ESTC HAS A
GRAPHOL­
OGIST

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INTRAMURAL
SOFTBALLERS

The Voice

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3 Students Pledged
To Alpha PSI Omega

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Of Student Ovinion

Art Educators Attend
Choir To Climax Year*s Work
Second Annual Conference
With Concert On May 8

Following the performance of
SPEECHES ON PHOTOGRAPHY AND TYPE
“Ramshackle Inn,” in the college
VARIOUS SELECTIONS INCLUDED
auditorium, three new members of
the Players received the highest
Edinboro was the scene of a
Solos, choral numbers, and
recognition in the field of college busy art conference held last Fri­
specialties
by the ensemble are to
1946
dramatics. The new pledges, pre­ day and Saturday.
Numerous
be featured at the choir’s annual
sented with the traditional Alphi teachers, supervisors, and students
spring concert, to be held in the
Psi rose, included E. Clyde Snyder from all sections of western Penn­
Auditorium
and scheduled for the
II, William Frazier, and Mary sylvania participated in the affair.
evening of May 8 at 8:15.
Franqes- Matney. Helen Pushchak
The conference opened on Fri­
In announcing the event, Mrs.
was given honorable mention for day afternoon with an address by
Esther
W. Campbell, music direc­
her services in the field of dramat­ Dr. W. R. Boss, instructor of visual
tor, said that this program is the
ics.
education. Dr. Boss gave a highly
culmination of the year’s work of
Initiation of the neophytes will informative talk on “Photography
the camprfs choral groups. Stud­
take place sometime thfe coming in the Art Program.” Following
ents and faculty members are ad­
fall, the date to be set by Miss Jane his talk, a panel discussion took
mitted free, she added.
Ludgate, director.
place covering the topics “What
The program includes:
In the past fifteen years only 83 the Art Teacher Expects of the
Salutation — Gaines; Emille
students have received this honor Administration” and “What the
Spiritum Tuum — Schuetky; Were
at Edinboro, an honor which plac­ Administrators Expect of the Art
You There? — Burleigh; and
es them in the ranks of the largest Teacher.” Teachers and supervis“Prayer” from Hansel and Gretel
national honorary fraternity on ors well acquainted with this side
Humperdinck, all sacred pieces.
this continent.
I of education, participated in this
Ho-La-Li — Luvaas; and Deseri
Membership in-Alpha Psi Ome­ i panel.
Song — Romberg, lighter num­
ga represents the earning of at
Friday evening the session was
bers. Old Zip Coon — American
least fifty points in the art of the opened by a welcome speech by
tune; Erie Canal — American
theatre, a high scholastic average, j Dr. L. H. Van Houten, president
work song; Dry Bones — spiritual,
and strong cooperation in campus I of the college, Mr. Charles B.
by
the choir.
activities. The requirements are so jShaw, librarian at Swarthmore
A Violin is Singing — Ukranian
difficult that only 5 Edinboro I College and lecturer for Drexel
folk song;' Rantin' Rovin' Robin —
students have claimed this distinc­ I Institute, followed the president
Scotch
folk song; The Man I Love
"Dave's
Dream,"
the
B-29
which
carried
the
atomic
bomb
"Gilda"
tion in any one year.
jWith a speech on “Our Typo­
to its target in the Bikini tests, is shown here having a last-minute — Gershwin; Dark Water —
The Gama Kappa cast has three graphic Heritage.” Mr. Shaw pre­
check at 5:54 on the morning of July 1, 1946. Note the fire truck James, by the ensemble.
members on campus: Therese Mal­ sented the history of typograhy
Turn Back. O Man — Holst;
inowski, Yvonne Davis and Joseph and its evolution.
stationed beside the plane for safety. (See story below.)
Music of Life — Cain; Glory —
Spence. They received their hon­
On Saturday morning Mr. Shaw
— Photo through courtesy of Robert Murray. Rimsky-Korsakov; Battle Hymn of
ors last fall. ^
again addressed the conference on
the Republic — Steffe, by the
By FRANK HOLOWACH
class.
the subject of “Important Tradi­
choir.
tional and Popular Display Type.”
From his ringside camera seat he
A skit. Daily News, by the en­
Although he was 270 miles re­
Capacity CrowdSees The talk was illustrated with moved
saw,
the medium of pic­ semble.
from Bikini last July, Rob­ tures through
slides depicting various changes
on the island itself,
Murray, Air Corps photo-lab­ wheresnapped
Ramshackle inn^^ in type faces and showing styles ert
no human being had dared
of type which are employed today. oratory technician, got a much remain with the cameras fixed on
Following the Drexel lecture, closer view of the atom-bomb towers, the awful, magnificent
A capacity audience roared with Miss Elsie E. Ruffini, associate mushroom sprouting and rushing spectacle of a tremendous column
up to the sky than did any of the
laughter at the comic words and professor of art at Teachers Col­ 60,000 observers actually present of water being hurtled into the
lege,
Columbia
University,
pre­
air. He saw also, by developing
actions of Therese Malinowki,
The 20-voice college ensemble
sented a varied talk on art and art at the explosion scene.
pictures taken from drone planes
George Freeland, and the other education.
^ Murray, who was a member of flying over the scene, the enor­ will sing at the assembly programs
stars of “Ramshackle Inn,” when
During the course of the confer­ “Operation Crossroads,” told his mous blob of destruction created of the Springboro and West
Springfield high schools this Fri­
that former Broadway stage hit ence, an exhibition of public- experiences in a recent interview
with members of the journalism
day, Mrs. Esther W. Campbell, di­
school
work,
college
art
work,
and
(Continued
on
page
3)
was presented by the Edinboro
rector, has announced.
work executed by outstanding ar­
Players in the New Auditorium tists in the country was seen. The
