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                    <text>Wilkes College Beacon
Vol 4, No. 7.

WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA.

WILKES COURSES
RECEIVEAPPROVAL

Friday, November 4, 1949_

Wilkes College Administration Building, Chase Hall_

Dr. Farley received a letter of
,gi,stration this week for the
: ·1Iilkes College courses of study
L,&gt;.dri ng to the Bachelor of Arts
:•;d to the Bachelor of Science in
,1p logy and Chemistry. The letter
~s received from the Office of the
~Jsistant Commissioner for High. Education of The University of
,e State of New York, Education
.i;pt.
.lfr. D. S. Otis, executive assistant to the department, visited
Wilkes classes on October 10 an d
11. In a letter which accompanied
the letter of r-e gistration, Mr. Otis
$aid, "My 'vi-sit to Wilkes College
was a pl,ea,sant and stimulating ex_p,erience. I like very much your apwoach to the special j ob which the
.::ollege is doing in the community
a;1d to the shaping of the institution's policies."
The · rapid growth of the library
w~s commended by Mr. Otis as
was the quality of the t,eaching
which he observed. He e~pres.sed
ag-t eement with Dr. Farley in the
advisability for faculty members
to continue their graduate work.

THREE CLASSES
SELECT OFFICERS
The following officers were ·elect-e d to repr,esent their · respecitive
classes. Nominations took place
Tuesday, November 1 at the Bap~
ti.st Church, and the ballots were
counted at Chase Hall the same
af.ternoon. Junior offiicers, as yet,
have not been nominated.
The Senior Glass officers a.re:
Bob "Poop" Waters, president;
William Plumm~r, vice president;
Jean Ryan, secretary; Jean Ditoro,
treasurer.
The St&gt;phomor,e Class officers
are:
Howard E.'n nis, president; Jo'hn
Kirchman, vice president; BarbaTa
-. Hartley, secretary; Norman Cromack, treasurer.
The Freshman Class officers are:
Leo Lesnick, president; Merritt
Wagner, vice president; Loretta
Andruczyk, secretary; Geraldine
Fell, treasurer.

SOCCE~, FOOT~ALL, OPEN HOUSE, AND DANCE
AMONG ATTRACTIONS OF GALA HOMECOMING Homecoming Schedule Beacon Press Club
Mr. Morris, Registrar,
To Sponsor 3rd Annual
(Public Relations Release)
NOVEMBER 5, 1949
To Attend Convention
Scholastic Conference
There will be plenty of activity on the Wilkes College 9 :00 A, M.-Registration
cam
pus
this
week
end
as
almost
1.000
students
prepare
for
At Atlantic City, N. J. the second annual Alumni Homecoming Day scheduled for 2:00 P. M.-Soccer Game
By GEORGE KABUSK

On November 25 and 26, Mr.
Morris, Registrar of Wilkes College, will attend the lillrd annual
convent ion of the Middle States
Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. The meeting is to be
h,eld at Atlantic City, N . J. Speak3rs at the convention will include:
Rear Adm1ral James L. Holloway,
3uperintendent, United States Naral Academy; Alvin ·c. Furlich,
=&gt;resident of the Institute of In:ernational Education; and William
~- Johnston, Jr., Director, Office of
~duca,tion Exchange, D,epartment
,f State.
On Saturday, November 27,
here will be a session of the Midle States Ass'o ciation of Collegiate
tegistrars and Officers of Admision. The sUJbjects which are tcy be
iscussed i,nclud.e : High School Re1tions, Selective Admissions, and
.ccredi,t ing Procedures of the Midle St.a tes Association. The speak1s at this session are to be Lester
r. Nelson, Principal of the Scarsile High School; Edwards S.
oyles, ·Chairman of the Yale Uniir-sity Board of Admissions; and
illard E. Gladfelter, Vice Presi•nt of Temple University.

NOTICE!
The radio program called FamiCloseups, ,a series of stories
aling with social case workers
d their problems and .s ponsored
the Family .Servic,e Association
Wyoming Valley, can be heard
the future on Sunday afternoons
4 P. M. It was formerly heard
5 .P . M.' The program is p.reseutover station WILK.
rh~ J)-otice is offered for the l!,eneof Sociology and other students
o are interested in the program.

Social Calendar
fov. 5-6ee Homecoming Schee.

'onight.......Swiniming Club 8 p.m.
rov. 12-Beacon Press Confere.

Kirby Park

Saturday.
A good many of the almost
2,800 former Bucknell Univers'. ty
Junior Col1eg:! a.nd v\, ilkes College
students are expected to return t o
the South P.ivcr StrPet caropu , f Jr
a full day of special events planned
by many of the college organizations.
Every division of the col!eg-e is
assisting in the planning of the
gala' event. The Wilkes Coll.eg-e
student council, under the chairmanship of its president Shadrnck
Jones, has offered its full assist-

4:00 P. M.-Theta Delta Rho
Open House
Girls Dormitory

ance. Members of the student governing ,b ody will be on hand for the
1;egistration period, which will take
place from 9 to 12 Jn Saturday
6:00 P. M.-Homecoming Dinner
morning:
College Cafeteria
During the same period, other
ml)mbers of the student body and 8:00 P. M.-Wilkes-Rider
council will be available a s g uides
Football Game
for the returning graduates, who
Huber .Stadium,
ma.y find the once-small institution
Plymouth
a rather enlarged collP-ge since they
last walked along its river-front 11:00 P. M.-Homecoming Dance
St. Stephen's
campus.
(.continued on page 2)
Church House

WELCOME BOME!
**
We proudly roll out the ,c arpets for you homecoming alumni
of Wilkes College.
To you graduates who revisit your alma mater we say ~elcome and thank you.
Welcome back .to the scenes of your under-graduate days.
Welcome back to the memory-filled campus and ivy-covered
halls.
Welcome back to your alma mater, unchanged in spirit,
though h;nprovements and additions have altered its counten~nce.
Wilkes welcomes you wholeheartedly-and thanks you, too.
Thanks you for the .spirit which you have shown in .your
under-graduate days and which you show today.
,
Thanks you for your faithfulness and rememberance and
for causing Wilkes to be proud of 'you.
T~anks you for your aid in making Wilkes a growing school
and for helping build a foundation of tradition and prog-ress.
Wilkes will never ignore your spirit and support.
Many uri.der-gradu,a tes on 1campus today will know none of
you homecoming students. Yet, through your presence and enthusiasm we fore.see spirit instilled in all under-grads.
And
through your contagious spirit we envision even more suGCessful
homecoming celebrations m the future. The homecoming celebrations of today are the foundations for those of future years.
Thank you for making those foundations strong!

·T he Beacon Press Club, at its
last meeting, formulated plans for
the third annual Interscholastic
Press Conference, to be held on
Saturday, Novemher 12, in the
Science Lecture Hall.
,T he pul'pose of the conference is
to acquaint high school students
with the functions vf a college
paper, to familiarize them with the
working press, and to promot,e
closer c·o operation among the varius high schools in the valley.
The •p rogram is scheduled to begin at 9 :00 A. M. The mornini
program will _include seyeral spea~-'
ers prominent in the 6.eld of joµrnalism.
Delegates will then attend a
luncheon in the college cafeteria.
A discussion period is scheduled to
follow the luncheon. The program
will end .at approximately :3 P. M.
Following are the committees
that are organizing th,e affiar:
/Speakers: Vince Macri, Art,
Spengler, Tom Robbins ;1nd George
Brody.
·
Invitations: Irene Janoski, Joan
I.Jawlor, Margaret Aten and Miriam.
Long.
Luncheon: :Clyde Ritter, Rita
Martin and James Tinsley.
,R eception: Chet Omichinski, Joe
Gries, James Tinsley, Vince Macri
and Dave Whitney.
,P rogram: Chet Omichi~ski and
Russ Williams.
Clean-up: Marty Blake.

Faculty Member Will
Attend Program at York
Herber.t J. Morris, Registrar, will
attend the ninth annual '(College
Hour" p.r ogram which is to be l).eld
in the William Penn Senior High
,School on Tuesday evening, November 8 at 7 :30 p. m. For the past
eight years the William Penn ~nior High School has found this a
most effective means of collegiate
.g uidance that has been beneficial to
students and to the ·more than sixty colleges that hav,e Joined each
year in this proj-e ct. In addition to
their own students and parents
the William Penn Senior High
School has customarily invited the
seniors from neighboring high
schools, students from the York
Junior College and r,eturned veterans.

�/

2

WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

EDITORIAL

Misses Wang and Way
Review Two-Years
At Wilkes College

·AS LINKS IN A' CHAIN

Add . up those footbaU games, dances and other activities
and what do you get? The spirit of Homecoming. Throw toBy ART SPENGLER
gether the campus life, the under-grad days and the great day
In December of 194'7, Irene Wang
of graduation, qnd what do you have? The spirit of Home- and, May Way, the first of a small
coming.
number of foreign students to matHomecoming is ·one annual event at Wilkes which should riculate at Wilkes College, estabresidenc,e in W eckesser Dormean as much to us as any other campus occasion. It should, lished
mitory. It was J.rene's father, a
mean as much as a footbal game, or a student election, or the graduate of Bucknell University
Cinderella Ball. Today, tomorrow, 9r next month a game or a and a YMCA worker in China, who
dance will be more important, but what of years from now? suggested to May's parents that
their daughter accompany Irene to
Of course, we cannot completely ignore the importance of those Wilkes College,
Miss Way has as her objective
items, for it is just that same football game, student election and
Cinderella Ball which build a homecoming spirit. It is just an A. B. in Music while Miss Wang
is aspiring to an A. B. in Biology
those items that create an intangible tie between Wilkes and with a degree in medicine as her
it~ students, that unexplainable something which. will cause us ultimate goal. Both girls are de.to want to be a part of Wilkes long after we graduate. That sirous of returning to China after
completion of their studies in the
spirit of homecoming cannot suddenly pop into existence the United States.
day diplomas are awarded; it must grow on us. It must grow
As would be expected, Irene and
from the first day the campus is viewed till years after _the May were very apprehensive about
beginning studies in a language
campus ceases to echo our crys.
with which they viere not suff-icient· Long after we have graduated, homecoming . occasions ly familiar and in a country so unshould be among the highlights of our lives. We will be able like their own. Two years have
passed and the greater part of that
to come back and s~e old friends and old haunts. We will be handicap
has ,been era dicated even
able to reminisce about the profs we had and the clubs we though the girls will' modestly rejoined, the "snap" courses we mastered and the "it shouldn't fu se t o acknowledge that fact. In
just two short years the girls have
have happened to a dog" courses we squeezed through. Yes, progressed
in languag e facility t o
Homecoming will be important to us years from now. "
the extent that they exchang e idioThis year, tomorrow in fact, Homecoming will draw hun- ma tic e xpr essions with other stuwith ease.
dreds of former Wilkes students back to the campus. To those dents
·T he conviviality of cam2us life
who come we say "Welcome Back!" The success of Homecom- and the extended efforts on the
ings in the future depends · largely on the outcome of the cur- parts of the students to a id the
rent Homecomings. Those who revisit Wilkes. undoubtedly are girls in m5.king adjustments are
two of th.e many things for which
eager to see Wilkes grow into a school of renown. And they ;both girls are extremely thankful.
realize that the growth of Wilkes will almost entirely depend May observed that American stuupon how much school spirit can be instilled into graduates dents were especially eager to help
all foreig n students in acclimating
and undergraduates alike. Homecoming, therefore, is the culm- themselves.
ination of the many little . things that go to make up school
On.e of the isurprises the girl s
spirit and love for the Alma Mater. You, the under-graduates, experienced on arriving wa s in the
meeting with the youthful Dr. Farare the links between those little things and the success of future ley, ,P r,e sident of Wilkes College.
Homecomings. Don't Weaken!
They had envisaged all college pr0-

GYPSY LIFE ENACTED
IN WILKES CAFETERIA
A highly successful Gypsy Caravan Dance, held last Friday night
in the College Cafeteria, was the
result of endless preparation by
the Theta Delta Rho. Miss Cathy
Smith, general chairman, annouced
that ample funds were raised to
complete the · sorority's main objective of a war orphan through
the Foster Parent Plan.
High-light of the evening was
the_soft, gypsy atmosphere. Colored light fli ckered across the dance
floor. Huge corn stalks bearing theatrical masques denoted the · Hallowe'en holiday.
The orchestra, under Bob Levine,
compli,ed with the dancers' taste
by playing everything from be-bop
to the haunting refrains of Gershwin. The · other Wilkes Music-Makers were' Harry Hiscox, Frank
Majewski, Samuel P. Reese, and
George Neely.
Superb floo 7-show entertainment

was provided by dancers from the
Hilda Mann Hertz Studios. Their
numbers included interpretive gypsy dances, a dance .set to the strains
of the Hung arian Rhaps-ody, and
the intricate group performance of
a Russian czardasz.
Th,e melodic tunes of the wandering gypsy yiolinist stilled the
audience while he ·p erformed. An
encore culminated in his expressive
interpretation of ."Dark Eyes".
After the floor show, cold cider
and home made pum1Pkin pie were
served, (all you could eat and
drink).
Alv __ 11 o'clock, Lois De Graw
breathlessly appeared and handed
Cathy a message. It announced
that due to an unforseen mishap
the Great Swami would not appear .
It was finally disclosed that he had
lost hfs Ouija board and unlike his
brother, Ali Swami, he was n ot
familiar with the use of tea leaves
and crystal balls. The boys gave
no indication of disappointmentafter all, here was their chance to
tell a . few fortunes themselves,to their dates.

~©
RUSS WILLIAMS
Editor-in-Chief

TOM ROBBINS
News Editor

GEORGE BRODY

GERTRUDE WILLIAMS

Sports Editor

Faculty Advisor

CLYDE RITTER

MARGARET ATEN

Business Manager

Circulation Manager

Editorial Staff
Bill Griffith, Art Spengler. Miriam Long, Joe Gries, George Kabusk, Chet Molley,
Don Fo'llm
. er, Gene Br~di ey, Chuck Gl~man, J~es Tinsley, Rita Martin, Dave
Whitney, Irene Janoski, Ed Tyburski, Vmce Macn, Herbert Rosen, Joan Lawlor,
George Brody, Homer Bones, Romayne Gromelski, Bob Metzgar.
Re-Write - Chet Omichinski
A paper published weekly by and for the students of Wilkes College
Phone 3-3148 Ext. 19
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Intercollegiate Press

Friday, November 4, 1949

GHOST TRAIN'S SCHEDULE CHANGED;
OAY SCHOOL STOP SWITCHED TOG. A. R.
FULL CREW ON BOARD EAGERLY AWAITING RECORD
PASSENGER-LIST FOR MYSTERIOUS FINAL RUN

The element of mystery is enveloping the production oi
Ghost Train as that (very) locomotive approaches its destination. The train, ghosts and all, is scheduled to arrive at the
G. A. R. High School auditorium on the evening of Novernber .l'i
and stay there to refuel till November 18.
'

'Thoma s Littleton, the able engineer of the Ghost Train, has refused to reveal many of the unknown ,f acts aibout the progress of
the journey. E ven the means of
power for the train, electricit y,
steam or diesel, has been h eld
secret.
'T hough Beacon r eporters have
been ha mmering at the iron-curtained confines of Chase Theatre
for w eeks, little news has been di scov ered or released about the
T r ain's mysterious plot. We have
discov,e red, from an almost undis,
closed source, that no bloody death s
occur during any of the three acts.
"I abhor blood", said Mr. Littleton. "All of our deaths are bloodless', said the youthful director,
side nts as poss,essing all of the nonchalantly strangling one of the
characteristic of age which ~hey cast for muffing one of his lines.
had observed in previous contacts
Several membe rs of the cast,
with overseeing educators. After pale and thin from lack of sunlight
witnessing the first football game,
and from the long closed sessions
t he girls were firmly convinced that of rehearsal, were s·p otted recently
the ordina.ry genial American stu- outside of the huge doors of Chase
dents went tber.serk in athletic com- Theatre. Reporters failed to get
any statements from the actors,
petition.
The g irls have not only approved however, obviously because of the
of campus life~ they h ave become cast members' fright of disciplina part of it. Irene is a member of ary actions should secrets be unthe ,Pre~Med Club and Theta Delta
folded.
RJho; May is a member o.f'the YearSome reporters tried· to enter
book staff, Theta Delta Rho, and Chase Theatre disguised as ghosts.
the Choral Club. This past summer "You can't come in here", said Paul
hoth girls extended their off-camp- Thomas, keeper of the gate. "OUR
us a ctivities by acting as counsel- .g hosts don't have pointed heads",
t •
h t d' t
ors a g1r1 camps s or
is ances he said, slamming the door on the
Beacon reporters' pointed heads.
from th e campus.
Finally, the director, fatigued
Two years' time has afforded
many obstacles which the girls after weeks of Beacon hounding ,
have managed to surmount in com- ,ag,r eed to release some facts about
mendable fashion. The Wilkes' stu- Ghost Train. Summing th.em up, we
i~mt body is proud of Irene and have:
1. Ghost Train will ·b e presented
) ay.
November 17 and 18 at the G. A. R.
1
High School Auditorium.
2. Wilkes students can get one
ticket ori each student activities
pass. All other tickets will sell for
one George Washington ($1) each.
iSouth Bend, Ind.- (I. P.).:....To:b
3. Each of the 1300 seats in the
counseling for undergraduates anil. auditorium will be reserved for
for graduates who may be dis- each performance. First come, first
placed by an economic -recession i.s served.
the number one task to be perform4. Ghost !';rain is good. It has
ed in the immediate future by the · plenty of oomedy, scads of romUniversity of Notre Dame and by . ance, mucho mystery, and hea,p -um
the Notre Dame Alumni Associa- suspense.
tkm.
·5. If you don't like it, you WON'T
All members of the board of get your money back.
directors agree that the bas ic ·ser6. To get to G. A. R. High School
vice to the individual graduate is from the Square, take the Ashley
to ,h elp him obtain employment. or Sugar Notch bus, get off at the
This help beg.ins with an intensifi- corner of Lehigh and Park Ave.,
caton of Notre Dame's present pro- and walk up one block; or take the
gram ,o f underg,raduate vocational Heights bus and tell the driver to
counseling.
let you off at G. · A. R.
7 · For th0 se of you who driveIf the board progrma succeeds,
the Univer-s ity efforts will be sup- ask directions!
plemented by a national network
\Of practical help for Notre Dame
men throug,h the 106 alumni clubs
The Amnicola staff requests
in every key city in the United
States, and by a national commit- that all faculty pictures be taken
tee of business, professional and as soon as possible at Barre
industrial leaders among the Uni- Studio, South Franklin Street,
versity' alumni.
across from St. Stephen's Church.

Notre Dame Takes
Job-Counseling Task

NOTICE!

SOCCER, FOOTBALL,
OPEN HOUSE
(continued from page 1)
The first maj,o r event on the prog r a m will be a soccer gam e at 2 otl(
,,Saturday afternoon. Coach £ j'"
Partridge's Wilkes Colleg e soec,
team will play host to Howard m'
ver sity's club along sidee of tne di'
in Kivby Park.
,
A special section of the field v
be roped off for the convenience
the alumni, who will be gran :
choice space during the.i r return t, 1-.
college activities.
Theta Delta Rho, Wilke.,; Colleg,"
sorority, will hold an open house
in the Women's Dormitory, Weck - .
esser Hall on Northampton Street,
at 4. Miss Betty L. Harker, dean ,
of women at Wilk.es College and .
faculty adviser to the sorority , is
in charge of this affair.
The annual Homecoming Dinner
wm be held in the college cafeteria
on 1South Franklin Street at · 6.
Dr. Eugene S. Farley, presi.dcnt of
Wilkes College, will l,e the principle .speaker for the affair. Remarks will he heard from: Daniel
Williams, president .o f the Alumni;
Association; Herbert J. Morris, re. gistrar; John Chwalek placemellt
officer ; and Tom Moran, college
alumni secretary.
The dinner will conclude shortly
,b efore tlfe departure of the Colonels' Caravan for the Plymouth
Stadium, where Wilkes College's
ull!beaten football team will phy
host to a powerful Rider Colle1,;e
eleven.
Again sp~cial consiueration will
be given to the form er students
and a reserved s.ecti'on of the
bleachers on the Wilk.e s Colleg e
side will be turned over t o the returning students.
The Homecoming Day celebration will reach a climax following
the game when an inforn'lal dance
will be held 'in St. Stephen's Churcl;
House on South Franklin Street
for ~11 ~lumni, ·students, faculty, ·
and friends of Wilkes College. ·
:R eservations for . this day of
Homecoming activity will be t;iken
until Thursday mornlng at the
Alumni Office in Chase Hall.

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�,Friday, Ndvember 4, 1949

WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

3

Colonels Meet Rider Saturday
Beacon Lights of Sport T:~~~
THE

: .~~~~;~,: Meet The Colonels

will :be )the scene of battle when
By ED TYBURSKI
Rider College takes the fielq
GEORGE BRODY, Sports Editor
against ,the Colonels at 8:00 P. M.
This will be the acid test for both
teams.
Football is a game that separates how rubout Al Minarski's runback
•Coach Joe Hobat wrill bring one
the men from the ooy,s . Lycoming of a punt? If their play is a harof the best teams in th.e school's
,binger of things to come, then
went home wearing short pants.
'h istory to Plymouth .. a tea,m t ~at
Don't let that 64-6 score lull you watch Wilkes in W50.
has been riding rough-shod over
int complacency. ,Lycoming out******
its opponents .. a team that has
play-ed, outsmarted, outsmashed,
No one had more fun than Pinky been pointing for the Wilkes game
and outran the Colonels in that first Pinkowski. Lt was the. kind of day for a solid year. Just a year ago
quarter. One oad break and one he dreams about. He ran, he threw this week the Oolonels trav,e led to
foolish rplay turned the tide. The passes, and he kicked extra points. Trenton as decided underdogs and
b ad ;break was a fumble on the H.e did everything well, too. More rode the Rough-Rri.ders' bronco all
Wilkes 18 when they were rolling. of the same and Pinky's perpetual · over the field. They shattered any
Wilkes took it from there and grin will become perpetualler .... and hope that Rider had for a bowl bid.
-pounded 82 yards for their first we don't care if the English depart- Now Rider would lik,e nothing betP. THOMAS
O. THOMAS
LEO CASTI,E
.t ouchdown. But' Lycoming was still ment says it can't.
ter than to return the compliment.
Continuing the rundown on the
up ~ After receiving the kick-off,
******
This should be a very interesting · Colonels, the BEAOON brings you
t hey didn't relinquish the ball unNow I know why Charlie Chaplin game to watchh Rider employs a four more of Coach Ralston's
til they scored. The first quarter, quit. Did you see Bomber Johns "T", and they do it well .... wtltness Raiders.
don't forget, ended 7-6. Lycoming weaving 12 yard run?
Please, their season's scoring: Po.i nts scorLong an outstanding star in the
was relentlessly moving again at Coach, give us a retake. The fans ed in six games, 150 and points valley, Leo Castle surpassed his
the start of t he second quarter
demand it.
scored against them 63. On the greatest deeds last Saturday night
w hen for no same reason they
******
other hand -Coach _ George Ralston by seoring four touchdowns. So far
t hrew their first pass. Nicholas nDid you see Cross take out two •has perfected the single wing, and this season, Gus, as he is k,nown to
t ercepted and ,s hot, untouched, fo,r men, ten yards apart, without leav- in the same number of games the his friends, has scored 42 points
70 yards and a TD. That was it. ing his feet o,r breaking his stride? Colonels have scored 1,59 points in three games. This was the total
That was the single shot that mm·- '.I'hose things make touchdowns.
whi1e relinquishing only 53. De- number of points scored against
dered Lycoming's glorious gesture
******
spite the fact that ooth teams use .the Colonels until Lycoming pushed
toward the upset of th_.e season.
Bogusko had all my sympathies. different systems of offensive pow- a six-pointer across the goal. Be·******
CHET KNAPICH
He was the only tackle left when er they are evenly matched. Both sides scoring four times, Gus conFrom that point on the Colonels'
nd
sq~ads have a wealth of ,b ackfield ' tributed to th~ Wilkes passing at- He has moved right into a starting
attaok took on the aspect of a roll- the varsity took to the bench a
enj'oyed the Shavet~ils. Every time power ... running power as well as tack which completed 12 out of 13 berth and is one of the stellar lineJng oarage that threatened never
Ito lift. It was just boom, boom, a platoon ran out on the field he passing. Ten of Rider's TD's have attempts. With Leo playing along- men on the team. Incidentally, if
'",ooom, _boom, until not even the diligently counted to find there come through the air. Coach Rals- side of Florky,,Nicholas and Pinky, you 'promise not to ride him for it,
'f amous Plymouth scoreboard could- were only ten. A few plays later, ton has ,three excellent passers, the Wilkes ground attack is in high we'll tell you .that he was a cheerand another platoon; and Bogus-ko Flork!iewicz, Castle and Pinkowski. gear.. .·.. remember the Lycoming leader at Hanover Township High
~tand it. It stops reg,istering at would
again .. ten. In the last Last week these three "arms" of game?
School.
59· points. After it reach.ed 59, the quartercount
tch
th
he stopped wa ing th e the Colonels completed 12 out of ,• Playing his fourth season for
'T hat "Grand Old Man'.' of the
;co,r eboard operator yelled, "Bingo"
,bench and started watching
e 13 passes .. wh::!h is good passing Coach Ralston, Paul Thomas has Colonels is our fourth choice , of
hrid ,w ent home.
clock.
in any man's book.
more than earned a starting berth th '
k H · u rd Chet Knap
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Should the Colonels receive, with the Colonels. He has plenty of ic~~ :~~ shoeu~~ ~e: his dream
Castle was the easiest man to
Have you ever ,seen a bad pass th
by Coach Ralston will field his off en- speed and cunning, and he is als,o playing in 100 football games this
find . All you had to do was watch
e sive team. At the end position will a good pass -receiver .... remember week against Rider. He is one of
the ,g oal-lines. He was sure to be Al Dalton? He is' certainly
master of his 1craft. His projectelltliere.
th be Jack Feeney and George Mc- that 5,5 yard pass from Florky in the most experienced players on
like rpin-point centering is
e Mahon, ,tackl,es Big Walt Hender- the Bloom game? Paul also sees .the team, having started his -p lay******
If ev.er Florkiewicz looked All- pri~e reason why the
th Wilkes of- shot and Gerald Washko, guards plenty of action on the defensiv,e, ing for Nanticoke High back in '36.
e sparklingt Ollie Thomas and George 'Pickles' at which he is outstanding.
Had it not been for his serioui;; back:
s tate, it was in this game. His sen- fense works with
•Olie Thomas, brother of Paul, injury, he would have played his
sational passing hit five for fiv~, ease that it does. The backfield juS Lew.is, and Al Dalton a! the pivot
and his running was supe.r b. He is naturally acquir,es confidence when post. In the b~ck~el-d will b_e ~ ohn _ was a blocking ·b ack for Coach 100th game against Lycoming last
,by far the team's most colo:tful they know that the ball is going 'F-lor~y' _Florkl~':"wz, Francis The Ralston last season, but this year week. But he has been out of acto be exactly where they
it Rook Pmkowskl, ~or;11an Cross, he has switched to fill in a vacancy ti~n since the Upsala game, and it
player.
nd want
th
to be in the split seco
at it and A) 'Crazy Legs N1-~holas .. ~he left in the guard slot. Considering is the hope of the -Colonels that he
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defensave team lo·oks like th is.- this switch from a backfield post will be ,back in time for Rider He
d should be.
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However, for stea Y, s ur Y goo
Ends,. Feeney an d Al "B rookl Yn" one ,cannot be · .b lamed for being' is a key guard against the "T", ap.d
th
play; for sure shot efficiency week • It just feels good to see at con- Molosh; tackles Hendersh~t a nd amazed at the ability that Olie has he'll be sure to be in Rider's ba&lt;;kafter week, look to Jack Feeney. fi&lt;lent, easy moving jog when Poop Washko; guards, Chet Knapich :1nd displayed in six games this season. yard all night.
·
He has a knack for being in the Waters comes on the field .. For Bog Gorgas; center Sammy_Elias; - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~
right place at the right ti;11e, Could p0Hshed performance, watch Wash- baeks Florkiewicz, Cross, Nicholas
you have asked for a?-ythi;1g better ko ...·... For deadly determination, and Hammerin' Hank Supinski.
than h is four consec_uhve pass -watch Hendershot.. .. Ror good foot- Coach Ralston will have Leo Castle,
catch.e s on the first TD drive? A~d ball watch THE COLONE,1.S.
Paul Thomas and Al Minarski in
how about that pass interception
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readiness for his power attack. The ·
and ru nback in the second period to
The best y-e t was the raised eye- good news of the week h:1~ been
set up the fourth touchdown?
brows of a King's student. "Gee, released by _the club phys1p an.:....
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they're the same guys as last year, Chet Knapich will be .ready Ito pla~.
As long as we're on the subject but it's not the same team."
Jack DeRemer may be ready, as is
Genuine Horsehide
of sensationalism, how about that
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the s,ame with Zapotoski, a good
70 yard pass play John Florky to
He was aJbsolutely right. No one tackle against any kind of offense.
McMahon in the third p~rid. Mac can put a finger on what is the
Rider's probable starting lineup
must have run for five mmutes be- difference between a near great is: RE, Alex Chiemingo; RT, Steve
fore he was caught. Neither Cas tle · team and a great team. There are !Szwak; RG, Dave Vechesky; C,
nor Nicholas could have . darted, many attempts to exp-lain, but ~ven Dick Bubien; LG, Bill Zserdin, LT,
spun, twisted, and danced like Mac. those wbo attempt don't believe Harry Gimole· LE, J. McWill.iams.
did.
themselves.
Handling the ;,T,, from the qua:t******
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eriback post will be Rider's ca:ptam,
'The Wil)&lt;es' defense was so rag'T hese are the .sam.e fellows who Allan Costill. His running mates
ged as to be -£,rightening. If it niade last year's team, but just are Jack Stianchi, LH; Sam Kutaweren't fo r the amazing offensive what is the difference? There are lek, RH, and Pete Jandura, FB.
displayed that tended to oversha- no in.dividual stars, there is no one
Remember the Colonels are your
dow th.e defensiv~ faults, the standout performer. It is a team ~n team .. Get there early and get on
Wilkes' fans would be shaking their every s ense of the word. There (S the Victory Band Wagon ... .Support
heads and wondering. The same one tiny element that makes
The Colonels.
loose defense against a team like great and what that element 1s
Rider will be disastrous.
doesn'•t conc,ern me. I ' just want to
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brazen play of th,e Shavetails. The
ma,n-siz.e d holes that were punehed
ih the var-sity line were reduced to
zero when the Shavetails came otf
the bench. Danny Pinkow§ki's two
interceptions and George Elias'
tackling were outstanding,. And

T•o morr'ow is the Wilkes-Rider
game. This is the game ~hat will
be the true measure of Just how
good th,e Colonels are. . Rider is
roaring now. Th.e y g.on'_t merely
win, they steaf!lroller their_ op[l)~ments. rS omehow we have the feeling
?'&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;Q&gt;&lt;b&gt;,.q,~,.q,,.q,,.q,.q that their opponents, were nothing
like the fine array that the Colon.el~
For A "Gray Magic"
are ·going· to field. Take it from me,
Rider's steamroller is going to be
brought to a rude jolting stop.

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Friday, November 4, 1949

]Rooters Become Kigmies COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Go Down Fighting, 9-3 WILL BE DISCUSSED
AT ASSEMBLY, NOV. 8
B; PA UL BEERS

Malcuzynski Concert
Planned For Nov. 5th

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Witold Malcuzynski, internationally famous concert pianist and
Lest Saturday ,b efore a big crowd
in Kir,by Park, Wilkes' rookie socinterpreter of the immortal Fred"IS hould Intercollegiate Football
'.eric Chopin's best-loved music, will
cer team 1bow.ed again, t his tim,e Be Abolished?" will be the topic
appear in this city on Monday eve- 1
by a 9 to 3 count to East Strouds- for discussion at Tuesday's assemburg S, T. C. Though on the short
ning, Nov.ember 5, at 8:30, under
end by six goals, the Colonels play- bly, Nov,ember 8. Moderator for
the a\].spices of Wilkes College and
ed a die-hard game for the full the program will be Donald KemPolish-American organizations of
eighty-eight minutes, and they merer w hile the speakers will inWyoming Valley.
kept East Stroudsbur.:g plenty busy. clude Ann Belle Perry, Gene Brad-·
.Malcuzynski, who was described
As usual, the opponents opened
,by , one nationally-known critic as,
strong. Within th,e first fifteen ley, Herbert Rosen and Fred Davis.
,"A recreator of human values
minutes the score read 3-0 in favor Tom Morg1an, who was to hav,e
through the medium of the piano",
of the visitors. A tricky right wing been a ·s peaker, will be una;ble to
is accepted by music lovers all
named .Daniels made things tough attend due to an appendectomy.
ov:er th.e world as the. successor to
all afternoon for Wilkes' backfield
Paderewski. He ,w ill be featured in
IP ast programs of this type have
by his clever dribbling and accurate
a concert of all-Chopin: music at
been
highly ,s uccessful and the
passes.
His
skill
paid
off
in
those
a ,time when the entire world is
opening: minutes and Stroudsburg student body has participated accelebrating the 100th anniversary
lead by a comfortable margin. I'h,en tively in them. All students are inof the death of Frederic Chopin.
Wilkes bounced back. Given a vited to attend and to express their
.Malcuzynski was taught his
twelve-foot penalty kick, captain, opinions if they so desire.
•Chop\i playing by a man who was
Dr. Kruger, director of the.
and center ful1back, Cy Kovalchick
admittedly the greatest Chopin
drove the ball straight into the mid- group, conside11s the subject parplayer since the death of the mastsection of .goalie Doug Rowland. ticularly timely since Wilkes is exer, Ignace ~n Paderewski._ PadeGy rushed in and netted the re- p,eriencing such a •s uccessful searewski was so impressed with the
bound easily for the Colonels' open- son in foo,t ball.
young Malcuzynski's genius that
ing tally.
he chose him as his successor, took
him to his villa at Lake Leman in
The second quarter saw the East concerned, :was our tough leftSwitzerland and kept him there for
Stroudsburg club add a fourth goal halfback, Tom Kleback. Tom playmore than a year giving him lesI to its collection, and then Wilkes ed his usual ,b rilliant game and was
sons every day.
r~ceived another p.enalty kick. This a constant thorn in East StroudsMalcuzynski was with Paderwtime there was no need to endanger burg's side all afternoon. Other
ski at Lake Leman when the mast- ·
the goalie's life again, as Cy golden ,bright spots for Wilkes were big
er was engaged in his definitive edtoe drove it squarely into the Ras Rasmussen and Charley Stockition of Chopin's works, and he had
,righthand corner, of th.e net. The er.
the privilege of being prese1;t
visitors came back again with a
'T his Saturday the Colonels face
while the master discussed the varififth goa•l, and the half ended, 5-2. a tough eleven from Howard Unious points of interpr.etation which
East Stroudsburg opened up in versity here in Kirby Park at two
arose, while he debated the authenthe last half and pushed four tallys o'clock. W.her.eas Wilkes is lean on
ticity of the various readings. F?lpast goalie Charley Jackson. Their victories and that mighty importlowing this unique course of mline was clicking and it was all the ant asset, experience, Howard is
struction, Malcuzynski wearing _the
WHkes backfield could do to clear abundantly sup.plied with bot:h. Exmantle of · Paderewski, won the
the ball. Wilkes finaly added its• change students from India and
grand p,r ize at the International
third ,g oal, as right-wing J,erry North Africa add much to the allWiese went through a mess of de- around skill of the Washington
Chopin Competition in Warsaw.
The entire proceeds of this confenders to boot one in the net.
club and they are reported to be
WITOLD MALCUZYNSKI
The outstandig . player of the one of the best socc,er teams in the
cert, after expenses have been deafternoon, as ,f ar ' as Wilkes was United States.
cfucted, will ibe turned ov.er to the
Kosciuszko Foundation for the pur·p ose of creating musical _scholarships and programs durmg the
coming year.
· Honorary Chairman of the concert is Dr. Eugene S. Farley, presiaent of Wilkes College. Chairman,
[)~. Joseph Kocyan; Co-chairman,
Lewiston, .Mr.-(1. P.)-Private
By CHUCK GLOMAN
Miss Mary Koons; secretary-treas- colleges must remain independent
urer Donald E:. Cobleigh; tickets, of governm.ent aid, Dr. Charles F.
The Amnicol~ ,s taff has requested
Mrs.' Marie M;.i eszkowski; publicity Phillips, president of Bates College, that every student bring ten no·m and advertising, 'T homas J. Moran; decLared here recently. "Private inations for the coming Amnicola
'scholarship fund, Joseph Lester; colleges play an essentia,l role in Beauty Contest to the Yearbook
_a nd ushers, .Miss Betty L. Harker. our country", he said, "~ role so office, second floor of Science LecThe Coca-Cola Company
important that if they were to lose tur,e Hall.
The
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heard
many
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,c an they make two_,s ignificant con- test ,w as not open for the student
body. Jin order to remedy this situtributions.
--..
Charlie McCarthy
"First, private colleges are free ation, the staff asks that you list
in
the
space
below
your
choice
of
to experiment, so that they serve
CBS Sunday Evening
as ,a competitiv,e weapon to lift the ten most beautiful girls at
Wilkes,
and
th.en
take
the
list
to
the standardls of higher education
in all kinds of colleges.. Second, the Yearbook office~
Fl'om these nomination, the staff
the private coTiege, with the great
deleg,ation of power that it gives will select 15 candidates, of whom
to its faculty, provides the most pictures will be sent to an outside
likely surroundings for the main- judge whose name has not yet
been disclosed.
tenance of ac,ademic freedom."
Dr. Phillips pointed out that
private colleges are already sub- withuut changing the essential
,s idized to a degree by favorable character of private colleges. But
tax laws and by G. I. funds. More- it ,seems to me we are dealing
over, he added, "Many coUege pre- with such an important matter that
sidents believe some futher degree it is too dangerous to extend the
of federal aid mig,ht be possible exper.iment."

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�Friday, November 4, 1949

Chemistry Department
Progressing Rapidly

5

WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

REGISTRAR MORRIS
CHAIRMAN OF PANEL·

WILKES COLLEGE CHEMISTRY CLUB

By DAVID WHITNEY

T.he Wilkes Chemistry Department, under the guidance of Dr.
Alfred W. :Bastress, has, in the
last few years, made great strides
toward self-improvement.
,W ith the aid of a progres,sive
and efficient faculty that is ever
striving to give the students the
best available information in modern chemistry, Dr. Bastress is
looking forward to the time when
Wilkes will have a chemistry
school of the highest proficiency.
Extensiv.e additions have been
made in our library to the volume
Jf books available to the chemis~ry student; the efficiency of the
,&lt;stock room ,h as -b een increased,
1 md more modern equipment has
&gt;een installed in the laboratories
nith a view to offering the great1st good to the greatest number of
;tudents.
Dr. Bastress has been placing
nore emphasis on library work
·,sp·e cially with a view to keeping
·.he student posted on all new de~lopments in the field of chemis1·y.
New interest has been instilled
1 the newly reorganiz,ed Chemistry Club when plans were announced that they will attempt to gain
acceptance· into the American
Chemical Society. 1In view of this
plan t he chemistry department will
-J.iange the curriculum to ;meet t he
,quirements of the society.
One of the first tasks that Dr.
.Lstrass topk in hand upon arrivg at Wilkes was to see that the
.culty of the department col).tinu1 l to improve in effec.t iv,eness by
:rthering their studie s.
At present the Chemistry Del 1rtment faculty consists of: Miss
{ itherine Bone, holding B. S. and
- . S. degrees from Pennsylvania
.. ate College, and being the most
e--.perienced teacher in the depart, n, ant; Mr. Joseph Markowitz, grad uate of Bucknell University, with
a B. S. in Chemical Enginee-r ing;
Mr. Laurence Ditoro, B. S.. in
Chemical Engineering from the
University of Alabama with experience fo Chemical warfare gained
during World War II; Mr. George
Kuzmak, most recent addition to
the Department, having received
his B. S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Bucknell University; and Dr. Bastrass, who has done
some outstanding work in the field
of organic chemistry, having been
in charge of the laboratories on
the Ecuadoran Chinchona Mission
into South America. This mission
had been of vital importance to our
war effort in that its purpose was
to obtain quinine and other related
products from the bark of the chinchona tree. Having received his B.
S. and M. S. degrees from Pennsylvania State College Dr. Bastress
then went ·on to win his Ph.D. at
Yale University, and has been honored with membership in Sigma
Xi, Sigma Tau, Phi Lambda Up,silon, and the American Chemical
Society.

NOTICE
•Students wh o desire to take the
Intermediate Tests for Tran sfer
Students are requested to see Miss
Withey at the Administration
Building. The examinations are to
be given on :Saturday, iMay 13,
1950.
The tests are for use in transfer
from junior college to senior college, from one senior college to another, from lower division to upper
division, or from a pre-professional
program , to a professional program. In view of these uses, a number of -College Entrance Examination Board member colleges have
indicated that they will require
the Intermediate Tests for transfer
a,p plicants.
'The cost of examination, scoring,
and reporting -is ,b orne by the candidate. The fee is ten dollars.

- Mr. Herbert J. Morris is to be
t~e Chairman of a panel discussion:,
sponsored by the Tri-County Personnel Association on Wednesday
night, November 9, 1949. The panel
will consist of well known figures·'
in the local business world and they
will discuss: The Role of Governrn'ent in Labor Relations, A Workable Suggestion System, and Indus-.
trial Engineering and Hs Connection With Labor Relations. Students'
majoring in Personnell and Psychology aire invited to attend. Any
students who wish to attend the
m eeting are requested to contact
Miss Withey at .the administration
ibuilding.

N.Y.U. Professor Gives
Students Study Hints

Beautiful Babes' Beckoning
Balks Bashful Bones
,HAPLESS HOMER HAS HIGH HOPES HE'LL HAVE HONIE$
FOR HAPPY HOMECOMING

"I can't figure out whether I have an extreme Freudian
complex, the galloping zooties, or halitosis," said Homer Bones,
referring to his obvious unpopularity with girls. "And I use
Mum, too", he added.
Homer q.isclosed that in all of the
time he has been at Wilkes h e has
not been to one social function with
a date. "Girls just don't ask me.
And when I ask them, they 012.en
their mouths wide--and laugh. I've
seen more molars since . coming to
Wilkes than the guy who files
teeth for the African Bushmen.
It's really disheartening. Th,e y
ought to have a -date bureau here
at Wilkes."
After taking a course in speech
from Dr. Kruger, Homer decided
to talk himself out of his inferiority complex. Instead, bi's arguments
for having a complex were so good,
he became decidedly worse. Following a few courses in psychology,
Mr. Bones tried to psycho-analyze
himself. He administered to himself every psychological test available, finally arriving at t he conclusion that he could lick any six ·
months old kid a-live at Canasta.

Undaunted by his failure to cure
his introvert nature with argumentive •persuasion or -p sycho-analysis,
Homer f::irced hims lf to prepare
for extra-curricular1activities. He
praciticed long hours so that when
he joined the team, his confidence
and a,bility would push 4im to the
fore. Day after day he practiced,
perfecting each movement till it
was smooth and effo,r tless, like the
movement of the swan on the lake.
Precision, Hke that of a watch. The
big day finally came, hut Homer's
hopes were doomed to disaster. Wilkes had no checkers team.
"Any Lesser man would proba,bly
have given up in dispair at that
,p oint", said Bones. "In fact, I was
about -to do just that when you
came to see me and asked me for
an occasional° interview. I must say
that was quite an up-lift to my
spirits."
Bones admitted that he is still

mighty bashf~l when coeds beckon
to him but that by sheer will-power
he is forcing .h imself to overcome
his shyness.
" The bright points in the future
are the Homecoming celel&gt;rations.
Golly, there are so many events I
don't know where to begin. I have
only three dates lined up so far.
I still have to get one for the soccer game and the dance. But I
guess there will be so many unmarried grads walking around I'll
be aible to find a date. Ah, I like
Homecoming; I think it's a swell
Idea!"
Homer left the Beacon office on
the trail of three passing coeds.
The Beacon reporter was left wondering whether or not Homer was
kidding all along.

Tomorrow Magazine
Announces 4th Annual
Story Writing Contest
·T he fourth annual College Wiiters' Short 1St6ry Contest has just
heen announced !by TOMORROW
Magaziine. First prize is $500; second, $300, and third, $200. Manuscripts will he judged by the editors of TOMORROW and the editors of Creative Age Press.
The prize-winning stories will be
published in the spring and summer of .Hli50. All other manuscripts
will be considered for pu:b~ication
as regular contributions and paid
for at TOMORROW's regular rates.
.Entries should be addressed to
College Contest,
TOMORROW
Magazine, 11 East 44th S-t., New
York 17, N. Y. The deadline is
January 15, 1950.
'T he contest is open to anyone
taking at least one course in any
,c ollege in the United States. This
includes undergraduate, graduate,
special, extension, and adult education students. No · application
-b lanks are necessary. Manuscripts
should not exceed 5000 words. Any
number of manuscripts may be
submitted by a single student. Each
entry must be marked COLLEGE
CONTEST and 1bear the writer's
name, his home address, and the
~ame an~ ad&lt;lress of -th_e college he,
1s attend1~g. All entries must be
aceomparued by a self-~ddressed,
stamped envelope.

NOTICE!
Theta

Delta Rho will hold

their monthly meeting on Tuesday, November 8, at 7:30 p. m.,
in the girls' lounge. All members are urged to attend. There
will be a guest speaker who will
talk to the girls about make-up
11nd the latest hair styles.

New York, N. Y. - (I. P.). "Overlearning" :rather than last
minute "cramming" is the -b est way
to study, according -to Professor
Louis W. ,M ax, chairman of the
Physiolo,g y Depairtment of the New
York University College of Dentistry. ",Students", he comments, "find
it very tempting to stop work when
they have once gone over the material before them and feel they
have understood.. it." This, he believes, is all wrong because of the.
rapidity with which memory im-pressions are bound to fade.
80, Professor Max's advice to·
the studious student is, "Go Overthe work quickly once more-drive:
it in and clinch it." Professor Max:
says he has no patience with students who complain that they don't
know how to concentrate. He con.tends that concentration is merely
another habit , a•nd ought to he as
readily acquired as any other habit.
The way to begin to study, he adds,
is "simply to begin."
"Don't wait for inspiration or for
the mood to strike you", he cautions college ,s tudents. "Nor should
Y·OU permit yourself to indulge in
thoughts like, 'This assignment is
too long' or 'Damn that Prof.' or
'I guess I could l'eally let that go
_to some other time'."
"'That type of attitude throws an
extra load on your mental machinery, and by making you work
against a handicap makes it harder for you to commence." Reading
aloud, Professor Max believes, is
a good device for those whose
minds -b egin to wander while studying. Articulaiting "sub-vocally" for
a few moments is a,nother tonic for
drifting thoughts. If this doesn't
work, he says, the student ought to
write down the point or item or
principle he happens to be· dealing
with when the mind "goes off
track".
Professor Max has some additional advice for effective studying
which some of the more gregarious
collegians may not like. "Do your
studying alone", he urges, "and
you'll find it much easier to concentrate. If you are certain you need
help on doubtful or difficult points,
check these and later list them;
you' can ask your classmates or instructor· about them later. In the
mea•ntime, proceed to the next
point."
He also recommends a "little
tenseness" as an effective way of
keep ing alert while studying. Do
without smoking, he say,s, or newspaper,s or mag,azines or novels
"which may lead you to temptation." Studying in one place all the
time also helps, he believes.
According to Professor Max, it
takes a special talent not to take
too many notes in the classroom.
Spend more time in critically listening to your instructor, he advises.

CRAFTSMEN
ENGRAVERS
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Phone.3-3151

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WILKES COLLEGE BEACON
Friday, November 4, ' 1949
--=---------------------~----------~-----------;--eluding Youth Leaders
2
Foreign Scholarships
BOWLING CLUB MEETS; SWIMMING CLUB
GHOST TRAIN QUIZ
Adult Education
1
Workers Education ... ,..... 3)
For Graduate Study Belgium and Luxembourg 22 OFFICERS ELECTED
MEETING TONIGHT
By CHUCK GLOMAN
This. week has been crammed
with :exams for all ,of us, so while
you're wondering whether or not
•you pa,ssed your math, world lit,
· psychology, philosophy, , Spanish,
German or English, how about
taking an exam that's on the lighter side.
From the clues given ,below, see
if you can identify some of your
fellow ,students who will take part
in the Cue 'n' Curtain production
of Ghost Train. Check your answers with those at the end of the
quiz.
1. He is a football player study~
ing Shakespeare and i-s hen~pecked
by Pat Boyd. He has played several
leading roles in Cue and Curtain
productions. Ille is a brown-,haired
senior 5 feet 9 inches tall. It is rumored that in the Ghost Train he
will have a new voice.
2. She is a junior at Wilkes and
the only person in the cast with
red hair. She has had leading roles
in many previous plays and has
done much backstage work for Cue
and Curtain.
3. She spent the summer at Atlantic City, a,s you probably saw
in one of the comedy numbens in
.the recent ·F all Frolic Cabaret Party. Her first play for Cue and Curtain is Ghost Train and it is rum•Or,ed that her drunk scene in the
_play will be hysterieal.
4. "W.ho is the little girl with
the flat feet plodding around the
-campus tacking up signs?" She's
.a senior and wiill be seen in Ghost
Train.
,5. This Wilkes junior has red
hair, green eyes, and a pleasing
personality. He is taking time out
from ,his Beacon activities to take
part in Ghost Train.
6. Black hair, dark complexion
and a friendly smile characterize
this member of the junior class.
Gho.st Train marks his first job
with Gue · and Curtain as an actor.
7. This tall, blond jr. possess.es
a nordic type character. He played
a ty-rannical director in "Pot
Boiler" and a lunabic in "Wh,ere
The Cross Is Made". What a com~ination for the Ghost Train!
,8, Our next character made a
howling success as Inkwell, the
deep-dyed villian in "Pot Boiler".
This br.own-&lt;haired sophomore has
the male lead in Ghost Train.
9. He: wrore "My Leading Lady",
the first original play ever presented at Cha,se Theatre. In addition
to his sports-writing duties for the
Beacon, he serves two capacities
in Ghost Train. He is assistant to
the director and also plays the role
of Jackson. I hear that he is having much difficulty in learning his
115-line part.
10. This sophomore miss hails
from Towanda. Last year she
worked on the stage committee of
Cue and Curtain. She has the female lead in Ghost Train, h,er first
play at the college.
11. We owe thanks to Connecticut for our next character, a tall,
amiable senior with a ready smile.
He :is a g,host in Ghost 'Drain.
ANSWERS
1. Paul Thomas, 8, Janet Gearhart, 3. Pat Boyd,, 4. Doris Kanaar,
5. Jim Tinsley, 6. Jim Gatens, 7.
Evan Sor-her, 8. Andy E:vans, 9.
Ed Tyibur,ski, 10. Nancy Fox, 11.
Bob Angelo.

.A'.-nnouncement his r,ecently been
made by the Department of State
and the President's Board of Foreign Scholarspips of the opening
of competitions for U. S. Government awards for graduate study in
the United Kingdom, Belgium,
Burma, N,etherlands, Philippines,
Greece, New Zealand, France,
Italy, Iran and Norway for the
academic year 19-50-51. The scholarships offered to American graduate students are made availabe as
a result of Public Law 584, 79th
Congress ( th.e Fullbright Act).
This is the second year in which
American graduate students will
have the opportunity of competing
for these awards which provide
travel tuition and maintenance for
study abroad for one academic
year.
The numb,er of opportunities in
the various participating countries
are listed as follows:
United Kingdom
.. ..... 156
(Great Britain and Northern
Ireland
.... 145
British Colonial Dependendes
5
Junior Social Workers in-

Burma
3
Netherlands
25
Philippines
......... . ..... ... ..
6
Greece
12
New Zealand
10
France
.... ... 220
In the cases of Italy, Norway
and Iran the exact number of the
scholarships to be offer,ed is not
available at this time, but lapplica- .
tions are being received in these
competitions nonetheless.
The basic eligibility requirements
ar.e:
1. American citizenship.
'2. A college degree or its equivalent by the time the candidate
takes up his award.
3. Knowledge of the language of
the country sufficient to carry on
his studi.es aJbroad.
Interested applicants who :ue
presently enrolled at Wilkes College, should get information and
a,pplication for.ms from the Fulbright Prog,r am Committee 011
their own campus. T,h e Secretar J
of the Fulbright Program Committee on this campus is:
Mr. Hugo V. Mailey, Political
Science Department.
Candidates who are not present-

The newly-formed bowling club
held its first meeting at 12 :15 October 31, in Butler Hall. Th.e following officers were elected: President,
John Stofko; vice president, Henry
Merolli; secretary, Philip Kennedy;
treasur.er, Ted Killian.
During the meeting the Pre-Meds
were unanimously accepted as the
tenth team to enter the league. It
was also decid,ed that the league
would halt activity for the week
of the mid-semester examinations.
The pins will start flying as usual
on November 8 when the same
schedule will be resumed.
Futur,e meetings were scheduled
for Thursdays at 11 A. M.
President John Stofko closed the
meeting :b y expressing the hope
that the top · six bowlers of the
league will be formed into a team
that would represent Wilkes College in -Collegiate circles.
ly enrolled at a college or university may apply directly to the Institute of International Education,
2 West 45th Street, New York 19,
N. Y.

A reorganization m,eeting of the
Wilkes College Swimming Club will
be held at the YMCA swimming
pool on Friday, November 4, at 8
P. M.
The swimming club is a co-ed
group, organized by last year's
freshmen, with the purpose of. recreation. The club was r,eceived
~ith enthusiasm last year, ariFI it~
officers hope that it may expand
this year to include members of 1~.e
present freshman class.
Everyone must bring his own
bathing suit and cap since these
articl,es are not supplied by the
YMCA.
All old members and any new
members are urged to attend this ·
first meeting of the '49-'50 season.

on the square

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WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA.

Vol. 4, No. 6.

Friday, October 28, 1949

'

NEW CHEMISTRY INST. YELL-LEADERS PLAN VET BONUS RALLY
JOINS FACULTY
HOMECOMING SKITS AT COUGHLIN NOV. 2
Mr. George J . Kuzmak, a former
The cheerleaders of Wilkes ColWilikes student. ha s joined Wilkes lege held a meeting and practice
faculty as a n instructor in chem- se1:1sion Wednesday, October 28.
istry. When asked his reaction to Plans have beeri formulated for
being back a t this school, Mr. Kuz- this week's· game, against Lycommak answered, "I like it very much ing.
here at Wilkes."
Bruce McKie, who is in charge
Mr. Kuzmak graduated in 1946 of skits and stunts, (Presented. his
from Hanover Township · High group's plans for the "HomecomSchool where he was active in ing Game." Bruce has . also prethe Hi-Y Club, being president of pared a skit that will he used at
that group in his senior year. In the game Saturday night.
June of 1946 he entered Wdlkes
The co-eds of Wilkes can coCoH,ege, transferring to Bucknell oper ate with the cheerl,eaders by
Univers-i,t y in September, 1947. wearing · chrysanthemums
and
While th.er e Mr. Kuzmak assisted schoo-1--colored rib'b ons at the
in the 1aboratory as an undergrad- Homecoming Game.
uate, as well as being a member of
Gene Bradley, yell-king, stated
the fraternity Alpha Chi Sigma, for that the trial run of the student
which he played intr amural base- " rootin'-section" m.et with good
ball. Mr. Kuzmak also joined the results, and organized cheering at
America n Institute of Chemk-al the last home game. This week, and
Engineers and the American Chem- at the rest of the home games, the
ical Society while a student at student section will be roped off,
Bucknell, where he graduated last · in order to insure followers of the
June · with a B.S. in Chemical En- Colonels an excellent chance to
gineering.
demonstrate school spirit. This secIn addition to conducting labora- tion will also be open to any person
tory classes here, he is studying in any way directly connected
courses in biology, Pennsylvania wit h Wjlk es College.
History and E'ducation. His alert
We close this news column with:
and natur al per sonality has already J 0liN THE OOLONELS CARAmade him ver y popular with his V A!N - BAJOK THE OOLONE'LS.
students. They find his thoroughness and unex;pected questions to
be stimulating.
The new instruotor strongly believes in enteri'ng into ·e xtra-cur,:r,icular activities, becau~e they
enliven ·a s well as broaden one's
Nominations for officers of the
o'u tlook.
Freshman and Sophomore Classes
In February or September of
next year, Mr. Kuzmak plans to were held in the Baptist Church
return to Bucknell to earn his last Tuesdiay.
Master's degree.
Freshman nominations for president are: Leo Lesnick, Gerald Dollinger, Wendell Clark, Leo Gavlick,
Vincent Slavitsko, William Swigert,, William Williams.
For vice-president: Frank SajA Gypsy Caravan Dance, s,pon- eski, Cephas Hermansen, Malcolm
sored by the Theta Delta Rho, will Lee, James Stocker, Merritt Wa,gbe held this evening in the College ner, Earle Barrall..
For Secretary: Ba,rbara May,
Cafeteria from 9 t o 1. The purCar-ol :Jones, Lucille &amp;eese, Murry
pose of the affair is to raise the Hartman,
Loret ta
A,ndruczyk,
funds necessary for the adoption Nancy Raub.
For Treasurer: Bob Croker,
of a war orphan through the l&lt;'oster Pa,rent Plan for War Children Peter Mirabelle, John Fisher,
Inc.
David Whitney, Robert Barrall,
The ' s·o rority plans to carry out Geraldine Fell.
this -p roject through dona ti ons
Sophomore
nominations
for
made by those attending the show P r esident ar,e: John Strojny, Bill
and dance. The girls hope to spon- Sabanski, Dan Sadvary, Howard
sor the child over a period of years "Skinny" Em.nis.
For Vice~President: John Kirchby
CQIIlducting
similar
social
affairs.
man, Norma Lou Carey, Fred
Entertainment for the evening Fischer.
For Secretary: Baroara Har.tley,
will include an orchestra for dancing, and a typical strolling gypsy Gordon Young, Donald Law.
violinist.
For Treasurer: Nancy Fox, SherAlso, there will be a fortune man Sickler, Norman C'romak,
teller and a group of dancers from Harold Anderson, Robert Morris,
Rosemary Terr,ecinni, Jerry Yakthe Hilda Mann Hertz Studios.
iWilliam Ernst, Jr., local florist, stas, Bob Croucher.
Election will take place next
has been very active in helping
make this a success by donating all Tuesday following the assembly
material necessary for decorations. program.
1

NOMINATIONS MADE
FOR CLASS OFFICERS

Gypsy Caravan Dance

At Cafeteria Tonight

PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE RELEASES
SIXTEEN HOUR SCHEDULE FOR HOMECOMING
Wilkes Homecoming, 1949, will offer the alumni an event-filled
schedule. Members of the Student Council will be cm hand from nine in
the morning to assist in ,r egistering the visit ors and to act as guides.
The sports events of the day will mouth. A section will be reserved
begin ast 2 P. M. when the Wilkes for the Alumni.
Soccer Men meet Ho~ard UniverBeginning at 11 P. M., the Homecoming Dance at St. Stephen's
sity at Kirby Park. Upon returning Church House will complete the
from the soccer ga1ne the alumni day,s full schedule of activities. All
are invited to a1;tend the Theta Del- students and faculty members are
ta Rho's open house at the Women's invited to attend the dance, An
Dorm.
activities card is the only requireA Home.coming Dinner is sche- · ment for entrance. The dance will
duled for the College Ca.:feteria for end at 1 A. M.
6 P. M. At 8 P. M. Wilkes Colonels
Both the Boys' and Gi,r:ls' Dorms
will me.e~ a •. strong Rider .College . will •be decorated for the Homeeleven a\ Huber S'ta~ium in P}y- coming Weekend.

The League of Women Voters
will sponsor a Soldiers' Bonus rally
a t 8 :00 P. M. Wednesday, Nov.ember 2 in Coughlin High School.
Mrs. Gertrude Marvin Williams.
will act as moderator fo.r a debate
between Attorney Paul R. Selecky,
District Commander of the American Legion, -and Norman P. Brad1,ey, of the Pennsylvania Veteran's
Committee. Attorney Selecky will
l'epresent · the affirmative view
while Mr. Bradley wil,l support the
negative.
Written questions will be accepted from the members of the
audience.

AMNICOLA PLANNING
2ND BEAUTY CONTEST
IRENE JANOSKI
!Members of the Amnicola staff
are making important plans for
this year's Beauty Contest. Photogr,aphs of twenty-fiv,e campus beauties will be chosen by the staff ;
these in turn will be judged by a
,p rominent celebrity whose name
the staff will divulge la,t er.
Las t year Mr. Al Ca,pp, famed
creator of I.Ji'! Abner, selected the
five contestants whom he considered most beautiful. Although Mr.
Capp was •p leased with his task, he
admitted the difficulty which it
involv,ed. He stated that writing a
comic strip was easy work compared to judg,ing a beauty contest
1
of such -a high calibre.
I:n the '49 issue of the yearbook
a :fu11-page photograph was devoted to each of the five winners.
The r,e maining twenty runners-up
were placed on pages opposite
these five.
Leon Gilbert, editor of the publica'tion, is -anticipating another
warm response to this year's contest-the Beauty Contes,t of 1950.

FREDDIE STEWART

Singer Freddie Stewart
Star of Cabaret Party
Freddie Stewart, famous radio, recording, and television,
star was the featured vocalist at the Student Council's Cabaret
Party Friday night. · He has appeared in several motion pictures, and was with Tommy Dorsey for seven months. Ste-wart
was only the first in a long list of top flight entertainers.

These included Kem ~under, noted
night-club blues singer, and Alan
Kent, a comedian who just finished
an engagement at the uchez
Paree" in Chicago.
The student acts were highli,g hted by Chuck Gloman's rendition of "Jose Goldberg" singing
"·Riders in the s·k y" and " Skinny"
Ennis' " The Lucky
A." An act
By CHUCK GLOMAN
.
.
.
which deserved special cons1dera"W.rnkes College has not reached
tion was the quartette, which feaits quota for the 1949 Red Feath,er tured
Frank Anderson, Phil NichoDrive," MY. Robert Partridge, cam•p us campaign director, recently
announced.
Faculty and student don;i.tions
made a total of $1100. Freshman
and
s·ophiomore
contributions
amounted to $230, and the junior
and senior returns are not in yet.
IRENE JANOSKI
Th,e Drive officially ended Mon- . New officers of the Amnicola
day, October 24th, but due to the staff ,w ere satisfied with the turnweak showing here at the college out of equally new members. These
i,t was unofficia:Hy kept open until students have expr,essed thei-r detoday.
, sire to work efficiently on certain
'"We hope to get at least an- s·baffs. However, Donald Rau, the
other five Hundred dollars," Mr. business manager, str,e ssed the
'Bartridge said, "-and, .if we do, it need for more m-embers for the
will make the drive a fairly sue- business and advertising staff.
cessful one."
There is also a great demand for
Marilyn Broadt and Olie Thomas t ypists and students who are interare assisting Mr. Partridge with ested should contact the Yearbook
-t he campaign on the campus.
Office. It is looated on the second
fl oor of the Science Lecture Hall.
1Membership in any other staff is
Still Open.
:S'tudents who have joined th,e
Art staff are Harold Anderson and
David Parsons ; Photography staff,
John Moore, Robert Cr oker, and
Bill Holtzman; ,Copy-writing, Janyt
Bur,g ess, Paul Beers, Charles Gloman, Constance Smith, John GuerPEP - RALLY .
ra, and Jack Phethean.

Wilkes Below Quota
In Red Feather Drive

B.

l,as, Robert Partridge, and Ted
Weatherly.
Many people have expressed a
desire for the words to the song
which was sung by "Skinny" Ennis.
To accommodate this demand we
·have ,printed th.em . on the inside
pages.
'
Ma,r.ty Blake and Ted Wo1fe, co~hair_~en of th~ affair, did a fine
Job m presentmg the two hour
show. Blake was equally adept as
M.-C., despite his many bouts with
a faulty "mike."

ROOM FOR MORE ON COFFEE HOUR
AMNICOLA STAFF
THURSDAY,NOV.3
Students of Wilkes College-.will
have an opportunity to meet the
faculty again on Thursday, Novem- ·
ber 3. This "get together" is held
with the primary purpose of instituting friendly relationships among
students and instructo·r s of the college. Past meetings have shown
much success. It is hoped our
Freshmen will also •b enefit from
t:his relationship.
Hostesses for the Coffee Hour
are Mrs. Gladys D-a~is, Mrs. Detoro, Miss Dominguez, nr. Dworski, Mrs. Schindler, Mrs. Farley,
Mrs. Partridge, and Mrs. G.
Williams.

HOMECOMING

OCTOBER ,28, 1949

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PLAN TO .ATI'END

NOTICE!
Wilkes Women's Group will hold
a Hallowe'en Masquerad~ Party
for the faculty, Friday November· 4
at 8 P.M. in the cafeteria.
-Mr. and M'l."s. Edward Manley are
co-chairmen.

Social Calendar
Oct. 29-Wilkea-Lycomlng game.

Nov. 3-Coffee Hour
·Nov. 4-Women'a Faculty Party
Nov. S--Homec:omlng

�Friday, October 28~ l fJ,,?

WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

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Lo! The Beacon Gets It Again
Weaker men than those on the staff of the Beacon would
probably have committed hari kari long ago. We have been
RUSS WILLIAMS
attacked more often, criticized more destructively and warned
Editor-in-Chief
-m ore ominously than any other organization on the campus,
TOM ROBBINS
especially during the current semester.
News Editor
No sooner do we get rid of the personal columns which
GERTRUDE WILLIAMS
GEORGE BRODY
were
supposedly weighing the paper down with 10,000 words
Faculty Advisor .
Sports Editor
or more with no meaning than we get criticized for carrying
MARGARET ATEN
CLYDE RITTER
the "meaningless, silly, childish, and high-schoolish" stories
Circulation Manager
Business Manager I
on Homer Bones and Ghost Train. Apparently everyone readEditorial Staff
ing the Beaton is not an intellectual, for we have received favBill Griffith, Art Spengler, Miriam Long, Joe Gries, George Kabusk, Chet Melley,
Don Follmer, Gene Bradley; Chuck Gloman, James Tinsley, Rita Martin, Dave orable comments on the humorously veined articles.
Whitney, Irene Janoski, Ed Tyburski, Vince Macri, Herbert Rosen, Joan Lawlor,
We are the first to agree that any one subject can be writGeorge Brody, Homer Bones.
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ten to death quickly by pounding, away ,at it week after week
Re-Write - Chet Omichinski
with no let-up. Therefore we do not intend to corn-up Mr. Bones
A paper published weekly' by and for the students of Wilkes College
or Ghost Train or any other humor which might find its way
Phone 3-3148 Ext. 19
Member
into the pages of the Beacon. Nevertheless we do intend to keep
the Beacon alive by trying to bring a smile, a chuckle, or a gufIntercollegiate Press
faw into the paper whenever and wherever it is possible and
EDITORIALS
Tom Robbins appropriate.

Some Growing Pains Are Painful
At ,th e 1ast stud ent-f acu1ty dinner, th e topic of c1ass spirit
caxne up for discussion. "How are we going to get more class
spirit at Wilkes", was the cry. Suggestions of all"sorts were
offered, the best possibly being to let each class feel its own
existence by organinzing and sponsoring some big affair.
11Finel" everybody said. "Great!" they shouted. Another suggestion was to allow the class presidents to join the student
council officially, allow them to cast votes and to actively re.i
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present mell' classes. Bravos and cheers were heard. 11 Yes,
tructive suggestions would ·h e1p our· co11ege thrive ,
these ·c ons_
murmured those present. This was it we thought as we left
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the meetin g. Wilkes was fin. a 11y growmg mto a spmte an
progressive school.
The first step was to get the class officers elected and or· d N · ··
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gamze .
ommations were scheduled at vanous places on the
campus f or 1ast Tues d ay a t 11 . The fr eshman and soph omore
classes were to meet in the Baptist Chµrch, house, the seniors
. the L ecture H_a 11 and the Juniors
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. th e G"1es Ha 11 music
• room.
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Each meeting except that of the juniors was successful. Ironically enough, the juniors were not allowed to use the room at
the last minute by the man who initially brought up _the subject
of class spirit at the.student faculty dinner.
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We do not mention that point just to bring up personal
gripes. We say it to try to bring about some sort of mutual cooperatio n· b e tween th e facult y an d th e s tu d ent groups trymg
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to
organize a more spirited and class-minded student body.
, The turn-out at the senior class meeting was amazingly
large. The enthusiasm shown at the freshman and sophomore
·
d Th
G
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meetings was goo .
e juniors going to ies all found them· the m1'ds t of th e c h ora1 cu
1 b and not of the junior class.
se1ves m
The meeting ' place could not have been changed on such short
notice and still get a fair representation of the class.
Why did. it all happen?-You tell us.

Some Growing Pains Are Nice
Wilkes will be enjoying its growing pains come November
5. The plans for the gala- homecoming week-end are rapidly
being completed. Our public relations office can be proud of
itself for a job well-done. That office has carried most of the
load in. arranging for the Homecoming program. There will be
activities galore for alumni, students and well-wishers of the
school. In giving credit where credit is due, we doff our caps
to the .P. R office for doing its share in helping to make Wilkes
bigger and better, a school to be proud of.
Homecoming celebrations are comparatively new to Wilkes.
But though they are new these celebrations are undoubtedly
here to stay. We should do our best to see that each annual
homecoming week is more successful than the last and that
each one grows in -s ize and importance.
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INSIDE STORY ON
CABARET PARTY

she obJ'ected . . . ,· Charley Stocker

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THURSDAY 3 TO 4
101 GEIS HALL

Another plea for silence in the
coll,ege library is •b eing sent ou t
by the staff. It is inconvenient f or
the librarian to be forced to quiet
students individually. The cooper ation of all students is necessa ry
not only· for their own benefit bul:
for the convenienc,e of all.
The disappearance of r ese~t
books is another serious problem.
Reserve books are needed by al1
students taking a particular courB,e,
and it is unfair to withdraw them .
Books 001 the reserve shelf are not
to be taken from the library until
nine P. M. and should be returned
by eight A. M. the following mo~ing.
T-he Wilkes Colleg,e lbbrar y has
ex;panded more than ever this fall.
Over six hundred volumes have
been add,ed, making a total of 22,-.
000. There are now no classroorns
in Kix,by hall. The form.er niusi.c
room is being converted into · a ·
new reading room to accommodate
the increased number of liig t
school students. All books alphnb
· etically listed from A. to H. have
been moved to the third floor.
The second floor has also unde~·gone some chamger. A new circulation desk has been added to prevent
students .from f-0rgetting to check
their .books.
The workroom has
been moved to Kirby 107.
T-he
bas,ement now houses a book bind-

and wife were sitting so high in
the balcony that when the West
Pittstoner asked the fellow next to
--him how he lik,ed the sho,w, the
MARTY BLAKE
guy replied, "what sh-0w, I'm flying
the mail to Pittsburgh."
Confusion is one of the prime
Clem Scott received a well-devirtues of a Ted Wolfe-Marty Blake served gift for his three years of
sponsored Cabaret Party and last h d
ar the
work.
Now howSoccer
aboutManone
w,eek's highly succesS!ful edition for
hard-working
paid strict attention ito that rule. ager . . . and his assistant, John
In fact, ne,i ther. Wolfe and yours Warker ... and his as-sistant, Dontruly had any idea of where the
Fr t
h'
guest star, Freddy Stewart, was, ny
an z · · · a nd is assiStant
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Flash Mosl,ey and his assistant . . .
?ml a ca rom t e tate Police eh, he doesn't have one yet . . .
~nforme~ us that Stewart :was be- Wi.AN'I!ED: ONE ASSISTANT ery and genera\ repair room.
mg bes1.eged by 5;000 thrill-crazy M.AINAGER
The Wilkes li,brary has certainly
y;oungsters at Kingston High
NEWIS
THE DORM grown with the college and wUl
!School Stadium.
FR!ONT: Hotshot Hooper buying continue to e:xipand as needs inTo give th e intereS t ed reader a map of Flotida . . . Russ Jonesc;r:ea::s:e'::::::::::::::::::::::;
small idea of the confusion surrounding Stewart's visit, the fol- having ears lifted • .. Why stop
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t'here? ... Berwick Hartman mak1owmg time-ta.be
1 o events is ing eyes at Jo Ann Williams dursubmitted:
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.ing recent Hallowe'en shindig ·. . .
7:30 P.M.
All quiet on the St. Dean George R a 1soon
... pra1s1ng
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Stephen's
Front
pmg
School and Offie
7 :40 State police call, informP~:it~l:i~nt playSupplies
ing Danny Sherman that motorCabaret Party ech-0es: Paul
cycle escort is available. Sherman Schiffer intending to sue student
GIFTS AND
did not have the slightest idea of ' council for overtime as a result of
who ordered the escort nor did any doing four jobs last Friday night
STATIONERY,
of th,e committee.
. .. Plenty of credit due maestro
7:45 Hotel Sterling called Mat- Reese P.elton for his wonderful all· suite
• of rooms for V,1. ctor Moan
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around
job at affair
.. . .Cledwyn
mg
p·ierce R
f act
WilkeswBarre, Pa.
ow1an d s b emo·a nmg
reserved and where was it and that his date last Friday was only
what time was he comin g, etc.
15 and she had to -be in bef ore
8:00 WHWL called asking time 11:00 P.M., thereby missing enitire
of show and when should they show . . . next time he intends to
,
take Marita who must stay out
make recording, als-0 unkmown to until 4:00 A.M. . . . her date of
committe.e.
· last week, Charles Williams, fell
Est. 1871
8 :Zl Announcer at Kingston asleep at 3 . . . Tom Robbins and
Stadium thrilling crowd with stat e- Maggy Aten spend evening glaring
ment th at Victor Moan would at each other following pre-party Men's Furnishing~ a
a-p pear. 87 girls faintedb reak~up . . . ·
8 :45 'S ame statemen t mad e a.it
Hats of Quality
And a word of thanks to Skinny
Plymouth Stadium
Ennis, Paul Huff, Jerry Wise, Bob
tt
9 :15 Virginia Bolen, boy friend Sanders, Charles Gloman, Bolb AnJoe Stephens and Mr. and Mrs.
Ted Wolfe ernbark for Scranton to gelo, Ted Wolfe, Charley Williams,
9 West Market Street
J.ack Feeney, Phil Nicholas, Bob
pick up Stewart (in Ginny's bor- Boltz, Skinn y Parsons, Bill Griffith,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
r-0w,ed hack)
Tony Popper, H owie Phillips,
9:2,5 .State Police under guid- George Kabusk , Sid Wruble, Janet
ance of Dodie Haas "shanghai" Gerheart and the rest of the fine
Stewavt, by-passing Bolen a nd cast and committ ee who helped in
~~mpany enroute to Capitol Thea- pleasing _the 1,~57 people who at9 :37- Police with crooner arrive tended what I honestly believe
in Kimgston after hectic 12 _minute (with the possible exception of the
Lettermen's Christmas Ball and
spurt through, two counties. · Stew- the CindereHa Ball) the most sueart n.ea.rly dead from heart failure. cessful affair ,ever presented by
10:115 Stewart is mobbed by
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. W1J. es College . . ..
y-0ungs ers an
a es re uge m
Say, Feeney, when's the next
,p ress box
Ca&gt;baret Party ... make a reserva10 :-25 ·.Rescued by portly Bill tion for two.
Griffith and Clem Walters, transported to Fraser convertible (plug
for Gresko Motors) and ,escorted
around Public Square to St.
;:::::::::::::::::::::.-. st~b~:{\Jodie Haas arrives with
'1" · • • · · · · · ·
expl111J1ation of police (we still don't
.g et it) and the show starts.
A radio program was produced
11:09 F,a t Jack Feeney shriek- by the I. R. C. on station WHWL
BUILDS GOOD HEALTH
ing Wha' happen'?.
on Monday at 11 :45 A. M. in' ob1.1 :10 Ov,erture.
1:.28 A.M. Curtain.
.servance of United Nations Day.
That's' the insid,e story behind The form of the program was a
the Fall Cabaret ·Parity...:....thank discussion of general inf-0rmation
DRINK
heaven its over.
about the U. N.
Some of the students were comiParticipants in the program
plaining about their seats. June
were
Joseph Radko, .S ally MittlePerhsing said she didn't mind Slitting in the gym but when they man, Louis B001anni, and John
askel:l her to play right forward Persico.

FJ«)M

DEEMER &amp; Ci

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JORDAN

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me RADIO SHOW

OBSERVES lJN DAY

FffiST MEETING
SPANISH CHORAL CLUB

LIBRARY GROWING
AT RAPID RATE

MILK

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�'.J''r iday; October 28,'.1949

WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

'VICTORY 'MARCH R'ESUMES
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THE = = = = =11 ·SWIMMING CLUB IN
PIGSKIN PRODIGIES WILKES SOCCER TEAM
THE SWIM AGAIN
MEETS STROUDS·STC

Beacon lights of Sport

· cHET MOLLEY

To the greatest guards and staunchest

The Wilkes CoUege Swimming .
ends,
Club will have its reorganization
GEORGE BRODY, Sports Editor
meeting in the form of a co-ed · Lei's 9"ive a · mighty hail;
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swim to be held at the YMCA pool To those who sit on the bench;s end
_ -Every . Sa·turday thousa:nds of ~how you . what you should do.
on Friday, November 4 from 8 'til And gu\lfd the water pail.
.'fans storm our many gridirons, to:
In this day astronomical scor- 10 P.M., Shadrack Jones, president, ·
·sit, cheer, . be gay, and .enjoy the : ing, it is refreshing to see a team has announced.
You've n!!ver see them fumble yet,
.bands and colors. We did not say iike Wilkes go out . and just win.
The swimming club was or- To start your minds to praying;
.they go to watch a football game, , lit is · a good old fas hioned team of gan~zed in March of l_a st year , And they've never sunk your morals
because _they don't. There is some- sixty minute football players who through the efforts of those fresh- _
low,
thing about the atmosphere, call · play rugg-ed insid,e football.
The men students who were interested
it spirit . if you w.ill, that is like : way that line has handled itself in this form of r·e creation. Miss Nor tensed your nerves to fraying.
th.e _night wind. It penetrates the , tihs year, the team didn't have a Phyllis Nelson, history instructor, They've never received a penalty,
mind, intoxicates the reason, elee- score a basketful of tou~hdowns to consented to become the faculty
brifies t he . senses, and soon the · win.
They are not only playing . advisor. ,Shadreck Jones was With inches to go' .-for clipping;
normally quiet . are s'h outing, the '. good football, but in my humble elected president, Norma Lou Nor can it b.e said, with a clear field
normally lou,d. are booming_, plain ; hum•ble opinion, they are playing Carey, treasurer, and Barbara
ahecid,
girls become pretty; ;and . a . first the best football. you will ever 8,6€. o-Iose, secretary. 'rhe club, ap- You've eve_r seen them slipping.
down is a golden treasure.
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proved by the ·administration, theri
· If you .. are . one of thm,e thou,Carl Gi-bson announces a meet- secured a clwb membership in the With ~e team · b~hind by only point,
sands, .you did have a -lot of fuin, ing of all Bowling League mem- YMCA which ena,bl,es the members And you kno'V( it's ..now or never,
but riot nearly as . much as you bers in Butler Hall at 12 :30 Mon- of that organizati-0n to swim at the 'Cause ·· the clot::k_ does s)low · two min•
could have had. Just come to the day to organize 'and elect officers. Friday night co-ed swims. This
utes 'to g.o .• ·.
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Wilkes_ Lycoming game forget
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privilege was- used every other They won't dismay you ever;
ab out t he band, the ·g.i rl,· and the
,Sweet Music: Spoke to a group week for twelve weeks. The final
d
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of locals who took · in the P,enn- meeting was held at Bennet Park For your fingernails gone, an your at
baC1kfield, and watch the Wilkes Navy game. Opinions '! Wilkes uses in the form of a picmc.
a mess,
line go to work. There is a sight 'the single wing much more imMembership 'i s open to any They never are to blame,
to behold! The work t hat the back- pressiyely than does Penn. Not bad Wilkes College student. A health For they never, never miss the pass
That ·w&lt;;&gt;uld have won the game.
field does speak for itself; when you consider Penn has been examination is not needed. ·
Everyone should bring his own
it a b out fif ty years ·l onger
the mag.:ni'fi'cent work that the 11·ne· u~ing
h
bathing suit and cap since these are Perhaps you'll say, "They never win!",
But then they never los,,
does; ha; to 'b~- forr~ted out by an · t an we.
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not provided 'by the YMCA.
And a loss can mean as much. as a win,
Jxperiericed' eye.
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.iSo you qon't think Wilkes minSo, there isn·t much to choose.
. RecaJ( for; a m'orn~nt the Bridge- gLes · with the best? Just take a
port gamr;.
It looked to you as look:
Now give a cheer for the guards and
tihough Bridgeport had an entire
Wilkes played Upsala
ends
f'!eet of dizzy darting backs:·Toey
Upsa1a played ,S,u squehanna
Who never succeed nor: fail;
By
CLYDE
RITTER
had to be! If you had Hendershot,
To those who sit on the bench's end
•Vashko, Gorgas, Lewis, and Bo!Susquehanna played C. C. N. Y.
Forty Wilkes keglers took· part And guard the water· pail.
rusko chasing you 'backwards all
.C. c..: N. Y. plays N. Y. U.
in the second bowling battle of the
1ig!h.t, you'd look dizz.y, too. Bridge!N. Y. U. plays Georgetown
s.e ason last Tu,esday night. at the
port didn't win simply because its ,Georgetown playep Wake Forest
Eagle,s.
When the pins were
line was no match for t!he solid
Wake Forest played S. M. U.
silenced and the s.cor.es tallied, the
Wilkes line.
iS. M. U. plays Notre Daine
Wheels, by virtue of their ctory
: Take th~ Bloomsburg gam;e 'and
No":' all .;ne ne.ed is a bowl bid.
ovev the less fortunate Book1es,
the highly touted t_ean\. tnat hasn't
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einerged as sole possessors of . first
lost since Wilkes ~hellacked them. . -F-orgotten Man: Zapatos·k i play~ place ,i n _the league standings. .
It took -them only one quarter to ed only the firs&lt;t 4alf of the Blooms~
The upset of the evening ocfind that they were .facing the most burg game. Came out with a brokeri curred when a r,ejuvepated Chem~
r ugged line they, had .,ever seen. Y-ou an1kle: . But who can forget the pro• Club five shut out the Kushmakers
c.ould see them give up. '.11hey didn't mise he showed? He will be back in a spirited match. _ Tanky Ceimar
1/ke the way they were getting soon. You won't forget !him this sparked t _h e Chem-'Cluh attack with
cracked and they showed it.
time! Neither will King's.
his 507 series.
.
As for skill, -what does a line**** ,
The IRC teani moved in~o second
man have to cont.end with?_.He has
What aibout a homecoming day ·, place as they fought to a draw
~o play against a five, six, or seven. Many • of our old Grads are going with Thor's Fiv,e. Tl),ird place went
ma,n line. He may face a floating to forget us if we don't stop for- to the CPA's as Len Gzajkowsk,i
defense, or a looping line.
How getting them.
and company whitewasheed the endoes a lineman know when he · is
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thusiastic but unlucky Dorm.
going to be trapped? Suppose you
Speaking of days, don't you think
The undefeated ;Engi_n eers lol;lt
were 'playing for t hr,ee quarters an undefeated season will call for ground in the standings because
against a six man line, the next
special DAY to .honor Coach · they wer,e idle. However, the boys
play was crucial and depended on aRalston
and the graduating play- · from Conyngham are pointing to
how well· you did your job. Sudden- ers. 11here is no one who has done next week when they clash. with
ly, t he opposition went into a five
the league leading Wheels,- .
man .line an overs1hifted.
What mor,e to be honored.
·K - ·.
th ~.,.,ire down · Irene; · .
Schedule For November 1:
would youi·c10? Don't try to answer,
eepmg_ e '' 0 ·-:
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,
Wh
E •
just keep your e-y,es on the Wilkes Sheplock is crowdmg par at the
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Country Club. Word; ; '. K -~e skvs. ngi~ers,
line in the nex_( game and they'll Hollenback
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B
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u:,1,,ma ers vs. .1-u or s Five
-h as 1t t at omse rennan a so - Ch
Cl b
D
,s wings a mean club. They are lookem-L u vs. St or~
ing for competition from the girls. _.
eague
a~.mgs L. Pts.
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Bowling league News

·cR'AFTSMEN
;ENGRAV.ERS

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20 North State St.
P~one 3-3151

THE·
BOSTON STORE
l\f.en's Shop bas _e verything for the
colle'ge man's nee_ds.
from ties to su1ts.

FOWLER, Dl~K ._
AND .W.ALKER

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Wheels ........ ....... ... .. . 5

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O,U T .OF THE DARK:
.IRC
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On the crowded dance floor at :aPA
4
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the cabar,et dance:
'Engineers; ..
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Male voice.: "1 wish I were Flor-; Chem~Club ... .. ..... .... 3
3
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ky. I'd get through this mob!"
. Thor's Five
2
4
2
Girl's voice: (sigh) "I wish you !Bookies ·
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2
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were Florky, ·too."
;Dorm
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Top Five
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· From a far corner: Girl's v9ice:
Ave..
"Quit growling! You sound 'like · :J,i unta, Engine.ers
198
Steamer Cross!"
;Ogan, Engineers
173
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,Celmar, Chem-Club
172
wonder if Gus Castle ever get's !Merolli, Kushmakers
164
tired? If I could do my work as Surash, Chem-Club
160
,effortlessly as he plays •foot!ball, I'd
Rig:h Single, Celmar, Chem Club,
never .get tir-e d enough· to sit down. '201.
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High Series, Celma,r , Chem-_Club,
507.
Glad to hear King's made the ·
Team High, Single, Thor's Five,
. win column. Now they can't accuse
.
812
us of picking on kids.
Team High, S,er:ies, Ohem-qub,
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Slugger Pis·h has Brooklynitis.
Season High Single, Meko, CPA,
Saw him in front of Nick's with a 223.
catcher's mitt telling the fellows . _iS eason High Series, Jiunta, Ento wait until next year.
:gineers, 59·3.
·: -• 1Season Team High Single, Thor's
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QUEST,])ON OF THE WEEK: Do Five, 812.
you think King's will show up on
Season Team High Series, En:Satm;day, N ovel_!lber 19?
gineers, 2251.

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At 2:00 this Saturday in ,Ki~by,
Park Wilkes College . soccer team
hopes to stop a four-g,ami losing
streak by downing a strong •.East
Stroudsburg eleven. . A . 1!lfge
crowd is expected to view the battle
which promises to be a tough one.
Last · Wednrs&lt;lay the . Colonels'
traveLed to Ithaca, where they
dropped an 8-0 ball game. 'The
Hhicans, still smoldering fro.m a
28-6 defeat by our football , team,
struck hard and fast in the first
quarter, tallying 6 big goals. The
Colonels held on for the next two
quarters behind the fine def,ensive
work of Tom Kieb.a ck and Ca.pt.
Cy Kavalchik, but Ithaca came
back and dumped two into the .net
in the· last quarter to make1 it· a
t!horoughly unpleasant day for
Coach Partridge'.s kickers.

·TONIGHT
IS THE NIGHT
GYPSY CARNIVAL
DANCE

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STYlED for Ca'rripus BTO's
in Glove-soft white
Flagg Buck.
STAMINA g_alore in th!'
tugged red . rubber sole. .
that'll wear and wear.

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IUY A PAIR TODAY

~AGGIIROS.
14 South Main St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
In Philadelphia:
1223 MARKET - 4605 FRANKFORD

�WILKES COLLEGE BEACON
junior who tips the scales at 180
WILKES TO MATCH and
stands 6-1. On the opposit e side
the · line is a young man who
TD's WITH LYCOMING -ofplayed
varsity ball last year as a

Meet The Colonels
By ED TYBURSKI

WASHCO

SUPINSXI

HENDERSHOT

In ·the past two weeks the BEACON
haa brought you sb: of the Colonels
who · make headlines for Wilkes. Con;tlnulng this parade of pigskinners, we'd
Ilk• to bring you four more of the boys
who contribute to the fame of Colonelland. ,

Nofm Cross, a junior, is the starting
quarterback for Coach Ralston: · Before
.coming to Wilkes, Norm played his
'football at GAR and Wyoming Seminary. Besides being an excellent defenslve man, he is one of the best blockIng backs In the business. His job is
a thankless one, even though he doesn't
think so. As long as he can block, and
then get up and block again, he , is
happy. The satisfaction he gets out of
knocking would-be tacklers ·ou\ of the
play is thanks enough for him. As
George Brody so aptly said, "Cross
should get half credit for every TD the
Colonels chalk up." Ralston's "TD Paver" packs 180 pounds of dynamite on
a S ft. 9 In. frame, and when he hits
'em, ·thfY stay ·hit.
· · The other backfield man of this week
la• Hammerln' Hank Supinsld. This is.
Hlmk's fourth year as a Ralstbnman,
and it · is the fira't year that he has
started without an injury. Badly handicapped by injuries in previous years,
Hank was forced to watch the opening
games from the bench. But this year
he's, been in there since the opening
~hlatle. He is used mostly on the defeDH, but when he is needed for his
hammering plunges, he is always
r8'1dy; Backing up the line alongside
of · Sammy Elias, he completes a · combination that is insurance to any line
in any ·game. Together they manage to
help the line. keep the enemies' scoring at a minimum.

CROSS

Now we shift to the heart of the
Colonels' line . . . two of the "Seven
blocks of Anthracite" Big Walt Hendershot, a knock 'em-sock'em tackle, has
the distinction of being one of the biggest tackles in the state. He has been
a Colonel since 1946, and this, his last
year, is .proving to be his best. He
played scholastic iootball at Kingstoa
where he received Scholastic;: honors.
He is the sturdy, steady, hard-to,movetype of tackle, and he shoulders a lot
of responsibility. When he leaves the
squad, Coach Ralston is going to ·miA
those broad shoulders.
Digging in on the opposite side of
the line is Gerald Washko, Hendershot's partner in power. Transferring
from Wake Forrest, Washko has woa
the hearts of the Wilkes rooters. He
first played football for Nanticoke High.
Despite his size he is one of the fastest
men on the team. He can dig in and
hold with the' best of them, or he can
charge and break up the play before
it starts. And he can pull out of the
line and run interference for his backfield men. Using his speed and size to
advdntage, he has led many a Wilkes'
parade to touchdowns. .

