K -<^. I mm Hi \ffi iZZSS-SJS' ^^^^ i k Ex LiBRIS Editor Wayne Von Stettkn ART IMPHP;SSIONS l)y Nancy Sivarlz Business Managei Francis J. Luchnick 06ITER for nineteen hundred and forty-nine OsC^ VOLUME the XXXIII annual publication of the student body of BLOOMSBURG STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE FOREWORD Q) ny, () (Iaki.'i it was may Iiisidiv i,i;. was the he reeoneiled the W(nhl ol liook> in a (|iiite sports and the w more is ill to a laithliil typical or college vearhook u oi to naturalK ; hut tlu-re mosaic oi and is also the worki A ol tears. college college liie; no hook tan he more personal hecause You. is There organizations and activities, of laughter, in. ol Macau- these iliveigeiit \iews modern college education. ol friends, ol personalities, ol ammal Both a lot nl little things. men; lives of jrieat any the suhject ol The 1949 OiilTKR a faithful representation of vour experiences at Hloomshurg. Within the is past four years American educational is institutions have graduate, have witnessed the impact of a government-spon- sored mass educational jnogram which threatened hriefly to destro\ the time-honlo\\lv spreading craimy in its of the |30st-vvar drone years have slowly suhsided academic progress. !)ustle In this transi- its into the tendrils coin|)lacenl into every nook and inexorahle searih lor knowledge. CONTENTS COLLEGE FACULTY CLASSES ORGANIZATIONS ATHLETICS ADVERTISEMENTS w> / A The History ot Ivy iiu-reaj^ingly rapid current of pass^iiig Day years has swept away a num- l)er oi H. S. T. C."s traditional observances and has caused others to become so condensed and accelerated as to be barely recognizable by early alumni. Our annual When recorded Ivy Ivy in Day Day Exercises fall in the latter category. originated on campus, about 1909, (1911 is the first one the college scrapbook), the exercises actually consisted of a and pre-view of ComThe exemplary. is fairly program mencement, rolled into one. The 1912 class of 1912 was "gowned in the class colors"" and carried ropes of daisies which were the class flower. The procession started at the tiortli end of the (•(imbination Iw Day grove, weaving ju>t north of in oration. Class Night program, and out of Science Hall."" tlie trees until they reached "the natural >tage After planting tlie ivy along the norlluve^tern corner of Institute Hall (now Carver Hall), the class, followed by friends, relatives, and alunuii returned to the grove where the class song was sung, welcome was extended by the class president. The Ivy Oration jjiesented. followed by the awarding of class numerals to members alter which a wa^ then 10 oi tlie Ijasketlnill and li.u k Icaiiis. ((inlcsl. Prof. Dennis, a I'acuhy member, and J. Waller, spoke to class poem, was recited hy the author. previously in a D. The wliicli had been chosen An address was given by finally, the president of the college. Dr. With minor variations, the graduating class. this was the general procedure lor the next 24 years. Until recently, weather permitting, the exercises were held in the Grove. Before the presentation of the pergola by the class of 1916, programs were conducted on approximately the same site which the pergola now occupies, but either on a temporary wooden platform or on a grass carpet strewn with evergreens. it Although the erection of the pergola was authorized hy the class of 1916. was not finished in time for their Ivy Day program; therefore the class of 1917 was The the first to use it. classes were once gowned uniformly in their respective class colors, but later changed to white dresses or suits with ties, sashes, or carried pen- nants with the class colors. There it is is no record of the years 1919-1923 presumed that the programs were much in the college like those ol scrapbook. but preceding years. Tlie and the 192 I Day Ivv enmtnient nature." stressing poetry These featnres predominated Part of the entertainment was described as follows: sound of Pan's trumpet, twenty wood nymphs attired green appeared from ol new type of program, certain of the classics. of for the next five years. ''At the iiitrochued a tlie woods beyond the pergola Several poetic references to ivy were which was a portion '"Fast And of made in costumes of and gave a dance of in the Ivy Oration, one Dickens" lines from Pickwick Papers: he stealeth on, though lie wears no wings. a staunch old heart has he; How closely he twineth. how close he clings. To his friend, the huge oak tree! Whose ages have fled, and their work de(a>ed, And nations have scattered been But the stout old ivy shall never fade From its hale and hearty green. Creeping where no A In 1925, Ivy Many tiaditional rare old planl Day and i> life is seen, the ivy green." Class Night became more specifically di\ided. features of Ivy Day. such as the class poem, class will. 12 anil liistory |)rci|ili('cy wtTc iiicorporali'd the miiiiber of lengthy speeches retained the ivy exercises in discarded. In Night program. iiiln llic ('.la^s and other leatures were 1925, the pla\ The was radically reduced. "Robin Hood" \\a> class song Also was sulislitulcd tor those enacted liy the S(>nioi' group. In the 1926 the Senior> l)ra\c(l chilly \\ind> to present a Greek pageant on pergola. The gi\fn Ohcroii and |)lay 1927. in in and singing of to gi\e the Harris, ol 1 ihiuKi addition to the tdass songs. I\y Oiation. l>crwick. I roni class of ment weather, the Midsiinimer l\'ight\s Dream was usual procession, the ivy planting oration, This was the first The young wdiuan year that a ><> in was chosen ihe women held sway lor female orators. 1928 dramatized three Greek program was held girl honored was Miss Evelyn Having once broken ground, the next lour years, with loui' conM'cutive The A niyth^. Iiecause of incle- the auditorium. n t Among other out>tan(liiifi leatures of the anonvtnou> lelerence "Then h\ to oration, the loUowing \\u> in< liulefl: iPlurn uc'll 1930 Shall read a life and seeing were folk (lanee> and been presented earlier vear tiiat in tiie year as part of the there were no dances or other features. was planted, the Oration given, and Miss Moore led the group "Maroon and Cold"' and the Alma Mater. From this in May The >inging year on. the Ivy Day oli>ervances were of a simple nature. The Oration to the future ol of 19.3.3 deah with the >ymli<)li>m of ivy and the (•las>. as did the speeches of other years. the orator, -aid. in |iart: "Of course we would plan 14 to it> parallelism John McGrew, do graduate work. For we just as tlif ivv needs roiitiiiual noiirisliiiicnl to too need cdnstanl inlelle