¦ II. -«•—»— M—>»—«>—l«|t > !»¦» ^K,,—¦¦¦—«»•—¦«—>i-y«—«M-ti i I News Brevities ¦ Washington Manpower debates still loom in I ¦Congress despite the President's ¦igreement to let soldiers help with B-rops. U In her address to Congress, Mme. fchiang appealed for Allied aid to ¦China. She stressed four points to •justify her request: (1) Japan by ¦conquest has greater resources at her Icoin mand than Germany. (2) The monger Japan is allowed to hold them ¦the stronger she will become. (3) ¦Th e Japanese are uncompromising ¦ people. (4) China bore Japan 's fury lalone for four and one half years. I American warships shelled Japanese held bases at Attu Island at the ¦tip of the Alleutian chain. Two Japlanese float planes were shot down. ¦The Navy reported that no damage ¦ or casualties were suffered by our ¦ forces. War Ration Book No. 2 distributed | I this week will introduce American housewives to the point system of rationing. Under this plan each item of food will have a point value assigned to it and must be paid for in the proper amount of stamps as well as in cash. A figh ter station in China complained that Japanese bombers no longer came over, and they had no chance to fight with the enemy. Lieutenant General Henry H. Arnold reported that tests of a captured Japanese plane "exploded the theory that the Zero is a super-airplane. " Africa American troops repulsed two small German attacks in Tunisia. Air activity was limited by bad weather. U. S. p atrols abandoned their position in Ousselat Valley and withdrew to the west in line with the retirement farther south. London Russian forces strengthened their ohances of trapping German troops in Donets Basin. The important rail j unctions of Pavlograd and Krasnograd fell into Soviet hands. Heavy bombers of the Royal Air Force dealt the second successful night blow on Wilhemshaven, loosing destruction upon U-boat lairs and shipyards of the Reich port. New Delhi Mohandas Gandi, prisoner of the British since August, is near death from a self-imposed fast intended to last three weeks as a protest against the viceroy 's refusal to grant his uni conditional release. Chungking: Chinese have checked the attempt < of the Japanese to extend their grip ( along the Burma Road. "When the rich assemble to con( cern themselves with the business of t the poor it is called charity , When t the poor assemble to concern thems selves with the business of the rich it li Is called anarchy." Paul Richard, "Then will come a National-Socialli tst State tribunal ; then will Novemb ber, 1918, be expiated; then heads v will roll!" Adolph Hitler in testimony, 1930, • »—¦¦ District Forester . Addresses College R. C. Wible Tells Students of Value of Trees in War Effort »» i || | | || II—»t—-W i ^mi ¦¦» m i i. nii i| » . Twenty- One Reservists Leave College f or Ser vice SELECTEES MUST CARRY CARDS Army Sends Definite Orders ; Reservists Leave For Base Mr. R. C. Wible, head of the DeFrom Their Homes partment of Forests and Waters in College men , take notice! BePennsylv ania , was the speaker at the Twenty-one of the twenty-four colchapel exercises on Friday , February ginning February 1, all persons belege men in the Army Air Corp^ En19. He spoke about the functions of tween 18 and 45 who have been listed Reserve have been called to act rees, the part trees played in history, vulnerable to the Selective Service tive duty. In a notice received Feband the part trees are playing in the Act for six months or more must ruary 9, 1943 , from the Aviation carry on their person their classwar effort today. Board at HarrisExamining Cadet He said trees are closely related to ification card (Form No. 57) and boys burg the were cautioned to be human beings, in that they live, re- their registration certificate (Form on the alert for definite orders and produce, w ork , breathe and die of old No. 2) to show that they are in stating other instructions. Notices age. A tree grows outward; therefore, good standing with their local that the fellows would be tely defini it s hear t, or the center cf the tree, is draf t board . called on or before the 25th of the Those who cannot produce their dead. classification cards will be subj ect month were received February 17. To tell how old a tree is count the Group Leaves rings in its trunk. People formerly to fine or imprisonment or both. ? contingent of reserves to The first thought it was necessary to cut a tree be called from our college community down before it was possible to count Resigns Buckin gham at.the D. L. & W. Station, Februmet its rings. Now, an instrument has ary and left there in a body. The 14, been perf ected whereby a small core A. G. President of C. this week were boys that were called of the tree trunk may be removed, They received on a different status. and the rings counted on this core. about where individual