service^ men

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STUDENT OPINION

EDINBORO STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, EDINBORO, PA.

NOVEMBER 4, 1942

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PHYSICAL fitness Conneauteean Staff Edinboro Players
IS GIRIS AIM
Announced Here
Select Members
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HOLIDAY MARKED
BY MASQUERADE

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The Educational Policies Com- .•A has published the stateThis is the staff of Juniors which
After their annual tryouts, the
Last Friday evening the Sopho­
‘nlsSt10t‘hat “the health, safety, and is putting out the 1943 edition of Edinboro
Players selected proba­ more class continued the long
“
l«ical
program
in
the
elemen“
The
Conneauteean
”
,
Edinboro
’
s
5re
tionary
members
for
the
year.
tradition of Edinboro Hallowe’en
and secondary schools and annual: Editor, Vernon Dornbach;
Sic
chosen were welcomed into celebrations when they sponsored
"institutions of higher educa- Assistant. Sally Wilson; Business Those
the organization at a get-acquaint­ the party held in the old gym
L Should be given a high or- Manager, Phylis Myers; Art Ed­ ed costume party held Tuesday
from eight to twelve p. m.
ing fr nf priority among competing itor, Susy Sack;
Photographer,
October 27, in the dress­
The party started off with gen­
ild Ecational interests ... a more Wilbur Rose; Advertising Man­ evening,
ing rooms of the new auditorium. eral dancing which was followed
m. Pinite and consistent program ager, Chester Eisaman; Organiza­ The following probationary mem­ by a Grand March in which the
ohysical fitness should be de- tions Editor, Margaret Caflisch; bers have been named: Clarke
Dr. and Mrs. L. H. Van
eloped and required of all stu- Womens’ Sports Editor, Marjory Sundean, Jane Morrison, Kather­ judges,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Heiini
Ws” In conformity with this Hall; Men’s Sports Editor, Jack ine Hippie, M. Johnson, Ralph Zin- Houten,
and Wilbur Rose reviewed
increasingly prevalent trend of Bonnett; Class Editor, Ruth Sam- dle, Joseph Spence, Joyce Ryder, naman,
the contestants. Eric Sundean,
eld thought, the girls of Edinboro have kowski
Peggy McElroy, Richard Williams, who was dressed in a nineteenth
ted voted unanimously to introduce
Kathryn
Henderson,
Yvonne century hoop skirt and pantaloons,
a physical fitness program into
Christensen, Dick Hoh, Guy Fitch, and Sally Wilson, who was dressed
Forrest Ducette, and Audrey Ba­ as an old-fashioned gentleman in
re- the extra curricular schedule.
H is believed that physical fit­
Key Club Holds
black, formal attire and stove pipe
con.
ast ness has a direct relationship to
Lucille Marti has been chosen hat, won first prizes. George Kosnational defense and that all col­
Democratic Meeting
as president of the Edinboro Play­ anovic and Jane Morrison won sec­
III- leges and universities should take
ers. David Small is vice-presi­ ond prizes. George was a demure
such
steps
as
will
be
necesary
to
addent; Merritt McIntosh, treasurer; gypsy girl, and Jane was a clown
Eleanor Price, secretary; Hazel as wide as she was high.
zel bring each individual student to
his highest possible level of phys­
The Key Club (iormerly known Taylor, Wardrobe Mistress; Carol
Many of the faculty members
)ur
as the Social Arts Club) has or­ Davis, Stage Manager.
ical fitness.
who came were in ingenious cos­
the Fitness is, in a broad sense ganized for the coming year and
In connection with earning cred­ tumes. Miss Dorothy Skinner had
ion health—the prevention of disease, has launched an active schedule its for Alpha Psi Omega qualifi­ on a very real looking Turk cos­
aes the remedy of defects, good nu­ of events. Lucille Marti is lead­ cation three of the players are tume made from a sheet and a
re- trition, muscular strength and en- ■ ing the club as President while planning to direct and present hand towel, and Miss Mildred Fordurance, and mental health and Thelma Shorts is assisting her. one-act plays. These players
1 are ness and Miss Esther Wilson wore
. ,
morale. In time of war the life Ruth Graves is Secretary-Treas­ Lucille Marti, Jane Morrison, and hair-raising masks made by
demands on the human organism urer; Hazel Taylor, Publicity Audrey Bacon. Plays are sched­ stretching silk stockings over their
are far greater than in times Chairman; Betty McCray, Librar­ uled for November 10 and No­ faces. Miss Janet Kelley made
