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Praeco Staff
Visits Printers
A weary Praeco staff returned to campus Thursday,
Oct. 17, from their instructional
visit to the Keller Printing Company in Buffalo, New York. The
group left Lock Haven Wednesday afternoon, October 16, and
drove to Buffalo. They were the
guests of the Keller Company.
Mr. David Groner, instructor
of speech, accompanied t h e
staff' in the absence of Mr. Fisher, their advisor. The Misses
Karen Hogue, editor-in-chief;
Joanne Kanis, layout editor;
Janis Piazza, layout and photography a s s i s t a n t ; Penny
Close, literary editor; and Mr.
Tom M i x e r , photography editor, attended the Buffalo meeting to d i s c u s s the 1963-1964
Praeco.
Accommodations were provided in the modern Airways Hotel
near The Greater Buffalo International Airport. Here the
staff enjoyed a steak dinner provided by the hosts. After this
excellent c u i s i n e the group
spent a delightful evening visiting the Buffalo Airport and enjoying the hotel's m a n y facilities.
Bright and e a r l y the next
morning the staff met with Keller officials to discuss plans for
the P r a e c o . An audio-visual
p r o g r a m was first on their busy
schedule, followed by individual
meetings with the experts to
solve special problems.
After a lunch at the unique
Old Post Inn the staff held a
business meeting with the Keller business manager. The entire afternoon was climaxed by
a complete tour of the printing
plant. The entire process was
shown from the designing to the
presses.

Lock Haven State College, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
Assassination, Love,
Fate: Themes of
T h r e e One-Act Plays
Enjoyment is contagious, and
especially so when you are in
the audience at Price Auditorium watching the one-act plays
presented by Dr. John G. Handley's P l a y Production classes.
The second series of one-act
plays will be presented to the
public, Friday, October 25, 1963,
in the college auditorium.
The show opens with The Pot
Boilers, written by Gerstenberg,
and under the direction of P a m
Schwarz. The cast includes Skip
Mattas as Mr. Thomas Pinkies
Thud, Al Chiesa as Wouldby,
P a t Creek as Miss Ivory, Wilber Decker as Mr. Inkwell, Larry Jones as Mr. R u l e r , Tom
Labant as Mr. Ivory. The moral
of the play is that actors can
m a k e plays fail.
The second production directed by Bob Morgan is Half An
Hour, written by J. M. Barrie.
A great deal can happen to the
eternal t r i a n g l e in Half An
Hour. The collegiate talent in
this production is, Karen McMichael as Lady Lillian, Max
Stover as Mr. Garson, Louis
Fierro as Mr. Redding, Nancy
Henderson as M r s . Redding,
Tom O'Brian as Hugh, Claudia
Wasko as Susie, and Jack Witchy as Withers.
A Game of Chess will conclude t h e evening's performances. A Game of Chess, written by Kenneth Sawyer is directed by Melanie T h o m a s .
The plot concerns the efforts of
a p e a s a n t to assassinate his
ruler. With J i m Salmond as
Alexis Alexandrovitch, D i c k
Ballantine as Boris Ivanovitch
Shanroyefs, Ray W a t s o n as
Constantine, and Mark Wallace
as the Footman, the production
promises to hold the audience's
attention.

Fashion Colorama
Highlights Campus
Sigma Kappa Sorority will
present its armual Fall Colora m a of Fashions October 30,
1963 in Smith Hall Lounge at
7:30 p. m. Admission to t h e
show will be 50c.
The S m a r t Shop, the sponsor
of the fashion show, will award
$5.00 gift certificates during the
intermission to 3 lucky members of the audience. Refreshments will also be served.
Miss K a a r e n E c k h a r t a n d
Miss Marion Hirst, the sorority
advisor, will provide the comm e n t a r y on the fashions modeled. Classifications include ski
outfits and jackets, j u m p e r s and
shifts, casual dresses, knits,
coats, and party dresses. The
price range of clothes presented will v a r y from the coUege
girl's pocketbook to the college
girl's d r e a m .
The Misses Carole Leonard,
Sandy Hoover, Pat Cheek, Pat
King, Virginia Nye, Betsy Benning, P a m Swartz, P a m Geesey,
B a r b a r a Friel, P e n n y Close,
Janis Cuda, Merle Fegley, Nancy Peterson, and Carole Koch

will model the many colorful
fall fashions.
And now for your sneak preview. Think simple; think casual, think Pat Cheek in a green
Italian knit sheath with threequarter-length sleeves and a
sash belt. A special touch of elegance is added by a small gold
pin at the neck line.
Now visualize glamor at a big
party, then imagine a teal blue
c r e p e sleeveless sheath with an
embroidered bodice and matching jacket that will be shown by
Miss Virginia Nye.
And finally imagine daytime
and date time in a cranberry
paisley-print shift of a cottonand-wool blend worn by Miss
P a m Geesey.
The Sisters of Sigma Kappa
extend an invitation to everyone
to attend their fashion show and
that m e a n s you, too, fellows.
Let's not forget Christmas is
coming soon and what better
way could there be to choose a
gift for a gal than to see her
most-wished-for rig first, a n d
then buy it.