Semi-popular songs, folk songs,
President Commends
last Thursday evening.
exhibition was held in Loveland
a skit, and a group of serious num­
The entire action takes place in Hall and in Haven Hall. Water Student Cooperation
bers will be included among the
presentations.
a run-down hotel lobby in a New color, ink, and tempera were the
Sv.rveying
the
rain-soaked,
The members of the ensemble
England coastal village in the year represented media.
Adolph Dehn, noted water-color­
are Lois Byrem, Priscilla Worster,
1944. Murder stalks in by way of a ist, was well represented with green grass of the campus in front
“Given an equal opportunity, Jean Webster, Clea Johnson, Kath­
of Normal Hall from his office
gleaming knife thrust ^by Patton many scenes depicting the petrol­ window. Dr. L. H. Van Houten the more intelligent members of erine Bartoo, Marjorie Campbell,
(played by George Freeland) al­ eum industry. Paintings by Reg­ told a reporter recently that he all three races— white, black, and Phyllis Dunton, Frances Hanna,
most before the curtain has com­ inald Marsh, Millard Sheets, and was pleased with the general co­ yellow — can attain equal mental LaVieve Obert, Dorothy Davies,
development,” declared Dr. John
John Schwartz concluded the
pletely opened. The rapid-fire plot Standard Oil Company’s exhibi­ operation students have shown in C. Johnson, of the college faculty, Marjorie Perkins, Grace Young,
Jeanadair Dunbar, Leroy Peck,
protecting
the
appearance
of
the
provides several other moments of tion, which was secured through
when he addressed the Erie Coun­ Richard Schantz, Josiah Baird,
grounds.
violence before the two-and-one- the American Federation of Arts.
“No one is more resentful of re­ ty Fair Employment Practices William Renshaw, Zane Knauss,
Commercial exhibits were also strictive rules than I am,” the Committee in Erie two weeks ago. Raymond Johnson, and Richard
half hour show comes to an end.
Discussing the scientific view-, Strand.
Such characterizations as Cons­ a feature. They consisted of dis­ president continued, “and it was
plays of new products by the na­
table Small (portrayed by Louis tion’s leading art-material manu­ with the greatest regret that the point toward minorities. Dr. John- '
son pointed to the advancement of!
Dates To Remember
fence was put up.”
Chiccini) and Marne Philips (Helen facturers.
With a humorous gesture of the colored race in the United
Mr. Alfred J. Haller, of the col­ despair, he reported seeing one States since its emancipation from !
Pushchak) kept the performance
with Gannon Col
far and away in the comedy class. lege art staff, acted as chairman young man hurtle the barrier to slavery.
1 May 1—Golf
lege at Edinboro.
of the conference. In addition to dash across the forbidden short­
Dr. Johnson, who is an instruc- j
2—Golf with Westminste:
Mr. Haller, Miss Doi-othy Skinner cut. “Some individuals just won’t
in biological science at ESTC, i
College at New Wil
Mr. Waldo Bates, Jr., head of the be stopped,” Dr. Van Houten add­ tor
is also a nationally recognized!
mington — Movie, 8:01
local art department, and Mr. A. ed.
FRESHMEN NAME
authority and speaker on the |
P. M. in Auditorium
H. Doucette served as hosts to the
natural sciences.
OFFICERS
visitors.
sponsored by freshmen
3—Kappa Delta Phi sprinj
This was the second annual ayt
CLOCKS CUCKOO
formal dance.
Hommermeister To Address
conference at Edinboro; the pro­
The Edinboro freshmen have ject first started last April.
4—Alpha Delta Mother’;
Just a hint of bewilderment Y. W. Girls At Meeting
nominated the following stud­
Day program.
could be detected on the faces
ents as candidates for class of­ DR. VAN HOUTEN AT
5—Golf match with Grovi
of some students who had eight
ficers of their sophomore year:
City College at Grov<
The Y. W. will have its last rego’clock classes last Monday.
HARRISBURG
MEETING
City.
Fox President:
Cause of the confusion was ular meeting in Music Hall at 7:30
6—Golf match with Thie
tonight.
The
speaker
for
the
even­
Josiah Baird
Dr. L. H. Van Houten, along the fact that a state law pro­ ing will be Emilie HammermeisCollege at Edinboro.
Marion Eades
with
the presidents from Pennsyl­ hibits clocks in State-operated ter, and ex-Wac, who will give a
8—Spring concert by col
Gene Carnahan
vania’s other state teachers col­ buildings to be advanced. The talk on “Girls’ Attitudes.”
lege choir, 8:15 P. M. ir
For Vice-President
leges,
testified before an approp­ law was suspended, reported
Auditorium.
Tom Brown
The Y. W. plans to sponsor a
Dr.
L.
H.
Van
Houten,
during
riations subcommittee of the state
9—Golf match with Slip­
George Grimshaw
drive
for
used
clothing,
to
be
sent
legislature at
Harrisburg last the war.
pery Rock at Edinboro
Jim Nichols
‘Last year,” he said, “we to needy persons overseas, on be­
week,
the
executive
revealed to
YWCA Sing and
For Secretary:
half of the Church World Service
moved
our
clocks
forward
for
this newspaper.
weiner roast - 7:30 tc
Roberta Rohrer
Center.
More
details
will
be
an­
The subcommittee, headed by daylight time only to discover nounced later.
10:00 P. M.
Katherine Kurach
State
Senator Leroy Chapman, of later that the law had been re­
13—Golf match with West­
Dorothy Edwards
The
final
meeting
of
the
year,
activated.”
Warren County, deals with state
minster at Edinboro —
For Treasurer:
The mechanical bell-system on May 9 from 7:30 to 10, will be,
appropriations to its teachers col­
One-acf plays in Aud­
Frank Bedogne
leges, according to Dr. Van Hou­ had to be adjusted so that the a weiner roast and songfest at the
itorium, 7:30 P. M.
Gail Boak
lake.
This
is
a
joint
meeting,
to
buzzers
would
sound
at
proper
ten, who added, “The hearing
-“The Spectator,” Com­
Bill Vafeas
which all men and girls are urged
intervals.
seemed highly satisfactory.”
mencement issue.
to come.