her appearance in a gypsy-like
ian. Miss Dorothy Skinner was vember 17.
of peace.
costume while Dr. M. S. Hiskey
The biological and structural dif­ chosen by the group to act as
arrived as a Mexican cowboy.
ferences in people will naturally their advisor.
As master of ceremonies, Clin­
An increased membership has
prevent some individuals from at­
ere taining the same degree of fit­ resulted from the
ton Thomas directed several“Paul
addition of
Joneses” and various other group
ior- ness found in others; however, many new members, both fresh­
games such as “Three Deep” and
mt- no stigma should be attached to men and upperclassmen. The first
“Kaboose”. For those who did not
Pi those with less skill and develop­ meeting of the Key Club was de­
j dance there was apple bobing,
voted
to
welcoming
and
integrat
­
ment
unless
they
can
be
accused
Ion
I “Donkey” and other card games,
of neglect or laziness. We are go­ ing the new members. A card and
and contests such as trying to
red ing to be sure that there can be game party held in the Recreation
On December 4, another all-col­ whistle after eating a cracker and
ers no such accusations here.
Room of Haven Hall, Friday,Oc­
trying to “swallow a piece of
In the program being launched tober 24, proved to be an amazing lege bazaar is being sponsored string
in order to obtain a ker­
by
the
Sophomore
class
for
the
every individual reports fox' twenty success. On Monday, November
nel
of
corn tied in the middle .
purpose
of
raising
funds
with
minutes of calisthenics one day 2, a Democratic I/Ieeting at which
The screams that now and then is­
which
to
purchase
Christmas
gifts
S 2nd twenty minutes of military each member contributed sug­ for the Edinboro men in the armed sued forth from the balcony were
drill the next, five days a week. gestions for social etiquette was
caused by the travelers of the
will be taken held.
4 services. Organizations wishing to
ical Measurements
Trail”.
.
A summary of the Club s act­ participate in the bazaar should “Ghost
monthly of the chest, arm, waist,
Later in the evening cider and
cia* njPs, thigh, leg, and stride; and, ivities to date- would, of course, make arrangements, with E. Clin­ doughnuts
were served by the
gbt Wiile there may not be any no­ be
featured b> mention of ton Stubbe, general chairman ol refreshments committee of which
bazaar.
the
All-College
Mixer
which
it
the
jsic ticeable results for two or three
Myrtle Johnson was the head. Na­
months, Miss Nettie Ruttie antici­ held some time ago. From the- start
talie Jacobson was in charge of
the crew which arranged the dec­
pates some quite startling statis­ the Key Club has made, this or­
ieDganization promises to have an
orations while Ruth Jones com­
ts in due time.
jtte
mittee handled the publicity.
It must be emphasized that these active' season.
licH “aijy periods of drill are not to
lOU* ; ePlace the sports program of the
The W. A. A. activities
Proceed as always. The womhave volunteered to try the proiar' sram with the full knowledge
Private Frank Holowach, an
at no academic or W. A. A. credfir
Edinboro undergraduate now sei )0ft Servare.earned by it and so deing in the armed forc®s’ ® plk
th Vf’ in our opinion, a pat on
several hours on campus last week.
back
Mr. Holowach was an acUvei Soph
twenty-fourth of Octo­
Dewey Long, Eleanor Price, omore here last year. A straign berOnL. the
H. Van Houten attended the
Walter Linburg, and Ruth Graves “A” student, he served as eanoi fifteenth meeting of the Pennsylare attending, with Dr. L. H. Van of the Spectator, assistant edito vania Conference of
SchoM
the Conneauteean, and
Phvsics Teachers held at blare
Houten, the fifteenth conference of
Th^h? Proposal to
eliminate of the Associated Student Gov- more student council representa- College. Several talks were pre­
£ve In this latter capacity he sented at the meeting. At the close
tyq,.j
S
giving
vacation
this
year
(D«
^ttende?edthsetuCd°enn ^nmenTs Dr Van Houten commented upon
v07 defeated by a student-faculty ernments of the State Teachers
Colleges
of
Pennsylvania.
The
A
iSSt°he State^Teachers Colleges of the speeches and then presented a
K6 ,of 108 to 56. Therefore,
on “The Problems of
ef-‘
meeting
is
to
be
held
at
Manstield
Pennsylvania held at Millersville symposium
!«rthT?^nt recess will start afthe High School Physics Teacher.
ber n last class Tuesday, Novem- State Teachers College on Novem State Teachers College.
anci will end
noon ber 13 and 14.
°nday, November 30.

