Change in Calendar By Request of O.D.T. The Office of Defense Transpor tai tion has requested the Colleges of Pennsylvania, through the State Superintendent of Public Instruction , to cancel or reduce Easter Vacations to a minimum so as to avoid travel tieups . Af ter due consideration of the best interests of the College, the Navy V-12 Unit change in calendar is herewith announced: College:— 1. Classes for the term beginning in November will be concluded on February 28. 2. Official registration for Spring Term will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 m. on March 1. Fees will be payable until 5:00 p.m . March 1, after which time late enrollment fee will be charged . Students may pay fees and by showing certificate of registration may secure class schedules in advance of March 1, at the Office of the Dean of Instruction , on the following schedule:— Monday, February 26—1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m . Tuesday, February 27—9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 28—9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 3. Freshmen and other entering students will be enrolled Monday aft er noon , March 5, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m . 4 . Classes for Spring Term will begin Tuesday morning, March 6, 7:50 a.m . Kappa Delta Pi Hears N ews Events Kappa Delta Pi met Thursday, February 15 at 7:30 in the Social rooms of Science Hall. Following a short business meeting, a program on current events aranged by Athamanti« Comuntzis and Jacqueling Shaffer was presented . Jean Dickinson and Mary Schroeder presented the pros and cons of compulsory military training after the war, a problem which is uppermost in the minds of all Americans today. Kathleen Hiss discussed the nine points decided upon at the Big Three Conference. Picture puzzles of prominent personalities in the news were assembled by the members. The club was divided into two teams which answered questions about the position of their puzzle subj ect in world affairs today. The meeting was adjo urned after the serving of ice cream and pretzels. S ong Contest Resu l ts The award of first place in the art song group was given the song "All These Things You Gave Me" entered under the ficticious name of Ida Belle Firestone, composed by Eva Bourgeois and Peggy Beach. Aithea Parsell, accompanied by Howard Fenstemaker, sang it for the assembly. The award of first place in the popular song group was given the song "The More I Do", ent ered unde r the ficticious names of Frank Sinatra and Andy Russell. Saul Mairaschin composed the words and the tune. The 5. THERE WILL BE NO EASTER song was arranged by Carl MacPherRECESS. son and sung by Irving Feldsott. Spring Recess Begins — Thursday, March 1—5:00 p.m . Ends — Tuesday, March 6—7:50 a.m. Cantee n, Great Success 6. There will be no classes for Almost every member of the colTeachers-in-Service Saturday, March lege community has visited the most 3. 7. Spring Term will end with com- popular spot on the campus , the Canmencement and Alumni Day to be teen, to satisfy his hunger or thirst. The canteen was opened in the held on June 23. latter part of July by Arlene Superko with the assistance of Dr . N ell Maupin and President Andruss . Although it was organized by the senScience Club Elects ior class which receives the profits , Officers in Meeting the Canteen belongs to all . Everyone works cooperatively for the success of this establishment. The Science Club held a party The funds this year will be conduring the regular meeting hour on tributed to the college yearbook and Thursday, February 15, Games, dan- to n memorial honor roll Jn commemcing, and refreshments wore enjoye d, oration of all students who are servThe last meeting of the trimester ing our country. will bo held on February 22 at which At Christmas time a new linoleum time new officers for the trimester was added to brighten up the small wil be elected . room . This cannot bo called a ChristArlene SuporkoJ Club President , mas present because It was purchased will graduate the twenty-sixth of this from the profits of the Canteen. month. The success of this senior project A basket of fruit was recently sent is tho direct result of the cooperation to Eltheda KUngorman , a club mem- the upper dassmon received when ber who was in the Bloormburg Hos- they asked for volunteers to work bepital, tween classes, i, ¦ Compulsory Military Training Confronts Educational World Outstanding Facts For and Against Such A Post War Program PRO "To be prepared for war is one of the ways of preserving peace A free pople ought not only to be armed