Friday, October 28, 1949

ED TYBURSKI
•Tomorrow night at Hu,ber Stadium, Plymouth, the Colonels will
play host to a Lycoming eleven
from Wilfliams,port. Kick-off is
scheduled for 8 :00 P. M.
Despite a few key injuries, the
Colonels will enter tonight's contest favored by at least two touchdowns. However, Coach George
Ralston is not under.e stimating Lycoming. "They're always rough",
he said. "And they always give us
a good battle. I think we have the
better team; however, anything can
happen. We'll ,b e out there doing
our bes~."
Wilkes is still one of the few
undefeated teams in the state, and
they'll be out to keep their record
intact. Only twice this year have
the Colonels been held to ' less than
three TD's, and both times they
were playing away from home. To
date, Ralston's Rugged Raiders
have chalked up 9'3 points while
relinquishing 47.
With the ba.ckfield in good condition, the only worries Coach
Ralston has are i:n his line. Chet
Knapich, a key guard against the
"T", is stifl out with a back injury. Norm Cromack, a key guard
hurt his ankle last Tuesday in
scrimmage and will not be ready
f-o r this game. Dick Scrdpp, still
another guard is out with a knee
-injury. However, the biggest question lies in the condition of Geral
Washko. Although he wm probably
play, he will definitely be in there
under a severe handica,p . . . a back
injury that may: impair his playing
etfieiency. The only backfield man
who wm mis.s action tomorrow
night will be Jack DeReemer, defensive half,back.
· On the other hand, Lycoming
will invade ·O oloneland in full
strength. Coach G. Lee Baer has
12 lettermen returning to the
squad, and nothing will please him
more than an upset against Wilkes.
Endeavoring to put his school on
the collegiate football map, Coach
Baer bit off a rough schedule this
year. After opening against Susquehanna University, the Warriors
followed up with Kfog's, to whom
the lost 6-0, and now Wilkes, and
then National Agricultural.
Starting at the left end for the
Warriors will be Donald Hamm, a

Frosh. He is sophomore Harry
Walters, 6~2, 165 pound end. James
Keller, Warrior Captain, will start
at taokle. He stands 6-3 and weighs
in at 190. His size is no handicap
as he -is one of the fastest men on
the squad. No information was
availwble on tackle Wease; he's the
,i;leeper o.f the week. In the guard
slot Coach Baer will start his
heaviest man, •Gene Schramm, a
senior who is 5-11 and weighs 240.
Harold Ader, right guard, is not
quite as heavy as Schramm. While
his height" is the same, he only
weighs 215. At center is Jerry Englert, te hope of the Warrior rooters. As a high school player, he
was chosen All~State and Allscholastic. He was also picked on
the All.:Western_Conference Team.
With a baolcfield averaging only
165, one can expect lots of raz.zledazzle football from the Warriors.
Quarterbacking the team is James
Gore, a senior who is 5-7 and 160.
A fast man on his feet, Gore is also
a fast thinker. At the left half-back
post Coach Baer will place his
faith in the running anq passing
of Bob Maville, a spohomore. Manville is 5-11, 165, and another speed
demon. The Hermes ·of Lycoming

on the squar~

THE COLLEGE MAN"S

STORE
is rigiht halfback John Maltby. He
is the fastest man on the team and
always represents a scoring threat.
At fullback, George Bella.k will see
plenty of action. He is 6, 190.
This is the first of a three-game
homestand • . . the foui-th being
-p layed at Meyers as King's home
game . . • and will be an excellent
chance for the Valley fans to see
the Colonels in action. The Colonels
are crowding the other state elevens
f.or honors in Pe.n nsylvania, and
still have a rough schedule ahead
of them. After tomorrow night's
game, Ralston's aRiders meet Rider, a team that is out for revenge
for the bitter defeat the Colonels
handed them last year, Doylestown,
and King's, in that order. It's a
tough road, but we feel that the
Colonels ar.e up to it, and we are
looking for thdir best season to
date. REMEM.BER , .• THE
6s
date. Remember the Colonels are
on the Victory March ••• They'r~
Your Team • ~ " • . Support The
Colonels.

SOCCE,R GAME
2:00 P. M.
OCTOBER 29, 1949

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vs.

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�Friday; Octoper

~8, 1949

WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

SHORT HAND CONTEST
OPEN FOR '49-50 TERM

5

THE LUCKY B. A.

THE FILM:
LOS MILLONES DE CHAFLAN

By SKINNY

(to the tune of That Lucky Old Sun)

RITA MARTIN
Once again .this year the National Gregg Shorthand Cont~st
will be sponsoreed by the Ester,r,ook Pen Company. The oonte;t
,ill run through the 1949-50 school

Up in the morning
Out to my class
Work like the devil for my grade
But that lucky B. A. has nothing to do
but sit around Chase all day.

(A Spanish Language Film)
,ALSO SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS

*

Toil with my math
F49s with my chem
Work till I'm wrinkled and grey
But that lucky B. A. has nothing to do
but roam around campus all day.

~erm.
Teachers' enthusiasm for thes,e
·mtests in the·past have made each
~ an outstanding success; entries
the 1948-49 contest were the
.g est to date. Silver cups were
·. varded teachers submitting win:ing entries and thousands of
tudents were stimulated to a more
active interest in shorthand as a
result of these contests.

PLACE: CHASE THEATRE
TIME: 8 P. M.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2

Good dean above
Can't you see I'm ilunkin'
Be in school for years
Send down t1'at cloud with the sliver
lining
Ohange me to LIBERAL ARTS.

Sponsored by the Modem Language Department

Show me the .answers
Don't make me cross
Superior
Court
Judge
of
PennsylvaWash
all my troubles away
Ester.brook sponsors this contest nia, John S. Fine, last week accepted
While that lucky B. A. has nothing to do
in the intereset of better shorthand an appointment as the 24th member of
but fool around Chase all day.
penmanship. Any teacher is eligi- the Wilkes College Board of Trustees,
according to an announcement made by
II
ble who enters a club of pa,pers of Gilbert S. McClintock, chairman of the
Start in the morning
board.
fifteen or more.
Finish at night
Always on the week-ends no play
1. 1S ilver cups will be awarded
The Ex.ecutive ' Committee for
But that lucky B. A. has nothing to do
to the teachers sending in the best
the Intercollegiate Conference on
but read a few books all day.
dubs of papers in each of three
Government held its . first meeting
Mis!! all the dances
~lasses• of schools: public schools,
of this school year Sunday, October
Miss all the plays
.)riv·a te schools, parochial schools.
23, at the Penn-:H.arris Hotel in
Football games I never see
Mjss
l\ut that lucky B. A. got nothing to do iiarriSlburg, Pennsylvania.
2. These cups are tt become the
Bennington, V,t. -, (I.P.) - The
Genevieve Blatt, E:xecutive Direcbut play around Chase all day.
permanent possession of winning
Oarnegie Cor&lt;poi,ation of New York
tor of the LOG pr,e sided at this
teachers.
Good prof .above
meeting.
3. A certificate will he awarded has made a $15,000 grant to BenCan't you see I'm chokin'
The purpose of the meeting was
to the writer of each paper which, nington College for the ·developAcid
in
my
eyes
although not winning a prize, is ment of a teaching program ,i n the Trade In my slide rule with the answers to formulate plans for the annual
field of American values, according
Intercollegiate Conference on Govraeritorious.
·on It
erenment which will be held April
4. In case of' a tie duplicate to Dr. Frederick Burkhardt, presi- For a PAIB OF DICE.
l3-:L6, 1950 in Harrisburg. Various
prizes will be awarded to each of dent. Based on the genera.I theme
plans were laid · and officers for
the tying contestants. Judges de- of human Hberty, the new program · Show me that chem lab
the respective regions were secisions are final. No papers will is being inaugurated because of the Take it away
conviction that "American institu- Wash all my test tubes to-day
lected. This year's conferenc.e will
hie returned.
'
Teachers interested should write t,ions of higher learning must make But that lucky B. A. got nothing to do be based on a M:odel State Constitutional Conventi-on and will atbut sit around Chase all day.
to the Esterbrook Pen Co., Camden1 an effort to meet the problem of a
tract some sixty odd schools
N. J., for the entry blank, rules, decline in the clarity and effecthroughout the state of Pennsyland whatever number of copies of tiveness of our shared beliefs," Dr.
v,a nia. Wilkes College has been a
contest material they will need for Burkhardt said.
Specific aims of the program are Ode Written Upon Reading The
their students.
to produce an understanding of the
Lines of An Inspiring Poet
growth of American culture, and
to clarify the g.oals and values
By a cracker named Jack
which have operated in the Amer{Capt. of football te?111l
ican tradition.
The gran,t from the Carnegip,
hear John Keats turned o'er in his
Corporation is expected to cover
grave
The Sociology Club had its first dev,e lopment of the curriculum and
And shielded his ears from a local
m ieting ,a t noon, October 20, 1949, its O'J)eration during the first year.
knave.
in Chase Theater. The following American history will provide the Byron and Shelley and Wordsworth too
officers were elected: President, framework of the courses, and
Banded _together and earthward they
Larry Pelesh; Secretary, Marita other ,disciplines, including science,
flew.
Sheridan; Treasurer, Mike Con-· art, religion, and philosophy, will
They joined all poets of past renown,
nors; Socia,! Chairmen, Marianna contribute to the program.
Who, armed with pens were speeding
Tomassetti, and Willard Prater.
During the meeti.ng futur,e social
down
\
To avenge a wrong beyond compare,
activities were discussed and sevTo puncture a bag of Wilkes-Barre
eral sµggesti&gt;ons were made for the
air.
coming semester. It was decided
The yearbook staff urg11s all freshtha,t a meet ing shall be held one men to ha•ve their pictures taken at
Sunday a month at 2:30.
Barre Studio, South Franklin Street. Old Dante wheezed "Who is this clown
Who's 'tom all semblance of poetry
Dues were decided to be neces- Only half of the freshman pictures
down"
are
In.
Come
on,
Frosh!
Don't
you
sary ,a nd the members made a mowant to look back some day to see "Yes", said Milton to those in his wake,
tion that they ,be 25 cents a month.
"Is it mighty Joe Young or Marty
your happy. beaming faces? Oh. yes,
The motion passed unanimously.
Blake?"
Anybody wishing to join the you'll wish you were carefree Frosh
I
again!
So
step
on
your
Neolltes
and
Sociology Club please contact Mr.
Zarathustra thus !!Pake to all who could
rush to Barre Studio, to-day!
Symonolewicz or Mr. Chwalek ..
hear,
. .
"No difference is there when approached from the rear,
I
But the culprit's face you cannot mistake;
I
He wears the leer of one Martin
Blake".

STATE ICG MEETS
AT HARRISBURG;
WILKES REPRESENTED

$15,000 GRANT GIVEN
VERMONT. COLLEGE
BY NEW YORK CORP.

member of the organization for
the past several years and students
wiho have participa:ted in this
activity in the. past are well acquainted with its value. At the
meeting forty-one colleges ·and universities were represented. Wilkes
College was reperesented by Larry
PeleSlh, student chaiz:man of the,
Wilkes ICG.
The northeastern region of the,
IC G consists of these colleges~
Lehigh, Lafayette, Moravian, .Muhlenburg, East Stroudsburg STC,
Kutztown S'T,C, Cedar Crest, Keystone, Scranton, Marywood, Kings,
Misericordia, and Wilkes.
This
year's regional director for the
northeast sector is Dave Alloway
of Muhlenburg, and the assistant
regional director is Larry Pelesh
of Wilkes. The regional conference will be held shortly after the
new year at Muhlenburg. At that
time the various committee chairmen and clerks will be .s elected.
The Wilkes IOG is an affiliate
organization of the IRC. Mr. Hugo
Mailey is the faculty_advisor.

SOCIOLOGY, CLUB
ELECTS OFFICEJlS

NOTICE

I

I

r

Do Your Duty
JHIS WEEK

*

The listening earth gave one great cheer 1
To hear this scoundrel's end was
near.
The girls of Wilkes all danced with joy,
Ei!:cept Marita-who loved the boy.
The horde hit Wilkes with righteous
roar,
And found the slob near Chase Hall
door
Mauling and pawing some freshman
miss
Who would not share liis ardent kiss.
He heard the sage's murderous din

Vote
-FOR YOUR CLASS OFFICERS

And slowly turned his drooling chin.
His face grew green and white with
fear
And all his wit did disappear.

Jlin,w,rpolil, Mina.

Ask Jor it eitlur way ••• l,otlz
trade-marks mean the st1me tl,in1.

With the student body at the University of
Minnesota in Minneapolis - it's the Coffman
Memorial Union. Coca-Cola is a favorite here, as
in student gathering places everywhere. For a
between-classes pause, or after an eveniDg bullsession-Coke belongs.

To tell the end I would not 1dare.
'Twould blanch your face and grey
KEYSTONE COL;A-COLA BOTTLING CO.
your hair.
141
WOOD
STll,EET,
WILKEiBARRE, PA.
PHONE 2-8795
It should be well enough to know- ,
0 1U9, n. Coca-Cella Co.pany
The WIND of Wilkes has ceased to
blow.

�WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

6

COL~ ADMISSION DATA AIR TRAINING SCHOOL
GARNERED BY ROPER FIRST OF ITS KIND
Washington, D. C.-(LP.)-'-The
It is good to know that in this
college admission study recently uncertain world, one woman has
completed by the American Coun- made Job assurance her career. She
cil on Education reveals some in- is Katherine Foley Ward, director
teresting facts about appliicants of of the Ward School of Airline
differing religious backgrounds. Training at Worcester, Mass., the
The basic data were gathered by first school of its kind in the world
:, Elmo Roper in May, +947, when a and one with 99 percent placement
randomly selected sample of 15,000 record after five years of operahigh school seniors were inter- tion. This is an enviable record at
' viewed. In the fall each college any time, and especially so conaippHcant was ~ollowed up to dis- sidering the economic ups and
cover what had been the results of downs since the war's end.
his efforts to get into college."
The school trains young men and
The survey discloses that two- women for careers in airline operthirds of the seniors were Protes- ation, an expanding field which
tants, a quarter Catholic, and 5 offers scope to the ambitious, inper cent Jewish. Seveenty-three telligent individual.
per cent of the applicants sought
Back in 1944 when Mrs. Waro
admission to but one college. Ac- broached her plan to them, airlines
cording to the study, only 46 per
cent of the students who rated were so enthusiastic that they suptheir chances rof getting into col- plied her with duplicate equi,p ment
lege a:s poor were satisfied to limit and every piece of pertinent job
their efforts to a single institution. information t4ey had ;iccumulated
''In this connection,' comments over the years. In addition, they
the Council on Cooperation in volunteered to send personnel
Teacher Educati&lt;on, "it is signifi- chiefs to interview her students for
cant that bwt 37 per cent of all possible placement. The first class
Jewish st-µdents took such a risk, was snapped up in its entirety by
and particularly significant that the first interviewer! Since then,
;Tewish students fr,om the top highschool quintile were more prone
to make multiple applications than
memb.ers :of any other • sub-group
studied."
,P rotestant applicants (88 % ) remaiined most successful, but whereas their rate of applica tion
acceptance (77% ) had .been 5%
above . the na,t ional average that
advant age was cut to 1%. On the
· other hand, while the a'Pplication
succeS's of Jewish students (56% )
.h ad been 16% below the national
·mean, as appplica·nts these boys
.and girls rose to exactly an average posi_.tion (87% ). This lef:t the
:Catholic students, whose a,prplication acceptance rate (67 % ) had
lbeen below pa,r by only 5% , most
unsuccessful of all as applicants
(,81 % ) , and even a little further' 6%~ below t he national average.
"Evidently Jewish a,pplicants
were nearly as successful as Protestants-and more so than Catholics-in gammg admission to
some college, and this despite the
.f act tha,t 68% of all J ew.ish high
school seniorf made application, as
compared with a national average
of 35 %, and that they predominantly lived in the Northeast where
getting into coll,e ge was hardes t
for everybody," the Council po.i nts
out.
"Their success •is clearly to be
e:,oplained by their determinationas expressed by their outstandingly high average number of _a piplica,tions, 2.2 p.er ind,i vidual. But
;this determinati•on, while it got
Jewish students into some colle€ I
did not get them into . those they
preferr.ed. Only 60 % were acceJl'ted
by the college of their first choice,
as compared wi;th 71 % of Catholic
applicants and 82 % of Prote-stan:ts."

NOTICE!
PRE-MED MEETING
NEXT THURSDAY
AT 11

SENIORS!
ON TUESDAY VOTE FOR
President: Joe Radko
Vice President: Bill Plummer
Secretary: Jean Ryan
Treasurer: Jean Ditoro
{PQid Adv.)

the school has seen a radical about
face in the usual job hunting picture - business competing for
graduates.
Part of this is due to Mrs. Ward
herself-she believes in individual
training in a specialized field. No
applicant is accepted unless he or
she has a definite interest in the
profession. Aptitude tests are a
must. So is personality. So is enthusiasm. So is a great capacity for
work. And if, after three weeks, 'the
student fails to live up to the
school's standards, he-or she-is
dropped.
!Since airlines do ·not insist any
more that applicants for hostess
careers be registered nurses and
,w ill take instead of an R. N. certificate two years or more of college
grade education or fours years of
meeting the public, Mrs. Ward has
added a hostess training program
to her curriculum.
,Requirements for the Ward
School are the same as the airlines: 21 to ~8 years old, 5'2(' to
5'7" tall, weight 100 to 130 lbs.,
no physical defects-glasses, capped teeth and dyed hair are included ,i n this category. Each applicant must pass a stiff personal
interview, an aptitude test and a

Friday, October 28, 1943

DR.FARLEY VISITS
r r = - = = = =.~:~
HERSHEY; N. Y. C.
SHHHH!
BE QUIET
On Monday, October 24, Dr. Far1,ey journey-ed to Hershey, Pa., to
IN THE LIBRARY
attend a dinner meeting of the

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Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities.
Tuesday and Wednesday, Dr.
Farley attended the Herald Tribune
Forum at Waldorf-Astoria, N.ew
York City. This was the nineteenth
Reverend Carl Schindler
annual forum meeting and was of
gu,e st speaker at a program
international significance.
sored by the IRC to commem ;
the fourth anniversary of ·... ,
physical examination. The school United Nations. The meeting '.,
held last Monday in the Sc' '·
has no intention of blemishing its Lecture Hall.
placement record.
-Rev. Schindler, who has rec ·)I;
Airline executives ~re watching completed ,an extensive tom of
the school w.ith interest, for all but Germany, told of the existing contwo have dropped their own train- ditions and of the attitudes of th,i
peoples. He said that the people
ing pr-o grams. One airline execu- ar,e still crowded and cramped a nd
tive •p ut it this way in talking with that much destruction still is }Yre Mrs. Ward. "If a girl with the nec- valent. The attitude of' t'he' pop u- ;
essary qualifications is w.illing to lation is that of fear of the Ru~.'c
sians and respect for the Am r,ri a
devote her time and her money to cans. Rev. Schindler remarked tha;,
learning airline W01'k, she's the the MaTShall Plan is a great fo rce
, in t'he r,eha,bilitation of Germa ny.
girl for us."

REV. SCHINDLER
ADDRESSES l.R.

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WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA.

Vol. 4, No. 5.

Friday, Oc,t ober 21, 1949

FALL FROLIC CABARE:T PARTY TO,Nl61-1T!
GYPSY CARAVAN
CABARET ATIENDANCE
RECORDS
Disaster Strikes _At Wilkes;
FOR BENEFIT
MAY BE BROl(EN TONIGHT
Ghost Train Runs Wild On Campus HELD
OF WAR ORPHANS
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HERE A GHOST, THERE A GHOST, EVERYWHERE
A GHOST, GHOST

Yesterday morning at about 3:30 strange sounds were
heard on the Wilkes campus. A shrieking whistle and the eerie
clang of a bell floated out over Chase Hall. Art Bloom and Don
Follmer both heard the strange sounds, and, like major league
press photographers, they leaped out of bed and hurried to
Chase Hall.

By JOAN LAWLER
The .g oal of Theta Delta Rho
is to raise enough funds to adopt
a child through the F-o ster Parent
Plan for War Children. All proceeds from the Gypsy Caravan
Dance to be held on October 28 at
the college cafeteria will be set
aside toward tliis aim.
The dance will ,b e an all-charity
affair. Miss Barabra Linshes of
t,he Hilda Man Hertz Studio has
donated the services of a group of
dancers to aid in the entertainment. There will be an orchestra
for dancing. Mr. Chysnek, violinist,
will help provide atmosphere with
haunting gy,psy music. An anonymous fortune teller will predict the
future (after her palm has been
'crossed with silver). ·
Everyone attending the dance
will .be -expected to dress ii) some
sort of gypsy attire. Prizes will be
awarded. for the best costumes.
Reservations may be made through
Dolly Frable.

Educational Officials
Praise Collegiate
Influence of G. I.'s

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By MARTY BLAKE

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One of the largest gatherings ever to attend a Wilkes
College social affair is expected to witness . the semi-annual
Cabaret Party sponsored by the Student Council tonight at St.
Stephen's Churchhouse.
Reservations will be held until
9:30 p, m. after which time the unca-Hed for tables will be thrown
open to the public. There are tables
to seat 5-00 people comfortably and
seats are available for another 500.
The 250 ·b alcony seats will be
thrown apen for the floor show.
O.ne of the greatest arrays of
stars ever presented at a local
gathering will entertain at the affair. In addition to Bro.adway's
Vic-tor Moan, the internationally
famous Madame LaZonga will sing
several of her famo1,1s melodies.
Allen K,ent, nationally _known comedian from the Chez Paree in Chicago is listed to appear in addition'
to Jos,e Go'ldherg, the Bronx Caballero. Kem Wunder, local song.b ird
who is O'Ile of the more popular female vocaii·sts· in the state, will
also entertain.
~he other national figure will not
be known •u ntil show-time but
Ted Wolfe is known for his. lastmin1,1te su:npris,es. I_n the past, E'rskine Butterfield, Dick Brown and

Jack Norton have been some of the
stars who have appeared at Cabaret Parties.
!Students who are scheduled to
appear on the program are Fat
Jack Feeney, Philly Al Molash,
Marita Sheridan, Bob Angelo. Paul
Huff, Vince Macri, Gene Bradley,
Paul Schiffer, Charley Williams,
Phil Nic'h olas, Bill Griffith, Bud
Parsons, Audrey Kohl, Jeanne
Smith ' (she doesn't know it yet),
Banjo Good, Skinny Ennis, Dan '
Sadvary, Jerry Wis,e, Tony Popper,
George K:ahusk and Cyclone Pinkowski.
Here's how to get ,your reservati-ons: When you enter the door,
check in at any one of the three
tables in the main ,entrance and ask
f~r your' reservation. The student
in' charge _. of '.e:a,ch table will hand
you a card with the ni,.mber of your
ta•ble_ on it Please "hang-on" to
the car.d as periodic checks on ,reservations will be made tproughout
the year.
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DR. FARLEY SPEAKS MARIAN NICOLLS
AT BLOOMSBURG TO LEAVE WILKES ·

By ART SPENGLER
Benjamin Fine, educational editor of The New York Times, in the
October 11 issue of that paper, reChet Omiechinski
leased conclusions which eventuatBy MIRIAM WNG
ed from a survey of sixty typical
Dr. Eugene S. Farley, president . Miss Marian Nicolls, chief ~l;ltaAmerican colleges and universities,
which said, in effect, that the 2 of Wilkes College, was the speaker loguer of the Wilkes Library, will
million G. I. students who have for the Bloomsburg High School leave the college wh,en the Christholidays begin.
attended these institutions of -h igh- faculty meeting held on Thursday; mas
Planning to spend a long Qhrister education dtiring (the past four
years have had a salutary effect on Oc:tober 1.3. His ' subject was "Fune- mas holiday at her home in Saskathe educational fabric of those in- tions of the Faculty in Secondary toon, Saskatchewan, Canada, Miss
.Schoo1 Curriculum Revision." A Nicolls will later leave for England
s titutions.
she contemplate·s doing
The educators reached in the discussion session was held in the where
graduate work towards an M. A.
survey readily agreed that the vetin English at Manchester Univereran st udents, for t he most part, aft ernoon
DT. Farley w,as invited to visit sity.
have a ma t urity and seriousness of
Miss Nicolls came to us in July,
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purpose which have not only aided Bloomsburg High School by Mr.
In front of Chase thev saw a course he had a little trouble in them in compiling bet ter scholastic May M. Cole, ,Superintendent .of ' 1948, after having received her
B. L. S. from McGill University,
train steam ing a cro ss th.a. lawn. As Ri chard II, when he had to play records than their non-veteran Columbia oo·u nty Public Schools.
Montreal in May of the same year.
if this were not enoug h to dr i\·e the parts of eleven ghosts. He did classmates but have also contributAt McGill she was aided in the
our press photographers t o a pad- : a go o-cl job, but even he needs a ed to the well-being 9 f the different
pursue:nc•e of her · studies • by the ·
&lt;led cell, an ethereal figure proj ect- little help. Ghosts, inc,, sent ove_r ' institutions as a whole by advancM0Gill Library School Entrance
ed his noggin out of the window ' over some of their extra men. You ing the standard of work and inScholarship ·a nd the Leonard
and said "ah". D.on took off like know about Ghosts, inc.; they sup- spiring the undergraduates with a
Graduate Recoi,:d Exams are Foundation Scholarship. She also
a hungry bear h~ading_ for his sup- \ ply g hos! writers_, ghost actors, mor,e obj·e ctive and critical apprais·p er, .bu't Art, b.emg faithful to the ghost t rams, all kmds of ghosts." al of the worth of extra-curricular to be held at Wilkes College on worked as· a Reader in the Englisli
•B eacon, threw a flying tackle and
"But why have you come to visit activities. Officials of -City College October 28 and 29; ,and February Department of the Mc-Gill extension 's'cliools.
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stopped him.
your brother, that is, ghost in law?" reported that the veteran stud en-ts
Prio~ to entering McGill, Miss
"Don't worry Don, it's only a
''Well, you see, I failed to pay and the work they were doing made 3 and 4. Persons desir'ing to take
"
my haunting fee at the 'l ast place, it necessary for a great many fac- the test in February must regis• Nicolls received her B. A. degree
"Eeeeeeah", Don screamed. "Let so they threw me out. The ghosting ulty memb,ers to abandon the high
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ter at the administration buiid- from the Univ,ersity of Sas,kache,w an in her home town.
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me go, Art, Let me go.!!!"
wasn't very good anyway. Even up school method of instruction which ing.
· Besides her wide knowledge in
"Now Don, we'd better inter~w in Lower Noghostallowedastan· they they ' bad been ~ccused . of employlibta11y work, ' Miss Nicolls is an
him-er-i-t, whatever it is."
hav,e heard about the production · ing in the past. Further, the tre"0. K. · for the glory of the that you're putting on at Wilkes. mendous influx of veteran students as was this statement, "To accotno- a&lt;X!omplished, though modest, poet.
Beacon."
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In fact I'd say half the g.h osts ·. necessitated more efficinet admin- date .t he record sized enrollments
we had to accomplish things that
' A weird voice floated · out of the there would have come down to try isfrative procedures.
trai-n.
out for the part, ,b ut the city orKansas University officials also 'once we would have crossed off as
"Where can I find the Chaaaase dinance stopped them. You know :i;.eported that the G. I. Bill had impossible."
Dr. John Cran.ford Adams, presitheatre?"
the ordinance. Only one ghost to a tremendous repercussions on the
1
. ' Why ,er, you're right over it."
customer.
campus and had resulted in inno- dent of Hofstra College, had this
By PRISCILLA SWARTWOOD
·" Aaaaaah ha, Thank you." '
"You're hoping to get a part in vations being introduced into the to say a.bout the GI student which
"But wait, we'd like to get a ghost train then."
educational system. Within the re- succinctly summed up what other
Dr. Eugene S. Farley will return
story for the Beacon. Who, What,
"That's it. I know that Mr. ,p ort from the University of Kans- educators .had"' to say, "Although,
the GI has done for us and for edu- today by · plane from Pittsburgh,
Where, Why, When, and How are Littleton has already c·h osen Willy.
cation a vast and lasting service. Pa., where he acted as chairman of
you?"
He's , the best ghost in the busiHe has set new patterns of stu- a committee evaluating the South
"I'm a ,g host . . Booooooo, don't ness. I'm hoping to .g et a minor
dent behavior, of student r,espons- High School of Pittsburgh. The
I scaaaaare you?"
part' though. I'd settle for a part
ibility, of student growth and de- eval-ua:ting committee is sponsored
"What kind of ghost?"
scaring the teachers in the audivelopment, The heritage of the old- by "the Middle Atlantic States Asso"I'm a railroad ghost."
ence."
er group, of a more experienced ciation of Coileges ,..and Secondary'
"What are you doing here?"
With this, the ap,p arrition hopped
"I have come here to visit my back on his train, pulled the whistle
Men's Dorm Halloween Party- group, of a more determin,ed group, .Schools.
will come much more rapidly to
Dr. Farley flew to Pittsburgh
brother-in-law. You must know my cord, and took off like a ghost that
October 26
young er students as a result of Monday, October 17. That nigl)t he
,brother-in-law. He's .- quite well had just seen a ,man.
what the GI leaves behind."
attended a preliminary dinner at
known at Wilkes. 'He's a big actor.
If you want to see Willy's broth- Theta Delta Rho Ml;lsquerade-The entrance of GI students into which he met with the members of
He has a part in '"Ghost Train". er-in-law we advise you fo see
October 28
the educational a·n d professional his committee to discuss tentative
That's our Willy he's the ham in "Ghost Train". In fact if you intend
Movie-,.Courageous Mr. Penn- field is looked upon with much op- plans. The · evaluating lasted from
the family: -He played the -p art of to see Willy, we advise you to . see
timism by educators who cannot -Tuesday morning through Thurs• ·
. Hamlet's, ghost, -a nd· in', Macbeth he Ghost Train. If you want to see a October 26
had. the .role af. Banquo's ghost. Of. g,host, .see. Gho.s t Train . .
~::::=:::~~:::::=::~~~~:::::=::~::::1:::~~ . see other than beneficial results. · _day night. : ··
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DR. FARLEY RETURNS
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Social Calendar

�WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

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Friday, October 21, 1949

66 Graduates Will
See New Year In,
Bid Wilkes Adieu

RUSS WILLIAMS
Editor-in-Chief

TOM ROBBINS
News Editor

GERTRUDE WILLIAMS

GEORGE BRODY
Sports Editor

Faculty Advisor

CLYDE RITTER

MARGARET ATEN

Business Manager

Circulation Manager

Editorial Staff
11 Griffith, Art Spengler, Miriam Long, Joe Gries, George Kabusk, Chet Molley,
&gt;n Follmer, Gene Bradley, Chuck Gloman, James Tinsley, Rita Martin, Dave
hitney, Irene Janoski, Ed Tyburski, Vince Macri, Herbert Rosen, Joan Lawlor,
lOrge Brody, Homer Bones.
Re-Write - Chet Omichinski
A paper published weekly by and for the students of Wilkes College
Phone 3-3148 Ext. 19
Member

Intercollegiate Press

DITORIAL

"Lucky To Be fhe Beacon"

FATHER-DAUGHTER COMBO
UNIQlJE FEATURE AT WILl(ES
The freedom of the college press has been the topic of
any discussions here on the Wilkes campus as we11 as in
any c;omers of the United States. An article appearing in the
:nuary 8, 1949 issue of Editor and Publisher sums up the pros
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1d cons of the issue in an excellent manner.
First of all, the article reveals that the college newspapers
. the United States have a combined circulation of one million
1d a reading public of twice that number.
Later, Dwight Bentel, the author of the article, aptly said,
\.t its best, the undergraduate newspaper is a pretty smooth
ece of journalism by anybody's standards, and a solid aca~mic achievement. It's a builder of campus morale and a
iblic relations medium of high order.
"At its worst ... wow!
"Lt can raise more hell on a college campus than spiked
mch at the Dean's reception for freshmen women.... "
"It has sent uncounted thousands of be-necktied, begowned,
1d bewildered undergraduates vainly looking for dances (or
ones, or entertaipments) 24 hours after they were held bec·u se a green student reporter forg-ot to write "tonight" instead
"tomorrow night" in his story for next day's paper.
"The undergrc;xduate newspaper, theh, can be a Dr. Jekyll
a Mr. Hyde. And great variation exists from college to col;e in the nature and amount of control-or lack of it~anted
e student staff in its cpnduct."
All of which brings us down to look at our own system. We
tly quoted a particle of Mr. Bentel'.s complete and extensive
tide on college press freedom. The sum of the article is that
,th under and over-controlled student publications can !le
rrmful. Too little censorship can be as harmful as too much
nshorship.
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· Since the opening of the Fall semester the Beacon has been
bject to all sorts of criticism, adverse and friendly, destructive
td constructive. From it all has come the "new" Beacon, a
rper open to criticism and striving at all times to be a better
lhlication.
We are thankful that we are not an administration controlled
rper down to the letter. And we hope that we will not become
censored paper, one which Mr. Bentel describes as "a weak
td spineless thing, bulging with the minutiae of college com;Js and goings and doings, but lacking in the strength and
:ce to speak effectively for the group it represents."

[OLOGY DEPT.
SECURES FLIES
~iss Dague, a member o:( the
&gt;logy . department, took a tri,p
t week-end to the University of
rmecticut for the most unus!al
,son .. s·h e wanted to get some
it fli.es.
\.11 real ..~ience req~ir-es experi- ,
ntati1m . . In genetics, the study
the transmission of the germ '
.smi from the .p arents to the offfogs, plant and animal are us~d
the experimentations. However,
animals cannot be used too well
genetic studies. First the anil's must be small enough to be
idled ... elephants won't do. SecUy, the animals must produce a
,at many young in a short time;
1 last but not least, the mainance of the animals must be
,ap, and there must be facilities
taking care of the animals.. .
.'t keep a cow in the biology lab.
:o.. .. fruit flies ( especially the
cies Drosophila Melanogaster)
usually easy to raise, · cheap,
·e hundreds of young in a short
e, and are easy to handle. But
remes •of temperature do queer
1gs to · them, sometimes delay-

ing development, and sometimes
killing whole cultures of them.
And that is what happened this
sunimer:Most colleges do not have
control rooms where the temperatur,es can be controlled. (Flies live
best at about 20 degrees to 77 &lt;legrees. Last summer's extremely
hig·h temperature wiped out the
supplies all over the country. When
the Biology Department ordered
thi11 fall, or in late summer, no supplies were avaible.
,Miss Dague knew the head of the
Genetics Department . at the University of Connecticut, Dr. Robert
Bushnell, so she drove there last
weekend and Dr. Bushnell shared
his own depleted stock with her.
She returned with four bottles
•o f cultures and a sack full o,f ears
of corin . which Dr. Bushnell raises
·on his own farm. These corn k,ernels show inheritances of many
characteristics as color (yellow,
white, red, variegated), contents
( starchy •Or sugary), type, etc. All
Me,idelian ratios can be worked out
with Ibo th corn amd fruit flies.
From now on, our genetic students do their own experimenting,
making their own media, cross
breeding various kinds of flies, and
generally Iooking after them theirselves.

One of the few father and daughter teams attending college
together in American universities and colleges is found at
Wilkes College, where Audrey Kohl, age 17, and her father,
Earl Kohl, age 43, are working for degrees .
The senior Kohl entered college
last year after having been out of
the classrooms for almost a quarter
. .
of a century. He was w1thm one
year of completing his high school
education when he was forced to
leave classes. Besides trying to get
used to college work last year,
Kohl also completed extension work
with the · approval of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction and received his high
~chool diploma.
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This year, the Kohl residence
really ·b ecame college conscious
when his oldest daughter, Audrey,
entered with the September class
of freshmen at Wilkes College.
Now both Kohl and his attentive
daughter spend each evening studying together. Despite his long
abs,ence from the classroom, Kohl
still finds himself capable of giving iplenty of helpful hints to his
daughter on the preparation of the
next day's assignment.

Earl Kohl is leading a strenuous
double life while attending Wilkes
Col~ege. From 11 p. m. to 7 a. m.,
he 1s employed as a watchman at
the Vulcan Iron Works in WilkesBarre. According to the 43-year old
sophomore, "The schedule that I've
prepared for myself doesn't bother
me in the least. The important
thing is that I'm doing something
that has always seemed out of the
question before last year."
\ 'Kohl, who is orie of the most
active members of his church, is
majoring in religion. At present,
he teaches sev.e:.ral classes in Sunday School and is lookin!t forward
to the day when his degree will
allow him to go further into the
field of religious teaching.
His daughter is working for a
Bachelor of Science degr~ in biology. She has already established
herself as one of the most active
students in the freshman class as
a member of several college organi.zations.

Acc·o rding to the registrar's office, the following sixty-si~ candidates are eligible for graduation in
January, 1950:
Wilkes-Barre : J.os·e ph Brennan,
R~bert Ca.pin, Gerard Finn, Carl
Gibson, Armin ,GiH, Joseph Gudaitis, Irvin Haefele, Philip Kennedy,
Reed Lowrey, David MacGowen,
Benjamin Maczuga, Thomas Miller,
William Miller, Victor M.inetola,
Samuel Owens, Frank Paduck,
Stanley Perlick, Edgar Plummer,
Marvin Smith, Russell Wolff, Joseph Zawodniak, Florence Savitz.
Nanticoke:
J·oseph
Bendock,
John Davis, Clem Drozdowski,
David Edwards, Albert Gorski,
Theodore Gribb, •Lut her Jones,
Joseph Kitler, Chester Knapich,
E'dward Permowicz, Mostyn Saye,
Hemy Strozeski.
Kingston: William Bergstrasser,
Jo'hn .Cain, Arthur Spengler, Henry
Wnukoski, Ralph Weaver, Russell
Williams.
Plymouth: Frank Celmer, Paul
Flinley, . Theodore Killian, Fred
Schultz, Edmund Zaremba
,E xeter: Nicholas Parrella, Allan
Strassman.
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Wyoming: Robert Barber, John
Shoemaker.
\Hudson: .Michael Elc'hak, Nicholas Konchuba, Robert Rubright.
As:hley: Leonard C~jk.owski.
\Plains: Walter Haczewski.
Pittston: Donald Brodbeck.
Scranton: Raymond Kinback.
iGlen Lyon: !Paul Zl'Onkiewicz.
[,uzerne: ~orge Monigas.
,F ,orty Fort: George Lewis.
Dallas: John Stofko. ,
West Pittston: John Stark.
Korn Krest : Joseph Radko.
Upper Darby: Walter PJ:-yse.
Wyalusing: Hez,bert Quick.
WHdw-OOd,. N. J.: Arne Rasmussen.
Trenton, N. J.: Charles O'Shea.

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INCREASING DEMAND
FOR PSYCHOWGISTS,
s SAYS ROBERT RILEY

Don't Just* Sit There
DO SOMETHING!
DO WHAT?
Be An Active Member of Your Class'!
Attend Your Class N.Ieeting
Next Tuesday and Nominate
The Right Ones
For Your Class Officers
Let's Begin To*Get Some Class
Spirit at Will~es!
* TO GO?
WHERE AND WHEN

"I would like to see more students majio ring in psychology here
at Wilkes College." This opinion
was expressed recently by Mr. Robert Riley, another new psychology
instructor on the faculty, during
a •B eacion interview. 1Mr. Riley also
stressed the fact t'hat there is an
increasing' demand for psychologists in the world and that numerous opportunities await those who
chioose to enter the field.
Mr . .Riley graduated from Meyers Higih 1School where he acted as
assistant editor on the school paper. He was also an enthusiastic
participant in sports, particularly
track and swimming. He later
served his oountry as a member of
the Aa-med Services, in both the
Air and Ground. Forces. This cover,ed a . •p eriod of three years, a year
:being spent in the Philippine . Islands. After receiving his A. B. degree from Wilkes College in .June
'48, Mr. 1Riley spent an additional
year at Western Reserve University in Cleveleand. There he studied
graduate work in clinical psychology.
Mr. Riley teaches Introductory
a·nd A,bnormal Psychology ; moreover, 'he conducts the psychol-ogical
tests of individual personalities
and their aptitudes. He plans to
work for his Ph,D. in Clinical Psychology but, as yet, he has not decided dn the c•ollege he would like
to attend.

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Beacon Ughts of Sport
GEORGE BRODY, Sports Editor
so
This week the all-victorious Colo- the BEACON sports s.taff..
nels take a break from their tri- JIO]N US IN THE, COLONELS'
umphant pi-kskin mar.ch. It is a CARAV.kN OF VIGI'ORIES.
deserved rest too. Five gruelling
weeks of campaigning brought five
Does anyone know where Mansgratifying wins .. and some trying field is? Seems like they were go.moments. On the surface those try- ing t6 call about a game this week.
ing moments aren't really observ****
able, .but an opposing team, strong
•1Earl "Kiner" Jobes has joined
.in the middle, is bound to make it the ranks ,o f the _great. Tells everyshow u,p. Chet Knapich, one of the one he quit ibecause of occupational
finest guards these aged eyes have fatigue. How about that?
ever beheld; Zapotoski, the most
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promising lin.eman George RalsINSIDE
D'OPE:
Phil Kennedy
ton's eyes ever beheld; and young
Radaszewski, that big hunk of man says the powerful CPA keglers
who is still stretching skyward are !,earned how to bowl on pin~ball
machines. Wonder if a bowling alall out with serious injuries ...
ley
can tilt?
Knapich with a dislocated back,
Zapatoski, a ,broken ankle, .and
Radaszewski, a broken hand.
Once in a lifetime: Jack Feeney
That leaves the ,Colonels, prima- says he waited ten years for a
rily a :p ower te1;1,m, with ibut four screen block, and it finally came at
tackles, Hendershot, Washko, Solo- Ithaca. He had a thirty yard runmon and Bogusk-0.
ning start when he threw the key
That's a mound of beef in any b1ock in Al Nicholas' 90 yard run.
man's language, but .it isn't de,e p you won't believe it when I tell you
enough. True, they have held up, the Ithaca would-be tackler landed
and have held up admirably, but in the bleachers.
we can only ask so much of them, '
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then we begin getting embarrassed.
Pity the poor soccer team. They
They can't give blood ... even though have to go to Ithaca to meet an inthey sometimes do.
furia'ted college that just wants to
And if Blessed Bob Gorgas didn't get any Wilkes team th~y can find.
dr~p in like pennies, where would
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our depth be in guards? On the
Personal Observation: Al Nichos.eoond thought, where is our depth ]as is big time. T,h at boy can really
anyway? The center needs no ,p lay football for any team in the
words. The best adjectives to de- country. He's a natural. Free flowscribe the center position are Elias ing, ,effortless, poetic catch-me-ifand Dalton. Breathes the're a pair you-can motion.
with play so rare.
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About the' only thing that has
Dream Sigh~ Chet Knapich piler.a.ppened to Feeney, Molash, Mac- up the line before him while SamlVlahon, ·et al, is that they've be- my Elias comes around for the
C·ome better. Molash acquired his tackle. Incidentally, how does Sampolish in the St. Francis game, my stay so clo,,e .to the ground?
when the Saints mistook him for Seems as though he bores a hole
a cueball and spent all night glee- and comes under the ball carrier
lfully bouncing him around. Golden
Jl'oe Feeney ,got his in the Bridge- for his tackles.
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port game when those darting •
I take it hack: After the Bridgescatbacks thought he was a pivot
~ost and spent. tw-0 hours ~unning port game, Coach Ralston entered
around, over him, under him, and the dressing room almost in tears.
through him. Ithaca tried it too, Claimed there was nothing to be
but a few short minutes taught happy about. Just think, he
th~,m how well Jaok had learned hi~, thought, we have Ithaca next week.
lesson.
'
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Dr. Vujica claims soccer is a betThe baclclield comes out unschathlt(i . They are aU up and ready to ter game th~n football-hecause
go. Steamer Cross, the back you you "realiy have to use y,o ur head!''
ne ver see, has done a magnificent
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job f rom his rock'em, sock'em
Wonder if Rasmussen plays socbJ.qqking position. He doesn't score cer because it gives him a chance
any touchdowns, but they ought to to wear a different type of shoe?
give him half credit for every one
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that is scored. His is a thankless
Did you ever see Alex Molash
job. Block, :block, block 'till you re-hash a football game? Never
can't stand, then get up and block speaks a word, just contorts his
again.
face, waves his hands, and you see
Florky, Pinky, DeRemer, Castle, the game all over again.
,omas, Waters, and others look
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,narp, and seem to h,e getting
Chet
Malley
is jealous of the
sharper. Their combined experience
makes a coach's sleening hours the football team. He is already makrestful hours they should be. Young ing the rounds telling the baseball
Al Nicholas is rapidly making it to team tio "give George ,o ne good seathe top of ;Mount ,Glory. 1 A p.u lled son ,before we go ."
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leg • muscle should be eliminated
Heard King's Colllege's Coach
:before the next scheduled game.
Riley on the air. He said his greetThen watch 'that boy fly.
Well, that's the team's physical ing when he got in Wilkes-Barre
condition. How about the mental was, ·"Welcome and 'beat Wilkes!"
Are we going t b stand for that?
condition? To this point it has
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,b een good. But a two week layoff
and the attitude that Lycoming is
A bouquet ·t o Lincoln U.: Soccer
•w eak does not make for the best Coach Partridge says he was never
conditions. The team has been_ up treated so well in all his life. They
for five weeks. The pitch has been were gentlemen in every sense of
kept at a high key. Unless much the word.
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care is taken, there is going to be
1J. letdown. That is where Coach
The Classic:· Boomer John quickRalston is going to have his hands kicked in the Jayvee-Wyoming Sem
full. He came through before, and game to catch Sem off guard. Dishe can do it again.
tance: SEVEN FEET. Coach RalsHowever, it is fortunate that ton got up from the bench, stared
Lycoming is somewhat on the weak in dismay, and exclaimed: "Shoot
side. If the team is off-key, one man! He can't even KLCK a first
game wiH straighten them out, and down."
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that team ,b e wea¼, rather than
Thought: If the varsity is called
toµgh.
.
Well, that is the run down on the the Colonels, why not call the Jayteam. One week from tomorrow it vees the "Shavetails"?
will be Wilkes vs. Lyooming in the
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Qpestion of the week : Does
first of three consecutive home
games. lf you look at the lead King's College have a football
camel in our Caravan, you will see team????

WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

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Bowling League Nets Ithaca Team No Match SHAVE TAILS TOPPLE

-For Fightin' Colonels JUNIORBLUE KNIGHTS

By CLYDE RITTER
The Wilkes Bow.Jing League
rolled into high gear last Tuesday
night .at the Eagles Bowling Academy.
The Engineer keglers were impressive in their initial skirmish
in league competition as they
smothered a hapless Thors Five
and moved into a ti,e for first place
with the Wheels and IRC teams;
The outstanding match of the
evening was the battle between the
Kushmakers and the CPA's. Aided
by an avalanche of strikes, the
Kushmakers mowed p.own the pins
and captured the first and second
games by wide margins. The GPA's
recovered from the blistering1 attack in time to salvage the final
contest.
'T he second round of play is
scheduled for next Tuesday night
at the E'agles.
League Standings

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Engineers

3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0

rnc

Wheels
Kushmakers
CPA's
Thors Five
Dorm
Chem~Club

L Pts,
4
0
4
0
4
0
1
3
1
2
0
3
0
3
0
3

Top Five
Ave.
Jiunta-Engineers .... ....... ......... 198
Merolli--'K ushmakers ... ... .. ... .... .179
Ogan-Engineers ... ........ .. .. .. .......173
Surash-lRC .. ............. .. ..:.... .. ..... 166
Meko-OPA's
... .164
High Single Game: Meko, GPA's
22·3.
High Series: .Jiunta, Engineers
593;
High Team Single Game: Engineers 797.
High Team Series: Engineers
2251.

Booters Drop Third
To Lincoln U., 4-0
By PAUL B. BEERS
Facing a strong Lincoln eleven
!~st Saturday in Oxford, Pa.,
Wilkes College soccer, team dropped
its third straight game, 4-0. The
Colonels, :by far, played their best
game of the current season, but
Linc·oln University's all-around soccer skill proved too much an obstacle for •Coach Partridge's boys.
. The CoJ.onels open,ed in grand
fashion and •n early scored a number of times, as they drove deep
into ,L incoln's territory. But Lincoln roared back and within ten
minutes had put two .g oals through
·Charley Jackson, Wilkes' alert
goalie. One was a hard drive in the
upper left-hand corner by Lincoln's
inside rig;ht, Bill White, and the
other was a freak kick that just
managed to skip through the net.
ln the second period Wilkes' attack
slowed down and Lincoln added A
third tally.
Wilkes bounced 'back in the second half, but Lincoln held its
ground. Three corner kicks by the
Colonels added nothing, a11 Lincoln's
bac'kfield cleared them out of danger. •'Do freez.e up matters, the
hig;hly-experienced Lincoln squad
r ounded out the day ,w ith a fourthgoal in the last quarter, while preventing Wilkes from scoring.
'Though going . down in defeat,
the hooters showed plenty of promis,e for the future. The Colonels'
backfield consisting of Keith Rasmussen, Charley Stocker, Charley
'Dhomas, Tom Kieback and Cy Kavalchick was especially pleasing to
Coach P.atridge, as ithey played
heads-up ball throl).ghout the contest. Lincoln. had men from South
America and North Afri'ca, tliat
had played soccer since kindergarten days, and the rookies from
Wilkes were up against some of
the best soccer players in the country. Coach Partridge feels that the
.boys played winning ball against
Lincoln, even though they did lose.

By ED TYBURSKI
Last Friday . night the Colonels
slushed their way through muck
and mi-re to tally four times in def eating Ithaca ·college, 28-6. It was
the Colonels eleventh victory in
their last 14 starts ..
they were
tied three times.
After seeing what 'the Colonel.s
looked like during the first quarter,
1th·a ca called on the "rain gods" to
hel,,p them, ibut even this didn't help.
A heavy downpour fell from the
sec6nd quar,ter on, but the· Colonels
proved themselves to be excel1ent
mudders. With Jarrin' John . Florkiewicz and Pilin' Pinky Pinkowski
leading the ground attack, the
Colonels kept their undefeated
streak intact. Florky scored· twice,
Leo •Castle one.. incidentally, this
was !Jeo's second game and his
third TD .. and Al Nicholas one.
Nicholas brought the rain-drenched crowd to their feet when he
gathered an Ithaca punt on his own
ten and weaved and raced his way
to paydirt. Once before, in the Upsala game, Al performed this same
bit of magic. That time it was for
78 yards.
'The Colonels line was up to par,
and this explains Ithaca's difficulty
in scoring. · Led by Co~Captain
Lewis, the "Seven Blocks of Anthracite" refus,ed. to yield to the
"T", just as they did against
Bridgeport.
·
•r,uolden-Toe" Feeney split the
uprights after each touchdown ...
but he was .p robably more satisfied
with the key block he threw on a
would-be Ithaca tackl,er on Nicholas' 90-yard sprint. They say the're
still .looking for that unfortunate
Ithacan.
This week the Colonels have a
we.JI deserved rest and should be
ready to continue their victory
march. Since the last four games
will be rplayed in the Valley, it will
be an opportunity for the s·tudent
body to see the Colonels in action.
Remember it's your team .. Climb
on the Victory Bandwagon and
Support the Colonels!!!

Monday afternoon in Wyoming
Seminary's Nesbitt Stadium, the
Wilkes C ollege Shave-Tails beat
the Wyoming Seminary J V's 6-0.
The future Colonels margin · of
superiority isn't r.eflected ' by the
final score as the Colonels outplayed Seminary in every · department
and were on Seminary's one-foot
line when the final whistle blew.
The Shave Tails were under the·
field generalship of , Bill, "Let's
Quick Kick" Johns. The "Bomlber"
as he is better known to his friends
had Seminary confused and the
fans in stitches with his strateg,y .
"Bomber quick-kic,k ed on 3rd down
one time and on another he call~d
for a running play with 4th down
coming up and a mere 2·5 yards
to go.
The game gave those present a
good line on how the future varsities will shape up at Wilkes: In
th,e Colonel backfield Bill Davis
and Al Manarski showed the . fans
that the future Colonels will have
speed to burn, as they t ~re through
the line and around the ends fbr
sizable gains. 'Little Pinky' Pinkowski and Elias, also sh.owed up
well. The line pac.ed by Solomon,
1Scripp, Hall, Morgan and Strojny
also gave the fans hope. for the
future.
·
The victory was a costly one as
big. Flrank Radaszewski an out-·
standing tackle received a broken
bone in his right hand and will be
lost to both the "Varsity and JV's
for a few w.eeks. T;h,e junior varsity
trav~led to Bloom1,burg, yesterday
to meet .the Huskies' JV's, bµt .since
this has gone to ,p ress before game
time ,the outcome is not kno~.
One thiing is c,e rtain, if big Bomb.er
J,o hns gets serious he can tear any~
one's line to shred'. s
IT'S THE GOSPEL
Hanover 7
Plymouth 20
Kingston 7
............ Plains 21
Wyoming 12
... Forty Fort 6
Nanticoke 7
Larksville 7
Luzerne 7 ... .... ..... .......... GAR 12
Opponents 40 King~t sCollege: 0

NOTICE!
Required Assembly
Tuesday, October 25
M.r. Ralston Will Preside

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Meet The Colonels

DALTON

DeREMER

Last week the BEACON inaugurated the program of introducing
the Colonels to the student body.
We would like to continue this week
by pin-pointing the Co ... Captains
and the men who fill in the . pivot
post.
.
George "Pickles" Lewis is one
of Coach Ralston's many four year
men. He first donned football togs
at Forty Fort where he starred for
that town's high school eleven.
· When asked if he received any
ELIAS
scholastic honor, Pickles mod.e stly
LEWIS
r ,e plied, "No, I was just one of the that position with Al Dalton. He
boys;" And that might be consider- was also Co ... Captain of last seaed the cr~terion of his success. He son's Colonels. 1Sammy came to
is always ,one of the boys, and he Wilkes four long years ago from
has been one of the Colonels since Meyers High, where he was a first1:946. He is one of those linemen class center. This year he is provwho are not just satisfied to play ing himself to be one of the best
in the line, but love it. Pickles is a line-,backers in the secti0n. How he
·sparkplug to the team, and he is manages to plug up those holes
in there playing his h~art out for with his little body remains a mys6'0 minutes of any game when he is tery to many fans. Sammy is the
called on to do so. After three very insurance the line carries into every
good y,ears in Coloneland, Pickles game with them.
has been honored by his teammates
Alternating with Elias at center
e!'ecting him to the Co-Captain is Al Dalton, sophomore who is
berth.
playing offensiv,e center fol' Coach
John DeReemer is the Colonels Ralston. He is a product of G.A..R.
ot her Co ... Captain. This position in and is easily the most fmproved
,itself estimates Jack's worthiness player on the team. Already he is
to the team. This is just his second a main cog in the Ralston-touchseason with the Colonels, yet he down-producing-machine.
has been chosen their Co~Captain.
The Colonels record for the year
'T ransferring from Scranton Uni- so far stands at four wins and one
versity last year, Jack broke right tie. They have four more games to
into the starting lineup. His end play . . . three of these at home,
.r uns and p-asses worried many an with the King's game away. King's,
enemy. This season he is playing a natural traditional rival &lt;Yf
defensive halfback and doing it Wrnkes will play host to the Colovery capably.
.
nels •a t Meye:rs ·stadium. on Novem·Re.tu.rning for his fourth season •ber 19 and the Colonels .are pointwith the •Colonels, Sammy E!ias is ing f~r this one.. LOOK OUT
the line~backer for Ralston s de-.
,
.
. •
fensive team. Last year Sammy KINGS ... THE COLONELS ARE
was playing the pivot, alternating ON THE VICTORY M.AJRCH.

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Friday, October 21, 1949

WATERS ELECTED
CHEST DRIVE LAGS
CLUB NEWS SLOW
FOR SECOND TERM BEHIND GOAL QUOTA
COMING AND GOING
The Letterman Club of Wilkes
CoUege held i.ts annual election of
Club officers at a meeting Weenesday night, October 19. Bob Waters
was reelected to the Presidency.
'Poop' as he is affectionately known
by most of the student body, has
done a ,wonderful job in the past
year, and his efforts undoubtedly
warranted his reappointment. John
DeReemer,1 one of the ' outstanding
collegiate football men in the area,
was elected to the Vice-Presidency.
There is little doubt that John can
ably fulfill the responsi,bilities of
this post.
,
Dick Scripp was balloted into the
Secretarial post. Dkk is well known
by the student body, and a · much
•better man could not be . found to
take over the secretarial duties of
ch.e Club. Big George Washco was
ushered in as the new '·' SergeantAt-Arms". There should be little
di~sension when George announces
that the meetings will come to or· der.
Don Black-enbush received the
·necessary \notes for appointment
as Treasurer. 'Blacky' ¼nows monetary values, and the Club should
ha ve a verdant year with the assets
under his superivsion. John 'gallopin,g -ghost' Florkiewic,z., and Dan
'no-holds-harred' Sadvary were th.e
respective nominees for the Executorial chairs. There is little that
can be said to add to the praise
that both these boys merit They
are well known on the campus, and·
should take their new responsibilides in stride.
Plans ,w ere furthered for the
Decem~ For,m al and from all in- ·
dications this will be the dance of
the year. The committees are functioning smoothly, and • plans are
rapidly a,pproaching completion.
When these plans are made known
to the public, they will unanimously
agr'ee that the members ·of the committees should receive an 'A' for a
splendid job.
. The Lettermen are conscientiously selling tiekets for the forthcoming 'Turkey' raffle to be held at
the Siport Danc·e following the
Wilkes-King's clash. There are five
large Turkeys to be given to the
lucky ticket holders. What is
Thanksgiving without a Turkey?
How proud you can fl)el with the
carving knife in your hand as you
look upon that delectable, brown,
and savory bird C·o me Thanksgiving Day. It may be you; everybody
has as much a chance qf winning
one, as the next pers·on . .All you
I
·have to do is to see your nearest
Letterman and buy a ticket. You
will be helping your fellow students, and you might be helping
yourself to turkey come Thanksgiving.
·

Approximately 500 dollars has
The Presidents, or Offi~ers, of
been received during the first week the various · Campus Clubs are reof the Community Chest Drive at quested to contact -the l3eacon · OfWilkes. This has been an 'unusually fice in order to name convenient
tinies and places for Beacon ReJiow sum when compared with the porters to nieet with them. News
Wilkes' Chest drives of previous concerning · these various Clubs is
years. The goal for the college is sparse because of the inability of
2000 dollars . . Mr. Partridge, the the reporters to get in touch with
director of the Wilkes chest drive, . the Officers •Of the Clubs. Until
such time, the Beacon should not be
urges all students to co-operate criticized for the ·lack of .news perwholeheartedly.
taining to these ClU!bs.
• Mr. Partridge als·o announced . Would the Officers of these
that a number of veterans have Olubs be so kind as to inform 'the
Beacon as to the tnost convenient
been hesitant about contri,b uting times or places to contact them?
beca use their subsistence checks Ma·n y of the •Club members would
are not received until November. be enlighteried by this information,
In con si deration of that fact, he re- and it would und oubtedly aid in
qu,ests them to make c-ontri:butions the stimulation of Club activities.
on government slips, •payable dur- This information can be turned in
ing 1950.
to the Beacon Office any day durAssisting Mr. Partridge in his ing the coming week.
work are Mr. w el ton Farrar and
M.r. John Boyce. ,S tudent assistants
are Marilyn Broadt and O!ie
Thomas.
T o give every student a chance
to aid in this worthy cause, Mr'.
Partridge has .decided to extend
The International Relations Club
the dr,i ve throu~h the week of is planning a United Nations Day
October 24.
for Monday, October 24 to climax
In a letter to the students, Mr. United NatiO'lls Week.
Partridge said, "We at Wilkes
Rev. Carl J. Schindler will admust niot fall down on our obliga- dress the students in the · Lectur,e
tions to our neighbors in the Com- Hall and the films "Peop-le's' Chartmunity. Clearly we must re-double er" and "Highlights of the United
our attempts this month to see that Nations -Year" will be shown. The
the many Rea Feather Services do public is invited to attend the
not collapse because we of all peo- meeting which begin·s at 8 p. m.
pie have failed to act as responsMr. Hugo V. Mailey, faculty adible good neighbors.
visor of the I,RC stated ·that Louis
"Lf the present rate of contribu- Bonanni and John Persico · will
ti-ons continues, Wilkes will fall far speak on a radio broadcast from
short of a ny reasonable g:uota. Even station WiHW'L at 11 :45 a. m. Monmor.e incomprehensible l's the trend day in coii'nection with U. N. Day.
toward smaller contributions than,
An additional feature of the
in 1948. Giving means a material United Nations Day will be a dissacrifice to all of us. Yet surely ,p lay in the library.
there is satisfaction in observing
the good that is accomplished in
helping all groups including ourselves.
"Your group solicitor will contact you so·o n to see if y,ou care -t o
supplemen t that which y,ou have alMedical Aptitude tef;ltS are to be
ready given. 'B etter still, why don't given ·at Wilkes College on Saturyou willingly seek him out with day, October 22. These tests are
your pledge?
divided i-nto three divisions; Professional aptitude, Social Values,
Pre-1Miedical Achievement.
Another Medical Aptitude test is
is to be give non January 16, 1950."
Individuals who wish to participate
in this exam are requested to regisMr. Morris has released a list ter at the administration building.
of speakers who are availaible to
campus organizations. These speakers ar.e provided by the Colleg e
Federal Service Council of Pennsylvania a nd Delaware at no
charge. They are prepared to give
Norman, Okla., (I. P .)-Women
talks on Economics, Engineering,
Chemistry, etc. Any organization students at the University of Oklawhich desires to make use of this homa now have earlier c_urfew
service can contoct Mrs. Gertrude hours. •C losing hours for Friday
Marvin Williams for full details. and Saturday nights pave been set
at 12 :30 by the Association of
Women Students on r ecommendation .of President George L. Cross.
Former hours were 12 midnight on
Friday and 1 :15 a. m. Saturday.
Curfew time for freshman women
Dorm President R. R. Weeks set will continu,e to be 8 p. m., Mondays
Wednesday, October '2f as the date through Thursdays
of the dormitory open house Hal"There has been considerable
Jowe'en Party.
criticism'', Dr. Cross said in clari'T hese parties were begun sev- fying the change, "from parents,
era! years ago as its resident stu- people of the state and students for
dents contribution to the social the 1 :15 closing hour, as it is. later
life ,of the school. They have been than that of · any other Oklahoma
received in the past with some sue- state school. We feel that our closcess.
ing hours should be in conformity
This year, according tq president with other state institutions." He
Weeks, plans are under way .to added that the later hour "encourmake- the affair :b igger and better aged students to seek entertainthan ever.
ment out of town, while many p1;11The party is scheduled to begin ents preferred that they particiat 8 iP. M. and to last until 12:,00. pate in social functions on the
During this time the dormitory campus." '.
will be open to everyone as guests
He stressed the importance of
of its resident students.
this latest move by disclosing that
President Week s appointed com- many colleges and universities have
mittees to take charge of ·prepara- come to the conclusion that the
tion for the affair. A decoration most favorable environment for
commi tee was appointed to serve social development, democratic livunder Edward Wheatley of Wil- ing and stimulation of interest in
mington, Delaware; entertainment good scholarship is to ·:be found in
under Jules Wagner of New York university-ope,r ated -housing units,
City, and refreshments under Rob- :particularlv for students in. their
ert Croucher of Linden, N. J.
: freshman year,

U. N. DAY TO BE
· OBSERVED HERE

.MED. APT~ TESTS
SET FOR OCT. 22

SPEAKERS A.VAILABLE
FOR CAMPUS GROUPS

IRC RAISES FUNDS
Weeks Says Days Till
FOR CONFERENCE Boys' Dorm Shindig
At their meeting on Thursday,
October 20, the International Relations Club planned an Intercollegiate ·.conference on Government
which will include delegates from
loeal colleges. King's, Misericordia,
Marywood, and the University of
Scranton will be invited to participate in the discussion.
A vote was passed to the effect
that each member should contribvte twenty-five cents to a pool at
each meeting, and that a winner of
the dra.wing will receive ten cents
of each quarter contriibuted, the
dub keeping the remainder to build
up a fund tt&gt; send twenty-five delegates to . the Intercollegia te Conferenee on Government Convention
in Harrisburg thi~ spring. The club
has been a member of thi s conference for four years.
William Perlmuth was appointed
by President Joseph Radko as coordinator of the committee.
At the meeting dub members
signed a pledge of support to the
United Nllltions.

U. of 0. Women Get Less
Play,·Shorter Hours

�t riday, October 21,

5

WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

1949

JACOBSON'S HUMOR Student Council Meets; STUDENT IS ANCESTOR
PLEAS~ STUDENTS Nothing Left But Bones OF COLONEL BUTLER
By GEORGE KABUSK

Teachers' Continual Digging
Proves Nothing, Reveals Bones
"NO BONES ABOUT IT", SAYS BONES, "LIFE IS JUST A BOWL
OF BRIER-ROOT"
SPECIAL TO THE BEACON

Homer Bones admittedly has no middle name, does not know
who his father and mother are, and thinks that his family tree
was cut up into toothpicks long ago. Yes, those were some of
'the items that Homer (?) Bones released about himself in the
SGcond exclusive Beacon interview in as many weeks.
"I don't really care for the idea
of a whole middle name", said Mr.
Bones, "but I should have a middle
initial. I was lost during registration week when aske(! to put down
my middle ini,tial.-Say, how about
'T'. Now there's a nice combination, Homer T. Bones. Get it? T·bones."
When asked about his classroom
experiences, Homer said, "Golly,
I've had a lot of interesting classroom experiences. I'll never forget
one time when my suspenders
broke 'and my pants drooped down
around my angles. Some joker in
the class said Gee, Homer, your
legs are so thin they could pass for
pipe cleaners. I was mortified."
He went on to tell of the time
one exasperated teacher described
h ' m as nothing more than a lump
o · clay, a piece of wire, and a hank
c ' fuzz. "Little did he know", said
l ! omer, "that he was talking to a
f ?!la who_ can exchange repartees
v•ith the best of them. I jumped up
and s·houted 'just because you sli'p'{)Hl on that banana skin, Pal, don't
'hink you're one of the bunch.' Boy,
thait stopped him cold. It seems
that teachers are al wa ys taking
digs at me."
Homer admits being an orphan,
but he credits two of his associates
with helping him all his life. "D-on
Follmer and Art Bloom", he says,
"are my bosom buddies. They befriended me a,t a time when it look-

ed as though I might be sent to a
pipe collector in New York City.
Luckily they found me, and with
their guidance and assistance) I
entered Wilkes."
Homer · 'J', Bones remarked that
the traffic and parking situation
around Wilkes should be relieved if
at all possible. Homer drives a
souped-up Tootsie-toy convertible
and, although he has a ·parking
permit, finds parking space difficult to locate. He blames the difficulty in parking on the size of his
car. Homer revealed that his convertible is even ·longer than the
one Mr. Ralston owns ..
"As you can see by this picture
I want you to print with the interview, I am interested in music. The
person sitting in the chair watching me tickle the ivories is not Mr.
Cobleigh. He is just one of my
friends who came in to see how I
,w as doing. I enjoy music a great
deal, a'tl kinds of music.''
Homer thinks that music is
soothing to all manner of troubles.
He summed up the power of music
by saying, "If the leaders of the
nations of the world would blow
woodwinds instead of their tops
we'd all be a lot better off. And
we'd haV"e music to boot!"
"Oh, ,before I go-do you still
n.eed humor on the Beacon? ·How's
this-'! fear I cannot take my
leave, Mother; my suspenders are
caught in the door'!"

Don't Be a Schmoo or a l(igmy!
*
STAND· UP
FOR YOUR RIGHTS!
* STEPPED ON AND KICKED
DON'T BE CONTENT TO BE
AROUND!
THE KIGMIES CAN DO IT -

YOU CAN'T!

*

TAKE AN INTEREST IN WHO ARE ELECTED
AS YOUR CLASS OFFICERS!

*
REMEMBER!
Nominations Will Occur Next
Tuesday at 11 A. M.

Pa rap h r a sing Shakespeare's
statement about sleep being the
nourisher of life, Mrs. E.'milie
Jacobson said, "Laughter and hl.imor are life's best appetizers.
Laughter and humor make l,i fe run
more smoothly."
The English journalist and actr ess addr-essed approximately 400
students of Wilkes College in the
Baptist Church iast Tuesday morning. Her topic was: Humor-First
Aid to Understanding.''
'Mrs. Jacobson differenciated between wit and humor. She said that
wit can be ridicule. Wit can cause
embarrassment. However, humor is
warm and all embracing.
Humor is more than the ability
to laugh. It requires tolerance. She
said that we must laugh with people, not at them. In referring to
humor as a sixth sense, the speaker
added, "A sense of -p roportion is a
large part of a sense of humor.''
British humor is not all Cockney
humor, as most Americans believe.
Jacobson classified British humor
to include Irish, Scottish, and
Cockney. But even such a simple
breakdown would not do justice to
the diverse types of English humor.
In Manchester, the birth place of
the speaker, the accent of the people differs from that of the people
of London, yet these cities are only
180 miles apant. This difference in
accent has influenced the type of
humor in each city.
•~Laughter· lets out the air of
•bigotry and lets in common sense.
God intended us to laugh together.
Until the heart catches up with
the head, we won't have lasting
peace", said Jacobson in a more
serious tone.
Frequently during her talk she
referred to American customs t~at
amuse her. She drew particular attention to our commercial radio in
c,ontrast to the British radio which
is government controlled. Jacobson thought it shocking, as well as
amusing, to hear Schubert's "A_ve
•M aria". followed .by a commercial
such as: "Use ,So and So, it's the
kind and gentle laxative". But the
speaker thinks our radio commercials are "the most interesting aspect of American life.''
The speaker had never tasted
Coke, Pepsi, :Corn-on-the-cob, or
Kansas sweet potatoes until she
arrived in this country. She thinks
our cosmopolitan food dishes are
"delightful and amusing".
"American slang is so aipt, to the
point. It says three times as much
in ohe third the time," said Jacobson. She is amused by such commonplace express.i ons as: so what,
you and who· else, took him to the
cleaners, drizzle and drip.

By HOMER BONES

I'm Homer Bones. I was told that
Wilkes Colleg,e is honored to have
I can't write a personal column, enrolled as a member of the 1949,
but then again, Pm Homer Bones. freshman class a direct descendent
Oh no, I don't intend to argue with of Colonel Zebulon Butler, famed
Russ Williams. He said no columns, war hero afber whom the Men's
s-o -no columns. I just want to re- Dormitory, :South River Street, was
port the 'p rogress of the Student named Butler Hall.
Council.
Mary .Beardslee Butler, a graduThey (the council members) ate ,of Forty Fort High School and
gathered in glee. The Cabaret Par- enrolled here as a B. S. in biology,
t y (Fall Frolic Style) was in the is the great, gveat, great, great
.fihal stages of production. lt was grandaugh t er of Colonel Butler.
on Tuesday night, last, that the
Colonel Butler played a promhalls of Chase Lounge resounded inent part in early day Wyoming
with the "ayes" and "nays" of the Valley history and lived in the
council meeting under discussion. same block in which the college is
One of the items to come before now located.
the group was the admittance of
the newly elected members. ' There
were three freshmen elected. They
were Connie iSm4th, Joe Chmiola,
and Al Manarski. Then on W ednesday one sophomore and one junior
were to be elected to fill the vacancies of those classes. Elaine Turner
was elected as the .Sophomore reMarietta, 0. (I. P.)-"M-arry a
presentative. A discrepancy ar,ose
in the Junior election votes and woman who knows more than you
there will have to be another elec- do" is the advice 'given to college
tion. (Get a load of my journalistic students by Warren Bruner, management consultant who is conductstyle!)
Class officers are to !be nominated ing an experimental course in.
next week and elected the follow- career determination at Marietta.
ing week. T[le Freshmen and Soph- College.
omores wi:11 nominate their officers · "A man's personality and mental
at the assembly next Tuesday while stature tend to increase as he prothe Juniors will nominate in- the g-r esses in his occupational field",
music hall in Geis Hall and the he told ihis class recently. "On the
Seniors in the Lecture Hall on other hand, a woman starts going
back.ward as soon as she enters a ·
Tuesday at 1.1.
There i's good news today! The career . as ,a homemaker-unless
gala homecoming ceLebration will she realizes the danger and fights
take place on Saturday, November hard against it.
"Educate her less than the man,
6. During that time many events
will be held, including a play, a or start · them even; and you prosoccer game, a Theta Delta Rho vide one of several causes for the
open house, a dinner, a football case of a man in m.iddle life divorcgame, and a dance. Keep on the ing the partner of his early struglook-out for further information. gles to seeik a more compatible
The following conversation clos- mate."
Marriage as a career is one of
ed the meeting:
One of the members of the coun- many fields considered by Bruner
cil brought urp the subject of in his course. The course is intendBeacon coverage of the council ed, he said, to "lead to a wise
choice of specific careers by exposmeetings.
'
"I'm here" 'I shouted "to cover ing students to comparable inform~
ation about a number of career
the meeting for the Be;con.''
"Did someone just hear a voice?" fields"
"As ' far as is known", Bruner
said the member.
·
"That was Homer Bones", said continued, "Marietta College is one
Tom Rob.bins. "He's here to get of the few liberal arts oolleges in
which life planning is considered
the story for the Beacon.''
The various members who had as important as delving ,i nto literaheard me but could not see me ture, history, art , or other subjects
looked strang ely at Mr. Robbin s carried in most curricula. At least,
ifs the only one that offers courses
and shook their heads sadly.
The meeting adjourned midst an in career determination which students may elect for credit."
air of a,bnormal silence
These courses are the heart of a
****
Arfterthought: Even though I'm ,p rogram of life planning, Bruner
not a member of the Student Coun° said. But he believes a college's
cil, I intend to check up next week obligations to students and society
on how I can get Tom Moran to are not fully discharged until tihe
courses are supplemented •b y indistop using me Ito clean his pipe
vidual career counseling and an ,effective placement service.
"A numlber of other colleges", he·
said, "are watching the ex•perimen\ here with consider!l!ble interest. Many •people thin1k tihe time is
The E. P. I. T. R. C. had their not far distant when all colleges
second
annual
conference
l!.t will ·b e compelled by popular deBloomsburg, Pa., the week-end of mand to offer instruction of thi-s
•October 15-16. The conference had type."
11 colleges participating. They
were Lehigh, Lafay,ette, Marywood, feren ce was chosen . tehigh UniverKing's, Misericordia, B1oomsburg, sity representatives volunteered to
Moravian for Men, Cedar Crest, be the hosts Lehigh also will twke
Lycoming, Albright, and Wilkes.
charge of publishing the N ewslet~
The main speakers were Mr. H. ter, the official · publi'c ation of the
Barrett Davis, Lehigh; Mrs. Johns- conference. The Newsletter was
ton, Bloomsburg; Mr. Groh , former pwblished by Wilkes previously.
director of Cue 'n' Curt ain now
Those representing Wilkes at the
studying at Columbia University, conference were Paul Thomas,
and 'Marvin W alters, former Wilkes David Edwards and Patricia Boyd.
student and former chairman of the
conference.
The conference ratified the constitution with additions and corrections. Those attending the conference h.eard a rep·o rt on the summer
theatre prepared by Dick Goetz,
Lafayette, who was also elected
president of the executive committ ee. Pat Boyd, Wilkes, was elected
treasurer, and the conference, as a
whole, agreed that dues of $10.00
per year per college should be levied to cover expenses of business
correspondence.
The site for the next annual con-

MANUSCRIPT GETS
A NEW OFFICE Theatre Conference
Reported Successful
The Manuscript, literary magazine of Wilkes College, )Vill soon
have a -new office. Because of the
rapid growth of our school and
consequ~nt lack of space, the campus literary publication temporarily found it~elf without a home. The
staff of editors has just been informed that a room in the basement of Kirby Hall is being renovated for their use.
In the meantime the Manuscript
has been busy reorganizing. The
staff 's o·bjective is to make this
year's publications as high in qaulity as the nreceding issues_throu gh
the active interest and cooperation
of the students.
Until the new Manuscript office
is ready to be occupied, any student may submit his short stories,
essays, and ,p oetry for consideration by contacting members of the
editorial ·staff: Anthony Andronaco,
George Brody, ,Sam Chambliss,
Jean ·Grumbling, Jack Phethean, B.
Richard Rutkowski, Art Spengler
or Russ Williams.

By CHUCK GLOMAN

Marietta College
Official· Makes
World-Shaking Remark

�"l''~dq:y. Octobet 21.'1949
.6
------------------,------------------------------------------------------------What---Pep Rally · .
Enrollment ·Story;
NAVY :WANTS 1200
When~October 27, 11 :00 A. M.
Campus
FOR NAC PROGRAM ·Night Owls Take Lead Where:--chase
Why-Initiate Spirit
WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

A study of the enrollment stat,is· WANTED: 1200 Naval Aviation
tics hy Herbert J. Morris, registrar,
Cadets.
This offer has been tendered by and Stanley Wasilewski, director
the ,Secretary to all qualified, un- of the evening school,. revealed that
married American men between this year finds Wilkes Go.liege with
the highest combin€d evening and '
the ages of 18 and 27.
In selecting the applicants pre- day school enrollment in. the hisference will be given to those who tory of the J.ocal institution. There.
have graduated from an· accredited are 1,929 student attending the
college in a course normally re- institution.
A count of the evening school requiring four academic years to
complete. However, applicants who gistrations disclosed that 944 perhave graduated from a recognized sons attending classes during that
junior college or have successfully session of the Wilkes College procompleted not less than one-half gram. This .figure marks a 50-perthe requirements for graduation in cent increase over the number of
a four-year college course may be students who were enrolled in thJ
able to meet the minimum require- evening school courses during the
fall semester of 1948, when 62.l
ments.
In commenting on the program, were attending classes.
the Chief of Naval Personnel reWi t h the slight loss in the numiterated the Navy's policy of "Stay ber of day school students admitted
in -School". The Navy encourages to Wilkes College, the 1949 figures
students to stay in college and list an increase of 206 students. In
graduate, being convinced that 1948, the total enrollment at the
·young men will serve themselves local institution was 1,723. There
and their country better by obtain- were 1,062 people attending day
ing the maximum of educ·a tional time classes on a regula-r basis, ·40
background. However, for the stu- enrolled as special students, and
dents who have succe;;sfully co1ri- 621 attending night school.
pleted college or must leave after,
,two,Pr more years'. due to economic
or personal ·reasons, the Navy offers
an unsurpassed opportunity for
young men to qualify as Naval
Aviators.
1Selected '&lt;l.pplicants will be enli'sted as naval aviation cadets and
ordered to naval air flight training. They must agree to serve on
.active duty for four years unless
,sooner released and must remain
·unmarried until they win their
·wings.
Upon successful .completion of
·the course the NavCads will be designated as Naval Aviators and
,commissioned as Ensigns in the
'Naval Reserve or as Second Lieutenants in the Marine Gorps Re:s~rve. Those who fail in.flight train'ing will be discharged from the
service, or at their own requests
transferred to a classificati on in
the Naval or Marine Co·r ps Reserves for which qualified. Depending upon the needs of the regular
service, •a limited number of those
who qualify as naval aviators may,
after not less than 18 months' a ctive ' commissioned service as reserve officers, qualify for ap,p ointment as career officers in the Regular Navy or Marine Corps.
In announcing the Navy's NavCad program, Secretary Francis P.
Matthews commented : " It is of
vital importance to our National
Security ·t hat Naval Avia tion
strength be assured by t he maintenance of a well trained Reserve.
The Naval Aviation Cadet Prog ram
offers splendid ·o pportunity for
young men to qualify as naval
aviators, to win an officer's commission and join that select group
of men who contribute to the supremacy of America, Naval air power."
Detailed information on the NavCad program, including application
iblanks, may be obtained !from the
nearest Naval Air .station, Navy
Recruiting Station, or Office of
Naval Officer Procurement.

The 1949 figures carry 935 students on a regular day school
roster, 36 as special students, 14
as special education students, and
944 in the evening school.
The figures for t)'ie total enrollment verify a continual growth in
the enrollment at the Wilkes-Barre
coHege. It was expected this year
that because of the decrease in th€
number of veterans ,enrolling for
college courses, the number would
be greatly lowered. Hmvever, a
slight decrease suftered in the day
school enroUment was more than
made up •b y .the large number of
persons who enrolled for the evening classes.
In the fall semester of the evening school in 1948 the number of
students hit 621, but the following
semester found the registration for
the twilight classes further increased to 70.5 This fa ctor leads officials
at the college to believe that the
present enrollment figure will he
increased to over the 2,000-mark
during the second half of the 194950 school year.

"CHESTERFIELD SURE IS
MY CIGARETTE ... I HAVE

BEEN A CHESTERFIELD

THE
BOSTON STORE
Men's Shop
has everything for the
college man's needs.
from ties to suits.

FOWLER, DICK
:A-ND WALK-ER

OCTOBER ' 26, . 1949

COURAGEOUS. MR~ PENN
Starring

DEBORAH KERR and CLIFFORD EV ANS

*

A biography concerning William Penn. It depicts the
founding of Pennsylvania, the beginning of the strong relations between America and Britain, the romance of old
London, the court of Charles II, and the life of the 17th
Century.

*
Don't forget Two ·Showings -

October 26, 1949
7:00 'and 8:30 P.- M.

Where? -:-- The Lecture H°'ll
All students and
their'.friends
are invited.
'
'

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WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA.

Vol 4, No. 4.

BEACON SHAKE-UP ON THE BOARD;
NO HEADS WILL ROLL, ONLY BONES

Election Notice
The elections to fill the freshman seats of the Student ,Council
will be held next Tuesday, October
18. Of the following nominees,
three are to be elected. The next
Student Council meeting is scheduled for the same Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Those elected as
freshman representatives are urged
to attend that meeting.
Th~ nominees, are : Al Manarski,
Don Tosh, Malcolm Lee, Connie
Smith, Grace Ruffin, Marvin Reese,
and Joseph Chmiola.

WILKES TO PLAY HOST
TO ADV. CONFERENCE

(SPECIAL TO THE BEACON)

Credit "Bones" picture to: Art Bloom and Don Follmer

One of the biggest items in the
· current Beacon shake-up of staff
and policy was the procurement of
Homer Bones as a staff-writer.
After weeks of seemingly futile
persuasion methods o.n the Beacon's
part, Mr. Bones consented to join
the staff.
' In an exclusive interview last
·w ednesday afternoon, Mr. Bones,.
· "just call m~ · llomer", stated that
he wanted no favors from the editors.
"Even though ·I've ·had years of
experience on the New York Pipecleaner News and the Amnicola, I
don't think that I should be promoted right to the top. I want to
work my way up."
Homer was born 25 years ago in
south Wilkes-Barre next to a pipecleaner factory. He attended tobacco ,h igh and walked off with scholastic and athletic honors. Known
to one and all as "the mighty
mite", Homer is only 7 inches t all
but was pat riotic enough to fight
in the Pacific theatre of the last
war. He won the bronze star for
his , heroic actions, actions such as
crawling into enemy rifle barrels at
night ahd plugging them with clay
and getting through key-holes into
the rooms of espionage a gents to
check on their activities.
"Only once did I have a close
call", said Homer. "That was when
I was surprised while checking enemy files. When I heard the spy
approach I hid in the pipe cleaner
r ack. Luckily, he sm oked pipes."
Upon discharge fr om the army,
Homer entered Wilkes College.
Last. year, ·while a freshman, Hom-

er devoted most of his time 'to the
Yearbook. Homer admitted that he
has his eye on the scholarships offered to Beacon editors.
"Oh, well", he said, "I have plenty of time to become eligible for
one ~f those. I ·have some interesting experiences which I could tell
you about, too; tµat is, if you think
you might use them from time to
time as feature stories. Do you
like humor? How's this .... I'm sorry
I let the train run over me, Mother.
I guess I just lost my head. Ha, ha.
Pretty good, huh? Oh, and before
we close this interview I'd like to
say that I have my own photographers, Art Bloom and Don Follmer.
I find that they do a much better
j CYb with me than inost photographers I know. I want them to take
all the pictures of me that you'll
US•e."

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Homer is majoring i?lt English at
Wilkes. He enjoys reading all kinds
of .literature.
"Best of all is a guy named Homer", ventured Homer. "I guess it's
his penname- he ·s igned only that
one name. Anyway, he wrote a
couple of best-seUers. Funny, I
haven't seen Book-of-the-Month
use them."
Homer's parting. comment , before
he crawled out through the keyh ole in the Beacon offce door was
"How's this for a funny one? When
Billy Bills of Australia was given
a n~w boomerang by his f3ither, he
went crazy try,ing to throw his old
boom erang away."
Yes, Homer Bones has _joined
t he Bea con !

Rornayne Grornelski
The first of the annual Northeastern Pennsylvania Advertising
and Sales Promotion Conferences,
conducted by the Advertising Club
of Wilkes-Barre, will ·b e held at
Wilkes College on Saturday, October 15. Registration will be from
·9 to 10 A. M. at Wilkes College. At
10 A. M. the morning session will
commence with a welcoming address by June MacCloskey, followed
by a ' welcome from Wilkes College
,by Dr. Eugene S. Farley.
.The greater part .o f the program
will consist of a series of panel
discussions, in which leading figures of the northeastern advertising world will participate. In the
first of the series, "How ro Make
Your Advertising Effective", Miss
Kathryn Dominguez , chief psychologist of the Child Guidance Center
of Scranton and chairman ol the
psychology department of Wilkes
College, will be one of the speakers.
A few other topics -of discussion
are: "Are You Catching Your Customer's Eye?", "Are You Catching
Your Customer's Ear?", "How To
Make Your Customers Buy".
The afternoon session will end
at 4:45 P. M. At 6 P. M., a cocktail hour will be held at the Hotel
$ter1ing, after which a dinner session will take place.
.Some of the out-of-town speak•
ers are: Elon Borton, President and
General Manager of the Advertising Federation of America, New
York City; John C. Villaume, Dean
of International Correspondence
Schools Business Schools, Scran~
ton; Murray Grabhorn, Vice President, American Broadcasting Co.,
New York City; Ann Coplan, Sales
Promotion Director, Scranton Dry
Goods Co., Scranton; Maxine ~ivingston, Family Home Editor, Parents Magazine, New York Cit y.

Friday, October 14, 1949

Fall Frolic Cabaret Party
Scheduled .For October 21 _
By VINCE MACRI

The Fall Frolic, the annual Student Council Cabaret
Party, will be held next Friday evening, Octo:ber 21, at 9 in
St. Stephen's Churchouse on South Franklin Street, it was
recently announced by Ted Wolfe, general chairman of .the
affair.
'Reservations have been open all
week and Marysh Mieszkowski,
chairman of the reservations committee stated that there are still
some tables open. There is room
for about 500 people in the hall and
all available space shoul&lt;i be filled
by the time reservations are closed
next Wednesday at 1 :00 P. M.
In keeping with the tradition of
past cabaret parties, a "name" star
will be on the program. The committee would not say who the performer will be, but he cir she will
be of the highest calibre.
Master of ceremonies will be
Marty Blake and a featured guest
will be Madam Lazonga, Internationally known chanteuse direct
from the Bal · Tabarin in Paris. In
from the Chez Paree in Chicago
especially for the show is Allen
Masters, comedian extraordinary.
Also featured will be a skit written by Skinny Ennis and dances
created by Paul Huff. The Demented Eight, increased to the Demented Eleven, directed by Charlie
Williams, will render several numbers.
Blake, has been the guiding hand

behind the Cabaret Parties for the
past two years, has been keeping,
the identity of the guest star a
secret although clues to his name
have been "leaking" out from behind Blake's iron curtain. Rehearsals for the affair have been going
on for the past 10 days and indications lead to the best cabaret party
yet presented at school. The floor
show is scheduleld for 11 P. M.
Other Wilkes stucients appearing
in the show are Bob Sanders, Phil
Nicholas, Chuck Gloman, Al Molash, Jack Feeney, Dan Sadvery,
Howie Phillips, Jerry Wise, Tom
Morgan, Bill Griffith, Tom Moran,
Tommy Littleton and Paul Shiffer.
Music for dancing before and
after the show will be provided by
Reese Pelton and his · orchestra.
In addition to. Ted Wolfe, general
chairman, and his assistants Gene
Bradley and Jack Cain, committee
heads include: Entertainment, Bob
Sanders ; Site, Char Davis; Reservations Marysh Mieszkowski; Makeup, Tony Popper; publicity, Russ
Williams; Refreshments, Jerry
Wise; Settings, Janet Gearhart.

-CUE 'N' CURTAIN'S GHOST TRAIN
STEAMS AHEAD ON SCHEDULE
ENGINEER LITTLETON COMPLETES CASTING

MR. ALFRED GROH .
SOCIAL CALENDARS · CHEST CAMPAIGN
AT COLUMBIA U. ·
ARE DISTRIBUTED
OPENS AT WILKES
The Wilkes College Social Calendar for' the Fall Seµiester was dist?:ibuted to the heads of the various
college organizations this week.
The calendar pr,omises a full schedule of social activities.
The purpose _pf the Social Calen-.
dar committee is to bri.n g about a
uniform distribution of social
events and to prevent the scheduling of any two affairs for the same
date. All groups must . clear dates
for their activities through this
committee. Members of the Social
Calendar Committee are Jack Feeney, Janet Geanhart, B'ill Griffith,
Don Rau, Art Spengler, Bob Waters, and Russ Williams. Deans
Harker and Ralston a.re members
ex-officio.
The BEACON will publish a list
of each week's events.

Th,e Community Chest Drive
opened on the Wilkes College campus ori Monday, October 12 in conjunction with the campaign in the
community of Wilkes-Barre. Mr.
Partridge has been named campus
director and has chosen Marilyn
Broadt and Olie Thomas as his
assistants.
Tables hav•e been placed at three
locations, on the porch of Conyngham Hall, on the porch of Butler
Hall, and at the entrance to the
caf eterla. These posts, tinder the
direction of Joanne Davis, Charlotte
Davis, Chester Knapich, and Richard Knapp, will be open next Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Contributions or pledges will be accepted at these times.
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The Drive will end on Monday,
October 24, but pledges may be
paid later in the finance offce at
the student's convenience.

Mr. Alfred S. Groh, director of
theatre and a member of the Engli sh Department here for the past
two years, is completing his graduate 1 work at Columbia University
while on leave of absence from this
institution.
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Mr. Groh, who received his A. B.
degree fr om Syracuse University,
came to Wilkes in the spring semester of 1946, and was primarily
responsible for great strides that
have recently been made by the
Cue 'n' Curtain Club.
Besides his work with the Wilkes
College Theatre as director df such
notable productions as "The Philadelphia Story", "The Male Animal",
"Antigone", and "All In Fun", Mr.
Groh also particip'.\ted in several
Little Theatre productions.
In an effor t to stimulate the college theatre and augment its role
in the community, Mr. Groh organized the Inter-Collegiate Theatre
Conference which had its first meeting at Wilkes College last May.

NANCY FOX

ANDREW EV ANS

T'he cast of the three-act play,
"Gho,s t Train", was announced last
Friday. The casting was done on
a competitive basis, and the leads
were won by two comparative newcomers to t he "Wilkes" theatrical
group. Miss Nancy Fox received the
r ole o.f "Julia Price"; Mr. Andrew
Evans was •chosen as Teddie Deakin. The vlay is to be presented at
the Wilkes-Barre Day School, on
November 17 and 18.
Although Andy Evans and Nancy Fox have not been in any of the
Cue 'n' Curtain's major productions, they have both had previous
theatrical experience. Mr. Evans
has played in such productions as
"A Murder's Been Arranged";
"Painting in the Dark"; and "Ppt
Boiler". Miss Fox ·received much
of her theatrical experience at
Towanda High .School. In her senior

year, she transfered to Meyers
High School where she was the
,s tudent director of "Little Honey".
The supporting roles of the
' Ghost Train" are to be played b:,
two actors who are well known to
Wiilkes' student body. Paul Thomas
is cast in the part of Richard Murdock, with Janet Gearhart playing
the role of Peggy Murdock.. Mr.
Thomas has appeared in the Thes.p ians' production of "Antigone".
He later appeared in "Male Animal", and "Philadelphia Story" all
a member of the "Cue 'n' Curtain".
M.iss Gearhart has been acti.v e in
many "Little Theatre" productions,
appearing in "Ten Nights in a Bar
Room", "Design For Living", and
"George Washington Slept Here".
Miss Gearhart also played in "Male
Animal" and "Antigone".
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WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

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INSIDE STORY
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REV. SCHINDLER
·Educational Conference
RELEASED ON
REVIEWS TRIP
CABARET PARTY Mr. Herbert Morris, Registrar,
Art Spengler

RUSS WILLIAMS
Editor-in-Chief

TOM ROBBINS
News Editor

EARL JOBES

GERTRUDE WILLIAMS

Sports Editor

Faculty Advisor

CLYDE RITTER

MARGARET A TEN

Business Manager

Circulation Manager

Editorial Staff
Bill Griffith, Art Spengler, Miriam Long, Joe Gries, George Kabusk, Chet 'Molley,
Don Follmer, Gene Bradley, Chuck Gloman, James Tinsley, Rita · Martin, Dave
Whitney, Irene Janoski, Ed Tyburski, Vince Macri, Herbert Rosen.