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Bazaar To Be Held
For Service Men

Student Government
Delegates Chosen

^cation Is Set

A Former Student
Visits On Campus

Dr. Van Houten
Attends Meeting

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Editor ..............................................
Associate Editor ..................... ....
Business Manager
Sports Editor ................................
Organizations Editor
...............
Exchange Editor
Typist
Faculty Advisor................ ............
Contributors
Charlotte Rumsey, Dorothy
Webb, Suzanne Sack.

. Clinton Thomas
... Sarah Wilson
..... Dewey Long
. Jack Mensinger
.... June Hostetler
Kay Henderson
..... Bette Miller
... F. L. LaBounty
Natalie Jacobson
Kingsley, Arlene

(Printed by The Albion News, Albion, Pa.)

EDITORIAL
While looking through a recent issue of The
Stroud Courier, East Stroudsburg S. T. C.’s campus
paper, we noticed an article concerning the extra­
curricular, point-credit system which they are in­
itiating there. Since then we have learned that
other colleges are using a similar system.
Although the system set up at East Strouds­
burg seems to us to be far from ideal, yet
a study of it proves interesting while many of
its factors are very commendable. Prominent
among the latter are the motives behind the point
system. These they list in three statements:
1. “To limit student participation in college
activities so as to create a favorable balance be­
tween his curricular and extra-curricular program.1’
2. “To promote greater efficiency in executing
the duties associated with the various student
offices.”
3. “To distribute the positions of leadership and
lesponsibility among a greater number of students.”
Other benefits could be worked into the pro­
gram, but these three are undoubtedly the basic
motives of any such program.
According to the East Stroudsburg set up,
definite points were assigned to each organiza­
tion. Thus:
Student Senate
A. “President
10 points
B. Vice-President
5 points
C. Secretary
5 points
D. Member
4 points
Class Officers
A. President
6 points
B. Vice-president
3 points
C. Secretary
3 points
D. Treasurer
3 points
Yearbook
A. Editor
8 points
B. Business Manager
8 points
C. Department editors 3 points
A similar set up was made for every organiza­
tion1 in the college. The “bite” of the whole pro­
gram at East Stroudsburg lay in the following
regulation: “No student shall be eligible to hold
offices to such a number that the resulting ag­
gregate of points shall exceed 10.” This regulation
carries out the first and third of the motives
listed above and means, for example, that the
editor of a yearbook could not act as a class
officer or that the president of the senate could
participate in no other extra-curricular activity.

Edinboro Churches
BAPTIST
Sunday School
10:00 A. M. Sunday
Worship Service
........... 11:00 A. M. Sunday
Evening Service
7:45 P. M. Sunday
Praise and Prayer Service .... 8:00 P. M. Wednesday
The Rev. George W. McKown, Pastor
METHODIST
Morning Worship
10:00 A ,M. Sunday
Church School
............. ..... 11:00 A M Sunday
(M. P. Manners, Superintendent)
Youth Fellowship .................... 6:30 P. M. Sunday
The Rev. David M. Hasbrouck, Minister
PRESBYTERIAN
Sabbath School
10:00 A. M. Sunday
Morning Worship
11:00 A. M. Sunday
Young Peoples’
6:30 P. M . Sunday
Evening Service
7-30 P. M. Sunday
Midweek Service
7:30 P. M. WednesdaC
The Rev. Milford W. Castrodale, Minister