but disciplined. " — These two sentences , voiced by George Washington, summarize the two basic arguments for military training in time of peace. He introduced a bill for universal military training, but it was defeated in favor of the militia system—and that defeat has cost the United States many thousands of lives and many billions of dollars. Poten tial War Source Great "The old Utopean argument, that a great nation which is truly peaceful need fear no aggression, has been shattered forever . Everyone knows that for a long time to come there will be many potential sources of war and any war may eventually involve any nation . "It is sometimes argued that the possesion of military makes nations militaristic and must lead them into war. The truth is quite otherwise. Lack of it led us into the war with the Barbary States and with Great Britian in the early years of the nineteenth century. Our lack of it enabled Germany to defy us in the first World War and to disregard us when preparing for this one. "But possession of power does not necessarily lead to war . For more than 60 years the French Republic had a powerful army based on two years of universal military training— and never once committed aggression against her neighbors. For n ea rly 20 years Russia was developing the mighty armies which saved us from defeat by securing us time to organize the forces we ought to have had to begin with—and never once made an aggressive move against anyone. Prepared ness Might Prevent War "If we had retained a proper minimum of military power after the first World War and had maintained it by universal training for young men, it is not conceivable that either Gormnny or Japan could have begun the murderous career that set the world on fire, Universal service for our young men is the best 'and cheapest way of repairing our historical mistake, the best way of defending ourselves against war and forbidding other nations to wage it. BonofltH of Program "Universal military training is n bulwark of democracy. It will prove incidental benefits of a different but almost eqiinlly valuable kind: (1) Health—Work and exorcise supervised by exports, systematic phys- ical hardening, life in the open air, correction of defects, medical and dental supervision , the inculcuation of habits of cleanliness and hygiene— these will become universal. (2) Education—Half year to "basic training" and one half year of military specialities and technical and standard academic subj ects. The principal benefits for the prospective college student will be the greater emotional and intellectual maturity produced by military life . "Military training subj ects everyone to a common discipline, regardless of birth, wealth , and past or future life opportunity. The young man emerges from it with a greater self-knowledge and selfmastery than he had before . He has had an experience of cooperation that will serve him well through the rest of his life, no matter what kind of life he leads. Here is a new kind of melting pot. This democratic leavening is one moral good which was has brought us . Universal training is not a social panacea . It will not bring Utopia in; it is not a cure for anything that ails our society. But it will make our young men stronger , healthier, mo re disciplined , more selfreliant , more adaptable . It will make them more effective individuals and better citizens . . . and at the same time it will provide the only realistic security for peace. CONS "Compulsory military training is not a means of preventing war . If actions speak louder than words, the advocates of it know that it will not stand examination by the common sense of the American people. If t hei r proposal is sensible and right why are they hurrying to push it through Congress quickly before we can think about it and before our fighting men come home? "The advocntes of this method say that strong military power can keep peace "by preventing aggression ," let us say in plain words what everyone knows ; Nothing but a threat of war can prevent any war-makj ng government from waging war, Nothing but wnr can stop a war, Propone to Mnko U. S. Stroniror '.'Their proposal is this, 'Make these United States a strong military power nlways so ready to figh t that it can bully the whole world and prevent war merely by threatening to make war in the hope that no other strong power will ever call the bluff,1 They add; 'of course, an American representing whatever Administration may (Continued on Page 2) iflaroon an b #olb Published at the Bloomsbnr g Stat e Teachers College f; me under the arms. —The Think Tank , Women's G. I. Bill Educational opportunities for the women war veterans are offered at New Jersey College for Women in a special program made available by the "G. I. Bill of Rights". They have prepared courses leading to a bachelor degree and also several one-year progra ms for returning women veterans. A.C.P. Feature Service Now Hear This! When Dr . Holmes asked Joe Garnick to def ine nitrates, Joe bounced back with this one, "All I Know is they're cheaper than day rates." You Can't TIang Clothes On It Fast V-12: What's that gurgling noise? Slow Gal: It's me, trying to swal—The Think Tank low your line . "A Can a Minute " The Tin Can Salvage Drive got off to a flying start at Windber High School . For every tin can a student brough t, he would be dismissed from school for one minute. It also was expected that a free movie matinee bo had for all those turning in at least sixty cans. (I bet the ash dump is cleaned out by now.) —Windber Hi-Times Overheard at Senior Ball I wish I were a kangaroo Despite his funny stances: I'd have a place to put the j unk My girl brings to the dances. —The Kcystonian < V-12 Alumni News Donald O'Connor who spent some time hero at Bloomsburg last year is now engaged to Laura Mao Lush from Indiana State Teachers College. "Irish" formerly attended Indian a before coming here under the V-12 pro—Indiana Ponn gram, AlllOH Amiga Roses are rod , Violets are blue; Put down that tomato This column ( ?) is thru. —Indiana Ponn 4th Quarter Drive Subdues Big Red Huskies Snap Two-decade Jinx On E. Stroudsburg Floor In 51-38 Victory The fast-moving Huskies recorded another win when they beat a strong Stroudsburg quintet. This triumph was the ninth in a series of twelve contest for the Huskies. The winning of. this contest made Bloomsburg victorious over Stroudsburg for the first time in twenty-one years on East Stroud' s home court . With this game, the maroon and Gold quintet took undisp uted possession of the mythical Teachers colleges team title , f or the state of Pennsylvania. Only four teachers colleges placed teams taking both Kutztown and East Stroudsburg twice, while swamping West Chester in a line contest. Bloom Starts Fast . The Bloom five got off to a fast start by scoring three baskets before Stroudsburg could find the range. The drive displayed b$* tRe Huskies failed to shake the "Big Red" who were close on their heels. Offensive play shown by both teams was hitting . . . at the end of the first quarter the Huskies led 14 to 10. Stroudsburg started the second quarter strongly. Their-scoring power began to come to the fore with the aid of Mink and Schmidt, who started hitting the net from fairly well back . The Huskies hung on but they were outscored by Stroud as the quarter ended with 15 for the "Red" and 12 for the Maroon and Gold. At halfti me our cagers held a slim one point margin , 26-25. Coming out for the second half a refreshed Stroud quintet exploded by, scoring three baskets with the help of Bernosky before the Huskies could get organized. After calling a time out Bloom settled down , reorganized , and started playing ball . Mariaschin and Remetz, who were well-guarded during the first half began to contribute thei r share'of goals to even things up with Stroudsburg. The end of the third quarter found the Scoreboard reading a knoted count , 33-33. With five minutes of play gone in the last quarter , the score still remained unchanged, 33-33. After anothev time out the Huskies put on a sparkling game of offensive and defensive play. Retrieving rebounds and converting on their three to one fast breaks helped the score roll. Within five minutes the Huskies went on to score thirteen points while holding Stroiul scoreless. As a result the Huskies came out on top with a score of 51-38. IWflrlnseliJ n Ffi^h Scorer The individual scoring honor goes to Mariaschin with 18 with Mink following him with 17 points. The defensive honors go to Klinofeltor , Zurnov, nrul Romctz. RlnoniHlmrff S. T. 0, fg ft pts ,,, 3 Remote 1-5 7 Hmolnicky 0-0 14 7 Baker 0 0-1 0 Zurner 3 0-0 6 Mnrinscbln 6 6-G 18 Kllnofoltcr 2 G 2-2 21 WM2% - „ . i . - . , , ¦ . v*, h ¦ ¦ In a recent airplane crash which occured in Flushing Bay, the pilot of the plane with five other crew members was reported missing. The B-29 flyer was Maj . . Billy Southwort h , Jr., whose father is manager of the St . Louis Cardinals. Bill, one of the early war heroes, was a professional ball player before entering the service . He had participated in many raids and rose in rank rapidly. Commander Gene Tunney of the U. S. Navy is planning a weekly varied athletic program for men of the Navy at the close of the war,The purpose of his program is to keep our fighting men occupied from the war's end up to the time of their discharge, thus preventing men from going A. W. O. L. as they did in the last war. In New York City all the metropolitan college basketball teams are being called up before the D.A.'s of fice just for routine questioning. It seems , the recent scandal started the wheels on the dri ve against gambling in college sports rolling . Baseball will be 100 years old next fall . On September 23, 1845, the Knickerbochs appeared in uniform and laid claim to being the first by and laid claim to being the first club organized. Historians say, however, tha t the game was devised by Abnor Doubleday in 1839. Open House Features Volleyball, Thursdays Basketball has been the main featui'e at Open House Thursday eveni ngs. The team standing as they now stand are: Won Lost Frft Mainero 8 1 1 6 1 1 Veley Superko 6 2 1 Anthony 4 4 2 Foust 1 6 1 Schlauch 0 5 2 In addition to basketball, swimming, eageball, badminton and ping pong are some of the sports which attract girls to the gym on Thurs day night, After the beginning of the spring trimester volley ball tournaments will bo added to the activities. ¦ Huskies Defeat Kutztown Teachers In Final Seconds of Game, 45-44 The Huskies beat Kutztown in the last six seconds as Hmelnicky scored the winning point by making a field goal. The victory was the second of the year over Kutztown who already held triumphs over East Stroudsburg and West Chester and were pointing for this con test , so that they could claim the mythical Teachers College court title of the Commonwealth. When the game began, the Huskies scored two poin ts which put them in the lead. From that point on, the Kutztown team began to get some speed, and it proved to be a menace to our boys. Their power was supreme. The Huskies, not able to score , played a magnificent defensive game during the firts quarter. As the quarter ended , Kutztown was ahead 9 to 8. When the second quarter started , Kutztown still kept up its steady pace by scoring and playing a defensive game. The Bloom quintet then let loose some of its stared energy as Remetz and Mariaschin began to score . Geiss, who was also a thorn in the Maroon and Gold side all evening, started scoring, erasing oit lead. Although the Huskies began to score, the offensive power of Ku tztown seemed to be domineering. The Kutztown power was too great , as the half ended with the Huskies way behind 27 to 22. After a rest period before half , the Huskies came out with some fighting spirit* that very shortly put us in the game again . It was in this period that the Huskies began to click and began to score, each member of the team contributing his share toward the scoring. It was this period that the Huskies played one of the best defensive games of the entire season. It was in that period that the Huskies oufscored Kutztown 14 to 5. In those ten minutes they ran their advantage up to ten points early in the last quarter. Kutztown Shows Drive Kutztown started closing the gap. Zurner left the game because of five person als. Bawer coming on to replac e hi m, with six minutes left to play, and the Huskies leading by five points. Within three minutes the score became tied. It continued until , Geiss made a free-throw that put them ahead by one point with two minutes to g& . Then the Huskies had possession of the ball and they kept shooting without much success. With the time ticking away, with seconds to play Kutztown got possession of the ball and went down the floor and took a shot without any results. Only fifteen seconds remaining, the ball was recovered from She back board by Klinefelter who passed it to Mariaschin who fed to Hmelnicky enabling him to throw up the shot giving us a one point advantage. With time running out, Kutztown had seconds to shoot, but it failed to go through the hoop, thus giving the Huskies a victory. Thus the Huskies won the hard way coming from behind and going on to win. Zurner and Klinefelter for the Maroon and Gold played an exceptional ly good defensnive ball game. Hmelnicky, Remetz , and Mariaschin were the big guns as the trio scored 38 points among themselves. The high scorer of the night was Geiss who scored 18 points followed by Remetz and Mariaschin who scored thirteen points a piece. B. S. T. C. g. f.g. pts. 6 1-4 13 Remetz f 6 0-0 12 Hmelnicky f 1 1-2 3 Zurner c 0 0-1 0 Baker c 4 5-6 13 Mariaschin g 2 0-0 4 Klinefelter g 19 Lu dwig g Hubitsky f Geuss c M oll g Dwigh t g K. S. T. C. 4 2 6 2 3 7-13 . 45 2-5 0-0 6-S 0-0 2-2 10 4 18 4 8 17 10-15 44 Officials: Polter and Goodman, ? ? ? One Meat Ball ? ? ? On February 19 at 5:30 the B-Club held it regular monthly meeting in the form of a spaghetti supper in the social rooms of Science Hall. A short business meeting was held before the supper . The President , Jacqueline Shaffer , announced that the club constitution has been rewritten and will be posted soon , Later the club will vote in regard to the Stroudftbur ff 8. T, O. new constitution , Rnmano 0 0-0 0 Frances Sounders, chairman of the Broslns 1 0-0 2 program committee , gave a report 3-3 17 Mink 7 events, These Include about coming Linn 0 4-5 4 0 bowling, roller skating, and a camp0-0 Mallalavage 0 Cnvnzo 0 0-1 0 Ing trip. ¦ 3 0-0 6 Lopol badges of maroon and gold Carr 3 2-6 8 ribbons with a vvhito B wero given Bornosky 0 i-3 1 to each member, They arc to be worn Schmidt on the days tho B-Club has its meet14 10-18 38 ings. 9-14 51 The girls elected three members to serve on the Executive Committee which will be responsible for appointing all other committees needed by the club . The committee members are Helen May Wright , chairman; Julia Wollivor, Eve Bourgoeis, and , as exofricia members, the club officers. Plans were . made for the March meeting to be held either the second or fourth Thursday In the Centennial Gym at 5:30. The committee in charge of the supper thnt night are Peggy Beach, Eva Bourgeois, and Jcisquoline Shaffer, After attending to all the necessary current business Hems tho girls forgot diets , figures, etc,, and turned their thoughts to more urgent things, mainly spaghetti nnd meet balls, And they did get broad with only one moat ball! < LIFE WITH UNCLE| ?¦ by B w Kane The class of 1945 held its Senior Ball and Banquet while many of its original members were away serving "Uncle Sam" all over the world. But seemingly conscious of Bloomsburg's contribution to the war, "Sam" favored "45" by permitting Jimmie Lavelle to come home and represent our boys at the traditional senior affair. Jim , as your probably know, is a second class seaman attached to the Submarine division of USN. "It's an exciting life with plenty close calls, but we do 'ok'. We have many Jap ships to our credif and we expect to get some of the few she has left." If you know Jim you've guessed that his short stay at Bloomsburg was given to war talk alone . He spent most of his time spreading the spiri t that characterized th ose Lavelles. Any man who lived in North Hall in the past fifteen odd years will .associate Jack Koch with his other pleasant memories at Bloomsburg. Jack is as much a part of the "dorm" as bull sessions on third floor. About a year ago Jackie too went off to do his part in the Air Corp ; we know you'll be glad to hear how he's doing. Go ahead Jack. Pvt . John C. Koch, Jr. : I've planned to write this for a long time, but I just got around to it. Have been doing a little traveling for my "Uncle" and B.S.T.C. friends popped up at almost every post. Down at Keesler Fi eld , Miss. I met Frank "Tink" Haas , whose dad was presiden t of the old school for ' quite a while. While in radar school at Truax Field , I saw Jack GiJung. Jack and I had a big reunion and bull session about Bloom and it was a lot of fun. About a week before I left Truax I mot Bill Kerchunsky. Bill was one oi the best centers Bloom ever had on a ball court. Bill's gang graduated around '40 or '41 so I really had to dig back into my memory to recall some of his gang. Down here at Chanute Field I saw Jerry Fritz . Jerry is an instructor in teletype maintenance and lives in Champaingo , Illinois . You can see that tho really gets around. I just wonder who I'll meet at Botse Raton , Florida . Vince Gilbert , writing from tho Southwest Pacific , said to say hello to you. "OK" X Cp, Francis X .Bronnan ; What nre you doing? Hope everything is ok: at school, I'm doing R i t t e r 's School and Office Supp lies Compulsory Military Training (Continued from Page 2) can hold our country's peace as the pretty good , and am having the time of my life . Really grand down here strongest military power on earth ? "The warrior spirit is one thing; —here's where I could really stay for the whole life of me. the soldier spirit another. The soldier spiri t is the degeneration of the warAnother Koch rior . Permanent conscription made Clem G . Koch, Sl/2: soldiers of our enemies. Englishmen Mail call , one day last week, net- arid Americans are warriors, free men who when they must , fight for a ted one of the most welcome envecause they support , and the truth lopes I have ever received ; a big bus- they know . Our own military system iness job carrying two copies of the should be and will be modernized and "Maroon and Gold", the firs t I've had revitalized by the knowledge and resince my departure from Bloom in alism our sons bring home with them June of '42 . Thanks a million . and it should be vigorously maintainThe only familiar names of stud- ed by a Congress and a Wer Departents were in your column "Life With ment wide awake to our country's Uncle." It surely was good to hear a constant world responsibiltiy and relittle about Pag. Chesney, Whitey, lying once more upon the energy, the Schminkey, Madl, Booth , Washvilla , organizing ability, the competitive Davey Jones, Bob Martin , Taxi Mil- and co-operative spirit , the sound ler, and others . Seeing their names in idealism of a few people. print brought back gome fond mon>- "If America's warrior spirit i§ not ories. doped to sleep by lies and suppressed My own service record is rather by permanent conscription , Ameriboring. One training school after the cans will resist tyranny and fight for other. For a year, I did some duty in liberty anywhere on this earth, as Naval Aviation at N.A.S., Norman , willingly as they went to war to free Oklahoma; U. of P., Philadelphia; the Cubans 46 years ago . Bowling Green State U.; Bowling Green Ohio, Pre-Flight at Iowa City ; Regimented Conscription Delusion then caught in the purge last July. So long as tyranny exists, tyrants After that, I studied some aviation will make war. There is only one way ordnance at the N.A.T.T.C, Norman, to make permanent world peace: ReOklahoma, some radar operation , too. strict every government to the simAt present I'm attending the Naval ple duty of protecting the life, liberty, and property of all peaceful persons Air Gunners School at Miami . from the few criminals among them. Permanent world peace cannot follow this war. Too many tyrannies still exist. Too many persons still cherish the delusions that create tyranny. One of these delusions is the belief J. L. DILLON that a regimented and conscripted people is a strong military power. Another delusion is that a strong military power can keep peace by military force . Freedom makes peace; Phono — 127J nothing but freedom and justice on earth can make an enduring world peace . Freedom must be defended so long as tyranny exists, and only free people can defend freedom. Dillon 's Flowers Bart Pursel TEXAS LUNCH D. J. Comuntzis MEN and BOJS CLOTHIER DRY CLEANER SNYDER'S Fred Hi pp ensteel DAIRY DANVILLE BLOOMSBURG CLOTHING AND FURNISHINGS HA2LETON Informing Facts Pfc. Sam Cohen— Cohen's with the 96th A.G.F. Band at Camp Howze, Tfxas . He is stationod in Texas after spending two years in the Aleutians. Sgt. Mark Jury— Sgt. Mark Jury, Md. Sec. S.C.U. 1926 is doing rehabilitation work in a hospital in California. He and 1st Lt. Stanley B. Katzen met. Drew Folk— Sec. Lt . Folk has been awarded the Air Medal for meritorious achievement while participating in sustained operational activity against the enemy. Lt . Folk is navigator on a B-24 Liberator Bomber. James C. Ilinckley— A promotion to the rank of Lt. Coltfnel has been received by Major Hinckley. Lt. Col. Hinckley has been serving along the Burma road in command of Chinese officers and men. Spencer Roberts— Lt. Spencer Roberts is attending the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado,Ida Jane Shine and Joe Madl— Marriage Feb. 10 in Grace Lutheran Church, Berwick . Joe is with A.T.C. in California. Robert Joy— Arrived at Asheville, N.C. Army Ground and Services Redistribution Station to wait assignment to duty. Wilfred and Royal Conrad— Took part in D-Day. Have been in Normandy, France, Belgium, and Germany. Ens. John Whitby— California. 2nd Lt . Richard Wannemacker— Florida Air Corps, Campus Visitor.. Pvt . Ruth Boone— W.A.C., A.T.C, Palm Springs, California. Recent visitor. Pvt . Islah Bomboy— Assistant Chaplain at Camp Croft , S. C. Maj. Gen , Iflwal H. EdwardDeputy Commander U. S. Army Air Forces Med . Theatre of Op. Decorated with Order of Command of British Empire at his headquarters in Italy. Sgt. Charles H. Bomboy— The Air MedaJ has been awarded to Sergeant Charles H. Bomboy, 23, for meritorious achievement while participating in bombing attacks upon G erman war pl ants an d u pon Naz i military defense points and communications in conjunction with the Allied ' ground force advaances in western Europe. ¦ Ho is the aerial- engineer and top turret gunner of an Eigh t h A ir Force B-17 Flying Fortress in the 385th Bombardment Group, commanded by Colonel George Y. Jum per, Natoma , Calif. WHERE COLUMBIA COUNTY SHOPS and SAVES PENNEY'S Bloomsburg, Pa