142 15 4132 https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/a5dc72c530e58208bc53d3bf349a6a92.pdf c6a2d98fb16cc5791b45f7d45c164bb5 PDF Text Text TDR Valentine Dance Features Jack Melton WILKES The Community College, Serving Wyoming Valley And The World Vol. X, No. 15 .~ -WILKES COLLEGE- ~B -- . e aeon WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE. PENNSYLVANIA THE BEACON Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1955 Melton Plays Tonight At TDR Valentine Dance By JANICE SCHUSTER Members of Theta Delta Rho and their heart-throbs have transformed the Wilkes Gymnasium into a fantasy of frilly valentines for the sorority's annual semi-formal, the Valentine Dance, to be held tonight. The girls of the sorority, along with the manly assistance of the Letterman's Club and their boyfriends, spent all last evening at the gymnasium adding the final to.uches to the decorations. The gala affair will be highlighted by the crowning of a king and queen to rule over the splendor of the evening. The reigning couple, who will be chosen by Sorority President Naomi Kivler as she draws the lucky ticket stub, will be presented to a radio audience over station WBAX. The broadcast will start at 11 :30 aRd continue to the climax of the dance at midnight as a portion of Bob Whitehead's popular disc-jockey show "Bobby's Shop". 50% DAY STUDENTS ATTEND IN EVENING, WASILESKI REPORTS By JOHN KUSHNERICK Reserve Wednesday as your night to witness a Wilkes College sports spectacle at the local gymnasium. Something new is .in the offing for students, faculty, and local sports fans, as the One of every two day students Letterman's Club plans an affaiir to boost attendance, ahd takes evening courses at Wilkes, bolster school spirit. Evening Director Cites Night School Importance Jack Melton and his orchestra will supply dance music to harmonize with the magnificent them e of the lovely decorations. Gigantic mobiles will be suspended from the ceiling of the gymnasium and a h 1 t~nt-like aff~ct will add to t e goMARILYN PETERS rious valentme scenery. . Marilyn Peters, dance chairman, announced that each of the girls' dates will be presented with a souvenir of the girls' s_orority at_ the annual girl-ask-boy affair. She also chose the followmg committee heads to help promote the success of the ,e vent: . Decorations: J essie Roderick, Jeannette Perrms. Orchestra: Ruth Wilbur. Tickets: Joan Shoemaker. Hat check: Mary Pomicter. Re-, freshmen ts: Helen Krachenfels. Publicity: Della King. Gifts: Margaret Smith, Barbara Walters. Dance Program: Pat Reese . Chaperons : Gerri Kolotelo. Favors: Barbara Rog ers. D1R. REIF EN'TERS FLUORIDATION DISPUTE IN LETTER TO EDITOR In a recent letter to the editor of the Wilkes-Barre Record, Dr. Charles B. Reif of the Biology Department claimed that articles attacking the fluoridation of the cities' water supply are c~nspicuous by their omission of the background and research mvolved. The addition of fluorine compounds to the water supply has been proposed as a measure to decrease tooth decay. This proposal is moti vated by the finding that in areas where fluorine exists in the water naturally, the population is noticably free of tooth decay. The letter which appeared in the "Voice of the People" column, urged citizens not to draw conclusions from opinions advanced by unscientific individuals and groups, but to gather the facts from the scientific journals. "Science has no a xe to grind, it is n either pro nor con ... if people or groups want to apply scientific principles they may do so ... The survival of civilization depends on the successful separation by citizens of the demonstrable evidence Lellermen Sponsor Night lo Help Sports Attendance, Band lo Play Wilkes Offers Courses In Four Penna. Cities Wilkes College now offers courses in four Pennsylvania cities, it was learned last week from Stanley Wasiileski, director of the evening division. The nursing education departm ent, headed by Miss Ruth Jesse, is conducting courses in Danville, Lebanon and Scranton, besides on the campus here at Wilkes. In Danville, the courses are conducted in the Nursing School at Geisinger Hospital. At Lebanon they are given at the Veterans's Hospital and in Scranton on the (continued on page 2) university campus. it was revealed yesterday by Stanley Wasileski, director of the Wilkes evening division. Wasileski also stated that the ni g ht school enrollment for this semester, although it has fallen off slightly from last semester, is approximately 750. That number is just about equal to the day school enrollment. "Ou~ night school is one of the most important parts of the college," the director pointed out. "Not only are courses offered at night that are not given in da_y school, but for the sake of convenience in scheduling alone, the night sessions are a big aid to both day and night students ." Wasileski also stated that full degrees can be obtained by attending night school. Degrees in nursing edu cation, commerce and finance can be gained by hours earned only in night school. Other degrees tha t will be offered at night in the near future are psychology and sociology, the director said. In addition to regularly offered cour ses, the education department, of necessity, gives some of its cour ses in the evenin g session and Bucknell University offers postgraduate credit here as well. PROSPECTS OF NEW WAR TO BE AIRED BY HISTORIAN Charles Walker will discuss the question "Must We Fight Again" Tues.d ay, February 15 at 8 p.m. in Chase Hall Lounge. Walker is executive secretary of the Fellowship of Reconciliation and has been invited here by the Wilkes History Club to speak to faculty and students ·i nterested in this timely subject. The formal address will be followed by an informal discussion and question period. Parking Stickers Ready For Drivers Next Week By DICK JONES Art Hoover, president of the student council , stated this week that the proposed parking stickers for three hour parking on South River street will be completed some time next week. . . A s soon as th_e s~ickers a~·nve th_e student council will ~o-o_rdu~ate v:ith the Beacon on their ?istrib?tion_ and three _ hour parkmg will begm at that ~ime. . . The ma1:ner m w~uch the ~ticke:s are to be issued ~111 be prmted rn t~e College Bull etm as soon as possible. The proposal by the Mayor's offlee to aid the stud ents in solving their_ parking problem ~a~ been handicapped b:r: the Mayo_r s illness. The B~acon is :1ttemptmg to &"et fu::t~er mformation from the ci!y off1ci_als a s to how _ problems m parkrng can be alleviated. Additional Photos Not Included in Pose Price Co-editors Jean Kravitz and Jim N everas of the Amnicola have announced the policy being followed regarding publication of individual pictures in the yearbook. The seventy-five cent sitting charge covers only· the cost of printing the picture in the yearbook. Additional pictures which individuals wish to purchase must be paid for by direct negotiation with Lazarus Studios. The editors stated that the unusual delays in obtaining satisfactory pictures from the photographic studios have necessitated their selecting the picture which will be publi sh ed. This action was taken as a matter of expediency in meeting rapidly approaching deadlines. Wilkes will engage Hofstra, a traditional rival, in wrestling and ba sketball in s uccessive contests commencing at 6:30, with free dancing to follow . Joe Wilk, chairman of the program, announced that special concessions have been granted by the administration to honor student activities passes as admission for two persons, stud ent and guest . .He stated this arrangement should prove very satisfactory for econo. mically minded students. A committee composed of Howie Gross, Glenn Carey, J erry Elias and George Batterson is preparing a special half time feature that tentatively includes performances by the Wilkes Band, and a comedy skit by Wilk es' own "Little Skinny" Ennis. Dancing to the music of the Wilkes Band will continue to 12. The affair has so much to offer, one Letterman is purported to have said, "Bring the whole family, there is fun for everyone." Sections will be reserved for clubs or groups that wish to attend as a unit, Wilk stated. Such group attendance is highly urged by the Lettermen. Sections may be reserved by contacting any of the committee m embers mentioned above. The cheerleaders will be on hand to whoop things up and add to the color of the affair. Both Coaches John Reese and George Ralston have expressed confidence in a large turnout for what is termed a "natural drawer". Both teams will be in peak condition for the keen competition that is expected. A strong home crowd could provide the inspiration to make the difference between victory and defeat. All groups and individuals are urged by the Letterm en to do their part, "all that is required is your attendance," a committee members said, "the resti will take care of itself." �WILKF.S COLLEGE BEACON 2 EDITORIALS For Just One Night The crowd at Tuesday night's basketball game was probably the best of the 1954-55 season and it was good to see. The fact remains, though, that in order to have a bigger and better crowd next Wednesday night, for the Big Lettermen's Booster Night, many more Wilkes people will have to attend. Better than half of the crowd Tuesday was made up of outsiders-friends of Yeshiva and Wilkes-and it is doubtful if we can count on such fine support from the outside on Wednesday. We had this Booster Night idea kicking around out brain last year as sports editor, but nobody we talked to seemed interested. __Well, now the Lettermen are going to stage one, and it wo.u ld be a shame for the thing to be a fizzle. Just from the spectators standpoint-on sports alone, that is -Wednesday will present a terrific evening of entertainment. There will be both a wrestling meet and a basketball game. Then, the extras. Planned is a dance afterwards, half-time entertainment, plus the band and cheerleaders to whoop things up during the contests. After all the publicity is spent and every feature of the Booster Night is ·promoted, the success or failure of the v e n t u r e is squarely up to you. · And after all; the guys who knock their brains out representing you in the college athletic wars deserve some token of our appreciation. This is your way of saying "somebody is really interested after all." Let's have a crowd like we've never had before. WC Takes Johns Hopkins Cup Lml.lllANGNGAI. . .. The Snack Bar - Good; Bad Features It has been good to see the ~nack Bar in use during evening sessions at the college. It. seems that the night students were quick to take advantage of a place affored them to grab a bite to eat, sip some coffee and shoot the breeze. It appears that the experiment has been a success and that the night students count "The only clue I'll give on "their place on campus" from now on. student cafeteria." But on the other side of the ledger, there is this. At the beginning of the year, the shift of the day students' cafeteria to Harding Hall (Snack Bar) was a hard one for many to adjust to. It took IIIIIIIUIWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII almost a semester for the daytimers to get accustomed to the best they could expect in the line of a gathering spot. Letter to the Editor ... · The upstairs room was picked as the spot where the folks liked to congregate and we all got pretty used to it. But, alas, now the second floor is closed except between the hours of 10 and 2. Why close the second floor, since it is the favorite spot of the students, and there is no student union at Wilkes. To an outsider and perhaps to some Wilkesmen, this may seem like too trivial a subject to be discussed in an editorial. But, so many students have stopped us to complain about the situation that they feel they've been robbed of what little they have, that we think space is worthwhile. How about revising the system over at Harding? The students will go half way, that's for sure. - Curtis, Editor. CUE 'N' CURTAIN PRESENTS RECORDS OF PLAYS Howard "Skinny" Ennis, a ssis-1 tant to Alfred Groh, director of C Wilkes College dramatics club, has asper UrgeS announced that Cue 'n' Curtain will U • }d" present a 'Theatre Listening Hour' ny1e Ing Endeavors each Thursda y from 12, to 1 p.m. at s d t d h1 t d • t O f th Th b Th t Ch e 'L" ase t • eaHre. , • et o Jee t 1s enmg •our 1sd o presen ret 1 an curren P1ays cor d e dt tcIass1ca d• th 0 f ou s an mg au ors. The . purpose of presenti~g the plays 1s to arouse mterest m and acquaint students with outstanding dramati~ present.ations. Th e s e plays .will also give to every st udent interested in dramatics a chance to study the techniques of drama. Among the records that will be played are : Don Juan In Hell, (Shaw), F irst Drama Quartet; Media, (Euripides), Judith Anderson ; Julius Caesar, From the MGM sound track; Little Foxes, Tallula h Bankhead . Cue 'n' Curtain cordially invites the student body to attend. Toll Gale Restaurant "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. lt's a Pleasure to Serve You • • A Full Course Meal Or a Sandwich Good Food • Reasonable Prices Plenty of Free Parking Space Catering to Small Groups F. DALE, Prop. tu en s an sc o ars o ay are · a wor Id of ou t pos t s of courage m f · an d t error. Th ey are no t , con u s10n as h as b een oft en sai"d , a con f use d and frig htened flock, Mr. C. L. Casper, of the department of Commerce and Finance a ssured his audience at the Wilkes gym Tuesday. "Like Demothestnes Galileo and the hosts of other bra~e and thinking m en the world has known we must not fear to stand up with ~onviction, must not fear to stand up within our own minds," h e declared. Moreover, today the student is faced with the further difficulties of facing the era's anti-intellectualism, the danger of being castigated a s a n "egg-head". Yet h e dares not yield to such pop ular ch ecks on his right and duty to think and to disagree. "Today," said Casper, "it is not the 'safe' man, but the m an of h eart and courage, who counts." Our weapo ns today on the ideological battlefi eld are literature and learning, and only that under standing of the thing which we are pleased to call wisdom will survive, will be the stable element of our times a nd world. W e must, conclud ed Casper, take courage, then, and seek this wisdom, that we may continue in a fr ee so~iet y. We must strive, he said, to seek, to find, to never yield. TUXEDOS TO RENT Special Price To Students 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. BAUM'S Friday, February 11, 1955 llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Editor, In my opinion the Student Council has been doing a good job, but there have been complaints. In the minds of many, the Council does not hold the esteem it should. I would like to suggest that this school adopt the policy employed by many others in electing officers to the Student Council by direct election. I think this policy would h elp students feel their direct representatives were formulating student policies. Art Hoover, now president of the Council, introduced a motion simiJar to this last year, it was defeated. The plan is a difficult one to execute since it entails two separate elections, one for the Council itself and another for the officers. The elections would of necessity have to be in the spring so that all persons could be in office when the fall semest er gets underway. I believe this early part of the school year is when the Student Council is n eeded most. I know there are many problems to be solved but I believe the basic ~Dick ...... Flannery Top Speaker; Choper Leads Novices To Fourth at NYU By T. R. PRICE The Wilkes College debate team cam e up with another victory and a cup last weekend as it added the Johns H opkins trophy to that won at the Bucknell t ourna ment ear lier this season. The Wilkes varsity of James Neveras and Nick Flannery defeated N ew J ersey in the fi nal Johns Hopkins run-offs, after a duplication of last year's tie with Princeton. Meanwhile, t h e novice team, talking at the Tau Kappa Alpha for ensic fraternity tournament at N.Y.U., won five of eight to cop fourth, defeating St. Lawrence, Seton Hall, Washington and Lee, Amherst, and W ells in the second start for the second string. N everas a nd Flannery also received certificat es for their team and indi vidual performances as debaters, while Flannery emerged winn er of the individual extemporaneous s peak ing contest, .with Neveras a close th ird. Flannery had 160 points to w in, Staunton of St. P eter's had 152 for runner-up, and. N everas had 151 for third. Among t h e novice team of Viryou is that it came from the ginia Brehm, Bruce Warshall, Leslie Wein er, and J esse Choper, Choper came up with a record which is DR. REIF ENTERS now surpassed only by that of (continued from page 1) Flannery. Choper has won ten,. from the exhorbitant facts." Dr. lost t wo, while Flannery has a 13-2 Reif's letter stated. r ecord. . Final standings at Johns Ho p-When approached by the Beacon for further comment on the battle kins found Wilkes on top, with such which is rapidly gaining momen- names as Princeton, Boston, Fordtum in the city, Dr. Reif stated it ham, Seton Hall, U. of P., Howard. was a closed issue with him and T emple, George Washington, and Lo yola trailing off behind. had nothing to add. ----------------------------- I I 50 1nillion I I I I thnes a day at honie, at work or on the way I There's nothing like a I I idea to be a good one. Perhaps, . we could resolve some of these problems for further discussion. Let 's hear from some other people on the subject to show Art and me 11. PURE AND I WHOLESOME ... I 2. BRIGHT, EVER-FRESH ! SPARKLE ... I 3. REFRESHES I SO QUICKLY ..• I I we do not stand alone. Sincerely yours, Jim Coleman - N ature's own flavors. WILKES COLLEGE - di stinctive taste. Beaco,n with as few calories as ht1l/ an average, juicy grapefruit. A newspaper published each week of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. Editor ........ ... ..... .... John D. Curtis Asst. Editor .... Ivan Falk Asst. Editor Pearl Onacko Sports Editor .... ..... .. . Allen Jeter Business Mgr . .. Arthur Hoover Asst. Bus. Mgr. Dick Jones Faculty Adviser .... George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes Campu2. Telephone: VAiley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY KEYSTONE COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY "Coke" is a registered trade-mark: C 1955. THE COCA-COLA COMPANY �riday, February 11, 1955 3 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Cagers Active Tomorrow; Out To Avenge Early Loss At Huskies' Home Grounds By RODGER LEWIS Coach Ralston's cage forces will travel downstreaw to Bloomsburg tomorrow night to gain revenge for an early season defeat at the hands of the Huskies. In a previous contest the Colonels were defeated by a ten point margin. However. the other Wilkes-Barre college (King's) beat the teach ers last week, which is an added incentive for a Colonel win. A victory will depend on the abi lity of the Colonels to get rebounds. Much of the burden will fall on top r ebounder Harry "Skinny" Wilkes College basketball squad Ennis and big John Bresnahan. Joe set two seasonal records in it's last Jablonski usually can be counted two contest s wh ile defeating Sus- on to add timely captures along qu ehanna and Yeshiva Universities. with the surprising get up and go One an indi vidual scoring hig and of small statured Jim Ferris. th e other an attendance high. The locals worked on their foul Tu esday, the locals entertained shooting this week in that their Yes hiva Uni ver sity before a crowd loss to the Huskies was attributed of 1500 fans and took the measure to in consistency at · the foul line. of the visitors by a. 67 to 61 score. Th e Colonels outscored Bloom in The Colon els h eld a slim margin the field goal departm ent. throughout the game, but Jost the The Ral stonmen are on the crest lead with four and a half minutes of a five game winning streak. They have brought their seasonal ·to play, 59 to 57. However, the home forc es came r ecord up to seven victories against five defeats after a poor start. back and made a goa I to b· e t h e BEACON Photo by Cliff Brothers score at 59-all. Then the Yeshiva Since being humbl ed by a powerful WHO'S GOT IT?-John Bresnahan goes through some aerial acrostrategy was to "freeze" the ball, Lafayette squad, the WC'ers toplooking for a sure la st m inute shot. pled Hartwick, Rider, Lycoming, batics under the basket against Yeshi va Uni versity. Wilkes took Th e alertn ess of Joe Jablonsk i Susquehanna, and Yeshiva in suemeas ure of the New Yorkers, 67-61, at the WC gy m Tuesday night. cession. turned a m ite scoring attempt into a Wilkes goal on an interception. High Attendance Seen Many WC students will make the This all but "iced" the game for the Colonels, but Jim Ferris and trip in keeping with the local rivalJohn Bresnahan added foul shots ry of the two schools. With a feeland Carl Van Dyke contributed an- ing such as exists between the two other goal to round out the scoring colleges a good gam e can always for the evening. Van Dyke paced be counted on. Next week the Colonels take on the scorers with 18 points. a strong Hofstra sq uad on W ednes- By JIM COLEMAN S usquehanna Downed day night in the locals' gym. The Last Saturday the Ralstonmen game has been set aside as the A well conditioned Wilkes wrestling squad took to the mats tangled with Susquehanna at Se- Letterman's "Booster Night". A last Saturday against Bloomsburg and came through with an linsgrove and took th e host club wrestling meet between the two impressive 19 to 13 victory. by a 81 to 78 margin in two over- school s will precede the game. times. Harry "Skinny" Ennis set The t ea m, after working hard all a seasonal scoring high, gathering week to g et back into shape after 34 tallies. At the end of the reguthe semester break, bore no resemlation period the score was knotted blance to the one that lost to East at 64 apiece . Stroudsburg the last time out. · Also at the end of the first five Sam Shugar started Wilkes rollminute period the score was tied; ing by pinning H. Kuntz in one this time at 68-all. Then in the Bob Morgan, a guy that they just part of the year by a fra ctured minute of the third period. Bob final overtime Ennis showed his Morgan then cam e through with scoring punch by making 10 of the can't seem to pin, is the Beacon's hand . Although the hand injury his most impressive win to date thirteen points gathered by the choi ce as top man in sports this has probably limited his effecti vebv pinning K. Lynn in 2:57. Don club in that stanza. He also tied week . In gaining the title he has ness to some extent, it has not been Rey nolds was next in the win pathe added distinction of being the the game with two foul conversions rad e, decisioning Bill Trovinai, 8 fir st man on the wrestli ng team to with 15 seconds remaining in the to 0. cop the laurels . regular game. The shoe was on the other foot 123-pound Morgan is undefeated in the 147-pound class when Ahmed this year in six starts, which inKazimi was pinned in 1 :04 by forclude four pins-a record that will mer Stat e Champion Tom W elliver . stand up in an y league. He has Don McFa.d den r eturned the scorbeen the most con sistant performer ing to the Wilkes column by taking on a squad that plays one of the the de cision from C. Abermoha, 8 roughest schedules of any WilkeR to 7. team. Only a sophomore, Morgan has Thomas Comes Through attained his fine record despite the In the 167-pound class, the defact that h e has been handicapped ciding bout, a s predicted by Coach John Reese, Dave Thomas decisioned B. Asby, 9 to 6. This gives Thomas a reco rd of 6 wins against 2 defeats, good for a freshman in an yone's lea g ue. The WC grappler s in the 177pound and heavyweight classes didn't fare too well. Neil Dadurka was decision ed by Don Wise, and Seymour Holtzma n st epped out of For the Best Essay-(250 to 500 Words) BOB MORGAN his weight class to be p inned by On The Subject noticabl e to the string of opposing towering Huskie, Harry Hughes. The ma tm en w ill be idle this .grapplers that h e has bowled over. Before coming to Wilkes, Mor- weekend, but face two strong gan did his rnat chores for Wyo- t eams, Hofstra and Kings Point, in min g Seminary. H e compiled an the space of three days n ext week. outstanding record there and was ___ _ _ __ _______ _ _ nam ed runner-up Prep School Champion. Men's La st year a s a fres hman, Morgan ~-.::::::: didn 't really come into his own. He RULES 3. Only one entry accepted from each WOOL SLACKS came out for the t eam late in the I. Only bonofide students of accredited' col• student. season due to a heavy load of leges ore eligible to compete. Isl prize 4. Contest now open. Closes April 30, 1955. classes and showed promise of Reg. 12.95 Value $500; 2d, $200; 3d, $100; plus four $SO 5. Moil entry to Box 3097, Jacksonville, things to come in the short time that he was with the matmen. prizes. Florido. Decision of judges will be final. The promise held true this year All entries become ihe property of ..• 2. Essays must be accompanied by one (1) as is easy to see by the record . Save 3.96 KING EDWARD CIGARILLO bond, or reason• JNO. H. SWISHER & SON, INC. The Beacon believes that Morgan able facsimile thereof. is one of the outstanding grapplers Makers of King Edward Cigarillos o Flannels - Gabardines in the area and he shoul d be a sure o Brown - Navy - Grey - Blue bet for some kind of recognition "You don't have to inhale to enjoy a Cigarillo" o All Perfect Quality - Sizes 28-42 statewise when the end of the seasMen's • Pomeroy's First Floor on rolls around. Hoopsters Win Twice; 2 Season Records Fall with Al Jeter The Future Even though it is out of season, we think that right now is a good time to talk about the future of the soccer team. It's old n ews no w that Bob Partridge will leave at the end of the semester. His departure creates a siz eable gap in the coaching staff of the school, and soccer in particular. It was under Partridge that the sport was first plaHyed at tWihlkesd. e•thwen h' a 1ea w; P t~s 0 ma! mg e Co 1?ned s a recogmze soccer P O we r ' many times with virtually no support of his idea. Giving his baby (soccer) more care th an your Aunt T i 11 i e gives her favorite geraniums, AL JETER he saw it grow a full fledged inand blossom into stitution here. Up Grade After the record that the soccermen have made in the last two years, we feel sure that the school will not let the sport die on the vine with the loss of the man who started the ball rolling. We have been accepted as a soccer power and have turned out some fine players in an area where the sport is little known or played . The college came close, through no fault of its own this year, to not having a wrestling coach. As all concerned with the matter know, it was quite a fire drill right down to the finish wire. The grapplers came within an inch of going into the season minus a mentor. Start Early We realize that it won't be easy to fill the sho es of Partridge. Soccer coach es are few and far between in thi s area, mainly because the sport has never been played here to any great extent like football, basketball, and baseball. With this thought in mind we think it would be wise to start looking early for a suitabl e r eplacement so the sport can continue at the same high calibre play that it has had in the last two seasons. There are a few of us who have been here long enough to watch the hooter s evolve from more or less of a joke to a position where they command the respect of all. We hope that they will be able to remain on that high perch. t of • Ll>NGSIN(• cmkl\e~ Featuring The Newest In College Men's Fashions ANDY'S DINER Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym Plenty of Free Parking 'Prices for the Collegian's Budget •• .. A Reputation Built on Fine Food MATMEN DOWN HUSKIES, 19 - 13; LIGHT WEIGHTS COME THROUGH Bob Morgan· Gains 'Player of Week'; First Wrestler to Take the Title $1,000.00 IN CASH PRIZES "How I Would Increase the Popularity of Cigarillos" 8.99 �WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 4 CAMPUS CHATTER The college paper staff recently d eclared the female member of its editorial staff officially dead. The s even-year regulation was waved .. . Pastel shades are back! If you don't believe it, take a gander at the skull cap Ki Hwan Lee wears around Ashley. Dick Jones, curator in charge of obscure statistics, says that 90 percent of the people in the world would never fall in love if they didn't hear so much about it. This from an enga ged man yet ... Walt Savage, new Eng lish prof, continues to impress students with his broad knowledge of the world and its people. The international s it u at ion must be rough. Notice Jim S peicher and Chuck Pulos practicing setting up mortars on the common everyday. The Beacon office is one left - basestake men . . . Bill Daw is planning a trip to the Mardi Gras. Any girl with evening gown willing to travel is requested to report to t he snack bar at 6 A.M. Picadilly Commando Gene Reilly reports that Bartels has cut production one-third since the resumption of classes ... Sam Mines, still jubilant over passing Quantitative Analysis, is heard around Conyngham mumbling, "The buret is leaking, but I 'm not weeping, Quant is .over for m e." : Names sometimes conceal nationality. We're sure that Jane Keible is one-fifth Scotch . . . A Colonel was recently heard to remark to an inmate of Sterling Hall, "So help me, we'll raid you." (meaning Sterling) The cutie retorted, ~•so raid us, :we'll help you." Jim "The Animal" Catell finally got his hair cut, allegedly Pennsylvania style. But being a conservative New Yorker, he only got a half-crew cut. Now nobody, not even the cats, likes it. • . . The ukelele rage has hit a segment of the dorm population, much to the s uffering of several music haters, who just moan when the plunkers s it down at the strings. Sounds better than some of the s inging, too. Dave Hoats and Sheldon Schneider ha ve come up with a Mickey Katz-styled rendition of the "Wabash Cannon Ball" entitled the "Kosher Cannon Ball". A slight sen sation was caused t he other ni ght in the dorm din ing hall when Dr. Farl ey's dog , Micke y, couldn't mak e it outside b efore r espo nd ing to a call of nature. Mike Kennedy had th e unplea san t task , liken ed t o the fellow who fo llows the elep hants down the street in a cir cu s parad e. H e "volunteered", of course . LA SC, in middle of m eeting, getting t elegram from somewhere in P ennsy lva nia from debaters Nick Flannery and Jim N everas stating , " Our palates are with y ou. Ha ve a f ew for us." Then they went on, LASC in m ind, to glorif y the organizatio n by winning the Johns Hopkin s tourney . The Vets basketball team is suing challenge to the girls' varsity, the Colonelettes, for a game (of basketball, to be sure). The Vets insist that Gunner Schooley and Krashing Krachenfels be watched closely for foulin g . The Vets are confident of themselves, since they've won their last three games in a row (all by forfeit). No married men will be allowed to play, Len. - Jonni and Jack. A PAPER FOR THE HOME • • • SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Most Complete Local and National Coverage FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS GIANT SOCIAL SECTION WEEKLY FEATURES spea:k on the topic, "Practical Application of Human Relations in Industry" . ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE Industrial Expert To Address SAM Next week's list of activities was released by Director of Student Activities Robert W. Partridge yesterday. The _schedule includes: Sunday: Town and Gown Concert. M on d a y: Intra murals. Tuesday: Intra murals. W ednesda y: Wrestling, home, Hofstra ; Basketball, home, Ho f s t ra . Thursday: Jazz Concert. Friday: Wrestling, away, Kings Point ; Biology Club Dance. Saturday: Basketball, home, Mansfield. Friday, February 11, 1955 The February meeting of SAM will be held on Monday evening at McClintock Hall starting at 7 :30. The speaker will be Frank Hertig of Tung-Sol Electric Co ., Waverly. Hertig, president of the senior chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Management, will ~~iEl3 PARK, SHOP and Where Smart College People Meet - The MAYFAIR DUPONT HIGHWAY Wilkes College BOOKSTORE AND VARIETY SHOP Books - Supplies • Novelties Subscriptions Hours: 9-12 - 2 South Main Street Wilkes-Barre 1-5 • • • WELCOME LOFT'S ... The Candies of Finer Quality at the new FOWLER, DICK and WALKER The Boston Store pUl tiI ' ~CHESTERFIELD7oe/nu . , / . ~ You'll smile your approval of Chesterfield's smoothness-mildness-refreshing taste. You'll smile your approval of Chesterfield's quality-highest quality-low nicotine. IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD NO CIGARETTE © #.I= !!;i/':': ,,11 5a:o:,~ UKE CHESTERFIELD - The SPA . . . 18 South Main Street •• • After the game After the dance Anytime for a friendly get-together Favorite Spot ... ... For College Students EAT LOFT'S Candy Shop Meet Your Friends at ... ,._ JORDAN ' Est. 1871 Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality AA 9 West Market Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. I J � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. 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 11th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 February 11 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/e98efa93fc9e5bca546c4b6b2dc5a6bd.pdf 7131cfdb3fec524419c2149f192094f2 PDF Text Text Lettermen's Low-Down Tonight At Gym WI LI{ES The Community College. Serving Wyoming Valley And The World Vol. X, No. 14 .. ~ - WILKES COLLEGE - ~Beacon THE BEACON Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA FEBRUARY 4, 1955 Aclivilies Director Coach Accepts SAVAGE REPLAcEs DONNELLY AS LATTER Teaching Position al Kent School; Calls New Job 'Chance of Lifetime' Lettermen's Low-Down Tonight at College Gym ~~Y:!~!ce?s~!~RATE Lettermen of the Blue and Gold will .trade their letter sweaters tonight for blue Jeans and checkered shirts and their respective fields of athletics for women as they present their first endeavor of the new semester-the Lettermen's Low-Down, a square dance, at the WC gymnasium. Chai rman of the event Walt Chapko stated yesterday that Abe Bellas and the "Night Hawks" are set for the old-fashioned hoedown . They will supply music for modern, square and polka dancing to suit the t ast e of all Wilkesmen and their feminine counterparts. Chapko also advised that dancing will continue from 9 to 12. The event is expected to be a huge success as are all Lettermensponsored affairs . The club had its most successful dan ce, the Christmas forma l, prior to the holiday vacation and looking fo·rward to another well -attended affair tonight. Tickets, at 50 cent s per person, can be obtained from any Letterman on campus and a lso may be purchased at the gymnasium. The dance chairman also list ed committees who have arranged for the dance. They include: publicity, Don McFadden, Howie Gross and Jack Ri chards; r efre shments, Andy Brezna y, Jim F erris and Mel McNew; tickets, Joe Wilk, Ron R escigno and Cliff Brautigan. Kaufman, Imdorf Get Price Waterhouse Jobs As the result of their work during an internship this winter at P r ice Waterhouse, International Accounting firm in New York City, two Wilkes College accounting majors have been accepted by the company as permanent employees and will begin work there in June, acco.rding to John J. Chwalek, placement director. They are Arthur Imdorf, 114 South Ridge street, Taylor, Pa., and Joshua J . Kaufman, 201 West 89th Street, New York City. Imdorf, 'Yho will graduate from Wilkes in June, attended Keystone for two years. He is married-to Janet Harrison of Wilkes-Barre. Kaufman, a F ebruary graduate, came to the lcoal college from the Bronx High School of Science. Prexy Back from florida Dr. Eugene S. Farley, Wilkes President, returned this week from a short 'business trip to Florida. He t ermed the trip a "moderate success" but r efu sed to disclose the nature of the business. Walt Chapko DARROW RESIGNATION PRESENTED TO VETS INCHARTER PROTEST By JOHN KUSHNERICK Bob Darrow, who acted a s temporary president of the now defunct Veteran's Club, announced to members of the organization's steering comn, ittee that h e is resigning. In a bri ef m eeting this week, Darrow told the members of the committee that h e fe lt he could n o longer assist the club in its battle to win recognition since the administration had vetoed the club coTistitution which he was chiefly responsible for drafting. Darrow stated that he would further ext end his op,i nions to the student veterans and other interested members through an open lett er to the BEACON. Darrow welcomed a new standard bearer, but after discussion of the m ethods by which the constitution had been rejected, the committee a greed that future attempts might prove futil e. A course of action was n ot decided upon, nor was a n ew president appointed. Several m embers stated that they might take it upon themselves to seek an explanation for the adm inistration's r ea son for vetoing the club: that it had its origin outside of the college. It was f elt that the only outside influence could be the U. S. government. During the absence of Professor J oseph J;)onnell y, who has left to obtain his doctorate at the Universit y of Pennsylvania, Wilkes students will have an opportunity to become a cquainted with his tempor ary replacement, Walter Savage, who has already r eceived a nod of approval fro m hi s students h ere on campus. The congenial n ewcomer, who is r esidi ng at Ashley Hall Men's Dormitor y, was most impressed b y the attitude of Wilkes students whom he described as "friendly and purposeful. " A native of Woodbury , New J ersey, Savage completed his undergraduate work at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Ver,mont, where he was acti ve on the _n ewspaper staff, in intr amural sport s, and on many student committees. H e received his master's deg ree at the University of P ennsyl vania and is pr esently studying for his doctorate ther e. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa honorary fraternity while at Middlebury. The young instructor is a man of varied interests but is especially interested in sport s, drama, and a future in the field of writing. His wife is employed by The Saturday Evening Post in Phil adelphia. Savage is a vet eran of three years service with the army in the First Rang er Battalion of the Infantry . Mr. Donnell y, a life r esident of Wilkes-Barre and an alumnus of Wilkes , will work on the thesis on the life of George Orwell and is to return to Wilkes after completing the work. Savage replaces Dale Warmouth as dormitory proctor of Ashley Hall. Warm uth, former director of public relations and al so Editor of the Manuscript;"received his A.B. in English at the end of last semest er. DR. KLEIN TEACHING PEDIATRICS COURSE l Robert W. Partridge, director of activities, will leave Wilkes at the end of this semester, it was learned officially yesterday. Rumors that the ·genial member of the Wilkes faculty would leave leaked on campus during the past week. and the announcement was made definite by Partridge in a special interview with the Beacon. The loss of the former All-American soccer player at the University of Pennsylvania will leave several positions to be filled here. No indication as to who will fill the vacancies has I Robert W. Partridge Year's Top Back Led To Altar by Wilkes Co-ed By FREDA BILLSTEIN Ronald F itz gerald, recently vot ed the outstanding Colonel back of the year, and Barbara Bialogowicz, Wilkes co-ed, were married last Wednesday evening, January 26, in a small church wedding attended by the family and a few close fri ends. Le Ro y F itzgerald, brother of the bridegroom was best man, and Geri Kolotelo was maid of honor. After the marriage a r eception was held at the Hotel Redington. The Fitzgeralds then went to New York for a week-end honeymoon. Ronnie will graduate in June, and then will probably join Uncle Sam. At present, the couple is living with Barbara's parents in Plymouth. The BEACON extends its best wishes for the future to Barb and Fitz. Another new course was adde_d to the Wilkes curriculum with the opening of classes in pediatric nursing this week in the Evening Division. Dr. Joseph M. Kl ein, WilkesBarre pediatrician, is conducting the course on Tuesday evenings from 8 to 10. The new offering The one time of the year wh en has attract ed professional p eople a Wilkes co-ed can ask an availfrom Nor thea stern Pennsylvania able man for a date is fast apand stands a s just another service proaching in the form of the annual of Wiilkes . Theta Delta Rho Valentine Dance, Dr. Kl ein attended the city which will be h eld next • Friday schools here and graduated from night at the college gym. So gals, (continued on page 4) , get your man before they're all been given by the administration. Partridge, who began his career at Wilkes as a history instructor, is director of activities, director of the Wilkes gym, a p hysical education instructor, soccer and baseball coach, and advisor to the Student Council. In addition, h e is a m ember of the Wilkes board of athletics. The Philadelphia native tendered his r esignation three weeks ago so that he can accept a position as an instructor of history at the Kent School, an exclusive boys' preparatory school at Kent, Conn. "I will leave Wilkes with many regr ets ," Partridge told a reporter "but the opportunity offered me at' Kent comes only once in a lifetime." "I often thought t hat I'd like to t each in a private boys' school, such as Kent, b ut I n ever dreamed I'd get the opportunity. Naturally, I jumped at the chance," he conti~ued , "and I'll be doing what I like best , anyway-teaching." "Louise (Partridge) and I have made many friends h ere at Wilkes and we'll n ever forget the really wonderful ex periences we have had h ere," Partridge said. "After being h ere so long, and gettin g to feel like a part of Wilkes, it is awfully h ard to leave." Known to students and faculty alike as "Bob", he has contributed h eavil y in building a spirit of . Wilkes' own. He headed the first soccer t eam here and saw his last two teams take winning seasons. He has also been successful as baseball coach. Tllis spring will be his last as diamond mentor. Alway:, eager to lend a hand, Bob has been one of the most popular persons on campus-instructor, coach· and friend. Partridge, Mrs. Partridge and their two children, Carol and Glenn, who now reside on Gibson A venue, Kingston, will move to the campus at Kent in September. VALENTINE DANCE NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT gone. Jack Melton and his orchestra will supply the music. TDR president Naomi Kivler w ill draw the number that will select a King and Queen of Hearts. The couple will be presente<:l wtth ~n. ~ssQrt;n_en.1; of g-ifts, �February 4, 1955 WILKFS COLLEGE BEACON 6°Frosh Added, . Both Debate Teams On Road Today _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _·_ Vets Predominate, Varsity, Novices Al Johns Hopkins, NYU Tourneys The Wilkes College debate team travels again this weekend. Both the varsity and the novices left yesterday for Johns Hopkins and N.Y.U. respectively. Jim Neveras and Nick Flannery, the varsity team, will spend today and tomorrow at Johns Hopkins, where they tied for first place last year, winning certificates both as individual and t eam debaters, as well as in extemporaneous events. In this first two-man team event of the present sea son, the varsity men will handle both sides of the question of the recognition of Communist China. Both will also compete in the extemporaneous tourney, and Dr. Kruger, team coach, holds that his men have a fairly good chance. While the varsity speaks at Johns Hopkins, the novice team will debate in the National Forensic Fraternity's contest at N.Y.U. There the group of Virginia Brehm, Bruce Warshall, L eslie Weiner, and Jesse Choper will also enter the Tau Kappa Alpha's extemporaneous, discussion, and oratory contests, as well as the debate, and will participate in a model Congress in which each m ember will speak. Last week the debaters presented a program before the Dallas Rotary, and three weeks from now they will be paired with Florida at a double two-man debate at Dartmouth. Dr. Kruger is coaching and travelling with the varsity, while assistant coach Rob ert Darrow serves the novices. - WILKES COLLEGE - Beacon A newspaper published each week of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. Editor ...... ..... ...... .. John D. Curtis Asst. Editor Ivan Falk Asst. Editor Pearl Onacko Sports Editor .... .... .... Allen Jeter Business Mgr . ... Arthur Hoover Asst. Bus. Mgr. Dick Jones Faculty Adviser .... George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture ' Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes Campui. Telephone: VAlley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. Registrar Reports , BEACON Photo by Cliff Brothers Wilkes Coaches, Players Hob-Nob with Yankee Stars DIAMOND DOINGS-During the semester "recess" Wilkes baseball stars and coaches held a parley with major league stars at a baseball clinic held at the Wilkes College gym. The clinic was held for the benefit of youngsters, but college diamond personalities were on hand to pick up pointers for the corning campaign. The big leaguers talked on different phases of baseball, and then left themselves open to questions from their young admirers. The clinic was sponsored STRENGTH KEY TO U.S.DEFENCE,SAYS PENNA.GEOGRAPHER. By T. R. PRICE Strength is the key to defense against R ed Russia and Communist China, Mr. Michael Dorizas, geography professor at the University of Pennsylvania, told the student body of Wilkes at assembly last Tuesday. He explained that the menace is great and cited Russia's schools for revolution. The students of the schools have caused much of the di sturbances in the world, most recently, the murder of the President of Panama. There is also a great difficulty in handling the communist element in such f11iendly nations as France and Italy. Communists will att em pt to exploit such critical areas as Palestine where the Isra eli-Arab dispute has been helped by the blundering of Western diplomacy. However, wherever the communists have been met with force, as in Spain, P ersia and Greece, they have been stopped cold. Dorizas stressed that we need not fear them. If we k eep ourselves militarily, finan cially, and above all, spirituall y strong, we will have naught to fear in the futur e. EDITORIAL AND NOW - - JUNE Another semester has passed, and for many of us, the last turn has been made and we're heading down the home stretch - or walking the last mile, as you will. . After all that studying-then a period without any to doit's pretty tough to get back in the habit again, isn't it? "Oh, well," say many on campus, "this is better than the Army." Already the senior class is beginning to prepare for the many activities in which it will take part, so the end of May isn't really so far off. To those students who are having the common rough time along about this time in their college careers, buck up, old man. Ask any senior how many times he almost threw in the towel. The ones who didn't will see the reward one afternoon in June. Perhaps the cry for this week should have been "Medic! Medic!" as we licked our wounds and dove back into academic battles. At any rate, here we go again. And as we go again, so with us will go the memories that "last semester was the worst I've ever se.e n." Complaints that more low grades were recorded than ever before will also be heard. But, again, don't lose heart. Just wait until the year's final round of finals this spring and the waves of nausia, headaches, nervous breakdowns, and perhaps a few suicides that come with them . . About then, you'll be ready to forget the fall semester. Machine gun, anyone? by the American Legion. First row, left to right are former Wilkes catcher Joe Trosko, head baseball coach Bob Partridge, Gene Woodling, former Yankee now with the Baltimore Orioles, Jim Ferris, Wilkes top outfielder, and the Yankees' Gil MacDougald. Second row, New York's Jerry Coleman, Joe Collins, and Colonel assistant coach Bill Mock. Wooding is a one-time Wilkes-Barre Baron and Collins hails from nearby Scranton. MacDougald is a frequenf visitor to Wyoming Valley. l AS MIMI Letters To The Editor: IIIIIIIUIWUllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll_lllllllllllllllll KNOWS IT lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllnlllllll Editor: I was disappointed, but not surprised, to read about the rejection of the proposed veterans organization. The Administrative Council stated: that the organization violated a Wilkes tradition by having off-campus origins and affiliations; that the organization would be unable to make any substantial contri butions to the College; and that the needs of the organization's members could better be served by existing organizations. The announcement also stated that the Administration would .gladly meet to discuss their decision with any gro up representing the veterans. · The Administration had in its possession a copy of the organization's proposed constitution -- approved by the Student Council at least two weeks before the holidays . Whether intentionally or by accident, they a nnounced their rejection on the day before fina l examinations began - a time when the students involved would be least able to form any concert ed reaction . The first reason given for the rejection of the organization is simply founded. The second and third reasons might easily be said of any organization on campus. At the meeting of the Student Council which approved our constitution, these questions, and others, were raised by Dr. Reif. Dr. Reif attended only as a privately interested individual. If he had remain ed long enough -to hear the discussion which followed his statement, h e could have informed the Administration that all these arguments were countered to the satisfaction of three-quarters of the Student Council. I must assume, therefore, that the Admi nistration has other motives for turning down our petition which they do not care to mention. Since the purpose, intention, and operation of the organization were all listed in the constitution, I can find no argument to take before the Administrative Council. Sincerely yours, Robert W. Darrow SENIORS - A MUST! All seniors who have not filled out their record forms at the Placement Office are requested to do so immediately. Arrangements must be made for conducting !!mpk>y!ll~~t jnterviews. (ADVICE TO THE SHOOK-UP) Dear Mimi, I was jilted! The man I was in love with ran off with my widowed grandmother. How can I regain his love? Yours truly, Perplexed Dear Perpl exed, Try being his obedient granddaughter. Mimi Dear Mimi, I have a schedule of 21 semester hours and I also go steady. This is quite a problem because it is interfering with my drinking. What can I do? I'm feeling mighty Lowe's. F luidl y yours, Etaoin Shrdlu, frosh Dear Etaoin, Quit school and open a bar. Very flu ently yours, Mimi ,:, ,:, ,:, ,:, '~ Dear Mimi I am a p~rsonable yo un g man (of age) and have been looking for a girl who will support me in the manner to which I would like to be accustomed. Do you have any good leads ? · Sincerely, Desperately Broke Dear Desperately Broke, Where can I meet you? Yours for the asking, Mimi Toll Gate Reslaurant A freshman class of about sixty students has joined the ranks of older Wilkesmen who beat the pavements along the Susquehanna. Registrar John B. Whitby announced that although accurate . statistics are not available, the mid-term enrollment of sixty is "average in number and predominantly veterans". Enrollment at this time of the year is necessarily reduced since the number of high school graduates in January is very small. Enrollment is further limited to those students who can adjust their courses to earn sufficient credits to be eligible for graduation in four years. Major fields of study are gen erall y restricted to business and comm erce and finance. It is difficult for Science or Engineering students to enroll since some of the required freshman courses are not offered during the Spring semester, Mr. Whitby stated. CAMPUS CHATTER When two people tie the knot, it usually means - well it means something. However, when Al Jeter and Pat McNelis decided to tie the knot last Sunday night, they did it in real style - four or five times according to reports. The truth of the matter is that they had to tie the old knot everytime they got in and out of the car. A door had fro·z en and couldn't be shut. In order to a ssure sa-fety, a rope was tied fro m one door to the other right across Pat and Al. The things some women will do to hold their men . . . Younsu Koo came up w ith a good one as they led him out the door, "Excuse m e please, they tell m e I have to go." Then there was the debut of a local Irishman at a Bar Mitzvah last Saturday night. The band wouldn't play "When Irish Eyes are Smiling" .... J oe Jablonski peeped his h ead through the door of English 242 on the firsf day of school and asked, "Is this Romantic?" Can you imagine anybody getting hit with about 15 twopound anthologies? The price tag is still on the TV set in Harding Hall-On the screen no less ... There is a sign in Sterling Hall (girls' dorm) " In case of raid go to basement." What are we running here ? Jack Tippett has a fine new night job. ~ e works in an undertaker's . establi shment. May we ask what co~ld be deader thai:1 Homer or Volta~re · · · Som~ Joker offeredb a W1lkesman a dnnk at. a _foot a 11 game. The Colonel md1gnantly stated, " I'm from Wilkes, suh!" The benevolent one a n s were d sheepishly, "I'm sorry. I didn't know. H ere, take the whole bottle." ::::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;::::::; I • Ll>NGS1N( on.W-.e~ Featuring The Newest In College Men's Fashions "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Misses' Orlon SWEATERS It's a Pleasure to Serve You Short Sleeve • • A Full Course Meal Or a Sandwich Good Food • Reasonable Prices Plenty of Free Parking Space Catering to Small Groups F. DALE, Prop. SLIP ONS 4.99 Long Sleeve CARDIGANS 6.98 o Soft ·n• Silky Wear t.ike Iron o Pastels • Jewel - Deep Shades o All Perfect Quality • Sizes 34-i!l · Sportswear . Pomeroy's 2nd Floor = �February 4, 1955 3 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Wrestlers, Cagers Active Tomorrow Night on Road HOOPSTERS TANGLE WITH SUSQUEHANNA; TRYFOR WIN NO. SIX Grappling Crew Meets Huskies; Lineup Changed By RODGER LEWIS Wilkes' basketball forces will be gunning for win number six tomorrow night when they invade Susquehanna College at Selinsgrove, Pa. If the Colonels A finely conditioned Blue and Gold wrestling squad will lock horns with a winless Bloomsburg State Teachers College tomorrow night on the latter's home grounds. The meet is scheduled to get underway at 8 o'clock. Although the Huskies have no wins to their cr edit this year it has been r eported that they gained several new men over the semester and are now much stronger. Coach John Re ese has predicted that his charges are in for more trouble than the teachers' record would seem to indicate. Reese stated that he expect ed the most trouble in the middle weights, 147, 157, and 177 pound , class. Bloomsburg's captain, Roy Welliver, is one of the best wrestlers in the state and can always be counted on as a top trouble maker. .. Weight Jump To make things difficult, Ahmed Kazimi, Don McFadden, and Neil Dadurka of the Wilkes squad will have to work one class above their nor mal weight. The Colonels will be counting heavily on the services of Bob Morgan and Dave Thoma s. Morgan, who grapples in the 123 pound class, is undefeated this year in five starts. Thomas, only a fr eshman, has a record of five wins against two defeats. Seen as Strong According to reports, the Wilkes crew is in the best physical shape that it has been in all year. In the ea r ly part of the season Reese was plagued with a lack of candidates and injuries to several key men. The grappl ers will return home on th e 16th to tangle with an ever powerful Hofstra College team. Wilkes probable lineup: 12:3-lb., Bob Morgan; 130-lb., Sam Shugar; 137-lb., Don Reynolds; 147-lb., Ahmed Kazimi; 157lb., 'Don McFadden ; 167-lb., Dave Thomas; 177-lb., Neil Dadurka; Heavyweight, Jerry Elias. Colonelettes Dropped, 46 to 16, by Marywood In Virus Sweepstakes BEACON Photo by Cliff Brothers Alhleles Honored al Annual Banquet TOPS IN SPORTS IN '54 - Special award win~ ners at the recent Wilkes Athletic Banquet line up with their coaches after being honored for outstanding achievement on fields of play. Left to · right, first row, are Jim Ferris, voted the year's outstanding athlete by t he coaches and also the top baseball player; Al N icholas, recipient of the cherished Jos eph Gallagher Memorial award voted him by his grid teammates; and Younsu Koo, out standing soccer player - Reggie Burr trophy. Secom\ row, Assistant Grid Coach Russ Picton, Joe Trosko, outstanding lineman and top gridder; Ronald Fitzg.erald, outstanding backfieldman ; Bob Partridge, head soccer and baseball coach and George Ralston, football and basketball mentor. with Al Jeter Wedding Bells Congratulations are in order for Barbara Bialogowicz and Ronni e Fitzgerald who recently tied the matrimonial knot. The lucky groom was recently named the outstanding backfield man on the 1954 edition of the Colonel footballers and this column would like to wish the kids all the best - they're both swell. It was fire drill time in the gym last week when the cagers tangled with Lycoming c O J I e g e and came out on the Jong end of the h O r n. Earlier in the season the Lycoming cr ew handed the C o1 o n e I s a stinging defeat in a g a m e which, according to all r eports, featured AL JETER the ejecting of Harry Ennis from th e ball game via the fou l 1 ro ute. The Colonels were well on their way to working up a TWENTY point lead th e other night when Ralston sent in the reserves to give them some much-needed experience. Lycomiing narrowed the margin, but there wa s no doubt in anybody's mind as to just who the masters of the situation were. Only logical explanation - must be the difference in courts - or something. Who's Confused? The last fiv e minutes gave witness to some of the finest antics that we have seen all year. The Lyco ming line was torn to shreds by the power plays of Brautigan and P etrilak, who both avera ged about six yards per try for what may be a new collegiate record. There was no stopping the pair as t hey tore off yardage through tackle and around end for t elling gains. It was during thi s tim~ that a new star was born in the form of Parker P etrilak, who in his time has been noted as a soccer, basketball , and football player. The "Park" added more laurels to his cap by turning actor and drew the plaudits of the Academy Award crowd to the tune of many bravos. Spirited What? In a more serious vein though, t he team was just plain aggressive with a will to win t hat would not be denied. If the game g ot slightly out of hand in the closing minutes, we believe that it was a res uit of a ha rd played fracas with quite a bit of tension mounting in players of both sides : not deliberat e rough stuff. The Colonels have come a long wa y since a rather dismal start. Thi s yea r was figured to be a rough one du e to the reb ulding process tha t was necessary after losing most of last year's star perfor mers. Th e team has done right well and has showed steady improvement right along and now seems to have hit a stride that should spell trouble for all comers. By HE.LEN M. KRACHENFELS Those determined women of basketball, the Wilkes College Colonelett es, traveled to Scranton Monda y night, only to m eet their second defeat at t he hands of the Marywood cagers, this time to t he tune of 46-16. Sickness on the Wilkes team (befor e the game, not after viewing the score ) seemed as large an obstacle to the gals a s t he forbidding height and rotundity of the Scranton lassies. The game was played amid much coughing, sneezing, and "time out for a Kleenex!" (Well, STATISTICS OF INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS we must have some excuse, after FGA FG PCT FTA FT PCT RB TP A VE all!) Harry Ennis .................................. 152 69 .454 59 41 .695 111 179 17.9 Jim Ferris ...................................... 128 144 .344 84 65 .774 51 153 15.3 Closed the Gap The Marywood Monsters went John Bresnahan ............................ 124 60 .484 34 22 .638 109 142 14.2 Carl Van Dyke ............................ 101 38 .376 27 15 .555 56 91 11.4. wild in the first quarter, to chalk Joe Jablonski ................................ 106 33 .311 13 7 .539 79 73 7.3 up 21 points, while Wilkes managed Parker Petrilak ............................ 67 24 .358 40 18 .450 57 66 6.6 a bare 2. In the second period, Dick Bunn .................................... 3 1 .333 2 1 .500 1 3 .3 scoring on both sides was notably Cliff Brautigan .............................. 13 4 .308 15 8 .533 12 16 2.7 curtailed, with Marywood gaining Joe Popple .................................... 4 2 .500 1 1 1.000 3 5 1.3 7 2 .286 2 2 1.000 1 6 .8 only 6, and Wilkes none. Georgia Bob Sokol ...................................... 6 1 .166 0 0 .ODO 3 2 .3 Tomasetti, high scorer for the Colo- Ed Troutman ................................ nelettes, ran wild in the third quar111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 ter, bringing the WC tally to a ANDY'S DINER tremendous 11 ! Barbara Vavrek, a rough-and-tumble freshman on Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym the squad, shared the scoring honPlenty of Free Parking Men's Clothing & Furnishings ors for the night. The next encounter for the Colo- Prices for the Collegian's Budget •. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. . • A Reputation Built on Fine Food nelettes will be on Feb. 12 with the gir!!'l fr<.>Il'! J(ey!!t<.>nf;! Junior C<.>llege. ! ! 111 !I !I! I! I I!! 11111 nm 1111111111111111111111 I Louis Rosenthal 1 Club 20 Sets Fast Pace In Intra-mural League The end of Wednesday night's play in the intramural league found the Club 20 firmly entrenched in first place by virtue of two forf eit wins. The '20' crew holds an enviable record of five wins against no losses. In games played duriing the week Idiots Row downed the Bar Rags, 54 to 3'7. Bunn shot high for the Idiots with 18 points. The Accelerators stepped on the gas and ran down the Flashy Five to the tune of 43 to 35. Darke paced the winners with 16 counters. Falk's Five tripped up the Spanish Flyers , 40 to 35. Heltzel set the pace for the Falkmen with 10 markers. It just wasn't the Flyers week and they were downed for the second time by the Idiots, who aren't quite a s crazy as their names, by the score of 40 to 36. Barouvage sunk 15 points to lead the victory. The Bar· Rags rung themselves out a nd stiffened the aging and The Standings: Team Club 20 Idiots Row Weckesser Hall Falk's Five . Vet's Club Accelerators .. Bar Rags Young'uns .. . Spanish Flyers Economics Club Butler Hall F lashy Five Finale Hopp ers Biology Bugs ... w 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 L 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4 5 5 slightly paunchy Vet's Club, 3·9 to 38. McFadden registered 19 points for the Rags. The Bar Rags came through again the next night and outfumed the Biology Bugs, 69to 3'3. Carey, without the aid of John Barleycorn, came through with ·22 markers for the winners. Falk's Five went on a scoring spree and completely demolished the Y oung'uns by the score 55 to 23. H eltzel was high man for the winners, contributing 17 points to the outrage. Club 20 won on forfeits from the Economics Club and Butler Hall Weckesser Hall and the Vet's Club both registered wins when the Flashy F ive failed to arrive on the scene. Idiots Row also took a win come here with a victory they will be ahead of the win-lose column by one game for the first time this season. As it stands the Colonels have an even record of five wins against five defeats. Coach Ralston expects a victory, but no easy tim e. Susquehanna is supposedly the "sleeper" on the Colonels' schedule, but they are known to be rough on their home court. Coaches Happy The coaching staff is pleased with the overall improvement of the t eam. Their opinions are backed up by the current three game winning streak. Much of the improvement can be attributed to the in- • creased rebounding of Joe Jablon- • ski and the floor work of Carl Vall< Dyke. Not to be counted out is the· steady play of high scorer Harry Ennis, top rebounder J ohn Bresnahan, and the all-round play of pintsized Jim ·Ferris. Added Depth Some new players have added strength to Ralston's bench. Former Luzerne sparkler, Dick Bunn, joined the squad at the beginning of the second semester to give some height to the substitutions. Two fr eshmen have also brightened the future, namely Danny Lynn and. Bob Sokol. Next week the Colonels entertain a strong Yeshiva. t eam on Tuesday in the local drill shed. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ via the forfeit route as the Finale Hopp ers hopped out and faiiled to p ut in an app earance . =;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;-;,. r; Wilkes College BOOKSTORE AND VARIETY SHOP Books - Supplies - Novelties Subscriptions Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 ... WELCOME LOFT'S Candy Shop 2 South Main Street Wilkes-Barre LOFT'S • •• The Candies of Finer ·Quality Meet Your Friends at ... The SPA 18 South Main Street • •• After the game After the dance Anytime for a friendly get-together Favorite Spot ... . . . For College Students �February 4, 1955 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 4 EVEN THOUGH HE COULDN'T SEE DR. KLEIN NO HANDICAP TOO GREAT FOR FEATHERMAN; GRADUATE WAS REGULAR GUY, TOP STUDENT Wyoming Seminary before taking his undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan. He graduated from Michigan Medical School in 1936. Following internship at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, the local doctor returned to Michigan to study in the School of Pediatrics, and later served his residency at Boston City and Children's Hospital, Washington, D.C. Besides belonging to numerous medical organizations and holding many offices in professional groups, Dr. Klein is on the staff of General Hospital and conducts his private practice at 136 South Franklin Street. (continued from page 1) 1 By JACK CURTIS For a fellow almost totally blind, who wanted to give up college two weeks after h e arrived at Wilkes, Roland F eatherman did pretty well by himself when he finished his undergraduate career last weekin just three and a half years. Known as one of the friendliest f ellows on campus, the Shickshinny, Pa. , lad achieved a bachelor of arts degree in sociology and was consistently on the Dean's list for outstanding academic standing. Roland's ability to get around the Wilkes cam pu s was a remarkable f eat in itself, since he had no aid. H e simply m emorized the way to ea ch building, spoke t o friends on campus just as though h e could see them. His secret wa s memorization aga,in, for h e knew even casual acquaintances by voice. The Butler Hall dormitory student enter ed Wilkes in the summer of 1951. At first, about two weeks after beginning his career as a collegian, h e was ready to throw in the towel. He, of course, couldn't read, and in the summer there w ere few persons to read aloud to h im. But, using a little honest to goodness ingenuity, Roland came up w,i th -the idea of carrying a tape recorder to lectures. Until the dorm filled in the fall, this was practically his onl y means of studying . . Later, when the rest of the gang moved in, and for the rest of his days at Wilkes, Featherman got the boys to read to him. "Gee, " a number of "readers" have exclaimed, "that guy teaches me when I'm readin g to him . I don't know how he does it." Even later, after a year here, he l earned to read and write in braille. It was disturbing to sit next to the chipper young guy in class. "He made me feel like a foo l," one History student exclaimed. "The guy was taking three times as many notes as I was, and you know how fast you have to write in Dr. Thatch er's class ." Yeah, he got along 0.K. Not only were his notes better, but al so his grades in many instances. No h elp on eating meals, either. Roland had hi s plate arranged in clock order. Meat at midnight, potatoes at 3, vegetables at 6, and so on . H e thought of everything. Man y tales are told of the tall, good-humored man about campus. His ability to laugh at obviousl y frustrating experiences made him "one of the boys" and not a guy that you feel sorry for . He didn't want that anyway. And besides, he has a brand of wit all his own. One day while entering the rear of Chase Hall, Roland made a wrong turn. As he groped for the door that wasn't there, he walked head-long into a wall. Stepping back, he said calmly, "Damn it, funny place to put a wall, isn't it?" He plans to go further in his sociology studies and has applied to the University of P enn sylvania, where he plans to ready for a car eer in social work- h elping others, of course. Remarkable, you say. That's for sure. His popularity is best indicated by the fact that he even had a them e in Freshman Composition written about him . And, when yo u think of it, how many of us can make t hat claim to fame? You are Welcome AT ZIMMERMAN'S Exquisit~ Styles In College Sportswear. Just what you've been Looking for. I ZIMMERMAN'S 51 Public Square Wilkes-Barre, Penna. 1~~~~~~~~~t JORDAN Est. 1871 Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality ~ 9 West Market Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. TUXEDOS TO RENT Special Price To Students 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. BA UM ·'S A PAPER FOR THE HOME .•. SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Most Complete Local and National Coverage FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS GIANT SOCIAL SECTION WEEKLY FEATURES ?Ju; CHESTERFIELD 7oMf- PARK, SHOP and You'll smile yQur approval of Chesterfield's EAT at the new FOWLER, DICK and WALKER The Boston Store smoothness - mildness - refreshing taste. You'll smile your.approval of Chesterfield's quality - highest quality - low nicotine. · •· © UGGElT , .. & Mrnu 1"0BACCO Co. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1955 February 4th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 February 4 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/44d8fa674fc0ad0954f4e46e42d5add0.pdf 4faf383631685b29ecd04a2109ab1322 PDF Text Text Drs. Farley, Kruger Named to 'Who's Who' WILKES The Community College. Serving Wyoming Valley And The World Vol. X, No. 13 ~ - WILKES COLLEGE - THE BEACON ~Beacon Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1955 Kruger First WC Teacher Council To Make 'Who's Who• Cl b A Settles Budget· Ti d D ' u s re urne own, ConI e ren ce Fiund se t u·p Jt,~:~~ !;~Sl~~~O prominent people throughout the coun. try, 15 are chosen under carefully tested selective standards io · represent the outstanding citizens of America in "Who's Who". Among the few selected distinguished persons was Dr. Arthur N. Kruger, who this year will join Wilkes' president, Dr. Eugene S. Farley, in the filth edition of "Who's Who in the East" and "Who's Who in America" ,which will be published at a later By HELEN KRACHENFELS date. Dr. Farley's name has appeared previously, but it is the The Student Council wrote finis to the lengthy budget debate at Monday night's meeting first time for Kruger to be so honored. by drafting a revised budget which included a special Intercollegiate Conference Fund and exKruger, who was informed of his cluding clubs from receiving SAF money. The freshman hazing and honor system questions, selection on October. 2~th, and Dr. were also acted upon. Farley, College President, share In view of the developments which have occurred since the Council made its original allothe distinction of being the only cations in October, it was detwo faculty members on campus cided that the most advisable who have been chosen for this course of action to be followed honor. The purposes of this publication are to introduce American was a general rescinding of the citizens with the prominent leaders initial appropriations and the The Wilkes College Male Chorus By WILKES 'COLLEGIANS' TO BE FEATURED ON CHANNEL 16 SUNDAY of their country in various professions and for publicity reference for newspapers and other communication media. Kruger was chosen on the basis of being an outstanding educator and community leader. The data published on Wilkes' distinguished educator, will include his biography, the schools he attended, and the organizations to which he belongs. Some of the many organizations to which Kruger belongs include Phi Delta Kappa, Professional Education Fraternity, Speech Association of America, Speech Association of the Eastern States, and the College English Association. Kruger, coach of the championship Wilkes Debating Team, has shown his versatility by his authorship of several articles in leading educational magazines. He has written for such publications as "The Kansas State University Journal", "The Gavel", . and "The Speech Teacher". steps into the limelight (and floodlights) again this Sunday at 6:45 p.m., when it presents a 15-minute program on WARM-TV, ABC in Scranton. The "Collegians", their correct name, will appear on the "Choral Time" show on Channel 16 and will offer a five-piece program. Included in the program, which will be directed by Bill Crowder, student director in his fourth year at the helm of the singing organization, will be "Ave Verum" by Mozart, Victor Herbert's "Stout Hearted Men"; a Creole folksong, "Mr. Banjo"; plus "Flow Gently Sweet Afton" and "Russian Pienic". The chorus, which saw heavy duty during the Christmas season, is planning an ambitious schedule for the remainder of the year. Presently the "Collegians" are comprised of 24 voices. Freshmen Sponsor First Big_ Hop With Square Dance al Gym Tonight By MARYAN POWELL The freshman class of Wilkes College will sponsor its first dance tonight in the Wilkes gym from 9 to 12. The initial frosh event will be a square dance, Chairman Cliff Brothers has announced. Harry Wilkie, well known in square dance circl-es, will be the caller. Music will be by the Sharp Trio,. who are famou s western style music. Ticket s are only 35 cents. The purpose of the dance is to raise funds for the freshman class t reasury. This will be the third fund raising project by the class. The other two projects-selling chrysanthemums at the Homecoming game and Christmas cardswere very successful. The class has high hopes that this undertaking will be as successful. The president of the freshman class, David Vann, has appointed the following committees: General chairman, Cliff Brothers; publicity, Bruce Warshal, John Scandale; decorating, Marian Laines; refreshment, Edmund Kotula; ticket, Janice Schuster; entertainment, Marilyn Carl; art work, Mary Bortez, Larry Guninger. David Vann, class prexy, and the chairmen of the respective committees request your unanimous cooperation in this fr eshman class event. EXAM LIBRARY HOURS Library Hours to be in effect during the final examination period were announced yesterday by Mrs. Nada Vujica, head librarian. Hours will be : Daily from 8 . aim. to 9 :30 p.m., except Friday, when hours will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. On January 26 (Wed.) and 27, hours will be from 9 to 5. COtLEGE GETS HOME ON W. RIVER STREET FOR NEW DORMITORY i, \ \ > ~ -j Former Roberts Home_ At 64 West River Street Gift of Daniel Warner ONE MORE-Wilkes added another property to its rapidly expanding campus recently with the joint announcement by President Eugene S. Farley and Chairman of the Board Gilbert F. McC!intock that the Daniel Roberts residence on West River Street had been presented to the board by Daniel Warner, grandson of the former owner. Many of the Wilkes properties have been obtained in this manner through the generosity of local people who desire to provide a lasting memory and at the same time help the local college in its effort to provide even greater service to the community. The new property will be completely done over inside and will be another men's dormitory. *** *** NEW BUILDING, at 64 West River Street, which is only about half a block from campus (left), will be new men's dorm. preparation of an entirely new budget. After much discussion the following allocations were made: Beacon . $1500 Amnicola 3300 Manuscript 400 Debating Society 600 Male Chorus 75 Cue 'n' Curtain .. 900 Dormitories 100 Intercollegiate Conf. Fund 505 Social Activities 900 Some of the changes which occurred in the appropritions wern made as a result of recommendations from the Administrative Council. Since Cue 'n' Curtain obviously did not need the amount of money which it previously received as a special grant for the production of "Girl Crazy", that appropriation was reduced by $200. Because the decision has been made to give no further funds to the clubs on campus, an Intercollegiate Conference Fund is being set up so that club members who will be attending conferences as a part of their activities may receive some financial aid. A committee consisting of Gloria Dran, Dick Bunn and Dick Carpenter, was appointed to work out the details of the policy by which the ICF will operate. Clubs w.ill be informed of the particulars as soon as they are worked out. Other Matters Several other matters of importance were acted upon at this meeting, including a statement of policy in regard to Freshman hazing. A Jetter was prepared by Dick Carpenter, chairman of last year's hazing committee, and the letter was accepted by the council as containing suggestions which would make for an improved hazing program in the future. Some of the (continued on page 2) HOWIE GROSS NEW SAM COORDINATOR Howard Gross was elected coordinator of the Wilkes Chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Management (SAM) at a meeting yesterday. Gross replaces Bud Price, who r esigned. Price will attend only night classes next semester. Len ·Mulcahy was named chairman of the membership committee to replace Chet Miller, who resigned. Bob Chase will be vice-chairman. Leah Jean Neuburger was elected publicity chairman and Larry Cohen vice-chairman at the meeting. N ew members are needed and interest ed persons are invited to join SAM by contacting any member. �2 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Friday, January 14, 1955 Winter Carnival Set For January 27 Mid-Semester Spree lo be Held • At Pocono Mountain Inn, Cresco; Service c:~!;~o:~~i~~;i~~t;~:1.~~~:[;;~~~ • • • Schools Cr1tlc1zed On Year's Debate Question in time to nix a skiing trip to the Dike, which was in the planning By T. R. PRICE stage. Dr. Arthur N. Kruger, Wilkes College debate Jim Neveras, who along with Dick Carpenter, is serving as coach, condemned the action of Annapolis and a co-chairman of the annual winter sports spree and just plain West Point in refusing to debate the question of spree, announced late yesterday that the Carnival will be held Am,,.erican recognition of Red China as undemoat Pocono Mountain Inn, Crescratic in a recent article. co, Pa., and that it will be held Both the Naval and Military Academies had as planned on Thursday, Janurecently refused to recognize the question for fear ary 27. that they would find themselves on the affirmaThe Inn will be open to Wilkes students free of charge from 11 in the morning to 1 a.m. the next morning. There will be skiing (there is a shortage ·of skis, so bring your own slippery skatescoined by Nancy Wood), ice skating, (better also bring your own ~kates) and tobogganing (bring your own cushions), i£ there is snow. Otherwise there wil be such fine winter sports as tennis, outdoor shuffleboard, etc., available. (Water-ski anyone?) The Inn, a former nightclub, will not serve anything out of the ordinary to drink, however, there is no rule against assorted brands of firewater on the premises. Latest rumors have most wellequipped Wilkesmen carrying their hip flasks, full of Pepsi-Cola, of course. There will be bus service to the Inn. Schedules will be posted on all bulletin boards during finals. Maps and routes to the Inn will also be posted. Music will be supplied by Wilkes' Bill Figard and his orchestra in the Rainbow Room of Pocono Mountain Inn. A fine crowd is expected to attend the annual between semester blowout. WC Economics Club Visits IBM Factory By IRENE TOMALIS Members of the Economics Club visited the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) and the Endicott-Johnson shoe factory at Endicott, New York, recently. They were met by Mr. Austin, an IBM employee, who is also president of the Economics Club at Harpur College. Austin described the economic background and history of the corporation and conducted a tour of the various buildings. Club members saw most of the business machines that are made at the Endicott plant, except those which are still considered secret. All White Collars They were impressed by the extreme cleanliness of the factory and the fact that "you couldn't tell the difference between the managers and the workmen", because even tool-makers wore white shirts on the job. After a complete tour of the various buildings of the IBM plant, the members of the group were literally presented with "meal tickets" which were prepared on IBM punch machines. After an enjoyable lunch at the IBM cafeteria, the Wilkesmen proceeded to the Endicott-Johnson shoe plant, where they saw men's Many of us are wearing last shoes go through all the manufacyear's clothes, driving this year's turing processes. car and living on next year's inTo conclude the field trip, a visit come. was made to the IBM country club. Ugly Man Dies Horrible Death It appears the novel "Ugly Man" contest, which was to have been sponsored by the Wilkes sorority, Theta Delta Rho, has been can~elled. This contest, which might have been responsible f~r a little more college hi-jinx and spirit being instilled here, was JUSt not for Wilkes. Who wants spirit anyway? There were many objections to the contest, which is only a harmless popularity contest in the final analysis. _.Just what they were, we were not informed. This we know! The sorority ~as foregone a chance to make some money for its charity proiect, and we wasted space aplenty in the last issue because of its decision to back down. We want it understood that this Iriess is not the responsibility of Naomi Kivler, president of TDR, or the two planners of the contest, Pat McNelis and Freda Billstein, who backed the contest with enthusiasm. A majority also was in favor at the offset. Other, and we might add, spirited colleges, which are probably looked on as abnormalities by some Wilkes students, have run "Ugly Man" contests, and they were not only a howl, but also financial successes. Just a few schools running such contests this year are Penn State, Buffalo, Bucknell (our mother school), and Utica College. It is considered a great honor to win such a contest at these and other colleges, and we're sure that Wilkes men wouldn't have obi~cted to being entered in a humorously-tagged popularity contest. Any other takers? Otherwise, to the Beacon's embarassment, the "Ugly Man" has died a horrible death. A pity we weren't told before we wasted space on the thing. Ah, this changing world (with minds to match). Beacon Gets· Money It was gratifying to note that there was no opposition to a proposal by Irv Gelb that the Beacon get an j_ n c r e a s e of $200 in its budget. The Student Council obviously realizes that it does take a considerable amount of money to run a good school paper. Even though we are running far behind most college papers in our budget, we realize that the Council has only so much money to work with. We'll do the best we can to stay within our financial bounds. A sincere vote of thanks to the Wilkes student government for reconsidering in our favor, Curtis, Editor tive, thus producing material for Communist propoganda. The question of censorship in regard to college debate subjects goes deeper than mere endangering of collegiate debate programs. It goes beyond, to an attempt to stifle and abridge freedom of thought in America's institutions of higher learning, Kruger declared in an article in the January issue of "Today's Speech", the publication of the Speech Association of Eastern States. Such refusal to permit students to inquire freely into a subject, no matter how much of a tinderbox it may be, seems a breach of the traditional freedoms of inquiry and speech, according to Kruger. Com menting further on what the publication titles as "The greatest controversy in many years in debate circles," Kruger remarks that while the America n mind is closed on the subject, the minds of A merican colleges must remain open. If the service schools, or any other schools which consider themselves institutions of higher learning in the democratic sense, continue to refuse debate of the 1954-'55 subject, he concludes, their actions are inconsistent with their principles. TOR INVITES CAMPUS TO FORGET EXAMS AT "FROST FANTASY"; CHARITY TO BENEFIT Those who made the field trip were: Joe Augustine, Charlie Ciesla, Mollie Beard, Richard Eyerman, Howie Gross, Chet Miller, Joe Modla, Len Mulcahy, Leah Jean Neuburger, Joe Orchard, Don Wilkinson, Bill Zdanewicz and Irene Tomalis. Eyerman, guest of Chet Miller, is a student at Penn State, majoring in civil engineering. He was By NORMA DA VIS The Wilkes Education Club emimpressed with the Wilkes Econobarks on ·another of its series of mics Club and the field trip. annual projects this month with a program to encourage and assist Future Teachers of America Clubs in local high schools. The purpose of the FTA is to give its members a better idea of the teach er and his job and also to encourage those who might wish (BULLETIN) The Administrative Council turn- to make teaching their career. ed thumbs-down on the chartering Coughlin, with assistance of the of a Veterans Club at Wilkes, it Education Club, is currenty follow wa s learned in a letter relea ~ed ing through with the idea. Other late yesterday to the Beacon by schools are organizing. Student Council President Arthur Students from Coughlin and Hoover. Meyers, who are interested in the The Vets have an appeal left, ac- FT A, were guests at a recent party cording to the letter written to of the Wilkes organization. Hoover from Dr. Eugene Farley, Jeanette Perrins will be the diWilkes prexy. The Student Coun- r ector of the new program. cil approved the Veteran's organization earlier inthe year. The status of the Vets' Club basketball team in the Intra-Mural League is now uncertain, in view of Dr. Farley's letter. WilkesCollege Wilkes-Barre Pa. . . Januar 11 955 The Wilkes_Lettermen's Club will Y ' sponsor the first dance of the new Mr. A r th ur H oover · d p 'd t St d nt CO uncil semester,. it was announce at a resi en , u e club meetmg yesterday. A square Dear Art : . . . . dance, "The Letterman Low-Down" . The Administrative Council con- has 'been scheduled for Friday Febs1dered you~ r~quest for approval ruary 4 at th e college gym . ' of the constitution for the suggestWalt Chapko chairman of the ed vet~r~ns club. . . affair, revealed' that Abe Bellas Pr~hmmary to a con~ideration and The Night Hawks will be on of th is ~equest, w~ felt it best to ha;;d to suppl y th e western and re-examine t he poh~y th at has gov- modern music ·for dancing, which erned the formation of student will be from 9 to 12. groups for the pas_t fifteen years . Committees include: Publicity, It has been our pohcy n~ver. to ~n- Don McFadden, Howie Gross, Jack courage 0 ~ app~o~e an or~amzation Ri chards and Tony Greener; rethat has its on_gm~ outs1d~ of the fre shm ents, Andy Breznay, Jim College and which is orgamzed for Ferris and Mel McNew· tickets purposes unrelated to the welfare Joe Wilk Ron Rescigno 'and Cliff of t~e gen~ral st~dent body. Brautiga~. It is our u~press1on that v~terans A big crowd is anticipated for "'.ould orgamze to serve th eir spe- the dance as is the case for all Letc1al _ends rather than to advance_ term-en-sponsored affairs. the interests of the College, and it is also our impression that they can most effectively work for the COUNCIL SETTLES attainment of their ends through (continued from page 1) existing veterans organizations. suggestions included were that the Under these circumstances, the Ad- hazing period be restricted to two ministrative Council is withholding weeks, with the possibility of holdapproval at this time, but will be ing two Tribunal meetings each glad to hear from the veterans week. The meetings would be group if the Student Council and shorter in length than in the past, the veterans group feel that this and attendance at them would be appeal should be reconsidered. compulsory. Very sincerely yours, The letter w h i c h Carpenter EUGENE S. FARLEY prepared was to be sent to the offiPresident, Wilkes College cers of the various clubs on campus Ed. Club to Sponsor FTA in Local Schools Administrative Council Nixes Vets' Charter i Lettermen Hold 'Low Down' Feb. 4 l Dr. and Mrs. Farley in Florida Wilkes President Dr. Eugene S. Dr. Farley is expected to return Farley left Tuesday morning with to the campus in time to welcome Mrs. Farley for a business trip in the new freshmen at th~ l;>eginning Florida. . of the second .s emester, ·- I By IRENE TOMALIS Theta Delta Rho's first charity ball, the Frost Fantasy, will be held Tuesday night, January 25, in the gym. Dancing will 'be from 8 to 12. Tickets will sell for 50 cents, and the attraction will be Jack Melton's music, Jim Jones' ventriloquism, and selection of a king and queen. The patient for whom the benefit is held has been hospitalized for· some eight years with a back injury incurred in childhood. The dance will fortunately fall after the fiendish and frantic finals are fatiguingly finished, and the fanta sy will presumably provide a relieving froth of frolicsome fun to which not only local students, but collegians from all over the area have been invited. Committee heads are: decorations, Phylli s Bennett; entertainment, Jess ie Rod erick; invitations, Margaret Smith; posters, Pat Reese ; publicit y, Irene Tomalis; refr eshment, Irene Goliash; tickets, Bernice Thomas. which hold their meetings at the same time which the Tribunal meetings were usually held. The clubs were r equest ed to excuse all freshmen from their club meetings for the two week period of hazing in order that better cooperation might be obtained. Art Hoover appointed a committee to work on the question of taking a ction a gainst the cheating which has bee n occurring at Wilkes. The pro blem was not discussed at · length at the meeting because of insufficient t"ime. Nancy Morris, Dick Bunn , Bill Crowder and Helen Krachenfels will ser ve on the committee and report at the next council meeting. - WILKES COLLEGE - Beacon A newspaper published each week of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. Editor . . .. .. ..... ... ... . John D. Curtis Asst. Editor .. .... .. Ivan Falk Pearl Onacko Asst. Editor Sports Editor .. . Allen Jeter Business Mgr • .... Arthur Hoover Asst. Bus. Mgr. Dick Jones Faculty Adviser .... George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes Campu&. Telephone: VAlley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. �Friday, January 14, 1955 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 3 Wrestlers, Cagers See Action In First Twin Bill of Season Saturday Night at Home Base Both the cagers and the grapplers will see action under the same roof Saturday night in the first twin bill of the season at the gym. The matmen will start off the evening's festivities at 6:30 when they lock horns with a powerful Cortland State Teachers outfit. Following the match, the cagers meet Rider College. Coat:h John Reese was anything but overjoyed at the prospects of Saturday's meet. He §VOl!TI~!) Cage Crew Splits Even; Al20U~U with Al Jeter N O CIGA R - W il kes' Cliff Br autigan ( 16) goes up in t he air a la ba llet, but m isses after eluding two· Hartw ick defender s. Joe J ablons ki (23 ) looks on. W ilkes won an yway, upsetting t he W arriors for t he fir st tim e in th e series between the t wo schools . * * * * HOOPSTERS UPSET HARTWICK BY DECISIVE 83 TO 61 SCORE By RODGER LEWIS . The Colonel basketball squad registered win number three Wednesday. as they whipped Hartwick 83 to 61 in the Wilkes drillshed. The victory marked the first time in the series between the two schools t hat the Colonels were able to turn back t he N ew Yorkers. Carl Van Dyke led the Blu e and Gold scorers with 18 markers followed closely by Jim F erris and Parker Petrilak, who tallied 17 points apiece. Petrilak Hot Coach George Ralston was impressed by the improved showing of Petrilak. When ace rebounder, John ,Bresnahan, was forced from the game due to too man y persona l fouls, Parker was inserted and came through in fine style. Big John had three fouls again st him in the first six minutes of play. Then after sitting out the remainder of t he first half, he fouled out • Ll>NGS1N( of the game within eight minutes of t h e second round. At half time t he Colonels led, 37 to 25. From t hat t ime on the locals gradually increased their lead t o a twenty point margin at one tim e. Th e Warriors cut t he lead down t o nine points m idway in the second half, but the Ralston men put on a final spurt and finis hed with a comfortable lead. Hartwick's scoring load was as s um ed by their classy forward, Jim Barber, wh o was hig h man on t he score sheet with 23 talliefl. Coach George Ra lston's crew broke even in last week's play as th ey opened with a victory over Ithaca then lost to a powerful Lafayette squad. SPECIAL TUX GROUP PRICES on.