"WORK , WORK, and MORE WORK"
School Represented
At Lock Haven
S.C.A. Conference
'We Transform Our World—'
Theme of Area Meeting

Walter Olitzki, Baritone, Entertains
Freshman Hop Sophomore Cotillion
A Success
The long-awaited and much-talked
about Freshman Hop-Sophomore Cotillion was held on May 4 , amid a
steady downpour. "Mother Nature"
wasn 't particularly kind to the college community that day, b u t in spile
of that , the dance was a decided success.
The springtime atmosphere created
by maypoles and rainbow striped
crepe paper, prevailed during tho entiro evening. Lovely gowns and cor* sages made the environment much
more delightful .
Iva n Faux and his orchestra began
playing at precisely eight-thirty and
so tho hop got off to a good start,
By alternating two slow pieces with
a fast one, Mr. Faux pleased every
typo of dancer including the "dreamer" and tho "ji tterbug." A half-hour
Intermission refreshed tho couples
sufficiently enough to allow them to
finish the evening at nn enjoy able
pace,
Tho line of patrons and patronesses
was surprisingly long, and both tho
(Continued on page 2)

Walter Olitzki , outstanding interpreter of Wagnerian roles on the
roster of the Metropolitan Opera
Company, was the visiting concert
stage artist at the college assembly
on May 9,
A well-known baritone of Russian
descent , Wal ter Olitzki comes of a
family of musical artists , Two of his
grandparents were well-known singers, and he is the nephew of Madame
Rosa Olitzka , internationally famous
contralto , who was a former star of
tho Metropolitan Opera .
PROGRAM
I.
Aria: "Sebbon crcdele," Antonio Caldnra ,
Aria ; "O del mio dolco ardor ," Ch , W,
Gluck,
Aria : "Lord God of Abraham " from
"Elij ah ," F. Mendelssohn .
II.
Recitativo ed Aria:
"Tutto o dieposto " from "Le Nozzc di
Figaro," W, A, Mozart .
III.
"My Lord, What a Morning," H. T.
Burlolgh ,
"Go Down Moses," H, T. BurJeigh.
(Intermission)
(Continued on page 2)

Student Christian Association sent
two delegates, Renee Paul and Marj orie Stover, to Lock Haven St ate
Teachers College for S.C.A. Area Conference on May 4, 1945. T'.ii conference began Friday evening May 4,
1945, and continued until noon Sunday, May 6, 1945. There were speakers from State College, Pennsylvania,
Bucknell University, and Mansfield
State Teachers College . Forty delegates from colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region represented their Student Christian organizations from
their campuses. O.D.T. ruling limited
the number of out-of-town delegates
because of over-crowding transportation facilities.
The theme of the conference was
"We Transform Our World" and all
of the speakers and the discussion
groups talked around that central
idea .
The first address given by Rev.
Robert Eads of Penn State was "We
Look at our World." He emphasized
the fact that people are forgetting
religion and its power in our lives.
People are beginning to feel that
they do not need what the church
has to offer . He said that we cannot
separate religion from all of life and
have a good world .
The second address was given by
Dr . Gordon Poteat of Bucknell University and its text was "We Act In
Our World." Dr . Poteat spent a great
deal of his life in China. He told of
the tremendous tasks the Chinese
people have done in their world . Ho
cited instances of huge undertakings
by one lone ambitious Chinamen with
ideas and courage . He told the groups
that anything can be done if tho
individual wants it badly enough and
is willing to work to make it a success.
Professor William V. Dennis from
Ponn State gave the closing address
on "We Transform Our World." He
said that tho "starting mark" in
transforming our world is for us to
"look at ourselves." We must then
decide definitely on what kind , of a
world we want and then see what
we can do to help make it that way.
He said that wo, as college students,
must loam all we possibly can by
reading, discussing nnd then finally
meditating on what wo have read and
discussed,
Throughout the conference in all of
the addresses and discussions tho
problem of racial equality came ug.
It was apparent that this problem
will bo a major one in the future.

Quiet Celebration
Here on V-E Day

Following this theme from President Truman's address, the College
Community celebrated V-E Day with
continuous classes broken only by an
assembly at 9:30.
The singing of hymns, praying of
the Lord's Prayer, pledging allegiance
to the flag, the summarizing of the
President's address, and the comparing of this war and its peace to other
conflicts in the United States by Lt.
Ferguson constituted the service in
recognition of the official V-E Day.
3

Business Educ. Dept.
Sponsors 13th Annual
Commercial Contest
Examinations Given in Bookkeeping, Shorthand and
Typing; Thirteen Sch ools
The Thirteenth Pennsylvania Commercial contest was held at the
Bloomsburg State Teachers College
Saturday May 5. Thirteen schools
were represented , bringing fifty students and faculty members to the
campus. Examinations were given in
Shorthand , Typewriting and Bookkeeping.
Individual awards were given to
contestants winning first , second , and
third places in each contest. First
place was ggiven a gold charm, second
place a silver charm and third place a
bronze charm. A plaque was presented
to the school scoring the greatest
nu mber of points .
The students in tho Department of
Business Education assisted in conducting the contest .
Committees:
Registration: Betty Burnham , Mary
DeVitis, Chairman; Eileen Falvey,
Catherine Longo, Mary Schroedor.
Hospitality : Gloria Belcaslro, chairman; Anna Bucinell, Mai'ian Chubb,
Donna Croop, Martha Donahue, Helen
Fohl, Edith Fling, Isabel Gehman,
Glor ia Gillis , Rose Kraiser, Betty
Lingl o.
Accommodations for Girls: Mary
Longo , Chairman; Betty . Fisher, Agnes Flaherty, Jane Niies, June Novak ,
Charlotte Reichart , Jeanne Reitz,
Bertha Sturman , Mrs , Doris M. Vogel,
Phyllis Wolfe.
Placement and Accommodations
for Boys: Joseph G'ula, Chairman;
Francis Hnntz, Ralph Tromato.
Prootorlng of Shorthand: Wanda
Kohler, Joanne Keller, Shirl ey Wolfe.
ProctorlnR of Typewriting! Flora
Guarna , Gertrude Harmon ,
Proctnrlng of Bookkeepings Cleo
Kinney. Norine Miles,
Grading of Shorthand: Rose Corchiaro, Kathleen Kurllla, Nancy Mc(Continucd on Pago 4)

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Published at the Bloomsbarg State Teachers College

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Editors
Athamantia Comuntzis, Jacqueline Shaffer
Editorial Board . . . ,
j ean Ri chard.
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Sports Editor
John Zagoudis
Service Editor
Phyllis Schroder
Exchange Editor
Mary Schroeder
Business Manager
Helen M. Wright
Circulation Manager
Eileen Falvey
Reporters — Rosanna Broad t, Jean Dickinson , Barbara Greenly, John Hmelnicky,
Baron Pittinger , Marjorie Downing, and Marjorie Stover.
Reporters — Rosanna Broad t, Jean Dickinson, Barbara Greenly, John Hmelnicky,
Baron Pittinger. Marjorie Downing and Marjorie Sfover.
Tv P is 's
Betty Fisher, Anna Pappas, Harriet Rhodes
Faculty Advisors
Miss Pearl Mason, Mr. Samuel L. Wilson

Five Years of Transition . ? ?
What of the Future?
Buildings ami Equipment
While colleges are not buildings
alone, the plant provides background
and atmosphere for learning. Even
the casual obsgrver notes the construction of a new building without
having any idea as to what goes on
inside.
Public funds are more easily obtained for those additions to the plan t
which are most likely to be noticed.
Just prior to the opening of the fiveyear period under considerptfon , the
Genera l State Authority had expended almost $600,000 in a buiM :ng program which placed the following new
sti'uetures on our campus—( 1) Gymnasium; (2) Laboratory School ; (3)
Shop Building; (4) Addition to the
Heating Plant.
The problem of putting these buildings into operation on a budget , b a sec
on the operation of the plant before
the buildings were constructed , meant.
a delay in putting the new structures
in to use . Equipment was needed , and
most oi' all new underground conduits
for power and light of all buildings
had become an absolute necessity.
During the half-decade j ust past,
over one-third of a million dollars has
been spent on Buildings and Fixed
Equipment , Movable Equipment , Contracted Repairs , Grading Roads and
Walks. These funds are provided as
f ollow s:
General State Authority
$177,193
Colleges Budget (Estimated at April
160,000
1, 1945)
Total
$337,193
The ability of the college to provide
almost one-half of the amount expended was due to the funds from its
war programs .
Among the clj ief changes brought
about by our war pi%ograms has boon
the shift in enrollment which has
made necessary increased facilities
Cor men , The conversion of dormitories wns made possible through rebuilding of five toilet rooms and the
replastering and relighting of North
Hall (Men 's Dormitory). The conversion of the dining room into a cafeteria was the result of labor shortage
accompanied by the renovation of the
kitch en ,
The not result of all the chnngos

by harvey a. 'ANDRUSS

Circus Conies
To College

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Wednesday morning, May 2, the
college community was hilariously entertained by Professor George Keller
of the local faculty.
True to form he brought his own
cheering section from the Training
School and after a few friendly remarks about certain of his colleagues,
Mr. Keller told the story of his hobby
for training wild animals and his lifelong love for >he circus . This tale
proved to be not only very entertaining but promoted the idea that
Americans are a very curious lot and
also tha t they can be plain-ordinary
"suckers."
Following his most enlightening and
am using story Mr. Keller showed a
colored film which gave a picture history of his animal show. Not everything one sees ' that goes on behind
the scenes is as exciting and enticing
as one would surmise . For example,
it would not be very advantageous
to sgt up a stan d in the very near
future at the college and try to sell
candied apples.

made" to accommodate the war prograrrts can best be summarized by
stating that the total dormitory facilities of the college can now be available for either men or women , depending on the relative needs. An in- It Happened Again
creased number of students can be
With Spring well on its way, the
accommodated in the dining room
bird
s are busy building their nests. As
through the use of cafeteria service.
the
bluebirds visit the mission at
This may mean a great deal in the
Capistrano,
so t oo, does Ben, the
future .
Robin, visit North Hall by making her
Prior to 1940 from 100' t o 150 men home on the fire-stairs.
had to find living accommodations in
It's a long story how Ben came
the Town of Bloomsburg, since we did
not have dormitory facilities to ac- here . It was way back in 1936 when
commodate them . At the same time , we had that terrific flood that Ben
our dormitory facilities for women made his home on the Stairs. Ever
were used to less than 50% capacity. since the robin comes back and made
While eigh t (8) different war pro- its home on the stairs, but in a difgrams have been in operation during ferent position ; so that the wind or
the fi ve-year period , the primary the rain won't affect the nest any.
function of the college, the education During this year, I'm told , she was
of teachers, has conti nued to develop. quite fortunate , for she had her picThis improvement has been reflected ture in the Press as she was feeding
in existing areas, namely, Bu si n ess, her young.
Elementary, and Secondary CurriculAs the boys and the j anitor in
ums, and through the addition and North Hall saw that spring was in
ex pansio n of cer.t ai n othe r a r eas, such the air; so too, were they watching
as Educational Clinic, Field of Speech a poor little robin once more making
Correction , Field of Aeronautics, and a n est . While the nest .vas being
the addi tion of Spanish as an elective constructed , the boys went around
in both Business Education and the their business as usual . But , when
Secondary Fields . The Experimental four little blue eggs wore seen in the
Laboratory School in Aviation was nest, everybody at North Hall began
without parallel in our nation in 1944. to walk around and worry as if they
were a father of a newly-born babe.
Then action began. The j anitor, faithWalter Olitzki
ful Ben Bordent , put up a notice once
agnln
with his most favorite passage,
1)
(Continued from Page
"Expectant
Mother, Please keep off
"Morning Hymn," G. Henschel.
Having this passage
the
fire-stairs."
"Love Went A-Itiding, " Frank Bridge.
the boys refrainin
mind
at
all
times,
IV.
fire-stairs
the
using
ed
from
. So toAria: "II lacerato spirito" fr om "Simwo
have
four
more
new
members
day
on Boccanegra ," G. Verdi ,
up at North Hall . Yes, they are four
V.
now robbins , Ernie , Crano , Frank, and
"Speak To Mo," Mana Zucca ,
Joo.
"I Could Not Lovo This World So
Much ," Mana Zucca ,
"Within This Heart of Mine ," Erno
HAVE YOU NOTICED ?
Balogh ,
"Morning, " Olcy Speaks,
TIavo you noticed the "Thought for
Martin Williams, accompanist,
Tod a y " bulletin hoard at tho loft siilo
of tho Social Room entrance? If you
nro a thoughtful Individual (and wo
Hop-Cotillion
hope you nro) norhapH you will havo
suggOHtloii for "Thought for Today."
a
(Continued from Pago 1)
Tako all contributions to Mrs.
Freshmen and Sophomores wore very
Knight'
s offi ce.
much plcnsod by the graciousness of
their guests,

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May Queen to Reign at Annual Fete
Kutztown State Teachers College
will crown their May Queen at the
annual May Day celebration in the
college auditorium . The Old English
theme of the pageant will be carried
out with elizabethan costumes and a
verse narrative." "Sgt. George and the
Dragon," the traditional English
Christmas pageant , will be part of
the festival.
Hi ghli ghts of Conference
The Seventh Ann ual Conference of
the Associated Student Governments
of the State Teachers Colleges of
Pennsylvania was held on the campus
of California State Teachers College.
Highligh ting the conference were four
discussion groups based upon Publications, Social Activities, Publicity
and Recruitment , and Student Participation in Curriculum Construction.
—Keystone
Career Forum Day
Keystone Jr . College cooperating
with the Scranton Kiwanis Club held
their ninth annual Career Forum Day
where 1,500 high school students attended lectures and discussions on vocational guidance.
—The Keystoman
Sports n' Stuff
Mushbball is definitely the thing
tha t everyone is doing these days at
Indiana State Teachers C o ll e g e .
Shrieks of RUN ! RUN ! are heard
everywhere, while the bewildered coeds firmly hold their ground—so astonishing it is to actually hit a homer.
Sad news came to the lifesavers
last week when the poo] had to be
closed because of the lack of chlorine.
Ah well, things are tough everywhere
these days.
—Indiana Penn
A Legitimate Cut
Ginny Tomion of Michigan State
College was more than a little embarrassed last week when she cut
her 4 p.m . lit class only to meet the
professor in the hall . She explained
that some cigarettes had just come
in at Byrnes' stores and even offered
to split a package with him. Prof. A.
J . Smith held out for a whole package.
—Indiana Pcnn
English Lesson
Teacher: "Take the cow into the
pasture ! What Mood?"
English class: "The cow,"
—Mlllorsvlllo Snapper
Out of the Past
March 8, 1935, The Frosh wore hav.
ing a highland fling; namely, a
Scotch-Hi-Ball ($1.25 per lad and lassio). Sounds like fun!
—Millorsvillo Snapper
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Roses are rod
Violets are pink
Immediately after
Tho thirteenth drink .
—Tho Koystonlnn
via Tho Tatler
"A Grand — But Busy Life"
College life Is a funny thing;
There's lots oC work to be done,
But yet wo seem to finish ,
'""
And still have time for fun.
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Huskies Wallop Ursinus 10 to 1
The ramy spell felt by Eastern
Pennsylvania during the past two.
weeks has more or less stymied the
efforts of the college baseball team
to show its contents. Just one of the
four schedufea contests against college competition was able to be
squeezed in between showers. The
games rained out were the two scheduled with Elizabethtown and one
against Bucknell U.. The only one
played which we won handily was
against Ursinus at Collegeville.
Bain Wins Out
From the moment the umpire bellowed "Play ball" there were threatening skies while they finally gave
forth a steady drizzle which started,
in the eighth inning and continued to
the end of the game.
The Huskies opened the first inning
going down in order with Terhune
sending the centerfielder far back to
haul down his high lift. Ursinus
threatened in their half loading the
sacks with 2 out, but Stackton was
cut down at the plate trying a steal
of hoffie , retiring the side.
Huskies Build Score
In the top half of the second Davis
opened up with a single and raced
around to third as Klinefelter drilled
one through the box. Klinefelter wasted no time stealing second. Mariaschin walked loading the bases. On
the next play Shaud bobbled Masterson 's roller permitting 2 runs to score
leaving men on first and third. Bottiger lined a single to right scoring
another tally sending Masterson to
third . Strong followed with a one
bagger Masterson scorng Bottiger
stopping at second . Mueller tied for
a double play on Zagoudis' smash b ut
only managed to force Strong at second . Zagoudis stole second placing
runners at second and third who
promptly came in on Terhune 's smash
past second. At this point Mitchell
replaced St a rer on t he m ou nd and
wasted no time making Pratico and
Davis go down on strikes ending the
Husky explosion . Ursinus failed to
pick up anything in the last half of
the frame wasting a hit by Mueller.
Saul Steals Four
Typical of the hustle shown by the
Huskies was Mariaschin's theft of
home in the third inning. After he
had si n gled , stole second and was sent
to third via Masterson's roller to
Shaud, he "promptly rode home on the
first "pitch making a nice slide past
the catcher , Mariaschin , by the way,
stole four bases for the day.
Both teams picked up counters in
the fifth inning, the Huskies knotting
two and Ursinus their lone tally, In
the Bloom half two doubles by Klinefelter and Strong sandwiching two
singles by Mariaschin and Mastorson
-netted two markers . Two walks, a
hit batter and a singl e spelled the
story of the Ursinus tally.
Strong kept the opposition in check,
not having any difficulty except for a
little trouble in the seventh inning
which he ended himself throwing out
Robertson . Tho Huskies countered
their last tally In the sixth frame on
Pratlco's single and Davis' double . In
the ninth Connell replaced Mitchell
on the mound and struck out the side.
It's still early in tho season for
comparison, but Navy boat Ursinus
11-1 and Ursinus defeated Muhlonburg 9-0. You can draw your own

Business Ed. Members Seniors Make Plans
Discuss Ph ases
For Graduation
1945 Track Opposition Of Business Careers
Obiter Still on Sale
Exhausted, So Team
Mr. Forney, Director of the BusiAt a recent class meeting the Senness
Education Department , was the ior Class various committees reported
"Hangs Up Spikes"
speaker at the regular meeting of the on the Canteen, Obiter, and MemorCharlie Johnson Number 1
Man for Husky Squad

After one dual meet and a successful fling that brought a fourth place
at the Penn Relays last Saturday, the
track season came to an abrupt halt
this week with the announcement
that all available competition had already been exhausted . Disbandmen t
of the team brought to a close a promising season, which should have seen
a good share of success go to the
Navy Trackmen . None of the existing
school marks were cracked, but this
was a well bala.nced team which was
capable of holding its own against any
of the opponents B.S.T.C. might normally have encountered .
Penn Relays High Spot
High spot of the season of course,
was the fourth spot garnered at the
Penn Relays by the mile team consisting of Devine, McCormick, Spegal
and Johnson. Running in a wide field
the Huskies trailed Lincoln, Wayne
University, and Swarthmore to* the
tape . Johnson broke away quickly but
tired at the end of his heat and the
Huskies were in fifth as McCormick
t ook over. "Barney " pushed the
Bloom aggregation into fourth as he
passed the Rider runner, and Spegal
and Devine held on to that spot for
the rest of the way but couldn 't do
better than cut Swarthmore's third
place advantage by several yards.
Whole Squad Success
Despite his disappoi n ting get away
at the Penn Relays, Charlie Johnson
was the number one man of the
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conclusions as to the caliber of the
team "Doc" Nelson has under his
wing.
Bloomsburg
ab r h o a e
5 1 0 0 0 0
Zagoudis , If
5 0 3 0 2 1
Terhune, 3b
0 0 0 0 0 0
Bianco, 3b
4 1 1 2 1 0
Pratico, 2b
5 1 2 1 0 0
Davis, cf
Klinefelter, lb .... 5 2 2 14 1 0
3 3 2 1 2 1
Mariachin, ss
5 1 1 0 0 0
Masterson, rf
4 1 1 7 1 0
Bottger, c
5 0 3 2 9 0
Strong, p
41 10 15 27 16
Ursinus
ab r h o a
2 0 0 1 0
Williams, cf
2 0 0 0 0
Hammer, cf
2 0 1 3 1
Stockton , 2b
Gummerick, 2b .... 2 0 1 1 1
4 0 2 4 0
Wendless, If
4 0 0 0 1
Golst, 3b
2 0 0 0 0
Wagner, rf
1 0 0 0 0
Kelly, c
3 0 0 7 0
Robertson , c
4 0 1 7 1
Mueller, lb
4 1 2 4 4
Shand , ss
0 0 0 0 0
Starol, p
2 0 Q 0 2
Mitchell, p
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Cornell, p
>. 1 0 0 0 0
Totals

2
o
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1

Totals

33 1 7 28 8 3

Bloomsburg
Ursinus

061 021 000—10
000 010 000— 1

Business Education Club held Thursd ay af t er noon .
Mr . Forney discussed the Thirteenth Annual Commercial Contest
held Saturday, May 5, and assigned
duties to the members of the club.
This contest is sponsored by the
Business Education Department of
the college, assisted by the members
of the Business Education Club and
Pi Omega Pi Fraternity.
Members of the club read brief
characterizations of the humorous
types of office workers.
Some of the members spoke about
their experiences in office positions
they held duri ng summer vacations.
They discussed the interview, the
types of machines they used, the type
of work they did, and some of the
humorous incidents they encountered.

Science Club Plans
Annual Field Trip
At the last meeting of the Science
Club on Thursday, May 3, Barney
McCormick, A/S gave an interesting
demonstration of the Cathode Ray
Oscillograph which is used to detect
currents of electricity.,
Plans are being formulated for the
annual field trip to Kitchen Creek
Falls on June 7. Committees appointed for this event are: Food, Pauline
Egizie, Chairman ; Lola Good, Eugene
McBride, and Charles Wagner. Transportation , John Hmelnicky and Delores DeVizia.

The Obiter is expected to be finished the week before graduation to
be held June 23.
Tentative plans were made for Ivy
Day and Bacculaurate scheduled for
Wednesday June 20. The seniors are
using the money from the profits of
the Canteen to help pay for the Obiter and Class Memorial.
A few Obiters are still available. If
y_p u haven't ordered yours, do so now.
ial .

Receive Active Pi
Omega Pi Members
The regular monthly meeting of Pi
Omega Pi' was held in the Social
Rooms of . Science Hall, Thursday evening, April 26.
The main event of the evening was
the initiation of the following students whs are" now active members
of Pi Omega Pi: Kay Kurilla, Ann e
Bucinell, Isabel Gehman.

USO Scrapbooks, New
Project for S.S- Club

The latest activity of the Social
Service Club has been the making of
scrapbooks containing cartoons, jokes
and short stories to be sent to soldiers
in hospitals overseas. The U.S.O. provides the blank books which are filled
with clippings by members of the
cl u b. ,
The Social Service Club is to be
congratulated on its work during the
clothing drive .

LIFE WITH UNCLE1

"Day" Ditties ?. ?

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4by "Phyzz " Schroder
first of the Philippines to be reconS/Sgt. Herb Sclmeitlcr
Herb attended Physical Training quered , and from th ers went to Cebu.
Instructor 's School at San Antonio , ppl . James Marion
Texas . He returned from over two
I received the Maroon and Gold of
years overseas duty in the Atlantic March 20 and 27 in yesterday's post.
and Pacific theatres of war in Janu- Thanks loads. I like to keep up with
ary and is stationed at Waco, Texas. all the doings back in school. I noticHerb and Florabelle Schrecongast are ed thr.t a few of the girls have graduengaged .
a t ed . It doesn't seem possible that
the years go by so quickly. I think
S. K. 2/C 3. Richard Zerby
Is stationed at Port Hueneme, Cali- that time j ust stands still in the
Army, I had a letter from Xen last
fornia with the Seabees.
week
. I guess he is itching to get into
Pfc. Walter II. R . Mohr
some
combat flying. I guess its j ust
Is assigned to chemical warfare at
Frederick , Oklahoma . Wall, and Mary human nature to want something
more. I went down to Bournemouth ,
Whitby are engaged .
Bath , and Salisbury on furlough a
Lieut . David Jones
ago . I met a fellow
Davey has returned home . He was couple of weeks
School with me.
High
who
wen
t
to
a German prisoner of war.
We were guests at a Rotary Club
Pfe. Harvey Huber
luncheon .
Is attending OCS at Quantico, VirI am going to try to take a course
ginia , He's a Marine ! !
at one of the universities when I get
2nd Lieut. Georgo Miller
my next furlough . I will once again
George was recently promoted from try to write more often.
staff sergeant by direct commission to
Jim
his present rank in medical ad minis- S/Sj rt , Charles Bomboy
tration in the Philippines according to
An Oak Leaf Cluster to his Air
word received by his parents.
Medal has been awarded to Staff SerS/Sct. James Kline
geant Charles H. Bomboy, 24 , BloomsInfor mation from Germany that burg, Pa ., for "courage, coolness and
3,000 American prisoners have been skill , . . " while participa ting in
liberated from the German camp Sta- bombing attacks on military and inlag Luft 4 leads to believe that Jim dustrial targets in Germany.
has been given his freedom . The aerial gunner has been a prisoner since
HIGH FLIGHT
last December .
Oh I have slipped the surly bond of
Warran t Officer (js) Sam . Kur tz
earth
Has ret urned to this country after
more than two years with the ex- And danced the skies on laughterpeditionary forces ,
silvered wings ;
Sfft . Alvin Woodrin ff
Sunward I've climbed , and joi ned the
Alvin has recently been issued a
tumbling mirth
membership card in the "I bombed Of sun-split clouds—and clone a hunJapan Club," an organization composdred things
ed of Eleventh Ai r Force combat per- You have not dreamed of —
sonnel who have bombed Japanese
Wheeled and soared and swung
positions in Ihei r home territory i:i j Here in the sun-lit silence.
Iho Kui'ile Island chain .
Hov 'ring there
Al . obtained membership in the en- I've chased the shouting wind along,
viable club by virtue of participation
and flung
in raids over Shimushu Island , He is My eager craft thru the footless halls
an aerial gunner .
of ai r.
Pfc . Ralph Seltzer
Up, up the long delirious, burning blue
Ralph lias been reported a prisoner I've toppt'd the wind-swept heights
of Germany, Tw o lette rs ha ve bee n
with easy grace
received fro m him under the dates of Where never lark, or even eagle
Jan uary 24 and February.
flow—
2nd Lieut . Earl Harris
And , while with silent liftin g mind
Second Lieutenant Earl J , Harris , I' ve trod
twenty-four , wns killed in action on The high untrespassed sanctify of
the island of Cobn in Iho Philippines
space ,
on March 28,
Put out my hand and touched the face
The officer , nn infantryman , wns
of God ,
wounded on Bougainville on July 8,
Joh n G . Magco, Jr., niriteon19-M but: returned to action after beyear-old American pilot killing hospltnlizod more than two
ed in December 1941 in sermonths with injuries to the foot and
vice with the Royal Canadian
nrm ,
Air Force.
The officer hold the Purple Heart
with one Ciiistor 'hnvlng been wounded
on Ley to, March 12, although his
Fred
wounds at that: time wore much loss
severe than ho had eni'lier sustained
at Bougainville ,
Hi pp ensteel
Ho was in the invasion of Loyte ,

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CLOTHING
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FURNISHINGS

I entered the Day Room today to
find a buzzing sound from one of the
corners. Circled around were Winnie
Ebbie , Bite tt i , and Flaharty discussing thei r new assignments of student
teaching. Main discussion was Will
it be more work with lesson plans or
Not? ( Dear me, Oh for the life of a
student teacher.)
Sharpless has been quite busy this
week tearing her hair out . to take her
exam to enter a Nursing course.
I also noticed up at the gym class
that the girls are warming up for
their spring training in baseball.
Dain ty Smith trips lightly up to
strike out , while the opposite Utt goes
up and makes a home run .' Shaffer
throws a fly. Miss McCammon hollers
"Out! Throw the ball to Fisk. Pappas why didn 't you run home?? Stitzel, you dare move from your base!
Hathaway, don 't carry the bat with
you. Com e on . Let's play ball!! Bitch,
get near your base. All right now.
Bases -are loaded. Now wat ch your
step."
Berlew, the star* player catches a
fly, throws the ball to all loaded bases making three outs . (Did you ever
see such miracles? Wow! What a
team!)
"Doozie " Daygirl

Mail Bag
(Continued from Page 2)
We fool around in the daytime
Visiting friends and drinking coke;
Then sit up until all hours to study,
Which certainly is no jok e.

Commercial Contest
(Continued from Page 1)
Henry, Harriet Rhodes, Janet Phultz,
Shirley Williams, Evelyn Witman .
Thirteen schools were ' represented
by 48 high school students and teachers.
The final standing of the high
school
teams is as follows:«
?
Easton — 10 points
Shorthand fi rst , Bookkeeping first.
Bloomsburg — 8 points
Typewriting s e c o n d , Bookkeeping'
second , Shorthand third .
Hamburg: — 5 points
Typewriting first, '
Coal Township — 2 points
Typewriting third.
Plymouth — 2 points
Bookkeepi n g t hird .
* A commercial Plaq ue is awarded to
the winning team. The Plaque becomes the property of the winning
team .

"Hang Up Spikes"

( Continued front psg€ 3)
Husky track squad. The Boston flash
would be a threat in any field and
has things his own way in the Navy
inter-company meet and a g a i n s t
Kutztown. Spegal and McCormick also contribu ted some fine running, and
Devine showed well on the track and
high j ump. "Russ" Crosby and Vince
Shedler were the leading distance
men , and Roudabush , Hodge, Gronka,
and Allen were features in the
"weight" departmen t. The w h o l e
squad shared in making this season,
though short , successful .

Bart Pursel

Wo go to bed thinking of lessons,
And wake up doing the same.
Wo day dream in our classes
And jump when they call our name.

MEN and BOYS
CLOTHIER

Wo gripe about the work to do,
Wo wonder what' s in st ore.
But guess we really like it ,
Or wo would not come for more.
—RoReno Nordstcilt
The Collcgio

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