Book

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October 25, 1963

"Death of a Salesman"
'To Feature Lock Havenites

Rod Fowler, Mona Mangan, Monte Shepler, Harry Sisak

Shakespeare Plays
On Sunday TV
A series of Shakespearean
plays will be given on Sunday
TV p r o g r a m s broadcast from
Wilkes-Barre. The first play to
be s h o w n is Shakespeare's
Henry IV, P a r t I, a play read
by students this semester in
English 101. The TV production will be called "The Rebellion in the North," and it will
be shown on October 27th. Other plays are Henry V, Henry
VI and Richard III.
Dates and times a r e :
October 27—Rebellion in the
North, 1:30 p. m .
November 3—The R o a d to
Shrewsburg, 1:30 p. m.
November 10—The New Conspiracy, 1:30 p. m.
November 17—Uneasy Lies the
Head, 12:30 p. m.
November 24—Signs of War,
1:30 p. m.
December 1 — The B a n d of
Brothers, 12:30 p. m.
December 8—The Red Rose and
The White, 1:30 p. m.
December 15—The Fall of a
Protector, 1:30 p. m.
December 22—The Rabble from
Kent, 1:30 p. m.
December 29 — The Morning's
War, 1:30 p. m.
J a n u a r y 5—The Sun in Splendor, 12:45 p. m.
J a n u a r y 12 — T h e Dangerous
Brother, 1:15 p. m.
J a n u a r y 19 —The Bear Hunt,
1:00 p. m.
The texts of the plays, divided
into episodes as they are presented, a r e available in pocket
books for 75c. It would seem
desirable, where possible, that
students in English Literature
see the Henry IV, P a r t I broadcast.

Ethical Code Discussed,
New Officers Elected at
P . S. E. A.-N. E. A. Meeting
Mr. David Groner, speech instructor, was the guest speaker
at the October meeting of the
Student P . S. E. A.—N. E. A.
Speaking on "A Code of Ethi c s , " Mr. Groner said, "if we
a d o p t an ethical code, we
should endeavor to know why
we a r e following these principles. The basis for these ethics
should come from within the
person, not from external pressures, such a s neighbors."
One new officer was elected
at the meeting. Thomas Crawford was chosen parlimentarian.
It was voted that the officers
should receive special recognition pins which will be handed
down to next y e a r ' s officers.
The organization v o t e d to
send representatives to a r e a
high schools to discuss various
phases of college life with local
chapters of the Future Teachers of America. Representat i v e s will visit Williamsport
High School on November 17
and Jersey Shore High School
on November 24. Officers for
the Student P . S. E. A. include
Dennis Saylor, president and
Student Council representative;
Susan E a r h a r t , vice-president;
Margaret Axman, secretary;
a n d B a r b a r a Ransdorf, treasurer. Mrs. Willetta C. Jack advises the organization.

NOTICE
In the interest of efficient
operation, all copy for the
E A G L E E Y E must be
typed, r e p e a t , must be
typed, and must be turned
in before noon on Friday.
A little care in these matters will help all concerned
and greatly facilitate the
production of the paper.