~~ Featuring The Newest In College Men's Fashions ANDY'S DINER , Toll Gate Restaurant Ba ck-to-Back with Wilkes Gym Plenty of Free Parking Prices for the Collegian's Budget •. .. A Reputation Built on Fine Food Wilkes College BOOKSTORE AND VARIETY ' SHOP Books - Supplies - Novelties Subscriptions Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 . . . WELCOME "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Hammers Ithaca, 86-72, Loses at Easton, 104-63 The Colonels entertain ed It haca The Weekl y Quiz A good question for t he week last Wednesday and gave t heupwould be- What happ ened to the states a rough ni g ht beating them, wrestling team? A short two 86 to 72. T he Wilkesmen in t h is weeks ago there seemed an excel- game looked like t h ey had fina ll y lent chance t hat t his year would be hit their stride, h itting for bet ter a repeat performance for the gra p- t ha n 50 percent of t heir shot s. Th en, la t er in t he week t he locals plers. W ith retu rn ing veterans a nd quit e a few prom isin g newco mers, t raveled to Easton to tangle with it seem ed a lmost cert a in t ha t the Lafayette, one of the st ronger team wo uld go places, baring in- team s of the east. The Leopards showed t h eir class and layed it on ju ry to key personnel. The team never, never heavy in WC by taking them over t he coals manpower, dwindled in the two- to t he t une of 104 to 63. The host clu b ran th e score u p week period to a shadow of itself. To begin with, Bobby Morgan broke in order t hat star center, Todd his hand, which was a blow to the Walker, could set a n ew club scorReesemen, althoug ht not a fatal ing record of 38 points for a sin g le one. Then the s ize of the squad ga me. Ra lston's charges were handiwas further cut by men dropping from the roster for reasons better cap ped in t hat they were unable to get a percentage of rebounds due known to them selves. (continued on page 4) to t he h eight disadvantage. But For One So no matter how you look at it, the fact rem ains that Reese was 1 force d to tak e a badly und er manned sq uad to Ithaca. The boys came close, but t here just Because of the outstandiing performance that he turned in weren't enough during the past week's competition, Jim Ferris is the first repeater men to go a - in the Beacon's 'Player of the Week' feature. The little speed rou nd . If ~n e' arti st played two of the finest : ~ \e wre st ~r gam es of his career against Lafay1 a~le t::;,~;~:e s= ette and Hartwick. . . Id h At Lafayette, workm g against men ~u 3:v t he the 'Towers of Easton', Ferris ch -ome_ tome wi l demonstrated that he could perA L JETER t e vie ory• sea · any Ieague a t any t·1me. b Itp f orm m un d er th e1r e . Coa h G R I t h. h . The matmen have eight meets . c . eorge a s_ 0 1:1 w~s ig m . . his praise for th e d1m inut1ve guard, Ieft, and unless somethmg .1sd done, ca 11mg . h 1m " one of th e b es t a IIth e prospects f or t h e remam er. of roun d an d s t ea d ies ' t b a 11 p Iayers th. e season are not on t h e bnght t h at has hit t h e Wilkes scene. side, to s~y t h e least . It would 1?e Hustle Plus a s~ame 1f th e se_ason ended u p m Ferris isn't an 'on-and-off ' ball a disastrous fashion for Reese, as I E th t h I ·t · ht I t h· . P ayer. very game a e p ays, we11 1 m 1g ,. un ess. some m g 1s h e 1s • ou t t o d o h"1s I eve I b es t . N o d one. R eese 1s a mce g uy.-They b t· th t can remem er any 1me a d on 't come any b et t er.- A n d more one th K'1 t fl h I f d th than that, he is a good wrestling . e 1:igs on as oa e on e coach who deserves the best of JO~. His t ea mmates ~nd coach ar e l talent to work with. qm ck to say _that h e JS a real husWhat's You r Line? t ier all th e tim e and never 1ets up. JIM FERRIS There a r e n a mes of for mer hi g h upH. e ga th ere d up 17 porn · t s agams · t . wishes he had. His outside shots h I I f h sc oo wr est ers ro m t 1s a r ea dotf d d h 1 H t tin g t he school roster. However , a. a vore an m uc a~ger 3:r - are deadly and if given an inch h e t his column has noticed t hat t hese wick five W ~dnesday while playmg can drive in for layups with amaz. . a n outstanding floor game. For a ing speed and accuracy. na mes a r e con spicuous by t heir ab- J'ttl h t · th · senc O n t h t i" t It 1 e guy e ge s way up m e air Now in his t hird season as a e e . wr es m g ros e r· . on rebounds and is an apt ball would seem hke an excellent ti me s t ea 1er as man y o f h'JS opponen t s Wi lkes cag er, Ferris has yet to hit his pea k and seems to improve wit h f or t h ese f orm er gra pp 1er s to re- h · c h agnn · . · · th • . ave f oun d ou t t o th e1r every game. Ralston is fort unate Jo m e s port Just one more tim e. Double Threat It w~ uld be th e per fect _a ns wer t o As a scoring threat, Ferris is th e in the fact that he will be on ha n d t he ills th a t ar e ca us ing Reese t f I th t h n ext year to see duty with t h e cagsleepless ni g hts. yp e o p ayer a every coac e rs. As a m atter of fact, it m ight be 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 helpful to note that Reese isn 't looking for t h ese men with experiOU S OS ence only. 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There is a chance t ha t Neil Dadurka, who recentl y rejoi ned t h e sq uad, will be available t o tak e over the 167 po und chor es, although Reese doesn't expect him to be in. shape before the Lafay ette meet .. Hoopsters Read y Th e hoopsters, on t h e oth er hand; should be operating at full st rength for their t ussle with Rider. Coach George Ra lst on f eels tha t his charges are a drastically im proved team from t he one that star ted t he season , and are capable of making t he night a roug h one for the invaders fro m N ew J ersey. So far t h e Colonels have blown SUNDAY .._ INDEPENDENT WOOL SLACKS Meet Your Friends at ... 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CLAWED BY MISERICORDIA MOB, 74 TO 17; BOMBED BY MARYWOOD MARAUDERS, 54 TO 21 By HELEN KRACHENFELS Dark clouds of doom settled over the Wilkes gym as the Colonelettes suffered double defeat in their two most recent clashes this week. On Saturday afternoon, before a capacity crowd (of screaming Scranton lassies), Marywood barely edged out the Women WRESTLERS, CAGERS (continued from page 3) hot and cold since the beginning of the season. However, if John Bresnahan and company are operating at full steam, the hoopsters , should be able to pull this one out of the hat. The Colonels have been handicapped in the height department this season. Ralston has been forced to abandon the two platoon system that he initiated last year, due to this lack of height in the reserves. This has hampered the efficiency of the cagers to some extent, but they are still a fast-br eaking t eam that is well able to outrun many taller opponents. 'S Janet Blair, Actress: "'I have the fullest confi- dence in L&M's Miracle Tip .. . and L&Ms taste so good, I made them my regular cigarelle." of Wilkes for a 54-21 victory. Nancy Schooley and Barbara Vavrek were high scorers for the Colonelettes, tallying 10 and 7 points respectively. Murdock of Marywood had 12 points. Georgia Tomasetti and Phyllis Shrader each contributed 2 points to the Wilkes score. Guards for the Kernelettes were Metroka, Davis, Morris, Thompson, Bretz and Menegus. The gals fought long and hard (as can be evidenced by the battle scars they bear proudly) but they just couldn't seem to get their hips operating fast enough-oops! I mean they couldn't seem to hang on to the ball! Pull That Hair! The Tuesday evening encounter with the Misericordia Mobsters was almost called because of "unnecessary roughness". (You thought that applied only to football? Man, you should see these women in action!) There was probably one advantageous aspect to the ref's warning: the Misery gals were obviously so upset that they failed to hit the big 100 mark even though they played their "four year" women against Wilkes' freshmen and sophomores. The final score of the game (?) was 74-18. Phyllis Walsh, co-captain of the Colonelettes chalked up 6 points to be high girl for the night, while Schooley added 4, Bretz and Sparks 3 each, and Vavrek 2. Misericordia's 7-foot (well, she looks that tall when you're tryin' to guard her) Lillian Maluo paced the Dallas team with 19 points. Caught in the Act Again the guards for Wilkes did their best, whic h this time showed considerable improvement over' last Saturday's game. Metroka played an especially good game, but unfortunately she got caught-er, that is, well, she fouled out! Morris, Davis, Thompson, Menegus and Krachenfels also added their bit to hold down the miserable score. TDR's Future Wives Hold Bake Sale John Robert Powe rs, Creator of the Powers Girls: "I think L&M's fil ter is fa r superior to the others. Great smoke .. . wonderful flavor." Jrun/M1 OutFROM AIL m REsr 1 STANDS OUT FOR FLAVOR. The pure, white Miracle Tip draws easy, lets you enjoy all the taste. STANDS OUT FOR EFFECTIVE FILTRATION. No filter compares with L&M's Miracle Tip for quality or effectiveness. Yeste rday , TDR's future wives of America held a bake sale at Harding Hall. The goods, consisting of various pies, cakes, cookies, and bread, were bought by hung r y students. Doris Merrill, chairman of the sale, had the cooperation of Mrs. Brennan of Harding House fame, who gave the girls space to sell t he assorted baked goods. Other members of the committee were Pat Reese, Bernice Thomas, Mary Jones, Barbara Tanski, Justine Battisti, Jeanette Perrins, Ruth Wilber, El Nora Metroka, Naomi Kivler, and May Pomicter. PARK, SHOP and EAT Patrida Morison, Musical Comedy Star: "I love L&M Filters. Never qreamed a filter cigarelle could filter so thoroughly, yet~ so good!" ST ANDS OUT FOR HIGHEST QUALITY TOBACCOS, low nicotine tobaccos, L&M tobaccos •.. Light and Mild. MUCH MORE FLAVOR - MUCH LESS NICOTINE Americas Best Filter Cigarette~-··-·- at the new FOWLER, DICK and WAL KER The Boston Store � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1955 January 14th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 January 14 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/bb38f8dcbc474e78af712351d3d61443.pdf fac08843744a4480fcba88046a9b2e5c PDF Text Text WILKES The Community College. Serving Wyoming Valley And The World ,4:#3 - WILKES COLLEGE - THE BEACON ~Beacon Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA GRADE 'A' CHRISTMAS WISH By John Kushnerick THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1954 WC Wins at Bucknell, Novices Cop First Meet; Flannery Top Speaker Farley Explains Stand On Nixing Club Money CHRISTMAS MESSAGE FROM DR. E. s. FARLEY WC Music Groups Spread Christmas Cheer in Valley For the past two we and, Choral Club, and horus have been bus hristmas programs ·ganizations through y. Their acti · · rida y with a pr a s music for t ownship High Sc Club. That s In this Christmas season wish you not only happiness and a pleasant holiday, but I wish for you a greater appreciation of the inner serenity and trength that come to those who . believe in high ideals and in a cause greater than they. Merry Christmas to you all. -Dr. Eugene S. Farley Wilkes President DR Buffet Features The annual Theta Delta Rho uffet supper for the women of :Wilkes was held Tuesday night in he dormitory cafeteria. Food for this affair was supplied by the bers about the present financial difBy HELEN M.. KRACHENFELS The Student · with ficulties of the school which are making i ecessary for him to Dr. Farley 1 ab $75,000 year in addithe questi This amounts to Thursday. dent in the colhe was gla ty to meet that in atmatter so t hese funds, he learn of hi lain what the situation. for, and he said A hi stor cannot ask for piled a e used for the ceived ly a few stuse with clubs, e college were rough tuition ts themselves, ith their funds Farley contipresent cirnot the case. e it clear that he ed" the Student but he now feel s t ely necessary for cil to act in acishes, because s given. Club , e Skit ry Parly at Hoyt performance o Mr. Detroy, al Club, Mr. M Band, and w· rector of th ducted these Sextet con · Ralph Har Shiffer, Be Moran, th Club will sponsor ·e" party in the a on January 5. e highlighted by e" skit about a ntemporary Ae policy with s::r:~:h: i:t~:: Kruger's Charges· In Unprecedented Three-Time Slam The Wilkes debate teams performed an unprecedented triple slam last weekend when the varsity walked away with the Bucknell "G o o d Neighbor" tournament, the novice squad took top honors at Princeton, ~ ; ~ J. HAROLD FLANNERY, JR. and J. Harold Flannery, Jr., was adjudged the top speaker at the Bucknell event. i" J. Many former Wilkes engineer- l · ing students now taking advanced studies at Bucknell watched the Colonels sweep the Lewisburg event. The Bucknell cup was won by an impressive 7 to 1 stampede which~ ground both the P enn State men and women's teams into the dust#, in three of four contests. Scran(continued on page 2) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ #, #, College Register Ready for Presses ~ secret . arty time. I and refreshments are al- I ~ for what promises In a year of many " firsts" at pe of part y. Pat Wilkes Coll ege, another innovation 1rman. Jessie Roderick will get underway this week. ~ arge of the skit. Scheduled to go to press near embers of the Education the end of the week is the first e invited and invitations Student Register in Wilkes history. -have' been sent to officers of It will contain the names, adthe Fu u e T eachers of America dresses, and phone numbers of the / Clubs in the local high schools. entire student body, faculty and administration and will be in alphabetical order .according to classes. Howard Gross, Glenn Carey. The student register, which has Chaperones, Bob Lynch, Pat become a necessary thing on many Stout; entertainment, Mo Batter- progressive campuses around the son, Paul Shiffer, Jim Jones, Ruth nation, is a project of the sophoReml ey, Nancy Brown, Bob Lynch. more class. / l .J.. #,Ji p; ~ ~ �WILKF.$ COLLEGE BEA~ON 2 Thursday, December 16, 1954 TDR To Sponsor' Ugly Man' Contest Balloting lo Find Homeliest Man On Campus lo Start in January; Trophy lo be Presented lo Winner WC COEDS REVIVE OLD CHRISTMAS SPIRIT BY TREATING ORP,HANS TO DAY OF FUN By JANICE SCHUSTER Who the ugliest man on campus is will be revealed in the In this day of modern commercial Christmases, the old time spirit once more prevailed first "Ugly Man Contest" of Wilkes College to be conducted by as twelve thoughtful Wilkes College co-eds this week practiced the old saying that giving is Theta Delta Rho, from January 3 to 14. This contest has been better than receiving. employed successfully by many colleges as a whimsical and Since the Jay Cee's take only fund raising event. the older orphans on their annual MIRACLE RIDS CHASE All organizations and clubs are urged to nominate and Christmas shopping trip, the girls campaign enthusiastically for their candidate. The names of OF EXCESS BAGGAGE decided to brighten the holidays all candidates are to be submitted to the co-chairmen, Freda Billfor the younger pre-school age By LOIS LONG stein and Pat McNelis as soon as possible. It is, however, not orphans of St. Stanislaus Orphan- Naomi Kivler Engaged To Beacon Writer age by treating them to their own shoppin g tour. Playing the part of guardian angels were Audrey Cragle, Natalie Barone, Barbara Tanski, Nancy Wood, Justine Battisti, Helen Rut. ledge, Joan Zawoiski, Merri Jones, Beverly Clause, El Nora Metroka, Irma Bianconi, and Nancy Schooley. Under no supervision, they took thirteen ea ge r and appreciative youngsters, ranging from 2 to 4 years of age, into their own hands and shared with them an experience which both groups shall long remember. To start off the fun-filled excursion, the excited children were taken to the College Education Ciub where they saw a display of toys and other items of interest to young child ren's minds. Then their pictures were taken and the little tots were guided by the coeds on a window shopping spectacle down town. The benevolent Wilkes girls then bought mittens and toys for the little ch erubs. The highlight of the whirl of events was the visit to Santa Claus which the youths welcomed with eager antici-pation. The generosity of the girls did not cease after the trip to Santa, for they then took their inexhaustible wards to the Spa and treated them to sodas. Through th e kindness of the Spa, candy was donated to the orphans' home. The last stop of the memorable tour was at Pomeroy's where the tots enjoyed rides on the ponies. The fun-filled day came to a close and the "little bundles of energy" were return ed to the home feeling happy and lively - the girls feeling tired but satisfied. Do you believe in miracles? Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kivl er, 116 Chestnut Street, Nanticoke, an- If not, take a jaunt over to the nounce the engagement of their Chase Theater building and you daughter, Naomi, to Richard Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence may · change your mind. Last Monday evening about twenty 1 Jones, Towanda. Sandy Furey and Miss Ellen Naomi, a popuiar coed at Wilkes, consciencious elfs got on the president of Theta Delta Rho soro- loose and did a miraculous job Witiak announced their engagesity, received her diamond from cleaning it. ment at the Lettermen's Formal Dick prior to attending the Christlast Friday. Tuesday morning not a flat mas Formal last Friday evening. The announcement culminated a A graduate of Nanticoke High or a prop could be found lyiing School, the bride elect , will gradu- around and all the paint buckets romance which has been blossomate in June with a bachelor of sci- were rubbed clean. This certain- ing since the couple's senior year ence degree in elementary educa- ly was an unusual occurance as at Old Forge High School. tion. any of the visitors who occasionEllen is a senior majoring in Jones, a native of Towanda ana ally stumble into the building elementary educatiort and a memresident of Ashley Hall, is a junior to get out of the rain will tell ber of the MANUSCRIPT staff. education major. He is a veteran you. Sandy, a senior in pre-med, will of four years in the Air Force, Could such mortal men as Cue enter J efferson Hospital Medical which saw him travel in 43 states. The author of the popular vete- 'n' Curtain members have done School in September. He is the ran's column in the Beacon as well this? No, this could only have editor of the MANUSCRIPT, Wilkes College literary publication. as a f eature writer, Dick was re- been done by a miracle. cently appointed assistant business manager of the paper. He is a graduate of Towanda High School. No date has been set for the wedding. room. By T. R. PRICE In the literary field, Dr. Raddin " Dr. Raddin: · Author, Artist, Educator" ran one of the Beacon's has presented the College with the feature headlines a few issues ago. manuscripts (something, by the MOTHER OF STUDENT The doctor's students are already way, which students would do well familiar with his educational fa- to present to the College MANUTAKEN BY DEATH cilities , but there are examples of SCRIPT) of three of his books. The Beacon speaks on beother, and perhaps not so evident, The works he has kindly donated half of the entire student talents of this latest addition to to the Wilkes library are: "Hocbody, faculty and administraquet Cantatit and the Early New the college English department. tion in sending deepest symOn display on the east wall of York Literary Scene", "The New pathy to Dick Carpenter on Kirby Hall's first floor periodical York of Hocquet Cantatit and His the loss of his mother. Such room is one of Dr. Raddin's land- Associates", and "Cantatit and the a great loss is even greater s~apes, a snow scene, while another Genet Episode". in this season of the year. reposes over the reading room To his entire family, sincere A smart guy is a fellow who mantle. Further examples of Dr. condolences. Raddin's work may also be seen hitches his wagon to a girl who in the dormitory students' dining works like a horse. KRUGER'S CHARGES (continued from page 1) ton, Bucknell and Wilkes-Barre's King's also fell before Dr. Arthur N. Kruger's char ges. O:mly the Penn State men's alfirm::ative could down the Wilkesmen. Flannery won the best-speaker mred:al for his work a s second n egative. At Princeton,, a green novice • t eam entered their first real tournam ent and trou111C'ed Hofstra , lmmaculata, For.dham , St. P et er's, GC NY, a nd Brookl yn to emerge th e winner. The junior debaters who a ccom plished this fin e feat were: Virginia Brehn, Bruce Warsha l for the affirmative; H.ermina Fried a nd John Scandale fo r the negative. The victorious varsity" was r epresented by Leslie Wei ner and Jam es N everas for th e affi r mati ve and J esse Choper a nd Flannery for the negative. Weiner joined the varsity only fo ur days befor e his first tourna ment and did surpri singly well. The Bucknell sweep was applauded by such debate authorities as the P enn State coach who called Wilk es "The finest debating team that I have ever heard." His sentiments were echoed by Professor O'Brien, coach of the Penn men's team, and Dr. Merritt of the host school. Dr. Kruger's proteges will next debate at the Johns Hopkins tournaip ent early in February. This is a two-man invitational tourney. Last year, the Neveras-Flannerycombination tied five-two for first place. Engagement of Furey, Witiak Announced I Raddin's Works Now on Campus Advancement Of Management Society Chapter Chartered I· • I necessary t o be a member of a club to be nominated. Any group of t en students can nominate somebody w ho is not in a club. To be eligible for this contest , a candidate must be a Wilkes College male student, carryiing one semest er hour of credit, with an academic average of .0000. This means that a ny male is eligible. Voting will be conducted in such a manner as to allow an unlimited amount of ballots to each person. However, one stipulation is being made - one penny must accompa-• ny each and ever y vote. Ballot boxes will be placed at various places on campus and will be attended by members of TDR. The funds raised by the contest will help aid the sorority's charity patient. Game Galore in Woods; Hunter Bags Deer, Bear The big game season ended last Saturday and so far the BEACON sports depar tment has heard of only one successful nimrod as far a s the large beasts are concerned. The lad with the dead eye is Larry Groninger who was a double barreled success, bagging both a. bear and a deer. Groninger was loping along the ridges of Bald Mountain about three weeks ago when• br'er bruin incautiously showed his vanishing tail a little ways down the trail. Larry levered up, leveled, and let fly, larruping the big black beast in the brain, and that was the end of the day's hunting. The bear was a beaut indeed, weighing over 200 pounds. There's more to this little tale however. Th e next week our hero goes out to the same mountain, and while other poor souls are getting wet and so forth, what happens? He barely gets posted when a buck bounds by. Larry's blunderbuss bellows, and it's time to go home with a five point buck. "Getting the carcass of the animals was the worst part of all," says Larry. "Lots of work involved ther e." But at lea st he had a carcass to bring back . We've heard of several wo uld-be deerslayers who sq uatted all day by a pipeline and go t nothing but cold. - WILKES COLLEGE - Beacon A newspaper published each week of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. Beacon Photo by Ace Hoffman With the presentation of a charter by the National Society for the Advancement of Management this week, Wilkes College became the first school in northeastern Pennsylvania to establish a junior chapter of the organization. Charter was granted last week at Scranton by officials of the local senior chapter. Shown above, left to right: Robert Kaufman, senior chapter vice president; Frank Hertig, chapter president; Robert Price, Wilkes chapter president; Dr. Eugene S. Farley, Wilkes· College president ; and John Jones, senior chapter secretary. Kaufman and Hertig are associated with TungSol Electric Corporation, and Jones with International Correspondence Schools. Dr. Farley is a member of the executive board of the chapter. The Wilkes chapter of S.A.M. was begun last June. Among the purposes of the organization is to promote closer relationship between commerce and finance students at Wilkes and area business management. Local speakers are called in to discuss commos management problems. Discussion grups, seminars and conferences are planned. Stanley Young is faculty adviser. Editor .. · .. ..... ... ..... John D. Curtis Asst. Editor .... .. .. ........ Ivan Falk Asst. Editor Pearl Onacko Sports Editor . .. ... Allen Jeter Business Mgr . .... Arthur Hoover Asst. Bus. Mgr. Dick Jones Faculty Adviser .... George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes Campmi. Telephone: VAlley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. �LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS 3 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Thursday; December 16, 1954 by Dick llbler Chem Deparlmenl BEACON EDITORIALS Gets Colorimeler; A Message for Christmas the time of the year when everyone seems friendly, Aid lo Scientists heartsThisareiswarm and in general there is a feeling of excitement By LESLIE WEINER The •Chemistry Department has announced the acquisition of a new Bausch and Lomb Spectronic 20 Colorimeter received this week. It is assumed that everyone knows what a Spectronic 20 Colorimeter is, but there is a possibility that one or two freshmen may not be acquainted with this handy gadget. For these few unfortunates, we add that it is an instrument for determining and specifying colors. It is used for comparing the intensities of the corresponding colors of the spectra. The Spectronic 20 Colorimeter will be a great help to the physical chemists and the more elementary students of "Q1iant" and "Qua!". It is also used to determine what is in a substance and the quantity of the substance present. For example, through the use of this instrument, the chemist can determine . whether Albumen or bacteria or Globulins are present in the blood and the percentage of each. The Chem Department deems itself lucky to possess this instrument and reminds students that no red-blooded American home should be without one. In Your Stocking... A soft blanket of fluffy white snow covered the portable typewriter and a plump, little bewhiskered reporter sat down in his office at the North Pole and sent out the most startling flash of the century. "Dunder, a five to one shot, upset the fabulous Rudolph tonight in the annual Ch,rjstmas gingerbread stakes. Vixen placed third." The flash, came o,v er our non-existant teletype in the BEACON office alng with some garbled gibberish which turned out to be our Season's greetings to all Wilkesmen. DR. F ARLEY--,Fulfillment of his dreams for a new arts building. GEORGE RALSTON-His doctorate. MRS. GERTRUDE DOANE-Continued success as a personable dean. Bt>B PARTRIDGE-More happy days with t he student council. THE GIRLS IN CHASE-Less work and more s pare time. MR. KERS·T EEN-Money. BILL JERVIS-Take that pool table away. MILLIE GITTENS-A singing put in the next musical. AL GROH and JOHN DETROY-Another smash hit. TO THE FACULTY-Less red ink. STUDENT COUNCIL-A continued effort for better student government. TO THE CLUBS-Success in all your social ventures. J ANICE SCHUSTER-A byline on a scoop. T. R. PRICE-A typewriter that actually works. PEARL ONACKO-" Bill Ba iley, won't you please come home?" BOB DARROW-A few more s pecific hates. JOAN PERASH-A couple more assorted frogs and possums to care for. HELEN KRACHENFELS-Pencils to go with t he erasers. JOH N KUSHNERICK-Recognition as a top-grade cartoonist. CONNIE KAMARUNAS-Her name in the paper, just like she asked. BUD PRICE-To really make something out of S.A.M. VERNE BUNN-All work handed in on time, without asking. DR. ARTHUR KRUGER-Even greater laurels for his excellent debaters. J ACK CA VE-To beat Na ncy Wood in a n MG race from the lake. WALT DiMARCO-Even more social activity on campus. BOB LYNCH-A lip like Harry James. (His wife will do, too.) GENE RILEY-Just st.op singing Christmas Carols (or singing, period.) AL JETER-Just to be allowed to go stark, raving mad in peace. Ah, work, it's wonderful. DICK GRIBBLE-More dances like the last one!!! !??? MRS~ BRENNAN, NANCY, HELEN and MISS MEEKER AT THE SNACK BAR-Brig hter faced students early in the morning and late in t he evening. P A<RKElt PETRI LAK-An admission from George that he's not througfi. DICK BUNN- Conti;nued serious deliberatio1:1 before voting in council. BILL CROWDER-My Stan Kenton record back. SHELDON SCHNEIDE'R- Acceptance at the New School __. (psychology) . FREDA BILLSTEIN-"Nothing, rahlly, I have everything." MRS. RUTH ROBERTS-Complete and speedy recovery. RUSS PICTON and. REESE JONES-To have even further success in dis playing top-flight class leadersh ip. TO EVERYBODY'-A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A H.ArPP-Y' 1955 ! CURTIS and FALK Research Papers Presented Four research papers were present ed by students of local colleges Wednesday night at the college Lecture Hall , sponsored by the Intercollegiate Chemical Society of No rtheastern P ennsylvania . Students from Wilkes,. King's, Misericordia, and Scranton U. presented papers. Warren Blaker of Wilkes presented a paper entitled "The Synthesis and Strains in Nonmembered Rings of the Non-Benzoid Type". AT EASE! in the air. And why not? It's Christmas time and not long after that the New Year rolls in. Yes, indeed, it is a festive time of the·. year and if it only betters relations among men, even just for a while, then the holiday season, commercialized. as it has . become in many ways, is serving a purpose that is worth all the money in the world. This feeling of a kinship among men, which is so pronounced in the Yuletide season, shows that even in this day of alarming materialism, either knowingly or unknowingly we revert to behavior prescribed in the Bible. "Peace on earth, good will to men." Now if this feeling of good will, of kinship and feeling toward the other fellow can be kept alive, not only each holiday season, but rather each year, throughout the year, perhaps much of our worldly toil and strife can be eliminated. You get a feeling of warmth, don't you, when a stranger passing by nods and offers a cheerful "Merry Chrstmas." Even men at odds the majority of the year will stop and have a friendly chat in the Spirit of Christmas - decorations, falling snow, packages, colored lighis, pine trees, family get-togethers, church, Christ, or all of these, according to what Christmas means to you. Our campus has been touched by the intangible spirit that makes Christmas the unique holiday of holidays. Many students prepare to leave for their homes and vacations. Many others, who live in town, just prepare for the holiday. A busy time has been had by nearly everyone- during the "warm-up" period here at school. And it ha·s been go0d. For busy and hurried as everyone has been, there seems to ,have been more time for those extra "little things" that me·an a lot. As an editorial writer, we have what is perhaps an unequalled opportunity of expressing our feelings here on campus. That is, we· print our feelings in 1,000 copies each week. Hoping that at least 1,000 different people will read our effort this week, we stop now: To each and every person a truly happy Christmas, one which will see your hopes and desires of the holiday completely fulfilled. For the New Year The next issue of the Beacon will not be published until next year. We haven't run out of money; it's simply that we have· run out of days - in 1954. With a sad look at what is left in the old year and at the days gone by, good and bad - and they were both - we loo~ to the future year with new hope for peace, prosperity and happiness. This is our wish for you in 1955; Curtis, Editor A TRAVELIN' GAL Dorm's Returns J." Kernshen, N~rse·, School, Aiming Hiwh, By BILL DeMA:YO Of all the full-time students at Wilkes, probably no one has risen as hig h in his or field as Dorothy By DICK JONES The Veteran's Club basketball Jane Kernchen. Prior to her enteam came through with a 39-33 rollment here, D.J. (which she prewin over t he Biology Club in their fers to be called) was administrafirst game of the sea son last Mon- tive assistant to the director · of a, day. Lenny Mulcahy paced the large Chicago hospital. She also five "Iron Men" with 17 points. can probably take honors as our However, the boys aren't as young most widely traveled student. Most of her accomplishments can and chipper as they used to be and will need some reserves. How a- be traced to one outstanding charac teristic _ she refrains from makbout some volunteers ? Ashley Hall received a Christ- ing long range pla-n s but knows mas card from John Milliman, ex- which decision to make at the right Colonel athlete. John is currently time U~on her graduation, in 1942, in Germany. His address is: Pfc John Milliman US 51273713 from Hyde Park High School in her home town, Chicago, Ill., D.J. Co C 801st Engr Bn went to Beloit College in WisconAPO 190 c/o PM N.Y., N.Y. The vets would like to extend sin. There she remained as a Iitheir best wishes for a very happy beral arts student for two years holiday season to the entire stu- when it becam e necessary to decide upon a major. Slie heard of dent body and administration. the United States Cadet Nurse A (hie!) P0ME Here's to re-enlistees, they're Training Program, looked into it, and decided that nursing was the true blue; Here's to Falk, may he re-up too. field for her The annu~l polio epidemic beAt the last Student Council meeting the Veteran's Club constitution came quite severe in the following was approved, and it will now .go summer (1949) and D.J. volunteerto the Administrative Council for ed to do polio work with the American Red Cross in New York where final approval. she worked with the National InNO EiX -Gl'S HERE News from the various training fantile Paralysis Foundation. camps finds John Williams, Ray_ D.J. found that she saved enough Tait, Bob Heltzel, and Jim Ather- to make a trip to Europe. She has ton stationed at Fort Dix. John's many relatives in northern Geraddress is US 52375579, 893 Tank many and in Denmark whom she Battalion, Co. A., Platoon 4, F ort had not seen since before the war. Dix, N. J. Joe Sikora is scheduled She sailed fro m New York in June, to enter one of Uncle Sam's Tech- 1950 on the Norwegian liner Oslonical Training Schools, and John fjord. Once there, she found everyMilliman is now stationed with t he thing so delightful that her estiArmy in Germany. This column mated departure dat e was extended will be glad to receive any other from September beyond Christmas news of Wilkes' men and women at which time her funds would cerin service. tainly be gone. This had just a- bout happened when she was offered and had accepted a job. Her work was assisting the Senior officer of the United States Displaced Persons Commission,. and entailed the responsibi~ity for t~e s:1fety and ~ontrol of h_1 g.hly classif1 ed matenal concerning the· rejection of displaced person~ being p_rocessed through ~he _Secunty Section tha~ organization.. . While :"'1th t~e Commission she was stationed m Frankf~rt and Stuttgart, Germany, and m Salzburg, A~stria. Back m the States, she settled at the Indianapolis Medical Center. ~bon t a year later, w~i~e ?n vacation, she stopped to v1s~t m h~r old :',Ima .Mater, St. ~uke s Hospita! 1~ Chicago. While the~e, she was introduced to the new director of the nursing school, Mis~ Edith P~yne. After a long talk with I:er, Miss Payne came to the conclusion that D.J. was the type of person . that she needed_ on h~r staff,. 9:nd offered her an 1mm ed1ate position as her administrative assistant at the school: . Realizing her la~k. of formal trammg for such a position, D:J. ac~epted her offer with the st1pulat10n that she would leave after one year to complete the require~ents for a degree in nursing educ:ition. . ~1ss Pa,yne wa~ also m~trumenta! m D.J. s selection of Wilkes for her deg~·ee work - she served f?r some. time on the Pennsylvama ~ursmg Board. and kn~ws of the ~ugh standa_rds m the Wilkes Nursmg Education Department. o! Dr. Reif after telling joke to class: To all of those who gave me that pleasant look - thanks. To those who gave me a sour look - go to H-1! �Thursday, December 16, 1954 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 4· CAMPU S CHATTER All About Evenin g With t h e holiday sea son - t.h c big holida y of each school y ea r so close at hand, campus people are and have been more active and doing m or e things t hat t h ey probably will fo r the rest of the year. A s a sidelight, we thought it w ould be nice t o r ep or t a few of t h e (and pardon, Tom Moran ) people a nd things. The Christmas Formal, s pon- . sored by the Lettermen, was a booming success. Many of the over 100 couples attend ing remarked about the sp irit shown at the dance. It was the fi rs t time that many ever heard a pplause for an orchestra and it ha ppened several times. Orchids to t hose people who started t he hand work for Lee Vincent's orchestra, as fine a musical agg regation heard at Wilkes. Campus scene and heard - Ji m Ne veras walking proudly arou nd cam pus last Sunda y with t h e first place t r oph y the debators won la st week at Bucknell . . . Irv Gelb's prize r ema rk of t h e year at dance. P a ssing the bandst and on the n ext to last number of the night and saying t o Wilk es Alu m Len Seras , " Say, man. H ow abo ut. playing som ething pretty." Ouch! George Ra lston seeing a life-lon g a mbition fu lfill ed at t he dorm itor ies' annual Christmas dinner as he l ed t he group in singing Ch r istma s Carols: Shoot, man, I love t o sing . Ah'm a rea l tenor, too. Erwin Kaye, off to N ew York fro m Berwick over the week-end via a friend's plan e a nd hopping ba ck t o get t o work on t h e yearbook earl y Sunday. Still up in t h e air - deadline ti m e . . . Dave Polley a tot a l wr eck aft er 72 h ours of partying that took him to Wilkes' gym, Lund y's, P ittston, Centenary Junior Coll ege (N .J.), on e t raffic ticket a nd back ... F li rtacious Pat McN elis making eyes at John Chwalek's son at Chr istmas dinn er. "Curly" .Joe Trosko muss ing hair out at Lundy's after dance to make sure he'd live up to his nickname in picture about to be taken . . . . Al Wallace back among old friends for dance ha ving bus y ti me of hand-shaking. . . . Dick Gribble supplying latfs for everybody Friday night . . . P eople on campus wo ndering who wa s beaming more wh en Mrs. Farley attended the Christ mas Assembly and later had lunch at the dorm itory dining hall. The beam ing fac es belonged, first t o Dr. Farley, for r ea sons obvious to all, Mrs. Farley, so happy to be back amon g us at the college, and the studen ts th·e mselves, who have missed h er war mth an d vibrance du r ing h er illness .. . Student rushing up to Dick Jones, recently engaged, to offer "Congratulatio ns," and getting a surprised "For What" in ret urn. I sn 't love grand? Well, ah mean, isn 't it? ... Bruce Harbater , known fo r h is fi libustering in the ed ucation department, came up wit h a beauty la st week. Th e class was discussing financ es in teaching and Bruce asked Dr. Eugene H am mer, " Do you have broken do wn statistics?" Class broke up. Nancy Wood cracking u p the crowd by dropp ing her two fro nt t eet h and thing ing " Thister Thue." . . . Alumna Doris Gates requesting song du r ing dance only to see it passed by in t h e shuffl e. Seeing Wilkesman Joe Sabalaski, l ead clarinet is t , after last son g, entering gripe, wh ereupon J oe uncased sax and played th e r equest "solo" while Dale- Warmouth (with Doris ) and Miriam Long (with J oe) h owl•ed at command perform an ce. It wa s easy to t el1 wh o's in and out of . shape by attendi ng inaugural session s of intra-mural bask etball play th is w eek . . . A certain roommate complaining about "muscles I ain't n ever used b efore." . . . And fina ll y, a fee ling of a nti cipat ion a s classes, tests, sh opping da ys, and finally h ours and mi nutes pass by before Christmas. S O.UR NOTE Don't forg et those term papers, kiddees ! by Dick Bibler LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS. For This Week A Chuckle and a Smile These .modern da ys t h e baby g oes around in r ompers, the wife goes around in sa bies a nd the husband goes a r ound with another gir l. A wife is never inter ested in what her husband is sa ying unless he's talking to anoth er wo man. my beard grow a litte past shaving da te, put some mud on m y face, get a spot on my colla r, sprinkle dust all ove r m y coat , and - then I a m sure to m eet her. ,:, * ,:, ,:, ,:, A gentleman advert ised for a wife t hro ug h the newspa pers, a nd Half t h e lies they t ell about h er r eceived letters fro m seventeen aren 't tru e. hundred husbands saying h e coul d · * ,:, ,:, * ,:, have theirs. Some w om en dress to kill -and Tea cher : ," Tell me, what is it cook the sam e way. wh en I say, 'I love yo u,' 'you love,' 'he loves ''!" You've reac hed middle a ge wh en Bright pupi l : "Sou nds like one yo ur wi fe tell s you t o pull in y our of those tria ng les wh er e someon e st omach - and you already h a ve . a lways gets sh ot." ,:, ·:· ,·, ,:, '' . Repar t ee is wha t you'd say if yo u had a nother chance. Coll eg e J oe-"Y ou say you're qu it e a Bible stud ent, eh ? Can you g ive me a quotation fro m the Bi ble?" Coed-"Sure. 'J udas we nt and hang ed him self'." "A nd a nother ?" She, bor ed to death-" 'Go th ou and do likewise' ." t,/.,1,~ ~ .J!iZl!.a .e. t::-15. - - •-■•r..,.. "It's only Ed's sister with his laundry." 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Campus Quotes . . . 111111111111 1111111111 1111111111111 I II II II II II II Dr. Ma iley (after h earing r eports of what students fou nd at polls on elect ion day ): " I k new yo u'd have your eyes open ed, but I didn't th ink yo u'd meet such stark reality." Jim A lcorne: "Voltaire wrote profusely on everything a nd profoundly on nothing." :;: ::: ::: ,:: ::: Helen Krachenfels : (on a dank an d drizz ly aft erno on ): "I just don 't feel l ike ,~~~n: ing t oday. " BEACON APOLOGIZES TO SHAKESPEARE T he fa ult, S ha kes pear fa ns, is not in .ou r text s , but in the fact t hat we were hasty. Last week's library a r t icle, fe a t uring the immo rta l bard, conta ined some rather glar ing errors concerning Shakespear e's seamanship. Closer exa mination of texts, t he "First F olio" and "Furness", shows tha t we unsus pecting ly went otf ha lf-cocked. Oh well, even Quent in Rey nolds get s tr ipped u p when h e forgets to check. Herea fter, we will st ick to C. S. Fo rester and F letcher P ra tt. JORDAN Friend: "Do you know that 'Sugar' and 'suma c' are t he only t w o English words beginn ing with 's' with an 'sh' sound?" Hoats : "Sure." Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality The smoothest r unning t hing about a car is t h e salema1:'s tongue. : You are Welcome AT ZIMMERMA N'S Exquisite Styles In College Sportswear. Just what you've been Looking for. ZIMME RMAN'S 51 Public Square Wilkes-Barre, Penna. "My wife's fa vorite book . before we were married was "Th e Three Musketeers," and we had triplets." "Good Gdd ! My wife's was 'The Birth of a Nation'!" · Ik e: " I h ear you have t h e most wond erfu l wife in the country." Mike : "Yeah , and I hope sh e stays t h er e!" "What would you do if someH e: " What would yo u sa y if I body left you a million dollars?" , ki ssed you ?" "Nothing-from t h en on." She: "I woul dn't be in a position to speak. " Mabel: " I marri ed a man in t h e · village fir e depar tment." Eileen : "Volunteer? " Ma bel : " No , Pa made him." ::: ::: * ::: : : "My un cle wa s in the restau r ant business tw o week s but h e had to move." "What did h e move for'/" " All th e dish es w er e dirt y." ::: ,:: ::: * :;: If I wa nt t o meet a girl I know, ·a nd I don 't know just where to find her, a ll I h ave t o do is let A PAPER FOR . THE HOME SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Most Complete Loca l and National Coverage FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS GIANT SOCIAL SECTION WEEKLY FEATURES -T. R. PRICE John Li nko wski (examining piece of st one-lik e material ): "Naw, this ca n 't be a m et eorite. It do esn 't smell like one. " W a r mout h : " I am g oing to send a letter t o Mr. Bear dl ey, telling him how much I enjoyed his book, Practically Logic. I Est. 1871 ** 9 West Market Street Wilkes- Barre, Pa. • Ll>NGS1N( on.th.e...,. Featuring The Newest In College Men's Fashions ANDY'S DINER Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym Plenty of Free Parkin9 Prices for the Collegian's Budget • • . . A Reputation Built on Fine Food llllXllXIXllXllllXXXliii Toll Gale Reslauranl "On the Boulevard" - Rt. llS ACE DUPONT DRY CLEANING - 1 Hour Service 28 0 S. RIVER ST. WILKES-BARRE XXX~XlXllXllllXIXIXXXXXX W ilkes-Barre, Pa. 1 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 0 F. DALE, Prop. LOFT S Candy Shop 2 South Main Street Wilkes-Barre LOFT'S . . . The Candies of Finer Quality BOTTLED UNDER AUTHOR IT Y O f THE CO CA -COL A COMPAN Y BY THE KEYSTONE COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. "Coke" is o reg iste red trad e .ma rk. @ 195 3, THE COCA -COL A COMPANY �Thursday, December 16, 1954 5 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON . COLONEL COURTMEN LOSE 2-ND GAME IN ROW; LYCOMING, ·SNOW, ICE PRODUCE "REAL COOL" RECEPTION AND 86- 72 LOSS AT WILLIAMSPORT HIGH FL YIN' ENNIS NETS ANOTHER TWO-POINTER By RODGER LEWIS Wilkes College basketeers weathered the snow and traveled to Lycoming last night only to get a reception as cool as the night when the host club beat the locals 86 to 72. It was the second game in as many nights for the Colonels. · The Wilkesmen trailed throughout the contest and at halftime by a 44 to 37 score. At one time in the second half, Wilkes caught the Warriors and tied the score at 63all. Shortly after SVOVTI~~ Al20U~I) with Al Jeter No Tradition Broken Inasmuch as this is th e last issue of the BEACON before the Christmas vacation w e think it a good time to give out with our wishes for the coming yea r. This, for som e reason unknown to us, has been a tradit ion among n ews paper peope for years and we don 't liike t o be the ones to break the tradition so h er e goes. To Coach George Ralston: a football t eam equal to this year's squad, an assistant coach of the calibre of Rus s Picton, and a couple of basketball players that can put th eir h ead through the hoop without jumping. (Also one giant economy size box of Pheno-Barbital.) To Coach Bob Partridge: a 'Bob Feller' type pitch er and a couple of fence buster hitters for his baseball t e a m, and and influx of for eign exchange students for his soccer squad. Money, Money! To Don Kersteen: bigger 'n' better receipts at the gate n ext football season. AL JETER (Put that gun away, Mr. Acme.) To the football t eam : a stadium where they don't ha ve to wear miners caps to see what's ging on. To th e mebers of the press in the Kingston Stadium press box: an automatic coffee machine. To the soccer team: an automatic laundry or somethin gthat corresponds to it. (This good wish probably dates back to the late s occer season just buried several weeks ago when there wasn't enough room for u s and our roommate's s occer uniform whi ch seemed to have gained itself a permanent niche on a clothes line in our room.) Also for t he soccer t eam : so me spectators. Tennis Anyone? To the eager athletes who don't play any of the sports that the college f eatures: a swimming, golf, and track t eam . To Bob Moran: just one mor e hockey t eam before the old firehorse goes into th e pasture. To the Letterman's Club : bigger and bett er Chri stmas formals. W e can't rem ember a n icer one than this year's. To Coach John R eese : anoth er wi nning sea son with his groaners. To several of th e 'deer hunter s' in the vicinity: one original copy of th e 'Pathfi nd er's Guide' and one "Guaranteed To Bring You Back Alive" compass. To t h e BEACON: a r eal hon est to blazes telephone and a typewrit er that ' works. An to th e school in generalthe students, faculty and administ r ation : we wish most of all a very Merry Chri stmas and a Happy New Yea r. SPECIAL TUX GROUP PRICES for WILKES DANCES at •1 , -.. · JOHN B. STETZ't-::._ Lyco forged ahead and stayed there until the fi nal buzzer. Ennis Hampered The big blow came to Ralston's attack when high scorer Harry Ennis was force d to leave the game to assure him of playing the last fe w minutes, as he acquired his fourth per sonal. "Skinny", who had 17 of his 20 points in the fir st half, "appropriately" got four fouls called against him within six minutes of the second half. The sco rin g for WC was spread out quite evenl y with five m en in do ubl e figures and the sixth with nin e markers. Van Dyke, Bresnahan, .and P etrilak came through with 11 tallies while F erris grabbed 10 .and Jablonski 9. Lycoming's stocky forward, Art Wilson, paced the visitors with 2-8 points, 12 of which came on fouls. 4 t;,hr:~oss was the foutth for Coach Ralston's boys against one win. The record does not tell the whole story however. Their fir st loss was to Ithaca by seven points in the season's opener. Loss number two was inflicted by a good Bloomsburg squad by a 10 point margin. WC's only win was against East Stroudsburg and oddly enough played it's worst game thus far this season. The Colonels will have a long la y-off over th e Christmas holidays and play their first game of th e new year at hom e with Ithaca the attraction. Hoopslers Shaded In Final Seconds By Kulzlown STC Th e Wilkes cage crew lost a heart-breaker to Kutztown State T each er s Tuesday ni g ht in the final seconds of play 72-71. It was th e thi rd loss for th e Colonels in fo ur times out. In the closing seconds of the fracas, Harry Ennis drew two foul shots as he attempted to drive for the basket. H e stepped to the line and made th e first one to raise th e Wilkesm en within one point of the t eac hers. The second shot went astray and Kutztown took the rebound keeping possession of the ball until the final buzzer. ~;:;~~~\~~ 11 ~:~n~f~~~e~~a:::e on them at half time with some classy ball playing, and for awhile Harry Ennis goes way up for another two points against it seemed that would pull the game Kutztown Tuesday night. His effort was in vain though as the out of the fire. Teachers nosed the Colonels 72-71 in a down-to-the-wire finish. Even in losing, the hoopsters had five men in the double figur e column. John Bres nahan was high with 16 counters. Right on his tail was Carl Van Dyke, playing his first game since the season's opener, with 14. Jim Ferris co ntributed 13 to th e Bob Masonis of Kingston stepped out of the 177-pound class Colonel cause as did Harry 'Skinny' Ennis. Joe Jablonski hit the double into the heavyweight division and scored a 5-2 decision to gain column for the first time this seas- the Wilkes College wrestling team a 16-16 tie with Swarthmore on with 12. College last night n the Wilkes ' gym. It was the fir st time for the Wilkes veteran to wrestle this year. H e was confined to bed with a heavy co ld in th e Colonels fir st meet with Brooklyn Pol y Tech. H e The "foul tactics" of Jim Ferris, the mighty mite from Kings- defeated Ben Beattie. AND ton, had a great part in his garnering the coveted "Player of the The Wilkes grapplers jumped off Week" honors thi's week. Ferris' "foul tactics", by no means, to an earl y lead with Bob Morgan overstepped the rules of basketball scoring a pin over Howie T emn of Books - Supplies - Novelties sportsmanship. Swarthmore in 2 :45 of the first Subscriptions In the court encounter with East period. Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 Stroudsburg last week he stepped Swarthmore cam e back in the up to th e free toss line 17 times 130-pound match with .Frank Huy. . . WELCOME and with deadly accuracy accuracy ler scoring a decision over Ed Masa nk 16. sonis by an 8-5 score. A Cool One Wilkes countered with another With th e nonchalance of a pro. pin in th e 147-pound class, as forfess ional, Jim toed th e line in ' the • mer YM CA champion, Don Mc- I final seconds of play with the score Fadden dropp ed Bob Leavitt in 2 :55 ti ed and made two for two to give of the second period. At this tim e Wilkes the margin of victory. Wilk es held the lead, 13 to 3. H e also hit th e net s frequently In th e 157-pound class, John T yfrom his floo r shots to boost his son of Swarthmore decisioned Dave tota l in th e evening scorin g shw to Thomas, 13 to 7. 32 points. The Philadelphians took the n ext Ferris, 5' 9", is a David a mong two match es to go into the lead, Goliaths of tod ay's six and seven 16 to 13, a s Gladney Oakley pinned foot hoo psters. His speed, alertSeymour Holtzman in th e 167 ness, and flo or generalship mak e pound class and Hank Bode won JIM FERRIS him a coac h's dr eam co me t r ue. The big boys pose no problem for major, hailing from just across the by a default over Stan Abrams in him - he outspeeds· and out thinks river in Kingston where he was a th e 177-pound match. th em . standout on the cage sq uad and Gives Credit to Coach the baseball nine. The modest g uard gives all the credit for his success at the foul line to Coach Ralston. "The coach has been stressing foul shooting for everyone du1·ing the practice sessions," he said, "and I've been just lucky to score on them." But a player must make himself a scoring threat before the oposiMeet Your Friends at . . . Men's tion is going to bump him around. The elusive dribbling and driving WOOL SLACKS layups draw the "bludgeoning tactics" that "Dead Eye" Ferris is Reg. 12.95 Value 18 South Main Street able to make the most of. He is a junioi: and an Education e After the game : . . •J•· from the 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 GRAPPLEB.S HELD TO 16-16 TIE BY STRONG SWARTHMORE CREW I ~============~• Wilkes College Jimbo Ferris Named Week's 'Tops' On Court Wizardry! Point-making BOOKSTORE VARIETY SHOP PARK, SHOP and EAT at the new FOWLER, DICK and WALKER The Boston Store MERRY CHRISTMAS and A HAPPY NEW YEAR Louis Rosenthal Men's Clothing & Furnishings Expert Clothier ~ 9 E. Market St.., W-B. /.. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1 L. A. S. C. Wilkes' Foremost Social Club The SPA 8.99 Save 3.96 . ---~ o o o - !,r . ~ " ""' .\._, Flannels - Gabardines Brown • Navy - Grey , Blue All Perfect Quality - Sizes 28-42 Men's - Pomeroy's First Floor • • After the dance Anytime for a friendly get-together Favorite Spot ... ... For College Students �WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 6 WRESTLING TOURNEY ON 27TH; LARGE TURNOUT IS EXPECTED By DALE W ARMOUTH Mat champs galore will headline the 23rd Annual Wrestling Championships at Wilkes College during the Christmas holiday. The two-day spectacle will bring forth between 200 and 300 amateur grapplers from all parts of the east. Growing rapidly year by year the mat festival has been under the Wilkes aegis since 1962 when it outgrew its home gym in the Wilkes-Barre YMCA. Entries have zoomed steadily into astronomical numbers, so far as such meets go, and this year the tournament committee, spearheaded -b y George Ralston and Forty Fort High School's Frank Walp, has seen the necessity of adding an afternoon preliminary session. Dates for the epic of grunt and groan are: preliminar ies, December 28 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; semifinals, December 29 at 2 p.m. and final s December 29 at 8 p.m. Large Turnout "Last year 256 wrestlers, repre- GIRL HOOPSTERS IDLE The Colonel lassies better known as the Colonelettes will not see action again until after the Christmass recess. It is reported that the fairer sex cagers are resting up after coming within a bobby pin of upsetting the apple cart on the Misericordia 'tigers'. The girls, 'tis rumored, are sharpening their claws in order to be ready for Marywood. However they would appreciate anyone who has come up with a fingernail polish that is guaranteed not to come off or chip when they sink their claws into unwary opponents. It is also rumored that the little angels are going to practice in the Boston Store over the holiday rush just to get in a mean mood. senting more than 40 colle_g es and universities, YMCA's and Athletic Clubs, entered the lists. The competition in some weight classes was so big that the prelims ran until the wee hours of the first session, four mats notwithstanding. The Open Wrestling Tournament's roster reads like a Matman's Who's Who, having attracted such eminent jousters as Frank Bettucci of Cornell; the Peery brothers from Pittsburgh; Joe Krufka, Olympic team member from Plymouth; Bill Kerslake, Case Institute's heavy and member of the same Olympic squad; Bill Baron, NYAC; the Rooney broth- of Ray Sparks on December 29. ers from Syracuse; Jim LaRock, All coaches are invited and r esponse Ithaca College ; Jim Mahoney, Le- has been heavy. high; Johnny Meys, Millersville star from Meyers High; Dan Hodge, S. Navy and Olympic TUXEDOS TO RENT world champ; and Sam Coursen, Special Price To Students form erl y of Forty Fort and Spring198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. fi eld College, and still another Olympian. Clinic Featured Another important feature is a wrestling clinic under the tutelage u: BAUM'S Thursday, December 16, 1954 Young'ens, Veterans, Idiots Row Win In 1st Week's Round of Legal Mayhem As Intra-Mural Loop Gels Underway This week saw the beginning of hostilities in the brand new intra-mural basketball league which is reported to be the largest in the history of the school The loop is so large that Bob farfeited to Falk's Five. Partridge and Mel Schmeizer found One Time Around it necessary to divide it into two Several more games are on the sections, the Blue and the Gold. docket for tonight and Mel Schmei-•. Young'ens Start Fast zer reports that each team in the league will have played one game In the first round of play on before the Christmas vacation beTuesday night the Young'ens, gins. comprised of the Freshman members of the football team, defeated the Finale Hoppers, to start off their season in winning style. The 'Five old iron men' of the Veterans Club huffed and puffed up and down the floor to come back footsore and weary with a margin of victory over the Biology Bugs. In a game played as a .p reliminary to the varsity tilt on Wednesday night the Idiots Row took over the Bar Rags decisively, showing that they are once again a threat to take the loop crown. In one other game that was scheduled to be played, Butler Hall forabnd ofa.trip... ~- 1t I® I ~~~ --~;lt:i\~ ... FOR EVERY FILTER SMOKER ON YOUR LIST! ~ i goHome' QY.......... ! Beats the stuffing out of other tra ns po rtation! Sto rms can 't cancel your trip. Traffic j a m s can't m a ke you mis s vacation dates , or get you back to the campus late. And it's more fun travelin g by tra in with your crowd, en joy ing swe ll dinin g ca r m eals en route. Save 25% or More KING SIZE OR REGULAR Perfect to give ... no filter compares with L&M's Miracle Tip for quality or effectiveness. Much more flavor, much less nicotine. 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We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1954 December 16th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954 December 16 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/cf0328c52c7df2059be433124cbd2420.pdf f2ac4d4bf062c08d69fa82d156c9d6ae PDF Text Text WILKES The Community College. Serving Wyoming Valley And The World Vol. X, No. 11 ~ - WILKES COLLEGE - ~Beacon WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA Debating Teams Away Novices and Varsity Argue Saturday at Princeton, Bucknell By T. R. PRICE King's College, defeated by the Wilkes debate team at Muhlenburg, will be among those entered in the Bucknell tournament to which the Wilkesmen travel Saturday morning. In addition to the Bucknell event, Wilkes is entered in the Princeton novice debate, also held on Saturday. in order to accept both Bucknell and Princeton invitations, the team was for,ce!l to forego an invitation to the N.Y.U. "Hall of Fame" held on the same day. In the past, the local debaters had emerged second at N.Y.U twice in a row, defeating Annapolis, Howard and Johns Hopkins last year, and Howard, Columbia, Fordham, Rhode Island and C.C.N.Y. the year before. The varsity team at Bucknell, will be Lesley Weiner for the first will be Lesley Weiner, first affirmative, and James Neveras for second Jesse Choper will handle first negative, backed up by J. Harold Flannery, Jr. Th e team's coach, Dr Arthur Kruger, will a ccompany them to Bucknell. Assistant coach Robert Darrow will urge on the novices at Princeton. They will be Bruce Warshall, Hermina Fried, and Virginia Brehen. A cup goes to the winner of the Bucknell tournament, and a medal to its best speaker. Dr. Kruger, interviewed Tu es d a Y, expressed confidence that Wilkes would win at least one of the events. Hazing, 'Honor' Issues Sidetracked by_Budget THE BEACON Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1954 Tomorrow Night's Tux -Gown Affair To be Held in Gaily-Decorated Gym; Lettermen Busy with Final Details Advance tickets sales promise one of the largest turnouts in the history of the Christmas Formal, it was revealed yesterday by Russell Picton, president of the Wilkes Le'ttermen. The annual pre-holiqay dance, which is Wilkes• only strictly formal affair, will be held at the Wilkes gymnasium tomor• row night, featuring Lee Vincent's Orchestra. Dancing will be from 9 to 12. Tuxedos and evening gowns are proper as are corsages for the once•a-year completely formal event. By HELEN M. KRACHENFELS tion to attempt to settle this year's "This -dance looms as the best we have ever sponsored," The student council meeting budget appropriations and to forwhich was held on Nov. 22, was mulate some policy which can be Picton stated; and "from ticket sales, we expect a record or nearrecord turnout." schedul ed as a meeting for the dis- applied in future years. The recussion on two important issues, sults of this joint meeting will be The spacious gymnasium will freshman hazing and the question- reported in nex.t week's BEACON. be transformed into a beautiful able "honor" of Wilkes students, It has been suggested that a ball room with a winter's night but because of several unexpected more complete and correct r epretheme of decoration. The tradidevelopments at the meeting, (such sentation of the student body by tional backdrop mural on the as a lengthy discussion on the two the elected council members would bandstand will, this year, rep"open letters" which were circulat- be desirable. Perhaps the students resent a winter evening scene, ed on the campus during the •after- should be reminded that if they with pine trees, sleigh and, of noon of the meeting) the two topics want to be represented they must course, snow. The gymnasium will schedul ed for that meeting were make their wishes known by in:reflect Della King's mural with denot considered. forming their elected representacorations designed to continue right Today at 11 a,m . the student tives of their opiniions and desires out from the backdrop. council met with the administra- on the issues under consideration. Giant Christmas Trees Two giant 20-foot Christmas trees have been purchased, one to stand at the entrance end of the gym and the other in the middle of the dance floor. A large quantity of pine will be scattered throughout. NEIL DADURKA By IRENE TOMALIS .. . Heads Decorations Committee Santa Claus, in the person of Members of the Economics . Club just who nobody seems to know, were guests of the Magee Carpet By DICK JONES will be on hand to greet ladies Company at Bloomsburg during a During an interview with Art as they leave the receiving line recent field trip. Hoover, President of the Student and present them with favors. A complete tour of the company Council, the Beacon was informed The dance floor, according to rewas made, preceded by a discussion that the proposed system of issuing ports from Dance Chairman Glenn in which the general business as- parking stickers to those students Carey, will b_e surrounded on four pects of the organization were ex- having long lab periods had been sides, with entrances in strategic plained. The club observers fol- approved by the Council. places through colorful archways. lowed wool from the raw product Nearly every Letterman now acPresident Hoover stated that t hrough the various stages of pro- "the Student Council will pay for "We must realize in dealing with tive on campus as well as a number duction. the stickers, and the Beacon will the world situation that if we do of friends of the club will spend After lunch at the Hotel Magee, have the responsibility of issuing not have co-existence, we will pres- tonight and most of tomorrow's wee hours getting the gym ready the students were taken on a tour them ." The Beacon has followed of the Magee museum and radio this policy and has formulated a entl y have war and no existence at for the dance. st 0 design and a plan for t he issuance all," Dr. Harold W. Thatcher, head Chorus to Sing ~~ : ':o~v~~i~ of the trip, mem- of the decals. The Lettermen's Chorus, led by of the Wilkes history department, By LOIS LONG hers were given scarlet velvet (6x9) Advisor George Ralston will sing declared Tuesday at assembly. "The Council will purchase the The Choral Club and Cue 'n' Cur- rugs - 6x9 inches, that is. (continued on page 2) Speaking on "This Age of Destitain will combine to present the Members of the club who made decals as soon as possible after the Christmas vacation and the ny" by which he meant the age annual Christmas a ssembly next the trip were Mollie Beard, Lois Tuesday. The theme of the pro- Long, Charles Ciesla, Frank ,Cusce- system will most likely go into ef- facing the present generation, Dr. gram will be "The Universal Ap- la, Mel Farkas, Howie Gross, Sey- fect at the commencement of the Thatcher cited Toynbee as saying peal of Christmas", and the two mour Holtzman, Bill James, John Spring semester," stated the Presi- that to avoid destruction, humanity departments hope to bring out the Kearney, Chet Miller, Len Mulcahy, dent. The time delay is due to various must Jive as one family. true spiritual meaning of Christ- Bill Zdanewicz, President Lou By CLIFF BROTHERS factors such as the Christmas holiThis is an age of destiny, the mas. Steck, and Irene Tomalis. High school students, 115 strong, days, the time element involved in Wilkes historian went on, because interested in teaching as a profesDuring the program, the Choral printing, and the coming of final s. this generation will face the prob- sion, met last Friday in the second Club will sing two groups of songs lems bequeathed it by his own. That of a series of nine career counseling which will include "Alleluia", "Go FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT generation left this one the prob- sessions to be held at Wilkes. Tell It On The Mountain", and ma- REPORTS ON WC CONTEST 8th Wilkes Day Nets lems of today's world and the inn y ·Christmas carols. Jane Obitz By AGAMEMNON J. SCHULTZ Third Largest Blood Take The day's crowded program was will then present a reading from Upper Slobovia, December 9 Wilkes ·College's eighth visit to struments to cure or destroy it. climaxed by a panel discussion on How it will use: those instruments the immortal Dicken's "Christmas (PU)-The Beacon foreign cor- the blood bank last Friday proved the topic, "Why I Want to Teach." Carol". The audience will also respond_ent h!!ard a rumor from very successful. For the eighth is the tremendous problem this Panel members were education maparticipate in the Christmas pro- Upper Slobovia that there will consecutive tiime 105 Wilkes stu- generation must face, he concluded. jors from Wilkes., and the discussion was moderated by Dr. Eug,e ne gram. ---'----'--~ be an Ugly Man's Contest on the . dents voluntaril y gave blood in the ·Wilkes College campus imme- Wilkes College annual blood drive. Bertin, assistant executive secreKirby Lists Holiday Schedule diately followiing the Christmas tary of the Pennsylvania State EduIt was the third largest supply Pay Up, Folks, You're Due! Underclassmen wishing to keep cation Association. The Wilkes College Library will vacation. of blood that Wilkes students have pictures taken for the Year book Accounting will be the subject be open during the Christmas holiWe are not sure of t'he vera- donated. Students who were unable to give may pay fbr them at the Lazarus of the next session to be held in da ys from December 16 to January city of this rumor, but we feel February, according to John Chwa3 fro m 9 a .ril. to 5 p.m., with the that . ugly men are few and far blood last Friday may do so in the studio. If you do not want the pictures, lek, director of placement and guiexceptions of Dec. 24 and 31, when between .on the campus in Wilkes- future by calliing General Hospital for an appointment. return them to the photo studio. dance at the college. it will be open from 9 to 1. Barre. WC ECONOMICS CLUB VISITS BLOOMSBURG CARPET FACTORY Council lo Issue Parking Stickers In New Year THATCHER STRESSES 'AGE OF DESTINY' IN ASSEMBLY TALK Choral Club, Dramatists In Christmas Assembly High School Students Hear Noted Educator �~ COLLEGE 2 BEACON EDITORIALS Thursday, December ~. 1954 BEACON - HOW SO, WILL? A Statement of Policy The editor is entrusted with the responsibility of making and carrying out policy of a n~wspaper, certainly a large and serious responsibility. The editor, among his other duties, is charged with the right and responsibility (according to Webster) of presenting arguments or opinions in the paper's editorials. Often editors, as is the case with the average man on the street, must step back and have a look at themselves or re-examine their views and opinions. We must, every so often, take ourselves into a comer and have a chat. Kirby Finds Shakespeare Text Errs; Other Interesting Books Available By T. R. PRICE Was Shakespeare's seamanship shaky? Was he all at sea when it came to ship handling? When we read the English 215 text, we wondered. In the first scene of "The Tempest" it has the bosun bawling for the sailors to "take down the topmast", an order that would tumble tangled tophamper on top of the tempest-tossed tars. Naturally when we noticed this nautical nonsense, we noted that we had nosed nothing notable about the master of drama as master of a ship - drop the topmast and one would have a ghostly galleon, egad. Fortunately the First Folio, or rather its reproduction which has come to close-by Kirby, has the bard's bo'sun bellowing for his mighty mariners to "take down the top-sail", so Shakespeare's sailing science was solid, or perhaps he knew some knave in the navy. Evidently an editor erred, and the caitiff should be carefully, but not too kindly, and completely, keelhauled. This vindication of Shakespeare's seamanship is not the only new matter at the College library. It is the Christmas season, the season of Tiny Tim and Scrooge, and for an early Japanese version of what the hard-fisted partner of Marley looked like before the visit of the Christmas spirits, we recommend a sketch to be found in "Fifty Centuries of Art", whi~h might well pass as a portrait of one of Nast's grasping trust owners at the turn of the century. Another art book, "Maunal of Ri st0 ric Ornament" traces man's means of decorating himself a nd his possessions down through the ages, but we were not so much interested in this as in "One hundred Pennsylvania Buildings", which pained us greatly in that the only local buildiing was the Forty Fort Meeting-house, a blow to our Wilkes-Barrean civic pride scarcely allayed by the confession of a Forty Forter that it was warmer here on Monday than up the line. To our great delight, Kirby also has "The Reno Court of Inquiry", the record of the government attempts to fix the blame, if any, in th e case of th e Cu st er massacre (arou nd here only one battle· is Massacre) and the vindication of Major Reno, Custer's second-ins command at the Little Big Horn. AT EASE! WILKES COLLEGE - Beacon A newspaper published each week of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. Editor .. .. John D. Curtis Asst. Editor ....... ........ Ivan Falk Asst. Editor Pearl Onacko Sports Editor ........... Allen Jeter Business Mgr.. .. Arthur Hoover Asst. Bus. Mgr. Dick Jones Faculty Adviser .... George Elliot As a result of the recent fwors here at Wilkes, the editor felt it was time to go into that corner and have a look-see. It's amazing just what you can see - if only you take the trouble to stop, Editorial and business offices to take time out from th_e iurious pace of things. located on second floor of Lecture . . t=I At the beginning of the year we stated editorially that "The Hall, South ~iver Street, Wilkescollege paper rnust act as a two-way st:reet," and further thai By DICK JONES Barre, on the Wilkes Campus. it must be the "voice of the students." We also said, .to tbe agreeA new bill to aid ex-servicemen Telephone: VAlley .4-4651-2-3-4. ment_of ijie administration, that the paper must be given a free Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's jn fin;mcing their schooling is in hand tp operate and "to fulfill its obligations, of nature, to its the discussion stage. It seems too Printery, rear 55 North Main readers, 'the majority of whom are students." many Vets are quitting college be- Street, Wilkes-Barre. Perhaps we have taken the task too seriously. Perhaps we cause of financial difficulties. The have been over-impressed with the responsibility of being an thought provoking bill would aleditor. Still, the best an editor can do is to support those issues low, in addition to payments preswhich he thinks right (from what student opinion he can gather), ently provided for under PL 550, a sum equaling fifty per cent of and he must speak out against what he thinks wrong. the tuition cost of the school to be INTERPRETATIONS DIFFER paid directly to the institution. A These responsibilities, we realize, may be interpreted di£great · majority of peopie do · not ferently by each and every editor, particularly to the degree that realize that veterans attending colthey should be fulfilled. As humans, we of the Beacon editorial lege under PL 550 receive approxistaff have tried to live up to our sincere interpretation of those mately $990 to finance the entire responsibilities. school year, and at times it's hard In three of our 11 issues we have taken editorial stands on to make ends meet. issues, and our stands have been controversial. But, from the MEET ANOTHER EX-GI corner where we had that little talk, we found that possibly we Arthur R. Boote, an erstwhile hqve erred in some respects. On the basic issues we feel sinmember of the Army Corps of Encerely that we have been right. Ideals are ideals, and we have gineers, served as chief clerk in ows, to which we must cling. It is a sad individual who cannot the China - Burma. - India theater headquarters in New Delhi, India sU.c k to his gun on basic issues-if he is deeply convinced that for thirty-two month, after enterhe is right. ing the Army in 1942. We feel that in every issue we mll$t "stick to our~-" What After being discharged in 1946 we did discover, however, is that the angle frorn w~ich we preArt was eplployed in the "Havoc 1'erited our views and arguments has twice been q'IJ,estionable. Center", better known as the VeNo matter how strongly we have felt, we now conclude (and terans Administration regional ofwe might add this is not an opinion resulting from coercion) that fice, in Wilkes-Barre. He entered Wilkes as an accountin a college it is wrong to single out indiviuals, no matter how ing major in September, 1952 and right or wrong they may be. There are other means of dealing at present is undecided whether to with individual problems which arise besides through the colpursue a career in public or private Iege paper. Neither do we profess to close kin to the Gods, nor accounting, but he is investigating do we feel qualified as judges. all possible openings in both fields . Fears that this year's paper might develop into a "monster" Boote is interest ed in photoall-powerful and dictatorial, are unfounded, we know, but th e graphy, especially pictures of his six-month old son, and when time fact that they did arise perhaps shows that methods have not permits he also raises tropical fish. always been -t he best. It is easy to let enthusiasm and zeal run away at the typewriter. From time to time writers do get to acting with the haste of a knight on a white charger. So-called 'attacks' on individuals, though they be impersonal DORMS INVITE CAMPUS in nature, can have deep emotional and social effects on those TO ANNUAL YULE PARTY ersons a newspaper might single out. Since college gims toP By FREDA BILLSTEIN ward developm?nt of :"'ell-~djusted individuals, no news?ap~r Everyone is invit ed to put on should do anything which rmght have adverse effects. This will their best finery and attend the happen no more. Issues - yes, as strongly as ever, but indi- ·- - - - - - -- - - - - - - Christmas party· to be given by the viduals - no. , Wasileski_N~eds Parts combined dormitories of Wilkes But let us in the future concern ourselves wjth the. ipsqe$ of For Math Project College. It will be held at Sterling importance and · not petty ones . . They are . a . w~_ste all around. By IRV KAYE Hall on Wednesday evening, .DecEnloy this great edition on the easy . Evenipg School Djrector and ember 15, Jrom 8 0 12 .. Mathematics Professor . Stanley Faculty and students are-cordial~ Wasileski yesterday made a re,- · ly urged to attend this affair, which quest to the student body fQr old . will be held beneath the lights of To Lee Vincent, a friend to many of us and a friend of the erector s_e ts Qr parts thereof as a large yule tree. Singing. by the PAYMENT PLAN ·' college as a whole, we wish to express our deepest and most . well as parts from a similar type popular qu;utet, the Hannonaires; · Pay for it as' you en toy H·and dancing to the strains of 45 sincere sympathy on the death of his wife last week. Although set called mecca no. Wasileski stressed that he can RPM records are two of the highIike buying a book a month I Vince will not be on hand to direct his orchestra at the Christmas use the part$, no niatter what . lights of the evening. Not the least Formal, the thoughts of rhany cif us will go out to him. The Stu- their co11dition, No new building of the enticements will be • the Every subject of interest to Dian dents, Lettermen, and the entire college join in sending condo- in the ' maki_n g - Wasileski is .buffet that Fred Wall, the dorm -past and present-is auth.oritatively explained,'factually illus~· lences to Lee and his family. working on a math project for chef, will put out "for free." trated and clearly presented. : the college and needs the parts There are 38,182,156 words, for construction purposes. Sets 26,731 pages, and 33,432 illustracan be delivered to Room 202, HUGE CROWD A WAITS tions, many in full color. What's TUXEDOS TO RENT · Barre Hall. more, this New Edition provides (continued from page 1) the most complete cross-reference Special Price To Studepts a number of carols af intermission. Dear Mr. Editor: indexing system ever devised to Misses' The dance, the college's socially 198 SO. 