ll lll llllllll HIIIIIIIMIHIIIH ¦<¦¦ «i ¦i*iian«n«i - Published IM-Weekly During tho College Term By Students of BIooniBburg Slnto Tcaclicrs College. 1935 Member 1936 Pbsocided Gbllegiate Press EDITORIA L STAFF Editor In Olilcf II . P. Bevllac7 possession when the league broke up several years ago. Reduced to bare outline form , the story reads as follows: Once there was no organizatio n of Pennsylvania Teachers College teams in athletics; then a league was organized and a cup was awarded to the winner; now there is no cup. Call it reversion to form , but he careful with that word "form." *** In answer to an inquiry—no, this man K och , who won both the pingpong tourney and the foul-shooting cont est, is not a transfer. He is the man called Prof. Koch and is a member of the College faculty. Throwing fouls in the regular manner is rather novel to him; his regular method is to throw them over his head, standing at the foul line with his back to the basket. This writer has seen him throw more of them through the hoop that way than the average entrant in the recent contest was able to do in regular fashion. *** While the gym floor is usually subordinated to the outdoor playing fields for intramural sports this time of the year, whoever has charge of the intramural prthgram next year may have the chance to become labeled as an "origina tor " at Bloomsburg by organizing a tourney something like the foul-throwing contest, only taking the form of a field goal contest. Chances are the score keeper will have to sharpen his pencil only once during the contest. BUCHHEIT FINI SHE S FOURTH YEAR AS BASKETBALL COACH WITH RECORDS OUT OF RED "Red" Garrity, Coach Of Cham pionship Basketball Team, Pra ised By Paper Season 's Total For Husk ies 554 While Opponent s Get 449 Points The t alk of the t own at Englewood , N. J., at the present time is Francis » "Red" Garrity, coach of basketball at This season m arked the best in Dwight Morrow High School, whose ba sketball recorded on the books in team recently won their first league championship since the 1930-1931 the four years tha t t he t eam worked season and are now aiming their guns out under the eyes of Coach George at the State title. Bloomsburg will Buchheit. The current season's re- remember Garrity as one of its best cord of nine wins and five losses, athletes almost ten years ago. He with the Husky cagers ringing up a was graduated from the local institutotal of 554 counters to their oppon- tion in 1928 and returned to receive ent s' 449, shows a definite improve- his degree last summer. Praised By Paper ment over the books from last year, when the locals won six and lost nine A recent issu e of the "Englewood games and registered 532 points to News" gives the former Bloomsburg their opponents' 544. So far as wins athlete at least twenty inches of and losses are space and acclaims him the best-in^_^^^^^^__ concerned f o r formed basketball coach in the EngleR the past four ^^^^^^^^^ ^B9^H|^^^I wood region. The stories play-up the s e a s o n s t he extreme modesty of the youthful ^^^^BH^HB Husky passers ^HV^^Hfl^^H coach, claiming he likes to win but did a little bethates to talk about it. Even though t er than break ^H^^H^^^H his team won the league championW ^ B^^B^^^^ k even, with 29 ^^kSB^^^H ship and went through the season , wins and 27 with a thirteen-game winning streak ^|kM^^H I t i s s e s. T h e and only two losses to mar an otherS^fij S^^S wise perfect record, Red evades all b e a m ' s total nu m b e r of ^^^^^^^^^^H reporters because his only answer to poin ts under Coach Buchheit's - tute- their questions about how the team lage is 2104 for the Maroon and Gold won the cu p is "They 're a nice bu nch and 1959 for the other colors. On the of boys." basis of 56 games played in the fourAfter leaving Bloomsburg Garrity year period this makes an average of coached basketball at Larksville, more than 37 and 1/2 points a game. Pennsylvan ia, High School for one The records for the seasons from year. He hastened to tell reporters, 1933 to 1936 indicate a gradual im- however, tha t while at Larksville provement in view of the fact that coaching was only a part-time job most teachers colleges and other and that he really worked