Three of the leads in the Col1 e g e P l a y e r ' s production of
"Death of a Salesman" are
played by Lock Havenites. The
p r o d u c t i o n will be given
October 31 and November 1 in
Price Auditorium at S:15. Alpha
Psi Omega will serve refreshments during intermission and
after the play.
Willy Loman is played by
Harry Sisak who resides in
Lock Haven with his wife, Marilyn. A junior English major,
H a r r y previously a t t e n d e d
North Allegheny High School
and Michigan University. Although H a r r y has had parts in
many plays, including "Look
Homeward, Angel," ' ' A n t i gone," and "Right You A r e , "
he has found time to be president of Alpha Psi Omega, a
m e m b e r of T. K. E. and College players, and a m e m b e r of
the wrestling squad.
H a r r y finds that Willy loves
his wife but has found no way
of expressing this feeling because of his idolization of one
son. Willy ignores Happy in order to give all his attention to
Biff, in whom he sees a potentiality he never had. Willy, said
H a r r y , is the most complex
c h a r a c t e r he's tried to portray.
Mona M a n g a n , freshman
from Lock Haven, is playing
Linda, Willy's wife. Mona attended the Lock Haven High
School where she appeared in
the Junior Class Play. At college, Mona is a m e m b e r of College P l a y e r s . She feels that
Linda is a m a r t y r who loves
h e r husband to the point where
she sees but overlooks and accepts his faults. Linda always
p u t s her husband's interests
and feelings above that of her
sons.
Happy, the neglected son, is
played by Rod Fowler, who has
attended I m m a c u l a t e Conception High School and American
University. Mr. Fowler, a senior elementary m a j o r , appeared in several productions
in high school and is currently
on the college debating t e a m .
A College Player, he is also
feature editor of the "Eagle
Eye."
According to Rod, Happy is a
" r e a l r a s c a l " who tries to live
up to his father's philosophy
but who is over-shadowed by
Biff. Happy is a c a s e of love,
unrequited both for his mother
and father. In Rod's words, "if
you could live in a d r e a m world,
Happy's would be the world."
A Quaker Valley Senior High
School graduate, Monte Shepler, plays Biff. Monte, a junior
Phys. Ed. major, is a m e m b e r
of the wrestling and t r a c k
t e a m s , Kappa Delta Pi, T. K.
E., College Players, I. R. C ,
and the Eagle Eye staff. Monte
has appeared in "Sandbox,"
"Antigone," "Right You A r e "
and a Gay 90's charity production at the Millbrook Playhouse.
Monte finds Biff a difficult
c h a r a c t e r to do. He sees Happy
and Biff as typical brothers
because they have different outlooks on life. Biff once idolized
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Letters to Editor
Dear Editor:
I have been threatening for
quite a while to write this letter and, after wl^at happened
tonight, I know that now is the
time to do so.
As a student of this college,
I find it necessary and convenient to spend much time studying in our campus library. In
m a n y respects, I find the accommodations satisfactory; facilities a r e quite adequate and
the atmosphere is conducive to
study. There a r e , however, several things which occur frequently and they never fail to
annoy m e .
First, as anyone should know
who h a s reached college age,
in any library, noise and loud
conversation should be kept to
a minimum at all times. Admittedly, students sometimes
violate this principle of silence.
The worst offenders in our library, however, a r e m e m b e r s
of the library staff, both students and full-time employees.
These people are always the
first to reprimand student violators harshly. Should they not
also abide by the principle?
Their constant conversation (in
normal a n d above n o r m a l
tones), both with students and
among themselves, is just a s
irritating to t h o s e who a r e
studying as are the disturbances created by other students.
In all official listings, library
hours are 8:00 to 5:00 and 6:30
to 9:00, Monday through Thursday. This is an indication to
students that the library is open
for their use d u r i n g these
hours. It does not mean that
they should prepare to leave
fifteen or twenty minutes before closing time so that the
staff m a y have enough time to
close and be ready to leave at
5:00 or 9:00.
Do we, as students, not pay
for the privilege of attending
LHSC and are not the staff
m e m b e r s paid to be of service
to us? Why, then, should we be
interrupted (usually at a time
when we are hurrying to complete the reading of materials
which must be turned in at the
closing hour) by a r e g u l a r
ritual, beginning fifteen or twenty minutes earlier, of banging
chairs around and of turning
off lights.
Tonight, approximately twenty students were studying in
various places in the library.
Three other students and I were
in one of the main rooms. At
8:45, the ritual began; chairs
were loudly banged against the
tables all over the room. All of
this time, the student librarian
was shooting glances our way
which clearly said, "Why don't
you get out of here so that I
can go h o m e ? " My blood pressure rose slightly, however, I
managed to control myself well
enough to go on trying to read.
When it became apparent to
him that we were not being
frightened away by his childish
actions, he asked, very impolitely, "Would you people please
leave so I can close this u p ? "
This was the last straw! I answered, also impolitely, that it
w a s only ten minutes before
nine and that the library is supposed to be open until nine
o'clock. He sarcastically added,
"OK, be diflficult."
If these people a r e in such a
h u r r y to be through working for
the evening, why don't they use
their heads? One person, going
through the library one time,
after the students have left at
five o'clock or nine o'clock,
pushing ALL of the chairs und e r the tables, snapping off
ALL of the lights, closing ALL
of the doors could do the job in
m u c h less time than it now
t a k e s for two complete rounds
—the first, a partial job while

THE EAGLE EYE

Intruder in the Dust

Campus
Personality
by Tona Williams
A tall blond with laughing
eyes and a friendly personality
that immediately puts her students at ease is Mrs. Clara Nicholson, new m e m b e r of the
Social Science Department. Originally f r o m Massachusetts,
she comes to Lock Haven State
after teaching a y e a r in Bermuda under the auspices of the
University of Maryland. Mrs.
Nicholson has also worked with
UNRRA in London as liaison
officer, done social work, and
served as executive director of
Campflre Girls in Worcester,
Mass.
The recipient of three fellowships, Mrs. Nicholson received
her Bachelor's d e g r e e from
Syracuse University and her
Master's degree from the University of Massachusetts. She
will get her Doctor's degree in
the field of anthropology from
Syracuse University in January.
Mrs. Nicholson is the mother
of four children, three girls and
a boy. Her son is presently gathering material in India for his
Doctor's dissertation; he will
receive his Doctor's d e g r e e

Greek Highlights
Sigma Pi
The Brothers of Sigma Pi a r e
glad to announce the following
12 m e n as pledges of Beta Omega Chapter of the Sigma P i
F r a t e r n i t y : R a y Watson, Steve
Corter, Sam Miller, Max McCaffrey, T e r r y McCormick,
Jim Baier, Clyde Manspeaker,
Tom Lynch, J i m Hoover, John
Penatzer, Clair Goodman, and
Al Chiesa. T h e s e men were
initiated Wednesday evening
and will now begin an 8 week
pledge training period under
Pledge Master Paul Adams and
his c a p a b l e assistant Sam
Rockey. Good-luck pledges!
The S i g m a Pi intramural
football team is now in the
championship playoffs. All the
Brothers wish the team good
luck.
Congratulations and b e s t
wishes go out to the following
Brothers who a r e pinned: J i m
Reeser to Carol Leonard, Dick
Shambaugh to Joyce Attinger,
and Ron Filler to Penny Close.

