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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1996commserv191.tif Title A name given to the resource group of students holding item Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marketing Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1996 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource TIF Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Subject The topic of the resource Wilkes University; Students Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Wilkes University retains copyright of this image. https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/af6a110328cddc3c0d90cf0cd8b143b7.pdf 813e95e184ae5bf4bf2cf839600f68ba PDF Text Text �EDITORIAL ^Jke. THE CHALLENGE... WILKES ALUMNUS After glancing through issues of alumni magazines of older colleges and universities two points become very clear to us who are the working nucleus of our new Alumni Association. First, we see the goal. A body of former students who feel a bond of common interest founded in their past experiences and their future hopes for an all-round development of the in­ fant college. A group of grads who will support their Alma Mater because they believe in her, overlook her shortcomings, and rejoice in her progress. In short, a real group of supporters. Official Publication of the Wilkes College Alumni Association IN THIS ISSUE Touchdown! (Cover Story) Page 3 Grads in Grad School 4 Students in Who's Who 6 Homecoming — Success 9 Xmas Trip To Cuba ___ 9 Your Alma Mater_____ 9 10 Honor Roll FEATURES.. On Campus . There are two primary steps that each alumnus can take to further this goal. To begin with, every grad can join the active association simply by stating his desire and forwarding the nominal yearly dues of S1.00 to the Alumni Office. This entitles him to receive all pertinent college and alumni information and helps the association to grow. And there is another step open to all grads who are in the Wilkes-Barre area. The association meets the first Monday evening of every month in Chase On the inside of the rear cover of this issue is a handy coupon for you to send us. Do this and enroll in the alumni association. And if you're living near Wilkes-Barre, drop in to the meetings. (The December meeting will be held on December 6 at 8:00 in Chase Hall.) We're counting on YOUR support. (Cover Story) Touchdown!! This issue's cover pictures Leo Castle, key backfield man for the 1948 edition of the Colonels, as he smashes through the Hartwick line to add the second touchdown in Wilkes' 14-6 victory over the New York team. After getting off to a slow start this season by dropping two games to Bloomsburg STC and St. Francis, the Colonel gridders finally came into their own when they defeat­ ed National College 28 to 13. Hartwick was the next victim. Then the Colonels traveled to Mansfield for what experts considered certain defeat, and returned with a 7-7 deadlock that almost became a victory. The following week the gridders outclassed Lycoming and returned with the better half of a 34-7 score. A power­ ful Rider team fell prey as Wilkes romped to a 14-0 victory. Steubenville, and the old city rival, King's, complete this season. National recognition of the Colo­ nels came early in the season when the Atlantic Foot­ ball Forecast began to list Wilkes regularly in their weekly nationwide forecasts. Page 7 Sportscope 8 What We're Doing 5 . 4 At The Meeting Second of all we begin to see the task before us if we are to reach this goal. We understand that hun­ dreds of individual attitudes of cooperation are neces­ sary for a general achievement. We realize that only constant efforts on both our, and your, part will bring us toward this goal. Hall. A pleasant, worthwhile evening is guaranteed to all who attend. Well planned social sessions follow each business meeting. Be as supporter; accept the challenge and attend! Stork Club . 10 Together 10 Who Are They? * Published Quarterly at WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI OFFICE Chase Hall 184 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. VOLUME I NUMBER 2 ’s meetings. Left to right are—NAOMI HONS, They’re your alumni officers for the year 19-18—19 shown during one of the central association : mt; and IRENE KONIECKO '45, corresponding secretary, recording secretary; REESE PELTON, ’IS, treasurer; DANIEL WILLIAMS, *43, presidei And they will be very happy to welcome you as an active member when you attend the :next meeting. �AT THE MEETING Minutes of Association Meeting;^ The first fall meeting of the Wilkes-Barre branch of the Wilkes Alumni Association was held Monday, September 13 in Chase Hall. An active group of Alumni were present to discuss reorganization and plans for the 1948-49 year. The meeting was formally opened at 8:00 P. M. by Danny Williams, new president of the association. After welcoming the group, Danny pointed out that the position of treasurer was vacant and explained that under the constitution the president could appoint members to fill vacancies. Reese Pelton was then ap­ pointed temporary treasurer. Mr. Pelton, who is serving as alumni secretary at the college, talked briefly on distribution and news accumulation for the WILKES ALUMNUS and outlined general plans for Homecoming weekend. Mr. Williams then asked for suggestions to organ­ ize an effective drive to raise money for the college's expansion program. Allan Siegfried Jr. offered the suggestion that literature containing the architects plans for the new campus be distributed to all alumni so that they might see the goal toward which they are working. A discussion on increasing enrollment in the asso­ ciation, and particularly at meetings, was held. A suggestion made by June Owens was agreed upon. Active members are to receive phone lists of inactive members to contact before the next meeting. This brought up the question of what form the next meeting would take. A heated debate took place with those in favor of a smoker emerging victorious by a majority vote. Mr. Williams announced that committee members would be chosen and notified soon. The last issue on the agenda was the Christmas Dance. Ruth Tischler and Katherine Freund were ap­ pointed to check with Hotel Sterling to find an open date for the annual affair. The business being consumated, Mr. Williams ad­ journed the meeting. Those in attendance, however, held an unscheduled social session for some time after­ wards. On November 1, the third alumni meeting of the year was held in the Women's Lounge of Chase Hall at 8:00 P. M. A business session, devoted mainly to a discussion of Homecoming, was held. Lists of alumni in the Wilkes-Barre area were distributed to a commit­ tee of those present, for the purpose of insuring a suc­ cessful celebration by making personal contact. Mem­ bers appointed to this committee are Irene Koniecko Gloria Boguszewski, Gene Maylock, Trudy Johnson' Zosia Glowacki, and Douglas McNeal. President Wil­ liams also spoke briefly concerning the Christmas Dance and mentioned that a tentative date had been arranged with the Hotel Sterling. Following the business meeting, refreshments were served, and a social session completed the evening’s program. One Third of Grads In Grad School A recent study of the first four-year graduating class of Wilkes College, the class of 1948 reveals that about 36% of the graduates have applied and been accepted in recognized graduate schools. This per­ centage means that Wilkes definitely rates high among the leaders in such a field. A breakdown of these statistics is as follows: Total Number of Wilkes Graduates September—43 Total—108 Graduates Known to Be Accepted in Graduate School June—24 Total—39 A brief business meeting was held during the course of the evening. JJl.ans for Homecoming were explained to enthusiastic listeners and the Christmas Dance Committee gave a preliminary report. This committee consists of Ruth Tischler, Katherine Freund and June Owens. Following this interruption the social activity recommenced and continued until twelve We're Doing Zcsia Glowacki '45 is currently directing the Chil­ dren's Theatre of Wilkes-Barre. She follows Mrs. Lee Tyburski (Miss Norma Sanguliano) whom many alumni remember as director of the old BUJ 3 Thespians. In­ cidentally, while speaking of the theatre it might be mentioned that Al Groh '41, another BUJC alumnus, is now director of the Wilkes College "Cue 'n Curtain” club, successor to the Thespians. We've been able to keep good "tabs" on the class of '48 and among the information streaming into the office is the following: Joseph Lilchman is working as a junior accountant at the Ley Accounting Service in the city. Dick Conklin, who was recently married, is a correspondent for the Alumnium Company of America and lives at 1032 Ken­ neth Ave., New Kensington, Pa. Thomas A. P. Gilboy is attending the U. of Penna, graduate school and plans to continue his work of sales promotion for M. C. Gilboy Associates of Wilkes-Barre. Thomas Teresinski, who was vice-president of the class of '48, is now employed as a credit investigator for Dun and Bradstreet and works at the Scranton office of the firm. John G. Gooch is employed as an accountant by the Scranton-Spring­ brook Water Service Co. John was the recipient ol the Dobson Accounting Medal for his outstanding scholas­ tic achievement in that field at Wilkes. Edyfhe Rudolph became Mrs. Harold Rein very recently. Mr. Rein, who recent graduates will remember for his journalistic and dramatic work at Wilkes, is attending school in New York City. Bob Miller and Charles Hailstone are at­ tending graduate school at Columbia University. Bob is taking work in English and Charles is studying theo­ logy. Rhuea Williams has accepted a position as mathema'ics instructor at the Wilkes-Barre Day School. George F. Fry is attending the U. of Penna, where he is doing graduate work in industrial management. Ralph Carey and Nelson E. Nelson are enrolled in Dickinson Law School. June—65 September—15 The second monthly meeting of Wilkes-Barre Alumni was held on Monday, October 4 at 8:00 in the Girls' Lounge. As decided previously, the meeting was in the form of a mixed smoker. Fifty alumni were present and among the group were several out-oftowners. Refreshments, games, and plain "gab" were the attractions. '■ Percentages of Wilk,:es Grads Accepted In Graduate School June—36.9% September—34.8% Total Percentage—36.1% Among colleges accepting these thirty-nine grads tor advanced study are Columbia, University of Chica­ go, University of Pennsylvania, Jefferson Medical Colege. Western Reserve, Brown, George Washington, Dickinson Law School, University of Colorado, U. C. L. A University of Kentucky, Hahnemann Medical behoof, Georgtown, University of Buffalo, and Bucknell. Mrs. John K. Wood (A. Margaret Wilson '43) has recently moved to Laramie, Wyoming. Mr. and Mrs. Wood were living in Rochester, N. Y. Mrs. Wood re­ ceived her B. S. in commercial chemistry from Penn State after leaving BUJC. Mr. Henry Lewerl '41 informs us that he has re­ cently become a father. He has been living in Cleve­ land, Ohio, and plans to remain at Harvard graduate school where he expects to receive his Ph. D. in com­ parative philology. Congratulations, Henry, on both accounts! Among recent visitors to the campus was Joseph Lorosso '43. Joe is now enrolled at Notre Dame and this was his first trip to Wilkes-Barre in two year. He was tremendously impressed by the expansion of his old alma mater. While attending BUJC Joe was an active Thespian. Mrs. Agnes Wolfe Conway '35 is another alumna employed by Dun and Bradstreet. She graduated from the Columbia University School of Library Science and is a librarian at the firm's New York offices. Mr. Floyd Siegfried, the wandering employee, is at present an assistant buyer for the housewares de­ partment of Lazarus Dept. Store, Willkes-Barre. Mr. Siegfried, who is active in the alumni association and was formerly treasurer, lives at 8 Magnolia Avenue. Wilkes-Barre, and is the proud daddy of two fine chil­ dren. A card from Mrs. R. E. Lowum (Jane Nagro '41) brings us news that she is at present employed as a service representative for the Illinois Ball Telephone Co. at Chicago, Illinois. Jane was first president of the Alumni Association and worked hard to build up an active group. James A. Ramsey '36 was active in the Wyo­ ming Valley Community Chest drive. Many older alumni will remember that Jim did a bang-up job for the drive at BUJC when he was a student. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey reside at 266 S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre. Thomas "Bud" Owen, Jr., '41, is operating a dye­ ing and pressing business in Trenton, N. J. "The Col­ lege Cleaners", in which Bud is part-owner, is located at 240 E. Front St. Bud graduated from Rider College. If you're planning a vacation you might see Betty Dawn Fenton '38. Betty, who transferred from BUJC to Bucknell for her A. B., is a travel agent for Vacation Advisers of New York City, and at present resides at 1651 Metropolitan Ave. James B. Aikman '40 is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Buffalo. Mr. Aikman received a B. S. in Mechanical Engineering from Bucknell, following his work at BUJC. Robert S. Graham '39 takes his place among our alumni who are clergymen. Bob, a graduate of the Princeton Theological Seminary, is pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Long Branch, N. J. Among our illustrious M. D. alumni is Richard E. Crompton '42. Dick is a resident physician at the Nes­ bitt Memorial Hospital, Kingston, Pa. and received his medical degree from Syracuse University. Ralph G. Beane '46, who recent alumni will remem­ ber as the bulwark of the cafeteria at old BUJC, tells us that he is attending Boston University's Theological Seminary. Ralph received his B. A. from Syracuse. Recent mail informs us that Mrs. Thomas Paul Turnbull (R. Jean Maran '38) is employed as secretary by Dr. Henry L. Yeagley of Penna. State College. Her husband is an engineering student at the same insti­ tution. Marjorie Mattern is a high school teacher in the Johnstown, Ja. Public Schools. She received a degree in Business Education from Penna. State College after leaving BUJC . BUJC graduates include at least two ministers with charges in Wyoming County, Penna. These are Reuben 'continued on page 6) �What We're Doing (continued from page 5) W. Rader '38 of Rush, Pa., and Thomas A. Kline 35 of Mill City, Pa. Both are Methodist clergymen. Mr. Rader is the brother of George R. Rader 44, who is Public Office Manager for the Bell Telephone Company in Harrisburg, Pa. A letter from Durham, North Carolina, brings news that Lilyanne Babslde '42 is undertaking graduate work in physical medicine at Duke University. Our thanks to Miss Babskie for her wishes that Homecoming be a huge success. A list of alumni who graduated this September and who are now taking graduate work includes John Bellas, Julius Likowski, University of Chicago; James Hofford, Jefferson Medical College; Nelson Nelson, Ralph Carey, Dickinson Law School; Robert Riley, Albert Stratton, Jean Hartman, Western Reserve; Howard Marvelle, James Shepherd, University of Penn­ sylvania; William Tomusko, Brown University; Nan Richards, University of Colorado; John Glowacki, Georgetown Law School; and John Plesnar, University of Kentucky. Delbert Dare '48 has just received a position as cost accountant with S. Frieder and Sons through the school's new placement bureau. At the Homecoming Banquet there were three alumni present who are college instructors. They are Raymond H. Young '41, instructor in electrical en­ gineering at Bucknell, John W. Boyce '48, economics instructor at Wilkes, and Albert Fladd '43, instructor for Penn State at the Swarthmore center. High school teachers present at the same affair included June Owens '42 and Katherine Freund '42, both of whom are teaching at G. A. R. High School in Wilkes-Barre; Jean C. Steele '46, who is teaching at Donaldson, Pa.; and William Toplis '48, now a science teacher at Glenside-Weldon High in Abington Town­ ship, Pa. Carl Dudeck '48 is now assisting in the biology department of Wilkes. Carl has been accepted at Jefferson Medical School and plans to enter there soon. Jean Franklin '44 attends night school at Wilkes, but spends her days as a secretary for the Common­ wealth Telephone Company. Jean formerly worked for the U. S. Civil Service Commission in Washing­ ton, D. C. Anthracite Institute is the employer of Anne Harton '41. Before working for the local company Anne was employed by American Airlines. Two former BEACON editors were present at our Homecoming celebration. The former newswomen are Jean Donohue '44 and Kay Vanderlick '46. Kay Kay is now a medical technologist, but Jean has continued in the field and is an advertising copywriter. 12 Wilkes Students ReceiVe Collegian Who's Who Salute Wilkes College once again has shown itself as a ■school of high calibre by having 12 of its students listed in the 1948-49 issue of Who's Who Among Stu­ dents in American Universities and Colleges. Recogni­ tion by that annual publication means that the student was, first, officially recommended from the university or college he attends and, then, accepted by the or­ ganization. ON CAMPUS 1 Those students of Wilkes College who were ac­ cepted by the organization include George Ernel, Donald Evans, Doris Gorka, Marjorie Green, Edwin Kosik, Eleanor Krute, Evelyn Penaligon, Narcy per. kowski, Leonard Shetline, Donald Vernail, Edward Wasilewski and Anthony Zabiegalski. Only juniors seniors and post-graduates were eligible for nomina­ tions. Nominating committees were requested to con­ sider the student's scholarship, his leadership and cooperation in educational and extracurricular activ­ ities, his general citizenship, and his promise of future usefulness. In the schools there is an increasing ten­ dency to use objective point systems for selecting nominees. Each student who becomes a member receives without cost; a certificate of recognition awarded by the organization and presented at the school; recogni­ tion in the annual publication for the year during which he was selected in the form of a write up of his college and personal record and a listing in the index under the college form which he was nominated; benefits of the Student Placement Service provided by the organization if he neds assistance in making employment contacts or supplying other recommend­ ations. Who's Who Among Students in American Uni­ versities and Colleges is designed to render service: As an artificial goal to inspire greater effort in those who do not innately perform to the best of their ability. As a reminder that time must be used intelligent­ ly to bring the best results from one's college experi­ ence. As a means of compensation for outstanding ef­ fort and achievement. As a standard of measurements for students com­ parable to other recognized scholastic and service or­ ganizations. Among members of the class of '48 at Homecommg were John Burak, Douglas McNeal, class pre' ,Re^e Pelton- BiU Toplis, John Boyce, Gene y oc , Henry Anderson and Muriel BransdorL id i ° hSrs' unable ‘o attend because of classes and wTsheT1”6111 °ut‘of’town sent ‘heir regrets and best I The big event with which the 1948 year opened was football. Now in its third year, the game was drawing capacity crowds and the usual color of foot­ ball season spread the veil of glamour over the entire event. Clubs reorganized—and in the case of two, changed their names. Then the elections and their inevitable campaigns came. After the last soap box and election card was put away eyes turned towards the customary sport dances and the traditional cabaret parly. Too much is happening to give you a complete picture, but we can give you some flashes of what is happening On Campus—■ COLLEGE BAND Beginning the football season with the team was a 45 piece military band under the direction of Reese E. Pelton '48. The band made trips to every game with the exception of the Hartwick contest. Well-balanced, with every type of instrument available, the band has produced many fine half-time shows and plans to make several performances before the public of Wyoming Valley. CHEERLEADERS This year's cheer squad has been the most active in all recent Wilkes history and boasts twelve members including 4' Bill Snee. Several skits have been per­ formed in conjunction with the band and the squad is responsible for a great deal of the new school spirit. Jimmy Catnes is captain and Bruce Mackie is trainer. FRESHMAN WEEK—'48 STYLE Freshman Week got off with a bang this year and weekly trials for offenders were held publicly before capacity crowds. Folio wing somewhat orthodox court­ room procedure the High Tribunal of Lettermen doled out such punishment as shown in the adjoining picture. Offenders were fairly numerous and the week was con­ sidered highly successful. There was however, only one case of "capital crime", resulting in a haircut to the offender. BETA GAMMA CHI NOW DELTA THETA RHO Sometime ago the old Beta Gamma Chi girls soror­ ity took on the new title Women of Wilkes, explaining that the title B. G. C. was not suited to a four-year in­ stitution. However, the WOW’s as they were next called finally decided to return to the Greek and re­ cently voted to change the sorority name to Theta Delta Rho, meaning "by the river". SPORT DANCES CONTINUE The traditional week-end sport dances are still in vogue at Wilkes, at the usual site, St. Stephen's Church­ house. Crowds of 350 or more are usually in attendance to relax after the week's scholastic burden. Music by the college's fourteen piece band, cokes, and social chatter, are the usual attractions. CABARET PARTY The traditional cabaret party, held each semester, was sponsored this year by the BEACON staff and held November 5 in St. Stephen's Churchouse. Professional and amateur performers staged two, hour floor shows and music for dancing was supplied by Reese Pelton and his "Collegiate" orchestra. Decorations, reserved tables, and a variety of refreshments were other high­ lights of the successful affair. Nancy Yaufman and Nancy Ralston, two frosh dorm students are shown as Clayton Karambelas, a member of the Lettcramn’a Club, orders the “scrubwoman” and “angel of mercy” to clean the campus. ipus. Offend Offer ­ ers of upperclassmen went on trial before the high Tribunal11. One of the features of Wyoming Valley’s annual Parade of Progress is the selection of a career girl. From a field of hundreds of entrants, three Wilkes students emerged among the finalists. and one of these was selected as career girl. Left to right are Janet Gearhart, Career Girl Doris Gorka. Ann Havir. NOW IT'S "CUE & CURTAIN" Gone are the Thespians—replaced by the new Cue & Curtain group. Boasting an active membership of 100 members, the dramatic society meets three times each month, one meeting being devoted to social activ­ ities. The membership is divided into committees, each one responsible for some phase of work and each com­ mittee head is responsible to a central stage manager. Present plans of the group which is directed by Al Groh '41, call for several one-act plays and major produc­ tions, one of which may be a musical. Bill Griffith '50. is president of the group. �(SPECIAL) Firsi Homecoming - Successful Everyone in attendance agreed that the affair was a success! November 19 and 20 were the dates and the occasion was Wilkes' first annual Homecom­ ing celebration! ■ Li Nine of lhe isriddcrs ore >rge Lewis, Sammy Eli Second row—Bobby Evans, Normnn Cross, Henry SupinsKI. Jobhn Florkiewicz. r second or third year for Wilkes. Pictured nboi Koscinski, Walter Hendershot, Joseph Gnllnghc .The. SPORTSCOPE By THOMAS J. MORAN Athletic Publicity Director By the time most ol the alumni of Wilkes College read this issue of the association's magazine, hte blue and gold Colonel eleven will have completed its third season of intercollegiate football. In all probability the 1948 grid record will see Wilkes carrying a seasonal record of six wins, two losses, and one tie, but the two remaining games to be played after this publication goes to press can still change what looks like another outstanding season for Coach George Ralston to the first average season for the team. If the Gods of the Gridiron should continue to smile favorably on the Colonel aggregation and allow the club to annex its last two wins of the season, the over­ all record will be most impressive. Taking for granted that this season will see no more losses for Wilkes, the total number of games won during the short, but colorful three-year period of grid competition will be 18 out of 23 contests. The record will show only three defeats and two ties, which is a mighty good record for any school. The 1948 edition of Wilkes football is probably the best yet sponsored by the college. Many of the gridders such as George Lewis, Walter Hendrshot, Gerrard Washco, Bob Gorgas, John Florkiewicz, Francis Pinkowski, Paul Thomas, Henry Supinski, Melvin Barry, and Tommy Swartwood are playing their third year of ball and due to the fact that the first year was played under the junior college banners, will be eligible to play a fourth year for the club. The entire program has progressed at jet speed during the three-year period. The first year—the club was undefeated in six contests—found a group of not exceptional players, but yet they mastered one of the toughest fundamentals in football—working to gether. The unity and cooperation in that eleven paid big dividends in the form of an unbeaten team in the first year of the college's participation in intercollegiate football. The second year found the school considerably advanced in all phases and the calibre of opponents was higher. The season record of six wins, one loss, and one tie gave Ralston another pigskin feather in his grid cap. This year, in answer to many followers of the team, who wanted to know why Wilkes didn't play tougher opponents, the Colonels faced nine football conscious institutions—the most powerful being Blooms­ burg STC, Mansfield STS. R'der College, and the tradi­ tional rival, King's College. During the present season, wins have been scored over Hartwick College, Naional Agricultural College of Doylestown, Lycoming College, Rider College, and unless oiir second guessing is wrong, College of Steubnville and King's College. Two losses were at the hands of Bloomsburg STC and St. Francis College and the one tie was with Mansfield STC. (Ed. Note:—Steubenville and King's fell to the Colonels.) The two-day affair opened with the annual King'sWilkes gridiron classic. Three hundred and fifty alumni sat among the drenched crowd that saw the Colonels top the Monarchs, 26-0, for the third win in as many games. During the half-time, a pageant, "Dethroning of King's", was presented to the rainsoaked spectators. Everyone agreed, however, that the satisfaction of seeing the scoreboard after the game was worth any discomfort caused by "Jupe Pluvius". Following the game a sport dance was held in the Admiral Stark room of Hotel Sterling. Reports have it that the entire student body of both colleges must have been present. At any rate, room was at a premium until the affair terminated at one A. M. The Wilkes Letterman Club raffled five turkeys during intermission. Another feature of the evening was the "barrel-painting" ceremony, in vzhich the student council of the losing college, (King's for the third time), paints the final score on a traditional barrel, using the colors of the winners. Saturday saw the climax of the affair. A large group of alumni, many from out-of-town, attended the first annual Homecoming dinner held in the new col­ lege cafeteria. Mrs. Brennan and her staff prepared a delicious chicken-a-la-king banquet and informal congeniality was the keynote of the evening. Reese Pelton served as toastmaster, welcomed the group, and introduced Daniel Williams, president of the Alumni Association. Danny spoke about plans to enlarge and make more effective the association and expressed his desire to see everyone present in the alumni organization. He reminded local alumni that meetings were held on the first Monday of each month in Chase Hall at 8:00 P. M. and urged each one to attend. Danny also announced that the annual alumni Christmas Dance will be held on December 28 in Hotel Sterling. At his suggestion each person present introduced himself to the crovzd. It v/as dis­ covered that the profession represented by the largest number of alumni was teaching. The principal talk of the evening vzas given by President Farley who told alumni of the high scholas­ tic rating achieved by Wilkes. Dr. Farley mentioned that the sophomore class ranked 16th among those of 293 colleges tested. He also stated that 37 < of the alumni have applied to and been accepted in graduate schools, a figure well over three times tne average college percentage. Dr. Farley called on the alumni to take a vital active part in helping the college to develop. He also sxplained that the standing of any coilege de­ pends largely on the standing of its alumni and stated that future freshman classes vzill be even more closely screened than in the past. Quality of students an not quantity is of prime importance, explained t e president. Mr. George Ralston served as song leader and succeeded in getting a large vocal response from the group. Other administration members present were Mr. Herbert Morris and Miss Betty Harker. The dinner came to a close with the singing of the Alma Mater. Following the dinner an extended social session was held, and the renewing of friend­ ships continued until much later in the evening. Christmas Trip To Cuba Arranged Miss Martha J. Silseth, Spanish instructor at Wilkes, is completing plans to arrange the second trip to Cuba conducted for Wilkes students. The trip is expected to last throughout the Christmas holiday period and reservations for staying in Havana have been made with the Royal Palms Hotel. The entire trip will cost $250 per person, plus meals. This price includes fishing, swimming, and boating at Ancha Beach, visits to Morro Castle, a tour of the famous Rosa Rose Gardens, a perfume factory, and a tobacco and banana plantation, and a visit to the famous Tropicana Night Club. Some fifty persons are ex­ pected to make the trip by train, bus and plane. Your Alma Mater When BUJC became Wilkes Colege, almost over­ night, the infant institution found itself without an Alma Mater. The lyrics of the old Junior College song were no longer entirely appropriate. The instituion vzas in a guandary when Mrs. Farley submitted a nevz set of lyrics for the original alma mater, which she had vzritten originally. They were soon accepted and once again we vzere a college with an alma mater. The new lyrics follow: Wilkes, Our Alma Mater We pledge our hearts to thee Honor, faith, and courage, Truth and loyalty. In our vzork and in our pleasure Gu:de us as a friend; We shall always love thee. Loyal to the end. Thou shall lead us onvzard. In search of finer things. May vze find the vzisdom That thy spirit brings. May our deeds of love and service Ever svzell thy fame— Wilkes, we stand io greet thee Glory to thy name! �STORK TOGETHER LUB One Moment Please!! Mrs. and Mrs. Joseph Breskman (Dorothy Ruth Shephard) informs us that they are the proud owners of a nine month old son. Mrs. Breskman graduated from the University of Penna, and the family resides at 117 Shadeland Ave., Lansdowne, Pa. On September 4, 1948, Nan Richards '48 was mar­ ried to William G. Carley, a graduate of Alfred Univer­ sity. Following the ceremony the couple went to Fort Collins, Colorado, where both are taking advanced work at C. A. & M. University. Mrs. Carley is working for an M. A. in English. — WILKES —------- DUES FOR 1948-49 ARE NOW PAYABLE. Mrs. Robert E. Graham (Helen R. Coats '39) became the mother of a daughter, Janice, born October 23, 1947. Mr. Graham is a Presbyterian minister in Tamaqua, Pa., where the family now resides. Miss Sallyanne Frank '43 was recently married to Attorney Harold Rosen. The couple reside in WilkesBarre. WILKES - ------- September 2, 1948 was the date for the marriage of Anne L. Hiznay '41 to Dr. Edward Putkoski. Mr. Putkoski is associated with John Hopkins Hospital and at present the couple resides in Havre de Grace, Mary­ land. MEMBERSHIP AND ALL PRIVILEGES OF THE CENTRAL WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. - April 16, 1948 saw the birth of John Andrew, Jr., io Mrs. John A. Feldman of Burlingome, California. Mrs. Feldman (Dorothy Davenport) received her M. A. at Barnard College after leaving BUJC. --------- On August 14 Joan Adamshock '42 became Mrs. Edward M. Pierce. A card from Mrs. Pierce informs us that she is working as a secretary for the Pabst Bewing Co. of Newark. ANYONE WHO WAS ENROLLED AT BUJC OR WILKES FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR IS ELIGIBLE FOR MEMBERSHIP. DUES ARE ONE DOLLAR, PAYABLE AS YOU DESIRE. WILKES A card from Mrs. Harry A. Dower (Marion Clark) of Allentown brings the news that she is the mother of a daughter who will soon celebrate her second birth­ day. Miss Mary J. Ciesla '37 became Mrs. Leon J. Helk within the recent past. Mrs. Helk is a Bucknell gradu­ ate and is employed as a medical technologist at the General Hospiial of Carbondale. Mr. and Mrs. Helk reside at 19 Laurel St., Carbondale, Pa. THIS ENTITLES YOU TO CLIP COUPON BELOW AND MAIL IT TO THE ALUMNI SECRETARY, WILKES COLLEGE. ANNUAL XMAS DANCE WILKES ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HOTEL STERLING DECEMBER 28 MEDIATELY. YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR MEMBERSHIP CARD IM- JOIN A GROWING ORGANIZATION! I I ♦ The following is an honor ro 11 of BUJC-WILKES alumni KILLED IN ACTION - WORLD WAR II Name Address ft MR. FRANCIS BEDNAREK MR. ARTHUR H. FRITH MR. ROBERT R. CAPPELLINI MR. STEVEN GACHA MR. RICHARD WELLINGTON CEASE MR. CHARLES EDWARD HARRISON MR. ROBERT WILLIAM CRESSWELL MR. JOHN J. McDADE JR. MR. ROCCO ANTHONY DITORO MR. WAYNE SLEPPY MR. FRANCIS P. FORD MR. JACK DICKIE SMITH I attended Wilkes between 19 I convocated in 19 I graduated in 19 Dues of S1.00 per year will be payed as follows: MR. WAYNE THOMAS SWANBERRY I ☆ i We shall appreciate it if anyone knowing of an alumnus who made the supreme sacrifice and who is not listed above will forward such informa.ion to the Alumni office so I and 19 that our roll may be complete. t �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumni Magazine, 1947-present Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations Description An account of the resource <p>An archive of Wilkes University Magazine, from 1947-present. The magazine went through various names including <em>Wilkes Alumnus</em>, <em>Wilkes Quarterly,</em> <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, and the current title, <em>Wilkes Magazine</em>. Some editions for the <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, will have multiple issues within the file record. 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Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumnus Fall 1948 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marketing and Communications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 1948 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Magazine Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/9fae49629b5c95229662c0c5d2bf6364.pdf bb8159b371f547180ed61fe9935b328a PDF Text Text �EDITORIAL WILKES ALUMNUS EDITOR — REESE E. PELTON SPORTS EDITOR — THOMAS J. MORAN TYPIST — JANE W. SALWOSKI Outstanding were: our first Homecoming Day and the annual Christmas Dance. However, as my term of office draws to a close I do not feel that I have accomplished all I had hoped. If my success­ or is to complete any program that he may under­ take and if this association is to grow and be of out­ standing value to Wilkes, a constitutional reorganiz­ ation is necessary at this time. IN THIS ISSUE 3 3 Page ON CAMPUS Johnny Long To Play . ... Debating Team .... . . College Band Concerts WHAT WE'RE DOING Class News of '48 Class News of '49 Milestones 4 4 4 __ 5 5 5 CONSTITUTION New Alumni Constitution 6 SPORTSCOPE Exit Winter Sports 9 TOGETHER Theatre Conference Another Success 10 10 Published Quarterly at WILKES1 COLLEGE ALUMNI Dear Alumni: It has been several months since my last letter on alumni affairs appeared in the "Alumnus". Dur­ ing these months a number of events have been added to the History of the Wilkes College Alumni Association. Official Publication of the Wilkes College Alumni Association EDITORIAL Why Reorganize? ... Return Visit (Cover Story) Why Reorganize? OFFICE Chase Hall 184 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. VOLUME 1 NUMBER 3 It was with this thought in mind that some of us got together to draw up a constitution that would enable the Association to keep pace with the growth of the College. This year has seen our Alma Mater take a greater interest in alumni affairs. This is exactly what most of us have looked forward to for some time, but when the time arrived we found ourselves and our constitution unprepared for it. The college has seen to it that we have a paid Alumni Secretary in charge of an office where all alumni affairs and records have been centralized. The college was largely responsible for the incep­ tion of this magazine and has been solely respons­ ible for the financial support of the same. Those of you who were at all familiar with affairs of the alumni know what a terrific undertaking this has been. The officers of your association realize that previous to this year our activities have been almost entirely restricted to the Wilkes-Barre area. The wide dispersal of the alumni and inability of your officers to give their undivided attention to alumni affairs, the financial inability of the association to keep in touch with all the members and the wide gap between affairs at the college and alumni af­ fairs were among the primary causes of this re­ striction. In fact for a number of years we have existed almost as a community club with only nom­ inal recognition by the college. This year when the College Administration volunteered the desired assistance we found ourselves totally unprepared for the sudden change and if it had not been the constant reviewing and amending of our set-up there would have been two organizations working toward the same goal, Recognition of these factors led to the formula­ tion of a new constitution which would recognize these changes and provide for an association on a nation-wide basis. The result of our labor appears in this issue of the "Alumnus". I don't believe it is necessary for me to review each section of the constitution paragraph by para­ graph. However, as you read the constitution you will discover it includes remedies for the major diffi­ culties that I have outlined above. We have com­ pared the constitution with those of other college alumni groups and believe it to be a worthy equal. Wilkes is fast becoming the college we all wanted back in the early years and an institution ot which we can rightly be proud. If we as alumni ore to add to and share in this reputation, we must provide for a working Alumni Association. There­ fore, in the minds of your officers, it is imperative that we begin our new year under this revised con­ stitution and we would appreciate and welcome any and all suggestions on your part for its improvement. Now that I bring this letter to a close I feel con­ fident that this necessary change will meet with your approval. In making a summary, it is only through a well organized, larger and more active Alumni Association, that we can aid in the growth of Wilkes or share in the benefits that Alumni receive as a result of the growth of their Alma Mater. Sincerely yours, DANIEL E. WILLIAMS, President Wilkes College Alumni Association * * * (Cover Story) Return Visit This issue's cover photo, taken in front of Chase Hall, pictures Tommy Cobum and his dog Hap as they returned to visit their Alma Mater. Tommy, first Wyoming Valley serviceman to be totally blinded during World War II, received his Bachelor of Arts degree in February, 1949, with the second group of four-year students to be graduated from Wilkes. Tommy, accompanied by his faithful canine friend have been familiar campus figures for the past several years. Behind Tommy is the recently erected college signpost. The attractive sign, which is constructed of sturdy wood, includes a large replica of the college seal and designates the dates when the college was founded and chartered. �On Campus - ■ ■ Debating Team Is Impressive Wilkes College made an impressive showing at the Second Annual Invitation Debate Toumamen sponsored by Brooklyn College on March 11 ana .. Vying for honors, were such outstanding universi­ ties as: Columbia, Dartmouth, Tufts, Vassar, M. I. T., Holy Cross, Boston University, Penn State, Anna­ polis, Temple, and Fordham. Jack Faneck and Tom Morgan, Wilkes affirma­ tive team, won victories over Stephen's Institute of Technology, and N. Y. U. Faneck and Morgan were defeated only by Annapolis and Champlain, co­ winners of the tournament, in very close decisions. Don Kemmerer and George Maisel, upholding the negative end of the argument, inflicted defeats on Boston University and St. John's whose affirma­ tive team had been previously unbeaten. Tufts, with an especially aggressive affirmative group, de­ feated Kemmerer and Maisel and remained victori­ ous throughout the remainder of the contest. Rutgers, the defending national champions, scored against Wilkes in one of the most closely matched encount­ ers in the entire tournament. College Band Prepares Programs The Wilkes College Band, under the direction of Reese Pelton, concluded a very successful football season and is at present rehearsing for two concerts scheduled for late spring. During the days of gridiron glories, the bands­ men were present at almost every contest; trips were made to Mansfield, Williamsport, and Bloomsburg for games with those institutions. In addition the band made a striking appearance in the annual Armistice Day Parade. Navy blue uniforms trimmed in gold made the group an organization ' of which Wilkes may well be proud. A distinct honor was given the organization when it received a reguest to send representatives to the annual Intercollegiate Band Festival at Indiana State Teachers College, Pa. Three members of the band—Carl Strye, trumpet; Vester Vercoe, flute; and Don Follmer, clarinet—were selected in competition to play with the 125 piece all-state band under the direction of noted arranger-director Morton Gould Three days of rehearsals, concerts, and a radio broadcast kept the musicians very busy. The band is now rehearsing in preparation for its annual outdoor concert to be presented on the campus in May. Selections in many different veins will be included on the program, as well as solos and ensembles. Another program will be given by the group in conjunction with the qraduation exercises in June. WHA T WE'RE DOING Johnny Long Johnny Long's fine musical aggregation of "Shanty Town" fame has been selected to provide the music for the third annual Cinderella Ball, it was announced recently by Art Spengler, council president. The choice of Long and his crew of eighteen musicians and vocalists was made by the student representatives after much debate about prices of "name" bands and the cost of tickets to students. Since there is not as much money to work with as in previous years, the group decided to cut expenses to a minimum and to price tickets as reasonably as possible. Ben Sterling's new $100,000 dance pavilion at Rocky Glen Park has been chosen as the site of the dance. Spengler stated that the hall was still in the process of being constructed, but probably would be completed by Easter. The building is 100 by 225 feet and will accommodate several thousands of people. It is located near the Swiss Cottage and ex­ tends over the lake. Spengler also disclosed that the rental price of the hall includes seating arrangements and five huge amplifiers, so the music will be heard clearly in all parts of the hall. The parking area at Rocky Glen is large enough to accommodate the cars of all the people who are expected to attend. Up to the present time no mention has been made of the selection of Cinderella candidates for 1949. In the past the student body first cast pre­ liminary votes for any of the Wilkes co-eds. The eleven girls receiving the highest number of votes were then declared Cinderella candidates. Last year post cards bearing the names of the eleven candidates, were mailed to each student, and votes were counted by a special committee. Most of the student body was unaware of Cinderella's identity until just before the orchestra leader fitted a spe­ cially constructed glass shoe on her foot. Beginning with this issue, the "Wilkes Alumnus" will publish news of interest about members of the different four-year graduating classes. In addition the column Milestones will cover articles of particular interest. »k« CLASS NEWS OF '48 John A. Sott has reenlisted in the Army, as has Clemens Pell. Miriam DeRuth Golightly is an En­ glish instructor in the schools of Boonton, New Jersey. John A. Moss is employed as an accountant by Pogson, Peloubet & Co. of New York City. If you want to purchase an Encyclopedia Brittannica, bet­ ter see Ray B. Smith, who is at present a salesman for the firm and works out of Birmingham, Alabama. Margaret McHale is preparing to receive a B. S. in Library Science at Drexel Institute of Technology. John Burak is at Temple; John Verbyla is at Fillmore College; Tom Jenkins is an English teacher at Wom­ elsdorf, Pa. Norman Baum is attending George Washington Law School, as is Joe Berger. Among those grads now working as accountants are Paul Callahan, at Plasticraft Co., Wilkes-Barre; Albert Condosta, with Western Electric at Allentown, Pa.; Elmo Clemente, working for C. L. Snyder & Co. of Wilkes-Barre; Joseph Slamon, with the Joseph Williams Agency of Wilkes-Barre. Robert Dido is working as a credit correspondent for the General Motors Acceptance Corporation, under the field re­ presentative training program. Thomas A. P. Gilboy has been doing testing work for Wyoming Seminary, as well as sales promotion for M. C. Gilboy Asso­ ciates. Tom expects to enter the University of Penn­ sylvania soon on a scholarship. Joseph Sooby is at the University of Michigan; Robert Riley and Albert Stratton attend Western Reserve; James Hofford and Joseph Aleo are at Jefferson Medical School where Joe is also a laboratory assistant. William Kelly and Joseph Kanner are doing testing work at the Wilkes College Guidance Center. A number of members of the class are taking additional work at Wilkes, under the Bucknell University extension pro­ gram. Among these are Harry Fierverker, Claire Fischer, Stanley Kovalski, Stanley Rosolowski and John Hudzik. CLASS NEWS OF '49 As only a portion of this class have completed their studies, and these very recently, news of the class is difficult to gather. However, here are a few notes: KM be an rankSjOf the inarching band and will Donald Evans is working in the Sales Dept, of the Colgate-Palmolive Peet Corp. William Davies is concerned with unit control for the Isaac Long Co. of Wilkes-Barre. Joseph Olesky is on the faculty of Wyoming Borough High School. David E. Walters has entered the U. S. Army as a lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. Anthony Zablegalski has en­ tered George Washington University. Thomas Moran has been appointed to the newly created office of Public Relations Director at Wilkes. "MILESTONES" A press release recently received at the Alumni Office brings us the news that Marguerite Kraskevitch '39 has been appointed secretary to W. S. Rice, Jr., sales manager for American Airlines in the Wilkes-Barre-Scranton area. Her father is pastor of the Holy Resurrection Russian Orthodox Church of Wilkes-Barre. Marge is a member of the Apollo Club, a pro­ fessional women's chorus, and likes to experiment with her own piano arrangements of popular tunes. Her outdoor sport is fishing. Jimmy Stewart in the theatre field, and Fred Waring in the musical field, round out her personal likes. We wish Marge every success in her new posi­ tion. Edward Hartman '35, director of libraries and assistant professor of History at Suffolk College has had published by the Columbia University Press his book, "The Movement to Americanize the Immi­ grant". Dr. Hartman was formerly head of the his­ tory department at Wilkes, where he and his collec­ tion of unusual pipes were well-known campus figures. The newest additions to the local alumni club are Dr. and Mrs. Frank Speicher '43. Mrs. Speicher is the former Treveryan Williams. Both of them re­ turn once again to the valley from Palmerton, Pa., vzhere Dr. Speicher was associated with Dr. D. A. Roth in the practice of dentistry. Frank has taken over the dental practice of the late Dr. Chandler and has offices in the Miners National Bank building of Wilkes-Barre. He attended Bucknell University and graduated from Temple University Dental School. An active member of several professional organizations, he is vice-presi­ dent of the Junior American Dental Association and president of Delta Sigma Delta fraternity. During the war Frank served as an officer in the Navy. A letter from Art Williams '44 brought, along with other items, the fact that Wilkes College athletic scores, and particularly football results, were carried in metropolitan Los Angeles newspapers during the past year. The news astounded everyone, including Coach Ralston, and was accepted as evidence that the college is coming of age. �the new sole for the purpose of working out plans and policies and being generally helpful in furthering the inter­ ests and regulating the activities of the Alumni Assoelation. CONSTITUTION 2. Officers. The officers of the Alumni Association, elected from time to time, shall be deemed to hold the same respective office in the Alumni Council without action to such effect by the Alumni Council. OF The Wilkes College Alumni Association ARTICLE I. Name and Purpose 1. This organisation shall be called the Alumni Association of Wilkes College. 2. The object of said Alumni Association shall be to stimulate and vitalize interest in the welfare of Wilkes College, as well as to foster and maintain good fellowship among its graduates and friends. ARTICLE IL Membership in Alumni Association 1. Every person who shall have graduated from Wilkes College and shall have left the institution in good standing shall be deemed a member of the association. Members of the senior class shall be eligible to membership when they shall have been recommended by the faculty for graduation. 2. All persons who have completed thirty (30) semester hours of work while the institution was known as Bucknell University Junior College shall be deemed full members of the association. All per­ sons completing regularly prescribed two - year courses shall also be accorded the privilege of mem­ bership. 3. Members of the faculty, board of trustees, and the recipients of honorary degrees shall as such be deemed ex-officio members of the association, with full voting powers therein. 4. There shall be no membership dues, although it is earnestly hoped that each member of the asso­ ciation will contribute annually to the Loyalty Fund, hereinafter described, the same to include subscrip tion to the official alumni publication for the then current year. ARTICLE HL Meeting of the Alumni Association 1. There shall be an annual meeting of the Alumni Association Wilkes College to be held on the first Saturday of June. A quorum for such meet­ ings shall be not less than thirty-five (35) members. ARTICLE IV. Officers and Elections 1. The officers of the Alumni Association shall be a President, a Vice President, a Treasurer, a Record­ ing Secretary, and an Executive Secretary. The Alumni Secretary of Wilkes College shall be the Executive Secretary of the Wilkes College Alumni Association. The officers, excepting the Recording Secretary and the Executive Secretary, shall be 3. Meetings.—There shall be at least one formal meeting of the Alumni Council each year at such time and place as shall be determined. A quorum for such meetings shall be seven (7). In addition to formal meetings the Alumni Council shall transact business among its members through the media of mail. elected for one year. No officer of the association excepting the Treasurer and Executive Secretary shall serve in the same office for more than three successive years. The Treasurer shall deposit all funds of the Association in a depository designated by the Executive Committee. Vacancies may be filled by the Executive Committee of the Alumni Association, except the office of Executive Secretary, which shall follow the procedure set forth in Article VIII hereof. 2. At the fall meeting (Homecoming) of the Alumni Council, the organization personnel and function of which are hereinafter set forth, the Presi­ dent shall appoint a nominating committee of three members whose duty it shall be to nominate a can­ didate for President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Re­ cording Secretary, Member-at-large. This commit­ tee shall report its nominations to the Alumni Coun­ cil, and, if approved, to the Alumni Association an­ nual business meeting, at which time additional candidates may be nominated from the floor, and the successful candidates shall be those receiving a majority of votes cast by mail ballot. Not later than one week from the aforementioned annual busi­ ness meeting the said Alumni Secretary shall send to all members of the Alumni Association an official ballot with return envelope for the same. All alumni shall be elegible to vote. Successful candidates must receive a plurality of all votes cast at least onetenth (1/10) of the association membership must have participated in the election. Voters shall cast their ballots by person, delivery, or mail addressed to the office of the Alumni Secretary of Wilkes College. All ballots shall remain closed until the closing of the polls which shall occur at 3 P. M. one month (30) days following the mailing of ballots. The closing day shall be mentioned on all ballot forms. Immediately after the closing of the polls, three aPPointed by the then Alumni Secretary of Wilkes College shall open the ballots, complete the count of the vote, and certify in writing to the Alumni Council the names of the elected officials. 3. The President, or in his absence, the Viceresident, shall preside at all meetings of the Alumni ssociation, the Alumni Council, and the Executive Committee thereof: The President and Executive ecre ary of the Association shall be ex-officio memoers of each committee provided for here-in or other­ wise appointed. ARTICLE V. Alumni Council aenem1Ut1Cti°?’~^e ^umni Council is designed in “ to act in a measure as a committee of the 4. Eligibility.—Any member of the Alumni Asso­ ciation is eligible for membership in the Alumni Council. 5. Membership — Membership in the Alumni Council shall consist of four groups: (a) Class representatives.—This group shall be composed of one representative duly elected from each class that has been graduated. The senior class presidents shall be considered as class representa­ tives unless other class members are appointed by them to this position. The president of the senior class in attendance at college will have the privi­ lege of attending both Alumni Association and Alumni Council meetings and shall have full voice in the Alumni Council. (a)Class representatives.—This group shall be composed of one representative duly elected from each class that has been graduated. The senior class presidents shall be considered as class repre­ sentatives unless other class members are appointed by them to this position. The president of the senior class in attendance at college will have the privilege of attending both Alumni Association and Alumni Council meetings and shall have full voice in the Alumni Council. I (b)Club representatives.—This group shall be composed of one representative from each Alumni Club having bona fide membership of at least ten (10) members. The Club representative shall be elected at meetings of their respective clubs in the fall and shall serve for a term of one year. (c) Representatives-at-large.—At the annual busi­ ness meeting of the Alumni Association a memberat-large shall be elected for membership on the Alumni Council. The term of office shall be four years. During such periods as there are less than four (4) bona fide alumni clubs there shall be three (3) members-at-large, such members to serve for one year. (d) Special membership.—This group shall be comprised of all past presidents of the Alumni Asso­ ciation and ex-officio representatives of the associa­ tion as may be appointed by the president of the association for the purpose of representing the asso­ ciation in other college groups. 6. Disqualification.—If any member of the Alumni Council is absent without excuse from three conse­ cutive regular meetings of the Alumni Council his membership therein is automatically ended. 7. Vacancies.—Vacancies among class repre­ sentatives, members-at-large, and special member­ ship shall be filled by appointment made by the Executive Committee of the Alumni Council subject to ratification of the Alumni Council. Vacancies in club representatives shall be filled by the respective clubs in question, otherwise the then president of such clubs shall be deemed the representative there­ of. ARTICLE VI. Committees of the Alumni Council 1. Executive Committee.—The executive commit­ tee shall be composed of the officers of the Alumni Council, past presidents of the Alumni Association, the members-at-large, and the chairmen of the stand­ ing committees. This committee shall have the power of the Alumni Council when the same is not in session. The president of the Alumni Council shall be the chairman of the Executive Committee. Written notice of each meeting of the Executive Com­ mittee shall be mailed to each member by the Ex­ ecutive secretary at least one week in advance thereof. 2. Standing Committees.—There shall be at least eight (8) standing committees of three (3) members each, to be appointed by the president of the Alumni Council who shall designate one member of each committee as its chairman. These committees shall be appointed in the fall to serve for one year or until successors shall be appointed. Vacancies on such committees may be filled by committee chairman in cooperation with the president of the Alumni Council. (a)Committee on Finance.—It shall be the duty of this committee to determine financial policies from year to year, to audit the books or receive the audit­ ors report of the Alumni Council and Alumni Asso­ ciation, and generally to direct the financial admini­ stration of the organization in conjunction with the college comptroller. (b) Committee on Secondary Schools.—This com­ mittee shall cooperate with the college and the alumni clubs in presenting the merits of Wilkes College to prospective desirable students. This com­ mittee shall also endeavor to arrange for the co­ operation of our alumni and friends to further our interests at the various meetings of State and Na­ tional Educational Association gatherings. (c) Committee on Alumni Clubs.—The objective of this committee shall be to aid in the organization and development of new alumni clubs, to suggest club policies and programs, and to stimulate sus­ tained interest in such organizations. (d) Committee on Undergraduate activities.—This committee will cooperate with the college authorities and undergraduates in linking up the graduate and undergraduate interest, and in promoting a closer relationship between students and alumni. (e)Committee on Alumni Days.—This committee shall arrange and further the continued observance of reunions, shall devise and initiate new commence­ ment features, and in general shall aid in the pre­ paration for and management of the various activ­ ities incident to Commencement and Homecoming or other special occasions. (f) Committee on Nominations.—It shall be the �function of this committee to effectuate the constitu­ tional provisions and requirements with respect nominations and election of officers, and representa tives-at-large. (g) Committee on Public Relations^-This committee shall advance the cause of Wilkes Co eg through newspaper publicity, arranging for college representation at desirable occasions, sponsoring special alumni gatherings and when possible, i (h) Committee on Class Endowments.—This com­ mittee shall encourage the establishment of class endowments, for scholarships and other purposes, and with the treasurer shall likewise administer said class endowments. This committee shat in elude a member from each class establishing an endowment fund. 3. Additional Committees.—The Alumni Council may, from time to time, provide for and appoint such additional committees as it may deem advisable, with such duties and powers as it may define, and may adopt bylaws, rules and regulations for the transaction of its business. ARTICLE VH. The Loyalty Fund 1. Name.—The name of the fund shall be the WILKES COLLEGE LOYALTY FUND, and such fund shall be under the direction of the Alumni Council as herein provided. 2.Purpose.—The underlying purpose of the fund shall be to provide an agency which shall further the practice among alumni and friends of Wilkes College of giving money annually, in large or small amounts, according to ability, for the purpose of the college; thus providing a means of consolidating many gifts into one large amount which may be used for particular needs of Wilkes College from time to time. 3. Objective.—The immediate or special objective of each annual appeal, and the allocation and dispo­ sition of the fund collected shall be determined by the fund committee in consolidation with the then Presi­ dent of Wilkes College and his counsels. 4. Presentation.—In presenting the annual appeal the fund committee shall work through the various class representatives, appointing representatives for those classes not having official alumni council re­ presentatives. The appeal to friends of the institution shall be conducted through the then Alumni Secretary of Wilkes College. Cash and noncontinuing pledges shall be payable before the close of the college fiscal year. Council a portion of loyalty fund collections may be set aside from time to time as a student loan fund Regulations for the administration of such a fund shall be made by the then President of the Alumni Association in cooperation with the Finance Com­ mittee. 8 Records.—The Alumni office shall keep fuR records of gifts and class standings at all times and shall publish at the close of each annual appeal a report giving names of donors but not the amounts of their respective gifts. ARTICLE VIII. Filling Vacancy in Office of Alumni Secretary of Wilkes College 1. The Alumni Council shall cooperate with the President and Board of Trustees of Wilkes College in the selection of an Alumni Secretary of Wilkes College, whenever a vacancy shall occur in that office. 2. The officers of the Alumni Association are authorized to act with the President of the college and Chairman of the Board of Trustees to appoint a temporary incumbent to said office. 3. The officers of the Alumni Association are authorized to appoint three (3) members of the Alumni Association to serve on a joint committee with such members as may be appointed by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees and President of the college for the purpose of choosing a new Alumni Secretary. 4. Any recommendations made by the commit­ tee, shall, if permitted by the procedure of the Chair­ man of the Board of Trustees in filling such vacancy, be submitted to the Alumni Council for its approval, before being finally acted upon by said Board of Trustees. ARTICLE IX. Amendments 1. Proposed amendments to the constitution may be submitted to the Association Executive Committee through a petition signed by ten (10) members of the Association or by the majority request of those pre­ sent at any meeting of either the Alumni Council or the Annual meeting of the Association. 5. Supervisions.—Overall supervision of the col­ lection of the fund shall be the function of the fund committee, which shall be the executive committee of the Alumni Council. 2. Amendments proposed shall be studied by an amendment committee composed of members of the Alumni Council appointed by the Association presi­ dent. A report of the study shall be submitted to the Executive Committee of the Alumni Council who shall approve or disapprove the amendment accord­ ing to the study report. If the suggested amendments are approved they shall be published in the next edition of the "Wilkes Alumnus" or other official PU"J lications, with a brief summary of the merits and demerits. 6. Campaigns.—The annual appeal shall take place between July 1 and June 30. Gifts to be counted in the current year must be in the hands of the fund committee not later than June 30, which date marks the end of the college fiscal year. 3.Return postcards or forms for a mail vote shall be included with the proposed amendments, singed vote on the return card or form postmarks no later than midnight, thirty (30) days after the mail­ ing of the amendments shall be considered valid. Loan Fund. —By resolution of the Alumni 4. A favorable vote by two-thirds or more of those voting shall be required for approval. SPORTSCOPE. . By TOM MORAN Director of Public Relations Exit Winter Sports Like the young man's fancy which lightly turns to other things at the first sign of Spring, the sports world at Wilkes College has shifted its attention to the prospects of the coming Spring Sports program. The Winter Sports program—which included basketball, wrestling and swimming—failed to offer anything in the way of outstanding achievement in the intercollegiate sports circles, but the results re­ corded by the trio of Colonel athletic teams were good. The basketball team, under the guidance of George Ralston and Assistant Coach Tom Miller, wrote the final chapter to its 1948-49 cage season on March 8 when it bowed to a strong King's quintet by a 66 to 59 count in the latter school's Kingston gymnasium. Individual scoring for the Wilkes College basket­ ball team found Phil Sekerchak high man with 122 goals and 109 free throws for a total of 353 points or a total of 19.62 points per game. Results: Sekerchak Piorkowski Jackson Swartwood Dragon Zlonkiewicz Witek Casper Snee VonHiel G 18 16 17 15 17 17 13 7 5 1 G 122 53 47 48 38 34 31 2 1 0 F 109 33 34 8 27 13 13 2 0 0 Pts. 353 139 128 104 103 81 75 6 2 0 Ave. 19.82 8.68 7.52 6.93 6.05 4.75 5.76 0.86 0.20 0.00 The loss gave the Colonels a season's record of 12 wins and six losses, which isn't a bad tally for about two and one-half months of court activity. If we wanted to dwell in the wonderful land of "its" it wouldn't be too difficult to figure out how close the club came to going through the entire season with only one or two defeats. In every instance where the blue and gold quin­ tet lost a contest, the misfortune took place in the final portion of the tilt. Against Hartwick College— the first defeat in a string of six—the Colonels led throughout the game until the final few minutes and then the Oneonta institution forged ahead. The first defeat set the pattern for the next five losses. Wilkes College grappling team made an out­ standing record in its third year of intercollegiate mat competition. Coached by Cromwell Thomas, the Wilkes matment collected five wins as compared to one loss. The only smear on the Colonels' record was administered by Millersville STC. In its first season of swimming competition since before the war, Wilkes aquatic team won one and lost five. The victory was scored over Wyoming Seminary late in the season. Two tilts were dropped to University of Scranton and another duo of meets t° Lyccming. The swimming team was coached by two student-coaches, Clayton Karambelas and Charlie Flack. Paul Zlonkiewicz reaches way up to drop another one in as the Colonels trounce Lycoming College. Other Wilkes eagers in the photo arc Jce Piorkowski and Phi! Sekerchak. The 1919 squad turned in an impressive record. �TOGETHER The two marriages listed below took place some time ago, but because we just received the news and believe in the adage "Better Late Than Never we are happy to congratulate. Al Dervinis '46, who married Miss Marion Stock­ er in the Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church of Collegeville, Pa. The wedding took place on June 12th of last year. Al was first business manager of the college annual, and at one time held the same position on the BEACON staff. At present he is working in the laboratory of a Philadelphia pharma­ ceutical company. Bill Hannigan '44, who married Ruth Douglas '45 last March 30th. At present Mr. and Mrs.- Hannigan reside in State College, Pa., where Bill is attending college. Wilkes Sponsors Theatre Conference The first Eastern Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Theatre Conference, sponsored by the Cue 'N Cur­ Wilkes College tain Club, was held March 12-13 on the Wilkes cam­ pus, with representatives of 16 state colleges attend­ ing. As a result of the meeting, the delegates voted ON THE AIR to become charter members of an organization to be known as the College Theatre and Radio Con­ ference of Eastern Pennsylvania. The consolidation of the drama groups into a permanent organization marks the first time in the Monday - Wednesday - Friday 10:45 - 11:00 A. M. history of the United States college theatre that such a movement has taken place. The general aims of the organization are to stimulate interest in college theatre as a community asset, and to provide for community support of col­ lege theatre; to exchange information and ideas Another Success The annual Alumni Association Yuletide Ball was held December 28 in the Crystal Ballroom of Hotel Sterling, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. This semi-formal event was successful. Over one-hundred couples were in attendance to dance and reminisce from 9 p. m. to 1 a. m. Music for dancing was provided by the college dance orches­ tra of Reese Pelton. Station WHWL among member colleges; and to develop experiment­ ation and explore new theatrical forms. Nanticoke, Pa. »★« Broadcast from radio booth located in Chase Hall One of the evening's highlights occurred when the senior class held a drawing for an Elgin wrist watch. Tom Moran, class president, announced the drawing and named Wesley Klesa '49 as winner. This event was the first embodied in a plan designed to promote closer relations between alumni and undergrads—the alumni of tomorrow. < r MUSIC DRAMA INTERVIEWS CLUBS ETC, ETC. The affair was cabaret-styled and this did a great deal tovzards promoting the congeniality that keynoted the evening. It was interesting to note how many old friendships were revived. A great many out-of-town alumni, home for the holidays, were among the crowd that circulated amidst the college banners and ground pine that decorated the ballroom. The dance committee was headed by president Danny Williams and general secretary Pelton and also included Ruth Tischler '44, Naomi Hons '49, June Owens '42, and Katherine Freund '42. Note flic happy expressions on these alumni! They’re part of the record crowd that attended the annual Yuletide Ball. (Sec story). 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Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumnus Spring 1949 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marketing and Communications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Spring 1949 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Magazine Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/9bd8c505ddf76398c8da82fefdde8f1b.pdf c1b511c1d635b10af1b8eabddfcfb987 PDF Text Text �EDITORIAL A Message - "Taking Stock". WILKES ALUMNUS When I assumed office as general secretary last fall there was a tremendous amount of organization and work to do. Now that I am leaving office I see that the same is still true. My satisfaction therefore comes from noting the progress that I attempted to mark throughout the year. There is much work left for my successors, for attempting to integrate a group of alumni scattered across the country and engaged in their own tasks can be neither a simple nor speedy task. Let us then look back at 1948-1949 and "take stock". Official Publication of the Wilkes College Alumni Association EDITOR — REESE E. PELTON SPORTS EDITOR — THOMAS J. MORAN TYPIST — JANE W. SALWOSKI IN THIS ISSUE FEATURES - - - Editorial—"Taking Stock" I ----- Page 3 3 Second Class Graduates Magical Midnight (Cover Story 3 On Campus Cinderella Dance Wilkes On The Air Band Concert Letterman's Revue 4 4 4 4 4 Semester With Theta Delta Rho New Building On Campus What We're Doing Dorm Social Life Faculty Sportscope ... Career Info For Grads Meeting Notes Together 5 5 6 8 8 9 10 _ 10 10 Also noteworthy was the first attempt at staging a homecoming celebration. Three hundred and fifty alumni saw Wilkes again defeat King’s and then at­ tended the crowded sport dance that folllowed. Satur­ day evening a large group attended the alumni banquet that terminated the celebration so successfully. Future Homecomings, if exploited properly, should prove to be increasingly greater successes. Other social highlights cf the year were the an­ nual Christmas dance, a smoker, and various meet­ ings of the central Wilkes-Barre Club. Over one hun­ dred couples danced at the annual Yuletide Ball. Here at the alumni office much work has been done. Besides the gathering of information for the magazine there was the work of answering correspon­ dence and requests from alumni. Another job, of prime importance, was the compilation of an indexed file on all graduates and convocants. Coupled with this was the revision and compilation of an addressograph file cf the same group for mailing purposes. These then were our most important achievements. The job has merely begun. However, the value of an integrated alumni group cannot be overestimated and constant work towards such a goal is the only tool that can bring success. F ubli.sh.ed Quarterly at: WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI First of all there was this magazine. It has proved to be a practical method of intra-alumni communica­ tion; something for which the association has long had need. The suggestions and communications received in connection with this innovation was indeed grati­ fying. While in itself it cannot hope to unify the alum­ ni, it can and has done a great deal of work toward that goal. OFFICE Therefore, as my tenure of office comes to a close, I wish to thank President Williams and all members of the organization who have assisted me in trying to lay a groundwork for those who will follow. If the past has glimmered with the light of success, the future should shine even more brightly. Chase Hall 184 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. VOLUME I NUMBER 4 Reese E. Pelton, General Secretary 1948-1949 Second class graduates Two hundred and fifty-five students, comprising the second graduating class in the history of Wilkes, received degrees and certificates at the Second Annual Commenecment Exercises. The ceremony was held Monday evening, June 13, at the Irem Temple, WilkesBarre, Pa. Mr. Adrian Pelt, Assistant Secretary-Gen­ eral in the Department of Conferences and General Services of the United Nations Secretariat, was prin­ cipal speaker. Dr. Eugene Farley also addressed the graduates briefly, and introduced President Spencer of Bucknell University who conferred the degrees on the graduates for the second and last time. Beginning with next year's class, graduates will receive Wilkes College degrees instead of those of Bucknell Univer­ sity. Concordia Singing Society, under the baton of Mr. Charles Davis, presented a group of two selections. This was in keeping with the dedication of a plaque to the late Professor Paul "Pop" Gies, first director of the Wilkes College School of Music and former direct­ or of this male chorus. Mr. Donald Cobleigh, present director of the music school, played the organ for the academic procession and recessional. Two awards were given to graduates. The En­ gineering Award, given for outstanding work in that field went to Joseph Teno, and the Dobson Accounting Award for the best work in that field was earned by Jerome Mintzer. Marjorie Tyler Green graduated summa cum laude. Five graduates graduated cum laude; they were Jean Hartman, Jerome Mintzer, Robert Riley, Charles Schneiderhan, James Spanos, Leonard Swicklick, Donald Vemall. A breakdown of statistics shows that one hundred and ninety persons received bachelors degrees. This figure includes those students who completed their work in September and January but who did not at that time receive their diplomas. A closer inspection of statistics reveals the following figures on graduates: .... 58 A. B. ___ 82 B. S. in Commerce & Finance ------27 B. S. in Biology .. . ----------------.... 10 B. S. in Education — ... 