instructions In this way, t he gr owth of the tree First the members of the Army Rereport. Transwere to they isn't harmed. Different trees, in dif- serves were called to action and with and when boys portation was provided for the ferent sections of the country, live them went the President of the Sencamps to the ior Class, John Witkoski. Now the col- from their homes to different lengths of time. assigned . had been they Trees are useful in uncovering cer- lege has lost a very capable president which First to Leave tain historical facts that were thought of the Community Government Assolost altogether. Then , too, trees are ciation, Boyd Buckingham, through The first fellow from this group, helpf ul to astronomers in determin- the leaving of the recently summoned Theodore Jurasik, of Berwick, remembers of the Air Corps Reserves. ceive instructions to report Monday, ing sun spots. He listed some of the historical Mr. Buckingham officially resigned February 15, at Wilkes-Barre. From background of trees in this country. his post at the conclusion of the chap - here, he left for the air base at Miami, William Penn, in 1861, made the first el exercises on Friday, February 19, Florida. Jurasik had been on unasforest law. He stated that on every 1943, saying that he had been called signed inactive duty. farm in Pennsylvania at least one to service. He thanked the members Three boys who were graduated in acre of woodland should be pre- of the College Community for their January also left with this group : served. He was afraid the forests loyalty and asked them to cooperate David Jones, Elwood Wagner and would be altogether destroyed by the with his successor as well as they had Hugh Niles. people's anxiety in building this new worked with him and to keep things o land. However, in spite of Penn 's going. STUDENT GIVES CONCERT precautions, canals, railroad systems, He was highly successful as Presiand forest fires destroyed a great deal dent of the organization whose pur- At S. C. A.'s first meeting in this pose is to create better cooperation new semester, Louise Adams gave a of the country 's forest land. Today, forest fires are checked by among students, faculty and adminis- concert of classical, semi-classical use of steel fire towers where rangers tration. This year the College Coun- music, and medleys. Among her are on duty to watch for fires . These cil opened its activities with the numbers were: "Intermezzo " by Hentowers are placed at strategic points Freshman Reception. To their lot fell ry Provost, "Intermezzo Sinfonico " by throughout the woodlands. There are the appointing of committees to pre- Mascagni, "The Scarf Dance," "Desabout 150 of these towers in Pennsyl- side over customs, pep rallies, social ert Song, " "My Hero," "Gypsy Sweetvania. The closest one to Bloomsburg affairs and fire drills. Then there was heart," and "OV Man River." She the trip to Mansfield , where C. G. A. concluded the program with a medley is the Catawissa tower. The forests are helping in our war at Student Conference, from which of songs from World War I, "There's effort today. Many chemicals for they returned loaded with ideas. a Long, Long Trail Awinding, " "Keep making explosives are taken from Through the efforts of the Council, the Home Fires Burning," and "Over trees. We are beginning to use wood we have our social rooms in Noetling There." in building our aeroplanes, and also Hall. When transportation became a Miss Adams has had quite a backin building our hangers. The Mos- problem for students who usually ground of experience in accompanyquito bombers are the latest products spent their week-ends at home, C. G. ing soloists, serving as pianist at A. rolled up its sleeves arid sponsored chapel exercises acting of wood. , as accompanMr. Wible concluded his talk by Saturday Night "Juke Box " Dances ist for Mixed Chorus and its concerts, listing some other products of trees. as a form of entertainment. These and in giving concerts for various They are: plastics, paper , oil of win- were but a few of C. G. A.'s many ac- town groups on occasions such as the tergreen , oil o£ witch hazel, birch oil tivities during last semester. % Banquet, the Bloomsburg . Acting as President of C. G. A. of Kiwanis and dyes. High School Band Banquet , She has this campus was only one of the many also played at the Methodist Church "The time which we have at our activities in which Mr. Buckingham in town. disposal every day is elastic; the pas- participated, He was a very active sions that we feel expand it, those member of Dramatic Club , taking "War alone brings up to its highest that we inspire contract it; and habit part in several major public plays. tension all human energy and puts He was also a member of Alpha Psi the stamp of nobility upon the peofills up what remains." Marcel Proust, Omega, Phi