Student Witnessed
Bikini Test
As Air-Cerps Photo-Technician

Ensemble To Sing
For H.S. Groups

Dr. Johnson Speaks
On Race Minorities

APRIL 30, 1947

THE SPECTATOR

PAGE TWO

OAt iPypzctaloA

Giordano Expresses

Published bi-monthly by the students of State Teachers College,
Edinboro, Pennsylvania

Thanks

Co-Editors
.................... • Joseph R. Spence, Jr.; John B. Bonnell
Associate Editor .........v-...............................
Harold Graham
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Business Staff...........
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To The Editor:
wish to express my appreci­
ation to everyone for the many
expressions of sympathy I re­
ceived during rny recent mis­
fortunes.
My thanks to the student
body, faculty, coaching staff,
basketball team, the alumni,
and the E-Club for their mat­
erial aid that I received through
the benefit basketball game.
It’s a pleasure to know that
my friends are so many. I
deeply and sincerely appreci­
ate your efforts on my behalf.
Carmen E. Giordano.

Campbell, Patricia McNamey, George Freeman, Joseph Barolak
Staff Typists ............................................. Elizabeth Valla, Betty Smith,
Jo McDonough, Carol Atwater
AdvisOT ................................................................................... Mr. Lowder

Lile in the Cldssroom
Even the most fiendish and fanatic pursuers of academic learning occasiojudly find the grind of classes a hit too much for their
ironclad mental machinery. Since the world is hardly over-popu­
lated with these awesome “brains,” however, the bulk of any class
membership — if Edinboro is typical — are wont to engage in not
a few interesting digressive activities during the course of a lecture.
Some of these woolgatherers, who apparently believe that by
attending daily classes they are paying severely for the sins of their
fathers, are extremely clever in their attempts to appear engrossed
in their instructor’s remarks. They s^em to feel that the pencil
must be in contact with the notebook at all costs. One class recent­
ly ignored this fundamental principle, leading the lecturer to
comment modestly, “You aren’t writing a bloomin thing down.
The average pedagogue is to be generously admired. He is
often called upon to deliver approximately the same lecture dur­
ing three successive hours, regardless of the natural distaste for the
whole affair which may seize him.
Far from weak, too, is the case for the student. He is expected
to defy the most diabolical concoctions of the weather man, to sit
stiffly in a class whose merit he sometimes finds well-concealed.
At this time of year come added personal desires which must be
banished in favor of Dame Wisdom. Lovers of baseball, fishing,
and similar sports know well the anguish of such suppression.
Perhaps we have exaggerated its weaker side, but if formal
education is the institution we believe it to be, a little ribbing
will never shake it. College life is far more them mere existence.
Hopeless, indeed, would be an individual who could deny, in later
life, that his college days were days of enriching experiences —
which he would insist on telling his grandchildren about.