8 B. S. in Chemistry 5 B. S. in Commercial Education ------- . In addition to these graduates, sixty-five indivi­ duals received certificates for the completion of term­ inal courses or the first two years of engineering work. Two people received certificates as laboratory techni­ cians. five finished the two-year secretarial course, and fifty-eight engineers completed two-years of work. Engineers must complete their junior and senior years of work at other institutions under present conditions. (Cover Story) Magical Midnight. Time: The magic hour of 12. Place: Rocky Glen Aquadium. Event: Placing of the glass slipper on Cinderella. Johnny Long, nationally famous dance orchestra leader and featured band of the third Annual Cinder­ ella Ball, places the specially constructed glass slipper on the 1949 Cinderella, Elaine Turner of Nanticoke, Pa. Miss Turner, a member of the freshman class was qiven the honor by a vote of the student body. Her Majesty received everything from a diamond ring to a tiny puppy as gifts. �On Campus . .. Cinderella Dance - cold but successful About 800 couples attended the most successful Cinderella Bah in the history of Wilkes. Thet new Rocky Glen Aquadium, a huge aance haU built out over a lake, presented pleasant surroundings, and Johnny Long and his Orchestra produced pleasant music to match. The cool evening prevented dancers from usincr the promenade walk around the Aquadium and even made the inside temperature a bit cool. In keeping with tradition, the eleven electea can­ didates for “Cinderella" were presented at midnight in a colorful ceremony. A glass slipper, built to fit only the winner, was tried on the feet of each candidate by Johnny Long who proclaimed Elaine Turner, a mem­ ber of the freshman class to be the 1949 winner. Miss Turner was then presented with a multitude of gifts donated by local merchants that included everything from a diamond ring to a tiny puppy. The evening will long last in the memory of those who attended. Wilkes College on the air Wilkes College took to the airways during the last semester when radio station WHWL in Nanticoke offered its equipment, and radio time for a program to be heard three times weekly as "Wilkes College On The Air". At first it was doubted that Wilkes College had enougn activity to keep a 15-minute program going three time a week but every member of the faculty and administration helped and the colleae produced 27 radio shows over WHWL. T°„-hl-P J'r°d“-e *e P^Sratns- which were writ,° WUkes Public Bela­ f­ ns Departmen.. Dr. Eugene S. FarUv Farley, college presi souncSroo* fl? u 1 dent, authorized workmen to «_ >irr1 fin^T room next to the PRO on the third floor'of'ch^Hril as a radio room. uz ,WHYZL installed its equipment and each Monday A Semes ter With Theta Delta Rho Band concert races rain - wins On May 22 the Wilkes College Concert Ft raced the threatening storm that began to qath .nd previous to the 7:00 concert, and succeeded i 61 ^Usl pleling its program before the torrential dow COtt1' started. Four-hundred and fifty people assembled °"r the campus behind Kirby and Chase Halls fa .?n second annual program, undaunted by the dark1 • skies. Seats were provided for all in attendance111119 The band, forty strong, played a light program < ten selections including Overture to the Operetta dent Prince by Romberg, In A Persian Market bv r » t by, and Introduction to the Third Act of Lohenari u ' Wagner. Donald Follmer played a clarinet solo*1 companied by Director Reese E. Pelton, and The City was played as a trumpet duet with band accom paniment by Carl Strye and John Badman. This concert completed the band's third year 0< existence. It was organized in September, 1946 by its present director, Mr. Pelton, one week before the col leges first gridiron contest, at which it appeared thirty strong. From that beginning it has evolved as a wellestablished campus organization with uniforms and equipment. This year the band has appeared at all football games, several local parades, and their second annual concert, which marked the last appearance of the band under the baton of Director Pelton. The year 1948-1949, and especially the second semester of the year, proved to be the most outstand­ ing in the recent history of the women's organizations of Wilkes, now known as Theta Delta Rho. A con­ siderable schedule of activities was instituted by the officers of the organization, Dean of Women, Betty Harker, and Head Resident of Weckesser Hall, Mrs. Davis. Many of these activities are expected to be­ come traditional affairs. Among the most often-held, popular affairs were the teas given by the women. In February and March two teas were given to honor senior high school girls of Wyoming Valley schools. Each of these events attracted almost one hundred students. The guests were conducted on a tour of the campus and exposed to the life of Wilkes. In April, by popular demand, the Theta's held an all-college tea. A program of musical numbers was featured and a portion of the affair was broadcast over a local station. This was followed in May by a Mothers' Day Tea held in Weckesser Dormitory. It is expected that this event will be a regular feature of each year's social calendar. In April the girls deviated from their tea schedule long enough to sponsor a most successful card party to raise funds for the organization. Senior dinner and trophy Lettermen produce musical revue May 25 and 26 were the production dates, the let­ termen were the characters, Kingston High was the place, and the occasion was the first all-male revue and college. The show was entitled, “All 5Un and was a satire based on well-known events ancJ people on the campus. Play director Al Groh i were responsible for the book and Ted Warakomski, a student, wrote some original music for ne show. The orchestra, dance routines, and clever dialogue made a big hit with audiences. Probably most outstanding was a "can-can" routine done by a ^j^'Stepping chorus of twenty that included Coach —The success of this revue has practically assured its continuance in years to come. The second annual Junior-Senior Dinner in honor of the graduating senior girls was held in the college cafeteria early in May. As is customary, members of the junior class served as hostesses for the affair. Mrs. Farley, Dean Harker, and Head Resident Davis were guests of the organization. Mrs. G. Williams, Assistand Professor of English, was principal speaker. I® The opening program was heard on April 4, when Dr. Eugene E. Farley presented the 6ning address and told about the growth of Wilkes°P ’S^ . —if ^founded in 1933 as BuckneD University Junior Three oeople worked each show. Ned McGhee and Tom Moran alternated as announcers and Jay Rauscher was chief engineer. playSb7the cV'N^CuriaR “ci a —t Wilkes College band, undeMhe dimr-^t n°m the Pelton; musical selections by studette r W m ^ese E' School of Music; meteorology lectures- Un S°llege forums; interviews; and Wilkes College newt NallOns The programs are off the air for the " months but will be resumed next ,he E “““'*e summer times a week. le:5Umea next year-possibly fiV(re 'oullnoB, In |hla C’" ’ ■’ "All In tul show Fun-- b W°nl ln'° ,lnal rohoaraa,s ,ot lh°lr ’ Among Iho affairs on Iho social calendar ot Theta Delta Rho was a somi-iormal dance. Pictured hero are officers and committee members o( for Iho affair. Front row, 1. to r.: President Evelyn Ponaligon. Joyce Nobel. Charlotte Davis. Standing. 1. to r.: Virginia Meissner. Mary Porter. Marilyn Broadl. Francis Trembath and Norma Jean Persian!. For the first time in the history of Wilkes College an award for overall scholarship was presented to the graduating girl with the highest average,. Winner of this scholarship cup, known as the Deans Dc“: Award, was Marjorie Tyler Green of Wilkes-Barre. This re­ ward of outstanding academic achievement will be presented annually at the dinner. New officers installed Recently elected officers of the Thetas were in­ stalled during the past month. The new officers are: President, Marilyn Broadt; Vice-President, Peggy Anthony; Secretary, Jo Ann Davis; Treasurer, Virginia Bolen, and Social Chairman, Mary Porter. The social calendar for next fall has already been drawn up and will include a fashion show, a tea dance, a Hallowe'en masquerade party, a Valentine dance, and a wiener roast. Another innovation for the group is the new Com­ mittee on Orientation that will work with the faculty­ in trying to help freshmen adjust themselves to their new collegiate environment. It is hoped that this group will be the answer to many initial frosh problems. Jackets and Songs With the advent of spring the female collegians suddenly blossomed forth in smart white blazers. Questioning revealed that the attire was the new and official Theta Delta Rho blazer and would be seen in ever-increasing numbers. Each jacket has the emblem of the club sewed on its pocket. The blazers were purchased by individual club members after some discussion on color and style. Not to be outdone in the field of music the Thetas recently came up with their own song. The selection was written by Norma Jean Persian! of the organization. Before long the soothing sound of female voices will be heard above those of even the deep-throated male campus crooners. New building to campus Wilkes College plant facilities were recently ex­ panded by the addition of the property of the late Dr. S. P. Mengel at 181 South Franklin St. This is the twelfth building to be acquired by Wilkes. Beside the buildings two plots of land are owned; one is now used as a parking area and the other is to be the site of the proposed gymnasium. Renovation of the new building is almost com­ pleted. When entirely converted it will house class­ rooms and offices. The purchase of this property means that the college may not need the facilities of the central city Baptist and Presbyterian Churches which have been graciously offered and used for the past two years. A new, picturesque walk from Chase Hall, around the back of the Theatre Workshop, and through a newly erected opening in the old brick wall, wifi en­ able students to go from South River Street properties to the Mengel property. The spacious lawns of the property will mean potential area for parties. A gar­ age in the rear of the hall will also be utilized for col­ lege purposes. �WHAT WE'RE DOING This issue of the ALUMNUS will be devoted to a listing of all four year grads about whom we have information. Address-------- '-•j'Ses any alumni can be obtained by writing to the alumni office. All articles of interest are solicited. w $sr. Margaret Hobbs—Teacher at Plymouth, Pa. Tom Jenkins—English teacher at Womelsdorf, Pa. Carolyn Jones—Teacher at Washington, N. J. Lester Jones—Standards Engineer for Columbia Mills of Wilkes-Barre. Class News of '49 JUNE GRADUATES: With 113 more students having just completed their work it seems advisable to begin news of this class by looking into the crystal ball for some facts First let us consider those who are continuing their education; among these we find: Eugene Anderson to Bucknell for M. S. in Educa­ tion. t t * Class News of '48 By this time the 1948 grads have been literally shewn to the "four corners of the earth." Nevertheless* with the help of our 'radar' communications we have the following information on graduates of the first class: Norman Baum—George Washington Law School Arthur Berger—George Washington Law School. Dorothy Bialogowicz—Now married, (see Together) Muriel Bransdorf—Columbia University Graduate School. Frank Evan to University of Pennsylvania for M. B. A. Paul Callahan—Accountant for Plasticraft Co. of Wilkes-Barre. Ralph Carey—Dickinson Law School. S. George Maisel to George Washington for M. A. in Foreign Affairs. Elmo Clementi of Wilkes-Barre. Narcy Perkowski to University of Pennsylvania for M. A. in Governmental Affairs. Albert Condosta—Accountant for Western Electric of Allentown, Pa. Leonard Swicklick to University of Pittsburgh for M. S. in Chemistry. Dick Conklin—Employed by Aluminum Co. of America, New Kensington. Donald Vemall to University of Michigan for M. S. John Wisniewski to Hahnemann Medical College for M. D. Stephen Wolf to Temple University School of Medicine for M. D. A large number of students not listed above are planning on attending graduate or medical school but have not decided where at this wriing. Bill Apfelbaum -will enter executive training under Sears, Roebuck & Co. in September, and Evelyn Penaligon will begin similar training with Pomeroy's Dept. Store. Also taking executive training is Don Honey­ well who will be with Deemer & Co. 1 Clayton Karambelas expects to be associated with his father in the management of a restaurant Bill Klopfer and Albert Williams will be associated with the Equitable Life Assurance Society of U. S. Thomas J. Miller is now employed as Head Coach and Assistant Dean of Men at National Agricultural College Doyletown. Pa. Ralph Weaver will continue as sales repre­ sentative and buyer for the West Brothers Automobile Co. 1 John Boyce—Economics Instructor at Wilkes. Bernard Cupsenski to University of Pennsylvania for M. B. A. Harold Lawrence io Rutgers for M. S. Wallace Jones—Assistant Manager for Dun & Brad­ street, Philadelphia. Frank Kocher—Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester. Leonard Kovalski—University of Buffalo Medical School. Stanley Kovalski—Bucknell Graduate School. Joseph Litchman—Accountant for Ley Service of Wilkes-Barre. -Accountant for C. L. Snyder Co. John Cooney—Economics Instructor at Wilkes. James Cross—Salesman. Helen Davidson—Now married. Mark Davidoff—Columbia University Graduate School. Robert Dido—Employed by General Motors Ac­ ceptance Corp., Wilkes-Barre. Tom Evans—Production Dept, of General Electric, Schenectady, N. Y. Claire Fischer—Teaching. George Fry—University of Pennsylvania. Earl Fritzges—Representative for Girard Invest­ ment Co. Tom Gilboy—Psychological Testing and Whole­ sale Plumbing Sales. Jersey'”0"1 —English teacher at Boonton, New <1 gicaF^a^eS Oilstone—Columbia University Theolo- Frank Harkins—Bucknell Graduate School. School. Edward Hendller—Bucknell Univ. Grad School. James Hofford—Jefferson Medical College. William Kelly—Psychometrician at Wilkes College Margaret McHale—Drexel Institute of Technology. Guidance Center. Bob Mikulewicz—University of Colorado Grad Julius Likowski—Univ, of Chicago Grad School. School. Doug MacNeal—Univ, of Penn'a Dental School. Bob Miller—Columbia University Grad School. Eugene Marshall—Agent for Reliance Life Insur­ Arnold Nachlis—Nachlis Furniture Co., Plains, Pa. ance Co., Wilkes-Barre. Howard Marvelle—Univ, of Penn'a Grad School. Tom Owens—Jefferson Medical College. Gene Maylock—Bucknell University Grad School. Clemens Pell—Major in U. S. Army. Ray Mechak—Service Manager for Pomeroy's Reese Pelton—Teacher at Dallas Township School. Dept. Store, Wilkes-Barre. Gene Repotski—Bank Clerk at First Federal Sav­ John Moss—Accountant for Pogson, Peloubet & Co., ings & Loan, Wilkes-Barre. New York City. John Riley—Economics Instructor at Wilkes. Eugene Moyer—Univ, of California Grad. School. James Roberts—Hahnemann Medical College. Nelson Nelson—Dickinson Law School. Ed Plesnar—University of Kentucky Law School. Stanley Rosolowski—Bucknell Grad School. Nan Richards—Now married. University of Color­ Edythe Rudolph—Now married. Secretary at Phil­ ado Grad School. lips H. Lord, Inc., N. Y. C. Robert Riley—Western Reserve University Grad Joe Savitz—University of Penn'a Law School. School. Harry Scott—Employed by Woodlawn Dairies, James Shepherd—Univ, of Penn'a Grad School. Inc. Stanley Siberski—Temple Univ. Medical School. Joe Slamon—-Accountant for Joseph Williams Horace Smith—Standards Engineer for Roeblings Agency, Wilkes-Barre. Sons, Trenton, N. J. Ray Smith—Salesman for Encyclopedia Britanica, Joe Sooby—University of Michigan Grad School. Inc. John Sott—U. S. Army in Germany. Edward Stryak—Pennsylvania State College. Albert Stratton—Western Reserve University Grad Charles Templeton—Adjuster for Commercial Cre­ School. Bill Tomusko—Graduate School. dit Corp., Philadelphia. John Verbyla—Fillmore College Grad School. Tom Teresinski—Dun & Bradstreet, Scranton, Pa. Carl Tranell—Bucknell University Grad School. FEBRUARY CLASS: Frances Wentzel—Bacteriologist for Ryder Dairy Clayton Bloomburg —Insurance Agent. Products, Lemoyne, Pa. Bill Davies—Unit Control Work for Isaacs Long Frank Wheeler—Accountant for General Electric Co., Wilkes-Barre. Corp., Schenectady. Nancy Williams—Employed by Merck Chemical Donald Evans—Sales Dept, of Palmolive-Peet Co. Corp, of New Jersey. Joe Hiznay—Technical writer for Engineering Dept, Rhuea Williams—Mathematics teacher at Wilkes- ci International Correspondence Schools. Barre Day School, Forty Fort, Pa. Joseph Kanner—Psychometrician at Wilkes Col­ lege Guidance Center. Class News of '49 SEPTEMBER CLASS: Water^C G^rj£~Accountant for Scranton-Springbrook John Bellas—University of Chicago Grad School. John Burak—Temple University Grad School. Joseph Chupka—Accountant at Harry L. Naveen Agency, Wilkes-Barre. Delbert Dare—Cost Accountant for S. Frieder & Sons, Wilkes-Barre. Morris DeHaven—Teacher in Hanover Twp., Pa. Carl Dudeck—Jefferson Medical College. Harry Fierverker—Bucknell Grad School. John Glowacki—Georgetown Univ. Law School. Jean Hartman—Western Reserve University Grad Joseph Aleo—University of Penn'a Dental School. Henry Anderson—University of Pennsylvania Grad School. Bennie Antonchak—Chemical Corp in Rahway, N. J. John Martin—Sales work for National Biscuit Co. Tom Moran—Director of Public Relations at Wilkes. Joe Olesky—Teacher in Wyoming Borough, Pa. David Walters—Second Lieut, in U. S. Army. Anthony Zabiegalski—George Washington Univ. Grad School. �The FACULTY Mr. John McKee will assume his duties as newly appointed Associate Professor of Mathemaitcs at Beaver College in September. Before they prepare to enter Beaver's life, Mr. and Mrs. McKee will spend the summer at their new summer home in Laurel Run, Pa. Summer is here and a metamorphosis takes place. The faculty become students and hurry away to obtain » » yy « « their Masters Degree or Doctorate. This is in keeping Hugo V. Mailey, Associate Professor of Political with college policy which allows each faculty member, under a rotation system, to have time free for graduate Science plans on spending the summer months work­ ing on his thesis which he will complete for his Ph.D. work at regular intervals. Although it is not generally known, Mr. Mailey is a Joe Markowitz '41, who is an instructor in Chem­ talented musician also. istry, will study at Bucknell University this summer »» w «« where he is working for his M. S. Joe recently married Mr. James Moran of Rochester, N. Y„ will begin (see Together) and has been serving as an officer with his duties as Instructor of Instrumental Music and Band the local Naval Reserve unit Director at Wilkes in September. Mr. Moran has had Robert W. Partridge, Instructor of History, will at­ over ten years experience in band and orchestra work tend either Harvard or Boston University, where he will ci all types. Reese E. Pelton, organizer and director be waking for his Ph.D. Mr. Partridge is also coach of of the band for the past three years, has left to assume the college's newest athletic team—soccer. With the a teaching position. first scheduled games coming up soon he'11 be a busy man. Dean of Men George Ralston will spend the sum­ mer ar Columbia University, studying for his Masters degree. Also at Columbia will be John Chwalek, In­ structor of Sociology and head of the new college Placement Bureau. He also will study for his Masters, as will John Bovce '48, and John Cooney 48, Economics Instructors, who will join them at the institution. John Riley '48 will attend the University of Penn­ sylvania again this year where he is doing work On 37 VX'13 -03.-.SS O’? his M. A. John has been quoted as saying that he 3133101X7 OI? "hopes it's not as hot as last summer". James Laggan, another Economics Instructor, will also study this sum­ mer at the U. of P. ji. W3. TO Mr. John HalL Director of Guidance and Super­ .--3 MX 'KHS SL“SSn'^ visor of Educa-ion will continue his week-end treks to ALW FMFZSS&& Oi* Bj&IC Columbia University Teachers College. He will re­ r-' • ceive an Ed.D. in Philosopnical Foundations. Mr. Hall has been making his week-end journeys throughout the college year, in addition to his multiple duties of the week. Edith Namisniak will travel io Ann .Arbor to work This beautiful metal plaque honoring the late Professor Paul towards her Doctorate. The Instructor of Biology will "Pop" Gies will be placed on Gies Hall, which now houses the be at the University of Michigan during the summer. School oi Music. The plaque was presented by the class of '49, the The University of Connec.icut will claim Madeline last group to have known "Pop". Dague for a few months. Miss Dague is an Instructor in Physiology and will be taking work on her PhD. Economics and Poliacal Science will still be fore­ most in Welton Farrar's mind this summer. Mr. Farrar will be at Cambridge where he will attend Harvard University to work for his Doctorate. Not to be outdone by other groups, the dormitory FACULTY WIVES ORGANIZE residents oi Wilkes sponsored several highly success­ During the second semester an organization of ful affairs this year. Both Weckesser Hall (women) faculty wives, known to date as the Women of Wilkes, and Payne Hall (men) received allotments from the was formed. The group sponsored regular "coffee student council and were established as organizations, hours" in the college cafeteria. The affairs, unique in even wri.ing their own constitutions. the history of Wilkes, -were held every other week on The most often postponed affair of the year was Thursday afternoons and proved to be tremedous suc­ Weckesser s well-publicized pajama party. Measles in cesses. Members of the organization poured. The the dorm forced two postponements but the event was affairs were open to the student body who immedia.ely unally held and was a tremendous success. Other became enthusiastic about them. Weck-sponsored events were the annual Christmas Mrs. Samuel A. Rosenberg served as president for Party and a tea held for college department heads and this year. Mrs. Harold Thatcher has been elected pre­ the Board of Trustees. Mrs. Davis, for three years Head sident of the group for the coming year. Resident at Cornell, is sponsor of the group. »J» V/ «<£ The men of Payne had their affairs also. The Mr. John McKee, Instructor in Math, has resigned year commenced with a Hallowe'en party. From that from the faculty to accept a position on the faculty of date on no special holiday was needed as an excuse. Beaver College. Mr. McKee will be the entire mathe­ Parties for Week and parties for the whole college were matics department at the women's college. Mr. and < < q.uile °Jten- Dancing, billiards, cards, and 'tons' Mrs. McKee will spend the summer at their summer oi food were features of all the affairs. Dean Ralston home, Laurel Run, Pa. is advisor to Payne Hall. ta Dorms score social triumphs 1i SPORTSCOPE... By TOM MORAN Public Relations Director yl year in sports The 1948-49 sports season at Wilkes College re­ vealed one thing. Wilkes College is now among the leading sports colleges in its class in Pennsylvania. The record books reveal that the Colonel institu­ tion participated intercollegiately in five sports—foot­ ball, basketball, baseball, wrestling and swimming. Besides the five key sports, the college had soccer on an intramural trial basis during the 1948-49 season and plans to enter the intercollegiate competition next year. A well-balanced intramural program of football, basketball, softball and bowling rounded out a year's schedule of athletics at the institution. Looking at the sports individually and viewing the past season and the prospects for next year, football seems to be the big man on the horse for next year. Like basketball and baseball, football is coached by the director of athletics, George F. Ralston, a man with a never-ending amount of energy and drive, Rals­ ton has hopes of fielding his finest eleven in 1949. The next grid season will be the last time that most of the men who were on the first team—in 1946 —will be playing in a blue and gold uniform. The ex­ perience gained by them in their past seasons of ball will undoubtedly serve them and the college well next season. The over-all record for Wilkes football is fine. The books reveal that the college has run up 18 wins, three losses, and two ties. That record will stand among the best ever produced in the country. One of the odd things is the fact that the first year the institution enter­ ed the ranks of the football elevens in the country, Wilkes was undefeated with six wins and no losses. The schedule for next season includes such new opponen's as the University of Bridgeport, Ithaca Col­ lege, and Upsala College. Returning as foes for the Colonels will be Bloomsburg STC, St. Francis College, Lycoming College, Rider College, National Agricultural College, and King's College. Jumping back to the 1948-49 sports seasons, basket­ ball was another of the thrilling activities in the athletic pregram for the past year. The Colonels produced cne ol their best teams and had a nice record of 13 wins and five losses. The only bad part of the five losses was in the fact that two of the smudges were inflicted by the city rival King's College. One of these years the tide will change and Wilkes will lose a football game and win both basketball contests. Ever since the sports relations were started between the two schools it has been the other way around. Wilkes has three wins in football to King's zero, while t e Monarchs hold six wins in basketball for three seasons to a big "goose-egg" for the Colonels in the cage sport. During the wrestling season, which was under the leadership of Cromwell Thomas, Wilkes had five wins and one loss. However, the grapplers were not too strong and one of the big reasons was due to the num­ ber of experienced ex-high school matmen who did not come out for the team. Baseball was first-rate on paper, but a flurry of err­ ors by the team during each game usually spelled doom for the club in most of the contests. Everything looked fine for a swell season before the activity actu­ ally got underway against other competition. But the sprag in the wheels of the team's progress was not long in making itself known when the Colonels began to meet their 1949 opponents. As for swimming—and last season was the first for Wilkes—there seems to be a great possibility of this sport becoming one of the chief ones at the local college. Last season it was brought about through the initiative of two students, Clayton Karambelas and Charlie Flack. The two men worked as student­ coaches and also participated in the meets. The sea­ son, like most first-seasons, was not one that listed Wilkes as the all-time winner. Instead, the meets were entered in the record books as simply experience for the members, all of whom are freshmen and sopho­ mores. Soccer was introduced at the college last year for the first time. Bob Partridge, member of the faculty and one-time All-American soccer player from the Uni­ versity of Pennsylvania was at the head of the new sport. The sport was played intramurally during the first season as’ sort of an introductory activity for those in­ terested. Soccer caught on immediately and next year Wilkes will compete intercollegiately in the sport— reputed to be one of the oldest in the world. The intramural program of touchfootball, basket­ ball, and softball was again a huge success. Those who could not take part in the sport in a major way, spent after class hours several times a week participat­ ing in the sport in one of the intramural league. The latest addition to the intramural program was bowling. Manv fine keglers were found among the student bodv. The alleys at the Hampton were used and the CPA pinmen were crowned champions at the end of the season. Many new horizons seem to be opening to Wilkes in the future. The new gymnasium may soon become more than a hope and athletics at the Colonel planta­ tion will blossom even faster than has been the case during the past three years. �TOGETHER Career Info Available To Grads The Wilkes College Careers Library, under the dir­ S;. Ignatius Church, Kingston, Pa., was the setting ection of Mr. Paul Mehm, is a department that is never ci the recent marriage of Jeanne Barbara Klienkrtuf '44, completed. This is because new literature about job to Thomas Paul Roan, also of Kingston. Mr. Roan is opportunities and training facilities arrives each day a graduate of Wyoming Seminary' and is associated at the library, is catalogued, and put on the shelves with the Prudential Insurance Co. for the use of students and alumni. Joe Markowitz '41, a member of the college faculty, Mr. Mehm recently announced that 299 new regis­ was recently married to Jane Sare of Scranton, Pa. trations for the Careers Consulting Service were made Older alumni will remember Joe as an avid record between November 1, 1948 and May 24, 1949. This collector; newer ones will remember his classes. Joe's means that an average of two new registrations is sister, Frances, is now a dormitory’ student at Wilkes. made each day. During the same period twelve alumni Irene M. Sieminski '45, became Mrs. Hugh Rob er: and fourteen students of other colleges also used the Williams on June 4th. Irene has been residing in New career service. York City. Mr. Williams is a medical doctor. In a recent interview Mr. Mehm explained that Christine Whiteman '46 was married to Mr. George the facilities of the library are open to all alumni and Bird last month in First Methodist Church of Wilkes- ’hat he would be most happy to consult with any Barre. Mr. Bird is at present employed at Harrisburg, alumnus who desires to use the services. A personal Pa.; Mrs. Bird is employed by Bell Telephone Company­ call at the college Guidance Center, 164 South River Street, or a letter in care of the college may start you in Wilkes-Barre. Shirley Mascn '46 and Bob Moser '46 were recent­ on the way towards gathering valuable information ly married in the First Baptist Church of Wilkes-Barre. and guidance. The Careers Consulting Service has received na­ Mr. Moser is employed in Lancaster, Pa. Betty James tional recognition and the following are typical of '47 was maid of honor for Mrs. Moser. comments received by Mr. Mehm: Alumni Meeting Notes On April 18 the Wilkes-Barre Alumni Club held a business and social meeting in the college Lecture Hall. Despite a heavy thunderstorm a large group of alumni were present. Daniel Williams, president, pre­ sided. The evening opened with the showing of a film entitled "Campus Capers", which is a college-owned technicolor film on campus activities during the past two years. After some opening remarks concerning the pur­ pose of the meeting, Danny introduced Reese Pelton who spoke on the necessity of a constitution if the Alumni Association is to function on a national scale. Mr. Williams then read the proposed constitution, as patterned generally after htat of the Gettysburg College Alumni Association. (For copy of constitution see the last issue of the Alumnus.) A discussion of the constitution, point by point, fol­ lowed this introduction. Several points were clarified and several others were modified. A great deal of in­ terest in the constitution was exhibited by the group. It was suggested that a committee be appointed to study he changes proposed. This committee in­ cludes: Donald Kersteen '42, Sallyanne Rosenn '42, June Owens '42, Katherine Freund '42, Al Eisenpreis '42, Bob Sloan '42, John Goobic '43, Martin Berger '43, Ruth Tischler '44, Irene Koniecko '44, Doug MacNeal '48, J. Glenn Gooch ’48, Trudy Johnson '48, Gene Maylock '48, Ray Mechak '48, Allen Miller '49, Jack Karnofsky '45, and Joe Kanner '49. To close the meeting two additional films were shown. They were "Fact and Fancy" and "Holiday in Havana", another school film covering the Spanish Club's trip to Cuba. Refreshments were served. It was decided that the next meeting would be held on May 2. Respectfully submitted, IRENE KONIECKO, secretary Aetna Life Insurance Company "... I would like to congratulate Wilkes upon instituting a counseling program beginning with the freshman year. A continuing, four-year pro­ gram seems to me the best way to make real headway on this problem." »» w «« E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company ", . . We were interested in noting in your letter of December 28 that Wilkes College has under­ taken to counsel its undergraduates in career re­ quirements and opportunities. This is a function which has been too largely neglected by our col­ leges, and we feel sure that your efforts along this line will pay dividends to all concerned." has it that ho may Boon graduate, �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumnus Summer 1949 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marketing and Communications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1949 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Magazine Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/d805c90a03af25c81e87e346d38b0920.pdf 6a97b6fffbe36c83c6b37135d49a485c PDF Text Text -------------- € yiLKI COI I BX WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA FALL 1949 �alumnus EDITORIAL PUBLISHED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF WILKES COLLEGE THOMAS J. MORAN, '49, EDITOR A recent announcement by Herbert J. Morris, regis­ trar, revealed that the 1949-50 school year finds Wilkes College with 1,929 students enrolled in the day and evening school. This is the largest enrollment in the history of the institution. In plain English, the junior college that was started back in 1933 has gotten to be qui'e a man-sized project and present statistics indicate that it is growing. STAFF: JANE SALWOSKI, WILLIAM UMPHRED, DON FOLLMER, ARTHUR BLOOM FALL 1949 VOLUME 2 HUMBER 1 (i CONTENTS Cover On the cover of this issue of Alumnus is a picture of Admiral Harold Stark, USN, (Rt), who was recently appointed to the board of trustees at Wilkes College. Standing on the left of the former Chief of Naval Opera­ tions and Commander of Euro­ pean Naval Forces during the last war, is Atty. Gilbert S. McClintock, chairman of the board of trustees. Dr. Eugene S. Farley, right, welcomed Admiral Stark and Mr. McClintock io the WiTIroc College campus recently for the purpose of showing the former resident of Chase Hall the lat­ est development at the institu­ tion. During the visit to the college, the photography staff of the Alumnus and the school publicaaons made various shots of the campus spots visited by the three men. PAGE 3 Editorial 4 A Message from the President 5 ---------------- Second Annual Homecoming 6 Wilkes Sponsors Famous Concert Pianist 7 Student Teaching Program Successful 8 Campus News 9 1949-50 Social Calendar 10 Campus Candids 12 That answer made sense the first 1,000 times we heard it. Then we began to think. Isn't it true that every colleae or university was, more or less, a com­ munity project in its infancy? Of course it was. It ius1 doesn't stand to reason that olaces like the Universi'y of Pennsylvania or Columbia University popped up over night as institutions with student enrollments numbering in the thousands. Campus News I 13 Campus News 14 Wilkes Gridders Still Winning 15 For the past several years efforts have been made to keep an active alumni association connected with the college. In some ways, the plan hasn't been en­ tirely successful. The reason for the lack of enthusiasm seems to dwell around the same answer that is given, when someone asks why there isn't a great deal of the old college spirit in the student ranks. If you don't know that answer, it sounds something like, "Well, this is a community college and with the lack of oncamous residents, most students have interests in their respective towns." 1 The cold facts seem to reveal that Wilkes College is no longer just a "community college". Its enroll­ ment has already proven that it ranks above many of the colleaes that are accented as good examples of the nlaces where old grads flock to once a year to drink in the remains of long-past, but not forgotten, memories. Soccer Team Enjoying First Season 16 Down Memory Lane 17 New Placement Center at Wilkes 18 Keeping Up With the Grads 19 Alumni Record Pub/isk<2fl Quarterly at WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI OFFICE Chase Hall 184 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The Wilkes student body this year has more spirit *han has ever before been displayed on the South River Street campus. Just walking around the campus, which in recent vears has ceased to be miniature, aives you the feeling that at last the college spirit is here. There's life and the rapid growth on all fronts proves it. Alumni Association Plans Meeting For Nov. 14th The first meeting of the B. U. J. C.—Wilkes College Alumni Association during the 1949-50 school year will take place on Monday evening, November 14, at 7:30, in the Lecture Hall on South River Street. Since this will be the first meeting in a good many months there are many important issues that must be brought up for discussion. A nominating committee for the 1949-50 Alumni Association officers must be appointed. Other items listed for discussion are: The amount of dues that should be paid by members and when it should be paid; the turning over to the college the funds that have been collected by the association during the past several years; the appointment of a committee for the annual Christmas Dance; and discussion of how the Alumni Association can be made more attractive. Daniel Williams, president of the association, has expressed a desire to see all former students attend this meeting so that plans for the year can be made. Student Enrollment Hits New High at Wilkes College A study of the enrollment statistics by Herbert J. Morris, registrar, and Stanley Wasilewski, director of the evening school, revealed recently that this year finds Wilkes College with the highest combined eve­ ning and day school enrollment in the history of the institution. There are 1,929 students attending Wilkes College. A count of the evening school registrations dis­ closed that 944 persons are attending classes during that session of the college program. This figure is 50percent higher than the number of students enrolled during the same semester in 1948. The one last item needed to make Wilkes College a model institution is a good Alumni Association. Not just an association which exists on paper, but one that has every member working for the success college. In 1948, the total enrollment at Wilkes College was 1,723, with 1,062 people attending day time classes on a regular basis, 40 enrolled as special students, and 621 attending night school. The responsibility that was given to the people who worked for the college when you had the privilege of attending it, has now been passed on to its gradu­ ates. You are enjoying benefits as a result of your days spent at this college. Your cooperation and sup­ port will help to make the days for present and future students at Wilkes College among the most pleasant and cherished of thejr lives, The figures for the total enrollment verify a con­ tinual growth in the enrollment at the college. It was expected this yearthat because of the decrease in the number of veterans enrolling for college courses, the number would be greatly lowered. However, a slight decrease suffeeed in the day school enrollment was more than made up by the large number of persons who enrolled for the evening classes. �MUTED Information About Misplaced Grads Located in the Public Relations Office is a master file of former B. U. J. C. and Wilkes College students. However, over a period of years some of the addresses have become incorrect and important literature mailed from the college to members of the Alumni Association has been returned. Second Annual B. U.J.C. - Wilkes Homecoming Set For November 5th Ove 2,000 members of the Bucknll University Junior College — Wilkes College Alumni Association have been invited to attend the Second Annual Home­ coming Celebration, which will be held on Saturday, November 5, on the South River Street campus. Listed below are the names of the people who can­ not be located. If you know any of these people or their whereabouts, please notify this office by mail or telephone. The mailing address is: Alumni Office, Chase Hall, Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The telephone number is: Wilkes-Barre 4-4652. V Albert Gelb John J. Lorenzini Jack M. Walsh Lillian W. Hebron Joseph J. Kipp Joseph F. Yarnot Donald E. Evans Donald P. McHugh Mrs. Stanley Weiss Helene E. Mahaffey Emmett M. Molloy Mrs. Thalenfield Henry V. Lewert Joseph M. Ravitz Lillian Stein Ruth D. Williams Barbara Harding Lillian Rosen Richard Owen Marian S. Sage William H. Klopfer Larry Fredericks Betty Salsburgh John Mera Howad Baum Beatrice Solomon Robert E. Siegfried Julius Brand Edwin W. Smith Henry H. Ward Joseph H. Brennan Mindell Small Carl W. Ziegler John Grieger Robert Sakoski Irma J. Bodycomb John C. Frick John A. Vail Lena Van Tuyl Leland W. Green Richard H. Widman Wendy E. Barkhoefer SEND YOUR CORRECT MAILING ADDRESS TO THE ALUMNI OFFICE TODAY Under the direction of Reese E. Pelton, executive secretary, and Daniel Williams, president of the asso­ ciation, the organization had its first large-scale home­ coming last year. This year's program, which is chocked full of activ­ ity, is expected to attract a large percentage of the alumni association members to the campus. The November 5 program, planned by the college alumni offcials and the members of the Wilkes College Student Council, will open with registrations in the main lounge of Chase Hall at 9 on Saturday morning. Throughout the registration period, returning grads will have an opportunity to visit members of the faculty and administration and tour the campus. I f Four members of the Wilkes College Student Coun­ cil will handle the registration. Two will have the re­ turning graduates fill out information blanks and two more will handle the sale of tickets for the events which are scheduled for the day on campus. A special section along the middle of the field will be roped off for the members of hte Alumni Associa­ tion. Taking place on campus during the afternoon will be the open house, sponsored by Theta Delta Rho Sorority, in Weckesser Hall on Northampton Street at 4 p. m. The evening program for the Homecoming Cele­ bration will begin with the annual dinner at 6 in the college cafeteria. A special program has been pre­ pared for this event. Dr. Eugene S. Farley, president of Wilkes College, will give the principle address. Re­ marks will be heard from Daniel Williams, president of the Alumni Association; Herbert J. Morris, registrar; and Thomas J. Moran, executive secretary. At 8, the Alumni Association will have a special section on the 50-yard line at Huber Stadium in Ply­ mouth to allow its members to witness Coach George Ralston's Wilkes eleven battle Rider College. Following the game, the annual Homecoming Dance will be held from 10:30 to 1 in St. Stephen's Church house on South Franklin Street. The college cafeteria will be open only to dorm­ itory students on Saturday, but lunches may be obtain­ ed in establishments close to the campus. The entire expense of the day at Wilkes College will not exceed S3.00. Tickets for the dinner, football ball game, and dance may be purchased during the registration period on Saturday morning in Chase Hall. At 2 p. m. the first major event on the homecoming program will take place when Coach Bob Partridge's Wilkes College soccer tem will play host to the squad from Howard University in the area along side of the dike in Kirby Park. For those members who desire to attend only one or two events, arrangements have been made to sell tickets for each affair. Reservations for the dinner, however, must be made in writing before Wednesday, November 2, to the Alumni Office. Homecoming Events // 9-12—Registration—Main Lounge, Chase Hall. 2 p. m.—Soccer Game—Kirby Park. 6 p. m.—Homecoming Dinner—Wilkes Cafeteria. 8 p. m.—Football Garni -Huber Stadium, Plymouth. (Wilkes College vs. Howard University) & e**^**^*e*,H? // / 4 p. m.—Open House—Weckesser Hall. (Theta Delta Rho Sorority) 10:30 to 1—Homecoming Dance (Informal) St. Stephen's Churchhouse �College To Jointly Sponsor Malcuzynski, Concert Pianist Witold Malcuzynski, internationally famous concert pianist, will appear at Irem Temple on Monday evening, November 7, under the auspices of Wilkes College and the Polish-American Organizations in Wyoming Valley. Malcuzynski, a former student of Professor Turczynski at the Warsaw Conservatory, winner of a Grand Prix at the last Intenational Chopin Competi­ tion, and the most celebrated protege of Paderewski, is today holding concert audiences spellbound all over the world. Without question, he is one of the busiest artists in concert, and his stage personality has a tremendous and evergrowing mass appeal. The local organizations are working in conjunction with the Kosciuszko Foundation. AU proceeds from the concert, after expenses have been de­ ducted, will be turned over to the Kosciuszko Foundation Fund for the purpose of providing musical scholarships. "f Tickets for this affair are available at various music centers in WilkesBarre and at the music studio on the Wilkes College campus. In order to pre­ sent this fine pianist to the people of Wyoming Valley, a special price of SI.65 has been set. Witold Malcuzynski Malcuzynski, who is famous for his interpretation of Frederic Chopin's music will appear at a time when the whole world is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the great composer's death. ary schools during the present semester. Left to right. First row: Above are the student teachers training iin the three Wilkes-Barre secondai lall, George Petrilak, Clement Scott; Third Kenneth Widdc C Elva Fuller, Jane Reese, Mary Porter, Virginiat Meissner; Second row, William Griffith, row, Lewis White, Raymond Smith, Herbert Quick, Larry Melias, John Stark. Members of the committee are: Honorary Chairman, Dr. Eugene S. Farley; Chairman, Dr. Joseph Kocyan; Co-Chairman, Miss Mary Koons; Sec­ retary-Treasurer, Donald E. Cobleigh. Tickets—Chaim an Mrs. Marie Mieszkowski, Mrs. E. J. Varhely, Charles Henderson, Mrs. Charles H. Miner, Mrs. Sherman Ryan, Mrs. Edward Nork, Mrs. E. Makowski, Mrs. Sophie Wojcik, Mrs. Aaron Weiss, Mrs. Reuben Levy. Publicity and Advertising—Chairman Thomas J. Moran, Mrs. E. Makowski, Mrs. E. J. Varhely, Joseph Lester, Richard Stefanski, Mrs. Stephen Heller. Scholarship Fund—Chairman Joseph Lehter, Rich­ ard Stefanski. Ushers—Miss Betty Harker. Watch Those Newspapers... Many times during the past two years you have probably picked up the newspapers and read about various development at the college. These articles are products of the Public Relations Department at Wilkes College. Publicity is valuable to a college. It is one of the major tools for introducing the institution and its value to the public. The outside world, which has no con­ nection with Wilkes College, must obtain its news about the institution in the nev/spapers and other pub­ lications. The public relations staff has been directing the major portion of this publicity to newspapers in the Wilkes-Barre area, but another very important share of news releases is sent to nev/spapers in towns out­ side the regular college area. In order to find out just how much news about Wilkes College is being used in nev/spapers outside the community it is necessary to depend upon clippings which appear in publications. Some of the larger universities and colleges em­ ploy clipping services to return their publicity, but colleges the size of Wilkes must depend upon members of the Alumni Association and other friends of the in­ stitution to keep their publicity offices informed of progress being made in other regions. The publicity staff at Wilkes College would greatly appreciate it if former students living outside of WilkesBarre would clip items containing mention of Wilkes College and mail it to the Public Relations Office in Chase Hall. We do not want articles that appear in the Wilkes-Barre newspapers, but items appearing in other publications (magazines, trade magazines, fold­ ers, brochures) are available. No article is too small. Send it to us. The Student Teachers Of The Past I Anderson, Eugene R.—Graduate student, Bucknell University. Baum, Norman—Employed by father. 'Bensbn, Nicholas M.—Seeking a teaching position. Bransdori. Muriel—Graduate student, Columbia University. Cavan, Gerard—Teacher, West Pittston High School. Culp, John M.—Graduate student. Teachers College, Columbia Davidoff, Mark I.—Instructor, Wilkes College. ""Davies, William S.—Isaac Long Unit Control. Dew, Alice—Fellowship, Carnegie Tech School of Library Science. Ermel, George F.—Lieutenant, U. S. Army in Japan. Farris, Loretta—Clerical position. Fischer, Claire—Seeking position. Glowacki, Sophia Ann—Director, Children's Theatre, Wilkes-Barre. Golightly, Miriam D.—Teacher, Boonton High School, New Jersey. Green, Marjorie T.—Seeking a teaching position. Gudaitis, Joseph L.—Student, Wilkes College. Hass, Karl L.— Henry, William J.—Department of Public Assisance. Hudzik, John E.—Graduate student, University of Pennsylvania. Hiznay, Joseph M.—Instructor, Main Div. International Cor. School. Jenkins,'Thomas R.—Teacher, Womelsdorf High School. Jones, Carolyn L.—Teacher, Lansdown High School. Jones, David G.—Seeking a teaching position. Jones, George B.—Teacher, Seattle, Wash., Public School. Jones, Henry L.—-Seeking a teaching position. Kitler, Joseph G.—Student, Wilkes College. Knapich, Chester—Student, Wilkes College. Kosicki, Graduate student, Bucknell University. Kovalski, William S.—Graduate student, Bucknell University. Manning, Thomas G.—Graduate student. University of Pennsylvania. Maylock, Eugene—Teacher, Shickshinny High School. Mikulewicz, Robert T.—Teacher, Lajunta High School, Colorado. Miller, Robert J.—Graduate student, Columbia University. Moran, Thomas J.—Director, Public Relations, Wilkes College. Oleksy, Joseph S.-—Teacher, Wyoming High School. Pelton, Reese E—Teacher, Dallas Township High School. Permowicz, Edward S.—Student, Wilkes College. Pulos, John—Teacher, University of Athens, Greece. Rees, Shirley J.—Seeking a position. Richards, Thomas C.—Graduate student, Columbia University. Rosoloski, Stanley J.—Graduate student, Bucknell University. Rudolph, Edythe—Employed, Jewish Welfare, New York. Russell, Roberta L.—Married. Sleicher, Laura J.—Seeking a teaching position. Shetline, Leonard J.—Teacher, Maryland. Spanos, James A.—Teacher, Towson High School, Maryland. Thomas, Burton J.—Teacher, Medina High Schoola, New York. Toplis, William M.—Teacher, Media, Pa. Trannel, Carl J.—Graduate student, Bucknell University. Trowell, James M.—Graduate student, University of Pennsylvania. Watrs, Robert W.—Student, Wilkes College. Wideman, Anthony—Teacher, Mshoppen, Pa. Widman, Richard H.- -Teacher, Laceyville and Mehoopany H. S. Williams, Daniel E.—Teacher, Dallas Township High School. Williams, Rhuea V.—Teacher, Wilkes-Barre Day School. Woolcock, Margaret J.—Teacher, Kingston Township High School. �Wilkes Graduate Named Career Girl of 1949 Four Appointments Made To Wilkes College Staff For the second time in as many years Wilkes College contributed the winner of the Career Girl Con­ test sponsored by the Parade of Progress, when Miss Mildred Orlowski, 22, was chosen for the honor in September. Wilkes College faculty was further strengthened this semester with the announcement by Dr. Eugene S. Farley of the appointment of four new members to the body and the return of two others, who has been on leave of absence for graduate study. Last year, Doris Gcrka of Nanticoke, a member of the 1949 graduating class, became the first Wilkes College student to receive the honor. The History and Language Department each re­ ceived one new member and the Psychology Depart­ ment was increased by two. The two returning mem­ bers were to the English Department. Miss Orlowski, who is studying for her master's degree in bacteriology at the University of Maryland, was selected as the new career girl by Nancy Carrol, screen actress; Helen Hess Duke, managing editor for McCall's Magazine, and Phoebe E. Follmer, dean of women at Dickinson College. The new career girl was given S1.000 in cash from the Parade of Progress; an entire street outfit; a Con­ over Career Girl schooling; a 36-inch safari dyed Mouton lamb coat; a 17-jewel yellow gold wrist watch; a diamond solitaire gold ring; an evning gown; an allwool twoo-toned street coat, courses in ballroom and ballet dancing, a full portrait, and a scholarship now being arranged. Hoh-Cheung Mui, a graduate of Columbia Univer­ sity, was named assistant professor in the History Depar.mem, Mui graduated from Lingman Middle School and Lingman University. He came to this country for graduate work and received his M. A. from Columbia. He recently completed his work for his doctorate at the same institution. Mui taught English and history in Lingman Middle School and in Chee Hong High School, Hongkong. He was employed in the research department of the Department of Civil Administration for the Kwangtung Provincial Government and represented the Bank of China in its New York Agency. 1949-50 College Social Event Calendar Date Date NOVEMBER— JANUARY- 3— Coffee Hour—College Cafeteria—3:30 18—Final Exams Begin 4—Women's Faculty Party 28—Final Exams End 5—Homecoming—Wilkes-Rider Football Game J T 30—Student Council's Winter Carnival 7—Malcuzynski Concert 12—Beacon Press Conference FEBRUARY11—Theta Delta Rho’s Valentine Dance —Wilkes vs. National Agricultural College 13—Theta Delta Rho's High School Tea 14—Alumni Meeting—7:30—Science Lecture Hall 15— Coffee Hour—College Cafeteria—3:30 MARCH— 16— One Act Play—Cue 'N' Curtain Club 1—Theta Delta Rho's Fashion Show 17— One Act Play—Cue 'N' Curtain Club 4—Beacon's Cabaret Party 18— One Act Play—Cue 'N' Curtain Club 17—Theta Delta Rho’s High School Tea 19— Wilkes vs. King's College Sport Dance (following game) 24—Theta Delta Rho Tea Dance APRIL— 6—Men's Dorm Social 14—Letterman's April Shower Dance Five of the seven candidates selected during pre­ liminary screening were from Wilkes College. Other Wilkes students participating in the contest were: Helen Casey, Jean Grumbling, Mary Porter, and Doro­ thy Wilkes. Mark Davidoff, who graduated from Wilkes Col­ lege, and took graduate work during the past summer, joined the Language Department as an instructor in Spanish. Two additions were made in the Psychology De­ partment with the appointment of Joseph Kanner and Robert Riley, both of whom graduated from Wilkes College. Theta. Delta Rho Again Takes Lead On Campus For the past three years Theta Delta Rho, Wilkes College's only sorority, has been one of the big guns in the sponsoring of campus affairs and the 1949-50 social calendar reveals that this same organization is again one of the chief planning groups for campus activity. Under the capable guidance of its faculty adviser, Miss Betty L. Harker, Dean of Women, the sorority has been playing a big part in the college's program to acquaint local high school girls with the advantages of attending an institution of higher learning at home. Twice during the Spring Semester, Theta Delta Rho holds high school teas in the third floor lounge and Assistant Professors Edward Williams and Joseph Donnelly returned to the English Department's faculty after working on their doctorates at Columbia Univer­ sity. girls representing almost every high school in Luzerne County are invited to attend. Besides the teas, the sorority sponsors many dances and afternoon socials for both students and faculty. The big event of the year for the sorority is the Valentine s Dance, which is usually held at the Irem Temple. Marilyn Broadt is president of the sorority this year and Mary Porter, officer during the 1948-49 school year, is social chairman. DECEMBER— 20—All College Punch Party 1—Cue 'N' Curtain's "Ghost Train" 2—Cue 'N' Curtain's "Ghost Train" 9—Senior Tea Dance in Weckesser Hall 13—Theta Delta Rho's Christinas Party MAY— 5—Punch Party in Weckesser Hall 12— Mother's Day Tea—Theta Delta Rho 13— Men's Dorm Picnic 14— Men's Dorm Christmas Party 18—Theta Delta Rho's Junior-Senior Dinner 16—Letterman's Christmas Dance 26—Cinderella Ball �FKOSEJ TTEIIISWAIL, "FALL CAMPUS SCENE" "JOHN FLORKIEWICZ, WILKES BACK" "SAD-EYED JURY" "FATHER DAUGHTER AT WILKES" "THE END OF A SENTENCE" "COLLECTING 1,000 NAMES" �Two Prominent Men Named To College Board of Trustees During the past month two outstand­ ing men of local and national importance were named to the Wilkes College Board of Trustees bringing the total number on the governing body to 24. Admiral Harold R. Stark (ret.), former Chief of Naval Oper­ ations and Commander of the European Naval Forces during the last war, and the Honorable John S. Fine, Judge of the Pennsylvania Superi­ Hon. John S. Fine or Courts, vzere introduced by Gilbert S. McClintock, chairman of the board, as new members. Admired Stark, who was prominent as one of the nations top naval officials during World War H, ended Scholarships To Be Awarded Student Publication Editors Dr. Frank Specher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Speicher, 353 W. Main Street, Plymouth, Pa., and former Bucknell Jun­ ior College student, has opened a dental office in the Miners National Bank Bldg., in Wilkes-Barre. In an effort to encourage greater interest in jour­ nalism at Wilkes College, eight scholarships valued at SI,500 have been made available to students, who through outstanding service on student publications, become editors and business managers. 47 years service in 1947 and is presently residing at Lake Carey. Judge Fine, who was born in Newport Township and later moved to Nanticoke, where he now resides, graduated from Nanticoke High School. He attended Dickinson School of Law and took post-graduate work ’ at Trini.y College and at the University of Dublin in Ireland. He was admitted to the Luzerne County Bar in March 1915, and pracaced law until 1917, when he en­ tered the military service. Appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County on January 3, 1927, and then serving two ten-year terms in that office. Judge Fine was appointed to the Pennsylvania Superior Court on June 17, 1947. He was elected for a full ten-year term in November of that year. 4 f Other members of the Wilkes College Board of Trustees are: Chairman Gilbert S. McClintock, Charles H. Miner, J., J. B. Carr, Mrs. Charles E. Clift, Mrs. Franck G. Darte, Dr. Samuel M. Davenport, Miss Annette Evans, Edward Griffith, George W. Guckelberger, James p. Harris, Mrs. Edward H. Kent, Dr. Joseph J. Kocyan, Miss Mary R. Koons, Reuben H. Levy, Arnaud C. Marts, Dr. P. P. Mayock, F. E. Parkhurst, Jr., Col. J. Henry Pool, Dr. Charles S. Roush, Andrew J. Sordoni, Julius Long Stern, Admiral Harold R. Stark, and Fred­ erick J. Weckesser. Dr. Frank Speicher Three Wilkes College Buildings Named After Historical Figures Both John Wilkes and Isaac Barre, whose last names form the title of this key city in the "coal re­ gions , vzere English patriots, who carried out a con­ tinual fight for freedom in the colonies and in England. Gilbert S. McClintock, chairman of the board of trustees, announced recently that the buildings would be named after Zebulon Butler, Isaac Barre, and Tim­ othy Pickering. Two of the three buildings named—-located on South River Street along the Susquehanna River—were presented to the college by the members of the Board of Trustees during 1945-46. The other property, the home of the late Dr. S. P. Mengel, South Franklin Street, was purchased by the college earlier this year. The naming of the buildings after historical figures in addition to the name of the college and its location on a nationally known Revolutionary War site, calls attention to Wyoming Valley as one of the most color­ ful and best known locations of early American His­ tory in the country. The property at 154 South River Steet, which is used for classes and faculty offices, is now known as Isaac Barre Hall. Zebulon Butler Hall, located at 158 South River Street, is the Men's Dormitory. The newest addi.ion to the college properties—the building at 181 South Franklin Street—was named after Timothy Pick­ ering. Foil owi n g two years at the junior college. Dr. Speicher went on to receive his degree from the University in Lewis­ burg. He took his graduate work at the Temple Unive r s i t y Dental School. He is affiliated with many fraternal organizations: John A. Kolmer Honorary Medical Society; James Society of Clinical Pathology; President, James R. Cameron Honorary Society of Oral Surgery; Vicepresident, Junior American Dental Association; Presi­ dent, Delta Sigma Delta Fraternity. i Wilkes College, named after the outstanding ad­ vocate and defender of American freedom, John Wilkes, turned again to the pages of the Eighteenth Century history to obtain titles for three buildings located on a campus, which almost 200 years ago was the site of the old Fort Wyoming. B. U. J. C. Grad Opens Dental Office In City Civic Groups Use Wilkes College Among the many civic organizations who have recently chosen Wilkes College as the site for their meetings was the Northeastern State District of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction. Held in the Lecture Hall, which seats 240 people, the meeting was under the direction of district chair­ man, Lonard Utz, supervisor of English in Wilkes-Barre City Schools. The session was one of nine district meetings being conducted throughout the state for the purpose of discussing secondary school curriculum improvement. Dr. Eugene S. Farley, president of Wilkes, opened the day's activities with an address on "Keeping the Secondary School In Step With Contemporary Develop­ ments." Dr. Frederick L. Pond, Supervising Curriculum Consultant for the Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction, spoke on the possible changes needed in the secondary school curriculum and acquainted the district representatives with the changes needed to The scholarships will cover college journalists who gin the top editorial and advertising positions on the student newspaper, "The Beacon", and the college yearbook, "The Amnicola". According to the statement issued by Dr. Eugene S. Farley, president, after a meeting with the adminis­ trative council and the board of publications, the edit­ ors of both publications will receive full tuition for the year they are serving. These two awards are valued at $900. The News Editor, Feature Editor, and Business Manager of the student newspaper will each receive $100 scholarships. The yearbook Assistant Editor, Pic­ ture Editor, and Business Manager will also each re­ ceive S100 awards. The notice from the president's office stated, "It has been found that many outstanding students can­ not participate in the work of hte Beacon and the Amni­ cola because of excessive demands upon their time and energy. These demands have been so great that students who must earn all or a portion of their tuition have found it impossible to contribute to these publica­ tions. "To enable all students to cooperate in the produc­ tion of these school publications, a series of scholar­ ships will hereafter be awarded to those who through outstanding service become editors and business man­ agers of these publications." In order to be eligible for the award the editors must have at least two years of experience on the pub­ lication and must have rendered outstanding service. In addition, they must maintain academic standing of at least a C average. The assistant editors and busi­ ness managers must have one year of service nd a C average. All awards will be made by a publication board composed of faculty advisers of both publications, Dean of Women Bettly L. Harker, and the editors of the two publications. bring the present curriculum up to date with existing conditions. The State Department of Public Instruction has committees working in each of six subject fields: Eng­ lish, Mathematics, Science, Geography, Social Studies, and Modem Languages. Following the initial assembly, which found an over-flowing crowd of more than 300 representatives, the groups were assigned to rooms in the various col­ lege buildings for individual subject discussions. �THE COLONEL SPORTS PARADE ,<:!!! Ki Above are members of the first soccer team to represent Wilkes Colleg. Left to right: Kneeling, Benjamin Beers, Bruce MacKie, Keith Rasmussen. Lester Gross. Captain Cy Kovolchick. Carl Wallison. Jerry Weiss. Ed Wheatley; Standing, Coach Bob Partridc Partridge. Bob Hooper, Bill Mosely. Riga Lemoncelli, George Petrilak. Charles Jackson. Bob Neilson. Jim Gatens. Donald Tosh. Tosh, Sam Owens, Owens. Manager Marly I Blake. Above arc the members of the 1919 Wilkes College football squad. right: First row—Ed Krombel, John Feeney, John DeRemer, George Lewis, Al Dalton, Olie Thomas, John Jones, Dick Scripp, Frank Radaszewski, Gerrard Washco, :o, John Johi Florkiewicz, and Walt Hendershot. Seocn ! row—Norman Cromack. Al Molosh, Francis Pinkowski, Joseph Stevens, Paul Thomas, Dill Davis, Norm Cross, Al Nicholas, George Elias, Leo Solomon. Sam Eiias, Hank Supinski, Gene Snee. Third row—Chet Knap’ch, Don Jones, Al Manarski, George McMahon, John Strojny, Bill John, Dan Pinkowsk’., John Havir, Dan McHugh, Robert Hall, William Morgan, Ed Bogusko. Colonels Face Toughest Foe On Saturday The Wilkes College football team will take the field on Saturday evening at Plymouth's Huber Stadium and a record ot 13 games without having suffered a loss will be at stake. This Saturday's game, however, finds Coach George Ralston's eleven facing one cf the toughest teams—i: not the toughest—in its four-year grid history. The opponent will be Rider College, the same team that had a bowl bid all sewed up last year when the little college from the heart of the Anthracite Region sen: dovzn an eleven that walloped the ears off the lads from the Trenton, N. J. school by a 14 to 0 margin. Tha: astounding upset by Wilkes College will never be forgotten because it ruined the chances Rider College had of making a name for itself in one of the quickest, sure-fire fashions—a bowl game. When the out-of-state eleven takes the field against Wilkes the stage will be set for one of the hardest- fought contests this area can ever hope to see. Bo h colleges have good records. Rider has lost to only one foe—Bowling Green—and that is nothing to be ashamed cf, while Wilkes has only one slight smudge on its record and that is the 14-14 tie with St. Francis. Coach Ralston reports that his team will be in top condi ion for the contest that the campus grid enthusi­ asts call, "The game of the season." The genial coach, who seldom makes predictions abou; the outcome of games, broke silence this week and s ated that this contest with Rider will be a tough cne. The Rider club is supposed to be one of the top small college teams of the East and it is just possible that the power may be too much for the Colonels. Last year the same feeling was present, however, but the outcome of the game 14 to 0 in favor of Wilkes surprised many of the supporters of the Jersey school. t Soccer, The Fifth Intercollegiate Sport After one year of intramural conditioning, "Opera­ tions Soccer" stepped into the intercollegiate competi­ tion and became the fifth major sport at Wilkes College this year. Under the coaching of Bob Partridge, member of the History Department, who has more than a fair amount of the booting game under his belt, Wilkes has given a good account of itself on the field. The parent of the modern gridiron game is not new to the coal regions. It was one of the chief sports here some 25 years ago, but suddenly dropped from its once lofty perch when other sports came into being in great­ er numbers in this area. The gap between the lime soccer was in the coal regions and the present period when it has returned was too great to produce regional players who under­ stood the fundamentals of the sport. Coach Patrridge started from scratch with the majority of the candidates and had some encouragement from the fact that a few of the men out for the team had played it while at­ tending schools away from here. Although no victories have been chalked up for the Colonels to date, the season cannot help but be a success because the foundation for what well may turn out to be the chief sport at Wilkes is being laid now. The years to come should see the present sea­ son's efforts paying off with wins. The college is fortunate in having a competent ccach. Partridge has been closely related to the game that is so much like the pigskin sport since his high school days. He played in the highly soccer conscious secondary school league and later shifted his booting interests to the University of Pennsylvania. Besides being one of the too baseball men for four years at that institution, Partridge was outstanding on the soccer field. In his senior year, he was not only elected captain of the team, but was named to the All American team for outstanding performance. This Saturday the Wilkes College team will play Howard University in a special Homecoming contest on the soccer field along the dike in Kirby Park. A special section has been provided to alumni to attend the game, which commences at 2 p. m. �"down memory lane 15 YEARS AGO (FALL, 1934) Sophomore courses have been added to Bucknell University Junior Colleqe this year and are identical to those offered on the . . . . . , ~ _______ T> •»—I________ _r —,011 stated President. --TT Homer P. Rainey of Bucknell campus at c..Lewisburg, ------------- 3.-----------------------University. » w« The first student to transfer from Bucknell University Junior College will be Miss Ruth Dattner of Luzeme, who will enter as a sophomore at Wellesley College. // New Placement Center Aids Students and Grads Realizing the need for research in the employment field for the purpose of aiding students and graduates obtain positions, Wilkes Col­ lege has opened its own Placement Office on the third floor of Chase Hall. Bucknell Junior College Thespians will present their first major production for this year on December 12 and 13. The play, a comedy in three acts, was written in 1826 by John Poole, under the title of “Wealthy Widow”. »w« Prof. Paul Gies, director of music at BUJC, announced that re­ hearsals of the large company of Wyoming Valley singers that will take part in the Bach Festival, will begin on Thursday evening, October 24. » W€ Ambrose Saricis, Jr., son of Wilkes-Barre's new fire chief, was elected president of Bucknell Junior College Economics Club. Other officers named were: Marjorie Richards, secretary-treasurer; Robert Nelson, luncheon-manager; and George Jacobs, field trip manager. The fall dance cf Bucknell Junior College was held in the audit­ orium of the college last night and was attended by 150 students and friends. »w« Dr. John H. Eisenhauer, directoro of Bucknell Junior College, has returned to this div following a short visit to Lewisburg. Members of the Political Science Club of Bucknell Junior College held their first luncheon meeting at the Vanity Fair last night when Attorney Wiliam A. Valentine appeared as the principal speaker for the occasion. Th“ entire bu-Td;nq of the Wilkes-Barre Business College, 29-31 We=‘ w^rt^amotrn Street has been recently leased for a period of years hr Bucknell Junior College. The Junior College has occupied part of he buHdina- durinn the past year. In the course of the sum­ mer various improvements were made. 10 YEARS AGO (FALL 1939) ten scholarships for young men of Wilkes-Barre and the Wyo­ ming Valley area who have applied for private pilot trrrirnng nndor the proaram offered by the Civil Aeronautics Association through Bucknell Junior College will enable the candidates to begin training this week. Two of the wnners of the annual scholarships given by Bucknell Junior College to high ranking students in last year's freshman class are Miss Ruth Lynn and Miss Ruth Guamacci, it was announced yesterday b”- Director Eugene Farley. 3> W e Dr. Daniel J. Gage, head nead of the history histc department of the Buck­ nell Junior College, will deliver his second secant lecture of the series being sponsored by the International Relations Group of the Wilkes-Barre branch of the American Association of University Women this eve­ ning at 8 in the Studio Theater at Chase Hall. » W< A. group of BUJC students are spending their Thanksgiving vaca­ tion touring the play houses of New York City, enjoying ballet per­ formances. Miss Norma Sanguillano, head of the dramatics group at the college, is in charge of the trip. Miss Muriel Rees, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Rees, 81 Grove Street, a sophomore at BUJC, has received one of the two dramatic scholarships, given annually by the Children's 'Theater for dramatic excellence. John J. Chwalek 3 YEARS AGO (FALL 1946) Dr. Eugei me S. Farley, director of BUJC, announced yesterday that the local1 junior college will be represented on the gridiron this fall for the first time in the history of the institution. He disclosed that Georgee F. Ralston, former member of the Forty Fort High School athletic dep jpartment, will become the first coach of football and director of gathletes. 5 John Chwalek, member of the Sociology Department, has been released from some of his teaching duties to handle the assignment of Director of the new center. The office has been in operation since the early pari of September and results to date have proven that the new center will provide aid to many students and graduates who otherwise would not be able to obtain employment. »w« Two cappointments to the BUJC faculty ’were announced by Dr. Eugene S> .Farley, director. George F. Rak Iston was named to the newly-created post of dean of mn, while Kathryn E. Domingu juez of the Children's Service Center, city, was named insturcotr of A psychology. A considerable amount of time and effort has been exerted by Mr. Chwalek toward the establishing of con­ tacts with the many business agencies throughout the three coun ies surrounding the college. To date, many students and graduates have been placed. Students who are in need of aid while attend­ ing college have been placed in positions which allow them ample time to attend classes and handle lesson preparation. According to the new placement director, the holi­ day seasons will provide a large number of parttime positions for students. He emphasized the importance of the new center to local merchants and businsss men. Previously, the employer was at loss when he wanted additional help on either full or parttime basis because of the lack of a central office upon which he could place his request for help. It is the hope of the new director that the contacts o' the Placement Center can be enlarged so as to pro­ vide employment to both students and graduates on both a local and national basis. Notices concerning the inauguration of the new service being offered by Wilkes College have been sent to all businessmen and merchants so that this in­ stitution will receive first call when vacancies occur. "Wilkes College On The Air" Resumes Regular Programs Wilkes Women's Group Enjoying Best Year Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning at 11:45 over radio station WHWL in Nanticoke, Pa., "Wilkes College On The Air"—a 15-minute program of news, views, and interviews about Wyoming Valley's only four-year co-educational institution of higher learning goes out over the airways to thousands of people. The program was started last January through the generosity of the Nanticoke station and has continued to be beamed to friends of the college and station listen­ ers ever since. The programs are under the direction of the Public Relations Staff of Wilkes College and enable all the van ous scholastic and extra-curricular activities of the ins.i.u ion to present their interests to the public over the microphone. There is little trouble in finding radio material for these programs as the college has many clubs, which are anxious to acquaint the public with the intricate details of their organization. "Wilkes College On The Air" has just about every type of program possible. During the present college radio season the most unique program was the talk given by Dr. Charles B. Reif, head of the Biology De­ partment. The faculty representative shattered the long believed myth about Harvey's Lake having no bottom, when he presented facts and figures to prove that the so-called mysterical body of water went down only 90 feet in the deepest spot, Other programs include: one-act plays, chemistry reviews cn the latest development in modern science, choral work, band music, sports interviews, and news. One of the most active organizations on campus is the Wilkes Women's Group, composed of faculty wives and women faculty members. Every other week the. organization sponsors a Coffee Hour for the benefit of the students and faculty members in the college cafeteria. Besides the regular school year program, the Wilkes Women's Group plans many extra social func­ tions that provide the highlights of the social year at Wilkes College. The club was organized last year with Mrs. Rosen­ berg as the first president. Its first project, which is being continued this year, was a series of Coffee Hours. The club has regular meetings on the second Friday of ach month in the evening in the Chase Hall Lounge, with a business session and a program. Officers and committee chairmen: President, Mrs. Harold Thatcher; Vice-president, Miss Mildred E. Hull; Secretary, Mrs. Hugo V. Malley; Treasurer, Mrs. Robert W. Partridge; Historian, Mrs. Stanko M. Vujica; Pub­ licity, Mrs. Edward M. Williams; Program, Mrs. Samuel A. Rosenberg; Coffee Hours, Mrs. Alfred W. Bastress; Hostess, Mrs. Herbert J. Morris. Program—Mrs. Samuel A. Rosenberg, chairman; Miss Mary E. Craig, Mrs. Cromwell E. Thomas, Mrs. Edward J. Manley, Mrs. Eugene S. Farley, Mrs. John Howell Williams, Miss Catherine E. Bone, Miss Betty L. Harker. Coffee Hour—Mrs. Alfred W. Bastress, chairman; Mrs. John A. Chwalek, Mrs. Edward N. Heltzel, Mrs. Donald R. Kersteen, Mrs. Arthur N. Kruger, Mrs. James J. Laggan, Mrs. Edward J. Manley, Mrs. John J. Riley. »w« Dr. James M. Hepbron, one of the country's leading criminolo­ gists and chairman of the Maryland State Commission on Juvenile Delinquency, spoke to the student body of Bucknell Junior College yesterday during the assembly program in the Presbyterian Church House. 