Re-Write - Chet Omichinski
' A paper published weekly by and for the students of Wilkes College
Phone 3-3148 Ext. 19
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Intercollegiate Press
EDITORIAL

GOOD IS NOT ·ENOUGH
By GEORGE BRODY

. We never .know how well we do a job until an impartial
observer appraises our work and renders a judgment. We
work ,.to the limit of our . abilities, but gratification comes
only when someone tells us, "Yours is a job well done." We
breathe a proud sigh, sit back to relax, and revel in the
glory that has come to us.
But it is strangely, paradoxically, human that a good
gained is good only for a given length of time. After we
have held it, mulled over it for a while, it loses some of its
glitter, and we set out to seek new ~nd better things. We
are no longer ,satisfied with what was good; we want something better !
So it is with the literary magazine of Wilkes CoIIIege,
. Manuscript.

All of us recall that a few short months ago Wilkes
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Few know, however, that in the appraisal of school publications the accreditors said:
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The Manuscript staff was elated. The impartial observer
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back and' drink in a little of the glory. But we are human.
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"But how accomplish that task?" you ma~ ask. The answer is simple. In all things the old order must give way to the
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at was good m the old order, rs not necessanly good
iii the new. After all, how good is good, and at what point
is perfection reached? That is precisely why there is change.
Change always., c,omes because of an attempt to do better.
And because the Manuscril&gt;t of the past has justified itseH,
we know that the infusion of new blood new styles ahd new
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It is your Manuscript. It does not belong to any one class
of person or semester; it belongs to all of us and all of us
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must contribute with the best we have so that it may continue to grow in stature and standards. _You are the new
order. . you are the new blood. The Manuscript is a blank
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page without you. Expectantly, 1t lays that blank page before you. Yours is the task to fill it with quality. This til'tle
a J. ob weiI done will not be enough.
It has to be better.
Contribute to the Manqscript.

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FACULTY STUDYING INTEREST SHOWN
IN DEBATING
EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS
Dr. Samuel A. Gutman is instructing a class of fifteen members of the Wilkes College Facult y
in a study of the cause of emotional
difficulties. The purpose of this
course is to ·b etter prep.are the faculty members for their work as
student counselors.
Classes are held at Dr. Gutman's
home each Monday .n ight from 8 to
9:30. Dr. Gutman has published approxi)Jlately twenty-five articles' in
magazines and journals. He has
received degrees as both Doctor of
Philosophy and Doctor of Medicine
from Cornell University.
The text pf the course is Emo•
tional Problems of Living by English and Pear-son.

Because of the success of last
year's team, great interest has
been shown in the Debating Society this year.
Tom Morgan, manager, is assisting Dr. Kruger in arranging a
schedule for inter-collegiate debates.
"In addition", Dr. Krug,e r stated,
"we expect to continue the work we
started last year in appearing before high schools and civic organizations."
Anyone int erested in learning
how to s·peak before a group is
urged to see Dr. Arthur Kruger,
second floor, Science Lecture Hall,
at once. The person does not have
to do any actual debating.

This past summer Reverend Carl
By MARTY BLAKE
Schindler, instructor of . religion·
There's going to he a lot of'
and philosophy at Wilkes College,
brought to fruition a long cherished tomato-red faces after next ,Friambition when, on his tour of some day's Cabaret Party if . the present
western European countries, he plans of Howarp (Skinny) Ennis
visited Rome and its environs, once go through-and they are.... The
the g reat cultural center of the amiable half-pint has written t,w-0
of the funniest skits ever seen
Western World.
locally for the show depicting cam•
Reverend and Mrs. Schindler de- pu:;; life.
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parted from New York on June 10
And the songs created by Charles
on the S. S. Amsterdam and eight
days later arrived in Rott erdam, Williams; Phil N icholas, Dan SadH olland, the birt hplace of E'rasmus, vary, and yours truly are sure to
great 16th century humanist. Like remain a school fixture. Even the
countless other tourists, they were Kingston Angel, Jack Feeney, lends
particularly impressed with the his fine bassoon voice to the occaprofuse and beautiful floral dis- sion.. Feeney's sidekick, Philadelplays for which Hollan·d has Joni phia Alex Molash, makes his first
cabaret appearance in one of two
been renowned.
procjuction numbers staged -by Paul
By evening of the fi r st day, re- Huff ...... One of the show-stoppers
ported Reverend Schindler, his wif e will be the song-styling of Madame
and he arrived in Cologne Ger- Mary LaZonga, direct from the
many. In Colog ne, added Reverend Bal-Tabarin in Paris (Texas) .....
Schindler, they made a remarkable plus the singing cowboy, Jose
observation attesting to the accur- Goldberg.
acy of Allied pin-point bpmbing
.Chairman Ted Wolfe is negotiattechniques. In taking the short, ing for the appearance of Hollyfour minute walk from the r ailroad wood singing star, Freddie S•t ewart
station in Cologne which still car- ... .And Mr. Lou Mandel, the gentleried scars to the famous Cathedral man who discovered Danny Kaye
of Cologne, they were amazed to and Betty Ga rrett disclosed he will
see that the Cathedral had sustain- try and secur e enterta inment of a
ed no damages other than those re- national scope for the affair ..
sulting from vibrations of explodA Cabaret Party is a tremendous
ing missles.
underta-king presented with lit tle
Throughout many of the Ger- or no cost to the students .. .. .. It's
man cities, stated Reverend Schind- only through the whole-hearted coler, there was still evidence of ut- operation of fellows like Jack Cain
ter destruction and desolation. The and .Ted Wolfe who handle the de gigantic military struggle had tails (and there are plenty of them)
long since ended but these peoples and Paul Huff, Dan Sadvary, Charwer.e still engaged in a frightening ley Williams, Phil Nicholas, Bob
str,uggle for existence.
Sanders, Jack Feeney, and the rest
Reverend Schindler remarked of the entertainment staff that
that a visit to his alma mater the make this affair poss ible . These
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Be~lin was virtual!y people in addition to the t icket
impossible since it was located m han dling crew give up a lot of their
the Russian sector. The difficulties spare time in order to · make this
ent~iled in m~king such a visit are affair more enjoyable and they deeasily recognizable._
serve a lot of credit.. .. Every year
After a short trip to Denmark,
Reverend and Mrs. Schindler returned to Hamburg and made pre- gium, paused a day in Paris, and
parations for the high point in the visited a famous medieval castle
tour, the trip to Italy. Unfortun- in Charteres.
ately, Reverend Schindler stated,
Reverend and Mrs. Schindler
his wife was unable to make the boarded the ship at Le Havre and
trip. Traveling through Switzer- arrived in the U. S. on September
land on a bus enroute to Italy, Rev- 2. Reverend Schindler concluded the
erend Schindler said he definitely interview with "If I had the finwas aware of the more prosperous · ances and time, I would like to do
condition of this country in com- it again."
parison to the other European
counfries he had visite'd.
As ~ever~nd Schindl~r related,
he arrived m Genoa without any
facility whatsoever in the Italian
language. Without any seeming
assistance on his part he was lite11ally shoved into the rooming house
to which he was referred by the
American Express Company. With
a ~winkle in his eye Reverend
Schindler remarked that he would
have gone supperless had he not
recalleld the words in Latin for
milk and bread. Rev_erend Schindl~r
now refuses to believe t hat Latm
is a dead lang uage.
-In Vatican City Reverend Schind!er was a_mazed at th~ opulence of
the Vatican collect1on. Among
other objects of interest he saw
the statues of Socrates and Asclapius, the latter the God of Medicine. Reverend Schindler added that
the Greek inscription on the latter
statue when translated meant,
"Savior of Men", the same phrase
used to describe Jesus in the New
Testament.
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.Reverend Schindler was very enthusiastic in his description of the
ruins of Pompey and his subsequent visit to the untrammeled Isle
of Capri, long the resort of emperors and citizens alike.
Back in Germany for the , last
time, Reverend Schindler rejoined
his wife and both visited the camps
for Eastern Zone refugees. An appalling inadeauacy of housing fac_ilities was very important. In one
high school gymnasi um, said Rev.
Schindler, twenty families were
housed and in one ordinary high
school classroom, 6 families were
RepdDtell froa Mar 1H9 !Nat of ESQUIRE
qu1,trtered.
-On the return leg of the journey
the Schindlers passed through Bel-

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plans to attend the 14th Annual
Educational Conefrence on October
27 and 2s· at the Roosevelt Hotel,
New York City.
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The · conference is sponsored by
the Education Records Bureau and
American Council on Education and
'has as its theme this year "Goals
of American Ed_ucation." One of
the main speakers is going to be
Mr. Eric Johnston, President of
Motion Picture Films of America.
we've had a nationally famous
guest star and this year probiibly
won't be any exception ... A r.unior
has Victor Moan coming ... eh what
. Reserva tions have been closed for
·t hree days but that doesn't _m ean
that you can't come.: .. Seats will be
installed for those students left
without tables.
Ann Azat, soph tra'IlJsf.er from
Marywood, ditching Scranton U.
steady Bucko McDonald to vie for
hand of Colonel footballer ... Philly
Eagle scout informing th,is writer
that he will , attend Rider-Wilkes
game to sGout Colonel backfielder ..,..
Bob Hooper looking for Florida
(Ft. Pierce) vacation by- dating
freshfe . M. F. R. declaring her
summer steady Muscles McGuirk
due in from Quaker City for Cabaret affair . but receiving a whoare-you-kiddin' look from everyone .... Telegram just received from
Nick Dyback, Mayor of Grant St.,
·a dvising that he will be honored
to be guest of honor at party Nick
is commissioner of rehabilitating
the Indians at Cherokee. Flats · in.
Oklahoma
his honor
attend
with his court: Primo Permovitz,
Moose May, Charley Stocker, Jack
Cain, Suffles Pinela and Elmo Beglomoni providing the Princess lets
Elmo out ... Query of the week :
Career Girl Helen Casey: Does
Jack Feeney play football 1 Baby,
have you ever been out ' with
Feeney?

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WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

Colonels Travel To Ithaca
JOHNNY FLORKIEWICZ WILL RETURN
TO ACTION FOR THE COLONELS

COtO'l\l~T. 'P'RO'l'l,{,::R r.O'l\,fijm A. TJONS

WILKES KEGLERS
REORGANIZE LEAGUE
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The Wilkes Bowling League will
swing into action next Tuesday
night at the Eagles 'BCYWling Aca,..
demy,. N. Washington Street, city,
at 9 P. M . .
Eight teams of rabid bowlers are ·
ready to toe th(} line and rack up
the "strikes" and "spares'' . . They
a~·e the Bookies, Kush M-akers, Engmeers, IRC, Dorm, Thors, ChemClub, and last year's championsthe OPA's. A team of faculty members is expected to enter the competition before the first ball hooks
down the alley on Tuesday night.
A m-eeting of teani captains will ·
be held on Monday at 12:30 P. M.
in Butler Annex to revise the league
rules and by-laws, to arrange the
f\Chedule, and to plan for the distribution of awards.

cut-away backs in Passineau and
DerCola. Gus Kotch is uhe boy
who'll be handling - the ball from
the "T". And at full back is Kirkendall, whom Hach conside'r s the
best.\plul'\ging fullbl\ck he has seen
in the last four years. With a crop
of material like this Hatch's team
should give the Colonels plenty of
trouble.
After a week's abwnce John
Florkiewicz will . return to action
for the Colonels. With running
m a tes Castle and Pinkowski, Florky should hit his old .stride. With
the return of Castle, Coach Ralston
has three g ood passers. Florky,
Pinky and Leo And then Ralston
has THAT line ..
the same line
that played havoc with the Bridgeporters . In Co-Captain "Pickles"
Lewis, Wilk.e s has one of the finest
the fans to their feet with a) riice
guraps in the· state.
piece of broken field runniUG on a
When the final gun goes off, one
punt return. Al came ·very close
of the teams (bp-ring a ' tie) will
to going all the way as he did
have fallen from the r eklm of ·the
Shown above 'are two Colonel brother comomahons which add strength against Upsala last week.
undefeated. It is always nice to to the Wilkes line-up. Left to right are: Daniel Pinkowski, Francis "Pinky" PinLooking ahead to the -King's
watch a flashy "T-Team" in action, kowski, Olli.a Thomas and Paul Thomas.
game, your reporter sees a tough
but somehow, the strength and
assignment for the Colonels. ·Conpower of 'a team like Wilkes hardsidering that King's met Bloomsly distracts any color from the
burg after the Huskies had hit
game. So tonight it will be the
their stride, the comparative scores
"Winged T" against the single and
of the Wilkes-Bloom and the
double wings. Those who saw last
King's-Bloom games mean little.
Saturday night's battle ·know what
Another thing to consider is that
can be expected tonight. GET BEthe Monarchs met a team that had
EARL JOBES, Sports Editor
HIND THE TEAM ... . SUPPORT
had a long victory string snapped,
THE COLONELS ..
and t_h ey were out to prove to the
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Tonight the Colonels hit the linemen, big Walt Hendershot, who people of the Valley that they were
road for their last away game (the played his usual good game _at on their way back. Reports from
King's game will be played at tackle, is sporting . a deep purple the King's-Bloom game say: Again
Meyers ·as a King's home game), eye shadow that was not bought the Monarcp are light but fast; the
when they travel to New York at a cosmetic counter. Walt's run- Monarch offense looks better than
State to meet a strong Ithaca Col- . ning mate, Gerard Washco, made their defense.
lege eleven. An idea of Ithaca's one of the most vicious tackles
Getting back to tonight's game ....
strength can be garnered by re- seen by your reporter this year. The Colonels will have the moral
membering that they downed the Sammy Elias, the Colonel's out- support of the band and cheerUniversity of Bridgeport 19-6. If standing center made a beaptifµl, leaders.
the Colonels down Ithaca, they will back to the ball, interception of a
Due to conditions beyond our
have . hurdled the toughest object Bridgeport aerial. This play un- control, this will be the last column
that stands between them and an doubtedly broke the back of one of for your reporter. To all of y9u
undefeated season. This game wiil the Bridgeport drives. Al Nicliolas, who read this column ..... , 'Thank
be another test between the "T'' the sophomore wingback brought you' and back the Colonels.
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by the Colon·els. One thing is certain; when Co-Captain "Pickles"
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on their march to an undefeated
season. The Colonels, sparked by
Leo Castle, defeated the University
of Bridgeport 21-13 in a very thrilling and sock'em game. After witnessing the game we can understand why football is sometimes
c·a ned rough and tumble. The University of Bridgeport had one
thing to console them in defeat ...
their boxing coach discovered some
,boys who can really throw a left
STYLED for Campus BTO's
hook and right cross. What the U.
in Glove-soft white
of B. line lacked in football knowlFlagg Buck.
how, they made up for in boxing
STAMINA galore in the
skill.
Wilkes was fortunate to have
rugged red rubber sole
Leo Castle to take up the slack in
that'll wear and wear.
the backfield caused by the absence
of big John Florkiewicz who was
on the injured list. The Colonels
also missed injured Chet Knapich
who is sidelined with a Qack in~
jury. This was supposed to have
You'll have the last laugh
been Chet's 100th game of his car, on Winter In McGregor's
Mac Jae. This pure wool,
eer. The Colonels' were also forgiant plaid bruiser can
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tunate to have Bob Gorgas back in
brush off a blizzard with
the line for the first time this year.
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ease. But there's no brush
Bob had been out of the lineup duroff of comfort and style.
ing the early weeks because of
It's built extra long with
schedule difficulties. If the Colofour dep pockets.
nels had had 'Jarrin' John Florkiewicz and . Chet Knapich in the
game, we feel that the Colonels
score would have been higher.
'Jarrin' John is always good for
plenty of yardage, and Chet is one
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Tonight the Colonels inaugurate
grid relations with Ithaca College
at Ithaca, N. Y., with the kick-o~
scheduled for 8 P. M. Wil}rns will
go into this game without ltaving
tasted defeat in their . last eieveh
games, having won nine ' and tied
two since -being downed by Saint
Francis in October, 1948.
In .t heir opening game of the
season, Ithaca defeated the Univer. sity of Bridgeport, 19-6. . Ithaca
employs the "T" and "Winged T"
formations and Jises the plat oon
·s ystem. Coached by Harold "Pete'~
Hatch, who was one of "The Iron
Men" of Ithaca along with PhiladeJ,phia's Eddie Sawyer back 'round
'32 and '33.
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Should Wilkes win the toss and
elect to receive, Hatch will field his
defensive team. At d~fensive ends
will be Joe Corcoran and Joe Kurze~
jeski. The tackles are BBi BrichJ
kowski and Floyd Wishe.~; guardsi
Joe Caliguire and John Branik;:
line backer, Camillo De Santis and
Bill Oakes; halfs, Tony Maneen and
,cJarence Conz; and at. safety Passeneau.
If Wilkes should kick-off, Hatch
will use Bill Lisi and Harold Mezaros at the ends; Dick Backer and
Steve Callender at tackles, John
Lupetin and Ted Murphy at the
guard posts; and Tom Sarchito at
center. In the backfield Coach Hatch
is fortunate in having two speedy,

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WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

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DR. CHARLES B. REIF DISCOVERS BO'ITOM
WILKES HOOTERS
OF "BOTTOMLESS" HARVEY'S LAKE
BOW TO F&amp;M, 7-0

Meet The Colonels
The Colonels won again .... their
eleventh straight, an enviable record. But who are The Co1onels?
Do you know them, and what each
contributes to his team?
The majority of 1them have b~en
playing with Coach George Ralston
3ince 1946. Their record for these.
;ht'ee years is 19 wins, three losses,
and two ties.
Leading the ground attack for
Coach Ralston is John Florkiewicz,
l:ietter known as "Florky". Big John
"Pinky"
came to Wilkes from Nanticoke
''Flor)cy"
High after serving a three-year makes offensive Jine-J&gt;lunges and
hitch in the Army. Last year in a calls the plays for Gdach Ralston.
game against Rider College, a team Like his teammate, Florky, Pinky
that was undefel,\ted until it met can also pass, and he can do it well.
the Co1onels, Florky returped a It was for his passing that he was
second-half kick-off for 105 yards so well known in '46. Last week
~nd a touchdown. Tliis is one of the against Bridgeport he had one. of
longest runs recoraed in the state. his be.s t nights. He 'has no regard
Resides being one of the best run- for size, his philosophy being .
ning backs in the state, he can pass "'Fhe bigger they are, the. harder
with the best. He is Wilkes' can- they fall."
diqate for the All-State backfield.
Be&gt;th of these boys are seniors,
Florky's running mate, Francis and in all probability this is their
"Pinky" Pinkowski is also from last season of collegiate football.
Nanticoke. Pinky is one of the And they're making it a good one.
smallest men on the team but he
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deavor to brmg you some pm pomts
·1s -also one of the most powerful. of the Colonels.
MEET THE
The Pinker, who is a ·full back, OOLO~ELS IN •THE BEACON.

Calif. Teachers Study me Representative
·_Examination Practices· Attends WSSF Meet

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Last Saturday in Lancaster a
powerful Franklin and Marshall
soccer team severely trounced
Wilkes College, 7-0. For the second
straight time this season the
Colonels went down to defeat.
The experienced F &amp; M team
opened fast. With two goals in the
first five minutes, the Diplomats
put the game on ice. Their smoothworking line was a constant menace to goalie Charley Jackson
throughout the whole game, but it
was especially troublesome in those
opening ll'li~utes. When a Wilkes
defender cleared the ball, F &amp; M's
fast backfield would recover it and
send it right back to its forward
wall. The first quarter saw the
Diplomats take a 4-0 lead and by
half-time they had added anot.h er
gol\I.
While rated as a soccer power
in the East, Franklin and M;arshall
found the going a l'ittle tougher in
the second half. The Colonels' ba.ck.i eld,.,tightened up and the line began to move deep into F &amp; M's territory, missing a goal on several
occasions. Franklin and Marshall's
soccer skill wasn't to be denied, ·
though, and they succeeded to,
add points in each of the final
quarters, making it a snug 7-0 victory.
The&gt;ugh disappointed, C o a ch
Partridge figures that valuable experience has been gained from the
F&amp;M game that will stand the
Colonels in good stead for the remainder of the, season. With Tom
Kleback and 'Keith Rasmussen,
playing heads-up ball like they did
last Saturday, the Colonels are
hoping to give Lincoln University
a tough •b attle this Satµrday at
Lincoln, Pa.

San Diego, Oalif.~(I.P.-Over · Miss Dolores Passeri, secretary
two hundr'ed faculty members at of the International Relations Club,
.sh Diego State College base the represented Wilkes College at the
·fin.ii exam,s on 91 _100_ per cent of Middle Atlantic States Regional
meeting of the World .Student Sert.he semester's work, according to vice Fund. The meeting of fortythe recent findings of the Special · five college delegates was held at
Faculty Committee 'for the Study the YWCA in Harrisburg on Octoof Examination -·Practices. Also the her 9 to outline this year's WSSF
majority of the professoPs deter- progl'.am. .
' mine the semester's grad·e on ~1-40
Dr. Winburn Thomas, head · of
per cent of the final exam;
the organization, was the principal
The committee was organized speaker. Just back from the Pacific
last year for the purpose of seek- area, Dr. Thomas stre·s sed the need
i~g suggestions for improvement for immediate assistance. In his
of the final examination proced~re - speech he said, "The tuberculosis
and directi·ng the faculty's atten- rate is high. The World Student
tion toward a critical consideration Service program is real~y a long
of examination techniques. Ques- range program. Fifty per cent of
tionnaires were prepared and sent the money is spent for medical supto each faculty member with ques- plies." Mr. Forrest D. Brown, gentions asking for the courses under era! secretary of the Bucknell Unihis instruction, percentage of the versity Association acted as chairsemester's work which he required man of the meeting.
students to review and upon what
The purpose of the World Stuper cent of each semester grade he dent Service Fund is to aid col,
based the final. ·
leges and universities in war deTo the question: "Do you feel vastated countries. Last year stuthat a final examination serves a dents and professors in this counvalid academic purpose in teaching try contributed $488,367.67 in cash
your subje~t," 99 answered yes and $51,000 in books and clothing.
while 26 answered no. To the ques- In addition, two hundred foreign
tion,: ~'On the basis of present class students are entering colleges in
size ·aild teaching conditions do you the United States this fail. The
feel that more could be accomplish- help of the United States and
ed in teaching your. subject tp.rough e"ighteen other nations is sti\l ursubstit~ting 2-4 extra class meet- gently needed in this program of
ip.gs for the final exam_illtlltion," international relief and reconstruct.here were 39 marked yes and 82 tion.
marked no.
Last year Wilkes participated in
Summarizing· the report, the a book drive. Later in the year ·the .
c.om.m ittee stated that the average I. R: C. will sponso.r another such
'final exam was based on the review drive.
c,f the entire ·c ourse and determinTqe WSSF is sponsored by the
ed about one-third of the semester's B'nii B'rith Hillel Foundation,
grade. Als-o, 'four-fifths of the Newman Clubs, . U. S. Student
faculty answering the questionnaire Association, United Student Chrisbelieved that the final examination tian Council, and the International
served a valid academic purpose Student Service.
and one-third reported that 2-4 extra sessions would be a desirable
su·b stitute.
The committee agreed on the
principal that the final exam served
e.. vital purpose in the educational
'Mr. D. S. Otis, executive assistsystem in that it checked the student's _p rogress. However, it sug- ant to the State Education Departgested that a good exam should be ment of the University of the State
given at least once a month and a of New York, visited Wilkes Coldevaluation of the final exam in lege classes on Monday and Tues- •
preference to the spread of em- day.
Mr. Otis will make a report to
phasis over the examinations given
the Department of Publi&lt;; Instrucat more frequent intervals
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Recommendations were made by tion of New York. The report is
the committee that the staffs of concerned with the accrediting of
departments, under the direction of Wilkes as a four-year college.
The University of the State of
departmental chairman, undertake
the discussion of examination prac- New York is not a university in
tices with a view to an agreement the sense of the word but is simon the administration of good ilar to our state department in that
it has its own accrediting agency.
exams.

MR. D. S. OTIS
VISITS CLASSES

Paul B. Beers

TOM MORAN
For many years in this region
each generation has handed down
and improved upon the mythical
belief that "tJhere is no bottom to
Harvey's Lake"-the largest n~tural lake in Pennsylvania.
·
That belief was shattered this
week when Dr. Charles B. Reif,
head of 1:Jhe Biology Department of
Wilkes College, stated during an
interview that he and a group of
student engineers from Wilkes
College spent a good portion of
last winter and spring in s-ounding
the entire lake area.
"Harvey's Lake has a bottom,
despite the horrible' tales of unexplained mystery that are attach~
ed to the depths of the great body
of water," declared Dr. Reif. "As
a matter -of fact, the deepest place
-in the entire lake is only 90 feet
and that extends over approximately 100-water acres in the vicinity
of the picnic grounds on tihe north
side of the lake."
When quizzed about such things
as the water monsters, more than
once supposed to have been seen
by divers, and the reportedly horrible details tl\at other divers were
to hav_e seen, Dr. Reif exclaimed,
"Well, it would be rather difficult
to s.ay such things as water-mons•ters do not exist since people have
heard tales of such life beneath
the waters of Harvey's Lake, but
the closest thing we found in the
monster category were larvae of
small flies that come to the surface
during the summer months, lay
their eggs and die."
Dr. Reif explained that since
coming to this valley several ye~s
ago the remarks about Harvey's
Lake having no bottom-a belief
that many old-time _res,i dents in
the vicinity of the lake still cling
to--and the countless number of
tales told 'h y long-time residents
about the mysterical under-surfa~e

·features of the lake made him
curious.
"I had · sounded and explored
many lakes throughout the United
States", the Wilkes pro.fessor explained, "and wanted to see just
what was so unexplainable about
the depths of Harvey's Lake. The
more I heal'd. about it, the more
curious I became."
The project by the young biology
professor to erase the Harvey's
Lake myth began early this year,
when he and a group of volunteer
student engineers from Wilkes
used most of 1:Jheir . free time ~n
carefully sounding the entire lake:
·T he expedition began when the
lake was frozen solid. This made
coverage of the lake almost complete from the standpoint .of bei.n g
able to take spot-check soundings
froni every position on the lake.
Holes were bored into the ice and
20-pound weights, attached to
strong cord, were dropped to the
lake bed. Throughout the entire
operation, no point was found to
exceed . 90 feet in depth. T.he rest
of the lake was of normal graduation.
F'Or the purpose of double checking, the Wilkes College group returned after completing their first
s'Ounding of the lake and repeated
the process-this time with a
steel tape. Again the results were
approximately the same, with no
margin of error greater than six
inches.
Dr. Reif has also sounded other
lakes in this part of the state. His
expediti·ons-mostly on ice--have
uncovered the depths of lakes like
Eaglesmere, which is 56 feet;
Nuango-la, 20 feet; and Wallel'l'Paupack, 300 feet.
Lake Wallenpaupack is the largest lake in the state, .but is manmade, thus allowing Harvey's Lake
to :hold the distinction of . being the
largest natural lake in Pennsylvania.

COME ALL!

COME ONE!
TO
ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH HOUSE
AT 9 P. M.
ON OCTOBER 21
WHY?

'CAUSE THAT'S THE WHERE AND WHEN
OF THE
FALL FROLIC CABARET PARTY

�Friday, October 14, 1949

STUDENT COUNCIL HAS STUDENTS ATTEND
INITIAL MEETING ·THEATRE CONVENTION
The Student Council, in its first
otfricial m"eeting of the year, acted
· on the following items:
1. The freshman elections will
be held on Tuesday, October 18 in
Chase Lounge.
2. Sop·h omore and Junior vacancies will be filled next week, nominations today, Friday, October 14,
and elections next Wednesday,
October 19. The nominations and
electrons will be held in Chase
Lo'u nge. Nominations from 12 to 1
and elections from 9 A. M. to 3
P. M.
3. The qudget was approved by
the student council as listed below.
4. The first and third Tuesdays
of each month were chosen as
meeting nights for the council.
Meetings are to be held at 8.
The following extra-curricular
activities have been appropriated
the listed allocations for the school
year of 1949-50.
Athletics
.$8,000.00
Band
900.00
Beacon ...... .
2,25 0.00
150.00
Choral Club
1,215,00
Cue 'n' Curtain
150.00
Debating Society .. ..
,M anuscript
760.00
Intercollegiate Conference 150.00
4,000.00
Yearbook .. .
Social Activities
.
(College) ......... .. ...... . 2,175.00
130.00
Women's Dormitory ... .
120.00
Men's Dormitory .
Theta Delta Rho ..... ......... ..

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WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

This Saturday Paul Thomas, Pat
Boyd and Dave Edwards are going
to attend the annual convention of
the Eastern Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Theatre and Radio Conference. This year's convention . is to
be held at Bloomsburg, Pa., in order to ratify a new constitution.
The purpose of this organization
is to promote collegiate productions, exchange original plays, and
to encourage intercollegiate relations in general. Miss Boyd is the
secretary of the Planning Committee.

Theatre and Radio
Conference Reviewed
Twelve colleges of the ·E astern
Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Theater and Radio Conference have set
the fuse for the development of
an intercollegiate theatrical organization Wilkes College, where
the idea was conceived, has volunteered to be the center for the
collection of intercollegiate theatrical information.
A meeting last spring, held on
the campus of Lehigh University,
·led to action on three vital proposals which are bound to affect
most college theater groups. The
main proposal is to exchange

Practice of Religion
TO APPEAR HERE .COFFEE HOURS
TO BE HELD AGAIN Taughtit At Rockford
The afternoon of Wednesday,
October 19 is the time for t'he next
coffee hour.
The coffee hour is an informal
gathering of students and faculty;
its chief purpose is to encourage
students to meet their instructors
outside of the classroom.
Mr. Partridge is father of the
coffee hour at Wilkes College. He
came in contact with the idea at
the University of Pennsylvania,
and last year initiated the idea on
our campus. During the spring
term the coffee hour was very popular with the students who found
that it not only gave them a chance
to meet their instructors socially,
but that the coffee (or tea if you
prefer) and cakes gave . them a
WITOLD MALCUZYNSKI
lift in the afternoon.
Witold Ma:lcuzynski will appear
The coffee hour is held in the
at Irem Temple· on Monday eve- upstairs of the cafeteria. Women
ninll'. November 7, under the spon- members of the faculty or wives
sorship of Wilkes College and the · of faculty members p-our. The first
P.ol1sh-American Organization of coffee hour of this semester was
Wyoming Valley.
held Tuesday, October 4. It was
fairly well attended. The attendance
at each of the coming gatherings
is expected to be much larger.
All are urged to attend next
Wednesday's affair. The hour will
be held once every two weeks, and
The Wilkes College Chemistry before Thanki:giving vacation there
Society held its reorganizat~on will be two more gatherings, Thursmeeting Thursday, October 6, at day, November 3, and Tuesday,
which time officers for the coming November 1,5.

CHEMISTRY SOCIETY
ELECTS OFFICERS

theatrical productions among colleges. This is the opportunity to
bring plays to colleges where facili-· year were elected.
The following officers were electties ar-e available and to produce ed: President, John· J. Suras-h; vice
these plays as they were "on the
road."
president, William Evans; secretThe average college play which ary, Jean Ditoro; and treasurer,
runs one or two nights will be able Thomas Jones.
Theta Delta Rho announces that through this arrangement to pro- · The following members were
plans are now under way for its \ !uce the play at other colleges cho.s,en to the Executive Bard:
Chairman, John J. Sura,sh; senior
Gypsy · Caravan Dance to be held that are accessible and where class, William Plummer; junior
on Friday the 28th of October ·adaptability is reasonably possible . . class, Helene Donn; sophomore
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from nme to one o clock, m the is to encourage original playwrit- cJ.ass, Dick Cassar; and freshman
Wilkes College Cafeteria. Every- . ing and actual production of plays class, Richard Carpenter.
one attending is expected to wear 1b y students whose w-o rks are con'!'he Chemical Society is looking
forward to a very active year. rensome version of ~ gypsy costume. sidered good material.
tative plans have been made for
Reservations may be made begintrips ~o the Duplan Silk Mill, Genning Monday, October 17 through
era! Chemical Co., and the AnthraDolly Frable. Entertainment will
cite Institute. The Society extends
include an orchestra for dancing, a
.to all students maj&lt;;&gt;ring or minorgypsy violinist, a fortune tellelr,
ing in Chemistry an invitation to
and a group of dancers from the
join. This invitation is extended
Hilda Mann Hertz Studio. Prizes
!Saratoga Springs, N. Y.-(1. P.) especally to underclassmen.
will be given for the most effeetive -A new and experimental examincostumes.
-a tion srstem has been instituted at
'!'he sorority hopes to raise Skidmore College. Under this new
system some examinations are
enough funds through donations at scheduled and some are not. Those
the dance to adopt a child through which are, are 'twenty-one hours
the Foster Parent Plan for War
Children Inc.
apart and must be taken when scheA tentative social calendar for
General chairman for the dance duled unless they conflict with other the Economics Club was drawn up
is Cathy Smith. The committees scheduled examinations. The -un- yesterday at a meeting of the Ecoare as follows:
scheduled exams may be taken nomic Council in Chase Theatre.
Publicity: chairman Arlene Flet- whenever the student desires, so
The Council tentatively selected
e'her, Betty Rutherford, May Way, long as they are also spaced tw~- November 3rd for a movie, and
ty-one hours apart.
connie Smith, Janet Burgess.
In order to be of greates-t profit December 3 for a Sport Dance, sub.Reservations: chairman Dolly to each individual student it be- ject to the approval of the Wilkes
Frable, Terry Turissini, E.1aine
Calendar Committee and the body
Turner, Elaine Nesbitt, Loretta came a•p parent to tke administr.a- of the E.eonomics Club. The Club
tion that more time for review for
Andrucyk, Delores Ostrowski.
will meet at 11 next Thursday,
Decorations: chairman Lois De each exam, and more equal spacing October 20 in the Chase Theatre,
of
a
sudent's
examinations,
was
deGraw, Mary Porter, Char Davis,
when a two-thirds majority ·.will be
sirable.
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Jane Reese, Barbara Hartley, Irene
Because of th-e success of the necessary to ratify the selections
Wang, Nancy Ral st on, Beverly honor system on this campus in all of the Economic Council. Plans for
Van Horn, Nancy Youfman:
visiting local industries will also
:Refreshments: chairman Toni its varied aspects the faculty has be discussed at this meeting
sufficient confidence that unscheThe Club encourages students to
Menegus, Joan Likewise, Barbara duled examinations will not be an
May, Barbara Keatley, Irene Mak- undue strain on the honor system. join, epecially those taking courses
owski.
in economics. The Club also urges
Entertainment: chairman Norma Instead, the new system presents all students to partici&lt;pate in its
Lou Carey, Anne Havir, Irene Jan- a shal !enge t othe students in that -social activities.
they may not discuss exams during
Mr. John J. Riley, the faculty
oski, Nancy Fox, Ann Belle Perry, the examination period.
J-o Anne Davis.
advisor .-f the Club, announced that
,Cleanup: chairman Marysh MieFaith in the new system is not the one dollar semester dues are
szkQwski, Audrey Kohl, Ann Dela- unwarranted, for during the past payable ·a fter October 1 to the
l)ey, Margie Brenish.
year the Philosophy department treasurer of the Club, Clyde Ritter.
has pioneered in the experiment
and has given tests in its large
Philosophy of Religion class which
could be taken any time within a
given day. The results were completely ,s atisfactory and roused the
interest of the faculty and student
School and Office
A survey of the cut system under
body.
which Mary Baldwin College is
Supplies
operating, prepared by Dean of
Students Elizabeth Harker, reveals
GIFTS AND
some interesting facts• and figures.
At pres-ent sophomores, juniors,
STATIONERY
and seniors .have unlimited cuts in
all classes with the exception of
laboratories and physical education
20
North
State
St.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
clas-ses. ·
Phone 3-3151
A study was made of the at-

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In T. D. Rho's Future

NEW EXAM SYSTEM
AT SKIDMORE COLLEGE

ECONOMICS CLU~
PLANS CALENDAR

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AIRS CUT SYSTEM

DEEMER &amp; CO.

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PLANS BEING MADE
FOR YEARBOOK
Plans are now under way for a
bigger and ,better yearbook than
the college has ever had, but its
success depends on the cooperation of the students, Dr. Arthur
Kruger, yearbook adviser, announced.
A large and efficient staff is
needed to make this year's Amn!cola a success. Anyone interested
in working .on the staff is urged to
be present at the first Organization
Meeting at 2 P. M. today at the
Yearbook Office, second floor,.
Science Lecture Hall.
The Yearbook staff has appointed the following new officers; Leon
Gilbert, editor; Marion Weitman,
assistant editor; Donald Rau, business manager; Bob Sanders, advertising manager; Don Follmer and
Art Bloom, photography editors.
Another beauty contest is .b eing
planned since the one last year was
received so enthusiastically.
The photography editors are
working on a new :p.ovelty, which
tlrey have not yet disclosed. Last
year's Amnicola featured Homer
Bones.
The staff urges all freshmen ,~
have their pictures taken at Barr.e
Studio, South Franklin Street,
across from St. Stephen's Church,
as soon as possible. So far, only
half of the f_reshman pictures are
in, and the deadline is Tuesday,
October 25th.
tendance records of twenty-seven
students who had cut one or more
classes more than might reasonably
be expected. Of these, sixteen were
sophomores, six juniors, and five
seniors. Apparently, upper classmen are more cautious and realize
more of the value of class attendance. In cases studied, the tendency was to cut one of tw·o classes
to excess, frequently depending on
the hour and day of meeting.
One item is of particular interest. Of the number of class.es
attended by upper-classmen, 7.4-%
were not cut at all; 16% were cut
only once; Hl.8% twice; and 15.9%
three times. Thus 56% of the
classes attended by upper classmen
have been cutting no more than
the present allowance for freshmen.
It is the feeling of the faculty
that the new system is still too
new to make any generalizations.
In general, the opinion seems to
be that, as a who!~ the system is
working very well.

Rock.ford, lill.-(LP.) - A new
cours-e, "Pra.c tice of Religion",
which is being taught at Rockford
College, is an innovation among
college religion courses, according
to the Rev. Paul Washburn, lecturer· in religion at the college
"This course helps students correlate their religion and philosophy
with the other knowledge they are
gaining," he said. Students from
various faiths are enrolled in it
and the c-ourse is limited to upperclas-smen, he explained. Heavy
reading assignments in such books
as Trueblood's "The Predicament '
of Modern Man", Van Dusen's
"Reality and Religion" and Fleming',s "Bringing Our World Together'' compose the major reading requirements for the seminar.
In class meetings, the students,
who have widely div,ergent majors
in college, discuss the material and
exchange ideas.
"I d-o not attempt to force. my
religious conv.ictions upon th~ students and the study is made as objective as possible," Mr. Washburn
declared. "I do, however, feel that
courses in religion and philosophy
are beneficial f.or college students·.
because they provide the correlat-.
ing disciplines 1n a curriculum."
"College students have a tendency to do one of three things with
their religion. They may discard it.
because it seems out of harmony
with other things th~y· are learning; they may 'compartmentalize'
it, turning it into a Sunday morning ritual; or they may learn to
correlate it with the other knowledge they are gaining.
. "Courses in religion here are designed to help students achieve the
latter solution. It is most essential
that students learn to accept truth
w1herever it is found, and that they
find a way .of correlating all tru~
in· a practical and livable experience," he concluded.

GHOST TRAIN
( continued from page 1)
Another member of the cast i~cludes Evan Sovber, as Herber
Price. Mr. Sorber has been exceptionally active in the "Cue and Curtain". He ,has appeared in many
one-act plays.
I
,Other members of the cast include Bob Angelo, Ed Tyburski,
Pat Boyd, Doris Knaar, James
Tinsley, James Gaittens.
Staging is to be in charge of
Jack Callagher. Lighting is to be
handled by Dave Edwards.

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�. WILKES COLLEGE BEACON
Friday, October 14, 1949
6
------------------------------,-------------------------------:------ -- dans "School For Scandal" and the
LOCKERS AVAILABLE I. R. C. OFFICERS,
I.R.C. HOLDS ELECTION EMILIE JACOBSON
title role in "Chitra" by the Indian
poet - dramatist - philosopher, TagTO WILKES STUDENTS COMMITTEES, NAMED On Thursday, October 6, the In- '
TO SPEAK HERE ore.
The administration has provided
locker storage space for use of the
students of Wilkes so that they
might have the means of keeping
their books,. equipment and articles
of clothing in ~ safe place. This
·service is considered desirable for
· all students, and for those students
who work or participate in extra. curricular ac,tivities it is a. necessary means of protecting their personal property. All students who
desire to rent one of these lockers
may do so by depositing $1.00 in
the Finance Office, at which time
they will be assigned a locker and
given a key for it. Twenty-five
cents of this dollar will be refunded
_when the key is returned at the
end of the school year. The remaining 75 cents will be retained
as rental for the school year.
, These lockers are located in convenient place;; in the buildings
throughout the campus and students are _ur ged to take · advantage
of this service provided by the
school to protect their personal
property. Lockers are located as
follows:
Lockers
75-3rd floor Conyngham Hall
15-2nd floor Conyngham Hall
30-lst floor Conyngham Hall
45-basement Conyng ham Hall
15-Conyngham Annex '
15-Barrie Annex
:307 basement, Kirby Hall
15-2nd floor Pickering Hall
15-lst floor Pickering Hall
15-lst floor Butler Hall
Students may request location of
lockel's to suit their convenience as
long as they are availablel. First
come, first served.

RECORD ROOM
IN GIES HALL
Room 302 of Gies Hall has been
designated as the record-listening
room of Wilkes College, Mr. Cobleigh, director of music, has announced. The purposes of creating
ing this room were to encourage
students to take a greater interest
in good classical music and to help
students taking music appreciation
courses.
An electric, Capitol phonograph,
a catalogued supply of records, and
the book Introduction To Music by
Bernstein are available for use in
this room.
This room opens at eleven o'clock
in the morning. The only rules are:
be careful with the records, be sure
that the lights and machine are
turned off when leaving the room,
and do not annoy classes with
noise. Also, it is to the students'
advantage to replace records correctly so that the file may be kept
in order.
,Suggestions for additional records should be placed on Mr. Cobleigh's desk in room 101.
Additional improvements have
been made to the facil ities of the
Wilkes College Music- Department
including a Steinway piano, two
:more practice rooms, and one more
class room. The band has been
·given a practice room in Pickering
Hall with the definite meeting time
of 11 a. m. Also, the school-owned
band equipment·• will slowly and
constructively be improved this
year.

T}).e International Relations Club
starts the 1949-50 year with the
following officers: President, Joseph Radko; Vice President, William
Perlmuth; Secretary, Delores Passeri, and Treasurer, ,a question.
Following two tie ballots it was
suggested that the election of a
treasurer be held in the future to
speed business on hand.
Of prime importance was the
appointment by President Radko,
of the various committees : The
following members were chosen as
chairmen of their committees : For
the Intercollegiate Council on Government, Larry Pelish, to the
chairmanship of W. S.S. F.-World
Student Service Fund, Norman
Cromack, for the Important Program Commi ttee, Sally Mittleman
and to the Publicity Commit tee,
Robert Metzger. Charles Kna-pp is
chairman of the I. R. C. Committee.
During the coming year, special
emphasis will be on the cooperation of the committees and the
making of a better and more infor mative and enjoyable club.

ternational Relations Club of
Wilkes College held its annual election. Elected were: Joseph Radko,
president, replacing John Faneck;
Delores Passeri, secretary, replacing Francis Markowitz; and Bill
Perlmuth, as vice president. No
treasurer was elected.
The new officers are planning a
United Nations Day on October 24
of this year. The program will include films and a radio broadcast:,

HIGH PERCENTAGE
NON.:VETS ENROLLED
Wilkes College has had the largest enrollment of women since the
end of the war. The overall enrollment of both day and evening
classes has increased since last
year.
Sevent y percent of the incoming
students are non-veterans, which
is a trend since the war years. Of
the total enrollment of 1,929 students, 288 are Freshmen and eveni ng class st udents total 900.

A deep student of literature and
"Humor-First Aid to Under- of people, Jacobson is also a pers-tanding" will be the topic of Emi- son of culture, intellectual bril,l iance and rare wit.
lie Jacobson when she addresses
She has a seemingly endless fund
a Wilkes College assembly next of choice anecdotes which have de.:
Tuesday at 11 in the Baptist lighted her friends and audiences.
Church.
Nevertheless, her talks are equally
The New York Rotary Club bul- outstanding in worthwhile content.
letin has referred to her as "the
Born in Manchester, England, · of
little lad w'th
th
b'
al-1
deeply
cultured parents, Jacobson's
I
Y
e ig person
father was a renowned schoolmastity."
er. Her mother, a brilliant linguist,
The English journalist's good was a teacher of languages.
humor, wit, and charm has won
for her many new friends in all
walks of life from the Peers of the
Realm in Great Britain to the prisoners in the jails where she has entertained.
Est. 1871
She is a widely traveled linguist
and observer. While touring Italy
she contributed a regular series of Men's Furnishings and
articles to the English press. Her
Hats of Quality
stories were about the everyday ,
life in the great ci ties of Rome,
tt
Fl orence, Milan, Turin, Venice and
Naples.
9 West Market Street
Jaeobson has also been active in
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
the English thea tre. Her _favori~e
roles w ere Lady Teagle 1n Shen- ·

JORDAN·

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WILKES GOLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA.

Vol. 4, No. 3.

Friday, October 7, 1949

Colonels Set to Add 13th World Famous Pianist Three Wilkes Buildings Wilkes Is Host ,For •
At Irem Temple Nov. 7; Namd After War Heroes
Educators Meetmg
d
T o U n d ef eat ed R ecor • c0-spOOSOred hYw·1k
··
·
I . eS
By ED TYBURSKI

Tomorrow evening the Colonels will play host to a strong
University eleven from Bridgeport at Huber Field in Plymouth.
Kickoff time will be 8 'P. M.
In this first engagement with the University, Ralston's Raiders will face an unknown opponent. About the only basis for
c;my comparison between the two teams is that they both played
Upsala .. . U. of B. holding the boys from Jersey scoreless while
they piled up two TD's, and the Colonels winning by a 13-7
score.
Until last year the school in
Connecticut was a junior college,
as was ours. In their first season
in Collegiate competition the University was •coached by Chet
Gladchuk, now playing center for
the New York Giants' professional foo t ball team. Considering
thi s was their first season in
Collelgiate ranks, their record of
thr ee wins, one tied, and four
losses isn't as bad as it looks. Remember, they beat Upsala 12-0·...
and ask the Colonels if this was a
pushover.
When Gladchuk left to return to
the Giants, his assi stant, Walt er
Kandra t ovich took over the reins.
Walt played and starred for Lou
Little a t Columbia, later assisting
this great mentor. And Walt has
an aggregation of returning lettermen to "o/Ork with ........20 in all.
With the services of his nimblefin gered quarterback, Frank Gianni, Walt will use the "T" and
"winged T" formations.
Gianni
was out most of last season with'
a broken finger, but he is in top
shape and should prove· a formidable foe for the Colonels. Also
in the starting backfield
for
Coach Kandrotovich is a boy who
scored three-quarters . of the U of
B's TD's last year.
He is John
Dimenna, a soph fullback who
11
stands 5' 6 a nd t ips the scales
at a sturdy 175. At the left halfback post is John Longo, a sop hom ore of 19 year s. John was AllS tate and All-District back in '47,
and he had one year of experience
at the University of Maryland before transferring to Bridgeport. A
young man by the name of Finklestein will play the other half·back post. Since no information
could . be had on this player, his
talents remain a mystery to the
Colonels.
Coach Kandrotovich will field a
line that averages around 205
pounds. Starting at the left end
position is the pride and joy of
the Bridgeporters, Anthony "Tim"
Ramik. He is a sophomore and
also the Co-Captain of the team .. .
Unusual? Not when you stop and
think that he was also the CoCaptain last year ....... as a freshman. And not only that, he was

mentioned for the Little All-America team by the A. P. · Some
honor for a Frosh . . On the. other
end of the line is Louis Saccone, a
soph. who was All-Stat e in '47.
Sa ccone was first string for the
University of Wisconsin's Frosh
team. Dan Paolet ti, a junior, will
be at right Tackle, while Victor
Norman, a sophomore, will be his
counterpart. Playing in the guard
slots are a couple of stars thltt the
Boys from Barnum's estates are
mighty proud of. Henry Newman
was an All State and All District
.ir uard while playing for Harding
High. He is also a Co~Captain of
the team.
'T he other guard is
Paul Petr ucell!, who was All-Viririnia while playing at S taunton
Military Academy. · Playing at
center is a boy who has a name
similar to Penn's Bednarek ........ .if
he can play as well, look out! He
· is Henry Bednarczyk. Hank saw
plent y of a ction at Harding High
and in the Army.
·
N ow that we have reviewed the
visiting squad , let's glance at the
Colonels. Leading Ralston's Raiders on the ground and in. the air
is John "Florky" Florkiewicz.
Last year Florky was honorably
mentioned to the All~State backfield. This year he is a cinch to
at least repea~ this honor. Confidentially, we are looking for him
to g ain higher honors. In the backfi eld wi th Florky is Francis
" Pinky" P inkowski, ano ther senior. Pi nky is a hard charging fullback who has surprised more than
one big
"bruiser " with his
power and st rength. The Pinker
onl y stands 5' 711 while compacting
170 pounds of muscle on a sturdy
fr ame.
Both Pinky and Florky
played for Nanticoke High before
comng t o Wilkes.
Paul Thomas,
another senior, is the Colonels'
starting right halfback. Paul is a
hard running back who saw plenty
of action in three years at Wilkes.
He scored one of the touchdowns
against Bloom on a 55 yard pass
from Florky. Rounding out the
backfield is one of the
best
blocking backs the valley ever
saw, Norm Cross.
.Starting at one of the ends is
(continued on page :~)

PROBABLE STARTING LINE-UP FOR TOMORROW
NIGHT'S GAME - KICK-OFF AT 8 P. M.
BRIDGEPORT

THE COLONELS

175 84 LE-Ramik
6-0
LE-McMahon
5-11
LT-Washco
6-1
210 73 LG-Victor
5-11
188 60 LG-Petrucelli
6-0
LG-0. Thomas
5-7
180
50
C-Bednarczyk
6-2
68
C-Dalton
5-9
73 RG-Lewla
5-10
200 61 RG-Newman
5-11
220 72 RT-Paolett{
5-10
51 RT-Hendershot
6-3
210 81 RE-Saccone
6-3
65 RE-Feeney
s.'2
49 QB-Cross
5-9
180 10 QB-Glann'.Dl
5-8
55 LH-Florkiewlcz
6-0
195 1.20 LH-Longo
5-5
160 53 RH-Finkelstein
5-7
41 RH-P. Thomas
5-9
76 FB-Sup'nakl
5-10
185 30 FB-Dlmenna
5-8
Average Weight-Line 190
Average Weight-Line 196
1 Average Welghl-Bac:ldleld 168
Average Welght-Backfteld 177

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Wllkes uses Single and Double Wlng Formations.
Jridge~ uses "T" and "Winged T'.' For:matlom.
Co-Captalm .for Wllkes-DeRemer and Lewi.a.

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200
208
215
190
210

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165
160
155
175

Witold Malcuzynski, known internationally for his piano interpretation of Chopin, will appear as
~uest artist in the !rem Temple on
Nov; 7 under the sponsorship of
~he Polish-American Organizations
ln ,Wyoming Valley and , Wilkes
College, according to art announcement made last nil!'ht by Donald
E. Cobleil!'h. head of the School of
Music at Wilkes College.
Malcuzynski, a former student
()f Professor Turczynski at the
Warsaw Conservat ory. winner. of
a Grand Prix at ,the last International Chopin Competition, and the
rn ost celebrated proteg-e of Paderewski, is t oday holding concert
audiences spellbound all over the
world. Without question, he is one
of the busiest ar tists in concert,
and his stage personality has a
tremendous and ever-growing mass
apneal.
·
The noted pianist, who has been
playing to "standing room only''
each season since he began his
amazing career in this country
with his sensational Carnegie Hall
recital several years ago, is touring- the country during the year
that marks ·the hundredth anniversary (Oct. 17, 1949) of Frederic
Chopin's death. ·
During his coricerf in this city,
Malcuzynski will .g ive a program
wholly devoted to Chopin's works.
Committees for the Nov. 7 conr. ert are: Hon orary Chairman Dr.
Eugene S. Farlev; Chairman, Dr.
Joseph Kocyan; Co-chairman, Miss
-Mary Koons: Secretary,-Treasurer,
Donald E. Cobleigh.
Tickets-Chairman. Mrs. Maria
Mieszkowski; Mrs. E. J. Varhely,
Mr . Charles Henderson, Mrs.
Charles H. Miner, Mrs. Sherman
Ryan of Pittston, Mrs. Edward
N ork of Nanticoke, Mrs. E. Mak'1wski of Nanticoke, Mrs. Sophie
Woj-cik, Mrs. Aaron Weiss, and
Mr s. Reuben Levy of King ston.
Publicity
and
AdvertisingChairman, Thomas J. Moran: Mrs.
E . Makowski, Mrs. E. J. Varhely.
Mr . Joseph Lester, Mr. Richard
Stefanski, Mrs. Stenhen Heller.
Committee on Scholarship Fund
for the Kosciuszko Foundation:
(;hairrna·n, Joseph Lester; Richard
Stefanski, E'dward Bialogowicz.
U shers-Chairman, Miss · Bety
L. Harker.
This commitee is working 'with
the Chopin centennial committee
which was formed by the Kosdusko Foundati·on of New York,
Concerts of this type are being
«nonsored throuo-hout the United
States during 1949 for the Kosciusko Foundation Fund, which
will be used to organize and encourage commemorative events.
educat ional programs and concerts
next year.
All Pr oceeds, after expenses have
been deduct ed, will be turned over
+he Kosdusko Foundations Scholarship Fund.

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COLONELS 13TH

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By Chuck Gloman
Wilkes College, named after
the outstanding defender o:f American freedom, John Wilkes, turned again to the pages of 18th
century history to obtain titles for
three buildings located on the
campus, which almost 200 years
ago was the site of the old Fort
Wyoming.,
Gilbert S. McClintock, chairman
of the Board of Trustees, announced that the buildings . were
named after Zebulon Butler, Isaac
Barre and Timothy Pickering.
Both John Wilkes : and Isaac
Barre, whose last names form the
title of this city, were English
patriots who carried out a continual fight for freedom in the
colonies and in England.
Two of the three building,s just
named are located on South River
Street and were presented to the
college by the members of the
Board of Trustees du ri ng 1945-46.
The other property, the home of
the late Dr. S. P. Mengel, South
Frapklin Street, was purchased by
the ·college earlier this year.
The pronerty at 154 South River
Street, which is used for classes
and faculty offices, will now be
known as Isaac Barre Hall. Barre,
the only one of the three who has
never been to Wyoming Valley, saw
some action in Canada during the
French and Indian War as a mem•b er of Wolfe's regiment.
Barre
was at Wolfe's side when his ibrave
leader fell at Quebec, and he was
permanently disfigured iby
a
wound in the cheek. He sat in
P arliament from 1761 to 1790.
The kin g's hatred of Barre, a
di slike .second only .to that felt for
John Wilkes, blocked Barre's promotion in the army during his
earlier military days and Jed to his
retirement from t he service in
1773.
The Men's Dormitory, also located on .Sout h River Street, has
been named Ze1:mlon Butler Hall.
Butler played a prominent part
in early day Wyoming Valley history and lived in the same ·block in
which ' the college is now located.
Born at Ipswich, Massachusetts, in
1731, he took an active part in the
French and Indian War. He later
led a ,b and of Connecticut settlers
to Wyoming Valley, where they
settled along the Susquehanna in
17-69 on land claimed by Connecticut by virtue of her charter and
through purchase from the Indians.
In the following Pennamite W.ars
between Connecticut and Pennsylvania:, Butler acter as leader of the
Connecticut settlers, serving as
-director of the Susquehanna Company and representing Wyoming
in the Connecticut assembly from
1774 to 1776. At the outbreak of
the Revolution, Butler received a
commission in the Connecticut
M:ili Ha. He later !became colonel of
the Continental Line.
In •March 1778, invasion of the
valley ·b ecame imminent, and Butler. a cting on behalf of the "Town
'1.f Westmore1 and", aPl)ealed to the
Board of War for its T'rotection.
the Wvomin l1." regiment s then beinrr
with the Continental Army. Before
aid arrived the valley was invaded.
Lieutenant Colonel Zebulon Butler, home on leave, on assumingcommand of the Continental ·f orces,
found himself at the head of barely
60 regulars and about 300 militia
· ( continued on pace 2)
· ·

·The first step toward revision of
secondary education curriculum
was made last Monday afternoon
in the Lecture Hall when over 100
educators , of Northeastern State

District met and outlined their
objectives.
The affair was sponsored by the
Pennsylvania Department of Publie Instruction and was presided
over by Leonard Utz, supervisor
of English in Wilkes-Barre .. City
.Schools . and district chairman.
Other speakers included Dr. Frederic L. Pond ,supervising curric,, lum consultant for Pennsylvania
Department
of
Public
Instructi-on; and Dr. Eu!l':e1?ne S.
Farley, ·who sp'1ke about · "Keenir,-g
the Secondary Sr.hool in Sten With
Con te?l"no:rary Develonment."
Dr. Farley stated the g-reatest
challenl?e for· educators todav ·is
to learn the children's desires. their
in t erests and their canabilities.
"Harm is done if we insist r,non
children doing things for which
thev are unready."
.
He stated that the job of the
educators is to prenare children
to understand the problems arounli
them and to develop in them a true
point of view instead of a distorted
one.
The meeting was adionrned
following sub-commitee gatherings.
Dinner was served at 6 in the
coilege cafeteria foll-owing- the subcommittee meetings. After dinne;-,
the sub-commitees met until 8:30.

Mr. Joseph Kanner
New Instructor In
Psychology Dept.
"Students get to know instructors more intimately and as a
result are able to work better," was
the comment of Mr. Joseph H.
Kanner, the new instructor in the
psycholo.gy
department,
when
asked his opinion of campus life
at Wilkes.
A native of Wilkes-Barre, Mr.
Kanner graduated from G. A; R.
High School where he was active
in the Physics and Dramatic Clubs.
Previous to entering Wilkes College in June '46, he resved as a
member of the Air Corps from
September '42 to November '45,
being stationed in Australia and
New Guinea. At Wilkes he participated in the activities of the
International Relations Club and ·
also became a member of the Psychology Club. He was e1ected
President of the latter where he
held this office for his remaining .
two years. Upon graduation, he
received the Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology.
Mr. Kanner teaches two psy cher
logical courses, Introductory and
Experimental. The first course
treats of " why people •b ehave as
they do," while the other explains
their mental actions . through tests
and experiments.
Although he
enjoys teaching at Wilkes, Mr.
Kanner plans on leaving in a few
years to do graduate .w ork in cllnl~
.cal psychology ,it the Univereity
of Pennsylvania. ·
·
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�WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

l1Jl!J.MJ!J)J!!

Friday, October 7, 1~49

NOTICE!

Freshman and sophomore passes
for assembly may be received at
RUSS WILLIAMS
Mr. Cttwalek's office any day from
By Marty Blake
Editor-in-Chief
, 2 to 5 p. M. · Mr. Chwalek's office
ls
located
on
the
third
8oor
of
Ingenuity is a mighty thing so three weeks ago ....... .Bin Umphred.
TOM ROBBINS
Chase Hall
the story goes .......it's part of a .. .. ... .P . R. 0. sports director, anNewa Editor
gulding force that makes moun- other weekly •Philly visitor .. .......:.. .
GERTRUDE WILLIAMS
EARL JOBES
tains out of molehills and rich Chet Knapich soon to play his
Sports Editor
Faculty Adviaor
wanderinl?' about the campus. The men out of poor .... .... Trekking to 100th game of footbalL .. .. .play~d
CLYDE RITTER
MARGARET ATEN
shape is distended; it's a freshman. Newark last Friday night for the on same team with Lincoln and
Business Manager
Circulation Manager
The legs have muscles ; it's Roth Colonels-Upsala contest we saw a Satch Paige in ole days ... ...... . AnEditorial Staff
. . . Mr. Roth. Somewhere during li ttle of this same ingenuity put other recent marriage, Bob Neilinto practice by our two jovial son and gal, and a recent engageBIil Griffith, Art Spengler, Miriam Long, Joe Gries, George Kabusk, Chet Molley, his tour a,bout the campus, he cheerleaders, Bruce McKie and ment John McCann and Scotty
took
time
out
to
be
disre~pectful.
Don Follmer, Gene Bradley, Chuck Gloman, James Tinsley, Rita Martin, Dave
Since disrespectfulness is' not a Ant onio Pop.p er.. ....it seems that Rutherford:..... .. Oh yes, fellpws you
Whitney, Irene Janoski, Ed Tyburski, Vince Macri, Herbert Rosen.
desired virtue, Mr . .Roth was sen- · only a baker's dozen or so of can write Seymour Mertin at
Re-Write - Chet Omichinski
t en ced to a verdant week of Wilkes s tudents made the long Tufts College .... .. .... and please ·use
jaunt t o see their beloved war- black paper.
A paper published weekly by and for the students of Wilkes College
mimicry.
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Miss Olshefski was found unde r riors play, hence a cheering secTHREE WILKES BUILDINqS
Member
the influence of ... !in-stick. The tion comparable to that of the
ho me club was unforseen ...... ..Bruce
jury
examined
the
evidence
closely
Intercollegiate Press
(continued from page 1)
and refused to be influenced. She and Tony decked out in their snazzy
was to represent a defea t ed indian cheering outfits, seemed singular- consistittg largely of "the unly alone midst the vacant Wilkes
Dias, and while toying with the aft er the Wyoming Massacre, but stands while a b evy of Upsala disciplined, the youthful, and the
fl o-wing curls, gazed sternly upon thi s was waived · aside when t.he cheergatherers parade along the aged." He wished to await re-·
the expectant gathering. His eyes jury foreman complained of t he ~;rl elines a cr oss the field ...... ...But inforcements, 1b ut was overruled
dropped . . . literally . . . to the possible leg-al ent anl?'lements with did this phase our budding gen- by his council of war and it was
papers before him, and his thun- members of the Minnie Ha H a iuses . ....... . ? Not a bit .... ·....... And decided to leave Forty Fort and
By CHET MOLLEY
A&lt;\rous voice resounded to the tribe which resides somewhere up
seek battle.
·A persitent September drizzle distant cobwebs. There was a hush the river. He stated that this was here's where ole mister ingenuity
With their forces outnumbered,
comes
in
........
The
two
holler
lads
traced rivulets upon the darkened in the courtroom and she wa!l an insult . • . to the . defeated
and the Indians making a flank atgathered
together
about
40
.panes of the ancient courthouse · Audrey Kohl; second offense, no indians; no freshman could look
tack, the militia fled to the fort on
as good as a defeated Minnie youngsters, who had pu11ed a July 3, 1778. The Fort surrendered
windows. Within, the court crier's defense, no sense.
One-Eye-Finkle
and
strolled
into
voice rose above the tummult, and
Prosecutor Ennis sighed . in ex- Ha Ha.
on the following day with Butler
In the middle of the preceding the park, and instructed them in evading capture.
the second session of Ye Olde court pectation of the case before him.
the
art
of
yelling
for
dear
ole
of no appeals was brought to He took it in his capable hands, case, there arose from the midst
After the departure of the inorder. There was a moment of the case, and rapidly, brilliantly, a technician named Reese. He had Wilkes ...... •and don't you think it vaders, Butler · returned to Wyodidn't
work
either
..
..
....
....
After
our
silence in reverance to those who sarcastically and triumphantl y beeri sentenced during the previ.ming as commandant, where he rehad fallen by the wayside, and then moulded it into a Sphinx of &lt;le- ous week to apply his engineering- initial TD, their accolades could mained during the Sullivan Ex·
b
e
heard
for
blocks
around
......
....
.
the Omnipotent Judge, tripping ifenselessness.
Defense Counsel ability in a search for the dimenpedition of 1779. This expedition
upon his robes, made his omni- Feeney threw a plea of mercy to sions of Chase Ha11. Any st udent Then when reenforcements; in the started from · Fort Wyoming (the
personages
of
Harry
Weiss,
Bill
potent appearance. For the first the jury ; they in turn threw a ver- interested in this historical knowlpresent site of Wilkes College) for
ten · minutes of the proceedings, diet of guilty into the defendant's edl"e can receive it from Mr. Reese. Griffiths, Pat Boyd, Joanie Walsh, the purpose of destroying the
Audrey
Seaman
and
Frank
AnderOllie Thomas, a learned legislator lap. His extraordinary exactness, What a way to earn a living.
Indians east of Caynga Lake.
Out of the ranks of the de- son appeared the noise was really
who has passed by many tomes of Executi-oner Cross, then threw his
·on December 29, 1180, Butler
deafening
..
...
..
So
what
might
have
Roman Law, reigned as advocate paddle into its cloud-bursting back- pressed, there came Miss Bremish.
was recalled from Wyoming by
turned
out
to
be
a
cheerless
Wilkes
supreme. It was whispered about swing and brought it down witH She solemnly swore that she didn't
George Washington at the rethat His Judicial Highness Judge tremendous impact in the mathe- kno"." the re~ulations. Whe1n asked victory was actually developed quest of Congress to prevent any
into
a
cheer-p'acked
evening
...
And
Chester Knapich, was attending a matically desired z.one. Miss Kohl, what her name was, her freshman
recurrence · of friction between
very important gathering . . . a who thought the Russians had nose tilted disdainfully, and she i.n the immnrtal words of Skinny Connecticut and Pennsylvania, and
Ennis
...
....
."This
is
really
living.''
group of experts were pondering ,lrnnned the orit?ial Hirishimo .pointed to her n,ame card. Ugh!
he was then stationed at West
wavs to beat the football pool.
hangover, was forcibly projected Won't these people ever learn .. . Yep, that's ingenuity.
Point, retiring from the army at
His Revered Robust Highness. above the floor. Little tears of a Solomon once asked. The jury
CAMPUS CUTOUTS: Miss Jean the close of the Revolution.
No. 2· Judge, Ollie Thomas, opened amazement, indignation and hurt ranidly cooperated in orderly com- Smit h , of Kin P-ston, has been nomThe newest addition to the colthe session w:ith a poignant appeal .. . pride sparkled briefly in her pliance and Miss Bremish was inat.ed as the Qneen of the Cabaret lege's properties, the home of the
dedicated
to
the
cause
...
because
to the Freshmen for compliance eyes. They were gulped by ocular
Party ...... by .. Miss Jean Smith
ia .e LJr. !Viengel, is now knO'Wn as
with rules and regulations. With reflex and she turned to the con- that is. Norm Cross wielded the Soccer squad makinl? ton selection Timothy Pickering Hall. It conHowever
dissent.ion in choosing Cy Kovalchick as Cap- tains faculty offices and lecture
watery eyes, he begged and im- l?'rel?'ation with regained composure paddle.
plored those with individualistic and stinging .•• smile. Miss Kohl romned through the ranks of the tain of squad . hnnor most de- and classrooms.
·desires to remain within the tram- was again elected to sing- for her Judicial body, for Mr. Cros3 him- serving ...... .. Jack Feeney, bleachPickering was an early supportpling. grounds of the c.o mmon herd. dinner . . . in front of the Para- dled the broap board with timidity. er sitting at Saturday's Red SoxThose who would stray, he. sol- mou.n t Theatre. Any horseback Someone accused him of plavinl1' V~nkee game, discoverinl? fellow er of the revolutionary movement
Herewith, Miss Wilkes student Len Cxi11kowski in Massachusetts. He displayed
emnly warned, would in the near riding dates she may have •had for second cousin.
future be solemnly mourned. His the week-end were cancelled be- Bremish was ordered to inflict lnoking for seat .. .. . amiable Jack great ability as a newspaper conupon Mr. Cross a reciprocal pun- finding place nat urally .. ... . Al Mo- troversialist and pamphleteer.
eye-lashes caught on fire from his cause of previous engagements.
flaminl!' eyes as he began to warmHis Tempestuous Highness then ishment • . . but slightly more lash giving up Hanover Twp.
up in his sneech UJ&gt;On the present , decided upon a punishment for the convincing.-' There were shouts of sorties t o investiirnte Quaker City Born in Salem, he held various
state of affairs. There would be entire student body; he ordered glee in the darkness · as the candles
... Rumor has Al Nicholas re- military offices during the Revono toleration for any infractions; some of the band members to re- went out, and the paddle descended. turning to Newark ~or future lutionary War and was appointed
examples would be made of, with place the serenity of the cafeteria Somewhere in the darkness a week-ends ... .Her name is Laura adjutant general of the Army by
their heels drubbing against the with the banging of drums and the freshman, imnersonating an air- .. .... . Maybelle Faye Richards ad- Washington.·
bark of the autumn Maples; those clashing of various other musical raid warden for the week, yelled vertising for Cabaret Party date
Later moving to Wyoming Valnecks which could not be broken instruments . . . and how they "Here they Come!" . . . and the Contrary to rumor, Marita Sheriwould be bent; those necks which clash. What a wonderful way to second session of ye olde court dan's name will not apnear in my ley, he was in charge of organizcould not be ,b ent would be sent inflict punishment . .. . en masse. was written into the journal of column this week ...... Charley Wil- ing the new county of Luzerne.
out to football practice.
A delegation of upper-classmen 'past events.
liams, Forty Forty romeo, declar. Outstanding work during the bitter
Outside the courtroom doors they ing last Saturday ni o-ht's date was
After running the gauntlet of was sent to ask who was being
pleadinll,' tears and aniz:ered invec- punished. Miss Maritta Sheridan. congregated; there was weeping cross .. .. .. .A cross between an ape disputes between Connecticut and
tives, His Gracious Highness, No. a member of the distinguished and gnashinl?' of freshmen teeth : and a crocodile .. ..... .. Bob Hooper, the Pennsylvania Q.Uthorities led
2 Judge, was carried out of the jury, can't even carry on a sensible there was talk of rebellion. There ex-dorm st udent, a cting role of to his appointment to represent
courtroom in a state of "limposus conversation with all that compe- was a whisper in the ,air from the Romeo at weiner roast ..... .. ... check the county in the convention that
dishe ragus".
It was at this tition. It has been suggested that Gods of Wisdom , "Bow thine heads. new Flagg Bros. shoes on Keith ratified the Constitution of the
duncture that His Most Rollicking if there has to .b e music, Marty ye freshmen blest, else ye shall Rasmussen . ... M. Tomasetti wor- United States.
iRexsinness, No. 1 Judge, Chester Blake should furnish it. He could never have a rest." On·e wise word ried since weekly letter from U. of
From 1790 to 1811, Pickering
Knapich, hurdled into the breach. play some of his cabaret song:s to the sages is sufficient, yet here Syracuse is 14 weeks late .. reason: served in such positions as Postyou have a dozen . . . absorb them Jnhn Stark .
Adjusting his flambouyant wig, on a comb.
... congrats to Jack master General, Secretary of War,
he stood hawkishly upon the Royal
There is an apparition in green deep . . . and never weep.
Cain on tying knot a couple (Ir and U. S. Senator.

JUDGE KNAPICH
RESCUES ALTERNATE

\

Spirit of Initiation Squelches Re belli.o us Freshman
The disciplined freshman staggered out of the doorway. He ha&lt;'
just been unmercifully beaten b~,
the heartless and sinister characters known to one and all as the
Tribunal officials.
He muttered threats to the jud"e,
the attorneys and the jury. The
1blood oozed from his wounds and
aoaked his torn shirt. Suddenly he
pulled a small package from his
pocket. It was a suicide packet,
containing assorted poisons, piano
wires, and a pocket-sized atom
bomb. He threw the package away;
he would have no use for it. His
countenance burned with the glow
of revenge. Yes, he would have his
revenge. His shrill hysterical laughter pierced the quiet of the campus.
Suddenly, with a blinding flash

of light, there appeared before th ·
battered freshman a white-haire ·
g-entleman, dignified save fnr h'
turned-up pants le!!', his differen '
rolored socks, the bucket he car .
ried. and his peculiar looking hat
"Who - - who are you?" gaspe&lt;'
the bewildered frosh.
"I am the spirit of initiation - I have powers over all Fre!lhmer
and all Tribunals.'' The voice of
the creature hovering before the
cowering- freshman was cold but
strong. "You neeqn't be afraid of
me", said the spirit. "I'm here to
see that justice nrevails."
"Oh. irreat and honorable spirit
ef initiation, give me the power t,.,
revenge my fellow sufferers. I'll
g-et even with these power greedy
tyrants. I'll get even with them-

~" en if I have to puncture all the
•ootballs at the Wilkes - King'i,
~ame: even if I have to go around
' o the football field and build B
' ank-trap to stop the Wilkes jut?-eTnaut (Ed. note: a pluiz: for the
'Vilkes Colonels) I'll get even with
he..,,."
The victim paused long enouirh
' o relieve a tourniquet on his arm
,nd re-apply it. He spoke again.
"Please, spirit, you've ju.st gotta
"e1n us out. We've been oppressed
by these villians for three weeks
now. and it's discouraging, to say
the least."
"You feel you',re paid your debt
to nnperrlasswen ?"
·
"Certainly, oh great spirit. Like
I said, we've been tormented for

three weeks and - - " ·
The spirit stoppetl him with a
~lance.
"Enough, oh impetuous one! It
~eems that you do not realize how
easy you have tbings. In most
schools initiation· is carried on.for
months on end, and it consists of
lirutal treatment. Why, I remember
one case at Staliniz:rad U. that I
was called in on. The unner-shmll~kivik-classmen t here t.ook the entire freshman class ?.000 miles intn Sihe-ria ln mid-winter and left
•hem there. Not one freshman returned.''
"Gee". sald the freshman. "tha+
wa!' tllU!!'h. But now in our case - -"
"Tut, tut, boy, your case is nothing. There is another case I re-

member well. Congo College upperclassmen took one freshman class
to a pygmy tribe which specialized
in shrinking heads. Well, they
shrunk all of the freshmen's heads.
As might be expected, that class
turned out to be a bunch of nitwits.''
"Golly", exclaimed the freshman.
"So you see, your case isn't really too bad. Why don't you be patient and let the thing run its
course. All of the ceremony will be
over soon.''
"Well - - - "
"That's · a . boy-by the way, got
a match?''
"Right here, sir.'' ,
"That's , a good freshman.''

�3

~KES COLLEGE BEACON

Friday, October 7, 1949

WILKES COLONELS AFTER THmTEENTH

ri=====THE

Sporting World
EARL JOBES, Sports Editor
College football returns to Wyo- Plains, Elias and Solomon

from

ming Valley tomorrow night when Meyers, and many others .. .. .. .. .The

the Colonels clash with the University of Bridgeport at Huber
Stadium, Plymouth. The Colonels
will be out after their · tenth
straight victory. The Colonel
streak started with a win over
_Hartwick in their third game last
year, and si'hce then they have
gone to the wars eleven times and
ihave only two ties to mar an
otherwise perfect record. Included
. in their list of victims have been
such schools as Bloomsburg,
Kings, Rider, and during the past
week Upsala was added to the impressive list.
Last week as we all know the
· Colonels travelled to East Orange
N. J. and handed Upsala a Defeat
13-7. The highlight of that game
iwas the 78 yard touchdown jaunt
by a former All-State gridder
from New York state, Al Nicholas.
Al is a . newcomer to the Wilkes
Campus and you are destined to
hear a lot about this boy for the
next couple of years.
It would have been poetic justice if Ja-ck DeReemer, a New
Jersey boy plaY.ing in his own
back yard, coulJ have scored the
winning touchdown against Upsala
but as it is, Jack makes his pres~
ence felt in every game ... .. ....... The
only casualty of last week's game
was John Florkiewicz who suffered some badly bruised ribs.
If
_John is hampered by his injury, it
will hurt the Colonels attack considerably as Florkey's Pile Driving
plunges are nearly always good
for a lot of yardage ...:Wilkes' place
kick specialist, Jack Feeney, seems
to have to be under pressure to
make the extra points as consistently as he did last year.
In
two of the three games that
Wilkes has played this year, their
margin of victory has -b een at
least a touchdown; in each game
~eeney missed one extra point, but
m the St. Francis fame when
every point counted, Jack was
kicking straight and · true.
Al
Nicholas' long run ,b rings to mind
the fact that Coach Ralston has a
, lot · o( good freshmen sitting on
the bench. Included in the group
are: Billy Davis formerly of Wyoming Seminary,' Al Man!lrski from

Colonel rooters are hoping that
Mr. Ralston will find himself in a
posit'ion to let some of these boys
strut their stuff ........
Mr. Ral'sto,n and his assistant,
Joe Michaels, have had the Colonels going throug.h scrimmage
sessions all week long. In addi tion
t o polishing up their running attack, the Colonels have been
throwing a lot of passes, so don't
be surprised if Wilkes takes to
the air frequently .. ... .. Bob Waten
and Leo Castle have rejoined the
Colonels squad and the touchdown
twins of last year should see a lot
of action in the Bridgeport game
tomorrow night .... .. . If comparative
scores mean anything, and most
people insist that they don't ; y-0u
should see a close game when the
Coonels and · Bridgeport clash. Wilkes beat Upsala 13-7 while Bridgeport beat Upsala 12-0.
The C-0lonels' victory streak has
aroused a lot of interest in college
football throughout the valley ........
This should reflect on the attendance at tomorrow night's game
as a lot of people will be turning
out for the first time to see just
how good the Colonels are .. .
Once people start coming to the
games, they :will realize that the
best football played in the valley
is Played by the Colonels, and they
will return again and again. This
could also apply to quite a few
Wilkes college students who seem
-to prefer to watch the local high
schools in action rather than their
own college team.
The Colonels
have compiled a record in the four
years that they have competer in
inter-collegiate football, of which
every student at Wilkes should be
proud. The team deserves and
needs your support; let's show the
Colonels and the people of the valley that we ,believe in Wilkes.
Attend the games, and back your
team.
We proudly announce that our
hig.h school predictions are ·improving. Last week we had two
right and six wrong. This brings
our average up to an astounding
.153. No other sports writer can
claim such an average.

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. Bottom row: Ed Krombel, Jack "Feenye, Ja:k DeRemer, George Lewis, Al Daito·~. Olia Thomas, Jack Jones, Dia
Scnpp, Frank Radaszewski, Gerard Washco, John Florkiewl ~z. Walt Hendershot.
Secon~ row: ·Norman C~omack, Al Molash, Francis Pinkowski, Jose Stephens, Paul Thomas, Bill ' Davis, Norm
Cross, Al Nicholas, George Ehas, Leo Solomon, Sam Elias, Henry Supinski, Gene Snee.
_Top row: Chet Knapich, Jo~ Jones, Al Manarski, George McMahon, John Strojny, Bill Johns, Daniel Pinkowski, John
Havir, Dan McH~gh, Bob Hall. Bill Morgan, Ed Bogusko, -Coach G\)orge Ralston. Absent when pictw:e was taken Asal\.
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•

WILKES ROOTERS

MR. MARK DAVIDOFF
PREPARED FOR F&amp;M ADDED TO FACULTY

By Paul B. Beers
With an away-game wit h Franklin and Marshall on deck this
Sat urday, Wilkes College's soccer
team is busy adding the final
touches to its game. The play of
the line, in parti cular, has pickedup and the defense is slowly shaping up into a formidable barrier
for fu ture opponents. Noticeable
improvements have been made in
the passing attack and play-making department. In their opener
with Bloomsburg two weeks ago
some good passes and smooth- .
working plays would have put the
Colonels in the win column. With
the team vrowing tougher and
tougher each day, Coa ch Partridge
has a soccer team vastly different
t rom the one that faced Bloomsburg.
Though the Teachers fielded an
average college s occer team,
F . &amp; M. promises to have a real
top-notch eleven. Deep in the heart
of soccer country, the Diplomat s
are well-versed when it comes to
pushing a soccer ball around. The
Lancaster team has some stylish
ballplayers and an all-around
hustling ball club. They're tough
customers but, with the added experience that the boys picked-up
· in the Bloomsburg battle plus the
general improvements made during the last two weeks, the Colonels
fi gure to give them a run for their
money this coming Saturday in
Lancaster.

'
ECONOMICS CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
The Economics Club held its reorganization meeting Tnursd ay,
,September 29, at which time officers for the coming term were elected.
The following officers were elected: president Michale Connors, vice
president Daniel Sherman, secretary Andrew Basar, and treasurer
Clyde Ritter.
•
The Economic Council, an integral part of the club, was chosen at
this meetin g. The council consists
of the eight following members:
Carl Kibson, John Nelson, William
Plummer, Allen Straussman, Wm.
Bergstrasser, N icholas Konchuba,
Henry Wnukowski and .R.obert Barber.
The Club, looking forward to a
successful year, plans to sponsor
many social activities.
The club extends to all students
an invitation to join. This invitation is extended especially to, under~classmen.

Another new member added to
the languaQ'e department of the
Wilkes faculty is Mr. Mark Irving
Davidoff. He r eceivevd his Bachelor of Arts degree here at Wilkes
and is now working for his mas~
ter's at Columbia University. He
also attended P ennsylvania State
College from "41" to "43'', furthering his st udies in languages.
After spending three years of
service in the Army, European
theater, he attended the University of Paris i for a short length of
time,. enlarging his knowledge in
Spamsh and French, also taking
a course in French ·Civilization.
Mr. Davidoff feels that the object,
or theory of language is to make
it a living language. Being a graduate :o f Wilkes, he is impressed by
the school spirit and friendliness
that surrounds the campus.

Playwriting Contest
Winners Announced
Three young veterans of the
recent war today were announced
as winners, of the nation-wide playwriting contest sponsored by the
Valparaiso University Players.
First prize of $20-0 was awarded
t o Samuel Birnkrant, radio and
television script writer of New
York City, for his play, Rockbound.
!Robert John Corcoran, student
at Yale niversity, New Haven,
Con.n, won the sec-ond prize of
$100. Third place and a $50 prize
went to Frank D. Gilroy, student
' at Dartmoutli College, Hanover
N. H.
. The contest, which attracted 212
nl avs, was intended to stimulate
original thinking in playwriting
and to encourai;e experimentation
in dramatic form s. The one-act
form was chosen to encourage
young talent. The three plays will
be produced •b y the Valparaiso University Players.
Judges for the contest were Lee
Norvelle of Indiana University,
Robert Mast ers of Indiana State
Teachers College and Earl Harlan
of Purdue Universitv.
Concerning Mr. Birnkrant's play,
Dr. Vera T. Hahn, chairman of the
contest c-o mmittee, said, "Rockhound is keyed to the crashing
crescendo of the theme." Mr. Birnkran t. who is 31, last year taught
in the El!lJZ"Ji.sh Department of
Barnard College, Columbia University.
·
Mr. Corcoran's Idiodyssey, which
placed second, is a fantasy. At
present the 28-year-old writer is
studying drama under Marc Con-

nelly.
After a summer on a freighter
in the Mediterranean area, Mr.
Gilroy, the third prize winner, has
resumed his tudies at Dartmouth,
where he is editor-in-chief of the
school's daily paper. He is 23
years old. His play, McClintock's
Medal, is a psychological study.

COLONELS SEEK 13TH
( continued from PIU!'e 1 l
Jack Feeney, an All-Scholastic
from Kingston. Jack has plenty of
experience with Naval teams and
La.fayet te. besides three years
with the Colonels. At the other end
will be George MacMahon who
ioined the Colonels as a fr~shman
last year. Playing defensive end
is Al Molash, a very rugged and
dependable
character.
Gerald
Washko, who came to the squad
from Wake Forset, will see his
third season at tackle for Wilkes.
Washko also played at Nanticoke
High. Playing opposite Washko is
Walt Hendershot, a fourth year
man for Ralston. Walt is one of
the biggest tackles in the state.
The "Old Man" of fo.otball, Chet
Knapich is back to start at guard.
George "Pickles" is back at the
other guard slot. Lewis has been
one of the college's outstanding
athletes. Another veteran returning to the squad is Sainmy Elias
the starting center. Last yea;
Sammy played both offensive and
defensive, -b ut thi.s . year he has relinquished the · offensive berth to
Al Dalton, a sophomore who saw
action with the Colonels last year.
Other key ,backfield men for
roach Ralston are Bobby "Poop"
Waters, who is the biggest headache Kings knows. Alternating at
fullback is junior Hank Supinski.
Hank was Co-Captain last season.
John DeReemer is another back
who will see plenty of action, especia1ly defensively.
Well, there you have a bird'J-eye
view of both teams. Either team is
capable of playing winning football: and while we don't want to
go out on a limb .. ... or jinx the
Colonels .... ... we. do think that the
Bridgeporters will know they've
been in a -ball game. SUPPORT
THE COLONELS - ....... TOMORROW NIGHT 8:00 P. M. AT
HUBER FIELD, PLYMOUTHr .

Important Beacon
Meeting Monday!
A"i 4 P. M.

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Ct\MPUS CHATTER
By TOM ROBBINS
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Groggr f:roni h~ating criticisms ~een, in a sense.

However, till

about' 9ur dear; dear Beacon. (one we becom_e fully orianized this

o/ the gripes bein~ that tnere are semester, 1t appears that we have
too many personal column,) I de. to say isomething in order to keep
~ided to throw in the towel and the wolves from the door; the
.a.eek employment elsewhere. How- Beacort door, that is.
ever, before you vultures e:o too Facts and Figures:
wild in antl&lt;;ipation of picking my
Three out of four 11tudents who
j,ournalis.t ic bones, I ·would like to fail Worlil Lit wish they didn't
say that . I wa11 persuaded to re~ have to take · it again. (Source: a
main with. Citnpua Chattel and the person to person interviv·ew with
Beacon. · -.
.
4 World Lit flunkees.)
With the men who know base- •iI•~ 'through!" I shouted, as I
stormed into the Beacon office. ,b all best-it's the Yanke6ll four
''l've just heard another gripe, and in a row. (Source: a loyal Yankee
that's the laet lltraw! I can't stand rooter.)
I guess evecybody and his
any more gripes. I quit! If all of
these so-called critics think that mother-in-law's uncle i; looking
they can do any better with this forward to the day when Wilkes
sheet, let them try!
I've had will be aible to play 11ports in its
own back-yard. Apparently the
enough!"
·
planned
,gymnasium and athletic
_The applause I uaually received
for my stirring apeeches was field isn't too many months away.
,Said one: Did you notice the
short-lived. The word "amen" was
diamond ring she is wearing?
· heard clearly above the cheers.
Answered another: Diamond
"What was that?" I exclaimed.
nothing! She's wearing the tip of
"I said 'ahem'," said the liar.
"Yeah, I guess you all want to South Africa.
see me go, don't you? I guess a
, lot of people on campus would like
to see me off the Beacon. I know
I never did have the Walter
, Winche1l touch, but I thought that
maybe a few neople enioved read, ing Campus Chatter. Well, it was
. tun while it lasted. I never was
much good to the Beacon, I guess."
I was crying, now. The tears
,could not -be held back. I buried my
head in my arms so that those in
the room couldn't see my red,
swollen eyes. A shuffling noise in
the room signaled an uncomfort• .able tension. MaY'be they wanted
,me after all.
"Well, Russ;" said one, "that's
one column less. Now maybe we
,-c an put out a good paper."
"Don't take it so hard," I said,
rising and forcing a smile. "I guess
I . could let by-gones ,be bv-gones
and forgive these critics who are
' trying to oust me."
"Yeah," said Russ, obviously
ignoring me to mask his aching
heart, "I think that with that
column out and a few news stories
in we may 1be~in to rate in ouality
with some of the big university
pa-p ers."
. I knew that they were trying -to
hide their true sad fee 1in ~s with
all of the unconcerned talk.
"Okay, fellas, Tll ,stick with you.
I'll continue to write for the Bea.con. y OU don't , have to try to
hide your feelings anymore."
"We? ---,- Want You?" exc'aimerl
Russ. There was a strange look of
amazement on his face.
"I knew you did," I ventured,
:naively.
o o o ·o
Seriously though, 'We have had
comments from various sources
criticising the Beacon for the abnormaly large percentage of space
·b,,;n!!' g-iven to personal columns.
We do not deny that the criticisms
are in!'lt.ifiable. Nonetheless, we do
say that the Beacon is currently in
-the stages of reoriranization and
that very soon we hope to be&lt;nn
publishing a six page paper weekly.
What does that mean? It, means
that the number of columns used
now will not seem to be too many
in a six ·pal?,'e issue. The fact that
many campus g-roups have now
begun to organize and furnish us
with news will mean a bigger
paper in the future.
It is too bad we ·have · to take
the time to explain that green is

EDWIN STECKEL
PLEASESSTUDENTS
. George Kabuak
Mr. Edwin Stekel, noted pianist
and humorist, entertained a Wilkes
College assembly ·last Tuesday.
Digging _jnto his immense repertoir of jokes and cracks, Mr.
Steckel wasted so time in breaking
the silence of the Baptist Church
with the hearty laughter of the
stude.n t body. His program proved
to be entertaining, unique; and
educational.
Steckel told the audience that in
his youth he hap difficulty in retnembering complete compositions.
He then sat at the Steinway and
gave his amusing recital
of
"pieces I started but I didn't finish." Included in it were classical,
folk, Semi-classical, modern, and
Gay Ninety melodies.
Here ·is a handy bit of advice
passed along from the speaker. If
you wish to sing but are not
talented, sing bass. There are only
three notes. You are bound to be
right one-third of the time.
He showed how various melodies of some of America's best
known songs are homogenuous. A

negro spirituel, a Scottish tune, a
part of Dvorak's New W orlid
Symphony or as we know it Going
Home, and Jerome Kern's Ole
Man River could be and were played with only the use of five black
keys. The eight notes of the scale,
in succession, with the proper intervals turned out to be Joy to the
World. Continuing, Steckel clapped his hands in rhythm, then
asked if anyone in the audience
could identify the tune. The reply
he received was dead silence. Then
with the hand~clapping beat and
a few notes he produced America
the Beautiful and On Wiscon,sin.
Well versed in the field of music,
Steckel has a theory about the appreciation of music. It is: "Music
appreciation can't be taught, but
if sought it can be caught."
One more piece . of advice, if you
have trouble fingering the keyboard. The speaker sugrrests the
selelctlion of one rood finger to
use while plalying; this may eliminate nine-tenths of your difficulty.
In a more serious light, Steckel
naid tribute to Stephen Collins
Foster, a Pennsylvanian, who has
the distinction of being the only
musician elected to the Hall of
Fame in the Academy of Arts and
Sciences. He played Foster's im-

mortal Oh Susanna which too only
required the five black notes.
He closed with a bit of homespun musfoal philosophy: "It's not
the tune, it's what you do with it."
The applause Steckel received at
the end was loud and long. He r~
ciprocated with an encore in which
he played Yankee Doodle with his
left hand and at the same time
played Way Down South- (the song
'that is) with his right hand.

