Many Campus Improvements Scheduled; Crowning of Twin Historic Long Porch To Be Replaced May Queens To Be Old Landmark To Receive Held Wednesday Secon dary Education Architectural "New Look" President Harvey A. Andruss recently announce that bids will be opened on May 18 for the replacement of Long Porch at Waller Hall , for repai rs to the President' s Home , and for roof repairs to four other buildings on campus. Plans and specifications for the work have been received and , according to an announcement received from Harrisburg, the proj ect must be completed before October 15. Th e chief addition to the exterior appearance of the College will be in the construction of a new porch to replace the historic Long Porch. This new porch will connect the two wings of Waller Hall and will extend within the present court. This construction will consist of fifteen brick archways facing Second Street and seven brick archways extending into the court. The roof of the new porch will be slate with copper gutters and spouting, and wooden cornice. The columns will be brick with metal banisters and the floor will be of quarry tile. Access to the street will be by means of two sets of steps at the end of a platform leading to the street level, instead of the present broad stairs. Five of the archway spaces extending in the court will be covered with leaded plat e glass. The present ( Continued on page 3) Phi Sigma Pi Accepts 12 N ew Memb ers in Initiation Ceremonies Laughter was the keynote of the hour-long informal initiation program presented in the Waller Hall Gym on Wednesday evening, Ap ril 27, by the Iota Chapter of Phi Sigma Pi , National Honorary Educational Fraternity for Men. The entire west side of the gym was filled with members of the College Community who were on hand for the occasion. The pledges "gave their all" in presenting a variety of acts that ranged from a mock burlesque to an inverted Gettysburg Address and a bit of Shakespeare, On the following evening, Thursd ay, the fraternity held its regular formal initiation ceremony in Science Hall. At this time the following were accepted for membership : Gerald Bacon , Lewis Ballantine , Robert Canouse , Kenneth Cook , Guy James , Francis Johnson , Norman Keiser , James Kleman , Emory Rarig, Th addeus Svvigonski , Richard Wagner , and Robert Walther. Twenty*Three Attend Poetry Club Outing Conference Will Be Held Here in June On June 24 and 25, one of the twelve regional group discussion conferences for the improvement of secondary education will be held at the College. These meetings are sponsored by the Pennsylvania Branch of the National Association of Secondary School Principals. Harry F. Garner, director of secondary education at the College and coordinator of the local conference , announ ced recently that the group will be under the leadership of J. Frank Dennis , principal of Myers High School in Wilkes-Barre. Composed of several principals of area high schools , the steering committee is now working on plans for the 1949 conference , which is an annual proj ect of he Pennsylvani a Secondary School Prin cipals' Association. The area to be served by this year's conference includes the following counties : Columbia , Luzerne , Lakawanna , Susquehanna , and Wyoming. The green - turfed terrace off Waller Hall will be the scene of probably one of the most outstandingly unique ceremonies ever to be witnessed by students of the College a n d general spectators from the surrounding area at 2:30 P.M., Wednesday, May 11. At that time, B.S.T.C.'s bid for nationwide publicity, the crowning of Midge and Madge Fuller as twin May Queens will take place at the annual coronation pageant of the May Queen in celebration of the traditional May Day. Attending the Queens will be seven girls of the 1949 graduating class? They are : Jane McCullough , Martha Jane Sitler, Joan McDonald , Mary Helen Mor row , Zita Spangler Cortright, Doris Gilday, a n d Eloise Noble. The ceremonies for this year's May Court will be under the direction of Mrs. Robert B. Redman, She will have as her assistants Miss Lucy McCammon and members of the Benj amin Franklin Training School. Graduating Class To Hear Journalist and Pastor in Commencement Ceremonies ¦ Harrison Wood, Workshop Courses To Mr. Rev. HL J. Aulenbach Be Important Feature To Address Graduates Of '49 Summer