1 YEAR AGO (FALL 1949) Wilkes College will inaugurate two courses in Slovak—element­ ary Slovak language and Slovak culture—during the evening classes of the fall semester, which begins September 20. » w « Wyomingj Valley residents will have their first opportunity to view the celel ?brated Gimbel Pennsylvania Art Exhibit, sponsored by lection is opned to the general public this morning at 9 in Ashley Wilkes College and the local Chamber of Commerce, when the colHall Annex. »w« A fighting Wilkes 1 College - - -. eleven last night ran, slipped, slid end fell to a 26 to 0 victoryr over King's College before 2,200 raindrenched fans at Kingston Hi figh School Stadium. »w« The inauguration of a new tradition, a homecoming celebration for Bucknell University Junior College and Wilkes College alumni, will take place on the week-end of November 19. » w« Registrations for individual instructions at Wilkes College School of Music during the fall semester will be taken this week, according to an announcement by Donald E. Cobleigh, head of the school. » w v. Wilkes College Student Council will ope.. >en its fall semester social program with a freshman dance tonight ------ ----from Z ‘.w 912, to 12, at 3-.. Sans Souci Park pavilion, according to John J. Feeney, Peen social chairman. » v/ v. The flow of students entering Wilkes College for the fall sem­ ester on one of the two subsidized programs has dropped Io 23 per cent of the total number of now students admitted, f �Alumni Record Did We Tell You That... HARRY CAMPBELL, who attended the Junior Col­ lege in 1938-39, recently visi.ed the campus while spending several days in this region with his sister, Dr. Marion Eckert, resident physician at the Nesbitt Hospital. Harry is exployed by the Glen L. Martin Company in Baltimore, Md. . . . RALPH CONNOR, class of 1949, is employed by the Traveler's Insurance Company. He is selling life, health, and accident in­ surance with offices in the Miners National Bank .... DR. VINCENT A. McCROSSEN, who was an instructor in German and World Literature at uBcknell Junior College in 1935-36, has been appointed professor of Romance languages at Boston College. MURIEL RUTH BRANSDORF, class of '48, became the bridge Jerome Mintzer of Wilkes-Barre on August 27 .... DR. HENRY G. GALLAGHER, M. D„ who at­ tended the Junior College and later graduated from the University of Scranton, has opened offices on Lake Street in Dallas .... Two fomer Wilkes students, MISS JUDY BARTLEBAUGH and PAUL K. RICHARDS, class of '49, were married recently in the Forty Fort Methodist Church .... FAITH DAVIS, former Wilkes student, who was the granddaughter of the late Dr. S. P. Mengel, former owner of what is now known as Timothy Picker­ ing Hall, was maried to William Abbott Weaver, Jr. . . . .MIRIAM GOLIGHTLY, who served as social editor c: the Sunday Independent before she graduated in 1948 from Wilkes, became the bride of HERMAN BAUMANN, JR. Mrs. Baumann is teaching in NewJersey. REESE E. PELTON and DANNY WILLIAMS, mem­ bers ol the 1948 class, are teaching in the Dallas Town­ ship High School Reese has continued his musical in­ terests and now has one of the finest dance orchestras in the region .... GLORIA F. BOGUSZEWSKI, class of '45 at the Junior College, is married to Emil J. Suda .... MARY LOU SEROKA, former Wilkes student, recently became the wife of John Cintala of Nanticoke DOUGLAS MacNEAL, president of the 1948 graduating class, recently marria KATHRYN POTTER, class of '49. Doug is now attending the University of Pennsylvania Dental School .... ALBERTA H. NOVICK, member of the class of '48 and one of the first cheerleaders for the college, became the bride of Theodore J. Killian. Wilkes College had the distinction of sending the first candidate in Eastern Pennsylvania to the new Regular Army Wac Officer Candidate School in the person of MISS ELEANOR E. KRUTE, secretary of the 1949 graduating class. Before coming to Wilkes, Miss Krute served 23 months overseas in Cairo and Vienna and also in Washington as a civil service employee. REV. GEORGE DICKINSON is minister of the Methodist Church in Avoca. Rev. Dickinson finished at the Junior College in 1940 and received his degree from Lewisburg in 1942 .... HARRY BLACK, class of '49, is employed by the Nanticoke Review as business manager .... JOSEPH KANNER, MARK DAVIDOFF, and ROBERT RILEY, members of the 1948 class, are now instructors at Wilkes College .... NATHANIEL W. TREMBATH, who attended Wilkes in 1946-47, has been appointed to the faculty of Bucknell University as an instructor in electrical engineering. The latest of transfers which pop up in every college at the beginning of the school includes: ALFRED J. CYGONOWSKI to Bloomsburg STC, ALBERT GEORGE DANISHONKO to Temple School of Pharmacy, HAINARD GONCHAR to University of Pennsylvania, BER­ NICE LEAGUS io Bucknell University, NAOMI HONS to Bucknell University, ELVIRA THOMPSON to Blooms­ burg STC lor commercial education, NORMA VON IGNATIUS to Whittier College, WILLIAM POLTROCK to Fenn State, HOWARD STUBBLEBINE to Temple Uni­ versity Law School, JOHN ENDLER to Lehigh Univer- I”° that we may keep our alumni records up to date and increase our service to you, please fill out this informa.ion blank and mail back to the Alumni Office, Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., immediately. All college material, which will be of interest to you will be sent to you, following the arrival and filing of this information sheet. 1 Name LAST MIKE FEZ, class of 1949, is employed by the Boy Scouts of America in Reading, Pa JOHN J. EVAN is a federal bank inspector in Pittsburgh. He is a mem­ ber of the 1949 class. . . .Another '49er, JACK BROBYN is working for Bloomsburg Mills. . . .DONALD WOLFE, '49, is working with the U. S. Army for one year .... BOB MIKULEWICZ, class of '48, is teaching Lajuanta High School, Colorado, after graduating from that state's university, MIDDLE Maiden Name P RESTON STURDEVANT to University of Pennsyl­ vania Dental School, GEORGE MAISEL to George Washington, ALBERT FREEMAN to University of Penn­ sylvania Dental School, FRED CATLIN to Dickinson College, MARIE. YOZVIAK to Bloomsburg STC, MARI­ LYN SICKLER to Misericordia, TOM BRAIN to U. S. Mili.ary Academy, FRANK MAYEWSKI to New Eng­ land Conservatory of Music, FRANCES MARKOWITZ to Penn State, TOYCE BURCHARD to Nursing School in Moline, UL, ETHEL SNEE to U. C. L. A., DICK LAUX to Bloomsburg STC, FRANK RUSINKO to Penn State, EARL LAWTON to Muhlenberg College, JOAN WALSH io Misericordia. JIMMY FARRELL, class of '49, is working for Brooks and Company, engaged in investments and trusts .... KENNETH TAYLOR, '49, is employed in the petroleum department of G. L. F. Corporation, Erie .... ALICE DEW, '49, is attending Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh, where she was granted a fellowship to the School of Library Science, under the sponsorship of the Osterhout Library .... RUTH D. SMITH, also from the 1949 class, has been employed at Lackawanna Casualty Com­ pany since July, 1949 .... BOB LIPMAN, class of '47, is employed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health Sanitation in Harrisburg .... Working for the same department in Wilkes-Barre is JOE CHILORO, class of '47 ... . IRA D. HALL, '49, is employed by the General Motors Acc?pt3nce"Corporation in Wilkes-Barre .... JOHN WILSON, '49, is handling duties at the Lacka­ wanna Motor Corporation in Scranton .... PAUL K. RICHARDS, '49, is in training for n executive position with S. S. Kresge Company in Pittston .... Burrough's Adding Machine Company is employing JOHN B. MERRITT, class of '49. His wife is the former JANE KORPER, who attended Wilkes in 1946-47-48 HILLARD KOSLOWSKI is working with the sales de­ barment of a trade magazine, with duties centered throughout Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties . . . • LESTER JONES, class of '48, is teaching at the Star School of Business Management in Scranton R * LPH E. HODGSON, class of '49, is working for the FqVirtatai'eTnfd ASUHFdrice Society and operating out of Miners Bank in Wilkes-Barre. FIRST Street ... Town State Telephone 2 Entered Wilkes College (B. U. J. C.) Withdrew Graduated 3 Transferred To Graduated t 4 Semester Hours at Wilkes (B. U. J. C.) Degree _. Major t 5 Present Employment and Duties 6 Business Address 7 Do you know of any people who attended Wilkes or BUJC and are not receiving the regular literature of the Association?. (a) List: �E flj «r-» =3 • -P (f) O -'i- u aa> >-»<D •'-<> — CC ? • -z» W 31 <0 O ri Schmidt’s Printcry Wilkes-Barre, Pa. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumni Magazine, 1947-present Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations Description An account of the resource <p>An archive of Wilkes University Magazine, from 1947-present. The magazine went through various names including <em>Wilkes Alumnus</em>, <em>Wilkes Quarterly,</em> <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, and the current title, <em>Wilkes Magazine</em>. Some editions for the <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, will have multiple issues within the file record. Our holdings may be missing editions for certain years due to having no physical copy within the collection. </p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wilkes University Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wilkes University Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1947-present Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumnus Fall 1949 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marketing and Communications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 1949 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Magazine Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/760ec9cd49712320571802767703389a.pdf e9470c22767200667101a2576bab302c PDF Text Text �ALUMNUS EDITORIAL THOMAS J. MORAN, '43, EDITOR Ten Ways To Kill Our Alumni Association STAFF: JANE SALWOSKI, WILLIAM UMPHRED, (Taken from Duquesne University Magazine) DON FOLLMER, ARTHUR BLOOM PUBLISHED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF WILKES COLLEGE HUyBSEEHS 3 SPRING 1950 VOLUBiE 2 CONTENTS Cover Beauty on the Wilkes College Page Editorial Page Rose, well-known showman and Two Grads Named To Local Faculty 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 8 New York nightclub owner, as Wilkes Teacher-Trainees End Program (Photo) 9 campus was emphasized dur­ ing the Spring Semester as the Yearbook Editors conducted their second annual contest to Out of the Mailbag A Message From the Alumni President Alnmrn-Senior Outing The Association's Officers (Photo) select a "Campus Queen". On the front of the ALUMNUS Spring hutiaSon Dinner (Photo) ... New Offices Created At College are the coeds chosen by Billy his selection of the five most Campus Candids beautiful among the 25 candid­ Constitution Being Revised ates for the title. General Echelberger To Address Grads Center photo is of Miss Nan­ 10-11 Wilkes Gridders Sign With Pro-Eleven . Placement Office Aiding 1350 Grads 12 13 13 13 14 15 15 Seniors Plan Annual Dinner-Dance ___ cy Yaufman, Brooklyn student Commencement Admission Tickets Limited ... in the School of Secretarial New Frosh Orientation Program Science, who was chosen "Campus Queen". This Year's Colonel Nine (Photo) 16 Nancy Raub; top left, Joan Like­ The New Cinderella (Photo) . . wise; bottom right, Gwen Clif­ Campus Tidbits 17 17 18 19 The runner-ups are: Top right, ford; Shaw. and bottom left, Lois Alumnotes .... Alumni Record Published Quarterly at WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI OFFICE Chase Hall 184 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Growing Pains 1. Don't come to the meetings. In this issue of the Alumnus your president, Donald Honeywell, mentions in his message that our Alumni Association is presently suffering from grow­ ing pains. Fortunately, in the last several months those pains were more than welcome to the handful of loyal alumni who were working for the organization of this group into a powerful association. Previously, there was no pain. The inactivity presented a dead, gloomy silence. It suggested something that was either asleep or pre­ paring for death. The Wilkes College Alumni Association in the past two semesters has received the proverbial shot-in-thearm and the response has been amazing. Alumni, who have not been in direct contact with the college since they attended the institution as Bucknell Junior College students, are reviving relations with their Alma Mater. Loyal alumni have responded in an encouraging manner to the request for the 1950 dues and financial aid for the organization's publication. Attendance at the monthly meetings has increased to record-high figures. Within the organization there is now a feeling of strength. The "growing pains" are welcome because they are the first indication that the Alumni Association is moving forward. There is still a considerable amount of work to be done, however, and additional help is needed from other members, who have not as yet shown an interest in alumni affairs. If you haven't already indicated your interest in the Wilkes College Alumni Association, why not sit down now and write a letter to the alumni office in Chase Hall. To renew contacts with the association is the same as returning to your college days. You'll be among friends and helping to strengthen the found­ ation of Wilkes College. 2. But if you do come, come LATE. The Next Meeting The Wilkes College Alumni Association will con­ duct its next regular meeting on Monday evening, June 5, at 7:30 in the Women's Lounge of Chase Hall on South River Street. Donald Honeywell, alumni president, will call for discussion of the local plans for the remainder of the 1950 calendar year and take up such matters as the new constitution, graduation plans, and the initiation of the June graduates into the organization. Special entertainment will be provided at each meeting. These programs are planned by the Enter­ tainment Committee, under the guidance of its chair­ man, William Luetzel. Refreshments will be provided at the June meeting, with past president, Daniel Williams, in charge of the kitchen details. 3. If the weather doesn't suit you, don't think of coming. 4. If you don't attend a meeting find fault with the work of the officers and other members. 5. Never accept an office, as it is easier to criti­ cize than do things. 6. Nevertheless get sore if you are not appointed on a committee, but if you are appointed, do not attend the committee meeting. 7. If asked by the chairman to give your opinion on some important subject, tell him you have nothing to say. After the meeting, tell everyone how things ought to be done. 8. Do nothing that is absolutely necessary, but when other members roll up their sleeves and willingly, unselfishly use their ability to help matters along, then howl that the association is run by a clique. 9. Hold back your dues as long as possible, or don't pay at all. 10. Don't bother about getting members. "Let the other guy do it." Send Us Some News Members of the Alumni Association are requested to send in little items about themselves or their friends for publication in the ALUMNUS. Drop us a line about anything. Send a picture of yourself now, or better yet, how about one with the children. P. R. O. Wants Clippings The Public Relations Office at Wilkes College is having the same problem that prevails in other insti­ tutions: Out of town clippings about Wilkes College appear and the PRO has no way of knowing about them. Why not do your share of college public rela­ tions work by clipping out news items or any article that mentions your Alma Mater and mail it back to the Public Relations Office. Are You Active? The response to the call for 1950 dues was excep­ tionally good, however, many of our 1,782 members still have not mailed in their two-dollar contribution. One dollar will be credited to your name as dues and the other will be used to help defray the publication costs of the ALUMNUS. �Out of the Mailbag An average of five letters are received at the Alumni Office each day from former just want to say hello, others send dues, and st pass along information about themselves or their families. Each issue of the ALUMNUS will carry as many letters as space will permit. Drop a line and tell us about your present activity. Dear Mr. Moran: This is to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of March 17th, also the 1950 membership card of the Wilkes College Alumni Asso­ ciation. mey order lor for the amount You will End enclosed herewith a money of S2.00 as payment cf dues, for the year 1950, to the Alumni AssoAsso­ ciation. I sincerely regret that my absence from the United States pre‘ ? participation in Alumni activities. It is always vents me from active sf the activities of the Alumni Association. a pleasure to hear cf _Since ___ ___ our arrivalGermany, last September, Mrs. Pell and I have become well settled at our new station. Life in Germany is interesting as well as being educational, it is quite a contrast in comparison to the war years. Mv work is very interesting, however, due to its classified na­ ture I'm not at liberty to discuss it I hope you will understand. There are many opportunities available for travel to other coun­ tries. it is mv hope that I may 2nd it possible to visit such countries as France. Belgium, Switzerland. Italy, and a few of the lesser countries. Please express my best wishes to Dr. Farley, the faculty, and my friends at the College,. I haven't forgotten them and will write as seen as the pressure 1we are under at the present time eases slightly. Clemens A. Pell Captain. USA Reman 11. S5ih CIC APO 757. U. S. Amy A Message From The Alumni President Dear Sir: Enclosed is a check for alumni association fee. Since I live out of town it is impossible for me to attend the meetings, but I am always interested in the growth of Wilkes Wilkes College and its alumni. 4 The next time I come home to visit my family in Shaverto,>wn, I hope to visit the campus. Best wishes to you and all your helpers in the alumni asso' ciation. Frances Pierce Mutch ‘40 Dear Tom: Enclosedd you will find a money order to cover my I950 dues and to help gdefray the cost of publishing the ALUMNUS. In regcjard to the publication. I think it is an excellent idea to continue to> send the publication to members regardless of their dues' status. This policy should acquaint inactive members with the achievements of the association, and thereby induce them to take an active part in the future. I am sorry that distance prevents my taking a more active part in the functions of the association. I am looking forward with great interest to receiving my first copy of the ALUMNUS. Carl Gibson '50 Dear Sir: My two dollars for alumni dues and publication fee is enclosed. I wish the best of luck to those members who are concerned with keeping the activities of the alumni association alive. As a member of the alumni association, I sincerely hops that Dr. Farley will continue to move forward on the road of achieve­ ment. I am presently a student at the Temple University School of Pharmacy and I realize how much is lost when one transfers from a small family-like school to a large factory-like institution. Again, good luck and may Wilkes College achieve all of its goals. Edmund P. Chesney Dear Sirs: Enclosed please find S2.G0 for Alumni andpublication. pi — dues ----- — reading the news cf eld old friends and new develoj Enjoy rearing developments at Wilkes. Yea are doing an excellent Job in retainirg interest Thank you for taking care cf of my i 1950 registration. At present, I am Hightstown suburban correspondent for the Trentoniam a daily Trenton newspaper. Also do substitute teaching in the Hightstown schools. Mrs. William Henderson Nee Beverly Jones 100 Broad Street Hightstown. N. J. Dear Mr. Moran: Enclosed is a check for current dues. My address has chacgc-d from 1435 South Main Street Wilkes Barre, to Thurmont, Maryland. I have been teachina Ena’teh and French in the Thurmont High School since March 20' and' eniov it very much. J * Herbert 14. Quick Dear Sir: Sorry for the delay in sendii -.rding my 1950 alumni dues. I enjoy all the alumni pubL mblications and’ announcements. All of you are doing a splendid Job. Tony Wideman Dear Tom: Received my 1950 ] Alumni Association card. I was very hajippy to find out that I <am eligible eligi' _ for membership, despite the fact that t I did not completes a full ill four years at Wilkes College. I think that I will have something of interest for the ALUMNUS in ax week or two. Right now I'm working like mad on a term paper. ..... „ an article comparing At some future date, I would like to write a large university If you , with .... Wilkes. --------- .. 1__think that such an article may be of interest. ---- ■ I'll ’have .it .in the .. mail in time for the Fall issue. I would like to have other alumni in the New York City area contact me so that we might start a chapter in this region. Marvin Walter c/o Rubinstein 53 Morris Street Nev/ York Dear Tom: I have received uvea your alumni card and proqadanda which accompt ■earned it. rI'm glad to know that the- ball is rolling in lino fashio lion with your capable lingers in the pie. If I were residij residing in the Valley, I'd he very inclined to pathcipale in your activities. However, as a Schonecladian, I shall have to remain a passive, even though an active, member. wiv onG v/ord or three;), the best ol luck to tho 1 u Alumnl Association. Tlegards to the old crowd, Mildred Cittens, and anyone else that Is still around. Tom "Tex" Evans Dear Alumnus: : Your Alumni Association is growing. The first four months of this year have shown a marked increase in general all-around member interest in the activities and projects of the association. Of course your organization is still in its infancy and is undergoing many growing pains. We know, however, that potentially we have an alumni associa­ tion that can be as strong as any in the country. We already are well on our way to mak­ ing this claim a reality, since we have or soon will have the three most necessary ingredients. We al­ ready have the full support of Wilkes College. We are building a strong foundation in relation to the organ­ ization of our association. And last, but most important, we are finding that more and more of our members HONEYWELL are showing their personal interest by their attendance at meetings, participation on committees, and financial aid. Consequently, with these three ingredients, we will soon be powerful enough to fulfill our purposes for existing, which are service to cur Alma Mater, service to our members, and service to our community. In building the strong foundation of organization, which I previously mentioned, we have done these things. We have formed various committees each of which is designed to fulfill an important need in build­ ing and continuing the growth of the Association. To better serve you at our regular monthly meeting we have program and refreshment committees. We have framed a finance committee to study our financial needs and devise appropriate methods to meet these needs. The legislative committee is busy reworking our pre­ sent constitution so that it may better serve our grow­ ing organization. A most important committee now being formed is the membership committee that will keep in contact with our members and initiate new groups into the Association. To be formed within the next sixty days will be committees to work with the college as our representatives in school projects and alumni committee to work hand in hand with the place­ ment bureau so that both the placement bureau and the alumni members will benefit. Some of you may be asking of what value it is to you to be an active member of the Association. Here are a few of the present benefits to be derived. First, you receive quarterly one of the best alumni publica­ tions produced. Through this media you may main­ tain contacts with your school and friends. If not at the present then in the future you will find that main­ taining these contacts may be very important to you. Also closely related to this publication is the Associa­ tion's information service that is always at your dis­ posal. Through this service we will strive to answer any question concerning former graduates or school activities that is not confidential in nature. In the near future, we will have an active committee working with the school placement bureau so that both you, our members, and the school may be better served. We will have more information on this at a later date. Our future plans call for many things. All of these plans are concentrated to increase our strength. Once we have built our active membership we can go on to bigger and more satisfyinq projects. In the long run, we are looking forward to having our own private recreation and meeting hall. Of course this is in the distant future but not so far away that it cannot be seen. To do all of these things we must have whatever help you can best give. We need your abilities: we need your presence at meetings and social functions; we need your financial contributions; we need all the information you can give us concerning your own personal activities and accomplishments. Your investment in your association now will pay you dividends in the future. BE ACTIVE! Alumni-Senior Outing On June 3 A "Fun For AU Day"—actually it will be the alum­ ni association's welcome to another 126 graduates, who finish their courses this month—will take place on Saturday afternoon, June 3, at 1:30 at Sans Souci Park. Ralph Connor, '49, has been selected as general chairman of the affair by Donald L. Honeywell, alumni president. Connor announced this week that plans have been almost completed for this first outing of the alumni association and a large crowd of alumni, seniors, and their guests are expected to attend. Letters, announcing the program and telling of the arrangements, have been sent to approximately 2,000 people, A program of recreation has been prepared for the afternoon. Highlight of this program will be the softball game between the seniors and the alumni. This contest—"A Twilight Game"—will be played at 6 p. m. on the diamond adjacent to the shelter on the southern end of the park. Members of the Wilkes College faculty have been invited to attend this affair. Robert Waters, president of the senior class, will be introduced to the members of the association. Donald Honeywell will preside at the welcoming cere­ mony at 2:30. If you haven't as yet sent in your reservation, don't, it's too late, but come anyhow. We've taken the precaution of having some extra refreshments on hand for those who have difficulty in finding mailboxes. �Alumni Association Cainx : New Members Enjoy Initiation Dinner The ranks of the Wilkes College Alumni Association were swelled by 68 on March 10, when the organization welcomed the February graduates into the association at the first annual initiation dinner in the college cafeteria. Following a delightful meal served under the direction of Mrs. James Brennan, who is in charge of the cafeteria, Donald 1. Honey­ well, association president, welcomed the new members to the asso­ ciation and presented them with their 1950 membership cards. Thomas J. Moran, executive secretary of the association, acted as toastmaster and introduced Bobert W. Partridge as the principal speaker. Partridge, who recently was appointed director of student activ- R. CONNOR D. HONEYWELL M. SLEVA Wilkes President Heads County Citizens Committee Group Dr. Eugene S. Farley, president of Wilkes College, is currently engaged in the extra task of being chair­ man of the Luzerne County branch of the Citizens Com­ mittee for the Hoover Report. During the last three months, the Wilkes president has visited many local civic, veteran, and union groups to explain the recommendations for a reorganization of the executive branch of the government as set down in the report submitted to Con­ gress by the bi-partisan Hoover Commission. Dr. Farley enlisted the aid of other leading men in the community who were of the opinion that the adoption by Congress of the recom­ DR. FARLEY mendations made by the Hoover Commission would bring a more economic and effi­ cient type of government. Chairmen of the committees working in the local area are: Business, Frank Burnside; Club, Corey Patton; Education, Allen E. Bacon; Finance, Rulison Evans; Labor, Joseph Walsh; Membership, William Logan; Promotion and .Publicity, Robert Johnson; Speakers Mitchell Jenkins. T. MORAN T. GILL College Invites Alumni To Use Library Facilities In response to many inquiries from alumni about possible use of the college library facilities, Dr. Eugene S. Farley announced during the week that former stu­ dents are always welcome to use the services offered in the Kirby Home of Education. A committee of officers approached Dr. Farley three weeks ago about special privileges for former students. The committee had in mind use of the library and reduced admission rates for athletic events. The request for library privileges was granted, but no change was made in the price of athletic admis­ sions for alumni. Dr. Farley pointed out that the rates for athletic events as compared with those of other colleges and universities are considerably lower. Because of this it was decided that no reduction would be made for alumni. Through the Alumni Office, however, it will bo possible to gain information about corning events, both ~ocia and athletics, and also to make reservations or obtain tickets in advance Partridge, "has helped more than the eye can see at present to bring Wilkes College along the road from a small institution to one of great promise." New members brought into the association were: Robert Barber, Joseph Bendock, William Bergstrasser, Joseph Brennan, Donald Brodbeck, John Cain, Robert Capin, Royal Culp, Frank Celmer, Robert M. Clement, Leonard Czajkowski, John M. Davis, Clem Drozdowski, David Edwards, Michael Elchak, Paul J. Finley, Gerard P. Finn, Henry Frank, Carl Gibson, Armin Gill, Albert A. Gorski, Ted Gribb, Joseph Gudaitis, Irvin Haefele, Walter Haczewski, Luther Jones, Philip Kennedy, Ted Killian, Raymond Kinback, Joseph Kitler, Nicho­ las Konchuba, George Lewis, Reed Lowrey, Benjamin Maczuga, Bruce MacKie, Clarence McGhee, William J. Miller, Victor Minetola, �Former Penn Star Named 1951 Baseball Coach; Will Direct Student Affairs And Gym Program The appointment of Robert W. Partridge, former All-American soccer player and University of Pennsyl­ vania baseball star, as director of student activities, physical director, and baseball coach for 1951 was announced this week by Dr. Eugene S. Farley, presi­ dent. Two of the positions—director of student activities and physical edu­ cation director—mark tne creation of new posts at the rapidly expanding college. The other post—baseball mentor — will be relinquished by George Ralston, who has served in that position since he first came to Wilkes College in 1946. Ralston will continue as director of athletics, dean of men and coach PARTRIDGE of football and basketball. I— J 1 Partridge, who has been a member of the Wilkes College hisrcry department since 1947, will assume his duties in me newly created positions next Septem­ ber. In the meantime, he is planning to spend the summer taking courses in physical education at Boston University. The crea.icn of the new offices at the college is evidence that Wilkes is rapidly growing to well-estab- Two 1950 Grads Named To West Pittston Faculty Two former Forty Fort High School athletes, who will receive their bachelor's degrees frcm ‘Wilkes College in June, have been appointed to teaching positions at West Pittston High School. The new appointees, who will begin their classroom duties in September, are Bob Waters, a three-sports participant at Wilkes College, and Tom Richards, who is considered by many to be one of the finest wrestlers ever produced at Forty Fort High School The announcement concerning the ap­ pointment of the two former scholastic and collegiate athletes caused some speculation BOB V/ATERS among the sports enthusiasts in West Pittston about the chances of the high school entering the scholastic arappling circle in 1951. Waters has been an outstanding athlete during four years at Wilkes College. He captained the first eleven in 1246 and year was given the Howard W. Davis Memorial Trophy as the outstanding athlete of the year. Richards, vzho finished his courses in September, but due to the one-commencement policy at Wilkes, will not receive his diploma until June 12, is now studying for his master's degree at Columbia University. Oddly enough, he will receive his master's degree before be­ ing awarded his A. B. from Wilkes. TOM RICHARDS lished proportions. The construction of the new new 3250,000 gymnasium, which according to reports will be ready tor use by September 1, prompted the institu- lion officials to prepare for physical education classes, fe Increased enrollment, causing more and bigger W student activities, uncovered the need for a director of events to coordinate the program of extra-curricular activities at Wilkes College. Fortunately enough, the search had to go no further than the tacuhy of the college because Partridge had received the finest of training for just such a job as a member of the U. S. Navy Tunney Program during the last war. As a lieutenant, the former Penn athlete was in charge of athletics and the coordination of the activi­ ties for some of the largest naval bases. His experience in this particular field more than qualified for the new posts. Partridge already has a first in athletics to his credit at Wilkes College. It was in 1948 that the former col­ legiate soccer performer introduced the kicking sport ar the college for the first time. The action marked the revival of the sport in the Anthracite Region for the first time in over a quarter of a century. Then in 1949, he moved his soccer proteges into the intercollegiate limelight against some of the better small college soccer institutions. Wilkes Student Teachers Finish Training In Six Valley Schools I a Columbia Faculty Members Address Students, Faculty Faculty and students of Wilkes College were hosts to two members of the Columbia University faculty during special programs in April and May. Dr. Harry J. Carman, dean of Columbia College, visited the campus in April, He addressed members of the student body at a special assembly and then was the principal speaker at a faculty dinner in his honor that evening. Dean Carman delivered an iinspiring address before the student body and concluded by reviewing his Student's Ten Commandments." Dr. Kenneth Herrold, assistant professor of educa­ tion at Columbia University, was the speaker at the special assembly for students in May. That evening, he spoke to the faculty on "General Education" at~a dinner in the campus cafeteria. Dr. Herrold discussed with the students the steps to freedom from futility. He called upon the students to become conscious of the fact that they were "meant for something better than war, inter-racial strife, reli­ gious discrimination, anxiety, want and fear." Pictured above are the Wilkes College students who were engaged in the teacher-training program during the current semester. Left to right, first row: John Persico, Doris Gauger, Jean Ditoro, Sally Mittleman, Dolores Passeri, Dorothy Winters teen, Ned McGhee, Ross Leonardi. TT Second row: Theodore Killian, Carl Malisheski, Henry Rhydzewski, Louis Miller, Joseph Gabriel, Paul Thomas, Harris Havard, Harry Black, Robert Gorgas. Third row: John A. Hall, supervisor of teacher training; John Fedastian, Richard Todd, Lester Gross, George Brody, Earl Jobes, John DeRemer, James Davis, John Florkiewicz, Steve Percalis, Donald Kemmerer, Evan Sorber. Fourth row: Simon Faltz, Victor Minetola, Leon Gilbert, Edward Yarish, Frank Darte, Leo Noll, Samuel Elias, Edward Godek, George Monigus and Joseph Breslin. Absent when photograph was taken were: Reed Lowrey and Thomas Jordan. The Teacher Training Program at Wilkes College, under the capable guidance of John A. Hall, ended its fourth semester of ex­ istence on May 24, when over 40 students returned to the campus after completing the usual 16-week training period in a regional secondary school classroom. The first group of Wilkes sponsored student teachers entered the local city high school in September, 1948. At that time there were only a handful, but the program formed the basis for a more progressive schedule during the following semester, when almost 30 finished the teacher training program. During the current school year the program reached new pro­ portions and instead of employing the use of the classroom in only the three city high schools, Coughlin, GAR, and Meyers, additional institutions in Kingston, Plymouth, and Forty Fort opened their doors to the Wilkes trainees. According to the supervisor of teacher training, the student training program at Wilkes is expected to continue to grow during the next few years as more and more valley residents realize that they can fulfill the requirements for a teaching certificate without leaving the region. Registration for the 1950-51 teacher-training program has already begun at the education office of the college. The enrollment in the student teaching course during the Fall Semester is expected to be high, but an increase over any past semester figure is anticipated for the next Spring Semester. 5s=========f=-=:sssE==-=====-====--=g===s=="i==°Bs!!BBBs===ai5=isin=aisiBBss!iiia5Biii====isiii==ss====s==ssH===s==s==s=========B �THE PASSING PARADE Sports Era Ends With 1950 Graduation ----------------------ays atat Wilkes The spirit of the first real athletic days WilkesCollege College isis embodied embodied inin the the above above group of veterans, who began their collegiate sports 'ear that our institution tossed its hat into the intercollegiate in's.-sol’days during the first year sports world. aelli. soccer; Left to right, firstt rovz: row: Paul Zlonlaewicz, basketball; Rigo Lemon celli. soccer; Chester Knapich, football; Ben Dragon, basketball and baseball. Second row: Samuel Elias, football; Jack DeRemer, football; Jack Semmers, baseball; Georgeje Brody, baseball. Third and wrestling; TU: ~J row: -- Bob Waters, baseball, football — J------Gerard. v/ashco, football; ' and Frrancis Pinkowski, football, basketball and baseball. The old maxim "You never miss the water 'till the well runs dry" may be out of place for this particular story, but we can't help feeling that v/e have witnessed both the birth and the death of a sports era at Wilkes College. While it Is true that athleti.s have been so firmly established at this institution, that it would be almost impossible to eliminate the program without taking something out of college life, the so-called "good old days” the days of the first participants in the initial endeavor—vzill end with the June 12 commencement. Others, it is true, vzill take the places vacated by the departing athletes. Seme vzill perform athletic feats that vzill overshadow those of their predecessors. Somehovz or other the deeds, both small and large, accomplished by those in the first four years of large scale athletics at Wilkes, will stand as a stopping stone for gonerations the future gencruti' _ . at our college, The basis for much our Sv school spirit was created by those who part:c!pated :n the four ’ - first ’ .~~r years of athletics at W’lkes. No# that the foundation has been set, the roughest part ol the job of building campus life is finished. This group . , of athletic pioneers helped to bring[ about five major sports on' the Wilkes campus football, basketball,I, baseball, wrostIng, and soccer. In years to come when Wilkes athletes gather to exchange tales of sports prowess, someone is bound to recall this first groupp of athletes who made it possible for the blue and gold loams to established on a sound fooling as an integral pail of college life. ALUMNI NEWS COLONELS' QUEEN �New Alumni Constitution Now Being Prepared. By Special Committee The literary steering wheel of the alumni associa­ tion—the constitution—is in the process of receiving a fare-lifting by a special committee appointed by Donald L. Honeywell, president. With the increase shown in alumni affairs during the past year, it was decided by the members of the association at a recent meeting that the constitution, which was originally drawn up for the old Bucknell Junior College association, was out-dated and needed revising. June Graduates To Hear Former Eighth Army Commander, Lt. Gen. Eichelberger Upon completion of its work the recommendatio for changes and additions to the constitution will b reviewed at a regular meeting of the association a! that time the recommendations will be either apnrov a or rejected. It is expected that the entire proiert not reach the final stage—which is the printing S distribution of the new constitution—before Fall y M •r ilL< Class of 1967/ Work on the revision of the blueprint of alumni operations began late in April and already several major changes have taken place. Included in the new constitution will be provisions for the organization of chapters of the Wilkes College Alumni Assodauon in other cities. A monthly meeting day, which will remain per­ manent for the central organization, has been included in the recommendations for changes in the constitution. To date, the committee has covered about one-third o_ the old constitution and expects to complete the docu­ ment that will govern the association in the future within the next two months. Labor Management Forums Huge Success At Wilkes In its role as a community college, Wilkes en­ deavored to create a more ameniable attitude between labor and management by sponsoring a series of throg monthly Labor-Management Forums on the campus'* Attended by an almost capacity crowd each eve­ ning, the forum closed on May 17 with a total of almost 700 valley residents having attended the discussions between the representatives of both factions. "RiohfTnH RdiSCUSSe^,’r ere\ Pensioa Pi^ns." - H ??ln .. Responsibilities of Labor and Management in Collective Bargaming," and "Union-Manaaemen Cooperation: It can Work. y mem Instrumental in the success of the three sessions was John Riley, '48, who is now a Tnemcier member of of the the EcoF nomics Department and acted as moderator for the trio of panel discussions. On the program were: Christopher Boland, U S or. Sears Roebuck and Company; Attomev Rosenn; Leon Decker, business agent Dairy Union; Morton Wolovsky, president, Pionee7iSac tunng Company; and Eugene Considine nrfJi 1 ? Central Labor Union. lne< president, The college plans to continue this forum in the Fall Members of the June graduating ’ . _ni ' class will hear as the principal speaker at the commencement, Lt. General Robert L. Eichelberger, form­ er commander of the Eighth Army during Word War II and now con­ sultant to the Secretary of the Army on Far Eastern Affairs. seized Marinduque. His amphibious Eighth Army task force struck the Bataan corridor northwest of Manila on January 29, 1945. Two days later, the 11th Airborne Division made an amphibious thrust at Manila from the southwest. General Eichelberger personally led the forces in this operation. To consolidate its hold -> on the Philippines, the Eighth Army struck at the heart­ & The event, which will take place land of the islands—the rich Southern Visayas. Less than 100 days later, the islands of Panay, Negros, Cebu, on Monday evening, June 12, at 8, and Bohol were liberated. EICHELBERGER in the Irem Temple, is expected to After completing the liberation of draw a capacity crowd of students, the Philippines by crushing the Jap­ laculty, their guests and alumni of anese forces on Mindanao and clean­ Wilkes College. ? ALUMNI INVITED TO '( ing out the last bits of pocket resistance VISIT COLLEGE / The former commander of the well- f on the islands. JUNE 12 /) known and much publicized "Amphi­ I On August 30, 1945, The Eighth bious Eighth" will address the gradu­ t College officials have extended / ating class prior to the issuing of dip­ 1 an invitation to all members of / Army Commander with a small de­ \ the alumni association to visit \ lomas and certificates to four and twotachment from the 11th Airborne Divi­ \ the campus on June 12 — Com- ( year graduates. sion landed at Atsugi Air Field in what / mencement Day. r Alumni President Donald L. ; General Eichelberger first entered \ has been termed by many as one of \ Honeywell stated. "Graduation r the spotlight of World War II, when he / day is the time of the year that '/ the most daring gambles in history. brought the initial corps to Australia \ the faculty and students like to y Two hours later, he greeted the Sup­ in the summer of 1942. He retained \ see former members of the stu- ( reme Commander, General of the Army command of this combat unit until he / dent body arriving on campus Douglas MacArthur, on his arrival. visit with old friends and to assumed command of the newly activ­ \; to meet those who will be taking While General Eichelberger never hesi­ ated Eighth Army at Holandia, Dutch / their places among the alumni." tates to give credit to the officers and 1 Faculty offices and school faciNew Guinea in September, 1944. men of the Eighth Army for this daring \ litres will be open that day. landing, the occupation of this point Early in January, 1945, Eighth Why not return to your Alma / Mater for the big day? has been described by many as just Army troops under General Eichelber­ i short of miraculous. ger cleared the island of Mindoro and ;J ■ BEVERLY JANE ELIAS September 1967 could be a mighty proud day for Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Elias because it is on that date that their first child, Beverly Jane, just might be among the freshmen beginning classes at Wilkes College. Seniors Plan Annual Dinner-Dance June 10th As it stands now, Beverly Jane won't celebrate her first birthday until July 21, but already both mom and pop are thinking in terms of the time when their daughter will be checking in at the registrar's office and finally touring the campus of their Alma Mater. Mrs, Elias, the former Beverly Jane Brown, discovered her busLand on the Wilkes campus. At that time, he was just Sammy lia.„ fanner Meyers High School graduate, who was playing out­ standing football for Wilkes College. At present, Sammy is finishing up several graduate courses on t e //ilkes campus and looking forward to his now job in Lazarus Department Store. Beverly Jane's father received his diploma with the 1949 gradu­ ating class and decided to return to the campus for several graduate courses in education. Included among the courses was student teaching. With the 1949 football loam, Sammy ci egan back in 1941 as a member of team. Ho ccaptained the scholastic eleven handled the3 same assignment in his senior finished a grid career the Meyers High School in his senior year and year at Wilkes. The traditional Senior Dinner-Dance will be conducted on Satur­ day evening, June 10, in the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Sterling, according to an announcement made by Class President Robert Waters. e- Present plans call for this year's affair to be one of the finest ever sponsored by a senior class. An invitation to attend this affair has also been extended to the terminal students at Wilkes CoUege. who will terminate their academic relationship at the same June 12 commencement. Virginia Meissner and William Griffith have been named cochairmen oi the Third Annual Dinner-Dance and have appointed a group oi 25 seniors to help with the arrangements of the gigantic affair. Herbie Green and his orchestra will provide the music for dancing from 9 to 12. The dinner time has been set at 6:30. Commencement Announcements, Admission Tickets Limited Wilkes College, which at one time held its commencement pro­ grams in the Presbyterian Church, has outgrown the largest audit­ orium in Wilkes-Barre. With the 1950 graduation ceremony set for the Irem Temple, which seats approximately 1,475 persons, it became necessary this year to place restrictions upon the issuing of announcements and brought about the inauguration of admission tickets to the program. Each person taking part in the ceremony has been notified that he will receive from the bookstore, without charge, four announce­ ments. Additional announcements may be purchased at cost. Four admission tickets have been allotted to each person taking part in the commencement. Limited space makes it impossible to grant requests for extra tickets. An announcement from the office of the president stated, how­ ever, that persons without tickets will be admitted to the place of commencement at five minutes of eight. �New Freshman Orientation Program By BETTY L. HARKER DEAN OF WOMEN and ng misty eyed f Alumni everywhere have a habit of lockinc Main" has; been rehurt when the news reaches them that "Old M. presiig, or that the rplaced _____ _______ ultra modern glass brick buildinc by an dent's home is now to be turned over to the■ drama group for a workshop. _ ? in the estabIn fact, almost any change of doing things, in the personnel, fished way cf joked upon ’’•sical plant is often lot or in the physi with a wee jit bi of misgiving. It is as if the loyal alumnus, who enjoyed his years in ■= and thrilled to the class reunions, college ly resented any interference in "his" secretly static idyllic i campus dream world. This feeling is pretty understandable, 'especially since the writer confesses to it, too ■ and need not be eliminated entirely from staunch alumni hearts. Indeed, some of this feeling makes a solid, well-knit alumni, but DEAN HARKER too much of it leads to -great opposition to changes, which though departures from tradi­ tion, make a good college grow. One of Wilkes' most nutstemding assets is its youth. Our alumni completely refute the charicature that we have sketched in the opening paragraphs. This is one cf our blessings. Alumni who welcome changes need never fear that their college will destroy tradition. Actually, we are very an-ious to preserve those which we have at Wilkes, but we want to do still more. We want to continually area! ideas and plans which one day will become our traditions. This is a very long winded wiray of preparing you for our short statement abcvt the new programi :r Freshman Orieniiation which was inaugurated in Septeibe 1949. We want you to know of a pregram in which you didn't participate as a coUeglan. but which is typical of some cf the changes iges Wilkes is making. Daring th? past several semesters it became perfectly clear to us that what was needed at Wilkes, was some kind ci semester program which would meet the Frosh's needs and help him to be assimulated inm oar txRege commendv with as little' stress and st. a n as possible. O..r program. was launched in September as a co: mxpulsory, noncredit semesie.- coarse, which Included all incoming first year studenis. . Transfer students were "elzzme at our meetin: igs, but not competed to come. .;kh the fine assistance of John A. Hall, Hall, sunersue? Vssor o- teacher training at the college,, v/e we divided divided the the total total fresh fres ­ man class enroEmens cf 250 students into to ten ten groups of 25 students. We decided that we would each be responsible lor car.-yina through the oemeste.- live dtfierent serfions of Freshman Orienta ticn. Each sertren ma cnee a week- at a regular hour. We dubbed S rre2,h°an. Oration Leaders, prepared a statement of ‘ and a brochure explaining the general procedure of the program. F 9 The freshmen probably didn't know it. but we were b»ina it, but orientated simultaneously with them! What vze mean, of enure,? -s that as advisors to them in this new venture, we had no idea’ how effective or satisfactory this plan vzould be. Actually. the students carried the entire program on their own shoulders. Each week, sections vzould meet with the faculty orienta- tion leaders and proceed to discuss, informally, one of the several -5 5which the students had selected from a s ”yg—*- ’ list. These topics suggested topics ranged from practical, realistic problems — such such as “How To Study" Study" to the somewhat abstract item "Choosing 3 Your Philosophy of Life." Students were given free reign in the lo selection of dis- W cussion topics, so that we felt many times their own _________ choice indicated an area of particular importance to them, and hence, was much more valuable than many of those pre-selected. At no time were formal lectures conducted, though the tempta­ tion to correct misconceptions, re-interpret the facts, or deny un­ truths was tremendous. We confess that often we failed to resist the temptation and went plunging into a topic dear to our hearts after which we invariably apologized for monopolizing the dis­ cussion. We were really more interested in the students discovering through their own discussions, the difference between fact and fiction, subjectivity and objectivity. Occasionally, and with no apologies, we stepped in, as was our duty as moderator, and ex­ plained that it was fantastic to believe such falacies as all faculty were monsters beset on failing each student or that human beings could breathe under water without the aid of artificial devices and survive! We would like to think that we interferred as little as possible, though we know that there were many times when we felt compelled to reinterpret a great deal of what is generally ac­ cepted as minsinformation. • Two Members of 1949 Wilkes Eleven Sign Contracts With Pittsburgh Steelers All-State halfback John Florkiewicz and 230-pound Gerard Washco, two of the mainstays of the powerful Wilkes College grid team, who finish college this jO month, were signed to play professional football next season with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Ipl few*?? H FLORKIEWICZ Florkiewicz and Washco com­ pleted four years of outstanding play tor the Colonels last year after com­ ing to Wilkes from Nanticoke High School where they held down var­ sity spots on that school's grid team. Florkiewicz completed his most brilliant season last year by gaining a berth on the second all-state team after placing among the state's lead­ ing scorers wi h 72 points in eight games. In his four seasons of play at Wilkes the hard-running tailback tallied 29 times in 25 games to estab­ lish himself as one of the best half- The two Wilkes stars were the first players to be signed by a professional league club since football was started at the two Wilkes-Barre colleges, Wilkes and King's in 1946. Their outstanding play all season enabled the Wilkes eleven to chalk up a record of seven wins, one tie and one loss in nine starts, Florkiewicz completed high school in 1942 and saw service in the army for three years before com­ ing to Wilkes at the start of the 1946 season. Washco completed high school in 1944 after playing three years varsity ball. In 1947 the two Wilkes stars co-captained the grid team to a record of six wins, one tie and one loss. WASHCO Our orientation program is based on on. the following objectives: 1. Social responsibility. By this we mean a recognition of the individual's responsibility to think clearly on social issues and to express hs ideas. We mean also responsibility for working not only by himself, but harmoniously and effectively with others. 2. Individual confidence and maturity. Through our small dis­ cussion groups, we hope that the student will learn a gre<. great deal ------- _ about himself, his own behavior jhavior and how it attracts or repels others as he finds himself being ing accepted or rejected by the group. group, We hope also that this small ill group will give him some sense of belong belorrr­ing which will be particularly rrly important important to to this this feeling feeling of of self assurance in the first months of college. 3. 1The stimulation of thinking and ________ the encouragement of the expression of ideas. Here we have in mind our contributing to the students' use of spoken English. 4. r - teaching • ” • an indirect way the social amenities of life, Thein V/e try to create an atmosphere of mutual consideration in spite of the informality of the meetings. Placement Office To Aid 1950 Grads Wilkes College Placement Center, operating with the majority of its contacts in one of the 43 "Distress" areas declared by the U. S. Bureau of Employment Security, has succeeded in uncovering 210 part-time jobs for its students and placing 60 per cent of the February graduating class. workers out of jobs, as one of 43 "distress" areas that pockmarked U. S. prosperity. This report, coupled with the statement by educational officials that a 25 per cent decline in employment possibilities is expected for June graduates, caused many students to speculate about their chances for gaining employment. The announcement was made by John Chwalek, who recently re­ leased his first set of statistics as director of the Placement Center. The Wilkes Placement Center has been extremely fortunate in its efforts to place students and graduates in either part-time or full time employment. - • 7’na?y' We k°pe *^at this program will reduce the number O- individua.s having difficulty adjusting to college and we hope t ai the student s personal, academic, and social life will perhaps bo o enriched as a result of his experience in Freshman Orientation. We cannot say enough in appre: jciation for those other faculty members, who generously gave their Itime periodically to come into our sections and act as guest moderators. The news of the success enjoyed by the center helped considerably to ease the tension on the students, who are graduating this month and will be seeking employment. Naturally, our greatest debt is to our own Freshmen students, •hi ° .cau^n^ spirit of the Orientation Program and were respons­ ible for any of the success it had. PA the end of the semester a questionnaire was answered by -•ach freshman student. The results indicated that thejy ’ enjoyed the program, that it helped in their adjustment to collegi je ' life, and that they would recommend its continuation for future Fr ’resman classes. CHWALEK Many of the June graduates have already been placed in jobs, while others have been registered at the Placement Office for future job openings. Summer work has been taken by many of those who will graduate this month. At the end of January, a federal announcement declared Wilkes-Barre, with at least 12 per cent of its S5SSSSS"“”"SS"’^^ backs produced in many years in Pennsylvania's hard ccal regions. While a good many of the last several graduating classes at Wilkes have elected to continue their edu­ cation by attending either graduate or professional schools, the Placement Center has had to make con­ tacts about employment possibilities for about 60 per cent of the graduates. Flans have been made for summer employment for Wilkes students. To date, employment has been obtained for 35 students and reguests for additional help are being received daily by the Placement Center. In May, representatives from many of the coun­ try's leading firms spent a day on the Wilkes College campus, interviewing graduates for positions. ssssggssggsBgsHh55sg85EsssgS£ssB5gsSsHsHEsssBEss£8S5g£sEEUBs5S5B88gi88sii:siss88S8sssEssassIlssggssM5s5SISHKissEE5sMwgK8ss �7950 Baseball Team Best In Histofy '•MaHaMia Tomassetti lairf 1950 (Meretta The fabulous Cinderella fairy tale was relived for the fourth time in as many years on Friday evening. May 26, at the Rocky Glen Aquadium, when Claude Thornhill, nationally known orchestra leader, pro­ claimed Miss Marianna Tomassetti, a junior at Wilkes College, as the 1950 Cinderella at the Fourth Annual Cinderella Ball. In keeping with storybook version the stroke of midnight was the big moment for the Cinderella setting. The 11 Wilkes College coeds, who had gracefully walked toward the bandstand, were assembled behind the stage when the minute hand approached the mark of midnight. At the stroke of 12, Miss Tomassetti and her escort broke into the spotlight as the students' choice for the title of 1950 Cinderella. A record-breaking crowd of Wilkes students, facul­ ty, alumni, and friends attended the affair. Miss Tomassetti, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Tomassetti, 110 North Franklin street. City, is a graduate of Coughlin High School. Prior to her admission to the city secondary school, she was a stu­ dent at Sacred Heart School in Plains. As a student at Wilkes College, Miss Tomassetti, Easily the greatest diamond saua Left to right, first row: Chet Molli Second row: Coach George Ralston Third row: John Fedorchak, p; Johi PHOTO PAGE Exit baseball for the 1950 year and the only thing remaining for sports enthusiasts to become interested in is the 1950 football season, This, however, is rather difficult to do since the first signs of the pigskin sport don't appear until about September 1, when Coach George Ralston is expected to issue his first call for grid candidates. The 1950 baseball squad took its place among the great athletic teams that have represented Wilkes College since it first entered the intercollegiate sports picture in a big way in 1946. Highlight of the season is the fact that Wilkes is the only col­ lege team to beat Ithaca College and did it both at home and away. When this article was going to press, only one game remained —that one with Bloomsburg State Teachers College -and the Colonels had recorded a record of 13 wins in 17 starts. Besides being the hardest-hitting team ever to represent the blue and gold, the 1950 squad was tops defensively. The work of such men as Al Molosh, Ben Dragon, Ed Skordinski and Francis Pinkowski made it almost impossible for opposing players to hit through the infield. Dr. Eugene S. Farley, president of Wilkes College, reported recently that work has been progressing so favorably on the new S250.000 gymnasium that the project will more than likely be com­ pleted by September 1, instead of the original date of October 1. In the outfield, all three men were tops. Jack Semmers, Don Blankenbush, and either Jake Waters or Al Minarski handled the chores. Unusual was the fact that all four had excellent throwing arms and several times saved the game by tossing mon out at home. The Alumni Association already is making plans for several dances in lhe new gymnasium. President Donald L. Honeywell will appoint a special committee in the near future to make arrangements for holding the first affair in the new recreation center. Big Johnny Zigmund. hard-hitting pitcher, was the ace-in-the-hole forjhe Ralston aggregation during the season. It was his vzork on the hill that enabled the Wilkes team to move past some of the tougher college opponents. He chalked up a season's record of six wins in seven starts. Three of the 11 coeds chosen as Cinderella candi­ dates were selected last year. The other two are Janet Gearhart, South Franklin street, City, and Gwen Clif­ ford, Straub Road, Trucksville. Miss Elaine Turner, chosen as the 1949 Cinderella, was the general chairman of last evening's dance. Working with the other members of the Wilkes College Student Council, Miss Turner guided the arrangements of one of the most successful dances ever sponsored by the community college. Miss Mary Porter, another ol the 11 coeds, was a finalist in the contest to select the 1949 Career Girl in the Wyoming Valley Parade of Progress Show. Other candidates for the title were: Marilyn Broadt, E. Pettebone street. Forty Fort; Barbara Lee Hartley, West Dorrance Street, Kingston; Beryl Colwell, Main Street, Dallas; Nancy Raub, Colonial Gardens, Forty Fort; Margaret Brenish, Cleveland Street, Hudson; Jean Ditoro, Parsonage Street, Pittston; and Marysh Mieszkowski, Lee Park Avenue, Wilkes-Barre. NEWS TID-BITS I F3^ who was a candidate for the Cinderella title last year, is exceptionally active in extra-curricular activities. She is a member of Theta Delta Rho Sorority, and stu­ dying for a bachelor's degree in sociology. »»W«< As far as Bob Partridge, newly appointed baseball coach is Concerned, Santa Claus came„ real early this year. A former Penn diamond star, Partridge has always hoped that someday he would bo the coach of a team. >’W«« John Coonoy, member of the Economics Department and a mem bor of the 1948 graduating class, has been accepted at the Univer- sity of Pittsburgh's Graduate School. He will accept a leave ol absence Irom Wilkes College for the 1950-51 school year. Alumni officers have started to plan for the 1950 Homecoming, scheduled to take place in November. This affair will begin on Friday evening and continue through the week-end. Events and a planned program of activity will be arranged. >»W<< _ first reports reached the college of the big fire at the When Rocky Glen amusement park, site of the college's Cinderella Ball, there was some fear on campus that the incident might bring about ~ the cancelation of the school's biggest dance of the year. The *—3 on the campus announcing "Fire Sale— appearance of ---posters Cinderella Ball tickets reduced from S4.00 to S3.40" and others re­ porting that the "Cinderella Ball" would be held as scheduled, soon dispelled any doubts that may have existed. The Colonels' second baseball victory of the season over the strongC Ithaca College nine proved to be one of the most satisfying George Ralston's club has copped all season. After wins Coach ( downing the Ithacans in the first tilt many fans felt that it would be only a matter of time until affairs were squared, when the Colonels traveled to Ithaca for a return game. However, the Colonels' second win, via a 5-4 count, left little doubt in the fans' minds as to the excellent club Ralston had developed. �ALUMNOTES.. Miss Caryl L. Galow, BUJC class of '45, is employed as a member of the Boiling Springs High School facul­ ty, Carlisle, Pa., where she teaches science and English . . . Gordon T. Gallow, BUJC grad, is residing in Hagerstown, Md., where he is employed as an aero­ nautical engineer by the Fairchild Corp. Gordon is married to the former Ruth Hick of Wilkes-Barre . . . Ruth Douglas, BUJC class of '45, is married to William Hannigan and living in West Chester, Pa. . . . Norman Baum, a Wilkes College graduate in the '48 class is living in Alexandria, Va., while continuing his law studies at George Washington University. Norm is married to the former Eveley Eichlu, BUJC class of '46... Miss Jean Withey, BUJC grad in '46, and former secretary to Herbert Morris, Wilkes College registrar, was married recently to Ronald Carey of Wilkes-Barre. Mr. and Mrs. Carey are now living in Edwardsville. . . Another former secretary to Mr. Morris, Eleanor Uhle, was married recently to Harry Davis, a BUJC alumnus and recent graduate of Columbia University. Mr. and Mrs. Darris are living in Rochester, N. Y. where Mr. Davis is employed by the Eastman Kodak Co. . . . Mrs. Ruth Punsho Jones, BUJC class of '44 is teaching in Audobon, N. J. . . . James P. Peara, BUJC graduate in the class of '42, is living in Hasbruck Heights, N. J. Jim is married to the former Olive Thomas, another member of the class of '42. of Parsons was announced recently . . . Ray Mechak, class of '49, and Irene Koniecko, BUJC grad, were mar­ ried in Nanticoke . . . Alfred P. LaVie, former Wilkes^— student, is now attending the University of Scrantorflfc’ . -. Gertrude Nemshick is living in Philadelphia, where she is employed at the Jefferson Hospital . . . Wesley Klesa is living in Newark, N. J. . . . Dr. Nicholas A. Lorusso is now practicing in St. Louis, Mo. . . . W. Grier Carpenter is residing in Pasedena, California . Robert Podrasky and Helen Janoski, both alumni, have been married and are living in New Cumberland, Pa. ALUMNI RECORD This information blank has appeared for three c person receiving a copy of the ALUMNUS would helpconsecutive times. It was our hope originally that every The response has been poor. F> us by filling in the questionnaire and returning it to us. You can make our job much easier and help us Ifill in the blank and ret'um it to us'imm^tefyt' “ 1° Ifill in the blank and return it to us immediately. accurate check on our alumni U ?ou wiU If you have already sent in a questionnaire, diregard this notice. f THOMAS J. MORAN '49 Executive Alumni Secretary 1 John Earl Young, former Wilkes College student in Mechanical Engineering, is attending Penn State . Elsie C. Kaper, Wilkes College graduate, is a full Hedged stewardess with American Airlines, having re­ ceived her silver wings recently at graduation exer­ cises in the company's training school in Chicago, Ill. Miss Kaper did secretarial work for the Merritt-Chap­ man and Scott Corp, before joining American Airlines . . . Fred Williams, former Wilkes student in history, has transferred to Elizabethtown STC . . . John Wordzel, former Electrical Engineering student at Wilkes, is now working for his degree at Bucknell University . . . Also attending Bucknell is Bob Thomas, a former Wilkes history student . . . Sam Reese has transferred to Penn State, where he is working for a B. S. in Physics . . . ° Name LAST FIRST MIDDLE Maiden Name Street ... Town State Telephone 2 Entered Wilkes College (B. U. J. C.) Withdrew Graduated Transferred To 3 Rita Wertheimer, a member of the class of '44, is employed as a psychologist at the Allentown State Hospital, Allentown, Pa. , . . Joseph H. Lorusso, class of '44, is attending Holy Cross University in Washing­ ton, D. C. where he is studying for the priesthood. Dr. Edward G. Hartman, BUJC grad, is teaching at Suffolk University . . . Ruth Tischler, class of '44, -was married recently to Robert Voelker . . . William B. Davies, Wilkes College graduate in the class of '49, is employed as a member of the faculty at the WilkesBarre Business College, vzhere he is teaching Commer­ cial subjects. Keith Rasmussen, Wilkes College, class of '50, and Evelyn Mae Penaligon also a Wilkes grad, were mar­ ried recently in West Pittston . . . The engagement of Jim Catnes, former Wilkes student, to Shirley Jordan Also included among the Wilkes students who have transferred to other schools are: Al Rebennack, New York School of Aeronautics; Carl Popodick, Penn State; John Poole, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy; Bill Pickett, Arizona State College; Bill Palfey, Buck­ nell University; Carl Messinger, Scranton University; John Krupa, Bucknell University. Al Kascak, Penn State; Ann Ide, East Stroudsburg STC; Jim Hoffman, University of Pennsylvania Extension; Bernard Heidelbach, Baltimore College; Dorothy Grumbling, Bucknell University; Bob Green, Richmond University; Cyril Good, Bucknell University; Robert Gill, Penn State; Nancy Flynn, Traphagen School of Design; Richard Edwards, Bloomsburg STC; Jean Dougherty, Bucknell University; Michael Delaney, Bucknell University; Frank Bankus, Bucknell University; John Young, Penn State. Graduated 4 Semester Hours at Wilkes (B. U. J. C.) Degree 5 Present Employment and Duties 6 Business Address 7 Do you know of any people who attended Wilkes or Association? (a) List: Major BUJC and are not receiving the regular literature of the �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumni Magazine, 1947-present Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations Description An account of the resource <p>An archive of Wilkes University Magazine, from 1947-present. The magazine went through various names including <em>Wilkes Alumnus</em>, <em>Wilkes Quarterly,</em> <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, and the current title, <em>Wilkes Magazine</em>. Some editions for the <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, will have multiple issues within the file record. 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Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumnus Spring 1950 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marketing and Communications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Spring 1950 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Magazine Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/e09b954649715dab78d1d4bfd0d8d1c5.pdf 6f833fa6d3d91218452972070efe65f5 PDF Text Text ■ i OOKrC© ZL Si, ■ * ' '*■ '■ c„ •- '& y 07 7/=V ‘C'k^ COLLEGE WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA SUMMER 1950 �alumnus EDITORIAL THOMAS J. MORAN, '49, EDITOR STAFF: JANE SALWOSKI, WILLIAM UMPHRED, EDWARD BOLINSKI Wanted: Your Cooperation PUBLISHED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF WILKES COLLEGE SUM&SEK 1950 VOLUME 2 Cover You have all heard at one time or another that old saying, "For the want of a nail the shoe was lost; for the want of a shoe the horse was lost; for the want of a horse the race was lost ..." NUMBER 4 CONTENTS Although the rapid expan­ sion program at Wilkes College during the past four years has brought about the addition of many new buildings to the campus, one of the 1 rmdmarks which members of the alumni will have little trouble recalling on Homecoming Day, Novem­ ber 17 and 18, is Chase Hall. Presented to the college in 1936, Chase Hail has filled vari­ ous roles in the 14 years it has been occupied by the college. Included among its numerous duties were those of housing classrooms, offices, a cafeteria, a faculty dormitory, and stu­ dent lounges. In recent years the building has been transformed into an administration center, serving as the home of the President's office, the Registrar's office, the Deans' offices, the Public Rela­ tions and Alumni office, and the Finance office. Editorial Page Missing Alumni i 3 3 General Eichelberger's Commencement Address 4 Graduate Awards 4 1350 Graduating Class 5 New Trustee 6 Additions to the Faculty 6 September Enrollment 7 7 Alumnus Enters Fur Business 7 Faculty News 8-9 10 Wilkes Alumni Enter Graduate School Football Preview 12 Soccer Preview 12 Sports Clippings Alumnotes Alumni Record Published Quarterly at WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI OFFICE Chase Hall 184 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Your alumni association is stronger at the pre­ sent time than ever before. The treasury is well stocked—at least when compared with our financial standing of not too long ago. The interest being shown by many is greater than it has ever been in the past. But there is still much to be desired. Dr. Farley Selected As Community's Outstanding Citizen Campus Candids As long as we are borrowing cute sayings we could go one step further and use another: "IT CAN HAPPEN HERE!" Page . We might apply the same thing to our own case. I: would go something like this: For the want of a member the meeting was lost, for the want of a meet­ ing the interest was lost, for the want of interest the association was lost. .... 13 •i Let's look at it this way. Now that you are out of college you undoubtedly belong to several civic and fraternal organizations. The reason you joined was because you sought a form of social life that could be enjoyed with people who liked and did the same things. Remember when you were in college you couldn't wait for the day? Then remember how you weren't too keen about bidding farewell to ALL phases of college life when that big day did arrive? Actually a good alumni association can provide you with the one form of college life that you most regreted to leave—the student activities such as ... 