ID1portant!
A special meeting of the Theta
Delta Rho wi~l be held on Thursday, October 11 at 7:30 P. M. It
will be held in the girls' lounge in
Chase Hall.
There are many impdrtant
business matters to be discussed,
therefore it is imperative that
every member be present.

on _the square

THE COLLEGF: MAN'S
STORE
.

"TAKE A TIP FROM ME SMOKE CHESTERFIELDS.

IT'S MY CIGARETTE! 11

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                    <text>JOIN THE
COLONELS
CARAVAN

JOIN THE
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CARAVAN

Vol 4, No. 2.

WILKES COLLSGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA.

Friday, September 30, 1949

Tentativ~ Plans Are Made WILKES TO PLAY · Scholarships To Be Offered
For Cabaret Party Oct. 21 AT UPSALA TO~IGHT
To Publications' Editors
By ED TYBURSKI
By MARTY BLAKE

One of the semi-annual treats of Wilkes College, the
Cabaret Party, may highlight the social calendar for the month
of October, student council president, Jack Cain qnnounced last
week. As yet only the date, Friday, October 21, has been set
but more news about the prospective fun-frolic should be forth• coming in the nexJ issue of the BEACON.
The Caparet Party has long been
one of the more suc-cesful ty,n es of
social activities stae-ed at Wilkes
College. Originated by the French
Club. in 1946, the Ca:baret affairs
have ibecome significant with any
·p hase of entertainment on the
campus. And the fame of the combination dance-musical hasn't been
limited to the college crowd. Each
.semester hundreds of "outsiders"
request . I)ermission to attend the
:fest.ivities.
Joe Goldberg, a transplanted
Philadelphian who attended Wilkes
during the '46-'47 · early '48 semesters, was the person responsible
for suggesting "name',' entertainment. Jose thought that "pro" entertainers would attract more students and supply the glamour at
such an affair.
Jack Norton, who hold.s claim to
the title 9f Clown Drunk of the
Movies, was the first guest 11tar to
appear at a ca/baret party. The date
was November of '48 and the affair was sponsored by the
BEA,CO~. Ken Maynard, cowboy
star of the ,p ast decade, was also
scheduled to appear hut injury to
his horse foreed Ken to take a
raincheck on the school's invitation.
Norton literally stopped the show

as he gave a 30-minute indication
of why he has been a top Hollywond comic for nigh onto thirty
years.
The Junior Class sponsored the
second Cabaret affair with "name"
attractions last March at the Mansfield Ballroom with Dick Brown,
star of Stop The Music, Er.skine
Butterfield, Decca recording artist; Marsha and Billy, the r_e gion's
top dance team and Bobby Goldsmith, a barrel of fun, suppling the
entertainment. That affair proved
one point-that we need a larger
hall or ballroom for the affair. ·
Over 450 pef&gt;ple jammed into the
Mansfield and another 150 were
refused admission for lack of
space.
Ted Wolfe, who headed the last
two Cabaret affairs, will act as
general chairman, assisted ,b y Gene
Bradley and Jack Cain. Chairmen
of the other committees are: Entertainment, Bob Sanders; Site,
Charlotte Davis; Tickets, Kathy
Smith; Reservations, Marysh Mieczkowski; Make-Up, Janet Gearhart and Tony Popper; Publicity,
Vince Macri; Advertising Display,
Rita Martin; Refreshments, Jerry
Wise, and Decorat ions, Jack Feeney.

WILKES WFG
WILKES PROVIDES
TO SPONSOR
HELP~G HAND
COFFEE HOUR
FOR JOB-SEEKERS
'T he Women's Faculty Group of
Wilkes College will hold its first
Coffee Hour of the year on Tuesday
afternoon, October 4, •f rom 3 to 5,
upstairs in the cafeteria. All students and faculty members are incited to attend.
The Coffee Hours were begun
last year fby the Wilkes Women's
Group, whose memlbership includes
faculty wives and women facul ty
members. For the Fall Semester,
Mrs. Alfred W. Bastress is chairman of the Coffee Hours, which
will be held every other week in
the cafeteria. The members of her
committee are: M.rs. John A. Chwalek, Mrs. Edward N. Heltzel, Mrs.
Donald R. Kersteen, Mr8. Arthur
~ruger, Mrs. James . J. Laggan,
Mrs. Edward J . ,Manley, and Mrs.
John J. Riley.
Hostesses for the October 4th
Coffee Hour will be Miss Claire
Bedillion, Miss Catherine H. Bone,
Mrs; John W. Boyce, Jr., and Mrs.
"R obert M. Cobleigh.
Mrs. Eugene :S. li'arley, Mr!!.
Samuel A. Rose111berg, Mrs. Harold
"'JI. 'T hatcer, and Mrs. Charles Taylor will pour.

NOTICE!
All students having earned less
than 60 semester hours will be required to attend all assemblies.
Students having more than one
unexcused assembly cut will be subject ,to dismissal from the school.
Eugene S. Farley

A new office, the placement center, has been inaugurated at Wilkes
•College this semester. President
E'ugene S. Farley, realizing the
necessity of an office to aid the
full-time or pa·r t-time job-seeking
graduates and undergraduates,
made the move to create the inde•p endent offi'ce. Mr. John Chwalek
was desi,g nated by President FarIey as head of the newly organized
center.
Mr. Chwalek announced that any
studenit wishing ,p art-time employment should see him or his .secretary, Miss Beverly Parry, as
soon as J:)Ossi.ble. The placement
center office is located on the third
floor of Ohase Hall.
The problem of student empt'oyment used to be handled by the
offices of the deans of men and
women. However, it has become a
job which is .g reater than those
offices could handle easily with
their many other duties. Consequently, the placement center was
organized, giving a unity of command and more efficiency toward
solving the problem of placing students.
,P,a rt-time j•ob openings have been
announced iby various businesses
in the valley as well as the campus
organizations. Mr. Chwalek has
!been contacted by these groups,
and he knows exactly what is being offered. In the short time the
office has been in existence, dozens
of jobs have been found for studen,ts interested in working part or
full-time. The office does not con-

Tonight the Colonels' Caravan
,w ill invade the Upsala campus behind the red hot charges of Coach
Ralston. While the boys from J ersey dropped thei-r opening ,g ame
to the University of Bridgeport,
our Colonels won their opener
from a strong, unbeaten Bloomsburg eleven to the tune of 20-7 and
then emerged in a bitter battle at
Ldrretta in a tie with St. Francis.
Both of these teams had previously
beaten Wilkes, :b ut it was more
than mere revenge that lenabled
Ralston's Raiders_ to come out on
t,op this season. They are playing
hard ball right from the start, not
waiting to get warmed up. ,
In their first contest at Huber
Field, Plymouth, the Colonels assured theml'lelves of a following among
t he populace of Wyoming Valley.
Many people attending the game
thought the Wilkes Colonels were
s·omething that went out with the
Civil War. But on that eventful
Saturday night, the .boys from
Wilkes showed that they're not going out wH1h anything .... except, of
cour,se, the thought to &lt;Win.
And then there were those who
cried that Wilkes was ju!lt LUCKY
.... that Bloomsbur,g was confused
after the first easy !!Core and did
not recover sufficiently to play
heads up ball. Maybe so ... .BUT did
the same thing happen to Sb. Francis? Were they also so OONFUSE.'D that they allowed our fighting
eleven to come from behind and
eme:11ge with a 14-14 tie? Or, is the
team just out for a good season
despite the skeptics? We feel inclined to believe in the last thought.
Remember, most of. the -team members are seniors. They'll be graduating this Jurie. This fall will be
the fast · most of them will see the
football gridiron .. . except from the
stands. Put this together with the
fact that most of them have been
playin·g ball together for the last
four years and you'll come nearer
foe truth. We don't want to jinx
the team, by predicting a win, but
we feel ¥confident in saying that
y,ou'll see a good, hard•fought contest should you join the Colonels'
Caravan.
This Caravan is not 'b eing conducted for the sole benefit of the
Freshman Class. On the contrary,
it is for all of us who do not have
any means of transportaHon, but
who still would like to see our
·Colonels play. If any Frosh are
doulbtful as to t heir having a good
time, why, just ,g ~t in contact with
any of those loyal rooters who
journeyed to Bloomsburg with the
Caravan last season.
When considering the price ...
$4.85 .. ... think of the distance t hat
has to be traveled. Think also of
the f.un you will have en-route and
at ,t he game. But most important
of all, think of the SUPPORT you
will be giving to a deserving team.
And if you're ,going steady with
someone who doesn',t come to
school, don't worry about it. Bring
them a1'ong. They will be made to
feel at home. But remember,' get
behind the team .... support them in
the enemy'.s encampment... .J OIN
THE COLONEIJS CARA VAN .

The following announcement concerning Wilkes College
Publications scholarships has just been released by the office
of President Farley.
Amni~ola
"It has been found that many outstanding students cannot partici.
pate m the work of the Amnicola
or the Beacon -because of excessive
demands upon their time and energy. These demands have been so
great that students who must earn
all or a portion of their tuition
have found it impossible to contriib'tlte to these publications.
To enable all .students to cooperate in the production of these
school publications, a series of
scholarships will ,h er~after be
awarded to those who through outstanding service become editors
and ,b usiness managers of these
:publications.
The awarding of these scholarships will be based upon the service
rendered to the publications during
the ,s tudent's Fresihman, Sophomore, and Junior years.
Scholarship A wards
Beacon
Editor-!Senior-Full Tuition for
the year
News Editors-4100 per year
Feature Editor-$100 per year
Busines~ Manager-$100 per year

Editor--1Senior-Full Tuition for
th e ·yeEard.
A_ •
$l00
.,..,s1stant
1tor--per. year
Picture Editor-$100 per year
Business Manager-$100 per year
Requirements For The
Appointment
The editors must have at least
two years of experience on the publication and must have rendered
outstanding service. In addition,
they must maintain academic standing of at least a C average.
Presentation of Awards
All awards will be made by a
,p ublication ,b oard composed of the
factulty advisers of the two publications, Dean Harker, and the editor!I of the two ,p ublications.
The Board will consider the quality and character of the work J)&amp;'formed and will require a written
,statement of each candidate's qualifications including his high school,
oollege, and work experience.
Retention of Scholarship
These scholarships !!hall be r&amp;tained only for the period during
which the recipient meets his full
responsibility to the publication anl
maintains at least a C average."

WILKES DEBATERS
CUE AND CURTAIN
WILL REORGANIZE
PLANNING BIG YEAR

The "Cue and Curtain" held its
initial social meeting of the semester last Monday night. Tommy
,L ittleton, in his new capacity as
director of the organization, gave
a short talk. He explained to the
grdup the procedure of personal
and group tryouts which he will
employ in .castinig. Littleton also
announced that he &lt;Will :begin casting for GHOST TRAIN in the near
future. This play contains four female and seven male parts. It is
the first three act play to be produced this semester.
'
M.r. Littleton is well qualified for
his new job as director of the "Cue
and ,curtain". He has attended the
American Academy of Dramatic
Arts and the New .School of Social
Research. He played in LIFE
WITH F•A'I1HER for thre months
and he understudied "Skirrmv"
Homiere in 'DOMORROW THE
WOIRLD. In this latter play, he
had an opportunity to play the
lead for two weeks. In addition to
these Broadway .p roductions, Littleton has played in summer stock
a nd in U. ,S , ,0. stage shows in
Washington, D. C. Last summer he
taught dramatics at the Methodist
camp at ,Sky Lake. He also directs
the dramatic program of the St.
Steven's Church.
In his speech to the freshmen,
Mr. Littleton ,g ave several helpful
suggestions to the newcomers and
he outlined the program for the
coming year.
Paul Thomas, president of the
club, :welcomed the freshmen and
gave a short speech in which he
traced the development of the or'g-anization. Mr. Thomas pointed out
the fact that the club has grown in
memibershiip from eleven in 1937,
fine itself to seeking jab.s for un: when it was first started, to its
der,g raduates. Already various po- present enrollment of eighty-nine.
sitions have been procured for He also stressed the perseverance
graduates.
(continued on page 2)

Doctor Arthur Kruger, director
of the Wilkes College Debating
Team, has announced that he will
interview students interested in
joining his highly succ~ssful group.
Any aspiring debators may contact Dr. Kruger at his office on the
second floor of the Lecture Hall at
the rear of 154 South River St.
So far, Penn State and Brooklyn
·College have invited the Wilkes'
debaters to take part in their debating tournament.s. Other debates
are also being arranged with near1by colleges.
Last yeaT the debater.s performed
in many of the loca;l high schools,
in Wilkes' assemlblies, and in the
,sec.ond annual Brooklyn Invitation
Debate Tournament. At Brooklyn
the group defeated te~ms representing ,Stephen's Institute of Technology, N. Y. U., Boston University, and St. John's.
Two of the team'.s most effective
members, Jahn Faneck and George
Maisel, graduated last June. Returning for service are veteran debaters Don Kemmerer, Thomas
Morgan and Gene Bradley.

COMMITIEES NAMED
FOR WEINER ROAST
On the evening of October 1, at
Harvey's Lake, the Theta Delta
Rho sorority will hold a weiner
roast. 'Dhe roast will be open to· all
Wilkes students, and at last r&amp;,p orts, the girls were Mking the
iboys•. The committees for the a~air
are as follows: '
·
General chairman, Joyce Nobel.
Refreshments:
Chairmen Virginia Bolen and
Janet Gearhart, Beth Badman, Ann
Tusslar, Nancy Lewis, Ana:belle
!Perry, Peggy Anthony, Jane Max( continued on page 4)

�· WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

Friday, September 30, 1949 ·

MUSICAL HUMORIST
TO VISIT WILKES

RUSS WILLIAMS
Editor-In-Chief

TOM ROBBINS
News Editor

EARL JOBES

GERTRUDE WILLIAMS

Sports Editor

Faculty Advisor

CLYDE RITTER

MARGARET ATEN
' Circulation Manager

Business Manager

Editorial Staff
Bill Griffith, Art Spengler, Miriam Long. Joe Gries, George Kabusk, Chet Molley,
Don Follmer, Gene Bradley, Chuck Gloman, Jam4\'e Tinsley, Rita Martin, Dave
Whitney, Irene Janoeki, Ed Tyburski, Vince Macri.

Re-Write -

Chet Omichinski

A paper publiahed weekly by and for the students of Wilkes College
Phone 3-3148 Ext. 19
Member

Intercollegiate Press
EDITORIAL

The New Schol~rships
The Wilkes Administration's award of scholarships to the
students in the eight top positions of the AMNICOLA and
BEACON staffs will result in an imprQvement in those publications. While the experience staff members receive is in itseU
worth a great deal, the new arrangement will furnish an added
impetus and will make them feel that their work is appreciated.
Members of the staffs ranging below the four top positions will
undoubtedly do their work more contlcientiously with· an eye
toward promotion.
Perhaps the most pleasant circumstance in connection with
this award is the fact that it was offered by the admutistration
without any pressure from the present staff. This fact alone
should furnish added incentive for a more effective job.
The creation of these scholarships will attract the attention
of young people with literary ambitions and should result in
bringing a greater number of eligible students to the college.
These scholarships are one more evidence of the sound
and wholesome growth of Wilkes College. We earnestly hope
that the ~COLA and BEACON will prove themselves worthy
of this recognition.
maligners, and called
FRESHMEN RECEIVE unreported
for the next victim .. .... Iaw-sbreaker,
is. Out. of the darkness c11Jne
KIND JUDGMENT that
Miklewsld. He came before the
p ulpit of integrity pale and ahn01&gt;t
FROM TRIBUNAL •dignified.
There was in his !bearing
By CHET MOLLEY~

Ye olde court of no appeals
threw wide its stately doors on
this the twenty second day of
September, the year one thousand,
nine hundred and fro,ty nine. Within, a hushed throng, predominantly freslhmen, sat nervously on the
ends of their sea/ts. The Ughts in
ifihe oourtroom were extinguished;
candles were lighted. The colll't
crier, Rdbert Hall, rose to his feet,
glanced alb.out momentarily, and
roared, "Hear Ye! Hear Ye!"
Somewhere in the 1b ack of the courtroom seven freshmen fainlted, and
the court was in session. His Most
Honorable ffj,g hness, Judge Oliester
Knapioh, strolled into the spotlight,
wrapped in a pious smile and ancient robes. Seven more freshmen
fainted, but the commotion wen,t
unnoticed. The Judge mu'ttered
something that sounded like "Fiat
jnstitia rulalt caelum", nodded to
High Court Officer, Olie Thomas,
and the turbulent machine of justice began to weave a pattern of
atonement. The a1itenltion-&lt;Seeking
hand of Mr. Thomas waved. and the
• spotlight danced across tihe somber
walls and focused upon the "Writ
of Homo Sapiensa" thait he was
holding. People, and freshmen, fell
off the edges of their chairs in
grim eXiJ)eotam:y of the first fatal
m11D1es. These oame at last, thundering and echoing about the walls,
"Mr. Mason and Mr. Cardoni".
Alack and alas to these unserupulous offenders .... they were not present. Somewhere from a darkened
•corner, where sits the executioner,
a -grim voice asked. "Are the scissors s'h arpened?" Woe ,to these
·s neerers at justice; the court shall
have its pound of ... .... .hair.
His Most Grandi-os Elevatedness,
the Judge, adjusted his wi,g, wrote
viciously after the . names of tihe

something of haughty disdain; a
something in his carriage that demanded to be heard. He was aceused of a rnilicious crime; Miklewski had boldly related to Judge
Knappich, of all people, that he
thoughit the wearing of the frosh
pa11a,phernalia was silly, stwpid, inane, and childish. Mr. E.nn~s, the.
darling of poisonous persecution,
,g azed sadly u-pon the defendant
and with huge tears in his eyes
sneered, ''How do you plead."
1Someone shouted·, "He should plead
insanity." After that infallible pun
!brought itts usual tumultuous roar,
the strident voice of the defendant
could 1b e :h eard. He pleaded guilty.
The Reverend Judge g,ave his
fatherly invocaJtion upon individualism; the counsel for the defense, knowing that tihere was no
recourse buit to surrender, offered
no plea. The jury after a lengthy
deba•t e of one and one-half split
seconds agreed unanimously, man
and woman, that the man was very,
very guilty. The vilking-vis·a ged
Judge adjusted his wig and in a
/bitter, cold, unemotional voice pronounced, "Since you disdain wearing a 'ddn'lr', we srhall not force
rthis irritable vice upon you. However, we mUISt look a.f,t er your
welfare since you are a member of
this institution. We can't have. you
goinig around bare-he!l4ied and
catching ·a cold. For a period of no
less •t han one week you will wear
upon your head, to cover your injured pride, this black Slo,M&gt;ovian
mop .. . ...wig, I me11-n." Eager hands
shoved forth f.r.om the gloom and
the mop .. . wig·, quickly assumed
rthe desired angle. Mikfowski peered from its tenia'Cious strands with
fire-f11ashing eyes, and tthen was
led aiway into .the i$adk&gt;ws in
frothful chagrin. The ease was
closed; the pr.osecution had ably
carried the first victory.
1

The nex:t person, freshman, was tion of the jury, those who had
led ·b efore the Juvenalian Altar; he suffered prevfous similar ahocks,
happened to be Don Frantz; ihe also drew their chairs nea,rer to the
happened to be a friend of Mary case. The court was called to
Blakes'. Thalt shouldn't ha;ppen to order. Audrey was accused of
anyone, not even a lowly fresh- wearing lip-stick and of not
Eq.:ward Steckel, who is to .s peak
man. During the case proceedings, wearing a !!lame tag. Defense at the assembly on October, 4, is
there came to the fore the name Counsel Feeney mentioned that the
of the person who had turned in defendant was still under lip-stick. an outstanding American humorist
Fratlltz; it just happened to be Feeney 11eemed rto ibe under .... ether. whose subject-matter is - of all .
Marty make .. .. et tu Brutus. Wihen However, with his sterling genius things, music. But a humorist must
His Empirical Htghness heard the f.or ferreting out such clues, he talk aibout something. So why not
name· Blake he ac:cuseg. the de- proved beyo:nd a doubt that this music-a field in which Steckel is
fendant of using profane language wa:s the truth. He gently, softly,
in his Most ,Sanctimonious Court. amd tearfully, da:bbed his handker- an authority. But do not let the
He paJternally adv.ised the accused chief across the ·accused lips. When sUJbject matter of his talks lead you
to save such language for his so- this envious Job was completed, to believe ithat he is not a riot of
journs into po.o l-parlors. ThaJt dom- there w,as the evidence in all its fun. And it is clean, wholesome,
inant dol'l of defense, Feeney, lbegg.ing redness. Prosecutor Ennis :h ilarious fun for intelligent, agHe
quipped, "We all know what a then charged Miss Kohl with minds.
questiona,ble chavacter Blake is ." cruelty to the Utpper-classmen for
Program chairmen across the
Ener:getic Eill!lis, the pernicious not having her name tag in an country have run through the' scale
,p arasite of passionate -p rosecution, a:u~icious place. Miss Kohl replied of adjectives in their praise of .
shouted triumphatlltly, "If this man tenderly, "Lf tiliey wish to know my ,Ediwin Steckel's programs. The ,
associaited with Blake, then he name, let them a:sk me." After the many reasons for his rapid rise to
must be just as /bad." That learned usua~ prosecutorial ,p roceedings, the platform stardom ibecome eviiman also went into a viast orni- Mr. Ennis; finally managed to ob- dent during the first minutes of
thological account albout birds of a tain the defendant's telephone his talks. Audiences who seek him
feather, and hef-ore Blake knew number; as did the entire male out for sheer enjoyment are richly
what 'MlS goi1IJ:g on, he was stand- !body. It was estalbUshed that the entertained. Even people who take
ing trial for perjury. The jury telephone numlber was a necessity music very seriously are slll"prised
shouted guilty, and Norm Cross to the court; this, because tihe to find they too are laughing while
soundiy applied the ,paddle to case, and the defendant, need more even they learn!
Blake's posterior zone. Franitz, a studying. M.iS's Kohl was found
At the piano, Mr. Steckel, ski11- '
vktiim of circumstances, and a guilty ,and iwas sentenced alon,g fully, entertainingly Illustrates how
freshman of course, was found in witili Ba:rlba.ra Yeatley, Miss De- melodies are creat~d-and reveal~
need of educarting. He was pro- laney, M.iss Reese, Miss Ca.done ingredients of the music whicih have
nounced guilty and sentenced to and Miss Mason. They composed a everlasting appeal. He takes famserve Mr. Partridge as soccer chol'US which sang a premature iliar tunes a,part and traces tpelr
ma111ager. Since Mr. Partridge's Christmas Carol in front of the beginnings. He pieces together favteam lost itts first game, there's Paramount Theatre last Fridai at orite melodies to form entirely neiw
a possibility thait Frantz wi11 be ·noon.
compositions, or. make tunes from
During the above case, the jury, a few notes sug.g ested by members
brought back ,t o ~IJ and accused
Wlhich up to this time had ibeen a of the audience.
of se11ing out the game.
But people who know nothing of
Fran!k Sajeski, a fresrhman with picture of harmony and coordina socioUzation desire, was charged ation, suddenly was blown open in music find the Steckel •p rograms a
witih questioning the rules of f.ra- dissention and non-cooperation. riot of fun . With 11park1ing comterniz:a.tion. His Tender Highness, Marrita Sheridan and Ruth Con- mentary he makes the program
never wishing to tb e non-conformist nely, female members of that un- an hilarious adventure for everymadie it possible for Frank to get corrupt body, disagreed with the one, young and old.
For many years, MT. Steckel's
acquainted.
The Freshman who verdict. Mr. Thomas requested that
,stands before the door of the they be softly thrown out of the activities in the field of community
cafeteria, with that pleading smile courtroom. However, the jury music have brought · him national
and extended pencil, is Frank Sa- foreman held that · they should recognitdon. Leading publishers
jeski.
He was sentenced to one mand trial. They were found guilty have published many of his comweek of stgnaiture proourement. iby their former associates and position.s in operetta and chor.aJ
The judge requested that he ob- sentenced to a paddling by a music. He is a graduate of the New
tain five-hundred autographs of member of the jury, Elaine Tur~ England Conservatory of Music
upper-classmen; in this way Frank ner. Mr. Cross, who had relinquish- and holds a degree in music educacan really get acqua.!Tllted. Be there ed hia hold on the paddle, oblig- tion from New York University. He
a man who can say our Judge is ingly consented to hold Miss Con- is Executive Director of Oglebay
·
not the pedonifioation of virtuous nely while the punishment was be- Institute.
ing- administer.ed. Miss Colll'lely
o'fjli,g:ing,ness1.
filled with thankfulness and this
Chai~an T.h omas, who was fine gesture, sank into bis arms. in little ragged gr~ups aibout the
holding his own aigains~ the wan- Mr. Cross lives for moments like ancient ivy-covered walls. There
dering spotlight, cried for more these; his is a thankless job. He were dissident wails and bitter
fuel to feed the fires of Justice. folded her near, as if to shelter her tea.rs; there was sympathy for
Two peasants, ,w ith ,woe-t&gt;egone from this cruel fate that had fallen those who had floundered' in the
expressions . on their faces, crept upon her guiltless ........ head. Miss mire of villainy and had been sentimidly :f:rom under the seats. One · Turner wielded the paddle and it tenced; there was a glowing aura
was Harrison, wiho had the sheer landed with a satisfying thud upon albout the old courtroom that
audacity to commit everything; the desired point of infliction. Miss seemed to breathe and whisper,
the other wa:s Junta, who had been Sheridan was next. Here too the "The weed of crime bears bitter
found nonchalantly strolling upon paddle swung in a marvelous arc fruit; c•r ime does .not pay." An4
the green heads of the little and performed its duty with an the shadows seemed to reverberate,
grasses. For Harrison, there could almost sympathetic whack. Mr . "Ha!. ... Ha! .. ..&amp;!"
.be no defense, ibut that wily, wad
who had searched so dili- CUE &amp; CORT AIN PLANNING
of wisdom, Jack Feel}ey, defense Thomas,
gently for impartial memibers for
counsel supreme, rapidly reared an his jury, wept bitter tears of rage
almost impregnaible wall of re- and frustration. This was a ter(continued from page 1)
sis1Jaince aibout Junta. He pointed rific blow to his integrity ....... such of the former members of the chili .
out to the jury tha,t his client was cruelty as women show, men will As an example to prove his point,
suffering from fallen-arc,hes, ath- ever, ever know.
Mr, Thomas told of the "Thespians"
letes foot, .w!fubed-feet, and met!of 1937, who ,w ere iburned out of
Other defendants were rapidly their theatre, yet continued their
tarsul Scrombosis. He ,b egged the
jury to c!)Ilsider tJhese various dispersed with, for the candles work and eventually presented the
Miss play at St. Steven's Church House.
facits ibefore pa·s sing sentence. The were ibeginninig to sputter.
jury solemnly took these facts into Janoski had •b een found wearing Mr. Thomas also told of the im- .
consideration, and Junta was found lip-stick. His 1\1:ost Omnipoten,t ,portance of the "Cue and Curtain" ·
guilty. If. you happen to be swept Highness, after adjusting his wi,g, to /both Wilkes College and the
off your feet 1n the cafeteria, and accepting the jury's verdict, community.
In addition to these talks various
calmly pick yourself up and pay ·senten,ced her to one week of prono attention to who, or what, up- miscuous lip-stick usuage. The girl committee heads gave reports on
set you. Harrison and Junta are with the Hiawatha complexion is the function and importance of
Miss Janoski. Don't be alarmed; her their committees . .
play;in,g cat and dog for a week.
These groups and their commitThe Judge paused to adjust His rorefathers were not aborigines.
.Bar:bara Y eatley was accused of tee chairmen are:
Most Big-Wig, and M1". Thomas
!Staging: John Gallagher; Lightpaused to adj,U1St ,t he spotlight. frowning and i1IJSubordination. She
There came the sound of swisih- was a memiqer of the afore-men- ing, Dave Edwards; Costumes,
ing skirts; there came the rap- tioned chorus. Miss Delaney who , Janet Gearhart; Makeup, Tony
turous 0-dor of 'Follow Me'; there was charged with ,b eing trouble- Popper; Puiblicity, Doris Kanarr;
came a red sweater; in was :tull of some in the lounge, received the Social, Jack Feeney; Pr()II)s, Evan
Sorber;. House, Char Davis; FinanAudrey Kohl. The Ju-dge wrung out same sentence.
his wi,g, and solemnly replaced his
J.ohn Pool was reprimanded for cial, Henry Merolli; Conference
eye..iballs into their Most Empty insubordination to a sophomore. Secretary, Pat Boyd.
Sockets. Prosecutor Ennis ran ourt Bill Boltz, an innocent and young
After the speeches to the freshfor a fire-hUtCket ; Defense Counsel freshman who had been a !by-stand- men, refreshments were served and
Feeney ran out for some air. Chair- er, came forward to testify in be- the floor was cleared for dancing.
man Thom~s ran out of words, half of the defenda;nt. Both were
and the whole court room ran out found guilty, but by this time the
of Oxygen ....... .Hydrogen ...... Nitro- OOJJJ.dles had burned' holes in the
gen.
When the court awakened desk tops, and the case had to be
from its lethargy. a very rude- held over for the next session,
awakening, she stood 'Qehind two Septel}lber 29.
I
candles. ·One could see that she
The court room doors were
20 North State St.
had her finer points, but she was a thrown wide to the autum sun°
Phone S-3151
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WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

SOCCER TEAM

i=====THE

JOBES PREDICTS

Sporting World
EARL JOBES, Sports Editor
A hard fighting Colonel football the Colonels heart; Upsala, look for
;ean\. th-at refused to quit after a new ruttendance rec·o rd to be set
trailing 14 to 0, fought back to when WHkes meets the University
~atn a 14-14 tie, and partially re- of Bridgeport at either Meyers of
venge last year's humiliating 31-0 ·Plymouth stadiums.
iefeart; at the hands of St. Francis.
Soccer
Since we didn't see the game, we
The Wilkes College soccer team
won't try to develop a picture with- under ithe direction of Coach Robert
:mt the neg,ative, but after talking Partridge surprised even the moSlt
l;o filie players, .w e do feel thart; with ardent SUiprpOr'ters when they fought:
a little luck the Colonels mighrt a , thrilling but losing battle with
have returned home victorious. As Bloomsbur,g S. T. C. Huskies. For .
it is, the boys ·certainly' didn't lose a team that was playing its first
any presti-ge by fighting the Saints intercollegiate game, J.osing by the
to a stalemat,e. The statistics of close score of 3-2 can surely be
the game sho"'!Y' that the Colonels considered a moral vicltory. As the
led both in first downs and com- season progresses aind the boys
pleted passes, but again the payoff gain the necessary experience, we
is in uhe final score not in st·a tis tics. :feel sure that they will win a couple
lit is interesting to note the con- of games. Coach Partridge is to be
trasting totals for the first two congrrutu1ated nat only for the fine
games of this year and last. Last showing of his team, but for the
year the Colonels lost to both effort he put . into organizing the
Bloomsburg and Saint Fi,ancis, and sport at Wilkes.
T,q round oUJt the sports program
in so doing saw their oppO'llents
roll up 5\ points to the Colonels' 0. a,t Wilkes, someone should organ'Ilhis year meetj,ng the ~ame two ize a track team. There are many
teams the 'Colonels have won one former scholastic tmckmen here
and tied one and have scored 34 at Wilkes who haye e:x;pressed a
points to their ·o pponents 21.
hope that somehow, someone ;would
Today the Colonels travel to East get a traok team organized'. · One
Orain•g e, N. J., to try to upend Up- good point in favor of track and
sala College in a nig&lt;ht game. The field teams is th81t it .g ives the little
results of this game &amp;hould g:ive us fellow a chance to show what he
&amp;n interesting comrparison for the can do.
Last week your reporter qualinext Colonel home game with the
U. of Bridgeport, ·a s Bridgeport fied as a sports expert when he
beat lJ'!)Sal!a 12-0 · last week. The tried to foreca:!Jt the results of the
people ,of Wyoming Valley are be- local high school footb'all games.
g:innint . to realiZJe that Wilkes is The resulits were O right 5 wrong
playing first class football, and if for a hrilliant .000% average.

SOCCER TEAM
GmLS SPORTS
LOSES FmST, 3-2
PROGRAM OUTLINED
PAUL B. BEERS

Miss B~tty Rafby, girls' Health
Education Directo.r at the Y. w.

the Anthracite's finest band.

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First row-left to right: Benjamin Beers, Bruce MacKie, Keith Rasmussen,
To clear a matter oif importance
Lester C'rnss, Cyrus Kovalchik (capt.), Carl Wallison, Jerry Wise, Ed Wheaton.
which bothers most of the Unholy
Second row-left to right: Bob Partridge, Bob Hooper, Bill Mosely, Rigo Ones who do not underSltand the
Servencelli, Petrilak, Charles Jackson, Bob Nielson, Jim Gatins, Lawrence Tosh,
difference between the two most
Sam Owens, Marty Blake, manager.

surprise of everyone, scored within
the first five. minutes of play'. It
was lineman Carl Wa,llison who
.sent a five-yard boot skipping
through the goal, after having
taken a neatly executed pass from
Bob Hooper. That on~ point was
good enough for the initial ,p eriod,
as goalie Charley Jae'kson stop.pad
everytihing that Bloomsburg could
throw at him.
After opening up strong, Part.r idge's boys found the pace too.
tough and BloomSlburg scored once
in each of the remaining three
quarters. First it was Bloomsburg's
inside-right, Gearhart, that drove
orre through and then Kline took
a pass and sent it whistling into
the net. The Teachers adaed what
was later to become the winning
mar.g in in the final stanza when
Mensinger scored easily on a 12yard penalty boot.
But Wilkes wasn't through for
the -a fternoon. W.ith the score
standing 3-1 and forty secon&lt;l.s left
in the ball game, the Colonels were
awarded a penalty kick. Center
halfback Cy Kovalchik took the
kick and sent a drive forty-five
yards, that was still going up as
it passed the goal tenders head on
its way into the goal. Without a
doulbt, Cy's goal was the afternoon's most beautiful kick.
Though suffering a 3-2 setback,
Coach Partridge has high hopes
:for the future. Everyday the boys
add something to their game and
the nioral of the team couIdn •t 'be
better. In preparation for the October 8th •b attle with Franklin and
Marshall (away), the Wilkes c_ol lege soccermen take on The .OldTimers in a scrimmage this Thursday and the Girard Alumni this
,Saturday. Both scrimmages will be
held in Kil.1by Park along the dike.

Mr. Bop Speaks
Ag,ain the doors of Education
open to the students of Wilkes wi,th
irts fields ranging fr.om Drama to
Higher thoughts of Philosophy;
and interest in all exceptionally
keen. Bui , to our remorse, the music
elemell!t is sadly lacking. Even
,t hough Music 100 rs required there
is little i_ntere!Jt in t,h _e finer art of
the universe. Wilkes is badly in
need of a Jaiz club or a similar
ol'lg,anization to indoctrinate the
laymen who have no soul for music
of this type. Strangely enough
there isn't. even a ,C lassical Club,
alithoug:h we wouldn't care for O'lle.
Maybe by the end of the year we
mig-h t find ourselves endowed with
on,e.
Bit by 1b it, we have noticed the
crirtics opinion of last week's Freshman Hop and its music which was
presented by Mr. Pelton and his
men. Mr. Pelton has imrproved since
laSlt year with ·a much smoother
sax section and a larger rhythm
section wi-th t;he addition of a fine
bass man ·but his ~usic is slightly
on the Lombardo smear. With a
few numbers of Progressive Jazz
(:Kenton) in his book he could compete wi,th Melton and Vincerut for

After scor,ing- first against a
C. A., w.ill h-ave a new assistant highly favored Bloomsiburg Soccer
director when physical education team, the Wilkes College a,g.g regaclasses begin next week.
She is tion, playing its first intercollegiate
Miss Madge Kennedy, a recent
d
ed h
._
game, ropp
t e contest ~.,y a
college graduate from North Caros -clos.e 3-2 milr,~ n.
lina. Her duties will correspond
Bloomsburg came here highly
with th.058 of Miss Raby.
• favored against Coach Partridge's
th
s
In e swimming classe , fresh- debutantes · but, .what was thought
man girls will be placed in either to be a picnic, turned out to be an
of tbe following groups: beginner, old-fashion, rugged soccer game.
intermediate, or advanced. Instruc- Like experienced pros, (most of the
tions range from th e elementary boys were witnessing their first socprindPles of a backstroke to th e .cer game), the Colonels line took
well-co- 0rdi nated ' precision of · a ,poss-ession of the ball and, to the
surface dive.
By BQB LEVINE
'.G ym offers 'In eurythmics fine
Concerning contemporary c-omorpportunities for leadership · and
posers, we mav speak of their Mgh
co-operation. At the termination of
technical proficiency in orchestrathe course, eaoh student is .given
tion, their ext reme atonalities and
a C'hanee to direct her group. Wheri
disonnances, and t!heir "regression"
weather permits, the girls enjoy ·
ba:ck to the modal form of hartelll?II-Wol'k in such competitive
mony. Of these contemporaries,
sports as field hockey and softt he Soviet composer, · Dimitri
ball at Kirby Park.
By Marty Blake
Shostakovitch, stands foremost
62 YARDS AND AN INCH
the crowd
with your writer. There exists
When a heck of a roar from the considerable controversy over this,
lbleachers did soar
Iii you pass by the ca:fe
concerning e9pecially · the blunt
W;hen Earl Wolfe doffed his .c oat brusqueness of the composer's
(alfureviation) :£rom 8 until 5
on the ground.
And you happen to stop for a bite
music, e. g. his Symphony No. 5,
You'll see a quaint lad telling
School and Office
4th movel'l'\ent. S,hostakovitch, an
The .B arney Street Flash ;_nltmb- ardent admirer of Beethoven, adeveryone near
Supplies
How he s'aved Meyers Hi,g h from
ered his legs
mits himself that he tries to create
great · plight.
And raced !hack and forth near the the effect of outspoken sincerety
1bench
·
which is attributed to the "great
GIFTS AND
And GAR sneered as the Meyers Jnaster of Borin". .Shostakovitch
If you listen for Iong you'll
STATIONERY
hear a glad tale
mob cheered. ag-rees wholeheartedly with TolTheir boy was lback in the game. · stoi in his concept of art.
If a
A tale that is really a cinch
You'll hear how the lad
work of art is not comiprelhensive
with the li:ght colored hair
It was late in the final quarter
to the masses when the peorple are
_Wil.kes.:Barre,
And the Grenadiers started to stall educated to understand it, then
Ran 62 yards 11:nd an inch.
W.h en the Mohawks quarterback
how. can one place a hi.g-h value on
All ·season long he had sta.g gered
called the play
the works of t he artist? ShostaSta:tiirg let us give Wolfey the ball. · kovi'tch is tnily a people's composFrom one hard 'bench to the next
But the GAR game is his claim to
er, at times being- the subject of
fame
·
They still talk about his mighty strong- criticism. Contrary to popugallop
·
And here, in short, is the text. .
lar belief, he seriously takes heed
BUILDS GOOD HEALTH
HO!W he gathered up steam
to th,e critics and has. as he admi ts himself, benefited by it.
Picture, if you 'Yill, a balmy after- A·n d ran through a team
That was rated as top,s in the land.
noon
Dr. Frieder Weissman
WHh the wind awhistling all
S o listen you ·hard.Jboiled grid
The disting-uished conductor of
around
mentors
the Scranton Philharmonic OrAnd a chill in the air, the wind
DRINK
When you need a good man in a chestra, Dr. Frierler Weissmann .
lblowing hard
pinch
,
And old Jack Frost on the ground.
also conducts the Old Timers'
There were many a ,brave soul in Remember the lad with the light Symphony Orchestra in New York.
colored hair
This or,rnnization is composed of
the grand.stand
And the sidelines bulged from Who Tan 62 yards and an inch .
musi cians who formerly played in

tcampus Merry-Go-Rou~~.1

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Kingo$ton 7
Larksville 13
Plymouth 7
·Newport 6
· Berwick 0
Nanticoke 7
Ashley 7
Forty Fort 6

Luzerne 7
Meyers 6
Coughlin 13
Plains 14
Hanover 7
GAR 14
Swoyerville 27
Sayre 20

modern types of involved syncopation I would like to explai.n same;
1Pr-0gressive Jazz, as played by
Kenton and congregation, is ·q uite
different from the ex.ceripts of Mr.
Gillespie wihi'ch is known as Bop.
Pr01gressive Jazz developed from
our Sltrain of mu.sic that was known
as Swing-, which was quite prevalent in the late thirties and early
for.ties. With the latest ideas in
harmony and weird chords (love
'em) the arrang-ers used .the same
framework ln a bounce or jump and
came up with Progressive Jazz. In
a number of this _ty,pe a central .
riff is used ·while minor rigs and
rides ar.e interwoven, usually in
ei!?lht bar phrases.
Borp, itself, developed :from w.h at
we know as pure Jazz. Our Bope:x;perts of today were alI known at
one time to be conosseurs of Dixieland and Jazz. Bop is played trom
the soul as is its contemporary
Jaz.z. An ortginal melody is taken
with components and revised. The
melody is ~en discarded but the
chord structure is ik:ept rwhich is
a,bsolutely necessary. Upon these
chords the soloists, from thTee to
six for better performance, weave
their own ideas and melodies as
they feel them when they play; The
difference between Bop and Jaziz is
in the toltal qualities to which man
has become accustomed. Disonants
are now pleasing to many listeners
and theref-0re music ls developing
along thait strain. Bop strings along
with this manner f-o r it uses the
latest in chords, and the musicians
with their latest tonal ca,pacities
illhus prodU'ce Bop.
·

Philharmonic Phases
leading orchestras · of the nation.
Being too old to partake in the
vigorous programs of orchestras
on tour or orehestras which rehearse and play every night of the
week, these artists formed their
own orchestra. It is a full-sized ensemble and Dr. Weissmann is wellpleased with the persistance of its
members. He remarks that the tonal quality and dexterity of the
,players is excellent. "There's still
many a good tune in an old vioHn."
As the story goes . .. ... Handel
was the accompanist for a baritone soloist. During the rehearsal
the baritone,. who was a p.r ima
donina, constantly criticised Handel's playing. Finally tihe baritone
said that if he (Handel) didn't
improve, he would jump on the
piano.
Handel replied tha-t this
would 1b e a fine idea, · as more
people would attend the concert
to witness the baritone jump on
the piano than to hear him sing.
Toscannini grew irritated at the
oboe player at a rehearsal. Finally
he "blew his stack."
He uttered
terrible invectives and curses, and
s-wore heavily at the musician in
Ltaliam.. The Italian language,
whic'h is rich in such "adjectives,"
was not understood by the oboist
and therefore he was not offended.
Toscannini saw this and !became
frustrated wth~n he failed to reprimand the ·player.
He stood
sweatiing, grorping for the Englisb
eqlllivalent of what he saitl. Finally
he blurted, "You-you bad, bad
man!"

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Friday, September 30, 194

WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

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CAMPUS CHATTER

"Aw, that's all right", I said.
"You didn't have to pri:p.t my story.
I know that it is possible to run
short of space. Don't cry; please
don't cry."
"Penn State, Pennsylvania, and
Minnesota", he sobbed.
"I'll give you Mississippi a nd 10
points", 1 ventured.
"Son", said th e editor, rising
rapidly, smiling and kissing bo.th
my cheeks, "you're one of us."

Education Heads
To Air High Scho()l
Curriculum Problem

ing booth on third floor of Cha~
Hall, and each broadcast will t
from 11:45 to 12:00 noon. ·

COMMITTEES NAMED

By TOM ROBBINS
(continued from page 1)
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well, Jean Grumbling, Pat ·Boy
Ah, how well I remember my opportunity to put my niche in the
The Public Relations Department and Lucille/ Reese.
· first day on the college newspaper. hall of leaders, for the chance to
announced yesterday that next
Clean-up:
The notice on the bulletin board write."
Monday, October 3, 'w ill mark the
Chairman Nancy Ralston, Mar
calling for new journalistic blood
"Hey, Joe", said the editor to
resumption of radio shows by vari- Porter, Isabelle Ecker, Elaine N~
directed me to a room with the the other person in the room, "who
-ous campus groups. The programs bett and Beryl Colwell.
dimensions of a match-box-king · ya draggin' out tonight?"
are sponsored 1by the P. R. departHostesses:
Chairman Char Davis, Mariann
size. The clatter of typewriters in
"Don't drag!" I said, emphatic- ..J
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ment.
action signaled the location of the ally. "S tep out high and fast. Prog- J:&lt;'acts and FiguresThe first ibroadcast of the sem- Tomassetti, May Way, Nancy :Yaw
office. I burst into the city-room, .r ess is the keyword. We are in the
A certain individual wants his ester will ibe a discussion of the man and Lee Ann Jokes.
.PUlblicity:
pencil and pad in hand, shirt co.l lar days of advancement. The future name in print as much as possible, question "What ,Changes are
•Chairman Arline Fletcher, Bett:
apen, tie dangling loosely about is just around the corner."
I am told, so-,MARTY BLAKE.
Needed in Our Secondary School
,my neck, my Boy Scout memberThe Cabaret Party plans are Curriculum?" The panel which will Rutherford and May Way.
I left th e office to get th e st0 ry ,p rogressing nicely. For those of discuss the question includes Dr.
ship card pasted neatly on top of
my ear (I didn't have a press card). w.h ich had ib een assigned to me. 1 you,, who haven't seen a party of Eugene S. Farley, President of
"Stop the presses! I am the new atte nd ed th e council meeting, took this type before, look sharp, feel WHkes College; Dr. Frederick L .
.blood you called for! I am the am- th0 rough notes, wrote a nd re- sharp, be there!
·
Pond,
Supervising
Curriculum
ibitious youth of America, ready to wrote th e st0 ry. many times, a nd
It is truly a fact- that the Wilkes Consultant for the Pennsylvania
meet all odds-and get the story! turned th e .i inished job in ,b efore Campus ·g ets as wet as Moscow- Department of Public Instruction;
Est 1871
I am the future We~tbrook Pegler th e deadline. 1 was a reporter-a when it rains. The only difference Leonard Utz, Supervisor of Engor Walter Winchell! I am - filled messenger to th e people.
is that we call it something from lish iri Wilkes-Barre City Schools;
with the zest of living, ready to
I was on hand when .the ' first heaven; the Russians say Don't and John Hall, Supervisor of Men's Furnishings and
!Write scoop upon scoop! I want no batch of papers were issued to the Cry, Joe.
Teacher Training at Wilkes ColHats of Quality
pay! I want merely the chance to students. This was it, I . thought.
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lege. Tom !Moran, director of .public
,a dd my ibit to the parade of prog- My stuff in print! Strangely enough,
It is aiso a fact that Dr. Farley relations at Wilkes, will be the
tt
ress of humanity."
my story did no.t appear in the celebrated his birthday yesterday moderator of the discussion.
I paused to catch my breath and paper. I scanned it from one end and was presented rwith a scroll
Three shows, Monday, Wednes9 West Market Street
a:ccept the aipplause and cheers of to the other, 1but no story. Slowly I si.gned by all the mem!bers of the day, and Friday, will be presented
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
those in the . small room. One of walked into the city-room. The ed- fa culty. Congratulations to a Great weekly. The programs are to be
the four men in the room, who hadi_to_r_rw_as_a_t_h_1_·s_d_es_k....:,_s._o_b_b_in_g:::._s_o_f..:.t-_G.::...::u::...y..:.!_ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ ___:b:..:r~o.:a.:d=ca::s:.:t:...·:.:fI:.:·o:..:m::_W.:..:....:H::W.:..:_:L:::....:b::r:..::o:.:a:.:d=ca=s:::.:t:_- __::=:=:=::==:=:=:=:=::==:=:::::::
been poring over an elongated
card, rose.
"I better win this week!" he
eho.u ted. "Look at that! They give
Army 6 points!"
"Yes", I said, modestly. "I was
in the army and gathered a few
points, but rd rather not talk aibout
my war experiences. I'm here to
forget those years. I 3.JJll ready to
join the procession of progress by
'Writing for the school paper. I
am ready to enjoy the thrill of seeing my writing in .p rint. I want to
trace killers and solve mysteries.
I want to write, WTite, write!"
''Hey!" exclaimed one, "I . got
number 7, I'll bet the Yanks win
4 to 3."
''Yes", I vel\tured, "we won that
mighty battle; we hope we won
everlasting peace. But why talk
a·b out the past We're living in an
era of new ideas and inventions.
Let's push onward ito greater
things."
.
'Dwo of the youths pushed past
me and walked out of the office.
As I pulled myself out of the waste,p aper basket I noticed one of the
•r emaining two staring at me.
•"Well?" he queried. "I'm editor.
What do you want?"
"I want to write for .p osterity",
I cried, saluting him.
"What school ,puts that oU't?" he
asked. Then he caught himself. "Oh,
,p osterity! Well. I'd rather write for
prosperity myself." He guffawed.
I gripped my sides and laughed
until I was weak. ,S inking down
into a chair, I wiped my tearing
eyes.
"Boy, thait was funny!" I ga1?;ped.
"l didn't think it was too bad",
he ,commented, "considering that it
was spontaneous."
"Working for you is goin&amp;" to be
great fun", I exdaimed. Can I have
my assignment now?"
"First of all", he said, "can you
writ e?"
"Can I write!" I shouted. "Why,
I have pril)-ter's ink running in my
veins."
The editor quickly ,p unctured my
juglar vein to verify my statement.
".Red India ink if ever ,I saw it",
he said. "Well, your assignment
this week is to c over the Student
Council meeting."
''Thank you, sir, your honor,
chief. Thank you for this chance to
helip lead the multitude toward the
new ideas of the future, for the

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WELCOME

ATI'END

THE
FROSH!

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SOCCER GAME

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Vol. 4, No. l

WILKES COLLSGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA.

Friday, Septembei; 23, 1949

REVENGEFUL WILKES-ELEVEN DEFEATS
MR. ROBERT MORAN ADMIRAL HAROLD R.· STARK (R.ET.) _
- HIGHLY FAVORED BLOOMSBURG SQUAD
JOINS -WILKES BOARD OF TRUSTEES
BEGINS DUTIES
EARL JOBES

Beacon Sports Editor

'l'he Co1oI)els cf Wilkes College
established themselves as a team
to 1 be reckoned with among the
small colleges of ,t he east, when
they scored a stunning 20 to 7 victor:, over.Bloomsburg State Teachers College at Huber Stadium, Plymouth; Iast Sturday.
Although
this may be t •msider~d as an upset
in some ·quarters-fr.)m this corner
t he fi nal score was .., good indication oJ_ the differem a in the two
-ea:ns; The ·Colonels hard running
&lt;:t&lt;:ks--'-working behind a superbly
.1 arging line-went about their
Nork in a confident manner. In contrast, the Huskies, realizing that
they were meeting a vastly underrated team, turned to a raz zle
dazzle , game in an effort to get
th~ir' attack functioning. But all
through the game the Colonel line
gave ground grudgingly, and the
backfield threw up a pass defense
t hat was as near perfect as a pass
defense can be, but again the
Colonels hard-chargi ng line gave
t he Husky passers little time to
find a receiver. To try to single out
~ny one player as the star of the
game would be doing a gross injustice to the rest of the players
who took part-and even to those
players who ·didn't get into the
game-as they helped to get the
regulars in shape by taking part
in unglamorous scrimmage sessions almost daily for the past
month. Skipping the details and renewing the highlights of the game
brings to mind-Florkiewicz skirtin~ right end to score the Colonels
fir$_~ touch down. Alex Molash (the
.fugitive from Brooklyn) brought
the Wilkes fans to .their feet, when
he inter•cepted a Husky lateral, and
headed for touchdown territory
like an I. R. T. express leaving
Fla,t bush Ave. In the last quarter
Paul Thomas added insult to injury
when he took a 55 y,ard Florkiewicz
aerial and scampered to paydirt.
Paul was helped on his way when
the most beautiful block of the
night, thrown by McM&lt;1ihon, cut
down ,t he last two Husky defenders. It is interesting to note that
the 20 points scored hy the Colonels
exceeded the combined total (19)
of all Bloom's opponents of last
year. -"fhree newcomers, Ed Bogu;ko, Frank Radaszew,s ki and Frank
Zapatias:\{i, all linemen, showed up
vell in their ,first game for Wilkes.
:oach Ralstof\ also has some promsing backfield talent/ among the
freshmen although none of them
saw action last Saturday. The only
Colomil'~ casualty was freshman

guard, Zapatoski who left the game
with an ankle bone fractured. He
will be lost to the Colonels for six
weeks. The game was well received
by the peop]e of Plymouth, and
tney expressed hope that Wilkes
will return another day. Some one
sug,g ested that at least 500 pepole
in the large crowd were relatives
of Norman Cross, Tomorrow the
•Colo,n els journey to Loretta, Pa., to
show St. F.rancis their ' new pass
-defense. Last y~r the Saints
passed the Colonels dizzy and
walked off with a 31 to O victory
despite a .minus yardage total on
t he ground. ·
1
We won't jinx the boy,s by predicting a win, hut your reporter
feels certain that this year the
score won't -be 31 to O in favor of
St. Francis.
iS ince the ·Colonels won't be home
tomorrow, why -not turn out and
;watch Mr. Partridge's proteges ina ugurate soccer at Wilkes? The
Colonel hooters open their season
with t he Huskies from Bloomsburg,
(that name sound.s familfar), and
they hope to g et off to a good start.1
Mr. Partridge d oesn't promise anything sensati-onal this year, hut he
does say that his boys will ·be trying all the way. Next week the
Beacon i s sponsoring another Colonels Caravan. This one will journey
to E h.st Orange, N. J., to take in
the Wilk~s-Upsala .g ame. Be a
Colonels Booster. Join the Colonels'
Caravan.

"I wiH continue to remain in
Wilkes College as long as the music
situation grows." These were the
words of Mr. Robert Moran, : the
new instructot on the Wilkes College music staff, dur,i ng an interview with a representative of the
BEAOON.
Originally from. Detroit, Mr.
Moran toured the, country as trombonist with Horace Heidt before
entering the Navy to play in th e
Naval Dance Band, which played at
hos·pitals, camps and •war bond
drives throughout the country. After being discharged from the Navy,
he attended the Eastman Sohool of
Music from which he graduated
last June. During the summer he
iwent to Northwestern University
for work 11oward his master's de-g ree 'in music education.
Mr. Moran's duties at Wilkes are
many. They are teaching Music
Arppreciation and Orchestration,
giving music lessons and directing
the band. In his classes he will include both symphonic and modern
music in order to give a more complete understanding and appreciation of all music.
,Mr. Moran enjoys having classes
in the converted priv,a te homes at
Wilkes and ~s impressed by the
friendly .s pirit .which 1prevails here.

Admiral Harold R. Stark (ret.), former chief of United States
naval operations and Commander of European Naval Forces
during World War II, and one of the first to donate property to
Wilkes College, has been apfointed to the Board of Trustees
at the College, accord,ing to a receht announcement by Gilbert
S. McClintock, chairman of the board.
In 1937, when it was decided that
permanent properties should be obtained by the school, :S tark generously donated the present admini,strative building, Chase· Hall, to
Bucknell University Junior College.
'T he Admiral retired from haval
seirvice in April, 1946, following 47
years of duty. He entered the service ,t hrough the Naval Academy
in 1899 and during the last war was
rated as one of the allied forces top
military offidals.
Stark, who makes his permanent
home at Lake Carey, now joil'.).S the
ranks of many other former top
milttary leaders who have entered
the education field. He met with
the other members of the board for
the first time last Wednesday,
when the initial meeting of that
body for the 1949-50 year took
place.
'T he appoint ment of the former
nav;al officer to the Board of Trus
tees :brings the total nl\lmber of
that group to 23. Other members
are: Chairman Gilbert S. McC!intock, -Charles H. Miner, Jr., J. B.
Carr, Mrs. Charles E. Clift, Mrs.
Frank G. Darte, Dr. Samuel M.
Davenport, Miss Annette Evans,
,E dward Griffith, George W . Guckel!)erger, James P. Harris, Mrs.
Edward H. Kent, Dr. Joseph J.

better known as the Frosh Tribunal, will soon throw wide its hallowed portals, From beyond' its
grim walls will once again issue
forth the pathetic wails of doomed
freshmen; those w,h o favored folly
to wisdom. There the merciless
prosecutor will hurl his fiery invectives and bring down the wrath o·f
an Achilles upon the heads of the
cringing offenders. The emotion
choked voice of the Defense Counsel will rise and fa.11 as he begos and
pleads before the imrpassive •a nd impartial jury. And -the juroo:-s, those
learned debate rs of right and
wrong, will solemnly weigh the evidence and cast their verdict with
am due sobriety and equity. The
astute judge, grim envisaged, will
gaze sadlY' upon the defendant and
in a fatherly manner \ will request.
the maligners last words. · Some-

paddlle of righteousness in keen anticipation. The specta-tors will lean
forward in their seats, silently applaud ing the tactfulness of the• defense counsel and sneering inwardly at the prosecutors cut ting remarks. This audience will twist and
squirm, and shed huge tears of
sympathy for the accused . . . if
t he case is [osrt;.
The most Honorable Olie Thomas
has been officially appointed as
chairman of the Tribunal. He is a
man of unblemished integrity ; a
man who has spent sleepless nights
pondering upon the qualities of the
variou"s individuals t hat he has
chosen to serve in court capacities.
The •p eople that he has chosen are
known f.ar and wide as staunch de·fenders of ail! things pertaining to
open-mindedness, fair-play , and
( continued on page 4)

A reorganization meeting of the
Wilkes Choral Club will be held on
Tuesday, September 21, at 11 A, M.,
in Gies Hall, Mr, -Coblei~h, director, has announced.
The Choral Club performs several times during the year at school
functions , and also, f,o r various
civic organizations in this valley.
In order that Wilkes College may
be well represented at these appearances, all students possessing
any ability in the vocal field are requested to see Mr. Cobleigh either
before the Tuesday meeting or as
soon as possible thereafter. All old
members as well as new members
should attend the Tuesday meeting.

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ADMIRAL STARK

Kocy,an, Miss Mary R. Koons, Reuhen H. Levy, Arnaud C. Marts, Dr.
P. P. Mayock, F. E. Parkhurst, J .r .·,
. Col. 'J. Henry Pool, Dr. Charles S ,
Roush, Andrew J. Sordoni, JuliU5
Long Stern, and F,r ederick J.
Weckesser.

FRESHMAN TRIBUNAL SESSIONS OPEN•,
JURY, JUDGES., ATTORNEY APPOINTED CHORAL CLUB MEETS RADIO PROGRAMS
The most high, dignified, and where in a shadowed corner the
TUESDAY, SEPT. 21 RESUMED AT WILKES
sanctimonious court of no appeals, court executioner will finger the

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Radio programs originating from
the .s tudio on the third floor of
Chase Hall will resume on Monday,
October 3 over Station WHWL.
Cooperation of all is needed immediately. Give the idea of a radio
show sp-0nsored by . your giroup
some consideration. Call the Public
Rela:tions Office with your suggestions for shows.
Some department heads and club
advisor,s have an opportunity to
obtain prepared scripts fo.r 15minute show.s. Please advise us and
then write for material.
Students interesed in radio writing please come to Public Relations
Office between the hours of 10 ·A.
1
M: and 12 noon daily.
The programs will he broadcast
every Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday mornings at 10:45.

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TOM ROBBINS

Welcome to Wilke,s Frosh. I
know you all are a bi,t bewildereJ
GERTRUDE WILLIAMS
EARL JOBES
·t his .p ast week but come ThanksFaculty Advisor
Sports Editor
giving vacation and the roµtine will
CLYDE RITTER
GYTELLE FREED
seem "old hat" to you. So, if those
Circulation Manager
Busme,s Manager
assignments have you worried reEditorial Staff
member three per cent of the U. S.
Bill Griffith, Art Spengler, Miriam Long, Joe Gries, George Kabusk, Chet Mollay, population has gone tJhrough the
Don Follmer, Gene Bradley, Chuck Gloman, James Tinsley, Rita Martin, Dave
same thing and lived to tell the
Whitney, Irene Janoski, Ed Tyburski, Vince Macri.
tale.
Re-Write - Chet Omichlnski

With the happy summer events
Professor Doopwinkle continued
rapidly becoming nothing more ra,pidily through the roll-call, slur•t han entries in a diary-(for girls ring over letters and burl&gt;ling out
-little black books for boys) we syllables. As he reached for the
turn our thoughts to scli.ool days. last card with his lefrt hand, his
The campus resembled a some- right hand instinctively reached .
what chaotic scene this week for the textbook. He wasn't going
as the school year of 1949 began to waste time on a roll-ca11, no, sir,
with a rush. Lost Freshmen, late no&lt;t Professor Doopwinkle. Too
registrations, and confused sche- much time had been spent already.
dules marked the back-to-college
He g,lanced at the name on the
opening week.
·
card, blinked, and looked a.gain.
****
We turn our slightly pointed His right hand moved away from
A paper published weekly by and for the students of Wllkea College
Walking
docwn
River
Street
the
nog.gins
toward past events and the textbook to the pile of cards.
Phone 3-3148 Ext. 19
Member
other day, I heard a v-oice a block remember the good old days, when He .quickly shuffled through them,
picked out the second one and' stubehind me saying, "I wouldn't say men were men and women were
Intercollegiate Press
women. Strangely enough, things died it. The e~ression on his face
she had a big mouth but I caught haven't changed much. Ah, but turned from a smirk tb a cat-eather necking with three guys at one then again why look back--.toda~• mouse grin. Nosirree bob, ProfesEDITORIAL
time the other night." Yep, he is the trend is toward the progress in sor Dooprwinlcle wasn't going to be
back again. That nice quiet, unob- the fuiture---,atomic energy, jet pro- caught &lt;this time. He could ·easily
see that the names were identical
trusive fellow named Martin Blake. pulsion and mouse traps that set except for the ,f irst letter.
themselves are becoming the torpics
You don't know him?· Why every- of discussions.
"Smyth!" he shQuted. "Z-e-y-n, Although still suffering froin growing ,pains, Wilkes College on'1, knows him, that is except a
,Scientific research has pushed to h-a-c-z-y-1-1-s-k-h-.i -e."
"I'm here professor-'irt's iGAZis rapidly becoming an' institution bursting at all seaID.S with certain Wilkes-Barre political_fig- the fore. People, including scienNA-ZILL-SKI."
ti!rts,
are
wondering
:yvhy
John
Doe
ure
who
go&lt;t
up
in
a
meeting
and
"school spirit". We refer you to the Wilkes-Bloomsburg game
broke his leg when he fell from a
as an example. Yet that is only an inkling of what you can said, "Who is this Martin Blake ?" low flying cloud; could anyone ex- Facts and · Figures:
expect in the future. Too long has our team played fast and If you do not know him, he will plain what John was doing on that
Frosh J?refer dinks 3 to 1 to any
glorious baU while our students, with exceptions, sat as "dead know you ip. a few weeks-even if low flying cloud? It only proved other kind of headwear-the Triyou don't want _to make his ac- that Some Enchanted Evening was bunal will be held shortly for those
beats" in the bleachers, IF they were in the stands at all.
who don't prefer &lt;links!
quaintance. 1f you are interested a very catchy tune.
Let's give a rousing cheer for the "f'.rosh", who are the
Oh
yes,
school-days
are
here
Marty Blake and ~ighty Joe
in meeting this extinguished per·greater part of this spirit. Nice going, kids. Certain factions sonage go ,t o the cafeteria, second ag,a in-Cheerfuly we walked into Young are not related many way,
of our upperclassmen have also caught the spirit of Wilkes floor ,p lease, and if you hear a loud, the classroom and chose our seats . . ~hape or form! •Well, any,way, not
.
.
sonorous voice g.iving forth with Gayly we took out our pencils and m ·az:y way · · ·
College.
our notebooks. Then the
Wilkes Coll~ge is .1_10-v.: on t.ne
various caustic remarks upon the opened
map-that Wilkes Drmkmg song
Did you know that the faculty and members of the school dress, character, and appearance opening lecture began.
.
.
is sho' 'nuff popular and spreading.
administration are also a most welcome part of our cheering of students entering the cafeteria . Professor Doopwmkle a?Juste~
Speaking of figures-have you
section? Many Frosh were surprised that this situation existed. -seek out the source of this noist! hi~ glasses, scratch:&lt;f ~his ea1 ibeen noticing those on campus? It
with the buzz-~aw quality. If the (nght one), sh?-ffled his notes, and appears that there has been more
From where we sit the Frosh are in for a great many surprises. source has a cigar jutting from then
cleared lus throat. The cla~s weight lost on the Wilkes campus' ,
If you doubt -our word, ask any member 'of the Tribunal. This pugnacious features-that's it (I as a. whole leaned forward. This coeds during the pest summer
was ~ti We were about to_hear the than the total pounds lost in the
organization, under the guidance of the Lettermen's Club, is mean h~m)-Mar-tin Blake.
o~enmg ~ords concernmg The current British monetary ohan,ge.
doing all within reason to promote school spirit.
Life and Times of the Upper Mon****
A certain faculty member of the Music Department, Bob Summer School Notes: One golian Moonshiner. Prof. Doop'
Moran by name, has charge of our band. Bob has a great course the school should have offer-' winkle beganed: How To Keep Cool In A Twosome of you may wonmany new ideas that will aid in the continual building of spirit. Hour Class, Though the Tempera- der"Students,
j.ust exactly what this course
The cheer-leaders are also hard at work. Dr. Reif has the ture is 98 degrees . . . The stu- means to you."
squad meeting at his office regularly to work out plans for the dents enjoyed two outings and a
He paused. We could ·s ee that Dear Froah:
dance at the country club . . .the
coming games. This much can be told; a student cheering- weekly films were among the best he was carefully choosing his 1f you will kindly bear with ua,
words. •
These candid lines-anonymous,
section will be taped off at all games.
ever shown here . . . The quiet"It means plenty!" he shouted. Then we shall gladly bear wlth yo11,
ness
and
emrptiness
of
campus
and,
Gene ·Bradley
We marveled at his pronuncia- When you're feeling black-and bhae.
buildings.
·
During tlie pest vacation I had tion, enunciation, allaquation and
the opportunity to talk to quite a gyroz.ation. He was indeed a brill- Freshman days are here you know,
number of s,tJudelllts from other iant man.
You've heard the tempestuous talaa oil
"Before I go any further," said
1l..
woe:
l..
•
l..
s&lt;lhools. One fellow from W akcl
Forest asked, "How are the profs Professor Doopwinkle, looking up Bear your burden for the while,
at Wilkes?," That stopped me. Are quickly and frowning, "let me call And always use your colgate smile.
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the roll."
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► our profs supposed to be different
It was as though he forced him- No need to warn you of the crlmea,
than
other
profs?
Does
each
school
It has ibeen ,brought to my atten- na" and Leoncava1lo's "I PagliaeYou've heard them many, many tlmN;
have .profs with special qualities self to pick up the name cards.
tion or, more appropriately, I have ci". This will take plae€ on Septem- only naitive ,t o that school? I ans"Adams!" The Professor's voice But leave this word to the wlH suffloe;
Teali.zed the fact that the BE'.AOON ber 28 in the Kingston High School wered, "Well, I suppose our profs was clear and calm. The echo prov- Go out of bounds-no dlce.
Auditorium, Kingston, at 8:30 P.
has always carried a column on M. The opera-goer should take ad- are just like any other profs." So, ed that the student was present.
The next card was deftly pu1led In our book of regulations,
modern "hit" tunes, jazz, and the vantage of seeing and hearing these this fellow started to relate the from the top of the heap. Professor There are certain sUpulatlona.
persecutions and tr.ials he had sufMke, written ,by competent r~ort- two "old favorites" of Italian fered at ,t he hands of his profs- poop.winkle peused, his lips form- Whlch require strict adherence,
For the sake of mere appearance.
romantic
opera.
ers on that subject. But I have also
all were amazingly familiar--,the ing the syllables carefully several
The college music dea&gt;artment, very same gripes one hears on this times before he bums out withnoticed that this paper has never
Foolish martyrs soon will bend,
"·Caz-na-zi!J-ski !" - silence - Where the paddle meets the and:
catered to the sym,phonic, operatic, under the leadership of Ass't Pro- campus a{ld when heard here the
or more profound repertoire of fessor Coblei.gh, has vastly expand- griper tries to make one believe •a gain the professor bellowed. Then try lo sit-and conle'!lplate,
Chas - no-! Upo~ your little, · burning-fate.
music. Knowing that there are ar- ed the number of courses offered. that only this condition or that "CAZ..NA-ZILL~SKI
dent enthusiasts of the master- The number of students attending amount of work exists lllt Wilkes. zell-ski " now he was pleading for
Or lose your curly locks ln vain,
works of music on thi-s campus. I these courses has increased. I That ,i s one example of many someone to answer.
And have your mothers cry In valn:
Professor Doopiwinkle fingered Don't
feel that there i-s a definite need for. would strongly recommend the conversations I have had with stuplace us ln such monstroua rolea:
a column of this nature to be in- course in music appreciation. Re- dents from other schools, and it the card, started to put it to one Lea:ve not such slns upon our soul11
serted in this medium of informa- cords are used throughout the all adds up to this: Wilkes College, side, then raised it again. He betion of school affairs . . . THE course to familiarize the student regardless whast some students gan to spell the name.
Yet, there are thoaa who never learD,
"C..z-y-n-h-a-c-z-y-1-1--sk-h-i-e."
Play wlth fire-then to bum:
·B EAOON. 'Ilhe writer waruts all with every t~e and form, from think, is better than some and no
pre~Baroque
to
contemporary
comThe professor toy~d with the And we shall have to condescend,
readers to know that this column
different than any other of the colrwill always be opep. to criticism. posers suoh as Shostakovich, Hin- leges (regarding lectures, assign- ~rd .a moment and then began to To help them ln the very end.
Presently, the most important demith, and Stravinsky.
ments, student-facul,ty relations, place it carefully away from the Thanks for bearing here with v,1:
others. He had a look of confidence
Probably the most interesting etc.) tin this country.
event on the agenda· in Wyoming
you've leamed-marveloua;
about him. Why not? Didn't he If
Valley is a double~bill performance course that ha,s been added to the
II you haven't-we shall meet
have
perfoot·
p11onunciation?
The
schedule
is
the
art
and
science
of
*"'**
of Ma•s cagni's "Gavalleria RusticaThere before the Judgment seat.
the orchestration given by Mr.
First Week Notes: The bewilder- boy was just absent, that's all.
Robert Moran, our new music ed expressions on the Frosh faces
At that m.o ment . a voice rose
teacher. Mr. Moran is well versed . . . Our gleaming new building- from the rear of the room. "I'm
in this phase of music. He has Picker.ing Hall, if you do not have here, professor, but my name is
played the trombone professionally ' any scheduled classes there, take a pronounced Smyth."
for '.Several years in symphony or- walk through it and you will be
The professor was visibly shakEst. 1871
School and Office
chestras. He has received an 'offer ,p roud of our new addition ... the en. He sagged behind his desk. He
to play ~th the Scranton Philhar- · upper classmen asking where looked ast the student, at the card,
Supplies
Men's· Furnishings and monic under the baton of Dr. Fried- Barre Hall is and when informed and back at the student. Was he
: er Weisman, who records for the they say, "Oh, · you mean 154." ... losing his grip? Of course not.
Hats of Quality .
GIFTS AND
RCA Victor. Mr. Moran also teaches That wonderful game and the ex- This was just one of those one in
brass instruments.
cellent attendance · at the •game a thousand cases. He straightened
tt
STATIONERY
Being as it were an experiment, !Saturday night ... that nice feel-• up and forced a smile.
1
this column would like those inter- ing that comes over you upon see'Thank you for correcting me
9 West Market Street
ested to voice their opinions by ing your old friends and acquaint- Mr. Cas--er--Smyith. Now I wam
Wilkes~Barre, Pa.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
letters to the editor, or through' ances for the first time since June you all to correct me if I pronouce
per.sonal channels.
. .. Sv.,eating the bookstore line.
your names incorrectly."
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UP 'N' AT 'EM

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�Friday, September 23, 1949

Joe's Corner
By ioE GRIES

Wthat is going to happen in the
Oollegiate football world this year?
What sections will produce the best
teams? What players will stand
out above all the others? 'Dhose are
the questions this column will try
to answer in its introduction to the
1949 Oollege Football Season.
Let's start in tthe Midwest and
see who
be its Footiball giants.
A pair of football bigs who have
dominated the national gridiron
scene for the past two years still
rate as· the Mid'West's headliners
for 1949. The University of Micthigan, defending Western Conference
and mythical national champions,
and &lt;perennially J)owerful Notre
Dame. First let's look at Miicthigan.
,Coach Bennie Oosterbaan and his
Micthigan team goes into the 1949
campaign with some problems, but
once again he appears to have both
the quality and quantity of talent
to overcome these problems.
'F rom the offensive forward wall
,t hat helped Michigan roll up an
enormous amount of points in nine
games, Micthigan lost All-American
end Dick Rifenburg and his running mate Ed McN eill; tackles Joe
Sdboleski and Ralph Kohl and
guards Tom Tomasi and Stu Wilkins. But for the most part veterans
are moving up to ,t hese vacant spots
and this will guarantee the Wolverines experienced operators to make
lthe line strong as ever.
:Michigan's great strength lies in
its backifield. The b.ig nine team ls
four man deep in every position behind the line. Men like Tom Peterson, Chuck Ortmann, Leo Koceski,
and the versatile Wally Teninga
will assure the Spartons of a combination that will be hard to beat.
Frank Leahy is singing his usual
'",1 ournful tune, seeing nothing but
gloom and hard times ahead. This
is his standard itct and nobody
takes ,h is wails seriously. Everyone
is tabing Notre Dame as its usual
tough self and a contender for national honors.
The Irish ,g o into the 1950 season
working on a 2-8 game victory
streak.
Leahy devotes considerable time
to crying over the losses by grauda·
tion of such ou'.tstanding boys as
Terry Brennan, Bill Walsh, Bill
Fiseher, Marty Wendell and T-man
Fvank Tripucka. · But Mr. Leahy
seems to forget about the 27 re,t urning lettermen and the sophomore stars.
Bob Williams, the lanky youngster from Baltimore who understudied Tripucka will be first string
quarterback. He is a fine field general and a topp-notch passer and
ball-handler. Plymouth's Scholastic
great Johnny Mazur will ,b e right
back of Williams. -Look foi&gt; the
Irish backfie!d to have deception,
spee,d and versatility that often
characterizes a Leahy 1backfield.
Let's sk&lt;ip over the chalk lines to
the East and see who will hold
sway above all the others in that
section.
:As far as the ind~pendents are
concerned it will be Army and Penn
1S tate on the top come November.
The Ivy League members will have
to l-0ok up to see Cornell and Penn
,n the top. First we choose Army
ecause for the first time since I
an, remember Earl Blaik has rerained from singing the blues. It's
trui that this season he should be
doing just that because of a heavier
schedule and the 1-0ss of such men
as Bobby Jock Stuart, Winfield
Scott, Bill Yeoman, Phil Feir and
Dave Parrish. But the fact still'remains that three of last year's _o utstanding performers · are 'back.
They 11,re Dan Fold.berg, Arnold
Galiffa and Gil Stephenson. These
men and a great n1.tmber coming up
from the Plebes squad make Army
a team that will be hard to beat.
Why Cornell you ask-weir that
is a good question and here is the
answer. As Coach Lefty James put
it on the radio. "We are optimistic.''
And why shouldn't he be? Last
year the Big Red took the Ivy

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WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

SOCCER TEAM
PLAYS SATURDAY
Tomorrow at 2 :00 o'clock in Kirby Park, the Wilkes College Soccer
team will open their season when
they meet the "Huskies" from
Bloomsburg State Teachers College. Mr. Partridge has been working with the candidates since last
fall. Coach Partridge has been handicapped by the lack of ex.perienced
men on the squad. In fact none of
his men have ever played the game
before, -a nd he has had to spend
valuable time teaching the players
the fundamentals of the game instead of perfecting plays. The team
that will face Bloomsburg tomorrow will be green, but willing. Mr.
Partridge feels that as the s~son
progresses, Wilkes may pull, a surprise along the way."
The oldtimers of tthe valley will
rwelcome soccer back to the local
scenes. Years ag,o the newcomers
to the area; who played the game
in Europe formed teams here, and
the sport was well received. Eventually the sport was allowed to die,
,b ut now Wilkes is out to revive
interest in the game.
Coach Partridge played both high
s.cthool and college soccer. While at
the University of Pennsylvania, he
was chosen All-American . . . so
Wilkes will be ably coached.
As .yet no starting eleven has
been chosen. Since all but two are
rookies, Coach Partridge faces a
difficult task in the selection o f his
best eleven men. Players likely to
start include Charley Jackson, Lem
Lemarcelli, Flip Jones, Cy Kovalchik, Benny Beers, Jerry Wise, Ed
W ertley and Don Tosh.

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SOCCER RULES

HEADING FOR A TOUCHDOWN

ARE REVIEWED
By JAMES TINSLEY

-Paramount Studios
Tli'e picture above taken at last week's Wilkes-Bloomsburg tussle shows
Paul Thomas lugging the ball for a score as Jack Feeney (65) comes in to take
out a potential tackler.

COLONELS CARAVAN FROSH SPORT DANCE
.WILL INV ADE N. J.
TONIGHT; 9 TO 12
NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT
By CHUCK GLOMAN

With the inauguration of soccer
as a full fledged sport at Wilkes
College, the local sp&lt;Jrts spotlight
turns to Kirby Park. Although this
sport enjoys a .g,r eat deal of popularity in other sections of the country, it has only recently been revived in Wyoming Valley. Because
of this fact, i-t might be well to present a brief summary of the rules
of the game.
,S occer is a game whioh employs
pedal rather than manual dexterity. The use of hands is pr&lt;?hibited.
The players designated in the diagram as linemen are primarily
offensive men, while the backfield's
purpose is defense. The only man
who is able to use his hands is the
goalie. 'The penalty for illegal use
of the hands is a free kick ait the
goal from the point of the infraction. If a penalty occurs withi~ the
fifteen foot zone, the free kick is
given from a point twelve feet
away from the goal. Body contact.
is allowed only on the o!}ponent in
control of the ball, but any body
contact is ,p enalized by a · free kick.
There is one other rule infraction
,which might confuse the spectator.
This is invoked if an offensive ban-·
player gets ahead of the ball and
does not have two defensive players between him and the goal.
The best way to :familiarize oneself with the ru:les of this fascinating game is by attending one. Four
twenty4wo minute quarters of soccer are worth a thousand words.
The Wilkes-Bloomsburg game is
the ideal place to begin, for Bloomsburg will field a team with a better than average record ( 5 won, 1
tied, 2 lost), and is slated to give
Wilkes plenty of trouble.

John Cain, acting president of
Next week we all have the chance the St udent Council, has announced
to join the Colonels' Caravan on its
invasion of East Orange, New Jer- the first of this semester's social
sey, the campus of Upsala College. activities, the Frosh "Get AcquaintT'hi-s will be the second annual Car- ed" 8'.l)ort Dance, tonight from 9 to
avan sponsored by the BE.AJCON. 12 at the St. Stephen's Church
'T he BEAOON hopes that these
Carav•a ns will become a tradition House. There will be no admission
at the school. With last Saturday charge and free refreshments wm
night's game as an example of the ibe served. Reese Pelton and his
type of football our boys can play, Orchestra will be on hand to furthere is no reas on that we can't nish ,the music. All students are
cheer them to victory in the enemy invited.
This is compulsory for all freshencampments .
Those of us w.ho rode with the men and roll will be taken at the
Camels on their safari to Blooms- door.
Cheerleader captain Gene Brad1bur,g will remember what :(.un we
had going- and coming from the ley has announced that the cheergame. Of course we might have leaders will be present.
JOBES PREDICTS
Shadrach Jones is general chairbeen more jouyous ha-d the team
,been victorious as they were Satur-' man of the affair and will serve as
Larksville 7
day night. The boys are out for a roll caller and gate tender. Bob Plains 20 ..
Hanover 7
good season . . . one of the best Sanders and James Tinsley are in Kingston 20
they ever had. With the majority charge of refreshments.
Meyers 7
Nanticoke 0
A large turnout is exipected. lf
·of tthem being ,s eniors, they're out
Coughlin 19
Luzerne 6
for all the wins they can amass. you are going to a football game
1
Swoyerville
7
.
Newport
13
Me nlike John "Flork" Florkiewicz, tonight, stop in after the game
GAR 7
.... . ..
Plymouth 7
Francis "Pinky" Pinkowski, Gerry and meet all the gang.
Washko, Jack Feeney, Walt Hendershot, Chet Knapich, Georg e
"Pickles" Lewis, Paul Thomas, i
.Sammy Elias, and Jack DeRemer
will see the last of college football
this season, and this will be added .
incentive for an excellent season. :
With the moral support of their
loY'al rooters hehind them in the
enemy encampment, the boys will
feel more at home. This c·o ming
Caravan will be an excellent opportunity for us tQ show the ·t,eam that
we',r e behind them.
The total cost of the trip, including round-trip tickets, _and admission to the game . . . fun will be
free of charge . . . will be $4.85.
Considering the distance that has
to be traveled, this is a reasonable
fee. Off hand, and wi.thout consulting l!ny road maps, I'd say that it
is at least i20 miles. The buses
will return after the game. Reservations can be made in the
-----------------------BEACON, or by c·o ntacting Miss
Ann Havir in Chase Hall. Get your
reservations in early and assure
yCJ1Urself of an enjoyable week-end.
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League championship with eight
wins and only a loss to Army. Only
three men of that team will be lost
to the Red for this season and they
were fro·m the offensive unit. Then
there is the fact that an abundance
of Frosh are coming up to give the
25 lettermen any help they may
need.
This year's Cornell team seems
to have the ability and po,wer to go
a long way toward the top of the
Ivy League.
D-0wn South the big word will be
Tulane. Experience is the word
that gives Tulane odds-on choice
to trample the, rest of the Southeastern Conference. Only Ernie
··O'Brien, a wingman, is lost from
·t he first two teams. At every position tthe unit is stout and deep with
experience. Coach Henry Prnka
thinks his only loss this year will
be to Notre Dame and he doesn't
have to feel too bad over th:at.
Again .S. M .. U. will be the team
to beat in the Southwestern Conference. Wi&lt;th names like Walker,
Rote, Johnson, Payne and McKissack you have a backfield that is
one of the strongest in Conference
history. Coache,s Bell and Russell
haven't a care in the world. Every
department is capably filled and
knee deep in reserves. And above
all S,M.U. will have anotther clutch
team that won't be beat 'until the
final whistle.
A -hurried jump out to the Pacific losses, etc. Their only worry is old
Coast shows us that it will be age but 'even .there the Eagles
&lt;;;alif?rnia all the way.
.
. won't get gray because Vic LindsTh1s . year Southern . Galiforma kog and Alex Wojciechowicz are
L.H.
stacks its hope of bouncmg b~c~ to , the ,pa.pas of the squad and young
,t he1 top on a han?ful 0 ~ bnlliant a t the ripe old age of 33. And ·even
Sohpomores who m sprmg work- if their aching bones should prove
F.B.
o~ts made Coach Cravath forget too much All-American Chuck
about the loss of such stars as Don Bednarick should prove a capable
I?oll, Geor,g e M~rphy a nd Bob Bas- replacement. Everyone is picking
t1an. ~obabl_y I~ would _be better the Eagles and why should I be
to write this mformation after
t·
,
b
. an excep 10n.
,~outhern Oal s ?pener, ecause m
The grandstand paying public,
it they face their tougheS t 0PI&gt;O~- believe it or not, still thrills to the
ent Navy. Bu~ th e new_ talent . is sight of a well-rounded ball player,
s'?re to break mto the p1cture and i.e. one who
blocks, and
give Souhern Cal_ root~rs th e. chance tackles, and this season will be one
to cheer them , right mto the Rose that will give them all of that.
Bowl.
Backfield:
With the Pros no one is willing
G
to dethrone the Philadelphia E'agles
FB
of that rightful rec-0gnition as the
LH
Champs of ,both Oonferences. UnRH
like the school boys the pros don't
CF
,h ave to w&lt;trry about gr-a duation

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runs,

Important Beacon
Meeting Monday!

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WILKES ,COLLEGE BEACON
Friday, September
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23, 1949

FRESHMAN CLASS
HOH-CHEUNG Mill
LARGEST AT WILKES TO TEACH HISTORY
The following new students, including freshmen and transfers, began classes on Monday:
Wilkes-Barre: Anthony Kordek,
William Holtzman, Thomas Morick,
Martin Frey, William Fink, Edmund Gober, Seymour Himelstein,
John Havir, J·ay Loquasto, Harry
Lear, John Kane, William Hahn,
.J. Merritt Wagner, David Richards,
Leo Solomon, Leo Lesnick, Martin
.Jiunta, William Tregaskis, Daniel
Ungvarsky, Thomas O'Boyle, William Wivell, John Raykovitz, John
Schmidt, Michael Saba, Donald
Tosh, Marvin Rees, Frank Rutkoski, William Lewis, Joseph Andes,
Marvin Kanner, Raymond Krokos-I~, Robert Joseph, Robert Jordan,
Leonard Feld.
Robert Brown, George Brown,
Paul Beers, Theodore Kanner, Benjamin Arch, Charles FallBt, Leonard
Winski, CJ'ed Rowlands, Sandor
Yelen, Edward Goldner, Albert
Gush, Paul Hanagan, John Hill&gt;urt,
Daniel Augustine, John Adam
Fieseler, Martin Hudak, Elmer
·B rennan, George Moses, George
Brody, John McAndrew, George
Elias, Alan Levin, I;&gt;aniel Metroka,
Paul Leck, William Mosely, Joseph
Chmiola, Vincent Gougas.
Blanche Crowder, Florence Kistler, Barbara Keatley, Barbara May,
Eleanor Kazmerczyk, Lois Shaw,
Dena,h Fleisher, Geraldine Fell,
Connie Olshefski, Grace. Ruffin,
Audrey Kohl, Isabel Ecker,- Rita
, Martin.
Nantiooke: John Baigis, Daniel
•M cHugh, Rade Jurich, Francis
Sajewski, Daniel Pinkowski, Harry
Sarnowski, Oscar Bur-genson, Martin Niklewski, Robert Allen, Robert
·Barrall, Archie Aloisantonio, Fred,erick Grout, Edward Gritsko, John
~edorchak, Earle Barrall, Irvin
Snyder, Charles Petrilak, John
Poole, John .Michael, Cephas Hermansen, Eugene Mazonkey, Ro,bert
~oltz, Harold Grol&gt;oske, Theodore
DeLuc Antonio, Albert Kanyuck,
Frank Andrysick, Irene Janoski,
D-onna Cottrino, Theresa Cionzynski.
Pittston: Philip Campeni, Charles
Piasecki; Elwood Wintle, Richard
Carpenter, John Misencik, Allan
Clelland, G. Alan Lucas, Peter Mirabelle, Leo Kan, J-a mes Stocker,
George Blume, John Scrim-geour,
Robert Stackhouse, Warren Baker,
J -ohn Zigmund, •Isabela Sullivan,
'Shirley Delaney, Mary Gagliardi,
Joan Yonakas.
Forty Fort: John Mulhern, Leonard Nygren, Henri Bush, Edward
Wolfe, Donald ·S tearns, William
Swigert, Mary Butler, Ann Treslar,
Lucille Reese, Nancy Raub, Vida
Pee~, Marjorie Shaffer, Cla-r ence
Blake, John Moore.
'Kingston : Raymond -Cava, James
Balogh, Herbert Oliver, Burton
LeyBurn, Preston Eckmeder, Allen
Gecy-, John Blannett, Morton Roth,
Raymond Novitaky, Paul Mi_telonis,
Britton Kile, Theodore Krohn, Joan
Likewise, Philip Husband, Robert
Beard, Nancy Lewis, Carol Jonet1.
Plymouth: Joseph Wengyn, Paul
Kosteva, Michael Herman, Raymond Garb-Or, George Dvorozniak,
Mary Sheloski, Mary Campas, Elizabeth Badman, Irene Makowski,
Nancy Boston.
Plains: Wendell Clark, Joseph
Kropiew.nicki, George Blahuta, Al•b ert Manarski, Joseph Macaravage,
John Cardoni, Margaret Breni-sh.
Edwardsville: John Bator, Irwin
Shulman,' Joseph: Stanekenas, Mary
Varga. ·
·
Trucksville: William Glace, Lee
Moms, David Whitney, Stephen
Owens, Beverley Parry.
Dallas: David Parsons, Albert
Rebennack, Burl Updyke, Anna Ide,
Don F-rantz, Fay Jaffee. _
Ashley: John Williams, C. Richard Koons, James Cooney, Vincent
Slavitsko, William Williams, James
Reynolds.
Swoyerville: Leo Gavlick, Stan&lt;
ley Polk, Thomas Voytek.
Hazleton: David Park, Herbert
Rosen., Aida Shulman.
Shaver-town: William Morgan.
Noxen: Margaret Sorber.
Exeter: Louise Kucharski.
Moosic: Joseph Slussar.

HOH-CHEUNG MUI

Hoh~Cheung Mui, graduate of
Columbia University, is now a new
member of the Wilkes College faculty. He graduated from Lingman
University in Canton, China. ·Mui
came to the United States. in 1940
as a graduate student in the department -o f History and also received ·h is master's degree from
Columbia University three years
later.
Mui will teach, History of Western Civilization, and Eastern Asia
in Modern Times, which is a new
subject being taught this semester.
He is much impressed by the
friendliness in both 'the faculty and
the student b-Ody, describing Wilkes
as being a well-run and well-org-anized college.

A'IT'Y SILVERBLATT
SPEAKS ON FEAR
By GEORGE KABUSK

Mr. Arthur Silverblatt, assistant
district attorney of Luzerne County, /1,ddressed a student assembly
last Tuesday in the Baptist Church.
The -s peaker's topic was: "Freedom of Fear". He stated that Freedom is the traditional dream and
dominant philosophy of Americans.•'
This ideal has been upheld by the
toiling miner, the strug.gJ.ing sharecropper and the brilliant statesman. But the greatest jeopardy to
American Freedom is fear of conflicting ideologies. Mir. Silverblatt
asserted that present day Americans are living in hysterical fear
of Communism. This ideology,
w,hich calls for the forsaking of all
human birthrights, is responsible
for more evil than any other factor
in the world. The state of fear in
which we are living is following a
,g eneral pattern of our countries
history. Mr. Silverblatt pointed out
to the students that after each serious conflagration, Radicalism has
herded our nation's citizens into a
Archbald: Joseph Sabaitis.

·,Scranton: Robert Green, Dolores
Ost roski.
Wyoming: Anthony Dalesandro.
Duryea: Walter Rincavage, oJhn
Pietruszewski, Joseph Howell.
'Mountain Top: William Lloyd,
George Liggett.
Shenandoah: Edward V osilowicz.
Reading: John Warker.
!Sta ten Island: Malcolm Lee.
Harrisbu11g: Frederick Williams.
Hazleton : Ned Munley.
Clen Ridge, N. J.: David Minasi.n.
- Rutherford, N. J.: Robert Ladd.
Nescopeck: James Haetman.
Mahanoy: Thomas Adams.
East MQriches: Robert Croker.
Berwick: William Clausen.
Wayne: Matthew King.
Washington, D. C.: Leig,h H~rris-on.
·
York : Gerald Dellinger.
1Lorain, 0. : Theodore Kozloski.
Trenton: Eugene Marciant.
Brodheadsville: Gloria Frabli:,.
Atlantic City: Elaine Nesbitt.
'.Syosset, N. Y.: Constance Smith.
1Sugar Noteh: Loretta Andruczyk.
White Haven: Richard Forschner.