Session — ¦ H i . —i -m B Workshops in the fields of Business, Secondary, and Elementary Education will be an important feature of th e 1949 Summer Sessions. The workshop type of course is becoming increasingly popular in the education of teachers-in-service, and those to be offered at the College this summer will include group discussions, fi eld trips, lectures by nationally-known authorities, and observations in the campus laboratory schools. The Summer Session will again include a three-week pre-session , a regular six-week session, and a postj session of three weeks. The pre! session will begin Monday, June 6; j the regular six-week session will be| gin Monday, June 27, The post-session are scheduled to begin MonJ classes day, August 8, and continue until j i Friday-, August 26. Included in the regular session will be the six hours necessary for certification in Safety Education. Three semester hours of credi t will be given for a course in "Safety Education," which was popular in last year's session uill again be offered. The course in Safety Education may be used as 32 Schools Represented in Initial Issue of First j an elective in the elementary' field , B usiness Education C ontest ; but either of the two courses can be |All-College Magazine The Seventeenth Annual Business |Wins Student Acclaim \ used in making the certificate permi anent. Education Contest was held April 30 Persons planning to enroll in the Anoth er B.S.T.C. "First" w as rein Navy Hall with Collingdale High courses are advised by the workshop corded this year when the first allSchool taking first place honors and Dean of Education to advise College , a bronze plaque. Danville tied with College magazine "The Olympian, " offici als early since enrollment must Sunbury for the runner-up position. was issued last week. According to Berwick placed fourth. Last year's Editor William A. Stimeling, the in- necessarily be limited. Summer Seswinn er, Bloomsburg, took fifth hon- itial issue of the new publication met sion anno u n cements and en rollment ors. Position of teams was based on with th e overwhelming sales approv- blanks are available in the Office of the lowest score of the accumulative al of students and faculty. The maga- the Dean of Instruction. ranking positions of team members. zine, the firs t of its kind on the camThirty-two schools were represent- pus, went on sale after the Thurs28. Selling Journalism Class Trip ed by 117 students. Gold , silver , and day assembly on April , bronze stars were awarded to stud- for twenty-five cents 'The OlymOn Monday, M ay 9, th e twentypian" contained short stories, lit erents wh o r anked fi rs t , second , and eight members of Mr. DeVoe's Journthird in each of the four divisions ary and feature articles, poetry , and alism class will travel to Williams(Bookk eeping, Business Mathematics , cartoons. port to tour the Gri t Publishing ComMembers of the staff include: pany. The group hopes to see the Shorthand , and Typ ewriting) Jounior L. Eddinger and Robert C. An additional feature of the acti- Canouse , associate editors ; Eleanor "1949 Obit er" going through the vities was an addx*ess by W. Harrnan Todaro , business manager; Howard presses or the bindery of the large Wilson , editor of the "Balance Sheet " Hartzell , art editor; Robert Hiney printing plant. Leaving at 12:45, the class will Among the schools entered in this and Nancy Powell, humor editors ; use the College station wagons and contest were: York , Bloomsburg, Col- Ruth Shupp, Joyce MacDougall , and lingdale, Danville , Sunbury, Berwick, Gloria Dawn Long, advertising staff ; private cars. Millersburg, Fountain Hill, Jefferson , Shirley Walters, Joseph Curilla , and Plymouth , Columbia , Tunkhannock , George Chebro , sales staff; and RichWyoming, Branch Township, High- ard Harner , typist. spire , Aramagh , Hughesville , and Dr. J. Almus Russell is the faculty Snow Shoe. adviser. Collingdale High School Takes First Place in Commercial Contest Here Harrison Wood, distinguished newspaper correspondent and author, and Reverend Henry J. Aulenbach,* pastor of the St. Andrew Reformed Church of Allentown , will be the speakers for the* 1949 graduation exercises to be held on May 22 and 23 in Carver Hall Auditorium. Mr. Wood will deliver the commencement address on Monday, May 23, and Rev. Aulenbach