10 dances, athletic events, and other social gatherings. It can very well serve the same purpose, or even a bet­ ter purpose, than many of your present memberships because this organization has been formed by you and its growth depends upon your participation and help. Besides all this, you have an opportunity to help other students and your college. You may well be conscious 14 of all these advant­ ages and fully intend to help in every way, but per­ 15 haps you overlook the fact that many of the "little things", which you feel do not require your attention aren't too important. Actually, these so-called little things are the basis for much larger projects and are considered essential by your organization and college. Why not decide now to cooperate fully with your alumni association, Plan to attend the regular month­ ly meetings and take an active part in these sessions when you do attend. Pay your dues early. Support college-sponsored projects. Answer all correspondence from the college as soon as possible. Can we depend upon your support and coopera­ tion? Important Notes A nominating committee, consisting of Marilyn Broadt, Mrs. Alberta Killian, June Owens, Don Rau, Sam Elias, Stan Novitski and William Luetzel, has been appointed by President Donald Honeywell. This com­ mittee will present its slate at the September 5th meet­ ing. At that time nominations from the floor will be in order for the four offices. Ballots will be mailed to all alumni and results tabulated so that the new officers can be introduced at the Homecoming on November 17 and 18. Homecoming will be held on November 17 and 18 and an interesting program has been planned for the two-day affair. On Friday the tentative program calls for registration, college president’s reception, and a formal dinner dance at the Hotel Sterling or the new gymnasium. Saturday will be occupied with registra­ tion and campus visiting in the morning, a special luncheon in the cafeteria at noon, a general business meeting at 2 p. m., an alumni reception in the Crystal Ballroom, the game with King's in the evening, and a student victory sport dance following the contest. Many members still have not paid their 1950 dues and it is impossible for the alumni association to close its books until additional returns have been made. Let's send it in. Our association asked only $2.00. Other institutions ask for as high as $5.00 dues and charge an additional S3.00 for the magazine. The classes of 1949 and 1950 are among the greatest de­ linquents. ****** ATTENTION 1950 GRADUATES -The graduate Questionnaires are extremely important to the college. Please forward them to the Public Relations Office within the next 24 hours. Here's where the cooperation is needed. Missing: Some Alumni A recent check of our alumni records has disclosed that many members of the association have failed to notify the alumni office of changes in their mailing addresses. In an attempt to bring our files up to date, the members of the Alumnus staff would appreciate hear­ ing from anyone who has any knowledge of the present whereabouts of the following lost alumni: Phyllis Ruth Ackerman, Joseph Francis Alpauah, Henrv W. Anderson, Leonard S. Anthony, Toseoh M. Arendash, Donald Lester Arnold, Jane Marie Ayre. Edith Marie Basta, Thomas Richard Bean, Georae Nicholson Beiswinaer, William George Beiswinaer. Margaret Mary Bendock, John Leonard Berry. Irene Dolores Betz, John Joseph Bisczat, Eleanor Mae Line. Mitchell Stanley Blicharz, Irma Joyce Bodycomb. Mrs. William H. Bogar, F. Gloria Boguszewski, John Henry Bone, Robert Bonn, Betty Jane Boyd, Thomas Joseph Boyle, Tom Harvey Brain, Julius Brand, Marvin Seymour Bransdorf, Mrs. Joseph Breskman, Sheldon Broedel, Mrs. Russell Brown, Mrs. James Bryson, Twyla Louise Burked, Stanley Richard Byorick, Mrs. William Carley, Donald John Casey, Lillian Guelda Celmer, Constance Koons Christian. �Capacity Cro-vrA Attends Graduation As 248 Students Finish College COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS °r is shown above delivering the commencement address to the 248 members of the 1950 graduating Lt Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger the college. Gen. Eichelberger is the consultant to the Secretary of the Army on Far Eastern Affairs. class, the largest in the history of th Eichelberger warns, "there is no short cut to world peace" "There is no short cut or easyway to world peace," was the theme of Lt. General Robert L. Eichelber­ ger's address to the 1950 Wilkes College graduating class at the third annual commencement in the Irem Temple. The former commander of the well-known "Amphibious Eighth" re­ EICHELBERGER minded the capacity crowd or 1,500 that a great transition has taken place in the international situation since the peak of the United States' strength in late 1945. "Since that time," he explained, "many trouble spots have developed in the world which could be ignited and turned into another world conflagration. If the fearful tragedy of world conflict should again engulf us," the ex-army commander emphasized, "we shall pay the principal portion of the price." He reminded the graduates that many persons have returned from abroad vzith fear lurking in their hearts that we have not done enough to meet the inter­ national threats of the day, but went on to say, "Cer­ tainly our bi-partisan military policy, including the world-aid programs, backed by a determined military posture serve as material proof that America intends to support freedom and democracy throughout the world and to protect them against any aggression." I I Four June graduates receive outstanding scholastic awards Four members of the 1950 graduating class were honored at the June 12 commencement exercises when they were presented with awards by Dr. Eugene S. Farley for their outstanding scholastic and academic work at Wilkes College. Recipients of awards for their college achieve­ ments were Russell Williams, Harold Anderson, Edgar Plummer and Charles Eisenstein. Williams was presented with the newly created L. J. Van Laeys Journalism Medal for his work and effort as editor of the college newspaper and as a member of the journalism class at Wilkes. Anderson received one of the two engineering awards offered by the faculty of the Engineering De­ partment, for his outstanding improvement during his two years at Wilkes. The second Engineering Award for outstanding scholastic achievement was awarded to Charles Eisenstein for his accomplishments in the academic side of the two-year course at Wilkes. The fourth award, the Dobson Accounting Medal, v/as presented to Edgar Plummer for having attained the highest average in the field of accounting at Wilkes. Special mention was also made of the five stu­ dents who graduated cum laude. Donald Kemmerer was the top man in the 1950 class, followed by Rudolph Bottei, William Plummer, Jean Ryan and June Williams. At a dinner held by Theta Delta Rho Sorority earlier in the semester, Miss Ryan was presented with a Scholarship Cup by Miss Betty Harker, dean of women, for her outstanding academic achievement among the women of the college. Alumni ranks swelled by­ addition of June grads The ranks of the Alumni Club were greatly in­ creased on the night of June 12, when 248 Wilkes College students were presented with their degrees and certificates by Dr. Eugene S. Farley before a near capacity crowd in the Irem Temple auditorium. The third annual commencement saw 218 young men and women receive their bachelor's degrees, while an additional 30 students were awarded certificates for having completed the two-year terminal division course. ------ ---. graduates, , and their degrees includes: Bachelor of Arts— The list of Robert W. Angelo, Margaret E. Anthony, Harry H. Black, Rudolph S. Bottei, Ellen Brennan, George Brody, George F. Carpenter, Samuel M. Chambliss, Stuart D. Colman, Royal J. Culp, Thomas J. Dan’els, Char­ lotte M. Davis, James W. Davis. Lois W. DeGraw, John R. DeRemer, Jean B. Ditoro, Judith Dressier, David Edwards, George Ermel, Simon Faltz, John J. Faneck, John J. Florkiewicz, Henry G. Frank, Elva J. Fuller, Joseph Michael Gabriel, Julius J. Ganski, Sheldon R. Gearhart, Leon M. Gilbert, Edward A. Godek, Theodore Gribb, William B. Griffith, Lester S. Gross, Irvin J. Haefele, Marvin J. Horwitz, Earl G. Jobes, Edwin L. Johnson, William D. Jonathan. Thomas J. Jordan, John M. Kaytrosh. Donald E. Kemmerer, Joseph G. Kitler, Chester Knapich, Ross S. Leonardi, George A. Lewis, Edvzard H. Lidz, Reed D. Lowrey, Bruce H. Mackie, Vincent P. Macri, Clarence E. McGhee, Virginia M. Meissner, Cameron Moffat, George M. Monigas, Chester P. Omichinski, Dolores Passeri, Lawrence B. Pelesh, Edward S. Permowicz, Walter A. Piczak, Albert E. Pollick, Mary Z. Porter, John T. Pulos, William F. Purcell, Herbert M. Quick, Joseph Radko, Edward F. Rafter, Arno Keith Rasmussen, Donald M. Rau, William G. Rees, Jane Ann Reese, Joseph T. Rowinski, Robert W. Rubright. Robert C. Sakoski, Florence K. Savitz, Samuel Sawka, Harold A. Schmidt, Sara L. Schultz, Catherine M. Smith, Priscilla A. Smith, Evan R. Sorber, Arthur A. Spengler, John D. Stark, John R. Tasker. Clem E. Waclawski, Henry H. Ward. Joan Wasileski, Robert William Waters, Hazel J. Wallis, Kenneth R. Widdall, James M. Williams, Russell H. Williams, Dorothy Winterstoen, Amon T. Wolfe, Russell A. Wolff, Edward J. Zapotoczny, Paul Zlonkevicz. BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ECONOMICS Robert D. Barber. Andrew J, Basar, Robert P. Beck, Joseph M. Bendock, William H. Bcrgstrasser, Leonard Bhaerman, Stanley H. Blaszczak, William W. Boyd, Joseph P. Brennan, Donald R. Brodbeck, John M. Cain, Robert S. Capin, Michael F. Connors, Leonard J. Czajkowski, John M. Davis, Daniel E. Doris, Benjamin A. Dragon, Frank C. Eiwaz, Michael T. Elchak, Ellsworth E. Everett, James F. Farrell, John Fedastian, Carl G. Fiene, Paul . Finley, Gerard P. Finn, Carl M. Gibson, Zirmin J. Gill, Joseph L. Gudaitis, Walter F. Hanczewski, Harris W. Havard, Howard J. Holman, Paul E. Huff, Luther R. Jones, Philip E. Kennedy, Theodore J. Killian. Raymond S. Kinback, John E. Klansek, Francis S. Koch, Nicholas □no E. Lizzi, John Konchuba, Francis B. Krzywicki, Rigo J. Lemoncelli, Mario J. Marin, Ritchard J. Loftus, Benjamin S. Maczuga, Edward Mamary, John J. L. Melias, Richard E. Martin, Edvzard J. Marut, Michael Meko, Lawrence L. Mohan. P. F. Miedrich, William J. Miller, Victor Minetola, John J. ” ' TJohn -v- " Nelson, Charles O'Shea, Jr., Samuel L. Ovzens, Frank. IL. Paduck, Angelo :k, George Petnlak, P. Pascucci, Andrew M. Patsko, Stanley A. Perlick, Pollard, Maurice Z. Francis S. Pinkovzski, Edgar C. Plummer, Leon S. F. Price. Walter W. Pryse, Jr., Thomas C. Richards, Clyde H. Ritter, Richard D. Rogers, John J. Rostook, Mostyn A. Saye, John R. Semmer, Daniel Sherman, John N. Shoemaker, Marvin Smith, Thomas T. Smith, Jr., John J. Stofko, Allan J. Strassman, Hery F. Strozeski, James W. Sutherland, Joseph E. Swartwood, Stanley M. Svzick, Kenneth L. Taylor, John Turchin, Henry S. Vnukoski, Ralph J. Weaver, Robert L. Williams, Jr., William B. Williamson, Frank G. Wintergrass, Joseph T. Woznitski, Joseph A. Zawodniak. BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOLOGY Grant H. Barlow, Edward J. Brill, Klem D. Drozdowski, Don C. Follmer, Doris M. Gauger, Robert M. Gorgas, Albert S. Gorski, James M. Holifield, IV., George E. Hudock, Jr., Carl J. Malisheski, Walter E. Mokychic, Agnes E. Novak, Nicholas J. Parrella, Wayne R. Redline, Jean Ryan, Theodore R. Warkomski, Edmund A. Zaremba. BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CHEMISTRY - Frank Celmer, Robert M. Chopick, William G. Dyke, Robert L. Fischer, Raymond Jacobs, William A. Plummer, Stephen R. Polakoski, Charles A, Salinis, John J. Surash, Anthony Urban, Jr., June K. Williams. TERMINAL IN BIOLOGY- Barbara Lee Hartley, L. Arlene Pletcher, Emily M. Smetana. TERMINAL IN COMMERCE AND FINANCE—Marilyn M. Broadt, Gwen Clifford, Edna A. Sabol. Ruth E. Tretheway, Elaine E. Turner, Beverly H. VanHorn, Nancy E. Yaufman. ENGINEERING —Harold P. Anderson. Frank G. Bankus, Robert L. Boston, William J. Brown, Joseph H. Chaponis, Michael J. Delaney, Charles R. Eisenstein, Frederick M. Fisher, Cyril A. Good, Thomas A. Kleback, John F. Krupa. Julius E. Kuhn. John W. Lloyd, Jr., Joseph J. Saber, John R. Usaitis, John J. Wardzel, John E, Young. �Local realtor named to Board of 7 rusfees urn **h" been „< the local businessman brings to 25 the total members of the BoarH . The appointment of the local made eady fau Admiral ft? of Trustees. f ™er Chief ol U S Naval Operations and Commander of the Europ6an Fleet during ww” andle° HonoSrabiae JohA fine. Republican candidate for the gover^rsh^ Pennsylvania, were added to the board. The new Wilkes trustee was bom in Wilkes-Barre and attended Coughlin High School, He was graduated from Wharton School of Business, and has been in the real estate business ' since 1913. jsition as trustee immediately, is also on the board f Mr. Goeringer. who will assume his pos the Miners National Bank in this city and1 the Wyoming Valley Industrial Development Fund He is affiliated as a trustee of the Community Welfare Federation and a member of the church board of the First Reformed Church. Mr. Goeringer on two occasions has been president of the Wilkes-Barre Real Estate Board and past vice-president of the Pennsylvania Real Estate Board. He is a member of the various Masonic Orders and a charter member of the American Legion in this region. HARRY F. GOERINGER Enrollment figures exceed 1949pace Cnllpnp Board ol Trustees was increased recently with the announcement K Other members of the beard are: Atty. Gilbert S. McClintock. Charles H. Miner, Jr.. J. B. Carr, Mrs. Charles E. Clift, Mrs. Franck G. Darte, Dr. Samuel M. Davenport, Miss Annette Evans, Hon' John S. Fine. Edward Griffith, George W. Guckelberger, Att'y James P. Harris, Mrs. Edward H. Kent Dr. Joseph J. Kocyan, Miss Mary R. Koons, Reuben H. Levy, Arnaud C. Marts, Dr. P. P. Mayock^ F. E. Parkhurst. Jr., Col. J. Henry Pool, Dr. Charles S. Roush, Andrew J. Sordoni, Admiral Harold R. Stark, Julius Long Stem and Frederick J. Weckesser. 10 new retractors appointed to Faculty Buy Dr, Fairley Many new faces will be on hand to greet the Wilkes College student body when classes start in September due to Dr. Eugene S. Farley's recent an­ nouncement that 10 new instructors have been added to the college faculty. Among the most recent additions to the faculty are eight men and two women, including two assistant librarians, a women's physical education director, and instructors in economics, chemistry, psychology, his­ tory, and English. Mrs. Helen Bubeck of Forty Fort has been appoint­ ed by Dr. Farley to fill the newly created post of Women's Physical Education head. A former instruct­ or in physical education at Forty Fort high school, Mrs. Bubeck's appointment follows the recent appointment of Robert W. Partridge as Director of Men's Physical Education. Partridge, who will begin his new duties in Sep­ tember, has been a member of the college faculty since 1947, and will direct the entire physical educa­ tion program, as well as handle the coaching reigns of the college soccer and baseball teams. For many years the college has conducted its phy­ sical education classes in the YMCA and YWCA, but with the new gymnasium scheduled to be completed early in September, the necessity of the students leav­ ing the campus for these classes has been eliminated. Miss Kathleen M. MacDonald, the other addition to the women's faculty, will join the college library staff as an assistant librarian. Miss MacDonald a resident of Long Island, N. Y„ received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Library Science from Marywood Col­ lege in June. Also scheduled to join the college staff as an assist­ ant librarian is Warren French of Andover, New Hamp- shire. French is another recent graduate, having com­ pleted his studies in Library Science at Syracuse University in June. Two of the new faculty members will join the staff of the Chemistry Department. Francis J. Salley, who received his Doctorate from the University of Pennsyl­ vania, where he also served as a chemistry instructor for two years, has received an appointment as in­ structor in Chemistry, along with Howard Halpin, who received his Master's degree in Chemistry from Lehigh University. Replacing Robert W. Partridge in the history de­ partment will be Thomas F. Rock, who received his Master's degree in history from Columbia University in 1949. The Economics department has been bolstered through the addition of two new members to the facul­ ty. George F. Elliot, a former instructor at Mohawk College, Utica, N. Y. and Wade Brightbill were named to that department. Elliot received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the New Jersey State Teachers College before doing graduate work at Clark University and Harvard Uni­ versity; Brightbill, who obtained his Bachelor's degree from Millersville State Teachers College, completed his of'p’tt^b1' aj^asters degree in June at the University tJw0. °ther additions to the faculty were made in e English and Psychology departments. James Foxlow, who received his Master's degree in English from o umbra University in June, received an appointment to the English department, while John E. Conklin, a lormer member of the Cornell University faculty, will structor '™^es College faculty as a psychology in, Although most universities and colleges throughout the country have reported a gradual decline in their enrollment, Wilkes College, according to statistics revealed by Herbert J. Morris, registrar, is continuing its rapid growth with the September enrollment showing a noticeable in­ crease over last year's July figures. Morris revealed recently that up to July 15, 225 students have been admitted to the September freshman class, including 39 out-of-town students from four states. These figures show an increase of 20 students over figures from the same period in 1949. The freshman class figures for,-iy. July, 1949 revealed that 204 students had already idy been -----------admitted to the college at that time, with 128 students receiving admission in the k last two months prior to the start of school to complete the class of 332 students stuc which entered college last September. This year's students are from the four states of Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. Pennsylvania suppliedi the largest large number of new students, with 206 slated to enter. New York supplied 14 of the new students, while three were admitted from New Jersey, and two stude from Connecticut. Wyoming Valley has been the source of most of the new students with all but twelve of the students from Pennsylvania coming from Wilkes-Barre and the surrounding region. The new freshman class will include 145 men and 80 women. The largest number, 92, has enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts division, while 34 will work for a B. S. in Biology, 19 for a B. S. in Chemstry. 10 for a B. S. in Chemical Engineering, 22 for a B. S. in Engineering, 35 for a B, S. in Commerce and Finance, five for Commerce and Finance Terminal degrees, seven will study Medical Stenography, and one has entered as a special student. The three dormitories which the college occupies will house the 27 new dormitory students. Two of the dormitories, Butler and Weckesser Halls, will be used to accommodate men students, while the newest dormitory. Sterling Hall, will supply accommodations lor the women students. ig the new students are seven transfers from Boston University, Cazenova Included amonc jxel Institute of Technology, Penn State College, and the Penn State Center Junior College, Drej ar Pottsville. Wilkes Alumnus enters fur retailing business One of the biggest problems facing recent college graduates is the critical employment situation which now exists throughout the country. The large classes which have been graduated from the na ion's leading colleges and uni­ versities in the last three years have resulted in the over crowd­ ing of most fields of employment, STAN NOVITSKY leaving only cne choice to many grads—that of going into business for themselves. A recent Wilkes College graduate who has turned to the latter alternative is Stan Novitsky, 49, who has opened a fur repairing and retailing establishment in Kingston. An economics major while at Wilkes, Stan acquir­ ed considerable experience as a furrier while attend­ ing college, having served his apprenticeship under one of Northeastern Pennsylvania's leading furriers. After further study in New York, Stan has equipped his own shop in Kingston and is now doing cleaning, glaz­ ing, repairing and restyling of fur garments. Stan informs us that he would be pleased to hear from his many old friends in the alumni club from both BUJC and Wilkes College, on any matter concerning furs. His address is 427 Rutter Ave., Kingston, Pa. <1: HERBERT J. MORRIS Dr. Farley named outstanding citizen Seventeen years of outstanding work as a community leader were rewarded recently when Dr. Eugene S. Farley, president of Wilkes Col­ lege, was selected by the WilkesBarre Rotary Club as the communi­ ty's outstanding citizen of the year. In presenting Dr. Farley with the award for his outstanding service as a community leader, Rotary Club DR. FARLEY President Judge W. Alfred Valentine paid tribute to his work as an educator, who has re­ cognized and emphasized that freedom can only be preserved if men and women are encouraged and trained to think freely and constructively. Along with his work as an educator, Dr. Farley was commended for the deep interest he has shown in community affairs, including his service as Luzerne County chairman for the Committee for Economic De­ velopment; director of the Wyoming Valley Recreation Association Board and the Wilkes-Barre YMCA Board, and as Luzerne County chairman of the Citizens Com­ mittee for the Hoover Report. Judge Valentine stressed Dr. Farley's responsibil­ ity for the growth of Bucknell Junior College in this city, and for the creation of Wilkes College as its successor. He stated, "As president of Wilkes College, Dr. Farley has developed an educational institution of which Wilkes-Barre and the Wyoming Valley may justly be proud. The remarkable progress made bv Wilkes College is the result of his able leadership, and has been largely brought about through the fact that he believes that education is primarily concerned with those intangible qualities that constitute the character of man, and that it must be measured by those un­ seen influences which create intelligence, integrity and character." �CANDIDS CA MP US L u .Hi U<1 \ BUTLER HALL—MEN’S DORMITORY Above are the guests at the speakers' table of the third annual senior Dinner-Dance held in the Hotel Sterling's Crystal Ball Room. First row, left to right: Mrs. Eugene S. Farley; Dr. Eugene S. Farley, president of Wilkes College; Herbert J. Morris, registrar; Mrs. Herbert J. Morris; George F. Ralston, dean of men; and Mrs. John Chwalek. WECKESSER HALL—MEN'S DORMITORY Second row: Robert Waters, president of the 1950 class; Miss Patricia Fahey, Donald Kersteen, comptroller; Mrs. Robert W. Part­ ridge, Robert W. Partridge, director of student activities; and John Chwalek, placement officer. Dormitory facilities increased through addition of Sterling Hall One of the more recent additions to the rapidly expanding Wilkes College campus, Sterling Hall, is expected to be ready for use as a women's dormitory with the beginning of the fall semester on Sept. 18. The building, which was given to the college by the late Col. Walter C. Sterling last December, pro­ vides the college with three dormitories for the large number of out-of-town students who have applied for admission to the institution. Since acquiring possession of the building last winter, the college has completely renovated it in order to supply new students with the best possible dormi­ tory conveniences. The building is expected to pro­ vide facilities for approximately 30 students. 1; Weckesser Hall, which has served as the women's dormitory since 1945, will be used as a men's dormi­ tory along with Butler Hall which has served in that capacity since 1946. STERLING HALL—WOMEN'S DORMITORY The addition of Sterling Hall to the campus brings to 18 the number of buildings which the college has occupied on South River and South Franklin streets. class and their Some of the members of the 1950 graduating pictured above. guests who attended the senior Dinner-Dance are S' ... The event was me iasi scuu, seniors received their degrees. �Faculty News.. Although for many faculty members the period from early June until the middle of September is a time when they can forget about correcting examinations and checking assignments, for quite a few members of the Wilkes College faculty the summer recess calls for a return to the classroom in their old role of a student. , According to an announcement made recently Uy Pr. Eugene S. Farley, 16 members of the college facul­ ty are using the summer vacation to further their edu­ cation by working for graduate degrees. Heading the list of Wilkes faculty members doing summer graduate work is George F. Ralston, Dean o: Men, and Director of Athletics, who is spending his second summer at Columbia University. Also enrolled at Columbia for the summer session are three other members of the college faculty. Kon­ stantin Symonolewicz, head of the Sociology Depart­ ment; John Whitby, an accounting instructor; and John Boyce, a business administration instructor. Three members of the faculty are doing graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania. John Riley, another business administration instructor, who receiv­ ed his Bachelor of Science Degree from Bucknell Uni­ versity, is enrolled in the Philadelphia University along with James Laggan, the college wrestling coach and instructor in business administration, and Mildred Hull a mathematics instructor. Welton Farrar, an instructor in economics and political science, who received his bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania, is using the sum­ mer recess to work on his Ph.D. at Harvard Univer­ sity, while Bob Partridge, newly appointed Physical Education Director, has enrolled at Boston University for summer graduate work. Other members of the faculty spending the sum­ mer months in graduate school are: Edith Namisniak, who is enrolled at Penn State College, where she is doing advanced work in biology; Robert Moran, music instructor and director of the college band, who is working for his master's degree at Northwestern Uni­ versity; Mark Davidoff, a member of the language de­ partment, who is studying at Middleburg College; and Madeline Dague, who is taking a ten week course in biology at the University of Colorado. Several members of the faculty are using the sum­ mer vacation to study abroad including Charles Hend­ erson who is studying in Paris and Clare Bedillion who has taken a European field trip with a group from Beaver College, where she will do work in Compara­ tive Economic Systems, and European Art and Archi­ tecture. Two other faculty members are visiting Europe during the summer vacation. Al Groh, who finished his graduate work at Columbia during the past winter while on a leave of absence from the college, and Joseph Donnelly, both members of the English depart­ ment, are travelling through Europe on an educational trip. Don't Miss the ON THE 1950 GRIDIRON BUY A SEASON PASS NOW Why? o 24 June graduates enter graduate school The high scholastic rating which Wilkes College has achieved since its birth as a four-year college in 1947, was further attested recently with the announce­ ment by Herbert J. Morris, registrar, that 24 mem hem of the 1950 graduating class have been admitted to graduate schooL The largest number of graduates accepted in one field was in medicine where six members of the June graduating class have been admitted to some of the nation's leading medical schools. Five members of the class have been awarded graduate assistantships in Chemistry, which will en­ able them to continue their research work in Chemistry while aiding the faculty of their respective universities with some of the instructing. Other June grads have been accepted for gradu­ ate work in education, law, political science, engineer­ ing, English, biology, psychology, commerce and finance, and social science. Heading the list of recent graduates accepted for advanced work was Paul Griesmer whose outstanding scholastic achievements at Wilkes were rewarded with acceptance in three of the best medical schools in the country, Temple University, Pennsylvania University, and Jefferson. ’’ The other Wilkes students admitted to medical school are. Robert Pemeski, who has also been accept­ ed at the University of Pennsylvania; Charles Volpe, who entered the University of Rome Medical College in Italy; and Edward Brill, Wayne Redline and David Katz, who have been accepted at Hahnemann Medical School. The five June graduates who have been awarded graduate assistantships in Chemistry include William Plummer, who will enter the University of Pittsburgh; Rudolph Bottei, Cornell University; John Surash, Lehigh University; June Williams, Penn State; and Robert Rubright, Lehigh University. Two of the 1950 graduates have been admitted to Law School. George Lewis, who completed his studies in February is studying at the George Washington Law School, while Samuel Chambliss has been admit­ ted to the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Completing the list of graduates who will continue their college work are: John Faneck who completed his work at Wilkes in February and is now enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania's Institute of Local and State Government; William Jonathan, who is also do­ ing graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania's Institute of Local and State Government; Kenneth Widdall, who will enter Penn State to work for his Master's in Biology; Tom Richards who completed his studies a, Wilkes in February and is now studying at Colum­ bia University for his Master's Degree in Education; Julius E. Kuhn, who will enter Bucknell University to do graduate work in Engineering; Lester Gross, who will study Theology at the Louisville Presbvterian Theo­ logical Seminary; Frank Celmer, who will also enter Bucknell University for graduate work in Chemistry; Joseph Kitler, who will enter Bucknell to do advanced work m Social Science; and Luther Jones, who has been accepted at the University of New Mexico, where he will continue his study in the field of Commerce and Finance, COLONELS I It's economical You avoid standing in line o You're sure of a good seat $3.50 Pre-Season Price (TAX INCLUDED) Return application NOW - This offer expires September 15 CLIP HERE—MAIL NOW 1950 SCHEDULE 1950 FOOTBALL ORDER BLANK ★ — RETURN TO — WILKES COLLEGE PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT SEPT. Sat. 30—St. Francis Please send me College home football games. OCT. Sat. 7—Univ, of Bridgeport . Sat. 14—Ithaca College Sat. 28—Lycoming College ! H ...A H A 1950 season books for Wilkes J Enclosed is my check or money order for S /' Name NOV. Sat. 4—Bloomsburg S. T. C. Sat. 11—Maryland S. C. Sat. 18—King's College ★ ALL HOME GAMES AT NIGHT A H H Street City MAKE ALL CHECKS PAYABLE TO WILKES COLLEGE — DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 15 — a �Colonels prepare for fall sports pi ogram Nine Lettermen among 50 gridders set for practice on August 28 Coach George Ralston will issue the first call for candidates for the fifth Wilkes College grid team on August 28, when a squad of over 50 gridders is expected to report to the Colonels' Kirby Park practice field to bid for positions on the 1950 eleven. Heading the list of aspirants for this year's grid team are nine returning lettermen from last year's squad, which romped through its nine-game schedule by copping seven wins against one tie and one setback. Ralston's chief worry this season appears to be the major job of replacing the large number of lettermen missing from last year s team. The genial Wilkes mentor reported that graduation and with­ drawals have resulted in a mass exodus of 22 gridders from last year's club. Although the 1950 club will be faring a reduced seven-game schedule, the caliber of the teams fazing the Wilkes eleven will provide the Colonels with some strong opposition. Only one new foe has been added to the new schedule, while three of the 1949 opponents are missing from this year's grid slate. Maryland State College is the latest addition to the Colonel schedule, with the Wilkes eleven slated to meet the Maryland grid­ men in a home contest on Saturday evening, November 11. Missing from the 1950 schedule are Rider College, Upsala College, and the National Agricultural College. The rest of the current schedule finds the Colonels playing three more ------ home v■■ games and three tilts on the road. St. Francis College will supj jply the opposition in the curtain raiser at home on Septemher 30. The following Saturday the Colonels travel to Connecticut for a gc jame with the strong University of Bridgeport club which bowed to tc the Colonels in a thrilling 21-31 contest last fall. Partridge starts second year at helm of Colonel hooters in September With a tough seven-game schedule already lined UP for this year’s Wilkes College soccer team, and the possibility °f at least two more games before the 1950 campaign rolls around, Coach Bob Partridge's club appears to be headed for a rough season in its second crack at intercollegiate competition. Partridge, a former University of Pennsylvania All-American, will issue the first call for soccer drills early in September, when a squad of over 40 candidates is expected to report to the Kirby Park practice field. Included among the squad will be a large contingent of re­ turning lettermen from the 19-19 soccer team, the first in the history of the college. Heading the list of returning lettermen is Captain Cy Kovalchik, who paced the Colonels in the scoring column in 1949. A senior, Kovalchik displayed plenty of natural ability in his first start at the sport last fall, and with a year's experience is expected to be a big threat in the Wilkes attack this season. The Wilkes hooters will be called upon to face a vasty stly improved schedule this season. Athletic Director George F. Ralston reported that he has already made arrant igements for seven games with some of the top college soccer teams in the East. ___ There _____ ____ exists a possibility of at least two more additions before the start of the season. The 1950 schedule finds the Wilkes kickers opening up with a home tilt on September 23, against the Bloomsburg State Teachers College eleven. The strong Husky team started the Colonels on their losing streak last season, when it copped a one-point, 3-2 vic­ tory over the Colonels in the first tilt of the season. The remaining games on the seven game e grid slate will pit the Colonels against Ithaca College at home on C October 14, and King's College at home on November 18. Away tilts are scheduled with Lycoming College on October 28, and Bloc jomsburg State Teachers College on November 4. The club then takes to the road for three consecutive consecutive games, games. starting on Saturday, September 30, when Wilkes meets the Franklin and Marshall booters. Partridge takes his team to Stroudsburg for a contest with the East Stroudsburg State State Teachers Teachers College College club club on October 7, followed by a return tilt with Bloomsburg State Teachers College on October 21. One of the bright spots in Coach Ralston's 1950 gridiron picture is the return of three varsity backs from last year's high-scoring backfield. Heading the list of returnees are co-captains Leo Castle and Norm Cross, and scat-back Al Nicholas. Castle and Nicholas are expected to hold down the halfback posts, while Cross will occupy the starting fullback position. The Wilkes booters *— *oters — return to their home field for a gai ime with Ithaca College on ^October (___ 25, muu and play num host i<to Lafayette College on November 2. The regular season closes with ‘ ”i a game at Howard University on November 4. Castle appears to be headed for his most brilliant campaign this season after three years of alternating at the tailback slot with All-State halfback John Florkiewicz. An excellent broken field run­ ner along with his pin-point passing and long distance punting ability, Castle is expected to be the big gun in Coach Ralston's 1950 attack. The other returning lettermen who will form the nucleus for the 1950 eleven are ends, George McMahon and Al Molosh, tackles, Ed Bogusko and Frank Radaszewski; guard, Olie Thomas, and center Jack Jones. Although the power from last year's team, which ran up a total of 294 ponts in nine games to lead the state in scoring, will be missing from the 1950 club, Ralston's fifth grid team is expected to possess plenty of speed and football ability. Instead of relying on his bone crushing attack from last year, when the team worked out of a powerful single wing formation which could grind out yardage consistently, Ralston is expected to switch to an attack which will utilize the speed of his fleet stepping halfbacks. SPORTS CLIPPINGS by BILL UMPHRED Although most of the nation's sports fans are still breathlessly following the knock-down, drag out pennant races in the two major leagues, the trend of talk around the Wilkes College campus is slowly drifting towards the coming cominc football season and the possibility of o another outstanding icampaign for Coach George Ralston's gridders. With three of last year's varsity backs re­ turning for more action, Ralston has the makings of another fine club. Head­ ing the list of returnees are backs Leo Castle and Al Nicholas, and blocking back Norm Cross. Nicholas will be re­ AL NICHOLAS membered by grid fans as the fleetfooted halfback who turned in many long runs for the Colonels last fall. In luded among his long trips to the end zone was a 90-yard jaunt cn a3 kick-off against Ithaca College, a 73-yard sprint from scrimmage intercaption i'nst Upsala College, and a 75-yard run on a pass interception agar ne Lycoming College rout. in the »»w«« Soccer Coach Bob Partridge, who will also direct the fortunes of next year's Wilkes diamond team along vzith his duties as Physical Education and Activities Director, is using the summer vacation to brush up on his physical education vzork at Boston University. 3 > w«« Many Wilkes athletes are spending the vacation period vzorking at summer camps, vzhere their duties also allow them to put in time training for next year's teams. Included among the men vzorking as camp counsellors are Al Nicholas and Bob Hall, members of the football and baseball teams, respectively, vzho are vzorking at a summer camp in Lebanon, Pa. »• w«« Bob Waters, last •year's "Athlete of the Year" and President of the 1950 senior class,, is spending the summer vacation at a boys' ’ area. area. Waters vzill assume his nevz duties camp> in the Pittsburgh at Wt rest Pittston High School as an instructor and athletic coach in Septemoer. > »w« < Bill Johns, fullback on last year's grid team and one of the members of the first grid team in the school's history in 1946, is using the summer months to recuperate from a recent operation which kept him in bed for three weeks. Bill, a 200-pound fullback, was one of the best punters in the valley in 1946, when he averaged over 50-yards per boot. The GAR High School product also puts his athletic ability to good use on the basketball court, where he has held down a varsity spot vzith Coach Ral­ ston's quintet for three years. Ralston reported the schedule ma] ry include two games with the Ft. Monmouth team. The army camp always comes up with plenty of top notch material and if the games mat tterialize they should provide the Colonels vzith some tough opposition. Lincoln University, which administered a 4-0 setback to the Colonels last year, has droppt oed the sport from its athletic program and v/as forced to cancel its s scheduled contest with the Colonels. Partridge conducted a spring training program for four weeks last spring and reported that t__ this year's club looks much stronger than the first edition of the Wilkes ILwS soccer team. Several newcomers were among the candidates> for spring drills and the Wilkes mentor vzas well pleased vzith thei sir fine showing in practice sessions. Included amc among the new candidates who appear to be headed for varsity * berths _rths are Carlos Ortega, a South American product, who entered college in February and displayed plenty of soccer ability in his first start with the Colonels, and Don Tosh, a sophomore hooter, who looked exceptionally good in practice and will be count­ ed upon for heavy duty this season. Also ready for another season are Eckmeder, Charh - ^«u*les Petrilak, Charlie Jackson, inomas, Carl Wallison, Ed Ed Wheatlev Wheatley and and Rocky Reynolds, Preston Earl Wolfe, Charlie Bill Bill Moslev. Mosley. BILL JOHNS _ ”W<« 1 rancis Pinkowski and Don Blankenbush, both members of last spring's Colonel baseball team, are working during the summer 'n Wilkes-Barre. Pinkowski. who also quarterbacked the 9 eleven to its fine record, is employed at the Woodlawn Dairy, t ik Bfonkenbush, captain of the "1950 baseball team, is working 2 the International Color Printing Co., and will return to school in eptember for his senior year. Three Wilkes coeds, who participated in the Wilkes College ater Ballet Group, are putting their swimming ability to good use unng the summer months. Miriam Long, a recent addition to the ranks of the alumni, is employed as a life guard at the Irem Temple ountry Club, while JoAnne Davis is serving in the same capacity at ne Promised Land Lake in the Pocono Mountains. Jane Salwoski, who A?.. es the alumni secretarial duties in the Wilkes Public Relations YWCA *S work*n9 as a swimming instructor in the Wilkes-Barre Bob Gorgas. who co-captained th? first Wilkes College grid team in 1946, when the Colonels surprised even their most ardent rooters by romping through a six-game schedule undefeated, i'. working during the summer months as a welder in Philadelphia. Bob, who be­ came a member of the alumni with the June graduation, finished up four years of outstanding college football as a starting guard with last year's eleven. BOB GORGAS »>w«« With a seven-game schedule listed for this year's grid squad, Coach George Ralston will have an opportunityty to push his already remarkable record to even greater heights,. In his first four seasons Wilkes' gridders to an of grid campaigning, Ralston has directed his 1 outstanding record of 25 wins, four losses, and threei ties. The only defeats wore suffered at the hands of the Army Junior Varsity, College, and last Bloomsburg State Teachers College, St. Francis Cc season's 41-34 defeat by Rider College. Paul Huff, ace Wilkes' set shot for the past four basketball sea­ sons, and co-captain of the 1948-1949 court team, is vzorking in Wash­ ington, D. C. Huff vzas one of the big reasons for the Colonels' amazing upset of King's College last season. The pint-sized guard played his heart out against the heavily favored Kingsmen in order to break the long losing streak vzhich the Colonels had suffered at the hands of the Monarchs. It v/as his long set shots from mid-court which finally broke the back of the towering King's five and allowed the Colonels to go on to a thrilling 69-65 victory. »>w«« 2 w "TOLIE THOMAS Wedding bells will ring this month for Olie Thomas, a member of the Colonel varsity eleven for the last two years, and one of the lettermen counted upon this year to continue the winning ways started by the past Wilkes teams. A halfback in 1948 after transferring to Wilkes from Syracuse University, Thomas moved up to the guard slot last year to fill a vacancy in the start­ ing line-up. The veteran gridder will marry Irene Sheplock, a member of the office staff in the Wilkes Registrar's office on August 26. »>W<« John Zigmund, the strong armed right-hander of last spring's Wilkes College baseball team, vzound up a brilliant first year with the Colonels by joining the ranks of the Lettermen's "Married Men’s Club". The ace hurler, vzho copped six wins in seven starts to pace the Colonels to a season's record of 13 wins in 18 starts, vzas one of the most sought after ball players in the region after his sensa­ tional first year vzith the Colonel nine. Several major league scouts were beating a path to his door vzith tempting offers, but the big chucker decided to finish up his college career before joining the play-for-pay ranks. Although Coach Ralston witnessed a mass exodus of talented football players in the June graduation exercises, the 1950 Wilkes grid roster will find many returning lettermen from last year's oncebeaten club. The reserve strength of this season's eleven will not have the depth of the 1949 team, but the club should make up in speed what it may have been lost in power. Such speedy backs as Leo Castle, Al Nicholas and Al Manarski, are expected to supply Ralston with the nucleus for a fast aggressive club. �ALUMNI RECORD ALUMNOTES... Louise Brennan, junior college alumnus, who served for several years as the registrar s assistant, is spending the summer months in A’lantic City before returning to college in September to complete her un­ dergraduate work . . . Larry Pelesh, one of the more recent additions to the alumni club after winding up college life with the 1950 class, has accepted a position in Brooklyn, N. Y. with the YMCA . . . Ralph Carey, member of the class of '48, and a former Student Coun­ cil representative, is attending summer classes at CCNY .... John Cooney, another member of the 1948 graduate class, and more recently a mem­ ber of the Wilkes faculty in the Economics department, will enter the University of Pittsburgh in September to do graduate work . . . John C. Bush, BUJC class of '40, who migrated to Bucknell University, where he received his bachelor's degree with the class of '42, returned recently to his duties at the sports desk of the Sunday Indepen­ dent after spending two weeks with the Naval Reserve in Philadelphia . . . William Kosicki, Wilkes College alumnus, has returned to his home in Plymouth after spending the winter in Lewisburg . . . Marty Blake, popular Wilkes College alumnus, is doing publictiy work in Wilkes-Barre for several clubs handling sports presentations, including the professional wrestlers and the amateur boxers. Marty journeyed to Florida early last spring to handle the publicity for the Wilkes-Barre Indians baseball team . . . Don Kemmerer, who was graduated with the June class, has accepted a position in Leesport, Pa., as a high school English teacher. Don, who attained the highest average in the 1950 class, will also serve as coach of the Dramatics Club at the Leesport Hiqh School . . . Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lawson returned to their home in Kingston recently after spend­ ing their summer vacation at New Jersey's Asbury Park. . .Mrs. Lawson is the former Madelyn Molitoris, a BUJC alumnus, who is now employed on the Wilkes College office staff. News abou1 our 1950 grads—Raymond Kinback, a Commerce and Finance graduate, has accepted a posi­ tion as an accountant with the DuPont Company in Wilmington, Delaware. . .Rudolph Bottei, who received his A. B. degree in Chemistry in June, has been grant­ ed a graduate student assistantshio at Cornell Univer­ sity. His new duties begin in September, when he will serve as a teaching and research assistant . . . Reed Lowery, an English major while at Wilkes, is spending the summer vacation in the Pocono Mountains where he is serving as editor of one of the resort's news­ papers. Reed reports he plans to continue his educa­ tion in the fall when he will enter the Universitv of Pennsylvania to do graduate work in English . . . Ger­ ard Finn, another Commerce and Finance graduate, is working at the Hessler Laundry and Drv Cleaning Co. in Wilkes-Barre as a salesman . . . John Surash, who received a B. S. in Chemistry in June, will enter Lehigh University in September where he has been awarded a graduate assistantshio in Chemistry. John informs us that his schedule calls for him to teach fresh­ man chemistry. Russell Williams, who received his A. B. in English at the June 12 exercises, is employed at the I. Miller Shoe Co. in Wilkes-Barre as a stock supervisor. Russ was awarded the L. J. VanLaeys Journalism Medal in June for his outstanding work and effort on the student newspaper and as a member of the journalism class at Wilkes . . . John Mohan, a June graduate with a B. S. in Economics, is working for the H. J. Heinz Co. in Wilkes-Barre as a salesman . . . Art Spengler, who finished up his college work in February with an A. B. in Social Studies, is employed in Endicott, N. Y„ in the p.cduc.ion department of the International Business Machine Ccrp. Ar; was one of the most active students on the campus while attending Wilkes, and devoted much of his free time to his work with the Student Council, having served one term as President of that group, along with his duties as a member of the Beacon and Yearbook staffs . . . Marvin Smith, a Commerce and Finance grad, has entered the insurance business with a Wilkes-Barre firm . . . Joseph Gudaitis has jour­ neyed to Newark, N. J., to accept a position with the Continental Transportation Lines in that city as a motor freight dispatcher. He received a B. S. in Economics in June. Edward J. Brill, a June graduate with a B. S. in Biology, has been accepted for graduate work at the Hahneman Medical College. Ed is spending the sum­ mer months working in a Wilkes-Barre theatre . . . Also slated to do graduate work is George Ermel, who received an A. B. in Social Science, and will enter Syracuse University in Sept., where he will major in Library Science . . . Kenneth Widdall, a June grad with an A. B. in Biology, has entered graduate school at Penn State where he will continue his studies in Biolo­ gy .. . Dick Rogers is working for the Scran'on Dry Goods Co. as a floor manager. Dick received his bach­ elor's degree in Economics . . . Nick Konchuba is em­ ployed in Washington, D. C. as a police department statistician. Nick, who received a B. S. in Commerce and Finance and Economics, reports that he plans to do graduate work in the near future . . . Armin J. Gill, another Commerce and Finance grad, is employed in Wilkes-Barre as a salesman. . .Marvin Horwitz is work­ ing in the Wilkes College Guidance Center as a Coun­ selor ... Ed Lidz is employed in Wilkes-Barre as a salesman . . . Nancy Yaufman, who completed her Commerce and Finance work in June, is employed as a secretary . . . Herbert Quick has accepted a position as a senior high school French and English teacher in Thurmont, Maryland . . . Arlene Pletcher has been ad­ mitted to the Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, Pa., where she will receive training as a Lab Technician. . . Julius E. Kuhn is doing graduate work in Engineering at Bucknell University . . . Barbara Hartley will enter the Robert Packer Hos­ pital in Sayre, Pa., on Auaust 1 where she will train as a Lab Technician . . . Lester Gross plans to enter the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Sep'ember to do graduate work in Theology . . . Henry Ward is employed on a part-time basis in Wilkes-Barre with a building contractor . . . Joseph Zawodniak, who received his bachelor's degree in Economics in June, has accepted a position with the Woodlawn Farm Dairy Co. in Wilkes-Barre . . . Mary Porter is employed in Harrisburg State Hospital as a social worker . . . June Williams has been awarded a graduate assistant­ ship in Chemistry at Penn State . . . Any other members of the alumni association, who have not already mailed us their copy of the Alumni Record, are also requested to do so as soon as possible. THOMAS J. MORAN '49 Executive Alumni Secretary 1 Name FIRST LAST MIDDLE Maiden Name Street State Town Telephone Entered Wilkes College (B. U. J. C.) 2 Withdrew Graduated Transferred To 3 Graduated I 4 Semester Hours at Wilkes (B. U. J. C.) Major Degree 5 Present Employment and Duties 6 Business Address 7 Do you know of any people who Association?. (a) List: no', receiving the regular literature of the attended Wilkes or BUJC and are �t— a* CD 0) C/2 o O P 3 cn so cd w* CD T •"5 CD < CD T * cn T> c<ciT) 0) 0 P3 H» P g � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumnus Summer 1950 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marketing and Communications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1950 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Magazine Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/7a41129c11d999ee7d7f0f075633484c.pdf db840948b3a005139a08ea6972a02434 PDF Text Text I i Vol. 3, No. 1 Alw Ukes college —I__ .. —'"I. :.F 77'7777 rT\—yr-grT K__ 7 U v U LI vJ v__ > WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA Homecoming Nov. 17 FIRST FORMAL ON FRIDAY AT 7 November, 1950 18 RETURNING alumni GALA WEEK-END EXPECTED TO DRAW HUNDREDS OF ALUMNI TO CAMPUS MUST REGISTER . The main lounge of Chase Hall on South River street will A formal note will be injected be used as the temporary head­ into a gala week-end of Homecomquarters for Homecoming regis­ i ig activity on Friday evening at tration during the Nov. 17 - 18 7, when former students of Wilkes celebration. College and Bucknell University Miss Jane Salwoski, college Junior College will attend a Formal alumni assistant, will be in Dinner-Dance in the Victory Room charge of registrations. of the Hotel Redington. This office will be open from Music for the evening of dancing 9 a .m. to 5 p. m. on Friday, will be provided by Lee Vincent Nov. 17, and from 9 a. m. to and his orchestra. This popular noon on Saturday, Nov. 18. Wyoming Valley dance band—ac­ Returning alumni are urged claimed by many to be the finest to register in this office before in the state—recently completed a doing anything else. All tickets six-week engagement at the Steel for Homecoming events will be Pier in Atlantic City. available at this office. A special committee, under the guidance of Chairman Rau and Alumni President Donald L. Honey­ well, has been working for the past six weeks in order to make this part of the Homecoming a big I success. T hc new . The new ...... constitution for the First Formal Dance I Wilkes College Alumni Association, The event will mark the first which was approved at the Septemlime in the historv of alumni af- Der meeting of the organization, is fairs at Wilkes College that a for-! published in this issue of the mal dinner-dance has been held. At | ALUMNUS. ___ ______ ________ It *iss suggested that you clip nrsi, there was some objection J* ...... raised about the move to make the j th*8 constitution so that'J* it can be dance formal, but a vote was taken used for future refrence. among the members present at the August meeting and it was decided by a majority vote that this dance .should be of the tuxedo variety. The cabaret theme will prevail. A speaker’s table will be located There’ll be plenty of color on on the east end of the huge room. campus when the former students A decorating committee, composed return for the Third Annual Homeo former students who have coming and the reason will be that handled the color schemes for un­ every student club and society has dergraduate dances, will spend the joined in a contest to see which can biggest part of Tuesday making do the most successful job of de­ the room conform to the traditional corating the college buildings. Wilkes College blue and gold at­ Each club has been assigned a mosphere. building and will see to it that The speaker for the formal affair there is an abundance of external will be announced in the daily welcome for the alumni, when they newspaper several days before th<- revisit the campus on Friday and dance. It is expected that the guest Saturday, Nov, 17 and IB. speaker will be a prominent Wyo­ Joining in the spirit of the con­ ming Valley resident, who is ex­ test is the alumni association, tremely interested in the work be-I which has offered a trophy to the ing done at Wilkes College and club or society whose decorations also one who is well versed in the are judged to be the best, benefit:, of having a strong alumni Supervising the contest is Rob­ association behind a growing in­ ert V/. Partridge, director of stu­ stitution. dent activities. WCAA CONSTITUTION' IN THIS ISSUE CAMPUS CLUBS PLAN COLORFUL RECEPTION Many of the 2,000 members of the Wilkes College Alumni Association are expected to make their annual pilgrimage to the South River Street campus on Nov. 17 and 18 to attend the Third Annual Alumni Homecoming. The two-day affair promises to be one of the finest ever sponsored at the community college and it is expected that a good representation will be present from each of the 17 classes which have studied at the local institution since its founding Bucknell University Junior ColCol­ when the main lounge of Chase at Bucknell^ lege in 1933. Hall will be opened as the HomeAlumni President Donald L. coming registration headquarters. Honeywell has appointed Donald Returning alumni will be register­ M. Rau, class of ’50, as general ed at this center before receiving chairman of the affair. A commit­ tickets to the variety of events tee of over 30 former students has that will fill their two-day pro­ gram. First regular activity will be the President’s Reception given by Dr. and Mrs. Eugene S. Farley in their home at 146 South River street. This event will commence at 3 p. m. and continue until 5. On Saturday morning registra­ tion for late-comers ■will be held until noon. The Special Alumni Luncheon will take place at 12:30 I on Saturday in the college cafe­ teria. Dr. Farley will make his an­ nual report to the members of the Alumni Association at this lun­ cheon. The annual general business meeting will be held at 1:30 on Saturday in the Lecture Hall on South River street. Alumni Presi­ dent Honeywell will open the ses­ sion by giving a report of the pro­ gress made by the association dur­ ing the past year. Reports will also be heard from various officers and committee heads of the organ­ ization. An informal alumni reception Donald M. Rau will be held in the Victory Room been working for the past six of the Hotel Redington on Satur­ weeks in order to make this year’s day afternoon from 3 to 5:30, and Homecoming a session of interest­ from there the former students ing business and social activity. will journey to Kingston Stadium Highlighting this year’s Home­ where they will watch the annual coming Program will be a formal grid contest between Wilkes and dinner-dance on Friday evening at King’s Colleges from a special re­ 7 in tho Victory Room of the Hotel served section on the west side of Redington and tho traditional the field. football clash between Wilkes and The entire Homecoming Program its city-rival, King’s College, on will be concluded at a Sport Dance, Saturday evening at 8 in the planned for the gymnasium on Kingston Stadium. South Franklin street by the The program will officially get Wilkes College Student Council underway on Friday morning at 9, following the football game. �WILKES ALUMNUS Pago Two The ALUMNUS Editor THOMAS J. MORAN Assistant Editor WILLIAM J. UMPHRED Staff Assistants JACK PHEATHEAN JANE SALWOSKI BOB SANDERS Photographer EDWARD BOLINSKI This publication will be puliblishcd monthly throughout the regular school year (September through June). An alumni ________ A report in the form of a magazine will be published in the summer of each year. oared for publication in the Alumni Office, 309 Chase The ALUMNUS is prepared Hall, 184 South River Street, jet, Wilkes-Barre, Wilkes Pa. Subscription price is SI.00 a year. The I EDITOR’S C o r n e r. THOMAS J. MORAN ■= - ■n **’**” I L ' ; /J THE HOMECOMING Most of the important arrangements for the Third Annual Homecoming have been completed by the general chairman, Don Rau. Now the entire committee and officers of the association have but one worry —what kind of a turn-out will there be for this important week-end? There are approximately 2,050 members in the Alumni Associa­ tion. Without consulting the record books, it is safe to say that there are about fifty per cent of this number located within four hours travel­ ing distance of our campus. That means that if there is sufficient in| terest among our alumni we should have at least 500 at this year’s homecoming. I would imagine that it is rather difficult for the members to de­ velop the same enthusiasm for this affair as we have, but it is only natural that when you work on a project you must be enthusiastic Intercollegiate athletics at Wilkes Colege are five years old. about it or the venture turns out to be just another affair. From all indications the 1950 Homecoming will be for a long time Yet, there has never been a single instance of special aid or to come a goal for other planning committees to reach. There has consideration being given to an athlete. The new athletic code, been considerable time and effort spent in the planning of this affair. which was approved recently by the Board of Trustees, insures A full program for the two-day period has been planned to provide activity for all but a few short hours. the fact that there never shall be any special privileged athletes It is with the greatest of pleasure that I look forward to seeing at this institution. you on Friday and Saturday, November 17 and 18. OUR ATHLETIC POLICY In shot!, athletics will always remain in their rightful place —as part of the college. As soon as a transformation takes place and the college becomes part of the athletic program, then it is time to abolish athletics. It is impossible for Wilkes College to carry on an athle'ic ■ relationship wrb. institutions that have different standards of scholarship, admission, and policy. ’ We would consider it poor judgment on the part of our athletic council if games were arranged wi'h Army, Notre Dame, Penn, and other first-rate athletic institutions. It would be unfair to pit our teams against schools of this size because the contests would be too one-sided and the ou'eome would never be in doubt. There just wouldn't be a contest in the true sense of the word. For the same reason, it would be unfair to schedule our athletic teams against schools that have too loose ar. altitude scholarship, admission, and general policy. EDITORIAL THE NEW CONSTITUTION In this issue of the Alumnus you will see for the first time the new constitution of the Wilkes College Alumni Association. You. will note that it is unlike most constitutions. It does not contain all the laboring phrases and par's of speech that make most blueprints for organization and operation, about as easy to understand as a timetable for a large railroad. When it vzas first decided that the old consti ution was far. A LOYALTY FUND You have been more fortunate than members of other college alumni associations. You have been iasked for only two-dollars a year vmo is io uiviucu uuuwtur and this divided tcjuidii.y equally between dues and a subscription to the ALUMNUS, our official publication. Look around you at the graduates from other colleges. Better still, walk _ right up and ask them how much it costs to be members in good standing of their respective alumni association. You’re surprised be­ cause the answer you got wasn’t even close to two dollars. Be honest, now, was it? If you didn’t have the misfortune to question one of the minority, who told you “Sure I get that stuff in the . mail, but I just toss it away, It’s the usual propaganda about being loyal and sending along a few bucks,” then you probably found out thatit it costs quite a bit of money to belong to other associations. In the new constitution, which was passed by the members of the association at the September r eeting, there is an article concerned with a Loyalty Fund. That fund is separate from the regular twodollar annual dues. In brief, the Loyalty Fund is an annual campaign sponsored by the Alumni Association to solicit your financial help in making addi­ tional approvements possible at Wilkes College. Granted that few of our alumni are so well established at present to make annual gifts that can be recorded in three or four figures, but I would like to hear from any member who can’t at least give fivedollars or at the very least one-dollar. Some can give more and will. Others can’t now, but will in the future. This Loyalty Fund campaign will be held in the Spring of 1951 and each year thereafter. Prepare yourself for it. If necessary, budget yourself to the extent of saving at least a dollar a month. The dues, which is much lower than that required by other college alumni associations, will remain the same—two dollars/ THE 1950 DUES Some members of the Alumni Association still have not paid their 1950 dues. It will be possible to do this when you register in the main ou*-da!ed, a special committee vzas appointed by the alumni lounge of Chase Hall on Friday or Saturday, November 17 or 18. president for the purpose of drawing up a new charier. Simpli­ city vzas the goal of this committee. The group wanted most to compose a conr/ifution that would bo adoquaio, yet not bo WE’RE LONESOME—WRITE so filled vzith "pigiron" that it would cause nc.-vour, frustration It gets mighty lonesome on the third floor of Chase Hall. The only thing wo see all day are women passing to and from the Women’s to someone seeking a bit of information. Lounge and what alumni secretary could be satisfied with such an un­ Tho finished product vzas presented to the alumni at tho eventful existence. What we’re trying to say is please write and let us know how September meeting of the Association. Afler a few slight things are on the outside. What have you accomplished since you left changes it was approved by those present. Tho action made it college. Did you gain a mate and possibly a few cherished offsprings? tho official guide to the conducting of alumni affairs at Wilkes Maybe you weren’t quite so ambitious and just confined your activi­ ties to getting a wonderful position. Why not drop us a line and. College. tell all? �WILKES ALUMNUS Pago Four WILKES ALUMNUS CONSTITUTION WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 1950 shall be held during the Homecom­ ing Week-end in November and at a specific time to be designated through official correspondence. 1. This organization shall bo called the Wilkes College Alumni ARTICLE IV Association. ARTICLE I Name and Purpose Chapters of the Alumni 2. The object of said Alumni Association Association shall be to stimulate and vitalize interest in the welfare 1. Whenever ten (10) or more of Wilkes College, as well as to foster and maintain good fellow­ members of the Wilkes College Alumni Association meet together ship among its graduates and beyond a reasonable commuting friends. distance of Wyoming Valley (A distance that will cause incon­ ARTICLE II venience in attending the regular Membership in the Wilkes College meetings of the association) for the purpose of conducting social or Alumni Association business sessions similar to those 1. Every person who shall have held at the regular meetings of the completed at least thirty (30) sem­ Alumni Association, it shall be the ester hours of work at Wilkes privilege of this group to petition College and shall have terminated the president and Membership academic relations with the latter Committee for official recognition institution shall be eligible for full as a Chapter of the Wilkes College Alumni Association. membership. 2. Every person who shall have completed at least thirty (30) sem­ ester hours of work while Wilkes College was known as Bucknell University Junior College shall be accorded full membership. 3. Members of each senior class at Wilkes College shall become eligible for membership in Wilkes College Alumni Association when they shall have been recommended by the faculty for graduation. 2, Chapters of the Wilkes College Alumni Association (see Article, III, Section 3), located outside of Wyoming Valley shall conduct meeting at a time and place de­ signated by their membership. 3. Chapters shall be required to conform to all parts of the Consti­ tution which governs the Wilkes College Alumni Association, ex­ cept those part or parts that con­ flict with the conducting of alumni 4. Members of the faculty, board j affairs in a specific locale. -____ _____________ \ of- trustees, andj the ____ recipients ofI honorary degrees shall as such be ARTICLE V deemed ex-officio members of the Officers and Elections Wilkes College Alumni Associa­ tion. 1. The officers of the Wilkes College Alumni Association shall be a president, vice-president, ARTICLE III treasurer, recording secretary, and Meeting of the Alumni executive secretary. The alumni Association secretary of Wilkes College shall be the executive secretary of the 1. There shall be a meeting of the Wilkes College Alumni Asso­ Wilkes College Alumni Associa­ tion. The officers of the Alumni ciation held on the first Monday of every month at the place de­ Association, excepting executive signated through official corres­ secretary, shall he elected for one pondence. A quorum for such year. No officer of the association, excepting the treasurer and execu­ monthly meetings shall be 15. tive secretary, shall serve in the 2. The president of the Wilkes same office for more than three College Alumni Association shall successive years. have the power to call a special 2. The treasurer shall be required meeting at any time he so desires. to deposit all funds of the associa­ 3. Chapters of the Wilkes Col­ tion in a depository designated by lege Alumni Association, located the Finance Committee. outside of Wyoming Valley, shall 3. Officer vacancies may be filled conduct meetings at a time and place designated by their member­ by the President of the Wilkes College Alumni Association, ex­ ships. cepting the office of executive sec­ ■1. A general meeting of the retary, which shall follow the pro­ Wilkes College Alumni Association cedure set forth in Article VIII. All appointments to fill vacancies shall be ex-officio members of each in the ranks of officers shall be un­ committee provided for here-in or til the expiration of the regular otherwise appointed. term. ARTICLE VI 4.' At the regular August meet­ Alumni Council ing of the Wilkes College Alumni Association (the first Monday of 1. Function—The Alumni Coun­ the month), the President shall cil is designed in general to act in a measure as a committee of the appoint a nominating committee of seven members, whose duty it whole for the purpose of working out plans and policies and being shall be to nominate a candidate generally helpful in furthering the for the offices of president, vice- interests and regulating the activi­ president, recording secretary, ties of the Alumni Association. treasurer, and member-at-large. 2. Officers—The officers of the The choice for each office by the Alumni Association, elected from appointed nominating committee time to time, shall be deemed to shall be made known to the mem­ hold the same respecitve offices in bership immediately following the the Alumni Council without action to such effect by the Alumni Coun­ close of nominations from the floor cil. at the September meeting. The 3. Meetings—There shall be at successful candidates shall be those receiving a majority of votes cast least one formal meeting of the Alumni Council each year at such by mail ballot. Not later than one time and place as shall be deter­ week from the aforeemntioned mined. A quorum for such meeting meeting the executive secretary of shall be five (5). In addition to the alumni association shall send formal meetings the Alumni Coun­ to all members of the association cil shall transact business among its members through the media of an official ballot to be returned. mail. All alumni shall be eligible to vote. 4. Eligibility—Any member of All ballots shall remain uncounted until the closing of the polls, which the Alumni Association is eligible for membership in the Alumni shall occur at 3 p. m. one month Council. (30 days) following mailing of the 5. Membership—Membership in ballots by the executive secretary. The closing day of the polls shall the Alumni Council shall consist of nine members and one from each bo mentioned on all ballot forms. chapter of at least 10 members. Immediately after the closing of This figure shall be reached in the the polls, three tellers, appointed following manner: by the executive alumni secretary a. Four elected officers of the of Wilkes College shall open the Alumni Association. ballots, complete the count of the b. One representative from each vote, and certify in writing to the chapter of 10 or more mem­ Alumni Council the names of the bers. elected officials. c. One representative appointed 5. All newly elected officers shall by the President of the take office January 1 of the follow­ Association. ing year. The term of office shall be until the following December 31 d. Four elected from the mem­ or until new officers are elected to bership at large. fill vacancies after the expiration 6. All members shall serve for of the one-year term of office. All committee appointments made dur­ one year after election to office. ing a year shall not run longer The election of the four persons than December 31 of the year the from the membership at large shall appointment is made or until new take place at the first regular meeting in October. officers are elected. 6. Tiie President, or in his ab­ sence, the Vice-President, shall preside at nil meetings of the Alumni Association and Alumni Council. The President and Execu­ tive Secretary of the Association 7. Members of the Alumni Coun­ cil who miss three consecutive meetings shall be disqualified. Vacancies occuring through dis­ qualification of a member for ab- (continued on next page) sentism shall be filled by presiden­ LOYALTY FUND, and such fund shall be the function of 1 tial appointment. shall be under the direction of the committee, which shall Alumni Council as herein provided, Alumni Council. ARTICLE VII 6. Campaigns—The am 2. Purpose—The underlying pur­ Standing Committees pose of the fund shall be to pro­ peal shall take place bet-' (Permanent) vide an agency which shall further 1 and June 30. Gifts to b( 1. There shall be at least four the practice among alumni and in the current year must (4) standing committees of three friends of Wilkes College of giving hands of the fund comm (3) or more members each, to be money annually, in large or small later than June 30, wt appointed by the president of the amounts, according to ability, for marks the end of the coll Alumni Council, who shall desig­ the purpose of the college; thus year. nate one member of each commit­ providing a means of consolidating 7. Records—The Alum tee as its chairman. All such ap­ many gifts into one large amount shall keep full records of pointments may be terminated at which may be used for particular class standing at all t needs of Wilkes College from time any time by action of the Presi­ shall publish at the clos dent of the Alumni Association. to time. annual appeal a repoi These committees shall be appoint­ 3. Objective—The immediate or names of donors but ed in the Fall to serve for one year special objective of each annual ap­ amounts of their respeci or until successors shall be ap­ peal, and the allocation and disposi­ pointed. Vacancies on such commit­ tion of the fund collected shall be ARTICLE IX tees may be filled by the commit­ determined by the fund committee tee chairman in cooperation with in consolidation with the President Filling Vacancy in C the president of the alumni asso­ of Wilkes College and his counsels. Alumni Secretary ciation. Wilkes College 4. Presentation — In presenting 1. The Alumni Counci (a) Committee on Finance—It the annual appeal the fund com­ operate with the Pres shall be the duty of this commit­ mittee shall ■work through the tee to determine financial policies various class representatives, ap­ Board of Trustees of V from year to year, to audit the pointing representatives for those lege in the selection of books or receive the auditor’s re­ classes not having official Alumni Secretary for Wilkes port and generally to direct the Council representatives. The appeal whenever a vacancy occ financial administration of the or­ to friends of the institution shall office. ganization in conjunction with the be conducted through the Alumni 2. The officers of t college comptroller. Secretary of Wilkes College. Cash Association are author: and non-continuing pledges shall with the President of (b) Committee on Program—It be payable before the close of the and Chairman of the shall be the duty of this commit­ Trustees to appoint a tee to plan and promote social pro­ College fiscal year. incumbent to said offic grams for each scheduled general 5. Supervisions—Overall super­ alumni meeting unless otherwise visions of the collection of the fund 3. The officers of 1 specified by the President. This . committee will be expected to co­ operate with the planning and pro­ motion of other social events spon­ sored by the Alumni Association . throughout the year. HOMECOMING (c) Committee on Legislation— It shall be the duty of this com­ mittee to consider and draft amend­ ments and interpret the constitu­ tion upon the written petition of any ten (10) members and upon the request of the President. (d) Committee on Membership— It shall be the duty of this commit­ tee to plan and promote member­ ship drives designed to bring about greater interest in the alumni asso­ ciation and attract greater num­ bers to the meetings and affairs sponsored by the association. This committee will cooperate with the college authorities and undergrad­ uates in linking up the graduate and undergraduate interest, and in promoting a closer relationship be­ tween students and alumni. (e) Additional Committees—The Alumni Council may, from time to time, provide for and appoint such additional committees as it may deem advisable, with such duties and powers as it may define, and may adopt by-laws, rules and re­ gulations for the transaction of its business. ARTICLE VIII The Loyalty Fund Friday, November 17 9 a. m. - 5 p. m. Registration (All Day) 2 p. m. Get Acquainted Tour of Can 3 p. m. - 5 p. m. President's Reception Dr. and Mrs. Eugene S. Farl 7 p. m. - 1 a. m. FORMAL HOMECOMING E Orchestra—Lee Vincent Saturday, November 18 9 a. m. - 12 noon Late Registration 12:30 p. m. SPECIAL ALUMNI LUNCHE Speaker—Dr. Eugene S. Fai Topic—"Report to the Alum: 1:30 p. m. GENERAL BUSINESS MEET 3 p. m. - 5:30 p. m. ALUMNI RECEPTION 8 p. m. HOMECOMING FOOTBAL WILKES College vs. King's (Section will be reserved fo 10:30 p. m. "Welcome Alumni" Sport 1. Name—The name of the fund shall be the WILKES COLLEGE I______ . �WILKES ALUMNUS CONSTITUTION COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION □OPTED SEPTEMBER 1950 All appointments to fill vacancies ’ shall be ex-officio members of each in the ranks of officers shall be un- i committee provided for here-in or til the expiration of the regular' otherwise appointed. term. ARTICLE VI 4.' At the regular August meet-. ARTICLE IV Alumni Council ing of the Wilkes College Alumni Chapters of the Alumni Association (the first Monday of 1. Function—The Alumni Coun­ Association the month), the President shall cil is designed in general to act in 1. JX henever^ten^ (10) or, more appoint a nominating committee a measure as a committee of the members of the Wilkes College of seven members, whose duty it whole for the purpose of working Alumni Association meet together out plans and policies and being beyond a reasonable j commuting j shall be to nominate a candidate generally helpful in furthering the distance of■ Wyoming Valley (A I for the offices of president, vice- interests and regulating the activi­ distance that .4- — will n cause ■ presjjincon en^ ­ recording secretary, ties of the Alumni Association. venience in attending the regular 1^1 ireasurer and member-at-large. meetings of the association) lor ... . , 2. Officers—The officers of the the purpose of conducting social or, cIJ01ce iOr eacL onice by the Alumni Association, elected from business sessions similar to those j appointed nominating committee time to time, shall be deemed to held at the regular meetings of the shall be made known to the mem­ hold the same respecitve offices in Alumni Association, it shall be the bership immediately following the the Alumni Council without action privilege of this group to petition to such effect by the Alumni Coun­ the president and Membership close of nominations from the fioor cil. Committee for official recognition at the September meeting. The as a Chapter of the Wilkes College successful candidates shall be those 3. Meetings—There shall be at I Alumni Association. receiving a majority of votes cast least one formal meeting of the Alumni Council each year at such 2. Chapters of the Wilkes College by mail ballot. Not later than one time and place as shall be deter­ Alumni Association (see Article week from the aforeemntioned mined. A quorum for such meeting III, Section 3), located outside of meeting the executive secretary of shall be five (5). In addition to Wyoming Valley shall conduct the alumni association shall send formal meetings the Alumni Coun­ meeting at a time and place de­ to all members of the association cil shall transact business among signated by their membership. its members through the media of an official ballot to be returned. mail. 3. Chapters shall be required to All alumni shall be eligible to vote. ■ conform to all parts of the Consti­ All ballots shall remain uncounted ’ 4. Eligibility—Any member of tution which governs the Wilkes until the closing of the tolls, which Ithe AlumI!i Association is eligible College Alumni Association, ex­ » n , o , for membership in the Alumni Alumni cept those part or parts that con- , =hall occur at 3 p. m. one month romr.y flict with the conducting of alumni (30 days) following mailing of the affairs in a specific locale. i ballots by the executive secretary., 5. Membership—Membership in The closing dav of the polls shall Ithe AIumni Council shall consist •oe mentioned „ r on all 11 •ballot n 4. forms. ofi nine members ARTICLE V , , and. one ,n from ,each ■ chapter of at least 10 members. Officers and Elections Immediately after the closing of • This figure shall be reached in the 1. The officers of the Wilkes i the P°Us' three teUers’_ appointed following College Alumni Association shall !\ bv 'a•>' the executive alumni secretsrv secretary1 -iiinrrn Aiumni al>™™ Association a c-snail a. Four elected officers of the be a president, vice-president, vice-president,, of Wilkes College shall open the Alumni Association. treasurer, recording secretary, and j ballots, complete the count the r, ! comnlete r-nnnt of nr t.hn executive secretary. The alumnii vote, and certify in writing to the b. One representative from each secretary of Wilkes College shall chapter of 10 or more mem­ be the executive secretary of the Alumni Council the names of the bers. Wilkes College Alumni Associa­ elected officials. tion. The officers of the Alumni One representative appointed 5. All newly elected officers shall Association, excepting executive by the President of the take office January 1 of the follow­ secretary, shall be elected for one Association. ing year. The term of office shall rear. No officer of the association, be until the following December 31 d. Four elected from the memexcepting the treasurer and execuor until new officers are elected to bership at large. ive secretary, shall serve in the fill vacancies after the expiration ame office for more than three 6. All members shall serve for of the one-year term of office. All uccessive years. committee appointments made dur­ one year after election to office. 2. The treasurer shall be required ing a year shall not run longer The election of the four persons o deposit all funds of the associa- than December 31 of the year the from the membership at large shall is made or until new take place at the first regular ion in a depository designated by appointment ‘ meeting in October. he Finance Committee. <officers are elected. shall be held during the Homeconi-’' ing Week-end in November and at ! a specific time to be designated j a through official correspondence. 3. Officer vacancies may be filled y the President of the Wilkes ollege Alumni Association, ex­ iting the office of executive sec­ tary, which shall follow the pro­ cure set forth in Article VIII. 6. The President, or in his ab­ sence, the Vice-President, shall preside at all meetings of the Alumni Association and Alumni Council. The President and Execu­ tive Secretary of the Association _________WILKES ALUMNUS _____________ _ 7. Members of the Alumni Coun­ cil who miss three consecutive meetings shall be disqualified. Vacancies occuring through dis­ qualification of a member for ab- (continued on next page) sentism shall be filled by presiden­ LOYALTY FUND, and such fund tial appointment. shall be under the direction of the Alumni Council as herein provided. ARTICLE VII 2. Purpose—The underlying pur­ Standing Committees pose of the fund shall be to pro­ (Permanent) vide an agency which shall further 1. There shall be at least four the practice among alumni and (4) standing committees of three friends of Wilkes College of giving (3) or more members each, to be money annually, in large or small appointed by the president of the amounts, according to ability, for Alumni Council, who shall desig­ the purpose of the college; thus nate one member of each commit­ providing a means of consolidating tee as its chairman. All such ap­ many gifts into one large amount pointments may be terminated at which may be used for particular any time by action of the Presi­ needs of Wilkes College from time dent of the Alumni Association. to time. These committees shall be appoint­ 3. Objective—The immediate or ed in the Fall to serve for one year special objective of each annual ap­ or until successors shall be ap­ peal, and the all ^cation and disposi­ pointed. Vacancies on such commit­ tees may be filled by the commit­ tion of the fund collected shall be determined by the fund committee tee chairman in cooperation with in consolidation with the President the president of the alumni asso­ of Wilkes College and his counsels. ciation. 