Sigma PI and Kappa ples who have the courage to lace." Delta Pi. o Benito Mussolini, o _. o. "Happiness is beneficial for the "It is true that liberty is precious— body but it is grief that develops the "Opinions cannot survive if one so precious that It must be rationed." has no chance to figh t for them." powers of the mind." Nikolai Lenin. Thomas Mann. Marcel Proust. maroon att& (&nl& MIANGE ^^ LAST WORD The ranks of the men in Waller Hall have become somewhat depleted . At . the beginning of the semester, there were forty men living in the By Parry Dorm. After the Air Corps has gone, there will be about twenty men left At Edinsburg University there are in the Dorm. What are the women of no bells or whistles to announce the school going to do now that the men Member beginning of class periods. For cen- are gone? Time will tell. "bedels " (glorified turies Even though the majo rity of men frssotided Collefiide Pre ss ja nitors)uniformed have solemnly called the have been called to the service, there students to class. are still some "cards " left here. . For EDITORIAL STAF F _„ John Hubink example, E. J. Manley comes back on Editor-in-Chief Lucille Martino Associated Editor Double Purpose Sunday night rarin' to study . What Marilyn D. Sailer Managing Editor the Univer; , Colorado, he get s * a considerable In Boulder happens, Florence,. Faust Make-up Editor Sports Editor Millard C. Ludwig sity of Colorado's Home Economics amount of studying done, but forgets Feature Editor Reba Henrie Exchange Editor Helen Parangosky Club plans to get some . extra practice to get up for those classes for which Featu re Writers and simultaneously aid the Navy. he has his work done. Leo Donn, Bernard Kane, Betty Hagen- The club members agreed to mend John Wtutby and Clem Novak, two b u ch , Jeanne Keller, June Keller, Harsocks, sew on buttons and repair rips of our Navy Reserves, seemed sort oi riet Sterling. for sailors studying at radio and Jap- down-hearted that everyone was Reporters Joyce Hay, Jsyce Lohr, Irene Kulik, Sal- anese language schools in Boulder. leaving and getting kisses, etc., from vatore Mazzeo, Athamantia Comuntzis, Two cents will be charged for fixing the girls. So, what did they do? Well, Jacqueline Shaffer, Margaret Latsha, Arlene Superko. a pair of socks, the money going to t o m ak e a long st ory shor t, they said Typists cover the cost of needles and thread. they were going shortly. Ask John Irene Kornaski, Flora Guarna, Jean Mas<$> and Clem what the results are. Maychal, Mary Schroeder. All through a baseball game an en- be you'll need a statistician to record thusiast had loudly urged the home the results. BUSINESS STAFF Anne T. Sabol team on to victory. Finally he turned Business Manager Everyone remembers Reggy RemJoanne Fiee to his pal and said: "I believe I've ley, the tall, lanky president of the Advertising Manager Assistants: Elaine Kreisher, Saramarie' Dockey, lost my voice for the moment." "Do Frosh Class, and his roommate, TomCarmel Sirianni. not worry," was the reply, "you'll my Jones. They made a real "Mutt <¥> find it in my lef t ear. " and Jeff" p air. Well, we thought the FACXTL TY ADVISEBS Bug. likely one to go would be Reggy Gold —The Mr. S. W. Wilson Misa Pearl Mason but it so happened that Tommy got Facts and Figures on Football Published weekly when college is in his call first . Reggy, the poor boy, session. Did you know that: College teams seems a little down-hearted about it. play before an audience of 18,000 ,000 But, cheer up, Reggy, you'll get your FEBRUARY 26, 1943 people annually. . . . An army of 21,- chance. 000 players make up 700 college What will happen next? The men teams. . . . Uncle Sam collects around of Waller Hall have elected one president, but he graduated. Then they $2 ,000 ,000 in football taxes! —The Collegio. elected another president , Bernie Pufnak , and what happened to him, j ust what happens to everyone else— earns who "A successful man is one "He's in the Army . now." I wonder spend. A sucmore th an his wife can find who will be the next president of the cessful woman is one who can men , and whether or not the jinx such a man." will work on him too, Editorially o Patent Pending Fickle , In Atlanta Georgia , Ben Willard As I prepare to leave 1'or ano t h er duty, I cannot help thinking of the was on time again the other day for Mary—Ar en't lovers fickle? I .don 't fine spiri t, coopera tion , and j work I his early class at Emory University. care to see Draftee any more now. received from the staff , the student Not long ago he slep t through an im- May—What's the matter? Did you body , the advisors, and the faculty. por tant chemistry test. When his catch him with another girl? I sincerely thank you and hope you alarm clock rings now he gets up im- Mary—No , he caught me with a will give those who put out