will deliver the baccalaureate address on Sund ay afternoon , May 22. Mr. Wood is one of the American Broadcasting Company's top news analysts and commentators. He will speak on the subj ect, "This Changing World." A correspondent for over thirty years with large American newspapers and various international press service s, Wood will proj ect his address against the background of his long experience and intimate contacts in European and Asiatic affairs. He is the author of "India Tomorrow," "The Orient Looks Ahead ," and "China Tomorrow." Reverend Aulenbach , a graduate of Franklin and Marshall College, has had an outstanding career in the Christian ministry. In 1948 he was awarded the Franklin and Marshall (Continued on page 3) Day Women Announce Next Year's Of f icers The senior day women were guests at a luncheon held by the Day Women's Association in their rooms in Noetling Hall , Tuesday, May 3, 1949 . At that time , the members of next year's official board were announced and presented with corsages of gardenias and daisies by the members of this year 's official board. Next year's officers are as follows : Kathryn Graham , president; Nancy Crumb, vice-president; Sue Dreibelbis and Nancy Brunstetter , senior representatives; Carol Gass and Alice Jacques, junior representatives ; Mary Lehman and Carol Wanich, freshman representatives. Mrs. Ruth Appleman Pealer and Miss Betty Fisher , both past presidents of the Day Women , were guests at the covered-dish. Annual College Style Show Displays Latest Spring and Summer Fashions 4. Monday evening, May 2, saw the College and Training School Models Participate in Fashion Review holding of the Poetry Club's vveinerroast-party at the Reichard farm on the MillviUe road. Despite early showers , a very satisfying and enj oyable outing was afforded the twenty-three members and guests present, Following the weiner-voast at the edge of Fishing Creek , card games and other various entertainments were participated in on the vernndaporch of the Reichnrd home , at which time Mrs, Reichard favored the group with additional refreshments. Those present wore : Miss Zcnlberg, faculty sponsor , John Relchnrd , 1 uthev Roth*, Audrey Tevrel , Jounior Eddlnger, Earl Bloke , Eleanor Pupo , Marilyn Evans , Eleanor Todnro, Max Kaplan, Hazel Brobst, Donald Butcofsky, Edwin Klinger , Lucy Jane Baker, Paul Slobozlen , Genevieve Krzywlckl , Eph Weaver, Elennpr Pictured nbovo are the College and Training School models who took part in the Spring Fashion Show which Poust, Charles Glllow , Frances Cerchinro, Marie Mattls , George Kearn- was held on April 20 In Carver Hall Auditorium. Mr , C. H. Henrie , director of the show, la shown at the extreme ey, and Mary Ann Alarcon. right of the ploture . College Models Featured In Well-Attended Affair An outstanding annual feature , the Spring fashion show , was presented on April 29, in Carver Hall Auditorium. Staged by the retail selling classes, under the direction of Charles H, Henrie , the show was an attraction for the participants of the high school commercial contest. The fashions, which were displayed by several college models and a group of Benj amin Franklin School children , consisted of Spring and Summer merchandise. Also in the group were fashions which will not be released for sale until the early Fall. Chosen to model on the basis of appearance, personality, poise, and height, the models were : Dorothy Cedor , Barbara Sherman , Madelyn Schalles, Zita Spangler Cortright, Sue Dreibelbis, Diane Snyder, Dorothy Thomas, Mary Kay Shoemaker, Joanne Vanderslice, Mary Ann Stew(Continued on page 4) JWaroon anb cr ?! J) ti t ^T Kathryn Graham ^ Guy James Lol a Moyer Gay Palutls Eleimor Pupo Patrlola Sweeley Shirle y Vandevcr Richard Wagner Noetllne Hall BOX 214 FEATURE EDITOR Donald Butcofsky FEATURE STAFF Robert Baylor Alekl Oonrnntoli nil! DaTto Fj. _ , ank_ Dean , Max Kaplan Marie Mattls Edward Mcbso SOCIETT CIHC. MGR. (ifnr >!i> Choliro Kay Chapln , Ed. Audrey Terrel New Dames Club To Meet Tuesday The College Dames Club, one of the campus' most newly-organized and active organizations, will hold a hat social at their regular meeting Tuesday evening May 10, at 7:30. Mrs. Richard Hummel, of Northumberl and , will award prizes for the most unu sual hats presented by members of the club. At the April 5 meeting, the