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BAUM'S . •, L I :l , . , , rs ·R'0s'e·11 ·fh a,.,J: :t~~:~':'.:•: I r~. �Thursday, December 9, 1954 3 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON COLONELS EDGE STROUDSBURG STC 78- 75 Groaners Open Today Against Brooklyn Poly HOOPSTERS BREAK INTO VICTORY COLUMN AS FERRIS CLINCHES GAME AT FOUL LINE IN CLOSING MINUTES TO THWART TEACHERS Gridders Lived Up to Prediction On Courage and Speed - Ralston By RODGER LEWIS _ Wilkes College basketball squad broke into the win column (Second in an annual series of articles by Wilkes coaches reviewing last night as they took the measure of East Stroudsburg State their seasons.-,Ed.) Teachers College by a 78 to 75 margin. Jim Ferris led the ColoBy GEORGE F. RALSTON, Head Football Coach, Wilkes College nel attack with driving shots and superb foul shooting to gain PREDICTION CLOSE · The ninth year of Colonel football turned out almost exactly as pre- scoring honors with 32 tallies. By JOE JABLONSKI The Wilkes College wrestling team will open its season today as the grapplers travel to New ·York to meet Brooklyn Polytechnical at 5 :30. diicted. Before the season began it was thought that possibilities for The groaners, under the close winning all but the Bloomsburg and Hofstra games were good. The scrutiny of Coach John Reese, have Moravian game was considered a toss-up. been training diligently for the Looking back on the season and in consideration of our prospects, past three weeks in an effort to be the schedule came out just as predicted. The Moravian game could have in top shape for the season's inau- m eant a great boost. A victory over the Greyhounds would have meant gural. a great season. Last year's t eam was a pleasant The team this year was the best of our teams duriing the past few surprise to both the student body years. From the standpoint of size, it was a small team but the memand Reese, ending up with a win- hers wer~ not withou_t strong hearts and courage with speed to offset ning season with a record of fi ve I the need m ?ver-all size. wins and four losses. In the lme there was courage, maneuverability and spring-steel reMatmen Wanted siliency. W e changed our defe nses toward the end of the season to take Although R eese is pleased with advantage of these qualities to meet the overall weight advantage which the turnout this year, he said that most _opponents possessed. Throu_g hout the season it was a joy to watch there is still a dire need for more ,the lme fir e out on offense and give blocking support as fin e as Wilkes candidates, especially in the heavi- has ever had. BACKFIELD CAME THROUGH er weights. Our backfield s howed the qualities of the line. There was more H e stressed the point that High School experience is not necessary speed than any previous Colonel backfield has known and with it there in order to wrestle and that he will was ready courage. What was lacking in size was evident in speed and more than welcome anyone that is there was surprising durability despite opposing weight advantages. Our greatest improvement for the season could have been in pass interested. The squad has only three veter- ?efense. ':£'he play in this phase of the game was spotty, but all in all, ans from last year on hand. They it was an improvement and it added much to the success of our season are Jerry Elias, Bob Mason is, and In this respect, backfield speed and maneuverability should r eceiv~ Don McFadden. Masonis, former credit. As in oth~r y_ears, a lack of depth necessitated chess-like strategy Kiingston standout, will be out of . actiion for ·this meet though, due m order to mamtam a team on the field. Because of injuries in the backto a heavy cold. Reese hopes that field it was necessary to play men in unfamiliar positions which dehe will be ready for action within creased efficiency. In rn54 we could have desired two main things: An adept balla week. handler in the backfield; and a consistantly accurate passer. These The probable starting lineup: 123 lb.---,Bob Morgan; 130 lb.- needs ":'ere great and _because of a constant shuffle of personnel the Ed Masonis ; 13'7 lb.-Don Rey- backs did not get a fair chance to make a maximum contribution. COURAGE PLUS nolds; 147 lb.-Dennis Kravitz; The greatest praise goes out to our 1954 team for courage and 157 _lb.-Don McFadden; 167 lb.Dave Thomas; 17'7 lb.-Stan Ab- sports mans hip. In these factors the squad was unsurpassed. It was a squad of which the college can be exceedingly proud for it played good rams; Unlimited-Jerry Elias. football and never faltered as gentleman and sportsman. W e are thankful for a fine record which our 1954 squad established an_d very enthusiastic about th e prosp ect s for 1955, for they seem to be brighter than ever before. I Intra-Mural Cagers Start Play This Week The always successful Intramural basketball league will get under way this week. Acco r ding to Int ramural Director, Mel Schmeiser, the league will _b e composed of t hirteen solid teams. This year's · campaign is expected to be th e best yet to be seen at Wil<kes. All the teams seem to be well balanced, taleiit~d, and spirited'-and it app ears· that no one t eam is ' capable of I'.UI}ning away with ; th¢ loop: }Ionor:s ... • . .•. Bob f~r.triidge,, ift especially impressed by the large number of team rosters submitted to him and Mel Schrrreiser, and• says that -i t will ea sily be the largest number of t eams that has ever participated in intramural basketball here at Wilkes. TO BLOOMSBURG STC CAGERS LOSE, 82-72, The Huskies of Bloomsburg came The second half started off with from behind last Saturday night to Ko zik and Betz becoming very efhand th e Colonels th eir second fec tiive and Harrison Morrison straig ht loss of th e current basket- ma•king ringers from the foul spot ball season by the score of 82 to 72. every f ew m inut es. Bob Kozik, as expected, was a E nnis tried in vai n t o keep th e large thorn in the side of the Colo- Colon els in th e ba ll g ame and put nels as lie dented the cords for 19 on a scoring burst in the last five points along with teammate Fred minutes that netted him seven Betz who also garnered· 19 markers. points. Harry 'Skinny' Ennis led the WC The Huskies kept plugging aattack with 25 big points. The way from all angl es thoug h and lanj{y center just . couldn't be stop- went on to increase their lead until ped and iiut on his best scoring the final whistle. show jn ,quite some time, but it was . not e!lo.ugh. :--·: ·· · l Joh~ Breshahan· was n ext in line' ·as h~ hit for 15 points, floating in .some fine one-armed push shots. Jim ·F erris contributed 14 to the Colonel cause. ANDY'S DINER Wilkes started fa st with Ennis "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 and. F~1:is givi ng th em a jump off Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym Wilkes~Barre, Pa. lead .o f 10-l, b ut the Blue and Gold Plenty of Free Parking jus t co uldn't hold on and th e Pric~s -lor the Gollegicn's Budg~t .. Huskies overtook th em, thanl~s to It's a Pleasure to Serve You . '. A Reputation Buift on Fine Food the sl\arpshooting of Larry Bush and .Elmer Robinson, to lead at the A Full Course Meal half-way mark by the score of 48Or a Sandwich 32. 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The new rule of a bonus shot if the first try is made was the main aid for the Colonel with Al Jeter cau se. Jim F erris made 16 of 17 What's Thiis? and Harry 'Skinny' Ennis hit 12 We've been h earing neat little for 12. rumors al read y from some of those Wilkes jump ed to an early lead who are always quick to criticize, a nd scored seven points before the that you can disco unt the Colonel visitors were able to light the scorebasketball crew as a threat. Some board. Th e t eachers gradually of these guys mean well and are whittled away at th e Colonel lead just natural pessimists and others until they forged ahead at halfar e jokers that would gripe if some- time by a 31 to 29 score. ' one handed them a million dollars In the second half the home just because they wouldn't feel forces showed added life and the natural if they didn't have some- lead chan ged hands several times. thing to say. Wilk es was able to gain an 11 point. This just might be a tough year lead at one time in the second half· on the cagers, but you can bet only to see it _dwindle back to even, your las t buck that' they're going t erms when Harry Ennis fouled to look a lot better than they out of the game with fj.ve minutes; have showed so far. As a matter r emai ning in the contest. of fact, we can't see where they Then wifh the score tied going have done any thing to be into the last minute of play, Jim ashamed of right now. One thing F erris sa ved th e game with three we have never had to say about fouls which proved to be the wina Wilkes team of any kind is that ning margin . Two of those shots it ev.e r quit fighting. In our came as the result of his being minds this means more than all foul ed in th e act of shooting one the winning seasons in the world. of his many driving lay-up shots. The coaching staff has a job on The other was a technical foul due it s hands and it knows it. Rebuild- to too many time-outs credited to ing years are the Pocono boys. always tough. Next week th e cagers entertain It's not human-1 Kutztown on Tuesday and .go on ly possible to the road the foll owing day to . Wilfi eld a new t eam liamspo rt where they m eet Lycomovernight. You ing. Due to a co nflict in Albright's just can't r e- schedule, th e g11me slated f.or this place boys like Saturday at Reading has .been canBatroney and celled with ho r edate in sight. Da vis in a day or two by the wave of th e magic wand. It takes long hours AL JETER of practice a nd By HELEN M. KRACHENFELS concentration. The Wilkes Coll ege Colonelettes N o Towers Apparently . t he team's main showed plenty of spirit as they weakness, as it has been ever since fo ug ht their way to a moral vicwe fi rst came t o Wilkes-·Ba:rre ma- tory .over Misericordia on Tuesday ny moon s ago, is th e lac ',kof height. ni ght on the Dallas floo r . For any Some . of th e Wil kes cage t eams fans of th e fema le· cag.ers who rehave been s o small that we have • mem·ber the score of last year's wonder ed whether there was a li- game with,. that team (a mere 93mitation to height. in the college 11) this ·y~ar's shows improveentrance exams. Of coqrse, · there menf T'ji.e ·colon elettes -h eld their isn't, and there must ·be another opponents to · 71 points, while th ey reason · for it. The only on e that r aised their own . tally t o an· a s· ·'- "· · . w,e ·.can -think of is that we just t onishing 27 ! ·.. • ': · 'At the end. of the fii;st-:-half,;:the aren't ·lucky ·that' way. But no · matter wh-.lt, we pre~ , Wil<lrns Women wer,e ,slight t f disdiet that within the next · two co ur a ged a s the~scoi:eboard showed weeks you. will see a. drasic im- 40-8, ~ut they: rallied in .the §econd .t he provem ent in the s.quad. In our ha lf (ch eered ,o n by most mind it is • potentially a good res idents of But ler H;all) to hold team and one that will 'ca use lots down th e Misery gals, and do so.me of trouble . throughout the 'year top notch · scoring themselv~s . even if it doesn't live up to last Freshman Barbara Vavrek was year's aggregation as far as "wins high scorer with nine points, and and losses go. We wouldn't be a Toma setti fo llowed with six. . ·•. bit surprised if it did though. The .9agemen hurt last week llJJJJIJJJJ~JJJllJ.JO!iJJ when th ey lost the services of Carl ACE DUPONT. Van Ditke due to an a r m injury. DRY CLEANING The 'quiet man' from western Pennsylva·nia · ~alJle through in the first :--- 1 Hour Seryice ~ : game with .. 19 .. markers to dispel 280 s RIVER ST ·' ,WILKE .,·. ··s.·•.B·;.RRE th e myth that. he was a good floor ,· ' •, · · · .. ,.~ man and no_t, much of a scoring,. JJJJ.,J iJJJ .J JJJ#ixuxihJ thre;tt. He ·see:ms to have found · · · · h1s stride ·,afid ~e ·are watching for , .. him 't .o . ~ti¢.~me a. c6ns,istent high 1 scorer .thi~ ,:s~son. ., . . _ . , . • :: . Col,on'~ •:Come 'l;'hr.ougli ' . . ' . . .Last 'WeeR:; ·, Cliff B'r autigan ' and C . . ·d ·,.-,:., . .,·, ..,m .•.t.e_·.. , ., ' Glenn',:Qar-ey:: :Were selectecl-cm the Bio:omsburg "All Op.pcitient'; foo.t-; ball team. ,.- This we .think ,is high praise· for the paii: ~!;!eing a~ 'how ·. th.e . migh_ty , Hui;~ies ' had Httl~ or'..' 1...¥.:e.•.:: g.'.• ;.:;.:_;:l.: ; . ~.. ·,;_j _·.,t_h ;~,:.!:';[.,·;, ;1Qr:11~~hltat!::i :ifa°J.:~;.~}:le's: '. y .n_~····d t···~-.. Favorite Spot. . . .. ... For College Students . : Jl .:'J,,·,;l . ·: ~ ·;'.. s;b., .,'\ .., g •,:,p:·:·. .:l < . ,... .v' " . ,., .·-;~-'! . . 2 South .Main S~eet...... Wilkes-Bane",:',·· '·'' J,. ' kt;!:?:: ;t'o;~~e~:e!~:~:~::di •: ('" i~:~::~~;~~ the team speaks mighty well for their work. . ., :,',.i ,~··· JtFirl~;;;~J~iity �Thursday, December 9, 1954 3 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON COLONELS EDGE STROUDSBURG STC 78- 75 Groaners Open Today Against Brooklyn Poly HOOPSTERS BREAK INTO VICTORY COLUMN AS FERRIS CLINCHES GAME AT FOUL LINE IN CLOSING MINUTES TO THWART TEACHERS Gridders Lived Up to Prediction On Courage and Speed - Ralston By RODGER LEWIS _ Wilkes College basketball squad broke into the win column (Second in an annual series of articles by Wilkes coaches reviewing last night as they took the measure of East Stroudsburg State their seasons.-,Ed.) Teachers College by a 78 to 75 margin. Jim Ferris led the ColoBy GEORGE F. RALSTON, Head Football Coach, Wilkes College nel attack with driving shots and superb foul shooting to gain PREDICTION CLOSE · The ninth year of Colonel football turned out almost exactly as pre- scoring honors with 32 tallies. By JOE JABLONSKI The Wilkes College wrestling team will open its season today as the grapplers travel to New ·York to meet Brooklyn Polytechnical at 5 :30. diicted. Before the season began it was thought that possibilities for The groaners, under the close winning all but the Bloomsburg and Hofstra games were good. The scrutiny of Coach John Reese, have Moravian game was considered a toss-up. been training diligently for the Looking back on the season and in consideration of our prospects, past three weeks in an effort to be the schedule came out just as predicted. The Moravian game could have in top shape for the season's inau- m eant a great boost. A victory over the Greyhounds would have meant gural. a great season. Last year's t eam was a pleasant The team this year was the best of our teams duriing the past few surprise to both the student body years. From the standpoint of size, it was a small team but the memand Reese, ending up with a win- hers wer~ not withou_t strong hearts and courage with speed to offset ning season with a record of fi ve I the need m ?ver-all size. wins and four losses. In the lme there was courage, maneuverability and spring-steel reMatmen Wanted siliency. W e changed our defe nses toward the end of the season to take Although R eese is pleased with advantage of these qualities to meet the overall weight advantage which the turnout this year, he said that most _opponents possessed. Throu_g hout the season it was a joy to watch there is still a dire need for more ,the lme fir e out on offense and give blocking support as fin e as Wilkes candidates, especially in the heavi- has ever had. BACKFIELD CAME THROUGH er weights. Our backfield s howed the qualities of the line. There was more H e stressed the point that High School experience is not necessary speed than any previous Colonel backfield has known and with it there in order to wrestle and that he will was ready courage. What was lacking in size was evident in speed and more than welcome anyone that is there was surprising durability despite opposing weight advantages. Our greatest improvement for the season could have been in pass interested. The squad has only three veter- ?efense. ':£'he play in this phase of the game was spotty, but all in all, ans from last year on hand. They it was an improvement and it added much to the success of our season are Jerry Elias, Bob Mason is, and In this respect, backfield speed and maneuverability should r eceiv~ Don McFadden. Masonis, former credit. As in oth~r y_ears, a lack of depth necessitated chess-like strategy Kiingston standout, will be out of . actiion for ·this meet though, due m order to mamtam a team on the field. Because of injuries in the backto a heavy cold. Reese hopes that field it was necessary to play men in unfamiliar positions which dehe will be ready for action within creased efficiency. In rn54 we could have desired two main things: An adept balla week. handler in the backfield; and a consistantly accurate passer. These The probable starting lineup: 123 lb.---,Bob Morgan; 130 lb.- needs ":'ere great and _because of a constant shuffle of personnel the Ed Masonis ; 13'7 lb.-Don Rey- backs did not get a fair chance to make a maximum contribution. COURAGE PLUS nolds; 147 lb.-Dennis Kravitz; The greatest praise goes out to our 1954 team for courage and 157 _lb.-Don McFadden; 167 lb.Dave Thomas; 17'7 lb.-Stan Ab- sports mans hip. In these factors the squad was unsurpassed. It was a squad of which the college can be exceedingly proud for it played good rams; Unlimited-Jerry Elias. football and never faltered as gentleman and sportsman. W e are thankful for a fine record which our 1954 squad established an_d very enthusiastic about th e prosp ect s for 1955, for they seem to be brighter than ever before. I Intra-Mural Cagers Start Play This Week The always successful Intramural basketball league will get under way this week. Acco r ding to Int ramural Director, Mel Schmeiser, the league will _b e composed of t hirteen solid teams. This year's · campaign is expected to be th e best yet to be seen at Wil<kes. All the teams seem to be well balanced, taleiit~d, and spirited'-and it app ears· that no one t eam is ' capable of I'.UI}ning away with ; th¢ loop: }Ionor:s ... • . .•. Bob f~r.triidge,, ift especially impressed by the large number of team rosters submitted to him and Mel Schrrreiser, and• says that -i t will ea sily be the largest number of t eams that has ever participated in intramural basketball here at Wilkes. TO BLOOMSBURG STC CAGERS LOSE, 82-72, The Huskies of Bloomsburg came The second half started off with from behind last Saturday night to Ko zik and Betz becoming very efhand th e Colonels th eir second fec tiive and Harrison Morrison straig ht loss of th e current basket- ma•king ringers from the foul spot ball season by the score of 82 to 72. every f ew m inut es. Bob Kozik, as expected, was a E nnis tried in vai n t o keep th e large thorn in the side of the Colo- Colon els in th e ba ll g ame and put nels as lie dented the cords for 19 on a scoring burst in the last five points along with teammate Fred minutes that netted him seven Betz who also garnered· 19 markers. points. Harry 'Skinny' Ennis led the WC The Huskies kept plugging aattack with 25 big points. The way from all angl es thoug h and lanj{y center just . couldn't be stop- went on to increase their lead until ped and iiut on his best scoring the final whistle. show jn ,quite some time, but it was . not e!lo.ugh. :--·: ·· · l Joh~ Breshahan· was n ext in line' ·as h~ hit for 15 points, floating in .some fine one-armed push shots. Jim ·F erris contributed 14 to the Colonel cause. ANDY'S DINER Wilkes started fa st with Ennis "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 and. F~1:is givi ng th em a jump off Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym Wilkes~Barre, Pa. lead .o f 10-l, b ut the Blue and Gold Plenty of Free Parking jus t co uldn't hold on and th e Pric~s -lor the Gollegicn's Budg~t .. Huskies overtook th em, thanl~s to It's a Pleasure to Serve You . '. A Reputation Buift on Fine Food the sl\arpshooting of Larry Bush and .Elmer Robinson, to lead at the A Full Course Meal half-way mark by the score of 48Or a Sandwich 32. 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The new rule of a bonus shot if the first try is made was the main aid for the Colonel with Al Jeter cau se. Jim F erris made 16 of 17 What's Thiis? and Harry 'Skinny' Ennis hit 12 We've been h earing neat little for 12. rumors al read y from some of those Wilkes jump ed to an early lead who are always quick to criticize, a nd scored seven points before the that you can disco unt the Colonel visitors were able to light the scorebasketball crew as a threat. Some board. Th e t eachers gradually of these guys mean well and are whittled away at th e Colonel lead just natural pessimists and others until they forged ahead at halfar e jokers that would gripe if some- time by a 31 to 29 score. ' one handed them a million dollars In the second half the home just because they wouldn't feel forces showed added life and the natural if they didn't have some- lead chan ged hands several times. thing to say. Wilk es was able to gain an 11 point. This just might be a tough year lead at one time in the second half· on the cagers, but you can bet only to see it _dwindle back to even, your las t buck that' they're going t erms when Harry Ennis fouled to look a lot better than they out of the game with fj.ve minutes; have showed so far. As a matter r emai ning in the contest. of fact, we can't see where they Then wifh the score tied going have done any thing to be into the last minute of play, Jim ashamed of right now. One thing F erris sa ved th e game with three we have never had to say about fouls which proved to be the wina Wilkes team of any kind is that ning margin . Two of those shots it ev.e r quit fighting. In our came as the result of his being minds this means more than all foul ed in th e act of shooting one the winning seasons in the world. of his many driving lay-up shots. The coaching staff has a job on The other was a technical foul due it s hands and it knows it. Rebuild- to too many time-outs credited to ing years are the Pocono boys. always tough. Next week th e cagers entertain It's not human-1 Kutztown on Tuesday and .go on ly possible to the road the foll owing day to . Wilfi eld a new t eam liamspo rt where they m eet Lycomovernight. You ing. Due to a co nflict in Albright's just can't r e- schedule, th e g11me slated f.or this place boys like Saturday at Reading has .been canBatroney and celled with ho r edate in sight. Da vis in a day or two by the wave of th e magic wand. It takes long hours AL JETER of practice a nd By HELEN M. KRACHENFELS concentration. The Wilkes Coll ege Colonelettes N o Towers Apparently . t he team's main showed plenty of spirit as they weakness, as it has been ever since fo ug ht their way to a moral vicwe fi rst came t o Wilkes-·Ba:rre ma- tory .over Misericordia on Tuesday ny moon s ago, is th e lac ',kof height. ni ght on the Dallas floo r . For any Some . of th e Wil kes cage t eams fans of th e fema le· cag.ers who rehave been s o small that we have • mem·ber the score of last year's wonder ed whether there was a li- game with,. that team (a mere 93mitation to height. in the college 11) this ·y~ar's shows improveentrance exams. Of coqrse, · there menf T'ji.e ·colon elettes -h eld their isn't, and there must ·be another opponents to · 71 points, while th ey reason · for it. The only on e that r aised their own . tally t o an· a s· ·'- "· · . w,e ·.can -think of is that we just t onishing 27 ! ·.. • ': · 'At the end. of the fii;st-:-half,;:the aren't ·lucky ·that' way. But no · matter wh-.lt, we pre~ , Wil<lrns Women wer,e ,slight t f disdiet that within the next · two co ur a ged a s the~scoi:eboard showed weeks you. will see a. drasic im- 40-8, ~ut they: rallied in .the §econd .t he provem ent in the s.quad. In our ha lf (ch eered ,o n by most mind it is • potentially a good res idents of But ler H;all) to hold team and one that will 'ca use lots down th e Misery gals, and do so.me of trouble . throughout the 'year top notch · scoring themselv~s . even if it doesn't live up to last Freshman Barbara Vavrek was year's aggregation as far as "wins high scorer with nine points, and and losses go. We wouldn't be a Toma setti fo llowed with six. . ·•. bit surprised if it did though. The .9agemen hurt last week llJJJJIJJJJ~JJJllJ.JO!iJJ when th ey lost the services of Carl ACE DUPONT. Van Ditke due to an a r m injury. DRY CLEANING The 'quiet man' from western Pennsylva·nia · ~alJle through in the first :--- 1 Hour Seryice ~ : game with .. 19 .. markers to dispel 280 s RIVER ST ·' ,WILKE .,·. ··s.·•.B·;.RRE th e myth that. he was a good floor ,· ' •, · · · .. ,.~ man and no_t, much of a scoring,. JJJJ.,J iJJJ .J JJJ#ixuxihJ thre;tt. He ·see:ms to have found · · · · h1s stride ·,afid ~e ·are watching for , .. him 't .o . ~ti¢.~me a. c6ns,istent high 1 scorer .thi~ ,:s~son. ., . . _ . , . • :: . Col,on'~ •:Come 'l;'hr.ougli ' . . ' . . .Last 'WeeR:; ·, Cliff B'r autigan ' and C . . ·d ·,.-,:., . .,·, ..,m .•.t.e_·.. , ., ' Glenn',:Qar-ey:: :Were selectecl-cm the Bio:omsburg "All Op.pcitient'; foo.t-; ball team. ,.- This we .think ,is high praise· for the paii: ~!;!eing a~ 'how ·. th.e . migh_ty , Hui;~ies ' had Httl~ or'..' 1...¥.:e.•.:: g.'.• ;.:;.:_;:l.: ; . ~.. ·,;_j _·.,t_h ;~,:.!:';[.,·;, ;1Qr:11~~hltat!::i :ifa°J.:~;.~}:le's: '. y .n_~····d t···~-.. Favorite Spot. . . .. ... For College Students . : Jl .:'J,,·,;l . ·: ~ ·;'.. s;b., .,'\ .., g •,:,p:·:·. .:l < . ,... .v' " . ,., .·-;~-'! . . 2 South .Main S~eet...... Wilkes-Bane",:',·· '·'' J,. ' kt;!:?:: ;t'o;~~e~:e!~:~:~::di •: ('" i~:~::~~;~~ the team speaks mighty well for their work. . ., :,',.i ,~··· JtFirl~;;;~J~iity �Thursday, December 9, 1954 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 4 BRESNAHAN NABS 'PLAYER OF WEEK' TITLE Steady All Round Play Earns Lanky Forward Week's Top Position You are Welcome ZIMMERMAN'S Scintillqting floor play and jack-rabbit rebounding in the first two basketball encounters of the season send this ·week's sporting laurels to the rangy Colonel forward, John Bresnahan. Apparently of the school of t hought that a team that doesn't have possession of the ball doesn't score a point, the former Plymouth star used his six-foot, two-inch frame to every possible advantage by controlling the backboards for Wilkes. A missed shot by the opposition frequently became a rebound by ·B resnahan and a Colonel score. The talents of "Prodigious John" found no satisfaction in these deeds however, for whil e ballhawking he found sufficient time to stifle the opposition with his tricky push shots, swishing the nets for an average of fourteen counters a game. Early Start A native of Plymouth, Pa., he got his start in basketball at an early age, playing on make-shift AT outdoor courts. On entering high school it was not long before it recognized that he was of the caliExquisite Styles ber that could go on to play varsiIn College Sportswear. ty ball Just what you've been John served his apprenticeship Looking for. with the junior varsity for one year, then played two years with the first stringers. He was chosen 51 Public Square co-captain of the Plymouth High Wilkes-Barre, Penna. five which won the Conference Championship in 1951-52. After graduation he decided to enter ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; Wilkes since he felt it afforded him the educational opportunities of most other schools, while offering the additional advantage of being able to cut expenses by living at home. Soccer also draws John's attenAND tion at Wilkes and he participated in that sport with this year's winning season booting crew. What do you think a guy like Books - Supplies - Novelties Subscriptions this has for a hobby? He takes a busman's holiday and turns basket- Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 ball spectator, watching the Val... WELCOME ley t eams go through their paces. ZIMMERMAN'S JOHN BRESNAHAN A player's merits are usually best expressed by his coach, and Coach Ralston said unhesitatingly of John, " ... definitely one of the bright spots of this year's team, mainly because of his hustle and rebounding ability. I am for the selection 100 per cent." JORDAN Est. 1871 Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality tt 9 West Market Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Wilkes College BOOKSTORE VARIETY SHOP •~=======~ In the Stocking'under the Tree . ~ The Most Popular 2- Way Cigarette ( Regular & King Size) for every smoker on your list I "HOME FOR CHRISTMAS"-Gift package of the season -colorful -attractive-designed by the famous artist, Stevan Dohanos. Remember all your smoking friends with the gift that really satisfies-Chesterfields. Best to give-best to smoke. Beats the stuffing out of other transportation! Storms can't cancel your trip. Traffic jams can't make you miss vacation dates, or get you back to the campus late. And it's more fun traveling by train with your crowd, enjoying swell dining car meals en route. Save 25 % or More Travel home and back with two or more friends on Group Coach Tickets. On most trips of 100 miles or more, you each save 25 % of usual round-trip rate. Still better, gather 25 or more to travel long-distance together on the same home wa rd train. Then return singly or together, and each save 28 % of the regular coach round-trip fare . And this is gravy! Get the Full Facts from Your Railroad Ticket Agent Well in Advance Eastern Railroads � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1954 December 9th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954 December 9 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/337929c5b9a6904b2b215728837587ec.pdf c81a67d58b81894b0b275eb9f106a69f PDF Text Text Cagers Lose to Ithaca, .· 77-70, JV's Win See Stories On Page Three ~ WILKES -WILKES COLLEGE- THE BEACON ~ Be a con The , Community College, Serving Wyoming Valley And The World WILKES COLLEGE, W~BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA Vol. X, No. 10 Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1954 TALK LEGS OFF VISITING 'MULES' WC Day Slated For Tomorrow At Blood Bank Kelley, Krohle EDUCATORS HOST ON CAREER DAY; Poems Accepted BERTIN TO SPEAK -For Anthology By JANICE SCH USTER (Special to the Beacon) BEACON Photo by Cliff Brothers OFF TO FINE START-The Wilkes debators, who got off to a r'o using start of t heir 1954-55 debatin gseason with a fourth place win at Mtihlenburg College in Allentown, readies for further debate at Princeton and Bucknell. Members who went over notes and strategy· with t heir well-known coach at a recent "practice session" were, left to right, first row: J im Neveras, Dr. Kruger, and Nick Flannery. Back row: Ronnie Price and Jesse Choper. The ,vilkesmen, with the aid of Bruce WarshaH, downed Johns Hopkins, St. Joseph's, LeMoyne and King's (Pa.) and tied with the Universit y of Pennsylvania. • • • • • * WC DEBATERS WIN OVER KING'S IN TAKING 4-TH AT MUHLENBURG By T. R. PRICE The Wilkes College debate team showed that it will be powerful again this year by emerging fourth from a group of over twenty teams entered in the recent Muhlenburg tournament, defeating, among others, Wilkes-Barre's King's College. The gentlemen from upper River Street fell in a storm that also dropped John Hopkins,·St. Joseph's, L e Moyne and Allegheny. Rated First In three of their contests, J im Neveras and J. Harold Flannery, Jr. were rated first among the s peakers. The whole team was only three points away from a perfeet record, made only by Georgetown, the tournament winner. Wilkes' affirmative was handicapped by the absence of one of its members who was h eld back at Wilkes-Barre by heavy fog . He was replaced with Bruce Warshall, who was along as an observer. The team did well, defeating John Hopkins and St. Joseph's. The negative team of Flannery and J esse Choper crushed King's and Le Moyne, and tied the University of Pennsylvania. Meet Bucknell Princeton Bucknell an'd Princeton will be the next scenes of action for the locals, with the regular team arguing at its former parent school, and a novice set of Warshall, J_o hn Scandale, Virginia Brehen, and Hermina Fried going to Princeton. Among other tournaments which the Wilkesmen will attend following the Princeton and Bucknell sessions will be the Boston Invitational, the Debating Association of Pennsylvania Colleges Tournament, the Eastern Forensic Association Tournament, the John Hopkins de-bate, and the District Seven finals, at which Wilkes came out second for the region of the Eastern seaboard last year. MANUSCRIPT Staff Swells to 13 As Five New Members Join Magazine 'Ilhe Manuscript, literary magazine o·f Wilkes College, added_five members to its staff at its last m eeting, Editor Sandy Furey announced yesterday. Most of these members, the MS head noted, are sophomores, with the exception of returning ex-staffer Dale Warmouth, a senior. The new members, who bring the literary staff up to a strength of 13, are Norma Jean Davis, Darcos Younger, Katia Karas, William De Mayo, and Frederick Krohle. Despite this influx of fresh blood, the maga.:ine can still use a few more consciencious workers-membership is defi nitel y not closed, Furey ~tressed: Queried on plans for this year's edition, Furey revealed that .- the staff plaris - a larger edition than last year's, but that this . m eans that students must submit more material. The Manuscript, Furey emphasized, must save more short stories and good poems. Publication is planned early in the spring. The MS, by the way, is the only purely literary publication on campus, and one of the very few places (continued on page 2) Los Angeles, Cal. - Two Wilkes College stud ents have had poems accepted for publication in the Annual Anthology of College Poetry, it was announced yesterday by Dennis Hartman, secretary of the National Poetry Association. Frederick J. Krohle, Butler Hall dormitory student, and Leo P. Kelley, of Kingston, submitted works adjudged superior by the association and those works will appear in the annual anthology, Secretary Hartman announced. Krohle's work is entitled "Sonnett", and Kelley's poem is "Song In Self Defense". For Kelley, an active member of the Manuscript staff, it was the second literary honor of. the school year. He won third prize in IF magazine's college science fiction contest earlier this year. The anthology is a compilation of the finest poetry written by college m en and women of America, representing every section of the country. Selections were made from thousands of poems submitted. Ed. Note-The Beacon wishes to congratulate both Krohle and Kelley on an excellent achievement. Since 1953, Wilkes College has held the record in blood donations at the local blood bank. Tomorrow is Wilkes College Day there, and · students and faculty members will be out to break their own record. This will be the eighth Wilkes visit in four years, and about 800 pin1s of blood have been given. Mr .Robert Partridge, Director I of Activities, said that each person EUGENE P. BERTIN Tomorrow is another in a series of Career Days at Wilkes. The education department will entertain a group of high school seniors from throughout Wyoming Valley who have shown an interest in the teaching profession. An elaborite program has been arranged for the campus visitors. Wilkes Prexy Named Member Of PAC Executive Committee The featured speaker will be Eugene P . Bertin, assistant executive Dr. Eugene S. Farley, Wilkes secretary of the P ennsylvania State P resident, was recently elected to Education Association (PSEA). the executive committee of the Sessions, which will include, bePennsylvania Association of Col- sides Mr. Bertin's talk, a panel disleges at a meeting held in H ershey. cussiion by Wilkes education seDr. John C. Werner, president of niors, Naomi Kivler, Ruth Wilbur, the Carnegie Institute of Technolo- elementary; Art Hoover and Esther gy was elected president of the Goldman, secondary; and Arthur Association. G. Ta ylor, Wilkes alumnus, who is now t eaching in a junior hig school in North Plainfield, N.J. QUICK THINKING AVERTS DISASTER Quick thinking on the part of Sheldon Isaac, a chemistry student and a junior, prevented pos s ible disaster in Conyngham Hall last week. Isaac and one other student were working in the OrganicQuant Lab when an unattended organic experiment boiled over onto a n ignited Bunsen burner and immediately began to blaze. Isaac not iced t he fire first, seized a small carbon dioxide bottle and calmly extinguished the blaze before serious damage was done. A few minutes later an unwary student returned fro m the Chemical Supply Room and discovered his experiment, which represented two weeks work, spilled on the floor of Conyngha m. Mr. Bertin will moderate the discussion. h ere should consider it his privilege to donate to this worthy cause, and hopes that each one will make an hon est attempt to do so. To be eligible for the free coffee and other refreshments given at the center, the donor must be between the ages of 18-51. Parental permission is necessary for anyone under 21 years of age. Giving blood is an advantage, There have been_ t en cases where -blood was given to Wilkes students and their families without cost because they had once themselves donated. Also, eight people were notified that they had serious blood · dis eases upon examination, and prompt action was taken to make their recovery possible. Students See It Done In assembly on Tuesday, Helen Krachenfels and Art Hoover gave their blood as the student body watched. The purpose was to dispel the fears that many people may have, and to acquaint the student body with the procedure o fcontri buting. First, a history of these students' past illnesses, if any, was taken by a trained nurse. This was t o make sure that it would be safe for them to donate, and that the blood would be pure. Then a hemO'globin test to determine the content of iron in their blood was taken. Following this test, the contri(continued on page 2) Theta Della Rho Card Party Set For Tomorrow Night al Dorm 'Cal' The women of Theta Delta Rho will sponsor a card party Friday evening, December 3, from 8 to 11 at the dormitory cafeteria, second floor. Bernice Thomas, Junior from Nanticoke, is general chairman of the affair, an annual event for T.D.R. Anyone can come .and anyone can play his favorite game, providing he brings his own cards. Highlight of the evening will be a skit presented by T.D.R. members. Re- freshments will be served and prizes will be awarded to lucky card players. Tickets for the party ars 60 cents each and can be purchased from any member of the sorority. Assisting the general chairman are: Barbara Rogers and Sylvia Bator, tickets; Marianna Kraynack, house; Lois Jones, refreshments; Helen Koelsch, gifts; Marlene Toth, publicity; Jeannette Perrins, entertainment; Phyllis Shrader, cleanup. �WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 2 BEACON EDITORIALS ALWAYS A 'WINNER'? · Thursday, December 2, 19~~ - Beacon Critic Hails 'Girl Crazy' as Finest It's a good thing, getting newspap ers from other colleges through- By DALE W ARMOUTH out the country as this paper does. By reading them, you come across Either we have become mellowed just a little different slant on things and often, if you try hard enough, by the narrowing gap between raw you can learn something. youth and the rocking-chair age, We ran a cross a couple of interesting headlines in two collegiate or else "Girl Crazy" was the most sheets last week. The first, in the Long Island University Seawanhaka scintillating and enjoyable show read: we've seen to date at Wilkes ColSoccer May be Dropped Unless Jege. In past reviews, we have Players Build a Winner for Fall usually found plenty of reason to It seems, from the accompanying story, that there has been a con- Jay about us with a cudgel, but the siderable furor raised over the L.UU t eam's inability to win games thi~ faults we find with the Gershwin fall. The lead on the story states that "soccer is in jeopardy of being comedy, put on during Homecoming dropped unless members of this year's team show an interest in build- Weekend, are minor. ing a winning team next fall." - stated by Buck Lai, the school's diThe dance routines were extrarector of athletics. neous. The athletics head feels that duriing the season a minimum At times the dancing company of three days of practice for each man is es sent i a i to have a showed timing so ragted . that it "smooth running teain." (Notice Bo~, they o_nly need 3'~,ays, uhuh !) put us in mind of a thr.ee-whe.e led The whole si.t uation · arose, accordiing to the Sewanh,a.ka, ~Jue to ~odel T climbing a flig.h t of stairs. g~~eral disi,ntetest in the players and their ensuing la:ck of ·condi-. There was also one dance with tiorifng. three senoritas that looked like Our point is that it is certainly too bad when a school appears to .nothing so much as a trio of geese he so interested in always winning that it must give up a sport unless drinking water. Those who have it gets that "winner". So they've ha\! a bad year - it happens to the seen this dance and who know geese best of schools. May we point out that Wilkes' soccer team had (sorry weil will agree. Some flaws seemto bring this up again, too) five "bad·" years without a win, yet no one I ed to be iriherent with the play iteven cons'i\fered throwing in the towel here. And then look what hap- self. The book was bad and very pened. Two straight winners in a row. Besides, although what goes . slight. · ' on at· LIU is none of our business, why jeopardize those fellows who We loved si naers Eleanor Detroy, might want to play and try to win and even gain excellent moral train- who looked so doll-like; Fred Cohn, ing in soccer In years to come. Soccer bleu! Or !l!? ,v~ ~ilY in the south who gave a pleasurable performQ~ Frimce, Sacrt bleu you-all! ance ; and Basia Mieszkowski, Thank goodness !or out policy, whose l,Jlues are indigo enough for The other headline, in the Moravian College Comenian, read: real raves. College Sponsors Contest Skinny Ennis as the comedy lead . To Rename WC "Snack Bar" played not only comedy but, for We knew the new snack bar had raised considerable debate here the first time in our reckoning, a on campus, but things ·must be really getting bad when little old Mo- really human role. We liked him. ravian, some 80 miles away, gets concerned. Actually, though, the 'WC' Space does not permit us to extol doesn't stand for Wilkes College, rather women's campus. Moravian further the individual merits of has both a women's and men's campus, you see, stemming from two such as Paul Shiffer, and we know separate colleges at one time. so little about music that we say It' is interesting to note, though, that other colleges are having nothing on the orchestra and the problem$ even just a little like ours. whole Sch9oJ of Music which did such a yeoman job. A BELATED :SACK-SLAP Sets were magnificent, and we !es a little late to offer congratulations for things well done. But, suggest that the designers should folks, the fact is we haven't had a paper for nigh on to two weeks. receive some recognition at the anLate as it may be, here's a public pat (on the back) to the combined nual C'n'C banquet. crews from Cue and Curtain (and we do like it written that way) and The whole show was so colorthe Music Department. ful, delightful, and successful that "Girl Crazy" was the most enjoyable play we have ever seen . we are convinced that Wilkes need in Wyoming Valley, bar none, and was a fine tribute to Wilkes Colhave no qualms about presenting lege. The fact that we havt such talent, such facilities and instrucanother musical to the public. tors to produce such a play speaks highly of the school. Many larger, older and supposedly wiser institutions have made· ~imilar ventures and have failed. They call this sort of thing progress. UC m1 e WILKES COLLEGE - Beaco,i A newspaper published each week of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. Editor ...... ... .. .... ... .. John D. Curtis Asst. Editor ............. .. Ivan Falk Asst. Editor Pearl Onacko Sports Editor . Allen Jeter Business Mgr. .... Arthur Hoover Faculty Adviser .... George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes Campus. Telephone: VAiley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. · Giving You The Business C & F NEWS WOMEN'S SORORITY SPONSORS PROJECT FOR 7-YEAR INVALID By JONNI FALK George Lach, a patient at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital for the past seven years, will be the recipient of this year's Theta Delta Rho charity project, it was announced this week by Naomi Kivler, TOR president. Seven years ago, Lach was playing on the front porch of his home when the ·bannister collapsed. He suffered serious injuries to his back which have kept him bed-ridden since that time. ·Last year, a Wyoming Valley women's club gave a dance to raise funds for George'.s hospital expenses. This money, plus what TDR is able to donate, will be used to purchase a special orthopedic bed for him. The girls of TOR hope to sponsor a dance in January for the purpose of raising funds for George. Along with their aid to George, the Wilkes girls club is planning to make regular visits to sick child-ren at the General. They made the first of these visits last Sundayand gave small gifts to the youth-ful patients. President Kivler also stated that all money George Lach will receivewill come exclusively from the pro-• ceeds of TDR social functions. By IRENE R. TOMALIS Congratulations are in order for Molly Beard and the members of the Economics Club who worked on the homecoming decorations on Pickering Hall. Molly designed the display for which the Economics Club was awarded the trophy. The prize-winning display featured two comical Ii'! characters on the roof - one pointing and the other looking for the alumni with Bud Price Presides at SAM binoculars - with a sign which Meeting; New Officers Named Robert "Bud" Price, co-ordinator, read, "Pound the Hound." A Colonel Jed a greyhound on the porch presided at the meeting of the Sowith "real gone" cheerleaders on ciety for the Scientific Advanceeither side. It was a well-propor- ment of Management, (SAM), re- • tioned balanced display well worth cently held in conjunction with the Economics Club. the ti~e and effort put into it. A secretary-treasurer was elect- • Our sincerest congratulations are also extended to Dr. and Mrs. ed as were the . following commitSamuel A. Rosenberg who celebrat- te; chairmen and vice-chairmen ed their 25th wedding anniversary who will constitute an Executive on November 21. Dr. Rosenberg Council: Program committee, Molis the fa culty adviser of the Eco- ·ly Beard and Judy Menegus; Pub- · !icity committee, Howie Gross and nomics Club. At a recent meeting, President Leah Jean Neuberger ; Membership Lou Steck announced tentative committee, Chet Miller and Leonplans to have Mr. Olin .E vans, noted ard Mulcahy. It is still not too late for those prothonotary speak to members of interested to join the Economics . A AT BUCKNELL h d't d I the Economics Club on Timothy Hear from some of the boys down -at Bucknell that a nea r-riot in "I h~av~ t e / d 1 or a poe~a~~n Pickering after whom the " home" Club or S.A.M. one of the dorms greeted Wilkes' victory (1-0) over the Bison soccer told im wan e thn~ rmune e el of the E c~nomics Club was named. UII 111111111111111111 II IIIII111111111111111 II I,,. _ team this fall. It seems as though a number of the boys in the dorm for the _poe~ a wts ~/,, Y . - · are ex-Wilkesmen who have moved on to Lewis_burg to finish :mg!neer- pr~sentmgd-~ a c~~p ime • O O 0 ing courses. They were most happy about their Alma Maters victory "What. 1 - , e.s~y . WHICH WAY, DAN'L? but a number of full-fledged four-year Bucknellians were not so much He sai?, P~r,~it m e to return They·•re telling the tale about the IIIIUIIIIIIIUlllllllllllllllllllllllll!l~IIII , t,,, · ,·.. ,:, ... Herbie Binder: (as Jeter, wit out the S". me, Oh 1 well 1 it wouldn't have teen the first r iot in Lewisburg. the comphm e,;n " . two Wilkes woodsmen. who set up mentioning the fact that it's un- camp on Red Rock Mountain late loaded, drops a grenade on Binder's. HOMECOMING WITH TURKE'/ Wife: "Dear, you kno w . . . I'm th lt was old home night at the gym last Friday n ig ht. Seems that ashamed of the way we live. Ma- Sunday afternoon so "deep" in e bed) " Really, I don't care any-more recent graduates of Wilkes were on hand for the All-College dance ma pays our rent, Auntie buys our wilderness that Jack London would more." ,, * ,:, ,, ,:, than were here for the actual Homecoming. It was good to see and clothes, my sister sends us m,oney have cringed in sham e. Armed with compass and charts , Friend: "Is that a psycho-anat alk with the guys and gals you spent up to three years with here on for food - I'm sorry we cant do the two "he1'oes" of the tale trud~ed Jytical book you're reading for socampus and it was heartening to see such a crowd at a college dance, bett er than that." , Maybe we should have a planned Homecoming around Thanksgiving. Hubby: '-'You should be. Y?u've through mud, slu~h and tea1;~ fi~e ciology '? Don't t ell me Sym's go- · , Prize remark of week - "Did Leo Kelley write that?" (poem got two uncles that don't send us miles from the highway to . be m ing Freudian!" the right spot" for the openmg of Warmouth: "Naw, Freud s goentitled "Song In Self Defense") a nickel." "I thought maybe it was McCarthy's." deer season. I ing Symian." Pack-weary, they made camp at * ·* * * * . Sign on psychiatrist's office: HELP THEM HELP US Love, says D. L. Hoats, 1s nought Heads examined - we call for and dusk _ on cold, wet and clammy The Beacon has been pleased to hear from the many students who deliver. ground. After a night of John~- but vanity; have enjoyed our six-page papers, and all our papers, in fact. We entown floods, spent keeping their 'tis animal emotions plus mild joy putting out the sixers as much as you may enjoy reading the~ , and She's got an open mind - there's tent erect, they fell asleep about insanity. we also enjoy putting out the four-pagers, although only two-thirds as a hole in her head. 4:30. much. Round about six o'clock, herds of · The thing we're driving at, though, is that we must have financial monsters _ iron monsters, st~angeSalesman: "Sir, I have somesupport to put out a weekly paper, and the six-pagers take quite a bit ly similar to cars, bellowed m ~he more than the four s. Therefore, ads are a must-and believe us, we're thing here which will make you not too distant distance, rousmg popular, make your life happier, glad to get them. and bring you a host of new our happy wanderers from rocky If you enjoy the paper, how about trying to remember to pafriends." beds. tronize our advertisers next time you have something to buy. They Someone must have moved t~e Man: "I'll take a fifth." will appreciate your patronage, and believe us, so will we. highway during the night - now it 2 South Main Street Also, thanks to Mel Karp at Green's Record Shop, Frank Smith, Men ma y not be musically in- was only a quarter of a mile away. Columbia Records representative, Zimmerman's, Meyers J ew elers, and Wilkes-Barre "But we walked at least fi-- . . • the Alumni for gifts which were given the Homecoming Queen and her clined but they know how to make Aw, shucks, Coach, we only made overtures. court. You've shown real friendship toward Wilkes, and it won't be one wrong turn." LOFT'S ..• forgotten. A woman may put on a riding The Candies of Finer Quality habit and never go riding ; she =::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~ may put on a bathing suit and SPECIAL TUX BLOOD DRIVE MANUSCRIPT never go swimming; but when a GROUP PRICES {continued from page 1) {continued from page 1) woman puts on a wedding gown for ~ Meet Your Friends at ... butors' blood pressure, temperature, · where local talent - may not only she means business. :!; ::c )Jc 1Jc * WIUES a~ANCES , ~ and pulse were. recorded. After publish, but also copyright material. the thorough examination proved T elevision only proves that that it was safe for both ·of them One of the greatest problems things are really as bad as they JOHN B. STETZ~• to contribute, the giving of blood facing the Manuscript is the atti- sound. Expert Clothier ~ 18 South Main Street was witnessed by the Wilkes stu~ tude on campus that student work 1 9 E. Market St., W-B. dent body. will not be good. en.o ugh for accepAfter the game So don't tote that heavy lunch on tance. There is absolutely no basis illlllHIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII After the dance Friday. Get a free mea.J down at for this conciipt, . Furey declared . . ,- i the blood center by ·simply giving All material submitted will be giverr LOU • S Anytime for a a .. p.int . of blood. And if you can't a detailed and unbiased c.riticism 1 friendly get-together make.·it .to the blood center on Fri- on its merits alone, and students . Men'.s . Clothing . & Furriisl:iing$ day_,_ remember that students can ma.y hand in any form of literary Favorite Spot ... POTATO CHIPS go ne:?Ct week on Tuesday night and expressiqn they desire. The im, Wilkes-Barte, Pa. . . . For College Students Friday · afternoon. Don't forget--,- port:ant thing,, is that they. do hand 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 it is your privilege to give. in material. =============== srm I Ch kle ,n, S •1 \ :s Campus Quotes LOFT'S Candy Shop The SPA Rosen tha I 11:1r,se -'ff •• • �~ Th.t¥;sd,ay, _Dec,e mber 2, 19~,4 3 COLLEGE BE,AQON COLONELS DROP OPENER AT ITHACA, 77 to 70 Glad We Did So Well, But Sure We Could Have Done Better-Partridge INTRA-MURAL BASKETBALL LOOP STILL IN PLANNING There is still no accurate information as to the formation of the men's intra-mural basket- · ball league which tentative plans have been drawn up for. According to the latest reports received by the Beacon, there are quite a few teams interested in the loop and there i_s the makin_g s of a better circuit than last year. Team managers and all interested personnel are urged to turn in rosters to Mel Schmeizer at their earliest possible convenience. It is necessary to have this information before schedules can be drawn up and play gotten und,e r way. - - - -- - -- - - - -- - - - First in an annual series of articles by Wilkes coaches reviewing their seasons.-Ed. By BOB PARTRIDGE, Head Soccer Coach, Wilkes Col,l ege FE.RRIS AND VAN DYKE PACE WILKESMEN'S LOSING CAUSE AS ITHACA COLLEGE WEATHERS FULL COURT PRESS IN CLOSING MINUTES The brand new edition of the Colonel basketball team dropped their opening game at Ithaca last night by a 77 to 70 score. Aft.er the Blue and Gold lead throughout the first half, the host club found themselves and gradually caught up to and passed t~e Ralstonmen. The Colonels held as much a s a seven point lead at one time in the first half. Then pivotman Al Chadwich of Ithaca began hooking from all over and hitting the cords at a high percentage. If he didn't make his shot he was usually foulI with Al Jeter1 ed and made good on 13 of 18 free They Had It throws. Maybe it's a little late for post At half-time the Bombers held mortems of the football season a siim two point lead, 31 to 29, but with the winter sports coming in, began pulling away after the inI but we just have a few more things termission. In an attempt to to say about the Colonels. We counteract the Ithaca scoring, thwi.k that this year's t eam was the Coach Ral ston threw up a full best potential squad ever fielded at , court press with five minutes left the college. Beside that, it wou"nd in the game. up with a winning season which is During this period, the Colonel more than many of its predecessors defense gained possession on many did. occasions, but were fouled on their We also f eel that the team play- driving ~hots. This is evid~nt iD Despit e a crew of nine shapely the latter part that durrng these last five mmutes, GOOD FORTUNE ALSO HELPS j and sharpl y uniformed cheerlead- eel into hard luck in of the season the Colonels made 14 fouls and on- Soccer is unlike any sport played by American boys. In football ers plus i_nore than a handful of w i t h injuries I ly one goal. a sup~rior tea·m can often power its way to a score. In basketball: . g:-1~-chewmg COf' Is, Keystone Juthat had been I Jim F erris made 10 out of U stressmg the hands, accuracy in passing and shooting is more possible j n10r College went down . to defe~t a b s e nt during foul shots which aided his cause · than in soccer, thus sc_or_ing is more frequent. Those of you who saw at th e_ hands of the Wilkes _JV s the early part of being the Colonels' high scorer the Buckn,eU and the Philadelphia Textile games, saw t h r u s t after last ~1ght, 5 !-52, at the Wilkes of the campaign with 20 marker s. Carl Van Dyke thrust by the Wilkes College team turned a side. A rolling, bouncing gym. rhe Jumor cager~ pulled the cropping up like was right behind with 19 tallies, ball, ricocheting off bodies, heads and legs is a difficult object to con- ~ame ou_t of th ~ fire rn an overthe seven year hitting from the outside with onetfroL Power tactics are useless. Skill here, is often a matter of good ts1hmoets penod by vir tue of three foul itch. The Colo- hand set shots. John Bresnahan', ortune. · nels d r o p p e d who totaled 13 points, turned in a The final score against either of the two above-mentioned Deadlo~ked at 50-50 going into their last game stellar performance of retrieving teams co.uld well have be_e n higher in our favor. These games sh~wthe overtim_e, Pasquale fouled Bob to Moravian and rebounds. ed our team ii;t their fe'w moments of brilliance. When we met reSokol of Wilkes who sank the fr~e they knew that Two sidelights on the game were sistance, in the form of offensive pressure put on by other teams, one to put th~ Blue and Gold m they had been the new rules of the season. One our bri.md new backfield, gallantly as they tried, could not fully the _lead. A mmute later Pasquale, AL JETER up against a being twenty minute halves instead turn aside the thrust. . ea sily the most frustrated man on team. In our of a breakdown into quarters. The F ,e rris and Petrilak were steady in their play in the backfield. The the co_urt, miscued again fouli!l g other men were a season away. Most of the trouble of the younger men Da~ ~rncavage, who added the rn- opinion the Greyhounds were big other is that if a player makes his and good, but that wasn't all. first foul shot he is entitled to anwas caused by lack of familiarity with their positions, and with the sman .e. . Eureka ! other. However, if he misses his play of their team-mates. . Half way through the third pe. nod WiJ.kes seemed to gain confiMoravian made a discovery one first attempt the ball is in play. G AINED WHILE 'BUILDING' dence and started playing a con- day. We don't know when they Despite the abo•:e, the record shows that w e have had a good seas- troll ed game with Jim Puderbach, did, but no matter, it was in time on. I am grateful that in this , a building year we were so fortunate ex-All-Stater from Audubon, N ew for the Wilkes game. The little It is my belief that ':'lith th)s year behind us, _a~d because we Jose on!; J er sey, playi ng a fine floor game discovery they made was that of three m emb ers of this y~ar s team, the experience we ha ve gained will as he set up plays for his mates. the telephone. Now the phone is fit u_s for what_ I hope will be our fin est sea son in 1955. If our shortMidwa y throu gh the stanza the a nice handy modern convenien ce By JOE JABLONSKI · conungs of _this year have been suffi cientl y impressed upon us, 1955 W C squad tied the scor e and from that enables som eone to call anThe Wilkes College bask~tl;>all could be a banner year. . t h er e on in it was nip and tuck. other party no matter how long team will meet a strong BloomsThe fourth period was a see- the distance. Believe it or not, burg quintet this Saturday at · . the saw battl (i! which saw an operation the phone is used for other reasons Wilkes gym. The game loo.rn:s 1ts yo-y o of both teams charging up t oo, and we don't rnean just to a real thriller sin::e both squads Masonis, now throug h with his a nd down the cour t with neither chew out the neighborhood butcher are natural ri vals and both employ With an eye to th e futu re the Wilkes wrestling squad ha·s been foo tball duties, Jerry Elias, Don on e eff ecti ve, a s the r egulation when _he sends pastrami instead of a wide open race horse style· of game ended in a dead h eat. working fuli time to prepare for McFadden, and Bobby Morgan. salami. . 1 , Pay. . The schedule is an attractive one High man for the Wilkes · forces their first m eet on the twelfth. Moravian put the phone t o us e The Huskies will no doubt be thi~ year and the groa ners have was Bill Llewell yn with 17 points Coach Reese has been putting his as a syst em of communication be- one of the best t eam s that the Colocharges through some stiff dr ills their work _cut out for them if th ey followed by Linca vage with 11. Top tween an assistant coach high in nels will meet all sea son, having in keeping with his policy that h e expect to encl _u p with a record man for the losing ca use was Kra- the press box and the general in lost only two members of last comparable to last year's. nick with 17. w ill fi eld well conditioned t eams. charge at the ground level on the year's squad th ro ug h graduation. Last year this idea paid off when be~ch. We have to concede that The Blue and Gold's main pro:b the grapplers came through with th1s w~s a pretty cagey maneuver lem will be that of stopping Bob the first winning sea son since the o-n their part no~ because it is an Kozik, who last year scored better A PAPER FOR THE HOME . conception of the s port here at unhear~ of practice today (eve~ a than twenty points a game against Wilkes. lot of high school ball clubs us e 1t) the Wilkes cagers. Reese has a nucleus of a squad !qut because of the way it was Slowly but surely the charges left this year, but there are several handled. . . of George Ralston are rounding gaps that need to be filled due to Joe Fan, w?o was s1ttn:1g pretty into shape. According to latest re"On the Boulevard" Rt. 115 the graduation of Bill Yeisley and close to the l(ttle m:ch_amcal trou- ports from the coaching staff, they The Most Complete Wilkes-Barre, Pa. the retirement of the Reynolds ble maker, _said he d1stmctly h~ard are not ex pected to hit peak form Local and National Coverage boys, and Neil Dadurka. the man with the squawk box d1ag- until two or three games from now, On hand to make things rough FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS nose the t:·ouble of t~e Greyhound though. Ther e is a large scatterlt's a Pleasure to Serve You , f.or the opposing t eams will be Bob offense, p01?t out the _ills and trou~ ing of newcomers on the squad and GIANT SOCIAL SECTION ble spots m the Wilkes def ense time is needed to indoctrinate them WEEKLY FEATURES • A Full Course Meal and then sure enough, pretty soon into the Wilkes style of play. Or a Sandwich a score. Coaches Ralston and Mock have , Tele~cope_. Anyone? consistantly placed heavy empha• Good Food Let s put it this way -: the guy sis on the need for speed and ac• Reasonable Prices . had a perfe c~ vantage pomt to se_e curate shooting. The key to viePlenty of Free Parking Space what was gom~ on and he used 1t tory for th e Colonels this year Catering to Small Groups to the best P?~s1ble advantage. W e seems to lie here, seeing as how Featuring The Newest are ~ot wr~trng_ to condemn the the t eam is in bad shape as far F. DALE, Prop. practice which 1s perfectly legal, a s height goes. They are one of In College Men's Fashions but we sure would like everyone the smallest clubs to be field ed to know what a hand): little gadget here in the past several seasons. the t elephone really 1s and how it The t eam's main height is Harry TUXEDOS TO RENT Men's has ad~antages that you never 'Skinny' Ennis who is expected to Special Price To Students thmk o,f- . do yeoman service this season. woo~ SLACKS e ven 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. We wouldn t like to say that they Several new faces will be makhad done _a fin_e scouting job on us ing their debut this week as the Reg . .12.95 Value or any thrng like that, but v:e will cagers swing into action. They are . . say that the guy who sat high a- Ed Birnbaum Jim Puderbach Roy b?ve the field unn~ticed by anyone Rosenbaum, Bob Sokel, Dan ' Lin':, .,, .., ' did more to contribute to t.h e de- kavage, and Bill Llewellyn. ANDY'S DINER Save 3.96 ~-. oA ;? feat of the Colon.els than anyone we can think of on the Greyhound \. ~ · . ·\_:·~~.; Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym o Flannels . Gabardines squad. Th e little man knew our vian, e,ven_ though we still think Plenty of Free Parking o Brown . Navy . Grey . Blue players by their faces instead of that the Colonels could · have gone Prices for the Collegian's Budget .. o All Perfect Quality . Sizes 28-42 numbers. So, when it comes to home with a win tu cked under th eir . A Reputation Built .on Fine Food Men's - Pomeroy's First Floor good scouting and modern football belts in their last ti me out for the ·- - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - " . we have to say hats off to Mora- year. MIXED EMOTIONS I view the past soccer season with mix,ed emotion. I was pleasantly surprised that the team lost only two of nine games. On the other hand, I was quite disappo.i nted not to have won them all. If the above statements seem to contradict each other the answer lies in the type of team w_e put on the field. ' This year's team spent the entire season groping for the one game that would tes.tify to its collective ability. That game never materialized. We did have moments of brilliance, but they were fl eeting moments. The entire season was spent in trying to piece together a defensive unit, which would at the same tirrte act as a shield against our opponents' forward thrust, and turn them into offensive thrusts of our own. I felt that, since we lost our entire d.e fensive unit of the year before, this would be a building year. 01U' early succes_ses in the WON and TIE column, led me to conclude, "falsely, th.a t this year's defensive unit had progressed faster than I had anticipated. So it can be seen that I was pleasantly surp-rised by early season results, but I counted too heavily on them. As a result, whet1, we tiejl teams we should have beaten, !}~Ad ~•m sure the team shared my feelings) felt quite disappoint- SJ)(),J 2TI~• 14.IJ(}U .,-. I) Colonel JV's Sink Keystone JC, 54-52 I I I I Cagers Loek ·H·orns w·1th BSTC Husk1·e·,s sa·tu-rda_,·y Groaners Await Opener, Candidates Still Nee.ded, I SUNDAY INDEPENDENT T:oll Gate Restaurant I • lt>NGS,. CM'.l,W\e~ ·· I PARK, SHOP and EAT BAUM'S at the new FOWLER, DICK and WALKER The Boston Store 8.99 ~. J' . •. . '·> �4 Thursday, December 2; 1954 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Paul Gronka Cops 'Player of the Week' Honors Little End Starred In Moravian Tilt To Win Beacon Title Despite all this, he came through in every way and was a fine defensive ball player as well. Although he didn't get on the receiving end of near as many aeriais this year, he did act as a very effective decoy so that other men were in the clear. Against Moravian he was in a tough s pot in a defensive way. The Greyhound quarterback was a past master at the art of the bootleg play and used it to good advantage. More than once the 'Gronk' was in there to smear things up for him before the , play got und er way. For his general all around work both on otfense and defense against Moravian ColIe'g e, the Beacon Sports Staff names as its Player of the Week, Paul Gronka. Paul is just a little guy in a big man's position at end, but his lack of size didn't stop him from becoming one of the most feared pass receivers in. the state. · He showed that he had lost none of his 1953 form as h e grabbed a touchdown pass from Howie Gross a np, , outdistanced the Greyhound s'econdary. It was a spectacular catch and although Wilkes ended up on the low end of the score, for a. tim e it put them into th e ball game. With a little luck it could have been the turning point of the game. Last year Gronka earned himself All-State honors a nd came very near being the leading scorer Jn th.e state. H e was a pint sized AT ZIMMERMAN'S Est. 1871 Exquisite Styles In College Sportswear. Just what you've been Looking for. Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality menace to the opposition who were completely baffled by his ability to get out there and cat ch 'em right under ·everyone's nose. This year was t oug h on Gronka. Playing a schedule of teams that was nearly identical to last year's slate, everyone was waiting •f or him. Not to be stopped though, h e again slipped through time and again to make near impossible cat ches . ** ZIMMERMAN'S 9 West Market Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 51 Public Square Wilkes-Barre, Penna. IIXIXXJIIIIIIIIIIIIXJIII LASC Meets Tonight PAUL GRONKA JORDAN ;You are Welcome The LASC will hold a meeting tonight at 8 :30 at the club room. All mem-bers are urged and invited to attend. Club dress will be the order of the ni ght. A business meeting and social period are planned. Wilkes College -BOOKSTORE AND VARIETY SHOP Cohen Set for West Point ACE DUPONT DRY CLEANING - 1 Hour Service 280 S. RIVER ST. WILKES-BARRE XXXXXXIIIIIIXIIXJXXIXIIX Books - Supplies - Novelties Subscriptions Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 WELCOME °John Cohen, Wilkes frosh from West Pitts ton, received notice last week of his appointment to the U. S. Military A cademy. 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We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1954 December 2nd Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954 December 2 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/fbb89d3256e1dbf940991f96c324ddbc.pdf d1344d1eb8521213d0964c5d1123b3eb PDF Text Text 'Girl Crazy' Tonight at /rem Temple (See Pictures, Stor y On Page 2) WILKES WILKES The Community College, Serving Wyoming Valley And The World COLLEGE '!Beacon WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA Vol. X, No. 9 Queen Gloria and Court THE BEACON Covers The Campus From Comer To Corner Week Alter Week FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1954 Pat McNelis, Marlene Toth Picked As Princesses; Crowning Tomorrow By JON N IFALK Wilkes College has its first Homecoming Queen and the student body a nd alum ni will ioin togeth e r tom orrow to pay hom age to her highness - MISS GLORIA DRAN. a t the football g ame. G loria won the title by amassing the gre atest number of votes in a BEACON staff election held last Friday. The runners-up, Marlene Toth and Pat McNelis, were selected to be princesses in th e q ue en's court. A 19-yiear old, sophomore biology major, Gloria will be the first person in the history of Wilkes to wear the crown of "Home• coming Queen." When informed of her selection. she exclaimed, " What an h onor. I'm overjoyed and proud to be chosen." Ex-high school d rum majorette Marlene Toth has bee n After she regained her composure, she managed to state that it chosen as a prince ss in the - - - -- -- - -- - - - - s houl d be a lot of fun, and th e idea of selecting a queen should bring court of the first Wilkes College th e stud ent body closer to the Homecoming Q ueen. al umni. · Freshman Named To Royal Court ♦ GLORIA DRAN The personable fre shman art stud ent earned the distin ction by ty ing co-p rin cess P at McN eli s in last F rida y's BEACON staff balloting. S he will rid e in the c:a ra van to Kingston High School Stadium and will participate in the ha lftime ceremoni es . Marlen e chose Wilkes over a numbe r of schools because it was not too far, and yet not too close to h er Fullerton , Pa., home. She is a 1954 graduate of Whitehall BEACON Photo by Irv Kaye High School, Fullerton. Incidentally, her hometown is located very Allentown and Bethlehem, 1 n ear I hom e of Moravian, tomorrow's opponent. Princess Marl ene is a meber of the AMNICOLA st aff, Cue ' n' Curta in and Theta Delta Rho. Da ncing and te nnis are favorite hobbi es and she says , "I ha ve an affinity for do gs.' ' She considers it a thrill and a real s hock to be select ed on th e first hom ecoming court. Miss Bone Honored MARLENE TOTH Law School Exam Set P r inceton, N.J., (Special - L ess than three weeks remain for prospective law school applicants who plan to take the Law School Admission Tes t at Villanova Univer- Miss Catherine Bone, che mi stry in stru ctor at Wilkes College, received an esteemed honor by being pledged to Iota Sigma Phi , a women's international honorar y chemistry societ y. Th e honors w er e bestow ed at a banqu et h eld in State Coll ege last week. Miss Bone began instructing Chemistry at Wilkes as a summer instructor in 1942 and a ccepted a regular position in 194ti. Formerly the head of th e Science Department at Forty Fort High School, Miss Bone did her undergraduate and graduate work at P enn State PAT McNELIS College, earning a M.S. in Che msity on November 13 to fil e their istry. completed applications with the Educational Testing Service, P.O. Dorm Girls Hold Tea The women of Sterling and McBox 592, Princeton, New Jersey, Dean Harold Gill Reuschlein ad- Clintock Halls gave a t ea for the faculty me mbers last Saturday vised. Wilkes Has Own 'Princess Pat' Gloria was born in Hazleton, lived in Baltimore, and now resides with her pare nts, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Drnn, and two you nge r sisters in Button wood, Hano ver Township. S he graduated from Hano ver Tow nship Hig h School in 1953 and coming Co ur t is Mary Patricia Mc- entered Wilk es in September, 1953. N elis, a Sterling Hall do rm itory Liked Small School stud ent from Hazleton. She is a When asked about h er choice of vivacious blue-eyed blond, and obviousl y an excellent choice for th e Wilkes, she answered that she liked t h e idea of attending a small coltitle ~f princess. Pat is 19, and cam e t o Wilkes lege close to home and felt that last year a s a m edi cal st enography th e education offer ed was a s good majo r . At Hazleton High School, as anywhere in the country. She Pat was head majorette, won the has never fe lt so rry about h er Actress of th e Year award, and was choice. Thi s is not th e fir st time that voted the best-dressed girl in th e cla ss of '53. H er wearing of Ber- th e queen has been singled out for muda shorts and kilts here at her beauty and charm. She -was Wil kes is a fulfillm ent of thi s lat- select ed as May Queen in high school and was a candidate for Cinter titl e. Princess Pat, who can be fo und derella her e at Wilkes last year a s sipping coffee at odd hours in a freshman. Harding House, is .active in Cue 'n' Gloria likes to play piano in her Curtain, Theta Delta Rho , and is s pare time and favors semi-classisoc ial c hairman of the L.A.S. C. music. She is a r epresentative on Her interests include building mo- the student council, and member of dels of foreign cars, particularly th e biology club and Theta Delta t he Jaguar and th e Austin-Healey. Rh o. Football, swimming, basketA s a resident of Sterling Hall, ball and soccer hold h er attention Mary Pat fee ls that the friendly in the sporting world. atmosphere and the democratic Fro m King's, Yet co nduct among the gi rls maks 90 After g raduation, th e queen per cent of th e coll ege life at Wilk es. Of th e social life, s he says , wo uld like to do laboratory research, but someday hopes to have "It is what you make it.'' h er own family. As far as we at Wilkes ar e concerned, the ironical afternoon. Each meinber of the thing a·bout her is that she goes faculty was surrounded by a group st eady with a very lucky fellow of stud ents from his or her classes from that othe1'. school - King's. · Queen Gloria and her court will - points, you know. Pat Fox, general chairman of be featured in the Colonel Caravan th e affair, was aided by Jeannette parade which will leave Chase Hall Perrins and H elen Young, refresh- at 1 :15 tomorrow afternoon. She ments; Connie Kamarunas and Peg will be presented with flowers by Stevens, invitations; and Barbara th e Wilkes Alumni Association and Booch and Barbara Hollinger, de- she and the princesses will be given (continued on page 4) corations . The Canadians are not the only ones who have a Prince ss Pat. There's is a lig ht infantry regiment, b ut one of the two princesses in the Wilkes Home- �WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 2 Friday, November 19, 1954 College's Biggest Show Runs HOME.COMING WEEK-END BEGINS Tonight, Tomorrow at Temple !9~i1I:~t~T.!:~~~~cl!~~~~e~~! cially when graduate Colonels, young and old, get together at the Kingston House to attend the inaugurating informal reception . This get-together party will continue until after midnight for the benefit of those out-of-town graduates who will be arriv- By MARY AN POWELL The Homecoming Week-End Celebration officially gets underway tonight when the curtain goes up at Wilkes' biggest and most elaborate dramatic presentation, "Girl Crazy," at lrem Temple. The Gershwin musical curtain t ime is scheduled for 8 o'clock both tonight and tomorrow night. The play, which from pre-opening night r eports, is expected to be just a s much a hit in WilkesBarre don e by Wilkes College a s it was wh en it opened on Broadway many years ago, is being prese nted through the cooperation and close work of Cue 'n' Curtain and th e Music Depa rtm ent. A lfred Groh, dramati cs director at th e colleg e, and J ohn Detroy, s: ha irman of the music department, have worked hard in assuring a top-flight performance by the large cast of a ctors, singers, dance r s, and backstage technicians. Leads in the gala musical, which gave the nation several song immortals, are shared by Mrs. Eleanor Detroy and Fred Cohn, dramatic and vocal, and Howard "Skinny" Ennis, co m edy. "Girl Crazy" is the first fullscale musical comedy ever attempted by a college in Northeastern P ennsylvania and will be watched throughout the East as to its s uccess or failure. After the amount of hard work that has been put forth by the students and faculty involved, it seems only logical that the full s upport of the college and W yoming Valley is to be expect ed. A fe ature of the play will be the elaborate set s, which show a sens e of imagination a n d th eatrical knowledg e of design. Music majors of the colleg e mak e up th e orchestra, which will be under the baton of Detroy as will be th e full chorus. The chorus will rend er , s uch immortal songs as " I've Got Rh ythm," and " I'm Bidin ' My Time. " Ti ckets for th e play are available to all Wilk es stud ents m er ely by t he presentation of student a cti vities passes at t h e book store. But t ickets must be exc hang ed. An overflow crowd of stud ents, a lu m ni and frie nd s of th e college is ex pected for both performances. ·rurkey Trot Set For Wednesday Night at Gym • The Seniors and Sophomores are comb ining talents to bring the student body of Wilkes another night loaded with surprises, contest s , and best of all, fun like you've never had before on November 24. Thi s will be no ordi nary dance, but one w hich will give you the opportunity to really let yo ur hair down a nd enjo y yo urself. Ask anyone who attend ed th e Masqu erade Ball - th ey'll t ell you that when th ese two classes g et together on an affair "there's no t ellin' what's gonna happ en." On e thing w e can promise (and t his is a new venture) everyone who is interested may enter the danc e contest. Modern, mambo , FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 198 :30 p.m.-"Girl Crazy", musirhumba, jitterbug, and Charleston cal, at lrem Temple; are only some which will be judged. 9 :30 p.m.-Informal Reception, By way of mentioning, the judges at Kingston House ; are g oing to be impartial ... th ey are not m embers of any class on SATURDAY,NOVEMB~R20campus. 9 :00 a.m. to noon - RegistraCom m ittee h eads as chosen by tion, Tours, Visiting, Presidents Russ Picton and Reese Main Lounge, Chase Hall; Jon es are: g eneral chairman, Larry 10 :30 a.m .-Alumni Co u n c i 1 Amdur; tickets, John Coates; pubMeeting, at Lecture Hall ; licity, Elnora Metroka; entertain11 :30 a.m.-Luncheon Meeting,. ment, Walt Phillip s; refreshments, at Main Cafeteria; Bob Morgan. 1 :15 p.m.-Colonel Caravan PaMusic for this affair will be furrade, Chase Hall to Stadium; ni s hed by "The Dreamtimes," and 2:30 p.m.-Wilkes vs. Moravian, the donation is only 35 cents. at Kingston Stadium; R efreshments, contests, dan ce 7 :00 1>.m .