By MARTY BLAKE
The Cue and Curtain held it's
Down
by
the Seashore in ole
first meeting of the 49-50 semester
Ocean Grove
last Wednesday night at Chase
Dwelled our friend Pickles Lewis
Theatre. An election of officers was By an old kitchen stove
held, Paul Thomas, a veteran of Sweating and toiling -by the oven
numerous Cue and Curtain producall day, baking some biscuits
tions, was elected president. Evan
that tasted like hay;
Sorber was elected vice president,
Working his fingers down to the
while Audrey Seamen was chosen
ibone
as secretary. The new officers will
be under the supervision of Mr. Till his cooking made guests wish
they were home.
-Mailey, who replaces Mr. Groh as
faculty advisor. This change was ·
announced by Mr. Groh, who ex- Cooking his pastries, his cakes, and
his pie;
nlained that he would be unable to
Three
gulps, a swallow, and in a
direct the group because he will be
minute you die.
in New York for the next year. Mr.
Groh expressed the belief that the
Over the garhage can up on a hill,
Wilkes College organization is de- L
fl
th
lt
b
th
stined to prosper and expand. Tomo,w ew ·11e vu ures ecause
ey
L'ttl t
·11 b .
h
,
iwere l ;
my I e on w1
e m c arge of , They'd sampled his cooking,
the production of! all future Cue Th
·t t ·
. 1
B C k
ey gave I a ry,
d
C
ta
an
ur 1n pays. en oo , mem- Th
h d · d'
f
f
h'
her of the Wilkes-Barr L'ttl
a m iges. wn rom is
1-. e ' eysauerkraut
e
pie.
Th eatre, ha-s also expressed a willingness to aid the Wilkes dramatics
This was Pickles' undoing,
in any way possible.
Mr. Mailey outlined a tentative A deed very wrong.
ulan of future productions. The And now guests are suing,
organization plans to produce t,vo,, But it won't be for long;
•hree act plays. In addition to these For ,P ickles has left the dear
Jersey shore;
large productions the group intends
to present at least one, one act His days in the pantry~They are
no more.
pl-ay, every month.
**** has breathed
The group also invited all Fresh- N.ow that the summer
men and upper classmen, who are its last breath and the crying towinterested in theatrical work, to attend a "Get Acquainted" party els have been discarded by the vast
which is to be held at 7:30 Monday multitude of goils who had their
nigh:t, September ' 26, at the Chase young lifes distracted by men of
Theatre. Refreshments and enter- Wilkes these ,p ast three months ·
tainment will be provided. All stu- (lover Heineman, Howie Phillips,
dents who desire to become active etc.) , let's take a gander at the en.in theatre work are urged to at- tertainment schedule arranged by
tend. Thi-s invitation is given to Jocko Feeney and his student counstudents who are interested in cil mates. The rotund Kingston
staging, lighting, and the like, as :beefstake who spent the summer
well as to those students interested 1ugging rock has been as quiet as
a churcb mouse during the early
in acting.
stages of this semester even to the
extent of skipping a freshman
state of ·hysteria and fear but it orientation program, a practice he
has usually abated in a short time. has never been acused guilty pf in
The s.peaker asserted that there the past. (Feeney's opening comare approximtely 70,000 Commun- ment to the Frosh Clas-sin the past
is•ts in the United States versus was a hearty "Here I is girls. Come
th e approximate n~mber of_ 150,- and get me.".. Jackson has scheO0O,000 freedo~ loVIn-g Amencans. du led a diversified program of gala
The odds are m our_ fav_or 1,999-1. events for the faU session, a proBut un~ess the tens101; 1s released
we are m danger of losmg our free- ministered.
&lt;lorn of assembly, freedom of
Returning for another year of
speech, and f.r eedo~ of the_ p:ess duty on the 'high bench' will be
t h _r o u g h excessive restr1ct~ons that s,a gacious judiciary, Judge
caused by the fear of Commu:11sm. -Chester Knapich. His wisdom in
W·hat can b_e done? ~r. Silver- regard to just punishment has been
blatt offers this seven point plan: whispered aibout in classrooms. His
1. Keep ou: h~s.
fatherly admonitions to offending
2. Keep fa.1th with o~r. State de- freshmen are both tender and
?artmen't, they a-r e domg a good touchfo,g things.
J·ob. .
.
.
The Prosecutor for this court
3. Giv~ mc~eased. drawmg power session will be the weU known
to American ideas m Europe.
. ' Skinford' Ennis. He is known in
4.. We have. to make pe?&gt;Ple m out-of-town court circles as Mr.
~or~1gn countries love America and Foxley bec•a use of his keen probing
its ideals.
mind that shears and cleaves
5. .
have to ~ontrol the "b-oat throug,h the opposition's defense
rocking Communist.
6. We have to re-educate the mis- and leaves them gasping.
The freshmen wouldn't have a
guided people who have turned to
Communism. If ,we try, many will chance ag-a inst Prosecutor Ennis
return to the Democratic way of if it were not for the wdsdom shown
-b y Chairman Thomas in appointing
life.
J-a ck Feeney as -Counsel for the
7. We need more Democracy.
-Mr. Silverbla,tJt's talk stressed the Defense to balance the scale. Jack
fear of fear. It is in contrast with is a smooth, yet forcefuJl man; a
the late President Roosevelt's state- man that can hypnotize the jur;
ment, "We have nothing to fear but into believing that murder is a
child's plaything. With a man of
fear ~tself."
this calibre beside them, the freshmen :h ave nothing to fear from beFRESHMAN TRIBUNAL
hind ... except the executioner.
· Speaking of the Executioner, Mr.
( continued from page 1)
Thomas has lllade another wise
common decency. Mr. Thomas has choice in selecting Norman Cross.
gone s-o far [n his search for those Mr. Cross is well versed in the
outstanding qu~li-ties that he is in- ·t echnique of putting his all into
troducing a new system into the a paddle swing. He has studied
college courtroom . . . in hopes of c:arefu1ly the exact angles of infinding them. _·For the first time in fliction and deflection and knows
·t he history of W,i lkes College almost to the smallest numerical
women have been appointed to p,ar- p-ossibrnty where to lay the shelaiticipate as jurors. Mr. Thomas liah. Mr. Gross suffers no self-restaunchly believe_s that women are morse; he smilingly con,siaers !: ',endowed with that something self a cog in the wheel of freshman
known as inwition, and that this advancement and education.
something will aid in the renderTo serve on the jury, Mr. Thomas
ing of verdicts so fair as to be for- has selected personages· of sunerb
ever unchallengeable. These lovely intellectual qualifications.
They
juro.r s will also shed tears of grief stand above reproach; their integw.hile the. -oomishment is beinig ad- rity and impartiality wil'I' :r&gt;lace
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gram that will be highlighted by.:
the Lettermen's Christmas Ball and
the annual Cabaret Party.
SUMMER SPECIALS .. Mari~
Sheridan has again been selected
Nanticoke's Outstanding College
Student.. if she doesTI't stand out,
who does .... Ocean Grove, N. J. was
well represented this summer by
Pickles Lewis, Moose May, Don
Kemmerer, Howie Phillips, Joe He_rko, Gorie Young and Sherm
Sickler .. .. Broken romances include
Helen Williams and Mike Kozek,
and Charley Williams and Mabel
Faye Richards.. Can't these Williams people keep a gal or guy .. ..
Audrey Seamon might be dubbed
the Pickle Pusher since she lugged
relish around all summer . Frankie-Boy Anderson seems to ·relish
Audrey.. Phil Nichols joined the
growing list of insurance salesmen
during the past three months . and
Phil has formed the Toupee on the
-Campus Club with Paul Shifer ..
Primo Permavitz stands out as
Nick Dyback's lone representative
on the campus since the Mayor of
Grant Street decided to head for
Montana... Joe Gries, _outstanding
first baseman on the Clowns soft&lt;oallers of last summer, writing a
column called Gries' Column .. ...
Migiht chan·g e the name of it to
Greasy Column - ·
Every year it is our custom of
selecting the best looking freshman
girl... . Last year the award went to
Elaine Turner of Nanticoke with
BaTll:&gt;ara Hartley a close second ....
We award the golden dove i&gt;lume
to this year's best looking frosh
female ..
Nancy Raub of Forty
Fort. By -..vinning Nancy will receive two tickets to the Bloomsburg-Wilkes game ... an iceberg off
the coast of Alaska. ..
an autographed picture of the boys lugging Seymour Merrin's trunk out
of the dorm and to 'the express offlee ... a sun dial clock that works
on AiC-DC ... A date with Al Molash,
the dream of every Wilkes cosed ....
one of Norm , Cross's wrestling
medals .. a course in self-defense
from Char Davis.__ . and a ride in
Earl Wolfe's new Oldsmobile ....
them alongside such inspired leaders as Jefferson and Lincoln . . .
that's wher!! they belong. Alex
Molash will serve as jury foreman.
He is a granite rock of unbiased
opinion. No pl"osecutor could turn
his head with a red herring; no
b~utiful woman could turn his
head with a red sweater. Serving
beside this granite rock of unbiased
opinion will be such notables -as,
"Pickles" Lewis, Dan Sadvary,
."Bones" Jones, Dick Scripp, Bob
Davenport, Marita Sheridan, Norma Lou Carey, Elaine Turner, Ruth Connelly, Nick Hi(meman and
George MacMahon. Never· before
in any · place ·h as a group of such
outstanding people been assembled; .
never ag-a in will the freshmen owe
so little to so many.
:Soon the hallowed portals shall
be thrown open; soon the Court
Crier, Bob Hall, will yell, 'Hear Ye!
Hear Ye!" The leaves will soon be
falling, and so too will the knell of
doom. Wiser freshmen wiB be led
and fed u~on the flames of righteousness. There will be laughte
and indi-gnation; hurt prpide an,
stu!bb:orn prejudice. There will als
be another year when freshme1
will no longer be freshmen ... an&lt;l
that's some consolation.

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I

Johnny Long's
Orchestra

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Rocky Glen

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AQUc\diUi,t

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Vol. 3, No. 33.

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Friday, May 20, 1949

WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA.

'CINDERELLA BALL TONIGHT
"ALL IN FUN" LETTERMAN'S REVUE
WILL BE .PRESENTED TWICE NEXT WEEK

LONG'S VOCALIST·

I

CHARLES SNYDER

VINCE MACRI

The Letterman's musical-comedy farce, ALL IiN F1UN,
entered its final week of concentrated rehearsal'S as interest
in the show reached a new high on campus.
Director Alf.red Groh has featured original costumes for the
1
cast and newly-constructed scenery prepared with the assistance of
the members of the -Cue 'n' Curtain, Original music has been
composed by Ted Warkomski, and
Results of the scholarship examthe book ,h as &lt;been prepared by
inations given on April 30 were
Mr. Groh.
announced this week by the RegLrvin Gott.lieb, production man- istrar. Four of the fifteen scholager, has announced that chore- arS'hi,p s offered ,by Wilkes College
graphy is being directed by . Mrs. to high school seniors were won
Iris Levy. The dance numbers will by s,tudents of Forty Fort High
feature a chorus of s-e venteen .School. 'I'hree scholarships were
memib ers headed by Dean George awarded to Plymoubh High School
Ralston. The penfomnance will in- students. The com!bined value of
clude several speciality dance num- the fifteen scholarshi.ps is $1,000 a
·b ers. The p.1ot centers about a year.
_
1
&lt;tyipioal college campus situation.
These are the h1-gh school senAction is presented through two iors Wlho were announced as schol&lt;a:cts and nine, scenes. All the arship wi~ners: David B. Whitney,
characters in the producti-on will ·T rucksville; David W. Park, Hazlebe portray;ed 1b y Lett.ermen.
ton; William &amp;wi-gert, Forty Fort;
'Dhe cast pave kept the student Harold W. Graboske, Nanticoke;
•b ody and facu1ty completely igno- John ,Scrimgeour, West Pittston;
rant of the nature of the skits and 'l1homas fl. Reid, Wilkes-Barre;
scenes in the play. As a result Theodore L. K11ohn, Kingston; Rus"sneak previews!' .have been im- sell G. Lolyd, Plymouth; Ann W.
,possible to obtain.
Treslar, Forty Fort; Alice J.
Publicity ,was expanded with t'he Quick, Wy,alusing; William P.
appearance ·o f two Lettermen, Honeywell, Plymouth; Josep.h J.
dressed as "Dixie Belles," at the Kropiewnicki, Plains; Dolores I.
Square and on a sidewalk quiz over Thomas, Plymouth; Lucille M.
St ation WILK.
Reese, F,orty Fort, and Robert E .
"All in Fun" may be seen on the Gearhart, Forty Fort.
evenings of May 25 and 26 at the
Kingston High :School Auditorium.
NOTICE
Tickets can be -procured at the
Day school students w.ho will atcollege bookstore, in the cafetereia • tend summer school shoul&lt;l register
ibebween 11 and 1, or from any on June 1, 2 or 3, in the Reception
Letterman.
Room at Chase Hall.

_Tonight at twelve o'clock the quest for the Wilkes College
Cinderella will be ended. At that time, Johnny Long, whose
orchestra will provide the music for dancing, will try the traditional glass slipper on the foot of each of the eleven Wilkes
lovelies who are candidates for Cinderella. The winner will
relive the fairy tale of Cinderella, as Long, the modern counterpart of Prince Charming, will present her with many gifts donated by local merchants.

FIFTEEN STUDENTS
WIN SCHOLARSHIPS
TO WILKES COLLEGE

ALL IN FUN

Jane Brace, above, will appear with
Johnny Long's Orchestra at Rocky Glen
Park tonight as one of the feature!
vocalists.

MAY' 25, DATE SET
FOR DISTRIBUTION
OF MANUSCRIPT
The spring issue of the Wilkes
College literary ma.g azine, the
MANUSGRLPT, will be ready for
distribution on .May 25, according
to David Jones, edi,tor of the publkation.
•
The magazine will have a picture
of Kirby Halt on the cover. This
is the first time the MANUSCRIPT
has had a pictorial cover.
David Jones says that, ."On the
whole, the tone of the MANUSCR!iPT will be lighter this year."
Among the magazine's fourteen
,pieces there are two short stories,
several satires, some ,humorous selections and two or three more serious articles.
Other members of the MANUSCRIPT staff are Samuel Chambl,iss, Arthur Spengler, Russ Williams, Jean Grumbling; Dolores
Matelski, Virginia S.nee, Philip
Baron, Jack R. Phethean, B. Richard Rutkowski and Clem Wadawski.
NOTICE
Dr. Reif, Senio~ Class adviser,
announces that ·p rac•tice for graduation exercises will be held at the
Irem Temple at 9 A. M. on Tuesday, May 31.

Social Calendar
May 20CI!NDERELLA BALL.
May 21Ba seballe, Triple Ci ties, here.
May 22-,-Band Concert.
May 25, 26Letterman's Revue.
June 3Fou&gt;ider's Day.
JuJte 11Senior Dinner Dance.
June 13Howard Ennis and Dick Scripp, dresse'd as "D.bde Belles", pass out handGrad,u ation.

bills on South Main Street. Purpose of the stunt was to advertise the Letterman's forthcoming revue. "All In Fun".

TICKETS FOR ·TONIGHT'S DANCE
MAY BE PURCHASED AT "AQUADIUM"

Topping the list of presents is
a $2150 diamond ring from Tommy
Van Scoy, the G. I. Jeweler; an album of records from the Square
Record Shop; ,gift certificates from
the ,Paris Shop, Zimmerman's, and
Shapiro's.
In keeping with the theme of the
decorations, Bill Griffith will read
the Cinderella story as the candidates walk on a long white carpet to the handstand where they
,will be received by Johnny Lon,g.
This ceremony ,will be s'horter thi's
year than in previous years.
Preparations for the dance were
started at the beginning of March,
with the sig,ning of the contract
with Long. The "Aquadium" was
then -p rocured as the site of the
dance. The committees then worked many hours on the many little
details that become a;p,p arent in
the staging of such an event. Everything possilble has been done to
make this affair a . memora:ble one.
The sale of tickets has been brisk
all week, and a large crowd is anticipated. As an added convenience,

tickets will be sold at the door for
the benefit of latecomers.
In addition to co-chairmen Keith
•R asmussen and Jack Feeney, and
Honorary chairman Art Spengler,
the f.ollcxwing students served on
committees:
'Tickets: Shadrach Jones, chair~
man; John Merritt, Pete Richards,
Tony Menegus, Danny Sherman,
Carlie Thomas and Louella Cashin.
Gif&lt;ts: Bill Apfelbaum, chairman;
Art Delassandro.
·
Arrangements: Bi 11 Griffith,
chairman; Tom Lasky, Lester
Gross, Art Spengler, Don VernaH,
Elvira Thomsen, Frankie Markowitz, Cy Kovalchick and John
Haracz.
Decorations: Henry Vankoski,
chairman; Walt Haczewski, Seymour Merrin, Dollie Frable, Bar•b ara Hartley, Nanciann McCague,
Charlotte Davis and ,Gharlie Knapp.
•P ublicity: Tom Ro.bbins, chairman; Bob .Sanders, Vince Macri, '
Br,uce MacKie, Marvin Horwitz,
Dominic Alfano and Lawrence
Stanley.

COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES SCHEDULED
FOR JUNE 13-TH AT ffiEM TEMPLE
Commencement exercises for
Wilkes College seniors will be held
on the evening of June 13 · in the
Irem Temple. Including the students who completed their studies
at the College last September and
FelmuaTy, 190 will be eligible to
teceive degrees.
A. W. Cordier, executive assistant
to the Secretary-Genera of the
United Nations, Try,g ve Lie, will
be the commencement speaker.
This will be the second annual
commencement to be held at
Wilkes, and the first since it has
been accredited by the Middle
States Association.
Those eli,g~ble to receive degrees
next month are:
A. B.
Henry W. Anderson, Philip Baron, Nicholas Miller Bens-on, Teresa
Mary Bianco, Clayton Allen Bloomburg, Thomas Joseph Coburn, Alice
Jean Dew, Nicholas Dyback, Robert J. Evans, Morris Feinstein,
Michael Fex, Doris Gorka, Edward
Eugene Gorski, Marj-orie Tyler
Green, Karl Louis Haas, Jean Hartman, John F. Holbrook, William
Dietrick J -o nathan, David Gahle
Jones, George Bender Jones, Henry
Lewis Jones, John Ediward Jones,
Joseph Hermann Kanner, John
Thomas Kelly, Jack M. Kloeber,
William Stanley Kosicki, Edwin
Michael Kosik, WiUiam J. Lavelle,
Margar-et Ruth Lawlor, Julius Edward ·Likowski, Seymour George
Maisel, Dolores Theresa Matelski,

Allen MJller, Thomas Marshall
Miller, Harold Arthur Morgan, ·
Nelson E. Nelson, Barbara Elizabeth Noble, Narcy Alexander Perkowski, June Persing, Joseph John
Pinola, Edward John Plesnar, Jay
Fred Rauscher, Nan Richards, Ro;bert C. Riley, James · Dallas Shepherd, Joseph Sooby, Jr., John Albert Sott, Marie Gertrude Stamer,
Albert John Stratton, Jr., Gordon
Ray Stryker, A1fred George Sultzer, William R01bert Tomusko, John
George VeI1byla, Donald Gibson
Vernal!, David Edtward Walters,
Henry Norman Walters, Edward
Jan Wasilewski, Carol Peg.gy
Weiss, Sidney Jack Weissbenger,
Donald Wolfe, .Margaret Jane
Woolcock, Anthony Zaibiegalski.
B. S.
.. .. Bennie Antonchak, Edward Joseph Boyle, John William Burak,
Carl Rudolph Dudeck, Peter Glowacki, Edward Richard Hendler,
James Matthews Hofford, Joseph
John Kipp, · Douglas Meyers MacNeal, Robert Louis Perneski, Stanley W. Siberski, Aloysius C. Switch.
B. S. IN BIOLOGY
Austin Charles Bis:bing, Jr.,
Klem Dennis Drozdowski, Robert
Melvin Gorgas, James M. Holifield,
David Katz, Sheldon Lawrence
Morrison, Joseph Daniel Parrella,
Shirley Jean Rees, Jacob Robert
Seitchek, William George Stanziale, Charles Volpe, Lewis Asa
Whiter, Dorothy Ann Wilkes, John
(continued on page 2)

�WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

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Friday, May 20, 194,

LETTERMEN REHEARSE FOR REVUE

RUSS WILLIAMS
Editor-in-Chief

ART RICE
Associate Editor
GERTRUDE WILLIAMS
EARL JOBES
Faculty Advisor

Sports Editor

CLYDE RITTER
Business Manag er

ED BOLINSKI
Photog raphy Editor

GYTELLE FREED

TOM LASKY

Circulation Manager

Features E'.ditor

EDITORIAL STAFF
Vince Macri,' Bill Griffith, Art ,Spengler , Miriam Long, Alma Fanucci,
Geor.ge Kabusk, Joe Gries, Romayne Gromelski, Nanciann McCague,
Chet Molley, Priscilla Swartwood, Don Follmer, Gene Bradley, Ohar,les
Snyder, Chuck Gloman, James Tins,l ey, Marita S.h eridan, Gari Gigson,
Tom Rol:lbins.
A paper published weekly by and for the students . of Wilkes College.
Phone 3-3148 Ext. 19
Member

Intercollegiate Press

EDITORIAL

"THE SUMMING UP"
With this issue, the BEACON wi.11 suspend publication
until next September. The proximity of final examinations
and the shortness of the ,summer semester are the rea sons
for the curtailment of :publication. This is, therefore, an
appropriate time to consider how well the BEACON has
fared for these laist several months.
S ince September, 1948, three editors have directed the
policies of the paper.
There have been numerous other
changes, too, with the result that the s taff is, in large part,
composed of freshmen reporters.
It is apparent to close observers that the BEACON has
been in a state of transition. Within the lasf twelve months
the BEiAOON has lost, through graduation and other cau,ses,
several staff members of unusual· ability. To off-set this, a
re-building pro,g ram has been conducted this past s emester,
and next fall the BEACON will continue to build ari active
membership. At that time the present freshmen reiportevs
will form the nucleus and their year's e1 perience will ma!ke
them more valuable.
'
In turn, this will ease the job of the editors,, who must
perform six distinct procedures each week. This uneven
distribution of the work works a hardsnip on the editors
when everyone does not cooperate. Deadlines are too seldom
met (probably because there is no pay involved), and this
increases the editors' work.
For this reason, therefore, the editors are likely to consider their task a thankless one. Long hours each week
seem to avail nothing when studehts offer complaints, usualJy about insignificant matters.
The editors must formulate plans for next week's paper
on the preceding Friday, at .which time assignments are
made. They must handle some of the writing assignments
themselves, of course, and after Monday it is extremely
difficult to hand out assignments to the reporters. Persons
and organizations who want articles in the BEACON should
also try to figure a week ahead. In that way they will be
assured of the staff's fullest coo,p eration.
When the editors must place. special emphasi's on their
studies, the problem of.doing wor:k for the BEAiOON resolves
its€lf into a juggling act. But the average student isn't
concernep about that. "Why did he take the job if he can't
handle it?" he will probably ,s ay in a thoughtless manner.
There is S O much more to consider.
Enough of this. Parts of this editorial are more apprc►..
priate for next September's first iss,ue than the present one.
For the present the BEACON staff hopes that everyone
will have a pleasant summer and that they pass all their
final exams.
1

The accent is on enthusiasm, rather than precision, as Wilkes Lettermen rehea;se the can-can chorus number
for their musical revue "All In Fun". which will be presented Wednesday and Thursday evenings of next week in the
Kingston High School auditorium. From left to right, the members of the chorus are: Mr. George Ralston. Paul HufL
Dick Scripp, Hank Supinski, George McMahon, Alex Molash, Jack Feeney, Joe Stevens, Jack DeRemer, Clayton Karambelas and Bill Brown. Mrs. Richard Levy can be seen part !ally on the extreme left of the picture, as she directs the
athletes.

SENIOR EXAMS

•Economics 329
•Mathematics 208
History 256
Mathematics 210
Sociology 100
Biology 203
Sociolo_g y 205
2:00 P. M.
Radio 100
Senior examinations will be held in 'German 251
Mathematics 341
the Presbyterian Church House, third Economics 206
Biology 258
floor, Room I. May 23 through May 28. History 106
Most of these examinations are for
seniors only, but some examinations
will be taken by ALL STUDENTS IN
THE COURSE at the times listed below.
Examinations which all students will
take with the seniors are marked with
an asterisk.
Examinations for evening school
MONDAY. MAY 23
courses will be given froni May 23
9:00 A. M.
through May 26. Three hours have
Spanish 103
Chemistry 210
been allotted for each examination.
•Spanish 310
•chemistry 327
The 'courses. times, and places of exEconomics 106
Psychology 100
aminations are listed below:
Economics 210
History 99
Chemistry 102X, T 6:30, Co. 104
Economics 232
'History 206
Economics l0lX. T 6:30, Ash. Anx.
Econoajcs 311
Economics l0lXX. Th 6:30, Ash. Anx.
2:00 P. M.
Economics 103X. Th 6:30, 158 Anx.
English 104
Education 101
Economics 104X, Th 6:30, GHB 201
Spanish 102
•Education 207
Economics 105X. T 6:30, GHB 302
Economics 314
Mathematics 116
Economics 105XX, Th 6:30, GHB 302
Music 100
Mathematics 205
Economics 106X, T 6:30. 154 Anx.
TUESDAY. MAY 24
Economics 106XX. T 6:30, GHB 202
9:00 A. M.
Economics 109, W 6:30, 154, 102
English 201
Ec.o nomics 324
Economics. 116, T 6:30, K 107
•French 305
History 108
Economics 201. M 6:30, 154, 102
Economics 116
•sociology 210
Economics 202, T 6:30, GHB 201
Economics 220
Religion 107
Economics 206. Th 6:30, K 107
•Economics 308
•chemistry 331
Economics 209, W 6:30, .GHB 302
Economics 210. M 6:30. GHB 302 .
2:00 P. M.
Economics 214, M 6:30, GHB 202
English 122
History 107
Economics 220X. W 6:30, Ash. Anx.
English 261.
Historyl220
Economics 220XX. M 6:30. Ash. Aruc.
French 102
Political
Econ_o mics 232. W 6:30, GHB. 201
•Spanish 204
Science 204
Economics 307, T 6:30, GHB 301
Economics 103
Physics 100
Economics 310, M 6:30, GHB 201
'Economics 225
°Physlcs 111
C. L. U.. W 4-6, Co. 104
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25
English l0IX, M 6:30, 154 Anx.
9:00 A. M.
English l0lXX, M 6:30, GHA 102
Economics 223
Education 201
English 102X. M 6:30, 154, 101
'Economics 312
Mathematics 115
English 104, M 6:30, GHB 301
'Economics 316
'Chemistry 325
German 102, T 6:30, 154, 101 ·
Sociology 216
Physics 201
Mathematics 101, Th 6:30, Co. 204
2:00 P. M.
Mathematics 107, Th 6:30, 154 ·Anx.
English 265
Radio 102
Mathematics 109. T 6:30, Co. 204
French 102
•Religion 108
A GIFT FOR CINDERELLA
Philosophy 213, W 6:30, GHB 202
'Economics 315
Biology 222
Polish 102, M 6:30, Co. 204
Sociology 110
'Chemistry 320
Political Science 106X, M 6:30, K 107
'Sociology 302
Political Science 106XX; W 6:30, K 107
THURSDAY. MAY 26
Political Science 204. T 6:30, 154, 102
9:00 A. M.
Psychology 10. W 6:30, 154 'A nx.
English I 02
Political
Psychology 208. W 6:30. 154, 103
'English 223
Science 103
Psychology 228, Th, BB 101
'English 260
' Political
Slovak 102. M 6:30. GHB 102
Economics 202
Science 112
Slovak 208. W 6:30. GHB -102
Sociology 108
•Psychology 201
Sociology 100. W 6:30. 158 Anx.
2:00 P. M.
Sociology 107, T 6:30, 154. 103
English 131
Science 202
Sociology 205. M 6:30, 158 Anx.
Economics 110
Religion 100
Economics 214
Mathematics 215
Economics 317
Biological
'Political
Science 100
FRIDAY. MAY 27
(contimued from oage 1)
9:00 A. M.
Roman Wisniewski, Stephen Wolf.
French 104
Biology 100
' B. S. IN CHEMISTRY
Economics 236
Biology 103
•Economics 306
Physics 202
Mitchell Stanley Blicharz, Harold
Radio 103
Joseph Lawrence, Jr., Leonard Jo2:00 P. M.
seph S,w icklik, Martin Joseph
Spanish 104
'Music 106
Warmus.
Economics 122
Philosophy 100
B. S. IN EDUCATION
Economics 303
°Philisophy 216
Eugene Robinson Anderson, John
Chemistry 115
Tommy Van Scoy. well-known as the G. I. Jeweler, presents Keith Rasmus- History 100
Milton CuLp, Jr., Morris · D. Desen with a one-quarter carat diamond ring. one of the gilts Cinderella will reSATURDAY. MAY 28
Haven, William John Henry, J,oceive tonight. Art Spengler, st&lt;:inding beside Rasmussen. is the honorary chair!1:00 A. M.
seiph Michael Hiznay, Jr., Mangaret
man of tonight's affair, and Rasmussen Is general co-chairman.
•Economics 310
Psychology 301

START NEXT WEEK I

0

0

EVENING SCHOOL
EXAM SCHEDULE

Commencement

Hobbs, Eugene La.wrence Maylock,
Thomas John Moran, Kathryn Marion Potter, Roberta Louise Russell,
Laura Jean Schleicher, J ames
Alexander Spanos, James Tr owell,
Anthony Robert Wideman, Richard
Hugh Widman.
B. S. in C. and F.
Robert Anthony, William Leroy
Apfelbaum, Melvln Barry, John A.
Bellas, John Bozewicz, Jack W.
Brobyn, George Frederick Brodbeck, Gerald Paul Bush, Sebastian
Caqiineti, Joseph Andrew Chupka,
Ralph B. Connor, Edward Stanley
Oupsenski, Makolm William Dale,
Arthur Dominick Dalessandro, P.
Joseph Danilawicz, Delbert D.
Dare, William S. Davies, Paul Frederick DeWitt, John William Edwa-rds, Jr., Samuel Elias, Frank
Joseph Evan, John Joseph Evan,
John C. Evanouskas, Donald E.
Evans, John Vowler Evans, Harry
Louis Fierverker, Robert Freeburn,
Earl Donald Fritzges, Thomas M.
Gill, John H. Glowacki, Edward
Charles Goldsmith, Louis Thomas
Groshel, Ira David Hall, Raph Fortal Hodigson, Donald Lee Honeywell, John Edwa-rd Rudzik, Clayton John Karam,belas, William F.
Kelly, Jr., Wesley Donald Klesa,
William Kl0,pfer, HH!iard Kozlowski, E1eanor Emma Krute, Thomas
G. Manning, Eugene Joseph Marshall, David Thomas Martin, John
Walter Martin, Howard Marvelle,
Raymond Mechak, J oh.n Burroughs
Merritt, Thoipas A. Michaels, Jerome Norman Mintzer, John A ..
Moss, Jr., ~ugene Samuel Moyer,
Stanley Casimir Novitsky, Joseph
Stanley Oleksy, Edward James
Parry, Evelyn Mae Penalgion,
Louis Pezzner, '11heodore Casimir
Pomianek, · Robert Gregory Quoos,
Cy;prian Leo Rapczynski, Arthur
J. Rice, Jr., Paul K. Richards,
Charles Rifendifer, Casimer Domini,c Rohon, Edmund Anthony Sajeski, Ri chard Edward Savner,
Charfos W i 11 i am Schneiderhan,
Clemence A. Scott, Leonard Jerome Shetline, George John Shinaly,
James J. Slamon, Robert W.
Sloan, Jr., H. Allen .Smith, Donald
J. ,Snyder, Burton Joseph Thomas,
Jo,hn Joseph Ver,ban, Ralph John
Weaver, AJ,b ert Forrester Williams,
David Morris Wi1liams, Raymond
Williams, John Davies-Wilson.

0

NOTICE
Freshman Orienta-tion Week will
be held during-the week of .September 12 for the fall term. Registration and enroU.me~t for upperclaS'Sc
men for the fall term will ,be held
on September 13 and 14. Classes
for the fall will begin on September 1'9.

�WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

·'riday, May 20, 1949

"MY LEADING LADY" VARIED PROGRAM
MARJORIE GREEN
WELL RECEIVED WILL BE OFFERED
RECEIVES AWARD
AT BAND CONCERT
FOR SCHOLARSHIP On 'Duesday night, May 17, the
Miss Betty Harker, Dean of.
Women, presented a gold · cup, the
Dean's Award for excellence in
scholarship, to Miss Marjorie Marj orie Green. Marj-orie .has been on
the Dean'. s list every sem€ster
since she entered Wilkes. · She has
maintained an aver.age of 90 each
semester. In addition, she has
served on the Yearbook staff. Last
year she was Associate Editor of
the Yearbook.
A mathematics
major, s,he completed her practice
teaching this week.
Mrs. Gertrude Marvin · WiHiams,
Wilkes College English professor,
was the guest spea•k er at the Junioir~Senior Bwffet
Supper
on
W-e dnesday evening, May 18, at
' the Wilkes Cafeteria.
In h er
s:peech,. entitled, "Hail and Farewell," s·h e reminded the Senior
g irls that they have a duty to keep
informed and to contribute in telligently to public opinion. Mrs.
Wil,l iams urged them to do two
t hings: (1) Join an organization
such as the American Univer sity
Women or the League of Women
Voters, and (2) read the papers to
keep informed.
Mrs. Williams
wished the graduates success and
told them that the faculty would
always be watching them, and
would always maintain an interest
in thei.r activities.
Forty-seven ,peQple attended the
aftfair. · These inoluded Senior and
J unio.r girls, Mrs. Gertrude Marvin
Williams, Mrs. Eugene Farley,
Mrs. Gladys Davis and Mi-ss Betty
ffarker.
·

"Cue 'n' Curtain" presented "My
Leading Lady," a one-act play
written !by Ed Tyburski.
The
readers of the BEACON undoubtedly knoiw that t his v/as Mr. Tyburski's first ~ttempt at a dramatic
produclion. As such t he play is
to be highly commended. But inherent in any initial production are
certain faults . "My Leading Lady"
is no exception. The plot was rather t hin, and . the dialogµe was a
shade r epetitious. H oiwever, one
can forgive the weakness of the
plot. The play was much .too short
for the corruplete develoippient of a
theme. As far as the dialo.gue was
concerned, Mr. Tyb urski silenced
all criticism -When he gave Shirley
Sals!burg the line, "What do you
walllt, eg,g in your beer?"
.Paul Sh ififer directed the play,
and the members of the cast included Ned Maghee, Shir ley Sals,burg, William Griffith, W. Thomas
Littleton and Marilyn Broadt.

REVISED LIST OF
SUMMER ·COURSES
IS ANNOUNCED

T.he last rehearsal has been completed and all is in r ead.ines.:, for
the sec.ond annual con,cert oif the
Wilkes College Band. Sunday evening at 7 is the time and the campus ·b ehind Kirby is the place.
'Dhere'll be seating accommodations
for aJ,J and the 'Public .is invited. No
admission will be charged; t he
program is under the auspices of
the Wilkes College School of Music,
Donald E. Coblei,gh, director.
Band Director Reese E. Pelton
has promised · an interesting program of well~known H,ght conce-rt
music. Included will be qperatic,
operetta, popular and ma-rtial compos-i tions. Represented on the program will be such well-known composer s as Sigmund Romberg, Richard Wagner, J,o hn Phili,p Sousa and
Allbert Ketellbey.
Also on the evening's bill are a
clarinet sold •b y Donald Follmer,
student d irector of t he band, and
a trun1;pet duet by Carl Strye and
Donald Follmer, accompanied by
the -band.
The Wilkes College
Chorus will sing a gr-oup of selections during the band intermission.
Working- -with the band to produce this program are the female
cheerleaders who, under the leadership of Toni Menegus, -w ill ' serve
as ushers. Mr. Wm. J ervis, superintendent .of g,r ounds, and his staff
are in charge of stage and se.a ting
arrangments.
•
Fr-0im • the strains of · S ousa's
Washington Post March, t hrough
t he echoes ex£ ·W agner's µ ohengrin,
and till the dying stra'ins of "In A
Persian ,Market" t he c·oncel't promises a ;pleasant s:pring evening f-0r
those who enjoy a 1b and-and who
doesn't!

3

FINAL EXAMINATION SCHEDULE
Final examination ,for all students but graduating
seniors will be held from May 30 through June 10. There
are 33 course.s which all students will take with the seniors,
and these are listed with the s enior examination schedule.
Students-who do not graduate this June will take examinations at the times and places listed below:
9 A. M.
Monday, May 30
2 P. M.
Econ. 101 (49 )Blologl" Bldg.. Rm. 101
Soc. 205 (76) PCH 1st Floor
Chem. 102 (90) PCH 3rd Floor
Chem. 203 (30) PCH 3rd Floor ,
Math. 107 (39) 158 Annex, 164 Annex
English 122 (7) Biology Bldg .. Rm. 101
Music 100 (85) Lecture Hall,

9 A. M.

Tuesday, May 31

English 104 (157) lH; 154, 158 &amp; 164
Annexes
Ma!}i. 215 (8) Biology Bldg.. Rm. 101
English 201 (22) Biology Bldg., Rm. 101

9 A. M.

2 P. M. .

History 100 (174) PCH 1st
History 108 (19) PCH 3rd
Math. 205 (30) 154 Annex.
Econ. 316 (14) K 107
Math. 206 (52) 154 Annex,
Econ. 139 (2) GHB 102

Wednesday, June 1

Soc. 210 (14) K 107
Biol. Sci. 100 (130) PCH 3rd Floor
Span. 102 (52) 154 Annex, 158 Annex
Span. 103 (13) 164 Annex
Engin. 104 (36) Co 302, 301
Math. 210 (8) Biology Bldg.. Rm. 101

9 A. M.

English 103 (85) Lec:ture Hall
English 102 (219) PCH 1st &amp; 3rd Floor
Econ. 220 (36) Bfology Bldg., Rm, .101
Hist. 106 (15) 158 Annex
Polish 104 '(4) 158 Annex

&amp; 3 Floors
Floor
164 A11nex

158 Annex
'

2 P. M •

Religion 100 (151)
Religion 107 (20)
Lecture Hall. 158 Annex, 154 Annex,
164 Annex

Thursday, June 2

2 P. M.

Philosophy 100 (113)
Soc. 100 (135)
Economics 201 (10)
Soc. 108 (11)
Lecture Hall, 154 Annex. 158 Annex,
Lecture Hall. 154 Annex, 158 Annex,
164 Annex
164 Annex

9 A,. M.
Psychology 100 (123)

Friday, June 3

2 P. M.

Poli. Sci. 103 (132)

The Registrar has released a rePsychology 301 (12)
Econ. 324 (13)
vised list of courses to b'e offered
Lecture Hall, 154 Annex, 158 Annex. Poli. Sci. 205 (8)
during the s,ummer semester. Last
164, Annex
Lecture Hall, 154 Annex, 158 Annex,
164 Annex
week the BEACON published a list
-o f twenty-four courses which were
9 A. M.
Saturday, June 4
2 P. M.
dropped from the semester w.hich
Physics 10 (73)
French 104 (12) PCH 3rd Floor
starts on June 20.
Education 201 (48)
German 104 (8) PCH 3rd Floor
These are the courses which will
Lecture Hall, 154 Annex, 158 Annex, Spanish 104 (46) PCH 3rd Floor
be ofifered this summer:
164 Annex
Engl\sh 101 (57) 158 Annex. 164 Annex
Econ. 232 (63) Lecture Hall
BIOLOGY
Math. 115 (26) PCH 3rd Floor
104-&lt;General Botany.
CHEMISTRY
9A.M.
Monday, June 6
2 P. M.
102-General lnovg·ani.c ChemEcon. 209 (31 PCH 3rd Floor
Biol. 100 (92) PCH 3rd Floor
Civil Engi, 103 (9) Co 302
George Kabusk
Engi. 101 (10) Co 302
istry.
Chem. 209 (14) Biology Bldg. 101
Civil Engi. 214 (9) Co 309
115-&lt;Qualitative Inorganic
Channing Lien will address
Chem. 210 (19) Biology Bldg. 101
Biol. 222 (14) Biology IBdg, 101
Analysis.
vilkes College assembly next
History 99 (67) Lecture Hall
Econ. 138 (7) GHB 102
210-0rganic Chesistry.
uesd'a y morning at 1f A. M. in
Econ. 206 (54) PCH 3rd Floor
History 231 (9) Biology Bldg. 101
a'Ptist Ohm:ch . H is topic will be: EOONOMICS
Radio 103 (7) K 107
Econ.- 310 (10) Biol11gy Bldg. 101
rhe Far Easit a nd the United
Econ. 303 (24) K 107
103-Prindples of Economics.
English 132 (6) Biology Bldg, 101
cates in a World Crisis."
104-P~oblems of Economics.
Charles
H
enderson
and
Mr.
Bal9 A. M.
Tuesday, June 7
2 P. M.
M,r . Lien, formerly a member of
106-Principies of Accounting.
French 102 (29) 158 Annex
shaw will be the faculty members Mech. Engi. 205 (8) Co 104
rince'ton University Faculty, re207-Transpoi•tation.
105 (34) Biology Bldg. 101
Physics 201 (31) PCH 3rd Floor
in -&lt;iha1,ge of ap,p'lied music during Econ.
1ntly returned from seven months'
213-Credits and Collections.
Math. 101 (SJ PCH 3rd Floor
Physics 202 (62) PCH 3rd Floor ·
~Y in K orea, where he was ad22.0 -Advertising.
the summer semester. They will Math. 202 (80) PCH 3rd Flodr
Econ. 104 (54) Biology Bldg. 101
ser -to the United ,States Military
227-Internation.al Trade.
Econ. 317 (27) 158 Annex
Econ.1 236 (6) GHB 102
teach piano and organ.
German 102 (30) 164 Annex
bve1'nment, and interviewed a ll
French 306 (2) 158 Annex
255-Purchase and Store Con.DurillJg
the
summeT,
Donald
CobEcon. 115 (14) K 107
Econ. 122 (24) 154 Annex
hrean political · leaders in our
trol.
Englisr 131 (57) 164 Annex
leig.h, head of the music department English 261 (19) K 107
,me.
301-Business Organization.
iHaving lived an&lt;l studied in other
will study at T,a nglewood with the Music 206 (3) GHA 101
312-Economics Statistics.
I4ir E,astern countries such as
315-Public Utility Accounting. Boston Symphony Orchestra. Mrs.
9 A. M.
Wednesday, June 8
2 P. M.
Q1ina a nd Japan, and having
317-A.uditing.
J:con. 109 (31) PC H3rd Floor
MdHenry, piano instruotor, will History 256 '(24) Biology Bldg. 101
t~u-g ht and lectur ed on Far East- EDUCATION
Engin. 10 (8) Co 302
Math. 109 (46) PCH 3rd Floor
study piano peagogy at Juliard Econ. 202 (21) K 107
Math 310 (3) PCH 3rd Floor
em questions, he also understands
101-lntroduction.
German 103 (21) Biology Bidg. lOJ
School _of Music. WiJibur I saacs, in- Econ. 103 (74) PCH 3rd Floor
th'c! general situation.
201~Educational P syichology.
Chem. 302 (12) Biology !Bdg. 101
French 1.03 (11) Biology Bldg. 101
Mr. Lien was born in K orea, and
strucitor
of
voice,
will
travel
in
Econ. 314 (28) 158 Annex
came to America at an early age. ENGINEERING
Europe
and
study
at
Fontainebleau,
English 265 (19) K 107
1'04 Engineering DraJWing.
He was educated in modeTn ChrisFrance.
Music 204 (3) GHA 101 .
tia n scthools such as, Lafayette, ,ENGLISH
Mr. R. E.. Moran, from Eas,uman
102-&lt;C.reative
Writi
rug.
Bucknell, Union Christian CoHege
9 A. M.
Thursday, June 9
2 P. M.
School oif Music will join t he Wilkes
1'()3c--,World Liiterature.
Chem. 101 (32) PCH 3rd Floor
and Princeton University, where he
music faculty in ·the fall semester. Education 101 (41) Lecture Hall
104--World
Literature.
Chem. 115 (18) PCH 3rd Floor
received his M. A. and Ph.D.
He will :be the instTuclor of wind Radio 100 (10) Lecture Hall
2•66-T.he Romantic Movement.
102 (6) Lecture -Hall
Mech. Engin. 209 (31) Biology Bldg. 101
instruments and music theo:r;-y, and Radio
Economics ~10 (47) Biology !Bdg. 101 . Biol. 320 (12), PCH 3rd Floor
FRENCH
NOTICE
he also ,w ill conduct the band. Mr. Economics 136 (10) GHB 102
Econ, 311 (13) 158 Annex
103&gt;--lntermediate French.
Moran will sbudy during the sumTo avo id misunderstanding and
Econ, 106 (54) 158 Annex, 164 Annex
104---Jntermediate
French.
mer at Northwestern University.
to assure the transfer of full credit,
9 A. M.
Friday, June 10
2 P. M.
the follo:wi ng announcements con- GERMAN
Econ. 116 (37) Lecture Hall
History 220 (33) Biology Bldg. 101
103&gt;----Intermediaite German.
cerning summer school are made:
Biology 103 (20) 164 Annex
Math. 116 (29) 158 Annex
120-Scientific German.
1. 'Students wishing to take .work
History 107 (22) Lecture Hall
during the summer at other HISTORY
Biology 102 (35) 158 Annex
co!.leges or universities rpu st
2;20-American and ,Pennsylvania
Econ. 110 (17) 154 Annex
first receive the a:ppro·v al of
Isoc; 110 (11) Lecture Hall
Hist ory.
•
After ,both teams had successMr. George Ralston, Dean of MATHEMATICS
f ull y otUtclassed other teams in
Men, or Miss Betty Harker,
116- lntroduceitn to Statistics. their r espec.,tive bowling leagues,
Dean of Women. This is nec202-Ana,l ytic Geometry.
·
tJhe •OPA's and the Engineers met
essary if the student wishes
206-lntegral Calculus.
Wednesday night for the contest
to receiv€ full credit for t he
-which · decided the ch ampionship .
work taken at other c-oUeges PHILOSPHY
100-Introduction.
The underdog, OP A's, composed of
or univers1ties.
'
By CHUCK GLOMAN
Orchestra. T oastmaster will be
Captain J,o hn Klansek, Edw,a rd
2. After completing the w-Oll'k at PHYSICS
'J.1he second annual Senior Dinner Judge J . Harold Folannery and the
100-Physics.
Mamary; Phili'P Kennedy, Clyde
the other co!.lege, all work
2,01-General Physics.
Ritter, Michael Connors, and Thom-, Dance for February and June grad- Honora:ble Dani el J. Flood wi111 be
must ,b e evaluated and in
,
as Richards, improved continually uates will .be held by the "49ers" the guest speaker.
some cas-es it ,may ibe neces- POLITICAL SCIENCE
A plaq.ue hon-0ring P rofessor
throughout tJhe regular . season and ( the Senior Class of Wilkes) at 7
essary for the student to
103--Government in the U. S.
displayed splendid form on W ednes- P. M. on Saturday, June 11 , in the Paul " Pop" .Geis wi.Jl be presented
take a n examination before
212-foternational Relations.
Admiral Stark Room, H otel Ster- to Dr. Farley at that time as-a gift
day
night.
·
credit wiH be granted.
PSYCHOLOGY
,lin,g. 1-t will ·be a formal affair. All from the Olass of '49. Professor
The
Engineers,
who
had
r
un
3. Students from other colleges
100--lntroduction.
away with their O!Wn league, fi.nally February and June graduates were Geis was head of the Music Detaking work at Wilkes College
met a superior team in the form assessed $,2 to ):ielp finance the af- partment and a friend to all the
during t he summer must first RELIGION
100-Hist ory of Religion.
of the CP As. Clyde Ritter was fa ir. Due to hi,gh expenses, alth-0ugth students.
receive the approval of their
Pau:1 K. Richards is chairman of
high for the conquering CPAs with nothing definite has yet been derespective deans if t hey ~ish SOCIOLOGY
107-The M.o&lt;l.ern City.
512, while Paolf ex was high for the cided, it appears likely that all the dinner-dance committee, and is
to receive credit for thei-r
110 Social Disorganization.
E,'ngineer s with 475. The Engi- graduates will have to pay a sma.Jl assisted by t he class officers: 'Dom
summer work.
Moran, president; Tom Gill, vice
neers team is composed of Captain !foe per couple.
This is t he poilicy ado'Pted by· oth- SPAN ISH
Music for bhe affair wilJ be pro~ president; E leanor Krute, secreBarovich, Labnneski, Ingo-ld, Hill,
103 Intermediate Spanish.
er colleges
and tlnivevrsities
vi-ded ,b y Jack Melton and h is tary, and Sa1_n Elias, treasurer.
Ogan and Palfex.
104-lntermedidate Spanish.
throug hout the couJ'!try.

DR. CHANNING LEIN

WILL SPEAK HERE

FACULTY MEMBERS
TO STUDY MUSIC
DURING SUMMER

UNDERDOG CPA'S
~RE TOP BOWLERS

SENIOR FORMAL DINNER DANCE
WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 11-TH

�WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

4
For 'th e first t ime in its history,
the IBE1W union was not allowed
to submit a contract to the com,p any in 1947. In that year, when
union officials presented their conBy
tract to the management they were
BILL GRIFFITH
informed lby the attorney for the
management that the ,c ontract could
not be accepted. Labor legislation
Comes the end of another seme-s - was cited as the cause.
·
ter a nd the en d of another school
Industry today is in a recession,
year. It ce;rtainl:y ,was a great year Mr. Schrode stated, and managefor the school and the most enjoy- ment has !blamed or'ga nized labor.
a!We thu s far to the w.riter. (De- He claimed, however, that labor
pending I on fin a l grades ).
. ,has bettered living conditions by
It was the greatest year for t h e shortening the working hours, inschool. as it was acred ited and n ow · creasing ,w ages, and raising the
will be able to take its place in the generail economic level. ,
world od' education. It also was a
At the conclusion of his address,
great year for the school in sports Mr. 1Sc,'hrode ansiwered the students'
-&lt;We heat King's in .fooitball once questions about seniority under
more. The past year saw a great- union contracts, trends in present
er growth of school spirit---tihe
type .o f spirit that is one of faith
in the school and the school's future and not one of sho uting, "Hurrah, I Go to W ilkes!"-,.before one
transfers to Podunk Engineering
School.
It was an enj·oyaible year to the
writer, be.cause he made more fine
acquaintances and friends than any
·prior time in hi·s ilife. A lso, an
enjoyable year beoa use t he writer
success-fully completed hi s fifth
semester. And final ly, enjoyable
b e c au s e of the many extracurricular acbivities that were held
despite the fact that the Student
Oouncil no longer had the funds to
sponsor tJhe numlber of activ-: ties
that it had! in ,t he &lt;past. Among the
activities that are recalled are:
The Bloomsburg game-the best
sup;p orted od' the season, the BIEAOON'S cabaret party, the Junior
Olass's cabaret •p arty at the Mans- ·
field Ballroom, the Winter Carniva-1, the Theta Delta Rho's Va,lenbine Dance, C ue 'n' Curtain's
MAJLE ANIMAL and t;heatre c0nference, the many teas and the
popul·a r cof,fee hours. Two more
events which promise to be the outstanding events of the year are the
CINDEtRELLA BALL-the dan ce
of the year whhch is to be held tonight at Rocky Glen, and the Lettermen's ALL IN · FUN sho,w to be
held a t the Kingston · High School
on th e 25 and 26. If you have not
attended any sohool functions dur ing the -p ast year-do your best to
attend these.
M.IISCELLAJNEA has been the
wr iter's first attempt to write a
oalu1mn. I hope my two readers
enjoy-ed reading them a_s much as I
have er.joyed iwr.i.tiing t;hem. Best
of luck •o n the fina-ls and my best
wishes for a happy, pro,fitable vacati,o n .

MISCELLANEA

day o.11ganization, closed sh op issues and la!bor-management disputes.
Mr. J ohn Reilly, Econoanics Instructor, in introducing the spt!aker, emphasized that Mr. Sclu-ode is
acquainted with t h e . practical aspect of la!bor relations.

DAN FLOOD WILL
ADDRESS SPAN.CLUB
,congressm1a;n -Daniel J. F lood
wi11 be the s&lt;peaker at the fina l
meeting of the ,Spanish Olub in
Chase Theatre on Saturday, May
2,1 , at 8 :30 P. M. .) \fr. F lood will
speak ,o n his recent t rip t o Culba.
The entertainment comm ittee has
provided for the sho•w ing of a

Friday, May
Spanisih ,film and refre&amp;hments will
be served. E'very one is invited to
a ttend.
The meeting w~ll conclude t he
series of g•a la fiestas sponsored by
the c,Lub under the direction of Miss
Si.lseth.
T he clwb had a picnic at Rickett's Glen on Sunday afternoon,
M,ay 15. A large percentage of
the memlbers attended and many
_brought g u ests with them. _M iss
Silseth and the p·arty hiked up the
beautiful traH. Some of the more
enthusiastic climbers covered a
distance of five miles a nd every
member h iked at least ·t hree m iles.
Aft.er com:pil eting their jaunt, ·the
members of the party picked out
choice spots w,h ere they ate their
picni&lt;c lundhes.
The cl ub held the last of their

'"11he day will come ,when we will
peacefu1ly negotiate all labor disputes,' Mr. William Schrode told
Wi lkes College students at last
Tuesday mon1ing's m eeting · of the
&amp;onioonics Club . Speaking before
a ,g roup of aipprqx.imately sixty students, .Mr. Sc,hrode, secre tary of
the locail chapter of the International Brothe1~hood of E1ectrical
Woukers, po inted out that r ecent
l.aibor legislation has hampered un .io,n efforts to negotiate across a
conference table. Bnder existing
:conditions, h_e explained, it is necessary that ,both la!bor and management have attorneys sit in on
tJhe proceedings.
" It is up to the people coming
out ,od' ccilUeges today to settle the
.g r.ievances that will a1ways exist
between lator and mana,g ement,"
Mr. -Schrode continued. He went
on to .s ay that the Okonite plant,
where he is emrployed, has incor,p orated a . clause in the contr:a ct
w,hic,h ptovides for a labor-management committee, composed of
four mem;bers from each group to
review grievances.
The clause .states that anyone
·wrnh a grievance would first brin g
it to the attentio n of t he commi ttee. The committee would t hen
•present it to the foreman and, if
necessary, to top li'lanagemcnt
T,his, Mr. Se huod e s-aid , takes the
pressure off t he indi·1 idua,l worker.

194S

•luncheon meetings a~ 12 noon, May
19, at the Baiptist Church H ou se.

VOICE STUDENTS
PRESENT MUSICALE
A musi-cal e was ,presented in Gies
Hall on May 19 by the students of
voice od' t h e W ilkes ,Sdhool of Music. Willbur Isaacs is voice instru.ctro for t h e coHege. Those participating were H elen Bitler H awkin~;
Mitiam Long, J a net Garris, Carlie
J ane Thomas, MaTvin Weisberger,
Jean Gvumbling, Wallace Gordon,
Paul S hififer and Mr. I saacs.
A similar pr ogram was held on
on .May 12 by the ,p iano department
of t he ·college.

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SCHRODE SPEAKS
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�,foy 20, 1949

Wil.KES COLLEGE BEACON

3EACON SPORTS PAGE
~

WINS 3,

ws~ 4 IN 7 GAME SERIES SOCCOR TEAM

~

LOSES
tOSE 6-5 GAME
TO SUSQUEHANNA
usquehann,a College's fourth
.1ed run of last Friday's game
, tJhe clinching tally as the Col' ~st a hard-d'ought contest
nth inning, 6-5.
Molley. Wilkes starter and
,itched shu to ut ball until
:ld single and a two-base
·,a v·e Susquehanna its first
bhe third inning.
Jkes rally in t he fourth disof .Susquehanna's starting
Phil1ips, and !brought in
:im'bel'l, w.ho stopped the
t heat and ,w ent on to pitch
,r eless inp,ings .
.uehanna, mainly throug,h the
. of Ingolod, who homered,
d and singled, accounting
e of ·their six . runs, ;pecked
aL MoUey until t hey finaLiy
1p the game in the eighth
mers, rwhose ·t wo-tbase error
,ted for Susquehanna's first
.1, . edeemed himself in the sevnth -inning with a brilliant one.anded circus catch of a long
rive. Had -h e failed to catch the
all, 1Jhr ee m·o re runs would have
'.!ored. Blanken:bush also helped
'het wii-th his fine catch of a fast
·nking J,i ne drive and a quick
row to Brennen which doubled
runner off seoond.
The big guns in the Wilkes at:k were Al Molash with t triple
:i,. s ingle_ and Don Blankenbush
," .wo singles.

DEFEATS
·~ WILKES, 10-8
Play,ing in a drizzling 'rain, Rider
allege edged out the Wilkesmen
t
last Saturday's game, 10-8.
:rane Buziby, .who relieved Walt
fendershot in the fifth inning, was
nar.g ed with -t he loss.
Hendershot, after a s'haky first
~'n,g in which Rider scored twice,
·i down to pitch shutout ball
he fifth inning. When· the
io men ,i n the Rider half of
'•h touched, -the 'big train"
' '_'.c:S.,.,.EUZiby was caHed into
i . Before the side couid
i ·, Rider had scored five
~hail ,t aken a commanding
1
a lea:d w.hich they never
ed .
.~a.me up with a three-run
1e ninth when Pinky PinJ,oulbled with the bases
mt it rwas a ·c ase of too
,d too ilate as Vail tightened
.d got -Shemo to ground out
end the game.
ider scored what proved bo be
two ,winning · runs on a home
· by Proccacino with one man
The fronic part cxf this was
.t the bala traveled less than 100
,t beyond first ,!Jase, where it was
t in the weeds along the right
i line. There were · no ground
i &lt;loo-biles.
I Molas1h again led the attack
1 a double and a single in four
!ial trips to the p,latter.

yeM" than Wilkes, but when the
game was over they were a disillusioned bunch . . . . The Monarchs
ha·d hoped to win this game as a
,g oinfi-arway present for Tom Brock,
who, is l eaving for the Far West in
order to forget the defeats the
Colonels handed the Monarchs on
the football fi eld, but Tom will have
to go West without ever knowing
how it felt ,t o ibeat Wilkes on the
gridiron . . . . Th ere is one consolalation fOT Mr. Brock-We feel that
it wi11 be a very long ti.me before
his suc cessor has any better luck
unless the boys from N ortlhampton
Street come up with something
better than they had last year.

BUZBY PITCHES
SHUTOUT, 8-0
Crossfire Crane Buzby exhilbi,t ed
the best form shown by a Wilkes
hurler this year, striking out eleven
Triple Cities batters to rec,o rd a
one-hit shutout and to g.ive the Colonels an 8-0 victory. This lone hit
was a line drive ,in the fiftJh inning
which fell just ·b eyond the outS!tretched 1glove of Centerfielder
Don Blackenib ush for a d ouble.
'Spad.'kling plays by Molash and
Brennan turned their on~y other
serious bids for hits into outs.
With the exception of the first
im:iing w~ere an _error, ,t he only
W1~kes miscue of the day, ~nd two
wa,lks loaded t~e bases. with _one
out, ,Crane _was _never m serious
trouble. His m1xtur_e of curves,
hooks, drops a~d •blazmg fast b~lls
had the op·posmg batters wavmg
their bats in a futile attempt to
get a hit.
Tuesday afternoon, the Colone-ls
paid a return vis it to Blooms,bu11g,
an&lt;l came h ome on the short' end of
a 16-2 score. 'Ehe Huskies got off
to a fine start and really poured it
on. The ,l east said ahout this game
the better. Tomor.rorw tJlie Colonels
end their season when they meet
Triple Cities College.

PHYSICS SHINDIG
SCHEDULED TODAY
Today at 1 P. M., all members
cxf the current and former physics
201 and 202 classes are holding an
outing at Rigo's Glen.
'11he students are to meet at the
parking lot, corner of South Street
and Franklin Street and from there
they rwill journey to the glen by
Routes 116 -a nd turn left on 315. At
Lispis Gas Station they will turn
right and go for two miles to the
Glen.
'Ehere is a registration fee of
$1.00. Sand!wiches and birch beer
are to be se!'ved. There will also
ibe entertainment.

COMPLETES SEASON
The soccor team finished a very
successful spring ,t raining season
,by scrimmaging the locall a•l umni od'
Gerard CoBege, at Kirby Park Saturday. Mr. Part11idge, coach od' the
team, isn't overly optimistic concerning the chances of . the team
when they enter. collegiate competition, but he did state that the team
is far cry from the green group of
boys that reported to Miner Park
last fall. When he issued the first
call for candidates, 18 ·m en, moiit
of whom ,h ad never played the game
before, reported for practice. During tJhe spring, the squad was increased to 30. The mem1b ers of
the team had to s.p end hours learning the fundamentals and rules of
the game before they were ready
to play. Saturday the boys showed
those present what hard work can
do, as • they worked smoothly together a·s a unit for the first time.
By 1950, Mr. Partridge hopes to
be able to enter the team in the
Middlle Atlantic States Soccer Association.
During the coming season the
Colonels will use Kil'by Park as
their home field. Mr. Wil,E ams of
the Engineering Department has
agreed to ,l ay out the field for the
team. We feel that Partr.i dge's
I
;proteges wrn sur.prise quite a few
people this fall, despite the ;pessi '?
mi sm slh awn by Mr. Partridge.
·

BRADLEY ELECTED
HEAD CHEERLEADER
The cheerleade:11s of Wilkes College held an election on May 12
under the direction of Dr. Reif,
'faculty adviser. Gene Bradley was
elected captain for the coming season and Peggy Anthony was elected co..captain.
Gene will :b egin his third year as
a member of the Wilkes · cheerleading squad. W,hile in high school
he served as captain of the squad
during his senior year.
This is Peggy's second year as
a memlber of the Wilkes squad.
Bruce Mackie Aikie has ibeen ap,pointed as squad trainer, and will
have full charge and responsilbility
for skits that will take place between halves. Bruce is a former
cheerleader from White Plains.
The squad is working deligently
under the direction of Dr. Reif, and
hopes to present an interesting program this coming season . Any
member of the student body wishing to contrilbute a new cheer or
song is asked to give it to any one
cxf the cheerleaders.

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CAMPUS CHATTER
By TOM ROBBINS
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It was a hot day in May when I
went to see my adviser. I handed
him my list o.f tentative courses
and oflfered variou s reasons for
wanting to take the subj ects . The
reasons were that the courses were
necessary if I expected to get a
degree.
The adviiser turned a li vid blue
11.nd cast a doubtful gaze at me,
.a s though questioning my sanity.
Not a -w ord was utt ered. He pointed at the first course on the li st
and shook .hi s .head. I looked at the
list. The first course was EngJigh
257, a wonderful oourse about
S,hakespeare. ,My adviser scribbled
down another course after crossing
out my choice. I could barely read
the words . I finally distingujshed
the writing and 'discovered that he
wanted me to take the dreaded
course of the coUege, The Bolsheviks of Lower Slobovia·, -Their
Breeding and HaJbitation.
I shuddered to think of the long
1hours in the lecture hall, doing
nothing but scr1bbling notes about
J ohn J. Doeski and his family. My
thoughts were rudely interrupted
.vhen I felt the fearful gaze of my
adviser. He had noticed the second course on .the list. After another hurried venture with the pencH, I realized that 1he wanted me
to cancel Philosophy and to take in

~ts place The American iM,o ron, his
lbreed·i ng a nd ha:bi.tation.
I ,p leaded, I argued, I threatened
but to no avail. At one ,point I felt
that I was winning the argument
but was defeated when t he adviser
held tip a mirror and forced me to
see my p ointed 1head. The study of
morons was for m-e.And so it went. Course after
course was revised. Psychology
was crossed out. A:J.g-e bra, American History, German, Economdcs,Education and Journ alism were removed from tlhe schedule. In their
ipl:aces went Native Flowers of Bali
Hai, their breeding and habitation;
the Bums on the Bowery, their
!:&gt;reeding and habitation; The Bees
and Birds of France, their breed
and habitation; the Gold-Diggers
·o f Nick's Long Bar, their breeding
and habitation, and many other
similar courses.
After every course of my schedule had been changed, I looked
closely at my adviser. He beamed
at me, smiHng broadly, and patted
me on my li,t tle - -"Hey," I said, suddenly. "I realize I can't get a degree, but what
will I be eligible for after taking
these courses?"
"You may not be a deg ree hoM·e r," he said, "but you'll certainly
be able to breed and habi-tate."

Resting Is More Restful
When You Add Coca-Cola

LKEs· DEFEATS
KING'S COLL., 4-3
,e Colonels s-a ,lvaged a prestige
, they defeated the Mo.narohs
ing's College at Nesbitt Sta. Monday afternoon. . .. The
7 was the one bright spot
f othel'wise disma,l season.
f pitched for Wilkes and set
Monarchs dorwn with just three
The three runs scored by
r's were unearned, and came
. result of errors which have
ued the ,Colonels all year . . . .
{'s came into t he game boasta much better record for the

Ask for it either way ••• botli
trade-marks mean the same thing.

5tl/

State Tax

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�WILKF.s COLLEGE BEACON

C

COLLEGE GROUNDS
Cue 'n' Curtru
BEING IMPROVED
Close-

semi...formal affairi).
2. Buy a ticket. (Sneaking in is
considered ill-mannered, and barbed
wire fences are devastating to
wardrobes).
3. Hooting, hollering and throwWilkes College campus is receiving tomatoes at tthe dancers and ing a spring face-lifting under the
'Lhe P,l anning Gomrhlitt,
A
Dear Sirs:
the band is had taste. H is also direction of Mr. Bill Jervis.
Eastern Penna. College T
much
needed
stone
walk
has
been
It has ,been brought to my at- expensive to buy tomatoes. at this
installed •b etween the cafeteria and Radio Conference held
tention that mainy students who time of year.
Chase
Theatre and a concrete walk meebing at Lehig,h Univ1·
·plan to attend the Cinderella Ball
4. Dancing in the wrong direcw'hich your college is planning are tion ,on the dance floor is carrying will 'b e constructed to connect the April 30. Mr. Groh, director if
a ·bit perturbed and uneasy, be- individualdsm too far. In fact, if newly~purchased M en g e 1 Home 'n' Curtain, Marvin Waltel", ·
cause they aire a hit UJnsure of you make a haibit •Of i.t you are lia- with tlhe rest of the campus.
Shrulbbery has been planted Pat Boyd represented Wilkes (
themselves in regards to social ble to be the individu.a l carried.
along
the Lecture Hall as well as lege. Marvin Walter was ap,poi
sav,ofr-faire.
(Feet first, that is).
behind
Chase Hall and near the ed as Coordinator of the Phnn
Before I set down a few simple
5. Yel1ing aoross the length
r ules for behavi•or, I wish to state of ,t he Dance fld'or to gain atten- cafeteria. The lawn fronting the Gommiittee. The Planning Gt -nn
some of my qualifications: Social tion is childish and amateurish. If. Boys' Dorm has been re-seeded.
tee decided ,t hat the conf, ,.,
Mr. Jervis and his crew are geneditor f.or the Poultry Gazette, au- you crave attention, lock yourself
be
held dn October at th t~
thor •o f the dictionary on social be- in a room for ten years and gain eral troUJble shooters on the campus
and
may
be
seen
in
all
seasons
percollege
which submits thtt
havior, "Take 'Dhe Spoon From nation-wide publicity and a Holly1
forming duties ranging from furThe conference als·o tnme
Your Coffee Cup Before You Pour wood screen test.
It Into The ,Saucer"; fashion ed.i6. Do no( take the orchestra's in- niture moving to removing trees. ma,tter of establishing or g
tor of t he women's magazine, "Goi- struments for souvenirs of the eve- Mr .Jervis has held his present j ob rary. This would be a1 in ·
lie," and cham'Pion hog-caller ten ning; many musicians object to for the past four or five years. His origi!llal scripts written\. Wi
five assistants are Bob Alhaman,
years running of Castisamalquette- this.
from member colleges.
menzut County (,pronounced "cat7. Appla,us is sufficient to sh&lt;Y.W Bill Mills, Kirk Bromfield, Marv
Lutz
and
Jim
Rowe.
nip ." )
your approval of the music, winThe following rules are simple ners of contests, etc. Fog horns,
and -basic, and followers of these cowbells and fire crackers are out.
out 123.8 times, and memorize it.
g uiding principles are assured an
I will stop J!ere, ofuerwise the Thus, when the Ball comes you
on the square
evening free of embarrassment:
rules might become too oompli- will be a paragon •Of social behav1. ,S hoes must be worn. (There cated. A good way to remember ior.
THE COLLEGE M
has been an increasing tendency of these simple rules of etiquette is
Sincerely yours,
STORE
I_a_t_e_to_e_n_f_·o_r_ce_t_h_i_s_r_u_l_in_g_a_t_a_l_l_t_o_t_a_k_e_o_n_e_ru_l_e_ a _d=.a=:y::..:•:_:wr.:.::_::i_:_te::_:i:_:,t_ _ _ _ ___;M=·.:.L:E=E:_:P_:,I:_:C:_:K.::E:..:T.:.T:.:.·_ __::::::::::::::==:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::.:

M. LEE PICKETr
ADVISES STUDENTS
ON DANCE DECORUM

MARITA MUSES
By Marita She~idan

~~~

SIGHTS ON CAMPUS:
A young girl is shocked · into
awareness as a loudspeaker booms
across the campus. "Deposit your
dime, please!" The World Serv.fce
Student Fund ,i s a .g ood cause to
contdbute to, so when you pass the
barrel, drop a coin. It won't hurt
yau!
Mr. Cobleigh, expressing the
view that there must ,be a circus on
campus. The reason? Music issuing from Chase Theatre which
interferes wi1Jh the classes he is attempting to teach! IT'S NOT
BRJAHiM!S!
Skinny Ennis and Dick Scripp
donning women's attire to advertise
the Lettermen's Musical, "All In
,Fun." If this one sight is an example •o f the entire show, I wouldn't
miss it for the world!
·T he student body walking back
and forth for cokes and ice cream
--anything to keep cool! The river
bank crowded w.ith people loafing
before c,lass.
,S had Jones attempting to sell
tickets for the Cinderel,la Ball in
the cafetenia and not getting very
good results! What happen!
An open letter to the students O!f
W,i,l kes Colllege concerning orie,
Jerry Wise.
Dear Student Body:
Jerry Wise desires publicity-so
here it .is. You see, fellow students,
J en"Y comes from a fine family
who ·live in the wilds of Massachu.s etts. Althoug.h he is content here
.a,t W1il'kes Gdllege, he has had one
disappointment. That -is, there are
not enough people here who appreciate his many charms and talents.
Now I ask you, who could ask for
a nything more than Jerry? He is
5 feet, 11 inches, has dark curly
hair, gorgeous cow-eyes and a
sweet personality. Do I have any
bids? AH right, girls, if you desire
any further information concerning
this up and coming young man,
please contact me or the BEAOON
office.
dark curly hair, gor•geous coweyes av&lt;l a sweet ·personality. Do
I have any bids? All right, girls,
if you desire any further- information concerning thisup and coming
young man, please 'contact me or
the Beacon off·ice.
·
P. '8.: Jerry is free any night of
the week that Joan Walsh isn't
around! That means he's never
free!
Congratula:tions are extended to
Jdhn McConn and Scotty Rutherford on their recent engagement.
This was n·o surp11ise to their
f.riends for John and S,cotty have
been inseparaible since they met in
1947. Good luck, kids!
Many rumors are flying around
campus concerning the choice f or
Cinder ella. At this date, it seems
to me, t hat the rumors should be
dispelled. 'T his situation is by no
means bettered by a certain su;pposedly "big wheel" on campus who
continues to •hint who the Cinderella is to the various candidates.
This person, and I say 'person generously, does know who she is, but
there is no reas•on on earth why
he should ,b uild up the candidates
for a great 1letdiown! (This comes
from many cotnplaints I have received in the past week).
Last but by no means least, I
wish to reporl a loss. Missing, one
water pistol, green, in front of the
1boys' dorm. Reward, if returned!

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WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA.

Vol 3, No. 32.

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Wilkes Accredited By Middle States Association
FAIRYTALE MOTIF WILL BE FEATURED
IN CINDERELLA BALL DECORATIONS

WILKES IS FIRST FOUR-YEAR CO.:ED
COLLEGE TO BE ACCREDITED IN VALLEY

_VINCE MACRI

Wilkes College is now an accredited four-year institution,
Dr. Euigene S. Farley announced this week after receiving .
notification from the Middle States -Association. The Association informed the Wilkes College president that t he ac-creditation which formerly applied to th~ junior college has
been extended to include the four-year school.

With the date of the Cinderella Ball only one week away,
plans for the affair are just about completed. The' decorating committee, headed by Henry Vankoski, has announced
that the hall will be attired to fit the occasion. The bandstand
will haye a castle effect, and' t he hall will resemble JJ. forest.
Shadraich Jones, ticket committee chairman, has stated tihat a
,ti cket booth will :be opened in the
cafeterira every day for the next
week fr om 11 to 1. Tickets will be
on sale in -ehe book store during
1h" day except for these hours, and
they Wlill go on sale to ,the general
public today.
The dance is ·being held at Ben
Sterling's Rocky Glen Aqua,dium,
wHh Johnny Long and his orches t ra supplying the music for dancing. T,h ese d!irections are given for
the benefit of those s t udents who
do not know the location of the
park, which is si·tuated about 12
mi les from bhe Wilkes Campus :
'Dhe student can drive his c,a r out
the E,'ast End Boulevard to th e
junction of t he New York High-

way. Follow t he Dupont Highway
toward Scranton to Moo.sic. Turn
ri,g ·ht just beyond Thomas's Barrb ecue and travel about one-half ,a
m,ile from the main hightway. Turn
left into the park. 1'he hall i · located at the far end of t he Midwa y, extending over the lake.
The Ci nderella ceremonies will
•be sho11tened this year. A broadcast of the proceedings will probably 'be heard over a local staition.
A plastic shipper, made by the
s tuden ts of the King,s ton Vocational S chool, Plastic Div,i sion, will
be tri ed on the foot of each candida,te.
Afterw,a rds t , e slipper
will ,be given to Cinderella. In
addition, she will receive many
beaiutiful gifts donated ·by local
merchants.

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WILKES FACULTY
JUNE 7, DATE SET
ADOPTS PRINCIPLES
FOR AMNICOLA
OF EDUCATI ON Donald M. Rau, Editor-in-Chief

This f oursome will be fea·tured
1\iibh Johnny Long's Orchestra at
the Ci nd erell a Ball next Friday
night. The female singer, Natalie,
was lborn in Ha:waii · and is marr,ied to Rill Shepherd, a l&amp;o a mem•ber of the Beachcorrubers. Other
merribers of the vocal group are
Jerry Graff nd Al Gross. The
Beachcombers have 'b een with
Johnny Long's Orchestra sinc-e t he
latter part of 1946.

The college received its charter
in June, 1947, ,b ut could not seek
a ccreditation un til i,t had off.idally
gr.a&lt;luaited one class.
The first
class of four-year students was
graduated in June, 1948, and the
c ollege -~mmed:iately ap·plied for accred:itment a s a four- year college,
The Middle States Asso-Oiatlon
sent its accrediiting commission to
the school last MaToh, and the
group inspected the facilities a nd
ba·l ked witJh studeruts and faculty
memlbers during a three-day visit.
At a recent meebing of the Mid&lt;lle
States Assaciaitrion, the acmredhing
commission recomm ended favor aible action on bhe application by
Wilkes Oollege.
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Wilkes OoUege wi ll now be r:011;-

plete'ly divorced from Bucknell
University and will be a:ble to offer four-year dip lomas under the
nrame a nd seal of W~lkes College.
Although the college legally has
been an independent institution
since June, 19-47, it has maintained
a dose relation with Bue-knell Univer.s:ity, the pa,rent institu tion. This
has been done to sllJtisfy c,er.t l in
commitments made to students
while 1Jhe junior college was an in- .
tegral part of the University.
T/hese commiJtments will be met
wii!Jh tJhe 1949 graduating class.
, '!'hereafter, the sep.aration of the
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Wilkes Oollege officially becomes
j Wyoming Valley's only fo ur-year
independent co-educational college.

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MUSIC STUDENTS·
FORTYMUSICIANS
WILL,PARTICIPATE
PRESENT CONCERT
IN BAND CONCERT An Invitation Concert, sponsored

FORMER WILKES
STUDENTSADMITTED
TOENG'INGSOCIETY

act' the AMNIOOLA, announced to by the Wilkes ·College Music De. ·11 b d'
Atra:ngements for the Second partment, was held on j.\1ay 5 at
A nnua l B an d C·o nrer t are gra d - the P11esbyterian Church House. A
Meln,bers of the W1.lkes C·ollege day t h:at ·bh e Y eallb 00 k wi · e isfac uLty have formu lated a set of t ributed on Ju ne 7 , 1949 · Rau
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ually nearing compi et ion. F-or ty vari ed program was offered, inei ght ,principles of education which st ated, "Unless some unforeseen
musical students will ap·pear on the eluding piano, vocal and choral set hey call the "Mar-k s of an Edu- diffiicu lty arises, the Wilkes Ann ual
colleg,e campus on S unday, May 22 , leotions.
oa,ted Man." Much time wa·s o-p ent ~vill be at the college on the sev----,,--M
Rul!h Dorothy Williiams, piano
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at 7 P.
. to present a program pwpil of Donald E. Cdb1eigh, played
· a d op t·mg bh ese · prmc1p
· · 1•es, b u t enth of June."
Six former Wilkes College engif
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irector a Ravel s•e lection, SONATlNE,
the faicu!,ty is interested in suggesNot one major event op th e so- neering st udents, now a t te ndin g Pelton announces that accornmoda- with .skill and showed a complete
ti on s from students for possi·ble cial calendar of the college _ha s Bucknell Univer,sity, were acce pted ti•ons for the expected crowd will und er,sband.in g of ,t his work .
improv·e ments. MoreoveT, the st u- been missed this ~ear. Th e photog- · ·into_ the Tau Be_ta Pi Engineering be m~de as great as ~oss ibk .
Helen Bi tler Hawkins, mezzoden t s are encouraged to give these raphy staff, con sJStmg of Sheldon , Soc iety on April 2 7 . Mr. Voris
Pait of the prog1am has Just sopl'ano, voiice student of Wi lrbur
principles ,s·ome thought and to ask
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h ee n rel-e a·secl. Included will be:
Isaacs, proved to have a wide vo t hemselves how well they ap,p ly to Morrison, Edward Bolmsk1, Donall, who received a letter telhng Overture T o The Prin{:e
cal range and good interpreMv e
th eir courses.
ald Follmer and Arthur Bloom, has a'bo ut •the hono r conf.erred upon the
Student . ,... .
. Romberg albi1ity in NON SO PIU from THE
The "Marks of an Educated done an excellent job of recording stude nts, said bbwt this ~ociety is Birth of t he Blues .
Popular MARRIAGE OF FIGARO by
Man," as. printed in the latest col- these social events. T he qual ity of equ.iVlalent to the li,bera1 arts Phi Intrnduction to Act Three of
Mozart.
lege catalogue, are reproduced be- the photography is nothing short Beta Ka,ppa.
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Loh engrin
, .. Wagner
Wallace Gordon, bass-ibaritone,
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Stout-Hearted Men .. . .. . Romberg v-oice s:tuden't of W'i lbur I-saacs, ex1. He s·eeks truth, for without of professional.
· e S-tuden ts· aTe Chester A. An- When Day Is Done .. . .....Katcher :h:ihlted great sustaining power and ·
t ruth there can be no understandDonald Follmer and Arthur drysick, Stephen C. Dobers•tein, Jo- ln a Pers:ian Market .. .. Ketelbey expression i,n his rendntion of
ing, and w.itJhout unde11Standing the Bloom have created a new student seph J . Dudek, Joseph M. Maloney, Don Follmer Wlill play a clarinet 'DHANI&lt;,S BE T O THEE, by Hanproblems tJhat separate us are in- at Wilkes _ HIOMER BONES. RaYl!11ond s. Martin and Edward ,solo and Carl Strye and John Baid- de!.
so1ulble.
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Horner, displayed im various cam- M 'Dos tanoski
Pr~viously, tfuese man ·w.ilJ play a: trumpet duet with
:Helen Shaggelski and Robert
2. He i,s alble tbQ• communicate
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band accompaniment.
Foobe, piano pupils of Helen Fri'ctz
ideas in a ,manner that assures un- pus activities, will introduce each former Wilkes students, also now
Des1pite the d:iffi-culties of secur- McHenry, played ROMANCE by
derstanding.
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at Bucknell, were a:dmitted to the ing a rehearsal plaice tihe band has Arenslci in a duo pi,ano - arrange3. He has faith in man. H e reThe b ook will contain abuot 185 sociiety: James G. A,bsalon, Fran- !been re.hearsing for two months ment.
s pects differences ib~cause he k n ows pages, twelve inches long and nine ci·s M. Carson Joseph W. Chiloro, , ~nd sho u~d,
last year's .c once~t
W ilkes CoHege Chorus, under
how they have come i to be. He
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1 is any cmtena, .h ave a large aud1- .the direction of Donald E. Cobfears uniformity -because it con- inches wide. This is a,n avera.,,o-e of 'Jo hn S · Kete1h ledge , Kenneth F · ' ence. Mr. William Jervis and a,s - leigh, S1h01Wed a fl uent know ledge
fines 'both m~nd and spirit. He is a,ppr?ximately 50, pages over last Maloney. a nd Na th aniel W · Tr~m- sistants w.ill have an outdoor plat- of Genman ·in its performance of
a,ware of his ow;n limi•taitions and years . vol um ~. rhe s ize of th e ba t• h · :iemlba th ~as been _app oomt- form constructed and ample seat- SCHAF'E KONN EN SICKE,\R
,h is neigMmr's .possi,biliti-e s.
pa~e, . itself _1~ also larg er, las t ed a.n i_nstru ctor m el:~ tt11cal en~1- ni_g arr.ang~ment~ are expec~ed. WEIDEN by Bach, and flutes,
4. He possesses vision, for he year s bemg 8 '.2 xll.
. nee rmg_ at t, h_e Urnvei s ity a nd will . Girls of thi s year's cheerleadmg pl.ayed by Jrane Piekarski and
knows that vision ,p recedes all
Plans ~re :bei~g made to su~mi t s·tlar,t his duties next seme s t er .
squa1d will serve as ush ers.
Ho.mer Middleton, adrded a pleasg reat atta,inments. "Where there the P?blicati-on to the American - - - - - -- -- - - -- -As has been the custom , the . mg eff.ect. The chorus presented
is no vision, tjh people perish."
Council_ of College Yearbooks for ~~ , band will 1be assisted by t he col-' w,ith enthUJs i•asm a.nd precision the
5. He cultivat es inner resources eval u-~, bon. The cost of the Year;ege choral clu b, und er the direc- canta, I HEAR AMERICA SINGand spiriitual s trength, for they en- :book is taken from the student acbion of Mr. Donald Cobleigh. Thi s ING, a contemporary work by
r ich hi s daily living and sus'tain tivity fund. · !here_fore, each stuQC13
Cfi(
fi ne vocal group will do much to Kleinsinger, based on poems by
him in trimes of or iises.
dent wi ll receive his book free of
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make tJhe •p ro·g rem even more en- ·wait Whitman. Wi·1 bur Isaacs,
(i . He has ethic al sta.ndards by c harge.
joyalble.
voice instructor, sang the solo
Ma y 17-Baseiball, Bloomburg.
,.which he Jiv es.
May l8---Junior-Senior · Buffet
No admissi1on c-harge will oe parts of t he cantata.
7. He is a,ware of t he human co ura,ge and physical stamina.
Supper.
made for t he concert. As in the
A reception w_a s held af,terward
strug,gle for progress and compre8. H e is co-nscious of his re May 19 _ Baseball, KeJst e past the everut is op-e n to the pu1b- in the chu:oclh parlors. It was unhe nds t he forces ,t hat have assured sponsibility as a citiz.en, and par- here
on ' lic, a,s well a,s Wilkes students . fortu,nate tihat mor-e · Wri lkes stuor jeO!pardiz.ed thbs progress. He ticipates co nstructivel y in the soM~ 2 0- Cinderella Ball.
F:,om a ll a,ppearances you'll want dents were not alble to attend this
kn o1w.s thait man' s progress re-1 ci.al, economic and pol-itical life of
y
. ,to be on hand at 7:00 Sunday, May well prepared and beautifully pre1
qu ires intellectual vigor, moral -the community.
/ ' . / ' V " v ' V ' ~ . 22nd for this outstanding' event.
sen'ted prog1iam .

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RUSS WILLIAMS
Editor-in-Chief

TOM ROBBINS

ART RICE
Associate Editors

EARL JOBES

GERTRUDE WILLIAMS

Sports Editor

Faculty Advisor

CLYDE RITTER

ED BOLINSKI

Business Manager

Photography Editor

GYTELLE FREED

TOM LASKY

Circulation Manager

Features E'ditor

EDITORIAL STAFF
Vince Macri, Bill Griffith, Art Spengler, Miriam Long, Alma Farrncci,
George Kabusk, Joe Gries,. Romayne Gromelski, Naµciann McCague,
Priscilla Swartwood, Don Follmer, Joan Walsh, Bill Hart, Gene
Bradley, Charles Snyder, Chuck Gloman, James Tinsley, Bob Sanders.
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· Phone 3-3148 Ext. 19
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Intercollegipte Press
EDITORIAL

Art Spengler'

WORLD STUDENT SERVICE FOUND
You have only to imagjne yourself existing on a diet of 1,200 calories a da:y, having just enough
cloithes to allow for an occasional
change, studyi,ng under the most
impossilble conditJions and in the
mOS't :s imple form of shelter reaching the dep.ths of despai; from
time to time and you can ap.p,r ecia.te to some extent the problems
whi-ch c-o nfvont the students of Europe ank:! Asia today. The blighting touch of war has left scarred
ruins and scarred mli nds in Europe
and Asia. The students aoroad are
needed desperately by '&lt;their governmenrt;s .to heLp in the physical,
moral, religious and social development of their countries. More, the
world needs these students and
their capalbili,t ies in trying to implement some form of worlld governmenrt;. Just as much as we need
them they need us-they need our
encour.ag,ement and a material
manifestation of that encouragement. We can supply them with
some ,of the material wants of life
whk'h conduce to a more tolerable
existence. If we realize that we
are our •~brother'-s keepe:r," implkity then we will wanrt to help
ameliorate conditions for ,these fellow-students. We can help through
,t he W,orM Student Service Fund.
'I1he Wo.r ld Stud ent Service Fund,
an American branch of World Student Relief, was established in 1937
as the Far Eastern Student S,e rv. ice Fund. 1-n 1939, t he pro~am
was expanded to embrace European
students. An interdenominational
non-government organization, the
W. S. S. F. s uppli es t he needs of
foreign students - medical care,
cLothing, books, housing - which
govermment aid to nations abroad
does n ot sa.ti,siy. Gov,e rnment aid
lis pr1marily for heavy industry and
econ01JTiic recom,truction.
W. S.
S. F. has its olbjective ~n trying to
meet the needs of the individual in
the univerSii,ty and coHege. It is
the only national agency organized
,to aid universities a·b road-.
It augurs well for the future
when a group of students who f eel
the respon s.ibili.ty that is theirs· towards W. S. S. F., and without any
direction from the outside, decide
to conduct a three-day drive for
funds. For the first ,t hree days of
next rweek, May 16, 17 and 18, a
concerted effort will be extended to
raise the sum of $100 as Wilkes'
contribut;:i-on to student relief.
Roughly, if each studen,t gives 10
cents, the goal wiH be attained.
Thi•s small s•aicrifice t hat we make
pale.s in comparison to the sacrifices ,being made ,by these forei gn
students, but in .the aggregate con·t ributions the nati-on over may
mean the difference between the
kiind of a world we would l!ike to
-h ave aind the kind we will be
forc-ed to have if we fail to respond.
To show us what our gifts can
do, fi.Jms dlepic&lt;ting the work of the
W. S. S. F. albroad will be shown
on each -o f ,the three days of the
drive atl:00, 2:00, and 3:00 P. M.

in the Science Lecture Hall. Until
we have seen these films we can
never fully appreciate the life of
a student i'Il need.
Ton1iighit as ,we're seated in a
s-o ft easy chair ·w.ithi,n easy access
of ·a raldio and refrigerator, and
within walking or driving distance
of a theater, dance, or other entertainmen't, let · us thfok of that
student i.n Italy, Greece, Germany,
Ch~na, or Burma who has so much
il:ess.
Thi:s satement j,n .t he preamble
of the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization, "Since wars are begun in the
mij.nds of men, iit is in the minds
of men that the defenses of peace
must be constructed."

LEITERS ·'FO ·
THE EDITOR
This column is open to any and
all readers for their comments.
Views expr,e ssed here do not necessarily receive endorsement from
the BEACON. All letters must be
typewritten and signed by the
author. For a current Friday issue,
all letters must be submitted to
the BEACON office by no later
than noon of the preceding Wed•
nesday.
To The Editor:
The need of food, clothing and
medical attention . of our fellowstudents ._ overseas is reaching a
point -crf des·p eration. The Wmld
Student Service Fund has tried
-to meet these needs, but the demand is so g reat that the WSSF
funds are inadequate. An emergency call .has gone out to colleges all over the United States·
urging them to try and raise some
money b-efore tJhe end of the school
year.
The World Student S~r:vice Fund
is sponsored by the Hillel Foundation, International Student Service, the Newman Club Federation,
U nited States National Student
Association, and the United Student
Christian Council. In other countries of the ,w orld ·bhe WSSF is
known as the W or.Id Student Relief Fund.
This month we, the studen ts of
Wilkes College, are planning many
gala events. This month the contrast between the condition of students in the United :States and students in Euroipe, Africa and Asia
will reach its h eight. Surely ·all
of us can spare ten- cents or a
quar ter to contribute to the W.SSF.
Surely all of us can g,i ve up a
pack of cigarettes, a soda, ice cream
cone, b:ar of candy or that lune!heon dessert and C'ontribute the
money to the World Student Service Fund.
W e have been coo.tributing to
many charitable drives, but this
drive should be closer to our hearts
than any of the others. I urge hte

On. Ma;y 22 th e .Wilkes Coll ege band will present tho Secornl An nu al Band Conc ert on the co llege campus
behind Kirby Hall. Members of th e band , as pictured ahove, are: kneeling-Fink, Rummage, Cohen, Krzywicki; fi rst row-B eck, Sh afer, Prater, Follmer, Decker , R. E. P elton, director; Middleton, Crispell, McGuire,
Viti, Alexander; seco1id row-Hoffman, Shiffer, Williams, Piorkowski, Nelson, Stryc, Messinger, H ychko,
Greenwald; third row-Dzury Baaman., Cyganowski, Ostroski e, Levine, Vercoe, Hoffman, Reese. Gilbert,
Hughes, McNeal, Dinstel, Reben nack, Smith a nd Ingold we ro absent when th e picture was taken.
field of study.
Invariably the \ student's paper-instead of to his
STUDENTS DISCUSS _1:-oul'lses
are never explained to the ,brain. He added that poorly prestudent: Later he may fail or di.s- ' sented material made many classes
COLLEGE 'DEFECTS like
courses that he once thought dull. .Mr. Morgan said that many
"Are Our Colleges Meeting the
Needs . of the Studen'ts" was the
topic dish1ssed.' by the Wilkes College Debating Team at the Student
Assembly last Tuesday morni~g in
the Baptist Church.
'T·he first speaker, Don Kemmerer, attacked the evifs of specialization.
He added that we are
through this specialization becoming a nati-0n of &lt;button pushers and
g,adget wot1kers. 1,Survey courses
·have heliped, but have·· not solved
this proolem.
.Mr. Kemmerer
ipoi,nted out tJhat there is too muc•h
unnecessary repetition in these
courses. ~s an example he cited
the repetition of the principles of
'heredity in Psychology, Biology,
Hio1ogical Science and in many
other courses to a lesser degree. A
f_easible solution to this problem
as offered 'b y Mr. Kemmerer, i,s the
introduction of a system as used
in Hobart College. That college offers a general civilization course
which combines History, Art, Religion and· :P:hilosophy. The student
follows
this
curriculum
throug,h out his Freshman and
Sophomore years.
The . second speaker was Gene
Bradley. He talked about the universal attitude -o f the aver-age college student. A poll taken at Yale
University revealed that 78 per
cel1Jt of the students were attending
college for monetary reasons. Other nation-wide polls s•howed similar results. Aside from this, Mr.
Bradley pointed •o ut the lack of
student partidpa.tion in campus
activ.i,ties
nd the pTevalence of
cheating in examinations.'
He
pointed out the fact that in the
recent student council electi,on only
222 •o ut of 9,00 eligible people voted.
In regards to cheating, our own
coI!ege uses one proc,t or for every
twenty-five student:;;. In answer to
the Hono!' ,System, Mr. Bradley
said that it treated symptoms bu t
not ca uses. , He· added that instruction in Phil osophy, Logic and
Euhics was deficien t . Quotihg Secretary of Agriculture Brannan, he
said, "Merely knowing is never
.enough, minds full of facts may
also be sterile. Genuises may be
selfish and anti-social."
,.
Joe Kanner, the third speaker,
discussed the lack of a good guidance program for incoming students. No investigations are made
by the school to check the student's
qua.Ji,f ications in 1hi s pro.s,pective

he was interested in. Mr. Kanner
staited that a student entering college must make social and intellectual adjustments; to help the
student succeed in college a well
planned guidance system is necessary.
The final speaker of the program was Tom Morgan. He attacked the lack of s timulated thinking .i n classrooms due to the leeture system in which the instructor pasted ~nfonnation onto the

times a student -is intentionally embarrassed by the instructor, thus
discouragmg the student's further participation in class. As a
valid system, Mr. Morgia,n's solution to this prOiblem is the use of
fluent, clean-thinking professors
who might be induced into our
schools with higher salaries.
John Faneck acted as moderator.
Dr. AI1thur Kruger is· the dire-ctor of the Debating Team .

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Sporting World
EARL JOBES
BASEBALL
Leo Durocher was suspended, it
Las t Sa turda y a:iiternoo n in Ar- h as been virtually impos•s i,ble to
tillery Par k , the Colonels put on stop the New York Giants . . . .
sneak ·p review of t he fo rtihcomin g Th eir present drive has carried
Letterm en's mus ical , " All In Fun." t hem w t he top of t h e Naition,al
Putting on t he w or.s,t baselball ex- Lea,g ue hea p . . . . Cou.J&lt;l be when
hibitfon since t he Barons of last t hey hit anot her slump, they will
. b and ed , th e Colonel s ar·range to• have Leo su sne
y ear w ere d 1s
" nd e&lt;l
Jiterally "t hrew the g ame away" again . . . . The Yankees are pro vwhen .they cammitJted t en mi scues. ing t hat i,t takes 1hen t o make a
Nearly all of. the errors came on ball team by hoh:liing on t o fir st
wild t hrows. Iit haca had a classy place wit hout the help of Joe Diteam and it is doubtful wh ether or Mag,gi,o. ... Mr . .Schwalek is dow.n
not Wilkes could have won even in the d umps because the Red Sox
if they ha,d,n't made so many er- I seeil; ,to lack pitc.hers .... Fame h
rors. Pauluk started the game for fleetm g . . . . Pat Seerey, former
·
t oo I India,ns and
White Sox star , has
W 1'lk es, •b u t f.oun d .. ...•ch e gomg
.
r ough, and he had to r etire in fa- b'een optioned to Los Angeles of•
vor of Chet Molly. Chet had one the Pacific Coast League. Pat's
had inning then settled down and best day in the majors came last
shurt out ,the :boys from Ithaca for summer when he hit four some
· ·
Th
·
the Ia s t fi ve mnmgs.
, e wony
of r uns in an eleven - inning game
the whole things is that the Col- again st the A's. . . .
&lt;me1s best hitting of the year went SOCCER
for naughit. Don Blankerubush hit
The Wilkes College soccer team
a s,i zzling triple to right field, but played a scr,immage game a,gainst
•h e died there when tfue next two J.ocal alumni of Girard College Satbatters struck out and . the third urday :afiterno-o n in Ki11by Park. AlpQpped out . . . . Don a lso had the though no official score was kept,
fielding gem of !:he day when he Mr. Partridge was we11 pleased
fell while chasing a liner but he with the fi-r st s:howing of the team .
g1Qt up in ti:me to make a beautiful Tomorrow two teams meet again.
one-handed catch of the ball to If you want to get a look at the
ro•b''t he batter of an extra base hit. future hooters of the school, drop
•T he mo "'"'t d'•I S gu·s·ted p 1ayer on over to Kfoby Park and· watc•h the
• • •
the field was Alex Molash, who boys in action.
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22 SENIOR GffiLS
VOLUNTEER DONORS WILKES CHORUS
WILL ·BE GUESTS
HAVE BLOOD TYPED PRESENTS MUSIC
WEEK PROGRAM AT BUFFET SUPPER
By MIRIAN LONG
The las t ,part of a grourp of thirty-eig:ht students of Wilkes ColWilkes Chorus, under .the direclege .had their blood t yrped by Gen- tion of Donald E. Cobleigh, preeral Ho.s pital Tedhn:i cians May 5 in
Chase Theater a s part of the Red s ented a fif-teen minute broadcast
Cross Blood D on,or
P,r ogr'am. on May 7 over Sta,t ion WSRE.
Wilkes Collegie i,s one of th e fii°S't This pr,o gram was sponsored by
edu ca t ion.al in stitutions in the state the Playground Association for the
and the first in tlhis area to inau- obs ervan ce of Music Week.
g m,aJte 'the ser vice. H enry Van ko Selecti ons included LET , US
., ki .served as s t udent-chairman.
NOW
PRAISE FAMOU S MEN , a
The following stud ents have vo,unteereid to g,i ve t he ir bLood v,4i th patniotic ant hem :b y V,a ug,hn Wilno r egar d for the 11ace, color, OT liam s, and SCHAFE KONNEN
cre ed of the recipi ent and w ithout S]CH E.R WEIDLN by Bach wi th
charge: Mary Porter, May Way,
flute a cc·o mpaniment by Jane Pi eAlfred Cyganowski, Ann - Havir,
J~me~ Holifield, Donald Kemmer- kanski and Homer Middleton. The
er, La;wrence Mallas, Jane ~a~wel), chorus also sang SET DOWN
J'Ohn
.Myers,
Ohester
W']]'
Pl
R Om1chmsk1
L
·d· , SERVANT, a rhythmic S"piritual
r, 1 m~ Suhmm_er, Moss . eoSnar_~ arra,111ged .by Fred Waring, and
.e onar
' et1me,
_a~vm
m1
OLD JOE CLARK, a folk song ,
Irene_ Wang, June W1 lhams, S. L._ solo parts sung by Norma J ea!'!
Morrison, J ·o hn S.t:3-rk,_ John Ba- Perniani and Paul Shiffer.
Skordmsk1 Frank
'The ,p rogram concluded wW,
dloga, Ed.ward
J k F
· HAn•erson, ac
eeney, Harns
av- Wdlkes Alma Mater.
ard, Fran:es Hookman, Ra~1•o nd
Ja:oobs, Nhchiolas Konchuba, Victor
Mlmetola, John Mohan,_ Alex,ander
Mol3:sh, Stanley Novitsky, Ann
Pa~J'i,~, Lawr•: nce Pelesh, Charl~s
Sall.ms, Dame] Sherman, Olm
Th~mas, Donald Vern~ll, George
Ma11sel, Henry Vankosk1.
It 'has be~n requested that studenrtis who signed to be typed bu t
were una,?le to attend one o_f. tJhe
four meetmgs when the techmcians
K' b
were at t he co!leg e,_ go .· to
1r, y
.
Healt? Genter, 1d entnfy themselves
as Wilkes students, and be typed.

Mar y P orter, g eneral chairman
of the Junior-Senior buffet supp~r,
has an,n,ounced that the followiJ1g
girls will be guests of honq.r at
the affair next Wednesday at 5:30
in the college caf eteria: Theresa
Bianco, Al ice Dew, Claire FiSJher,
Donis Gorka, Ma·r jorie Green,
EJ.eanor Krute, Mary Lavix, Margar,e t Lwwloor, Do.Jares Matelski,
Evelyn P enaligon, June Persing,
Kathryn Potter, Shirley Rees,
Rl0:ber'1:a Russ ell, Laura SK!hlefoher,
Marie S tam er, Carn] Weiss , Dorothy Wilkes, P,e ggy Woolcock, Ruth
.Smith, Irene .Smith, Mary Sleva.

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"'Old Folks" Brody 1.n to• replll(!e
Jack Semmer in left field in the
·
sixth inning. . . . Tomo,rrow the
TOM ROBBINS
Colonels meet Rider College at ArFinal tryou1ts for oheerleadi11 g
t rnery Park. Rider has one of the
"Where have you been, Harry'?"
were lheid 'I\hursday, May 5, and
best teams in college baseball cir"-0,h, around, just around."
cles, so things don't look too good
'IGee, we've missed you-I 1have some tJwenty-five people competed
for the seven v,acancies on the
for the Colonels. We will try to anyway."
squad. .Since all of the candridates
put it'he "HEX" cm_~ider by pick- , "'Thanks."
ing them to win.
'
"·You don't seem · very hap.py s'hO'Wed definite interest the competition was close and the selection
PLAGERISM PERSONIFIED
Harry."
diffri cult to m~ke. . '11he following
"I'n:1 not."
It is really a -fascinating job
"Why not, Haorry. Gosh, I h te ! students were firually sele.cted : Ann
writing a sports column for a . oola;
Be'lle Perry, E&lt;l-wardsv.ille; Beryl
to see you -blue."
lege pa;per. All you have to do
Coliwe11, Dallas; Priscilla Swart"Well, my girl jilted me."
wood, Wilkes-Barre; Joseph Cheri11: Get a copy of the Sporting
"N O kidding?"
News, several ·old copies of the
rie, Glen Lyon; Tom Mo11gan,
"No kidding.''
local newspapers, a few back is"But why?"
Plymouth; Jerry YakS'tJis, Kingss ues of the d~ily bulletin, and you
ton, and Neal Mc Hugh, Kings.ton .
mi gh t even find 1:he bullet in boards
"We were going to go to the
The cheerleaders who w'ill r eu~ eful. Then you peruse these old dance last week and had every- turn to bhe squad from previous
thing .planned. But she suddenly
pa,pers, etc., to see w.hat you might
years are Ohar1otte Davis, Toni
" lif!t" that most of the S"tudents g'Ot peeved about something and Menegus, · Peggy Anthony, Bruce
would have fo;rgotten where they told me that she wouldn't go with Mackie, Gene Bradley, Tony Popme."
read it first. Why do we stoop to
" WJ1at was she peeved abou t ?" per and Helen W:illiams.
such tri cki, ? The reason are mani"I have to admit he's handsome."
fold: Firslt you c:an't go to away
games, because the budget can't
"W,hait di&lt;l you &lt;lo to her Harry"? "
"And he's pretty intelligent, too.' '
bear the expense; secondly, if you
wain:t to knO!W how t'he t eam made
"Did you two a,r,gue about ,
out you MUST ~ead the local pa- some th ing?"
"And he has a c-onvertible!"
per s as no one .would ever think of
T·wenty-four courses have be.en
"Harry, what are you talkin g
giv,ing the resu]its to the Beacon; about?"
dro1p ped from the S"ummer sched1fuird, most intra-mural sports reule, the Reg.iS'brar announced this
sults are repor.ted to the daily bu!"Loaded with money!"
letin but NEVER to the Beacon.
"Look, Harry, why don't you go week. S-t ud enits who have signed
out and talk to her-or better yet, for tlhese c·o urses and wiish to subLastly some of the more enter.pr-i's- I'll go t a lk
· t o h er f or you. Wh a t' s stitute otheiis Sihould see Mr. Moring students depend on neither the . her name?"
ris before 3 P. M. next Tuesday,
local rpress, the daily bulletin, or
'"Oh-her nam~?
Uh, gee, I May 17.
,
'
the Beacon, but th ey g o out mer'!lhese coi!irses hav•e been dropped
r ily posting t he r es ul ts of thenr forget . But I cari describe her t o
favori t e sp·ort o n ,the college bu!- you .s'O tha.t you _won't be aible to from tJhe sum.mer schedule : Biology 20Q, Economies . 105, Econommiss her."
letin boards. So-the next time you
"Ok
, ay, H arry, I -guess th a t'll d. o. ics 20'1, Economics 2l02, E conomics
are inclined to criit icize the Beacon What does she }ook ,l ike?"
· 209, Etconomics 210, Economics
spor ts pa,g e, r em eenber that it
oould be better if we had better
"Well, she i s wearing a whjte 303, Economics 326, Englisih 101 ,
j,acket with a Theta Delta Rho em - French 204a, German. 2·52 , Histor y
a ccess to the sport results, until hlem -o n it. You can't miss her! 106, Hi's.tory 108, HiS'tory 225, Hi s then we will have to continue •to
prac.ti,ce plageri-sm .
Wh en I returned a week later, t ory 235, Matheinatics 107, Mathworn, frustrated a:nd unsuccessful, ematics 205, Miathematics 306,
MAJOR LEAGUE MUSINGS
I found that Harry, ,school-spirited Mat hematics 310, Mechanical EnWith all th e sh ou ting over Johny as he is, has written a poem. H ere gineetring 209, Political Sc ience
Groth of the Detr oit Ti ger s, n ear- is Harry's answer to Robert Brown- 1-00, Psydhol'ogy 205, Sociology 100,
Spani sh 204.
ly everyone is overlookin g Eddie :ng a nd Dr. Kinsey.
Kazak, sec ond ba'seman of the St. CINDERELLA-ON THE BALL
Louis Ca rdin als.. Kazak is· cur- Wh o will be our CindereUaWe prny not see .her "no m•o'!"
rently leadin g th e NatJional Leag ue
Cind er ella of t he yea r?
Cind,erella may be tending
with a .397 batting a verage. . . . Who wil ,be the lucky fela
Babies out in East St. Joe.
The Chica g o White .Sox a],s o hav e
Drinking toasts . of near l'oot Come on all you lads an·d lassies !
com e up wit h an outstanding
b eer?
Oome on al you Wi lkesiteers !
r ooki e in Gu s Zern ial , who has a Ah, the school year soon is end- Turn out-g aze upon those ch 3.s~
.354 ,batti ng averag e a nd is leading
sising th e leag ue in douibl es . . . . The
A,h , t he thoughts of summer
Ju s t don't let your ''looks" be
only t hing Manager Gus Haylor of
t ime.
"leers.''
the Brownies has to s mile about ·But before we g o we're ben&lt;l,ing- Who will be our Cinderella?
thes e day,s is th e work of .fresh Almost broke to •o ne thin dime.
Who w ill she be, sweet and g ay?
man Jack Gr a'h am up from th e Pa- Yes, w..e 'll do tha t one las,t spend- Who will be our Cinderella
cific Goa sit League . ... E ver since
i·ng,
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AVERCOE-EYE VIEW
OF 'THE DESERT SONG'
By VESTER VERCOE, JR.
Don't let your eyes slide past
here wi thout pausing a moment.
Oonne .on down here and join us i,n
the -o rchestra pit at Irem T emple.
We'll have fun. What's that? Do
you HiAVE to sit in the pi,t? Why,
certainly not.
You're perfectly
welcome to the regular seats, that
is, if you can find some not already occupied by paid-up ticket
holders. For my part, thoug•h, I
have no choice 1but to sit here in
,!Jhe pit and puff into t his silverplated g,a s pipe of mine. I'm still
slav~ng away to pay off my indehtedn e.;;s to t he Boston Sfore for
my wife's Easter hat. Oh, and
sorme hat it is . . . yellow plastic
straw s wathed 'ro und about in
g reen netting and topped with a
horitcultur.al nightmare. Terrific
is ·the word for it. Uh 'huh, both
the hat and th e p r ice tag. But
this i,s n o di scertation on the uncerta in merits of the connubi al existence. Let's get back to DESERT SONG. That I S the reason
we're here, you know.
And I s ee we've gotten back just
in time. Here comes Maestro Ro th
into the pit. I notice he's wearin g
that
wish-I-were-somewhere-else
expression th.at g.oes with opening
night . A,n d it looks a s if he's spilled
some tom'-lto juice on his stiff shirt
fr ont--or is it hpstick; H-mm, I
wonder where he . . . oh, oh, he's
pie.king up hi s baton . Excuse me
a moment while I lend a few strident arpeggios to the overture.
Perihaps,
my, dear confused
readers, you 're · wondering what
this Wilkes-Barre-shaking pro·duc tion is all about. l suppose you'd
appreciate an explanation of the
plot. Well, normally I'd tell you
all to go to t he devi l for your ex~
planati-on. Bu t si nce there isn't
enottg!-i ro'C·m here in the Temple
for all of us, I am somewhat oblig.ated to enli hten those who
must be stay-at homes. So I' 1
agree to shed this much lig,ht on
the pl ot: DESERT SONG is a
wild tale of tropi c love on the glamorous ,M-orrocan coast. You know
the layout : warm evening sands,
soH~bl01w n breezes, exotic odors,
willing maidens ... . That's all you
care to hear a bout, isn't it?
Of co urse, the costuming is
most _a ppealing. And the scenery
(like distance) lends all kind s of
enchantment. Bu t they must be
seen ,to be enj,o yed, so we'll spend
no more time on t hese triviali ties.
Besides, more exc iting even ts I are
taking place on stage.
I wish you could see th~ pitiful
condition of Benj,a min Kidd, the I
poor man's hero of thi.s production.
He's in a state of s uch pathetic
and confused resignation that,
t hough he's normally a Christian,
he's now •C'rying out to Allah for
succor.
And his prayer is answei,ed only by t he a•pcpearance of
a ,sumptuous blond in harem garb.
Did I say ONLY a blonde?
I
g uess •he's no s ucker after all.
An'a look there at the courageous l:ted Shadow, so completely
overwhelmed by his passion for
the alluring Margot (i·n an intimate li ttle sciene in the "room of
the silken couch") that he's moment.arily forgotten his line. And
what a line the man has, tuo.
Rah. I trust that Hassi will be
a little less vigorous fo r the rest
of the week. S upposedly feigning
a fa ll ·o n an imaginary banana peel,
he has with such g usto thrown
·himself into his work that he's

probably t hrow:n a joint out of
work.
I see that Az uri is using a rubber knife now. I wonder if by
some accident she was grazed by
the steel one she us•ed previously,
t he bared blade of whioh she used
to s J.ide beneath h er belt against
an unprotected stomach. If it so
happens that she was grazed, s·he
can have wonderful fun, for when
her frie nds ,s tart displaying the
marks of their abdomi·nal operations, s he can exhi:bit an "appendix" scar whose location will co nfo und them all.
Arfd there's rthe Sultan in all his
gJ.ory. Just look at that harem!
Yes, and 'b y all means look quickly;
t he cm·tain is beg inning to close.
And th ere's the c ue fo r the final
chorus. Excuse me again, please!
Well, it's rthree repeaited choru ses
a nd fo ur cur,t ain calls later, now.
Maestro Roth is bowing in pers pi,rey gratitude to the. thundering
audience. N-o, I'm wrong; it's not
,the a udience I hear thundering. I
can s ee rain t hrough that o.p en
exit. Yipe, and I haven't a coat
with me. Oh, well. At ·Jeast the
sp irits of the cast have cO'Il ti nue d
und.ampened. Lt's really been a
pretty good s'how. And for you
k ids it's been ,a ,bargain right out
of the basement, 'cau·se after all,
:vot1 've goUen in '.(ree.

MARITA MUSES
By Marita Sheridan
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Spring has arrived, and with it,
pain s for the Cinderella Ball. Everybody is very enthusiastic about
this ·particular dance, so let me
re la te a little incident concerning
it.
The other day my friend and I
were galloprping toward Chase Hall
when sudden1Jy we stopped sh ort.
There, directly in front of us, was
a young co-ed weeping into her
handkerchief. Her eyes were red
and swollen with sadness and I
wondered what horrible affliction
ha d caused thi ~. •mere slip of a girl
to cry so openly! While I p ond er ed
t his I noticed that a young, hand some chap strolled 'haughtily along
side the sweet ;y'oung thing. When
I moved closer, I overheard his
w ld and brutal word s a s he spoke :
"No, I'.m sorry, but I've already
cast my vote for Cinderella; no,
not even for a finar exam!" H e
glanced at her then a nd said, "Now
go, begone peasant!" With this,
t he forlorn cJhild picked up her
g uns, blew her nose and aimed at
hi ~ hea r t. veiling- . ·"Drop dead, yo u

Friday, May 13, 1949
dog!"
Then, after observing this episode of human suffering, I turned
to my friend and s miled sweetly.
"Buy you a coke?" said I He
hesitated and then with a sad expressi,o n on his face, slowly said,
"Sorry, but I"ve got a date for the
dance." The smile retreated from
my face and I picked up MY guns
and shot one of his ears from t he
si de of his head . Leaving him for
"daid," I went off in search of new
prey!

TIDBITS HERE AND THERE:
Has anyone ever asked Don
Blankenbush aJbou t his original
soa•p o·pera ? It's really very huhumorous. However, I'll bet that
Don is the only fellryw living who
g-ets his characters from an entirely novel book. The first letter is
"B."
Are Toni Menegus an d John
Shoemaker making plans?
Two
years isn't too long, is it kids?
If a new right-handed batter is
needed for the Wilkes baseball
team, make sure you check with a
gal whose initials are M. R. She
certainly can swing a mean bat.
(As observed on the Chase Hall
stairs.)

-Bill U.mphred's girl from Philadelphia-a more pleasant person
than Beryl ·Colwell-Russ Jones
(James Mason) convincing Nancy
Yaufman of his merit,;;-Nick
Heineman escorting a date who is
si,c feet tall-"Piggy" Banks not
dreami ng of Washington, D. C.Don William s refus ing a fellow a
1oan~Lee Ann Jakes and Eddie
Johnson sac-redly attending ev_ery
0lass-Bill J ,o na t'han begging Jane
Reese to return his pennies- the
cafeteria withou t a line at noonyour columnist not los ing friend s
if t hi s keeps up! Have patience,
fellow students, have patience ! '

I NEVER EXPECT TO SEE:
Students who welcome fina l ex,am.s

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WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA.

Vol. 3, No. 31.

Friday, May 6, 1949

Assembly Program Theta Delta Rho Cinderella Candidates Will Appear
Cue ' n' Curtain
At Sport Dance This Evening
Plans to Present To Be Conducted Mothers' Day Tea
VINCE MACRI
Student's Play., As Student Forum This A.fternoon
MIRIAM LONG
My Leading Lady, a one-act
light comedy written by Ed Tyburski and student-directed by
Paul Shiffer, will be presented in
the m.i&lt;ddle of May lby the Cue 'n'
Curtain Club. This ,play will be t he
first original scri,pt to be, presented at the college.
T'lre play shows what -happens
when two women, -Caithy •MacDonnell and ,Stella Dell, desire the same
role in Ellery Haywood's production. Complications arise when
the play-wright and the director
cannot a,gree as . to which woman
shQ1,ld have the leading role. The
women rivals are played by Marilyn Broadt and Shirley SalSlb~rg.
Tony P-o pper po11trays bhe role of
the ,p laywri:ght. Bill Griffith acts
the part of rthe director, and Ned
Magee the part of the producer.
Ed Tyiburs·ki, the author, is a
freshman ait W,i lkes College. He
has served in the Army Air Fqrce
in the European Theater of Operations. He graduated from Wyorr,iing -Seminary after his return
from the service, and became interested in the theatre through the
encourll!gement of Mr. Groh, dii· rector of . the Cue 'n' b urtain Club.
Paul Shi.f fer, student-director,
is a Walkes Coll-ege freshman. He
was the aS'sistant director in this
year's major production- of the
Cue 'n' -Curtain, The M;tle Animal.
He has ,been active also in many
musical events on the campus.

Theta Delta Rho is holding its
A lively discussion is expected
when the debat~ng team, under the t hird annual Mot-hers' Day Tea
direction of Dr. Kruger, presents this afternoon from 3 to 5 o'clock
in W eckesser Hall.
the subject: "Are Our Colleges
Naomi Hons is the g,eneral chairMeeting the Needs of Their Stu- man. Committees for the tea are:
dents?" The forum · will -be held in invitations, Kay Potter, chairman;
the Baptist Church next Tuesday, Jean Ditoro, Betty Rebennack,
'Dheresa J endrzejew.ski, Marion
M-ay 1-0, at 11 A. ,M. T-h e speakers,
Lavix, Dolores Hartman, Jane SalDon Kemm erer, T-o m M0:rgan, Gene woski, Rose Mary Turissini; reBradley and Joe ~anner, will ex- f11es hments, ~eggy Woolcock, chairpress their views on teachers, cur- man; Miriam Long, Alice Dew,
ric ulum, psychological needs and Dolly Fraible, Mary Lamoreux,
various other problems in the edu- Joan Lawlor, Marilyn Sickier;
cational field. Jack Faneck will, act house, Norma J ·e an Persiani, chairas moderator. After the brief talks man; Doris Gauger, Mi-chaline Koby the S'Pea-kers, the forum will be wicz, Theresa Bianco, Shirley
open to questions from the audi- Reese, Ald:ona Dervinis, Shirley
1
Sal-sbur.g ; program, Pat Boyd,
ence.
The program will be similar to chair-man; A1ma Fanucci, Sally
the one whi1ch was held last Novem- Middleman, Helien Williams. The
ber, when the subject discussed hostesses for this afternoon's tea
was: "Do W,e Have A Free Pre·ss?" will ,be .Mable Fay Richards, DolThis will be the first formal ap- ores Passeri, Jane Maxwell, Jo Ann
pearan1ce of the team on the camp- Davis, Norma Lou Carey, Ann Gerus sinc e its auspicious perfo1,mance aldine Fox and Jane Piekarski.
at the Brooklyn College Tourney.

NOTICE TO SENIORS

A sport dancsl, featuring the music of Reese Pelton's sixpiece combo, and introducing the eleven Cinderella candidates
to the student bo~. will b~ held tonight at 9 in the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Sterling. The affair is being sponsored by
the Student Council.

The co-eds, one of whieh will be
chosen as Cinderella by a vote of
·the st11dent body, will .be presented
from the bandstand. The purpose
is .to give everyone a chance to
see -bhe -candidates in person, since
many ·studenlts may not be acquainted with al'l the gi rls.
Four of this year's cand-ida.tes
are member-s of the Freshman
class : IN o·r ma Lou Carey, M-arys-h
Mieszkowski, EJ.aine Turner, and
Nancy Yaufman; four more are
sophomores: Gwen Clifford, Janet
Gearhart, N-or,ma Jean .Persiani,
and Marianni Tomasetti ; and three
are seniors : Doris Gorka, Marie
Stamer, and ,Peggy Woolcock. Two
candidates, Miss Persiani and Miss
Yaufman, are dormitory students.
Norma Jean is a resident of Stam-

ford, Connectic ut, and Nancy is a
visitor from Brooklyn.
By this time, .-all stu-deil!ts s•h ould
have received tJheir ballots through
't he mail. All ,ballots' must be filled
out and returned by May 9, so the ·
committee can count the votes and
prepare t he traditio.n al glass slipper f.or the Cinderella Dance,
which will -b e held a t Rocky Glen
!P.ark two weeks from tonight.
Jack Feeney, social activities cochairman of the council, in announcing the sport dance, stated
that a similar affair was held last
year. There was a large -t urnout of
students then, and · he expressed
the belief that there would be a
larger cro~d for 1this dance.
The admission to the dance is
free to all Wilkes &lt;Students.

Community Chest ICG at Harrisburg Graduating Co-eds
Seeks Writers Attended B_y_ IR C Will Be Honored

·The Registrar h as announced
that a schedule of final examinations for seni,o rs will be posted on
the bulletin ,boards today. Only
grad'l,lating seniors are eligible to
take thei'r · examinations early.
Melvin Barry and Louis Groshel
Want to write for radio? Pra cs·h ould contact their instructors tical experience can ,b e gained by
aib out a conflict in their stlhedules. writing sc.r.ipts for -t he Wyoming
Valley Community -Chest programs
whic·h are broa-dcast over local staTHE COLONELS' QUEEN
tions. The ability of valley residents, without .p revious training, -t o
write creditable scdpts for t1he Red
Feather .p rograms should encourage others. The programs offer stud ents a variety of subject s on
which to write, from drama t ;c
material to disc jockey patter.
W,h ebher you desire a caree1' in
radio writing, or whether you consider .it a -h obby, -the writing of
these scripts is valuable training.
One advantage of this experience
is that wr,iters receive constructive
criticism from ,bhe .Radio Commit tee, criticism wltioh -p roduces better programs and better script
writers.
Students interes-ted in writing
for R ed Feather programs should
contact the pu'blic relations director on the bhirteenth flo-o r of the
Miners National Bank Building.

For Radio Shows MemhersofWilkes At Buffet .Supper

By James Tinsley
·Joseph Radko and Dolores Passeri were the Wil-kes College representatives at the bhirteenith annual
meeting of the Intercollegiate Conference on Government, which was
held last w~c-end at Harrisburg.
The conference featured a model
st ate legisla ture.
M-ore than five hund-red students,
representing more than fifty colleges heard Governor Duff deli ver
his welcoming ad dress. The governor stressed t he need for adequate
t raining in political science as insurance for g oad government.
On Thursday, A,pril 28, the pre· liminary committee meetings · of
t he legislature were held. Mr.
Radko served on the "Committee
on V eteran-s' Affairs" while M.iss
Passeri represented Wilkes on t he
"Committee on Natural Resources".
The Legislature convened on Friday and held regular ses·sions until
·sunday after,n oon, May 1.
In the three day session thirtysix bills were introduced. The bills
NOTICE "' !
which dealt with pari-mutuei betThere will be an important meet-· ting on horse races and sex educa1 ing
of all Junior -class girls on tion in secondary pUJblic schools
Tuesday, May 10, at 11 A. M. in drew a great deal of attention from
the Girls' Lounge, Chase Hall.
the legislators. 'Dhe Wilkes representatives were particularly interested in a _b ill which advoca-ted
strict control of "strip" mining.
In addition to acting on t he
aforementioned bills, the leg.islators sent a petition to Governor
Duff, in whi-ch they suggested
May 6changes in t he Pennsylvania ConTheta Delta Rho M-other's Day stitution. In line with this petition,
Tea.
the neX't meeting of the I. R. C., to
,Sport Dance, Hotel Sberling.
be held next year at Harrisburg, is
May 7to be ·a model Constitutional ConBaseball, Ithaca here.
vention.
'Dhe I. R. C. hopes to be a1ble to
May 11--IPhoto by Ed Bolinski
Baseball at Keys tone, 3 :30 p. m. send a larger number of delegates
Dorothy Wilkes is 01bviously pleased as she looks at t he wrist
to next year's convention. In orwatch she has received for being chosen the Colonels' Queen at the May 12der to raise funds for this purpose
Letterman's third annual April Showers Ball. The affair was held last
Bas'elball at 'T ri·ple Cities.
it is planning several social funcFriday niglht at the Irem Tem'Ple Country Club. Mr. Ralson, who made
tions for next year.
the presentahon, Joins in the·• applause for the senfor co-ed.'

Social Calendar

Girl-s · -o f the Junior class will
honor tJhe graduating co-eds -at .. a
buffet supper in
the College
Cafeteria on Wednesday, M-ay 18,
alt 5 :3·0 P. M. Ail girls of the Junior and Senior classes are invited
to a•ttend ·the supper.
M-ary Porter is the general
chairman . ,C ommittees for
the
supper are: invitations, Charlotte
Davis, chair man; Catherine Smi&lt;th;
house, Jane Reese, ohairman; Lois
DeGraw, Ruth Tretheway, Jean
D-itoro, Dori·s Gauger, Florence
Savitz; entertainment, Virginia
Meissner, chairman; •Sally Middleman, Ann Pavlik ; pro,gram, Naomi
H ons ; refreshments, Jean Doughe11ty, chairman; E lva Fuller, MichaLine Kowicz, Jean Ryan; clean-up
1Sa:na Schultz, chairman; Jean
Wasileski, Dolores Passeri, Dorothy Wintersteen, Shirley Sals'burg, J-une Williams, Judith Dressler, Ru-th Schmitt, Agnes Novack;
flowers, Peg,gy Anthony, chairman; Charlotte Davis, Naomi
Hons, Virginia Meissner.

Moran ·Receives
Army Commission
To m Moran, Director of Public
Relaitions at Wilkes College, has
recently been commis-sioned a
second lieu.tenant in the Reserve
Corps of uhe United States Army.
As _Information Officer, he will be
affiliaite.d with the headquarters of
the 77Zrud Field· Artillery Battalion
in Wi1kes~Barre.
A former ·B EA-CON editor and
sports editor, Tom was a1ppointed
Publ,i&lt;c Relabions Director in Feb- ·
r uary of thi·s year. He has been
doing public relaitions work for the
College since 1946, and graduated
from Wilkes 1-ast January. While
serviillg in the Army Afr Co.r ps,
he wo11ked in the Public Relations
Depa11tment.

�Friday, May 6, 1949

WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

2

"POT BOILER" CAST

LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
RUSS WILLIAMS
Editor-in-Chief .

ART RICE

TOM ROBBINS
Associat e Editor s

EARL JOBES

GERTRUDE WILLIAMS

Sports Editor

F aculty Adviso~

1

ELEANOR KRUTE

ED BDLINSKI

Business Manager

Phot ogl.19.phy Editor

GYTELLE FREED

TOM LASKY

Circulation Manager

F eatures R'. ditor

EDITORIAL STAFF

Vin ce Macri, Bih Griff ith, Ar t 1S.p engler, Miriam Long, Alma F anucci,
Geor.ge Kabusk, J oe Gries, Romayn e Gromelski, Nanciann McCague,
Priscilla Swartwood, Don Foll mer , Joan Wals'h, Bill Hart, Gene
Br adley, Oharles Snyd er, Chuck Gloman, Jame~ Tin sley, Bob Sa nder s.
A pa'per p ublished w eekly by a nd for the students of Wilkes College.
P h on e 3-3148 E xt. 19
Membe~

Intercollegiate Pre.s s

EDITORIAL

Vince Macri

WHAT, NO NEWS.?
For the past few months, student leaders of various activities and faculty representatives have been meeting to discuss
problems that arise on the campus, and are vital to the welfare
of the college.
·
It has been discovered that the biggest problElm is cooperation. Many people refuse .to cooperate at all, while others do
not want any cooperation, reasoning that they can run the whole
show by themselves.
Now all of us know that an affair such as a play, a dance,
or' a party cannot be produced with only a few workers. Everyone on campus must cooperate to make the undertaking a
success.
Essential to the ·success of any affair is -publicity. Since the
BEACON is a principal source of public information on the
' campus, it is logical that it should receive material and inform
the students as to what is being done.
•
Yet almost every time something new develops, the
BEACON is the last organization on the campus to receive the
news. The person who should give the information, seems to
derive a fie ndish pleasure by "keepiJlg it under his hat". The
BEACQN cannot publish without news, ·and yet, when the
BEAC©N d oes not come out, these people who have the information, are the first to cry " whattay a mean there's no news,
I have a swell story for you."
·
Such is life.

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Students Discuss
Language Problem
With Instructors
By Frank Anderson
Wilkes College - April 29 - Can
members of a coll ege faculty and
students sit down and discuss ge'TIeral problems of bQ!th g.r oups and
arrive at satisfactory co nclusions?
A group composed of the Modern
Language
Department
fa c ulty
and several studen ts of Wilkes
College proved the success of such
an experiment Wednes day night,
April 27, at Ohase HaH.
Martin Walter, chairman of the
student group, sug-ges{led the idea
of a possible meeting to Mr. Elwood Disque, Associate Profess-o r
of German and h ead of t h e Modern
Laniguage Departmenlt at Wilkes .
Mr. Disque became .extremely interested in &lt;the idea a nd t hey im mediately set a date for the first
meeting. Fa,cul1ty members presert
were: Dr. Sylvia Dworski, Ass istant •P rofess•o r of French ; Dr.
Thaddeus Mi•tana, Assistant Professor ·Of Modern Languages ; Mrs.
Dorothy Cohen, fostru citor
in
'Spanish ; Miss Martha J . Silseth ,
In structor ,in Sp•a nish and Mr.
Disque. The student body wa~
r epresented by
Paul Thomas,
George Maisel, J osep.h Kann er,
Frank
An.d ers·o n
and
Marvin
Walter. '
'T hree general questions were
disc ussed:
1. Why · study modern langu ages?.
In answer to this quest,ion, ·Mr.
Disque pass·ed out literature he
had brought diagraming a nd explaining the m a ny ways in w hich
lang uages c,an 1be app li ed after

graduation. Mrs. Cohen pointed 011it
that the study of foreign lang u ages wou ld ·give Ameuican students
a clearer idea of how our own
language has been influenced and
cons,tructed by oth ers. Mr. Mitana
in answer to questions from the
students regarding languages and
world .p roblems stated t h at knowledge of each other's languages
helps rtih e students of different
co·untries to -better understand each
other. He also remarked that "if
taught with a touch of artistry, a
language teaches t he student to
thi nk wi-th rnath emat:ical preds ion."
The sec ond question was: "W'ha t
is the goal of t he Modern Langu age Department at Wi lkes?" This
question was broken dow n into
t hree subheadings.
What is the
most important part of learning
a language in four semesters :
( 1) readling, (2 ) speaking or (3 )
writing? In answer to this ques tion, t h ere were a s many suggest ion s as t here were people pres r nt.
The third questi.on was: " What
are the possibi1ities of new meth ods being -ta ug ht at Wi lkes?" The
anS1Wer ,to this ques,ti,on wi ll nesessarily follow , a ddscu ssion
of
new meth ods of teaching modern
languages at th e next meeting.
The facuJty members an d students did make two difinite suggesti,ons.
1. The eJ.e,ment of t ime· is th e
big,g est problem in learning languages. It is suggested as a possi-ble answer .to this problem tha t
lan1guages be permitted five hours
a week with only three ou tside assignments instead of the present
meth od o.f three classes a week
wi-th thi;ee outside assignments.
·2. It was f.ellt by a ll present
that language c1asses were
too
large.

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all ·readers for their comments.
Views expressed here do · not necessarily receive endorsement from
the BEACON. All letters must be
typewritten and signed by the
author. For a current Friday issue,
all letters must be submitted tq
the BEACON office by no later
than noon of the preceding Wednesday. \
To t h e Editor :
When I stanted to write t his
letter, I ha-cl good inte ntions of re solving the world sit uati'bn into a
neat paragra•p1h, whereup with a
few deft a nd succinct sitrok es I
wo ul d providle the sol ution of every
,p oliti c:ial a nd economical problem
to the sati-&amp;faction of 11,o t only the
g lo•lial politicians among us, bu t
even
t h e ·b udding
PHILOSOP HE.S . Fortun ately, imm ediaitely
upon -taking up the ·Royal, I realize I 1have something of infi nitely
greater mom ent to say, g r eater
because it is more ·persona l, mor e
demanding, a nd inexpressibly mo r e
concrete than a,bstract world co nd:itions.
I ·o ffer t h e fo llowing in .the n a ive
h ope 'than; I wi ll not b.e hranded a
cra ven, lily-livered nidgit, a cad
wh o refuses t o bear t he respon sibilit ies of th e uni ver se on his h ighly
educated . should er s. You have your
tr-oubles a nd I have mine .
F or the past two month s I ha ve
been breakfasrting on Jost's Toas•ties, tho-se crunch y, vitamin-j ammed
corn flakes. Much as I ap,p reciate
t h e letter ed vitam ins, I find ( to m y
de-l ight) t hat I am even more
pleased w it h t1he thrilling new
comic ri ngs, one of wh ich is enclosed in each F am ily Size package ,o f this cereal. N box tops',
no signatures, no• ddmes to cover
t he cost of postage and handlingcould th.ere e·ver have been I a
more -en ticing "come-on" for flake
ea.ters? Those wonderful, wonderful Post's To·a sties a nd King Feat ures ,Syndicate people! ,
My ring collection began auspidou sly. F irst I got Henry, th e
Httle bald hoy, wh o rarely says a
·word, 1b ut i.s .very fun ny ·i n his
silenc-e. In shame I 'm forced to ad mit I bolted th e first box of Toasties in order to get on with my collection. The seoond rirug was a
prize, the Captain of the Katzenjammer Kids. What a glorious feel ing, this! What peat moss is to
-tul i,p,s, what Humpty was
to
Dumpty these ring.s were to me.
'.Dhe third box carried in it the
seeds of ri1y downfall, a Wimpy
ring, wonderful W im py, Popeye's
ham'.b urger-w.ors,hipp ing fr iend . I
was so proud. I admit it most relu'ctantly, but it is ,t rue.
I was
proud, so proud t hat I began to
look down on m y r ingles,s fellow
m-en. '
I •sh ou1d h ave expected t he oppr essive weig ht
of
Olympian
wrath; I should have, buit I didn 't.
I ·bought my next box of P ost's
Toasties wit h t h e same keen an ticipatio-n as before. I hu.rried home
with it as b efore. I even em ptied
ith e contents into t h e ,s am e huge
bowl as always. Ther e on th e heap
of flakes lay th e stern r ebuk e of
t h e gods a du,plicate W impy
r ing !
,Com pletely sh attered, I stumbled
info t.he bath room, rtears streaming
down my fac~. My collection r etarded• for a w hol e v.:eek ! And t he

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The cast of THE POT BOILER is shown in the fina l scene of t he
play, a one-a-ct satire on "hamm y" acting a nd directing. Three performances have been g-iven on campus, and next T uesday night t h e
play wi ll be presented in Scranton. Members bf the cast, from left to
right are: f&gt;bi l Nichols, Jack Vale,-Cha'rlie W illiams, Joan Walsh, Evan
Sorber, Mabel Faye Ric hards, An dy Evan s a nd · Art Dellessandro . W .
Th omas Littleton, a student at Wilkes, is th e play director.
cup of bitterness overflowed when a nd m y own shortcomings as' I
I th ough t of t he mocking dupli- sacrificiall y .cJev,ote myself to recate I shall a lway,s •h ave on h and, adj usting bhe wrongs and cu.ring
havi ng a rebuke in t h e form of t h e ills of others.
Incidentall y, wha' hoppen
in
a permanent rebuk e. T he irony of
h aving a rebuke in the form of Bur.ma lately t hait n eeds fixing?
Respectfull y , yours,
m ild, meat-eating Wimpy was not
TONY AN.D RONACO
l o,S t on m e. My tears inc-r eased.
P. S. I'll trade anyone a W i~py
Finall y I fell asleep and, when I
awok e, I was still standing with for a Ji.g,g s or Dagwood ring .
m y fi ngers locked among th e fo\ds
of th e shower cuntain .
To The Editor:'The keen edge of t he pain has
On behalf of the Internationa l
,b een worn down a bit, but t he dull Relations Club, I should lik·e to
ache remai ns . I can take my place thank the meIT11bers of the W ilkes
now with those who dangle cigar- Coll ege B,E ACON for t heir coopeTettes. -o ut of the corner of the ation in our · sponsorship of the
mouth , lower t he eyelids to half First Annual Conference of th e
mast and ,say, " H uinph! What the Pennsylvania IRJC's, A,pril 22-24.
hell's t h e u se? If we can',t live,
Sincerely yours,
let's at least EXIST!" What's more,
· Marvin Walter,
I can cease to wony· about myself
General Chail'man
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�Friday, May 6, 1949

WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

·= ===THE

Sporting World
EARL JOBES

Lettermen Plan
Musical Revue
For May., 25~ 26
;

too much of th e Big Stoop in the
beginni ng. 'I'hey h ad ,h eard of hi s
vaunted power and his a bility to
smash them out of th e lot, but
Walt didn ',t do too muc,h the first
few days, His fir s t great showing
came on his fo ur th night in Birm ingh am uniform when, • before
15,000 people, h e h i-t the longest
ball ever hit in Rickw ood .
It
traveled over the score board and
finally l3t1ded 467 feet from home
plate. Fans co uldn't believe it.
Only Hank Sauer had hit one over
that sc,ore ·board J\n t il Mr. Dropo
found t he range .
This was the s tart of a great
season, and he earned him t he
chance to ·play with t he parent
team .
At the Univer sity of Conn ecti cut, Wal t was th e greatest allaround athlete in the •h istory of
the· sch ool. He wo n varsity lett ers
in basket ball, footoall, and baseball. H e starred as an end on the
football team . On · a better known
t eam he wou ld ha ve made AllAmerican.
In hi s seni-o-r year he was offered contracts to play pro football with t he Chica.g,o Bears and
baseball with t he Phillies, Yank-

ees a nd t he Cubs . He vtas a lso on
the draft list of the Providence
Steam Roller s of t he B. A. A .
It was his regard for genial Joe
Cronin and a very generous ibonus
tha t made him decide to join the
Bo sox organiza-bion.
During the war Walt served two
years with the Army Engineers
in t he Italian Campaigns.
Walter Dropo, a Connecticut
Yankee who is as welcome as a
mint julep on a ·hot day, will be
the dciffier ence between a secon d
plac-e and pennant winning Boston
Red Sox team .

Byham, Bloom sb urg pitcher s.truck
'Ilhe versati le Lettermen o.f the
out 15 Colonels in Tuesday's ga me _gridi ron, cour t, tank, mat and dia.... Tha t sh ould be proof positive mond are r ehearsing for a mu.sical
t ha t ,the Colonels are weak with review, "All In Fun " , which will
the wiJJ,ow...
be presented jn t he Kingston H ig h
Maj,or League Musings . John- School auditorium on May 25 a nd
n,y Groth of the Detr01it T ~gers con - 26. An al l.male Qas·t w ill be fea t inues on his astounding hitting tured in the show, the first of its
streak with fiv e 'homers s,o far .
typ.e to be performed by Valley r eJohnny Blat-ruik, ,one of last year's · sidents.
out stand~ng r•ook ies, has been shipT he -e ntire show will be a "takeped to Toronto by th e' Phillie~
off" on the mann erisms of the typ the N ew Yol1k Yankees a re proving ical coll ege s·tu dent, A m usical
they can wi n v.nithout. 'Joltin' Jo e sco.re of nine songs have been writDimaggi·o
it must be hot in ten for the product ion -b y T ed W a r M any interesting, lucrative, j obsn ow opcn--demand train ed personnel.
Phila,d ~lphia as J hnn1ie Dykes has k om ski, wfh9 is a'lso the musical
The National Academy of B roadjooned Conn ie Ma&lt;: k in predict:ng director. He e)QJ)-ects to ha ve t he
castin g offc ~ an intensive two ~months
a pennant fo r the A's .
Shad es soTJJg s ·publ! s,hed, and Johnny Long
summer cour'se in p rofessional -radio
writing and speakin g. Write for com of •the Footiball Season: During t he will play a few songs from the r eple te information , n ow
past week th e Red Sox and Tigerc; v,ue a t t he Cinderella Ball.
played to .a nice 14-.14 ti e. I t. is
Olassed a s a mu-skal comedy, be~
NATIONAL ACADEMY of BROADCASTING
rumored tha,t both teams kick ed cau se it h1as a plot an d a book ( dia3338 16th St,, N. W.
t heir extra points.
logue scr ipt ), the show consists of
Washington 10, D. C.
Busman's Holiday: Umipire Leo two acts ·a nd nine scenes . Dr.
Bar ron, wh u wo1,ks some of the Charles Reif and Alfred Groh have
Newspapers
W ilk es gam es, was spot ted on the collabora ted to produce the book, FP 4-22-49A*
PO 1534 Ad 402
Co ionels' !:,ench watchi .1!:t" Tuesday's and Irvi n Gottli eb is the production
g,111,,,,
manager. Mrs. Iris Levy is the
dhoreographer, and she has been
directing the ,boys as t hey try to
NOTICE TO VETERANS
perfec t their dance ro utines . MemAll book store sales for gradu - hers of Cue 'n ' Curtain are a ssistirug wit h t he scenery, l ig ht ing, an d
ating seniors w ill b e clo.sed a s of
make-up.
May 1'3. All sales for stud en ts
From t he proceeds of -the m usother than g radua t ing seniors will i&lt;ca~ , t he Lett ermen hope to offer a
scholarship to a deserving Wyom!be closed after May 25,
ing' Valley a th lete.
Two specialty choruses will be
featured, and some of the Le ttermen will appear in botJh of t hem.
Members of t ,he choruses ar e :
Paul Thomas, N orman Cross, H oward Enni·s, Clayton Karambelas,
Bob Waters, Jack Fenney, Dan
The S.pa r,i s•h Ch.1:b is pla•mir: g to Sadvary, Paul Huff, Joe BrenIJ.an,
dose the scl: o·., I yea r in a w hirl er' Ollie ~ Thomas,
Do n
William s,
•h •; ivity . OP. \ t, ,.t;::y ,,.-.- ,,n•11g- :,t Georg e Lewis, John Florkiewicz,
8 :00 in t he Lecture Hall, LA ZAN- Bob D,aveniport, George McMahon ,
Jack DeRemer, Henry Merolli,
GUiN•DA, probaibly t h e g reateSt Charl-es Brow n, J oe St evens, Al
mu siical - fiLm ever produc ed in iVfolash, Hank Supinski, Richard
Mexico, wiill be presented. T '. ,e ca s t S-crip,p, Franci s Pinkowski, and
includes L up e \ ' elez, Ca r hs L 'Jpez , Dean. Geo1,g e Rals ton.
an d otlw,· ~a lr! ,, t,..-1 stnr ~. The J:lm
Tickets for t he r evue are priced
at $1.20 and can be purchased f.,rom
is an ent erta in ing com ed y , c:-intain- a ll Lettermen.
ing an occasional stl'l'. ;:i
ser iousness arid' inc.l ud i:i.g- mirn.v typintl
Mexica n mu~ical num be rs .
In stead of crui sing cl uw n the I
r iver , the 0JJil :-tis !1 Club is pla nn '1;g
to b clim bing up t he moun la: ns on
,
May 15. The club l!a;; 1,la nn2d ,.,
By JOE GR IES
picnic to :J e h eld on tl-iat d::i t t! a : ~~'
Ricketts G'.;)·,;, one of Pen n.,;ylvuTh e hig stoop, a tall , da rk and
,1;a 's beatd !'u1 sce nic: spr,o;. Th e h and s-o me man will ,p lay first ba se
clu b invi tes e veryon e. Bu ,;es will bhis year for t he Boston Red Sox,
Give you all the greatest dance hits
lea ves th·2 sclwol f at 1::}0 P . M. He is Walter Dropo, ex-Scranton
by famous and favorite bands!
Bni l1ig your own lunch.
Miner iboy.
Roll up the rugs ! Nothing will interOn May 21 t he clu b is sp Jns orWalter Dropo has every,thing
rupt your dancing pleasure. Up to 25
ing a •t alk by Cong ress man Dan · necessary to he a great at hl ete.
minutes of music on one record! Hours
Flood who will spea k about his tr ip Siz,e, ability and determin ation
of continuous ' music on a utoma tic
t o Cub a . •
p lus the fact that he is iint elligent
change__rs !
All of the above affa :n are ope n and ambitious and still only: 24
w the fri '"l:ids nf \Vilke'; s~u&lt;l ents. adds ' up to hi s becoming a major
JUST RELEASED!
Fu rther in •,1r1Y':1.ti on will be forth- league luminary.
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coming in r hi' dai ly bull,~t i 1 .
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The successor to Jimmy F oxx,
Records! 6 to 8 foil -length hits by the
as a fi:rst baseman slugger, is a
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graduate of the Southern Asso, SAFE ON FIRST
record-and only $2~85 each.
ciation. Last year he had one of
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the most potent ,ha·ts in t h,is leaHarry James
Gene Krupa
gue. H e was na1 1ed to the league·s
Frankie Carle
Duke Ellington
all star team, and was proclaimed
Xavier Cugat
Benny Goodman
as the greatest prosipec-t for the
Les Brown
Woody Herman
majors in the past .ten years.
Claude Thornhill .,
Last spring Joe Mc Carthy, manHear These New Records-You'll
ager of the Red .Sox, had Dr opo up
for spr ing training . He was satismarvel at their magnificent tone/
fi ed with the wa y the slug.g er hi t
th e straight ones, but just as di ssatiisfied wi,th th e way he missed
the curves. For that r eas on Dropo
was sent to Loui sv ille for m ore
experience. Dropo didn't get off
to a, good start w i1bh Louisville, so
he was sent to Birmingham. Tha t
was Birmingh_arn's biggest brea k
of th e season. Reali,z&lt;ing hi s mistake ·of last year, when he co uld
have used his extra power, J oe
McCarthy is now giving Walt all ·
the chance in .t he world to become .
Th.is move
Alex M.olash lung es for first base in last Tuesday's game with a Red Sox regular,
&lt;!r) the ultimate in Recorded Music ••. the flnest phonog_raph
Blooms1burg, a s th1e op[Posing pitcher makes a quick toss to hi s first sends Bill Goodman back to t he
record ever manufactured.
Jaseman . The W ilkes shor bstop was safe on this p lay, ibut Bloom sb urg ourtfi el,d.
Trade Marks "Columbia" an d (!i) Reg. U. S. Pat: 0/1.
l'l'On, 7-5.
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Birm ingham fans di dn't t hink

Vi'Ctory continu ed to elude the
,Oolonel baseball team during t he
past week. In an effort to break into the win column Coac-h Ralston
juggled ,h is Iin eu·p cons•iderahly, bu t
th e res ults were th e sam e. At Tren ton Satur day, Ralston inserted
Ri chards into the lineup in p.Jace
of 'Old Folks' Brody, wh o is in a
hi•tting slump , and he p ut Marty
Warm us in right fiel d to replace
Jack Semmer, ,b ut this combinatio n
fared Ji ttle .better than the old and
1Rli,der won tihe :g ame by a t~n to
t hree score. Ch et M'olley started
the game for the Colonels and he
was t he v ictim of the firs t inning
jinx tha,t seem s to be h a un ting him.
After ,Rid er scored six ,big runs in
the first inn ing Chet settled down,
but Rider's lead pr,o ved to he too
much for the Colonels to overcome.
T uesdray aft ernoon t he Colonels
met the Hus kiies ,of Blo•oms burg
S tate Teachei,s College, and · were
defeated in wh at turned out to be
a thrilling g ame desp ite several
errors by ho th teams. The H uskies
g ot off to a g oo,d 1Jhree run lead
b efor e Molash s t a-r t ed a Wilkes
rall y with a .boomi ng triple to leftcen t er field. W ilkes .tied t he score
at t hree ,a ll in the fifth, and forg ed
a:~ead five to four in the eighth
only t o blow t h e game when wit h
one out i_n t he nin t h Mike Evans
ca.me throug·h wi'th a pinc h homer
with one on, and tha t my children
was the closes t the Colonels came
to victory during tihe past week .
Ben Drag,o n, who swi,tch ed to third
in Ra ls ton's ver ion of the 'N ew
Look' ma.de the oqtstandfog fielding play of the day when he leaped
high into th e air to sna,r e a ball
that look ed like a s ure hi t ... Alex
Molash's long ,triple was th e fi rst
thing t he colonel rooters had to
cheer abou t w hen everyt hing ha d
been g oing Bloomsbw·g's wa y all
day....
Crane " Cr-ossfire" Bu zby
p itched a,not her very good g ame
a nd deserved a bet ter fa t e.
Tom orrow the Colonels m eet I thaca
Coll ege ,in Ki1,by P a r k . Wh y d on ' t
y ou go over and ,g ive the boys some
m oral sup por t , it v.ni ll be we ll wo r lh
your t im e .
From h ere it looks
a s if t he int ramu r al soft ball leag ue
·s dyi ng a natural dea,t.h ... . Too
:1 as -th e sch ool should ha ve a
11-r ound ed athletic progr am ..
11~ b owlin g
league is t he only
.ti-a-mural sport tha t ha sn't died
Jf Wilkes'itis-in other words, lack
of interest..
Interest in t he b0wling league remaJins s Frpr ising ly
,h ig h .
P hil Kenn ed y is sin g ing
t he b lu es ,because the Beaco n has
failed to m ention his amazinig '112'
a verage·. . An oddity of t he baseball seaso n is t ha t mo re stude nt s
fr om King's turn ou t ,to see th e
Colonels in ac tcion t h a n do' s tudent s
from Wilkes .,.. at that rate we
must •h ave more to brag about in
s·o far a s school ,spirit goes than
any other sic!h ool of our size .

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�Friday, May 6, 1949

WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

Henry The VIII
Finds Democracy
George Brody
,Shakespeare turned over once or
twice, pushed his coffin lid up, and
ca1led, "Henry! Henry VIII, where
are you?" H enry arose wispily,
floated over and a sked, "Whatta
y' want?"
"Henry, Wilkes College has come
to a pretty pass. They need someone to take care of all their
queens. I tried to give tJhe job to
Louis XIV, ibut he said that you're
more fitted for t he task. Whatta
y' say, Henry. How wbout giving
it a try?"
Henry grinned ,happiily. "Willie,
you found your man. If the fellows around W.iH~es are ,h aving a
hard time trying to figure who's
queen of whwt, I'll see that the
figuring is made a lot easier."
Willie came cfoser, looked around
to see that mo one was near, then
whispered, "Watch out for a
couple ,g uys that hang out down
the road a way. Strange fellows.
Always spou:tin' about something
called democra,cy.
Was-h ington,
Lincoln, Jefferson, and W.i lson are
their names. Once heard· ,t hem
saying somethi ng a;bout fightin' to
eliminate royalty . Boy, they should
see what's &lt;happening at Wilkes.
But ·t hey're just crack,pots, s•o
hustle over and see what you can
do •a:bout those queens.
Henry tripped J.ig htly away,
hopped down on a cloud, and rode
like the wind to hustling, bustling,
muscle-hound Wyom ing Valley.
"That pretty little spot in the
center," he mused, "must be Wilkes
College. "I'll float down and have
a looik."
H enry sat behind a ,c himney on
the roof ·of ,Chase Hall, lit his pipe,
and scanned the area. "Omigosh!"
.he explained after a ,b rief g la nce
aro und, "If some of those doll. ·oobi,e s aren't queens, then what do
.queens look like!"
Henry flitted dow n to th e
:g-ro und, tapped one of the boys on
the shoulder and asked, "Can you
tell me where I can find , a few
queens?"
The . feUow turned around to
answer, Iet olllt a screech, and was
last seen going through West
Pittston still runnin g full speed.
Some of ,his friends w.ho have
missed him have it rumored that
h e flunked out.
H enry knew now that if he
wanted to find any queens, he
would have to look for hims-e lf. H e
confiscated a few old Beacons and
eased through them . H e first came
acros11 Marty Blake's pi cture.
'That's no queen," he gasped,
"that's evolution! " Undaunted, undismayed, and determined, ,h e con!
tinued his search. He fl.oated in and
out of buildings; he stood in the
c-o ffee line, he sweated -o ut an
hour in Chase Lounge, he entered
classrooms and marvelled at the
sagacious talk of t he students, but
he'" couldn't for t he life of him
pick o·ut a queen.
"Maybe those fellows I was
supp.o sed to ,dodge - Washington,
Lincoln, Jefferson and Wilson knew wihat they were talking
aibout. EverY'body looks the same
to me. Maybe I'd better go back
and tell Willi e he has th e wrong
p lace. If there's a queen around
here, it must be only in name.
Hmm, Democracy. Maybe I should
have looked into that myself.
But Henry stuck around just long
enough. He ran into a group of

feUows locked .in a heated argument. One vo.ice shouted, "I'm
talking a;b out that stuff that
peo,p le want to get Jost on an
island with !" Name after name
fell on Henry's ears. "Stamer!"
bellowed a voice. "W ookock !"
from anotJher voice. Clifford! Novack! "All of you are nuts. What
about Pavlick! Mieszkowski! Turner! Way! Persing! Thomsen!
Gorka!"
,fl
Henry became dizzy. 'Dhis was
more than enojgh. Disgustedly he
muttered, "These Joe's aren't
picking a queen,
they're
just
caHing roll! Why in my day if I
wanted a queen, I just reached out
and yanked one in."
.He stopped, pursed his lips,
clucked his tongue, and scratched
1his head. "In my day", he said to
himself. "In my day. It was easy,
sure, but I don't know if anyone
was ever satisfied. After all, look
at the things that happened in my
day!"
"By gosh," Henry continued,
"These people have something.
Jus t put a name on a piece of
paper, drop it in a box and :bango !
A queen. Pretty good. Everybody
satisfied, too . Y' know, I should've
thought of that myself. I'm g oing
back and tell Willie we'd :better
mind our own business.
These

Botany ·Class
Take~ Field Trip
Last Fridiay, April 29, the Botany
cl&lt;ass was taken on a conducted tour
of the city's greenhouse by Mr. C.
GTunden. Tlhe students were impressed lby ·the upkeep of the greenhouse as well as hy &lt;the vari,ety and
,beauty -o f the plants.
This was the third trip the
Batany dass has taken th.is semester. Mr. Roy WeUive~ of Kingston,
and Mr. Carl Drapiewski of Sweet
V,aJiley have also taken the students
on gui&lt;:l,e d tours of their greenhouses.
people can handle
their
own
queens."
Henry rose like the air, caught
a cl'.oud and rode like the wind
baok to Shakespeare. "Look here,
Willie," poking his finger in Willie's chest, "Y' know those fello-w s
down the road ,that you said were
cra,c,kpots? Well, maybe we better
hustle down and give a listen. They
got somethi,n g, Willie boy, they
got something!"

MARITA MUSES
By Marita Sheridan
,a,,w,,.q,w,;q.w,&lt;,('7,w,w,w,w,&lt;4
A strange sil ence falls over the
cafeteria, a hushed crowd lowers
their heads in prayer, and a Whisper mo,v es from person to perso n.
The whole scene is one of ominous,
da.rk dispair . .Slowly, you enter
the main floor of .the cafeteria;
somebody rushes over to warn you
to silence, a,nd to whisper to you
just two words: "He's back." You
stare ait this person with a · shocked, di.s&lt;believiing look and then reality strikes! You sit down and put
your head in your hands and cry.
You cry and cry! Then, you suddenly know that it's no use; you've
got to face jt! Slowly, ever so
slowly, you head for the stll,irs
lea.diing to the second floor . You
take each step as if it were your
last and when you reach the final
one, you prepare yourself for the
boom of that terrify;jng voice.
However, y,o u plant a smile on
your face and yo u laugh gaily as
you walk over to say, "Hello,
Marty, how are you ? "
Birthday congrats go to Miro
ianna Tomassetti and "Pinky"

Wilkes. Both girls are slowly·
reaching t };!e age where they must
s tart worrying about their future-Marianna ri,s fifteen now and
"Pinky" ( well, we won't talk about
that)!! Confidentially, I •t hink eyhe's
all ,o f eighten !
I NEVER EXPECT TO SEE:*
Tony PopP'er Jingling coins in
help ·h im out? Bill Apfelbaum and
help him ut? Bill Apfelbaum and ,
N-o rm Cross walking to class Mr. Morris without a grin and a
hello for all - Crane Buzby with
a woman hanging on his arm the boy's ,dlorm without a pool
table - Norma Persiani and Marilyn Br,o adt loafing - Bob Sweigert in a; room with a piano and
not p_laying it the Lettermen
not active - the library quiet Jack Gain without his usual wisecrack - "Scotty" Rutherford minus John Mo0onn - Jack F ·e eney,
timid - the girl's lounge without
bddge - an interestin:g. World Lit
class-

.L0~(3§•1nc,
on th'e square

THE COLLEGE MAN'S
STORE

TOPS WITH THE TOP STARS IN HOLLYWOOD AND WITH COLLEGES TOO-

11

For me there's only one

cigarette that's really Milder
and that's CHESTERFIELD 11

~~
STARRING IN
11

ONE LAST FLING 11
A WARNER BROS. PRODUCTION

Copyright 1949, i.loGETT 1k MYEJ.S To!WXX&gt; Co.

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                    <text>Who Will Be
The
Colonels'
Queen?
WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA.

Vol. 3, No, 30.

'

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I

Who Will B·e
The
Colonels'
Queen?
Friday, April 29, 1949

Third Annual April Showers Ball Tonight
Fifteen Colleges Represented
Wilkes Featured Five Wilkes Co-eds Are Selected
At Three-Day IRC Conference .JnHeraldTrihune
As Colonels' Queen Candidates
. sessions
.
Speakers, round-table discussions, films, P1enary
and an informal dance helped provide a full schedule for the
fiirst conference of the Pennsylvania chapter of the International
Relations Club held here last week-end.
·T he forty-six delegates attending the conference represented
ltoona (.Penn State Center), Dickson College, Franklin &amp; Marshall,
,annon College, King's College,
i.,ycoming College, Marywood College, Miser,i cordia College, Moravian College, Pottsville (Penn
:State Center), Seton H all College,
Shippen sburg S. T. C., Temple Uriiversity, Wilkes College, and Wilson College.
Liu Liang-Mo, s•p eaki,ng to the
first plenary session on April 22,
said, "We shall recogniz.e that we
are citizens of our own representative nations, but we are also citizens of the world and .. . we have
responsibilities to keep." Dr Liu is
noted for Ms work in promoting
cooperation between G):i.inese sold'ers and civili_arn~ durirw 1}W war1 ,
'.Dli'i! fourth plenary session, held
Saturday was addressed by Mr.
Wilbert
Pearson, a member of
the UINBS-0O. Relations Staff of
the Department of State. Mr. Pearson spoke about the functions of
UNE.8OO in ibringi,n,g about a better understanding among peoples
of all nations.
Student delegates Funasi ' Megako of West Africa a~d Tania Maniaka -o f Greece, spoke to the second
plenary session on ,Saturday. M_egako spoke of Africa and said that
" the state of affairs in Africa can
be compared to Hfe in a concentration camp in Europe." Maniadaki discussed the infiltration of
Communism into Greece. He stated
that "Greece will ,b ecome a com'

FI.

'!1he transformation
a junior
college,
less than fifteenofyears
old,
into a successfruil four-year insti·
tutwn
is t h e st0ry Of w·1k
i es c Ollege. ·Tp:is story, briefly, and several reasons for the College's
munistic nation." Maniadaki criti- surprising .growbh .are explained in
cized Amer,icanism because "They a New York HERALD-TRIBUNE
have conference after conference feature artic&lt;le of April 17 last.
but never ,g et around to doing any- Wribten 'by the Tribune's Educat hing.''
tion Edi.tor, William G. Avirett,
"Dhree individual round table the account 'is more than a column
discussions were held Saturday J.ong. Three photographs accommorning. The questions discussed pany the story: two of the present
by these committees were, "How day campus, and a .p rint of Fort
can we help UNESCO use the Wyoming, near whose historic site
media of mass communication to the ·CoUege is built.
create international unders tandIn 1'933, wihen it was esta,blished,
ing?", "How can we help UNESCO Bucknell University Junior College
encourage fundamental education had 164 s,tudents and held all
in underdeveloped and war devas- classes in one ibuilding. Today, less
tated countries?" and "How can than two years since W-ilkes Colwe help UNESCO reconcile the lege was chartered, the College
teaching of international ideals has seventeen units and 1,728 stuwith the teaching of ·nationalistic dents attending day and ev,ening
principles?" Concise reports of sessions.
these discussions "'.ere given at the
When Dr. ' Eugene S. Farley
thtr&lt;\ ,p,LenarY,-, s,~ss~(?n .or J 3a.,t~r,fl_q.y bec~e ip:reJ.li~ent {\f . the .Jup.ior
afternoon. ·
College •i n 19·36, it had a debt of
Two film s were shown at the $'7",000. Today Wilkes has an enSecond Plenary Session on Satur- doment ·of $542,000 and total asday. An informal dance was held . sets of ap,pr•o ximately $1,600.000.
at . St. Stephen's Church House Dr. Farley's leadersihip is one of
Saturday night for the entertain- the reasons 'Mr. Avirett gives for
ment of the delegates.
the ,College's growfu.
The fipal plenary session was
Mr. Avirett calls aittention, als·o,
held Sunday morning for the pur- to Bucknell University's excellent
poses of choosing a pface for next cooperation, the •g ener•o sity of local
year's conference, eJ.ecting officers residents in bestowing property
and discussing _an ~ctive program gifts, ·t1he central _location o~ the
for state orgamzat10n.
College, t?e _desire of WilkesShippensburg was selected as Barre to give its y,o ung ;people adthe site for next year's conference. vanced educational opportuniti,es,
A 22~page booklet was s•ent to all the 350,000 people living within a
Pennsylvania colleges that did not twelve-mil~ rad_ius of th~ campus,
attend to encoura·g e them to be a and the historic background of
part of the organizati;o n in the near Wyoming Valley;
future.
The College faculty is proud that
39.8 per cent of its initial (1948)
gr-a duating class has · continued
study;in;g for advanced degrees.
Dr. Farley, Mr. Avirett noted, is
especi~Hy rpleased tbat Wilkes
freshmen ranked si~teenth among
293 colleges taking the American
Council test last fall.
'
Results of the Student Council
Mr. Avi,rett addressed the Wilkes
elections :held Tuesday ,a nd Wed- College student assembly on April
nesday of this wee:k reveal that 1.2 and described ,h is impressions
four of the upperclassmen repre- of tlhe countries- he visited on a
sentatives will be co-eds. The duly recent tour aibroad.
elected representatives will serve
NOTICE!
on the Council from , ,S.eptember,
Graduating seniors, second year
1949, throug,h June, 1950.
,Sophomore representatives will terminal students, and transferbe •Shadrach Jones, Bob Sanders, ring engineers who have not ooRalph Bolinski and Eleanor Vis•pi. tained tJheir graduation forms
The· Junior CJ.ass will be represent~ should do so by next Monday at
ed by Tom Robbins, Vester Vercoe, the latest. Miss Mildred Gittens
Norma Jean Persiani and Jean has chaDge -o f these reports in the
Grumbling. Senior representatives College Book Store.
will be Jack Cain, Virginia Meissner, George Lewis and Daniel Sherman.
F,r eshman representatives will
be nominated and elected when ·
classes start in September. Accord- Aprill2:9ing to the newly revised Student
Letterman's April Showers Ball.
Constitution, nominations must be April 3'0 held by the second week of the
Baseball at Rider College.
fall semester. All students with May 30-30 semester hours will nominate
Baseball, Bloomsburg here.
and vote as freshmen.
POT BOILER, 8:00 P. M.
'Serving on the election commit- May 6tee were Pete Ridhards, Tom LasTheta Delta Rho Mothers' Day
l{y, Elvira Th•o msen and Shadrach
Tea.
Jones.

Theta Delta Rho . Election Results
Mother's Dav Tea Are Announced
Scheduled Mav 6
J

.

Theta Delta Rho will hold its
second annual Mothers' Day T.e a
next Friday, May 6, from 3 to 5
P. M. (.DST) in Weckesser Hall.
Naomi Hons is the general chairmap.
Committees for the affair are:
1.n·v itations: Kay IP .otter, chairman;
J-e an Ditoro, Betty Rebennack,
Theresa Jend.rzejewski, Marion
Lavix, ,Dolores Hartmann, Jane
Salwoski and Rose Mary Turissini.
Refreshments: Peg,g y Woolcock,
chairman; Miria m Long, Alice Dew,
Dolly Frable, Mary Lamoreaux,
J,o an LawJ.or and Marilyn Sickler.
House Committee: Norma Jean
Persiani, chairman; Doris Gauger,
Michaline Kowicz, Theresa Bianco,
Shirley Reese, Aldona Dervinis and
'Shir ley Sals'l:mrg. Program: Pat
Boyd, cairman; Alma Fanucci, Sally Middleman and Helen Williams.
The hostesses for the tea will be
Mable Fay Richards, Dolores Passeri, Jane Maxwell, J.o Ann Davis,
Norma Lou Care, Ann Geraldine
Fox and Ja,ne Piekarski.

Social Calendar

Five Wilkes co-eds have been chosen as candidates for the
honor of being crowned the Colonels' Queen at ,the intermission
tonight of the third ann1-1al April Showers Ball. They are Norma
Lou Carey, Elaine Turner, Eleanor Vispi, Dorothy Wilkes and
Nancy Yaufman. All are members of the Freshman Class with
the exception of Miss Wilkes, who is a senior.
Coronation -o f the Queen at in- sored lby the Wilkes College Lettertermission will be the high point of men, is one of the College's most
the , Ball. The fortunate co-ed will popular events of the S.pring seaibe .p resented wifu a g ift.
son. It heralds the increasing social
The candidates for .t he Queen affairs that occur in c,onjunctio:n
,w ere s.e lected by the Lettermen, wifu caIIllPUS life _a s summer apeach of whom submitted the names proaches. The dance, which starts
of five co-eds. The above-named at 9 o'clock, will be semi-formal
five were the co-eds receiving the without corsages, and Johnny Marmost v.o tes, and .from them a spe- tin's musical organization will play
cial committee of Lettermen will for dancers.
choose the Colonels' Queen.
Previously the dance has been
Names of the athletes servi,n g on held during the middle of April.
this committee were not available This year, pr,oba,bly because of the
for publication, but every l etter- late Easter, the affair was scheman 'h ad a chance 'to serve on it. duled for the last week that such
Each member of the organization a da,nce would be apprqpriate.
ha,d a slip of paper bearing his
'Tonight's April Showers Ball
name placed in a container, and should be well attended, as in past
the persons whose names were years, since the Lettermen have
d-'rawn ·f orm the committee.
been ·selling tickets for several
The April Showers Ball, , spon- weeks.
---------------------::---------

WHWL Broadcasts Wilkes Programs
Chet Molley
On M onday, April 4, 1949 Wilkes
College inaugurated a radio program entitled, "Wilkes College On
the Air". Milton Laughlin, station
manag,er of WHWL in N antico.k e,
presented the idea to Tom Mor an,
head of the .c ollege puhlic r elations. At subsequent .meetings,
suitable working methods were discussed and a form of procedure
was devised wlhi&lt;ih bhe ,programs
will follow.
All departments -o f the college
are to ,b e r epresented. T.hese include tlie natural and social
sciences, the languages, and a
special field. consisting of athletics, .d ramatics, 'Dheta Delta Rho,
the boys' and girls dormitories.
Programs will be on the air
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
of each W-e ek, from 10 :45 A. M. to
11 :00 A. M. 'l'hese .p rograms are
to be maintained on a 12 month
basis.
Tom Moran will conduct the
broadcasts from the tlhird floor of
Ohase Hall where efficient soundproofed studio has ,b een established. Arrang,ements must be
made to bro·a dcast most programs
at ,the scheduled time. Ta·pe recordings may be made of an event,
but only on special occasions.
Since this service w.ill cause additicmal exp,ense, it is desired by
WHWL that its tape-recorder be
used only for SPECIAL pro,g rams.
AU programs are to be completed
one week in adva nce •o f the broadcasting date. This will make it
possible to ·i nsert a SP.EiCIAL program at any time without causing
a -g reat deal of rt.rouble. Rehearsals
will •b e held the day before each
broadcast at a time convenient to
t he majority of the members of
the cast. At these rehearsals,
shows will ,b e observed for time
(13 minutes), and for requirements ,o f entertainment, interest,

and education. Each program will
be planned with ibhe intent of
cap,t uring the interest of all ,p eople,
and not a \select ,group.
!Several programs have already
been transmitted. The iniitial one,
'History of Wilkes College", was
successfully launched by Tom
Moran. 'Dhe following Wednesday,
Mr. Groh, of the English department, directed a one-act play,
"Nettie". On a 1SiP.ECIAL program,
Mr. .Ralston, Mr. Partridge, and a
few members of bhe basebaU squad
participated in a discussion of
soccer and ,b aseball. The adva,nced,
class in Journalism, under the
guidance of Mrs. Gertrude !Marvin
Williams, discussed tbe make-up of
the Community Chest fublic:ation
wihich is being written as a class
project.
The innovation of .t hese :programs has opened .WHkes ·yolllege
to the public. 'I1his public, consisting in part of people Wihose
sons ~nd daughters are attending
W:ilkes, are naturally interested in
deriving a more OOII11Plete picture
of this college's stud:ent functions
and activities.
Because of this,
Wi1kes has ap1pr,o pr.iated a duty.
It must offer and maintain a series of broadcasts that will give
these people something of value,
:both interesting and educational.
The enthusiasm with which tlhe
first programs have been received leaves litble doubt :but that
the necessary qualifications have
been aohieved. It now becomes the
duty of each department to maintain those qualities.

NOTICE!
All sales :for ,g raduating senior.s
will be cJ.osed as of 'May 13. Sales
for a:ll other students will be
closed after 'May 25. This action is
necess•a ry in .order that all accounts m:ay be settled with the
Veterans Administration ,ibefore
the offic-ial end of the semester.

�WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

2

Friday, April 29, J.949

Speaker Discusses ••· · ·; · · •••· ••· · · · Sophomores and
World Sit:uation MUSIC,
Freshmen Must
. . . By•. DON
. . . . . • . . •. ••• AttendAssemblies

Maestro

RUSS WILLIAMS

George Kabusk

Editor-in-Chief

ART RICE

TOM ROBBINS
Associate Editors

EARL JOBES

GERTRUDE WILLIAMS

rS ports Editor

Faculty Advisor

ELEANOR KRUTE

ED BOLINSKI

Business Manager

Photography Editor

GYTELLE FREED

TOM LASKY

Circmiation Manager

Features E}ditor

EDITORIAL STAFF

,

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Ge_or,~ e Kabusk, Joe Gries, Romayne •Gromelsk1, Nan~iann McCa•g ue,
P.r1sc1lla tSwartw-ood, Don _ Follmer, Joan Wais~, Bill Hart, Gene
Bradley, Oharles Snyder, Ohuck GJ.oman, James Tmsley, Bob Sanders.
A paper published weekly by and for the students of Wilkes College.
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Intercollegiate Press

EDITORIAL

"To put it bluntly, SHUT UP!"
Repeatedly during the past year there have been complaints
about noise in the library. But not much has been done about
it. Occasionally members of the library staff have · wandered
through the halls or into a reading room to politely request a
noisy group to quiet down, but, regretably, without noticeable
effect. Generally, the group, extending a cold shoulder, has
continued to chatter. Cute little signs have been posted to
solicit silence, but apparently their subtle meaning has been
lost on the more raucous, library patrons. The kid gloves, primarily hopeful attitude of the library staff has failed misearbly.
From now on a "get tough" policy will be ad.opted in the
library. Bluntly, when you come into the library SHUT UP and
do not raise your voice above a feeble whisper until you have
passed out of its ·doors again. You are eltpected to 'assume,
automatically, a hushed demeanor when entering the "Sanctum
sanctorum". If you do not do so, if you insist upon loudly conversing with friends in the main hall or excitedly discussing
a matter of. dubious important over a reading table you will be
unc:eremoniously offered the alternative of shutting up or getting out.
Please don't misunderstand. You are not being advised
that you are no longer welcome in the Kirby Home of Education.
. 'Quite the contrary, you are welcome more than ever-so long
as you use its facilities properly. Your presence is sincerely desired by the library staff if you wish to read, study, or borrow
books. But let us keep the library devoted to these activities.