Post War Educdtion
Political faiths hostile to democracy can be seen all over the
world today. Not only do the adherents of these ideologies fight
their way to supremacy in the governmental buildings of nations,
but they also insinuate their views into the thinking of the aver­
age, unsuspecting citizen. There is no reason to believe that they
will not find beachheads in the United States. Belief in the dig­
nity and worth of the individual human being, a basic tenet of the
American way, cannot be saved except through the intelligent
home defense of a fine American citizenship. The foundation of
this lies in the American educational system.
It is high time we build this defense immediately. There was
no quibbling whatsoever over the cost of radar, planes, carriers,
bombers, etc., in the late war. Quibbling would have resulted in
the loss of lives and, perhaps, victory. Certainly there should be
no quibbling over the cost of educating our children. There is no
less at stake in the issues of peace than in those of war. A people
who can pay for a war can certainly pay for the improvement that
they fought for.
The American children, too, have an assignment that is not
optional. Today they are introduced, willy nilly, into a highly
complex world, a world of quickly achieved knowledge and skills,
of racial and class tensions, of international bitterness and dis­
unity, of political traditions, of huge debts, and of inevitable
change. They must find their way in the world we live in, and they
must have the education which will assist them to do so. Ameri
ca’s oftentimes inadequate provisions for their education should
be revolutionized to meet these new and highly complex condi­
tions.
In all stages of the educational process America must take
steps to improve inadequate conditions. Vocational training,
health and physical education, citizenship, human relations,
worthy home membership, leisure, spiritual values, and science
and technical knowledge — all of these require more development
and improvement in this era.
The estate teachers colleges can be instrumental in effecting
some of these badly needed changes to meet the demands of peace.
There is no reason why we cannot maintain the pre-eminence in
peace we gained in war.

Miss Ludgate Tells
Of Handwriting
Analysis
If there’s a graphologist present,
don’t put it in writing. Once he
glimpses a sample of your pen­
manship, he can tell you your life
story just as surely as if you had
written your memoirs. “Graphol­
ogist” is simply the Pullman car
name for a hand-writing expert.
Miss Jane S. Ludgate, local ex­
ponent of the 500-year-old art of
hand-writing analysis, told of
some of her graphologic exper­
iences in an interview with the
journalism class last week.
A college friend introduced Miss
Ludgate to graphology, she relat­
ed.
“We had to search through thick
library books for the little infor­
mation that had been written on
the subject at that time,” Miss
Ludgate explained, “but now it is
a standard course at Columbia.”

Roving Reporter . . .
Who do you think should recieve Oscars for being the worst movie
actor and actress of the year? What, in your opinion, was the worst
movie? The answers below are given in the order in which the ques­
tions were asked:
Mary Lou Reader: Van Johnson, Phyllis 'Brooks, “Blue Skies.”
Polly Price: Cary Grant, Ida Lupino, All Charlie Chan pictures.
Ross Steadman: Errol Flynn, Eleanor Parker, “Never Say Good­
bye.”
Janet Mac Ivor: Dick Haymes, Betty Grable, “Shocking Miss
Pilgrim.”
John Brukner: Jack Bentel, Jane Russell, “The Outlaw.”
Red Riser: John Garfield, Lana Turner, “The Postman Always
Rings Twice.”
"Pipe" Porter: Cary Grant, Alexis Smith, “Night and Day.”
Janice Lytle: Guy Madison, Lana Turner, “Till the End of Time.”
Polly Vradenburg: Victor Mature, Irene Dunne, “Leave Her to
Heaven.”
"Stretch" McKinney: Frank Sinatra, Lauren Bacall, “The Razor’s
Edge.”
Maryalice Armagost: Robert Alda, Ida Lupino, “The Man I Love.”
Dick Toler: Red Skelton, Alexis Smith, “Gallant Bess.”
Marty Evans: Frank Sinatra, Betty Grable, “Undercurrent.”
Frank Files!: Humphry Bogart, Bette DSvis, “Blue Skies.”
Edwin Sheriff: Guy Madison, Bette Davis, “Adventure.”
Dick Post: Roy Acuff, Jane Russell, “Beginning Or the End.”
John Milsom: Tsorone Power, Margaret O’Brien, “Irish Eyes are
Smiling.’*