Kappa Delta Rho
During the past week. Kappa
Delta Rho initiated eight pledges into their pledgeship. They
a r e : John Foore, Stephen M.
Mandel, Ronald Sterbig Miller,
R o n a l d Miller, Joe Pascale,
Bob Horak, Joe S k e l l y and
Walter Rudder.
The brothers and pledges
participated in two serenades
this past week. The first serenade was given to Mrs. Molly
Armstrong, honorary s w e e t heart of Kappa Delta Rho, the
some students are still trying
to study and the second, necessary later, for completion of the
job.
If a store or business place
advertises closing hours, they
do not have their employees,
fifteen or twenty minutes before
that time, beginning to turn off
lights and to usher people outside. Why can't the same common decency be employed in
our library?
Yours truly,
LINDA WILSON
*
* *
To the Editor:
Yesterday I saw a pair of
crutches leaning against the
wall of a corridor, the property
of a student inside a nearby
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Mrs. Clara Nicholson
from Cornell University upon
its completion. Her two older
daughters a r e in senior high
school and the youngest is in
junior high. A Siamese cat, a
French poodle, and a black
Persian c a t c o m p l e t e the
Nicholson family.
Mrs. Nicholson is impressed
by the beautiful country of Central Pennsylvania and excited
about the potential of Lock Haven State. Her students a r e sure
that her vitality and ability will
help the college to realize this
potential.
second to Betty Gommei who
was recently pinned to Mike
Minnuci. Mike is co-captain of
the Bald Eagle football squad
this fall.
The brothers of KDR have
m e m b e r s participating in three
fall sports this semester. They
a r e : Football — Rich Bieda,
Bruce Wicks, Mike Minucci,
Jim Shimp, Meade Johnson,
L a r r y Hagan, Joe Pascale and
J e b Lynch. C r o s s Country—
J e r e Shiner and Frank Sponhauer. Soccer—Carl Groth.
The KDR's have just sold
their old house which was located on West Church Street.
They are now in the process of
buying a new house which they
hope to occupy by the beginning of next semester. In closing, I should like to mention
that brother "Chic" Hamlin
has a role in the fall production. Death of a S a l e s m a n ,
which we all are looking forward to seeing.

Tau Kappa Epsilon
Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity is off on the right foot once
again this year. H o u s e improvements, campus activities,
and rushing, coupled with studies and good times m a r k the
t h e m e for the fall semester.
The rushing program has
been improved, and the pledge
trainer along with his committees has an active, but interesting pledgeship p l a n n e d for
t h e s e men desiring brotherhood.
Intramural activities spelled
disaster for the rugged football
team. The b r o t h e r s played
well, but they were b a r e l y
snuffed out in the semi-finals.
Bowling, however, is another
story. 'Two t e a m s , both very
much in contention for the trophy, have "fired u p " the entire
establishment.
On October 17, TKE accepted
its fall pledge clan. The following m e n received their pledge
pins: Bill Blacksmith, Gary Imler, Denny Lowe, Edward Porter, Paul Schatz, Walter Thurnav.

Lambda Chi Alpha
On M o n d a y , October 21st,
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
initiated its largest pledge class
since the fraternity originated
on our campus in 1961.
The fourteen men that were
selected by the brothers include
H a r r y K m i e c i k , Secondary,
Portage, Pa., Raymond Belin,

By Jack Crowley
The town square of Jefferson,
Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi was j a m m e d with farmers. Market Day, most likely.
But one solid figure towered
above the others as he treaded
firmly away from the law office
of John Stevens and pressed his
way through the milling crowd.
T h e following conversation
was heard on the balcony, as
Lawyer Stevens remarked to his
young nephew, "There he goes,
the keeper of our conscience . . .
We pretend we don't notice him
but we know he's there. We all
know because he reminds us of
our pettiness and our shortcomings as human beings." (Exit
Lucas Beauchamp, proud southern landowner and Negro.)
The film adaptation of William Faulkner's novel. Intruder
in the Dust, first of the English
Department's Film Series, ended on this intense n o t e last
Wednesday evening in Price
Auditorium. The film ran hot
and cold, showing at times brief
glimpses of the lyric artistry of
Faulkner, then muddling the intensity of situation and probing
satire with poor scene transiSecoridary, C o l v e r , P a . J i m
Durandetta, Secondary, Ulysses, Pa., Folkert Van Karssen,
S e c o n d a r y , Holland, Robert
Herncane, Elementary, Himtington, Pa., John Grega, Secondary, Central City, P a . , Dennis Flynn, Liberal A r t s , Madera, Pa., George Mills, Secondary, Houtzdale, Pa., Stephen
Herzog, Secondary, Smethport,
Pa., Max Rinker, Physical Education, Huntington, Pa., Tom
Crawford, Physical Education,
York, Pa., "Skip" Mattas, Liberal A r t s , Altoona, Pa., and
F r e d Hill, Liberal Arts, Philipsburg, Pa.

Sigma Kappa
After two weeks of coke dates
and informal meetings w i t h
rushees, EK issued its bids for
the fall pledge class. Nine bids
were accepted; Kay Marthouse,
Lorraine Ernest, Jaque Hall,
Mimi Neyheart, Sherry Haas,
Sandy Herman, Donna Guthrie,
Shelia Roger, and Nancy Rung.
These girls began their pledge
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GIRLSl