this paper mediately . Why? The winding han- sailor man. o henceforth the best that is in you. I dle of the alarm has a string attached What a Wait! , shall be looking forward to receiving to a can filled with water The can Eskimo Papoose—Mother , I want a a great paper, and I know you won't •s suspended on a wooden frame over drink! the head of the bed . As the handle of let me down. t he clock r evolv es, the can is tilted . Mother — S-s-s-h-h! Go back to sleep. It's only six months till mornJoh n Hubiak, The arrangement gives him j ust thir- ing. Then you may have a drink. Those members of the staff who re- teen seconds to clear the covers! main here at college wish to thank Joh n Hubiak for the splendid leaderLetter from college student: "Dear same price. " "I know I can," r epli ed shfp that he has provided for them Dad: Gue$$ what I need rno$t of all? the young woman, "but don't you as editor of the Maroon and Gold this That'$ right. $end it along. . Be$t think I'd look too eager if I said year. Aside from his diligent jy orl; wi$he$. Your $on Tom." 'Yes' ten times?" on the newspaper staff he was editor Letter from dad to son: "Dear Tom: —Spectator. of the Obiter, president of Pi Omega Noth ing ever happens here. We <$> Pi , Kappa Delta Pi and the Business kNOw you like school. Write us Three confiscated pinball machines Education Club. He instructed a class aNOther letter soon , Jimmie was ask- have been parceled out ' among New in first aid. With all his many activ- ing about you Monday, NOw we have York colleges and high schools where ities he always found time to do to say good-bye." their electrical apparatus\will be used whatever he was asked to do. —The Rambler. for experimental purposes. As "we see our editor go into the <$> service and the other college men we Don 't you think it was just too nice Our boys give up so much when must begin to start filling their po- of the girls at Western College , Ox- they enter our armed forces. They sitions with responsible people. We ford , Ohio , to turn their swimming are FIGHTING for you and for mo. must carry on what they started here pool over to the sailors from a nearby Did we ever seriously stop to think at Bloomsburg, training station for two evenin gs a of how little we are doing while they y^. tit tit ill week? What about the other /lye eve- are doing so much ! Are we going tc "There is not a woman in the world nings? They dated the sailors , of let them down when we could be dothe possession of whom is as precious course! ing &q much in our own particularas that of .t he truths which she reways to help them along? Let's start veals to us by causing us to suffer. " A blushing young woman handed NOW , if we haven 't already done so, Marcel Proust. the postofflce clerk a telegram con- to do everything we can to help our o taining only a name, address and the boys on to VICTORY! > "The future enters Into us, in "order one' word—"Yes," Wishing to be <$> to transform itself in us, lon g before helpful, the clerk said: "You know Quote of the Week: Kiss the gh'ls it happens," Rainer Rilke, you can send nine more words for the good-bye! Fashion Front Perhaps we haven't thought about it very much, but there are some changes being made along the fashion front this season. Here are a few things for the co-eds to expect: Last year 's Easter costume won't be out of style this year—among the few men styles are shorter j ackets and the empire silhouette, both fashion right and economical. You have the word of the War Production Board for it. Metal fasteners are short. Use of button closings is being urged by WPB , which points out that a sizable stock of fresh water pearl buttons is available . They dye satisfactorily. Dyestuffs are likely to be curtailed. Consequently , WPB advises against black, dark gr een, or brown for summer sheers. Denim, seersuckers, sheetings and corduroy are needed for work clothes. But percales, print cloths, broadcloths and organdy are not as tight. However, WPB advises against cotton evening clothes this year, as cottons will be needed more for day-time wear. As to those stockings, to come back to an old war-torn friend—rayons still will be available but not as satisfactory in very sheer weights as in heavier. Use of at least 100 denier is advocated by WPB. o « Landlord George , the landlord says he is going to raise the rent. I'll never pay it. I think he wants to get rid of us. Does he? Then, of course, I'll pay it. Farmer , Too David—Did you have any luck on your hunting trip? Lloyd —I'll say I did. I shot 17 ducks. Dr.vid—Were they wild? Lloyd—No, but the farmer who owned them was. o Often the fear of one evil leads us into a worse. *Wkoityau Ruy Wiik• WAR STAMPS • _ • Winter flying j ackets for both the Army and Navy Air Corps are regular equipment for our aviators. They cost from . $12 to $18 and are made of horsehide leather lined with sheep shearling. One Stamp book filled with $18.75 worth of War Stamps will pay for one of these jackets ,ao necessary to our airm en flying at high altitudes and in northern climes. Not only that, but In 10 years the $18.75 you lend to your government will come back to you as $25. Join the ranks of War Stamp purchasers through your Schools at War Pro gra m, o, i, treasury Dcportmtni Husky Team Tops . W est Ch ester , 45-36 Overc ome Earl y Lead to Register Fourt h Win ; Team in ' Good Condition Once more the Huskies showed their old form as they won a 45-36 victory over the West Chester State Teachers College at that place last Saturday night. - :. — _ »— M—M—11—- ¦¦—».