-Cocktail Party, Dins pecialties , s urprises and entertainner -Dance, at Hotel Sterm ent are pr'omised. Dancing wi ll ling. be fro m 9 to 12. · I ~ As They9ll Perform in 'Girl Crazy' THE SHOW GOES ON - Four of the leading actors in Cue 'n' Curtain's 1noduction, "Girl Crazy", run through last minute rehearsals prior to tonight's first curtain at Irem Temple. At top, Millie Gittens, fresh out of a hospital bed, goes oYer a routine with college co median Howard "Skinny" Ennis. Bottom, romantic leads Fred Co hn a nd E leanor Detroy brus h up on one of the many great mus ical routines in the s how. Miss Gittens, ru s hed to the hos pital last weekend, has received s pecial permission from her doctor to appear a s scheduled in the gala musical, but then s he must convalesce for three weeks after the show. Her insistance on being in the s how lends meaning to the old say ing, "The s how must go on." ALL-COLLEGE DANCE SLATED FRIDAY; THRONG EXPECTED By N6RMA DA VIS j leg es within a 150 mil e radius Mention to a ny Wilkes student about 50 in all. These include colthe date November 25, and you r e- leges s uch as L ehigh , Princeton, cei ve a quick smile and the breath- Cornell, Lafayette, Wilson, Syraless response - Thanksgiving _ cuse, Susquehanna, Bucknell, P enn, turkey, pumpkin pie, football, P enn State, and U. of Pittsburg. Church, and a co ntented satisfying Last year, approxi mately 700 atevening with one's family. Now t ended. mention the date Novemb er 26, and Banner s and pennants will deth e sam e stud en t will burst out co rate th e gym. Free refreshwith - A ll Coll ege Dance - per - m ents wi ll be served. feet climax for a holiday, delightFor a per fect evening, w e'll see fu l music, everyon e is there , best you n ext F r iday night at 9. da nce of t he yea r . Yes , everyon e seem s to a gree that t his dan ce is one of th e best dan ces of th e sea s on. The All College Dance, an an nual affair spons ored by the Student Council, will be h eld Friday night, No vember 26 at th e Wilkes Coll ege gym. Dancing will be from 9 to 12 and ad mi ss ion is fre e. Co-chairme n of th e affair are Jim Ben son and Gloria Dran. ' The orchestra of Al Powell will entertain th ro ugh t h e co urtesy of Local 140, American Federation of Musicians. I'm sure that you will agree that th is orchest r a definitely has two celebrities in its rank s. The trump et player was a m ember of the original Dorsey Brother s Orchestra, and the piano is a former Wilkes stud ent. Come and see t hem in acti on . In vitations have been sent to all local nursing sc hools , a nd to col- PARK, SHOP and EAT at the new FOWLER, DICK and WALKER The Boston Store ing in the valley t hroughout the evening. Early tomorrow morning, the re~ turning Alum ni will register in th e main lounge of Chase Hall before they attend th e combination luncheo n and business m eeting which will co mm ence at. 11 :30 a.m. in the main cafeteria . Dr. Eugene S . Farley, College President, will head the list of speakers from the college at this reunion. At 1 :30, followi ng the lunch eon, a Caravan will begin from th e campus over to Kingston Stadium preceding th e Wilkes - Morav-an ga m e. Th er e, a special section will be set aside for th e A lumni to view the co ntest which will get und er way at 2:30. The Hotel Sterling will be the scene of the concluding Homeco ming cocktail party which is schei duled to begin at 7 p '.m. A capacity crowd is expected to attend. The program is as follows: Student Council lo Re-Consider Budget; Carpenter May Resign I By HELEN M. KRACHENFELS Th e main purpose of th e Student Co un cil meeting Monday evening was t o a ct upon th e Jetter from the administrative co uncil which accompanied a r efu sal to approv e th e THET A DELTA RHO budget in its entirety. (This l etter is printed in today 's Beacon.) A SPONSORS ALL-COLLEGE TEA proposal to re-submit t he original The All Coll ege T ea . s ponsored student a ctivities budget, as is , was by Th eta Delta Rho will be h eld I def eated after a stormy session. from 3 to 5 n ext Monday, NovemImmediately followin g th e r eadber 2~ on th e_ s ec?nd floor of the ing of th e letter, Sam Lowe mad e Dormitory cafetena. Everyone is a motion that t he council re-s ubmit uJ·ged _to attend. . . the budget a s it stands. The moChairman of _th e affair is Pat tion was s econded and d iscussion Fox. H er c?mm1tt_ees a:e: _Ho ~tess, followed. Once again, debate reE ell en ~oUise Wmt; . m vitatw_ns,: verted to th e question of the nature Rut~ :Wilbur and J essie Rodenck, of clubs: ar e they "open to everypubhc_:ity, Pats1 R ees~ ; tabl e de- one" or should they be con sider ed corations, Don s Mer:ill; refresh- "closed" because of subject matter ments, Margaret Smit~; cleanup, ·or departmental affiliations? P eggy Steven s and Marian ThompJim N evera s ex pressed his opison. nion that the clubs are not serving all th e stud ents to the ex t ent w hich a cti viti es do, and th erefor e they should be dropp ed from the Student Activ iti es Fund budget . Dick Carpenter expressed th e feeling that th e main issue f acing Stud ent Council at this tim e is one of power. The question, Carp ent er believed, is whether th e Student Council shall function a s a LOFT'S Candy Shop 2 South Main Street Wilkes-Barre LOFT'S ... . The Candies of Finer Quality r ep r esentati ve group to fulfill the :,vi shes of ~he ~tudents, or w heth er 1t shall exist sim ply as a~ _enfor~em ent _agency of the adm1m ~trat:ve council. If th e la~~er s1tuat1on sh_o uld com e . to pas~, it. would consbtute a direct v10lat1on of ~h~ purpose of the Stu~ent ~ounc~l. Car penter offered hi s r esignati on from the co un cil if such a condition should occur. Carp enter feels that th e administration is attempting to curtail the a cti viti es of th e very organizations on campu s which support it. In r eply to a statement that Carpenter made to th e effect that the a ctivi ti es on campus are more restrictive than th e clubs, because of th e ne ed for so m e special ability to participate in certain activities, Mr. Partridge r emind ed him that anyone can go to see a production of Cue 'n' Curtain, or h ear a debate by th e Debating Societ y, or read any of the publications on campus. In thi s way, th e results of these a ctiviti es ar e a pparent to the entir e stud ent body. (continued on page 4) Dr. Mailey Speaker At Last Assembly By T. R. PRICE Ei senh ower's policy of political a loofn ess is somewhat impractical, if not unr eal, Dr. Hug o Mailey declared at assemb ly Tuesda y. BEST OF LUCK In today's world of politics, h e I emphasized, the President is for ced TO THE COLONELS, to go out and make fri ends, form QUEEN AND ALUMNI allegian ces to th e benefit of h is• party, if h e ex pect s it to rem ain from the in power. In th e ma tter of policy, Mailey went on, Ei senhower is fa ced with th e need to comp romise with the conservatives of his party. But at Wilkes' Foremost Social Club th e sam e tim e , t he speaker caution ed , the popul a rity of the mas him self is still trem endous. �Friday, November 19, 1954 ------------By JOHN KUSHNERICK HOMECOMING '54 WILKES cot.LEGE BEACON· 3 BEACON EDITORIALS Council Split As Budget -Debate Goes On .. The Budget debate goes on. But this time, it's not the Beacon that is involved in a battle with the Student Council, but rather the Student Council with the Student Council. A broad stripe has been drawn right down the middle of the organization and from the way the editor saw it at Monday's meeting, several members are about to swing from one side to the other. It seems that a number of the group have delved deep into the debate that centers around the question as to whether the clubs should get money from the Student Activities Fund or not, and have come up with some facts they had heretofore overlooked. Dr. Farley Asks Budget Re-Hash, Lists Recommendations to Council The letter below was sent to the Student Co uncil through that body's treasurer by Dr. E ugen e S. Farley, President of Wilkes. Dr. Farley explains the Administration's position on the question of clubs - whether they s hould receive financial aid or not. The editor ur ges each student to read the letter carefully, consider both sides of the debate, and then see yo ur Student Co uncil representative to a dvise him how to vote for yo u. Mr. Irving Gelb: Today the Administrative Council considered the proposed budget for the st udent activities progra m and acted favorably upon items that ha ve been included in the activities program over a period of years, but deferred action upon items introduced during the past few yea rs. So that there may be no uncertainty or delay in planning, the items that we approved are listed, with certain recommendations, on the attached page. Unless yo u wish to take further action, the listed activities may be notified that both Councils approved the grants indicated. The Administrative Council noted that only five of the many clubs on the campus received financial support from the student activities fund. ,ve do not understand why certain clubs receive contributions from the Co uncil while a majority of the clubs strive t'o su pport their own activities. This does not seem equitable and we do not feel that we s hould act upon the reques t of any club until every club is invited to s ubmit its budget. At this time it may be well to call attention to the fact tha t when the Administration agreed to g ive 2½ % of the student fees for student activities, it was understood that the monies would be limited to the s upport of activities which were open to all members of the student body and which, in the public eye, represented the entire college. S ince that time, money for the clubs has been granted and in co nsequence there has been a s ubstantial deviation from the understanding which first led to the granting of the 2½ %. In a n y further consideration of the problem, it seems desirable that the Student Council and the Administrative Co uncil confer in order that we ma y reach a new understand ing. So that we may act upon the deferred items, it will be appreciated if the Stude_nt Co uncil will use the attached form, or any form that you ma y prefer, to obtain requests from all of the student clubs and will then make arrangements for, a s pecial committee to meet with representatives of the Ad ministrative Council. Very sincerely yours, EUGENE S. FARLEY, President regular special - 1100 600 500 Debating Society .Intercoll egiate Conferences 600 200 Could Have Retracted Manuscript Men's Chorus Social Activities 400 75 600 Amnicola TOTAL 3300 $7575 Biology Club Holds Party The Biology Club held its annual wiener roast at Lake Silkworth last Saturday night. Over 50 people attended and the affair was deemed a floating success by club officials. The musical requires special appropriation this year. It is recommended that the appropriation for th e musical be recorded separately But about the football team. Brother, this from the regular appropriation. one is anything but foul and as a matter of fact Thi· will g ive a better understanding of th e s ituation in the years no football team or any other team here at Wilkes has ever smelled in the slightest, with ah ead. Attention Lettermen the exception of that necessary aroma of athletic order in the locker rooms. And to imply that because a team doesn't win every game it is foul, is just plain ridiculous and downright slanderous. As Jim Neveras stated indignantly, "The (A new activity.) Recommend an increase of $400 to football team has won four games and lost s upport an expanded program of two - is this foul ball?" "And for that matter," activities. Jim continued, "win or lose, I have never seen a Wilkes athletic team that I have felt the least bit ashamed of." There is no need to say more. Strike up a dirge (political, that is) will you, someone? SNAPSHOTS WANTED Carpenter, a member of one of the clubs An y 1ierson having candid in the science department must realize that all s na1>s hots which he or s he feels mi ght be appropriate for use in of his constituents are not club members. And this year's AMNICOLA are urg- as he put it, "The Student Council is now at the ed to bring them to the yearbook cross roads." So right. But why not get it on the right road. A number are, and as it looks office. Incr ease of at least $100 is recommend ed to encourage student repr ese ntation at intercoll egiate conferences . This did the trick. Adverse psychology has its place, but this was just plain suicide. Carpenter was referring to Mr. Partridge's explanation that at one time the Student Council controlled the athletic budget. This has not been true for several years. The 3½ per cent of the tuition deducted not only includes football, but the entire athletic program. And by the way, Mr. Carpenter. Did you ever think that some students may not like the While the one faction advocated the quick idea of some of their SAF money going for return of the budget - as originally passed by · clubs and parties which they can not even atthe Student Council - the other group, on tend? weighing Dr. Farley's letter (whic:h appears in Bill Crowder first leaped to the defense of this issue of the Beacon), dec~ded that some Mr. Partridge, who has every right to feel inchanges were and are needed. sulted. Then Jim .Neveras spoke up and it was The leader of the "quick-return" faction, quite obvious that on both remarks, Carpenter Dick Carpenter, made some statements at the had drawn little more than nothing on the Cololast meeting, which it would seem at least on nel laugh meter. the surface, are not the type of thing one usualThe same representative's statement that ly expects to hear from an elected representawe cannot compare student councils in other · tive. schools to ours because we cannot compare He may have committed political suicide. scholastically, points out his lack of information on the school he is representing. We'd Carpenter, who got the floor and held it suggest he consult with college directories and for periods running to 15 minutes or more graduate schools, for that matter, and he'll learn while a number of the members almost fell a- just how Wilkes is rated academically. Amazsleep (some on his own side of the issue), stated ing how we have risen in such a short time, in mustering every defense for his crumbling too, isn't it. arguments, "I hope the members of the Student In all fairness, we must point out, that he Council will take everything that Mr. (Robert) Partridge says 'with a grain of salt.' " Carpen- may have meant this to be understood just the ter went on to say that Partridge was slightly reverse - that Wilkes is superior. But, again out of order in offering information on the issue no explanation. - a clarification of the administration's views It is not uncommon for humans to make on the subject. rash statements, but when one regains his comThen, losing more ground as he talked, he . posure, he usually has sense enough to retract made this wild gem, which should plea·s e ma- them - if he is wrong. Carpenter had every opportunity to retract his statements at the meeting, while the other members were rising to censure him in defense of their faculty advisor, (for 8 years) and their football team. The editor told the council that he was attending as a member of an organization not primarily which has had a squabble with it, but rather as a representative of a paper which wants the facts and wants to be informed first hand. In the issue before the council now, the Beacon is firmly behind the Administration and that faction of the Student Council which is acting sensibly. Be this as it may. We are presenting the facts in this issue as w.e have in the past and the students should make sure that their representatives vote as they wish them to. As for the statement concerning Bob PartACTIONS APPROVED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL ridge, we feel that nothin9 more has to be said. Everyone on campus knows genial Bob as a Approved Student Budget Activity Recommendations square-shooter from way back and a friendly Beacon $1300 Incr ease $200 so that a reaso nable cuss, too. The choice of words was indeed unnumber of 6-page editions may be fortunate - and perhaps, deliberate, since they published . were not . altered or rescinded. Cue 'n' Curtain ) ny, many people here on campus, most of them voters. "Mr. Partridge," Carpenter asked, "would you, if you were a student, want to see 3 ½ per cent of your tuition money go for the support of a 'foul ball' football team?" from here, many more will join them down the straight and narrow of campus politics. Council President Art - Hoover stated last week in answer to our query as to whether we were welcome or not at the meeting, that all council meetings are open to the student body and that "we want the students to know that we encourage their attendance." Credits Where Due The editors would publicly like to thank the persons responsible for helping us get the "Homecoming Queen" started. It's something we hope will be continued and something long lacking at Wilkes - another of the intangibles that help to make a school a college. To Janice Schuster, a newcomer to campus with fresh and progressive ideas; to Freda Billstein and Janie Keibel, who went out of their way, without being asked, to make sure the Queen and her court would receive suitable gifts, a sincere vote of "thanks" from the editors, and the student body, too, we're sure. An interesting item arrived this week in the mails. Just to show you how (and we use the term with hesitance) "fouled" up things can get, we'd like to transcribe the address on a letter from Arthur C. Croft Publications, New London, Conn. It read, "Dr. Beacon, Wilers College, 184 S. River St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa." We'll admit that the paper has taken an active part in trying to "remedy" certain situations on campus, but we make no claims to physicianship. Und chust unudder qvestion. Vas is dis Vilers Collich. No moral - schtill linking. Welcome Home Speaking on behalf of the student body, faculty, and administration, the Beacon extends a warmest "welcome home" to members of the alumni who are making their yearly visita\ion to their Alma Mater. A number of. events have been planned by the college and your Alumni Association to make your visit a pleasant and memorable one. We are happy to have you back. We have profited and learned from reflecting on your days here at Wilkes and we too hope to be of help in much the same manner some day. Alumni. the college is yours, in all of the several possible meanings. �'WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 4' AT EASE! By DICK JONES We thought that we would be able to bring official word from the Student Council as to their decision on the vet's club becoming a legal and fulllfledged organization on campus. However, several other items are on the agenda before our constitution can be considered for voting. We hog_e that the selection of a Queen to r eign over Homecoming Day will become a precedent. However, establishing it as part of the regular program of Homecoming will definitely depend on the support of the student body, So gals and guys "get with it," and turn out for the gala affairs being held this week-end. Fall Out! Come on, Vets, let's line up for that basketball team. The intra-mural league will be starting soon. Let's be represented. Get in touch with Cliff Brothers or Dick Jones. Have you noticed that green jacket bearing the letters SHAPE? Well, it belongs to one of the boys of the fo ld. George "Mo" Batterson is a native of New Canaan, Conn,, and he entered Wilkes in September, 1950, leaving in 1952 to spend two years in the Army. "Mo" took signal corps training at Camp Gordon, Ga., special training at Fort Devens, Mass., and then he was sent to foreign shores. Overseas, "Mo" was assigned to s pecial services at SHAPE and stationed in Paris. While at SHAPE, "Mo" was attached to basketball and baseball teams, These teams toured the continent playing in such countries as England, Scotland, Germany, Italy, and Spain attempting to build amiable international relations. The Wilkes "dlobetrotter" returned to his studies here this September and •is now a Commerce and Finance major, a resident of Butler Hall, and a candidate for the college basketball five, What happened? Three happy warriors, Al, Cliff; and Dick, all graduates of Uncle's guaranteed map-reading course getting lost on S. Main St. while looking for Chanecka's. Ugly? Are you the ugliest? If so, maybe you should be running for Ugly Man in the Beacon's forthcoming contest. Remember Basic Training? Rough, wasn't it? But not as rough or bruising as trying to run the gauntlet against a crowd of bargain-thirsty women in a downtown department store. One of our ex-rangers tried it Saturda y. Next week he is receiving the "Royal Order of the Mangled Arm." Meet Your Friends at . .. The SPA • • • WILKESMAN HAS DOUBLE BAD LUCK - TICKETS The Beacon Beams Somedays it doesn't even pay to get out of bed. Artie Meyer, sophomore med student, received a ticket for overtime parking last Friday while attending a lab. Following advice and arrangements made by Mayor Kniffen, Meyer hopped into his car to deliver said ticket to the Mayor's office in person. Art took the ticket to the office and it was accepted by the Mayor's secretary, Millie Christian. When he returned to his car, parked across from City Hall, he found a welcome awaiting him . . . a ticket for illegal parking. This too, came to pass - into the Mayor's hands. When researchers at the University of Vermont discovered that the students at that college drank nearly twice as much milk as normal college students, the University newspaper wrote an article about the sub ject, Above the sto ry, a two-column headline stated: "Vermont Students Outdrink Nation by Two to One." The Utica College Tangerine reports that one of its reporters was barred from sitting in on an inter-fraternity council meeting causing quite a bit of concern to the paper. The Editors felt it had a responsibility to serve the student body by gathering and disseminating all the news. The final judgment has been left up to the administration. Debaters Travel To Muhlenburg The Wilkes College Debating team will leave this evening for Muhlenburg College, where they will participate in their first real debate of the season, inasmuch as the Hofstra debate recently ended in a deadlock when the judges failed to appear, The team is optimistic, despite the fact that it had to replace one of its members at the last minute. The team going now will be comprised of James Neveras and Ronald Price for the affirmative; and Jesse Choper and J. Harold Flannery for the negative. SAM Holds Meeting A m eeting of the Scientific Advancement of Management Club was held Wednesday at the Harding House Cafeteria, A representative of Tung-Sol Electric Company spoe on "The Inadequacies of a College Graduate to Meet the Challenge of Modern Business." Chuckle 'n' Smile A woman driving 70 miles an hour out on Long Island noticed a motorcycle cop tailing her and thought she could shake him by speeding up to 80, When she looked in the rear window again, she saw two cops behind her. She pus hed the car up to 90. Then sudd enly sh e spotted a gas station ahead and pulled up to a stop in front of it, leaped out and dashed into the room marked "Ladies". When she came out, the cops were still there, Without batting an eye, the lad y said coyly, "I'll bet yo u thought I wouldn't make it." de;~~/~,~t;~ ;o:!,r :~ don't n eed a car in Wilkes-Barre!' Ann: "Yes, but the car will be good for Al's morale." Jane : "'W hat's Al's morale got to do with it?" Ann: "He'll look so good when I drive him down to pick up hi s unemploym'e nt checks!" VARIETY SHOP Books - Supplies - Novelties Subscriptions l 1-5 ••• A news paper published each week of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. Editor . . .. ... .. John D. Curtis Asst. Editor Ivan Falk Asst. Editor Pearl Onacko S ports Editor Allen Jeter Business Mgr. Arthur Hoover Faculty Adviser .. .. George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes Ca-mpus. Telephone: V Alley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. · GLORIA DRAN (continued from page 1) awards by the BEACON during the half of the game, H er honor guard will cons ist of two Marines in dress blues, co urtesy of the Marine Recruiting Office, City Hall. Following the game, Gloria will be the guest of the Alumni at their Partridge Presented Gift cocktail party and dinner-dance at At Annual Soccer Party Soccer Coach Bob Partridge was the Hotel Sterling. presented a gift certificate by members of his 1954 sq uad last Satur- Ed-Club Party Success day night at the annual Soccer About 30 members of the EducaParty, held at Gronski's Farm . tion Club attended a party on the Partridge spoke briefly to the second floor of the dormitory dingroup, thanking members for a fine ing hall last Saturday evening. The year and expressing a hope for an- affair was such a success that the other banner season next fa ll. club is already planning a ChristOver 40 soccermen and their mas Party. dates attended the party. ~:,$,~$~~~=~;=~~~- Elliot Attends PSEA Session At Harrisburg, Makes Report George Elliot, adviser to the Beacon, represented Wilkes at a meeting of the Pennsylvania State Education Association last Friday at Harrisburg. Mr. Elliot was guest speaker to the secondary education students on Monday and Tuesday, when he gave a report on the Capital meeting and discussed the Commerce and Finance Department in relation to t eaching. ;You are Welcome AT ZIMMERMAN'S Exquisite Styles In College Sportswear. Just what you've been Looking for. ZIMMERMAN S 51 Public Square Wilkes-Barre, Penna. ~ ...,.~ ......... .. ..t- ..,.,.~.. ,. .., .. ,.,.4-,.,.,.,.,. ,.,.,.,... -.,._ presents AND Hours: 9-12 - All students r ece1vmg traffic tickets have been requested to write the circum stances leading to the tagging on the back of the ticket and stating that you are a student at Wilkes, name, address, course and reason for overparking or otherwise violating parking regulations. This ticket should be sent to the Mayor's office at City Hall. Shortly, parking stickers will be issued to all stud ents having classes or labs lasting three successive hours. These stickers will permit parking on South Ri ver Street for three hours, The procedure for iss uing these stickers will be announ ced soon. Beacon Wilkes College Wilkes College BOOKSTORE WELCOME A Major Musical Everit G,org, and Ira Gershwin's "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. TUXEDOS TO RENT Special Price To Students 198 After the game After the dance Anytime for a friendly get-together A Full Course Meat~ Or a Sandwich • Good Food • Reasonable Prices Plenty of Free Parking Space Catering to Small Groups Featuring The Newest In College Men's Fashions In attempting to explain that. the student council should not feel it is being undul y superseded by the administration, Mr. Partridge menti oned that in comparison to other coll eges with which he is acquainted, the Student Council at Wilkes has much more power. To this remark Carpenter replied that since "Wil•kes is not compared scholastically with other coll eges, it sho uld not be compared in this instance" Carpenter quoted from the Constitution that the duties of the Director of Student Activities, include "sitting on the Student Council in advisery capacity.'' Mr. Carpenter felt that the adviser should not attempt to influence the voting of the council. Art Hoover attempted to terminate the discussion by suggesting that the student council comply with th e request of the administration, and send a committee to the next administrative council meeting, for a further discussion of the problem, The question was moved on the motion at the beginning of the meeting, and a roll call vote was requested. A large majority voted against resubmitting the budget a s it stands. A committee consisting of Jim Benson, Dick Carpenter, Dick Bunn, Jim N everas, Sam Lowe and Bill Crowder will attend the next administrative council meeting. -- Questionable Tickets Should Go to Mayor WILKES COLLEGE Toll Gale Restaurant It's a Pleasure to Serve You • Lt>NGS,N( on.th.e~ . BUDGET Matthew Cvetic, former "Communist for the FBI", will speak at the Wilkes gym, Monday night at 8, under the auspices of the ·west Side .Junior Women's Club. He will reveal man y of his experiences while working with the FBI and talk about "taking the Com munists serious ly." - Broadway Hit 18 South Main Street Favorite Spot ... ... For College Students MATT CVETIC TO SPEAK AT GYM MONDAY NIGHT (continued from page 2) Joan: "Jane, wouldn't it be won- Friday, November 19, 1954 SO. WASHINGTON ST. BAUM'S • F. DALE, Prop. ANDY'S DINER Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym Plenty of Free Parking Prices for the Collegian's Budget •• . . A Reputation Built on Fine Food 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 IIXXXXXXIXXXXXXXIXIXXXXX Louis Rosenthal ACE DUPONT DRY CLEANING Men's Clothing & Furnishings Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 111111111111111111111111111111 II I I I II I I I IIIIIIIII - 1 Hour Service - 280 S. RIVER ST. WILKES-BARRE IIXXXXIXXXXIXXXXIXXIIIXX Directed by Alfr.ed S. Groh John G. Detroy Dances LOIS LONG S ettings FRANCIS SHHEIBER Starring Howard "Skinny" Ennis Eleanor Detroy Basia l\'lieszkows-k i Paul Shiffer Bruce Williams and "Millie" Gittins Tomorrow Night �Friday, November 19, 1954 5 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON COLONELS CLOSE SEASON WITH MORAVIAN Homecoming Day Game with 'Hounds Seen as Tough One for Grid Forces As They Try for Fifth -Win of Year By RODGER LEWIS The Colonels close out the current grid season tomorrow . afternoon at 2 o'clock in Kingston Stadium against Moravian College. In two previous encounters the Greyhounds have emerged with one victory and the Ralstonmen have one. _A large Homecoming Day crowd is expected in what shapes as one of the best games of the year. - - -- - - - - - -- - -- - wrath Of Jeter I N LAST GAME - F ive s eniors wh o will end t heir play ing days to morrow a r e, left t o r ig ht : Al Nicholas, J oe Tros ko, Bob Fay, Ron F itzgerald , a nd Wa lt Cha pko. All of t hem will be missed by n ext year's s qu ad, but s hould cause Mo rav ian plenty of pa in befo re t hey ha ng up th eir cleats. RALSTONMEN MAUL KNIGHTS 46 6, IN FREE WHEELING ROUT 1 \ The Colonels invaded Bridgeport last Saturday night and rolled over the New Englanders, 46-6. The win was the fourth of the season for the Blue and Gold against two defeats. Dec:::~rETB:9~~-5S5CH E DU LE 1-Wed . . .... .. ... ......... . Ithaca 4-Sat . .. .... ... ...... Bloo msburg 8-Wed. Stroudsb urg 11-Sat . ........ ...... .... .... Albri·ght 14-Tues. Kutztown 15-Wed. . ..... Lyco ming January 6-Thu r . Ithaca 8-Sat. Lafayette 12-Wed. Hartwick 15-Sat. Rider 29-Sat. . Lycoming February 5-Sat. Susquehanna 8-Tues. Yeshiva 12- Sat . . . .. Bloomsburg 16-Wed. Hofstra 19-Sat. . Mansfi eld 21- Mon. Mora vian 23- W ed. Scranto n March 2-Wed . . .. ....... .. Ha r pur 5-Sat. . ... Man sfield 9-Wed. Stroudsburg A H H A H A Walt Chapko and Al Nicholas - -·-·--- - - - - - - - -paved t h e way to victory wit h Chap H Chapko scoring three times and A Nicholas scoring twi ce before he H left the game via the injury route H in the second period. H Up until the time of his injury, With the season still several Nicholas was averaging better than A twelve yards a try and was showing week's off, t he WC cage squad H seems to be shaping up as a r ' e al the form that made him All-State A and Little All-Am erica in years be- threat for thi s year. The Colonels H of the court have been holding pracfore. H With Nicholas out of action, tice sessions for the past two weeks H and Assistant Coach Bill Mock is Chapko took over the ground-gainH pleased with their prograss. ing chores. One of his scoring Thi s is necessarily a building jaunts was on a 47-yard run and H the other two · were pushed over year for th e cag ers and neither A Mock or Head Coach George Ralsfrom the one-yard line. Jack RichA ton wi ll give much in the line of a ards and Paul Gronka contributed prediction except that the team wi ll the rest of W ilkes' scoring with a be in their pitching all th e way. TD a piece. Near the end of the third period The hop efuls swelling th e ranks I ·.l ~, Bridgeport got into Colonel t erri - with last year's holdo vers are mostly freshmen and sophomores, but tory for th e first and last time. John Reese wiI-1 once again serve They connected on an aerial for 22 there seems to be quite a bit of po- as wrestling coach at Wi lkes, it yards and paydirt, saving th em - tential in the newcom ers. was announced earl y t h is week by Th e basketball schedule this year George F. Ral sto n, Director of selves from a shutout. The _stone wall defense employ- is an ything but a snap and it ap- Athl etics . In his coll egiate debut ed by the Colonels was led by Joe pears that t h e Blue and Gold has last year, Reese guided the ColoTrosko, Cliff Brautigan, and Bob plenty of work in front of them if nel matrnen to their first winning Masonis who never let the Purple th e t eam hopes to better last year's season. Knights get started and frequentl y even season team. Wilkes fell off At the close of the season, last ca ught them way ·b ehind the line. in the closing games last year and year, Rees e a ccepted a coaching Coach Ralsto n virtually cleared only managed to break even in- position at Kingston High School the bench and the substitutes did st ead of going on to a winning seas- where he was a l ready teaching . well in the latter part of the game. on that was with in their reach . His departure left coll ege officials Coach Ralston said that he hoped with a big problem as t o w here Chef Gets Birthday Gift that there would still be more can- to find a replac ement of equal caliTh e Wilkes dormitory students didates out for the t eam and stress- bre. Then, last week, Kingston ofpresented · Fred Wall, chef of the ed that all positions are still open. ficials announced that Reese had dorm dining hall, with a savings Being faced with a schedule that asked the sc hool board to relieve bond last week in celebrating his seems, on the surface at least, to him of a ll coaching duties . He acbirthday. George "Moe" Batter- be rough er t han last year's and with cepted an in vitatio n to return to son, Butler Hall , _a ct ed as spokes- only a handful of veteran s back it Wilkes for the second year as menman for the dorms and made th e is no wonder that t he 'guiding light' tor of the matmen. presentation . of t h e, cagers feels concern. His acceptance takes a big load off t he m ind of Ral ston and the administration and brig ht en s the · chan ces for a s uccessful wrestling season. Intra-mural basketball t eams are Metroka, a vet eran of last year's Reese will find no easy road bei ng formed for th e fairer sex on cage wars with the Colonelettes. though . Although the groaner campu s and women with a yen to Members of th e team are Barbara sq uad was not hit hard by graduabounce a basketball or to lose som e Walters, Barbara Bialogowicz , Le- tion, news came last week that the extra weight are urged to sign up na Misson, Beverly Clause , and Rey nolds boys would be unabl e to for the loop. There are plenty of Audrey Cragle . continue in the mat game this year. positions still open to all com ers . A veteran in the tru e sense of The gap caused by their departur e The games will be played every the word is Mary Ann Sparks, a from t h e scene is a wide one, both Thursday morning at 11 o'clock former U.S. WAVE. Mary Ann of the boys being standout m en in starting shortl y after Thanksgiving (Salty for short) played basket- t h eir , respective weights. vacation . · ball while in t he Navy and sh ould However, Reese has a reputation Although there has been a good Drove a · valuable asset to the of building teams from practically turnout up to date it is hoped that Wilkes women. She has onl y one nothing t hat hold thei r own in any still more will co me into the fo ld. difficulty at present and that is competition, and it is hoped t hat A dorm team has been formed, try in g to learn how to play a ccord- many n ew faces in the form of composed completel y of freshmen. ing to g irls ' rul es. (In the Navy candidates will be on hand to welThey are Phyllis Schrader, Miriam the y do everything by men's rules come Reese back. Thomson, Joan Davi s, Betty Jane 'ti s rumored.) Ralston announ ced that the mat Lott, Margaret Malko, and MarShipmates of Sparks are Delores schedule is one of the most atg aret Stevens. Pietrns,ki, Betsey Bretz, Elaine tra ctive in years and the t eams facHeading a so far unid entified Jakes, Ka ckie Oliver, and Sally ing W ilkes this season are topteam of lassie cagers is El Nora Wer m uth. flight in every way. Cage Squad Shapes Up, Season Unpredictable REESE HEADS MATMEN CJ\~JDJDATES NEEDED WOMEN'S INTRA-~JURAL LOOP IN OFFING Attendance Aga in The attendance at tomorrow's game should prove somethng one way or another. With only four high school contests scheduled in the area and t he oth er local college playing t heir gam e at night, we should ha ve a good opportunit y to see just how well the community has taken to th e 1954 Colonels. Of course t he attendance figures should be swelled by a large gathering of old grads back for homecoming at any rate we hope so, but if th e town is at a ll interested we should notice it in t he lack of space left to sit down in at game A L JETE R time. It's always nice t o see t he old boys come back to the campus (every once in awhile we even run into a few who swore ·th ey would never return for fear so meo ne wo uld t ell them they had to tak e an oth er semest er due to ov erc ut a ssemblies. ) E ven in the face of Could Happen Like we say, it's nice to see th em, and nicer yet, if we have so mething that we can brag about. Thi s year we beli eve that the '54 edition of the Colon els is something worth just that - bragging about. If we were betting people we might be inclin ed to go out on a limb and predict a victory for Coach Ral ston's 'tigers'. Of course when we talk about going out on a limb we remember a guy by the name of Ralston who made a prediction about last year's basketbal l season, a few games before it end ed , only to see the crystal ball bounce off his skull in the last gam e. One More Time W e a lso remember the early part of this year when we planted our feet firm ly on the ground and anno unced to one and all - Cleveland in seven games - no doubt about it. W e never have h eard the end of this little miscue. In fact, the finance company confiscated our crystal ball and the insurance company took away our policy claiming that we w ere a bad risk. We've had our setbacks and that's for s ure, but we have a hunch that we a re finally going to get on the ball tomorrow when Moravian in va des Colo n elland. JORDAN Est. 1871 Men's Furnishin g s anrl Hats of Quality ** 9 West Market Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Both clubs assured t h emselves of winning seasons last week w hen they hum bled their foes. For Moravian, this mar-ks the first time they'v e been on the black side of t h e ledger in 12 years. The Greyhounds to date have 5 triumphs against 2 losses . One of these defeats came at the hands of one of P ennsylvania's two undefeated t eams, Juniata, by a 14 to 12 score. Their other downfall came against P enna. Military College. T o t h e only common foe, Lebano n Va lley, Moravian handed to the Dutchmen a 20 to 6 defeat. The home forc es beat th e boys from Annville, Pa., 19 to 0. Last year, left halfba ck Jim Evanko was the big gun in the Grey hounds attack wh en the two t eams clashed. This season , right. ha lfback Joe Gerencser has been· ea ting up yardage to form a terrifi c one-two punch . Along w it h t hese halfbacks sparking the ground attack, quarterback Bill Marsh adds deception via his passing, t o make the Greyhounds a rea l threat. T o top it a ll , th e squad is at top strength and on defense Moravian ranks 15th in the nation among small colleges. In the opposite corner, Coach George Ralston's sq uad is quite hampered. Al Nicholas, ·who came into hi s own la st week against Bridgeport, has an injured rib. Ron Rescigno is recovering from an a nkl e in j ury and Andy Breznay is re : up erating from a chest injury. Ralston hopes that Breznay and Resc igno will be ready to go but Nicholas is strictly on th e doubtful li st. Probable starting lin eups are: Wilkes: LE, Gronka; LT, Braut iga n ; LG, Fay; C, Carey; RG, Trosko; RT, Masonis; RE, Dadurka; QB, Gross; LH, Chapko; R H, F itz gera ld; FB, Ri chards. Morav ian : LE, Potter, LT, Engstrom; LG, Gum; C, Storch; RG, Savacool, RT, Haack; RE, Shrophire; QB, Marsh; LH, Evanko; RH, Gerencser; FB, Weaver. suc h danger there always seems to be a good turnout. Parker Petrilak Named Booter Captain Bob Partridge a nnounced ea rly this week t ha t t he soccer t eam has elected Parker Petrila k t o serve as ca pta in of t he 1955 hooter sq uad. Parker, a vete ran of t h ree years of soccer play h as done a stand out job in his ca pa city of goalie. Petrila k was named 'Player of t he W eek' by t he Beacon earlier this yea r for pe r fo rm a nce in t he nets during a week t hat saw t he Colonels play t h ree ga mes against stiff com 1>etition. Old Park seems t o cro p up in th e da rnd est places. Just when yo u expect to see him retire fr om t he act ive list as far as athletics are co ncer ned he co mes back s tronger than eve r . Misses' Orlon SWEATERS Short Sleeve SLIP ONS 4.99 Long Sleeve CARDIGANS 6.98 o Soft 'n' Silky Wear Like Iron o Pastels - Jewel - Deep Shades o All Perfect Quality - Sizes ·34-40 Sportswear - Pomeroy's 2nd Floor �.;.s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _W_IL_KE __S_C_O_L_LE_G_E_B_E_A_C_O_N _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _F_ri_d_ay.._,;,..._N___ ovember 19, 1954 Al Nicholas Wins 'Player of Week' As Career Ends Cited. by Bridgeport Scribes As Best Ball Carrier Seen in New England Area This Season This week the Sports Scrib~s of the _Beacon had no tr_ouble m selectmg the outstandmg athlete for the last seven day period. Because of his outstanding performance, leadership, and sportsmanship at Bridgeport last Saturda y, th e title of Beacon 'Player of th e Week' goes t o A l Nicholas. Al was a consistent thorn in the side of the Un iversity of Bridgeport all night as he ate up yardage through th e Pu1·ple Kn ight line. He was averaging, u p . to the time of a ri b injury whi ch put him out of action, 16 yards per t l' y . Newsmen of th e Bridgepo l'L area were overh eard to say tha t Al Ni cholas is th e greatest ball ca.n ier that they h ave ever seen . He attended Auburn High School, New Yorfl, as a freshman, where ·- PIC SCHEDULE The following clubs will have th eir yearbook pictures taken at the gym next week: Monday, November 22 12:1 5-Biolo~y Club 12 :30-Che'!ustr?' Club 12 :4fi--Eng meermg Cluh Tuesday, November 23 12 :15-Choral Club 12 :00-Psychology Club 12:30-Men's Chorus 12 :45-Band he was introduced to the game. His sop homore year was spent at GAR High School in Wilkes-Barre; then i,e ,·eturned to Auburn where he r eceiv er! hi s dir,loma. lt was here that Al began to shine in the wav of football honors. His first award ca me to him when he was chosen to represent the All-State New Nick Gets Last Collegiate Touchdown Yo rk Football t eam. After two and a half years at Wilkes, Al re<:eived "Greetings" from Uncle Sam and was forced t o put his educat ional plans as ide in favor of t he United Stat es Marines. Wanting to keep his hand in th e game while in the service, he voluntee red for the football I squad at Camp Lejeune. He not j only piled up a great deal of extra ; experience, but made a real name fo r him self in t he service leagues. , Al is in his eighth semester, and upon completion of his student ; teaching in F ebruary, will g ain hi s dip loma as an education major. A happily married man, Al fee ls that he is just about fini s hed with footba ll fr om a player's standpoint, ! but the sports scribblers fee l that i foo tball is in his blood and that he : will a lwa ys ha ve some kind of con11ettion with th e game. The BEACON asked Al's pn!tty w1fe,,Louise, whether or not shv ' ";rndcd his pla~·ing. Wi thout hesi - : tation sh e answered '' I like the game, and I pa rtin;larly lik e to 8eP Al 1un." 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Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1954 November 19th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954 November 19 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/97442015a99105390908b30d87f7cde3.pdf 3414b724f2f55a10d0f93e8e8a8ea6e9 PDF Text Text \VICI{ES -~ .,?~ WILKES COLLEGE THE BEACON ~Beacon The Community College, Serving Wyoming Valley And The World WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA Vol. X, No. 8 Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1954 I ' Three-Hour Parking Slickers To Be Issued, Lines Will Be Painted On South River Street BEACON Photo l;>y Jerry Lind Mayor Receives College Commillee lo Discuss Parking CITY HALL CAUCUS - Several ideas to help solve the Wilkes 1>arking situation were outlined yesterda y at a City Hall meeting between Mayor L uther M. Kniffen and members of his official sta ff and a parking committee of the Beacon. Left to right are: Jack Curtis, Beacon Editor; Ca pt. Chris Ri goni, Ca ptain of Traffic; J . Russell .Taylor, Chief of Police; Mayor Kniffen; Robert ,vmiams, sec retary to the Mayor; Jonni Falk, Beacon News Editor; and Dick Jones, staff feature writer. Several of the plans outlined will be put into effect s hortl y. Engineers to Hold Wilkes' Biggest Dramatic Old r·ashion Sta.mp E d ''G ■ IC '' At Gym Friday n eavor, 1r razy , By TOM KASKA · The musical Straw Hats, featuring caller Carl Vehoski, will be on hand at the Wilkes gym tomorrow night. to furnish music for the Harvest Hoedown, a Fall sport dance sponsored by the Engineering Club of the co-li ege. The Straw Hats, an aggregation widely known in th is area, will present an evening of round and square dance music beginning at 9 and continuing to midnight. Lou Kline, President of the Engineering Club, said earlier this week that the dance promises to be one of the gayest dance spectacles of the year at Wilkes. Kline, speaking for the club, expressed hope for a fine turnout, to benefit one of the largest clubs on campus. H e announced at the same time that a steel guitar, a straw hat, and plenty of fun were chosen as the central themes for the affair. The General Chairman for the dance is George Kolesar. In charge of ti ck ets is Art Clemm, a freshman. Sophomore Ben Howells has handled advertising chores, and Tom Sarnecki and Dick Bunn are Chairmen of the Refreshments and Decorations Committees, respectively. Set for Next Fri., and Sat. - See Photos On Page 2 By MARY AN POWELL When the orchestra plays the overture• to "Girl Crazy" on opening night, November 19, at Irem Temple, Wilkes College will be presented with its first big comin-of-age birthday present. As part of the college's 21:St birthday celebration, Cue 'n' Curtain joins the music department in presenting its first fullscale musical comedy to usher in a Homecoming Weekend that prom- one-act opera, "The Professor" , Mr. ises to be the most spirited in the Gro h and Mr. Detroy announced hi story of the college. that both groups had sufficient taGeorge and Ira Gershwin's hila- len t and energy to do a first-rate rious and zestful "Girl Crazy", a musical comedy. Included in "Girl Crazy", are hit show which contains the most joyous score ever written by an Ameri- tunes which h elped the Gershwins can composer, is th e first big pro- gain immortal fame. Some are : duction on Cue 'n' Curtain's calen- "I'm Bidin' My Time", "Treat Me dar. This play was proclaimed the Rough", "I Got Rhythm", and "Em best s how of the 1930 Broadway braceable You". season . Not s ince "All in Fun", an In th e comedy leads are veteran original all-male musical written performers Howard "Skinny" Enfor the Lettermen and presented in nis and Basia Mieszkowski, with th e spring of 1949, has Cue 'n' Cur- Paul Shiffer making his debut in tain considered such an ambitious a comic ro le, Fred Cohn and Eleaproject. nor Detroy as the romantic leads, After last year's s uccessful pro- and Bruce Williams as Lank, the duction of Ibsen's "The Master outlaw of Arizona. Others in the cast who contribute Builder" and "The Nervous Wreck" and, in conjunction with the School to the merriment are B'ili Crowder, (continued ·on page 2) of Music, Wilbur Isaac's original I By JACK CURTIS, JONNI FALK and DICK JONES The City of Wilkes-Barre is deeply concerned with the critical" parking conditions for students at Wilkes College and it will take positive action to alleviate the situation within the next ten days, Mayor Luther M. Kniffen told a three-man editorial board of the Beacon yesterday afternoon. In a meeting at City Hall between Editor Jack Curtis, News Editor Jonni .Falk and Feature Writer Dick Jones, representing the paper, and Mayor Kniffen, Police Chief Russell J. Taylor, Traffic Captain Chris Rigoni, and Robert Williams, secretary to the Mayor, several remedies were discussed and several adopted. Suggestions put before the city board by the Beacon and adopted, included (1) the issuing of three-hour parking stickers to students having classes or laboratories of three hours or more, (2) painting of individual parking spaces in the block di- HOFSTRA DEBATE ENDS IN IMPASSE; JUDGES DON'T SHOW By T. R. PRICE Wilkes can't even claim a split with Hofstra after the Friday foot ball game and debate held at the Long Island school. We lost the footba ll game, but for the sake of hon est reporting . who won the debate? According to Dr. Arthur Kruger, coach of the debating team, everybody showed up for the debate except th e judges. Thus, while a good workout was had by his Wilkes charges, nobody will ever knGw who won. The debate went on as scheduled, and while the team is sure ft emerged victorious, there is no ,way of knowing officially since the delinquent judges are the king ,bee;; who say for the record just who got stung. Wh en it comes to stinging, the Wilkes wasps have an impressive r ecord for doing just that. Last year a lon e, they defeated s uch major league competition as Flor ida and UCLA in th e Nationals at West Poi nt. Veteran Nick Flannery won the state extemporaneous speaking champions hip. We can't put the Hofstra debate into the books as a win, but we're sti ll undefeated, aren't we? STUDENT COUNCIL SETS BUDGET MEETING SUNDAY Since t he administrative council has refused to accept the budget which the student co uncil submitted to it last week, the student council will meet on Sunday afternoon to further discuss the problem. rectly facing the college on South Riv er Street between Northampton and South, and (3) policing of the student parking lot at South Franklin and South Streets. Mayor Kniffen, sincerely concerned with th e lack of adequate parking facilit ies for students, stated that while he is in the process of arranging for t he "possible" so1ution to the whole thing," he will make concessions regarding violation tickets received by Wilkes drivers. The Mayor requested all students receiving tickets in the immediate college area to write the circumstances leading to the tagg ing of their cars on the back of the tickets, n a m e, address, • course, and reason for overparking or otherwise violating parking regulations. The city h ead stated that arrangement will only be a temporary one, but that h e feels "that the students at Wilkes should not suffer because of a lack of parking facilities." The Mayor was sympatheic with students, especially those at Wilkes, "many of whic h I know are working their way through college. It seems completely wrong for us to expect them to pay $2.50 for one day's parking. We also would not expect them to· pay 50 cents to a dollar to park elsewhere on a Jot." Long Aware "This situation has been bothering me for a long time," Mayor Kniffen revea led, "and I have been hoping for an opportunity to talk to members of th e Beacon." "I've got my fighting shoes on," he said, "and if it's in my power we will have this solution soon." Chief of Police Russell Taylor pointed out that he has had a number of complaints from residents of the area within four blocks of Wilkes, and that from (continued on page 2) �2 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Thursday, November 1L 1954 LJ • Queen' College To Have ·' nomecomzng By JANICE S CHUSTER . The fir s t Alu mni Hom ecoming Queen in the history of the college will be chosen by members of the BEACON s taff to reign over the sched ul ed November 20 fest ivities. E very co-ed on cam pus, excluding members of the BEACON, is eligible and t he queen will be select ed s trictly on the basis of beauty. The luc ky g irl, who will have all the co mforts of a qu een, will be re vealed in the next is sue of this paper. Ho wever, t he BEACO N will be del ay ed until F riday of ne xt week in or der that the Queen's identity rem a in a deep secret until the day of the beg innin g activity. At a r ecent meeting between s taff members and secretar y of the Al umni Association , Tom Moran, it was decided that the lovel y youn g miss who will be presented with a loving cup through the comtesy of t he BEACON, a nd flo wers from the A lu mni Associa t ion, will be crown ed bet ween hal ves of the Wilkes-Mo r avian game. She will ru le over the afternoon r evelry a nd continue her r eign PRINCIPALS OF "GIRL CRAZY" CommiUee Set For .AH-College Dance Nov. 26 on into the even ing ove r t he clim axin g cocktail party at the Hotel Sterling. is expected t hat the q ueen will be able to lead the A lu mni caravan from Chase Hall to Kingston Stadium if the services of a convertible can be obtained. Also: the BEACON hopes to acquire an honor g ua rd for her reignin g ma jesty. It is believed that this preced ent set by t he BEACON will become a n annu al feat ur e of future Homecoming Days. It BIGHOMECOMINGCELEBRATION BEGINS NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT By JANICE SCHUSTER The week-end of November 20th will take Wilkes Alumni back to the cherished memories of their college days as they return to the campus to a ttend the annual Homecoming. The welcome mat will be set out by the present students as they do the ir share to make the festive occasion a complete success by decorating all buildings to highlight the spirit of the Homecoming. The activity begins officially on Friday night at the Kingston. House, where an informal reception will be held for the sons and daughters of the Colonel. and will continue throughout the re- By HELEN M. KRACHENF E LS Glori a Dran an d Jim Benson, coch airm en fo r t h e All- College Dance to be held on No vemb er 26, r ecen t l y announ ced th e following committee h eads : Entertainment: Bill Crowder and Bob Lynch; Refreshm ents: Ann Dick son and Dick Carpenter; Clean-up : Dick Bunn and Merrie Jones; Chap eron es : Sam Lowe and Jim N everas ; Publicity: Phyllis Walsh and H elen Krach enfels ; Invitations: Nancy Morris and Ann Dickson; !)~c;9r;i,tions: Sam Lowe and Mer- YEARBOOK PICTURE DEADLINE SET FOR TOMORROW AT 3 mainder of the week end. Saturday morning registration will begin at nine and will continue t hroug h noo n in the main lounge of Chase Hall. A combination luncheon and bus ines s meeting w ill fo llow in t h e mai n ca feteri a with Dr. Eugene S. Farley, coll ege presi- , dent, h eading th e list of speakers. A Colonel Caravan will form at 1 :30 from the campus to t he stadium where a special Homecoming Section will be set aside for th e Al umni so th ey can cheer t h eir Alma Mater on against the Moravian College eleven . The fun -filled week-end will come to a climax at a cocktail party a nd dance beginnin g at 7 p .m . where t he res ults of the election of officers fo r 1955 w ill be r evealed. Members of the Homecoming Committee are: · Regi st ration : Louise Hazeltine, . chai r la dy; Loretta Farris, Doris Shiner, Mrs. Ruth Roberts; Public Relations : Frank Stolfi, Lloyd Davies, Jim Richardson; Get-Together Party : Dr. Robert Kerr, chair man ; Dr. Frank Speicher, Stewart Colman, Ann Treveryan Speicher, Jos eph B. Farrell, E sq ., . Al Colman , Leon Wazeter, Alberta No vick Killian; Luncheon Meeting: Shirley Sal sburg, chairlady; Rhu ea Williams Culp, Jun e 0 wens ; l Und erclassm en w ho have n ot had th ei r picture taken for the 19,55 Amnicola still have until 3 p.m. tomorrow to do so. Through the fault of defective eq uipment, the pictures taken last d ~ Jottes, FRED COHI'-{ ELEANOR DETROY week for the yearbook were not 'rhe da nce is an annual affair, up to par. The photographers have CR A ZY LEADS - The leading roles in t he college's biggest a nd an d invitations are sent to colleges agreed to retake them at no addiMost elaborate dramatic pres entation, "Girl Crazy", are Fred Cohn and uni ver si ties for hundreds of tional charge to those who have and Mrs. Elean!)r Detroy, wife of John Detroy, head of t he Wilkes miles around. Last year's affair a lready paid a sitting fee of $.75. Music Department. The play, part of the giant Homecoming Weekwas attended by a hu ge crowd, and These people have until 3 o'clock end, will open Friday night at Irem Temple and will continue was hailed as a tremendous social tomorrow to have th eir pictures t h rough ~turday night. A la r ge cast of actors, dancers and singsuccess by the students of other ers has been rehea r s ing for many weeks to assure a top-flight pror etaken. colleges who attended. Editors J ean Kravitz and Jim du ction. Bes ides the fine acting and s inging of Cohn and Mrs. DeAl Powell a nd his orch est ra wiH N everas urge all under classm en to troy, the unbeatable comed y antics of Howard "Skinny" Ennis will provide the music for t he evening, r eport to th e Amnicola office tobe featured. through the cou rtesy of the Amerimo rrow if you plan to have a piccan F ederation of Musician s , L ocal ture in the yearbook. The office 140. ch ronic off end ers are and we are Fellowship lnfonnation is located on the second floor of There is no admission cha rge conductin g a tho rough check to deInfo rmation on National Science f or th e affair, and refreshm ents term in e just how m any students of Foundation graduate and postdoc- the L ecture Hall. are al so free, so remember to save necessity must drive to school." toral 'l'ellowships may be obtained room in your Thanksgiving holiday In clos ing the meeting, the by contacting Dr. Alfred Bastress, END schedule for th e Student Council 's Mayor s uggested that car pools dean of inst r uction. COLLEGE LOSEs · FRI A ll College Dance. be explored as a possibility for The fellowships will be awarded BY SUDDEN DEATH OF eliminating unnecessa ry cars in in March, 1955. Applications must THEODORE DUGANNE The student body , facu lty and the area. be received in th e Fellowship OfMAYOR VOWS administration of Wilkes were "We'll do everythin g hum anly fi ce by January 3, 1955 . possible," the city head stated , shocked at the sudden death of (continued from page 1) "and yo ur coo peration will help Mr. T heodore Duganne, resident the city's standpoint alone, "this squad. There is a person h ere at of the camp us and a friend to us to help you." problem must also be solved." Bowling Green taking graduate the school and a ll who knew him. Chief Taylor and Mayor Kniff en The Beacon s peaks as a repreFootball Arrangem ents : Jack work with m e by t h e nam e of Phil join ed ~~ptain_ Rigoni a!1~ Secre- Re ort From Dannick Sek erc hak . He is the fellow who sentati ve of t he en t ire college F eeney, Norman Cross , George tary W1lham s 111 em phas1z111g that p . . the onl y real sol ution is to provide H ere 1s news of 111terest to all set all thos e basketball records at when it extends sincerest sy m- Lewis, Jack Jones, Olin Thomas, a parking Jot of size enoug h to those who have f?l\ owed th e for - Wilk es that were broken by " Mr. path y to members of his fami l y. Bob Gorgas; I "Ted's" friendly s mile a nd ever Cockta ils, Buffet, Supper, Dance : eventually eliminate a ll parki ng on tunes of t he Wi lkes Basketball Bask etball," Len Batroney. pleasant con versations will be Don Honeywell, Murray Hartman, South River Street. missed. Clayton Kar embelas , . J ack Kar n, The Mayor made m ention to th e by Dick lfibler LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS T he former chaulfer of Fred Joseph Savitz, Esq., R ay J a cob s , fact that s uch a lot does exist close M . Ki r b y, Woolworth milliona ire, Miriam Long; to the school a nd would park up Mr. Du ganne res ided in the sec R eservations : Jack Culp, chairto 175 cars. H e intends to explor e ond floor apartment of the build- man; Dot Winter st ei n, Jack Klo ebthis possibility w ithin the next t en ing at the r ear of Kirby H a ll, er, All en Bloomburg; days, he told t he Beacon. former residence of the Kirby Jud g ing: G ifford Cappellini, Stickers Planned family. He died s uddenly at chairm an ; Doris Knarr Piersall, Plans for th e three-h our sti ck ers, noontime last Friday. Ru th Puncheon Jon es , N elson to be handl ed by the Beacon , will ■---------•·•·llli---• Jon es, Shirl ey Stookey Frank, Sal-• be drawn up in t he n ext week. 'l yann e Frank Rosenn, John F. 0'-· Painting of lin es will be don e by Malley, Esq., L enor e Linsh es T ishWILKES' BIGGEST t h e city and th e Mayor will notify ler, William Mattern , E l mer J .. (continued from p age 1) the coll ege of th e time of painting. Jane Obitz, Britton Kil e, Nancy Ha rris, Esq. The Mayor praised the contri Batch eler, Natalie Rudusky, J erry bution of Wilkes to the commuLind, James J ones, and, in a spenity and its young people and cial write-in rol e, Millie Gittins. agreed with the Editorial staff All stud en ts will r eceive on e that it is a shame the college and 1complimentary ticket for either the s tudents should s uffer bad public Friday or Saturday per f ormance relations with the city and area upon presentation of their a ctivity residents. "Es pecially," the MayOri. Tuesday , Nov. 2, election day,, passes at th e bookstore. The actior commented, "when it is not vity pass is not considered an ad- t h e political minded students of their fault." mission ticket. Additional tic<kets Wilkes ventured into the h eat of Another meeting with th e city are 85 cents. All reserved seats the political battl e. h ead is tentati vel y scheduled in two Several students conducting a are $1.85. weeks , to allow suffi cient time for Dramat ic stud ents in Valley high s urvey fo und that loca l polling the city board to run down all posschools ha ve been presented with places are fairly good in regard sibiliti es of reaching a satisfactory ti ckets, continuing the Wilkes poli- to their physical en vironment. solution - one which will be satisOf 70 voting places visited , 14 cy of " Open House" nights for lofactory to the college, stud ents, could be considered poor , 21 wer·e cal amateur theatrical groups. the city governm ent and residents. Mr. Groh and Mr. Det roy are di- judged to be in fair condition and Urges Cooperation recting the show. Lois Long is do- 21 were con sidered good. Only 12 In the meantime, the Mayor sug ing th e dances, Francis Schreiber received the accolade of 'excellent'. gested , the students can help by The survey found stores, garages, designing th e set s and Joseph Sa- -.:__-=showing as much consideration unraceni is in char ge of lighting and barber shops and schools being used der the circum stances as possible. "Did you notice t hat genuine imported special effects. · m ost fr equently fo r voting places. He a lso stated, "We know who the l I 12 Polling Places Get 'Good' Ratings I -- �vv 1LKES COLLEGE BEACON · Thursday, November 11, 1954 Letters to the Editor Dear Sir: During the last two weeks you have blasted the Student Council for cutting The Beacon budget. You have based your argument for the funds which you requested on the fact that you want to publish · a paper of six pages in order that you will ·have enough space in which to print news of importance to our college. The publicity chairman of The Big Band Blast submitted an artide for The Beacon which was cut to the point of a want-ad; most of her article was replaced by a cartoon. Are cartoons "news of importance"? The biggest event forth-coming en t he coll ege calendar is the muskal comedy "Girl Crazy", but not a word in the Nov. 4th Beacon. In short, you have not justified your request. Stop the sour grapes editorials. Take what you have, be thankful for it, and do some honest reporting. You will, no doubt, receive many letters concerning the "mud slinging" in "The Way They Voted" article, so I shall just mention that Bob Lynch is working his way through school. He attended part of the Student Council meeting, and then had to leave for work in The Bookstore. If this dirty tabloid type of thing is journalism, I am amazed that The Beacon received one cent from the Student Council. Sincerely yours, Robert E. Moran Asst. Prof. of Mus. Ed. Science Majors Find Balance Handy Gadget By LES WEINER Would you like to weigh something that goes about one tenthousandth of a 'gram or 0.0000035 ounce? The Chem lab can do it by using one of the most intriguing and interesting instruments in the scientific field - the analytical balance. Even if you have never ta•ken "Quant", you may have heard about this gadget. The essential feature of the balance is a simple lever operating on a knife-edge fulcrum which is placed at the center of the lever. Pans are suspended at both ends of the lever. The object is placed in one and weights of a known value in the other. There are different types of analytical balances. The one used in "Quant" is the rider balance. Other types are the chain balance, the notched-beam, the keyboard and the micro balance. The microbalance is a special instrument sensitive to one one-thousandth milligram or one microgram. Whew! Just a ittle to light to ·w eigh the Frau. - WILKES COLLEGE - Beacon A newspaper published each week of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. ... John D. Curtis Editor . . Ivan Falk Asst. Editor Asst. Editor Pearl Onacko Sports Editor ..... ... Allen Jeter Business Mgr . .. .. Arthur Hoover Faculty Adviser . .. George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes Campus. Telephone: VAlley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Prirttery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. Dear Editor : May I be allowed to comment upon a development which I consider to be dangerous, infantile, and unprodu ctv i ve? I write this letter as an interested reader of the Beacon rather than as a member of the faculty. Perhaps the observations of a third person are what is needed at this stage to point out the absurdity of certain actions. The Beacon has become involved with the Student Council over matters pertaining to the budget. While honest differences of opinion are to be expected and encouraged, one questions whether anything is accomplished by intemperate language, by personal vendettas, or by constant bickering and name-calling. How long are we to be exposed to the cycle of passionate attack one week, passionate counter·- attack the next, counter-counter-attack the third? I have followed this controversy from its inception. I, too, have gone through a cycle: from interest, to amusement, to irritation, to boredom, to frustration. I have been appalled at the viscious statements and at the under-handed techniques that have been employed. I have shuddered at the irresponsible and unsupported allegations that have been made, allegations that come very close to slander and libel. Not only have the individuals involved been dirtied, but certain disinterested clubs and organizations have been inj ected into the controversy by your correspondents. What is going to be the final result: The Beacon standing alone against the student body, or The Beacon working cooperatively with and for thr. student body? Many r eal problems exist on this campus, as they do at any vital and expanding college. Both the Student Council and The Beacon have the talent, the enthusiasm, and the opportunity to contribute materially to the solution of those problems. Both of your staffs have been chosen to represent the student body and the college; both of you have made optimistic promises to us about what you could do and would do. I know well the individuals who are serving on the council and on the newspaper, and I have no doubt as to their sincerity and abilities. However, all of you, will be judged on the basis of your accomplishments rather than on the basis of your controversies. Would it not be well to bring this usel ess and irrational controversy to an end? Would it not be well to make apologies, where apologies are necessary? Would it not be well to conciliate and cooperate, where conciliation and cooperation are fruitful? Would it not be well to reassess your philosophy and goals so that your proven talents can be utilized to their maximum degree? You are to be congratulated for tl;le interest, for the enthusiasm, for the vitality, and for the readability you have brought to The Beacon. Let the record show at the end of the year that you have been imaginative, a productive, a successful, a model editor-in-chief. The decisions, the goals, the opportunities, the challenges are yours. Sincerely yours, George F. Elliot Chem Club Holds Meeting A reorganization m e et in g of the Wilkes College Chemical Society was held recently at Conyngham Hall. Warren Blaker, president, was in charge of the meeting. Other officers present were Richard B. Carpenter, vice president; Sally Harvey, secretary; and James E. Mark, treasurer. Plans were made for the forthcoming year's social and educational events. After transaction of routine business matters , the meeting was adjourned. The club later held a social gathering at Chase Theater and Blaker welcomed the Freshmen on behalf of the club. Carpenter discussed plans of the student affiliation of the American Chemical Society and AT EASE! BEACON EDITORIALS A Clarification By DICK JONES Beginning today, Armistice Day will be renamed Veterans' Day and will honor all American GI's who hav e served their countr y from the Argonne Forest to the mountains of Korea. Armistice Day had been set aside to observe and honor only World War I vetera ns. The college set aside from 11 a.m. to 1 p.'m. for observance of Vets' Day. One veteran we would like the student body to meet is Joh'n Kushnerick, who is 25 and resides in Plymouth. John enlisted in the Navy through the V-5 program and attended Wilkes under this program from 1946-48. He then entered Naval Pre-Flight school in August, 1948, at Pensacola, Florida, and was commissioned a naval aviator with duty as carrier pilot, in June, 1950. He served aboard the carrier USS Coral Sea for 13 months on occupation tours in the Mediterranean area, and was later assigned to the carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. Kushnerick compiled 185 carrier landings and 1200 flight hours in th e F4 U Corsair. He has also flown the AD Skyraider and the F2H Banshee Jet Fighter. John resigned his commi ssion as Lieutenant, Junio r Grade in 1954, and returned to Wilkes to study chemistry and education. Glancing at the many papers sent to the Beacon from various colleges , we notice that our column is one of few. However, most of th e -colleges do have a Veterans' club. Greetings from the President have r eached John Williams, who left Tuesday for the service. Maybe he'll be lucky enough to have Joe Sikora blast reveille in his ear. Joe, as we hear, is playing a wonderful bugle in Uncle Sam's gravel pounders. I'd Ike to introduce to our readers Cliff Brothers, the co-writer of this column. Cliff is 24 and hails from Casey, Illinois. An ex-Flyboy, Cl iff served four years with the Boys in Blue, the Air Force to those not fa miliar with Airedale lingo. Fairbanks, Alaska, was Cliff's happy, but cold , residence for two years. He was then transferred to Red Rock AF Base, Penna. During his tour of dut y, Cliff served as a Radar Technician. A major in law, he is a r esident of Ashley Hall. He is interest ed in creative writing, is a member of the Beacon staff, ·and likes tennis and basketball. By the way, girls - I think he's engaged. Veterans interested in forming an intramural basketball team, contact Cliff Brothers or Dick Jones at Ashley Hall, VA 3-9298. Did any of you fellows see our allotment checks? I think Vic Vet must have mi splaced them. Does anyone have a dime? Coffee, you know! You too can compete in the Ugl y Man Contest! I say Yanks, shall we give it a go? the social calendar was discussed by Miss Harvey. Frank J. Salley, faculty adviser to the club, made a few brief comments. Refreshments were served. Club spokesmen feel that the club is entering its most profitable and successful academic year since its in ception on the Wilkes campus. Engineers Pick Officers The Editor was much disturbed by the misconceptions expressed in what was probably a well-meaning letter to the editor which appears in this week's issue. May we take space to clarify. Mr. Bob Moran states that during the past two weeks we have blasted the Student Council. To start with, that is not so. We skipped a week between blasts. Secondly, in his letter, Mr. Moran points out the " want-ad" size story the Beacon re-wrote from the publicity release sent it by students in the _music department. Now, the Beacon has from the beginning of the year been the strongest advocate qf school spirit and has tried to lend itself to an improvement of that "invisible" at insti tutions of higher learning. Does it seem logical that we would purposely "kill" a story which would be of help in building that spirit? Well,' we will answer a point-blank, "No." The real reason that the story came out so small - in spite of the robm we needed for the excellent parking cartoon, which by the way, is also for the benefit of the entire student body - is that the story came in long after deadline time, noon Tuesdays, and was written in such a manner that no journalist in his right mind would print it. Had·the story been for a high school paper, it possibly could have passed - you know how disinterested some of those English-teaching faculty advisers are in high school. We did our best at the printery. We had luckily taken a portable typewriter to the shop and pounded out as much as we could understand of the "hep cat" theme article, not typewritten, just before the presses began to roll. We felt we were doing a good turn. We even gave it a two-column headline. About 'Girl Crazy' Then about Cue 'n' Curtain. Mr. Alfred Groh, adviser of the group and director of "Girl Crazy" will verify this. It was no fault of the Beacon that no publicity was given the musical in last week's issue. In fact, sir, the editor personally, wishing to support what hopes to be a great play, pounded the pavements on campus two evenings trying to find someone to give us a story. The representative of the drama group who is supposed to handle all publicity for it, showed up Wednesday night, according to Mr. Groh, to write the story. Well, folks, we go to press early Thursday morning. This kind of thing can't be done, even if we wanted to do it. Quite a storm has developed as a result of the Beacon's use of a certain council member's name in capital letters. This was done to point out that a person who had severely criticized the paper and its policies and personnel the week previous was not interested enough to vote in the crucial re-consideration of the student activities budget. Now, we were wrong in implying that the council member in question should have been present for the voting. For this we apologize. We feel badly that we have "dragged his name through the Wilkes mud." He really did have to be at work in the bookstore as is testified by Miss Millie Gittens, whose opinion we respect highly. Basic Idea Right But, we still feel that the basic idea of our "caps" letters was right, call it "dirty tabloid journalism" as you may. The individual in question could easily have made his vote by proxy or could have arranged to cast it on the issue prior to leaving the meeting. For the harm, if any, we have done, again, we are sorry. We have made our apology. As pointed out in another letter to the editor, from a person whose opinions we also respect highly, apologies were in order. The Beacon and the Editor now stand ready to accept apologies from persons on campus who deem them proper. Now, let's put an end to this mess. We haven't liked it anymore than you have. All we can say is that we have done our best in the interest of the student body or at least for the greatest portion of it - the majoriy. If we have made enemies, we are sorry, for we meant to make none. Now let us go forward, friends all once again, for the betterment of the college, students, faculty, administration and your college newspaper. Curtis, Editor ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE NOVEMBER 11-iArmistice Day I2-Cue 'n' Curtain, Major Production I3-Football, U. of Bridgeport, Away Tea or Wiener Roast, Education Club 14-Town and Gown 15-Philharmonic I9-Sport Dance, Junior Class and Engineers Club 20-Football, Moravian at Home Alumni Homecoming 22-All College Tea, T.D.R. 24-29-Thanksgi ving Recess 24-T u r key Trot, Sophomore Class · ..26-Dance, Sophomore Class All College Dance, Student Council At a recent meeting, the following were elected officers of the Engineering Club: President, Lou Kline; vice president, Ronald Reed; secretary, Rita DECEMBER Prischnick; treasurer, Younsu Koo. I-Basketball, Ithaca, Away 3-Card Party, T.D.R. 4-Basketball, Bloomsburg at Home 8-Basketball, East Stroudsburg at Home IO-Wrestling, Brooklyn Poly, Away Christmas Formal, Lettermen's Club 11-Basketball, Albright, Away 12-Town and Gown 14-Christmas Buffet, T.D.R. Basketball, Kutztown. Home 15~Christmas Party, Biology Club Wrestling, Swarthmore at Home I6-Movie, Economics Club 17-Wrestliing, Ithaca, Away Christmas Party, Faculty I8-3I-Christmas Recess 28-29-Wilkes Open Wrestling Tournament �4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ===.......,----;-_W.:..:....::ILKES===-C=-O==LLE=-:G=E=-=BEA=..:CO==~N:___ _-,--_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _T.::h~u~r~sd~ay, Nov.e mb;er 11, 1954 THEIR SOCCER DAYS DONE By PEARL ONACKO Hello, again. Miss me? ("Almost," mutters Jeter as he peeks over my shoulder.) Reason for my absence last week - I was waiting for Cunis to print the other half of my previous week's column. He didn't, Falk refused to go social whirling, so no column. Anyway, I'm back - for b etter or for worse - probably the latter. Blast Hit The band blasted its way to a booming success last Saturday nite. The group took in enough moneyno t good Wilkes money for the most part, since outsiders seem ed to outnumber Wilkes m en and women at the affair - but money's m on ay and we should argue ? Not on your li fe. All we hav e to say is good job the group sent in vi tations to other schools; the blast would' , e bee n a dud otherwise. Anyway, the band's happy, w e're happy fo r them, and we'll be looking fo rward to the debut of our own co ll eg e dance orchestra in th P n ear f uture. Square Dance Tomorrow night t h e engineers take over the gym. The group from Conyngham will sponsor a sq uare dance and they're hopnig to far e out better than their chemist n eighbors who were foiled by Hurricane H azel a few weeks back. So, put on your dan cing togs and join in the fun, gang. This 'n' That I dropp ed in on one of the reh ear sals for "Girl Crazy" the other The APE'S EYE VIEW By LEE (Ape) DANNICK (The following column was written by a former Beacon reporter who is still loyal to his old alma mamie. More Wilkes students s hould have the spirit of Lee Dannick. - Editor ) The breezes are blowing, the lea ves are falling , and the annual fall madness called football is upon us once more. Bob Moran raises his baton as of yor and sounding in our ears we h ear the strains of " Wilkes I s In Town Again" as the Colonels rush on the field flashing colors blue and gold. It is a sight that has met my eyes many times in the past and one that I hope to see in the not too distant future . · You who are the students of Wilkes: stick by the Colonels, fill the stands with yo ur presence and the air with your cheers, and imbue the helmeted ones on the fi eld with unbeatable spirit and determination. This column is being written from the press box of my homea way-from-home in Bowling Green, Ohio. Wilkes is b ehind me but certainly not forgotten. You n ever realize how much a thing can mean to you until yo u no longer have it within your grasp . Sekerchak Coaching Phil, who has changed his name to Seker, is a graduat e assistant, helps coach basketball and baseball, and plans to depart from the ranks of the unmar ri ed by the end of n ext m onth. We had quite a time the other ni ght talking about WiJ,kes and compiling a list of all the fri ends w e have in common. JORDAN Est. 1871 evening . I don't claim to be an authority on the theatre, but from what I saw and heard , the musical is go :ng to be terri fic . The so ngs are great, l\i rs . Detroy and Paul Shiffer are excellent , and Skinn y Enn is is at his very best. So, let's ta lk it up, gang. This is one show you can 't afford to miss. Plans for Hom ecoming Weekend are well und erway. Latest bitth e Beawn will sponsor a Homecoming Queen to reign over the festivities. W e think it's a g r eat idea. A reminder to campus organizations time is getting short; better start thinking about decorations for the occasion . Final scoop: Dr. Mailey finally found him. A former student sent the good doctor a magazine article a bo ut him - that great American, Oscar Zil ch, cousin of t he wellkn own man about campus, Joe Zilch . The treasury of the Zilch foundation is at the low point of 7 cents. Any students wishing to contribute to the foundation are assured that their money wiill be used for a good purpose - the betterment of the Zilch's. The Beacon Beams The Bucknellian reports Frosh hazing rules revised in an attempt to set up a more adeq uate syst em. Tribunal hearings will be held in private with only t h e Tribunal and the offending Freshmen pr esent. From the Bloomsburg STC's Maroon and Gold "What's Your Opinion?" Do you think a good name band would be successful at BSTC ? One student answered, "If ye would invite a near-by college s uch as Wilkes the larger attendance would decrease the expense." Mo ravian College c e 1 e b rat e d Fo1:1nder's Dany on October 7, 1954, which commemorat ed the 147th year of the college. Univers ity of Bridgeport's physical education requirements can be completed in two semesters by takin g two courses in gym each semester. George Washington University has a popular column called Job Jots. Each week they list various job openings around the city. U niversity of San Francisco's soccer team's 56 ga me win streak ended by City College of San Francisco. The USF team had not lost a g ame since 1948. The Daily Orange of Syracuse University printed t h eir first wom en 's page. It will be featured once a month. Bucknell University Nat Fruc i, tra nsfer from Wilkes, elected to Tau Beta Pi which is t he eng ineers' equivalent of Phi Beta Kappa. Washington College allows unlimited cuts for those juniors and seniors who maintain ed an average of 1.75 in their Freshman and Sophomore years. T he Uni versity of Buffalo held a dance using as its theme "The Roaring Twenties". The atmos11here was authentic from the "speakeasy" (snackbar) to the customary candle in a bottle. T he affa ir was attended by 900 students who danced to the music of a Dixieland Five and a more conservative type orchestra. Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality 11111111111111111111111111111111111111 II I I I I I I I I '/rt Louis Rosenthal 9 West Market Street Wilkes- Barre, Pa. BOOTERS LOSE FOUR - The Wilkes soccer team, which notched its second straight winning season this fa ll, loses t hree players and a mana ger by graduation this June. Left to right, they includ e : Dick Polakowski, co-captain; Jack Curtis, Library Receives Gift A ustin Sherman, manager ; and Dean Ar van. With only three members of this yea r's squad to be lost, Coach Bob Partridge looks to an even better year on the soccer fields next season. For This Week The library has r eceived another g ift of a periodical coll ection, t his on e given by the daughter of the late William Will i.s , consisting of over 900 copies of the 'Literary Digest', and a like number of the 'North American Review'. A wedding is like a tourniquet- wou ldn 't lik e it." The Wyoming Seminary, Kirby H e: If it was yo ur Dad, I Hall also announces, has graciously it stops circulation. ,:, * ' ' * ,:, wouldn 't do it." presented the College w ith a bound A gentleman is a guy who would set of the 'Congressional Record' marry Jane Russell for companionMan. to cab driver: "What are for the eighty-first Congress. ship . you stopping for?" Driver: "I thought I heard the EVEN HOBOES FIND His wife is a human dynamo young lady say stop ." COLLEGE LIFE THE THING Man : "She wasn't talking to Everybody goes to college she charges ::;everything. ::: * * ,:: you." these days. A good example of Our idea of success is a fellow this fact was illustrated by the "Do you and your wife ever have gentleman who visited Ashley who can heat his home wi th blondes. words?" Hall last week. Some girls are so beautiful that "Yeah, but I don't get a chance A pparently mistaking Ashley for the Salvation Army head- it's a darn shame 20 years from to use mine." ::: ::: i,: ::: ::: quarters, a "Knight of the road" now they'll be 5 years older . ::: : : ::: * : : Said th e small boy: "My pa and was found soundly sleeping in Marriage license clerk: "Have 11;a had an awfu l time getting marthe lounge·. ried . Ma wouldn't marry pa when After a few moments of gentle you been n:iarried before? " Movie a ctress : "Yes ." he was drunk, and pa wouldn't persuasion and a firm had, the Clerk : "To whom?" marry ma when h e was sober." Ashleyites pointed him down the Actress : "What is this a s idewalk, and away he went. Wilkes is known as a friendl y memory t est?" Meet Your Friends at ... college, but after all, he didn't Doct or: "You've been a very even pay tuition. sick man-only your strong conJane: "I wish you'd stop drinking stitution pulled you through." Pati ent: "I hope you remember for my sake." 18 South Main Street Joe: "But I'm not drinking for that when you make out my bill." ::: ::: * * * your sake." . e After the game She: "Stop kissing m e. Dad A .Chuckle and a Smile The SPA LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS ') by Dick Bibler ii I I I I II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I II I 1111111111111111111111 After the dance Anytime for a friendly get-together Favorite Spot .. . . .. For College Students TUXEDOS TO RENT 1 Special Price To Students 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. BAUM'S ======= ANDY'S DINER Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym Plenty of Free Parking Prices fo r the Collegian's Budget , . . . A Reputation Built on Fine Food XXJXJXXXXJXXIJIJJJXIIIXX ACE DUPONT DRY CLEANING Men's Clothing & Furnishings Wilkes-Barre, Pa. • • . "This is when th' coach ran out on th' field for a few words with the referee." 