as a laborschools are showing increased inter- er in the mines. His Bloomsburg reest in the favorite indoor game. cord shows that he starred in basketball , foo tball , and baseball. The letter and newspaper clippings explaining the attitude of Englewood fans towards their youthful athletic mentor was received by William B. Su t liff , Dean of Instruction, last week. FAST GAMES PROMISED FOR WEEK-END IN FIFTEENT H ANNUAL CAGE TOURNEY INVITED TO ENTER NATIONAL LAST WEEK 'S CONTESTS WERE CLO SEST IN SEVERAL YEAR S First Round Results Class A Coal Town ship 48, Dickson City 17. Kulpmont 38, Danville 35. She n an doah 43, Bloomsburg 17. Freeland drew a bye. Class B Gilberton 44, Mifflinburg 38. Swoyerville 41, West Wyoming 24, Warrior Run 43, Blythe Township 22. Wyoming drew a bye. Class C Pulaskie 38, Rock Glen 31, extra period. Nuremburg 33, Locust Township32. With eight strong teams in Classes "A," "B ," and "C" coming through the fi rst rounds of the annual High School Basketball Tournament in good form , the games scheduled for tonight in the local gymnasium should furn ish spectators with the closest contests seen hero in several years. Last week's competition saw Coal Township, Kulpmont, and Shenandoah , survive the first round by defeating Dickson City, Danville, and Bloomsburg respectively, Freeland, the other team entered in Class "A," drew a bye. The Class "B" teams which crashed through to the second round woro Gilberton , Swoyerville and Warrior Run, with Wyoming drawing a bye, Gilberton , defending champions in the class, had to stage a late rally to down Mifflinburg, 44-38, Locust Township 's defeat by Nuremburg wqs a major upsot because the latter finished near the bottom whilo Locust Township was runner-up to Sheppton for the crown in the TriCounty Loague. Diamond Dust With th e 1936 baseball season less than four weeks away College students are wondering what Coach Nelson has up his sleeve for the spring training. Battery candidates have been working out at the training school for some time and should be in top form when the team journeys to Shippensburg on April 18 for the opening game. The pitching staff will be built around Woody Witwhiler and Whitey Moleski; two of the best pitchers in Teachers College ranks. These two capable hurlers with the help of Slaven and Dushanko should complete a well rounded pitching staff that will aid the Huskies to make it thirty straight this year. Nine veterans remain from last year 's s q u a d : Finder, SlaveH, Dushanko , W. Witwhiler, Moleski, Rompolo, Welliver, D. Witwhilor, and Karshner. Several Frosh are expected to mako strong bids for regular positions. Wenrick, a first sacker by trade and Houck, a Tri-County League product who plays the hot corner well will probably see service when the season gets underway, Eleven games are scheduled for the spring season , two games each with Lock Haven, Millersvllle, Mansfield , and Susquehanna; and one game each with East Stroudsburg, Shippensburg, and Indiana. This is a hard schedule and tho Huskies will have to be at their best to retain the mythical stato crown . | In ClasB "C( ' Pulaskie defeated Uock Glen , 88-81, in an extra period , and Nuremburg downed Locust Township, 88-82, in another thrilling battle, I i TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT Dr . Nelson Receives Letter Offer ing Place For Local Entry Dr. E. H. Nelson, Director of the Health Education Department, recently received a letter from the Pennsylvania Table Tennis Association , Philadelphi a, inviting Bloomsburg State Teachers College representation in the National Table Tennis Championships, to be held in the Quaker City April 2, 3, and 4. The letter explains that, while more entrants than can be accommodated are expected , preference will be given to those players the officials of the championship contest feel are best able to compete with winners. Urban R. Lamay, in charge of entries, investigated facilities and organization for table tennis at Bloomsburg and assured Dr. Nelson that the winner of any tournament here will have a place reserved for him at Philadelphia. Five entry blanks were sent to Bloomsburg for use of any players interested. Whether or not the College will be represented