— ¦.—..—..• _ « : Sf zatJd 3>iatof BY MlLLARD LUDWIG — — ¦ ¦__ .. ¦ ¦ ¦ T( M ^ L) M M „ With the passing of the Air Cor ps Reserves fr om the campus, the curtain will just about completely be lowered over the athletic picture here so far as inter- collegiate athl etics are concern ed. The only possible answer to save almost any . college from erasin g athletics from the calendar is the use of students sent by the Army and Navy ? to various institutions for technic al trainin g. The arm y has turn ed thumbs down on any such proposal, but the navy has agreed with the idea. So far as the outlook for Teachers Colleges is concerned , few have been designated for ar my or navy centers. Here the picture may not be so gloomy because this college has been a navy center and if any system can be worked out at all, inter-colle giate athletics may not be entirely bla cked out. # ***** Unless some sort of a plan is worked out, the last B. S. T. C. athletic event with other colleges will be the two basketball games this week-end. Even then the quintet will be short hand ed. As for the Sprin g program , enough boy s will not be available for track or baseball teams. About thirt y boys remain as regular students and .of those at the most only fifteen would be available for competition. Had B. S. T. C. been able to muster a baseball team together , the nine would have had some excellent experience from the Scranto n Red Sox of the Eastern League, who will train at Athletic Park this Sprin g. Twelve Ath letes Enter Air Cor ps Twelve more Husky athletes left yesterday for active service in the Air Corps, bringing to twenty the total lost to the services during the past two ' mbnths. Soccer once more will feel the jolt more than any other sport with a total of six to be taken from its ranks, With the contingent of Air Corps Reserves gone, the entire soccer team , with the exception of two regulars, one now awaiting orders, is in the service. Leon Hartman , Andy Magill, Phil Yeany, Elwood Wagner , Hugh Niles, and James Zweizlg, all first stringers , compose the group who will change from booting to (lying. Wngner and Niles graduated at mid-semester. Wayne Deaner, though not playing the past two years, was goalie during his Freshman and Sophomore years. Throe Baskeleors Leave Three basketball players were Games to be Held in New Gym ; Each Team to Have Six Members Beginning next week the girls will start a basketball tournament. The girls will organize into intra-mural teams of six members and battle their skill against each other. Winnin g Team The winning team will be determined by the team with the greatest . number of games won. As the boys' basketball season is almost at an end, the girls will hold then: tournament sames in the evmnasium. At present the main feature on the girls' sports program is swimming. The pool is open for them Monday, Wednesday and Friday from two until four-thirty each week. Instruction is provided for those who do not know how to swim. Later in the season a tournament will be planned. softball f f Increased Activity ****** s In the coming days girls' sports acDue partiall y to loss of man power , action in basketball ranks of i tivities are being given more and Teach ers Colleges has been light durin g the past two weeks. East more importance in the curricula of Stroudsbur g, like other powerful teams in every phase of the sports colleges and high schools. This sem- * world , in order to be weakened had to yield to the arm y.. It is inter ester our own college women, have esting to note that Panzer College is the leadin g basketball team in been required to take additional New Jerses but East Stroudsbu rg topped that school by eleven education. The points. Most fans think the Big Red would have easily finished the J courses in physical * subject , Teached the ! Juniors dropp season undefeated. :): # two adtaking and are ' ing of Health, * * * * gym. The secondIncludin g the West Chester tilt Saturda y night, Vince Washvilla I ditional courses of courses, these take is the leadin g point i maker of the Husk y quintet with a total of 87 1 ary Junior s must