Staff Sas Troubles
The Spectator has had a rather

At the start of Spectator activi­
ty it was suggested in ^tu^enftl
Council meeting that the Sta
investigate the possibilities of
having the paper done somewhere
other than the local news­
paper office. The Staff was in­
terested in this suggestion because
they felt that the local newspaper
office was not in a position to
give them completely satisfactory
service st thr present time.
Therefore, the staff made ar­
rangements with the nearest news­
paper office' out of town, the En­
terprise News of Cambridge Spgs.,
who brought out the first edition
of The Spectator. Just as the Staff
was developing a routine and pre­
paring' to come out at Cambridge
Springs with the second edition
of the paper, a technicality arose.
Dr. Van Houten received word
from Harrisburg which prevented
our using the Cambridge office.
The Enterprise News is published
by Mr. Will Rose, who is a mem­
ber of the Board of Trustees of
Edinboro S. T. C., and there is
a state law regarding the payment
of college funds to a business in
which a board member has an in­
terest.
I And so, some last minute scram­
bling has brought us to this writ­
ing which is being done in the
modern office of The Albion News
where this second edition of The
Spectator is being printed.

MU KAPPA INITIATES
NEW MEMBERS
Mu Kappa Gamma, natinal hon­
orary music fraternity on camp­
us, spent a very busy Alumni Day
with old friends. After a light
luncheon served in the Methodist
Church, a very impressive formal
initiation service was held in the
n.ome of l\I-3s Esther Wilson. New
members were selected on the
basis of musical ability, leadership,
scholarship and cooperation and
Kinacied ne followinS: Margaret
Kingsley Peggy Heim, Peggy McEJi'oy, Charlotte Rumsey, Lucille
Morley, Carol Davis, George Kosanavic, and Jack Aiton.
The organization is now planmonth° STha °r " "?.sicale once a
ment^’willhble publlc entertain­
ments will be announced later.

Reformist's Corner
This space is allotted t
those who want to stick th911
necks out on any and all «„k-eir
. . . for those brave souls??8
have remedies to suggest for th 0
things which everyone talks nh e
and no one ever does anvtk-Ul
about. A sort of Gripe Feet8
it were. Talk about it and’ 9S
it out of your system ... and J?
knows, someone else might h °
the same idea as you. He.rP .
a few to start the list:' are
Why must we have ice crei
every other day? At that rat?
even good ice cream becomes mon
ontonous.
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Don’t you think it would be
good idea to give the students a
chance to put on assembly pro
grams ... at least once a month'’
Let them try/ to make the assemb
lies what they are always sayin«
they’re not.
With our students displaying
such a vast ignorance of current
events whenever they are men­
tioned in class, it seems to me
that a sort of Student Forum
would be in order. There everyone
student and faculty alike, could
air their views on any predesig­
nated question, either local or
national in character.
* * $
Speaking as an art student in
the making, I would like to see
more frequent exhibition of the
students’ work . . . also it might
be a good motivation for extra­
curricular art work. Perhaps we
could have them monthly ... or
at least quarterly.

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Off Campus Events
The off-campus girls have organized by electing a president
and vice-president of each offcampus house. These officers form
the off-campus council and have
elected as their leader, June Hos­
tetler.
There follows a list of the
off-campus houses and their pres­
idents: Hawkins, Arlene McEntire,
Manross, Leah Davvit; Sprouls,
Eleanor Rose; Snyders, Ruth Wagenknecht; Howe, Norma Gretenberger; McConnell, Eleanor Tubes,
and Perry, Betty Mould. The gn
living at home have elected a
their representatives, June Hos­
tetler and Dorothy KingsleySoon after the organization
girls had a weiner roast at w
Point. The weather was ideal an
the walk to the Point se.^vedTlie
increase everyone’s appetite. |
fire burned beautifully and '
good. After eating
buns and drinking chocolate
everyone sat around the fne ‘
sang songs and told stories.
the reports the picnic was a
cess.
adpd a
The Manross house has ad
new member to its fold. H
Bailey has moved nearer
school activities.
. . Tn<rraLast week-end Virginia 1
ham visited at Eleanor
‘ n
home. What is the attraction
that/ way?
p aiid
Oh, to be like Wilbur R ^reShbe able to help some P00;n5cialLv
man with her design, esP
a
when she reciprocates
uoCopound box of Whitman s
lates.