1 Hour Service - 280 S. RIVER ST. WILKES-BARRE XXIIXJXXXIIXXXXXIXIIIXII �Thursday, November 11, 1954 5 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Colonels Travel Again Sat. To Try For 4th Win of .Year Against Bridgeport Knights By RODGER LEWiS Wilkes College gridde1·s will be on the road again this week as they invade Bridgeport for a Saturday afternoon contest with the hometown Purple Knights. • After last week's defeat al the hands of Hofstra the Colonels will be out to get back into the win column. As it now stands the Wilkesmen have a record of three wins against two defeats. Both squads are plagued by injuries . · The Purple Knights have been trying a ll season to fi nd a quarterback to fi ll the •sho es of P ierre Daporis . To add to this headache Bridgeport may have to TRIO OF TROUBLE-MAKERS: A WINNER play w ithout the services of All Left to right, Ronnie Resc ign o, Al Nicholas, Andy Breznay. Stat e cent er Dave Deep w ho is s uf By TOM KASKA Cong ratu lations a re in order to Bob Partridge and the soccer squad A s peedy Hofstra College foot - fe ri ng from an ankle injury. fo r turning up another winning bal l ele ven hand ed the Wil kes grid Bridgeport on the other hand sea son. The y have every reason machine its seco nd defeat of t h e season last Friday, by a score of hasn't won a game so far this in the world to be proud of themHowever, they have s elves seeing a s how the record 32-1 2 in a game played under th e season. lights at Hempstead, N.Y. played major competition of was a ccomplished against major Wilkes , after being held s core- sm all colleges in the east. The c:ompetition with a lot m ore soccer less in the fir s t half, was abl e to only mutual opponent has been experi ence than the Colonels. Wh en we look back over soccer By JOE JABLONSKI punch a cross a tall y in th e third Hofstra. Bridgeport went down A promising group of candidates, composed primarily of period and one in. the fourth, w?ile to defeat by a 45 to 14 score. history at Wilkes it is hard to compare th e t eam of th e past two seas. llofstra scored m every penod. freshmen and sophomores reported for basketball tryouts this . Two long runs highlighted the Other noted losses came against ons with the earl y editions of the past Monday. game, one an 80-yard runback of Upsala, 27 to 0, and Northeastb o .o t e r s . Not It was encouraging to Assistant Coach Bill Mock to have an intercepted pass by Hofstra, the that the old boys such a large representation of underclassmen reporting for the other a 67-yard touchdown gallop ern. didn't p I a y to win - because woTkouts; s ince Wilkes is in the by Al Ni cholas, Colonel halfback. Injury Problem they did - but painful stages of rebuilding, these Are quarterback Bill Sanford was Coach George Ralston has a youngsters a re vitally n eeded to the spark of the Hofstra off ense. s imilar problem. In last wee k's soccer was a new sport here and ' replace last year's graduates. H e threw two touchdown passes defeat, speedsters Andy Breznay As of yet, it is impossible to • 00p and scored once himself on a plunge and Ron Rescig no suffered injuries pioneers always predict the outcome of this year's As the intra-mural league g·oes through the center of the Wilkes that may limit their action against seem to get the eage squad since many of last into its final week of play, the line. shor t end of Bridgeport. Breznay has a chest year's veternns have not yet re- Golden Trojans hold the lead with The Colonels' score in the final injury and Re scigno an ankle inthings for some ported for practice, many of them four wins and no losses. period came after Joe Trosko fell jury. r eason or anbeing members of the soccer and Two of the biggest wheels on the on a fumble on the Hofstra 40. The other. At any However when the Colonel football teams_ However, this talent-loaded Trojans are Harry Wilkesm en moved the ball to the rate we are darn year's team will rely heavily on 'Crazy Legs' Ennis and 'Jum pin' 14, where Nicholas hit Gronka with backfield was forced to play withglad to see this. AL JETER out this duo, Al Nicholas filled such boys as Parker Petrilak, Jim Joe Jablonski. The league leaders a pass in the end zone. new trend and in at his old slot at tailback and hop e .that it will become permanent. Ferris, Harry Ennis, Carl Van have trampled the opposition under did it very impressively. Jack One more year like this one fellas Dyke, Ed Troutman, Joe Popple, by overwhelming scores with the (of all positions) Richards moved a nd we'll call it a habit. Joe Jablonski and Frank Kopicki. exception of Butler Hall. The BEACON STAFFERS CALL , into the fullback s pot made vaThere are only eight players Golden ones eked out a close win FOR CAMPUS KEGLERS A lion's share of credit must be cant by the switch of the former from last year's squad which means over the Butler crewmen , 14 to 12. given Bob Partridge who had If you are a bowling fan then All Stater. Ron Fitzgerald at a golden opportunity for ambitiIt was in this momentous battle "OU are 1·ust the perso n that Dick faith when the res t of us figured wingback and Howard Gross at ous youngsters to "break in". For- that Mickey 'Lung' Perlmuth, the , that the spo rt here was a waste • Jones and Jonni Falk are looking quarterback completed the "new tunately, many former high school Long Is land loudster, t hreaten ed of time and money. The lean stars compose the nucleus of the the referee with phys ical viol ence for. The kegling twosome are look" in the Wilkes backfield. yea rs would have been enough to 'd interested in forming intra-mof res h meh can d I ates, namely: Rob- in such trem endous ton es that Pat b . • • The ser·i·es between these t"'o make lesser men throw in the 'll L JI ra 1 ow 1mg competlt10n. " k l B S d ert o o an 1 !ewe yn, Dougherty s kipped a car in his daiAt one time in the dim dark clubs is even to date with Bridge- towel, but Bo!J stayed with it and Cou ghlin; Ed Birnbaum, Meyers; ly marking round s on South River past Wilkes did have a bowling port taking last year's contest, 2 5 the res ult has paid off in a big JLim . MaPrlks, Lahr ks ville; a nd Art st reet. loop. Interest waned and there to 6. A victory by the gridders ew1s, ymout . W eckesser Hall is still looking way. have been no organized keglers wou ld put th em in th e "se I ect" And s11eak ing of Partr idge, we Assistant Coach Mock has been for its first victory. However, • h h on canmpus for the past few gro up with the soccermen, as it lea rned that the coach missed an m c arge of t e cager drills th e Coach Mel Schmeizer feels that hi s years. would 1·nsure th ein of a wi'n 111· ng a cc1'd ent b y me · h es on th e way · t o past f ew d a ys d ue to t h e fact t h at cha rges have now hit their midS 0 1'f h . sseaso n with only the "Homecoming Ti·enton la st wee l<. The boys were 1 H ead Coach George Ral sto n is still season form and can be counted on ' , yo u ave a yen to sp it · h h' b II the pins why not let the boys game" with Moravian remaining on ' ro llin 00- down the road with Partb usy wit 1s foot a duties. to give th e league som e r eal competition _ next year. kriow about it. the sc hedule. ridge in t}:Ie lead when his car took Credit must be given the brave _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a qu ic k swerv e and the brakes scree ched. When quizzed later as 1 ~~~ ~owr:~e;eaev~h!tu;:Yi_:_%r s~=~~: to what h_ad happe ned, he explained I that a bird had flo wn across the t h at h ave occurre d at K ir b Y Par k road and th at h e was tr yi ng to aThe grapplers of Wilk es began rd in th e past few weeks . Well Fedrills last week with an almost all- membered in th e minds and hearts . . . , ~oipda~\ri~~.a~t~~~r:~ bi a~~~::~ vet eran sq·uad. Prospects for th e of the intra-mural boys are Mel . N e1·1 T ur t e I (h u h ?) maJ·or contest will be played on Bob insists - no your relation. season app ear to be better than Sc h me1zer, . , an d By HEJ.._EN M. l•RACHENFELS ~ Here's Hat t he Misericordia floor. average with a good turnout of Dick Murray. T he Wilk es Colonelettes began h B t h grape v' 1 n e we Schm eizer announced yesterday The Colonelettes will t en rest Y e ·· · hear· that ca ndidates . Th e g roaners will wo rk und er a handicap for th e next that plans were und erway for th e practi ce yesterd ay at t he gym, up for a month, then with r enewed ';I'renton State Teac hers is missin g two weeks whi le th ey wait for the formi ng of an intra-mural ba sk et- turning th e ole drill shed into a energy, the gals will meet the . so me "Beat W ilkes" signs. Okay, tear down t hat wall paper return of several k ey m en w ho are ball loop an d that ther e were sever- real a ct ive place. Over th e noi se Marywood t eam on t h e h ome fl oor c: oach • · y Sth . A re t urn we go t.cha 1· now playing football. al teams sig ned up in the fold al- of bouncing balls and bounding at 2 :30 on J a nuar . . belles, co uld be heard those s hri eks ga me with Misery wi ll be played An item earn ed m the Sunday Bob Masonis will be on hand to ready. which could only belong to fema le on January ll, at 8 p.m., and anpap ers remarked that UP reporter fil_i the 177 pound spot, while J erry 1 basketball players. Such stateother tilt with Marywood on Janu. Faye Loyd was barred from the as well as last season th ev will be E lias will return to duty as a pr ess box a t the Army-Yale game. heavyweight. In th e li g hter divi- doing all right seeing as ·how last m ents as, "You're over the center ary 31 will wind up the season. More candidates have been turn - She wrote the story anyhow even sions Don McFadden, th e Rey nolds year's squad ca me out with the line" and "You can't shoot, yo u 're boys, and Bobby Morgan will bols- first winning season in t he h istory a g uard!" would ce rtainly not be ing out duri ng th e past week, and t?ough it was datelin_ed "From Ou~; com ing from the mal e cag ers. among them were Nat Barone,, one side t~e _Press Box m Yale Bowl . ter the mat squad. of Wilkes College wrestling. On December 7th , th e Colonel- of last year's scrap py forwards, Now it ~s not unusual for womer). All inter ested men are urged to A ten meet schedul e has been I arranged for th e matmen whi ch co me out for the team and it has ettes will meet th eir old rivals, and Nancy Schooley a r eturnee I to be eJected fro m th e abode of should prove very interesting to been stressed that all positions those Mise rabl e Mobsters from th e from the Colonelettes 'of two year s sports scrib es. It has happened before and will probably happen agrappling fans. are open eve n with th e large a- Dallas college. (The adjective re - back. fers to the us ual scores of the Coa ch Shoemaker announced that gain: A lot of th e old sports m en If th e t eam shows up this year mo unt of vet erans returning. games, and not to the character of practice will be held every Monday con sid er th e lof~y perch , the last the players!) The Colonelettes and Wednesday at 3 p.m., and in- refuge for ~en _m. the ".'orld. ' E,j wi ll be at a distinct disadvantage tramural games will be played on We do thmk it is a bit unuSual A PAPER FOR THE HOME • (yo u said it, dad) s ince this first Thursda ys at 11 a.m, for news men to be ejected from the locker room after football AT contests though. Especially if the news man is your own repreSPECIAL 'IUX sentative. e found ourselves Exquisite Styles in that unfortunate position at GROUP PRICES In College Sportswear. the Hofstra game last Saturday The Most Complete for ~ 1 Just what you've been night. Was the bounce put on WILKES DANCES ~ , Local and National Coverage us by Hofstra 1>eople? No, we Looking for. at , ' FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS found the folks there to be right JOHN B. STETZ congenial and willing to help in GIANT SOCIAL SECTION Featuring The Newest any wa y that they could. We WEEKLY FEATURES Expert Clothier ~ 51 Public Square In College Men's Fashions got bum's-rushed by our own (no Wilkes-Barre, Penna. 9 E. Market St., W-B. Hofstra Hobbles Colonels 32-12 Wrath of Jeter CAGERS FACEDWITH REBUILDING; FROSH, SOPH .TURNOUT HEAVY I Golden Tro1·ans Lead Intra Mural L Play Grunt and Groan Squad Features Mat Veterans Ico·LONELETTE CAGERS" DRILL· I LOOK TOWARD MISERICORDIA I I I · Yon are Welcome SUNDAY INDEPENDENT ZIMMERMAN'S ZIMMERMAN'S • Lt>NGS1N( - on.W-.e...,. I 't-::.. l... ,v (continued on page 6) �6_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _W.;.;. ;;.;IL;;,;;,;;;;KES COLLEGE BEACON Thursday, November 11, 1954 YOUNSU KOO GARNERS 'PLAYER OF THE WEEK' SPARKLES IN SEASON'S SOCCER WINDUP BY SCORING BOTH .COLONEL MARKERS WRATH OF JETER (continued from page 5) Booters Deadlocked In Season's Finale doubt publicity s h y) manager. A sor r y state of affairs say we. Soccer season at Wilkes end • Although- the Wilkes College the opinion of the sports staff of You can't get favorable stuff that the Beacon, he s hould repeat this ed as an anti-climax Tuesday soccermen were held to a 2-2 way. Just for the sake of relations between the schools we hope as the hooters were held to a tie in their final game of the that the Hofstra representatives 2-2 tie by q strong and much year, there was an outstanding were not treated in like manner improved Elizabethtown club. bright spot in the Colonel lineup. bes ides, it was cold out there. Younsu Koo did a near perfect job The hooters clinched a winning When we finally did manage to and came through with both of the season last week by defeating sneak by the "Cerberus" of the scores that kept the Wilkesmen in locker room, Assistant Coach Russ Trenton State Teachers, 2-1. The • the ball game. Picton told the story of the game year's record stands at four wins, -Anyone connected with Wilkes in just one sentence. It was a case three losses and three ties. College soccer can tell you that of a good little team running into At that, the hooters of Coach the flashy goal artist · lives and a good big team. The result dis- Bob Partridge did themselves well breathes soccer. Coach Bob Partproves once more that th e bigger seeing as how all the games on the ridge describes him as one of the th ey come th e harder they fall. The schedule were against m·a jor comfinest competitors that he has ever team held it's own and in our opi- petition. seen. H e keeps driving all th~ nion actually outplayed the Flying The E-town game started off fast time and he never gives up. Dutchmen in the secpnd half, but and it was obvious that the 'down Younsu is an engineering student it just wasn't enough. th e ri ver' boys were much strong er with one more year of soccer left than they had been in the opening to play here. He expects to transasked about leaving, he replied, ga me when the WC'e_r s came f~r to finish his education a ·y ; "Wilkes-Barre is a ni ce town and I through with a 1 to O victory. from this coming February. it will be hard to leave the many Wilkes scor5 d first, late in the YOUNSU KOO In his first year of competition friends that I ha ve made here." first period when Elizabethtown in the United States, Koo made a feat and go even further into th e The Beacon congratulates Youn- committed a foul that called for berth on the Tri-State Team. In All-America class. su on being named "Player of the a penalty shot. Younsu Koo of In his t wo years at Wilkes, Koo W eek" and is s ure that he will the Wi1'kesmen was elected to try has come t o lik e our town. When make out well wherever he goes. for th e score and he came through Toll Gale Restaurant "On the Boulevard" • Rt. 115 yY'ilkes-Barre, Pa. It's a Pleasure to Serve You • •• A Full Course Meal Or a Sandwich Good Food Reasonable Prices , Plenty of Free Parking Space Catering to Small Groups F. DALE, Prop. l!M NOW KING SIZE OR REGULAR ! / Both Some low PnCe, Opening Soon! The New Modem Franklin Street Addition And Parking Ramp FOWLER, DICK and WALKER The Boston Store A Great Store ... . . . In A Great State 'UC Wilkes College BOOKSTORE AND VARIETY SHOP Books - Supplies - Novelties Subscriptions Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 . WELCOME Men's Reg. 12.95 Value 8.99 Save 3.96 o o o Flannels - Gabardines Brown - Navy - Grey • Blue All Perfect Quality - Sizes 28-42 Men"s • Pomeroy·s First Floor to p ut the Blue and Gold out in front by a 1 to O count. The s econd stanza had hardly gotten und erway when Bill Bucher of Elizabethtown punched through a score to ti e the ball game. Wilkes came back strong several minutes later as Koo dented the cords on a pass from Captain Dick Polakowski, from about 18 yards out. The · first half ended with Wilkes in command of the game, 2 to 1. Early in the third period E-town came back once more and tied the score as Gene Steinback blasted back a kick by a Wilkes man into the net s. The fourth quarter produced no resu lts for either team and the regulation game ended at 2-2. Two fi ve minute extra periods were ticked off, but with the same result. Wilkes seemed to have the advantage as darkness fell .with Jim Ferris and Ahmed Kazimi pounding at the gat e, bu:t never quite making the grade. 'Of It's the FILTER that Counts and L&M has the Best! L&Ms have already won the quickest, most enthusiastic nation-wide acceptance a cigarette ever had. Now, L&M comes to you in king-size, too .. . the same great cigarette - at the same low price as regular. In either size - only L&M Filters give you real full-flavored smoking en- Much {:g$1 · otilJ.§ l joyment-plus the Miracle Tip - the effective filtration you need. You get much more flavor - much less nicotine - a light and mild smoke. Re• member, it's the filter that counts ... and L&M has the best! Buy L&Ms king-size or regular. JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED! � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1954 November 11th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954 November 11 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/d93cb56a1132c7751e13335ab657c1c9.pdf ca6eac4315a6aa526b1f48c3d7dc6bd6 PDF Text Text ,~ - WILKES WILKES COLLEGE - ~Beacon The CommunHy College. Serving Wyoming Valley And The World Vol. X, No. 6 WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATION'S BUSY KAR-R CAME UP HARD WAY By BILL DeMA YO One of the busiest and most persistent persons to ever appear on campus is the latest addition to the Education department, Johnston T. Karr. A look at his activities, past and pr esent, should prove an inspiration to those of us who feel "snowed under" with work and a certain sense of futility in reaching our goals. In 1934, when he graduated from high school in Hawarden, Iowa, he had already decided upon a career in education. Anyone old enough to r em ember can tell you those wer e the "lean years". Getting a college education was no easy task without financial aid. Lacking such support, Mr. Karr set out to get his degree the only wa y open to him-the hard way. First he took a position as a t ea ch er in an age-old American institution-the one room school. All that was necessary in the days of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn was to drill the pupils in the 3 R's JOHNSTON T. KARR and send them home to do the chores, but Mr. Karr's school house containecLnine grades, from kinderg arten to the eighth. All preparing for further study in high school. As Mr. Karr recalls "it was quite a job trying to keep eight grades busy while teaching the other one." Grad Work In Iowa During his summer "vacations" he took undergraduate courses at Iowa State Teachers College, earning his way by working as a pastry cook from 4 to 9 in the morning. Needless to say, this was a slow process, so that in 1942 when he answered the World War II call to arms he still had three summers ofof work to do at Iowa State. In 1946, after his discharge from the Army Air Force, he did not return to the one room school; instead he took a position at a Junior high school in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Continuing his undergraduate work at Iowa State during the following summers, he received his Bachelor's degree in education in 1949, fifteen years after setting that goal in high school. (continued on page 2) Orcheslra Sponsors Dance Salurday I.R.C. MOCK ELECTION A sport dance to benefit the pro- 1 ~osed new college danc~ orchestra 1s slated for Saturday mght at the W C g ym. A combo of member s of the proposed orch estra w ill supply music fo r the week-end affair and music depa rt ment official s are hoping for a fine crowd. A dance orch estra is something t hat will be a definite aid to the stud ent body and one that will enh ance school spir it. Tick ets for the ho p a re only 40 cent s p er tic ket and dancing to the fine m usic of the Wilkesm en combo w ill conti nue from 9 t o midnight, accor din g t o Robert Moran of the music depar tm ent. WILKES HUNTERS WARNED The annual small game season started last week and from the latest reports there were quite a few members of Wilkes College who took to the woods. And since there are a great number of hunt ers and "would be" hunters here at school the Beacon sports staff would like to ii sue a word of warning and caution. When in the woods observe all the safety rules that go with good and safe hunting. - PLAY IT SAFE! PREDICTS DEM. WIN; CAMPUS VOTE LIGHT By CHUCK WHITE The prediction of the Wilkes' International Relations Club's mock election h eld Monday came true for t wo Dem ocratic candidates during Tu esda y's statewide electi on. George M. Leader, 36-year old York County farm er, who was the people's choice for governor at Wilkes def eated Lt. Gov. Lloyd H. Wood. Dan Flood outpolled Republican incumbent Edward J. Bonin for the Cong ressional seat in the 11th District. The na rrow margin of Flood's (continued on page 2) Strange Visitations ~ ~~\:l. mq \\NO t\ov("s THE BEACON Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1954 Allocalion lo Go lo Adminislration For Approval_; Clubs to Gel Money On Prorated, Percenlage Basis By HELEN M. KRACHENFELS A majority of the Student Council members voted to submit the budget to the administration as it stands, without reconsidering any of the allocations at a grueling session Monday night. The meeting was called as a result of a noon meeting held last Tuesday, at which Robert W. Partridge, faculty adviser to the council, spoke to the group concerning the budget and asked that they make some reconsiderations before submitting it to the administrative council for approval. At the noon meeting, a motion was made and carried by a su bstantial majority, that a reconsideration be made. In view of the THE WAY THEY VOTED outcome of Monday's meeting, it Here is the way your Student appea rs that a complete reversal Council representatives voted on of f eeling on the part of the counthe two most important motions cil r epresentatives occurred during· placed before them Monday. the lap se between sessions. The first column shows the reThe issue, whic'h supposedly ocsults of a motion by Irv Gelb that the council accept the budget ca ssioned the calling for a reconwitqout reconsideration before sideration, was whether the clubs sending it to the administration on campus should be given funds or whether they should be expected for approval. to be self-sufficient, thus leaving Results of the voting on the more money in the Student Actimotion concerning the allocation vities Fund for the major activities · of fund s to clubs on a prorated . of the coll eg e. A majority of the basis, made by Dick Carpenter, council representatives seemed to are listed in the second column. f eel that they were best representJim Neveras Abstain Yes ing the students by giving funds Irv Gelb Yes No to the clubs, and ther efore the issue Bill Crowder No No becam e not, "Shall w e give the Dick Carpenter Yes Yes clubs money ?" but rather, "How Jim Benson Yes Yes much money shall we gi ve them?" BOB LYNCH Absent Absent Following the decision to submit H. Krachenfels No No the budget a s is, Dick Carpenter Nancy Morris Abstain Yes presented a pr oposal for a systeDick Bunn Yes Yes matic allocation of fund s to clubs Phyllis Walsh Abstain Yes in the futur e. Mr . Ca r penter's moGloria Dran Yes Yes tion wa s stated a s foll ows: That Merrie Jones No Yes th e S tudent Council allocate funds Sam Lowe Yes Yes to clubs on a prorated basis, givAnn Dickson Yes Yes in g n ot more than 1 ¼ % to each club. ( 1 ¼ % of the entire Student Activities Fund.) Mr. Car penter later a ccepted a ceiling fo r his proposal and amended his motion to state that the By JOHN KUSHNERICK whole amount given to clubs shall The charter of the proposed not exceed 14 % of the S.A.F. Mr. Vet erans Club will be a ired by a Ca r penter also included in his mothree m emb er -committee, the Stu- ti on a defin ition of a "club". It dent Council announced after its was agreed that the clause · in the const itution dealing with this be last meet ing. The The committee composed of Irv a ccepted a s a definition . Gelb, Sam Lowe, and Dick Car- clause states that an y "recognized penter will r eview the charter this organization having a faculty adweek and present its findings and viser" can be considered a club. Mr. Carpenter exp ressed his recommendations to the Council at (continued on page 3) the next meeting. Of the trio, Carpenter is the only vet. Committee Appointed To Act on Vet Charter Debaters Seek to Hold Mastery Over Hofstra ' 8: A StOO AM - ~;~ ~;::=====================:::;:;;::~:::::;;~ ';:;:=================='=~\==::;::======' To dispell rumors which have been overheard on campus, the Vet erans have expressed a desire to make cl ea r the fa ct that their attem pt to organize has not been Hofstra College will be out for intended t o ali enate an yone. A their first debating win over Wilkes spokesman for the club said that t omor row. The meeting will mark indi viduals who contru ed the pur- the beginning of the season for the pose of the organization as an at- Wil kes men. t em pt to organize a type of presThe t eam, represented by Jim sur e g roup a re compl et ely ou of N everas and J esse Choper for the touch wit h reality. a ffi r mati ve and J. Harold Flannery " Certain people have common and John Buchol z for the negative, traits a nd inter est s and they just will argue the question, "Resolved: natu rall y have a t endency to want t ha t the U .N. should ext end dipto flock t ogether. That's why we lo mati c recognition to Communist have the Chem Club, the Educa- China." tion Club, a nd all the oth er clubs Th e debate will be h eld before a nd that's wh y we want a Vet s the Wilkes-Hofs tra football game. Clu b. Think of it this wa y, p eople F outh best in the Eastern seaa_r e able to a ssist their communi- · boar d last year, and selected to aptres best through group effor ts, and pear at the Nationals at West the most natural group is of peo- Point, this year's squad has been pie who have common backgrounds augmented by a lar ge turnout of and common interests. candidates. �2 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON BEACON EDITORIALS Boy, Are We Interested We're wondering just how much interest the student body, ~mpposed mature college people, has in the running of the country. It would seem that there isn't much interest at all. The result of the recent IRC mock election here is certainly indicative of that lack of interest. Or else nobody took the trouble to get .o ut and vote-felt it wasn't worth the time. The fact is that only 275 of 643 day students were moved to get up off their respective hindsides to get to the Chase Theater polls. Some interesting facts were brought to light in the election and they lead to some very confusing conclusions. The fact that, of the 27_5 who voted, ~80 were under the legal voting age which wo~ld give them the nght to select their candidates at municipal ,p ollmg places, makes us wonder whether there isn't enough interest among the under-21-ers to legally give them a vote. But then, when one considers the fact that only 65 of 323 freshmen voted, it seems that maybe we should go easy on considering a vote for 18-year-olds. It's no wonder that the nation is undecided about giving the "youngsters" a vote. When such a small percentage of freshman college students takes its opportunity to register even a mock voice at the polls, just what could we expect of non-college students of the same age group. That's just it, you can't really tell. But, then again, when you consider that more than half of those who did vote were members of that "under age" group, you wonder, "Just what is wrong with those pepole who do have a legahight to vote?" All of which-reminds us of a statement in our first editorialfrom the typewriter of Neal MacNeil originally. We, via MacNeil, said in effect, that without a free and courageous press man cannot offer intelligent criticism or poll an intelligent vote. That we still believe, but what good does a free press-with the facts, Jvia'am-if the citizens do not get out and exercise their right to a voice in their own governmant. You may think, "Now, what's this guy getting all excited about, it was only a mock election here on campus;" Well, the fact is that this election was run for a better purpose than merely finding out which candidates the students favor. Such an election is excellent experience for persons who never voted before and we are sure is meant to cultivate the voting habit. One last blast. A number of persons who performed much of the "talking it up" duties before the elections, during the time when both congressional candidates were making appearances on campus, did not v0te. They also got some good trainingtraining to be politicians, that is. All talk and no results. We hope that Wilkes College's mock election is not indicative of a generally disinterested attitude throughout the nation. But, all indications are that it is, Too bad, we say. Just too o.arn bad, Again, We've Had It! We know when we're licked. We had hoped, naturally, that with the Student Council's vote to reconsider the budget, the Beacon might just happen to get a few extra pennies tossed its way. But, alas, this was not the case as the Council turned thumbs down, even after certain faculty members had asked its serious consideration of the matter. An article in the Bridgeport University "Scribe" shows that other schools in our class hold their campus papers in high regard. At UB, the Student Council granted the paper $2,000, the same amount given the yearbook and the social activities committee, called "The Big Three" in the article. But, and this is too ironical for words, the Council at Bridgeport had only $7,700 to work with, while here at Wilkes, the council had $8,280. At UB, the vote was 13-0-pass. Ah, me, it does hurt so, right down deep-right down around the ads. And why wasn't every member of council present to vote on the all-important and so hotly contested issue? Curtis, Editor ttttJJJnJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ Thursday, November 4, 1954 COED CAGERS OUT TO BETTER DISMAL RECORD WISDOM I OF II WILKES THE INQUIRING REPORTER By T. R. PRICE and JANICE SCHUSTER Question: Do you think that 18-year olds should be allowed to vote? Sam Shugar. Junior from Plymouth '"No! In my opinion, the average 18year old has had neither the opportunity nor the inspiration to think seriously about the political issues placed before him. One qualification for a stable government is intelligent voting and I don't think that. for the most part, this would .be the case in this age group.'" Bruce Warshal. Freshman from Pittston - '"No! The average IS-year old has neither the interest nor the maturity needed in deciding political questions. At 18, a person has not had the experience of supporting himsell an·d lacks the wisdom gained from the school of hard knocks. He is a sheltered youth just emerging from the cocoon." Phyllis Walsh, Sophomore from Wilkes-Barre - "Usually the 18-year old is just out of high school and hasn't too much interest in the political world. I feel that he wouldn"t take his privilege of voting seriously enough, and that he should wait until he is 21. By that time. he should realize how the outcome directly affects him as an individual and should vote intelligently.'" Don Wilkinson, Freshman from Dallas - '"Yes. ..II 18-year olds must give their lives for their country, they should be able to vote for who runs it." Doug Johnson, Senior from Plymouth - '"I am for lowering the voting age to 18 because most people do not go to college after high school and they seem to lose interest n government and voting during the lapse of three years before they reach 21." Irene Tomalis, Sophomore - "I'm for the 18-year old vote. There Is not much difference In the maturity and intelligence of an 18-year old and 21-year old and both are capable of making such a decision. Evidence of this could be seen in the IRC mock eleclion in which 18-year olds as well as 21-year olds studied the candidates and mcide their choice." Mr. George Elliot. C&F instructor 'Tm in favor of it, except for those few harsh moments alter I have corrected a set of examination papers. However. after a student has been through a few courses in economics. even choosing between Dan Flood and Bonin becomes a relatively easy affair. I rest on that.'" By HELEN M. KRACHENFELS Toni Shoemaker, women's physed instructor, sent out a call last week for all able-bodied females on campus interested in learning the finer techniques of hair-pulling, biting, scratching, kicking, or in oth er words, girls' basketball. Wilkes' coed cagers have had an outstanding (that's a real safe adj ective ) record in the past. Two years ago they had a 3-1 season, and last year a 2-0 record. (That looks a little better than saying we ha ve won only one game in the last two years!) In the old days the Colonelettes boa st ed such a ces as "Ancient Ann Azat", "Flea Green", " A~azon Gayle Jones", and "Terrific Tomasetti", to mention only a few of the more illustrious. Last year such stars as Phyl Walsh, a true athlete, Janie Keibel (of battered arm fame), Pat Reese , Nancy Morris, Freda Billstein, Gloria Dran, a nd Faith Stchur , were added to the roster of the notables. Barbara Bialogowicz, Gerry Kolotelo a nd Hel en Krachenfels, veteran guards, will be answering the call to action (?) this year also . Mrs. Shoemaker was pleased to find several promising freshmen among th e candidates. They are: Jackie Oliver, Betsy Bretz, Elaine Jakes , Mary Ann Sparks, and Jud y !'fenegus. There will be a m eetmg next '.{'hursday at 11 a.m. for all potential fema le gunners. The schedule for this year ineludes games with Marywood and Misericordia, two schools where basketball is really the thing, (maybe because there aren't so many other "things" there) so the Colonelettes will have some rough battles on their hands. I Robert Metzger, Senior from Kingston - '"II a man is old enough to go into the army, and ii. in the majority of instances has finished all of his formal education, I believe that he is capable of assuming the privileges and responsibilities of the vote. Chronological age, I believe, means very little." Louis XIV, Women's Clubs, Letter to the Editor . . . Typewriters, ' in Kirby Books This year many new entertaining and helpful books have been Dear Jack: added to the Wilkes College LiAfter I read th e first few issues brary for the benefit of all students. of the Beacon, I felt that here was One im portant and helpful book a paper that was far superior to that has recently been added to - WILKES COLLEGE -thos e published during the four the present book supply is "The years I spent at Wilkes. Clubwoman's Book" by Helen M. The articles written by the vari- . Avery and Frank W. Nye. This ous students were interesting, the book furnishes a source of informaA newspaper published each week sports section exceptional, and th e tion for organizers of clubs. jokes terrific . For th e historian, "The Spl endid of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes ColRecently I read where the Stu- Century" by W. H . Lewis is the lege, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subdent Council, by not appropriating realistic story of Ki_ng Louis XIV scription: $1.80 por semester. sufficient funds has made it im- of France and carnes the reader possible to prod~ce the type of pa- back to th e years of Louis' reign. Editor . ....... .. .. John D. Curtis per that was put out th e first few For the person who is interested Asst. Editor Ivan Falk weeks. in the business world, there is Asst. Editor Pearl Onacko Allen Jeter It seems to me when the Student Br~c~ Bliven'~ :?he. Wo~derful Sports Editor Arthur Hoover Council starts cutting the amounts Wn~mg Machme wh~ch gives a Business Mgr. asked for by the various organiza- deta!led a~count of busmess_ before Faculty Adviser ... . George Elliot tions on campus, they should con- the mvention of the typewriter. Editorial and business offices sider where the interest of the vast located on second floor of Lecture majority of the student body lies. published in the school paper. Why Hall, South River Street, WilkesSurely, it doesn 't lie in the debating not give it sufficient funds to make Barre, on the Wilkes Campus. team or the International Rela- it one worth bragging about? Telephone: VAlley 4-4651-2-3-4. I hope that things will work out tions Club who crusades against a Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's man who is fighting Communism, so that the Beacon will once again Printery, rear 55 North Main the greatest threat to our nation shine in all its glory. Street, Wilkes-Barre. today. Everybody at Wilkes has Sincerely yours, E. James Phillips '54 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ a great deal of interest in what is JJJJJJJJJJXJJXJJJJJJJJJJ BeaCO·ll I I Education (continued from page 1) Desiring more practical experience before commencing work for a Master's degree, Mr. Karr accepted a position at the Laboratory school of Washington State University in Seattle. There he taught, served as a model teacher for undergraduate students to observe, and as a critic when the time came for individual students to take over classes in the laboratory school. In 1951, Mr. Karr entered graduate school at Teachers College, Columbia University, in New York City. Receiving his Master's degree in 1952, he began work immediately for a doctorate. Serves Interneship After completing the minimum number of classroom hours, Mr. Karr, in order to gain furth er practical experience, elected to do educational interneship rather than the other elective of more classroom work . Educational interneship, a new trend in education, is similar to the interneship of docI tors: the individual serves a required length of time under expert guidance in an operating institution. In Mr. Karr's case this was one year (1953-54) at a high school in Schenectady, N.Y. as administrative assistant to the principal. Here at Wilkes he is teaching all elementary education seniors, and, as his record shows, he has a tremendous amount of experience plus book-learning to pass on to them. In addition to his teaching duties here, h e is in the process of planning his th esis. This keeps him quite busy since he goes to New York every week-end to meet with his committee at Teachers College, and does his work in the advanced students laboratory there. Mr. Karr hopes that this information on his current activitiies will serve as an explanation for his inability to get out and meet people, and for those (like your reporter) who have to track him down in order to meet him. Career Conferences Start The first in a series of ten career conferences t o be staged by the Wilkes guidance department, headed by Mr. John -Chwalek, will start tomorrow. AT EASE! ~ ~ J ~ By Dick Jones, Cliff Brothers This is another in the series of columns written generally for the veterans on campus, but not exclusively for them. We hope that through this column the ex-Gl's at Wilkes will become better known to the students. The column will contain Veterans Administration information and general scuttlebutt pertaining to the campus. It was announced by the Vet's Club that Dr. Thatcher has consented to be the Club's faculty adviser. The club welcomes and enco urages faculty members who are veterans to join. Al Kislin, a member of the steering committee, said about the first m eeting, "There was a wonderful spirit there. Nob'ody was obsessed with the idea of the club being a separate body, but rather an int egral part of a larger organiza- . tion. Taken from the context of · the Constitution is the following: "Purpose-to serve the school both academically and socially." We think the whole idea is a good oneco nsidering that there are approximately 200 veterans on campus. The club will also serve as a decided aid to the veterans, not only by making him feel more a part of the school by membership to a clu b, but it will keep him up to date with the most recent legisla- . ture concerning Veterans. Many Vets are already acting in leadership capacity and are well known on campus. President of the Sophomore class is Reese Jones a veteran of the Air Force and Russ Picton, veteran of the Ma- • rines, is President of the Senior Class. There are many other Veterans . at Wilkes active in· various capacities and we hope to introduce them to the student body. Two vets were seen at the Masquerade Dance wearing Bermuda shorts made from GI kha- . kis. The Ivy League collgees have a few tricks to learn from Gene and Moe. So boys, don't discard those khakis. IRC Election (continued from page 1) win was reflected in the IRC election. However, the majority of 15 votes that Leader received over Wood at Wilkes turned into a greater majority, percentage-wise, in the District election. The IRC was more than a little discouraged at the turnout of voters, according to a stat ement by election head Art Hoover. Of th e approximately 643 day students at Wilkes, only 275 exercised their referendum . The usual percentage· of voters is about 50 %. Of the 275 who voted, 180 were under the legal voting age of 21. Another interesting item is that 70% of the voters were males. This ·was the second time that th e school has sponsored a mock election. In 1952, the college picked Ike to win the presidency by a landslide. '' You are Welcome. AT ZIMMERMAN'S Exquisite Styles In College Sportswear. Just what you've been Looking for. ZIMMERMAN'S 51 Public Square Wilkes-Barre, Penna. I �Thursday, November 4, 1954 3 WILKES COLLEGE. BEACON GRIDDERS, SOCCERMEN HIT THE ROAD Dave Polley Nabs 'Player of the Frosh Flash Sparkles al Stroudsburg, ![THE Re!~~.:8hl!~~..~~~~? Ob?..~~:!~~~~~~~~~c~ ~ W [?AT ti --, Colonels Invade Week Hofstra, Boolers for Trenton ] ByHead RODGER LEWIS ~ T ~ l? Sports action on the Wilkes scene is all out of town this week as the gridders travel to Long Island and the soccermen EVERYWHERE YOU GO Commercial football is a subject that crops up in the darn d es t invade Trenton State Teachers 0 O I° J than at most colleges, stepped in to deal an irorucal blow to Coach Partridge's soccer team last wee k. A n d as th e e~ponent~ of predestination would put it, "It just had to happen this way. places. This time the little monster reared its ?ead in nor:e other than College. After a week's rest, Coach George For Jess than 12 hours after Dave the University of Bridgeport's paper, the Scribe. We pick no bo~es Ral ston's sq uad will encounter Polley, Garden City, Long Island, with Bridgeport because certain elements of the school want t~ go big~ dorm student, had been selected time but we do think it is of interest to us because the school 1s on om Hofstra's Flying Dutchmen Friday night at 8 in Hempst ead, L.I. In the Beacon's Player of the W eek, schedule and it could be a sign of things to come. . he was told qy his doctor that he's According to the sports column of the October 21 issue, someone two previous games the Colonels through with sports and soccer for in Bridgeport needed to "wake up". It wasn't the coach and it wasn't were defeated by 20-13 and 39-20 scores in '52 and '53, respectively. the rest of the season and possithe players. As a matter of fad, the wri~er took bly for good. no exception to the student spirit or any thmg else '52 Flashback Polley, a freshman engineering in that line. Who needed the wake up treatment? The 1952 contest brings back student, played a great game at The man who holds the purse strings that open for many memories . The Flying Dutchthe left fullback post in the Coloscholarshjps to ball players no less. m en scored the winning touchdown n el s' 1-0 loss to East Stroudsburg SIGN YOUR "X" on a pass play in the last eighty T eachers last Saturday. He was The writer of the column went on to say that seconds of the game. Then too,. advised on Monday night that he the purse strings should be open_ed for real honest parti cipants and spectators alike eith er cracked or broken· a rib and to you know what ball players instead of "geniuses" recall th e t errific running speeds that his old "athletic h eart," a rewho only make a sta b at th e game. Now we know of Tom Nunziata and the 200 suit of soccer and track at Garden some people that just might argue that it helps out pounds of fullback in Bill Sanford,. City High, was kicking up a storm . quile a bit if a football player is intelligent as well who that year, was the country's The rib injury ha ppened in the as athl eticall y gifted. · fourth leading scorer with Little first period of the grueling t est Perhaps th e writer was just a little overst eamed, , All American honors. One consowhich the Wilkesmen saw go for a tendency that all of us have every once in a while, AL JETER lation however, is that the rapid naught in the last minute and 30 about the record of the Pm:ple Knigh~s so far this_ fire quarterback of the Flying seconds, but it didn't affect his season. They have ge ne without 't wm to date this year. Maybe the Dutchm en, Jack Plunkett, will be play, in fact he didn't have time DAVE POLLEY guy was just Jetting off some steam, but it seems to us that when ):OU out af the Colonels' " hair" as the to think about it until after the terested in the more violent things advocate turn ing the sport into a monster just because you are havm g result of last year's graduation. game. Dave was a busy fellow all in the sporting world besides soc- a bad season that is treading on dangerous ground. It was also in this ga me that afternoon, making a number of cer. The former president of the And from the ton e of the column it would seem to anyone that read Russ Picton had his playing days saves on what looked like surefire Garden City Hot Rod Club, Dave's it that there must be certain el ements in the -University of Bridgeport ended due to a broken leg sufferWarrior goals. prize possession, now that he has that are in favor of buying a ball t eam. ed in the fray. Russ' efforts in One of the fastest men on the sold his "rod" is a beautiful black, BIGGER AND BIGGER the game before the injury helpsquad, the fullback post was new stallion, Banner, which he keeps in It may not mean a thing but if you glan ce down the game results ed net him Little All-American for Polley. H e played at center- Lon.,. Island. every Sunday morning we think that you will be surprised at how many honors that year, too. Since then half in high school, a post similar J;st how did he get to Wilkes? of the so-called small colleges are_ turning out tremendous teams this Russ has assisted George Raisto the quarterback role on the One day last spring, he was wan- year. Wonder why so many fine athletes are ending· up at small insti- ton at the helm of the team. gridiron, and was named to the All- dering through the section of the tutions that offer very little or nothing in the way of financial returns On the other hand, Wilkes will Long Island soccer t eam. He also Garden City High library that to the 'prime beef'. Could be that they are there for the education a counter with their former All-Statstarred in track, having won the shelves college catalogues. Just small college affords although they could get the same education else- er Al Nicholas and speedsters Ron Island low hurdles championship as meandering, Dave didn't see that where and put a little of the green stuff that we all love so well into Rescigno and Andy Breznay. Up well as being a top-notch relay book shelf come out of nowhere, their respecti ve pockets. front the Colonels' forward wall man. with the result that about _100 colBut to Bridgeport and the faction that wants to buy a winning will be at top strength to give arCoach Bob Partridge, who tag- Jege bulletins fell on the floor. season we say hats off because they have guts enough to admit that gument to any ground gains the ged the late-comer to the squad · You guessed it-the first one he they want to buy a team. All too often in these days of the purity purge Dutchm en backfield may have in as a first-line performer from the picked up was from a little Penn- schools get their athletes and then because they fear public censure or mind. first day he reported for practice, sylvania college, name of Wilkes, something they pass the scholarships off as something else. So far this season, Hofstra's loses one of his most dependable "which I had never heard of beWe think that these schools do much more to ruin the sport than slate stands at wins against 2 5 backs a s Dave hangs up his cleats. fore, I must admit," he says. any of' the honest ones who corrie out in the open and make no bones losses. Among their victories can The irony was most felt by the " I liked what I saw in the book, about the fact that they are giving athletic scholarships. be noted a _ triumph over neighBeacon sports staff, members ofI came up here and like it even 13 0 which had no idea that Dave would more, so ... so, here I am!" boring Scranton University. ha ve to quit when they made their The Beacon extends congratulaWinner Wanted unanimous selection. tions to Dave and wishes for a Closing out their campaign, Bob t A fellow who likes to mix it up speedy recovery to its moS ironiThe WC soccermen took a rude until the time that the winning goal Partridge's hooters travel to Trenon the soccer field, Polley is in- cal "Player of the Week". jolt last Saturday when they tra- was scored. ton and Elizabethtown. 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The Partridgemen will be 'up' for these ga mes because they mean the difference between a winning or losing season for the Wilkes sq uad. So far this season, the hooters ha ve a record of three wins two defeats and two draws. The previous s~ries record with Trenton State stands in favor of the Teachers, two games to one. The Colonels gained their victory last year by a score of 4-0. Taking a look . at the Colonels' other opponent we find that the booters opened the season with a 1-0 shutout against this same Elizabethtown sq uad. This is the only team that the Colonels have two contests with during the course of the season and they should be tough nuts to crack in the season's finale. J 9 West Market Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 " - - - - - - - - - - - - -·· �Thursday, No:vember 4, H -------------------------------- WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 4 WC CAGERS, GRAPPLERS TO REPORT MONDA\ Booters, Gridders to Join Hopefuls Later; Prospects Bright for Fine Winter Seasons Plans Progressing for Homecoming By AL JETER Pre-season practice for both the basketball team and wrestling squad will begin Monday afternoon in the gym, it was announced yesterday by Director of Athletics George Ralston. Equipment will be issued at this time and all men who are interested are urged to attend this session. The cagers will be directed as in the past t wo years by assistant coach Bill Mock until the football season is over and Ralston assumes command. According to Ralston this will be a rebuilding year for the Colonel cagers. Last year the Blue and Gold lost almost all of their key men via the graduation route. When Len Batroney left the cagers lost an almost sure guarantee of 23 points a game. The blond flash will be a very hard man to replace. Also gone from the fold are men like Joe Sikora, Eddie Davis, and Bob Heltzel. Sikora, now in Uncle Sam's service at Fort Dix, New Jersey, developed from a fellow who had never played high school bas•ketball into one of the hottest men under the basket that has been seen in these parts. Ralston was optimistic even though the team will be a relative.ly green one. He stressed the fact -that he still has holdovers from ]ast year that should come along .and develop into fine ball players . Among the standouts back this -season to bolster the WC forces are Jim Ferris, Joe Jablonski, Harry Ennis, Carl Van Dyke, and Frank Ko picki. They are crew of speedsters •and although there are no really tall men among them they have plenty on the ball and should be able to hold their own against the "goons" of modern day basketball. Ralston said that even with these men returning the team was wide open and that he hoped for a good turnout of new players. "It is essential that we get a lot of candidates this year because we have to rebuild and we can't do it without players," Ralston stated. Groaner Outlook The wrestling crew came through the June graduation in much better shape than the cagers. The only member missing from the "mat giants" of '53 and '54 is Warren Yeisley, one of last season's co-captains. Yeisley grappled in the 147-pound class and was a real hustler who was hard to pin at any time. It will be a job to find someone who can take his place. The groaners will be working JIM FERRIS-Expected to be a standout cager this year after shedding soccer cleats for sneaks. A fleet Junior, Jim played his high school ball at Kingston and has starred in baseball, soccer and basketball at Wilkes. under a disadvantage for a while though because three members of last · year's starting aggregation will be playing football for the next few weeks. They should be in good shape by the time that they report to the squad because George Ralston, coach for the gridders, is a stickler for condi- By JANICE SCHUSTER "Welcome Alumni" and "Beat Moravian" should be the themes of the building decorations for the scheduled November 20 Alumni Homecoming Week-end, Robre tra Homecoming W e e k e n d , Robert Partridge announced in a recent memorandum to club presidents. The Activities Director also estimated that the cost of each organition. The late comers will be Bob Masonis, Neil Dadurka, and Don McFadden. Masonis, who wrestles at 177 is an outstanding guard for the football machine. Dad_urka plays a fine game at end and has been named once this year as BEACON player of the week. Don McFadden weighs in at the 157-pound class and performs in the backfield. Others returning who should help to make a successful season are Bobby Morgan, Bobby Reynolds, Don Reynolds, and Jerry Elias. l!M NOW KING SIZE OR REGULAR! · · a ,«L•: . Wilkes College BOOKSTORE AND VARIETY SHOP Books - Supplies - Novelties Subscriptions Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 . WELCOME Misses' Orlon SWEATERS Short Sleeve SLIP ONS 4.99 Long Sleeve CARDIGANS 'UC 6.98 o Soft 'n' Silky Wear Like Iron o Pastels - Jewel - Deep Shades o All Perfect Quality - Sizes 34-40 Sportswear - Pomeroy's 2nd Floor Opening Soon! The New Modem Franklin Street Addition And Parking Ramp FOWLER, DICK and WALKER The Boston Store A Great Store .. . . . . In A Great State 1:ation should not exceed five dollars and this financial support depends on each club. The method of arranging the decorations is as fo llows: McClintock .. Women of McClintock St erling Women of Sterling· Vv eckesser . Women of W eckesser Butler . . .... . Men of Butler Conyngham Chem Club and Engineers Kirby Biology Barre I.R.C. and Beacon Chase Theater . ... Cue 'n' Curtain Ashley Men of Ashley Chase Hall . .. Theta Delta Rho Pickering · Economics Club Gies ........ Band and Choral Society Gymnasium Lettermen Sturdevant Education Club Guidance Cent .. . Men's Choral Club Hollenback . . .. Student Council It is hoped that everyone concerned with the project will share in the spirit of making this homecoming as successful a s it has been in previous years or, if possible, better. It's the FILTER that Counts and L&M has.the Bestl L&Ms have already won the quickest, most enthusiastic nation-wide acceptance a cigarette ever had. Now, L&M comes to you in king-~ize, too ... the same great cigarette - at the same low price as regular. In either size - only L&M Filters give you real full-flavored smoking en- vor /,fuch {#SJ· . . ,I joyment-plus the Miracle Tip - the effective filtration you need. You get much more flavor - much less nicotine - a light and mild smoke. Remember, it's the filter that counts . . . and L&M has the best! Buy L&Ms king-size or regular. JUST WHAT THE POCTOR ORDERED! � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1954 November 4th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954 November 4 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/67149df12b1e98e59f6f62f76309b176.pdf fd230d98aa0afed302ca4d8e93407116 PDF Text Text WI LKES II ~ - WILKES CO L LEG E , THE BEACON ,Beacon The Community College. Serving Wyoming Valley And The World WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE. PENNSYLVANIA Vol. X, No . .5 Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21 , 1954 Council 'Balances' The Budget Student Representatives Settle . Finances al Sunday Meeting; Adminislralion Approval Sought . By HELEN M. KRACHENFELS . The Student Council held its annual budget meeting on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 17, 1954. For the benefit of those Beacon readers who are not familiar with the workings of the Student Activities Fund, here is a little background information. The Student Aclivities Fund is made up of two-and-one-half TDR WIENER ROAST SLATED TOMORROW NIGHT AT RUMBLE'S Al Wilkes, Nearly Everybody Reads the BEACON ETS ASK CHARTER ~S CAMPUS CLUB; \.WAIT APPROVAL 1 iy JOHN EDITOR.JAL Build 'Em Up To Knock 'Em Down KUSHNERICK Well, I g uess y ou didn't want a bigger a nd better paper The vet eran s a ttending Wilkes a nyway. At least that's how your elected representatives felt :ollege continued their drive fo r a bout it. The general feeling of the Student Council when it cut ·ecognition as an organized unit the panls off our pl'oposed budget for the year was that "Wilkes f the student body by submitting a Vet s Club char t er .t o school offi- doe sn't need a six-page paper." ia ls earlier this week for the a dOK. brothers and sisters, it was fun while it lasted and now '.linis t rat ion 's approva l, we can devote some time to studying. Gee, it feels good. The In several informal meeting s the i Beacon is iust a little confused, though. Maybe someone can l et s have discussed t horoughl y the stra ighten us out on a few things. 1eed for a club to indu ce a feelin g Continuing to run !he "better" pa per that Dr. Eug ene Farley .f n earn ess t o t h e coll eg ~ social asked us to pu\ out just naturally w ould have cost us more in trn ct ur e, a nd h~ve appo i_nted a !he long run this year (and we use the term "better" wi!h modesty wch e ma n st eering com mittee to , from th e s1u d ent bo dy ca11, ft t 't t ' Al K r 1 an d on Iy beca use th m,,s w h a t rapor,s ·:,ra a ~on s 1 u 10n. 1s 1n 1as d . f' · t f .. • I th h th · ht h ieen na med president pro-t ern, e our tr:, our issues , con 1rcvers1a oug ey mig . ave By NORMA DA VIS J ust a reminder folks! That extra special TDR wiener roast is alm ost at hand - tomorrow evenin g at 8 o'clock. It will be held at Rumble's Gro ve, Drums, and just in ca se you didn 't quite know wh ere that is, maps are being placed on t h e bulletin boards around the camp us, Tickets are $1.20 per couple and can be pu rchased from member s of Th eta Delta Rho. General chairman of the affair is Nancy Batch eler. Committee chai r men are : Connie Kamar unas, publicit y ; Nat alie Barone, tickets; Bernice Thomas and Barbara Rogers, r efr esh ments. The wien er r oa st this yea r pr omises to be on e of the• best. Ther e will be fun, food, and entertain ment for all. Amnicola Pictures Set For Early Next Week Indi vidual photographs of students will be taken for t h e Amni cola from 9 t o 4 o'clock, on the 26th, 27th, a nd 28th of Octob er, at the Yea r book Office. . The Editor s of the Yea rbook requ est tha t m en wear ties, white shir t , a nd s port jack et . There will be a sitt ing fee of 75 been). Yet. i:he Student Counciil saw fit to appropria te only $ 100 Darro w Heads Committee ove r last year's budget. cents and it is h oped that all st uKislin a nnounced that the com- I You might say, "Well, you got an incl'ease,. didn't you?" dents of each class will have t h eir mit tee, hea ded by Bob Darrow, had And we'd have to answer yes. But a little fact too oft forgotten picture taken, -~omplet ed t h e do~ument a nd t~at is that the s tudent body got only 24 issues (May 7 was the finale) :t would be submitted along with . l b d f 24 l:Jo pe for a pp r oval, on' Tuesday, last year simp y ec<:1use t~e m oney r~n out. At the en o . , · 11 we had $4.20 left with which to pubhsh two more s cheduled Th e 'bac kb one of t h e con s t 1·t u t 10 .vas dra wn up in a two-hour ses- papers. Sort of ridiculous to expect this year's journalism black .,ion last 1hur sda y, While the Vets waded through the m a ny proposa ls sheep to put out a six-pager wHh any amount of pictures and By T. R. PRICE and di scussions that a r i~e in draft - other new features with a budget that wouldn't have supplied Highlight of the student asng a const itution, t h e majority of those two more papers last year. You see, it takes around $75 sembly last Tuesday was the the student body was wading per each issue - just for printing ($110 for six pages). And 1 appeal by the Education C uh t hrough the noon m ea L printing is only half of the cost of a really good school paper. that students, as prospectiive At the completion of the session It's fairly obvious, and you don't have to be a C and F major parents, assist the education it was unanimo usly agreed that to figure it out. that we must take what new and interesting majors to become better teachthe theme of the club sh ould be: "social and administrative service features we had just started to instill .into YOUR paper right out ers by visiting with them, talkof it. But, please don't come t.o the editors with complaints . . . ing with them, and criticizing to the school," These ends are to be brought see your council member - now he's the chaplain. · them when necessary in any Amazing, though, when the Beacon serves ALL the students respect to the teaching profesabout by: ( 1) A liaison with the local V e t e r a n s Administration every week that other organizations serving a l best a limited sion. w hich would provide, on campus, segment of the enrollment only once. twice or even three times By producing a s>kit starring a file of readily available, per t in ent a year should get substantial raises in their budgets. members, they emphasiized the material to guide students t h roug h Ah, me, we reflect philosophically, guess we're just not problems of educa tion t oday. E duthe legalities of t h e Public Laws. wanted on campus. · And what of that journalism w orkshop and cators, t he playlet explained, are (2 ) St riving to integrate t h e Vet training of new staff members and Beacon journalism awards doing their best wit h what t hey into the school activities by enhave in the face of such diff iculcouraging r elea se oof talent a nd that were to have been started. Well fellas, if you're still in- ties as removal of teach ers t o betideas to spon sored functions, and terested, we got four of the darndest pages you ever did see. ter-paying jobs, crowded buildings, by providiing a common element, And we can't very well break contracts with our advertisers, extra duties, need to provide for it would stimulate the fee ling of can we? . Like ads? Well, read 'em, cause we got plenty. . .. hom e a nd family and other ba1·being part of the gr oup , t hu s enr iers. courag ing participation in social Also, the profession is plagued activities. 'Hazel' Nixes Square Dance Aussie Ambassador to Speak by rapid tur nover of personn el The Vet erans have not yet a Frida y night 's hurricane blew Hi s Ex cellency, the Hon. Sir C. from smaller localities (aga in f or dopted a name and have tur n ed to away the scheduled Ch emistry Club P . Sp ender, a mbassador from Aus- economic reasons) popular miscont he st ud ent body for original sug- Square Dance. The whistling w ind tralia, will speak Sunday evening ceptions and press ures, extra-curgestion s. Suggestion s may be left whi rled away all hopes of success at 8 in t he Coll ege gym . His t opic r icular activities and a gener al at t h e Beacon Office in the Lecture a s power lines went out on and a- will be "Work and Object ives of t he lack of understanding a nd cooperaHall. round t he campus . U . N." Admissio n is free. t ion. I per cent of the tuition of each st u dent. From this fund, allotment s are made by the st udent coun cil, to the variou,:; campus or ganizations which submit r equests t o t h e council, This yea r , the tot.al amount r equest ed by the organization s was $10,006 .50, while t h e total a mount of money available for alloc·a t ion was $8,280.00 ju st a mere $1,726.50 less than the amount n eeded, Afte r much debate a n d carefu l deliberation, t h e council balanced the budget on St1nday in the foll owiing manner: Organ ization Requested Allotted Bea con $1,850.00 $1,300, Manuscri pt 400.00 400. Amnicola 3,570.00 3,300, Cu e 'n' Curtain 1,300.00 1,100 . Debating Soc. 690.00 600. Soc. Act ivities 800.00 600, Dormit ori es 175.00 100. Male Choru s 75.00 75. Chemical Soc, 246.00 170. E ng ineer, Club 150.00 100. Biology Club 170.00 100 . Economics Clu b 24 5,00 125. E ducati on Club 140. 50 110. I. R. C. 320,00 200. The me mber s of the Student Council w ish to info rm the st udent body tha t in attempting to balance th e budget, t hey have done their utmost t o be fair . Th e allocat ions wer e ma de on the ba sis of sound r easonin g , and not wit h prejudice t owai·d an y one grou p, The budget a s it stands will be subm itted t o the ad mini st rat ive council for approval. Since it was designated a s st rictly a budget meeting , no other busin ess was discussed, Ed. Club Program Well Received Th e d ub furth er ed it s point in r ega r ds t o the p osition of t h e schools as instruments of democracy. This pictui;e portr a yed t h e businessman and laborer conferrin g on a pension plan, the · housewife buying a . house, the senator mak ing decisions on national policy , a nd a farmer fac ing a draina g e problem. All of t hese people h andled their problems according to a dem ocratic process in a ma nner most like ly to ben efi t t he masses. But wh ere had t hese people become fam iliar with the democratic process? Where will t h eir children become fa miliar wit h the democratic pr ocess ? The answer is - in t he schools of America. It is im perat ive t hat t h e American people becom e fam iliar with t he democratic spir it, the democratic met hod, in order that t h ey ma intain t h emselves in t heir everyday relations in p ursuance of the democrat ic process - a nd the purveyor of that democratic process is t h e American educational syst ern. This wa s t he t opic of a movie wit h which t he Education Club followed it s skit . �Thursday, October 21, 1954 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 2 Parking Group to Meet With Mayor ~~~~~~~~~ AFTER Two YEARS B; I S OCI. At Lh WP EHAI RR L Ashley Dorm Dwellers to Get WI L • ~~~:r~a~~~ ~~l~:~s~~~~:n~~ ~~= ~~~c~~ve~:! Washer With Dr. Farley s Aid DICK JONES to reli~ve the parking problem, The Beacon has received word so~ethmg that has p ~rplexed I w~~:s terview with the Mayor and the Beacon has been set for the coming week. The Mayor was unable to confer with Beacon representatives this week due to the turmoil caused by Hurricane Hazel. · . . Durmg this conference with Mayor Kniffen the Beacon hopes abceae~e~:~i~~a~~ ass_ist the stude~ts in finding a solution to a serious problem, but this week it seems the student · council has given the Beacon a problem of much ~reat~r si~e than th at of th e parking situation. ?0 ~'t worry! folk s, th e Beacon said it was gomg to help alleviate the problem of parking and we int end to do just that. 1 t~$$;;$~$~~~$$-:$~~~·=$-'~Z~M~~~- By PEARL ONACKO B BILL D MAYO . "Hazel, the gal that blew her y e After t.-.ring top, is somewhere over the ocean ·A-· for over two years, the Ashley Hall· boys have now, a tired old lady," a radio com- finally succeeded in arranging to have an automatic washing m entator remarked the other even- machine installed in their dorm. Last Monday, a committee of two ing. Honestly! It's· bad enough from the dormitory broughj; a new that a battleship is referred to as plan to Dr. Farley, which ..he not "she" and "her". To attach a woonly approved but which he gave man's ·name to a freak of nature more support · than had been exis just too much . pected. Campus Orchestra 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111II Getting their clothes washed has To Present Dance By BARBARA GROW been a problem for resident stuWe at Wilkes will soon be boastThe members of the Senior and ing a campus orchestra. A group Sophomore classes are co-sponsor- dents at Wilkes ever since the of talented Wilkes musicians have ing a Masquerade Ball to be held dorms first opened, since there are At a recent meeting of the freshbanded together and will make in the Wilkes Gymnasium on Octo- no laundromats within walking disman class held after Tuesday's 'astheir initial appearance · at the ber 29 from 8 to 12. Admission tance. sembly, President Dave Vann an- 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1 Sterling and Weckesser Halls reWilkes gym on November 6. Pro- "stag" or "drag" will be 75 cents nounced the formation of a Freshceived washing machines as donaDoc Jones likes to tell what hap- ceeds from the dance, sponsored by a person and everyone must be tions some tim~ ago, but since their man Council, the purpose of which pened to one of his patients, Seth. is to formulate the order of busi- Seth, 74 at the time, came to see the newly formed musical organi- masked and in costume. machines g et more than enough Prizes will be awarded to the usage, it is impractical to permit ness to be presented to the class Doc one day and announced be was zation, will go toward purchasing arra ngeme nts and anything else wearers of the most humorous and hte other dorms to use them. as a whole. going to be married again and It is intended 'that the Freshman wanted a checkup. Doc looked him that goes into making "the sweet- the most original costumes. Harry Barrier Passed Council will run class organization- over pretty carefully, then asked: est music this side of the Susque- Ennis, senior, and Larry Cohen, The main problem in securing hanna." sophomore, are the co-chairmen. a l business between official class "How old's the bride-to-be, Seth?" Tickets Going, Going, Gone! The affair will feature an "apple. a machine was the money involved,. meetings. It is hoped that by usbarri~. "Twenty-two," replied the old There are only a few more tickets bobbing" contest and a "name that heretofore an impossible ing. the council plan, the Freshman However, Sheldon 1Schneider, comman. left for tomorrow night's wiener girl" contest. In the Beacon, a ~lass will become more united in "Well," said Doc, "let's face it. roast. Chairman of the ticket girl will be pictured wearing a missioned by his dorm-mates to its a ctivities. Reckon you'd better get a young co mmittee, Natalie Barone, reports mask and on the back of each ad- seek a "good deal", found one at The council is comprised of class A boarder." that ticket sales have increased re- mission ticket the holder- will write Pomeroy•·s department store. officials and representatives from clothes dryer was included in the Three or four months later Doc markably the past few days, which the name of that girl. Prizes will every department and organization met Seth on the street. "How's the means but one thing - practically be .awarded to the winners of each deal, eliminating hanging wet on campus. Members include: Dave n ew missus?'' he asked. everyon e's going. So; if you don't contest. There will be a "spook clothing. Vann, John Scandale, Janice Loyek, Xavier Abbot, chief buyer at "Mighty fine," said Seth. "She's want to be left out, you'd better room" through which each one must John Bassett, Ann Dixon, Merri Pomeroy's, said that machines could ex pectin'.'' get with it, gals! pass to enter the dance. Jones, Sam Lowe, Sandy :Mattei, "Well, now, yo u don't say," said The feature attraction of the be installed at no cost or downWoman Of Week Bruce Warshal, Ted Jones, Virginia the Doc. Then he looked slyly at ball will be dancing to the music payment and would be paia for by This week we salute Doris MerBrehm, Phyllis Schrader, Barbara the old man. "How's the young rill, wife, mother, and student: Go- of Frankie Reynolds and his or- means of coin boxes. At a quarter Hollinger, Barbara Argonish, Mary each, the price of fifty cents beats boarder?" ing to college is a task in itself, chestra, currently filling engageWest, Frncis Gallia, Ronnie Res"·O h," sad Seth, "she's expectin', any Wilkes student will declare, ments at "Skytop Inn' and "Strick- the sixty-five cent charge at dis- • cigno, Steve Popovich, Harry Titus. tant laundromats. With an anti- • too." but taking car e of a home and a land's" in the Poconos. One standing committee was escipated weekly return of at least This is the first time a Masquerfamily while attending college tablished. A Freshman Public Re,:, ,:, '' * * t en dollars, the machines would be ade Ball has been held at Wilkes. lations Committee was organized Price: Being illiterate is a handicap classes is a feat - one which Mrs. paid for in less than a year's time. Paul Merrill dared and is accom- Everyone is urged to attend to That is the plan that was brought to publicize the activities of the in the newspaper business. make it one of the leading annual plishing, quite successfully. Freshman class. The co-chairmen * ,:, ,:, * ,:, before the president. of this committee are John ScanFalk to Pearl: A Battleship has perAfter graduating from Nanti- events on the Wilkes social calenFarley Pleased dar. .dale and Bruce Warshal. 'sonality. coke High School, Doris Sadowski Dr. Farley liked it enough to was employed as secretary to give not only his approval but also Judge John S. Fine and to the gree in Business Education in June, finan cial support. By his order · 1955 following three and one-half County Commissioners. During the school will purchase the ma- • World War II Doris joined the years of study. Doris resides with her husband chines outright, thereby relieving · WAVES, completed training at and son at South Franklin Street Ashley of the financial trouble. Oklahoma A. & M., and was 1 of The same charges are to be levied and Lake Silkworth. Her son, 3 women from 315 candidates to for the use of the machines, but . receive the rank of P etty Officer. "Pepper", second grade student at once paid for, the fee will be reOne of the highlights of her Navy South Franklin Street school, is 7 duced to ten cents to cover repairs .. career was playing the lead in a years old. We at Wilkes have reason to be Any surplus will go into a dorm WAVES musical ,which toured proud of this remarkable yo ung fund for parties and other events .. central United States. Needless to say, the boys at AshDoris came to Wilkes in Febru- woman. W e wish her much suc- ley are happy about it all, but hapcess in her t eaching career. ary, 1950. Ill health forced her to pier still will be "Good Old Mom" leave school for a year, but she who has had to do a thirty pound came back (luckily for us) and will A cynic is a man who looks down wash whenever her son breezed in receive a Bachelor of Science de- on those above him. for a weekend. Freshman President Appoints Council Masquerade Set For Next Friday A Chuckle ... ... and A Smile ~ 1 M11.\AV'AV1M~@Ml\¥'~\Ul1M1M11MJMJM1MM1MM Make Thursday ... Dance Night -atSouth Main Slreel Armory -TONIGHT- LEE VINCENT A PAPER FOR THE HOME •. SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Most Complete Local and National Coverage FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS GIANT SOCIAL SECTION WEEKLY FEATURES and his Orchestra - WILKES COLLEGE Beacon -NEXT WEEK- JACK MELTON and his Orchestra A newspaper published each week of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 pt;:r semester. Editor ... John D. Curtis Asst. Editor ... ..... .... . Ivan Falk Asst. Editor Pearl Oriacko Sports Editor ✓ Allen Jeter Business Mgr . ... . Arthur Hoover Faculty Adviser . . George Elliot ..•. ,-DANCING FRdM 9 TO 12 - ONLY 35 CENTS. Hear Clubtime's Dave Teig as MC and the Nation's Brightest Young Bands . . ,At the, Arm9ry . . .. ...JIOTTlfD UNDER AUTHORIT)' , Of T.HE COCA -C OLA . CO/AP ANY ~y . . . '' . KEYSTONE COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY "Coke" i:. a reg11otered iroda~moili. © 1953, The- Coco -C olo Cori.pony A REGULAR WEEKLY SERIES OF DANCES Join the Throng - Make Thursday ... Dance· Night . SOUTH MAIN STREET ARMORY Im t ~1~mV.i\1mtfflFAffiffifflfflffi\~1m\iMvt Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, So_uth River Street, WilkesBarre, o~ the Wilkes Campus. Telephone: V Alley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. �Thursday. October 21, 1954 3 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Gridders Clash With Trenton Teachers t ·z k ., d ,,.,.. p sEEK wIN IN coMEBAcK I .re Tl a c,ame op ,ayer ON SATURDAY AT 2 O'CLOCK In Weekly Poll of Scribes 0 1 , ByRg,r::;~:ts:!~sgridmenwillbegunningfortheirthirdwin of the season when they entertain the Trenton State Teachers A week of play that saw him in action with the soccer team twice earned Parker Petri- College Saturday afternoon at 2:30 in Kingston Stadium. The Colonels will be out to avenge their loss of last week lak, Colonel goalie, the Beacon's fourth "Player of the Week" award. Ole "Paak' really had a busy time of it in the lwo encounters and showed himself back at the hands of Bloomsburg. The defeat lmocked the Blue and Gold out of the ranks of the unin his old form in front of the Wilkes nets. defeated. The Huskies were just Many a goal tender would be gun-shy by this time in the season. especially with the too much for the Wilkesmen who caliber of opponents the Colonels have been meeting, but Askam's contribution to Coloneldom has fared raht well. His play in both games, steady and dependable, won him the nod of the Beacon sports staff over other players who stood out in individual games. PARKER PETRILAK The Hanover High S chool product who has r eally been ·around in Wilkes sports wa s with the Partridge crew when it just missed beating Lafayette and had to set.tie for a 3-3 tie, and then, he t ended his second shutout of the year (third in Wilkes history - the opposition being shut out, that is) in the l-0 victory over Bucknell. Then last week he had a tough, but fighting time of it at Lock Haven when the Colonels were again tied, 4-4. And, last Saturday as th e Wilkes t eam had its finest game of th e season, Parker, with late-mom ent aid from John Bresnahan, watch ed the Wilkes goal in the 3-1 win over a strong Phii ladelphia T extile team. Selection of a Beacon "tops" is n o new th ing for Parker, (and for those of you who didn't know, his name is re;;dly Charles), since h e was the first Athlete of the Year back in 1951. TUXEDOS TO RENT Special Price To Students ms so. WASHINGTON ST. BAUM'S THE ] -W (2 ,4 T ti O r= _ The Wilkes football Colonels suffered their first defeat J _ of the current season last Sat~============================!! urd a y aftern oon when a powerful • LC>NGS1N( Featuring The Newest In College Men's Fashions ANDY'S DINER Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym Plenty of 'Free Parking Prices for the Collegian's Budget .. . . A Reputation Built on Fine Food -·-~1· ; You are Welcome ~ AT ~ ZI MMER. M.AN' S,! Ifs a Pleasure to Serve You F. DALE, Prop. T ~ Ill< ■--'i SPECIAL TUX GROUP PRICES ~ "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 Wilkes-Barre. Pa. A Full Course Meal Or a Sandwich e Good Food · O Reasonable Prices Plenty of Free Parking Space Catering to Small Groups ■ ~ Bloomsburg STC eleven pounded UP AND DOWN c ut a crushing 44-0 victory over It was jus t one of those weeks. W e don't want to sa y too much the Blue and Gold at Bloomsburg. about the Bloom sburg game. Let's face it, we just didn 't have it. The The Wilkesm en struggled dogweek wasn't a complete bust sportswise though. Th e soccer t eam came gedly, but were overwhelmed by through in grand styl e and set themselves up for a possible winning th e superior weight and speed of season. If they can pull it off, it will be th e second year in a row and th e down-r iver t eacher squad. the second time in the hi story of th e sport here. This year's edition of Bloom sburg Quarterback Mike the hooters is a far cry from th e ha pless team that was fielded when we Las hendock paced the Huskies by first came to school here several eons ago. s oring once, tossing for two othBut being one of those weeks something els e was bound to hapers and setting up a fourth with pen and it did. Two days ago came the happy news that the stude~t a hea ve to th e Wilkes 27. Fleetcouncil decided that it wasn't worth it to keep a s ix- page paper and ' footed Halfback Jim Browni ng so they didn't appropriate enough money to keep us on that basis. ; open ed the Teachers' scoring spree Well, ba ck to the old four-pager, only without much space - ads , 1 v·ith a 53-yard touchdown gallop yo u kno w. early in the first period. Well, it's an ill wi nd that blows nobod y good, Browning added a sprint of 68 but the decision s hould p lease the peopl e who comyards for a score in th e third period plai n that th e BEA CON features too much sports. 2.s th e Huski es piled up thirteen We have abo ut three-uarters of a page now. Is : oi nts in th e first quarter, added that OK, gang? ~weJ;,e in t he second, and capp ed ·, : ori n <s fes ti vi ti es with nineteen in CLOSE ONE Lhe third. We s tarted off this week to write a real bli sterThe Colonels' only threat cam e ing one, chewing out all able bodied males for not ery early in the first period when coming to t he aid of the intramural footba ll prothey took over on their own 45, gram. As of Monday there were just four teams ·1fter forcii ng Bloomsburg to punt. signed up for the loop and we ha ve to admit that Nicholas tossed to Gronka to th e we were downright disa ppointed in the boys. But · Teachers' 25, t hen to Dadurka who the n carr. e Tu t'sday's bulletin and wit h it the sch elugged the ball to th e t en. There dules. By some mea ns, instead of having four AL JETER the Wilkes off ense stall ed and th e teams , the league had blossomed into eig ht. Well, Husk ies too•k command . now that's more lik e it ! Better late than n eve r is an old phrase that ha s been we ll used, but it seems to fit in t hi s case. JVondet who we think we're kiddin'. If Bloom sb urg is in our INTRAMURAL GRID LOOP class in any way, shape, or form yo u could have fooled us. Now don't get us wrong. We think that this year's edition of the ColoTO GET UNDERWAY MON. nels is one of the best yet. The fact is we'll go so far as to say that The intramural football league the boys are exceptional in this day of commercial football. We continues play on Monday aftermore than hold our own in schools that are in our league. noon when the Lions clash with But to say that Bloomsburg is in our class is down right funny the Gnip-Gnops at 3 in Kirby or maybe it isn't funn y. We were imp ressed by one thing. H ere, we Park. thought to ourselves, is an outfit that is going to fi eld a footba ll team There are eight teams in the no matter what, and it looks like they did a good job. league, acco rding to Mel Schmeizer, the assis tant organizer of the HOW 'BOUT IT? W e were outclassed and who is to say that we weren't. Thi s isn 't loop. In former years, Wilkes has sour gra r,es beca use we lost, that can happen to any t eam. We don't think t hat the Huski es are 44 points better than the Colonels but we had one of the best intramural do believe that they are out of our class. On e wi n in a se;e n year programs goin g, a nd it is s urpris ing to note a seeming disinseries is a good indicator if yo u a sk us. Aren 't there any other teams in the area that co uld be played? terest this year. Rumor has it that Lycom ing might be added to the sch ed ule next year. Team roster s and the leag ue W e think that this wo ul d be a good thing. The gam e is a natural for schedule will be posted early t hi s neck of th e woods and 'Joe Fan' mi ght get a break and see a foot- schedule w ill be real hard to reball ga m e. member) w ill be posted earl y next week. A list of official inNex t week, du e to the limitations of s pace, this column ma y be tra mu ral touch football rules has replaced with .. . ADS. been draw n up a nd iss ued to each team . A f ellow step ped off his porc h in Ca liforn ia and t hey had to drag the dew for hi s body. cm.the~ Toll Gale Restaurant COLONELS BLASTED ~; r~tO~!!~~URG STC ·111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1 Louis Rosenthal Men's Clothing & Furnishings Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 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Ralston and his forward wall have no intention of.' a repeat of last week's disaster. The team showed a weakn ess last week as far a s stopping end runs were concerned and much of the drill th is week has been aimed at poli sh ing defen sive formations a nd signals. Several new things have been added. to t he a lrea dy potent offense. Th e Trenton series started two years ago with the J erseymen invading. Th ey were surprisingly strong and held th e ,B lue and Gold to a ti e. Last year the Colonels traveled to T renton and evened up the score by roll iing over the t eachers by a score of 31 to 7. This year the Trenton outfit has not showed up partk ularly strong to date but they are noted a s an upset t eam so th e Colonel coa ching staff is taking all necessary precautions to have the t eam up for t his one. SOCCERMEN SNOW PHIi.A. TEXTILE 3 TO 1 IN CHILLER The Wilkes hooters got a big boost in their quest for a winning season Saturday. when they gave Philadelphia Textile Institute a 3-1 pasting at Kirby Park. Th e game wa s th e finest played a ll year by th e Colonels who kept the visitors off balance for the greater part of the fracas. The Ph iladelphia team jum ped off to an early lead when J oe Mantherpio n creased the net with just a few mi nutes gon e in the first period . Th e Colonels were hampered in th e openin g stanza by a st rong h ead wind t hat helped k eep th e ball in Blue and Gold territory. Once the teams changed fi elds though , it was a different story. Hank Deibel took a shot early in th e second period that started to go astray. Sam Shugar, a Plymo uth prod uct, caught up with it and brushed it back on co urse to dent the cords for th e fir st Wilkes tall v. By t he ti me the fina l period roll er! al'ou nd there was no stoppin g the Colonels. Aft er 11 minutes of the fourth quarter, Koo 'Younsu S('.Ored with a bli stering stra ight ahead shot that blazed past the Tex tile goalie. Several mi nutes later, co-captain Carl Va n L~ ke h ead ed in another score to wrap up the ball game. Parke!' Petr ilak, the Colonel goali e, li ved up to style a nd turned I in a fine performan ce at the nets, · stoppin g shots that seemed to be : destined for scor es. �Thursday, October 21, 1954 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 4 XXXXIIIIIXIIIXXXJXIXXIIX Feather Coin-Count DORMS OFFER PROPOSAL FOR ALL-COLLEGE LOUNGE Letter to the Editor ... Red High, But S h o u I d Be IXXXXIXIIXIXIXIIXIIXXXXI The Wilkes donnitories yesterday made a prop esal to Dr. Eugene S. Farley, college pres- Editor, Do we ha ve a s tudent co un cil ? ident, -which would make the second floor of th <:! cafeteria an all-college lounge, open to day It is not diffic ult to elect r eprestudents as well as the dorm students and faculty. sentati ves . Th e qu es tion is, what Much concer ned over r eported "ill f eelings" whic h ha ve r esulted from th e "switch " of the school's eating facilities, the dormitory p r esidents, on authorization from th eir constituents , · su bmitted the foll owing letter t o Dr. Farley. Dear Dr. Farley: We, the representatives of the Wilkes C o I I e g e dormitories , would like to make a s uggestion w hich we believe will be of benefit to a ll st ud ent s. Althoug h we deeply app reciate the new d ining fa cilities which have bee n made availab le to us, we regret any incon veni ence t hat may ha ve been caus ed our fe llo w stude nt . We feel that their (>roblems are our problems, and, therefore, we like to look toward sol utions which will be of satisfaction to a ll. In fact, we have probably missed as much as a n y group on camp us the op portunit ies for co mp a nions hip and re- Misses' Orlon SWEATERS laxation which the cafeteria offered in former years . Therefore, we would like to s uggest t hat t he second floor of the cafeteria be made available to all Wilkes College students as a genera l meeting place and lounge. Its central location makes it a n ideal site for between-class r elaxation, for stud ying, and for other s imila r activities . P e rhaps some a rran gements might even be made so that soft drin ks a nd/o r coffee wo uld be available t here. It is ou r belief t hat, with a little imag ination and cooperative action among th e s tudent s , we can uti lize th ese fa cilities to a much g reater degree t ha n has been t he case in years pas t . We will ap r> reciate your a pr>ro ving a nd forwar din g our s ugg es t ion to the Stud ent Cou nci l s o that affirmative action may be taken immediately. In closing, we wou ld like to extend to you , to t he faculty , and to the st udent body a n invitation to attend the "open -ho use" activities which we have initiated in the dormitories this year. These affairs a re an illus tration of our belief that we are a ll members of the Wilkes College community and that the facilities of the college are availa ble to a ll who would use them. S ince rely yo urs, Al Jeter Pres ident, Ashley Hall Cliff Brautigan Pres ident, B utler Hall Mo nica Utri as President, McClintock Hall Jeannette Perrins Pres id ent, Sterling Hall Jay Kaufman Pres iden t, Weckesser Ha ll do th ey repr esent once elected? I have learned that th e student council has r ecently cut the budget propo sal of the Beacon. Why? Were an y opinions of the student body considered when this was don e ? Has the opinion of the student body ever been a sked w hen an important issue was to b e considered by th e student council? I s uggest th e desires of the student body be expressed from now on by the people w e all voted fo r when th ey promised tha t very service. I fo r one li ke th e Beacon. T o cut its bu dge t is not a probl e m to be a rb it rari ly decided by a s mall g rou p of people w ho have segr egated th ems elves from th e rest of th e stud ent bod y by non-representation. He : "Can I have thi s dance?" Students! If th is stud ent counSh e: " No! " cil wi ll not r ep r esent us, I suggest H e: " Oh , that's a ll rght. I didn 't th a t nex t year we elec t one that wa nt to. I j ust wa nted t o see if will! you spo·ke Engli s h." Clifford R. Brothers , Fres hm a n Higher; Only $250 to Go! By JANI CE SCH USTER With the Community Chest drive still in fu ll swing h er e on ca m pus, Activities Director Ro bert Partr idge ha s r eveal ed tha t ove r twothirds of th e goal est ablish ed at $1300 by Wilk es has been atta ined. This s um amounts to over $1,000 while ther e is yet a lack of approximately $250. At th e present tim e, a long with the pre ·: ious ly ment ioned Male Chorus, bot h th e Biolog y and Letterme n Clubs have al so met t h eir qu otas. Durin g t he next and final week of t his vita l campaign, complete retu rn s a re h oped t o m eet or possibly s urpa ss th e quota . As a rem inde r, dona tions can be ma de th ro ug h an y club on campus or Mr . Partridge and his s pecia l comm ittee including A r t Hoover, Ph ilip Jon es, and Bill Crowd er . W e can and will reac h th e goal if ea ch perso n her e at Wilkes do es his par t. ~r.w~1~1;: ; ~: f;1i ~?