tions and slapstick devices. We
must forgive the producers of
this film, however, for not being
able to capture fully the spirit
and depth which characterize
the writing of Nobel Prize winner Faulkner, for even a scholarly reading of the novel itself
could not convey to the reader
the scope of this m a n ' s genius,
this m a n who conceived his own
world, planted it firmly in time
and peopled it, generation upon
generation, w i t h simple folk
and grotesque, then nursed it
toward its hopeful awakening,
or i t s justifiable capitulation.
Faulkner's true medium was
the written word . . . but the
film did have its true moments.
"You ain't cluttered," said
the imprisoned Beauchamp who
was asking the assistance of
the boy-hero. "You ain't cluttered like your uncle there, he
won't listen." Pride, tradition,
Mississippi j u s t i c e , the ingrained feelings of several centuries, were shaken momentarily when a white boy, a grandmother and a bug-eyed negro
exhumed a body t h a t wasn't
there and shaved a man, a negro m a n , who refused to accept
charity, who retained his dignity, who p a i d his way, attempting to meet white men a s
equals.
The atmosphere of Faulkner's
mythical county, in reality, the
county of Oxford, Mississippi,
w a s captured expertly; t h e
characterization was well done
and realistically portrayed, and
the film, as a film, must be
commended highly for attempting to c a p tu r e the humor,
uniqueness, and pointed satire
which has m a d e William Faulkner famous everywhere, everywhere that is, except in Mississippi.
The English Department in
co-operation with the English
Club plans to present a series of
films for the student body. These
will b e :
Red Badge of C o u r a g e by
Stephen Crane on November
11th; All the King's Men by
Robert Penn Warren on December 9th; Citizen Kane on February 12th; Treasure ofthe Sierra
Madre by B. Traven on April
13th, and it is hoped that Grapes
of Wrath by John Steinbeck can
be obtained for presentation.

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THE EAGLE EYE

Book Review The ENQUIRING EYE

WHO'S WHO

by Penny Close, Rod Fowler

by Robert S. Bravard

by ROD FOWLER

THE GROUP
by Mary McCarthy

Monte Shepler
Many people feel that too
many extra-curricular activities will deprive a person of a
p r o p e r education. However,
this isn't true for Monte Shepler
of Sewickley, P e n n a . Monte
presently holds one of the highest scholastic averages in the
Physical Education curriculum.
Monte's 3.49 average has recently given him the honor of
being selected for Kappa Delta
Pi, the national education society on our campus, but that
average has not kept him from
enjoying many of the activities
offered at Lock Haven State. "I
feel," Monte said, "that participating in extra-curricular
activities is an integral part of
a college education. I also feel
that a person should branch out
in his activities and participate
in activities other than those of
his major field."
This concept of college life is
carried out by Monte. He belongs to the International Relations Club, and College Players.
He has starred in "Antigone,"
"Right You A r e , " "Sandbox,"
and he is presently cast in one

Forensic Society
Plans Set
Varsity Debate Coach, David
Groner, will help s t a g e and
judge our debating t e a m at the
Edinboro State College Tournament on November 16th. The
t e a m will a r g u e the National
Collegiate Debate Topic, " R E SOLVED: The Federal Government should guarantee an opportunity for higher education
to all qualified high school graduates."
Rod Fowler, veteran advo-

of the leading roles of "Death
of a S a l e s m a n . "
"I receive a great deal of
personal satisfaction from dramatics and I joined the I. R. C.
because it offered me a chance
to h e a r views of noted speakers on international problems,"
says Monte. Besides these activities, Monte is a m e m b e r of
the varsity track team, and the
college football team, he is a 2year veteran of the Lock Haven
State football t e a m . He writes
a sports column every week for
the Eagle E y e and presently intends to go out for varsity
wrestling. One of his favorite
pastimes is being an active
m e m b e r of Tau Kappa Epsilon
fraternity. Monte is serving his
second term as pledge trainer
at Teke. "Teke had a great
deal to offer m e as a freshman,
and I am glad I joined."
Monte is working his own
way through college, and for
that reason you can see him almost any time on the campus
working for Mr. Stevenson. He
has worked for Mr. Stevenson
for two years and is presently
the head of his student maintenance staff.
Monte served two years in
the navy aboard the U. S. S.
Forrestal b e f o r e coming to
Lock Haven.
"I t o u r e d Italy, France,
Spain, Greece, and "Turkey, but
I enjoyed F r a n c e the best because of its people who seemed
to offer more hospitality than
the people of the other countries."
Monte has set high goals for
himself because he feels this is
better than shooting for something that is easily attainable.
He plans on doing graduate
study at Springfield College and
then go into collegiate teaching. Dr. Zimmerli, the head of
the Physical Education Dept.
said, "It is h a r d to imagine
Monte n o t succeeding." She
said that he is dynamic, and
with his drive he should definitely do well as physical education instructor.
cate of last y e a r ' s State College Championship Tournament
will vie for his position as 1st
Negative Speaker in the elimination debates that will take
place prior to the official contests.
Debating, an academic exercise recently revived on our
campus, is open to all students.
Coach Groner announced that
a t e a m of inexperienced debatters will be selected for competition at the Temple University
Novice Debate Tournament on
December 6th. Anyone interested in an argument that counts
should contact Mr. Groner.
HAVE YOU HEARD?

Robert Bruce " h i s " and
sweater fashions.

"her"

John M a r s h a l l jackets
free-wheeling c o m f o r t
warmth.