members made a tour of the Bloomsburg Hospital and later attended the tea at the Nurses Home. At the last regular meeting, April 26, the Da mes Club met in the Women 's Day Room in Noetling Hall. At this time Mrs. Robert Wingate was elected secretary, replacing Mrs. Richard Stout. The social hour was graced with refreshments and interesting anecdotes by each attending member on the subj ect , "How I Met My Husband." FASHION FLASHES by Aleki Comuntzis Before w e kno w it , summer's hot days will be creeping up on us. With this to look forward to we must plan our summer wardrobe with one eye on th e thermometer. This year, transparencies are the thing. Of course, you know that means organdies , dot t ed swiss, etc. ^ best to Designers are trying their combine materials which will make us look utterly feminine. Let's take a closer look .at what is coming up for this summer. For afternoon wear picture a black linen strapless dress topped with a redincote of black organdy or dotted swiss. If you prefer white, wear a white organdy with long full sleeves , a Peter Pan collar, and a full skirt. This dress makes a good basic dress because the undergarments can be changed with the wearer's mood. If you really want to set your beau back on his heels add a pair of linen pumps that match the slip. After-five dresses can combine materials and colors. How do they differ? First in length and second in bareness. Try using a crushed organdy over lavendar flaille. Cut the neck low, the skirt full , and swath the waist with a wide sash. Wear pert white gloves and a pretty smile. In the evening at a summer dance , organdy and other transparents again take the limelight. Here again we can put color under white or color under color. Necklines are either low and wide or high and collared, To accentuate your favorite dance dress of organdy, carry a lace fan that will make that favorite man's heart flutter. Here's hoping you have planned for a cool and comfortable summer! COLLEG E COUNCIL TO MEET A dinner meeting of the College Council will be held Monday evening, May 9, at six o'clock in the College dining room. 8PORTS EDITOR Wayne Von Stetten BUSINESS MOT. Snrn Oraham SPORTS STAIT Richard Hollla James Kllnednlat John Trimble Glenn Von Stetten ADVERTISIN O G RDVBHTISHI J«Itle« Boyle) 11. Williams )M*ra . Helyn Burllngam. Dorothy Cedor William Freedman HUMOR Robert Hlney , Ed. Nancy Powell COPY READERS lean Ann Brosiman Jane Kenvin ART II. Hmtzell , Ed. Xniicy Swartz EXCHANGE ED8. Nancy Crumb Ann Papanla REFLECTIONS I ON A DUMP by Hildegard Hurm * A massive hill of debris, A pit of murky water slimy with scu m From which rise peaks of battered cans, a rotting auto tire, and the burnt out embers of a fire long dead— A disgusting spectacle to those who can see only the destruction and ruin, Hear only the lap of the polluted water and the intermittent scurrying of thriving rats, Smell only the offensive odor of corrosion and th e loathesome stench of the stale water. But wait! Do not turn away with aversion. Look! Yes, look again And see the strang fascination that lures the child to this drab and unattractive spot. An ugly sight, you say, But see that j agged, floating bottle— 'tis a message sent by far off pirates and is caught warily between the shattered timbers of a sunken ship. And there is the sandy beach with buried treasures hidden far beneath its grains. i That old clock, whose face has long since been erased by wind and storm, Whose steady hands moved faithfully until they could no longer move Now lies amidst the pile to show that even time must have an end. And over there, the ornate, massive chandelier, a sorry relic of a bygone age. But lo! The glowing splendor is resumed and soon transforms the sunken hole into a dazzling ballroom, if you but look. The cracked and stringless violin begins to play a stately minuet, if you listen ; And the smell of perfumes and of snuff pervades the lordly atmosphere, if you but sniff. That bracelet yonder with its massive holes, which once imbedded rare and perfect jewels Is filled again with the sun 's most brilliant rays, which shame the proudest stone. But as the sun begins to sink , the glitter and romance fade with it , and only the wretchedness remains. These old discarded remnants of the living have each a story—a marvelous one, if we but care to