~ : : : :, :~:': : :;:': : ::::;;;;;:;;0::1~;:~~'.?2:::~1:1:;,~ 1 Short Sleeve SLIP ONS 4.99 Long Sleeve CARDIGANS 6.98 o Soft 'n' Silky • Wear Like Iron o Pastels - Tewel - Deep Shades o All Perfect Quality . Sizes 34-40 Sportswear - Pomeroy's 2nd Floor ----------·--- - %1 :· _/11 JACK WEBB AND BEN ALEXANDER You know them best as Sgt. Joe Friday and Officer Frank Smith- stars of Chesterfield's award-winning "Dragnet" on TV and Radio. They're now starred in the movies, too, in Warner Bros.' great new picture, " Dragnet.' 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Chesterfields are best for you because they're highest in quality, low in nicotine. Try a carton of Chesterfields today. LARGEST SELLING CIGARETTE IN AMERICA'S COLLEGES � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1954 October 21st Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954 October 21 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/a1553d95729bfcf3b096492a31420771.pdf 264c163b43c35065657eb9a71d1bcd67 PDF Text Text WILKES The Community College, Serving Wyoming Valley And The World Vol. X, No. 4 ~ - WILKES COLLE(;iE THE BEACON ,BeacOn WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1954 Council Asks'Ca f' Return 1-------------- 0ffice Requested CONTEST ON RIVER · B BANK FRIDAY NOON Old Cafeteria e TO SETTLE HAZING Swapped For New resolution requesting that A the day students "be given back the cafeteria and provision be made for the dormitory students to eat at Harding Hall" was h unanimously passed by t e student council a t Monday's meeting. A committee composed of Art Hoover, Helen Krach enfels, Bill Crowder and Jim N everas was slated to place the re solution in the laps of th e adm inis tration yest erday. Following a B ea con policy of pres enting a ll sides to important campus discussions, the following arguments are listed a s presented in council : 1. A central meeting place for all students on campus hs been elim inated. 2. Facilities of Harding House are inadequate in all resp ects s eating room, facilities for the preparation of food, refrigeration s pace for beverages, etc. 3. By providing a s eparate room for fac ulty members, a separation of faculty and students has occurred which has always been contrary to school policy. This separation is disagreeable to both students and teachers. 4. Wilkes has always been proud to be a "commute1·'s college" but it app ears that the day students a re being neglected in favor of t he dorm itory students, who actually comprise a very small portion of the college enrollm ent. 5. Wilkes students have been eating at places in town, and as a res ult, they are f eeling less and Jess a part of the college. 6. Many dormitory students are also dissatisfied with the arrangements as they now stand. They feel that the ca fet eria pro vided a meeting place for both groups, and better relations were maintained. 7. Complaints are being mad e by th e science n°a jors who spend al most a ll their time on campus in BEACON Photos by Jerry Lind the area of Conyngham Hall, that PH OTOS OF THE FRACAS- W hen news of the planned fres hm an they now f eel more isolated than revol t reached a lert Beacon photographer Jer r y Lind, h e d ecided to ever. h ave his camera on hand in case a n yth ing d evelo ped. Lind got more A suggestion was made that if t ha n he bargained for and was a ble to get some of t he best n ews p ho- the dormitory enrollment is expecttos ever taken for the Wilkes paper. I n top photo a n u pperclass coed ed to increase so greatly in the fuappears t o be havi ng a little trouble tak ing "illegal" lipstick off a ture, more sleeping facilities will freshma n girl, who resisted violently. In middle photo, a n u pper - be needed. Therefore 1 there may classman tries to remove makeu p fro m a nother frosh coed while a be a possibility of turning Sterling crowd of spectators watch es, sm iling broadly. T his was on e of t he Hall into a dining hall. most con troversial of t he inciden ts wh ich led to action b y t he Studen t Heated arg um ents took u p so "council. Bottom shows what looks to be a fr ee-for-a ll a mong fr osh much of the student council's time a nd t heir overseers. Actua lly th e person on top is t r y ing to pull t he that the budget question had t o be bottom two a pa rt accor ding to r epor t s fro m eye-witnesses. tabled until Sunday afternoon. Fresh man h az ing will contin ue at least until tomorrow. The newcomers to Wilkes, involved in a scrape with tipperclassmen this week will get another chance to throw off ties, dinks, black and white socks and garters and the frosh girls will get a chance to put makeup back on when t h e second tug of war is held tomorrow at 12:30 on the River Common, scene of the r ecent battle. The frosh los t in a fir st attempt to win th eir fre edom from fre shman r egulations last Saturday ni g ht wh en the up perclassmen won the rop e pull between halves of th e Wilkes-Ithaca football game. Spokesman for the class claimed t hat the upperclassmen used foul and underhanded tactics in the first chan ce of the yea r for freedom . The fr os h claimed that the upperclass t eam was "ov erloaded". The incident, "overloading", was considered one of the main reasons for the freshman revolt. However, fres h m en are reminded t hat in accordance with Student Council regulations, if they lose again, they are bound to adh ere to the rules until such time as they can free themselves. No further violence from uppe,rclassmen w ill be permitted if the frosh are made to continue, it' was made clear, however. DrQ Farley Warns Council on Frosh Dr. E ugene S. Farley told t he student co uncil in a n unscheduled appearance on Monday nig ht before t hat gro u p, t hat it is t he res1>0nsibility of the organization to d eal with t he s ituation th at arose when t he fres h men revolted Monday after noon. "Yo ur a utho ri ty has been cha l lenged by a s ma ll gro u1> on campus," t h e W ilkes p resident said, "and it is u1> to yo u to settle th e situation once a nd for a ll." "If you don't act now, you r power as t he r epresentative bod y of th e studen ts w ill d windle and disappear,'' he stated. 'Ihe a d min istr ation a nd Student Coun cil s hould be alert in the futu r~ with a mind to a n ticipating s uch distu rbances, Dr. Farl ey concl uded. The council took pr ompt action in a p pointing a committ ee to ha ndle t he problem. College Head Sc1ys Further Violence To Bring Action "Any more violence on campus will be dealt with by me quickly and with finality," stated Dr. Eugene S. Farley, Wilkes president, late this week afte r a freshma n revolt against upperclassmen rocked th e campus on Monday. Dr. Farley's s tatement, made at a Student Council meeting, follow ed one of th e most bitter demons trations in Wilk es history of a fr eshm a n cla ss' r ebelli on against th e ha zi ng by m em be r s of the three upper classes . The r evolt took place on th e River Common , directly a cross South Ri ve r Street from Chase Hall, administration building . A ccording to r e p o rt s from throug hout th e campus and from fr esh man class r epresentatives at the Council meeting an altercation betw een a " select group" of upperclassmen was involved in the r evolt, in which several people were allegedly knocked down and kicked. Variou s r eports which stated that one fre shman girl was slapped by an upp erclass man were also aired at the council meeting, but the Beacon has heard as man y different rumors on the s ituation as there were people who allegedly witnessed the flar e-up. Actuall y Not Slap Most reports agre e, though, that the slap was not a slap at a ll, bu t rather an attempt to remove lipstick the girl was wearing. Wear. ing mak e up during freshman orientation is strictly against th e rules. Spokesmen for the frosh said that the revolt was planned as far back as Friday. As it developed, most fros h reported on campus without <links, ties, and other required attire, in an attempt t o defy th e upp erclassmen. It has been f elt that little was being done to make the fros h obey rules and the g roup which took action all eg edly fe lt tht somethin g had to be done. The fracas which developed r es ulted in that group's a ction. Dr. Farley told the council meeting last n ight that "any person who . would pick on a girl is j ust plain yellow." ' I Points Res ponsibility The Wi lkes prexy also stated that it is the Student" Cou ncil's responsibi lity to deal with t h e tur (continued on page 2) �Thursday, October 14, 1954 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Mayor .to be Consulted on Parking Mess y DICK JONES and .JONNI FALK Prospects of finding a solution to one of the many park1g problems confronting Wilkes students highlighted the icond week of the Beacon's campaign on the parking ilemma. Within the next few days, the Beacon will meet with [ayor Luther Kniffen on the topic of the two-hour park1g situation on South River Street. It is hoped that a Ian will be worked out which will enable students with tree-hour labs or continuous classes to park in this area ithout fears. While nothing has been definitely settled at this writ1g, a r.e liable source close to City Hall deemed it a logicI possibility. If the suggestion is approved by the Mayor, . is hoped that the student body will cooperate to the ut- most with the Police Department. The plan will probably limit three-hour parking to only those who do have labs or long runs of classes. The Police Department has given 100 per cent backing to the campaign to rid the Franklin Street lot of unauthorized parkers. As soon as possible the parking lot will be decorated with a new sign warning any non-collegiate parker their cars will be towed away. They agree that non-student parkers should ha ve their cars towed away AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE-but emphasize that this must be a school function as the police hav~ no right to enter private lots unless asked. Once more we invite all those who possess legitimate parking permits in the lot to report illegal parking to the administration office. According to unofficial sources, the painting of white lines on South Rivet· Street to mark each parking place is unfeasible. Heavy traffic on the thoroughfare would soon obliterate them. Further efforts are being made to find a solution to this problem. In the meantime, we request the student body to avoid parking cars in such a manner that they take up a space and a half and caust> the other fellow to suffer. Students driving to class shoull remember that other drivers need parking space, so don'1 be a parking s pace HOG! The Beacon has received several s uggestions that the lots behind Ashley and Butler dorms be converted int< par king spaces for the dorm students. This would alloy more places for the day students. Further suggestions which seem logical will be co · sidered seriously by the Beacon and are welcomed. W, try to get it through. Kaye Named Assistant; NIGHT STUDENTS To urmzE I mnICO ■ I st ff A . d ~~~~!lC~AR IN EXPERIMENT a a .pproVe that:;'!~~·.~~;~·.~2;~sl~n~1a;~/w.'.1J.1:,:;,:\:Jl"~f ,~: With' the official announcement of the appointment of Jim I feveras and Jean Kravitz as co-editors of the Amnicola, Wilkes earbook, it was also revealed yesterday that Irwin S. Xaye,· ~shley Hall dorm student from Berwick, Pa., has been named lssistant Editor of the publication. Tbe ~eac<;>n reve~led. gn exchisive story two weeks a90 1at Neveras and Mi11s Ktaivtz m evening division, announced this week that the Harding House snack bar will remain open evenings starting_Monday, Oct. 18. Harding will be open for business from 5 p.m. until 8:30 for Ch em Club Lists Square Dance at T.D.R. Wiener Roast Gym Friday Night Slated at Rumble's ·ould head the yearbook. The early isclosure was born true with the Dancing, country style, is on the lficial announcement from the agenda for tomorrow night. The By NORMA JEAN DA VIS vilkes publications committee. Square Dance, an annual project Presenting - a sneak preview Kaye, a native of Rockville Cenfor the Wilkes College Chemistry of Next Friday's wiener roast: The ?r, L.I., and a transfer student Club , will feature the Hi-Tones on night ai.r is crisp, a bright harvest rom New York University, was the bandstand. The Back Moun- moon peeks through the trees, and warded the editorial post on the tain aggregation, reported to be dry leaves crumbl e under the feet asis of past experience on his high one of the valley's better "western" of Wilkes students as they hop chool yearbook. combos, will also provide music for from their cars to join friends aA junior this year at Wilkes, regular or "round" dancing. Call- round a huge bonfire. Plenty of Irv" served as business manager ing the square dances will be food, from hot dogs to grilled nd co-editor on the South Side cheese sandwiches, satisfies hungry Panky Stolorick. Iigh School (L.I.) yearbook, "The And plenty of enterDoors of the gym will open at appetites. ower". tainment rounds out a perfect even8 :30 with dancing continuing until Book Was Outstanding 12. Tickets are priced at 50 cents ing in the mountains. The publication won a number of per person. Sounds like fun? Well, plan to ,rizes for layout and cover design, Co-chairmen of the affair are join in, for this year's wiene~ roast .nd also received the first place aMonica Utrias and Warren Blaker. sponsored by T.D.R., is going to rnrd in the high school yearbook Committee chairmen are James be bigger and better than ever. ompetition judged by Columbia Mark, tickets; Salley Harvey, re- Tickets for the event, which will Jniversity in 1952. freshments; Don Videgar and Mary be held at Rumble's Grove, are only Kay's addition to the yearbook Kozak, publicity. Chaperones will $1.20 per couple. taff gives it a second editor-debatbe Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Salley and ,r~~'-' Jim Never as was one of the General chairman of the annual Miss Rose Marie Gallia. opn ielfaters in the East last year • So, square dance fans as well project for T.D.R., is Nancy Batche·or Wilkes and Kaye was president IRWIN KAYE as city slickers, put on your danc- ler. Committee chairmen are Con,f his high school debating team ing shoes and join the crowd at nie Kamarunas, publicity; Natalie md also participated in debating at the gym tomorrow night. A great Barone, tickets; Bernice Thomas ffU. Hoover to talk to the upperclassand Barbar Rogers, refreshments. evening is in store for you. men involved in the revolt on the Lind Photo Editor river common opposite Chase Hall. Also confirmed was the appointNo names were mentioned in the nent of Jerry Lind, New York City, discussions and they will not be reis photography editor -of the Amni- vealed. !Ola. Lind is a member of the Other incidents reported from Beacon photo staff as well as a the dikeside demonstrations were ),ublic relations department shut- the knocking down and kicking of ;erman. . . a freshman girl by an upperclass By JANICE SCHUSTER The 1'.est of the staff, previousl y coed as well as a brawl between The Wilkes College Male Chorus became the first orgam'.lamed, was also confirmed. Other several freshman and upperclass zation on the campus to meet its quota in the 1954 Comm~nity ,taff members include Patsy Reese, boys. Chest drive according to an announcement by Robert Partndge, ut editor; Henry Goetzman, busiactivities director, early this week. ness manager·; and Neil McHugh, Jumped Leader While the drive will continue for nearly two more weeks, ;opy editor. A report from an authorative ;opy editor. Typists are Doris Mer- so urce concerning the latter inci- the early returns highlighted by the choral group shows a high derill and Irene Tomalis. dent stated that one frosh jumped A number of writers and other the " leader" of the "select grortp" gree of optimism. workers for the staff are needed. ~hereupon several of the upperW i I k e s , a community-minded Students interested in the yearbook classmen tried to break up the al- school located in the h eart of the phase of publications work should tercation, the result being an en- community, has accepted the goal contact either Catha! O'Toole, fa- tanglement of men on the ground. of $1,300 to aid in the current na- By CHUCK WHITE culty adviser for Amnicola, or Edi- ('See a ccompaning photo.) Mr. John Chwalek, Director of tionwide Red Feather campaign, as tors Kravitz and Neveras at the Although no disciplinary action announced recently by Art Hoover, Guidance and Placement, announcAmnicola office, second floor, Lec- is expected to be taken on either Student Council prexy. ed yesterday that Wilkes College ture Hall. · will begin its Monthly Career Conside of the fence in the revolt, any The goal can only be attained if ferences on Friday, November 5. further disturbances will be dealt each student, member of the facul- This monthly series will continue COLLEGE HEAD SAYS with swiftly, it was emphasized. (continued from page 1) In summing up the situation as ty and employee of the mainten- 1for ten months and will provide moil that has arisen as a result presented to Council, Robert W. ance department cont ributes his , local high school students a chance of the revolt. He said further, "If Partridge, adviser, stated, " There share. These contributions can be to learn more about various occuthe council can't put a stop to all are two sides to every story," and made through various clubs or a pations. The object of the monthly cathis, I will have to step into the he recommended the committee ap- special committee headed by Mr. picture." pointed to solve the situation to be Partridge and consisting of Hoover, reer conferences is to a cquaint representatives of high sc h o o 1 s "And I don't want to," he reveal- objective with both factions involv- Philip Jones and Bill Crowder. While the drive is being conduct- throughout the vall ey with the caed, "for if I do, certain individuals ed. might well find themselves out of Th ere is not expected to be any ed mostly on the club and organi- 1reers t hey plan to take up. the coll ege." reoccurance of the revolt this year. zation level, it has acquired several : Invitations are sent to every high forms on campus. Even Wilkes' \ school in the valley with 'the idea The main point at the meeting "High Court of Justice", the fresh- of contacting all interested stuwas not to reprimand anyone, but man Tribunal, has hatched a plan. , dents and affording them the rather to talk to both sides in the Batroney and Heltzel .Drafted Len Batroney and Bob Heltzel, Disobedi ent fros h have been given chance to get a preview of what dispute and see to it that no more violence takes place_. A committee members of the class of '54, re- the task of selling articles to up- they are to expect in various occucinsisting of Councilmen Jim Neve- cently entered the Army. Batroney perclassmen and singing in the pations. ras, Dick Bunn and Dick Carpenter had been playing pro baseball prior cafeteria to earn money for this The subjects which will be disvital cause. cussed are as follows: was named by council president Art to his induction. 1 the benefit of evening students who come to school straight from work and for students doing late library work. The experiment will be tried as the result of a suggestion made by the Beacon. to the administration two weeks ago. It is our hope that the snack bar will be instrumental in making evening students feel more at home on the campus. The later hours of the snack bar will remain in effect for a period of from one to one and a half months in order to establish just how many students will avail them-• selves of this service, according to Mr. Wasileski. Moreover, added the eveningschool head, it is hoped that if this experiment is a success, it may lead to further organization among the 770 night students. It should prove an invluable aid to the evening students in becoming acquainted with each other. In the past, many of the night collegians have felt like homeless. waifs while waiting for classes to begin. Cue 'n' Curtain Selects 'Girl Crazy' Performers Final preparations for the first Cue 'n' Curtain presentation of the year are now in full swing at Chase Theater. Mr. Alfred Groh and Mr. John Detroy announced the cast for "-G irl Crazy", a musical comedy, this week. According to Groh and Detroy, directors, the leading rol es will be played by Mrs. John Detroy,. Fred Cohn, Skinny Ennis, Basia Mieszkowski and Paul Shiffer. Supporting players include: Bill Crowder, Bruce Williams, Nancy Batcheler, Jane Obitz, Britton Kile, Natalie Rudusky and Jim Jones. · The musical will be staged on November 19 and 20, at the In!m Temple. Miss Lo is Long is chotto:grapher. Red Feather Drive in Full Swing; Male Chorus First lo Meet Guota I Careers Conferences Begin November 5 I I I Nov. 5 2. Accounting 3. Medicine and Dentistry 4. Retail Merchandi sing 5. Nursing · 6. Music 7. Teaching 8. Chemistry 9. Engineering The dates for eight other sessions have not been set, but they will be publi sh ed when the Beacon is informed. Mr. Chwalek plans to get a group of about fift y stud ents together and ha ve them listen to national as well as local authorities on certain careers. If, however, there are too man y students to accomodate, the conferences will be held over to the following week. Friday, November 5, is the first in the series of monthly career conferen ces. 1. Secretarial work - �'hursday, bctober 14, 1954 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 3 ~anuscripl Prepares for New Issue; NEW ENGLISH PROF, BEACON EDITORIALS RADDIN, AUTHOR, itaff Members, Articles Welcome DR. Food For Hungry Night Students ARTIST, EDUCATOR The Manuscript, the literary magazine of Wilkes College, is . The B_e_?_con feels particul;trly pr:>ud of its part in. obtaining preparing for the fall season, it was reported this week by eatmg facihhes for the college s evenmg students. Starting next By DA VE McCRACKEN ditor Sandy Furey. Dr. George G. Raddin, new asso- Mo~day, the new snack bar in Harding House will be kept open Several positions are open on the Manuscript staff and leters of application to Mr. Furey are welcomed. All letters should ciate professor of English, is not until 8:30 to accomodate all evening students who might wish only a man of wide teaching ex- to grab a bite to eat before going to class right from work during e accompanied by examples of the perience, but the product of an- t~e day. W~en the r.iew restaurant was first opened, this paper .pplicant's literary efforts. Howother of his interests, painting, can discussed with Evemng School Director Stanley W asileski the ver, it is emphasized that this is be found in the personal collection ,ot a prerequisite. possibility of keeping it open to serve after dark collegians. Mr. of King Haakon VII of Norway. Letters may be deposited in the Wasil~ski was keenly interested and promised his full support Dr. Raddin holds the degrees of ilanuscript collection box at the The 1954-55 edition of the Wilkes bachelor of arts, master of arts, to the idea. He took a proposal before the administrative counear entrance of the library. cil and we now learn that the plan was accepted. Articles for the com ing edition College debating team looks well and doctor of philosophy from CoTo Mr. Wasileski, who the Beacon has found extremely co,f the magazine are also now being qualifi ed to take its place along- 1umbia University. His teaching .ccepted . Original articles by side the great teams of the past, has been done in the field of hu- operative and helpful, we say, 'Thanks'. To the night students nembers of the student body may according to a report from Dr. Ar- manities, western civilization, A- - Please, folks, now use the snack bar, won't you? LOW Neveras, Flannery Back To Spark 1954 Debaters ,e in the form of poetry, essays or hort stories. These may also be eft in the Manuscript box at Kirby fall. The determining factor in the election of articles for publication ,y the staff is literary merit. Any nember of the student body may .nd is sincerely encouraged to conribute. If you feel that you would like to ubmit an article, the advice of .eo Kelley, assistant editor of the nagazine, should encourage and 1elp new contributors. According o Leo, "It would be best not to lelay the writing of the story, esay or poem rattling around in your ,ead. Write it now; correct it; ubrriit it. We will be grateful to eceive it." The Manuscript is mailed to li,raries of colleges and universities hroughout the United States. thur N. Kruger, team coach. Last year's fine squad was one of three schools from seven Middle Atlantic states to be chosen to enter the National Debate Tournament which was held at West Point. Besides welcoming back the mainstays of last year's t eam, . Dr. Kruger is secretly harboring high hopes for several promising looking newcomers. J. Harold Flannery, Jr. and James N evera s will once again pace the organization in its quest for national honors. Much help is expected of John Doran from his fine freshman record. · Others competing for positions on this year's team are sophomores Jesse Choper and John Bucholtz, and freshmen Bruce Warshall, Virginia Brehan, John Scandale, John Co han, Ronald Wasserstrom and Gordon Rob erts. ~ew Polling Mark Set :n Colorful Elections Sophs To Publish Register Over 530 Wilkes students, the argest turnout in the history of he college turned out last Thurslay to elect class officers to re,resent them during the coming chool year. Art Hoover, student ouncil president, stated that this vas an increase of about 200 over ast year. As was expected, this ear's elecions were perhaps the most colorul ever witnessed on the campus. '.aking on all the aspects of a naional convention, there were briliant campaign speeches, wild ban.er waving and unique displays to eature a week of campus hilarity. The results, as computed by Art Ioover, Nancy Morris and William ;rowder, are as follows: SENIORS: President, Russ Picon; vice-president, Harry Ennis; ecretar, J ean Dearden; treasurer, :arl Smith. JUNIORS: President, Cliff Brauigan; vice-president, Jeanette Perins; · secretary, Barbara Bialogoricz; treasurer, James Ferris. LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS merican literture and 17th and 18th century English literature. He has taught at Rutgers, Columbia and most recently, City College of N ew York. In addition to being a teacher and a painter, Dr. Raddin is also an author. Three of his latest books have just been given to the Wilkes library. They deal with the early literary history of New York. Previously published works by Dr. Raddin are "An Early New Yol'k Library of Fiction" and "Childe The sophomore class has decided to publish a school register containing the names, addresses, and t elephone numbers of the Wilkes College students and faculty. Although the register will be compiled under the auspices of the sophomore, it will contain information about the entire student body. In order- to get his name in the register, the student will be asked to contribute 25 cents. The regist er would allow each student to have a record of his classmates as well as the other members of the DR. GEORGE G. RADDIN student body. Leslie Weiner, chairman of the Hassam". Both of these works apregister committee, hopes to dis- peared in 1940. tribute the publication before the Thoug h ,he has had a long and end of the semester. varied teaching experience, Dr. Raddin is also known in his home SOP HS: President, Reese Jones; community of Dover, N.J., for his vice president, Neil Dadurka; sec- painting and art lovers in the viciretary, Phyllis Walsh ; treasurer, nity have often viewed his work. He has exhibited hi s paintings for John Coates. FRO.SH: President, David Vann; more than 25 years with groups in vice-president, John Scandale; sec- N ew Jersey, New York and Pennretary, Jan ice Loyek; treasurer, sylvania. Compositions from his John Bassett; Student Council, Ann brush are to be found in various Dickson, Mary Jones, Sam Lowe. private collections as well as that of King Haakon. Dr. Raddin is currently residing at 93 West Union Street, Wilkesby Die[;{ Sibtier Barre and is teaching English composition, Western World literature and A esthetics at Wilkes. Among the organizations with which he is affiliated are the Modern Language Association, American Association of University Professors, and American Artists Professional League. - WILKES COLLEGE - Beaco,n A newspaper published each week of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 por semester. Editor . John D. Curtis Asst. Editor ........ Ivan Falk Asst. Editor Pearl Onacko Sports Editor ... Allen Jeter Business Mgr . .... Arthur Hoover Faculty Adviser .... George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes Campus. Telephone: V Alley 4-4651-2-3-4. "Naw, he wasn't the hero of the game 1ff on the last play." he got his pants rip1>ed Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. Freshman Revolt -- Some Plain Talk For sure the average college student doesn't have much money, in fact, and speaking from experience, he often doesn't have any money. However, we feel sure that each student on campus can afford what little the Community Chest asks. The Beacon wholeheartedly solicits your contribution to the Red Feather drive - You stand to gain by what you give. The Community Chest While the Beacon is exploring ways and means of alleviating the serious parking problems here at Wilkes, a certain few students have decided to "solve" the problem all by their dimwitted s:lve~. And instead of solving the problem, they actually are makmg it worse. For some of them, day students it has been ascertained, have decided that in order to teach other students a "lesson" they will flatten tires on the s t u d e n t parking lot. Several cases have been brought to our attention and the car owners involved are not unduly chagrined. More than one case cited involved cars bearing proper identification stickers and others with the traditional Wilkes seals. There is no reason for these sadistic "fun lovers" to flatten tires - just because they don't get to the school early enough to find one of the revered outer-shell spaces. The Beacon doesn't condone the flatenning of tires at all, but a possible reason can be fonud for the flatenning of tires on cars belonging to complete outsiders. Try as we may, though, we cannot find any rhyme or reason to such an act on fellow students' cars. It has happened to dorm students, who have no other place to park their cars. This too, will be stopped. For from the plans brought to our attention, the despicable offenders had better be careful about whose car they decide to work on next. Oh, what a horrible fate. An Invitation -- In or Out? The Beacon editorial staff is no~ looking for credit when it ' states that it has worked hard in getting out its first four issues. It has gone to work with the belief that help would soon arrive and has continued a six-page paper, which the student body seems to have accepted, happily, with enthusiasm. But the help has not arrived. Of the students who have shown an interest in journalism, only a few have been dependable and consistent in turning in assignments. Each week. the editors are left with the sorry job of digging up a majority of news stories themselves. What many indifferent would-be journalists fail to remember is that the editors have_to study too. Their job is _big enough, what with the responsibility of putting out a paper, laying it out, writing some copy and headlines falling on them, without having to gather the news, too. No sour grapes here. We want to keep up a good paper, but it takes more than a handful to do so.. If help doesn't come, we may go back to four pages. Therefore, consider this an invitation to any persons in any way interested in journalism to join us at the staff meeting tomorrow at 12:20. We need re-write people, reporters, feature writers and editorial assistants. To those who have taken a lackadaisical attitude toward the Beacon and who seldom get within earshot at our meetings Either get with it, or get out! Curtis, Editor. Ex-Dean Out!ffanding Woman Mrs .. Gertrude Marvin Williams, former Dean of Women at Wilkes, was recently named one of the t en outstanding women in Pennsylvania. Mrs. Williams received a gold medal citing h er as one of the "1954 Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania". The presentation was made by Governor John S. Fine at the governor's mansion in Ha r r isb urg. After receiving h er degree from Wellesley College, Mrs. William s became a reporter for several New York n ewspap ers. Mrs. Williams taught at Wilkes for ten years and served as Dean of Women for two years. Sh e has authored several books, has served as state president of the American Association of University Women, and has worked in the Departm ent of Welfare at Harrisburg. GRAD JOE SIKORA NOW ARMY MUSICIAN Joe Sikora, 1954 graduate, is now one of the first men to get up in the morning. The former athlete and band member is furthering his mus ical career as a regimental bugler At Fort Dix, New Jersey, where he is und ergoing basic training with the 69th Infantry Division. Magazines Donated to Library Th e Wilkes Coll ege Library received a gift of 70 bound and unbound editions of "Century" magazine this week, Mrs. Nada Vujica, college li brarian, r eported yesterday. The books cover a period of approximately 30 years and should aid Wilkes stud ents doing research in Americana. They are the gift of Mr. Bruce Watson of Altoona. �,.\ Oi i.Ai ..W·t1 i. Vi .... ·1 For This Week WISDOM OF WILKES By DICK GRIBBLE -The Inquiring Photographer Question: What do you think of the new Dior style in Women's F ashions? Monica Utrias, a J unior and McClintock Hall dormitory student from Newark, N.J. - I don't care for the new Dior st yle. They are just ,g oing back to grandma's day - they haven't much appeal. ·1 think that f they were to make a complete change in style instead of reverting to the old styles they would have more attraction. John Castagna, a Junior from Nanticoke, Pa. - "I don't particularly care for the new style. It is one sided because if the girl stands .s ideways y o u can't see her. It is a lot of nonsense. I think that it is just a gimmick t o s-ell something 'new' - so that Dior can make a f ew more bucks." Mike Reilly, a Senior from Mountain Top, Pa. - "Being an ardent admirer of the finer things in life, I think that the Dior style would eliminate a few of the finer points in in ladies' fashions. The boys that stand on the street corners on windy days might commit suicide, drastically reducin g th~ labor supply of the Valley and thus causing inflation." A Chuckle and a Smile WITH J) ~Al2 L ~ with no lights on a one-way street, By PEARL ONACKO and a ft er running past a red signal Greetings, et c. And apologies, etc. Last weekend, especially last and two cops, crashes. into a patrol $nturday night, was the most, to say the least . A ga me to go down in wagon. the books as one of the greatest; a crowd to match. And a wonderful Many a man today is living by time was had by all - a storybook ending to a storybook evening. Let's have more of them. the sweat of his fra u. Hear fro m a relative at Bloom that the Huskies look pretty wicked. You can never tell bow a girl Well, so did Ithaca. I wouldn't mi ss a ·Bloom defeat for the world. How will turn out until her folks turn about you? Let's all join the caravan to Bloom, what say? in. MASQUER.ADE BALL * * * * * Many a man proposes to a girl Senior Harry Ennis and Sophomore Larry Cohen, co-chairmen of A spendthrift is a man who is the Masquerade Ball, announce that plans are full speed ahead for the under a light he wouldn't think of broke and Joa nl y. choosing a suit by. October 29 event. "The Masquerade Ball could become an annual af);( ,:: * * * fair at Wilkes," soph prexy Reese Jones told those in a ssembly last Wifie: "And why did you get week. "Whether it will or not depends on yo u." So, dig up a costume One sure sign of inflation is the way nobody says " Thanks a Mil- drunk in the first place?" (hear "Curly" J oe Trosko has a dandy) and plan to attend-stag or Hubbie: " I didn't get drunk in drag. lion !" anymore. Now, it's " Thanks the first place. I got drunk in the a Billion!" WIENER ROAST NEXT WEEK; DANCE TOMORROW last place." * * * * * Time's a wasting, gals ! If you ha ven't approached him yet, you'd He was such a clean person they He had been dining too well, and, better do so, fast, for the annual T.D.R. wiener roast is just around the had to burn the house down to get hailing a taxi, he crawled gingerly corner. It's always been a gala affair; this year should be no exception. him out of the bathroom . inside, after falteringly giving the The Chemistry Club will offer its first squa re dance at t he gym tomorrow nig ht. And you needn't know how to square dance to An unwelcome guest is one of driver his destination. It happened that the opposite have a good time. It's more fun when you don't know how, we've th e best things going. door hd been left unlatched by the been told. Well, that's -about it. I leave you with this choice bit for the week, Some girls speak just as they previous fa re, and stumbling agai nst it, the inebriated one fell "I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours ." think-but more often. outside again. He picked himself WOMAN OF THE WEEK When Miss Minnie Fotzengargle up with great difficulty, and acPublic Relations and Alumni Decosted the driver. and Mrs. Etrusha Wbalebottom partments. In her new post, Mrs. " Hhatsh pretty quick work," were shopping for groceries at the Rob erts is r esponsible for the fine corner Food Emporium, they paus- he said. "How mush do I owe publicity given to the college in ed to watch a woman followed by you?" local and out-of-town newspapers. two little girls, who were evidently A native of Scranton, Mrs. RobBachelors are men who failed to twins, breeze by. erts graduated from Wyoming "There goes that plushy Mrs. embrace their opportunities. Seminary, received a Bachelor of * * * * * Maureen F eigenbum and her_ Arts in English from Goucher Col"I met my wife in _a peculiar twins," said Minnie. "You know, lege, and completed her studies for Mrs. Whalebottom, I r ead in an ar- wa y. I ran over her in my car, a Master of Arts at Cornell Uniticle the other day where it said and later married her." versity. Before coming to Wil<kes, "If everybody had to do that twins is something which happens she taught English at Wyoming there wouldn't be so much reckless only once in 38,679 times." Seminary and was meployed as "Indeed," said Mrs.Whalebottom. dri ving." secretary to the Merchandising " I don't see how she ever had time Manager of the Grey Shops, BosA statistician has esimated that to do her housework." ton Store. only six per cent of the men who Mrs. Roberts resides with her You can run into debt - but you make abstemonious r esolutions at New Year parties ever carry them family at Wyoming Seminary. Her have to crawl out. out. Most of the 94 per cent who husband, Professor Edwin J. Roberts, is chairman of the Latin DeThen there was the absent-mind- don't carry them out , however, get partment at the Kingston school. ed sculptor who kissed his model carried out themselves. Two of the Roberts children, Joyce and chiseled on his wife, "I left a bottle of Scotch in the and Kurt, attend Wyoming SemiOur idea of a fellow out of luck train this morning." nary. Parker, the youngest, is a "Was it turned into the Jost and is an unlicensed driver who bas a student at the Main Street school in Kingston. quart of gin and one arm about a found department?" MRS. RUTH ROBERTS "No, but the fellow who found it girl, and who drives a stolen car It is a pleasure for us to present * 1:: * * * was." Our choice for woman of the Mrs. Ruth Roberts to the student "Are you satified with married week is Mrs. Ruth Roberts, recent- body of Wilkes. The first woman to life?" ly appointed Wilkes director of bold the position of Publicity and "Yeah, I've had all I want of it." Publications and Publicity. Mrs. Publications Director at Wilkes, Roberts joined the Wilkes admini- Mrs. Robert s is doing a commendstrative staff in September, 1953 able job. We wish her much luck in as secretary and assistant to the the future . The ma in trouble with the straight and narrow is that there's no place to park. * * * * * Sam: "What is that horrible noise?" Friend: "The girl upstairs is cultivating her voice." Sam : "Cultivating? It's harrowing!" 11~1r,se ff • Ll>NGS.• Georgia Tomassetti , a Junior from Wilkes-Barre, Pa. - "I don't like the new Dior style. It's ft~ ...... just a return to the flapper days. Featuring The Newest I don't like the In College Men's Fashions reduced bustline - I do not like the high SPECIAL TUX necklines I do not like the GROUP PRICES long skirts. I for think a woman WILKES DANCES ,i in a full skirt at of .the Dior style looks like the broad side of a barn. I was not JOHN B. STETZ interested in the Dior style before; Expert Clothier ~ I a m less interested in it now." 't-- 9 E. Market St., W-B. I Thursday, October 14, 1954 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 4 f...\ ''\\~allllllt-. The person submitting the best uestion each week for use in Wisdom of Wilkes will receive two ANDY'S DINER tickets to the Comerford Theater, Wilkes-Barre. Playing this week Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym is " Brigadoon" sta.rring Gene Kelly, Plenty of Free Parking Van Johnson and Cyd Charisse. Prices for the Collegian's Budget .. Determination of the best ques.. A Reputation Built on Fine Food tion will be left to the discretion of the editors. POTATO CHIPS 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Louis Rosenthal Men's Clothing & Furnishings Wilkes-Barre, Pa. ~!W4)M!M~ !WJM!M/l~!Ml\/a!M!M!WM!MJWW\.WIWUM Make Thursday ... Dance Night -atSouth Main Street Armory 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1 A PAPER FOR THE HOME •• SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Most Complete Local and . 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Dance Night SOUTH MAIN STREET ARMORY �irsday, October 14, 1954 5 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON YOUNSU KOO STOPS ANOTHER BUCKNELL DRIVE looters Dump Bucknell Squad; ,eet Lock Haven Teachers, ~hiladelphia Textile Saturday PAUL B. BEERS '53 and AUSTIN SHERMAN In the heart of the soccer season this past week, the Colonels produced some of their est ball, almost assuring them of a winning year. Going into the week with a win over Elizarhtown and a loss to Rider, the Colonels had to buck Lafayette, Bucknell, and Lock Haven. 'eats would have thrown the 'in. .ast Saturday Wilkes went into , extra periods to hold a tie with 'ayette. The Colonels have nevbeaten the Easton team in three vious meetings, twice losing by ing scores of 2-1, so in a sense tie was a sign of better things come. :he Leopards, fielding one of ir best clubs, scored first in the ond quarter when left halfback > Harrison whipped in a 25-yard st. The Colonels came back mtes later, as Hank Deibel capiized on a mix-up at the goal, I the score stood 1-1 at half.e. n the third quarter center forrd Neil Smiley of Lafayette sank ,ther long shot, but Dick Polavski tied things up with a slidpush shot that squirmed past goalie. Mid-way through the 11 quarter, with the Colonels ying defensive ball, Koo Younsu . the ball and casually proceeded field. His unconcern over the ole matter apparently shocked whole Lafayette backfield, and nimbly went around and about m and slipped in the third Cologoal. This looked like the ball ne, but with five minutes to go, fayette's standout ballplayer, .side left Al Paleologus, dribbled !p and cross-fired on goalie rker Petrilak for the tying tally. e extra periods proved nothing. ruesday afternoon in a nice ball ne the Colonels took Bucknell, . It was a sturdy win, as the lkesmen were surprisingly in.cient in their attempts to score. ly Carl Van Dyke in the third 1r.ter could make the efforts pay , and Carl got his goal in a ss at the face of the net. ~th mad Kazimi and Jimbo Ferris ipped a number of ringing shots :r Bucknell's goal, but neither the boys could lower the ball lower the boom. Teachers Today rhe hooters will travel to Lock ven to take on a strong future chers squad. Last year the lonels rode roughshod over the chers 6 to 1 and are hoping to •k e a repeal! performance. Saturr they entertain Philadelphia dile Institute at 2 in Kirby t·k. :ERS' BOOTS and BOBBLES rhe Bucknell victory was the .t collegiate win for the Colonels .t this reporter has ever seen. could have almost created a umatic experience, except for • fact that the t eam on the field s overweening and presump.tu; enough to think that they ,uld win them all. 'arker Petrilak's goal-tending in Lafayette game was one of his ist jobs. Parker played a think, game which, though difficult the boy, is an improvement !r his old rampant displays. rhe alumni game for next w eek ; been call ed du e to a lack of rdy grads. Actually the grads I a half dozen solid starters, but y couldn't field a team of ele1. The pre-game odds had fa·ed th e alumni, what with FlipJones still li ving and mid-wife iston Eckmeder returning. TUXEDOS TO RENT Special Price To Students 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. BA UM'S rHE ' WVATti ITHACA UP If you missed it ·you missed what will proba.bly be recorded as one of the most ·amazing performances ever put on by a Wilkes College football team. At the end of the first half nobody in his right mind would have bet any money on the Colonel squad at any odds. Ithaca was way up for the game and wanted a win in the worst kind of way. Everything they did was right and everything that the Blue and Gold did was wrong. It was just one of those nights. Wilkes _walked off the field :rt the end of ~he half with their tails I between their legs. They had been outgunned m every department. It just seemed like a matter of time until the big and souped up Bomber squad picked the place of j:)urial and performed the rites over the Colonel. The third period opened up and it was evident to everybody that a drastic change had taken place. It was no 'Knute Rockne' style pep talk either because Coach George Ralston is not a man given to emotional locker room outbursts. But nevertheless there was no resemblance to the team that played the first half to the team that came back in the second. Yet the uniforms were the same and as a matter of fact so was the personnel in them. FAKED OUT From the depths, Wilkes rose to the heights. By the time the third quarter was over Ithaca didn 't even know what field they were on. They were left high and dry in left field with an unbelieving AL JETER expression on their faces. The Colonels literally mopped up the ball park with the Paul Bunyan-sized troops from New York state. Not only did they come back to win, but they made it a decisive one that nobody could argue with. You can't call a 28 to 8 score luck when you're on the small end of an 8 to O mark at half-time. And what caused the change that turned the kittens into tigers? No black magic was involved. The days of voodoo are no more. The services of Mandrake the Magician weren't called in either. In our opinion it was that intangible thing that is so ha rd to pin down . . . spirit. We think that the best definition of spirit can be found in graphic examples and a better example would be hard to find than the exhibition that was put on at Kingston Stadium last Saturday 1r d v·ICtory·, Roughest Game of Season Predicted I Aga1nst • undefeate d Bloomsburg STC IGr1■ dd ers i ~~ . But call spirit what you will. Call it determination guts the will to win-call it anything and Wilkes had it. ' ' GET 'EM ALL Of course it's just a coincidence, but has anyone noticed the cover on the first two football programs? The first week it had the pictures of Andy Breznay, Al Nicholas, and Ronni e Rescigno on it. That's right-all of th em scored that night. The second program featured an action shot of Rescigno_ carrying the ball and it happend again; he scored. Maybe a good idea for next week would be to run a picture of the entire squad. Earlier this year we commented about the improvements in the football clubhouse at Kirby Park practice field. Well the soccer team is no longer out in the garage. Now they have a dre~sing room in the back of the fo.o t~all tea.m's domain. Not only that but they can use the showers. Qmte a difference from before even if the place doesn't meas~r~ up to the Waldorf. It seems that soccer wasn't just a fad and that 1t 1s here to stay. When you get a dressing room of your own, you're in. WILKES TO TEACH USAFR METEOROLOGY Wilkes College has been given a contract by the United States government to conduct classes in meteorology for members of the Air Force Reserve. Dr. Charles B. Reif, chairman of the biology department, will direct and instruct the classes. There will be 24 classes which will continue until June 15. Thirty men from the Air Force Reserve will be allowed to attend each class. JORDAN Est. 1871 Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality ** 9 West Market Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. SEAFOOD GORDON LLOYD'S RESTAURANT Turkey Dinners - $1.50 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. L00 1ng for k■ Th ■ ■ The Colonels will take their first trip of the season Saturday as they travel to Bloomsburg State Teachers College to take on. the powerful Huskies at 2:30. The game will mark the seventh. in the series that has seen the Blue and Gold come through with only one win. Bloomsburg is big and fast and like Wilkes, ha ve won their first two games. They dumped Mansfield and Cortland. Coaches Ralston and Picton of the Wilkesmen figure the Bloom game to be one of the biggest stumbling blocks of the season. They believe that if their charges r- an get over this one they have a better than average chance to end up with a successful season. Wilkes has been outweighed in their two previous games this year and the ,Saturday tilt will be no exception . Bloomsburg will go into the game with a weight advantage of about 15 pounds per man. As was the strategy before, the Colonels hope to counteract the beef with superior speed. So far this season the Blue and Gold has been dealt no bad blows by injuries. The team that started against Ithaca is ready to go and from all appearances they should make things a very interesting afternoon for the boys from down the river. In last week's second half rout cif Ithaca, Ralston found out that h e has quite a bit of prime beef on the bench that could be used to good advantage. The second and third stringers came through in fine style, showing that the 1954 edition of the Colonels had a little more depth than anyone suspec.ted. Once again Ralston will pin his offensive hopes on the 'greased lightning' backfield that he has been blessed with this year. Although they are all small men, Al Nicholas, Ron Rescigno, Andy Breznay, Shawn Richards have demonstrated in an apt manner that they are more than ready to t ear up the defense of any team. The second half of last week's game saw the Blue and Gold line shape up and round into a fine uni.t. both on offense and defense. No giant s th e linemen, they more than beat the monsters from Ithaca to the punch keeping them off balance the entire second half. The Colonels have been drilling hard for this one and they are up for it. The team wants a win from Bloomsburg in the worst kind of a way, so there should be plenty of firework s on Saturday afternoon. Probable starting lineup: LE Gronka LT Mason is LG Trosko C Carey RG ... . .. . .. . Farish RT . .. ... Brautigan RE .............. . Dadurka Q.B Gross LHB Rescigno RHB Richards FB ..... . Nicholas Colonels Come Back Rock Bomber Squad By RODGER LEWIS Coach George Ralston injected a secret formula into his squad at half-time as the Blue and Gold reversed themselves fabulously to whip Ithaca, 28-8, before a slim crowd at Kingston Stadium last Saturday. The Colonels were unable to get past their own thirty during the entire first half play, while Ithaca gathered 8 points on a touchdown and a safety. However, in the second half th e picture changed. Ithaca kick ed off and the Wilkesmen drove 58 yards in seven plays to paydirt with Al Nicholas scoring from the 4-yard stripe. Gross kicked the extra point and the Colonels were back in the ball game. Being forced to kick on their next set of downs, Ithaca's center got off a bad pass which went over the punter's head to his own 14. On the very l'lext play, Nicholas shot a pass to Paul Gronka who went in for the score. Gross added the extra point and Wilkes took the lead, 14 to 8. Then on Ithaca's first down, Colonel guard Tony Greener pounced on a fumble on Ithaca's 32. Five plays later Ron Rescigno swept over for the tally. Again Gross kicked th e extra point. Ithaca was again forced to kick when they got their hands on the ball. The Colonels drove 36 yards in three plays to score only to have it called back. However Nicholas pushed across the score in the next series of downs. Gross again converted to fini s h the scoring. PROMISE: A DAY OFF Coach Bob Partridge said in an announcement to the soccer team yesterday that he would give them a day off for each game that they won this week. The Colonels have their work cut out for them if they collect the promised rest though. They will face two of the toughest opponents that they ha ve come across all year as they play Lock Haven Teachers and Philadelphia Textile. You can bet that the Blue and Gold hooters will be giving everything that they have, especially if the hot weather keeps up. IXXXXXXXIXXIXIJXXXXXJXXX ACE DUPONT DRY CLEANING > - 1 Hour Service - I~~x:xR~::Rx~:uo;:;:::::R: �'Old Reliable' Joe Trosko Nabs Week's Award Line Workhorse Picked For AH-Round Play In Rout of Ithaca Team ~ -WILKES DR. MAILEY APPOINTED INSTITUTE CHAIRMAN COLLEGE- ~B e aeon ~~ Thursday, October 14, 1954 JOE TROSKO, Guard The BEACON "Player of th e Week" laurels thi s t im e g o to that old standby of th e Wilkes line, Joe Trosko. After everything was said and don e the spo rts sc ribes could see no other choice. We of the BEACON echo th e words of Coach George Ral ston when we say, "You can bet that Trosko was in there." And in there he was, as an all around standout both on offense and defense. During th e first half of t he ball ga me there were few plays where "Big Joe" didn't show up .s omewhere around th e middle of them . 1n the opinion of the sc ribes he was the saving factor that held the Wilkes line togeth e r in that near disastrous firs t half. When the Colonels snapped out To s ay the least, "Curly" was of it in the final half it was once again Jo e who showed th e way with with it and s how ed all of the footun countable key block s. His de- ball knowledge that he has gained fensive work s howed up in the form in the years h ere at Wilkes, to of brutal tackles that made every- good advantage. Playing in a posibody wince, and we can imagine tion where a guy seldom gets seen how the ball carrier felt. exce pt as he walks off the field at Last year Jo e was hampered with the end of th e gam e, Joe made hima s tring of injuries. Nevertheless self noticed to all and especiall y to he turned in a cr editable job. At the Ithaca team. the beginning of this season h e s ustained a painful leg injury that threatened to k eep him out of ac" I didn't stay in the doctor's ofti on for so me t im e. However, he fl ee long." c:am e out of it in tim e for the op en"Why not?" ing game and now seem s destined " I t old him th ere was so methin g to enjoy one of the best seasons of wrong with m y breathing, and h e his career . ; sad he'd soon stop that_." WANTED: FROSH BOOTERS I Coach Bob Partridge has asked all freshmen interested in playing soccer to come out and join the team. The idea of the whole thing is to try and build a uncleus of a team for next · year. The hooters will be hit quite hea vi ly by g raduation this spring a nd the need for new soccer talent is urgent. "The Quail" stated that one didn't need to be an accomplished booter, all that was reuired was a willingness to learn the game. "It takes quite a while to build up a top notch socce r player," he said, "and the sooner a guy s tarts the better off he is ." Dr. Hugo V. Mailey, chairman of the po li t ical science department and director of the bi-monthly meetings of th e Lu zerne County Officials, was appointed chairman of a group meeting at the Institute of Local Government held recently at P ennsy lvania State University. Dr. Mailye, a recognized authority on local government, led the disc uss s ion, "What Local Government Can Do for th e Anthrcite Region ." Jones Unique President The sop homo re class office r s held the first class meeting of the year this past Tuesda y. The unique feature of the mee ting was the way in which Reese Jon es , the president, set up th e administration of his class. Jon es appointed a n advisory board to help him settle the problems of th e cl ass. The advisory boa rd co ns ists of representatives from every department in th e sc hool. There's a new gadget that keeps the inside of a car quiet. It ~ over her mouth. Meet Your Friends at . .. The SPA 18 South Main Street ® QI \ti After the game After the dance Anytime for a friendly get-together Favorite Spot .. . . . . For College Students i_ • • • • • • • • • • • ...-.-.-v-v-v-.-~ Deluxe :COFFEE SHOP FRIDA Y'S SPECIAL ; Lobster Tail Platter ~ • with Drawn Butter French Fries - J .. Cole Slaw • 85c 205 SOUTH MAIN STREET ➔ . . Just Below the Post Office <I J )\~:[::::::::....... :ii i i.:tflift~kib,,, ). . A _ _ . _ _ . _ . . . . . _ A . . . . A . ~ ~ ............- Opening Soon! 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In A Great State © UGGEIT & MYERS TOBACCO 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 1954 October 14th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954 October 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/42dd6ea97e9830e0f7481e76a758ab33.pdf 092397edc4cec484ac6e522235b5838e PDF Text Text GRIDMEN - BOOTERS AC.T IVE SATURDAY See Stories On Page 5 WILKES The Community College, Serving Wyoming Valley And The World ~ - WILKES COLLEGE . ./~ Beacon THE BEACON Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week Vol. X, No. 3 _ _ ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _W_IL_KE_S__C_O_LL_E_G_E_,_W_I_L_KES__ BARRE _ _._P_ENN __S_Y_L_V_AN_IA _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _T_H_U_R_S_D_A_Y_,_O_C_T_O_BE_R_7,_1_9_54 Biology Club Holds Dance Tomorrow 1 Voling Ends Lively Campaigns For Fourteen Student Offices; Student Body Awaits Results LETTERS TO BEACON URGED BY EDITORS The BEACON is now accepting and encouraging letters to the editors. If you have a n y criticisms or suggestions, bring or mail them t o your paper. A ll letter s must be signed by t he aut hor. The BEACON office is located on the second floor of th e lecture hall adjacent to the AM N lCOLA .office. By JONNI FALK The s tudent body of Wilkes College went to the polls en masse today to elect 14 class officers for the coming year. At 2:30, the Beacon learned that a new polling record may have been set today. Close to 500 students had cast their ballots al that time and more were expected to exercise their vote before 4 o'clock , wh en the polls close. Only se nior Russ Pict on and so ph omo re Reese J ones were a ss m ed elect ion a s t h ey ran for the presidencies of thei r r espective classes u nopp osed. Arth ur Hoo ver, one of t he judg es of electi on a nd S tud ent Coun cil pr es ident, predi cted a n ew balloting record. H e st ated that less t han 250 vo t ed in last Spring's election . Balloting open ed a t 9 a.m. and wa s slated t o close p ro mptl y at 4 p.m . Member s of t h e Student Council sup ervi sed. For the more than 300 fr eshmen, it was their fi r st experience in campus democr acy and the election machiines were in use. Frosh Elect Councilmen In addition to the election of class officer s, the fros h selected two of 11 candidates to represent them on the Student Council. A total of 49 students ran for offi ces with the Class of '58 leading with 18. Six ran for offices of president and . secr etary in that class with three running for both veep and treasurer. Five of the 12 juniors aspired to be treasurer with a Hke number seeking the same post in the senior class. The sophomores divided their nine candidates amon gthe three a vailable post s. Now that the wheels of the campaigning ha ve braked to a stop, the individual can feel respons ible for the officers his class has elected. Each person had a vote-now the choice has been 'made. The Bea con wilJ have complete coverage on the campus elections in n ext week's edition. Fall Ball', First Venture For Biology Club Set At Gym Tomorrow Night From 9 To 12 By PEARL ONACKO As its first undertaking of the school year, the Biology Club sponsors the "Fall Ball" tomorrow night. The sport dance highlights this week's social calendar and a capacity crowd is expected to iam the "W ilkes College gymnasium on South Franklin Street. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -- - - - - - - - - -~- - - - - - - - Peggy Schlager Gets Third Straight S_cholarship Attractive, vivacious Mrs. Margaret Williams Schla~~r, daughter of Mrs. Annette W1ll1ams of '86 Gist street, Buttonwood, is believed to ha ve set a record recently wh en for the third successive year she was awarded the Wilkes-Barre Busin ess and Professional Women's Club Scholarsh ip . Mrs. Schlager, center right, is seen r eceiving the scholarship from Miss E . Jacqueline Davis, chairman of the club's educationa l and voca- tiona l com mittee. Women's organization to the coed The presentation wa s made at who, in the judgment of Dr . Eugene a t ea held in McClintock Hall on S. Farley and Mrs. Gertrude Doane, camp us. maintains a high standard of schol1 i : arship and service to t he college Pictured at the prese ntation, left · and whom they feel would best rep· to ri g ht , Mrs. Hilda Hogg, Miss Ed- 'I r esent t he Federation in her chosen na Aurant, president; Miss Davis, fi eld. Mrs . Schlager, Miss Davis, Miss "Peggy", a native of ButtonE sther W. Weigend, and Miss wood and a graduate of Hanover Grace M. Daniels , second vice presi- high school, is majoring in English. dent of the National Federation of She is active in Cue 'n ' Curtain, Business and Professional Women . the Man uscript, and various camThe scholarship is g iven by the pus organizations. , i The biolog ists have enlist ed the ta lents of t he J er ritones, a combo t hat needs n o intr oduction to.Wilkes student s. Music for yo ur dancing pleas ur e will be pr ovided by the group from 9 t o 12. Ticket s, a mer e 40 ce nts per head, can be purchased fro m a ny cl ub member w ho would be most ha p py to accomoda t e you. Dick Kleyps, president of the or g ani za tion and general chairman of the affair, announced that proceeds from the dance will help the group carry out its program for the year: projects by the gro up itself and lectures by s peakers on vario us phases of biology. The Biology Club extends a cordial invitation to all Wilkes students to help make the "Fall Ball" a 'real ball' and thus aid the group inrealizing its goa ls. They're counting on you ; don't disappoint them. Assisting President Kleyps are the fo llowing committee m embers: Tickets, co-ch airmen Barbara Boock and J essie Roderick, Don Winters, Berni e Ondash; publicity, chairman Gloria Dr an, Les Weiner, Marilyn Williams, Elizabeth Delong, Mary K o z a k; refreshments, chair man Dave Luchino, J ohn Glodek, Walt Fisher, J oan Russin, Faith Stchur, Bob Reynolds, Jerr y Stein, Sam Mines, Gene Brizer. Chaperones will be Dr. Charles Reif and Miss Rose Marie Gallia . FT.RE DELAYS PAPER A fire in the press at Schmidt's Printery, mechanical department for the Beacon, caused the delay in publication today. . A new motor was installed this afternoon enabling the Beacon to publish-with extra-late news. �WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 2 Thursday, October 7, 1954 Blaker' Chem Society Head, BEACON OFFERS SUGGESTIONS Awarded MIT Fellowship TO PARKING MESS; DR. FARLEY · By LESLIE WEINER J. Warren Blaker, Wilkes College senior, has received a teaching fellowship in synthetic organic chemistry to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Blaker, a native of Wilkes-Barre and now a resident of Rutherford, N.J., will enter MIT this February under a full tuition scholarship which will allow him to work for his doctorate while teaching organic chemistry a t the In stitute. In addition to the MIT a w ard, Blaker also received offers of fellowships from the University of Rochester a nd Syracuse University, but decided in favor of Ure· Cambridge ·school. MIT is the foremost engineering school in the country, and possesses a chemical school of like caliber. Ther e are 100 graduate students ·in the ch emical school. When a sk ed about his choice, Blaker stated, "I can't do better than choose the best ." Blaker is now in his last semester at Wilkes and will graduate in Febr uary. He will have completed the chemistry course in three and onehalf ·years. An outstanding campus figure, Blaker is president of the Chemical Society of Wilkes College, a mem ber of the Engineering Societ y, and he also belongs to the American Ch emical Society. During his s tay at Wilkes, he attained the amazing scholastic !! verage of 2.6. H e missed selec!t~~ to the dean's list only once during .his term here. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Blacker, Rutherford, N.J., Blaker is a graduate of Coughlin High School, class of 1951 where h e was a member of the Honor Society. His long range. plans embody a career in organic chemistry working in p etro-chemicals. He fe els fortunate to be able to further his studies at MIT and says, "I just wrote to them and gave them my !_P~rks, They did the rest." Vets Organize; Over 50 Allend First GI Meeting Approximately 50 veterans gathered in the gym after assembly in answer to the spontaneous acclaim which the suggestion of a veterans club induced. The first informal meeting of the club was spent discussing the future such an organization would have in camp us activities. It was an almost unanimous opmion that such a club was necessary and would help the school as well the man y vets now on campus. A preliminary analysis of the purpose of forming the organization led to the following deductions: A vets club would help integrate the vet into campus social life ; The club would k eep tabs on and fil e all information concerning veterans rights; the club would want to-and be strong enough to - work with other organizations; fraternization would h elp the vet in his return to school ,life ; it would induce a large number of people now inactive to join in social life ; it can h elp Wilkes in its continual growth. YOUR STUDENT CANDIDATES SENIORSVice-president: Harry Ennis , Bob Sabatino. Treasurer: Ellen Louise Wint, Carl Smith, Al Jeter. Secretary: Naomi Kivler, Jack Curtis, Pat Fox, Jean Dearden, Dor is Merrill. JUNIORSPresident : Cliff Brautigan, Jim Jones. Vice-president: Dick Carpenter, J eannette Perrins, Pat Stout. Treasurer: Glenn Carey, Jim Ferris, Bob Lynch, Chet Miller, Jessie Roderick. Secretary: Barbara Bialogowicz, Joan Shoemaker. SOPHOMORES- J. WARREN BLAKER CANDIDATES (continued) Vice-president : Neil Dadurka, Gloria Dran, Iren e Scheing. Treasurer: Dick Bunn, John Coates, Natalie Rudusky. Secretary: Barbara Tansky, Irene Tomalis, Phyllis Walsh. FRESHMENPresident: Jerry Levandowski, Edward Masonis , Wayne Pugh, Rob ert Sokol, Dave Vann, Bruce Marshall. Vice-president : James Downey, Jack Heltzel, Joan Scandale. Treasurer: John Bassett, Carl Fluegel, Joseph Pipan. Secretary: H ermina Fried, Mar ian Laines, Janice Loyek, Rose Ann Patner, Carol Specter, J ohn White. Student Council: Ann Dickson, Len Gallick, Rosalyn Gelb, Merrie Jones, Sam Lowe, Sandy Mattei, Joseph Orchard, Ronald Reed, Bill Staunton, Margaret Stevens, Dar ius Tho mas. SUPPORTS STUDENT VICTIMS By DICK JONES As another academic year at Wilkes begins to gather momentum, the dilemma of insufficient parking facilities again perplexes both the students and the administration. To start a BEACON campaign aimed at alleviating a serious situation, it has been suggested that the parking limit of two hours on South River Street be ext ended to three hours. This would allow students having lab p eriods or solid hours of classes sufficient parking time and somew hat limit the threat of Clancy the Cop. While it would not increase the amount of parking space available, it would save much Ah Freshman, thy name is Folly. hai r -puUing and fev erish activity You stand sheepishl y by while some on the par t of students . The BEAupr, erclassman berates you for do- CON will check with the police de:ng nothing but minding your own partment during the coming week .. business; or at worst for not being As pointed out in an editorial ab le to write your name legibly last week, many cars belonging to (som ething of which seniors are other than Wilkes students are equally as guilty). often parked in the college parking You w a 1 k away muttering, lot on Franklin Street. Numerous "Comes the revolution," but t h e offenses have occurred since the best you can hope for is to strike editorial. Dr. Farley suggests that ba ck at n ext year's freshman. This the license numbers of all non-col-fo rm of reprisal is neither fair nor lege cars parked in the lot be resatisfying. You are not striking ported to the administration who back at those who have abused you will call the police and have them -s,»mething is lost . tow ed away. Ther e is a remedy for the shortThe parking lot does belong to . comings of this system of hazing. the college and should be used onlyMany campuses set aside a week at by Wilkes students who have p·u rthe close of the hazing period when chased parking permits. upperclassm en play host to the The arranging of car p.ools with whim and fancy of the fro sh. · It fellow students from your neighcould mean a lot of fun for all con- borhood co uld increase the demand . cerned. W e offer this suggestion for parking space tremendously. It in t he interest of a more harmoni- is our estimate that 90 per cent of ous campus life. What do you a ll cars coming to Wilkes come think? with just the driver. Fr~shm ~n are makii:1~ . a go~d Another suggestion which we showmg m many activities this think has merit would be the outyear. May we e~tend a w~lcome lining in paint of individual parkto those already m the swmg of ing spaces on South River Street. t hings and an invitation that their Too often cars are parked too far comrades may soon join them. a part and valuabl e spa ce wast ed. At this writing, we are concern- : vVe believe an additional five spots ed with the student council and wou ld be a vailable if the s paces class elections. The voting will be wer e marked and violators tagged. in full swing by the tim e you read As Wilkes continues to grow it th.is, but we are not as concer1'.ed will always be faced with this with t he outcome as we are with seemingly insurmountable problem . . your turnout at the polls. We hope The administration and t he com;you exercise the privilege in choos- munity are striving to eliminate it. mg the per~ons most able to re- The BEACON will do everything in present you m s~udent governm e1'.t. its power to help and we welcome Further warnmg-the sophs will yo ur suggestions. get tougher this week. No foolin '. Turnabout Fair; Frosh AskChance To Settle Score I STATE X-RAY UNIT AT THEATER TODAY The Pennsylvania State Mo bile X-Ray unit is on the Wilkes campus today to take ches t 11ictures of every s tudent. Dean of Men George F . Ra lston yesterday reiterated an earlier statement, when he said, "All Wilkes students are required to have chest x-rays taken." The unit will be s et up in Chase Theater and cards for each stu dent are already completed, a move which is expected to save time. The entire processe will take only about five minutes, the dean advised. Foreign Service Contest Offers Scholarship Prize (Special) WASHINGTON, D.C.-Students interest ed in international a ffai rs ha ve until December 15 to submit essays in the Foreig n Service Journal Prize E ssa y Contest, it was announced yesterday . The essays, to be written on "The Organization of Am erican Representation Abroad", may win f or a student up to $1,000 or a full f ellowshi p, amounting to $1,750, at The School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D. C. Full details of the contest may be obtained by writing to the Foreign Service J ournal, Contest Committee, 1908 G Street, N .W., Washington 6, D.C. Beacon Photo by A ce Hoffm an WILKES-BARRE STUDENTS IN WILKES CLASS OF 1958 Numbered in the largest freshman class ever to be registered at Wilkes Coll ege are 44 students from the Wilkes-Barre area, one of the largest contingents from the vall ey to don freshmen "<links" and bow to the stern laws of th e college "Tribunal". First row-James Rob ert s, Coughlin High School; John Shimshock, Coughlin; William L. ,Tames, GAR; David Thomas , Cou ghlin; William A. Llewell yn, jr., Coughlin ; Larry Croninger, Lewistown High School ; Robert C. Zajkowski, GA R; John T. Ja mes, GAR; Ronald M. Wasserstrom , Wyoming Seminary. Second row-Janice Schuster, Coughl in; Mary A. Mattey, Hanover To wn shi p ; Mary Lou Chick son, St. Nicholas ; Emma Minemier, Coug hlin; Mary W est, Ashley High School; Mary Boretz, Jam es Madi son High School, Brooklyn, N . Y.; Rosalyn Gelb, GAR; Eliza- beth DeLo'ng, Hanover Township High School; Dolores Pie-troski, Hanover Townshi p ; Merri Jones, GAR. Thir d row-W. J . Powell, GAR ; M. Powell, Meyers ; Nancy Casterline, Meyers; J. F. Skipkoski, Wilkes-Barre Township High School; John Kotch, Cou ghlin; Carl Fluegel, Meyers; James Dow ney, Meyers; Charles Isel y, Meyers; Frederick J. Felfrich, Plains, St. Leo's High School; Ronald Reed, Meyers; Nan cy L. Schmaltzri edt, GAR; Mar yann R. Sparks, Wilkes-Barre Township. Four th row-Paul Havir, Coughlin ; Leonard Mulcahy, GAR; Frank Scutch, Coughlin; William Staunton, Sabattus; William Ewasko, GAR; Joseph Belchunes, Co ughlin ; Keith Williams, Coug hlin; Rob ert Sokol, Coughlin ; Harold P ezzner, Ashley; Jack Eustice, Coughlin; Norma n Phillip, Meyers; Willia m Savitsk y, GAR; Art Clemm, Meyers. �Thursday, October 7, 1954 3 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON ) Dorm To Hold Second BEACON EDITORIALS School Spirit Picking Up? McClintock Pre-Grid Hop There's an old saying in college journalism to the effect that if an editor has nothing startling to write for a certain issue, he can always fall back on the old "School Spirit" brand of hell. "It's always good copy," one editor stated, "and it sure fiills y AL JETER space." For the second week in a row the dormitories will sponsor a pre-game dance in McClinWell, in the case of the Beacon, there will be no space filling. ,ck Hall. The affair will run from 5 to 7 o'clock as did last week's initial pre-game affair. If there is nothing to say, the editors won't say it. There is alThe first shindig, held before the Lebanon Valley game, was more or less in the nature ways plenty of Hvely copy to be used instead. This week, the editor does feel himself getting on the f an experiment. The originators of the idea held their breath :n ~o~!~~rt~~~;f ~;~t Saturday afternoon waiting to see if any.l e CORNER tO CORNER Their worries were on the useless side it seems because dance went over in a big way. Although no house count ;igarelles Cited ~s Main Cause )f Campus Liller was tak en there was quite a crowd and from all reports a good time was had by everyone. The dormitories hope that this week's dance will be even more of a success than the last one. The get-together will be strictly informal and refreshments will be served . The celebration at Gurnari's last week was well attended and the group expressed the hope that this week would see an even bigger crowd on hand. If you enjoyed last week's affair th e dormitory students urge you to come again, and this time bring a friend or friends. <Club Notes) EDUCATION CLUB PRESENTS SKIT IN ASSEMBLY "spirit" kick, however. But instead of glittering generalities, he actually has something to say. Strangely, too, instead of all "hell" a certain amount of praise, with a mind to future improvement is offered. Over the week-end, a handful of dormitory students took it upon themselves to try to instill a little bit of honest to goodness school spirit to the first "football week-end." They worked. hard in setting up a pre-game dance at McClintock Hall-open to the entire student body and faculty. It was a huge success. From the dance, which was more of a friendly get-together, the gang moved into Kingston Stadium to see the Colonels defeat Lebanon Valley. The Education Club will present a skit in assembly- on October 19, it was announced by the club's president, -Chuck Adamek. The fu. ture t eachers met recntly to plan the yar's program. Officers of the group are Cliff Brautigan, vice-president; Doris y DALE W ARMOUTH Merrill, secretary-treasurer; Glenn You don't have to take the ediPhethean, e x e c u t i v e committee >rial word of the Beacon, but it's chairman. President Adamek apEven more encouraging from the standpoint of spirit was 1r- u n s h a k e n conviction that pointed the following: Jeannette h h " f " Perrins and Leona Goldberg, cor- t e turnout at t e a ter-game spot in Luzerne. Crowds such Tilkes College has a beautiful responding secretaries; Pat Stout, as the one Saturday night have not been seen at Wilkes in many 1mpus. Despite the fact that the ollege has grown up in the heart social chairman. years. It certainly feels good to see a little life back among us. f a city, which makes it difficult The Education Club extends an But instead of letting this thing die a slow death-after which , achieve that grace and grandeur invitation to all freshmen. Meet- I we'll all revert to the pattern of going our individual ways-let's sually associated with institutions ings are held every Thursday at keep this new-found spirit and fling at fellowship in college alive. f higher learning, Wilkes has al11 :00 A.M. Dr. Eugene Hammer, The pep meeting with the College Band on Friday was a ays compared very favorably head of the Wilkes College Educa- terrific boost. Not only did the band, under the direction of Bob ith other schools of its nature and tion Department, is adviser to th e Moran sound excellent musically, but it also lent itself toward tvariably draws compliments from group. giving the college the "right" pre-game atmosphere. The cheertsitors. leaders also helped the "life" movement along and the rally as We think that the achievement NEWS FROM OTHER due to at least three factors: the By T. R. PRICE a whole was fine; Sitting at his desk in the Beacon office (the END OF CAMPUS enerous gifts of lovely family Dr. Arthur N. Kruger, coach of During the following weeks the paper must go out), the editor could clearly hear the strains of Jmes by people who have shown the band all the way up the street from Chase Hall. A feeing 1eir faith and hopes in Wilkes; the Wilkes debating team and a Beacon will attempt to bring the of excitement came with the music-such songs as "The Marchmember of the English DepartBeacon readers the most recent 1e wisdom of the Administration ing Song", "The Drinking Song", "Wilkes Alma Mater", etc. 1 presrving and enhancing these ment, will serve on a panel at the notes and bulletins coming out of raceful buildings; and the splen- Convention of the Pennsylvania Conyngham Hall and the Biology Sorta got you in the spirit of things. Association at Pittsburgh Building. Now if we can only get more people to attend the rallies .d efforts of Mr. J ervise and the Speech this week-end. The purpose of these articles is and the games. .ainte.nance crew. A fourth fac-The panel will meet at 1 =3·0 Sat- not only to keep the Biologists, the ,r appears-the role of the stumt body in recognizing these urday afternoon and discuss th e Chemists and the Engineers up to 1ree and doing their best to aid. ~;:e;~~'.ng of analysis to debate date on the latest happenings in the world of science, but also to Fo.J-tunately, in our days at Dr. Kruger has been a frequent inform the entire student body of In the last issue, the Beacon urged cooperation with 'ilkes we don't recall any delith contributor in such organs as a the interesting as well as the amusirate misuse of College property, "Speech the Lettermen with regards to the wearing of high school Teacher" and the Bulletin 1·ng aspect f · t"fi t d 1t then there's always careless- 0 f h D b A · · A h s o scien I c s u y. letters on campus. It dawned-too late for publication~ e e ate ssoc,iation .. _ not ~r We hope to bring the reader into iss. When we arrived as fresh- article, "Honesty m definitions 1s , h . . that the p,roblem goes much deeper. After talking to a muriby descnbmg those en we were given a small talk th e bes t po· 1·icy, ,, w1-11 b e pu bl"1sh ed It et c1assrooms h"1c h m1g · h t mterest · he ber of freshmen, it was found, much to the writer's dismay, th' ec ures w t 1 the · virtue of field-stripping that many, many of them were not planning to attend the is year. . layman and by relating humorous garettes, but ·either this informaColleagues on the panel will be · c·d t · th rf f · game. on is no longer forthcoming to professo_rs Theodora Pitts, Du- 111 1 en s m e I e O a science A sad commentary indeed. iw students or it just doesn't take. quesne, and Joseph F . O'Brien, major. nyway, there is a disconcerting P enn State. It seems that the problem lies in high school loyalties among crease in the litter of odd bits of frosh and upperclassmen alike. Now there is nothing wrong 1per on sidewalks these days- paper basket presents itself. We with being loyal to one's high school-it's a nice thing. But it hich make the place look pretty could go on to some length on duty can be carried too far. .cky. and so fort h, but we feel that BeaAs Dr. Eugene Farley has pointed out, college is more than It doesn't take a great deal of con readers are endowed with some Mrs. John Whitby will be chairfort to field-strip a smoke or to certain powers of cerebration and man of the luncheon meeting of just books and learning. Many experiences, gained only by . .rry a candy wrapper along un- can carry the plea through to its the Wilkes Faculty Women to be attending college, make up a good portion of that which should l a strategically placed waste logical conclusion. held on Saturday at Harding House be derived from (and we use the well worn phrase) a "college education." at 1 P.M. The luncheon will inaugurate the To many folks here at Wilkes, their high school and its foot-• 'lfflU MAN ON CiiiiiuS annual program of events sponsor- ball games come first. Why should this be? When in · high ed by the faculty wives and wo- school it's only natural to be a diehard fan for your school, but - men faculty members of Wilkes on moving to college, shouldn't the same amount of allegiance College. Mrs. John Chwalek, hospitality be transferred along with the physical being? Often it is pleasant to live in the past. To be sure, high chairman, has appointed the folschool was much less tedious than college from a standlowing hostesses to assist at the point of work. But just as much, if not more, fun and fellowaffair: Mrs. Welton Farrar, newly elected president of the group; Mrs. ship can be derived from college-and that holds true right Eugene Hammer, Mrs. Sheldon here at Wilkes. Curtis, Mrs. Francis Salley, and Mrs. James Brennan. Lively After Game Meeting Kruger Chosen To Serve Panel At Pittsburgh ASad Commentary Faculty Women Hold Luncheon Saturday lW Bring Your Date -- We're Human - 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. = 111 j,J~ z Editor ...... ... .. .... .. .. John D. Curtis Asst. Editor . ....... .. Ivan Falk Asst. Editor Pearl Onacko Sports Editor .. ... .... .. Allen Jeter Business Mgr . .... Arthur Hoover Faculty Adviser .... George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes Campus. Telephone: VAlley 4-4651-2-3-4. "The pencil sharpener seems harder to crank since pro:essor Snarf moved it up front." Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. . Some i:eople have argued, "But gee, I go with a girl (or guy) who doesn t go to college at all. How can I come to college affairs?" Simple. Bring her with you. You don't have to go to Wilkes to be accepted as a member of the crowd. Ask any of the football or soccer players. You'll find that they're among the most ardent Wilkes supporters. Figures too, since, they have stopped playing ball for their respective high schools and are now "on the team" for Wilkes, both athletically and socially. A plea-which we borrow from friend . Bob Whitehead of WBAX-"Don't be a slacker; be a backer." This week-end affords a good opportunity for you to join in . in case you haven't already. Curtis, Editor DR. FARLEY BUYS NEW TV SET FOR SNACK BAR During the past week, and just in time for the World Series, a new, 21-inch television set made a surprise appearance in the snack bar at Harding Hall. The set is located on the second floor of Harding and installed close to the ceiling in such a manner that it can be clearly seen and heard by all. The additional facility to the college was not purchased from any fund. According to Dr. Eugene S. Farley, President of Willfos, "I just stuck out my neck and bought it." �WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 4 For This Week WISDOM WILKES "W hat's the matter having wi ie tro uble?" '·Yes , my wife went to sta y at her mother's for six weeks and By DICK GRIBBLE every week I wrot e that I s pent the evenings at hom e." - The Inquiring Photographer "Well?" Question: What do you think is "She's back now and everything wrong with Freshman hazing? was O.K. unti l yesterday when the ,: * ,:: * * electric bill came-it's for 50 sents." Naomi Ki vler, senior from Nanticoke, Pa. - "The upperclassm en Danny: "Daddy, is coff erdam a are not interestbad word?" ed. They are Daddy: "No, m y dear, it is perpaying no atfe ctly a ll right. " tention whatsoDanny: "Well, m y t each er has ever to the a cold and I hope she'll coff erdam fre shmen. The head off." only ones that a r e interested Definition of a Yes-Man: One are th e dorm who sto ops to concur. students. Th e freshmen do not Conscience is what makes a man comply with the t ell his wife something she's going rules and all the to find out a nyway. girls a r e not wearing bra ids." The sweet new bride had run Cliff Bra utigan, Junior Butl er home to her mother a nd was now Hall dorm student from East Or- sobbing pitifully on her mater's ange, N. J. big soft shoulder. "There is too "Oh, m ot her !" she wept. "You · m u c h faculty know how I've ·wanted to hear the c o n t r o 1 . The patter of little feet. But John . . . h ead of the tri- ~ust told me, mother, that he can't bunal can only ... can't bear children! " do what he is ·' Well , dear," co nsol ed h er mothto Id to do. el'. " You can't expect ev·e rything of Freshma n haz- a rnan." ing s hould be g iven back to Ta ke t his tip from an old, longthe lettermen." married Army sarge. If your lv,i ssus is awa y from home and you miss h er an d wa nt her back qui ck , Freda Billstein, Sterling H all just send her a copy of the local sophomore dormitory student from paper with one item clipped out . Swarthmore, Pa.