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THE SPECTATOR

gaven's Raven's

Reeder's Digest

With a nasty deadline looming
in the future, I take my
newriter in hand to pass on
r posterity a lew sage com­
ments on the famed dames of

Its scandalous but it’s true
1 here s a young girl, age 20, liv­
ing in Reeder Hall. She’s Miss
Mary Sue Hiskey (M. S. Hiskey
Jr., get it?), the infant daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. M. S. Hiskey, and is
20 days old today.
My, but it’s quiet with most
of the navy men gone from third
floor—no drilling, no marching to
meals, no taps and no reveille. But
then, we know Reeder isn’t the
only dormitory on this campus
that misses the navy.
Yes, H. Ravin’s, it is nice the
way roommates share things; take
the Warren, Pa., combination for
instance. But what are you going
to do, Warren, when the Fresh­
man learns to dance?
Did you really want that bird
you shot, Brother Dove?
Rumor has it that John Almore
got up for a first period class
last week, but the report hasn’t
been verified as yet.
Now it’s a student teacher and
a freshman. Nice going, Larry.
Why is it our friend McIntosh
cannot conduct himself creditably
in trig class unless Mailman Gunn
brings him a certain, blue colored
envelope.
Jack Mensinger and Vernon
Dornback report a fine time and
an exciting game between Notre
Dame and Navy from their trip
to Cleveland last week.
By the way, girls, be sure to
come to our dance Friday P. M.

.

^was a gala night for Joe
cnence when he was unfortunately
nrced to spend last week’s blacki in Haven’s blacked-out Rec
Ooom with all the girls replete in
hniisccoats, night cream and curl. and then the lights
..vent out! ! !
Not so gala an occasion was
the departure of most of the
Xavy last week. I will say that
they did add to the extra-curricu­
lar program. Cheer up, girls,
rumor has it there are to be 32
in the next bunch ... all foot­
loose and fancy-free.
We are of the opinion that more
organized chanting at the table
would be in order . . . just to
see which table can think the
fastest.
The girls of Haven are quite
hurt at our new mentor’s obvious
distrust of our honesty and are
hoping that we won’t be reminded
of it again ... we, who never
had a dishonest thought in all
our honest lives.
Well, boys, the girls were true
to their word and did come
through with a dance ... all
that remains, is for you to follow
suit . . . but quickly!!
In spite of the ungodly hours
of our house-meetings, it is hoped
that Arky wil get to the next one
. . . and in addition, we are
glad to see you again, Hop-a-long.
There is quite a fued between
the waiters and one Miss Rooney.
They claim that they only wait
on table for the floor show given
before meals and our Lois swears
that no one can see through those
blinds. Being a friend feline, I
am inclined! to agree with her . . .
and, besides, I was there!!
Now, I will try to make this
hint subtle ... to whom it may
concern:—Boys are not supposed
to be in Haven after eight p. m. on
w^ek nights . . . unless they are
with a girl who has a later per
• • • and then only in the music
room. ft’s like I keep tellin’
them down at the office ... a
word to the wise . . .
Announcing . . . Maxon-Ell*anger room merger!! Great day
ln the morning! Double trouble!
When thd cat’s away . . . look
P her room-mate. Jack’n Phil
■ Jack ’n Sue . . . Sue ’n Phil
'• • Jack . . . well, I’ 11 bet it’s
un anyway and I just wish that
had a room-mate with such
J1(-e connections . . . that goes
both ways.