Talking-or rath~r shouting-is not the only source of noise
in Kirby's ,hallowed halls.
The floors and stairways of the
building respond to footfalls like drumheads to drumsticks. When
classes change during the day, a turmoil resembling a stampede of maddened cattle bursts over the place. Students on
their way to class thunder down steps cind ·t hru the halls. About
the time the bedlam of the exodus dies, other students enterihg
the building ' release their class-pent ·-energies with ear-splitting
results. Although the Wilkes student who looks like an elephant
or a rhinoceros has yet to be seen, the average one is inclined to
sound like several herds of both when climbing or descending
the library's stairways. So use your head when wandering
about the building. Tread softly and speak softly.

Students' Aid
Careers Library. ,
In Donor Program Services Expand
Is Acknowledged
.A letter, recently received by
Dr. Farley, expresses appreciation
for student participation in uhe Red
Cross ·B lood Donor program. Harrison H. Smith, chairman of the
•
I
Blood Donor Service, explained in
t he letter that the difficult y of
meeting emergencies in the four
local lhospi.tals will be ,g reatly alleviated &lt;through t he lhel,p of the students.
"Every day", h~ stated, "we are
receiving caHs from hospitals for
emergency blood donors, and participation of the students of Wilkes
in the Blood ·Program may save the
life of a relaitive, friend or nei~hibor in ,W yomin;g Valley."

The pipe dream of "one world"
can come true, if we are willing
to work for it, Kurt D. Singer,
aut hority on for eign affairs, told
Wilkes Coilege_ students at last
Tuesday's a,ssembly. Mr. Singer
was editor -o f one of tJhe first
underground ·n ewspapers to be
distri-b uted in Germany and has
written biographies on Goering,
and Pastor Niemoller.
At this time, Mr. Singer said,
the world . is divided into two
camps; Communism versus Democracy. In this struggle of political
factions, Communism is winning
out where Democracy has failed.
A ·p lausible explanation for this,
given rby Mr.Singer, is the fumbling of untrained politicians and
diplomats. "American politicians
are always losing the peace," he
declared, and added that after the
first World War, President Wilson
was knifed in the back :by American politicians. \ Thus, the peace
was lost.
Mr. Singer thought the Marshall
Plan an intelligent way to combat Communism, but regretted
that in some countries the money
has been wasted through incompetency and maladministration. The
point Mr. Si.nger emphasized was:
"You cannot buy friendship."
The Russians think of themselves as an Economic Democracy.
Mr. Singer explained, and of the
United Kingdom as a Socialist
Democracy, and the United States
as a Capitalistic Democracy. Many
political ideologies are being offered the despondent people of the
world, and the type of government that appeals to the people
must win out. ln other words,
Communism must be combatted
with better ideas.

• D. epartmei;t;t
MUSIC
Sponsors Con Ce ft
Miriam !Jong
Am Invitation Concert, sponsored
by the Wilkes Coilege Music Deipartment, will be held on May 5 at
the :Presbyterian Church House at
•8 :30 P. M., it has been announced
!by Donald E. Goblei-g h, Director of
Music.
Helen Bitler Haw~ins, mezzosoprano, vocal pupil of WHbur
I-saacs, will perform a group of
songs among which are Che faro
senza Euridice, from Orfeo by
Gluok, Le Violette by Sca-r latti,
Nebbie by Respighi, and Non so
piu from The Marriage of Figar·o
by Mozart.
Wallace Gordon, bass-qaritone,
vocal student of . Wiilbur Isaacs,
will present the sJcond group in
whic'h he will sing Thanks Be To
Thee by Handel, In Questa Tomba
Oscura by Beethoven, and Drink
To Me Only With Thine Eyes, an
Old English song.
Ruth Dorothy . Williams, piano
1
pupil of Donald E. Cobleigh, will
play a ipiano solo, Sonatine ,by
Maurice Rave.
!Helen Shegelski and Robert
Foote, piano ipupils of Helen Fritz
MciHenry, will perform a two piano'
group ,composed of Romance. by
Arensky, and Jesu, Joy of Man's
Desiring by Bach.
Wilkes College Chorus, under
the d irection of Donl\ld E. Cobleigh, will contribute two groups.
The first will include Schafe konnen
sicher weiden by Bach and Haste
Thee Nymph ;b y Handel. The second group will be a oontata. I Hear
America Singing by Klein.singer
ibased on poems of Walt Whittman.
WH:bur I-saacs, Lnstructor of voice,
will b e the soloist.
Faculty, students and fri'ends
are invited to attend this concert.
1

!Since the start of the new year,
twelve out-of-towin college students
have come to Wilkes College Careers Liibrary for c-o nsultaition. They
have represented the followin__g insti-tuitions: Lehig,h, Brown, Lafayette, Bucknell, ,Scranton, Kin.gs,
Misericordia, Bloomsburg, Penn
State, Roosevelt, Chicago University, and University of Pennsylvania. Wilkes Alumni, too, are coming
in to .seek consultation. The first
three months -o f the year saw ten
Wilkes graduates visiting- the library. During •t he week of April 17
a •g reat number of our own stu·d ents have sought guidance. When
asked jusit what prompted them to
enter the -library, t'hey answered
they ihad read about the library in
~he BEAOOIN. Another interesting weight of the mail for that departnote is that one day last week the ment wei,ghed fourteen pounds.

Cs FOLLMER

This article is written in defense
of the sanity of one Dave Marconi,
of Miners Mills. Last week, Dave,
after taking an_ unusually large
dose of musical drivel from his
radio, threw the squawk~box at the
nearest wall until its tubes came
unstrung, and then went out into
the cold, wet weather to give vent
-t ohis strong fe elings in a harmless way.
,Now don't send the men with
the . white coa t s after me, but I
hold that Dave's action was just
a little str~ng er than my own
feelings when I attempt to get
some music out of the radio on my
desk. I ;h ave mentioned ,b efore the
deplorable state into which most
disc j,ockeys have fallen: namely,
that.of reading a never-ending list
of ifirst names before p,laying any
music. Now, I fear, the situation is
even worse!
After ploughing
through this lists of so-called
"requests" the poor announcer
can't even offer ,t he listener the
consolation of some good music.
Instead, he is forced to play any
one .o f the "latest hits" ( often
copped from a 1925 ragtime band)
which the ,listening rpublic seems
to call :music. To rb e specific, I
mean songs like the one that
made Dave Marconi dive into the
Susquehanna, C~ising Down the
River. Thing -o f the shame he m u st
have felt for his ancestor who invented the w ireless ,t elegra,ph and
thus paved the way for the radio,
when he tried every station on the
dial and couldn't rid his home of
that musicail pestilence! You know
the type I mean: s·o me are tearjerkers, and all have a banjo and
a couple of two--bit vocalists who
d-0 1/t even harmoniz-e.
Careless
Hands, Sunflower From the Sunflower State, You Call Everybody
Darling, ,t he granddaddy of them
all, Four-leaf clover, You Can't Be
True, Dear and many others faff
into uhis new low in musical
achievement. Only very recently,
when . the musical show South
.Pacific opened on Broadway, was
there any relief for the radio audiences across the country.
At first I thought I must be
wrong, but Dave's daring departure enc·o uraged me, and then last
Sunday, as I was listening to some
good music, s·o mehow one of
"those" songs crept in and before
! oould turn off the , radio it
croaked •o nce and blew a .gasket!
That c-0nvinced me that something
should ,be said!
And so, -~ embers of t~e jury,
before_ you J,udge too hastily, st op
~nd listen carefll;llY_ for _some
semblanc.e . of music rn on~ of the
afor-ement1oned tunes or its relatives! and I'll be at ,! he ri:'er bank
to_dissuade Y&lt;IU, from domg anzthmg rash. Don t push, - there s
room for all of us!!

Dean Ralston

has

announc &amp;d.

that students must attend a ssemblies regularly to be recommend ed
for graduation. If the require ent
is not completed in the freshman
and sophomore years, students wUI·
be required to attend assemblies in
their junior and senior years. Ma'l.y
students are under the impressi, •
that the attendance is not check
On the contrary, an accurate•r~d,.
, ..,
has been kept si,n ce SeptembE
will be checked in the near , :.'.
Students whose records !i . :·
delinquency will be inform«;' ···
those students who have a~ \
scheduled at eleven 01-:!lod)!:~1
Tuesdays or ,h ave obtained'_i 'i'i
permission f;om one of the-':f-~
will be excused for assembh,
sences.
Ln making assemblies a, reg_uii
ment, the A,dministrationl -i;ed
nLzed their importanc e as ~
of education. 'Dh_e speakers,
are invited are experts in /··t"fii:.'
fields. Each has valuable inf,.
tion to extend the borders u
lilberal education .advocate&lt;· ·
Wilkes Colleg e. Students wht
fine their learning to book~
cl-ass:ro oms are n ot deriving- ,H·
full benefit from their educ:.,n i.,·1,.
Their classr oom work should :fc ri,1
the foundation for their thinki",;
The .opinions and thoughts or
other educated' people should st,r,
ulate their thinking to the
gree that they are able to c•.
pile tiheir knowledge in order
form their own opinion.

Theta Delta Rho
Elects Offiet

Alma Fanucci
Theta Delta Rho held it
.rnal
election of officers on Tu,,sday,
April 26. Maril'yn Broadt was elect~
ed president and the ·o ther new
-0fficers are: Peggy Anthon , vice
president; V,i rginia Bolen, tr.easm·er. and Jo Ann Davis, secret ,'ry.
'Illie candidates for election: w ere
nominated ,by a committee ' composed of the former officers of the
sorority, representatives chosen at
larg e, and Dean Harker. These
candidates were selected for --scholarship, service and the quaJ.1t ~;. ,Qf
service rendered to the org~ t~T
]Hon, and actual interest showv ',,,.
the s orority.
'{'
Dean Harker stated tha~
primary creation and pur/{
activities is to give the g ·'· • :·perience and to ma,ke int- '"'
.citizens of them. She also t '.
out tJhe duties of the offic :
asked for nominations, to ,
ready rprepared list, fro ,
floor. No additions were ma,.
only office to which freshm
eligd.hle is that of secretary.
was completed by the actiw
hers, the results of which
-a nnounced at , a later date.
Plans were completed f ,
The Economics Club will take Mother's Day Tea to be ihe:
a trip to New York City on Fri- day, May 6, in W eckesser H a.,
day morning , May 13 and return
·B ecause of the J uni-or-fl
to · Wilkes-Barre on Saturday eve- Dinner and Senior excaminatioI!•·
ning, May 14. 'Ilhe Econ-0mics Club, was agreed to !have the next rr, ,
composed mainly of Commerce and ly meeting on Tuesday, May 1~
Finance students, extends its wel- "-leek before the usual date.
come to any other students who
A correction was made as tc
desire to accompany the group om proper p-)ace to wear the so r r·
this trip.
emblem. It was a,greed that
Plans have rbeen made to see should be placed on the upp er,
the .Stock Exchange, the Federal side of the jackets.
-R eserve Bank, and ipossihly the
A vote was ta:ken as-to ·wh•
United Nations and Wall Street.
or not a wiener roast shb'a
The club will travel by Martz planned for this semester. Sir
Bus and will stay at the Dixie many other affairs will take
Hotel. In order that reservations during the remainder of this ''
may :be made thr-0ugh Wilkes Col- ester, it was decided to pos.;_
lege, it is necessary that the names it until uhe fall semester.
.Order blanks were passed ou{
of all persons planning to go on
this trip ibe given to _;F-hil Ken- the soronity pins. A de,s ignat,ed.
nedy by ,May 1.
posit must a,ccompany , eaeh 01

Students Invited
To Visit N. Y. C.
With Econ. Clµb

�riday, April 29, 1949

3 .

WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

1949 Cinderella Candidates

GWEN CLIFFORD

0

::NORMA LOU CAREY

JANET GEARHART

DORIS GORKA

MARYSH MIESZKOWSKI

MARIE STAMER

tRMA JEAN PERSIANI

MARIANNA TOMASSETTI

ELAINE TURNER

PEGGY WOOLCOCK

NANCY YAUFMAN
P ighlighting the festivities planned for the evening of May 20, when the
k at Council will sponsor the third annual Cinderella Ball, will be the
)Sing of "Cinq.erella", from the eleven girls whose pictures appear on this
e, Co-c;hairmen of the social activities c~rilmittee, Keith Rasmussen and
: Feeney recently released the names of the candidates. Among the can.ates are two former Cinderellas: Peggy Woolcock and Marie Stamer.
By the end of ,this week, each Wilkes student will have receiveq. a postJ with the names of t~e candidates printed on it. Students are asked to

indicate their choice and return the postcard by May 9. The co-ed receiving
the most votes will be the Cinderella fQf 1949.
.
·
·
Shadrach Jones, ticWet committee chairman, has announced that tickets
will go on sale on Monday, May 2 in the bookstore. The price is $4.00 per
couple and no activities card is necessary when purchasing tickets.'
The candidates will be introduced to the student body at a sport dance to
be held at the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Sterling on May 6. As yet no
band has been selected.for the sport dance, but Jack Feeney has announced
that the best available local orchestra will play.
,,

�Friday,· April 29,,.-19'.

WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

4

Registrar Lists
Pre-Med Students Applied Music
Course Changes
Visit New York Will Be Offered
This Summer
By CHUCK GLOMAN

1Mr. Her-b ert J. Monis, Registrar, has announced changes in the
F'all -and Summer Schedules.
These courses have been dropped
from the Fall Schedule: Ohemistry 203 -a nd English 262.
These Courses· have been added
to the Fall Sc·h edule: Ghemistry1'02 General Inorganic
p27 Advanced Quantitative Analysis
329 Advanced Organic
330 Biological
Economics223 Laibor Prob. and Personnel

Mgt.
·Comparative Economic Systems
·
Retailing Principles
.Merchandising
Eng.lish201 Advanced Exposition
257 Shakespeare
French
104 Intermediate
Radio100 Introduction
101 ·Radio Announcing I
104 ,Control Room Technique
105 Radio Acting
Religion202 Teachings of t h e Great
Hebrew Prophets
These courses will be a;dded to
t he Summer Schedule :
Economics-

241

315 Public Utility Accounting
History·
220 American and Penna Histor;
Physics100 :Physical .Science

On AprH 1, twenty-three Wilkes
Mr. Charles Henderson will be
College
Pre-Medical
Students,
under the direction of Dr. Charles the faculty member in charge of
B. Reif, Professor of Biology, and Applied Music during the summer
Miss Madeline Dague, Instructor in session. He will teach piano and
organ'. lessons.
Psyehology,, took a trip to New
In order that the semester's work
York in order to witness actual ex- can be accomplised, it. will be necesperiments in a medical school. The sary for the student to take two
trip was financed by each individ- less-o ns per week ,i nstead of one.
Any-one interested in this sumual :personally.
mer course should consult with Mr.
The committee for the trip con- Cobleigh.
sisted of .Shirley Rees-e, Marie
Stamer, Doris Gorka, and .the officers of the Pre-Medical Society:
J-o'hn Wi·s niewski, President; Wayne
Redline,
Vice~Presi-dent;
Jean
Ryan, Secrebary; · and Howard
Dinstel, Treasurer.
Those who took the trip were
Dr. and Mrs. Reif, Miss Dague,
and t he following Pre-Medical students : Doris Ga1,iger, Theresa Jendrewski, Betty Rebennack, Jean
Ryari,
Nancy Shackles, Irene
Wong, Doris Gorka, Shirley Rees,
Theresa Bianco, Ann Havir, Mr.
Casper, · James Holifield, James
Smi'th, .Wayne Redline, Walter
Mokychec, Thomas Stins, Joseph
Schleicher, David Katz, William
Leutzel, Cyril Kovalchec, and
Paul Koval.
The students stayed at the
Abbey Hotel -at 51st and 8th ,Street
in New York.
-On Friday evening, the entire
grQup visited the Hayden l"l-anetarium, where they saw a show about
If you are a college graduate, married or single1 between the ages of 20
eclipses. This visit was very enand 26½ and physically and morally qualified, you may be accepted
lightening to the students, since
fo~ assignment in the U. S. Air Force Aviation Cadet classes startlrig in
the eclipse of the moon took place
.
l ate summer or early fall.
just a few ' weeks later.
The following morning,
the
Yo11 get a well-planned course, valyed at $35,000 ~;; this includes about
group . was divided into
two
275 hours of flight ffaining, and thlt finest aviation education and exe,:usmaller groups. One was headed by
tive training in the world~
Dr. and Mrs. Reif, and Miss Dague
was in charge of the second.
-Miss Dague's group visited the
Flowers College and New York
Medical Oollege, where t?hey saw
interesting dis-s ections with human
bodies . They witnessed an autopsy
performed on -a ",blue" baby who
had died -o:f' pneumonia. Physiological experiments ,yere performed on live turtles. The students
discovered t hat the experiments
performed in that me&lt;!-i,ca-1 colle~e
are similar to those performed m
the physio.logif:!al labora~ories here
at Wilkes.
•
In 1Jhe afternoon, the students
visited t he world-renowned MusCollege me~ are today's leaders of the U.S. Air in Texas for the world's finest aviation training.
eum of Natural History, where
Force. ,W ith new and complex aircraft and equip- Here yo~ will receive -about 175 hours of :flying
many fascinating displays were
viewed. One · exMbition traced the
ment being developed, scientific research becomes instruction in the Texan T-6 .trainer plus ah exvertebrae- from early · man and
more and-more important, increasing tlw need for tensive course in aviation education and execuanimals to those of the present
day. Other exhibits consist_ed of an
college-trained men.
·
tive training. ,Navigation, fuels, weather, radio
animated demonstration on hormones, modern birds· in their n-a~
As a college graduate you will have an unlimited
and radar are some of the subjects you will take.
tural hahitat, dinosaur bones, and
future
in
aviation
fields
of
personnel
managea description of vertebrae and inDuring this training period you'll find plenty of
vertebrae.
ment, operations, materiel, supply, research and
·T he second group of students
hard, fast action to keep you fit and trim ••• the
development.
went to the Long Island College
best athletic facilities are available. Upon comof ' ,Medicine. Here, the professor s
It's a year oflearning, :fl~gand time for recreation pletion of training, you will win your silver wings
of the college showed the students
through the anatomy laboratories,
with a hand-picked top-string team of Americans. and receive a Reserve commission as second lieuwhere human dissection was ,being
performed. The exhibitions viewed
Upon assignment to an Aviation Cadet class you tenant in the U. S. Air Force. Outstanding graduby· this group included laborat01:y
will be sent to one of the U.
Air Force base~
ates receive Regular commissions upon graduation.
experiments in physiology and
I
bacteriology, the internal 011gans
of the human ,body with the various stages .of dissection, and stages
in 1:Jhe embryological development
.OFFIQR CANDIDATE SCHOOL FOR COLLEGE GRADUATES
of .the human :being.
WIN YOUR WINGS
The trip proved to ibe very
If you can meet the high standards required of candidates for
fascinating as well - as interesting
officer training, there's a real future for you in the U.S. Air
to the Pre-Med students.
Force. Capable young executives are needed for positions of
NOTICE!
responsibility in non_-flying assignments ... management, communications, engineering, research and other fields. That is why
All trial registrants should have
the Air Force is offering qualified, ambitious men and women
been' completed ;,ind submitted to
U. S. AIR FORCE
with college training an opportunity
prepare for leaderthe faculty adviser prior to 3 P. M.
Single or married men with two years of college (or who can
shi0 in the air age.
on Thursday, April 28. All students
pass an equiv.alent examinatiol'.\) between .ages of ,20.,and .
who ;have not turned in trial regis26½ w'ith high physical and moral qualifications, act nowl
trations as yet should submit them
Get full details at your ,n,arest Air force Base or Recruiting
to -Miss Jean Withey in the RegisOffice or write: Chief of St_aff, Hea_dqua!'fers United Sta_tes Air
trar's Office. These students will
force, Attention Aviation Cadet Branch, Washington 25, D. C.
be billed the usual late registration
U. S. ARMY and U. S. AIR FORCE RECRUITING SERVICE
fee of five dollars.
•

Attend
April Showers Ball
Tonight

A SPECIAi. OFFEte

TO THE GRADUATING CLASS • • • JUNE '49
You May Be Accepted for an Early
U. S. Air Force Aviation Cadet Training Class

Win your wings and then start a career with a future •••

S.

to

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�' COLLEGE BEACON
WILKES

Friday, April 29, 1949

5

r;=====THE

Cue 'n' Curtain
Players to Repeat
"The Pot Boiler"

Sporting World
EARL JOBES

Do you wan to see Joan Walsh
BASEBALL: T:he Colonels open- phia 8. Washington.
ed their baseball season in a very
smoke a cigar? Then plan to atThe Golonels' Hall of Fame: This
tend the Cue 'n' Curtain's preseninauspicious manner. After copping week the old colonel salutes forman a:hbreviated affair from Wyom- er ,sports editor, Gar,field Davis.
tation of The Pot Boiler, Tuesday,
ing 1Seminary, the Colonels dropped Garf, as he is known to his friends,
May 3, 8:15 P. 1M. at Cha•s e Theathe next two to Hartwick CoUege was sports editor a lmost a year
tre.
and Scranton University. In the and he di&lt;l a wonderful j.ob despite
Cue 'n' Curtain presented, to two
former game it was a case of no the ,handicaps he had to overcome.
SRO houses, a variety program on
hitting and poor fielding behind In addition to keeping up with his
April 20 and 21.
pitcher 'Crossfire' Buzby, so the studies and outside oommitments,
The program opened with the
Colonels wound up on the short he had to p·a y his way into many
singing of Wilkes' Drinking Song
end of an 8 to O score. ln the Scran- college sporting events in order to
by the Lettermen's Chorus under
ton game -t he ,b oys got off to a report them for the BEACON. Last
the direction of Ted Warkomski.
shaky start, and fumibled away the week Garf resigned in order to deThis was offered as a prevue of the
g,ame for :pitcher Chet- -Molly. lrt vote his .time to more pressing matforthcoming Lettermen's Variety
Bob Waters scoring against Seminary, Tuesday
this ,g ame the one corlsolatjon for ters, Wilkes c,o uld use more stuShow.
the Colonels was the fact that the dents who had the school spirit of
A monologue from As You Like
slumbering power in their ,b ats was Garifield Da✓is ....
and then bring him up as a time- It was given by Dorothy Carlson
sJ.owly_,but very slowly awakening.
tested player.
of Kingston High School.
The -f inal in that game was a reJ -o hnny Antonelli got his bonus
Amidst howls of laughter, The
,s.pectful 7-6: score. One alibi the
and stayed with the Braves. Last Pot Boiler, a satire directed by W.
players could offer was that the
year ,he pitched in only three Littleto,n, brought the program to
wea·t her here has been as bad as
games, of which none were com- a close. Members 'o f the cast were:
By
JOE
GRIES
that in California, and naturally
p.Jete. :What will this year bring '? I E'v,a n Sorber, Art Delassandro,
not fit for ,a hall team to get in
The chances are nothing, because ' M:a,ble Fay Richards, Joan Walsh,
s]:ia·p e. With a few days of sunshine
a
champi·o nship club is not going ' Andy Evans, Cha.i;lie •W illiams,
It would sound silly to say that
On Tuesday afternoon, the Colowe're sure the team will play the
to take a ohance ,on any rookie and John Vale and Phil Nicholas.
nels
downed
Wyoming
Seminary
type of ,b all that ,Coach Ralston is
it is a big ' jump to move from a there he will sit. Two years of no
Because · t he program wa~ . so
hop.ing for. The Colonels go to the for the second time this year. Boyd music column to a sports column ball instead of storming through favorably accepted, the partic1.p awars twice -t his week. On Tuesday Earl made his first start of the because after all they both have the minors · to pick up the ex ocri - i tion decided to present it again.
they again cwssed bats with Wyo- year and, although he was hit their base (bass ) find need r]wthm ence that he so well needs .
ming .Seminary, and tomorrow .they hard, mana-ged to go .t he distance. to make them run smooth.
NOTICE!
The payment of bonuses to playtravel to Trenton, New Jersey, to '11he sco-r e might have gone higher
All students who expect to comF·or
a
start
I
would
like
to
make
ers
is
nothing
new;
but
the
payhad
not
the
boys
put
on
a
display
meet Rider ColJ.ege. '11he Rider
ment ·Of $50,0.00 or $60,000 to pro- plete their work for a degree in
game should be one of the ,t oughest of "sloppy" •b ase running. 'Dwice my pet peeve known bo you r ead- tect the .Jess afflu-e nt ,b-all clubs is September, 1949, or January, 1950,
games of the·year as .Rider is usual- Colonel rallies were cut short when ers and see what you think of it. comparatively recent. The bonus must register their names with
ly one of the powers of eastern players were caught in "dogIs the bonus rul e plaguing base- · ru'l e is only in its third year.
Miss Louise Brennan or Miss
intercollegiate ,h ome ga.mes sche- chases" and tagged out. Highlight
Jean Withey in the Registrar's Ofball?
Let's
look
at
it
and
see.
This
is
a
great
age
in
which
to
of
the
game
wa,s
a
towering
homeduled this spring so, if you like
John Antonelli was paid $51,000 be eighteen and a standout in hi gh fice p,r ior to Friday, May 6. It is
baseball why not ',go cruising run over the right center field barimperative that these students
to
sign with the Boston Braves, school as a baseball player.
rier
by
Zigmund
of
Seminary.
Hit'across the rive' and watch the boys
Dick Wake.field got $52,000 to sign
There are the facts. Compare register - in order that the Registing
star
for
the
Colonels
was
centin action.
'
erfielder Blarikenbush, who had with the Detroit Tigers, Paul Hin- them and if y,ou don't agree with trar may .be able to check their d"eSIOFTB.AiLL: Tne softball league,
richs received .the fabuJ.ous sum of what you see-brother you've got gree requirements befor_e th e
three hits.
under Commissioner T om Miller,
summer and fall semester begin.
$60,000 to put his John Hancock to show me.!
The lineups:
has ,b een reorganized for the seao-ri.
a
Yankee
contract,
Frank
House
Seminary
son. '11he. loop is now composed of
(wow look at this) was paid $75,000
r
ab
nine teams. Each team will play
~ and two new automobiles from the
4
0
Dunham,
cf
one game wit4 every other team in_
4
0
1 Detroit Tig ers to play with them,
the league, and at the end of the Delaney, ss
4
1
2 and again it would sound silly to
Mirabelle,
31b,
p
season th.e top· four ,t eams will ensay that iui-y promi.,ing young' b:dlZigmund,
.
If
.
4
1"
1
gage in p,l ayoffs to decide the
l player might •be better off in the
0
Blank,
c
4
. championship. Incidentally, Nick
1
0 long run if he did not accept the
3
Dyibach has another powerful team, Rotundo, lb
glittering gold -of an oversized
1
G.
Es'a,
3•
b
,
rf
3
0
and at the-present writing his. motebonus which makes him a "so call0
1
Gi.bson,
2b
2
ly crew is fav-ored •t o win •the
O ed". bonus player. The temptation
1
0
Kinter, p
championship.
2
0 is tremendous. If he fails to make
0
,B OWLING: The bowling league J. Thomas, rf ·
good .i t does not matter. H e will
g.oes r ol,J ing into its fourth week
31
3
9 h'a ve more money in his hands than
with the Tumblers and Thor's Five Totals
he ever knew there was, and more
leading ,t heir respective divisions.
Wilkes
than ,he would ever he able to save
P.olfry's 17 4 average is high for
r
ab
h in a lifetime. And if he does make
the league. He is followed ,by Wern- Warmus, 3b
2
1
O ,g ood, he is that 'much ahead. So
er and Volley with 165. The rest of Pinkowski, 3b
1
0
O we can say that a ,big 'bonus is
the boys tr.a il far · behind, in fact Blanken-bush, cf
4
3
3 .g ood for lho.s e who turn out to be
4'
the ]ea,g,ue averages a:bout 130.
2 failures, and a h,appy thing for
0
Drag.on, 2b
•SOCCER: Mr. Partridge, the ge- M•olas'h, ss
4
0
1 those who are successful.
nial soccer coach has his team go- Evan, l ib
1
1
3
But the bonus rule and the rule
ing thru spririg -t raining in Kirby Semmers, rf
1
3
2 which restricts those who accept
Park. By fall Partridge hopes to Brody, rf
4
1
2 it, hinder and prolong the pracfield a team ,that will give a g-ood Waters, c
2
2
1 tical work so necessary to make
account of itself in its first year of Earl, ·P
4
2
1 a success.
intercollegiate competition. Don't
And then there is this fact. The
for.g et fellows, if you like to travel, Totals
12
13 bonus player carries an extra load.
30
and would like to learn the game,
200 001 o~ 3
1Seminary
All the eyes are upon him, critical
report to Kir.b y .P ark any after234 030 x-12
Wilkes
eyes. He is a big money man. Bignoon -a t four o'cock and Partridge
ger than some of the stars that are
will g.ive you a tryout.
playing around him. This he cannot
Baseball Predictions: After stuhelp ibut feel. '11hii:; added pressure
dying the choices of t },}e experts
may tie h_im in knots for a whole
on the outcome of t he major league
yeaT or more. ·
races, we wouJ.d like to· second guess
Rarely is there a player like
1 the -experts. Here is the way we
Alvin Dark who makes · good impred'ict ·t hem to finish this year:
media'tely. Young pitchers, espeStudents of the advanced Jour- cially, need minor league experiNational League 1. Pittsbur,g h (a
prejudice . vote). 2. New York 3. n·a lism ·c lass, under the guidance of ence. But who ·c an blame them if
Brooklyn 4. Boston 5. St. Louis 6. Mrs. Gertru~e Marvin Williams, they accept this lump sum rathc-r
Ohica,g.o 7. Cincinnati 8. Philadelthan push through the minora. If
phia. American Leag ue 1. Detroit have been writing the Red Feather the owner thinks they can learn
2. New York 3. Cleveland 4. Boston Digest for the last three months. baseball in the bi-g time, without
5. Chicago 6. St. Louis 7. Philadle- The Digest is a monthly Com- the preparation ,of the minor class, ,.
munity Chest publication.
that is his headache. Who knows-Students active in this work are ~ an -o wner c'an accumulate enoug.h
Kay .P otter, Art Rice, Sheldon of these wonders ,h e is likely to
Cried, Roy Culp, Russ Williams, have a superfine sand-lot team to
and Tom .Moran, who also acts as u se in c-o mpetition with the most
skilled :p layers in the world. 1\'nd
city-editor.
,
On Wednesday, .&amp;pril 20, the then again he is stuck with them
Plus 1¢
group discussel the make-~p of the until they make good or he finds
Many interesting, lucrative, jobsStateTaii:
now opcn--demand trained personnel.
May issue of the Digest on the a way to get rid of them.
The National Academy of BroadAntonelli for instance, may t urr.
Wilkes ·College radio program , over
caating offers an intensive twp-months
BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY
out to be a wonder a.gainst such
station WHWL.
summer course in professional radio
writing and speaking. Write for com•
Irving Rimer, public relations sluggers as Musial, Kiner, Mize
plcte information , now
director for the Community Chest, and t he others, hut the odds are
Wilkes-Barre Coca-Cola Bottling Compap.y
it. It is a -good bet that if
NATIONAL ACADEMY of BROADCASTING suggested that the students par- against
it
were
,
p
ossible,
Billy
Southworth,
ticipate in this work, and he con3338 16th St., N. W.
sults with them about each pub- the Braves manager, wJuld send
Waahlnston 10, D. C.
© 1949, The Coca-Colo Company
Johnny through minor league test
lication.

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Friday, April 29, 1949

creating a song just by the mere
waving of my arms. It felt good to
lis:ten to the applause, but I still
thougM the crowd looked strange.
I really felt .g ood when I am•b led back to my friends with an
arm full ~f prizes, and told them
All .g raduating seniors will take
On Sunday, May 22, 1the Wilkes
By JOE GRIES
it was easy. But we know betitertheir
final
examinations
during
the
College
Concert Band of 42 pieces
DONT WE!
will present their second annual
23
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week
of May
in Room House O·u td-o or Concert. The affa1·r 1·.s sche1 don't know what mad e me d.o EAR WORTHY
the Presbyterian
Church
·t
I
't
d
t
th
Id
·
t
to take placeK"onb campus
1· . wasn ma a
e wor , J'US
Of course it's not a. •new song, (third floor). The examination duled
h " d Q"H • be- QI
1r y
a 11s at
wanted to have some fun. T.h e but :this being ithe Easter
Season, schedule will be announced next m · "'ase and
7 P. M. Adequate seating facilities
boys said I was afraid, and I guess the .best ,b uy of the day is th e week.
will be present to accommodate the
them tho,._
I EAISTER PA~ADE. The ''-"
~est verFinal examinations for all other 1arge crow,d expecte d ; approx1m.
I W ·a n·-t ed ,,.. 0 ..,,_ow
:,11
..-,
sion belongs to Betty's boy Harry. students wiU be iheld from May 30
't
ately 60-0 ,p eople witnessed last
wasn · ·
'Dhe r everse verse is the o.Jd stand- through June 9. All students must year's event.
I° saw a baton ly.i ng on the small by ,CRAZY RJHY"l1HM. (Columbia) take their examinations as sohedUnder
the
direction
of Reese E.
table. I saw that thousands of
On last Saturday I -w ent over to u'led. There will be no deviation
'
M
I
t
th
c
R
d
Sh
from
the
examination
schedule
Pelton
the
band
will
play
light
rpeople were watching me. And I see e a
e ' ampus ecor
op
hl· m rwhat· u•ns
wondered if I could get away with and asked
·
vv... new?
· · without the permissi·on of the Ad- program ·.g eared for easy summer
"Brobher", he said, "this cookie is ministrative Council.
listening. Included on the program
it.
as new as the flowers in the
In the event of a conflict, the will be the Student Prince OverI leaned over the table and look- spring." It is the new dance craze student must register the conflict ture; In A Persian Market. repeated at the cover, examining every ,n ow on in Philadelphia. He trotted with the instructor of the course ed this year •b y request; and Intropiece of thread. Then I reached out ouit THIE HiUrCKLE-BUOK done up having the smaller enrollment. ,T he duction to the Third Act of Lohenibrown by Paul Wirlliams. Get this instructor wi:11 then give the name grin. Also included on the program
with my 0th er ·h and · a nd grabbed one and be one of -t he first. (Savoy) and course to the Registrar and a wm rb e a clarinet solo by Donald
the baton; picked it up, got the · Dee Wil-liams has written, ar- new date will be set • for the stu- Follmer and a trumpet duet by
feel of it, and waved it a few ranged, and recorded DEE'S BOO- dent to take the examination. It Carl Strye and John Badman.
times. I've got somet1hing here, I GIE f.or Savoy. A good piano, sax is the student's responsi;bility to
A program of hand music is bethought.
' and drums all add urp -to a knocked contact the instructor before May ing recorded by the organization
I knew that ,t he people were still out song. T,he flip flop of this boogie 20th.
.
for use on a local radio station.
wa;tching me, I knew that they ex- is ,BONGO BLUES. A real chance
Final examinations for the Eve- The iband, will be assisted by the
pected_me to put the baton back on for y,ou it o practice on your cas:t- ning .School will ,be held from May College Chorus in -t he presentation
the -table. But I didn't; I wedged _in_e_t_s_._(_,s_a_v_o_y_)__________
2i3_t_h_r_o_u_g_h_M_a_y_2..,.8:__ _ _ _ ____:__::o:f__:t::h:.:e::ir:.._::c:,:o:n:ce::r:.:t::_._ _:__ _ _ _
the ibafon in my hand and strode
to t he middle ,o f the stage.
"Hold it!" someone yelled. "Hey,
)"OU-stop!"
Stopping wasn't for me. I headed for ,t he iband, I knew I had a
j'Olb to do. Now he was closing in
on me-plougihin.g everything down
that stopped his progress, shoving
everything and every;body out of
his way.
The &lt;huge clock ,on the wall said
8:17-just thirteen more minutes
.t o prove that I wasn't afraid.
I knew I could do i:t. Why not!
Didn't I lead ,p eople ,before. Didn't
my Corporal say i was the best
l eader in the Army. Only the T. 0.
was fill ed . Sure in bhose days I
was ,good.
Well to quote a famous line,
"Those days are .g one forever"; and
•b esides this was a different kind of
leading. "Gee", I :thought "jf only
I was Reese Pelton."
Lt took me a second to think all
of this . Wha:t brouglht me back
was the noise ,of the audience.
Boy, what a racket! Half the
world must be here, with my pals
in the lead. And then I got a
ibreak; A whistle blew. All the
noise subsided and a man came
over to me.
I took another quick glance at
the dock. It said 8:23. It wasn't
too fate-,! knew I had a lot of
time.
'T,h e man moved his finger in a
come hither motion. I knew he
wanted me to conie across the
stage to t he microphone. I thought
I ,better comJply with his order.
"Why so nervous", he said.
"I'm not nervous - I always
shake this W'ay!" I replied.
Then came that rtaunting questton that made ,h im famous. "So
you wa:nt Ito lead a •b and?" I quivered and managed to get a weak
"Yes Sir" out to ih im.
"O. K.-here are rt.he easy rules
to follow and you won't have any
trouble." I never head them. My
mind was two mHUon miles away.
He asked, "Wrhat song have you
picked from the blackboard?"
I,t must have ibeen that blond in
the front row, because I now had
new courage. I blurted out, "I
PROMiiSED TO -GET LIT UP
WHE.'N 'IUfE LIGH11S GO OUT!"
· "11hat's a .good song", he said.
The .next ,tJhing I knew I was

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a•r e available, it was receI).tly announced by M.r. Donald E.'. Cobleigh,
head ·o f the Music Department.
Tenor voices, especially, will be
needed, Mr. Cobleigh said.
During the ,p ast semesters, many
requests for a male quartet to sing
-f or dinner and lecture programs,
with offers to pay well for ,t he entertainment, rh ave been received iby ,
the music department. These requests have rb een for serious, reli,g ious, -a nd li:g.hter types of music.
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WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA.

Vol. 3, No. 29.

HAPPY

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Thursday, April 14, 1949

COUNCIL NOMINATIONS TUESDAY
Candidates To Be Named For Council
April 25 Dtadline Satire Scheduled IMPORTANT
ELECTION That Takes Office Next September
For 'Manuscript \For April 20, 21
NOTICE In accordance with the revised Student Constitution, elec-

Monday, April 25, has been set
as the deadline for submittiing
maiterial to the MANUS,CRIPT.
Oontributions may be submitted to
any member of ·the staff or to members -o f the English Department.
All material which is submiitted
,s hould ibe ,t ypewritten. Manuscrpits
will b e returned soon af.ter the
Spring issue is pu,blish_ed.
Memb ers of the MA,NUSCRIPT
staff are, Davi,d G. Jones, Leonard
J . Shetline, Arthur Spengler, Samuel ChambHss, Russ WilLiams, Jean
Grumbling, D-0lores Maitelski, Virg.inia Snee, Philip Baron, Jack R.
Phethean, B. Riohard Rutkowski
and Clem Waclawski.

Library to Remain
Open On Holidays
It 1hais ibeen announced that the
Hbrary ·o f Wilkes College will be
open over the E'aster lholii.days. The
regular hours will be observed.
Also it is called ,t o y-0ur attention
that -o n the 25,th of April there is
to rb e ano:ther .movie sponsored by
the lilbrary. I.JES MJiSERABLES,
starring Oharles Laug,h ton and
Frederic Maroh, will be presented
at the regular ,p ace; Science Lec,t ure Hall, and at the regular ,time,
8:00 -o'clock. All are welcome.

Priscilla Swartwood
Come, folks; come cheer the hero
and hiss the villain in the Cue 'n
Cur.tai-n's latest production THE
POT BOILER by Alice Gurstenburg to be given cm April 20 at 8:15
in Chase Theatre.
This satire on hamy directing
and tempermental actors is to be
done ~n the old-fashioned melodr:amatic way. l,t is a complete student
production, ·being directed by a
student and with a student cast.
Twenty-year old W. Thomas Littleton, a studenrt in Commerce and
F ina nce, is the director. Mr. Littlet on studied for seven summ er s with
t he American Academy of Dramatic Arits. Then last st:mmer he appeared in two Broadw,a y Product ions_:TOMORROW THE WORLD
for two weeks and LIF}-:: WITH
F-N l1HER for two mo,n th s. During
the wi-nter he directs the drama
dub at ,St. Stephen's Church. Tommy, as he is better known by his
friends, has written two plays,
PAI!NTI:NG LN THE D.\RK and
THE ;MY.STERI•OUS NE'CKLACE,
both of which have been published.
T\he characters are: Thon,as Pinikles ,Sud, ddrector, played by Eva1;
Sorber; Wouldbe, the novice author,
who would he if he could be, played by A11t Delassandro;· Mrs. P encil, the villainess, by Mabel Faye
Ri chards; Joan - Walsl,l as Miss
Ivory, the ,heroine, :pure and white;
A,ndrew Evans as Mr. Inkwell, the
• ( continued on page 2) •

LIU LIANG-MO ONE OF PRINCIPAL
SPEAI(ERS FOR IRC
CONVENTION
'

Liu Llang-Mo, distinguislted speaker on China, will be one
of the pprincipal speakers at the ,first meeting of the Pennsylvania chapter of the International Relations Chili Conference
being held at Wilkes College. He will speak on the first day
of the . Conference, April 22.
'Mr. Liu, a gra,duat,e of Shanghai
University, has done 'post-graduate
work at the University of Pennsylvania and Crozie Seminary in this
country.
He is :noted for his work as an
,o rg.ani,zer of student liason teams
to ,p romote C()operati-001 between
Chinese s-0ldiers and civilians during the war. China is a nation tradiitionally ,h ostile to the military.
His student workers and he were
transferred to t he g uerrilla area of
·Ohina to train civilians in the mo,s t
effective methods of supporting
guerrilla ,f ight ers. In addition, the
farmers and workers of ,the region
were taug,h t to aid isolated units.
'T IME ,Ma,gazine termed Mr. Liu
" t he man who · larg ely eoaxed the
(:;hinese into mass fiighti11Jg". In this
regard, the once ,taught 10,000 soldiers to sing the famous marching
song, Ohee-Iai, in half an hour. The
difficully of this feait is not readily
apparent to persons not acquainted
wit h ,the -Chinese language.
Liu Liang-Mo's familia,ri,ty with
:bhe ,p roblems that face China's studen'ts today nw.kes !him an authoritative and effective speaker for the
World Studenrt Service Fund.

In ,order f.or the voting machines
to lbe prepared for the Student
Council election on April 26, the
list -Of nominees must necessarily
be submitted to a Gour House official immediately after the assem,bly on April 19.
If you want to exercise your
r ight in selecting nominees, you
are urged to attend the assembly
for nominaiti001s.
All students who will have more
than 30 semester hours at the completion of the Spring semester are
eligible to nominate and vote.

tion of Sophomore, Junior, and Senior representatives to the
Student Council will be held the last week of this month. Nomination of candidates will take place next Tuesd~y morning,
April 19, at 11 o'clock in the Baptist Church House. All students
are urged to attend. Election of candidates will be on Tuesday,
April 26, in Chase Lounge.

Each dass will :b e given propor- Wilkes students wibh more efficient
student government. By holding
tional r epresentation ori the Coun- Spring electi,ons, ,t he Council will
cil. Sophomore and Junior c.lasses
are entitled to elect four rep-r e- be able to stiavt functioning soon
sentat ives, .but the less p opulous after the September semes_ter is
under way.
Senior class will eledt just tltree.
Students who will have from 31 Nominations and .election of this
60 semes.ter hours wirt:ih the complenature have heretofore been held
tion of •t his semester will nominate
in the Fall of -the year. Under the as s-o phomores for sophomore rerevisions t o Article IV of the Con- presenta,tives. Those w;ho will have
sHtution, which will be rea,d to the from 61-90 wibl nominate as juniors
students before nominati001s are for junior representatives. Students
made, election of Student Council who will ,h ave in excess •o f 90 hours
representaitives for the three upper wiith the coonpleti&gt;on of t he presenrt
·classes must ,take place no later semester iwill nominaite as seniors
George Kabusk
ohan the twelfth ,week of t he Spring for senior rep.resentiatives.
Voting for . representatives will,
If nations wouLd come to the re- semester. 'Nominations must be
alization of what they ,h ave in held, under ibhis plan, ,by the ele- of course, ,be cond'ucted on the same
comrri·on, a future world catastrophe venth week of ,the Spring semester. basis.
Pete Richards, senior represenmigiht very ,w ell be prevented.
The duly- elected representatives
William Avirett, Education Edi-tor will then assume their positions on tative ,to t he Counci,l, has been apof the New York Herald Tri,bune the •Council next Septemlber when pointed ohairm'an of the election
delivered this message to Wilkes classes start. ,Special provisions committee. HE;J has announced t hat
College students at last T•u esday will be made for the election of voting machines will be provided
morning's assembly.
Freshman representatives. Of ne- ,by the dty of Wilkes-Barre for the
His speech was principally about cessity, and in fairness to every- April 26 elections. '.Dhis will be the
"Operations ,M aroo Pol-0", s·o-called one, the Freshman class election first time thia,t the students have
because few people /believe the . wrll not take p lace until after the used voting machines at WiJkes
College elections.
stories he relates of •h is recent Fall semester has started.
Representatives who are elected
trip to Europe. T,l).e purpose of this
IPertlaining to v,a cancies that octrip was to select a boy and girl cur on the Council, Section 3 of on April 26 will serve on the Stufrom each of t he Marshall Plan Article IV states that su~h vacan- dent Council from September of
cou ntries and ihave them appear as cies shall be .filled wilthin two weeks this year to the following June.
guests of the New York Herald by means of a special election. In Recenlt interest in special elections,
Tri'bune which was planning to the past, vacancies have exi sted for held to fill vacancies t hat occurred
Ii-old a forum.
several weeks .before any action f,o r va,rious reasons, ,h as left much
to be •d esired. It is hoped that the
On his tour Mr. Avirett visited has ,been taken.
Irelan and notdiced that the Irish
'These .c hanges to the Cons,titu- students will rea,Jize bhe importance
felt sorry for ,t he British because ti'on have lbeen made to provide ~f the oomirug elections.
of ,their hard struggle on the road - - - - - - - - -- -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - to ,recovery from World War II. He
said that conditions in Paris were
,,/
much ,t he same as .they had been
before the war. Be~gium is still the
hot bed of Europe. ,She made arapid
,r ecovery from the war but is now
suffering fr om lack of world markets f.or her ,p roducts. He stated
that Holland is making a slow r ecovery, and that Holland's economy
WiJ:kes College will offer severa,l
Information 1has been received in
is dependent ·0n the East Indies. the Career's Library that the re- Music Scholarships, ranging from
The Dutch resent American inter- gistration dead'line for the gradu- $100 to $200 :per year, ,to high school
ference in t he Indonesian problems, ate record examinati-O!Il is today, graduates who qualify for advancpartly 'because we seemingly are Thursday, April 14th. Candidates ed stu,dy in rmusic. '11hese scholarunable •to settle some of our own must register with local examiners. ships will be given in Voice, String
problems. Mr. Av.irett o-p ined that T,h is can be done at Ch.ase Hall. J:nstruments, Wind Instruments,
Swedish neutrality in two wars has Yale, f.or example, is one of the Organ, and Piano.
left the people without a natural graduate schools a,sking for .graduAU applicants must meet the
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ate record exam ination as part of scholastic requirements of the Coladmission procedure.
lege. In addiition, they must furnish
evidence of previous study in the
form ,o f a letter from a teacher
staiting the nature and extent of
such study. A demons;tration of
ability on an instrument will be
given [before the music faculty.
April 19Graduating senoirs who wish to
Baseball, here. Ha1,twick.
be considered as a candidate for
'llhe Economics Club of Wilkes one of itihe Music Scholarships
April 200ne Act Play (The Pot Boiler). College is planning a trip to New should co,n tact Mr. Do,nal&lt;l E. CobYork City on the weekend of May leigh, ,d irector of the Wilkes ColrBaseooll, away. Scranton U.
13. 'I'hey will visit pl.ac es of interest :lege School of Music. Other memApril 21bers •o f ,t he ·c ollege's music faculty
0ne Act Play (The Pot Boiler). to all .business students.
Any-one
wishing
to
make
t
his
are
Mr. Chas. N. Henderson, Mr.
April 22trip with the Eco.noonics Club W.i.lbur G. I saacs, Mrs .. Helen F,r itz
IRC :S tate Gonfer'ence, here.
should contact Danny Sherman or ·McHenry and Mr. Robert E. Moran,
Phil Kennedy soon.
newly appointed band director ..

Tribune Editor
Speaks to Students

Deadline Today Wilkes Offers
For Graduate Scholarships To
Record Exam Music Students

Social Calendar Economics Club
PlansTriptoN. Y.

Liu Liang-Mo
Mr. Wilbur Pearson, of t he
,Pr-ogram Analysis S ect io n of UN·E S,00 Relaitions .Staff in the Dept.
of State :will speak to the State
Conference on Catmrday night,
April 23.

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�Thursday, April 14, 1949 ·

WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

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Lette1:'1an'sB~ StudentsRe~ired
Third In ·Series To See Advisors
RUSS WILLIAMS
Editor-in-Chief

TOM ROBBINS

ART RICE
Associate Editors

GARFIELD DAVIS

GERTRUDE WILLIAMS

Sports Editor

Faculty Advisor

ELEANOR KRUTE

ED BOLINSKI

Business Manager

Photography Editor

JOYCE .BURCHARD

TOM LASKY

Circulation Manager

Features E,'.ditor

EDITORIAL STAFF
Vince Macri, BiH Griff,ith, Art ,S pengler, Earl Jobes, Ed Tyburski,
Miriam Long, Alma Fanucci, Chet M,olley, George Kabusk, Bob Sanders,
J ,oe G:r;-ies, Riomayne Gr,omelski, Nanciann McGague, Priscilla Swartwood, J oan Walsh, Hill Hart, Gene Bradley, Charles Snyder, Chuck
Gloman, Don FoHmer.
A paper published weekly by and for the students of Wilkes College.
Phone 3-3148 Ext. 19
Member

Intercollegiate Press

EDITORIAL

Tom Robbins

GET OUT AND· VOTE!
There have been more pleas put to the students of Wilkes
in the past few weeks than you could shake a well-oiled typewriter at: There have been Red Cross pleas, blood donor pleas,
help your neighbor pleas, love your teacher, cheer your team,
and pass World Lit. pleas.
Well, sad as it may seem, we are here to put forth another
plea. It all started about a year or so ago. At that time we
became aware pf the fact that maµy Wilkes students did not
give a used Dewey button about school activities, nor did they
take any time to interest themselves with controversial issues
on the campus.
The inevitable happened. Student government went on the
well-known rocks, school spirit dropped to an all-time lowi, and
there was confusion within many campus organizations. Since
that time, school spirit and interest from the students have increased slightly. However, there still is room for much improvement.
What are we getting at? Just this: In about two weeks you,
the students of Wilkes, will be called upon to use your voice via
votes to install a new student council. First of all, get out ~nd
vote. Second, when you do vote think carefully and vote for
the BEST man. It is up to you to see that Wilkes grows in quality
as well as in quantity.

Nine Factors
Outlined For
Job Interviews
(I. P.) Easy manners and good
gro01Ini.ng as well as technical ability and know-how ,p lay their part
in he~ping a studeIJJt land · an attractive jolb in industry, judging by
nine factors for successful intervi~ws outlined by E. Ro,b ins Morgan, director of placement at Lehigih University, in a n ew booklet,
":Senior Placement Information."
Here are M,o,r gan's ipo.ints:
Before entering an interview,
know something about the size of
the company, its financial standing,
the loc,ati&lt;on of its principal plants, .
its product and their uses.
Be well ,g roomed. Your clothes
need not be expensive, but they
should be clean ·a nd otherwise pre,serntable.
Be cordial in greeting an interviewer. This is good business as
well as good manners. Y,ou like a
firm ,h andshake and a genial smile;
so does an interviewer.
Be yourself. Affectations are
readily disc:ernilble even to inex' perienced ,p ersons and they do not
give favorable impressions.
Be at ease.
\Sit comforta!bly erect in your
chair.
Show your interest in ,t he type of
·em,plOIYffient 'being ofrered.
·
Let your speech be articulate.
The interviewer has the riight to
know ,w hat you are say.ing.
'T o be cocky is inexcusable. It is
nolt ,b usiness-like, it is not courteous, and it is not p,rofitaible.
· According to Morgan the three
deciding factors in placement are
character, a:bility and personality.
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THE ANECDOTE
BY BOB SANDERS
The teacher .t old one of our students, "It gives me .g reat paeasure
to ,g ive you a 'B' i,n ithis examination."
The student replied, "Why don't
you g ive yourself a real thrill and
give me a hundred."
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They laughed when I came in
with shorts ,on, but, when I sat
down t!hey split.
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'l;hey walked along together-..
the sky was covered with stars ... .
they reached the gate in silence ..
he lifted the iron bars ... . she raised
her dark eyes to him ... .. There was
nothing ,between them now..
For
he was only a hired man ..
And
she a Jersey cow ..
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Colleg,e bred: a four-year loaf
on the old man's dough ..

TRIBUNE EDITOR SPEAKS
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feeling of sureness. In Norway he
noticed that the people work very
efficiently. He asked why such a
difference . existed b~tween these
1S candanavian countries and was
told: "The Norwegi,ans were really
in the last war." The situation in
Greece is tragic. The people have
been forced out ,o f some areas because the Greek guerrillas have
!been a!bducting children and baining them to aid their cause.
In addi'tion to these countries,
Mr. Avi•r ett visi,t ed Austria, Turkey, Portugal, Italy, Luxemb'urg,
Denmark, ,Switzerland and Germany. As a result of this tour, he
gained lihe impression that "We're

TOM LASKY
The smooth, sweet music of
Johnny Martin and his ornhestra
will flo.od the Irem Temple Country Club fifteen days hence (April,
29, that is) when the Wilkes Lettermen hold their annual Ap,ril Showers Ball. This year's Ball will be
the thil'd such affair at Wikes College. These dances have always
been amo,n g .the s,ocial standouts of
the spring semester.
The hig,hli,g ht of the Ball itself
is the crowning of the Colonels'
Queen during intermission. Last
year Agnes ·N oyak was recipient of
this h onor.
Pleasant spring weather, no corsages, a go,od orchestra, a good
dance floor, and a girl promise to
produce the r ig,ht c·o mbination for
a •beautiful evening.
'T ickets may be .p urchased from
any L etterman or in the ·b ookstore.
The price is $3.00 per couple.
Alex Molash, general chairman
for the affair, is being as~isted by
Jaok Feeney, arrangements; Chester Knapich, program; Clem Scott,
reservations; Tom Moran, publicity; Bob Waters, Gerard Washco,
Bob Gorgas, Jack Semmers, Ollie
Thomas, Paul '.l1homas, John Florkiiewic,z, ·George Lewis, Joe Brennan, Francis Pi,nkowski, and Don
Blackenbuch, decorations.

2nd Annual Debate
Results Received
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Wilkes has received the final resuLts :from ,t he ,Second Annual Invitation Debate Tournament held
at Brooklyn College, Marc,h 11 and
12th.
The judges graded ea0h speaker
individually by a point system. The
indiVlidual totals were then added
together to compute ,t he team
scares.
.Several colleges entered two
teams; these ,g ,r oups are numbered
separately in ,t he following list of
fi.nal team standings:
Annapolis II
Champlain
Vermont I
Vermont H
Tufts J
Brooklyn
King's Point
M. I. 'T ,
Wesleyan
Temple
Tufts II
Wa,g,n er
Dartmouth
Rutgers
Annapolis I
WILKES
Queens
,St. Peter's
Penn State
1 Hofstra
Georgetown
Forham II
Boston U.
Lehigh I
N.Y.U. I
Stevens
St. J ,o hn's
Washington ,Sq. N. Y. U.
F.o rdham I
Lehigh II
.
New Haven State
Harvard
Rhode Island St.
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COllumbiia

N.Y.Y.II
getting a sense of Community in
the Atlantic countries." He firmly
lieves that the Marshall Plan is
believes that the Marshall Pla,n is
helping p.e ople, especialy the young
Speaking a,bout our domestic situaition, Mr. Avirett said that thirty
years ago it was rather easy for
a college ,g raduate to get work but
added that it would be mo.r e difficult for those who are graduating
now and in ithe near future. This
will ,b e so, he said, because of the
present economic, political and social set-up.

Between April 19 and April 23
all students must see their facuLty
advis·o rs, ,receive mid - semester
g,rades, and complete trial registration for the Frall semester. If
students p1an to attend summer
sch:ool, they will make out a trail
registration for that semester also.
Each student must complete a
trail registration form for the F'all
semester. In the event ·that a student is completing ,h is work at ithe
College this semester, he must indicate that on a trial rregistration.
It is the responsibility of advisors
to submit to the office a trail registration for all students assigned
to them.
The summer semester will begin
June 20 and the 1inal examinations
.will end on August 13. The Fall
semester is from Septem:ber 19,
1949 throug&gt;h January 28, 1950.

Boys Dorm Seeks
S. C.'s Recognition
Cont1nming with their efforts to
achieve recognition from the Student 1Council as an organized ~lub
activity, the Men's Dormitory completed work on their Constitution
and accepted the do·cumenL l,y unanimous consent.
The purpose ·o f the new Constituuion, as stated in Article II, includes: "assisting i:n the administration of all Payne Hall Dormitory affairs", and "coordinating dormitory social activities of 1:lhe college."
T,hP. officers of tne organization
include: ·P resident, L'hal'les O'Shea;
Vice.,President, Jack Seese; Secretary-Treasurer, Bruce MacKie; and
the ex-officio Faculty Advisor, Dean
George RaJ.ston.
Election cf ,, ff:cers must be •,e!d
·once each •;e,r,ester during the :;uond wee', n: ,:he semester, wit!'! a
majority vote of the total number
of eligible votes required for election to office.
'"I1he candidates for presiaent
.s hall have resided in the dormitory
for at least two semesters prior
to !his ,nomination. No s·pecific qualifications, o,t fier than general 'adaptability, shall be required of the
other officers."
'l;he Constitution also provides
fo,r recall of officers. "Charges
agaiins,t any officer will be reviewed
by the Executive Council and after
due consideration ,the problem will
,be presented 'to th!c! group, and a
,d ecision of the group will require a
three-fourths vote.
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Band Rehearsing
For May Concert
!Members of the Wilkes College
Band are now preparing a program
of music to be . presented a,t their
second Annual Band Concert. The
pro,g rain will ibe held on t he College
campus in the latter pa-rt of May.
It is expected that a program will
also :b e g iven at a Tuesday assem,b ly period preceding the concert.
F"orty-tw.o musicians, under the
direction ,o f Reese E. Pelton, are
arranging this .event. The concert
group is well organized and is comprised of .p ersonnel roster somewhat ,d ifferent f,rom that of the
marcihing lban&lt;l. Through the cooperation of St. Stephen's Church
it is poss'ible for the musicians to
use the churoh house as a rehearsal
,h all.
Music of all types wil be found
,on the concert program. It is expected to include: Overture ,t o the
Operetta Student Prine~ When
Day Is Done; Introduction to t·he
Third Act of Lohengrin; and selectio,n s from The Merry Widow. Several instrumental ensembles will
also be feaitured. rt is ljkely that a
trumpet duet, a carinet solo, and
a flute solo will 'b e listed.

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MISCELLANEA
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By
BILL GRIFFITH
Mid-Term Musings: ,One music
student :going into the lecture hall
for the- music exam muttering to
'a friend, "All ,h e'll want us to do
is to w,r ite a symphony in fifteen
minutes." ..
I heard one student
wailing .o ver the fact that. a prof
had purposely ",gypped" him of a
,p oint-not thinking of the numiber
of papers that had to be marked ..
The phrase, "that was a snap",
pleasantly voiced by a few students. (I will have to find out what
subject that was) ... .. The desperate
expression on the students' faces
as they try to figure out the tough
ones toward the end of the &lt;testing
,h our .. Writer's cramp developing
du,ring those essay exams ...... Some
profs trying not to be policemen
but also recog:niz-ing the fact that
there is little intellectual honesty
on the campus ..
That wonderful
feeling when you can answer six.teen of ,t wenty questions ..
The
opposite feeling of panic when you
realize you can only answer one
out of three.
April F,ool Jokes: Mr. Partridge
not sih owing up with the soccer film
at the lecture hall and Mr. Riley
not giving that examination which
everyone eX!pected.
Signs of S,p,r ing: Lee Ann Jakes
has found Ed Johnson to carry her
.book for ,h er durjng these beautiful lazy days ..
John J. Persko ·
andl Marianna T,o mmasetti reading
poetry to one another while sitting
on the dike steps .... T,he maintenance men planting new s hrubbery
.. .,T he slackened pace while traveling between classes ...... Dr. Farley's
jeep making its appearance on
campus ...
The dorm students
loosening up their pitching arms ...
The organizing of a softJhall league
under "Happy" Miller .... .. Nancy
Ann Fox and Dom Alfano walking
hand 1n hand..
Open windows ..
A4JriL showers .
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·T,h e Passing Scene: The c.offee
hour is catching on-more ;;tudents
are attending, staying longer and
•h aving interesting discussions..
I
hear ,tJhat the Lettermen are going
to sp.onsor a tea ...... Plenty affairs
during the ,p ast week to hold a teacup with a lifted ,p inky: first,
Spanish Club tea last Tuesday at
the girls' dorm; then the men's
dorm threw a nice party W ednesday night; and finally the Theta
Delta Rho's all-scihool tea on
Thursday.-All nice affairs.... Gue
'n' Cu~tain is going to present an
evening of one acts ..
'!'hose busy
fellows, the Lettermen, are practicing 'their songs for their variety
show to be given in May..
The
I. R. C. moves into h~gh gear as
their •c onference approac,h es
Heard a strain of "In a Persian
Market" floatin g on the breez.e as
the lband prepares for their forthcoming co,n cerL .. .People trying to
inveigle a ,r ide from 'their friends
so that ,t hey may attend the Letterman's Dance. .
People are beginning to talk about the ,b ig event
of the year--4;he Cinderella Ball
and who is going to be chosen as
Cinderella.

SATIRE SCHEDULED
(continued fron:1 page 1)
villain because he is ,so black; Mr.
Ruler, ·the_ hero, because he is so
straiight, played by Charles Williams and Mr. Ivory, father of Miss
Ivory and a chip off the old block,
by Jack Vale. Phil Nickol'a.s is the
pianist.
Last year's concert was well attended, and it is anticipated that
even more people will be on ihand
for this year's event. As at last
year's program, ,t he choral cluib will
appear during an intermission in
the program. Portions of this year's
concerti; may ibe broadcast on the
college radio program duri.rug the
next month.

�Thursday, April 14,- 1949

WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

3

Bowling League Colonels Defeat Cheerleaders
Now Functioning
Seminary, 4 -1 Sponsor Contest

Colonels Get Good Start
Our Colonel baseball team started off on t he right foot Tuesda y
aftern·oo n in win ning over the Wy•oming Seminary tea m, 4-1. The
Colonels triumphed on the hi tting
a nd pitc•h ing combination of Al
Molash and Joe P awlek. The latter
was ver y impressive a s he h a ndcuffed t he Blue K,nig,hts with one
,h it--a scratch single down th e
third-base line .which Pinky Pin kowski stoprped barehanded but was
then unable to make the throw to
first.
I
In t h e' fourth inning Molash
showed that he has not los.t the
power he displayed for the Colonels
last year. Al .tagged one of Garbut's pitches and drove it over
Thomas' hea·d in left field. Three
runners scored in front o.f Mola.sh,
and when Coach Ralston, coaching
in t he third-base box, waved Al in,
he was only too happy to try for
the homer. In a very close play at
the plate, Molas-h was called out.
The ji,g Coach ,Rals ton danced in
protest to the umpire at t hat point
was really something to s--ee.
Team Almost Intact
Coa ch Ralston fielded a team
against Seminary that was almost
identical wirth the om! he em.ployed
last season. The entire in.field of
Warmus, Molash, Dragon and Evan
was back, and Semmers and Blackenlbush once m ore were in the outfield. George Brody, left fielder who
is out for the team for t h e fi-r st
time t his year, will be of ,g reat help
as soon as he sharpens up his batting eye.
-On what J.oe Pawlek showed
Tuesday, the mound staff figures
to be a .g ood one, si-n ce Chet Molley,
Walter Hendershot, Crane Buzby
and Boyd E'arl ·a lso · are capable
.hurlers. We'll .p robaibly get the oppo:r,tunity to lodk at one of them in
action next T uesday afternoon
when the 0olonels opponse Hartwick College at Kirby Pa·r k.

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Wilkes GoUege's first intramural
With Joe Pawlek flashin g midThe cheerleaders are sponsoring
bowling league is now functionin g season form on the mound for the a cheer-writing and song-writing
smoothly, with ,t he bowlers l'olling Wilkes College baseball nine, the ·corutest. '.Dh e winning scripts will
their games at the Hampton Bowl- Colon els won t h eir opening ball 1be pu'blished in the BEA0 0N and
game of the 1949 season yesterday,
ing Al'le;ys on Thursday and Friday top,ping the W yoming Seminar'y will be u sed at the games. Prizes
Softball League
ni g,hts. Most of the cred it for or- rteam by 4-1. The ga me, played at w iH be aw arded ,t he winners.
'Dhe Wilkes College intramural gani·zing the league g-o es to John Seminary's .Nesbitt Stadium, was
Entries sho ul d be submitted to
softball league, which was a solid S,tofko, a W.i1kes student, who ap- close u ntil the fourth inning when
Toni
Meneg u s in t he GirJ's Gor
smash last year, g ot U!].derway
Al Mola sh tripled over the leftagain April 5 at Kirby Park. E,v ery- proached Mr. Rals ton some time fielder's head wi'th Marty Warmus, Bruce MacKie in the Boys' Do-r m,
body had a wonderful .time last ago and asked if it would be poss- Don Blackenbush a nd Jack Sem- or Dr. Reif.
year playi ng t he game, a nd from ible rt-o get a bo,wling league going mers on 'b ase. Molash was t hrown
'Dhe cheerleaders have already
all appearances t h e same will be at Wilkes.
out at t he plate trying to stretch
,b egun practice under the direction
true this year.
Mr. Ralston was enthusiastic the blow into a home run.
It's too early yet to pick a favor 'P awlek's performance on the hill of th eir new captain, Bruce MacKie
ite, t houg h Nick Dybac.h of the about the idea, and several a n - was an ex-c epti onal one, considering and their advisor, Dr. Reif.
Draft Dodgers is already claiming nouncem en,t s were placed in t h &lt;! the fact that it was an o.pening
Th e gro up is planning a dan ce,
rthat his team w.ill sew up the pen- college .bulletins calling for s tu- game. His control was excellen t and the profits of which will. be u sed
nant. ·T he part tJhat hurts is that dents interested .i n participating in his speed enabled ,h im to chalk ,i.::p
there ,m ay be something to what
eight' strikeouts. H e was at ni s to purchase new uniforms for the
the league. ·Tlhe response was im the redo u!btiable Mayor of Grant
best in the last stan~a of the five - Fall.
Any•bne inter ested in becoming
S treet says, as evidenced by the m ediate and a meeting was held at inning contest, when S eminary, in·
fact that bhe Draft Dodgers now whi,ch t h e fo llowing by-laws were a final effort to come from beh ind, a cheerleader should attend t he
boast a recor-d of three s,t raight drawn up :
sent in two pinch-hitters after meeting on Tuesday, April 21 at
1 :00 p. m. in the Biology Building,
wins. We'll see.
1. All gaimes will 1be played at Kintner had gotten Seminary's only
hit of the g.ame, a scratch single Room 101. A minimum average of
Short Shots
the Hampton Bowling Alleys.
down th e thivd 1base line. Pawlek C is required .. The final choice of
Richie Ashburn, the Pthiladelphia
2. The leagu e will consist of two poured on the steam and struck out candidates will 'be made by Dr. Reif.
P hils' standou t flychaser, is rapidly ,becO'ming another Pete Reiser gr.ou.ps of six teams each. Each 'the fina l two batters, ending the
SEMINARY
when it comes to injuries. Richi e team will play every oth er team in Seminary threat a nd the ball game.
The b,ox score :
ab r h 0 a
mi ssed ·a g ood portion of las t sea- its group. The group winners will
WlLKE:S
1 1 0 1 0
J. Thomas, cf
son •,vihen he broke a finger, and al- oppose each other in a play-off
1 0 0 0 1
ready h as been -injured twice t his match for the ohaimpionship,
ab r h 0 a Mira1belle, 3b
2 0 0 2 z
3. Each team will consist ·o f six Warmu ~, 3•b
y ear in spring training. H e was
3 2 1 0 0 Delaney, 2:b
2' 0 0 7 0
beaned a few weeks ago and turn- men.
0 1 0 1 0 Blank, c
Blacken-bush, cf
1 0 0 1 1
2. M~nagers will be entirely r e- S emmers, rf
ed his ankle last Sunday in an ex2 1 0 0 0 Jas. T,h omas, If
1 0 1 4 0
hibition ga:me . . Coach Gear,g e Ral - s ponsible for punctuality and r e- Molash, ss
3 0 1 1 2 Kintn er, lb
1 0 0 0 3
ston is hoping that h is Colonel presentation of their t eams .
2 0 1 1 0 Lloyd, ss
Dragon, 2-b
2 0 0 0 0
5. One half of the league will ,E van, l b
sluggers can match their perform3 0 1 3 0 Metro, rf
2 0 0 0 1
ances of las-t season, when no less bowl their games on Thu,r sdays and Wat ers, c
3 0 0 5 ;t _Garbut, p
1 0 0 0 0
.t han seven Wilkes batsmen hi t the other half on Fridays.
1 0 0 3 0 E fculsa, p
,Pisih, c
6. Each, participant will bear his Brody, lf
over .3 00. At any- rate, let's hope
3 0 0 1 0
15 1 1 15 8
t hey do better than th e Washi ngton own expenses. A small sum of .Pawlek, p
1 0 0 0 o,
1 00 30-4
Wilkes ..
team of the American League did mo,n ey .w ill ,b e offered by each pl,a y--- -1 0 0 0 0-1
Seminary
last year, when .the best "hitter" er at each bowling ni,g,ht. Thi s
21 4 4 15 3
had a .278 average .. All the base- money will be used to purchase
ball -e xperts seem to favo r the pri,zes for the wi nning team.
7. ·Tea,m ,manag ers wiU des.i de as
Brooklyn Dodgers and th e Boston
Red Sox to win the major league to the -naiture of th e prizes.
At the end of two wee-ks of play
pennants t h is year. Won't they be
embarrassed when the Boston three teams are b attling fo.r the
Braves and the Cleveland Indians lead in t h e Thursday group. They
repeat!. . Student Igoe 'Dwilks, one are · Thor',; . Five, rth e Wheels, a n d
of Wilkes College's first citizens the Pre-Law team. '.Dhree-game
b ad t his to say about the recent hig&lt;h is held by •t he Thor's Five sexludicrous j,olb the P IAA did in tet, which also holds the singlehandling the As~ley~Kane basket- gam e hig,h. The •ou tstanding _T.ho,r 's
ball ,playoff garme : " I us-e d to t hink Five bowlers t hus far have been
I was an inept and buIIllhling fel- Gil°Qson , Saban~ki and Messinger.
In t he Friday .g roup t here is a n
low, but I take my hat -off to the
-~
even clo.ser race -for the top posigentleme-n of the PIAA."
tion,
with
1/he
C.
P
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A.'s
a
nd
the
Swan Song
.
1
T ufablers · tied for first place. Both
We regret exceedingly that thi s
have lost only one game apiece.
crisis should come at the start of
, the baseball se•a son, since there is T he Tuni1blers hold t he single and
three-game high scores. The three
no sport cl,oser to our heart than
,t op men are Ka rd ell , Meko and
th e diamond game. But ,t h ere a.re
1
_rather pressing m atters which Merolli .
Scranton University h,as issued
make it a lmost imperative that we
a challenge to bhe Wilkes bowlers
.give up t h e demanding task we
for a g ame some time this month.
assumed almost a. year ago.
It's been a wonderful experience, The Wilkes team will a:ccept the
and to the readers of S,port Shots challenge and will choose the ihi g hwe say thanks a million-to both es.t scoring bow lers from each
group to oppose t he Royals.
,of you!
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�WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

4

FALL COURSES
ARE LISTED
Mr. Hevbert Morris, Reg,i strar,
has announced •t hat the following
coll!rses will be 'Offered during the
Fall ,S emester (,September 19, 1949
to Janua,r y 28, 1950). A list df
courses to be offered at evening
.school in ,t he Fall has not been
oompleted yet. Several courses will
be ,g,iven in the evening school that
are not p·art of the day time cur~
riculum.
Biological Seience-10-0-Biological Survey
Biology100-lHy;giene
101-Zoology
204-Hisfory and Organology
209---JGenetics
221-Rhysiology
Chemistry101.......JGeneral Inorganic Chemistry
115-·Qualiitative Inorganic
A,naly,sis
203-Quantitati ve Ino11ganic
Analy,sis
209-0rganic Chemistry
301---J&gt;hysical Chemistry
319.......JChemical Literature
308-Advanced Physical Ohemistry
Civil Engineering103_,Plane and T•o pographical
.Surveying
Economics101-Bus-iness ,Education and
Guidance
103,.........Pninciples of Economics
105 iPl'inciiples of Accounting
109-Economic Geogra:phy
114--&lt;Business ,M athematics
1.21-Banikirug and Money
134.......JPer,s onal-U se typewriting
135-S.horthand-Typewri,t ing
137-Adavanced tStenogr.a phy
·21~Corporati-on Accounting
·209-.Business Law
·217-Mar,k etimg
:220-Adver,t ising
225-0rganization and Financial
Management of Business
Units and Oombinations
231-Business Law
235.......JSecretarial Training and
Office Machiines
303-Cost Acc,ouniting306----&lt;Persona:l Management •
3·0 7-Property Insurance
311-Economic Statistics
314-Tax Accounting
316---lnterpretative Accounbing
318r-Econ omic History
324-Advanced Economics
Education101-Introduction
201-Educatiorual Psychology
207---iStudent Teaching
21-6x*-Occupations and Occupational Research
256x-Counseling Methods
258x-Visual Education
303x-E.'ducational Measurement
304x--aPublic School Administration
Engineering100-Engineering Problems
lQl__,;E,ngi.neer.ing Drawing and
Descriptive Geometry
English101---'Composi.tion
102-Creative Writing
103-,World Literature
1'04-World Literature
121--,J.oumaiisti,c Writ1ng
131,-......iPublic 1Speaking
250-Hisbory of the English
· Language
262-English Prose from 1700-1740
263---Early English Novel
268-Tenny.son and Brownring
283-American Poetry and Prose
French101-Elementary
103-lntermediaite

204a-French Conversation
301-Fren0h Classic Drama
German101-Elementary
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History99-iHisfory of Western Civilization
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107.......JAmerican History to 1865
206-The United States in tJhe
'I'wenitieth Century
220c---,American .and Pennsylvania
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·
235-Soviet Russia
255-Euope in the Nineteenth
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305-American Constitutional
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Mathematics101-Algebra Review
1'07---JOollege Algebra
109_;Plane 'T rigonometry
115-Mathematics -o f Finance I
202-Analytic Geometry
205-Differential ,Calculus
206-Integral Calculus
210-Theory of Equations
3•08---lAdvanced Calculus
311----'Theory ,o f Numbers
Mechanical Engineering-

Polish101-Elementary
103--,lntevmediate Polisih
251-Miodem :Polish :Uterature
Political Science-100-,Problems of Government
103-.American Federal Government
106---Municipal Government
212-International Rela·tions
240--,La,bor Legislation
Psychology100.......JGeneral Psycholo,gy

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Psychology
205---iPersonal Procedures
207-Child ·Psychology
214-Psychological Tests
225-Intelligence and Its Measurements
302-Anormal Psychology
Religion100-History of Religions
107_;The Literature of the Old
Testament
SlovaklOlx*-Elementary Slovak
103x..._fotermediate
207x-Hisitory of Slovak Culture
Sociology1-0~!ntr-oduction to the Study of
,Society
107-Tlhe Modern City
205-Marriage and the Famdly
212---lSocial Psy0h~logy
21'5-Lnitroduction to Social Work
23~Ethnology
231---'GuJ,ture and Personality

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1,03-Intermediate
204a____,Conversation and Composition
205-Nineteenth Century Drama
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Thursday, April 14,

Copyright l~. liacm ~ MYIIS To•= Co.

194

Gymnasium Fund .
Progress Released'
Dr. Farley announced the progress of ,t he Wilkes College gymnasium fund at ,t he student-faculty
&lt;linner last Thursday. The total
cost •o f -t he new ,buiJ.ding will be
$200,-000. 1Pledges and contributi_ons
,t o date total $109,000; $52,500 of
which was received s-ince Christmas.
Construction 'Of the building will
begin on the ,p lot on South Franklin
Street as soon as the $200,000 goal
is reached.
In connection wi-th this announce
ment, Dr. Farley made it clear that
the money used to purchase the
Mengel home did not come from the
gymnasium fund.
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WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA.

Friday, April I, 1949

Procedure For Selecting Cinderella Students Will Use First Meeting of State ffiC Chapter .
Candidates Is Revised By Council Voting Machines
To Be.Held At Wilkes This Month
At Next Election Delegates of approximately 50 state institutions are expected
COMMITTEES ARE APPOINTED
By VINCE MACRI

A new method for choosing the original Cinderella candidtes was decided upon at the last Student Council meeting.
The representatives agreed that they, along with the heads of
various campus organizations and class presidents, would
select the initial c_ontestants, and the student body will vote for
Cinderella from this group.
·T he winner will be announced on
the evening of May 20, when John- graduation proms at t he United
ny Long will bring his entire com- States Military Academy, Univerpany bo Ben Sterling's Rocky Glen sity of Ala'bama, and other leading
P,ark &lt;to play for the Third Annual schools.
Cinderella Ball. Dancirig will begin
Here for the engagement will ibe
at !t and continue un til 1 A. M., all of the stars who have made
with the price of admission being Long's new signature records best
$4.00 per couple, a ll taxes included. sellers. Included are Nat~ie, The
Long, who now has a national Beachc-omlbers, Janet Brace, Junie
reputation, began his climb u.p the Mays, and F loyd Sullivan and the
ladder of fame when he played his Glee Club.
first New York engagement . . This
T.he council has also a nnounced
was at t he Roseland Ballroom. He that the fo llowing committees have
was next featured at the H otel :been chosen for the affair.
New Y.orker, hom e of the famous
'Tickets Shadrach . Jones, clhairlce Terrace and one of the fore - man; John Merriit, Pete Riclh,ards,
most band location's in the nation. 'I',oni Menegus and Danny Sherman.
He 'has also played at the CommoGifts: Bill Apfellb aum, chairman;
&lt;lore Hotel and has been a yearly Art Delasandro.
·
feature at the Paramount Theatre-· Arrangements : B i 11 Griffith,
on Times Square.
chairman; . Tom 'Lasky, Lester
Other than his New Y.01'.k ap- Gross, Art Spengler, Don Vernal!,
pearances, J -o hnny has scored hits Elvira Thomsen, Frankie Markoin almost every large town from witz, Cy Kovalchick and John
coast to coast. He is featured in Haracz.
Chicag,o and Hollywood at least
Deco:riations: Henry Vanko,s ki,
once a year, and his theatre tours chairman; Walt Haczewski, Seycover nearly twenty other major m,our Merrin, Dollie Fralble, Barcities.
hara Hiartley, N ancy MoCague,
Long, a graduate of Duke Uni- ·Charl&gt;obte Davis and Charlie Knapp.
versity, has continued to direct his
Publiciity: Tiom R o'b bins, chaia-reff.orts toward pleasing fellow stu- man; Bob Sanders, Vince Macri,
dents. This year, he will play for Bruce Mackie a nd Horowit z.

John Snook Will Open House For
A.ddress Spanish Theta Delta Rho
Club Next Wedn. Theta Delta Rho will sponsor an
The Spanish Club will have a
Pan American Tea on April 6 in
the girls' dormitory from 3 to 5.
Mr. John Snook, traffic supervisor
of tJhe Pan American Airways System, will be ,t he speaker. Mr. Snook
lived in Ciudad Truj illo in t he Dominican Republic for two and a half
years. He ,attended classes a;t the
University of ,Santo Domingo. During his extensive travels through
the Caribbean and Latin America,
he visited twenty-&lt;bwo La.tin American nations. w:hile in Peru, he visited the Inca Rurins in Cuzo, and
later saw the Aztec Ruins in ith~
Yuca.tan a?eninsula. Mr. Snook spoke
last April wt the Pan American Day
celebration presented by the ,Spanish Club and is being invited to return ·o n the recommendation o{ students who h eard him then.
Senor Pablo Fahringero is the
chairman of -the entertainment committee, assisted by Jay R,auscher;
Lorna Coughlin and Robert Levine.
Jack DeRemer has offered to serve
a s a ·o ne-man clean-up committee·.
All Spanish students and their
friends are invited to attend:

open house tea next '11hursday,
April 7, from 3 :30 to 5 o'clock in
Ohiase Hall. All students and fac ulty members are invited: Nancy
Ralston has been appointed general
chairman. •Committee chairmen are,
iBaribara Hartley, refreshments ;
Nancy Youfman, decorations; Jane
Salwos,ki, entertainment; Beverly
J . Vian Hor n, clean-up, and Joanne
Davis, p ublicity.
This t ea has been scheduled becaus_e the first ·OI?en _house tea was
rece1~ed enthus1-astwally by all
who att~nded.
.
Int~rv1ews of those p~esent ~ 11
be broadcast over radio sba;t1on
WHWL. _ _ _ _ _ _ _

House Party Set'
For Men's Dorm
C harles O'Shea, presideNt of . the
Men's Dormitory, has announced
that the dorm will hold its semiannual open house parity on April
6. Fes,tivities will begin at 8 p. m.
All members of the student body
and ·th~ir fdends are invited. •
T.he special entertainment will
include dancing, and refreshments
will ibe served.

An ,innovation in .the election of
S·tudent Co uncil representatives
will ·be inaugur,a ted in about two
weeks when, for the first t ime in
the history of t he college, voting
machines will ,be used. The machin es were secured through the efforts of P.\!te Richards, a senior
member of the council.
'T he re\'ised sections of the student council constitution stat e that
t he elections o.f Sophomore, Junior,
and !Senior representatives to the
council shall take place no l,ater
than .the twelfth week of the
sp:rin.g semester. This would mean
-that .t he new council would be
ready to work about one week after
school resumes for the fall semester.
Fres·hman representatives would
be elected no -la.ter than the third
week ,o f t he foll semester.

to attend the first meeting of the Pennsylvania chapter of the
International Relations Club Conference at Wilkes College on
April 22, 23 and 24.
The state chapter was formed
.last Novemlber at the Middle Atlantic Conference of college I RC
groups, wihen it was decided ,t hat a
separate body should be organized.
Officers for the organization were
elected ,a t thait time, and Edward
Kosik, one of the Wilkes delegates,
was voted secretary. Also at the
November conference, the deleg,ates
decided to hold this coming conference to hetter form ulate plans
for the group.
A meeting of ,t he temporary officers of the iSbate IRC was held in
Harrisburg on Sunday, M,arch 20,
·alt which time ,an executive committee was dhosen. D uri ng the meeting, schools were divided according
to ,t heir respective .locations. E.ach
state college will be allowed three

56 Students Make
Dean's List For
The Fall Semester
The Dean's List for the Fall
'Semester wa s released by the Registrar this week. Fifty-six students "made the grade". To be· on
t he Dean's Lis,t; students m ust have
an over-all a',\erage of 85 or better
in .the subjects taken during a sem-,
ester, and they m.ust have tak~n at
least 12. semester hours.
·
H onor students for the September-January semeSlter were: Eug-e ne Robinson Anderson, -Anthony
James Andronaco, Jacqueline Celia
Bedner, Frederic Edward Bellas,
Robert Lee Benson, Lewis William
Bli.ght, Edward Anthony Bogusko,
Gerald P,a ul Bush, Bernard Stanley
Gupsenski, Leon J oseph Decker,
Lois Ward DeGraw, Alice Jean
Dew, Helene V. Donn, David Wayne
Edwards, Charles Robert Eisenstein, George Francis Ermel, Donaid Elihu Evans, Marjorie Tyler
Green, Irvin John Haefele, John
Edward Rudzik, Zeney P. Jacobs,
Morris Kagan, Joseph Hermann
Kanner, Donald Earl Kemmerer,
Stanley John Kieszek, Donald R.
Law, Margaret Ruth Lawlor, Glenn
Reese Martin, J -o:hn Wm. Murtha,
J r. , Samuel LeRoy Owens, Robert
Louis iPerneski, J•ack Robert ·Phet hean, Daniel David Phillips, Mary
Zora Por,ter, H erbert Miller Quick,
Arthur J. Ri ce, Jr., Clyde Henry
Ritter, Robert ,W m .. Rubright, Jean
Ry.an, Edna Anna S,a,bol, Ronald .E.
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· .Savage, Charles w. ·Schneiderhan,
George E.'dward -Shamis, Catherine
M. W. Smith, Albert Wm. S,panich,
James Alexa11der Spanos, Priscilla
Mary Swartwood, Leonard JoseiJ)h
Swicklik, Jo seph T eno, Beverly H.
V,an H orn, Donald Gibson Vernal!,
Carol Peggy Weiss, John D. Wilson,,
John Roman Wisni ewski, Russell
A. Wolfe, Margaret J. Woolcock.

delegates and will be assigned to
one of six sections. GoHeges he,ading each section are: Northw,e stern,
P enn State; Southwestern, Univer,sity of Pitts.burgh; N orthcentral,
P enn ,Sltate; S.outhcentra1, Franklin
and Marshalll; N o r t ·h e a s t e r ,n,
King's; Sout'heastern, Temple University.
One of the most important tasks
of tfhe April conference will be the
writing of a constitution. The following co.lleges, -on the basis of replies to Will.res bulletins, have been
asked to appo·int one of their t hree
delegates to sit in on the steering
com mi-t tee: Altoona, Ced,ar Crest,
Franklin and Marshall, Lafayette,
Misericordia, Pottsville, and VillanQIV,a,

CHAIRMAN OF APRIL SHOWERS BALL

Alex M-o!,ash is t he general chairman for the •t hird annual April
Showers BaB. The affair i:s one -o f the high-lights of the spring semester at Wilkes. Members of committees for the dance are Clem Scott
reservations; Jack Feeney, arrangements; Chester Knapich, p r ogr am;
Tom Mor-an, publ,ici-ty; BOlb Waters, Gemrd Washco, Don Blacken'bush,
John Florkiewic~, P'a ul Thomas, J ack Semmers, Ollie Thoma,s, George
Lewis, Bob Gorgas, Joe Brennan and Francis Pinkowski, decorations.
Queen is to he selected and ~rownLetterman's Queen stowed
ed. Last year this h onor was beupon Agnes Novak, a student at Wilkes.
Will Be Selected
Tickeus may ,be obtained from
'
any Letterm\a n or in '!Jhe bookstore,
is
per couple.
At.lnterm ission tiheAlexpriceMolash,
g,eneral chairman,
\

$3.00

Social Calendar

The third annual April Showers
Ball, sponsored ib y t he Letterman's
Club, will ibe h eld on A,pril 29 at
the Irem Temple Country Club.
April
Friday, 1-Faculty Pia.rty, 8 p. m. The affrair will be semi-formal without corsages. Music by Johnny
Thursday, 7-All College Tera.
Martin and his orchestra.
At intermission the Letterman's

is being assisted by Jack Feeney,
Bob Waters and Chet Knapich.

NOTICE!
The Reg istrar has announced
that a •l ist of courses to be given
in the F,a!;l will ,be released next
week.

�Friday, April 1, 1949

WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

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Music, Maestro
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RUSS WILLIAMS
Editor-in-Chief

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ART RICE

TOM ROBBINS

WILKES BANDSMEN PLAY
UNDER GOULD

Associate Editors

GARFIELD DAVIS

GERTRUDE WILLIAMS

Sports Editor

Faculty Advisor

ELEANOR KRUTE

ED BOLINSKI

By DON C. FOLLMER

The Wilkes delegates to the
Second Intercoilegiate State Band
Photography Editor
Business Manager
Festivail, namely Reese . Pelton,
TOM LASKY
JOYCE BURCHARD
leader, Vester "Broad" Verc-oe, Carl
Features E'ditor
Circulation Manager
"White" Strye, and myself, returnEDITORIAL STAFF
ed last Sunday afternoon ti red but
Vince Macri, •B ill GriffHh, Art Spengler, Earl Jobes, E&lt;l Ty;burski, very hap,p y with the musical exMiriam Long, Alma Fanucci, Chet M,o1ley, George Kabusk, Bob S•a nders, .perience we ·had shared. It was a
Joe Gri-es, RJomayne Gr-omelski, Nanciann McCague, Prisci]l,a Swart- shining example of what careful
wood, J oan W•a lsh, Bill Hart, Gene Bradley, Charles Snyder, Chuck
.planning and flawless execubion ,of
Gloman, Don Follmer.
plans &lt;:an &lt;lo. All the details of
-A paper published weekly by and for the students of Wilkes College. housing, meals, rehearsals, recreaPhone 3-3148 Ext. 19
t io n and enter.tainment were perMember
fectly timed and t he three days

Intercollegiate Press

Coffee Hour Is
Well Attended
Women of Wilkes and faculty
wives conducted a "Coffee Hour"
yesterday afternoon for the students and faculty in the co1lege
cafeteria.
The social events have become an
important part of the college's extra-curricu1,a r activity and the ait,
tendanc'e on t he part of the faculty
and students has been large.
Mrs. E ugene S. Farley and Dr.
Mary E . Craig poured for Thursday's coff.ee hour,
Hostess es for the affair were
Mi ss Phy1lis Nelson, Miss Martha
Silseth, Mrs. John Chwalek, Miss
Lorna Holbrook and Mrs. Carl
Sc.hindler.

Sorority's Social
Activities Listed

Photo by Don Follm er
Thi s informal pose of Morton
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(:Pennsy,lvania) State Teacher s Col- als as he talk ed to th e st udents,
Theta Delta Rho officers prelege was completed Thur_sday mornsen.t ed a fu];] program of social activities for the next s·everal weeks
ing and immediately af(er lunch
Saturday afbernoon, Maestro at the organization's Tuesday night
•i ntensive rehearsals with the as- Gould lectur,ed on "Modern Com - meeting . The first of these socials
sembled 125-p.iece band was begun. ·posing aand Arrang.i ng" and, ind- wi1l bE: the AU-College Tea on
By TOM ROBBINS
,A t last week's Student Coundl
Freshman nominations for stu- Nothing interrupted the rehears-a l denta!lly, .g ave the students an ex- April 7. On Aprill 27 the sorority
meet ing, th_e following items were dent council repr,esentatives will except a half-hour "Olarinet Clinic" oellent chance to see and hear a wiH sponsor a bridge party; and a
discussed and acted upon:
occur no later than the second week during which special .p roblems and real, live composer telling his life Mother's Day Tea has been planned
1. Various committees for the fo1lowing the ,b eginning of the fall .peculiarities of the instrument were story and a.ttitudes toward music's for May 7. Last yea·r the Mother's
Cinderena Ba1l were formed. These term. All -students with 0-30 hours discussed by an ,e xpert clarinetci,st. pres·ent, past and future. Morton Day Tea was very well attended.
commuttees include the tic&lt;ket, de- will' nominabe as freshmen candid- The evening meal provided a second Gould is not modest about his su e- The last sche,duled event is a com•b !'eak and was fo1lowed by rehear- cesses, as he dislikes false modesty bination hayride and weiner roast
coration, arrangement and ,p ublici- ates.
ty groups.
Section 2. Elections for St udent sail with the guest conductor, com- in anyone, but he won the hearts on May 13.
A committee, headed by Norma
2. The council decided to charge Council representatives shall be poser Morton Gould, until 9: 30. By of t hose who heard him with his
$4.00 ( tax included) for each ticket held by the S·o phomore, Junior and that time the students thoroug.hly practical, polite philosophy of sue- Jean Persiani, was appointed to
choose a design for the sorority's
(.per couple).
.
Senior classes, as spedfied, no lat- wi.shed they had stayed home and cess.
pin.
3. An election committee was or- er .t han the. twelfth week of the taken the nice mid-term examinations. They were, shall we say,
Saturday night was the big con- ::;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~i~~~~~~~~
ganized which will take care of the spring semester. Freshmen sha1l ''bushed".
cert. The huge auditorium was ...,
operaition of voting machines used elect their r epresentatives no later
filled and as the bandsmen came in,
in the student council elections to than ·the third week of the fall
Delegates were comfort ab l y each in the uniform of his school
ATTEND THE
,b e held in a•bout two weeks. Mr. term.
hous ed at local tourist homes band, the stage came alive with
Richards, head of the committee,
Section 3. The term of office of (courtesy of the I.i&lt;l.iana Kiwarnis color. Every conceivable ty;pe of
stated that the counc.il would be the Sophomore, Junior and Senior Clu'b) and Friday morning ibreak- uniform was !'epresented, from
able to obtain voting machines for representatives shall begin with fast was over in time for the nine- modest suits of Wilkes-men to the
elections on or a,bout the 18th of -t he first meeting of the fa]l sem- to-twelve rehearsal and a French 'Scotch Kilti-es of Carnegie Tech.
April.
ester at which time the replaced Horn clinic. The band had to learn T.he program included several guest
4. 'The Student •Council members, council will retire. The terms of ninenteen concert numbers in time !band directors, but the highlight of
heads of various reco.g nized activ- 'the above named representatives for the afternoon broadcast · and the evening was the appearance· of
ities on the campus, and class pre- shall continue until such time as concert for 10&lt;:al school-s, so rehear- Morton Gould, who conducted A.arsidents will 'be the ones to choose they are succeeded by duly-eJ.ected sal was resumed ,at one o'clock. At on Copland's OUTDOOR OVERthe original candidates for Cinder- :riepresentatives. Special elections to 3:00 .the concert went on the air TURE', selections from CARO.Della. The students will vote for the fill any member vacancies sha.11 be over station WDAD, Indiana (re- SEL, a.nd a MARCH by Prokofieff,
Cindere1la from the original group. held .'by the class represented with- broadcast locally over WCNR, in addition to his own compositions
--- ------- - 5. An awards committee was in two weeks after such vacancy Bloomsburg) and afterwards the of rather recent origin, BALLAD
formed with Ed ~burski as chair- occurs.
hand ,pr.ac-tiood until 5.
FOR BA.ND, First Movem-ent from
•
man. As_ the name implies, the
Seciton 4. All voting for Student
The evening was given to enter- -h is SECOND AMERICAN SYMcommittee will c.heck on the awards ,Council representatives shall be by
to be presented this year by the secret !ballot at an official s,tudent tadnment. Supper was provided at P.HONETTE, and his HOLID:A. Y
campus organizations.
,a ssemb1y or at a ,p lace so designat- the college hunting lodge outside MUSIC, including EASTER M-ORN' 6. F.inally, the first stage of' the ed by the Student • Council, the of town and then a dance, sponsor- ING, H.A!LLOWEEN, FIRST
revision of the Constitution was Dean of Men and/ or the Dean of ed by the c-ollege glee club gave 11RA:NKSGIVING, ROME FOR
completed. The student 1b ody will Women. 'T he ba.Uots s·ha.11 ,b e collect- welcome relief to the hard-working CHRISTMAS, and FOURTH OF
have to accept the changes before ed and audited ,b y a committee so bandsmen. M,usic was provided by JULY.
$5.40 under th•
the revisions are ado,p ted. Follow- designated by the president of the a 32-piece college-sponsored dance
20,-a-copy new..
After a1l, the Wilkes delegates
ing is one of the m irjor changes Student ,Council by the Dean of orc.hestra, complete with comedians
stand prlc•t hus far : _
Men and/-or ,t he Dean of Women. and smoo,t h vocalists. By then, the left f.or home with inspired hearts
$1.50 under the
regular
t-year
Artiele IV
Election results shall be posted on local delegates had an entir.ely dif- grateful for the experience they
subscription price
ferent a.ttitude toward t he festival had had and with firm ambition -to
(Elections of the Student Council) all official bu1letin boards.
,Section 5. A1l elections and elec- in g,e neral, and were eager to go to do much for impl'ovement in the
,Section 1. Nominations for Stuwhen you subscribe
dent ,Council r epresenitatives shall tion plans are subject to the ap- work Saturd,a y morning for another home college musical drganization.
through us at the Spe-$
3-hour rehearsal.
Here's hoping !
be made by three classes no later ·prO'Val of the Student Council.
· cial College Rate of only
than the eleventh week following
the •b eginning of the spring term:
(1) T,hose students who will have
from 31-60 -h ours with the completion of t he spring -semester will
~S(lve
nominate as s-o phomores for sophomore representatives.
$5 .65 under the
(2) Those students w.ho will have
20¢-a-copy newsstand price from 61-90 hours with the comple$1-25 under the
tion of rthe spring semester will
regular I-year
subscription price
nominat e as juni·ors for junior representatives.
(3) T,hc\1se students who will have
when you subscribe
in excess of 91 -h ours with the comthrough us at the Spe- $
p,1etion of the spring semester will
ciol College Rate of only
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nominate as seniors for senior represenitatives.

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THE

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By TOM ROBBINS

Tour City Hall
Functions

Sporting WOrld

of city government

EARL JOBES

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I strug.g led to my feet a nd
watched my assailant move swiftly down the street.
"-Gom e ba,ck a nd fig.ht like a
man", I shouted, waving my Roget's
Thesaurus t hreateningly. "Come
back ,a nd I'll beat you to within an
inch of your liife with a statement
of irony."
Harry Ikelbl db ! I couldn't lielieve