points. Second is John Slegeski with 72, even though he missed two 1 too. New Pro gram games. The others are in this order : Valente 63 , Chesney 57 , Pufnak s 46, McClosk ey 31, Remetz 24,. Shear er 20 , Wa gner 12, John 8 and 1 Beginning this year Freshmen, Bomboy 1. Last year Chesney was the leadin g scorer with 105 mark- I Sophomore and Junior girls will have | to start working on this physical fiters. # * * H: * * |ness program. All girls must have a total of six semester hours of physical g sport ;. the Puttin shot here and there . One of the lowest baseducation in order to meet the gradketball scores of the collegiate season was posted last Saturda y night uation requirements. This ruling exwhen Penn St at e defeated Pitt , 32-13 . . . State led at the half , 5-2, cludes present Seniors and Business and Pitt was held to four field goals the whole game . . . Shippensbur g has been weake ned to such an extent that the Red Raiders dro p - ? Education students. o ped a 56-54 decision to a not-too-stron g Carlisle Barracks team . . . i Lock Hav en , which canceled the remainder of its cage schedule, is exLast Grou p Cade ts pected to curtain all other sports for the duration . . . West Chester thus far has all of its startin g five which began the season. According to official reports receiv ed here there will be no more Cadets sent to Bloomsburg after February 15. The remaining Cadets will be sent from our campus to the Navy Air Base at Chapel Hill, N. C, where they will undergo further studies preparing them for combat duty. Their place on our campus will be taken by officers—ensigns and lieuhave Huskies tenants (j. g.)—who will take "reFrom a cellar position held durin g Januar y, the B. S. T. C. Chester , By a win over West fresher " courses in preparation for moved into sixth place after a hard stru ggle. time. instructional positions in the Navy. the Huskies jumped from eighth to sixth place in a week's Millersville o Chester win over The only other action last week saw West standin gs: unofficial in a close game , 49-47. Following aro the GIRLS HOLD DR ILL (Includin g games of Februar y 20) Opp. If you think that the Ensigns and W. L. Pet. Pts. 5 0 1.000 328 188 the Cadets are the only people who East Stroudsburg 5 2 .714 344 304 drill around here, you are sadly misLock Haven 2 1 .667 115 96 taken. All you have to do is go to the Indiana : 1 .667 150 141 Centennial Gym any day of the week, Clarion 2 3 .571 : 4 300 352 nnd you will see the girls attempting Kutztown 5 .375 355 430 the precision steps executed by the 3 BLOOMSBU R G 4 .333 265 268 Navy personnel. Shlpp ensburg — .- 2 2 4 .333 245 303 Under Miss McCammon's direction, West Chester 1 3 .250 166 183 the girls are finally making some , Millersville * 3 .000 124 167 headway . When she commands "ColCalifornia —0 umns Right ," they all know that she among the group : Vincent Washvilla, Bunge, high-j umpers and John Hu- means—well , that is—As I was sayforward , who over the first nine- biak , distance runner, were members ing, the girls are making some headway. game period, was the leading scorer of the track team. o with 87 points; Harry John , guard , Approximately twelve boyB of exHis Lot and Phil Yeany, f orward , both on the perience in inter-collegiate athletics first ten. are nil that remain from an overflow "How many times shall I bow?" Baseball will miss Magill, catcher, of material a few years back , said the novice entertainer at the batlast year 's leading hitter with a mark talion variety show, o of .281; John, third baseman ; Paul Man, they say, is made of dust. BuJ, "Bow?" said the stage manager, Rowlands, first baseman, and Deaner, there are many women who think l(No bowing for you , you 'll have to second sacker. Washvilla and Robert that it is gold dust. duck." ¦¦ ! M^^ll ¦il|.w M- " W —B i ¦ w i M wu ll— H—i»HI— 'M— ^HH—» ¦—HU- ^mi—HB—MB—H—M—> ¦—M ¦ ¦¦ M "" M—W ^W Bloomsburg Moves Up 6-15 36 11 12—45 In Conf erence Standin gs 9 8—36 15 Bloomsburg 11 11 West Chester 12 7 Officials—Miles and Cunningham. Girls ' Tournament Start ed in College ?? LIFE WITH UNCLE by B. W. Kane Whether it be with the furniture of a room or the items of a column, an occasional change in order and arrangement is always helpful in preventing monotony ; so for the sake of variety this week, we'll insert a few informational facts of general interest which were sent to us by the Miami Herald publication. Health in Africa Despite the fact that U. S. troops have been through the worst rainy season North Africa has had in years, the sick rate is little more than one per cent, according to Maj. Gen. James C. Magee, army 'surgeon gen eral. Malaria and venereal diseases are the main medical problems, he stated; but preventive measures are adopted by army medicos and have been almost completely successful in combating, malaria, and