4. Presentation — In presenting the annual appeal the fund com­ mittee shall work through the various class representatives, ap­ pointing representatives for those classes not having official Alumni Council representatives. The appeal to friends of the institution shall be conducted through the Alumni Secretary of Wilkes College. Cash (b) Committee on Program—It and non-continuing pledges shall be payable before the close of the shall be the duty of this commit­ tee to plan and promote social pro­ College fiscal year. grams for each scheduled general 5. Supervisions—Overall super­ alumni meeting unless otherwise visions of the collection of the fund specified by the President. This committee will be expected to co­ operate with the planning and pro­ motion of other social events spon­ sored by the Alumni Association throughout the year. (a) Committee on Finance—It shall be the duty of this commit­ tee to determine financial policies from year to year, to audit the books or receive the auditor’s re­ port and generally to direct the financial administration of the or­ ganization in conjunction with the college comptroller. Page Five shall be the function of the fund Association are authorized to ap­ committee, which shall be The point three (3) members of the Alumni Council. Alumni Association to serve on a joint committee with such mem­ 6. Campaigns—The annual ap­ bers as may be appointed by the peal shall take place betwen July Chairman of the Board of Trustees 1 and June 30. Gifts to be counted and President of the College for in the current year must be in the the purpose of choosing a new hands of the fund committee not Alumni Secretary. later than June 30, which date marks the end of the college fiscal ARTICLE X year. Amendments 7. Records—The Alumni Office 1. Amendments proposed shall be shall keep full records of gifts and class standing at all times and studied by an amendment commit­ shall publish at the close of each tee composed of members of the annual appeal a report giving Alumni Council appointed by the names of donors but not the Association President. A report of amounts of their respective gifts. the study shall be submitted to the Executive Committee of the Alum­ ni Council who shall approve or ARTICLE IX disapprove the amendment accord­ ing to the study report. If the sug­ Filling Vacancy in Office of gested amendments are approved Alumni Secretary of they shall be published in the next Wilkes College edition of the “Wilkes Alumnus” 1. The Alumni Council shall co- or other official publications with operate with the President and a brief summary of the merits and Board of Trustees of Wilkes Col­ demerits. lege in the selection of an Alumni 2. Return postcards or forms for Secretary for Wilkes College, whenever a vacancy occurs in that a mail vote shall be included with the proposed amendments. A sign­ office. ed vote on the return card or form postmarked no later than midnight, 2. The officers of the Alumni • Association are authorized to act thirty (30) days after the mailing with the President of the college of the amendments, shall be con­ and Chairman of the Board of sidered valid. Trustees to appoint a temporary 3. A favorable vote by two-thirds incumbent to said office. or more of those voting shall be 3. The officers of the Alumni required for approval. HOMECOMING PROGRAM (c) Committee on Legislation— It shall be the duty of this com­ mittee to consider and draft amend­ ments and interpret the constitu­ tion upon the written petition of any ten (10) members and upon the request of the President. (d) Committee on Membership— It shall be the duty of this commit­ tee to plan and promote member­ ship drives designed to bring about greater interest in the alumni asso­ ciation and attract greater num­ bers to the meetings and affairs sponsored by the association. This committee will cooperate with the college authorities and undergrad­ uates in linking up the graduate and undergraduate interest, and in promoting a closer relationship be­ tween students and alumni. (e) Additional Committees—The Alumni Council may, from time to time, provide for and appoint such additional committees as it may deem advisable, with such duties and powers as it may define, and may adopt by-laws, rules and re­ gulations for the transaction of its business. ARTICLE VIII The Loyalty Fund 1. Name—The name of the fund shall be the WILKES COLLEGE Friday, November 17 9 a. m. - 5 p. m. Registration (All Day) 2 p. m. Get Acquainted Tour of Campus 3 p. m. 5 p. in* 7 p. m. - 1 a. m. President's Reception Dr. and Mrs. Eugene S. Farley FORMAL HOMECOMING DINNER-DANCE Orchestra—Lee Vincent Main Lounge Chase Hall President's Home 146 South River Street Victory Room Hotel Redington Saturday, November 18 Main Lounge Chase Hall 9 a. m. - 12 noon Late Registration 12:30 p. m. SPECIAL ALUMNI LUNCHEON Speaker—Dr. Eugene S. Farley Topic—''Report to the Alumni'' Cafeteria 1:30 p. m. GENERAL BUSINESS MEETING Lecture Hall R154 South River Street 3 p, m. - 5:30 p. m. ALUMNI RECEPTION 8 p. m. HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME WILKES College vs. King's College (Section will be reserved for alumni) 10:30 p. m. "Welcome Alumni" Sport Dance Victory Room Hotel Redington Kingston Stadium New Gymnasium South Franklin Street �WILKES ALUMNUS Page Six Glornan Goes Roamin’ = Finds Saucermobile By CHUCK GLOMAN (Feature writer, Wilkes Beacon) what I’d like to know is where in the world you got that ‘thing’,” ...... As I left the campus cafeteria 'tI replied, indicating the smoking, this morning, after gulping a pot- chugging object from which Mr. ent glass of Coke (spiked with Barfly had come. prune juice), I was halted abrupt“Oh. that’s one of my inventions ly by a strange whirring sound the flying saucermobile. Ever that seemed to be coming from the . since I quit my job at the office, sky. sky. Looking Looking up, II saw saw a strange I I’ve been an inventor.” ’* «floating • ’ * “Why did you quit your job?” object down from the roof•' “Well, I decided not to go back of Chase Theatre. But what was plane? A- flying saucer? A to work until the boss takes back it? A r ’ K4. r — m something he said.” world lit book? “What" did he say?” Presently, the black and white, “ ‘You’re fired!’ ” silvery, polka-dot contraption, sup­ “Was that the only job you ported in the air by five weird­ hard ever had, Mr. Barfly?” looking wings, landed with “No, not at all. During the last bounce on Chase Lawn. t war I was employed by the Air Just as I was about to phone the city police, the state police. Force.” “What was your job?” the secret service, homicide squad, “I used to take the pilots around the F.B.I., and Dr. Davies. I was astounded to see a tall, gawky to all the night clubs, so they’d form of a man step from the queer, get used to LOW DIVES.” Barfly?” vibrating craft. “Are you married, ’ ’. Mr. ~ “I say there,” he called out as “Yes, but my wife isn’t very he waddled over toward me. “Is good looking. In fact, she’s rather corpulent.” this London?” “Really?” “London? Not quite,” I answer­ “Well I won’t say she’s actually ed. “You’re standing on’ Chase fat but every time she falls down Lawn of Wilkes College.” he 'began. “That she rocks herself to sleep trying “Wilkes Col is odd. I must've made a left turn to aCL get up!” somewhere over Germany.” i “Then I suppose you have a Then, noticing that I was star- happy married life.” ’ ’ ’look.. “Not exactly. You see, my wife ing at him with a puzzled mxu his eyes lighted up as he extended used to walk in her sleep. But I Oh, forgive his hand, declaring, “‘CL, f._oi 'I finally “ “ cured that.” me. Permit me to introduce myself. ' “How could you ever cure her I'm Basil Barfly, the famous in- of walking in her sleep?” ventor. No doub: you’ve heard of “I gave her car fare every night tore she sne went to bed. oea. ” me in all the leading newspapers.” = before “Well, Mr. Barfly, Barfly, is your wife “No, can’t say that I have. But! “ Well, Mr. is yc , , , • TA.,, like some wives - talkative?” You’re the one who invented square “Oh, I wouldn’t exactly say she peas - guaranteed not to roll off was talkative, but I had lockjaw your knife.” for eight months before she even “That’s true. But one of my greatest has never been publicized. found out!” “Well, it’s no wonder she mar­ You see, I was the one who crossed ried you, Basil. There’s something a cuckoo bird from the hall clock with a parrot, and they hatched about you that’s different.” “That’s the same thing a lot an alarm clock that calls you of people have told me. You know, names if you don’t get up!” “Say, that Is amazing.” people always mistake me for Cary “Ah yes, but not half as asGrant.” founding as my newest invention.’’ “Really?” “What’s that?” “Yes indeed. After all, there’s “A cigarette holder six feet long, very little difference between Cary Grant and me. Except where Cary so a man can smoke in bed, keep has long wavy hair and a straight his feet warm and give his wife nose, I’ve got straight hair and a a hot-foot at the same time.” “Now I can see why they call long wavy nose.” “Have you always had such a you the world’s greatest inventor. By the way, have you any plans red nose?” “Oh yes. In fact, my father has for future inventions?” “Positively. In fact, right now a red nose, my mother has a red nose, my brother has a red nose I’m working on the greatest in­ vention ever created by man. It and my sister has a red nose.” “In other words, red noses run will definitely astound the entire scientific world!” in your family.” “What kind of an invention is “Only in the winter time.” “Mr. Barfly, you say you are it? “I call it - - the baitless mouse­ an inventor. Just what are some of your inventions beside the trap.” “Baitless mousetrap? How does flyingsaucerir obile ? ” “Well, just last summer I amaz­ it work?” “Well, I’ve designed it espe­ ed the scientific world with one of my greatest achievements! I cially for people too poor to buy successfully crossed a rubber plant cheese. You just stand behind the trap and make noise like a piece with an orange tree!” “Crossed a rubber plant with an of cheese. You whisper, “Swiss! orange tree? What was the re­ Swiss! Swiss!” and when the mice 1 run in the trap, you slam the door sult?” “ “Seedless golfballs!” iland and yell, “FIRE!” Then the mice “Astounding! Now I remember ' trample themselves to death try. reading about you, Mr. Barfly, j ing to get out!” THIS YEAR'S COLONEL SOCCER TEAM a tie game this Beason to end its long losing streak. With all but one of Iho players slated to roturn lor another crack at the booting sport, the 1951 team vzill carry plenty of experience into the soccer wars. Members oi the 1949 team are: first row, loft to right: Paul Beers, Ted Cross, Don Tosh, Charlie Jackson, Carl Wallsion, Charlie Thomas, Jim Reynolds. Second row: Coach Bob Partridge, Art Bloom, manager; Earl Wolfe, Stan Polk, Clod Rollins, Jim Stocker, Bob Neilson, Charlie Petrilak, Cy Kovalchik, Ed Wallsion, Preston Eckmeter, Bill Morgo, Reggio Burrs, ass't coach; Bob Moran, ass’t coach. �Page Seven WILKES ALUMNUS rid Tdi CAMPUS SPORTS SCENE By Bill Umphrrd ❖ The big topic of conversation along the Wilkes College campus this week centers around the coming grid battle between the Colonels and their city neighbors, the Monarchs from King’s College. Victors in their last four clashes with the Monarchs, and heavy favorites to cop decisive wins in the last two games, the Colonels find themselves confronted with an entirely different situation for the filth , clash with the Kingsmen. For the first time in the history of the an­ nual classic, the Colonels will enter the grid battle as underdogs. While the Colonels have been moving at a rather slow pace this season, winning only two of their first five tilts, the Monarchs 'nave been rolling over most, of their opposition in steam roller fashion to cop five wins in their first seven starts. At first glance at the 1950 records of both teams, a football fore­ caster would select the Monarchs as a heavy favorite to trip the Colo­ nels on Saturday night on the basis of their new showing this season. However, a look at the schedules of both teams shows a slightly differ­ ent picture. While the Wilkes gridders have been meeting some of the top small college teams in the East, including Bridgeport University, Mary­ land State, Bloomsburg STC, and Ithaca College, the Kingsmen have played a light schedule against teams which have provided them with very little opposition. Some of the wins registered by the Monarchs this season have come over such teams as Cheyney College, which bowed to Maryland State 66-0; Mansfield STC, which is experiencing one of the worst seasons in its history; and the National Agricultural College. 1 Coach Ralston.’s_ Colonels have displayed a marked improvement is season, and narrowly missed upsetting the undein each contest this feated Bloomsburg __ STC eleven before bowing in the final frame. With such veteran gridd udders as Leo Castle, Al Nicholas, George McMahon, Al Molosh. Ed Bo« igusko, Olie Thomas and Norm Cross slated to see action against the_________ Monarchs,, the __ writer is inclined to believe that the —<.—,-r~ alui alumni will be able to complete the large number of returning ..xuxx a «. real Vici Victory Dance in the college gymnasium. colorful weekend with COLONELS FACE STIFF OPPOSITION IN NOV. 18 HOMECOMING CONTEST Wyoming Valley’s most success­ ful collegiate football season comes to a close Saturday evening at 8 in the Kingston Stadium, when Coach George Ralston’s Wilkes College football team plays host to the powerful King’s College grid machine in the valley’s annual col­ legiate grid classic. The annual tilt will find the Monarchs looking for their first •win in five years of gridiron com­ petition between the two WilkesBarre colleges. A two touchdown favorite, the King’s eleven will be seeking to atone for the one-sided 47-7 defeat they suffered at the hands of the Colonel eleven in 1949. The Monarchs have come up with what looks like the best team in the school’s history this season and have racked up a record of five wins in their first seven starts. Headed by their ace passers, Mitty Marcinko, Bob Olshan and Leo Zynel, and End Neil West, the Monarchs have developed a smooth functioning aerial attack, which is usually good for plenty of points in each tilt. Along with the excellent passing attack, Coach Ray Chesney has de­ veloped a sharp ground attack this season, which is built around half­ backs Jay Zaleskas and Joe Law- lor, and Fullback Joe Tondora. Tondora is the top scorer on the club, having collected six touch­ downs thus far this season. Slated to see action against the Monarchs is a Wilkes team, which has suffered from an injury jinx all season, while playing one of the toughest schedules a Wilkes grid team has ever been called upon to face. The Colonels have copped two triumphs this season, over Lycoming College and Ithaca Col­ lege, while dropping three games to Bloomsburg STC, St. Francis College, and Bridgeport University. The big gun in the Wilkes attack is George Ralston’s ace tailback, Al Nicholas. The fleet-footed half­ back will carry the brunt of the Colonel offensive against the Mon­ archs, and will also handle the man-sized defensive job of stop­ ping the Monarchs’ pass-catching sensation Neil West. Most of the Wilkes gridders are looking forward to the clash with the Monarchs and feel that al­ though their record may not be quite as good as past Colonel grid teams, if they can pull through with an upset win over the favored King’s eleven the 1950 Wilkes sea­ son will go down in the books as another successful one. 1950 EDITION OF WILKES GRID WARRIORS -1: ----- ------ a if- " - ■ - • tel JI - ft i ■ '■ JA Bl i ill ’ z| ri , ! 7tO77~ -■ - '■& itefemiJ7 Z ■ w ' mH -BfU ’ - .; A '-z.< y" fl 77 J / _ __ * __ \ The members of Coach George Ralston's 1950 Wilkes Collego football team, which completes its season against King's College this week are: first rov/, left to right: Al Jeter, Ed Krombel, Al Manarski, Bill Myers, Bob Fay, Bob Hall, Jack Jones, Loo Castle, Nick Heineman. Second row: Coach George Ralston, Gone Snee, Bill Foote, Tom Bromfield, John Strojny, Frank Radaszo wski, Ray Engler, Olio Thomas, Dick Scripp, Norm Cromack, Dave Jeffrey, Bill Johns, manager. Ihird rov/; Joo Irosko, manager; Carl Stryo, manager; John Lino, Goorgo Elias, Sian Scholosser, Ed Edgerton, Ed Bogusko. Bill Letcher, Ed Gritsko, Leo Solomon, Bill Morgan, John Florklowicz, graduate assistant coach; Lionel Dannick, manager, Fourth row: Al Nicholas, Russ Picton, Ray Tait, Al Molosh, Goorgo McMahon, Joo Stephens, Dan Pinkowski, Norm Cross. �WILKES ALUMNUS Page Eight KEEPING UP WITH THE GRADS ....Nich Konchuba is now enrolled at the Georgetown University School of Law. He is also affiliated with the U. S. Treasury Department . . . Charles Hoffman is now on duty at Oborammergon, Germany, with the US Air Force. His address there is Capt. Chas. A. Hoffman, Jr., Student Det., E. C. I. S. APO 172, c/o Postmaster, New York, N. Y. . . . Robert M. Llewellyn recently received his MA degree from Teachers' College, Columbia University. His is a teacher of English and Social Studies at the New Milford Consolidated Schools in New Milford, Pa. . . . Marian Reid was recently married to David W. Francis instruct­ or in Animal Husbandly at the University of Delaware. Marian and her hus­ band now reside at Newark, Delaware . . . Bernard Cupsenski, now living at Springfield, Mass,, was recently married to Lois Rohon of Nanticoke . . . James J. O'Malley, Jr., assistant treasurer with the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Wilkes-Barre, was recently married to Jane E. Smith, Riverside Drive, Wilkes-Barre . . . John M. Culp, Kingston, was married cn October 28 to Rhuea Vaughn Williams of Kingston... Stan Novitsky and Ted Wolfe are barracks mates at Fort Campbell, Ky., where-■ they are taking a refresher course and awaiting reassignment . . . Mr. and Mrs. Dudley S. James celebrated the first birthday of their son, Stuart Weir James, on November 3 . . . Lorna Coughlin, who left Wilkes in June, '50, has been accepted at George Washington University . . . Walter D. Celmer, former BUJC student, received his doctorate from the University of Illinois in February, 1950. Dr. Celmer has joined the staff of Chas. Pfizer and Co., Chemical Manufacturers as a research chemist . . . Frances Marie Wilk, of Norwood, Pa., is now employed as a medical tech­ nician in the Control Division of the laboratories at the Sharpe and Dohme plant in Glenolden, Pa. . . . Dick Conklin's family was increased by one with the addition of a baby girl bom August 7 . . . Alexander J. Perkson, class of '49, is now employed as Assistant Finance Director and Personnel Director of the Village of Winnetka, Illinois . . . David Edwards, now an insurance adjuster for General Motors, was recently married to Charlene Belles of Nanticoke . . . Joseph Cheponis, Kingston, and Margaret Ann Williams, Exeter, recently an­ nounced their engagement . . . Alfred R. Fry was recently married to Norma Quinn of Luzerne. He is employed by Archway Motors, Baltimore . . . Anthony Pomianek was married on October 4 to Charlotte Mikush of Wilkes-Barre. Anthony is employed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue . . . Laura J. Schleicher, formerly employed by General Motors Acceptance Corporation, was married recently to Murray Rothman of Hazleton . . . Margaret Anthony and Kenneth Widdall, both members of last June's gra­ duating class, were recently married, Ken began graduate studies at Penn State last summer . . . John W. Lloyd, Jr., native of Nanticoke, recently enrolled in the Electrical Engineering course at Bucknell University . . . Joan Schrempp, Forty Fort, is now manager of the book store at Wyoming Seminary . . . Shadrach Jones, is enrolled at the Pennsylvania State College of Optometry in Philadel­ phia* . . . Elmo M. Clemente has been recalled to active duty with the United States Naval Reserve . . . Leonard A. Shetiine was married to Betty Ann Coady, of Sebring, Florida, at his bride's home town . . . Frank J. Evan was married on September 2 to Lydia Blar.codine of Nanticoke . . . Sterling Meade, now serving as pastor of Green Point Church of Christ in Brooklyn, N. Y., was married on September 25 to Shirley Naomi Benscoter of Hunlock Creek . . . —‘.William A. Perlmuth entered Columbia University Law School in September. He is now engaged to Loretta Kaufman of Forest Hills, Long Island . . . Richard Plummer, employed at the Quartermaster Depot in Philadelphia, was married recently to E. lane Coolbaugh of Trucksville . . . Thomas R:chards, now a teach­ er in the West Pittston schools, was married recently to Joan Marie Unger of Forty Fort . . . Joseph Davis, employed by E. I. duPont de Nemours and Com­ pany at Wilmington, Delaware, will be married this month to Patricia E. Steele, former BUJC student . . . Naomi Gould, graduate of BUJC, will be married on November 14 to Matthew A. Segall of Jamaica Estates, Queens . . . Bob Waters is a teacher in the West Pittston High Schools, where he is also an assistant football coach . . . Wayne Redline has been accepted at Rochester Medical School . . . Mary Porter is doing social work at the Harris­ burg State Hospital . . . Virginia Meisssner is a teacher at the Hartford High School . . . Donald Kemmerer, employed as a teacher at Wolmesdorf High School, is slated for induction into the US Army this month . . . Charlotte Davis is employed at the Pennsylvania State Hospital in Harrisburg as a Social Work­ er . . . Sam Chambliss was accepted by the University of Pennsylvania Law School . . . George Brody is teaching English at Steven's Technical Institute in Lancaster, Pa. . . . THE ALUMNUS Entered as Second Class Matter Published NINE times a yet jar by the De department of Public Relations and Alumni of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. BETUBN POSTAGE GUARANTEED NOTICE TO POSTMASTER !•' this magazine is undelivered at yot>ur post office, please place an "X" in the square indicating reason for non-delivery. [ J I J [ J [] Refused Deceased Unclaimed Address Unknown I ] Removed to at the Post Office at Wilkes-Barre, Pa. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumni Magazine, 1947-present Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations Description An account of the resource <p>An archive of Wilkes University Magazine, from 1947-present. The magazine went through various names including <em>Wilkes Alumnus</em>, <em>Wilkes Quarterly,</em> <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, and the current title, <em>Wilkes Magazine</em>. Some editions for the <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, will have multiple issues within the file record. 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Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumnus Fall 1950 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marketing and Communications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November 1950 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Magazine Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/83949a0331ade3f5b7c8bdb1c4b2b719.pdf 81b471586552a4f340a46e198a0829b2 PDF Text Text WILKES COLLEGE WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA WINTER 1950 IN THIS ISSUE The Next "MUST” For Wilkes College _____ — _ J �alumnus EDITORIAL DON FOLLMER, ARTHUR BLOOM News About Alumni Members Sought For Use In Alumnus STAFF: JANE SALWOSKI, WILLIAM UMPHRED, THOMAS J. MORAN, '49, EDITOR PUBLISHED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF WILKES COLLEGE WINTER 1950 VOLUME 2 Would you enjoy the thoughts of joining an or­ ganization that was having a "big sleep"? Of course, you wouldn't, and you wouldn't care for the idea of belonging to such a group, but haven't we, more or less, placed ourselves in this category? NUMBER 2 This month 70 Wilkes College students will com­ plete their four-years of work and receive certification of their graduation from this institution. It is our pleasure to invite these new graduates to join the Alumni Association, but with the exception of a small percentage of our organization's members, what are we going to display as proof that we are strong and constantly striving to better our group? CONTENTS Cover Pictured on the front cover Page 3 Editorial 4 Wilkes Graduate in W. A. C. Officer Training is a scene from the annual Christmas season dance, spon­ Local Newspaper Creates Journalism Award sored by the Wilkes College Alumni Association on Decem­ ber 30 in the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Sterling. 5 Combat-Blinded Graduate Gains State Post 6 1949 Wilkes College Homecoming Celebration January Graduates To Join Alumni Association Although the crowd wasn't 7 Membership Cards To Go To All Alumni Members by officers of the association, a 8 Do You Want To Accept A Challenge good many of those who attend­ 9 SPECIAL EDITION, "The Next 'Must' For Wilkes Students" as large as was first expected ed represented the classes of the past 16 years. Additional pictures of the committees, guests, and floor scene are included in "Campus 14-15 Two More Properties Added To Wilkes Campus 16-17 Campus Candids 18-19 The Colonel Sports Scene 20 1949 Wilkes Athletic Banquet 21 Alumni Urged To Recommend Students For Admission 22 Keeping Up With The Former Students 23 Alumni Record Candids" on pages 16 and 17. ★ Published Quarterly at WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI OFFICE Chase Hall 184 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. ! First, read the following letter, and then think about it. Won't you join us in making the Wilkes College Alumni Association an organization of which we will all be proud. This is the second issue of the ALUMNUS that you have received during the 1949-50 school year. As you have probably noted, it contains about 80 percent news about your college and 20 percent about former students, who are now active members of the Wilkes College Alumni Association. While it is important to keep you informed of the developments that are taking place at Wilkes College, it is also the desire of the editorial staff of this publica­ tion to keep you informed and in touch with former classmates. The only practical way of performing the duties that fall upon us as the creators of your ALUMNUS is for you to cooperate. Send us news about yourself. It doesn't have to be anything elaborate—just a penny postcard that tells us about something you have done. Perhaps it is only a business trip, or then again it might be the birth of a son or daughter, a new position, marriage, or promotion. Send it along. Mail us news now about yourself. Drop a note to the Alumni Office, Wilkes College. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. "Dear graduate: "Although you have not as yet completed the last minute details concerned with your graduation from Wilkes College, your past record seems to indicate that you will be declared eligible by the registrar's office, and therefore, your name will soon be trans­ ferred to the alumni files. "I consider it a oleasure to welcome group of former students. You are soon member of an organization that can help to become stronger each year through hearted support and encouragement. you into this to become a your college your whole­ "The Wilkes College Alumni Association is still very young. You might say that we are feeling our way around, but each day some new indication is found of the potential strength that is hidden in this group of 2,800 former students. "For many years neither the association or the college was large enough to place the customary em­ phasis on former students, but now each can help the other to grow in strength and prestige. "Now is the time when a thorough awakening and organization of the alumni must take place. There must be a severe rocking of the comfortable boat we are all in. Allegiance to our Alma Mater must not be simply sentimental and wholly taken for granted. No longer can we live in the dream fantasy that we shed honor and glory on our college by simply having at­ tended. "When you look at it, a college education is not actually paid for by those who receive it. As a matter of fact, we owe a real debt to our college, which can only be paid for by increased attention to her needs. "As a new member of the Wilkes College Alumni Association pledge yourself to the active support of your Alma Mater by keeping in touch with its needs and desire. Help it grow, because, by so doing, you help yourself to grow," P. R. Department Urges Alumni To Mail Out-Of-Town Clippings The return of the Alumni Record Blanks included on the inside cover of the last issue (and republished in this issue for those who failed to return it) revealed to us that our former students are spread all over the country. If the members of the association, who are living outside of Wyoming Valley, will do us just a little favor, it will enable us to measure the range and ef­ fectiveness of our publicity. It would be far too expensive for Wilkes College to employ national clipping bureaus to return articles appearing in out-of-town newspapers concerning our institution. Members of the alumni association could act as reoresentatives of the college by mailing to the Public Relations Department clippings containing the name of the institution. Alumni Meeting Called For Tuesday, January 17 Members of the Wilkes College Alumni Associa­ tion are asked to mark a red circle around Tuesday, January 17 on the family calendar. This will serve as a reminder of the next, and prob­ ably the most important, meeting of the Alumni Asso­ ciation, which will be held at 7:30 in Chase Theatre. According to President Daniel Williams, the nom­ inating committee will report at this meeting and elec­ tions for the 1950 offices will be held. Also listed for discussion is the report of the fund raising committee on the aid expected of members in the college's present drive to raise S250,000 to build and equip a gymnasium for Wilkes College. �Eleanor Krute, Class of '49, In Third Uroup Peacetime W.A.C. Officer Training And she speaks with authority, becaus. speaKs wnn uuuiuniy, Because Only a few short months ago Eleanor E. Krute was secreta­ ry of the 1949 gradu­ ating class, but now the civilian tag has been removed from the former coed, who did so much to make the last year a suc­ cessful one for the seniors. She is now Officer Cand i d a t e Eleanor E. Krute. Stationed at Camp Lee, Virginia—one of the few Officer Training Centers in the country for members of the Women's Army Corps, she has only four months to go before she receives her bars as a Second Lieuten­ ant in the U. S. Army. During a recent visit to the campus, she summed up the whole experience as, "wonderful". According to O./C Krute, "The army has changed considerably from what it was during the last war." World War IL O/C Krute t , 'two-year hitch with the highly security-minded 0^ at of Strategic Services. Her association with the Office of Strategic q vices was one in which she was pledged to secrem' The organization accomplished a considerable anion , of fifth column and behind-the-lines work in enemy ritory during World War II and many of the plans such operations were worked out in O/C Krute's pr” sence. Combat Blinded Veteran, Class of '49, Appointed P.S.E.S. Contact Interviewer At one time Tommy Coburn, combat-blind veteran, thought his greatest accomplishment would be to gra­ duate from college. This he did last June, when Dr. Eugene Farley presented him with his diploma. But She went overseas as a civilian and was not allow ed to disclose her destination to her parents. After spending some time in Cairo, Egypt, she moved to Vienna, Austria, to serve as secretary to Brig. Gen Ralph A. Snavely, chief of the Air Division, Headquark ers, U. S. Forces in Austria. that simply presented the former Air Corps enlisted The former Wilkes student hopes to be retained at Camp Lee following graduation as an instructor. been paving the way for a possible "break" in the Her present assignment consists of rigid training with the same rigorous duties as those heaped upon male candidates for commissions. Tommy had graduated and still there was nothing. man with another problem—-where to find a job. His right eye was removed after the crippled bomber returned to its English base and for several years Coburn had only one percent of nomal vision in his left eye. However, late in 1947, the condition of the left eye worsened, and it was removed. He was an excellent student at Wilkes and attend­ ed classes daily, accompanied by his seeing-eye dog, Several people connected with various veteran organizations and the Veterans Administration had Hap, who is pictured with the young veteran on this page. ■ state employment field before graduation, but now The same lost feeling that once had plagued Tommy when he was fighting for his life and preparing to live in a sightless world began to return. It wasn't Local Newspaper Creates Student Journalism Award Wilkes Engagement Calendars On Sale In College Bookstore Dr. Eugene S. Farley, president of Wilkes College, in a letter to L. J. Van Laeys, general manager and vice president of Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company, announced recently the creation of the L. J. Van Laeys Journalism Award. It was a Christmas present from employes of the Wilkes-Barre Record. For the first time in the history of Wilkes College, the institution will distribute its own engagement calen­ dars, complete with 15 campus scenes. The books are being offered for sale in the College Bookstore at the low price of one dollar. These calen­ dars are so designed as to allow plenty of room after each date for the noting of social engagements, class assignments, business appointments, birthdays, anni­ versaries, and other important events, which you do not want to run the risk of forgetting. A limited number of these calendars will be sent to local businessmen as a reminder of the growth that is taking place at Wilkes College. Dr. Farley, in his letter said: "The employees and staff of the Wilkes-Barre Record have collected a fund which they wish to use at Christmas time to show their regard for you. They suggested that because of your interest in the college and in young people, you would like to have the fund used as the basis of an award to graduates in jour­ nalism. "In consequence, they are turning over to the col­ lege a fund of SI 30, with which they wish to create an L. J. Van Laeys Journalism Award. The college will use the funds contributed by members of the Record staff to cast a number of gold medals which will in­ dicate the nature of the award, and will have en­ graved on them the names of the recipients and the years in which they are granted. "I know you will appreciate their thought of you as much as you will the award that is given in your name I am grateful to them and to you for this opportunity to offer an award bearing your name and I am truly appreciative of the privilege of informing you of their plan to honor you by stimulating interest in your chosen field of journalism." easy to refrain from becoming discouraged when you had a college degree, but no job. Then last week Tommy received word that he had been named a contact interviewer in the Pennsylvania State Employment Service. Announcement of his ap­ pointment was made by P. J. Connolly, director of the Wilkes-Barre-Scranton District of the PSES. Connolly said the former flyer took a Civil Service examination for the position in this city last February. The score the Forty Fort veteran attained certified him for the appointment Staff Prepares 1950 Issue Of Wilkes College Amnicola The staff of the Wilkes College yearbook, Amn*- 2„ Wjjte “S,X“PY a”d p“““ , u • the directi°n of Leon Gilbert, editor in chief, nprt^U!lnlSS mana9er Donald Rau, the book is ex- d""ib”“0” to Wilkls*5 r9n9 ^°o!< was tke finest ever published a* Office staT T- ,but ,he reP°rt the Amnicola Bia n Mhat the comin? editi°n will be even better, the bolk bTem V°W is the soliciting of advertising for always bee L0CT merchants and businessmen have Sroubffi !Xtremely gener0Us in the Past and uh these people. mS *° be in makin<J the contact with In his new position, Tommy will assist in the em­ ployer relations work with the employment service, and will contact local firms concerning personnel require­ ments, with special emphasis on the hiring of handi­ capped veterans and non-veterans. Tommy, a B-17 top-turret gunner, was wounded October 2, 1942 in a bombing raid over France. He is listed by the War Department as the first Air Corps en­ listed man to go blind as a result of a wound received in the European Theatre of Operations during World War II. 5'1 VI �1949 Homecoming Celebration Brings Many AlumniBack .— To Wilkes College Since the last issue of the ALUMNUS was published, the Alumni Association of Wilkes College spon sored its annual Homecoming Celebration on e South River Street Campus. The affair, although not attended by as many former students as was desired, ran smooth and pro­ vided the returning graduates with a day of fun. Many expressed amazement at the growth that had taken place since they attended the institution in many cases when it was still known as Bucknell Uni­ versity Junior College. No longer is the campus com­ posed of three buildings. The most recent count re­ vealed that Wilkes College has 16 major buildings and two lots—one used for parking and the other the site of the proposed S250,000 gymnasium. The Homecoming Celebration started off with re­ gistration in the morning and the ex-students found many of the once-famihar sites still unchanged. They enjoyed the morning session of tours and personal ex­ ploring about the new additions to the college. Old friendships were renewed and plans for the rest of th day were made. In the afternoon a good many of the alumni tr veled to Kirby Park to watch the Wilkes College SOc team go down to a thrilling 3 to 2 defeat at the hanT of the nationally powerful Howard University team A 6 that evening, the alumni members enjoyed the annual Homecoming Dinner in the Wilkes Collea Cafeteria. Dr. Eugene S. Farley, president of Wilkes6 reported to the members on the progess that has bee made at the institution and revealed some of the plans for the future. Over 2,500 Alumni To Receive 1950 Membership Cards Soon wickes Aliuuni Assortaitnn college •J9 WILKES-BARRE. PENNSYLVANIA Slits rath mill nrrue is ibrntifij WHO IS A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF WILKES COLLEGE IN WILKES-BARRE. PENNSYLVANIA Seated in a special section of the bleachers at Plymouth's Huber Stadium that evening, the alumni and their guests watched Coach George George Ralsirm'Ralston's eleven suffer its first defeat of the season—a thrilling 41 to 34 loss to Rider College. PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE SECRETARY The entire day of fun and activity was climaxed at a sport dance in St. Stephen's Church house. Shortly after the end of the month, 1950 member­ 70 January Graduates Become Members Of Wilkes College Alumni A ssociation The Wilkes College Alumni Association, number­ ing well over 2,800 at the last count, will be enlarged by 70 members with the mid-year graduation on January 28. Under the present policy at Wilkes College, which calls for only one actual commencement ceremony each year—that one in June—the students will not re­ ceive diplomas upon graduation. New members are: Robert D. Barber, Wyoming; Joseph Bendock, Nanticoke; William Bergstrasser, Kingston; Joseph Brennan, Wilkes-Barre; Donald Brodbeck, Pittston; John Cain, Kingston; Robert S. Capin, Wilkes-Barre; Frank Celmer, Plymouth; Robert Clem­ ent, Kingston; Leonard Czajkowski, Ashley; John M. Davis, Nanticoke; Clem Drozdowski, Nanticoke; David W. Edwards, Nanticoke; Michael Elchak, Hudson; Paul Finley, Plymouth; Gerard P. Finn, Wilkes-Barre; Frank Henry, Hunlock Creek; Carl Gibson, Wilkes-Barre; Armin Gill, Wilkes-Barre; Albert Gorski, Nanticoke; Theodore Gribb, Nanticoke; Joseph Gudaitis, WilkesBarre; Irvin Haefele, Wilkes-Barre; Walter Haczewski Plains; Luther R. Jones, Nanticoke; Philip Kennedy Wilkes-Barre; Theodore J. Killian, Plymouth; Raymond Kinback, Scranton; Joseph Kitler, Nanticoke; Chester Bruce Mackie, White Plains, N. Y.; Beni°®in Maczuga, Wilkes-Barre; Thomas Miller, WilkesWilliam J. Miller, Wilkes-Barre; Victor Mineto ■ Wilkes-Bane; George Monigas, Luzerne; O'Shea, Trenton, N. J.; Samuel Owens, Wilkes-Barre, Frank L. Paduck, Wilkes-Barre; Nicholas Pa Exeter; Stanley Perlick, Wilkes-Barre; Edward rei wicz, Nanticoke; Edgar Plummer, Wilkes-Barre; wa Pryse, Upper Darby, Pa.; Herbert Quick, Joseph Radko, Korn Krest; Ame K. Rasmussen, wood, N. J.; Robert Rubright, Hudson. Florence Savitz, Wilkes-Bane; Mostyn SaY®'-./* ticoke; Fred Schultz, Plymouth; John Shoemaker. mmg; Marvin Smith, Wilkes-Barre; Arthur Spe . Kingston; John Stark, Pittston; Joseph Stofko, D , e; Allan Strassman, Exeter; Henry Strozeski, Nant Henry Vnukoski, Kingston; Theodore Warako u?n‘lCOke: RalPh Weaver, Kingston; R?sseR rteWilhams, Kingston; Russell Wolff, Wilkes-Barr Plymouth; Joseph Zawod But it certainly would be a big help to your Alma Mater if the dona­ be mailed to approximately 2,800 members of the tion is forwarded. Wilkes College Alumni Association. McGee' Kingston; David MacGowan, Wilkes- ^arernba, Wilkes-Barre. is sent to you as a former student. ship cards, similar to the one reproduced above, will Records will be kept in the Alumni Office of all For the first time since the Alumni Association was contributions for the ALUMNUS. If you fail to pay the started combined fee of two dollars is asked to cover annual dues you will be classed as an inactive mem­ both dues and to help defray the expense of publishing ber. the ALUMNUS on the quarterly basis. Bare 50 When you receive your membership card you will The reason for this change in policy is because of the growth of the association and the new demands We are now sending you a 20- note on the back the following: "Notice. Every member which must be met. of the Alumni Association is asked to contribute the page magazine four times a year. sum of two dollars each year. This sum covers Asso­ issue is slightly higher than seventeen cents. ciation dues for 1950 (SI.00) and helps to defray the the cost of printing, mailing, and handling of the many expense of publishing the ALUMNUS quarterly. Failure other publications that are forwarded to members of The cost of each When to pay dues will result in being classed as an inactive the alumni association is figured the requested price member. However, college literature and alumni mag­ of one dollar is far below the actual cost to your college. azine will continue to be sent to you." If you can see your way clear to meet the two So the way it stands you actually lose nothing by dollar contribution requested by your Alumni Office, not sending in the extra dollar to help with the expense please forward it to Alumni Secretary, Alumni Office, of publishing the ALUMNUS and other literature that Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. �Do You Want To Accept a Challenge? Some people say it's impossible for the Wilkes College Alumni Association to attain the $5,000.00 goal set by your officers as our share of the $250,000.00 quota needed to build and equip a gymnasium for Wilkes students. Now would be an excellent time to begin supporting your Alma Mater. Won't You Help? The Next "Must" For Wilkes College... A GYMNASIUM Since the College was established in 1933, it has depended upon the Wilkes-Barre YMCA for facilities for its program of physical educations and indoor sports. This arrangement was an excellent one during the early years when the student enrollment was small. But in recent years, the YMCA facilities have not been adequate for a student body of over 1,200 full time day students. And, while the College enrollment has been growing, the other normal demands upon the YMCA have also been growing, so that their whole facilities are needed by their own membership. It is no longer possible for Wilkes College to carry on a proper pro­ gram of physical education in the YMCA. The time has come for Wilkes College to have its own gymnasium. It is the next "must" in the phenomenal develop­ ment of this College. Adequate physical education is such an essential element in a complete program of higher education that it has already been made clear that accreditment of Wilkes College was given with the distinct understanding that a gymnasium would be built very soon. A site on South Franklin Street within one-half block of the administration building has already been purchased for the gymnasium. This site is sufficiently large to permit the erection of a building 210 feet in depth and 100 feet wide. This building will include a playing floor 150 feet by 98 feet, which can be divided into three playing floors or equipped with moveable bleachers to seat 1,200 to 1,600 spectators for basket­ ball games. It will have a reception room to be used for dances, alumni groups, or other college activities. In addition, the usual showers and dressing rooms for students and visiting teams will be provided. The Cost Of The New Gymnasium Careful planning by the Administration and the architect indicates that an adequate gymnasium can be provided for a sum which seems most reasonable in these days of high construction costs—S250.000. The above figure includes construction, landscap­ ing, equipment and initial supplies and contingent ex­ penses. The site, 110 feet by 220 feet, on South Frank­ lin Street already has been purchased by the College for SI7.000. With this addition to the campus Wilkes College will have a total worth in land, buildings, equipment and endowment of over S2,000,000. This gymnasium will be the first main building to be erected on the Wilkes College campus. All but one of the present buildings were orginally built for a. residence and were remodeled and re-equipped for educational purposes, when acquired by Wilkes College. The gymnasium will thus be unique in being the first important building on the campus to be designed and erected for its particular educational function. To supply this "missing picture" Wilkes College must appeal for the necessary funds to its many friends who want to have a continuing part in developing a college worthy of the community and its youth. This appeal for generous, capital fund subscrip­ tions for an enduring purpose is to people of vision interested in the future destinies of Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming Valley. �A Message .From This message is both a report to you and a requ for assistance. Although most of you are aware that the College has grown, it is probable that none of you have a com plete knowledge of the nature and extent of growth made during these formative years. The story of our growth is fascinating and stimulating, and will gratify all Wilkesonians who have participated in it. It is encouraging because of its promise of future achieve­ ment as much as because of its demonstration of pre­ vious accomplishment. The real worth of a college is, of course, measured by the character of its students and its alumni. The College, after all, exists to serve them, and its value can be measured only by their success. It is gratify­ ing to report to you that the student body of your col­ lege has been well scattered. In spite of its rapid growth, the College has only admitted one out of every three applicants since 1945, and because of this I The President selective policy the College ranks among the uPper ten percent of the many colleges giving the same admissions test. Considerable thought has been given to the ad visability of maintaining high standards or of seekin' high enrollment. It has been decided by the Board Trustees, the Faculty, and the Administration that in the long run, it will be better for the College to face Ja reduced enrollment than to increase enrollment by re­ ducing standards. It is this policy that has guided us in the past and it is this policy that will guide ur us in the future. Adherence to it may at times reduce <_ •o enrollment, but eventually such a policy will increase th< influence of the College and enable it to render its• most significant service. Wilkes received accreditment by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in May, 1949, so that graduates of Wilkes College may now be admitted to the graduate and professional schools of the country without further reliance upon Bucknell. 4 We are building a college in which you may have pride and to which you will wish to refer your friends and the children of your friends. As dormitory facili­ ties increase, we will be able to take an ever larger number of students from areas outside of Wyoming Valley. At the present time there are approximately one hundred students who have come to us from other states, and each year the number increases. It was anticipated that adherence to this selective policy would reduce the student body this past year because of the decline in veteran applications. Much to our surprise, however, the total number of applica­ tions increased during the past year with the result that the College this year has the largest enrollment in its history. The day and evening school enrollments now total 1,929. Alumni not only refer new students to their Alma Mater, they also contribute funds that enable it to ex­ pand its services and maintain its integrity as an in­ dependent institution. As a young institution Wilkes College must depend upon its old established friends, but it is hoped that with the passing of time the alumni will assume their full share of responsibility. It is possible for independent institutions to continue their services only when those who have received help from It is apparent that the College could not have ex­ panded without obtaining additional facilities. Since Conyngham and Chase Halls were given to the Col­ lege in 1938, we have acquired a total of 16 proper­ ties on South Franklin and South River Streets. Two of these buildings were given to the College in the week before Christmas, 1949; one will serve as a boys dormitory, and the other as the residence of the Presi­ dent. r Even though buildings may be given, a college cannot be developed without funds. It is significant, t erefore, that the people of the community and other nen s of the College have given substantially. In consequBncB of their generosity, the endowment now exceeds $500,000, and the total assets of the College will ‘pass the $2,000,000 mark by the opening of the 1950 e™- 1 is the vision and generosity of men and women ° e ,eve in young people that have made possible this record growth. n ■ ]Ong as the College was affiliated with Bucknell san, « lndePendent accreditment was not necesnecpcc-t 7!rance °' tke ties with Bucknell, however, tutirn 'am. accred'lment of the newly created instinell ext ^°,Ugh Wilkes was chartered in 1947, BuckDR. EUGENE S. FARLEY ableH 6 'tS suPPort through 1949, and thus en­ ter aror/PerCent °Ur ^rst 9raduating class to en9 UQ e and Professional schools. Fortunately, The developments of the past have been tremend­ ously encouraging and I believe promise sound growth in the years ahead. Each attainment, however, in­ creases our obligations to students and to the commun­ ity. We are compelled constantly, therefore, to expand our offering and to increase the significance of our educational program. In this we need the counsel, encouragement, and support of all alumni. *> one generation return it to the next. At the present time, many colleges are requesting large sums from their alumni. Wilkes is making no such request, but it is hoped that as you prosper you will, through annual giving, assist the College to ex­ pand its services and to extend finer educational oppor­ tunities to the students of succeeding generations. This year the Board of Trustees is undertaking the construction of a gymnasium which will cost $250,000. The Trustees have already contributed $100,000, and are requesting an additional $150,000 from other mem­ bers of the community. The attainment of this goal will be difficult in spite of the contributions already made by the Trustees, as this is the third appeal made by the College since 1944. In these three campaigns generous members of our community have given over $800,000, and with the completion of this current appeal they will have given nearly $1,000,000. So far, the alumni have not been in a position to contribute funds to the College. They have been establishing themselves, their homes, and their busi­ ness, and in most instances their personal obligations have demanded all their resources. It is hoped, how­ ever, that this year alumni may find it possible to con­ tribute to the gymnasium fund. If alumni of Wilkes College will contribute to this campaign, the Trustees will be heartened and the future will look brighter. Your own alumni association is requesting your help, and it is my hope that a large portion of our alumni will contribute. The act of giving will be almost as important at this time as the amount that is given. �nJ o o S A special Message To All Alumni g Pa tn ’/I- g CP ■ ' ■' e2 § § £ S o E-t (D tn in M CD tn CD I A o Pa M Al H ftfK' hito H At press time, over $115,000 has been subscribed by Trustees and initial donors. The general public campaign, under the chairmanship of Attorney William S. McLean, who is also president of the Northeast Pennsylvania Alumni Association of Lafayette College, will be in full swing late this month, with 250 local businessmen enrolled as volunteer workers. This proposed building is the second of the 16 major buildings now on the campus to be designed for its particular use. A 100 by 210 foot structure planned—large enough for three basketball courts and 2,000 spectators. The need is urgent. With present enrollment of 1,929 students make-shifts are no longer possible. When Wilkes College obtained full independent accreditment last spring from the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, it was granted You, as a former student of this institution and now a member of its alumni association, can help by filling out the subscription form below for as much as you can give in extended payments. Send in your subscription early so it can be re­ ported in the published totals during the campaign. Mail it today to Gym Fund, Chase Hall, Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. O Wilkes College Gym Fund V-Ii A A g) ! / I SUBSCRIBE TO THE GYM FUND PAYABLE AS FOLLOWS: / S per Month for Months / s per Quarter for Quarters TOTAL X M a (M A public subscription campaign is now underway among the citizens of Wyoming Valley to raise 3250,000 to build and equip a new gymnasium building on a large lot already purchased on the East side of South Franklin between West South and Ross Streets. Pa rd a with the understanding an adequate gymnasium would be built as soon as funds were raised. pc; 8 .8 ‘w 8 0 The time has come for Wilkes College to have its own gymnasium. 1950. Payments to begin A Bl ■ Ia ! r. m i A. T. 1 I Signed Address ... Class of / / / / / �Two Moio PiopoitiQS A Jdod Having previously expressed a strong desire to assist Wilkes College in providing dormitory accom­ modations for the ever increasing number of students coming from other communities and states, a residence at 72 South River street was given to Wilkes College by Col. Walter Carleton Sterling, who died on Decem­ ber 12. The bequest to the local college provided the fifteenth building and is the first in the block between West Market and West Northampton streets. During the past three or four years, Col. Sterling frequently discussed the possibility of his home being used by Wilkes College and indicated to a number of his friends the possibility that his residence would be left to the institution. The bequest of his home, therefore, is a realization of his frequently expressed hopes that his property would be of service to Wilkes College, as is the case with other large residences on South River street. When notified of the bequest, Dr. Eugene S. Farley, Wilkes College president, stated, "This gift will per­ mit the college to provide dormitory facilities for ap­ proximately 30 more students. At the present time, approximately 50 students from out of town cannot be accommodated in the present dormitories. The gift of this building will provide out-of-town students with im­ proved accommodations and will enable the college to accept a larger number of students from distant areas." The new 1building "" has been named Sterling Hall in honor of its donor. 146 SOUTH RIVER STREET The sixteenth building—and the second in as lege to gradually transfer all activities to its own many days—was added to the Wilkes College campus campus. For some years it was necessary for the col­ on December 17, when a gift made by a friend of the lege to rent facilities in neighboring churches and to college for the specific purpose of purchasing this depend upon the courtesy of neighboring churches latest addition enabled the institution to accept the and the Luzerne County Medical Society on South home of Edward and Lillian Morris at 146 South River Franklin street. street. At present a public campaign to raise S250,000 to The gift made possible the extension of the college build and equip a gymnasium is underway. When the holdings on South River street between Northampton fund raising for the gymnasium is completed, it vzill It marked the sixteenth addition to then be possible for the college to conduct all activities the campus since the college first moved into the other than field events on its own campus. The acquisi­ quarters on South River street in 1938. tion of this building is just one more step in the evolu­ and South streets. The gift of these residences has enabled the col- tion of the community college. ��SPORTS SCENE Above is a portion of the Colonels' varsity basketball team. Charlie Jackson, Gene Snee and Paul Huff. Left to right: Bill Johns, Bob Benson, Bon Dragon, Coach George Ralston, After compiling one of the best basketball records in the school’s history during the 1948-49 campaign with 13 wins against five setbackes. Coach George Ralston v/as faced v/ith the dismal job of replacing both of the high scorers from that team, when he issued a call for practice drills at the end of November for the 1949-50 team. Both Phil Sekerchak and Joe Piorkowski, who garnered 492 points for last year's cage team transferred to other colleges and Coach Ralston had to start from the beginning to round out a team to meet the toughest sche­ dule a Wilkes team ever had to face. Listed amongj the opponents the Colonel cage: »rs had to fact :e this season as they made their■ debut into top-notch college basketball v/ere Lafayette College, one of the best teams in the East; Philadelphia College e of Pharmacy; the University of Scranton; Stro roudsburg STC, Ithaca College, v/hich travels in the best college circles, meeting " West ” Point and LIU; Bloomsburg S' >TC, Mansfield STC, and the al­ ways tough King's College quintet. Although both of last year's high point makers v/ere missing. Coach Ralston had sev­ eral familiar faces among the candidates re­ porting for the first drills, including Ben Drag­ on, who was selected to captain this year's •earn; Charlie Jackson, third highest scorer on last year's team v/ith an average of 7.52 per game; and Paul Huff, a good set shot. After several v/eeks of hard v/ork on the practice court. Coach Ralston had a team composed of Dragon, Jackson, Huff, and three newcomers to varsity competition, Bob Benson, a sophomore playing his first year of basketball, Al Casper, a member of last year's junior varsity, and Gene Snee, another eager moved up from last year's scrub team. with Charlie Jackson at center the Colonels have two point makers who can mingle with the best in their class. Dragon's floor v/ork —'k— and rebound ability have helped to mold the club into a smooth working outfit. BASKETBALL Jan. Jan. 4—Lafayette College 7—Phila. Col. of Pharm. < Jan. 14—Lycoming * Jan. 16—Bloomsburg STC * Jan. 21—Mansfield STC 4 Jan. 28—King's College ........... 4 Feb. 4—Stroudsburg STC Feb. 7—King's College .... Feb. 11—Triple Cities < * and Laggan v/ere greeted by one o f the best turnouts in the The winter sports program at the college got into full sv/ing in school's four-year history of participation in the mat sport. Among the first week of December when Athletic Director George Ralston the large turnout v/ere many former high school wrestling stars from announced the appointment of the new wrestling coach, Jim Laggan, Wyoming Valley, v/hich has developed into one of the best breeding and his assistant, Billy Lee, to replace Cromwell Thomas, last years Benson is counted on to take up the scoring slack, and along 1 Abovo arc the candidates lor the 1943 50 edition ol the Wilkes College wrestling loam. Loll Io right: first row. John Reynolds. Phil Husband. Charles Thomas, Norman Cross, George McMahon. Joe Stephens. Howard Ennis. Tod Krohn; second row. George Dvorznlak, Preston Echmeador, George Cross. Joe Moran. Bill Brown. Frank Hadaszewski. Dan Sadvary and Norman Cromack. ...H ..H ..H ..H ..H < Feb. 14—Mansfield STC ... < Feb. 18—Lycoming .. * Feb. 25—Stroudsburg STC ..H J Mar. 1—Susquehanna..... < Mar. 4—Bloomsburg STC 4 Mar. 7—Ithaca j Mar. 11—Triple Cities .H .H .A .A . > > —k— The appointment of Laggan and Lee to the Wilkes athletic staff gave the Colonels Because of the limited time in which to practice before the first game, < Coach Ralston's eagers looked ---------- anything —a----- j but good in their first th.ee games, when they thej came out on the tail end of )f the score each time. Against Ithaca the Colonels began to show some spark and dropped a close game in the final minutes, when the Ithaca team's experience helped them to pull av/ay from the Colonels. Against Lafe fayette College the Wilkes quintet dropped .. its fifth straight contest but nlaved snmp played some nf of its best basketball before being —3 ed< _dged in the final quarter 78-56. another top flight coach, who turned out some of the best wrestlers in the valley while handling the YMCA mat program. A former National Champion. Lee has continued to re­ main active in the grappling sport and should heto to develop some of the best in the state the candidates for pre­ cord of five wins against two setbacks. Re­ turning were Chuck Thomas, at 136-pounds, Norm Cromack, 154-pounds, Bill Brown, 121- University of Pennsylvania mat team while in Jan. 14—East Stroudsburg pounds, Joe H Stephens, 165-pounds, George McMahon, 175-pounds, and Norm Cross, Colo­ plers in the school's history. Jan. 20—Ithaca College nel heavyweight. .H Feb. 18—Millersville STC the.AWilkes grapplers v/ith a possible fifth A four-meet schedule has been lined up for In Billy Lee the Wilkes matsters obtained while handling the Colonel coaching reins. among last year's team, which compiled a good re­ WRESTLING •he college mat scene, having captained the college, where he was one of the finest grap­ Listed season drills were six returning lettermen from two of the best coaches possible for them to obtain. Laggan brings plenty of experience to Although he has still to break into the win column, Coach Ralston appears to have the makings of another good Wilkes cage team, v/hich should begin to rack up wins now that the nev/comers have had an oppor­ tunity to gain some much needed experience in the early season games. grounds for college v/restlers in the country. coach, who is doing graduate work. meet still being discussed. (Tentative)—Lafayette Listed among the school's scheduled to face the Wilkes wrestling team are Wyoming Seminary, East Strouds­ k burg STC, Ithaca College, and Millersville STC. A tentative meet with Lafayette College is still in the discussion stage and if scheduled Upon issuing the first call for candidates Io the 1950 Colonel mat squad, Coaches Lee will bring the Colonel schedule to five meets. �Registrar Urges Alumni To Recommend Students For Admission To Wilkes In 1950 Dear Alumnus: It has occurred to us that you may be interested in recommending some worthy students for admission to Wilkes College in 1950. OUTSTANDING ATHLETE - We. offer four years of work in Commerce and Finance, Liberal Arts, Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Biology, and two years in Engineering. We also offer two-year terminal programs in Medical Technology, Medical Stenography, Radio Production, Secretarial Training, and Music. The prospective students whom you may wish to recommend might be interested in the fact that we are a fully accredited college—accredited not only by the State of Pennsylvania, but also by the Middle Atlantic States Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges, the University of the State of New York, and our own State University. 1949 WILKES COLLEGE ATHLETIC BANQUET At present the combined day and evening school enrollment at Wilkes College is 1,929 students. Of this number 1,000 are in the day school. The total figure is the largest ever recorded at this institution. 'A' You might mention to prospective male students that the college has a well-rounded physical education and intercollegiate athletic program. Our football team last year finished first in the State for total points scored and over a four-year period, has a record of 25 wins, three ties, and four losses. V/ilkes is also represented intercollegiately in basketball, wrestling, baseball, and swimming. aS J 1 I _ I 1950 GRID CAPTAINS ’ ) are interested in attending college next If you know of any students vzho year, we wirill appreciate your referring them to us. Sincerely yours, Herbert J. Morris, Registrar �Some News About Your Friends.. Robert Nagle, a student at BUJC for two years from 1937 to 1939 is employed at the Dekalb Nurseries in Norristown, Pa., as a landscape draftsman and retail salesman . . . Irene Spears, BUJC student from 1941 to 1943 and a graduate of Cornell University School of Nursing is working as a registered nurse in New York City . . . Wesley Lane, who attended Wilkes from June 1946 to Sept. 1947 and graduated from George Wash­ ington University in 1948, is employed as an auditor in Chicago, Ill. . . . Margaret Mary Bendock, BUJC class of '38 is now married to Ernest Towers, and is living in Wilmington, Delaware where she is employed as a Trade Analysis Clerk at the Dupont Company . . . Pauline Lastowski, BUJC class of '45, is now married to William E. Davis of Westminster, Md. . . . Lloyd Davies, who transferred from Wilkes to Bucknell University in 1947 and graduated in 1949 is employed as an engineer in Hazleton, Pa. . . . Joseph Pringle, Jr., who received his degree in Commerce and Finance in 1948 is employed as a clerk and teller in the Second National Bank in Wilkes-Barre . . . John Martin, class of '49 is employed as a salesman with the National Biscuit Company in Forty Fort . . . Joe Hiznay, also from the class of '49 is employed as a Technical writer for the International Correspondence School in Scranton, Pa. . . . Roberta Louise Russell, class of '49 is now married to Ensign C. E. Rakes and is temporarily residing in Norfolk, Va. . . . Doris Mae Thomas, class of '41 is teaching school at North York High School in York, Pa. . . . F. Algerd Baludauski, class of '39 and Penn State graduate in '41 is employed as a chemist at the Sheffield Farms in Norwich, N. Y. . . Doris Smith, class of '46 is now married to Mitchell Gordon of Wilkes-Barre and is the mother of a five months old son, Robert . . . John W. Edwards, class of '49 is working as a visitor for the Department of Public Assistance in Wilkes-Barre . . . Myron S. Freed, BUJC student in 1944 and 1945 was graduated from Penn State in August . . . Louise S. Hazeltine, BUJC class of '45 and a graduate of Bucknell University in '46 is a member of the faculty of the Cornell University School of Nursing where she received her BS degree in nurs­ ing in September . . . Earle A. Herbert, who attended BUJC in 1942-43 is serving as an interne in the WilkesBarre General Hospital. . . Joseph F. Litchman, class of '48 is working as a senior accountant with the Ley Accounting Service in Wilkes-Barre . . . Ralph Carey, also from the class of '48 is studying Law in the Dicldnson School of Law . . . Ruth Jean Maran, BUJC class of '38 is now married to T. P. Turnbull and is living in Palmerton, Pa............. Dorothy Susan Smailes, class of '39 is now married to Richard Nutt the Methodist student pastor at the Uni­ versity of Nebraska. . .Frank Ostapowicz, who attended BUJC in 1942, and received his M. D. from the Univer­ sity of Pittsburgh in 1948 is now living in Philadelphia. Jess Forsythe, Jr., who attended Wilkes from 1946 to 1948 is now serving as naval aviator with the navy at Norfolk, Va. . . . Frank Wheeler, class of '48 is living in Saratoga Springs, N. Y. where he is employed as an Accountant for General Electric . . . Edward Hendler, '48 received his Masters Degree in Chemistry at Buck­ nell University where he is now employed as a chem­ istry laboratory assistant . . . Edmund Chesney, who attended Wilkes in 1946-47 is now a senior in the Temple University School of Pharmacy . . . Joseph Seitchak, class of '49 is employed in the Biological Laboratories of the National Drug Co. in Swiftwater, Pa.; his sister Dolores, who attended Wilkes from 1945 to 1947 is employed as a Physical Therapist for the Veterans Hospital in Staten Island, N. Y. . . . Alberta Killian, class of '46, is employed as a teacher in the Plymouth Borough Schools . . . Morris Greenberg, who attended Wilkes in 1946-47 before transferring to New York U. is employed as an Adver­ tising Manager for the Merson Musical Products in New York City . . . John Swengle, junior college class of '35 is employed as a Superintendent in the Steel Foundry for the Malleable Iron Fittings Co. in Branford, Conn. . . Gertrude R. Jones, class of '40, is now married to Arthur M. Davies of Wilkes-Barre, and is employed as a teacher in the junior high school at Plymouth . . Mary Snyder, who attended Wilkes from 1945 to 1947 before transferring to East Stroudsburg STC, is em­ ployed as a Physical Education instructor in Allentown Central Catholic High School . . . Ambrose Saricks, Jr., class of '35 is a member of the faculty at Ohio State U. where he is an instructor in history . . . Benjamin Davis, Jr., class of '35 is employed as an assistant credit manager in the Fowler, Dick & Walker store in Wilkes-Barre . . . John Hurley, class of '36, is a member of the teaching staff in the Nanticoke school district . . . William Morton, junior college class of '39 and a graduate of Bucknell University in '41, is em­ ployed as an application engineer in the industrial en­ gineering division of the General Electric Co. in Schen­ ectady, N. Y. . . . Carol Weiss, class of '49 is now mar­ ried to Sheldon Morrison, also of the class of '49 who is now attending the Penn State school of Optometry in Philadelphia. . .Edward Hartmann, junior college class of '35 and Bucknell University graduate in '37, is now working as the Director of Libraries at Suffolk Univer­ sity, Boston, Mass. . . . John Heim, class of '48, is em­ ployed as an assistant shift supervisor in the Hercules Powder Co. in Hopewell, Va. . . . Stephen Wolf, class of '49, is a student in the Temple U. medical school. . . Jerome Mintzer, class of '48, is employed in the Foreign Accounting Dept, of Warner Brothers in New York. He is married to Muriel Bransdorf, also of the class of '48, who is wokina as a correspondent for The Family Bookshelf in New York . . . E. Marjorie Mattern, who attended the junior college in '42 and graduated from Penn State in '44 is employed as a teacher in the Business Education department of the Altoona Senior High School . . . Arthur Williams, iunior college class of '44 and a graduate of the University of Southern California in '49, is emnloyed in the Public Relations Dept, of the Kaiser Aluminum Co. in Los Angeles, Calif. Dolores Hartmann, class of '49, is working as a stenographer at Morris Jewelers in Wilkes-Barre . . . Gretchen D. Troback, who attended the junior college in 1944-45 before transferring to Bloomsburg STC where she graduated in '49, is employed as a Speech Thera­ pist at the Woods School in Langhorne, Pa. . . Nelson F. Jones, who attended the junior college in 1941-43, be­ fore transferrina to Temple U. is employed as a sales representative for the Sheaffer Pen Co. . . .Ruth Jones, junior college class of 44 and Temple U. graduate in 46 is working as a Business Teacher in Audubon Hiah School in Audobon, N. J. Alumni Record I*-* blank «nd mJ feel our service to you, please fill out this Wilkes-Barre, Pa., immediately. All college material, which will be of interest ' to you will be sent to you, following the arrival and filing of this information sheet. 1 Name LAST FIRST MIDDLE Maiden Name Street Town State Telephone 2 Entered Wilkes College (B. U. J. C.) Withdrew Graduated 3 Transferred To Graduated 4 Semester Hours at Wilkes (B. U. J. C.) Degree 5 Present Employment and Duties 6 Business Address 7 Do you know of any people who attended Wilkes or Association? (a) List: Major BUJC and are not receiving the regular literature of the �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumni Magazine, 1947-present Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations Description An account of the resource <p>An archive of Wilkes University Magazine, from 1947-present. The magazine went through various names including <em>Wilkes Alumnus</em>, <em>Wilkes Quarterly,</em> <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, and the current title, <em>Wilkes Magazine</em>. Some editions for the <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, will have multiple issues within the file record. Our holdings may be missing editions for certain years due to having no physical copy within the collection. </p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wilkes University Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wilkes University Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1947-present Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumnus Winter 1950 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marketing and Communications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Winter 1950 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Magazine Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/01a0b0040e3a993c4d72dc06074eb261.pdf 39adeb93ed4012d95ee57d3b054079d0 PDF Text Text ____ ' oO5?- WILKES COLLEGE WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA SUMMER 1951 _ �alumnus XS. EDITORIAL C. J. FOXLOW, EDITOR STAFF: JANE SALWOSKI, DALE WARMOUTH PUBLISHED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF WILKES COLLEGE HUMBER 2 SUMMER 1951 VOLUME 3 CONTENTS ----------------------- —- 3 First On-campus Commencement Review of Commencement Addresses 4 Alumni Officers Elected --------------- - 6 Editorial Page There's no need to explain away the seeming incongruity between the summer green and the harvest pumpkin on S Servicemen Gain Degrees ---- 6 characteristically Grads Join Alumni Association 6 "Wilkes"—and non-autumnal— Summer Twilight Session Resignation of Old Editor-------- 6 our cover, for nothing could be more than this particular pumpkin. It is, of course, one of the tradi­ tional props of the Cinderella Ball, caught just as vivacious 7 Alumnotes 7 Award for Office Bard 8 Summer Theater at Wilkes 8 Graduate Education Center 8 the honors due her. Shown with Activities Come Home 8 her back—such a nice back, Life Cycle of a College Building 9 too — to the camera is Miss New Dean of Women Louise Brennan, 1951 Cinder­ ella, pops out of it to receive Marianna Tommassetti, year's Cinderella. last As for the seemingly slumbering trumpet­ .. . 10 Noted Educator Engaged 10 Student Council Elected . 