in the championships has not been determined yet, although Sam Cohen, who has charg e of intramural sports on the campus, said that he hopes to be able to have a player entered. So strong has the newly organized boxing team of Lock Haven become that they have been recommended for membership in the Eastern Intercollegiate Conference. W. and J., after managing to win a close 5-3 decision from the Havenltes, decided the team was good enough for the "big time" and immediately recommended thorn, RUCKLE WILL CAPTAIN 1937 HUSKY PASSERS Junie Ruckle, high scoring forward on the Husky five for the past two sea son s, will captain the 1937 cage team , it was announced last week. Ruckle, whose home is at Wanamie, is a graduate of the Newport High School, where he was a star on the basketball team. The fast, accurate-shooting forward of the Maroon and Gold passers will be a junior next year and has, accordingly, two more years of basketball with the Huskies. Before coming to Bloomsburg Ruckle played basketball with the Wanamie Bears and in the fast Penn State League. ¦.¦INTRAMURALS Whilo the intramural basketball league gradually shaded off into nothingness as a result of lagging interest, the field of intramural sports at Bloomsburg continues to share the limelight with, other activities, according to present plans. Dean of Men , John Koch, repeated his success which began in the pingpong tourney, by brushing aside all other participants in tho foul-throwing contest. Volley ball, from all indications may soon take tho place of other inside activity, several games having ' already been played in out-of-league competition. In the first try of tho season a good faculty team showed a dominating hand to a student group. SURVEY SHOWS GEOGRAPHY CONSERVATIVE S TUDENTS TELL H OW GROWING IN POPULARITY TO SAVE MILEA GE WHILE ON CAMPUS That geography is growing in populari ty among college students is revealed in a survey of those selecting geography as a major field at Bloomshurg. The survey, conducted by members of Gamma Theta Upsilon, and released a few days ago by Dan J ones , shows that 24.36 per cent of the senior s, 7.89 per cent of the j un iors , and 10.99 per cent of the sophomores have chosen geography for major work in the College. In releasing the information Mr. J ones poin t ed ou t that the decline in percentages does not indicate that the number choosing geography as a field has decreased. On the contrary, the n umber has in creased , but the enrollment of the respective classes has become much larger. For any teacher to be qualified in ^ the State in the field of geography he must have had at least eighteen credit hours in the subject. This qualification does not place geography on his certificate as a major field. To be qualified on the certificate as a major it is necessary for a student to take a total to twentyfour hour?, six more than the minimum. DR . KEHR ATTEND S MEETIN G OF DEANS IN PHILADELPHIA There 's little rest for Dr. Marguer- i t e Kehr , Dean of Women, these days. Her name has been appearing on programs of meetings in niany sections of the State during the past month. On March 7 she attended the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Pennsylvania Association of Deans of W omen , held in Philadelphia at the home of Miss Gertrude Peabody, Dean of Women at Temple and president of the association. Dr. Kehr is vicepresident of the organization. On March 4 Dr. Kehr spoke on the subject of "Heredity and Environment in the Life of the Child" at the meeting of the Bloomsburg Ivy Club. The club met at the home of Mrs. William B. SutlifT. On February 25, she spoke to the Girl Reserves Advisoi's at Hazleton Y. W. C. A. The subject of discussion at that meeting was "The Art of Advising Girls." Charlotte Hochberg, alumna and one of the a dviso rs, arranged the program. MAROON AND GOLD WINS 'ALL-COLUMBIAN ' POST CONTINUED FBOM BADE 1 sports coverage. Regularity of coverage ami consistency in space allowance were given as two of the principal reasons why the page is outstanding. Also Wins Red Ribbon In the general judging tho local paper was awarded a red ribbon for finishing in second place in the Colleges of Education group. Accord ing to tho plans for