John Marshall '34
The Store for Young Men

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give
and

Mary McCarthy has the welldeserved reputation of literary
assassin. Magazine articles refer to her a s the lady with a
switchblade and the controversy
that follows h e r most casual
critical writings is almost frantic. Everything that s h e has
written has a finely tempered
style; her prose is among the
best written currently in America. Unable to accept a single
favorable opinion of her contemporaries, s h e always attempts, s o o n e r or later, to
eliminate them from further serious consideration. She possesses a total objectivity about persons, places, and things. Finally
she is not at all reluctant to pillory her ex-lovers, ex-husbands,
friends (and ex-friends) a n d
most of all herself in her fiction.
These comments in my opinion, cannot begin to do justice
to the brilliant mind of Mary
McCarthy nor does it begin to
convey her l a c k of compassion
and her utter ruthlessness. I a m
certain that, no matter how decent her intentions, she would
describe Albert Schweitzer as
a peculiar old-fashioned, wellintentioned fool. She is utterly
unable to accept the g a p between h u m a n aspirations and
human achievement. In her intense search for illusion, she
consistently d e n i e s human
beings the right to b e h u m a n
and it is in this failing that her
fiction so far has always been
short of high significance. Her
latest novel. The Group, is the
clearest evidence of this and yet
it is an obsessively fascinating
book.
The novel, by far her longest,
is about eight girls from their
graduation in 1932 from Vassar
to the days just preceding World
War II. It attempts to show the
impact of the depression and
the new ideas of the Thirties on
the lives of the American middle and upper class woman. The
lives of these eight girls are to
give us a cross-section of the
daily routines of their days, an
intimate accounting of small
triumphs and minor tragedies.
Miss McCarthy demonstrates
to her satisfaction that the
average college graduate of the
Thirties was as selfish, as shallow, and as unthinking as our
contemporary novelists tell us
that advertising men are now.
The characters in The Group
mutilate any serious ideas they
accidentally come into contact
with, misunderstand and misuse their n e w-found sexual
freedom, and ultimately m a k e
intellectual cripples of themselves and those around them.
The Great Depression, the rise
of Nazi Germany, the attempts
at reform by the New Deal all
become opening sallies before
the gossip at cocktail parties.
There is no warmth in these
characters, there is no effort to
understand them. They are presented in case histories written
in a cold, clinical style; even
the amazingly explicit scenes
of sexual passion are rendered
as cooly as a statistical table
in Kinsey.
On another level, the level of
social history, the book is a
magnificent document. It is
possible to watch the pioneering
ideas of Freud being diminished as they become the latest
subject of conversation at " i n "
gatherings. The book serves as
a finely detailed explanation of
why American Communism has
never been anything to take seriously as a p o l i t i c a l force.
There is a multitude of fascin-

THE QUESTION: How would you evaluate tpe college student
of today?

^^^^"*,
J
Krieger

Hurwitz

Zimmerli

DR. MYRRL KRIEGER — My
experience with c o l l e g e students, as a whole, is that they
are independent in spirit, that
they want to learn and that
they are more creative and
have more potential in that direction than they realize.

DR. IRVING DEER—There is
really no such thing as, "The
College Student." There axe
how they interact in groups,
how they drift apart and how
they destroy their m a r r i a g e s . I
suspect that every intellectual
current of any significance that
college students. E a c h one is
an i n d i v i d u a l and must be
MR. M O N R O E HURWITZ— treated as one. Since I am
The college students of today pressed for my general impresare a composite of seriousness, sion, I will say that I think stuf r i v o l i t y and bewilderment. dents g e n e r a l l y refiect the
They are serious about their s a m e ideas, interests and beacademic work; they have a" liefs as are held by the more
good time when they are re- eager, sensitive, disturbed elelaxing, and, they are bewil- ments of society as a whole.
dered by the world they will They are generally courteous,
have to face when they gradu- eager to learn, sometimes conate.
fused about what constitutes
learning, and often disturbed
DR. E . K. ZIMMERLI—The about the difficulty they have
best evaluation of our students in finding a secure sense of
in the curriculum in health and right and wrong. Luckily, they
physical education is made af- also represent the strength, viter their graduation. We wait tality and drive which will lead,
to see how they teach and if anything can, to a new sense
coach, and how much they en- of security and hope for all of
joy their work.
ating bits of lore about women,
was about in the Thirties is
treated in some fashion in The
Group. Graduate students will
probably carve several dissertations from its p a g e s ; the book
is certain to have this sort of
immortality.
I don't believe that Mary McCarthy is particularly interested in her characters. Rather I
am certain that she is chiefly
interested in turning her intellectual weapons on what she
considers to be the false legends of the 1930's in America.
In the mythology of many intelligent Americans, at least of
my generation, the era of the
New Deal r e p r e s e n t s much
more than a period of great
economic hardship. It is supposedly a time of great unselfishness, of a renewed national
unity. For the first time since
the early days of the republic,
the American intellectual was
welcome in the councils of government and new ideas and
new concepts fiowed forth to
renew and restore the American d r e a m . Mary McCarthy
has taken nearly 400 pages to
demonstrate that this certainly
was not the case for the overwhelming majority of Americans. Life went on exactly as
before, only money was scarcer.
All of this could and perhaps
should have been done in an
essay of medium length. Miss
McCarthy is justly famous for
her non-fiction, w h i c h many
critics rank well above her fiction. But the subject is gone
into with such care and at such
length that this destruction of
the Thirties obviously has great
significance for her and it is
perhaps in understanding that
significance that the reasons for
this book's amazing fascination
may be revealed.
It is a ritual confession; it is
an attempt by Mary McCarthy
to purge that foolish, brilliant,
trusting self that graduated
from Vassar in 1932 and imme-

diately went to work as a staff
writer for the radical magazine P a r t i s a n Review. She has
admitted enough times in print
that all of her writing is autobiographical; that, for 4rie at
least, there is no other possible
conclusion. She has constantly
used her talents as a writer to
destroy her pasts and she has
finally turned on the one period that she has never before
touched. We are reading a confession, a brilliantly written,
highly intimate confession and
through it we perhaps can understand in a dim fashion much
of what is still shaping American intellectual life. For this
reason alone, perhaps even in
spite of the brilliant style, we
owe it to ourselves to read The
Group. We are being told, as
a confession: "I was there and
I did these things; this is the
way it w a s . " And as is always
true of ritual, even ritual confession, we, the spectators, a r e
unable to turn our eyes away.