It. “v Henderson is
2* week after a
. th a uniform. Gad!
ij. ^ts!! Antidotes for
llls. they tell me.
Well, folks

all smiles
week-end
these uninearly all
all.

PHI SIG SEZ
Hunting Season is here so from
now on we won’t worry too much
about meatless days George Hills
got the limit on rabbits in a short
time Saturday. Brother Bonnett al­
so braved the elements to hunt
on the opening day and Monday.
We didn’t have to hunt up these
fellows, however, for they paid
us a visit. Around our quarters
at various times during the last
few weeks we had Harold Powers
and Earle Madigan who are now
in the Army Air Corps, Ensign
William Peiffer and PFC Frank
Holowach.
Florian Florek, Walter Nissen,
and Daniel Wolchik also dropped
in for a short time. These fel­
lows are waiting “on call’ for the
Air Corps.
Dick Jenkins, our lad at Calif­
ornia, was here one Friday not so
long ago as well as James Park­
er who expected to enter the army
soon.
(A new paragraph for this fel­
low.) We are mighty glad to have
Lt. James Wood of the U. S. Maiien Corps with us for a few days.
We are very proud of this form­
er president who has risen from
the rank of buck private to that
of Lieutenant. Nice going, Jim.
Our congratulations to Dr. and
Mrs. Hiskey and a hearty welcome
from Reeder’s family to little Maij
Sue. (Sorry, fellows, she s too
young to date right now, better
wait until next semester.)
That’s all for now except this:
NOTE: A, generous Phi Sig let a
Kappa Delt in on all the gravy at
Sunday dinner. Oh, Brother!!!!

Page Three

Raiders To Battle
Slippery Rock
This coming Saturday, the Red
Raiders confront on their own
gridiron the “archest” of their
arch rivals, Slippery Rock State
Teachers College.
Judging from the way Soc’s men
have been going to town this sea­
son and from the way they’ve been
looking out there at, practice these
afternoons, Saturday’s game prom­
ises to be an exciting one.
Last year the Raiders came out
with the little end of a 12-6 score
when they visited Slippery Rock.
This opponent has another good
team this year, but the local odds
are about even.
Perhaps it’s just a coincidence
that Edinboro’s best team in years
coincides with the first year in
many that we have had an active
cheerleading squad, but we don’t
think so. Anyway, we appreciate
the work the Freshman cheer­
leading squad is doin;
Keep
it up, Joe

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Phi Hockey Players
Overcome Delts
For the 1942-43 term, the W.A.A.
has selected the following girls
as administrators of their ath­
letic activities:
President Margaret Caflisch
Delta Leader Marjorie Hall
Phi Leader
June Hostetler
Treaurer
Thelma Pieper
Secretary
Audrey Bacon
Publicity Mgr.
Margaret
Kingsley
Head Custodian Carol Davis
Custodians
Louise Hodnick
Rosemary McCrory
Virginia Stevenson
Joan Whitehill
Following the excitement of col­
or rush, the two competitive
groups, the Phi’s and Delt’s, con­
tinued the hockey play-off. If you
recall, the Color Rush game -was
won by the^ Phi’s, 1-0. The next
game was a tie 2-2, but the final
game showed the Phi’s superiors
with a score of 3-1.
On October 24, the upperclass­
men walked with shaking knees
onto the field to meet the return­
ing Alumnae. The varsity was
quite surprised to take the game
by three goals o’-'er ihe non-scoring
Alumnae. Both teams played a
very good game, but he Alumnae
agreed that the teaching profes­
sion just doesn’t keep one in hock­
ey trim.

ERIE, Kivwr*

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Page Four

Letters From The Front 2nd
From Behind The Front
Vic Fuller from the Isle of Wighi
We ar., now patrolling the beach
al night, and drillin.: during the
oay. During the past summer 1
have been teaching many of the
men here how to swim and oth­
ers advanced life saving.