11 Cinderella Chosen 11 A Letter from the President 12 With The Faculty 12 music at the spring stir-off did Sports Clippings 13 not share his ennui. Fall Athletic Plans 14 er—well, it was midnight, you know. But most of those who danced to Elliot Lawrence's Published Quarterly at WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI OFFICE Chase Hall 184 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Sitting gingerly in the chair just vacated by Tom Moran (who took his cushion with him, hang it), your new editor would like, just this once, to inflict some­ thing of himself upon you, to drop the editorial "we". I find myself in a rather rum position—trying to handle alumni affairs for a college of which I am not an alumnus. But things are not quite so bad as they seem. My college, like Wilkes, is a small one. Its alumni are de­ voted to it, feeling that the grass on its greensward is somehow greener than any other grass, that the waters of nearby Sugar Creek are—appearances to the con­ trary—clearer than any other waters. To be sure, the college I speak of is considerably older than Wilkes. The spirit of the place, to which the feeling of the alumni for it contributes, has had many years in which to grow. But, as Josiah Royce has pointed out in his Philosophy of Loyalty, loyalty, which is of supreme value to the individual, is the whole­ hearted devotion of a person to a cause, something greater than himself—not necessarily as that cause is, but as it can become. That, I think, is something we should do well to remember. I would add that what our cause, Wilkes College, becomes depends entirely upon us. If I may ring in still another college, I should like to share with you a bit of a talk I once heard given by Ernest Martin Hopkins, president emeritus of Dartmouth: "Dartmouth is not loved because she is great; she is great because she is loved by countless loyal alumni." So it can be with Wilkes. One of the pleasantest events on the Wilkes camp­ us this spring was the testimonial dinner given for Dr. Frank J. J. Davies of the English department. Dr. Davies himself was the first to point out that his being selected for the honor really did not signify. What was significant—and altogether gratifying to the entire faculty, we suspect—was the fact that Wilkes students recognized quality instruction when they en­ countered it, that they were properly grateful to a teach­ er who was doing a conscientious job of work. There is a further reason for our pride in the stu­ dents who planned the dinner—a reason Dr. Davies did not comment on. As many of the alumni know, Dr. Davies is not and never has been an easy mark— or marker, for the matter of that. The testimonial din­ ner went a long way towards proving that a teacher can exact a high degree of scholarship and still be not only respected but liked. Loved, even. Ocm fyacc Perhaps we should be justified in calling this column Our Jane Says." Anyway, Miss Salwoski has a request to make of you. Our scrapbooks, which Jane keeps up to date, con­ stitute no mean record of how Wilkes is faring in the public eye. Jane spends a good part of her time past­ ing up Wilkes articles culled from local and out-of-town papers. Though the one clipping service that sends us Wilkes cuttings from the latter papers does a decent job enough, it is by no means infallible. We are not getting quite all the news. Thereby hangs the tale of how you, the alumni, can help us. If each of you would be so good as to cut out and send us articles on the College that appear in your home-town paper—provided that home town is not Wilkes-Barre—we should be considerably beholden to you. And we should have rather more evidence than we now have that we are earning our salt. Much thanks. •■W” *7'awancta. (^aviee.Ccit<y The response to our November letter on dues has been something less than overwhelming. As we told you last fall, annual dues come to only three dollars—surely not a prohibitive amount for even the youngest alumnus. One half of the money helps defray the expense of the business and social events sponsored throughout the year by the Alumni Associa­ tion; the other half pays—in part—for the printing of the Alumnus, official publication of the Association. Whether he pays his dues or not, every alumnus receives all Association publications. But we are hard put to believe that any Wilkes alumnus would deliber­ ately take advantage of that fact. We hope you will consider this a reminder that we are also hard put to make ends meet without your help. The success of the Association—and of the College— depends in large measure upon each of you. Throughout the coming months we shall make every effort to keep up our end by passing on to you all alumni and College news we receive. May we not count on you for a line now and then—and for three dollars NOW? APPEAL TO MARRIED ALUMNAE / / / Jane Salwoski, secretary in the Alumni Office, reports that her files are pretty much at sixes and' sevens. She would be grateful if all married alumnae who have been receiving incorrectly• addressed mail from the College would drop her a card indicating both their maiden and married names. ■ / / / / / �isewwze (fatditiaaed PT fl66 Inflective weed Long. serp prow. procession, led by Dr. Charles B. Reif, commencement marshal, forms on the Liun behind Kirby end Chase Halls _s prior : to marching to gymnasium to join Dr. Farley and trustees. On the evening ci June 11 the college staged its first rn-rffTTnug commencement Families ana friends of the graduates and of the college filled the South Franklin Street gymnasium to see some 160 members cf the Class of 1951 receive degrees and certificates and hear Dr. Martin D. Whitaker, president of Lehigh University r—'n nuclear physicist formerly with the atomic research laboratories at Oak Ridge, deliver the commencement address, "Old and New/' which is reviewed cn the next page. A particularly pleasant part of the evening came when Dr. Farley and various department heads presented special awards. The new Outstanding Graduate of the Year Award, presented by Dr, Farley cn behalf cf the alumni, went to Anthony J. ’ Andronaco. ’ ' New Canaan, Conn., who has been active in college lit? terary and dramatic affairs. Tony also has the signal honor of being ing the only member of the class graduated magna cum laude, havx> tving maintained the highest scholastic average among the graduating students. Dr. Samuel Rosenberg, chairman of the economics department, awarded the Dobsen Accounting Medal for outstanding work in accounting to Robert R. EHus. Pittston, and another new honor, the Journal of Commerce Award, to Stanley J. Kieszek, Plymouth, for ex­ ceptional scholarship in the Division of Commerce and Finance The oldest Wilkes award, the Engineering Medal, offered by the engineering faculty to the student with the highest scholastic aver­ age in the two-year engineering course, was given by Voris Hall, had of the engineering department, to George H. Brown, 7/ilkes-Barre, James R. Tinsley, Nanticoke, received from Mrs, Gertrude M. Williams, of the journalism section of the English department, the L. J. Van Laeys Journalism Medal for his proficiency in journalism and work on "The Beacon." In addition to Andronaco's magna cum laude. cum lauds rating was earned by four members cf the clars. They m were: Benjamin ____ J. Arch, Wilkes-Barre; Jack R. Phethean, West Pittston; Arthur A, John­ son, Hazleton, and Helene V. Donn, Wilkes-Barre. A complete list of 1951 graduates follows: Bachelor of Arts: Anthony J. Andronaco, Benjamin J. Arch, Jules H. Baltimore, Elmo J. Begliomini, Donald E, Biankenbuah, Arthur V/. Bloom, Benjamin R. Bona, Patricia A. Boyd, Eugene G. Bradley, Norman E. Cromack, Michael Curilla, James B. Davenport, William H. Eckert, Jr., John J. Feeney. Jr., Joseph C. Ford, Gytell Freed, George P. Heffernan, Jr., Robert P. Hilburt, Donald E. Himlin, Harry R. Hiccoz, Walter J. Hom, Harold J. Hymen, Cecil E. Jenkin-,, Donald A. Jones, Herman R. Kessler, Jr., Joseph Klutchko, Joseph Knish, Jr., Victor B. Kotulak, Michaline P. Kowicz, Robert D. Levine, Mildred J. Maxwell, Antoinette M. Menegus, Reno J. Menichelli, Sally R. Mittleman, Thomas D. Morgan, Joyce H. Nobel, Kenneth G. Northrup, William S. Owens, Ann Pavlik, David J. Pelmoter, William A. Perlmuth, John J. Persico, Joseph J. Petrosky, Willard G. Prater, Richard Raiber, Gerard F. Rogers, John M. Russell, Elizabeth A. Rutherford, Bartholo­ mew R. Rutkowski, Shirley E. Salsburg, Fred B. Schultz, Marita K. Sheridan, Donald C. Stalbird, Joseph A. Sullivan, Bernard R. Swetts, John Paul Thomas, James R. Tinsley, Richard Todd, Diane S. Travis, Matthew B. Valigra, Vester V. Vercoe, Jr., Rolland Viti, Donald E. Williams, Helen M. Williams, John W. Williams. Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Finance: Arthur A. Johnson, Raymond H. Ales, Virginia J. Bolen, Frederick E. Brotherton, Joseph A. Cipriani, Sanford Cohen, Norman M. Cross, Carl H. DeWitt, Cyril H. Drezinger, Tudor M. Ellis, Robert R. Eltus, John M. Fink, John B. Gallagher, Julian Goldstein, John A. Good, William A. Gorgas, John Gresh. John B. Guerra, Robert Hall, Wade W. Hayhurst, Henry G. Jones. Jr.. Stanley J. Kieszek, Donald C. Kivler, Norman P. Komblau, Raymond C. Kresge, John H. Line, Jr., Leonard F. Ludwikowski, John J-,I5.cCarthy>. Delbert C- McGuire, Jr., William H. Mohr, James Morse, Philip A. Nicholas, Daniel D. Phillips, Glenn H. Reinhart, Leon J. Shumosic, William C. Siglin, Robert J. Smith, Robert P. Starr, Edward owisloski, Frances E. Trembath, Robert R. Weeks, Daniel S. Wil­ cox, Jr., William J. Williams, Charles F. Woodring, Jr. 2-chelor of Science in Education: Frank W. Anderson, Fred D. " 'F. Jackson, John T. Jones, Jr., Charles R. Knapp, jzyr.i .■!, Kovalchik, Doris M. Kanarr Pearsall, M. Thomas Robbins, E. Olin Thomas, Marion S. Weltman. Bachelor of Science in Biology: Peter J. Coray, Albert G. Dani.^anko, Phillip T. Dornin, Edward A. Groblewski, Michael J. Kotch, Jcsc-pn C. Pawlak, Betty Rebennack, Joseph B. Schleicher, Nancy R. shackles, Thomas D. Stine, Robert S. Tether, ?ach,el°' ScIonce in Chemistry; Helene V. Donn, Joseph G. Bendoraite, Z/iUlam L. Evans, Joseph I. Gorko, William J. Hopkins, Ihomas Jones, Jr., William C. Kashanis, Jeanna C. VanNowonhizon, Stanley f, runkunis. Division Biology: Mary T. Sholoski, Ann W. Treelar. , „ n ? b” Division Commerce and Finance: Beryl A. Colwell, Qlsh<»k/‘kMWi‘8O'J?la^no LlBW°llyn. Barbara J. May, Constance M. vlnakas B°Che' Aidu Shul’no<>, Mary I. Varga, Joan A. Rrr TorI"!nal Division Engineering: Edwin P. Bachoson, George H. FadrrirV0A"r- Dvo'°zniak. Leo F. Gavlick, Harold W. Grabosko, Mav Da. 1M m'h ' William Hollz'nan, Paul J. Kostova, William IL May, Daniel M. Ungvarsky, John H. Williams. Speaking before a near capacity audience at the fourth annual Wilkes commencement, Dr. Martin D. Whitaker, president of Lehigh University, told the mem­ bers of the class of 1951, that the free peoples of the world must be wisely conservative if they are to pre­ serve their heritage of individual freedom and respons­ ibility. The distinguished atomic scientist asserted that education is a lifelong process of learning to select "that of the old which is good, that of the new which is worthy of adoption." Reminding the graduates that their education did not end with their receiving their diplomas, he said that the progress of that education would depend upon how much effort they exerted as individuals. Dr. Whitaker drew upon the experiments of the Russian biologist, Pavlov, to warn that human beings, like Pavlov's dogs, can be conditioned to become "bell responding as well as meat responding." He stressed the obligation of educated men and women to "look into the conditioned responses that are being planned far us." Using modem advertising as an example, Dr. Whitaker showed how effective such conditioning can be. At the beginning of his address, the Lehigh presi­ dent stated his intention of dealing with some of the problems facing individuals in preference to attempt­ ing to provide a panacea for the ills of the world. "We take cur heritage of individual freedom and responsibility altogether too much for granted," Dr. Whitaker said, "forgetting that only a small percent­ age of those who live and have lived on this planet have enioyed it." He cited a number of authors, from ancien- times to the present, whose writings tended to support: this assertion. TflanaG, Just as the ancients turned for aid to such gods as Jupiter and Mercury, the Bethlehem educator observed, so many of us are beginning to turn to Uncle Sam as a comparable figure; by so doing we are sacrificing our birthright, he said. "We must be chary of schemes that would force our thinking into patterns set by others," Dr. Whitaker cautioned. TOM S/zeMc at ^acca^awiecite Rabbi Samuel Wolk, one of the first trustees of the College, delivered the address at the first Wilkes bac­ calaureate on Sunday, June 10. Assuring the graduat­ ing class that "this is a very good time in which to live if only we know what to do with it," the Albany clergyman asserted that "the mind and heart and soul of man will determine whether he chooses blessing and life, or curse and death." Whether man sees life in its plain or its exalted sense makes all the difference, he added. "Man’s mastery over the arts and. sciences is stu­ pendous," Rabbi Wolk said, "but out of it arises man's persistent dilemma. Depending upon his own actions, man faces either ruin or triumph." At the beginning of his speech, the former WilkesBarre civic and religious leader paid tribute to the founders of Wilkes College as men deeply concerned about the "kingdom of the mind." . , —... J isident ot Lehigh University, addresses the largo commencement audience in the Wilkes gymnasium. Dr. Martin D. Whitaker, pre: faculty members are shown in the> background. Trustees and �s4CcMt(tc fi^ieezd. Sheeted: 'Pzedcdeat patted ^4/4"^. (fazdd (Idt j4b&tfd rSdociatuMt; Following a Class Day luncheon on Chase lawn, at which administration, faculty and alumni were hosts to the graduating class William Luetzel, presi­ dent of the Alumni As­ sociation, formally wel­ comed the 166 mem­ bers of the class of '51 into the organization. Results of the election were as follows: president, Don Honeywell, '49; vice president, William Luetzel, w '49; secretary’, Elaine Turner, '50 terminal; treasurer, Tom Gill, '49. Sezuteewea "Decreed Service in the armed forces prevented five mem­ bers of the class of 1S51 from receiving their diplomas at the commencement exercises in the Wilkes gymna­ sium. The five men are: Thomas D. Morgan, Plymouth; Donald C. Kivler, Nanticoke; and Norman P. Komblau, Robert J. Smith, and Gerard F. Rogers, all of WilkesBarre. Tom Morgan, the only one of the five who was still in college when he was called to the colors, is serving with the 967th Armored Bataliion at Fori Sill, Okla. At Wilkes, Tom sang with the Mudgutters and the Choral Club, and was president of the Denrrting Society. Many alumni will also remember him n<s a cheerleader. Certified to teach on the secondary level last Janu­ ary, Don Kivler, who was active at Wilkes in Education Department functions and in the Economics Club, is now stationed at the U. S. Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, Md. Norm Komblau, who holds a lieutenant's commis­ sion in the Army Air Force, is at Mather Field, CaliL He took a Bachelor of Science degree in Commerce and Finance. Now living with his wife in Norfolk, Va., Bob Smith is—obviously—in the Navy. Active in the Debating Society and the International Relations Club at Wilkes, Bob also received his degree in Commerce and Fin­ ance. Gerard F. Rogers, once a member of the Naval Re­ serve, is currently being trained as an infantryman at Fort Jackson, S. C. While at Wilkes, he participated in German, Psychology, and Sociology club activities and played in the college band. Up to the time of his call to service, he worked in the Testing Bureau here. Tfew fM: "fyciKiecL Stteeeida'i Ballots mailed to alumni were returned in time for new Alumni Association officers to be named at the November homecoming. As the Alumnus gees to press, however, Luetzel is serving as president, Don Honeywell having been recalled to service in April. Don is now with the Army’ Air Force in Mount Clemens, Michigan. While still in mufti, he was married to Miss Eleanore Sterling, Wilkes-Barre. ‘TPlo'Met c7a<ie<i A week later, local members of the Asso­ ciation invited gradu­ ates and their guests to an outing at Toby's VESTER V. VERCOE, JR. Park, Blakeslee. Swimming, golf, baseball, dancing and a wiener roast were on the docket. In extending the invitation, Luetzel expressed the hope that the affair would become an annual custom. Immediately after Luetzel's Class Day talk, the new graduates elected permanent class officers. Vester V. Vercoe, Jr., who had held the same office through­ out his senior year, was elected president. Willard G. Prater was named vice-president, and Virginia Bolen, secretary. Sewed. Sw-diy&d Seddioa This summer, for the first time in the eighteenyear history of the Col­ lege, Wilkes is holding a 'twilight session' for those members of the communi­ ty who desire to continue their education but have full-time jobs. Enrollment for the sixweek term is considerably higher than the College had expected, some 400 students having registered for the session. Stanley Wasileski, director of the STAHLEY VZASILESKI Twilight School, is of opin­ ion that the opportunity to take college courses during the most convenient hours of summer days has appealed tremendously to Wyo­ ming Valley residents. In point of fact, the new session is the upshot of suggestions made by working people of the communi­ ty. A special faculty committee, appointed and headed by President Farley, studied the suggestions and came toward with the plan for holding classes in the early evening (4 through 10 p. m.). Eighteen fields of study are open to the twilight students. THOMAS J. MORAN 1950, served as a general assignment and sports re­ porter. During the summer of 1949, he handled the play-by-play baseball broadcasts for the Wilkes-Barre Baseball Club. Your alumni secretary ann his bride of less than a month, the form­ er Joan Curley of Wilkes-Barre, left for Pittsburgh at the end of last month. Tom is affilia’ed with the Knights of Columbus, American Legion, Wyomina Valley Sportswriters and Sportscaster- Association, University Club, American College Public Relations Association, and the Colum­ bia Universi y Journalism Alumni Association. Thomas J. Moran, alumni secre­ tary and pubfic relations director al the College since January, 1949, re­ signed his post here to accept a posi­ tion on the copy desk of the Pitts­ burgh Post-Gazette. Succeeding Tcm in the public relations office is C. J. Foxlow, who has been an instructor in the Wilkes English department for the past year. A s.ud-nt in Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism during the past year, Tom received his Master of Science degree at the Columbia com­ mencement last month. He took the degree in absentia, but managed to be on hand for his wedding on June 9. Tom has been employed at Wilkes since 1947, when he helped organize the news bureau at the Col­ lege. Following his graduation in 1949, he was ap­ pointed our first full-time public relations and alumni director. For seven years Tom worked for the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent entering the newspaper field as a suburban correspondent in 1943 while he was a junior in the Kingston High School. The next year he was switched to the sports department, and until June Considerable news, (much of it dealing with wed­ dings and engagements), has drifted into the Alumni Office since the las- issue of the Alumnus. High time we cut you in on a bit of what? Beryl Colwell, ternrnal '51, has become engaged to Paul Fahringer, who also attended Wilkes . . . Leonardins Terescavage was re­ cently marred to Carl E. Leslie of Washington, D. C. The Leslies are living in Seat Pleasant, Md. . . . Dorothy Ann Pickering became Mrs. Charles E. Boyer cn December 2. The couple is now living in >rps, Forty Fort . . . Malcolm J. Lee, now a sergeant in the Marine Corps, has married M>ss Joyce Sharkey . . . Mary Popple, employed in the finance office of the College, married Paul J. Argenio on November 4. Argenio is associated with Granville Rice, local photographer . . . Margaret A. Aten, and Charles Williams, now livina in Johnson City, N. Y., were married in November. Charles is employed by Ozalid General Analine and Film Corporation . . . Charles O'Shea has mar­ ried Miss Eleanor J. Doherty of Trenton. N. J. . . . Den Tosh, recalled to active duty with the Second Marine Division in October, married Miss Ruth Lennon on December 30. At the time of his call, Don was in his sophomore year at Wilkes. . .Eileen Carmody, former Bucknell Junior College student, was married to Walter Pryse, '50, on April 29. Walter is associated with the Premier Auto-Ware Co. in Reeding, where he and Eileen are living . . . Sarah Schultz was recently mar­ ried to Matthew S. Jones of Wilkes-Barre. Her husband works for the Eastern Light Company, Allentown . . . Clyde H. Ritter was mar­ ried in November to Miss H. Jane Booth. The couple now resides in Kew Gardens, L. I., where Clyde is associated with Life Office Man­ agement Association . . . Joseph PstTak has married Miss Jule Long. Joo is employed at Frankfort Arscml in Philadelphia. Virginia M. Meissner and John P. Nolson, both graduates of Wilkes, wore married on June 9. Virginia is a faculty member at Haiford Township High School. Harford. Pa., while John is employed by Cleveland Brothers Equipment Company. Mary Pitler. 50 was maid of honor at the wedding . . . Two more gradulies, Lyd a Blancondino and Frank J. Evan, were married in September. Frank, who earned his M. B. A. degree al the University of Penusylvan a is pre­ sently connected with Rohm and Haus Company. I hiladelphia . . . Nancy Nancy Yaufman, Yautman. terminal ’50 and former campus queen chosen by Billy Rose in the contest sponsored by Amnicola, was married to A. native of Indianapolis, Foxlow was educated in the public schools there, and la’er attended Kenyon, Dartmouth (in the Navy V-12 program), and Wabash colleges, taking his A. B. degree from the last-named institution in 1948. At the Columbia University Graduate School of Enafish in 1948-49, Foxlow was spe­ cially interested in eighteenth-centu­ ry English literature. He received his A. M. there in 1950. The new public relations head, who will also act as alumni secre­ tary and adviser, to The Beacon, is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Blue Key, Pi Delta Epsilon (collegiate jour­ nalism honorary), the Kappa Sigma social fraternity, and the Speech Association of America. C. J. FOXLOW John Russell Jones, former Wilkes student, in February. Arlene Pletcher. '50. of Howard. Pa., was one of Mrs. Jones' attendants. While at Wilkes. Nancy and Arlene were roommates in Weckesser Hall . . . Joyce H. Nobel and Kenneth G. Northrup, both members of the class of '51. were married on July 14. Ken is with the Lyons and Carnahan Educational Publishing Company of White Plains, N. Y. . . . Louise Dodson, former secretary to the comptroller of Wilkes and now se-retary to Herbert J. Morris, registrar, is engaged to Thomas C. Ph’pps. Wilkes senior . . . Bill Griffith ‘50, has become engaged to Miss ^race Ruffn. student at Wilkes: no wedding date has been set. B’ll >s an active local member of the Association . . . Marianna Toma«^-'“5. farmer Wilkes student and Cinderella of 1950, is engaged to John D. Stark. '51. Marianna is currently employed in the occupationa1 *herapv department of the State Hospital at Harris­ burg. and John is associated in business with h’s father . . . Marita Sheridan, who took an A. B degree in psychology at Wilkes last month, will be married in September to Robert C. Riley. Wilkes graduate now studying for h’s doctoral degree in psychology at Western Reserve University. Cleveland, O. . . . Donald J. Murphy, former Wilkes student Graduated from Bloomsburg this year, is en­ caged to Miss Theresa Schappert . . . Allan J. Allan, Wilkes gradu­ ate now in busmess with h’s father, was married tn Miss Catherine Monash on May 20 . . . Former student Andrew F. Roan, recently re-alled to active s—-vice bv the Eastern A:r Defense Command, is engaged to Miss Virginia Llewellyn of Plymouth. . .John J. Wardzel, Wilkes student who went on to complete his studies at Bucknell, was married recently to Miss Geraldine Cragle. The couple is living in Lewisburg. Dolores Hen-zel, of the finance office of the Colleae, is engaged to Edwin Hvdock. araduate of—tell it not in Gath!—King's College Lois DeGraw. ‘50. of Butler. Pa., was married last December to Homer Huffman. Wilkes student. Homo’ is working for the Lucerne County Gas and Electric Corporation in Kingston . . . Former student Anna J. Cheponas was married to William Hess Lewis last January. Anna is a medical technologist for the American Society of Clinical Pathology. Bill, who also attended Wilkes for a time, received his R. S. degree in chemical' «engineering at Bucknell and is now emN. J. On February 11. Joann cloyed by _____________ Merck. Inc.. _.jhway, Rai to Joseph J. Ehrlich. Her husband is associated Brook was married r (continued on page 15) �rftcwuti ^cvicC 'TUfat Dale Warmouth, of the Public Relations and Alumni Office staff, was recently advised by the board of judges of the National Poetry Association that his poem, "Ringneck Pheasant," is to be included in a new anthology that the Association is publishing. Bearing the title. Voice of Young America, the bound volume will contain selected poems previously printed in the annual anthologies of the Association. Dale’s poem has already appeared in America Sings, an anthology of American College poetry, and in our own Manuscript Some of his other work has been published by The Writer, Review of Contempor­ ary Poetry, Trails, Epos, New Athenrreum, and the Am­ erican Courier. In 1950, our bard received the Ann Hamilton Poetry Book Award, given annually by The Writer magazine to the young poet who shows the greatest improvement in poetic expression during the year. In a congratulatory letter to the PRO poet, David Hartman, secretary of the National Poetry Association, said in part: "During the past fourteen years, we have published over two hundred annual rm th ninnies of poetry. Among the works contained in these, there are many that are excellent efforts, worthy of being re­ printed in a bound volume. Your manuscript, 'Ring­ neck Preasant,' published in one of the annual antholo­ gies, is one of those we wish to reprint" So do we—but permission is w rm ting as we go to press. Perhaps we shall be able to reprint it in some future number of the Alumnus. Sttwtwt&L GJbeaten "PteM face a Chase Theater is doing double duty this summer, serving as a lounge for summer students and as a straw-hat theater. Bert Stein, Cue 'n' Curtain president, has invited all Wyoming Valley college students who are home for the summer to participate in summer theater at Wilkes. "We would also like to see anybody who plans to begin college in September, and anyone who is in­ terested in theater, whether a college student or not," Bert said recently. Tentative summer plans call for presentation of a series of one-act plays, such as were produced during the past two college terms. The enthusiastic players also hope to give one three-act play before September. Cue 'n' Curtain members assure all Wyoming Valley alumni who long to tread the boards that it is not so late as they think. Although there may be many alumni who have vet to see their new gymnasium it is unlikely, We hink, that the captions for the photographs on the op. posite page are really necessary. To those of you who have hoped and worked and contributed, they must, hi themselves, tell quite a story-one with the haPpiest of endings. Completion and dedication of the structure this vear nroved to the satisfaction of almost everyone about‘the College that Wilkes is indeed the communi­ ty college it professes to be. The gymnasium is co­ gent evidence that the community, appreciating the fact that the College exists for Wyoming Valley, sup. ports it to the full. We of the College community are most grateful. As we enjoy the first-rate facilities of the gymnasium for dances, assemblies, concerts, plays, and confer­ ences, we must be sensible of a very considerable debt to those alumni, townspeople, faculty, and stu­ dents whose devotion to the College converted our dreams into bricks and mortar. Il ‘Bue&weU Set a< Beginning in September of this year, the College will offer graduate courses in education, thereby en­ abling teachers and other graduate students to earn eighteen credit hours in education towards the Master of Science degree on the Wilkes campus. The College, in conjunction wiht Bucknell Univer­ sity, has now completed plans for the establishment of a Graduate Center of Education here in Wilkes-Barre. Students who enroll at the Center and successfully complete the courses offered will need only twelve more hours of work to satisfy the Pennsylvania re­ quirements for the M. S. degree in education. They may take that work on the Lewisburg campus during a regular summer session. Nov/ that we have the Bucknell-Wilkes Graduate Center, together with an expanded undergraduate edu­ cation program in which regular students of the College may quality for teacher certification on both secondary and elementary levels, our gaining a reputation as one of the outstanding teacher-training centers of North­ eastern Pennsylvania ought not to be a matter for sur­ prise. We are particularly fortunate in our association y/itn Bucknell, which has long been recognized as an institution permitted to train school administrators at al! levels—superintendents, supervising principals, and elementary and high school principals. seeing that most students in the Graduate Center wil. be employed during the day, all classes at the -ont'.-r will be held in the evening. The courses to be offered in the fall semester are Guidance, Occupations and Occupational Research,Visual Education, Public behoof. Administration, and Elementary School Super­ vision. Labor and Personnel Problems, Intelligence and Its Measurement, Extra-Curricular Activities, Socondary School Supervision, and Elementary School dmmistration will be given in the spring semester beginning in February of next year. ’3 Top: March, 1950. Dr. Farley and Gilbert S. McClintock, chairman of the board of trus­ tees, participate in ground-breaking ceremo­ nies on gymnasium site. Center: September, 1950. The South FrankStreet structure almost as it appears today. We now have proper doors, however—very handsome ones, too. Left: April, 1951. Wilkes students pay hom­ age to Terpsichore at the April Showers Ball, one of the many social affairs now held in the gymnasium. �'Hew "Deaw ( A former newspaper­ woman who once inter­ viewed such figures as Jawaharal Nehru. Mad­ ame Chiang Kai Shek, and the late Mahatma Gandhi has turned to in­ terviewing the women of Wilkes. Mrs. Gertrude Marvin Williams, remembered by MRS. GERTRUDE MARVIN many alumni for her WILLIAMS sprightly courses in jour­ nalism and composition, has been named by Dr. Farley to serve as Dean of Women during the 15-month absence of Miss Betty L. Harker, who is beginning graduate study in psychiatric social work at Smith College. Mrs. Williams holds an A. B. degree from Welles­ ley College and an A. M. in sociology from the Uni­ versity of Pennsylvania. She is assistant professor of English at Wilkes, where she will continue to teach as well as discharge the duties of the dermship The new dean's experiences have by no means been confined to the Groves of Academe. She has lived in India and London and worked on newspapers in Boston and New York. During the last war, she served for four years as a member of the Luzerne County Council of Defense, directing all activities of the wom­ en's uni* she organi?en. In the course of a busy life, Mrs. Williams has somehow found time to publish a number of books. She is the author of "India's Silent Revolution," "Under­ standing India," "The Passionate Pilgrim," and "Priest­ ess of the Occult," a biography of Madame Blavatsky. There is a story—perhaps apocryphal—about a student whe went to Mrs. Williams after a semester in one of her courses and said, "I like your course so much that I'm going to flunk the final so I can take it again." We would add that a large measure of common sense is not the least of the qualities this popular teacher brings tc the position so competently filled by Miss Harker since 1947. Granted a leave of absence by the trustees of Wilkes, Miss Harker believes her work at Smith will be of considerab'e help to her when she resumes the task of counseling students. The good wishes of the college go with her. TUifaeb 'Hated Student ^auftcit Sleeted: "^ecfitalde 'Kamed 'P'letid.ettt Sdcccatan- Voting in this year's Student Council elec­ tions, which were held early in May, was spir­ ited and close, according to Bob Eltus, retiring president of the Council. All classes, Bob said, responded to appeals to vote. Dr. Vernon G. Smith, who deve­ loped the Scarsdale, N. Y. public school system into one of the sound­ est in the nation, is coming to Wilkes to head our expanded Depar ment of Education. > rH DR. VERNON G. SMITH The constituion of the College's govern­ ing body provides for the election of four mem­ bers from each of the three upper classes an J. of three representatives of the incoming fresh­ man class sometime in September. Dr. Smith served the Scarsdale system as a high school principal and later as superintendent of ■—■ schools. He will assume his duties here in September. The announcement of Dr. Smith's appeintment fol­ lowed by less than a week the news that Wilkes had been approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction to offer courses in elemen'ary educa­ tion. The new courses to be given in the 1951-52 term, President Farley explained, will round out the offerings in education, enabling Wilkes students to qualify for teacher certification in both secondary and elementary fields. Shown above are the new Sindent Council officers. They are, left to right, seated—Nancy Lee Hannye, secretary, and George J. Lewis, vice-presi­ dent; standing—Henry Merolli, treasurer; Joseph Reynolds, president; and John Mertha, parliamentarian. ••w«< A graduate of Colby College, Waterville, Me., Dr. Smith earned his Master's degree at Teachers College, Columbia University, and later returned to that institu­ tion to take his doctoral degree in education. Also known as a prominent schoolman in Vermont, the new Education Department chairman has been headmaster of St. Johnsbury Academy there. He has been a lecturer at New York University, and is a mem­ ber of the National Educaaon Association, the Asso­ ciation of School Administrators, and Phi Delta Kappa. Dr. Smith has made special studies of teacher salaries, in-service growth of school personnel, and school costs and salaries in villages and cities of the New York metropolitan area. Appointment of Dr. Smith and state approval of the new elementary education program point up the fact that V/ilkes is steadily growing in importance as a teacher-training institution. The past academic year, which began with approval by the Department of Public Instruction of the course in secondary educa­ tion, has been a particularly successful one for the Wilkes Department of Education. Becoming independent of Bucknell University last September, the Department, under Dr. John H. Semon, proved itself altogether wor.hy of that independence. There is every reason to believe that its work will go forward, on an even larger scale, under Dr. Smith. We are persuaded that the alumni will join us in welcoming him and wishing him a good year. (tycMevi Five of the old Council members were reelec'ed. They are: for the senior class. Joe Reynolds, George Lewis and Henry Merolli, all of whom are officers; for the junior class, Isabel Ecker, and for the sophomore class, Alex Cathro. Reynolds was named president; Lewis, vice-president, and Merolli, treasurer. The Council acts in an advisory capacity to all clubs, classes, and other organizations and serves as liaison between students and administration. It considers all requests for funds required for student activities and then makes recommendations to the Administrative Council. In conjunction with various activity groups, the Student Council may also recommend to the Administrative Council modifications in the policies of those groups. (fyadenMa Wilkes students, con­ fronted with a slate of 11 comely candidates, selected Miss Louise Brennan, senior from Forty Fort, to reign over the fifth annual Cinder­ ella Ball this spring. Results of the balloting were secret up to the lime of her triumphal exit frem the pumpkin. An economics major at Wilkes, Miss Bren­ nan is a member of Theta Delta Rho, and was a candidate for the title of Queen of Hearts at the sorority's Valen'ine dance last February. All arrangements for the Cinderella Ball were completed by the S‘udent Council, under the direction of Wade W. Hayhurs', general chairman. / . 1 Tom Robbins, Beacon editor. escorts the 1951 Cinderella. Miss Louise Brennan, to the bandstand in the gym. �TVcd Rettert 'Jaccdfy fry Dr. Bastress in New Post A new deanship has been cre< ated at Wilkes College. The vear 1951 is a reminder in many ways of the year 1941. The threat of war hangs over all of us, and the Colleqe, its students, and alumni are making those adjust­ ments in thinking which are prere­ quisite to constructive action. Wilkes, along with all our col­ leges, is fully aware that the interna­ tional situation and the threat of war will affect its enrollment and its program. AH colleges are seeking to make adjustments with a minimum of disturbance while preserving the soundest foundations for future growth. Although present uncertainties max' cloud our vision of the future, it is still possible to forsee and to plan for many probable developments. I believe that at Wilkes we have made adjustments which will assure maximum stability for the College and will increase the likelihood of its continued growth. DR. FARLEY As the demands of the "cold war" have affected enrollment it has been necessary to reduce our staff. In order to give cur teachers time to obtain other posi­ tions, thirteen members of the faculty were notified last winter that we could not guarantee them work in September, 1951. However, it has proved possible to retain at least three of these teachers. In consequence, only about ten cf the staff of seventy teachers have been affected. We regret that any changes have been necessary, but we are all obliged to respond to emer­ gencies. While we adjust to the immediate present, we also formulate plans for the future. In consequence of this long distance planning I believe that Wilkes College will experience the finest developments of its short history during the next decade. Our instructional pro­ gram will be strengthened and the dormitory facilities will be expanded. During such a period of uncertainty the College must consider its policies and make important deci­ sions regarding adjustments and changes. Inevitably the temptation arises during moments of crisis to lower standards of admission in order to maintain enroll­ ment. It has long been the policy at Wilkes to offer broad community services while we at the same time maintain standards that will encourage the maximum development of the individual and enable araduates to hold their own under all circumstances. I firmly be­ lieve in this policy, and am convinced that we cannot sacrifice the quality of our work in the hope of tempor­ ary gains. Inasmuch as the future of the College de­ pends upon the future of its graduates, I believe that soundness is of areater importance than size, and that the integrity of the institution and its program must rank first in our plans. I hone that the alumni of the College share this feeling. We shall welcome a word from you regardina the path that you feel the College should set for itself, for we denend uoon your participation in planning the future of the College. Yours in the Wilkes bond, EUGENE S. FARLEY In February, Dr. Farley announced the appointment of Dr. Alfred W. Bastress, professor of chemistry, to the new post of Dean cf Instruction. Since the primary pur­ pose of the deanship is to improve the quality of instruction at Wilkes, Dr. Bastress will, as he puts it, "keep DR. ALFRED W. an eye on the academic procession." BASTRESS He will act as liaison officer between the faculty and administration in matters of instruction and curriculum. For obvious reasons, he now sits in the Administrative Council. Now busy scheduling courses for the next semes­ ter, Dr. Bastress, accompanied by Mrs. Bastress, will leave in August for a holiday in Nova Scotia. After that, he will attend a meeting of the American Chem­ ical Society in New York. He promises to spread the word about Wilkes College while he is among the Nova Scotians. librarian Weds Miss Kathleen MacDonald, circulation librarian at the College since last September, became the bride of Ensign S. Robert Foley, USN, in St. Paul's R. C. Church, Scranton, Pa., on June 23. The Foleys are now living in Pensacola, Fla., but expect to make their home— for a time, at any rate—at Corpus Christi, Texas. Sev­ eral Wilkes faculty members attended the wedding, and Jim Foxlow, new Alumnus editor, was one of the ushers. Kanner on Leave for Studies Joseph H. Kanner, instructor in psychology and chief psychometrist at the Guidance Center, has been granted a leave of absence to study for his A. M. in clinical psychology at the New School of Social. Re­ search in New York. Gene Bradley, '51, is carrying cn Kanner’s work at the testing Department this sum­ mer (see "Alumnotes"). Instructors Pinch-Hit at Guidance Center Welton G. Farrar, instructor in economics and poli­ tical science, and James J. Laggan and John Riley, insfruc'ors in business administration, are working as counselors at the Guidance Center this summer to keep things running smoothly while members of the regu­ lar staff are on vacation. Williams in Publicity Work Edward M. Williams, former assistant professor of English, has resigned from the faculty to become public relations director of the Wyoming Valley Community Chest. A1 Groh at Columbia Alfred S. Groh, instructor in Enalish, is doing gradvatc work in English at Columbia University this summe.'. Last summer, he and Joe Donnelly toured Europe. Dean cl Men Pursues Studies Dean Georqe F. Hairston is also at Columbia to study for his Master's degree in student personnel work, continuing his studies from last summer. He will return to Wilkes-Barre in time for the opening of the fall semester, (continued on pogo 15) * SL TVawwid The old Wilkes College nemesis, Bloomsburg STC, re-established its jinx over the Colonels in the last game of the season, despite a first inning Wilkes lead of 6-0. For a while it looked like that old carousel was back in motion for the season's finale but the final score was 7-6. Credit should be given to Zigmund because he proved earlier that Wilkes doesn't have to lose to the Huskies. In that game he allowed five hits to beat BSTC 5-2. University of Scranton continued to win over Wilkes in 1951 with Milliman, the hard-luck kid, losing a heart-breaker by a single run. Partridge Ige introduced the running game on the local diamond, and the Wilkes the race was Len Zilkes batsmen stole 55 bases. Leading th Batrony with fifteen. Don Blankenbush had 12, and Al Manarski, 10. ;.-r --.'X u-j.-. PARTRIDGE AND BASEBALL CO-CAPTAINS Lett to right: Don Blankenbush. Alex Molosh. Bob Partridge 'Diamond “ Pen^onmeid. £,«d Seadon 'WitA. % and 6 Second "Jan. Ifem (?oadc Wilkes Colonels on the diamond started the 1951 season in fireball fashion after recovering from, an initial 13-5 walloping by Wyo­ ming Seminary and went on to win six straight. The winning streak was snapped by the old rivals from King's at mid-point. red a After losing to Rocco English’s crew 7-6, the Colonels played lot of uninspiring baseball and ended the season with a record1 of eight wins and six losses. Under Bob Partridge, former Pennsylvania short-stop star, for the first time, Wilkes went into competition blessed with a good pitching staff, headed by holdover John Zigmund (6-1). The team was strong down the middle with Don Blankenbush at centerfield, Len Batroney at second and Al Molosh at short stop. Hitting power on the Wilkes nine wasn't a negligible factor, either. Blankenbush and Batroney could be counted on for consistent hitting, while Partridge had some sluggers such as Zigmund, Molosh, catcher Joe Deschak and third-baseman Eddie Davis. Talking over the season afterward. Partridge said that he felt afterward, Partridge unearned runs by the opposition ,51don meant meant the the difference difference between win­ ning and losing. They average'1. **Q ^aid. three a game throughout ;raged, he said, three a game the 1951 docket. With Susquehanna After such merry-go-rounds as the games r5 College (19-3), it ___ Harpur (15-5), the Seminary re-match (7-0),and mentor with a his debut as looked as though Partridge would end h fat record. The merry-go-round ran down in the eighth inning cof the first ue carousel King's game. Freshman Joe Sikora, a southpaw, had^ the 15-3 victory, but going a couple days later at Stroudsburg with a 1— v then it closed for the season. The Colonels did get back at King's 5-3 in the opener of a. threegame series in four days. The next day. the Blue and Gold Now Jorsoy and lost lo Upsala College 10-8 alter the East Orange squad got four unearned runs in the first. Two days later, the visit ing Wilkesmen ran up against Ithaca College. Ithaca’s two-year record had been spoiled just foot 1 Milkes that date. Throe of those occasions had been 5-4 vxclo"es J ' all hurled by Zigmund. This time, with the game played under lights, thu Ithacans were avenged 20-9. Victim of the game was John Milliman. Genoa, N.^Y.« . 4 Idling almost in his own neighborhood that night. -t Batler. blasted throe Wilkesmen ell the mound before little L 9 son put the fire out. The 1951 season: Ing Seminary 13 Wilke’s 5, Wyoming Wilkes 5, Ithaca College 4 .quehanna University 5 Wilkes 15, Susq ” Wilkes 5, Bloomsburg imsburg STC 2 jurg STC 1 Wilkes 5, Stroudsbi ig Seminary 0 Wilkes 7, Wyominc jur College 3 Wilkes 19, Harpr Wilkes 6, King's5 College 7 judsburg STC 3 Wilkes 15, Stroi —:‘y of Scranton 4 Wilkes 3, University Wilkes 5, King's College 3 Wilkes 8, Upsala College 10 Wilkes 9. Ithaca College 20 Wilkes 6, Bloomsburg STC 7 Muhlenberg College—rained out Pitching record: John Zigmund, won 3, lost 1 John Milliman, won 2. lost 4 Chet Molley, won 1, lost 1 George Batterson. won 1, lost 0 Joe Sikora, won 1, lot 0 Batting averages, top five: Len Batroney, 2b Don Blankenbush. cf John Zigmund. p-lb Al Molosh, ss Joe Deschak. c 12 13 11 12 10 ab 49 50 39 45 36 h 20 20 16 15 12 a -e.. .408 .400 .385 .333 .333 'Pa'iC'tidtpe. d Saecvi '7ecutt Rafted. 'Win As the Alumnus went to press, Coach Bob Part-u..-------_ for colleges fill out his ridge was still looking to fall i the boaters' circuit. At present only three schedule in but Ann Havir, athletic office secregames are listed, 1 t a batch of letters to schools which tary, has sent out have soccer on their th. athletic programs. All-American soccer player, has dePartridge, an veloped a group of inexperienced performers into a lod outfit in the past two years. He thinks that the go: Colonels are now due for a win. The former Penn coach now has a strong nucleus, composed of such players as Cled Rowlands, Roxie Reynolds, Ben Beers, Len Kurella, Charley Thomas, the Wallison brothers Carl and Ed, Bill Mergo, Flip "?o-t Jones and Pres Eckmeder. Last year's co-captains, Cy Kovalchik and Charley Jackson, are now alumni, as are Bill Owens and manArt Bloom. Partridge has lost Don Tosh to the ager Marines and Parker Petrilak to the Army. �^etUiem. >&ze&4 ’7/(.ci(t^<yw:i ^az “ Seen on Wilkes CoUege gridiron hopes have changed dras­ tically trom the palmy days oi 1946 wnen an impres­ sive array ox football talent was available to George Ralston. Several more or tne Wilkes pigskin perform­ ers have gone the diploma route this Jtine and others are scheduled to fims.i tneir requirements for gradua­ tion this summer. Leaving in the last commencement were such '50 stalwarts as Jack Jones, Norm Cromack, Olie Thomas, Bob Hall and Norm Cross. August graduates will in­ clude Leo Castle, Nick Hememan and Ed Bogusko. Looking over the manpower prospects, Ralston announced that me line-up or top players this fall will be smaller than ever. "We can field one team, but that is about all," he said. New talent on campus is not the answer, either. The Colonels' memor has interviewed all prospective students for the September term and has not come upon any likely canaida.es tor tne eleven. schedule last year, will be host to Ralston's gridders at Princess Anne on November 10. Sparked by Swifty Polk, member of the Negro All-American team, Mary­ land exploded 47-13 over the Colonels last year. The big game, Wilkes College vs. King's College, comes up November 17. The Colonels have been vic­ tors five times in a row over the Monarchs, last season by a 14-12 tally, but with the dim prospects of a strong team this fall facing Ralston, Wilkes may have to play a heap of football io maintain its unbroken superiority. “7e 'iZrca.d Sazazcfy Jane Salwoski, a senior and our handy girl at the Alumni Association and Public Relations Department, was elected president of the Theta Delta Rho for the coming year. She succeeds Ginny Bolen, who graduat­ ed in June. Other officers elected to the Wilkes sorority at the May meeting were: Isabel Ecker, vice president; Lucille Reese, treasurer; Carol Reynar, secretary, and Kay Read, social chairman. Officers who served during the 1950-51 term were, in addition to Ginny: May Way, vice president; Kay Read, treasurer; Lucille Reese, secretary, and Joyce Nobel, social chairman. Ball carriers are going io be even harder to find. The exodus or leaermen .cok wim it more than a right­ ful share o. txrczfielders. Main chores in tne backfield may go to nda.e Davis or George Elias. Mrs. Gertrude M. Williams, acting dean of women, replaces Miss Betty Harker as faculty adviser. The other adviser for the girls' group is Mrs. Gladys Davis, house mother at Sterling Hall. St. Francis College will be the hardest game, the coach claimed. St Francis, he said, has always been the mos, rormidable ox W fixes opposition with the ex­ ception of Rider College. at S&aufvn “SeM Charles A. Hoffman, Jr., a captain in the Army Air Fnrr. • rationed in Germany . . . Joan Pierce, the former Joan aS having completed a course in city management at the Universitv of Pennsylvania, is presen ly working with the city management ta Winnetka, Ill. . • • Li. Og) Elmo Clemente has been ordered to active duty With Navy from Organized Reserve Batallion 18. He is assianed to the recruit training command at the Naval Training Center in Newport, R. I. . . .A. F. MacDonald has been recalled to active dutv in the Navy . . . John Faneck is in Korea . . . John Klansek is a per sonnel man in the ship's office of the USS Cape Esperence . . . Evan Sorbet. 50. is in Officer Candidate School at Fort Riley, Kansas. Promotion of former Captain Andrew W. Winiarczyk to the rank of major has been announced by the Army. A chemical engineering major (in a rather different sense) at Wilkes, Major Winiarczyk is now professor of military science and tactics at Christian Brothers College in St. Louis, Mo., where he is in charge of the ROTC. He is a veteran of ten years' service. He commanded a medium tank company of the 14th Armored Division in France and Germany during World War II and afterwards served with occupation forces in Korea. Edward S. Gorwick, who attended Wilkes in 1946 and 1947, is presently a construction engineer with the Bureau of Reclamation at Grand Coulee Dam in Washington. Ed received his B. S. degree in civil engineering at Bucknell in February, 1950 . . . Gene S. On, former Wilkes student, is Port Patrol Officer with the Bureau of Cus­ toms at Seattle, Washington . . . Charlotte Davis, '50, is a social worker in the Pennsylvania Health Department at Harrisburg. Edmund A. Zaremba, now in the Navy, is stationed at New London, Conn. . . . Lewis A. White is at Fort Dix, N. J. Mrs. Ruth McHenry, who has done a large part of her college work at Wilkes, recently received her B. S. in nursing education from Columbia University. She has been appointed assistant director of nursing services at Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia. Robert D. Levine and Reno Menichelli, both '51 graduates, are now at the New School for Social Research in New York. Frances Ann Markowitz, who attended Wilkes for two years, has been elected to Phi Beta Kappa, honorary scholastic society, at Pennsylvania State College Carl G. Fiene, '50, has been recalled by the U. S. Navy . . . Captain Stephen Wartella is stationed at Kelly Airfield Base, San Antonio( Texas. Eugene G. Bradley. '51. who has been assistant psychometrisl at the Wilkes Guidance Center for the past two years, has just been named chief psychometrisl. Gene will serve in that capacity uu September, at which time he will enter the New School of Socia Research in New York to study for his Master's degree m clinical psychology under the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social n Removal of Lycoming College from the football scene leaves a lack of proportion between home and away games on the Wilkes docket Tne Lycoming game was tabbed as a home event. The rest of the schedule falls into the same pattern as it did last autumn. St. Francis will again De the opening game on Sep.ember 29. Last year the Frankies dropped Wilkes 20-0, blanking Wilkes for the first time in 18 games. On the following Saturday, October 6, Wilkes makes its initial home appearance, meeting University of Bridgeport, which powered over for a 25-13 victory after Wilkes led in the first halt ■ ar - ,-4CcMutc O^iec '^aetatcan "Tlanted He will have to rely on returning lettermen from last season. Tne material with which he will have to work includes ends George xViacMahon, Alex Molosh, Bill Morgan ana Joan oaojny; guards Bill Letcher, Dan Pinkowssd and Dicir Bcripp; center Ed Edgerton; tackles Leo bolcmon ma rrcmr naaaszewskL The 1951 schedule, though reduced to six games, is a tough one, Rals.on said. The only fairly easy op­ ponent was Lycoming College which recently suspend­ ed football for the emergency. - WUkes last month ... A daughter. CherelTn„W“ 9Iaduated K and Mrs. Franklin Conner. Jr., of Lewisburg bom 10 J?’ k attended Wilkes and is continuing his work at BJ v ‘Jf7 22' Connets have another daughter. Katherine. * Buckne11- The - •; October 13, the Colonels go to Ithaca College. Last fall, Al Nicholas carried on a " flashy attack to defeat the New York team 14-7 at Huber Stadium, Plymouth. 1 J search. Robert W. Rubright, '50, received his M. S. in Lehigh University commencement last month ... * ‘51, who entered Drew University as a theologica_s arY« is working as a handicrafts counselor at the o camp near Butler, N. J., this summer. Purpose of Ithe habilitate children from slum areas, many of nile courts. ’ F bru. Institute's P . Horman R. Kessler. '51, editor of this year ® awarded an assistantship at Bowling Green State to study for his A. M. Captain E. Olin Thomas. '51. recalled to the __ , . Ohio, . rmy.^ „„OIted ol Having been trounced 27-7 in its last game with Bloomsburg STC, Wilkes will be putting plenty into its November 3 game with the Huskies, the second home tilt of the season. Jack jones and to Fort Meade, Md. At Wyoming Seminary. Jho four-man combination, including Norman ' f00tball team. Loo Caatlo, that later played on Coach Georg t. grace the re­ Mrs. Thomas, the former Irene Sheplock. con h not-distant Arar's office but hopes to join her husband m One of the most powerful small college teams of the east, mot Maryland ---- ■> State, State, a new addition to the Wilkes lulure. . senior cost clerk Loon J. Shumosic. ‘51. has been a^c°P . native of West at the Newark, N. J., plant of Anheuser-Bus . • and received Nanticoke. Loon was a member of the Ec0^n“^, Finance. his Bachelor of Science degree in Commer t. Joanne Smith and Ralston number f Vfa toe Placement Bureau has announced that a billAte • °k° • r mem^ers of the class of '51 have ahead” found „ ,busi*Jess and industry. Arthur A. Johnson. Hazleton, who graduated cum laude, is pursuing a training course for store na«efs m Philadelphia branch of Sears, Roebuck & Company. • • • Kobert R. Eltus, Pittston, last year's Student Council president, egmning work in the cost accounting department of Comina Glass, Corning, N. Y. . . . Daniel D. Phillips, West Pittston, is in Boston ° a six-week course in claim adjusting in the home office of Liberty Mutual Life Insurance Company . . . Miss Patricia Boyd has been engaged to teach on the elementary level in Towson, Md. She is now at Columbia University taking courses that will further pre­ pare her for her teaching duties in September . . . Miss Virginia Bolen has left her native Wilkes-Barre to begin training in merchandising with the Shumaker Company in New York. The permanent secretary of her class. Miss Bolen was president of Theta Delta Rho and was active in the Economics Club and Cue 'n' Curtain . . . Miss Beryl Colwell, Dallas, a terminal graduate, has been employed by Delbert Craig, Wilkes-Barre food broker. She was a member of Theta Delta Rho, a Wilkes cheerleader, and a Cinderella candidate in 1950 . . • Miss Ann Pavlik, Edwardsville, a February graduate who received her degree in absentia at the June commencement, is associated with the Tradesmen's National Bank in Philadelphia . . . The E. I. Du Pont de Nemours Company of Wilmington, Del., has employed two graduates as accountants. The men are: Frederick Brotherton, Wilkes-Barre, and Charles F. Woodring, Kingston. Both hold Bachelor of Science degrees in Commerce and Finance. Robert Hall, '51, has reported to Sampson, N. Y„ to begin train:— with —:»i. the »u_ Army x----- member of the Wilkes football, ing Air Force, baseball, and ice hock: jekey teams. Bob received his B. S. degree in Commerce and Finance. Charles R. Knapp, ''51, Trenton, N. J., who received a B. S. in Education degree at the! June commencement, has been accepted by the Miami University Law School, While a student at Wilkes, he was active ..................................................... in the International Relations Club. Education Society, and Letterman's Club. - continued Partridge in New England Robert W. Partridge, director of student activities, has taken his wife and daughter Carol to New England for the summer. He is taking courses in the field of physical education at Boston University, and the female Partridges, we suspect, are spending considerable time with Mrs. Partridge's family in Providence, R. I. Summer Faculty on Night Shift What with the new Twilight Session in the sum­ mer school, a good many faculty members are still to be found along South River Street o'nights. The eve­ ning schedule runs from 4 p. m. to 10 p. m. Brightbill Recalled to Navy Wade J. Brightbill, instructor in retail merchandis­ ing, was the first faculty member to be recalled to ser­ vice since the start of the Korean war. He reported to the Philadelphia Navy Yard in January. A World War II veteran, Brightbill compiled an outstanding record during his 34 months service with the Navy as a mem­ ber of the Sino-American Cooperative Organization. He was discharged as a radioman, first class, in 1945 and commissioned as an ensign in the Naval Reserve in 1949. Faculty Secretary at Mayo Clinic Miss Clare Bedillion, assistant professor of secre­ tarial studies and secretary of the faculty, is spending the summer at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., with a view to learning more about the demands made upon medical secretaries, whom she trains at Wilkes. Cooney Receives Degree, Takes New Post John A. Cooney, '48, former instructor in economics, received his master's degree in retailing from the Uni­ versity of Pittsburgh last month and accepted a posi­ tion with Abraham and Straus Company in Brooklyn. John has been on leave of absence from Wilkes during the past year taking graduate work in the Research Bureau for Retail Training at the Pittsburgh institution. �__________ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumni Magazine, 1947-present Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations Description An account of the resource <p>An archive of Wilkes University Magazine, from 1947-present. The magazine went through various names including <em>Wilkes Alumnus</em>, <em>Wilkes Quarterly,</em> <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, and the current title, <em>Wilkes Magazine</em>. 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I JANUARY, 1952 No. 1 �CONTENTS From the Editor's Window 3 New Residence for Women 4 Greek Students at Wilkes 4-S I 1» Placement Director Reports 6 New Faculty Members 7 Ralston on Athletics 8 Air Force Appointments 8 College Receives Bequest 9 Concert Series in Gym 9 Account of Homecoming 10-11 Homecoming Candids 12-13 Scholarship Program Outlined 14 Symphony for Wilkes-Barre 14 Field, Court, and Mat 15-21 "The Old Familiar Faces" 22-23 Cover: McClintock Hall, new women's residence WILKES COLLEGE BULLETIN Published quarterly by Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Application ior entry as second-class matter is pending, 2 serving the community of mankind." Not too far out, either. Returning students found that the customs they had known—and per­ haps had instituted—were passing im­ A quarterly is a quarterly, and perceptibly into traditions. Wilkes that's all there is to say about a quart­ "ivy" was beginning to grow. erly. . . As the year wore on, it became Several weeks ago we wrote: "Last apparent that the architects of the week a distant prospect of the Burning College calendar had not overlooked Mountain, that best of barometers, the lively arts. October saw the pre­ told us some dirty weather was knock­ sentation by Cue 'n' Curtain of three ing about, and now the first snowfall one-act plays before packed houses of the season, not to mention a conver­ in Chase Theatre on three successive sation with Dr. Farley this morning, evenings, and early November makes it clear that the deadline for brought Roy Eaton, young concert another alumni quarterly is at hand." pianist, to the South Franklin Street A honeymoon intervened. gymnasium to open our Town and Now, snowfall ----- one ----------, -and innumer-Gown concert series. The month end­ able conversations with Dr. Farley ed Cue -n- Curtain's major offer. later, we go to press, secure in the ing of the season, the firsl Off-Broad-.. knowledge that our spouse, the form- way production of "Gramercy Ghost." er Gloria Chiloro of Wilkes-Barre and As for December, the really big the College library, will keep us cal­ event was the Alumni Association's endar conscious. High time, too. annual Christmas dance, held Decem­ ber 29 in the Crystal Ballroom of Hotel THE YEAR SO FAR Sterling. A second homecoming, the Thanks to Dean Gertrude Marvin affair v/as planned by an outsize com­ Williams' elimination of non-essen­ mittee headed by Att'y Tom Brislin. tials, the current academic year be­ Well planned, too: word reaches us gan with a shortened Freshman that their work enabled the Associa­ Week. Some 200 new students spent tion to recoup some of the losses suf­ the three-day "week" being register­ fered at homecoming proper. ed, lectured, entertained, guided about the campus (green and pleasant, just as the ads said), and confused. But confusion, after all, is the beginn’.ng NEW RIG of wisdom. Though some alumni may bo of The freshmen, in their bluer-thanopinion that thoir quarterly is already ever dinks and "new school ties" pre­ nineteenth-class matter, v/o have applied scribed by the Tribunal (composed to the Post Office Department for per­ mission to havo it and tho collogo cata­ this year of members of the sopho­ logue entered as second-class matter— more class), were a colorful and spir­ and have been told that only publications ited lot. Their presence and that of issued as frequently as four times a year the upperclassmen soon made those may be so entered. of us who had spent the summer here Since paring tho budget Is a matter forget that the long, quiet days of ox some importance, v/o havo seized up­ June, July and August had ever been. on tho Department's suggestion (v/o think v/e know a good thing when v/o seize it) The new group was a cosmopoli­ that v/e change tho name of tho ALUM­ tan one, too—so cosmopolitan that NUS to WILKES COLLEGE BULLETIN and members of the PR staff felt constrain­ publish tho catalogue under that title ed to remind the newspaper-reading in the spring. public that Wilkes is still a community While v/o v/ero at it, v/o thought v/e college. One of our minions even went might as v/ell make a clean sweep— so far, in a highly wrought passage hence the new format. in one of our football programs, as to call Wilkes "a community college 3 �St™* % fatten Shortly before the College opened in the fall, Dr. Farley announced that the Board of Trustees had accepted Atty. Gilbert S. McClin­ tock's offer of his home at 44 South River Street. Almost , before anyboy here­ in. a. s. McCiiniock abouts knew what was happening, the college mainten­ ance crew had completely redecorat­ ed the house for use as a women's residence. Long a friend of the College and chairman of its Board of Trustees, Mr. McClintock decided to give the stately old residence to the college when he learned last spring that Sterling Hall, then the only women's dormitory on the campus, was filled to capacity and that applications for admission had been received from a consider­ able number of out-of-area women students. Mr. McClintock retained the mel­ lowed little building on the northern portion of his property in which his offices are situated. There, in asso­ ciation with Atty. James P. Harris, also a member of the College Board, he is continuing the practice of law. The house, now called McClintock Hall, adds a touch of old Wilkes-Barre to the college campus. Jacob Cist, Mr. McClintock's great grandfather, purchased the property on which the house now stands from Obediah Gore, Mr. Harris' great-great-great-greatgrandfather, in 1810. The property has been in possession of Mr. Cist's descendants ever since. After the death of Mr. Cist, whose ouse stood on the site of the present Hrst Baptist church, h.s pr P™ fad Oned umong childrenY The land on which the "new" colleae U1 ng now stands was given to the £ “ rt h 'a 4 Board chairman's , A. T. McClintock, n&^,, sent house was erected Hie73after. ed soop t^6An incident of about 20 affords an interesting sidoi-Y,e®s property. While workmen Ught th° ing excavations to m^® a^ 4 uncovered several graves A°U' C ly the site had once been , pP®ent churchyard by either the F® a excellent scholastic records in their the College received letters from them preparatory schools—and apparently expressing their gratitude for the ophave not left off maintaining them portunity to study in the United States and their desire to use their education here. for the benefit of their homeland and Early in September members of its people. Power District 4 of the Daughters of John Theloudes, an engineering Penelope, senior auxiliary of the Order student reached the campus before cf AHEPA, Greek-American fraternal classes had begun, but Katia and Con­ and service organization, sponsored stantine—who, out of consideration the first social affair of the college for their instructors and friends, have "season"—a benefit dance for the begun to call themselves Katia Karas Greek students. Seeing that the wom­ and Dean Arvan—arrived a few days en had sold tickets for the dance in late. How they managed to catch up Harrisburg, Scranton, Allentown, Beth­ to their classmates is no mystery to lehem, Hazleton, Reading, Pottsville, nocturnal strollers on South River Tamaqua, and Mahanoy City, as well Street, who cannot have failed to ob­ as throughout Wyoming Valley, it was serve their dormitory lucubrations. a smashing success. It is clear to most of us hereabouts The Anglo-American-Hellenic Bu­ that the three visitors, like other for­ eign students before them, are enrichreau of Education, New York, cooper-• ’' •’ . _ r .1 . ____ 1___ * ated with the Daughters and the Col- ing the lives of the rest of the students — lege in bringing the students here. Dr. on campus. nThe ’1 Bulletin, moreover— Chryst Loukas, executive secretary of which speaks with the wisdom of that organization, accompanied them those who speak seldom—ventures to predict that Katia will be a Cinderella from New York to Wilkes-Barre. Prior to the arrival of the students. candidate one of these days. »„„cte=hotil5prece^^ Mr. McClintock's qift brought the total number'ofWfel> buildings to 18, permits, with tt, lkes three dormitories, the accommn?lhei of approximately 100 boSdfaall0n dents. ming s>uThree large, attractive roomp the south side of the first floor ““ which some of Mr. McClintock's fa ture had been stored, were rea‘ readied for use just before homecoming —.g this Year- -Alumni who attendee attended’ the tea given for them by the Studer c‘"lent Connoil, Theta Delta Rho, and the —J women residing m McClintock had uv^mnocK nad an oppor‘unity to see these t-------- and other rooms in the “ne old house, Altogether, McClintock Hall is a notable addition to the campus— which, incidentally, it has extended almost to Market Street. The Wilkes College community will not soon for­ get Mr. McClintock's generosity. freeze ‘T^e^enaCiC&W „ , ■ Owing largely to the efforts oi local Daughters of Pent elope ana an anonymous Greek friend of the coi g in New York, three amiable studen from Greece are in residence at J from Greece are in residence at the College this year. At this writing they are getting on swimmingly. The students are: Katia Karageor­ gopoulou, Volos, Magnesias, Greece; Constantine Arvanitogeorgos, Kerkyra, Greece; and John Theloudes, Isle of Chios, Greece. All three maintained i Shown as they arrived at Wilkes-Barre-Scranton Airport are Constantine Arvanitogeoigos and in residence Katia Karageorgopoulou, two of the three Greek students now" in residence at Wilkes. With them is Dr. Chryst Loukas, executive secretary of the Anglo-American-Hellenicz Bureau of Education, and an American Airlines stewardess. 5 �fa Rand Company, Atlantic York Corporation. Amerin^6 ulinS r> Although the Col­ lege is gradually closing down the Veterans' Guidance Center, its sister of­ fice in Ashley Hall, the Placement Office, & is still very much a going concern. Director of Place­ ment John J. Chwa­ Mr. J. J. Chwalek lek, who is now busy I finding permanent billets for February graduates, recently reported that whereas representatives of only five firms found their way to the South River Street campus in 1949, the year he organized the Placement Office, 28 firms sent personnel men to the Col­ lege last year. DuPont de Nemours Com^my pany of America, Armco St*Un’«ua PE-1 Time Magazine. National S , Talon, Inc., Bell Telephone St. Regis Paper Company Ron °'Qloti^ Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and cP6'S Penn Power Company, Johns-Mr,0'0?011?. W tion, United States Steel CompaSTS? Corp^? Electric Company. Piasecki HelicoJhUad'b>& tion, Campbell Soup Comp±°P‘" Corp™’ Gamble Company, American Optical'??" Federal Reserve Bank of Philadein?’ Glenn L. Martin Company. delplu<’. andfi' Also, Bethlehem Steel Comncmv » and Porter Company, U. S. Rubber c Flahcer Columbia Engineering Corporation w house Electric Corporation, Sears Ttoohu “T Company, Overseas Division of the °'“i Oil Company of New Jersey, Gulf Oil p doni tion, Goodyear Tire and Rubber ComnafJ’?'1Oil Company, U. S. Steel Corporation oZF’ ware, Pratt and Whitney Aircraft, Montn™ Ward and Company, Minnesota £ Manufaculring Company. Chase National n? > of the City of New York, Pennsylvania Po?,’? and Light Company. Armstrong Cork Company W. R. Grace and Company, Arthur Anderson and Company, Smith, Kline and French Labor, atories, Philco Corporation. Prudential Insur­ ance Company of America, Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, American Cynamid Company, Liberty Mutual Life Insurance Com­ pany, and General Motors Corporation. That the visitors from another part of the forest were interested in some­ thing more than sight-seeing is bome out by the fact that every June, 1951, In submitting his report to the graduate who applied to the Office for Bulletin, Mr. Chwalek emphasized work has now been placed. Average starting salary for gradu­ that the services of the Placement ates holding Bachelor of Arts degrees, Office are available to alumni seek­ Mr. Chwalek said, is about $250 a ing employment as well as to students month, while that for chemists and now enrolled in the College. He also physicists is likely to be at least $275. urged alumni placed through the ef­ forts of the Office, particularly those June graduates for whom the Office has found positions include: Miss Pat­ engaged in personnel work, to keep him informed of openings in then ricia Boyd, now with the Baltimore companies. County (Md.) School District; Mi<ru Beryl Colwell, with Delbert Craig, Wilkes-Barre food broker; Frederick Brotherton and Charles F. Woodring, THE LIGHTEST DRAWER with the E. I. du Pont de Nemours In the Alumni Office cabinet holding Company; Arthur A. Johnson, with alumni addressograph plates there are Seam Roebuck and Company; Robert many drawers. But there is only one n. Eltus, with Coming Glass; and drawer labeled "Paid-up Alumni"—and it is not quite full. Pleasant though this year's homecoming was, it left the Association in a very delicate financial condition. Tho bottom having dropped out of our trea­ sury, we can't even scrape it. Won't you therefore send us three dollars for your 1951 dues and so pro­ vide some ballast for that Paid-up draw­ Victor. Cuarrat™TI^’Sm & Co“pcmy' BCA er? Heavy seas, these. * 6 ffa "Hew HeaeAeae lege. Miss., where he served as an in­ structor in music for two years. He studied music at Evansville College, Ind., and at the Arthur Jordan Conser­ vatory of Music, Indianapolis, where he was a scholarship student. While living in his home state, Mr. Detroy gained a considerable reputa­ tion as a recitalist in Hoosier music circles and appeared as piano soloist with the widely acclaimed Indiana­ polis Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Fabien Sevitzky. He holds a Mast­ er of Music degree in music theory from the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, N. Y., where he is now a candidate for the doctorate. The opening of Wilkes' fifth aca­ demic year saw the arrival of five new faculty members. They are: Dr. Vernon G. Smith, chairman of the edu­ cation department, whose appoint ment was announced in our summer issue; Mr. J. Ernest Crane, who took charge of the new Wilkes courses in elementary education; Mr. John G. Detroy, Jr., appointed head of the School of Music; and Mr. Walter E. Mokychic, '50, assistant in biology. Mr. Greninger, the new man in history, attended Susquehanna Uni­ versity and Gettysburg College, re­ ceiving his Bachelor's degree from the latter institution in 1941. He took his Master's degree at Temple Universi­ ty in 1947 and has since worked to­ wards his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania. A native of New Jersey, Mr. Crane was graduated from the Trenton, N. J., Normal School and received his Ph.B. degree from Dickinson College. Fol­ lowing several years of service as a principal and supervising principal in South Amboy and Butler, N. J„ he went on to do graduate work in socio­ logy and take a Master's degree. He remains active in alumni work at that institution. The nevz teacher's experience in­ cludes tours of duty as an instructor in history at Valparaiso University, Ind., and the Ogontz Center of the Pennsylvania State College. The recent appointee to the educa­ tion department, who has also pur­ sued graduate courses at Columbia University, served the Newark, N. J., school system as an elementary and junior high school principal for many years, retiring in 1949. The Wilkes alumnus, Mr. Moky­ chic, a Bachelor of Science in biology, came to the college as a student fol­ lowing 49 months of service as a sur­ gical technician with the U. S. Army in the United States and Germany. Nov/ that he has taken to the birch, he assists regular students in the biology laboratories here and helps train Wyo­ ming Valley Hospital student nurses in anatomy and physiology. Dr. Detroy, who has taken on the task of directing the Choral Club and the Madrigal Singers in addition to his duties as music department head, comes to us from Blue Mountain Col- 7 �"The emphasis upon inle!1®ctu°1 attained when too much emp placed upon any one phase of'an ex- tracurricular activity. Th college gives no scholarships for the cnle nurnose of encouraging St^WBkS ConZ AthleSS receive the same consideration in ad­ missions, in the classroom and in the awarding of scholarships that is given to other students." So reads the first paragraph of the College's statement of its athletic poli­ cy—and if Director of Athletics George F. Ralston's utterances serve to ex­ press his convictions, he is the man to implement that policy. In recent addresses before local luncheon clubs—and more particular­ ly in the speech he made at the November meeting of Wilkes Faculty Women—Dean Ralston lashed out at commercialism and professionalism in college athletics and presented a pro­ gram of reform—the same program the College is striving to put into ef­ fect. Speaking before the faculty wives and women teachers at the College, the athletic director attributed to pro­ fessionalism such evils as double standards in college admissions and the cencouragement ---of Ulieaicheat. ------ — —gvmvui Ui mg-. and other practices Icuuiug leading tome to the —" prachCio dismtegration of players' personalities. Professionalism has led to the ____ _ mvio xcu iw me recruitment of recruilmenf r>f boys who —> cannot poss­ ibly profit from a college education," he said. Continuing, the Dean poked holes in the argument that winning athletic teams bring glorious prestige t 7 the colleges and universities that tohave them. "Among the great universities, Harvard, Yale, and Chicago have perhaps the largest endowments and 8 the most enviable reputations s thejr football teams among the ten?" he asked. °P "As for good small colleges - h went on, "did you ever hear of Vm hams, Amherst, and Bowdoin hcrvina winning teams? y Turning to suggestions for restor ing amateur athletics to "their rightful place in the American educational scheme," Mr. Ralston proposed reaf. torn, fhe principle principle" that "the prim,— firming the purpose of education is to tr .Pnrncffy P t„. ta]dng n « to tram the^ of education, "as has been^ 8 °ut Johns an“as done Q1 ganizing schedules so that th' ?60r‘ similar strength and poUcy com’8 ?f with one another; reexamining aS sions policies with a view to rnni? them more democratic, and makT9 coaches full-time faculty membeS 9 Ofaeci Alumni may be interested in a new Air Force program about which we have recently received an inform­ ation bulletin. Details are avaiable in the Alumni Office. A letter from the headquarters of the First Air Force reads in part:: The United States Air Force is, at the xpresent time, offering direct appointments in the Air Force Reserve • qualified -in technical to individuals specialties which can be utilized by the Air Force. The need is for college graduates who possess degrees in Business Administration, Engineering, LIU UO11, .Lilly lllCCllliy I Psychology or or allied allied fields. fields. ItIt isis icuirealxoycliuluyy tzed that, due to lack of publicity, qual­ ified, intelligent, young men are unaware of the vast opportunities offered them by the Air Force. It is our inten­ tion to offer commissions to those qual­ ified young men so that they may serve their country in the capacity for which they are best suited. Inquiries may be directed to Head­ quarters, First Air Force, Mitchel Air Force Base, New York. Attention: Dir MPP. liant and altogether pleasant start November 5 when Roy Eaton, young concert pianist who had won the Kosciuszko Foundation's $1,000 scholar­ ship in 1950, appeared in a recital Dr. Farley announced last month here—and contributed proceeds from it to a scholarship fund for the Wilkes that an outright grant of S50.000 in addition to an undisclosed number of School of Music. As a Christmas offering, the Madshares of Planters Nut and Chocolate Company stock has been left to rigal Singers of the college presented of' madrigals Wilkes under the will of William B. a~ program \ ’ „ ’ and’ carols ’ ’by „ Schaeffer, vice president of Miners European composers of the fifteenth, National Bank, who died December 11 sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. centuries, in General Hospital here at the age of The performance was in the style of early madrigal singing—with the dir­ 86. A trust fund, Dr. Farley added, is to ector, Mr. John G. Detroy, Jr., head of be established for Mr. Schaeffer's the School of Music, at the piano and daughters, Miss Marian R. Schaeffer the singers grouped around him. of Fine View, Rice Township, and Mrs. Admission to the remainder of the Violet Schaeffer Fleugel of Boston, Sunday-aftemoon concerts, which fea­ Mass. The Miners National Bank has ture School of Music faculty members and students, is free. The schedule of been named executor of the estate. The will, dated June 30, 1948, dir­ coming concerts in the College gym­ ects that net income from the trust nasium follows: fund shall be paid in equal shares to Sunday, January 13 — Recital by the two daughters for a period of 20 Wilbur Isaac, instructor in voice at the years. Twenty per cent of the corpus college who is well known as an in­ of the estate is to be shared by the terpreter of art songs. daughters five years after the death Sunday, February 17—Piano and of Mr. Schaeffer's wife, which occur­ voice recital by John and Eleanor De­ red in 1949. The remaining forty per troy, both graduates of the Eastman cent is to be shared by the daughters School of Music. Mr. Detroy has ap­ 20 years following the wife's death. peared as piano soloist with a number If either or both daughters be de­ of symphony orchestras, and Mrs. ceased before the 20th year payment, Detroy, in the major oratorios and the will continues, the share due them operas. shall be paid their children. Should Sunday, March 16—A joint pro­ they be deceased without issue sur­ gram of outstanding choral works by viving them, the balance of the estate the Singers' Guild of Scranton and the is to be given the College. Wyoming Valley Oratorio Chorus, By action of the Board of Trustees, conducted by Charles Henderson, in­ Dr. Farley revealed, a considerable structor in music at the College. portion of the income from the gift has Sunday, April 27 — Program by been set aside for scholarship pur­ Wilkes College Chorus, conducted by poses. Mr. Detroy. Sunday, May 11 — Concert by Wilkes College Band, conducted by Robert E. Moran, School of Music in­ structor long familiar to football fans among the alumni. If the two concerts already given Again this year, through its Town & Gown Concert Series, the College may be considered a foretaste of what has the pleasure of sharing with mem­ is to come, alumni hereabout could do bers of the community the best in old a great deal worse than to devote one Sunday afternoon a month to the com­ and new music. The current series got off to a bril- ing programs! $50,000 and Setter 'Way 9 �to relive, for a little time, what a Yale man has called "the shortest, gladdest years of life." acid Tfeca Cold and wet though the weekend rv„.L_r 16 was, the homecoming ___ then must have warmed the of November cockles of every returned alumnus' held t*— heart. The weekend's activities, planned ■ by student groups as well homecoming committee K aS the Ray Jacobs, '50, provided lleaded bv tunities for former stnd= .rare °Pnnr and B. U. J. C. to visit with\°f dikes’ mates and whilom teacher ^lassass~ ■1 so A < i - - T If'*'- ! L — i zx i /....................... .