Poets’ Corner
ANGLING

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O! the gallant fisher’s life,
’
It is the best of any:
’Tii full of pleasure, void of strife.
And ’tis beloved of many.
f
Walton—“The Compleat Angler”

Other joys
-•
Are but toys:
^
^
Only
this,
"Slap in Face"
Lawful is;
,
v’-,
A person’s signature offers the For our skill
' '
^
best key to his character, continu­ Breeds no ill.
ed the analyst, adding that a full- But content and pleasure.
•
page specimen makes the grapho­
Walton—“The
Compleat
Angler.”
logist’s work much easier.
“It is quite a slap in the face to
analyze your own writing,” she de­ ^ Hamlet: “A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king;
clared, “although the good traits and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm.”
are revealed along with the unde­
Shakespeare —“Hamlet.” — Act IV. Scene 3. Line 28.
sirable.”
Miss Ludgate,
instructor of
Third Fisherman: “Master, I marvel how the fishes live in the sea.”
speech at the college, told her list­
First Fisherman: “Marry, as men do a-land: the great ones eat up the
eners of several cases in which she
little ones.”
was able to benefit her clients.
Shakespeare — “Pericles.” — Act II. Scene 1. Line 26.
Reading a specimen of writing
belonging to a clergyman who had
scant faith in her science, she told
A fishing rod is an instrument with a worm at one end and a fool
him frankly that he was self-cen­
tered. A few weeks later, she at the other.
—Jonathan Swift.
asserted, the clerg3Tnan told her
how grateful he was that she had
“opened his eyes.”
His angle-rod made of sturdy oak:
His line, a cable which in storms ne’er broke;
Slope Tells Person's Mood
His hook he baited with a dragon’s tail.
“Called by a wife who was fran­ And sat upon a rock, and bobb’d for whale.
tic because her husband had writ­
William King — “Upon a Giant’s Angling.” (1663-1712)
ten from overseas threatening to
commit suicide, I discovered from
his hand-writing that he had been
As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler.
in a gay mood when he composed
Walton — “The Compleat Angler.”
the letter,” Miss Ludgate said. She
explained that a person’s mood is
given away by the “slope” of his
writing.
Some other characteristics she
notices in specimens are: sharplypointed “m” and “n,” which sig­
nifies intellect; a “y” made like a
Items of general interest (I hope) out the first fuse in the new sys­
“9,”’
indicating
mathematical Art students on tour — haunted tem goes to the inmates of Room
ability; a “t” the-cross of which is house. A ghost was found on 2nd 4.
off to its right, meaning that its floor along with latest news of the
maker procrastinates; and an “o” early 1900’s. Cleveland — I didn’t
The juniors in Mr. Haller’s
open at the bottom, which seems go but I’m told Walter K., Polly
to dominate the writing of crimin­ P., Wickie, and Buckie had very class are raving about their latest
model — Spike.
als.
interesting experiences: they also
“The observations,” continued brought back souvenirs.
Miss Ludgate, “are based on the
Sights of the campus: Haven’s
fact that the muscular hands re­
Janet and Buckie do not wish sun worshippers in full force on
spond to the directions of the to have anything printed about the roof, their worshippers at
brain. Thus, a person’s physical them. If anyone has any news in Loveland windows. A large per­
build cannot be deduced from his regard to same, just put in Box 59; centage of our students are suffer­
writing.”
and I will oblige. Any other news ing from the sudden temperature
changes caused by spring fever. I
She concluded by stating her will be welcome.
trust they will all fully recover,
most embarrasing case. A student
Room for rent in 2nd floor suite. and soon — in time for some of
approached her with writing
samples from each of two girls he Has lovely • view of sunset. See those tender summer romances.
contemplated marrying. All ended Carol V. Mission 330 was a com­
well when he picked the one she plete success. Congratulations to Don’t forget, for a bigger and
would have advised. (On his own the brave members of that scout­ better column, put your news
accord.)
ing party. The honor of blowing items in box 59.

Scuttlebutt . . .

APRIL 30, 1947

THE SPECTATOR .