general judging n blue ribbon indicates first place, n red ribbon second place, and a white ribbon third place, Many of the popors on tho Maroon and Gold exchange list wore included in tho nwards. Official announcement of tho awards has not boon received horo yot, although tho proas associations of tho country carried tho story of tho results sovoral days ago. Papers winning distinction Jn any mannor during tho convention last week wore placed on display at Columbia University. Tho Maroon and Gold Joined tho Columbia Association , tho education branch of which is known as the Associated Tonchors College Pross, at tho beginning of tho present year. Comely and Supchinsky Figure Comparat ive Lengths Of North Hall Wal k Whether the actions of two North Hall students, John Supchinsky and John Comely, fall in t o the category of conservation of energy or into another category which reporters refrain from u sin g becau se of variou s laws of libel, most observers fail t o indica t e, but the story of how those two Bloomsburg students mathematically determined a method of saving themselves time and energy in their years at the College is worth relating. M easu re Sidwalks An argument of long standing, concerning the comparative lengths of sidewalks leading to North Hall from the top of the steps jur ': outside Waller Hall and near the Infirmary, came to an abrupt end last week when Comely and Supchinsky measured the lengths with a six-foot rule. They recorded every inch of the two paths, one leading to a door at the side of the men's dormitory, and the other leading to the door to the lobby. After checking resulEs several times and holding discussion on the project, the two Johns concluded that the path leading to the side door is six inches shorter than the other one. Save Five Hours Figuring on the basis of an average of ten trips to and from the door into Waller Hall each day, the conserva t ive st uden t s from N orth H all discovered they can save thirty—five feet each week by using the short path. This amounts to 1260 feet during the thirty-six weeks of the College term, or approximately onefour th plus miles. For four years the total will reach over a mile, and walking at the rate of the usual three miles per hour the amount of time saved will be somewhere around twenty minutes. Comely and Supchinsky think the figuers they worked . ou t shou ld be put into the 1936-1937 Handbook under 'Tips To Freshmen." Add More New Books SENIORS MEET TO PREPARE To Library Shelves FOR GRADUATION ACTIVITY M iss Pearl M ason anno un ced the addition of the following books representing works of fiction and non fiction this week: Spring Came On Forever, by Aldrich ; Adolescence, by Avrill; Eugenie Grandet, by Balzac; For Stutterers , by Blanton ; Discovery, by Byrd; Community Hygeine, by Chenoweth and Morrison ; This Modern Poetry, by Deutsch; Cost Accounting Principles and Prac tice , by D ohr ; Idio t, by Dostoevsky; From Rousseau to Proust, by Ellis. Education in The Kindergarten , by Fost er an d Headley; Vei n of Iron, by Glasgow; Seven League Boots, by H a l l i b u r t o n ; Administration of Health and Physical Education in Colleges, by Hughes; Christ's Alternative To Cummunism , by J on es; Human Sterilization , by Landman ; History of Engli sh Lit era ture , by Legouis and Cazamian ; Plan for Self-Management , by Lord ; She Strives To Conquer, by Maule; Best Short Stones of 1934, by O'Brien. A pplied Eu gen ics, by Popenoe and Johnson; Where Life Is Better, by Rorty; Philosophy of Schopenhauer, by Schopenhauer; Personal History, by Sheean; Food and Mealth , by Sherman ; Great Powers in World Politics, by Simonds and Emeny; Mediaeval History, by Stephenson ; Princip les of Teaching, by Strayer; New Physical Geography, by Tarr and Engeln; Fundamentals of Rhythm and Dance, by Thompson; War and Poaco (three volumes) by Tolstoi; Smoke, by Turgenev; African Today, by Wastorman ; Enriched Teaching of English in the Junior and Senior High School , by Woodring. Juvenile Rooks Johnny Crow's Now Garden , by Brooke; Golden Horsoshoo, by Coatsworth ; A B C Book of People, by Colo; Potov and Nancy in Africa , by Comfort ; Prehistoric Animals, by Ditmars ; Yon-Foh , A Chinese Boy, by Eldridge ; Rip