game for the March of Dimes. We assum e that this card was written by someone or some ·people with all good intentions, but who must have been s leeping for the past several years. As a matter of fact, if the two schools were to get togeth er, they could find no bett er ca use to do it for . A s we all know, the March of Dimes is an organ ization that performs a great public service in helping the victims of polio to regain health. No Soap But- as has been said in ass emblies so many times that it is getting to sound like a broken recordth e two schools have severed relations and nothing sho r t of a large atomic expl9sion could ever bring them together again. The friend s of Wilkes ! - We do not know who they are, but friends? to bring that up again? Ouch. There are two soccer players in the confines of the school who don't confine their activity to the booting sport. It seems that they got imbroiled in a 'blood' ping pong game the other night. The series started at 11 :30 in the evening. 22 games later-by now it was 3 :00 in the morning, the finally dropped over in utter exhaustion. Ping pong for that long? Let's hope it isn't contagious. Split a Couple For those who would like to bowl in the newly formed intra-mural bowling league and are not sure of their prowess on the alleys, there is a certain demure young miss about campus, who will admit if questioned, that she oDtained a top score of 27 once. And beside that the yo ung lovely isn't downhearted about it. She says she will improve with time and then look out. So if you like to bowl, why not give it a try ?-there is yet hope. By RODGER LEWIS Wilkes College basketball and wrestling squads will see action this weekend in an attempt to fatten up their season percentages. The wrest ler s under th e tutorship of able George Reese will be , , first to tast e battle. They take on the Merchant Marine Academy of I Kings Point at Long Island tonight. Tomorrow evening th e hoopsters entertain the Mansfield STC five at the local drill shed. This game By JIM COLEMAN is a "must" for the Colonels if they The wrestling a nd basketball are to have any possibility of a teams made their second appear- winning campaign. As it stands an~e of the year. in a double-header now the ba skete ers have a record before a big booster crowd, but they of seven victories against seven dewere unable to com e through with feats. a victory against two strong aggregations from Hofstra. According to Coach George Rais• ton, his charges must take two The grapplers showed good form, but were unable to come through games from Mansfi eld and register CAGERS GRAPPLERS DROPPED IN TWIN BILL ·BY FLYING DUTCHMEN ;~~e;~;Jc~:~·alio~~~;a t~e!%~at WHO HAS WHO?-Colonel grappler Don Reynolds, see ms to be a ll wrapped up in his work in recent Blue and Gold meet. Reynolds has a n effective record t his year, having s uffe red only two defeats. In his last time out, he gained a pin against Hofstra College's Bob Wilmotz in 5 :25. IDIOT'S ROW, WECKESSER UNDEFEATED; PHOTO FINISH SEEN FOR CHAMPIONSHIP By DANNY LYNN Idiots Row and W eckesser Hall remained tied for first place when they pulled through the week without a loss, to remain undefeated in the intramural loop. W eckesser put a stop to the Bar Rags, who had a hot streak a week ago. Idiots Row, led by Andy Barovich, piled up th e score against the Falk's Five, 59-48. Members of the undefeated Idiots Row team are : Batterson, Barovich, Luft, Gardenr, and Potoski. On the W eckesser Hall team ar e : Turtel, Schm eizer, Johnson, Burns, and Hoffman. The two powerhou ses will meet on Tuesday, March 1. Since the championship may hinge on th e tilt, both teams will be out in full force . U ntil that date W eckesser has to get past the Falk's Five, which isn't too far behind in the standings. Before the big encounter, both t eams will also ha ve to get past the Accelerators. The sc hedule for the remainder of the month: Tuesday 22: Accelerators vs. Idiots Row Bar Rags vs. Spanish Flyers Falk's Five vs. Weckesser Hall Finale Hoppers vs. Econ. Club Thursday 24: Vets T eam vs . Young Uns Club 20 vs. Idiots Row Flash y Five vs. Spanish Flyers Accelerators vs . Weckesser Hall Monday 25: Finale Hopper s vs. Bar Rag s Falk's Five Falk's Five vs . Vets Team Young Uns vs. Biology Bugs Club 20 vs. Spanish Flyers I~==:-, PARK, SHOP and Wilkes College BOOKSTORE EAT at the new FOWLER, DICK and WALKER The Boston Store Where Smart College People Meet - The MAYFAIR DUPONT HIGHWAY AND VARIETY SHOP Books - Supplies - Novelties Subscriptions Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 . WELCOME Special Price To Students 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. BAUM'S 2 South Main Street Wilkes-Barre LOFT'S ... The Candies of Finer Quality ANDY'S DINER Toll Gale Restaurant "On the Boulevard" · Rt. 115 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. It's a Pleasure to Serve You A Full Course Meal Or a Sandwich • Good Food • Reasonable Prices Plenty of Free Parking Space Catering to Small Groups F. DALE, Prop. The SPA 18 South Main Street e O • After the game After the dance Anytime for a friendly get-together Favorite Spot ... ... For College Students Colonelettes Canceled; Drill for Vets' Clash Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym Road conditions kept the clawing Plenty of Free Parking Colonelettes on their leashes last Prices for the Collegian's Budget .