-"It is not wellrun. The fres hAdam and Eve were th e first big men don't do ti me gamblers, because the y lived 1 what they are on a paradise. told. I think the purpose of hazThe gen t taking t he census was ing is to pull surprised when a woman, stark the freshmen tonaked, came t o the door in answer gether with the t o his ring. upperclassmen. After he had r ecovered from his Right now surprise he began hi s routine quesit is not doing tioni ng , and finally a sked: "How this because it many children have yo u, madam? " is not o_rganiz"Fifteen," sh e promptly replied. ed." · " 1Nhy do you come to the door naked? " Mickey Perlmuth, junior and "I'm a N udi st." Butler Hall student from Forest "You're not a N udist," t he cenHills, N. Y. sus t aker told h er. "You just "It is unorgan- ha ve n't had time to put your clothes ized and needs on." a more st ern •'• hand. Th e frosh From her honeymo on the bride think th ey are t elegraphed h er father: "It's wonb_ig when they derful up here at Carmel. Please com e to college send me another $50." -they need to H er fat her teleg raphed in anbe cut-off at th e swer: "Come on home. It's won1 knees." derful anywhere ." I The person s ubmitting the bes t question each week for use in Wisdom of Wilkes will recei ve two tickets to the Comerford Theater, Wilkes-Barre. Playing this week is "Suddenl y" starr ing Frank Sinatra and Sterlin g Hayden. Determination of the best ques tion will be left to the discretion of the editors. 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 for at JOHN B. STETZ ~-11, Expert Clothier 9 E. Market St., W-B. I ~/. :!: "Is it possible fo r a man to make a foo l of him self without knowing it?" "Not if he has a wife. " "At the prom last nig·ht my ·suspend ers broke right in the middle of th e da nce floor." · "Weren't you terribly embarrassed?" "No, my room mat e had them on." How to s urprise a g irl: Put your arm s a bout her, draw her close, ,·aze into her eyes and start to kiss her. When she says, "Stop, how da re you!" - release her unki ssed . Note surpri se on her face. ::: ::: ,:, ::: ::: A wo man's I.Q. is what a man looks for aft er he's looked at everyt hing else. By PEARL ONACKO It wasn't a bad week, but ii wasn't a good one either. The weather was just too summery for words-for classes too By week's end I was so beat from the heat that I took a' nap late Frida y. afternoon and didn't wake things could be worse. As Pat up until Saturda y morning. For- Fitzgerald yelled at th e pep rally give, fellow juniors. I didn't m ean " Let's 0o-et wit h it g an g ." ' to "sl eep t hrough" your dance, ' honest. T ell me, wa.s the dance a IT'S A WOMAN'S WORLD hit or a miss? I've heard so many J ust g lance through this paper. comm ents (" nice" . . . "I was lucky; To whom and what is most of the I had one dance" . . . "ok") that I space devo t ed ? You'll find, as I found it difficult to come to any did, th e answer: MEN and SP.O RTS. co nclusion. Anyway, I hop e you Not that th e women of Wilkes have cam e out in th e black. a nything against either-on the "LET' S GET WITH IT" co ntrary. But, the Four Aces sing After my "nap", I found my- i t , any ma n in his right mind will self refres hed enough to join in co ncede to it, and any woman will cheering the Colonels on to vie- dec lare it , "It's a woman's world." tory. Dropped in on the festiviHere at Wilkes there are many ties at McClintock. Nice try, women who have contributed kids. On the game itself: a large much to the college and to the enough crowd, but no noise; the community. We feel that these cheerleaders looked god, but we women should receive recognididn't hear enough of them; Bob tion and, beginning with next Moran's crew sounded fine, but week's issue, they will be recog1 noted this comment from specnized through this column. So tators, "It's a pity we can't sing be s ure not to miss our choic; to the music." Actually, when for "Woman of the Week". Any you get right down to it, there resemblance to the sports staff are very few spirited Wilkes feature, "Athlete of the Week", songs. How about some new, is more than coincidental. "go-go" tunes? An yone? No AND SO one? Aw, shucks! The biologist s a re sponsoring a To be quite frank with you, I dance in the gym tomorrow night. thought t h e only group at the game The J erriton es , th e combo that with any "real" spirit was the foot- made s uch a hit at the Education ball team itself. I think yo u'll a- Club Hop several weeks ago, will g r ee that "spirit" has been the be on hand to provide the music word tossed about most the past · for dan cing feet. The members of week or so. True, the day stu- th e Biolog y Club ask you, beg you. den ts' attitude toward changes a- to attend; th ey n eed money. bout campus hasn't helped matters And the game Saturday night-any, but (I kee p telling myself) don't forget to be ther e! Television may bri ng vaudeville back to life, but some of the pictures the y show with it will kill t he movies. A great labor saviing device is a rich old uncle. One fell ow li ves in such a badly kept house that before the Housing Commissioner will condemn it, he'll have to get it painted. ,:: ::: ,:: ::: * Jim : "Doesn't this kiss make you Jon ~· for another?" Sue: "Yes, if he co uld be here tonight." "Did you pass your final s ?" "And how!'' "Were th ey ea sy?" "Dunno, a sk Jim ." "Doing anything Saturday nite ?" "Why, no." 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Just what you've been Looking for. if_ ZIMMERMAN'S ;\\ ' - A woman with both h er eyes blackened and swoll en, h er nose broken and innum erable bruises and abras ions , haled her spo us e into court on charges · of assault and battery with h is fists. Wh en a sked by the jud"'e to describe how she had been° so completely done up , s he told how her husband, a pugilist, had thumped her with hi s fists ni g ht after night a nd round after round, without benefit of r eferee or count. And s he was explaining th e blow-by-blow detail s wh en the arraigned husband turn ed to th e judg e a nd inter rupt ed with: "Don't pa y an:,• attent ion to her, your hono,·, s he's pun ch-drunk." ~ ::: You are ~~!come II ZI MME RMAN' S,t 7\~-~~ ., _ !TJ : - :;: "I've got three brothers," sh e said. "One wit h Army Intelligence, one with Navy IntelTigence - and on e with no intelligence. The one wit h no intelligence is a lieutenant." @~;. ®, 9 '\ ' . ,jyrl ,r, ,~ _) ,.. ::: "Did the doctor reall y mea n it ! when he said you wouldn't li ve a week if you didn't stop chasing wo m en?" "He certainly did. It was his wife I was chasing." SPECIAL TUX GROUP PRICES WILKES DANCES And they're alwa ys padding their parts . "What do you suggest as a career fo r me? I like to get my hands into a littl e bit of everything. " " Th en why don't you become a A Scotchman wa s t old that hi s ga rbage man ?" wife needed salt ai r - so he fanne d her with a herri ng . ::: .... . . .. . . . . . . . .. .. . . ........ SOCIAL Wt-ill2L WITH J)~Al2L ~ A Chuckle and a Smile OF Thursday, October 7, 1954 51 Public Square Wilkes-Barre, Penna. · First Prize Wilkes College BOOKSTORE AND VARIETY SHOP Books - Supplies - Novelties Subscriptions Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 ... WELCOME $50.00 SAVINGS BOND DANCING FROM 9 TO 12 - ONLY 35 CENTS Hear Clubtime's Dave Teig as MC and the Nation's Brightest Young Bands Over WILK direct from the Armory. A REGULAR WEEKLY SERIES OF DANCES Make Thursday ... Dance Night Join the Throng - SOUTH MAIN STREET ARMORY J..;;;;;==========;;;;;.!.I ' m\1td\1!m\'1!m\'1!®!®!®td\1!®!®!tn!tn~td\1lm\'1!m"1rn1rn1m\im"!tn!m\'1!®tirnttt �5 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Thursday, October 7, 1954 COLONELS LOCK HORNS WITH ITHACA Booters Travel to Easton For Clash with Lafayette Hope To Garner 2nd Win Saturday Under Lights At Kingston Stadium By JERRY ELIAS . Ithaca College invades Wilkes in what pronuses to be a thriller of a football game Saturday night at 8 in Kingston Stadium. k Although not much is known about the boys from New_Yor , Assistant coach Russ Picton feels that the Colonels are going to By A US TIN SHERMAN be in there fighting to keep that The Wilkes soccer t eam enters Joss column clean. into the hardest week of competiThis is the second game for both tion since the sport began here this t eams. Wilkes last week thump ed week when it travels to Easton to a spirited Lebanon Valley squad by meet Lafayette on Saturday. three TD 's while Stroudsburg beat All told, the hooters will play Ithaca by two. four games in an eight-day period. The Ithaca team is an (musually After Lafa yette on Satw·day comes big one. On their starting line up Bucknell Tuesday at Kirby P ark , th e lig htest man weighs 170 pounds Lock Haven on Thursday, and Phila nd is 6 feet tall. The a verage of adelphia T extile Institute next Satt he Ithaca line is 203 pounds while urday also at home. the backfield averages 188 poun,!s. The Lafayette tilt is slated to In compari son the Wilkes t eam has get underway at 2 Saturday afcer-· only two men who are over: 20(1 noon and a Colonel Caravan is pounds and the weig hts range from. scheduled to go to Easton with the 220 down to 130 pounds on the Col<>-· team. Since it is only 60 miles to nel starting lineup. You can readi- • the game, college sports enthusily see that the Ithaca t eam is one asts can get to the g::tme rmd be · and a ha lf tim es (statisticly a back in plenty of tiime for thl· grid little more ) the size of the Wilke:3,.. contest that night at Kingston. squad. The Blue and Gold hooters have The gimmick that the Colonel~ yet to taste victory in their meetgrid bosses are counting on the: ings with the Leopard squad, which speed. Last week in the game with engages such teams as Ai·my, T emLebanon Valley. Wilkes s ho wed the ple, F. & M., etc. kind of s , eed th eir backfield men Last year's game was loaded possessed .· Scooters such as Ron with excitement. The Colonels iost Rescigno, Al Nicholas, Andy Brezon a disputed penalty kick wit!1 nay, and Gaylord Fitzgerald wei·e only six seconds l eft to play. The exhibiting a great deal of en ergy final score was 2-1, after the as they ra ck ed up 19 points to win Wil'kesmen had outplayed the hom e 19-0. team throughout the second h2lf. Wilkes and Ithaca have m et toVets of this year's squad are gether in combat five times. The looking to Lafayette as the 'g1-u,igc' Colonels never seemed to have too ga me of the season and will be out Beacon Photo by Jack Curtis much troubl e beating the New York for revenge Saturday for sure. bo ys as t hey enjoy a 4-1 edge in Last Saturday proved a black one the seri es. The scores are: for Wilkes, for not only did the Wilkes Ithaca team drop its first gam e of the• UUUl-l !-•--T wo Wilkes College g uards, Bob Fay, out the " muscle builder" for linemen, Ralston 1949 28 6 season, a 2-0 decision to Rid er, but left, New Rochelle, N. Y., and Bill Farish, Huntordered one this s ummer and much to the chagrin 1950 14 7 it also saw several of its membf'rs ingdon, Pa., try out a new football gadget at the of the forward wall. it arrived without dela y. Rals1951 0 6 injured. · Colonels' Kirby Park practice field, while Coach ton explained . tha t with the limited athletic budget 1952 26 0 Younsu Koo was triple-injured George Ralston just g oes along for the ride. Eyehe has· had at Wil kes, he has n't been able to pur1953 27 6 in the third p eriod. Kicks to the ing the machine and next in line are Tom Godowchase t he machine, which is considered essential From a ll indications, the Ithaca leg, ch est and fac e on one play had s ky a nd Don Straub. The "gadget" is a Rae Cain this day of specialized football. Ralston's t eam is fired up and willing to beat him out cold on the turf, but he ruth ers blocking machine, which the local college teams have done pretty well without the machine, the Colon els and beat them badly. returned to finis h the game. The received this year. After going eight years withover t he yea r s, though. However, what t he Wilkesmen f eel wear of the injuries caug ht up with is a nother story and the gam e looks him this week, though, and h e has like a hu mdinger from the spectaseen only limited duty in scrim tor's viewpoint. mages. Others hurt last week The Colonels loom, at a minimum, were Moe Batterson and P arker 7 points better than Ithaca. EveryPetrilak. Moe is 'still on the mend, Plans r'o r the intramural football one come out and lend support as while Parker seems fairly well releague are in th e final stage, it your team tries for its second vie-· covered. was anno unced bv Director of Ac- tory. Something new wa:s added to the [ THE . fr. ities Bob Part~·idge. H e stresssoccer scene last week as the t eam · The second of the three Wilkes ed that anyone attending scho ol mo ved into its n ew clubhouse, in Ill A a-J scores was set up and pushed awas eligible to pla y, but that t hey the same building with th e football II<'.' ,LJa. ■ I The mu st be listed on the t eam roster. cross by Andy Breznay. team in Kirby Park. It took six , The roster ruling will be striictl y s peedy halfback intercepted a Leb· years to get a locker room and anon aerial on the visitors 3,5 and enforced . shower facilities for the hooters OUCH! Th e player limit will probably be ran it back tQ the 28. One running a nd they were appreciative , in W e got somewhat of a jolt when we picked up the Sunday paper fixed at twelve, but no definite play took the ball to the 20. Brezfa ct, downright grateful last week For nay then skirted right end and zigwhen t h ey moved into decent quar- and saw the attendance figur es for Wilkes ' and King's games . .. The I nurn ber has been set yet. Colonels played before 1500 fans while the Kingsmen drew 7500. It further in ' orrnati on on this matter z:;tgged t hrough the entire defense ters. started us wondering how there could be such a difference, and we cam e keep watching the BEACON or th e for six points. Gross added the on what we think had quite a bit to do with it. King's sold blocks of bulletin board . extra point to give the Colonels tickets t o the Acme Stores who in turn gave th em out with purchases ; Rules and regulations will be ex - a 13 to O lead at half time. SEAFOOD Two running plays and two deof food. Now, when a guy gets a ticket to a ball game just for buying ; plain ed at the start of e·a ch game food, you can bet that he's going to u se it. . by an appointed referee. It is hop- laying penalti es moved the pigskin King's isn't th e only school that ha s used the I ed t hat thi s will eliminate many of to the Lebanon Valley 35-yard line. i~ea _with success. Villanova, which is of. co urs_e ~he arguments that have happ en ed Freshman sensation , Ron Rescig no, took over from there and climaxed Turke y Dinners - $1.50 big time, pulled the same stunt. It was then· pos1- . m ;former years . tive action against the inroads that the professional · Once 2;gain,. Kirby Park wi1:J be the evening by scampering over for leag ues have been making on college attendance. , the playing site. Th e committee the final tally. Here, there are no pro teams to give the col- : in charge of the league, consisting TUXEDOS TO RENT leges trouble. In this area it is the high schools Iof Bob Partridge, Art Hoover, and Special Price To Students that furnish customer competition, and for years l Mel Schmeizer, plans to hav e 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. they ha ve been pushing collegiate football into :>.n award for the winning team . 1 the background. . The nature of th e award w.ill lJe The public in general goes to see the high schools : announced at a later date. play and n ever gives a second thought to what th e I As soon as sch edul es have been local co llegians have to offer in the way of footba ll. · made up they will appear in the "On the Boulevard" - Rt. IIS Average "Joe Fan" really believes that the high : BEA CON . AL JETER schools play the best football in this area. W e ha ve Wilkes-Barre, Pa. even heard arguments that th e better sch oolboy teams could beat either of th e local coll eges. Now that, to us, so unds · Ji. , , • G A F ull Course Meal right sill y. We believe t hat if "Joe Fan" could be talked into viewing ' Est. 1871 O r a Sandwich the college sport as it is played h ere he would soon change his mind. , · i ~ . f . :.;f\. So, if the fans need to be talked into corning-what better way to i It's a Pleasure to Serve You . Men's Furnishings and do it than give him a t ioket with his weekl y food buy? What if the By RO_GER_ LEWIS college does take a smaller cut per ticket than if it was sold at the gate? S cormg m all but the third Hats of Quality Good Food The vo lum e of ducats sold wou ld make up for it several times over if not period, a fast and s harp Wilkes 8 Reasonable Prices more. grid squad slammed out a 19 N O ARGUMENT to O win over v isiting Le banon Plenty of Free Parking Space The W.ilkes _athle~ic poli cy is one ~hat we _agree with a ll the way. Valley last Saturday night. The 9 West Market Street Catering to Small Groups Th e admm1 strat1on wisely saw early m the hi story of the school the game was pla yed befo re a slim / Wilkes-Barre, Pa. F. DALE, Prop. dangers of big time football team s. The only possible answer for a opening day c.rowd of 1500 at . 1..,.,..,.."""'"""'"""'....."""'"""""""'------·"' I (continued on page 6) King ston Stadium. 1 ;,;;;;=============;;;!.I Farish and Fay Give 'The Boss' a Ride on New Gadget LAW LAID DOWN FOR INT,RAMURAL GRID LEAGUE w T or= ============================== GORDON LLOYD'S RESTAURANT I 1 1 Toll Gale Restaurant BA UM S JORDAN I GR!D1)ERS LACE L V FOR 1 ST W'N OF YE "R I ** �Dadurka Gets Nod As Week's Standout Sophomore End Named Tops For Outstanding Performance In Opening Football Contest --e::; - WILKES COLLEGE- 2 ~Be aeon Outstanding p layer la urels go this week to Neil Dadurk a of the foo t ball t eam . He was select ed from a large number of n ominations t hat included both gridmen and soccer players. In t he opinion of t h e sports writer s he was on e The old foo tball motto of g iving of the m ai n reasons tha t W ilkes cam e out of t he L ebanon Valley your all for t he t eam came partialgame with th e first opening game ly t rue fo r Dadurka . As a contriwin to be seen h er e in quite a few buti on to the victory he left t wo of seasons. his fro nt teet h on the field. E ven The la nky right end played with · so he was a t ower of st rength on th e Forty Fort Flyers during his both off ens e a nd defense. In the h igh school days. He literall y livopinion of the sports scrib es his ed up t o t he name of "flyer" duri ng play left little to be desir ed. t h e game. There were few tackles on t h e right side of t h e line that As a fr eshma n la st year N eil was Dad urka di dn 't figure in . a st arter on the Colonel grid squad. The average foo t ball fa n makes He was a fine compet it or but n eedt h e backfield the foc us of his ated polish . This year he seems t o NEIL DADURKA, End t ention. By do ing th is he m isses ha_ve come into hi s own ~nd grea t th e essential part of t he grid sport broke up plays befor e t hey started. thmgs have been predicted for -li ne play-but even the most Lebanon had a poor night on end . "toothless wonder" from Forty 1 d yed in t he wool "back " watc her s wee ps, thank s to t h e "Durk" . Fort. co uld hardly h ave missed Da durka on Saturda y n ight. He made th e r ig ht side of the lin e a real to ugh nut to cr ack as the visit ing "Flying Dutchmen" found out not long after the g a me COMO AND HOGAN h ad start ed. T ime aft er ti me h e THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1954 Wrath of Jeter (continued from page 5) i . sch ool of Wilkes ' size was to r un s ports on an amateur basis. To this policy we say, " H ats Off! " But how 'bout it? Are we turn ing pro if peopl e come out and support th e t eam? We don't t h ink so. Even t hough the school has n o desir e to make money from sports (and we agree with t ha t idea t oo) bigger gat es wo ul d sur e ea se t he s t r a in on the old budget . Public s upport of th e t ea m wouldn't cha n ge t he players any. They would s till be the same g uys t hat you kno w now . .. T hey would still be s wea ting over exa ms a nd the like, just as t hey always ha ve been. The only differ ence would be in a la r ger a ttendance at the games, and a lit tle mo re money coming in. Ma ybe the team could pay its own wa y, a nd would tha t be so bad ? The school sold season ticket s at a r educt ion this year in an eff ort to sti r u p som e inter est. If it is wi lling t o go t hat far, it , doesn 't seem like a very large jump to a block tick et deal with an outfi t like Acm e. Perry Como, top TV and recording star, and Ben Hogan-only active golfer to win 4 national championships, enjoy a Chesterfield during a friendly round of golf. ,.I ·Meet Your Friends at ... The SPA 18 South Main Street e • • After the game After the dance Anytime for a friendly get-together Favorite Spot .. . . . . For College Students 11111 I II I II II II II II II II III Ill 1111111111111111111 Loui s Rosen thal M en's Clothing & Furnishings Wilkes-Barre, Pa. r................. 111 1111111 111 111 11111 111 1111111 111 11111 11111 1111 1 - ( Deluxe COFFEE SHOP FRIDA Y'S SPECIAL • Lobster Tail Platter ~ with Drawn Butter French Fries ► j Cole Slaw 85c 205 SOUTH MAIN STREET ' l : Just Below the Post Office ~ ' ►, •••• • ••••••••••• J Opening Soon! WHAT A BUY - CHESTERFIELD King Size The New Modem Franklin Street Addition And Parking Ramp FO·WLER, DICK a n d WALKER The Boston Store A Great Store . .. . . . In A Great State ltl ' ~ . .· ;,~;:r~t,:~ - fj :c trv:e1t5 Yi? (at the New Low Price) and Regular Like Ben and Perry you smoke for relaxation, comfort and satisfaction. In the whole wide world no cigarette satisfies like a Chesterfield. You smoke with the greatest possible pleasure when your cigarette is Chesterfield-because only Chesterfield has the right combination of the world's best tobaccos-highest in quality-low in nicotine. In short, Chesterfields ar e best to smoke and best for you. ' i ~ -L~ ~ N H " LARGEST SELLING CIGARETTE IN AMERICA'S COLLEGES \JGGf.TT l � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. 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Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1954 October 7th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954 October 7 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/a23f06037acef14d43f317a25b8497be.pdf e2f62529021109aedc446f2ee2e41e31 PDF Text Text Colonels Open Season Tomorrow Night See Stories On Page 5 '54 COLONELS-The Wilkes football team which meets Lebanon Valley College tomorrow night at Kingston stadium includes, first row, left to rightDon Straub, Ron Fitzgerald, Bob · Fay, Al Nicholas, Jim Cattell, Jack Richards, Bill Staunton, Jim Smil'es, Joe Scott. Second row, Glenn Carey, Ron Rescigno, Cliff Brautigan, Howie Gr<,ss, Paul Gronka, Neil Dadurka, Walt Chapko, John Lycos, Ed Gavel, Art Tambur,- Russ Picton, assistant coach. Third row-George Ralston, coach; Andy Dovin, Jim Puderbach, Don McFadden, Sam Puma, Tony Greener, Bill Farish, Stan Abrams, Ray Levandoski, Gene Snee, manager. Back row · -Bob Masonis, Sam Dilcer, Andy Breznay, Bill Gorski, Joe Trosko, Joe Wilk, Jarrel Cashmere and Royal Hayward. WILKES The Community College. Serving Wyoming Valley And The World ,~ - WILKES. COLLEGE ~,Beacon WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA Vol. X, No. 2 THE BEACON Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week FRIDAY, OCTOBER I, 1954 ' ' Neveras, Kravitz to Edit Yearbook See Story On Page 2 Class Elections Sel For Thursday; Competition Close Colonels' Hop Slated Tonight Al College Gym By HELEN KRACHENFELS Russ Picton and Reese Jones became presidents of the senior and sophomore classes respectively in meetings this week. Although elections of class offi cers are not slated until Thursda y, th e two won by a cclamation a nd were uncontest ed at the final poll at th e nomina tions meetings . Other candidates for class offi ces include : S E N IORS : Vi ce-president , Harry E nnis and Bob Sabatino; trea surer, Ell en Louise Wint, Carl Smith, and Al J et er; s ec retary, Naomi Kivler, J ean Dearden, Jack <;:urtis, Pat Fox , and Doris Merrill. JUNIORS: President, Cliff Brauti gan, Jim Jon es ; vi ce-president, Dick Carp enter, J eannette P errins, and Pat Stout; secretar y, Barbara Bialogowicz and Joan Shoemaker; treasurer, Glenn Carey, Jim Ferri s, Bob Lynch, Chet Miller, and Jessie Rod eri ck. SOPHOMORES: Vice-president, The Junior Class will present a dance and pre-opening football game pep rally tonight al the Wilkes Gym. The dance will go under the official tag of HIGH SCHOOL BRASS COMES TO WILKES AS FRESHMEN The fre s hman class of Wilkes College is proud to number among its grou1> 16 students who were pres idents of their senior classes, student council presidents, and in the case of a few, held both offices. Shown above, they are left to right, first row: James Marks, Larksville high school; Edmund Kotula, Dupont; Mary West, Ashley; Germaine Astolfi, Plains; Bernard Zaboski, Wilkes-Barre Township; Paul Tracy, Pittston. Second row: David Vann, Westmoreland; Ro hert Sobol, Coughlin; Larry Pugh, Shickshinny; Harold Pezzner, Ashley; Clarence Michael, Plymouth; Walter Stelez, Lehman. (continued on page 5) Third row: Joseph Pipan, Nanticoke; William Players, West Pitts ton; Andrew Dovin, Dupont. " The Colonels' Hop" with Bill Figart and his band providing music for dancing from 9 to 12. Figart is reported to have a very fine outfit with music that is ver y danceable. A versatile fellow, he pla ys everything from the slow ones to the wild Dixieland sounds. Tickets for the affair are priced at 35 cents and can be purchased from any member of the ticket committee or at the door, if you prefer. The cheerleaders will be on hand to help make the night a loud one and attendance is required for freshmen. Joan Shoemaker and Cliff Brautigan, cochairmen of the affair, have done everything possible to insure a good time for everyone. Working with the chairmen are the following committee members: (continued on page 5) �Friday, October 1, .1954 WILKFS COLLEGE BEACON 2 Neveras, Kravitz to Head Amnicola All Four Wilkes Applicants For Medical School Accepted Ex-Beacon Assistant, Ace Debater Get Editors Jobs; Year's Staff Nearly Set BEACON EXCLUSIVE All Wilkes College seniors who have applied for admission to medical schools have been accepted by the colleges of their choice for the fall term beginning Sel?tember, 195~. This is Although it has not yet been announced, Jean Kravitz and the season when college seniors, who wish to go on to graduate schools, are w o r r 1 e d as to Jim Neveras will become the new editors of the . Amnicola, whether they will be accepted and particulmly those who must meet the i:igid requirements of Wilkes student yearbook, the Beacon learned exdusively yesmedical colleges. Because of their outstanding scholastic record, four boys, Dean Arvan, John F. Glodek, Richard B. Kleyps, and Sandy A. Furey, have already received word of their admission while registrars of graduate schools are still screening .hundreds of applicants. Native of Greece Dean Arvan, a native of Corfu, Greece, is to be especially congratulated on the high quality of his work while at the local college, for he had in addition to the exacting demands . of pre-medical work, the handicap of having to overcome his limited knowledge of English and the difficult adjustment of acclimating himself to the ways and methods of an American college. That he has been successful is evidenced by his acceptance at Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia. Prior to coming to this country, Arvan was graduated from the Kerkyra Gymnasium for Boys, which is the equivalent of an American high school, where he was rated by his ,instructors as an exceptionally ·fine student. · Also accepted at Hahnemann is John F. Glodek, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Glodek, 196 March street, E. Plymouth. It was always Glodek's ambition to be a doctor, so when he came to Wilkes, he chose to study for his bachelor of science degree in biology. In Plymouth high school, Glodek was a member of Student Government and Student Patrol and chief operator of Camera and Cinema Club. Richard B. Kleyps, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kleyps, 10·7 E . Kirmar ,av enue, Alden Station, Nanticoke, will receive his bachelor .of science degree in June, 1955, and in September will enter the University of Pennsylvania Medical College. Newport Alumnus Before entering Wilkes, Kleyps attended the Newport Township high school, where in addition to a high scholastic record, he was a member of the school band and orchestra, president of his senior home room and president of the Chemistry Club. Sandy Furey has been accepted at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. Furey, an active campus personality, has been a heavy contributor to the college literary magazine, Manuscript. .... The son of Mr. and Mrs. Sandy A. Furey, of 299 Alicia Street, Old Forge, he was graduated from Old Forge High School in 1951. The acceptance of all four applicants, especiall y so early in the school year, speaks highl y of the Wilkes Biology department, which has done a fine job in the past and is continuing to do so. terday. With th e announcemen\ still to comEl from the college board of publication, the Beacon learned from sources who should know that the appointments of the two active campus personalities to the yearbook editorial staff would be made official in the next week. Other appointments expected to be made in 2lude Patsy Reese as art editor, Henry Goetzman as business manager, and Neil McHugh as copy editor. Also set for the coming year are four freshman art majors who will be groomed for future publications art work both in the art departm ent and on the yearbook under th e tutelage of Catha! O'Toole, Amnicola adviser and head of the college art depart-ment. An assistant editor oi the Beaco n last year, Miss Kravitz has. been active in journalism at Wilkes since she entered the school. A native of Nanticoke, she worked on the school paper at Nanticoke Hig h School, from which she was. graduated and should bring a Beacon Photo by Ace Hoffman wealth of experience to the yearThird row-Albert E. Schrader, Forty Fort; book. Elaine M. C. Fabian, Plymouth; LeRoy Fiergang, Neveras, a native of Hazleton,. Kingston; Karl Blight, Luzerne, Wyoming Semihas been active on campus for three nary; Edward Masonis, Kingston; Jerry Gardner, years. Last year he served as as- Kingston; Jack White, Kingston; Wayne Pugh, sistant editor of the Amnicola as Kingston; Betsy Bretz, Kingston; Jackie Oliver, well as president of the junior Kingston; Elaine Jakes, Kingston; Rita Matiskelclass. In addition to his many other la, Kingston; Jack H eltzel, Kingston. activities, Jim found time to beFourth row-Harold Carini, Forty Fort; Roy come one of the top collegiate deRosenbaum, Forty Fort; Carlton Conway, Forty bators in the East. Nick Flannery Fort· Don Wilkinson, Forty Fort; Tom Gavlick, and Neveras made up a team that Swo;ervIITe; Gene Palchanis, Kingston; Jonathan won its way into the nationals last A. Bassett, Kingston; Bernard Shupp, Kingston; spring. Ben Omilian, Larksville; John Wanko, Edwardsville; John Petro, Edwardsville; Frank Kogut, MRS. WALL LEAVES Edwardsville; William A Zdancewicz, EdwardsDORM DINlNG HALL ville. WEST SIDE STUDENTS ENTERING WILKES TH IS FALL From the W est Side, 47 students began classes at Wilkes last week. First row-Isaac Forster, Wyoming Seminary; Carl P . Karmilowicz, Swoyerville; Darius Thomas, Forty Fort; Ronald Olshefski, Forty Fort; William T. Martin, Kingston; Jerome Stone, Hanover Township High School; James Marks, Larksville; John Morenko, Edwardsville; James Waltich, Larksville; James Carrozza, Forty Fort. Second row-Dorothy Thomas, Plymouth; Eleanot S. Faust, Plymouth; Estelle H. Bossler, Forty Fort; Marilyn Carl, Forty Fort; Marian Laines, Forty Fort; Virginia Brehm, Forty Fort; Henriette Oben moka, Forty Fort; Vera Wroble, Kingston ; Noama Kaufer, Kingston; Janet Jones, Kingston; Carol Breznay, Luze rne. WASILESKI EXPLORES POSSIBILITY Dean Cites Progress Of College, Shows OF KEEPING NEW SNACK·BAR OPEN Optimism for Future TO SERVE RUSHED NITE STUDENTS !! By~!U~! 1 ; :0 weeks of the Stanley Wasileski, director of let out at 9 :30 or possibly until 10. semest er already gone by, upperthe Wilkes night school, stated yesWasileski was scheduled to take classmen have come to the realizaterday that he is exploring the pos- the matter before the administration that there are a tremendous sibility of keeping the new snack tive council at press time. number of freshmen hurrying about bar open to serve evening students at the school. campus. Statistics show a freshman enrollment of over three hunHe explained that evening school BEACON TO PUBLISH students have long needed such a THURSDAYS STARTING dred, the largest class ever to enter place to eat before coming to NEXT WEEK: NEW OFFICE the coll ege. Dean of Men George classes, particularly since most Starting next week, the Beacon F. Ralston predicts a very promisnight students work during the day will hit the Wilkes campus at and must rush to get to classes in noon on Thursdays. The switch ing year. time. decided upon by the entire staff Ralston said that Wilkes is realHe also emphasized that th ere is of the paper, was made so that ly moving ahead in the education little or no feeling of belonging in everyone will be able to get ·a -~ field. With a large student body n ight school and he expressed a co1>y before the important weekrepresented throughout the various feeling that if such a place were ends during the college year. local high schools, th e enrollment made available to them, eve ning Beacon staff meetings, to students might well get better ac- which all students are invited, of th e fr eshman classes of 1957 and 1958 should be witho ut a doubt treq uainted, and would help make th e will be held in the Lecture Hall mendous, he r easoned. Ralston night school a more "closely knit Fridays at 12 :20, at which time stated that the prospecti ve enrollorganization." assignments will be made for the ment presents a problem, because Wasileski's plan, worked out in next week. Other meetings will adequate fa cilities are not availconjunction with a Beacon report- be announced later. able. The lack of classroom faciliThe new deadline for the paper ties will not be as great a probNight school enrollm ent at er, would keep the snack bar open Wilkes has risen to 750 students, after the second night class had will be · MONDAY at 5 o'clock. lem at that time as will be the The paper opened its new and tea ching situation, he explained. · it was announced yesterday by modern office on the second floor Stanley Wasileski, Night School are similar in scope to those given of the Lecture Hall this week. "Th e college is looking forward Director. The evening school director stat- during the day, and often courses Another move in the establish- to a fine year, but will need coed that people from throughout are offered in the evening that are ment of a lively paper, the new operation to make it so." The reNortheastern Pennsylvania are tak- not given days. The fact that a office will serve as the nerve cen- sponsibilities wh ich the college has ing advantage of the full and well- number of regular day students ter of the paper. All persons acquired with it's expansion and rounded educational program t h e take night courses offers good proof with material to submit to the with it's obligations in the commuof the advantag es of the night divi- paper are welcome to make use nity, will necessitate a lot of supcoll ege is offering evenings. port, Ralston concluded . of the office facilities. Courses offered in t h e evening sion. Night School Hits Enrollment of 750 Mrs. Fred Wall, better known to dormitory students as Laura, will leave the employ of Wilkes this week, it was learned yester-day. Mrs. Wall, wife of dorm din-• ing hall head Fred Wall, has worked with her husband for four · years at Wilkes, but has decided to resume her duties as a full time, housewife. . A good-humored friend of the dorm students, Laura will be missed. The Beacon feels sure that it speaks for all the dormitories when it wishes Mrs. Wall the best of luck and happiness in the future. Speaker Says World Full of Dictators By T. R. PRICE The world is full of dictators, Dr. George W. F. Hallgarten told stud ents at Tu esday's assembly, and even the United States may be endangered by th em . Speaking on the subject "Why Dictators?", Dr. Hallgarten explained that the man who becomes the absolute rul er of a nation is often a neurotic who, unable t o compete with ordinary people in the us ual order of life seeks this means to become the "big man", as did, say, Heinrich Himmler, the head of the German Gestapo. NEW ASSEMBLY SEATS Activities D i r e ct o r Robert Partridge announced today that the new assembly seating plan is posted on all bulletin boards. He advises all students to consult it before Tuesday. �WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Fri day, October 1, 1954 [)orms Sponsor Pre-Game Dance Tomorrow from .5 - 7 Saturday night will see what could be the start of some long needed school spirit in re• gard to football games. The dormitories will sponsor a pre-game dance at McClintock Hall with the emphasis on informality, from 5 to 7 o'clock. It is hoped that the dance will be well received by the student body. If the attendance is encouraging enough the dorms plan to make the pre-game dance a regular feature before cdl of the Colonel home games. Dean Ral11ton, in an interview, expressed the view that the dance was something that had been need<Club Notes) ed at the college for quite some time. He pointed out that in most of the ·major colleges affairs of this sort are held and that they are THETA DELTA RHO HOLDS FIRST MEETING quite popular. The women of Wilkes held t heir Batterson Shows Way first meeting of the school year The idea was started by an en- at Sterling Hall Tuesday night. terprising group- of students who Naomi Ki vler, president of the sothought it would be a good idea rority, presided. Plans for the to try to instill a few more ~ocial coming year were discussed and activities that the whole school committees were set up for the could enjoy. first big event, the annual wiener Moe Batterson, the spokesman roast. for the group, emphasized that the The affair will be held at Rumaffair would be strictly informal ble's Grove in Drums on October and that "come as you are going 22. Nancy Batcheler was appointto the game" would be the order ed general chairman. Assisting of the day. He went on to say that her will be Connie Kamarunas, refres hments would be served and publicity; Natalie Barone, tickets; everyone would be welcome at any Bernice Thomas and Barbara Rotime. gers, refreshments. The group said that it would like to see a large turnout after the game at Gurnari's in Luzerne. If BIOLOGY CLUB enough people planned to attend SETS DANCE .DATE the celebration (win or lose), arThe first meeting of the Biology 1·angements could be made so that Club was held September 23 at the Rathskeller could be opened. which time officers for the coming Big Crowd year were introduced to new memIt has been quite some time since hers. They ar.e : Dick Kleyps, there have been any really large president; Mary Kozak, vice-presigroups at the place that was once dent; Irene Scheihing, secretary; almost a Wilkes clubhouse for Bernie Ondash, treasurer; Dean after-game festivities. So a big Arvan, program chairman. Adand enthusiastic throng is antici- visers of the club are Dr. Cha,.r!es pated. Reif and Miss Rosemary Gallia. The organization will sponsor a dance on October 8, next Friday. CORNER to CORNER LAW SCHOOL EXAMS . SET {Special) PRINCETON, N. J.-The Law School Admission Test required of applicants for admission to a number of leading American law schools, will be given at more than 100 centers throughout the United· States on the mornings of November 13, February 19, April 23, and August 6, 1955. During 1953-54 some 8200 applicants took this t est, and their scores were sent to over 100 law schools. CUE 'N' CURTAIN PLANS MUSICAL COMEDY Paul Shiffer presided over the first meeting· of Cue 'n' Curtain. Other officers are Nancy Brown, vice-president; Pat Stout, secretary; Fred Cohn, treasurer; Jim Miller, historian. The group decided that "Gir, Crazy", a musical comedy, would be the first production of the year. Mr. Alfred Groh, faculty adviser of Cue 'n' Curtain, and Mr. John Detroy, music department head, POETRY CONTEST OPENS will direct. Howard "Skinny" En(Special) nis will be assistant director. The · LOS ANGELES-All college stu- show will be staged on November dents are cordially invited to sub- 19 and 20 at the lrem Temple. mit original verse to be considered for possible publication in the An- I.R.C. DISCUSSES nual Anthology of College Poetry, YEAR'S PROGRAM in its 12th year. The International Relations Club Rules follow: Mss. must be typed or written in ink on one side of a met yesterday to plan a program sheet. Student's home address, for the coming year. President name of College and Coll ege ad- Ronald Fitzgerald and Dr. Mailey, club adviser, spoke •briefly on the dress must appear on each mss. Closing date for submission of club's past activities. Last year the group sent delegates to the ,manuscripts is November 5. state convention of Intercollegiate Conference on Government at Harrisburg, where a mock nation- WILKES COLLEGE al legislature was held. Club members were also sent to the model U.N. at Alfred University. Officers are Ron Fitzgerald, A newspaper published each week president; Carl Kopines, vice-presiof the regular school year by and dent; Barbara Grow, secretary; for t he students of Wilkes Col- Irwin Gelb, treasurer. lege, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. ECONOMICS CLUB Bea,con Editor . .... .... .. ..... John D. Curtis Asst. Editor ............ .... Ivan Falk Asst. Editor .. Pearl Onacko Sports Editor .... ....... Allen Jeter Business Mgr . ... . Arthur Hoover Faculty Adviser .... George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes Campus. Telephone: VAlley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. NERVOUS from tht1 SERVICE .. I By AL KISLIN . It has come to our attention That the brevity of mention Received by vets on campus, I s perplexing some And even vexing some So much, it seems, that they'd like to revamp us. The truth is that we're really not neglected here, But a tendency toward shyness is detected here. So we're writing just a column Which may soon become a volum e, And pray that we'll not soon be rejected here. (Ed. note: With apologies to Ogden Nash, the English Department and anybody else we may have offended.) There may be some question in · your m ind a s to what _is a veteran. On campus it is almost impossible to tell. P erhaps the clothes give some clue, and yet, most vets wear the latest in campus styles, while a large number of non-vets wear Army khakis and Navy greys faithfully. Just a bit confusing. Age should be a factor in distinguishing vets from those who have not yet tasted the cup of SNAFU, but it is not. It seems that ·after a semester or two in college, the features blend with the younger set. Perhaps, the best way to tell the vet is in t he way he carries himself. He never walks with a military bearing, but is quite adept at sacking out in unusual places. And so, guys, this is "H-hour." Th e uniform of the day is steel helmets and shower clogs; fall out behind Chase Hall in a column of ducks and don't forget your best war story. The nature of this column will be flexible. We will conform to ev·e ry campus whi m and inject a few ideas of our own. A club for veterans is on the horizon and gaining momentum. It is something which we would li-ke to see, for it can offer advantages to the vet and the school. The vet often excludes himself from campus activities thereby leaving much to be desired in school citizenship. The club can be the ram with whic hto break through this invisible barrier and make the campus a better place. We do not ,k now how many veterans there are on campus. That's a statistic for later reference. We do know that there are plenty who are not active in campus life. We want to help and think we can, because we think we understand the reason for isolation. Well, that's the kick-off on what should be an interesting hassle. If you like t he idea, let us know. If you have a gripe, don't look for the Chaplain. See us -- we've got connections. Uh, huh! WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS MOBILE X-RAY UNIT HERE NEXT THURSDAY Lou Steck, Economics CI u b president, welcomed fr e sh m en members to the organization. Last year the club was quite active both on and off campus. Trips were made to Bethlehem Steel, Corning Glass Works, I.B.M. in Binghamton, and Washington, D.C. The gro up recently joined a national inter-collegiate economics association called SAM, Society for the Advancement of Management. Dr. Samuel Rosenberg is adviser t o the club. Dean of Men George Ralston yesterday advised the student body that the State Mobile XRay unit will visit Wilkes on October 7 - next Thursday The dean also advised that all students are required to have chest X-rays taken. The unit will be set up in Chase Theater as in the past. Cards for each student will be already filled out to expedite the procedure, which will take only about five minutes this year. BEACON EDITORIALS AHeadache - Campus Parking Several ma-tters of parking have been brought to the attention of the Beacon. They are, to be sure, not really big problems in ·this day of really serious developments in the world, yet they are important. The first concerns parking behin~ the gymnasium-and lots adjacent to it. The college recently received a letter from Ray Hottle, proprietor of the restaurant directly behind the gym. It seems that he has been inconvenienced considerably by students parking their cars on his lot. Now, Mr. Hottle has a perfect right to ask us at the college not to park there. After all, it is important to his business-his . livelihood-to provide parking facilities for his customers. In a nice way, Mr. Hottle has asked us not to park on his lot while attending activities at the gym. The next step-his only recourse-is to have the cars towed away, which he will have done if the violation of his property continues. In that vein, isn't it too bad that there are so few parking faclities for the students, either in the gymnasium area or in the immedia-t e campus area. It gets to be a bigger headache every day. Many complaints have come from the students' parking lot at the comer of South Franklin and South Streets. It's only natural to want to get on the lot, since Fearless Pat and his motorcycle are constantly making the rounds to ticket not very rich college students. But the small lot will only park so many cars-and no more•. To begin with, the dormitory students have no place other than the lot on which to park their cars. Secondly, what little space is left early in the morning, is far inadequate for day students. To add to the woes and miseries of those who do get there early and get spaces, they find themselves hemmed in all day by some late-comers who insist on completly log-jamming the lot by filling the exits. This must be stopped. Another source of woe stems from the fact that a number of out-of-college cars are parked on the lot each day. This also must come to and end. More stringent regulations must be enacted. For as it s·t ands now, if you're a day student it doe·s n't pay to drive to school, and if you live in the dorms, it simply doesn't pay to own a car. Support The Lettermen A number of lettermen have approached the editor complaining about the number of high school letter sweaters being worn on camp\ll:I. Now the rules of Wilkes, legibly printed in the Freshman Handbook to be seen by all, plainly state that no letter sweaters or jackets bearing the insignia of any institution other than Wilkes may be worn on campus. This may seem just a little silly at first glance, but when to get down to the base of the thing it is very reasonable. There is little enough school spirit here at Wilkes and the wearing of other letters certainly does nothing to help the situation. It is perfectly all right to wear a sweater or jacket from which the letter or insignia has been taken, and that is a concession. Why can't we all go along with this long-standing rule like good sports. It means a lot here at Wilkes and actually very little to the individuals involved. While on the subject of lettermen, the Wilkes Lettermen's annual raffle comes to mind. One of the finest organizations on campus, the Lettermen's Club deserves your support. It is a service organization and the sponsor of t.h e only strictly formal dance-the Christmas Formal-a top contribution toward real college life each year. Whether you buy a couple of tickets or help sell them, you'll be doing a real service to a fine bunch of fellows and to the school, which they support so avidly. Freshman Hazing or Not? The editor has nothing against freshmen and as a matter of fact, he has found most of them to be very welcome additions to the college. But he does have a bone to pick with those people who are allegedly running the freshman orientation or hazing. Just what hazing has been done? Let's either get hopping on this thing or forget about it entirely. It has been a sad program thus far. The frosh certainly aren't looking for any easier a time of it than the classes that have come before them. Maybe, as has been brought up on numerous occasions in the past, the Lettermen should take over the Tribunal again. Those were the good old days-and everyone enjoyed freshman hazing then-well, almost everyone. • Snack Bar For Night School The Beacon was instrumental in suggesting that the new snack bar be made available to evening students at Wilkes. At almost every other institution this size some facilities of this sort will be found for the ' evening students. The new place of meetin' and eatin' is a natµral and could be very easily kept open until classes are out evenings. Students could be hired to run the snack bar at night and there are a number of Wilkesmen who would be only too happy to get a job there. It only seems fair that, since most of the evening students work all day and have to rush to school right after leaving their places of employment, there should be a place here for them to grab a bite to eat and a little conversation with classmates. It would probably do a lot for a closer feeling between the school and its so often forgotten children after dark. -Curtis, Editor �Friday, October 1, 195 i4 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 4 , ••••••••••••••••••••• ♦ •••••••••• ♦ •• , · For This Week WISDOM A Chuckle and a .Smile OF WILKES By DICK GRIBBLE -The Inquiring Photographer Question: In your opinion, what can be done to improve t he dances here at Wilkes? SOCIAL Wt-ill2L WITH J)~Al2L A friend took a Scot to the zoo cliff was t hat he didn't see the ewe By PEARL ONACKO and pointed out the American turn. That's what Curtis said. "You're doing a column and it's going to moose to him. "Hoot mon!" .cried An ounce of suggestion is worth be called "Social Whirl w ith Pearl". What do you think? Angus MacMoney, "I'd hate to a pound of lure. Pal Jean K. and I didn't think; sponsored by the Junior class. meet the American rat." we laughed. As a matter of fact, We're hoping to see each and every It's better to have loved a short J ean's still laughing and insists one of you there to honor the men You know you're g etting old when the m ercury in your feet is guy, gals, than never to have loved 'that 'The Scoop with the Snoop' who take to the field tomorrow would be more apropos, No com- night. For more details, I refer replaced by the lead in your pants a tall. ::: * ~: ,:: * ment from this corner. you to page 1. --Bill Stern. Getting philosophical-All some Thr:oughout the school year I'll Rumor has it that the seniors The trouble with Russian roulette folks leave are seatprints in the be doing my best to keep you post- will sponsor a real, honest-to-goodis that there aren't enough Rus- sand of time ... Too many people ed on social activities, people and ness Masquerade dance the end of believe a great more than they hear things about Wilkes, and this 'n' this month. I hope · the plans masians playing it. ::: * :!: ,:: * . .. Luck is the idol of the idle . . . that. By "this 'n' that" I mean terialize, for I think the seniors One thing about growing old is Women want a roof over their a little bit of chit and a little bit have the right idea. You can that you don't feel your oats as heads so they can raise it occasion- of chat. Nothing like a clear defi- sponsor just so many run-of-theally ... To err may be human, but nition, I always say. mill dances. much as you do your corns. ::: :;: ::: * ::: don't overdo ,:,this ,:, ,:, hum * ,:, anisiu. Looks Like Good Year Dance "With Twist" Satire-The song that made a . Joe DiMaggio has what every Well, coeds and Colonels, if the After a while the crowds dwinbig hit locall y is really an old one that was slig htl y revised-"l'm red-blooded American boy sho uld first event s on our social calendar die and the reason is very simple: get excited about-a life t im ~ bat- are any criteria, it looks like a if yo u'v e got nothing to offer, peodancing with tears in my eyes ting average of ove!· .300. wonderful year ahead. Last week's pie won't buy, even if the people 'cause the girl in my arms is a ~- ,,, ,,, ,:, ,:, dance sponsored by the Education in question are loyal to the Blue boy". Hey t here ! One coed to anothe:·-" I was out Club was well worth the admission and Gold. A suggestion to campus * * * * with a nerve specialist last night. pri ce. The music was just right organizations: follow the lead of It was Dean Arvan's birthday He really knows his business, 'cause for dancing and the show at inter- the seniors; throw a dance "with last Monday and the soccermen I never m et a guy with more of it." mission, if a trifle ·too long, was a twist". Who knows? You might riding back to the dorm with him ,:, * ,:, ,:, ,, good. I t hought Jim Jones did a even make some money. after practice were kidding him A showgirl received a beautiful fine job as M.C. . W ~ should see Guess that's about it for now. about being of legal age-21. skunk coat from her boyfriend as , and h~ar m_o;e of Jim m the future. Don't forget the dance tonight and Scorning his voting privilege, in a a birthday gift. "It's hard to imaTonight 1t 11 be the Colonels Hop, the game tomorrow. kidding manner, Arvan said he'd gine," she said, "that such a lovely have to go all the way back to Greece to vote anyway. "What's coat could come from such a foulthe matter-this country not good smelling beast ." " I don't ask for thanks," he reenough for you?" jibed one of the boys. "Whatr'ya a Communist," plied angrily, "but I do demand a form er South Korean officer, had littl e respect." Est. 1871 kidded another. Younsu Koo, Bill m et his friend on the street. been sitting quietly in the car until this last remark. But then men Jim was la ughing his head off. Featuring The Newest Men's Furnishings and from three nations nearly died " What's so funny?" asked Bill. In College Men's Fashions "I was just thinking of a goofy Hats of Quality laughing as Koo dryly quipped, guy I saw thi s m orning. " "Send this fellow to McCarthy." "Tell m e, what did he do ?" Bill Then there was Instructor J oe as·ked. 9 West Market Street Men's "Well, this morning the alarm Kanner's remark last week in an dock didn't go off and m y wife and Wilkes-Barre, Pa. evening psych class which w ent WOOL SLACKS somet hing like-"You tak e a moth- I slept until nine o'clock without er rat who has just given birth to waking. When I finally awakened, I jumped Ul) dressed without wak>kittens .. . " Reg. 12.95 Value SPECIAL TUX ing the wife and was about to leave GROUP PRICES Gems of Wis dom-A recent sur - when th e bedroom door opened. vey shows that four out of five Boy, did I laugh." for ... "Why?" asked Bill. women haters are women . .. Some WILKES DANCES i:.t Save 3.96 "Well, it was so darn funny. Can cocktails make you see double and at feel sing le . . . Some people think you imagin e an iceman so dumb o Flannels • Gabardines JOHN B. STETZ~ that they' re moral when they're that he con,es into the bedroom o Brown - Navy • Grey - Blue merel y uncomfortable . . . Some looking for the icebox? " Expert Clothier ~ o All Perfect Quality - Sizes 28-42 f,: ::: ::: ::: ::: women say t hey could have marMen's • Pomeroy's First Floor 9 E. Market St .• W-B. '\.\Jml!lllll!h. "Do you believe that tight ried an yon e they pleased. Evident: lot hes stop circulation?" ly they never pleased an yone. Coed-"Certainly not, the tightA wo man sees through a man by er a woman's clothing, the more intuition, yet the man always needs she's in circulation." the sun to see t hrough a woman. ,:, * * * ~' Dorm student to coed-"Doing Everyone likes to see a broad anything Saturday night?" "Why, smile. no." "Then can I borrow your ::: ::: * * i:, soap?" More Gems-About all that's Bob Darrow-"! know how to necessary for a divorce now-a-da ys is a wedding . . . A husband who settl e Russia-buy it." :: :: :: * * is busy as a bee may wake up and Wilkes' answer to Gertrude Stein find hi s honey missing ... Woman's chief ass et is man's imagination -'·Money is mon ey is money is . . . Financial headaches are bad. money."-Al Jeter. Sometimes the pain ext ends down as far as the pants pockets and even lower. )!: MOLLIE BEARD, Wilkes-Barre -"Thinking of the publicity angle I would say that there is enough publicity but the students just don't turn out for the affair. It seems there is a good crowd at the dances held in the fall but then as winter and spring roll around the crowd gets smaller and smaller." JORDAN ** FRANK SMITH, Ashley Hall dormitory s t u d e n t from Long Branch, New Jersey - " I think that the fellows and girls who just stand around in the gym should get out on the floor and dance. I would favor more square dan ces, more slow dances, and a little more sawdust on the floor for easier dancing. I ,don't know what bands Wilkes has for their proms but I sure hope .that we can have a bigname band for one of our big dances." 8.99 L.\ Make Thursday ... Dance Night -atSouth Main Street Armory I A PAPER FOR THE HOME , • , Physicians and psychologists agree, conceit is a form of " I" strain. Th e r eason the ram ran over the HELEN KRACHENFELS, Forty Fort - "I think there should be a varying type of entertainment such ANDY'S DINER as com edians , instrumentalists, voBack-to-Back with Wilkes Gym calists, etc. I do not think . that Plenty of Free Parking decorations are necessary at sport dances. The trouble does not lie Prices for the Collegian's Budget .. .. A Reputation Built on Fine Food in the dances themselves but in the students. Either they don't dance when they attend the affair or they just don't att end the dance at all. I wo uld be in favor of a semi-formal in the fall instead of two semiAT formals in the spring." SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Most Complete Local and National Coverage FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS GIANT SOCIAL SECTION WEEKLY FEATURES -~~,s,,,,~~- You are Welcome ZIMMERMAN'S The person s ubmitting the best question each week for use in Wisdom of Wilkes will receive two t ickets to the Comerford Theater, Wilkes -Barre. Playing this week is "The Raid" starring Van Heflin and Anne Bancroft. Determination of the best question will be left to the discretion of the editors. Exquisite Styles In College Sportswear. Just what you've been Looking for. ZIMMERMAN'S 51 Public Square Wilkes-Barre, Penna. Wilkes College BOOKSTORE AND VARIETY SHOP Books - Supplies - Novelties Subscriptions Hours: 9-12 - 1-5 ... WELCOME JACK MELTON and his Orchestra DANCING FROM 9 TO 12 - ONLY 35 CENTS Hear Clubtime's Dave Teig and the Nation's Brightest Young Bands Play Over WILK direct from the Armory. A REGULAR WEEKLY SERIES OF DANCES Join the Throng - Make Thursday . . . Dance Night SOUTH MAIN STREET ARMORY �~ay, October 1, 1954 5 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Gridders Open With Lebanon Valley • e·d DUTCHMEN SEEN AS TOUGH; Boolers E nlertain 1. er . COACHING STAFF WORRIED Tomorrow 1n Kirby Park ABOUT LINE-UP BALANCE By JACK CURTIS The Wilkes soccer team, which started off the season so auspiciously last week wi1h a convincing first win, tries to make it two straight tomorrow afternoon at 2 on their dikeside field at By JERRY ELIAS. Kirby Park. Rider College, the team that gave the Wilkesmen their first win in history last . On Saturday night the Wilkes College gridmen will tangle with a strong Lebanon Valley squad. Last year, in an afteryear, will be the attraction. noon tilt at Lebanon Valley, the Colonels were handed a 15-6 Coach Bob Partridge was ensetback. It was a hard, rough game without too many outcouraged by his team's. first sh owTHE standing plays, but the Lebanon Valley team always seemed ing of the year last Saturday when it defeated Elizabethtown College to take advantage of the breaks. despite the low score, 1-0. PartA stroke of luck for Lebanon Valley is the appointment of ridge exclaim ed that this yea:·r 's squad has more potential than any team he has coached. The international flavor is beginning to show through. Last week it was the play of men from .four nations which turned t he tide in favor of the Blue and Gold. Greek Dean Arvan tallied the game's only goal and Ahmad Kazimi of Trans-Jordan, Younsu Koo of -South Korea, and Jim Ferris of Kingston, America, were stalwarts in the defensive maneuver that held off the desperate E-towners after the solo tall y. ![~ Wl?ATti or= J 1:Tl:12 l a new coach this year. His name is Ellis McCracken. He cam e tCl Lebanon Valley from Leechburg A ROUGH ONE High School where his teams enTomorrow ushers in a brand new Colonel grid season that from joyed phenomenal success losin g pre-season reports may prove to be a good one . The _initial clash will only 5 games in 5 years. give the home folks a chance to see Lebanon Valley in action for the When asked about the contest, first time in Wilkes history. Last year's game, the start of th e series Wilkes coach, George Ralston rebetween the two schools, was played on the "Flying Dutchman's" home plied, "We know absolutely nogrounds. It left much to be desired as far as the Colonels were conthing about Lebanon Valley's, cerned. To begin with, it was a hot and muggy day down the river. Not team this year. It is our under-only that, but the charges of coa ch George Ralston were not used to standing t hat they have excelplaying afternoon games. No one, it seemed, felt like doing much exlent freshmen to choose from, . cept possibly sitting under the old shade t ree. The gam e started off and they are of good quality •. in a very slow fashion and for a tim e it seem ed that was the way that With a new coach a nd virtuan»· it was going to go for the whole afternoon . To some it seemed as though a new team we are not definitethe obj e ct of the wh ole thing was to see who co uld out-fumble who. Wilkes walked away with the titl e hands down_and Lebanon Valley walkin our expectations, but we are The line has shown that it can ed away with the game. inclined to believe that it will score, and although it was a little This year it is a much re-enforced Blue and Gold team that will be very tough opposition." rusty last week, th e potential is meet the Valleymen. The Dutchmen no longer have the services Ralston also added about the there, especially with the new ofof a great back by t he name of Lou Sorrentino, who threw aerials Colonels·, "At this date our team fensive and defensive patterns A sall over the ball park, connecting when they counted. Acco rding seems to be in excellent physical sistant Coach Flip Jones and Bob to scouting- reports , Sorrentino was supposed to t hrow them n ice condition. The line is s mall, but Partridge ha ve invented. a nd, the kfod that you like to intercept, but it just wasn't so t hat we hope to make up with speed day. what we lack in size. At the beThe backfield looms as the A sharp blow will be dealt th e soccer team this week when assistant gin ning of the year our hopes were strongest segment of th e team. So RON FITZGERALD bright for a good year, but these well did the backs repulse enemy coach Flip Jon~s reports to Texa_s to begin a stint in ~ncle Sam's Air I attacks last week that only four Force. The Flipper was the mam stay and th e steady mfluence of the - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - hopes have dimmed somewhat during t he past three weeks because shots at the goal had to be handled hooters for four seasons of play. H e is regarded by many as th e most INTRA-MURAL FOOTBALL of a lack of progress in achieving by Goalie Parker Petrilak, who re- outstanding soccer player ever to be prod uced by Bob Partridge. Flip balan ~e in the line-up. turned to soccer after lettering in graduated last year but stayed around to help Partridge ge\!he soccer- LOOP STARTS IN 2 WEEKS m en in shape this fall. H e will be missed plenty around Ki;·by Park Only days before the game we football last year as a n end. Bob Partridge, director of ac- still don't know who the most capand the Sports Staff of the BEACON would like to take this opportunity Rider College of Trenton, N. J., to wish him lots of luck in his new career. tivities, announced yesterday that able men are in at least four posishould be a tough opponent for the Speaking of soccer, Bob Partridge, the genial head coach of the Colonels. Last year's game was club, seems to be fu ll y recovered from a painful ankle injury that he the intramural two-hand touch tions. We have not had a scrima close one, Wilkes winning, 2-1, picked up last week in a little tussle with Jim Ferris. " Both of us went football leag ue would swing into mage game with a visiting team, and this will hurt us for our openand the J erseyites are sure to be after the ball and Ferris got th ere first," Bob lamented. action within the next two weeks. ing game. Our big job is to place looking for revenge tomorrow. TAKE TWO In the past, quite a bit of stu- our personnel wh ere each individual A good crowd is expected to start The Lettermen's Club is staging its annual raffle this week, and dent interest has been aroused in will render the most efficient seroff the big sports week-end at they offer some real fine prizes which include two tickets for the Armyvice. Wilkes by being on hand for the Navy game with transportation furnished free. The second prize will intra mural play and it is hoped Althou _gh Coach Ralston seems that this year's league will be a booting exhibitions. be two tickets to the P enn-'Cornell game. As if these weren't enough a little doubtful about predicting there will be three 20-pound turkeys offered also. So, if you haven't good one. All team managers a victory for Wilkes, this writer bought a raffle ticket yet, how 'bout seeing your favorite Letterman and are advised that team rosters after watching the team work TUG OF WAR HIGHLIGHTS getting one or three? out is convinced that the speed must be turned in by next TuesBIG FROSH WEEKEND ltnl!Eine our chagr in last week. ' From a distance it looked like and smooth backfield play of the __ Rocky Marciano making a tour of th e campus. For a minute we were . da y. Turn them in to Art HoovColonels will enable them to walk er, Bob Partridge, or Mel By JOE JABLONSKI sore because no one bothered to clue us in. Then the reporter's instinct off the gridiron with their heads Schmeizer. "The sooner the rostook over and we rushed in for the kill mumbling something about. exhigh in the air. ~ach and every_ fresh~an is _re- clusives. "Hey Rocky," .we -began, and got no further. The character ters are turned iri," Partridge The probable starting line-up for qm:'-"ed to w~ar his , entire hazmg turned out to be Bill Farish of the footba ll team complete with an out said, "the sooner we can get the Saturday's game, according to the attire at _this weeks contest be- , of ·shape beak obtained in. a practice session. "Say," said we, " That's league underway, and the better Grid Boss will be as follows: teween W1lk~s. and Leban?n Val- a mighty long shadow you're casting today William." "I'm going into the schedule will be." Left End Gronka ley. In Addition there will be a competition with Durante and Danny Thomas," h e replied. "Beside that, Left Guard .... .Farish or Fay tug of war between the Freshmen as soon as I learn how to breathe through this rig in my nose they're Center Carey and Sophomores. going to let me sing during half time at the games and bill me as the Right Guard Trosko A frosh team will be chosen by n ew Vaughn Monroe." Left Tackle Brautigan their captain Ed Heltzel. Since it Belated congrats to Russ Picton, president of the Lettermen's Right Tackle Masonis or Wilk has been tradition in the past the Club. A new edition has been added to the household-a baby boy. Rig ht End Dadurka frosh will be excused from all hazCould be that in the years to come Wilkes will have a nother Picton Right Halfback Fitzgerald or ing regulations if they win the on the sports scene. Maybe there isn't a nything to the laws of here Chapko match. dity that say so, but we don't see how a g uy with that name could Quarterback Richards Further regulations were issued go wrong. Fullback Nichoias By IRV GELB to the weaker sex. Because of Breznay The sport scribblers of th e Bea- Left Halfback extreme insubordination, all frosh co n held th eir annual World Series girls must wear pigtails for the CLASS ELECTIONS day, Oct. 7, from 9 A.M . to 4 P.M. meeting Monday and there was a GRAD RECORD EXAMS SET remainder of the hazi ng period. (continued from page 1) in Chase Th eat er. Voting machines noticeable division of opinion aPRINCETON, N. J.-The GraduNeil Dadurka, Gloria Dran, and have been secured for th e elections, mon g the staff as to who would be ate Record Examinations, required Irene Scheing; secretary, Barbara and Student Council m embers will top dog. I Tanski, Irene Tomalis, and Phyllis be on hand to in struct those who The us ual crystal ball was re- of applicants for admission to a , Walsh; treasurer, Dick Bunn, John ha ve never used the machines. placed by a prism from the physics number of graduate sch ools, will · Coates, and Natalie RuDusky. Special ball~ting will be held ?n laboratory and the mystics spent ... be administered at examination FRESHMEN: President, J erry Oct. 6, fo1: J ewish students who will many serious minutes gaz.ing into centers throughout the country Levandowski, Edward M a s o n i s, not_ b~ m scho?l on Thu:s?a y, •it before com ing to the conclusion four tim es in the coming year, EduWayne Pugh, Robert Sokol, Dave wh~ ch 1s Yorn K1ppur, a rehg10us that both t eams appeared like con- cational Testing Service has announced. During 1953·_54 n early Vann, and Bruce Marshall; vice- holiday. fused radar blips. The Student ~ou n_cil urges ~ull The newcomers to the sports 9,000 student s too kthe GRE in "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 president, James Downey, Jack Heltzel, and Joan Scandale; secretary, student cooperation m the comm g staff were divided, with Joe Jablon- partial fu lfillment of admission reWilkes-Barre, Pa. Hermina Fried, Marian Laines , elections . Get out and vote ! ski picking the Giants in 7 while quirements of graduate schools which prescribed it. Janice Loyek, Rose Ann Patner, Roger Lewis selected the Indians This fall candidates may take the A Full Course Meal Carol Specter, and John White; COLONELS' HOP in 6 games. GRE on Saturday, November 20. treasurer, John Bassett, Carl Flue- (continued from page 1) Or a Sandwich Veteran writers Jerry Elias and gel, and Joseph Pipan; student Refreshm ents, chai rman' Pat Stout, Irv Gelb picked the Giants in 7 and In 1955, the dates are January 27, lt' s a PJeasure to Serve You council representatives, Ann Dick- Helen Krachenfels, Be rnice Thom- the Indians in 5, r espectively. Jack April 30 and July 9. son, Len Gallick, Rosalyn Gelb, as, Barbara Rogers, Moll y Beard, Curtis, Editor, picked the Indians Good Food Merrie Jones, · Sam Lowe, Sandy .Jessie Roderick; Tickets, chairman in 6 and the chief predicter, Sports TUXEDOS TO RENT Mattei, Joseph Orchard, Ronald Jeanette Perrins, Gail Laines, Ger- Editor Al Jeter, emphasized the • Reasonable Prices Reed, Bill Staunton, Margaret ry Kolotolo, Richard Carpenter, overwhelming strength of the InSpecial Price To Students Plenty of Free Parking Space Stevens, and Darius Thomas. Jim Benson, Micky Weinburger. dian to conquer the N ew Yo rk 198 SO. WASHINGTON ST. Catering to Small Groups Presi dential candidates for ofP ublicity, cha irmanMickey Perl- Giants in 7 games . fice will ma•k e their campaign muth, Pearl Onacko, Della King, So there you have it-;-the preF. DALE. Prop. speech es in assembly this week, Connie Kamarunas, Shirley Wasen- dictions of the Beacon sports writ!.;;============~I and elections will be held on Thurs- da. ers . Do you agree? Let us know. SPORTS SCRIBES SEE INJUN SERIES WIN; GIANTS DISAGREE Toll Gate Reslauranl • • I BAUM'S �KAZIMI 1st 'BEACON ATHLETE OF WEEK' Fine Defensive Play Gets Nod ~ - WILKES COLLEGE - ~Beacon The distinction of being the first man to win .the BEACON "Player j of the Week'' goes to Ahmad Kazimi of the soccer squad. In last week's game with Elizabethtown, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - F ri_d_a_y_,_O_c-to-b-er_l_,_1_9_5_4_________________ I he turned in a performance that ii.0000..i. was nothing short of sensational. To find Ahmad during the game, an one had to do was to glance in the direction where the most action was. Elizabe thtown was admittedly one of the hardest hurdies that the charges of coach Bob Partridge had to ·hurdle. Kazimi kept the powerful invaders from down the river off balance throughout the entire game. He was one of the main reasons that Elizabethtown only had several clear shots the entire game at Colonel goalie, Parker Petrilak. N early as fresh at the end of the SPORTS SCRIBES TO PICK TOP ATHLETE EACH WEEK Starting this week the Beacon will offer a ne wsports feature"Player of the Week". The selection will be made in a round tabble discussion by sports editor Al Jeter, and staff writers, Jerry Elias, Austin Sherman, Irv Gelb, Rodger Lewis, Joe Jablonski, and .Jack Curtis. Coaches of the teams that ·are in action at the time will be cons ulted on their opinions to help in the selection. The Beacon staff feels that this is an excellent way to keep a ready reference to aid in the selection of · the "Athlete of the Year", a feature that has become a tradition in the past few years. A point system will be devised and each player under consideration will be rated according to it. i iiiITIT§T7D7.00ffGT: g:a:m:e~as:-;h:e~w:a:s- i:n~th:e~b:e;g~in:n:i:ngJ,~h:e~w:a:s-t~h:e~b:es~t~a;ll:-a:r~o:u:n~d-p~l~a~y:er Ahmad was easily the best condi- on the field and very impressive as tioned man on the field. He liter- he crashed in with a beautiful ally ran the legs off his opponents. sense of timing to break up plays Time after time he set up plays that might well have led to paythat enabled the Wilkesmen to dirt for the Elizabethtown club. penetrate deep into scoring terriAhmad com es to Wilkes by way tory. In the second half when the of Trans-Jordan and is one of three Blue and Gold was starting to show players who add an international signs of strain from a very fast flavor to the squad. He is only a game h e was the bright spot that Sophomore and you can be sure bolstered the team and brought that more will be h eard from him. them back up. If h e keeps playing the way he did As head coach Partridge put it last Saturday, he should be a shooin an after the game interview, in for All-State honors and it is "Ahmad was a rea l game saver for not above the realm of possibility us today. He played the sport as that he could become an All-Ameriit should be played." can before his playing days are I In the opinion of the sports staff, over. AHMAD KAZIMI Soccermen Take Season,s Opener Coach Bob Partridge's booters got the 1954 soccer season off to a rousing start last Saturday a s they defeated Elizabethtown College, 1-0, before several hundred fans at Kirby Park. The international elem ent of Wilkes s portsmen spelled doom for the visitors as Dean Arvan, Corfu, Greece, crashed through with the winnin ggoal from about 20 yards in front of the goal with about 10 minutes g one in the first period. The Colonels clung to their slim lead tenaciously the rest of the way on the fin e play of Trans-Jordinian Ahmad Kazimi and South Korean Younsu Koo. Wyoming Valley's Jim Ferris as well a s the . r est of the defensive alignment were instrumental in repelling what few enemy attacks materialized. COMO AND HOGAN Perry Como, top TV and recording star, and Ben Hogan-only active golfer to win 4 national championships, enjoy a Chesterfield during a friendly round of golf. 1111 IIII I I I I II I I I I I I I I I Ill llll 111111111111111111 Loui s Rosenthal Men's Clothing & Furnishings Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 11111111111111111111111 11 111111111111111111111111 1 ii' • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . I . Deluxe . 1 COFFEE SHOP. ◄ ► WEDNESDAY SPECIAL! Hot Roast Turkey Sandwich ► : Mashed Potatoes & Gravy . Cranberry Sauce . . 60c . .► ., . ◄ ◄ ◄ . .. ◄ . 205 SOUTH MAIN STREET . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. • Just Below the Post Office • ~ ~.:::.::::::::.. :- Opening Soon ! 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Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1954 October 1st Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954 October 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/5f1e4eda0587f22dcb3cb78ab754f02d.pdf ea7c06a873f60fb72d3d655cd7c705c7 PDF Text Text Booters Open Saturday, Gridders Drill See Stories On Page 5 WILKES The Community College, Serving Wyoming Valley And The World Vol. X, No. 1 ~ -WILKES COLLEGE - THE BEACON ~Beacon Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA Over 300 Enroll TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1954 Freshman Class See Story On Page 2 Latesl Addition lo be Called Harding House; Will Provide New Meeting Place of Campus By JACK CURTIS The newest addition to Wilkes College, Harding House, 141 South Franklin Street, in which will be housed a snack bar primarily for use by day students and faculty, is slated to open late this week, it was announced over the, week-end by Dr. Eugene S. Farley, president of Wilkes. Dr. Farley told the BEACON in an exclusive interview that the house, the former residence of the Harding family for 175 years, had been purchased by the college last June from the Harding estate. The purchase price was not disclosed. The new snack bar will replace the cafeteria, rear of Chase Hall, as the gathering place of day students. Dr. Farley explained that the growth of the dormitory population forced the switch . of the dormitory dining hall from Sterling Hall to the cafeteria. Na tu rally, with the switch, another building had to be provided for day students and faculty. Members of the college maintenance staff worked most of the summer renovating and remodeling the interior of the structure. A beautiful interior resulted and work on the outside of the building, middle of the block on South Franklin Street, is scheduled for the near future, it was revealed. The floors of the five-room snack bar are green and white checked tile and the walls are finished in green with white and pine woodwork. On the first floor are three rooms with tables, the rear room housing the actual snack bar. The kitchens are at the extreme rear. A room in which smoking will he 1>ermitted is on the s econd floor front. It will also have tables as did the sernnd fioor of the cafeteria. Also on the second floor is a faculty dining room. Gilbe rt McClintock, chairman of the Wilkes hoard of trustees, stated Saturday thai the building would officially be known as HardBeacon Photos ing House. Funds for furnishings and named after the family which resided in it for 175 years. Lowof the buil~ing were provided . by er left photo shows Beacon staffer Jerry Elias, who helped renovate CA tty: M,\Slmtock a nddMd rs. hMt ananf . . . . . · , urtm -, msor, gran aug er o the mterwr of the bmldmg, m the doorway between the rear room Judge Harding, who built the house and the kitchen. Elias IJOints to the actual location of the actual 175 years ago. The home is a landsnack bar, which had not been constructed at the time of the 1>hoto. mark of Wyoming Valley as are A beautiful interior has been laid out in a theme of green and white several other Wilkes buildings. with pine trimming by the college maintenance crew. (continued on page 2) *** CAMPUS GATHERING SPOT-Three views of the newest addition tu Wilkes, Harding House. The new acquisition, which will serve as the "eat.in' and !E<' ctin ' '' place for Wilkes students was remodeled over the summer aud is ready for use this week. The to1> photo shows the front room, which features french windows, cafe style, will probably be one of the most popular spots on campus. Bottom left shows the front view of the building at 141 South Franklin Street. It was purchased by the college from the Harding estate I �WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 2 Tuesday, September 21, 1954 CLASS OF 1958 ONE OF LARGEST Curlis Appointed Beacon Editor, Falk, Onacko Assistants; Jeter Sports Boss; Hoover Biz Manager Dr. Eugene S . Farley last week announced the appointment of the Beacon staff for the school year 1954-55. The announcement came just in time for several members of the staff to get busy in producing the first issue of the student publication. Named as editor was John D. Curtis, native of South WilkesBarre and presently a resident of Ashley Hall, boys' dormitory. Assistant editors appointed were Ivan Falk, Kingston, and Pearl Onacko, r esident of Askam. The editorial staff was completed with the appointment of Allen J eter, Ventnor, N.J., native and a resident of Ashley Hall as sports editor. Arthur Hoover, of Newport Town ship, was returned to his post as busin ess manager of th e Beacon. Curti s, Hoover and J eter are senio rs, and Miss Onacko and Falk Freshmen were advised to set are me mber s of the junior class. th eir goals high by· Dr. Eugene S. Three Year Man The n ew editor of th e Beacon has Farley, president of Wilk es, at the written for the paper for three annual luncheon held at the Hotel years. "Jack" was sports editor Sterling Friday as the wind-up of for two years and last year served as an a ssistant editor. A graduate the three-day orientation period. of Meyers High School, Curtis is Equally important, he asserted, is a candidate for a bachelor of sci- to reach the goal step by step, doence degree with a major in secon~ ing each task well. It is not enough dary education. He is also a mem- to be content •just "to get by." Speaking of his summer tour ·of ber of the Sunday Independent ediEurope and the Near East, Dr. Fartorial staff. Falk gained considerable experi- ley pointed to the contrast among ence in the Army as an editor of Near East nations, where some the Wurzburg Post Argus in Ger- countries are facing continuing many, a tabloid similar in style to "decadence and drift," while others the Beacon. He has taken a num - are moving forward dynamically ber of journalism courses at Wilkes to become vigorous new nations. and has shown himself a bright Much of the difference depends upprospect for t he news paper world. on the social conscience of the peoThe other assistant editor, Pearl ple, and what they are willing to Onacko, has been a m ember of the do to accomplish these ends. paper's staff for two years and one Concluding, Dr. Farley advised of its most consistent contributors. the new comers to develop a "creed In addition to work for the Wilkes of social conscience" which will not paper, she has been editor of the only a ssure impetus for their own Hanoscript at Hanover Township betterment, but will enhance the High School and authored the welfare of all. school's high school notes for the Dr. Farley's personal w elcome Sunday Independent as a senior. to the large freshman group conCaught On Fast cluded th e luncheon at which masJ eter is a relative newcomer to te r of ceremonies Robert E . Moran, t he newspaper field, but one who band leader and composer of the has made ra pid strides in a short jazz ri ff, led th e gro up in a song t ime . He wrote for hi s h igh sc ho ol fest and coached t hem on th e trapaper in Atlantic Cit y, bu never ditiona l \\ ilk es songs . g a ve wr itin g a e ri ou · thoug ht un t il he r eturned fr om hi s second hitch in the Army, dur ing which I LATEST ADDITION he wa. wounded in Kor ea. La st se mest er . he began writing sports (continued from page 1) and quic-kly earned the job as sports Dr. Farley also discussed the ed itor for t his year. possibility of obtaining a new teleHoover was active on his high vision set for the second floor room school newspaper at Newport and and stated, "We think we have prohas proved an efficient business vided an attractive place for the manager of the Beacon. A senior, students to meet and eat. We have "Art" is also the president of the gone to great expense to do so." Wilkes Student Council and an acThe new building is expected to tive man about campus. His work be the bee hive of activity on the is cut out for him this year, for ever-changing Wilkes campus. with an enlarged paper, the adverMrs. James Brennan and her tising will increase-meaning more staff will be in charge of the snack dollars , a better paper, and, more l bar. Fred Wall, dormitory chef, work for the business manager. is now based in the cafeteria. BEACON STAFF .MEETS THURSDAY - INVITATION The ed itors of t he Beacon invite all students interested in a n y phase of new spa1>er work to attend the first staff meeting of the year, which will be held in the Lecture Hall Thursday morning at 11. All staff me mbers, who wish to continue working on the paper, as well as a n y other persons, freshmen included, who are interested in getting a start in journalism, s hould attend the meeting. . The editors make it clear t hat no previous experience is necess ary. A journalism workshop is planned a nd courses will be offered this year to aid in grooming future writers. ! Newcomers Highly Praised 16 Were Senior Presidenls, 54 Gained Academic Honors . One of the largest freshman classes in Wilkes College history-some 300 young men and women-embarked on college careers yesterday as classes for the 1954-55 school year officially opened. The Class of 1958 is the largest first year class since the post-World War II boom years in college, when veterans sent college enrollments zooming, at Wilkes as well as throughout the nation. The new class was officially welcomed to the college last Wednesday by Dean of Men George F. Ralston. The n ew Colonels then embar k ed on a three-day orientation program, which w ill be followed with a regular fres hman orientation program of several weeks . Highly Regarded Indicative of the academic standing of the freshman class and the college are statistics revealed by Acting in hi s capacity as ·the top John Whitby, college reg istrar and r epresentati ve of th e Wilkes stu- director of admissions. Whitby dent body, Student Council Presi- stated that 39 of th e incoming frosh dent Arthur Hoover yesterday is- were valedic_tori_ans, ?alutatoria_ns,. sued a statement of welcome to or ranked third _m th ell' g~aduat~ng the incoming freshmen. classes at thell' respective high H d . I h schools. oov:r state m a re ease to t e Of the group, 16 were presidents. Beacon· of their senior classes and four "You are en~ering upon a_ new I were student council presidents. career,. one wh1c~ I know will be To add even more promise to the filled with many Joyous events. You incoming group as it begins its first. are no:w a member o~ a college tha:t week of classes as a whole, 54 rnernhas laid th e foundat10n for a glon- hers were on high school academic ous future, ~ future that you, as honor rolls. freshmen, will create and share. Big Difference "And so, frosh, welcome! The new students are finding"Each year, as a new freshman even the early stages of college life class enters the College, the Stu- vastly different from anything they· dent Council selects a tribunal have previously encountered, it was. which designates certain customs reported by various members of for its members to follow. Such the class. They are finding that customs have been set for you- there is absolutely no let-down in and you are not to follow them in the college routine, especially in a haphazard fashion. Freshman Week. " I hope you will consider these Ah, to be a Frosh, again. (And customs as an integral part of your .where is the nearest psychiatrist?