A/C Richard Peterson from
Sweeiwaie, Texas
1 have just returned from the
flight line where I have been enjoying a nice bumpy hou’? in the
“soup” (clouds) trying to convince
my training plane that I am the
boss. Today was rather a sig­
nificant one for me because I
passed an army check ride. I now
have thirty hours in the air and
already I have done stalls, spins
chandelles, lazy eights, and a host
of other tricky maneuvers, dur­
ing my solo hours. I soloed my
first week.—Letters, next to planes
are the most vital commodity to
any soldier boy.—Keep believing
in us.

Sgi. Joe Norder
Since May 1, I have been in
the weather service in the south­
west, beginning my first assign­
ment at El Paso, Texas. After two
months there and an additional
three months here at Alamogordo,
New Mexico, I am now leaving
to pioneer a new weather station
some two hundred miles north, at
Fort Sumner, New Mexico. My
squadron maintains weather of­
fices over a number of midwest­
ern states ranging from Texas to Li. Jchn Blecch from
the Canadian border, so most of I Elgin Field, Fla.
We go to class and fly all day
us in our organization expect to
remain in the southwest for the and then a few hours more at
duration, unless called for foreign I night. We fly B-25’s here. An Aus­
tralian friend of mine says that
duty.
monkeys too, are
intelligent
—★—
people. He insists they are cap­
Roy Christensen (PFC) from
able of speech but refrain from
Quantico, Va.
doing so for fear the British would
I’ve finished my first five-weeks put them to work. So, I ain’t
course. The candidates course saying nuttin’.
here at Quantico is really a fast
—★—
moving and very intensive train­
ing. I’m kept just busy enough to Dick Benson from
keep me out of mischief. Jim Wood London, England
who received his commission about j Dick sends a censored “Hello!”
a month ago, and Bill Cole are i to all his old Edinboro friends
here with me. We’re trying our from overseas.
darndest to uphold the standards
of good old Northwestern Penn­ FFC Leo Bemis from
sylvania and above all our be­ ! Army Base, Boston. Mass.
loved Alma Mater.
When first arriving here at my
—★—
new station after finishing basic
Gardine Criswell from
Infantry training at Camp Croft,
Forf Mead, Md.
S. C., there was little that I would
I am in the infantry—a twenty- have wished to tell, as to the
four hour job. The hardest, most character of my work. It seemed
discouraging, the biggest and finest so far remote from helping to
experience of my life. I hate it and win this International Scrap in
I like it! Anything can happen to which we are involved that it was
me and I have been made ready quite discouraging. In the last few
foi- anything.
weeks, however, I’ve developed
a healthy respect for the so called
—★—
“White Collared Worker”. The
A/C Norman Dilley from
army classification system decided
Scoff Field, Ill.
that I should be a clerk so that
It seems that I traded my old I am. My work deals with facts
sweater with the block E for the and (figures from which the
khaki and olive drab of Uncle
of both the armed forces
Sam’s team—and under the cir­ strength
the civilian population with­
cumstances I am not a bit sorry. and
the first service command is
My army life has been quite prof­ in
At the present time
itable. I’ve made new friends, tabulated.
I
-am
second
in charge of my sec­
travelled some, and have had some tion but because
of a change in
chance to further my education. personnel in the near
future my
Just a year ago I was inducted address will be changed
to some
as a buck private. In time I be­ Officers Candidate School.
came a non com in the Medical De­
One of my former instructors
partment. Finally my appointment said,
“Where there is a will there
as an Aviation Cadet was ap­ is a way.
” We in America have
proved, so now I’m here—among the will and
it may take
a bunch of graduate electrical en­ a little morealthough
time than some of
gineers—studying radio.
us might wish, we will find the
My graduation is scheduled for way.
the latter part of December. Un­
less something goes wrong be­
—★—
tween now and then, I’ll also be Neil Peiffer from
commissioned a second Lieutenant
at the same time. Then I’ll be as­ Langley Field, Va.
signed to duty as an air corps com­
I have been under the
munications officer.
tion of the army air forcejurisdicat this
base for the past six months. They
—
try to keep me on my regular job
Howard Rose from
at this typewriter, but I learned
Kessler Field, Miss.
very early in my mil­
How much I’d like to be in Ed­ goldbricking
itary career. The powers-that-be
inboro for Home Coming. But have
hinted that I am to take
on that day, I’ll be graduating
seven
months work at Massachu­
from an entirely different kind of setts Institute
of Technology, then
school—air mechanics.
I will be a meteorologist.