cooperation among soldiers, military and civilian authorities will cut the V. D. rate. The American soldier doesn't lmve typhus because he's a clean soldier, General Magee declared: "Vaccines retard the disease, but . . . control of typhus depends on cleanliness." THAT'S THE WAY SHE GOES,WILLY ?? Dear Charlie: . in f ormation flying, and they are easy to keep in position. From here I go into Squadron III which is the instrument squadron which means flying under hood. They say if a cadet can keep from getting killed in Squadron II and keep from going crazy in Squadron III, he has a good chance to get his wings.. If I can keep from going crazy, maybe I'll finish. Tomorrow I go up to 46,000 feet (approximately 8 miles) for a pressure chamber hop, for . the Navy wants to know how we react under reduced pressure. When up to 28,000 feet, I felt nothing different except the reduced pressure on my ears, but on the way down, I got a sharp piercing pain in my right ear. This hap pened because I did not equalize the pressure in my ears by swallowing. I'll know better on the next hop. If a student fails in this hop, that is if he gets the "bends ," takes to vomiting, etc, he is not allowed to fly high altitude crafts. I hope I make out all right. Anti-Sub Brig. Gen. Larson, chief of the "Little Old New York" USAAF Anti-Submarine Command, James Smith. told the press that he was "thoroughMy work is of a secret nature; so I ly optimistic" over the outcome of the daren 't tell you about it. All I can warf are against U-boats now being say is that I am a radio operator . waged by air and sea. Since I have been in the Navy I did nothing but go to school. Navy life is A Seabee "swell," and I wish I had enlisted sooner. Conrad Schaeffer , S2/c U. S. N. R. Here at Washington it's nice , but it (Lq). is nothing like New York City where I was transferred from the Elevthey really treat seamen swell. Of enth Naval Construction Battalion, cou rse , Washington has some nice which was my "boat" camp quarters, places, too, but there is nothing here t o t h e Second Ba tt alion , and now I compared to the subways and other am on an island where there are batransportation facilities that make nana plantations, oranges, grapeNew York what it is. fruits, lemons, pineapples, watermelons, and many other kinds of trees and fruits whose name I don't know. Jungle Boots ' Leather shoes last only a few weeks Consid ering all , this is a pretty nice in the j ungle; so the army quarter- place here on the beach where those master corps has developed a new cool ocean breezes feel real good. The weather here is rainy. For the rubber and canvas boot for tropical past three days, it's been pouring, and wear. The rubber sole is not affected by jun gle moisture or soil chemicals; bijy, it's really muddy . Among the dark-skinned natives the cloth top, dy ed olive drab, prohere, you find some pretty intelligent vides a cool, porous covering 12 inchpeople. es high , which prevents leaches and Most of them can speak as thorns from reaching the skin; and much English as we can speak their the entire boot can be cleaned and language. washed easily. I am working on Diesel generators from 4:00 P. M. until mid|iight six days a week. On our free day, we Indoctrination must go 22 miles to town where, when Norman J. Maza, Ensign. I have been transferred to Dart- you get there, there isn't anything mouth College , Hanover, New Hamp- doing anyway. On these free days shir e, where I am presently undergo- our leave lasts from 1:00 P . M. until ing an indoctrination course which 10:00 P. M., when we are required to will end March 3, 1943; after which be back at camp. we shall have two months ' training to at Princeton University. After that, Answer to Last Week's Question we wilf be assigned to our duty staWhat is a "tractor " plane? tion. Answer: There isn 't any. Hearing from the boys of B. S. T. C. to in the service is really worthwhile; so keep writing "fellas." This Week's Question Is a radial engine air- or liquid fel Wings in Sight cooled? John Sahaida , A/C U. S. N. R. Well, I finished Squadron II. It "It is a foolish thing to make a long took me ail of eight flying days to prologue, and to be short in the story finish. Boy, they sure did fly me. I itself. " The Bible. flew on an average of six hours a day o which is pretty tough , although John"I have never for one instant seen ny always came home a tired man. clearly within myself; how then While in Squadron II , I flew Vultee would you have me j udge the deeds Valiants which are heavy ships used of others ." Maurice Maeterlinck, We lie around in bed every morn- ing u n t il 5:00 o'clock. This, of course, FACULTY MEMBER ELECTED Mr. W. C. Forney , Director of the Department of Business Education , has been appointed Vice-Chairman of the Gasoline Rationing Panel for the local