• .. A 'Reputation Built on Fine Food Saturday and the game with Key~ Meet Your Friends at ... • TUXEDOS TO Rt:NT LOFT'S Candy Shop J~~ ~u~i:v~~e\~:ri~1;}0 ;th~eaJJcfJ;~; game of the season might be the Morgan, suffering his first defeat of the season, and Sam Shugar staged final game with Stroudsburg. If two of the best, but nev ertheless W C ca n win this one, the coaching staff wil l be satisfied with t h e seaslosi ng bo uts of th e night. on. Th e Colonels took the m easure Th e Hofstra coach moved his firs t four m en down a weight to of the t eac hers earlier in the year. strength en hi s club and it proved Much will depend on the play of eff ective in the first two bouts. In Wilkes' scoring and rebound ace,. the next two bouts his strategy captain Harry Ennis. Also n eeded: didn 't work as Don Reynolds pin- will be the high percentage ;;hootned Bob Wilmotz in 5:25 and Don ing of John Bresnahan and dependMcFadden decisioned Bill Baer, 8-4, able Jimmy F erris. Joe Jablon ski in the only high spot for the booster and Carl Van Dyke will lend ascrowd. Hofstra took the remaining sistance as playmakers with Dick bouts to make it a 22-8 victory for Bunn and Parker Petrilak on hand them. to fill any gaps in the lineup. Cagers Dumped Next week the Colonels will enThe basketball squad also came counter Moravian a nd Scranton at up on the losing end of things when home on Monday and "'.ednesday they faced the towering New York- r espectively. ers, suffering their seventh loss a- · Matmen Near Finish gainst seven wins. Hofstra took The grapplers will be facing a the lead at th~ beginning of ~he tough opponent, Kings Point in game and h eld 1t all the way, wm- their attempt to in crease the winning &2-62. The two ·6 '-6" m en and ning side of the ledger. So far some shor t er dead eyes were too this season the mat for ces have a much for a much smaller WC team. r ecord of thr ee wins, five losses, and The Wilkesmen fought hard all one ti e. the w~ y , but_ the nearest they could In their last outing, WC's only co~e m closmg the gap was el even previo usl y und efeated wrestler, J3ob points. . Morgan, lost a decision. Morgan, Carl Van Dyk e and John Br~sna- who was last week's :Player of the h~n were t~p scor~rs for Wilkes W eek' , is figured to get back on his with ten pomts apiece. winning ways tonight. The team as a w hole will be out for revenge a s th ey are s marting from t he loss to Hofstra. f The mari ners meet is als·o termed a "must" for Reese's crew. They only ha ve on e remaining match af t er this and have to tak e both to break eve n for th e season. The Featuring The Newest final meet is against Muhl en burg In College Men's Fashions next Saturday. Misses' Orlon SWEATERS Short Sleeve SLIP ONS 4.99 Long Sleeve CARDIGANS 6.98 o Soft 'n' Silky Wear Like Iron o Past.els - Jewel - Deep Shades o All Perfect Quality • Sizes 34-40 Sportswear • Pomeroy's 2nd Floor stone Junior College was called off:. According to latest reports, the fracas will take place at some future date a s vet und et ermined. Sterling guard, E l Nora Metroka, clai med that th e Ke yston e maulers were lucky that th e w eathe r turned foul. " \¥ e'd have scored on 'em," sa id 'Ti ge r' Metroka. Mea nwhil e, bus in ess a s usual was the ord er of the day for the Wilkes lassies. Practice sessions are ber ing held as usual in pr:eparation for th e next hair-pull. The Vets Club has issued a challenge to th e fair sex cagers which has reportedly been acce pted. This should automati cally class the vets among the schools bravest or craziest. The Vets are riding high on the crest of three wins in the intramural leagu e-two of them by forfeit. On the other hand the ladies are still winless in nobody knows quite how many starts. However, they always put u p a good battle, and are sure to have fingernail s sharpen ed and hip s swingin' for this one. �Friday, February 18, L. WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 4 History Club Speaker Urges World Good Will PP&L Display at Gym Concludes This Evening BOWLING, CHESS PLANNED The Pennsylvania Power and Light Company lighting display window will be presented in the Wilkes gymnasium lobby for the last time this evening. The display, brought to the college thro ugh arrangements made by Dana H. Verry, chairman of the business educatio n department, and C. E . Brown, chairman and organizer of the proj ect, has run for the -past week. The budding History Club and several members of the faculty attended a stimulating address on When a guy is the outstandTuesday night by Mr. Charles ing scorer and rebounder of a Walkes in Chase Lounge. basketball team it figures that Mr. Walker, a well known paci- · fist, stated the world can and must resolve its three social problems, war, tyranny, and revol ution , by methods other than war. Patience and persistent good will are the solutions he