Service Men
paper is
This edition
c«----- of * the
to
an
sincerely
dedicated■’
of the Edinboro' college men who
are now in the service. We dedicate it to you to prove in this
small way how proud we are of
you. We at home, even though
we are civilians, realize that there
,s a war going on. We realize
that our country, our liberty, our
democratic government is at
staKe. But it is the small, little
bits of individual freedom that we
appreciate now as we never have
beiore. The choice of going to
school—even as to what school,
the choice of our church, select­
ing our own friends and amuse­
ments, the decision of what we
shall have for our dinner, and
where we shall go on our ration
of tires and gas—these are the
nttle things# that make life worth

It was my privilege recently
| to visit a church in an army camp
I The chapel itself was used as a
place of worship by Catholics,
Protestants and Jews. Their hours
of worship were at different times
but they shared the same build­
ing, the same altar, the same sense
of reverence and well-being that
is found in a church. It was the
one place where the negro and the
white soldiers mingled, the one
place where I heard no military
tread, the one place where rook­
ies and officers were simply men
of their own value. As I noticed
the easy good comradship of
Don Walbridge from
Nev/ York, N. Y.
Following enlistment in the U.
S. Navy, July 13, 1942, I was
sent to “boot camp” at Newport,
Rhode Island., Seven weeks of
rigorous training put in tip top
shape physically and mentally. I
am now attending
RCA XVCU-HU
Radio
----------- o the xv^XX
school here in New York City. At
the
cnmnlatinn
«->*
*-u:_
the completion of this course
(soon) I’ll
__ be
~~ ovwviuxiuu
stationed aooara
aboard
ship or on some type of naval
aircraft as a radio operator. I
like the navy and everyone here
in New York is very nice to serv­
ice men.

—★—

Sgt. Bob Hahn from
Ellington Field, Texas
I’m in Texas; was finally pro­
moted to Staff Sergeant on Sep­
tember 25, 1942. I’m on duty with
the Military Intelligence Division
(Air Force) which explains why
I never say anythin"
say anything about my *

Attention!
the soldiers as th^ioit^"the sunshine on the church ♦
as I watched their earnest Pspressions during the serviP *x'
I noticed a lieutenant and ah as
private share a hymnal, and Uc*
listened to the reassuring WoJ*s I
truth in the songs that have u 01
as long as our nation, I sudaS
realized that here is true
ocracy—democracy embedded
to our hearts so deeply that nJ!’
ing can tear it out. it is JJ*
langed—yes—but it will not i
defeated. I remembered that
was my friends, my brother
schoolmates—the people i’J?
loved and trusted in peace^k
are now protecting me when oUr
country has been called upon u
defend its belief in the liberty
that has always been its life
blood. I was glad that as lone
as the job needed to be done, that
it was being done by peop|e
whose worth had been tried and
found true in the friendly relation­
ships of school and church and
home. Will you keep faith wife
us for the duration—you knowing
that we believe in you—and we
knowing that you are doing your
best for us?
Please remember that this col­
umn is YOURS. It is for your
comments, your thoughts, and
news just about you. It is your
letters that fill this column so
help us to keep in touch wife
you as long as government regu­
lations permit.
work. Everything I do is highly
confidential.
—Sgt. Bill Bohn from
Dover, Delaware
I have moved around quite a bit
and am at present at a compara­
tively new air field which is sit­
uated outside of Dover, Delaware.
On October 1st I was made ser­
geant. I am in an outfit known
as a Guard Squadron whose main
duty is to provide for the security and defense of the base. M)
duties are mainly to see that
guards and sentries are Poste’
right. I applied for Officer’s Can
and just now fl”
didate School
:
....
Th?
waiting to be called to g°- }.
field I chose was that of chenllC
warfare.
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