Van Winklo , by Irving; Throe Sides of Agiochook , by Kolly; Gray Caps, by Know; How Thoy Carried tho Mall , by McSpaddonj Jimmy tho Grocorymnn , by Millev; Far-Away Dosort, by Moon ; Valiant Dog of tho Timborllno , by O'Brlon; Chinoso Twins , by Perkins; Norwegian Twins, by Perkins; Spanish Twins, by Perkins; Bltsy Finds tho Cluo, by Sonmon; Figurobead of tho 'Polly, ' by Soaman ; Attempt To Amen d Early Decision On Senior Ball Is Failure At a rather long- and drawn-out class meeting in the" auditorium last Wednesday m orning the m embers of the senior class discussed graduation plans and named committees up tofor the variou s evgnts leading^ . com^ mencement. The meeting was in charge of Presiden t David Mayer. Mr. Mayer delegated the following to serve on committees'. Ivy Day— D an Jones , Kathryn Brobst, Violet Brow n , and Verna Jones; Banquet— Howard Waite, Rachael Beck , and Sam Cohen ; Caps and Gowns—Larue Derr, Peter Bianco, Joseph Dixon , and George Kessler; Commencement —Francis Riggs, Elmira Bankes, and Sara Shuman; Class Night—Robert Savage, Ernest Lau, Francis Riggs, Betty Chalfont , and Howard Bevilacqua. The first named was chosen chairm an in each case. Other business transacted at the meeting included the nominations of candidates for Ivy Day Orator, with the following being named: Bernard Young, William Morgan , and Howard Bevilacqua. Charles Michael was also nominated but declined. Elections will be held at a later meeting. The matter of whether or not the annual Senior Ball will be closed or opened became the subject of discussion among those present at the meeting, some arguing that legislation earlier in the year, which definitely made tho Ball a closed affair , was unwise. The motion for amendment to the former decision so far as a general open or closed dance is concerned was downed by tho opposition , but a later motion which opens the Ball to seniors and ushers carried by a substantial margin. PRAISE STUDENTS' PART IN ROTA RY-KIWANIS NIGHT Professor S. I. Shortoss, president of tho Bloomsburg Klwanis Club, reported that members of tho organization have offered no end of prniso and commendation for tho mannor in which the students handled thoir part of the Rotary Kiwanis Program. DR. KUSTER TELLS FRAT. WAR INDICATES A LAPSE OF HUMAN CULTURE At the Kappa Delta Pi meeting held in the social rooms of Science Hall last evening, March 19, Dr. Kimber C. Kuster spoke interestingly on "The Biol ogical Aspects of War." H is speech was based on th e idea that, by n a t ure, man is and always has been a fighting animal. After the f irst W ood is seen, man reverts to savage type and the cumulative culture of 6000 years is washed away. We need not worry about supplying armies—nature will always provide plenty of young men willing to fight. Dr. Kuster concluded by saying that there is little probability of war's being outlawed until a civilization and a religion strong enough to overshadow war are developed. WILL LECTURE , MONDAY Mr. and Mrs. James Henry White, lecturers who were heard in Bloomsburg last summer for the first time, return to the campus on Monday, March 23, to talk on the Subject of China. They will bring with them an interesting collection of enlarged pictures typifying Chinese life as witnessed by the lecturers themselves while in China. While in Bloomsburg Mr. and Mrs. White will both give lectures, Mr. White scheduled to speak in chapel during the morning and again later in the af t ernoon, while Mrs. White will probably talk some time bebetween his lecturers , using Chinese literature as her subject. Students Talk On Subject Of Latin America Before Meet ing Of Univ. Women " Marjorie Thomas, Lillian Guyer, and Dan Jones, students of the College, were the speakers at a meeting of the International Relations Forum, sponsored by the American Association of University Women at the home of Mrs. Auber J. Robbins, Thursday, March 5. The program was in charge of Professor E. A. Reams, an d the subjec t of discu ssion was "Latin America." Miss Thomas talked on "The Monroe Doctrine;" Miss Guyer on "The LatinAmerican Struggle for Independence ;" and Mi*. Jones on "The Development of Transportation in South America." Members Of Poetry Club Discuss Emily