Air Corps Photog At Work

Darrell V. Martin Tells
Of Life As Reporter
By JOHN B. BONNELL

PAGE THREE

Drama Students
To Give 9 Plays
SPEECH PANEL TALKS TO
START SOON

Bikini Bomb Tests

Recalling some of the heart­
aches and victories he experienced
(Continued from page one)
early in his newspaper career,
%
Darrell V. Martin, of the Erie Dis­ by the bomb.
patch-Herald, said that a reporter
Since the observers at the Bik­
develops great human sympathy
ini
atoll had to wear dark glasses
and understanding, when he ad­
dressed the journalism class and for self-protection at the time of
a number of guests last Thursday. the explosion, Murray and his fel­
low-crewmen in the photo-lab got
“You have to take a lot of the first clear view of Operation
knocks,” Mr. Martin asserted. Crossroads going into effect.
“You must have a lust for life, a
Put Names In Hat
desire to live with people and
In his interview, the student re­
share their feelings. Your job is to lated how he was fortunate enough
report things as you see them.”
to be selected to go on this mission.
Only a sophomore in high school “They put our names in a hat and
when he was responsible for pro­ picked us out, I guess,” he com­
ducing a full page on the Home­ mented.
stead, Pa., newspaper, Mr. Martin
His Air Corps unit was alerted
told his audience that he jumped in Kansas and moved to Roswell,
at the chance to join the staff of
the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times on New Mexico, to prepare for the
trip to Kwajalein, one of the atolls
his graduation.
City Editor Cramped His Style in the Marshall Islands of the
“My first big assignment was to Pacfic. They set out on the Army
cover a butchers’ convention,” re­ transport “George Clsnner,” and
lated the journalist. “I wrote a Murray promptly proceeded to get
beautiful two-page report, placed
it on the city editor’s desk, and seasick, he said.
Arriving at Kwajalein, he found
waited. The next day I discovered
I was a columnist. My story, con­ that the island was two and a half
densed to a few lines, appeared miles long and a mile wide, but
under the obituary column.”
was only seven feet above sea lev­
Crediting William
Randolph
Hearst with fostering the elements el. Here his crew set up their
of “color” and “life” in news re­ photo-lab from the remains of an
porting, Mr. Martin added that old bakery, and proceeded to turn
Hearst was not afraid to stretch out from 1500 to 2000 prints a shift
the facts just a little to achieve his — both practice mission and per­
aim.
sonnel photos — for the use of the
In answer to a question from the Public Relations Office, explained
audience, Mr. Martin declared Murray.
that the deep-seated feeling of
compassion which a good reporter
shows cannot be taught in journ­ Kappa-Delts Elect
alism schools. “It’s either in here,”
he said, pointing to his heart, ‘or Morrison, Baird
it isn’t.”
Mr. Martin has created numer­
ous radio programs in addition to
Charles W. Morrison was chosen
maintaining an active newspaper for president in a recent election
life. He has been associated with held by the Edinboro Chapter of
the “Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph,’*! the Kappa Delta Phi Fraternity,
“Post-Gazette,” and the “Buffalo a spokesman has revealed.
Evening News,” as well as the
Other newly elected officers of
“Dispatch-Herald.” His latest in­ this professional and social frater­
terest is the advancing field of nity for the coming year are as Al­
television.
lows: vice-president, Joe Baird;
Miss Helen McDonnell, instruc secretary, Joe Grube; treasurer,
tor of the class, procured the ser­ Thomas Quirk; social secretary,
vices of the prominent journalist Nestor Bleech; and Chaplain, Fred
for this occasion.
Abbott.

The play-production class, un­
der the tutelage of Miss Ludgate,
will present nine one-act plays be­
fore the semester ends. One of
these plays will be an original
opus written by George Freeland.
Another to be presented is “The
Valiant.” This skit has won more
i dramatic awards than has any oth­
er play in America today.
Miss Ludgate has also announc­
ed that the annual panel discus­
sion will begin in her speech class­
es next week. Current topics such
as the delinquency problem, vet­
erans’ subsistence increases, etc.,
will be thrashed out and all the
pros and cons aired.
it. My father’s
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Bob Murray, photo-laboratory technician in "Operation Cross­
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When I was small the thing I
loved to do best was to clean the
Nearly Everyone Evacuated
All in all, the ESTC student re­ house with my mother and grand­
When “A” day arrived, he went marked, he had a very enjoyable mother.
on, nearly everyone was evacuated trip.
from the island while the bomb
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was being loaded. The men had
ADVERTISERS
nicknamed the bomb “Gilda,”^in above interview with a student
honor of a current movie which who was a member of last sum- i
likewise had a “hot number” in it. mer's "Operation Crossroads," the
Murray told how he was able editors do not wish to play up the
to see the mushroom cloud climb atomic bomb as something glor­
BEST THEATRE
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EDINBORO, PA.
after the explosion, and how scout dorse the Government's policy in
planes followed the radio-active handling the weapon. Their sole
cloud until it dissipated. He des­ purpose is- to point up the fact that
Wed. - Thurs.
Apr. 30-May 1
cribed the earners in use and told
today's
college
freshman
has,
in
of island living conditions.
"Cloak and Dagger"
many cases, engaged in world“Best chow 1 ever got in the
shaking
events,
and
therefore
has
with Gary Cooper'
Army,” he said. "The Congressmen
around helped a lot in that res­ a far broader background than the
frosh of pre-war years.
pect.”
Fri. - Sal.