listen. That rattle might have been a king's or beggar 's; the bottles might belong to a merry crowd or perhaps to men who live on but know not why—a thousand unexplained mysteries, and to each a solution, Donations from the eternal parade of life will replenish the store of meager and luxuriant articles. Just a dump, you say ! Ah, then you are truly old! * Miss Hurm, a former B.S.T.C. student, Is now attending Pennsylvania State College. One of the guys in North Hall told me that eating raw onions is good for a cold, so I went downtown and bought a pound. After getting comfortably settled in my working clothes (that' s my paj amas) with my American Lit book in front of me, I began to experiment with this skunk of the lily family, and I' ve come to th e conclusion that there is an art to eating an onion. If you bite into it indiscriminately, like you would an apple, you 're going to suffer. But if you sort of sneak up on it , and gently nibble at it layer by layer , the illeffects can be reduced to a minimum. Of course, I'm only a beginner at this; some of these girls around here could tell you a lot more about it th an I can. They really know their onions ; they 've been eating them raw for years. I don 't "know what there is about a raw onion that's appealing to women , but whatever it is, some of these chicks are really hepped on raw onion sandwiches and hamburgers "with." I don 't know , maybe it' s a good antidote for that gleam in her escort's eye, or perhaps they like the aroma. Maybe they ought to bottle it — "Stiff-Whiff No. 5," or something. One thing is sure—onions and women don 't mix. But then again , I su ppose it' s all a matter of taste. The onion is a member of the lily family, a nd "Doc " Kuster always says that if you cant afford to send your girl lilies, send her a corsage of onions. It may not be such a bad idea at that , especialy if youlr girl is the "rugged" type that tikes raw onions. She can wear them at the dance, and eat them after the dance. It' s pr actical. I wonder j ust what there is in an onion that produces such an impressive effect. It might be that onions are rebellious individuals who don 't wish to be eaten. But that' s getting a little far-fetched, and anyway, it was all Charley Robert's fault , because he used to raise them. Onions , I mean. I offered John Trimble an onion , but he declined. He says they get in his mouth. I offered Norman Kline one ; he j ust declined. Anyway, I ate tw o of th e Alli u m Cepas, burned my tongue, and had a good cry ; but I'll be doggoned if I st ill d on 't have that blasted cold ! I wonder—one of the guys told me that alcohol is good for a cold—no , I better not; I've got too much homework t o do , and dri nking makes my thinking stinking. Maybe I j ust better drink a lot of water and get a lot of sleep—that' s what Charley says. How about that , G eorge? Miniature Models . ? . Lookin g at Literatu re by Robert A. Baylor « ¦¦¦¦ • ¦ « ¦ shown above are Betsy and Patsy Hitchctis who participated in the An'nual Fashion Show held here recent'>ly. Annual Faculty Dinner Is Held on April 27 Eighty faculty members, their ¦wives, and friends enj oyed a distinctive social program on April 27 at the iChar-Mund in the Country. The oc(casion was the an nual faculty dinner. Dr. Harvey A. Andruss spoke brief;ly following the dinner , and then :faculty member Mrs. Charles Beeman ;pi*esented an unusually humorous and jinteresting talk entitled , "Your Life ;Is in Your Hands. " The subj ect was ]palm reading. Mrs, Ralph Herre drew caricatures (of two members of the faculty, Mr. ]Reams and Mr. Hallisy. Mrs. Herre also exhibited numerous oil and water color paintings by faculty }members of her community art class. Mr. Howard F. Fenstemaker, pre,siding at the piano, entertain ed the ig;roup with a series of interpretations (3f the song, "Yankee Doodle." Miss Iva VanScoyoc, president of the College P.S.E.A. unit , presided at the meeting, assisted by master of ceremonies John A. Hoch. Mr. Hoch also delivered the invocation. Introduced by Mr. Hoch, and led by ' Miss Harriet Moore, two musical !groups then took the spotlight. First w a s th e wom en 's chorus , com posed of all the ladies in attendance , and sec('and was the men's glee cl u b , whi ch ]was made up of all the men present. Mr. Fenstemaker accompanied both LAFFTIME u.