Dickinson; Also Help With Obiter Members of the Poetry Club discussed Emily Dickinson and her peotry at the last meeting of the organization , held in the social rooms of Noetling Hall, Tuesday afternoon , March 17. Each member goes to these discussion meetings with at least one contribution to make concerning the poet selected for the meoting. Charles Michael, editor of the 1930 Obiter , had charge of the meeting for lost week. He displayed copies of tho photographs which will be used Jn the yearbook this spring and asked members of the club to supply the verses to accompany each picture. TENNIS TEAM WILL CENTER AROUND A FEW VETERANS CONTINUED FROM PAOE 8 who has scon action on tho College courts before, and Supchinsky. Varsity men who were lost through graduation were Captain Sam Krauss, Yoagev, Shnkofski, and Bergov. Plans aro being made for a State tournament in connection with the Thirteen Ghostly Yarns , by Sechristj annual track tournamont at HarrlsDobry, by Shannon ; Talo of Two burg this year, Horsos, by Tsehiffol y; and Nob The tennis team will play a total Flnmo, Ranger, by Yengor. of fourteen matches in addition to REVISE SET-UP FOB COMMERCIAL CONTEST coiwnnraaj from page i school in Clas s "A" which has the best team of five students. Because Class "B" schools may enter two, t hree , four, and five students, there -will be no team award. Charms of gold, silver, and bronze will be awarded to students in each of the five contests in both classes. Professor Harvey A. Andruss announced the follo win g with reference to meals and overnight accomodations : For Class "A" schools ariving1 Friday P. M., lun ch will be served at 12 o 'clock an d dinner at 6 o'clock. Schools hav in g five stud ent s and one teacher from more than fifty miles from Bloomsburg will be offered overnight accommodations. Breakfast will be served to those contestants at 7:00 A. M. Saturday, May 2. F or Class "B" schools arriving Friday afternoon or Saturday morning, dinner will be served at 6:00 P. M. Friday, May 1. Overnight accommodations will be offered schools in the same manner as for Class "A" schools. On Saturday, May 2, contest ants from those schools will be served breakfast at 7:00 A. M. and lunch at 12:00 noon. Friday Afternoon Contests Room A 2 P.M. Typewriting Business Law Room H 2 P.M. 2 P.M. Business Math __ Room F Shorthand Room A 3 P.M. Room H 3 P.M. Bookkeeping Saturday Morning Contests Typewriting Room A 10 A.M. 10 A.M. Business Law _ Room H 10 A.M. Business Math _ Room F Shorthand Room A 11 A.M. Bookkeeping Room H 11 A.M. Fifty-Five Schools Apply Over fifby-five high schools from all sections of Pennsylvania have expressed a desire to enter the annual contest this year. The thirty offering all con t est subjec t s will be select ed f r om this group to participate. Some of the schools applying are as follows: Abington, Ambler, Berwick, Bloomsburg, Catasaqua, Coal Township, Colli n gdale , Dallas , Duke, Hakendangua, Jersey Shore, Kennet Square, Latrobe, Lewistown, Maryville, McKeesport, Mechanicsburg, Mt. Union , Mt. Carmel, New Oxford, Northampton,. Northumberland , Orangeville, Peckville, Perkasie, Plains, Punxstawney, Quakertown , Ridely Park, Schuylkill Haven , Selinsgrove, Shinglehouse, Slatington , St. Clair, Sugar Notch , Sunbury, Swoyerville, Tyrone, Weatherly, West Chester, West Hazleton ,. Wilkes Barre, Williamsport , and Wyoming. FREEDOM OF PRESS IS SUBJECT OF DEBATE CONTINUED FROM PAOE 1 N, E. A. service, spoke before the convention at one session and related the stories of Mark Twain, Sinclair Lewis, and O. Henry, as writers who > had acquired experience by traveling. "Follow your hunches and go out into the world ," ho stated. "If you want to work your way to South America on a fruit boat, by all means do it. Acquire experience while you are young." Among other notables on the lecture program was Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, who addressed the delegates at tho final session at tho Hotel Commodoro% She emphasized the Importance of journalism in the modern school system. those Included in tho tournoy. Last year the team won seven and lost throo games. In tho last sovon years they have won thirty-fourmatches, lost thirteen , and tied two.