board. This board passes on supplementary rations of gasoline for highway and non-highway vehicles. The panel is one of five set up for local rationing. The other panels for Bloomsburg include those for the rationing of fuel oil, shoes and boots, canned goods and sugar. gives us plenty of time to get washed, dressed, make the bunks, etc., by 5:10. At 5:15 we stand outside and shiver while some happy moron blows a bugle. After we are reasonably chilled, we grope our way through the darkness to the mess hall. Here we have a hearty breakfast consistOFFICERS LEAVE ing of an unidentified liquid and a choice of white or rye crust. The vice-president of the Science After gorging ourselves with this Club left for service and now the delicious repast, we waddle our way president is leaving." Nominations slowly back to the barracks. We have were held for a new president and nothing to do until 7:30 so we j ust vice-president. Fred Dent, program sit around and mop the floors, wash chairman, gave a summary of the the windows and pick up all the cig- book , "I Dive For Tr easu res," written arette butts and match sticks within by Risenberg. Robert Bunge then told a radius of 150 feet of the barracks. of an invention the "Dry Dock" which Soon the Sergeant comes in and is used for towing up sunken vessels. says, "Come out in the sun, kiddi es," so we go out and bask in the wonderLove Thief ful California sunshine. Of course, A lobster was flirting with an we stand in six inches of mud. To oyster. Another lady oyster asked limber up we do a few simple calis- her what happened. thenics like touching your toes with "Well," replied the first oyster, both feet off the ground and grab- "firs t he put his claws around me. bing yourself by the hair and holding Then he kissed me—and then, oh , my yourself at arm's length. goodness, my pearls!" At 8:00 o'clock we put out our light packs and start walking to the mounProfligate tains. The light pack is not to be con- "You tried hard to work that swell fused with the heavy pack. The light guy for a tip . Did he give you one?" p ack includes a bayonet, gun, canteen, "Yes, he gave me two. He handed fork , knife, spoon, mea t can , cup, me a dime and told me to never judge shaving kit, pup tent, raincoat, cart- a man's wealth by the clothes he ridge belt, first aid kit, fire extinguish- wore." er , tent pins and a few other negligible o items. The heavy pack also has a Preoccupied blanket. Carrying my light pack I Teacher— "Jackie , why were you so weigh 233 pounds. (Note: I weighed late for school this morning?" 156 pounds when I left. So you can Jackie—"I think I must have oversee how easy it is to add weight " by washed myself." r omping and playing in the mountains) . W ell , that's all I have time to write now, as I have to rush to mess hall. We are having hominy tonight. Oh, Boy! Best regards, Willy.' (The Juniatian.—Juniata College An essential part of the equipStudent Weekly) . ment of the Army and the Marine Corps is the shelter, or "pup" tent. STAR DUST These small and easy-to-handle tents are used in training, on field Maybe Bob Hop e's a prophet; he maneuvers and on short marches. hopes so. His "The Road to Morocco " Our ever-increasing army needs was filmed six months before the Al- thousands of them and only $10 of lied invasion of that territory and re- your money in War Savings Stamps leased right on the dot. Recently he will buy one. interrupted his tour of the army camps for 48 hours to do a scene for "They Got Me Covered" which depicts a deflated Mussolini escaping from the nation he led into its present predicament—it's being filmed with the blessing of the Office of War Information. Bob's got his fingers crossed, hoping that this scene, too, will come true. \ j \ * * wtuuy ^u iiu^wau WAR STAMP S • • rv * Hi * Alan Ladd's date with Uncle Sam upset the apple cart so far as Paramount's "Incendiary Bombs" was concerned. He was to have starred in this screen version of Texas Guinan 's life with Betty Hutton , but his prospective induction into the army wrecked that plan, At present the film hi\s been shelved ; Miss Hutton gets the feminine lead In "Let's Face It, " and Betty Rhodes gets a supportIng role. The help of Young America in financing the war effort is being encouraged by the Treasury Department in its sponsorship of the Schools At War Program. As a symbol of this program the Treasury will present each state with a 206-year-old brick from Independence Hall, obtained during extensive repair work on that shrJne of our nation 's freedom. These Liberty Bricks, ns they are called, will furnish a permanent exhibit in each state after they return from a tour * Worst Slaves of the schools. Each school will The worst of slaves are those that also receive a certificate of service are constantly serving their passions. from the Treasury. '