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THE EAGLE EYE

MANSFIELD LOADED

Bison Soccermen

Mountaineers Host Eagles; Host Bald Eagles SHEP'S
SPORT
Second Win Still in Sight
SHORTS
Lock Haven State's hard-luck football team will try

again tomorrow, for its second win of the season, when the
Bald Eagles invade the dangerous territory of Mansfield's
Mountaineers. Kickoff is slated for 2 p. m.
Since the Eagles opened up their 1963 season with a
victory over Bloomsburg, they
have lost four straight to California, Clarion, Shippensburg
and Edinboro. Last year the
Maroon and Gray had the same
troublfe winning t h e i r second
game, as they lost four straight
after their first game.
On their fifth attempt at win
No. 2, last year, they managed
to squeak by a weak Mansfield
eleven, 6-0. The only difference
tomorrow will be the Mansfield
team which Lock Haven faces
will not be weak.
Mansfield will carry a respectable, 3-2, log into tomorrow's traditional clash. L a s t
year at this s a m e time, the
Mounties had mustered o n l y
one win out of five decisions.
Leading the way for the Red
and Black tomorrow will be
Larry Beard and J a c k Fethkan,
who both have averaged over
four yards per carry this year
and have accounted for almost
half of Mansfield total points
this year.
On the line the Mountaineers
average over 230 pounds, with
Jerry Mattis (260), Ben Crise
(245) and Leon Whytsk (240).
"Big, strong, a n d experienced," is the way Coach Hub
Jack s u m s up the veteran
Mansfield eleven. "They're said
to have their finest t e a m in the
school's history, and from the
looks of their record, they probably d o , " the Lock Haven skipper concluded.
One big factor in the success
of Mansfield's team this year,
has t e e n their ability to capitalize on their opponents mistakes. The Mountaineers have
turned in six opponents fumbles, four intercepted passes,
and two blocked punts, for a
total of twelve Mountie touchdowns.
In the over all series between
the two state schools which
dates back to 1911 Lock Haven
holds a decisive edge, with
twenty victories compared to
Mansfield's mere six.
Last Saturday night, the Redmen from Edinboro used this
year's favorite collegiate scoring weapon—the field goal—to
nip Lock Haven, 16-14.
Chris Klinger w a s the Maroon's outstanding runner of the
night, a s he scored their second
touchdown of the night with
a brilliant 54-yard run, and
gained over 110 y a r d s t o t a l
rushing.
The Eagles led late in the
game, 14-10, b u t surrendered
the lead to tiie Eddes with about
six minutes remaining in the
action packed contest.

Misericordia
Faces Eagles
This Tuesday
The Lock Haven State Worn e n ' s Field Hockey t e a m
dropped its second game on
October 16 when the Bald E a gles lost to E a s t Stroudsburg 2
to 1 on the winner's field. The
victors took an early lead in
the first minutes of the g a m e
and then added a further score
in the second half. Not until t h e
final seconds could Lock Haven
score, with Lynn E a r l getting
credit for the goal on an assist
by Nancy Springs. The win w a s
E a s t Stroudsburg's first of the
season. The only previous loss
suffered by Lock Haven w a s
at the hands of an exceptional
touring t e a m , the International
Wanderers. Coach S m i t h ' s
hockey t e a m is now 3 and 2 on
the season.
Lock Haven's next game will
be with Misericordia at home,
October 29, at 3 p. m.

Letters to the Editor
(Continued

From Page S)

classroom. If anyone were to
s t e a l the crutches he would
rightly deserve the indignation
and contempt of his fellowstudents.
Until Monday evening three
expensive name-plates were attached to the corridor walls of
Sullivan Hall. They were placed
there, like crutches, to help
parents and campus visitors locate certain offices quickly and
without having to disturb the
occupants of other offices during the search.
The p l a t e s were attached
with full knowledge that someone might be tempted to remove them. They were placed
there in the faith that our students would respect what the
college was trying to do. Because other people, not the individuals named on the plates,
will be inconvenienced by their
disappearance, the person or
persons who removed t h e s e
plates deserves, likewise, the
indignation a n d contempt of
their fellows
At Indiana State College similar m a r k e r s have been displayed, unmolested, for y e a r s .
"On Lock Haven"—TO WHAT?
ALLEN D. PATTERSON

Bucknell's freshman soccer
t e a m will play host to Lock Haven State's J-V squad this afternoon at Lewisburg's Morgan
Field. The Bisons, who stopped
the Eagles twice last year, a r e
expected to field one of their
finest freshman t e a m s in recent years, according to the
Blue and Orange coaching staff.
Last Tuesday afternoon at
University Park, Coach George
Lawther's soccer t e a m opened
up its 1963 season with a hard
fought, 3-1, victory.
Spents Kepner led the J-V attack with two goals, while Mark
Hoover accounted for the third
Eagle score.