suggested. The lecturer made several interesting commentaries on militarism that ended only half an hour before and the type of war economy this class, he took his seat in the front country is now experiencing row and promptly fell asleep. The instructor began calling the roll. Once he called our hero's A fus e blows. This usually repeats name-the only response was a three or four more times in the medium pitched snore. Amazed, he evening, and no one can explain cried out the sleeper's name again, why. If this keeps up, Wilkes betcausing a rude awakening. ter go into the fuse business .. . . "Gibbons," cried the student. There, it happened again . . . . A Then, realizing where he was, add- restaurant · just off campus is just ing meekly, "sir." slightly behind the times . With Ashley Hall , the former residence the temperature reading in the of an old Wilkes-Barre family, still neighborhood of five below zero reHarry Ennis has one mystery that nobody has cently, a big colorJul sign reading been able to sol ve. Every night "Come in and keep Cool" was plas- he must be something excepat 9, like clockwork, the lights go t e-red on the front window, obvious- tional. The description fits out in a portion of the building. ly left over from last summer. 'Player of the Week' Harry 'Skinny' CAMPUS CHATTE'R The Va lentine Dance was a disastrous evening for several guys The snow and ice contributed heavily to Jack Cave's misery as he dropped the transmission on his Ford, and Dave Polley, the Merc ury Madman, tangled with a big mail truck and came out second best and less a front fender . . . . Amnicola deadline time again brought with it more scurrying a round than a monkey cage sees in a day. Jean Kravitz, Jim Neveras and Irv Kaye are working on their second case of aspirin. . . . Busy photog Cliff Brothers is still leaving his coat in a certain editor's room with regularity. Tom Conway's on Carey A venue is the haunt for many Wilk esmen from all over the Valley of late . . .. Must like the new records o·n the juke box, or is it the dart board? •. . Dapper Dale Warmouth, former PRO chief, was back recently after a job-hunting t r ip to Phill y. . . . Ed Wallison, w~o will do his practice teaching at Meyers, has a Wilkesman's dream of a job~bar tending at the Kni ghts of Columbus. Never touches the stuff, though . A well-known man-on-campus shook up an entire 8 o'clock English class recently. Having breezed in fairly well-oiled from a bad n ight All those interested in· intramural bowling are requested to sign their names on lists which are posted on the bulletin boards about the campus. The contests will be held at the Jewish Community Center, Sunday evenings at 6 :30. Admission is 25 cents per game. It is also to be noted (in a sports page yet) that anyone interested in playing intramural chess should sign their names to lists also posted on the various bulletin boards about the campus. 'HIGH-JUMPIN-G' HARRY ENNIS COPS PLAYER OF WEEK AWARD Ennis who has made an exceptional record for himself this year in the Wilkes cage wars. The lanky center is a senior this year and from his performance will be a hard man to replace next season . Hi s total points to date are 236 and his rebounds number 142. In the scoring department 'Skinny' has more than lived up to pre-season expectations. On numerous occasions this year he has been given the task of handling the tallest man in the opposition and in many case!;l the roughest. Ennis has com'e through in winning form. Being the biggest man on an otherwise undersize Colonel squad, he has had a lion's share of the rebound work delegated to him. Ennis has been an all-round handy man for the Ralston forces working equally as w~ll on offense as defense. His work under thE opponents' boards in capturinf Colonel shots that went astray ha~ been a big factor in that al important second chance at the hoor ~-------------- JORDAN Est. 1871 Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality ** !l 'W est Market Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. A PAPER FOR THE HOME • • • SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Most Complete Local and National Coverage FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS GIANT SOCIAL SECTION WEEKLY FEATURES - WILKES COLLEGE - Beacon A newspaper published each week of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. · Editor . . John D. Curtis Asst. Editor .... ... ... . Ivan Falk Sports Editor . .... Allen Jeter Business Mgr . .... Arthur Hoover Asst. Bus. Mgr. Dick Jones Faculty Adviser .... George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes Campu2. Telephone: VAlley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. 7uj CHESTERFIELD 7oday You'll smile your approval of Chesterfield's smoothness- mildness- refreshing taste. teri te . .,Ji:~ ) ETTEj You'll smile your approval of Chesterfield 's quality- highest quality- low nicotine. © L1GGE1T & Mvns Toa,cco .c,,. · � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1955 February 18th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 February 18 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College