} change from high school to college. Remember! Next year you will have the opportunity to initiate the freshmen. LEO P. KELLEY "Therefore, let us all resolve that (Special to the Beacon) these customs will be carried on KINGSTON , N.Y.-Leo P. Kelley, in your class and future classes so Wilkes College junior of Kingston, that we can establish firmly the Pa., received one of the top prizes spirit of Wilkes College, not only Class advisers for the following in the "IF MAGAZINE" $2,000 col- as a college but as an Alma Mater." year were announced yesterday by lege science fiction contest, it wa.s The student council prexy also the office of Dr. Eugene S. Farley,. announced re cently by James L. pledged all possible support by him- Wilkes president. Quinn, magazine editor. self and the council of the freshm en Dr. Harold W. Thatcher and Dr .. Kelley, a member of the staff of and their class as a whole. Charles A. Reif will serve as guid-· the Manuscript, Wilkes literary ing hands for the freshmen. Both publication, won third place in the have served in the same role-pronational contest which attracted en- has written for the Beacon on a tectors of the newcomers- a numtries from every section of the number of occasions, first read of ber of previous years. country. the contest in this paper. Several Alfred S. Groh and Cromwell E . Seven winners were named and articles· forwarded to the Beacon Thomas will be advisers to the· the winning stories will be publish- by the magazine were published sophomores; Joseph G. Donnelly ed in subsequent issues of "If", and Kell ey first read of the contest and Joseph H. Kanner will advise starting with the December issue. in this space. the juniors and the Class of 1955, First prize went to Andy Offut, F eeling happy at having helped the seniors, will be guided by Weljunior at University of Louisville, Leo find out about the writing com- ton G. Farrar and another adviser and second was won by Jack N el- petition, the Beacon offers sincere to be appointed, in their most imson, senior at Brigham Young Uni- congratulations to another member portant year of college. versity, Prevo, Utah. of the student body who is h elpingRobert W. Partridge, director of EDITOR'S NOTE-Kelley, who his Alma Mater as he goes on to student activities, stated after Dr. make a name for himself. Farley's announcem ent, "-Close cooperation with class advisers is the best insurance against failure of class activities." Intelligent and s y m p at h e· tic counsellors all, the advisers stand ready to be of assistance to their "Skinny" Ennis will be on hand Hugh, J ea nn ett Perrins, Carolyn respectiv e classes as well as other to pro vide his inimitable brand of Selecky, Leona Goldberg. Tickets, students. humor to the gala affair. Robert Ichter and Joan Shoemaker, Wilkes College will offer the R e f.r es h men t s W1-11 b e serve d an d . chairmen, . Hel en -Koelsch, Lena Mis- courses li sted below for in-service Elementary Social Studies, Three the dance is expected to get the son, ~1s Jones, Pat Stout, ~arga~- teachers during the fall semester. hours, Tuesdays and Thursdays 8club-sponsored season off to a fine 1 et Sm1_t~, Irene Yastr~~sk1, Mant t Ad · · 'II b 35 t lyn W1lhams, Ellen W1tiak, Nancy Those interested in any of these 9 :30 p.rn.; Education 239 - Teachs ar · misswn WI e cen s Beam, Mary Zavatski , and Doris courses may contact Stanley Wasi- ing of Elementary School Science, per person. Merrill. leski at Chase Hall, 1·84 South Ri- Two hours, Monday, 6-8 p.m.; Education 24 3- Health and Physical ver Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Co-chairmen of the affair are Publicity committee: Irma BianRegistrations will close on Sept- Education in Elementary School, Doris Merrill, secretary-treasurer Three hours, Tuesdays and Thurs of the club and Chuck Adamek, coni, Ell en Witiak, JoanZawoiski, ember 22. Mary Morey, and Jack Curtis . Courses include : Education 100 - days, 6 :30-8 p.m. vice-president. American Public Education, One Joe "The Sweeper" Trosko, will hour; Education 205 -Secondary NEW LIBRARY HOURS Dr. Eugene S. Hammer, head of the Wilkes education department, be f eatured as chairman of the Curriculum, Three hours, Saturday, The hours that Kirby Hall will and John Carr, professor of educa- clean-up committee. Art Hoover 9-12 Noon; Education 212 - Visual be open to ser ve the student body and Howard "Skinny" Ennis have Education, One hour, Wednesday, tion, will act as chaperones. include: Monday through ThursCommittees include: refresh- charge of entertainment. 8-9:3-0 p.m.; Edueation 214 - Guid- day-8 a.m. to 9 :30 p.m . .. Friday Dr. Farley Urges Hoover Welcomes Freshmen to Aim Class of 1958, High in College LEO KELLEY WINNER Asks Cooperation IN 'IF' MAGAZINE FICTION CONTEST The Wilk es College "club season" g et s back into full swing Friday night as th e Education Club, one of the most active groups on campus, spo nsors th e Ed-Club Hop at the college gymnasium . Dancing will be from 9 to 12 with music supplied by the J erritones. It will be the 'Tones' first appearance at Wilkes and reports say the outfit is solid from the initial downbeat. J erry Stone, piano man and a Wilkes freshman, h eads the group which also sports Danny Metroka on drums, Bill Figart, trumpet, all Wilkesman, and Joe Perez, student dance director at (and you pardon the expression) King's. The group will stand (some m embers sit) ready to play all modern, jazz, Latin-American and m ents, Glenn Phethean, chairman; Oh, yes farm er dance music. Pat Fox, Dorn Varisco, N eil Mc- ATTEND. I 'CLASS ADVISERS SET FOR COMING YEAR BY PRES. FARLEY College to Offer Special Education Courses This Year FRESHMEN MUST ance, Two hours, W ednesday, 6-8 p.m.; Education 236 - Teaching -8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ..Saturday! to 4 p.m. �BEACON EDITORIALS- Wit.haul Fear or Favor Beacon Photo by Jerry Lind FROSH AWAIT FATE-A likely looking group of freshmen stands casually on the steps of ivybedecked Chase Hall just before the beginning of stiff Freshman Orientation rules. You'll notice t he unworried looks on the faces of the newcomers to Colonellaud. Seek out the same fro sh now and look-college reall y matures-they've got Jines on their faces already. The Tribunal, Wilkes high court of law, is waiting to deal with the " bea nie bearers" if they step out of line, The pictured scene just goes to prove that the man was ri ght when he said, "Wilkes is the friendliest campus in the world." An y comments frosh? * * * * * * FRESHMAN HAZING BEGINS, OINKS, TIES COLOR CAMPUS By DALE WARMOUTH The blue ·and gold freshman dinks, with well over 300 specimens beneath, will be bobbing ~long South River and South Franklin Streets these days as the class of '58 takes its place at :he halls of ivy in Wilkes College. Lying in wait wll be their big brothers and sisters, all of .vhom have expressed willingness and eagerness to aid and assist the frosh in making the transi- A free and courageous press is part of the heritage of every ~merican_. It is a heritage that is almost as old as the Republic itself. Without complete and accurate infonnation of the activities of his government, on the state of the nation, and on the outside world man cannot offer intelligent criticism or poll an intelligent vote.-Neil MacNeal, Without Fear or Favor. This statement from a book by Mr. MacNeal, former editor of the New York Times, also holds true in college life with regard to college newspapers. The college paper must act as a two-way street-an informer_ ~etwe_en the studen!s, their families and the faculty and admm1strallon. It must, hrst, be the voice of the students. 1t should also be included as an integral part of the college public relations program, both interned and external. Therefore, the policies of the college and the paper should be closely knit. . The P;IP_e r mu_st, t_hough, be given a free hand to operate and to fulfill its obhgahons, of nature, to its readers, the majority of whom are students. This Y_ear at Wi~kes, there will be such a policy. Dr. Eugene Farl_e y, Wilkes president, and the editor have both expressed a desire to create a Beacon which will act as that "two-way street." . . The staff of the Beacon is aiming high-possibly higher than 1t w1l~ reah. It ~op~s to I?ublish the best newspaper in the history of Wilke~, and 1t thmks 1t can do it. Its ability to do so depends on two thmgs-luck and close co-operation with the student body. And after all, the paper is of, by and for the students. Newspapers have distinct personalities lust as people do. The editors help to mold that personality and they are influenced by their readers. So, actually, at least to a degree, the college paper is, a 1.'eUeetion of the over-all personality of the student body, A newspaper is a living thing. As M. MacNeal put it so ably, it is "a living, -throbbing thing that its staff can feel and know." You can love a newspaper, too, as you might love a ~cg _or a horse. MacNeal concluded that if you cannot feel the hfe ~n a paper you should not be on the staff. But if you can feel 11, you are condemned to a life of journalism. Perhaps it is because life can be felt in a newspaper that we often refer to a paper or parts of it as "our baby". Then the old saying qt the end of the day is, "let's put her to bed," also indicative of tha-t feeling of life. The Beacon this year is interested in having on its staff people who are genuinely interested in a real paper-yes, a living paper. Writing for the Beacon should not be a chore, but rather a pleasant task from which true satisfaction is derived. In extracurricular activities, the Beacon should come first for those who wish to pump the lifeblood-copy-into her. The editor hopes that the enthusiasm ·of the ·editorial staff, only recently appointed, will be matched by student body. The paper needs a large staff, the bigger .the better for all concerned. To those truly interested in contributing and learning via the Beacon, an invitation to join us is sincerely extended. We'll work -t ogether in a common fellowship. . To the student body and administration ••• We hope the Beacon will be everything you wcmt in a college paper this year. . -Curtis, Editor ;ion from high school to college )Y enforcing some 16 rules, all in ;he interest of academic achievenent. Seeing that these regula;ions are to be carried out to the The following is a list of activi- OCTOBER iest interest of the yearlings will ties and the · dates requested for I-Dance Lettermen's Club ie an august body of soft-hearted them by various campus organiza2-Soccer, Rider, Home nen and women who have been Football, Lebanon Valley at tions: :hosen for their loving kindness Home (Tentative) md devotion to humanity. 4-6-Cue 'n' Curtain, One Act FALL, 1954 SEPTEMBER Plays In charge of t hese sessions of 15-19-Freshman Orientation, Gym Sept. 20: Classes Begin 8-Wiener Roast, Biology Club ;weetpess and light is a panel which Oct. 29: Mid-semester grades 15-Freshman Reception (A-M) 9-Soccer, Lafayette, Away .ncludes: Dick Carpenter, judge; Nov. 8-13: Pre-registration for 16-Freshman Registration Football, Ithaca, at Home Tesse Choper, prosecuting attorney; spring semester Freshman Reception (N-Z) 12-Soccer, Bucknell at Home }lenn Phethean, defense attorney; Nov. 11 : Armistice Day observ15-Square Dance, Chemistry 17-Upperclass Registration Terry Luft, bailiff; and Bob Hontz, ance, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m . Club Freshman Luncheon .vitness. It is reported by the Nov. 24: Thanksgiving recess 16-Soccer, ~rape vine that these eminent per18-Come and Meet Us Party, begins at noon Football, Bloomsburg, Away ;onage_s spent the summer with an Student Council Nov. 29: Thanksgiving r e c es s 18-Social Meeting, I.C.C. ild established service organization 19-Reception for Parents of ends at 8 a.m. 22Sport Dance, Junior Class :all ed Murder, Incorporated. Known Freshmen Dec. 18 : Christmas Holidays begin Wiener Roast, T.D.R. 111 over cam pus as the Kid-Glove 20-Classes begin at 8 a.m. 23-Football, Trenton at Home at noon [(ids, are the two mayhem-minded Jan. 3: Classes reconvene at 8 a.m. 24-Sport Dance, Junior Class Soccer, Alumni ;ergeants-at-arms, Bill Farish and Jan. 17-25: Final examination pera nd Education Club 29-Mid-semester Grades ~eil Dadurka. iod Dance, Biology Club 25-Soccer, Elizabethtown, at .l Willing to weigh all evidence im30-Soccer, East Stroudsburg, Home SPRING, 1955 ?artially before finding the cringAway 29-Freshman Tea, Biology Club Jan. 28 : Registration for sprinr _ng and hapless offenders wanting .vill be a jury composed of certain _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ ______________ semester Jan. 31: Classes begin at 8 a.m. iemure yo ung misses, Irene YaMarch 11: Mid-semester grades ;tremski, Irene Goliash, Lena Mis"March 21 • 26: Pre-registration ;on, Joan Zawoiski, Irene Scheihfor summer and fall semesters _ng, and Phyllis Walsh. Except March 25: Annual Careers Con:or the fact that three bear the ference ;ame given name, the only thing April 5: Easter Holidays begin ;he girls have in common is the at 5:00 p.m. n emory that they too were freshChanges in the tax laws embodied Wilkes College and the Public April 12: Classes reconvene at nen once and this is their year for in the Internal Revenue Code of Service Institute of the Department 8:00 a.m. :evenge. 1954 are apparently much more of Public Instruction of PennsylvaMay 21 : Classes end In reviewing the list of lovely complicated than most people close nia will cooperate again this year May 23-June 1: Final examina;ea-drinking people bent on a c- to the subject a nticipated. to offer an evening course designed tion period :omplishing justice a.t all costs, to acquaint magistrates and jusFrom the great number of inMay 30: Observance of Memo, ,:tswriter Al J eter commented quiries, it is apparent that the tax tices of the peace with the intimate rial Day. No examinations sche1 a certain light in his otherclinic to be sponsored by the North- knowledge of duties, procedures and duled June 5: Baccalaureate ,,dull eyes, "THAT'S a nice eastern Chapter of Certified Public techniques in magisterial work, it Accountants and the Commerce and was announced yesterday. .June 6: Commencement reported that the freshman Finance Department of Wilkes will Cla.sses will be held at the college notto, to be chosen shortl y, meet a great local need. each Tuesday evening at 7 for a obably be: The clinic is slated to run five period of 24 weeks and will begin Department. Francis W. Murphy, Alderman Saturdays starting on October 16 on September 28, according to a ·Hair toiiay, gone tomorrow. and will feature experts from statement by Dr. Hugo V. Mailey, from the second ward of Wilkes"lis locks are' shorn, (continued on page ii) chairman of the Political Science Barre will conduct the course. 'uch to his sorrow." Activities Schedule for Year · College Calendar CPA Group to Run Clinic at Wilkes Starting October 16 Area Magistrates To Study Local Government Here O'TOOLE ISSUES CALL FOR YEARBOOK STAFF Cathal O'Toole, faculty adviser to the Wilkes yearbook, Amicola, yesterday told the Beacon that applications for posts on the staff of the publication will be accept• ed starting tomorrow. A number of editorial posts, including editor-in-chief, as well as business positions are open to interested students. Letters of application, stating past experience, if any, and other pertinent data, should" be forwarded to the Wilkes Board of P ublications, care of Mr. Welton Farrar. - WILKES COLLEGE - Beacon A newspaper published each week of the regular school year by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Subscription: $1.80 per semester. Editor ........ ...... ...... John D. Curtis Asst. Editor .... Ivan Falk Asst. Editor .... .. .. Pearl Onacko Sports Editor ........... Allen Jeter Business Mgr . .... Arthur Hoover Faculty Adviser ... George Elliot Editorial and business offices located on second floor of Lecture Hall, South River Street, WilkesBarre, on the Wilkes Campus. Telephone: VAlley 4-4651-2-3-4. Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 55 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. �Tuesday, September 21, 1954 · WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 4 For This Week WISDOM OF · WILKES By DICK GRIBBLE - The Inquiring Photographer (This · week's question, to get the ball rolling; is by the editors.) Being an incoming freshman and unacquainted with this college, what was your first impression of Wilkes? (Editor's note-there was positively no arm-twisting one way or tuther !) · RONNIE RESCIGNO, But 1 er Hall dormitory student from Cambria Heights, L :I., N.Y.: "The first thing that impressed me was the congenial people I met. After getting·•. around, I also found that Wilkes has a ve.ry ,.nice campus. On.e . of th e things that appeals to me. most is the fact that this is a small college. And I think that you have a much better chance to get acquainted with more people in a small co11ege than on a large campus. I 'v.e met several professors. and they seem very friendly." A Chuckle and a Smile On returning to school- After a tossed it a side lightl y. Claimed vacation there's nothing like the that a little bit of over-exposure fe el of a good desk under your feet. never spoiled a photograph. ::: : : ::: * * It was no typograph ycal error According to the scientists, you can fry an egg with so und, Come- when th e football player sent a dians have been laying th em that note to the college psychological counsellor stating, "I go to sleep way for years. at night co unting she." AT ZIMMERMAN'S Exquisite Styles In College Sportswear. Just what you've been Looking for. ZIMMERMAN'S 51 Public Square Wilkes-Barre, P~nna. ANDY'S I For a thrilling adventure out of World War II consider "The Man Who Never Was" by Ewen· Montagu . It seems that when the Allies were about to invade Europe via the Mediterranean, it was rath~r obvious to everyon e, includirig the Germans, that Sicily would be the log ical point of attack. The ruse by which the German Army was persuaded to think oth erwise is one of the most fa scinating stori es of th e da y. Typewriter Story Not only future secretaries, but man y others as well enjoy Bruce Bliven's well illustrated. story of the typ ew riter. "The Wonderful Writing Machine" tells the sto-. ry of this instrument from its beg inning to the present. Folksongs and legends of Pennsylva nia are vividly portrayed in "Pe nn sylvania Songs and Legends", edited by George Korson. Filled with songs and stories of the P ennsylYania Dutch, of railroaders and coal miners, and of other groups in the stat e, it promises hours of fasci nating reading. Going back to more ancient times, the li brary recommends "Everyday Life in Babylon and Assyria" by Geo r ge Contenau. This is a popuJar survey of an cient Mesopotamian civilization from 700 to 530 B. C., by one of the world's greatest Assyriologists. These and many other interesting books are available in the college library. will WISDOM OF WILKES is just one of t he many new features that will appear in t he Beacon this year_ Two free passes to a local theater will be given to the writer of the best question of each week. All questions should be written at least a week in advance of publication a,nd s hould be dropped in the Beacon office. Keep watching, your picture may appear in this space. DINER Back-to-Back with Wilkes Gym Plenty of Free Parking Prices for the Collegian's Budget . . . . A Reputation Built on Fine Food A PAPER FOR THE HOME •• SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Most Complete Wilkes College BOOKSTORE Local and National Coverage FIVE PAGES OF LATE SPORTS GIANT SOCIAL SECTION WEEKLY FEATURES When you pause ••• make it count ••• have a Coke AND VARIETY SHOP Books - Supplies - Novelties Subscriptions Hours: ·9-12 - 1-5 ... WELCOME JIM. -P UDERBACH, W eckesser Hall dormitory student from Audubon, N.J.: "Not only are the people at the college friendly, but also th e folks . I've met around-'-whatd'ya call it, the · "Valley"-especially the women. It's just like another home town. Seems .t he people I've m et from the college are trying to be h elpful and make yo u feel at home. Nice campus, too:" · During the summer months the Library has acquired a · considerable number of books on a variety of subjects. H ere are a few of the Yi1ost interesting. If you enjoy drama, for instance, why not try Mary Chase's "Mrs. McThing", a delightful comedy about a littl e rich boy whose mother aggravate·s Mrs. McThing, a witch. As a resu lt the Latter whisks off the mother's pride and joy to a poolroo m, leaving in his place a stick , whi ch although looks like Howie, does not act like him. (Incidentally, Mrs . McThing will be presented in February by the Wilkes-Barre Little Theater.) Or, if you prefer more serious literature, there is ' 'The Crucible", a play by Arthur Miller based on the Salem witchcraft trials. In the field of fiction, one of the library's most popular recent accmisitions is Morton Thompson's ''Not As A Stranger". This book (fo1· som e time near the top of th e best-seller lists), is a powerful no vel about th e making of a doctor. It tells about Lucas Marsh who cares only abo\1t one thing : th e practice of m edicine. Look Into Future "Tomorrow", by Philip Wylie, is a fictional a ccount of an atomic attack on America. Other fiction ineludes "The Tra in in the Meadow" by Robert Nathan and Ernest H emingway's "The Old Man and the Sea". Gals who want a second date They tell the. sad tale about the Should sh un perfumes that asplayboy who jumped off the Marphyxiate. ket Street Bridge, when, after · Women love the simple things in spending. a bankroll on a bubble out it was no soap. life-men. (Not the expressed dan cer, he foul).d * ::: * ~: * opinions of the editors, two of Ge ms of Wisdom=-How 'come which are-men .) ants n ever tire of picnic lunches? . The modern woman spends 75 per A holdup man surprised a young cent of h er t ime sitting down-the do1·m co-ed who was drying . off af- figures sh·ow . . . Would you say a ter a bath, but she said it was o•k ay. more is a, h eadwind? .. .Guys who He covered . her with his revolver. k eep. getting lit aren't too bright . . . Advi ce is free-until you fo lWinsome Wilma says .she faintly lo ,1· it . . . Some gals talk so fast re1r.erribers saying yes on a mo on- 1.hat the y say things they haven't lig ht rid e, "But, thank goodness;" e. en thought of yet .. . she said, "I was too · drunk to reme m be r what the guy asked m e." According to Actor Jack Carson, you're getting old when the gleam Then th ey tell about the a ccount- in your eye is from the s un hitting ing ma jor who flun ked out on the your g lasses. home tront. He couldn't account fo r the silk things he sent home More Gems-Many men never with his laundry. · bring the boss hom e to dinnerca use she's already there .. . The They say the honeymoon is well modern hope chest needs fewer over when the little woman stops negl igees and more kitchen aprons bragging about the fact that she's .. . Home-the only place you can ne ve r necked with anybody else but trust hash-or a compliment ... A AREA MAGISTRATES her husband, and starts complain- bachelor is a fello\v who never had (continued from page 3) ing. any bride ideas. (Ouch!) throughout the nation who will exOld horse plays colt, Intrigue-It there anything on plain the diverse phases of the old dolt st eps out of line, earth as slippery as a watermelon. law's revision. Details concerning registration eats for three men seed? . . . Is it harder to pry a and is an ass in wine. woman lose from the t elephone or may be obtained from Donald Ker-Confucius. the television set? . . . Why do steen, comptroller, Chase Hall. The moths attack the most strategic clinic is just another Wilkes service Joe College was nursing a black parts of a bathing suit? to the community. * :;: : : :i:: :;: eye as he passed the .Court House. "And to ·think," h e sighed, "it takes Signs of the times-Group dis12 guys in there to decide that · a cussion getting so spicy that one girl is innocent." young lady stopped sharp, stating, "All right, folks, let's bring our When the committee com plained minds up out of th e Valley News." about the bikini bathing suit the (She spoke with a German accent college co-ed wore in a summer and, of course, used "guttural" bathing beauty contest, she just tones .) You are Welcome JIM CATTELL, A shley Hall dormitory student from Mount Vernon, N.Y.: "I think th e dormitories were what impressed m e most. They give you a homey feelingjust by the way they're constructed. They'r e made-over homes, anyway, aren't they? Even though you're away from home, you get a feeling of belonging here. Talk about friendly people-boy, Wilkes has got 'em . I think I'm gonna like it." FROM THE SHELVES of KIRBY SPECIAL TUX GROUP PRICES for WILKES DANCES at JOHN B. STETZ il , 't- Expert Clothier ~ 9 E. Market St., W-B. /.. •. PERUGINO'S VILLA JORDAN Italian-American Restaurant Est. 1871 STEAKS · SEA FOODS · CHOPS Men's Furnishings and Hats of Quality Candlelight Atmosphere tt 204 S. Main St., Phone VA 3-6276 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. A . Perugino 9 West Market Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY Of THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY KEYSTONE COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY " Coke" is a registered trade mark, © 1954, THE COCA-COLA C-OMPANY �J Tuesday, September 21, 1954 5 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON E-Towners Strong Test for Partridgemen BACKS AND ENDS PLENTIFUL, RALSTON STEPS UP DRILLS AS SEASON'S O·PENER NEARS By AL JETER Forty ready and willing candidates answered the call of Coach Ralston on Sept. 1 and from the look of things the Colonels may have the makings of one of_ the best grid squads in many a moon. The team rolled through its initial scrimmage sessions last week with a minimum of injured men, a malady which often plagues coaching staffs in the early part of the season. Ralston and his assistant coach Russ Picton seem to have Vets Shape Up, ~ New Prospects 0 f' ---' ~ T ~ l2 II Show Promise c=========== . .TW'HE ~ ... T 11-l I[~ ~ ~ ■ 1 A THANK YOU NOTE H ere we go again . . Fall comes once a year bringing with it foot ball games, turning leaves, hard cider, and new sports editors . Right now we would li·ke to say thank you to the good people who placed their confiden ce in u s, and we give ou r word that we will do our darndest to ke ep up th e high standards that have been set in form er years by the Beacon sports section. It will be our aim to bring you complete coverage of happeni ngs in th e Wilkes sports world in the most interestin g way that we know how. the soccerm en who along with the wrestling sq uad, had a winning season last year, s hould be in on th e s ports kickoff. Last year's hooters had four wins against three HEADS UP With soccer season coming up fast, we decided to venture to th e defeats. r ealm of Coach Bob Partridge and his hooters . After watching for several minutes we formed the impression that h eadache pill companies would be wise to promote the game. It seems that there is a clever little move known as heading the ball. The object of the whole thing being to intercept the ball with one's head and send it back in th~ other direction by the sam e mean s. "Toug h on noggen," said we. However, talking it over later with som e of th e boys who should know we are assured that if done correctly this little t r ick had no ill effects on th e old bean. We did de~line tr ying the thing though. Still you can't blam e a guy for wondering. no need for the crying towel (Frank Leahy style ) so far. The squad is the docto r ordered as a repla ce ment at least four deep in ends and backs for Georgie Elias. and . ther e seems to be plenty • of Vets Set j' good material to choose from. The Quite a few of the holdovers center of the line may be the cause from last year's squad have shown for th e most co n cern due to a lack that t hey are ready to go. Leading of manpower. Barring injuries to the line men is Joe Trosko who was k ey men though it should hold up _m entioned last year in All State against all comers . selections. In his time at Wilkes, In Picton, Ral ston has a good I Trosko has earned th e re putation man to braintrust the backs .and of being a hand y man to have aends. Now in his second year as a rou nd in a tight squeeze. Another NO B.O. coach , Rus s has plenty of football first rate lineman back for his third knowledge. In his playing days he yea r is Cliff Brautigan. The New Improvement of the year for our money is the new shower system was considered one of the most out- J ersey nati ve showed up more than : installed at -Kirby Park for the football team. If nothing gqes astray standing quarterbacks ever to hit well last year and Coach Ralston · m embers of the "buttheads" crew w ill no longer be plagued by mail th e campus by the Susquehanna. has a very high opinion for the with Lifebuoy ads inclosed. Coach Ralston assures us that the n ew After .a fin e football career in tl).e former high school All Stater from syst em has enough water so that all the boys can get a hot shower. service·' Picton came to Wilkes East Orange. This is , no doubt, good news for the fat m en who come in on the tail where he proceeded to set the world Paul Gronka, the wonder end of end of the "last mile" after practice every eve ning. on fir e until a broken leg put him last year is back agin. Playing his · On the other side of the fence we find the soccer squad. Strange out of action for good. first year of varsity fotball last as it may seem they are still dressing in a garage. Flip Jones, standFrosh Plentiful fa ll , Gronk more than lived up to · out hooter for several years swears that the garage is the mo•s t luxuriA large number of freshmen are . expectations. The little guy (less ous in the east. "They even took the cars out," says the Flipper. Still on this year's edition of the Colo- than six feet) who copped all state and all, you ·can't blame the boys for casting an envious eye in the dinels and Ralston can be thankful honors is expected to enjoy his best rection of the football field house. that this . schol is allowed to use year this season. You can be sure SOCCER STARTER first year men in varsity competi- that you will hear more from the Coach Partridge is hoping for a large turnout Saturday when the tion. , little man with glue fingers. booters inaugurate the season in Kirby Park with Elizabethtown. The Among the frosh who have imBolstered Backfield pressed the coaching staff ·to date The backfield this year will boast Colonels will open and close the season with the powerhouse from down is Ronnie Rescigno a . speed m er- Al Nicholas, who was given the the river. Elizabethtown is th e only team that the Blue and Gold meet chant from Cambria Heights, Long tag of "Mr. Football" at Wilkes be- twi ce a year and a king size rivalry has grown up during the past few Island. The little tailback burns up for e he did a hitch in the Marine seasons. It's pretty early to say anything but from here it looks like (and the turf at an amazing rate of Corps. Back at school now, Nick speed and was picked to the All- has shown that he has lost none we hope that it won't prove a jinx because rails are uncomfortable rid New York City team last year. An- of his speed and fire while serving ing this year) the booters co uld cause plenty of trouble for lots of peoother out of stater from Mt. Ver- with Unclj! Sam in Korea. Another ple. Soccer here at Wilkes was pretty much of a joke and then look non, Ne.w York is Jim Cattell. Big I veteran back is Ronnie Fitzgerald. what happened last year. When the smoke cleared the Blue and Gold and fast, Cattell figures to be one Lanky Fitz has been a big threat had ended up with the first winnin gseason in the history of the sport of the leading contenders for the the last two years running out of here. The skeptics were left with nothing to say but "Well, what-d'ya know!" Well, stranger things have happened and you never can tell. fullback slot. He could be just what the wingback spot. 1 I TRIO OF ALL-STATERS (continued from non:e 6) who dazzled opposition halfbacks last year to be on the receiving end of 44 points worth of touchdowns. Trosko has been a standout guard for three years and his brutal play earned him All-State honors. He too is a good bet to repeat this year.' 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TONIGHT MY SWEET BAUM'S LEE VINCENT and his Orchestra Louis Rosenthal '1111 i I I I I 111111111111111111II1111111111111111111 Dancing from 9 to 12 - Toll Gate Short Sleeve SLIP ONS Restaurant 4.99 Long Sleeve CARDIGANS 6.98 o Soft 'n' Silky - Wear Like Iron o Pastels - Jewel - Deep Sl].ades o All Perfect Quality - Sizes 34-40 Sportswear - Pomeroy's 2nd Floor "On the Boulevard" - Rt. 115 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. • A Full Course Meal Or a Sandwich It's a Pleasure to Serve You • on the square Featuring The Newest In College Men's Fashions Good Food • Reasonable Prices Plenty of Free Parking Space Catering to Small Groups F. DALE, Prop. By AUSTIN SHERMAN . The Colonel soccer team will inaugurate the 1954-55 Wilkes athletic year when it plays host to Elizabethtown on Saturday, at Kirby Park. It is fitting that Only 65c Surprise Guest Appearance By a Top Name in Show Business. Introductory Offer • Be a Guest of the sponsor by picking up complimentary pass which will reduce admission to 35 cents half the price of a movie. Pick up pass at VANSCOY, the Jeweler, SQUARE RECORD SHOP, or at GREEN'S RECORD SHOP. Hea; Clubtime's Dave Teig and a live broadcast over WILK direct from the Armory. SECOND OF A REGULAR WEEKLY SERI'ES OF DANCES Lee Vincent and Jack Melton Alternately Join the Throng - Make Thursday ... Dance Night SOUTH MAIN STREET ARMORY rtrn1rtrn1rtrn~~1rtrn1m\'l~tttct11rtrn1rtdV&ffl~1m~1rtrntdlrtrn~tl YOUNSU KOO Coach Bob Partridge had close to 20 men on hand when he started drills on September 9. Absent due to graduation were last year's stand outs, Jim Moss, Lefty Kemp, Ralph Zezza, and Dick Hawk. On hand was Flip Jones, not co-captain a s last year, but as assistant to his form er coach. The biggest headache for Partr idge· was finding someone to replace Moss, who was a top-notch goalie. Goalie is one of the most important positions in soccer and in order to get a player capable of performing net duties, Partridge had to take Jim Ferris out of the line and put him at guarding the goal. l<~erris, an all-round athlete, has been hard at work practicing the position and in recent scrimmages has looked good. Co-captains are Dick Polakowski and Carl Van Dyke, two veteran hooters. Dick, who is starting his fourth year of soccer for Wilkes, plays outside right, while Carl, who repo r ted late, is rounding into shape quick ly and will be ready to go on Saturday also in the line. Returning lettermen include Ahmad Kazimi, Hank Deible, Glenn Phethean and Youn Soo Koo. The latter, who learned his soccer fundam entals in Korea, received recognition for his outstanding play la.s t year by being voted an Eastern All -Star by a group of coaches and referees: Ahmad, a popular fellow on campus, is from Transjordan and is known for his rough-tough style of soccer. Deibel is a line man and Phethean is a fullback. These above-mentioned are believed to form the nucleus of this year's soccer team. A new man who is making a bid for a position is Dave Hoffman of Lon g Island. Dave played four years of high school soccer and is rated by Partridge as a good bet for a varsity post. This year's sq uad will be unu sually strong. Likely to see plent y of a ction is Mo Batterson, who interrupted his schooling to join the Army for twenty-one months. Mo played a lot of soccer before ent eri ng th e Army and is expect ed to be in good shape in a few days. Oth er team member s include the Beacon's own Jack Curtis, Dick H eltzel, Sam Shugar, and first year men Chet Mill er, Fred Boote, Joe Popple, and Charles Neely. �~ WILKES The Community College, Serving Wyoming Valley And The World - WILKES COLLEGE THE BEACON /~Beacon Covers The Campus From Comer To Comer Week After Week WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 6 Tuesday, September 21, 1954 TRIO OF ALL-PENNSYLVANIA GRIDDERS ENHANCE FOOTBALL PROSPECTS FOR '54 COLONELS It's onl y once or twice in a coach's career that he has a player of All-State caliber under his wing in college, but at Wilkes this year, Coaches George Ralston and Ru ss Picton are blessed with three s uch men of the gridiron. They, of course, are Paul Gronka, second team All-Pennsylvania last year, Al Nicholas, All-Stater in 1950 and Joe Tros ko, an honorable mention selection on the All-Pennsylvania team as picked by the As sociated Press last season. Gronka (left in photo at left) gets his "travelin' s hoes" from Manager Gene Snee, himself a former Colonel star, while Nicholas gets s hoes and a pigskin, of the variety he will likely be tossing to Gronka this season. Al was one of the leading ground-gainers in the nation in '50 when he ran up over 1000 yards from sc rimmage and generally considered the best runner ever to g race a Wilkes g ridiron. "Gronk' is the end Just Little Guys, But - Meet Your Friends at . . . TO THE The SPA ... 18 South Main Street e • • After the game After the dance Anytime for a friendly get-together Favorite Spot ... . . . For College Students f ,~~~T;:;:~T~T~;:;T~;:;T~;:;~;:;:;i~ i . ..! :► : ·► '► CURLY JOE TROSKO (continued on page 6) (Gronka, Manager Snee, Nicholas) CLASS OF '58 ! ' ◄ Deluxe . COFFEE SHOP·. ► ... ► - ► ► / ► 1 Watch This Ad For Weekly Specials - , • I ◄ '. ◄ ~ l. ~ ➔ ~ Our ... 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Yes, these six words "highest in quality-low in nicotine" mean Chesterfield is best for you. Buy 'em king-size-or regular. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon Newspaper Collection, 1947-present Description An account of the resource <p>This is Wilkes University's <em>Beacon</em> Newspaper collection, 1947-present. We also have digitized copies of the <em>Beacon's</em> predecessors, <em>The Bucknell Bison Stampede</em>, 1934-1935 and <em>The Bucknell Beacon</em>, 1936-1947 June. It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1954 September 21st Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954 September 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/1efbad1629841670eb056669e59585da.pdf 90ad2883185e3b50cac757517c66a8bb PDF Text Text Wilkes College Disappointment should be taken as1 a stimulant and never as a disappoint- · ment. Vol. IX, No. 24 A college education seldom hurts a BE man if he is willing to leam something after he graduates. FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1954 WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA King-Queen Crowning Saturday Night Al Wallace, His Bass Fiddle, Band Students Get Chance to See Wilkes Mother's Day Tea 3 Debaters in Action; Dickinson to be This Afternoon at To Supply Music for Lilac Festival, The members of Theta Delta will honor their mothers 2nd Venture in 2 Weeks for Sophs Competition Next Thursday Evening Rho this afternoon, May 7, at the By T. R. PRICE The Wilkes College debating team will ~ngage the debat er s of Dickinson ,College in a dual debate n ext Thursday, May 14, at eight in the evening in the Wjlkes Lecture Hall. The subject of the debate, in creasing their trade with the I ron which Wilkes will take the affirma- Curtain countri es. tive side and Dickinson the negaThe Dickinson t eam, one of Penntive, will be : "Resolved: That the sylvania's consistently better deUnited States Should Adopt a Pol- bating t eams, coa ched by Dr. Irvicy of Free Trade." It is a Sll!bj ect ine Smith, has not m et the local of con siderable current interest in debaters this year, made a good view of the m essage · of the Presi- sho wing in the District Seven dedent to Congress concerning our bate eliminations against the disposition in world trade, and also trict winner, George Washington in view of the recent announce- University, inasmuch it was the ments of some of our allies to the only team in the eliminations to effect that they are considering in- defeat t he Washington debat ers. Cinderella Ball Next Friday; Lee Vincent to Serenade Lucky "Cindy"; Tickets Now on Sale By HELEN M. KRACHENFELS Once upon a time, t h ere was a fr iendl y little college, whose wisteria-and-ivy-covered buildings stood peacefully on the banks of a winding river. All during the fall and winter of the year, the students who .attended this college were diligent scholars ; the y applied themselves faJthfully to their books with never a though of cutting classes or idling away t h eir time over a coke or a cup of coffee in the cafeteria. (Please note, this is a fairy tale.) But in the spring of the year, ing of all the students. an astonishing change cam e over P erhaps th e Wilkes ca mp us isn't these once ideal students; they quite so romantic a s that described were more often , found strolling abo ve, but this year's Cinderella around the river bank, congregat- Ball promises to be every bit a s ing by a favorit e stone bench, (bet- enchanting a s any storybook fanter known as the "gravestone") or tasy. There will b e terrific dreamy just sitting in the sun, than in the music , by the Valley's top orchlibrary, where th ey really should estra, Lee Vincent, and r eally fan have been. Now what could have tastic decoration s, that will make •brought about this change in the you fee l a s if you are a ct uall y atstudents? It was just on e little t ending that n ever-to-be-forgotten thing-though not little at all to original Cinderella Ball that you them: the very biggest and most heard about in your nursery school wonderful event of the whole year days. was coming on May 14--the CinNo one will want to miss the big -0erella Ball! The thought of the event, and certainly not when they Ball was in everyone's mind, and hear that the tickets can •be purthere was no more ·p opular topic of chased for a w ee little $2.00! To conversation than this. make it even easier on Prince Ten of the most beautiful, Charming's wallet, a "no corsage" cha rming, talented girls in t he ruling has been made. So hurry, school had been chosen as candi- now and buy your tickets, ask your dates for the honor of the even- favorit e "Cindy" and be at the ing-Cinderella. All of the young royal palace (S. Franklin St.) at . ladies were eagerly anticipating nine o'clock sharp, May 14, to enthe Ball and wondering who would joy the •b est four hours of your bbe the lucky one. Since this was life ! a very democratic college, CinderDon't forget to vote for Cinderella was to be chosen by the vot- ella! Mother's Day Tea. The affair May is the crowning day. For the second time in two weeks will be held from 3 to 5 on the the sophomore class will present a dance with live music. The lawn of McClintock. Officers music makers for this gala affair, The Lilac Fesival, will be our Helen Brown, Naomi Kivler, own Al Wallace and his band. Ruth Dilley and Ellen Louise A great deal of student interest from 8 :30 to 12 tomorrow evening. Wint will pour. The followi ng people have been Co"chai rmen Pat Fox and ElJ.en Louise Wfot, together with the following committee chairmen have mad e the final arrangem ents: R efre shments, J eannette Perrins ; Invitations, Anita Gordon; Hostess, Jessie Ro derick; and Clean-up, Margaret Smith. The Tea has always been a success; but this year the gir ls will offer something n ew and different in the line of entertainment. For many weeks they have been collecting clothes dating from the late nin eteenth century up to the flapper era, and they will feature these creation s in a Fashion Show to remind the mothers of their own college days. The models include Justine Battista, Joan Shoemaker, Naomi Kivler, Gloria Drann, Jane Keib el, Angela Constantina, Pat Fox, Ellen Louise Wint, Connie Kamarunas, J essie Roderick, Natalie Barone, Pat McNellis, Nancy Brown, Phyllis Bloom, Lorraine Giacometti, Geil Laines, and Ph yllis Walsh. H elen Koelsch will b e moderator. It is unfortunate that the a ffair will be limited to Sorority m embers a nd their moth ers, for the show should prove to be a worthwhile spectacle for all t o see. IRC Awards Pins, Holds Elections Wilkes •Coll ege International R elations Club h eld its year-end banquet Thursday in the Kingston House. Service k eys w er e awarded to senior members Michael Lewis jr., club president, a nd E ugen e Scrudato. An honorary service k ey was ,p resented to Ralph B. Carey, Republican candidate for nomination to the state legislature. A former president of the Wilkes IRC, Carey wa s grad uated with a political sr:ien ce degree in 1948 and was admitted to the bar in 1951 following his g raduation from Dickinson Law School. New officer s for the year were invested at the dinner : Ronald Fitzg erald, president; Carl Kopines, vice president; Bar,b ara Grow, secretary; and Irwin Gelb , treasurer. Fitzgerald appointed Lois Long IRC chairman for the year, and Pearl Onacko, int er coll egiate confe r ence of government chairman. Guests of honor were Dr . and Mrs. Hugo V. Mailey; the doctor, This Sunday, May 9, Wilkes College will be host to parents h ead of the political science deand friends at the third annual Open House and Band Concert. partment at Wilk es. Dr. Mailey is Sponsored by the faculty of Wilkes, this affair has been most the IRC faculty adviser. Parent.s Party to be Held Sunday; Band Concert, Tour to .be Highlights successful in the past; last year attracting more than 500 guests. Under the supervision of the Deans, Mrs. Gertrude A. Doane and Mr. George Ralston, arrangements for Sunday's program have been completed. Guided tours of the campus will begin at 2 :30 P. M. from Chase Hall. At 4 the Wilkes College Band will present a concert at the gymnasium . After the concert, refreshments will be served, weather permitting, on Chase lawn. The women of Theta Delta Rho will serve. Faculty members have worked hard planning for this year'sParents' Day. Invitations were sent to the parents of each student at Wilkes , and the survey taken in this week's assembly proved quite favorable. So, plan now to join the many who will visit Wilkes this Sunday; an enjoyable afternoon is guaranteed to one and all. Economics Club Elects Tuesday Th e fo llowing students were elect ed offi cers of the \Economics Club for 1954-55. The officers are: Lou Steck, president; Carl Smith, vice president; Ch ester Miller, treasurer; Jean Dearden, secretary; and Bud Price, ·c oordinator of the Society for the Advancement of Management. has ibeen shown in the main attraction of the evening, the king and queen contest. A large number of vot es have been cast for the royal pair. If you did not lose your semest er blues last week-end at the soph s' successful struggle, you are sure to feel chip·per after atte nding the Lilac Festival. The identity of the royal pair is still a mystery, who knows YOU may be the king or queen. For the sum of 50 cents all this will be yo urs worki ng to make the affair a success : Publicity, Cliff Brautigan, Mickey P erlmuth, Gail Laines, Connie Kamarunas, Shirley Wasenda, Della Kin g; Refreshments, Pat Stout, Jessie Roderick, Bernice Thomas , H elen Krach enfels, Barbara Rog ers ; King and Queen, Joe Wilk, Nancy Brown, Dana Stein, Anita Gordon, Jim Benson ; Tickets, Joan Shoemaker, Mike Kennedy, J eannette Perrins, and Charles Acore. Manuscript Ready for Release; Will be Available al Library Desk By LEO P. KELLEY The Manuscript, the literary magazine of Wilkes College, is scheduled fo r publication on or abo ut May 7th. Copies of the magazine will -be available fr ee of charge to the students of Wilkes College. These .c opies may be obtained at the main desk of the library during next week through the remaining time of the c11rrent semester . The editors of the magazine have scripts to the magazine and exmade a sincere attempt to publish press r egret that t h ey could not a litera ry magazi ne that will re- use all of the excellent material fleet the best wo11k of Wilkes Col- that was submitted. In connection lege students and work that will with this thought, they would like be of interest to a wide audience. to remind you that there is any our judgment after reading this other year and another Manuscript year's issue of t h e Manuscript will coming up. determine t he success cir failure The editors look forward with of. their eff orts. plea sure to working with you aThe magazine contains poetry, gain and would lik e to add a note essays, short stol'fes, and other of enco uragem ent to those of you fe atures which should be of inter- who, for one reason or another, est to you . Some of the authors are : did not submit material to this isThomas K ell y, Esther Goldman, sue. The policy of the Manuscript Jam es Dull, Carol Gardner, Mar- will continue to be, as it has algaret Luty, R. B. Lewis, and many ways been in the past, to serve oth ers. you ,by p ub lishing t h e best literary The editors wish to thank all the eff ort s available within the student stud ent s who submitted manu- body of Wilkes College. STUDENT COUNCIL NEWS The Student Council met on Tuesda y to discuss final plans for the Cinderella Ball. N ewly elected members w ere invited to sit in on the m eeting , but they did not act in an officiaf capacity as yet. (Except to to be given tickets for the Cinder ella Ball - to sell!) Before th e dance plans were discussed, the matter of the election which is being conducted by the Sophomore class for their dance on May 8th, was brought before the co uncil. Some coun cil m ember s felt that the election, since it is open to the entire student body, sh oul d be conducted only with the permission of the counncil. A motion to that eff ect was made and carried. Since the soph omores have a lread y publicized their activity, it was the fee ling of the council that t hey be permitted to hold such an election. Concerning the Cinderella Ball, a discussion was held on the matt er of a no corsage ruling. A motion was made and carried , that such a ruling be put into effect. A r eport of the decoration com mitt ee was given by Russ Picton. Other committee reports were also presented . Mr. Partridge announced that the Education Department had requested the use of the gym on May 13, for a dinner. Since this is the evening before the Ball, and the time at which decorations are put up, the council passed a resolution to the effect that it looks with disfavor on the use of the g ym by the g roup at this time. Mr. P artridge will see if other arrangements can possibly be made. ATTENTION! The Director of Student Activities, Mr. Rob ert Partridge, is now sending out forms to all heads of departments in the faculty and all presidents of classes or organizations on campus, upon which he req uest s that they indicate the dates they desire to use on the 1954-1 955 Student Activities Calendar. These forms w,ill he sent out by the end of the present week or the fi rst of next week, and Mr. Partridge furth er requ ests that they be fill ed in and returned to him iby Friday of that week of at all possible. �2 WILKFS COLLEGE BEACON Wilkes College BEACON fioMEii,#s#iiooiiEPoiiiii •u############,.,.,.,.,.,.##,.,.,.,.,.####• GENE SCRUDATO By IRV GELB Many students have adopted a JACK CURTIS JE-1\N KRAVITZ scientific method for attending Associate Editors early morning classes after the usDALE W ARMOUTH ual trial and error m ethod. The Faculty Adviser punctual student allots a specific time for morning rituals and JACK CURTIS ART HOOVER Business Manager sca·m pers with the morning paper Sports Editor in the overstuffed briefcase to NEWS STAFF the n earest bus or .automobile. Mike Le.wis Miriam Jeanne Dearden Fronces Panzella The studious student approaches J. Harold Flannery, Jr. Pearl Onacko Thomas Kaska Walter Chapko Helen Krockenfels Natalie Barone the classroom and the door closes Margaret Luty Sally Thomas Gail Laines in regret to the futil e effort. The Margaret Williams Joan Shoemaker Austin Sherman timepiece is removed and the relic Jim Neveras Natalie Gripp Sheldon Schneider shows exactly two minutes to eight. Louis Steele Norma Davis Thomas Price Can there be a mistake? Lois Long Irv Gelb Marilyn Peters Many instructors begin their CIRCULATION BUSINESS classes on time but the bell system Bernice Thomas Barbara Tanski is unusual for an educational c·olBarb!ll'a Rogers Irene Tomalia • lege. Everything should be accomJan Eckell plished within a reasonable time, but the student is attacked by PHONE VA 4-4651 EXT. 19 a tiny goblin who collapses our A 1>aper published weekly by and for the students of Wilke:i College time schedul e. · Subscription price: •$1.80 ·per semester Homer heard the radio announcMember .. . . . . er in dreamtime, "this is five miIntercollegiate Press nutes past one, Wilkes College time." Editor-in-Chief EDO'OR'S CORNER GENE SCRUDATO SOMETHING TO CONSlDER ,Mr. Metcalfe's speech in last Tuesday's assembly was of the type we advocated earlier in the year. Mr. Metcalfe took a stand. Whether or not you agreed with him, you must admit he took a stand. For the first time in months, students were discussing an assembly program pro and con. Obv.i ously ,t hey were interested in what he said, which is an unusual attitude toward an assembly speaker. This fact should get the students thinking about future assem·b ly programs. Last week we received a letter to the editor from Mr. Louis Steck in which he asked the student body for suggestions concerning the improvement of assembly programs. We, of the Beacon, might then suggest having more speakers lik~ Mr. Metcalfe. We would like ,to see an assembly program in which both sides of various issues would be discussed. We are not sure such an idea is workable, but we offer it to the student body for consideration. BEACON'S GRAB-BAG The m embers of the hunting party had been asked specifically to bring only male dogs. One m ember however owned only a female and insisted on bringing her. To preserve the peace, the others agreed. They turned the hounds loose and the hunt began. The dogs were off in a flash and soon out of sight. The following hunters, confused bby the fast break-away, asked a neighboring farmer if he had seen the pack go by. "Yes," he replied, "and it was the first time that I ever saw the fox run fifth." We hear a bank examiner, somewhere in Australia, walked into a bank. There were no clerks, tellers, cashiers. Finally he looked out the back door-there in the shade of e. tree sat the four playing ,p oker. To teach them a lesson, he tripped the burglar alarm. They never moved, but · the bartender across the street came over with four beers. A bore is one who is here today and here tomorrow. * **** "What sort of part does Bill have in the play?" "A very emotional part. In the last act h e has to refuse a drink." ** *** Definition of a neurotic: A relatively stable individual wiith both feet firmly planted in mid-air. *** ** The difference between a married man and a bachelor is that when a -bachelor walks the floor with a babe in his arms .he is try dng to sO'ber her up. * * *** She: Darling, did you ever try selling vacuum cleaners? He: No, of course not. She: Well, you'd better start now; that's my husband coming up the walk. A Scotsman was leaving on a business trip, and he called back as he was leaving, "Goodbye all,. and dinna forget to take little Donafd's glasses off when h e isn't looking at anything." A sweet young thing was being shown through a round-house. "What's that thing?" she asked, pointing with a dainty parasol. " That's an engine boiler," replied the master mechanic. "But why do they boil an engine?" "To make the engine tender," replied resourceful Sam. C'N'C PLANS BANQUET by Frederick Krohle At their business and social meeting on Monday, April 26, in Chase lounge, the members of Cue 'n' ·Curtain discussed plans for ,t heir forthcoming banquet. At the banquet trophies will be given to the best •a ctress and actor and tp the best supporting actress and actor. Al-so, keys will be awarded to Carol Ann Gardner, Basia Mieszkowski, Nancy Brown, and John Williams. ·T he keys are awarded for obtaining fifty or more points in theater work. .At their meeting held last Monday, -Cue 'n' Curtain members held nominations for new club officers. W:ith the exception of Historian, all the nominations were immediately closed, and the voting will be done at the clUJb's meeting on Monday, May 10. As follows, the nominees are: Paul Shiffer, president; Carol Ann Gardner, vice prei.ident; Pat Stout, secretary; Fred Cohn, treasurer; and James Miller and Sheldon Schneider, historian. Also discussed were tentative plans for next year, among them the one act plays and some recordmaking news which at present is still top · secret . After the meeting was adjourned, entertainment followed, having been prepared by Pat Stout, chairman of the entertainment-at-meetings committee. Sheldon Sohneider read poems by This is a specific appeal for the weaker students. The library doors are a detriment to their ·health. The college should provide muscle pills or re.move the heavy steel doors. The doors have cractked glass, an influence for surgery, and the books aren't stolen from h'Ome libraries that the library needs a lock in the form of steel doors. * * ** * Beware! Beware! The alumni baseball team is reconditioning their ancient reflexes for the forthcoming alumni-student baseball game on May 15. * * * * ::C The speaker at the assembly program slightly annoyed Horner with his disregard for conservatism at our sedate •p rograms. The apparent novelty of finally listening to a speaker expound on his political beliefs stunned a great majority of students. Naturally, varied opinion eminated from cafeteria discussion, but the conclusive apex was again the presentation of a political speaker. Could the assembly committee schedule the •p rinciples in the forthcoming senatorial nominations for the district? The lilac-colored flowers around the library indicated that spring spreads beauty and that sweat shall pour from the brow. The li,brary attendants load their arms with books and fill the flask for the ghostly Saint Bernard dog. The third floor is an uncalculated distance. Have you ever carried one library book to the third floor? The library should have a dumb-waiter. The books would flow freely between floors and the staff would enjoy the invigorating spring weather . Dreams? Wait for the new library? There is an old ruling on campus that there are no corsages for the Cinderella Ball. Some students have always disobeyed this ruling from the student council. Their wishes curtail a limited spending account for the present time. If I wear a dinner jactket, should my date receive dandelions? Write your replies to Homer in care of the Beacon. All informative letters will be printed and a lovely bunch of ------- to the winner. The college has dandelions for a conservative price. Pick the •b ig ones, please. ** * * * Many ,people and students have wondered slightly about the author of this column. My name is at the top of this column. Remember your letters to the corsage problem. Ogden Nash, Carol Ann Gardner gave two monologues by Cornelia Otis Skinner, and Paul Shiffer, accompanied on the piano by John Williams, r endered ,several vocal selections. And to make the evening perfect, refreshments were sen,ed. Friday, May 7, 1954 Metcalfe: Dulles Has 2 Iieadaches: -Recession And McCarthy; Geneva to be Tough By T. R. PRICE The United States faces a first class di saster at the Geneva Con ference-a disaster due to the disunity of France, Britain, and the U.S. as well as the difficulties presented to Secretary of State Dulles at home In spite of this, declar:ed Mr. John Metcalfe, 'T uesday's assembly speaker, to the diplomats whom he has interviewed, the danger of an other global war does not j1ppear around the corner, and the main point of danger should a·ppear only if there is an untenable international in cident-an incident for which there are indeed several fit places in the world today, notably Berlin, and ·all the East. At Geneva, we face . possible dis- wish to run for President. Of aster not only becaus_e · our allies course, the. speaker continued, one hav e replied to our pr.q ~pected Far way of running for the presidency East defense plans with the mean- is to run sideways. Apparently ingless a nswer that -if Geneva fails what McCarthy is trying to do is they will "consider" them, but ·also to rally behind him the right-wing because in Washington Mr. Dulles elements of the GOP and take con attacked >b y his own ,party and so trol of the party, an action many bound hand and foot that he can moderates consider would be dis hardly move at Geneva. astrous, in view of the narrow bal A_t Geneva, stressed Metcalfe, we ance of power in Congress, and the will meet clever men, men against wounds McCa_rthy has inflicted whom we can do little with words- wounds not likely to h eal before nothing if those words are not the November elections. backed by the only language these Even the moderate Democrats men seem to understand-force. If Metcalfe stated, want the Republi we are not ready to fight, we can cans to have a chance to set forth win nothing at rthe conference some of their legislative program table. As it is, we meet these men feeling, perhaps, that it is a bad in a position already well nigh dis- thing for an administration to be astrous, with France ready to deal tossed out in only two years. on almost any basis for peace, jusSenator Fulbright (D-Ark.) retifying itself by the Korea truce. cently mentioned, said the speaker, There is no ' telling where this dis- that he didn't mind being called a aster may lead us. fool, but that if someone called him We can readily agree that we do a traitor h: thought_ h ~ had_a 1:i_ght have critical areas in the world to- to resent 1t. And 1t 1s with Just day, areas in which we may have such smears, ~etcalf: exp_lained, to fight at least a "police action" that McCarthy 1s te~rm~ his own type of engagement. We are then party asunder, causmg 1t to fear behooved to look behind ·t he di·plo- for the. co r_ning by-ele~ti?ns. matic scenes, and 0 ,b serve just In this light, then, 1t 1s perha~s where we are going in our foreign unfortuna_t~ _that the President 1s policy. not a pohtJc1an, but a great man, To do this, let us look at Mr. w:ho has ~een it be_neath his d~gDulles, w ho with reasonable free- mty as Chief Exec uti_ve to ?eal with dom to move should be able to ac- the sena~or from 'Y1scon~m. count well for himself. But the As Ch1e~ Executive, this may be danger is that he will not be able true of Eisenhower, but_ he co uld to move freely that he will be very well s_tep from this role to . d ' • take for a time that of head of the boun by 1ack of umty between the R bli p t d d l · th t . b d d b tt k f epu can·th ·ath r y an bl ea m a aho111ese a roa , an , y a ac s rom manner w1 e pro em . m · This non-intervention of the I~ attemptin~ to form a people's President is one reason, perhaps, policy, Dulles 1s ab)e_ to tell us, for Mr. McCarthy running rampant. r ea sonably, o_ur position, and he Another is the death of Taft, whose ?as ~one this regularly, speak- integrity was n ever questioned by mg with. confidence a~d support of even his worst foe, and whose passthe P resident. There 1s the closest ing has left in the Senate an unfillliaison between the two. ed vacuum. ·Unfortunately, perha·ps, this is Th ese, th en, perhaps, are the not all that is needed. We have put r easons why McCarthy has ·b een at least two headaches upon Mr. able to emplo y the tactics of our Dulles' desk-one economic, one po- . enemies, why it has become possilitical. ble for him to be called a demaThe former is the present reces- gogue. sion in certain areas of the nation, Unhappil y, McCarthy's influence and the possible dangers of its ex- is not only felt in this country, but tension. Moreover, the effects of as w ell a;broad, for the scandals any economic troubles in this c·o un- connected with him have caused try are trebled abroad, so that as much doubt, ridicule and confusion money for appropriations drops, in the rest of the world concerning the demand for it naturally be- the United States. comes greater. When Mr. Dulles has such tre·T he •political problem. troubling mendous obstacles with which to Mr. Dulles is difficult to describe, deal, it is no wonder that United with the Washington situation al- States foreign policy is headed for most confused as affairs in some disaster at Geneva - a disaster South American countries. This due mainly to Mr Dulles' own party headache or Dulles, Metcalfe de- in general, and, in part, to Senator clared, is one greatly due to Sen- McCarthy in particular. ator McCarthy. In view of these things, concludWhat, inquired Metcalfe, is Mc- ed Mr. Metcalfe, if we do not today Carthy trying to do? He has re- stand united, our whole foreign peatedly stated that h e does not policy will crumble into the dust. AM PUS ANDIDS C Dr. Vujica: I don't mind people who sJ.eep in my class; really it doesn't annoy m e. However, it IS a bit difficult to lecture to a class of sleeping people. Friend: What do you think of physiology? Dave Hoa ts: It's a chronic waste Dr. Vujica: Unscientific knowl- of good frog's legs. edge is that picked up at one's mother's knee-and at other joints. Dr. Mailey: .. . then there are courses that enable you to go out Dr. Rosenberg: (on the expecta- and be brilliant in conversation in tation of children supporting their the drawing rooms and salons of parents in their old age )-"Kids Wyoming Valley - or maybe I are a poor bet." should say saloons. Dr. Davies: I've sometimes been ,asked how to prepare for a final. Though we travel the world over to Of course, you realize preparation find the beautiful, we must carry it presupposes familiarity with the with us or we find it not. material. Emerson. �Wilkes Beats Huskies __ ··. ' 9-5 . . : . . Cofo~els Collect, COLONELS 14 ffl'ls; McNew s Relief. Saves Day * By lACK CURTIS ON THE ·ROAD FOR NEXT 2 * * * * * * * * * * The Wilkes baseball team continued its winning ways against nearby colleges, by slamming a pair of Bloomsburg T~achers College pitchers for 14 By AL JETER hits yesterday afternoon at Kirby Park to take win number three of the season, 9-5, over its arch rival. Lenny Batroney and Mel McNew paced the 14-hit upr is,ing, a fantastic barrage compared to most past games this year, with a double and triple res•p edively. The two produced six hits between them. Joining the hit-hungry aggregation in the savage blasting were Eddie Davis, Jo e Trosko and Jim Ferris, each of whom produced a pair of bingles. Lanky Lefty Joe Sikora limited the Huskies from down-river to 9 hits, bu.t had to receive help from McN ew in the seventh inning. McNew pitched superbly to get his team out of a tight spot. The Baltimore fireballer in from right fi eld to the mound, making his first appearance as a hurler since his arm gave out in the first game. The Colonel swatters jumped on Plymouth's ,Charlie Kwiat:Jkowski in the first inning and added ·a11other in the third. The fifth inning w as enough to send Kwiatkowski ·to the sho~ers. He was followed by 'Bob DiPipi of Old Forge, who •g.a-ve up two more the rest of the distance. Casper paced the losers with three hits. WILKES (9) Ferris,cf Richards,ss Aquilino,rf Bat'ney, lb-ss Troskb,c McNe..v;rl-p Evan,2b Davis,3b Sprau,3b Moss,11 Sikora;p-lb Totals ab r h BST-C '(SJ ab r h 3 3 2 Zat kowski,2b 4 O O 4 1 p .Casper,ss 4 1 3 1 0 1 Ctimens,3b 5 •2 2 5 l 3 Steinbach,rf 5 ,1 1 4 1 2 Starr,11 3 :0 1 4 0 3 Fisk,!! 3 O 1 44 21 O ctHdlcouth OO 2 Sliustack,cf 41 ·o O 0 0 0 Derk,lb 3 O1 4 0 l Mc:Cdrthy,c 1 0 0 3 0 0 Aurand,c 2 O0 - - Kkiat'ski,p 1 1 O 36 9 14 PiPipi,p 1 O1 Bloomsburg Wilkes Totals 36 5 9 003 000 200-5 101 500 20x-9 Diamondmen Dunked By Cortland, Hartwick Despite a couple of surprise hurlers, Wilkes went down for the count twice over the weekend. On F riday, Cortland shaded the Colonels, 3 to 1. A powerful Hartwick squad lowered the boom on Saturday, 13 to 5. The Partridge men started ahead in the Cortland battle by scoring the first run. Jimmy Ferris singl'ed and went to third on another onebaggel' by Batroney. Mel McN ew grounded to third, but the third sac.ker bobbled and Ferris scored. Cortland actually won the game in the second inning when they scored two runs on a home run by Steven, two singles, a walk and an error. Hank Keller started for the Blue and Gold·, but had to be relieved in the second ,b y "Lefty" Joe S~kora. It was Sikora's 'first time on the . mound this season for the Colonels, having 'h'etd down th'e ihitiai[ sadk in the first six games. Hartwick unlimbered its heavy artillery against the diamondm.e n, collecting 13 runs on 11 hits. The Indians started festivities in grand style by pushing four runs across in the fi'r st inning oh a grand slam homer by Jim Dubil. After Wilkes had closed the gap with three tallies of their own, Hartwick unl'e ashed five runs in the fifth inning to put the lid on the ball game. Flip Jones start ed for the Colonels but was forced to the sidelines after th e first inning due to a sore arm. Batroney, a shortstop by trade, r elieved and lasted to the fifth. Mel McNew cam e in to put out the fire in the remaining stanzas, markin g his first appearance since the season's opene.r . Susquehanna U. Host Saturday; A·I Cortland Tues. Wilkes hits the road for its, next two games hoping thaf strange scenery will be needed· tonic for the Colonels. Sattir, day's game will pit the Blue and JOE "Ty" TROSKO JIM FERRIS and Friend LE1ffi\'f :i3A:TRONEY TROSKO SrlLL fflP IATffiR; FiR ]jS, lll'TR:<J~f Pi:ESS F@R LEAD COLON ELS' IlIG fPiflRlE;i'.I E-T he top three bats men for the Wilkt!s ·basl!ballers so far this sea:soh are Joe Tros ko, '.L enny Batroney and Jim F erris, whose bats ·h a1v.e •llccotfnted for a lar -g"e portion ·of the rela:t;i',v,~ly 'f ew hits t he Colonels have produced. 1'r-osko, who ·leads ,the swatters with a 'fi'gur-e arbtr•nil .37'5, 'has lbeen in a slump recently, but it appears fo be only a temporary one. "Ty" 'is also tlr'e long-ball ·hitter of the club. Lenny 'Batroney, the mfmber three -man with a .280 mark hasn't been ,poking far this season, but with a good ilegr,ee Of consistency. He's trying ha·rd to live up to 'his promise, "I'll be ·hustling no matter ~ how we' re doing," which he made at the athletic b nctu et after I'ecei-ving the BE.kCON Athlete of f he Year and Howie ;Davis awards, and seems to b'e lloi'ng ·a good job this far. Jim Ferris, the fl -:et-foofel:l, roamer of t he pastures, screams "ou,ih" wn'ile the u-ittp lets loose with the lungs fo ·bdlo,v ~<lilt" fo ac'tioit at ·home plate in a recent game, as his '' friend'' the Muhlenberg- catcher di gs a mitt into his tniilsection. Jim, ·too, had been doing some "digging"-'--fro'rn third base but it was all in vain. A recent pie in the B;E ACON showed the soP'h flas h zooming home all alone, but t he above proves that even the fastest can be caught. Jimbo is belting around the .30.0 mark. l) il l\t l)IVOT§ By JACK CURTfS John Aquilino Praised For Fine Flychasing =============================-:2 SPORTS-MINDED THIEVES HAUNT "DEAR OLD WILKES" They say that interest in sports has boomed to a new high in the United Stat es in t h e las t year a nd many observers fee l t hat television has had a lot to do with it ( no, not couch wrestling). In the past year, Wilkes has been plagued with a numb er of untimely robbenies-and even in thievery the traces of a growing interest in athletics are refl ected. Last summer, a number of typewriters were stolen from the college. But th e next big thef t saw a decided swit ch to athletics. There probably is no relation between the two, yet there is that slim possibility that there is. Basketball equi pment disappear ed from the gym in large quantities and, then, even before baseball got underway, sports-minded ·c rooks toted away a dozen brand-new baseballs and bats, leaving the diamond squad without the basi c essentials of the game. As if the baseball t eam hasn 't bee n having enough trouble what with trying to win games this season, th e clincher came last week with the announ cement that some undoubtedly shady characters had sneaked into Kirby Park after dark and literally "lifted" home plate and the rubber slab on CURTIS the pitcher's mouil'd right out of the ground. Last reports had anxious college officials contemplating a try at nailing down the sod at the W est Side field. . same individuals, they should have enough equipment to start baseball As it stands now, if all these robberies were perpetrated by the and basketball teams - supplies 't o run a front office, too . Theft insurance on ball players seems to be the next logical move. A F ederal cas'e, mayb e? AMATEURISM-IT, TO'O, HAS A LIMIT A recent issue ·o f th e AiC'PRA S·p·o rts Bulletin, publication of the American College Sports Publlicity Directors Association, of which we are a member, brought to light just how easy it is for a reporter or •printer to change the m eaning of a sentence via that little slip-up that you never see. Under the headline "Statistics to End All Statistics," the Bulletin reported, and we quote: "The following item app'e ared in the Newport News (Va.) DAILY PRESS-'Twenty-fo ur athletes enrolled at Newport News (college) a:re among the 125 Virgins enrolled in the freshman class.' "Editor's Note: Thi s guy Homer Cooke (NCAA head) w ill stop at nothing!" Boy, how that would have looked in a story issuing_ a call for_ athletes. Something like, "Wanted-125 athletes-no prev10us experience n ecessary." Yes, amateurism, too, has its limits. See what we mean about those little sli p-ups. Just three littl e black letters ·led to a number of r ed fa ces, Should have read, "Virginians", of course. Joe Trosko, who incidentall y (in answer to sarcastic remarks) is not paying us to write his publicity, came up with a gem before one of t he r ecent games. F lip Jones, whose arm was slowly go,i ng dead (it did last Saturday at Hartwick) , was t elling Catcher Trosko that his drop mi g ht curve (continued on page 4) JOHN AQUILINO Man y Wilkes baseball fans, including several sportswriters allegedly in the know athletically, were pleasingly surprised last week as John Aquilino shone forth as a regular in lef t field. Th e Bayville, L. I. native has served as a util,ity man for three years and last week was put into left fi eld to sub for Jim Moss, who had been beaned. Aquilino, who was really using Moss' head to get ah ead (ow!), made several spectacular catches mu ch to the relief of frustrat ed f a n s in th e E ast Strouds'Ju rg game and then followed with several of the Yankee Stadium variet y (a la Cookie Lavagetto) in th e Cortland game the n ext da y. Several fa ns thought John, who had not bee n seei ng regular duty, was pla ying over his h ead (th ere we go a gain), but Coach Bob Partridge a ss ured them that Mr. Aquilino is one of his most dependable outfielders. "Only trouble with the guy is that he's a light hitter," the diamond m ento r explained. "A play- Gold against Susquehanna on the latter's home grounds, and next Tuesday will see the diamondmen journey to Cortland. Bo·b Partridge, th e ever hopeful, will have his pitching staff bolstered with the return of Mel McN ew plus Joe Sikora, McNew Ready McNew, one of last year's "old reliables" has been plagued ever since opening day with a real dead' a rm, The Baltimore flash gave the fli pper a real test last week in the Hartwick game and was pronounced ready to go. If his arm holds up, McNew should be a b ig help to Partridge for the remaider of the season. Colonel rooters were treated to a s urprise last week when Joe Sikora made his first trip to the mound this season against Cortland. The steady lefthander gave a good account of himself and Coach Partridge announced that the southpaw ace from Plymouth would see a good deal of action before finale day. With th e season just about half over t he Colonels can only boast of two first string men hitting abovethe three hundred mark. Cloutin' Joe Trosko leads the pack with. ,375. Trosko has been an all around m en all season and is currently enjoying one of his best years. Ferris Afire N ext in line with a .333 average is fl eet-footed outfielder, Jim Ferris , Starting slowl y this year, the Kingston speed boy caught fire in the last few games. Ferris has been a ball hawk in the outfield pasture a ll year as well as being a big man with the wood, Len Batroney holds down the number three spot in the plate power di vision. His average is a r es pectable .280. Lenny, one of the slickest fielding shortstops Wilkes· has ever had, show ed his versatile talents last week when he turned pitcher for a day against Hartwi ck. All is not bright on the horizon for Coach Partridge though. Two front line pitchers were temporarily removed from active duty last week via the sore arm rout. Hank Keller, this year's bad luck pitcher, was the first to go, in the game with Cortland. He is expected to be out of action for at least a week. Flip Jones, one of the two Colonel hurlers with a win credited to him, develop ed arm trouble in the Hartwick game to the extent that he had to be lifted from the game. It was reported that Jones will be on the sidelines for an indefinite per!iod of tim e. Moss Mended On the comeback trail, after suffering a nasty crack on the head, is veteran outfielder Jimmy Moss. Jim has been belting the ball all over the park during the last week and his batting average is a tremendous .500 at th e present time. Barring no more injuries, Moss is expected to see lots of duty in the remaining few weeks. JETER'S JOTTINGS: - Colonel baseball wars will cease three (completed on page 4) r Wilkes BEACON College SPORTS SECTION Friday, May 7, 1954 (continued on page 4) ,,__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ J �Friday, May 7, 1954 WILKFS COLLEGE BEACON 4 May 19 to be Red Letter Day Wilkes College blood donor day will fall upon May 1~, Mr. Robert Partridge, Wilkes Director of Student Activities, announced W ednesday. Donations will be taken at the regular blood bank establishment in the American Red Cross building ·on the east side of South Franklin 1Street (just a few doors down, and on the opposite side of the street, from Sturdevant). Blood donor registration forms may be obtained from club or the class presidents, or from Mr. Partridge. In the past, Partridge noted, there has been considera,b le competition among the various campus clubs for the honor of donating the highest number of pints, the honors going in recent years to the Biology and Letterman's clubs, and Partridge declared that h e fully expected to see the students exhibit t he same willing spirit in this month's drive. · Engineers Blast Weckesser, 13-1 DIKE DIVOTS BOB DYMOND JOINS HARMONAIRES QUARTET A third athlete has joined the popular local quartet of Wilkes Last week the Engineers blasted students, the Harmonaires. He W eckesser 13-1 in an intramural is Bob Dymond, a member of the softball contest. Paul Maslousky, football team for three years, shifty righthander, went the com- who is the new bass of the fur men of note. plete route allowing only one earnTenor Norm Chanosky is also ed hit. Dinner and Nemchick hurl- a member of the grid team and ed for the losers, Dinner taking the · Jack Curtis, lead, plays soccer. loss after being relieved in the fifth Dick Gribble, baritone and guiwith the score 4-1 · against him. tarist, is expected to join the Second baseman Paul Gronka slam- other three on t he Colonel sports med a home run in the fourth to scene n ext fall. He has notified break a 1-1 tie and put the En- Coach Bob Partridge that he will gineers ahead. The Engineers then report for soccer. added a homer by catcher Don PaDymond had his initiation uncropis. W eckesser got its only run der fire with the singing group in the second when Dinner crossed last week at Meyers High the plate on an error. This makes School auditorium, in a minstrel the Engineers' record two wins and sponsored by the St. Joseph's a single loss. The loss was to the Monastery. Hawks who won out in the last frame after trailing 4-2. FLYCHASER er I'd call a must on my team .though," he continued. ATTEND CINDY BALL John, who is a resident of McClintock Hall, men's dorm, where NEXT WEEK he rooms with Bonzo Fay, seems to ha ve that little ..extra hustle, ac- and his curve might drop, but advised Joe not to worry aibout it. Curly turned away with that disillusioned look on his face and uttE!red these wise words to, a cluster around the Wilkes bench, "That's what I like about cat.ching-full of surprises." "Ah, well," he added with a sigh, "live dangerously, I say." Never a dull moment in Wilkes athletics, even when the Colonels are losing. cord1ng to his coach. Partridge explained to a group after the Cortland game, " he's admittedly not a 'natural' athlete, but he makes up for it with . a neverceasing hustle." · "John's the type of ballplayer I like to watch. He makes you feel good and you're proud he's on your t eam," he summed it up. A. fine tribute. campus at Selinsgrove is rated as one of the nicest in the state . .. Beside that, there is a ball game starting at 1 :00. Why ·Jlot get a breath of fresh air, ·you with cars; bring a friend, or anything. Rumors reaching us say that Jim Moss enjoys being hit on the head. Seems to help his hitting, or flattens the ball, or splits bats, or something an yway . . . Just a rumor ya know, not a license to go gunning after Jimmy with heavy, blunt instruments; he's out of season. The Neil Turtel fan club, consisting of Neil Turtle, or is it Turtel, threatens us with violence if the boy's name does not reach print. What is it they call him now - "Mr. Batting Practice" or something like that? 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It should be noted that Wilkes University does not have a complete set of issues for the Bucknell Bison Stampede and Bucknell Beacon. For researchers who are interested in seeing the complete issues for these publications, please contact <a href="https://researchbysubject.bucknell.edu/scua">Bucknell University's Special Collections Department</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Missing Issues:</p> <p>1947 August 8th<br />1947 September 5th<br />1947 October 3rd<br />1947 October 17th<br />1947 October 31st<br />1947 November 21st<br />1947 December 19th<br />1948 September 9th<br />1950 April 28th<br />1953 April 10th<br />1962 February 2nd</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Beacon staff is comprised of Wilkes University students who are advised by a full-time faculty member of the Communication Studies Department. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-present Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright of the Wilkes Beacons is retained by Wilkes University. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Professor Emeritus Harold Cox digitized the collection from 1934-1970 and created a <a href="https://beaconarchives2.wilkes.edu/">legacy website</a>. Digital Archives student John Jenkins digitized the collection from 1970-present. Special thanks goes to Communication Studies Professor Dr. Kalen Churcher, Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Peters, Beacon staff member, Emily Cherkauskas, and other Beacon staff for their help in acquiring digitized copies of the Beacons from 2006 onward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Beacon 1954 May 7th Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954 May 7 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Communication Studies Department Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes College