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MEET YOUR CLASSMATES

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A joint party for the Dorm and
Day students will be held in the
near future. Be sure not to miss
this opportunity to meet your fellow students. An enjoyable evening is promised to all of you.
Wa tcl* for the date, time, and
place.
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Ensign Edward J. Vogelsong
U. S. N. R.
Garrison Boat Pool, Cub. 19
% Fleet Post Office,
San Francisco, Cal .
Dear Miss Rich,
"Writing to one of your profession I
think it would be a good idea to introduce myself, as you undoubtedly
had others that left a better print in
your mind. I'm the sailor that sat in
the last row in your Sociology class,
that often caused your temperature
to rise . We even had a few timely
and helpful words after class. No ,
it's not Rod Williams, but that would
be close.
The last time that I saw you, you
were injured. I do hope this letter
finds you well and contented. Many
times my mind wanders to the campus, and the fine times that I had
while at Bloomsburg. I think of you,
the talks we have had , my fellow
classmates and wonder where they
are, of Mr. Reams and his history
classes, Dr. Nelson and his gym classes, Dr. North and his pleasant, pleasing ways and the others that made
my stay a good one.
Since I left Bloomsburg, I had duty
at Asbu ry Park , Chicago , Hollywood,
Florida , Coronad a, San Bruno and
Treasure Island—all in California.
Finally the day arrived for me to take
that trip across the sea. Out here I
have seen Pearl Harbor, Guam, Leyte,
Manila and Okinawa. The latter is
by' far the most beautiful. Have been
on this rock since August and am
now waiting to go to Tsingtau, China.
I'm what they call, a small boat offi cer , handling LCVP's and LCM's.
With the war over, small boats is
good duty. I expect to be out hei*e for
another nine months as this point
system doesn't favor a single person.
Okinawa is an island of natural
beauty. Is about sixty miles long and
around eighteen miles wide. In some
ways it does put one in mind of
Pennsylvania,' with its mountains,
fields and the general landscape. The
island had three lai'ge cities, none of
which arc- left. Naha , the capital, had
a population of sixty thousand but
now is represented by the 10th division. The heaviest fighting took plnco
nvound here. All over the landscape
in this area you find tombs which
made ideal pillboxes for the nips.
Today when ono enters a tomb more
times than none he will find bodies
.Taps, piled just like cord wood. But
these tombs wore built by the Okcs.
for burial purposes and are quite
sacred, Whon nn Oke. dies he is
placed in a wooden casket, which is
really a box , nnd loft thoro until he
Is decomposed. Then a virgin girl
enters and cleans tho body of nil.remaining flesh. Tho bones aro then
placed into an urn , which is beautifully painted , In n crossed pattern
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Class Set
Tentative Date For
Ball and Banquet

At their last meeting, the Seniors
set a tentative date of May 24 for the
Senior Ball and Banquet . Committees under the direction of the following chairmen are beginning preparations now for this event.
Lillian Gis
General Chairman
Chairman of Ball _ Bernice Gabuzda
Chairman of Banquet
Ralph McCracken
Dance Program Chairman
Frances Saunders
Orchestra Chairman
Evelyn Whitman
Refreshment Chairman _ Kay Kurilla
Ticket and Program Chairman
Lenore Seybgr t
Mary Longo
Publicity Chairman
Decoration Chairman
Athaman t ia Comuntz is
Investigation Chairman
Mark Wanich
Class officers for all the school year
1945-46 have been elected. The office
of secretary is still undecided because of a tie.
President
John Hmelnicky
Vice-President
Eileen Falvey
Treasurer
Kathleen Hess
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WOMEN'S CHORUS
PREPARING CHRISTMAS
PROGRAM FOR DEC. 17

THANKSGIVIN G VACATION
WEDNESDAY , NOVEMBER 21 — MOND AY, NOVEMBER 26
Vacation begins today at eleven o'clock , the Wednesday Assembly Period will be omitted. All the usual Wednesday Morning classes will meet.
The eleven o'clock classes will meet at ten. All classwork will end for the
week at eleven o'clock , the afternoon classes being omitted.
Students will return to the campus Monday, November 26, classes will begin regularly after lunch on that day.
The calendar which follows shows that B. S. T. C. is returning to its
prewar status.
Christmas Recess Begins at Noon
Wednesday, December 19
Christmas Recess Ends at Noon
Wednesday, January 2
First Semester Ends
Saturday, January 19
SECOND SEMESTER — 1945-1946
Registration
Wednesday, January 23
Classes Begin
Thursday, January 24
Easter Recess Begins at Noon
Saturday, April 13
Easter Recess Ends at Noon
Wednesday, April 24
Alumni Day
Saturday, May 25
Baccalaurea te Services
Sunday, May 26
Class Day Activities
Monday, May 27
Commencement
Tuesday, May 28

The Women 's Chorus will present
its first program of this school year,
December 17. Miss Moore and the
girls have been working hard to prepare a delightful program. In contrast to other years, the program wil]
be a mixed one—of Christmas Carols,
religious music and Negro spirituals,
The officers of the chorus this year
are :
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President
Dorothy Kocher
Vice-President
Renee Paul
Secretary
Mae Klinger Dorothy Parrish Entert ains College
Treasurer
Janet Gilbody
Faculty and Students on November 14
Librarians
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Doris Gilday, Marj orie Brace
Dorothy Parrish Domoukas, talent- ARMY ELEVEN WALo
ed young pianist , presented an ex"MINISI" IS RATE D A
quisite and finely balanced program LOPS NOTRE DAM
at the November 14th assembly proGREAT PINCH STAR
The powerful Army eleven extendgram. Her sincerity, poise and mu- ed their winning streak to 16 con"Tony" Minisi may not make the sical ability greatly impressed the secutive games by defeating Notre
All America football team , but the faculty and students.
Dame. Glenn Davis, and Felix
Navy 's sure-fire southpaw stands out
The artist , by means of an Ex- Blanchard , two of the game 's greatest
as ono of the year's smartest pinch change Fellowship, granted by tho backs , provide a full offensive teum
players.
Institute of International Education in themselves.
Army, remaining in the undefeated
In Nnvy 's last three games against of New York City, went to the Royal
top-flight opponents, Minisi beat Hungarian Franz Liszt Academy of ranks and with fewer possibilities of
Penn. on a brilliant catch of a for- Music in Budapest, Hungary, for being beaten , are practically a sure
ward pass in the last 25 seconds. He three years. At this time Bila Bar- bet for the Rose Bowl bid.
saved a 0-6 tie with Notre Dame by tole, whose Rondo on Folk Tunes
Authorities at Franklin Field, Philmaking n timely tackle on the one- and Rumanian Folk Dances were adelphia , are expecting the largest
foot line in the dying seconds.
part of her program, was her teacher crowd that ever attended a game
He set a match to Navy 's long- of piano. Previous to her study there, when the mighty Navy eleven
dormant attack as it came to life in abroad , Miss Parrish was 'graduated battles the Army December 2.
the 33-7 victory over a good Mich- from the University of Minnesota.
igan eleven.
FREE TIME
Now, back in America, when not
concerting, she teaches at Juniata
Do you want to do something to
where they remain. The tombs are and Wells College.
help the College? Why not spend
Her program consisted of:
nbout six feet high and six feet wide.
The entrance Js quite tiny and wo Beethoven—Sonatu in C Majo r Op. your free time assisting in tho Canteen?
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have to crawl on our hands and
Chopin—Etude
Major
knees.
in E
, Op. 10 More cooperation is needed among
No. 3; Etude in E Minor , Op. 25 the students if tho Canteen is to be a
Whon wo hit tho beach, Japs wero
success. So many people ore dependNo. 5; Ballado in A flat, Op. 47
plentif u l but now they aro n miniing on tho other person,
mum. Tho army sent interpreters Ravol—Jeux d'Eau
Como on—sign up now! A good
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Thanksgiving

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Most people know that Thanksgiving comes every year before the
Christmas season and that it is a day
of feast, football games and turkeys;
but few of these people r'ealize that
Tha nksgiving has quite a historical
record.
After our forefathers had a very
successful harvest, they decided to
have a feast and give thank s to their
Heavenly Father. Thus the first
Thanksgiving began in our country
around 1621.
Thanksgiving was not proclaimed a
national holiday till the Continental
Congress passed a resolution on Oct obe r 31 , 1777; which called for our
firs t national . Thanksgiving Day. •
Congress at this time also authorized
(he observation of such a day for six
successive years following.
Thanksgiving was not national after 1783 until our first Congress urged
President Washington to proclaim
November 26, 1789 at our Thanksgivi ng Day, In 1795 Washington
made another such proclamation , this time on his own initiative.
John Adams, Washington's successor , issued two proclamations in
1798 and 1799, but Jefferson abandoned the practice.
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Next Madison was asked by Congress to proclaim two national
Thanksgivings, one in January, 1815 ,
and the other in April of the same
year . The latter observance was to
give special thanks for the conclusion
of pence with Great Britain,
The custom then lapsed until Lincoln's call for a general thanksgiving
on Sunday, . April 13, 18G2. Lincoln
also issued proclamations in 1863 and
1864. In 18C4 he designated the last
Thursday in November for the observance, as" hud been done only once
before by Washington in 1789,
Since 1804 every President has
called for a special clay of nntionul
Thanksgiving every year. Onfy n
few of these days wore not the last
Thursday in November of each year.
For several years our late President Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving
from the fourth Thursday in" tho
month of November to the third
Thursduy.
This year Thanksgiving will bo observed in our American homes on
Thursday, Novembor 22.
Remem b er as y ou out y our Tur k ey
dinner that Thanksgiving is not only
n day of feiifit , but nlso n day of
prayer!

"Disc-ussingf "
The most popular recordings of the
week:
1. Till the End of Time—Perry Como.
2. It's Been a Long, Long Time—
Harry James.
3. I'll Buy That Dream — Dick
Haymes.
4. That's For Me—Dick Haymes.
5. A. T. and Sante Fe—Johnny Morler.
Make sure you hear numbers three
and four. You 'll enjoy them more if
you have soft lights and a
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you play them.
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Tho se "oldies," "How Deep is the
Ocean , " "It's Only a Paper Moon ,"

and "Once in a While," arc being
dressed up and given new life by
many of the big bands. We recommend "Once in a While ," r eco r ded
by the Pied Pipers.
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Two classical recordings are outstanding:
1. Clair dcLune—Jose Itwibi.
2. Warsaw Concerto — Wallenstein ,
and Los Angeles Philharmonic.
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Columbia has put out the Robert
Russel Bennett symphonic picture
from "Porgy and Bess," played by
the Pittsburgh Symphony under the
direction of Fritz Peiner and "Rhapsody in Blue" played by Oscar Levant with Eugene Ormandy and tho
Philadelphia Orchestra,

B-CLUB ELECTS HELEN
WRIGHT AS PRESIDENT
Tlio B-Club members hold election
of officers nt a recent business meeting. Those elected to servo tho club
for the 1945-46 torm are:
President , Helen Wright; Vicc-Prcsident , Dora Brown; Secretary, Evelyn
Witmun; Treasurer, Doris Condor.
Plnns arc undorwny for activities
for the club .
At Open House lust week the BClub took charge of a stenk fry in
tho driveway outside tho Conlcnniul
Gymnasium, Invitations to tho J'eod
wore extended to all tho fairer sex,
Over fifty gals enjoyed the cook-out.
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Put all notices and posters to bo
plnced on tho Bulletin Boned in
the small box in the Social Room
which is there for that purpose.

G -,2 o n
Servicemen
Ruth E. Sonncr , Supervisor Specialist first class of the WAVES, reported for duty with Naval Air
Transport Service, Squadron Four at
Oakland , California , on July 5. The
most important feature of her new
duty will be setting up a WAVES
athletic program. She enlisted in
1942. Ruth graduated from B. S.T. C
in tho class of 1931.
Lt. Charles Girton is a meteorologist at the Weather Station Municipal
Airport in Tulsa, Okla. Charles recently became the father of a lovely
daughter.
Capt. Howard Berninger recently
was discharged after three and one
half years in the service. "Boots"
was stationed many months in Guadalcanal , and recently returned from
Iwo Jima , where he was guard officer
in the Seventh Fighter Command.
Lt. Milton Krauss is on terminal
leave. "Milt" spent three years in
Iran and married a girl from Palestine.
Pfc. Clifton Skow recently married Miss Marqueen Hartzel, of Fefnville. He recently returned from 13
months overseas with the U. S. Paratroops.
The famous Caterpillar Club was
founded in 1922, but was a mythical
organization until 1943. Of the 40,000 men entitled to membership because of an emergency jum p, B. S.
T. C. can claim the following: Lt.
Drue W. Folk, F. Stuart Straub, Lt.
Angelo Melito.
Millard Ludwig, H. M. 3rd class, is
stationed on Los Negras Island in the
Admiralties. The navy has taken
over Army Airways Communications,
and Millard is a radio operator.
Lt. Stacey Search is with the Army
of Occupation in Japan.
"Civies" have been, purchased by
Richard D. Frymire, John W. Robinson, Frederick L. Houck, John Betz,
Edwin Deleski , Charles H. Bomboy,
Thomas H. Beagle, Howard H. Lanterman , Robert A. Linn , Alvin J.
Woodring, Kenneth J. Hippensteel.