■ O? I ' . r~- 1;3 ' fli t. •■< H ■ I ml ■ 1 ■ *’>■ " ?.A 5UAU.COM-EGE.RNOSTW THERE ARE those WHO LOVE IT.* t>M®.teii •/ a s&l McCLINTOCK: DETAIL OF WINNING DECORATION 10 i i *k ts.Sirsjust a ■! I ■ Kki - * .1 i Ray's committee, made up of Mary Pohala, Loretta Farris, Tony Wide­ man, Association President Bill Leutzel, Dan Williams, Tom Gill, and Tom Brislin, met in Chase Hall one evening a week for several weeks prior to the annual stir-off to arrange details for such events as the cocktail party and collation at Hotel Sterling—certainly not the least pleasant features of the two-day affair. Then, just as the far-llung alumni were recovering from the shock of learning that they were not to be guided about a long familiar campus, they received invitations from the Col­ lege for a homecoming tea at McClin­ tock Hall (described in the invitation as a "bit of old Wilkes-Barre")—an af­ fair arranged for them by the Student Council, Theta Delta Rho, and the women of McClintock. Prime mover behind the affair was Mrs. Gertrude Marvin Williams, act­ ing dean of women, whose suggestion to the Administrative Council that re­ turning alumni were at least as inter­ ested in seeing the teachers vzho had really got to know them in Wilkes classrooms as in being 1 greeted by officers of administration bore fruit Saturday afternoon, November 17, at McClintock. It was pretty much of a toss-up whether alumni or faculty en­ joyed the gathering more. Inclement weather Friday forced postponement of two events of some importance—the Wilkes-King's game and the judging of the homecoming decorations—and more of the same Saturday failed to justify the post­ ponement. Undaunted, the committee of judges (married alumnae all) that had ap­ peared on campus Friday returned Saturday to squish about the entire campus, from the gymnasium to Mc­ Clintock Hall, and take in the decora­ tions conceived and executed by stu­ dent clubs and dormitory groups. Al­ though the elements had wrought havoc among the decorations, com­ pletely wiping out one of them (an extraordinarily clever display done by the women of Sterling Hall), a suffi­ cient number were intact—or nearly so—to enable Mesdames Ruth Tischler Voekler, Phyllis Eichler Berger, Irene Koniecko Mechak, and Charlotte Reichling Lisses to come to an equit­ able decision. The spirited boarding students of McClintock—-whose display included, on an upper level, a dejected King's player seated head in hands at a stu­ dy table, his housecoat hanging on a hall-tree in the comer, and, on a lower level, a Wilkes classroom, the black­ board in which bore the best-known quotation from Daniel Webster's Dart­ mouth College Case speech—won out, with honorable mention going to the Beacon and the International Rela­ tions Club, whose joint decoration graced Barre Hall. Retiring President Bill Leutzel presented the Alumni Association's trophy to Nancy Fox, senior honor student in McClintock, at the Association's December meeting in Chase Hall. Many high points were reached during the convivial soiree at Hotel Sterling, which served as homecom­ ing headquarters, but perhaps the highest was Bill Luetzel's announcement of the results of heavy voting in the recent Association elections. The slate, greeted with hearty huzzahs, was—and is—as follows: president. Bill Griffith, who is also in line for con­ gratulations for having won Wilkes v/oman Grace Ruffin; vice-president, Dan Williams; secretary, Betty Reese; treasurer, John Fink; and member-atlarge, Bill Luetzel. The warm congratulations and good wishes of the Bulletin go to the new officers. We look forward to hear­ ing a great deal more from them. Turning to colder matters, we shall remark only that PR minion Jack Cur­ tis, described by Dean-coach George F. Ralston as "young and laht of heart," has written a complete jere­ miad on the Wilkes-King's game for this issue. 11 �r / 1951 1 HOTEL STERLING 12 HOMECOMING COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND RINGER 13 �uc/teaa-cd "How settle the debt we owe the College?" Some such question must often occur to loyal Wilkes alumni— who, unlike most other alumni, lack an organized alumni fund. We suspect such alumni are aware—though the figures are not quite so impressive as they would be in a highly endowed institution—that the tuition and other fees they paid as students failed to cover the cost, of their instruction. If they are Wyoming Valley natives, they are conscious of a debt of gratitude to the public-spirit­ ed members of the community who provided the buildings, grounds, and money that enabled them to attend college while living at home. And if they believe in education, they no doubt wish to extend its benefits to those who follow them. So far, alumni wishing to contri­ bute a few dollars a year to the col­ lege (being youngish, they are hardly in a position to establish trust funds) have been given no inkling as to how to make a beginning. But now the col­ lege has published a folder entitled Keeping the Faith: A Scholarship Pro­ gram for Wilkes College, which we think furnishes some of the answers. In a section called "Pertinent Ques­ tions and Straight Answers Concern­ ing a Scholarship Program," the auth­ ors point out that funds now available for scholarship purposes are inade­ quate. If the college is to continue to assist outstanding students who lack financial resources—and it must—it must turn again to its friends, among whom members of the Alumni Asso­ ciation are of course numbered. Worse, the folder continues, if scholarship funds are not forthcoming, the college has no alternative but to draw upon such present resources as tuition fees and income from endow­ ment—a practice which, long continu­ ed, would threaten the very existence of the college. The folder also makes the point that Wilkes scholarships are not "free 14 rides": almost every one of the 90 scholarship holders at the College last year found it necessary to supplement his scholarship vzith money earned on the campus or in the community. The college provided him with oppor­ tunity, not security. Happily, the scholarship commit­ tee of the Board of Trustees sees a solution to the present problem__ a solution alumni can help the college arrive at. It lies in the establishment of endowed scholarships, the giving of small annual gifts, and the pledging, by alumni and other friends of the col­ lege, of money to be given over a period of years. "All three types of giving," the folder concludes, "are essential to the success of the program." Here, we think, is a program of giving that even impecunious fledg­ ling alumni need not be diffident about participating in. Interested members of the Association—and we are persuaded there must be many— may secure folders or pledge-cards, or both, from either Dr. Farley or the Alumni Office. OzeAe^tna, As the Bulletin goes to press, the long-defunct Wilkes-Barre Symphony Orchestra goes into rehearsal. The first rehearsal of the reorgan­ ized group marks the culmination of plans afoot since early fall, when Dr. Farley and the School of Music facul­ ty members began to discuss with Ferdinand Liva, concert master of the Scranton Philharmonic and part time school of music instructor, the possibil­ ity of bringing symphony music back to Wyoming Valley. Mr. Liva, the third local musician to undertake the task of welding a group of valley instru­ mentalists into a symphony is serving as conductor of the reactivated or­ chestra. Expected to absorb the entire pro­ fessional element of the Valley, the Wilkes-Barre Symphony will also pro­ vide an outlet—the only outlet—for talented amateurs hereabouts. ‘gaUtw eCewt cut By Jack Curtis. Public Relations The time has finally come when Wilkes closes its football book and has to say, "This has been our first unsuccessful season." A quick look at the records shows a lopsided propor­ tion of losses over wins, but, far worse, the Colonels failed to tie their sixth knot in the tail of the King's Lion. George Ralston, who has become quite accustomed to turning out cre­ ditable teams on a shoe-string, vzas faced with the usual prospects—short­ age of manpower and lack of experi­ enced candidates. But the telling fac­ tor in the 1951 annals of the Blue and Gold was the injuries jinx. Lady Luck stepped in to deal a severe blow in the very first tilt. Dovzn at Cresson Stadium, the Colonels had a neat victory going vzhen Al Nichol­ as, star running and passing tailback, suffered a broken nose and an injured hand. The Wilkesmen hung on to a one point lead through the vzork of fullback Eddie Davis and end Al Molosh until the very end of the ball­ game vzhen the Red Flash capitalized on a blocked punt to give them a 12-7 victory. Next vzeek, in the home opener, the Colonels gave their fans a treat and shovzed plenty of class to trounce the University of Bridgeport 25-7, scor­ ing in every quarter. Once again, hovzever, Nicholas was put out of ac­ tion, and Davis took over, finding passing targets in Al Molosh and Billy Veroski. Besides snagging TD passes from Nicholas and Davis, Molosh vzas all over the field that night. One of his feats vzas the blocking of a UB punt vzhich became a Wilkes touch­ down vzhen tackle Leo Solomon fell on the ball in the end zone. In the waning moments of the fray the Purple Knights from Connecticut ed all through the campaign. .„„T,he,£o??win9 week George Ralsy“,to°k h's squad to upstate New York for a battle with the Ithaca Colege Bombers. Wilkes held a 2-0 edqe in this series, but the outlook was not So promising that night. Nicholas, Dan­ ny Pinkowski and Gigi Elias were de­ stined to sit the entire game out and tadie Davis was available for only limited action. After playing three years as de­ fensive end, Molosh switched to tail­ back and did a bang-up job despite his novice status in the backfield. The best the Colonels could do was to hold off the Ithaca power as attack after attack battered the line. Finally the Wilkesmen crumpled and Ithaca pushed across its lone touchdown in the last quarter. As time ran out, the Ralston Raiders were holding the Bombers on the one-yard line. Final score: Ithaca College 6, Wilkes Col­ lege 0. Following a three-week rest from the grid wars, the Colonels took on the highly favored Bloomsburg STC povzerhouse. The Huskies were riding high on the crest of an undefeated, untied record and were determined not to let our boys spoil it. Coach Bob Redman shovzed plainly that he had not forgotten the 1949 shellacking handed the future teachers by John Florkievzicz and crevz. The game vzas played at Kingston Stadium in bitter cold vzeather on a field covered vzith ice. The Huskies took every break and used all their flash to get a snug 27-0 lead. It has become legend that the last quarter of a Wilkes game is al­ ways action-packed and the Bloom tilt vzas no exception to the rule. Late in the final stanza, Nicholas faded to pass. Eluding a swarm of would-be tacklers, Nick let one fly into the endzone where Ronald Smiley gerald, center turned vzingback, squeezed betvzeen a pair of Husky de­ fenders and made a beautiful catch 15 �while lying practically flat on his face. Molosh converted. Maryland State College was next on the agendum, with the Colonels unpacking their gear at Princess Trincccc Anne, on the eastern shore of that state. Nicholas was bedded with a virus infection, and once again Molosh assumed the role of tailback. Babes Davis made the Colonels' TD with Molosh's boot splitting the goalposts. The flashy Negro eleven proved too much for the jinx-ridden locals and the score came out Maryland State 26, Wilkes 7 . . . even without Swifty Polk, The big homecoming game with Mcrthamptcr. Street rfr.'ale the Northampton rivals was the cne vL' ‘ would square „ ... which things ... in the ■ ■ ’ ■ record' books. At least that was what everyone thought. The game was set for Friday night at Meyers Stadium, and the boys looked at their best when the final practice was held at Kirby Park Thursday afternoon. Fate wouldn't let up on Wilkes, though. Foul weather led to the post­ ponement of the epic until the following evening, and by the time the game started the Colonels seemed to have lost their edge. When Saturday night came it was Wilkes trying to protect its perfect record against King's. The Colonels had swept the series with five in a row since the two schools began gunning for one another in 1946. The outcome of the game was in doubt all the way down to the open­ ing kickoff. Then King's took over and was never headed. Trailing at half­ time, Wilkes came back with a surge that loyal supporters thought would surely pull the game out of the fire. George Elias snagged a King's pass and raced 51 yards to the Monarchs' 30. A pass from Nicholas to Molosh put the ball in the vicinity of the five. Nick scoring for the first time this season, plunged across to keep the Colo­ nels from suffering a shut-out. The very next play from scrim­ mage was the one which broke the backs and hearts of the men in Blue and Gold. Harry Miller, imported King's halfback, took a pass in the flat and picked up interference from every16 where except the bench to gallop eighty yards for a TD. From that moment it was all King's. Wilkes just couldn't stop the aerial wizardry of the Monarch quarterbacks. The final score, unbelievable even to. R°cco English, we suspect, was King s 27, Wilkes 7. The Colonels supremacy over King's had ~ been snap­ ped. It led the hot-stove leaguers to remark that all Wilkes needed was 21 points and 25 athletic scholarships to have turned the tide. But even in defeat, Wilkes had won a moral victory. It had held fast to its policy of de-emphasizing sports even though it meant lopsided records in the scorebooks. Coach George Ralston's boys will always remember him for his firm stand on clean sports and the mental and moral training .physical, . derived from that approach, We like to think of Wilkes College as an oasis in the midst of present-day athletics. Our college can be recom­ mended for the clean brand of ball the squads play, If the majority of ...u ~~ coaches ■— could come to recognize, as our coaches do, that the things that really count are the values individual players realize from the game, then we have reason to hope that college football may yet emerge from the muck and mire into which it has been dragged. rfC fyea/t at -33 was George Elias, junior that athletics must be seen in a prop­ prowess Wilkes-Barre, who was named from T'-; prospective. He went on to relate Outstanding Back of the Year. His er through personal experience that it is election as co-captain of the 1952 foot­ the mental and physical training ball squad along with Dan Pinkowski, gained from college athletics that was also announced at the dinner by counts most. head coach George Ralston. Coach Ralston thanked "his boys" A veteran of four years of football for the splendid co-operation they at Wilkes as a defensive end, Molosh gave him this year. "Even though we became a 60-minute man this year did not have a successful football sea­ due to a shortage of football material son," he said, "my boys worked hard­ and even doubled as tailback against er than any other squad in the his­ Ithaca and Maryland State Colleges, tory of Wilkes." pjis performance against Bridgeport Letters were awarded to the follow­ was termed by Ralston as "All-Ameri­ ing alumni, including 1952 gradu­ can". Also chosen as first-string end ates and terminals: football—Al Mol­ on the Ukrainian All-American team, osh, Dick Scripp and John Strojny; he was the Wilkes' team's leading basketball—Bob Benson, Al Casper, Charlie Jackson and John Zigmund; scorer. His teammates accorded him the baseball—Al Molosh, Len Gavlick, highest mark of recognition last night John Zigmund, Don Blankenbush, Joe by selecting him as recipient of the Deschak, Chet Molley, Al Manarski; Gallagher award, created in honor of soccer—Ed Wheatley and Charley Joseph Gallagher, Wilkes football Thomas; wrestling—George McMah­ player who was killed in an automo­ on, Joe Stephens, Skinny, Ennis, Geo. Dvorozniak and Norm Cromack. bile accident in 1949. Dr. Farley spoke briefly and offer­ Letters for basketball were award­ ed congratulations to all Wilkes teams ed in absentia to Jake Bator and Park­ of the past year. He stressed again er petrilak, now in Korea. CHAMPIONS AT THE FREE THROW LINE t&e A1 Molosh received triple honors at the college athletic dinner Decem­ ber 12 in the cafeteria. The 1951 foot­ ball co-captain received the Outstand­ ing Lineman of the Year Trophy, the Joseph Gallagher Memorial 1 Trophy, — -------J W. Davis —-- Memorial ------and the TT Howard Trophy. The senior from Brooklyn, N. Y„ was awarded the Davis Trophy for achievement in athletics, sportsman­ ship, leadership and scholarship last year and is the first two-time winner. Also receiving a mark of high esteem and a trophy for his athletic Here are the Wilkes College players who dropped in 24 straight foul shots when the; they won over East Stroudsburg State Teachers College. Left to right are Jim Moss, inset; Jim Al, Atherton, Bob Benson. Joe Sikora. John Milliman. CTron^ Lon Batroney, and a'nd'Harry Harry Davenport, inset. Inset ’ ' in ' center is Coach GeorgeisRalston. Mr. Ralston checking with the NCAA to see if the Colonels set a new record by making all their foul tries. Batroney shovzed the way with eight conversions. Sikora made six while Milliman and Atherton had three each. Benson converted converted twice twice while while Mess and Davenport had one each. 17 �BW'd 6eatea &atte/ied (footer M&Ce 6atc^ TROPHY CASE STILL SANS TIE S&ont ‘Sat Senary 2,ccta- tet "7^0. fyeM Despite his team's definite lack of With the largest number of experienced players he had ever seen on his height and experience George Rals~ • - ..... roster. Coach Bob Partridge had ton, rea­ basketball mentor at Wilkes for son to believe that 1951 was the year the past six years, has so far directed for the booting Colonels to break into his charges to five victories and six the win column. They had been with- hard-fought defeats, out a win ever since they started play­ Only holdovers from last year's ing in 1949. quintet are Bob Benson and Len Bat­ roney with Jimmy Atherton, Harry In the first place, Partridge had Davenport, and Joe Sikora up from the such seasoned lettermen as Cled Row­ reserves. The Colonels, although lands, Flip Jones, Roxey Reynolds, plagued by a decided lack of a tall Ben Beers, Charley Thomas, Ed Walli- man, have shown plenty of scrappi­ son. Bill Mergo, Jake Kovalchek, Ed ness. Even in games that they lost the Wheatley and Preston Eckmeder. It Blue and Gold five gave the opposi­ looked like a nice nucleus. tion plenty to worry about, John Milli­ In addition, he had been able to man, a sophomore and a newcomer recruit several more - than - passable to Wilkes basketball, has shown stalwarts. These included Jim Hart­ splendid form off the backboards and man, Bill Clausen, Jim Moss, John the has gained possession of the ball for Geek Milliman, Benny Lucas and Dick the Colonels while contending with the best of the "backboard giants." Polikowski. The game against East Strouds­ Despite all, however, the gymna­ burg State Teachers College at the sium trophy case did not become the . . home court here in Wilkes-Barre resting place for Bob Partridge's red proved the Ralstonmen to be chamand blue Pennsylvania tie, destined j.—«—i pions in at least one sense of the word. to rest forever among the Wilkes mem­ They performed one of the most re­ entos as soon as the Colonels win. markable feats in the history of col­ High points of the season included lege basketball against the teachers two games with Elizabethtown Col­ by sinking 24 foul shots in as many lege, a newcomer to Wilkes athletic tries for a perfect record for the night. The team's accomplishment, believed relations. The Colonels had a near­ to be a new national record, received brush with glory on the Blue Jay much publicity, stories appearing in home-field, only to see a 1-1 tie eva­ Associated Press releases and The porate in the closing minutes of the Sporting News, a national sports game. At Kirby Park the Colonels ac­ weekly. tually found themselves two points The Wilkesmen went on with the ahead of the Etowners, 4-2. The Wilkes aid of their sharp shooting from the power faded in the all-important final free throw line and defeated the period as the visitors slammed Strouds by a score of 68 to 64. through to a 5-4 reverse. After dropping successive games The Elizabethtown return match set to neighboring rivals King's College a new high mark for the Colonels, at and the University of Scranton, the least. In the third quarter,, Ben Beers, team went wild and soundly drubbed whilom Girard College hooter, reeled a strong Mansfield State Teachers to the sidelines and punchily an­ outfit. nounced to the assemblage, "This is The Colonels unleashed a fast some sort of a record. We never had break in this game and won going four before." away as they really poured it on in late minutes, the final gun going off with Wilkes the victor by an 86-58 score. The Cagemen started the New Year off right when after a peaceful layoff over the holidays they came back strong and emerged victorious ifi a home tilt against Harpur College of Endicott, N. Y. This one was a thrill­ er all the way. Our boys came from way behind to take the lead late in the last period and went on to win. Once again the sports pages of American newspapers gave much at­ tention to the little quintet from Penn­ sylvania. Ratings received from the National Collegiate Athletic Bureau (NCAB) shovzed that the Wilkes team v/as in seventh place nationally in foul shooting. At that time Len Batroney was 30th in individual scoring averages among the nation's leaders in the small college ranks. Moravian College, long noted for their fine court pacers, came to tovzn on Saturday the 5th of January. After the jayvees took a lacing from the junior Greyhounds, things looked mighty dim for our varsity. But to the amazement of the large crowd of basketball enthusiastis on hand for the tilt, the Colonels withstood a late rally of the Bethlehem team and vzon the game. The next NCAB release shovzed the Wilkes-Barre five in second place in the country in foul shooting and up among the leaders in many other categories. Batroney had moved up to 19th place in over-all scoring and vzas ninth in foul tossing. The Wilkesmen had at that time an incredible mark of 69.9 per cent in charity swish­ ing. An even later release put the Blue and Gold up vzith the cream of the ac­ curate tossers in college basketball. This time it was for field goals. Rals­ ton's cage crevz at this writing are ranked fifth and are fighting hard to up their 41.2 percentage from the floor. The quint is on an extended road trip at the present time and so far it has been only so-so. At Williamsport they dropped one to Lycoming Col­ lege and at Bloomsburg were edged by the future teachers. Joe Sikora, who has been the big rebound man this year as well as the tallest man on the squad (only 6-2), was out of action in the tilt with the Huskies and his ab­ sence in the lineup meant the differ­ ence. The Colonels lacked height and lost out in the last minute of play by a 75-71 count. A busy schedule looms ahead of the team as they go on to finish the five-game away slate before returning home to meet Susquehanna February 6th. Ralston's charges took the mea­ sure of the same Susquehanna team January 16th and is hoping to repeat the success. Lafayette College looms as the team to beat in the near future. Coached by a former professional star, Bill van BredaKoff of the New York Knicks, the Leopards will present a tough contest on their home floor in Easton. That game will be followed by Mansfield STC at the upstate school and then Susquehanna here at home. If the Colonel eagers can 1keep — „ up the fast pace, Wilkes is in for a very int nesting 1951-52 cage season. Games played to date, their scores, and remaining contests on the schedule follow: 1951-1952 Schedule Hartwick •Kutztown STC •Stroudsburg STC University of Scranton •King's College •Mansfield STC •Harpur •Moravian Lycoming Bloomsburg Susquehanna University JAN. 19 „ ii Lafayette College 2 Mansfield STC 6 * Susquehanna University 9 ’Philadelphia College of Phar. & Science 13 ’Lycoming College 16 Nevz York St. Tech. Inst. 20 ’Bloomsburg STC 22 King's College 23 Kutztown STC L L W L L W W W L L W 76-55 61-51 68-64 83-53 83-60 86-58 62-47 59-52 75-56 75-71 - �'WneattenA 'pcuniiccifi paced Ohm. Jim Laggan's grunt and groan society has been in action this year even though it hasn't been at home so far. To date the wrestling team has won two meets and lost two and has placed one man in the Collegiate Open Tourney here at Wilkes over the Christmas holidays. Charlie Thomas, a senior from Forty Fort, is this year's captain and has shown some excellent form in the manly art. He and his teammates dropped an oh-so-close decision to Cortland STC at the New York city in the campaign opener by an 18-17 score. A little out of their class at Millersville, the Colonel grapplers took a decisive beating at the hands of many former Wyoming Valley stars who wrestled with the Teachers. At Swarthmore College our boys had things pretty much their own way and emerged victorious 24 to 10 for win number one. The big one against King's at the Monarchs' home gym was the one that really counted, though. With three pins to their credit our men went on to trounce the neigh­ boring institution by a mighty 23 to 13 score. Some of last year's stalwarts are back and are helping Coach Laggan and his assistant Billy Lee in fielding (or matting) a team worthy of repre­ senting Wilkes. So far they have done wonders. Big surprises of the newcomers have been Bob Reynolds of Hanover Township and Joe Yanovitch of Nan­ ticoke. Reynolds hasn't lost yet and Yanovitch is probably the man most feared by opponents. Next meet and first home affair is scheduled for January 19 at the Wilkes 27 Harpur STC MAR. 1 *Hartwick 8 Stroudsburg STC ‘Denotes home game W-Won game; L-Logt game 20 CHARLIE THOMAS. CAPTAIN gym. The opponent will be Lock Haven STC. Meets to date, scores, and remain­ der of schedule: 1951-1952 Season DEC. 15 Cortland STC JAN. 5 Millersville STC 8 Swarthmore College 12 King's College 19 *Lock : Haven STC 26 ‘*E. Stroudsburg STC L 18-17 L 32- 3 W 24-10 W 23-13 FEB. 16 *Ithaca College 20 *West Chester STC 29 Wyoming Seminary Now that the College is in full session again, our Jane, who is nothing if not a stu­ pas precious little time in which to dig dentalumni news and prepare it for publication. up c** This is- <xft®r aU' your BULLETIN: we urge you send us notes concerning your own activities and those of your classmates and other Wilkes friends. More people are interested than you might suppose. IL moreover, you will always mention tho Wilkes class of tho person you are sol up this thio section ac­ writing about, wo can set cording to classes—as an alumni newsletter should. Wo aro Indebted to Tony Wideman, '49, nsw serving as secretary to Dean of Mon George F. Ralston and Acting Dean of Women Gertrude Marvin Williams, for a considerable part of the nows wo have this time. DR. EARL J. RHOADES. '38, who astonished a good many people hereabouts by getting hiraDolf admitted Io Yale Medical School from tho Junior College, writes to toll us of his practice of orthopedic surgery in Nov/ Haven. Conn. Part of his letter Io Dr. Farley follows: a‘ birth' In °f these children have been Placed in institutions and declared mentally deficient c-fi" on the basis ol an intolllgence test designed fer children without a motor handicap. Now. something is being done throughout the country to remedy this situation. The United Cerebral Palsy Association of Connecticut offered a fellowship lor study of this condition under Dr. Winthrop Phelps at Johns Hopkins University, School ol Medicine, and at the Children's' s Rehabilitation Instituto. Fortunately, It was selected Irom the group of applicants as < the _ _____ recipient ol this award. During this study. I saw children who, under proper supervision, were able to cover three or four years of regular school work in half of that limo. Proper orthopedic bracing playa a largo part In this training, and that is my rolo. Although Earl had considered returning Io Wyoming Valley to practice, ho choso Now Haven because it offers him tho cultural advan­ tages of a university city without tho disad­ vantages of a largo city such as Nov/ York. Medical Director of tho United Cerebral Palsy Association of Connecticut, ho has, in ono month of practice, olfcclod tho alteration of a school plan to Include a special program for handi­ capped children, v/hlch program provides them with tho audio-visual equipment they need for proper instruction. During the past year I was a Follow in Children's Orthopedic Surgery, at tho Hos­ pital for Special Surgery in Nov/ York. This is an integral part of Cornell University, School of Medicine. I became interested in the problem of cerebral palsy and the educa­ tion of children v/ith such a handicap. This condition, as you probably know, may bo duo to many causes, most of which happen DON HONEYWELL, former Association pre­ sident now stationed at Selfridge Air Force Base, Mich., passed a pleasant half-hour v/ith us tho other day and confirmed v/hat ho had said in a letter to the exec sec. That letter reads, in part: ‘Denotes home meet ‘^S.ei.ca.'ic^ ‘Pna^tetm "^av 'Wci&eA -datib A Wilkes-Barre physician's zeal for research has enabled the college to establish a program of medical re­ search within its biology department. The physician is Dr. Sheldon G. Cohen, who has been authorized by the U. S. Public Health Service to use Wilkes facilities for carrying on the research he began as an immunolo­ gist in the Gibson Laboratories of the University of Pittsburg School of Medi­ cine. Having received two substantial grants from the National Heart Insti­ tute and the National Microbiological Institute, subdivisions of the Public Health Service, Dr. Cohen is continu­ ing his investigation of the role of in­ fection, allergy, and immunity in rheumatic fever and tuberculosis. A fellow of the American College of Allergists, the new research asso­ ciate is working closely with Walter E. Mokychic, ‘50, assistant in biology, in the college laboratories. ... I sincerely hope that I will be hear­ ing more from you, and perhaps you might mention to the other Alumni officers that I would be happy to hear from them and would certainly answer any letters that they might v/rite to me. Unfortunately, I don't have their addresses or I would certainly initiate the correspondence . . . I will also be interested to hear from you, or anyone else in the Association who may v/rite, concerning . . . what progress has been made in the matter of increasing 21 �Alumni attendance at monthly meetings and social functions. I am vitally interested in all the activi­ ties of the Association and in the success or failure of them. As I mentioned in my letter to Dr. Farley, I have quite a few ideas that I think would be useful. Don is now living with his wife (his mar­ riage was reported in our summer number) at 112 Smith St., Mount Clemens, Mich. Just such a suggestion as Don requests comes from TOM MORAN, former exec sec now working as a copy editor on the Pittsburgh Post­ Gazette. Tom, an inveterate suggestion-sender, writes Dr. Farley: I have another scheme for building a fire under the Alumni Association. As you know, the Wilkes-Barre Junior Chamber of Commerce holds a weekly luncheon meeting in Lazarus' cafeteria. Perhaps local alumni who have to eat in town anyway would wel­ come a similar chance to get together once a week. Your editor thinks tho notion has possibili­ ties. What do you think? Tom, by the way, is in Wilkes-Barre at this writing, recovering following an operation at Mercy Hospital, and appears to bo thriving. No wonder—seeing that he and Joan expect to enter into parenthood in May. JACK P. KARN (Kamofsky) writes to tell us that he has opened a theatrical booking agency in Wilkes-Barre under the name of Jack P. Karn, Theatrical Enterprises. Ho would ap­ preciate being kept in mind by members of the Association who desire entertainment for their club or business organization meetings. Such alumni may phone Wilkes-Barre 3-5383 or call at Room 231 Simon Long Building. ZOSIA GLOWACKI, who attended classes at Northwestern University last summer, is now teaching at Shickshinny High School. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Voelker (Mrs. V. is the former RUTH TISCHLER, '44) have moved into their new home on Ferguson St., Shaver­ town. Ruth was one of the judges of homecoming decorations this year. vities in New York. Nov/ doing graduate work in clinical psychology at the New School of Social Research, the former psychometrist at the Wilkes Testing Bureau is also serving as an attendant at tho Bellevue Hospital. Along with JOE KANNER, former chief psychometrist at the College, and BOB LEVINE, '51, also Nevz School students. Gene is concerned with the re­ habilitation of psychotics. JEAN WASHILEWSKI, '48, is working with Eastern Airlines in Nevz York. Indications that Wilkes engineers are com­ ing into their ov/n have been provided by Mr. Voris B. Hall, chairman of tho engineering de­ partment. Mr. Hall reports that ROBERT H. FRITZGES, v/ho completed tho engineering course hero in 1941, spoko at tho November meeting of the Society of Automotive Engineers in Philadelphia. Now an engineer with tho Mack Manufacturing Company of Allentown, Bob has become an authority on tho hydraulic systems of Mack buses. As a trouble shooter for his company, ho travois about tho country consulting with engineers of city transit firms. Mr. Hall also furnished us with a copy of The Flying A, house organ of tho Aoroquip Corporation of Jackson, Mich., that carried one of Bob's articles entitled "The Bus of Tomorrow —Today." After leaving Wilkes, tho Mack engineer continued his engineering work at Penn State, from which he was graduated in 1943, and be­ gan his association with Mack later that same year. He put in a year as a Naval Reserve Ensign and upon his discharge in 1945 returned to the Allentown firm. Bob's younger brother Carl is a socondyear engineering student at Wilkes. Another bit of nows bearing the Hallmark: HAROLD P. ANDERSON, Eng., '50—tho man who drew the library floor plans now under glass in Kirby Hall—has been elected to Tau Beta Pi, national honorary "”'v engineering fraterni­ ty, where ho is i winding ty, at Syracuse University, up his course in electrical ical engineering. Hal is havinc been compiling an outstanding record, having named also to membership ip in Theta Tau, Tv na­ tional professional engineering fraternity; — Eta Kappa Nu, national honorary society for electrical engineers; and Scabbard and Blade, R. O. T. C. honor society. Ruth's classmate WILLIAM ROBINSON is working in the office of the Glen Alden Coal Company in Scranton. His home address is 450 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre. Consistently on the Dean's List for the School of Applied Science at Syracuse, Hal is also cadet lieutenant colonel in the Signal Corps R. O. T. C. unit there. As commandant of that outfit, he recently received a commendation from Dean Galbraith of the School of Applied Science. Two or three weeks ago GENE BRADLEY, '51, called at the office to cut us in on his acti- Another pair of Wilkes alumni have come out in favor of bonds stronger than those the 22 Association provides. j In plan English, CHAR__ IS, '50, and BOB WENTZ, '46, were LOTTE DAVIS recently married. GEORGE JONES, '49' now in the Air Force, is stationed at Sampson Air Force Base near Geneva, N. Y. With the personnel d< lepartment there, George somehow finds timeand _______ _ energy enough to v/ork towards his Master's degreeJ at nearby learby Cornell University. ROSS LEONARDI, '50, has completed the work required for his Master's at Bucknell Uni­ versity. At present he is associated with his uncle in their Scranton and Pittston stores. MARY SLEVA, '49, is employed by I the Veterans' Administration Hospital of Wil WilkesBarre an secretary to the chief of nurses. SHELDON FRIED of Kingston, v/ho has ap­ peared on a number of radio and television shows in Nov/ York, has accepted an invita­ tion to join tho Hedgerow Theatre in Philadel­ phia. Nov/ stationed with tho U. S. Arr rmy in Germany, Pvt, DAVID G. JONES. ’49. writer! that his 11 life in Europe would bo muchi more interesting 1if tho Army v/ould allow him more traveling time. Another Army man, PAUL THOMAS, '50, is 'Wit.&ea e=7zai(t *7fyeacl Handed and ^ndt'iacta'iA stationed at Camp Detrick. Md.. where he is housing and billeting officer. Paul, who was in charge of the first seven grades in a oneroom school last year, says his present vzork is a far cry from teaching. PHIL NICHOLAS, '51, who seems deter­ mined to make the exec sec insurance poor, is a frequent visitor in the Alumni Office. Follow­ ing a two-week training program with tho Met­ ropolitan Life Insurance Company in New York last summer, Phil became associated with its Kingston office. Word reaches us that JOHN GUERRA, another *51, who was editor of the yec ’arbook last year, was recently married. He iss connected with Standard Oil in Cleveland. HAROLD LAWRENCE. '49, is working for Merck, Inc.. Rahway, N. J. Mail still reaches him, however, at his home address, 21 Garahan St., Wilkes-Barre. TRUDY JOHNSON and Durant W. Pask, Jr., were married November 25, 1950. The] )y arc at home at Roberta Lane, Waldwick Heights, Waldwick, N. YWo neglected to mention above that our informant Tony Wideman has broken into ]print since our last writing. An article of his ent ititled "Stop That Waste” appeared in tho Oct. October issue of Office Executive, a publication of tho National Office Management Association. BILL KOS1CKI, '49, has received his M. S. degree from Bucknoil and is now toachiiinq in the public school system of Sparrow's :Point, Md. As some 16 student nurses from Wyoming Valley Hospital complete their pre-clinical period of training at Wilkes under an arrangement that may be extended to include other hos­ pitals in the area, word comes fr-m the President's office that Miss Ruth lessee of Presbyterian Hospital, Phila­ delphia, will head the recently ap­ proved two-year course leading to the Bachelor of Science degree in nursing education. She will undertake her duties here in September, 1952. Tho Public Information Office of Fort Meade, The Meade Md.. informs us Md., ua ihal that Pvt. DONALD C, STALBIRD, '51, has been processed p ------w., ___ at the Reception and unsigned assi Center there a..d to the Fifth Infantry Division, Indiantown Cap, ( Military Reservation, Pa. JOHN J. SURASH of Luzorno sends tho news that he expects to bo active In tho Asso­ ciation in '52. Nov/ doing graduate v/ork at Lehigh University, he v/ill wind up his studios there next month. EVAN R. SORBER, '50, entered military service in November 1950. After basic training he took the Leaders Course at Fort Knox, Ken­ tucky. Ho received his orders for OCS at Fort Riley. Kansas and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Military Police on December 15. 1951. Evan has been ordered to the Provost Marshal General's School at Carnp Gordon, “ Georgia, for 14 weeks of specialized training. The new program in nursing edu­ cation is intended to supply hospitals and schools of nursing with instruct­ ors, head nurses, and supervisors. JIM TINSLEY '51, let the U. S. Army shift for itself long enough to marry Miss Shir irley 1 Thomas of Wilkes-Barre and spend a v/cveek OB. honcymooing in Nevz York last October. Any state-registered nurse gradu­ ated from an approved school of nurs­ ing may become a candidate for the degree. Such a student may receive a maximum of 60 credits for work done in the school of nursing but must earn at the College at least 60 of the 120 credits required for the degree. Jim's classmate and former Beacon asso­ ciate TOM ROBBINS has just accepted a pc >osilard tion as an advertising copywriter with Standr Pressed Steel Company, Jenkintown, Pa. But v/hat have YOU been doing? 23 �2 ? - □S’ y X Irt>— Q> "4 v n c+ ■ W � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumni Magazine, 1947-present Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations Description An account of the resource <p>An archive of Wilkes University Magazine, from 1947-present. The magazine went through various names including <em>Wilkes Alumnus</em>, <em>Wilkes Quarterly,</em> <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, and the current title, <em>Wilkes Magazine</em>. Some editions for the <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, will have multiple issues within the file record. Our holdings may be missing editions for certain years due to having no physical copy within the collection. </p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wilkes University Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wilkes University Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1947-present Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumnus Bulletin January 1952 Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marketing and Communications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource January 1952 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Magazine https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/b1e10f6db8f5f124560f0e17d64379b2.pdf bb888462fbbd6d73a7346b3b8596d326 PDF Text Text Wlikes College Bulletin ISSUED BI-MONTHLY FOR MEMBERS OF WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Published bi-monthly by Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Entered as second-class matter October 12, 1951, at the post office at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, under the act of August 24, 1912, as amended by the act of August 4, 1947. March, 1953 Vol. II, No. 2 ONE FOR THE POST OFFICE The high cost of producing a magazine --coupled with the "felt need, " as the Educators say, for hashing things over with you more often than quarterly publication permits--prompts us to consider substituting a bi-monthly offset BULLETIN in newsletter format for the letterpress booklet. This one, intended primarily for perusal by the Post Office, will determine whether or not our second-class mailing privilege will withstand the change. A writer in the AAC NEWS, bi-monthly publication of the American Alumni Council, submits a newsletter of the sort we mention "would be acceptable to alumni bodies." We await your reaction. NEW HANDS AT THE HELM Names of Association officers for 1953 were announced by retiring president Dan Williams, BUJC '44, at the Christmas dance, a whopping success in the Manfield Ballroom, Wilkes-Barre, December 26. President is Tom Brislin of the snowy locks, BUJC '41, Wilkes-Barre attorney; vice-president, Loretta Farris, BUJC '44 (Bill Luetzel, '50, who is now working in Philadelphia, actually leaped to veep, but he had withdrawn from the race after the bal­ lots were mailed on the ground major offices ought to be held by Valley residents. ); secretary, Elaine Williams, BUJC '45; treasurer, Tony Wideman, '49 (re-elected); members-at-large, Louise Brennan, '52, Wilmington, Del., and Bill Griffith, '50, Hellertown, Pa. Now we have a Philadelphia chapter of the Association and clubbable alumni in the New York and Washington areas have asked to be placed on a waiting list, Louise and Bill have their work cut out for them, 'twould seem. All good to the six. From all indications they've a full year ahead. HOMECOMING HASSLE Dan Williams, who presided at the general meeting of the Association in Hotel Sterling during the homecoming weekend, had his hands full when heated members pressed to know why the College intended to terminate athletic relations with its neigh­ bor across Northampton Street. administration. There were demands for an explanation from the �No tall order, that. We need only cite a WILKES COLLEGE BRIEF you reved in 1950 Called "Athletic Code, " the folder sets forth College policy on athletics which policy is based on the assumption extra-curricular activities "r must be subordinated to the intellectual and scholastic objectives of college work, for the primary purpose of the College is the development of critical and constructive think­ mat roundup ing based on sound knowledge. Lehigh walked off with the cup again at the Open Wrestling Championships held at the College during the Christmas vacation. An up-set victory by Werner Seel over Bill Ker slake, Case Institute heavyweight and Olympic grappler, gave Gerry Leeman's matmen valuable points to edge a strong Cornell squad. "Athletics are an integral part of the activity program at Wilkes College, " the statement continues, "and as such are subject to the policies set by the faculty and administration and approved by the Board of Trustees. " These policy-setting bodies, says the BRIEF, recognize there can be "neither fair competition nor good sportsman­ ship in athletic contests if relations are not confined to colleges adhering to similar Bigger than ever, the Open attracted more than 130 wrestlers from almost 30 colleges and several YMCA clubs. Frank Bettucci, Cornell, copped the Outstanding Wrestler trophy by virtue of his flashing style and fierce competitive spirit. Local Olympian Joe Krufka of Plymouth won in the 177-lb. class while Wilkes' great hope Bill Foote went out in the semi-finals with an injury finishing him for the season. policies. " We have very little difficulty seeing the logic of the College's position, and we doubt many of the alumni have, either. To those who mutter "Methinks he doth pro­ test too much, " we reply young Wilkes is unlikely to continue to build the kind of rep­ utation we all of us want her to enjoy by refusing to admit she's no match, sportswise for outfits whose values are not her own. We're persuaded she can well afford to rec­ ognize ter limitations on that score. If it be objected other colleges on Wilkes' present football schedule haven't the cleanest of noses, we submit the consummation devoutly to be wished cannot be reached overnight. But we've got to make a beginning. Held for 20 years under W-B YMCA auspices, the tournament shifted to the gym last War> and was completely under the Blue & Gold aegis for the first time. FOR THE FUTURE, PROMISE George Ralston's quintet has played hot-and-cold basketball this season, win­ ning six and dropping eight so far. Lenny Batroney, forward from Georgetown, became the all-time pointmaker at Wilkes early in the season by topping Bob Benson's three-year mark of 783 tallies. Streaking along at a meteoric 21-per-game average, Bart now has 1003 points in less than three seasons. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS The College library staff apparently knew what it was doing when it chose to keep Kirby Hall open throughout most of the Christmas recess. Miss Frances Dorrance, formerly in charge of the Hoyt Library, Kingston, and Edward J. Stryjak, '48, chose the slack season to present to the College two welcome book-gifts. Miss Dorrance, who graced our library as circulation and ref­ erence librarian last semester, gave a valuable collection of her own translations of important German reference works on plant anatomy and pathology, and Ed, who re­ cently took his M.S. at Penn State, a bound copy of his master's thesis on the nervous system of the milkweed bug, the first detailed study of that part of the little chap ever undertaken. Ed's gift moved Mrs. Nada Vujica, librarian, to urge us to ask other alumni holding advanced degrees-they must be legion-for copies of their thesesj or dissertations. Any takers ? Facing another NCAB leader, Vince Leta of Lycoming, the other night, Len played to the hilt and shaded the Williamsport ace 30-26 in their personal scoring battle. Parker Petrilak is back from Korea to swell the ranks of Wilkes talent. Jim Atherton, Eddie Davis, Joe Sikora, John Milliman, and Marsh Karesky, Batroney, and Petrilak comprise the starting line-up. Without a senior on the roster, it appears Wilkes has the making of a winning squad next year. NEWS OF THE CLUBS True, the Philadelphia club is all we have so far, but gears will be grinding in Gotham, we hope, by the time this reaches you. Owing to bad timing, a recent attempt to round up a steering committee in New York fell through, but nobody has lost heart. REPORT ON RESEARCH The Philadelphia group, some 65 strong at the time, forgathered spiritedly at the Penn-Sheraton in November to adopt a constitution (a model of brevity), elect of­ ficers, and hear Dr. Farley on the future of the College. Wyoming Valley guests were naner tnSrlm°nt\th/ Ameri_Can AcademY of Allergists, gathered in Boston, heard a greatly impressed. associate hJrT0 °n®ln the College biology labs by Dr. Sheldon G. Cohen, whose Philadelphia W38 ~ Mokychic, '50, now attending Jefferson Medical School, Now headed by Fred R. Davis, '52, the club met again in January. According to Dean Ralston, who spoke, dirty weather failed to keep the crowd at their firesides. So may it ever be. �"The Old Familiar Faces71 James H. Rittenhouse, '47, is a kiln supervisor with the Penn-Dixie Cement Corp. , Kingsport, Tenn. He was married to Katherine Hale of Kingsport in 1950. . . "Wanna See Ike?" asked the W.-B. SUNDAY INDEPENDENT recently, and then went on to give an account of Ralph Walters' move to the White House. Formerly a junior executive with Standard Oil, Ralph, BUJC '41, is now a top assistant to Sherman Adams, the President's executive assistant. . .Another oil man, Dave Secunda, BUJC '40, goes to Sumatra for his company next month. Now living in Summit, N.J. , he hopes--and is working--to see the organization of a New York club before he leaves. At the last meeting of Town Hall Associated of Wyoming Valley in the gym we came upon John Milano, '49, who, having received his law degree from John Marshall, is practicing in Chicago. . .A pleasant letter from the former Katherine Vanderlick, '48, conveys the news she is living in Hartford, Conn. , looking after Richard Michael McCloskey, age five months. Her husband, Dr. Edwin M. McC., is specializing in anesthesiology at St. Francis Hospital and Yale University. Quite an accumulation on '50----- From Dan Sherman, now living in Collingswood, N. J. , and working for the Philadelphia club, a copy of the RCA SERVICE COMPANY NEWS containing a feature on Ed Johnston, who "invested his GI grant at Wilkes" and later joined Station WBAX, W. -B. Ed's duties, says the article, keep him in the air­ lanes throughout Europe, England, the Azores, Africa, and the Middle East. He took a hand in the development of a global communications network, and received one in Weisbaden, Germany, where he was recently married. . .Agnes Novak has been ad­ mitted to the Graduate Faculties at Columbia, in biology, according to a hitherto mis­ laid note from our Professor of Biology, who also tells us Grant Barlow, now with the research division of Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, Ill. , had an article published in the November 21 issue of SCIENCE. Quite a feather in his cap, says Dr. Reif. . . . George F. Ermel, elected to Pi Lambda Sigma, national library science honorary society before he received his M. S. in library science at Syracuse in January, became circulation and reference librarian at the College last month. . .William C. Kashatus is serving as an instructor in chemistry at Bucknell, where he's working toward the Ph.D. . . .George E. Hudock, Jr. has been working with the staff of a blood-center at Fort Jackson, S. C. . . . The Philadelphia club has an interested new member in Lester Gross, now studying at Philadelphia Divinity School (Episcopal) after a year of secular work. Also studying theology is Art Bloom, '51, who has been named assistant at the St. Mark's Methodist Church, Brooklyn, N.Y. With him at Drew University seminary is Bob Benson, '52. . . Norb Olshefski, '51, is with AP in Little Rock, Ark. . , . Bill Sabanski, '52, was in the other day with a picture of his classmate Ann Belle Perry and other comely American Airlines stewardesses checking bundles for flood-stricken Holland; 'twas clipped from a Newark, N. J. , paper. Bill hims elf, who is married to the former Jean Ryan, '50, is a chemist with Pittsburgh Plate Glass in Newark. . . . Dean Williams to the contrary, David Charles Foxlow, born January 27, has not yet been admitted to the College. . .Numerous nuptial notes will have to wait. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumni Magazine, 1947-present Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations Description An account of the resource <p>An archive of Wilkes University Magazine, from 1947-present. The magazine went through various names including <em>Wilkes Alumnus</em>, <em>Wilkes Quarterly,</em> <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, and the current title, <em>Wilkes Magazine</em>. Some editions for the <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, will have multiple issues within the file record. 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Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumnus March 1953 Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marketing and Communications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 1953 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Magazine https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/17c90785e2231dcfb85986c3a8bd571d.pdf 9a2767928344d456fbffa3b4c2b14b45 PDF Text Text Wilkes College Bulletin ISSUED BI-MONTHLY FOR MEMBERS OF WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Published bi-monthly by Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Entered as second-class matter October 12, 1951, at the post office at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, under the act of August 24, 1912, as amended by the act of August 4, 1947. Vol, II, No. 5 September,) 1953 WE'VE DUSTED OFF THE WELCOME MAT Two important events vie for top billing in this issue-— Homecoming and the Alumni Association's big musical review, "Here's to Ya." The latter being scheduled for the Thanksgiving week-end, we give the nod to Homecoming, October 16 and 17, Chairman Loretta Farris. '44, has things going smoothly for the annual gathering, but space considerations prevent our giving more than the highlights here. We trust they are sufficient to bring many, many Alums back for a misty-eyed view of our ever-expanding campus and its crop of new faces. We gather right away, from the schedule placed in our hands by Miss F„, that busy Dan Williams, *44, will be as busy as ever. He's chairman of the registration committee, and the cryptic note under Location says "Everywhere." The first thing on the list is a coffee hour which will be held in the lounges of McClintock Hall from 5 to 6 p.m. on Friday, October 16. At 7:30 a general meeting, devoted first to business, and then to more relaxing things, such as a word of greeting from Dr, Farley * , a variety of speakers from the club’s membership, refreshments, and dancing to records. Al Groh, *41, Will uiie a will give the assembled group a preview of "Here’s to Ya” according to present plans. Having peeped in on early re­ hearsals, we feel that this in itself is incentive enough to attend Homecoming. You'll like what you see, but more about the show later. Saturday is a full day, with its tour of the campus, bigger than ever, and the annual Judging contest. The 7’ contest always "brings out all the dormant talents of dormitory students and various club members, and it makes the campus a gay and bustling place From 5:30 to 6:30, Alums will be at Kingston House for a cock­ tail hour, following which a buffet supper will be served. The Big Game this year is with Hofstra College Saturday evening at 8:15 at Kingston Stadium. It promises to be one of the best tilts of the season, if it follows the pattern set last year at Hempstead, L. I., where the Flying Dutchmen, a real power in small college circles, squeezed by the second-seeded Colonels in the wan­ ing minutes of a thrilling game. In order to help the committees concerned with Homecoming,» would you signify your intentions of coming by mailing the reser­ vation blank found elsewhere in this issue? We want to meet you all in our new capacity as ExecSec. �"HERE'S TO YA" AN EXCITING SHOW D n'4im°whiSSes-double hnvp received from President Brlslin dJty® a Itletter announces the coming Tom Slffi’reviewy "Here's to Ya," and then it asks you to do your part toward making the show a success. We wish it ere possible to give out more information at.this time, but muchis still tentative® Author-director Al Groh has^chosen some of his cast, but we d• like to hold off an announcement until the cast is completeo t will be composed of old familiar faces, however, some of whom gained stage fame in the Lettermen’s show UA11 in Fun back in 1949© but our random samplings seem to indicate tha‘ done very well for themselves<> Groh teamed up with Ted Warkomski, '50, composer of the "All in Fun" tunes, and Bill Crowder, '55, a popular chap on his way up in the music world® The talented trio has produced a number of sparkling songs which promise to make the show a wonderful treat. From moving love ballads to brisk comic ditties, the songs reveal great spon­ taneity and charm, and we feel that they are quite in the same league with some of the hit tunes which have taken Broadway's heart in past years. The script, which takes the campus for its setting, is clever and packed with good lines. Details still have to be worked out, but help things along by dropping a postal card to Economics Club Secretary, in care of the Colle well this fall, the C & F gathering at Homecom be an annual affair.. The review was conceived as a means to raise money for a schol­ arship fund. A worthier cause, especially in this significant twen­ tieth-anniversary year, could not be found. We hope the Alumni's enthusiasm and faith in Wilkes will pay dividends where they'll do the most good—in the future of some deserving youngsters® Response to Tom's letter has been pleasing. Dipping into the envelopes, we find that the classes of 1944, 1945, 1948, and 1950 have taken an early lead in tne “donation derby." The class with the best results, as well as the three largest individual contribu­ tors, will receive recognition in the program. People who are actively involved in our show—business manager, director, committee heads and members, actors, chorus members, dan­ cers, advertising people, a battery of others—have been very hard at work a long time. A lot of work remains, and there will be plen­ ty of sleepless nights ahead. The participants have been kindling a glow of pride for weeks now, and it will be at Its glowingest on the JJhe evening even^n8 of November 28. To achieve the goals—and they are am­ bitious ones that tne planners of the show have set, we have to °f 811 A1“"nl- R°°‘ ALUMNI SURVEY NOTE he left was a twenty-year Alumni surSev ^?811 by the preparation of a questionnaire tive, and-something rare in Juestionna^ t0 Foxlow 'before 8 Work went int° comPlece« , ly Jim's plan was fulfilled® Response^arbZ^r^^Kfing^1 Time has not been available for a tabulation of the replies, More about the survey later<> C & F STUDENTS TO GREET GRADS The Economics Club, whose prize-winning J display was pictured in our last, has decided Commerce and Finance students to a get-togethe Homecoming week-end, president John Konsavage Perhaps other Alumni in various fields c parties. We are open to ideas® CLASS AGENTS APPOINTED The Loyalty Fund Committee's Chairman, Joi has presented the office with a list of class t him along with committee members Sallyanne Frai Joseph B. Farrell, '42. So that you may know i the list is included. Agents will receive lls1 as rapidly as we can get them out. Thomas J® Toole, ‘35 Dr. Nicholas A. Lorusso, ‘35 Dr® Charles T. Connors, ‘36 Michael G. Solomon, ' 36 Joseph G. Donnelly, '37 Reuben W. Rader, '38 Ernest Welsberger, '38 Robert T. Conway, '39 Dr. Robert Kerr, ' 39 Gertrude Jones Davis, '40 John Bush, '40 Benjamin J® Badman, ‘41 John P® Finn, '41 Mary Pohala, ‘42 William Mattern, '42 Nelson F. Jones, '43 Treveryan Williams Speicher, ’43 Harry Crawford, '44 Beverly Graham Myers, '44 Mary I Giffoi Albert Ruth E Elmo M Ralph Joseph Edwin James Charlo John J Joseph Frank Marita Vester Donald Willla Nancy �S TO YA" AN EXCITING SHOW 4- Alumni M.vnni have a letter from President Tom most have received n n'4im °whith does^double duty. It announces the coming f’review "Here's to Ya," and then it asks you to do your ward making the show a success. We wish it were possible to itimore information at this time, but much is still tentative. -director Al Groh has ^chosen some of his cast, but we d like 1 off an announcement until the cast is complete. It will Dosed of old familiar faces, however, some of whom gained ?ame in the Lettermen's show UA11 in Fun back in 1949<> ’Oh teamed up with Ted Warkomski, '50, composer of the "All in mes, and Bill Crowder,^55, a popular chap on his way up in lie world. The talented trio has produced a number of sparkling rhich promise to make the show a wonderful treat. From moving llads to brisk comic ditties, the songs reveal great spon' and charm, and we feel that they are quite in the same league me of the hit tunes which have taken Broadway's heart in past The script, which takes the campus for its setting, is clever ked with good lines. e review was conceived as a means to raise money for a scholfund. A worthier cause, especially in this significant twennniversary year, could not be found. We hope the Alumni’s asm and faith in Wilkes will pay dividends where they'll do t good—in the future of some deserving youngsters, sponse to Tom's letter has been pleasing. Dipping into the as, we find that the classes of 1944, 1945, 1948, and 1950 ken an early lead in the "donation derby." The class with t results, as well as the three largest Individual contribuLll receive recognition in the program. >ple who are actively involved in our show—business manager, ?, committee heads and members, actors, chorus members, danLvertising people, a battery of others—have been very hard a long time. A lot of work remains, and there will be plen.eepless nights ahead. The participants have been kindling a pride for weeks now, and it will be at its glowingest on ilng of November 28, To achieve the goals—and they are amones—that the planners of the show have set, we have to 1 the generosity of all Alumni. Root for your College, your ind the future. B SURVEY NOTE i plan was 1fulfTifpd11 ^uestionnaires—unembarrassing. EvidentP filed. Response has been most gratifying.. e has not been available for a tabulation of the replies, but our random samplings seem to indicate that Wilkes people have done very well for themselves. More about the survey later. C & F STUDENTS TO GREET GRADS The Economics Club, whose prize-winning Parade of Progress display was pictured in our last, has decided to invite former Commerce and Finance students to a get-together sometime in the Homecoming week-end, president John Konsavage states. Details still have to be worked out, but interested Alumni may help things along by dropping a postal card to Miss Thelma Williams, Economics Club Secretary, in care of the College. If things turn out well this fall, the C & F gathering at Homecoming could very well be an annual affair. Perhaps other Alumni in various fields could institute like parties. Vie are open to ideas<> CLASS AGENTS APPOINTED The Loyalty Fund Committee's Chairman, Joseph J. Savitz, '48, has presented the office with a list of class agents, appointed by him along with committee members Sallyanne Frank Rosen, '43, and Joseph B, Farrell, '42. So that you may know who your agents are, the list is included. Agents will receive lists of their classmates as rapidly as we can get them out. Mary Heness Ward, '45 Thomas J. Toole, '35 Gifford S. Cappellini, '45 Dr. Nicholas A. Lorusso, '35 Alberta Novick Killian, '46 Dr. Charles T. Connors, '36 Ruth Kluger Harris, '46 Michael G. Solomon, '36 Elmo M. Clemente, '47 Joseph G. Donnelly, '37 Ralph P. Carey, '48 Reuben W. Rader, ' 38 Joseph B, Slamon. '48 Ernest Weisberger, '38 Edwin M. Kosik, ’'49 Robert T. Conway, '39 James D. Shepherd, '49 Dr. Robert Kerr, 139 Charlotte Davis Wentz. '50 Gertrude Jones Davis, '40 John J. Florkiewicz, '50 John Bush, '40 Joseph E. Swartwood, '50 Benjamin J. Badman, 1'41 Frank W. Anderson, '51 John P. Finn, '41 Marita Sheridan Riley, '51 Mary Pohala, '42 Vester V. Vercoe, '51 William Mattern, '42 Donald R. Kistler, '52 Nelson F. Jones, '43 Treveryan Williams Speicher, '43 William C, Johns, '52 Nancy Ralston Grogan, '52 Harry Crawford, '44 Beverly Graham Myers, '44 9 �HELLO TO SOME, GOOD-BY TO OTHERS A couple of years ago, Jim Foxlow first occupied this chair as Alumni secretary. He began his first editorial by calling himself a ringer, but tnose of us who were close to him felt all along that he was as Wilkesian as they come. It was a blow to learn last July that he was going to Indianapolis to teach. We knew immediately how much we would miss his warmth, his kindness, and his wisdom. Now as September melts away and the Bulletin is still not ready for the printer, we miss him for practical reasons as well. Our ■Jamie could go quietly in more directions at once tnan any man we know, and ne got results. Perhaps we'll settle into the routine, but now this magazine gives us the jitters. Our only hope is that it arrives in time to get you here for Homecoming and that we won't be mournfully kicking October's leaves down River Street with the commit­ tee and no one else around. Our collection of Old Familiar Faces must wait until the next number of the Bulletin. Instead, we'd like to give you a brief account of tne Soon-to-be Familiar Faces, which include a freshman class of more than 225 students. They come to us from places as far flung as Germany, Republic of Korea, Jordan, and Colombia, as well as WilkesBarre, West Side, Nanticoke, and Brooklyn. New on campus also is Dr, Virginia P. Neel„ late of Washington, D.C., new Dean of Women, who replaces Mrs. Gertrude M. Williams, who at last report was sunning in Majorca before returning to teach English next spring term. A youthful duo has taken the reins In the Education Department, They are Eugene Hammer and Charles Moore. Dr. Hammer, recently at Columbia University, may become co-ordinator for the Cooperative Program in Educational Administration, if local schoolmen accept the plan. This would make Wilkes the first liberal arts college in the country to serve as a center for CPEA, which now uses such universities as Penn, Delaware, Rutgers, and Columbia. Misslppian Linfield Miller is the new circulation and reference librarian. Dr, Hoh-Cheung Mui has returned to the history department after two years' leave with the State Department, succeeding Thomas Rock, now teaching in a New York high school. To the Alumni Office, Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa, I plan to attend Homecoming during October make reservations for __ person(s). 16-17, 1953, Please Name Address Tickets for all events but the football game are only 02,50, .Class. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumnus Bulletin September 1953 Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marketing and Communications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 1953 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Magazine https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/8fb5b3f57e38f49757909de859a77e06.pdf 6c79cd6a2068131e9c8dbc815dcf8eee PDF Text Text Wilkes College Bulletin ISSUED BI-MONTHLY FOR MEMBERS OF WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Published bi-monthly by Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Entered as second-class matter October 12, 1951, at the post office at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, under the act of August 24, 1912, as amended by the act of August 4, 1947. Vol. II, No. 6 November-December, 1953 CHRISTMAS DANCE SET FOR DECEMBER 26 Christmas week will end in mirrored glitter for the Alumni Association, with the annual semi-formal dance which will be held Saturday evening, December 26 in the Manfield Ballroom. Dancing to the music of Frankie Reynolds' orchestra will be from 9 to 12. Admission is set at $3.00 for this festive occasion which has proved to be one of the most popular events on the Alumni social calendar„ Lloyd Davies and Eleanor Kryger are in charge, assisted by worthies whose names are not available to us at this time. AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT Everybody who receives the Bulletin is quite aware of the pro­ jected Alumni musical show, "Here's to Ya," which was to help raise money for a scholarship fund. It was by far the most ambitious project ever to be taken up by Wilkes Old Grads. A lot of work and planning went into its development during the past months. Recently, however, the people actively concerned with production came to the startling realization that "Here's to Ya" was bigger and more promising than originally anticipated. It has grown from a rather informal series of sketches with music to a full-scale musical review. It was quite apparent that "Here's to Ya" just wouldn't be ready in time for the original November 28 date. A series of meetings of the "top brass" followed, It came as a big let-down, to be sure, to realize that one of the nicest things ever to hit Wilkes College had to be pushed back to an indefinite date. One fact alone seems to brighten the whole dark situation, "Here's to Ya" is worth waiting for. It takes a long time to put a good show together. "Here's to Ya" was not a tested production that could be bought from a publishing house. Al Groh, Bill Crowder, Ted Warkomski, Ray Kay and others had to build this one from the ground up. Participants had to be trained and rehearsed, and all portions of the review tested and strengthened. We might add that it takes a long time to put a Breadway show together, and that sort of work is done by professionals who devote all their time to it. We are just a bunch of happy amateurs. �But as a neophyte in this two-h and Executive Secretary of the Alumni a never-diminishing eight-ball. Just getting the issue out under the Novem low. And here it is December. At lea; of Wilkes College and its Alumni body. Work forward, but Work is is still still going going forward, but at at this moment it is hard to say just when j just when the the show show will will go go on on the the boards. boards. When it is pro should be a show of which we can be rightly proud. One more loose end must be tied up. A lot of money from the Alumni Patrons has come in to the office. Results, still not tabulated, due to the stress of other matters, have been fine. Unless we hear other­ wise, from contributors who may want to contribute the money to the Loyalty Fund, we have decided it would be better to return the checks, which will be on their way as soon as it is possible for our ltrs. Roberts to see her way over the pile of work we've already dumped on her desk. ELECTION TIME Your officers for next year will be announced in all probability at the Christmas Dance mentioned in the lead article. The new panel will take over Alumni reins at the beginning of 1954. Nominees, picked sometime ago by the regular nominating committee, are as follows: For president--Jeanne Kocyan and Daniel E. W-HHams, For vice-president—William Luetzel and Eugene Maylock. For treasurer—Joseph Gudaitis and Ray Kaye (to whom we owe apologies for dropping the "e" on page one.) For secretary—Mary T. Sleva and Beverly Graham layers. For Alumni Council, four of whom are elected by ballot, the following were nominated: William Griffith, Loretta Farris, Thomas E. Brislin, Lloyd Davies, Jane Reese, Dr. Robert Kerr, Dolores Grabko, Joseph B. Farrell, and Bartel E. Ecker. ’ We haven't been able to speed them out to you px if results are to’ be made But known December 26, you'll do us a favor by ’re turning’ th^LTthe —o --- — —e next mail, Perhaps you’ll even shame us into f getting things next time0 ~ moving '*■’ in better -- - order the Cookie Kocyan, nominated for president of of the Association, has announced that she wishes to withdraw from the election, —. Her decision came too late for removing her name from the ballot so you are requested to act according to her wishes. UTE AGAIN We are sorry, profusely so, for not Pettine +u n.-.