27 Students Attend
Allesheny Play

VERBAL ODDITIES

May 2-3

"Tumbleweed Trail"

It seems that students in other
with Eddie Dean
places encounter some of the same
and
pitfalls in writing their great
Twenty-seven Edinboro stud­ treatises. Here are some humorous
"Freddie Steps Out"
ents, at the invitation of the Al­ excerpts from student papers as
legheny College dramatic class, at­ quoted in the Los Angeles School
tended a presentation of “Julius Journal.
Sunday
May 4
Caesar” at that college last Friday
"Wake Up And Dream"
evening.
My mother worked in a tamale
Miss Jane S. Ludgate, local factory where she met my step(In Technicolor)
speech and dramatics instructor, daddy. She learned to like him and
with
also witnessed the performance. tamales too!
She said that the play was given
June Haver and John Payne
in an “expressionistic” manner,
My mother was always on a viswith a minimum of scenery. Only
steps, curtains, and lights were
used to effect the setting.
The costumes followed the elab­
orate style of the Elizabethan'per­
iod in England.
Although Allegheny’s stage is
WILL BE OPEN ALL HOURS FROM
small compared to ESTC’s, the
cast of the play called for 50 mem­
7 A. M. to 12 P. M.
bers.

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Mr. John Hulbert, of the Alleg­
heny dramatic department, took
the Edinboro guests on a short
tour of his stage and showed them
the new equipment house.
The college dramatic depart­
ment offers a complete course, in­
cluding the phases of directing,
decorations, and carpentry,' ac­
cording to Mr. Hulbert.
Miss Ludgate described the pro­
duction as a “complete success.”

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ESTC Campus Athletes
Form Baseball Club
By LOU PLOCH

Because a local playing-site is
not available, all of the Collegians’
Despite the fact there will not games will have to be played away
be an official Red Raider baseball from home. If the team produces
nine this season, the name of Ed- as its backers expect, it will be
inboro will be familiar to district worth anyone’s time to travel to
diamond fans, A group of campus the nearby communities where
athletes, all regular Edinboro the games will be played.
students, under the leadership of Up to the present time, only
Fred Lewis have formed the Ed­ three games have been arranged,
inboro Collegians, a team that these being with member teams of
should make a name for itself and the Meadville Community League.
ESTC in competition with top­ Definite scheduling of games will
flight district nines.
occur as soon as the weatherman
The team is composed of an ag­ gives the go-ahead signal. Efforts
gregation of former high-school are being made to arrange games
stars, some of whom have played I with both Allegheny College and
in organized competition. Big gun Meadville High School. Anyone
of the Collegians’ attack should 'representing a team which wishes
be Mike Dzvonar, former star out­ I games with the Collegians should
fielder of the Neville Island entry i contact Fred Lewis.
in the County League of the Great­
er Pittsburgh Area. Other Colleg­
ians who formerly played inde­
pendent ball are Fred Lewis and
Keith Nichols, former teammates
from Meadville.
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Deits Down Aggies
In Intramural Fray
"BULLET BOB" STARS FOR
DELTS

Dan Susi’s Kappa Delt entry in
the campus softball league trounc­
ed Frank Sitler’s Aggies by a
score of 9-1 on April 23 in their
opening game of the intramural
season The contest was a nip-andtuck affair until the fifth inning,
when the Deits unlimbered their
siege guns.
Individual star of the game was
Delt pitcher, “Bullet Bob” Roessner, whose twirling kept the Ag­
gie hitters under control. The bat­
tery for the Aggie was Dick Bonnett and Whitey Webster.
All league games are played on
the diamond behind the college
football field. Following are the
names of the managers of the var­
ious teams:

Anderson Mentors
Riverside Rats

Lone South Paw

The Collegians have strength to
spare in the pitching department
with two right-handers and one
port-side hurler. The right-hand­
ers are Carl Henry and Rudy Kosanovich, former star of the Aliquippa nine, which was runnerup in the 1946 American Legion
Junior League championship play.
Lone left-hander of the mound
staff is Dominic Magniffico, from
Elwood City. Tommy Tyson will
do the catching.
Infielders will be Lewis at first
base, Jim Currie at the keystone
sack, Henry Diller at short, and
Keith Nichols guarding the “hot
corner.” The outfield will be com­
posed of Young, Dzvonar, Millward, and Jenar.