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A Play
Act I
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Scene: A garden . Time: A moonlit evening.
Enter Jeannie and Johnnie to pick
flowers .
Act II
Scene: The same. Time: A few
minutes later.
Enter Jeannie*s mother.
Act III
Jeannie and Johnny pick flowers.
—Reflector.
Ancient History
Mrs. Green: "My dear, I'm so excited. Henry is going in for anthropology. I always knew he would do
something worthwhile."
Mrs. Brown: "How did you find
that out?"
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Mrs. Green: "I found some tickets
in his coat with the inscription, 'Mudhorse 15 to 1,' and when. I asked
about them he replied that they were
the relics of a lost race."
The Gfrard News.
Congratulations *
The Indiana Penn has been awarded first class rating in the 1945 Associated Collegiate Press contest. The
issues judged were edited by Ann
Halama, business education Senior.
The Inevitable
Much against his will, the young
suitor had been persuaded to go
through the formality of stating his
intentions to his prospective fatherin-law. "So you want to become my
son-in-law, do you?" the old man
remarked grumpily. "Frankly, no,"
returned the suitor , "but I see no way
out of it if I marry your daughter.
—The Colleaio.

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History Lesson
A hundred years ago
'Tvvas wilderness round here
A man with powder in his gun
Went forth to hunt a deer.
But now the scene has changed
somewhat
ENSIGN EDWARD J. VOGELSONG
It's quite a different plan
A dear with powder on her nose
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Goes forth to seek her man.
into the hills after peace was de—The Rocket.
clared and secured the majori ty but
the fanatics had to be killed.
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I've taken many pictures and have If you can stand four years of teachgotten a few souvenirs . Am trying to
er training,
get a sword but it seems that every- If you can take your methods like a
body else lias the same idea.
man ,
About three weeks ago we had a If you can pass directed observation
typhoon entertain us. Sure hope I And write out half a hundred lesson
never see another, Our camp was a
plans;
total loss. When the going got so If you can give the seven aims of edrough that we had to find shelter,
ucation
and that was when all materials be- And glibly cite the principles you're
gan to fly. Tho height of the storm
given
was at 1600 when its speed wus You can become president of your
checked at 142 knots. We ran to a
hometown. P. T. A . (it you become
tom b, seven of us and spent the night
a parent , of course)
there. It will be one ' nigh t that I'll And quote John Dowey— "Education 's livln '."
never forgot and hope I'll never have
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to replay, Dampness, cold nnd the
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thoughts that pass in one's mind DOROTHY PARRI SII ENTERTAINS
made sleeping just about un impossibility . We had to move a tenant
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out before we could move in, Tho Bnrlolc—Rondo on Folk Tunes ; Hurvoxt morning we found tho camp
manlnn Folk Dances
completely destroyed.
Liszt—Liobestraum
Have mot Mr. Stetson and Mr. Pngnnini-Liszt—Etude (Thome and
Bcolor both of whom attended
Vnr intions)
Bloomsburg. We talked over old Dobusay—Clair deLune
t imes nt the club ,
I'm quite well and the navy has
If you have a frco moment would
taught mo plenty. They liavo boon appreciate hearing from you. Do take
mnklng us some good offers but I can care of yourself . Good luck,
not Vnit until I'll be weni'lnff civilian
Sincerely,
clothing,
Edward J, Vogolsong.