-. sonth of November, according to schedule ™ postponed «... out ln 'the >53 CLASS AGENTS The Loyalty Fund Committee, heade selection of agents for the class of 1 class agents listed in the last Bullei Morgan, Isabel Ecker, and Lucille Rees FALL SPCRTS REVIEW On December 8, the Wilkes College from a steak dinner given in its honor was the hooters' first winning season athletic program. The inspired Partridgemen, who pe snapped a losing streak at 29 games, o over Rider College 2-1. They went on scores: Rider 2-1; East Stroudsburg 0and 5-1; Lafayette 1-2; and Trenton 4After the Trenton tilt, Bob Partr shoulders of his jubilant players. Th and Flip Jones became the first Colon Promise of the steak dinner came : annual athletic banquet. The football team ended up on th( but end Paul Gronka proved that the Co; The 155-lb. Nanticoke native sna, high in state scoring. He was made an Amari nan Team and was picked for a spoi All-State Team. George Ralston's charges found it son. Tremendously handicapped by lack lost to Bloomsburg 27-6; Lebanon Valley 14; and MorATlan 14—6. They beat Ithac 14-13. IF YOU PAID YOUR DUES AND HAVE NOT PLEASE IET US KNOW AT ONCE. �getting the issue out under the November dateline, a touch of flu laid us low. And here it is December. At least we tried. :es College and its Alumni body, ork is still going forward, but at this moment it is hard to say en the show will go on the boards. When it is produced, it be a show of which we can be rightly proud. ne more loose end must be tied up. A lot of money from the Patrons has come in to the office, Results, still not tabulated, the stress of other matters, have been fine,, Unless we hear othercontributors who may want to com t 11 ’ contribute the money to the loyalty e have decided it would De better to return the checks , which will heir way as soon as it is possible for our Mrs. Roberts to see her r the pile of work we've already dumped on her desk. I TIME ir officers for next year will be announced in all probability at Lstmas Dance mentioned in the lead article. The new panel will take imni reins at the beginning of 1954. linees, picked sometime ago by the regular nominating committee, ollcws: For president—Jeanne Kocyan and Daniel E. Will jams. For isident—William Luetzel and Eugene Maylock, For treasurer—Joseph and Ray Kaye (to whom we owe apologies for dropping the "e" on .) For secretary—Mary T. Sleva and Beverly Graham layers. Alumni Council, four of whom are elected by ballot, the following inated: William Griffith, Loretta Farris, Thomas E. Brislin, Iloyd Jane Reese, Dr. Robert Kerr, Dolores Grabko, Joseph B. Farrell, ©J. iJo J-<d£QZa0 ostal card ballot is included in this issue of the 2 -- • Bulletin. We her ill-at-ease when we ask you to speed the ballots back*, since we been able to speed them out to you. RBut " if results __2‘ are to be made cember 26, you'll do us a favor by returning them'in the "next mail, member you'll even shame us into getting things moving in better order the de Kocyan, nominated for president of of the Association, has announced wishes to withdraw from the election —. Her decision came too late ring her name from the fa~lfa+. so you are requested to act according .shes. >53 CLASS AGENTS The Loyalty Fund Committee, headed by Joe Savitz, has announced the selection of agents for the class of 1953. These are to be added to the class agents listed in the last Bulletin. For the '53s are: William Morgan, Isabel Ecker, and Lucille Reese Pierce. FALL SPORTS REVIEW On December 8, the Wilkes College soccer team emerged stuffed and smiling from a steak dinner given in its honor by Dr. Farley. Reason for the event was the hooters' first winning season since the game -was added to the Wilkes athletic program. The inspired Partridgemen, who performed magnificently all season, snapped a losing streak at 29 games, opening the 1953 schedule with a victory over Rider College 2-1. They went on to a 4-3 record, posting the following scores: Rider 2-1; East Stroudsburg 0-2; Lock Haven 6-1; Elizabethtown 1-5 and 5-1; Lafayette 1-2; and Trenton 4-0. After the Trenton tilt, Bob Partridge was carried off the field on the shoulders of his jubilant players. The game was the first Wilkes shut-out, and Flip Jones becams the first Colonel to rack up three goals in one game. Promise of the steak dinner came from Dr. Farley some years ago at the annual athletic banquet. The football team ended up on the losing side of the ledger this fall, but end Paul Gronka proved that the Colonels fought every inch of the way. The 155-lb. Nanticoke native snagged seven touchdown passes to rank high in state scoring. He was made an Honorable Mention on the Little AllAmerican Team and was picked for a spot on the Associated Press second All-State Team. George Ralston's charges found it rough going throughout the entire sea­ son. son. Tremendously handicapped by lack of weight and injuries, the Colonels lost to Bloomsburg 27-6; Lebanon Valley 15-6; Hofstra 39-20; Bridgeport.2514; and Moravian 14-6. They beat Ithaca 26-7; Trenton 31-7; and Adelphi 14-13. NovS? according to sewT the the IF YOU PAID TOUR DUES AND HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED YOUR MEMBERSHIP CARD, PT,EASE LET US KNOW AT ONCE. �THE PHILADELPHIA STORY We wish to thank the Philadelphia Chapter of the Alumni Association and its president, Dr. Sheldon Morrison, for inviting us to the October meeting in the Hotel Normandie. Also present was Dr. Virginia Neel, the new Dean of Women, who was mentioned in the last issue. It was pleasing to note how very interested in promoting the College the Quaker City Alums are. Especially valuable as scouts for Wilkes in that area have been Jerry Yakstis, salesman for Bausch and lomb, and Bill Griffith, International Business Machines. Their work among the high schools in a large area brings them into constant contact with prospects. When the pace in Chase Hall 309 is less hectic, if that ever comes to pass, we'd like to go down and see how things are with the New York Chapter. TWO REUNIONS SUCCESSFUL Homecoming on October 16 and 17 was a time for warmth and conviviality, enjoyed to the fullest by all who could make it back to Wyoming Valley. Nobody stopped to count the house at any time, so statistics are lacking, At any rate, it was a pleasant week-end from Friday afternoon's coffee hour in McClintock Hall through the Hofstra game next evening—via the Kingston House where all joined in a cocktail hour and buffet supper. Homecoming decorations were sprightly and original. The trophy this year went to the Engineering Club and Chemistry Club who pooled their talents at Conyngham Hall, painting the windows with Flying Dutchman, Colonels and cru­ cibles and erecting a pair of life-like dummies, complete with surveying equipment, on the roof. Thanksgiving weekend was the time for another gathering, this one infor­ mal and under the leadership of Dan Sherman and Hilda Jones. Alums met at Gurnari's Rathskeller, Luzerne, a haunt not unfamiliar to Wilkesmen, Though the event was made up on rather short notice, a good turnout was on hand and a profit realized. DAVID GABLE JONES David Gable Jones, class of 1949, of Cape May Court House, N.J., died in Philadelphia on October 1. Formerly of Nanticoke, he received his A. B. degree in English and taught for a while in Philadelphia public schools. At the time of his death he was employed by the Corn Exchange Bank and Trust Company in that city. He had served with the Ariry in Berlin until February. Among pallbearers were classmate Ross Leonard! and Daniel E. Williams. Wilkes friends sent a beautiful blue and gold wreath. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumnus Bulletin November-December 1953 Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marketing and Communications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November-December 1953 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Magazine https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/original/e149a6c0b706c2ed631c1c7ebc3e0518.pdf 9c424ee69cda8df1f2c852d348554f99 PDF Text Text the alumnus h " WILKES COLLEGE WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA FALL 1954 SPECIAL HOMECOMING ISSUE �The Secretary THE ALUMNUS Volume I Freshmen Relax... October, 1954 Number 1 Published quarterly as the Wilkes College Bulletin lor the members of the Wilkes College Alumni Association. Offices are located in Chase Hall, Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Entered as second-class matter October 12, 1951 at the post office at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, under the act of August 24, 1912, as amended by the act of August 4, 1947. Editor and Executive Secretary Thomas J. Moran '49 OFFICERS of ASSOCIATION President William Luetzel ? ■r. Vice President Donald L. Honeywell Secretary Beverly Meyers This is the first issue official publication of the Association and schedule a year — Fall, Winter, Sp It will be mailed to c bers of the association v on the roster in the Office The change from the tion was made so as to ret time provide a magazine-t] better serve the Associatic fering a wider variety of s Alumni Association c point reporters whose respi in information on their orgc Each issue of the Alumnui lions devoted to news fro * :! The Homecoming V November 19 and 20, pro] the history of the Wilkes tion. The officers and com have worked for the pa many hours at special m program that wilt provid delightful week-end at th' Treasurer Joseph Gudaitis CHAPTERS Philadelphia Officers for 1954-55 w< ber meeting of the assoc received within the next ft matter of electing new o return the ballots before be announced on the car Si Vester Vercoe, president New York The Cover Whenever former students of Wilkes College think of their days on the South River Street campus their first impression has to be of the beautiful grounds and buildings that surround the heart of the community college. ...After Hazing To all former students the beauty of Chase and Kirby Halls, the huge trees on the lawns surround­ ing those buildings and above all the sign that car­ ries the seal and the name of the college form a last­ ing picture that will always be a mental beacon re­ minding those who were once students of their col­ lege days at Wilkes. For that reason, a photographic attempt to re­ cord the scene was made and used on the front cover of the Fall issue of the Alumnus. Parking Probler Causes Student: Ever since the increa Wilkes College — imme of World War II — the bi been lack of parking spc The college authoritie with the great need for pa available all possible spc dents driving has made needs. A student committee Mayor Luther M. Kniifen his aid in solving the prol of parking restrictions on �The Secretary's Notebook THE ALUMNUS men Relax... Volume I October, 1954 Number 1 Published quarterly as the Wilkes College Bulletin for the members of the Wilkes College Alumni Association. Offices are located in Chase Hall, Wiikes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Entered as second-class matter October 12, 1951 at the post office at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, under the act of August 24, 1912, as amended by the act of August 4, 1947. Editor and Executive Secretary Thomas J. Moran '49 OFFICERS of ASSOCIATION President William Luetzel Vice President Donald L. Honeywell Secretary Beverly Meyers Treasurer Joseph Gudaitis CHAPTERS Philadelphia This is the first issue of the new Alumnus — official publication of the Wilkes College Alumni Association and scheduled for release four times a year — Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer. It will be mailed to approximately 2,000 mem­ bers of the association whose names are carried on the roster in the Office of the Alumni Secretary. The change from the newsletter type publica­ tion was made so as to reduce cost and at the same time provide a magazine-type publication that would better serve the Association and its members by of­ fering a wider variety of stories and photographs. Alumni Association chapters are urged to ap­ point reporters whose responsibility it will be to send in information on their organizations and individuals. Each issue of the Alumnus will contain special sec­ tions devoted to news from the chapters. *** The Homecoming Week-End, scheduled for November 19 and 20, promises to be the biggest in the history of the Wilkes College Alumni Associa­ tion. The officers and committees of the association have worked for the past two months, spending many hours at special meetings, to insure a good program that will provide you and yours with a delightful week-end at the college. * #* Officers for 1954-55 were nominated at the Octo­ ber meeting of the association and ballots will be received within the next few days. Please give this matter of electing new officers your attention and return the ballots before the deadline, which will be announced on the card. Sincerely, Vester Vercoe, president New York om Alumni Secretary The Cover Whenever former students of Wilkes College think of their days on the South River Street campus their first impression has to be of the beautiful grounds and buildings that surround the heart of the community college. ...After Hazing To all former students the beauty of Chase and Kirby Halls, the huge trees on the lawns surround­ ing those buildings and above all the sign that car­ ries the seal and the name of the college form a last­ ing picture that will always be a mental beacon re­ minding those who were once students of their col­ lege days at Wilkes. For that reason, a photographic attempt to re­ cord the scene was made and used on the front cover of the Fall issue of the Alumnus. Parking Problem Still Causes Students Worry Ever since the increase in student enrollment at Wilkes College — immediately following the end of World War II — the big problem on campus has been lack of parking space. The college authorities, in an effort to keep pace with the great need for parking facilities, have made available all possible space, but the number of stu­ dents driving has made it impossible to satisfy all needs. A student committee on parking plans to visit Mayor Luther M. Kniffen in the near future to enlist his aid in solving the problem by a possible relaxing of parking restrictions on streets near the school. �Alumni President Calls On Members T@ Extend M Effort To Achieve Biew Goals This Year Having served as your vice-president for more than half a year, I never expected to be asked one day to write what might Be titled "News and Views of the President" in the Alumni Bul­ letin. it is quite an honor and a privilege. In August our alumni president, Dan Williams, left WilkesBarre to accept a teaching position with the U.S. Army in Ger­ many. I am sure the best wishes of all the alumni go with him. With his leaving. Dan sent in a letter of resignation as president since he felt that his office required someone located much closer to the College. As vice-president, under Dan, I have become your alumni president by succession. Having worked with Dan as a fellow alumnus on numerous Association activi­ ties, I will do my utmost to complete his term of office as successfully as he be­ gan it. The third is to aid the College whenever and wherever pos. sible in fund raising drives. The Association will be asked in the coming months to assume a greater share in this responsibility. The attainment of objectives such as these require the help of all the alumni. Small groups are limited in their support. I heartily urge you all to join in attaining these goals. Those of you who have either lost contact or have been unable to devote much time to our projects in the past can help us by attending meetings, serving on our numerous committees, offering con­ structive suggestions for more efficiency in the organization. Help make the Association better than ever. In closing, I ask that all alumni members who are either residing or expect to be in the Wilkes-Barre area on Monday, November 1, please make a special effort to attend our business meeting. Sincerely, MR. LUETZEL To fill the vacancy in the vice-presi­ dential office, I have been very fortunate in enlisting the aid of an interested and loyal alumnus. I am pleased to announce that Donald Honeywell, a fairly recent president of our Association, was appoint­ ed and has accepted the vice-presidency for the remainder of the 1954 term of office. This year the aims of the officers has been to center the As­ sociation's energies cn the most important events in the Asso­ ciation's calendar, namely the awarding of the key to the out­ standing graduate of the year and the Senior Class reception following graduation, the Annual Homecoming and the Christ­ mas Dance. By the time the Bulletin reaches you, plans for Homecoming and the Christmas Dance will be satisfactorily formulated and work shall have begun. We hope they will be as successful as the graduation reception held for the Senior Class. Make your plans for these two events now and enlist your alumni friends. WILLIAM G. LUETZEL President, Wilkes College Alumni Association Donald Honeywell New Vice-President Don Honeywell, who served as president of the Wilkes Col­ lege Alumni Association in 1950-51, joined the organization's officers recently when he was named vice-ppresident to fill a vacancy created when William Luetzel moved into the key chair. In the preliminary informal meetings I have had with the other officers, Tom Moran, the Alumni Secretary, and representa­ tives from the College, I have encountered a strong feeling of optimism, enthusiasm and interest in not only the present plans and aims of the Association but also in the position the Associa­ tion can and should assume in its relation to the College and its alumni. This year might begin a new phase in the Association's de­ velopment. Several objectives are apparent at the moment and can serve as bases for future planning and action. The first objective before us is to organize our Association to a greater degree. Being so young an organization, it is not as yet fully organized in membership or in action. We must try to renew the interest of our less active alumni. More coordina­ tion and singleness of purpose in overall projects should be sought between our chapters and the home body. The second is in promoting Wilkes College by suggesting Wilkes to high school seniors and by aiding the placement bureau in securing leads on employment for graduates. Luetzel became president when Danny Williams, elected as head of the asso­ ciation a year ago, accepted a teaching post in Germany. lib Honeywell graduated from Wilkes in 1949. He was a veteran of World War II and was called to active duty with the Air Force again in 1951. During his term as president he was faced with the task of heading a com­ mittee that revised the Alumni Constitution, MR. HONEYWELL •a job that required many long hours. His work as president was outstanding as he created new interest in the Association and started the movement c’ for an alumni scholarship fund that would be used to help needy students. He is associated with Deemer and Company in Wilkes-Bane, along with being affiliated with the Air Force Reserve, the Junior Chamber of Commerce and various other civic organizations. Two of the scenes that took place during Fresh­ man Week when Theta Delta Rho, women s sorority on campus, honored the new girls at a tea. New Freshman Class Largest in History A record freshman class began its academic work at Wilkes College this fall. Despite continued high entrance requirements and a careful selection of all applicants the number surpassed the count of any previous year's group admitted to the institution. An indication of the type student admitted was found in the report that 39 of the new class were vale­ dictorians, salutatorians, or ranked third in their graduating class at their respective high schools. Of the group, 16 were presidents of their senior classes and four were student council presidents. And adding even more promise to the incoming group as it began its first year of college work was the fact that 54 members were on high school honor rolls. The new class was welcomed by Dean of Men George F. Ralston and then embarked on a threeday orientation program before starting the regular freshman orientation program, which lasts several weeks. Many members of the new class are from out of the valley, an indication that the reputation of the college is being carried to people of other communi­ ties by the institution's many ambassadors. r I �dent Calls On Members To Extend 't To Achieve New Goals This Year x vice-president for more than half a )e asked one day to write what might s of the President" in the Alumni Buland a privilege. president, Dan Williams, left WilkesI position v/ith the U.S. Army in Gerwishes of all the alumni go v/ith him. in a letter of resignation as president required someone located much closer jresident, under Dan, I have become alumni president by succession, ing worked with Dan as a fellow inus on numerous Association activiI will do my utmost to complete his . oi' office as successfully as he beit. The third is to aid the College whenever and wherever pos­ sible in fund raising drives. The Association will be asked in the coming months to assume a greater share in this responsibility. The attainment of objectives such as these require the help of all the alumni. Small groups are limited in their support. I heartily urge you all to join in attaining these goals. Those of you who have either lost contact or have been unable to devote much time to our projects in the past can help us by attending meetings, serving on our numerous committees, offering con­ structive suggestions for more efficiency in the organization. Help make the Association better than ever. In closing. I ask that all alumni members who are either residing or expect to be in the Wilkes-Barre area on Monday, November 1, please make a special effort to attend our business meeting. Sincerely, To fill the vacancy in the vice-presitial office, I have been very fortunate inlisting the aid of an interested and tl alumnus. I am pleased to announce Donald Honeywell, a fairly recent ident of our Association, was appointand has accepted the vice-presidency remainder o' the 1954 term. ci office. ths c’iiccrs Les been. to center the Ase most important events in the Assothc awarding of the key to the cutye nr and the Senior Class reception Ann tic. 1 Homecoming -and the Chrisi- in. reaches you, plans for Homecoming ..ill be satisfactorily formulated and We hope they will be as successful •on held for the Senior Class. Make ■ events now and enlist your alumni formal meetings I have had with the the Alumni Secretary, and representahave encountered a strong feeling of interest in not only the present plans 5n but also in the position the Associa­ te in its relation to the College and its i a nev/ phase in the Association's detives are apparent at the moment and ure planning and action. ■foie us is to organize our Association ng so young an organization, it is not membership or in action. We must try >ur less active alumni. More coordinajose in overall projects should be sought I the home body. omoting Wilkes College by suggesting ors and by aiding the placement bureau ployment for graduates. WILLIAM G. LUETZEL President, Wilkes College Alumni Association t : : jk Honeywell New Vice-President Don Honeywell, who served as president of the Wilkes Col­ lege Alumni Association in 1950-51, joined the organization's officers recently when he was named vice-ppresident to fill a vacancy created when William Luetzel moved into the key chair. Luetzel became president when Danny Williams, elected as head of the asso- c.at.cn a year ago, accepted a teaching pest in Germany. Honeywell graduated from Wilkes in 1949. He v/as a veteran of World War II and was called to active duty with the Air Force again in 1951. During his term as president he v/as faced v/ith the task of heading a committee that revised the Alumni Constitution, MR. HONEYWELL a job that required many long hours. His work as president v/as outstanding as he created nev/ interest in the Association and started the movement for an alumni scholarship fund that v/ould be used to help needy students. Ho is associated with Deemer and Company in Wilkes-Barre, along with being affiliated with the Air Force Besorvo. the Junior Chamber of Commerce and various other civic organizations. Two of the scenes that took place during Fresh­ man Week when Theta Delta Rho. women's sorority on campus, honored the new girls at a tea. New Freshman Class Largest in History A record freshman class began its academic work at Wilkes College this fall. Despite continued high entrance requirements and a careful selection of all applicants the number surpassed the count of any previous year's group admitted to the institution. An indication of the type student admitted was found in the report that 39 of the new class were vale­ dictorians, salutatorians, or ranked third in their graduating class at their respective high schools. Of the group, 16 were presidents of their senior classes and four were student council presidents. And adding even more promise to the incoming group as it began its first year of college work was the fact that 54 members were on high school honor rolls. The new class was welcomed by Dean of Men George F. Ralston and then embarked on a threeday orientation program before starting the regular freshman orientation program, which lasts several weeks. Many members of the new class are from out of the valley, an indication that the reputation of the college is being carried to people of other communi­ ties by the institution's many ambassadors. �New Cc Nine Nominated For 1955 Alumni Positions; Savitz, Luetzel Selected For Presidency Ballots will be received 2,000 persons on the rolls Alumni Association as the elect a new slate of officers soon by approximately of the Wilkes College organization moves to for 1955. Nine members were selected by the nominating committee and from the floor at the October meeting to run for the top offices of president, vice president, secretary and treasurer. Attorney Joseph Savitz, who has his office in Wilkes-Barre, and William Luetzel, recently moved up from the vice presidency to fill out the remainder of the 1954 term vacated by Dan Williams, were nominated for president. recent graduate, for the office of treasurer. Mrs. Rhuea Williams Culp, fomer BUJC student, and Mrs. Ruth Jones were selected as the candidates for the office of secretary. The nominations, both those made by the presi­ dent's committee and selected from the floor, were approved according to the Association's Constitu­ tion at the October meeting. Ballots will be mailed to members of the Asso­ ciation before October 20th with the deadline set for midnight, according to postmark, Wednesday, November 10th. A former Wilkes College Alumni president, Donald L. Honeywell, was among three nominated for the vice presidency. Also nominated for this pest were Joseph Donnelly, member of the English Department and Bucknell Junior College graduate, and Attorney Thomas E. Brislin, another BUJC gradu­ ate, who has his offices in this city. The ballots will be counted by a special com­ mittee of three, appointed by Executive Alumni Se­ cretary Tom Moran, and the results made known at the Homecoming Dance on Saturday evening, No­ vember 20th. Attorney Gifford Cappellini, also a Wilkes-Barre lawyer, was nominated, along with Jim Richardson, Also listed on the ballot will be the names of nominees for the four offices of members-at-large. Alumni Pick Dec. 25th For Christmas Dance Students To Compete fn Campus Decorating For Wilkes Homecoming The annual Wilkes College Alumni Association Christmas Dance will be held on Christmas night in the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Sterling. Cc-chairmen of the affair are Dr. William Myers, former Wilkes football player, and Joseph Gudaitis, also a Wilkes graduate. Music for the affair will be supplied by Jack Melton and his orchestra. The affair has long been one of the highlights of the Alumni Association's annual program and has always been one of the biggest attractions for those living in the valley and the graduates working away from here. It is expected that this year's Christmas Dance —which, incidentally, falls on a Saturday night— will attract a record crowd because of the large gra­ duating classes in recent years and the steadily in­ creasing interest in the Association's activities. Members of the committee are: Music, Loretta Ferris and Ray Kay. Publicity, Jean Kochan and Don Honeywell. Assisting will be: Rhuea Williams Culp, William Luetzel, Jack Kloeber, Joseph Savitz, Jack Culp, Mabel Fay Richards and Ralph Connor. Tickets will be distributed to Alumni members three weeks before the dance and will also be avail­ able at the door. New officers will take office on January 1, according to constitutonal procedure. Once again this year students will be called upon to share m the Homecoming Program bv decorating the buildings on the Wilkes College campus. As in the past, the Alumni Association will offer a trophy to the organization responsible for the most committee. P ay “S jUdged by a speciaI alumni . stand°rds the committee in charge of judgmg has agreed upon will be based on originality. Homecommg theme, color and lighting. ., Judgil^ will take place on Friday night wm^e any Ho™ecomin9 — and the winner oAVa -h te ced °nd Presented with the trophy ball aahme °f the Wilkes-Moravian foot drum9 Saturday afternoon at Kingston Staof th^ Ifn,S,SlblEt)tGn points can be awarded for each aro m rlnh ) 91ng cate9ories- The organization, ber of receives ‘he highest num­ ber of.points will be declared the winner. ford ?0Inmittee consists of Attorney Gifson F Tn1®1' ^h°lrmant Ruth Punshon Jones NelStookev Frr, 1' ^Yanne Prank Rosenn, Shirley Tiorhlnr D .n J°bn O Malley, Lenore Linshes tern Will? t ^nC!rr Pearsa11' ^an Grabowski Mat­ tern, William L. Matter and Attorney Elmer J. Harris. Become fa Mr. Welton G. Farrar > Mrs. Ruth Roberts Development Director, News Officer Named Two appointments — one as director of develop­ ment and die other as head of the college news bu­ reau -— were announced at the opening of the 1954-55 school year by President Eugene S. Farley. Welton G. Farrar, well known member of the Economics Department at Wilkes, was appointed director of development and Mrs. Ruth Roberts, for­ mer member of the English Department at Wyoming Seminary, took over the duties in the college news bureau. The offices of development and news have been shifted to the main room on the third floor of Chase Hall — a space that until this year was occupied by the women's lounge and during the days of the junior college was the men's lounge. Farrar is a graduate of the University of Penn­ sylvania in 1947 and received his Master's Degree, with distinction, from the same institution in 1948. He served in the U. S. Merchant Marine in 1942 and the following year began a two-year tour with the Upperclas opening of tht the proud own place ■— the n Wilkes Collegi The latest Harding Houst former residenc The new s rear of Chase smdents. Dr. 1 the dormitory dormitory dinin teria. Naturally, ■ to be provided bers of the col of the summer rior of the strut A beautifu outside of the b Franklin Street, was revealed. The floors i and white chec green with whi On the firs the rear room kitchens are at smoking will h front. It will alt of the cafeteria, dining room. Gilbert Me board of trustee cially be know: nishings of the Clintock and 1 daughter of Jud years ago. Th, Valley as are s U. S. Navy. In his present duties, he will combine fund rais­ ing with the general supervision of publications, pub­ licity and alumni relations. During the past summer, Farrar worked on a business in education grant at the Travelers Insurance Company in Hartford. Mrs. Roberts, a graduate of Goucher College, is the mother of three children, two of which are now students at Wyoming Seminary, where the new appointee taught for four years. She joined the Wilkes College staff last year as an assistant in the public relations and alumni office. Mrs. Roberts, who has completed study at Cor­ nell for her M.A. in English, has the responsibility of gathering, writing and distributing news releases connected with the activities at Wilkes College. ■M Hare �New Campus Property Becomes Snack Bar tfominated For 1955 Alumni Positions; Luetzel Selected For Presidency be received on the rolls aiion as the ite of officers soon by approximately of the Wilkes College organization moves to for 1955. >ers were selected by the nominating from the floor at the October meeting p offices of president, vice president, reasurer. iseph Savitz, who has his office in nd William Luetzel, recently moved s presidency to fill out the remainder m vacated by Dan Williams, were ^resident. Wilkes College Alumni president, sywell, was among three nominated esidency. Also nominated for this >h Donnelly, member of the English i Bucknell Junior College graduate, tomas E. Brislin. another BUJC graduis offices in this city. recent graduate, for the office of treasurer. Mrs. Rhuea Williams Culp, fomer BUJC student, and Mrs. Ruth Jones were selected as the candidates for the office of secretary. The nominations, both those made by the presi­ dent's committee and selected from the floor, were approved according to the Association's Constitu­ tion at the October meeting. Ballots will be mailed to members of the Asso­ ciation before October 20th with the deadline set for midnight, according to postmark, Wednesday, November 10th. The ballots will be counted by a special com­ mittee of three, appointed by Executive Alumni Se­ cretary Tom Moran, and the results made known at the Homecoming Dance on Saturday evening, No­ vember 20th. New officers will take office on January 1, ac­ cording to constitutonal procedure. fford Cappellini, also a Wilkes-Barre tninaied, along with Jim Richardson, Also listed on the ballot will be the names of nominees for the four offices of members-at-large. PzcA Dec. 25th stmas Dance Students To Compete In Campus Decorating For Wilkes Homecoming Wilkes College Alumni Association e will be held on Christmas night in room of the Hotel Sterling. i of the affair are Dr. William Myers, Dotball player, and Joseph Gudaitis, raduate. he affair will be supplied by Jack orchestra. as long been one of the highlights isociation's annual program and has e of the biggest attractions for those ey and the graduates working away id that this year's Christmas Dance itally, falls on a Saturday night— ord crowd because of the large gra­ in recent years and the steadily in­ in the Association's activities. the committee are: Music, Loretta lay. Publicity, Jean Kochan and Don isting will be: Rhuea Williams Culp, Jack Kloeber, Joseph Savitz, Jack Z Richards and Ralph Connor. be distributed to Alumni members ire the dance and will also be avail- Once again this year students will be called upon to share in the Homecoming Program by de­ corating the buildings on the Wilkes College campus. As in the past, the Alumni Association will offer a trophy to the organization responsible for the most attractive display as judged by a special alumni committee. The standards the committee in charge of judg­ ing has agreed upon will be based on originality, Homecoming theme, color and lighting. The judging will take place on Friday night — the first day of the Homecoming — and the winner will be announced and presented with the trophy at the halftime period of the Wilkes-Moravian football game on Saturday afternoon at Kingston Stadium. A. possible ten points can be awarded for each of tne four judging categories. The organization, group, club or sorority that receives the highest num­ ber of points will be declared the winner. The judging committee consists of Attorney Gif­ ford Cappellini, chairman; Ruth Punshon Jones, Nel­ son F. Jones, Sallyanne Frank Rosenn, Shirley Stookey Frank, John F. O'Malley, Lenore Linshes Tischler, Doris Kanarr Pearsall, Jean Grabowski Mat­ tern, William L. Matter and Attorney Elmer J. Harris. Mr. Welton G. Farrar Mrs. Ruth Roberts Development Director, News Officer Named Two appointments — one as director of develop­ ment and the other as head of the college news bu­ reau — were announced at the opening of the 1954-55 school year by President Eugene S. Farley. Welton G. Farrar, well known member of the Economics Department at Wilkes, was appointed director of development and Mrs. Ruth Roberts, for­ mer member of the English Department at Wyoming Seminary, took over the duties in the college news bureau. The offices of development and news have been shifted to the main room on the third floor of Chase Hall — a space that until this year was occupied by the women's lounge and during the days of the junior college was the men's lounge. Farrar is a graduate of the University of Penn­ sylvania in 1947 and received his Master's Degree, with distinction, from the same institution in 1948. He served in the U. S. Merchant Marine in 1942 and the following year began a two-year tour with the U. S. Navy. Upperclassmen and freshmen returning for the opening of the new school year found themselves the proud owners of a new snack bar and meeting place — the result of a new property added to the Wilkes College campus. The latest addiiion to the campus block was the Harding House at 141 South Franklin Street —- a former residence of the Harding famiily for 175 years. The new snack bar will replace the cafeteria, rear of Chase Hall, as the gathering place of day s.udents. Dr. Farley explained that the growth of the dormitory population forced the switch of the dormitory dining hall from Sterling Hall to the cafe­ teria. A Naturally, with the switch, another building had to be provided for day students and faculty. Mem­ bers of the college maintenance staff worked most of the summer renovating and remodeling the inte­ rior of the structure. A beautiful interior resulted and work on the outside of the building, middle of the block on South Franklin Street, is scheduled for the near future, it was revealed. The floors of the five-room snack bar are green and white checked tile and the walls are finished in green with white and pine woodwork. On the first floor are three rooms with tables, the rear room housing the actual snack bar. The kitchens are at the extreme rear. A room in which smoking will be permitted is on the second floor front. It will also have tables as did the second floor of the cafeteria. Also on the second floor is a faculty dining room. Gilbert McClintock, chairman of the Wilkes board of trustees, stated that the building would offi­ cially be known as Harding House. Funds for fur­ nishings of the building were provided by Atty Mc­ Clintock and Mrs. Marian Curtin Winsor, grand­ daughter of Judge Harding, who built the house 175 years ago. The home is a landmark of Wyoming Valley as are several other Wilkes buildings. In his present duties, he will combine fund rais­ ing with the general supervision of publications, pub­ licity and alumni relations. During the past summer, Farrar worked on a business in education grant at the Travelers Insurance Company in Hartford. Mrs. Roberts, a graduate of Goucher College, is the mother of three children, two of which are now students at Wyoming Seminary, where the new appointee taught for four years. She joined the Wilkes College staff last year as an assistant in the public relations and alumni office. Mrs. Roberts, who has completed study at Cor­ nell for her M.A. in English, has the responsibility of gathering, writing and distributing news releases connected with the activities at Wilkes College. Harding House recently acquired �Homecoming, The blue and gold colors of Wilkes College will fly in welcome to the sons and daughters of the bearded Colonel on Friday and Saturday, November 19 and 20. wi Dr lis It will be Homecoming! And that traditional week-end period will be an open invitation to the many hundreds of former students to once again take part in the friendliness and warm spirit that surrounds the community col­ lege. The Colonel himself will ride the gridiron as a climax to the daytime affairs when the Wilkes eleven takes to the field to battle a team that calls itself Moravian and dares to invade the two-day period of rejoicing and get-together by alumni with an army of gridders who offer challenge to the sons of Wilkes. HOMECOMING COMMITTEE — Members of the 1954-55 Wilkes College Alumni Association's annual get-together committee are shown following one of the many late-hour sessions held in the main lounge of Chase Hall. Committee chairmen and their That there will be a lively time is certain. Too long have the loyal members of the Homecoming Committee, under Co-Chairmen Thomas Brislin and Russ Williams, worked to complete plans for what will easily pass as the finest Homecoming in the history of the college. workers spent many long hours planning the Novem­ ber 19-20 affair. Left to right, front rew: William Luetzel, president: Miriam Long, Attorney Thomas Brislin. Second row: Dr. Robert Kerr, Attorney Gif­ ford Cappellini and Joseph Gudaitis. The week-end of college activity begins offi­ cially on Friday night when an informal reception will be held at the Kingston House. This get-togeth­ er will not begin until 9:30 and will continue until after midnight, so that folks arriving in the valley from out-of-town can feel free to just drop in and meet the rest of the gang that dropped in before them. The PROGRAM Friday, November 19th 8:30 p.m. "Girl Crazy" — musical (Conducted by Cue 'n' Curtain Club) 9:30 p.m. Informal Reception Meyers High School Kingston House Saturday, November 20th 9:00 a.m. to Noon Registration, Tours, Visiting 10:30 a.m. Alumni Council Meeting 11:30 a.m. Luncheon Meeting Main Lounge, Chase Hall Lecture Hall __ 1:15 p.m. Colonel Caravan Parades 2:30 p.m. Wilkes vs. Moravian 7:00 p.m. Cocktail Party - Dinner - Dance Main Cafeteria Chase Hall - Stadium Kingston Stadium - - Hotel Sterling J Ki; at in siti lec pa E i hig the Loi jim ma ver Lee lad Crc Go: Registration begins, the next morning at 9 and continues through noon in the main lounge of Chase Hall. we' Kai At 10:30 a.m. the Alumni Council will meet, as called for in the constitution, to go over the 1953-54 accomplishments and to make plans for the 1954-55 year. Strong emphasis will be placed on reports by the Philadelphia and New York Chapters. Othercommunities will also be considered for chapter ap­ proval. ten Kn< Shi Joh Wil �A A COMMITTEE — Members oi ihe College Alumni Association's annual nmittee are shown following one of our cessions held in the main lounge Committee chairmen and their history of the college. workers spent many long hours planning the Novem­ ber 19-20 affair. Left to right, front row: William Luetzel, president; Miriam Long, Attorney Thomas Brislin. Second row: Dr. Robert Kerr, Attorney Gif­ ford Cappellini and Joseph Gudaitis. The week-end of college activity begins offi­ cially on Friday night when an informal reception will be held at the Kingston House. This get-togeth­ er will not begin until 9:30 and will continue until after midnight, so that folks arriving in the valley from out-of-town can feel free to just drop in and meet the rest of the gang that dropped in before them. The PROGRAM Registration begins, the next morning at 9 and continues through noon in the main lounge of Chase Hall. jer 19th "Girl Crazy" — musical (Conducted by Cue 'n' Curtain Club) Informal Reception Meyers High School Kingston House jmber 20th to Noon Registration, Tours, Visiting Main Lounge, Chase Hall 5 ■ At 10:30 a.m. the Alumni Council will meet, as called for in the constitution, to go over the 1953-54 accomplishments and to make plans for the 1954-55 year. Strong emphasis will be placed on reports rmrl Npw York Chanters. Other man; Dr. Frank Speicher, Stewart Colman, Ann Treveryan Speicher, Joseph B. Farrell, Esq., Al Colman, Leon Wazeter, Alberta Novick Killian. Luncheon Meeting — Shirley Salsburg, Chair­ lady; Rhuea Williams Culp, June Owens. Football Arrangements — Jack Feeney, Norman Cross, George Lewis, Jack Jones, Olin Thomas, Bob Gorgas. Cocktails - Buffet - Supper - Dance — Don Honey­ well, Murray Hartman, Clayton Karembelas, Jack Kam, Joseph Savitz, Esq., Ray Jacobs, Miriam Long. Reservations — Jack Culp, Chairman; Dot Winterstein, Jack Kloeber, Allen Bloomburg. Judging — Gifford Cappellini, Chairman; Doris Knarr Piersail, Ruth Puncheon Jones, Nelson Jones, Shirlev Stookev Frank, Sallvanne Frank Rosenn. �Philadelphia and N. Y. Have Alumni Chapters Wilkes College Alumni Associa­ tion Chapters have been organiz­ ed and operating in Philadelphia and New York City. As of now, two other chapters loom as possibilities before the end of the 1954-55 school year. They are the Johnson City area and Wil­ mington. Police take time for classes New English Prof. Dr. Haddin,| Author, Artist, Educator ' 1 Nurses seek advance credits Magistrates, Police, Nurses Take Courses At Community College The lights blaze late four nights a week on the Wilkes College campus as it continues its roll as a community college, dedicated to help a community that has helped it. And the finest examples of the work the college is doing through its Evening School program, under Director Stanley Wasileski, can be seen in the courses that are designed to benefit such specialized groups as justices of peace and aidermen, police officers and nurses. Several local hospitals are now sending student nurses to Wilkes College to complete their work to­ ward B.S. degrees in Nursing. Through the guidance of Dr. Hugo V. Mailey, head of the Political Science Department, and the aid of the Public Service Institute, Department of Public Instruction, aidermen and justices of peace, as well as city, county and suburban police officers, responded with enthusiasm to the courses offered in their fields by the College. Dr. George G. Raddin, new associate professor of English, is not only a man of wide teaching ex­ perience, but the product of another of his interests, painting, can be found in the personal collection of King Haakon VII of Norway. Dr. Raddin holds the degrees of bachelor of arts, master of arts, and doctor of philosophy from Colum­ bia University. His teaching has been done in the field of humanities, western civilization, American literature and 17th and 18th century English litera­ ture. He has taught at Rutgers, Columbia and most recently. City College of New York. In addition to being a teacher and a painter. Dr. Raddin is also an author. Three of his latest books have just been given to the Wilkes library. They deal with the early literary history of New York. Previously published works by Dr. Raddin are "An Early New York Library of Fiction" and "Childe Hassam". Both of these works appeared in 1940. Though he has had a long and varied teaching experience. Dr. Raddin is also known in his home community of Dover, N. J., for his painting and art lovers in the vicinity have often viewed his work. He has exhibited his paintings for 25 years with groups in New Jersey, New York and Pennsyl­ vania. Composi­ tions from his brush are to be found in various private col­ lections as well as that of the king of Norway. Dr. Raddin is cur­ rently residing at 93 West Union Street, Wilkes-Barre and is teaching E n g 1 i sh composition, West­ ern World literature and Aesthetics at Wilkes. The Philadelphia Chapter, ganized on October 18, 1952, is the oldest and apparently the strong­ est with Vester V. Vercoe current­ ly serving as president. The Philadelphia Chapter's pur­ pose, as carried in its constitution, serves as a guide for other chap­ ters: "To provide fellowship for alum­ ni of Wilkes College; to encourage a better informed alumni body; and to establish a medium for serving the college in this com­ munity." The New York City Chapter was organized following the formation of the one in the City of Brotherly Love, but still has not submitted a complete list of officers to the main alumni office, although representa­ tives of that chapter have promis­ ed to provide information concern­ ing the formation and operation of the New York City branch of the Alumni Association. It is the intention of the main college alumni office to help the organized chapters grow stronger through more direct ties with the college and to aid groups of reas­ onable size form chapters in their localities. The Alumnus, official publica­ tion of the Alumni Association, will devote several pages each quar­ ter to the information submitted by the Chapter reporters. Groups interested in organizing chapters are urged to contact the alumni office at the college. Faculty women concl Wilkes To Teach USAFR Meteorology Wilkes College has been given a contract by the U. S. government to conduct classes in meteorology for members of the Air Force Re­ serve. Dr. Charles Reif, chairman of the biology department, will di­ rect and instruct the classes. There will be 24 classes which will continue until June 15. Thirty men from the Air Force Reserve will be allowed to attend each class. V F c t I c n e c I c i A S c Cue 'n' Curtain Selects 'Girl Crazy' Performers Final preparations for the first Cue 'n' Curtain presentation of the year are now in full lull swing at Chase Theater. Mr. Alfred Groh and Mr. John Detroy announced the cast for "Girl Crazy", a musical comedy, recently. The leading roles will be played by Mrs. John Detroy, Fred Cohn, Skinny Ennis, Basia Mieszkowski, and Paul Shiffer. Supporting players include: Bill Crowder, Bruce Williams, Nancy Batcheler, Jane Obitz, Britton Kile, Natalie Rudusky, and Jim Jones. The musical will be staged on November 19 and 20 at the Irem Temple. Miss Lois Long is choreo­ grapher. C I s A I I I 1 t t c E v 1 t e c �istrates listen to lecture J8&- -- A - -i seek advance credits Police, ake Courses riunity College □laze late four nights a v/eek on the campus as it continues its roll as a ege, dedicated to help a community 1 it test examples of the work the college h its Evening School program, under ly Wasileski, can be seen in the 2 designed to benefit such specialized ices of peace and aidermen, police rrses. :al hospitals are now sending student es College to complete their work torees in Nursing. re guidance of Dr. Hugo V. Medley, olitical Science Department, and the blic Service Institute, Department of ion, aidermen and justices of peace, , county and suburban police officers, □ enthusiasm to the courses offered in the College. literature and 17th and 18th century English litera­ ture. He has taught at Rutgers, Columbia and most recently. City College of Nev/ York. In addition to being a teacher and a painter, Dr. Raddin is also an author. Three of his latest books have just been given to the Wilkes library. They deal with the early literary history of New York. Previously published v/orks by Dr. Raddin are "An Early New York Library of Fiction" and "Childe Hassam". Both of these works appeared in 1940. Though he has had a long and varied teaching experience. Dr. Raddin is also known in his home community of Dover, N. J., for his painting and art lovers in the vicinity have often viewed his work. He has exhibited his paintings for 25 years with groups in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. Composi­ tions from his brush are to be found in various private col­ lections as well as that of the king of Norway. Dr. Raddin is cur­ rently residing at 93 West Union Street, Wilkes-Barre and is teaching E n g 1 i sh composition. West­ ern World literature and Aesthetics at Wilkes. serving the college in this com­ munity." The New York City Chapter was organized following the formation of the one in the City of Brotherly Love, but still has not submitted a complete list of officers to the main alumni office, although representa­ tives of that chapter have promis­ ed to provide information concern­ ing the formation and operation of the New York City branch of the Alumni Association. It is the intention of the main college alumni office to help the organized chapters grow stronger through more direct ties with the college and to aid groups of reas­ onable size form chapters in their localities. The Alumnus, official publica­ tion of the Alumni Association, will devote several pages each quar­ ter to the information submitted by the Chapter reporters. Groups interested in organizing chapters are urged to contact the alumni office at the college. for members of the Air Force Re­ serve. Dr. Charles Reif, chairman of the biology department, will di­ rect and instruct the classes. There will be 24 classes which will continue until June 15. Thirty men from the Air Force Reserve will be allowed to attend each class. Cue 'n' Curtain Selects 'Girl Crazy' Performers Final preparations for the first Cue 'n' Curtain presentation of the year are now in full swing at Chase Theater. Mr. Alfred Groh and Mr. John Detroy announced the cast for "Girl Crazy", a musical comedy, recently. The leading roles will be played by Mrs. John Detroy, Fred Cohn, Skinny Ennis, Basia Mieszkowski, and Paul Shiffer. Supporting players include: Bill Crowder, Bruce Williams, Nancy Batcheler, Jane Obitz, Britton Kile, Natalie Rudusky, and Jim Jones. The musical will be staged on November 19 and 20 at the Irem Temple. Miss Lois Long is choreo­ grapher. The photo above shows the members of the organization gath­ ered after the opening meeting — a luncheon at the newly acquired Harding House on South Franklin Street. Hostesses for that day were Mrs. John Whitby, chairman; Mrs. Welton G. Farrar, Mrs. Francis Salley, Mrs. Eugene Hammer, Mrs. Sheldon Curtis and Mrs. John J. Chwalek. Officers are: Mrs. Welton G. Farrar, president; Miss Ruth Jes­ see, vice president; Mrs. Stanley Young, secretary; and Mrs. Nada Vujica, treasurer. Members of the Executive Committee are: Mrs. Helen Bitler Hawkins, Mrs. John J. Chwalek, Mrs. Dana H. Verry, Mrs. Francis J. Salley. Mrs. Ger­ trude Doane and Mrs. Alfred Bastress. Scheduled as the guest speaker at the November 5 meeting is Dr. Eugene Farley, college president, who will address the group on the Near East. Dr. Farley recently re­ turned from a tour of that part of the world and has been lecturing extensively before civic and church groups on his experiences abroad. �. .o A few notes about. . From time to time the alumni office in Chase Hall is happy to receive bits of information from old friends who once considered this building the "nerve center" of Wilkes College. Never forget that we are interested in knowing what you are doing. The recent mailbag samplings disclose that: Joe Pawlak, '51, is working for the government as an electronics instructor at Fort Monmouth, N. J., and claims he is still "foot-loose and free" . . . John B. Merritt, '49, who is married to Jane Korper, '48, is a salesman for the Philip Carey Mfg. Co. . . The couple has three daughters . . . Donald R. Law, '52, is fresh out of the Army after being discharged from his last station at Fort Belvoir, Va. . . . He is married to the former Elaine Bogan, '54. Among the most active local alumni is M. Lloyd Davies, who is a test engineer for the Pennsylvania Power & Light Company at Hazleton. . . . Lloyd grad­ uated from Bucknell Unversity with a mechanical engineering major in 1949. ... A. J. Fladd, '44, is currently employed by Roushey and Smith Engin­ eers and Consultants in Wilkes-Barre. . . He taught for five years as an assistant professor with the Penn State Extension in Wilkes-Barre and Philadelphia. . . . And another engineer, John Selinsky, is married and the father of a daughter. ... He is with the West­ inghouse Corporation in New Brunswick. N. J. . . . Charles W. Watson, married to the former Mary E. Martin, is living in Wilmington, Del., and continuing his studies at the University of Delaware College of Chemical Engineering. One of the group attending medical school abroad is Robert Kaelsch, who is studying at the Uni­ versity of Paris, France... . Robert Morgan completed his work for a master's degree at Bucknell during the summer and is currently the principal of the Frank­ lin street school in Plymouth. . . . Marilyn Sickler is teaching home economics at North Wales, Pa., and reports that she is enjoying it very much . . . David S. Davis is a member of the New York Alumni Chap­ ter and is employed as a chemist at Hercules Pow­ der Company in Kinvil, N. J. . . . Sara Schultz Jones, '50, is now living in Bethlehem, Pa., where her hus­ band is employed in the Bell Telephone Laborato­ ries. . . . They have one daughter, Barbara Ann, born December 9, 1952. . . . Dorothy Snyder Strobl is liv­ ing in Mountain Top. . . . She was married in 1948 and moved to Florida, where a son was bom. ... A son arrived in the family when the couple returned to Wilkes-Barre in 1951. R. Barry Jordan recently graduated from the Lincoln Chiropractic College in Indianapolis, Ind. . . . Bob Sanders, recent graduate, is currently an officer with the U. S. Army. ... He was married in 1952 ,o Shirley Smith of Kingston. . . . Marianne Hofman and Dick Scripp recently tied the knot . . . Doris Thomas Loughman, now living in York, is sticking strictly to household duties with a boy, 3, and a girl, 2, after having had nine years of teaching experience. . . . Bob Gill reports as a geophysicist and geochemist with the Gulf Oil Research and Development Com­ pany. . . . Albert L. Dondosta, '48, is employed as an accountant with Western Electric in Allentown. . . . Joseph M. Hiznay, '49, is an engineer with the Inter­ national Business Machines in Endicott, N. Y. . . . Would like to hear from some of the old gang. . . . His address is 308 Odell Avenue, Endicott, N. Y. Dr. Robert F. Babskie, M.D., is currently engaged in private practice in Nanticoke. . . He graduated from Bucknell Junior College in 1942. . . . And Mrs. Dorothy Smailes Nutt sends greetings from Lincoln, Neb. . . . She is married to the Reverend Richard W. Nutt, minister to Methodist students at .he University of Nebraska. ... J. Dallas Shepherd, who saw recall flight service in Korea after graduating from Wilkes, has become well known as an attorney vhrough Wyoming Valley . . . Alex K’otch is currently livmg at 40 Coral Drive, Brookview Apanments, Claymom, Del. . . . Robert E. Barnum. married to the former Irma Watkins, is the father of two children and employed as an engineer with Esso Laboratories in Linden, N.J. . . . Jean Hartman Crawley and husband, John, are livng in Philadelphia and have one daughter, Ann, 2. . . . William Holak, who attended Wilkes from 1947 to 1949, is completing his studies for a doctorate in physics at Penn State University. Dr. Earl J. Rhoades, M.D., is currently residing at 241 Edwards street. New Haven, Conn. ... He is married to the former Nancy Hamond and his prac­ tice is limited to orthopedic surgery. ... Lt. Gerard P. Finn, Jr., married to the former Rita Collins, is on active duty with the Navy. ... He was employed as an accountant with General Electric in Johnson City, N. Y„ before entering the service. . . . Barbara May McConologue is now residing at 182 South Sherman street, Wilkes-Barre. . . . And Leonard Horchos, who resides at 800 Thayer Avenue, Silver Springs, Md., is employed as an electronics engineer at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory in White Oak, Silver Springs, Md. . . . Virginia Denn writes that she is a member of the professional staff of the Richmond (Va.) Girl Scout Council where she trains and supervises lead­ ers in that city. . . . She is also taking courses at the University of Richmond and the Richmond Profes­ sional Institute of the College of William and Mary. . . . June L. Marshall Redding is now residing at Landover, Md. . . . Merton Jones, '51, was graduated recently from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. . . . Alfred P. Hughes, '52, graduated recently with his degree in civil engineering from Lehigh Uni­ versity and is now employed by the American Bridge Company, U. S. Steel Corporation. Dr. Walter E. Pluto, D.D.S., who started his den­ tal practice after graduating from the Temple Dental School in June, 1949, is residing in Bethlehem. . . . He is married to the former Irene V. Lewski, Nanti­ coke resident, who graduated from Bucknell in 1936. . . . The couple has one child, Charlene. . . Ed Tybursld, '51, is the assistant suburban editor of the Phila­ delphia Bulletin. . . .Paul B. Beers, '52, expects to be released from the Navy soon and plans to enter the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. . . . Ambrose Saricks, '35, recently returned to the valley after four years as an assistant professor of history at the University of Kansas. Johnny Marlin, '49, is currently a disc jockey and announcer at WWPA in Williamsport, Pa., and interested in contacting John Redding. . . . Gene Shaver, '48, went on to Bucknell where he graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1950 and is now a plant engineer at Sprout-Waldron Com­ pany, Muncy, Pa. ... He is a poppa — daughter, Patricia, slightly more than a year old. ... Dr. E. Dwyer, '35, is practicing at 17 East Main street, Ply­ mouth and his oldest son is a sophomore at Colum­ bia. . . . The Columbian is married to Mary Lou Evans Dwyer, a sophomore at Wilkes. ... A daugh­ ter is a cheerleader at Plymouth High School. . . . John Palsha, currently living at 28 Green Street, Nep­ tune City, N. J., is teaching mathematics and science in Bradley Beach, N. J. . . . Louise Schooley Hazel­ tine, '43, is one of the head nurses at New York Hospi­ tal, Cornell Medical Center, and residing at 1320 York Avenue, N. Y. 21. . . . Mary J. Pohala is enrolled as a graduate student in the Department of Medical Microbiology. University of Pennsylvania. . . . Dr. Joseph J. Aleo. D.D.S., is in private practice of dental surgery at Meshoppen, Pa. . . . Dr. William Myers, '48, and his wife, Beverly Graham Myers, '44, are residing in Kingston. . . . They have one son, Mark, two and one-half years old. Ralph Carey, '48, is practicing law in Scranton after going on to Dickinson Law School. . . . Marion Wellman, married to Martin Altman, has a year-old daughter, Anita Diane, and is residing in New York City. . . . The Reverend Arthur W. Bloom, '51, is as­ sistant minister at St. Mark's Methodist Church in Brooklyn, N. Y. . . . John J. Redding is currently resid­ ing at 3722 Ingalls avenue, Landover, Md., where he is a research ant Arthur G. Taylor, Faust, of Hanover Plainsfield, N. J. . . ceived her medicc College and is ma The couple has on ton Phillips is a tei Elementary Schoo] sides at 13 South 1 Joseph Yarash adjuster for Calvet ark, N. J. . . . Jam from Temple Dent' a Navy officer soo and husband, Ken Pa. . . . Ken is a t School. . . . Robert Drew Theological teaching mathema John M. Cain, '50, analyst with Luke Pa. . . . Working v, ployed as a cost c Jo Ann Petroi School of Nursing, to complete her w . . . Nancy Yaufm are residing at 61 Ohio. . . . Russ is and Rubber Com Elchak is workinc Towanda and the E. Enlow, workinc gation, is residing ing night session versity. ... Tor Smith, '52, and e: Wilkes-Barre, whi er at Dallas Boro Gwenn Cliffo York City where television work, street, N.Y.C. . , . by the United Ri in Washington, Milton F. Edelma est Avenue, Car] of economics at t Mary Zora Porte: is residing in Pi interning. . . . Eve band, Rudy, at ( �. . old friends r notes about. . me the alumni office in Chase eive bits of information from old isidered this building the "nerve jllege. Never forget that we are rg what you are doing. ilbag samplings disclose that: working for the government as :tor at Fort Monmouth, N. J., and oot-loose and free" . . . John. B. named to Jane Korper, '48, is a lip Carey Mfg. Co. . . The couple . . . Donald R. Law, '52, is fresh r being discharged from his last ir, Va. . . . He is married to the , '54. : active local alumni is M. Lloyd t engineer for the Pennsylvania any at Hazleton. . . . Lloyd grad1 Unversity with a mechanical n 1949. ... A. J. Fladd, '44, is by Roushey and Smith Engins in Wilkes-Barre. . . He taught xssistant professor with the Penn Wilkes-Barre and Philadelphia, [ineer, John Selinsky, is married rughter. . . . He is with the Westn in New Brunswick, N. J. . . . married to the former Mary E. Wilmington, Del., and continuing .iversity of Delaware College of ig. ,p attending medical school asch, who is studying at the Uni:e... . Robert Morgan completed s degree at Bucknell during the mtly the principal of the Franklyrnouth. . . . Marilyn Sickler is smics at North Wales, Pa., and ijoying it very much . . . David ■ of the New York Alumni Chap­ as a chemist at Hercules Powril, N. J. . . . Sara Schultz Jones, Bethlehem, Pa., where her husi the Bell Telephone Laboratotie daughter, Barbara Ann, born . Dorothy Snyder Strobl is liv, . . . She was married in 1948 t, where a son was born. ... A mily when the couple returned >1. recently graduated from the College in Indianapolis, Ind. . . . jraduate, is currently an officer Landover, Md. . . . Merton Jones, '51, was graduated recently from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. . . . Alfred P. Hughes, '52, graduated recently with his degree in civil engineering from Lehigh Uni­ versity and is now employed by the American Bridge Company, U. S. Steel Corporation. with the U. S. Army. ... He was married in 1952 io Shirley Smith of Kingston. . . . Marianne Hofman and Dick Scripp recently tied the knot . . . Doris Thomas Loughman, now living in York, is slicking strictly to household duties with a boy, 3, and a girl, 2, after having had nine years of teaching experience. . . . Bob Gill reports as a geophysicist and geochemist with the Gulf Oil Research and Development Com­ pany. . . . Albert L. Dondosta, '48, is employed as an accountant with Western Electric in Allentown. . . . Joseph M. Hiznay, '49, is an engineer with the Inter­ national Business Machines in Endicott, N. Y. . . . Would like to hear from some of the old gang. . . . His address is 308 Odell Avenue, Endicott, N. Y. f Dr. Robert F. Babskie, M.D., is currently engaged in private practice in Nanticoke. . . He graduated from Bucknell Junior College in 1942. . . . And Mrs. Dorothy Smailes Nutt sends greetings from Lincoln, Neb. . . . She is married to the Reverend Richard W. Nutt, minister to Methodist students at the University of Nebraska. ... J. Dallas Shepherd, who saw recall flight service in Korea after graduating from Wilkes, has become well known as an attorney Through Wyoming Valley . . . Alex Kotch is currently living at 40 Coral Drive, Brookview Apariments, Claymom, Del. . . . Robert E. Barnum, married to the former Irma Watkins, is the father of two children and employed as an engineer with Esso Laboratories in Linden, N.J. . . . Jean Hartman Crawley and husband, John, are livng in Philadelphia and have one daughter, Ann, 2. . . . William Holak, who attended Wilkes from 1947 to 1949, is completing his studies for a doctorate in physics at Penn State University. Dr. Earl J. Rhoades, M.D., is currently residing at 241 Edwards street. New Haven, Conn. ... He is married to the former Nancy Hamond and his prac­ tice is limited to orthopedic surgery. ... Lt. Gerard P. Finn, Jr., married to the former Rita Collins, is on active duty with the Navy. . . . He was employed as an accountant with General Electric in Johnson City, N. Y„ before entering the service. . . . Barbara May McConolcgue is now residing at 182 South Sherman street, Wilkes-Barre. . . . And Leonard Horchos, who resides at 800 Thayer Avenue, Silver Springs, Md., is employed as an electronics engineer at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory in White Oak, Silver Springs, Md. . . . Virginia Denn writes that she is a member of the professional staff of the Richmond (Va.) Girl Scout Council where she trains and supervises lead­ ers in that city. . . . She is also taking courses at the University of Richmond and the Richmond Profes­ sional Institute of the College of William and Mary. . . . June L. Marshall Redding is now residing at Dr. Walter E. Pluto, D.D.S., who started his den­ tal practice after graduating from the Temple Dental School in June, 1949, is residing in Bethlehem. . . . He is married to the former Irene V. Lewski, Nanti­ coke resident, who graduated from Bucknell in 1936. . . . The couple has one child, Charlene. . . Ed Tyburski, '51, is the assistant suburban editor of the Phila­ delphia Bulletin. . . .Paul B. Beers, '52, expects to be released from the Navy soon and plans to enter the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. . . . Ambrose Saricks, '35, recently returned to the valley after four years as an assistant professor of history at the University of Kansas. ♦ Johnny Martin, '49, is currently a disc jockey and announcer at WWPA in Williamsport, Pa., and interested in contacting John Redding. . . . Gene Shaver, '48, went on to Bucknell where he graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1950 and is now a plant engineer at Sprout-Waldron Com­ pany, Muncy, Pa. . . . He is a poppa — daughter, Patricia, slightly more than a year old. ... Dr. E. Dwyer, '35, is practicing at 17 East Main street, Ply­ mouth and his oldest son is a sophomore at Colum­ bia. . . . The Columbian is married to Mary Lou Evans Dwyer, a sophomore at Wilkes. ... A daugh­ ter is a cheerleader at Plymouth High School. . . . John Palsha, currently living at 28 Green Street, Nep­ tune City, N. J., is teaching mathematics and science in Bradley Beach, N. J. . . . Louise Schooley Hazeliine, '43, is one of the head nurses at New York Hospi­ tal, Cornell Medical Center, and residing at 1320 York Avenue, N. Y. 21. . . . Mary J. Pohala is enrolled as a graduate student in the Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania. . . . Dr. Joseph J. Aleo, D.D.S., is in private practice of dental surgery at Meshoppen, Pa. . . . Dr. William Myers, '48, and his wife, Beverly Graham Myers, '44, are residing in Kingston. . . . They have one son, Mark, two and one-half years old. Ralph Carey, '48, is practicing law in Scranton after going on to Dickinson Law School. . . . Marion Wellman, married to Martin Altman, has a year-old daughter, Anita Diane, and is residing in New York City. . . . The Reverend Arthur W. Bloom, '51, is as­ sistant minister at St. Mark's Methodist Church in Brooklyn, N. Y. . . . John J. Redding is currently resid­ ing at 3722 Ingalls avenue, Landover, Md., where he is a research a n a 1 y s t for the U. S. Air Force. . . . Arthur G. Taylor, married to the former Dolores Faust, of Hanover Township, is teaching at North Plainsfield, N. J. . . . Doris S. Gorka, '49, recently re­ ceived her medical degree from Women's Medical College and is married to Lt. Anthony Bartuska. . . . The couple has one daughter. Arm. . . . Nancy Bos­ ton Phillips is a teacher in the first grade of Lincoln Elementary School at Bergenfield, N. J. . . . She re­ sides at 13 South Woodside street. Joseph Yarashinsky, '53, is employed as a staff adjuster for Calvert Fire Insurane Company in New­ ark, N. J. . . . James F. Roberts recently graduated from Temple Dental School and expects to become a Navy officer soon. . . . Margaret Anthony Widdall and husband, Kenneth, are residing at Boyerstown, Pa. . . . Ken is a teacher and coach at Media High School. . . . Robert Benson, '52, is in his last year at Drew Theological Seminary. . . . Boyd EarL '52, is teaching mathematics at Forty Fort High School. . . . John M. Cain, '50, is employed as an office methods analyst with Lukens Steel Company in Coatesville, Pa. . . . Working with him is John Fedastian, '50, em­ ployed as a cost clerk. Jo Ann Petrovitz, now at the Temple University School of Nursing, expects to return to Wilkes in 1956 to complete her work for a B.S. Degree in Nursing. . . . Nancy Yaufman Jones, '50, and J. Russell Jones, are residing at 6158 South Main street, St. Mary's, Ohio. . . . Russ is the manager of a Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Service Store. . . . Michael Elchak is working for Sylvania Electric Products in Towanda and the father of three children. . . . Lyle E. Enlow, working for the Federal Bureau of Investi­ gation, is residing in Washington, D. C„ and attend­ ing night sessions at the George Washington Uni­ versity. . . . Tom Jones, '51, is married to Jeanne Smith. '52, and employed as a chemist at Okonite, Wilkes-Barre, while Jeanne is a kindergarten teacher at Dallas Borough. Gwenn Clifford Guzzone, '50, is residing in New York City where she is doing some modeling and television work. . . . Her address is 246 East 54th street, N.Y.C. . . . Alice H. Green has been employed by the United Railroad Workers of America, CIO, in Washington, D. C., since leaving Wilkes. . . . Milton F. Edelman, now residing at 1016 South For­ est Avenue, Carbondale, Ill., is assistant professor of economics at the Southern Illinois University. . . , Mary Zora Porter is married to Dr. Carl Evans and is residing in Philadelphia, where her husband is interning. . . . Evelyn Paige Gulwein is with her hus­ band, Rudy, at Georgia Tech. �College President Examines Athletic Code Members Advised Dues How Payable For Ilumni Year As we open the ninth season of football we once more examine the athletic policy that has govern­ ed our intercollegiate programs. Early in the game we were forc­ ed to make a decision between athletics that were for the student and athletics that were primarily designed to develop outstanding teams. We concluded that if ath­ letics were run for the advantage of the student they must be con­ ducted in exactly the same way that any other extra curricular activity is conducted and operated on a purely amateur basis. It's time again to sit down and write out a check or money order for $2 as your dues for the 1954-55 Wilkes College Alumni Associa­ tion dues. 29 The Alumni office will begin sending out membership cards within the next week to all those who have paid their dues. DR. EUGENE S. FARLEY President of Wilkes College In conseguence of this decision many boys have played at Wilkes College who would not have been able to play had they been compel­ led to compete with subsidized athletics. Under the Wilkes policy many students having no experience in athletics have earned their letters and have had four years of exeperience and fun. We thoroughly believe in athletics as part of the educational pro­ gram of the College. We believe, however, that it should be a definite part of the program of the College and should be maintained in balance with the other activities. Our concern is for the development of the best in cooperation, personality, character, and mind. We do not believe that professional athletics in college attain the ends that we wish and we are most happy with the results of our policy of moderation in athletics. In returning your dues to the alumni office, please keep us post­ ed on what has happened to you in the last few months or since you left college, in case you have been neglectful in your messages to us. Use the information blank below. Wilkes Eleven vs. Moravian in Hoi 1954 COLONELS—First row, left to right: Don Straub, Ron Fitzgerald, Bob Fay, Al Nicholas, Jim Cattell, Jack Richards, Bill Staunton, Jim Smiles, Joe Scott. Second row: Glenn Carey, Ron Rescigno, Cliff Brautigan, Howie Gross, Paul Gronka, Neil Dadurka, Walt Chapko, John Lycos, Ed Gavel, Art Tambur, Russ Picton, assistant coach. Third row: George Only a small portion of the alumni have forwarded their dues in the past year, but many have indicated an interest in the Asso­ ciation. Before you forget, why not take care of that matter of dues right now. It will help keep you in good standing wth the Associa­ tion and also is an indication that you are behind the efforts to keep former Wilkes students together through Alumni activities. Wilkes Soccer Team Seeking 2nd. Big Year 1954-55 Dues and News Card Enclosed is my check or money order for $... 1954-55 Wilkes College Alumni year. Name .... to cover my dues for the Class of Present Address. Married to Present Employment Class of Duties Member of a Wilkes Alumni Chapter? Additional Information. .. Where? 1 Through the efforts and de­ termination of Bob Partridge, Wilkes soccer coach, the hoot­ ers hit their first winning season last year and expect to do the same this year with many of the veterans back in action. In the photo. Partridge, a former All-American player at Penn, goes over a few of the fundamentals with his players on the Kirby Park drill field. Left to right, first row: Jack Curtis, Dick Heltzel, Co-captain Dick Polakowski, Joe Gay, Fred Boote. Second row: Jim Ferris, Chet Miller, Nick Giordano, Kingston high school student from Naples, Italy, who is work­ ing out with the Colonels, and Ahmad Kazimi. Kneeling in front of the group with Partridge is Flip Jones, former star of the team, who is serving as assist­ ant coach this season. Part­ ridge has high hopes for the second straight winning season. Ralstoi McFad Stan 7 ger. 1 Brezna Cashm Wilkes Opens Nir It was back in 1946 that collegiate gridiron. Since that athletic activities at the college. At the wheel of the Wilke Ralston, also dean of men and d with sports at Wilkes, achieving i Members of the Alumni . Colonel gridders in action on Sc Moravian College at 2:30 p.m. : �Members Advised Dsses Now Payable For Alumni Year esident Athletic Code the ninth season of nee more examine licy that has govemllegiate programs. game we were forcr decision between were for the student that were primarily levelop outstanding included that if athi for the advantage they must be conctly the same way er extra curricular fueled and operated nateur basis. It's time again to sit down and write out a check or money order for S2 as your dues for the 1954-55 Wilkes College Alumni Associa­ tion dues. The Alumni office will begin sending out membership cards within the next week to all those who have paid their dues. DR. EUGENE S. FARLEY President of Wilkes College uence of this decision many boys have played at Wilkes vould not have been able to play had they been compel: with subsidized athletics. Under the Wilkes policy many ng no experience in athletics have earned their letters I four years of exeperience and fun. ughly believe in athletics as part of the educational proollege. We believe, however, that it should be a definite gram of the College and should be maintained in balance activities. Our concern is for the development of the best i, personality, character, and mind. ot believe that professional athletics in college attain the .wish and we are most happy with the results of our policy in athletics. In returning your dues to the alumni office, please keep us post­ ed on what has happened to you in the last few months or since you left college, in case you have been neglectful in your messages to us. Use the information blank below. Wilkes Eleven vs. Moravian in Homecoming Game 1954 COLONELS—First row, left to right: Don Straub, Ron Fitzgerald, Bob Fay, Al Nicholas, Jim Cattell, Jack Richards, Bill Staunton, Jim Smiles, Joe Scott. Second row: Glenn Carey, Ron Rescigno, Cliff Brautigan, Howie Gross, Paul Gronka, Neil Dadurka, Walt Chapko, John Lycos, Ed Gavel, Art Tambur, Russ Picton, assistant coach. Third row: George Only a small portion of the alumni have forwarded their dues in the past year, but many have indicated an interest in the Asso­ ciation. Before you forget, why not take care of that matter of dues right now. It will help keep you in good standing wth the Associa­ tion and also is an indication that you are behind the efforts to keep former Wilkes students together through Alumni activities. Wilkes Soccer Team Seeking 2nd Big Year 1954-55 Dues and News Card aclosed is my check or money order for S Wilkes College Alumni year. to cover my dues for the Class of . Address. Class of to Employment of a Wilkes Alumni Chapter? tai Information_____ Where? f * Through the efforts and de­ termination of Bob Partridge, Wilkes soccer coach, the hoot­ ers hit their first winning season last year and expect to do the same this year with many of the veterans back in action. In the photo, Partridge, a former All-American player at Penn, goes over a few of the fundamentals with his players on the Kirby Park drill field. Left to right, first row: Jack Curtis, Dick Heltzel, Co-captain Dick Polakowski, Joe Gay, Fred Boote. Second row: Jim Ferris, Chet Miller, Nick Giordano, Kingston high school student from Naples, Italy, who is work­ ing out with the Colonels, and Ahmad Kazimi. Kneeling in front of the group with Partridge is Flip Jones, former star of the team, who is serving as assist­ ant coach this season. Part­ ridge has high hopes for the second straight winning season. Ralston, coach; Andy Dovin, Jim Puderbach, Don McFadden, Sam Puma, Tony Greener, Bill Parish, Stan Abrams, Ray Levandoski, Gene Snee, mana­ ger. Back row: Bob Masonis, Sam Dilcer, Andy Breznay, Bill Gorski, Joe Trosko, Joe Wilk, Jarrel Cashmere, and Royal Hayward. Wilkes Opens Ninth Season On Gridiron It was back in 1946 that the Colonels first made their appearance on the collegiate gridiron. Since that time football has become one of the most important athletic activities at the college. At the wheel of the Wilkes grid machine for the ninth season is George F. Ralston, also dean of men and director of athletics. Ralston has done a superb job with sports at Wilkes, achieving much while operating with a reduced budget. Members of the Alumni Association will get an opportunity to watch the Colonel gridders in action on Saturday, November 20, when Wilkes plays host to Moravian College at 2:30 p.m. in Kingston Stadium. �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumni Magazine, 1947-present Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations Description An account of the resource <p>An archive of Wilkes University Magazine, from 1947-present. The magazine went through various names including <em>Wilkes Alumnus</em>, <em>Wilkes Quarterly,</em> <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, and the current title, <em>Wilkes Magazine</em>. Some editions for the <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, will have multiple issues within the file record. Our holdings may be missing editions for certain years due to having no physical copy within the collection. </p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wilkes University Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wilkes University Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wilkes University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1947-present Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wilkes Alumnus Fall 1954 Subject The topic of the resource Alumni Relations Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marketing and Communications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 1954 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Magazine