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The Riverside Rats have again
made their appearance in the
world of sports, this time with a
baseball team. The team, under
the strict but patronizing manage­
ment of Carl Anderson, took the
field for their first tilt of the seas­
on when they met the Cambridge
Springs nine in a practice game at
Cambridge.
The Riverside team, suffering
with acute-lack-of-practice„ man­
aged to garner 7 runs to the uni­
versal water-town’s 15.
The Rats steadily gained scoring
momentum as the game progress­
ed, causing Cambridge’s coach to
make numerous substitutions in
the pitching position. In a final at­
tempt to plug the leak in the dyke
of the mineral-springs defense, the
coach, himself, took the mound in
the closing innings of the game.
The Anderson nine also substi­
tuted freely in order to keep the
pitching box filled. Bill Mitchell,
the starting twirler and the Rats’
hope for future games, tossed the
sphere during the first three in­
nings, while Buzzard and Hetrick
split the remaining six. His divid­
ing the mound equally among the
three hurlers, gave coach Ander­
son an opportunity to scout his
men and also spared their arms for
future frays.
Before the next scheduled game
“Andy” hopes to have had suffic­
ient time to give the boys some
much needed batting and fielding
practice. He feels that he has some
good ball players who will, with
some training, develop into a fine
ball club.

Lakeside — Stull
Whiz Kids — Huber
Aliquippa — Nan
Pi Pi Pi — Evanoff
Aggies — Sitler
Kappa Delt — Susi
Bradford — Lloyd
Fleischer — Hackett
Attention Team Managers: In
order that all box scores may be
published, team managers are re­
quested to bring their game re­
sults to "The Spectator" office, in
Music Hall, on the day after the
game.

lOURNALISM CLASS
VISITS ALBION NEWS
.Members of the journalism class
visited the “Albion News” office
yesterday afternpon in order to
visit a print shop and to see this
issue of “The Spectator” in the
final stage of production.
Those who went were John Bonnell, James Bowback, Margaret
Gillespie, Emilie Hammermeister,
Willis Heckman, Louise Johnson,
Mary Keeley, Jerome McGillicuddy, Margaret Mitchell, Charles
Morrison,
Catherine
Sablyak,
Jeanne Shrout, Albert Sitter, and
Doris Stockton.
Miss Helen McDonnell, instructor
in journalism, and Mr, Paul Lowder, advisor of “The Spectator”,
accompanied the group.
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W.A.A. Sends Delegates
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Golfers Swamped
By Slippery Rock
::arnahan. only local to
SCORE

Although their bodies were
drenched from a downpour of rain,
the spirit of the Edinboro golf
team was not dampened by a de­
feat administered by Slippery
Rock at the Grove City Country
Club in the first match of the seas­
on on April 25.
The 171^ to ^4 defeat of the Red
Raiders, who went into the match
with little or no practice because
of the continued inclement weath­
er, cannot be counted as a fair in­
dication of their potentialities.
Gene Carnahan scored Edinboro’s
half point by tying his opponent
over the first nine holes.
The Red Raiders were consider­
ably handicapped by their lack of
familiarity with the course. The
cold, steady rain added to the dif­
ficulties of the linksters. El Os­
borne, playing his first match, suf­
fered at the hands of Jupiter Pluvius to the extent that he fnade the
return trip clad only in his rain­
coat, A1 Lucia attributed his suc­
cess in coping with the rain to his
waterproof bag.
Because the Cubertson Hills
course is not yet in playing con­
dition, the Red Raiders will hold
their practice sessions at the Glenwood Municipal Course in Erie.
Coach McComb will continue to
hold tryouts in an effort to secure
a squad large enough to guaran­
tee a full team for all matches.

Three Students
At Club Meet
Mary Frances Matney, Jeanadair Dunbar, and Charlotte Delay
were guest speakers at a meeting
of the College Women’s Club of
Erie on Sunday, April 13. They
spoke to a group of 200 high-school
girls from the high schools sur­
rounding Erie.
Miss Matney discussed
“A
Woman’s Need For a College Edu­
cation Today”, Miss Delay’s speech
was “One Day at Edinboro”; Miss
Dunbar talked on “What to Wear
to College” and displayed a com­
plete wardrobe of clothes for the
college girl.
These talks were presented at
Knox Hall, Church of the Coven­
ant.

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The conference consisted of a
serie of lectures and panel discuss
ions on the building of women’s
athletics in the future. Margaret
Re3molds, president of the Federa
tion, gave the ke3oiote address on
“Together We Shall Build For the
Future.”
One of the outstanding features
of the convention was a lecture
and demonstration by Betty Hicks,
former three-time golf champion
and present professional.
The convention was brought t(
a close with an informal banque
given by the Women’s College
University of North Carolina.

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