Death of a Salesman
(Continued from Page 1)

his father but has come to hate
and be disgusted by him. He
respects his mother but feels
sorry for h e r
Dr. John G. Handley, who is
directing the play, feels he h a s
a very m a t u r e and experienced
cast. When asked. Dr. Handley
said he w a s optimistic about
the outcome.

Creek Highlights
(Continued

From Page t)

training Friday, October 18,
with a "capping" ceremony.
The Sisters of E K extend a
special thank you to the brothers and pledges of KDR for
their assistance in making their
Powder Puff football game a
success.

Delta Zeta
Theta Chi of Delta Zeta is
very pleased to present its second p l e d g e class. Our new
pledges were r i b b o n pinned
Monday, October 21 and will be
pledge pinned Sunday, October
27.
The new pledges a r e : Toby
Cathey, a sophomore, English
major from Lancaster; Joanne
Kanis, a junior, English major
from Penn Hills; Donna Sterie,
a sophomore, Spanish major
from Ebensburg; Dianne Wagner, a junior English major
from Houtzdale; J a n e t Wrisley,
a spohomore. Physical Education major from Monroeton;
Patricia Wylie, a junior Physical E d u c a t i o n major from
York; and Carol Y o u n g , a
sophomore, E n g l i s h major
from Jersey Shore.

Alpha Phi Omega
On Wednesday e v e n i n g in
Smith Hall Lounge, the m e m bers of Alpha Beta Chapter of

The Booters deserve every bit of credit we can give therri for
their tremendous effort against Elizabethtown. Even with two
All-Americans, E-town had to come up with a goal in the last
thirty seconds to pull the game out of the fire. The Booters fought
hard to hold the game, and never let up for one moment. Curt
Reinik did a great job at playing one of E-town's All-Americans
in a type of man-to-man defense. It was his job to stay with
Hershey wherever he went, and he fulfilled his assignment quite
well. To point out how outstanding our t e a m ' s effort was, I would
like to give you some statistics. E-town beat us last year 8-3,
and this year they were lucky to get off the field with a 1-0 win.
I think this should show everyone how much our t e a m has improved over last year. I hope they can keep up their spirit after
that tough loss, and go on to win the majority of their remaining
games. The Booters have some really good contests to play at
home before the end of the season. They meet East Stroudsburg,
Lycoming College, and Slippery Rock on successive week-ends
at Lawerance Field. It will definitely give the soccer fans some
enjoyable soccer games, and I hope that all of you will be among
those fans.
Thought you would like to know that our varsity soccer t e a m
co-captains, Ed Journey and Gary Orwig, led the JV soccer
team to a 3-1 victory over the Penn State freshmen. I feel this is
a good sign of what is to come in the future for our soccer team.
I think that both the coaches and the t e a m deserve a great deal
of credit. Keep in mind that we have 1,400 students and Penn
State has over 15,000 students on its campus.
The football t e a m really h a s its hands full for the remainder of
the season. With four games left, at the time this article was
written, it m e a n s the Gridders have to pull down 3 out of the
next 4 to come out of the season all even. The league we play in
is really tough this year, and it seems we can't muster the
strength week after week to win consecutively. Coach Jack
agrees with m e completely on that point. He says, "The league
this year is stronger than it h a s been in quite some time. There
isn't a t e a m on our schedule which I can say is easy." One of the
coaching staff's biggest problems at present is morale. It is very
difficult to keep up morale when the t e a m is losing steadily.
Coach J a c k says, "I hope the boys don't lose their spirit. It's
been a tough season, but we still have a chance to knock someone
big off." I a m quite certain that he is talking about Slippery Rock
and Indiana. We certainly could throw the league into quite a
mess if we could dump either one of those t e a m s . It seems that
our t e a m is suffering from continuous little injuries that don't put
players out permanently, but do keep the players from playing
up to their potential. If we c a n get some of those key m e n back
into the lineup, and if the juggling of players by Coach Jack
works, then I look for the big upset.
INSIDE SHOTS
The hockey t e a m went down to its third defeat in two y e a r s ;
will the world end . . . J i m Brown says he is going to gain a
mile on the ground; he is well on his way.
Alpha Phi Omega, Penn State,
brotherized the new Xi Mu
Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega
Fraternity of Lock Haven State
College.
Following the brotherization,
the men adjourned to the Fallon Hotel for a c h a r t e r banquet.
There, Mr. George Cahill of
Pittsburgh presented the chap-

ter, represented by officers:
President, Melvin Hodes; VicePresident, R i c h a r d Nelson;
Secretary, J a m e s H o o v e r ;
Treasurer, J a m e s Spinsky;
Historian, Blair Williams; and
Sergeant-at-Arms,
Herman
Wertz, with the Alpha Phi Omega Charter for the Lock Haven
State College Campus.

GRIDIRON FORECASTS
Saturday
Oct. 26

Jack

Pitt
vs.
Navy

Pitt

LSU
vs.
Florida

LSU

Rice
vs.
Texas

Texas

Ohio State
vs.
Wisconsin

Ave.

Ohio State

.625

Hacker

Pitt

LSU

Texas

Wisconsin

.563

Jacobs

Pitt

Florida

Texas

Ohio State

.750

MiUer

Pitt

Florida

Texas

Wisconsin

.500

Lynch

Pitt

LSU

Texas

Wisconsin

.625

Wagner

Navy

Florida

Texas

Wisconsin

.500

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Choice)

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