it! Striking me; his best fr iend. I
s3/gged down to t he ground, choking lback a sob .
"W-h at's the m atter, lover?" said
J im T insley as he stepped over t he
",P lease Keep Off The Grass" sign
and spr,awled down next to me .on
the green stuff.
" Oh, Harry and I have just h ad
.a little spat."
"What abowt?"
"Well, h e's in favor of vocational
training, and I'm a Hutchin's man.
N eed I say m ore?"
":Why don't you comprom ise?"
asked Jim.
"I was· willing to do that, but
Harry Ikelblob is stubborn. He
wants a ll or not hing."
" What was decided ?"
"No.t much", I muttered. "He
knocked m e down with a pipe
wrench-he's taking an apprentice
plumber course, you know."
* * *
·The scene: H edgerow school for
-d emented students. The school's
Socifaj;y for Demen ted Affairs is
a h,eady in session. They are revising the school's List of Laws.
"I second the mo1:ion that we
adopt t he newly revised List of

THE ANECDOTE
BY BOB SANDERS

Laws."
"It has been move - - "
" I object! I don 't want to move.
I like it right here. "
"I'm afraid you don't und erstand,
Mr. Harebrain. When someone
makes a moiton - - "
"I object! I hate motions. I like
it right here."
"Order! Please. Now, getting
back to ,the qu estion on t he fl oor
.:_,will you ,p lease repeat that r eading of the latter par.t of section
three, .Mr. Secretary?"
"Towho w'hichas bywhen and
w herefore t he Demented St udents
of H edgerow High are heretofore
but only when whereas precedes
the last W endnesday in whosoever
exc,ept ·on rainy days. Then that
whichas howsoever in a ny event
falls on the latter hour of horror
feat uring Phil Bones an d hiis all
demented orchestra ."
" I believe th at is clear enough
for any demented student to understand. Are there any suggestions
for changes or additions ."
" I object! I want to play a game."
"You're overruled, Mr. Harebrain. Now, Mr. Secretary, please
read the last paragraph of Article
63."
"Whenever we howsoever find
whereas he __ _ "
" I object!"
"I overrule!"
" I resolve that __ _ "
"'I ma·k e a motion we _ _ _ "
· " I think _ __ "
"I win _ _ _ BINGO!!"

City Hall -officials for W ilkes Col- "OLD FOLKS TRIES
J.ege Political Science and J ournal- A COMEBACK"
ism students last Monday night.
(a true story)
.Mayor Lu t her M. Kniffen welAmong t he candidates reporting
corned the stud ent s in t he council- to coa ch Ralston fo.r the preseas-on
manic chambers a nd described his .training was George "Old F olks"
Brody. In spired and encouraged by
duties as the -city's chief executive
the entrance into the maj,ors by
and a s the 'h ead of the Department Satchel Paige of the Gleveland
of 'P ublic Affairs.
India ns, "Old F,olks" borrowed a
The tour included visits to t h e glove and a pair of spikes,·and hob·o ffices -o f the five department heads bled over to Kirb y Park. George or
"Old Folks" was given a "Lookand subsi dia ry offices. Duti es and
See" by the Brooklyn Dodgers way
fun ctions of their respective d e- ,back when Babe Ruth was still
partmenrts were
expl,a ined by breafoing rec-o rds for the Yankees,
Coun cilme n Oliver J . Price, Wil- and a yo un g fellow na med Rooseliam D. J o,n es, F rank A. Goeckel, velt was just getting acq uaint ed
J . Bowden N orthrwp aI)d City with the. White H ou se . Brody,
Treasurer-Tax Co.ll ector Tom A . · who is con sidered t h e oldes t a ctive
Evans, who acted as g uid e for th e player in the good old U. S. A., is
to u r. Other official s who spoke to dete rm ined to try just once m-0re
before applying for h is Social Sethe students were City A ssessor C.
curi ty. When Ralston sp otted "Old
E,'dwa rd Tite, Fire Chief Ambrose
Folks" ga mely trying to get the
Sarick,s, Superintendent of the bat off hiis shoulder before t he
. Bureau of E lectricity J ohn Alles, catcher returned t11e ball t o the
City S olicitor Howard Kenn edy, pitcher h e snap ped, "Hey t here is
City Engineer Guy B. Walker, De- an ag·e limit on t his c,lub-"you old
men take it easy- we· don't wa nt
putty Frank J. Andes, License Clerk to get anyon e hurt". Upon hearing
Willia m Turnbaugh, Building In - t his remark, ,,-Old Folk s" turned to
spector Nicholas Macking and Bob Phil Seker chak and said, "Hey
Foote, spea'king for City Clerk mister , you ,h eard what ,the man
Luciu s K. Eldridge.
said-take it easy or you'll get
Accompanying the students on h urt". As we go to press Ralston
the tour were Political Science in - is stil1l tryiing to figure out h ow to
structor John Hibbard and .Mrs. explain to "Old Folks" that haseGertrude M. Williams, instructor 'b all is a young man's game, and
in English and Journalism.
maybe he should return home and
send his grandson, who it is rumored is ,a great .p rospect, over to take
.. ..Earl Jo·bes currently is looking
his place.
for hidden talent to play for the
BeacO'n Batboys ... Many teams will
be entered such a s tJhe Payne Pains
of the iboys' dorm, the Lousy . r· ·
Loungers of Chase, and the ConyngThe !niter - Collegiate Debate
Council of the An t hracite Region
/ham Cuties of the la b. -b uilding
Lorts of good competition with top Colleges, ~omprised of Scranton
men on the diamonds ..
Batting University, Marywood Coll ege,
avel'lages will be compiled the same King's College, MiseHcordia, and
w,ay World Li:t. marks are estimat- Wilkes, conducted a series of de·bates yesterday evening at eight
ed... . Try hard !. ...
o'clock on WiJ,kes' campus.
--w -Jack Fianeck and Tom oMrgan,
Tom Lasky has been named KeeplWillres'
affirmative team, and Don
er of t he Glue at this local publicaKemm erer and George Maisel who
tion's office ....
upheld the negative side of lth e ar--w-g um ent met Scranto n Univer sity
The Lellterman's Club is plug- in the contest. Hany H iscox acted
ging ni g ht and d,ay at their forth- as student .c hairman in on e of •t he
coming musical .. .. The product ion debates.
should hig hlight the year in comAt the reguiar meeting of the
edy ...
Council foUowing the debates J ack
- -w- Faneck spoke briefly to the gr-o up
A certain sophomore ,w hen asked on Parliamentary P ro cedure.
why he had hi t another· a utomobile
Dr. Kruger, advis'lr for Wilkes'
wit h h is car replied, "I didn't know ,t eam, an d Mr. P owell, who guided
I was loaded." ..
the Kingsmen, acrted as counselors
--w-during the event.
Blas ting at Kirby Park last week
made many t11ink that certain students were foo ling too much with
chem icals at Conyngham Hall ..

Wilkes Debaters
In Debate Series

SHORT SHOTS: ::

Borrowing a line from GarfielZI
Davis, we will t ake a shor t gla nce
over ,t he campus sport scene ... Tom
Miller has been app oonted to take
over the direction of t he IntraMural softball .Jeague.. s·o far entries hav,e been received from ten
·teams .;
The howling league has
been divided into .t wo divisionsone division w;ill bowl on Thursday
and .the other on Friday evenings ..
MP. Pa rtridge soar.ts spring training for his soccer team in Kirby
Park Monday at 4 P . M. Anyone
interested in soccer is once again
urged to try out for the team ......
~~ick Dylback will a gain field a softball team in s pite of the urging
of hi s friends to rest on the laurels
he won last year when his team
·b eat the Beacon ,t eam with the he!.p
of lady luck ... Billy Meyer, manager of t he Pittsburgh Pirates, figu;es
the Bucs have improved 25 percent
over last year; that should ass ure
the pennant for the Pirates this
year.. Conni,e Mack says ,t hat his
present infield is the !best -that he
has ever had-that sho uld prove·
t hat t he old man is reahly getting
OLD .... And that my children is all
un t il next week when your reporter
in compliance with the demands of
thousands of readers, who eagerly
awaiit these predioti·o ns, will name
the pennant winners in each o.f the
·major leagues and also predict ho,w
the other teams will finish ..

Whoever You Are.,
WhateveF Ihm IJ.o

Advertisement in itheBEACON
states that m ore college students
sm oke X cig,ar.ebtes than. any other
b rand . ..We say rthat "More camels
.prefer doctors than any other cigarette ..
--w-The assembly speaker last week
was known for his tra veJ.s to all..
He has been shot 3,2 times and
,b ayoneted in both hands .. . What a
way to get air-conditioned! . .
--w-A newspaperrp.an named Fling ..
Could make "copy" from any old
J!hing . But t he copy h e wrote, Of
a five-dollar note, Was so good h e
is now in Sing~Sing ..
--w-1Skinny Ennis is qu iit e t,he operaitor at t h e local main loun ge. Several girl s have told him they'd like
to g-o out with him, but h e only
s miles and puts t hem on his wait --w-ing lisrt ...
And so we close wiith this t hough t
--w-again, t hat, even durin g depresBaseball season opens soon with sions, many crim inals k eep detecmany int ra-mural games lined u p tives work in g regularly ..

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Connections For
Your Collections
By JOE GRIES

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Do you think you can name the
ten most popular tunes since 1900?
Jus t for the fun of it, see how
many you can .g et right. 0. K . ~o~;;m~:de~~:~~hti,: \tsc:~~~:!
in •th e New York Times, here are
the immortal songs that still live
on: SWEET A:DELINE, SGHOO'L
DA Y'.S, SHINE ON HARVEST
MOON, THE ST. LOUIS BLUES,
LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART, D OWN BY THE' OLD
MLLL .ST.REAM, I WANT A GIRL,
SM.LLBS, •STA.RDUiST, A:ND GOD
BIJE/SS A:ME'.RLCA.
That 91,a ssic of close harmony,
,SiWEET ADELINE, was composed
by a Boston wa.tch-maker in 1903.
He gave it many titles,-but i-t n ever set the music world on fire until
he g,a ve i,t the .t itle by which we
know .i t today. The song became an
immediate hit when the Quaker
City Four sang it in HammerS'tein's Victoria Theatre.
1SOHOOL DAYS was written in
1907 by Will Cobb, who also wrote
IN iMY MERRY OLDSMOBILE
and a fine group of other t unes.
'I'-h is s•ong completely out so1d all
his o•t hers in .i mmedi,a te success a n&lt;l
i.n vitaHty throug_h t he years. The
words ,a nd music are simple and
,direct; the tune is .g ay and easily
reµiembered, a nd it has served as
a theme for many of our great
stars of t;he past.
SHiiNE ON HARVEST iM.OON
an&lt;l LET MIE GALL YOU SWEETHEART were written as show numbers and you will find ,them present
in ,any home party where a song
or two ~s urg-e d to .p ass the time.
DOW!N BY 'IIHE OLD MILL
S'DREA1M and I WANT A GIRL
are bwo songs whose appeal lies not
only in .the wailtz melody, but a lso
in t he romarutic no5italgia of t heir
words and in other properties both
usual and unusua1.
William C. 'Handy's ST. LOUIS
BLUffiS has to ,be placed on this list
because ·o f its freq u ent performanc,e s and variety ,o f waxings. ·
SM]LE1S first appear,ed in the
firS1t W onl&lt;l War, and in less than
one year it sold two million copies.
~hjs song is still h eard wherever

Summer Semester
Courses Released
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306-Solid Analytic Geometry
310-Differential Equations
Mechanical Engineering209-Engineer.ing Mechanics
Philosophy100-Introduction
Physics-201-General Physics
202-General Ph?sics
Political SciencelO0~Probl-ems of Government
103---!Government in the U. S .
212-International Relations
PsychologyLook 'back over the ten and you 202--0eneral E ntomology
~~i-~hott~~e~~~~u~ovement
100-Introduction
will see, with the ,p ossib'le exception ChemistryFrenchof STAR DUIST, and ST. LOUIS 102--0eneral Inorganic Chemistry
205---P.ersona l Procedures
BLUElS, the ihig factor is sirnpli- llS-Qualitative I norganic
103-Intermediate French
Religioncity. They are ,e asi'ly sung a nd t he
Ana_lysis
104-Intermediate French
100-History of Re1igion
204a-French Conviersation
lyrics are full of homely American 210-Organic Chemistry
GermanSociology100-Introduction
w~re0 :;e~ tt:~s;~~y w iill be sing- Economics103-Intermediate German
107--lfhe Modern City
103-Principles of E'oonomics
120-Scientinc German
ing in th e year 2 000! Probaibly 104--,Problems of Economics
252-'-Nineteenth Century
110--Social Disorganization
th ese same ten..
105-Pr.incip.les of Accounti ng
Literature '
Spanish103-Intermediate ,S panish
GOING tOUT ~N* T;E LIMB
106-P:rinciples of Accounting
History201- Corporation Accounting
106-English History from Eiiza- 104--Interm ediate •Spanish
DEPT.202---&lt;Advanced Accounting
bethan Peri·od
204--Conversation &amp; Composition
BiH Law rence w ill be the sum- 207-Tran sportation
108-U. S. His,tory from 1865
mer rep'laoement for the Perry 209~Business Law
225-History of American Frontier
Como Show. This is the same B ill 210-Business Law
2"35~Soviet Russia ·
Lawrence tha.t was with Jimmy 213-Credits a nd Gollectio n-s
MathematicsDorsey and who is now with Arthur 220-Advertis.ing
107--'College Algebra
on the square
Godfrey on his A .M. •a nd Teievi- 227-Internati-onal Trade
116-Introduction to Statistics
sion Show. He records for Victor 255-Purchase and Store Control 202-Analytic Geometry
THE COLLEGE MAN'S
and his latest r-ecord is DREAMER 301-Business Organizaition
205-Differential Calculus
STORE
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peo,pJ,e congr,e giate.
An in strumental hit in 1929,
STAR DUST, had to wait until
four years later to ihec·o me the hit
we know it to be. Hoagy Carmichael
wrote the h a unting melody.
GOD BLESS AMERLCA was
· t en m
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· d unwnt
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,b ut remame
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published or more than twenty
years until Kate !Smith introduced
it on the ,air. Since then it has become our unofficial national anthem.
What, then, constitutes a hit?

312~ Economic Statistics
317-Auditing
326-History of Economic
Thought
Education101-Intr,o duction
201-.Ed ucational P sychology
The Registrar, Herbert J. Morris, Engineering:h as announced that the following
104- Engineering Drawing
courses will be .offered this summer. Engl1"sh.
The semester will run from J une 20
through August 13.
101-English Composition
Biology102-Creative Writing
104----Gener,al Botany
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WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA.

POET HONORED AT WILKES
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R. E. Moran Appointed Band Director
PRE-LAW CLUB Polish Club Will Honor Mickiewicz,
New Band Director Is Appointed
Will Assume Duties In September REOR·GANIZES Renowned Poet, On Sunday Afternoon
Robert Edwin Moran, graduate of the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music, has been appointed band director
.
. band mstruments
.
and mstructor
m
at w·Ik
1 es C o II ege. He w1.11
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,
begin his duties next September. Announcement of Moran s
appol· ntment was made by DOJ1ald W · Cobleigh ' head of the
· D epartmen t•
W i lk es C o, II ege M us1c
-Moran has played professionally e stra. Moran served in th e U. S.
in concert ,o rchestras, bands, arid Navy ,d uring W·o rld War II, and
dance ,b ands for the la st ten years. was selected as a member of a 21 ·
He is a member of the American piece service band which -toured the
Federation of Musicians, and has country to stimulate ,w ar bond
,played first trombone under · such sales.
well-known conductors as Dr. FredMoran has studied many string,
erick Stock, Dr. Howard Hanson, wood, arid brass instruments, as
Prof. 'William Revelli, A. A. Hard- well as all percussion in struments
ing and E'rnst La Prade.
and the piano. His appointment
He gra,duated from the Thomas marks the first time that a fullM. Cooley Hi_gih. ..School _in P~trojt,_ tilll.~ .,band dire.eta· h:as ..ft&gt;e.en em~
Miohigan, where he was ,p resident ployed at WUkes. At :present he reof ithe .high school band and orch- sides in Roohester, N. Y.

Results of . Survey On Sex Released
By Chet Molly
The summary of a recent survey
o n sex 'educabion, made o n the
Wilkes campus, was made availa,ble for publication by Educational Supervis·o r John Hall. The survey was condul'!ted by Herbert
Quick and Edward Godek.
The main ,purpose of this survey
was to discover the college student's attitude toward the tea;hing of a sex education course tn
public schools. A second purpose
was -to determine the degree to
which college students were aware
of the issue, whetl)er they had discussed it, and what they ·thought
prevented the estaJblishment of a
sex education course in the public
schools. One other puupose was to
discern the college students position toward sex education for himself; his sources of information regarding sex; hi.s degree of embarrassment when the question was
discussed, and whebher he deemed
the amount of information he had
received adequate or insufficient.
An attempt was made to get a
suitable and representative sampling ,of college men and women at
, each ,g rade level. Although no statistics concerning enrollment, except ,b y sex and by grade, were
available, the final results were also summariized according to ag-e,
r eligion and marital status. Among those interviewed were 200
men and 50 women from all four
gra,des of college, of diverse creeds,
and in different age groups.
Almost one-half of the students
r eplied "no" to the question: "Do
you think that your information
concerning sex is sufficient?"
Books were the main source of
sex in.form-a tion; friends of the
same sex ran a close second, and
9ther instructional gro ups such as
the al'lmed forces composed the
smallest portion. The multi,p licity
of sources warrants the conclusion
that the majority of persons learn
sex fundamentals in a ha,phaza.rd
1

fashion. Parents evidently fail
miseralbly in teaching these fundamentals to their children. It is
simply out of natural curiosity that
youth atteinJptS to discover the information that is inadequately furnished ,by the persons aJbou,t him.
The central question of the project was, "Are you in favor of
se'x education?" The answers from
84.8% of those questioned were:
"Yes"; 9%, replies "no's". As to
whom should teach the cour~e, the
maj-o rity of students f,avored medical authoribies and educators. 47%
would allow religious authorities
a voice, ,but 32% obj-eoted to their
participation.
A complete taibulation showed
that students were in favor of a
program along these lines: A
·g r,oup of edq,cators, medical authorities, parents, and perh!IJ)s
clergymen should organize a spe.'.
dal course in sex education to be
taught in the .pUJblic schools. •'l\he
class would be taught by a specially trained teacher. 'Ilhe course
would be at the ninth g,r a·de level;
student enro.llment would be compulsory; and. boys and girls would
be taught in the same class.
The above is merely a sketch
of the complete survey that was
,t aken. Since this was a term-paper
,p roject, there is not enough space
availalble to permit the printing
of the smaller percentages in regard to group,s, and complete tahulations. However, any student
interested in the overall survey
may &lt;)btain the results by s•e eing
Mr. Herbert Quich or iMr. Edward
Godek.

NOTICE' !
WiINIGS OVER LA 'DlN kMERIOA, a film sponsored by the Spanish department, will be shown in
the Baptist Church House Audit,
orium .this afternoon at two o'clock.
'Ilhe film will 'be in English and all
students are inv.i ted to attend.

An invitation is extended to all
By BOB SANDERS
st ude_nts, a nd especially to th0 se
The campus of Wilkes College will be a scene of much actwho
. . mtend toL enter
Cl law
b school ' tod ivity t h is S un d ay a fternoon w h en t h e p o 1·1sh Cl u b h o Id s a party
Jorn the Pre• aw u . 1ntereste
persons s·h ou' Id a tten d th e , nex t in honor of Poland's greatest poet and leader, Adam Mickiewicz.
meeting on Tuesda_y, March 2 9, _ The affair will be held at Gies down in Paris .t o begin his literary
which will be held at 11 a.m. in Hau; at 2:30. 'Ilhe program will in- career. Among his famous comelude a lecture ,by Dr. Thaddeus positions is Pan Tadeuzc, the
room 103 of 154 South River Mitana of the department of mod- greatest epic of the Nin.eteenth
Street.
ern languages at Wilkes College Century.
concerning the life and the works
In a series of lbeautiful poems,
Plans . are 'b eing made for m'em- of the ,n ational hero. Selections of he strove to hring ·f orth his counhers to hear prominent speakers music which have ,been written to try's faith in the final victory of
throughout tfie remainder of this the hero's .poetry will ibe rendered freedom, justice, · and ; universal
semester. An F.B.I. man 1s ex- by Eleanor Butcofski, accompanied brotherhood.
pected to a,dress the club soon, by Marysh 'Mieszkow.ski. The chairHe was one of the original
and it is hoped that many stu- man of the meeting is Professor pioneers in the fie1d of Slavonic
dents and faculty members will Symonolewicz, of the department Literaitu.re. He taug.ht this subhear him.. Advance notice of all Rf. s_opi&lt;,&gt;1og.y, at, Wilkes, Co1lege.
ject at the So:t'lbonne fr.om 1840 to
spea'ker1~
post:ed ·and wiB ' "11he pTesic!ent of the Polish Club . i.844. Many of his worlis have !been
appear in the BEAOOIN.
is Z. Sheklets·k y, and, the secretary t'ra,nslated into other languages.
At a recent reorganization meet- is Genevieve Omiohinski.
He died in Constantinople in
ing new officers were elected and
Adam Mickiewkz (1798-1855), 1855. His remains were transferred
wmmittees were appointed by the unquestionably !Poland's greatest from P,aris to Cracow and placed
president. The new Qfficers are: and most ,b eloved poet, was a stu- in ,the national shrine of the CathJoseph Radko, president; ;wi.lliam dent at the University of Vilno edral of Wawel.
Perlmuth, vice president; Alfred from 1,815 to 1,819.
The Polish Club has held many
Sultzer, treasurer; and Walter
For his political activity in later events in the past which have been
Piczak, secretary. John Faneck, l'f
1·
b · h d to
1 e, ·M1'ck·e
· t w c,z was ' ams e
enthusiastically received by all in
Samuel Chambliss, a n d George Russia in 1824. Five years later he
Lewis iwere appointed to the pub- fled from Russi.a and, after travel- attendance. This Sunday's party is
licity committee and George Mai- ing through Europe, ihe settled opened to all o:fl the students.
sel, William J -onathan; Gordon
Stryker, and Louis Bonanni we.re
named on the ,pro.gram committee.
Mr. Hibbard, faculty advisor,
plans to take club members on a
tour of the Oounty court house
where they may :hear court cases.

-wm ·ae:,

April Showers Ball Red Cross Drive
Set_For April 29th N~ars Completion

Careers Library
Gives Information
On Counselorships
The Careers L i:brary announces
bhat it has received information
concerning summer. s·chool 1 counselorships and assi,~ntshirps from
various universities throughout the
world.
T.hose universitMs' which have
sent information ar~:
Syracuse University, which is offering ,p ersonnel, teaching, and research assistants·h ips.
University of Havana, which is
holding summer school from Juiy
4 to August 13. Reg.istration dates
a,re June 27 to July 2. This nin.th
session is ·being held especially for
North American teaehers and students.
Bradly University is sponsoring
a summer school in France.
The State College of Washington
is offering couns~ling assistantships in September 1949.
Further information is available
at the Careers Li,b ra,ry.

Wilkes College Lettermen have
set April 29 as the date for their
Third Annual A:pril Shower Ball.
The dance is to ,b e a semi-formal
affair without corsages and Johnny
•Martin's orchestra will play.
General chairman for the dance
is Alex Molash. Committee chairmen are ,Clem Scott, tickets; Bob
waters, decorations; Jack Feeney,
ar.rangements; ,Chet Knapich, progJ:-am, and Tom Moran, publicity.

Men's Dormitory
Vote Constitution
.J

After a preliminary reading of
the proposed constitution on March
23, the Men's Dormitory voted to
call their bylaws, THE P AYiNE
HALL CONSTI'IIUTION, President
O'Shea ap,p ointed a constitutional
committee, headed by Vice-President Jack Reese, to complete work
on the statutes.
Continuing with the formal or·g anization of the dormitory, the
NOTICE!
group elected Bruce MacKie to the
post of Secretary-Treasurer for
There will be a faculty party on the spring semester.
April 1. Mrs. A . W. Bastress should
1Plans for a softl&gt;all team were
be con.tacted for reservations. Dial discussed, and the newly orgainized
2-0362.
bowling team reported.

Various campus organizations
have been soliciting pledges for
the Red Cross this week to meet
Wilkes College's $750 goal. The
campaig,n has been conducted in
the same manner as the Gomm-u nity Chest drive on the campus, with
the different cltllb members asking
the student ibody to make pledges.
Reese Pelton and !Robert Partridge
are the drive strategists, and J&lt;Jlhn
Klansek is the chairman of the
drive committees.
Organizations w.hioh are partici,pating in .t he drive and their !l'espective chairmen are: Ohora! Club,
Leon Gitbert; Lett~r.man's Cluib,
Richard Scripp; IRC, George \Maisel; ,Theta Delta Rho, Joyce Nobel;
Pre-Law ,Club, Joseph Radko; Spanish ,cJub, Rdbert Evans· Cue 'n Gurtain, Bill Griffith; and Economics
Club, Frances Trembath. Names of
the chairmen for bhe Pre~Med Club
and the Chemistry Department
were not available. Irene Sheplock
has been in charge of office personnel pledges.
Students making pledges have
,b een .g iven a Red Cross pin and
membership.
·

NOTICE!
At 4 p. m. next Monday after.noon . ,Coach GeO'rge Ralston will
meet at Kirby ·P ark with candidates for this year's Wilkes 'College
/baseball team. The players are requested to bring their own equipment until such time as s·chool uniforms are .issued.

�WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

2

Friday, March 25, 1949

.
PAJAMA PARTY
Capt. Orshorne .c**********.******F*******
.
onnect1ons or
,
Tells Experiences y C ll . AT GIRLS DORM
our o ect1ons

RUSS WILLIAMS

George Kabusk
The g.irls of :W eckesser Hall are
By JOE GRIES
Capt. Dod Ors:borne, a m8111 who
having a Pajama Party tonight for
faced death many times, rel;:ited a
Associate Editors
all Wilkes co-eds. The party will
few of his experiences to the stuWhat kind of records should I begin at 8 o'clock and c,on.tinue
GARFIELD DAVIS
GERTRUDE. WILLIAMS
dent assem1bly last Tuesday mornbuy for my home phonograph? .t hrough the nig1h t. (Dorm regulaSports Editor
Faculty Advisor
ing.
Art the beginning of his address, ls this question preplexing you tions require all girls to ibe in 'by
ELEANOR KRUTE
ED BOLINSKI
Capt. Orsborne said that' fear is too? Should I ;buy the old standard midnight). So g,als, bring yourself
Business Mana:ger
Photography Editor
an emotion which we shall never tyipe of 78 R.P,M.'s? Or should
JOYCE BURCHARD
TOM LASKY
be able w overcome. Most men are I buy the Colum:hia fong playing your ,p ajamas and a blanket, and
Circulation Manager
Features Editor
come prepared for a gay time.
frightened at some time, and CapEDITORIAL STAFF
Refreshments will be served.
tain Orsborne doesn't claim to be jobs? Or better yet should I buy
half-,pint discs that Victor is going
Bill Griffith, Art Spengler, Don Follmer, George Kabusk, Ed the exception.
Tyburski, Miriam Long, A:lma Fanucci, Chet Omichinski, Chet Molley,
He told .first a:bout a mission he to pu,t out ? Don't feel too bad if
Bob Sanders, Joe Gries, Romayne Gromelski, Priscilla Swartwood, Bill made into the j,i uigles of India• to those questions are troubling you,
Hart, Gene Bradley, Nancy McCague, Joan Walsh, Vince Macri.
survey a proposed bridge site. Dur;because you can feel sure your not
A paper published weekly by and for the students of Wilkes College. ing this expedition he slept in a alone in this field of woe.
native
burial
ground
and
killed
a
Phone 3-3148 E xt. 19
'To buy home phonograph rec•o rds
tiger that supposedly possessed the
Member
soul of a man.
This was the you have to be aJble to answer this
Intercollegiate Press
largest tiger seen in that part of ulcer-inducing question: Who will
Representatives from approxithe world for twenty..,three years. wax on whait next? You see this mately 200 colleges in PennsylvaThe feat made him a hero among
EDITORIAL
the natives, :but Captain Orsborne is the question now fronti ng these nia are expected to attend the first
insists that it was accomplished 'Who make your favorite cookies. State Conference of I. R. C. to be
,h eld here on April 22, 23 and 24.
through fear.
Only by s,uccessful soothsaying can
·T he delegates are to be housed
The next experience he related .record companies answer "this in private homes and the· I. R. C.
was about a wartime assignment.
He and his "volunteers" were to questions. When Dinah Shore left organization at Wilkes asks ,t he coCampus events will be given complete and unbiased investigate and disarm a German Victor for Golumhia t he grey head operation of the student ,body in
quarters.
mine which had 1b een washed upon masters started looking for a ca- providing
news coverage.
Anyone willing to furnish houst
he
shores
of
Great
Britain.
Fifteen
2. Editorials will be wriHen with the welfare of the whole
palble replacement, and as far 9-s ing for one or more ,p eople is asked
men had heen killed while attemptstudent body in mind.
/
ing to detonate that type of mine. I know they are still looking . First to contact Marvin Walter, Walter
3. Material unbecoming of good newspaper management A hissing noise had been · heard, they tried Betty Rhodes, then the Picz~k, Joe_ Radk,o, Frankye Mar· · • t
Ber 1 Dav· s kowitz, Tom Menegus, John Faneck
it was reported, !before the mines B n'ti ah smgmg
s ar
y
1 . or !Mr. Mailey.
will not be printed.
exploded. Captain ·Orslborne and the with so, so results. The latest - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4. False or erroneous statements will not be knowingly men proceeded about thefr. perilous·
candidate is !beautiful Fran Wartask. Up.on hearing "that ·h issing
printed.
ren, who made h er debut with
noise"
they
left
the
s•
c
ene
hurriedly.
5. Scandalous or libelous statements will be excluded from
No ex:p.losion occurred. After some Claude '.Dhorhill aind A SUNDAY
the pages of the BEACON.
hesitation they returned to the KIND OF lJOVE, . (Columbia).
6. Any news that is of immediate or near future importance mine and heard the noise again. Since then she has left Mr. ThornCOCKER SPANIELS,
will be given first consideration. If space allows, news of past Once more the men, ran, and on hill and is now free lancing for
DALMATIANS
•t he third try some. of the party
happenings will be printed.
refused to .g o back. A plug drop- Victor. Catch her snappy showing
A. K. C. Registered
Best Bloodlines in America
7. Advertisements will continue to appear. Ads may even ped from the mine and the men of JOE' for Victor. I read some$35.00 and $50.00
take the place of out-of-date news, as contracts must be fulfilled . scattered. The next time Captain where she was picked because of
Orsborne noticed the mine was her own individual style and ver8. Every effort will be made to publish a paper every cracked. However; they succeeded
satility. She also has a name to
THE ROBBINS KENNELS
week, but no one will be responsible if this practice is not ad- in removing the detonator and start with and has that most needBroadheadsville-Tannersville
placing
the
mechanism
into
a
ed of all thiings-experience. I think
;hered to. Lack of cooperation (not only from people concerned
Road-Phone Saylorsburg 265
truck. Later Capt. Orsborne learn- the thing that will proiba:bly in'w ith producing the paper, but from others too), a scarcity in the ed rthat the slightest jarring of the
sure her success is her ability to
amount of news at hand, and other reasons, all contribute to- detonator would have blown every- sing .h igh and low, hap,py and then
one apart.
sorry. Her tone blendings are
ward making i,t necessary to miss an issue occasionally.
Capt. Orsborne was born in the terrific.
9. Any student or faculty member may submit letters to Scottish Highland; as a lboy of l3
You ask '+"hat has this to do
the editor. Letters which are not libelous will be printed, pro- he ran aiway from home to join the with t~pes of records? Well, j_ust
At 18 he became first mate this. It will 1b e the ,w ise man who
vided the author ~igns his or her name to the manuscript. Names Navy.
on a whaling ship, and art 21 he was has the machine to play ,both the
will be withheld upon request
the younges·t sea c!llptain in the old and the new long playing
10. Any student who believes he can better this paper is British Merchant Fleet. He has pressings. Don't forget you'll be
traveled tne ;world over, has heen able to save money, and for you
invited to join the s aff.
a secret agent, and ill.as distinguishhairs . it means a complete
11. Any suggestions to improve the readability of this pub- ed :himself as a soldier. During the long
symphony on one rec·o rd.
last war he led commando 'raids on
lication will be welcomed by the editors.
Oh yes - if you have enough
$5.40 under the
Norway, Normany, and Dieppe, money ,a nd a hpuse strong enough
20C-a-copy new►
usually being the first man ashore to hold a ten ton aerial I would
stand prlc•Departments, under the direction and the last man to lea,ve. Serving
$1.50 under the
of Voris B. Hall, Associate Profes- under Mountbatten in Burma, he sug,gest television to:o.
regular 1-year
1ubscrlptlon prlc.
sor •Of Physics, gave interesting de- was captured by the· Japs and es- EAR WORTHY COOKIESmonstrations and exhibits which caped two days before the war
F ,o r a reet beat and a mellow when you 1ub1erlbe
included non-glare headlights, cat- ended.
chello graps the Chicago kids,
,h ade ray oscillograph, effects of
through UI at the Spe•s
(Krupa) new release for Columhia.
radiation on light and dark bodies,
cial College Rate of only
By Chuck Gloman
and the velocity of a rifle bullet.
Can't say if j,t was written for
Art Bloom and the rest of you
.One thousand Wyoming Valley Demonstrations of phosphorous
ATTEND THE
tea drinkers, but its caption is
high school students and their cards and cold .fire were given by
LEMJON DRJOP.
science inst ructors attended the Lawrence Ditoro, Instructor of EnIH eard the Harmonica ts play
1949 Wilkes College Science Expe- ,gtlneering. Charles Taylor, Instruct~54ve
LADY OF SiPAI:N the past night
dition. Four performances v.:ere or of .P hysics, demonstrated the
$5 .65 under the
and can't forget it. Buy it- I
given.
teslacoil. E'xperiments wit):l light
20C-a-copy newsknow you'll like it. The . reverse
Because of the large number of intensities, sound resonance, and
stand pric•side of this waxing is LOVE NEST.
high school students taking science surface tension were given by Mr.
$1.25 under the
regular 1-year
Believe me, its a terrific ibuy.
courses it was necessary to limit Hall. Edward Heltzel, Cromwell
,ubscrlptlon price
- at Fran Warren, th e youthful
admission to those students.
Thomas and J .ohn Williams, Inthrush, has done WiHAT'S MY
Fou~ departments of the college structors in Engineering, demonffiEM T~MPLE COUNTRY
NAIME for Victor. Irt ihas been
---'Physics, Chemistry, Engineering strated the principles used in enwhen you subscribe
CLUB
and Biology-organized to present .g ineering drawing and surveying.
out for a while now and if you
through us at the Spe- $
fascinating two-hour demonstra,Dr. Charles Reif, Head of the
don't have it in your collections
cial College Rate of only
•
tions of modern scientific equip- Biolo.gy ,Department, and a commitI suggest you ,b eat down to the
ment. These demonstrations were tee of students presented a colornearest music box and take it
conducted :by college science in- ful display including skeletons, emhome. Tell him I sent you.
structors and student committees. bryological models, anatom i c a 1
Dick Haymes is back after a
The performance marked the re- models, microse&amp;pic subjects, bac- ,
short lull with a tasty version of
vival of the science eX!pedition at teria dis plays, and bacteriologiical
JOHNNY MARTIN AND HIS WHERE OR WHE.'N on a Decca
your
this c•ollege. When the college was techniques. Working in this delaibel. This is the baritones best in
dollars stretch
ORCHESTRA
known as ,B ucknell University partment were David Katz, Jean
im:ainy a moon.
further-by toking· advantage now of
'
Junior College, science shows were Ryan, Robert Perneski, Agnes NoM. G. M.'s George Paxton adds
the•• money-saving, special rates •••
an annual affair with as many as vack, Paul Koval, Carl Dudek and
an unusuaJ. com'bination of latin
2,500 students attending each year. Joseph Evans.
.
and jazz infl.ecticms to AAISONThe 1949 Expedition of modern
The .Chemistry Department, with Semi-Formal - No Corsages ERIO DEL MAR. This is ,tJhe same
science began with a discussion and Mr. Selmer, a chemistry student,
s:ong Russ M1orgian brought ouf in -Enter your order today, throughthe early forties and had so mu,c,h
lecture period in the Lecture Hall. under the direction of Dr. Alfred
Following a brief introduction by
success with.
MILLIE GITTENS
the officials in charge, the entire Bastress, concluded the exhibit by
Dancing From 9 To 1
'T he mighty Guy Lombardo hass
group was split into three divisions presenting among its various exm:ad•e for Decca SWEET GEOIRCOLLEGE BOOK STORE
Tickets $3.00 Per Couple
and rotated through the four de- .p eriments and demonstrations, cold
GIA BROWN. It bears a resem,p artments.
lig.h t, extraction and distillation
bl,ance to the hit rec,o rd made by
The Physics and Engineering equipment, and electro-analysis.
one Mr. Bones.
. Editor-in-Chief

ART RICE

TOM ROBBINS

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For Delegates

BEACON POLICY

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: Rates

TIME

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Scien. Expedition
Attracts 1.000

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WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

Baseball Schedule

Sporting World

3

THE ANECDOTE

April
12-Wyoming .Seminary .. .. ..... ... .A
BY BOB SANDERS
19----Hartwick College . . .. .. ...... . ..H
20---Scranton University ... ..... .A
EARL JOBES
23-King's College ... .. ... .. ....... .... H
Frank Anderson has switohed to
26-Wyoming Seminary .... ... ...... H
beat King's in ,b asketball. The rest 30-Ride ir'College
BASEBALL:
...... . ... ..A A~drey Seaman ... This attraction
'Next Modany afternoon at 4 of t he schedule includes games .with May
may ·e xceed three weeks . . . an
o'clock, Mr. Ralston will m eet with Bloom s.burg, Fran'klin and Mar- ..7-Hhaca Oollege
....H all-.time record . . .
t he candidates for this year's base- shall, East 1Strouds:burg, and Ithaca 11-&lt;Keystone
....... .. .. ... ...A
-wball team. Everyone who has any College. Thus it seems that the soc- 12-Tr,iple Cities College .. .. .. ... .A
Vester Vivian Vercoe, Junior III,
baseball talent is asked to report cer Colonels will have some nice 13-Susquehanna University ... .. .A the salesman of Wilkes, has been
practice. Each candidate is re- road trips this year.
14---iRider College ...... .. ....... .. ..... H trying to sell Kaiser-Frazer autoquested to bring his own equipment. SOFTBALL:
1,7-----Bloonisburg ,S TC ....... ... . . ... A mobiles to everyone. Th,e last time
Ralston will issue uniform s after
All managers who plan to enter 19-&lt;Keystone ..... ..... .. ..... .. ...... .. H I saw him, he was in pursuit of
ihe has decided what players he will teams in the Intra-mural softball 21-Triple Cities College ............. H Madelaine Molitoris and depseratec ut from the squad. All t he posi- league are asked to attend a meet- 24----ffiartwick College ...... .. .......... A ly trying to sell lher a n auto . . .
tions on this year's team are wide ing Monday afternoon at 2 in Mr. 25~Ithaca College
........ .. ..A Just ,a warning-keep away from
-o pen ,d espite the fact t hat a flock Ralston's office. Last summer the
the subject of cars when you see
of veterans are returning from the league was a gre;it success, and it
him-he's desperate. . .
team of last year. The team has a is hoped t hat there will be a repeat
-wf ew .g laring weaknesses, such as performance this year, so all h eads
. U
MEIN: Do your girl friends talk
a dearth of experienced catchers, of clubs, classes, or anyone else intoo much? Hit t hem on theri heads
,a nd a l a ck depth on the mound so terested are invited to enter a team
with Coca-Cola ,b ottles
and
if you have any talent don't keep in t he league. Your reporter has
enjoy "the pause. that refreshes"...
it hidden, but report to Mr. Ralston been .appointed to head the league
-wAll persons who have indicated
Monday at Kinby Park.
t his year. As successor to Marty
:Howie Phillips, the heartbeat of
thaJt
they
will
supply
teams
for
t
he
Blake, who is no longer with us.
SOCCER:
Bowling League will meet next Carlie Thomas, lhas contracted
Mr. P artridg e, coach of the new- We will promise you one thing-"it Monday, Mar-ch 28, at noon in Dean measles . . . just a warning to
will
be.
more
quiet
in
Kirby
P
ark
ly formed soccer team, amnounces
Ralston 's office. If any manager teachers and friends who •h ave been
that on Thursday and Friday he this year."
cannot appear at this m eeting, it near him .p rior t o March 4.• .•
will show soccer film s in the Science BOWLING:
is suggested that he sen&lt;;! a repre-wLecture Hall. T-h e fo,lowing · MonThe theory of evolution has been
Another sport, bowling, has been sentative.
day, April 4, in Kirby Park at 4 added to the intramural program .
The following people are request- discussed in almost . every sruhject
o'clock, . Mr: :Partridge plans to Several of the clubs on the campus ed to attend the meeting or send available on the campus. My theory
sfart Spring practice. Partridg e have formed a league, a.nd will a representative: Henry Merolli, js that we came through mQl!l!keys,
a sks all students who are interest- bowl ori the Hampton Alleys. There John Binovich, Carl Gibson, . John that is, all but the .Welsh race.
ed in s-occer, regardless of their are stHl opening·s for any team that Klansek, L. ' J. ,Oza;jkowski, John They came from Wales.
previous ex.p erience to try out for would like to enter the leag ue. Any- Stoffko, Francis Pinkows•ki. T om
-wthe team. One 6f the interesting one interested can get full detais Moran, Irene ,S,hep.Jock, a,nd John
HEADLINE:
highlights of t his year's soccer from Mr. Ralston.
Horacz. Managers should bring
"Wilkes College a sks for blood
schedule is the . fact that we will
team rosters with them .
of students" .... What next? If they
TRAC1&lt;:
play two outstandirng negro unitry to take any out of me, I'll
As a ,p arting shot, wouldn't it be
versities, na mely-Howard Univertransfer .to Misericordia ..
sity of Washington, D. C., and Lin- nice if s-o meone formed a track
'
-wcoln University, t he school that team at Wilkes ?
THE MEDICAL WARD:
After the initi-ation of many new
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members into the Letterman's Club
last Thursday nig-iht, many frosh
"The Razor's Ed.g e" will be and new a thletes ate lunch · standshown in. the LeotUiI'e Hall next ing up .. Bill Brown came into the
Mon&lt;;las. and Tu.esd11-y. .evenings at oaf eteria.. on Friday and TRIED to
By TOM m :\lBBINS
8 o'clock. Two showings of the remember ail . that 'happened. the
ibased on W. Somerset nig&lt;ht before .. The Lettermen had
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,Maugha·n's popular novel, have quite a party after the affair at
I wasn't afraid; ha dn't I sat
"Look, Boy, when I say a grand
been a rranged for the expected the Kingston House . I feel sorry
throug;h the complete reel- of the and a half, I mean $1500."
for the janitor of t hat place
It
·
"Oh. But do you, really think I'll large attendance.
The story concerns a young man, seems that the lettermen made
Mad Man-Monll:ey Monster of Har- g.e t $1'500 in 12 days?"
who forsakes worldly life "in the Charlie Flack get on top of a table
rigan's H orrifying Haul)ted House
"You can't lose!"·
search for a religious faith, and a :;i.nd make like a swimmer. All the
-Cha.pt:er 3, just the week be"Her.e's my dollar."
beautiful girl iwho loves him in while he was swimming, "some of
fore? I clench~ my ticket tightly
I c·o ntinued home, thing about the
many needed 'items that the \money vain. 'T hese roles are pontrayed by the boys" poured wa,t er a!.l over
Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney. him ...
in my hand and walked nervously woµld buy for me.
.
-w-_
into the ·theatre. ,
The next day, I was sitting quiet- Other characters are enacted by
"Golly, it's dark in there", I mut- ly in the shade of t'he BEACON off- He11bert Marshall, Anne Baxter and
Jack Hughes, one of the Frosh
here, took a competitive test at
tered, ,barely above a whis•p er.
ice, thinking -o f the good-old days Clifton Webb.
"•Oh, come on, Little Boy, don't when we picked on the Student
New York on Mardh 5. He's trying
for an appo jntment at West Poin t
be afraid", said the attend ant.
Counci,l, when into the office came
through his .service in the National
I r,ealiz.ed I appeared as a little · Harry ' Ikelblob. Harry looked fit
Guard .. - It would be swell to get
boy because l had been walking on to be tied--'and you know haw a
my knees. I got up, looked around, man looks when he's fit to be tied
a Wilkes boy at a military acadeand there it was. The Snakepit! It -tight! ·
·
my .. ..
-wlooked more like a madhouse. As a
"I'm telling you", shouted Harry,
Clem Walters of station WHWL
matter of fact, I didn't see a snake "I'm so ma d I could spit nails." As
'Ilheta Delta Rho, women,'s s·oro•r during the whole show. I wonder if he spoke he tacked up a few notes it y of Wilkes College, played hosit is in reality ·Clem Wac.lawski of
the movie was mi st itled.
on the bUilletin board and -b uilt a ito 40 .h ig,h school senior girls at a Wilkes ..
-wI walked out ,t o the street after small birdhouse.
St. ,Patrick's Day Tea; hehl Y€Sterthe s'how (wit h .t he sleeves of my
day f.rom 3 to 5 in the girls' lounge
* * * *
jacket appropriately tied behind
"What's the matter, Harry?"
of Chase Hall.
.
Art Spengler . has been elected
"Oh, it's just everything . '.Dhe
p r1scilla
.
S wartwoo d, genera 1 a s the new president of the Stume) a nd started toward home.
"Hey, Boy, com e 'ere!'_'
numbermen tried to push aside t he
d
chairman of the tea, was assiste dent Council, and every student on
I looked over my shoulder. There Schmoo Ball because of their comby Terri Turissini, Norma Lou the campus agrees that no man
was a character with ' a grin from ing Can-can chor us entertainment; Carey, Nancy M-0Cague, v·1rg1ma
. . is better su'i'ted f:or the job. Last
molar to molar peering at me, his the mid-semester tests are coming Bolen and Joan Walsih. Chairmen term, the Council was at a comtbiny eyes in his di.minu•tive h ead up in a week, and we haven't had ,o f the various committees. Host- plete standstill in activity. The
,g leaming bdghtly. H e came to- a bit of warning; and the year~book esses were M,arilyn B~Oladt , Evelyn reason could be tha,t no ohe would
wards me.
is goiillg to press without a single :Ii'enaligan, Mary Porter and Naomi make motions. All agree that the
" I'll make it fast. I'm trying to picture of me. I tell you it's ter- ·
.
. M . council was "motionless" for a
·
_g et a m •e mber for our :Pyramid Club. rible.
I think ther.e ought to be a · Hons. Marianna Tomassett1,
b
J arita Sheridan, Joyce No el, anet long time.
Y,ou put in 1 bu.ok and .g et ha'Ck a law. I'm going to start an or,ganiz.W
_._,_
d
* * * *
Gearhart, Peggy
oolcu\.:A . an
grand and a -h alf after 12 days ; ation called the Society for t he
Speaking of the C01Uncil, you
Ginnie Meisner acted as guide_~.
you can't lose. Put some money in /S afety of Sophisticated and Studi- Kay Potter and Carol Weiss poured. people should'nt complain ab01Ut
the pot, Boy!"
·ous .Students, the S.S.S.S.S."
Dr. Mitchell spoke to the girl!! thei11 actions. Politicians aren't so
"But I don't n eed a piano", I
'~Goo.d id,ea, Harry. By the way, and Ruth Trethaway and Gwen simple. You try standing on a
answered confidently.
what's this I hear about you losing O1·ff
· · l sel ec- fen~e anp keepi ng both ears to
1 Ofd present ed music.a
money?"
tio'ns. After ,the tea the visitors the ground.
* * * *
Harry Ikel,blob looked at me were taken on a tour of the camThe Cinderella Ball is making
.blankly. Suddenly I saw a gleam in ,p us. Their questions concerning
his eyes. He remem'bered.
Wilkes were ,answered that they progress slowly, but surely. The
"Yeah, wasn't that something? might better understia:n;d college Council was stumped as to whl,\t
band to choose for the festivities.
There I was ready and waitin'. I Ji,f e.
,h ad 63 pounds of hot-dogs, 19 cases - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I like Harry Nickels and his Five
·of soda-pop, and plenty of popPennies myself. They used to play
corn at my temporary c001cession
for the Metropolitan - Life Instand and what happened? Only 6
surance Company.
SEE THE RAZOR'S EDGE
people showed u,p at the Sophomore
* * * *
nomination meeting."
The "Stop the Muse" program
8:00 P. J.\1. \
Harry took out his handkerchief
now is using a song which every
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
and ,wiped '.his tearing eyes. He
person in America has iheard at
AT LECTURE HALL
groped for the door handle, found
one time or another. It's the
it, and made his way out of the
march used at the end of the
office.
MOVLE,'I1ONE newsreels. I think

for

Bowling Manae:ers
Will Meet Monday

Movie to he Shown
Twice Next Week

CAMPUS CHATTER

High School Girls
Are Guests At Tea

Wilkes Terminal
Courses Listed
A recently published eight-page
booklet outlining two-year terminal
courses at Wilkes College descr:bies
seven programs which students may
select. These programs are provid
ed, the ,b ooklet explains, for persons
who want to spend less than four
years in ;preparing for their voca
tion. Terminal students may partr
cipate in all student activities.
The programs ibeing offered are
secretairial science, me dic.al steno
grapihy, laiboratory technician, med
ical technolo.g y, biology, music
..radio production. Either a two or
a t hree-year prognam in ,biolo,g y is
recommended for pre-dental stu
dents. The three year program is
less -c001densed and permits a more
c-om:plete preparation in chemistry
and bfology.
--------------the name of it is, "Every man
has one wife, but the iceman has
his pick."

**

*

*

March the fifteenth is the day
for income tax payments,. All have
,to ,p ay except the hitch-hikers
there is no .c harge on thumb tax.
****
Complaints 'have been arising
as to the policy of the Beacon.
The Beacon shouldn't be blamed.
f-o r everything.
Ever since the,
staff members were babies, they've,
had things pinned on them.
-WHlmADLiiNE: '. 'St11d~t CollnciI
completes Cinderella Ball Plans!"
Johnny Long-goOld :band; 1500
bucks-good price;
May 20-good
date ; Rocky Glen-good night!
-WFraternities-Toni Menegus is taking a course in letter-writing .. ,...
Her letter -to-the-edifor in last
week's issue had a lot of good
thought in 'it.. ...A good name for
a fr,iternity would 1l-ie, '(I TAPPA

KOO' ..
..;W THE OVERF1LOW: Last week, the
doughnut fa'Ctory as signs went
up in stores to, "get your pyramid
doughnuts here" ..
'

~w-

There's a twinkle in the Student
Council's eyes concerning the next
election ... .'l'he Council would like
to get regulation voting machines
for elections. .From nOIW on, it
will be, ",P us·h ~P.ull- - ~Click-1Click
Change Councils, That Quick!" ....
-WVaughn Monroe has a n ew song"Red &lt;Noses For A Stewed Lady .. "
-WBil Gorgas : "Something seems_ to
be wrong with the engine .... it
won't.. .. "
Janet Gearhart: "Don't be silly .. ..
wait 'ti! we .pull off of the main
road .. "
-WBill Umphred and Danny S.advary are sporting sporty socks knitt ed lb y their girl friends from other
c,o lleges ... If they ,h ad two holes
in each sock, they could wear them
as sweaters .. .. A certain Sophomore
refused to go out ·with Marita
Sheridan !because she's too shy
and backward .. ..
-WMarty Blake t old us he was
leaving at last, last Monday
-WThat's all for this week, so I
leave you with this thought.. .. ..
Once there were two Irisihmen;
now, there are millions ....

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�Friday, March 25, 1941

WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

4

MISCELLANEA
-----------By
BILL GRIFFITH

I am g,oing to be an enlightened
ditch-digger, or so it S•eerris, if I
heed those people who say tbat a
B. A. course does not prepare a
student for a field of employment.
1 agree with these people that a
B. A. degree will not give ~ou the
specific training for employment,
but I do believe t'hat a B. A. course
prepares you to be aware of the
problems o£ society and also to enjoy life after college._
·T,o&lt;lay, educators believe in the
pragmatic philosophy of education
or teaching subjects which can be
applied to life's situations and
prQblems. ·To me, the course of
Marriage and Family is a course
of this nat1J,re, for it is one which
prepares our minds for the most
irnp,ortant phase of our livesmarriage. I believe if any course
,that I have taken .t hus far can be
called a .p ractical course, this is
the on€. So, if I do end up just as
:an €nlightened ditch-digger, my
,chances for making a successful
marriage and €nj,oying family life
should be better, ibecaus,e of thi,s
course, than those of persons who
have concentrated on those courses
which lead to dollars and not hum,an values.
"A fairly reliable receipe for a
happy marriage would call for two
·parts appreciation, one of toleration, and one of vacatbon, seas oned
with varying spice and humor; the
result, a light, ta sty concoction , free
from monotoy." Thi s advice alone,
I believe, i,s worth the course.

twice removed said ........... " When I
asked if this .person actually had
such experience, they would say
"No; someone told him." That is
the good old fallback on that
tr-ou!ble-making phrase, 'they say."
'Dhe second retort, "What has the
Red Gross given me"', or "they
never did anything for me," was
anothe'r typical answer. When asked what they expected fr.om the
Red ,C ross they could not say, and
when asked if they had ever approached the Red Cross for aid,
none of the questioned subjects
had done so.
Ano!Jher answer: "I would ,give
to the Salvation Army drive but
not to the Red Cross." I would
ask these ,p eople if they had been
aware of or had donated to the
Salvation Army drive which failed
in Wilkes-Barre trying to raise a
measley $70·,000. None had heard
of the drive - but they donated
reg-u larly - ten cents every Saturday night when the tambourine
was passed in the ibarr-oom.
And, finally, the last answer (a
safe •o ne): "I can't afford it." This
is very true in a lot of cases, especially if the person is married
and has a child. However, most of
the same persons who say "I can't
afford it" will turn around and bet

a dollar ·t hat it will rain at exactiy 10 :01 ½ A. M.
Our Marriage and the Family
text devotes several pages to interpreting ,what qualities makes
a matured person. I would like to
quote one of the listed · traits:
"The matured person has some
knowledge •Of social life, how it is
organized, and what the requirements are for living in a society ..
The immature person does not
know what is expected of him
s·ocially. He seeks his own ends
thiroug,h the selfish-centered insistence of the infant, who expects others to contribute toward
his satisfacbions but does not
voluntarily and consciously g ive
anything in return. The mature
pers·on takes social responsibility.
He does his share in taking care
of the needy and unfortunate - and
seeks commuIJJi,t y betterment. The
immature person tends to let
others worry about the community
and, even when there is op,p ortuni ty for assuming res;ponsi:bi!ity,
he, childlike, lets others do it."
At the time of this wrirbing it is
impossible to forsee what the outcome ' of the drive on the campus
will be. If you have .not given, see
your class officers or club leader,
Let us all prove our maturity.

Many Students Spanish Classes
Expected To Take To Attend Exhibit
Scholarship Exams
At least 140 high sclhool seniors
are expected to take the Wilkes
College Scholarship ex,amination on
,Saturday, April 30. That is the
number of students who took the
examinaJtion last year.
Fifteen scholarships valued at
$1,000 per year are being offered
to those students who excel in the
examination. Since there is one
scholars/hip for approximately every tenth ,applicant, -tbe process of
awarding them .must he highly selective. Students, to rbe eligible for
the S·Cholarships, must rank in the
upper quarter of their hig,h school
class, and they must apply for admission to the ·c ollege by April 20.

Beacon Meeting
Monday At 4 P. M.

,On Monday the Spanish classeE
w:ill attend the art exhihit at the
YMHA at 9, 10 and 11 in the morning and at ,2 in the afternoon .. Miss
Silseth will accompany the groups,
and extends an invitation to all
students to join them. The exhibition contains the works of famous
artists of twenty~two countries of
North and South America. The
YMHA is located at 60 South River
Street, t!he old Shoemaker building.

NOTICE!
On April 5, 6 and 7, the Scranton
Chamber of Commerce Minute Men
are sponsoring a Business Show in
the Arabian Ballroom of Hotel
Jermyn, .Scranton, Pa. The most
modern business equipment ,will be
exhibiited and demonstrated.
All students and faculty members of Wilkes College are invited
to attend this Business Show. There
is no admisslon charge.

------------------------------------

1

* * *

W.hen there is a battle o•.e r a
question on campus, I believe it
rwould be for the best if we should
remember James Madison's advice:
"that anything governmentally
·short of tyranny, requires compromises, for the plain and simple
reason that good m,en never all
agree on goodness, just men never
all agree on justice and holy men
never all agree on iho.Jiness."
(I suppose we could say, on
campus, that all hep students can
·n ot agr,e e •On orchestras.)
Last week I asked several of
my fellow students if they were
going to contriibute to the Red
Cross during the week's drive.
Coming from c,oUege students, the
answers were astonishing, as they
were the stock answers. Yet, when
I counter-questioned these students they did not have facts or
misunderstood .t he purpose of
R,ed Cross.
The first and rnos,t-frequent
answer: "A friend of my cousin

THE
BOSTON STORE
Men's Shop
has everything for the
college man's needs.
from ties to suits.

FOWLER, DICK
AND WALKER

i

:Opyrighr lfi-19, IJGGrrr &amp; MYEU TOL\a:O Co.

MORE COLLEGE STUDENTS SMOKE
CHESTERFIELDS THAN ANY OTHER CIGARmE
BY UTEST NATIONAL SURVEY

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GIVE
TO

REDCROSS
Vol. 3, No. 26

!!IJ!l .

TO

RED CROSS

WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA.

Friday, March 18, 1949

Johnny Long .To Be Cinderella's Fella
CINDERELLA BALL TO FEATURE
JOHNNY LONG AND COMPANY

Theatre and Radio
Group Is Formed
At Conference

VINCE MACRI

Johnny Long's fine musical aggregation of "Shanty Town"

Tlhe first Eastern Pennsylvania
fame has been selected to provide the music for the third annual
Inrt;ercollegiate Theatre Conference,
Cinderella Ball, it was announced recently by Art Spengler, ,
,sponsored by the Cue 'N Curtain
Club, was held last week-end on
council president. The choice of Long and his crew of eighteen
the· Wilkies campus, with representmusicians and vocalists was made by the student representaatives of 16 state colleges attendtives after much debate about prices of "name" bands and the
ing. As a result of rtfue meeting, the
delegates voted to become1 charter
cost of tickets to students. Since there is not as much money
memlbers of an organizla.tion to be
to work with as in previous years, the group decided to cut exknown as the Col,lege Thewtre and
penses to a minimum and to price tickets as reasonably as
Radio -Conference of Eastern Pennsylvania.
possible.
'T he consolidation of t'he drama
Ben 18,terLing's new , $100,000 Im &lt;bhe past the student body first
groups i111to a permanent or~niz.adam.ce pavilion at Rocky Glen Park cast preliminary votes f-o r any of
tion marks the first time in the
has been oho-sen as the site of the the Wilkes ,co-ed:s. The eleven girls
history of United States college
dance. Spengler stated that the hall r,eceiving the hi,ghiest nuim'ber of
thewtre thait ,s uch a movement has
was stiM in tJhe process of being votes were then declared Cindertaken place.
constru~ted, but ,prolbaibly would be efila candidart;es. Last yeair post
The general aims of the organizoompleted by Easter. The building cavd-s bearing tJhe names of the
ation are to stimulate inrberest in
· is 100 by 225. feet and will acco- eleven candidates, were mailed to
college theart;re as a community
modate sev&lt;erall thousands of peo- ea0h student, and votes were countasset, and to -p rovide for communple. 1Jt is located near the Swiss ed by a special committee. Most of
ity suppo:r,t of college theatre; to
Cottage and extends over the lake. the student body was unaware of
exchange information and ideas
!Sipengler also disclosed that the CimdereHa's identity untiI just beamong member colleges; and to derental price of the hall includes fore. the orchestira leader fitted a
yelop experimentation and exp.lore
seating arram.gements and five huge speciaHy constructed glass shoe on
new theatrical forms.
amplifiers, so the music · whl.l be her foot.
&lt;Miss 'Rosamond Gilder, secretary
heard clearly in all pants of the
The candidates last year were
of .American National Theatre and
ha!ll. The pairking area , at Rocky Peggy Anthony, Pa:t Boy,d, Toni
Academy, ,p rincipal speaker art; the
JOHNNY LONG
Glen is large enoug1h to acoommo- Menegus, Ann Pavlik, Gwenn Clif· co!llference, told the group that
date the cars of all the peopile who •f ord, •M iriam Golightly, Mari_ta
"theatre in America is entirely in
are expected to a,ttend.
1Sheridah , Mari'anna Tomasetti, Lee
the hands -o f the people attending
Up to the present time no men- Weisberger, Flran Wilkie and Pegthis session."
tion has been made of the selection gy Wtoolcock. Miss Woolcock was
Most of the delegates agreed that
of Cinderella candidates for 1949, v,otedl Cimderella.
local groups should •work together
since national org.aniz.ations have
not -h elped tJhe smaller groups as
Beginning Monday and continuthey might hav,e.
An i,nconsistency in the SophoTherefore i,t was decided that one ing thTougfu Friday, Wilkes OoUl~ge more studenrt; council elections will
wil-1 conduct its annual Red Cross
school should be selected as .
require a re-e1ection next Monday
c-learing h ouse for material. Since drive.
1Sbrategists, Reese Pelrbon and from 12 - 3 in Chase Lounge. TOIIl1
Wilkes College brought the group
together for the first conference, it Robert P.a:r,tridge, will conduct the Rojjbins. is tJhe only nominee, and
'I'he students and faculty o.f
On Thursday, March 24, three
drive in a siimilar manner as that Alex Miolash is bhe write-in candidwas v-cJ&lt;ted central h eadquarters.
Wilkes
College
are
invited
to
view
members
of the W:ilkes College
Colleges -throughout Eastern of the rec-e nt Comimunity Chest
,t he first showing in Wy·ominig Val- Band will jourp.ey to India111a, Pa.,
Pennsylv,a nia were grouped into campaign. T-h e pledges will be sol- ate.
tJh;ree divisions: northern, central icited by the v,airious campus or- · The junior vacancy was filled ~ ley of moving pidures featuring to ,p articipate in the annual threeganiizati-ons. John Klansek will act Tom Lasky, a write-in candidate. the international game of soccer. day Intercollegiate Band Festival.
and ea.stern.
Wilkes · College, central head- as bhe 0hairm an for t he drive com- John F.J.orkiewicz and Thomas were T,h ese films will be shown in the These musicians' are Carl Strye,
the other bwo write-in candidates
quarters for all divisions, :will also miittees.
Science Lecture Ha!ll the latter ,part c~net; Don F-o llmer, clarinet; and
Last year rthe students t opped in the Juni-or class elec1non.
head the central .g roup ,w hich inof Maroh. The exact date will be Vester Ve:r,coe, flute and piccolo.
cludes -Misericordia CoHege, Dickin- t heir goal ,a nd it .is hoped that this
announced in the daily bulletin.
son College, Keystone Junior, Col- year's drive will be as successful.
T,h e purpose of the invitation is Traveling wth them will be Reese
leg-e, East Stroudsburg State Alll s:tudents con&gt;tributing bo this
to introduce the students and facul- /Pelton.
Teadhers College, MarywO&lt;Yd Col- wouthy cause will be awaroed a
The all-sta,t e Colege Band will be
ty to the .g ame of soccer. It is
}eg.e , King's College, and the Uni- pin and memlbership in the Red
Onlg
OF
hoped that sufficient interest will comprised of 1,25 memtb ers, careOross.
versity of Scranton.
· be aroused by this showing to irv fully screened from select~d appli11he college Pu!blfo Relations DeLehig,h University will head the
duce a larg.e g,rolllp of candidates
southern division and these col- partment w:ill repqrt the drive's
A •p anel discussion, "Should the to witness pictures featuring the cants. A program for -t he Festival
leges: Moravian Men, Moravian pr01g,ress daily in its bulletin . .
indicates that a worthwlhile scheRuhr V&lt;a1lley lbe Re-industriialized", fundamentals of the game.
W,omen, Cedlar Chest, Muhlenberg
will be conducted by the IRC in
'Dhe showing of these films will dule ·of rehearsals and planned acCollege, Lafayette College, FrankThe
·C hase Theatre this evening at take ,t he lid off the first formal pre- tivities has been arranged.
.Un &amp; Mair-s hall College, Bryn iMawr
7 :30. The student body is invited to· ,p arations f,o r developing a soccer band will give two concei,ts; Friday
College, Albri~ht College, and
aittend. Joseph Kanner and George team at Wilkes ,wlh.ich will meet the afternoon and Sat11Tday night. In
\Haverford ,College.
Maisel will speak for rthe affirina- finest competition offered in college adidition, a nationwide broadcast
Lycoming College of Williamstive, and PhiHip Baron and Robert soocer in the ea,stern United States. will -b e made iby the group.
port will lead &gt;the northern division
,Chief drill-master and guest conDevine will suppont the negative
•Soccer is a fall game in colleg,iconsisting of Mansfield State Teach,Fifty-four shelves in a three- view. J•a ck Faneck will be moderat- ate circles, but •Coai::h Robert Part- ductor for the affair is Movton
ers College, Bucknell University, room suite in Asihley HaU are now or.
ridge has arranged the schedule so Gould, well-known composer, arIS usqueihanna
University, a nd needed to c·onbain the Wilkes ColAudience participation will be that there will be no confl.ict be- ranger, and conduc.tor. A prog,r am
iBJ.oomsburg State Teachers Col- lege Career.s Library. Last week allowed after members of tlhe panel tween the soccer and football of sU1perior music has been ohosen
·l ege.
' the Oareers Consu'lting S-erv.ice of have presented t heir arguments. games. Spring practice will con- and all bandsmen have received
The or~nizart;ion plans to es.tab- the college took over anOither large Tonight's discussion is one of a sist of one week spent in sti:dying music in adv,ance to assure familish a co.Ilegiate circui,t which would room in the building it has been series that fRC will present this the furidamentals of the game and liarity.
include the schools in Eastern oocupying during the past year. semester.
in drawing equipment, and three
P•e nnsylvania. The dramatic clubs This addition was necessitated by
weeks of outdoor practice for the ,t hat he cannot ,p articjpate as a
of these . colleges would perform both tJhe sustained and ithe ever
NOTICE!
purpose of learning more funda- pllayer but would like to helip out
audienc·es of memlber schools of the increasing volume •o f careers matmentals and engaging in intra- as a student manager should concircuit. At present, however, Sus- er.i al.
All seniors and terminal students squad scrimmages. Whenever pos- •t act Martin Berman.
quehainna University is the only
More than one industrial concern gra,duating in June who have not sible, scrimmages with otJher teams
Teams on the schedule at the presohool prepared to inirtiate the pro- ihas sent ipersonal representatives checked their records with Mr. will be arranged.
sent -time are Bloomsburg (two
,g ram. A ,p lan to help up-end-com- to ,t he campus to study the setup Morris must report to his office by
All male students are invited to games), East Stroudsbwg Sr!'C,
ing playwrights is also under con- and ~ontribute to the fund of in- 2 p. m. ,t oday. This is the absolute participate in tJhe early-season Ithaca College, Lincoln University
(continued on page 2)
formation.
•
deadline.
wo~kouts. Any stu:dlent who feels and Franlkin &amp; MarshaH College.

Red Cross D•rive :Soph Election
Begins Next Week
Next Monday

Soccer Films To Band Members To
Be Shown Soon Attend Festival

Panel Discussion
T . ht F

Careers Library
Expands Facilities

me

�Friday, March 18, 1949

WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

2

RUSS WILLIAMS
Editor-in-Chief

ART RICE

TOM ROBBINS
Assoc'iate Editors

GARFIELD DAVIS

GERTRUDE WILLIAMS

Sports Editor

Faculty Advisor

' ELEANOR KRUTE
Business Manager

ED BOLINSKI
,

Photography Editor

JOYCE BURCHARD

TOM LASKY

Circl.l'lation Manager

Features E,:ditor

EDITORIAL STAFF
Bill-- Griffith, Art -Spengler, Don Follmer, George Kabusk, Ed
Tyburski, Miriam Long, A!lma Fanucci, Che~ O~ic~inski, Chet Molley,
Bob Sanders Joe Gries Romayne Gromels·k1, Priscilla Swartwood, Bill
Hart, Gene Bradley, N;ncy McCague, Joan Walsh, Vince Macri.
A paper published weekly by and for the students of Wilkes College.
Phone 3-3148 Ext. 19
Shown above· are: Raymond Sovey, John O'Shaughnessy, Bill Griffi t h and Richard Beckerd a.t the
Theatre Gonfer.e nce last 5aiturday.
Member

Intercollegiate Press

LETTERS TO
THE EDiTOR
Claustrophobia and Spring Fever

EDITORIAL

About this time of each semester we see various cases of
teacher vs. student in which the trouble stems from a simple matter of frayed- nerves.
Recently, there have been scattered
cases of the type mentioned Which, when taken separately, do
not amount to much but when accuniulated amount to a problem.
Our diagnosis of the malady is that every person involved
has a comb.i nation of claustrophobia and spring fever. The
professors have been facing all kinds of students in all kinds of
situations in all kinds of weather all fall and winter long. The
student has been facing the same teacher in the ~ame classroom
under the same conditions for a long, long time. One need no.t
be a yogi to see that occasionally someone will get a bit bored,
bored to the point of blowing his top. (Everybody see The Snakepit?)
Our remedy for the problem is infallible, we think. The
directions on the bottle read "For all students and teachers who
think everybody is picking on them. Take a dose every ho.ur,
.on the hour, for as many hours as needed. Shake well before
using!"
First of all, look around you. Take a deep breath of that
sering air and get it into ·your system. -Take a GOOD look at
the present turmoil in the world. If you think your petty problem
is still worth losing sleep and getting peeved about, take a big
dose of the old spring-fever stand-by, sulphur and molasses.
And if those things don't help, Brother, we don't know what will.
Friday morning afterthought: Oh, Brother, look at that snow!
Did I say Spring Fever?
Tom Robbins

This column is open to any and
all readers for their comments.
Views expressed here do not necessarily receive endorsement from
the BEACON. All letters must be
typewritten and signed by the
author. For a current .Friday issue,
all letters must be submitted to
the BEACON office by no later
than noon of the preceding Wednesday.

--------····---- DEBATING TEAM

THE ANECDOTE
BY BOB SANDERS
TALK OF THE TOWN

SUCCESSFUL AT
BROOl(LYN COL.

Wilkes College made ari impressive showing at the Second Annual
ll'llvitation
Debaite
Touranme,nt
s·ponsored lby Brook,ly,n College on
March 11 and 12 .Vying for honors,
,were such outstandirug universities
as: Columibi a, Dartmouth, Tufts,
Vassar, M. T. T., Holy Cross, BosEditor, BEACON
ton Univer.sity, Penn State, AnnaDear E'ditor:
;polHs, Temple, amd Fordham.
Many faculty members and stu.J,a ck Faneck and Tom Mor,g an,
dents have remarked about the
Wilkes'
affirmaitive team, won viclack -0f school spirit at Wilkes ColtO!l"ies ov,er Stephen's Institute of
lege. They cannot understand why
Technology, anid N. Y. U. 'Fameck
more students do not t urn out for
and Mol'g;rn were defeated only by
student council and class officer
Annapolis and ,Champlain, conominations. May.be the. reason for
winners of the tournament, in very
,this apparent lack of interest in
close decisions.
voting lies in the fact that the letDon Kemmerer and George Mai,t ermen usually decide upon persel, upholding the negative end of
sons to fill these offices and agree
the ar.gumerut, inflicted defeats on
to back them one-hundred percent.
Boston University and St. Jo;hn's,
T.heir faculty advisor strongly
,whos,e affirmative team had been
urges -them to solicite ·votes for
iprev.iousiy unbeaiten. Tufts, with an
their choice. Natu rally their ~ho ices
espe'Oia;Jly ,a ggressive affirmative
are usually lettermen with a few
group, defeated Kemmerer and
outsiders who act as stool pigeons
Maisel and remained victorious
and make it appear good to the
rtlhroug.hou:t t he remainder of the
rest of the student body.
contest. :Rutgers, the defending
The administ:mtion ihas expressnati-onal champions, scored against
ed its views co.n cerning sororities
Wilkes
in one of the most closely
and fraternities; they are childish,
matched
encounters in the entire
discriminitory cliques which cause
tournament.
much lhard feeling ~among the stuWiHkes was compl,i mented for its
dents. On this point I agree.
"f,
o
rceful presentation and gentleDoes it .not ,occur to the ad,minimanly debate". The pe11f.ormance of
strat\on and faculty that this . Letthe team was remal'kable ·considerterman's organi.:iation is wor.se
inig the bet that the ,W ilkes debatthan a fraternity? Fraternities
ors lost to superior teams by nar,and sororities at least cause com••I petition and arouse school spirit in
row m:a rgins, and had had little
previous ex,perience in formal deChet Molley
By TOM ROBBINS
all phases of campus life. As it
For those of you who like to see the ,dollar ·s ign, here is a statement stands oow, ithe student realizes I wandered by Chase the other day, lbating. Their iperfonmances had
consisted Olf appearances in symof ex•p enditures released ,b y the Student · Council of .t he activitie~ last that he is ,b eaten before he starts, Down where .t he wind makes the
posiums and informal discussions.
semester. The council had and has $1000 for social activities each and the girls of the school stand
Wdlkes' sig.n sway;
Wilkes ended ,the contest with a
no
chancii
•
W
hatsoever.
And there ,b y the wall with its rigid reJ,atively high point standing.
semester this school-year.
Why don't we have •either sororcemel!ft,
Dr. Kruger accompanied the
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES EXPENDITURES
ities
or
fraternities
or
do
away
with
A
flower of spring the cold earth Wilkes team and judged four de:September 16, 1!148 to February 28, 1949
.the Letterman's Club and conduct
rent.
:bates at the tournament: Wesleyan
Band&amp;
matters ,on the_.b asis of individua l A fl,o wer of spring, dainty and bold, vs . .St. John's, Kinigs IP oint vs. WagTotal
Rental RefreshMisc.
c,om·petition instead of ,h aving only Rearing its head in the Marchian ner, St. Peter's vs. Temple, and
ments
one dictatorial ruling body.
·Cold,M. I. T. vs. Hofstr,a. Hofstra Col56.50
$
90.00
Freshman Hop
$ 146.50
$
$
And as I peered closer, it nodded lege, on Long Island, invited t he
166.10
65.00
100.90
Dance----Oct. 9-1St. Stevens ..
.20
Toni Menegus
and saiid,
team to their tournament next
164.14
57.50
105.14
1.50
Dance-Oct. 1,5-1St. Stevens ..
"Tell Mr·. Ralston, the winter is year.
251.70
65.00
106.67
80.03
Beacon Dance-St. Stevens ..
dead."
much time for rennancing i.f th.e
,Dr. Henry Gideonse, co-foundeir
Football Dance--;King's Game
203.00
100.00
·98.00
5.00 Cinderella Ball were held on May "Tell ,h im the boys with the base- •o f the Chicago University Round
39.49
39.49
Christmas Party
lb all yen
13.
Table and former · President of
52.20
40.00
12.20
Winter Carnival
It was a case in which the time Are raring ·,to dig in and go again; Freed•om H ouse, now Pr,esident of
39.00
39.00 element, final tests, availability of And tell him that Shelley had this 'Brooklyn College, spoke at a banFlowers
thought in mind ;
essentials, and other extra-curril:uquet given for ·t he participants ori
TOTALS
$1,062.13
$344.00 $580.20
$137.93 •l ar activities were conflicting. It If wri.nter comes, can spring-train- March 11. Dr . GiJdeonse's topic was
ing-be far behind ? "
brought to mind t'he need for the
"D.iscussion and Democracy". He
Johnny Long's organization has ,p ate in final tests beginninig on May newly organized, ,Social Activities
criticized the ty;pe of discussion
THEATRE AND RADIO
been the band chosen to p1ay for 30. Also, ihe stated that to advance Committee. However, hi this case
.~hat em'phasized violent constrasts
the Cinderella .Ball wlhic'h (it was the date a week (to the 13th) wouJd that committee would be practicaland disagreements for the sake of
(continued from page 1)
decided, last Monday evening) is to be near impossible ,b ebeause of the ly useless because of the lastaud1ience aippeal. Dr. Gi.deonse de'be on May 20. Paul T.homas, re- unavailability of :the hall.
minute arrangements (.particwlarly si-deration. The executive commit- •plored the present Lack of spon'Several of the council members, in obtaining a band) wthich dictate tee will work out a program in taneity and the prepared programs
presenting the Letterman Club,
was present •to question the date of on the other hand, contended that the dates for the actvities..
tWhich original scripts would be oo the Univ.eristiy of Ohi.cago
'l1he Student Council, at the en,d . produced and exchanged.
the Cinderella Ball. He stated that the delay in making new arrangeRound Table. He spoke against the
the Letterman's Club Review, which ments, if the Cinderella Bal.I date of the regular meeting, formed a
An executive committee of 12 'lhoO&lt;Per rating appeal" practiced
is to ,b e ready f.or presentation at were changed, would disrupt the c.o mmittee of the whole in order to delegates, five ·each representing •b y such forums as To;w;n Meeting
about that time, could not easily w'hole planning of the council thus continue revision of the constitu- the central and southern divisions of the Air. Dr. Gideonse stressed,
be held off a week (till .the 26th- far, particularly the planning in tion (Wilkes,that is). The revised and itwo f,rom the northern division, ·t hat contemporary debate must re27th) because of the number o.f dbtaining a good band. In addition, const,itution · should be r.eady for will meet before May 1 to draw up strain from drama.tic presentation
students and .f aculty members in- the April 'Showers Ball is to be on distribution to the students in a a constituti,on. The entire assembly merely for the pur;p,ose od' obtai::Oing
wiU pass upon it at a later date.
a sponsor.
V?lved who would have to p,artici- April 29, which ,would not leave ,w eek or so.

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Student Govern~l

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Bobby Waters is among the
many Wilkes students doing student .teaching. He's stationed at
Meyers Hig,h School. The students
like "Poop", and lb.ave affectionately named him, "Mr. H20".
-w'l1hat ever popular song, "Is it
true what they say about Macri?"
is on the hit parade at the present
time. "Sugar" 'has stepped out of
the editor's post on the BEiACON
!because of the difficulty in putting
out a .p aper and studying at the
same time. Since September, there
have ,b een .t hree editors and five
associate-editors . . . "Wha' happen'?"
-w"The Hole In The Atmosphere",
better known as Martin Blake, has
dropped from the Wilkes College
roster for a while . . . The last
time I saw him, .h e was working at
a perfume . counter, but he. was
forced to quit because he was
"chanele" shocked. . . •
-wFhil Nicltols was walking around
.the campus a few weeks ago with
Charlie Williams in a business deal.
The men were s~lling neckties. I
asked Phil how business was, and
he replied, ".Sometimes it's good~
sometimes it's lousy-r1ght now it's
both, go.od and lousy."

The Jocuse Crocus

�WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

F'riday, March 18, 1949

3

1.=====THE

Season's Results

Sporting World
EARL JOBES
Signs of Spring
SPRING AND BASEBALL
1Officially, good old s•p ring will be
her e March 21, but the surest sign
)f th~ coming of the gay seas;&gt;n
will c ome about one week later
when tfue WHkes College baseball
team begins practice sessions for
the c omjng campaig n.
If the
weatheir takes a turn for t he better ,
pract ice will get undel'IWay about
Mardh 28, ac:co11d1ng to Coach
Ralston, and wiITl 'commence aibout
:1. week later if ,uhe wearbher remains cold.
,
Ralston is ,o ptimistic about the
~Ofllling season, stating that there
~s a good chance for the Colonels
to field the 1best ball team ever to
repr,e sent thfa scihool. This is really
cutting the boys' work out for
!!hem, since l,a st year's team compiled a record of eight wins and
four losses, a oommendaible one
which will be difficult to top.

On orders from the editor, your
ficiently reste.d from same to en- reporter is directed to write somea,'ble him to work at fir,st base for thing nice about the Philadelphia
the Colonels, along with Evan.
A's. The nicest thing one can think
M-olly rud not pitch on a high of offhand is that the A's permit
scihool team, but S'a w a great deal the Phillies to use Shibe Park for
of mound duty in the A:r,my on the rtheir home games. In a more seri80th Divi sion team of the Third ous vein, last year Mr. Connie
Army. In fact, Moll y pitched so Mack, the A's manager did a very
much in the service that he is amazing job of managing. He took
afrai,d his arm will never be the a 1'&gt; unch of· minor leaguers and
same and is nursing the fe ar that blended them with a star-studded
it migrht just ,p lumb d:mp off the major league pitching staff, and
first time ihe thrQIWls a ball this year. almost won tlhe pennant. Evidently
'.Dhis iwould be an unusual occur- Mr. Mack is saitisfied to rest on his
rence, to say the 1,e ast, and would laurels (and his bankroll) because
give Molly an even stronger claim he didn't make one deal to improve
to fame than 1Jhe widely-publicized the A's. Last year, the lack of two
tale .tfuat he was once peddled by hard-hitting outfielders cost the
the Nanticoke Coal Crarcikers to the A's the pennant. During the winter
"Mocanraqua Maulers for the out- , the Philadelphiil, fans were ihopefui
landishly high price of seven bar- · that the A's would trade one of
re1s of Yankee beer.
their surplus pitchers for the outCALLING ALL CATCHERS
fielders th ey 11 eed, but little did
Now comes the difficulty. Both th ey realize the affection Mr. Mack
of Oa,st year's excellent cat0hers, has for his pitchers and his bank
Charlie Siwanson and Joe Desdhak, account. Since the A's didn't im·
I f
h l I
·
R , prove during the winter while
h ave smce e t sc 00 ' eavmg ai- their rivals, the Tigers, Whirte S-0x
,s ton in dire need ·o f a capaible back'SOO'P, Up to the •present, no embryo a nd Brownies did, we predict that
B'il'I Dickeys have come on the th e A's will slip to sixth place this
scene to smooth the furrowed brow year, a nd Connie Mack will switch
to CBS or Calvert.
of the worried . co8Jch, and ,the last
time we looked the plan was to inBaseball Lawsuit:
duce Poop Waters to return for anBacked by a couple of ambulance
other seas·o n behind the p;Jate.
Waters has slhown in the pa.s t chasing, ,publicirty seeking lawyers,
that he is a capable receiiver and a three former maJor league players
iha.rd hitter. If the Poorp comes out are suing organized baseball for a
for the team he should be able to couple million dollars. Their case
fill the hiH very nicely, giving the is based on the legality of the rehard-,wo,r king basebrull mentor one serve clause in baseball contracts
that states-a player is the propless worry.
Al.s-o needed for the team a,r e stu- erty of the te8Jm that he signs with
dent managers. Oharlie Knapp, until he is sold, traded, or released.
who bias done such an excellent jo,b ~ ,h ether or not the clause is legal
as a student manager on the foot- 1s purely , incidental-it is the so~
bal4 and !basketball teams, will called backbone of the game and
;p,ro'bably ·be interested in a siimiLar without which baseball couldn't surpost with the baseball squad, .w hich vive. The lawyers for the players
leaves vacancies for two more man- s'tate that the law reduces the playagers. Interested students should er to the status of a PiEON! Does
it? 'Dhe. average major leaguer is a
siee Mr. Ralston.

EXPERIENCED PLAYERS
RETURN
No less than 14 members of 'last
year's squad wi.Jl be back: for further duty under Ooach Ralston. The
team's heavy hitters, an of whom
ilit over .300 J:ast year, wi11, with
one exception~Osea Galletta-be
back this year. They are Al Molash
Jim Davis, Jack Semmer, Mart;
W,armus, Don Blacke111busih and
Frank Evan. MolMh led the hitters
last year witfu a lofty .440 average.
He played at shortstop. Davis is a
second-baseman, W,arm"tis a thirdbaseman, and Evan cavorts at first.
Bilackenbush and Semmer are outfielders.
Other returrning veterains include
Joe Pollock, Walt Hendershot
Crane Buzby and Boyd Earl, pitch~
ers. Earl had an excellent season
last year, winning five games :f.orr
the :Colonels while being charged
with only one loss. J•oe Brennan
will be hack again at short to team
up wi,tih Jim Davis around the keystone sack. Pinky Pinkowski infielder, ~i'l,l be on hand a:ga~ as
SCHEDULE TOUGH
will Jack Feeney and Joe G;ies,
There are 1.7 .ga.mes on this year's ·
outfielders.
schedule, and it is not likely that
any of them will be breathers.
ROOKIE,CROP GOOD
1S:o far three rookies who aip,p,e ar T,o ug·h est ·c ontests will probably
come , a:gains,t the University of
to have some baseball] know-how ,Scranton nine and the ,RJider Colhave signed urp for the team. Two lege team. Both schools . have long
·o f them, Bolb Shemo and Phil Sek- been noted for the fine dfamond
erchak, are infielders, and the other aP.;ir.reg,ations ,t hey turn. o.uit. The
Chet Molly, is a southpaw pi,tcher'. Colonels open the season A,p.ril 12
Slhemo played ait Wy oming- Semin- at Wyoming •Seminary.
ary last year and Sekerohak was
wH~ Swoyerville High. Sekerchak,
SHORT SHOTS
·o f course, is remembered for his
'T he Detroi,t Tigers of the Amerimadc ap goings-on on the basket- can League are in for plenty of
ball :co~rt in the season just past, work this year. When Red Rolfe,
and 1t 1s hoped ,t hat he wil'l be suf- their new manager, was asked,
"What will your Tigers do this
year, Red?" he replied, "They'•ll
sweat---,plenty!" Red is a member
of thie old s,chciol. He bel,ieves that
1n sprng •training a player should
run, run, and then run SOfllle more
... .'T he University of Kentucky
basketbaU team, of whioh we were
singing praises last week, g,ot a
rude upset in tJhe quarter-finals of
the nationail invitational tournament last Monday night. The Kaintucks were beaten by Loy,ola of
Chicago, 67-56. Loyola hadn't been
cons'i dered good enough to get into rtlhe touTnament, and almost
wasn't asked. Kentucky's coaclh,
Adolph Rupp, saliva,g ed sometihing
from tJhe loss by not making elaborate excuses for his team's loss.
has everything for the
He said simply, "They outhustled
college man's needs.
us, that's aiJ,l." .. . Wilkes baitsmen
would' do well this season to follow
from ties to suits.
the examrp.Je of Frank House, the
Detrorit Tigers' $715,000 "bonus
baby". In his senior year in high
school House :played in 25 games
and finished the season with a fabulous .850 batting -averng,e. In hls
first
2'4 times a:t 1bat, he got 24 hits.
I
.
Strangely enoug,_h, his team that
year w,o n only fo'ur games and lost

high schiool graduate, very, ver.y
few, are college men, yet the minimum salary is $5,500 a year plus
expenses when away from home.
1S ome players' salaries exceed that
,of the president of the United
States. The average · player's salary, $12,500 to $20,000 exceeds that
of college presidents and of other
,p rofessional men. Not one in a
hundred of these players co~ld
qualify for jobs at more than $100
a week- in any other profession.
If this be peonage, call me Pedro!
In addition to this, these players
jumped their contracts to join the
Mexican league in the land of the
hot tamales. The grass wasn't as
green in ,t he other fellows yard as
it looked, and they found themselves holding hot pQtatioes, and five
year suspension~ from organized
baseball. Is this peonage? What do
you tihink?

The Colonel's Hall of Fame:
This week the Old C-Olone} salutes . CJayton Karambelas. Clayton,
in collaboration with Charles Flack
organized . a swimming team to re~
present Wilkes in intercollegiate
competition. When a student is interested enough in his schoo,l to dev-0te so much of his time without
thought of monetary reward he
certainly · deserves a pat on' the
back. Despite lack of a !home pool
for training, and time enough to
get the team fully organized, the
team el}tered intercollegiate competition and gave a good account
of themselves. This accomplishment is certainly deserving of a
"Well Done" by all of the students
at Wilkes.

BASKETBALL
Opp.
Wilkes
53
Hartwick College
ti·¾
Triple Ci-ti-es College
77
73
50
Susquehanna University
48
Utica College
54
45
Bloomsburg STC
37
69
62
Utica College
53
51
'llriple Cities College
48
54
Triple Cities College
38
Scranton Univer,s ity
51
52
71
Lycoming Colleg e
56
,Mans,tield STC
52
65
51
Bloomsburg .STC
46
King's College
51
60
67
N altional Agric. College
32
Utica College
59
41
51
Mansfield S'l'C
44
Lycoming College
86
62
King's College
59
66
WRESTLING
Wilkes
21
Wyoming Semrina:ry
24
Ithaca ·College
2'4
Y.MrOA
Millersville STC
0
Cornell Jayvees
17
21
Cornell J ayvees
SWIMMING
Wilkes .
Lycomirng College
13
Lycoming 'College
31
Wyoming Seminary
30
Wyoming Seminary
35
Scranton University
48
48
,Scranton University

Opp.
12
8
10
32
11
10

Opp..
56
43

36
31
18
18

NOTICE!
In conjunction with the recently
formed Social Aotivitiies Committee, the BEkOON will pulblish a
,lis't ocf tJhe (:oming events of the
week. Because of the mid-s emester
ex~lll:s. whi dh begin on Monday, the
activities for the week are limited.
There will be a Board of Trus.tees
Tea on Sunday, March 20 at Weckesser Ha.11.
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The Pause That Refreshes
And It'~ Only Five Cents

DEEMER &amp; CO.
School and Office
Supplies

GIFTS AND
STATIONERY
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

THE

1

BOSTON STORE
Men's Shop

FOWLER, DICK
AND WALKER

21.

JORDA .N
Est. 1871

Men's Furnishings and
Hats of Quality
tt

Ask for it either way • .• both
trade-marks mean the same thing.

~

~ ¢, Pluslj!
State Tax

Borneo UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY

9 West Market Street
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

BY

Wilkes-Barre Coca-Cola Bottling Company
© 1949, The Coca-Cola Company

�Friday, March 18, 1949

WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

4

HELLERSPERI( HE SHOULDA
Connections F~r TO ADDRESS
STOOD IN BED
Your Collections IRC THURSDAY
**********~*************
By JOE GRIES

•

+-***********************
Last Saturday night I took wallet in hand and jumped in !IJhe old
jalQPy and headed for Scranton.
Why Scranton and not WilkesiBarre you ask ? Well to be frank
with. you, I just 'had ,to go and hear
·111,1hat thase flated fifths and dimini-shiillg fifths were, I lhave to admit
I don't know what I heard, but I
!WU.Id like to describe to you what
I saiw: Four musci1ans mounted the
iboards and with tJhe drop of a note
from tJhe piano were off. First the
sax vlay,e r started to improvize and
dnsis•t ed on playing six constant
notes. A:liter flubbing h'i,gh C he
went down the scale and at the appointed minute smoke poured out
of his · ears and of course this
,b roug,ht loud acclaim from tJhe audience, who by now were SQreaming
and clawing their hands in a
rhytilimic pattern. This s,aime note
was repeated lby the otiher three
lbe-bopers and at the finish many
quesHons turned over in my mind
as to thiis •t rash that I just' witnessed.
My first question was "is be-hop
exdtin:g?" Seri-ously, I thought this
all depemls upon who is answering
t l)e question. Perhaips there aire un11iomuniatl) peoplle wlho are in a moronic condiition emotionally, and per1haps t'h'is ty;pe of person tJhinks be/bop is excitimg. Unlike the people I
talked to, I c·a nnot put my.self in
the .p lace of rthat type of listener.
I tJh,e n wondered, "How ori-ginal
is this junk?" I rememlber one
eritic who said, "Sure lbe-bop is
cliildish, s'iHy, un-musical, vulgar,
etc., ,b ut only a small ,p ercentage
of it. Naturally, all of it isn't go.od.
Aren't there flaws in everything,
even Bach?" He ccmtin&lt;ued that you
must adtmit tJhe be-&lt;bop boys are
trying to do sometJhing original!
They are s·triving to do something
new, ,b rHilant and modern and
above all progressive. I say bunk.
The sad thing is that bop is not
originail at all. Be-bop happens to
ibe an initiative prop,o sition from
smart to finish. Its constant 11hythm
lhas been played for years. Of
course the only new thing about
lbe~bop is simply that it is mroe
vulg,ar, noisy and obnoxious than
tihat rwihich preceded it. Make mine
vanilla!
Now I wondered, "Jus•t what is
lbe-bop?" I s irt; a product of the
cultured or the American dollar?
It amazes . me to think that such
talented people as Dizzy Gillespie,
Charlie Barker, 0harlie Ventura,
Sl,a m Stewart,· Ella Fitzgerald an;d
rrumero&lt;us others should c0'1laho-rate
to creat this new m onster in the
w,o rld of music. In short, the people
;playiillg 'be-bop are destroying
themselves artistically. 'Ilhey are
working 1-ong, ha,rd lh.our.s, playing
ti·ash, and the irony of bhe deal is
t hat they are going to Eve to see
:be.Jbop's death and their own finish.
It wm never live through the ages
as New Orleans jazz has, and as
long as it takes to cool .a cucUIIniber,
be.Jbop will find its end.
' l'o the men wlho play musk, to
the great artists pf yesterday and
today, let me extend my respect
and gratitude, and please grant me

!Stephen Hellers.p erk, Polish army
officer, will address the IR!C next
Thursday, March 24, at 8 p. m. in
Chase Lounge. His topic will be,
' 1My Experiences in a Russian Conicentraltion Camp." A member of
the 'P olish Gov,errument in exile, Mr.
He1lersperk worked witJh the underground in Poland. He was imprisoned by the Russians for organdzing a Polish Home Guard to 01p1pose the Communist regime. At
the conclusion -o f his speech, he will
answer questions.
tJhis favor. ,S tay to your music, and
J,e t he-'bop a1lone!

EAR WORTHY COOKIES
Woody Herman who can also be
called a !baritone has made a hum•o rous waxing for hi-s first cookie
for Capiitoll. 'I1he tune is I AIN'T
GONNA WAlT TOO LONG. On it
the s·ound of his 'PO!Werfu.l band is
tops with a knocked out trumpet
sofo.
1

Fifty miles downstream from the
bridge, I was pulled from the ra,ging current by a shabby hobo.
"Kinda cold for swimmn' in February, ain't it Mac?" ib.e inquiTed.
"I wasn't swimming", I replied
quick as a flash. "I was committing
suicide, but my empty head floats
on the water's surface and makes
-d rowning impossilble."
"You're an idiot", he grunted,
turning his back amd walking away.
Those were the first kind words
spoken ,to me in _months; I was
g11atefuJ. and scurried after the retreating ''bo" liike a pup pursui\g
his master.
At his campsite I dried my wet
clothes and enjoyed hot cofl',ee, hot
beans, and hungry fleas.
When I finis'hed eating, my host,
buming with curiosity, laid aside
•h is W a11 .Street Journal and looked
at me with twinkling eyes.
"Wlhat in the wor).d made a young
man like you so desperate?" he
quizzed.
"Well', I said "I guess it all began when I was appointed editor
of my Qollege ne,vspaper, THE

UGiH'IlH0U:SE.
Previously, I'd
been very popullar and had millions
(well anyway tens) of · friends,
comrades, well-wishers, amigos,
pals, etcetera ...... but after a month
as editor, I was a lonely man. I
used Lifebuoy, Listerine and M=
by the carton but -to no avail-I
was an untouchable.
!Nobody said anything to me thait
wa-sn't critical or threatening. From
dl sides I lb.eard only briclbats:
"The paper's going to the dogs;
my ,p icture hasn't been in for almost two weeks." ..... ''That picture
of me was horrilble." .... "Your news
cov•e11age ds odiferous (stinks); I
sprained a wrist last week and .you
put rtlhe story on the second page" ..
"W!hy doesn't our olub get front
page headlines?" ......
"That's the way :iJt was, Bo,, ........
everyone .w anted to be on the front
page. One week ! •thought I solved
the problem :b y ,p utting out a p·a per
measuring six feet by six feet with
all the news on one side of the
sheet. Even that was a failure ...
That ,w eek everybody wanted to be
on the 'back page."
My host aooked at me sympa1Jhetically, stirred the dying emlbers
of the fire, sighed and said, "Sure
you had troubles, but drowning is
no wiay to solve them . try poison
it's quicker."

Classical Music
Offered Sundays
.,
A Sunday afternoon hour of recorded clas-s ical music will be p.r esented in Gies Hall on Sunday,
Maroh 20 from 4 to 5 P. M. This is
the first in a series of informal
musical meetings. Future programs
will be planned by interested persons wlho attend the ,S unday meetings.
'T his series was first undertaken
in the University of Saskatchewan
during the winter season of 19451946 and proved very successful.
Faculty, students and . friends
who are interested in these pro1grams should notify Miss -Marion
Nicolls in the Catalogue Office on
the third floor of the Library Building.

NOTICE!
The schedule for the eight-week
su:mmer semester will be released
next week.
• Lettermen will hold a meeting in
·Chase Theatre this afternoon at
four o'clock to choose .a cast for
_
,--_
their forthcoming. ; .musical.

_________________________

___

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